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Bacheloi’s Hopes.
Though no pen can disclose a Bachelor's woes,
Though no pencil can picture his grief,
Though bereft of a home, unpitied, alone,
Let hint never despair of relief.
Ancient records will show that a long time ego,
Some eccentric but kind hearted creature,
Must needs intersperse & propitious reverse,
Os things in the order of nature.
Ladies every fourth’year it doth plaii#y appear,
Were invested hy law with a right,
To make application to the ’ lords of creation,’
To with them in wedlock unite.
Young men too were warned if such offer they
scorn'd
Or treated with slight in the least,
No clergy would proffer to them the kind offer,
Os blessedness, pardon or peace.
’Tis conceded by all from the hut to the hall,
That this is our privileged day,
I trust we shall use it so ns not to abuse it,
For the year is fast passing away.
No doubt it is true, we have many in view,
Who have never advanced a proposal;
Some lack elocution, some want resolution,
And a few, perhaps fear a refusal.
There is a strong indication of much calculation
Concerning their losses and gains,
But they never once dream that by trying the
scheme,
They might get a reward for their pains.
We might hint in their ear how greatly we fear,
That they think matrimony a bubble,
Which might suddenly burst should worst come
to worst,
And leave them in sorrow and trouble.
They need no encumbrance but bear in remem
brance,
That their whole future bliss may depend,
On 'heir promt l acceptation without hesitation
Os such consorts as fortune may send.
Should this year be misspent, we may sadly re
lent,
For young men, for no sensible reason,
May compell us to wait till eighteen forty-eight
Again brings us the propitious season.
\But should Bachelors choose with contempt to
j refuse
Such fair offers, I think Mr. Printer,
'is they stu|»id or witty, they deserve no one’s
8 pity.
f Though their homes should be as cheerless as
winter.
TiE ifcSJPig. IjfcA IMI © E»
Alt Ancient Tenipeiat.ee Document.
A friend handed us the following,
tvhieli we take great pleasure in
luying before our readers. It was
circulated very extensively in Eng
land many yeats ago. It shows ev
idently that the writer is, us he signs
himself, a ‘ deformed Drunkard.’
It also breathes the pute sentiments
of a Washingtonian of the present
day, and proves to us that the evils
of intemperance were sorely felt in
olden times, and that the drunkard’s
reformation was considered prncti
hie then as it is now.—JVcto York
Organ.
A drunkard is a despicable mem
ber of society; but he is a tncmbei
of society; therefore, to endeavor
to save him, is a charitable duty. A
drunkard is known hy many out
ward and visible signs, some of
which are evident and to be obser
ved by all persons, but in the gross
are to drunkards only known.—
l.ook at that man; he is a drunk
ard—observe the redness of his eyes
—the swelled eye-lids—the bloated
cheek—the hectic flush; his teeth
are discolored, (tor drunkards are
invariably slovens*) speak to him in
the morning; he addresses you in
hurried accents —he mispronounces
his words—he forgets or mistakes
your questions: talk to him of a
recent event in which he is deeply
involved ; he does not remember the
principal incidents; he inquires af
ter the health of a man who has
been dead for years; he mis-dates,
mis-quotes, rnis-calculates ; he asks
what day of the week it is, and
scarcely remembers what street he
lives in; he avoids his best friends
and makes overtures to his worst
foes; he is thick of hearing, dull of
sight, slow of comprehension, weak
ia his joints; he has pain in his
body ; trembling in his limbs ; his
head aches, his heart palpitates ; he
wishes himself dead ; he resolves to
amend—he breaks his resolve ; he
renews his debauchery j he is seiz
ed with sickness; he dies with a
complication of diseases, unless in
deed, as frequently happens, his own
band anticipates tire dire result.
Here is another drunkard —look
at him, follow him, and observe the
sign; mark his indecisive step; he
jostles against the by-passers, or
makes ridiculous and unnecessary
efforts to avoid them ; he suffers his
patron to pass without notice, and
takes oft’ his hat to a sheriff’s officer
and wonders where he saw that gen
tleman ; now he drags his weary
legs, scarcely able to support his
tottering frame; anon he changes
his step to andante; he crosses the
street without a motive; he leaves
the direct road for some obscure
passage ; follow him ; on a sudden
you lose sight of him; where is he
now ? yon corner liquor shop has nt
tracted him; there his trembling
hand is pouting a dram down Iris
throat in the hopes of steadying his
shutteied nerves. Come out, you
drunkard; nay, hesitate not; he not
admmed to come out, rather be a
shamed to go in. Come, I will’cease
reproach; you know my observa
tions are true : let us reason togeth
er. Are you happy? “Happy!”
methinks I hear him exclaim—“ i
am the most miserub!'' of men; I
have lost my wile’s love; I have
lost my children’s affeclion and rev
erence ; I have lost my friend’s es
teem ; 1 have lost my neighbor’s
good opinion—l am shunned hy my
superiors; I am unheeded hy my
equals; 1 am scoffed at hy the vul
gar; I am imposed upon by the
knave; I urn associated with black
guards ; my acquaintances are ever
varying : some have destroyed them
selves : some are in prison for debt:
some are suffering the punishment
due to the offended laws of their
country, and wandering wretched
through the streets, monuments ol
folly and debauchery, and solemn
warnings toothers.” Say you so?
think you so? feel you so? and yet
do continue in the prnctive of this
degrading vice? “Alas, so it is.
I *te the right , and yet the wnmg pur
sue; I cannot refrain : I cannot sleep
when sober: I have once or twice
tried to break it off, and have retired
to bed without the intoxicatin';
draught; but horrors dread sun on ti
tled me : feverish dreams, a restless
night, I dare not again encounter
if” Mark me, myfiiend, (for your
friend 1 wish to be,) you have a claim
upon mo for my advice. I know
what you feel, for J too have felt it:
you are not yet incurable. Distres
sing us is the fiist sober night of the
drunkard, it is not half so dreadful
us his drunken days, and his half so
herized mornings. Sl op whilst yet
you are among living men —stop
whilst you Imve the power of profit
ing by my advice. This night drink
not strong drink. Granted that on
the fits! trial your rest shall not he
sound : hut what will to-morrow be?
In the morning you shall walk forth
as though you had wings: the head
free from pain, the hand steady, the
eye open, the step firm, the voice
clear, the judgment sound, the tcc
ollection distinct, with a thousand
other advantages of which you have
deptived yourself: or if, indeed, all
these changes ate not. wrought hy
one effort, some will he—others will
follow: and olthough years may
have rolled over your head without
a sober moment, you may yet be
res ored to health, peace of mind,
and regain those delights the loss of
which you now so bitteily lament.
Be wise in time. This is not rant
of theory : it is the fruits of dear
bought experience: these are the
words of 1 1 uth and soberness, and
the solemn advice of a
KeFORMKD DRUxNDARD.
Temperance for American Youths.
Justly does it excite astonishment,
that no systematic efforts have yet
been matured, to bring our youthful
population under the benificent in
fluence of Temperance societies, in
stead of directing exclusive atten
tion to the reformation of the con
firmed inebriate ; which, however be
nevolent, or desirable, loses much
of its importance, when contrasted
with the vast benefits to be confer
red on society, and individual happi
ness, hy preventing the formation and
growth of the habit , in the young-
By striking at this desolating evil,
in its first stages, and taking bold of
the young' to prepare them for a life
of temperance, we save al. the trou
ble of reclaiming the old and invet
erate drunkard; besides laying the
foundation for those social benefits
which residt from sobriety and or
der, in the mass of our population.
Youth is especially the season ofj
temptation. If we fence themj
round, then, by the precautions of
temperance, we save then) from a
vice, which is not only a curse to
themselves, but to all soeiety. The
great prevalence of intemperate hab
its, in the young men of the time,
speaks for itself, as tbefiuitful cause
of all those crimes, that darken the
face of society, and give a shock to
the spirit of Christian purity. We
speak now of the whole Union. —
Not only large cities like our own,
hut county towns, villages, remote
counties, distant States, especially
the States South, and West—not
overlooking those at the North.—
Every where, no matter how distant
or near these Temperance societies for
the young men of the United Stales,
ought to be immediately organized.
The spirit of apathy that would
pause or slumber on such a move
ment, is a spirit neither congenial to
Christian influence, nor reconcilable
to the high and lofty aspirations of
benevolence, which distinguish the
age we live in. To meet the im
mense magnitude of the movement,
a National Temperance Convention,
ought forthwith to be held, there to
mature, and devise a system for
youth, which should penetrate to ev
ery town and village in the United
States. And this could he readily
accomplished, if the subject was in
vested, as it ought to be, with the
claims of music. Why refuse to
throw about a virtue , all the innocent
pleasure that render vice fascinating?
It would be unjust, unreasonable,
impolitic. Wo feel confidence not
to be shaken in the brilliant success
of such a scheme, which wants noth
ing but the energy of a John Cham
bers, and a Golgii, to insure it all j
merited success; and crown its;
champions with undying honor.
Trace the rapid increase of crime,
licentiousness, and disotder, from
one end of our Union to the other, i
and say, if gross and rank Intem
perance does not precede every mur
der that (hills our blood —every out
rage that shocks our sympathies—
every vice that appals our better na
ture ? If it would he slander to say
these crime* proceed from intoxica
tion, it is no slander to allege, that
they spring from habits of Intemper
ance, which do not reach the point of
ebrietv, and aie infinitely more
dr cad fill in the havoc they make
upon law, religion, order and social
happiness. Flow vast an amount of
crime is perpetuated by men who on
ly inflame tie ir passions by drinking,
what is ns frequently the infusion of
a poisonous drug, ns if is the distilla
tion ol less noxious material, equal
ly fruitful ii madness.
The young men of a Republic
like ours, ought to he its boast, its
pride, its honor, its salvation; but
they can only become so, by a speedy
union under the Temperance banner.
Let us not disguise the fact, or dis
semble the danger. The young
men of the United States, are not
distinguished for the virtue of Tem
perance. Let this fact rouse us to
the perils that environ us, that we
may rescue our children, our rights,
our liberties, our institutions, iron)
this insidious and tremendous foe of
human happiness and perfection. —
Rapidly is out country becoming a
settled and compact if not a dense
ly populated land. Would it be
wise to neglect the golden opportu
nity, now presented, in the hush and
calm of the political tempest, to
plant Temperance throughout the
length and breadth of our glorious
Republic, as a flower of Native
growth, rich in beauty, redolent of
perfume, luxuriant in vigor, and be
nificent in influence? Who would
refuse—who could refuse, to fly the
rescue of the youth of our laud, if
told, that by one effort, they could be
snatched from a pestilence fraught
with death? And are they not, at
this moment, menaced with such a
i pestilential fever. Do we not see
them dropping, one by one into the
grave—do we not behold therp drag
ged, one by one, to a dungeon—and
are not all following in the same
track, to the chasm? Awake, then,
friends oj Temperance to the perils of
the crisis; and let us adopt speedy j
j means to rescue American youth
jfiom this worse than Egyptian!
plague —Saturday American.
S'&HIWIg.
Proprietor of the Washingtonian, has just re
X craved, and added to hi* heretofore well selected
assortment, a further supply of
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The Proprietor returns his thanks for past favors, and
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From practical experience in the at:o*e business, he
Hatters hinist ll that he will be able to give general sat
isfaction, both in execution and price 01 work.
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Augusta, September2lst, 1844.
PROSPECTUS.
OF THE
SATURDAY EVENING MESSENGER,
A WEEKLY FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
Devoted to Literature, Temperance, Morals, Art,
Science, Agriculture and General Intelligence;
to be published in the City of Augusta, Ga.,
BY W. T. THOMPSON.
Entertaining the belief that a Press, maintain
ing a strictly neutral position in Politics—and yet
neither so pretending or exclusive in its devotion
to Literature as to preclude the discussion of the
| ordinary subjects of practical interest would, if j
properly conducted, receive the approbation and
cordial support of a large portion of the southern !
public, the subscriber has determined upon the i
establishment of such a paper in Augusta, under i
the title of the Saturday Evening Messenger.
The present time—when the heated discussion ,
of Party Politics is about to subside, and the pub
lic mind, long surfeited with the discordant cla- j
mor of wrangling factions, is about to cool down, |
it is to he hoped, to at least its tempi rate degree— !
is regarded as a favorable crisis for the introduc- i
tion of a medium for the dissemination of the
current intelligence of the day, in which Tiuth
may find its wav to the Family Fireside free from
the suspicion of party bias. That such a press
would supply an important desideratum in the
| literature of our section, we have the concurrent
judgments of many worthy advisers to attest—
i and that the plan is expedient is abundantly es
| lablislicd by the almost universal success ot simi
j lar journals in other parts of tile country. We
[ cannot, there lore, permit ourself to doubt hut that
: ont respectable “ Family Sens/ aper” would he '
i amply sustained at the south, and we trust that
we do not count too highly upon our auxiliary
resources, or overrate the advantages of our own
Editorial experience, when we indulge the hope
that we will be able to make the Messenger wor
thy that appellation.
The design of the Messenger is to combine
the useful with the entertaining—to instruct as !
well as amuse. With this view its contents will 1
he carefully compiled and arranged, throughout!
its various departments, to meet the wants and j
suit the tastes of the various classes of readers ; |
and while it shall present the features of a full,
comprehensive, MiscELi an Ecus newspaper, em
bracing every thing that can be brought within
the range of the Ncwsgathercr and the Litera
teur, it will he the constant aim of the Editor to
preserve in it a high moral tone, that shall render
it unexceptionable even to the most fastidious
taste. .
The Messenger will he identified with south
ern interests, and while it will'be ever prompt
aid firm in the maintainance of southern institu
tions and southern rights, it will sedulously ab
s ain from the too common indulgi nee of section
al prejudice—while it will watch the encroach
ments of northern Fanaticism, it will he without
motive either to magnify the danger or disguise
the truth.
The plan of the Messenger will embrace the
following departments—
ROMANCE. Under this head each number
will contain a choice original or selected Talc,
which will he preferred for the wholesome moral
truth it may enforce, rather Iran the author’s
succcsslul dalliance with the passions and sym
pathies of the heart. It being the province of
modern fiction to teach as well as entertain, such
stories only as combine the utile dulci will find
currency in the pages of the Messenger.
MISCELLANY. Under this head we shall
endeavor to give the readers of the Messenger a
choice variety of agreeable matter, with occa
sional articles of a more solid and important
character.
FIRESIDE READINGS. Pains will lie ta
ken to make this department of the Messenger
acceptable to the Family Circle, by selecting for
it. truui the best writers, short moral Essays and
Poems, such as are calculated to engage, not tax
the attention, while they prompt the pious mind
to devotional thoughts.
THE POLITICAL WORLD. This de
partment will contain the current Political
News of the day, accounts of the actings and do
ings of the National and State Lcgis'atures, of
ficial returns of important Elections, movements
of prominent men, and whatever else of interest
that may he given without trenching upon party
ground
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.—
The planter will find a portion of the Messen
ger devoted to his especial inteiests, in which
will he given seasonable articles on Agricul
tural subjects, drawn from the most reliable
sources.
FOREIGN NEWS. Under this head will
be found a careful compilation of the latest For
eign Intelligence, in which, whatever is of inter
est to the American reader will be given at
length.
TEMPERANCE. A liberal space will be
devoted to the advocacy of the Temperance
cause, in which will he brought to bear all the
influence of suasion, warning, and reproof, with
occasional sallies of pleasantry and ridicule.
THE COMMERCIAL WORLD. Each
number of the Messenger will contain a care
ful review of the Augusta Market, an Exchange
Table, and Table of Prices Current, with such
selections from foreign sources as wifi pet the
reader in jiossession of the fullest information in
Teference to tbe state of trade
POE TRY. At least one of the “ Nine" will
find a home in the Mis.sknt.eh—but she will not
tolerate had verse, even though it be original
We shall use the Attic seasoning but sparsely,
therefore it must needs he savory, though we
may be driven occasionally to encourage foreign
manufacturer. In all cases, however, [ reference
will be given to the domestic article of equal
quality.
LADIES DEPARTMENT. While it will
be the aim of the Editor to make the entire con
tents of the Messenger accqitable to his lady
readers, this head Will indicate the column devo
ted more exclusively to their particular interests.
YOUTHS’ DEPARTMENT. Under this
head will be arranged matter adapted to tbe taste
and capacity of juvenile readers. '
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. Un
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tributions of the correspondents of the Messen
ger. to whom the Editor wiiiigivc fr.,- scope to
discuss all proper matters of general interest,
simply restricting them to the liounds of Seutral
ihj in Politic « and PtUgh.n.
MAJOR JONES’ CORNER. Having ef
fected an arrangement with our old friend, Major
Joseph Jones, of Pinevilie—the same whoso
Courtship has been given to the world—by which
we have secured his Editorial assistance, the nu
merous department of the paper will be under his
sole and especial charge. From his Corner,
which will be adorned by a full-length likeness
of himself, the Major will hold his weekly par
lance with the readers of the Messenger, in
which he will discourse of men and manners as
they are and asthey ought to be, of matters arid
things asthey rise, and ol his Pinevilie relations
and friends in particular.
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feature of the paper, it becomes him not to speak,
further than to pledge himself to the industrious
exertion of his best abilities to render the Mes
senger worthy the patronage of a discerning
public.
TERMS—The SATURDAY EVENING
MESSENGER will be printed on an imperial
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copy, or S«S for two copies, payable invariably on
the receipt of the first number, which will he issu
ed on Saturday, tbe 4th day of January next.
All who are desirous of encouraging the
establishment of such a paper at the south are re
quested to send in their names ( free of Postage)
by the first of December.
WILLIAM T. THOMPSON.
friends of the editor are earnestly so
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Messenger.
f~*TEditors will confer a favor by giving the
above Prospectus a few insertions in their papers.
Nov. 2, 1844. Hi
NEW SERIES
SOUTHERN MEDICAL & SUROMpI RNAL,
to be published at auc;uot|Rey'
P. C. GUI Klip
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Second part, to reviews, extracts, anil a gener
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The price of subscription is S 3 per annum,
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|ierience having taught that such an undertaking
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The profession may rely upon the permanence of
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postmasters, as the law permits; and communica
tions for the Journal to the Editors, free of post
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nov 21 66
Ladies of Augusta, Hamburg & tlie Country,
NOTICE THIS!
EVERY LADY HER OWN DRESS-MAKEB FOR
THREE DOLLARS.
AIRS. S. W. RUSH, through this, in*
forms tlie Ladies of the above places, that
she lias returned to this city, with her new pa
tent right fur cutting Ladies Dresses, Habits,
Sleeves, Yokes, Ca|» s, Collars, &c. Ac. of any
desorption, size, fashion, and style, by which
system any lady is enabled, with less than three
hours instruction, to cut any of sard articles—
not only in the very best manner, but also in an
economical way, without any risks or misfits
The subscriber will be found Iron) i) in the morn
ing until 6 in the afternoon, on Broe.d-strcet, at
No. 237, one door above the old bridge-hank
building.
For the above price, Ladies will be instructed
in classes of from one to ten, and each Lady will
be entitled to a Book ol Instruction with the
Chart.
This is no mathematical theorem, but an im
provement on any thing of the kind eve' taught
before.
No charge is to be made unless satisfaction is
given.
Ladies not wishing to he taught, can be fur
nished with a full sett of Patterns forso Cents.
f3r Take Sotice. — All Ladies who have been
taught, and do not understand it, let me beg them
io return and accomplish the undertaking.
S. W. RUSH.
October 12 13 ts
Young Ladies Seminary ,
/"Conducted by Miss L. R. Williams,
from the British Provinces. —The Course
of Instruction in this Seminary, is the same as
in the best institutions ot Europe. Miss W. has
been long in the practice of Teaching, and with
perfect confidence invrtes parents and guardians
to place their daughters and wards under her
care, pledging herself to give the strictest atten
tion to every branch of education, as well as to
morals and manners.
One of the most approved Music 7 eochers is
engaged for that department: those who wish to
attend .Vlusic, without joining other classes, can
do soJ
O* A number of Boarders will be received
with advantage to themselves.
For terms, apply at the Seminary, Broad-at.,-
first door above the Bridge Bank Buildings, Au
gusta, Ga.
References—Hon. M. M- Dye, Rev. E. EL
Ford, Dr. D. Hook
Sept 28 11 9m