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I S'emjierance
PENPIEIiB, GEORGIA.
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’ THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25,1858,
CLUBS.
Clubs of Ton. Subscribers, by sending the cask, can get
ths Crusader at *1 50 per copy. Glubs of Five at $1 80
per copy.
Any person sending fve new subscribers, will receive
antra copy of the paper one year, free of cast.
A Word to Post Masters*
When a subscriber refuses to take his paper from the
office, if you prefer sending the paper back to the Editor,
do, for the sake of “ common sense,” write the office on
the paper returned. We would much prefer that Post
masters, instead of returning the paper, would write us
a line, informing us of papers to be discontinued, for
when they are sent back, they get so abused in the
mail bags, that they are unfitted for any further service.
Just here we would also add
A Word to Subscribers.
It is very unbecoming and ungenerous in any subscri
ber to refuse to take his paper from the office. If he
wishes it discontinued, it is unquestionably his preroga
tive to stop it whenever he chooses to do so; but the
proper way to do it, is to drop a line to the proprietor,
informing him of the fact, and inquiring the amount of
his duesitothe paper, which every honest man will settle
before discontinuing his patronage.
Getting the Paper Irregularly.
Several subscribers have discontinued their subscrip
tions to this paper recently, and urge as the reason for
so doing that the “paper comes irregularly”—“they
miss half the numbers,” &c. We are wholly at a loss
to account for the irregularities, and cannot think the
difficulty lies in the printing office, for we hope and be
lieve that those whose business it is to address the pa
pers, are faithful, and direct a paper to each subscriber
regularly.
take pleasure in calling the attention of our
numerous readers to the advertisements in this paper of
the Monroe Female University and the Georgia Educa
tional Journal.
Rev. P. H. OTell.
We are pleased to announce that the Rev, Prof. Mell
preached for us on last Sabbath evening. He was, un
expectedly to himself, called upon by the Pastor of the
church; yet, he gave us a very fine sermon. His voice
sounded familiarly, and it looked like old times ta see
him in the pulpit of the Penfield church.
Smith Jones murdered by a Negro.
Mr. Jones was overseeing for Mr. Hart of Union
Point, in this county, and in riding through the planta
tion, he came upon a boy, a run-away, the property of
Reuben Bennett, Esq. but hired by Mr. Hart. The boy
pretended to surrender himself; but as Mr. Jones was
getting from his horse to take him, he struck him a blow
on the head with a stick and continued beating him un
til he mangled his head horribly, leaving no breath in
him. The boy, on being asked why he killed Mr. Jones,
replied that another negro had promised to give him six
or seven dollars if he would do it. Both of them are con
fined in jail. Several others, we believe, are implicated.
Jones is known by a good many as Jesse Jones. He
was an excellent man, highly respected by everybody,
and was an easy and lenient overseer.
Profane Swearing in Witticism*.
Nothing is more common in these wicked times than
to find almost every anecdote which is perpetrated inter
larded with profane swearing and obscene allusions ;
indeed, the habit is so common that the narrator imag
ines that his version will not take nor be funny unless
he introduces this bad English into its narration. But
it is a serious error, and editors commit grave wrongs
by publishing such language ; for the influence which
it exerts upon the minds and morals of the young, is
exceedingly injurious. We are as guilty as any one, of
the sin which we are condemning, and a very intelligent
and highly respected gentleman, and minister, gives us
the following elbowing, yet very wholesome suggestions
upon the subject, in a private communication. His re
marks are decidedly to the point, and eminently worthy
of consideration ; and we trust he will pardon us for the
liberty we take in laying them before the craft gener
ally:
“ My children are eager for the Crusader, and when
ever it comes, the strife (a very friendly one) is, who
6hall read it first; and this is often settled by one’s
agreeing to read it for the rest. Barring some few al
lusions and d—ds copied into it occasionally, they are
pleased with the paper ; and I add with pleasure, I think
they derive profit from its perusal. As this is intended
for your own eye alone, please pardon the liberty I take
in the last sentence, and allow me to suggest, that if an
anecdote or witticism cannot be sufficiently animated
without quoting all the indelicate or profane expressions
of the original, it would be far better for the morals of
the young especially, to reject it altogether. I know
the idea generally prevails, that when we vary the terms
of an anecdote, &c. by omission or substitution, we de
stroy its raciness. But I know, again, from long obser
vation of the young, that when their elders seem to be
pleased with the vulgar or profane in language or man
ners, they do not often discriminate between such inde
cencies and the wit that is associated with them; and
thus, they are in danger of losing their horror of such
things, and concluding that there is no great harm in
them after all. Now when we are called upon to decide
between mere temporary qualification and the safety of
the moral principle, the question, I think, ought to be a
very easy one. I mention this with the best feeling,
and trust you will receive it as meant, in kindness, as a
suggestion —not as a dictation. , ' >
An Engliih view of tlie Negro.
TheXiiverpool Post says there are twenty times as
many “niggers” in Africa as in all the West India Is
lands and on the American continent, and five hundred
fold worse. They are the most miserable of hu
man beings—the most degraded of men. They have
always been so ; the sun for six thousand years at least,
has looked down upon them and found them not only
“ black and curly,” but the most debased of slaves. It
was not the white man who did this—the black man
was tyrant. A transfer to the white man was bliss;
bondage remained—but how different from chains im
posed on them on their native soil, and original dwell
ing-place. The Post again asks, “is there any hope
for the future ?” which it answers, “m t if things are
allowed to remain as they are. The aptitude of the
negro fcr civilization presents only individual examples;
the mass have been savage. They are now savages in
Africa. There is no use questioning the sact —it is true.
Brought within the control and influence of the white
man, it might be different—would be different, but or
dinary means will never overcome obstacles to the ex
ercise of that influence. Released from the presence of
civilization, the negro will relapse into the barbarism of
his race.”
The North American Temperance Conventicn, which
inet at Chicago the latter part of last year, was com
posed of Old Line Teetotalers, Sons, Templars, Cler
gymen and laymen, and all classes of temperance men
and they adopted the following as a
National Platform.
t v i* w of the facts which the temperance reforma
tion has developed, and especially in view of the pres
ent crisis, we deem it important that there should be a
declaration of principles and plans, in which all tempe
rance men and organizations can agree:
Therefore, For ourselves, in the North American
1 emperance Convention assembled, and as our earnest
recommendation to our fellow-laborers as individuals
the following f VCra organizationB > we adopt and declare
abstlnence fr °m all indicating liquors as a
2. license in any form or under any circumstan
ces for the sake of such liquors to be use/as such
4. The absolute prohibition of the manufacture and
saie of intoxicating liquor* for such purposes-prohibi
tion by the will of the people expressed in due forms of
law, with the penalties deserved for a crime of such
enormity.
4. The creation of a healthy public opinion upon this
subject by the active dissemination of the truth in all
the modes known to an enlightened philanthropy.
5. The election of good, honest men to administer
the laws. • ”
6. Persistence in efforts to save individuals from so
direful a scourge, against all forms of opposition and
difficulty, until our success is complete and universal.
Nothin’ sets up a woman’s spunk like callin’ her ug
ly—she gets her back'right up, like a cat when a strange
dog comes near her; she’s all eyes, claws and bristles.
. A sailor, looking serious in a Boston chapel, was
asked if he felt any change ?
-“Not a cent” said Jack.
The following morceaii was evidently penned by some
love-sick swain who was “sold:” •* : j
While in the dark on thy soft hand I hung, ,
And heard the tempting Byreh in thy tongue,
What flames, what darts, what anguish I-endured!
But when the candle entered—l was cured f
Get as Tkleatlasl
This thing of marrying, O how/at it does make the
girlaldro* a.follow! The season when lovers express
The* tender passions to eaeh other, came around with
its attendant joyoueness to young hearts} the boys and
girls were sending and receiving nice little love-tricks
“ and sick like,** to and from thei t “ sweetly amilings,”
and enjoying themselves vastly, but we received nothing
of the kind. No, indeed; nothing !. In days past, when
the time for Valentines came, we never failed to get a
hat-full, and they continued to come for a week or more
after the time; and before the law requiring postage
pre-paid, we used to get two hats-full, and it most ru
ined us to pay the postage ; but on the last 14th, we re
ceived nary one —not 15th either; no, indeed, not
one—not one ! Old sweethearts, where are ye \ But our
very consoling consolation was, we had, and still have,
one mighty nice girl in the same neglected predicament
with ourself—one whose every smile is equivalent to a
car-load of pseudonymous love-billets. Yes, when a
fellow gets married the girls chop him right square off.
He immediately becomes very homely find uninterest
ing ; has no personal attractions; is very extravagant
and immoral; nothing he can say is keen nor smart;
he is invited to no symposiums; the girl he married did
very poor business—and so on. This is the charaeter
of every fellow after marriage. Now see here girls:
Men sometimes marry twice, and some widowers are as
clever and as acceptable to the girls as young men who
have never married ; and if we are to judge from the
ease and readiness with which widowers generally seem
to marry, we would say they were more acceptable to
the girls than the young men. At any rate, a widower
can get married much sooner than a widow ; you know
that, and ye ought to think of these things, oughten ys ?
Now we hope and pray that ice may never be a widower,
but we throw out these hints as food for your leisure
contemplation.
A decided Hit.
A friend writing from Sandersville, in this State,
gives us the following humorous argument, in
our raising to two dollars. It is the best thing yet, and
we cannot desist from publishing it:
“ Sandersville, Feb. 15th, 1858.
T suppose it is time to send on money for the Crusader
again, and you gay send two dollars. Being an old eit
izen of Greene and a strong cold-water man, we must
have the Crusader anyhow. We always thought the
Crusader very cheap at one dollar, and if a bachelor has
one dollar, we expect an addition to the family to make
it two; however, some of the boys down here are un
easy, for fear every addition to tne family will add an
other dollar; but I tell them I think not. If it is your
intention to do so, though may you be a Washington in
every respect, and may your fame be handed down only
in the same way as his. The inclosed two dollars place
to my account/’
We think there is considerable truth and poetry both,
in the addition- &l idea of our friend. He is liberal in
his views, and hence, is the right kind of a man. In
merchandise, as a man’s liabilities increase, he must
also increase his assets. Why, then, may we not aug
ment our income to enable us to “ meat ’’ additional respon
sibilities f But the “ boys” need not fear, as our terms
are about as high as we shall aspire, unless our respon
sibilities increase too rapidly.
W hen Does Morning End V
In these fashionable days, it wilfpussle a great ma
ny to answer the above question; and if it be regulated
by the dining hour, it will have a great many different
answers. But a friend has answered it very satisfacto
rily for the Life Illustrated as follows:
“ We used to suppose that there was some fixed point
where morning ended and evening commenced, say, at
12 o’clock, M. v But we find when we speak according
to that idea, we are constantly being misunderstood, or
are misunderstanding others. We see morning Concerts
announced to commence at 2P. M.; morning calls be
ing made until we consider it near supper time, and
morning meetftigs only a little while before sundown.—
Persons meet in the street: one says, ‘ good morning,’
the other ‘ good evening.’ To enable ourselves to un
derstand this seemingly parabolical use of the word
morning,we appealed to an old friend who is supposed to
know everything in relation to Manners and Customs.
‘ Why, my good friend,’ said he, ‘ morning means till
after dinner.’ Fashionable people dine at 6P. M., and
consequently all who desire to be thought fashionable,
never say even until that time, no matter whether they
are able to have any dinner or not.’ We stood informed
and also convinced that should fashionable people de
termine to call day night and night day, so it must be,
for here fashion rules supreme.”
Anecdote of Alexander Hamilton. -The follow
ing anecdote of this great Statesman is taken from a
collection of English newspaper cuttings in the posses
sion of the New Yor%Historial Society :
“ General Hamilton, the American, when a youth of
seventeen, was chief clerk to an eminent merchant in
St. Eustatia, who being absent, the business of the
counting-house, of course, devolved on young Hamil
ton. He had presented to him a letter directed to his
master, when, supposing it related to the mercantile
concerns, he opened it; but his surprise was great when
he found that it contained a challenge to his master,
whose proxy he was. The young hero answered the
challenge in the name of his master, and the time and
place were mentioned.in the reply.
Hamilton appeared to the antagonist of his master on
the field, and, to use his own words, * did his business
in his absence,’ and would not agree to any compro
mise, except on the express condition that the challen
ger should acknowledge in writing, that he had received
suitable satisfaction from Mr. , that he was a
gentleman of honor, Ac., and further, that he, (Hamil
ton) should never be known in the business—which
terms the challenger was obliged to accede to, or fight
young Hamilton ; he chose the former, and the parties
separated. In a lew months, however, it came to his
master’s ear, who was so struck with the magnanimity
of such conduct, that he gave him liberty to go to the
continent, choose what profession he pleased, and draw
on him to any amount. Perhaps to this anecdote, Amer
ica is indebted for the service and abilities of a man,
who has not his superior as a soldier, a financier and a
state sman.”
Young Man*
I love to look upon a young man. There is a hidden
potency concealed within his breast which charms and
pains me. I silently ask, what will that youth accom
plish in after life f Will he take rank with the bene
factors or scourgers of his race ? Will he exhibit; the
patriotic virtues of Hampden and Washington, or the
selfish craftiness of Benedict Arnold ? If he has gen
ius will he consecrate it, like Milton and Montgomery,
to humanity and religion, or, like Moore and Milton, to
the polluted altars of passion ? If he have mercantile
skill, will he employ it like Astor, to gratify his lust of
wealth, or to elevate and bless humanity, like some of
our merchant princes ? If the gift of eloquence be hid
den in his undeveloped soul, will he use it, like Sum
merfield in favor of religion, or like Patrick Henry, in
battling for human rights ? Or will he, for mammon’s
sake, prostitute that gift to the use of tyranny and infi
delity ? Will that immortal soul, which beams with
intelligence and power in his countenance,ally itself with
its Creator, and thus rise in the sublime height of desti
ny ? or will it wage war with truth and duty and thus
sink to degradation and death ? As I raise these great
queries, I at once do reverence to the potentiality of
his nature, and tremble for his fate. —Daniel Wise.
On one occasion, during Burr’s old age, when his
kind but low-spirited landlady, had met with an afflic
tion, she said to him : “ Oh! Colonel, how shall 1 get
through this?”
“Live through it, my dear!” was his emphatic re
ply.
Still complaining, she said, “ This will kill me, Co
lonel, I know I cannot survive this.”
“Well,” said he, “die then, Madame. We must
all die; but bless me, die game.’*
The story suggests the ruling characteristic of the
great conspirator. He committed, it is true, grave sins,
but he never whined over the penalty. He faced the
consequences without flinching, and disdained to apol
ogise or express a contrition which he did not feel.—
Even during his four years of pitiable exile in Europe,
his only regret in contemplating his poverty, arises
from His inability to see his daughter and her little child,
and to purchase the beautiful gifts which he desired to
lavish upon them on his return. In a word, Burr livad
and died as he advised his only landlady to live and die
—game.
r A . W rL DECISIO *-~ Judge Closer, of the Probate
Court of Windsor, Vermont, nas decided that a good
tZL n 7T Per , i8 ° ne ° f the neceßflftr y articles for the
duri e “>• ■.■•lement of .0
ow„ ~oUo„ of ,Z “ ““ ke h * r
Parson Green of Hemnstfn#i t t •
erable clergyman in the UnitAri’ft* \’’ if moat ven*
ty-nine years old WheSu t 68 ’ being now nine
was a soldier he
Pnch , Bowl is to be placed, by the
Kish Mu^n e m Mr A HaS S’ a !"°£ g t „ he treasures of he
antish Museum. A water m the Alliance thinks that
thie, w;th all drinking cups, would be most fittimrlv dn
posited ih Madame Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors
There they might suggest a moral and unfold™ tale
which would do the world good service.
Our old friend, P. H. B. of Canton, Cherokee, gives
us the following pointed and very acceptable rhyme,
taking off preacher and dinner, nicely:
For the Georgia Temperance Crusader.
I peeped into a dngert.
I peeped into a doggery
To see what I could aee;
And learn by chance, if possible,
Who in that place could be :
I saw a Baptist deacon,
And a Methodist close by,
And a einner —altogether,
Communing lovingly!
When pretty well befuddled,
The trio staggered out j
The two to let their light shine
Upon the ether's rout!
I did not care to watch them,
Tho’ the scene no doubt was rich,
When darkness came upon them,
And found them in the ditch!
1 met the pious deacon,
Avery few days after ;
And he was solemncoly,
While I was full of laughter.
He said it pained him sorely,
To see the hearts of men,
So fully set within them
To walk the paths of sin!
I also met the Methodist,
Who said that he had never
Seen vice prevail so greatly,
And his face was long as ever !
I met the thoughtless sinner,
When I had seen the others,
Who said his chance for heaven
Was equal to the brothers !
P. H. B.
SuTiLLEE Ga., Feb. 18th 1858.
Alcohol was invented, 950 years ago, by the son of &
strange woman, Hager, in Arabia. Ladies used it with
powder to paint themselves, that they might appear
more beautiful. During the reign of William and Ma
ry an act was passed encouraging the manufacture of
spirits. Soon after intemperance and profligacy pre
vailed to such an extent that the retailers in intoxicating
drinks put up signs in public places informing the peo
ple that they might get drunk for a shilling, and have
some straw to get sober on again.
An Orchestra Composed of Females. —The Jour
nal da Conatantinoplc states, that an orchestra of fe
males is now being formed in the palace, and that 86
instruments are being constructed specially for it, but
with the modifications called for by the inferior strength
of the fair musicians. Among the instruments are
flutes, flagiolets, cornets, ophclides, trumpets and trom
bones. Drums, cymbals and Turkish bells are rather
numerous; the drums are painted green and red, and
are profusely decorated with gold and sliver.
“ Is a man and his wife both one ?” asked the wife of
a certain g entleman, in a state of stupefaction, as she
was holding his aching head in both hands. “ Yes, I
suppose so,” was the reply. “ Well, then,” said she;
“I come home drunk last night, and ought to be ashamed
of myser.”
Murder. —On Saturday morniug last, Mr. Jenkins,
overseer of Mr. Benjamin Gates, of Meriwether county,
was murdered by a negro woman while attempting to
punish her for some misdemeanor. Having struck her
three oy four licks with a switch, she drew a knife from
her pocket, and, having but one arm, opened it with her
teeth, stabbed him in the neck, severing the jugular
vein, causing his death in fifteen or twenty minutes. —
She is now in Greenville jail awaiting her trial.—New
nan Blade.
Gen. Haskell again Insane.- —The follow
ing paragraph is from the Louisville Courier of the 9th
inst., from which it will appear that Gen. Wm. T.
Haskell is again insane and confined in the Lunatic
Asylum at Hopkinsville, Ky. :
“Our attentive correspondent, “Broomstix,” tele
graphs us from Hopkinsville, under date of yesterday,
mat Gen. W. T. Haskell, of Tennessee, has again be
come deranged, and is now confined in the Lunatic asy
lum at Hopkinsville.”
“ It will be reoollected that Gen. H. was recently dis
missed from the Asylum at Lexington, cured. His re
cent letters and poetical contributions to the papers
certainly indicated an unsound mind.”
Homicide. —The Dahlonega Mountain Signal says :
that on Tuesday morning last, a Coroner’s inquest was
held over the body of Sophia Phillips, of that place, who
was found dead in the bed. The verdict of the Jury
was that the deceased came to her death from a blow
on the head with a piece of iron, inflicted by her hus
band, George Phillips. Phillips is now confined in jail
to await hisjtrial. Both were drunk.
What a pity he did not then butt his own brains out.
The country should he rid ot all such brutish couples.
Stampede in a Court Room. —The New York papers
say that, on Monday last, in the Police Court at Brook
lyn, an Iyshman was brought in for sentence for some
offence of which he had been convicted. As he stood
there among other prisoners r waiting sentence, it was
noticed that the small pox was breaking out on him with
great virulence. Immediately a great stampede took
place, the clerk turned ghastly pale and leaped out of
.the window ; the judge, thinking the building was about
to tumble about his ears, tumbled out the window after
.the clerk, while the deputy sheriff and some other offi
cers got out the way of infection by climbing among the.
rafters. The Irishman was got out of doors and wag
told to send and never return. The extra judicial sen
tence, “Pat” availed himself of, with due alacrity.—
The court stood adjourned that day, no one venturing
back into the room.
The Toothache.— “My dear friend,” saidH., “I
can cure your tooth in ten minutes.”
“How? how?” inquiredL. “Do it in pity.”
“ Instantly,” said he.
“ Have you any alum ?”
“Yes.”
“Bring it and some eommon salt.”
They were produced. My friend pulverized them,
mixed them in equal quantities, then wet a small piece
of cotton, causing the mixed powder to adhere, and
placed it in my hollow tooth.
“ There,” said he, “if that does not cure you, I .will
forfeit my head. You may tell this to everybody and
publish it everywhere ; the remedy isinfalliable.”
It was as he predicted. On the introduction of the
mixed alum and salt, I experienced a sensation of cold
ness which, gradually subsided, and with it—the alum
and the salt—l cured the torment of the toothache.—
Maidenville Reader.
Confidential Letter from an Itinerant Poli
tician to the Hon. Stephan A. Douglas.
Way Down East, Ist, 1858.
My. Dear Stephin: I sea By the papurs that they
are makin a grate fus about yeou. and that them Dim
oerat hounds are arter yeou with Hot pokers. So I
thot may be yeou wood be a leetle given to melancholy
misanthrophy, and all them kind o’ bad feelins, or as
we used tu say when we went tu Schule together kind
o’ deoun the mouth. And so I thot that maybe tWould
kind ’o cheer yeou up a leetle to heer from your old
-friend Nicholas. As near as i can find out by the pa
purs, but the papurs down this way will lie so like the
d—-1, yeou cant tali much by um. Butasnearasl
can find eout they are makin all the noise and abusin
yeou so like the Mischief, jist case yeou wont swaller
Cancers, border ruifina and all; now i tell yeou Stephin
dont yeou du it. Yeou never would injoy good health
arterwards and it mite kill yeou rite off—thim Dimocrat
fellers will try every way that they can think on to make
you swaller Caneers constituehun, but dont yeou du it,
as yeou regard the advice of ycour old Friend Nicholas,
it wouldnt agree with yeour constitushun no how ; tell
them in the language of the Immortal hannibal,changed
jist enough to suit the Occashun, thut “’tis not that
yeou love Cances less, but that you love little Stephin a.
duglas more” if they insist on your takm it, tell
um in the words of Jeremiar, “ That selfperservashun
is the fust law Os natur.*'—if they turn yeou out ot
the Dimoerat party, And yeou cant find no whar els to
go, come and gine the Publican party, want some smart
man jist like yeou—the Dimocrats call our party the
black Publicans, but dont be timorous about that Ste
phin, wc aint so black as there niggars, thothey du say
that some of the niggars are most as white as we ar—
neow Stephin, the Dimocrats have got so kinder o down
on yeou, it looks like yeou hadnt much chance to git eny
more offis from that party, sohadent yeou better make a
strata thing of it and come rite over at once and gine the
publican party, i think We mite du something for yeou.
to Tell the truth Stephin we hant got many smart men
and wc must look out for somebody to run for Precident
in 1860. Thar is Sumner he has kind o gin eout since
Colonel Brooks whaled him. it seems like he is asham
ed to go ahead eny more —he wont and than Bill
Seward and Jack hale, but they are old broken down
hacks, it wontdutu runem, they wood get distanced the
fust Quarter. Banks wants the nominashun bad anuff,
an he is lookin eout arter it rite sharp tu, but sense the
banks have all caved in, it seems like every body is
afeared to trust banks. I have cum tu the conclushun
that banks is a failure, i wiil du all in my power tu git
yeou nominated, and then if yeou get elected yeou will
remember yeour old fiiend Nicholus, of course.
i shall be travellin round for the present, sellin my
patent nutmeg maysheen and i will rite to yeou often
and let yeou know how politercal matters stand round
in different parts of the World, as i shall rite in the
most confidenshall manner i want yeou to be mity keer
ful and not let any of them newspapur Porturs git hold
of my lettura, unless yeeu think it would vanee yeour
interests to have them printed,
from your Psrlitercal friend.
’ .
(For ..the Crusader.) A ■
his Head In a Barrel.
MR- Editor : As I was standing, early one morning
some months since, at the door of a village hotel where
I had spent the previous night, I saw a young bullock a
little way off ih the public square with his head in u
barrel, apparently trying to reach something at the bot
tom. I soon found that he was fast; for though he
tossed his head up and down, and from side to side
with no little energy, he could not shake off the barrel.
He had, no doubt, thrust in his muzzle in search of salt
or straw, (for it was a dry barrel); but his chin and two
horns formed a triangle whose points could not all find
outlet at once, the tip of one horn hanging at every ef
fort. He was quite a spectacle for pity or for sport, ac
cording to the temper of the spectator, especially as sev
eral young men attempted to help him off with his in
convenient head-drese, some holding to the animal while
others pulled lustily at the barrel; and before he could
be relieved, it was found necessary to smash the barrel.
The occurrence suggested to my mind a much graver
scene that has often been witnessed among men. Yes,
sir, we have seen many a one of our own kind, in the
bloom and vigor of life, with his head in a barrel ! At
first intending merely to see whai was there and how it
tasted, or yielding to the earnest solicitations of a com •
panion just for one time, rather than be teased or taunted
for squeamishness, and scorning the very thought of ev
er being found again in such a predicament, multi
tudes have thrust in the muzzle, and found themselves
at length fast in a barrel. O, how vexed with themselves
at first for having condescended to search in such a
place for gratification, or disgraced themselves in their
own eyes, rather than bear a little opposition ! How
confident of treeing themselves of the hateful thing at
the very first toss of the head, and that toss, how ex
pressive of'self reproach for the first stoop, and yet, of
self reliance for the future ! But a relish conceived for
the good creature, like the chin of the bullock, or pride
insulted at reproof, lik§ one of his horns, has served
in most instances to foil the effort to throw off; so that
few men once initiated have met with the deliverance
experienced by their quadruped likeness —most of them
alas ! have lived and died with their heads in a barrel!
See the thousands at the present day, in our own
land alone, thus embarreled, many of them talented and
cultivated, qualified to serve their country in her highest
councils, and otherwise favored with the means of
diffusing happiness around them with honor and
wealth, in hand and in prospect ! What shall
be done to extricate them ? Many agencies have been
long employed tor this truly noble purpose, such as the
tender and earnest expostulations ofrelatives and friends,
combined with the efforts of temperance organizations,
wielding all the force of example and moral suasion—
but with what success? We feel grateful that some
such have been saved to themselves, their families and
their country ; but if we have hearts to feel for human
woe, we must mourn that a greater number promise
nothing but death in a barrel ; while many influences
are at work to lessen the horror and enhance the dan
ger of such a result to millions more ! The avowed
friendsof temperance have in many places waxed few
er and feebler,while the depraved appetite of the votary of
drink, the cupidity of the retailer, the enticements of the
fashionable saloon, and worse than all, the fascinations
of the festive board, where witching woman presents
the wine cup, are strengthning in a fearful ratio., What
& spectacle ! what a prospect! Shall we feel in sight of
the one, shudder at the thought of the other, and still
not act ? The advocates of temperance may pull at the
barrel, while the friends of the deluded tippler pull at
him ; but his head is in the barrel, and there it will re
main, unless someone shall smash that barrel.
Speak out, friends of humanity, who’ll arm, and when ?
Early Cos. Ga., Jan. 31. W. D. Cowdrey,
(For the Crusader.)
Thanksgiving.
Who, who among us as a people, render thanks unto
God, for his mercies towards us ? We are objects of
his especial care. While we have gone in forbidden
paths, his protecting arm has surrounded us; while we
have forgotten him, he has remembered us in affection;
while we have sinned, yea, against Heaven and earth,
he has ever been ready and willing to forgive. Ought
we not to feel thankful tosuch a being? Yes, methinks
our hearts should be filled with gratitude, love and ho
liness towards the Lord. Asa nation, we are violating
the holy laws of God continually. See how His holy
Sabbath is desecrated ! Behold the mighty iron horse
on the Sabbath, coming forthwith speed, as though some
great earthquake had befallen the earth and he was go
ing abroad to forewarn the inhabitants. But, alas!
alas ! it is for the people to travel to and fro over the
earth, violating the Sabbath. The Lord has said, it
should be a day of rest, dedicated especially to Him.—
Look along the railroad—here, the wood must be cut to
feed the iron steed, that he may have strength ; there,
the water must be pumped to quench his thirst, that he
may have power to go forth in his might; here, food
must be cooked, that the travellers may be fed ; there,
bed-rooms put in order, that they may sleep; all, all
on the Sabbath day. Again, as a nation, we have erred
in giving to our neighbor strong drink, yea, setting up
places all over the country, to entice our fellow-mortals
into them, measuring the liquid fluid to them as long as
they can partake, and then turn them out in the streets
to suffer cold, hunger and pain, or be picked up by an
officer, to receive his doom. Sad, indeed, is the picture!
still more is it so, look upon our country as a
land of intelligence, refinement, knowledge, liberty, and
above all, Christianity. Yet, with all this pollution,
crime, wickednes, sinning with a high hand, God has
been merciful. He has dealt kindly, filling our barns
with plenty. Ungrateful creatures are we, unless we
praise and adore his name. Christians, let our praises
arise unto Heaven, as holy incense, that the country
around may feel its influenced Let the wicked rejoice
that the Lord has a tew people yet on the earth, for they
are the salt thereof; whenever they are caught up
from earth, the wicked will be banished into eternal
punishment.
Sinner, seek the Lord while he may be found. Let
us all praise God continually.
Atlanta, Deo. 31. Femme.
lor the Georgia Temperance Crusader.
Be Employed.
The improvement of time is a subject that should in
terest us all.
Life, at best, is extremely brief, and we scarcely be
gin its labors ere we are summoned away.
No man who has duly appreciated his mission and has
led an active, useful life, has found existence wearisome
or complained that time was lagging in its flight; life
is all too short lor such a man. But an aimless, useless
and unreflecting class has been in existence almost ever
since the days of Noah, and we have good reasons for
believing that its members are numerous at the present
day. They seem to think riches useful only because
they bring leisure, and to deem life, not a loan for which
they must render an account, but something which was
forced upon them against their wills, and which they
are justified in squandering.
Nor does this class include, alone, throe who are ever
loitering about public places, having no business but the
dissipation of patrimonies; but even numbers of intelli
gent ladies and members of the various Christian denom
inations, who seem to forget that “ six days thou shali
labor and do all thy work ” is equally obligatory upon
them with “ but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the
Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work,” &c
He who made us (and not in vain) commands dili
gence in business, and nothing is more evident than
that the idler violates the express mandates of his Maker.
Again: We are responsible for our influence, and
eternity alone shall reveal the extent of that responsibil
ity.
When wealth induces men and women to subsist, like
drones, upon the sweets that have been gathered to
gether by others, and, eschewing useful employments
to lead lives unprofitable to themselves and others, it is
a curse and not a blessing.
Affluence gives influence and position in society ; but
the power does not, necessarily, lie in the possessor.
It men of means refuse to labor they establish a caste
whose claims to respectability are based upon the ab
sence of a necessity for laboring, the tendency of which
is to degrade honest industry. It is difficult to find any
thing more dangerous to the true interests of society
than the establishment of such a basis, and the dark
catalogues of crime, if examined with regard to this
feature, would reveal its pernicious effects, wherever it
exists.
Nor is this truth confined, in its application, to indi
viduals and communities, but nations have felt its
blighting influence. A single instance will suffice.
Spain, oiicc a prosperous and powerful nation, beconiing
rich in the precious metals from the mines of the new
world, ceased to depend upon labor. Useful employ
ment was degraded ; aristocracy flourished; dissipa
tion and every species of vice engendered by idleness
crept in, and now Spain, once live admiration and fear
of the world, is bankrupt and despised. Even that mis
erable specimen of a republic, on the western coast off
our continent, the offspring of Spain and the inheritor
ot all her weakness, hjr bigotry and instability, insults
her with impunity.
No mail is useful unlesshc is adding something to the I
real wealth of a community by mental, moral or physical
effort in the right direction; or, by so distributing the
stores that have been intrusted to his care as to increase
the usefulness and mitigate the woes ofhumanity.
Labor is useful, healthful, elevating, noble: idleness
}s unhealthy, useless, debasing and dangerous.
, If lathers desire their sons to become sober, honest
and respectable citizens, of whom they will not be
ashamed in later years, and who will not bring down
their gray haira to the grave, let them give their off
spring useful trades or professions ; or, better yet, let
their sons be producing from the earth those staples
which constitute true wealth.
J. S. LATIMER.
HUMOROUS,
At a fourth of July celebration in Delhi N, Y.
where General Root presided, a militia colonel,
who was sitting next to him, was called upon for
a toast. Not having prepared himself before
hand, he was a little puzzled what to give. He
thought a moment and then concluded that it
should be something of a military nature; but
precisely what, be had not fully determined,
when he rose and thundered forth :
“The Military of our country—may they
never want”—here lie hesitated—“ may they
never want”—here he boggled—“may they
never want—”and here he came to a full stop,
and looking imploringly at the president, whis
pered, “what the devil shall I say next?”
“ And never be wanted,” whispered back the
General.
“And never he wanted,” roared out the Colo
nel.
Thus they made between them a capital toast,
which neither of them and perhaps nobody else
would originally have thought of—reading, when
put together as follows :
“ The Military of our country—May they never
want, and never be wanted.”
“Might your name be Smith?” said a lout to
that oddest of odd fellows, I , after a rap at
his door loud enough to disturb the occupants of
a church yard. “Yes, it might, hut it aint by a
long chalk.”
“Timothy,” said a certain grocer to his clerk,
“ I've joined the Temperance Society, and it
won’t look well to sell liquor, in future, before folks.
So if any person call for any, you must take them
into the back room.”
A person who knew a scrap of French, and was
excessively vain of his accomplishment, accosted
a gentleman in the street, with Quelle heure est
il ? i. e. What is it o’clock ? The gentleman re
plied in Latin Nescio, i. e. I know not. God
bless me, said the other, I did not know it was
so late, and ran off as if on some very important
business.
♦ • •
During the administration of the elder Adams,
the following was given by a gentleman more
noted for ignorance than for information : “ Our
President, John Adams: May the mantil-piece of
George Washington fall upon his head. He
meant Mantle.
Some humane persons has affixed printed
handbills to the pumps, cautioning those who
are heated against drinking water. “ Bothera
tion” said an Irishman, “ only look at that—one
says, don’t drink any of the crater, my
for it will he the death on ye; anither says, don’t
drink any water, honey, orjyou will be kilt out
right. By the powers, I’ll mix the whiskey and
the water in equal parts, and chate both of ’em.”
It is known to all who are acquainted with the
early history of Kentucky, that the first emi
grants settled in small squads, like the first set
tlement in all other frontier countries, for mutu
al defence. The order was, whenever an alarm
was given all were to run to that place. Early
one morning the shouts and cries of a female
were heard—all ran to the spot. When they ar
riAed they saw a bear and a man engaged in com
bat. They had it hip and thigh, up and down,
over and under, and the man’s wife standing by
and hallooing “ fair play! fair play!” The com
pany ran up and insisted on parting them. The
woman said, “ No—no—let them fight! for it is
the first fight I ever saw that I did not care which
whipped.”
Mr. Hurd, the celebrated teacher of Grammar,
once on a time (at Hopkinton, Mass.) set his
class to parsing the following lines of Pope:
Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate—
All.but the.page prescribed, &,c.
The word all, in the second line had been parsed
—when coming to the word but, and directing his
eye to the next pupil, the master said, “ But! the
next.” No sooner was the word said, than—
plump went the head of the pupil into the bread
basket of his neighbor.
“Boo! hoo! hoo!” roared the latter most lusti
ly-
“ What are you about there?” said the master
to the former.
“lam hutting the next, sir, as you told me to,”
replied the lad.
The custom of judging whether a man has a
soul or no soul, by his disposition in regard to
money matters, is not badly illustrated in an article
from the Vermont Free Press, of which the fol
lowing is an extract: A stuttering man, in great
wrath, was rating a neighbor, who had over
reached his wife in the sale of a rennet-bag.
“ I know you, you sti-i-ngy dog you and your
fa-a-ther before you—when you was bo-o-rn your
fa-a-ther found a so-o-oul would cast a shi-i-illing,
and he could get a gi-i-zzard for nine pence, and
so he be-o-ought a-a-a gizzard.
The following from the N. Y. Prohibitionist in
regard to the indifference manifested towards tem
perance lectures and sermons, now-adays, is to
the point, and may serve as valuable information
to all classes of men:
Triumph and Apathy.
The question is often asked, Why are temper
ance lectures and temperance speeches now heard
with so little interest, when, at one period, noth
ing excited more attention. Because, we reply,
of their conquest and triumphs. They have very
much done their work with their audiences, and
they have little or nothing to feed upon ; no ob
jections to meet; no foes to fight; no obstacles
to encounter. In the early stages of the reform,
two-thirds, or three-fourths, if not the entire au
dience, were in fault. They were moderate drink
ers, or connected in some way with distilleries or
breweries, or upholding the licensed traffic. The
lecturer met them, as his foes, face to face. He
attacked their habits and their business; appeal
ed to their consciences; and if he was a Hewitt
or a Beecher, he produced a terrible commotion
among them. Families went home to debate
their guilt. Church members examined their
conduct. Ministers asked, where they were stand
ing. Pious distillers and venders said, we cannot
go on. The whole of society was put in a ferment.
The speaker had an object. He did not speak to
the air, but to living hostile men. And the
hearer was not an indifferent hearer. He had to
to fortify himself as every point was attacked.—
But now, how different! Let a minister go into a
pulpit and preach the boldest temperance ser
mon, or a lecturer deliver the most eloquent tem
perance essay, who cares about it ? All, or nearly
alk,, agree with him. Ho can say nothing which
has not been aoceded to. He has no foes to
fight, no opposition to encounter, no converts to
make. The most he can do is to recount the vic
tories of the past, and give thanks for what has
been accomplished. But all this excites ,m lit
tle interest. Indeed, the people will not go to
hear it. They say, we shall hear nothing new;
we are all temperance men now. The very tri
umphs of the oause, therefore, are the occasion
of indifference to the subject ; so that this indif
ference, instead of being evidence that the cause
is languishing or dead, is the highest proof of its
being in a most flourishing state.
At a colored ball the following notice wasjposted on
the door-post: “ Tickets, fifty cents. No gemman ad
mitted unless he comes himself.”
“ Fresh air and plenty of exercise makes a man eat
well, think well, sleep well.” .
Some musical publisher or teacher, once wrote or said
“that the art of playing on the violin required the nicest
perception, and the most delicate sensibility of any part
of the known world.” Some country editor in com
menting on it, says, “The art of publishing a country
newspaper and making it pay, beats the art of fiddling
higher than a kite.”.
We condense, this column, from the tela-
By |fe Baltic. W * • j
THREE DAYS LATER FROM “EUROPE. ft
New York, Feb. 19. — The ateamship Baltic haß ar
rived with Liverpool dates to Wednesday, February 3d.
News.—The steamship Africa arrived out
on the 30th of January.
The Leviathan steamship ia safely afloat
The Empress Eugenia has been declared the Regent
in case any calamity should befal Napoleon. [The Par
is Momteur, in the latter part of January, referred to a
Senators’ consultation which would shortly be promul
gated, nominating the personages who are to compose
a Council of Regency, in case of the death of the Empe
ror before the Prince Imperial attains the political ma
jority-]
No later authentic intelligence had been received
from the East.
The Atlantic Submarine Telegraph company will re
quire additional capital, to pay for seven hundred mile*
of cable. The Directors are very hopeful of the suc
cess of this great enterprise, W. Field, Esq., has
been appointed the general manager of the company.
The Americans in Paris have delivered and published
a congratulatory address to the Emperor, on the occa
sion of his recent escape from the explosion of the “ in
fernal machine.”
It is said that the Pope of Rome, and Kings of Sar
dinia and Naples, were to have been assassinated at the
same time that the life of Napoleon was attempted.
Unfavorable news was current about the condition of
affairs in the Punjaub.
John M. Botts has returned to this country on board
the Baltic.
Mehmed Pasha, the Vice Admiral of the Turkish
Navy, did not come in the Baltic, as was expected.
This gentleman, we believe, has contemplated a visit
to the United States to examine minutely the construc
tion of our vessels of war, for the purpose of making
improvements in the naval architecture of Turkey.
The Brazil mail steamer, with Rio Janeiro aavices,
had arrived at London. Site reported the coffee mar
ket dull and prices nominal, with large stocks.
By ttae Africa.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
New York, Feb. 21.—The British and North Amer
ican royal mail steamship Africa, Capt. N. Shannon,
has arrived, with Liverpool dates to Saturday afternoon,
Feb. 6th. %
General Intelligence. —News from the continent is
unimportant.
The English Parliament assembled on the 4th Feb
ruary. Lord Palmerston gave notice of hie intention to
bring forward a bill in regard to conspiracies, and to
meet the refugee question.
He stated that he had received a dispatch from the
French government, calling his attention to the refugee
question, but that he had not responded to it.
Roebuck spoke in bitter terms of the Emperor Napo
leon and French officials generally, but was promptly re
buked by Lord Palmerston.
French Consuls are not hereafter to grant passport*
to British subjects.
Jerome Bonaparte has been invested with a right to
* seat in the French Council of State, and will preside
in the absence of the Emperor.
The proposed change in the government of India
seems to be attracting general attention. Lord
ston has given notice of a bill to take the control of In
dia out of the hands of the East India Directors.
Spain has granted amnesties to all her colonial sub
jects, in consequence of the birth of a Prince.
Commercial Intelligence. —Liverpool Cotton Mar
ket, Feb. 6. —The sales of cotton for the week reach 54,*
000 bales, of which speculators took 5,500 and exporters
3000 bales, leaving for the trade 45,500 bales. All qual
ities of cotton slightly advanced during the early por
tion of the week, but the advance was subsequently lost
on new Uplands, which were l-16d. lower at the closer
The market for the week ending the 4th closed steady.
The quotations are as follows:
Fair Orleans, N . 7i Middling Orl’s., 6 15-16
Fair Mobiles, 7* “ Mobiles, 6f
Fair Uplands, 7 “ Uplands, 61
The stock on hand was 330,000 bales, of which 175,-
000 were Anfterican.
Latest — Liverpool Saturday noon. —The sales of cot
ton to-day were 15,000 bales, and the market closed
firm.
Manchester Trade. —Business in the manufacturing
districts was improving, and prices on all qualities of
goods slightly advanced.
Havre Cotton Market. — Orleans Tres Ordinaire was
quoted at 98 francs.
London Money Market. —The Bank of Jttgland had
reduced its rates of discount to 31 per cent. VThe bul
lion in the Bank had increased £395,000. was
somewhat easier. Consols quoted at 961 to 96J for ac
count.
Latest from London—Saturday noon, by telegraph. —
Consols closed at 95£ a96 for money, and 96 a 961 for
account.
Liverpool General Market. —The circulars report the
breadstuffs market very dull. Flour declining and un
saleable, and quotations nominal. WFeat was steady
and closed somewhat firmer—Southern Red 7s a7s 2<f,
and White 7s a7s 6d. Corn was dull, and all qualities
had slightly declined. Provisions were dull. Sugar
was buoyant and all qualities had somewhat advanced.
Rice was steady and active, and Carolina had improved,
and was quoted from 18s 6d to 20s 9d. Rosin was firm
and common, quoted at 4s 3d, and fine qualities kad ad
vanced. Turpentine was steady at 36s a 375.
Fire and Probable Loss oe Life. — St. Louis, Feb.
21.—The Pacific Hotel in this city was burnt early this
morning. About one hundred persons were known to
have been in their rooms, and between forty and fifty
were missing.
Affairs of Honor on the Tafis.— Washington Feb.
21. The city is full of rumors as to affairs of honor
pending between gentlemen. One is, that the Hon. J.
B. Clay and Gen. Cullom are to adjust differences at
ten paces—another that Gen. Harney and Col. Sumner
will probably meet in hostile array, but the War De
partment will likelv interfere in this case—another dif
ficulty is spoken of between Ex-Lieutenant A.C. Rhind
and Commander Edwaad B. Boutwell, of the sloop John
Adams.
Mormon Affairs.— St. Louis, Feb. 20.—The mail
from Salt Lake, Utah Territory, has arrived. The In
dians on the route were quiet. Col. Johnson appeared
to be fully posted in regard to the movements of the
Mormons, who were preparing for resistance.
The troops were in good spirits.
Delay of the Star of the West .—New York, Feb.
20.—The Aspinwall steamer, Star of the West, did not
leave to-day, in consequence of the prevailing storm.
New York, Feb. 20.—The Cotton market firm to
day with sales of 1,800 bales. Flour firm, with sales of
10,500 barrels. Wheat dull, sales 3,500 bushels, south
ern red, $1,15 to $1,25. Corn quiet, white 69 a 70, and
yellow 68 a7O cents. Turpentine firm at 49 cents. Ro
sin firm. Rice buoyant at 31 a 4 cents.
Rev. P. N. Lynch, D. D., has been elected Bishop of
the Roman Catholic diocese of Charleston,which has re
mained vacant for the last three years since the death
of Bishop Reynolds.
The Boston and Worcester railroad has been mulcted
in $7,000, for injuries received on the 14th July last, by
Miss Susan A Pratt, by a collision near the depot.
To get rid of the smell of oil paint, put a handful of
hay into a pail of water, and let it stand in a room new
ly painted.
The number of postage stamps used in the United
States during the year 1857, was 168,494,540, the value
of which was $4,649,975 25.
Married, on Thursday last, January 14th, by the Rev
W. T. Sutton, M. Dillie De Marquis Gilbert Motier
Le La Fayette O’Bryan and Miss Annie Ardelia Aman
da Almelia Rosanna Melvina Jane Fitz-Ellen Newbelie
—both of Bath county, Va.
How eloquent is the old homely word, fall! The
flowers fall in the garden, the fruits fall in the orchards,
the nuts fall in the woods, the stars fall from the skies,
the rain falls from the clouds, the mercurv falls in the
tubes, the leaves fall everywhere, and man falls into eter
nity !
I IRev. Dr. McFarland has been appointed Roman
Cathplic Bishop of Hartford, Ct.
Jonrsboro’, Feb. -JO, ‘SB.
Died, at the residence of her father in Jonesboro’ Fay
ette Go. Ga. on 17th inst. Miss JLAVONIA SMITH,
eldest daughter of Dr. C. W. Smith and hts deceased
wife, Mrs. Lucinda A. Smith. Scarcely has a year
elapsed since sorrow summoned her numerous mourners
to stand round the death couch of the noble Christian I
mother and receive her last blessing, ere her spirit left
its frail casket to dwell in its nativeskies. And when we
gave up this ornament of our village, this pious mother,
kind friend and devoted wife, our affections naturally
entwined themselves around the eldest child, the gentle
Lavonia, hoping that some day she would partially fill
up the vacancy made in the home circle and in our hearts
But the ways of the Sovereign Rnler are above our
ways, and He has otherwise ordered it. She too is
gone. Friends and relatives are again called upon to
mourn another loss and to lay a father’s fond and cher
ished hope in the cold prison house of death. Her
health has been gradually failing for some months • but
as long as she was able, she attended school. Young
gifted and lovely, she stood high among her compan
ions, and was regarded by her teachers, and as a tal
ented and beloved student, equal in ability and appli
cahon to the most promising. She attached herself to
the Baptist church m her thirteenth year. For three
years has she honored the profession she had chosen,
with a meek and Christian purity. She had culled the
roses of suttee* summers, and ere the seventeenth ush
eied in, her spirit had gene to its long home.
“ G L e ? n *]? e turf above thee,
Friend of winning ways,
None knew thee but to love-thee,
None named thee but to praise!” D
A IjOTl jOT 0F YELLOW IRISH POTA
TOES, for planting. Call on
Feb 25 J. M. BOWLES.
‘THE FI RM OF J. M. BOWLES & CO. IS THIS
day dissolved by mutual consent, Win. B. Seale
retiring. The business will be continued by J. M.
Bowles at the same stand, where he will keep, af all
times, a full supply of Family Groceries , and will be *
ready and willing to serve his friends at very Short Pro-
C AS H - L M. BOWLES,
Feb 25 WM. B. SEALS.