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TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 14.
When we find men of talents and genius
bidding their fellow-citizens with beautiful
and Instructive essays we take a pleasure in
giving them all the praise which their per
formances merit; and vice versa, when we
find men devoting their leasure hours to the
writing of inflamatory and vindictive pieces
to delude their readers, we conceive it to
be our duty to make our remarks upon them,
for this reason, that when a man takes up
a News paper to read, he weighs and dt- .
gests the matter with which he is entertain- j
ed according to his own predilections in la-.
vor or against the argument advayftf • he.
will then naturally refer to the eißttus re
marks, and it he finds them serious on light
subjects or trifling on serious ones, or un
necessarily severe on the one band, or too
merciful on the other, in his comments, he
censures or approves his conduct in tei ms
comporting with his own ideas of right and
wrong,but if he happens to be one of those vi
olem i. matters not to
him how innocent the editor may be of any
intention to wound the feelings of a writer,
be vents his indignaton upon the hapless
editor with all the bitterness ol angry sar
casms and inuendos he can bring into his “in
fumed imagination:” eyeij though ouv object
be io discountenance vice, ami to direct the
ignorant to support truth, wisdom, ;md vir-e
:tue by all the light we possess.
We have been la3d into these reflections
by the second communication of Abelux,
who seems highly offended with us for hav
ing in our last paper questioned his literary
acquirements —conscious that we made the
first attacK —and making some allowance for
the warmth oi zeal he manifests for his favo
rite are disposed to overlook
his sarcastic Observations on ourselves—we
will only give lum a hint that he may overdo
the thing as we once did our pudding,
and receive tor his pains the smile of. con
tempt.
Horace says that all men are vicious, and
that they differ from one another, only as they
are more or less so. Boileau accounts tor
our wisdom as Horace lias done for our vir
tue.
Tons les hommes sont faus, & malgre taus leur
sains,
A'e different entre eux que (lit plus & du
main.
“All men,” says he, are fools, and in spite
oftheir endeavors to the contrary, differ from
one another only as they are more or less
so. Addison says “our goodness being of a
comparative and not an absolute nature,
there is none who in strictness can be called
a virtuous man. Every one has in him a na
tural alioy, though one may he fuller ofdross
than another, Abelux, very justly, perhaps,
places us among the latter. We rather sus
pect that he is more offended with us for in
serting pieces that are opposed to his way of
thinking, Ilian for the observation which we
made on his education. But Abelux, and
“every man conversant in editorial duties and
responsibilities ought to know, that in all
political discussions where writers assume
the respective sides of a question, in the
same paper, the editor is in no degree ac
countable for their individual opinions.”
We give Miss Lucy Homespun’s second let
ter a place with much pleasure. Although
we we can discover in her playfulness some
thing of the Vixen, and, like the sprightly
wife tlejermined to have the last word.
“A Brother Republican of the Old School”
shall appear in our next. —
Talapoosa is unavoidably left out in this
days paper—he shall appear in our next.
tor the gazette.
“Let the gall’d Jade wince,
Our withers are unwrung.”
Ha, ha, ha! poor Miss Caroline, she seems
to be in a sad quandary - , she kisses the rod
most unwillingly and consequently with a
very bad grace, hut still it will do heFgood,
and by the bye, my dear Mr. Editor, (excuse
my familiarity, I perceive Miss C. is a little
jealous) she is much indebted to you, wheth
er she thinks so or not, for the friendly re
buke you have given her; for so incautiously
displaying a temper rather too highly season
ed with something as pungent, though not
quite so. palatable as Cayenne pepper, and
which for the benefit of that amiable appear
ance she would doubtless wish to exhibit to
her friends and more especially her awk
ward beaus (already so shy of female society)
she have in common prudence ought to kept
in the shade. La, Air. Editor, I wonder if
she is very handsome; can a pretty face and,
a fine figure hide such a pepper I firm
ly believe she is none of our acquaintance,
otherwise l should he very uneasy about rnv
inestimable brother, who is always in raptures
with some fair danae or other; and there is
no saying how far his heart might be led
astray by the allurements of such a syren,
for she has art enough no doubt, to preserve
her incognito (I did not mean to insinu.mce
that slu- took a Cog) and who can guard
Against an artful disguise, my dear Mr. Edit
or—but I have given Jack a hint about the i
cloven footrace n in our village some days since, 1
which I hope will preserve him from the i
wiles of arch-enemy and possibly the arms of
a tartar, lam s’ill without an answer to my i
few simple questions, and I have no dictiona
ry at hand at present; and if I bad 1 fear it
would be all in vain—but let that pass and
let me lather imitate the gallant spirit of my
good brother Jack to whose nature Miss Ca
roline is more indebted than she seems to
be aware of and whose motives she has truly
interpreted for once, without probably in
tending it—and learn her to reap the bene
fit of the stimulus already administered for
the improvement of her style; indeed, I be
gin to think that she has already considera
bly improved, her last communication is so
unlike the former one that 1 am almost in
clined to think it the work of a different hand
—very probably her cousin Bob is the. Geo
granher, who so ingeniously taught her the
difference between an island and a peninsu
la, though the obstacles of protruded pine
logs and the collection of swamp water por
tended rather a wet elucidation may have as
sisted her in authography also—yet she still
dwells with such fondness on the word Put
(Patosie. g. Potosi) that one would think
she had been born to the north east as far as
Cape Clear itself, sure—were it not that the
natives of the Emerald isle are proverbial,
not for the elegant swing she so much ad
mires, but their good nature and magnanimi
ty —readily acknowledging their error when
in the wrong and putting all around them in
good humour by those bursts of unpremedi
tated native wit. applicable *o the occasion,
for wjtieh they are so famed. After all, Mr.
Editor, may not this inimitable production
be the united effort ofw little Coterie of which
Miss C. is the<-.ilter,'l shrewdly suspect so
from the apparent confusion of hard words
that so manifestly reigns, arising, perhaps
from the cross-firingof ideas; evidently push
ing one another cut of place in all the maises
of expletive confusion—leaving the sense so
ambiguous, or as Miss® would say abstruse,
aSjkiMiequire Noah Webster himself to anal
iztit* Adieu, rm - dear Mr. Editor—were it
for the failing I possess in common with
„all mv sex, l should not again trouble you,
jj>ut you know \vc dearly love to have the last
word. Your real admirer,
. LUCY HOMESPUN.
FOR THR O'ZKTTK.
Farm, near JWlntosh Old Court-House ,
September 9, 1824.
Fkt.lovt-Cittsji'cs—Yoti must have been
greatly amused with the serious gravity of a
“Republican of the Old School” who lately in
formed you through the medium of the im
partial Darien Gazette, that 911 the first Mon
day in October next you were to exercise;
llie privileges of freemen —insinuating, 1 pre
sume. according to the doctrine of the party
he is desirous you should support, that the
privilege of thinking and speaking for your
selves is only allowed you once a year—and
if you will take his own word for it, he with
the assistance of his cunning and light head
ed friend Abronicus, will fix you completely,
if you will allow yourselves to he gulled with
their advice —they hrivc both been at no lit
tle pains to guard” you against the only man,
who is really your friend and who has the
power as well as the ability to serve you
faithfully.
Convinced of this fact, 1 have once more
obtruded myself on your notice to do that
which would have been much better done
hv tliealdermen of Darien, who have witness
ed the incessant and indefatigable exertions
ofmajor Wood for thelmprovement of your
city, and consequently meliorating the con
dition of the inhabitants thereof, and as they
are more intimately acquainted than I can
pretend to be with that gentleman’s great
merit; whose claim and pretentions to your
suffrages and support is based upon an tinre
| mitted devotedness to your true interests.
1 am bold to affirm, that many of you now in 1
town and countin', enjoy benefits which hafe 1
resulted solelv from Ins industry and integri-!
tv and winch the public records will attest
beyond the possibility of contradiction—this
can easily be proved by any man who is de
sirous of informing himself of the truth.
But however incompetent ! may he in the
estimation of the Sapient Editor of the Darien
Gazette to do justice to the merits oC'the
Mayor of-J)arien, 1 should think myself high
ly censurable were I to remain silent after
the attack made upon my understanding by
that Enrj/chpedia of an editor , who 1 presume
is no Ipss a character than Mvouicvs, and par
ticularly on an occasion so pregnant with im
portance as the present —If my fellow-citi
zens, you would abstract party and political
considerations, and look solely to what ma
jor Wood lias done and is still doing for the
welfare of your City and county; or view im
partially his public and private character,
you will find it impossible to contemplate
tlife one or the other and not admire him as
much for his abilities as bis disinterestedness
in all he has undertaken for your welfare; all
this can be proved; then why withhold your
support from the man you are bound in gra
titude to exalt; justice demands it at your
hands. With respect to his character, pri
vate and public, as I have said in a former
number, it is honorable and amiable; there is
nothing in’ it like presumption, ostentation,
or self-sufficient arrogance, which is visible
in many of his opponents who are now thrust
ing themselves upon your notice by the vir
ulence of their abuse of a mail who is as far
superior to them in talents and genius as they
are below mediocrity in sentiments and hu
manity.
For” myself, fellow-citizens, T have nothing
to expect from the advancement of either of
the candidates. lam but a plain farmer and
mv children are already provided for, of
course I can have no sinister views for advo
cating the cause of Major Wood, or distort
ing that of Colonel Brailsford. It is alone
gratifying’ to me, being able from my person
al knowledge of the major, to say, that if etfer
rny man deserved your support, he is ihe
man. It is also a satisfaction, the pleasure
of which is increased by the reflection, that
there are documentary evidence sufficient to
convince all impartial men, that he is un
questionably the man, who in justice and
gratitute you ought to elect in preference to
his opponent, who is not only very young,
but inexperienced in political knowledge—
and a gentleman who is but little known as a
public character, though in every other res
pect a worthy member of society. At pre
sent he is only supported by the Bank party
to answer the purposes of that party. This
is, however, only a surmise. Far be it from
me to detract ought from so excellent a young
gentleman. I am only opposed to his elec
tion on account of his having filled so few
offices of a public character and not because
he happens to be ol the Bank party. My
opinion of bis honor is so exalted that I would
give him my vote as soon as any man 1 know,
but for the reasons slated above. When, I
therefore, I see his friends at acking his op- 1
ponent with tlie artfulness and cunning of
a “Republican of the Old Sc.hool” ami the
pitiful insinutions of “Abronicus,” 1 feel a re
gret that the young gentleman should be so ■
miserably supported and even wish the eru
dite Editor could tender his services “in a
doubtful cause” Believe me, fellow-citizens,
I am no party man; my plantation is enough
forme to look after; but I have for years
had my eves on Major Wood, and have never
found him failing in integrity and persever
ance whenever lie undertook any’ thing
which lie thought would be of any benefit to
the public.
The Bank party are eternally ringing in
your ears, that major Wood is “actuated” by
self interest and a bitter enmity to the Bank
to seek your support* And by what princi
ples are they governed, do you think? not by
a wish to relieve your present distressed j
condition, not by a desire to promote the j
prosperity of Darien with a Bank surplus of:
309,000 dollars —not by the laudable umbi- j
tion of distinguishing themselves as friends:
to internal improvement: What then? Only!
an unwillingness to see a change take place
in their own affairs, that might tend mightily
to diminish their present emoluments, hat
is all, my fellow-citizens, which is a very co
gent reason, by the bye, few men would like
adiminution in their revenue these hard times.
Ask Abronicus what spurred him onto;
make so bold and so unfounded an assertion
as it relates to major Wood —“that he is the
most unpopular man in the county”—was it
a desire to distinguish himself for candor and
truth? Was it in the sincere belief that he
was telling you the truth? or was it the lofty )
ambition of appearing before the public as a !
political critic and a faithful recorder of right
and wrong? or was it the grovelling and das
tardly spirit of detraction, that urged him on
to distort truth for the purpose of blasting the
fair fame of an honorable gentleman under
a fictitious name and for the pitiful conside
ration of seeing the first fruits of his distem
pered imagination stuck into the imnculate
columns of the Darien Gazette, so famous of
late for ‘‘Equal and Exact Jussice.”
Believe me, feliow-citizens. that none of
us are without our share of self-interested
motives in all our conduct through life, it is
a necessary impulse that-gives life to emula
tion and'propels us on to excellence. What
brought the all glorious La Fayette first to
this country', but a desire of distinguishing
himself among the band Afheroes then strug
gling for liberty and independence —he was
Impelled bv a laudable self-interest, to im
prove himself in the art of war with men
whose souls glowed with the enthusiastic
flame of freedom; When, therefore, my
fellow-citizens, you read such an essay, as
that of a “Republican of the Old School.
Pause and ask yourselves what his motives
are for giving his unsolicited advice, endea
vor to find out his drift by the artfulness of
his instructions. You will seldom fail to find
after a close investigation, that the authors
intention and real motives are to promote
the interest of his friend at the expense of
your judgment and true interests; in my un
educated opinion he is one of those sanctified
characters that would sacrifice a great deal of
time and a great many incomprehensible
words upon us untutored wretchesto obtain a
smile from us once a year and a vote for him
self or his friend. Abronicus informs you
that Colonel Brailsford is a friend, and decid
ed friend to W. IL Crawford and that his op
ponent is not so, a circumstance with him of
no small magnitude though in my humble
opinion of things, very little importance is
to he attached to it as it regards the im
proving your condition and that of the city
of Darien.
Abronicus is correct in saying that Darien
has continued to decline since major Wood
became mayor, for she was in a galloping
consumption before he was elected to that
office and so deeply had the malady taken
root in her whole system, that she has con
tinued to decline and waste away to the skel
eton she now presents in spite of all his skill
and abilities to check her rapid march to
dissolution unless a speedy change should
take place and this change must depend up
on your conduct on the first Monday in Oc
tober next. ABELUX.
/
And what does it all concern? quoth my uncle
Toby, ns he cast his eyes earnestly on the cor
poral. ’ Tis, an ’ please your honor, nothing,
or next a kin to nothing, replied Trim—\is all
a silty story.
ron the sex.vim,
ALLEN B. POWELL, Esq.
ron the norsr or rkphf.skxt attves,
Col. DANIEL M. BRAILSFORD,
Major JONATHAN TIIOMAS.
Mr. Editor —Please publish the following
ticket composed of men favorable to Craw
ford, to the canal system, and to the prospe
rity of Darien—and which appears to be
the most independent—and will certainly be
the best supported:
ALLEN B. POWELL, Senator.
Major JACOB WOOD, Representa-
Major JON’A. THOMAS, S fives .
HEALTH COMMITTEE.
Since the last report there has been only
one new case of fever in the limits of this ci
ty, and that intermitted,
GEO. ATKINSON, chairman.
Armaxd Lf.fies, secretary.
Fahrenheit's ? geological CMade in the
. > observations, < Printing
1 hermometer $ 1824 £ o J?re. s
g WEATHER.
5. ’j, t > S_ norm \ afternoon
”7 79184 85 x. w. clear cloudy
88082 78 s. k. Ditto rain & thn’r
97881 78 Ditto clear rain
10 74 75 75 n. e. cloudy gloomy
II 72 76 77 calm cloudy gloomy
12 76 80 79 x. e. gloomy rain
13 78 81 82 Ditto Ditto showers
PORT OF DARIEN.
ARRIVED,
Schr. Thorn, Vernard, Savannah, 2 clays—
assorted cargo—to sundries.—
We understand Governor Trout has in
vited Gen. La Fatf.tte to visit our state. —
Should he do so, although we may not be
able to entertain him as splendidly, as he has
been in New-York, he will be received as
cordially and affectionately, as by any peo
ple in the Union.— Southern Recorder.
APPROACHING ELECT my.
On the first Monday in octoher next, the
general election for seven Members of Cong
ress, and for Representatives to the State
Legislature, will take place throughout
Georgia. The following gentlemen are can*
cuOStes for the suffrages of the people.
FOR CONGRESS.
Col. E. F. I'ATTNALL. .f Chatham,
Col. ALFRED CUTHRKRT, of Putnam.
JOHN FORSY Til, Esq. of Richmond.
Gen. WYLY THOMPSON, of Elbert,
GEORGE CARY, Esq. of Columbia,
Maj. JAMES MERRIYI ETHER of Clarke,
A. G. LONGS I REET, Esq. of Greene,
Duct. CHARLES K. HAYNES, of Clarke.
03“ Our friends in the different counties in
thi6 state will confer a special favor in for
warding to us bv mail, the returns of votes
given for each candidate for Congress at the
ensuing election, — Sav. Rep.
*
The Da rieh J)is pcnsai‘ij —sign
of the Golden *Mortar.
rSIIIIS elegant estabfsliment, under the
JL management of the present proprietor,
lias been replenished with every requisite
for the cure of diseases, internal and exter
nal. A specific for almost every malady to
which flesh is heir to may be procured here,
of the best quality and lowest rates —among
the number are some of the most extraordin
ary character viz vegetable halm, that gives
almost instant relief in strangury —suppres-
sion and incontinence of urine—gra'el and
all affections of the kidneys, bladder and
womb, which lias been tested In an eminent
physician in this city (Doctor Maxwell.) —
Cures for Piles, Fever and Ague, Phthi
sic, Pectoral complaints, diseases of the lungs
Dyspeysia, palpitations of the heart, flux and
dysentery, all of which has-been tested by
some of the most respectable authorities in
the city and surrounding neighborhood.-
Bad breath corrected, sore eyes cured, w eak
eyes* improved, old wounds and ulcers, \T
nerial,’j'gangreens, &c. arc spedily heal
ed by preparations macW-’fnr the purpose in
this drug store. All kinds of patent medi
cines and.perfumery, also the lately prepar
ed New-York Calcined Magnesia, which in
now most generally preferred to llei.ry’s—
for sale at this establishment.
N. B. As there are three eminent physi
cians in town, it is to he hoped they will be
consulted first, as to the remedy required for
the relief of all applicants.
We have also received a small supply of
the Sulphate of Quinine or extract oi hark,
one grain qf which is sulci to be sufficient tr>
cure a fever and ague, also a few dozen
Shinns Panacea.
*1 have used this eye water 20 years—l am
now’ fifty years of age and never w ore spec
tacles; nor do I require them in setting up
or distributing our smallest type.
by the directions given in the.
American Dispensatory —and the American
Pharmacopia.
CHARLES F GRAND!SON.
To the Public.
DYVID G. KEMP will supply the mar
ket of Darien twice a week with Beef,
or oftener as the demand may increase—
Tuesday and Saturday, regularly. As the
beef will be of the first quality and at eight
cents, instead of ten, as it was sold before lie
came, lie anticipates a liberal patronage. —
sept. 14—35
Twenty dollars’ reward.
I) \NAVVAY from the Marquis Mill, on
Ij Black Creek, in St. John’s county',
East Florida, on the beginning of Septem
ber last, two negroes, George and Brutus.
George is about 35 years old, middle size,
stout, dark black, and stutters. Brutus is
about 28 y ears old, five feet seven inches in
height, not quite so stout as George, his
supposed that they will*try to get to South
Carolina, where they were bought of Mr. Bee
as they were seen in a canoe beiow the Cow-
Ford, going down the St. John’s river. The
above reward will be given to any person
who will lodge them in any gaol in this ter
ritory, or in Georgia, and notice given or de
livery made to the subscriber at St. Augus
tine, East Florida, and all reasonable charges
paid MF.YNARDIK.
St. Augustine, August 21, 1824 —r — 3s
Sheriff's sale.
ON the first Tuesday in December next,
will be sold in front of the court-house
in Darien, between the hours of 10 and 4
o’clock,
The following slaves, viz. Charles, Jenny,
Tinker, Tenah, Rose, Joe, Gilbert, Fanny
and Cis; levied on as the property of George
Forrester, and Bailey Forrester, by virtue
of two executions issued on the foreclosure
of mortgages in favor of Charles E. Putnam,
and four several executions, viz. W. J. Way
vs. George B. Forrester and Baillie Forres
ter, Clarisa Hoadley vs same, Benjamin
Hopkins vs. same, and Cray & Holzendcrf
vs. George B. Forrester.
Also two negro slaves, viz. Bess and her
child Rinah; levied on as the property of
George A. Smith by virtue of an execution
on the foreclosure of a mortgage in favor of
James Nephew, T. KING, s. m. c.
sept, 14—35 _ .
Sheriff’s sale.
ON the first Tuesday in November next,
will he sold in front of the court-house
in the city of Darien, between the hours ot
10 and 4 o’clock,
The following slaves, viz* Jack, Ilager,
Charles, Rinah, Katy, Kesiah, Old Charles,
Patty, Tommy, Fanny, Jim, Solomon, Bob,
Dublin, Jim, (a carpenter) Jane, young Jack,
William and George; levied on as the pro
perty of John Carnochan to satisfy an execu
tion in favor of the Planters’ Bank of Savan
nah and an execution in favor nf the State of
Georgia. THOMAS KING, s. m. c.
sept. 14—35
Executors’ sale.
WILL be sold at the place where Thom
as Fulhvood, deceased, resided, on
the Bth day of November next, all the per
sonal property of said deceased, consisting
of a stock of Cattle, kitchen Furniture, aad
Plantation Tools—and on the 9th day of the.
same month will be sold at the cptirt-hoiisn
in the county of Wayne, the tract of law!
whereon said deceased did live, containing
250 acres. Six months credit will he given;
bond and security will be required.
JESSE MOODY, cx’r.
LOU AN A PULUVOon, f.u c.