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PENFEELD, GEORGIA.
B MARCH 4, 1858,
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Weekly Gazette.
The above is thetitle of a paper just issued in Greens
bero, by W. M. Jefferson, Esq., as Editor and Proprife
tor. Terms $1 50 in advance.
We wish Jefferson much success in his new enter
prise.
Sheriffs Sale Day in’ Greenes boro.
A considerable quantity of property of various kinds,
was advertised for sale on the first Tuesday of this
month, but we learn that all was not sold. One negro
girl ten years of age, the property of Joseph Raden,
was bid off at $570. Livery stable stock, in quantities
of all sorts, went at “ low water marks.” The peo
ple were not out generally, owing to the severity of the
cold weather.
It was rather frigid for us to venture so far.
The Weather.
March has certainly come in like a lion, but whether
it is going out like a lamb, remains yet to be seen.
To-day, the’first of the month, the weather seems colder
than any we have had since Christmas.
WahiHgtan’n Birthday.
Froui'accounts the 2‘2d of February last was a groat
day in Richmond, Va. It was also celebrated with
much spirit in Augusta, Ga.
Fayetteville Academy.
A private letter fronV*our old friend Looney, principal
of this Academy, informs us that he has a very full
school; “has a hundred boarders and he says “not
one of his'students are everjseen at a grocery or heard
to utter an oath.”
Handkerchief Preachers.
The following from the Christian Reflector is a capi
tal hit at those Ministers who are continually dangli.ig
and doubling tlfcnrjiocket-handkerehief and wiping their
faces while they are attempting to preach. We com
mend it to some of our Preachers in this section:
“ I notice in some cases a handkerchief habit in the pul
pit, which has led me to inquire if the use of that very
necessary article is a part of theological training. I
notice some ministers take it out ot their pockets, as
they do their sermon, and lay it on the pulpit. Some
spread it out lengthwise through the middle of the Bible;
some roll it up and tuck it under the Bible; some shake
it every few moments over their heads; some clench
it in their hand, as if they were going to throw it at the
audience ; and some keep crowding it into their pockets
and pulling it out again, with a nervous movement, ns
if they did not know what other use to make of their
hands. I went once to hear a popular young preacher,
and as much as half of his sermon was made up of pocket
handkerchief; and the most of the other half was gold
watch and scraps of poetry.”
Venerable Joking. —The North Bridgewater (Mass.)
Gazette tells the following:
Dr. Jackson, the elder, of Boston, meeting his old
friend, Josiah Quincy, (both past eighty years of age,)
on the sidewalk, accosted him with—“ Well, Mr. Quin
cy, how much longer do you intend to live f” “ Till I
send for a doctor,” was the quick reply. “And when
did you send for one last?” inquired Dr. J. “Just
cighty-six years ago,” answered Mr. Quincy, adding
the precise date of his birth.
Before the days of Teetotalers, a neighbor of Mr.
Bisbee saw that gentleman at an early hour of the day
* crawling slowly homeward on his hands and knees over
the frozen ground.
“ Why don’t you get up and walk ?” said his neigh
bor. “ I w-w-would. b-b-but it’s so awf-f-ful thin here
that I’m af-f-fraid I should b-b-break through.”
By Degrees. —We often hear people talk of’leaving
off bad habits by degrees, and it is a very bad sign.
Webb, the famous pedestrain, who was a water-drinker,
was once urging an intemperate friend to give up his
indulgences, when the latter promised to do so by de
grees. “By degrees !” cried Webb, indignantly ; “if
you should unluckily fall in the fire, would you teij j our
servants to pull you out by degrees ?”
The” Struggle Coming In 1860.
The Southern Citizen, in the course of a reply to ob
jections urged against that paper, that it was too South
ern, says :
“ Everything that has befallen us since our first num
ber was issued, confirms us in the belief that parties in
this country, ate last resolving into two —the party of
the North and the party of the South ; that the North
is concentrating its forces and choosing its ground ; and
that the day is coming (say in the year 1860) when nei
ther th.c National Democracy, nor-any other combina
tion of national politics, will be able to save these South
ern States trom falling under the preponderant power,
and so becoming and remaining thenceforth a tributary
province.
The issue is not Slavery or Anti-Slavery. There is
no danger whatever to our institution. Nobody at the
North cares about Negroes. On the contrary, once
the political and commercial supremacy is assured, the
more negroes we have, the better wc shall please our
Northern brethren, because we shall make more produce
for them to trade upon. In the meantime, ‘ Slavery’
answers for a cry and a watchword.”
The Drunkard’s Cloak.
In the time of Oliver Cromwell, the Magistrates in the
north of England punished drunkards by making them
earry what is called the “drunkard’s cloak.” This
was a large barrel, with one hend out and a hole in the
other, through which the offender was made to put his
head, while his hands were drawn through two small
holes, one at each side. With this he was compelled to
march along the public streets. What a strange sight
it would be were all the drunkards now-a-days com
pelled to march about wearing barrels for cloaks !
Truly a novel idea; yet, a good one! Let the votary
of the barrel carry his beloved idol upon his devoted
back until ho gets his fill. Were all the drunkards
now-a-days subjected to the same punishment, the
question would be, are there barrels enough to furrfish
each with a cloak ? It is a little doubtful, owing to the
fact that a great many barrels, after being emptied, are
returned to the fountain-head to be re-filled; but there
are a sufficient number emptied annually in this coun
try to cloak a very imposing army, and about as large
as that of Xerxes.
Getting up of .Tloriiinjrs,
The habit oflying late in bed of mornings is, perhaps,
more universal in these days than ever before, especially
among young people. In days long ago, when the father
rose with dawn and aroused his boys and all hur
ried off to the field with cheerful henrts and buoyant
spirits, we had finer looking men, stronger constitu
tions among adults and far happier home circles. But
now everybody is rich —no need of labor—can live with
out work—drones in society, lie in bed until the refresh
ing morning is nearly gone, and then get up with feeble
limbs, aching heads, blood-red eyes, and in a crabbed,
fretful state of mind. Someone thus depicts the evils
resulting from late rising :
Lying long and late in bed impairs the health, gen
crates diseases, and in the end, destroys the lives of
multitudes. It is an intemperance of the most perni
cious kind, having nothing to recommend it; for to
bo asleep when wc ought to be up, is to be dead for the
time. This tyrannical habit attacks life in its essential
powers, makes the blood forget its way and creep lazily
along the veins, relaxes the fibres, unstrings the nerves,
evaporates the animal spirits, dulls the fancy and sub
dues and stupifies a man to such a degree that he hath
no appetite lor anything; he loathes labor, yawns for
want of thought, trembles at the creatures of his own
gloomy imagination.”
On the other hand, someone of our cotemporaries
thus depicts the evil attending the habit of getting up
soon. had not imagined that so “ forcible ” an
argument could be adduced on that side:
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■ Early Rising. j
“We have watched (he says) those -fellows who arc
the early risers, and, as a general thing, they are the
first chaps who go to the groceries of a morning. It is
all moonshine about the smartest and greatest men be
ing the early risers. It might have been so in old times,
but now-a-days when-yaw-se© a chap moving about very
early, you may be certain he is after a drink.”
Dwelling House Burnt. —The residence of Mr/
James H. Mann, five miles south of Madison, was en
tirely consumed by fir© on Saturday last. The loss is
probably from *1,200 to *1,.'500, without any insurance.J
The fire was accidental. ‘ ’
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Do Yunf M4iM eny their Afel
It is vary certain that a great many do positively deny
their correct agee, and make believe they are
much younger than their family records will corrobo
rate. And a great many who do not thus sin, avoid re
plying to any; interrogations as to how old they are, and
if quizzed upon the subject, they take it in “ high dud
geon “-agroes insult, which Is equally as foolish as de- j
nyiftg it. We ate doable to divine the controlling idea
with that class of girls who are in the habit of tailing
“ tales ” about their ages, for they always report them
selves much younger than they really are; and in that
matter, they certainly “ cheat ” no one but themselves ;
for it does not bring them an hour nearer the cradle;
nor does it turn a single gray jiair back to its maiden
color. But perhaps their idea is to appear more eligi
ble for matrimony in the eyes of the young men. If so,
they are in great danger of cheating themselvqs there
again, for no young man who properly considers his own
interest, will select a“6asy” fora wife. If,again, they do
it to a void.being called old maids, it is nonsense, for we
consider old nraids the “ salt of the earth,” and can im
agine no greater recommendation for a lady, than that
she has grown to mature age, and has learned some
thing of the world in which we live. How ridiculous to
see an intelligent woman about an X beyond her teens,
curling her locks two or three times a day, pencilling
her eye-brows, smearing her cheeks with rouge and
carmine, spreading her crinoline to its utmost extension,
and representing herself as being some eighteen or twen
ty years of age, and seizing every opportunity to speak
of it. The English girls seem to be guilty of the same
crime, and a London paper takes them off about it hand
somely. It says: “ The ladies have been compelling
the Registrar-General to present the public with an
enormous statistical version of the satirical jest that has
been imputed to almost every remarkable man from Ci
cero to Sir Walter Scott. The individual in question,
whoever it may be, was appealed to by some female rel
ative to attest the fact that she was but twenty-five
years of age ; and, in corroboration of her statement,
he observed that it must be true, since she had given
him the same assurance for the last ten years. Now
no fewer than 85,000 ladies have been giving the Reg
istrar-General the same assurance for ten years. The
number of women between 30 and 35 is far too small for
the number of women who reported themselves to be of
the favorite age, between 20 and 25, in 1841; and on the
other hand, the number of girls between 10 and 15 in
1841 was not at all sufficient to account for the present
number of women professedly between 20 and 25. The
number of ladies who obstinately keep on the safe side
of 40, is roughly estimated at the number which we
have stated above. The Registrar-General is scandal
ized at the “foolishness,” and at the confusion which
the ladies so unscrupulously introduce into statistics;
and gentlemen who regard the female sex with other
than statistical feelings have through succeeding centu
ries been perplexed to know the practical advantage
which the ladies secure to themselves by saying that
they are young, when they are jußt as far from the cra
dle, and are practically as many years old, as if they
confessed it. But the reason is evident: the woman
who is 35 and calls herself 25 docs not so much intend
to cheat her own sensations, her looking glass, or even
the spectator ; but, virtually, what she says by the sta
tistical paradox is—“ Whatever my age may be, treat
me not as 35 but as 25.” And why should she not be
taken at her word ?”
There is a universal admiration among girls every
where for that joyous and martyrized age, which they
call ,
“Sweet Sixteen.”
O’er the brow have sixteen Summers
Wreathed the loveliest flowers of youth;
Sweetest of the Spring time comers—
Os the days of love and truth ;
Free and wild as any fairy,
Romping in a shady dell;
Blithesome, gladsome, gentle, airy—
Who could help but love thee well!
Sweet sixteen—there’s music in it!
__ When the heart is free from care—
Ere the world has tried to win it,
Or life seems less bright and fair;
Ere the earth grows dark and dreary,
And its guile and sin are rife,
And the heart becomes aweary
Os this bitter toil and strife.
Sing on maiden! in thy gladness,
While the world is bright to thee—
While thy heart knows naught of sadness ;
And its every throb is free ;
Banish every thought of sorrow,
And be happy while you may,
For we know not of the morrow,
And thou art sixteen to-day!
A Little Bay Pronouncing- Judgment-
A gentleman not long since, stated that having some
whiskey on hand, he asked his son, a small boy, if he
wished to taste it; and he gave him some; but the mo
ment it touched his lips he flew back, clapped his hand
on his mouth, and cried out in an agony of pain, “ O
papa ! papa ! papa! it will kill ine !”
Had the little fellow been inspired by Heaven, he
could not have spoken more truly. Kill thee, my Itttle
friend ? Yes, as it has killed millions already, and will
kill millions yet, before the people will sit at the feet of
Reason and Religion, clothed, and in their right mind,
with reference to the use of these diabolical drinks!
millions who started and will start back, just as thou
didst, at the first draught, with hands pressed against,
their lips and tears gathering in their eyes, as the burn
ing fluid went or will go spasmodically down to the as
yet unsophisticated, outraged and revolting stomach !
Sydney Smith on Total Abstinence.
Sydney Smith, the brilliant Reviewer, the table-talker
and the wit, compresses in the following short letter,
many and important advantages growing out of the
practice of Total Abstinence. The motives of good to
others, of sanctioning by one’s own self-denial, a Re
form which aims at the cure of half the social misery
of the world —these high incentives, so fit to move the
sympathies and sentiments of woman, are not touched
upon. But addressing himself to sheer selfishness, his
appeal one would think were sufficient to induce every
woman in the land to abjure the wine-cup. The letter
is addressed to Lady Holland :
My Dear Lady Holland : Many thanks for your
kind anxiety respecting mv health. I not only was
never better, but never half so well; indeed, I find I
ha,vo been very ill all my life, without knowing it. Let
me state some of the goods arising from abstaining
from all fermented liquors. First, sweet sleep ; having
never known what sweet sleep was. I slept like a baby
or a plow boy. If I wake, no needless terrors, no black
visions of life, but pleasing hopes and recollections.—
Holland House past and to come ! if I dream, it is not
of lions and tigers, but of Easter dues and tithes.—
Secondly, I can take longer walks and make greater
exertions without fatigue. My understanding is im
proved, and I comprehend political economy. I see
better without wine or spectacles, than I did when I
used both. Only one evil ensues from it; lam in such
extravagant spirits that I must lose blood, or look out
for someone who will bore and depress me. Pray leave
off wine—the stomach quite at rest; no heart-burn, no
pain, no distension. Yours,
Sydney Smith.
Hit Him Again.
Matrimonial squabbles sometimes develop great
strength in the weaker vessel. The following which
is a noticeable instance, appears as an advertisement in
the New York papers :
Notice. —The public arc hereby informed that it is
not true that I have left the bed or board of Waldo
1 hillips. He never had a bed; he slept in mine, in my
house, and 1 furnished him bed and board until he left
my house, on the 3d instant. I hope no person will trust
kim on my account, as no person ever lias or ever will
me on hit. The only motive he had in publishing his
notice was to mortify me, which end he has fully ac
complished.—New York. Feb. 5, 1858
MARY .1. PHILLIPS.
Mitchell’s Catholicism.
| John Mitchell in reply to a statement of Hon. F. 8.
Rice, that hfc (Mitchell) was anti-abolition und anti-
Catholic, says:
lam “anti-abolition,” but not “ anti-Catholir
Abolitionism, frecsoilisin, or by whatever other name
that mischievous and stupid cant may be called is now
and has always been to me, despicable. But I vene
rate the Catholic Church, at least, as much as any other
Church, and desire to see it maintained in safety and in
honor. Os these two things, I would abate the one as
a nuisance to human society—l would uphold the other
as a rock and strong tower of conservatism, morality
and good order. I would gladly convert the Abolition
ist to common sense und honesty; but would strongly
deprecate the attempt to convert (or pervert) a Catholic
; from his faith.
“ Look here, ma,” saida young lady just commenc
ing to take lessons in painting, “ sec my painting ; can
you tell me what it is t”
Ma, after looking at it some time, answered: w Well
it is sillier a cow or a rose-bud—l’m sure I can’t tell
which.
To Polish FunNiTURt.-Take equal parts of Linseed
Oil, Whiskey and Spirits Turpentine, bottle and shake
well together. Rub with a flannel, well soaked in the
Bjixtuns; then with a dry flannel, and for mkhogany,
then rub With aft old silk handkerchief. -f
ria. \ auJJte-. * fc-sa
A correspondent of the Augusta Constitutionalist’
wrote to that paper the subjoined sensible and
very appropriate oommnnioation in regard to the
patronage of the Male Colleges in our State. His
remarks are to the point, and we think his sug
gestions good:
Mr. Editor: The census of 1850 showed the
number of white male inhabitanta in Georgia be
tween the ages of ten and twenty to be sixty-five
thousand fivo hundred and seventy two. The
same census showed the number of students in
our male oolleges to be four hundred and six
—showing only onemone hundred and sixty-one of
our young men receiving a collegiate education,
la that a proper proportion? Is Georgia satisfied
with giving only that proportion of her people
the benefits of an advanced education: If the re
mainder were receiving even an academic educa
tion we should be content; but upon looking
to the same census, we find that not one-half of the
remainder are even attending the common schools. But
of that more hereafter. At present lam looking
to our colleges, and the point I am now at is to
answer the question why it is, out of so great a
number of young men in Georgia, so few are re
ceiving an advanced education?
When we examine our college rolls—and in
quire as -to the residence, parentage and means of
students, we shall find they consist chiefly of the
sons of our citizens in good, or opulent circum
stances, men who are able and willing to incur
the expense of giving to their sons these advan
tages at an annual cost of from four hundred
dollars to one thousand dollars. To a great ex
tent two classes are not represented in our colle
ges, the one a very large, the other a compare
tively small class. They constitute the extremes,
the poor and the very rich. The former are not
able to incur • the expense. The latter are not
satisfied with the simple collegiate course, and
desire properly to give to their sons the benefits
of that University education, which Georgia has not
yet provided for her people.. Hence, our colle
ges are filled, mainly with the representatives of
only one portion of our people. Now it is cer
tamly true, that if such education is advanta
geous at all this olass need it no more—and not
so much as those sons of indigent parents who are
reared with the knowledge that to their own ef
forts must they look for bread, and it is further
true, that it is due to our State pride, to furnish
in our own State all the education which it is
Srofi table to acquire. A great point then would
e gained could we bring within our college walls,
these two extreme classes, hitherto almost unrep
resented therein. How is this to be effected?
To bring in the poor, collegiate education must
be reduced in cost to. their circumstances, The
mere college fees are a small item in the expense.
Board and clothing constitute the main items.
Now, the poor man frequently feels the abstrac
tion of a hand from his farm. He cannot, in addi
tion, pay out the proceeds of his own work, to
board and clothe his son. To be effectual, then,
your plan must relieve the father from all expense
of the son. How can this be done, and how are
the objects of this bounty to be selected? In the
absence of a better plan, I suggest that the Or
dinary of each county in Georgia have the power
to select from the poor boys of his county, five —
one of whom shall oe sent to each of the follow
ing colleges; the State University, at Athens ;
Mercer University, at Penfield; Emory College,
Oxford; Oglethorpe University, Midway ; and
the Military school, Marietta; and that these
several institutions be required to board, clothe and
educate these young men free of expense to their
| parents. Thus we should have at all times six
j hundred young men in Georgia in the course of
: their education upon this plan. In return for it
| you may require of them to spend a given num
! ber of years in teaching in their respective coun
| ties.
But how are these colleges to bear t his expense ?
Clearly the State must provide them with the
fund. How much will it require? Estimating one
hundred and twenty to each college, and the an
nual expense of each boy at two hundred dollars,
it would produce annually twenty-four thousand
dollars. These colleges would consent to accept
the terms for an endowment to each of two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars. Should it not
be given? Let it be given out of the State Road.
The people’s money built it ; let the people reap
the profits. As it is, it never has, and never will
be a source of great income to the State. What
tax payer has felt the relief from the income of
that i oad ? It is useless to disguise the fact. No
tax payer ever will. Appropriate one million two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars of it to the
great and good work of educating poor young
men, and you will do more for the good of your
State than need ever be expected otherwise from
that road.
But we wish to bring in another class, those
wishing an university education. How shall this
r.e done ? Simply by making your university in
deed what it is in name. A little more delay and
the opportunity is gone. A great southern universi
ty, under sectarian auspices, is about to be estab
lished in an adjoining State. Is Georgia content
to be thus out run ? People of Georgia, Bpeak your
will! Jefferson.
The Effects of Alcohol.
We transcribe tlio following brief extract from
a lecture recently delivered by Dr. Guy, of Lon
don, on “ Temperance in its physical and moral
aspects.” The statistics of Mr. Nelson, the em
inent actuary, serve in a remarkable manner
to support the views and statements of medi
cal men as to the poisonous effects of alcohol on
the human system:
“Mr. Nelson’s inquiries embrace, among other
topics, the causes of the high mortality of intem
perate persons; and he amply confirms the expe
rience of medical men in this respect. It is well
known among medical men that there is no
poison in existenee which gives rise to disease in
a greater number of important organs than alco
hol does. It occasions grave disorders of the
stomach, liver, lungs, kidneys and brain, is the
acknowledged parent of gout, and, in extreme
cases, so impairs and undermines the constitu
tion as to make the most trifling external injury
certainly fatal, and recovery from internal dieases
of ordinary severity, almost hopeless. Thus it is
that a slight wound or scratch, which a temper
ate man would laugh at, often lays the brewer’s
drayman on a bed of sickness, and baffles the
skill of the most accomplished surgeon ; and
thus it is that an attack of consumption, from
which a temperate man would recover from in
time proves quickly and eertainly fatal to the
drunkard.
“ Mr. Nelson’s experience confirms this expe
rience of medical men. He finds that of the 357
deaths of intemperate persons, ninety-seven, or
upwards of a fourth, are caused by diseases of the
brain and nervous system. This is nearly three
times as many in proportion as die from the like
causes among the general population of England
and Wales of the same sex and ages; ninety-four
deaths, being the same proportion of the” total
number of deaths, are found to be due to diseas
es of the digestive organs, the destruction of life
from this class of causes being very nearly four
times as great among the general population of
England and Wales. About the same proportion
(another fourth, that is to say) is due to diseases
of the chest, which are somewhat less frequent
than among the general popualtion, the destruc
tion occasioned by diseases of tho brain and di
gestive organs having left a smaller remnant to ‘
perish by diseases of the heart and lungs These
results are very striking; but Mr. Nelson’s figures
do not show what every day’s experience teaches
the medical man, that it is very rarely indeed that
the confirmed drunkard dies of one disease, j
Generally speaking, every important organ of
economy —heart, lungs, stomach, kidneys, brain
—is the seat of the same diseased condition, cre
ating such a hindrance to tho circulation of the
blood and all the necessary processes of secretion
or separation of fluids üßcful or effete, as well as
to the mechanical movements of the heart and
lungs, that dropsy is the only possible relief—a
relief necessarily temporary, and its elf an indi
cation of rapid decay.”
Affotntments by the President. —George Vail, of
New Jersey, consul of the United States at Glasgow.
John S. Dancey, of North Carolina, consul of the U.
S. at Dundee.
Alexander Henderson, of Pennsylvania, consul of the
United States at Londonderry.
H. Rives Pollard, of the Territory of KanSas, consul
of the United States at Bangkok in Siam.
Brooke B. Williams, of the District of Columbia,
consul of the United States at Revel.
Ferdinand L. Sarmicnto, of Pennsylvania, consul of
the United States at Venice.
John D. Diomatari, of Georgia, Consul of the United
States at Athens. , ! . ,
Stokes L. Roberts, of Pennsylvania, consul of the
United States at Trinidad de Cuba.
John B. Costa, of Texas, consul of the United States
at Nice.
Joseph Walsh, of Louisiana, consul of the United
States at Monterey. 4 J : •’ *• c
COMMUTATIONS.
A Brighter Bay.
For the Georgia Temperance Crusader.
As on fancy’s wings we wander down the vista of&e
past, glean the facts, view the events which lie inter
spersed along history’s lengthening,’widening way, and
mark the impress of time’s ever-during, unceasing
chariot-wheels where he moved onward over the ruins
of the old world, the wrecks’of mighty nations and em
pires, a] peerless victor, scenes present themselves at
which we startle and shudder with instinctive recoif.
Man, the noblest work of his God, poor, deluded be
clouded man ;£mantled in the sable, rayless pall of ig
norance, bends in senseless worship to paltry images
Heaven to’hirn is a fable, and eternity, that dread word,
sounds in his ear like the peals of scarcely audible thun
der ! Merged in crime and pollution, his best powers
palsied and hopes and affections orushed,
and the sublime aspirations and mysterious workings of
that which is of supernal birth, the immortal mines,
ruthlessly snatched from him and extinguished amid
the mildew and blight of the dark night in which he
groped his sunless way.
Wearied and faint of heart, let us retrace our steps to
the pearly sungilt strand of the present time and sec
if some bright star cjpes not tremble on’theThorizon,
resplendent and glorious, and unprecedented in the an
nals ot the world. Even now skirts the arch of our
eminence and power the auspicious aurora of intellect
ual effulgence, bright with the promise that those clouds
which eclipse, its full-orbed blaze, shall meet and van
ish before its noontide splendor. A shade of sadness
darkens the brow of the antiquarian as gorgeous works,
monuments and oriental marble remind him of the in
nate yearning after immortality which all feel, whether
basking in the day-spring from on high or unblest with
the lamp of life. These mementoes they thought dura
ble; but how vain the thought! time marks them for
desolation, oblivion and decay. To-day a monument
as eternal as the immortal mind which piles it, founded
upon the bibie, pillared by truth, justice, virtue and tem
perance, with the palladium of our free and happy coun
try appended to its cornice, floating magestically in the
favor and sunlight of Heaven, is being reared and al
ready towers till its acme challenges the admiration ot
nations and elicits the homage of the world. He whose
hand Sways the sceptre over couched millions sees, in
this august spectacle, the dawn of a brighter day, in
compatible with his black soul and dark deeds, giving
monitions dire of the time not far remote when his mer
ciless reign shall be wrested from him.
The champions for God and humanity, seeking to
fulfill the great end of their being and ameliorate the
condition of the family of man, take their positions in
support of the pillars of this monument with zeal and
Heaven-directed activity in the achievement of noble
purposes and God-like deeds, shedding out streams of
light which enliven tho abodes of men, bring hope to
many a sad heart, joy and* peace to the tempest-tossed
voyagers on life s tumultuous ocean, inspiring man
with correct conceptions of his dignity, duty and desti
ny, placing him upon the rock that is higher than him
self, erect, unbent, unbroken and in the image of his
God, as with glad acclamations he hails the bright day
when translated from darkness into the marvolous light
and liberty of the children of God.
Enviable and sublime is the mission of the Georgia
Temperance Crusader in lending its puissant, and salu
tary influence in abetting and moviug torward a“ work
outlasting monumental brass,” worthy of giant intel
lects and noble hearts, and which should place him who
aids in its consummation along with the “few immortal
names that ivcre not born to die.” The good which
shall accrue from well directed labors against that
greatest bane of human life—strong drink—will only be
told by the liberated from its fetters, in the eloquence
of heart's ineffable gratitude, speaking from the pure
lips of woman, whom the demon blight too frequently
blasts—expressed in tho innocent glee of lovely, beauti
ful childhood—the high and noble aspirations of buoyant,
ambitious yopth, and exemplified in the signet of man
hood, which decks the noble brow of him once beastly
prone-bent and degraded under the incubus of the curse
ofintempcrance.
The morning breaks—a brighter day
Illumes the purple sky ;
Doubts, fears and gloom, away ! away !
Man builds his hopes on high.
[Mr. Editor : I send you an account of a fast wit
ness. If you see proper you can publish it. It was a
bona fide occurrence, for I was present.]
The Fast Witness.
for the Georgia Temperance Crusader.
In a police court, held in a beautiful inland city of a
Southern State, the case of the City vs. Mr. M ,
was called for trial. He had violated an ordinance pro
hibiting other than his own household from procuring
water from the hydrant in his yard. Mr. D. was
placed on the stand to prove the charge. After stating
what he had seen, he was thus interrogated by the
couasel for the accused:
Counsel—“ Did you sec any person drawing water
from the hydrant of the defendent ?”
Witness—“l did.”
Counsel—“ Was it a white ntan or a negro f”
Witness—“ No !it was’nt a white man—it was an
Irishman!”
(The crowd began to cheer him, but was promptly
checked by the court.)
Counsel—“ Mr. D., are you in the habit of drink
ing !” # 0
Witness—“ I am. I drink every day.”
Counsel —“ How many drinks had you taken on the
day that you have been testifying to, in this case ?”
Witness— “l took as many as I liked.”
Counsel—“But answer my question directly—how
many drinks did you take that day ?”
Witness—“l took as many as I choseto.”
Counsel—“ I appeal to your Honor, (to the court)
whether I have not asked the witness a question per
fectly relevant to this case. I consider it as perfectly
legal and legitimate, for I contend before your Honor
that we have to know the number of drinks he had
taken, in order to knqw whether he was in a situation
to judge accurately or not? I submit it to your Honor. ”
His Honor—“ Mr Counsel: It is not necessary thn t
you should ascertain the number of drinks he ha and
taken, in order to know whether he was in a situation
to judge correctly or not, for while I might take one
and it would incapacitate me,* you might take ten or a
dozen without any perceptible effect. It is not rele
vant to the case, and, therefore, I shall rule this ques
tion out. The proper question would be, was he in a
situation to judge correctly or not.”
This question was then propounded to the witness,
and he replied that he was.
Counsel—“ Had you drank any liquor that day ?”
Witness—“ I did not.”
Counsel—“ A little while ago you stated that you
drank every day—how can you reconcile this with your
last statement ?”
Witness —“ I stated that I drank every day, but I, did
not state what I drank.”
Counsel —“ You did not drink on that day ?”
Witness—“ I did not drink —any liquor. I'’ 1 '’
Case decided adverse to the accused. W.
*9oeJi was the fact.
A Touching Argument.
For the Georgia Temperance Crusader.
“Bead and hide not tby tears : weep boldly. 1 ’
, “Arc you crying because father does not come?”
said Ella. Then twining her arms around her mother’s
neck, she whispered: “Do not cry, I will stay with
you till father comes.”
“My gentle child, thou art a blessing to me,” said
her mother, as she kissed her cheek, “ but you must pot.
sit up later; go to bed now; not forgetting to pray for
thy father and thy almost desolate mother.” Ella knelt
beside her lowly couch and lifted her heart in prayer to
God; then laying her head upon her pillow she slepr
the sweet sleep of innocence, while angels hovered near,
gently whispering of a happy home in Heaven.
Charles Ormc, the father of Ella* was a physician,
once eminent for his skill iiwhc practice of medicincc,
and beloved by all who knew him, for his many virtues.
He had married an amiable, pious woman, whose cheer*
fill smile ever welcomed him, making hie home to him
the dearest spot on earth. But in an evil hour, at the
wedding of a friend, ho yielded to temptation and drank
deeply from the sparkling wine-cup. From that day )ie
took his daily glass; and his wife who saw the danger,
strove with all the.earnestnoss and gentle influence of
woman’s love to win him from the inebriating bok’l.
At length, he became intoxicated daily..rcglccting his*
professional duties, and often speaking harshly to his
wife, which she bore meekly, never answering unkindly,
*'■**■* - ***** eei'W ;ie U-a* euoJsjkUll M
j b ut beseeching him if he lovod her and his childjej* ia
j thro||k>ff the chains that bound him.
Elm awoke in the morning with a slight fever, for
paklhis Usual visit to
w° •Ipch ||toxiated to u<4ibc tje sytnptofof of a raa-
Mgnifoi feyer. She became dangerously ill; and the
SftotHw’s heart fainted’as she gazed upon her child and
saw that Se must die ; that her lovely flower would
soon be iol| frqifj her embrace and consigned to its last
resting-place—the dark,, lone grave. Fervently she
ejaculated, Father in Heaven, if this beloyed child is to
bo taken from me, grant, I beseech thee, that the bright
gem now fluttering to be freed from its clay casket,
may be washed in the atoning blood of thy Son and
transplanted to bloom afresh in the ‘ garden of the Lord.’
Precious Saviour, take her to thyself, and may 1 bow
submissively to the afflicting -
On the eighth day of her illness, her.father came homo
comparatively sober. He could not forget her imploring
look as she saw him leaving the room ; and when he
raised the maddening liquor to his lips, that look seemed
to penetrate his soul, vibrating upon the holy but long
slumbering feelings of the father’s heart. That night
he watched by her couch, and when the crisis came, he
knew no earthly physician could save her.
“bather,” faintly articulated the dying child, “ I’m
going home toGod, do not drink any more nor be un
kind to mother and Charlie.” Awhile no sound was
beard in that room where death stood waiting to infold
the-child in his cold embrace; but the tumultuous hear
ings of the father’s breast told of true repentance.
Taking the hand of his wife, he said: “Our child is
nearly gone, and heart-rending thought, if I had not
neglected her, she might have lived. Twice us my only
hop< have 1 signed a petition, praying the legislature to
enact a prohibitory law ; and last autumn, when the !
friends of that law battled so nobly for the victory, 1
vainly hoped that after a few months of thraldom, freedom
would once more be mine. While I have been waiting
FOR MY BROTHERS TO SAVE ME, MY CHILD HAS FALLEN A
sacrifice. lam resolved, God helping me, never to
taste intoxicating drink again ; and though too laic to
save our beloved Ella, henceforth my life shall he devo- j
ted to the happiness of my wife and son.”
As he concluded, a smile ot ineffable joy lighted up i
the countenance of Ella, and her parting soul lingered i
on her lips in thanksgiving to God for his abundant j
mercy, rich and free ; then conveyed by angels, winged j
its happy flight for an immortal home.
Lizzie Loranik.
Knights of Jericlio.
For The Georgia Temperance Crusader.
Atlanta, Fobruary 22d, 1858.
Dear Seals : I am glad to inform you and the friends
of Humanity , Temperance and Charity, that the beauti
ful order ot Knights of Jericho is in a flourishing condi
tio in this city. The gates of Atlanta Lodge No. 1 have
been crowded for some time, and yet they come by the
half-dozen at each regular meeting, journeying to the
city ot Jericho to learn the impressive lessons inculcated
in its teachings. Well may we sing,
” Oh ! praise the Lord with hymns of joy,
And celebrate his fame ;
For pleasant, and comely ’tis
To praise his holy name.”
But they do not stop here long to rest, for they are
soon on their journey to the lovely city of Bethlehem.
This place should be held dear to the hearts of all.
“Hark ! the herald angels sing,
Glory to the new-born King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild—
God and sinners reconciled !
Joyful, all yc nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies ;
With the angelic host proclaim,
* Christ is born in Bethlehem.’ ”
Having journeyed thus far, and having been well
pleased with these two cities, viz : Jericho and Bethle
hem, they set out for that ever dear to the Christian, the
city of Bethany, where the blessed Jesus left this world
of sorrows and ascended to Heaven.
“ Hark ! what mean those holy voices,
Sweetly sounding through the sky ?
Lo, the angelic host rejoices,
Glory be to God Most High !
Peace on e^-th—good will from lieavon,
Harps and voices loud resound ;
Souls redeemed and sins forgiven,
Far as guilty man is found !”
GADSDEN.
HUMOROUS,
A Good Christian. —Amissionary once rebuked
a South Sea Islander for the sin of polgamy.
After a week or two, the cannibal returned, his
face radiant with joy. “Me all right now ; one
wife. Me very good Christian.” “ What did you
do with theother ?” asked the missionary. “Me
eat her up.”
Going to “ Spread Herself.”— We find the fol
lowing “ hoof? rolling the rounds of our ex
changes ; it is from the San Francisco Globe :
Asa newly married couple, evidently from the
country, were promenading Montgomery street
last evening, their curiosity was suddenly aroused
by the appearance of some mysterious looking
articles, dangling in a large window. They eyed
them with the deepest concern, first on one side
then on the other, until at length the husband,
having completely exhausted his imaginative
powers, drawled out:
“Well, Sal, consarnmy picter es them ain't the
cussedest looking things 1 ever hearn of.” Then
twisting himself about, and giving the contents
of tho window another look, he added, “ What
on airth kin they be? What do you guess the
darned things are?
“Why, Jake, don’t you know —hnnellnc and
hoops.”
“Do tell!,” ejaculated Jake, softly. “Them’s
era, is they ?” and he again ran his eyes about
the strange apparel.
“I think they are so sweet,” ventured Sal, when
at the same moment, a lady dressed in the very
height and breadth of the fashion rwshed along.
Jake had seen enough. His mind was made
up. Sal must have “ krinerline.” Without say
ing a word he started to enter the store, but was
stopped at the door by lier with all sorts of en
treaties not to carry the joke any further. But
Jake was determined. He had taken a fancy to
the goods, and could not rest until his better
half was supplied with them. She drew back,
but it was of no avail. He gathered her arm tightly
in his own, and making a long stride into the es
tablishment, exclaimed—
“ Come along, old gal, you’re my wife now,
and— es you shan’t spread yourself.”
Too Goon to be Lost.— The following good one,
from the Memphis Bulletin, is too good to be lost:
Vingt-Un. —We have a friend—or, with the em
phasis of the inimitable Toodles, “we have a
friend”—whom, for the nonce, we shall call the
Major, though his right to the prefix is somewhat
questionable. Now, the Mty'or has had through
life one beseting sin, and that is on unconquera
ble love of a certain game of cards known as Vingt-
Un, which is the French for twenty-one. This
well known game, a fat wife, and a large family,
about the only weaknesses that can be laid to
the Major’s charge. How often ho has been
married the record sayeth not—nor is it impor
tant. Suffice in that during over thirty odd
years of the Major’s wedded life, as his wealth in
( creased and his hairs became gray, ono aftor
i another in regular succession, his board was hon
j ored with the presence of miniature editions of
| himself, until the number had reached twenty,
| when the Major concluded things had gone far
1 enough and should be stopped. But they didn’t as
j the Major in duo time found out, for he hadcalcu
,la ted without consulting his wife. There were in
dications of another bond of union and well-spying
of happiness. The Major became nervous, for
his nomenclature was exhausted. In his desper
ation, ho finally declared that the coming heir
to his name and fortunes, whether boy or girl,
should be named Vingt-Un. In vain the old wo
man remonstrated, for the major was inexorable.
The new coiner, being the twenty -first, should
wag his way through life with that appropriate title.
In an ante-room the Major awaited the announce
ment of the little stranger’s sex. Finally the
nurse appeared, and to the Major’s horror, she
whispered thetemblo word —“twins!’’ “Busted ‘
by thunder !” yelled the Mayor: why didn’t 1 ■
stand on twenty!”
Innocence.—A stripling, some eight years of’
age, was engaged in the manufacture of a, stool, |
which on account of the disparity of the length j
of the legs, refused to stand up.
“Mother,” said he, “does the Ix>rd see everv- I
.thing?” ; J
•Well,” replied the young hopeful, “then 1
In Henry county, Ga. on the evening of tho 18th iast.
by Uie Rev. T. S. Allen, Mr. JAMES R. CARTER, of
Walum county, Gn.-te Miss LAURA Q; JAMEf*. of
the former place. _ ,
!aW*at Britain. —On the Lord mi
moßred for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law e
--lating to conspiracy for warder, by making it felony.
He as id that the proposition was made inconsequence
of the recent attempt on thoKfe of the Emperor That,
attempt was the result of a conspiracy formed in Eng.
land, and the consequence was that foreign nations had
formed the opinion that Parliament ought to take some
steps to removd upon mere Suspicion aliensjfrom Great
Britain. The Government, however, had no intention
to propose any such measure, although under the cir
cumstances were driven to consider the present state
of the law with regard toconspiracy. the
appearance of the offensive address inthe Moniteur and
the Emperor’s regret for the same, and by
pointing out the necessity for the amendment on gen
eral grounds.
Prussia.—The Prince Fredrick William and hie
Princess, made a public entry into Berlin on the Bth.
The reception was enthusiastic, snd the display very
fine.
The King of Prussia was expected to leave immedi
ately /or Cannes, France, for the benefit of his health.
Spain. —The Spanish authorities had discovered a
new revolutionary plot at Madrid. Incendiary proc
lamations, arms and ammunition were seised in a
house in close proximity to the palace.
Italy.— The Sardinian Government had forwarded
a note, moderate in tone, to the King of Naples, relative
to the affair of Cagliari. The note discusses the ques
tion, but makes no threat against Naples.
Swkdks. —A prospectus had appeared of another Swe
dish loan for Government, amounting to over eight mil
lions of dollars, to be employed in the construction of
railroads.
Conspiracy at Barcelona. —The Chronicle says s
There are accounts of the discovery of a conspiracy in
the Balearic Islands, which was to make its outbreak at
Barcelona ; finding themselver prevented from import
ing'povvder from Gibraltar, the conspiritors are manu
facturing it in Majorca, but some bags of the manofac
ture and three of the conspirators were seised.
The quotation for cotton in the Brokers’ Circular, aro
ns follows:
Fair Orleans. 7*d Mid. Orleans, 7id
“ Mobile, 7gd “ Mobile, 7£d
Uplands, 7 5-16d “ Uplands, 7 l-16d
Tito stock of cotton in Liverpool, at the end of the
commercial week, Thursday, February 11th, was 285,-
000 bales, of which 148,000 were American.
Manchester Trade. —Business in the manufacturing
districts had been favorable and closed active and buoy
ant.
Liverpool General Market. —Breadstuff's were quiet.
Wheat had an advancing tendency, particularly the
lower grades. Provisions were declining.
Richardson Sc Spence, in their Liverpool circular, re
port the Flour market very dull, and quotations nominal.
Whent active and advancing, but chiefly on the lower
grades. Red advanced from Ito 2d. Corn was dull.
The Brokers’ circular reports a slight decline on eont
during the week. Sugar quiet, prices easier, but quota
tions are unchanged. Coffee is steady. Rice quiet—
quotations barely maintained on middling, and Caroli
na quoted at 18s 6d. Rosin steady at 4s 6d. Turpen
tine dull at 35s Id to 365.
General News. —The bullion in the Bank of England
had increased seven hundred and eighty thousand pounds
sterling.
Nothing of special general interest had transpired in
Parliament.
The principal matter under discussion was the bill
introduced by Lord Palmerston, vesting the government
of India in the crown of England.
There were rumors of further changes and modifica
tions of the of the owers of the French Ministry.
- A collision hod occurred off Holyhead, between the
steamship North America and the barque Leander, of
Bath, M., for New Orle-ans. The barque was sunk, and
ten lives lost.
In the House of Commons, Sir James Grey said that
the evidence offered by France against L£dru Rollin,
Mazzini, and others, was insufficient to authorise Eng
land to take steps for the extradition of those persona.
Sir James, therefore, recoin mended the policy ol non-in
terfercnce in this matter.
Lord Palmerston’s India bill proposes a council of
eight persons, to be appointed by the crown, for the gov
ernment of India ; the president of the council to bv
one of her Majesty’s Secretaries of the State; and a reg
ular rotation in office to take place every two ycura.
It is stated that directions have been given to fortify
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, but no reason in
assigned for this order.
Arrival of the Empire City.
New \ ork, Feb. 28.—Tho Empire City, from Ha
vana, has arrived, which city she loft on the 23d of Feb
ruary.
The steam frigate Benguela Sailed on the 23d.
It was reported at Vera Cruz, that the Italian Opera
Troup would leave on the Isabel for Charleston in a few
days.
Sugar was quiet at Havana, and Molasses firm. Ex
change was tending downwards.
Arrival of tho Isabel.
Charleston, Feb. 28.— The steamship Isabel from
Havana and Key W est, with dates from both points to
the 25th February, has arrived.
Gen. Totten, U. S. A., came passenger.
The Italian Opera Troupe of Max Maretzeck, has
arrived.
bugars and Molasses had slightly, advanced at Ha
vana.
Payments for the Crusader.
PII Green, *1 Miss S Carter, 3
L Bothwell, 2 SN Chapman, .. 2
Wm Daniels, l L M Johnson.
Dr A A Wilkin, 1 J T Cony, 2
JR Pitts, l GH Lester, I
J Deen, 2 Miss M S Harris, 2
G J Howard, 1 R M Morris, 1
J G Kimble, 1 JR Edwards, 2
Miss M T Brown. 1 N M Thornton, (Ala) 3
IIL Harris, (Ala) 5 W Lewis, o
£ E Eeat * r ’ 1 RF Crutchfield, 2
Rev C D Mallory, 1 J H Eley, ;*
Mrs C E Rodgers, 1 J D Mathews, 3
Rev W P Steed, 1 Rev J Harris, 2
J R Hardison, (Fla) 2 CD Pace, o
P R Kinninham, 1 Rev H C Peek, 2
A Everett, ] E C Bowden, o
H M Burch, 1 R B Armor, i >
W A Overton, 1 J McKinzie, a
MrsHAßichards, (Va) 2 J T Finlev. 2
Dr R S Williams, 2 T J Pinson,
Jno Evans, 2 W P Bowles, 2
Dr W T Morgan, 2 A A Veazey, (Texas) 1
ABLashfey, 3 W H Culpepper, (Ala) 2
JG Daniel, 1 W J Ham, 3
R C Walker, 1 Dr C Cox, 2
ATarpley, l C Gardner, (Ala) 2
Miss F Nunn, 1 A M Lansdell, lau
Rev J Hampton 1 C Connell, 2
J W Park, 1 Rev Wm C Wilkes, 3
N Shearhouse, 1 J A Collier, (Fla) I
J F Crati, 1 W Y Canine, 2
J H Hulen, 1 J H Parker, 2
J S Ashmore, 1 J R Browning, 1
Prot W G Woodfin, 1 J L Brown, 2
J M Bowles, 1 P Robinson, 2
Jas Smith, 1 Higgaion Div. (S C) 4
Mrs N Warnock, 1 Wm Hatchett, 3
J D Jackson, 2 John Smith, l
E B Loyless, 1 Miss A D’Antignac, 1
T Shannon, (Ain) 1 WM K Watts, 2
Rev T D Martin, 1 J M D Webb,
II H Elliott, 2 E King, 2
J W Martin, 1 Prot W A Harris, 2
FA Jones, 1 Cohutta Division, 4
Dr I G Cheves, 1 JAR Hawks, 2
Rev L Parker, (S C) 1 Dr B F Rea, (Ala) 2
S B Swan, 3 Miss J M Jones, 1
Miss Julia Bcxly 1 L Fowler,
Rev T Muse, JW Martin,
G E Harris, (N Y) I J B Bell, 4
Win G W hid by! 3 M T Ashurst,
J T y?v & n cr ’ I 2 Miss Sue A Grift'cth, T
J C Holbrook, 1 i\irs IVI Mathews, 9
W M Stephenson. 1 W E Walker
JH David 1 L P Zuber, (Ala) l
Wm Hatchett, GTunnell, 3.
II Mafiett, 7 T S Zuber, 1
I A Brooks, (Ala) 3 James Revuolds, 2.
IP Ra "', sou * 1 Hon T Stocks, m
W S Bishop, 1 W A Moore, V
G A Overton. 1 Mrs E White, ‘ J
T K Thornton. 1 Miss K McKtlW qCo
D S Holmes, ! J L Hard S o
B E Spencer, 1 J G I> -n iel 7
Wm C Chapman, ] DV.)t er ’ \
OWMlKhril. 2 0 8 Roger., * J
w Fra An er ’ 2 JT Johnson. J
Wm Alisop, 2 Rev J Winn. 1
James Ndson. 1 B B Faust, 7
r\-V lallm " n ’ 2 J Davant, o
2 S5-. v Rev J Polhill, 2
JN Jones, (Ait) F A Polhill, %
JW Brown, 2 J P Johnson, 1
RRB.M,Gimv. 2 ~U,“efir
] Rev S- Landrum, 2
S P Smith 1 . Rev B F Tharpe, 2
n <^m Cn ! ttm ’ 2 CABeasely, 1
WP R Crt aV , 1 Br W P Mathews. 2
LBCdr®’ *
Ate, ? >s
SJMhatcly 2 E R Sei.xas, J Z
Mtss S P Leak, 2 A V McAsdle, 1
R r ß J n A i Gnrter ’ 2 h A 180
Rcod ’ 1 N Howard, (Mias) j
LOST OR STOLEX.
ttre fore ' varnod against trading for
a ! hc following notes : A note on Wm F Luckie for
: Mw a” Bkd 8 k d Forly Cents * da,ed in A P ril m
! Jff? J® B*’ 8 *’ and a nd the twenty fifth December thereaf
, ter, one on Wm Moore for Twelve Dollars and Twen
twemv fifthnJ ate V n lay ° r June !w,t and due the
twenty-fifth December thereafter,; one on David Phelps
hsf amt°dLT nty /° r Twe ? ,y Dol,ar9 - d ated in
xr n \ ”L lc / ro “} dnte 1 and one on John Mitchell of
Mount Zion for Seventeen Dollars Twelve and a-half
’ ’" d * W “'-***’ ° f
6 r°i es Wero made P a yablo to the subscriber
ker U nf?l ian 0f frce boys Jerry and ® en and tho ma
kers of the same arc requested to make payment to no
poreon except myself or my order.
u . THOMA 9 D. SANFORD.
Greenesboro’, March 4, 1858.