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About The Democrat. (Columbus, Ga.) 1830-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1830)
THE DEV,OORT!' *7 oTJ’MtuTf!, s iTruo.iY, f cr. n ; , D-n i We ate r’■ Itl % m >'f : -?. » * Ik® " r * ; number f,f THE DEMOCRAT before our pM- ; son 1 " N>t Meonnky 1 f‘" v wrcr* S1 v ls ** * ir ' !l j e .ntcmpMed: but tho'e who nre ncqiiain'ed with j t!t« twwf «(“ transportation from tho j Atlantic Cities »« this pniit*. m-rc *«iw*c tally a» *'• Jove 'fate of the rivet, will bo at no to <s to dsviitu lUnameroMsennuen of doliy which have neenr red. Rrt if we «honld now, be no fortunate, auto j •retire f..r our firrt r*«f.V a fivorabto reception v ilh our friends. we mav count on an easy tn.-k j in npotopuin? for »>»<• Diene: » of its nonriratice; i And that « ill hove still been tnocarly, ifthe pood will r.ft'ie people am not now disposed to cheer ,1 with a hearty welcome. For a newspaper en fahli'hrnent is s plant which can inly thrive i . i «;ie sunshine of public approbation. Tite «mtle of the people can war o it into vigorous mnL'trity, 6s a frown e.m wither and destroy. Rnin-r aware of this trtfth. the editor of Thr. Dnnorrut will endeavor to rnetit the favor r.f the pcop’e tiylhe constant support oftheir rights,and a cnefiil attention to their interests lie will sfedtastly oppose all encroachments upon their privileges, either hy monopolies, aristocracies, cf caucuses; and tic w ill end oivor tha* the voice f the people shall he heard, and respected, as ell in the legislative hall, and co ordinate do irtments of government, ns on the election .mind It will he his aim to malic Thr. Dnno at emphatically the People's paper, watchful ver their rig!i!:t, rod demoted to their interests I.i will not however consider it a part of ins do* y to abstain fiom relaling disagreeable truths, nor wil lih.dd his support from dactritme, although unpopular for the moment, yet of the justice and soundness of which ho is fully convinced. B - cause,*however truth may lie clouded for the mo ment by sophistry, prejud c« or passion, she yet possesses innate power to vindicate her own cause, and she is mighty and w ill finally prevail. Nor will lie deem it presun plnous to ninusc him. self ami his readers with the eccentricities of his friends, and hold up their follies ho i errors to view, in the hope that they may bo acknowledged and corrected. 110 will ndc&vor to preserve his p.ipor as free < Tim thr collision of parties, ns the circumstances of the times will permit; he is aware that it will ho diffc ilt to preserve un entire'y n«utral course, amidst the many warring ami angrv passions ol the duv. without subject ing himself to the cen sure of all parties and excluding himself from the support of any. But he hopes in the freo and dis passionate investigation of subjects of a public na ture, to gain the respect of the wise, and the ns sont of the liberal and enlightened, w hether they bo Jackson or Clay men, or w mthor they may have formerly worn the colors of Clark or Troup. And in his endeavors to subserve the cause of virtue and morality, he will hope to secure the o-operafiou of tho good; whatever their creed r their party. For himself, he has no cause to oild up hilt the cause of froth, he priiftiwi so he ouml to un party but that of his whole country. In regard to tho particular topics upon which kis editorial labors will bo bestowed, lie forbeats to enlarge at this time. His attention must ne- I fcssavilv follow the course of events, and bo di rected to those discussions which the exigencies of the times may bring forth. He eannot how' ever, avoid stilting, that the doctrine of nullifica tion and disunion, nf laic so popular with many politicians, receives his decided dissent, and ho will strenuously endeavor to convince his readers oftheir danger and absurdity, by the force of can. did arguments and sound reasons. Ho professes the creed of the great and good Washington, and would cling to tho union of tho state* as a refuge against many evils. As our national constitution was established in the spirit ol mutual concession and forbearance; so it can only bo maintained by u. disposition to bear with patience the burdens which it imposes, for the sako of the blessings which it secures. We nre among those who be" Sieve that tho advantages gained by our national compact, greally ovoibalance tho trifling incon veniences cxpjrienced under it; and our influ ence shall be everted to encourage an attachment to it, and tho institutions which have grow n up under its fostering rare. The influence of Thr Democrat shall also bo decidedly excited on the side of Bcligion, Virtue und Morality. For on this foundation alone, must tho whole fabric of public and private hap piness, peace and tranquility, re t. A abort lived prosperity may sometimes attend a vicious com munity; but profligacy and vice will most assur. tdly cap the foundations of any government; and rho greatness of a slate which grants indulgence *o crime, w ill wither away, like the greon foliage of a tree with a worm at its root. Asa powerful means of preserving pure and uuadulteiatcd, our republican institutions, the editor will endeavor to encourage public educa tion, and tho dissemination of general informa tion among tho people. A reform in our j idiciarv system seems 6* be called far by the principles both of jus'iec and expediency, and tho subject will receive the early attention of the editor. And*in short he will endeavor to make Thr Democrat a \ chicle of useful information nr>on all subjects connected with the general welfare. With these hints in regard to Ins views, lie commits his new establishment to the candor of his patrons Upon their favor must it depend fur support; and upon his ability to render it useful, he rests his only claim to their indulgence.— Fhoukl lie not have overcalculated the extent o* means in this particular, he will count with great Ci rta.ntj'iqwri success On the contrary, cl.oil’d his labors prove injurious instead rff being jo nofir in!, happy would lie be in tlm hope that •heir evil conse . icuecs woo’?, cease wi'.h Ins own dl-Coml-luro. I Mocon-idci j: nf very favorable augury, that u the very brrt number nfThe Democrat, which s profcoodly devoted to the assertion of popular :ie lit s an opportunity i ImuM !io afforded of recor ding the Into gl. riuiis events m France, where ty ranny ha* met with a signal don mail, und the pi.de ot kings has been tni.vs.-fully rebuked bv .ho power of tho people. Throughout all Hump, tho cause of free institutions is advancing, mid •'he march of truth though silent ;*■ j u*v: •*. and. has i*t ■■' v*l is, rapid and t I;i ae.'-. oa' .- V. i;h the pfochiiilut I*'ft t • v..c- G vc-n r. lie Legi-hilme of ibis Mate eonviime Mihc.gcviilo on the Ith inst.—two weeks c ar lice linn tl;o period fitf'J liv the Constitution for their an mil •nesting The reason assigned by the Ij.iinriinr f.r thir extra c ill,is. tlie ah cricc of all legislative provisions for the pioper protection of •;.• < ii.rrol.ee country iVutii the cticroachmeitt < flh> Gold diggers. 'l'honsands of'inatilliortied indiv Irina Is are. said now to be at work. abstracting tin i.rsciouri nnrtnls, the prO|ieitv m the people of • i otgia ; and »Li: slate of things has been stiff*-r --cd lu exist for manv i or il.s. It is true the Ciov ■rrnor i sned his pvoirl uu.'.tion ealling on all at and d ingular, to ub tain from this dishonest business; Cos and and the inagici in ra’lt oirits from the vast deep; but did they come r.hViv, “ v.lien the horre isrto • lon, the erueful bus!! n:U 1 the stab! o and i-.rf D s~Mtun. — By tho fallowing extract from a j Canada paper it will be seen that our old fiiunds I the British ar calculating large'.}* on tho clli ct,. j of the late clamorous prpcccdings in our ce ter I state, and that they already anticipate tho dcs- : truc.tion of tiio union, and look upon the time as near at hand, “when the relation of Great Br t-, nin with this continent, will he enti ely altered;" meaning, we presume, that in the opinion of tho writer the disaffected states will return to their allcgi.anco to tiia descendant of king (image! ,N<*w although we hive sufficient fail lx in lli" good aciiao of the people to bcliuvo that the efforts of the ,: .Vu Llifirrs" will ond in nothing but shame nod mortification to themselves—vet never,hc less uiu tlj«iv procoedings greatly to be depreca ted. Their clamors go abroad into tho world and lliouniuls who from tlicir dicta.i"o cannot vi w with accuracy the cccnc, look upon tins re publican government as on the eve cf dissolution —and tho hearts oftlio/riends of liberty are filled with angqish.. their hopes fail, and their strength departs fiom them in the very hour of need; while on tho other hand, tho arm of the tyrant is every where strengthened; !:a beholds, as he im agines, the great temple af freedom, built up at such cost, already trembling on its foundations, and about to tumbla into tho dust, not from any outward violence, hut from its inherent weakness and the discordance of its material;;. But wo has ten to give the extract. — “We have further extracts from American pa pets, illusion ivc oft he ill blood which reigns in the southern states. We hope they will be at tentively read and considered Whenever tho erisis of separation arrives, which we think not far distant, there will be cnou<rh for all hands to do. It will entirely alter tho relation of Great Britain with this continent, and tho chango will be to her immensely beneficial.” The fact cannot, we think, be concealed, that there are, in this country, a certain set of politi" cians, who look with an evil oye upon all tha ope rations of tho general government, and who lose no opportunity of endeavoring to weaken its hold on the hearts of the pcoplo That they would at onco attempt its destruction, if they dared, may he readily believed But being aware that it 13 yet strong in public opinion, that it yet rests on the firm basis of tried affection, they aro now, as I a preparatory step, engaged in the very laudiblo woik of discoloring its operations, and exaggerat ing tho weight of the light burdens which it no ceusarily imposes on tho country. They are in sidiously endeavoring to undermine the founda tion upon which it rests, in order that, when their plans are ripened, they may overthrow it at once, by a concerted attack Their object is to puli down the government of the nation, to sever that chain which binds together in ono band of unity, t he distant parts of the country, and create a num ber of separate and distinct, belligerent and op- posing communities, instead of the one united and harmonious wholo, which we now behold. Tho actors in this concerted scheme, v ill of course de ny that such is their object. They will deny it, because if tlioir designs aro exposed, t hey will he defeated Their plans can only bo effected by masking their real motives. They know, they feel, that the people still love and vonerate the government of their own choice ; thattkey liavo still confidence in thoso institutions which were « built up by their father sages, and consecrated by l lie blood of the mart} rs of the revolution; those instilutiorrs under whose auspices they have al ready enjoyed such signal prosperity. They per ceive that the people are attached to the union, that they look upon it as tho ark of their political safety, and can foresee tho ovils which would cn evitably overwhiom them, should they, with sac velcgious hands, sever its holy bonds. Knowing and feeling this, tlioy disguise their intentions They profess tho utmost regard for the union ; b t lose no opportunity of sowing jealousy and strife between tho different sections of the country.— They endeavor to alarm the fears of the South, by asserting that the East, the North and tho West, are couspiring agiinst her They irritate the pre judices of tlie East by taunting remark and bitter jests ; and they inculcate the doctrine that the in terests of the different sections an clashing and incompatible. They assert that the interests of •he South arc separate and distinct from those of t ho North and the East; and that tho West can only prosper by lire* prostration of the essential privileges cf her neighbors. They feign tho greatest love for the union: but they encourage toolings and inculcate doctrines, which would r. a- ; der U a rope of sand should they become general For it is fully to tupposc that this union cowwlfor a moment lie endured, ifthe true interests of each section, were truly inconipalibie: It shall be our duty to show our readers that the great and essential interests of this whole country, have , Itieen, ar.d may be, easily reconciled. That the •general government, 60 fsr from having opposed, or checked the growth of one section, to increase the consequence of another, has diffused its imni f.dd blessings, with a lavish and un paring hand, equally and impartially to every corner of our linp py land, and that our favored country, in whole and in part, is advancing in prosperity, with a te pidity hitherto unprecedented in tho history of the world. Travellers who arrive at rails from t'w itxer l. ii.l state that the late political events hid c:*at l ,1. TIM. 1.l V )( 1... T. ITi «• iir: Tort l elio ej a i.u *! .T. \.\ CHANGE,TROCP <o! •■IV. ) &tpl< luter 3d, iTISb 1 j fle ft Hamilton on Monday evening, an 1 :ss ;f!g into the bosom of the Firm Mount.no, ! was ! eipi illv surprised and gr .'ihed at the chmges | .•inch the band of industry had effected *n •he few ! years which the country hi 1 been in the r . . i**--- | .on of a civilised rice. It had been my tut •mo to | tun no nearly the Fame rout only td* • tt three i wears ago. when all nature bore. Ihe appearance of 'its pr stino wilderness. I Ind then followed ati indistinct Indian trail for nearly uixty tiiiiasv thout ' meeting w ith a mark of cnilivation or tha lenst sign »f i human habitation Now the country was dotted w ith cabins and carnfields ; and a good safe market roa.l bad taken tho*p!aec of tho wild Indian path over which I had roilc in peril, thr< tgn the difficult and dangerous passes of the mountain. Towards nightfall I arrived at the cabin of an o'.d acquaintance who bad lately removed from the older settled parts of the state He had just fet tled down in the woods, and all around bore the ap" p nranccof n lure in her roughest attire; but there : was a freshness and grandeur in the scenery,winch mniftensatrd for tho softer and mellower tints of a more cultivated district. Tho first settlers of anew country are deprived of many comforts, which time Wily can gather around our dwelling. Yet my f.iend had brought with him into the w 1- an active spirit, and the habit of industry xnd perseverance ; and a rich harvest ol corn wu s ready to reward his toil. Situated in tho rcccsse 3 of the bills, where a mountain creek washed the hordets of some efthu rielicst meadow land I had lately seen. Uiu wife was the very.pattern for a farmer's dime. (>uiet, affable, and comely; she directed and took part with tho servants in their household labors, and was herself the most active of them all. Kike most new settlers, my Ttiond joined something nfilie hunter to the firmer, and was enabled on that day to add a brace of wild turkey's to the evening’s fire. Early ! !'.e mix 1 morning I took leave of my i> lad host, and set out on my way to thi J place This is tho county site for anew county, but one which has already be come more populous than many of the older. It is said to furnish sonic of the finest lands in tho state, and contains a respectable and thrifty popu lation. The village site tics been ssleciod with much taste, and tho rpirit of enterprise is every where seen in its improvement. Besides an ele gant brick Court House nearly finished, tho place contains two large and commodious taverns, well furnished and kept; and nearly a dozen Stores, and many handsome dwelling houses. The Superior Court of the county is in session, and I consequently had a very fair opportunity of observing a specimen of the population of Troup County. For besides the officers of tho court, the members of the grand and petit juries, clients, witnesses, and suiters, and others having business with the law ; the sessions of the Superior Court draw a great part of the population of the county to the village for a short space during its term.— It affords a substitute for a country fair, where tho buyer and seller ntay meet upon common ground to the mutual convenience of both Accor ingly, you seethe thrifty farmer, endeavoring to make sale of his surplus corn fodder, and he who is unthrifty, and has every thing to buy. There is the horse drover from Tennessee or Kentucky, i and here also, is tho Southron, clamoring about j tho tariff, ami yet neglecting lo raise his own s'oc.k. Here is the old dama with h?r ginger bread cart, and barrel of sotir cidor, and there goes a bevy of country Lasses rigged out in tlioir nnte-deluvian straw bonnets, and new calicoe*. In this Jersey you see the hatter retailing his furs nnd rorams ; and in that oxcart sits a gray beard, calling upon his old customers lo como and buy Iris spinning wheels, wa or buckets, milk pails, &c.— Thoso low buildings around tho square are grog shops, where may be seen farmers spending the profits of a year’s toil, in half-pints ; rnd where I debts aro contracted which carries many a fair 1 estate under ihc hammer, and sends an amiable wife houseless into the world, with a half-score of j children with nothing but wretchedness for a pat* ! rimony. Before the door of one, a row is just ! kicked up about politics—chairs and bottles are j flying— knives aro drawn, and the air rings with j the clangor of weapons, and the confusion of voi j cos; which is scarcely quelled till the Sheriffsum. j monses some of the parties to attend as grand or petit juries—may be, in a case just railed. Can- I didates of every grade, from him who aspires to be | con.stablo of his district, to him who would repre | sent a state in the councils of the nation, are also : here. In thir corner, a would-be Senator is en deavoring lo convince his constituents that he is i the only man who can carry through the house a bill to rai-e the price of cotton. From that stump a candidate for Congress is harraffging tho peo ple on tho right of Georgia to the Cherokee lands ; he is interrupted by he braying of a jackass, and most of hjsandicnce leave hint to gaze after a stud horse, who is parading the Streets in all his glory That yonder thin man with a swart face buried in whisko s, is the printer of a newspaper, and that huge packet which he carries under his arm, is a roll of accounts against delinquent subscribers; you may see them (Scattering in all directions as he approaches, anil dodging him round corners, from an instinctive dread in which all men stand ol a dun. Posted on tho doors of the shops and ut rorno sos the streets, may be seen the large print ed sheets of the show-man, notifying all the world that in such a room, or under such a pavilion, may le seen the wonderful tricks of tho juggler, tho antics of the monkey, or the caravan of strange ' onimals, collected from the four quarters of tho globe. Every noav and then the ear is saluted with the shucks of a fiddle, or the dying groans of a band-organ. Much, if not all of this, may now be seen ar.d heard at Lagrange Hero is the 1 whiskey, and here nre the candidates ; here are t the sovereign people, ami hero aro the studhorse ; and jackass. On one hand 1 have been edifi | ed by the roaring pf the lion, and on the other ! side, three fights have this day been got up for niv amusement, and the benefit of tho lawyers. In the mean time the business of the cour: goes on with all becoming gravity. Tho Judge, a young j gentleman in whom the benevolence, and lam. hamle of the man, seem rather to picvail ov< r the sterner qualities of tho officer, pronounces the* law with an authority from which theie is no ap peal; and the jury, or such of them as are sober, decide upon facts, with a prescience w hioh forbids the idea of mistake, nnd renders their docre.es ns .tr.chin-euMo c*'.ht» lav.s of the Modes end Per • •*. tonie.l alaeritv- And in fine, ihe attciitntion ot tho idlers is pretty equally divid-d between th* beasts without and the coerr within. J OK Till*. DEMOCRAT. A SHOUT SERMON. From the l)r:,h of (i.uy Dominic the Dcit'ov. “ And the Devil templed Eve with an apple.” Tho conclusion, my readers, which I have drawn from this short extract from scriptural his tory is, either that our fu st parents were much more fond of apples Ilian mankind am in our day, or, that the long intercourse which tlie Dovil has held with the inhabitants of this earth, has taught him much cunning, and improved his subtility lor, h id the Devil an important object now to cf. feet with man, do you think he would attempt to prevail upon him with an apple? No, gentle rea der, lie would take a much more effectual meas ure *. he would coax him with A DRAM 1 Apples, no doubt, have in their way, stood tho j devil in good stead, and done him important scr- j vice; and they do so still; but then it is when their I juice lias been converted into eider, or distilled into ! Brandy. But for plain simple cnplcs, why tho greatest fiat in Georgia, would laugh at the devil* should he attempt to carry an important point with hint, by tho offer of such a costless bribe. The do vil therefore, lias either grown wiser, or apples were much more an object of detiro in the primi tive state of the world, than they are at this day. The dovil in those latter times, never thinks of seducing mankind into great crimes, with apples, 110 has discovered a more powerful instrument Now when he seeks tho distraction of a mortal, the damnation of a soul, —ho places before h in a jug of whiskey, a bottle of brandy, a fiasl; of wine, or something of that sort. And so enticing is tho bait held out, that iie seldom fails cf accomplish, ing his ends. 1 dare sav, my readers, must of you have sometime in your liy c *, boon near a slaugh ter house ; amay have seen the butchers boy with a basket of salt, calling into his pen a flock of sheep ; and noticed how the heedless animals for a fovv giains of the precious bait, would rush bleat ing and bellowing into tho shambles, already reek ing with the blood of their kindred. Thus, mo thinks, I see host after host of besotted wretches careering and bellowing after Beelzebub, and wil fully following him into the groat slaughter pen of satan —and all for the sake of a drum f A drain is now tho groat engine in the hands of the devil—he effects all his high plans against tho peaco and happiness of mankind, through its in strumentality. Docs lie wish the harmony of so ciety disturbed, good order overthrown, and tho tranquility of a town or ncighborhohd distroyed? he has only to despatch a few of his agents, with their quarts and their half pints, and the great business is speedily etlbctcd. Docs ho wish a murder, a rape, or a robbery perpetrated? a gill of whiskey will do it. Blasphomy and sacrilege can be bought for a single drink. And duels may be concocted from a few bottles of port. In short, does the devil desire to have any act of desperate violence planned, any scliomo of atrocious wick edness accomplished, let him oxcite the passions ofhisdupo with a julip or a cocktail, and it is done. Pine l.odirc , Suft. 30, 1830. ton THE OLMOCUAT. TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES. Many people are in the habit of sneering at these societies, and of endeavoring to laugh such of their friends out of countenance, as may be dis posed to join them. They talk as if the joining of ono of these societies was equivalent to an ac knowledgment of one’s incapacity to refrain from diunkoncss. They pretend to be friendly to tho cause of Temperance—they pretend to ho tem perate themselves —yet they sneer at any system-' alic effort to promote that cause which they pro tend to have so much at heart. Now such indi viduals know little of human nature, or they are insincere in the professions which they make Man is a gregarious animal, and lovos to follow a crowd. Hu is naturally indisposed to walk alone, j even in the right way. Let a concourse bo col lected, and individuals will fail in, who have no previous vocation to the object of tho gathering. Now. it is a serious truth, that for many years past, the general tendency of our society has been towards intcinporcncc. .Men of Learning, of respectability and piety, have been in the habit of encouraging tho uso of ardent spirits, by indulg ing in it, to a considerable extent themselves They have brought it into tlioir families—they have poured it to their ftiends, to their children, and domestics. Its use lias become fashionable on most public occasions. Is it not to bo expect ed thereforo, that our youth, early habituated to its use, should find it as familiar lo tlioir mouths us household woras. And all appearance proves that few can adopt its familli ir uso, and withstand its abuse. Upon tho evils of intemperance 1 need not enlarge. All aro ready to admit thorn to be a public and private calamity, if then, such be tho tacts, is it not necessary to adopt some combined and active measure to remove them ? and will not the influence of twenty or a hundred men, be more effectual than the solitary example of one ? From the known principles of human nature, we might hope that it would; and l may safely say, that tho experience of the past, fully justifies this hope. VVlieto this mflueiv o lias boon uciivolly exerted, much good has boon experienced. And my own observation has convinced me, that even in this state, tho exertions of Temperate Societies liavo been abundantly blessed, not only in reclaiming old and confirmed tipplers, but in narrowing tho circle of. moderate dilookers, from whose ranks the great army of druukards is annually recruited. For several years past, my avocations have often called me into different parts of the state, and 1 have had cause to lament the shocking au l de praved statu ol public morals in this particular.— e-eaicely a crowd could be collected on any occa sion, but drinking seemed to bo the important bu siness of a gieat portion of the people. Art courts' nnd musters and convivial meetings, iutoinpur ence was openly and unblutliiiigly indulged in, by individuals who ocupied commanding stations in society, and w it > otherwise valued themselves upon tho respectability of their characters. But since tho organization of Temperate Socie ties, I am gratified in being able to sav that a great rh luge lias already been effected, in dis triels within the circle of their influence, j u « some of tho older towns, formerly note, ions for tlm extent of drinking and dissipation., it is now* rare to meet wi ! h a drunkard. Thu numerous grogshops which formerly lined the public roads and were almost daily thronged with tipplers' have now neatly disappeared, aid given pLee lo respectable dealt is in dry goodwho rufusc to sell i.quot-s of any kind. ’I be sre .ju at the session* of the Superior Courts, at justice; courts, and at mus ters, is also greatly chained. Instead of the ri ots ami disoidcrly (.preludes w hich used to he exhibited at these place*, all is now quietness, so briety and order. But a short lime since. lh„,} ot. asion to stop for a few day a at ono of titu l.ir list hotels m Augusta, where neatly -a hundred 1 gentlemen, citizens, and stunners, dad; si! do* ,i ut thud ri.iig table. Among ail litis number, 1 1.*. j market! that ifuuo were but two or thtco v.l tqolv sph-its with their meal. And Etc* landlord declared to me, that a hoif pint of spiiifs would upp'j the daily consumption of !.,*• *•->*(*<• •• ..J have out U > h,| H,*u’iii'c *. .; li.ajtf to the infill* n'e • I’Ti'iii'-r •• S • ii;*s. ]!•••'!» in this place tnd fiuwmih. I r:'- '. .t.it a very great : nur-nvntenl i* 010 n-d n !»•:; -.bits of men of ii'ushie-s. and il.c.r * . *v.<m.* .*!•:•,ks. Merchants lit by being often - -hops; and I.V i i.u k i'c *rs the l. ss ..f e.op: w*-.a confidcnc, by • o free! rits. And boll. i pa ribs have found the b.uicti’. of this restraint.—- I F..r tha merchant wh* alh'.v, Ids clerk but a sma.i ~. !}-. oi.-t st:.' , h-nt to ji.iy !. < boardand taylorn I, ill, arid’see; hi* i-. need r u filly cents to a do! lar per u hi the cm.fi .*•: nary store, may feci quit,: eel tail!, that he draas upon ilia till, as a Con tingent fund. If then. **■• icriencc Jr* ■ idrondy shown so many good cf.'-ci *, roculiine* f.om Ibe influence of Tem per;:'u Soci,-lies, ought thi pious or the moral man. to he deterred from yielding them his hearty support, I the sneer, oftheir enemies, or theop miaitiou of tl:*: inconsiderate. BROTHER PAUL Tie* Proridi nt of the U. States returned to Washington from his western V>ur on the 25t. The Washington papers remark Chat his const 1 ' tut Lo,: scons to hive been renewed by the exer cise mid fatigue which he li.fs encountered and that his health u manifestly better than if has been at any tiino for several years past. M'Duffe the great champion of Nullification in S. Carolina, i« opposed fi>r congress in his own district; a Dr. Cuilais is his antagonist. M'Duf lie's friends represent him ns a lunatic—stark mad! Whethe they liavo uny other ovidence of tho fact than his want of revorenco for Nullifica tion and tM'DulEc, wc know not. A letter from Ncw-York so vs, —“Business is very brisk, and tho city is overflowing with mer chants from the oast, south ;u:d west, making their fall and winter purchases. Tho auction sales i.ro very heavy, some of thorn amounting to nearly $ lull,OuO a day. The Hones sold about that amount the other dav; by which they mast have realised ;js.»o<lO. This would be considered a pretty good day’s workfany where.” Judge Smith the Jackson candidate, has been elected Governor of Maine. j: 1./;CTION RE TURNS. DECATUR. Senate. Neill, Cfi4 Gamble, 141 DeGrafl'onreid, Go Itrj-t. Me KJvy, 251 Curry,' 207 No Reduction, • 404 Reduction, 8 Congress. Wilde, ' 357 Lamar, 24 4 Wayne, 246 Lumpkin, 331 Grautland, 178 Foster, 258 Thompson, 219 Neivnnn, 210 Hnvne, 215 Gullible, 170 Charlton, <)fl Shorter, 10 lUBP Senate. Ross, 431 Hunter, fc 319 Kept. McDonald, 554 Holmes, 251 Congress. Lamar 701 W.iue 489 Lumpkin 457 Kowiuin 420 Wayne 403 Thompson / 34G Foster 346 Haynes 325 Charlton 293 Gambto 246 Grautland 99 Shorter 52 Reduction 220 No Reduction A74 HOUSTON. Senate. Cobb JSSC Jones 409 Kept. Wellborn 520 Killin 370 Congress. N ewe an 462 Lumpkin 474 Charlton 416 Lamar 414 Gamble . 394 Wilde ’ 385 Wayuo •» 357 Thoinpsou 329 Haynes , 204 Grantkmd 284 Foster 177 Shorter 0 Reduction 133 No Reduction 539 JONES. Senate. Parish . 605 Hamilton ofi4 Kept. Jones 652 Day ' * 647 Northern 614 Flowcllin t ._. „ 606 Hardeman , 602 Fcrrill j.,' 580 Islands , 558 Gibson 543 Congress. Charlton ' 515 Foster j_ 582 Gamble _ sc Grautland -? A 537 Haynes 503 Lamar 665 Lumpkin .. 579 Nawnan -574 Thompson 575 Shorter *rt” 46 , Way no 59 V Wilde 598 Reduction 830 No Reoucti -n MUSCOGEE. C Senate. Vfioolfolk 349 * Head 111 Featheiston 44 Kept. Grisham •„ 299 Belhur.o 123 taorshy - 32 Congress . Charlton 17l Foster 302 Gamble 201 Grautland 218 Haynes 359 Lamar 350 j.iinq,k»n New 11a u - 183 a twmpsor, 349 Shorter Vr’Udu 303 Way no 290 Reduction 240 No Rndnotior: 55 warren. •vttfe. Mnncrief 641 Ryati 553 Wilson 533 Junes 481 „ Baker 344 Congress. Ilayhes 634 Wav 110 589 Wilde 641 Potter 433 Thompson 53!) Gambia 430 La nut r • 538 Lumpkin 261 Giant laud 421 Giinlloii 65 New nan 32 Shorter Red net ion ‘- t v .•RnlncUiii 22
