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him of his error, bat they flit across his bewildered vision in rapid and frightful succession. I knew a young man in this city who at this stage of the disease, who imagined himself lying under the charge of murder, and nothing could convince him to the contrary, until his friends ac tually put him through the forms ot a mock trial, in which, of course, he was most triumphantly acquitted. lie mani fested great delight at the moment, but while his friends were congratulating! k themselves with the fortunate termina tion of their experiment, a more hideous: phantom than the one they had just ex ercised occupied its place. The patient is now never for a moment free from the most dreadful apprehen sions ; one frightful monster after anoth <er rears its hideous form to his astonished and bewildered gaze, until his eyes are ready to start from their sockets. He will spring up suddenly and point his emaciated and trembling finger at, and shade his cowering visage from a sceptre so terrible that an indifferent spectator will almost feel the infection of his terror. 1 have seen men in such a state, de scend to the bottomless pit and describe -all the gloomy horrors of pandemonium, point out their acquaintances, and detail •the various tortures to which they were subject, in far more vivid colors than Dante's poetical inspiration ever painted. Occasionally the room is peopled with the sceptres of departed friends, in all the hideous and disgusting aspects of death and the grave. The poor famished, parch ed, sleepless, and benighted sufferer speaks to them in the guttural whisper of mortal fear, his whole manhood and eve ry thing that creates the pride of man, -crushed into a humility so abject, that one might imagine him sunk into the earth l»v the blasting eye of a basilisk ! His I'rame is almost convulsed, so dreadfully does it tremble in the delirious agony of fear. His eye loses all volition, and rolls in its socket like a flashing meteor; his tongue is bitten and gashed, and hangs from his bleeding mouth like a mad horse of the praiiies, and his blue hands are clenched so tight that the very blood is cxlravasted beneath the nails. The most piercing shrieks fill his cham ber constantly, crowds are attracted round his couch by these strange noises and the accounts of his strange doings. Night nnd dav his friends must sit and hold him in his bed, and not unfrequently for a week at a time. During ail tins while, his eyes have never been closed in slum ber, there is an eternal and sleepless vig ilance, a long communion with dark spir its. His countenance by this lime be comes cadaverous and haggard, his eyes blood-shot, his lips and nails blue, nostrils collapsed, teeth covered with black Horde, marking exactly the extent to which his parched and shrivelloa lips cover them ids breath is hot and fetid, his hair matted and frizzled in the wildest disorder, and altogether he forms such an abandoned and humiliating picture of human na ture, as is seldom met with in any other disease. Crows vs. Alcohol. We extract the following excellent ar ticle from the Peoria (111.) Register : Col. 11. has one of the best farms on the Illinois river. About one hundred acres of it arc now covered with waving! corn. When it first came up in the spring, the crows seemed determined on its entire destruction. When one was killed it seemed as though a dozen came to the funeral. And though the sharp crack of the rifls often drove them away, they always returned with its echo. The Colonel at length became weary of throwing grass, and resolved on try ing the virtue of stones. He sent to the' druggist for a gallon of alcohol, in which he soaked a few quarts of corn, and scat-: tered it over the field. The black legs j came and partook with their usual relish,; and, as usual, they were pretty well corn-' ed ; and such a cooing and cackling— such a strutting and staggering! The! scene was like—hut I will make no invi-1 dious comparison—it was so very much like — When the boys attempted to catch! them, they were very much amused at their staggering gait, and their zigzag course through the air. At length they i gained the edge of the woods, and there being joined by a new recruit, who hap pened to be sober, they united at the top! of their voices haw-Tiawing, and shout-! ing either the praises or the curses of al cohol. It was difficult to tell which, as they rattled away without rhime or rea son, so very much like — But the Colonel saved his corn. As soon as they became sober, they set their feces steadfastly against alcohol. Noth another kernel would they touch in his! field, lest it should contain the accursed thing ; while they went and pulled up the corn of his neighbors. To turn like dog to his vomit—like a washed sow to i the mire—like not they. They have i too much respect for their character, black i as they are, again to be found drunk. I Pursue useful and profitable studies, i Mechanics Meeting. At a meeting of the Mechanics of Au-! gusta, held at the Mansion House, on Fri day evening, November 17, Garey F. Parish, Esq., was called to the Chair, and Alexander Philip appointed Secretary. The Chairman stated that the object of the meet in" was to call the attention ot! the mechanics to the present system ot ■ mechanical labor as adopted in the Peni-i tentiary, and to petition the Legislature] for its abolishment. On motion ofWm. O. Eve, Resolved, That a committee of eleven; i be appointed by the Chairman to take in I !to consideration the effect produced on! free mechanical labor, by the prison labor jof the Penitentiary, and to prepare a pe tition to the Legislature, on the subject. , i The Chairman appointed the following) i named gentlemen as that Committee. William Phillips, William O. Eve,; | Alexander Philip, C. A. Platt, W. M. Hight, John Finn, Israel Bond, Mr. Bur-j “jleigh, E. E. Scofield, Mr. Coles, Mr. Woodstock, Who, after retiring for a short time, made the following report: ‘j The undersigned having been appoint-! led a Committee to take into considera-j ' tion the effect produced on free mechani ;cal labor by the prison labor of the Peni -1 tentiary, and prepare a petition on the subject to the Legislature, make the fol ! lowing report: We have considered the subject mainly 'ion its influence in mechanical operations, -l and are ofopinion that mechanical labor j in the Penitentiary should bo abolished, k Ist. Because the felon who is there j taught a trade is not morally reformed. ’ and he is thus turned out a villain to com pete with honest men. 1 2d. That the sales of goods made at the Penitentiary prevents the honest and in jdustrious maker of the same articles from j realizing, to the full extent of his capital, ’land his character for the faithful exccu " tion of his work. 3d. Because in as much as the demand ‘for our products pre-diminished, it is a tax ‘| upon us for the support of an institution which seldom accomplishes the object for which it was created, viz: reformation J ] of the convict. 4th. Because we believe that the me chanic arts should be elevated instead of [beingdegraded by the Legislature. They ' contribute as much, if not more, than 'jmere intellectual pursuits to the purposes ‘I of life. The commerce of the world and "jail machinery of government are con stantly receiving fresh impulses by the ■| achievements of mechanics, and wc can ' not consent to their depredation. We also submit the following petition ? as more fully setting out our opposition to ’ labor in the Penitentiary. To ttic Senate and House of Representa- I tivtsof the State of Georgia in General I Assembly. I The undersigned approach your honor able bodies with deep feelings of regret, .[that as a class in society they are com ; polled, in the assertion of the equality of j rights'guarantied to them by the Consti tution, to complain of the former acts of -1 the Legislature, and now to ask a remedy ; for the evils they have created. I I These feelings are more deeply im- I pressed, because this action on their part ;| appears to contradict and oppose some • oi’the cherished opinions of philanthropic! i Statesmen ; hut, conscious of its recti sjtude, and the recent conflagration of aj ■ part of the Penitentiary, afl'ording a fa-j > vorablc opportunity, they have determin- Jed now to come forward and present their ]claims, trusting that at your hands they will receive such favorable consideration as their importance deserve, and that in: ! your wisdom some measure will be adopt-! ed for their relief. It must be obvious to your honorable bodies, that there must be something mo j rally wrong in any system which, for a moment, admits that the labor o f felons and the outcasts of society can be sub- ; jstituted for the labor of the honest and) [industrious. It is arguing that the lat-j ter may be compelled to sharethe rewards' iof enterprise and industry with the for-! [mer, and therefore, that all mechanical) labor is degrading. But to place this■ odious feature of the Penitentiary system ;in its most glaring light, suppose for a moment it was the law to place the most adroit felon, &c., amongst the convicts kinder the tuition of a professor of Theol ogy or of Law, &c. A glance will show you that these intellectual labors, how iever highly appreciated, would be degra ded by such an act. There are hundreds of young men in the State seeking to render their labors available, who, by the ' ; invidious distinction thus created, shrink )from the contaminating contact of the felon, or even with a distant competition i with them in mechanical operations. i Many of them waste their lives in the i vain attempt to acquire celebrity intheal- | ready over-stocked genteel professions, i and finally sink into habits of vice and ■ immorality, which renders them a curse ito society, and infinitely below the stand ard which should be set up for Meehan- j ics. That the Penitentiary system, so i ,liarasit requires the introduction of me jchanical labor into the prison, infringes our right, is quite evident. The Peniten tiary is an institution created for the pun ishment of crime ; the same compact which authorizes the punishment of crime ■ binds every citizen, upon principles of I equality; to bear a share of the expense ■of its infliction. But if the convicts are set to work at our trades, and thus de prive us of our means, is it notatyranni-i cal exaction, that, as Mechanics, we are! compelled to bear the chief burthen ? With these views, we are willing to admit that the Penitentiary system pre sents a means of punishment more in ac , cordance with humanity than the san guinary inflictions of antiquity; but we also believe that it is within the power of . the General Assembly so to direct such means as to avoid collision with establish ed interests; and we would respectfully ' suggest that the convicts be employed in the construction of the Roads or in the developcment of the mining resources of [the State, or in solitary confinement. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c. On motion of A. Philip, it was Resolved, That a committee of four |be appointed by the Chairman, one from each Ward, whose duty it shall lie to pro , cure signatures to the petition, and to rec commend to the mechanics throughout | the State, that they should hold public . meetings, and unite with us in endeavor ling to procure the abolishment of me ‘jchanical labor in the Penitentiary. The Chairman appointed the following gentlemen that Committee: ' A. Philip, H. Blinn, W. O. Eve, and jC. F. Jones. j 0:i motion, the Chairman was added jto the Committed. On motion, it was Resolved, That the proceedings of this j meeting be published in the city papers, j and that the different newspapers in the j State, favorable to the objects of this I meeting, lie requested to copy. On motion, the meeting then adjourned, j G. F. PARISH, Chairman, Alex. Philip, Sec’v. The Tempeiance Cause. The St. Louis Era says, “that a re ■ markable Temperance movement is in progress among the soldiers at Jefferson Barracks. A Temperance Society was i formed, we believe, about the first of last ' month, and since then meetings have been 1 held two or three times a week. The - number of men who have enrolled them -1 selves, as members of the Society, a - mounts to upwards of /ire hundred, and Hast night thirty-four signed the muster i; roll as Temperance men. At this rate i the two regiments, will soon lie compos led of anti-grog men.”—,Y. Y. Obs. J, Father Matthew.—This celebrated j Advocate of Temperance, lately stated in London, that he had received letters from the Magistracy of Liverpool and Man ’ Chester, where 140,000 persons had ta ken the pledge, stating that already an immense diminution of crime had taken '. place. He also said that there were 1,000,000 acres in Ireland into which j spades had never been put since the flood, land that he desired to see the Irish as j happy in their own country as were the English, by the cultivation of additional jhousands of acres She Wished it Well. An Agent in Western New York, . writes that he called upon a lady, one of j the wealthiest, and professedly, the most ■ ! deeply interested in the cause.of Temper ance, of any in that section, to solicit her (subscription to a Temperance Periodical. j On examining, she expressed her approva jof it, and “ hoped it would be well sustain ed but times were such—money so scarce, and she was taking so many papers!’' They were taking the ‘Lady’s*Book,’ the • ‘World of Fashion,’ the ‘New World,’ and ‘Weekly Sun.’ On being inquirec {of what Temperance paper she was ta king, ‘Why,’ she really believed they were not taking any; they used to take 'the ‘Temperance Recorder, that came at jsixteen cents per annum, but they no longer took that.’ Now, upon the cen tre table of this lady, lay the ‘Rover,’ j'Katc in search of a Husband,’ ‘Sam Slick in England, the Attache,’ and vari ous other Novels of the day. It is thus j with thousands of the professed friends of ; Temperance ; they think nothing of 850 i per annum for periodicals, the moral ten dency of many of which is even doubt ful. But when asked to give one dollar • lor the support of a Temperance Period j ical, why, they can’t afford it. They can only “wish it well!— Ladies Temp. Mir. Coughing. A correspondent of the London Medi cal Gazette states, that to close the nos trils with the thlimb and finger during respiration, leaving them free during in halation, will relieve a fit of coughing in a short time. List of Payments to the Washingtonian. , Augusta: —Turpin & Barnes, paid to Nov. 2, 1844; Gerard McLaughlin, Sept. 3, ’44; Sarah < R. YVoIf, to Nov. 18, ’44. Uaniclsville :—Joel Freeman, to Nov, 18, ’44, ' are authorised to announce! 3 Dr. JOHN jMILLEN, as a Candidate for lax Collector of Richmond County, at the Election in January next, j 00128 21 td > £ AMUEL T. CHAPMAN, Attorney ■| at Law, will attend the Courts of Law and Equity in tin? Districts ot Edgefield, Oranoebure -and Barnwell, S. C. Also, the several Courtsol : | Richmond and adjacent Counties, Geo. ,| O” Office, Constitutionalist Range, Auous ; ta > Ga. Sept.'S i:t~tf Home Industry Store. fjpHE Depository of this Institution has ,! been removed on the square above its late location, two doors west of the Insurance Bank, where they have now, and will constantly keep ■ on hand a full supply of • FALL Sp WINTER CLOTHING . • on the most reasonable tcruiß. Cutting and making all kinds of Garments j . will be attended to by the Agent, on the most 1 favorable terms. - As the Institution is for benevolent purposes. . and the more work sold, the more will have to he ( {given out to the poor, it is ho|>ed, that all who feel J disposed thus indirectly to assist the poor, will jituvor the store with a call for such articles as they ; may want. „ L B. COURTRIGHT, Acr cnt . Oct. 7. 1843. !8 t s | CHARLES E. GRENVILLE & CO, J and Stationers, 241 1 j Broad-street, oilers for sale, at wholesale 1 j and retail, a large assortment of School,Classical, . Medical, Law and Miscellaneous Books ; togeth er with Blank Books, Paper, Paper Q.uills, metallic Pons, Fine Cutlery, and ° ° E Stationery of every description, C | Music, Musical Instruments, and every article . I usually called for in a Bookstore. . j Law and Medical Libraries furnished on the j most liberal terms. Schools, Academies, and Literary Institutions I supplied at the lowest prices. June 10 j (f IJl? JOHN B. MTJRPHY, I has removed io the Store uk\~ ’ !li .‘Dor below the Post e Office corner, No. 214, /Ssk\ \ \ tir°ad-»treet, sign of the s Largo Golden Spectacles. Clocks, Watches and Jew ! ? elry, carefully repaired and warranted, e fjf A continuance of former patronage will j. be thankfully received. Augusta, June 10th, 1843 i ]y ' T AW NOTICE.—The undersigned ha 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 . for the firm the business of their individual friends. 1 They will practice in all the counties of the Middle, and Lincoln and Warren Counties of 1 the Northern Circuit; also, the Court of Com s inon Pleas of this City. I One of them may at all times during business hours, be found at their office in the Law Ranee 1 over the Post office. JOHN C. SNF.q.D ° ’ s JOHN Ml PLEDGE- Augusta, Ga. August Bth, 1843. Aug 12 io ts 1 LIVERY AND* SALE r STABLES. The undersigned t‘' respectfully informs his friends and - * 5 g i." the public, that ho has taken the Stables on Ell's street, formerly known as Gued ron’s Lower Stables, and more recently kept by ( ] Mr. N. Ballingal. which are now undergoing thorough repair- These Stables are large, airv n and commodious,with splendid Dry lots attached, n Every attention will he paid to the Drovers, and . charges moderate, according to the times. I will also keep on hand Vehicles of every de scription and fine Horses, to hire, on reasonable n terms. CHARLES McCOY. [1 Augusta, August 12 10 4m J BRASS & IRON FOUNDRY. I npHE subscriber has now on hand a ’ large stock of the raw materials, of the best s quality, tor Mill and Gin Gear, also, first rate e 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 ail kinds of business in his line, as low as any other establishment in the city. He flatters himself that he will he able j to give satisfaction to all who may entrust their work to his care. Orders left at the Foundry, or t with any of the merchants of Augusta, wid be promptly attended to. p July 1 4(»ml |». H. MANTZ. HAVILAND. RISLEY CO. 1 Near the Mansion House, Globe, and U. Slates Hotels, Augusta, Ga. DEALERS IK > Choice Drugs and Medicines, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, ; Surgical & Denial Instruments , Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, - 'Window Glass, &c. &c. June 17 2 ly » - ... - ■ —■ -■ - ■ i —— i WM. IIAIXES, Jr. (Succes ) sor t!> H arv ‘ n & Haines,) Wholesale IspSa and Retail Dealer in Drugs, Mcdi ‘ cines, Paints, Oils, Glass, Dye-Stuffs, Perfumery, Surgical Instruments, &c. &c. — Has I now on hand a select assortment of the above ar ticles, for sale at low prices and on moderate terms. All orders executed with neatness and ; despatch. WM. HAINES, Jr. f No. 232 Broad-street, Augusta. I June 18 Its |Yr7 JOHN MILLEN, Office No. 147, ■ t y North side Broad-street, below Eagle anil ■ Phoenix Hotel, Augusta. [June Id ly tiEMKDIf FOIt WOI4MS. r JPHE 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. months after date, application ■*- will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Richmond county, for leave to sell Judy and her twb Children, belonging to the estate of James Broadhurst, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs of said estate. SUSANNAH BROADHURST, Sept. 4, 1813, ' Guardian. iAUCtSFA PRICE* a ft> >•’ 5. ’ - CURRENT,’ | a Cahkfui.lt CoRRF.CTr.rJ AVfeklt. Bagg ng, Hemp • Tow Gunny ; I Bale Rope : Bacon, Hog round j Ilams I Shoulders t Sides j Beep, Smoked ! Butter, Goshen North Carolina...! Country... : Coffee, Green prime Cuba. Ordinary to good.. | St. Domingo Rio , 1-aguiva Porto ilieo, ; Java i Mocha [ Candles, Sperm ! Tallow, Georgia. I do. Northern.; I Creese. American j English | . Crackers, A ugusta made.. Northern Cigars, Spanish American Corn I Fodder Fisu, Herrings Mackerel, No. 1....! do. No. 2.... do. No. 3.... ■ Flour, Canal , Baltimore Western Country - Feathers Ginger . Gun power, Dupont’s fff. . B asting ? Glass, 10 * Id 8* 10 Iron, Russia Swedes, assorted.... Hoop Sheet J Nail Rods Lead, Bar Sheet L ’ Leather, Solo Upper Calf Skins , Lap.o Molasses, N. Orleans.... Havana English Island.. Nails - Oils, Lamp f Linseed Tanners - Oats t Peas . Paints, Red Lead ! White Lead I Spanish Brown... Yellow Ochre Pepper, Black 3 Raisins, Malaga , Muscatel Bloom Rice, Prime Inferior to good Sugars, New Orleans _ j Havana white >j do. brown.... II Muscovado.. il St. Croix e Porto Rico Lump y Loaf r Double relined....; J Spice j Soap, American, No. 1....; 1 do. No. 2 .... j Salt, Liverpool ground... : do. do j L . Steel, Gorman Blistered Shot, all sizes it Tobacco, N. Carolina Virginia Twine 1 Tea, Boliea Souchong Hyson Gunpowder EXCHANGE TABLE. —Specie Basis. Augusta Notes. Mechanics’ Bank par. Brunswick Bank ;. “ Bank of Augusta “ Augusta Insurance & Banking Co “ Branch Georgia Rail Road “ Branch State ofGeorgia “ Savannah Notes. State Bank *< Marine and Fire Insurance Bank 11 Planters’ Bank “ Central Rail Road Bank sdis. Country Notes. State Bank Branch, Macon par Other Branches State Bank “ Commercial Bank. Macon “ Milledgeville Bank “ Georgia Rail Road Bank, Athens “ City Council of Augusta “ * Ruckersvillc Bank “ Branch Marine & Fire Insurance Bank “ St. Mary’s Bank “ Branch Central R. R. Bank, Macon... 8 dis. Central Bank C a 7 “ Exchange Bank of Brunswick No sale. Insurance Bank of Columhus, Macon.. “ “ Pncenix Bank, Columbus “ “ Bank of Hawkinsvillc 5 a 10 dis. City Council of Milledgeville Uncertain. City Council of Macon “ City Councilor Columbus 20dis. (j •• • w ui«a Monroe Rail Road Bank Broke Bank of Darien and Branches “ Chattahoochie R, It. and Banking Co.. “ Western Bank of Georgia « Bank of Columbus “ Planters <& Mechanics Bank Columbus “ Bank of Ocmulgee 11 Georgia 6 pr. ct. Bonds lor specie,.... 75 pr. Georgia 8 pr.ct. Bonds, 05 cts. South Carolina Notes, Charleston Banks par. Bank of Hamburg “ . Country Banks “ Alabama Notes 10 is. Checks. New York Sight par. Boston “ Philadelphia “ Baltimore *< Lexington ,« Richmond, Va... “ Savannah “ Charleston “ yard 20 15 18 i 18} 19 1 lb. 6} 10 j •• 5 8 1 » 8 10 ! « 4? 7 ! -< 7 8 II j •> 16 20 10 15 I 18 25 •! “ 9 10 i" j 7 9 i“ ! 7 9 «l 9 11 9 11 “ 9 11 i •= 14 16 ; « 18 20 . >< 28 37 | « 12} 18J . « 16 18 | « 8 10 i “ “ 9 124 u M ;15 00 20 00 “ ; 5 00 12 00 bush.! 35 60 cwt 62 J 87 box , 75 100 bbl. 'l3 00 15 00 '< jll 00 113 (X) “ 800 ill 00 “ 600 650 « 6 (X) !6 50 “ 550 600 “ 500 600 lb. 31 374 “ , 9 124 ke<f 600 700 “| 400 450 box 300 350 “ 250 300 cwt. 450 550 “ 450 550 « 700 800 <« 700 800 “ 700 800 lb. 6 8 It “ j 23 28 side ! 1 50 200 doz. 118 00 36 00 lb. | 8 124 gal. : 314 374 25 374 II lb. 5 6 gal. :1 12 125 “ 112 125 “ 55 60 hush. 1 374 50 “ j 50 624 lb. j 124 15 keg 200 300 lb. 4 124 “ 5 8 “ 12 15 box 200 250 “ 200 225 11 cwt, 350 5 (X) “ 250 400 lb. 6 8 “ 11 124 “78 “ 74 9 “ 9 11 n 7 q “ 12 14 “ 13 15 | “ 14 17 1 “ i 10 12J ; “ 64 9 ;“ 5 7 bush.; 45 50 ! sack 200 225 lb 15 16 “ 8 124 bag 150 200 lb. 8 15 “ ! 15 50 » I 25 33 “ ! 62} 874 “ I 60 75 “ 80 125 “ ! 100 125