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Au Importaut Decision.
A great sensation has been created in i
Philadelphia, says the Spirit of the Times,
by a recent decision in one of our Courts.
It is stated that a large extent of proper
ty in Philadelphia, valued at from four j
to six millions of dollars, and covering
whole squares of dwellings, was lately j
laid claim to by the heirs of one James ;
Parick, all of which property in the course j
of years got into and now stands in the
hands of a variety of owners. The prop
erty had been originally confiscated, it
was said, and each proprietor consider
ed his title therefore a good one. The
decision of the court in favor of the
heirs of Mr. Parick, is therefore astound
ing ! It renders hundreds of title deeds
as worthless as so much brown paper!
Messrs. George M. Dallas, David Paul
Brown, and William L. Hirst, Esquires,
the attorneys for the heirs, are to receive,
it is said, one fifth of the whole value of
the property recovered, for their legal;
services. Half a million each will ren
der them independent.
The Tongue.
There are but ten precepts in the law
of God, says Leighton, and two of them j
so far as concerns (he outward organ
and vent of the sins there forbidden, are
bestowed on the longue (one in the first
tabic, and the other in the second table)
—as though it were ready to fly out both
against God and man, if not thus bri
dled.
Pythagoras used to say that a wound
from the tongue is worse than a wound
from the sword, for the latter effects only
the body, th o former the spirit—the soul.
It was a remark of Anacharsis, that
the tongue was at the same time the best
part of man and the worst —that with
good government none is more useful,
and without it none is more mischevious.
Boerhanve, says Dr. Johnson, was
never soured by calumny and detraction ;
nor ever thought it necessary to confute
them, “for,” said he “they are sparks,
which, if you do not blow them, will go
out of themselves.”
We cannot, says Cato, control the
evil tongues of others, but a good life en
ables us to despise them.
Slander, says, Lacon, cannot make the
subjects of it either better or worse. It
may represent us in a false light, or place
a likeness of us in a bad one. But we
are the same. Not so to the slanderer
-—the slander he utters makes him worse,
the slandered never.
No one, says Jerome, loves to tell a
tale of slander except to him who loves to
hear it. Learn then to rebuke and check
the detracting4onguc, by showing that
you do not listen to it with pleasure.
No man sees the wallet upon his own
hack, says the proverb, alluding to the
fable of the traveller with the two packs,
the one before stuffed with the faults of
his neighbors —the other behind with his
own.
It was a maxim of Euripides either to
keep silence or to speak something bet
ter than silence.
Davy.
Epictetus, a Latin author of some re
nown, gives the following sensible ad
vice concerning the treatment due to
those who, being naturally ignorant of
the presence of true greatness, or through
weakness of understanding, speak from
motives envious or malicious.
“ Does a man reproach' thee for being
proud or ill-natured, envious or conceit
ed, ignorant or detracting? Consider
with thyself whether his reproaches are
true. If they are not, consider that thou
art not the person whom he reproaches,
but that he reviles an imaginary being,
and perhaps loves what thou really art,
though he hates what thou appearest to
be. If his reproaches are true, if thou
art the envious, ill-natured man he tukes
thee for, give thyself another turn, be
come mild, affable, and obliging, and his
reproaches of thee will naturally cease.
His reproaches may indeed continue, but
thou art no longer the person whom he
reproaches.
A Caution to Whitlers. —A young
Yankee had formed an attachment for a
daughter of a rich old fanner, and after
agreeing with his bonnie lassie,” went
to the old fellow to ask consent, and du
ring the ceremony, which was an awk
ward one for Johnathan, he whittled
away at a stick. The old man watched
the movements of the knife, at the same
time continued to talk upon the prospects
of his future son-in-law, as he supposed,
until the stick dwindled down to nought.
He then spoke as follows: “You have
fine property, you have steady habits,
and are good enough looking, but you
can’t have my daughter! Had you made
something, no matter what, of the stick
you have whittled away, you could have
had her. As it is, you cannot. Your
property will go as the stick did, little
by little, until all is gone, and your fam
ily reduced to beggary. I have read
your true character; you have my an
swer.”
A Conversation on Conscience.
A few friendfe accidentally meeting one
day, were led in conversation to con
clude that some men had no conscience.
“ There is neighbor T. said one of them
“ who has borrowed frOm me no less than i
three umbrellas, and seems to make no;
conscience of bringing them back.”---1
“ Ah,” said a student, “I have had sever
al such neighbors, untill my library al
most consists of odd volumes.” “ The j
case is bad enough,” said a mechanic, 1
“ but not so hard as mine, for I have been
working for the rich Mr. F. for the last
twelve months, and he has so little con
science, that he always puts me off when
I ask for payment.” “ Well, well,” said
a physician, “I have always found that
men had less conscience in paying the
doctor’s bill than anything else.” “ Ex
cuse me, sir,” says a country clergyman, j
“if I doubt your conclusion. I labor
hard and live poor, and although I ain
; always descanting on the pleasures of a
good conscience, that is a conscience j
which accuses us of no neglect of duty, |
yeti seldom find my parishioners with I
conscience enough to remember the |
j poor parson's quarter day.” While this
| conversation was going on the publisher
i of a newspaper stepped up and remark
ed :
“ Gentlemen, none of you have as
much cause to complain as I have. I
go the expense of buying types presses
and paper, I hire workmen who must be
paid by the week, I send out a weekly
sheet of religious news, and yet some of
my subscribers have never made it a mat
ter of conscience to pay me a cent for
the last three years. And when I send
them a bill, they threaten to cease their j
patronage if 1 dun then.” At this, most j
of those present agreed, that it was very
true that many had very little conscience
in paying for a newspaper. Perhaps they '
felt guilty themselves.
ltciga of Terror.
Macaulay in his revietv of the “Me
moirs of Barreto,” gives the following
brief, but striking picture of the Reign of
Terror in revolutionary France:
“ Then came those days when the
most barbarous of all codes was adminis
tered by the most barbarous of all tribu
nals; when no man could greet his neigh
bor, or say his prayers, or dress his hair
without danger of committing a capital
crime; when spies lurked in every cor
ner, when the guillotine was long and
hard at work every morning; when the
jails were filled as close as the hold of a
slave ship; wire a the gutters ran foaming
with blood into the Seine ; when it was
death to be great neice to a captain of
the royal guards, or a half brother to a
doctor of Sarbonne ; to express a doubt
whether assignats would not fall; to hint
that the English had been victorious in
the action of the first of June ; to have a
copy of Burke’s pamphlets locked up in a
desk ; to laugh at a Jacobin for taking
the name of Cassius or Tiinoleon, or to
call the fifth sans-culotide, by its old su
perstitious name of St. Matthew’s days.
While the daily wagon loads were car
ried to their doom through the streets of
Paris, the proconsuls whom the sovereign
committee had sent forth to the depart
ments, revelled in an extravagance of
cruelty unknown even in the capital.
The knife of the deadly machine rose and
fell too slow for their work of slaughter.
Long rows of captives were mowed down
with grape shot. Holes were made in
the bottom of crowded barges. Lions
was turned into a desert. At Arras,
even the cruel mercy of speedy death was
denied to the prisoners. All down the
Loire from Sarnur to the sea, great flocks
of crows and kites feasted on naked
corpses, twined together in hideous em
braces. No mercy was shewn to sex or
age. The number of young lads and
girls of seventeen who were murdered by
that execrable government, is to be reck
oned by hundreds. Babies torn from the
breast were tossed from pike to pike
along tiie Jacobin ranks. One champion
of liberty had his pockets well stuffed
with ears. Another swaggered about
with the finger of a little child in his
hat. A few months had served to de
grade France below the level of New’
Zealand.”
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Firt in Savannah. —By the Georgian of the
3d inst. we learn that a destructive lire .occurred
in that city, on Sunday night last, which consu
med several valuable houses and about 2000 hags
ofcotton. The Oglethorpe Lodge, the DeKalb
Lodge, and the Magnolia Encampment of Odd
Fellows, lost their rigalais entire, estimated at
51,200. A valuable negro man was killed by
the falling of a brick wall. On the property
destroyed, 8(5,000 was insured in New York, and
$20,000 in the Savannah Insurance and Trust
Company. No estimate is given ofthe total loss.
A fire'recently occurred at Ponce, Porto Rico,
which destroyed property to the amount ofSloO,-
000
Mis) Webster Pardoned.— The Frankfort
(Ky.) Commonwealth of the 23th ult. says, Gov.
Owsley, yesterday granted a pardon to Delia A.
Webster, cojftWed ip the FayWlt Circuit Court
of assisting slaves to escape, and sentenced’ to
confinement in the State prison for two years.;
She has been in confinement under this sentence j
since an early day in January last. She departs j
immediately, in company with her father, for his
residence in Vermont.
There is a proposition before Congress to erect [
new edifices for the accommodation of the War
and Navy Departments. Eight of the bureaus ,
are now quartered about in private houses, occu- 1
pying thirty four rooms.
The bill to reduce the ratesof postage has pass- ;
cd both houses. The rates established, are 5 j
cents for 300 miles or under, and JO cents over I
300 miles.
An Island discovered in the Pacific. —Captain !
Simmons of brig Faith, who arrived at Baltimore j
a few days ago, discovered an island in the Pacit- j
ic, which is not laid down in any chatt. He was '
on his passage from Otahciteto Valparaiso. «nd
j fell in with this island in lat. 21 deg. 10 m. and
| lon. 138 deg. 54 m. It is a few*hours sail from t
j Carysfont. which he afterwards saw. It is about ■
■ six miles in circumference, surrounded by a reef j
I of black coral rocks, covered with cocoa trees, j
! and apparently rich and fertile, with a lagoon in I
the middle. Hp called it the Isle of Faith.
The Nashville Union asserts, upon what the !
| Editor considers to be reliable authority, that Pre
sident Jones, of Texas, is not opposed to Annex
ation.
Cost of Intemperance —The report of the Se
cretary of the State of New York shows, that
one half of the enormous tax of $500,000 levied
annually upon her population fir the *.iintain
ance of paupers is occasioned hy intemperance.
Public Meeting, at the
CITY HALL.—In conformity to a Resolution !
at a late Meeting of the citizens of Augusta, ad
journing said meeting subject to the ball of the
Chairman, 1 hereby invite the citizens to assetn
j bleat the City hall, on THIS EVENING, Sat-
I urday, the Btii inst. at half-past seven o’clock.
As matters nfgreat importance connected with
j the projected Canal, will be brought before the
meeting, a general attendance h requested.
M. M. DYE, Chairman.
March Bih, 1815.
GUN AND LOCK SMITH.
r rUIE undersigned respectfully informs
I the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity,
j that lie has taken the store on Macintosh-street,
| near the Post Ollier, (in the rear of Mr. J. B.
I Murphy’s Jewelry Store.) where he is prepared
to execute all kinds of REPAIRING in the above
line, and solicits a portion of patronage, tlis
prices will be in accordance with the times.
O" All work warranted to give satisfaction.
JOHN D. SMITH.
Augusta, March Blh, 1845. 34 4t
Look o irr
For the Vagabond and Swin
, dlcr!
j V®/ - E desire to call llie attention of the
public, but more particularly that of our
: brethren ot the press, to the impositions and out
rages practiced on the community by a scape
grace, who is engaged in circulating a series of
obscene pamphlets through the country, under
the titles of “ Scenes in Savannah, or Fashiona
ble Dissipation,” and “ Tho Adventures of Miss
Leonora Siddons.'’ The former work purports
to be by a gentleman of this city, but was doubt
less manufactured abroad for this market; and is
only inferior to the multitude of obscene pam
phlets which have lately emanated from some oli
; scure northern press, in imitation of Paul de Kock.
We do not believe that a press could be found at
the south for the reproduction of such infamous
trash.
The fellow, (for he gave no name in this city,)
procured us to print for him some handbills (in
themselves unexceptionable) to the amount of
six dollars, the greater part of which he left on
our hands without paying for them. We under
stand that he has bent his course to the up coun
try, and it is mainly for the purpose of putting
our friends in the interior on their guard, that we
have penned this article. That he may be known,
we give as good a description of his person as we
can from having seen him but onceor twice. He
is about five feet six or eight inches high, slen
der built, llorid complexion, with dark hair and
small auburn whiskers. Rather well favored
than otherwise. Had on when here, a cloth
cap, dark grey sack coat, black vest and pants,
and an extremely dirty shirt.
If this should not serve to limit the circulation
of his moral poison, it may prevent other printers
from being imposed upon by him—if it should
answer the double purpose for which it is intend
ed, we will consider our six dollars well.spent
Publishes Washingtonian.
Northern and Southern Directory.
The public are respectfully informed that
Bronson’s Traveller’s Directory is now in
Press, and will bo bound and ready for delivery
by the first of March next.
This work embraces all the Routes from New
Yoik to New Orleans, and the crosslines, to
gether with a description of portions of the coun
try. The distance from each point, the price of
fare and the time occupied over each route.
The Directory will be sold at the following re
tail prices:
Plain binding, neat, per copy 15 cts.
Do. do. with memorandum attach
ed ....30
Extra fine binding, gilt, with extra large
memorandum attached 50
No agencies will be made, except with such
persons as reside on the regular travelling route.
Book-sellcis and country merchants can be sup
plied at wholesale prices—which will afford from
20 to 50pr. ct profit. Address (post paid)
F. S. BRONSON, LaGrangc, Ga.
February 2G, 1845.
Tjp Editors with whom wc exchange, and
who are friendly to us, will confer a favor by giv
ing notice of the above, which will be reciproca
ted when an opportunity is offered.
tWM. HAINES, Jr. (Successor
to Garvin & Haines,) Wholesale and
retail Dealer in Drugs, Medicines,
Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, Per
fumery, Surgical Instruments, &c- &c., has now
on hand a select assortment of the above articles,
for sale at low prices and on moderate terms.—
All orders executed with neatness and despatch.
WM. HAINES, Jr.
No. 232 Broad-street, Augusta.
July 20 1 ts
AUGUST A MARKET:
BAGGING.—We have no change to '
| note in our market for this article since
I our last report.
GROCERIES.—We have had no al-
I to rat io n in our market for these articles, j
j since last Saturday’s report; the prices
then quoted may be repeated this day.
PROSPECTUS
or the
Star of Temperance .
A weekly family newspaper, devoted to the
I promotion of Temperance, Education,Literature,
i Agriculture, and Institutions of improvement
! generally in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the
I South-West, is published in this city, (New Or
i leans.) at tiic low price of Two Dollars and Fifty
; Cents per annum, invariably in advance; printed
! in quarto form, on fine paper and clear type.
| The time lias arrived when such a paper is
■ imperiously demanded by the peculiar exigencies
i of reform and improvement., in the great South
! West, and wo are determined to make a bold and
; vigorous effort to meet the demand.
The paper will advocate with moderation and
! liberality, but with firmness and decision, the
j pure and lofty principles of Total Abstinence
| from all intoxicating drinks, in health; a com
l plete and radical reform in our system of Educa
tion, or rather, it will uige the estableihment of
a thorough one in the Library and Agricultural
Societies, and all enterprises, public or private,
calculated to elevate, enlighten and stimulate the
great mass of mind throughout our section of
country —a section than which, there is no rich
er or more advantageously and salubriously situ
ated for the developemcnt of its wealth, on the
face of its Globe.
It will labor to kindle a love for the refined,
the useful; and neither pains nor expense will
| lie spared to render it all that the friends of the
cause, in winch it is embarked could desire; a
like the advocate ol great and practical'princi
ples of Temperance, Morals, and Improvement,
and the social and attaactive companion of the
parlor and family circle. On the one hand it
will avoiil the destructive Charybdis of being
confined exclusively to one subject, and the fatal
Scyila of attempting to grasp every thing on the
other.
Whilst drawing, whenever it may think pro
per, upon the exhaustless anc ennobling princi
ples of Christianity —as such, it will carefully
shun sectarian religions, as well as party politics.
With this exposition ol the course wo intend
to pursue, the appeal to the friends of the cause
is made. Stevens & Arms.
Publishers friendly to the cause will render
us a favor by giving the above an insertion.
Tfjir jUAJrtri \acTqpt if
'WINNER'S Work of evory description
“ made to order, at short notice, such as
Bathing Tubs,
| Factory Cans,
Cyleiiders,
oil Stands, (from 1 up to 100 gallons,)
Patent Coffee Pots, of all sizes, to suit ho
! tels or private families.
| |{3” All the above mentioned articles made o
| Double Tin.
A regular assortment of TIN WARE kept
constantly on hand, to suit merchants or pedlers.
All kinds of ROOFING and GUTTERS
made and repaired low for cash.
The above business superintended bv
1 E. E. SCOFIELD,
A't.fl dour above the Insurance Tank,
liruad-street, Augusta.
; Sept. 21 10 tt
r)UNHAM & BLEAIvLEY, Augusta,
Ga. has now on hand, and will continue to
receive during the Fall season, a choice and well
selected assortment of Paper, Books nnd Fancy
Stationary, which will be sold to Printers, Mer
. chants and the citizens generally, at a small per
cent ace on New York cost. Cash customers
will receive fair value for their money, by giving
us a call. ' [July 20 1 ly
Bleached winter oil—Wb7
ranted Pure Sperm —l,ooo Gallons, in
I tierces and barrels, a very superior article for fine
machinery, and for family use. For sale low, at
! wholesale and retail.
Also, good SUMMER LAMP OIL, $1 00
a gallon, by
IIAVILAND, RISLEY, & Co
July 20 Ftf
P JOSEPH E. MARSHALL,
N Successor to
Thomas I. Wray,
At his old and well known stand,
above Me Gran’s corner, Augusta,
> Ga., wholesale and retail Dealerin
Selected TAMIL Y DRVGS
AM) MEDICINES , (Bull’s)
Gold Foil and Leaf—Perfumery,
i Brushes, Paints. Oils, Dye-Stuffs.
J Window and Sky Light Glass,
&c &c.
C HEMIC ALS prepared at shortest notice.
August 17 5 tJ2O
TJEMEDY for WORMS.—TheCotn
■ pound Syrup of Pink Root, prepared by the
subscriber from the original receipt of the late Dr.
M. Antony.
This pleasant and safe preparation ts recom
mended, as one of the effectual remedies for ex
pelling Worms Jam the system. For sale in
quantities tosuit purchasers.
July 20 1 tf] WM. HAINES, Jr.
Young Todies 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 of Europe. Miss W. lias
been long in the practice ot Teaching, and with
perfect confidence invites parents and guardians
to place their daughters and wards under her
care, pledging herself to give the strictest atten
tion to every branch ot education, as well as to j
morals and manners. .
One of the most approved Music Teachers is
engaged for that department : those who wish to
attend Music, without joining other classes, can
doso.l . ,
|3> A number of Boarders will be received
with advantage to themselves.
For terms, apply at the Seminary, Broad-st.,
first door above tile Bridge Bank Buildings, Au
-3 Reffrences — Hon. M. M. Dye, Rev. E. E
Ford, Dr. D. HcoY
! fw.fos; II 2m
AUGUSTA PRICES 5 W
i »» a
CURRENT, r 1
Camefui.lt CoUßtcT r.v Weekly. jj*
I t»rtUu ftU. Irieuip.... «... ~ yard 17 20
Tow “ 16 16
Gunny “ 22 23
j Bale Rope lb. 6* M
Bacon, Hog round “ 6 5}
Hams “ 7 8
5h0u1der5..,.,,.. "66
Sides "67
: Beef. Smoked “
Buttvu, Goshen " 25 31}
North Carolina... M 15 20
Country “ 1 25 31}
Coffee, Green prime Cuba. “18 0
Ordinary to good.. " j 7 9 .
St. Domingo “ ; 7 9
Rio “ ! 7} 9}
Laguira i 7} 9}
Porto Rico “ 7} 9}
Java I i “ 14 15
Mocha | “ is) 20
Candles, Sperm I “ 33 37}
Tallow, Georgia. | “ 12} 18|
do. Northern.! " 16 18
Cheese, American ~j " j 9 j 10
English i “ !
Crackers, A ugusta made,. j“ i 9 12}
Northern j “ j
Cigars, Spanish M. !l5 00 20 00
American........ “ 1 5 Oft 12 00
Corn bush.' 45 56}
Fodder .....jewt j 75 tfl
Fish, Herrings \ box 75 100
Mackerel, No. 1.... bbl. li 00 15 00
do. No. 2.... “ 11 00 13 00
do. No. 3.... “ 800 11 00
Floor, Canal " ;6 50 7 IXI
Baltimore “ 600 650
Western “ 575 C 25
Country “ 450 500
Feathers lb. 25 28
Ginger “ 10 15
Gonpower, Dupont’s fff. . keg GOO 28 00
B asting “ 1 400 26 27
Glass, 10 *l2 box 300 450
B*lo “ 225 350
Iron, Russia cwt. 450 300
Swedes, assorted.... “ 450 550
Hoop '« 700 500
Sheet '■ 700 800
Nail Rods “ 700 800
Lead, Bar lb. G 800
Sheet “
Leather, Sole " ; 23
Upper side 1 50 200
Calf Skins doz.'lß 00 16 00
Lard |b. 7} 10
Molasses, N. Orleans.... gal. 28 33
Havana “ 27 33
English Island.. “
Nails lb. 5 6
Oils, Lamp gal. ;1 15 125
Linseed “ |1 00 125
Tanners “ i 00 75
Oats bush.] 35 40
Peas “ j 50 62
Paints, lied Load lb. i 12} 15
White Lead keg 200 250
Spanish Brown... lb. 4 12}
Yellow Ochre “58
Pf.pper, Black “ 12} 18
Raisins, Malaga box 200 250
Muscatel “ 200 225
Bloom “
Rice, Prime cwt, 350 500
Inferior to good “ 250 400
Sugars, New Orleans lb. 6 8
Havana white.... “ 11 12}
do. brown.... . “ 7 8
Muscovado “ 7} 9
St. Croix “ 9} 11
Porto Rico “ 7 9
Lump “ 12 14
Loaf “ i 3 15
Double refined.... | “ 14 17
Spice... j “ 15 ISf
Soap, American, No. 1....i “ 6} 9
do. Nd, 2.... | “57
Salt, Liverpool ground., . ibush. 40 45
do. do 'sack 1 37} 1 62
Steel, German : lb. 15 16
Blistered i “ i 8 12}
Shot, all sizes bag LSO 200
Tobacco, N. Carolina lb. 8 15
Virginia “ 15 60
Twine “ 25 33
Tea, Bohea “ 62} 87}
Souchong " 60 75
Hyson “ 80 125
Gunpowder “ 100 125
EXCHANGE TABLE. —Specie Ban*.
Augusta Notes.
Mechanics* Bank par.
Brunswick Bank “
Bank of Augusta “
Augusta Insurance & Banking Co “
Branch Georgia Rail Road “
Branch State ol’Georgia “
Savannah Notes.
State Bank ‘
Marine and Fire Insurance Bank “
Planters’ Bank “
Central Rail Road Bank 3 dis'
Country Notes.
State Bank Branch, Macon par
Other Branches State Bank “
Milledgeville Bank “
Georgia Rail Road Bank, Athens...... 11
City Council of Augusta "
Ruckersville Bank “
Branch Marine & Fire Insurance Bank “
St. Mary’s Bank ... “
Central Bank
Bank of Hawkin5vi11e............ 6 dis.
Merchant’s Bank, Macon 5 “
City Council of Columbus 25 “
City Council of Milledgeville No sale.
City Council of Macon “ “
Insurance Bank of Columbus, Macon.. 1 “
Commercial Bank, Macon No circulation.
Monme Rail Road Bank broke
Exchange Bank of Brunswick “
Phcenix Bank, Columbus
Bank of Darien and Branches “
Chattahoochic R. R. and Banking Co.. “
Western Bank ol Georgia
Bank of Columbus .... .... .... .. '*
Planters & Mechanics Lank Columbus “
Bank of Ocmulgee ,
Georgia G pr. ct. Bonds lor specie,...... 90
Georgia# pr.ct. Bonds, W 2
South Carolina Notes.
| Charleston Banks P ar -
Bank <>f Hambuig. “
Country Banks
Alabama Notes o dt
Checks.
New York Sight } prrmi
805t0n.... • * “
Philadelphia 1 t(
Baltimore i
Lexington....,
Richmond, *
Savannah ;-*• I***'
Charleston