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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