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tl det-lare, that he ami Ida friends are
t '„ th e su|.|»rt of lhe noniin eof that eoir
■ t ,| u i „ through him the vote of that por
■ <| itcs Rights party which the sell fonsti
i 'h-priest of Democracy is not willing to al
' founnunion with tlie Democratic church,
'•(liters of the Rich:nond Enquirer, have “in
,,n!iiunicalions on the subject ol the next
olaiunications have U-en made and published.
ouirer of the 28lh inst., contains the first
scries of articlas over the signature of
,|j ’ advocating the nomination of Mr. Van
l, v the National Convention. Several rea
ur"fd by this correspondent in support ot
j lc T which reasons, we propose in all cour
| candor to examine with the earnest desire
~ lh<lt the favorites of each candidate may
a- the open and manly discussion which “Pub
has'cotnmenccd.
umt alluding to the preliminary remarks of
|. t n a „,l without discussing the effect of pop
li.nation, when called forth by a disregard of
opinion; we will, on the hypothesis that all
publican candidates are willing to abide by.
ision of the National Convention,'proceed to
.the claims of Mr. Van Buicn to the con
ofthat holy. In doing so, it may he well
Bl in ,| ie outset, that sooner or later a comparison
I. merits of the different candidates must he made,
II order to do this, their demerits must Ik- sum
and compared. This is the true because the
curse to be pursued, not withstanding the hol
eutnil ty that some promihent men have oh-
I while prepaaing the weapons, and even deal
\t blows of a subtile and (insidious Warfare.
less to disguise the fact, that the Republican
ates occupy a position hostile to each other,
v'ard to the nomination ot the National Con
-111 selecting delega'es to this Convention a
a must take place, as warm, perhaps, as tiiat hc
the electors of the two great parties. All that
[cpuhlican party can do, is to regard this con
i once farced upon it by circumstances, and
■ iilcred into willingly,- to remember that its
Lents must he gathered together and re-united,
■cderalism will triumph; and so to moderate its
lims and prejudices that a reconciliation between
L fragments may not be impossible, because ne
l j|y accompanied by implied admissions that
1: ,1 he disgraceful and degrading.
IB,; to return to the communication of‘‘PubUcola.
■li all due courtesy we must say that the reasons
i|,J ( .jn contained in favor of the nomination of Mr.
Huron as the opponent of the Federal eandi-
Ic.insiitute the most serious objections to him on
score of availability. A nd, the question of avail
ty is the princ'pat one to lie decided; indeed,
ilicola” seems to regard it as the only one; for
ills us that the division in the Democratic ranks
i,at arise “from any variance about principles
leisure —not from any misunderstanding of the
ire, design, and purpose of the Federal Oonstitu
” and, s leaking of the Republican candidates,
he “doubts not, each would make a good Pres
ir, Van Buren was elected to succeed Gen. Jack
et a period when the United States were em
i '.iliv “prosperous and happy,”—when trade and
nerce were thriving and flourishing; and til.
ts of the General Govern nent were lull to over-
H.ving. lie had just taken his seat when a revul
Bn ca ne, that destroyed our prosperity and happi
i). s. prostrated trade and commerce, annihilated the
of the Treasury, reduced our Government
til State of absolute bankruptcy, and spread ruin
at dismay throughout the whole Union It is not
Hnssiry to enquire turn what causes produced this
BuiUion, or lo dooitfo whether it is chargeable to the
B xiuistrations of Gen. Jackson and Mr. Van Bu
■ „r tiie result of the course of policy and finan- |
ci condition of other countries. Suffice it to bum j
tJs this piosperity did exist when Mr. Van Buren
Bis elect'd, that this revulsion did happen at tile out-
Bt of his administration, and that tiie people have
I ered under its withering effects from that day to
without any relief from legislative proceedings.
His, these tilings did happen and produced an “at
k a” on Mr. Van Bureu that “Puliliesla” informs
■; was urged “with fierceness and recklessness” by
Hi unprincipled opposition.” 4 et, these things did
and along with others excited “popular in
■guaiiou" to such a degree, that if not “as wilher-
Hg as the curse of Heaven*” yet of sufficient power
■id effect to carry the opposition triumphant, and
Mace the affair* of our country in new hands, though
i| healed none of her wounds. Yet, in the face of all
■lis, with our country still groaning under the
Height of this revulsion, with the minds of our poo-
II e heated and inflamed by this political strife, and
lur government wandering in a terra incognita (ibr
■cure amidst circumstances without a parallel in liis
■iry in the face of all Ibis we are told that Mr.
■an Bureu “steered tlie ship of State through the
■mpest and tlie storm, and carried her sately and
■oundly into port.”
■ Now, without meaning to charge Mr. Van Ilurcn
■ritii uur reverses, we assert tiiat the mere fact tiiat
■c was at the head of the Government during this
Hieriod, is circumstantial evidence of sufficient weight
Bo prove him guilty in the eyes of a great portion of
Bile American people. And will this evidence be of
B'SS weight when “Publicola” informs us that this re-
Bursetook place “before his measures or his policy
Bould lie possibly developed.” A mere contiguity of
Bene and place [lo use the language of the Metaphy
Bicians] argues the relation of cause and effect between
■pis'ii events so strongly, that to many minds, it is
Bcarcely less convincing than mathematical demon
■Mnition. The truth of tills is abundantly supported
|hy the history of the revulsion of which we have been
■■‘peaking. T'or we know that neither thj opposition
I nor the administration parties oflSlt), attributed it
[to any iniluence exerted by our foreign relations; but
|each contended that the odium belonged to the other.
And when put on this ground the party in power
1a I to bear the responsibility. When Mr. Van
Huron’s administration is again belli up as the origin
of ail the mils under which we have labored from a
derangement of tlie currency, why will not the peo
ple in 1811, as in 1810 sustain the accusation and
pronounce it true 1 Are the prejudices of a people
so easily removed and lias the pride f opinion be
■ Come so humbled that men are ready and prompt to
admit that they have been deficient in intellect, and
I ilum and by superior iivtdligence oil a former occasion I
The oreat issue of 18-10 was not “Bank or no
| P.ank, Tariff or no Tariff.” for the opposition was
so divided that it could not accept it us such ; and
cou and hope for a certain degree of unanimity only
under the war-cry one term for the President,
anlixo Martin Van Bcken. To support this the
Execntive was charged with corruption, with Fede
ralism, with a leaning to abolition, and a desire to
produce the unholy "union of the purse and sword ;
and, justly or unjuetiy, the verdict of the |>eo|ile was
“guilty." The great question was a personal one to
Air. ran 11 m en, a question of popularity which was
derided against him. Though many who acted with
■he opposition of 1810, may lie willing to admit that
the Whig party ol the present dov lias changed its
position, and are unwilling to support Mr. Clay ami
his Bank and Tariff doctrines, to which they have
Hover been committed, yet it will require political
Ivdgerdemain of surprising dexterity to bring them
so believe in the | re;« nsions of Mr. Van Buren,
"horn they have ur.e puivoca ly condemned and ile
feounced.
“Pubh-oln” tinges lli.it Mr. Van Buren
“has l>ceii (he President ol' the 1?. States
for the term of four years;” which, so
far from being a recommendation, is real
ly an objection to him, when we odd,that
after the expiration of his ‘ term of lour
years” he'was beaten by an overwhelm
ing majority by a man who had never
been a political leader, —by u man who
was pledged to no principle, hut retied
solely on the unpopularity of Mr Van
Buren and his administration,for suc
cess”—But to complete the sentence of
“Publicola,” he litis been the President of
the United Slates for the term of four
years, and conducted his administration
with a simplicity, an integrity and abili
ty, which, considering the all-pervading
difliculfies of the time, and the lierceness
and recklesslessness with which all his
measures were attacked by an unprinci
pled opposition, reflect the highest houor
upon himself, and entitle him to tlie con
fidence and support of tlie whole Democ
racy of the Union.”
If we admit this 1o be true, yet in dis
cussing the availability of a candidate for
the next Presidency, we must not look
only to those who voted for Mr. Van Bu
ren in 1840, and to whom alone, we
suppose one “Senex,” a correspondent of
the Enquirer, alluded, when he address
es his communication to “the genuine
Democrats of the United Stateswe
must not lose sight of the fact that unless
a portion of the opposition of 1810 [who
did not consider “Democracy” at till in
volved in the contest] is seperated from
tlie Federal candidate, the Republican
party must inevitably lie beaien. Dis
guise it as you may, this is the Due state
of the case , and the availability of any
candidate must dejtend on the support he
can gain fiom this quarter,more Ilian any
one thing beside. Whether the National
Convention will choose so to regard it, is
another matter. Now, all must remem
ber that one of the most prominent prin
ciples advocated hv this opposition of
18 10 was that the President of the U. S.
should serve only for a sii.gle term ; —*
advocated with a degree of unanimity
manifested in nothing else, if we except
die hatred of Mr. \an Buren. This,
when added to the fact that this oppos
tion is com itted against Mr. V. Buren,
will deprive the Republican party of any
succour from that quarter, except what
Mr. Calhoun may organize bkkoiik the
Convention, voluntarily pledged to sup
port the nominee ofthat body.
'Pile ability with which “Publicola”
ascribes to Mr. Van Buren’s administra
tion is a mere matter of individual opin
ion, which a majority of the people htis
decided against mm; and the fact that
tins statesman lias “sulfered marlydom ”
though it was as “Publicola” asserts “m
deieuoe of the Constitution,” ought to
prove him dead, oti the score of availa
bility at least. But if be lias sulfered
mariydoin, will Ins destroyers be wilting
to designate Ins “limit taking oti” by sueii
u name : men generally receive that hon
or.tule title from llieir friends, or Irom a
friendly posterity, but never from those
who acts give them a claim to llie hon
orable distinction, it ready seems little
like the genuine spirit of Democracy, to
urge the claims ol a man before die x.ou
veulioii, whose success as the candidate
for the Presidency, should he be the nom
inee, must depend upon the support of
those who are already pledged against
him, and who have already condemned
linn as a public servant, is it the part
ol patriots lints to jeopard the success ol
pmicip.es, lor the sake not of men, but
o i one man l lo endanger the Constitu
tion tugt die wounded vanity ol a de
iealed candidate may be soothed \ and
yield the reins of government to au ‘■un
principled party m a tool-hardy endea
vor to make the American people petii
tentiuily acknowledge its errors,and hum
bly crave die pardon ot Martin Van Bu
ren lor ejecting him from the Presiden
cy, and pronouncing him unlit lor its
service l
There are other things in ‘PublicolaV
communication which deserves attention,
Lint it d.ie deference, Mr. Editor, to matter
which you doubtless have ou hand,
makes n necessary that further remarks
sliou'd be deterred for the present. As
it affords us pleasure to exchange views
with one like “Rublioola,” we will en
deavor to follow and join him in a cour
teous dlscuSsion. M e Will endeavor to
do this if circumstances will permit; and
wl 1 close this communication by a re
quest that •’Senex” will not be offended
at the slight notice we have taken of him
when we annex the following as a speci
men of his production.
“ Let it nut ha forgotten, lhat this man, Martin
Van Bu.en, had been gall and wormwood to the
Federalists for more than tvverey years, and that he
should have been the of our protection against
the ttouhle headed shot of Federalism, was as much
- our adversaries could bear; but that he should
have the audacity to pay a proper tribute to the
matchless merit of Andrew Jackson, was, in tiieir
estimation adding insult to injury; and hence the
determination “per fas aut tufas' to defeat his re
election; then came tlie struggle of 1810, that wilt
ever lie retarded as a floating beacon on the coast ot
fime—a floating beacon manned with the gliosis ot
slaughtered reputation, armed with the missile* ol
falsehood and deception, and lighted up witty the un
quenchable fires of malignant spleen and chafe I am
bition.” HENRI.
FOREIGN NEWS BY THE ACADIA 15 DAYS
LATER.
Repeal agitation still conlinu 'S in Ireland.
Revolution in Spain, Esparteroit is said must fall.
The “Rebecca” riots still continue in Wales.
Dr. Ilannernan is dead in spite of Homccpathy.
12000 copies of Dr. Pusey’s Sermon on the Eu
charist is sold.
Grain cjojis very promising in England.
“ The Cotton market has been tolerably active of
late—better prices have been realized with less dispo
sition on Ihe port of holders to press tales. Money
continues very abundant.”— I Ulmer Smith's News
letter.
. We take the following sensible remark* from the
E stern (Maine) Enquirer, and adopt them as our
own. We agree with the Enquirer that it is the
duty of the Democratic party to open some way far
the return of those members of the parly who voted
against Air. Van Burenin 1840. We believe with
the Enquirer, that without their aid we shall be no
better off in 1811, than we were in 1840—we believe
moreover, that it would he fatal to the success of our
principles, and worse than madness in the party to
revive again (whether justly or unjustly made) a dis
cussion of the charges so perfectly identified in the
minds of the people with Mr. Van Buren—they
were sufficient to defeat him then, and there is no
good grounds for believing that he would succeed
against them now.
The circumstances under which Air. Van Buren
run in 1840, were quite as favorable as those under
which he would enter the lists in 1844. Nay, We
believe that they were more favorable than the pres
ent. The candidate of the Whigs in 1840, was com
paratively unknown, yet he was elected over AJr.
Van Buren by the largest majority ever cast against
any candidate. Can this be accounted for on any
other grounds than the personal unpopularity of Mr.
Van Buren. Wc think not—will the Democratic
party stake the fortunes of their cause upon a can
didate whose success is so doubtful. Improbable as
success might seem with Air. Van Buren as a leader
in the face of our overwhelming defeat in 1840, there
are those who urge the claims ofthat gentleman up
on the party, on the ground that it is hut sheer jus
tice to him—and the only way by which the obliga
tions of the party to that distinguished democrat can
be cancelled—if the success of our principles are to
he put in the scale with the personal interest or vani
ty of any man—the party had as well disband at
once—the great bulk of the people will never consent
to such an issue, and will never be found contendin '
Ibr such triilcs.
“ JUSTICE TO AIR. VAN BUREN.”
The principal argument used in behalf
of Mr. \ an Bureu’s re-iiomiimtion is this:
“ He was beaten in 1840, and it is due
to him to be run again. Justice to Mr.
Van Buren demands it.”
Now we would be one of the last to
participate iti any act of injustice to a
high minded democrat like Mr. Van Bu
reu ; and did we think it “ due to him,”
we would tins very day strike ihe Hag
that floats at our mast head, and run up
that of Martin Van Buren.
But we cannot see it m that light.—
The argument that would make it an
act of justice to nominate that gentle
man, because lie lurts been once over
whelmingly beaten, would also apply to
till classe.s of defeated candidates. Let
us see. Mr. Calhoun was once nomi
nated by the democracy of Pennsylvania
for the Presidency, lie was not elected.
Now, by this argument it is due to Mr.
Calhoun that he should he re-nominaled.
But carry it slilt farther. If Mr. Van
Buren should be nominated and defeated
in 1844, why then ••jusliee” to tint gen
tleman —would demand Ins being run
again in 4848, and 1832, and term after
term, until success or death settled the
question.
Had Air. Van Buren come out of the
last contest with any 1 ass of credit, it
might present the matter in a different
aspect. But he stands before the democ
racy unsullied. Resides, Mr. Vail Buren
has been ill oliice almost from boyhood,
merely rotating from oue official position
into another and higher one. He has
filled every office in the gift of his own
.State —he litis been Minister to England,
Vice President, and President—he has
been crowned with public honors from
the time of bis majority until now. What
more is due to linn from tlie American
people ? M e ask again. What more
can Mr. Van Buren claim of the Ameri
can people as his right l Nothing.
We believe the people owe no man of
fice, no matter what may he the circum
stances. But if they do, then we file in
a claim due to John C. Calhoun, of
South Carolina, which should, on this
novel principal of obligation, long since
have been cancelled.
It is the duty of the democracy to se
lect a candidate who will he the most
likely to secure the permanent ascendan
cy of the party and its principles. If
Mr. Van Daren is the better and surer
man lor lhat purpose, tlieu it is “ due ' to
the rights of the people, though not to
him, to take him.
How stand the fact?—That gentleman
was defeated in 1840, by a majority of
nearly 200,000 votes. Thousands of
these votes were thrown by democrats—
democrats in heart as well as profession
—and it is worse than idle lo deny it.
\Ye disagreed with them in their opin
ion of Mr. Van Dureu’s administration.
They were honest, so were we. In say
ing ibis we speak of the masses, and not
ot the‘renegade politicians. Now, it is
not only our policy but our duty to open
the way for the return of these to our
ranks. M e may sneer as much as we
please about it; but common sense teach
es 11s that without their aid we shall lie
no better off in 1844 than we were in
1840.
Can Air. Van Buren draw these demo
crats back again ? No. Their pride of
consistency would forbid it, if there were
no other reason. VV hat individual out
ofthat 200,(400 has avowed his determi
nation to vote lor Mr. Van Huron ? 'They
say, by thousands—“ Give us any other
mail, and we will go for him.” Are
their votes worth nothing in a contest
which, laugh at it as we may in the
strength of our present position, is to be
one of the most arduous this country ev
er saw V
Mr. Van Buren could not carry his
own native state—New York—in 1840
by 15,000 votes. What evidence is there
that he can curry it now ?
lie lost us democratic Ohio, by 25,000
votes. Is there any change hi Ohio in
favor of Mr. Van Buren ?
Pennsylvania—the Keystone of the
democratic arch—retused him her vote
in 1840. Will she give it to him in
1844 l
it is most impolitic to think of break
ing down this tremendous majority with
Mr. Van Buren. “ Justice” to him by
no means demands so great a hazard.
IS AIR CLAY IN FAVOR OF A PRORECTIVE
TARIFF ?
Having given Mr. Clay’s unequivocal answer to
this question, we have inserted that of the Duchess
Free Press, and now subjoin that of the New Haven
Register.
From the Columbian (New Haven) Register.
“THE SAME OLD COON.”
The Macon Democrat says that at the late Whig
Slate Convention held in Georgia, and at which Air
Clay was nominated for the Presidency, the lion.
J. M. Berrien, in a speech made on that occasion,
pocitircly, denied that Mr. Clay is in favor of a Pro
tective Tariff *. So it seems the Whigs are to “ play
possum” again in the coming campaign, thsugh one
would suppose they had bad pxjierienee enough in
that game to teach them that “ lionestv is the best
(Kilicy. Air. Clay, then, is to lie held up to the
North as a protectionist , to catch the votes of manu
facturers ; and to the South as a free-trade mail, to
catch the votes of commercial men and planters t
while at “Fort Meigs,” or other Western locations,
he can be “ a little ot every thing,” or merely' a
“ hunter from Kentucky'.” Just-«o, were “ Tipjieca
noe and lyler too,’ held up as hank men at the
North, and anti-hank at the South ; and arguments,
“ plenty as blackberries,” were adduced to prove that
they were, or were not, favorable to the establishment
of a National Bank, as the interests of the Whig
party happened to require. This assertion of Mr.
Berrien may he considered almost qfficlal; for being
an intimate personal and political friend to AJr. Clay,
he must be thoroughly acquainted with that gentle
man s views on the tariff question; and yet AlrClay
may very easily repudiate the assertion, when neces
sary. Ihe game has commenced, and there can lie
no doubt oi a design on the part of the Federal lead
ers to re-enact the same deceptive farce by whi h
they disgraced the country in 18J0—a stupendous
cheat! in which (under Providence) the inventors
and wire-pullers got tile worst of it; and which is no
small consolation. If they make a second edition of
their huiuhuggery go down, we shall he greatly dis
appointed. There can hardly be a doubt but that
Air. Clay approves of this dishonest male of election
cering; and that his sudden retreat from the Senate
was to avoid committal on the present tariff law. He
is now belli up to the South as an anti-protectionist,
whilst all that sustains him in the manufacturing
States is his supposed undying attachment lo the
high tariff policy !
Baltimore, August 2, 1843.
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE IldN. AIR.
WICKLIFFE, POSTMASTER GENERAL.
On the arrival of the steamboat Geor
gia, last evening, from Norfolk, our citi
zens were startled with a rumor of an
attempt to assassinate the Postmaster
General during her passage up the Bay,
by John Gardner, soil of Col. Gaidper,
late a clerk in one of ihe departments at
Washington. Upon inquiry, we ascer
tained that the occurrence took place as
Mr. Wicklifl'e, with bis daughters and
niece were advancing towards the dining
saloon, when Gardner encountered the
party, and before his purpose could be
well conjectured, suddenly raised a knife
with which he had been cleaning his
nails, and with great violence stabbed
Mr. \\. in the chest. Ga dner was in
stantly seized by Lieut. Bradford, and
prevented from repeating the blow ; bis
person was then properly secured and lie
was in guarded custody until the lioat
arrived in Baltimore. Mr. M ickliffe was
conveyed to his berth, and such relief
afforded him as the circumstances would
nffo.d, but when lie arrived here, he was
in much pain. Dr. Smith was ius'antly
summoned to attend him, who, upon ex
amining the wound pronounced that it
was not dangerous, the knife having
struck upon the upper part of the ster
num or breast bone without having pen
etrated it. 'Phe shock from the violence
of the blow, it was supposed occasioned
the pain which Mr. W. experienced in
his side, and inasmuch as there appeared
no immediate necessity for his removal,
it was thought expedient that he should
remain on board during the night, where
every necessary attention conkl be paid
him, and the excitement of his removal
avoided. Gardner was taken into custo
dy by officer McKcown, and conveyed
in a hack to the office of Jusliee Gray,
before whom the foregoing facts bein ,r
detailed, the prisoner Was committed to
jail to await a further examination.
10 1-2 I*. M.—M e have just returned
from the Georgia, and learn from Dr.
Theobald, in attendance wilh Dr. Smith,
that the patient is enjoying a comfortable
sleep, the pain in Lis side having abated.
\Ve learn also that Mr. Mhckhffe express
ed his full conviction that Gardner was
quite deranged ; spoke very feelingly of
the young man’s relatives, to whom he
referred as intimate friends, and despatch
ed a person to prevent, if possible, the
commitment of Gardner to jail. The
instrument with which the wound was
inflicted, was an ordinary dirk knife, with
a blade about live inches in length.— Gun.
The Salem Advertiser says, “ that
there are fresh indications every day of
the success of Mr. Calhoun, as the nomi
nee of the Democratic National Conven
tion to the Presidency.
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August 9, 1843. 13—lilcip
The Democsatic Paetv of Bibb County arc
requested lo meet at thp Court House in Micou, on
Thursday, the 17th inst., at the I our of 11 o’clock,
A. M., for the purpose of nominating candidates for
Ihe Legislature.
A general attendance is requested: the members
I eitig elected fir twoear* service, makes it an im
portant election.
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tice.
August 9th, 1843.
In this city, on the 3.1 (Ust., by the Rev. S. Aathony, Mr.
TIIOS C. RICHARDS, to Miss CAROLINE BARK, alt of
this city. f
In thi-s pitV| on Saturday evening, 29th ult, in her sixteenth
year, Miss REBECCA ANN LAMAR, daughter, and only
child oi Gen. Muabeau U. Lamar, late President of ihe Re
public of Texas.
What a heart rending b!ow her death is to a wide circle of
kindred lud Iriends no pen can tell!—None knew her but to
love her.—The virtues and charms that belong » iter sex ami
age clustered upon hpr, ami gave assurance of a womanhood
to which her relations looked forward with affectionate pride
and joy. But ere her youthful education whs complete—ere
the had attained the stage of life at which to enter the earthly
society around iter, heaven claimed her as its own. Yes!
Young 08 she waß. she was Heaven’s own.e:e death translated
her to the skies. The seeds of Chrh-iian piety had found a
genial soil in her youthful heart, and their blessed fruit was a
Christian triumph, aud a sweet assured hope oi Heaven in her
lasi hours. Adieu ! Hear Rebecca Ann. Earth mourns thee,
whilst Heaven greets thee! Our hearts mu 4 ever sadden
when we think of thee. Thou hast died so youns, so lovely,
so full ol lairest promise! Bui we cannot think of tiiee as one
whom we have altogether lost. Oh no! VTe can only think
of thee as one 100 «ariy taken4o Heaven, and beckoning un*
"ceasingly to those who were chyur to thee here bglow, to join
thee there.
In Jones county, on the 2d ult., Mlss MARTHA A. TOOL,
in her 21st year.
1 knew her when like the morning rose,
In ail *he forms of spring-tide IT;—
But ah, how soon in silentness repose,
For death, O! Heath who can withstand thy strife
In this city, of Bilfious Fever, Mr. JOHN MeCLURE, for
merly of Massachusetts, aged about 30 years.
In Augusta, Ga ,on the JBih ult. < 11 MILES, infant son of
James and Mary M. Rich, aged 1 year and S months.
DR.IJF4X* S
VEGETABLE FEVER AND AGUE
Ttgfif ,
A Certain and Effectual Cure for AGUE
& FEVER; also used successfully in
the treatment of BILLIOUS FEVER,
Nausea, General Debility, and Nerv
ous Weakness.
The most flattering’ recommendations of this Med
icine have been received from many eminent Phys
icians and others who have used it. And it is pre
sumed that no medicine has ever been used whose
action has been more beneficial, pleasant and invig
orating, and called forth from afHicted sufferers such
expressions of heattfelt gratitude and thankfulness.
Persons ukingthe Pills soon find themselves reliev
ed— Chill broken! Fever gone!! Stomach aud head
free and healthful!!! Strength and appetite in
creasing and improving, and all nervous weakness
fled.
When taken according to the directions accompa
nying them, they never fail lo cure the Chill and Fe
ver ihe fi.-t clay, and never sicken the stomach or
operate upon ihe bowels.
Their action upon the whole system is so charming,
that per-or.s are invariably surprised and pleased
wilh ilieir iapid and complete restoration lo health.
The PilU are purely and solely Vegetable; and
ihe happy combination of the ingredients and their
propoiiions are such as to produce a medicine which
never fails to relieve when relief is at all attainable.
Each box contains 20 doses of Pills—Pi ice, One
Dollar.
" ' -•> • r ' ~ri~ .•: ! ! 1
IMPORTANT CAUTIOnI
The Public are hereby cautioned against being
imposed upon by paying in these hard times one dol
lar ami twenty-five or one dollar and fifty cents for a
box of Pdls ora boula of any kind of Medicine to
cure Chills and Fevers, when a box of Hull’s Fever
and Ague and Anti-Fever Pills, can be had for only
One Dollar that have oever failed in a single instance
of curing the Chills and Fever, when used according
to the dijrec ions accompanying them. Remember
ibis, and next time get HULL'S PILLS\ and there
by save your Half fc Dollar.
DR. SPENCER’SI
VEGETABLE PILLS
A PUBLIC BLESSING.
These Pills have long been known and appreciated,
for Uieir extraordinary and immediate poweis of re
storing perfect health to persons suffering under
nearly every kind of disease to which the human
frame is liable.
They ae particularly recommended to all those
persons who are afflicted with any kind of Chronic or
/Angering Complaint, as there is no medicine before
the public which has so natural and happy effect up
on the system in correcting the stomach ad liver,
and to the formation of healthy chyle and thereby
purifying the blood.
They are acknowledged by the hundreds and
thousands who are using them, to he not oidy the
most mild and pleasant in their operation, hut the
must perfectly innocent, safe and efficient mcdirinl
ever offered to the public. Those who once make a
trial of these Pills, never afterward feel willing 10 be
without them, anti call again and again for more ;
which is sufficient proof of their good qualities.
HEADACHE—SICK OR SERI OUS.
Those who have suffered ad arc weary of suffer
ing with this distressing complaint, will find Spencers
Vegetable Pith a remedy at once certain and immedi
ate in its effects. One single dose of the Pills taken
soon os the headache is felt coming oil, will cure it
in one half hour enthely.
Asa remedy in Summer and Bowel Complaints,
they display their wonderful powers to admiration,
and are far supcilor to anything in use lor these
complaints.
In Dyspepsia and Liver Compl int, they stand un
rivalled. Many have been cuted in a few weeks,
alter having suffered under the dreudful complaint
for years.
In Habitual Costivene ! s, they are decidrdly supe
rior to any Vegetable Pill ever bronrrlit before the
public ; and one 25 cent Iwx will establish their sur
prising vinues, aud place them beyond the reach of
doubt in the estimation of every individual.
They arc invaluable in nervous and hypochondria
cal affections, loss of appetite, and all complaints to
which females aloue arc subject.
Thty arc mild in their aciiou, and convey almost
immediate conviction of their utility from the first
dose. They may he taken by persons of any age;
and the feeble, the infirm, the nervous and delicate
are strengthened by their operation, because they
clear the system of bad humors, quiet ne vous ins
tability, and invariably produce sound health.
Upwards of Throe Hundred and Seventy Thous
and Boxes of these inestimable Pills have been sold'
within the last twelve months in three States alone,
and more than three times the same quantity in oth
er S ales.
As an Anti-Billions Medicine, no family should he
without them. A single trial of them is more satis
factory than a thousand certificates.
CER V I PICA TEX.
[The following is from Mr. Isaac M. Ilmmas, Mer
chant, at Talladega Springs, Alabama.]
Talladega Scringc, Talladega Cos. Ala. )
August 17,1842. S
This is to certify, that I have been afflicted with
Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, and Liver Complaint,
and Costiveness lor the last eight or nine years, du
ring which time 1 had taken, as well as I recollect,
about sixty boxes of Beckwith's Pills, twelve boxes
of Peters’Pills, and a numherof boxes of Champion’s
aud Brandreth’s Pills, all of which afforded me hut
little or no relief. At last, l was recommended to
try Dr. Spencer's Vegetable Pills, and veil I did; for
I nrv< r had hut one attack of the Sick Headache af
ter I commenced taking the Pills, (now about six
months) and I candidly conteSß, that I have derived
more real benefit from the use of Spencer’s Pills,
tiiau from all tlie other Medicines and PiiU that l
have ever taken, and I would earne* It recommend
them to all, a* being in my opinion, me he»t medi
cine in use for all lingering complain'*. The f*il *
have done me *o much good, that i w uUi uot it 1 1
willing to be without them fur five and a box ; arid
I cannot but feel very giatefui to Dr. Spencer for
having prepared such a vail'able medic,ne, and tl.u
distribution of it ia conferring a very ere.it favor U
the public, as it is a thing of the u most important e
lhat every family should have a supply of Dr. Spen
cers uuly valuable Pills constantly on hand.
ISAAC ii. THOMAS.
[I ,otn Mr. Adam Riser, a popular Merchant iu Talla
dega County, Alabama.]
Rises'* Shone, Talladega Cos., Ala. )
August 16, 1842. j
This is to certify, that I have used Dr. Spencer’s
t egeiaoie Pills in niy family for the last six nmuths,
and I consider them the best Pit s I ever Used. /
was appointed an agent for the sale of them about
-ix months ago, at which lime the travelling agent
leit about one hundred boxes, and I hd>'e sold
out every box long since, and could have sold as
many more if they had bebn left. I think every
family should keep a supp y always on hand. 1 have
neversold any Pills in my store that have been liked
so well as Spencer’s Vegetable Pills.
'ADAM RISER.
[From a very respectable Planter in Washington
County, A’aoiiina ]
Waskixutoi: Cos., Ala., March 8, IS 13.
To Pr. Spencer:
Dear Sir—l have used your Vegetable PilU in my
family the i st year with great success, ami I co siU
er them the be-o Pill 1 ever used. I have made con
siderable use of many other popular Pills, but I am
convinced that yours are superior to any of tlieni.
For Sick Headache, they arc an excellent medicine,
Lor Bowel Coaipla'ni, 4 ihink theirt the best medi
cine in the world, and also for the Bloody cetux. I
can say lo you that 1 made great use of them la.-t
season. 1 bad twenty ol ill}* blacks sick with the
b lux, and 1 administered your Pills freely.aud 1 did
not loose a single case. My neighbors peak In the
higiiesl terms ol diem. Respectfully yours,
JESSE JORDAN.
IMPORTANT CAUTION^
A PKOCIjAMATION.
To the Ctihens af Georgia:
WHEREAS, for several years past, the good Peo
ple of this Slate have been gvmly, and very seri
ously imposed upou in times of suffering and sick
ness, by bring obliged lo pay the enormous price df
One CoHarand Ptfly Cents for a Box of PtljljS, r -
a B nle of MIXTURE, to cure CHILLS ASP
FEVERS, and other distressing complaints: Now,
therefore, know ye, that an effccinal means ~f relirf
have been discovered in PR. HULL'S VEGET
ABLE UK VER and A G HE, and ANTI-PE VSR
PILLS; which are offered by the Proprietors am 4
their Agent* at the low price of only Ore Dollar per
Box— from 25 to 50 per cent, cheaper than the majori
ty of all other medicines for the cure of such com
plaints; aud as 10 the comparative safety with which
they can he taken, together with the simplicity of
their component ports (which are entirely vegetable)
and the real value of Hull’s Pills, as adapted to the
wants of the communiiy, ibere can be no longer the
least doubt of their great superiority over all other
medicines, not only in their superior properties in
the safe and Fpecdv cure of Chills and Fevers, but
also as a remedy iu Fevers of every description.
Jt is parliculio'v worthy of remark, that out of up
wards of Twenty Thousand Boxes of these Pills sold
in Alabama alone, within the last twelve mom s, not
a single tase lias conic to the knowledge of the pro
prictors, where they have foiled to cure the Chiffs
and fevers, when f Deyr have been used according to
the chiections accompanying them. And I csidcr.
these pd.s aic no “qiiade incdftsne;" they are tbu
scientific preparation of expeiisneed medical men
who, after having prepared thfo important rcr’pc! .
most positively declared that front ail the discoveries
up lo the present time, in medical science, they saw
noway by which they con’d possibly bqimproved, or
made in any way more effectual in the cure of tbosn
complaints for which dley are recommended: so that
die happy combination of the incTredicn's and their
proportions arc such as to produce a medicine which
never fails m relieve when relief is at all attainable.
Upwards of one .housond cenificana might here be
added, of important cures effected by this medicine j
but it is not necessary to publish them, as a soio-le
trial of the Pills is more sr.isfactory evidence than a
volume of primed lesiimonia’s. We would, howev
er, reicr die reader to rome eictht often thousand
families in ill’s State, who j; s thought have experi
enced their efficacy, and who would bear ample tes
timony of iheir unrivalled viitue*.
23= For ,Sale by J. If. 4. W. S. Ellis ,
on ('niton Avenue.
Macon, Aug. 9, 13-13. 13—w4ni
COPARTNERS!!!P NOTICE.
THE subscribers having formed a Copartnership,
under the name and st vle of Cowles <4 Nicoll,
aud taken die stand formerly occupied by Thus. A.
Brown, in East Macon, beg leave to inform rheir
friends and the public, ihey have sup-died them
selves with, and will keep ronst-intly on hand a gen*
ersl assortment of PH I GOODS, GROCERIES
BAGGING. IRON, NAILS, SALT, HATS,
SHOES, SADDLERY, .f-c, ,f>, all of which they
offer for sale at pricus as low ns a iv other store in tho
city. WM. COWLES,
FRANCIS B. NICOLL.
August 8,1813.
The subscriber having snld hi* stock of goods and
leased bis store to hjessis. Cowles A Nicoll, would
respectfully solicit for them that patronage, which
has so generously been,extended to him.
THOS. A. BROWN.
E. Macon, August Bth, 1943 13—lm.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
__ AT NSW TTCJITX. TIiICSC.
7 B \RNES. offers to the
We-' vVB '\ •*' • public at his store on Mul-
W'ii'g V\i;% 4 ij, ‘ rr f »/na, an extonsivs stock
J '\ oi - :iu:v) . i, wv. \iKDt
: - \ m.- i ILJ-LANK
OUS BOUKB.
Family and Pocket Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books
of every kind and size, in variou ; binding.
J. B receives as soon ns published all the new
works from th • Harper’s anil other publishing houses
in New York, Boston and Philadelphia, embracing all
die cheap and fashionable literature of tlie duy,
which he sell, at New York prices.
SomrEF.x and Missouri Harx >nv, Kisgslev’s Scour.
Choir, Jcvekile Siloing Book, Mason’s Sacred
Harp, Base Primer, D*ctioxarv of Musi
cal Terms, 4-c., <fc.
Blnnk Books of every description, C’onrt, Re.
cord, and Docket Books, various sizes.
Ledgers, Journals, and Day 'Bools; Invoice, Record,
Letter, Pill and Receipt Bools; In texts for
Ledgers. Porte! 3h momn-’utr.s Pocket
Ledgers, ctV., .he.
Super Royal, eta 1 , .•. Lr ; . end Folio Post
Writing Pap ; F *.!*-i . •:.,•» i , id Letter Pa
pers, ruled and pi.iiti; su;, :-.i-t Let < r and Note, gilt
edges; Tis-ie, Blotting, Muvolope, Wrapping, ami
Hardware Piper: best Copying and Oiled do. indeed
Bill Paper; Hank Btfs oi > .xrhange and Notes of
Hand; Goto i’uitr; best Kiigf.-ii Graying do., and
Bristol Boards; i ae Satin surtace V snag Cards ; Mu
sic Paper and Bonnet Board.*, d/r.,.
Sealing Wax, Waters, Quo.-. Sic i Pens, India Rub
ber, black Sand, Drawing and Cedar Pencils, Letter
Seals and Wafer Stamps, Ink Sands and Pocket Inks;
est Fluid Black, Blue, and Red Ink ; Arnold's supe
rior Copying do ; Indelible Marking Ink : fine Cray
■ns, W ter Colors in Boxes and Single ; extra super
ior- Carmine; Mathematical Insiruments, Parallel
!iitlcs,Scales and Dividers; Roger's best Cutlery, Scis
-ors. Pen and Office Knives, and Frasers; Desk
Weights, Letter riles and Racks; Porcelain Slates,
Chess ''leu and Boards, Back-gammon Boxes; Port
lolbs. Pocket-lwoks and Wallets; best Wc-lefi Slates
and Pencils fur schools, Copy Books and School Pa
per, <J-e , <J-e.
J ii. would respectfully invite tt-nrhers and others
who may want School Books, to call aud Examine his
stock ; which will be sold at the lowest possible prices,
For Cush — w holesale and retail.
Country Merchants enn be suppled with paper by
he ream as low as it can he purchased in New
York, and in many cases much lower. All orders
from ihe country will be promptly attended to.
Constantly on hand a stock of LAW BLAS’KS, printed
on the best fuoisdup payer.
Blank Kooks and Paper Ruled and Ronnd
to order, in the best manner. Kook Bind
ing in geueiat attended to.
Macon, July Id. Id