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Total Abstinence.
■■ ' * Time— Coronation.
All hail the powers of Abstinence!
Let drunkards sound the call,
Bring; forth the Washingtonian pledge,
And let us sign it all.
\ t* brandy drinkers 1 ne’er foTgct
There’s poison in the cup:
’Twill taint your sweetest springs of life,
And on your vitals sup.
Save, you who love the Temperance cause,
Tile tippler from his fate;
Now is the time to stop his course,
Before it is too late.
0 save them from so dread an end,
Tis duty to your God !
And in t|»e rescued drunkard’s thanks
You'll find a safe reward.
Strive on! our powers at last will part
The drunkard from his bane ;
Twill overcome the hydra’s strength,
Tis all his heads are slain.
Then for the monster’s ruthless foot,
No resting place is found;
He, feeble man no more shall slay,
But be forever bound.
Yes! when we join the Temperance cause,
The tyrant then must ftil;
We’ll shout with joy at his decease,
The pledge shall be his pull.
~V v ~
[From the Camden Journal.|
; Seeing in qnc of our exchange papers, the first
of the annexed stanzas, we could not well resist
adding a few more, just for the sake of the ‘’bless
ed pledge” of the Washingtonians :
When a young lady signs the pledge,
Its just as good as two ;
‘ For when her sweetheart finds it out,
Tic's got tv sign it loo."
But when the wife has signed the pledge,
How stands the number then l
We think when man and wife have signed
It’s just as good as ten.
Successively their children will
The good old way pursuo;
The pledge with peace and happiness
Their path of life will strew.
And when again those little ones
Around that hearth is seen,
And they have signed their grand pa’s pledge :
’Twill soon count up fifteen.
And when at last the old one 3 go
*t With quiet to the grave;
Their children’s children then will bless
The heritage they gave.
The old homestead will then be blessed
With joy aud peace and plenty—
But long before we reach this point,
’Twill have exceeded twenty.
f From the New Bedford Register.]
o: Rum it Rum:::
Power of Conscience.— At the late
term of the Supreme Judicial Court at
Plymouth, there occurred a very remark
able case illustrative of the influence of
conscience. A mar,—strong and healthy
in physical development and evidently
possessed of a sane and intelligent mind
—by the name of Leavitt, was arraigned
at the bar, charged with the murder of
his wife. The indictment was read to j
him by the Clerk, and listened to on his
part with the utmost calmness. It charg- 1
ed him with wilful murder. At the con
elusion of the reading, the usual question
was propounded, when the prisoner de
liberately and very audible, responded—
Guilty. The plea struck the whole bar;
and audience with surprise and amaze- j
ment, and so unexpectedly did it come,
upon the Judge presiding, that he direct
ed the Clerk to repeat the question,,
doubting whether he could have heard
correctly. The question was according
ly repeated, and again the same response
of guilty, was deliberately returned.
His Honor then instructed the Clerk not
to make record of the plea, and proceed
ed to address the prisoner as to his rights
and duties: informing him that though
he might have slain the woman, yet he j
might not have done it with the intent
and in the manner and form charged in i
the indictment; that he had no right to
throw away his own life, and concluding 1
with the recommendation that he should
deliberate further, and advise with Coun
sel, whom Ihe Court would instruct to j
wait upon him and explain the nature of j
the pleadings, and the light in which;
they were to be considered. He was
then remanded to jail. Subsequently he |
was visited by two members of the bar!
under instructions of the Court, who ex
plained to him the character of the in
dictment, that a plea of ‘notguilty’ did'
not necessarily involve an untruth, and
urged him to revise his decision. The
only answer, however, that he made was,
that he slew the woman, and having!
committed this terrible crime he should
not consent to add to it the crime of per
jury, and appear before God, as he shortly
expected to do, with a lie in his right
band. At this interview the counsel
| learned that after his arrest, he had been
! waited upon by a clergyman, who, after
; representing the enormity of the offence
j he had already committed, advised him
| that to plead not guilty would be to utter
| a falsehood, and cautioned him against
heaping this sin upon the mountain of
wickedness which now weighed upon his
soul. The warning had made so strong
an impression upon his mind, that the es-:
forts of the counsel were fruitless, and
they left him determined upon adhering
to his former plea. Some days after.
. wards he was again put to the bar, and
again responded guilty, to the indict
ment. As he appeared perfectly aware
of the course he was pursuing and no
doubt could be entertained of his sanity
the Court could do no other than proceed
as required by law. The prisoner was
accordingly remanded, and some days
! afterwards, the Judge informed the Bar
: that on the next morning, he should pro
; ceed to pronounce the sentence of death.
| At the time appointed, the prisoner again
j replied, 4 Guilty ! J slew the woman,
and cannot add perjury to the crime.’
| This seemed to shut out all hope, and the
I Clerk was about to record the plea, when
the wretched man added, 4 but I had no
malice against hfcr.’ This, of course,
was a denial to the charge in the indict
ment and equivalent to a plea of not guil
| ty, which the Court ordered to be enter-
I cd, and the prisoner was remanded to
take his trial at a special term holden for
the purpose. We do not rcccollcct any
instance of the power of conscience
; more striking or remarkable. With
! death staring the unhappy man in the
l face, no hope of escape could induce him
to belie his convictions, or throw himself
! upon what he esteemed a falsehood for
! security. It may not be improper to add
! that Leavitt was a victim of intemper
i anoe and killed his wife in a fit of intoxi
; cation.
| f From the New York Washingtonian.]
Not to he Trifled With,
j When the appetite for intoxicating
liquors becomes established in man, to
I what means will he not resort in order to
j satisfy it!
! Profeasor Greenbank, at the Soiree of
j the American Temperance Union, on
j Saturday evening last, related the follow -
! ing :—A merchant of England, by a
i course of wine-drinking and high living
; brought on a serious disease. His doc
tor by prohibiting wine, and careful
treatment, was fast restoring him to
health. The patient no sooner thought
himself out of danger, than he began to
thirst for his favorite beverage.
“Doctor,” said he one day as his phy
| sician was about to retire, 44 can’t I be
i allowed a single glass of wine ?”
• The doctor at first hesitated, but after
i pleading some time, the patient obtained
,! permission. When tho doctor had left |
j he called his servant-maid.
“ Betty,” said he, “go out and buy me
the largest goblet glass you can find!”
After a short time Betty returned with
one that would hold about a quart! It
was filled with the “ruddy-wine,” which
was gulped down almost at 44 one fell j
swoop” by the sick man. The next day, |
when the doctor made his accustomed
{call, he found the patient much worse—
j dangerously ill. He questioned him a
bout the quantity of wine he had drank;
! and was assured that he had taken but a
l single glass. Certain that there was
i some deception in the matter, he asked '
| to see the glass—which was shown him.
44 Sir,” said he, holding it up in aston
| ishment, 44 physicians should not be tri
; fled with, especially in a disease like
| yours.” He drew aside the window cur
tains—the sun was sinking in the west.
; 44 Do you see that beautiful sun set?” !
; he asked.
1 “Yes,” was the reply.
“Well, sir,” continued the doctor,
44 take a farewell look at it, for you will
never behold it again !”
That night he was a corpse!
- -
Respectable Drunkards.— There’s j
the great impediment to the advance-'
i *uent of the Temperance reform—gen- j
I tlemanly, educated, intelligent, wealthy !
drunkards, who look down upon the i
| Washingtonian with feelings akin to j
contempt! We saw a fair specimen of
| it on Monday last while waiting to get a
| peep at the President. Two men sat by J
the window of a fashionable hotel, bv j
i which the procession was to pass, with 1
j glasses in their hands, and any number of
j bottles before them, all in full view of the j
J immense concourse which thronged the
| streets. They plied the glass most in-!
: dustriously, and soon became so happy
that two chairs, a piece were not sufficient
to hold them. A beautiful sight indeed
did they present —and a fair mark for
the wit of those who saw them.
Now, ask such men as these to sign
| the pledge, and they turn up their beauti
! fully ornamented noses, after the most
approved style of fashionable contempt
—tell them there is necessity for it, and
they are insulted! But where, we would
ask, is the difference between such drunk- ■
ards, (for drunkards they most assuredly '
i! are,) and those who stagger by us in tat
ters, or Quietly snooze beside the kirb
i stone? We’ll tell you. These respec
table drunkards, drink themselves int 6 a
| beastly state at their houses or hotels,
: and are quietly put to bed to get sober— i
*j but those poor unfortunate, houseless
i ) ones, after getting drunk at the low grog
; shop, are kicked into the street sans cer
| cmonie ! This we think is about all the
I! difference there is—both are slaves to rum
: —and both ought to sign the Pledge!
It must afford every good citizen great
1 pleasure to know, that every day makes
. rum-selling, and rum-drinking too, more
; j disreputable. The country is alive to
> i the subject, and the great mass of the
■ people are waking up to their true inter-
I ests. We do not doubt but the time is
i fast approaching, when men will no
I I more dare to drink in public, than they
■ ■ will dare to perform any other guilty
practice. Persevere, Washingtonians—
“a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull al
! together ” —and intemperance will be
! banished from the land, in spite of the op
j position of respectable drunkards!
A Sign Explained. —The Rev. Mr.
Pierpont, at a late Temperance meeting
; in Faneuil Hall, remarked:
He did net consider, as some others
I do, the erection of splendid lanterns as
1 sign-posts to Oyster Saloons, evidence of
the decline of the temperance cause ; on
the contrary he compared them to the
decorations of a bawd, who, when her
natural charms begin to fade—when the
rose and the lily leave her cheek—and
her powers of attraction cease, flies to
rouge and white-flake, to supply the in
. roads disease and dissipation have made,
and endeavors to entice by a counterfeit
presentment those who would otherwise
be disgusted at her appearance. Such is
the case with the Drain-sellers, the prac
tice of using intoxicating drinks have be
come so unpopular in community that
the venders are obliged to resort to paint
and decoration, to hide the natural de
formities of their traffic, and by false
signs entrap the unwary into their dens
of pollution ; but like the colorings of
the bawd, men will soon discover the de
ception, and leave them to exclaim, in
the language of Othello, “my occupa
tion’s gone.”
Brief history of one dram-siiop.—
E Plurihus unum. Three items.
Item 1. A young man stripped of his
all—sent half naked and penniless into
the streets on a wintry night—creeps in
to another dram-shop—becomes delirious
—-jumps from the third story window—
is taken up a corpse !
Item 2. A man is plundered of his
hard earnings—grow-s desperate—ships
on board a vessel—plunges overboard in
the bay, and is drowned!
Item 3. A family are made riotous—
i the husband and father strikes and gashes
| his wife and children—breaks her heart,
clothes them in rags, and ends his miser
able days within the gloomy walls of a
prison!
So much for three items in the history
of only one dram-shop, for three months.
Yet the keeper of such a human slaugh
i ter house holds up his head in society,
; scoffs at the miseries of his fellow crea
| tures, ridicules the Temperance reform,
; and claims that he carries on his butcher
iing business “all for the public good.”
[Boston Washingtonian.
Tiie Sister’s Appeal. —ls thou hast
j a brother tvho loves to commune in fel
lowship with the boon companion—if his
! soul delights to dwell with the wine-bib
ber, the drunkard and the gambler—if
his feet are prone to tread in the slippery !
paths of dissipation ; oppose to him the t
strong argument of a sister’s love—raise ‘
over his devoted head the banner of as- I
section—touch the chord in his bosom
that ever vibrates to a sister’s kindness—
appeal to his sense of honor—tell him of
the duty he owes to himself and friends ; *
then point forward to the dark night of ]
i the end ! If these fail to convince and 1
j reform, pray for him. 1
_
Take tiie Pledge. —The Pledge— !
[what is if but a declaration of independ
[ ence—a passport from the land of cruel :
1 oppression, misery and death to one of
freedom, life and peace. Already has it
| ransomed millions from the most cruel
j slavery restoring them to liberty, to vir
tue, respectability, happiness, religion,
I truth and plenty. Then why should any
! refuse to sign it ?
Sober vs. Drunk.— A tavern keeper
! not a hundred miles from Toronto, lately
said in a taunting manner to a staunch
teetotaller: “ And so you make your
! converts believe they are going to heav
|en now that they have become teetotal
lers ?” “ Indeed, lam sure if they don’t
get there sober, they wont get there
drunk,” was the ready answer to that
oft-repeated and groundless slander.
[Exch. paper.
A Drunkard’s Soliloquy.- —“ It
would be a comfortable thing if I know
ed just where I was bound for. Up
street’s got mixed with down street, and
there’s no such thing as cross street at
all. The moon’s cross eyed, and keeps
winkin’ and blinkin’ as if she had her
eyes full of Macaboy. Now, what am I
to do ? If I stand still, there’s a very
; pleasant chance of going to sleep stand
ing. If I goes to stir, hang me if I know
which way I am travellin’.”— Wash. <sg
Organ.
A few days since, at Cincinnati, Judge
Wood, while sentencing a man to death,
named Andrew Walton, convicted of
murdering one John Carroll, remarked,
that of sixty capital cases which had
come under his judicial notice, at least
fifty had orifiinated in drunkenness.—
This was mentioned in reply to the ex
cuse offered by the prisoner, that the
murder had been committed when he was
so drunk as not to know what he was
about.
t JOHN B. MURPHY,
has removed to the Store :td
door below the Post Office
corner, No. 214 Broad-street,
sign of the Large Golden
Spectacles. Clocks,Watch
es and Jewelry, carefully re
paired and warranted.
ICf A continuance of for
mer patronage will he thankfully received.
Augusta, June 10th, 1843 * Ily
WM. CHURCHILL & CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
EARTHENWARE, GLASS AND CHINA.
209 Broad-street, Augusta.
June 10 l ts
CHARLES E. GRENVILLE &. CO.
and Stationers, 244
Broad-strcct, 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,
Quills, 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 lurnished 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, Dye-Stuffs,
Perfumery, Surgical Instruments, &c. &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-street, Augusta.
June 18 i ts
vmwir books.
PERIODICALS, Temperance & Lit
. erary Newspapers.—A great revolution is
going on in the progress of cheap Literature, cre
ating a deep anxiety and thirst after knowledge ;
and to accord with the movements of the day, I
inform the reader, what Major Jones says—that
I am the “greatest book man in the country;”
and upon the representation of the Major, this is
no flattery.
The New World, Brother Jonathan, and the
Harpers’ publications, constantly for sale, at pri
ces from 12J to 23 cts.—A numerous collection of
Pamphlets, Papers, Periodicals, &c. just received
—also, Alison's History of Europe, Family Li
brary, Brand’s Encyclopedia, Graham’s Maga
zine, Ladies’ Book, Artists nnd Ladies World,
Miss Leslie’s Magazine, Musical Library, &c.
O’ All orders will meet with prompt attention
if accompanied with 50 cents, sl, or more.
S. A. HOLMES.
Literary Depot, under U. S. Hotel.
N. B. Friends of cheap Literature and Tern- |
perance, are invited to call— small favors thank
fully received and large ones in proportion.
June 10 1 ts
FOR SALE, —a Bargain !
MA Two Story HOUSE and LOT, on
Reynold street, near Lincoln-street, in
the lower part of the city, adjoining va
cant lot belonging to Mrs. Gardner. It will be
sold low for cash. For further particulars apply
at this office. June 24---3 ts ’
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Nos. 20 and 31 Gold-street , New York.
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED.
*■ The ‘HOE’ PRINTING PRESS, MA
CHINE AND SAW MANUFACTORY, in i
consequence of the addition of new and improved !
Machinery to their works, and the reduction in !
the cost of materials and labor, arc enabled great- '
ly to reduce the prices of their Presses, Printers’
and Binders’ materials generally, as will be seen
by their newly printed Circular, to which they
beg leave to refer.
This establishment is still under the personal
superintendence of RICHARD M. HOE and
ROBERT HOE, and they assure their friends
that notwithstanding thelgrcat reduction in pri
des, all articles manufactured by this establish
ment shall retain the high reputation which they
have hitherto sustained—it will also betheir con
stant endeavor to improve the quality of them in
every particular. They flatter themselves also,
that tneir old friends will not only continue
theirs, but that printers generally will appreciate
their endeavors to furnish the very best articles at
barely remunerating prices.
Orders from all parts of the country for all ar
ticles used bv Printers, and Binders, including
Type, Ink, Paper, etc., will he executed with the
greatest care and promptitude, and pn the best
terms.
Jobbing work and repairing will be done at the
lowest possible prices, with every attention and
expedition,
N. B.—All articles manufactured by this es
tablishment will be stamped R. HOE & CO , so
that persons from abroad may not be imposed up
on with spurious articles made in imitation of
theirs.
Printers of Newspapers who publish this ad
vertisements, with this note, three times before
the first of July next, and send one of their pa
pers to us, will be entitled to payment of their
billon buying four times the amount of it.
June 17 . 2 3t
PROSPECTUS
OP THE
AUGUSTA WASHINGTONIAN,
VOL.* 11.
DEVOTED TO TEMPERANCE, AGRICULTURE
AND MISCELLANY :
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
At Augusta, Georgia,
By JAMES McCAFFERTY.
In commenceing the second volume of this pa
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
it 9 circulation.
Competent gentlemen having kindly acceded
to the call made upon them by the'Board of
Managers of the Augusta Society, to conduct
the Editorial department, the publisher flatters
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 of our cause is onward,
and in a lew years, it may reasonably be expected
that if the energy which has characterised the
members of the Washington Reform, for the
past three years, continue, an entire reformation
most take place, and that the greatest curse to
our country, will only be mentioned as among
the evils that Were.
The subject of Temperance will be the promi
nent object of the “ 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 he—an able advocate of Temperance,
and a useful Family Paper, strictly moral in it*
bearing.
The “ Washingtonian'’ will - be published
EVERY Saturday, (on a Sheet x2C inches,
at the unprecedeutal low price of One Dollar
per annum, always in advance —thus placing it
within the means of all who desfre an excellent
Family Paper, at a very cheap rate, to obtaiif it
The uublishcr looks confidently to all the friends
of 1 cmperance and Morality, to aid him in carry
ing successlnlly, this enterprise into effect —arid
with tbeir aid, it can be done.
CLUBBING.—To persons who will club
together, and forward to the publisher, (free of
postage) Five Dollars, in current funds, will be
entitled to sir copies, and so in proportion. For
apackagc of twenty-six papers, Vo one address,
Twenty Dollars.
All Post Masters are respectfully request
ed to act as agents.
Jjp All communications, by mail, most b<
post paidj to receive attention. By the rules ot
the General Post-Office, Post Masters ma\
frank subscription money for Newspapers.
June 6th, 1843.
Jjr Editors inserting the above prospectus, or
noticing the appearance of our paper, through
their columns, will confer a favor which wo
shall be happy to reciprocate.-
The Southern Miscellany:
A SOUTHERN FAMILY NEWSPAPER—NEUTRAL IN POL
ITICS Attß RELIGION.
Illustrated with fine Engravings on Wood.
W. T. Thompson, Editor.
C. R. Hanletter, Publisher.
“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 circula
tion throughout the Southern and Southwestern
States. It is a strictly Neutral Family Ncwspa
per—embracing Moral and Sentimental Tales—
Sketches of Adventure and Travel—Moral and
Scientific Essays—Fireside Readings—Select
Poetry—Readings for Youth—Seasonable Ag
ricultural Matter—Historical Sketches—Foreign
and Domestic Intelligence—Commercial Items—
Amusing Miscellany—Congressional, Legisla
i 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 Lite
: —Obscene Anecdotes—Personal Billingsgate,
! and Puffs of Quack Medicines that make up the
chief staple of most of those pointless publica
tions that arc specially devoted to every thing,
j and designed to circulate every where.'
The “ Miscellany” is issued every Saturday
1 Morning, on an imperial sheet at Two Dollars
: and fifty Cents, invariably in advance,
j New subscribers to the second volume
I (which commenced on the first of April, 1843,)
; will be entitled to a copy of “ Major Jrncs’
; Courtship,” tree of charge f~j* Any person ro
j mitting the names of Five new subscribers, (with
: the money,) will be entitled to the sixth copy of
the paper and pamphlet, gratis.
O’ All letters relating to the business of the
office, must and addressed to
C. R. HANLEITER,
Madison, Morgan county, Ga.
Madison, May Ist, 1843.
!M@Tfl©l a
! AS I design being absent from the City
of Augusta, for about three months, I leave
j 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 <t
; Hope, Baker & Hutchens, Stovall & Hainlen,
P. A. Scranton, O. H. Lee, C. Lindsey, and
| others.
Any persons having commands about or to
! 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
i rection, can call on me by that tunc, or write to
] me while in Columbus.
I JESSE WALTON,
j June 10 13t
T'HE 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 Merch
ants throughout the State, at the New York or
Charleston prices. Persons can depend on get
ting supplied from this establishment, and will
save commissions, freight, &c. by dealing here.
Orders for either paper or books, address
ed to B. Dunham, Greenville, S. C., or to the
subscribers, will be promptly attended to.
DUNHAM & BLEAKLY.
Augusta. June Iff; 1843 1 3t