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use of alcohol as a drink is.Jincontrovertibly,
a national and individual curse, and the pa
triotism and public spirit of tlio Washing
tonians, however much wc may differ with
them in respect to the practicability of re
moving the evil, is truly commendable.
Whether we regard the reformation which
the friends of temperance are now carrying
forward, as the feverish excitement of
American enthusiasm, or as the harbinger
of our political salvation; it arouses in those
of our fellow-citizens who are enlisted un
der its banner, a spirit too noble, generous,
and patriotic, not to be admired by every
man who loves his country, or who has “a
heait that beats to the transports of liberty.”
For our own part, we have bid the Washing
tonians God speed, but we confess we have
doubted, very seriously doubted the eventual
triumph of their cause. We have heard
with pleasure of the thousands who have
been raised from wretchedness and infamy,
to honor and usefulness—of the thousands
of broken hearts which have been healed—
of the homes before desolated and misera
ble, made'peaceful, and.bright, and happy—
of tears dried, and sighs of sorrow turned
to songs of joy. We have heard all this,
and we believe it. But we have been ac
customed to think that agitation so violent
as that which now excites the popular mind,
cannot result in any enduring good; and that
an extreme of public enthusiam, must, like
an extreme in the natural world, be follow
ed by a corresponding listlessness and in
sensibility on the subject of such excitement.
And this has led us to fear that the advocates
of “Total Abstinence,” however pure and
philanthropic their motives, might leave us,
in the end, more than ever exposed to the
evil which they seek to remedy. Candor,
however, compels us to acknowledge, that
our confidence in the validity of our objec
tion, has recently been shaken. There does
appear to be something about this Wash
ington Pledge— its principles as explained
by its advocates, and its effects upon those
who have placed themselves under its pro
tection, which is wonderful. There appears
to be something in the spirit of the people
in respect to the evil of intemperance, or in
the character of this cause, which distin
guishes the present excitement, from any
which has preceded it: and we are almost
persuaded, from a sense of duty to ourself
and our fellow-men, to record our name with
the Washingtonians. If they should suc
ceed in removing from our country the
withering curse of intemperance, they will
secure a triumph more glorious than was
ever obtained upon the battle field, and for
which every patriotic heart will bless them,
and a grateful posterity will thank and honor
them. We hope it may be our lot to enjoy
many scenes like those we beheld on Mon
day; and that each succeeding year may
add a million to the pledged enemies of Al
cohol.
.We would not weary our readers with
too long a prelude, but proceed to a notice
of the exercises.
The usual display of the “stars and
stripes,” and a National salute announced
the arrival es another birth-day of America.
At half-past ten, a procession was form
ed, under the direction of the Marshals of
the day; and a portion of which we were
glad to see was composed of Ladies. Rea
sons which they no doubt deemed sufficient,
prevented many of our fair friends who were
present at the Church, from joining the
procession; but it would have been agreea
ble to us all, and especially to the Washing
tonians, to be honored by their presence
while marching. The Banner prepared for
the occasion, and which was borne in the
procession, was beautifully appropriate. In
the devices with which it was decorated, and
the mottos with which it was inscribed, it
was elegant, yet simple and imposing. On
‘one side, was an Eagle, holding in his beak
■a scroll, bearing the motto, “In God wehope.”
Opposite the device, “ Total Abstinence ”
and under the device and the latter motto,
were the words, “ National and Moral Free - >
dom.” On the other side, the device repre
sented an ample fountain of “cold water,”
gushing from a rocky mountain side, and
shaded by a beautiful grove of oaks, and
surrounded by fresh green grass and shrub
bery. On a limb near the fountain hangs a
gourd, for the accommodation of tcetollers
and their friends. Opposite this device are
the words, “COLD WATER.” Beneath
the device and motto, ‘‘the only beverage
given to Adam bv his Maker, and good
enough for his posterity.” The devices
and insciiptions were executed with remar
kable neatness and taste. The painting by
Miss Emily Bacon.
At the Baptist Church an oration was de
livered by Lucius L. Wittich, Esq. And
whether we regard it as a vindication of the
cause of Temperance, or simply as a pro
duction of the intellect; the surpassing
splendor and power by which the speaker
enchained the attention of his audience for
an hour and a quarter, leave no room for
argument upon its merits. The following
life-like picture, which wc have been per
mitted to extract, will not suffer in compari
son with any thing in our language:
“ There is no relation of life so close and
affectionate, as that which exists between
man and wife: and there is none, which it
would seem, a man would be loss likely to
embitter. .And yet home, where wife ami
children are—where the sunlight of joy
should ever smile—and over winch no cloud
of darkness should ever spread itself—the
drunkard’s home is sometimes—yea, often,
the scene of the deepest and keenest misery.
Pass those acts of cruelty, which a husband
or father, maddened by the power of drink,
sometimes perpetrates upon his unoffending
family—that state of want and suffering,
which in some cases, the helpless wife and
more than orphaned children are brought to
endure in consequence of the intemperance
of the husband and father. And on some
night of drunken debauch, go to the home
of the drunkard, and mark the condition of
his wife: Her little ones have been laid
away to sleep, and quietly and sweetly they
slumber, watched and guarded by the sleep
less eye and tireless arm of the Almighty.
Alone, with no companionship of earth, she
sits—sad and bitter feelings are in her heart
—her bosom heaves with the intensity of her
emotions, and these emotions have pencilled
themselves upon every lineament of her
countenance. She sits, a monument of
grief, and the big tears steal silently down
her faded cheek. The stars are out in the
Heavens—the moon is up, and lets her soft
beams down upon the earth—the breeze is
abroad, and in its wanderings plays gently
with her fevered brow—all nature is still
and quiet—and amidst the stillness and
quietness of night, she sends another and
another gaze upon the pathway to her home,
to see if her husband yet comes, but he
comes not. And then memory runs back
upon the days of childhood—those happy
days, when life’s gay 6ceue was gay to her
—when, from every point of earth a well
spring of joy gushed up in her pathway.
To the days of young womanhood, when
the sports and playtimes of childhood were
past, and her fresh heart sent abroad its
affections amidst the scenes of time—when,
beneath her father’s roof, or out upon the
earth’s bosom, she mingled with her virgin
companions and laughed and sported and
was happy. To the day, when she received
the pledge of her husband’s love, and gave
back her’s in return —when sho laid her
young warm heart on his bosom, and com
mitted her all of earthly bliss to his keep
ing, and he promised to make her happy,
and she was happy with that promise—and
then she thinks of the present, the painful
present —childhood past —youth past —her
father and her mother dead—her husband
away amid the haunts of revelry, a drunkard!
and she, a heart-broken, lone wife—neglect
ed, laid aside, for the corapanship of Baclia
nals—watching hour after hourfor his return
—hut still he comes not. Who can de
scribe the misery of that lone wife 1 Who
can enter her heart, and gather up the torn
affections as they lie bleeding upon her soul,
and weigh the anguish she feels? There is
no beauty in the stars, no mildness in the,
moonbeams, no softness in the breeze, no
repose in nature, to her. Within her bosom
the serpent’s fang is fixed and the poison is
stealing its deadly way along every channel
of her soul. This is but a faint picture of
one night’s scene; and what is true in res
pect to one night, is true in respect to all
the nights of revelry. And what is true in
respect to one family, is true in respect to
the families of all who surrender themselves
to the cup. Who then can calculate the
amount of happiness which this one evil
strikes from our land?”
If any of our readers yet disagree with
us in opinion, they will please read the fol
lowing tribute to the virtues of “ Cold Wa
ter C
“A few words in conclusion, upon the
motto on the other side of our banner:
“Cold water, the only beverage given to
Adam, by his maker, and good enough for
his posterity.” There is something strong
in this thought. Man was made—Paradise,
with its beauties and its luxuries was spread
for his enjoyment; but, in all that garden of
delights, fashioned by God himself and de
signed to minister to the pleasure of his
creature, naught beside the pure cold wa
ter, which ffow'ed through Eden, was pre
pared to slake his thirst. If aught else
would have been better—would have minis
tered more appropriately to his necessities
or his pleasures, it would have been prepar
ed. And is it not good enough for his pos
terity ? Cold Water !•It is the very bever
age of nature itself. Earth owes all its
beauties to its influence. The flowers of
the valley—the trees of the forest—the pro
duce of the fields, all drink of it and are
made glad. The dew, which gently steals
its w'ay to earth amidst the calmness and
silence of night from the laboratory of God
—or the rain drops, which come out the full
bosom of the cloud rolled up by the hand of
the Omnipotent, and find their way to earth,
slake the thirst of the vegetable world. All
nature drinks of it—and the flow'er of the
valley puts on a lovelier tint—the tree of
the forest sends out another bough—and the
harvest of the husbandman is laden with a
heavier yield. The lark of the morning, as
he sends his first merry note to the opening
day, laves his wing in the humid air, and
takes his morning drink from the dew-drop
which trembles on the leaf. The eagle of
the mountain finds his beverage in the gush
ing water, which pours its limpid stream
from the mountain’s side. The beast of the
forest, in the midst of his roamings, stops
alone by the side of some wandering rivulet
to satisfy his appetite for drink. The hart
panteth only for the cooling water brook.
And is it not this, which gives verdure to
the green spots of the desert—which colors
the flowerets of the valley—which strength
ens and beautifies the forest—which clothes
the fields .with their waving harvests—which
satisfieth the birds of the air and the beasts
of the wood—which is tho beverage of
God’s own fashioning, distilled in the alem
bic of nature —and which comes gushing
out from every mountain side, a pure—clear
—bright—cold stream of healthful water,
good enough for man ? “Ho every one that
thirsteth, come ye to the waters and drink.”
We understand the Temperance Society
have requested a copy of this Address for
publication; which we hope will not, by
any means, be refused. After leaving the
Church, the assembly repaired to the
“Spring grove,” where a barbecue was pro-
s <e> mwm mm xt taaatDiaibiL asi.
pared, which we understand, the Ladies
pronounce the best they have ever attended;
and if the “Dinner Committee” wish a
higher compliment than that, they are very
difficult to please.
After the cloths were removed, the fol
lowing toasts were drunk:
REGULAR TOASTS.
1. The day we celebrate: On the 4th of
July, 1776, our fathers pledged their lives,
their fortunes, and their sacred honor to the
Declaration of Independence; and their ad
herence to that pledge, rolled back across
the Atlantic the proud wave of British op
pression. Who, with such examples and
such results, will longer argue that to Pledge
is to become bondsmen?
2. The memory of Washington: His
very name gives impulse to the great moral
revolution which now pervades our land.
3. The memory of Thomes Jefferson'.
The following declaration commands our
approval: “Were I to act my public life
over again, the first question I would ask
with regard to every candidate for office
should be, is he addicted to the use of ar
dent spirits? If so, I should pronounce him
disqualified.”
4. Republican Governments: The un
precedented advancement of our own coun
try in every thing that makes a nation great
and happy, is a standing proof of the adapt
ness of this form of Government to the
great purpose for which Governments were
established.
5. The signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence: A noble band who at the proper
moment, dared to act fearless of conse
quences.
6. The President of the United States:
As the first officer of our Government, he is
entitled to our respect.
7. Our Pledge: The declaration in which
Americans determined to deliver their coun
try from an oppression more odious than a
foreign despot, and a danger more terrible
than foreign armies.
8. Alcohol: One of the few things that
gets better and makes better, by being let
alone.
9. Cold Water: “Ho every one that
thirsteth come ye to the waters and drink.”
10. Temperance: The brightest star in
the firmament of the patriot’s hope—save
one—and that one is the star of Bethle
hem.
11. The six original framers of the Wash
ington Pledge: The first to break the yoke
of moral bondage, and assert the doctrine
that the drunkard may be reclaimed.
12. The Army and Navy of the United
States: The truth has been tested, that
ardent spirits are not necessary in order to
make good soldiers, or good sailors.
13. Woman: In a moral contest her
influence is irresistible. We want it unre
servedly in the cause of Temperance.
VOLUNTEER TOASTS.
By A. Alden, President of the day. To
tal Abstinence: The fountain head and
well spring of health, happiness, and all the
blessings we enjoy beneath the sun. If any
one doubts, let him test the truth of the
sentiment by making the experiment.
By L. L. Wittich, Esq., Orator of the day.
Morgan County: Not to be surpassed in
the enterprize and value of her sons, or in
the beauty and worth of her daughters.
By Col. John B. Walker, Reader of the
Declaration. The ‘difference between a
member of a Temperance Society and a
well wisher of the cause is this, the one
gives his active influence in reforming the
drunkard, the other never wishes any one
out of a drink.
By Col. William Woods, Reader of the
Temperance Declaration. Our Fair Ar
tist: She merits the thanks of the Wash
ingtonians for having contributed so much
to the interest of our celebration.
By Rev. John P. Duncan. Georgia, the
State of my adoption: May I live to see
the glorious day when there shall not be a
solitary drunkard within her limits.
By Mrs. A. L. Alden. Our Free Institu
tions: Their permanency is intimately con
nected with the morality and intelligence of
the people.
By Mrs. Eliza M. Stark. The Readers
of the Declarations of Independence: Long
may they live to promote their country’s
good.
By Miss H. L. Raymond. The orator of
the day: His eloquence is irresistible; let
us all enlist in the cold water army.
By Mrs. Sarah D. Speed. The Total
Abstinence Society: Worthy of the appro
bation of all the Ladies, for it makes good
husbands, good sons and daughters, and
leads to every blessing.
By Peter W. Walton. Our Ladies: In
the preparation of the beautiful and well
cooked dinner before us, we have the best
evidence that in their acquisition of the orna
mental, they have not neglected the useful
branches of Female Education.
By a Lady. The Orator of the day : The
people of Morgan should be proud of him.
His Address this day is but one evidence of
his exalted talents.
By A. G. Saffold. America : The eyes
of all nations are turned towards her; may
she never prove a stumbling block in their
march to free governments.
By Rev. E. L. Wittich. Moral and Po
litical Freedom: The continuance of the
latter, is intimately connected with the pre
servation of the former.
By Wilds Kolb. Hard Times: Let us
soften them by working more and drinking
less.
By William Ansly. Prince Alcohol : The
giant whose throne has been erected upon
the ruins of mind and fortune and character.
Thank God thy dominion shall have an end.
By Maj. M. W. Warren. The 4th day
of July: May it always be the pride and
never the reproach of Americans.
By W. S. Stokes. The Temperance
Cause: Our motto is, “touch not, taste
not, handle not the unclean thing.”
By L. C. Skinner. Woman: Why may
she not join us in the great work of Tem
perance 1 What can man be expected to do,
in the absence of his better half?
By A. A. Heard. Independence and
Temperance: So nearly associated that the
one cannot be appreciated without the
other; may they travel on unimpaired to our
latest posterity.
By John C. Woods. May the leaven of
Temperance continue to work in these lands,
until the whole is leavened.
By Dr. J. B. Slack. The Cold Water
Army: The God of battles will send rein
forcements to our number, and victory to
our banner, until King Alcohol shall be
driven from the world without a subject to
control him in bis banishment.
By H. Fitzsimmons. To the Cold Wa
ter People: If you want truly cold water,
upon the cold water principle, I say to you,
come up to Cherokee.
By Col. Wm. Woods. The President of
the . Washington Temperance Society of
Madison: We have heretofore heard his
voice in advocating the cause he has espous
ed. We wish to hear it on the present oc
casion.
[To this sentiment, the President replied
in a brief manner.]
ByH.C. Baker. The Orator of the day:
Long may he live to deliver such addresses
before an American public, and may God
promote his future happiness.
By Dr. Bonner. To the single Ladies
who are present on this occasion: When
you are led to Hymen’s hallowed altar, may
you forever shine in the deepest and warm
est ocean of a husband’s love, with as glori
ous lustre and peerless loveliness as you do
on this memorable day.
By T. J. Burney. The Hon. Thos. F.
Marshall: Wjjpre was the moral courage
that enabled him to become a Washing
tonian, when lie challenged and fought Col.
Webb?
By PhilipKetterer. America! In thee
dwelleth the fine—in thee findeth the pil
grim a home. *May thy sons and daughters
live forever in prosperity.
By William Barry. The Beauty and
Chivalry of the South: The one conspicu
ous for retiring modesty and priceless worth
in the domestic circle, the other unsurpass
ed on the records of time for maguanimity
and bravery.
Several sentiments of rather a party cha
racter, we exclude. The Washingtonians
have nothing to do with a political “ party.”
We also exclude one kindly offered in com
pliment to ourself: we are afraid it is more
than we deserve.
The company retired at an early hour in
good spirits and good humor, and no doubt,
fully convinced,that “ theday We celebrate”
can be quite as much honored without the
use of liquor as with it. A salute at sun
set closed the public exercises.
OCMULGEE BANK.
The following article was dropped into
our communication box by someone un
known to us. We give it place, however,
presuming “ it’s all correct.”
“ An impression having gotten abroad in
this community that the Ocmulgee Bank
had suspended, or did not redeem its circu
latien promptly on demand, I beg to say,
injustice to the Bank, and also to save the
Bill holders from the “ usual shave ” on sus
pended Bank paper, that the Bank has not
suspended, and that it continues to redeem
its circulation, when presented, promptly in
gold or silver. I have the above informa
tion from such authority that I can vouch for
its correctuess. A CITIZEN.”
GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
Aii examination of the pupils of this In
stitution, will commence, at Macon, on Mon
day next, and continue until Thursday, on
which day the Commencement Exercises
will take place.
tt/* The Hon. Samuel Southard, United
States Senator, from the State of New Jer
sey, and late President of the body to which
he belonged, died at Fredericksburgh, Vir
ginia, on the 15lh ultimo, in the 55th year
of his age.
the duel
Between Messrs, Marshall and Webb
took place on the 24th ultimo, about a mile
and a half from Marcus’ Hook, and the line
between Pennsylvania and Delaware. They
exchanged two shots. On the first fire
neither was injured. On the second fire
Colonel Webb was struck in the leg below
the knee, which prevented any further pro
ceedings, although the wound is said not to
be dangerous. The combatants fought with
pistols at ten paces.
“ The Mountains of Georgia. —The in
habitants of the sea-board are literally segre
gated from those in the interior, or have
been so until recently. The beauties of
Northern towns and villages are much more
intimately known to them than those of their
own State, and yet the State of Georgia can
boast of some oi the most charming villages
to be found in the United States. In our
Northern hills living is cheap arid travelling
is cheap, and we should suppose that the at
tractions presented there would be amply
sufficient to persuade our citizens to forego
the advantages of spending a Year’s income,
or perhaps of anticipating it, by a Northern
tour. An expedition to the North cannot
be made without spending a good deal of
money. All the advantages of improved
health and recreation can be obtained by a
trip to the interior. It is a happy circum
stance that the mountains can be reached so
easily through oui rail roads.”— Savannah
Republican.
tt/** So we think. We cannot perceive
what there is so vastly genteel in a “ trip to
the North,” as to induce Georgians to turn
aside from tbe verdant mountains, healthful
breezes, cooling streams, pleasant villages,
and hospitable friends of tbe “up coun
try.” Health will be just as much im
proved, purses will be much less depress
ed, an if time will be passed just as
agreeaWy in tho upper region of our State
as in a*y portion of the North. All that is
necessiry for this opinion to become gener
al is tie example of a sufficient number to
make it fashionable. If any who are dispos
ed to adopt our sentiments wilt try Madi
son, we think they will be confirmed.
ANOTHER VETO.
The President has returned the bill ex
tending the Tariff to the 30th of August to
Congress, with his veto, and his reasons for
so doing.
For the Southern Miscellany.
Here I be, Mr. Hanleiter, safe enough up
in Athens, as snugly fixed as a woodchuck
in a stone wall, and as happy as a Bobolink
on a cat-tail; I’m at the seat of lamin and the
dwelling place of health. The truth is I’m
so ticketed with it, that I don’t know where
tu begin or where tu quit praisin un’t: here’s
wealth, taste, and refinement by the cargo;
and as for tallent and larnin, it’s so plenty,
a man that hain’t got no edication at all, can
du pretty well by pickin up what’s thrown
away, about the streets. The gals—o—O,
(I wish my left side wouldent thump so) —
the dear, sweet, slick little critters—l don’t
know as I oughter mention them, for I don’t
think I can du ’em any sort of justice—
there’s more on ’em tu than you can shake
a stick at; and I rather guess shakin sticks
at ’em wouldent be the most healthy exer
cise for a weakly constitution nother.
I had hearn a good deal about this place
before I cum from Augusta, and as the
weather was gittin about hot enough tu dis
solve a man intu a decent sized grease spot,
I thought I’d cum up here and inhale a little
of the mountaing air; and I can say, as did
Queen Sheba, “they dident tell me half
on’t.”
Before I left Augusta, I was gittin as thin
as a summer shad, and about as weak as a
stool with 2 legs; and now, though I haint
bin here but two weeks. I’m as strong as a
new cart; and if Sampson was here tu day,
I’d stump him tu take me down at back
hold.
I don’t know that all this happens simply
in consequence of a change of air; there is
another consideration; my landlady (Mrs.
Sackiine) is a living example of the value of
industry, common sense, and kind feeling —a
rare combination, let me tell you, in these
degenerate times. If one of her boarders
is sick, she’s a fust rate nuss; if we are all
well, there’s nothing in this market tu good
for us; and you might jest as soon expect tu
hear complaiut from a possum in a persim
mon tree, as from one of her boarders.
What a darned pitty there wasnt more on
us cast after the same pattern—there’d have
beer, more doves, and fewer hyenas, if there
had.
Miss Susan—that’s the landlady’s gal—
reads my “Miscellany,” and she’s mightily
taken up with it. She says in a few days
she’ll send $2 50 and take it herself. I of
fered tu lend her mine, but she thinks it
aint right tu borrow, for it looks tu her like
a double wrong: fust, she says it subjects
me to inconvenience, and in the second
place, it’s enjoying what costs you money
and labor without any remuneration.
Wal, says I, I haint got no argument
strong enough tu offset agin that, so 1 gin it
right up. Susan’s a proper nice tidy gal,
but she will have her own way, as I’m in
clined tu think wimmin ginerally du.
“ For if site will, she will, you may depend on'l,
And if (die wont, she wont, so there's an end on’t.”
I am your true friend,
, JOTHAM HOTCHKISS.
Athens, July 2d, 1842.
P. S. Miss Susan sends her entire res
pex tu the man that reviewed Mr. Brown’s
“picter book,” and says if he’ll send her a
lectle piece of that “pie,” when he gits it,
she’ll be proper glad, and will play him a
tune on her Forty Pianer the very fust time
he cums up here. JOTHAM.
Communicated.
TO J. BROWN, POET.
If thine enemy hunger, feed him.—P*dl.
I’ve won the praise, for poet Brown
Has so declared, and wrote it down ;
And but that Tease well eat it up,
Had won the pie, both crust and sop.
But I incline to think, friend Brown,
That pie time will again come round ;
For “our and lard are cheep, yu eey,
And chickens plenty at “Fair Play.
Indeed I think from what you write*
That you’ve another pie in sight;
At least you say, or seem to say,
Just write again and then I’ll pay.
Why search the town and country round,
And give me names of pleasing sound,
If not t’ encourage me to try 7
So look out, Brown, I’m in tor pie!
Your names have meaning, let me tell—
There ’b “ Ticklegizzard! it sounds well,
And you, but that you mean with pie
To tickle mine, had passed it by.
There’s “ Hello’s Plains,” they plainly show
That when its eat you’ll let me know ;
And “ Fair Play,” famed for chickens, 1 •
Must think means only chicken pie.
Another proof—{it struck me quick)—
You tell me 1 my “lips may lick,”
Which can mean nothing but that I
Shall have them greased with chickeu pie !
There ’a ‘ Trickem’ rhymes with Tick ’em too,
And is no doubt design'd to shew
The self-same thing; and all the rest
Prefigure pie, and that the beat.
Before I close, thCro’s one thing more
That I must tell, as I am sure
’Tie an improvement, and will shew
The skill of poets such as you.
Your “hook” that gave you such renown,
At night is always taken down,
And in a safe place laid away,
Then hung again at break of day.
I’m told, you lately pass’d along
And found the “volume” hungup wrong,
And said, without a strut or swell,
Twould read is.tr handed very well.
Now this, if true, must needs amuse
The gentile world and please the jews ;
For all who’ve much or little wit,
Will always have the hang of it
Had I wrote less of pie before,
And prais’d the “ book” and poet more,
I should have eat the pie,l know,
And “lick'd my lips” long time ago.
The “ little Wishfuls,” too, when in
O’er “ corn” and “ ripe tomatoes grin
But if they had a “ rooster pie”
They'd laugh outright, and ao would I-
The corn is hoed—the verses made.
And the potatoes nicely wed ;
The “hoe-cakes,” too, are sitting by;
Come, Brown, I'm ready for tbs pie.
“ Plenty good enough.”
JACOB WISHFUL.
Quietude, July, 1842.
Battle during an Eclipse. —lt is mention
ed by Herodotus, that in the time of Cya
xares, king of the Medes, an engagement
between his army and the Lydian forces
was broken off by the sudden indications of
an eclipse of the solar planet. Its coming
had been foretold by Thales, the Milesian,
but the contending armies, not aware of the
fact, suddenly found themselves involved iff
utter darkness, so that foe could not recog
nise foe. Awed by the solemnity of the
event, the parties rested from the fight, and
listened to mutual negotiations for peace. A
treaty ensued, and fierce war, which had
continued six years, was terminated.
Some people think that the great meti
must be always good, as in heraldry the
eagle is always represented with outspread
wings.
Communicated.
STATE RIGHTS ASSOCIATION.
Madison, July 4 th, 1842.
At the annual meeting of the State Rights’
Association of [Morgan County, held thisf
day at the Court House in Mudisori, the fol
lowing gentlemen were duly nominated to 1
represent this County in the ensuing Legis
lature, viz:
FOR SENATOR,
- Colonel N. G. FOSTER.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
WILLIAM O. SAFFOLD, Esq.
Doctor JOSEPH B. SLACK,
THOMAS NOLAND.
The following resolution, offered by Col
onel Augustus Rees, was unanimously pas
sed :
Resolved, That we, the members of this
Association, will use all hnuorahle means to
secure the election of the ticket this day
nominated.
An extract from the minutes of the Asso
ciation. W. S. STOKES, President.
John Robson, Secretary.
Vr The Augusta Chronicle Sc Sentinel will please
copy the above.
DIED,
In Forsyth,on Wednesday, the 22nd ultimo, after a’
long and painful illness, ALFRED BROOK?, in the
41st year of his age.
To offer a tribute to the memory of departed friends, -
by recording their virtues is sometimes a transient alle
viation to the sorrow occasioned by their death. It is
at best, however, a painful and melancholy duty, and
would that it had not now been the province of the’
writer of this, to speak of one, as having p assed from
the earth, who, while he lived, was one of its brightest
ornaments. The son of genius may mingle with the
dead, and create but a sensation of regret that his ef
forts have been lost to the world; the child of fame
may slumber in the dust, and awaken only feelings of
admiration and respect; but it is ilie modest and unas
suming individual in private life, whose fate commands
our warmest sympathy and eiucerest sorrow. It is
there that we can appreciate his worth, his benevo
lence and humanity—can attach ourselves purely by
the ties of friendship and esteem, and feel the value of
those endearing se-vices dictated alone by genuine dis
interestedness. When in the fulness of manhood, wo
behold a fellow mortal cut off by the unalterable de
cree of destiny, we cannot but be deeply sensible of
the uncertainly of existence, and the frailty of our na
ture. Such at least were the feelings of many who at
tended the funeral of the subject of this notice, although
it were vain to attempt eulogium where so much is due ;
yet friendship mast pay a slight tribute to his many
virtues. He was a man of the most unassuming man
ners—so much so, that few were acquainted with the
kindness of bis nature, and the strength of his intel
lect ; to the superficial observer, little was discemable r
but to the companion of his hours were developed a
mind teeming with knowledge and a heart overflowing
with benevolence ; with the strictest integrity of mind,
and the most rigid principles of virtue, he united an af
fability of manners alike delightful in public and pri
vate, and his memory wiil long remain enshrined in
the breasts of those who knew him, and can best value
his great worth. He died with his mind in the full ex
ercise of its best and noblest faculties ; and those who;’
attended the closing scene, might have well exclaimed
with the great and good Addison, “ see how peacefully’
a Christian can die.”
- - - - -
J. C. Holcombe Sc Cos.
Factor # and Commission Merchants,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
J. C. Holcombe, j
Hoax-no Bent. ) July 9 3m*lff __
Georgia Rail-Road;
MADISON DEPOT.
pERSONS forwarding Merchandise, Cotton, or other
a produce, by the Georgia Rail-Road are requested to
take a receipt for the same on delivery, otherwise the
Company will not be responsible.
... t „ G - U ’ THOMPSON,- Agent.
Madison. July 9 3w15
DOUR MONTHS after date, application will he made
to the Honorable Inferior Court of Morgan County,’
when sitting for Ordinary purposes, for leave to seU alt
the real and personal property of the estate of VVillienf
Hanson, deceased, agieeable to the last Will and Tee-’
lament of said deceased.
JAMES HANSON,
. JOHN HANSON,
July 9 15 Executors. ,
A List of Letters
R EMAINING in the Poet Office at Madison, Geot
gia, on the first of July, 1842. Persons calling for
letters contained in this list, will please say they are
advertised.
B.
Boon, Francis Brown, Alexander M.
Hailey, miss Madora H. Baker, Franklin
Butler, mrs. Elizabeth
C. ,
Crockett, David Cushing, Esq., J. T.
Cox, William Thomas, 2
Fielder, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Perkins
Fitzpatrick, James
O.
Graves, General
H.
flatten, miss Mary Ann Herne, miss P. A. {
Hearn, Lott Harries, mrs. Elizabeth-
Head, James H.
Johnson, miss Mary A.
Long, Joseph Lane, Henry ff.
Lambertb, W ll
M.
Moss. Franeie McClendon, mrs. Frances
Maddox, Jackson Moore, William F.
McNeil, Esq., J. T. McCleskey, John
O.
Owen, Esq., U. B.
P.
Peeples, James D. Pense, C. B.
R.
Riley, Joshua Reesides, jon., Esq., James
Russell, J. B.
S*
Schwarts, Moritz Simon, Martha
•m. T ’
Thayers, mr.
V.
Voss, Thomas J.
W.
West, William L. Williams, Esq., E. D., 2
York, Leander, 2
F. W. ARNOLD, P. M.
July 9 3w15