American Democrat. (Macon, Ga.) 1843-1844, September 27, 1843, Image 3
We had sat down to address you fellow-citizens, <
the approaching election, and the course it was imli
penssble for them to pursue, in orJer to secure the tin
led action of the ic'iolc Democratic Party in this count
im l warn them of the snares sot to produce their defc.
liut finding the task so seasonably and judiciously pc
formed in the foil wing article frein the Macon Teh
Traph, we gladly adopt it, and earnestly solicit th •
.very faithful Democrat may |ieruse it carefully, an
acts on its suggestions conscientiously.
The present is a crisis of danger, and to neglect then
would be treason against our country, and our cau
and the Democratic party.
No betting, no exchanging rotes, no S]titling tickets
thes are all traps of the enemy. No true Democr
should commit them, even for a brother —otherwise, evt i
with our large majority in the county, we may be ign
tniniously beaten.
To II»c Democrats of Rihb.
Why stand ye idle, all the day ?
As this will be the Inst niqiortunity we sltnl
have of saving a word to otir friends, before tin
election, we must, in duty to our cause, sav, in al
candor, to them, there is too much of a disposition
to wait for some other person to do, what each mao
houUl do himself. There is not sufficient energ\
and activity manifested. There is yju much sleepv
do-nothing sort of confidence.
Arouse! Democrats of Bibb, to a sense of duty to
your cause? Awaken! front the false security,
into which you have lulled yourselves !
Your adversaries are active, vigilant, and unti
ring, conscious that their cause is had. and can do
nothing for then, they are doing every thing for
ithetreanse. Do yon not zee it ? Then quit your
lazy seats under the trees. and on the boxes at ev
ery rorner, an Igo nut and do your duty. Remem
ber, that much regret and mortification, after the
election, can he avoided, by a little exertion now.
And is knot wotth that exertion ?
Your cause is a good one—it is the cause of truth
and right, and requires no mean evasions, no piti
ful subterfuges, no criminal distortion of facts, to
sustain i‘. All it claims of its advocates, is zeal in
waking it known to the people ! energy and activr
!',y in enforcing its truths on the minds of every vo
ter. who may have become bewildered by the mis
constructions and false statements of its arch ene
l.niies.
j This.it demands at your hands! This, you
Irwe to it, and cannot refuse, without injustice to
iymttselves, and injury to the best interests of the
country'! Anil will you not perform this duty ?
Yes! yes! every true Democrat will exclaim.
1 wilt!” Then lay your shoulders to the wheel.
And on the night of the election, when the De
mocracy of .Macon shall have shown iiself true to
t ie country, let the returns from *• Huzzard” come
ho swell the number! Let the voice of "Rutland"
hire a sound of joy to the faithful ! Ami the ‘Tenth
Legion” of Democracy, the unterrified “ IVur
trior!” will not fail to be heard among them.
I l>e active! he vigilant! and let the returns from
■ Bibb, teiuice the hearts of our friends abroad. But
■ remember—
S “Trust in Cod, but keep your powder dry.”
. Democrats of Georgia :
The Election being close at hand, and this the
I last paper we shall utter, before tliat import < nt
I event shall have passed, you wilt paidou us lor
3saving a word or two more—lliougn, we know
Ivuur minds are ad made up; and that you are de-
I leritiined to be true to your principles—true to your
I country —and true to your party.
I his needless at tins time to go over the whole
Hgroit ml of controversy again. We have trod it uf
■euntnes together; and iluubtlesS, all its crooks ami
■ urns, us knobs and cuives, are as well kmnvn to
Kiu, (ami better, to many of you,) inutile ourselves.
M But you have ail insidious enemy to contend
Kv.t'i—one pioiuunUly experienced in electioneering
Bai nes, and one w 10 is up to ail toe aits and tactics
Bit Hinder.i |h, meal siraiegy. Henry Ciuy, tneir
■lead and leader, is an old veteran at tins game;
Bn l Ins subalterns, or party managers in ibis Stale,
But: not tar behind mm. Be sides, acting under (lie
Bxccrable motto, that "all is lair in pinnies”—and
■lie more atrocious doctrine, mat ‘‘tue eiidjusiiUes
Bin means” —[me veiy words Messrs. PiesUm,
Bh men. & . 4tc. are said to nave used, in men tu-
Bimiis Coort-venumi .“Jpeecnes, It) Macon, ui Id4oj
■fmi must be on your guard against the haul ot
Hi' ans tuey attempt louse. It lliey beat us uy sueu
H, aie lair and honorable, West.an nave nw> a word
Hj s iv ; on the contrary', wit! acquiesce cueeitudy
li me decision of the ballot box, Oe it lor us or u
i-i us. But and liie means mey t-xprct to use—
Be I winch they think tile end (their success,) will
Bendy—are those of bribery, im.miuaiiuii, violence,
Hunbie viiiiug. lalse swearing, uou the nkr.ltiey
Br and lie trowued down, as welt as Ibc patty mat
Hr ir,i.n» tliem, by u vimiousaud mUigiijut pcojne.
■ Beware of splitting of tickets: und swapping uj
| tats t ljo your wiioic liCsel, ami uotlniig out your
M-l! tiow can you, beuevmg mme gicalei jiu
■ iiy, liie supeno utmty ol Dcmociauc uueiin.es,
l ive till' from your ticket tile name of a stauiicu
lupjioiler ot tbuse doc.tines, to give p.ace .o an up
set 01 mem ! Such a com sc is cuinempubie ami
■ iislllatnmuus in me exneme. Vou ungut as wen
uw in a blank vole, or not vote al an —,ur, n is,
a once seen, mat one vole neutiaozes me ouiei.
our, possessing Independence enough to enu
: 1 linn to a vote, win uj tunes ol putty excitement,
j row 111 a spill ticket. A spot ticker, laugli.
I«: practice, we have beam sum, otiginuicu won
yin Cote buys ol the Revolution—Wnu weieeim
e Wnigsor f ontS, as suited men couveuitnce.
H liut peruapsyuu nave some jritnu on your tick
et mat you woti.ti jireler m see eiccieu to an me
re-i—and hence, are waling to cuter into a Our
ui and suit wan me opposite paity, tor me sake
ellecluig mat object: mat is, you, tliougii a
tßcriiuerui, agree to vote, and to u. B e otiieis to
V'le, lor me w hole ol meir ticket, except one, pro
i VI ltd somebody ou mat sale, win promise, (lor it
aiiiouins many thing eise,j m vote let one
Wane ou your liekei. VV e know n.is is oileu done,
we nave heard it justuleci, soujenuies ou
Btr pica of IneuUsiiip ui consanguinity—al oluei
lit ies, an alleged superiority in quatmeauuus —or
pt:ii.ips, to save a belt
Bilal whatever me motive may be, the practice
It '■morally and politically wrong, siloraity lining
iuse it leads to, and encourages treaeiiery, Ue
cepimii, duplicity, equivocation, Oec. Occ. z'otut-
C*,iy wrong, because it disoigamz.es patties, unset
tles me permanency ol our institutions, lavuis
tleiiiiigogucism, auu is in effect nine uotter man
pmiing up public stations lb hie uiguest outlier.
IB iVnotuei practice, equally rcpiciicusioie, is that
B voting smgie snots, ui plumpers, lui a lavorite
B ululate. Ims pracnee is Worse u, possible,
lb in me other. Jiis a strong suspicion mat muse
Who result to it, have been oiioca, oy uiVois given
or promised, so to act. it snows vciy cieany,
Urky care notlima tor principle, uuleveiy luiug lor
Ibniistives. VV e suuuiU vciy ruueu uouui tue
i'ttltlotisin of any man Who owed ms election to
I single snots at ms trtends and tiepenucuts —autt
snouid aiso incline to me opinion, mat no iiiglj
® ndcU iiuuorauie Ilian, would uu»e a seal in wnieli
“* biignt oe etecteU oy suen means
I bother Democrats! Pardon these few hasty
gesiiuns. We know, inui uune among you
111 the imputation mey wouitßseem to tmp.y.
k hiere are wolves in sneep sciouiiug among us
mst whom we must be on our gomd. i tieie
many amongst us, mat are not of us. Tuey
T l ' ul with you, and drink wiln you; ami tain,
B 1 <isyou want them, but who never act wun
BH' They always have a reason lor voting a
yob, whenevei the voting lime comes round.
" list such Judases be on yout guard.
■ true to your pruuiples—start.l firm to your
■ li s. and victory egain is yours. *
We are indebted to last week's Messenger for a
■urleous paragraph directing our attention to some
rors in one of our articles relative t o the tariiT.
In looking over the subject again, we find that we
rve unjustly accused Mr. Clay’s Whig Tariff of at
.st one .in of which it is not guilty, and which we
tsten to acknowledge, that the advocates of this ini
,uitous measure, in our state, may have the benefit of
ar ad.nissiun before the election. We have, how
ver, the highest authority for denouncing it as one
i the most wicked contrivances that ever was inven-
I to “ water the rich man's garden with the sweat of
it poor man's brow.” Among others, .Mr. Burnt.kn
s pronounced it to lie UNJUST, UNCONSTI
TUTIONAL and OPPRESSIVE. The Courier
nd Enquirer, the must prominent Whig paper !n
vew York, openly condemns it as too ultra and as
l>en!y advocates a horizontal tariff of twenty per
ent ad valorem.
The error in our article that we allude to, and
vhich we new candidly acknowledge, was charging
he present tariff with imposing a duty of two dollars
old fifty cents a pair oil coarse boots instead of SI 25-
V vulgar it abusive writer in the last Messenger over
be signature of“ Pindar,” has attempted to contradicts
Josr tatemenls with regard to this matter,and by tlelib
•rately confusing together Mr. Burke’s speech and
ejr article, has produced some apparent contradic
tions. More of this anon.
MORE GUDGEON FISHING.
Some of the Whig journals manifest great anxiety
to confuse and mystify the minds of the people res
|ieetlng the true issue upon which they (the people)
are to pass judgement. It is not remarkable that the
federal prints tesort to this expedient, they wisely im
itate some aquatic tribes, which when hatd pressed or
endangered, render their position dubious by muddy
ing the water, or an obscuring ejecting fluid. All this
is natural—their cause demands it, and without such
subterfuges, cannot exist. For, as soon as the hon
est republican Whigs find that their leaders have
palmed rank, old fashioned, h ack cockade, alien and
sedition law federalism upon them, under the impo
sing disguise of new-light Whiggery, the wire-pull
ers will be left in the quandary we once saw a militia
captain, he started from the market house of the city )
with a hundred men, in all the pride, pomp and cir
cumstance of glorious war—drums beating, colors
flying, and the noble captain strutting before them
as proudly as ever a gobbler paraded before bis sera
glio in a barn yard. The officer arid no soldier, was
roused from his dream of dignity, by the laughter
pealing round him, and learned that his men had de
bouched down the first lane they came to, and left
their chief to pass down a long street solus, to the in
finite amusement of the sjiectators.
A similar catastrophe, is rapidly approaching the
Whig leaders—in twenty States they have already
swa nped and areswampi. g, every election —the hon
est republicans, who were crimped into the the fede
ral ranks, indignant put upon them by their
treacherous leaders are deserting them in thousands,
al every election. Even in Tennessee, one of their
strongest holds, they have lost in the last three years
eight thousand, and Governor Jone’s majority is un
der four thousand. Another year will weed them
out. Polk and the democracy of Tennccsee were
distanced, by carrying obr defeated presidential can
didate on tnt-ir shoulders.
With this process truing on, these Irresistablc facts
before the whole union, the vaporings of our whig
blends of the miraculous restoration of Federal
Whiggery in forty-tour, is too exquisitely ridiculous.
It is like promising to augment a number by sub
struction, to enlarge a bulk, by daily removing a part,
and liker than all, producing an effect wit .tout a cause.
The true issue before the people of Georgia,
and before the w hole Union, is on the one side,
Free drt.de twenty per cent duty on foreign
strict adherence to the Constitution, anil imports—
the separation of the government from banks
no monster U. S. Bank—rigid e onomy in the ex
penses of government so that the people may not be
robbed of their Comforts to support its extravagance
—no assumption of the Slat ■ debts by the U. Shales.
which would add to lb ■ burdens of Georgia between
lour and five bundled thousand dollars annually—
nudistribulion of the land revenue, to bribe the (states
and cheat thetu out of thrice as mu h by indirect tax
ation-thorough relbriiiations in all the blanches of
the Government. Citizens of lhbb, plump these
questions to your candidates—he that goes the whole
with all his heart, mind and strength, give him your
vote—send him who will not, to milk his granny's
ducks.
LITERARY NOTICES.
We find on our table, from Mr. Barnes’ Bookstore,
the first three Nos. of McCulloch’s Gazetteer, anti
Congratulate the reading public tire acquisition of so
important and valuable an addition to the standard
literature of our country. For notwithstanding the
admirable and inteiesting publication Murray’s En
cyclopedia of Geography, the Edinburgh Universal
Gazetteer in (i vols. 8 vo. may be obtained, still the
want of a work like the present based on enlightened
philosophic principles, combining the most extensive
and accurate research with practical utility and con
venience, yyus often tell and regretted both by the
student and the man of business. Those acquainted
with the author s Commercial Dictionary, will readily
admit that no living writer could be more competent
to supply the want than Air. McCulloch.
No locality of interest, in the world as at present
known, is ouutted, and in each article, the gential
jreadcr, the merchant and the statesman will find the
information he desires, succinctly, hut clearly eluci
dated. The work is published in the most perfect
arid beautiful style from the press of those beuetaclors
to society, lit* Harper brothers of New Y'ork, and
at a price so low as to place it within the reach of
every reader—each number containing, wc think,
two hundred pages tor twenty-five cents.
Having compared it with the two capital perform
ances noted above, we have, no hesitation in prefer
ring it decidedly, to any work of tho kind extant, and
warmly recommending it to the public patronage;
and have bestowed this rather extendixl notice of the
pjbiuaUun, from it cwjvicUoa of its utility.
DIXON H. LEWIS, OF ALABAMA.
We see that some of the Alabama papers have
nominated this gentleman for the office of Speaker
of the House of Representatives of the U. S. We
cordially unite in the recominci.datioG. We copy
the following from the Montgomery Advertiser:
“ We know of none of thosr who have been elect
ed, to the next Congress, whose friends plight
claim that high distinction for him with more justice
or propriety than Mr. Lewts, whether we regard his
sterling personal qualities, bis well tried abilities or
his long services.”
To the Editor op the Misceli.any:
We some time back requested Editors friendly to
the cause ofjustiee, and hostile to imposition, to favor
Us by publishing once or twice two unquestionable
facts—namely, that Mr. Jackson Baanes of this place,
was the only person authorized to receive payments
on account of the American Democrat —and second
ly, that Win. A & Charles Thompson ceased to
have any concern with that print on the publica
tion of its eigtlt number, though through inattention
their names appeared in the ninth, and promised to
reciprocate the favor. Our promises we will always
tulfill to the very extremity of our ability, but the re
ciprocity which we pledged ourselves was a very dif
ferent affair, from becoming a party in the entangled
case pending betwien him and Mr. Benj. F. Gridin.
As we desire to preserve the amicable relations hith
erto subsisting between the Democrat and the Mis
cellany, we trust this will not be ptessed upon us.
[for THE AMERICAN DEMOCRAT.]
THE LITTLE GEORGIAN.
This small sheet—or rather its sinaller-minded
Editor, has taken our remarks of last week in high
dudgeon.” Now, if it be that the ire of that Editor
lias been excited tncause the Editor of the American
Democrat did not deign to notice his very ungentle
manly attack upon him and ourselves in the Little
Georgian of the 15th inst., wo can vouch that tic was
excusable (we would have been belter off, had w'e
pursued the same course) for declining a conflict so
unequal.
The Little Georgian has become inflated by a few
compliments from his contemporaiies of the press, on
his borrowed witticisms and hackneyeJ phrases, and
hence his ambition. No doubt it has —
‘‘inspired his youthful mind,
To be the gieatest of mankind
but we hope, notwithstanding the intimation in his
last, of backing words by “deeds of noble daring,”
that he will be—
“ Great, not like Cesar stained with blood,
But only great as be is good.”
If the Editor of the Little Georgian really be the
author of the paragraph in his ptqier of the 15th, we
confess, we hod hoped U tter things of him. We
were led to believe (and if we were mistaken of course
we retract) that he had, through courtesy, perhaps,
admitted the writings of another individual in his
editorial columns; but, as he claims it to have ema
nated from his appropria persona, we believe he will
prove a worthy champion of the cause he has espous
ed—that of vile calumny and vituperative abuse.
We beg leave most respectfully to inform the
small Editor of the Little Georgian, that a high-souled
Pri.vte.i would lower in his own estimation of his
magnanimity, were he to stoop to so dirty a job as that
would have been which be in lories us might have
been practiced upon bis person by us with imp unity,
three days after the mortal affront.
From a sense of justi e to the Editor of the Amer
ican Democrat, and of duty to ourselves, we assured
the Editor of ill ■ Little Georgian, that the imputations
thrown out in his first remarks, were entirely with
out foundation. We had no intention of giving him
offence, and we believe there was not a jt or.l in our
note any reasonable or well disposed man coold be
displeased at. When the Democrat asked mem
bers of the editorial corps, “desirous of subserving
the interests of justice and preventing imposition,”
to n publish the notice, we believe the Little Georgia*
was not within tire scope of that request. If lie dis
liked to republish the notice—very well —it was not
urged upon him: but he thrust himself into the affair
officious,y and uninvited, for some mean and mali
cious purpose that we neither know nor care for;
and from the character oi his articles, he has forced
us to believe him a more contemptible person than we
before thought, and one with whom we will not de
grad. ourselves as practical printers, by holding fur
ther communication with.
W. G. RUSSELL,
SABER!) ODOM,
H. F. COYNE.
[for the AMERICAN DEMOCRAT.]
At a Meeting of the Irish citizens of
Bihb county, held on Satuiday evening,
23d inst. in the city of Macon, for the
purpose of maintaining their character
and principles against the base and un
founded assertions of certain presumptu
ous individuals who have made it their
boast, that they could influence and use
the Irish votes just as their fancy might
dictate.
John P. Gaven was called to preside
as Chairman of the Meeting 1 , and John
O, was appointed Secretary. Af
ter a brief and spiiited address from the
chairman explanatory of the object of
the Meeting, on motion of Mr. T. Mc-
Nally, a Committee of twelve persons
were unanimously chosen to draft reso
lutions expressive of the sense of the
Meeting.
The following persons composed the
said Committee :
John Hogan, Thos. McNally, Martin
Gaven, Dominick Garranghty, Thomas
Sweeny, Mich’l. Hanley, T. McGurty,
P. Crown, James Folliard, T. Scully,
Jas. Redmond, Patrick Cannon.
Un motion of Mr. John Hogan, the
Chairman and Secretary were added to
the (’ommittee.
After an absence of a few minutes the
Committee reported tire following resolu- i
tions.
Ist. Resolved, That we consider our j
characters and principles as Irishmen,
and as citizens of the country have been ,
maliciously and grossly misrep
resented by certain presumptuous pitiful
Babblers, who boast that they can with a
few dollars buy up the Irish votes, and
that we look upon them to be as base
and contemptible, as their assertions are *
false and unfounded.
2d. Resolved, That we firmly main
tain and support, to the best of our abili
ties, unbiassed by any class of men. the
Constitution of the United States, the
laws of Georgia, and Southern Institu
tions, with all the tenacity of Irish patri
ots and true of the Common
wealth.
3d. Resolved, That we support such
men for office as we may deem best cal
culated to do justice to their country,
and to carry out the grand principles Qf
Free Trade and Sailors Rights.
4th. Reso ved, That any Irishman, (if
such can be found st) mean,) who will
suffer himself to be influenced and led by
any set of men contrary to his principles
be considered a degenerate son of Erin ,
and unworthy the notice of his country
men.
sth. Resolved, That we feel warmly
attached to the land of our adoption,
that we love and cherish her Institutions,
and that we are willing to support and
defend them against all encroachments,
whether foreign or domestic.
6th. Resolved, That the proceedings
of this Meeting be published in the three
papers of this city.
7th. Resolved, That we meet again
on Thursday evening next, at the same
time and place.
Bth. Resolved, That the proceedings
of this Meeting be signed by the Chair
man and Secretary.
JOH N. P GAVEN, Chairman.
John O’Kkefe, Secretary.
n Mr.. ’
THE DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
1.
Awake to the sound: *tis the soul thrilling cry
Thai Freedom breathes t'urih from her high mountain dwell
ing*
It sweeps the green earth—it ascends the calm sky,
On the mild chainless breezes triumphantly swelling
The voice of the past,
It is blent with the blast,
While the forms of our sires on the bright clouds are cast.
Then Democrats rally—the battle is near,
And curst be the dastard who shrinks back in fear.
ix.
Give the name of the villain to times ceaseless stream,
Who led the base van of corrupt legislation :
May beauty ne er bless him, nor virtues pure dream,
Foul canker and stain on the brow of our nation !
The traitor, the knave,
The trimmer, the slave—
The Apostate to all that survives the grim grave f
Then Democrats rally—the battle is near,
And curst be the dastard who shrinks back in fear.
hi.
Oh ! gaze on those walls where our fathers repined,
When hope droofSed her wings through the long gloomy mor
row,
No shackles their proud spirits e’er could bind,
Alone for their country they sighed out their sorrow,
Then think of the past—
Nail our flag to the mast,
Let our note of defiance ring loud on the blast!
And like them let us rally—the battle is near,
And curst be the dastard that shrinks back in fear.
IV.
Go forth to those fields where our brave fathers stood,
Beneath our starred flag in the dawn of its glory,
Where free as the fountain they poured out theii blood,
Where liberty smiled as she blazoned their story !
The same flag is ours.
It waves over the bowers,
Where fame bound their brows with eternity’s flowers,
Then Democrats rally—the battle is near,
And curst be the dastard who shrinks back in fear.
V.
A firm band of brothers all solemnly sworn
To march to the fight in the grey of the morning;
The base British Whigs and their gay law we scorn—
Let traitors and tyrants be wise at our warning!
Our franchise, our cause—
Full righis and just laws—
We’ll die for th**rn all or we ask no applause 1
Then Democrats rally—the battle is r„*ar,
And curst be the dastard who shrinks back in tear.
AN ACT to fix the value of certain for
eign moneys of account, in computa
tion at the Custom House.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United Slates
of America, in Congress assembled,
That in all computations of the value oi
foreign moneys of account at the custom
houses of the United States, the Thaler
of Prussia shall bo deemed and taken to
be of the value of sixty-eight and one
half cents; the mil ries of Portugal shall
be deemed and taken to be of the value
hundred and twelve cents; the rix dol
lars of Bremen shall be deemed and ta
ken to be of the value of seventv .ight
and three-quarter cents; the tlnv.r of
Bremen, of seventy two grotes, suilbe
deemed and taken to be of the tyl'ie of
seventy-one cents; that the mil-ties of
Maderia shall be deemed and taken to lie
of the value of one hundred cents; the<
mil-ries of Azores shall be deemed and
taken to be of tiie value of eighty three
and one third cents ; the marc-banco of
Hamburg shall be deemed and taken to
be the value of thirty-five cents ; the
rouble of Russia shall be deemed and ta
ken to be of the value of seventy-five
cents ; the rupee of British India shall
bn deemed and taken to lie of the value
of forty-four tmd one half cents; and all
former laws inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
Approved, March 3d, 1843.
DIPPING.
We have heard a great deal about this
filthy practice, much in vogue among la
dies(\) in many of the Southern States,
but have never seen the process described
until we met with the following in the
Medical Journal.— Tropic.
The polite vocabularyof this country
has become enriched with the new and
j elegant word “dipping.” A lady ora
Miss chews the end of a stick until she
converts it into a kind of brush or fibrous
mop, which she then proceeds to dip in
to snutf, with which she rubs her teeth
and gums. At first she presses the pow
dered weed with a gentle hand, but lie
coming enamored, at last touches so
deeply as to consume a bottle of snuff in
a week. Whole families and whole
schools of girls are said, with a small
number of cleanly exceptions, to be giv
en to tins method of titillating their ner
vous systems; and many, by the time
they are full grown, have become so thor
oughly impregnated with the powder,
that their apparel might hang in a hot
room the whole summer, without being
touched by the moths.— We know of but
two advantages from tliis habit. Ist. Jt
may render them insensible to the breath
of the other sex, who begin the use of
tobacco with the study of grammar. 2d.
It Call be made a substitute ot whiskey
(now falling into discredit) by those who
arc in affliction Thus we are told by a
gentleman, that he lately Saw a mother'
seated at the bed side of her expiring son,
with an open dish of snuff on the table
among his medicines, into which she
pi united her “dipper” as often as she
sighed; and when the tears of grief rolled
down tiqg ,cheeks, they mingled with
streams of snuff-colored saliva from the
corners of her mouth. It seems hard
hearted to condemn a custom fraught
with such comforts ; but we are com
pelled to say that it is not without many
opposing effects. In our inquiries into
the disettses of the sex in the South, we
have already collected satisfactory evi
dence that “dipping” is tho cause of some
and an aggravation of many more. We
might refer to its effect on their breath,
complexion and cleanliness, but this we
shall leave in the hands of the gentle
men who are immediately interested.
Pass the fellow around. —.We
have ascertained upon good authority,
says the Pittsburg Spirit of the Age, that
£C5= Jas. W. Harrison. <=££ of the United
States Army, is the originator of the lute
report relative to the death of Gen. Jack
son. lie wrote it on the waybill beyond
Dayton, from whence it was copied and
circulated over the country. We could
not ascertain the rank of this man who
disgraces the uniform he wears, but hope
someone will inform us of it.
In Thomaston, Ga. on the 10th inst. Hon. George
Carey. Mr. Carey has been well known to the pco
pie of Georgia, as a Member of Congress, and bold.
.tig other posts of honor and distinction.
OBITUA iT REFLECTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE PRECGDINO
Kories.
That man’s heart is but little attuned to the better feelings
of our na ure, who can listen unmoved to the knell warning
the living, that another human soul, has beeQ dismissed from
its earthly tenement into the illimitable unknown of eternity,
with all its awful realities, all its shadowy mysteries, and
summoned to appear at the bar of that dread tribunal, where
the monarch and the mendicant bocomc alike prostrate in
trembling impotence—where we also, ere long, must abide
the same solemn, fearful ordeal.
If such are the suggestions that occupy the sobered and
efleeting mind, when the departed was known only as a fel.
low being, how much more impressive and affecting should
hey be when the victim upon whom the cold hand of death
has fallen, was once numbered with those on whom our fond
ness rested for the generosity of their nature, that we es
teemed for their integrity, and admired for their rare intellec
tual endowments
We knew,Mr. George Carey well, some twenty years ago—
he was.thw, among the young men, constituting the rising
hopes of Georgia, one of the foremost. He possessed a fine
mind ami noble heart—was an eloquent speaker and writer—
generally popular, and could have risen to any eminence in
his profession, (that of the law.) he thought worth his ambi
tion, or in due time, to any office in the gift of his fellow-citi
zens.
For many years, we have heard but little of our former
favorite, except that he continued the practice of his proses.
sion, and for a whih edited a public Journal, the Hickory
Nut, which showed that his mind, though shorn of some of its
beams, still retained much of its original brightness. We
now learn with no ordinary feelings, that he is no more ! !
That he has paid the »alty nature ejrpects from man in
this world, for the forfeited innocence of hi" raco.
‘•No ftrther seek, his merits to disclose.
Or draw his secrets, from their dread abode,
(Where they alike, in humble hope, repose)
The bosom of his father, and his God.”
Os the dead, all should be forgotten, but their virtue.
“ Tread lightly on his a«hes, ye m»n of generous sympa
thies. for he was your kinsman—ye men of genius, for Carey
was your brother.—Ed. Am. Dem.
In Jones county, Sept. !7ih, Mary Frances, eldest daugh
ter of John Lamar, Esq. of this city, aged five years and ten
months.
In this county, on Wednesday evening the 20;h inst., after a
short but painful illness, of remitting fever, Mrs. Pekmelia
Ann Genevk Feaseur, consort of Mr. Eli Fraseur, and
daughter of Wm. and Susan M. Deveaux, formerly of Wilkes
county Ga. in the '2f*i year of her age.
In East Macon, on Sunday evening last, ITenry Flanders,
son of Mr. Charles Flanders, aged 10 years.
In this city, on the sth inst. William F. infant son of RiGh.
ard F. Brantley, ol llawkinsville, Ga., aged 5 weeks.
Os congestive fever, near Enon, Macon county, Ala. on tho
7ih inst., Maj Jasper G Banks, in the 27th year of hie age.
At his residence in Russell county, Ala. on the 13th instant*
Mr. Jonathan Hudson, formerly a resident of this city ?
aged about 40 year*.
At Lanier, Macon county, on the 10th inst., Dr. John J
Miller.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
ATfA -1 A OF ALISON S EUROPE.—This
itLN Y"• J “x 1 work increases in interest as it
to a close. The present number is invaluable
—embracing tlie concluding portion of the campaign
in Italy, with the most graphic account ever attempt
ed of the Peninsular War.
Alison’s work should be in every body’s hands,
furnishing as it does, a history of the most interest
period of modern times.
Another new work in two parts, TIIE PRF.SI
DEN'I"S DAUGHTERS, from the gifted pen of
Bremer. Translated by Mary Howiu.
The HISTORY OF POLYNESIA, 1 vol. by
the Rev. TV. Russell.
GREER'S ALMANAC for 1844.
be hail at Bashes' Bookstob*.
Macon, Sept. 27, 1343. 20-
PRIVATE BOARDING. ~
ONE or two respectable families can be accom
modated with Board and apartments, in a re
markably healthy, quiet and pleasant part of the ci
ty, conveniently near the seat of business. Three
or four day or transient Boarders, can also be accom
modated. For particulars apply at the office of the
American Democrat.
Sept. 27, 1813. 20
MELANCHOLY AND HEART-RENDING OC
CURRENCE. —A young man by the name of
Emmett educated at Nazareth ami Lafayette
Colb ge, studied law with E. T. M’Dowill, Esq. of
Doyles town, Pa., admitted to that bar, and opened an
office at that place last spring. He left his office,
books, and clothing, except the suit he haJ on, with
out a change of linen, or the leas* supply of funds, on
the 20th of August last, on a rainy morning, before
day, alone. He left, enclosed in his office Bi le, a
letter addressed to his brother George, sealed with a
black seal, (an emblem of death,) containing the
highest wrought feelings of a desponding heart, sta
ting that all efforts for discovery of his person or mo
tive would he unavailing. Nd shadow of innjligencc
has yet bt on obtained of him,; mystery and sorrow
bang over bis fate. His height is five feelten enchcs,
fair complexion, with a gentlemanly deportment,
which characterizes a man of refined education.
.Editors of leading journals in the United States
are called upon by the ties of suffering humanity to
give this a passing notice in thoir papers, that if liv
ing he may be beard of and restored to his friends
andhouorable station in society.
Therefore, if saitljEmmett Quinn is alive, he is
called upon in the name of the ever living GoJWiich
he loved and worshipped; by all he loves <W earth
and anticipates in heaven ; to .answer his heart bro
ken and afflicted father; to return to our hearts and
home, and receive the fraternal embrace that the
patriarch Jacob gave to bis beloved son Joseph. Oh,
Emmeit, our favorite son, return, or let us know
where to alleviate ■ywur distress. Shake off' the mon
ster, despondency, return, bless us, and yet be
happy; keep us not in this dreadful suspense of your
fate. Return, and we will give you the valuable
mill site lately advertised for sale in the Pennsylva
nian, and fiutl you and James means to improve it
equai to our old milling establishment. Abandon the
pursuit of tho phantom, fortune, in strange lands |
,abanpon the destroying study of your health, (mus
ty law books) > 3 the prayer of your affectionate but
afflicted parents.
LYDIA and HENRY’ QUINN.
N E W
I'AI.L ANT) WINTER GOODS ! I
NOW ARRIVING DIRECT FROM N. YORK.
’'“"pecrfally inform h»
J. friends and ihe pubfic, that tic i* now receiving
DRY coonS M 1 "; 11 of FALL winter
r inT. GOODS’, Muslin De Lanes, rich Crape Do
GOM.arlhn'H and Alj P a<: “. Ealiannes,
T arf !a printed Cal ic°cs, fashionable styles; Black
Brown and’Rte Heavy P ure Wsh Linens,
Brown and Bleached [.men Table Cloths, a lart-e and
eleg-am assortment of rich Black, Blue Black and
colored Ddess Silks avo Satws, with a wc “r.l“ .
Si ' k G ‘ ,0,l? ’ Handkerchief,; Mantl“
Need c/ J pi™ a Genuine HemmirW
Cord Rlhb ' I J’ ,Uk3 a ' ,d hyM ’ Whalebone, Ball
&c n ?&c? ttoa WmbreU «-.
—ALSO,
C fssiwi- of BROADCLOTHS an
fla :i *«., together with most
Hos wh TANARUS, y , k f pt ln Dry Goo<l ' d Stores.
Ca*h A Pold ? 9 the lowest for
f.'dK ; Aa hare i.fthe public patronage is respect-
Hat y Suw ,Cd ’ St fir3 ‘ d °° r aboVC G - X Kimberly's
-5 "* bWt manner ’ and
September 20, 1343 ° L ' VV
ADMINISTU VTOItS SALE.
\\ I LI '-e sold on the 13th day of November
, n all ,hc Property belong-in? to the estate
ot I). H Emmons deceased, late of Bibb Countv,
Consisting- of a House and Lot, f.alf way between
Macon and \ meviltc, on the road leading from the
5552-ErS2r*- "*««**•—•*
S.pr. IS. ISO. * ““if’
GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
T f on w er r es ? f Imitation Will be resumed
-L on Monday, the 2nd day of October ensuing
■Sep. 13, 18—2 t J. DARBY, Sec”?.
TO REXT.
THE Dwelling* opposite the Catholic Chnrch a
present occupied by J E. Well*.
For terms apply to
Sept. 20th 1843 TV. S. ELLIS
EDUCATI ol>T
cpilE p LUMB STREET SEMINARY
-V *‘ U . be ”P° ncd on Monday, the 2.vd op October
next, under tho superintendence of the subscriber
its former rector, whose health had caused him to re
hnqnish for a tune his profession ; now that it is con
siderably improved, he would respectfully inform his
former I at irons and Friends, and citizens g-cne rally,
that he will resume his duties as a TeaDier, at the
time above specified. He therefore solicits a share
of pubhc patronage, hoping that by his unremitting
exertions in the discharge of his duties, he will be
a >le to merit the approbation and secure the triend
ship of those who may confide to his care the Edu
cation of tneir children.
The course of instruction will comprise al! the
two, pra c r/CA l.esglish
/ 1 vcro.na w |', h the OREEKAXDLATIN
f A tiES. His character as a Teacher is well
known in Macon; let it therefore suffice to sav, that
nothing* shall be left undone by him, which will tend
to the advancement, the comfort, and the Good of hia
scholars.
Terms of Tuition per Quarter, viz :
Spelling*, Reading* and Writing*, - . gQ qq
Arithmetic, English Grammar,
„ Geography, History, <tc. - . . 700
Greek and Latin, " qq
, r « , JOHN O’KEEFFE.
Macon, Sept. 13, 1843. 18—3 t
JOHN RUTHERFORD,
(Formerly of Macon,)
30MMIgBI01T.MgRqH a
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
tiiis occasion to say, that his purpose is
A- fired not to speculate in Cotton. He has
tho experience of near four years in a general Ship
ping and Commission Business in the city of Balti
lll,,rc - Sept. 20, 1843 19-lni
r UtiL 1 U SALE.
Pursuant to an Order from
his Honor Judge Tracy, the followinc
property belonging to the Washing-ton Steamboat
Company of Macon, will be sold at public odlcry, at
the W’harf in this city occupied by said Company,’on
Monday, the 9lh day of October next, at it o’clock,
WAVE ‘ and tackle*
Also, f7l £ I OIV n<JA'l £, tog-etber w-ith the
appurtenances belonging- to them. Terms of sale
ca f J?- I>. C. CAMPBELL,
Macon, Sept 16, 1843. 19-tds Hccciver.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
ON the tenth day of OCTOBER next, will be so'
at the residence of the Isabella Clark, deceas.
a portion of the personal property of said decease
to nsisting of Cattle and Hogs, with other property.
Terms of sale made known on the day
ALEX’R MELROSE, Adm’r
Sept. 4, 1843. 17—ids
Tj'OUR MONTHS after date, application will 1
A made to the Inferior Court of Bibb county, wh<
Sitting for ordinary pmposes, fu, leave to sell the R<
estate ot Isabella Clark, deceased, late of said coun-
ALEX R MELROSE, Adtn’r
Sept. 4, 1843. 17—4 m
2L SStiunurn, & @o M
commission merchants
SAVANNAS, GA.
J. L. SwtNNEY, i
J. M. Burnett. $
June 14, 1843. 5 tf_
NOTICE.
Months after date, application will be mat'
. to the Honorable, the Interior Court, when sittii
jor Ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the real Esta
es D. H. Emmons, late of Bibb eomftv, deceased.
. . IAMES M. GREEN, Adme.
June I, 1843.
TO RENT.
-Y DWELLING HOUSE in Cjurt House
ijjjSg Sqnnre.
Also two Rooms over the subscribers Store
Possession given first of October next.
CHAS CAMPBELL &. Cos.
Aug. 23, 1813. 15
J. S. DENNARi),
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Perry, Ga.
Sept. 13, 1843. 18 ts
SUffAR, COFFiir, &c.
QLY IIIIDo. P. li and St. Croix Sugar,
riU 200 basts Km and Laquira Coffee,
30 Hhds Cuba Molasses.
With a general assortment of Groceries and Staple
Dry Goods For sale by
CHAS CAMPBELL &, CO.
Aug. 23, 1843. 15
GROCERIES.
VIE snbs-tiht fs continue to keep on hand at the
?i. ofd stand, opposite the Washington Hall, a good
assonant i toiGroceries, Bagging,Salt, Iron,&c., which
they wtii sell low for cash.
C. CAMPBELL & CO.
Macon, .Time 7, 1843. 4 ts
BOOE-SEXjXiSR'
IS SOLE AGENT FOR THE SALE OF MY PILLS
IN THE CITY’ OF MACON, GEO.
B. BRANDRETH, M. D.
Macon, May 31 3 ts
BLANKS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
FOR SALE A T THIS
OFFICE.