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human laws as is necessary and expedient >
tortile general advantage of tiie public.”
Tile liberty of doing every thing which 1
man's passion urge him to attempt, i» s,ava_e (
ferocity, it is toe liberty of a tiger, and ijo»
the liberty of a freeman. "
Mr. Paley says ‘-civil liberty is the not |
b*-ing restrained by any law, but what con
duce*, in a greater decree, to the public i
welfare.” W ere it requisite to adduce (fir- I
th»r testimony, I might add, that in the only I
theocracy ever established, I mean t e
Jewish government. Jehov«lt. who dispensed (
law to that people, made coercive law a very j
considerable part of their judicial code.
A great portion o ihe coercive law of the |
Jews has been formally recognised by the •
Apos le,* under the gospel dispensation,
which some have so far misunderstood as to t
conceive it to have re'axed all moral obliga- I
tion. Po'iticai liberty, is no other than the
enjoyment of human rights, secured to the ‘
possessor by coercive law. it can no l inger
extst, than the laws which protect it are en
•fovced. Civil liberty and rational restraint !
co-exist together, they are, in fact one.—
With the relaxation of just law, liberty ex
pires. A true sense of liberty must, there
fore, consist in a rational attacl uient to just
laws. To adjust the balance of liberty, in
this view* must be now an easy task. Admit*
ting a constitution, in its original formation,
to be a lopted in a perfect degree, to pro*c«-t
the in lividual in the oossession of his just
rights, vet, to direct the administration with
a i impartial hand, will be difficult. The
history of nations presents no example
wherein the govern nem of a country has
been, fur any length of time, executed wiiii
unvarying attention to the laws. Either
coercive law has been pushed beyond the
limits of mod.-ration, and has generated op
pression, or it has been relaxed, ami anarchy
has ensued. Wheio-the will of an individ
ual is the law. coercion will occupy a dis
proportionate place. The arm of power
will usurp the place of rational discussion,
and coercive measures ire einployod. not to
defend life, person and property, but wan
tonly to ptnstrate the n at the feet of a ty
rant Hut it ought also to be remembered,
that when poptilai feeling ; s suffered to give
a tone to til • executive power, a relaxation
will ensue, which, although it prevent per
son and property from filling a prey to the
caprice of an absolute ruler, will be in and in
ger of withdrawing general protection, and
leaving these bless ags at the irmy ol every
individual. This is a state of socie y more
to b : dreaded than ev-u tyranny itself, ils
evils are more generally felt, and it is not so
capable of a speedy rein ; lv
In a popular government, such as lint of
the United Stales, coercive law is much
more likely to be relaxed, than to bpcome
more rigid. The reason is, the administra
tion of this country has irjrc of an aifiuity
with the sensibilities of our nature, than
with ambition. And should evils result to
the citizen from such measuies, and apolo
gy in iv bo oil- red, which the feeling liPari
will ;il ways treat with re-pect. But, nt the
tiorf, it will he in apology derived front hn
m "i a e a'. • >s.
it on gut in he rent'-inhered, that reason,
r: • ei than feeiin , -lio’ild to dictate in mat
ters of human happiness, that this ought to
bo pa: tienl irly the case in the adoption of
1 1 v.: ill nit it is still mote emphatically
True if that part of law which i* coercive.
N it Ii o ;«* l irgotten, that there is more
tii-iuoo • iv.;, us destroying political liberty.
Oppvi-.u va in iisures despatch it at once ;
Iml a relaxa'ion of the laws, to which it
o vi-s its i-x'.-iiem-.s, will as cenainly despatch
it alth ii Ji with less viol-nee.
1 *h T c I'ici't I ', by adverting to a very
CO- ill -•> ;.iy ;iwin li is generally adduced
! i I -te i I o,iii"i is upon good breeding, or
ii i.n! iiis - f>r Ibe sallies of ungovernable
f* • si>j. “Thi* isa iVce country “exclaims
I'm - ' gilt 1*.t0., t of liberty, “every man is
f r -ro p'ii ao! act as lie chooses.” If
t’-i- m-a i ,mv tliiog inoie than that ( very
mi > ! j ivs aho ■ ty,which is consistent with
salutary l evs, so far iV*>.n paving a cntnpM
tu ‘ .t to tiie country, it is a severe and an ill
planed eprehei ;inii. What! arc t lie citi
zen* -if the U it' • | St ites at liberty to v o
late j; is *. laws vvi It impunity/ Does tiie
fir ia n I li!i::rty us tiie peoole of the Uni
t-1 States consist in allowing ovary individ
ual to ant as passion may impel, without
rostra it? Xi. T iis is a species of liberty
which ’vanl I degrade civil z-d mm to tiie
r ink of a sav ign. It is ti.egloi v of a free
c ut itry to vesirti'n its citizen* from violating
each others rights; and should the Legis
intuio of Georgia at its next anunxl session
falfo’v ilieexample, set bv two sister States,
posterity will adju Ige the prize, inscribed
with the motto, “E pluribus utittm.’
K F. K.
* 1 Tim. F. 9, 10. 11.
fir. t:t:: a to non mirror.
COUNTRY LIFE.
BY A COUNTRVMAS.
‘This pore air
Braces the listless nerves, and warms the
blood:
1 feci in freedom here.”
Joanna B.'ilho.
To one. who lias resided during the great
est portion of his life, ami Ist the monotonous
scenes, and in the heated aimos|ihf e o!
a dull town, a thousand nameless and Hide
s' rib able sensations present tin* nisei vs, when,
for the first time since his boyhood, he
fin is himself a t-n mt of one t.d nature's
prettiest groves, and in full frnitio.’i of the
sweets of Couutry Life. He look* ground
upon the blended tiel-ls and forests, the
ripening harvest of the one, and f«'.’e
shady stillness of the other, and his bosom
swells with mingled feelings of gratification
and pr-de. He looks up at the smiliug
heavens, dotted here and there with fi-ecv
‘ hul ls, and down upon the green grass that
forms a carpet for his feet, and lie feels a
genuine philanthropy expanding will,in him,
such as never before warmed bis frozen
heart.
There areja thousand sources of pleasure
peculiar to the country, and unknown to
those who dwell in towns. These all spread
out thn>r choicest treasures,
“To him, who in ihe love of nature holds
Communion with her visible forms,”
ami manifests that love, by living in the
midst of nature’s scenery.
“They liTve the country, and none else, who
seek
I or their ua n sake, its silence and its shade :
Delights, which, w,io would leave that has
a heart
S tsceptible of pity, or a ni'md
Cultured and capable of sober thought.'*
The Task.
flic poetic associations connected with
the country, are to a in in of sensibility and
refluent mt, never filling fountains of pleas
ure. They are living wells from which he
can at all times d-’a-v the mast pleasing re
flections. But it is nit al me on account
“I 'ts rich an I fanciful nssaci itions. that til"
country atfnrds a mare desirable reside ice
thmtiie town. The feeling of independence
tu it iiise|-era!)ly attaciies to it, and the s di
et intial comforts that can no wnure else be
•nuud, places the preference beyond dis
pute. Not but that ihe town has its luxuries
and conveniences, but then they suiter great
1\ by a comparison with the genuine pleas
ures an-J enjoy tnems that belong exclusively
to the country.
But it is iu a village where the the iuhab
iiauis are thrown too closely into contact,
and ■ aclt m-e is beiter acquainted with his
neighbor.-* affairs i lijii with his own, that life
to seii-nive man, is most irksome aud disa
greeable. He enrol turn round, but tiie
ino.ion is observed, aud sage conjectures are
set afioal as to the probable mtauing nt the
action, liis very tliougl ts anti leeliugsun
dergoa kind ol scrutiny, in which they are
always misrepresented. It is the usual ten
dency of society in small vil ages, where
few s' bje* ts of public it terest can be ex
pected to ari-'v, to degenerate into a mere
gossiping c,iq ie, where characters aredis
b cted as ruth ■ ly, s the practitioner would
carve up his subject. Then save me from a
village! ad save me -Iso from a town: for
both are monotonous and dull, and therefore
disagreeable to one vylio pants alter “ihe
spice of life.” There is no variety in eith
er; nothing that can cljvir ll ' the fancy or
awake the imagination is to be seen; no
murmuring brook to soothe the cares or
calm the disquietudes of a restless aud as
piring spirit ; no quiet ami sli *d_v groves for
the mind to indulge itself in pleasing merit -
tatious; uo green and flowery meadows,
skirted with tall forests, upon which the eye
may rest and be relieved from the painful
sensation produced by constant reading and
study; mi broad aud fertile fields waving
will, the luxuiiantgrow th of spring, or the
yellow harvest o autumn, to glad the soul
with the prospect ol ease and plentv : no
gentle zephyr to fan the burning cheek, or
bear upon its wings, the aroma of surroun
ding flowers; no little leathered choristers to
warble among the graceful foliage, their
melifluous notes, and with their own sweet
music, lull the ambitious soul of the stu
dent into lorgetfuluess and repose: no
“Sequestered haunt*
By mountain, meadow, streamlet, grove or
cell.
Where the poised lark his evening ditty
chart tits
And health and peace and contemplation
dwell.”
Ah no! there are no calm, waveless hours
<d Sabbath retirement; those rhrystal
founts of the oasts in the desert of life.
There is indeed, no Sabbath in the town ;
all is bustle, and parade-, tint! show. Car
riages rattle along the street with their
loads of | ride and fashion, and the conse
crated house i-rich with the array of satins,
and laces, and broad cloths; eras Father
Perryman significantly expresses it “gaws
and gew-jaws, sc-infillaliens, and corn ca
tions..” Alas! it is a solemn truth, that in
the crowded congregations that usually at
tend I Ire church of God, in most of our
towns and viilag‘B, there is too much cold
heart<xl formali’y, y-.and too much ioto'/es#
dissembling, for the glorious truths of the
gospel to have their proper influence over the
souls of men. In country congregations,
yon will find more fervor,and 1 dare sav,
more R. ligion.
Coming i. lf o the country, Messrs. Fdi
tors has mule even rue, poetical. Mel
! iiiiiiv of that; I who have all my life bseu
accustomed to dealing in dry details of
business end substantial facts. In mv
hours ol convalescence, after an ill-natured
attack ol Fever, caught in a town, I amuse
myself in reading a few favorite poems that
have long loin neglected among my dusty
tomes. Would you like to hear a passage
in favor of the country from Thompson’s
■Seasons ? Listen, and you shall Lave it;
"I-lero t»> dwells simple truth ; plain inno
cence :
Unsullied beauty; sound unbroken youth
Patient of labour, and with little pleas'd ;
Health over blooming ; unambitious toil ;
Calm contemplation ; and poetic ease."
‘Nice Valour,’ is the quaint title of an old
twin by Beaumont and Fletcher, which
famishes me with an apt quotation.
“Tin * is a beautful life now, privacy,
I'he sweetness and the benefit of essence :
1 see thee is no uian but may make his par
adise.
And if i* nothing bu* his love and dotage
Upon the world's foul joys, that keep li'tn
out ou t.”
Cowpcr was a true poet, though unfortu
■ nate. he ir him again,
,‘God made the country, aud man tcade the
town;
What wonder then, that health and virtue,
gifts
That can alone make sweet the bitter
draught
That life holds out to all, should most
abound
And least be threatened in thej fields and
groves.”
There now. I will inflict no more poetry
upon you. aid your readers. Messrs. Edi
tors, and 1 dare say you are glad of it; for
I take it. that you arc very unpoetic men,
from the faetof the entire absence of origi
nal poetry from vot.r columns of late, and
the paucity of your selections. Some of
your readers too, I presume, would be glad
to have tlLarti !e brought to a close, so
that they mav go to reading tire anecdotes.
So then, I will talk only a little more about
the pleasures of a Country Life, taking care
to wind up in a very different key from that
in which I commenced, in order that the
reading may suit the taste of those that have
not yet been suited.
Mark yc, then, a neighbouring forest af
fords an abundance of Deer and Turkeys,
to say nothing of Squirrefsb y the thousands;
I am a pretty sure shot at game, and 1 have
neighbours within sound of tire horn, who
are gt all times ready to. “take a Drive.”
Are vo." f'oud of hunting? Is’t it the very
acinic of human pleasure? Well, I was
going on to say, that I have a splendid net,
and Partridges are plenty within sight of
my house. [am a tolerable fisherman, and
a pond close by, is full of the finest fish ;
and in winter is consi’amlY covered with
ducks, some of which k re e 'iual to the
famous Canvass Backs. Nos fat' f' ol ’* me,
an excellent Orchard lias just s.'nt forth its
harvest us Peaches, and is now I ma’uring
another of Apples. In short, a thousand
considerations attest the superiority of
Country Life, over thai of the Town, iP
those at least who wish to enjoy the greatest
amount of happiness.
From the Correspondence of the Nat. lnt.
Nkw York, August 29.
Rhode Island is ours, with two Whig
members of Congress, and a Whig Legist
lature. The Kitode Island line stood im
pregnable against all manner of assaults from
the enemy. The selection of Mi Dorr, a
Locofbco Abolitionist chief, to oust a Whig
member,on the gruunds th.it he was a Dem
ocra'ic Abolitionist, I would command to the
attention of the Southern Administration
press, who attempt to blindfold their rea
ders with the idea that Abolitionism is con
fined exclusively to the Whigs in the North.
The returns, which are all in, except from
Block Island, give this result:
Cranston. TtNinghast. Thurston. Dorr.
3,593 3,690 3,20,5 3,247
From the Columbus Enquirer.
Nc r ON V LD ANDFEDERALISM.
We have accused Judge McDonald with
being a fkder alist in t rumple—of enter
iß.aiug feelings and opinions at war with
the getiins of a republican form of govern
n eut, and rendering him totally unfit lor tiie
Executive station to which he uow aspires.
Tiie accusation is a grave one, aud we should
not have luad<- ii, were it not susceptible
of pi o f. and did we not believe it our duty
to place that gentleur.iu in his true position
before the people.
Then is he a federalist? If we have not
sml enough on this point already, we ask
our readers to consider the following his
tory of the liseand progress of parties.
In the convention of 98, by which the pres
ent constitution was trained, were two dis
tinct classes of politicans which ought, pro
perly speaking, to have been trained State
Rights men and Consol'daiiniiists. 'l'he
former were jealous ol tiie powers of a
general government,--were afraid if its
centralizing tendencies, and consequently
desired to retain the old articles of con
federation, with certain modifications. The
Consolidation! • fs, on the other hand, eager
to secure a government ofgeneral, enlarged,
if not unlimited powers, plead the utter
inadequacy of the articles of confederation,
and desired anew constitution, aboiishhc,
to a great extern, the State existences, and
establishing a splendid government, h ivin"
a President ami Senate elected fur hie!!
In addition to these parties, was a small
fraction of the convention, wlm were sty led
win In-Id the ballauee ol pow
er, and who were willing to have a Consti
tution specifically limiting the powers of
the States and United States, anil recog
nizing t e frequency of elections as one
of its most prominent feat tuns. Bv the aid
of these, the eonsoli I itiouists, with Alexan
der Hamilton at their head so fir succee
ded as to pass a res dot ion declaring tiie
necessity of a Federal Constitution. To
rentier their success more certain, and to
make it appear that they were rhe only
friends of the new Constitution, they took
the milder name of federalists whilst they
laboured to engraft all their Intitudinariaii,
if not monarchical principles upon that
instrument. In this they failed, aud were
consequently driven to the pitiable trick of
having them vaguely inferable. Hence the
contes about strict construction, and hence
at the first session of Congress the Republi
cans by a strenuous cfl'ort engrafted upon
tiie Constitution that article which declares
that “The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited tc it by the States are reserved
to the States respectively, or to the peo
ple.”
From that time to the present there has
in fact been but two classes of politicians in
the Union, viz: Republicans and Federal
ists—or strict constructionists and latitu
dinarians. Now we ask a candid public to
which of these classes does Judge Mc-
Donald belong? Does lie appeal to the
acts of his life before the public ? Gn
what occasion has he been found with the
Republicans either on the bench, hi the
Hall, oi in the public Assem
bly ! His non.crons votes men! ti e fact
that fie is on the very outer verge of federal
ism---a con solid alionist in spirit! He be
lieves in inferred puwe s in the Constitution,
and consequently in the whole train of
federal doctrines. Throw down the barrier
of strict construction, and you open the way
lor the creation of monopolies on the part
of the general goverument---you farm out
the Union for works of Internal improve
merit— you levy protective tariffs, and draw
the substance of one section to sustain
another—-you in fact, abolish the States at
once, and float off into the great whirlpool
of eentrnliza'ion!! We say that almost
every act of Judge McDonald's public life
proves him to be such a po'ittcau.
We have seen him voting in fa vor of the
constitutionality if a U. S. Bank, the very
Institution which now for political purposes he
abuses as dangerous to the liberties of the
jn ople.
We hare seen him vote to barter away the
liberties of his Stale, by cringing serf
like to the mandates of a federal court!
We have known him to advocate openly
the constitutionality of a Tariff', and its con
sequent train of miseries to the peo
ple!
We have seen him the open and avowed
supporter of the Proclamation aid the bloody
force bill---willing to see the hireling soldiers
of the general govern lent enforce its unright
ous robberies by the bayonet!
People of Georgia, will you have such a
man as your Chief Magistrate ? He may
be clever-- lie may be amiable-honest in
private life : uay, he may be talented, but is
it safe to promote him at the present time ?
Cast your eye upon another column in this
paper, an I read there his vote on the
constitutionality of a Tariff, as contrasted
with that of Judge Dougherty, aud ask your
selves >v it kiilivs tne mut .Souther
tcelings——the most Republican principle ?
Remember hat Taos. H. Benton, (lining
last February, in hi* pli.ee i.i the Senate
declared that “t/ie very next Congress must
commence remodeling the Tariff) laws!!''
Consider that all the scenes and trials of’
'32 may again be witnessed aud fell; and
w hat will be your situation with a submis
sionist at the bead of affairs, and a federal
ist in the Executive chair of the State ? It
is in vain for the selt-styled Democracy of
Ihe State to attempt to palm off Judge Mc-
Donald upon the people of Georgia. He
is the second candidate of that party in
immediate succession who has been ob
noxious to the charge of federalism. They
may use all their skill iu political hocus
pocus, but the people have been too often
deceived again to rush iuto their em
brace.
Sir—l was not aware, until 4 persued
vour editorial of last evening, that the oppo
nent* of Judge Dougherty had undertaken
to charge him with hostility to Internal
improvement. A few days ago, I received a
letter from Clarke County, in wiiich the
writer, » distinguished citizen of Georgia,
speaking of tbe flattering piospects of Judge
D. in that section, says‘he will loose some
few votes, 1 understand, in consequence ot
liis support of Mr. Gor lon’s bill to pro
mote the Central Rail R .ad.’
\7ell knowing the course of Judge D. at
th,*last session of the Legislature, and be
ing f,.'s political and personal friend, I have
taken Ov ?cas ' on tn converse with the Sena
tor from .Chatham on the subject. The
Senator statej* 'bat, altho’he is politically
opposed to Judge Dougherty, he takes
pleasure in saying, injustice so that gentle
man that his whole *' rj *be last Legis
lature shewed hun to be tv 1e steadfast
consistent and enlightened friend of every
rational scheme of Internal Improvement
which was brought low ir 1 during Ibe ses "
aioii.--Bavannah Republican.
Respectfully,
ASUBCRIBEft*
From the Mobile Mercantile Advertiser.
MORE DEF X LCATIONS.
Thegcity Post OJJic(,— The F o ster,
knows something about the Post Office i
diffii-iilties in this city, as will be seen from !
• lie following i aragraj Ii which appeared in 1
that pajwr of Friday evening.
Post Cjj„e.- -A gieat deal has been
s. id ~bout the Post Ofiice Department
having drawn upou this point, where they
have no fund*. Upon inquiry, and on
authority w e are enabled In deny this charge
unequivocally. The Departiweut lias nut
y> l drawi) for all that is due it, by SXYFRAL
thousand dollars!!"
The Register is authorised to deny this
charges. Well then wli.it follows I That drafts
ill the office to an amount exceeding twenty
thousand dollars have already been protest
ed, is not denied; aud according to the Reg
ister, “Several thousand dollars” are still
due, “not yet drawn for.” The only infer
cnee that can he drawn from this statement
of flic Register is that the late Post Ma-ter
in this city is a DEFAULTER to the
moderate amount of about THIRTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ! Oh the beau
ties of I lie sub-treasury system !! Go it ye
democtais!! J
Post Office Regulations.- The fol
lowing Circular which appears to ron’ain
some new legislation by the Post Office De
partment, is published by the Postmaster at
Philadelphia.
Post Office Philadelphia, )
August lOtii, 1839. \
The following letter from the Post Office
Department is published for geueral infor
mation :
Post Office Department, >
Appointment Office, Gtti July, 1839. q
Sir, — lour letter ol 'he 2d insi. has been
reieived. “Blackwood’s Edinburgh Maga
zine,” ami “Frazer’s Magazine.” areumler
siood to be monthly publications, and if not
accompanied by any other matter than what
properly be'ong* to such works, they should
be classed with oilier perodical Magazines,
and charged witli postage accordingly. But
the two hooks submitted by you, and which
are herewith returned, are composed of"so
large a piuportinn of advertisements, cata
log lies, proposals for new publications, and
other matter which is subjeit to letter post
age, that 11 rey cannot be circulated through
the mails at the rates of postage prescribed
for periodical Magazines. They must,
therefore either be excluded from tlie mails
altogether,or the wholebook must he charged
with letter postage by iveig 1 1.
Very respectfully your ob’tsere't.
ROBERT JOHNSTON,
2d Ass't. P. M. General.
To James Page. P. M.
The attention of publishers is also called
to the following sections from the Book of
the Post Office Regulations :
Sec. 34—Letter post a jib is also to be
charged on all hand-bills printed or written
proposals for new publications; circular*
written or printed ; lottery bills- anil adver
tisements, blank forms and manuscript copy
for publication arid upon any memoran
dum which shall be written on any newspa
per pamphlet or magazine except it be a
notice from the printer of a newspaper to a
subscriber, stating the amount due for sub
script mn
Sec. 59. Publishers of pamphlets and
magazines frequently atta( h to them one or
more printed pages, containing advertise
ments of new publications, Ate. Such pages
are to be rated with postage according, to
the rule* herein laid down.
Sec. 60 —The cover of a pamphlet or
magazine is not to be rated with postage,
unless the matter printed on it be a part of
the body of the work or unless it be used as
a vehicle lor general advertising,
MORUS MULTICAULIS SEGARS.
We perceive from our exchange papeis
that a Mr. Gates has taken, out a patent
right for ihe manufacture of segars, with
morns innlticniHis wrappers. This will
probably interfere with our neighbor, Mr.
Riba, who presented us with half-a-dozen
of them the other day ofhisown manufac
ture.
Death of Governor Clarke, of Ken
tucky—The Frankfort Commonwealth of
August 27th says—“lt is our melancholy
duty to announce the death of the Hon.
James Clarke, Governor of Kentucky. He
died this morning about 8 o’clock. We
have stopped the press to announce ” This
is melancholy news to us, as it will be to a
huge ciicl* of friends all over the United
States.— National Int'Uigencer.
From the Columbus Enquirer.
Dr. E. L. Degratfeweid has kindly favor
ed us with the ‘"ollowing letters from a citi
zen of this place, now in the vicinity ofMo
j bile, which give a good idea of the extent
and violence of the prevailing Epidemic in
I that place. The responsibility and intelli
| gencc of the parties, make the authority of
I the statements entirely creditable. Our suf
fering felUw-eitizeus of Mobile, certainly
have onr sympa’hies and earnest wishes-for
a speedy release from the scourge which
seeeins to have fallen so heavify upon them.
Near Mobile, '2d September, 1839.
Dear Sir.— As you ar» a Physician, I
suppose you would like to hear something
about the epidemic prevailing in Mobile I
I can tell you but ii tie about it only that it i*
j prevalius to an alarming degree— to a de-‘
gree hitherto unknown in the history of the
city. It seems to be confined to no partic
ular section of the town, nor »o any distinct
class ot people. Indeed, it issoinewhat sur
prising that the widest, cleanest, and most
pleasant street in the city, (Government'
street,i should have suffered the most. It
was upon this street that Judge Hitchcock
resided, and it is said not a solitary house up
on that street- has escaped. But it is ad
over the city, and ns progr ’ss has only been
arrested by the want of subjects, so great
has been I lie panic and consequent flight.
In proportion to the population, there is as
much sickness here a* in New Orleans. The
amount of sickness here ofo»e kind and an
other, is verv great, more, in fact, than all
physicians can minister to, and the conges
tive, seems to be equally fatal w ith the yel
low, fever. Same few cases of the latter
have been saved, but in most instances it h is
hurried the victim to the grave with fearful
rapdity.
I am three miles from the water, and two
and a half miles fro.n the back hoe of the
city, the nearest point to which yellow fever
has approached Yours, truly.
Near Mobile, 5Ji September, 1839.
Dear .Sir—l wrote to you a day or two since
in reference to the sickness here. It is as
tonisliingto see tlie| liffi-rence of opinion pre
vailing among the Physicians, relative to the
true character of the existing epidemic.—
One says it is yellow fever—another pro
nounces that he has not seen a single case
of yellow fever, but that the prevailing dis
ease is infinitely worse. 1 believe, however,
all the Physicians view it as something
greatly tn ire severe ami fatal than any of the
fevers, peculiar to the climate, which they
have before seen,
Do not suppose that 1 exaggerate when I
tell you (for my own impression is l dq not
come to the reality,) thatout ofa population
of eight or nine thousand, the number sup
posed to be now in the city, it is estimated
by those well informed, that one half arc
confined with the epid-inic. Instead of
forty or fifty dying iu a week, there are that
many daily. I’he s< eues of distress and
ruortality uow existing in (Mobile) are un
( quailed iu the history ol epidemics in mod
eru limes. Dr. Fean was herethis morning,
aud hesays he can point to places in Mo
bile which equal any aceounts to be found
of the plnguv hi ancient times. Hundred
are dying for want of attendance, and Dr.
F. says he was in a room yesterday where
ten or twelve were dying at the same tune,
and were screaming for water m the most
trantic manner, and no one to hand it.
The stores are closing, and Mobile lias th
appearance of a suddenly deserted town
There are several instances, a half dozen at
le..st, of persons dropping dead in the street,
and many more instances of individuals
rising well m the mauling, and being shroud
ed before night. You may think that I
exaggerate, but from the accounts received
daily Iroiii those who call occasionally,
as they go in and pass out of the city. 1
am certain I (all short of the truth. Per
sons residing in the summer retreats go in
daily and transact their business, and come
out before night, i s deem ng it unsafe to
remain in town a few hours during Ihe day.
1 have n.*t been in since the day I arrived
these reports IVoin town are rather too salty
lor me to lisk it.
There iv, too, a ereat difference of opin
ion among the Physicians as to the propriety
of leaving town, after having remained (hi
lling. Some of them rontend that having
remained this long without injury, it is bet
ter to stay ib.m to change the astmosplier
—lhav less risk is incurred thereby, niui i
believe th:< is the opinion generally emet
tamed by the medical men. Yours, Ac.
Fatal Rencounter. —TheColuinbi* South
Carolinian of Fri lay, says :—On Wednesday
evening last, a little before dark, a rencoun
ter occurred in this place, between Mr.
P. Burton, and Mr. G. W. Hunt, iu which
Lot It were wounded from the discharge of
Pistols—the former slightly the latter fatal
ly. Mr. Hunt lingered until yesterday
morning about 9 o'clock, when he expired.
Burton, we learn has been arrested and is
in confinement.
In this place oil Thursday Evening last
by the Rev. Thomas Gardner, Mr. John
N. Webb, late of Maryland, to Miss Mar
tha E. youngest daughter of the late
Charles Smith, formerly of Virginia, uow
all of tiiis place.
n '.8,3: icoi a ti.
■fi AD COl LS best Kentucky Bale Rope
11/tf in Store, and for sale by
ANDREWS & BEMIS.
September 14, 18394 t 23
on YEs: otiYE&n
€Jh|j»B?, Uoiaiff, Go lit*,
ALL y.(M« who want Goods, Wares, Mer
el.ja.Uze. Live Stock, Lands or Ne
groes sold at Auction, call on your humble
servant, at No. 2. Grove street, Florence.
A. B. C. WINFREY, Auctioneer.
Sept 13 23 3t
~ ALABAMA LANDS
FOR SALE,
Entire 7 14 30
N. half 8 14 39
S. half 4 14 30
S. half 6 14 30
S. half 11 14 29
S. half 34 19 28
W. half 29 16 26
S. hnW 29 18 28
E. half’ 21 22 26
S. half 32' 18 28
N. half 33 20 26
W. half 26 15 24
S. half 29 16 25
N half 9 14 30
E. half 2 18 25
Entiio 33 15 25
Any of the above Lands will he sold on
term* to suit purchasers, by application to
John D. Fitts, Esq. Florence, Ga. or to the
subscriber, at Macon.
Sept 14 23 J. COWLES.
0£/ a ' The Columbus Sentinel will insert
the above in the place of my other advertise
ment in that paper. J. C.
A GREE ABLE to an order of the Il'on-
Jw. oruble Inferior Court of Sumter Coun
ty when setting n» a Court of ordinary, will
be sold on the first Tuesday in November
next before the Court House door in Atner
iens.
Lot No. 188, in the 17th district of Stew
art county. Al*o Lot No. 243, in the sth
district of Early comity, on the first Tues
day in December next, ~t the Court house
dnorof that county. Sold for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors of Uriah Fuller
deceased.
WALTON W. FULLER. Ad.n’r
Septembers, 1839. 23
HE Subscriber will attend to theTollec
I tion of all debts du! the late firm ol
Gardner Ac Barrow, up *o April, 1839.
Persons indebted to sard firm will please
make payment immediately
Aiwil itv H H R K RROW
UOIT IT’S Yegrtubte Lift
l‘ha<ni\ Hitters.
The univeisal estimation iu which the celebra
ted Liie Pills and PhokSix Hitters are
held, i* satisfactorily demonstrated by the
increasing demand (or them in every state
and section of the Union, and by the volun
tary testimonials to their remarkable efficacy
which are every where offered. It is riot
less from a deeply gratifying confidence that
they are the means of extensive and in
estimable good among his afforded fellow
creatures t. an from inferes'cd considera
tions, and the proprietor of these pre
eminently successful medicines i« desirous
ofkeeping them constantly before the pub
lic eye.—The sale o r every addinttiona! box
and bottle is a guarantee that some, person
will be relieved from a greater or less degres
of suffering, and be improved in general
health ; for in' So case of suffering from
disease can they be taken in vain. The
proprietor lias never known or been in
formed of an instance in which they have
failed to do good. In the most obstinate
cases of chronic dyspepsia, torpid liver,
rheumatism, asthma, nervous and billions
bead ache, cosfiveness, piles, general debility,
sciofulous swelling and ulcers, scurvy, salt
rheum and all other chronic affections of
the organs and membranes, they effect
cures with a rapidity and permnoonev
which few persons would theoretically be
lieve, but to which thousands have testified
from happy experience. In colds and
coughs, which, if neglected, superinduce
the most latal disease yf the lungs, and
indeed the vicerain general, these medicines,
if taken but for three or four days, never
fail. Taken at night, they so promote the
insensible perspira ion, and so relieve the
system of febrile eerion and feculent ob
structions, as-to produce a most delightful
sense of convalescence itj thy moruing •
•-i though tlje uau^lsyinpioow oka *oW
should partially return during the day, th*
repetition of a suitable dose at the next Lour
of bed time will almost invariably (fleet
permm -nt relief without further aid. Their
effect upon fevers of a more acute and mor*
violent kind s not less sare and speedy if
taken in proportion ible quantity; and
persons retiring to bed with inr.imatorY
systems of the most alarming kind, will
awake with the gratifying consciousness
tint me fierce enemy has been overthrown,
and can easily be subdue I. In the same
way, viceral furgesence, though long esfab
li-ueii, and viceral inflamarions. however
critical, will yield—the former to small aud
the latter to large doses of the Life Pills ;
and so also hysterica! affections, hypoecii*
Iriocism, restlessness, and very many other
varieties of lire Nenro'ical cla*s of diseases,
vield to lire efficacy of the Phgenix Bitters.
Full directions for the use of these medi
ci ies. ami showing their distinctive applica
bility to different complaints. ac» empany
them; and they can be obtained,,wholesale
and retail at 375 Broadway, where numer
ous certificates of their noparralled suc
cess are always open to inspection.
For additional particulars of the shove
medicines, see Moffat's “good Samaritan,”
a copy ofwhich accompanies the medicine ;
a copy can always he obtained of the
different Agents who have the medicine
for sale.
French, German, and Spanish directions
can b* obtained on application at the office,
375 Broad way.
All post paid letters will receive immedi
ate attention.
Prepared and sold by WILLIAM B
MOFFAT, 375 Broadway, New York
\ libeial ih'diiction made to those who pur
chase to sell again.
Agents— The Life Medicines may also'
be had of aiiy of the principle Druggists
iu every town throughout the United
States and the Canada*. Ask for Moflat’s
Life Pills and Phomix Bitters; and be sure
• hat a simile of John Moffat’s signature is
upon the label of each bottle of Bitters or
box of Pills.
Prepared anil sold by W. B. MOFFAT,
367 Broadway New York.
The above medicine for sale by
THOMAS GARDNER, Agent.
Sept. 14 23
The Cause of Biltcfis Comm
plaint anti a sli otic of lure.
A WELL regulated and proportionate
quantity of bile upon the stomach is al
ways requisite for the promotion of sound
health-- it stimulates digestion, and keeps
the intestinal canal free from all obstructions.
On the inferior surface of th? liver is a pe
cuiarbladder, in w hich the bile is first pre
served, being formed by the liver from the
Mood. Theuce it passes into the stomach
and intestines, and regulates the indiges
tion. Thus wesee v. hen there is a deficien
cy of Idle, the body is constantly costive.
On the other hand, an overabundance of
bile causes frequent nausea iuthe stomach,
and often promotes very severe attacks of
disease, which sometimes end in death.
Fevers are always preceded by syujtnmff
of a disoidered stomach; as are also
scorfitlous disorders, and all sympathetic
functional, organic or febrile diseases.
From the same cause, the natural and heal
thy action of the heart, and the whole vas
cular system is impaired and reduced below
its natural standard, as exhibited in pal
pitations, languid pulse, torpors of the limbs,
syncope, and even death itself, iu couse
quence of an overabundance of a peculiar
offensive substance to the digestive
organs. . . *.
The approach of bilious diseases is at alt
times attended by decided symptoms of an
existing diseased state of th« stomach aud
bowels; i.c. with those signs which are
known to point out their contents to be of a
morbid, irritating nature; but whenever the
alimentary canal happens to be loaded with
‘irritating matter, some derangement of the
healthy operation, either of the general
(system, or of some particular organ of the
body is the certain result; and when this
state happens to be united with any other
symptoms of disease, its [effects are always
thereby much aggravated The progress
of organic obstruction is often so rapid as
scarcely to admit of time for the applica
tion of such aid as is to be offered by .art,
yet, in general, the premonitory symptoms
of gastric load are perceptible fera day or
two previtus to the feverish paroxism, a
period, when the most efficacious assistance
may he given, by unloading the stomach ‘
and alimentary canal of its iiritating con
tents, and thus reducing the susceptibili
ty of disease’
MOFFAT’S LIFE (MEDICINES,
should always be taken iu the early stages
ol hibous coiuplaiuts; and if perse.veted in
'«tri‘tiy according to the directions, will
positively effect a cure.
The mineral medicines ofien prescribed
in these diseases, although they tnay effect
a teropoiary cure at the same time create
an unhealthy state of the blood, and
consequently tend to promote a return of
the very disease which they are employed
to cure. . li is then by the useof purgative*, ,
exclusively formed of vegetable compound* .
which, possessing within themselves no
deleterious agencies, which decomposition,
combination or alteration can develope or
bring mto action, and therefore capable of
producing no effect, save that which is desir
ed— that a safe remedy i* found.
The LIFE PILLS & PHCEMX BIT
TERS have proved to be the most happy
in their effects in cases of bilious disease , of
arty purely vegetable preparation ever offer
ed to the public. If the stomach is (out.
they cleanse it by exciting it to throw offits
contents 1 if (lot, they p:i«« to the duodenum
wi bout exciting vomiting or nausea in the
stomach ; stimulating the neighboring vicera,
as iht liver and pancras, so as t« produce
a more copious flow of tlmir secret ions into
the intestines; stimulating tiie exa'ent
.capillaries, terminating in j|ie inner coar,
which an increased flow of the useless
particles of tiie body, foreign matters, or
retained secretious, are completely dfcchar—
ged.
For further particulars es the above
medicine see MOFFAT’S (JOl*D SA
MARI I AN, a copy ofwhich accompanies
the medicine. A f’«py may a Iso be obtained j
of the diifcreut Ageuts who have lire f
cities for sale
OCr* French, German, and Spanish di
rections can be obtained on application t
the office. 375 Broadway.
(IT 5 * Alt port pout letters wiVT receive
immediate attention.
Sold wholesale and retail by WILLIAM
B. M* ‘FFAT, 375 . Broadway, N. Y.
A liberal deduction made to those who pur
chase so sell again.
Acents. —The Life Medicines may also
be nad ot llie principal druggists itt evft’y
town throughout the Unuefl Siam* and the
Canadas. A*k for Moffat’s Life l’dfw ead
Phenix Bitters; and be snre th*,f a sac
simile of John Moffat’s signsfHr'' is wimß
the label of each bottle ofhmerty or boxNff
pills.
Tbe above medicine far sal* by
T‘l tOMAS GARDNER.
Stytetnßot T4> 183&- itt