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I: embalm’ crusader. PENFEELD, GEORGIA. B MARCH 4, 1858, l CLUBS, I Clabs of Ton Subscriber*, by sending the cask, can get Ijb Crusader at $1 SO per copy. Glubs of Five at $1 80 sending five new subscribers, will receive on met™ copy rs the paper one year, f re* of cost. 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: _ . I ■ 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. ‘ ’ Jttrst; 4ft 44 d'▼ L 4-4 #W ‘&Lr> i•• V-’ -.... •’ ■ 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.