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rrr-gr ■■■ mw vmrrmrmmmmmn iw 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 ’ PRINTERS AND BINDERS WAREROQMS. 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