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IP © IST $ Y a ! From lAt Temp. Jlitocate f Family Visitor. The Vision of Intemperance. A8 ALTERED FROM THE VISION OF DEATH, j I stood on the bask of a bright diver stream, That sparkled and danced in the moon’s mellow beam , Enjoviug the landscape, with pleasing delight, When a being of horror came forth to my sight His name was Intemperance, all ghastly he stood, Like some huge Demon monster that revelled in blood, His broad fiery oye-balls shot forth from his head, And ho seeme «to have rose from the ruins of the dead, t The sun at his glance hid his face in the sky, And the moan cast a sicklier ray from on high. The heavens grew dark at his terrible frown, And a deep, heavy night, on the earth settled down. One hand grasped a scepter, the other a dart, And the glow of his eye, told'the pride of his heart, Then renting his head, he looked o’er earth’s throng, Atr t gaveto all people this horrible song. “ 1 hare come from my shadowy chambers of night, To spread o’er the Nations my mildew and blight, 1 will curtain man’s hopes in the darkness of gloom, And bear him away to the dark silent tomb. [head I’il tear the bright wreath from the proud Monarch’s And his blood gushing bosom 111 crush ’neath my tread, At my withering touch all his laurels shall fade, And the home of tho warrior, a gravo shall be made. I will > iiit the mother, and bid her depart, [heart, From the group that" the loves and that cling to her Her childben all orphaus shall rudely be hurled, To buffet the Waves of a Cold hearted world. Aud when for a time the storm they shall brave, 1 will boar them away to a premature grave. The father once dear to the group of his heart, Shall quickly be pierced with my poisoning dart 1 will tear him away from his little one's clasp, And love firmly knit, must relinquish its grasp. In the hull of affeotlon my brnrtar shall wave, For the household of loved ones I will leave in the grave 1 will stand In the banquoting hall in my pride When the bosom swells high, and ebbs low like the tide. Ah, the wild curse ol horror shall madly be wrung From the lips that so often in jovially sung, I will come to the Gamester’s dark den of despair, When the glad and the joyful shall think mo not there. But alas! they will find that I’ve poisoned their breath, AnJ the Gamester shall go with mo down Into death. 1 will spare neither innocence, virtue, nor truth, The aged, the manly, nor childhood, nor youth.” Thus boasted the Monarch, and onward he rode, Like a demon let loose from his dismal abode. His shafts ull unerring, like meteors flew. And many a mortal his later breath dtew. Wherever he sped on his terrible track, The groans of the dying I heard echo book— “ Mortal, proud mortal, beware of his dart, ’Twill sting like an adder and pierce to thy heart.” WiLtuMiro»T,dui»£ 14. C. From the Organ & Washingtonian One of (he First. In tho days of our prosperity, we tire very often prevented from looking at those things which are insensibly leading us on to adversity, for when tho tide is with us, we scarcely ever look forward to a turn; and when the flood comes rushing against us, wo are often surpris ed, to think that we have not looked out before for a change. There are many young men of the present day, who, in the face of all the changes wrought by tho poor Washing tonians, and despite the many facts con stantly brought before them, are still, with a blind reliance on their own strength, the rock upon which thousands and tens of thousands have found ship wreck, unheedingly and unceasingly hurrv on to the drunkard’s grave; You will see them lounging about the porti coes of our fashionable hotels, in a state which would justify any rational man in withdrawing from tho sight of those whom they imagine far beneath them, (but who is in fact far above them,) be cause he has not the wealth to sustain him that they have; forgetting in their alcoholic flights of imagination, that the very wealth they now enjoy, was laid by lor them by their worthy ancestors, from the profits of the lapstone, the shopboard, the workbench, or the anvil. Forget- ■ ting, too, that those very ancestors j thought it a disgrace to be seen lounging round the tavern, and taking pride in giving to the world something that was useful; taking pride in living temperate und soberly, and serving their country usefully; priding themselves upon their honesty and capability of fulfilling all the duties imposed upon them, whether in the domestic, circle surrounded by their families, or in the council of their city, or in the tented field. And oh l if these worthy sires of degenerate sons could now’ behold them, they would shrink back in amazement, and call upon the rocks and mountains to cover them from a sight so unworthy. Young men, listen to the call that is now made upon you; 9purn the intoxi cating bowl as you would the poisonous viper; drop from your lips the ruby wine, for poison lurks within the golden chalice; break the ties that now so close ly bind you to that Juggernaut which will eventually crush you beneath its ponderous w eight, and come out before the world, what “nature and nature’s God” hath made you—a max. Throw your influence, your talents and your life in the scale of temperance—be the means of restoring your companions from the degradation in which they have plun- j ged themselves, and then, when you shall | have been “called hence,” and “the] place that now’ knows you, shall know you no more forever,” then will be erect, ed in the hearts of those whom you have % saved from the doom of the drunkard, a monument mo.e lasting than all the mar. ble monuments of Italy. Generations ! yet unborn will bless your name, and the j records of time will point to you as being i one of the first who threw himself into f tho breach, to save hi 3 fellow’-men. H. Results of tbe Reform. We received a call the other day from an Irishman who was once in my employ, a reckless, quarrelsome, and drunken man. We had not seen him for six years before, and his appearance was so changed that we did not recognize him ; his qye was clear and bright—his countenance healthy, and his step free and elastic; in place of the tattered clothes that he then wore, he had a really genteel suit of fine broadcloth. We ask ed what had caused the change in his appearance? Oh, said he, J signed the pledge two years ago. The metamor phosis was accounted for at once. He had been sometime separated from his wife, but now he said, we live together as happy as can be. He told us that especial attention had been paid in Con necticut (where he now resides) to the formation and drilling of cold water ar mies, and the effect oh the youth ha been most surprising. Now the sight ol drunkenness creates in their minds al most as deep a feeling of awe and dread as murder, and if any one is known to use intoxicating liquors, the children feel boumrto reason with him until they suc ceed in inducing him to sign the pledge. His own reformation was effected by a child of the cold water army. His em ployment was some miles from the place of his residence, and he only came home i on Saturday nights. One evening he re turned home quite high, and the first place he went to was a tavern in order to finish the work ; but behold ! the decan ters had been removed during the week, and the house had been converted into a temperanco tavern. Seeing a boy just outside the door, he gave him his tin pail and a quarter of a dollar and told him to go to a neighboring store and buy him some rum ; ihe boy took the money und went outside the door; after some time he 9aw the boy and asked him for the liquor. Why, I can’t get it without the money said the boy. He was too intox icated to remember that he had already given him money, so he fumbled in his pocket and gave him some more. The boy went out again, and after an inter val asked for more money, and thus he went on until he had obtained ail his cash—soon aftfer he fell asleep. The next morning he awoke, his helld ached, his bones were sore, for he had slept on a bench, and he felt as bad as a man could feel. After rubbing his eves, he felt in his (lockets and found his money was all gone. What could he have done with it / He soon began to accuse the people about him of having picked his pocket, and the more they denied it, the more certain he was that they were guilty. The little boy stood by and waited until he had fretted long enough. Then he told him how it was, and kindly exhorted him to reform. The gentleness of the boy’s manner, and the earnestness and sincerity of his pleadings, joined to his narrow escape from losing his earnings, made a deep impression upon his mind ; he thougnt if a man of his years was in debted to a child for the preservation of j his money, it wa9 time for a change, and he suffered the boy to lead him to the i Secretary of the Temperance Society— he signed the pledge, and the result is as j we have stated.— [Columbia TTasA. j Scenes at Temperance Meetings. •—Often have we watched with interest the motley group assembled to hear a lecture. The inebriate reeling under the influence of the intoxicating draught, the moderate drinker assuming a seli-deter mined air, as though he would say, “I can take care of myself”—the dramsell er exhibiting in his changing counten ance the varied workings of his heart, now red w th anger, as he is charged with being the cause of the drunkard’s woes, now sinking back with shame, and hiding himself from the light, as the fear ful picture of the drunkard’s ruin and his family’s wretchedness are drawing; but none, through all that varied group, have we noticed with greater interest, or more intense feeling, than the members of the drunkard’s family. With what an air of anxiety the wife hangs upon the words of the speaker, as if life or death was in them. How imploringly her eyes are oc casionally turned to the beloved partner of her bosom to read, if possible, the workings of his heart: how anxiously the pledge is watched while passing round the audience, and when the burst ing cheers announce the resolution of some poor slave of alcohol to burst the I chains that bind him, has the heaving j breast, the starting tear, mingled with j the smile of joy, announced the deep in ; terest she had in the work. Great God! we have sometimes thought, is it possible that a work like this, in which the happi ness of families is so deeply involved, that i makes the wretched wife weep for joy, and playful smiles light up the dejected countenance of the child, can stir up the deep malice in the heart of one who wears the human form ? What strange infatu ation has seized upon the rumseller and his victims ? What delusive charm has hell wound round them? Os what infer nal texture is the veil that blinds them ? Western Reserve Washingtonian. Drunkenness.—Surrounded by these horrors produced by intoxication, seeing the hopeless misery and shame it induces, it appears surprising that any American citizen, with a spark of reason, can con tinue to resort to the fatal bowl for stim ulus or oblivion. Such a scene as that described by the editor of the New York True Sun i 3 worth a dozen homilies. Read it:—ln passing along the eastern side of the Park on Monday last we saw a iaboring man, ragged and unshaven, sitting on the ground, with his back propped against the railing, asleep and snoring loudly. His lower jaw had fall en, his eyes were half open and his balls roiled with a quick spasmodic motion, while the saliva trickled from one side of his mouth and formed a filthy pool in the hollow of his neck. He appeared to be about fifty years of age, his head was bald, and upon it, for his hat was crown less, poured the full blaze of the sun. Be side him lay a piece of fresh meat, some salt fish and a loaf of bread, covered with dust and straws. On his knees was a dirty handkerchief, apparently contain ing tools, and in his hand, duelled tight even in sleep a bottle ! The wife and children of that man—or rather beast— perhaps passed the day without food. The picture we have drawn is a dis gusting one, but it is faithful; and let the young man just entering upon a course of dissipation, reflect that if he persists in habits of intemperance, a similar sketch may one day be recognised as his own portrait. Facts for the People. —Our readers will recollect, says the Boston Journal, that a short time since, (only about three years) there were more State prison con victs than there were cells, and that the project was entertained by the Legisla ture of erecting another building for the suitable accommodation of all criminals. At that time, Rev. Jarid Curtis, the wor thy Chaplain of the prison, said that if measures could be adopted to urge for ward the temperance reform, no addi tional building would be required, but that on the contrary there would soon be cells “ to let.” And his prediction has been fulfilled. The Temperance cause has gone for ward, and the manufacture of, and the trnfiic in, spirits has greatly diminished— thousands of inebriates have been reform ed—and upwards o fforty cells in the State prison are now without tenants ! Savannah Republican. Northern Kentucky. —A Temper ance Convention was recently held in Northern Kentucky. A procession was formed, and marched to the church, which was crowded with ladies and gen tlemen. Thomas F. Marshall was the principal Speaker, who appeared with the gold medal presented by the Lady Mar shall Society of this city, about his neck. The address is said to he one of that gen tleman’s happiest efforts.— Organ ■J Wash. j Can’t be Denied. —So long as there | are ruth-shops in the land, just so long | will men hp destroyed by intemperance, i Let rumseflers remember this, and those |of them wno have hearts to feel for the misery of their fellow men, at once get out of the business, and determine, in providing for their own wants, not to do tfiat which destroys the peace and com petence of others. 03“ Do you ask to seethe evils of in temperance ? Behold the degraded hus band, the abandoned wife, the afflicted father, and the disconsolate mother, the youth with high aspirating hopes, fall en victims to the relentless monster—be hold all these, we say, and can you in your conscience oppose the efforts which are now making to make people sober. H AVI Li AN O, HISLEY At CO. Near the Mansion House, Globe, and U. Slates . Hotels, Augusta, Ga. DEALEEI IN Choice Drags and Medicine*,' Chemical*, Patent Medicines, t Surgical «s Denial Instruments Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, tills, Dye-Stufl's, Window Glass, &c. &c. June 17 2 ly : 1 for sale - ' i he subscriber has on hand ; 150,000 Common Brick, *25,000 Well Brick, and j 10,000 Cornish and Water Table Brick, suitable for binding for Doors, Yards or Garden Walks ; • all of which are well burnt, and for sale low, at : the yard, or can be delivered at any place in the > city or on the Sand Hill. His residence is near the yard. Orders left at the post office will be immediatek attended to 1 | July 11 3m] S. L. BASSFORD. KEJIEDY FOR WORMS. TPHE Compound Syrup of Pink Root, prepared by the subscriber, from the origin al receipt of the late Dr. M. Antony. This pleasant and safe preparation is recom mended, as one of the effectual remedies for expelling Worms from the system. For tale, in quantities to suit purchasers. July 1 4 tf] WM. HAINES, Jr. Georgia Agricultural Repository, Iron and Brass Foundry. 'T’HE subscribers (successors to Rob ert Philip & Son,) having completely re futed and added additional Machinery to their Shops, are prepared to execute any orders they may be favored with, for Agricultural Imple ments or Castings, in either Brass or Iron, with neatness and despatch, and at as low, if not iow 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 1 8t BRASS~& IRON FOUNDRY. 'T'HE subscriber has now on hand a large stock of the raw materials, of the best quality, for Mill and Gin Gear, also, first rate patterns of every description of Machinery, at bis Foundry, in the rear of the Presbyterian Church, on the Road from Augusta to Savannah --where he is prepared to do all kinds of business in his line, as low as any other establishment in the city. He flatters himself that he will be able to give satisfaction to all who may entrust their work to his care. Orders left at ihc Foundry, or with any of the merchants of Augusta, wij be promptly attended to. July! 4 6m] P. H. MANTZ. ~caEJip~B o oks. I>ERIODICALS, 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, 1 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 12| to 25cts—A numerous collection of Pamphlets, Papers, Periodicals, &c. just received —also, Alison’s History of Europe, Family Li brary, Biand’s Encyclopedia, Graham’s Maga zine, Ladies’Book, Artists and Ladies World, Miss Leslie’s Magazine, Musical Library, &c. fj" 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 Literatuie and Tem perance, are invited to call—small favors thank fully received and large ones in proportion. June 10 ] ts PRINTERS AND BINDERS WAREROOMS. Nos. 20 and 31 Gold-street, Neio York. PRICES GREATLY REDUCED. m The ‘HOE’PRINTING PRESS, MA CHINE AND SAW MANUFACTORY, in consequence of the addition of new and improved Machinery to their works, and the reduction in the cost of materials and labor, are 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 reier. This establishment is still under the personal superintendence of RICHARD M. HOE and! ROBERT hOE, and they assure their friends that notwithstanding the great reduction in pri ces, all articles manufactund by this establish ment shall retain the high reputation which they have hitherto sustained—lt will also be their con stant endeavor to improve the quality of them in every particular. They flatter themselves also, that their old friends will not only continue theirs, but that printers generally will appreciate their endeavors to furnish the very best ariicles at barely remunerating priies. Orders from all parts of the country for all ar ticles U'-ed by Printers, and Binders, including Type, Ink, Paper, etc., will be executed with the greatest care and promptitude, and on the best terms. Jobbing work and repairing will be done at the lowest possible prices, with every attention and expedition. N. B.—Ail articles manufactured by this es tablishment will be stamped R. HOE & CO , so that persons from abroad may not be imposed u[>- oq with spurious articles made in imitation of theirs. Printers of Newspapers who publish this ad vertisements, with this note, three times hefore the first of July next, and send one of their pa pers to us, will be entitled to payment of their bill on buying four times the amount of it. June 17 2 St REDUCTION IN Price of Printing Types. JOHN T. WHITE, Type Founder, No. 45 Gold-street, New-York, third door from Fulton-street, has on hand an unrivalled assortment ot Printing Types, Ornaments, Bor ders, Rules, &c. of the best metal, and cast from original mattrices. The reputation of this Foun dry is well known throughout the country, and he is determined to sell at the following REDUCED PRICES. ° P' ca 32 cents a lb. Small Pica 34 do Long Primer 36 do Burgeois 40 do Brevier 46 do Minion 54 do Nonpareil 66 do Agate 86 do Pearl 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 Istot'July, 1843, and send one of the papers to the Foundry, will i be entitled to payment of their bill on buying , three times the amount of it. j June 10 15t FOR SALE, —a Bargain ! MA Two Story HOUSE and LOT, on Reynold street, near J.incoln-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 oflF.cc. J unc 24- 3 ts" PROSPECTUS OP THE AUGUST! WASHINGTONIAN, VOL. 11. DEVOTED TO TEMPERANCE, AGRICCLTVB* AND miscellany: PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, At Augutta, Georgia, By JAMES McCAFYERTY. In commcnceing the second volume of this pa per, the publisher lias 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 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 tew 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 must take placp, 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- I er —as Agriculture, Science, a Prices Current of I the Market, Exchange Table, &c. In short, the I publisher will endeavor to make this paper what I it should lie—an able advocate of Temperance, I and a useful Family Paper, strictly moral in its I bearing. The “Washingtonian” will be published ] EVERY Saturday, (on a Sheet £0 x 2fi inches,; | at the unpreccdeutal low price of One Dollar 1 per annum, always in cdrance--thus placing it 1 within the means of all who dcsitc an excellent I Family Paper, at a very cheap rate, to obtain it 1 The uublisher looks confidently to all the friends ] of T entperance and Morality, to aid him in carry- I ing successfully, this enterprise into effect—ami J with their aid, it can he done. JT j CLUBBI.NG.—To perrons who will club j togethi r, and forward to the publisher, ( ree it j postage) Five Dollars, in current funds, will bo j entitled to six copies, and so in proportion. For j a package of twenty-six papers, to one address, ' I wenly Dollars. s|s* All Post Masters are respectfully request ed to act as agents. Jjf* All communications, by mail, must be f post paid, to receive attention. By the rules of I the General Post-Office, Post Masters may j frank subscription money for Newspapers. June 6th, 1843. Editors inserting the above prospectus, ot noticing the appearance of our paper, through j their columns, will confer a favor which we j shall be happy to reciprocate. The Southern Miscellany: A SOUTHERN FAM'LY NEWSPAPER NEUTRAL IN POL ITICS AND RELIGION. Illustrated scilhjine Engravings on Wood. W. T. Thompson, Editor. C. It. liaiilclter, Publisher. THE “Miscellany” is the only paper 1 of the class published at the South, and has hcen tn existence little better than a year, during which time it has acquired an extensive circula tion thr. ughoutthe Southern and Southwestern States. It is a strictly Neutral Family Newspa per-embracing Moral and Sentimental Tab s Sketches of Adventure and Tra v el— Moral and Scientific Essays— Fire-side Readings—Select Poetry—Readings lor Youth— Sean,liable Ag ricultural Matter—Historical Sketches—Foreign and Domestic Intelligence—Commercial Items— Amusing Miscellany—Congressional, Legisla tive and Political News—Humorous Amcdoies —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 T-Obscene Anecdotes—Personal Billingsgate, and Puffs of Quack Medicines that make up the chief 6taple of most of those pointless publica tions that are specially devoted to every tliino, and designed to circulate every where. The “Miscellany” is issued every Saturday- Morning, on an imperial sheet at Two Dollars and fitly Cents, invariably in advance. New subscribers to the second volume (wtiich commenced on the first of April, 1843.) will be entitled to a copy of “Major J nrs’ Courtship,” free of charge Q- Any person re mitting the names of Five new subscribers, (with the money.) will be entitled to the sixth copy of the paper and pamphlet, gratis. All letters relating to the business of the office, must be post-paid, and addressed to C. R. HANLEITER. Madison, Morgan county, Ga. Madison, May Ist, 1843. !M©To©l b AS I design being absent from the Citv of Augusta, for about three months, I leave Messrs N. K. Butler & Co as my agents, until my return j 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 aa 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 6c. Hope, Baker & Hutchens, Stovall & Hamlen, P. A. Scranton, O. H. Lee, C. Lindsey, ami others. Any persons having commands about or to wards Columbus, ! should like to attend to them I design leaving Augusta about the 13th jnst, therefore persons having commands in that di rection, can call on me by that time, or write to me while in Columbus. JESSE WALTON. June 10 1 3t SffiMiKgisb T HE subscribers have on hand at their new store, a few doors below the Bask of Augusta, a general assortment of Paper and Blank Books, And will continue to increase their Stock during i the summer from the Greenville Factory, South Carolina, manufactured on the late improved system of pa per 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 wi! save commissions, freight, &c. by dealing here Orders for either paper or'books, address ed to B. Dunham, Greenville, S. C., or to thr subscribers, will he promptly attended to DUNHAM & BLEAKLY Augusta, June 10. If? 13 1