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■gEl!g|»j._, . ™_L giygLll’l'SlJ. - FrSrn the Baptist Register. The author of these lines is a member of the Bar, and the reflections were suggested f by pick ng up a skuil in one of his evening walks in a field. THE SKULL,. This preachcrf silent yet severe, Proclaims mortality to man — How like this emblem you’ll appear When time has measured out your span. Here once was fix’d the dimpled cheek, And from this sallow’d naked crown, The curling honors, long and sleek, Fell light and negligently down. This part once fortified the brain, The seat of sense in ages fled. From whence might flow the raptur’d strain, Os truths by sacred science bred. Here hung the lips that once couid smile, And here were fix’ll those orbs of light, Extinguished now, corrupt and vile, Suffused in everlasting night. Behold the socket’s empty space Affrights the yet perceiving eye, And spreads pale horror o’er the face Os all that live, alas ! to die. There yet remains, exposed and bare, By dust defiled, of earthly hue, Those teeth that age vouchsafed to spare, A useless and a mouldering few. Gay friend, here hung the listening ear, That fed the soul with sense, by sound ; Here the loquacious tongue; and here The nose in this distorted wound. These all had converse with the soul, Mysterious work, ofhcavenly skill, Clay join’d to spirit formed the whole, And quicken’d dust obey’d the will, God called the life he lent, away; The dust returned from whence it came, The spirit left the stiff ’ning clay, And death dissolved the wond’rous frame. Be witty mortffl, bold and free, Yet own thy knowledge centres here, Ere long thy scalp, like this, shall be, Not worth the sordid sexton’s^care. This once perhaps a statesman’s schemes Os wealth and power contained ; Where now arc all his flatt’ring dreams 1 And where the mighty sums he gain’d 1 Perhaps some former Garrick bore This sculp aloft, with graeetul pride; Alas! his actions charm no more, That one new force to wit supplied. Perhaps, with cunning quibbles filled, ’Tvvas once a lawyer’s, arch and dry ; To obviate ev’ry claim well skilled, He paid one debt, decreed to die. Perhaps some haughty beauty’s charms Adorn’d this bone with white and red; No more the nymph the world alarms, The lily and the rose are fled. Perhaps a crown these temples bound, Before which subject nations bowed ; Now, undistinguished, in the ground, The beggar tramples on the proud. What cause has mortal flesh to boast, Os transient knowledge, wealth or jaiwcr 1 The summons comes, our breath is lost, And all is nothing in an hour. All, all must pass the dreary road, To dust and silence, cold and gloom ; All rest in one obscure abode, The dwelling of the world —a tomb ! Oh! thou whose gift is life bestowed, Yet more in virtue, and in truth, And lead ine through this vale of woe, The staff of age, the guide of youth. Sustain mo in that mortal hour, For then ’tis thine alone to save; And lot me triumph in thy power, A joyful victor o’er the grave. Cambridge, N. Y. Jan. 8, 1810. “TEMPEKANffIJE, From the S. C. Temperance Advocate. SKETCHES. Who was the drunkest?— A sketch THAT WILE BE RECOGNIZED. Tho referee adjourned his Court for a month. —The road of complainant, de fendant and witnesses, lay in the same direction, and they all left the village to gether. A large amount of money was in litigation between the parties, and they had appealed to the honorable Court of Equity to decide upon their rights. Complainant claimed a very large ac count, which defendant stoutly denied. The most experienced lawyers were em ployed, with a fair prospect of three weeks accounting before the Refereee of the CcJUrt. When the parties met again, defend ant called up Squire Q., who proved that complainant, in going home from the lirst reference, admitted the whole of the contested account as perfectly just, and expressed his willingness to pay it. Com plainant and his lawyer were dumb founded. —“Examine him yourself,”said the lawyer, in a pet. Complainant, after losing at the witness for some time, said : Wan’t you drunk, Squire, on the road home?” “ Not I,” said the Squire. “ Was anybody drunk ?” asked the client. “Not exactly,” replied the Squire, “but you and defendant were pretty full." “ He was drunk,” said the client indig s nantly, turning to his lawyer, “and I w ill prove it upon him.” “You can’t do it,” 1 replied the Squire, “I was perfectly so ber.” Another witness, K., was called, who corroborated the Squire. “Wan’t you drunk?” asked the client. “Oh no; I had been drinking a little, to be sure, but I wan’t drunk, by no manner of means.” “Wan’t the Squire drunk?” “ Well, now, the truth is, the Squire was.” The Squire bolted, saying, “Not as drunk as you, K.” A loud laugh an swered this ebullition. “ Call B.” said the Squire, “and he can tell all about it, he was sober.” “ Well, B.” said the lawyer, “ you are the only sober one I have heard of yet. Tell us all about it.” B. contradicted the Squire and K., out and out, and proved the Squire was very drunk, and K. not much better. “Was there no sober man in the company be side you?” asked the opposing counsel. “Yes, C. was; he’s a Washingtonian.” “You are not a Washingtonian yourself?” “No.” “ Who carried the bottle?” “I did,” said 8., slightly blushing. “You did not take any, how-ever ?” “ Yes—a little.” “Ah! there was some racing, wan’t there?” “Yes; K. and I took a gallop.” “Did not some of you get intoj swimming water in crossing the ford ?” “Yes.” “Who?” “I did.” “ I think,” said the referee, “ you had better call C.” “ I will,” said the law yer. “ What account will you give us ?” asked the counsel. “ I did not hear the conversation.” “ Well, who was the drunkest ?” “It is hard to tell,” said C., except the Squire: he was No. 1.” “And the balance?” suggested the law yer. “ Well, I should find it impossible to distinguish between them.” “Doyou include B?” “Certainly.” “Then you feel free to say,” interposed the referee, laughingly, “ that the Squire, after all, was the drunkest?” “I will say this:” said the Washingtonian, “if there was any thing to choose between them, the Squire had it.” { THE SUUIKK. Not the same Squire, but ’tothcr one. The Squire was a kind-hearted, liberal mnn, but he loved his dram. So one day ( he asked his Preacher, after the service was over, so go home with him to din- ' ner. He did so; and the two talked on ■ the Temperance reform all the way home. 1 “Here, Torn, take these horses,” bawled , the Squire, as he and his guest lit at the ( gate. But no Tom answered. “Where’s Tom,” asked the Squire of the cook, as she poked out her head. “ Gone to the still ' house, sir, for a jug of whiskey.” “Gone to i the still-house,” responded the Squire, try- i iDgtogive the cook the wink, “who sent , him ?” But the cook would not under stand. “ You did, sir.” “Pshaw,” said J the Squire, “ I told him to go to-morrow ' morning, as I was expecting some of my 1 friends who take a little. Tom was not t long in returning, and the Squire went | out to rebuke him. The Preacher was , not so blind as the Squire supposed. It was not long before the Squire went out f again, doubtless to rebuke Tom the se- 1 cond time. The good lady was hurrying I the dinner, and the Squire went out, as | the first dish appeared upon the table, to ( give Tom his final rebuke. The conver sation on Temperance had continued.— 1 I’ll tell you what, Parson,” said the 1 Squire, “we must put down this thing of i intemperance. If we, men of influence, | will put our shoulders to the wheel, we , can do it. “Doubtless,” said the Parson, “but as favorably disposed as 1 am to , Temperance, there is one way of putting 1 it down I don’t approve of.” “How is* that?” asked the Squire. “By drink - . ing all the whiskey ourselves,” replied ] the Parson. “Come to dinner,” said the Squire. WHAT A PITY. I Col. Bull, was the most intemperate j man in our village, yet the Colonel was all , unconscious of it. He was drunk morn ing, noon and night—day in, and day out: yet he didn’t know it. Every body said the Colonel would kill himself drinking; but the Colonel did’nt believe it—not he. 1 And he thought his wife and children ’ were great fools for hinting he drank too t much. Somebody told the Colonel that • Capt. Ilumn drank too much. Now, the ■ Captain was, in iact, a sober man. — . “Whata pity!” said the Colonel, when ■ he heard the pitiful tale of Capt. llumm’s - drinking. The Colonel was full and 1 running over, as he stood in the piazza of the grocery, with a set of good fellows ■ around him. “ What a-a-a pity,” said t the Colonel. “ What is it, Colonel ?” - asked a fair specimen. “What—what a-a pity!” ejaculated the Colonel.— 1 “ Well,” said the fair specimen, looking - unutterable things he could’nt well speak, - “You see Capt. Huram coming down the 1 street?” “Yes; what then ?” asked the r specimen. “Why, he’s drunk,” said the Colonel. “You don’t say so? The s Lord help us. I thought the Captain a • sober man—a perfect sockdolager.”— • “Yes; but don’t you see how he keeps t staggering along ? He’s drunk, to a cer jtainty. What a pity Pi “What’s a pity?” P !—! ' — asked the specimen,! “Why, what a pity it is a man can’t control himself in drinking liquor. Capt. Humm is drunk:: whilst I have been drinking for thirty years, and never was drunk in my life.”. As the Colonel said this, he brought a ! lurch, fell upon the floor, and slept till , long after dinner. O. P. The Best Liquor. “ Give us a glass of your best liquor,”! said a toper the other day, as he a shop. The keeper gave him a glass of pure water. The toper, without weakening it, dashed it down his throat at a swallow. He soon began to taste, and taste, seein , ingly not satisfied. “ What the matter,” said the keeper,; “ wasn’t it good ?” “ Why, yes, it was good enough, but it seems to me it wasn’t very strong. What kind of liquor was it?” i “Cold water,” was the reply—“ that’s , the best liquor we have in the shop, and I believe it’s the best in town. As for any otherkind, we have not got any, for 1 left otf selling some time ago. So you’ve saved your three cents, and you’ll feel better tor it afterwards.” “ Well, I’ll be cobbled,” said the to per, “if this isn’t a regular suck in—but I: believe you’re half right for all that.; And as you don’t charge anything for your liquor, I am a good mind to be your customer, and see if I can’t get rid of my head ache and sore eyes.” The shop keeper encouraged him never to drink anything but the best liquor, and he departed. We heard a man boasting of his tem perate habits, the other day, and saying that he never drank except when he want- . ed it, and that he should in spite of all the ’ temperance men in the world, for it was according to the advice of his physician. We recommend the man to sign the Pledge immediately, and get his physician to do the same, and then they would nev er want it. —Organ dg Wash. For the Washingtonian. The Washingtonian is truly a benefac tor of the human race. Animated with the holy desire of doing good—of render ing an inestimable service to his fellow beings, who are suffering and dying for want of his aid, he descends to the deep est dens of vice and misery, and brings the poor drunkard forth to behold the light of heaven! Where lamentations and wailings were formerly heard, and the voice of gladness was hushed and still, now songs of joy arise. Peace reigns in the habitation of the drunkard ; happy, smiling faces greet him as he re turns from his daily toil, —and perhaps for the first time in many long, long years he takes his place at the family board—a sober man! His children, neatly clad, surround him with joyous looks, which plainly show how much they too have been benefitted by the change in their pa rent. If then, the Washingtonian is the one who has caused all this happiness; if he has restored to the arms of an aged father the son of whom no hope was left, — if he has restored to the arms of a son, a parent grown old in misery and wretch ncss, and has caused him to see the error of his way and turn from them—l say, if he has done all this, he is entitled to the appellation of Benefactor of Mankind. And he has done this, and more! By his laudable and praiseworthy exertions, many a being is now’ prosperous and hap py, upon whom the hand of Death had been nearly laid. The man with whom intimate friends had ceased to strive, who had been given up as irrecoverably lost, is saved by a stranger, a Washingto nian ! Thousands on thousands in our land can this day bear willing witness to the power of the Washingtonian—can testify to the value of his assistance. He is not only willing to work in support of the cause, but he considers himself bound by every tie which binds one being to another, to assist in rescueing the drunkard from an untimely grave, and he ceases not to labor until his efforts are crowned with success, complete success. He uses no weapon other than moral suasion—with this he enters into the thickest of the fight, and conquers. His ' services are invaluable; they are not to 1 be appreciated,—they cannot be repaid. [ No ; the Washingtonian looks for a re : ward which is not in the power of feeble : man to give. True, he has the con ! sciousness of knowing that he has done 1 right; he hears the prayer of the mother 5 and wife offered up for him, but a higher . reward yet he is to receive. Has he not ’ a right to the title of Benefactor of his 'race? Surely he has, and if he does not: now receive those thanks and commen- ; dations which are so justly his due, the! day is not far distant when his name will; !be celebrated in story and in verse. And j why should it not be? In days of yore, he who freed his countrymen by force of arms from the chains which galled them was elevated to the skies, —the ipoet’s lyre was tuned to praise,— and now the Washingtonian is laboring to free by peaceful means his country men from still more galling chains, and jshall his name not be celebrated? Aye, 'in after-days, when America shall be known as a nation of Washingtonians, he will receive the praises which will not be rendered now. Augusta, 1843. D. L. A B> ¥ 1 IS T 0 § E MJIMT §7 OF EVERT DESCRIrTfOX, NEATLY AND PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT THE offi!cc of ttje JUasfjinfltontan; —SUCH AS — Business Cards, Steamboat Receipts, Ball Tickets, Rail Road Receipts, Invitation Tickets, Hand Bills, {Circulars, Horse Bills, Checks, Notes, Stage Bills, Bill Heads, Show Bins, Catalogues, Labels, Bills of Lading, Pamphlets, &c Slc. Law Blanks, Os the latest and most approved forms, always on hand or printed to order at short notice, on the most reasonable terms. Printing done in Gold and Silver Bronze , or in various colored Inks, if required. s?*The office is fitted up with a splendid assortment of Materials for the above w’ork, and the proprietor pledges himself to use every exertion to please his cus tcraers, both in price and correctness of execution. LIVERY AND SALE STABLES. The undersigned rcs P cctf ' lll, y informs his friends and A a f in* the public, that he has taken the Stables on Ellis street, formerly known as Gued ron’s Lower Stables, and more recently 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 be paid to the Drovers, and charges moderate, according to the times. 1 will also keep on hand Vehicles of every de scription and fine Horses, to hire, on reasonable terms. CHARLES MeCOY. Augusta, August I‘2 10 im TIN MANUFACTORY. ’~"~ ffMNNER’S Work of every description made to order, at short notice, such as BATHING TUBS, FACTORY CANS, CYLENDERS, OIL STANDS, (from 1 up to 100 gallons.) PATENT COFFEE POTS, of all sizes, to suit hotels or private families, PATENT BOILERS, for washing or heat ing water for Baths. pr All the above mentioned articles made of Double tin. A regular assortment of TIN WARE kept constantly on hand, to suit merchants or podlers All kinds of ROOFING and GUTTER? made and repaired, t.ow for cash. The above, business superintended by E. E. SCOFIELD, Jackson-street, between the Globe 110 tel and Rail Road Depot. Augusta, June 17 2 ly BRASS & IRON FOUNDRY. HDHE subscriber has now on band a large stock of the raw materials, of the best quality, tor Mill and Gin Gear, also, first rate patterns of every description of Machinery, at his Foundry, in the rear of the Presbyterian Church, on the Road from Augusta to Savanna!. —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 he able to give satisfaction to all who may entrust their work to his care. Orders left at the Foundry, or with any of the merchants of Augusta, will be promptly attended to. July 1 4 6ml P. H. MANTZ. FOR SALE,—a Bargain ! A Two Story HOUSEanu 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 Land Agency, AND GENERAL COLLECTING OFFICE, At Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Ga. i For the transaction of business in all the Chero kee counties, comprising Union, Lumpkin, 1 Forsyth, Gilmer, Murray, Dade, Walker, ■ Chattooga, Floyd, Cass, Cherokee, Cobb and . Paulding. Subscriber tenders his services to ■*" the public, in the capacity of a General Land r Agent, to examine Lots as to the quality and sit ' uation—test them in relation to their mining ad ' vantages —sell or lease lots —have titles for lots | in any of the above counties recorded—attend promptly to giving notice of intruders upon land ' or gold lots, and afford every useful and necessa ry item ot information of advantage to owners. ‘ For information of situation, probable I value, &c., of lots, 00 , For selling or leasing lots, 2 00 For testing gold lots: done by private contract. > For information about intruders on land , or gold lots, 100 General collecting business. —I will attend to ■ collecting notes or accounts at twelve and a half per cent, commission. It is necessary that all business entrusted to ? my care should be accompanied by a special pow er of attorney. No letters taken from the post office unless the 3 postage is paid. r WM. H. PRITCHARD. Editors who will .give the above a few r monthly insertions, shall have the same duly ap * preciated in any business entrusted from them to ray care. W. H. P. s Sept. 2 13. ’ PROSPECTUS OF THE I AUGUSTA WASHINGTONIAN, VOL. 11. j DEVOTED TO TEMPERANCE, AGRICULTURE 1 AND MISCELLANY : ti ! PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,! At Augusta, Georgia, I By JAMES McCAFFERTY. In commenceing the second volume of this p.vH - per, the publisher has the gratification to prest-;, f\ r a sheet to the public, which he trusts will. mcv.l ' with their approbation —and he asks from the- 9 ■ friendfy to its prosperity, their aid in extending J I its circulation. Competent gentlemen having kindly acceih 1 i to the call made upon them by the Board ( I , Managers of the Augusta Society, to condui I the Editorial department, the publisher Hatter I , himself that he will be able to place the paper os I a permanent basis, and to give it a much mor I elevated character. Thus-far, the march ofour cause is on war. I and in a few years, it may reasonably be expect! I that if the energy which has characterised t c I members of the Washington Reform, for ti. I past three years, continue, an entire reformation I must take place, and that the greatest curse t I our country, will only be mentioned as among! the evils that were. j The subject of Temperance will be the pron I . nent object of the Washingtonian;” yet tlicr. I will be room fertile stirring events of the dm I and for other items of interest to the general rt a I er —as Agriculture, Science, a Prices Current S i the Market, Exchange Table, &c. In short, ti., I publisher will endeavor to make this paper who I it should be—an able advocate of Temperann I and a useful Family Paper, strictly moral in it I bearing. The “ Washingtonian” will be publish, | EVERY Saturday, (on a Sheet 20 *26 inches I at the unprecedental low price of One Dot.i. ] I per annum, always in advance —thus placing within the means of all who desire an excelin I Family Paper, at a very cheap rate, to obtain r a The publisher looks confidently to all the frier,, i ! of 'i emperancejand Morality, to aid him in earn H ing successfully, this enterprise into effect—an y" with their aid, tt can be done. CLUBBING.—To persons who will cl if * , together, and forward to the publisher, (tree , postage) Five Dollars, in current funds, will ! I entitled to six copies, anil so in proportion. F, i| a package of twenty-six papers, to one addre f| Twenty Dollars. !2r All Post Masters are respectfully request | ed to act as agents. O’ All communications, by mail, must b g post paid, to receive attention. By the rules , I the General Post-Office, Post Masters way I | frank subscription money for Newspapers. June 6th, 1843. Editors inserting the above prospectus, i I, noticing the appearance of our paper, througj.l their columns, will confer a favor which vul shall be happy to reciprocate. The Southern Miscellany: j A SOUTHERN FAMILY NEWSPAPER—NEUTRAL IN PC!. I ITICS AND RELIGION. Illustrated, withJine Engravings on Hood. \V. T. Thompson, Editor. C. H. Hanleiter, Publisher. HE “Miscellany” is the only paper j of the class published at the South, and In -1 been in existence little better than a year, during j which time it has acquired an extensive circuU 1 tion throughout the Southern and Southwestern States. It is a strictly Neutral Family Newspa per —embracing Moral and Sentimental Tales— r Sketches of Adventure and Travel —Moral aul 1 Scientific Essays—Fire-side Readings—Selcd Poetry—Readings for Youth —Seasonable Ag ricultural Matter —Historical Sketches—Foreign and Domestic Intelligence —Commercial Items— Amusing Miscellany—Congressional, Legisla live and Political News —Humorous Anecdote,, —Advertisements, &c. &c.; but the reader will look in vain in its columns for the records , i Horrid Crimes —Bloody Murders—Revolting Outrages--Disgusting details of Licentious Lite —Obscene Anecdotes —Personal Billingsgate, and Puffs of CAuack Medicines that make up tin chief staple of most of those pointless publica tions that are socially devoted to every thing 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. 1 New subscribers to the second volum, (which commenced on the first of April, 1843 will be entitled to a copy of “Major Juries 1 Courtship-,” free of charge Any person re mitting the names of Five new subscribers, (with the money,) will be entitled to the sixth copy oi 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. 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