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■•A LITTLE lIORE GRAPE.”
PINHE undersigned, true to Ins promise, again
!L presents to tho Public more data on which
they can safely base their calculations relative
to the respective merits of the depleting system
•of the disciples of Esculapins, and of that invig
orating and phlogestic one of which lie is proud
to he the advocate.
Leaving the stilts of egotism and shafts of rid
icule for the use of those w ho have nothing bet
ter to stand on, and no other weapons for attack
or defence, lie selects his standing on truth, and
uses such support only as merit gives him ; and
for weapons, he chooses simply to assail the
ranks of the enemy occasionally with “a little
more grape,” in the form of facts, which are evi
dently the hardest kind of arguments since they
often administer to his quiet amusement by the
terrible destruction they cause among the stilts
and the ludicrous effect they produce in causing
certain individuals to laugh, as it is expressed in
homely phrase, “on t’other side the mouth.”
The Mexicans tiro not tho only people, these
days, whom vanity has blinded to their own de
fects ; neither can they claim much superiority
in the way of fancied eminence and blustering
bravado over many that live a great deal nearer
home. A salutary lesson has latterly been giv
en the former by the Americans, and the latter
may ere long take “ another of the same ” a hi
mode dc 'Taylor.
After the following there will still ho “a few
inure left.”
Georgia, Tones Countv, 1848.
This certifies that for more than four or five
years my wife was afflicted with a disease peon
liar to her sex, and notwithstanding till that we
could do, she still continued to get worse. The
Physicians m attendance had exhausted their
skill without rendering her anv assistance till,
in 1844, when she was confined to her fled in a
very low condition, 1 got her last attendaiKto go
with me to Macon and lay her case before Dr.
M. S. Thomson, who, without having seen her,
prescribed and sent'her medicine that soon re
lieved her, and in the course of a short time re
stored her to permanent health She has now
been well about four years and rejoices in the
recovery ol her long lost health
FRANCIS B. lIASCAL.
Macon. Juno 22d, 1848.
Du. M. S. Thomson— Dear Sir : —Deeming it
a duly I owe to yourself as well as to the afflicted
generally, 1 have cone'oded to give you a short
statement of my case, which you arc at liberty to
publish if you think that tile best mode of thereby
subserving the interests of suffering humanity
in M. l;r 1841. after considerable exposure to
cold, [ was attacked with Asthma, which pros
trated me very much, and notwithstanding all
that could he done to prevent it, it continued to
return about every two weeks till in 184(i, I ap
plied to you. Between these attacks I had avert
Revere cough, which led some of the phvsieians
io whom I applied to believe that I had consump
tion. I applied to physicians of both the Min
eral and Botanic schools, of eminent general
qualifications, but all to no benefit, for I contin
ued to get worse,so much so that I had reducer*
Irom being a strong, fleshy man, down to a mere
skeleton and could hardly creep about.—When
l applied to you, I had hut little faith in being
bared, though 1 had witnessed some wonderful
results following your treatment, especially the
''•are »f that crazy woman you bought of Aqtiil
a I’helps, in Jasper, yet they gave me confi
denee and by persevering in the use of your
tciuedies, and as it wore hoping against hope,
am much gratified io being able to announce
1 l: ‘t I have got entirely well, for I have had but
>rle light attack in twenty months, and that was
CI G *t months ago. I have now regained about
my former weight, and feel as string as almost
aav mhi offilty-one, which is my age. Without
isparagetnent to the character of the other cures
mt have so frequently resulted from your prac
.p 13 ' ”° 111,1 think that any of them can bent
f us > * l,r confirmed .isthma combined with a
cough, especially where tho flesh
cu’-f-l, has long been classed among the in
ri-'t)lus. Must respectfully,yours,
11. LIG Ilf FOOT.
I>C undersigned still continues to treat Cliro
,|.j CI ? SC3 from a distance at his office,or either of
[liri r , j V * ,l>!l,r, l m S houses, and at a distance
w i,;; 1 t ' ,e wail or by private hand. Those
at fi'.' T 1 ror l u i re personal attention, tiro treated
u,,. V s " ars P ,;r month, those who do, at the
• moderate rates. Those who are able to
hup e *pect to do so, without variation from
Ulus./ '.i'*’ ~r^SS3 11 distinct bargain is made,
r .... 111 a ' e r,,, N will lie treated gratuitously.
er S must be past-paid, and add essed
jan 3 M ' THOMSON, M. D
Macon, Ciu.
THE SOUTHERN MUSEUM.
VOLUME I.
|3 o r t r b .
From the Minnesota Register.
MINNESOTA.
BY MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY.
Wc ve a child out at nurse, where the waters run
clear,
And the Falls of fct. Anthony ring on the ear, —
And there, where the breezes are bracing and
free,
She s as beautiful and happy as babv can be;
“ Mens sana, in eopore sano,” you know,
Is a treasure to all who are pilgrims below ;
And we, with the wise Dr. Brigham, have
thought
That “ corpore sano" was the first to be sought,
So she runs at her will in the fresh open air,
And takes simple food and is vigorous and fair.
No toys at Coutant’s or Bonfanti's she buvs,
Nor at Stewart's for candies and sugar plums
cries,
But plays on the greensward her gambols so rude
With a huge timbered doll that the woodmen
have hewed.*—
Trots away to theblnfls on her own sturdy feet,
Or sings with her birdlings in harmony sweet —
Marks the Father of Rivers, majestic and deep,
Or sinks in the shade of her forests to sleep.
We’ve bepn very much prospered in basket and |
store,
And have brought up with care thirty children i
or more ;
And our neighbors across the great Waters they j
say
Regard them with envy, as surely they mar ;
Still vve hope in her case some improvement to !
make,
Since the wisest of parents may sometimes mis
t ke.
Her sisters arc doubtless a wonderful band,
The joy of our heart and the pride ol the land—
\ et a few of the elders, from strictness of rule,
W ere sent, we’re afraid, rather early to school >
And, perchance, though the teachers had excel
lent sense,
They devolopo the brain at the body’s expense ;
Then some from the heat of the climate are frail,
And others with fever and ague are pale—
And others, alas ! have gone mad vve are told,
From tho bite of a dog with a collar of gold.
Now, dear Minnesota, wc wish you to shun
The faults into which your progenitors run.
Nor rush after wealth with a perilous speed,
Since the strength of Republics lies deeper in
deed—
Iri the mines of the heart and the ore of the soul,
In virture arid peace, and the patience of toil.
So, be pleasant and honest, and keep as you
grow,
The pure rural tastes in your bosom of snow ;
We shall hear from you, child, over mountain
and wave,
Your nurses will write us how well you behave ;
Let no bad reports our felicity mock—
-11 ore’s a kiss for you, darling, the pet of our flock!
* We understand that the lumber trade is com
menced in the territory of Minnesota, and that
Ihe emigrants from Maine are engaged in that
enterprise with their accustomed energy and
hardihood.
From Godtfs Lady's Book for JYorcmbcr.
Before ami After the Election.
J!Y T. S ARTHUR.
BEFORE THE ELECTION
“A!i, Patrick! How ate you, my
friend and fellow-citizen ?” said Mr. R—,
to Patrick Murphy, a newly created re
publican from the green island. “ How
are you ?” and he grasped the hand of the
Irishman and shook it warmly. “ How is
Mrs. Murphy, and all the little ones at
home V
“ Well, I thank yees,” returned Pat
rick, familiarly. “And how’syerhoner 1’
* First-rate, my friend—first-rate.—
Won't you take something to drink, Pat
rick
“ Well, I don’t care if I do,” returned
the willing Irishman, “if it’s only for the
sake of the good cause.’
“ You may well say for thegood cause,”
responded It—; “ the cause of the peo
ple. It is for equal rights that we ate now
struggling, my poor hut honest frtend.
For the right to breathe the pure air of
heaven. For the right to think, and speak,
atid act as freemen. Men in power are
riding it over us, rough-shod. They arc
crushing the very life out of us. The
privileged few gather to themselves all
the good things in tho land, and leave the
great multitude, the mass of the people,
the bone and sinew of the nation, like
dogs, to eat the crumbs that fall from their
tables. Rut there’s a good time coming,
Patrick—a good time coming. A little
while, and there will he a great change.’
“ Vis, y’r honor, that th'r wull.’
The candidate, —for he it understood,
that it was oti the eve of an election, and
that I\ was a candidate for a seat in the
State Legislature—now advanced towards
the bar; they had entered a drinking
house; saying:—
,‘ What will you take, Mr. Murphy ?”
JIAfO.V (OA.) SATUItDAY MOK.MAC*, OCTOBER 27, 1819.
“ Anything ye plaze.’
“ Say brandy and water?’
” Fust rate,” replied the Irishman, with
feeling.
“ Here’s to your good health, Mr. Mur
phy, said R—, as he lifted his glass,
bowing with a graceful and well-assumed
deference to his companion.
“ I he same till you,’ returned Mur
phy, familiarly, as he poured half a tumb
ler ol pure brandy down his capacious
throat.
“ And now, my worthy friend,” said
R—, laying his hand on the shoulder of
the Irishman and drawing him aside, “how
is the good cause progressing in your par
ticular neighborhood V
“ You’re safe in our ward b, a hundred
majority.’
“ D’ye think so ?’
“ T aith, an’ ye are. I was down at
McPhelin’s tavern last night until twelve
o’clock. There warn’t but three men
there dared open their mouths for L—,
and I rather think their bones ain’t done
aching yet.’
“ How so V
Murphy doubled his huge fist, and as
sumed a pugilistic attitude.
“ No fighting, I hope ?” said R—.
“ No—no. Only a hit of a scrimmage.
There was a rowdy Yankee there, who
insulted y’r honor ; and the way I chas
tised him would have done y’r heart
good.’
“Insulted me?” Ah! what did he
say ?’
“ \is ; and he insulted the great body
of y’r constituents into the bargain, the
spalpeen !’
“ How ? What did he say of me ?”
“ He said that y’r honor cared tio more
for a poor man than for the dirt under y’r
leet; and that after the election you
wouldn’t let me, in partiuclar, touch you
with a forty foot pole.’
“ He said that, did he ?’
“ Indade, yer honor, and that’s jist
what he did say. But if he didn’t feel the
weight of a heavy bunch of hones, call me
a liai. lie'll have Liue rltihons around
his eyes fora month. It’ll be as much as
the bargain if he get to the pools to mor
row.’
“ And so we are certain of your ward?”
“ Sure as death , and I take the credit
tp myself for one-half the success. I've
worked hard in the good cause, Mr. R—’
“ It’s the cause of the people, or, more
emphatically speaking, the cause of the
poor man. The rich and privileged clas
ses—the capitalists and monopolists ofthe
day—are crushing the very life out of you-
This is the time for effectual resistance.
Vou must break the chains of oppression
now, or they remain fastened upon you
forever. The country of your adoption
expects much of you, Mr. Murphy. Do
not disappoint her. Remember, that the
vote of a poor man is equal in value to
that of the proudest nabob in the land.
Never lose sight of that fact, my friend.
A convert to our side, no matter who or
what he is, a drunkard in the gutter, or a
lazy pauper in the almshouse, balances off’
the vote of one of your silk-stocking gen
try on the other side. Votes are what we
want, then—votes—votes—votes. Let
that be ever before your eyes. You’ll be
at the public meeting to-night?”
“ Dade, and il’s what I will.”
“ That's right. And you must bring
along as many staunch adherents of the
good cause as you can find.”
“ Trust me for that, Mr. R—.”
‘Mr. P is not on our side ?’
“He ? No —no ! lie belongs to the
silk-stocking party. What d’ye think he
said to me yesterday ? ‘See here, Mur
phy,’ says he, ‘if you don't quit this drink
ing and rowdying about, and attend better
to y’r business, you and I’ll have to part.’
Drinking and rowdying about, indade ! 1
knew what he meant. It was the political
matters he objected till. He wanted to in
terface with my freedom, and compel me
to vote his way.’
“Is it possible V
“Dade, and it is.’
“What did you say to him ?’
“Say till him ? Why, jist nothing at all,
at all. But didn’t I look as black as a
thunder cloud ?’
"Don’t be afraid, my excellent, friend,’
said the candidate, laying his hand on the
Irishman’s sh' ulder, and speaking delibe
rately. “Do your duty as a man and fear
nothing. What wages does P give
you ?’
“ A paltry twinty dollars a month, bad
luck to him.’
“For the valuable setvicesof a manlike
you ?’
“It’s ivery cint.’
“Possible ! Its little better than starv
ation !’
“Dade, and ye may well say that. It’s
little more nor starvation. 1 wonder how
much better lie is nor me, or any of the
poor men around him, out ol whose sw eat
and blood he is coining goold and dollars.’
“He s not half so good,my honest friend.
You’re worth a dozen like him. It’s you
that ought to be riding in your carriage,
instead of one like him.’
“Ihe likes o’ him!’ contemptuously
ejaculated Murphy.
“There’s a better time coming,’ said
the candidate, encouragingly. “Work
hard, and push through the good cause at
this ehiction. Once let our party come
into power, and you’ll see a chaise that
will be worth calling a change. There
are plenty of fat offices wailing for the
working friends of the cause ; and you be
long emphatically, to that class.’
is, include ! I’m a working man out
and out.’
“That’s well known. I’ve heard you
spoken of a dozen times. More than one
ofour leading men have their eyes on you.’
“We’re bound to bate.’
“But will have to work for it. Don’t
forget that. Our opponents are wide
awake.’
“Och ! And ye needn’t tell me tb at,
Musther R . Don’t I know? But,
as I said, we’re bound to bate ; and we
will bate. And when we’ve won the elec
tion, what kind of an office do you think
l can get ? How large will be the salary?’
“Nothing less than seven or eight hun
dred dollars.’
4 So much as that? Och, blnod-er-nouns
but won’t Ibe illigant! Fight hundred
dollars! I feel rich already. Who cares
for Musther P ? Bad cess till him!’
“Don’t forget the meeting to-night,’
said R , now moving away.
“Niverfear, I’ll be there.’
“And, above all, be at your post tomor
iu*». li io it iti gteai clay of battle, and
unless every soldier is in the field, the ene
my may conquer. Go early to the polls
and vote your ticket, and then see that ev
ery man over whom you have any influ
ence, does the same thing. A long pull,
a strong pull, and a pull altogether, will do
the work for us. Then, you know the
motto, ‘to the victors belong the spoils.’
Good-by, my friend.’ And the candidate
shook Murphy warmly by the band, and
left him.
“Pali !’ he muttered to himself, with
disgust and impatience, as he got fairly
clear of tho poor Irishman. “1 shall be
glad when this work is over. I’m half
sick with disgust, and half mad with a fret
ting sense of humiliation. But they are
our tools, and vve must work with them.
After our work is done it will be an easy
matter to throw them aside.”
Patrick Murphy had been in the coun
try just long enough to secure a legal na
turalization, and thus get the power of a
vote in our elections. As to the Constitu
tion of the United Slates, he had never
read the first article ; and his ideas of the
spirit of our institutions were bounded on
all sides by the world liberty'. Soon af er
his arrival, he became aware that duties
and responsibilities, undreamed of in tho
“ould counthry,” were resting upon him.
He was “one of the people,” upon whom
reposed the welfare of the nation. There
was a party in power, whose aim was to
restore the old monarchical and aristocrat
ical privileges that were such a curse to
Europe, and who sought to trample the
poor working man under foot. Pat was
soon politically indoctrinated by the party
that first gained his ear, flattered his self
love, and excited his natural beliigerance;
and as whiskey 7 , an article to the use of
which he was born, flowed as free as wa
ter at the head quarters of the party, his
affections were not only won, but firmly
retained.
Pat’s first electioneei ingcxperience was
the one that brought him in familiar inter
course as an equal with Mr. R , than
w hom there was not, in feeling, a more
thorough aristocrat to be found. He was
one of those who really despise everything
below them ; hut, being a lover of power
and an office seeker, he could talk of the
dear people, and shake them by the hand
with an appearance of interest and regard,
while m his heart lie loajhcd their very
presence. His manner of treating Mur
phy completely turned the Irishman's head,
and made him so insolent in his manner to
NUMBER 18.
his employer, a Mr. I*—, that the latter
had been several times tempted to dismiss
him froip his store, where he was engaged
as laborer and porter.
On the night before the election, Mur
phy was at the public meeting, as he had
promised. While R— occupied the stand
as speaker, ho stood close beside him,
hurrahing and throwing his hat in the air
at every emphatic sentence. Far above
every other voice was heard his, ever and
anon shouting—“ Rand the people,
for ever !”
After the adjournment of the meeting,
lie met It at the ward-house, and w 7 as
hand and glove with him fur the space of
an hour. When lie s’aried for home about
one o’clock in the morning, his mind had
become so confused by drink or self-con
ceit, most propably the fotmer, that he
was in serious doubt whether he were not
the condidate for election himself, and
R ordy one of the working members
of the political firm.
Murphy had some doubts whether lie
would go to the store at all on the next
day. It was the great election day, when
a battle was to be fought, and when every
man should he at his post and ready to do
his duty. Afler some debate, he conclu
ded to go and open Mr. P ’s store, and
put the counting room in some otder, pre
vious to the anival of the clerks. Then
he would take the day to himself.
It was about half past eight o’clock, that
Patrick Murphy presented himself to the
owner of the store, and, with an air of un
usual self-importance, said:—
‘ 1 shall be absent the rest of the day,
Musther P .’
‘ How so, Patrick ?’ inquired his em
ployer.
4 It's ’lection day.’
‘ Well, what of that ? Have you a
vote ?’
‘ Sure and l have, as much as the best
on yees.’
‘ Then you’re naturalized ?’
1 ’Dade, and I am that.’
‘ But it won’t take you all day to vote.
Half an hour, or an hour at least, is long
enough for you to be absent from tbc store.’
4 I've something else to do besides vote.
I’m one of the ward committee to attiud
the polls.’
*\ou are!' Mr. P spoke in a tone
of contempt that rather nettled Murphy.
‘ Yees needn't sash a body in that way,
Musther P . Ise got rights and privi
leges as well as ony other mnn, if I am
poor,’ he answered, a little indignantly.
4 I’ve no wish to interfere with your
rights, Patrick,’ said Mr. P- , serious- j
ly. 4 As a citizen, y r our right and duty is
to vote, and time enough for that I have no j
desire to withhold. You can go and cast
your vote, and then return to work, as I
shall do. But to release you from your
obligation to me, that you may have time
to meddle in what doesn’t concern you,
and interfere with other men’s freedom in
voting, is what I cannot do. To-day is a
busy day in the store. We have a large
amount of goods to pack, and cannot dis
pense with your services.’
4 My duty to my adopted counthry.’—
4 You needn’t talk to me after that fash
ion, Patrick,’ interrupted Mr. P , im
patiently. 4 Vote your vote, if you wish
to do so, and leave the country totake care
of itself. It will get on well enough with
out any of your meddling interference.’
“ O yis. That’s the way ye nabobs try |
to lord it over us poor men, when ye think
ye have us in y’r power,’ retorted Mur
phy, in an insolent tone. 4 But I’m not
jist ready to kneel down and let yees put
y’r foot on my neck.’
4 My friend,’ said Mr. P , sharply— j
he was by tins time quite angry— 4 I don’t
want to bandy any words w ith you. You
can go to the polls and vote. I’ll give
you an hour for that purpose ; and you
may vote for his Satanic Majesty, if it
please your fancy, for all I care. But if
you are not here at the expiration of an
hour, I’ll hire a man in your place.’
4 Musther P ’
4 I wiil hear no more on the subject,’ re
plied the merchant, turning quickly away,
and walking back into his counting-room.
Murphy stood cogitating a few moments*
and then, muttering indignantly— 4 No
purse proud nabob shall lord it over tne,’
walked erectly, and with a firm bearing (
from the store.
What did he care for the loss of a pal
try situation like that, when in a few days
he would be, iu all probability, a custom
house officer, enjoying an income of a
thousand or twelve hundred dollars,
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
Will be executed in the most ajrprorcd styh
and on the Lest terms, at the Office of the
SCTJTHEJtN
-BY—
WM. B. HARRISON.
All day long, Patrick Murphy worked
at the polls, in his ward and out of his
ward, at any and everything in which those
who had the superintendence of affairs
chose to employ him. He w 7 as an impor
tant man—in his own eyes. The United
States was a great country for nature’s true
nobility—honor and freedom attended
them as hand-maidens.
The sun at last went down, and the
polls were closed. Patrick Murphy would
have bet his life on the result. His sido
had won, of course; and, if the truth
were known, through his important aid.
flow deeply and heartily did he despise
his old employer, who had attempted to
j restrict his political rights, and to abridge
his freedom as an American citizen. Theie
were times during the day, when indigna
tion and w hisky raised his feelings to such
a height that, had he encountered Mr.
P in the street, he would have been
strongly templed to insult and even mal
treat him.
After ten o’clock, returns from various
wards began to come in. This was tho
exciting time. Now one party was ahead,
and now the other. The poll was excced
ingly close. Patrick Murphy began to
feel uncomfortable. Several times during
the evening, since the closing of the polls,
he had encountered Mr. R . But
somehow or other, tho candidate did not
recognize him. He was too much engaged
with others. What did he care for tho
weak, vulgar tool of his abolition now ?
Nothing. Murphy began to shrink to
wards his natural dimensions. In other
words, to feel something of his own in
significance.
At last, the result was fully know'n.
R and his entire party were beaten.
Murphy was about sober enough to com
prehend the disastrous nature of this in
telligence, when it came with a shock upon
his unwilling ears. One more glass of
whiskey,and he too homeward,at midnight,
his disconsolate way alone, and, tumbling
himself in bed, was soon lost in drunken
slumber.
A Pretty Idea. —Dr. P. , who is
attached to a Parisian theatre in quality of
a physician, expressed his astonishment
that a man and woman were not created at
the same time, instead ofthe latter spring
ingfrom a rib ofour first parent. A young
actress standing by, remarkable for the
graceful turn which she ever gives to tho
her ideas, immediately said,
“Was it not natural, sir, that the flower
should come after the stem ?”
Killing Fleas. —A Texas editor gives
the following as the most effectual and ap
proved mode of killing fleas in that re
gion : —“ Place the animal on a pine board,
and hedge him round with putty; then
read him an account of all the railroad
s’eamboat accidents happened within the
last twelve months ; when he has become
so frightened as not to be able to stir,
draw out his teeth and he will starve to
death.’
Ihe People. — 4 Make way, gentlemen,’
cried a Massachusetts representative to the
populace who were crowding him out of
his place in the procession on election
day,— 4 make way, vve are the representa
tives of the people.’ ‘ Make way your
self,’ replied a sturdy member of the
throng, 4 vve are the people themselves.’
Delicate Compliment. —lt was a grace
ful toast given by a French gentleman, at
a party where someone proposed as a sen
timent, ‘ The three days of July.’ 4 Yes,’
said the Frenchman, 4 and the 4th/
‘O! ’tis Love.’ — 4 I’ll bet a sheep,*
said old Jones to his other half, * that our
boy Tom is going crazy. He is grinning
at the plough, and grinning at the barn,
and grinning to himself wherever he goes/
4 Poh,’ replied the old woman, 4 don’t you
know, he got a love-letter this morning/
A Dumb Woman. —lt is said that a girl
in Pittsfield, Mass., was struck dumb by
the firing of a cannon. Since then, it is
said a number of married men have invi
ted the artillery companies to come and
discharge their pieces on their premises.
A Volume in a Line. — At a temper
ance celebration on (he Fourth at New
market Tenn., a little lad appeared in the
procession bearing a flag, on which was
inscribed — 4 All's Right when Daddy's
Sober.'
I “Do you keep matches here ?”asked
a wag of a retailer. “Oh yes, all kinds/
vvqs the reply. “Then I’ll take a trotting
match,’