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About The Democrat. (Columbus, Ga.) 1830-18?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1831)
®OSAM E3IIR BAHTLETT-EDITOR. DjESittexcuaa: rs published every week in Columbus (Geo.) by C. H. B ARTLETT fc R. SL \TTER at Throe Dollars per anntrm if piirf in aHvnno.e ! or Four Dollars a*, the end of the ver.r 11 i-■ expected that all application for subscription j from a distance will be acco.opanicd jvith the ; money, j Advertisements will it#inserted at rensonablo I cates. Sales of land find Tiocrroes, h\' adnnms- I trators. executors or ouardians, arc required bv ! law to be he’d on the first tnesday in the month, bot renn the hours of 10 ■, clock in the forenoon j 4- 3 in the afternoon, at tho court house of the ! county in which th« property is situated. Notice ' ot the o sales must be oiven in a public Gazette j sir'y days previous to the day of sale Notice of the sale of personal property must | he yivm in a like manner forty days previous to lie day of sale. Notice todeb'ore A creditors of an estate must be published forty days. Notico that all application will he made to the ■court of ordinary for leave to sell land insist be published four months. ft)'Letters on business must be Post paid to fnstire attention (£?*\V e are authorised to announce Gen. SOWELL WOOLFOLK ns n candi date to represent the county of Musco gee in the senatorial branch of the next legislature. August. 13. ft/ 5 * VY e are authorised to announce (Jen. NICHOLAS HOWARD as a candidate o represent the County of Muscogee in the Sen atorial branch of the next Lejjislaf ore. June Is o'p !, We arc authorised to announce WILLIS P. BAKDR as a Candidate to represent the county of Muscogee in the representative branch of the next Leg islature. . August 20. (TTWe are authorized to announce THOS. Q. GORDON, as a candidate to represent the county of Muscogee in the representative branch of tha neat Legislature. July 23 ls3lt C7“VVe are requested to announce Capt. EDMUND BUGG, ns a candid ate for Clerk of the Superior Court of Muscogee County, at the next election August, 13. UjTWo aie authorised to announce G. W. BILLIARD as a candidate for Clerk of tho Sup ior Court of Muscogee county, at the next Jan ary election. Feb. 12. tde. (LTWc «ic authorised to announce JOHN M PATRICK as a candidate fur Tax Collector of Miwcogee county, at tho ensuing January eloc tiflß. Feb. 19. tde TUB SATURDAY COURIER, A WEEKLY JOURNAL, Os Me if s,'Literature, Agriculture, Manufac tures, t,-c. f,'C. The larov.st Newspaper printed in Philadel phia, and the cheapest in the United States. —Terms, onlv $2 per annum, half yearly in advance. 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The publishers have already received the most tUtti ■ring assurances of complete success—and it is their intention to keep up corresponding cflnrts to make their Journal deserving the pop ular character it has obtained The publishers have the advantage of verv extensive facilities of oliuiiiing information at lIOV E and A BROAD—which is alVordcd by an abundant exchange with all the principal papers Id the Union—besides which, their office is fur- ’ dished with the best LONDON ami LIVER POOL papers and Magazines of the earliest I dates. All orders for the Pntuidav Courier (contain ing the price of subscription,) must bo address e<f to WOODWARD & SPRAOO, June 2“. Philadelphia. rAeTOB.AGK (Eommfsslon Uusfiuss, AT APPALACIfICOLA, FLORIDA. *ipHE subscribers tender their thunks ® to their friends and the public., tor (tie Vrty liberal patronage which they have re reived heretofore, and respectfully solicit » Continuance of the same. The comparative re Htoteness of their Ware- Houses from other build ings, together with numerous other tiqr-wlor ftdVantages, render them measurably exempt Ifom danger by lire; and connected with them are large and commodious close storages, which, lor convenience and snfety, are not surpassed J.V ntry in the place. They will extend libera) Lenities to their patrons hy making advances 9n produce addressed to iliern for sale, or on wiipmenia to their frie ds in any ot the dilfer tilt markets in tho D. States. All business 'tohfided to their care will have tbnr prompt ahd undivided attention. « hereby they hope t" Itleet a share ot the public patronage Rills ot Exchange, Drafts and Cheeks on New-\ ork. Providence, Boston, New-Orlrans And Mobile will be ergotiaied at a nnalerate Pfemntin. BROOKS, LATIJROJ' a Cos. S«P 3. I-'3l-Vm A THE DEMOCRAT. OObnißt'S, (Ci.l.) SITI ISWAV, SLUTEHBEIS 17, lsctl. POETRY. THE BELL AT SL A. liV ME.S. lIKMANS. i When tho tide's billowy swell j Had reached its height, j Then ]>ealed tire Rock's lone Beu Sternly by night. Far over ciitF and snrere, Swept the deep sound, Making each wild wind's dirge Still more profound. Yet that funeral tone The sailor blessed , Steering through darkness on \\ ilh fear less breast. E’en thus may we, that float Ou Li Vs wide sea, Welcome each warning note, Stern though it he! I iour the N. Y. Constellation DOG DAY RHYMES. iiow can a man write poetry r i his dreadful 'dog day v ealhcr? How can he put words, thoughts and rhymes In the same suing together? All day oppressed with lassitude, I wish the hours aw ay; 1 roll and tumble all th • night, And wish again for day. Again I wish the night would come, That it may cooler lo; Ten pocket handkerchiefs a day Are scarce enough for me. Six handkerchiefs, all wringing wet With perspiration's dew, I've thrown aside this verj day, And it is scarcely two. To shave, to eat—ah! there's lire rub— For eating is a bora;; And as for shaving—by the mass' The thought of it is sore. Tl«v o«»lv tavsk ihut'd r^a>U)JP, Is sitting in the shade; The only pleasure hearable, is drinking lemonade. f would that Ia nabob were In spicy eastern clitne, With twenty natives armed with fans, All fanning at a time. I wish, of ail inventive schemes For labor-saving, [ ilad some ingeniously contrived Machine for breathing by. Then would I calmly pass away Tilts dreadful dog day weather, And neither head nor hand employ In stringing rhymes togother. FAI.LSTAFF. THE PEDANT AND THE SAILOR. A man of learning lived upon the banks of a river: he was not one of those amiable sages who enjoy in solitude the fruits of their studies, but a real pedeiit, overflow ing with Greek and Latin, who incessant ly tormented- every body he met, with quotations, metaphors, rfce. If he had but contented himself with addressing those who were able to understand him— hut he was surrounded by poor peasants, who knew little beyond their field and. plough and yet lie accompanied them iu'o to their huts with Homer, Horace, and So phocles w ithout even translating his quo tations. “Sir, said the peasants to him, let us till our fiehls, and plant our cab bages—-if we spent our time in filling our heads with things which we did not under stand, your cook would find no vegetables in market, and you would not have such fine fruit upon your table.” Rut instead oi seeii v the trutlwof this observation, he exclaimed with much self-satisfaction. “/nibor improbus omnia vincit .” Not lar from this pedant lived a sailor, a droll fellow, who was alwavs merrv and happy, constantly singing, and was con sidered very skillul in his profession.— One day the pedant had occasion to so to the other side of the river, and went on board the sailor's boat, who immediately took his oars and pushed off. On the wav the following dialogue took place between them. “Friend,” said the passenger to the boatman, you ser in to be very cheerful and happy, and 1 suppose vou are very well satisfied with yourself 1” “And why should I not he satisfied?” said the boatman ; “I make good use of my time, and have no cause of sorrow.” “Ah ! you make good rise of vnur time ! Truely 1 should should he glad to know whether you deseiNe to be so happy.— Can you read?” “No, sir, not a letter.” “Poor wretch ! you cannot rend, and vt: you sing ! Why, you have lost a quar ter of your life !” The boatman dal not answer, but con linued to sing. Soon after the pedant continued— “f an vou write ?” “Why to be sure not ! I tojd you 1 l ooithl not read, so how should I write ?” j “" hat! you cannot write, and yet so i cheerful ? N ou have lost another (jnurter j of your life!” i he boatman shrugged his shoulders, hut did not seeiu less cheerful than before. Presently tin* pedant began again “Lontinnu, do you understand miner alogy, ornithology, /.oology, nstrologv, physiology and psychology, &c.” “ l he deur;e take all your foolish long - names! " hat Jo I want with them !? “How ! you know nothing of these fun* things, and yet fattev vourself lmppy 1 ! Why, you have again lost a quarter of , your life.” During this conversation, a storm had ‘■suddenly arisen, tiie waves tossed the ’ I*L r ht bout, and at length drove it oil a rock, j on which it could not but oerislt. “•Sir,” said the boatman to his corn panion, at this critical inoiueut, “can you i swim I” “No indeed, I cannot; I have had more I important matters to attend to.” “Well, then, 1 fear you have lost your whole life." 3 Thus saying he leaped into the waves ] and swam on shore. lie spflered the pe i diint to struggle a while in the water, and pretended not to hear his cr.cs for assist ance. At length he took compassion on Hi Hi, helped him out of the water, and j took him home half dead with fear, drip | pmg wet, and trembling with cold. Since 1 that time the pedant is said to have lost : most of his pride. WASHINGTON. Tiie defender of his country, the foun der of liberty, the friend of mai. Histo ry and Iraditou are explored in vain for a ? parallel to his character. In the annals ■ ol modern greatness, he stands alone; and | the iioble.-t name of antiquity lose their : i astro in his presence. Born the bene ! factor of mankind, he united all the qual- I ;ties necessary to an illustrious career.— j Mature made bun great: he made himself I virtuous. Called by his country to the j defence of her liberties, he triumphantly I vindicated the rights ot humanity ; and mi the pilurs of .National Independence, • laid the foundation of a great Republic.— I I vvice invested with supreme Magistracy hi* Ibe «l's» t'r, e ru.oi.lu I— ..',l in the Cabinet the glories of the field; atH j *oluntarily resigning the sceptre and the sword, retired to -the shade of private life. A spectable so new and so sublime, was contemplated with the most profound | admiration ; and the name of Washing ton, adding new lustre to Immunity, re- | sounded to the remotest regions of the ; earth. Magnanimous in youth, glorious ! through life, and great m death. His 1 ; highest ambition the happiness of man kind : His noblest victory the conquest 1 of himself. Bequeathing to posterity the i in be ritance of his fame : and building his ! monument iu the hearts of his country men ; he lived, the ornament of the eigh teenth century ; ni: died, regretted by a mourning world. The Devil, a strong fuller.—A young negro boy about twelve years of age belonging to a gentleman who resided in town, was, for some unknown cause, in the constant habit of running away, anti vegitatingiu the woods till he vvasbrougl.t back. He bad repeated this offence a do zen times, and had always been forgiven ou his promising not to commit again. At length, however, he was brought back from one of hi.* excursions, and summon ed to the presence of his master, who strongly suspected that,•as lie was so young, lie must have been led astray by one more old in iniquity than himself. • His master addressed him:—“Well, l’la [ to,” (you see, reader, lie had the'name | without the disposition of a philosopher,) j “ so you have been running away again. 1 am sure their is somebody who tempts j you; now, •f vou will tell me who it is, I j will forgive, hut if not, I will flog you.,, “M ell, Ma.-sa,\ teplied the young sinner. ! “ if you i.o liek (floyr) me I go tell you true. \ou sahe (know) my daddy da sleep wid me; Massa, one night bout ten o,clock, the debil da come he whisper, ‘Plato, you run away,; my daddy hear tie debil, he say, ‘Plato, you no run away.’ Well, Massa, de debil say one ting, my daddy say anorh r, me no sahe what for do, ■ den tit; debil pull me, so iny daddy pull too, at last, Ma.-sa, de debil pull trouger, and me mu away.”—Plato ceased, and was forgiv en; hut Plato isincorrigible, and still runs away.— HayUy's Four Years Residence in the TVest Indies. A plain hut interesting looking girl, ac companied hygyoung man, both appear ently from the up country a few days since, after some scruples about danger, expo sure, ladder, <V<:. took their seats on top ot one ot the Baltimore Rail-road cars, and looked with wonder and admiration on the prearatious that were making for departure. When the car hail got pretty well under way, the following dialogue took place: “Now this amt slow, is it Betsy;” ‘Dear me ! I recken not—it’s a little better than riding in un ox-team. Can’t we heve rail-roads up in our country, I wonder V “We have plenty on’ern hut they,re , made different. Did’nt you never pass l>v Otter-swamp ? The people there hai e torn down all the Virginny fences and laid them lengthwise on the road to keep the cattle lroui stalling.” “Jiinminy ! how we struck along! what would our folks say if they weie to see us uow ? I reckon cousin Sully wishes she was along. flow I would like to be stand iitg out yonder looking at myself riling along in this ’ ere car. the WOLF OF -\ODLE RACE. A young wolf, who in his first cam paign against the leopard, had shown the white leather, and shaiuetully scampered uiFat the first appearance of dangr r, was, in consequence, dragged before the judg ment .-vat of king lion, and by the airman li, sentenced to receive a dozen stripes aud to lose one of his ears. ‘Ami must I sillier such indignity,’ i v claimed the kneeling culprit, *l, whose fa ther once, in a dangerous emergency, sustained the throne already shaken by rebellion, and who was, for his services, created a nobleman of the first rank?’ ‘ You are in the right,’ interrupted the lion, .smiling: ‘lhe sou of such a father merits some distinction, Let him receive two dozen stripes, and have both his ears cut off.’ t ram the Englishman's Magazine. KILIXNKI. the shoemaker ok Warsaw. The new constitution of the third of May, 1 < 1)1, was hailed by the l’ohsli peo ple with delight. A uew era had com menced—the citizens were placed on u level with the nobles, and they proved themselves worthy of the trust' reposed. Their expectations of public lutppiness dc improvement, however,crushed in the bud by a perjured king; who had joined the worst enemy ot his native country, in a conspiracy against its independence. lire Polish capital, at this time, exhib ited a singular spectacle. The second iniquitous division of Poland had -tocu perpetrated, and what remained nominal ly independent, was little better than a Russian Province. Ihe faithless king, shunning the public eye, had retired with his mistresses into the recesses of his pal ace. iuimmoning, lor his protection, a hodv ol Russian troops on/J. -.. y i .—-.laßelrTlie Polish rugi ments then in Warsaw, and intrusted the command of the small remnant of troops called the Polisli army, to Ozarowski, a phant aud contemptible courtier. Mean while the brave General Madulinski had raised tiie standard of revolt iu a province swarming with enemies, and Kosciusko had issued at Cracow, a proclamation, calling upon all Poland to rise against its oppressors. The Russian troops in War saw, now found themselves in a situation of imminent peril; being hemmed in hy a , large and hostile population, and depend ent on a treacherous and vacillating king for sanction and support. Conscious that they could only escape destruction by prompt and vigorous measures, they de termined to avail themselves of the Em press’s orders, which authorized them iu ease of need, to lire the city, and put all tho inhabitants to the sword. Before, however, their intention became public, a master shoemaker in Warsaw determined I to intercept it by revolt. He lost not an instant, hut, diffusing his own energy a- ! moiigst the people, accomplished a gener- j al insurrection in Warsaw two days before j the intended plunder and distruction of the city. General Inglestrom and his Russians were compelled to make a busty retreat; the constitution of the third of May was re-established, and the honest shoemaker, who had been the head and ‘ front of tins timely revolt, relinquished | his command to another, aud declining! ail distinctions and rewards, contented i himself with becoming an active member i of the upper council of the regency, ap- i pointed at that time. At a later period, I when the enraged people demanded the! head of their perjured monarch, the shoe-! maker again interfered, and saved the ! king’s life at the risk of his own. He did more—for he shielded even the king’s minians from the fury of the people, and prevailed upon the multitude to patiently await the event of a regular trial before the appointed tribunal. In after limes the patriotic and highiuinded liilinski ex perienced much persecution, and was often taunted with his occupation bv lhe oppressors of Poland, llis fellow coun trjmen, however, revered him for the generous nobility of his soul, and the pat riotic shoemaker, who died about 1810, was lamented throughout Poland. A memoir of this extraordinary man, drawn up by himself, was circulated bv numerous companies in manuscript, but never published, iu Warsaw, until lately, having been forbidden by the censor. From the printed work, which is accu rately copied after the original manuscript iu the hand-writing of Kdinski, we have made the following extracts:— “Having been informed against hy some spies of the Russian general, I received one morning a |»er< tnptory summons tc attend him. The bearer was u Russian officer, who told me i should lie dragged through the streets hy horses if I did not readily follow. 1 immediately dressed myself, and put a dagger into my boot unobserved. I found the General I glut trom, waiting for me in the hall of audi ence. ’Thou art KiliuskP' ha began. | VOL,. I.—VO. 49. ‘Yes, your excellency!’ ‘Accursed rebel, villain, traitor,’ dec., he pursued, until lie Duel exhausted his catalogue ofntwae,and at Angth h" told me that lie w ould have me hanged upon the new gallows before the Capuchin monastery. This torrent of abuse inude me so indignant, that 1 felt strongly disposed to plunge my dagger m to the tyrant s breast. Recovering, how ever, my scil-possessioii, l told him, that I had mistaken his spies for real Polish traitors, and hurl designedly drawn them to get a know j< dge of their intentions, with a determination to apprise him of the conspiracy. 1 reminded him too, that tin l niiuiieipalitv had received his express orders lo visit all places of public resort, anti to report all suspicious words or up pcarmces. This explanation pacified him considerably, and when 1 assured him that nil the syndics were well disposed to wards Russia, ami determined to preserve • rider, his anger vanished, he brought a bottle ol brandy from his closet, and made me drink with him. Growing more cor titol with every glass, he put many ques tions to me about the. state of public feel ing in in saw, which I answered to his satisfaction. At length he inquired if l bail many friends in the city. Seeing no danger m a frank reply, 1 told him'that even a rumour of my arrest would soon show him how many friends I hath nor did I hesitate to say, when farther ques tioned, that, through the workmen who had chosen me as ll;.*ir cyndic, I could in a lew hours raise thirty thousand men. I lie Russian smiled at this intelligence, hut 1 could see that he was startled, and, indeed, he almost instantly dismissed me, fearing, probably, that my arrest had transpired, and would collect a numerous body of my adherents around his hotel. Thus did 1 escape from a situation of im minent peril. “Soon after my return home, I receiv ed a vi.-it from the patriotic Abbe Meier, who came to concert with me a rising of the people against the Russian garrison. " ithoiit loss of time, we drew up the form ot an oath to be taken by all w ho joined our cause. 1 hen, after an earnest prnyef to the Almighty for assistance, we sallied forth. J called upon many citizfens and nrtizans or, w hose. l»atrfiV.L<}„,//*!& to sound the nobles resident in Warsaw, a niongst whom were many brave and high-minded men, and of these only one refused to join us with heart and hand.” After detailing many instances of op pression and cruelty, inflicted by the sav age Russians upon the citizens of War saw, the narrator thus proceeds: “Meanwhile the festival of Easter was at hand, and our preparations were far advanced, when accidcut revealed to me a diabolical conspiracy, which was almost ready for explosion. ‘*i had sometime l>een acquainted with a brave and warm-hearted Russian offi cer, who stemed to take a pleasure ir. conversing with me, and occasionally we took a glass ol brandy together. On the Tuesday before Easter, he called upon uie to buy a pair of shoes, and alter some conversation on indifferent matters, he ex acted of me a pledge of secrecy, and then earnestly advised me to take my w ife uud children out of Warsaw without delay, and not to return until a fortnight had elapsed. J entreated further explanation, and heard that the Russians intended to plunder the city, and massacre the peo ple, on the following Saturday evening, at eight o’clock, when most of the inhab itant would be collected in the churches, to celebrate the resurrection of the Sa viour. Thunder struck at this intellr gencc, I plied my Russian friend with brandy; he became more communicative, ami informed me that the infamous Bish op Kosankowski was the contriver of this plot, and that the dastard Oznrotvski, commandant of Warsaw, had received in structions from the King to join the Rus sians as soon as the massacre commen ced. lie added that preparations for the attack were in rapid progress, that many Russian soldiers out of uniform were al ready in the city, and that they would he provided with arms from the depot in the suburb of Prugu. “Soon after the Russian officer had quitted me, I hastened to every man up on whom 1 could rely, and happily then were very many Poles who could trust each other. 1 apprized them of the ap proaching |K'ril, and as they were too nu merous to he concealed in my own dw ril ing, 1 told them to meet me at four o’- clock on the following morning at the ar tillery barracks in the suburb" I knew that the Polish soldiers would join us to a man, hut I doubted the superior officers, many ot whom were young nobles of cow ardly and effeminate habits. 1 did not hesitate, however, to trust the subalters, who readily engaged to bring the privates over to us in the hour of need. “When the conference took place at the barracks, the assembled master-tradesmen and subalterns offered tome the command of the Polish troops and people. Doubt ing much my capacity to undertake the charge, I hesitated awhile to consent. Pressed, however, by the whole assembly, and recollecting the bright example of the Roman shoemaker, who, without milita ry science, had defeated the enemies of his country, I took heart and accepted the command, trusting that courage, patriot ism, and reliance ou the aid of Provi-
