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TEJ^jjplElimMOK, Women and Wink. —Appended is an extract from Mrs. Ellis’ new work, “The Wivts of England.” It is from a pas sage couns ailing the wife upon the man ner in which she should treat “ a drunken husband” during his fits of inebriation. Glancing back to the remembrance of his mad indulgence, she proceeds— Could all women who encourage their husbands in the commencement of in temperance, not only by smiling with ev- i ident satisfaction at any extraordinary proofs of good humor or excitement as they begin to appear, but beyond this, and far more effectually, by their own example—could all such women “ look to the end,” and see the bitter fruits of this trifling with the serious indications of a growing evil, they would stand ap palled at the magnitude of their own suf ferings, in having to watch from day to day, through their future lives, the grad ual extinction of all they had ever loved in the being to whom they must still he united. They would see then how the very countenance may lose its beauty, -and like some hideous form that grows upon us in a feverish dream, assume first one aspect of distortion, and then a nother, until all trace becomes extinct of the “divinity” that stirred “within.”! They would see then what an awful i wreck is that presented by a lost and pol luted mind; and they would feel, in all its reality, what it is to be desolate and' alone. For the woman thus circum stanced must not complain. She must not ask for sympathy, for that would be to expose the folly and disgrace of him, about whom her hopes still linger; over whose degraded brow she would still fondly spread the soft shadow of her ten derness, that no ray of piercing light might reach it, to render more conspicu ous its deformity and its shame. No ; she can only lock her griefs within her own bosom, and be still. It must bo from ignorance, for the phe nomenon is not to be accounted for in any other way than on the ground of ig norance of what is to be found in human life, as well as what is the capability of the human heart for suffering and enjoy* ing, which leads so many kindly-disposed and well-intentiondd women into such culpable neglect of points connected with this important subject. One would willingly believo it was be cause they had never, even in idea, real ized wlmt it must be to live through one long night of anxious expectation, when the crisis of a husband’s fate had come, and when that single night would decide whether ho had sufficient mastery over himself to resist, or whether he would allow his inclination to lead him for the last time over the barrier, and finally to plunge himself and his helpless family into irremediable wretchedness and ruin. It is in such seasons as these, that eve ry moment is indeed an age, and every pulse like an advancing or receding wave, which falls with heavy swell upon the shore of life. And then what sharpening of tho outward senses!—what quickening of the ear to distant sounds, giving to that which lives not, a vitality, until the very step is heard, and then—another wavo of the fast-ebbing tide, and all is gone, and all is silent as before. The eye, too, though dim with tears, and wea k ried out with watching, what does it not —creating out of “strange com- Bbinations” of familiar things, some sud gApn aud 1 nexpccted evidence that lie has BBturnod! Yes, already come! Then an instantaneous flash of sclf-rc |Kroach for having judged him with too ■kltlc kindness. But, no; the vision Vmdcs away, and with it sinks the heart W of the too credulous believer. I And if such bo the quickening of the outward senses, what must be that of the different faculties of the mind ?—of mem ory, whose cruel task it is through those long weary hours, to paint the smiling past, to make it live again with such in tensity of loveliness, that while no actu al form intrudes, nor actual sound breaks through the chain of thought, the phan tasy grows real; and old impressions wake again, and voices speak so kindly, aud cordial looks, qnd gentle loving acts, are interchanged, and pure soft feelings towards each other, as in those early days when the sweet “trysting time” was kept, and hope made light of expec tation. Oh,agony! It is a dream—a very dream. Nay, worse—the vision of the sleeper may return; but this can never—never live again. There is no credulity like that of love. However dark may be the fear which al ternates with hope in the mind of her who is thus situated, she has, under all, and supporting her through all the deep foundation of her own unchanging love —that love which is strong as death. ; And by the same comprehensive rule, which to her includes in one close union every faculty and feelingpf her soul—la this rule she judges of her husband, and calculates the probability of his return. By this rule it is impossible that he should forget her prayers, and her entrea ties, her sorrow, her suffering, and her tears. By this rule, then he must of ne cessity remember her in that gay circle, even when its mirth and its revelry are at their height. She has wronged him —deeply wronged him, to think he could forget. Another hour will find him by her side, repaying, Oh, how richly ! all j her anxious fears. With these sweet thoughts, she rises and trims her fire again, and draws her j husband’s chair beside the hearth, bc ! thinking her, with joyous recollection, of sonic other little acts of kindness by which she may possibly be able to make his home look more attractive. But still he comes not ; and that strange sickness of the heart begins again, and creeps along her frame, until her very fingers ache with anguish; and tremblingly her hands arc clasped together, and were it not for prayer, her heart would surely break with its strong agony ; for still he comes not. Yet, —slowly as the heavy hours drag pn, the midnight chime at last is heard, that solemn peal, which tells to some its tale of peace, of safety, and of home; while it speaks to others hut of darkness, desolation, and despair. But who shall fill from one sad mo ment to another the page of busy 1 thought, or paint the ever-shifting scenes : which flit before the lonely watcher’s j mind ? Another hour, and still he comes I not.—Yet hark! It is his step.—She j flics to meet him—Let us close a scene i for which earth holds no parallel; for here are mingled, horror, shame, repul. j sion and contempt, with a soft tenderness like that of some sad mother for her idiot child—joy that tho shrouding wings of love once more can shelter him—bliss ; that no other eye but hers is there to sec j —kind yearning thoughts of care to keep ; him in his helplessness from every touch ! of harm—feelings so gentle, yet so pow- j erful, of a strange gladness to be near him in his degradation—to press the hand which no one else in tho wide world would hold—to kiss the brow which has no trace of beauty left! And to do this, night after night—to live through all the changes of this scene, through months j and years, only with less of hope, and more of anguish and despair! Such is the picture not exaggerated,; lor that would he impossible, of one short j portion in the experience of how many women? Wo cannot number them. I hey are to bo met with in society of every grade, and yet society for the most part can rust satisfied to do nothing more than pity them. Nor scarcely that; for the same voice which speaks with feeble lamentations of the suffering of the wife, will often press the husband to the fes tive board, and praise the sparkling wine, and urge him to partake. Fibk—A Story.— By Isaac F. Shep ard.—lt was a cold, clear night in No vember, when the club met to spend the hours at their gaming and their cups. Lewis Benton was among them, the most thoughtless of them all. Tho old church bell had struck eleven, and, save this gang, the villagers were all asleep. Turner’s wife nbd children were in bed, and for an hour had been locked in slum ber. The company had all drank freely, and were more than half drunk, when Turner won tho game, and seized tho stakes, putting them in his pocket. It was the last cent that Lewis had, and it was more than he could bear. “ There’s foul play, Turner,” he cried, “ there’s foul play, and the game was un fairly won!” “ For shame! for shame!” said two or three at once, “I wouldn’t stand that,” said another, “ Make him eat his words,” said a third; and passions began to rise among the bachanals. Lewis saw the tide setting against him, and, infuriated as he was he struck his clenched fist upon the table, and swore he would fight the man who dared to say the game was fair ly played. “The boy is drunk,” said Turner, “and is angry that he has lost his money. 1 ake no notice of him, lads, but on with another game!” “ Boy, am I?” said Lewis with a con temptuous sneer, “ and drunk too! Yes, lam drunk: but who made me so? It was you, Turner, who taught me to drink, and to gamble; and now you would take no notice of me! But you shall notice me though ! Take that!” So saying, ho sprang from his seat, ‘ and with unbridled fury he dealt a blow lat Turner, that knocked him prostrate . upon the floor. In a moment the room was a perfect scene of pandemonium. “Down with him! Murder! Seize | the scoundrel!” rose from every side: 1 | and in the riot the tables were overturned, j and they jostled against one another, till i Lewis accidentally threw one of the can ; dies into a basket of shavings that sat in 1 a corner, and in a moment the room was ! ; in a blaze. I shall never .forget that night. The cry rang through the village, with its voice of terror, “Fire! fire! fire!” and ' !!■■■ » ' '.Wir ——H.l unused to its tone, the people waked from their slumbers, and ran, half dressed, to the scene of conflagration. The wind was high, and the flames spread with awful rapidity. The women and the children came together almost frantic with fear, and the tumult and consterna tion I cannot describe. The family of Turner were awakened from their dreams, and the mother rushing into the sleeping rooms of the children, seized two of them in her arms, and bore them to the street. There was one left. She turned and ran again for the stair-way, but at the mo ment, the flames broke out at that point, and drove her back. She raved like a maniac, and tore her hair, running up and down, shouting, “Save my child ! oh — oh ! save my poor Fanny !” Attempt after attempt was made to effect an ascent to the chambers, but the fury of the flames drove back the intre pid firemen, scorched and beaten from their purpose. At length a scream was heard upon the night wind, and every eye saw the little girl, standing at the upper window, in her night-clothes, hold ing out her little hands beseechingly, and screaming in terror, “ Mother ! mother! save me ! save me!” The next instant a crash was heard, and a shriek of horror rose from the mul titude, as the timbers of the buildinjr cave way, and the house fell, while the forked flames went piercing into heaven, bear ing upward the soul of Fanny Turner. The morningaftcr the fire,and melan choly loss of life attending it, our vilage was all alive. The neighbors were con stantly (Kissing, to and from the scene of ruin, talking in suppressed voices, and many a tear of sympathy flowed freely, as they tried to comfort the inconsolable ! family that w as turned homeless upon the world; a calamity a thousand-fold cm \ bittered, by their dreadful bereavement. ' The mother refused to be comforted. | At times her reason seemed almost to | have left her. She would sit upon the j bank opposite the smoking remains of i her dwelling, and gaze upon them moan ing, and wringing her hands incessantly, at intervals uttering a scream of agony, j and crying, “Oh give me back my | child !—Do, do give me back my darling |i t)j " runny ! And when the intensity of her grief ' would be exhausted, she would relapse | into a state of listlessness, with her eyes fixed upon a scene of desolation, heed less of every thing about her. Who ean estimate the misery and death consequent upon the use of intoxicating drinks!— The child of this poor woman was ofler ed as a living sacrifice, a burnt-oflering, upon the altar of this dreadful tyrant; and there could be no music sweeter to his ear, than the groans and wails of the desolate mother. Oh that men would awake to the reality of the dieadful ruin that alcohol has brought upon them, and with one Herculean effort, drive the bru tal murderer from the world. The pow er is with them ! when will they put it in force 1 The Difference.— A London paper states, that, “in the reign of George 111., under the patronage of the Prince of Whiles ; every nobleman and gentleman cf the smallest spirit, went to bed drunk. The Prime Minister and the Chancellor in especial, and every body’s coachman, footman and porter followed the goodly example.” Now it has fortunately be come unfashionable to be intoxicated; and to be intemperate is to be classed among the loafers. In the United States, although drunk enness in the times alluded to by the London editor, and at a subsequent peri od, did not prevail to so great an extent in respectable society as among the no bility and gentry of London, yet the practice of tippling was very prevalent: for it was then the fashion to offer liquor to every visitor. Thus men were insen sibly led into habits from which nothing but the sternest resolution? could relieve them. At this time, solicitations to drink are omitted, and vile habits are not so readily contracted; and, as the tem perance societies are rapidly reformin'* the old topers, we may reasonably hope for a radical and blessed change in the state of society.— [Bolt. Clip. A Washingtonian says, he that drinks a little daily, is as much a drunkard as he who steals a little daily is a thief. Some of these "Washingtonians have queer notions, and they will express them in their own way. “1 love thee for thyself alone," as the toper said when he drank Ins glass of whiskey without water. Cheap Curses.—The Puritans were more se vere in punishment of swearing than cursing, for j when an Irishman was lined a shilling for an [ oath he asked what he should pay for a curse 1 ? 1 They said sixpence. He threw down a six pence and cursed the whole committee. '■ Come in out of the wet. honey” as the shark | said to Paddy, when he w;v nfhr bathing him j self in the Mississii>pi, aWeKTOIIMEMTST T)R. JOHN MILLEN, Office No. 147, North side Broad-street, below Eagle and Phoenix Hotel, Augusta. [June 10 ly WM. CHURCHILL & CO. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in EARTHENWARE, GLASS AND CHINA. 209 Broad-street, Augusta. June 10 1 ts XJOOK Bindery and Blank Book Man ufactory, opposite the Post Office, and ad-1 joining the office of the Augusta Washingtonian. I June 10 ly J T. S. STOY. CHARLES E. GRENVILLE & CO. BOOKSELLERS and Stationers, 244 Broad-street, offers for sale, at wholesale and retail, a large assortment of School,Classical, . Medical, Law and Miscellaneous Books; togeth er with Blank Books, Paper, Paper Hangings, Uuills, Metallic Pens, Fine Cutlery, and Stationery of every description , Music, Musical Instruments, and every article usually called for in a Bookstore. Law and Medical Libraries furnished on the most liberal terms. Schools, Academies, and Literary Institutions supplied at the lowest prices. June 10 1 ts tWM. HAINES, Jr. (Succes sor to Garvin & Haines.) Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Drugs, Medi cines, Paints, Oils, Glass, Dyc-StulTs, Perfumery, Surgical Instruments, Ac. &c.—Has now on hand a select assortment of the above ar ticles, for sale at low prices and on moderate terms. All orders executed with neatness and despatch. WM. HAINES, Jr. No. 232 Broad-strcct, Augusta, j June 18 its Georgia Agricultural Repository, Iron ami Brass Foundry. rTMIE subscribers (successors to Rob "*• ert Philip & Son,) having completely re fitted and added additional Machinery to their Shops, are prepared to execute any orders they may he favored with, for Agricultural Imple ments or Castings, in either Brass or Iron, with neatness and despatch, and at as low, if not low er prices, than any similar establishment in this • place. Having a good stock of materials on hand, and competent workmen, they feel confi dent that they will give satisfaction to all who may entrust them with their work. ALEXANDER PHILIP & CO. June 10 l 8t JOHN B. MURPHY, ' M has removed to the Store 3d jf/ffa \ 3'fcj£> J° or below the Post Office Os J 4 -—J corner,No. 211 Broad-strcct, sign of the Large Golden Spectacles. Clocks, Waich ■ and Jewelry, carefully re jSi! ' "--MJrs paired and warranted. | luirtlMlBiMiBlllBli!! fly A continuance of for mer patronage will he thankfully received. Augusta, June 10th, 18-13 " I]y REDUCTION IN Price of Printing Types, JOHN T. WHITE, Type Founder, No. 15 Gold-street, Now-York, third door from Fulton-street, has on hand an unrivalled' assortment of Printing Types, Ornaments, Bor ders, Rules, &c. of the best metal, and cast from original mattriccs. The reputation of tills Foun dry is well known throughout the country, and he is determined to sell at the followin'* REDUCED PRICES. ° Pica 32 cents a lb.! Small Pica 34 do Long Primer 3G do Burgeois 10 do Brevier 1G do Minion 54 do Nonpareil GG Mo Agate 8G do Pear! 120 do For approved paper at six months, or seven per cent, less for cash. Wood Type, Printing Ink, Presses, Cases, Galleys, Brass Rules, Composing Sticks, Chases, and other materials furnished at the lowest prices. Printers of newspapers who publish this adver tisement three times before the Ist of July, 1813, 1 and send one of the papers to the Foundry, will he entitled to payment of their bill on buyine; three times the amountof it. June 10 i St The Southern Miscellany: A SOUTHERN FAMILY NEWSPAPER —NEUTRAL IN POL ITICS AND RELIGION. Illustrated icithfine Engravings on Wood. i W. T. Thompson, Editor. C. R. Ilanleiter, Publisher. npilE “Miscellany” is the only paper of the class published at the South, and has been in existence little better than a year, during which time it has acquired an extensive cireuhv 1 tion throughout the Southern and Southwestern i States. It is a strictly Neutral Family Newspa per-embracing Moral and Sentimental Tales— Sketches of Adventure and Travel—Moral and Scientific Essays—Fire-side Readings—Select Poetry—Readings for Youth—Seasonable Ag ricultural Matter—Historical Sketches—Foreign and Domestic Intelligence—Commercial Items— Amusing Miscellany—Congressional, Legisla tive and Political News—Humorous Anecdotes —Advertisements, &c. &c.; but the reader will look in vain in its columns for the records of Horrid Crimes—Bloody Murders—Revolting Outrages--Disgusting details of Licentious Life , —Obscene Anecdotes—Personal Billingsgate, ; and Puffs of Cluack Medicines that, make up the j ehiof staple ot most of those pointless publica ! tions that are specially devoted to every thing, ■ ! and designed to circulate every where. [j The “Miscellany” is issued every Saturday Morning, on an imperial sheet at Two Dollars : and titty Cents, invariably in advance. ' lujr* New subscribers to the second volume I (which commenced on the first of April, 1843,) j will be entitled to a copy of !: Major Jonp’s’ i | Courtship,” free of charge" ?_§-■ Any person rc -1 nutting the names of Five new subscribers, (with the money,) will be entitled to the sixth copy of the paper and pamphlet, gratis. §2r All letters relating to the business of the office, must he post-paid, and addressed to j C. R. IIANLEITER, Madison, Morgan countv, Ga, j Madison Mov Ist, 1813. PROSPECTUS . OF THE AUGUSTA WASHINGTONIAN, VOL. 11. j DEVOTED TO TEMPEBAXCE, AGRICULTURE AND miscellany: PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, At Auguita, Georgia, ♦ By JAMES McCAFFERTY. In commenceing the second volume of this pa- I per, the publisher has the gratification to present | a sheet to the public, which he trusts will meet with their approbation—and he asks from those ; friendly to its prosperity, their aid in extending ; its circulation. Competent gentlemen having kindly acceded j to the call made upon them by the Board of I Managers of the Augusta Society, to conduct i the Editorial department, the publisher flatters i himself that he will be able to place the paper on | a permanent basis, and to give it a much more elevated character. Thus far, the march cfour tauseis onward, j and in a few years, it may reasonably be expected, ; that if the energy which has characterised the members of the Washington Reform, for the j past three years, continue, an entire reformation must take place, and that the greatest curse to our country, will only be mentioned as among i the evils that were. The subject of Temperance will be the promi nent object of the -l Washingtonian;” yet there will be room for the stirring events of the day, and for other items of interest to the general read er—as Agriculture, Science, a Prices Current of the Market, Exchange Table, &c. In short, the publisher will endeavor to make this paper what it should be—an able advocate of Temperance, and a usclul Family Paper, strictly moral in its bearing. The “ Washingtonian” will be published EVERY Saturday, (on a Sheet 20 *2O inches,) at the unprecedental low price of Ons. Dol.LAit per annum, always in adtance- -thus placing it within the means of all who desire an excellent Family Paper, at a very cheap rate, to obtain it. The publisher looks confidently to all the friends of Temperance and Morality, to aid him in carry ing successfully, this enterprise into effect—and With their aid, it can be done. * fij CLUBBING.—To jiersons who will club together, and forward to the publisher, (free of jostage) Five Dollars, in current funds, will be entitled to six copies, and so in proportion. For a package of twenty-six papers, to one address, Twenty Dollars. jlj' All Post Masters are respectfully request - ed to act as agents. O’ All communications, by mail, must be post paiclj to receive attention. By the rules of the General Post-Office, Post Masters may fiiank subscription money for Newspapers. June Gtli, 18-13. Hj* Editors inserting the above prospectus, or noticing the appearance of our paper, through their columns, will confer a favor which we ! shall be happy to reciprocate. SffvDIS'IKSSlio r pilE subscribers have on hand at their new store, a few doors below the Bank of Augusta, a general assortment of Paper and Blank Books, And will continue to increase their Stock during the summer from the Greenville Factory, South | Carolina, manufactured on the late improved system of paper making; which they now offer, by wholesale and retail, to Printers and Mcrch- I ants throughout the State, at the New York or i Charleston prices. Persons can depend on get ting supplied from this establishment, and will save commissions, freight, &c. by dealing here, fid” Orders for either paper or books, address- I cd to B. Dunham, Greenville, S. C., or to the subscribers, will he promptly attended to. DUNHAM & BLEAKLY. Augusta, June 10,1843 1 3i CHUMP BOOKS . PERIODICALS, Temperance & Lit | _ crary Newspapers.—A great revolution is ; going on in the progress of cheap Literature, crc i ating a deep anxiety and thirst after knowledge ; and to accord with the movements of the day, 1 inform the reader, what Major Jones says—that ! I am the “ greatest book man in the country;” 1 and upon the representation of the Major, this is j no flattery. j The New World, Brother Jonathan, and the Harpers’ publications, constantly for sale, at pri -1 ces trom 12 J to 25cts.—A numerous collection of Pamphlets, Papers, Periodicals, &c. just received i —also, Alison’s History of Europe, Family Li- I brary, Brand’s Encyclopaedia, Graham’s Maga zine, Ladies’ Book, Artists and Ladies World, I Miss Leslie’s Magazine, Musical Library, &c. !Or All orders will meet with prompt attention if accompanied with 50 cents, $1 or more. S. A. HOLMES. Literary Depot, under U. S. Hotel. N. B. Friends of cheap Literature and Tem perance, are invited to call— small favors thank fully received and iarge ones in proportion. June 10 1 ts K!©T]©!L AS I design being absent from the City of Augusta, for about three months, Ileave Messrs. N. K. Butler & Co. as my agents, until my return ; therefore, those that are owing me, will please to call on them for their papers, and | those that I owe, will please to call on them as their demands become due, (that is, if any should become due in my absence.) I also leave parcels of my papers in the hands of Messrs. Kerr & Hope, Baker & Hutchens, Sfovall & Hamlen, P. A. Scranton, O. H. Lee, C. Lindsey, and ; others. Any persons having commands about or to r; wards Columbus, I should like to attend to them. I design leaving Augusta about the 13th inst, i therefore persons having commands in that di ; rection, can call on me by that time, or write to i me while in Columbus JESSE WALTON. June 10 1 3t