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wmmmmmmi PBKFIBLD, OBOBOIA. ~ IHPBSDAY MOBHIM6, JANUARY 21,1858. Hlirr l,tlM Price ratted Tw DUr*. AITIBVIIBMSirat. it future, all advortitomonte will it found on the fret ami fourth pagos. Now advertisements will appear **• 4r the head “ Now ffiMMU.’’ VfefwtmMte-Muhlaerr BMkw. ar almoct erorj conceivable difficulty, w# had auc in printing about half of the last issue of our paper, whan the large Balance Wheel of our Press, under a full head of steam, flew off, bursting in pieces some of the principal cog wheels, and very narrowly missing some of the in the office (the wheel weighs some 500 or * pounds.) We were of course obliged to sus pend operations until we could have another wheel cast at the Iren Foundry, to which we sent the pieces imme diately i but to continue our bad luck, the operatives in the foundry failed in the first attempt to cast all the cogs, which threw us a week or ten days still farther behind. We trust our friends will sympathise with us in our difficulties, and pardon the delay in issuing the paper. They can form no idea of the uneasiness, trouble and perplexity which we have endured for the last three weeks. Oar Mail-Book System. For the information of our friends who take the Cru sader we state that our mail-books are never kept in alphabetical order; and consequently, when we wish to find a subscriber’s name, we have to know at which of fice he gets his paper, or we cannot find it without look ing over the entire list of names and offices. We beg our patrons to remember this fact—particu larly when they give any orders concerning their paper. are happy to acknowledge the receipt of the Journal of the Am. Temp. Union and Prohibitionist. The Prohibitioniet and the Journal of New York, have consolidated and formed a monthly Temperance Journal of the highest order of merit. It is the best temperance periodical in the Union. Subscription price $1 a-year. fgp'We deeply regret to learn of the death of Augus tus S. Wingfield of Madison, who died on Tuesday last. Me was a jolly, warm-hearted fellow, and possessed of native genius. VonrlMe Times In this Section. If money matters in this community don’t soon get better than they are at present, the Lord only knows what’ll become of us. Everybody seems to be crazy on’ the subject. Old accounts, which you haven’t heard of in years, are raked up and brought in to your “ imme diate notice.” We have hardly passed a man in a week who did not thrust an account in our face. They way lay you on the corners of the streets, and take you as you some. We punctually ram our hands way down into our deep breeches-leg pocket in quest of dimes, but she invariably comes up as she went down—with] “narry red.” Communications. We are in receipt of several very acceptable contribu tions, which will appear soon. License in Athens. The Southern Banner in speaking of the election of town officers, for Athens, says: “ Party politics had little or nothing to do with this election, and consequently, the result cannot be con sidered as any index of the political statue of the town. The only issue that we know of, was purely a local one —license, or no license; and the verdict in favor of the former, was pretty decisive. A majority of the board, and the Intendant, are favorable to a reasonable license for retailing, and also tor billiard tables, and as may be readily imagined, the friends and supporters of the “wet ticket,” are highly delighted thereat.” fSt* The same paper states that their “ Female High School” will be completed about the first of June next. Beautiful Weather. We are enjoying at this time the most delightful wea ther imaginable for the season of the year. The deli cate hyacinth and flowering quince, remind us forcibly of Spring. ffi&The Savannah Georgian states that Mr. Miller of Milledgeville was robbed, on the night of the 18th inat. of money, watches, jewelry, &c. to the amount of sixteen thousand dollars. No clue had been found to the thieves. Wuat the United States are Worth. —The nation al wealth of the United States, as an estate, may be thus stated: ▼slue of farms and cultivated soil, $5,000,000,000 “ horses, cattle, sheep, &c., 1,500,000,000 “ agricultural implements, 500,000,000 “ mines, 4,500,000,000 “ dwelling houses, 3,500,000,000 “ railways and canals, 1,100,000,000 “ factories, mills, and machine shops, 400,000,000 “ commercial marine, 200,000,000 “ agricultural produce, domestic man ufactures, and foreign goods on hand, 1,000,000,000 “ gold and silver coin and bullion, 300,000,000 “ public lands, ships of war, forti fications, navy - yards, public buildings, &c., 4,000,000,000 $22,000,000,000 JWOur streets were thronged on New Year’s day with carriages filled with young men paying calls, a custom which now seems to be firmly established. To wards the close of the day, from fatigue and a constant straining of the eyes, (nothing else!) some of them be came weak in the knees, and their vision somewhat im paired. Nothing serious happened from these exertions, but all seemed to enjoy a happy day. The unitiated are not prepared to appreciate the deli cate elbow-AtmcA, in the above paragraph. It is very evident that the fashionable young gentry of Savannah paid the most of their calls to “John Barley Corn;” hence, their “weakness in the knees.” They became very much fatigued from “ touting ” (as all imbibers do) yrwt their vision became impaired by “constant strain ing”—to see through the bottoms of glass tumblers. A highly esteemed friend from Forsyth speaks thus encouragingly to us: “I am much pleased with the improvements-made in the Crusader, and trust and believe you will succeed in reference to money matters. You say hold on awhile, that suits me, for two reasons ; first, to collect, secondly, that I may procure some new subscribers.” A friend from Walker county says : “The new Crusader is pronunced by those who have seen it, to be the best paper in Georgia, and I shall send you one hundred subscribers if I possibly can.” We can make it the “best paper in Georgia.” and we intend to do it. We have met with such bad luck in getting started, that we hav’nt as yet had a showing— hence the paper is not what we hope soon to make it.— is none of the Yankee in what we say, for we intend to do it. A couple of our patrons from Steam Factory Post of fice, order their Crusaders to be stopped, but take par ticular pains to state that they are still temperance men. We hate very much to see temperance men withdraw their patronage from temperance papers, for we are o bliged to have such Journals and they depend upon tem perance men for support. Another subscriber from Quito says: “Money matters are so tight I can hardly get it to buy meat w. th,but send on the paper, for I like it, and you shall be paid.” J&'We are requested to state that Mr. W. R. Hun ter, who has been laboring in Georgia the past year in behalf of the Sunday School and Temperance Cause, will be absent from the State for a few weeks. On his return, he expects to canvass the lower counties, com mencing his labors in Burke. Correspondents will ad dress him at Berzelia, Ga. during his absence. - Speaker Orr has announced his determination to enforce strictly the rule prohibiting the custom of bringing liquors into that part of the Capitol under his especial charge. This, if strictly followed out, is a species of reform very much needed, and cannot but be productive of good effects. It is unfortunate, however that he cannot extend the operation of the rules so as to prevent certain notorious members from surrepti. ouely; bringing the article into the building in their Gov. Brown offers SIOO reward for the arrest of the murderer of Mike Hickry, which took place near Ma con on the night of 84th Dec. Friends of the deceased also efler SIOO for the samp object. vote in the last election for State officers was* F#e State, 6,238; Democrat, 6,530. Executive Atfointments. — We find the following appointments by Governor Brown, in the Savannah Georgian : Dr. John W. Lewis, of Cherokee, Superintendent of the State Road. ~ George Kellogg, of Forsyth,-Treasurer. Eli McConnell, of Cherokee, Keeper of the Penitenti ary. Lemuel Aland, of Cherokee, Messenger. John C. Waters, Esq. of Cherokee, Secretary of the Executive Department, in place of Moj. John H. Steel, resigned. Mr. Wellbourne, ofUnion, Librarian. Mr. Broibs, of Carroll, Compiler of the Laws. Mr. Camden, of Cherokee, Agent of the Western & Atlantic Road at Chattanooga. The following punch at the late Legislature was got ten off by someone in a New Year's Address lorthe Car riers of the Sav. Morning News : “ We’ve seen the Georgia Legislators meet And do themselves great honor by adjourning. Their glory would have been august—complete— Blow sad that men must be always learning !] ad they adjourned the first day of the session— They’d have left a very difl’rent impression.” On the 29th ult. John Miller, of Effingham county, and his horse, were drowned in the Satilla river, six miles from Waresboro’. He was intoxicated when he attempted to cross the river. His body was found and taken out by the citizens on the 30th. So says the Brunswick Herald, sth inst.— Savannah Republican, Jan. 9. Boston, Jan. 7.—Gov. Bank’s Message recommends the suppression of bank notes under five dollars, and after three to five years, under ten dollars. He refers the naturalization question to the legislature, and says that nothing but the direct intervention of the Federal influence can force the Lecompton Constitution upon Kansas, and if this be exerted it will be the greatest blow ever given against free government. We find the subjoined report in the Charleston Mer cury, of the 9th inst, of auction sales of negroes and bank stock, which took place in that city on the Bth inst. It seems that negro property is not selling so high in Car olina as in Georgia. At auction yesterday, Mr. J. Drayton Ford sold. 10 Shares Bank of South Carolina at s4o£. 34 Shares Farmers & Exchange Bank at S24J to f. Messrs. Thos. Ryan and Son sold a very likely fellow, a. good plantation carpenter, twenty-five years of age, for $1,110; and a boy, eleven years of age, for S7OO. Mr. W. W. Wilbur sold an hostler and carriage driver, thirty years of age, for $755; and a farm and dairy woman, thirty-five years of age, for $330. Senator Douglas. —lt seems that the “ Little Gi ant” of world-renowned Kansas reputation is getting in quite bad odor With those who were his very enthusias tic admirers, during the last Presidential canvass. The democratic press, generally, we believe, are on the verge of denouncing him in very strong terms. The following paragraphs conclude a lengthy article from the Adgusta Constitutionalist, condemning his present position : “ We repeat, in the face of the facts and his past course, the present position! of Judge Douglas is both novel and extraordinary. Everywhere throughout the country it has excited general surprise, but most espe cially at the South. In the ranks of the Southern De mocracy he has found his warmest and most enthusias tic admirers. And now, to find him in opposition, when they had most reason to expect his able and hearty con currence, is to them a source of bitter regret and disap pointment. “ We are not of those who are prepared already to de nounce him as an apostate to our cause, but the course which he has seen fit to pursue since the opening of the present Congress, will induce us to watch his future con duct with anxiety. We trust that instead of abandoning the support of those great principles to the successful establishment of which he has hitherto devoted the best energies of his life, we may soon have the pleasure of re cording that he is again in close embrace with those pol itical bretheren by whose side he has battled for so many years, and once more consecrating his splendid talents to the advancement of that cause, in defence of which he has won his present brilliant reputation.” The Macon Press also says : “ The recent course of Senator Douglas on the Kansas question, admits of no justification. It is well calculated to surprise us that the author and advocate of the Kansas Nebraska Bill should, at this crisis, take direct issue with the adminis tration and with those Senators who are striving to car ry out the principles of that identical act. It is also a source of regret that one of his distinguished position should, in view of the approaching Senatorial election in his State, basely pander to the abolition sentiment, thus sacrificing party lor place, and principle for personal in terest. — Macon Press. Senator Toombs. —The Washington correspondent of the Tribune says : “ The wrath of Archilles was nothing compared to the wrath of the fire-eaters at the news ol the arrest of Gen. Walker. Messrs. Toombs of Georgia, and Brown of Mississippi, are especially furious in denouncing the Administration. “ There are conflicting rumors about Toombs and Douglas. One account states that they have had an amicable interview; another that Toombs is bitterly opposed to the course of Douglas.” Copy of a handbill found nailed against a tree in an Irish Chappel yard, in 1743: “ Michael Flanagan, trav ellingdancing master, will give lessons for the next fortnight at Davy Dogherty’s barn, at the low rate of two skilleens and a tester the week, to be concluded by a ball, tickets, including a tumbler of punch tenpence — Gentlemen taking a ticket allowed to trate a lady. Hidden Fountains. —ln order to discover fountains under ground, before digging for them, people were for merly accustomed to go out at sunrise, and ascend some hill, or high place, and there lie down on their stomachs, with their chin touching the ground. If, from any spot in the landscape, a mist or exhalation were seen to rise they made sure that by digging there, they should find a spring of water. Appointments bv the Governor. — Officers of the Pen itentiary.—Capt. John Jones of Muscogee Cos. Assistant Keeper. Wm. A. Williams of Baldwin Cos. Book Keeper. Doctor G. D. Case of Baldwin Cos. Physician. Rev. R. C. Smith of Baldwin Cos. Chaplain. - Trustees of the Lunatic Assylum, 1858 — Doctors Tom linson Fort, E. L. Strohecker and Barradell P. Stubbs. State Librarian. —Mr. Wellborne ofUnion Cos. Commissioners for the Deaf and Dumb Assylum. — lion; John H. Lumpkin of Floyd Cos. John W. H. Underwood of Floyd Cos. Geo. W. Thomas, F. H. Shropshire, H. Fielder, A. J. King, W. R. Webster, Samuel Mobley, P. W. McDaniel, F. H. Stroker. Captainof the State House Guard. — Benjamin F. Cook. Board of Visitors Georgia Military Institute for the year 1858.—Gen. G. P. Harrison of Chatham Cos. Col. R. L. Mott of Muscogee Cos. Capt. Thos. Hardeman of Bibb Cos. Gen. A. J. Hansell of Cobb Cos. Hon. E. W. Chas tain of Fannin Cos. Col. A. A. F. Hill of Clark Cos. Col. W. S. Rockwell of Baldwin Cos. Maj. Goode Bryan of Richmond Cos. Col. Hardy Strickland of Forsyth Cos. Hon. David J. Bailey of Butts Cos. — So. Recorder. Socrates, when asked what was the best mode of gaining a high reputation, replied—to be what you ap pear to be. Gen. Walker estimates his losses, by the seizures of Davis and Paulding, at one hundred and forty thousand dollars. It is also stated that the fillibusters on board the Saratoga, at Norfolk, positively refuse to go ashore, unless they can be put off by force. They say they are penniless and helpless, and have no where to go if ashore, and demand to be returned to Nicaragua, the home of their adoption. Gen. Walker has written an eloquent letter of self justification to President Buchanan, and recounts wrongs, injuries and insult 9, which he speaks of as having re ceived from Com. Paulding, and calls upon the Presi dent, “ in the name of the oath which he,has taken, to punish the offender, and to right the wrong.” He closes his letter with the following eloquent paragraphs : I presume not to direct your wisdom in the course it shall pursue; but in the name of the men whose rights your officers have infringed, and whose honor has been most harshly and heedlessly trampled in the dust, I call for the justice it is your high prerogative to bestow. • But permit me to conclude by adding that in all events, and under all circumstances, there are duties and res ponsibilities from which I and the officers and men I represent will not, dare not, shrink. No extreme of ille gal interferance —no amount of hard words and unjust epithets, can deter us from following the path which is ; before us. The functionaries of the government may exhaust upon me the expletives of the language—they may insult the public conscience and degrade their own characters by applying to us all the epithets their morbid imaginations suggest; but, conscious ot the right and justme of our cause, we shall not relax our efforts nor be driven into a violation of the law. As long as there is a Central American exiled from his native land and deprived of his property and civil rights, for the services he rendered us, in evil as well as good report, so long shall our time and our energies be devoted to the work of their restoration. As long as the bones of coir companions m arms, murdered under a barbarous decree of the Costa Rican government, lie bleaching and unburied on the hill-sides of Nicaragua, so long shall our brains contrive and our hands labor for the justice which one day we will surely obtain. Permit your officers, if you can, to trample under foot •1i C ? nstltut i°n an d the laws; pass unnoticed, if you wdl, the most violent invasions of individual rights and public duties; treat with scorn and contempt, if you choose, the demands for justice which we humbly and Alf. rentl y P* ac , e l at your feet—we will not be cast blarneyed. We fight for the rights of our race, j. j een denied us by an ungrateful and degra vice Btr^e t 0 retain unsullied the de “ LnJV, ° Ur an ® eßtora have borne on many a field— aaourf-ltK s^ ?U iH and wi *h impunity.” And so long God of nnr filth lß * 11 en d u .res good—our confidence in the 2ln emamß unshaken—so long shall we ™Sus“e.w r iru , r w reg,ta wh “ hMbeen Are there any Temperance Men? At a time when there is so much indifference manifested upon the subject of a Temperance Reformation, the question which we ask above is not without force. In the issue preceding this, we pictured as graphically as we could, the “tri umph of intemperance.” But we did not wish to create the impression that there were no temper ance men in Georgia, and wo live in the hope of hearing our entire article upon the triumphs of the enemy pronounced as false by an enraged temperance multitude. It will do us good to swal low’ our statements, and we will join in the accu sation ourself with stentorian voice, and ring the charge of falsehood to the ends of the conti nent. We know there are temperance men, and a host of them in this State, and our desire is to arouse them, from their apathy; and we appeal to them in the name of bleeding and besotted man, w ho is hourly nearing the drunkard’s doom, to lay aside their chilling indifference. The mother, as she hugs her little one to her bosom and dreams of its maturity, asks with feeling em phasis. if there are no temperance men w'ho shall protect him from the vices of strong drink, wdien he shall go out into the world’s conflicts. The trembling adult to whose startled vision the ter rors of the drunkard’s hell have been revealed, in deep agony of soul inquires if there are no temperance men to remote the accursed potion from out the reach of his craving stomach. Let the reader of these lines, if lie he a friend to the cause of a Tempovancp Reformation; a friend to the oppressed; a friend to the hungry orphans—the houseless, homeless and naked children of our land, stop and think if he does not owe it to himself and his Maker, to make an honest effort to relieve the distress of those around him. fSay-We further request, especially, that every one w T ho considers himself a Temperance Man, will sit down and send us his name, that w T e may put it on file in our office. We are very anxious to get a full and complete list of all the temper ance men in this State; and if they will forward us their names, we will keep a correct list of them for future reference. We should rejoice loudly if we could make out a list of ten thousand men, all of whom were iron-nerved and fixed in their determination to contest every inch of ground with the arch-enemy. Masculine Women. Our esteemed cotemporary, Life Illustrated gets off the subjoined furious defence of strong minded woman, unmercifully rebuking all w T ho speak or write against them. The Life says : We are not believers in the doctrine of the transmutation or transmigration of sexes. Man or woman may he wise, cultivated, or intelligent, or foolish, ignorant, and depraved. But it is man or woman still. The elevation of woman does not render her manly, nor does the degradation of man render him womanly. We are tired of and disgusted with the senseless clatter of public lecturers, and the stupid scrihhlings of magazine writers about masculine women. Rosa Bonheur paints a picture so wonderfully truthful and lifelike that it becomes the admira tion of all men ; and men pronounce the work “eminently masculine.” Margaret Fuller-writes criticisms, essays, and books evincive of close ob servation and profound thought, and she is said to he “strong minded,” to have a very masculine mind. Miss Hosmer, the “Yankee sculptress,” executes a “Cenoi,” and other works which stand in the foremost rank of marble statuary, and lo ! she possesses a “strong, independent, and mascu line mind, ” and so on to the end of the chapter. Woman can do nothing in the sphere of art or science, she can produae nothing which gives in dividual character or reputat ion, she cannot stamp her own mind and thoughts or anything in God’s universe, but man will lav claim to it. She can not immortalize herself exept at the expense of her womanhood. The moment she excels ordi nary men in the spheres of action usually allotted to or monopolized by them, she is unsexed ; she becomes masculine. Need anybody wonder that frivolous fashions and trashy novels become the resource and the refuge of woman when thus treat ed? But man is not only in the practice of appropri ating to himself all the virtues of womanhood, but he would rob her of her very vices. lie is so mean ly selfish that he claims for masculinity all the credit of good act ions and great t alents, and also the privilege of committing all the vices and crimes. If Lola Montes smokes a cigar, or Mdle. A. gives her gallant a caning in the streets, or Mad ame B. gets drunk, all these females are masctdine too. All virtues and all vices belong to manhood. Woman must be a nothingarian, a ninny, a nega tion, a myth, a mere “rib,”-a twenty-fourth part of a very small portion of masculine humanity.— She must have no positive character or qualities ; she must claim no ‘distinet personality ; she must be our appendage, our convenience, our property. Her sphere and her thoughts and her aspirations must be limited to the home-circle, whether she have any place she can call her own or not; to rocking the cradle, though there may be nothing in it, and to cooking her husband’s dinner, wheth er he be in the habit of coming home or dining out. In contrast with these masculine notions we give below A Woman’s Idea of a Strong-minded Woman. Mrs. M. P. Legare, editress of the New Orleans Southern Mirror, says: “Women is,by appointment supreme in the social and domestic, circle; it is much more important that she have the finer fac ulties of her nature in a high state of cultivation than the stronger and more masculine qualities of mind. She had better be a philanthropist than a philosopher. One Florence Nightingale is worth more toman than all the Lucretio Motts and Fan ny L. Townsends that ever cursed the world ; while in the domestic circle one good intelligent, amiable wife orsister, who with such mental train ing as serves to develope its beauties, and thus to invite the sterner sex to woo its refined pleasures and humanizing influences shines brighter than a whole ‘woman’s rights convention’ in solemn conclave, resolving to don the habiliments and usurp tlie realm of the other sex. Woman’ ele ment is love ; her weakness is her strength. I battle against innovation, female suffrage, lady physicians, and Bloomer dresses.” The word Selali. Everyone who lias read the Bible, lias frequent ly come across this seemingly unmeaning word standing at the end of a verse, apparently discon nected from everything which has preceded it.— The following information in regard to its mean ing, from the Bibliotheca Sacra, will be very accepta ble and of much importance to many of our read ers. The translators of the Bible have left the Hebrew Selah, which often occurs in the Psalms, as they found it, and the English reader often asks his minister or learned friend, what it means. And the minister or learned friend liasmostoften been obliged to confess ignorance, because it is a matter in regard to which the most learned have by no means been of one mind. The Targums, and most of the Jewish commentators, give to the word the meaning of eternally forever. Rabbi Kimchi regards it as a sign to elevate the voice. The au thors of the Septuagint translation appear to have regarded it as a musical or rythmical note. Hen der regarded it as indicating a change of note; Mathew son as a musical note, equivalent perhaps, to the word repeat. According to Luther and others, it means silence ! Gesenius explains it to mean, “Let the instruments play and the singers stop.” Wocher regards it as equivalent- to sursum coma —up, my soul! Sommer, after examining all the seventy-four passages in which the word oc curs, recognizes in every case “an actual appeal or summons to Jehovah. They are calls for aid and prayers to be heard, expressed either with entire directness, or if not in the imperative, “Hear, Jehovah !” or, Awake, Jehovah ! and the like still earnest addresses to God that- he would remember and hear, etc. The word itself he re gards as indicating a blast of the trumpets by t-lio priest. Selah, itself, he thinks an ex pression, used for lliggaionSelah—Iliggaion indi cating the sound of the stringed instruments, and Selah ‘a vigorous blast of trumpets.— Bibliotheca Sacra. The first vote in Kansas stood : For the “ Con stitution with slavery,” 6,663, and for the “ Constitu tion without slavery,” 5,706. The Green Coat of Molmmtued. The superstitions of all benighted nations, and the strange inanimate objects w hich they vest with attributes of Deity, are themes for endless contemplation. Among the most nonsensical of all superstitions is that of the Mohammedans in regard to the Green Coat of Mohammed, which they style the “ Sacred banner of Islam.” One of our New York exchanges says, “that the Rev. Dr. Schauffler, lor the last twenty-five years mission ary at Constantinople, in the course of an address delivered on Sunday evening at Mr. Hogarth’s church in Brooklyn, illustrating the general be lief which prevails among the Turks that their religion has closed its mission, stated the fact that the Green Coat of Mohammed, which is the saert and banner of Mohammedanism, had disap peared from Constantinople. This article is be .ieved by every true Mohammedan to have been woven in heaven, and brought to Mohammed by the angel Gabriel; and it is also an article of be lief, that when the cause of Islamism is to termi nate, the angel will again descend and re-take it to heaveh. It has ever been regarded as the great sacred emblem, around which cluster all the prayers of the faithful, and without which all prayers would be unavailing. For centuries it lias been guarded with the greatest care in a par ticular mosque at Cos istantinople. When it was first reported, last spring, that it had suddenly disappeared, the missionaries did not give the story much credit; but all doubt has since been dispelled. The hypothesis of the missionaries is, that the relic has been taken away by some of the more bigoted ecclesiastics, w 7 ho are convinced that Constantinople is about to lose its character as a sacred city, and become Christianised; and that they will probably, in due time, again bring the relic to light in some Mohammedan locality less exposed to Christian influence. Yet, the gen eral belief of the Mohammedans of Turkey is, that the disappearance is supernatural, and ‘that it is another proof that their religion will boon come to an end. Their interpretation of their sacred books, it is well known, has long pointed to the present period as that which is to witness that extraordinary event. One thing is certain—that the sentiments of the great bulk of the Turkish Moliammedans toward the Christian religion, as well as toward the Turkish Government itself, have undergone a most marvelous change within the last few years. Another one of their heathenish practices, is their Annual Pilgrimages to Mecca. Arabia is famous for three cities, called Mecca, Medina and Mocha. Mocha sends very fine cof fee to Europe and America. Medina contains the tomb of the prophet Mahomet; yet, it is not so much thought of as Mecca, where he was born. On this account Mecca is thought to be a very holy city, and Mahommedans come from every part of the world to worship in the great temple there. Sometimes Mecca is as full of people as a hive is full of bees. Caravans of pilgrims visit Mecca every year.— An American gentleman was at Cairo and saw one start. There were thirty thousand pilgrims from Europe, Asia and Africa. They met at Cairo as a central point, to prepare for a fifty day’s journey over the dreary sands. What a scene it was! Camels and dromedaries mixed up with men, wo men and children, eating, cooking, smoking, swearing and praying, and some hurrying forward to join the long, moving train, \yhich already stretched far into the desert. One of the gayest sights was the camel which conveyed the presents to the tomb of the prophet. lie was dressed richly, with banners waiving, and was tended with pious care. When the journey is ended, no meaner load is ever allowed to touch his back. He has filled the measure of camel honor, and henceforth lives and dies respected by all good Mahommedans. What do the pilgrims do after they reach the holy city? They worship a great black stone which they say the angel Gabriel brought down from heaven as a foundation for Mahomet’s house. They kiss it sometimes, and after each kiss they walk around it. Then they bathe in a well, which they say is the well the angel showed Ilagar in .the desert, and they think the waters of this well can wash away tlieir sins. Alas! they know not the blood which alone can cleanse fi u all sin. Another Perpetual Motion. The following description is clipped from the Weekly Journal of Commerce, one of the best papers in the Union. The Editors (usually very cauti ous in their opinions) have certainly seen the ma chine move, and have some confidence in the claims of the inventor. We confess to belong to the class of “malcontent philosophers,” until the thing has received a more thorough investigation. “Still it Goes. —Some of our readers will re member a humorous description of a “perpetual motion” machine which was published in our columns nearly four years since, and went the rounds of the papers. The machine was invented by Mr. James G. Hendrickson, of Freehold, Mon mouth County, New Jersey. The power was vei’y slight, being obtained by the use of arms and halls attached to a cylinder, and so contrived as to keep the extra weight always one side, and give the cylinder a constant inclination to turn round. Mr. Hendrickson was a very plain coun tryman, who had whittled away for 40 years at this machine, amid the jeers and scoffs of neigh bors and acquaintances, and who w r as of course not a little ptoud of his success. Ours was the first public notice of his invention, but it soon attracted the attention of’ the curious, and ho was invited to exhibit at Raritan, N. J. The occasion, if wo remember right, was a large gathering of people during the progress of an Agricultural Fair. The incredulity of his own countrymen, however, Was more than a match for him. He was surrounded by a set of people who contended that the motion be claimed, was an impossibility, and that lie was an imposter. Poor Hendrickson was no oratr*, and his assailants were clamorous and loud spo ken, but lie, pointed silently to Ids machine, which was enclosed in glass, and when the phil osophers said that his claim was ridiculous, and that a machine could not “go of itself,” he could only reply, “ But it does go !” One would have supposed that the fact should have been sufficient to upset the old theory, but the Jersey Blues were as stubborn as the noted disputant whose speech upon such an occasion, “so much the worse for the facts,” is now famous in history, and they clung to tlieir theory, in the face of the demonstration. They went farther, and in a spirit of persecution as bitter as that which moved the Jesuits against Galileo, arrested Mr. Hen drickson for trickery and juggling, under the Act for suppressing vice and immorality, charg ing him with moving his machine by a concealed spring! He wa3 accordingly tried for this offence before Justice Bodle, of Keyport. Mechanics, engineers, shipwrights, and all the experts and malcontent philosophers of that part of Jersey, gave testimony as to the impossibility of such an invention as he claimed, and their belief that a hidden spring, or some piece of ingenious roguery was contained in the cylinder. At last the axe w is applied, and the machino split in pieces, when lo! there was no concealed spring—no roguery—and the machine, dispite the philoso phers, 7<<Z “gone of itself.” The men of science gulped down their disappointment, and disap peared from the court-room, and poor Hendrick son and the fragments of his machine were kindly discharged, with the verdict “no cause of action.” The scene, when he returned to his home that night with the broken relics of his discovery in his hands, and sat gazing upon them in sad dis appointment, must have been worthy of the can vas of a master painter. Since that trial we had lost sight of him; but, two or three days ago, ho came into the office with the same patient, thoughtful face, and hold ing in his hand the old invention in anew dress, lie has made it this time of brass ribs, so that there is nothing concealed and no place for con cealment ; and injspite of the Jersey persecutors, it will go! He has attached to it a simple clock, and this machine furnishes the motive power. How far this power can be extended, it is not for us to say ; but we must believe our eyes, and we once more assert that the machine will “go of itself.” For the Georgia Temperance Crusader. January 20th, 1858. Messrs. Editors: Appreciating, as you doubtless do, my in tense feeling on the subject of Temperance, you at least can excuse me for essaying to lift my fee ble but uneming voice, in behalf of ,4rtue and humanity. I might have longer remained silent, but for the alarming truth, that the signs of the times are ominous of evil to the cause of Temper ance, and especially towards your new and laud able enterprise. It is manifest that the zeal of many, who were once clamorous and hearty in this cause, have abated, and can look on with perfect indifference at the march of the destroy ing angel. Hearts that once beat responsive to the sound of Temperance, now callous and dead, regardless of the responsibility upon them, and the tremendous interests involved, with no heart or hand to aid in rolling back the fiery tide of death and degradation ; and yet they say, that they are philanthropists—they love theirchildren —they love their country ! What a delusion ! W il ling, it would seem for the wheels of science, lit erature, and morality to be turned back a halt century. Whilst writing it just occurs tome that it was my good fortune to be among the first who drew the sword in behalf of Temperance —our wives and children. Many who fought shoulder to shoulder with me, noble souls,* both male and female now sleep the long sleep and hear of our turmoils no more : but in this holy cause, the Clod of Gideon fought for its, and victory was seen to perch on our spotless banner. It was but a lit tle while, and thegreat men of the earth, and the mighty men, came bv scores and hundreds. The Bishops, the Presidents of Colleges, the Supreme Judges, and the Circuit Judges, the P. Elders, the Lawyers, the Doctors, the Clergy, almost rn masse, completed the victory-—gathered the Laurels, wreathed their brow with glory, then became, non cst or enswumptum, and where are they now ? Let echo say, where! many of them are doubtless true still ; but not a word do I hoar from them. Perhaps not dead, but sleepeth. Who will, who can abandon this good cause ? Put the question t-o yourself that the beloved disciples, once put to their master “Lord is it I ? Lord is it I?” But Messrs. Editors, the thing that mainly in fluenced me to write at this time was the startling enunciation by you, that many of your subscribers would drop off and abandon your cause ; the very thought gives mo pain. Is it so—can it be possi ble ! abandon you and your cause, after your successful effort and heavy expense in furnishing a paper, improved in size, type, tone, moral prin ciples and every way worthy your theme and your cause ; after having procured the services of competent editors ; aye, and an accomplished editress—-just the idea—the thing that has been wanting all the time—moral power; yes, Mrs. Mary E. Brian comes to the rescue; may kind Heaven bless her in her labor of love, and may her name and fame live when Babel’s tow or, and Egyptian pyramids shall have mingled in common dust. Friends, take courage; don’t surrender the ship. Women never fail, they wield a moral power. Did mother Eve fail? Let the briars and thorns that luxuriate in Eden’s bowers an swer no. Did she fail? Let the groans and ago nies of earth answer no. Could our gallant fore fathers fail whilst cheered and animated by the Mrs. Rutledges, Pinckneys, Jenkinses and Mrs. Willie Jones? No, never; never can Goth and Vandal desecrate the sacred place where sleeps the father of his country; not whilst American matrons live; put it down as a fixed fact, that women don’t fail. But some may say that you have raised the price of your paper to §2 —what of that? It is better worth §2 than the old Cru sader was worth §1 —far better. Others may say that the times are hard, true my brother ; but can’t we economize? 20 drinks of strychnine at a dogery cost just $2, and 10 just SL; so take 10 less of the strychnine and save your sl, and you will have §2 to pay for the Crusader. I beg you my friends to ponder well before you take the step —look at the consequences; will you perish out the Crusader, the only paper that dare advo cate the cause of temperance in Georgia? Will you unchain the lion—turn loose the fiery flood? Look at the consequences to the church—your country—your sons and daughters. Conic my friend, the $2 is nothing, lie that won’t pay, pray and tight for the cause of temperance, is un worthy to be called its friend. Let us double our diligence—swell the subscription list, and roll on the temperance ball, until the last doggery and drunkard is driven from the land, and earth pro claims the jubilee, is the prayer of your unworthy brother and friend, ]I, Corporal of the Life Guard of Temperance For the Crusader. Friend Seals : Having a little leisure to-dav, a rare tiling with me, I improve it in giving you an inkling of my peregrinations and labors as you have re quested. Since my last communication of the 7th of November, I have had the pleasure of talking to the “ little folks,” and childi en of a larger growth, on the subject of sunday-schools and temperance, forty-five times in all. I have visited White Plains, Crawfordsville, Warrenton, Washington, Wrightsboro, Thompson, Berzelia, Augusta and Savannah, and in most of these places had very pleasant meetings. At White Plains 1 found a Union School in successful ope ration. Crawfordsville, no school at all. At War renton I found many warm friends of the cause; and had pleasant meetings. At Washington I met a hearty greeting from all, and found the children so well posted that in answer to ques tions put to them, for which I promised each one a book, I got so many responses that I came near having to do as the banks have done—“ sus pend.” I visited Wrightsboro, but found no scjiool in operation; but 1 hope when spring opens they will re-organize. Thompson, no school; but we’ll let that place pass. I next vis ited Berzelia, and it was like passing from an ice berg into the Tropics! Ah ! when some have spent their frowns and wrath, And insults —sorely pressing, ’Tis sweet, to turn from our roving path, And find a fireside blessing. What is I he worth of the diamond’s ray, To the glance that flashes pleasure, When the words of welcome, kind, betray, We’ve won the heart’s chief treasure ? Thus thought. I when 1 was so warmly greeted by kind friends at Berzelia, whom I found keenly alive to the Sabbath School interest, i shall al ways remember my visit there with emotions of . pleasure. j From Berzelia I passed on to Savannah where I lectured eight times and then returned to Au gusta, where I was greeted with one of the most delightful gatherings of the little ones that I have met in Georgia.. Surely it was enough to thaw the icy heart of the crustiest old bachelor in Christendom to see so many bright eyes and smil ing faces as that meeting exhibited. Ah! there was a picture daguerreotyped on my heart than which old time will find it hard to erase; and while standing before that shrine of innocence, I was ready to exclaim, Little children ! howi love them, With their winning artless ways, Soothing many hours of sadness, Charming many weary days% Little children ! gifts of Heaven — Flowers still bright from God's own hand; Dearest blessings to man given ; Wanderers from an angcl-lanjl. Little children ! joyous creatures ! Cheer with love and smiles their way ; Gently speak and kindly troat them— Childhood's hours soon dee away! “ The Children’s Friend.” FOREIGN NEWS. We condense, weekly, in this column, from the t.<*. graphic dispatches ot our exchanges, all the Foreign News of any consequence. roreign ” ‘ . P —-r-: L,ate from Nicaragua, New Orleans, Jan. 11.-The steamship Empire City, from Havana, has arrived. The Star of the West has gone forward to New York with one million five hundred thousand dollars in specie Col. Frank Anderson surrendered Fort Castillo and . the river steamers to the frigate Susquehanna It was reported, at San Francisco, that one hundred and eighty of Col. Johnson’s command had been killed* by the Mormons, and the Colonel had been compelle r to retire. Washing-ion IVews. Washington, Jan 12.—The Hon. N. Clifford wasm dny confirmed, by the Senate, us one of the Judges of the Supreme Court. Nothing important doing in Congress to-day By the correspondence transmitted to Congress hi. day, it appears that Yrrisaris has been, from fim t 0 last, urging the United States government to defeat Walker’s movements in Nicaragua. Free Stale Ticket in Khuna*. Sr. Louts, Jan. Yi. —Tin* Democrat has intelligence from Kansas that the free State tickerhas succeeded by an average majority of one hundred and eighty-five votes. Further by the Africa. Ne 4 ’ v d Yo ?i K ’ Jan - —Tile London Times, in speak ing ol 1 resident Buchanan’s Kansas sentiments in the Message, says that, there is a cautions balance and anx ious delermimifion so right himself on the question, and fie succeeds not amiss, but the propping up is too trans parent. Financial Intelligence.— Financial accounts from all quarters are encouraging. No failures of consequence had occurred anywhere. T. H. Coddington & Cos. iron merchants in the American trade, had resumed. The bullion in the Bank of England shows ten mil lions seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds, and a reduction of the rate of interest to six per cent was antic ipated within a fortnight. The latest telegraphic advices from Hamburg were cheering, money being abundant at easier rates. Q The Bank of Prussia had reduced the discount on bills of exchange to 61 per cent, and on loans to 7£. The London Railway share market was steady ; Liv erpool ditto and advancing. Cotton closed buoyant, with an upward tendency. Trade at Manchester was more active, but without ini provement in prices. It was believed, however, that the reduction in the rate of interest would have an early and favorable effect on all branches of business. The re duction was not generally known until the business of the week had closed. At London the reduction had been acted upon in advance, and consols closed without variation. The joint stock banks had reduced the in terests on deposits to six per cent. The board of trade returns for the eleven months, end ing with November, show an increase in exports, as compared with the same time last year, of fourteen mil lion pounds. From India. —The advices from India are important. Lucknow was captured by the British forces on the 17th. The fighting commenced on the 13th, when two guns were captured and part of Jellabad destroyed. On the 15th, after a contest of two hours, Sir Collin Campbell succeeded in occupying Dclkosah and Mortiniere. The enemy attempted to recover the position a few hours sub sequently, but were repulsed with heavy loss. On the 16th, the commander in chief advanced across the canal and took Secunduh Bngh, after an obstinate struggle. The heavy artilery then opened on Sanuich for three hours, and the position was carried after an obstinate fight. Early on the 17th communications were opened with the barracks. A long canonade commenced, atd’ the “ mess house” was carried by assault at 3 o’clock, and the troops pushed on and occupied the Montremahal before dark. The British loss in the several engagements is said to have been only four officers killed and forty wounded. The loss of the rebels is not stated. Sir Collin Camp bell’s attacking force numbered twelve thousand. The sick and wounded woman and children were sent from Lucknow to Compore under escort. Reinforcements were daily arriving, and all alarm for the garrison and outposts had subsided. Tiif. Failures in Great Britain. —A week ago an estimate was made in Parliament that the liabilities of the houses which have failed during the recent crisis make an aggregate of £-14,000,000 sterling—this being at least double the total reached in 1847. Arrest of General Walker. —President Buchanan has transmitted a message to Congress in regard to the arrest of the fillibusters, in which he denounces in se vere terms such expeditions. The following are its opening paragraphs: In submitting to the Senate the papers for which they have called, I deem it proper to make a few observa tions. * In capturing General Walker and his command, after they hud landed on the soil of Nicaragua, Commodore Paulding has, in my opinion, committed a grave error. It is quite evident, however, from the communications herewith transmitted, that this was done from pure and patriotic motives, and in the sincere conviction tfiat he was promoting the interests and vindicating the of his country. In regard to Nicaragua, she has sus tained no injury by the act of Commodore Paulding. This has enured to her benefit, and relieved her from a dreaded invasion. She alone would have any right to complain of the violation of her territory; and it is quite certain she will never exercise this light. It un questionably does not lie in the mouth of her invaders to complain in her name that she has been rescued by Com modore Paulding from their assaults. The error of this gallant officer consists in exceeding his instructions,, and landing his sailors and marines in Nicaragua, whe ther with or without her consent, for the purpose of making war upon any military force whatever which he might find in the country, no matter from whence they came. This power certainly did not belong to him. Obedience to law and conformity to instructions are the best and safest guides for all officers, civil and military, and when they transcend these limits and act upon their own personal responsibility, evil consequences inevita bly follow. Dancing. —The Alabama Methodist Protestant An nual Conferance has adopted the following resolution : “ That any parents or guardians belonging to our Church, who shall patronize that school of sin, the dan- ■„ cing school, by sending their children or wards, shall he subject to trial and reproof, suspension or expulsion, as the case may demand. Committee Ways and Means.— The Hon. Martin J. Crawford, of this State, has been appointed to the place on the Committee of Ways and Means in the House, vacated by Governor Banks, of Massachusetts. The Black Republicans express great indignation over the result, as it leaves but one ot their number on that im portant committee. William Brown, Esq. brother of the Postmaster Gen eral, was shot on Saturday week at his residence in Giles county, Miss, but by whom is unknown. Mr. Brown, though wounded in the face and head, is not fa tally injured, notwithstanding the assassin took two shots at him. readier—'William, cun you tell me why the sun rises in the East ?” Pupil, looking de mure—“ Don’t know sir, ’cept it be that ’east makes everything rise.” Teacher fainted. At an examination of the College ofSur geons, a candidate was asked by Abernethy, “What would you do, if a man was blown up with pow der ?” “Wait until he came down,” he coolly re plied. “ i’rue,” replied Abernethy, “and suppose I should kick you for such an impertinent reply, what muscles would I put in motion ?’” “The flexors and extensors of my arm, for I would knock you down immediately.” I l e received a diploma. One of Jake’s best.— .l ake was traveling in a stage coach, in company with a young ladvt and a gentleman who appeared to he a hosier.— The moon just then rising. Jake not wishing to express himself in common language, said to the young lady, “Miss Lizzie, the silver queen of night stops forth majestically upon the battlements of heaven.” Presently a cloud obscures the rising moon ; and this seeming lioosier, remarked to Jake, “Thar Mr. that queen of yours done fell down off them thar battlements.” WEDLOCK. “ The bloom or blight of all men’s happine is.” On the 31st of December, 1857, bv the Rev W T Slack, Prof. W. S. H. SCOTT of Mt. Leebanon, La’ to LAURA COLEMAN of Pontetoc, Miss. On Tuesday, 22d Dec. at the house of Mr VV B Johnson. R ® v - T - D - Martin, Mr. LEONIDAS R. JOHNSON, of Troup county, Ga. and Miss MARY A. READEN, of Penficld, Ga. By the same, at the house of Mr. J. Mullins near Pen field, on the sth inst. Mr. W. A. ALFORD and Miss G. J. MULLINS. Penfield Female Seminary.- THE Exercises of this INSTITUTION will com mence on the FIRST MONDAY IN FEBRU ARY NEXT. The Board of Trustees take pleasure in announcing that they have procured the services of Miss C. W. BARBER as principal. Miss Barbels success in teaching hitherto, has estab * ashed for her the reputation of a thorough and impres sive teacher. Rates of tuition as heretofore. at, , m R> J - MASSEY, Sec. Board. By order Board Trustees. Jan, 21,1858. ,f