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03” One most pleasing feature of the i
temperance reform, is the harmonious
;o-operation it is producing among all
Christians. Every where, they that love;
God and their fellew-men, are becoming!
nore and more united in the great and
ilorious work, and as their zeal for virtue
imongmen of all classes*' conditions and|
lersuasions increases, their religious jea
ousies and asperities decline. We most
heartily rejoice that here as well as in
general, education, another oasis in the
desert of discord, has been found, where
Ichristians can meet, labour and rejoice
f together. As a proof of this, we copy
:■ the following from the Constitutionalist
k* Tuesday morning last:
Amende Honorable.
I The Paris correspondent of the Nation
■il Intelligencer gives the following inci
pient as having occurred at a' large tCm
fcerance meeting in the city of Norwich. '
HDngland:
■ ft is long since I have been more struck
■with an amende honorable for inconsider
■nte censure than that of the Bishop of' 1
to Father Mathew, at the recent
■mmense temperance gathering in the, 1
Pity of Norwich. The prelate delivered I
very earnest address in behalf of the
Ijfcause. Let me quote the rest:
“And now. reverend sir, and friend :
from another island, allow me to greet
|ou —(addressing Father Mathew, who|
! ®ose amidst enthusiastic appause.) 1
tneet you not here as a Roman Catholic;
liriest. I differ from your creed, and 1
andidly and openly avow in your pre- 1
ence, and before this great assembly,
hat lam hostile to it. But, reverend sir.
meet you here in a more noble and com
irehensive character—l meet you herej
lot asapriest, but as a Christian brother.
The right reverend prelate here crossed
»efore the chairman, and extended his
land to Fathew Mathew, which was cor
lially grasped and shaken by the latter.!
unidst the most deafening cheers.] 1
neetvou, I repeat it, as a Christian broth
;*r, upon neutral ground, where all de
nomination of Christians, may delight to
visit and unite together in a common
and holy cause, [Hear, hear.] I have!
watched your conduct, sir, for many a
year. Yes, sir, long since, as you niav
remember, when I censured you in public;
—-nav, may I not add, abused you ?—1
have watched your proceedings.—Those;
public reports, upon which I founded those 1
proceedings, 1 subsequent!y discovered!
to be founded in malignancy and false
hood. [Hear.] The result was, sir,
that I appenled to you as a Christian and
as a man of honor to let me know really
liow the case stood. You answered me
most nohlv and honorably, and I believed]
you. I abused you, sir, no more. I felt.;
sir, that some apology was due from me!
for the wrong I had done you, and here I
urn to receive you. [Hear.”]
From the Chronicle & Sentinel.
The Augusta Benevolent Society,
i t ...
Is an institution so well known, so gcn-i
a rally approved, and lias, in its past oper
ations, been so fruitful of good, as to be
emphatically its own recommendation.
We write, therefore, not to defend, for
there are no objections to answer, nor to I
applaud, for it is its own “epistle ol com
mendation, known and read of all,” but
to stir up “the pure minds” of its friends
and patrons “ byway of remembrance.”
The revival of trade, the rush of busi
ness, with the multifarious engagements
they bring along with them, may, and
iften do, so engross attention, and swal
ow up thought and feeling, as to leave no
memory of the poor or cure for their ne
cessities. The tnan in the streets, “ buy
ing, selling, getting gain,” alive to the
ucrative bargain, cherished by the accu
mulations of his industry, and the ladv in
the parlor, beguiled by the charms of lit
erature, or encircled by the company of
friends, may both forget, that nigh at
land the widow wails in loneliness and
want, and that orphans shiver with cold
ind cry for bread. But let those who
ire “warmed” by the smiles of a kind
ier fortune, and filled by the bounty of a
lienignant Providence, remember in mer
c\ the sad children of affliction and pen
iry then shall the blessing of those who
ire ready to perish come upon them, and ;
heir own .abundance be enjoyed with a
■weeter zest and a purer conscience.
In this climate we are so accustomed i
o hail a frost as the harbinger of health. -
ind to congratulate ourselves on having ■
mrvived the sickly season, that when ■
(raced by the cool, pure air, every pulse i
(ounding with vigorous life, our days ;
mployed in active business, and our i
lights in social hilarity and refreshing !
ijeep, we forget there are those who, beef- ,
idden through the heats of August and ]
September, enfeebled by disease, reduced
iy medicine, though now convalescent,;]
ire too weak to work, and in too preca- j
ious a condition to breast the slightest
exposure. Cut off for weeks, in§ some 1
■ ases f° r months, from employment, the <
avails of former industry all consumed,
and now too feeble to toil, what are they
to do without assistance?
j Are there no diseases incident to win
'ter here? Are there none superinduced
land aggravated by poverty, by open
dwellings, scanty covering, poor fare, and
!lack of fuel? The old, the widowed, the
orphaned, the sick, the unfortunate, how
many ofthese pine in silence and sorrow,
! pinched by sufferings, that the crumbs
from the rich man’s table would feed,
and the veriest mite of lus abundance
make glad. Oh ye who are clad in the
fabrics suited to the season; who dwell
!"in ceiled houses,” “and fare suinptu
jouslv every day;” who lie down at night
on beds soft and thickly covered; who;
! rise in the morning to dress by the glow
ing fire—remember the needy. “ Bless-!
;ed is the man who considereth the poor—
the Lord will deliver him in time of trou
ble.”
It is to be remembered, too, that the
officers and visiting committees of the
Benevolent Society relieve us of all
trouble. Our benefactions are distributed
without our labor and without loss of
time to us. These agents do the visiting.!
dispense our charities, watch by the sick,!
and bear all the burden of this work ol ;
mercy The committees arc about to
; make application to the citizens for mon.
jey, or provisions, or wood, as may best
isuit them to give. Permit us to say,
I that this last article will be most thank
fully received by the Society, and is as:
i indispensable to the comfort of the poor
las of the rich. One benevolent gentle
| man, during the past winter, contributed
ilargely in this way, anil to the great re-;
lief of the necessitous. Would that hisj
example “might provoke others to love
land to good works.”
W e are authorized to say, that those;
! who are disposed to give wood, may con-;
sign to the care of Mr. John W. Wight
| man, the Secretary of the Society, who
will distribute as a judicious appointment
may require.
Let the Society be sustained, for it is
| worthy. Let the rich help, for the poor
jure amongst us. Heaven has committed
them to our care, and wo to us if their
(cries awake no pity and secure no relief.
Sons of Temperance.
This order, celebrated their first anni
versary on Monday the 9th inst. At 3
I o’clock, P. M. they formed into line, and
| proceeded through the principal streets ;
'their neat regalia and large numbers, pre
sented an imposing spectacle, in addition
to their co-operation with the great tem
perance movement of the country, they
inculcate principles of pure benevolence.
In sickness they watch over a brother,
and allow him 84 00 a week during his
i illness, and when a member dies, S3O are
happropriated to defray bis funeral expen
ses, in consideration of which, each mem-
I her pays an initiation fee, and 6 cents
i weekly. In the evening, an oration was
| delivered bv M. Oakiey, Esq., in the
Broadway Tabernacle ; that spacious
[building was filled to its utmost capacity,
j and the exercises throughout were highly
I interesting. A Portrait of Mr. Daniel
-Sands, the first Grand Patriarch, was
presented to the New York State Division
of the Sons of Temperance. After a
hymn sung hy the choir, the congrega
tion joined in the Christian Doxology,
(“Praise God from whom ail blessings
How,” the benediction was pronounced,
and the audience retired evidently pleas
ed with the exercises. The order, we
learn, numbers about 1,500 in this city,
and is rapidly extending itself through the
Eastern, Western, and Southern States;
it is becoming popular, and much bene
fit is anticipated from it.
An fixpensive Nap.
The True Sun says that three well
dressed young men walked into one of
the New York fashionable Hotels, and
called for “julaps,” drank them, and one
of them being seized with a drowsy fit
, went to the “ land of dreams.”
His friends however, wore wide
|‘awake,’ and one of them was observed
|by a gentleman in the room to put his
hand into the waistcoat pocket of the
sleeper. The gentleman supposing that
this was merely a practical joke between
friends, said nothing. Presently the two
went off, leaving their companion to enjoy
his snooze. YVhenhe awoke, in about
an hour afterwards, his'first inquiry was
for his companions, and being told they
were gone, he thrust his hand into his
pockets, and finding what nature abhors
—a vacuum—he exclaimed in alarm,
‘l’ve lost slso!’ The circumstances
which had taken place being mentioned
to him, he avowed that it was ‘no joke’
at all, and that he did not even know the
names of the parties, having merely ta
ken a drink with them at the Exchange,
where he had received the money that
forenoon. i
The moral and advice with which the
paragraph concludes will apply in other I
places as well as in New York.
Moral —lst, Don’t drink intoxicating <
liquors—2d, Never ‘cotton to people you l
don’t know—3d, When you sleep with i
. money in your pocket, keep one eye open,
and 4th, If you will drink, will make pro
miscuous acquaintances, and can't keep
awake in a public bar-room, get some
i discreet and honest teetotaler to attend,
you as a dry nurse.
“Here Sir, is a Lady that will put |
you to the blush !”-—A very beautiful
jand accomplished Italian lady, wife of
the gallant general, who particularly dis
tinguished himself during the campaign
in Egypt, was so enthusiastically fond of
her husband, that she shared with him the I
fatigues of that hazardous expedition,!
clothed in male attire. On one occasion,
this heroic female happened to find a ve-|
teran grenadier, who had become blind:
from the effects of the climate and thej
sands of the desert, straying far from his
comrades, and in all probability doomed
to death on the trackless plain, galloped
up to the unfortunate soldier at the risk
of being captured by the enemy, when
directing him to keep fast hold of the tail
of her horse, she in this manner walked!
the animal, and rescued the brave fellow
from his impending danger. This ladv
j being in company with Bonaparte and
the other officers at the foot of one of the j
[Pyramids, where no provisions were at;
[band, some rats were procured and broil
jed, of which, however, one of the gener
al’s aid-de-camp was too squeamish to!
eat. Napoleon, feeling indignant up
braided the officer, and turned to madamoi
Vordier, saying, “Here, sir, is a lady that 1
[[will put you to blush.” He at the same
time presented her with a portion of the
jilood; whereof she cheerfully partook to
the satisfaction of all present, except the
, aid-de-camp, who was long after subject
ed to the taunt of his brother officers.—
Bourriennc.
'! India Cotton.—The falling off, says
■ the N. Y. Express, in the supply of India
■ Cotton, imported into England, will he
> very considerable. In 1842, the quan
l titv reached 355,000 bales; this year
1843, it is estimated that the quantity
• will not be over 200,000 bales. This fs
' an item of considerable importance in es
i timatingthe stock of cotton in Europe, as
r the supply must bo made from the growth
. of the United States. —Charleston Tran
script.
New Shoe Machine.
1 TheN. Y. Evening Post gives the fol-
I lowing description of the manner ofma
: king shoes by a machine owned by Mr.
- Buggies, ofNo. GO, Gold street, in that
i city: “The sole leather is first pressed
- between wooden rollers which makes it
y extremely firm and compact—much more
.so than hammering can do. It is then
■, placed under a cutting machine, which
s at one operation cuts it into the right
e shape. Meantime another machine is
- busily making steel wire into screws of
-about three feet, in length, all of which is
s done with surprising celerity. A fourth
s machine punches the sole with holes, in
e serts the screw, and cuts it off at the prop
sor length. All that is then necessary is
, to rivet the screws by a few blows with a
y hammer on an anvil. The soles manu-
I factured in this way are superior to the
s Napoleons, inasmuch as the rivets adhere
i better, and the leather is rendered more
r compact. They are produced with in
- finitely less labor, and can ho afforded
, about fifty per cent cheaper.
A smart young student of Anatomy re
. marked, in the hearing of his sister, that
, the reason there arc so many old maids in
t the world, is all rawing to their tight lac
. ing —which so hardens their hearts , as
. to make them impenetrable to the shafts
[ of Cupid.
And the reason there are so many old
bachelors, retorted the sister, is because of
their tight strapping —they can’t get on
| their knees to declare their passion.
DOMESTIC I)EFARTMENT.
A NEW WAY TO MAKE CANDLES. We
have been shown a candle, about the
: size of a large broom straw, which makes
a very brilliant light, and is as durable as
the tallow candle. As this is the age for
[economy in every thing, it may not be
; amiss for us to tell our readers how to
make them. Take one pound of bees
i wax and a fourth of a pound of soft tur
pentine from the tree, melt them together,;
strain them; take your wick of the de
sired length, and stretch it as you would;
in making a plough line; then take the;
composition in a thin waiter, and hold
the wick down in it as you apply it from
end to end; this done three times, will
complete the operation. The above pro
portion of the ingredients is sufficient for
a wick 40 yards long. —Chambers (Ala.)
Herald.
Preserving Eggs There is a patent
in England for preserving eggs; the
composition used is as follows, and by
adopting the method, it is said, eggs have
been kept two years:
One bushel of quick lime, thirty-two j
ounces of salt, eight ounces of cream of ‘
tartar. Mix the whole together, with as j
much water as will reduce the composi-l
-■ - .■■■a ■■ i i mma imbiii i
tion to such a consistency that an eggj
when put into it, will swim.
_
The following was taken from a news-!
paper several years ago :
j “The following discovery was, a few
years ago, communicated by the Royal
Society of Sweden to that of London.
. After roofing a house with wood, boil
some tar, and mix it with finely pulver
ized charcoal till it is of the thickness of
. mortar, spread this with a trowell about a
fourth of an inch thick over the roof, it
will soon grow hard, and defy all the vi
cissitudes of weather. Roofs thus cov
ered have stood in Sweden over a century
[ and still want norepair.” G.
Charlotte , Ya. Aug. 5, 1843.
lor a Wasp Sting.—Bind on the
place a thick plaster of common salt; it
will soon extract the venom.
W»WI II ■ Mil B.—B—P——WEMB—II ■ I ■ 11
AUGUSTA MARKET:
COTTON.—This article is in good de
mand, at prices ranging from Gj a 7^c.;
* the principal sales being at GJ a 7c.—
The advices from Liverpool up to the
4th inst. are considered favorable, but
the prices then current there do not au
> thorize any advance on prices now cur
rent in this market.
| GROCERIES.—The demand for gro
ceries the past week has been good; and
. our merchants are well supplied with
i every article at prices specified in our
' price current.
AUGUSTA I’KICIiS S S 3
=•’ 2.
CUIt 15 ENT, | 1
Carefully Corrected Weekly.
, nq > fleiirp. -’ : n , | IT j 20
low “ 15 j 18
Gunny ; « ]Bj 20
■ Ro .'; E ; |n.. 2 I 11
r Bacon, Hog round i •< 71 $
, Hams j .. 8 I 10
Shoulders : ~ 43! r
> Sides ] 11 7 gj.
. Bef.f, Smoked ! ii
, Butter, Goshen « |(J op
North Carolina... l( h) ,5
1 Country 1 1H ! 25
- Coffef., Green prime Cuba, n ; 9 | ]p
Ordinary to good.. n 71 y
St. Domingo 17 <1
Rio « I f) 11
l-aguira „ y \ j
Porto Rico 11 | 9 ji
Java j 14 jg
. Mocha ii i 18 20 l
[ Candi.es, Sperm u j 28 37 |
Tallow, Georgia, u 124 ]g|
do. Northern. ■■ h; jg
I Cheese, American ju ; 8 124
3 English ! 11 :
, Crackers, Augusta made.. n ; 9 121
Northern n
J Cigars, Spanish M (15 00 20 00
• American 5 00 12 00
3 Corn bu.h.l M 50
f Fodder cwt j f>o 75
; Fish, Herrings box 75 100
Mackerel, No. 1.... | )bl U 3 00 15 00
1 do. No. 2 'll (X) 13(H)
do. No. |BOOII 00
Flour, Canal « 600 700
Baltimore <■ j 0 00 (i 75
Western « j 5 50 I G 50
l Country « j 5 00 000
. Feathers lb o<) 25
, Ginger ■ 9 j-2»
" Gunpowf.r, Dupont’s fff.. )<,,» 600 700
5 B asting 400 450
■ Glass, 10* 12 box 300 350
Bxlo “ 250 300
, Iron, Russia cwt 450 550
Swedes, assorted .... « 450 550
•loop “ i 700 i 8 00
Sheet 0 1 700 | 8 00
Nail Rods 11 | 7 00 ! 8 00
t Lead, Bar J b . 6 8
Sheet 11 I
1 Leather, Sole «• j 23 28
Upper s id e 1 50 200
i Calf Skins doz. 18 00 3G (H)
s l *xd lb. i 8 I2{
Molasses, N. Orleans g.,| 28 34
Havana “ j 25 37ij
English Island.. “ |
■ Nails lb. | 5 G
Oils, Lamp (Ta i. 112 125
Linseed 1 12 125
Tanners “ 55 GO
Oats bush. 371 50
Peas “ j 37i 62)
Paints, Red Lead ] b . )2j 15"
White Lead keg 200 300
Spanish Brown... I j b . j 4 12j
Yellow Ochre j“ [ 5 8
Pepper, Black j“ ] 12 15
Raisins, Malaga ; box 200 250
Muscatel “ 200 225
Bloom “
Rice, Prime C wt. 350 500
Inferior to good “ 250 300
Sugars, New Orleans H>. j G 8
Havana white “ i u 124
do. brown “I 7 8 1
Muscovado ;« j 71 9
St. Croix “| 9j 11 1
Porto Rico “ j 7 | 9 j
Lump “ 1 12 j 14
Loaf “ i 13 ! 15 j
Double refined.... “I J 4 j 17
Spice j « j 10 ! 12).
Soap, American, No. 1.... j “ j 6J| 9*
do. No. 2....: “I 5 7
Salt, Liverpool ground.. .ibush.l 45 50
do. do ; sack j 2 00 i 2 25 j
Steel, German .....! lb | 15 ifi !
Blistered j“ j 8 ! I2{’
Shot, all sizes j bag j 1 50 j 2 OO"
Tobacco, N. Carolina j lb! 8 1 15 <
Virginia ; “ 15 \ 50
Twine. | « 25 j 33 1
Tea, Bohea j “ j G2J ; 87j
Souchong ' “ 60 75
Hyson j “ i 80 j1 25
Gonoowder J “ ! 1 00 j 1 25
We are authorised to announce!r
Dr. JOHN MILLEN, as aCandidate t
for Tax Collector of Richmond County, at they
Election in January next.
Oct. 28 21 td I
11 Jt-J-XTMBII "IlfT-KUI LJ
, EXCHANGE TABLE. —Specie Basis.
Augusta Notes.
Mechanics’Bank par.
’ Brunswick Bank **
Bank of Augusta “
Augusta Insurance & Banking Co “
Branch Georgia Rail Hoad . “
Branch State of Georgia... “
Savannah Notes.
State Bank “
' Marine and Fire Insurance Bank “
Planters’ Bank “
t Central Rail Hoad Bank 8 dis.
Country Notes,
State Bank Branch, Macon par
■; Other Branches State Bank “
. Commercial Bank. Macon
Milledgeville Bank “
Georgia Hail Hoad Bank, Athens
j City Council of Augusta “
Ruckcrsville Bank “
Branch Marine & Fire Insurance Bank “
,! St. Mary’s Bank “
Branch Central R. R. Bank, Macon... 8 dis.
I Central Bank G a 8 “
Exchange Bank of Brunswick No sale.
Insurance Bank of Columbus, Macon.. “ “ i
‘Pnccnix Bank, Columbus “ “
Bank of Hawkinsville 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 “
■jChattahoochic It. it. and Banking Co.. “
. VVextern Bank ol Georgia “
Bank of Columbus “
Planters & Mechanics Bank Columbus “
.! Bank of Ocmulgec “
j Georgia G pr. ct. Bonds lor specie, 74 pr.
' Georgia 8 pr.ct. Bonds, 93 cts.
South Caroi.ina Notes,
Charleston Banks par.
Bank of Hamburg “
] Country Banks “
Alabama Notes 12J is.
I I „ Checks.
r rlv or lt Sight Ja } prem.
Boston > •* a j. *i
Philadelphia “ a | “
Baltimore “ a J 11
Lexington j «
Richmond, Va par.
Savannah ««
Charleston •«
List of Payments to the Washingtonian.
Augusta —D. Plumb, to June 10, ’44; Hays
j Bowdre, H. W. Risley, to Oct. 14, ’44. BWi
ington— David Plumb, to June 10, ’44. '/'ho n
\aston— Dr. C. Rogers, Daniel Beall, H. Smoot,
VV. J. Perdue, W. A. Cobh, Josiah Ansley, J.
1 P. Murray, G. A. 1 larris, A. T. Shackelford, S.
j Hicks, Jos. Speir—to Dec. 3, 1843.
I A C’HANCEFOR PRINTERS.—As
Mr. Hardman, our present Editor, is about
engagingin oilier business, we desire to secure
the services ot some competent person to take
charge of the‘-Fort Gaines Whig,” and cither
become interested in the Press or to conduct it
on our account. Immediate attention to this
proposition is desirable. Editors with whom we
exchange will confer a favor upon the proprietors
; by giving this notice a place in their columns.
DILL & HARRIS, Proprietors.
' j Fort Gaines, Oct. 21.
' SOUTH CAROLINA COURTS.
Enr-FFiFi n $ eturn Pay, September lGth.
’ ( Court sits October Ist &2d weeks.
Orangeburg, \ , I * clurn Day, September 30th.
( Court sits October lGth.
Barnwell $ Rft " rn . Dn >', October 7th.
’ ( Court sits October 23rd.
Business committed to the undersigned
will receive prompt attention.
Sf Tt !)tf S. T. CHAPMAN.
I JjAW NOTICE.—The undersigned ha
j ving associated themselves in the practice of
Law, under the firm of S N E A D & MIL
LEDGE, will devote their unremitting atten
tion to the duties of their profession, and solicit
‘; lor the firm the business of their individual friends.
| They will practice in ail the counties of'the
! Middle, and Lincoln and Warren Counties of
I the Northern Circuit; also, the Court of Coni
| moil Pleas of this City.
One of them may at all times during business
I hours, he found at their office in the Law Ran op
I over the Post office. JOHN C. SNEAD ° ’
JOHN MILLEDGE-
Augusta, Ga. August Bth, 1843.
Al| trl'd 10 ts
gAMUEL T. CHAPMAN, Attorney
I at Law, will attend the Courts of Law and
| Equity in the Districts of Edgefield, Orangeburg
and Barnwell, S. C. Also, the several Courts of
Richmond and adjacent Counties, Geo.
O' Office, Constitutionalist Range, Atigus
ta. Sept. 2 13'tf
HaVILAND, RISLEY <m to.
Near the Mansion House , Globe, arul U. States
Hotels, Augusta, Ga.
DEALERS Ilf
Choice Drugs and Medicines,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
t Surgical As Denial Instruments
Perfumery, Brushes,
Paints, Oils,
Dye-Stuffs,
Window Glass, &c. &c.
June 17 2 iy
kemediTfor wokmsT
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 sale, in
quantities to suit purchasers.
July 1 4 tf] __ WM. HAINES, Jr.
JOHN B. MTJRPHY,
has removed to the Store
/jp\ , ' oor ' K '* ow die Post
flija \ Office corner, No. 214,
Large Golden S|)eclacles.
Clocks, Watches and Jew
dry, carefully repaired and warranted.
Ifip A continuance of former patronage will
be thankfully received.
Augusta 10th, 1843 1 1v
JVoticc .
A LL persons having daims against tho
Estate of JOHN WINTER, late of Rich
mond County, deceased, are requested to present
them, and those indebted to said Estate will make
pavment.
ANNA WINTER. Executrix,
Sept If, 15 Gt