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POME BY. From the OUve Plant. stanzas, DEDICATED TO , ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSA RY OP OCR MARRIAGE. I came to thee in the flush of youth, With its radiance on my brow, With the beaming eye and the lip of truth, And the spirit hallowing vow, I came in life’s early morn to bide Till death, my beloved, with thee, With the trembling heart of a joyous bride T’embark on life’s troubled sea. I came to thee ere thy locks of jet Had been marred by frosty time. Ere itsicy hand on thy brow had set A trace, save of youth’s fair prime ; I came to thee ere life’s varied cares, With its hopes deferred had swept, Ere age with its sorrows, its sins, its snares, On our onward path had crept. Wit h a woman’* holiest hopes of bliss, With a firm resolve to bear, Though lights from my path I might sadly miss, I came, love, thy lotto share; And though youth’s bright tinge hath left my cheek, And wrinkles are on my brow, Yet thy lips do as kindly language speak, Thou hast kept thy sp' It’s vow. Ten years of our wedded life have past But as sweet as swift their flight, And purer bliss hath begemmed the last Than glowed on our bridal night; The love of youth is a fairy prizo That may tarnish with the dew, With the coral lip and the beaming eyes Ah! many its wildness rue. But love that illumes the hilloflife Is sweeter and dearer far, TTndimmed by the gloom, the toil, the strife, _ ’Twill prove to old age a star. Ah! wedded love hath a hue of heaven, Its language a seraph-tone, To us hath its purest ray been given, And its strains to bless our home. Almiea. Mo-e Striped Plgtsm. “ Is the Cape Ann stage iiy’ inquired two gen tlemen, of the bar-keeper orilolel in Portsmouth. <> Ys., sir,” was the reply. “Two hack seats, inside,’’said one of the gentlemen, and they both loft the room. In a moment after, a single gen tleman came in. “The Cape Ann stage in 1” inquired he. “Yes, sir,” aaiif the bar-keeper. « One back seat, inside,” responded the gentle man, and went into the back room. In this way several entered, some engaged back seats inside, Mime two or three took front seats inside, and one man took an outside scat. I remarked tothe bar-keeper, that there was a great deal of travel on the Cape Ann route, obser ving at the sauie time, it was a little strange that passengers should prefer a stage to the railroad ; besides, how do so many find back seats. The bar-keeper looked shy, put his finger to his nose and winked. I was a little suspicious before, but at this manecuve I knew there was a mystery, and determined to find it out, commenc ed questioned him. He looked wise, twisted himself a little, and said, “then you don’t know the secret.” “ No,” said I, “ but I have a great curiosity todo so." A gentleman who had enter ed, overheard the last of the conversation, and coming up to me, said, “ Friend, I’ll let you into the secret, but before 1 can do it you must engage a seat.” “ Very well,” said I. He went up to the bar, and inquired of nte what seat I would take; I replied, that the stage was pretty well filled inside, therefore I would prefer an outside seat. He gave three taps on the counter and •poke for one back seat inside and one outside. We went into the next room, where several were drinking, and sat down. Soon after doing so, a waiter came in bearing a glass of brandy and water, and one oflemonade. The mystery was solved, the deceit brought to light, ana I aston ished. So many back seats inside, were so many glasses of brandy and water, (strong.) The front seats inside, were so many glasses of gin and sugar. The two outside seats were two glasses ol lemonade, one of which I was fortunate enough to choose. Soon after this discovery, the travel on that route began to fail. The cold water folks broke it up entirely.— Olive Plant. Hogs In bad Company* A youthful Indian of the Mohegan tribe, who has been educated at Dartmouth College, gave to the readers of the Cold Water Army, the follow ing story about his Uncle, who was so unfortu nate as to contract the habit of using strong drink to excess: During one of his drinking turns, he came acTOM a sty of hogs, and as he approached nearer, he cried out, n Wife! you here 1” One of tbe old hogs answers him, 1 Ugh!’ “ What time did you get here'!” The answer was again, “ Ugh!” “ Have you a blanket?” “ Ugh!” says the hog. . By tii s time he had reached the sty, and down he curled among the hogs. Did any of you ever hear of any thing more unnatural than for a man to mistake the grunt of a hog for the voice of his wife h I think not. But such is the dreadful picture presented to you, by one who is so unfor tunate as to be related to the man-animal describ ed a!>ove. Seeing, then, that such is the scene, not only here among the white population, but also in tbe western wilds, wilt not the cold water soldiers enlist an Indian in their service and suf fer him to wage a war, not with a tomahawk or scalping knife, but with all his influence against “ evert/ thing that intoxicates ?” Oh, Alcohol, thou hateful monster! Could I but sieze thy beard, how I would twist thy mouth! Myuththew. Moderate Drinkers* It is time to stir up this interesting class of the community again. The winter is setting in, and the hot compounds will soon be in requisition, Our friends, the moderate drinkers, will have the chills, and drawn up around the glowing fires of the fashionable rum-shops, and get to talking to gether, and then they will drink, and the time will fly away, and towards the small hours of the morning, they will be groping home, pretty well drunk. This is the inevitable result of moderate drin king. The long winter will pass in such a coarse, and ere the genial breath of spring fans the cheek, many of these moderate drinkers will be confirmed drunkards. There is no use of wrig gling about it—this is the plain truth. Sure as the arrow to its mark, is moderate drinking to drunkenness. Strange delusion, that men eminent for their knowledge, and conspicuous for their worldly shrewdness, should trifle with a passion so dan gerous. They fancy themselves safe, when every glass they take but feeds the appetite, which, unless checked by strong resolution, will prey upon its unhappy victim, till disgrace set tles upon him; till remorse, despair, and per chance crime, hurry him on to the closing of the dreadful scene, a madman’s death. We have styled moderate drinkers an interest ing class of men. Indeed they are, for noble hearts, and strong arms, and cultivated minds, and generous, [latriotic impulses arc there; and knowing, as we well do, that rum has blackened many a noble heart, and withered many a migh ty arm, and broken and desolated many a culti vated mind, and stifled many, many generous and patriotic impulses—should we not make an effort to rescue those who arc not yet wholly in his power. Oh, if these men who talk so bravely of their own strength to resist temptation, could listen to the sad tales of those who once thought they were alike safe, but found, alas, too late, that they were children in the grasp of a giant destroyer, they would pause, and retrace their steps. Come up, gentlemen, and sign the pledge It is an excellent time to form a good and strong reso lution. The winter is near, and we shall have some interesting meetings and fine singing.— Come in among us—drink pure Croton water during the cold months, and before the warm weather comes, you shall every one of you joy fully confess that you have done a glorious act. N. Y. Wash. “ John, can you tell me the difference between the attraction of gravitation and attraction of co hesion 1” “Yes, sir. Attraction of gravitation pulls a drunken man to the ground, and the attraction of adhesion prevents his getting up again. Examination. The following from the Boston Post, is the most recent evidence we have met with that 1 the schoolmaster is aboard.’ 1 Fust class in jography, stan’up and ’cite. Thomas, what is a zone?’ 1 A zone is a belt sich as my cousin Sally wears.’ ‘ Very well; next—what is the use of zones?’ ‘ To find out latitudes without the aid of a micros cope, and to tell the time of day between the toothpicks of Cop-o’corn and scamper.’ ‘ That’s right—Samuel, where is Cape Sable ?’ ‘ Donno, sir.’ ‘Next!’ l ln the middle of a nigger’s face.’ 1 Right--go above him.’ ‘ Hiram, where is Hole in-the-wall?’ ‘ Overthe head of my bed sir; the wind blew in last night in great numbers, so that I catched cokl- Father intends to have it stopped up ’ ‘ VV ell, you may stop up your mouth. Next—what can you say of China?’ ‘China is a town down east, where the people smoke large quantities of opium, which is raised in Lynn. One man has built a great wall allround his farm, to keep off the tar-makers.’ * What sea north of Germany ?’ ‘ The Cobalt Sea.’ ‘ What is pick ed up along shore, there?’ ‘Verdigris.’ No, not Verdigris—some kind of grease—next ’ ‘Soap grease,’ * Next.’ ‘ Bear’s grease.’ ‘ Next.’, 1 Top o’ the pot.’ No, am—’ ‘ Oh, I know—ambergris.’ ‘ Yes, go above ’am. Take your seats—boys, you have an intercession of five minutes.’ ‘ Dawkter, dawkter,’ said an exquisite the other day, * I wawnt you to tell me what I can get to put intaw mawy head to make it roight ?’ ‘ It wants nothing but brains,’ said the gentle man of function. —Uncle Sam. The is of opinion, that when a wo man orders her husband out of the house, and properly to enforce authority, throws his clothes out of the window, the thing may be correctly denominated ‘ a suit in ejectment .’ Meanness and Generosity. The following anecdote should be made a schools lesson for every boy m the land : A Ro man army besieged a city of Greece. All the children were under the superintendence of the schoolmaster, who daily led them out o! the walls of the city. One day he led them to the Roman camp, and delivered "them up to the general, say ing, “ With the children I deliver up the city, for their parents cannot survive the loss. - ’ The Ro man general replied, ‘‘Base traitor and wretch, I despise your mean act. 1 will not take the city by such means.” He then bound his hands be hind him, and put scourges into the hands of the children, and directed them to beat him back to the city. In the mean time their parents and friends were frantic with grief at their loss: but at length they beheld them returning, driving the traitor before them. Joy and admiration filled their hearts, and they exclaimed, “Our enemies are kinder than our friends; we will nf> longer contend against such enemies'” and immediately delivered up the keys of the city to the Roman general, who returned them, saying, “that he wished not to take advantage of an enemy,” and marched away his army. Profanity. There is no justification for the use of profane words- Yet who can pass a street, who can visit a shop, who can enter a church, without having his cars saluted with words of profanity 1 Young men and youth, old men and children, are guilty of this sin, and when angry, or a little vexcd,they do not hesitate to pollute their lips with the name of the Deity. So habituated are some to this (irac tice, that they seldom relate an occurrence without mingling with their words language the most un courteous and profane. If there is one vice more unjustifiable than another, surely it must he this. It brings no pleasufe — it adds no emphasis to what is repeated ; neither doe* it entitle the speak er to the rank cf a gentleman. “ Swear not,” is a Scriptural injunction, and whoever disregards it must receive, as he justly deserves, the frowns of an Deity. The Mother. A writer beautifully remarks, that a man's mo ther is the representative of his Maker. Misfor tune, and even crime, set up no harriers between her and her sun. While his mother lives he will have one friend on earth who will not listen when he is slandered, who will not deceit him when he suffers, who will sooth him in his sorrows, and speak to him of hope when he is ready to despair. Her affection knows no ebbing tide. It flows on from a pure fountain, and speaks happiness through this vale ot tears, and ceases only at the ocean of eternity. Pretty Good. Who is the author ot the following we know not. We found it in an old newspajior that look ed like it was printed when Adam was ahoy. Sambo was a slave to a master who was consti tutionally addicted to lying. Sambo being strong ly devoted to his master, had by dint of long prac tice, made himself an adept in giving plausibility to his master’s large stories. One day, when the master was entertaining his guests in his customary manner, among other marvclluos facts, he related an incident which took place in one of his hunting excursions. “I fired at a buck,” said be, “at a hundred yards distance, and the ball passed through his left hind t'oot, and through his head just back of his ears!” This evidently produced some little doubt in the midst of his guests, he called ujarn Sambo to corroborate him. “ Yes, massa,” says the almost confunded slave, after a moment’s hesitation, “me see de hall hit era: Jes as massa lif up de gun to he eye, de buck lif up his bin foot to’crach him car, and massa’s ball went clear t’rough him foot and head, bof at dc same time." The guests were perfectly satisfied with Sam bo’s explanation, and swallowed the whole with out further hesitation ; but when the guests were gone, Sambo ventured upon his master’s good humor so far as to remonstrate. “For God a’mity sake massa, when you tell a nuddei sich a big lie, don’t put um so fur apart; me habdebblish hard work for get um togedder!” PROSPECTUS OF OR, TOTAL ABSTINENCE ADVOCATE, Devoted to the Cause qf Temperance,—published semi-monthly, in the City of Augusta, BY JAMES McCAFFERTY. The determination our citizens have evinced, to drive the Destroyer from the land,has awakened the most intemperate to a sense of duty. This should be hailed as an omen and harbinger of good. The spirit of Reformation is awakened, throughout the leDgth and breadth of our country—the Temperance Cause is every where happily advancing, bearing down all op position, scatteringblessings on every hand,drying up the teais of the distressed and causing the heart of the widow and the drunkard’s wife to sing for 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’ but come boldly to the rescue, and with united heart and hand, assist in delivering our beloved country from slavery to the worst, most cruel of enemies. To impress the necessity of such a work upon the friends of Temperance, nothing can be more appropri ate than the closing paragraph of a report from Mr. S, S. Chipman, an indefatigable Temperance agent. “ Whatever other agencies may be used, the Cause must languish without publications to diffuse informa tion and keep 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 Bnd re claim the wanderer; hut the temperance > comes too often with their cheenjag onward process of the case, with tiHari WMrratrag . facts and anecdotes, Mid with their permit the interest wholly to , of the temperance men long to remain ,““***,?*&.*' the arrival of the temperance p«p« does hM«ciite a special interest in the breast of the fe*h«,tt9«||Mren hail it as they would the return of the long . friend ; they gather around the domestic thcy devour its pages, and its contents are repeated with all the glee and enthusiasm ol chltatty and vouth: and with the stated return 01 such a • tor, the interest is kept up and the cause The Washingtokia* has, up totcis date, auaiaec its thirteenth No., and has now a circulation of newly five hundred subscribers. This number can readily be increased to a thousand if the fiiends of the Tem perance cause will aid us in procuring subscriber*— which will enable the publisher, at the close of the present volume, to makeit a cheap and valuable lamily paper, as well as a worm advocate of the W ashingto nian Temperance Reform. We respectfully ask of each friend to our papci, to endeavor to procure one additional subscriber, if not more, and forward to us immediately.' ~ The Washivctom.iv is printed on the first anatnir® Saturday of every month —the price of subscription lor a single copy for one year, is One Dollar—for *l* *•" pies. Five Dollars—for ten copies, Eight Dollars, am® so in proportion. Payments, in all cases, to be made iw advance All communications, by mail, must be post pe>« to receive attention. December 3d, 1842. SANDS S SARSAPARILLaT 'C’OR the removal and permanent cure of all diseases arising from an impure state of the blood, or habit of the system, namely, Scrofula, or king's Evil, Rheu matism, Obstinate t utunenus Eruptions, Pimplet, or Pus tules on the face, El. tches, Biles, Chronic Sore Eyes, Ring H'orm or Tetter, Scald Head, Enlargement and pain of the Boner and Joints. StuMvia Vices s, Syphilitic Symptoms, Sciatica, or Lumbago, and diseases arising from an injudicious sue of Mu tiny, Jiscieles, or Drapay, erposuieor impendence in life. -1/so, Chronic, Consti tutional Disoi dtrs will be removed by this preparation. its timely administration has been attended with the happiest results in many anomalous affections ; but it is chiefiy intended to fill the void which exists between cathartic and aperient medicines, hence its modus eper undi is that of an alterative directly indirectly, prov ing a lasting tonic to the system. Diseases of the osse ous and glaudulai system, also of the joints and liga ments, aie safely and ceitsinly cured by its use,as the peculiarity of its operation consists in removing the germ or cause of disease, and the health of the patient is speedily restored. Sarsaparilla has enjoyed a high reputation in the treatment and cure of diseases for many years, but the value of no other article in the matcira Medico, that at one time held so high a rank, has at others been placed so lew : the cause of w hich is chiefiy owing to the great variation in the manner of its preparation, and w ont of care in selecting the proper article. A distin guished medical writer who resided many years in the section of country w hich produces the best quality of Sarsaparilla, truly observes, “ of six or eight species of the root w hick I found growing in the woods, 1 never found but one to manifest to the taste any of the sensible properties of the genuine medical Sarsaparilla,the rest being insipid and nearly inert.” As the medical pro fession do not act as theirow n Pharmaceutists,but rely on the skill of the Apothecary for preparing and compounding different formulfc,’it is a mutter of the ut most importance that there should be o correct stand ard preparation of Barssparilla, on which the ‘Faculty’ and public general)- Can rely w ith implicit confidence; —such is the article now offered. It combines the Utile cum Dulct, and in numerous instances has given speedy relief and made a perfect cure when the patient was apparently fast vergingto the grave The propri. etors have devoted many years in experimenting and testing various modes of preparation to enable them to concentrate in the most etficient form all the medicinal value of the root, and this most desirable result has been at last triumphantly accomplished by means of an entirely new, ingenious and costly apparatus. The Sarsaparilla is combined with other articles selected wholly from the vegetable kingdom, all of which are the most powerful purifiers of the blood : and thete are concentrated into a iluid extract of great power. The patient therefore who uses this preparation has all com bined that can be used for the removal of his complaint. The numerous objections to different forms in w liich Sarsaparilla lias been heretofore prescribed, are well founded ; the quantify of sugar Contained in th« syrup w ill in most instances nauseate and surfeit the stomach if a sufficient dose be taken to be of any benefit—the decoction and infusion being so liable to spoil, combin ed with the difficulty of preparation, render them both comparatively useless and inert; hence, the superior value and efficacy ofthe article now under consider*, tion. In addition to the other advantages of this preparatfoa it wiU be found exceedingly palatable, so that even to a child it may be readily administered, and to the most delicate person it might be given, without offending or disagreeing w ith the stomach. As the addition of mineral poisons is frequently ob jected to, this preparation is guaranteed rntirely free from any thing of that nature, leaving it to the judge ment of the, physician or patient to make such add*, tions, and in such quantities as the case may require. Sand’s Sarsaparilla is adapted to all thevanoos cases where the medicinal virtues of the root are required and in order to derive the full advantages ofthe prepal tion, it is recommended to pav regard to the diet, avoid, ing salt food, higli seasoned meats and stimulating drinks, and to keep the bow eis regular. | In many cases of Diseases of the Skin, an external application is also nercssarv in such it is recom mended to use Sands’s Remedy for Salt Rheum which together with the use of the Sarsaparilla internally, cannot fail to cure and eradicate Uie disease. * (itj" The most satisfactory testimonials may be seen where this medicine is sold, ig Prepared and sold at wholesale and retail, and for ex portation, by A. B. SANDS St Co. Dmgeists and Che mists, Granite Buildings, 273 Breadw.y, corner ot Chamber street, New York. Price, One Dollar. Sold by special appointment in Augusta, by HAVILAND, RiSLEY <& CO. Sept 3. 13 12t] Druggists. KOOK BINDERY & BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY, OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE, ALGCSTi, GEO. BLANK BOOKS, of every description, made to order -13 and all other kind of Books neatlv bound. June 11th, 1842. "t. S. STOY. WASHINGTONIAN PLEDGES,. TV EATLY printed on Cards, for sale at this Office— Price, $2 per hundred. QQ~ Societies can be sup plied with any quantity, at short naticc. TABLES-Patent Revolving Interest" Tames, calculated at the rate of 8 per cent, being the lawful interest of Georgia. A few copies of thoae con verneni tables on hand. Price 50 cents. For sale at this office. Hi [Aug. 6