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THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADER’ PENFIELD, (lEOROIA. Thursday Morning, i .May 20,1868. ETXOOK OUT FOR YOUR ISFSpecial Notice to each Subscriber.^ - With. this issue we begin to send out our ac counts ; and as we are dunning our friends for the first time within two years, we hope to receive a ready res ponse from each and every one. We have been giving our subscribers good time—have not pressed them at all during the stringent tightness of the market, anq it is reasonable to conclude that they appreciate our gen erosity and will repay us by promptly responding to our small demands upon their purses. This delay in send ing out our bills, has caused th e finances of our office to run remarkably low; bo low that we can’t see nor touch them. In making out these accounts, it will be seen that we have been as reasonable as we eould, and have given the subscriber the benefit of every advantage. Our uniform custom, heretofore, has been to exact two dollars a year for each year that a subscriber was in arrears: but we only ask, now, one dollar a year for vast delinquences, provided two dollars are inclosed at the same time to pay for a year in advance ; otherwise, we # variably require two dollars a year for past dues. If a subscriber who ip in arrears discontinues his paper, he must inclose two dollars a year for each year that he is behind, which would make a large majority of our accounts several dollars more than to continue the pa per another year at the present price. We are influ enced to this course from a desire to retain our patrons; we would be more than happy to keep every subscriber whose name we now have on our list; and we have cer tainly made it to the pecuniary advantage or each to continue their patronage. All the accounts which we send out, will include arrearages and one year in ad vance, as will be seen in the note appended to each. We are very anxious to have our friends give us their immediate attention, for two reasons: first, is the scar city of money; and secondly, we desire to transcribe our list of names so soon as we can hear from all of them. remitting the amount of your bill, remember to state the time to which (according to the account sent) it pays. there be error or errors in any of the ac counts, we will most cheerfully correct them. Am Explanation and a Request. Some of our subscribers will find that we inclose ac counts against them for another years subscription be fore the expiration of the time for which they have al ready paid. In all such instances we intend the ac counts merely as notices to let the subscribers know how they stand on our books. They are not duns, and we beg our patrons to take due notice of that fact for we dislike to dun a friend after he is indebted to us, much less before. If subscribers wish the paper discontinued at the ex piration of the time for which their remittances pay, yte request them to inform us of their wishes when the time arrives, and not twelve months before, as it is impossi ble for us to keep an account of all such orders. The Slave, Thornton. We learn that the application of Judge Cone to the Supreme Court, for anew trial of the boy Thornton, nas failed. It is reported here, and at the same time contradicted by some, that a petition will be made to he Governor ot the State in behalf of the negro. We can say nothing as to the truth of the report. Rust in Wheat. We are sorry to learn that all the wheat, or at least most of it in this section, is being seriously injured with the rust. Some of the farmers whose grain i$ less for ward than others, are fearful of losing their whole crop. Wheat which is just blooming, or in full bloom, will suffer very seriously. Since writing the above, a friend, who is usually good authority upon agricultural topics, stated to us that he considered the wheat crop a failure all over the State. He says there is a worm in the stalk which is doing more damage than the rust. Dr. Crawford, Accepts. It affords us great pleasure to announce that Dr. N. M. Crawford has accepted the Presidency of Mercer University—to which office he was recently elected by the Board of Trustees at Americus. No better selec tion, neither as to person or ability, could have been made. He has occupied the position before, with marked success, and every true friend of the Institution will rejoice to hear that he has consented to return and preside over its interests. ’ The College has never been in a more flourishing condition than it is at present, and its future is still brighter. Each separate Department is filled with an active and industrious officer who is eminently qualified to discharge the duties of his chair, and we believe the Baptist denomination is more largely than ever united in sentiment and friendly feeling to wards it. Dr. C. will be here in time to preside at the Commencement Exercises in July next. Mrs. Bryan—Our Mother-in-law. One of the funniest things yet, is the idea contained in a communication to be found in another column, that Mrs. Bryan was our mother-in-law. Now, while we have one of the noblest, best and most amiable mothers in-law in the world, it is due to her to state that she has never catered for the public in any other way than through the gratification of the natural appetite, (and her fame for good eating is State wide) never as pired to the position of “ Editress,” nor has she ever desired to be a scribbler, of any kind, for newspapers. It is likewise due Mrs. Bryan, to state that she is not yet mother-in-law to any one. She is young—about 20 —very handsome, very intelligent, and the best female writer of whom we know aught in the Southern Coun try. * Punch to America. In allusion to the universal sympathy with which the death of Havelock was regarded in America, Punch says: We owe our cousins a hearty good wish in, return for their display of kind feelings. We can hardly wish them better than this, viz: That America may always continue to act more wisely by her children than her mother England has too often done. In that case, the Union will be spared the knowledge of the value of a single brave soldieT at a time of unexpected disaster. And if it should ever happen—who knows ? somehow the English language, let it be spoken wherever it may, has a faculty of arousing the enmity of despotism—if it should ever happen that American bayonets should cross steel from the Arsenal of Constadt, or Toulin, or Viena may the gallant Republicans have a leader like Have lock, to show them how to improve their victory. So wish England and— Punch. - Specimen of Backwood’s Eloquence. —A man on his trial for murder, having been found guilty by the evi dence, is supposed.to have been successfully defended: by his counsel in the following speech, whichi is qyjite as good a warrent for the verdict juries so ofjen Tender, as the usual reasons by which juries attempt to*justify their finding: “Thou shalt not kill.” Now if you hang my client you transgress the command as slick as grease* and as plump as a goose egg in a loafer’s face. Gcfttlemen, murder is murder, whether committed by twelve jury men or by an humble individual like my client. Gen tlemen, I do not deny the fact of my client having killed a man ? No.sueh a thing, gentlemen. Ye may bring the prisoner in “ guilty,” the hangman may do his duty; but will that exonerate you ? No such a thing. In that case you will be the murderers, Who among you is prepared for the brand of Cain to be stamped upon his hr-ow to-day ? Who, freeman? Who in this land ot liber ty and light ? Gentlemen,l pledge my word not one of you has a bowie knife. No,, gentlemen your pockets are orderiferous with the fumes of cigar cases and to bacco. You can smoke the tobacco of rectitude in the pipe of a peaceful conscience ; but, hang my unfortunate client and the scaly alligators of remorse wJU “gallop through the eternal principals of your animal viscera, until the spinal vertebrae of your anatomical construc tion is turned into a railroad for the grim and gory gob lins of despair. Gentlemen, beware of committing mur der? Beware, I say, of meddling with the eternal pre rogative! Gentlemen, I adjure you by the manumit ted ghost of temporary sanctity, to do no murder! I adjure you by the name of woman, the-main spring of the ticking time piece of time’s theoretical transmigra tion, to do no murder! I adjure you by the love you have for the esculent and condimental gusto of our na tive pumpkin, to do no murder! I adjure you, by the American eagle that whipped the universal game cock of creation, and now is roosting on the magnetic tele graph of time’s illustrious transmigration, to do no murder! And lastly, if you expect to wear store jnade coats; if you ever expect free dogs not to bark at you; if you ever expect to wear boots made of the free hide of the Rocky Mountain buffalo, and, to sum up all, if you ever expect to be anything but sneaking, low-flung, rascally, braided small ends of humanity, whittled down into ludistinctibility, acquit my client and save your country. The prisoner was acquitted, of course. I A “Modest” Compliment to our effort in Jes Jferson. The Central Georgian contains a oar Camp Ground, on the Ist day of May.■ n “° ihat we it, Dr. Houser,” requests, transfer Uto our columns. gcntlem an of of the noblest men, and n.os extraordinary our whole acquaintance, and a ‘ han onc profcs attainments in literature, and in f or bid us from Z£S&S2SSiS&<* >. -w ----m2 hatefully detest. But our paper is a newspa per, intended for the public to read, and hence, we can not expect to consult our own pleasure, exclusively, as to the matter it shall always contain; consequently, we extract the very highly appreciated,though extravagant compliments of our friend, in the Crusader. We were rejoiced to learn, after reaching home from the celebration, that the Division, after the public exer cises were concluded, initiated 22 members in their ranks. Let it be proclaimed from every stand-point, that_ the hosts of temperance are rapidly recruiting for another and yet fiercer conflict. Miller Lodge, at AVcston. We learn, by a communication from Uncle Dabney, to be found in this paper, that he had a glorious time at Weston, on the 6th instant, the day appointed for him to speak there. The pe<*s&VrtMwout in multitudes, and a temperance enthusiasm, rarely surpassed, pervaded the entire community. O be Joyful. If temperance men ever had reason to be joyful, it is at the present period. A greater power than ever be fore was witnessed or felt in our nation, is bringing thousands and tenafof thousands of our young men and lellow citizens into a frame of mind in which they will be most ready to adopt our principles, to shun the in toxicating bowl, to break from all connection with the manufacture and sale of intoxicating drinks, and to walk in the paths of true abstinence. Such a condition of things will not release us from labor; it will rather excite us to more labor, because of the increased pros pect of success. Vast portions of society will be sub ject still to the fatal delusion ; grog shops will be open early and late, rivalling and excelling the very prayer, meeting in their own neighborhood; but many of them will fall; conscience will now be doing with distillers and venders its terrific work. Multitudes of consumers will perceive that moderate drinking is most destruct ive to the operations of the Spirit of God, and will open their hand and let the cup fall to the ground. Now is the time lor temperance labor, and we sincerely hope that it will be labor most consistent with the operatious of the Spirit of God. We are happy to find temperance frequently connected with the prayer meeting, and we hope that there will be prayer in temperance meetings and a deep feeling that the salvation of the immortal spirit, as well as the property, health and life of the mise rable inebriate, are now at stake,— N. Y. Journal. Sewing Machines. Quite a number of these machines being in existence, it is a matter of considerable interest as to which of them is the machine. For cheapness, to the best of our knowledge, Grover & Baker’s (a notice of which appears elsewhere) may be had for twelve months’ in terest on the price of any other offered to the public, that interest of the rate some people have been known to charge. It is also to be as much preferred for simplic ity. But neither of these, nor both of them, constitute a good machine. As to its real merits, we give below what we find in that “wide-awake and duly sober” journal, the Augusta Dispatch: There i no question but these inventions are creating a perfect revolution in the world of sewing. W’e, the other day, alluded to the Grover & Baker t Machine. Since that time we have, in passing the store of Stovall & Cos., the State Agents, noticed them i shipping several machines to the interior. We have also been shown the following certificate from a gentleman 1 who has recently bought one ol them: Covington, Newton Cos. Ga. ) April 25, 1858. j I have been using one of Grover & Baker’s Sewing Machines for nearly two years, and I take pleasure in recommending it to the favor of all families. It is very simple, worked in all kinds of coarse and fine sewing, doing it with neatness and strength. I would particularly recommend these machines to planters and farmers, as being admirably adapted to all plantation sewing. In my county there are q number, owned in different families, and without an exception, they give universal satisfaction. John T. Henderson. Well Done Crinoline! While the doings and sentiments of Ohioans are some times rather hateful in this latitude, we can commend the course of the ladies at Cuyahoga Falls, who made a perfect “j hucking” of half-a-dozen liquor-shops and saloons at that place a short while since. It is said that at some places they were resisted, but manfully bat tered down the down the doors and spilled all the liq uor they could find. Major Wetmore, a magistrate, read the riot act to them, but the crinoline was immova ble, and marched straight on till every liquor-shop in the village had been finished. Tbe Ancient Leprosy Still Extant- The great moral leprosy which pervaded and ruined : ancient Israel, was continually manifested in such ex pressions as these : “The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.” It was a fear of moving forward in any aggressive measures upon the kingdon of darkness, or an indolence of temper which forbade any new enterprise. And the same is witnessed in our day, as much as at any previous one. The time has never come to do what the heart wishes not to have done. It is seen in individuals, in States and na tions. The impenitent sinner waits God’s time to be converted. The time ianot come that he should do his duty. The time had never come w,hen Pharaoh should let the people go. And for 26'years William Wilber force labored against this, feeling in England. And the same moral leprosy is upon many minds and hearts re lating to the annihilation’ of that scourge of the human race, the traeffic in intoxicating drinks. The time is not come, the time that society should be delivered from the scourge,; the world from the curse. It assumes various forma,ancbplifises, but it always ends in this. The time has not come for prohibition. The people are not ready. They must be brought to it by instructions moral suasion ; and when they are ripe for it, then it will be joyfully received and the people will renderitfull obedience. Not a more pestilent heresy exists than this. It readers every other state of things right, and demand ing submission. If the time is not come for prohibition tb.sn it has come for permission, or license, or free and unrestrained trade in that which sweeps all blessedness from the earth. The men who oppose prohibition be t cause the people are not prepared lor it, sit down quietly under the existing state of things as best adapted to the condition of society ; it may be license of the traffic,or something else. They would have us contented with things as they are, until some change comes over the community. But time for the right is now, to day; for the wrong never. It is time for Christ’s Kingdom to be set up all over the world and for every knee to bow, and every tongue to swear ; and for every Christian to acton this, and not wait before his part in this great work, until the Heathen, by a long course of inst/pc tion, are prepared to receive it. If the British Govern ment and the East India Company had acted on this prinoiple, instead of licensing Juggernaut and counte nancing Hindooism as the best religion under all cir cumstances, or to he winked at and tolerated, what a different state of things might now have been witnessed. Hall and Newel and Judson would never have been driven from these shores but might at once have set up the Kingdom and the Dominion. But the time had not come. Prohibition of the accursed traffic is demanded, in Britain. The death stream which has flowed there for the.last half century, ha3 been like the Danube, where every drop ; should represent a Hying soul, floating down to the ocean of eternal death. And it should he stopped. But no.;, the people are.not prepared, fat it;- they must have a qqurse of moral training. Only think of'it; moral training amid 500,000 beer and drink shops,, poisoning the people and paying a monthly tribute iijto the treasury of the State like a Grecian Argos. And what becomes of the men who see the right while the moral training goes on ? They are tied hand and foot, and their mouths are shut; and by, and by, they have died away. In the State ofNew York the time has not come for a prohibitory law; and so it was thrown aside and we were mercifully put upon a course of moral training under the excise law and told to enforce the prohibitory parts of that, and the people would, by and by, become ripe for prohibition, and where are we now l How near to it we should like to know. In Maine it has done its w’ork, but in a contrary way to its own intent ions; done it by its own loathsomeness. Society is never revolu tionized by sticking a stake at a long distance and bringing the people gradually to it, while there are ad verse influences keeping the people afar off. Nor is an individual. Nor is the time for repentance, the time to cut off the right hand and pluck out the right eye. We sympathize with our friends in England and Scotland, who are told from high authority they must not urge prohibition, but must wait for a course of moral train ing that the people may be prepared for it. What can this do but gratis/ every distiller and brewer, and ven der and consumer in the United Kingdom. They fear no moral suasion; nothing but prohibition. Howridic iculous to say the people are not prepared for it; as well say the drunkard is not prepared to abandon his cups, or the licentious man his lußts ; the slave is not pre pared for his liberty: the city, to be delivered from the ravages of cholera ; or the oppressed, from the ravages of war. Man is always prepared to be delivered from the power of evil and to he brought into liberty and blessedness. Once let the work be done, and if will be found so. We have-spoken long, but these are the great points now with temperance men ; direct action ior what is right and what the public good demands, or delay in the nope and'expectation that, by and by, the world will he in a better condition. How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God follow him ; it Baal, follow -him. If license is right, let ufc have it with all its drun kenness, poverty, crime and death- But if prohibition what end to all this drunkenness, insanity, private and public suffering, let us have that. The pople can have an if they deaire.— Jour. Amer. T. Union. * f Writf'T Hie Tfiup'.iaii”- CrfisnJcr.l human life. Written for the Album of flliss .C. Vandusen Mur phe.y opposite the picture of a summer strearh. BY W]rf..flOUSER if. D. As the sunlight on that stream Glads the dwellers of the river With its evanescent beam, Then is gone, and lost forever; So life’s gay and beauteous morn Comes to cheer us with its light: While if does our path adorn Suddenly it sinks in night. Fowls that float upon that water, Gamboling amid the spray, Symbolize each son and daughter, .Deßtined soon to pass away. .Herbs and flowers, in summer growing, By the margin of the stream,” Die when Autumn winds are blowing, So expires each youthful dream. But there is a land above us Where the flowers never fadh; (There dwell those who most do love us) By the Savior’s hand ’twas made: There the harp-notes, ever swelling, Mingle with the tide of song— All in heavenly anthems telling Forth the gladness of that throng. [Special Correspondence.] SUPERIOR COURT—SUICIDE—’ACCIDENT —“'“HAH, ROAD CONVENTION •■•-ilns. BRYAN. Augrsta, May 13th, 1858. Richmond Superior Court commenced its session on Monday, 3rd inst. As yet, no very important case has been tried. Several persons have been tried and found guitly at this term, of minor offence, such as selling liquor (without a license); stabbing (without a li cense) committing adultery (without a license.) . Surely if a license be granted in the one case, it should in all. Drunkenness has been the prolific source of all the criminal cases tried at this term. Are we a tsane people? Judging from the numerous suicides reported by the Press, the question is emphati cally answered in the negative. Some attribute the alarming increase of suicide, to the effect of strychnine whiskey! On Thursday, 6th inst., DavidW.Davidson, an Irish Israelite, committed suicide; he placed the muzzle of a musket in his mouth, and pulling the trig ger by means of his foot, discharged the contents of the gun, completely tearing his brain and skull into frag ments. Portions of the brain and skull were scattered on the floor, walls and ceiling. It was a sickening sight to behold the headless and disfigured trunk of the unfor f tunate man. The Jews of the city refused to read their burial service at the funeral, but buried him in their portion of the cemetery. On the 7th. inst. while laboring under insanity, a Mr. Lane, connected with an extensive and influential firm in Philadelphia, and who had arrived that morning by the. Georgia Rail Road train, attempted to cut his throat with a pocket knife, but was prevented from carrying his purpose into effect by Isaac Levy, Esq. who had closely watched him for some time suspectinghis design. The wounds inflicted were slight. He was in possession of a large amount of funds, which, with Mr. Lane, were very promptly taken in charge by the city authorities. On Saturday night, Bth inst. at or near ten o,clock, a tremendous explosion occurred in the lower part of the city, at the residence of a Mr. Munger, resembling i n sound the report ofa cannon. A servant woman, named Violet, the property of Mrs. Wilson, having occasion to go near a barrel which had previously contained Ker osine Oil, thoughtlessly applied the blaze of a candle'to the bunghole, when the gas arising from the oil left in the barrel, (a very small quantity) took fire, causing an instantaneous explosion, and driving the head of the barrel with great force against the breast of the negro woman killing her immediately. On Sunday night 9th inst., the toll house of the Augusta Bridge, occupied by J. W. Meredith, bridge keeper, was entered by means of a false key, and Mr. M’s pants containing the key of the safe, was taken, the safe unlocked and S4OO ab stracted therefrom. Lewis, a negro man, the property of Mr. Meredith, was arrested on Monday on suspicion and lodged in jail. The pants ot Mr. M. have been re , covered from the boy. On Tuesday and Wednesday, 10th & 11th inst., our city was enlivened by the presence ot a large number of strangers, who came down to attend the annual con vention of the stockholders of the Georgia Railroad com pany. Our Hotels were crowded with a good sprink ■ ling of handsome country belles, who look natural, fresh and buoyant, with roseate-tinted cheeks painted by the hand of nature alone, and excellent appetites, but un used to the dissipating follies oi city life. “Ham and strawberries” appear very popular with the majority of them. I was conversing not long since with an intelligent gentleman concerning the merits of the ‘ Crusader’ and its accomplished Editrees, Mrs. Mary E. Bryan. He stated his high appreciation of her writings, and that he earnestly desired to see them published in a more sub stantial form (and he is only one among many who de sire it) than that of the newspaper. He also stated, that he had been creditably informed that Mrs. Bryan was your mother-in-law. Not knowing, I could not tell him, whether his information was true or false. My impressions are that it is not true, I have imagined Mrs. Bryan as a lady scarcely past twenty-two, with the brow of the matron adorning the face of the mai den. As one “ upon whose face, as on a lovely land scape, shade and sunlight play as strong feeling sways; whose eye now flashes a beam of rapture; now lets fall a tear; and upon whose brow, as when the rainbow rears its fair arch in Heaven, peace sits and gilds the sweet drops as they fall.” As one, in whose voice “dwells the soul of mind,” and whose sighs “althongh they speak the troubles of her soul, breathes of its sweet ness.” This is my ideal; her friends know the actual. W. ! Weston, Webster Cos. Ga. May Bth, 1858. Dear Seals : I thought while resting to-day I would drop a running letter. I suppose you landed home safe. Were you highly pleased with your trip to Jefferson? The assemblage, the music, the dinner, combined to make a lovely May-day-—lovely cold-water day. There were, twenty-one initiations in the afternoon. .I spoke about two o’clock; no abatement in the interest of the meeting; and though I would have been glad, in many respects, for you to have remained, yet, as you had oc cupied so much ground l —gave the old prince so many homo-thrusts, and running up and throwing to the ; breeze our sweet white flag, fluttering- beautifully—that absolutely the “old:man” had but little to do but call up our united, forces, and shout to the charge upon what was left in his okl ugly visage. Meeting over, Houser, with his choir, played, sung and charmed us back to the Division-room. I preached on Sunday to a good, respectful and serious congregation, having stayed Sat urday night with good friend Cheatham; dining on Monday with Rev. W. D. Bussy; after staying all night (Sunday night) at Hesperia, Dr. Houser’s resi dence, and supping with Nelson Murphy, a good S. o T. and Methodist, I am conveyed to Spier’s Turn Out and take Central R. R. You may rest assured I dreaded the night of travel; who can sleep amidst the shake and clatter of a’car, piled up in a scat ? We arrive at Macon in due time ; stay a while amidst the bustle of changing cars ; soon aboard S. Western cars; pass Americus after sunrise and stop at Smith ville and get off for breakfast, which was truly accep table after a long night’s ride without sleep; soon alter I got off'the cars, the gentleman sent tor me from Wes ton Lodge K. of J., Bro. Arthur Bell, with, whom I was not acquainted, approached me; he was told to look for an old, ugly, plain-dressed mttn, and sure .enough ho hit me the first trial, among all present; we stay the balance of Tuesday, 6th May, with Mr. Ellison, a good Baptist, who treated us not hardy hospitably, but with marked friendship. Wednesday we arrive at rtiy friend Bolls; Thursday, 7th May, arrives; a mem orable day for the Temperance cause in this part of S. W. Georgia! I spoke at 11 o’clock in the Methodist Church to a large, intelligent respectful congregation ; as usual, I gave the best I could, receiving at the close twenty-one .petitions, ladies and gentlemen, to swell the gallant band of K. of .T. (Miller Lodge.) After meeting in the grove, we see standing the long, extended table, spread with all the substantiate and luxuries that any epicure could desire, awaiting the onslaught of the multitude. The Jefferson ladies must not “pout,” if I say it equalled at least any anniversary dinner ever spread in Bethany’s sweet grove; though the families about here mostly emigrated from old Burke and Jef ferson. Well now what dp you think; (and will you pardon me for saying it is but another evidence of my popularity with the ladies in Georgia;) the ladies took it info tlieir heads tp present Uncle Dabney a superb pound-cake, surrounded-with ‘beautiful bouquets ayd flowers. The sedne -ofthe presentation of the cake was in the Academy, brilliantly lit up, and a large clowd out. Rev. N. P. L. Binion, In behalf of the ladies, pre sented the cake, accompanied with remarks of a per sonal character—such ho was v-ery able to,make; he, however, I expect, confirmed the ladies in the belief—-of which the pound cake \yas evidence—that tho donor was the friend of Georgia’s daughters ; stayed aIL night Avith my amiable friend, I’ev.~Wm. Parke, who, to he known, is beloved; I know his father. To-morrow, if spared, I preach in the Methodist Church; from hence to Lunpkin. When I get home, if spared, you wilt hear from me again. Suffer me before closing to say that what I have seen ol S. W. Georgia, now is, and is cer tainly destined to be, one of the most important sections of Georgia, on tlie score of Intelligence, Agriculture— and I hope Temperance—and marked hospitality. Respectfully, D. P. JONES. P. S. Had I not swelled this to so unreasonable a length, I would describe my visit to Preston, Webster County,-to which place I was invited. I must, there ■ fore, defer this for a future number. D. P. J. MARY BALDWIN. ‘[Written for the Georgia Temperance Crusiuler.] Mary Baldwin was a beautiful, accomplished young lady of very fair complexion, dark hazel eyes, rosy cheeks and symmetrical form, with beauty and grace in every motion. - Her parents, who were wealthy, had in her early childhood, and she had been raised by a kind aunt, that had nurtured her as tenderly, and loved her as dearly as though she had been her own child. She had been raised in the lap ofluxury, and basked in the sunshine of fortune’s smiles. As she was very lovely, kind-hearted and affection ate, she was idolised by her- aunt, loved by her friends and admired by the beaux. At the time I shall introduce her to my readers, she has just arrived at sweet qighteen, and hasjusl returned from College, where she had graduated with the highest honors. And now that she has just emerged from the restraints of school, and is surrounded by loving and caressing friends, it is not at all surprising that shewas happy. Sho was enjoying all the pleasures of the pres ent, and looking forward, with foud hopes and bright anticipations, to an alluring future. But alas ! how often is it the case that our brightest hopes are blasted, and wither like the rose that is blighted in its beauty and bloom! But let me not an ticipate. Being beautiful, wealthy and accomplished, it was quite natural that she should have many” admirers; but of her numerous lovers, I shall speak of but two: Richard Clayton and Theodore Tompkins. Richard Clayton was a young man of good moral character, steady, business habits, a strong and well cultivated mind, and a noble heart. Though he was gentlemanly in his appearance, smooth in his manners, kind-hearted and obliging; yet, he did not possess any of those little graces, airs and affections so much prac ticed by the fashionable dandy. He was raised near Mary—had been to school with her, and many were the happy hours he had spent with her in childhood’s sunny days. But now he had not seen her in four long years, and she had grown from the playful little girl into the ac complished young lady. He longed to see her, and must pay her a visit. I will pass over their first meeting. Suffice it to say he was perfectly captivated by her many charms. She was so lovely, so intelligent, so artless and so affection ate, that it seemed as natural lor him to love her, as for flowers to bloom in the genial rays of spring. He had seen and been in company with many young ladies; and though he had the highest respect and veneration for the female sex; yet, he had never loved before. But now it seemed that he had met withakindred spirit and congenial nature, in this lovely being, that awa kened the tender emotions of his heart. It was a lovely summer night they sat conversing in the portico that was encircled by a blooming vine, whose sweet fragrance was wafted on the gentle breeze. The moon was shedding her silvery light around them ; the stars twinkled in the blue etherial sky; and all nature was serenely beautiful. As Richard gazed on all this, and the lovely being by his side, he was perfectly de lighted ; it seemed that he was in a land of enchant ment, or a little paradise on earth. The conversation flowed freely; the hours glided ra pidly away ; and though Richard spoke not of his own love ; yet, Man felt that she had awakened the tender passion. He paid her frequent visits, and many were the happy hours they spent together. Mary seemed pleased with and encouraged his attentions, for she was charmed with his conversation, admired his intellect, and knew him to be a worthy, noble-hearted young man. >- Business of an important character called Richard unexpectedly from home, and, perhaps, he would be gone several weeks. But before leaving, he must bid Mary a kind adieu; and he resolved, at that meeting, to tell her of his love, and learn his destiny. But when the hour came, his heart was too full for utterance. It is easy for the polished flatterer to talk of love, and flatter those for whom he cares but little; but when the young, unsophis ticated lover meets with a gentle, lovely being, upon whom he centers his purest affections, and loves with all the ardor of a young and tender heart, the emotions swell in his bosom, aud lie cannot find words to express his feelings. So it was with Richard. He concluded to wait until he had left and wr’te to her. Their part ing was sad ; he bade her a kind farewell and left with a heavy heart. Theodore Tompkins was a young gentleman of fine personal appearance —dressed in the latest style—wore a beautiful moustache—was very polite, and had a smile and a bow for every occasion. He lived in a neighbor ing town; and though he was in rather limited circum stances, he had no vocation only to live in gentlemanly style, and enjoy life as it passed. He was fine looking— very lively and polite, and was quite a favorite with the young ladies. A short time after Mary’s return from school, he paid her a visit; and being much pleased with her beauty and accomplishments, and very anxious to possess her fortune, lie resolved to win her heart. He made her frequent short calls, and as he was Very lively and fascinating, Mary was pleased, with his at tentions. He continued his visits, was very attentive and devoted, flattered her a great deal, and finally told her a flowery tale of love, asked her to he his guardian angel, and in short, offered her his hand and heart. And though he insisted on a positive answer, Mary desired moretime for reflection, promising to give him an an swer soon. He spoke eloquently of his love —desired her not to keep him long in suspense, assuring her that lie loved her to distraction, and knew that it she did not accept his proposition, he should die, as lie could not survive the shock. The next morning, Mary received a letter, and upon opening it, read as iollows: - Dear Mary: Though absent, you arc the theme of my daily thoughts and nightly dreams, lor my mind is ever wandering to the home of her whom I love. I know not how to woo in gentle strains, but believe me, dear Mary, when I tell ybu that my heait is wholly yours. Oh! could I but know that your feelings were similar to my own; and that your heart beat responsive to mine, I would be the happiest of mortals. Will you, dear Mary, accept the first afld strongest love ofa young and ardent heart, that never before worshipped at the shrine of female loveliness ? If you can return my love, and will unite yourdestiny with mine, it will be theob ject of my life to make you happy. I can appreciate your womanly worth, sympathise with yonr emotions ; and will, with a strpng arm, shield you from life’s stor my billows. United to such a gentle, lovely being as you are, I know that I would be happy; you can cheer my solitude, soothe iny sorrows, share my joys, and with a gentle hand strew flowers along life’s rugged way. Keep me not too long in suspense, for I feel that my happiness or misery hangs tremblingly on your de cision. Your devoted lover, RICHARD CLAYTON. Aiter perusing it, she sat for a long time, apparently in a deep study. She was thinking of her lovers, and the time had arrived that she must decide between the two. She knew Richard to be a worthy, intelligent, high-minded, .ngieeable young man; she had encour aged Ins attentions, and many were the pleasant mo ments she had spent in. his society. Bui of late her thoughts had-been so much engrossed with thesplcndid Mr. Tompkins, that she had thought but little ot Rich ard. Mr. Tompkins was so very handsome, polite and d> voted ;,wns so lively, and had such a pleasant way of flattering and making love, that she could not resist his fascinations. She had been told that he was a little dis sipated—had boon seen at the gaming table—frequently took a social glass, and sometimes indulged rather free ly. But was a young maiden ever known to reject a line looking, fascinating young gentleman because he was a little dissipated ? How often is l it the case that they lire HttUcred and caressed by the fair sex,■while the yottug-man of steady habits and moral, worth aro trea ted with ( oldness end contempt > In a short time, Mr. Tompkins called on Mary to learn his fate; and the result of their interview can be khown by perusing the following epistle that she Wrote Richard a few days afterward: Dear Rickard: I have long esteemed you highly as a friend, and am truly sorry that your feelings of friend ship have grown into a wanner passion, for I cannot re torn your iovc, as my heart and hahd arc already given to another., You know not how painful it is tome to re ject your suit, for I respect your feelings, and look upon you as a noble and worthy young man. I trust, how ever, that you will soon forget me, and find some other more worthy of your fovc than myself. Believe me to be your sincere friend, MARY BALDWIN. When Richard read this, he felt that a cloud over shadowed his being. He looked upon life as a dark,’ dreary, desert waste, with no blooming rose to cheer the dreary solitude. But time is a great alleviator of sorrow; and though he was ever constant to the memory of his first love, and never married another, he lived a useful, honorable life, and received the happy reward of doing good to others. And in after years, when fond memory recalled he happy hours spent with his Mary, he looked upon them as the greenest spots on memory’s waste. Theodore Tompkins married the beautiful heiress — immediately became in possession of her wealth ; and many were the congratulations he teceived front his friends upon his good fortune. He purchased a beauti ful residence in his native town, adorned it with taste and luxury, and to it carried his happy bride. In the spring-time oflife, surrounded by all the luxuries of wealth, and enjoying the society of a gentle, lovely and loving wife, it seems that he should have been happy. But in order for man to bo happy, he must have some thing to hope for. Ilad Tompkins devoted his timeand talents to some useful or honorable employment, he might have been happy—rendered his wife happy, and been a blessing to community. But he had long in dulged in habits of idleness and dissipation; and habits once formed are hard to brtlak; and now he often left the society of his lovely wife for that of the drinking and gambling saloon. As time wore on, he grew more intemperate ; and often the tender partner of his bosom was left to the sol itude of her lonely chamber till past the midnight hour. His polished manners were becoming more rude; his fine features getting coarse and bloated, and he was ra pidly pursuing the road to.ruin. Mary saw the danger of the course he was pursuing, and often, with a gentle voice, w arned him to stop before it was too late. He would resolve and promise to do better; but his appe tite for drinking and gambling had grown so st.ong, that it overcame his better resolutions; and he plunged wildly on in his mad career. In a short time, his wife’s fortune was gone—his beautiful house sold, and he and his lovely wifeand ten der babes were left to struggle with poverty and adver sity. Had Mary been raised in poverty, and used to toil and hardships, she could better have borne her pres ent condition; but she had been tenderly nurtured, and lived in ease and affluence; and now to be thrown in ab ject poverty, with a drunken husband, and none to cheer, soothe or sympathize with her, it seemed that her misery was more than she could bear. But why should I attempt to portray the misery of the drunkard’s wife? It has often been done by much abler pens than mine. The rose faded from her cheeks, and she was pale and haggard. She seldom went in company, for it was very mortifying, to one of her sensitive nature*, to be neg lected and slighted by those that courted her society in her happier days. Aided by her talents and education, she gained a sustenance for her family, and with Chris tian meekness, endeavored to be resigned to her fate, so lacing herself by looking forward to the time when her earthly toils and trials would be over, and she would have a happier home in Heaven. W. E. L. Warren Cos. Ga. * From the. Central Georgian. May-Day At Bethany Camp-ground, Jefferson Coitnty, Ga. Mr. Editor: Knowing your zeal in every cause that benefits the world, I offer you a few remarks about our May-Day down here in the Wire-Grass. It was the 9th anniversary of Baldwin Raiford Division S. of TA NARUS.; and a more lovely and pleasant day has seldom come and gone. Jno. H. Seals Esq. Editor of the Temperance Crusader, was orator of the day. We had long Known, from reading his editorials, that he was a talented and classically beautiful writer, but we were not aware of his being one of the most eloquent and beautiful speakers of his age in Georgia ; but such he undoubt edly is, as was well proven to his large audience on this occasion. I shall not attempt to repeat even a synop sis of his speech, but an item or two, even poorly given, and stripped of the polished drapery he threw around them, may not be amiss. The foes of the temperance cause, he said, had been predicting its fall because a Division here and there had died, and some who once were brethren nowswelled the ranks of the enemy—because it had not conquered the world in the short time it had been in existence. True, it had not accomplished all its sanguine friends had hoped for, but still, its triumphs were seen on every hand: in the improved moral tone of society; in the disgrace that now attaches to the business of the grog seller; in the changed habits of men about supplying alcoholic drinks to their children, and to their laborers at gatherings. The glorious gospel of the Son of God had been preached for 18 hundred years, and still, a large majority of men were sinners. Was the gospel a failure? Every reform has had its days of cloud and storm, followed, invariably, by the blaze of happy sun shine, as the agony of the cross was succeeded by the glpries of the ascension. When mediaeval darkness still shrouded the earth, the monk of Wirtemburg ven tured alone to blow upon it. Devils laughed, friends trembled.for him, and wicked, worldly men despised; but God was with Luther in the grand move he made; and though years of alternate success and seeming fai lure had attended the Reformation for centuries, the Popedom had fallen from its proud mastery of all the kingdoms in Western Europe to the condition ofa thing despised, and the present lord of the Vatican, owed his personal safety to the protection ofFrance and Austria. Did Washington despair of success, after the disas ters of Long Island and Germantown? Did he heed the roar of the rushing ice in the Delaware, and, calling off* his frost-bitten, half siarved soldiers from the unequal and seemingly hopeless strife, give up all for lost? Nay! but gathering fresh courage at every step, from thejus tice of his canse, he pushed unfalteringly onward, until the victorious shouts of his army, at Yorktown, told the brave yeomanry of America, that the tyrant’s chain was riven, and they and their loved ones were free. Mr. Seals also made some most telling hits at that le galized style of murdering people—the granting of li cense by the State, to sell grog. Were la grog-seller, said he, I’d carry my license with me wherever I went— by night and day, and when I was buried it should be placed under my head in the coffin; then, when the eternal Judge called me to account for starvings, tor ments and murders of poor, helpless women and chil dren, I’d reach back my skeleton arm for tho license, and raising it from its gloomy charnel, I’d flaunt it in His face and tell Him, here is the authority that was gi ven me by the State to do all I did. .He shows quite a fondness for antithesis, and gave us, mingled, ever and anon, with some of the finest tales on record, some erf the fines antithetical passages I retnembe ever to have heard. This has been a great day for Baldwin Raiford Divi sion. Twenty-two persons were initiated after the close of the public services ; and I got 14 subscribers, and the money, for the Georgia Temperance Crusader. Long live John Henry Beals and his most excellent temper ance paper. ‘ Your Friend, WM. IIOUSER. P. S.—Uncle Dabney was also with us, and spoke and worked as usual; and evidently, did agreat deal of good, as he always does for us on the first day of every returning May. Two couple were married in New-Baltimorc, last week, qnder peculiar circumstances. Twin sisfers married twin brothers, and the parties were 24 years old and their wedding day was the anniversary of the birth day of the brides. Good Night and Pleasant Dreams. BY W. V. WALLACE. When on its couch of rosy clouds The burning sun has sunk to rest And tired of song, the woodland brrd Is sleeping in its quiet nest — When evening lays its misty hand, On dewy flowers and prattlingstreams— How sweet to hear front lips we love, Good night, good night, and pleasant dreams. How sweet to hear from lips we love, Good night, good night, and pleasant dreams. O ! bitter is the exile’s fate, Who wanders from his peaceful cot; No gentle wish, or soothing word, Can mingle in his lonely lot, 0n some still bank of moss and flow'rs Beneath the stars’ inconstant beams, How sweet to hear from lips we love, • ’ Good night, good night, and pleasant dreams How sweet to hear from lips we love, Good night good night, and pleasant dreams. -• • Pretty Good.. When Bill Bivins was a member of the Missouri Le gislature, a member from St. Louis was making a speech ongand windy, occasionally refreshing his parched a draught of water. Bivins-rose in his place Mr. Speaker : I rise to a point of order. Speaker. Will the gentleman from Monroe state the point t s v w . „ w Bivins.— Mr. Speaker: I hold that it is out of order >r a windmill to go by water — St. Louis Herald. ■ ‘*• ‘ ‘ NEWS—HO MR AND FOREIGN, General Mr. DTsraeiuu’s resolution declaring it expedient to vest the India Government in the crown of England has passed the House of Commons. News from the continent is gcncrallv uninteresting A week s later news from India had been received ft is announced that the fortified town of Jhausi in Bundlecuud, had been captured*,after a sanguinary con test, in which the rebels suffered great slaughter. This achievement was effected under the command of Sir 11. Rose. The town oi Motah was alsoassaultcd, taken and is now occupied. Operations n the Atlantic cable are goin” forward with cautious dispatch.- More than two “thousand miles of the cable have been coiled on board of the steam vessels. The machinery for paying out is completed and pronounced by competent judges to be perfect ’ The plenipotentiaries of the powers interested, are in conference to ratify the boundaries between Russia and Turkey. They have also had submitted to their consid eration Professor Morse’s claims on Europe tor indem nification for his telegraph invention. The Professor’s prospects are favorable. Latest from London by Telegraph.—Saturday noon, May l. —The unfavorable action on the fnnds yester day, was caused by political considerations. The clos ing quotations for Consols were Jd. lower than on Thurs day. A sudden and increased demand for money, to3 day, created a further dullness. The unsettled posi tion of the Government, and the possibility ol an early dis position ofthc Derby Ministry incase of the defeat of the India bill, also acted unfavorably. The London Mom ing Herald of thfs date says that the opposition last night to the Ministerial plan was not formidable. The Daily Mews says that there is not the slightest doubt if Lord Derby is defeated on any important ques tion, that the Cabinet will be dissolved. Washington News. Washington, May 14.—1n the Senate, to-day, a com munication was received from the President of the United States, relative to the outrages on American commerce by foreign cruiseis. A message was also received from the Navy Depart ment, recommending the establishment ofa naval de pot on the coast of Georgia. Official advices from Tampico were laid before the Snate, in which it is stated that Gen. Garza had de stroyed half a million dollars’ worth of American prop erty. Garza has promised Captain Almy to behave better in future. Gen. Robles says his government is indignant at Gar za’s acts, and promises to punish him when the city ia taken. COMMERCIAL,. SAVANNAH, May 14.— Cotton. —The market con tinues quiet and prices’are very irregular. In the ab sence of quotations—which we cannot give satisfactorily —we will mention that sales of Strict Middling were made to-day at 128, and of Middling Fair 12Jc. The day’s transactions foot up 529 bales, as follows: 8 at lli, 313 at 12, 29 at 128, 121 at 12J, 58 at 12i. AUGUSTA, May 17.— Cotton —The sales since Sat uaday, 2 o’clock, amounts to 643 bales : 56 at 10J, 39 at 11, 20 at 111, 14 at 118, 356 at lli, 50 at 118, 149 at 12 cents. Receipts 193 bales. Anna Pamela Cunningham. Poets and orators have combined their sweetest strains of song and adulation—hyperbole—to portray, in colors sufficiently brilliant, the lame and glory of our immor tal Washington. His deeds have been the theme of the most thrilling and, withal, the most touching eloquence ever produced in our country. Monuments, some of which tower in majestic grandeur towards the clouds, have been raised by the hands of art to commemorate his worth. And yet, notwithstanding all this, there is one thing that the men who have ridden with him in the hour of battle, and those whose tongues have grown el oquent —eloquent as if their lips had been touched with divine fire —in depicting his virtues, and the duties which we, his blood-bought children, owe to the mem ory of those virtues, have omitted. And that is the res cuing of his grave and home from obscurity. Mount Vernon has, until a few weeks since, been the property of a private individual. Even the Mussulmen are enti tled to more credit, in this respect, than we are. They have the remains of their Prophet deposited in a splen did sepulchre, ornamented with all the taste and work manship of the most skillful workmen of the East; and the sarcophagus is erected in the city of Mecca, and held sacred and consecrated to the exemplar of their faith. Towards the tomb of the Prophetevery trueMa homedan kneels when he prays to Allah, the god ofthe Faithful. - - Every good Mussulman is bound to make at least one pilgrimage to the shrine of the Prophet during his life, else he is not considered worthy to enter the heaven of his fathers, and be there caressed by the houri of that blessed place. Though we would disdain, with indig nant scorn, the idea of drawing a comparison between Mahomet and George Washington, still, the picture is a faithful one, when viewed in the light of the compara tive respect with which the ashes of the two men are treated. But, though all the efforts of man to secure the grave of Washington as the “ property of the nation ” failed, yet, there was still a ray of hope behind. Woman had not yet raised her voice in behalf of the cause. The time had now arrived, however, when she must make an effort. That effort has been made with abundant success. To Anna Pamela Cunningham—yclept, “the Southern Matron ” —belongs the honor of having origi nated the scheme which has resulted in the accomplish ment of what the men of America had failed to accom plish. If Crawford has rendered his name “ immortal with all the worth of Washington,” has not she, tho virgin mother of this most “immaculate conception,” also claims on the American people which even time it self cannot wipe out ? Is she not entitled to the most sa cred niche in the temple of American heroes and hero ines? Miss Cunningham is said to be an invalid, and but little given to gaiety. Her thoughts are fixed on things higher than the mere gratification ofsense. Sheis busy laboring for the ashes of her country’s father! What a successful refutation do we here have of the charge that woman never originated anything truly great! She has originated and curried out the grandest and proudest en terprise our country’s history can ever boast 01. Is there an American who shall hereafter think of Wash ington, and not also call to mind the name of Anna Pa mela Cunningham, the Southern Matron.— llichmond Whig. LINGS TO ONE WHO ASKED IF THE WRITER WERE NOT AN * “ UNBELIEVER.” An unbeliever! Oh! that idle word Has all my spirit’s depth of passion stirred. An unbeliever! Sooner would I deem Life but a vision, earth itself a dream, And time a shadow, than to doubt the God Whose name the billows speak, whose foot-prints mark the sod. Oh! were the volume of God’s word revealed, Closed to the world—its page forever sealed ; Were all the temples where his praises rise Neath frozen stars, or blue and sunny skies Forever swept from the broad earth’s confines, God would not want for praises or for shrines. His love is written on the earth in flowers; I he stream that rolls, the cloud-crowned peak that tow ers. Symbol his glory, and his sword of fire xim 11 - 1 ? 9 *L e ar k cloud—a type of vengeance dire While the eternal ocean from its caves Speaks his dread name in thunder to its waves. In the dim aisles of many an ancient wood, Where droops the moss, where shadows darkly brood, And silence walks with solemn solitude, Though the rapt ear may catch no human word, J he hushed air, by the breath of prayer seems stirred, I he soul feels the o’ershadowing wing of God, And awed and reverent, kneels upon the sod. And I have gaaed, when the mysterious night Opens her star-clasped volume to my sight. The wondrous scroll, nightly unrolled on high, Where, on the eternal azure of the sky, God wrote his name in characters of fire, While seraph hands swept Heaven’s resounding lyre. And could I doubt the glorious story told By winds and woods and ocean vast and old ; Burned on the sky in words of living gold ; Hymned by the earth in anthems grand and bold: 11V 11 s , mR Volce that to each soul is given Would tell ol God, eternity and Heaven. Thomasville. ” The bloom or blight of all men’s happiness.” morning of the 2d instant, at the residence ol “ e r ar ??r ytown ’ b y Rev. R. E. M’Ginty, Cos., to Miss ELVIRA L. b LING, of Taliaferro County. On the 9th instant, by Rev. F. Winn, J. M. HU EY, of W b Co^’ toMiss MARTHA M STEWART,, oi Campbell Cos , Ga. HI IISIHSS: COMMENCEMENT. GREENESBORO* FEMALE COLLEGE. Commencement Sermon— Sunday, May 23 d, by . REV. DR. WILSON of Augusta. Examination of Classes — Monday, Tuesday and Widnts day following. Musical Concert —Wednesday night, 26th. Diplomas Conferred — -Thursday, May 21th. Popular Address — Thursday, May 21th. • publico May IS(A, 1838.