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... ■ l/iv/v. Confiscation ’ ,c to national vesstla I— r“n the u. SWKS, linglanJ. or any . ,c nation, snlmut to .uch a tniiw decret ’-Impossibly sweep lo * r t j ie Czar sas •, it it ttnte for Austria anti r n ■*. to muse themselves. _ i ' u Richmond Enqumer. ‘Jt L; Cl* Utiftr’ V< IBaSSTS 1 ~ Mondax, Mav V.\ \V&. M - ,n NT II■■MiMT M t ,-r. ‘i'o Correspondents — partied- Inrhi Cnirics. —A’.iy pcson sending a .communication to this office m t,le •urm of a criticism ; or m any way pointing out inaccuracies m the wn iinotj of another, must expect it to lie inserted without any alteration from ,he manuscript of orthography, punc tuation, &.c. &c. Other communica tions shall receive such corrections u , may tie deemed necessary by The Piiinteu. horrid murder. On the 14th inst. Mr. John M. Williams of Jones County, near Clinton, after inhumanly heating and stabbing, cut his wife > throat or rather, cut her head almost off leaving a space of but an inch or inch and a half on the back part of her neck that was not cut. Our in formant savs.tV> remainder appeal ed to be cut to the bone. After ha vinr completed this horrid act, he turned the edge of his razor (the instrument used; upon his own throat, and while in this act a neigh bour rode up and took the razor fr >m him. He is yet alive, but so bad is his wound, that his life is nearly despaired of. lie has left four small children—one onlv’ ten days old. COMMUNICATED. No. 111. Mr. Robertson , When a man corrects any thing which he thinks to he an evil, there is much probability ot his perse vc re nee being governe. by the success he meets with. Now in this particu lar 1 have hail the great martification ot’ experiencing a material difference between myself and a certain writer whose labours I have seen spread in the columns of the Messenger, lie speaks of having done much good, and consequently, 1 think lie has great en couragement to go on with his glori ous work of reformation. Herein 1 think he has much the advantage of me ; for although it has cost me an ef fort to write. 1 do not know that my, labours have been a means of causing one individual to leave off what I think ‘o be his evil ways. This dis courages me so much that it is uncer tain whether you will hear from me again soon : for 1 think it better that I should give up the undertaking to those who are capable of writing so as to do good. If, however, I may be indulged in a few more observations, they will be on the subject of the excessive use of ar dent spirits. And to do this subject any thing like justice, would require* a communication of greater length than 1 am willing to intrude at one time into the colums of a newspaper. I hope I shall therefore be excused it 1 should hereafter offer the public, through the medium of your paper, another communication on the same subject. There arc so many disagreeable con sequences attendant on the excessive use of ardent spirits, that l hardly know in what shape first to attack it. for that it is in itself an evil, being a self-evident fact, coolly to reason up on it could be of but little use. I shall therefore attempt to exhibit it in some ot its shapes, and perhaps its own hideousness may produce dis gn>t in the minds of some of its votaries. And 1 know not better how to do it than by relating the following incidents. A few mornings ago I had some bu siness in town and went there pretty early. Just as s had stepped into a smro and enquired for an article, there c e in a man of middle age, with a bloated face and haggard look, and walking up directly opposite the store keeper, said, ‘’ id you lie so good ns to give me n dram r I have got no money, or I would pay for it. No sir, replied thfi merchant, 1 am not in the habit of giving drains. Just let me have one small drink if you please, returned the oilier, taking a tumbler in his hand, and stepping towards a barrel, 1 feel si k this morn ing, and am obliged to drink some thing—l will pay you lor it with the first money I get. No ! replied the tnemianf, put down that tumbler, for voubhould not drink any thing here if yol had the money to pay for it. The stranger turned aboutand with a look of shame and disapnintinent went out. After he was gnuasked the merchant who lie was, an*wheth er he had a family, lie said ki had a wife and lour children. Well, said I, 1 think they liist be miserable. Yes, said the merchant, wheal first knew that man, i thought him hie on whom nature,(or more properly peak ing, flic God of nature) had be|owed as noble a soul as ever dwelt k hu man flesh. Having been placeijat an early age under the directions an excellent tutor, lie had acqupl a very liberal education; whichbeing added to a natural understand!*, and aspiring genius, with polisltei man ners and a lovely benevolent iiposi tien, it may readily be suppose that lie was loved and esteemed by who had the advantage of his aci aint- ance. If 1 have ever seen a iman being that could literally he saitho be without a fault, it was this io^i. lia ble young man. Possessing Sttood share of manly beau y, md avouch gallantry as is admii .ble, lie is a general favotlte v i;n ti.e softmex ; particular 1 . ‘ .ho were in t| dis agreeable .n unopy state of celi bacy. “> e'i to hurl then ttp tiv.‘ 4 ‘s and bewitching tales ... . But having at hfcth r). . ; whom he thought ws ro-.s.:'! a “and cougeuiaito his ownjpd whose cheek the rose was but a int emblem, and whose teeth rivalledlhe ivory itself; he begun to think si oudy of entering into the envied ate of connubial felicitv. •/ # He was just in easy circunislares, and he received with his beauful bride an abundance of tiie good tings of this world. Her father was M y wealthy, and had an unlimited cufi denee in his son-in-law. This amiable and worthy yong couple enjoyed a state of connutyl hapiness unmaired f°r about tin years. Though his excellent wife ;- ten observed when lie came near h*, that his breath smeit strong o! the maica, the affection of her warm hea; stifled every suspicion of what wr going to he her fate : till finding th; flavor of his breath gradually growin. stronger, she began to caution her be loved against the too free use >f tin article and affectionately to tell hin how much pain it. would give her i she should once see him tivsey. Tit took it kindly of his spouse, but negs lected to profit by her excellent ad monitions : bidding her give herself no uneasiness about it, for that he was determined never to suffer it. to gain too great an influence over him. Poor soul ! it makes me sorry to look at him now. For lam satisfied lie would rather have hanged himself at that time than to have taken a peep into futurity, (if such a thing could have been done) and seen himself in his present situation. It would perhaps fire your patience, sir, he continued, to listen to every lit tle particular that 1 could relate. Suf fice it to say that his propensity to drink continued to increase, while he was saving that it should never gain the ascen lencv, till he became a com mon drunkard. It was frequently not until a late hour in the night that he would leave the grog-shop and stagger home to his lovely and distressed wife. You know sir, that a man, while in a state of intoxication, is not capable of taking care of any thing, ii he is so disposed. This man's business was neglected, and much of Ins money was spent at the tavern, and much laid out for articles for which he had no use, till he became poor. His excel lent but now miserable wife, used ev ery economical exertion she was mis tress of, ami by that means kept some thing for herself and her children to subsist on for a good while. His el dest child is a daughter, now thirtcep, ami the sun never shone on a fairer. Hv means of hers and her mother's labour, the family is now supported, (such a support as it is,) for il ever he gets possession of any money, though it be the earnings of his wife or Ins daughter at the w ish tub, and though there be not a mouthful of meat or bread in his house to stop the mouths of his crying infants, he w ill march di rectly to"the grog-shop and pay it for whiskev, I met his wife the other day coining out at the door with her lace covered with tears, while she ask ed me if I had seen any thing of her husband. I told her I had not; but thinking f c ’uld probably alleviate her distress, I asked her what was the matter. * Mrs. L- ,’ sdic replied, Sent me a round of meat this morning, in payment for scouring her floor yes terday, to keep my poor children from starving, for they have not hail a mouthful of any thing to eat since the day before ‘yesterday ; and while 1 was out of the house a few minutes just now, my husband came in and has carried it off to a grog shop to sell it. for whiskey ! I immediately joined the distracted woman in pursuit of her husband and found him just after he had bartered oft’ the meat and swal lowed the precious proceeds ! Yea, he will even ” “ Hold ! hold !” cried I where is lie ? that I may instantly chastise him.”— For the narativc given me by the honest shop-keeper hail wrought me up to such a pitch of phreuzy, that, (with shame I must confess it,) 1 felt like 1 could spill his blood. When l became a little more cool, and requested the merchant to pro ceed with the story, he replied by saving that he did not wish to work upon my feelings any more, and beg ged that I would excuse him. This, Mr. Editor, needs no com ment. OBSERVER. COMMUNICATED. No. 111. Mr. Editor : We are reluctantly drawn in to a wordy contest with some of our sapient neighbours, Critic & Cos. Si mon Jackdaw, and (we suppose) a whole gang’ of crows and buzzards against our little company. Well may we say with Tooke “fearful odds.” But we have thrown the gauntlet at folly and should be most wofully disappointed if such as Critic & Cos. and Simon Jackdaw did not feel the weight of our lance. One would almost suppose that Pindar had taken the benefit of the metempsycho sis act, and appeared under the name of Critic & Cos. They are no doubt personages of great reading and pro found research who have perused the productions of other men, that they have acquired a most admirable style. They begin by giving us a poetic com pliment, which turns out to be nothing more than a long string of admoni tions, for which we “doff our helmets and say thank ye,” and for the sake of reciprocity we would advise them as Foote did the physician at Bath. Then close at their heels comes Mr. Simon Jackdaw, whom we would have known by his noise even if he had not signed his name. He allows himself uncommon latitude. At the commencement of liis “ Epistle” we were within one degree of absolute frigidity on reading the chilly senti ments of a “ plain man,” but before he ends he makes ample reparation by exposing us to the effects of a “ meri dian sun” and a !f long tailed comet.’ |Now, Mr. Editor, we would give friend feirnon a hearing if we could venture hear enough to examine him closely, but as we have an r conquerable aversion to extreme heat and extreme Cold we dare not approach too near Tun. We think he certainly mistook . ur piece as lie says he read one under ,ur signature. Now sir, we write over aid not under our signature. Jut tjiis is a trivial Mistake when compa led to the manifold errors and incou ! jstencies contained in the whole ten- rof his “ Epistle.” He says, “ But boil due consideration, I have con fuilcd that it is often necessary for a iters not only to explain themselves, lilt to push their works forward to the ivorbl.” For which reason we sup pose, ‘ upon due consideration,’ friend onion has ‘concluded’ to blazon forth lisown talents,and endeavos to rear on 1 fie discomfiture of others hisown vis inary fabric of literary tame. But the Use is not good and the superstructure Oust fall to the ground. Again he says, “we have denominated those, * proud sprits’ who, when not patronized, luve turned their backs upon the wild and starved:—but I must ad-< mre their genius more than their con duit—that is not commendable,” Now whit in the name of common sense cai the ‘ Jackdaw’ mean by this. Ihe prtioun that, refers to things most dis tait, or first mentioned, which in this cast is ‘ their genius ;’ consequently lie ulmires ‘ their genius’ yet it is not * comnendable.’ Most preposterous imbed ! Vedid not write to provoke a lite ral’ contest or a ‘ war ot words. Ours we lope was a more laudable purpose. Or if we had so intended we should fall short of the proposed end to take up i contest with a‘Jackdaw.’ Victo ry jver a man who does not under stand the language lie speaks could do us no honor. W e therefore request bin to desist from his impertinent ob servations on our writings, whether tiny be the * well-meant lucubrations’ of lage experience or the premature ef fusions of beardless ignorance. Tne barking of a mastiff’ and the braying of ; an ass were always disagreeable to us. W e shall continue the course we have commenced regardles of such opposi tion as lie ran afford ; for it is what was to he expected that we should be opposed by such as himself in our at tacks on folly and stupidity. For on ly write ’Fool 1 and'every numskull thinks it aimed entirely at himself. But we will fake up no more of your time on this subject. We will not waste our time and your paper in pur suit of slich small game, which, if caught, would but poorly reward the huntsman for his toil. CENSOR & Cos. P. S. We would inform Messrs. Critic & Cos. that we have seen Salma gundi, and himself also, and of the two sights we would at any time pre fer the former* C. & Cos. At a meeting of the republican mem bers of the Legislature of the state of N. York, held for the purpose of ascer taining their sentiments with regard to the nomination of a candidate for the next Presidency, several resolu tions were unanimously adopted —the following extracts will show the spirit of them. Resolved , That we consider an explicit avowal of our sentiments in the matter, as not only called for by the occasion, but due to the com mendable solicitude which is felt by our republican brethren in other parts of the Union : That the practice of making nom inations for the office of President’ by individual states, has a tendency ! to disturb the harmony of the great ( republican family, by creating and ‘ strengthening individual predilec tions and local feelings, and thereby preventing that concert of action which has therefore crowned their exertions \viyi success : That although a nomination by the Republican members of Con gress is not entirely free from ob jections, yet that assembled as they are from the different quarters of the Union ; coiffing from the various classes of the community ; elected during the pendency and discussion of the question, and in a great de gree with reference to it, they bring into one body as perfect a repre sentation as can be expected of the interests and wishes of all and each ; and that a nomination made by them in the manner which has here tofore been usual, is the best attain able mode of effecting the great ob ject in view which has yet been sug gested. A dinner was given to the Hon. Henry Clay, on the 29th ult. by a num ber of the citizens of Philadelphia h being on a visit to that place. About ninety gentlemen, (among whom were his excellency the minister from Mex ico, and his excellency the minister from Brazil,) partook of the entertain ment, which was in every respect wor thy of the occasion. After the health of Mr. Clay was drank, he addressed the company, and afterwards gave the following toast. “Success to the cause of the country under whose aus pices the New World was discovered.” The corporation of Washington city have imposed an annual tax of 100 dollars on venders of lottery tick ets and brokers. A letter from St. Louis, Missouri, of 14th March, says, “An unfortunate accident happened yesterday near this place on the St. Charles road, by the explosion of a cask containing 3201b5. of powder, by which three men were killed. They were part of the compa ny destined to the Rocky Mountains.” Bardstown, ivy. March 1. Fatal Rencounter. —Mr. Charles B. Lancaster, a young man formerly from Jefferson county, and some time a re sident of this town, owing to some im putations, made an attack upon James Allen Esq. Merchant of Bardstown. — In the affray Mr. Lamaster unfortu nately received the ball of his antago nisi through his body, of which lie ex pired in a little more than 48 hours.— Mr. Lamaster’s pistol fired at the same instant, but did no other execu tion than to burn Mr. Allen severely in the face. It appears from information that Mr. L. had pursued Mr. A. to his own house, in the country, well cquipt with arms, but not finding him at home, was re turning to ‘l'own and met Mr. A. upon the Main Road, then going/rom Town, who in the interim had been appraised of the pursuit, and accordingly provi ded himself for the event. There are now in the city of New- Ym k eighty-three churches, which arc classed as follows—Episcopalian, 15 ; Dutch reformed, 9 ; Presbyterian 15 ; Associate reformed, 5 ; Methodists, 11 ; Baptists,B ; other denominations, 20. Salomon Thompson, of Clarksburg, Maryland, was lately murdered on tins public road. It appears lie was mur dered by a black man, who had been hired to commit the act by a woman with whom Thompson had lived for several years. The murderers have been arrested. Elections. — l’he republicans of Massachusetts have succeeded in electing their candidate (Mr. Eustis) in opposition to Harrison Gray Otis, one of the members of the Hartford Convention. The senate is also re- P'k lican. In Rhode Island the whole republi can ticket was elected without oppo sition. In Connecticut Gov. Woleott is again elected. Os two candidates for Lieutenant Governor, (both republi can) neither have been elected by the people. The house of representatives is decidedly republican—the senate entirely so. and new State, or a typographical error- By a late paper we learn that a so ciety of Shakers, in consequence of a new militia bill which has passed one branch of the legislature of New-PORK, have removed from New- Lebanon into the state of Massachu setts, which allows them the liberty of conscience. Mr. James S. Richardson was killed in Sparta on Tuesday evening last by a fall front the window of his apart ment, in the second story of the Ba de tavern. He was not discovered cl . till a late hour in the evening—when found, the vital spark was extinct, lie was a native of England and a teacher of music. Patriot. Duel —General Cadwallader of Phi ladelphia, and professor Pattison of Baltimore exchanged shots a few days since. The general was winged. Prices Current. Sc s c ! Flour, bbl. IS 0 0 0 j Whiskey, gal. 50 Rum,(Jam.) do. 1 50 do. W. I. do. 1 Gin, do. f>s 68 Molasses, do. 60 Sugar, brown lb. 11 13 do. Loaf lb. 22 Coffee, do. 30 32 Bacon, lb. 15 Iron, do. 7f Nails do. J2J Shot do. 13 Powder keg II Rice lb. 5$ Castings do. 10 Pork, prime, no. Do. Mess do. 26 Salt bush. 1 50 Mackerel bbl. 11 * ]5 i\tlovi\c\ & Counsellor i\T Li\\V, HAVING located himself in the Town of Macon, tenders his professional services to the public— He will practice in the several courts of the Flint Circuit, and in the counties of Jones and Twiggs. M a con, 19| 1823* 9"” ti* WOTKJJE.. \LL persons indebted to the estate of Henry Hatcher late of Bibb county, deceased, are required to make immediate payment: and those having demands against said estate, to pre sent them legally authenticated within, the time prescribed by Law. , JOHN HATCHER, Adm’r. BATHIKIt HATCHER Adm’x., May 19 th, 1823. 9—6 w. Administrators Sale. VT the house of Vincent A. Tharp in Twiggs county, on the 24tii day of June next, will be sold All tbe personal estate ot* ITenry Hatcher, late of Bibb county, deceased, consisting of one Mare, Household and Kitchen furniture, and a number of other articles too to mention.—Terms made known ou‘ the day of sale. JOHN HATCHER, Adm’r. IMTHIER HATCHER, Adm’x. May 19th, 1823. 9—tds. ISUUVK Writs, Sheriffs Deeds, common do. Sbev'itf s Dills ot Sale, dnrov’s Summons, Justice’s do, do. Executions, Subpoenas, Gamuts, &e, For sate at this office.