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is neither floor nor furniture. The; s
wretched creatures sleep on hemlock j t
boughs ; and have nothing like a blan-; £
ket. They are almost totally destitute -
of clothing of any kind. What they ,
have is miserably composed of rags, j
which do not suffice to cover their nudi- j
ty. They have nothing to eat, except | ]
what they beg from hour to hour. Thus ,
have this family lived all the winter, and j.
not one of our benevolent Abolitionists,
whose expansive feelings of humanity
embrace the millions of comfortable
slaves at the South, have sought to re-'
lieve the distress of the free negroes of
London, or to elevate them from the deep
moral degradation in which they wallow.
Nothing like their ignorance, vice, ab-i
ject penury and destitution of human
kindness and sympathy, if what we have :
heard be true, can be found in the slave
States ; and yet we have a prodigious
quantity of Abolition charity, mercy,
compassion and humanity for the poor
slaves at the South !—A. ii Patriot.
Prolific. —VVe are informed that the
wife of Mr. Kindred Story, who resides
in the lower part of this District, pre
sented him with three children at one
birth on the 25th ult.—one son and two
daughters—all doing well. The son is
named James Knox, and the daughters
Elizabeth Polk and Rebecca Dallas. As
a matter of course, the parents are in in
digent circumstances, and will require
the assistance of their friends and neigh
bors to render them comfortable. Our
informant states that they had five small
children before, and this unexpected ad
dition makes eight! Greenville is truly
a remarkable section of the country —es-
pecially for children. — Greenville Moun
taineer.
Gamblers.
Xhe following paragraphs is a transla
tion from the German of Lichwehr. It
is a bold picture, and forcibly drawn :
A man who had gone over a great
part of the world returned at length home
from his travels, his friends came and re
quested him to relate what he had seen.
“Listen,” said he—“eleven hundred
miles beyond the country of the Hourons,
there are men whom I thought very
strange; they frequently sit at table un
til late in the night; there is no cloth
laid, they do not wet their mouths; light
nings might flash around them ; two ar
mies might be engaged in battle; even
the sky might threaten to crush them in
its fall, they would remain unmoved on
their seats, for they are deaf and dumb.
Yet now and then there escapes from
their lips a half broken, unconnected, and
unmeaning sound, and they horribly roll
their eyes at the same time. I often
stood looking at them with astonishment,
for when such sittings take place, people
frequently go to witness them. Believe
me, brethren, I shall never forget the hor
rible contortions which I there saw.—
Despair, fury, malicious joy, and anguish,
were by turns visible in their counten
ances. Their rage, I assure you, appear
ed to me that of the furies—their gravity
that of the judges of hell—and their an
guish that of malefactois. “But what
was their objeot?” asked his friends.
“They attended perhaps to the welfare
of the community?” “Oh no!” “They
are seeking the philosopher’s stone?”
“You are mistaken.” “They wish to
discover the quadrature of the circle?”
“ No.” “They do penance for old sin ?”
“No.” “Then they are mad; if they
neither hear, nor speak, nor see, what
can they be doing?” ‘They are Gam
bling !’
Combat between a Monkey aud a Cobra
Da Capella.
The following curious account of a
contbat between a monkey and a cobra
capella, was related to me bv an old friend
in Bengal, who heard it from a gentle
man who had witnessed the fact at Patua,
some thirty years ago. The monkey in
habited a large burr ( Indice ) or banyan
tree, ( Jicus , indica ) and was preparing to
ascend it, when he perceived a large
cobra, near the root. On every attempt
to approach the trunk, the snake reared
his chest to attack him, and, as the monk
ey moved to the other side, the snake in
like manner shifted his ground, so as al
ways to intercept his advance to the tree.
The monkey on this quickened its move
ments, danced from side to side, and oc
casionally rushing directly at the snake
as if to seize it, kept it in a state of con
tinual action and alarm for nearly two
hours. At length the cobra, apparently
tired out, lay stretched on the ground.
The monkey now walked leisurely be
fore it, watching its motions all the time
with the utmost vigilance, and gradually
lessening the distance between them, till
he arrived within reach of a single bound
when, springing on his enemy, before he
had time to rear his head, grasped him
firmly by the neck. The snake instant
ly enveloped him in its folds, but the mon
key, retaining its hold, seized a brick-bat
(a part of the ruins of an old pagoda at
the foot of the tree,) and coolly set him
self to work to rub it against the head of t
the snake. This operation was continu- I
sd with the most determined persever- i
ance, till he had utterly destroyed all I
vfestige of the head, reducing it to a con
fused mass, when, disengaging himself
from the now inert folds, he threw it from
him, and sprang up to his wonted roost
ing place in the tree. After this, it can
scarcely he questioned, that the monkey
was not perfectly aware of the danger
ous character of the snake, and also knew
well the seat of the formidable power
which his enemy possessed and could in
an instant put forth his destruction. It i
also appears to prove that the larger ani
mals, unlike the smaller ones, and small
birds, are incapable of being acted upon
by the power of fascination.— Medical
'• Times.
The ltose.
The Guebers believe that when Abra
ham was thrown into the firp by Nimrod,
the flame turned into a bed of roses.—,
The Turks have an idea that it sprang j
i from the perspiration of Mahomet, and
I thev cause a rose to be sculptured on the j
! monuments of all young women who
die unmarried. The mythological wri
ters say that Apollo caused Rhodante,
j queen of Corinth, in consequence of her j
i extreme beauty, to be changed into aj
rose. The first rose is said to have been
j given by the god of Love to llnrpocrates,
! the god of Silence, to engage him to
; conceal the conduct of his mother \c-
I nus, and hence it was made the symbol
of silence. A rose was always placed
| above the heads of the guests in the ban
queting hall, to banish restraint, and to
denote that nothing said there should be
repeated elsewhere; and hence the say
ing, sub rosa, when a secret was to be
kept. Rhodes is thought to owe its name
to the immense quantity of roses which
it produces. At Salreay, in France, a
curious festival is kept up, called the Fes
tival of Roses. A young girl is selected
from among three of the most distin
guished for female virtues. Her name
is announced from the pulpit. She is af
terwards conducted to the church to at
tend the vesper service. She was for
merly accustomed to open the ball at
night with the signeur; now a present is
! bestowed upon her, and she is called la
| rosiere, because she is always adorned
. with roses. The perfume of this de
licious Hewer is thus accounted for by the
fabulous authors : “ Love, at a feast at
Olympus, in the midst of a lively dance,
overset, by a stroke of his wing, a gob
j let of nectar, which falling on a rose, em
balmed it with the rich fragrance which
it still retains.”— Ladies’ Cabinet.
Happiness.
All the world is in chase after happi
ness. But the world does not pursue it
in the right manner.
If we would be happy, we must fulfil
all our duties to God and our fellow men.
VVe must be willing to be miserable, if
thereby we can increase the happiness
of others. We must be benevolent.—
VVe must live in accordance with all the
laws of our being.
Happiness is not an object to be ob
tained by seeking solely after it. lie
that in this sense seeks it, will be sure to
lose it. It comes voluntarily to the heart
that is willing even to forego its visita
tions, for the purpose of carrying joy to
others.
Happiness is not an object to be pur
sued and won. She was never in this
way obtained. Hence, the folly of those
who follow after her. But she ever fol
lows after those who pursue righteous
ness and and an upright life. She visits
them when they are least looking for her,
and her visits are the more welcome, be
cause unexpected.
He, then, that seeks after happiness
shall loose it; but he who abandons it,
that he may follow righteousness, and
make the world happy, shall find it.—
“He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”
Try Again. —Timour was a great
Tartar conqueror. In early life, he was
forced to take shelter from his enemies
in a ruined building, where lie sat alone
for many hours. Wishing to divert his i
mind from so wretched a condition, he
fixed his eyes on an ant that was carry
ing a grain of corn larger than himself!
up a high wall. Sixty-nine times did the j
grain fall to the ground, but the insect
persevered, and the seventieth time it •
succeeded. This sight gave Timour
courage at the moment, and he never
forgot the lesson.
Industry. —“ Whenever, (said Dr.
Johnson,) chance brings within my ob
servation a knot of young ladies busy at
their needles, I consider myself as in the
school of virtue; and though I have no
extraordinary skill in plain work or em
broidery, I look upon their operations
with as much satisfaction as their gov
erness, because I regard them as provi
ding a security against the most danger
ous ensnarer of the soul, by enabling
them to exclude idleness from (heir soli
tary moments, and with idleness, her at
tendant train of passions, fancies, chime
ras, fears, sorrows and desires.”
A Fable. —A grasshopper, half dead
with cold and hunger, at the approach of
winter, came to a well-stored bee-hive,
and humbly begged the bees to relieve
his wants with a fe\v drops of honey.—
One of the bees asked him how he had
spent his time all the summer, and why
he had not laid up a store of food like
them? “Truly,” said he, “I spent my
time very merrily, in drinking, dancing,
and singing, and never once thought of
winter.” “Our plan is very different,”
said the bee ; “ we work hard in the sum
mer, to lay by a store of food against
the season when we foresee we shall
want'.t; but those who do nothing but
drink, and dance, and sing in the sum
rner, must expect to starve in the winter.”
MIBCELLANSC< US ITEMS.
.Mrs. Hamilton and .Mrs. Madison. — These
j two ladies dined recently with President Tyler,
Their united ages are more than 170 years!—
They were formerly intimate, but have not met
j before for 40 years. Mrs. Hamilton is 88, and
i yet she walked with ease one day from Capitol
t Hill to the President's House, nearly two miles.
rl Cure —lt is said that the syrup produced by
! sliced raw unions, with loaf sugar grated be
tween them, and simmered before a fire, is a cure
for colds and hoarseness. It should be taken
just before going to bed, and feet well toasted at
j the same time.
Superstition. —The Gerntsn papers received
by the. Cambria, state that upwards of 1,000,000
( pilgrims have visited the Cathedral of Treeves
to behold the celebrated coat of our Saviour
which has caused so much sensation.
, Jewish Press in Palestine. —Sir Moses Mon
, tetlore has presented his co-religionists at Jcrusa
! lem with two presses, and the necessary types for
l printing Jcwist tracts. The office consists of
twenty-one people of that persuasion. A num-
I her of works, as well as an almanac for the year,
have already been printed at Jerusalem.
, Chinese Market. —The demand for shirting for
the Chinese market is prodigious. The export
in this article alone, wdl, it is said, exceed thutol
last year by 1,500,000 pieces,
I The Printing Press of Benjamin Franklin,
. which he used one hundred and nineteen years
, ago, has been presented to tile National Insti-
I tute, by J. B. Murray, Esq., of New York, one
of the most interesting relies of other days.
, Connecticut State Prison. —Reader, note such
facts as these. It is said that there are 170 pris
oners in the Connecticut State Prison; of which
number 122 confess that they were in the daily
use of intoxicating drinks; 1)0 were habitual
| drunkards; 40 had been rum-sellers; 2- man u -
faclurcrs of it; and 65 state that they were under
the influence of liquor when they committed the
crimes, for which they arc committed.
The missing U. S. revenue cutter Vigilant, or
[ rather the wreck, has been discovered after a
search, twenty miles from Key West. The
| bodies of two of the crew were found and interr
ed. She was lost last fall in tile Gulf.
f There are now on the stocks at Pittsburgh, an
5 iron forty four gun frigate, ofabout 1100 tons, to
. be ship-rigged and propelled on Lieut. Hunter’s
> plan. This will be the largest iron vessel ever
built in the United States. She will not be
. launched until next season.
! It is said that 200 families have wintered in
, Booneville, Mo., with a view of emigrating to
t Oregon in the spring.
The qualities of the iron ore which compose
p the vast mountain to the westward of St. Louis,
Mo., has at last been fairly tested. The Gover
. nor of Missouri has received from Monsieur Al
j ' exander Vattemarc, of Paris, an acknowledg
« ! ment of the receipt of specimens of that ore, which
. were submitted to the Royal Institue of Mines,
. : and on a proper analysis, it has been discovered
. ; to be superior to the best Swedishiron, which for
; a long time has been considered the best in
Europe.
Mr. 11. Green, the lecturer on gambling, is
; ; about to proceed to Albany, where he will lay his
i views before the State Legislature relative to the
! best means of suppressing gambling.
The citizens of Louisville, (Ky.) have it in
1 contemplation to erect a monument to the memo
; ry of John Fitch, one of the discovers of the ap
plication of steam to navigation.
A Miss Susan Yates was recently arrested in
St. Louis, Mo., charged with aiding the escape
of slaves to Canada and the free States.
The Washington Temperance Society of Al
bany has induced one thousand and fifteen to
sign the pledge within the past year!
Wrung Mai dies Seminary ,
/Conducted by Miss L. It. Williams,
i from the British Provinces. —The Course
of Instruction in this Seminary, is the same as
in the best institutions of Europe. Miss W. has
been long in the practice of 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 of education, as well as to
morals amd manners.
One of the most approved Music Teachers is
engaged for that department: those who wish to
attend Music, without joining other classes, can
do so.l
O’ A number of Boarders will be received
with advantage to themselves.
For terms, apply at the Seminary, Broad-st.,
first door above the Bridge Bank Buildings, Au
gusta, Ga.
References— Hon. M. M. Dye, Rev. E. E.
Ford, Dr. D. Hcok.
Sept2B II 3m
AUGUSTA MARKET:
CO T'l ON.—This article is in fair de
mand, at prices not materially varying
from those current last week. They
range from 4 a s|, but it requires a su
perior article in square packages to bring
over 5| c. The principal sales have been
made at from 4■£- a5 j. We have n good
river, and freight to Savanna is 50 cents
per hale.
BAGGING.—Our market for this ar
ticle is without any alteration since our
last report.
GROCERIES.—We have no altera-
tion to note in the prices of any of these
articles through the past week—prices
arc the same as quoted in our last.
List of Payments to the Washingtonian.
Am gusto— J. W. Oonkling, W. V. Kcr.
Cvlbrealh's-Rev. C. Collins; paid to July 20th. ■
1815. Dahlo-ntga-D. H. Mason,socts." liris
tol (Conn.)-E. Hotchkiss, 50 cts.
Sj” NOTlCE.—According
I to adjournment, the Washington Total Absti
, nence Society will hold a Meeting at the City
Hall, on MONDAY NIGHT next, at half-past
7 o’clock. All the members and the public gen
: erally, are invited to attend.
An Election for Officers to manage the busi
ness of the Society for the ensuino year will be
held. WM". HAINES, Jr., Secretary.
1 P. S. In case the weather should prove un
t favorable, the meeting will lake place on the next
fair night. [March 15 It
! 00" !>• JOHN MILLEN,
has removed his office to tile lower tenement of
s the large brick building on the corner ot Koliock
r and Broad streets, near the upper market, oppo
site the store of .Messrs. Hand & Flemming, and
tenders his utmost devotedness to all those who
- may require his professional services.
Augusta, March 15 35 3t
'< GUN AND LOCK SMITH.
TUIE undersigned respectfully informs
’ the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity.
that he has taken the store on Macintosh-street!
r near the Post Office, (in the rear of Mr. J. II
Murphy’s Jewelry Store,) where he is prepared
toexecute all kindsof REPAIRINGin the above
• line, and solicits a portion of patronage. His
prices will be in accordance with the times.
O’ All work warranted to give satisfaction.
’ JOHN D. SMITH.
• Augusta, March Bth, 1845. 34 4t
, A 1 Eli C<>L(M ILS.—A choice an
sortinent of Water Colours, in small
boxes, suitable for children. For sale by
t July 20 1] WM. HAINES, Jr.
• \ LOGICAL VIEW of the TESTT
-1 MONIES TO CHRISTIANITY,—
' By E. Starnes. Prepared at the request of the
| Franklin Literary Society of this city. Just pub
lished and for sale at this "office—Price 374 cts.
Aug. 3,1844.
r
> GLASS.—BOO Boxes of
Window Glass, assorted sizes. For sale
very cheap. WM. HAINES, Jr.
f July 20 i
! TIJY * fJ*l*YLl *JCI OK V.
:
. INNER’S Work of every description
. made to order, at short notice, such as
Bathing Tubs,
Factory Cans,
i Cylenders,
, Oil Stands, (from lup to 100 gallons,)
Patent Coffee Pots, of all sizes, to suit ho
tels or private families.
i JjT 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 now for cash.
i The above business superintended by
E. E. SCOFIELD,
Next door above the Insurance Hank,
Hroad-street, Augusta.
Sept. 21 10 ts
|)UNHAM & BLEAKLEY, Augusta,
. Ga. has now on hand, and will continue to
receive during the Fall season, a choice and well
1 selected assortment of Paper, Books and Fancy
■ Stationary, which will he sold to Printers, Mer
chants and the citizens generally, at a small per
centage on New York cost. Cash customers
: will receive fair value for their money, by giving
us a call. [July 20 Ily
, - I
D LEACHED WINTER OlL— War- !
ranted Pure Sperm —l,ooo Gallons, in !
tierces and barrels, a very superior article for line I
machinery, and for family use. For sale low, at |
wholesale and retail.
Also, good SUMMER LAMP OIL, $1 00
a gallon, by
PIAVILAND, RISLEY, & Co.
July 20 1 ts
e JOSEPH E. MARSHALL,
Successor to
Thomas I. Wray,
At his old and well known stand,
above McGran’s corner, Augusta,
Ga., wholesale and retail Dealerin
Selected FAMILY DRUGS
AND MEDICINES, (Bull’s)
Gold Foil and Leaf—Perfumery,
Brushes, Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs.
Window and Sky Light Glass'
&c &c.
CHEMICALS prepared at shortest notice.
August 17 5 tJ2O
REMEDY for WORMS.—The Com
pound Syrupof Pink Root, prepared by the
subscriber from the original receipt of the late Dr.
M. Antony.
This pleasant and safe preparation is recom
mended, as one of the effectual remedies for ex
pelling Worms from the system. For sale in
quantities toeuit purchasers.
July 20 1 ts) WM. HAINES, Jr.
AUGUHTA PRICES I £
CURRENT, | I,
CARtFUI.LV CoRHECTF.P WIIILV, 3. I
bAiio ng, Hemp yardt J7 20~
Tow * « 16 is
Gunny “ 22 23
Bale Rope lb. 6) {fl
Bacon, Hog round.. “ 5 5«
Hams “ 7 g*
Shoulders “ 5 g
Sides “67
Beef, Smoked “
Butter, Goshen i«« 25 gj.
North Carolina...{ 15 20
Country. ! “ ! 25 3lt
Coffee, Green prime Cnba.l “89
Ordinary to g00d..: “79
St. Domingo I “ 7 n
Bio ! « 71 91
Laguira I t: J 71 of
Porto Rico !“ I 7j q t
Candles, Sperm j» j 33 3-,
Tallow, Georgia, j “ ! 12$ igj
do. Northern.J “ ltj ]g
Cheese, American “ y jq
English «
Crackers, Augusta made.. “ 9 12i
Northern <» *
Cigars, Spanish M. 15 00 20 00
American “ 500 12 00
£ oriM bush. 45 561
Foddee cwt j 75 87
Fish, Herrings box 1 75 100
Mackerel, No. 1.... bbl. 13 00 15 00
do. No. 2.... “ 1100 13 00
do. No. 3 “ 80011 00
Flour, Canal « 650 700
Baltimore “ 600 650
Western “ 575 c 25
Country “ 450 500
Feathers lb. 25 28
Cinckx “ ,10 15
Gunpower, Dupont’s fff.. keg COO 28 00
B asting “ 40026 27
Glass, 10 xl2 box 300 450
Sx 10 “ 225 350
Iron, Russia cwt. 450 300
Swedes, assorted.... “ 450 550
Hoo P “ 700 500
Sheet “ 700 800
Nail Rods “ 17 00 800
Lead , tar lb. 6 800
Sheet “ !
Leather, Solo <* 1 23
Upper side 1 50 200
Calt'Skins doz. ! I8 00 36 (0
V, AriD -V A lb - i 7 i 10
Molasses, N. Orleans gal. 28 33
Havana “ 27 33
English Island.. “
Nails ] b . 5 g
Oils, Lamp gal. 115 125
Linseed “ 1 ( x) 125
Tanners " go 75
Cat 3 bush. 35 40
Peas “ 50 62
Paints, Red Lead lb. 12} 15
White Lead keg 2 00“ 250
Spanish 8r0wn...1 lb. 4 12|
"Yellow Ochre | “58
Pepper, Black | “ 121 18
Raisins, Malaga j box 2 Go” 250
Muscatel 1 “ 200 225
Bloom “
Rice, Prime cwt, 350 500
Interior to good “ 250 400
Sugars, New Orleans lb. g 8
Havana white.... “ u 12J
do. brown “78
Muscovado “ 7j 9
s t-Croix “ 95 11
Porto Rico “ 7 9
Lump “ 12 14
Loaf “ is 15
Double refined “ 14 17
j Spice.. “ 15 18|
! Soap, American, No. 1 “ gj 9
do. No. 2.... “ 5 7
Salt, Liverpool ground... bush. 40 45
do- do sack 1 37) 1 62
Steel, German Ib, 15 16
Blistered « 8 12)
Shot, all sizes bag 150 200
Tobacco, N. Carolina lb. 8 15
Virginia “ 15 50
Twine “ 25 33
Tea, Bohca “ 62) 87)
Souchong “ (X) 75
Hyson “ 80 125
Gunpowder “ 100 125
EXCHANGE TABLE. —Specie Hasis.
Augusta Notes.
Mechanics’ Bank par.
Brunswick Bank “
Bank of 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 3 dis*
Country Notes.
State Bank Branch, Macon par
Other Branches State Bank “
Millcdgeville Bank “
Georgia Rail Road Bank, Athens “
I City Council of Augusta “
; Ruckersville Bank “
Branch Marine & Fire Insurance Bank “
St. Marv’s Bank “
Central Bank «
Bank of Hawkinsville 5 dis.
Merchant’s Bank, Macon 5 “
City Council of Columbus 25 “
City Council of Millcdgeville No sale.
City Council of Macon “ “
Insurance Bank ot Columbus, Macon.. “ “
Commercial Bank. Macon No circulation.
Monroe Rail Road Bank Broke
Exchange Bank of Brunswick 11
Phosnix Bank, Columbus “
Bank of Darien and Branches “
Chattahoochie R. R. and Banking Co.. “
Western Bank of Georgia “
Bank of Columbus “
Planters & Mechanics Bank Columbus “
Bank of Ocmulgee “
Georgia 6 pr. ct. Bonds for specie, 90
Georgia 8 pr. ct. Bonds, 102
South Carolina Notes,
Charleston Banks par.
Bank of Hamburg... “
Country Banks.... “
Alabama Notes 8 dl
Checks.
New York Sight ) prem.
Boston j “
Philadelphia ) “
Baltimore $ “
Lexington “
Richmond, Va . I “
Savannah par.
Charlrston “