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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. 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