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I profess to be, to explain this strange
proceeding, unless it be that wine bibbers
will seize upon any excuse to appease
their consciences for getting drunk :
they would celebrate the funeral of their
friends, the birth of their children, and
every other event in life in the same way,
if public opinion would sanction it.
Spectator.
For the Washingtonian.
The Magic Wheel, or Striped Pig in
Ssgvise: —ln consequence of the price
«f license for retailing spirituous liquors;
bavin" been increased to one thousand
dollars, the good people of the town of
Marion, (Ala.) have been visited with
quite a curiosity in the way of mechani
cal skill and ingenuity.
Awheel is exhibited, which by some
means is kept constantly in a rotary mo
tion without the power of discovering
how, or by what sort of machinery it is
turned. It seems to be a great curiosity,!
and in consequence attracts inanv visi-!
tors. Some are said to be so delighted
with this piece of ingenuity, that they
never tire of looking at it; —others there
♦are who visit it regularly several times
every day. It is exhibited in the rear of;
n doggery (grog shops are so called in
Alabama,) at 12| cents admittance. Vis
itors who call to see this extraordinary
jjiecc of mechanical work, are informed;
that refreshments arc given to them gratis
i This eternally revolving wheel beyond!
ioubt is a fac simile of the one which Ju-i
liter encompassed with serpents and fix -
id Ixion upon, as a punishment for at
tempting the chastity of Juno—with this
‘xoeptkm, that the rascal Ixion,having es
caped from Tartarus and his wheel, seized
the serpents and brought them to the up
>er world with him, and bv some sort of
ilchemy has converted them into liquids
of different colors and tastes, which he
deals out to mortals in revenge upon Ju
piter. lie appears to us in this case in
the shape of a mortal in a small town in
Alabama, his veritable self, a fac-simile
of his wheel, with his serpents in dis
guise.
This is our opinion of the magical
wheel, hut no old lady, a friend of ours,
says that the greater probability is, that
he assumes various shapes in this upper
world, and that he was fong since releas
ed by Riiad.uiwmthus upon condition that
f>r the boon of remaining upon earth, he
;should furnish Tartarus with a certain
number of victims daily, and in default,
to return to his dark abode, his wheel and
his snakes. W.
The Bag Slate Democrat, of the Bth
i nst., give# ail account of a meeting in
Fanuiel Hall, Boston, of the "St. Mary's
Catholic Total Abstinence Society .” It
states that the meeting was very large,
and was addressed by several able auvo
cates of the cause, among whom was Mr.
Fitzgerald, whose speech on the occasion
is spoken of in terms of praise for its beau
ty and power. It further slates that thro’
the instrumentality of the Rev. Mr. Fit
simmons, about eight thousand Irishmen
in Boston and the adjacent towns have
signed the pledge, and that four only
have broken it. Here is sincerity and
lonesty of purpose worthy of the cause
and of these true-hearted Irishmen.
What a saving of money too. Allow an
average of 12£ cents to each signer sav
;d per day, it amounts iu all to $lOOO
>ec day, which of course is $305,000 a
rear 1 To how many and how much bet
:er purposes can this vast sum be appro
bated than that of debauchery—drunk
muess—vice, and the silly habit of tip
ling. Temperance.
From the Dew Drop.
Recollections of a Kumseller.
I More than thirty years ago, said a very
lespectable friend ol mine, 1 kept a gro
ler’s shop in the neighborhood of ltum
Hollow It was some time before such
trading establishment had received the 1
fame of rum-shops —even while men
♦ho would be considered respectable, ,
Colonels, Justices of the Peace, and otti
§ers in the Church, dealt out rum to |
their fellow men, with none to point the ,
jnger of scorn at them. Late, one eve-!'
fing, as I was begining to think it was j
bout time for me to gather up my gains, j
nd lock up my shop for the night, old L., j
ame in for his last glass of sling, previ- E
us to his setting out for home, which was E
ome five miles distant. He was a man E
dio his neighbors feared was going the [
wrong way, lor occasionally he was seen];
returning from the “Green,” at a very!
|late hour, with a very heavy load, as the
phrase was. And like some others, he
was very knowing and very communica
tive in his drinks. On an old bench) by
the fire, sat two men, who have since!
gone down to the drunkard’s grave, who!
gladly embraced the opportunity to have!
some sport, as they called it, with the old
man. Accordingly' having tipped me!
the wink to set the decanter within their!
reach, they proceeded with their abomi-j
nablc design—which was to get him
drunk. I handed him liis glass of sling.
,and while he was sipping it, by little and
little, they engaged him in conversation,
and as be frequently set down his glass;
to make some wise remark, they watched!
their opportunity, unperceived by him, to
replenish it from the decanter. Their
plan was successful, and I must confess,
I was there aiding and abetting. In a
half an hour he began to reel and talk
thick, and finally sallied away into an old
: chair, which had held many a drunkard,
;in like circumstances before. The work
was accomplished—there he lay, almost
insensible, and, of course, the sport was
over. It was growing very late, and 1
told the two men that as they had got the
old man into such a sad condition, they
must get him out of it, and take care of
i him. Accordingly they got him up and
i-walked him across the room, and shook
him, as drunkards know how to do ; but
still they could not shake the stupor out
of him. An occasional, unmeaning;
grunt was all the evidence he gave that
I lie was a living man. At length, I be-j
came more uneasy, and ordered them to]
I take him away as I was determined to
'shut up my shop. Upon this, they led
him into the street and walked him hack
and forth, iu the open air. This exer
cise seemed to bring him to his senses,
, in part, and, in this condition, they set
him upon his horse and turned him to-
I wards home. Hereupon, I closed my
shop and went to my boarding house,
‘ and then to bed—to bed, but not to rest
"or to sleep. I thought of the drunken
• j man. I saw him making slow nnd doulit
progress homeward, hardly able to sit
(upon his horse. Something within me
. .began to say, “you have made that man
1 drunk, and if any barm befal him, you
‘ will be answerable lor it.” I tried to
“plead net guilty. I sold the rum to the
. two men, and they cheated the old man.
:If any accident happen to him in conse
! quence of it, they if any body are respon
sible. “But,” he replied, “you furnish
■jed the ruin, you consented that the man
t should be made drunk, you are the guilty
iman.” I tried hard to reason down this
. unwelcome accuser; hut in vain. He
Jkcpt dinging in my ears, “if any acci
dent happen to that man, you will be an
swerable for it—the sin will lie at your
‘ door.” Thus the night wore away. At
, times I would turn over, and think of run
| ning water, or pattering rain, or mono
lonous sound ; but before I was aware of
it, my eye was following the poor drunk
-1 en man, now clinging to his horse’s main
, with desperate grasp, now falling into the
river, now dashed upon the rocks, and
then, the same accuser from within,
1 would cry out in a voice which echoed
through all my bones, “ See there! he is
- dead, and you are his murderer .” Truly,
. there was not a moment’s sleep for me
'that night. In the morning I arose ; but
1 hardly dared to see any one, lest he
" might say to me, “ Did you hear how Mr.
L., fell from bis horse last night, and
- broke his neck ?”
, This is the way the rumscllcr felt,
, thirty years ago;—does the rumscllcr
ever feel so now l
I Mr. Hawkins.
, Mr. Hawkins has been with us accor
ding to invitation, and we must say that
jour favorable expectations of him as a
‘ Temperance lecturer have been more
■ than realized. His touching account of
I his conversion by means of the affection,
innocence and piety of his little daughter
Hannah, his beautiful picture of that
! child at prayer for him, the unfeeling,
Jtyranizing, besotted father, his promise,
iat length, given to her. when none other
Jiad power to move him, to relinquish for
ever the cause of his ruin and her misery.
Though that same touching tale had, we
have no doubt, been often dwelt on be
fore by the narrator, yet the tear was as
fresh and ready, as ever, to the father’s
eye; and,the responsive tear of sympa
thy of nis audience here, as we have no
Idoubt elsewhere proved, that Nature’s -
claim to human sympathy was everv ;
! where the same, and must be, every |
| where, heard and answered. The audi- |
ence on neither night, we regret to say, I
was large, owing to the unusual press of <
;business and the multifarious engage- I
mentsofour citizens at this season.— I
The Representative Hall of the State i
House was unanimously granted to Mr. i
Hawkins to lecture in, on Sabbath even •
mg. The exceeding inclement weather, 1
alone, we are sure prevented a crowded c
assembly, that the novelty of a Temper- 1
ance lecture in the State House would t
have congregated. Mr. Hawkins, after r
spending some time with our friends ofy
Charleston, contemplates a long South, t
Southwestern tour. His Temperance t
principles are, (those after our own c
heart,) based upon Christian principles, j
May his success in disseminating them |
'be owned and blessed of Heaven. if
I ; j
Philadelphia—Judge King and In- 1
the recent address to I
the Grand Jury this gentleman very 1
justly remarked:—That if the present!
Temperance Reform continued to go on 1
with the rapidity it has done, for a few
years longer, they would have to abolish 1
the Criminal Court and shut up the Pris-j‘
sons, as there would be no further use fdi (
them; and that he was confident, fromj
|his observation while on the bench, that:
RUM was the father and mother of all
crime. I
Probable cou iltioa of the United States, I
Four Million principal tetotalcrs. |
Four Millions influenced by the tem
perance cause greatly to abstain. ■ '
Four Million hard drinkers.
Four Millions and upwards of in
fants and children, as yst noil-consumers,
and untouched by the plague. i
Present wants of die Temperance Reform
1. It wants the aid of the Church.
2. It wants the prayers and efforts of
[ ministers.
3. It wants the countenance of those;
who control fashionable life.
4. It wants the example of men who!
fill offices of state.
5. It wants pecuniary means.
Suicide--Effects ot Gambling!!
1 The Macon Telegraph of the 19th inst.
J gives the following account of an awful
suicide, which should stand as a melan
“ cholv warning to gamblers:
“Mr. Charles Julian, Barber and Hair
* Dresser, under the Washington Hall,
committed suicide on Thursday evening,
' about G o’clock, by blowing out his brains
with a pistol, the muzzle of which he had
| placed in his mouth. He had lost con-j
1 siderable money by gambling, during the
1 afternoon, and under the excitement and
! desperation consequent thereupon, the
‘ deed was done. Several persons were in
the shop at the time, but had no suspicion
1 of his intentions, until the report of his
1 pistol and tho falling of his mangled
1 corpse, told them of the sad work. He|
was a native of Normandy in France.!
’ was about 31 years old, and had been in
Macon several years, and had accumu-!
' lated a snug property.”
i Frum the Southern Banner.
Mr. Editor, —Believing it to be a mat
* ter of interest to the community, to be
made acquainted with new and strango
■ phenomena, especially when such be
* longs to our own State, I address you
r this communication.
t There is a mountain in Rabun county,
* near the North Carolina line, that is now
■ throwing out large quantities of very
1 black dense smoke, and manifests the ap
■ pearance of being Volcanic. Those who
) have visited this mountain, say that the
* smoke issues through fissures in the
1 rocks, and that there is a continued rum
, bling sound like low distant thunder,
1 constantly heard in the bowels of the
i mountain. There is no doubt of this
, fact, as a gentleman of this place has re
: cently visited the mountain, and from him
f I have obtained information. The moun
s tain itself is very difficult to ascend, and
.is the highest in that region. It has the
1 appearance also, of having undergone
violent changes heretofore. As soon as
, convenient 1 intend visiting the place and
r will afterwards give you a full account
of it. W.
An Important Discovery.—A means
■ of instantly stopping a horse when he
1 runs away has been discovered in France,
ilt is simple. A sudden transition from
! light to total darkness, is the principle.
It is contrived by means of a spring con-i
i nected with the reins to cover the horses’
' eyes. This was done in an instant when!
the animals was at the top of their speed,!
and the result was their irtstamaneousji
stoppage; for the light being suddenly ;
excluded, horses no more rush forward,
says the discoverer, without seeing their j
way, than would a man afflicted with
blindness.
Looking Aloft.
Some years ago, Dr. Goodman, oft
Philadelphia, (now deceased,) related,
that in a voyage to sea in early life, he
had seen a lad who had just began to be >
a sailor, going out to some projecting
part of the rigging. His arms were sup
ported by a spar, and he was looking be
low him for the rope which run across,
on which his feet should be. The rope
flew from side to side, and it was evident s
that the poor fellow was becoming-dizzy, j
and in great danger of falling, when the
mate shouted to him with all his force, 1
•‘Look aloft! you sneaking lubber!”
By thus turning away his eyes from the
danger, the dizziness was prevented and c
he found his footing. And this incident,
the doctor said, often recurred to his
mind in after life, when his troubles jrrew
heavy upon him, and he hardly could
find ground whereon to tread. At such
times he heard the mate’s shout in his
ears, and turning his eyes aloft to the
prize upon which he had fastened his
hopes. We cannot part with this beauti
ful illustration, without asking each of
our readers to apply it to a still nobler
purpose ; to steady themselves in all the
tempests of adversity, by looking towards
that life in which there is rest and peace
evermore—and when our flesh and heart
shall fail us, and we can find no support
under our feet, to seek it by “ looking
aloft,” to Him, “who is the strength of
our hearts, and our portion forever.”
AUGUSTA MARKET:
BAGGING.—The demand for this ar
ticle has been limited, since our last pub
lication and have no change to notice in
prices.
GROCERIES.—The last week very
little has been done, as but few Planters
were in town. Business generally has
been dull, which is always the case du
ring the Christmas Holidays.
List of Payments to the Washingtonian.
J. C, Self, Jus. A. Black, to June 10,1841.
We are authorised to announce
Dr. JOHN MILLEN, as a Candidate
| tor Tax Collector of Richmond County, at the
I Election in January next.
! Oct. -28 21 td
!(SAMUEL tTcHAP^ANTAttoknby
at Law, will attriid the Courts of Law and
Equity in the Districts of Edgefield, Orangeburg
and Barnwell, S. C. Also, the several Courts ol
Richmond and adjacent Counties, Geo.
0“ Office, Constitutionalist Range, Augus
ta, Ga. Sept. 2 13 tf
T AW NOTICE.—The undersigned ha
j ving associated themselves in the practice ol
j Law, under the firm of S N E A D <& M l L •
LED G E, will devote their unremitting atten
tion to the duties of their profession, and solicit
for the firm thebusinessoftheirindividual friends.
They will practice in all the counties of the
Middle, and Lincoln and Warren Counties ol
the Northern Circuit; also, the Court of Com
mon Pleas of this City.
One of them mr.y at all times during business
hours, he found at their office in the Law Range,
over the Post office. JOHN C. SNEAD,
JOHN MILLEDGE-
Augusta, Ga. August Bth, 1843.
Ausi 12 10 tf
| I'fcß. JOHN MILLEN, Office No. 147,
I North side Broad-street, below Eagle and
‘ Phoenix Hotel, Augusta. [June 10 ly
If AVI LAM). RISLIdV m. 10.
I V ear the Mansion House, Globe, and U. States
Hotels, Augusta, Ga.
DEALFKS IN
Choice Drugs anil Medicines,
Chemicals, Patent .Medicines,
t Surgical & Demal Instruments
Perfumery, lirushes,
Paints, Oils,
Dye-Stuffs,
Window Glass, &c. &c.
June 17 2 Iv
rM'ih W.M. HAINES, Jr. (Succes
sorto Garvin & Haines,) Wholesale
EgSgH and Retail Dealer in Drugs, Medi
eincs, Paints, Oils, Glass, Dye-Stuffs
Perfumery, Surgical Instruments, Sic. &e— Has
now on hand a select assortment of the above ar
ticles, for sale at low prices anti on moderate
terms. All orders executed with neatness and
despatch. W.VI. HAINES, Jr.
N 0.232 Broad-strect, Augusta.
June 18 1 tf
Jt' 1 OUR months after date, application
will be made to the Court of Ordinary ol
Richmond county, for leave to sell Judy and her
two Children, belonging to the estate of James
Broad hurst, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs
of said estate.
SUSANNAH BROADHURST,
Sept. 4, 1843 Guardian.
“TOWWOOiV
MR. NOEL, will open a Seminary on
the Ist January next, opposite the Consti
tutionalist Office, for the reception of boys. Per
sons wishing to send will please make application
before that time.
Terms, &c. made known on application to J.
G, Dunlap, cr the undersigned,
A. W NOEL.
Reference:— Rev. W. J. Hard, Ebenezer
Starnes, Esq.
Dec. 23 29 tf
County lAue micrnlemy.
(NEAR Q.UAKER SPRINGS.)'
ijyjß. J. T. S. PARK, who has taught
\ successfully, and satisfactorily, in this In
stitution, for a year past; has been employed
again tor the ensuing year; commencing on
.vjonday the 15th January next.
N. B. Board can be obtained in the neighbor
hood, for 7 dollars per month.
A few students will be accommodated
with h ard,( tuition included,) for 25 dollars per
(oluartcr, in tue teacher’s family.
Dec. 23. 29 3t
!5f The Chronicle & Sentinel and Constitu
tionalist will copy weekly three times.
TIN MANUFACTORY.
STUNNER’S Work of every description
made to order, at short notice, such as
BATHING TUBS,
FACTORY CANS,
CY LENDERS, (
OIL S I'ANDS, (from lup to 100 gallons.) i
PA PEN P COFFEE POTS, of all sizes, to
suit hotels or private families, i
PATENT BOILERS, tor washing or heat
ing water tor Baths. i
ijf AII the above mentioned articles made ot
Double tin.
A regular assortment of TIN WARE kept
constantly on hand, to suit merchants or pedlers
All kinds of ROOFING and GUTTER:
made and repaired, i.ow for cash.
The above business superintended by
E E. SCOFIELD,
Next door above the Insurance Bank, Broad-st
Augusta, June 17 2 ly
”".j . jeu.u •sasmmsßssam
AUGUSTA PRICES s »
CCBRENI, % | I
Cahetblit Corrected "ffE*KLr. ~
Bagging, Hemp
Tow ...
Gunny .
Bale Rope
BacmN, Hog round ...
Hams .......
Shoulders
Sides
Beef, Smoked
Butter, Goshen
North Carolina...
Country
Coffee, Green prime Cuba.
Ordinary to good..
St. Domingo
Rio
Laguira
Porto Rico
Java
Mocha
Candles, Sperm
Tallow, Georgia,
do. Northern.
Cheese, American
English
I Crackers, Augusta made..
Northern
Cigars, Spanish
American
Corn
Fodder
Fish, Herrings
Mackerel, Np. 1....
do. M >.2....
do. r4>. 3....
I Flour, Canal
Baltimore
Western
Country
Feathers
Ginges
Gunpowkh, Dupont’s fff. .
B asting
Glass, 10* 12
8* 10
Iron, Russia
Swedes, assorted....
Hoop
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 Leah
White Lead
Spanish Brown...
Yellow Ochre
Pepper, 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 relined....
Spice
Soap, American, No. 1
do. No. 2....
Salt, Liverpool ground...
do. do
; Steel, German
Blistered
Shot, all sizes
Tobacco, N. Carolina
Virginia
Twine
Pea, Bohca
Souchong
Hyson
Gunpowder
EXCHANGE TABLE. —Specie Easis.
Augusta Notes.
Mechanics’ Bank p ar>
Brunswick Bank «
Bank ot'Augusta “
Augusta Insurance & Banking Co “
Branch Georgia Rail Road “
Branch State of Georgia «
Savannah Notes.
State Bank “
Marine and Fire Insurance Bank “
Planters’ Bank «<
Central Rail Road Bank 5 dig.
Country Notes.
State Bank Branch, Macon par
Other Branches State Bank ? “
Commercial Bank, Macon t “
Milledgeville Bank ‘ “
Georgia Rail Road Bank, Athens ".
City Council of Augusta “
Ruckersville Bank “
Branch Marine & Fire Insurance Bank “
St. Mary’s Bank “
Branch Central R. R. Bank, Macon... 8 dis.
Central Bank 4 a 5 “
Exchange Bank of Brunswick No sale.
Insurance Bank of Columbus, Macon.. “ “
Phoenix Bank, Columbus “ “
Bank of Hawkinsville 5 dig.
City Council of Milledgeville Uncertain.
City Council of Macon *' “
City Council of Columbus 20dis.
Monroe Rail Road Bank Broke
Bank of Darien and Branches “
Chattahoochie R. R. and Banking Co.. “
Western Bank of Georgia “
Bank of Columbus “
Planters & Mechanics Bank Columbus “
Bank of Ocmulgec “
Georgia G pr. ct. Bonds for specie, 90 cts. to the 8
GeorgiaS pr.ct. Bonds, 97 “ «
South Carolina Notes,
Charleston Banks par.
Bank of Hamburg “
Country Banks “
Alabama Notes 7 is.
Checks.
New York Sight par.
Boston «
Philadelphia «
Baltimore >■*
Lexington “
Richmond, Va “
Savannah «
Charleston “
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