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EDITORIAL COMMUNICATIONS. |i
The Dialogue between the Washingtonian ;
and the Rumseller—concluded. I
R. S. The idea of having the disgust- <
ng carcass of a dead drunkard fastened
o me throughout eternity, has haunted
ny imagination, sleeping and waking
iver since our last interview —What is
he terrible reality you would indicate by
his shocking figure ?
W. It is, that, as God so loved man
tind as to send his beloved son to suffer
(bleed and die, to save them from their
kins, they who contravene this work and
labour to retain men in their sins, are in
s open and daring rebellion against the be
nevolence of God, and must necessarily,
nless stronger than He, subject them
elves to the most direful punishment of
,-hich we can form any conception :—it
s, that, as He so tenderly loves those
rho are saved from their sins, as to pro
nise rewards to all who shall give them
veil a cup of cold water, and to threaten
readful afflictions to those who in any
t-ay ensnare and offend them,* they who
ndcavor to entice them to sin, are heap
ig up for themselves a vengeance, the
Rorrors and terrors of which no language)
Wan describe, and therefore we are com
[ jelled to appeal to Paul’s figure, and tc
Av—4 Who shall deliver them from tlu
jodv of this death ?”
I R. S. This awful view of human re
j»v>nsihility utterly confounds me ! aad I
Bail see no escape from its truth !
Wt Escape ! no? You could as soon
scape from the jaws of all-devourin' 1
eath. lie who lives for selfish ends at
tinablc, only through mischief to others
i living for an agonizing doom, more
orrible than that which the victims of
|i [czentius and other ancient tyrants en.
ured.
R. S. But is there no escape from this
I oom? Or are wc, like Macbeth, “in
lood, stept in so far, that, should wt
| rade no more, returning were as tedious
i sgo o’er ?”
IT. There is unquestionably great dis-
Ilculty in your return ; but the longer it is
icstponed the greater tho difficulty, for
wery day adds to the crime, ignorance
aan t and suffering, w hich your traffic
auses. But remember, it is return, or—
'the body of this death” ! Oh ! let this
hought induce you at once, to stop your
rade of death—to make all the amends
n your power—and to fly to him who
;ave Paul deliverance—He will not be
css kind to you! Let mo add one other
I'%ord of encouragement —they who re
3rm from their vices and redress the
>'rongs they have done, arc the greatest
ion in the world—Buonaparte and Alex
nder dwindle to mere pigmies when
ompared to them ! H.
“ I was gratified wiirn you'made the original!
uggnstion lor a State Convention. I was ais 1
le.iaed to sec 111 at your Brother oi' the Baniiei!
ois so prompt to improve upon your hint in get '
ing up a Convention at Penfieid.”
Here, Messrs. Editors, are two sen
ences from you paper of August 19th.
’heir correctness is endorsed by your
orrespondent “ C,” who is very correct
v “supposed” by the last Banner to be
Sqr. Chapman.”
I will not stop to discuss this breach
-f Editorial propriety, in first supposing
rho the author of a Communication is
ind then indulging in uncalled for and
inbecoming personalities towards one
vhomight not have been the writer: nor
rill I retort in either tho spirit or lan-
Tiage of the Banner. It would neither
e consonant with my feelings, norinac
ordance with the uniformly calmn and
ignified character of the Washingtoni
n ; and besides I greatly question wheth-
Tthe game would be v:orth the ammunition .
The above remarks from my Comma
icationof August 19th Messrs. Editors
-ere merely casual—intended mainly to
xcite to action and energy the friends
fa State Convention, and not to moot
le questions which has been so unne
issarilv sprung l )y the Banner. The
hole article from which they were ta
lin gras mild and dispassionate— mark-
Iby calmness and civility. Nothing nor
mal or offensive can be fairly attributed -
them by any high minded and unbiased
Ivocate of a dignified cause. The in
rence must be the result of personal
eakness and conscious guilt.
I consider the matter of no materia' 1
iportance ; but as the Banner has made
e issue, I must say that I thank him for
rnishing the proof of the perfect cor 1
ctness of my first sentence, which gives
the W ashingtonian the credit of the
iginal proposition. He says the sug- 1
stion was made by “ Watchman” un- s
rdateof May 21st—that it was discussed i
jin the Penfieid Society and finally'pub-h
jlished in the Banner of June 15th. He 1 ,
Admits that a similar call is contained in ,
the Washingtonian of June 17th, i.e. one
day before the Banner reached Augusta!
The proposition therefore was original J
and my statement is correct both in sub- <
stance and letter. All the Banner can ]
make out with his proofs and his passion. r
is only the ca-lemporancous publication,
and though his correspondents may have
suggested it and though it may have been 1
discussed prior to tho 15th June, that 1
does not impair the originality of the <
Washingtonian ; for without any know- j
ledge of what was doing in the interior, (
similar suggestions were made and sim
ilar discussions had at the very first meet- I
ing of the Editoral Committee early in '
June!
So much for the truthfulness of my j
. first sentence. In regard to the second
1 would be almost inclined to acknowl
edge myself in error but for one circum
stance. The Editor of the Banner is
. death upon statistics —a very Dilworth
pin figures—and he moves along swim
mingly in his dates till he comes to the,
letter of “Sam Jones,” where he is al
fault and prints it June—,lß43.!! Did
that letter have any date? it' so why
suppress it? Why attempt to mislead
i and deceive! The truth is this letter is
: n reply to “ Watchman” published June
! loth. Sarn Jor.cs lives according to the
Banner “ 60 miles distant”—and that pa
aer is published only once a fortnight,—
he letter therefore could not have been
written or published before the last of the
month! in fact it is "hot certain that
, it was published before the 12th of
luiy! The Editor’s figures we “sup
mfee” would not prove, therefore, school
i boy-like, he left them out! Shame on
- -such a lecturer on truth and honesty—a
man who can’t defend a just cause b\
fair means cannot he admitted as a mor
il teacher until he can present certifi
cates to shew that his practice coincides
' with his professed principles.
Messrs. Editors, I am done with this
matter. I have no cause of grievance
» towards the Banner, or its sapient Editor.
1 ain a total stranger to the one and have
never seen more than three or four Nos.
of the other. I am willing to “live and
' lie” without a more intimate acquaint
tnee with either—for from the specimen>
before me, the precarious and languish
ing condition of our cause in Georgia, is
no longer a mystery. Ifyou have erred
at all, it has been in giving the man and
his paper infinitely more credit and more
■ importance than they deserve. Those
. who have been raised under the lash sel
( domcan appreciate the gentler influence
of the rein.
You have heard of “ the tempest in
the tea-pot,” and how the little thing
spouted and sputtered precisely in pro
■ portion to its frailty and its want of ca
. pacify to retain its steam. Let me ex
hort the Banner, in the future adjustment
of his safety valve, to remember the frail
y and worn out condition of his copper
.arid to take good care lest there should
be a foul and fatal collapse.
I have had no intention to reflect upon
the Penfieid Convention or its proceed
ings—That it was too hurriedly gotten
11 up to permit those at a distance to parti
jcipate in its action, I believe—that it did
I good, I admit—that it was composed oi
high minded, intelligent and conscien
, tious gentlemen, I have no doubt, —and
that the publisher of the Banner got all
he could out of the concern, I presume
will be most readily admitted by those
who know him best. “C.”
•sr:—... ‘.V- i. 1 a
COMMUNICATED.
“The Banner has been for years la
boring to the same point—has had many
i difficulties to struggle with, but is now
ihreutened with one never dreamed of be
fore. It was the least of our calculation
to find the field for such publications so
profitable or honorable as to call into ac
tion a spirit of rivalry that would not tol
erate us to do the best wc could for our
selves. It is our disposition to avoid con
troversy, but it does appear quite plain
that the Augusta Washingtonian intends
to crowd it upon us, whether or not.”
Messrs. Editors :—l sec the above no
table words in the Penfieid Temperance
Banner of Sept. Ist. Now two things in
this extract strike my mind most strange-
: y*
1. The first is, the hostility attributed
to the Washingtonian in regard to the
Banner ; —it would puzzle any body else,
to find where, how, and when it has been
exhibited. I have been your constant
reader and have never known a single
remark unfavorable to the B. to appeal J
in your columns. On the contrary 1 have (
observed a uniform courtesy and an evi- ;
lent hearty good will. The Augusta 1
Washingtonian “crowd controversy upon £
the Banner whether or not ”! There is 1
not the faintest semblance of such a dispo
sition from the Ist number of the Wash-
ingtonian, to tho 13th. Shame to him f
1
—■TTrßii Mil irilirra II ■! mil ■■ nun i
; ~7~ ' —r ’ **" " " ■■ ■ . -
who causelessly and traitorously turns his
weapons from the enemy Os his cause
against its friends, and they his own friends
too! Whatever be the motive for so un
accountable a proceedure, the friends
of temperance in Georgia will hold the
Editor ol the Banner responsible for his
mischief-making rashness.
2. The second point that strikes me
unpleasantly in the above extract from the
Banner, is that its author seems incapable
jofiinagining any other motives for enter
jing upon such an undertaking as that
oflhe Augusta Washingtonian, but the ex-
Jpectation of finding it “ profitable or hon
orable.” Now lam so antiquated as to
believe in the existance of the benevolent
feelings in the breast of man:—And where
men are engaged in a good work I am
very apt to attribute to them benevolent
motives, unless I see at least some toler
able reasons for suspecting something
sinister. But the Editor of the Banner
views things differently. He sees in the
'proceedings of the Temperance Society
of this place, requesting certain gentle
men to conduct the editorial department
of the Washingtonian—-in their acceding
to that request —in the enlargement of the
paper—and in all its course since—noth
ing but hostility to him ! Now I venture
to affirm that not more than one in twenty
oft hose who took part in these proceed
ings, had ever so much as heard of the
Temperance Banner of Pcntield. If even
so large a proportion as this were at that
time aware oflhe existence of that paper
they word much more learned in the min
ute mailers of the interior than the writer
of this communication.
| I think, Messrs. Editors, that the secret
!of all this blustering leaked out in these
j words—“a spirit of rivalry that would not
tolerate us in doing the best we. could for
ourselves.” Why, gentlemen, I, poor in
nocent soul, have all along been thinking
that the editor of a Temperance Paper
should strive to “do the best he could”
for his cause: —it must be confessed thai
the Editor of the Banner views things
somewhat differently—he is for “doing
'he best he can for ldnisclf ”/ Really I
have a great deal to learn in regard to the
principles of the temperance movement
before [ shall get all right, according to
the Banner’s standard of ‘ what’s what.”
If its, “all game” I must begin to look
around me and “do the best I can for
inysclf.” I hope I shall meet no “spirit
of rivalry” from my brother Washingto
nians to interfere with my praise-worthy
undertakings.
Here then is the point. The Washing
tonian appears in such a dress nnd under
such auspices that the Editor of the Ban
ner is excited to wrathful jealousy. He
looks with ill-concealed alarm upon the
issue of a paper twice the size of his own
and twice as often for the same price.
And on the enlargement of his paper to
equal yours in size he still smarts under
the fear that your appearance twice as
often as the Banner will operate against
his interests.—Gentlemen, you have touch
ed him on a tender spot when you seemed
to threaten the profits of his establish
ment. You have moreover put him to
the expense ofenlarging his paper—and.
rely upon it, he will not soon forgive you
that grudge. “I see clearly that the head
and front of your offending” is that ir,
his view you have not left him “to do
THE BEST HE COULD FOR HI3I3ELF.”
An old fashioned Washingtonian.
To make oood Coffee. —First, pro
cure the best coffee in the market;
wash it very clean, and roast it to the
colour of a golden brown, but not o
deeper shade by any means. Then
take the whites of three eggs to each
pound of coffee, mix very carefully with
the coffee while warm, and immediately
.ransfer to earthen vessels, tying them
over with bladders to render them air
tight. Take from these vessels sufficient
coffee for one making only at a time:
grind it, place it in a fine muslin bag, sus
pend it about mid-way in the pot, turi
on the boiling water, and put on the cov
er, to prevent the escape of steam. B\
this mode the coffee will be very strong
but it is best to reduce it by the additioi
of boiling-hot milk, when it will form i
most delicious beverage, very differen
indeed, from that which is produced b\
boiling the ground coffee in water. An*,
to be convinced of the fact, that by tht
above method, which is simply infusion
all the virtues of the coffee may be ob
tained, it is only to take the dreg 3 left in
the bag, and boil them inwater for a con
siderable time the result will be, a black,
bitter, nauseous, feverish woody extract,
without a trace of the fine flavour of cof
fee, and answering to the name by which
it was known on its first introduction intc 1
use, according to the account published j
in the eighth volume of the “Harleian |
Miscellany,” namely, “ the devil’s black
broth !” The making of tea is by infu- :
sion, not decoction; who ever thinks
of boiling tea I — Farmer's Cabinet. i
AUGUSTA PRICES 5! ft)
CURRENT, §• =;
Carefully Corrected Wff.hly. ~
Bacg.ng , Hem|>
Tow
Gunny
Bale Rope
B.aCoN, Hog round
Hams
Shoulders
i Sides
Bef.p, Smoked
.Butter, Goshen
North Carolina...
Country f ..
1 Coffee, Green prime Cuna.
Ordinary to good..
St. Domingo.....
Rio
Laguira
Porto Rico
Java
I Mocha
Candles, Sperm
1 Tallow, Georgia.
, do. Northern.
Cheese, American
English
> Crackers, Augusta made..
Northern
r Cigars, Spanish
American
Corn
- Fodder
] Fisu, Herrings
Mackerel, No. 1
< do. No. 2 ....
do. No. 3 ....
Flour, Cana!
Baltimore
i- Western
Country f:
Feathers
) jINOKIi
Gun power, Duponts fff. .
B asting
j Glass, 10 x 12
8* 10
1 iron, Russia
Swedes, assorted
1 loop
: Sheet
i Nail Rods
. Lead, Bar
Sheet
I Leather, Sole
Upper
Calf Skins
r Lard
! Molasses. N. Orleans....
' Havana
English Island..
Nails
* Oils, Lamp.
j Linseed
, Tanners
Oats
t Peas
Paints, Red Lead
1 White Lead
I Spanish Brown...
\ ellow Ochre
■ Pepper, Black
- Raisins, Malaga
M uscatel
Bloom
. Rice, Prime
Inferior to good
*' Sugars, New Ors-ans
Havana wiiitc
tlo. brown
Muscovado
? St. Croix
Porto Rico
1 Lump...
Loaf
Double refined
3 Spice
r Soap, American, No. I
do. No. 2....
5 Salt, Liverpool ground...
t do. do
Si'EEL, German
Blistered
j Shot, ail sizes
I obacco, N. Carolina
Virginia
5 Twine
I’ea, B >hea
Souchong
j Hyson
Gunpowder
' List of Paymsnts to the Washingtonian.
ClT' The following persons have paid their subscrip
tion to the Washingtonian, up to Jane 10th,1844.
Ait.lata—Jose Kent, (. B Martin, Wm 11 Tant, Jt
Austin. Malloryiville—Benj H Jordan. Dr.y
r'iNviu.E. S. <; —Wn. M Dunn. Pickens CH,S. C.
Nathan Boon, Esq.
[ SOUTH CAROLINA COURTS.
' r- „ S Return Day, September 16th.
j i J Court sits October Ist &2d weeks.
;o..«ajS;7 i 2 , &teS. 30,k
, O’ Business committed to the undersigned
will receive prompt attention.
Sept. 9 ts S. T. CHAPMAN.
I
i j.AW NOTICE. — The undersigned ha
. ving associated thcmselve» in the practice ol
Law un ter the firm of S N E A D &MIL
LEDGE, will devote their unremitting atten
ion to the duties of their profession, and solicit
or the firm the businessof tiieir individual friends.
They will practice in all the counties of the 1
'diddle, and Lincoln and Warren Counties oi
he Anrtnern Circuit; also, the Court ot Com i
non Pleas <.f this City. j
Une of them may at all times during business 1
ours, lie found at their olfce in the Liw Range. (
ver the Post office. JOHN C. SNFAD,
JOHN MILLEDuE-
Augusta, Ga. August Biii, 1843.
Aui> 12 10 ts
i)R. JOHN MILLEN, Office No. 1 IT 1
North side Broad-street, below Eagle and p
Phoenix Hotel, Augusta, (June 10 ly
EXCHANGE TABLE—Specie Basis. ;
Augusta Notes.
Mechanics’ Bank par.
Brunswick Bank ~ “
Bank of Augusta.... **
Augusta Insurance & Banking C 0.....
Branch Georgia Hail Road..” “
Branch State of Georgia
Savannah Notes.
State Bank “
Marine and Fire Insurance Bank.... . *'
Planters’ Bank “
Central Rail Road Bank 10 di*.
Country Notes.
State Bank Branch, Macon par
Other Brandies State Bank "
Commercial Bank. Macon
Milliedgeville Bank , . ■ V
Georgia Rail Road Bank, Athens'. ..... w
City Council of Augusta *•
Ruckersville Bank “
Brunch Marine & Fire Insurance Bank "
St. Mary’s Bank *•
Branch Central R. R. Bank, Macon .. 10 ciis.
Central Bank 10 a 12 11
Exchange Bank of Brunswick No sale.
Insurance Bank ol Columbus, Macon.. “ 11
Pnoenix Bank, C01umbu5....... “
Bank of Hawkinsville 5 dis.
City Council of Milfedgcville Uncertain.
City t.'ouncil «.f Macon “
City Council of Columbus 20 dis.
Monroe Rail Road Bank Broke
Bank ol Darien and Branches “
Chattahoociiic R. R. and Banking Co..
Western Bank ol Georgia “
Bank of Columbus “
Planters & Mechanics Bank Columbus “
Bank of Ocmulgcc “
Georgia R pr. ct. Bonds lor specie,.... 73 pr.
Georgiaß pr.ct. Bonds 90 cts.
South Carolina Notes,
Charleston Banks par.
Bank of Hamburg .V “
Country Banks “
Alabama Notes 17 a 20 is.
Checks.
New York Sight \ prem.
Boston j 1 “
Philadelphia/. j “
Baltimore $ ••
Lexington \ *<
Richmond, Va par.
Savannah <«
Charleston “
QAMUEL T. CHAPMAN, Attorney
at Liw, will att nd the Courts of Law and
Equity in the Districts of Edgefield, Orangeburg
'•)d Barnwell, S. C. Also, the several Courts of
Richmond and adjacent Counties, Geo.
Return day for Elgefield, September 16th.
“ “ “ Barnwell, October 7th.
15* Off.ce, three doors above the Bank of Au
gusta, Ga. Sept. 2 13 ts
REMEDY FOR WORMS.
HP HE Compound Syrup of Pink Rocf,
prepared by t!ie 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 sale, in
quantities to suit puichasers.
July 1 4 tf] WM. HAINES, Jr.
HAVIL.AND, HISL.EY & CO.
Near the Mansion House, Globe, and U. Slates
Hotels, Augusta, Ga.
DEALFKS IN
Choice Drugs and .Medicines,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
t Surgical & Dental Instruments
Perfumery, Brushes,
Paints, Oils,
Dye-Stuffs,
Window Glass, &c. &c.
June 17 2 Jy
LIVERY AND SALE
I/, j”, STABLES. The undersigned
C lv Vlf res P ect,ull y informs his friends ana
i>- r - the public, that he has taken iho
s on cllis street, formerly known as Gu*d
ron’s Lower Stables, and more recintly kept by
Mr. N. Ballingal. which arc now undergoing
thorough repair. These Stables are large, airy
and commodious,with splendid Dry lots attached.
Every attention will he paid to the’ Drovers, and
charges moderate, according to the times.
1 will also keep on hand Vehicles ofevery de
scription and fine Horses, to hire, on reasonable
terms. CHARLES McCOY.
Augusta, August 12 10 4m
TIN MANUFACTORY.
jp INNER’S Work of every description
made to order, at short notice, such as
BATHING TUBS,
I ACTORY CANS,
CYLENDERS
OIL STANDS, (from 1 up to 100 gallons.)
PATENT COFFEE POTS, of all sizes, to
suit hotels or private families,
1 PA'I ENT BOILERS, for washing or heat
ing water lor Baths.
175" All the above mentioned articles made of
’ Double tin.
A regular assortment of TIN WARE kept
constantly on hand, to suit merchants or pedlers.
All kinds of ROOFING and GUTTERS
made and repaired, i.ow for cash.
The above business superintended by
E E. SCOFIELD,
Jackson-street, between the Globe Ho
tel and Rail Road Depot.
Augusta, June 17 2 ly
I 8 BRICK FOR SALE.—
1 v)WVu The subscriber has on hand
150,000 Common Brick, 25,000 Well Brick, also
| 10,000 Cornish and Water Table Brick, suitable
for.binding for Door 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 ieltat the post office will be
immediately attended to.
July 1 4 3m] S. L. BASSFORD.
BRASS a IRON FOUNDRY,
'T'HE subscriber has now on hand a
large stock of the raw materials, of the best
quality, tor Mill and Gin Gear, also, £>st rate ijSjt
patterns of every description of Machinery, at |
his Foundry, ?*i the rear of the Presbyterian
Church, on the Road from Augusta to Savannah
—where he is prepared to do all kindsof business,.
•n his line, as low as any other establtsitmt isi in
.lie city. He flatti-rs himself that he v.ih he able
o give satisfaction to ail who may entrust their
work to his care. Orders left at the Foundry, or
•vith any of the merchants o£ Augusta, wij be
prnmiitlv attended to. Jf ‘
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box ' 75 100
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