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THE TEMPERANCE CKUSAHER. PENFIELD, GEORGIA. Thursday Morning,. *... May 27, 1858. jyxoOK OUT FOR YOUR ACCOUNT. _I Notice to eaclt Subscriber.,^ We have commenced, and will continue sending out accounts; and as we are dunning our friends for the first time within two years, we hope to receive a ready res oonse 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, and it is reasonable to conclude that they appreciate our gen erosity and will repay us by promptly responding to our smaUdemunda upon their purses. This delay m send ing out our bills, has caused the finances of our office to run remarkably low; so 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 could, and have aivdn 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; 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 invariably require two dollars a year for past. dues. If a subscriber who is 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. Wc 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 of 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. A Word to Subscribers. We are devoting considerable attention to our books just at this time, trying to get them in a healthy condi tion—have employed a clerk to assist us, andifwecom mit any error or errors in the account of *any of our friends, if they will notify us of the fact, k will afford us the greatest pleasure to make everything satisfactory. We would not willingly wrong a patron out of the smallest conceivable sum, and shall most certainly not do it knowingly. So, then, if you find errors in your bills, inform us of it, and we will correct them. Accounts for Other States. We inclose, in this issue, bills against all of our pat rons residing out of this State, and hope to hear from them promptly. Receipts Will appear next week. We have been obliged, for sometime, to discontinue publishing payments for two reasons : first, because there were very few to publish ; and secondly, we have been too much engaged in trying to straighten up the books, to make out the list. Notice to County Advertisers. We inform our county friends again, after having done so repeatedly, that all advertisements must reach here by Tuesday mornings’ mail, in order to appear in the forthcoming issue of the Crusader. The outside of the paper is worked off on Monday mornings, and the inside on Wednesday mornings, commencing very early. All advertisements reaching here, after Tuesday’smail, will have to lie over. No Protection against Temptation. Were they so, Bacon would never have taken a bribe, nor would Dodd have committed forgery; Voltaire might have been another Luther; David Hume another Matthew Hale; and Satan himself might yet be in the canopy of heaven, an orb of the first magnitude. In deed, high talent, unless early cultivated, as was that of Moses, and Milton, and Baxter, and Edwards, and Wesley, and Robert Hall, is the most restive under moral restraints ; is the most fearless in exposing itself to temptation; is the most ready to lay itself on the lap of Delilah, trusting in the lock of its strength. And, alas! like Sampson, how often is it found blind and grinding in the prison house, when it might be wielding the highest political “power, or civilizing and evangeli zing the nations! The “Chief Mourner.” There is a genius in this city, yclept Hatfield who has earned a reputation in a novel manner, vhich will not greatly serve him in time of need. The detectives have his daguerreotype, as well as those of some of his confreres. He operates ingeniously, and with marked success, in a mode of financiering which a common thief would hardly have thought of. It is his wont to attend funerals, and at the customary exhibition of the corpse to press to the side of the coffin, there to mingle his tears with those of the friends of the deceased. Hence the soubriquet of ,l Chief Mourner ” has come to be his or dinary appellation in police circles and other associations where men of his character are known. While honor ing the deceased, he keeps an eye open for the living, as did the Epasian widow; and as others come near to take a last view, he contrives to relieve t heir pockets of whatever valuables they may contain. His operations had become so extensive that it was found necessary, by the bereaved, to keep their attention on the alert; and the result was the detection ofthe lugubrious gentleman of whom we have been writing. He is a shrewd finan cial man, and has been unusually successful in his pe culiar department of industry.—A r . Y. Post. Tom Marshall on Temperance. Hon. T. F. Marshall recently made an address on Total Abstinence, at Cincinnati, which was listened to by a very large audience. It consisted of a tribute to the worth of Dr. Sewell; of an eloquent defence of Temperance Society organizations; of an earnest ap peal to the temperate to unite with such societies, and a glowing description of the benefits arising from Total Abstinence. The address was full of pathos, beauty and eloquence, and was much applauded. It closed with an exultant promise to abide by the pledge taken till the day of death. The speaker laid aside his manuscript, and, with evidently very deep feeling, said : “ Every word of that was written in the deepest sin cerity. It was felt most heartily. I was confident in myself. When I look back upon that speech, I see in it a boasting, vaunting tone that makes me feel ashamed. In that speech I defied a demon—l defied the devil—and the devil attacked me and I fell. I fell, like Lucifer, through pride. I needed the lesson to teach me not to rely wholly on myself. But I have come to myself. In the beautiful words of that beautiful book which’we call the Bible, like the Prodigal Son, I have come to myselt. I go out now in a humbler mood, and modestly seek a support outside of myself; I lean upon a stronger arm r j I. 1 was to strengthen myself in this last ef if T foul. 1 del T V l re u r h ,\ s address to-night, for I feel that it 1 tall now, I shall fall never to rise M When Mr. Marshall concluded,'the audience ex pressed their gratification and sympathy most warmly and a number of them remained to grasp his hand cor dially and speak the good wishes which all who heard him felt. Diplomacy of Love. The Washington correspondent of the New York Ex press details the following story which he says is crea ting considerable gossip in the diplomatic and fashion able circles of the National Metropolis : An attache of the Spanish Embassy has long been an admirer of the only daughter of a retired Banker ot Washington—or, at least, of the “beaux yeax de sa cas sette.” The father, for reasons easily conjectured by all prudent parents, forbade the Spanish Cavalier his house. The Cavalier retired to his lodgings, and wrote the Banker a challenge, but could find no one to deliver it. On Tuesday night last, the Banker was dining with Mr. Slidell, who occupies the next house to his own on Lafayette square. While partaking of Mr. Slidell’s hospitality, his servant came in and informed him % that two persons were hanging about his house in a suspi cious manner. The Banker, whom we will call Mr. C.. requested his friend, Senator Bright, who wasoflhe party, to accompany him, and proceeded with that gen tleman to his own residence. As he entered the hall, he met his daughter in the hall, and proceeding to the [licture gallery, which was lighted only, by the hall amp which shone through the doorway, he found a man snugly ensconced under the piano forte. Seizing him by tne collar, he dragged him from his hiding place, and discovered him to be no less a personage than the Span ish attache! He discovered that the aforesaid Spaniard watfarmed with a six-barrelled revolver, which he took from him, and then kicked him incontinently into the street. As he opened the door for this purpose, he dis covered another person of the same “tribe” lurking about the entrance. At the present writing, the diplomatic corps are re presented as sympathizing with the attache. If this be l [ ue > it only proves their esprit de corps to be greater than their sense of decorum. What other fate does any man deserve who skulks into your house unde! cover the night, with arms in his hands, and when about cendiary C ? Becret ‘ n 6 himself like a burglar or an in citizens, generally, who are cognizant of this af tiyoßimendthe decisive action of Mr. C., as will . American father who wishes to protect his daugh -llvk T “ achl nations of designing foreigners, reek ing with the vices of the corrupt Courts of Europe. . Commencement Orator. We are pleased to learn that Col. R. B. Hubbard, of Texas, an old graduate pf Mercer University, has con sented to deliver the address, before the Literary Soci eties, at our next Commencement, which takes place the 26th, 27th and 28th of July next: _ An Interest in tlie Augusta Dispatch for Sale. Friend Atkinson advertises a half interest in his flour ishing and money-paying paper for sale. The Dispatch is a decided success—a paying establishment, and the opening offered by its proprietor, is a very desirable one. A Sensible Letter. The following, from a friend in Macon, speaks so much sound wisdom, and such encouraging apprecia tion of our labors, and the alterations we have made in this paper, that we cannot resist the inclination to lay it before our readers. We hope its author will pardon us for so doing, since our motive is good: Macon, Ga., May 14th, 1858. Mr. J, 11. Sears: Dear Sir: It is about time for me to renew my subscription to the Crusader. Since I be came a subscriber, the paper has undergone a number of changes; but none so favorable as the last. Thepa per is evidently a readable one now. and I have no doubt, with sufficient patronage, would be still further im proved. Long ago, I recommended Mr. Brantly to in crease the subscription price to Two Dollars, but it was not done then; it was for you to make the change, in this particular, and lam glad you did it, and trust you will be sustained in your efforts to furnish the public with an-interesting family paper. 1 became a subscri ber in May, and have uniformly paid in advance. In closed von will find two dollars, which will entitle me to the paper another year. Yours, &c., W II . Another Encouraging Letter. Such language as is contained in the following, and coming from so high a source as it does, infuses anew- Hess of life into our energies, and makes us feel strong in the assurance that we yet have friends of the right mould : Oxford, Ga., May 22d, 1858. Friend Seals : Enclosed you will find four (4) dollars, which sum pays all arrearage and entitles me to “the Crusader” until March, 1859. I ant glad that you have raised the subscription to two dollars a-year. I congratulate you upon the enlarge ment and manifest improvement of your most excellent paper. It is worthy of the cause it so nobly and porse veringly advocates. It should be a welcome visitant to everv family in the State. 31acte virtute ! Let no such word as “ lail” be in your “ lexicon” and may success, brilliant and lasting, crown your labors! Very Truly Yours, &c., L. M. S. • Liquor Mobs Protected, by Law. A case was tried at Salem, Mass., last week, growing out of the liquor troubles at Rockport in 1856, where two hundred women entered the stores of the dealers and destroyed all the liquor they could find. The plain tiffs asked damages for the forcible entrance of their premises and the destruction of their property. A ver dict was rendered in favor of defendants, the judge deci ding that liquors kept illegally for sale, having been de clared a public nuisance by law, may be destroyed by all persons without process of law; that persons have a right to use force to enter any place (not a dwelling house) for this purpose; and that any number of per sons may combine to use such force. As the women have generally been the ones to take this business in hand, the finding of the judge may be considered a de cision in favor of women’s rights. A Remarkable Genius. A letter in the Lewisburg (Va.) Era, from Braxton, says: We have, in this country, a remarkable mechanical genius, named Skidmore, who, although unah'e to read or write, without any other tool than a penknife, con structed a clock which not only kept good time, but movdd a number of automata, made to resemble a com pany of soldiers, and their officers, which made their appearance at regular intervals, and performed vari ons military evolutions. He afterwards attempted to get up a subscription to defray the expense of construct ing a clock designed to run one year without being wound up. ’I he attempt to procure the subscription failed, but nobody doubted tlie ability of Skidmore to construct the clock. He is a man of very feeble intel lect, and it is said is not able to distinguish between a five dollar bank bill and a ten. Temperance Law. The Territorial Legislature of Kansas, has passed the following stringent license law: The bill provides that before a man can procure a li cense, two-thirds of the citizenship in which he intends to pursue his traffic must decide by an affirmative vote that they are willing to allow the sale. The li cense fee is large, and he must, furthermore, enter into bonds of 85000, with three property-holders as securi ties, that he will be responsible for all damage that may ensue from his business. He can be sued by any wife or minor, through a guardian, for damages caused by the husband or father neglecting his business in conse quence of the traffic. He is held liable for the support of any pauper, lunatic or criminal, proven to be caused to be such by the business in which he is engaged. Heavy penalties, in the shape of fines and imprisonment for violation of the law, are provided for. Amusing'. The late gassy Convention, at Montgomery, were properly entertained with a baloon ascension, to show them what gas could accomplish when practically ap plied. It is a pity that Messrs. Spratt, Wm. Walker and John Mitchell had not accompanied the Aeronaut, and struck a bee-line tor Africa or the moon. As it was, if we are to credit the editor of the Columbus Sun, who was at Montgomery, anew impulse was given to Southern enterprise on at least one plantation. Os this ascension, the writer says: “After travelling about 15 miles, the iEronaut, find ing a good place to descend, commenced discharging, and came down in a large plantation 14 miles from the city, to the great consternation of the overseer and dar kies, the former putting spurs to his animal to make good his escape, and the negroes—with the exception of one, who, from feebleness and fright, was unable to tra vel—took to their heels. The old negro left behind, took up courage, and determining to meet his fate, ap proached, with extended arms, what he supposed his Jesus, exclaiming that he had been waiting for him these forty years.” We think the above a very appropriate termination of this last wholesale farce. What Drunkard Means. .Sonic one answers this question afier the following style—we know not the author—and in the absence of that knowledge, appropriate the article: Lest I should seem to claim too much for the name of God and thus lose all, I will take a few illustrations and show that the names ofall things designate our notions of those things, and that the name enlarges in propor tion as our notions enlarge. For example: What is meant by the word “drunkard?” it is a name; and what is implied in this name ? To the unthinking, it means nothing more than a worthless, disreputable, despicable wretch. To the rum-seller, it means a poor ragged, thirsty customer, who brings his pay in small sums; who is always thirsty, always profane, and al ways welcome when he has money. But to his family what a different meaning the name of “drunkard” lias! It means a faithless husband, a brutal father, an ever lasting shame, and a perpetual dread. And what does this word “drunkard” mean to the thinking man, the philanthropist, and the Christian ? It means a violator of the laws of healtli and decency ; an offender against the duties and charities of home; a neglcctor and despiser of morality and religion. A blot, a stain, and a burden. A living libel on his race. An outcast from the decencies of life; a poor, pitiable of- 1 V ‘° V 3 tl f®, troying evei- y fair thing in his body ev?sTndX a nd U Vhl f b i?T" g L bluß h eß and tears to the his bedln hell 8 1 nbout hlm ’ 18 to make Mupoleou Nun in Danger. spirit of the band who are said lo ho sm . bdued J he by the most fearful oaths, to compass Napoleon. The New scon extracts from a private letter, recamty w,iu‘,•“ Pans, giving a full description of a band grenade ,oZ hundred of which have been completed in Paris and are ready to be thrown at Napoleon 111., whenever an opportunity offers. They are described as a great im provement on those used by Orsini. The following is a part of the description: “The lower part Os the infer nal machine is filled with powder, prepared in a man ner only known to the inventor, an ounce of which has more expansive force than one hundred pounds of the best Dupont. Above the powder is placed a thin plate of copper, furnished in the middle with a tube, through which the fire is cornniunicated to a resinous inatcrial, or kind of lava, which once kindled cannot be exting uished, and which increases in intensity on the applica tion of water a single drop being sufficient to destroy fife. The upper part of the instrument is drilled with holes filled with sharp steel points with a piston and percussion cap, the explosion of which, communicating with the tube, ignites the whole of the deadly com pound, and scatters destruction on all sides. The rea son Orsini’s projectiles failed of their object, is said to be, that they were not filled with “the lava,” or un quenchable fire which some scientific assassin linssincc discovered.” Upon this, the Journal of Commerce remarks: ‘ We would hope that the powers of the above insru ment are much exaggerated, or that the vigilance of the French Police wilt detect its possessors before they can have another opportunity of testing its qualities. The letter, a part of which we saw, was written, we are informed, in perfectly good faith, by one who is fanati cal enough to believe that “tyrannicide ” is a laudable act, and not, ns all honest men must consider it, cold blooded, dastardly murder. Anniversary of lire American Anti-Slavery Society. The Herald 4- Tributte of the 12th inst., contains full reports of ...the first day’s proceedings of the American antt-Slavery Society, which convened in its twenty-fifth annual session at Mozart Hall, New York City, on the 11th inst. The Herald says: The twenty-fifth annual saturnalia of the conglom erated isms composing the Garrisonian American anti- Slavery Society commenced yesterday morning at Mo zart Hall, Broailway, with the usual incongrous assem blage. There were ‘black spirits and white,’ of every shade; strong-minded women, with diminutive hoops, eyeglasses, green spectacles and unfashionable bonnets ; weak-minded men, with a superabundance of hair, and an evident predilection for the Grahamite diet, and the usual scattering of old ladies, blue stockings, silly girls and noisy little boys. Though the meeting was called for ten A. M. theaudience collected slowly,and at twenty minutes after ten, the hour for commencing the per formances, the room was nearly half full. After the platform had been partly filled with men, women and blacks, and the old ladies had subsided into a quiet body of friendly gossip, the President of the Society, Mr. Wm. Lloyd Garrison, opened the meeting by reading a de tached portion of Scripture, designed to show a bibli cal opposition to slavery. The reading was followed by a prayer from the Rev. Mr Collyer, of Pa.—that by a report from the Treasu rer, that by a letter from tne Hon. J. B. Gidctings, and then a series of resolutions were read by Mr. Garrison, from which we extract the following, for the edification of our readers: Resolved , That chattel slavery is delineated in its whips and ehains, its yokes and thumb screws, its pad dles and branding irons, its drivers and blood hounds, its scourgings and mutilations, its bloody persecutions and horrible cruelties, its abrogation of the marriage institution and enforced licentiousness, its atheistic as sumptions of power aboveall that is called God, its dev lislx nature and accursed aim, its thronging perjuries and shocking blasphemies; and the steady growth and constant expansion of a system so frightful, arc so de monstrative proof that to this nation most justly applies the description of the prophet: ‘Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood— judgment is turned away backward, and justice stund eth alar off; for truth is fallen in the street, amPbrtnity cannot enter; and he that dcpartclh from himself a prey.’ Resolved, That the day has gone by (it it here at the North,) to frame or to offer behalf of southern slaveholders, but having rWWcd themselves to be the enemies ot freedom universlilly, merciless and profligate in spirit, desperate and heaven defying in purpose, and bent on eternising their terrible oppression, they are to be classed among the most dan gerous and depraved of the human , race, and treated accordingly. Resolved, That it Christianity is, in its spirit and aim hostile to the existence of slavery, tlien the religion of this country, which gives its sanction and protection to slavery, is not Christianity, but corrupt and apos tate. Resolved, That if Christianity is not inimical to slav ery, then the millions who are groaning in bondage have nothing to hope, but everything to fear from its preva lence; and though the earth should be filled with such a religion, it would still witness the triumph of despot ism, and the oppression of the poor and needy. Resolved, That we register our testimony against the American church, the popular religion, and the govern ment ol the United States—because, by their deliberate consent and active co-operation, four million of our countrymen arc held in the galling chains of bondage, whose ernanciaption is resisted by them with exceeding obduracy of spirit and malignity of purpose. Resolved, That the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Dred Scott case, ought to be indignantly protested against, and resisted at all haz ards, by every State in the Union that has any regard for its sovereignty or for the safety and liberty of its cit izens. [Applause.] Resolved, That the consumption of border ruffianism and lawless usurpation, in regard to Kansas, has been ignobly achieved by the present iniquitious national ad ministration, in forcing through Congress, by the most corrupt devices, the “ bill of abominations” submitted by Mr. English for the admission of that Territory as a State into the Union, on conditions unheard of since the adoption of the Constitution, most insulting and utterly degrading in their nature, mingling bribery, intimida tion and proscription, in equal proportion, and therefore to be indignantly spurned by the people of Kansas at all hazards. Resolved, Thatthe ‘revival of religion,’ which has swept over the country with contagious rapidity during the last three months, is manifestly delusive and spu rious, exceptional cases to the contrary notwithstand ing ; because it has expressly excluded the millions in bondage from all consideration—has multiplied “its con verts as readily at the South as at the North—has ex cited no opposition in the midst of universal, all abound ing corruption and profligacy—has received the sanc tion and co-operation of the most pro-slavery divines and journals in the land—has operated (as it was evi dently designed) to strengthen a church which is ‘ the bulwark of slavery,’ and to divert attention from the work of practical righteousness.” After the introduction of these resolutions, speeches were made by Charles Lenox Remond, (black); Wen dell Philips, (white) Miss Francis Ellen Watkins, (black); Wm. Garrison and Edmund Quincy, (white); in which the American church and the American Con stitution, the Democratic party and the revival, James Buchanan and Edward Everett, with many’ other per sons and things, were ridiculed and denounced. Tltc Political Condition of Europe. The Paris correspondent of the Boston Traveller writes as follows, on the political condition of Europe: You may depend upon it, this imperial enthusiasm of the interested, this boasted imperial action, is destined to experience a terrible reaction, the like of which the world has never seen. Glance over all Europe and see how delicate is the posture of affairs in general. Sardinia and Naples are on the eve of an open rupture on their differences re specting the steamship Cagliari. The effervescence in Lombardo Venitia is so great, that the Austrian Gov ernment has deemed it prudent to send three additional regiments thither. Since 1848, there has not been so much agitation in Lombardy and Venice. A few nights ago, M’me Strozzi, a Venetian lady of rank, entered the Fenice, wearing, by accident, a head dress adorned with yellow and black feathers (these are the Austrian co lors.) The moment she was perceived, such a clamor was raised in the Theatre that she was instantly ob liged to retire, and to call upon Austrian officers for protection; a good many arrests were made, and the next night the Theatre was closed “by order.” When ever a play is brought out in which conspirators ap pear, they are vehemently applauded. A short time since, the stage directors of some play required the Doge of Venice to appear in old costume. Such frantic applause as greeted this image of the past, so dear, was never commanded even by Taglioni or Rubini in their prime. At Padua and Paiva (both still scats of Univer sities, faded though their splendor is) the students sent twenty francs to a cure, with a request that he would say mass for the soul of some deceased person, at an appointed time, without, however, letting him know for whom the mass was intended. The students went to the church in a body, and sang una voce the requiem, announcing it was for the repose of Orsini’s soul. It was the trial of Orsini, M, Jules Favrc’s speech and Orsini’s letter which has roused Italy to a fever scarcely lower than that which fired the Peninsula in 1848. The relations of France and Switzerland are far from being satisfactory, the Federal Government of Switzerland being strongly opposed to the establish ment of new consular agents in towns on the Helvctio Gallic frontier for military reasons, while France threat ens Switzerland with retiring the exequatur from all Swiss consuls in France if the new consuls are not ac cepted. The position of France and England is also unsatisfactory, for not only the alliance is in the same weakened condition, but the occupation of the island ot Pcrim by England, is looked upon as a violation of ex isting treaties, which the interests of France and Rus sia require them to resist with energy. Marshal Polis sier leaves this week for London, and the papers say “the alliance depends upon the reception he, and the propositions he carries, meets.” ‘Phis is a rumor ailoat, that all the generals, especial ly those of the engineering corps, who served in the Crimea, “ will avail themselves of the opportunity ” to present their homage to the Queen. If they do go t<Jj England, it is merely to make a military rcconnoisan(?fH with that perfidy habitual to this race, under the guisci| of a friendly visit. Marshal Pelissier is not only ac companied by the-usual legation, but he is attended with his staff, ordinance officers, and aides-de-camp. All this looks disagreeable. Condensed History of Steam. • About 280 years B. C.„ Hero of Alexandria formed a toy which exhibited some of the powers of stoum, and was moved by its power. A. D.430, Anthemius, an architect, arranged several cauldrons ol watc., each covered with the wide bottom of a leathern tube which rose to the top, with pipes ex tended to the rafters of the adjoining building. A fire was kindled beneath the cauldrons, and the house was shaken by the efforts of the steam ascending the tubes. I ms is the fust notice ot the power of steam recorded. ooQ .’ll!’ Jun ? 17 ’. D. Garoy tried a steamboat of -09 tons with tolerable success, at Barcelona, Bpain. It constated ot u cauldron of boiling water, and a move able wheel on each side of the ship It was laid aside Garoy iaCUCaWe ‘ A prcßent ’ however, was made io the- Mafmfijnf'w' 1 eng iV e in England was in A D l , 1663 4 Worcester s “History of invention,” England?’ eWCOmcn made the firat *t<*m engine in In 1718, patents were granted to Snvary for the first application of the steam engine. In 1764, James Watts made the firsfperfect steam en gine in England. In 1776, Jonathan Hulls set forth the idea of steam navigation. In 1778, Thomas Paine first proposed this application m America. In 1781, Marquis Joufl'roy constructed one on the Stone. In 1785, two Americans published a work on it. In 1789, William Symington made a voyage in one on the Forth and Clyde Canal. In 1802, this experiment was repented. In 1787, John Fitch, of Philadelphia, navigated a boat by a steam engine on the Delaware. In 1793, Robert Fulton first began to apply his atten tion to pteam. In 1793, Oliver Evans, a native of Philadelphia, con structed a locomotive steam engine to travel on a turn pike road. The first steam engine that crossed the Atlantic was the Savannah, in the month ofJune,lßl9, from Charles ton to Liverpool. (Daniel Bryan’s Oath. Moskoi the temperance stones of the day are weak \ and washy dilutions oftlie preceding ones; but the fol lowing has a startling vigor. Daniel Bryab, as appears from the context, had been a lawyer of eminence, but had fallen, through intoxication, to beggary and a dy ing condition. Bryan had married, in his better days, the sister of Moses Felton. At length all hopes were given up. Week after week would the fallen man lie drunk on the floor, and not a day ot real sobriety marked his course. I doubt it another such ease was known. He was too low for conviviality, lor those witii whom he would have asso ciated would not drink with him. All alone iji his office and chamber lie continued to drink, and even his life seemed the offspring of his ju". It was early spring. Moses Felton had a call to Ohio. Before lie set out li visited his sister. He offered to take her with him, but she would not go. But why stay here, ’ urged the brother; “you are laded away and disease is upon you. Why should you live with such a brute ?” J . Hush, Moses, speak not,” answered the wife, keep tngback her tears. “I will not leave him now, but he will soon leave me—he cannot live much longer ” At that moment Daniel entered the apartment. He looiied like a wanderer from the tomb. He had his hat on and a jug m his hand. “Ah, Moses, how are ye?” be gasped, for he could not speak plainly. I lie visitor looked at him for a few moments in si lence. 1 nen, as his features assumed a cold stern ex pression. lie said with a strong emphasised tone: “Hamel Bryan, I have been your bestlriend but one. My sister is an angel, but matched with a demon. I have loved you Daniel, as I never loved man before; you were noble, generous and kind; but I hate you now, loi you are a perfect devil incarnate. Look at that wo man. She is my sister; she might now live with me in conii oit, only she will not do it while you are alive; yet vvhen you die she will come to me. Thus do I pray t ' ,at . 9° tl , wi ll 80011 give her joys to my keeping. Now, Daniel 1 do sincerely hope that the first intelligence that reaches me from my native place, after I have reached my new home, may be—that — you—are—dead /” “Stop, Moses, I can reform.’"’ “ You cannot—it Is beyond your power. You have bad inducements enough to liava reformed half the sin- Iners in creation, and yet you are now lower than ever before. Go and die, sir, as soon as you can, for the mo ment that sees you thus shall not find me anion” the mourners.” s e y es flashed, aud iicdrew himself proudly up. Go, lie said with a lone ol the old powerful sarcasm, I go to Ohio, and I’ll send you news. Go, sir, and ! watch the post. 1 will yet make you lake back vour I words. ‘ J “Never, Daniel Bryan, never ?’’ “You shall! I swear it!” With these words, Daniel Bryan hurled his jug into tlie fireplace ; and while yet a thousand pieces were fly mg over Ihe floor he strode from the house. Marv fainted oil the Hoor. Moses bore her to the bed, and then having called in a neighbor, he hurried away, for the stage was waiting. bor a month ] )aniel moved over the brink ol the grave, but he did not die. ‘"One gill ol brandy will save you,” said the doctor, who saw that, the abrupt removal of stimulants from the system that for long years had subsisted on almost noth ing else, was nearly sure to prove fatal. “You can surely take a gilland not take any more.” “ Aye,” gasped the poor man, “ take a gill and break my oath. Moses Felton shall never hear tfln brandy or ruin killed me! If the want of it killed me, then let me die! But I won’t die; I’ll live till Moses Felton shall eat his words.” He did live ! an iron will conquered the messenger that death sent I)rii}icl Brymi lived. Tor one month he could not walk without help-joyful, prayerful help. Mary was his help. A year passed away, and Moses Felton returned to v ermont. He entered the Gourt House at Burlington, and Daniel Bryan was on the floor pleading for a youit” man who had been indicted for forgery. Felton started with surprise. Never before had such torrents of elo quence poured from bis lips. Fhe charge was given to the jury and the youth was acquitted. The successful counsel turned from the court room and lie met Moses Felton. They shook hands but did not speak. When they reached a spot where none others could hear them, Bryan stopped. J “ Moses,” he said, do you remember the words you spoke to me a year ago?” “ I do, Daniel.” “ Will you take them back—unsay them now and for ever ?” “Yes, with all my heart.” “Then I am in part repaid.”- “ And what must be the remainder of the payment ?” asked Moses. / “I must die an honest, unperjured man! The oath that has bound me thus far was made for life.” That evening Mary Bryan was among the happiest of the happy. No allusion was made in words to that strange scene of one year before ; but Moses could read in both the countenances of his sister and her husband the deep gratitude they did not speak. And Daniel Bryan yet lives, one of the most honored men in Vermont. Five times has he sat in the State Legislature, thrice in the Senate, and once in the halls of the National Congress. Disabilities of California Bachelors. An act has been introduced into the California As sembly to exempt from attachment, execution or gar nishment, one month’s wages, not exceeding one hun dred and fifty dollars, of married mechanics, [laborers and clerks, and of persons having under their*” charge, and dependent on them for support, fathers, mothers, minor brothers or sisters, children of a deceased wife 01- other orphan children. On this proposed preference of married to single men, a bachelor writer in the San Francisco Bulletin sorrow fully comments as follows: “The Yankee notion ot.puttingali the burdens of tax ation and government upon single men is becoming alarmingly prevalent throughout tlie whole country, and it won’t be long before they (the bachelors) will have to organize for their own protection. The washerwoman imposes on us—the land ladies tyranize over and bully us—the married men “snub” us—and the law-makers fleece us in eveiy way imaginable, beside making odi ous exceptions to ourdisadvantage. If a war breaksout, whoso proper a volunteer for a ‘bould soger boy’ as your bachelor ? The whole community call on him to go to the wars, and be a candidate for glory and food for powder. It does’nt seem to make any difference, say these kind-hearted people, if he does get killed—there is nobody to care for him; never considering that the poor fellow might have a care tor himself. And thus they continually irritate, annoy and badger us, like a bull in a ring, until, fn a fit of desperation, the poor bachelor ei ther throws himself away on the first petticoat that comes in his way, or else takes to the sea, the field, or —poisons.” This system of legislating in favor of married men as against the bachelor, is by no means a Yankee no tion, or modern invention, it having been carried out by the Greeks, Romans and Hebrews. They have a queer way of doing some things in Illinois. Two lovers wanted to get married, but the girl’s mother would’nt consent, and she being of age, the gentleman sued out a writ, of habeas corpus, and the mother was compelled to bring the daughter tocourt. The judge asked the girl whether she wanted to marry Smith ? She said “ yes,” and he married them. [Special Correspondence.] SUICIDAL ATTEMPT-EPISODE IN CITY LIFE—NEW INVENTION. Awujsta, May 21st, 1858. A man by (lie name of Hendricks, hailing from va rious pbces, attempted, on the 13th instant, to commit suicide by plunging into tlie Savannah River, and thus find a “ watery grave,” but was prevented by several by-stauders, who carried him lo his hotel. That night, lie made an attempt to cut a negro, but was overpow lercd, after some resistance, by the police, and immedi fcaK r put in closo*confinement. He has refused to par- Btc food of any kind, and seems determined to commit wieide by starving himself. A little, amusing episode in human life, occurred, a short while ago, in this city. A gentleman, whose jealousy had become excited at a little, trivial act of politeness shown Ins amiable spouse, determined to “loose the silvcrchdrd” of life, by taking a quantity ol arsenic. An intimate friend olhis,know ing his .intentions, watched him closely, and perceiving hint coming out of a drug store, immediately purchased some arrow root, and followed liis friend into the store where his friend held forth, and soon found an opportu nity of exchanging his paper o farrow root for his friend’s paper ojfarsenic. At night, this jealous individual, who had been partaking, alt day, of the. contents of his friend’s paper, told his w'ife that he was going to die— that lie had been eating arsenic all day, and that she had better send for the (Jpetor. The doctor cnino, and felt the pulse of the supposed dying man. * All was smooth and regular. Symptoms wore that of a healthy man. Ibe doctor informed him that there was nothing the mutter with him. The .patient replied: “Oh, yes, but there is, Doctor ! lam bouncf to die ! It is in me, and it is bound to kill me !” “ What is in yon ?” asked the Doctor. “Ar-se-iiic—there in that paper!” said the dying one, pointing to a paper on the table.’ The doc ur P i! Ckß “ UP ’ examined and analyzed it carefully. it a good-humored smile, he quietly informed his patient that it he would swallow two eggs—some flour, et cetera, that lie would have a nice pudding already made. I had the pleasure, a few days since, of viewing nil invention of our talented fellow-citizen, W. H. D. W. Read, Esq., for the purpose of impressing upon sacks designed for holding flour, the name of the. mill, weight and brand of flour. He has made several experiments Withit, and finds it capable of making impressions upon 200 hags per hour. He designs making some improve ments upon his present model, whereby his power will be doubled, making 400 impressions per hour. It is simple in its construction, afld can but be a great saving to large mills to use them. Mr. Read is a mechanic with an active and enlarged mind. He deserves success and encouragement, W. f Written fur the Georgia Temperance Crusader. | IIOKAI K’S t ntiST IN NEW YORK. Hoiatius breathed a fervent prayer To BaCchus, the God of wine, To let him visit the world and see The worshippers at his shrine. Old Charon ferried him o'er the Styx In a craft propelled by steam : So swiftly they moved that Horace stared Around him as in a dream. Passengers ready stood on the shore, In densely-crowded ranks, And eagerly handed in their fare In bills on broken banks. “Where now,” asked the bard of ancient Rome, “ Are the oboli of yore?” “In the tombs of Senators,” said his guide, “They pass current here no more.” “ Vale, amice, redeam,” and lo! The boats have left the strand: One hurries on to the realms of the dead; One sails to our Western land. In New York, at last, the poet’s shade Strolls slowly up to the bar Os the Astor House, where a fast young man Drinks punch and puffs a cigar. He takes a glass in his meagre hand ; “ What! ice instead ot snow ; We cooled our wines far better than this Two thousand years ago.” “ Now, what will you take to drink, old fell A punch, or cobbler or smash ? Its my treat, you see,” said the Bowery boy, “Suck ahead, I’ll pay the cash.” He sips hut once, and his wrinkled brow Contracts in a hideous frown, “ It is not Maroneau mild, but fire,” And lie dashed the goblet down. With a haughty air he strode away Down the street, but halted soon ’Mid a crowd of Dutchmen at the door Os a lager beer saloon. When lie saw Hans swill a mug of ale His mind went back to Rome; He thought of the Tiber’s yellow wave, And its crest of froth and foam. When the night had come, he wandered down To a grog-shop under the ground. And stopped to gaze for a moment there, On the tnotly throng lie found. There were rowdies, and gamblers, and thieves, And loose women —black and white, A drunken fiddler and dancing sots, And a huge jug just in sight. Forgetful, alike of time and place, “Evoke!” he shouted aloud: For he seemed amid the revels wild Ot a Bacchanalian crowd. Next day, at a dinner, an unasked guest, He drank a toast in Champaigne; They said ’twas wine, but to taste the grapes, His palate tried in vain. “ ”l is as harsh as vilest Pramnian wine,” He said with watering eyes ; But his voice was drowned in the awful din Ot songs and boisterous cries. While corks were popping he took his flight, And entered a drunkard’s door, And saw only a half-starved wife and child, And a bottle on the floor. He hurried away, witli a heavy heart, From this dismal scene of woe, Glad enough to leave our wretched world, And go to the one below. There he told his eager friends a few Os the wondrous things he saw; That the shrines of Bacchus were open still, And his priests sustained by law; That the fire which once on altars flamed, Now heated the poisoned wine; And that men quaffed worse than hellebore,. Not the juice from the gen’rous vine; That the humble worshipper’s Lares dwelt In bottles in cupboards old, While the wealthy hid their housegold god In decanters decked with gold. Athens, Ga. MERLIN. [Written for the Georgia Temperance Crusader.] “ Never Give up the Ship,” Were the dying words of a noble captain, in a most gloomy time ; and it should be, and 1 believe is, the watch-word of the friends of the temperance cause. With this motto, may we not hope that the temperance cause will yet prevail ? Whenever%ny great enterprise has been undertaken, for the bettering of the condition of the human family, opposers have not been wanting to prove the sincerity of the friends of the cause. And all history shows that every great enterprise have each had their reverses; and the greater the cause the darker the clouds that have threatened destruction to the friends of it. When the down-trodden colonies of these United States conceived the design of throwing off the galling yoke of tyranny, they were esteemed and treated as outlaws and felons; but not ashamed of their noble de sign, they took up arms to carry it into execution; but what do we behold ! as it were, ahandful of half-armed, half-clad soldiers, flying before overwhelming numbers of well-armed and disciplined enemies! and no doubt the British thought that the rebels would soon lay down their arms and sue for pardon; and many that had taken up their arms in the cause of freedom, seeing—as they thought—that there was no chance for success, did de sert. But the Father of his Country, finding a response in a few hearts that beat in unison with his own, watched every movement of the enemy, and lost no opportunity to make a step towards his darling end. So, with un faltering steps, and indomitable courage, and unyield ing patience, the cloud-capped mountain-difficulties are, one after another, surmounted, and the storm that threatened destruction passes harmlessly by, until, at last, the eagle of liberty spreads her majestic wings from the Atlantic to the Pacific. But a greater cause, with greater opposition, against more fearful odds, wc behold in the mission and work of the despised Nazcrcnc. Let the story of Calvary; the imprisonment and torture of the Apostles; thecon flagrations of Rome; the blood-streaming mountains and valleys of Piedmont, with Bartholomew slaughter, tell, in part, the tale of opposition. And yet, in opposi tion to the whole concentrated power of depraved hu man nature, in concert with the prince of darkness, the scheme of redemption is unfolding itself from sea to sea. and from the rivers to the ends of the earth. These imperfect pictures that wo have been sketching, prove that there is an invisible Hand that can curb ti c raging tempest; and that when He designs to bring a blessing upon a people, He prepares instruments of clay as the effective cause to bring it about. With these reflections, should not the friends of tem perance be encouraged ! Is not the seal of Divine ap proval set upon the work ? Is not the temperance cause a cause of inconceivable magnitude ? Then, with the Divine promise as our staff, and love, truth and human ity as the implements of our warfare, let us keep up the fight— ramparts must be broken up—heights must be scaled—defiles must be passed, and the tri-colored ban ner kept floating to the breeze. Let us remember that though our prospects may be blighted—though professed friends may desert us; yet, the cause is the cause of humanity. Keep it continually before the people, that there are scores of helpless mothers and children groan ing under wlmt some are pleased to call liberty ; keep it before the people, that drunkenness promotes every other vice; keep it before the people, that every person who, by precept or example, leads a youth to partake of the ensnaring cup, is guilty of blood. Wc believe the friends of the cause will work, and that their labors will, sooner or later, be successful. Cherokee, May 1 ~>th, 1858 W. DRUMMOND. Aii old lady of my acquaintance lias lour daughters with the following names: Clementina, Wilhehnina, Martina and Mazin Ann. I remarked to her, on hear ing them, that the last was a very singular name, and asked her how she came to think oi it. “Why, you see,” she said, “I got tired o’ fancy names, and conclu ded to give her n good Scripter one.” “Ah!” I said, thoughtfully, vainly taxing memory to recall the por tion of Holy Writ in which it appeared, “I cannot re member ever seeing it there.” “Wefl,” she replied, convincingly, “von don’t read your Bible then. Didn’t you never hear of* Mazin’ Grace, how sweet the sound?” Os course I remembered it, and acknowledged my un heard-of forgetfulness. gentlemen took the cr.rs at Portsmouth for Boston the other day, and entered into conversation on the route. When they reached the depot at Boston, they found they were both going to the same street in Charlestown. It proved, finally, that they were des tined to the same house, and when they arrived there, they were introduced to each other as brothers, by the gentleman of the house, also a brother. Neither of the three had met the others for 24 years. They were Scotchmen. Iho one at Charlestown had been in this country 19 years; one of the others had just arrived Iropi Hgypt, where he had been in the service of the Pa sha for 22 years; and the other had spent 16 yearß in the Hast Indies. Death of HrigadierUencral P. F. Smith St. Louis, May 19.—The death of Brigadier-General Persifer F. Smith took place at Fort Leavenworth on Sunday last, the 10th inst. He was a native of Penn sylvania, but appointed to a position in the army from Louisiana. He originally entered the army as Colonel, on the 27th May, 1846, and received the Brevet of Ma jor-General on the 30th August, 1847. His appoint ment as Brigadier-General was conferred on the 30th December, 1850. Gen. Wm. S. Harney, it is announced, will succeed Gen. Smith in command. Washington News. Washington, May 19.—1n the Senate to-day the fish ing bounty repeal bill was passed by a vote of thirty to twenty-five. The House adopted a resolution requesting the Presi dent to communicate to Congress copii sos all documents relating to the transfer ol the Sloo grant. The appropriation bill is up. Mr. Boyce made an important report in favor of the modification of the tariff, in which he ignores all protec tion. The government asks Congress to authorise anew loan of $15,000,000. Judge Loringto-day took his seat as one of the Judges of the Court of Claims. The President has qommuiiicntcd to the Senate a message, in which he states that he has instructed Mr. Dallas, at the Court of St. James, to demand the dis missal of the British officers who recently outraged our flag on the Gulf; and also pecuniary satisfaction, in case of loss. He also stated that he intends to hold Spain responsible for the outrages permitted in her wa ters ; and insists that prompt measures shall be taken to prevent a recurrence of such interferences. Several ships have been ordered to cruise on the coast of Cuba, correspondent of the Louisville Democrat writes as follows: “A heartless mother, a miss Jane Eads, and her sister, went into the woods, in Carroll county, where they live, and there Miss Jane gave birth to a child. Immediately after it was born, it was bu ried in a shallow pit, without being dressed, a little earth thrown on it and some stones placed above to conceal the spot. It was found several days afterwards by some hunters’ dogs. An inquest was held, when the sister swore she heard the child make a noise after the earth was thrown on it. I also learn that the mother says her sister hung it with her handkerchief until she thought it was dead, but when she laid it on the ground and found it still alive, she struck it on the head with a stick. It is said their mother persuaded them to com mit the crime. All the parties have fled.” “Steel your heart,” said a considerate father to his son, “ for you are now going among some fascinating girls.” “I had much rather steel theirs,” said the un promising young man. 7 “ The bloom or blight of all men’s happiness.” By Rev. R. E. Mills, on the 24th ult. Thos. J. Horn and Miss J. C. H. Darsy, all of Pulaski county. By Rev A M Spalding, on the 11th inst. George W Bradshaw and Frances A Woous, all of Floyd county. By llcv .Tesscc Lamberth, on the 11th inst. Gustavus Lego, of Franklin county, and Susan A. Thomas, of Floyd county. By Rev S G Hillyer, Thomas Greene Might, of Rome, and Mary Alice Jones, of Floyd county. By the Rev. M. C. Smith, on the 9th instant, the Rev. AMOS DA\ IS, ol the Florida Conference, lo Miss M. E. ROBERTS, daughter of the Rev. David Roberts, of Decatur County. On the 13th inst by the Rev. James Key, Mr. T. J COLVIN to Miss ESTELLA SMITH, all of Georgia. In Macon, by the Rev. Mr. Breck, on the sth inst GEORGE H. HAZLEIIURST, Chief Engineer of the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad, and Miss IRENE, WINGFIELD, daughter of James A. Nisbct, Esq., ot: that city. When coldness wraps this suffering clay, Ah ! whither strays the immortal mind ! It cannot die—it cannot stay, But leaves its darkened dust behind.” On Wednesday, 12th inst. aged one year, ten months and eighteen days, Sarah Jane, infant daughter of Chas. A. and Malinda Beazley,of Ctawfordville. “ We loved her—ah! no tongue can tell How much we loved her, and how well. God loved her too, and thought it best. To take her home with Him to rest ” IfliilF Bank of Grcenesborongh. Statement of the Bank of Greenesborougli at the close of Business on Saturday the 15th dav of May, 1858. . J Assets: Notes discounted, $41,18X50* Plates, Books <& Stationery, 1 Ofd'iOO Cash on hand, ’ 7 ’sc# 00 Due from other Banks, 500 00 Expenses for Salaries, &c. ’W 75 Office Furniture, 175 00 $62,715 25- Friabilities : Capital Stock Subscribed, $200,000 25 per cent, paid in, $50,000 00‘ Circulation, 10,599 00 Profit. _ . 2,116 25 Due to Depositers, 000 00 $62,715 25 Stockholders: • E. Keach, 800 Shares at SIOO, SBO 000 u 545 “ “ 54,500 R. B. Wight, 235 “ “ 23,500 Wm-Reach, 400 “ “ 40,000 H. B. Godard, 20 “ “ 2,000 $200,000- Georgia, Greene County: Personally appeared before me, H. B. Godard, Presi dent, and Chas.C. Norton, Cash, of the Bank of Greenes borough, and made oath that the foregoing statement irom the Books of the Bank is just and true, to the best of their knowledge and belief. Sworn to and subscribed before me, 17th May, 1858. „ D „ ~ A. L. WILLIS, J. I. C. H. B. Godard, President, C. C. Norton, Cashier. ~ BaUCßlHl'ff 8 2 DANPORD &. BAILY’S Patent Non-Explosive, Self-Generating rpUEtnMUi is now favored with the best and Most Economical Light” that can be produced. Among the various experiments to approximate artifi cial light to the pure and mellow light ot the natural sun, none have piovcd successful until the Non-cxpto'- sive, bell-general ing (J AS LIGHT was invented. This light is adapted to churches, hotels, vessels, rail roads, colleges, private dwellings, and in fact everywhere, where there is a light needed—and only requires a trial to test its Superior Advantages over all others h„™fe U l?-5 ~CC A 80 ? Senerating Gas is the common rmng Hind, and the burner is so simple in its con- !°in L l3 !.' 1 rc<|nires b , ut bttle time and ingenuity to ru,uuns or J lc , r - The burner forms its own nHfii-S c 'Pf r 'si v c and deconpsed by its own col nlt iliriiw i id ,in * k ° ,hc ordinary fluid-lamp, it does ill Pl’fl l,ut U forms from the Hum 1 LJxh HYDRQ.CA.RBON GAS' —all of which is conveyed through the generator, not lesviug any suhstance to escape uneonsunied “ Our Patent Burner can be fitted’ to any ordinary fluid lamp or oil lamp, without the leastpossibledaS nn lX,) ” S ti n y , nre SO Hs,r ucted that to explode one ol *hein would be utterly impossible. Thcv are considered, by thousands who are using them to be ns safe, ,1 not safer, .ban the oil lamp “ arc no sparks Hv.n w from the flame, ams give ; „ rccisel „ the same shaped light as you get from coni W o wish it to be distinctly understood, that the <ms lamp will give the same amount of light as seven (erst quality stearin* candles, i’OB ONLY ONE CENT. PER HOUR. The subscribers having purchased the exclusive right to sell the above Lamp in the County ol Greene, would respectfully inform their friends and the public that they will have, m a low days, a large assortment of Parlor, Hall, Store, Office ana Studying Lamps, at all prices! Also, a large number of the PATENT EURNER, when they will be prepared to fit them to Old Lamps oh’ every description. A. L. Johnson & C<k Grcenesboro’ Ga. May. 1, 1858. TJTnijL be paid for a few 80 or 150 acre LANI> * - WARRANTS, on immediate application at this office. May 27 * BY ts member of the present Graduating Class of Mercer University, a situation as TEACHER for the remainder of the year. Address A. B. C. Pen field, Ga, care of editors of Temperonce Crusader. May 27th 4t FINE lot of Extra BACON HAMS on con signment. , JOHN G. HOLTZCLAW. PenKeld, May 27.