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PENITELD, GEORGIA.
~ ~THTTRSI)AYMnRSING, APRIL 22,1858.
Those in Advance.
We were informed a few days since, by a fnend, that
it was the impression among some of our subscribers,
whose subscription had not expired would
be charged the additional price of our paper from the
time it was raised from $1 to $2. The impression is m
correct, as we consider the paper due all who had sub
scribed for it at the old price, until their time at the old
rates has expired.
To Miller Lodge, K- ofJ,
Uncle Dabney Jones has appointed Thursday, the 6th
of May next, as the day on which he will address the
Lodge and community at Weston, Webster County.
The Rising: Star Lodge.
This Lodge of Knights, located in this place, wilj
have a celebration on Friday next. The oration will be
delivered by Mr. J. M. Lennard, a regular member. The
public are invited to attend the exercises.
We learn that a young man, calling himself
Wilcox, a student in the school of the Rev. J. W. Reid,
at Philomath, died a few days since, and upon his death
bed, confessed that he had been misrepresenting his real
name, because he said he had committed a murder in
Louisiana, and had fled from home. lie had been sent
1o Georgia, by his parents, with money and instructions
to have him sent to a good school. He requested Mr.
Reid to write to his friends in Louisiana and tell them
of his death.
American State Papers.
Our old friend, Ed. Wingfield, of Greenesboro, has
presented us with a large volume of-the above title, con
taining legislative and executive documents, from the
14th to the second session of the 19th Congress inclu
sive, all relative to the Indian affairs of the United
States. It contains all the correspondence of Gov.
Troupe, of Georgia, with the President, Commander-in-
Chitif of the Army, and with the Indian Chiefs ; also,
some of his messages t o the Georgia Legislature. We.
design reviewing the correspondence, and shall publish
some rich extracts from it.
Prof. Rives, the Blind Pianist.
This gentleman, assisted by the Clary Brothers, gave
two concerts in our townlast week, both of which gave
entire satisfaction to all who were present. His audi
ence was slender the first night, but on the second night,
he was honored by a full house, and all enjoyed the per
formance vastly. Asa performer on the piano forte,
Prof. Rives executes astonishingly well; and as a vo
calist, he is excellent; his voice being in a fine state of
cultivation. The Clary Brothers, who play well upon
the violin, accompany Prof. Rives with their instru
ments and voices, and all in concert,perform some beau
tiful and stirring pieces. We take pleasure in recommend
ing the company to the public as richly worthy of pat
ronage. Aside from the charitable object of the enter
tainments, they give in return, double the value of the
money in pleasant musical amusement.
Their concerts are no humbug, and we hope they may
receive liberal encouragement irom the public.
Items from the Madison Visitor of tlie l?th
Instant.
The State Medical Convention met in Madison on the
14th. Dr. Logan, of Atlanta, Chairman, and Dr. Eben.
Hillyer, Secretary. Drs. W. S. Meiere and Hillyer ad
dressed the meeting upon medical subjects. At 4o’clock,
P. M., the annual address was delivered in the Presby
terian Church to a large audience, by Dr. Thomas S.
Powell, now of Atlanta.
The Madison Debating Club celebrated their first an
niversary on Monday evening, the 12th inst. Mr. C.B.
Barrow, the orator on the occasion, delivered an address
on “ Patriotism,” which was highly spoken ofby acor
respondent of the Visitor.
Another correspondent in the same number of that pa
per, has been straining his optics in church, trying to
see the cheap uniform of the Georgia Female College
girls. He says : “We waked up, and with the intensity
of our ocular optics we looked for the Dollar Straw Bon
net, the cranium apex that we would like to behold in
these crinoline days—alas! no power in heaven, in earth
or , can make big gals dress in a cheap uniform.”
Wonder if his failing to see the uniform may not be
attributed to his having been asleep in church! He
says he “ waked up” and looked.
Profession and Practice.
It may not be amiss, in these “ revival” times, to say
a few words (says the New York Sun) regarding the
difference between profession and practice: “If religion
consisted simply of a profession of belief in the exis
tence and infinite attributes of the Creator; if it imposed
no moral duties, nor required any restraint upon the ac
tions or passions, all men, probably, would be religious.
As it is, many do not go beyond profession, and hence
their conduct is so inconsistent with the moral precepts
of religion that they furnish subjects of ridicule for the
skeptic as an infidel. Religion is dishonored by them,
and its spread hindered.
Conduct is the true test of religious character. Pro
fession of little value, unless it influences the conduct.
. Theoretical religion, unaccompanied by the practical
observance of its moral duties, is barren and unprofita
ble. If, therefore, men desire to possess and honor
religion, they must practice and illustrate its precepts.
They must be kind, generous, benevolent, and just in
their words and acts. They must avoid the vices which
degrade and corrupt, and cultivate the virtues which ele
vate and purify. If they would show that their religion
is not at empty name, they must be upright in all the
relations of life, honest, truthful, industrious, and char
itable-thinking no evil, and speaking no evil of their
neighbor; but loving all, and desiring the happiness of
all.”
TOfcWiSSI
Four good mothers had given birth to four bad daugh
ters; truth has produced hatred; success, pride ; secur
ity, danger; and familiarity, contempt. And on the
other hand, four bad mothers have produced as many
good daughters; for astronomy is the offspring of astrol
ogy; chemistry, of alchymy ; freedom, of oppression;
patience, of long suffering.
A Rumseller Converted.
Rev. H. C. Haven communicates to the Chronicle an
account of a series of meetings lately held in Cannon
City, Min., with very striking results. He says:
“Dram drinkers, card players, and even rum sellers have
been made to tremble before that God with whom they
have to do. On Thursday evening, one of the rumsellers
arose and expressed his determination to seek Christ,
and invited the congregation to come to his liquor estab
lishment and help him burn up his entire stock. Wc
accordingly proceeded to the spot after meeting, and
saw between two and three hundred dollars’ worth of
liquor turned into the fire, together with the cards; the
fire was built expressly for that purpose. After the con
flagration, I was elevated upon the head of one of the
empty casks, being at the same time requested to de
liver an dddress, with which I complied.”
Killing off a Grocery.
The (N. C.) Herald of Truth tells how a contemplated
grocery was suppressed in Hendersonville. A Mr. Lof
tis determined to establish one. He bought land, lum
ber, &.C., tor his buildings, outside the corporate limits,
anti commenced the erections—ordered liquors, &c., by
the time of completion. In the meantime the ladies of
the place heard the news, went to work and got forty
five lady signers to a petition to Mr. LoftisSo desist
•from lus purpose, and enlisted the services of three gen
tlemen to present it. Mr. Loftis more ib™ u fr gen
yinced of the error ofhis course hesitated
to make , but finally expressed a desire to meet the In
dies in publie meeting. The town bell . tlie V 1 ’
ladies assembled in the court house and he 8 rU i ng V tb S
a speech. The account of that meet?ng thetn
ively moral, that we give it in the wor3s of the ffS
“lt was really a time of deep
Ifffl thei J B j orCS ’ docters lef l shops, 4 tora the 8 r
Offices, find even grocery keepers their liquors; and
upon the whole, there was quite a crowd in that atten
dance. Mr. Loftis acted very gentlemanly ; and all he
said was spoken with great respect for the ladies, and
whh a broad smile upon his face, he (old the audience
that he would not do anything to injure them,but hedid
not know how to get out of the matter —he had bought
the land and paid for it, had commenced his building,
and had lumber at the place for a grocery and a dwelling
house; had ordered his liquors, &c. He acknowledged
that he was in a close place; this all could see, for, one
after another, the ladies talked straight up to him. He
could present the matter in no light, but some fair one
had an answer for him. The ladies were very respect
ful to him; but they ‘shot close,’ and he felt it. At
length he said that he had a dream a few nights since—
the dream was this: He saw a swarm of bees come out,
and settled in a neighbor’s house. He went in, and the
“® es covered him all over, and stung him most awfully.
And now,’ said he ‘here it is ; the bees, are all around
“J 6 ’ j D u tbey Bt ‘ n ? mightily! ’He was given to under
®tßn.d that swarming time was not yet over, ifhe persis
ted m his course! After various propositions, pro and
con., Mr. Loftis finding himself completely cornered,
yor the ladies did actually follow him, in their pleadings
°!} e comer of the court house,) pledged him
*lfto abandon the project.
T^e Liquor-Dealer’s Sign.
Suppose a man, when about to commence the traffic •
in ardent spirits, should write in great capitols on his |
sign-board, to beseen and read of all men, what he will j
do: That so many of the inhabitants of this town or
city, he will, for the sake of getting their money, make
paupers, and send them to the alms-house, and thus
oblige the whole community to support them and their
families; that so many others he will excite to the
commission of crimes, and thus increase the expenses
and endanger the peace and welfare of thercommfuiity;
that so many he will send to the jail, and so many he
will visit with sore and distressing.diseascs, and, in so
many cases diseases which would have been compara
tively harmless, he will by his poison render fatal; that
in so many cases he will deprive persons of reason, and
in so many cases will cause sudden death; that so many
wives he wtll make widows, and so many children he
will make orphans, aiid that in so many cases he will
cause the children to grow up in ignorance, vice, and
crime, and after being nuisances on earth, will bring
them to premature graves; that in so many cases he
will prevent the efficacy of the gospel, grieve away the
Holy Ghost, and ruin for eternity the souls of men.
And suppose he could, and should, give some faint
conception of w'hat it is to lose the soul, and of the over
whelming guilt and coming wretchedness of him who
is knowingly instrumental in producing this ruin ; and
suppose he shonld put at the bottom of the sign this
question: What, you may ask, can be my object in act
ing so much like a devil incarnate, and bringing such
acccumulati ng wretched ness upon a comparat i vely happy
people ! and under it he should put the true answer,
Money; and go on to say : I have a family to support;
I want money, and must have it; this is my business, I
was brought upto it ; and if I should not follow it, I
must change my business, or I could not support my
family. And as all faces beginning to gather blackness
at the approaching ruin, and all hearts to boil with in
dignation at its author, suppose he should add for their
consolation, “If I do not bring this destruction uuon
you, somebody else will.”
What would you think of him ? what would all the
world think of him ? what ought they to think of him ?
And is it any worse for a man to tell the people before
hand, honestly, what he will do, if they buy and use his
poison, than it is to go on and do it? And what if they
are not aware of the mischief he is doing them, and he
can accomplish it through their own perverted and vol
untary agency; is it not equally abominable, if he knows
it, and does not cease from producing it?
Colonel Allsop, the Englishman suspected of a
complicity in the recent attempt upon the life of the
Emperor Napoleon, it is now positively ascertained by
the Journal of Commerce, was snugly secreted in New
York city for a month before any suspicion of his pres
ence crept into the newspapers. He was hidden in a
house in Worth street, known only to a few trusty
friends. W r hen this became known, the enemies of des
potism projected a public meeting to demand protection
for him, but the Colonel, preferring seclusion, quietly
left New York. Both the British and French govern
ments have offered liberal rewards for his apprehension,
and there are now in New York three French detec
tives, and four or five British, in pursuit of him. They
found out his hiding place and knew all his movements.
Their first notion was to kidnap and carry him off se
cretly, but this was abandoned, and, while they were
waiting for the necessary papers to arrest him, he de
camped. Information of Allsop’s lodgment was com
municated tothe*New York police by the British Con
sul. The Pittsbnrg papers mention a report that All
sop is there, and on Thnrsday week, a gentleman called
upon the Mayor, informed him of the fact, and urged
his arrest. The Mayor declined to interfere. Other
accounts state that he was recently at Savannah, Geor
gia.
(Special Correspondence.]
EDWARD EVERETT-FROF. 11. H. TUCK
ER-UNION PRAYER MBETINGS--CITY
ELECTIONS.
Augusta, April 15tli, 1858,
Mr. Editor: Our city has been highly tavored during
the past week. A large assemblage of our citizens had
the great pleasure of listening to the great address de
livered by the great orator upon the great character of
the.great man. I will not. essay a description of Mr.
Everett’s address —suffice it for me to say that it was
beyond description.
Prof. H. H. Tucker, of your town, preached at the
Baptist Church in this city, on last Sunday morning and
evening. His subject in the morning was “ The Unpar
donable Sin.” He delivered one of those plain, practi
cal, common sense, yet eloquent sermons, that is always
pleasant to listen to. He is a gentleman of profound re
search, and pre-eminent ability.
The Daily Union Prayer Meeting, held at four o’clock
in the evening, at the various churches, represented in
the Young Men’s Christian Association, have been
changed to that of I to 8 at night.
The city election for Mayor and Members of Council
resulted as follows: For Mayor, B. Conley. For Mem
bers of Council, F. Blodgct, Jr., W. H. Tutt, J. O,
Clarke, J. M. Dye, W. E. Dearing, L. D. Ford, R. H.
May, B. F. Hall, W. V. Keener, 11. Bigby, J. D. Smith,
and J. G. Sledge—all ofthe American party, except the
two last gentlemen.
[Communieated.]
Little Dorrit sat by an open casement with cheek of
vermillion hue, and a gleam half anger, half mirth in
“her eye of most unholy blue;” for within her tight
ened grasp she held an open paper, wherein the stinging
“slap” inflicted upon her offending check by its bach
elor editor, was still tingling its delicate texture.
But a manly form approaches, a deep-toned voice dis
pels most agreeably her moody reverie, a strong arm
encircles her with all of woman’s tenderness, and her
very heart thrills at the touch of a cherished hand lightly
lain upon her brown hair, and a murmured benizon,
God forever bless my little Dorritt!
Foran instant, light beamed from her face like sunlight
from an angry cloud ; the next moment, “the cloud re
turned after the rain” as she simply placed within the
expectant palm of her wedded lord the last issue of the
Crusader, wherein his rueful gaze discovered, in the
castigation inflicted upon his “child-wife,” his little
Dorrit, an interpretation of the ahgry scowl disfiguring
her usually gentle features. Only for a moment did his
frown rival her own, ere his voice broke forth encour
agingly, “ cheer up little mother, child of the Marshal
sea ! for thou wast not wont to faint when • the heat
and burden of the day’ was upon thee, but even when
surrounded by gloomy prison walls, didst evercherish
within thy patient, loving heart a green and sunny
spot, free from the blight of despondency. And now
that I have buried thy memories of the bitter past
within the joyous present, lavishing upon thee the
wealth of boundless affections and gold of the Indies,
how canst thy generous nature begrudge this time
worn, forlorn old bachelor, his sole pastime, a fling in
the dark at the untried joys of connubial bliss; and
who, whilst chewing the bitter cud of loneliness would
willingly barter his entire patrimony for a single meSs
of matrimonial pottage. Judging from his bitter humor
that he has been the jest of scores of jilting fair ones, I
pity him, heeding not his mad ravings, save one—the
splenetic charge that you are a spinster, or worse still,
a shrew!
Dorrit, my little Dorrit, a spinster! “to waste her
sweetness on the desert air;” a shrew! to tear thehair
and belabor the frame of her luckless Petruchio! A
shrew! Heaven defend me ! why, she is the sweetest,
bonniest wee wife—my ain liel Dorrit, that ever bright
ened man’s pilgrfmage through this world’s arid waste.
The idea of one, upon whose brow gleams like a star
the diamond of Golconda; upon whose gentle bosom
glows the ruby from Ind, and whose arms add a softened
lustre to ‘ pearls from Oman’s green water’ —the idea of
such an one showering upon the common herd her pure
gems ol ‘ thoughls that breathe and words that burn,’
for money—6 a *e metal— when the wealth of Croesus is
at her commana, is simply ridiculous and superlative,
but frenzied jealousy !
b “A”"” ! Wh, did not this disappointed
bachelor magnanimously yield the palm to thy genius,
bowing in lowly adoration to the muse veiling her face
within thy truly Byronic strains ?
Ah! envy loves a shining mark, and she who endea
vors to elevate the standard of poesy, may expect her
own inspired measures to become a target for the shafts
of those who, in my own opinion, will never sufficiently
recover their original ‘ bark’ to be able to growl forth £
gelw ? omt hW threC d ° 2en BtanZas of B P enfl erian dog
But I see by the laughing features of my own true
wffe, that the mask is off-tho chain is wrought/ and
that with a tear-glistening cy’e of gratitude for deliver ■
ance from a husband of the ‘ baton de hois’ stamp she
has thrown down the gauntlet of peace, by turning to
her enraged Adversary for a second stroke, the unresist
ms Cheek of LITTLE DORRIT
[Written for tlic Georgia Temperance Crusader,]
Friendship’s young bloom may pass away, *
As dreams depart the sleeper's mind ;
The hopes oflife’s maturer day
May fade and leave no trace behind; ‘
But kindred lore can never die—
That fairest biul of spring’s bright years ; .
Twill still look green in memory,
When time all other felling sears.
So says the poet, and Ah! who, estranged from kindred
hearts, does not feel the full force of these truthful lines
as ho wanders back, after long years of absence, to
ifiosc scenes. ■
J Where o’er hill'and valley plays,
The sunlight of life’s early days ? RBUB
Such, friend Seals, were some of my reflections on
my recent visit to Coffeeville, Ala. My father moved
from South Carolina to Coffeeville (when I was an in
fant, too young even to remember any of the incidents
of the journey; and hence, it was at this place that life’s
realities were first reflected on memory’s mirror; and
after enjoying a most delightful visit amid scenes of
earliest childhood, and a happy rc-union of loving kin
dred hearts, I can truly say,
Thank’d be memory; her sweet power can bring
Back to my heart its early joys again;
Her magic spell revives the frozen spriiig
Os youthful hope, and re unites the chain
Os sever’d sympathies.
On my arrival at my uncle’s residence, and the happy
greeting was over, my first impulse was, to visit the
spot near by, where once stood the house that sheltered
my infant head; but I found nothing to mark the site
save the mound of the old chimney, before the blazing
hoarth of which I remembered to have eat,
Enfolded in my tender mother’s arms,
Or rode a-horseback, (on my lather’s knee,)
When sorrows, passions and alarms
Alike, with gold and Greek were unknown to me.
Tall pines arc now growing on the spot where once
stood the old homestead, through whose waving tops
the winds seemed to sigh with the mournful dirge,
“Long ago;” so turning away with a saddened heart
at the thought that
He of the sythc and hour-glass
must needs write “change” upon all earthly things,
while he
Mocks at the ruin he has wrought.
I wended my way down to the old spring, whose waters
are yet leaping from the hill-side, “sparkling and
bright” as when, in childhood, I was want to lave my
dimpled hands in its silver stream. There, too, stood
the old Magnolia with its burnished leaves shimmering
in the sunlight, under whose shade I once gambolled in
childish sport with the little “pappooses” of the Choc
taw tribe of Indians, who once owned these rich hunt ing
grounds before the cupidity of the “pale-faces” had
wrestled from them the graves of their sires, forgetful
That the red man’s wigwam home
Was dear to him as costly dome.
Ah ! when we reflect rightly upon the injustice, the
cruel wrongs the poor Indian was doomed to suffer at
the hands ofthe white man, can we wonder that
To tiger rage their souls were driven,
or that they caused so many of the invaders of their soil
to bite the dust in defence of their forest homes ? Prate
as we may about “manifest destiny,” and all that, yet,
it will ever be a melancholy reflection to my mind, that
the Indian races were so cruelly wronged by the white
man; for we may truly say, in the language of Sprague,
Alas for them ! their day is o'er,
Their fires are out from shore to shore;
No more for them the wild deer bounds,
The plough is on their hunting-grounds.
The pale man’s axe rings thro’ their woods,
The pale man’s sail skims o’er their floods;
Their pleasant springs are dry,
Their children-r-look, by power oppressed,
Beyond the mountains of the West—
Their children go—to diet
I lectured but once at Coffeeville, as I needed rest,
but past several days very pleasantly in visiting among
kind friends in the vicinity, and then returned to Mo
bile, intending to start lor Georgia. I was importuned,
however, to visit New’ Orleans, and having some desire
to see the Crescent City, I concluded to do so. I held
five Sunday-school meetings there, but the Devil has
such unlimited sway there, I fear but little good was
accomplished, J had heard one Divine had given it as
his opinion that “ the man vjho went to Heaven by way
of Nev i Orleans would be entitled to a brighter crown,”
but did not appreciate the full force of the remark until
I visited this modern Sodom. During the Sabbath I
was there, there was cock fighting, music and dancing.
Bar-rooms in full blast, horse racing and a balloon as
cension, with two men going up on the backs pf two
alligators, besides a number of smaller satanjc “ di?
does” all over the city; and at night, several theatres
open. I saw the balloon passing over the city, and also
saw the dancing in a building on one of the street cor
ners as I passed on to the lecture at 3 o’clock. Sabbath
morning I attended church at 11 o’clock, and heard an
eloquent sermon delivered te about sixteen hundred
persons, (the number w r as estimated by others,) and pn
Monday night attended the prayer-meeting in connec
tion with the same church, and found present only fifty
six persons all told! After singing, a prayer was of
fered by one of the members, a short exhortation given
by another person, and the services closed with prayer
by the pastor, and singing, When I inquired of a friend
why the services were so brief, 1 w r as informed that
many were anxious to attend a lecture on geology, to
be delivered at B‘ocLock that evening, as they had pur
chased tickets for that purpose, Thgt explained a re-
mark let fall by one who rushed by me t the door, seem
ingly in hot haste, saying, “ I expect I’ve Ipst my half
dollar,” neglecting the pearl of great ■price to listen t.t> a
talk about granite! Comment is superfluous.
During my stay in New Orleans, I visited Algiers, a
small town on the opposite bank of the river, and had
two delightful meetings and met with much Christian
sympathy. The next day I left the cold and heartless
city conning, the words of Aldrich —
Adieu, the city’s ceaseless hum,
The haunts of sensual life, adieu !
Green fields and silent glens ! I conic
To spend the bright spring days with you—
yes, said I, with emphasis, “in Georgia loo,” where
Tears for pity and hands
Open as day for melting charity.
W. R. H.
Florence, Ga. April 7th, 1858.
Mr. Seals : Inclosed I send you a story founded in
fact, which I place at your disposal. You can either
spread it out in the columns of the Crusader, or cast it
under yoiir table, as best suits your convenience. It is
my first effort of the kind, and facts not fiction have
been dealt in to some extent; hence, neither of the
characters are very suitable for a romantic tajc;
[Written for the Georgia Temperance Crusader.]
A TALE OF GEORGIA, BY JUNIUS OF GLEN
DALE.
Hellen Frazier was born in the year 183—, in a small
but thriving village in South-western Georgia, of very
humble parentage. She lost her parents while very
young, and was adopted into the family of a relative of
her mothers, where she underwent all the hardships and
trials usually falling to the lot of destitute orphan chil
dren. She was compelled to do much of the drudgery
of the family in order to secure food and raiment; and
she was indebted to a benevolent society, of which her
father had been a member, for the means of a collegiate
education. Her trials during her school days were al
most unparalleled; but these, at least, came to an end,
and having graduated in one of the many female col
leges which abound in this region of country, at nine
teen she left her native village, more in sorrow than an
ger, to seek employment as a teacher, and succeeded in
locating at , in a rural piny wood district ofcoun
try, if not noted for its wealth and intelligence, at least,
famous for the number of its children—its bay galls and
frog-ponds; but gentle reader, you are perhaps upon
tip-too to have a more formal introduction to our hero
ine ; if so, be it known to you that Helled Frazier was
a hale, hearty, bouncing lass, weighing one hundred and
fifty or sfaty pounds, and as sound as a dollar, and as
strong as a mule—about medium height, with hair as
black as the ten of clubs, which is nine times blacker
than the ace of spades, and eyes of the darkest fauQj
her Akin was none of the faintest; but altogether, Hel
len was a good looking if not pretty girl, with symmet
rical form, only a little too fully developed—a head that
might startle the fingers of a phrenologist, and a phisi
ognomy that would impress the beholder with a vigor
of purpose—a strength of will, and unflinching resolu
tion rarely with in th£ sterner sex. Alto
gether, HellenFrazier was a rare girl—none of your ef
feminate, puny, sickly things. Sho eould hide a bowj
of soup or a beefstakc with the dexjerity of a wood?
chopper, and had an amazing relish for pork and tur
nips, or bacon and coleworts; in short; Hellen had a
constitution like an ok, and a stomach like a hyena ; 1
but don’t be startled, gentle reader, our heroine is nci*
ther a she wolf nor tigress, but a genuine woman with
like passions with yourselves* and capable t/f onjofing
she good things of life in a very high degree; and not
withstanding Hellen had no small share of the mascu
line gender in her composition, yet, she was sufficient
ly feminine to attract no inconsiderable amount of re
spect and attention from the lords of creation, and was
enabled, by various little winning ways, and u peculiar
smile wh|ch pluyed atgynd her mouth, and a very sig
nificant glance of herTurge dark eyes, to do terriblo ex
ecution among the wool hat boys about the ponds,
j She had made several conquests, but none to her li
king, for vanity was not the least among her iaults, and
she slaughtered her beaux with as little remorse of con
science as an alligator w r ould feel in eating a little ne
gro. Among her admirers, was Edward Morton, a wid
ower of about middle ago, a man of handsome property
and well to do in the world, of strict honor and probity,
and a devoted and zealous Christian. He was a stout
man, and Uncommonly good loolfing for his years, and
had twice entered the hymenial altar with a blooming
bride;’ and twice been called to consign them to the
tomb and mourn their loss. Thus, being left the second
■ time with a family of small children to stem the cur
i rent and storms of life alone, and having been thrown
■ much into the society of Miss Frazier, as both were
members of one of the popular Christian denominations
of the day, and meeting frequently in the neighborhood
and at the church, Morton, by degrees, began to feel an
interest in Miss Frazier bordering on love. Ilis deceased
wives were both very delicato women; and although
younger than himself, they had passed to that “bourne
from whence no mortal returns;” hence, Morton, by
the force ot circumstances, was led to admire the robust
and vigorous Miss Frazier; her clastic step, her rosy
chocks, and above all, her uninterrupted good health,
possessed charms that challenged his admiration, and
caused hint to decide to make, if not an offer of his hand,
at least ail effort to ascertain whether such a step would
be conducive to his happiness; and being naturally dif
fident, he determined to ascertain her feelings towards
| him without risking a formal visit for that purpose; he
hoped she would pardon the privilege he had taken in
writing to her, assuring her that he was not actuated by
an idle euriosity, but entertained a very high esteem for
her, and desired to cultivate a more intimate acquain
tance, and the privilege of addressing her upon the sub
ject of matrimony; and concluded by asking her to con
sider the proposition, and if she decided favorably, to
write him at her convenience; or otherwise, to con
sign his letter to the flames, and its author to oblivion.
After writing to Miss Frazier, Morton Waited week
after week, and no answer came. A month elapsed,
and he began to doubt whether his letter had ever
reached its destination. Had Morton known that Miss
Frazier had received his letter, his pride would have
forbid his spending another thought upon the subject;
but Miss Frazier had very tenderly impressed him; and
being in doubt whether she had received his note, de
termined him to put an end to his suspense by a formal
call. Miss Frazier had received Morton’ slottpr, but had
refrained sending an answer from a desire to drive him
to a personal interview, when she expected to be able to
add new laurels to those which already decorated her
brow.
Edward Morton did not call on Miss Frazier without
many misgivings as to the fepqlt of his visit. Recent
events had opened his eyes in regard to her vanity, and
when they met, Morton was astonished at the very cor
dial manner in which she addressed him: “good even
ing Mr. Morton ; light and come in—l am overjoyed to
see you,” Morton, who was a pretty good judgeofhu
man nature, and saw at ones through the deception, and
was satisfied that her civility was sverd.one, determined
to humor the joke, replied that he felt gratified at the
assurance that his presence had afforded her so much
pleasure; “but pray, Miss Frazier, from whence springs
these new sources of joy ?”
“ Qlj ! ” said Miss Frazier, “ I want to consult you
about my beayjt; J’yc had a widower to see me, and I
want your opinion of him.”
“Well,” replied Morton, “ I don’t know the individ
al; but no doubt that lie is worth half a dozen of
your fine young gents, w ho usually enjoy such facilities
for turning tjioir little fingers over their thumbs.”
“ Oh, no invidious comparison, Mr. Morton,” said
Miss Frazier; “ I know- who you are hinting at, but we
are not married yet. Come, you must tell me what I
must do; my beau is a widower with only throe chil
dren, and I have determined to marry a widower w r ith
a dozen.”
“ Well, Miss Frazier,” said Morton, “so many little
responsibilities will be pretty hard to find; but perhaps
I can fix up a trade to suit you. I don’t exactly fill your
bill; bqt tjip pdifs will be the difference. I will pay six
children down, and give yog igy note in annual install
ments for six more.”
“But suppose,” said Miss Frazier, “I should doubt
the validity of the note ?”
“ Oh, in that case,” said Morton, “ 1 can give you
any number ofresponsiblc indorsers.”
“ I believe I shall have to back out,” said Miss Fra
zier, rather crest-fallen fyqni the turn which Morton had
adroitly given to the afi'gir.
“Well,just as you like,” said Mor'on, “I only
wanted to help you out a little, in case of necessity.”
- “Thank you,” said Miss Frazier, with a supercillious
smile, “ for your kind intention, but hope that there will
be no necessity of putting them into execution.”
“Perhaps not,” said Morton, recollecting that he had
not yet attended to the business which had called him
to the ponds. He then inquired whether she had re
ceived a letter from him.
“ f dfd,” was her reply.
“Pid yog answer jt ?” inquired Moftqii.
“I did not,” said Miss Ffuziep.
“ And pray, Miss Frazier, have you that letter in your
possession now ?”
“I have not; I consigned it to the flames.”
“ And its author?” said Morton.
“To oblivion,” said Miss Frazier.
Morton bit his lip and remarked,
If was an easy mode ofdisposing of an old friend.”
“It was yogi fPgJIP.St,” said Miss Frazier.
“And I also requested an aiigjyer,” said Morton.
“ And I preferred answering it personally,” said Mjss
Frazier.
“ Then,” said Morton, “ this interview was of your
own seeking. I generally secure an evidence of my
conqyests, because it flatters your vanity,” said Mor
tal), bitterly.
“ Do you think me vain ?” said Miss Frqzier.
“My opinion can be of but tittle consequence to any
one,” said Morton, rising and bidding Miss Frazier a
pleasant evening. He mounted his horse and turned
his head homeward, and giving him the bridle, sank
into a deep revery.
Morton became satisfied that Miss Frazier had sought
to add him to the list of her conquests; and heartily sick
of the whole affair, and cured of his folly, he returned
home a wiser, if not a belt** j qn4 determined, for
the future, to let boarding-school Misses and giddy, vain
young girls alone, and to seek a more congenial spirit
among women, approximating a little nearer his own
age and circumstances, if he did not abandon the sub
ject altogether.
Edward Morton hnd long bepn deeply impressed with
the solemn duties of preaching the unsearchable riches
of Christ to a lost and ruined world; and he now re
solved to devote all the powers of his mind to this im
portant duty. He entered the ministry with a /.ail and
energy which soon placed him among the ablest and
most eloquent divines of the day, Hoipe years after, lie
married a wealthy young widow in one of the adjoining
States, and never had cause to regret the choice he had
made. His wife was deeply imbued with the spirit of
Christ, and was ail help-meet in the proper sense of the
term, and amply qualified to share the joys and divide
the sorrows of life; consequently, they are peacefully
gliding down the stream of time, surrounded by an in
teresting apd happy family.
But the reader is perhaps jrrip at ient to know what has
become of Miss Frazier; if so, we Gan relieve your anx
iety by stating that she Is still engaged in the very lau.-
dable pursuit of teaching the young idea how to shoot,
She has never beeu able to captivate any love-sick
swain, whom she deemed worthy, pf herbenrt and hand;
she is still ns vain and conceited as ever; and is approx
imating old maidenhood with a vengeance, and her mat
rimonial prospects, which have been quite small oflate,
are growing beautifully less every day.
gentleman of Philadelphia has invented a ma
chine for folding newspapers. The machine is of Iron
and steel, and roquires scarcely any power to drive it—
say one-fourth horse power —and is fad by one person.
It will fold from fifty-five to sixty sheets per minute into
mail or carrier’s form, delivering them in fine or er,
packed atraight and square, aud so tightly that they oc
cupy much less room in the mail. This is nt the rate
.of from three thousand ty.thirty-five hundred an hour.
*A rapid fdlder con only put up for flic mail or carrier
from eight hundred to <y.c thousand sheets ap hour.
The price of the machine is six hundred dollars, and the
space it occupies comparatively small—bfeing about one
hundred cubic feet. > ’ **
|Written for tlio Georgia Temperance Crusader.] (
WAKK UP? AND GO TO THF. RESCUE.
Brother Seals: Wo oftenhear the remark, that “tern
perance is at a low ebb,” and there is some truth in the
declaration. But why is this so? Mainly, because the
reformation haa so few realfrlends. There is no defect
in the principles upon which it is based. Total Absti
nence from all intoxicating drinks, is just as sure to
work out sobriety, as the sun is to radiate light in a clear
sky. But an easy kind of religion that compromises
with flesh and blood, has become too popular with men.
Christians in these modern times, are very fearful oflit
tie crosses, and large ones in proportion. I hey forget
that “we must fight ifwe would reign ;” that the only J
proof of a pure vine, is “good fruit.”
The church is the moral power of this country, and
this power is not confined “under a bushel,” but is dif
fused through the community at large; if it be good, it
tells in the right direction; if evil, an evil influence is
the result.,. True Christians, scattered over the land,
may be compared toasters in the sky, that illuminate, to
some extent, the dark objects of earth, scattering their
light far and wide.
It is impossible for any kind of moral reform to pros
per and bo successful, without the aid of Christians.
They are the “salt ” oft he earth, and where this “salt ”
does not exist, the mass of crude materials willsoondo
compoec and tumble to pieces. It is very desirable to
have as large an amount, as possible, of this” salt,’ in
every Temperance Society,.“that the whole lump may
be leavened.”
I find that those societies, having a goodly number of
church members in them, are more substantial and suc
cessful than those composed principally of the world.
This is not strange by any means—how can lamps give
light that have no oil ? Men who have no religion, can
not well sec the propriety, or rather, do not feel it to be
their duty to live holier and purer lives than those in
the church.
There ar.e exceptions to every general rule —but how
has a majority ot our churches conducted themselves in
regard to this matter? I was informed by a man, who
is very reliable, that in the city of , Ga. where
churches abound, that the friends of temperance there,
have to hire a house whenever a temperance lecturer
comes round—will not even allow the great cause ofsuf
fering humanity to be advocated in their houses ofwor
ship. No wonder that the plaee is so productive of sots.
But I will speak from personal knowledge: here, in
Jefferson county, old Mt. Moriah Division, No. 240,
battled against man’s fell destroyer for many long years,
and that successfully ; but its days are well nigh num
beret}- Qhurcl} members, especially the Baptists, with
two or three exceptions, have stood aloof all the while,
with folded arms, not seeming to care a straw, whether
temperance went up or down!
We have struggled long in this county against the
destroyer of souls and the world’s peace—and Baldwin
Raiford Division still keeps up the warfare with great
success — 1191.de piyjsion ! noble members! may your
banner be waving when Gabriel's trump wakes the
sleeping dead!
Notwithstanding the clouds that hover over us look
dark and lowering, I hope the real friends of temper
ance will not despair, but will buckle on their armor
once more, and engage in the contest with new zeal. If
Washingtonian Societies were gsjablishod in all those
neighborhoods where Divisions have gone down, and
the “light” and “salt” of the earth would produce
their legitimate action, great good might be accom
plished.
God grant that a -power divine may wahe up our
preacher.* and sleepy members, and make them willing
to fight the devil wherever they fj;id him, though it may
not be pleasing to the flesh or popular with men.
Jeferson Cos. Ga. HANNIBAL.
[Written for the Georgia Temperanoe Crusader.]
THEY CAN’T FEEL IT.
Friend Seals: I have long thought that if some had
the experience that others have, there would, this day,
be thousands—yea, millions marching under the glorious
banner of temperance, who arc now “lying supinely”
upon theij: hgcke, “ljjigging tljc delusive phantom of
hope,” that a partial service rendered to the great Mas
ter of the universe, will clear their way to the mansions
of bliss. Many, of whom much might be expected, do
not occupy even so virtuous a position as “ doing noth
ing;” but in divers ways, are helping to swell the
great army of drunkards that are marching as straight
down to hell as their pilot, the devil, can lead them.
When I look around and see the old and young, illiter
ate and learned, in tljc church and in the world—all
quaffing at tfip fountain f f ruin, dpspite the deep, heart
felt petitions, prayers and scalding tears of mothers,
wives, sisters and friends, it grieves my heart, and
makes me willing to do anything within my power, to
stay the tide of destruction that is rolling/ar and wide
over our belo'vcd land.
.Some enjoy all the temporal comforts of life, and all
thqif yaripd interests seem to flourish. The demon,
Alcohpl, comparatively, is kept pqt of their families,
and all the branches therpof; and it does sperp that they
ought to feel grateful and thankful to God for such
blessings, and would hasten to the rescue of others who
arc suffering daily tortures worso—infinitely worse, than
death with all its natural horrors. But they can’t feel
as others; could they, what a mighty uprising there
would be among our Presbyterian, Baptist and Metho
dist brandy-toddy smashers ! ! Take, for example, the
loving father and doting mother, whose affectionate
daughfpr is chained to a drunken husband by the laws
,qf earth and Heaven, that naught but dpatlj sever.
What earthly pen can write, or finite mind conceive, of
flip anguish and gyief tjiat hourly steal in upon their
hearts, and mingle with their every thought, when they
behold the suffering of their rutued daughter; view her
wan, woc-dcpicted features, and attenuated frame fast,
fast sinking to the grave ; hear her tales of sorrow, and
note the scalding tears as they rush down those pale
cheeks, once as rosy and red as a fresh blown flower?
Who can measure the sorrows of these unfortunates ?
None but the experienced. Read the sorrows of a poor
girl in New York, who had been accused of being a
monomaniac on the subject of temperance, because of
her fervid zeal in its advocacy. .She gives vent to her
heart as follows;
!
Go feel what I have felt,
Go bear what I have borne—
Sink ’ncaththe blow by father dealt.
And the cold world’s proud scorn ;
Then sutler on from year to year—’
Thy soul relief the scalding tear,
Go kneel as I have knelt,
Implore, beseech and pray -
Strive the besotted heart to melt,
The downward course to stay,
Be dashed with bitter curse aside,
Your prayers burlesqued, your tears defied.
j/ii-o weep as I have wept,
CFer a ’lotfcd father Bfell —
See every promised blessing swept—
Youth’s sweetness turned to gall—
Life’s fading flowers strewed all the way—
That brought me up to woman’s day.
Go see what I have seen,
behold the strong man bowed—
With gnashing tepth—lips bathed in blood—
And cold the livid brow ;
Go catch his withered glance and see
There mirrored his soul’s misery.
Go to the mother’s side
And her crush’d .bosom cheer;
Thine own deep anguish hide ;
Wipe from her cheek the bitter tear;
Murk her from frame and withered brow—
The grey that streaks her dark hair now—
With fading frame and trembling limb;
And trace the ruin back to him
Whose slighted faith in early youth,
Promised eternal love and truth,
But who, foresworn, hath yielded up
That promise to the cursed cup;
And let her down, through love and light,
And all that made her prospects bright;
And chain’d her there ‘mid want ana strife—
That Iqwly thing a drunkard’s wife—
And stamp’d on childhood’s brow so mild,
That withering blight the drunkard’s chlid.
Go hear, and feel, and see and know,
All that my soul hath felt and known,
Then look upon tho wine cup’s glow,
See if its beauty can atone —
Think if its flavor you will try
When all proclaim “’tis drmkand die!
Tell me I hate the bowl—
Hate is a feeble word,
I loathe—abfior—my very soul
With strong disgust js St if red,
When I sec, or hear, or tell,
Os the dark beverage of Hell!
pst- Tho last sally w,e have heard in regard to beef
steak wap np follows:
A gentleman, at a public table, who had exercised
his jaws for some fifteen minutes upon a single iporsel
of steak, turned to his neighbor and said :
“ What a pity to kill this animal!”
’"Why?” responded his friena.
‘‘Because,” replied the other, “it would have made
such a good working critter.”
NEWS-HOME AND FOREIGN,
HOME affairs.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, April 13. —The Senate, to-day, ap
pointed a committee of three, consisting of Messrs. Jas.
S Green, of Missouri, R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia,
and William H. Seward, of New York, to confer with
a similar committee on the part of the House, to confer
together in relation to the disagreemsnt between the
two Houses with reference to the passage of the Kansas
k*The measure proposed of establishing a telegraph line
to Fort Leavenworth or Fort Laramie, so as to enable
the Government to confer speedily with the army in
Utah Territory, has been postponed until December.
In the House the Washington Police bill was debated.
The Kansas question will be resumed to-morrow at
one o’clock.
April 14.—1n the Senate, to-day, Mr. Broderick, in
the course of some remarks, took occasion to say that
he would not obey the instructions of the Legislature of
California, in which he was requested to vote for the
admission of Kansas under the Leeompton Constitution.
In tho House, the most important business transacted
was authorizing the appointment of a committee of con
ference to confer with the committee appointed by the
Senate in relation to the Kansas bill.
The Pacific railway bill was under discussion in the
Senate to-day.
April 15.— The Seiiato, on yesterday, passed a rcso
lutioii to adjourn on Monday, the 7th of June.
To-day, in the Senate, the consular appropriation bill
was passed, and the Pacific railroad bill was discussed.
In the House, the Conference Committee appointed,
consists of Hons. W. 11. English, of Indiana, A. H.
Stephens, of Georgia and Win. A. Howard,of Michigan.
This committee is to confer with the committee of"the
Senate in relation to the differences of the two branches
of Congress on the bill for the admission of Kansas.
Thc'Commiltee on Commerce reported a bill to-day
appropriating one million five hundred thousand dollars
to continue the river and harbor improvements, an! only
recommended three new works.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, April 17.—1n the Senate to-day the Pa
cific railway bill was postponed until iicXlDecembcr, by
a vote of 25 to 22.
The deficiency bill comes up on Monday.
In the House, to-day, private bills w’erc considered.
The Conference Committee on the Kansas bill have had
two meetings, but as yet have not agreed upon any
course to recommend Congress to pursue. The fi
nal meeting of the committee will take place on
Monday, and in case of continued disagreement, the
Senate will probably request the House to appoint an
other committee,
SECRETARY OF LEGATION TO ST. PETERSBURG.
Washington, April 15.—J. E. Bacon, of Soutli Car
olina, was to-day confirmed as Secretary of Legation to
St. Petersburg.
PROTECTORATE FOR MEXICO,
April 15.—1 tis currently reported that Gen. Sani.
Houston intends to introduce into the Senate, early in
the ensuing week, a bill to assume a protectorate over
Mexico.
DUEL AT NEW ORLEANS.
April 15.—A duel took place near this city this morn
ing at eleven o’clock, between Messrs. Hardy Deas and
W. J. Kennedy, citizens of Mobile. They fought with
duelling pistols, carrying ounce balls, and at fifteen pa
ces. At the first fire Mr. Kennedy received a bad hip
wound, but hopes are entertained of his recovery.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
April 13. —The steamship Star of the West has ar
rived at New York from Aspinwall. She brings $325,-
000 in treasure.
The Legislature pf California has fully indorsed the
Leeompton Constitution.
The claimant ol the slave Arch y has been arrested as
a kidnapper.
There is a movement in progress in California to raise
a company of emigrants to settle the Gadsden purchase.
The House of Assembly has passed a bill to provide
for funding the public debt of San Francisco.
YELLOW FEVER AT GREYTOWN.
New Orleans, April 16.—Advices received herefrom
Kingston, annnounce that one hundred and fifty-five
cases of yellow fever had occurred among the crew and
marines on board the frigate Susquehanna at Grey
town.
FLOOD IN THE WEST.
New Orleans, April 16.—The large crevasse oppo ;
site to this cit y continues to cause immense damage.
The upper rivers are reported to be rising.
PEACE COMMISSIONERS TO UTAH.
St. Louis, April 17. —1 tis reported here that a mes
senger passed through this city twoweeks ago with in :
structions to 001. Johnston not to commence offensive
operations against the Mormons, who are in a state of
rebellion, before the arrival of the Peace Commission
ers.
COL. JOHNSTON’ UTAH ARMY,
Washington, April 17.—A gentleman has just reached
this City from Camp Scott, who expresses the opinion
that Col. Jqhnston is perfectly able to cope with any
Mormon force which he may meet j and tliat the
and men arc all anxious to commence active operations.
FOREIGN NOTTNGS,
New Yoke:, April 13.—The steamship City of Wash
ington has arrived with Liverpool dates to March 31st.
GENERAL NEWS.
Later news from India had been received. The Bom
bay mail of the 9th of Marcl^announces that Sir Colin
Campbell and his forces were before Lqcknow, and an
ißtacrji was expected on the lpth of March. n 1
Scattering encounters had taken place with the rehpL
and great slaughter had resulted.
The statement that the King of Delhi had been trans
ported was erroneous; his trial is still progressing.
Late intelligence had been received from China, but
it is not of much importance.
The steam frigate Minnesota was at Canton river,
and the Mississippi was at Shangbae.
The Amorican Commissioner was about to hold a
conference with the town authorities at Shanghae.
Louis Napoleon was again on a visit to Victoria (or
was preparing for it—this portion of our dispatch is ra
ther obscure).
The announcement that tl;e Spanish Government had
determined to abolish slavery in all her territorial colo
nics, was not true. The formpr statement was given on
the authority of a dispatch from Madrid,
MORE TROUBLES IN NICARAGUA.
New York, April 11.—Advices received from Nica
ragua by the recent arrivals from the Isthmus, announce
that Jerez has arisen against Martinez, and the whole
country is in a state of confusion.
[lt will perhaps be remembered that Jerez is the
leader of the Democratic party of Nicaragua, and it was
under his invitation that Gen. Wm. Walker originally
went to that country. Martinez is the leader of the
Chamorra or Legitimist party, and was always hostile
i to Walker.]
A Reckless Ran.
A man named Bill Farr was killed on last Christmas
day, at Tehama, California. Bill was a notable charac
aeter in his way. The lied Bluffs Beacon says of him;
Our readers will remember an advertisement that ap T
peared in our paper last spring, stating that Bill Farr
would fight a grizzly hear, single handed, on the 4th qf
July, at Tehama. His life seemed to be of no const)r
quencc to him. We have frequently, heard him remark
that he would as soon be killed as not; and on one oc
casion wc actually knew of his standing up very coolly
with a person as reckless as himself, each taking a shot
at the other’s hat, a distance ol fifty steps, nsitremnined
on his head. The result was that Bill’s hat was shot
through, and a small bunch of hair cut away, while the
skin on the other man’s craninmwrs laid bare for three
or four inches by Bill’s half ounce ball. Bill was a great
terror to the Indians, having killed a jjjreat many in his
time some of whom, as lip said himself, he shot to see
them fall.
Crawford’s Works.
A correspondent of the Boston Transcript writes :
It is an affecting coincidence that as the remains ol
Crawford were landed on his native shores, a bust of
Washipgtonfromhis chisel arrived for one of hisfriends.
ft is, without exception the grandest marble portrait qf
Washington; the nose especially is made the ipippsing
feature as it was in life, and the mouth has all the individ*
uality of outline without the artificial protrusion notici*
bio in many portraits. The air and expression, as well
as the execution and finish of this bust proclaim a mas
ter hand. Lovers of art and genius amongst us who
would cherish national sentiment, have an opportunity
which may not occur again, of erecting a monument which
will do honor, at once to the memory of Crawford, and
greatly promote the cause of Art in the United States.
In his studio at Rome, are cases of marble copies ut all
his works; their numbers, variety and excellence at
tract crowds of visitors. They., should be transported
to America, placed in an eligible and fire-proof building
exclusively devote’d to their conservation, and forever
remain ns u monument to his acts and an honor to his
native land. Such a tribute Copenhagen gaveto Thor
walsden, audit is the shrine of the world’s pilgrims in
Northern Europe. Imagine how beautiful would be an
arcade, the walls covered with bas-feliefs, the center
occupied by the colossal equestrian statue pf Washing:
: ton, while around were grouped the Orphesus, the Ift
i dian, Patrick Henry, the Beethoven, &e; whatan inter
esting and impressive series of figures—what a testimo
nial to the art of a young republic—what a school for the
novice—what a campo santo for the berieved friends of
Crawford, and what an enduring monument ol public
taste and patriotic love! Let some of vour citizens co
operate to advocate this idea, and it will be realized.
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