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■eranges every faculty of nature—drives ■eason fron» her proudest height—and Kms loose the wildest passions of the Human heart, uncurbed, upon the inno cent and helpless; for the intoxicated ftlian disregards the tenderest ties ot na- ( Sture, and inflicts the severest injuries lipon those he should delight to love. j For the Washingtonian. 1— Rock Mills, S. C.. Sept. 16,1843. « Messrs. Editors— The design of the ( kresent communication from me, is to , your readers some account oi the., (advancement and prospects ot the 4 cm- , Fperance Reformation in this District, in; compliance with a request recently pub-j Mshed in the “Washingtonian,” by thej, Editorial Committee, and which, I pre- 1 sume, was meant to extend to your Caro lina as well as to your Georgia subscri bers. Whether the solicitation was made; to your Carolina patrons or not, I have -thought that a small history of the pro klgi-ess and success of the Reformation in fthis District, would not be reluctantly ■jeceived by a majority of the readers of ■t our respectable little sheet in Georgia ; ■ since it must surely be a source ofineffa- Ible delight and gratification to all true-j I hearted Washingtonians every where, to [ hear that the cause of Temperance,| [ humanity and virtue, is advancing with [ rapid strides in other sections of the country as well as in their own. The change that has been effected on the face of society in this District, by means of the discussion and dissemination of Temperance principles, is truly aston ishing, and such as will scarcely be cred ited by any save those who are witnesses lof the fact. I have no hesitancy in de-j (daring that, three years ago, there was! no Di strict in South Carolina, exclusive of those in which the cities and larger towns are located, in which there was consumed annually a large quantity of f intoxicating beverages; and lam equally ! bold in averring that in none has there »been a greater diminution in the con- I sumption of ardent spirits since the Temperance Reformation commenced its ] genial and wholesome operations amongst lus some two years since. Within the j last twelve months societies on the prin f ciplc of Total Abstinence from all that !can inebriate, have been organized at almost every church in the District. The meetings are frequent, and well attended lly all classes of our citizens; and the pledges receive numerous accessions at everv meeting. The cause is warmly supported and defended by the most prominent and influential gentlemen in the Distric* —Lawyers, Doctors, Minis tors of the Gospel—all seem to manifest the most earnest solicitude lor the pros perity and propagation of the god like and glorious doctrines of Washingtonian ism. To judge of the future by the suc . cess that attended the cause for the last two years, it may confidently be con cluded that the reign and terror of Prince Alcohol will ere long haveanend amongst 1 us. Temperance is the order of the day—the monopolizing theme of conver sation amongst all classes of our people— we are all alive to the subject. But one sentiment appears to pervade the breast of every intelligent and rational man, viz. a fixed and unalterable determination to discumher the country from the rule and government of King Alcohol, under whose oppression and tyranny our people have groaned and bled for so many long, long years. The ladies, too, are ever ready and solicitous to succor us in our merito rious and commendable exertions. With such powerful allies as the fair and beau tiful daughters of Georgia and Carolina, ought we, can we, will we fear to go forth bravely to battle, confident of victory ! The ladies have passed the sentence of extermination on King Alcohol, and that sentence must and will be executed at all hazards ! A drunken man is a per fect phenomenon in this community. I positively have not had to shudder at the sight of but barely one in the last six months; and even he promised me, faith fully, not many days ago, that he would attend the first Temperance meeting within liis reach, and sign the pledge— convinced as he was that he was serving a cruel master, for still more cruel pay— a ruined character, tattered garments, beggared children, and a heart-broken wife! I congratulate the votaries of Temper ance in Georgia, for the bold and decided stand they have taken in defence of so briety, humanity and virtue. Gentlemen, you are engaged in labors the most praise worthy that can command the minds and attention of men—the redemption of your fellow beings from a bondage the most hard and unrelenting of any we can con ceive ; aud I wish, from the bottom of my heart, that God may speed you in your noble efforts, till the goal of universal sobriety is reached. W. A. L. For the Washingtonian. Rule to ascertain whether any given year is Leap year. See if it will divide evenly by 4,- as 1800— 1801-1830-1836-1840-1814. From the Peatield Temperance Banner. TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. j Eatoxtox, Sept. 11, 1843. At a meeting of the Eatonton r i*ota] jAbstince Society, held in the Courthouse on Monday evening the 11th inst. it was Resolved, That the Committee ap pointed by the recent Temperance Con j vention at Penfield, to whem was refer red the propriety of holding another Con tention of the friends of Temperance, some time during the ensuing fall, be re quested to select Eatonton as being the most eligible place for holding the same j—and appoint such time as they may deem most suitable. Resolved, That the citizens of Eaton , ton freely extend an invitation to all thej delegates, of said Convention, and that 'they will throw open their houses for their 1 reception and entertainment. Resolved, That we request said Com mittee to publish the above resolutions, together with their report and address. WM. A. HOUGHTON, President. Robert F. Trippe, Sec. pro. tern. In answer to the above invitation, and in behalf of the recent Penfield meeting, I the undersigned Committee do invite a I Convention of the friends ofTcinperanee, j to assemble at Eatonton, on the forenoon !of Thursday, the 23d of November next. It is earnestly hoped that Societies in all parts of the State will be represented in that meeting. P. 11. MELL. J. M. ASIIURST. J. 11. CAMPBELL. O. L. SMITH, Sept 13lh, 1843. G. M. PAINE. Editors in the State favorable to ; j the cause of Temperance will confer a favor, by giving this a few insertions, and ' noticing it editorially. To the People of Georgia. Fellow.citizens :—ln behalf of the Con vention that assembled at Penfield on the 134th of July last, the undersigned would address you on the subject of Temper • ance. In performing the agreeable task they deem it unnecessary to say any ‘ thing illustrative of the nature and impor ■ tance of the subject; for the public mind is, in the main, well instructed on these 1 points, and needs only to be stimulated : and properly directed, to ensure the tri- I umph of those principles which we advo • cate, and which lie at the foundation of 1 individual and national prosperity. The ' statistics of Intemperance have been I widely circulated through the public press, aijd every one is aware of the • | deleterious influence it exerts upon our |! individual, social and political condition. ■ That it ruins men’s prospects for time and : tor eternity—blunts their intellectual sac ■ ulties, hums up all the finer feelings of ■ the soul, and lays them in an untimely ! grave,—that it expels happiness and ■ plenty from all the families it enters, and “ substitutes wretchedness, want and degra dation in their stead, —that it wrings ! thousands and tens of thousands of ■ hearts made worse than widowed by its • influence, and cast upon the cold chari ! tics of the world the orphans of its vie -1 tims, —that it corrupts our youth, des • troys the purity of the elective franchise, > and interferes with the equitable admin -1 istration of the law in our courts of jus ! tice, —that it fills the land with paupers, ! and is the cause of more than two-thirds 1 of the crime with which our country is r cursed, —that it increases the pecuniary ■ burdens of the people,—in one word, 1 that, in its withering and blighting influ ■ ence, it destroys every thing that is love i ly and of good report, has not been left to 1 the undersigned to demonstrate. The • proof is within the reach of all, and it has long been the desire of the benevolent ; and patriotic, to see this foe to every 1 cherished interest of man, banished from ; our beloved country. 1 The undersigned will not consume ! vour time in an attempt to prove to you, : that it is your privilege a*nd duty to ap ■ ply the corrective. The time has passed I when men may be deterred from efforts to J rescue and guard others from the evils of • intemperance, by the fear of meddling ' with that which does not concern them. • It is true, we do not claim to be the ex i elusive conservators of the public morals, 1 nor do we consider that others are more responsible to us than we are to them; hut every consideration of duty and of in • terest forbids us to be idle spectators of the ruin which this vice is bringing upon us all in common. Were each man in an isolated condition, and did the conse quences of his actions terminate with himself, —did our Creator now endow us with feelings of Benevolence, which (to say nothing of our duty) make it our highest privilege to sympathize with oth ers in their dangers and their distresses, I we might, with some propriety, look with calm indifference upon the inroads intem perance is making upon the prosperity s and happiness of our fellow-citizens; but when we are so intimately connected in . our social capacity, and as members of the same body politic, that, if one suffers, all the other members suffer in common,— '■* when we all breathe the same moral at mosphere, and, ifit be tainted, catch the same moral infection, it is our right, it is f our imperative duty, to use all prudent and lawful means for the expulsion of the evil. The committee doubt not that these [ sentiments find a response in the breast of every philanthropist, and that it is only necessary to point out the best plan of op erations to array their fellow citizens in j an influence that cannot be resisted. In performing the task assigned to them, they would endeavor to enforce ( upon your attention but one single idea, and that is, the importance of keeping' temperance untrammelled, and free from connection with any other subject. Its past history has shown, that it is most i efficient and successful, when it stands < on its own merits, and operates by its own unaided energies. A few years ago, ac- ( tuated bv the most conscientious motives, ' we endeavored to bring to our aid the < strong arm of the law; but the result ( has taught us a lesson, which, in our sub sequent efforts, should not be lost upon us. < In casting our eyes over the State, we saw I every conspicuous point occupied by in dividuals, who, under the sanction of ’ law, dealt out, in open defiance of public opinion, that which corrupted our ser vants, ruined our children, and destroyed the morals of our citizens, and, looking j too exclusively to the abstract principles II of right, we sought by the stern enact ments of law to remove the evil, — and most signally failed. All past experience has shown, that, in ja country like ours, those laws which are in advance of public sentiment are, in their very nature, inoperative. When life people thdmselvcs are the framers j and executors of the laws, they must be j| -satisfied oftheir utility; or they will suf fer them, however enacted, to lie a dead letter upon the statute book. The evil against which we contend is deeply seated in our individual and social * habits, and it is there it must be met, and j from thence it must be dislodged. If we can only persuade our fellow citizens not to use the article, though the fires of ten thousand distilleries should be kindled where one now burns, —though a grog- I shop were established by law in every house, and streams of alcohol should liter " ally flow down our streets, we would be a free, a temperate, and a prosperous peo ple. It is not the manufacturing and the I* vending, but the use of the article that causes the mischief, and the only way to j prevent the supply is to destroy the de mand. Our error has consisted in this: p that we have lost sight of the cause and wasted our strength in fruitless attacks upon the effects. We repeat it: it is j against the consumption of the article that our efforts should be directed. This ' is the root which penetrating deeply into , our soil, sends nourishment up into this 'l moral upas tree which is exhaling disease and death around, —if the root be cut, the leaves will wither and the trunk decay. The spirit of Temperance is purely a benevolent spirit, and, like the religion of Jesus Christ, its only object is to re claim and save. Looking abroad over * the earth, it sees none so abject as to be ’ unworthy of its notice, and none so lost as to be past recovery. Clad in the gar ’ ment of love, it approaches the victim of intemperance, addresses him in sooth ing and encouraging language, inspires ’ nim with confidence in himself, and im s parts the will that enables him to throw; . off the shackles that have bound him; and if, by the force of inveterate habit, ’ or the press of overwhelming tempta tions, he relapses again into his former 3 bondage, it has no vigilance committee to denounce him and hold his name up to ' public infamy, but, considering that while t there is life there is hope, it pursues him . with its kind offices until he shall be tho -1 roughly reclaimed or the grave shall have removed him out of its reach. , The undersigned claim not that these views are either new or original, but they ’ are strongly impressed w ith a conviction I of their importance, and cannot urge } them too forcibly upon your attention, p; Depend upon it, fellow citizens, the only T cause of the evil is that men will drink, ’land the only remedy for it is to prevail ’ upon them not to drink. If we keep these simple ideas constantly in view, and be l actuated by zeal and prudence, our labors 1 will be crowned with the most abundant ’ success. - Praying that the Almighty Disposer ' of events, in w'hose hands are the hearts 3 j of all the children of men, may smile up |on our efforts to free our country from intemperance and its evils, we subscribe! . ourselves in behalf of the Convention, Your obedient, humble servants, P. H. MELL. J. M. ASHURST. J. H. CAMPBELL. ; O. L. SMiTIL G. M. PAINE. ’ List of Payments to the Washingtonian. * (£7~ The following persons have paid their subscrip j tion to the Washingtonian, up to June 10th, 1844. Augusta— Mrs. Grace ftowell, C. Catlin, S. r : Milling, Kirkpatrick & Campbell, John Hill. — ! I! Eatonton —J. M. Ashurst, f ADODSTA PRICES « Jo at % CURRENT, | Ss E Cahifcixt Corrected Weekly. g- Bagging, Hemp Tow Gunny......... Bai.e Rope i Bacon, Hog round Hams Shoulders Sides Beef, Smoked Butter, Goshen North Carolina... Country Coffee, Green prime Cuba.! Ordinary togood..j St. Domingo ! Rio ; Laguira Porto Rico Java Mocha Candles, Sperm Tallow, Georgia, do. Northern. Cheese, American English j Crackers, Augusta made.. Northern ! Cigars, Spanish j American Corn Fodder ! Fish, Herrings I Mackerel, No. 1....1 do. No. 2 do. No. 3.... Flour, Canal Baltimore Western. Country Feathers GiNOKa Gunpower, Dupont’s fff. . B asting Glass, 10 x 12 8* 10 Iron, Russia Swedes, assorted.... I loop Sheet Nail Rods Lead, Bar Sheet Leather, Sole Upper Calf Skins Lard Molasses, N. Orleans.... Havana English Island.. Nails Oils, Lamp Linseed Tanners Oats Peas Paints, Red Lead White Lead Spanish Brown... Yellow Ochre Tepper, Black Raisins, Malaga Muscatel Bloom Rice, Prime Inferior to good Sugars, New Orleans Havana white do. brown Muscovado St. Croix Porto Rico Lump Loaf Double refined .... Spice Soap, American, No. L.... do. No. 2.... Salt, Liverpool ground... do. do Steel, German Blistered Shot, all sizes Tobacco, N. Carolina Virginia Twine Tea, Bohca Souchong Hyson Gunpowder EXCHANGE TABLE. —Specie Jiasis. Augusta Notes. I Mechanics’Bank par. Brunswick Bank “ Bank of Augusta “ ; Augusta Insurance & Banking Co “ Branch Georgia Rail Road “ Branch State of Georgia “ Savannah Notes. Stale Bank “ Marine and Fire Insurance Bank “ Planters’ Bank “ Central Rail Road Bank 10 dis. Country Notes. State Bank Branch, Macon par Other Branches State Bank “ Commercial Bank. Macon “ Milledgeville Bank “ Georgia Rail Road Bank, Athens i: City Council of Augusta “ Ruckersville Bank “ Branch Marine & Fire Insurance Bank “ St. Mary’s Bank “ Branch Central R. R. Bank, Macon ... 10 dis. Central Bank 10 a 12} “ Exchange Bank of Brunswick No sale. Insurance Bank of Columbus, Macon.. “ “ Phoenix Bank, Columbus “ “ Bank of Ilawkinsville 5 dis. City Council of Milledgeville Uncertain. City Council of Macon “ City Council of Columbus 20dis. Monroe Rail Road Bank Broke Bank of Darien and Branches “ Chattahoochic R. R. and Banking Co.. “ Western Bank of Georgia “ Bank of Columbus “ Planters & Mechanics Bank Columbus “ j Bank of Ocmulgee “ Georgia 6 pr. ct. Bonds for specie, 72 pr. GeorgiaS pr.ct. Bonds, 90 cts. South Carolina Notes. Charleston Banks par. Bank of Hamburg “ n Country Banks “ | Alabama Notes 17 a 20 is Checks. 1 New York Sight. $ prem. Boston } “ i Philadelphia ? “ i Baltimore. 7 I Lexington i 14 Richmond, Va par. Savannah “ | Charleston ..'— > SOUTH CAROLINA COURTS. Ebcef.f.ld, I Return pay SoptcmhcT lCkb. ( Court sits October Ist &2d weeks. Orangeburg, \ eturn Da y> September 30th. { Court sits October 16th. Barnwfll, \ £« turn Day, October 7th. ( Court Sits October 33rd. jQP Business committed to the undersigned will receive prompt attention. Sept.D ts S. T. CHAPMAN*. T AW NOTICE.—The undersigned ha ving associated themselves in the practice ot' Law. under the firm of SNEAD & MIL LEDGE, will devote their unremitting atten tion to the duties of their profession, anil solicit tor tlie firm the business of their individual friends. They will practice in all the counties ofthe Middle, and Lincoln and Warren Counties of the Northern Circuit; also, the Court of Com mon Pleas of this City. One of them may at all times during business hours, he found at their office in the Law Ranee, overthe Post office. JOHN C.'SNEAD, JOHN MILLEDGE- Augusta, Ga. August Bth, 1843. Aug 13 10 ts CAMUEL T. CHAPMAN, Attorney at Law, will attend the Courts of Law and Equity in the Districts ot Edgefield, Orangeburg and Barnwell, S. C. Also, the several Courts of Richmond and adjacent Counties, Geo. Office, three doors above the Bank of Au gusta, Ga. Sept. 2 13 ts I) 11. JOHN MlLLEN,"OfficeNo. 147, North side Broad-street, below Eagle and Phoenix Hotel, Augusta, [June It) ly WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ~ BOOK, STATIONARY & FANCY STORE. RICHARDS, No. 293 13 road-street, Augusta, Ga., has on hand au extensive Stock of School, Classical, Medical, Law and Miscellaneous Books, together with every variety of Blank Books, usually kept for sale; Writing. Paper, ruled and plain, of various sizes and qualities; all kinds of Wrapping Pa per, Account Paper, Envelope Paper for Post of fices, Drawing Paper, Bristol Boards, Bonnet Boards, Paper Hanging and Bordering; Ink and Ink Powder, Desk and Pocket Inkstands, Guills, Steel Pens, Sealing Wax, Wafers, Wa fer Seals, and Boxes; Rules, Sand and Sand Boxes; Lead and Slate Pencils, Slates, Office Tape, Motto Seals. Ivory Folders; Maps, Globes, Indelible Ink; India Rubber: Pencil Cases and Pen Holders; Portable Desks; Pocket Books, Note Books, Wallets, Purses, Hones, Razor Straps, Knives, Scissors, Razors and other Cut lery; Drawing and Mathematical Instruments, Thermometers, Surveyors Compasses & Chains; Backgammon Boards, Chessmen and Chess Boards, Dominoes, Playing Cards, Silver and Gold Leaf, &c. &c. Musical Instruments, of all kinds. Also, a large assortment of Combs, Buttons, and other Fancy Goods, suitable for the Country Trade—all of which is offered at the lowest prices. Country Merchants would do well to call and examine his stock. BLANK BOOKS ruled and bound to order; Old Books rebound; and any other work belong ing to the BOOK BINDING BUSINESS, ex ecuted at the shortest notice. Sept 1G 15 3t CHARLES E. GRENVILLE &, CO. OOOKSELLERS and Stationers, 244 Broad-street, oilers 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, Guills, 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 lOv 1 ts JVottce . l A EL persons having claims against the Estate of JOHN WINTER, late of Rich mond County, deceased, are requested to present them, and those indebted to said Estate will make payment. •, . , ANNA WINTER, Executrix. Sept 1G 15 6t LIVERY AND SALE STABLES. The undersigned | Y/%\vi respectfully informs his friends and . y 3- *..&?. the public, that he has taken the Staines on EJlis 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 McCOY. Augusta, August 12 10 4m TIN MANUFACTORY. jHPINNER’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. O’ All the above mentioned articles made of Double tin. A regular assortment of TIN WARE kept constantly on hand, to suit merchants or pedlers. AH kinds of ROOFING' and GUTTERS made and repaired, l ow fob cash. The above business superintended bv E. E. SCOFIELD, Jackson-street, between the Globe 110 tel and Rail Road Depot. Augusta, June 17 2 ly BRASS & IRON FOUNDRY. subscriber has now- on hand a large stock of the raw materials, of the best 'quality, lor Mill and Gin Gear, also, fiist rate patterns of every description of Machinery, at his 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 ifia v entrust their work to his care. Orders left at the Foundry, or with any ofthe merchants of Augusta, wfil be promptly attended to. i July 1 4 6m) P. H. 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