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About The Democrat. (Columbus, Ga.) 1830-18?? | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1831)
COSAJI EHIP. BART >. r ® Vi 22 53 3Q sxi C ■' n a r is puttusuEn r.7ci wf~k C E. BARTLETT 81 11. SLATTEU at Three Dollars per annum if paid in advance or Four Dollars at the end of the )’ear. It is expected that all application for subscription from a distance will be accompanied A'ith the money, Advertisements will be inserted at reasonable rates. Sales of land and negroes, by adminis trators, executor* nr guardians, are required by Law to be held on the first tuesdnv in the mouth between the hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon H,- 3in the afternoon, at the court house of the county in which the property is Notice of these sales must be given in a public Gazotlc sixty days previous to the day of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property must be eivoi in a like inauttor forty' days previous to he day of sale. Notice to debtors X: creditors of an estate must be published forty days. Notice that all application will be made to the court of ordinary for leave to sell laud must be published four months. gy Letters on business must be Post paid to jnsure attention. fC/*’ We are authorised to announce Gen. NICHOLAS HOWARD as a candidate to represent Urn CVmrity of Muscogee in the Sen atorial branch of the next Legislature June 18. ICF’We are authorised to announce JOHN AI. PATRICK as a candidate for Tax Collector of M a 'cogee county, at the ensuing January elec tion Feb 19, tde. O’ We aie authorised to announce O. W. Dll, LI ARD as a candidate for Clerk of the Sup ior Court of Muscogee county, at the next Jan ary election. Feb 12. tde. AN ENTIRELY NEW WORK. Unprecedented in this Country. “Wrinkled Mirth, that Care "derides, And Laughter holding both his sides!" 'the Publication icill be commenced in all May next. Orders should be forwarded without dcluy. PROSPECTUS OF THE cojiic isc nose:: Illustrated by upwards of two hundred Carica tures, Sketches <y Comic Engravings , cura dioing all the interest and spirit of the Domestic and Foreign C umin An nuals Humorous Designs, and I'aughoble Drolleries. PRICE, ONLY $1,50 PER ANNUM. The poMic have now before them the Pros pectus of a work of which Wit and Humor are to constitute the principal ingredients. The put-lisher has observed the avidity with which productions of similar pro'ensions, are sought -a‘ter, notwithstanding their leaden attempts at wi' have been disfigured by coarse vulgarity, and too ollen evinced an utter disregard of tic *<Jeucy, unmindful that Imin< dost words, admit of no defence; For want of decency, is want ol sense. The favorable disposition which tho public have so constantly manifested towards similar at tempi* to amuse and entertain, has convinced the publisher that a well conducted and pleasing melange of Wit and Humour, will be extensive ly patronized Under this impression ho has made extensive arrangements, to procure, at gi eat cost, the best productions of a humorous nature both at home and abroad, including the comic works of Hood, Cruikshauk, and other genuine sons of Coiuns; the Looking Glass, an unique affair, with numerous other laughable and mirth-inspiring subjects. It is impossible, nor shall we think of attempt ing to give in a mere prospectus, an adequate i lea of llic variety and spirit which it shall be tho constant aim to infuse into the page.- of the Comic Mirror. It will be satisfactory, howev er, to show, by the testimony of the most dis tinguished physicians, that invalids of almost every descript.on will derive benefit from our labors; particularly those who are afflicted with vvo ik nerves lowness of spirits; and complaints of a dyspeptic or bilious nature To these our work will prove invaluable, and the sinilo of good humour which will brighten the counten ance. and the sense of inward satisfaction and self complacency which will assuredly put our patients in the bust of hum»ur with themselves and with the world, will induce them to tluow, forthwith, their bottles, pills, and “physic to the dogs.” We can only specify among the general and diversified topies of the future pages of the work: Touches at the Pride, Whims and Follies of the i'imes, in which the lash of satire will be used with unsparing severity; but always in such general lei ins, and with such perfect food nature, as to give no cause of personal of mce Humours and Vagaries of the Folieo Office, where human nature is exhibited in its true co •Jouts, and vice exposed in its naked deformity, only that the beacon may serve as a warning to the dissolute and vicious Doings of Folks about town; The Ways of the World, and Peeps behind the curtain; curic xtutes; Tales of Hum ur; Sketches of wit and ■anecdotes of celebrated characters, men of Fan cy and Fashion, who have nothing else to do but to entertain their neighbors, and ms; ire others with their flashes of wit and merriment, which is ‘wont to set the table in a roa .” The whole will be illustrated by numerous Comic Fngraviliga, executed at great expense, and" which of themselves will furnish an inex haustible fund of amusement, and may, better than any thing else, be taken upon a dull rainy day, or serve to beguile an hour which would Otherwise pass heavily away. Terms.— Notwithstanding the heavy expense attending ttie publication of this singular and entirely unique work, the publisher lias deier mitiod to put the subscription at the very lowest price at which it can possibly be afforded, confi dently relying on an extensive patronage tor re muneration It will be published every other week, at $1,50 per annum, invariably in ad vanco Agents will be allowed a commission of fifteen per eent. on all lemittanees. Noun paid litters or orders u ithout the amount ol suti scriptioti will receive any attention, as die ex pense of tho publication and the lowness ol the subscription, will not won ant the publisher in doing otherwise. Address II- KRAMMER, April ft, 1631. Phitditrtphin. ([/“■Shfbsriptiono for the above work received at this office. PORK A\l» MACKEREL. VFKW barrels in line order, received by the Gonrgian and for tale by GKO. \V. DILLINGHAM. March 4, 1831. 2 if TBS DISK ;; COIiPMBIS, «EOROU,.SATI74s ty, JX I.V », I SSI. THIRD VOLUME OF THE IBMIHiIV A N I. '1 HERN DEMOCRAT. " u w «u!il respectfully inform our patrons and the public that we contemplate suudiy new ar rangements. and improvements, in the forth coming volume of -the Irishman-,” and while we gratefully acknowledge our obligations for past encouragement, we trust that an augmen ted liberality will enable us to carry those pro jects into execution. Indeed the political as pect of things, and tho relative position in which we have voluntarily placed ourselves, would seem to demand a corresponding energy and enterprise on our part;—fur we cannot con ceal from ourselves that a crisis is approaching \ cry' rapidly—it it has not already arrived— when every advocate fur good order, and the " integrity of this Union, must be bold in avowing, and zealous in propagating the tiue doctrine* of llie (Joiistilution. 'jTho enemy is rallying his forces, and augmenting his means ol annoyance—the most powerful engines that talent, ingenuity, or low cunning can bring to hear, are, or will peedily be levelled at the ven erable fabric of our institutions—and however teebjo our efforts, they must not be wanting to “resist the foe.” With this view, we piopose enlarging our sheet, and giving to it the “form and pressure” of the ordinary vehicles of infor mation. The circle of our exchanges too, has been considerably extended, and assistance has been secured in ihe Editorial department. We promise our readers a large accession of origin al, and an immediate tlansfer of such selected matter, as may bear on the groat inteiests ot which.we profess ourselves the advocates;—in short, we are desirous of establishing anew mra in the history of tho “Irishman ip Democrat,” and rospccttully solicit the co-operation ol our friends. A renewal of our political professions may be considered as somewtiat gratuitous at this peri od of our career; but such is the general houle versement of parties, such the open tergiversa tion, or cnnteinptihlo trimming, which charac terize and disgrace the period in which we live, that the honest Journalist owes it to himself, no less than to his patrons, to recur frequently to first principles. In accouianco with this con viction, we now avow our full determination to abide the issue of those principles which actua ted us in the outset— lrish Disentiirai.me.nt, AND HE I.NTF.CRITV OF THE AMERICAN UnlO.n! Every thing hostile to the first, we stand sol emnly and irrevocably pledged to encounter, whenever contempt or a less cxcuseablc feeling will permit us to do so; whatever militates a gaimt the last—no matter whence it proceed, or under what specious exterior it may be dis guised, be it open suggestion, Nullification, or Hartford, or any other Convention—as Anieri can-citizens, as men, as the reverers of W ash ington and his last precious legacy, we sliali lilt up our v >ices, “truiupet-tongued, against its deep damnation!” Opposed as we are, and have ever been to the Tariff, Internal Improvements, and the w'hole host of kindred abominations, we shall never cease to oppose them with contitu tional weapons; but that policy which would tear down a magnificent otiifice, reared at in calculable cost and labor, and sacrifice, be cause its latter tenants may have appropriated it to other uses than were originally designed, is indicative of such wanton lolly, or reckless ambition, as to leave us no choice between im plied acquiescence and unqualified reprobatim. \V ith su>’h measures aim their authors, we can hold neither council nor communion. W'e view them as destructive to tho very last degree, of every’ thing estimable or sacred in our political existence; and comparatively insignificant as we may seem, if our friends are not wanting to themselves and us, wo may yet oppose a formi dable barrier to the inarch of ruin. To this end, our columns will be open, and we earnestly en treat the contributions ot all friends of the U nion. “It mist be preserved," has already been wafted from a qnarter, whose warning tones are at once tho summons to exertion, and the harbingers of conquest. 1 .et us not be un mindful of the call. As regards the ensuing Presidential election, symptoms by no means equivocal, have already begun to manifest themselves, to the uttter dis comfiture of every previous prognosis Nor does it require any refined sagacity to discover their proximate cause— Jackson has had the firmness and consistency to frown on tho mach inations to which we have already adverted *V lienee, some of those that rang tho loudest notes of praise, are beginning to wail their feeble cries, or to fulminate their coarsest anathemas. To call this only political defection, were a fee ble phrase: in our opinion it involves a much more serious charge of gross moral delinquen cy, for it must puzzle even nullification sophis try itself to point ou the vast discrepancies between Jackson the idolized, and Jackson the yorsaken! In what has he fallen short of the glorious anticipations, of which these very men were the vnucuers and proclaimed? What du ty has he neglected? What responsibilities has he evaded? What recent occurrences have cast their darkening shadows over a life of unparal lelled devotedness, and incalculable public ser vices?—For ourselves as we were among the first to support, we are now confirmed in our confi and nee in the man, by tho very measures that have entailed the displeasure of bis opponents; and if any possible contingency could induce us to swerve from our fidelity, it would most assu redly be of a more important character than a personal difference with Mr. Calhoun, with which the public have, properly, nothing at all to do. Andrew Jackson we now proclaim to be our first, our last, our only, and we shall yet live, we trust, to add, our successful Candidate! Let his friends come forth boluly: the season is early, but not too early to counteract the subtle schemes, the Machiavelian artifices of his ene mies; and while we offer every facility which our columns can afford, we pledge ourselves to go liand in hand with them in whatever may promote the glorious cause! The proposed alteration in our paper will ne cessarily impose additional expenses, to defray which we solicit an increase in our subscription list. Tho first number of “ THE 11HSHMAJV EXD SOUTHERN DEM' CHAT, ' in its new form, will be issued ou Saturday die 21st of May next, at $3 per annum payable in Advance, o" $3 HI, if not paid within six months from tho lime of subscribing. Charleston, April 22. NANKEEN, a heavy article for Gentlemens wear. For stilt by GEO. W. DILLINGHAM. BRICK. IN IIE SUBSCRIBER has 120* 4100 Brick, which he will sell on accommodating terms. L. C. ALLEN. Columbus, June 4. HENRY II MERSHON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. E WAS located himself in Talbotton,& B-R w i|| prucrice Law in the neighboring coun ties. w3m. Talbotton, May 14 131. poetry. ~ THE BEAUTIFUL COQUETTE Ivc often wept at woman's heartlessness— ou know in lif , how much of tight and beauty is made din, by disappointments of the heart. She flung her glossy trusses back, and innocent ly smiled, So like a being formed for love—so beautiful and wild— Free flour the trace of burning thought, of pus lien or of crime Or early hopes long buried in the ocean tide of Time. Twas Rtrange that I should took Vo-/: . ;q, beauty with a sigh, Or dream that any thing might dim the lustre of her e\ e; But 1 had proved lifo’s empty dreams, and found man’s fondest trust Like sparkling streams—when brightest, turn to nothiirgnois and dust! falie passed before me,—and I wept— a being bright and fair, As lovely as the images of blessed visions are— I wept to think how soon that form might fade, and droop, and fail— These bounding footsteps cease to move along the lighted hall I thought how many forms like her’s had min gled in the dance, And dreamed ol high and holy tilings in being's fond romance— How many such all silently in death’s cold keep ing slept,— 1 thought how worso than vain is life—and tur ned away and wept! She sat beside me—and my heart was glad dened with her tones— Tilt re's music in the gentle voice of fondly cherished ones; I listened, and my soul was moved to high, im passioned thought— I spoke ot faith and constancy, of love that fail eth not. Alas! alas: the memory of that moment haunts mo yet, Which found me fondly kneeling to a beautiful Coquette. That creatures so like angols, formed for feeling pure and deep, Should cast away life’s beauty thus! I think of it and weep! From the Northampton Courier. A FRAGMENT Yes, there are hours when joyous we appear, Thou grief corrodes the heart, — And sorrow’s keenest dart, Pierces the breast and leaves its poison there. When friends around us smilo with licart-foll j°y; Then we must also smile, The social hour begnije Away, and every art to please employ,— Oft in the light of cheerfulness wo m.eet; Tho’ silent woe devours The joy of all the hours Spent 'mid the crowd, or in the lone retreat. Light are the burdens and less keen the grief;— Sorrow’s heart-rending train Os suffering we sustain, — When trom a flood of tears we gain relief. But deep the sting which wounds the inmost soul, When feeling's fount is dry; When tearless is the eye, When we the heaving breast can ill control. 'Tis then die soul begins to pine away Its puise beats languid ! y, Its feelings faint and die, And ail its nobler energies decay. Walter. MISCELLANEOUS. A Ride. —During the Revolutionary War, when a corps of the American ar my were encamped near the borough of Elizabethtown in New Jersey—an officer who was rather more of a devotee of Ve nus, than of Mars, paid his addresses to a lady of distinction, whom lie was in the habit of visiting nightly, in the cultivation of those kindly feelings which love so cor dially inspires. On a discovery of the cause of the repeated absence of the offi cer, and of the place where his interviews with his dulcinea were had, some wagg ish friends resolved to play off a hand some trick at his expense, which should deter him from a repetition of his amorous visits. The officer it appears rode a ve ry small horse of the pony kind, which he always left untied, with the bridle reins over his neck near the door, in order to mount and ride off without delay, when the business of courting anti kissing was over; and the horse always remained un til backed by bis owner, without attempt ing to change Ins position. Or* a certain very dark night, when the officer had as usual, gone to pay his devoirs to the ob ject of Iris affections, and was enjoying the approving smiles of the fair one; his waggish companions went privately to the door of the house where the officer was; took the bridle mid saddle from the horse which they sent quietly away, placed the former on the tail, and the latter on the j iKica vfi a tory softer ruiumanvc otu cow, (■ 'ttii the snipper over tire horns,) who stood peaceably chewing her cud, near the spot. Immediately hereafter, thev re tired some distance from the house, and separating, raised the loud cry of alarm, that the enemy had landed,’ and were marching in full force into the village. On hearing the voice of alarm, the peo ple ran out greatly excited; and conster nation entering every dwelling, found its unwelcome way speedily, into the house hold temple where our nlliciul hero was worshiping. Taking counsel from his tears, mid stealing a hasty kiss, he started Hot" the lat.lv’s chamber, and rushiii" rapidly down stairs, shot out of doors with tile velocity ot a musket hall, and owing to the darkness, not seeing the interestin'*' change in the formation of his nag, moun ted hastily into t l -e saddle, with his back towards tlie head of the cow, and plung ing Ins r\ . deeply into her side, caused her to Lawi'ciut with excessive; pain, and she darted off in gallant style, and in her best gallop made towards the ennp. The officer playing bis trusty spurs and whip to the skin.and bones of the suffering old animal, and w ith all his wine and love on hoard, finding himself hurried rapidly backwards, maugre all his efforts to advance; and hcarino 1 the re peated bawlings of the tortured .and fright ened beast, imagined that he was carried oil'by magic, and roaring out mos' lustily that the devil had got him, was carried in this state of purturbation into the very a lignment of the camp,. The courageous sentinels, hearing the noise, and imagin ing no doubt, that Hannibal and his oxen were coming, discharged their pieces and tied as if the devil had chased them; the alarm guns were fired—the drums Insat to arms; the officers left their quarters and cried, turn out! turn out!! with all the strength of their lungs. The soldiers started from their sleep as if a ghost had crossed their dreams—and the whole ho tly running, half naked, together, formed as quick as possible in gallant dishabille, prepared to repel the terrible invader. When lo! the ludicrous sight soon pre sented itself to their eyes of the gallant of ficer, mounted on an old cow, with his face towards her tail, and this appendage sticking straight out behind; her tongue hanging out—her sides gory with the grie vous diguing of the spurs, and himself, owing to his excessive l'ear almost depri ved of reason and half petrified with hor ror. A loud and general roar of laughter broke from the assembled band, at the ri der and his steed—the whole corps gave him three times three hearty cheers, as he bolted into camp, and he was seized and carried to his quarters in triumph, there to dream of loves metamorphoses, back* ward rides, sternway advances, and a larrns of invasion, and thereby to garnish his mind with materials for writing a splendid treaties on the novel adventure of covvology.—-V. Y. Constellation. BUYING A PRIZE. •There’s many slips between the cup A. the lips < A fellow not much acquainted with the tricks of Dame Fortune, curne into a Lottery Office in Broadway a few days since, and wished to ptirchnse the highest prize, which was exhibited be fore the door in glaring figures, •$20,000' He was asked if he would have a half ticket or a whole one. ‘A whole one, to be sure,’ said Hodge, •there’s no use in plagueing ones self with half a prize; give us the whole or none—twenty thousand dollars says I.’ lie paid the cash, took his ticket and went away. During the interval be tween the purchase and the drawing, his head ran continually on the twenty thousand dollars.---He could not sleep o’nights, or if he slept, it was only to dream of money— of gold and silver by the bushel, or bank bills by the acre— and to talk in his sleep of the wealth he was about to possess, llis reveries— his day dreams as well us his sleeping one’s—were of riches. He speculated on tlie pleasures lie would enjoy—on the figure he would cut in the world. He laid various plans of employing and enjoying his wealth. lie would pur chase houses, horses, carriages; he would live in line style; he would have servants to attend him: and above all he would eat as much gingerbread antj lick as much ’lasses as he had a mind to. He would also get him a handsome wife. The hanghty Tabitha Tallboy’, who had so long baffled his gallant en deavors, would no .More turn up her nose at Mr. Hodge—the rich .Mr. H:»dge —Peter Hodge, Peter Hodge, Esq. He would bring the proud hussy to terms, if he didn't Ue would eat alii'e ram-cat, that's all! The drawingtook place, and Ilodge, after a sleepless night, called at the lot tery office for his prize. Walking in with the gait and dignity of a man who comes to receive money und not to pay it. he laid his ticket on the counter and said— • Now, Mister, I will take that little change, if it’s convenient.’ •Change!’ •Ay, that prize.’ •But sir, you’ve drawn a blank.’ •I’ve drawn o blank! I wonder if I have? I tell you what it is. Mister, I hadn’t nothing to do with the drawing- I didn’t tou'-h a finger to it. But I pur chased a prize t’other day of twenty’ thousand dollars, and that’s what I’m come arter - so noni of your foaling.’ •But I tell you sir, that your ticket has drawn a blank.’ k}*» * ;•• « j I don’t core if it’s i. ( blanket --that s no consarn of mine. | Ail I want is the twenty thousand dol j iars that I bought and paid for, not a week ago. 'But consider, dear sir ’ ‘Consider! t tell you I wont consider —I tn none of your ennsiderin chaps—l always go straight ahead—-no quips uml quirks tor me—none of your ruinfooz ling.’ •I tell you. sir, you’re mistaken.’ 'Mistaken! So lam deueedly misfa-. ken—l thought y’oii was an honest man. But you see there's no use in trilling with me—l'm a man after my own heart. I purchased the the highest prize and I'll have it by the holy poker. Ive got a cart here at the door. Here, you whipper-snapper, bring in that’are large trunk.’ ‘But I repeat, sir, that you have no money to receive: I mil sorry to say it.’ ‘So am I bloody sorry you should say it. But tel! me. Mister, will you count out that’are money’ or not?’ " 'I cannot.’ Do you see this sledge-hammer?, raising his brawny fist. •I see it.’ ‘Do you calculate to pay it in gold, or silver, or bank bills?’ •Here is some strange mistake, sir; and you will allow me to explain, I can convince you-’ ‘Very well, but. if you dont’ convince me you see this death maul,’ again ele vating his fist. The lottery man entered into an ex planation of the freaks of Dame Fortune, and at length succeeded in convincing his rustomer that his expected prize w ns actually a blank. Still the disappoint ment was so great, that he could not bear it with a culm mind, and he ex claimed— • Well, ifthis doesn't heat nil my great grandmother's relations, then there’s no snakes--to pay the sum of ten dollars for tfio highest prize, and not get a cent at last! ‘Such a thing w ill happen sometimes.’ Tt’ajolired hard though. I’ll be hang ed if it aint. At least, Mister, you ought to cii'cuiufimd the money. ‘I can’t afford that.’ •Well, just pay thccartman, then.’ ‘l'm sorry to say I can’t do it: but if you'll purchase another ticket I think I can promise you better luck next time— the highest prize is thirty thousand dol lars,’ •Thirty thousand dog’s tails! don’t tell me none of your pelaver—l’ve been cheated onc’t and that s enough for me —l'll never get cat died a second time. Here, you curtinan, you may load up this’ere trunk again, i’ll never trust these lottery-sellers any more, if Ido, hang my gizard, that's all.’ Then giv ing the broker a look of irreconcilable hatred, he left the office. He, however pretty soon accommodated his mind a gain to his humble prospects— declared that houses, horses, and those sort of things were only a plague to a man as to Tabitha Tallboy, she might go to old Nick lor all him-—he’d never think of her again us long as lie lived—nev er Ibid. A VISION. 1 XV nuld recall u vision which I drenni'd Perchance in sleep .Rvrun One beautiful autumnal morning I a rose licfore the day-light had stolen over the face of the world, to wander forth a mong the green clad lulls that lay around my dwellings, and seek refreshment in the contemplations of a solitary walk af ter the fatigues of a sleepless and uneasy night. In pursuing my walk we reached the summit of an ajacent cliff', fatigued with reflection and feeling the want of neces sary rest, 1 threw myself upon a grassy tuft, either to seek consolation in thougt, or repose in slumber. Here I reviewed what had already glided away of my ex istence, and endeavored to draw aside the curtain that obscured the future, but my efforts were ineffectual, and 1 turned a gatn to the past, as a mirror in w Inch to be hold futurity. What an unpleasant pic ture did it present; my life, the morning of which was speedily to terminate, had been allowed to pass in comparative idle ness, which had I done for the world that would perpetuate mv name through gen erations to come. What had 1 done for literature or science that their votaries might point to me as a guiding star of their labors —whut had I discovered in philo sophy, or given to mankind that would build a temple in the hearts on which my name should rest forever! Nothing. I fejt my own insignificance, tny own deg radation ; I however resolved to rise a bovc the vulgar herd of men, who creep through life as if their faculties were made to rest dormant rather than to expand in to usefulness. As I ruminated on my situa tion the desire for distinction became more and more intense, I looked on wis dom as the sunshine of contentment, the parent of happiness ; my" imagination hiirned as I run over the catalogue of cho sen names that dwelt within my mind, to find some one whose path I could pursue till I attained and shared his immortality. But there was none whom I desired to rival in his particular course, for the words of Dr. Johnson came coldly upon me, where he ttayu “that no man was ev er great by imitation I then determin ed to find some untroden road that would lead me on to fame and honor. Having ’ resolved to H|H.‘tid the rest of my days in
