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P 0 3CTIBY.
From the Olive Plant Sc Ladies’Temp. Advocate.
Wife’s welcome to her Reformed Husband.
. jiir —“ Come rest in this bosom.”
BY A. BEN'SEL.
Come back to this bosom
My heart’s chosen one ;
Since Temp’rancc has saved thee;
Thy wand’rings are done —
Come back to the heart that
Beat ever for thee;
I’ll rejoice in the hour that
Restored thee to me.
They say Love was made for
The Temp’rate and brave;
Then thou must deserve it,
No longer a slave.
I know what thy fault was,
And freely forgive,
For they who forgive shall
Forgiveness receive.
1 once was thy Angel
’Ere Intcmp’ranee came,
Now since thou’st repented,
I’ll still be the same!
I’ll stand by thee still
Though the world now may sneer,
And guard thee, and aid thee,
Till health re-appear.
From the Olive Plant it Ladies' Temp. Advocate.
To the Wife of a Reformed Inebriate.
BY MARY AUGUSTA COFFIN.
“ Thou hast sulk-red all that woman’s breast
May bear—but must not tell.”— Mrs. Himans.
Lady, when I saw thee last,
O’eT thy brow a shade was cast,
And thy cheek was pale and thin,
And thy soft, dark eye was dim;
And thy voice was sad and low —
Filled with grief’s unmeasured flow—
And thy form seemed bowed and worn,
Like a flower bruised and torn;
And thy heart an arrow bore,
Piercing to its very core
Ah, how vain arc words to show
Griefs thy heart alone may’st know !
Ah, how vain the tale to tell! —
How thy cherished hopes all fell;
How a fair and brilliant morn
Ended in a death-filled storm;
How all wrecked became the shrine
Where that loving heart of thine
Knelt, and poured so freely forth,
All its wealth of “ priceless worth ;”
How the idol of thy soul
Spurned affections sweet control,
And went forth in paths of shame,
Branding his once honored name
With contempt, reproach, and scorn.
Leaving thy true heart to mourn
All it loved and lived for, fled—
All it clung to worse than dead.
* * « * * *
Lady, now thy brow and cheek
Hope and happiness bespeak;
O’er thy fair and placid face,
New-found joy hath thrown a grace
That ne’er, in all thy girlhood’s glee,
Lent to its bloom such witchery.
Ah! I need not ask thee why
Such a change hath met mine eye;
I see the Pledge ! His name doth stand
Enrolled amongst its noble band;
And oh! I marvel not that thou
Wear’st such deepjoy upon thy brow.
Thrice happy one! oh, may long life
Prove thee, as now, a blessed wife,
Till all the past shall faded be
From heart, and mind, and memory.
Broolyn, August, 1842.
The Butterfly.
A butterfly basked on a baby’s grave
Where a lily had chanced to grow.
Why art thou here with thy gaudy dycl
Where she of the bright and the sparkling eye,
Must sleep in the church yard low.
Then it lightly soared through the sunny air,
And spoke from its shining track:
I was a worm till I won my wings,
And she whom thou mourn’st, like a seraph sings:
Would’st thou call the blest one back 1
A Capital Toast. — The Reformed Drunk.
aT ds —We welcome them as the only messengers
that have ever returned from the Spirit land.
It does no good at all.
A gentleman in the city, who was in the habit
ofdrinking his brandy and water, moderately of
course, had a negro servant who was a model of j
sobriety. But a few evenings ago. the gentle- !
man came home and found Jim. very drunk. Ihe :
next morning the offender was called up for an :
explanation. He came forward with a peculiar
ly distressed and mortified look, and when in-
I quired of what this meant, he replied, “ Why, j
master, I see when any thing troubles you, or
j you feel bad, you always drank brandy amazing
i iy. Well, yesterday 1 broke one of your china
; platters, and knew you would l>e sorry, so it
troubled me. I felt very bad indeed, and 1
thought I would take some brandy too: so 1 kept
drinking, and drinking, and I got drunk before l
thought. But it did no good at all. For I feel
just as had about the platter, and then I arn mor
tified to think that I should get drunk. It doe::
no good at all to drink when you are introuhlc. ’ I
The gentleman said that he was so struck with
the honest simplicity of the negro and the good
sense of the conclusion, as well as with the evil
influence of his own example upon those beneath
him, that he was determined to banish his brandy
forever, and is now fully convinced that “ it docs
no good at all." — 'l'eetotaler.
Alone in his Glory.
A man crawled into a rummery about 5 o’clock
one afternoon, and called for something to drink.
The landlord seemed mightily tickled to think he
had got a customer, and could scarcely hand out
the decanter quick enough. “ How many glass
es have you sold t -day'?' asked the customer, as
he was about to pour out the horn. “ One before
and this makes two!” dolefully answered the
rumscller. Theother looked a ihomcnt as though
astonished, and exclaimed, “ Then I’ll he hanged
if I’ll take it,” —so he dropped the decanter and
decamped.—[ Teetotaler.
Can you Telit
Which is ihe greatest drunkard—the lahoring
man who drinks his pint of rum while toiling all
day in Ihe field under a broiling sun—or the rich
loafer who lords it over him, and who lounging
upon his sofa, after having drank down two or
three bottles of wine, speaks contemptuously of
“ the i(oor drunken fellow out in the field"”—
Which, we ask, is the greatest drunkard !—Or
g<tn.
At a temperance meeting not far from this city,
while a reformed rummer was relating his expe
rience, he was frequently interrupted bjr a toper,
who kept crying, “Bah! hah!” The Wash
ingtonian did not notice him until the “balls”
came so “thick and fast” that he could not goon,
he then turned upon him, and with a good ma
tured smile, said, “I rather think that calf has
been raised by a bottle, and it is high time lie
was weaned/" The audience roared, and the
toper seemed to enjoy the joke as heartily ns the
rest. He left the house a teetotaller.— Troy Mir
ror.
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A Match for a Distiller.
A distiller in a neighboring state went to hear
a reformed drunkard, thinking to brow beat him
by his presence. The reformed man with much
eloquence compared Alcohol to Juggernaut, and
said he had a temple in that place, pointing tothe
distillery, whose floor was strewed with human
bones, and if he had a chance he should like to
preach a sermon there. Oncoming out the. dis
tiller said, “So old fellow, you would like to
preach a sermon in my temple, would you, when
will you come“ Soon as you get a congrega
tion together,” said the reformed man. “ And
what will he your text.” was asked, “ Out of the
belly of hell, cried I, and thou hearcst my voice!"
The distiller was posed.— Temperance Journal
THE GRANARY:
A Talc which every person will read.
BY REV. A. C. THOMAS.
“ Whoso readeth, let him understand . ”
“Jonathan Homespun, having purchased an
extensive farm, ami provided himself with every
thing requisite to prosperous husbandry, propos
es to furnish subscribers with one gallon of
j wheat weekly, at the low price of three dollars in
| advance; three dollars and fifty cents at the end
t of six months; or four dollars if not paid till the
l close of the year.
“ The facilities afforded by the government,
! for the transportation of wheat to every section
I of the Union and adjacent provinces, are such as
i must prove satisfactory to every subscriber; and
: the proprietor of the Granary assures all who may
patronize him, that lie will exert himself to sup
ply an article of the best quality.
“N. B.— Agents will be allowed a generous
per centage.
“ Address (post paid) Proprietor of the Grana
ry, Hopewell.”
Such was the Prospectus issued by niv friend,
Mr. Homespun. Feeling a lively interest in his
welfare, I visited his tarm, although it was a long j
journey from my home, and was pleased to find
every thing in nice order. He informed me that
he contracted a large debt in the purchase of the
premises, stock and implements of husbandry,
but that he had no doubt of his ability to discharge
every obligation in a few years. He also stated
that he had received many hundred subscribers,
and that in four or live weeks he would com
mence the delivery of the wheat, according to his
proposals.
The scheme appeared plausible; and my friend
was so confident of success, that 1 had iiot the 1
slightest doubt of his prosperity. I entered mv t
n ———
name as a subscriber, and when I left him he was
preparing many thousand gallon sacks.
Every week, for the space of two years, I re
i ccivcd mv gallon of wheat, and concluded, Irom
its excellent quality and prompt delivery, that
■ every thing was prosperous with Jonathan Home
spun and his farm. So I gave my sell no concern
about my indebtedness to him—for, said I, "to
a farmer so extensively patronized as he is, the
small pittance oftwo years arrearages, would be
' hut a drop in the bucket. 7 ’ It is true, there was
occasionally printed on the sacks a general no
tice to delinquents—but l never suspected that
this notice was intended for his friends.
The notice, however, came more frequent;
and. having leisure, 1 concluded I would visit rny
! friend, the proprietor of the Granary. He greet
\ ed me very cordially—but I saw there had been
; trouble. He was evidently worn with toil and
■ anxiety; and in conversation of the evening, he
j entered into particulars.
Here I have been laboring day and night for
I two years: and am more in debt now than when
1 began. My creditors are hard pressing for
payment: I am conscious of my inability to meet
their demand, and 1 can perceive no result but
bankruptcy and ruin.”
“ But have you not a large list of subscribers 1”
said I.
“ Yes, a very large list,” was the reply; “but
too many of them are like you!”
“Me!” 1 quickly rejoined in amazement;
“ how too many like me V’
“ Pardon me,”said my friend, in a melancholy
tone—“ pardon me, for oppression will make even
a wise man mad. You have bad a gallon of
wheat weekly for two years—and 1 have not had
a cent of payment; 1 have a large list of the same
kind of patrons scattered here and there over
thousands of miles. If they would pay uie the
trifles they severally owe, 1 should be directly
freed from embarrassment, and go on my way r>
joieing. But they reasoned as you reasoned;
and among you, 1 am brought to the door of pov
erty and ruin.”
1 felt the full force ofthe rebuke, and promptly
paid arrearages at the increased price named in
the prospectus, and also one year in advance. 1
shortly bid adieu to the worthy and wronged far
mer. resolving to do every thing in my power to
repair the injury which hail been accrued from
my delinquency.
O, ye patrons of Jonathan Homespun! where
evrr ye are, or whoever ye are! ye who have re
ceived and eaten the wheat from his Granary,
without making payment.' Ye are guilty ot a
grievous sin of omission.—Therefore repent.
Pay the farmer what you owe him. Uncle Sam’s
teamsters bring you the sack of grain every week,
and Uncle Sam’s teamsters will carry the mosey
safely to Jonathan Homespun.
Scientific.
A tact of great interest lias been proved, bv the
borings tor Artesian wells in the suberbs of Paris,
viz. that as we go towards the centre ofthc earth
tlie temperature increases, at the rate of about
one degree for every fifty feet. That the whole
interior portion ot the earth, or at least a great
part of it, is an ingenious ocean of melted rock,
agitated by violent winds, though I dare not af
firm it, is still rendered highly probable, by the
phenomenon of volcanoes. The facts connect
ed with their eruptions have been ascertained,
and placed beyond dispute. How then, are they
to be accounted for I The theory, prevalent
some years since, that they are caused by com
bustion ot immense coal beds, is perfectly puerile,
and is entirely abandoned. All the world would
never afford fuel enough for a singular exhibition
of Vesuvius. We must look then to this ; and I
have no doubt that the whole, rests on the action
of electric and galvanic principles, which are con
stantly in operation in the earth. We know that
when certain metals are brought together, power
ful electric action is involved, and a light is pro
duced, superior even in effulgence, to the splen
dor of the sun. Now, if a small arrangement
produces such results, what may we not°expect
from the combinations of those immense beds of
metals, to be found in the earth 1 Here we have
a key to all the grand phenomena of volcanic ac
tion. Illustration, on a small scale, may he seen
in an instrument called by some the electric bat
tery, made of zinc, bismuth, and antimony, pack
ed in a box and varnished. In this, heat is evolv
ed below, while the top is cold ; and here we have
the very case ofthc volcano, when in the interior
a fiery ocean is heaving its surges, w hile its peak
is capped with everlasting snows.— Professor
Silliman.
Sister Nancy and the Ague.
We were travelling not long since in Illinois,
and called at a house near the road-side to solicit
a drink of water, when the following conversation
occurred:
“ Well, my boy how long have you lived here'?”
I don’t know, sir, but mother says ever since
I was horn.”
“ Have you any brothers or sisters'?”
“ Yes, a few.”
; “ How many V'
I t: Ten or leven, I reekon.”
i “ Pretty healthy here, isn’t it 1”
“ es, but sometimes we have a little a"er,”
“ Any of you got it now?”
“ Yes, a few on us goin’ to have the shakes this
afternoon.”
i: How many'?”
: “ Why,all on us, except sister Nance; and
she’s sick a darnation cross critter, the a"er won’t
1 take on her; and ifit did, she is so cussed eontra-
I ry she won'! shake, no how you can fix her!”
The Baltimore Sun states that the ‘‘Milford 9
Bard. :I a popular and well known writer for the 9
papers of that city, has been placed in the alms 9
house. Intemperance has thrown him from the
heights of fame. When will the dreadful traffic 3
of Rum cease 1, , B j
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June llth, 1642.
"prospectus
OF
OR, TOTAL ABSTINENCE ADVOCATE,
Devoted to the Cause of \Temperance,—published
semi- monthly , in the City of Augusta.
B* JAMES McCAFFERTY.
it is certainly desirable that such a publication
should find its way into every house, the low price
ol subscription will, we hope, guaranty it a wide cir
culation. Such a paper we believe is required in this
community, especially at the present time.
The determination our citizens have evinced,
to drive the Destroyer from the land, has awakened the
most internperate to a sense of duty. This should be
hailed as an omen and harbinger of good. The spirit
ol Relorotation is awakened throughout the length and
breadth of our country—the Temperance Cause is
every where happily advancing, bearing down all op
l>osition, scattering blessings on every hand, drying up
the tears of the distressed and causing the heart of the
widow and the drunkard’s wife to s: ! ng forj oy. It is a
glorious cause—the cause of humanity and virtue : our
country’s highest good is involved—her prosperity,
honor and safety. Oh ! then, let us not prove recreant,
£ oUie boldly to the rescue, and with united heart
and hand, assist in delivering our beloved country from
slavery to the w r orst, most cruel of enemies.
To impress the necessity of such a work upon the
friends ol Temperance, nothing can be more appropri
ate than the closing paragraph of a report from Mr. S.
Ch ,p mah, an indefatigable Temperance agent.
* Whatever other agencies may be used, the Cause
must languish without publications to diffuse informa-
? 10 “ ** n(^ee P up an interest; they alone keep the sub
ject blazing before the public mind. Temperance lec
tures may arouse the people from their slumbers,
strengthen the weak, confirm the wavering and re
claim the wanderer ; but the temperance publication
comes too often with their cheering accounts of the
onward progress of the cause, with their interesting
facts and anecdotes, and with their stirring appeals, to
the interest wholly to subside, or the slumbers
°k temperance men long to remain undisturbed. If
the arrival of the temperance paper does not excite a
special interest in the breast of the father, the children
hail it as they would the return of the long absent
lriend ; they gather around the domestic fireside—
they devour its pages, and its contents are read and
repeated with all the glee and enthusiasm of childhood
and youth: and with the stated return of such a moni
tor, the interest is kept up and the cause advances.*’
Ihe will be printed semi-monthly,
on a half royal sheet, and contain 4 large quarto pages,
to each number making a volume suitable for binding
at the end of the year, of 96 pages, on good paper. The
price of subscription for a single copy for one year,
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portion. Payments, in all cases, to be made in advance.
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to receive attention.
June llth, 1842.