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THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADER.
PENFIELD,” GEORGIA.
Thursday Morning) June 8, 1858.
washing rains, accompanied with large
hail, fell in this section Tuesday afternoon last.
See card of Messrs Seag a, Abbott & Cos. of Atlanta,
in this number.
Rescue Grass. .
We invite the especial attention of stock-raising ar
mers to Dr. Herron's advertisement of this celebrated
Grass, under ‘new business.’ He has been successful
with it, and finds it far superior to everything for stock.
Farmers would no doubt be pleased with it, and we re
commend them to the Dr. for seed and information.
mention your Post Office.
When subscribers fail to mention the office at which
they receive the Crusade r, we cannot find their names
on our books; and consequently, no order, in regard to
the paper, can be executed, nor can any remittances be
credited. Our patrons would do well to bear this in
mind.
Ciceronian Anniversary.
The Ciceronian Society will celebrate its anniversary
on Friday, the 11th instant. Mr. John W. Ellington
will deliver the address in the College Chapel at the
übuol hour.
public are invited.
Patent medicines.
Owing to some omissions on the’part of our printers
during the principal part of last year, we are compelled,
in order to make good one contract, to inflict upon our
readers the necessity of seeing a patent medicine adver
tisement in our paper again. We insert it merely to
fulfill an old contract, and so soon as that is accom
plished, we shall discard all such nuisances from this
paper.
Mrs. Bryan’s Department.
The editorial packet of our popular Editress came too
late for this issue; consequently, we have nothing from
her sweet pen this week. We regret it exceedingly, and
no doubt thousands of our readers will regret it equally
as much. We dislike it because our outside is printed
so beautifully this week; our press does not always do
as well for that side as it has done on this number. Our
readers shall hear from Mrs. B. next week, in full, as
she has a quantity of excellent editorial matter on hand.
Telegraphic Lines of the World.
At the American Scientific Associatiou, Prof. Henry
presented an extract of a letter from Lawrence Turn
bull, M.D. , on the Telegraph and Telegraphic Lines ofthe
World:
The most recent estimate of the lines in the United
States in 1844 was 41,892 miles; estimating the increase
at the rate of 12,000 miles per annum, which is below
the average, the actual number of miles of telegraph in
the United States at the preseut time is at least 89,892
miles. This is the whole number of miles traversed,
but not the air line distances, as may be seen by exam
ing my report published in my work on the tele
graph in 1858. The number of miles in Europe is 75,-
000; in India, 10,000; South America, 2,000 and sub
marine lines of Europe and America, 2,000 miles.
Almost a Suicide.
A correspondent from Lineville, Ala. informs us that a
Mr. Simmons, a man of good standing in the commu
nity, attempted, on the 16th ult. during a drunken frol
ick, to commit suicide by hanging. He went to his
home on Sunday morning from his drunken carousals on
Saturday night, and when his wife went into the smoke
house to get meat for dinner, the horrible spectacle of
her husband hanging by the neck met her eye. With
that moral courage which belongs only to her sex, un
der trying circumstances, she stepped forward and
eased him from his state of suspension by cutting him
down. It was some twenty-five or thirty minutes be
fore he was able to speak, and when he did, it was but
to abuse his noble wife for cutting him loose, stating
that “he was ready to go.” Poor fellow! in his de
lirum tremens, he had mistaken himself for a middling
of meat which needed smoking, and had suspended his
carcass in the meat-house for that purpoes ; and had his
wife not discovered his mistake at the very moment
ahe did, he would certainly be smoking now, with an in
extinguishable smoke, in the nether pit of despair.
Our correspondent farther informs us, that there are
three grogshops in the small place of Lineville. It is
the theatre of countless fights and rowdyism of every
description, which verifies the saying that one grogshop
can convert a community of people into a pandemonium
of fiends.
The following is too good to be lost, especially
as we find it in a Boston paper rather inclined to aboli
tionism t
Trusting in Providence. —One of those stiff-necked,
puritanical missionaries, who sometimes wander away
“ down South” and take sly chances of endeavoring to
enlighten the benighted darkies of that region, was ri
ding along one Sunday morning in the neighborhood
of a wealthy planter’s negro quarters, when to his hor
hor, he spied Cudjo hoeing a small potato patch. Stop*
ping his horse at the fence, he addressed him thus:
“My poor, unfortunate colored brother, is it possible
your cruel master compels you to labor on the Lord’s
holy day ?”
“ Oh, no,massastranger; my massa’s good man ; he
gib nigger far chance, gib him garden fur hisself. Dis
all mine!” looking around with importance upon his
little property.
“Worse and worse!” exclaimed the other, rolling up
his eyes. “ The ignorance of Egyptian bondage! Has
he never taught you the sinfulness of working on the
Sabbath?”
“ Well, you see, massa stranger, I nebber know ’fore
’twas sin fur nigger to hoe his own ’taters Sundays,”
said Cudjo, scratching his head.
“|A great sin, my colored brother; how can you ex
pect the Lord to bless you, if you break his command
ments?”
“What nigger gwine to do fur ’taters, den ?” asked
Cudjo, somewhat puzzled.
“Trust to Providence, my unfortunate friend.”
“Dar! dar! you done made mistake dat time, mas
ea stranger. Dat Providence is de laziest nigger on
dis plantation; he don’t nebber hoe his own ’tater
patch. Yah! yah! yah! Providence,eh!”
The missionary rode off in disgust, the more promptly
perhaps, that just then he spied some gentlemen coming
down the road.
The Woman who Lives Without Eating.
We have published several letters respecting this ex
traordinary case of suffering; they are important to
scientific men, and painfully interesting to all. The
folowing is written by Rev. S. P. Williams to the Chris
tian Advocate:
“ Mrs. Hayes is not yet dead. I have seen her sev
eral And after reading all that has appeared in
the Advocate in regard to her, venture to communicate
a lew thoughts upon.her case. Before she passed into
this peculiar and afflictive condition, her health was for
some length of time extremely poor. She ate but little
ana that little occasioned a considerable amount ofsuf
ienng. Sometimes it threw her into spasms. For
nearly a year before she ceased to take refreshments al
together, she lived wholly, or nearly so, upon the juice
oi dried raspberries, until that became a source of suf
i/ ora time B , he look occasionally a small
2beSi OfC T wa , ter ; is now nearly a year since
g? £ £& k
She l is frequently Shrown'forward*'amU^h lol - ™ oti T
doubled together, and then the head thrown* 5 K* 8 ?
her neck literally doubled and the bodv £ . ck ,’ ar J d
and the whole face, chin and all, tr™A >l*’
pillow Thi. i done ,eve„l ?ff fc,
time than I take in writing it. e,y In leßs
The last time in the series the face will remain nearly
buried in the pillow, and she does not breathe for ten or
fifteen minutes. Once she remained sixty-two minutes
without breathing. When this is over and the spasm
passes off, she struggles for breath, and her head is rolled
from side to side almost with the velocity of lightning
for a moment or two; the face becomes red with the
rush of blood to the head, and the skin quite moist with
perspiration. Then the spasm subsides into a gentle
motion of the jaw and shoulder, keeping time, as one
would think, with the action of the heart. Her skin
about the face, neck, chest and hands is delicate and
healthy aB the skin of an infant. The pulsations of her
blood about the chest, neck, head and arms, though ex
ceedingly delicate, are quite regular. Her hair does not
grow, nor is it worn off the head, as one would naturally
suppose, except a little just upon the crown. The ac
tion of the liver is entirely suspended, of course. The
action and state of the lungs are perfectly healthy. They
have been thoroughly examined by skillful physicians,
with the aid of a stethoscope, and are supposed to be
perfect. Her nourishment is wholly from the atmos
phere. The last nutriment, indeed the last swallow of
water she was known to take, was in the last of June,
1837. The last time she was known to be conscious
was last December. When she comes out of these long
•pasms she seems to cry for a moment, like an infant in
distress. At such times her husband thinks she may be
conscious. It is most distressing to hear it. She is
not above the ordinary laws of disease. She has re
cently had a thorough case of the mumps, precisely as
others have them. Her nails upon her fingers, like her
hair, do not grow at all.”
An enormous fat woman, who was recently exhibited
about the country, has been married at St. Louis to a
naan almost as large as herself, named Rogers. The
nappy couple weighed, together, nearly twelve hundred
pounds, and if their happiness equals their size they
must enjoy marriage prodigiously. !
Greeucaboro’ Female College.
The public exercises of this Worthy Institution passed
off last week, commencing with the examinations on
Monday, the 24th ult. and concluded with Commence
ment Day on Thursday the 27th. Various engage
ments prevented us from attending any ofthe exercises
until Thursday, and w ith the performances ot that day
we were most agreeably entertained. A large con
course of people were in attendance, and all seemed
equally appreciative of the morning’s exercises. Mr.
Hendee, President of the College, read the compositions
of the graduating young ladies with admirable articu
lation, but he was laboring under the disadvantage of
hoarseness, which prevented him front speaking as loud
as he should, and would have done, under more favora
ble circumstances. £ He is a very excellent reader, and
with the proper intonations of voice shews forth the true
spirit of the essay. The compositions were all good.
They embodied multifarious happy conceptions which
reflected equal credit upon the head and heart of their
authoresses. Miss Sankey depicted in beautiful pencil
lings of the imagination, “ The Ocean of Life,” as it
drifts rapidily into the ocean of eternity, carrying man
and his achievements with it. She spoke to the habit
ual drinker, warning him of the difficuly he would meet
in extricating himself habit of intoxication
when once contracted. Miss Beall portrayed in elegant
language the evergreen “Charms of Youth.” Miss
LeConte glorified the wisdom of the Supreme Architect,
in so arranging the beautiful economy of Nature, that
“Heaven from all men hides the Book of Fate.” Miss
Cunningham dwelt in alternate strains of pleasure and
regret upon the “Joys and Sorrows of the Past.” Miss
Eve entered into an argumentative discussion of the
question, “Is Woman’s Mind Inferior to Man’s?” She
handled it with an ability seldom exhibited by her sex,
and adduced arguments in favor of the negative side,
which the ablest male logic cannot refute. The origi
nality of thought which it contained, as well as the keen
satire at the illiberality of the opposite sex, in refusing
to grant women their just deserts, made her’s a model
composition.
After the reading of*tlie essays, President Hendee
presented the Graduates with Diplomas, accompanying
them with a few pertinent, well-timed and beautiful re
flections. His remarks were delivered in a graceful and
happy manner, and did great credit to himself and the
College. He is a polished and dignified gentleman, well
worthy of the situation he occupies.
Rev. Dr. Wilson, of Augusta, delivered the “ Popular
Address,” and in this instance the name was not incon
gruous with the nature of the speech; for it was truly
a popular speech. After a happy exordium, he an
nounced as his theme the query, “ What is Education ?’
His answer to this inquiry was, Beauty—all the attri
butes of which he concentered in the soul. He spoke
eloquently of the beauty of character; the beauty ot
manners; of a sound and healthy body, and of the beauty
of the human countenance, which he beautifully repre
sented as the loom upon which the inner man weaves.
The speech altogether was decidedly entertaining to all
present, and impressed every one who heard it with
flattering prejudices in favor of the speaker.
We are gratified at knowing that this Institution is
in a flourishing condition. It has an able corps of pro
fessors, and its prospects for future usefulness are truly
encouraging.
The Hancock Lawyers.
We are indebted to iriend Pendleton, the Sparta edi
tor of the Central Georgian, tor a jolly laugh at the ex
pense ofthe lawyers of Hancock County. He gets off
the following paragraph under his editorial head, and
gravely caps it with the word “ridiculous
A large paper gotten up by the celebrated lawyer-man,
Livingston, of New York, was shown us the other day
by an attorney of this place, in which many lawyers of
various counties throughout the United States are put
down as reliable. Opposite Hancock County, Georgia,
is the following statement: None known to be reliable.
Our legal friend informed us that he had received a let
ter from the publisher, stating that if he would inclose
him a ten dollar bill he would insert his name as relia
ble. After this, were we a lawyer, we would rather
give him ten dollars to keep it off his list than to put it
on, for we are well assured that no reliable lawyer,
would consent to his terms, as it would make him party
to a trick to gull the public.
Where are you lawyers, Thomas, Stephens, Dußose,
Lewis, Cain and Wilder? Are you not at all reliable?
If not, can’t you rake up ten dotlars apiece to pay Liv
ingston to make people believe you are, anyhow ? It
is time you were scratching around and getting your
names in the papers, for that is a bad reputation for the
legal fraternity of old Hancock. Her citizens of every
other profession, are of the right grit, and surely the
‘bar’ should not come off in the vocative.
The following paragraph comes from such a high
source, and the humor in which its author indulges is
such a happy hit, that we cannot forego the inclination
to extract it Irom a private letter. It is.from one of the
first men in Georgia—a leading Lawyer and Politician.
We return him thanks for his encouraging words, and
gracefully tip our beaver in acknowledgement of the
truth of his remark, that Mrs. Bryan is our literary
“ better-half As to where she has been “blushing
unseen,” we leave her to answer. After enclosing five
dollars, our esteemed friend goes on thus:
Sparta, 22d May, 1858.
Dear Sir: Allow me to say that I, for one, do not
complain at all of the increased price of your paper. I
never did doubt that it was worth a Dollar in its worst
days, and I am very sure that it is now worth twice as
much as it ever was before the recent change. Your
Editress is a great addition to you. I have never con
cluded that she was your “mother-in-law;” but I am
confident that, in the literary sense, she is your belter
half. Where has this flower been all this while
“blushing unseen?”
Gaed.
The Montgomery Mail is entitled to the credit of the
following pithy remarks which suits our own case, and
expresses our sentiments on the subject so fully, that we
appropriate the article. The paragraph is headed by
the Mail, “That Chapter:”
The chapter of a novel which tells, at the end, where
the balance can be bought, is having a great run in the
papers. We, too, might have published it if we would
have done so for a little more than half the price our
own citizens pays us for advertisements inserted in the
regular way. We hope that our cotemporaries get full
pay for advertising Northern newspapers, and that the
money thus sent for Northern papers may not reduce
the circulation of Southern papers.
The Catholic Church and the Slave Ques
tion,
The Archbishop and Bishops of the Catholic church,
who recently assembled in provincial council in Balti
more, have issued a ppstoral letter to the clergy and la
ity of that denomination. Among other subjects to
which it refers, is the slavery question. We make the
following extract:
The peaceful and conservative character of our prin
ciples, which are adapted to every form of government
and every state of society, has been tested and made
manifest in the great political struggles that have agi
tated the country on the subject of domestic slavery.
Although history plainly testifies that the church has
always befriended the poor and laboring classes, and ef
fectually procured the mitigation of the evils attached
to servitude, until through her mild influence it passed
away from the nations of Europe; yet, she has never
disturbed established order, or endangered the peace of
society by following theories of philanthropy.
Faithful to the teachings and examples of the apos
tles, she has always taught servants to obey their mas
ters, not serving to the eye merely, but as to Christ, and
in His name she commands masters to treat their ser
vants with humanity and justice, reminding them that
they also have a Master in Heaven. We have not,
therefore, found it necessary to modify our teaching
with a view of adapting it to local circumstances.
Among us, there has been no agitation on the subject.
, ve wißel Y abstained from all interference
on .11 Judgment of the faithful, which should be free
limits otthn°,t ns °^P°l it J r at >d social order, within the
ySfiS2rt.UK 1 T and kw of Christ. We exhort
coming “the min? I *** 60 ’<w-i P^ rßue f h> s course so bc
mysteries of God” 6 ™! and dis P ensers the
Leave to word lings the carpa C d i ead bu sy their dead,
partisanship, the struffslnaff, and an ? ,etles P°liti°ai
tideations of disappofmed amKv en^el n y ’ and the mor
way, identify the Fmerests cTn!, ‘°u , D ? not - in any
fortunes ol any party, but meant.-* 10 y laith with the
will to all mankind, study on\v to P eace u nd good
luded children of error, and m mFrh th° trutl ! SJ the de
your flocks, so that, becoming all to n li h confide nce of
all to Christ. g au to all, you mny gain
A Literary Clergyman.— The Dundee ■
that a clergyman in a country parish not mnn er Ba .Y 8 ’
from Dundee, had occasion the other’ Sabbath Tr. in 8
trate a point m his sermon by an allusion tn U 8“
Cowper, which he did after this fashion” “In iit.w® 1 ’
tion of what I have been saying, my brethren 1 Btra ‘
mention the amiable and Christian poet, Cowp’eJ, S
whose beautiful poems of ‘Paradise Lost,’ and ‘P
adise Regained,’ you must all be familiar.” This
ry, which has been “going the rounds” of the press
can hardly be true. Yet, we remember one somethin*
like it, which is well authenticated. An excellent Doc
tor of Divinity, who was much more familiar with the
Bible than the productions of the muse, had occasion to
introduce Poetia’s exquisite eulogy of mercy in the
“Merchant of Venice,’’ and he did so, by saying, aB our
sweet Christian poet Cowper remarks:
“The quality of mercy is not strained,
It droppeth as the gentle,” Ac.
Tempcnmce In fflonrae Cffunty.
The last number of the Educational Journal contains
a good article upon the subject of Temperance, calling
upon the friends of the cause to bestir themselves in its
behalf. We should rejoice to know that it was the in
augural step to a glorious agitation of the subject in
Menroe County. The Editor of the Journal extends his
hand and heart to his correspondent, “Monroe,” in the
following encouraging manner. Would that every
“ Knight of the quill” in this and all other States knew
something of the obligations resling upon them to advo
cate tliis reformation:
“It will be seen by reference to the article by ‘Mon
roe, that pe proposes to Editors to enlist their services
lor the purpose ofputjing down the demon of Intemper-
We enroll our name, and in so doing, can assure
our friend that we will give him such aid in this noble
cause as our head and heart is capable of performing.
Aside irom the great causo of God, there is no sub
ject that can more fully summons the deepest feelings of
our nature than that of drunkenness. It is the curse of
our nation, and a great barrier to the progress of vital
Christianity. No human mind can calculate or com
prehend the extent of its baneful influence, or fathom
the depths of the misery which it has produced. But
we do not intend to say much at this time. We only
wish to call attention to the subject.
We agree with ‘ Monroe,’ that we should have a meet
ing for the purpose of considering this subject. If lam
in order, I propose that all favorable to this cause meet
in the court-house, on the first Saturday in June, at 3
o’clock. Who seconds the proposition ?
Tlie Contrast.
Below we present a picture of two notable families:
The Family of Temperance. —Temperance hath Pru
dence for his wife, and these are among their offspring:
Health, Prosperity, Cheerfulness and Old Age.
And to this family, we being judge i belong the true
nobility of the land.
The Family of Drunkenness. —Rasing being espoused
to Mocker, these are among their innumerable and
dreaded offspring: Disease, Debt, Dishonor, Destruc
tion and Death.
To which of these families do you belong? If to the
latter, never disgrace so honorable and happy a family—
keep your place in it, ever watching for those who
might be minded to quit their connection with the house
of woe and wretchedness.
Every consideration urges the immediate and ever
lasting severance of the tie which binds one to a family
where the offspring bear such names as Disease, Dis
honor and Death—in one word, Drunkenness. If that
is the family to which you are bound, cut the connection
and seek for adoption among kindred more honorable.
Murder Becoming’ Pastime.
The Cincinnati Gazette records the killing of Wm.
Gregory by G. B. Kendle in a fight about money. They
were both sporting characters. Kendle* has been com
mitted to answer. The Gazette remarks :
The taking of human life in our city is becoming a mat
ter of pastime. The frequency within the two past years
naturally alarms the better class of the community, espe
cially in view ofthe fact that scarcely a single conviction
has followed. The commutation of Loefner’s sentence,
the cold blooded, unnatural murderer, may well create a
lenient feeling towards the perpetrators of high crime;
but if men are to bo deliberately beaten to death with im
punity, the people themselves will rise in their might
above all law,‘and execute summary justice. Wedo not
know but an example of this kind would do more to pro
tect human life, than all the laws upon the statute books,
as they have been executed in the past. We are no ad
vocates ofLynch law, but we are in favor of the punish
ment of some ofthe desperate villains in our midst, in
some way.
Marriages of Consanguinity.
An able and learned report was presented last tveek
to the American Medical Association, now in session
in Washington, on the “influence of marriages of con
sanguinity upon offspring.” The reporter, Dr. S. M.
Bemis, of Kentucky, commenced by referring to the ex
ertions he had made to obtain accurate statistics on
this subject, and the difficulty he experienced from
the sensitiveness ofparents and friends, but he felt justi
fied, by his researches, in asserting “that over ten per
cent, of the deaf and dumb, and over five per cent, ot
the blind, and near fiiteen per cent, of the idiotic in our
State institutions for subjects of those defects, are the
offspring of kindred parents.”
A curious but legitimate computation into which Dr.
Bemis enters confirms his estimates. Taking the ratio
found to exist in Ohio as the basis ot the estimate for
the Union, there would be found to the twenty millions
of white inhabitants, six thousand three hundred and
twenty-one marriages of cousins, giving birth to 3,909
dcat and dumb,'blind, idiotic and insane children, dis
tributed as follows:
Deaf and dumb, IJI6
Blind, ’648
Idiotic, 1,834
Insane, 099
Then, if the figures of the last United States census
still applied to our population, there would now be
found in the Union—
-9,136 deaf and dumb, of whom 1,116, or 12,8 per cent.,
are children of cousins.
7,978 blind, of whom 648, or 08. 1 per cent., are chil
dren of cousins.
14,257 idiotic, of whom 1,544, or 1,293 per cent., are
children of cousins.
14,972 insane, of whom 299, or 01.9 per cent., are
children of cousins.
Avery cursory examination oi the tables of the report
will suffice to show that pari-passu with the increment
ofthe same blood tliesum of defects of offspring is like
wise increased.
These are important statements, and, if true, are
worthy of the most serious consideration. The obser
vation of most intelligent persons will, we are inclined
to think, sustain the positions of Dr. Bemis. The sub
ject is certainly of the deepest interest, and we trust
the Association to which this report was made will
thoroughly examine it and give the world the benefit of
their conclusions.
A Young Husband Deserts an Old Wife—
The Elderly Lady in Hot Pursuit.
About six months since an elderly lady of property,
living in Brooklyn, N. Y., who bought her fashiona
ble wares at a celebrated dry goods house in Broadway,
New York, became enamored of a handsome young
man who attends there. After many visits she decides
to invite the young man to her magnificent house in the
city of churches. She told him she wanted to see him
on matters of the gravest importance. He blushed, and
more out of curiosity than admiration, he consented to
visit her. The young man was dazzled at the magnifi
cence of the house to which he had been invited and wtis
entirely lost in conjecturing for what purpose he had been
brought thither. The lady, after giving her guest some
various refreshments, proceeded to narrate the fact of
her long observation of his respectable couduct, adding
that she had inquired of his employers and found him
to be a highly moral and worthy young man—w orthy of
a better situation in society. She confessed that she
had become enamored of him, not of course for his phys
ical beauty, but for his moral worth, and .finally wound
up by offering him her hand in marriage.
The lady was on the shady side of five-and-forty,
while the lover was not twenty-two summers old. The
latter was in love, too, with a handsome young lady in
the millinery department of the same establishment
where he was employed. He flatly refused, notwith
standing that she had some $30,000 which she could
place in his hands. After several interviews, the widow
gradually won the young man to her views; and finally
lie consented to and did marry her. After the marriage
she refused to make over her real estate toiler husband,
and this displeased him. About aweek ago the “ Ben
diet” thought he would take a trip to the country, to
see a few friends. His wife consented; but in a few
days he not returning, she concluded her bird had flown.
She started in pursuit of him, and learned that the young
lady had accompanied him in his flight. The old lady
arrived in Chicago, and consulted with an experienced
detective, who put her, after some inquiries, on the
track of the guilty pair, who had gone west. The wife
says she is now prepared to give him full control of all
her property, if he would return alone home.
“Well, Doctor,” said a chap suffering with the tooth
ache, “ how much do you ax for the job ? Guy! but you
did it quick, though!” “ My terms,” replied the den
tist, “are one dollar.” “A dollar tor halfa minit’s
work! One dollar —thunder! Why, a doctor down to
our place drawed a tooth for me, two years ago, and it
took him two hours. He dragged me all around the
room, and lost his grip half a dozen times. I never
seed such hard work —and he only charged me twenty
five cents. A dollar for a minit’s work ! you must be
jokin’.” __
IKS’- A young man of Bethany, says the N. H. Jour
nal, of highly respectable connexions and an only son,
being about to leave his home for South America, made
a few calls upon his acquaintances, when a young lady
who was desperately attached to him, and as her last
means of gaining him, had the meanness to plan with
some of her associates to drug him and have him taken
to a low justice of the peace, who is a disgrace to the of
fice, where the marriage ceremony was performed. That
is what might be called putting a fellow’s head through
the noose with a vengeance.
The pigeon roost in Decatur county, Ind., ex
tends over a distance of twenty-eight miles; it is about
fourteen miles wide. The birds have not nested at
this roost for thirty years until this spring. Over this
vast extent of country every tree has from ten to fifteen
nests, and overy nest at least one bird. The young are
now hardly able to fly, and the shooting is mere slaugh
ter- The old birdsleave earlyin the morning in search
ot food, and return in the evening.
Sad Death of a young man named
t*oorge W. Brazie, a student in the University at Ann
Arbor, Michigan, recently received an invitation to join
Biiani secret college society, winch he accepted, and
P arty . ot nine fellow-students conducted the mock
un,fiL onw,8 °* Vitiation. Large quantities of beer and
the a, w j re P r °vided, and Brazie finally sank upon
cot n. • Under the influence of his deep potations. His
to ro use him, but he remained stupid
s™£j , . and ? ifd in the corning. A coroner’s jury
returned a verdict of death by intemperaftoe.
Written for the Georgia Temperance Crusader.]
t PROBLEM. V
A takes horses, cows and sheep to market. lie sells
each horse for as many dollars as he has sheep; each
cow for as many dollars as he has cows; each sheep
for as many dollars as he has horses. His stock
amounts to $llOO. , ,
lie has twice as many cows as horses, and ten times
as many sheep as cows. Friends, please furnish me
with an arithmetical solution, as I cannot obtain it.
OAK BOWER.
[Written for the Georgia Temperance Crusader.]
Oglethorpe Medical & Surgical Journal.
Friend Seals: Suffer me to re-produce ip your cliar
mißg literary, the following from the Central Georgian’.
The Oglethorpe Medical df- Surgical Journal is anew
candidate for public favor, the first number having come
out this month. It is edited by H. L. Byrd, M. D.,and
Holmes Steele, M. D., and published every alternate
month, by the well-known and enterprising house of
John M. Cooper & Cos., Savannah, Ga.,price,s2 a-year,
payable in advance. I have the Ist number before me,
containing 64 pages beautifully printed, and with one of
the most taking exteriors that any medical journal can
ever boast; and I unhesitatingly pronounce it the most
interesting number of any medical journal 1 have ever
seen.
The first article, by Prof.fßyrd,“details some inter
esting particulars concerning the successful treatment
ofa case of
H. Taliaferro, of Atlanta, treats of chlorate of potash
in typhoid fever ; the third, by Prof. Blair, gives a case
of “attempted vicarious menstruation, attended with
conjunctivitis and opacity of the cornea;” (a most val
uable paper) and the fourth, by Prof. Powers, on Physi
ology, gives important suggestions enough to keep a
thinking man wisely and usefully employed for some
time on this branch of study as well as some of its egg
nates. Besides the above original articles, there is a
short selection from Dr. Poznanski, on some “premoni
tory symptoms of cholera,” lately brought to light,
which is of incalculable value —not only to doctors, but
to all people everywhere, who are wise enough to act on
the maxim, “an ounce of prevention is better than a
pound of cure;” one on the value of “arsenic in chole
ra,” (this gives one of the most interesting cases on re
cord) and another by Dr. W. A. Hammond, of the IJ.
S. A., detailing some interesting and valuable “exper
iments with Bibron’s antidote to the poison of the rat
tlesnake.” Either of the last named articles is wortli
much more than the price of a year’s subscription to
the journal in question; and I most earnestly urge all
who may read this article, be they physicians or not, to
confer on themselves the invaluable favor of sending for
the journal forthwith, that they may get this first num
ber as well as all that are to follow it.
I have no interest whatever in the journal, nor in the
College it represents, but feel a very deep interest in
the welfare of mankind—for their intellectual, moral
and physical improvement; and hence, I urge all who
seek their own happiness, as far as temporal things can
promote it, to get the Oglethorpe Journal without de
lay. WM. HAUSER.
Speir's Turn Out, Ga., May 23d, 1858.
[Written for the Georgia Temperance Crusader.]
Temperance Grove, May 17th, 1858.
Dear Seals : I think my last letter was dated at Wes
ton, and what a lovely place, w r hat a community! Tem
perance, piety and intelligence shed their beams upon
the place and community around. Never, while spared,
will I forget my visit there. No fumes of liquor; no
profane oaths; no bickerings—all peace—all harmony.
A fine institution of learning, in charge of Messrs. Bin
ion & Parke, the one a pious Baptist, the other a most
lovely, pious minister in the M. E. Church, South.
This, with a fine Sunday-school, and noble band of
Knights of Jericho, all combined, makes Weston a
lovely place. They have got the old prince’s teeth and
nails so finely extracted, that I opine he will never bite
or scratch for all time to come. Surrender is a word
not known about Weston, Webster County, Georgia. I
made so many agreeable acquaintances about Weston,
that to name all, would be to give a considerable list—
of such names as Miller, Spaight, Moore, Binions, the
Bells, Reddicks, Logics, Hollomon, Jones and that
other doctor, he will pardon me— l forget his name,
though we had a little theological controversy. He
will make a noble Knight; 1 pray lie may yet take a
different view of grave subjects connected with, as I
think, a solemn fut ure ; and many more if I could re
collect. I must, however, mention Capt. Jack, with
whom I dined. I once knew his honored father and
uncle, Col. Patrick Jack; a more pious, devoted Chris
tian I never knew. Col. Jack, and I presume the Cap
tain’s father, died in Elbert County. They were of
Mecklenburg, N. C., Declaration of Independence stock-
God, Religion and Country were their watch-word to
the last. The Captain has agreat family favor. I neg
lected to mention in my last, that having been invited
to Preston, that I lectured there Friday before preach
ing at Weston Sunday. I found a few true temperance
heroes—a Redding (honored name, has a noble sire)
Stapleton, Bells, Hawkins* Allens, &c. Eleven were
initiated in the evening, gentlemen and ladies. Tell
these friends never to surrender, in the nameofwoman,
humanity and peace—“don’t give up the ship!”
I must close, giving the balance of my trip and arri
val home for another number. After stating I arrived
at Lumpkin Tuesday evening, lltli instant, I cannot,
however, forego the pleasure of stating that I arrived at
home Saturday well, and found all well, and preached
yesterday at my home church. The good Lord, in my
absence, had done great things for some of our family,
during the progress of a glorious revival in my neigh
borhood.
P. S. —Between 20 or 30 persons jrcre added to Mil
ler Lodge during my stay there. D. P. JONES.
[Written for the Georgia Temperance Crusader.]
Mr. Editor: In these days of policy and demagogue
ism, I hardly know whether it would he prudent for me
to venturge a suggestion on the subject of temperance
reform; unless, perchance, I could do it in such a way
as to cause the suggestion to chime in beautifully with
popular opinion; for really, sir, it seems that the tem
perance reformation is looked upon, by most minds, as
being of minor importance to most of the isms of the
great day. The fact is, our country is so much fhflu
enced by demagogues and grog-drinkers, that a man
who dares to differ irom them is at once pronounced a
fanatic and enthusiast; therefore, it requires no ordi
nary nerve for one to work himself up to the point of
action, relative to the great temperance reform. This,
sir, is a cause fraught with vast interest to this coun
try, and will speak out in thunder tones, either for
or woe, in her future destiny. And notwithstanding
the great good that may result from the temperance
cause in our beloved country ; yet, there are men in it
—men who claim to be patriots, and philanthropists—
men who claim to have the interest of their country at
heart, that would trample this cause under their feet,
and crush it forever ; who seem to think it unworthy
their attention, and not to be compared to the great po
litical questions of the day. But if we will but think
for a moment ofthe great good that has already accrued
to this country by the working of the different temper
ance organizations and the benefit still arising from the
same, we will be forced to admit thattemperanceshould
claim the undivided attention ofthe citizens of the whole
country ; and the neglect of which will ultimately bring
upon ourselves, our posterity and the whole country,
misery, degradation and ruin.
Then, sir, with all these facts staring us in the face,
does it not become every one who has but a spark ol
patriotism glowing in his bosom, to aid in this noble,
this glorious cause ? It certainly does ; and he who, in
this gospel day, fails to assist in this great enterprise,
deserves not the name of an American ; whose name,
instead of being blessed by posterity, when ho is dead
and gone, should die with him, and be consigned for
ever to dark, dark oblivion. But my object mainly in
writing to-day, was to give you a brief outline of a
temperance celebration had at this place on the 6th inst.,
on the occasion of the celebration ofthe anniversary of
Miller Lodge, K. of J. According to previous appoint
pointment, the Lodge met at 9 o’clock, formed in pro
cession, and with the “Cold Water Army,” marched
to the church, where a large crowd had already assem
bled to hear “Uncle Dabney,” “ the war horse of tem
perance.” After prayer by the Chaplain, and two or
three temperance songs by the choir, Uncle Dabney was
introduced to the congregation, and addressed them for
about an hour and a half on the subject of temperance.
I cannot enter into even an outline of his speech; su
fice it to say, that the whole crowd was perfectly en
chained the whole time, and that this was one of “l n
cle Dabney’s” happiest efforts, resulting in the acces
sion of nineteen ladies and gentlemen to our Lodge, be
sides several other petitions. The services over, the
congregation repaired to the dinner table near by richly
laden with many of the good things of earth, served up
in the best style by the ladies of the community ; and
after all had ate and drank until they weic filled, a
number of baskets full were taken up. At night the
Kommunify was out again at the academy, at whiih
time the Ladies of miller Lodge presented “Uncle
Dabney ” with a beautiful cake; on the reception
which he made an exceedingly interesting speech, show
ing very forcibly the power and magic of female influ
ence, after which we had any quantity of cake, candies,
nuts, lemonade, &c. showered down in our midst;
and after partaking to the entire satisfaction of all, the
congregation repaired to their homes with light hearts
and bright prospects in regard to the temperance cause
in our midst. In short, the cause has received an im
petus from the services of the 6th inst. that will be as
lasting as time. The 6th of May, 1858* will not soon
be forgotten by many of the citizensof thiscommunity;
nay, sir, it remains for future ages to tell of the good
resulting from the day’s effort, to the temperance cause.
There has been about 25 accessions to our Lodge since,
who are ladies and gentlemen of high standing in the
community; of character and decision; and though
some, perchance, may eventually get cold and re
linquish their hold, yet there are many of the right
stamina, who will fight on, and fight ever; in short,
many who will battle valiantly to the last.
The cold water army, too, are doing much in our
midst for the temperance cause. A noble band of boys
and girls united together to put down this monster evil
intemperance, and this, sir, permit me to remark, is the
great channel through which we are to succeed in this
cause ;it is by working with the boys and girls; train
them properly on this subject; make proper impressions
on their young minds, and when we are laid in the cold
and silent charnal house, our children will rise up en
masse and conquer old prince Alcohol, and his kingdom
will fall and crumble to dust.
So mote it be. Amen. C.R.M.
Weston, Webster co. May 12 tli, 1858.
<•
Extraordinary Robbery. —There was a wedding
the other night at the house of a gentlemen of property,
residing in the upper part of the city. The banquet
was spread in the dining room in the back part of the
house, and while the company were all assembled in
the parlors, a gang of daring thieves entered the dining
room by a back door, and taking the edges of the table
cloth ioided it over into a bundle and made their escape
with everything upon the table, including the family
plate to the amount of some hundreds of dollars. At
the request of the gentleman robbed, we are not more
explicit as to time, place and circumstances'of the rob
bery, he imagines that the robbery was perpetrated by
or with the collusion, of the drivers of the carriages, a
number of whom were assembled before the house, as
the scoundrels probably entered the yard by a side gate
opening on the street in front.— [lV. O. Delta.
A Good Witness. —“ Did the defendant knock
the plaintiff down with malice prepense?” “No, sir;
he knocked him down with a flat iron.” “You misun
derstood me, my friend ; I want to know whether he at
tacked him with any evil intent.” “Oh, no, sir; it
was outside the tent.” “ No, no, I wish you to tell me
whether the attack was at all a preconcerted affair.”
“No, sir; it was not a free concert affair; it was at a
circus.”
The people of Maine have determined to hold an elec
tion to settle the temperance question, at a time when
it will be entirely free from connection with party poli
tics. It comes off on the 7th of June. The ballots are
of two sorts—one enttitled, “For the License of 1856,”
the other “ For the Prohibitory Law of 1858.”
RECEIPTS FOR SUBSC’TION TO CRUSADER.
The time to which subscribers, in the list below, are
credited on the books for their last remittances, may be
ascertained by reference to the date placed at the head
of each separate list of namea. All who have paid to
the same time are placed together. There arc, how
ever, a number of names in the present list which have
no dates attached to them; the reason is, they were
made out hurriedly, and we could not get in more than
the amounts remitted.
Should there be any errors in these receipts, we will
cheerfully correct them, upon being informed of the
fact. We shall continue to publish a list of payments
until all are receipted in the paper : *
JANUARY* 1859, j m Campbell, 4
James Tinlejr, §2 Wm. Ryder, 2
W C Smith, 5 Wm. Bowers, 2
F Cowan, 3 Wm. McSpavvin, 2
W B Seals, 5 A M Kendrick, 2
E Taylor, 2 ,J A Rogers, 2
James Harper, 2 JUI/Y, 1859.
J T Cooper, 2 B S Holt, 4
I) g Brown, 5 Mrs. F A Johnson, 6
Isaac Moore, 2 Mrs. L F Barker, 5
1 J Moore, 2 f V A ™£- ST ’ 1869 ‘ ~
Thomas Hart, 2 J
H fWatts, 2
v iam ’ 5 Mrs. J A Jordan, 2
W G Ballard, 5 JfejJ C Whlte ’ 1 ;> ?
w W M ten i | Jesse Asbury, 2
Mm. Heard - Wm. Sinquefield, 5
Wm. Daniel, 2 w 1 ’ ,
B R Read, 2 Wm’ Ross <>
J Woodall, 2 , . 2
. I r!v c y D k ( 2
Miss orwood, - P jj Brewster, 2
Solomon Zdlan* Ja J Jones,
WMWray, T Johnson, 2
M Sanders, J B Jones, 2
•J °, Patt ’ o H J Hailes, 2
Andrw puim, 2j T Ha] ’ l
M A Bell, 2 1
W B Merrett, 2 I 2
m,,, „ ’ o•’ H Mays, Sr. 2
r h Afnwnii 0 ® Holliman, (Tex.) 5
C D Morgan. - w j v ; o
R Dozier, 4 4 tzw ’ o
t T, r 7T. 0 s Kent, 2
b-l-WW, J f F A (?eI?° n ’ (MiSS ' ) l
“E 2 B Johnson, 150
r u Biohnn 0 Miss M Johnson Alai 50
‘{ ?“u° P ’ !>*•• A H Randle, 2
SEPTEMBER, 1859. J , )r ; W Alfriend, 3
Rev. R B Lester, 5 & Johnson, 1
APRIL) 1859. Dr. M S Durham, 4
Miss E Tinley, $2 A B Grady, 2
Mrs. L Jackson, 2 C M Crossly, 4
W F Jackson, 2 L B Taylor, 3 50
Miss M F Gassaway, 2T J Edwards, 2
Miss A C Hansell, 2 M L Jones, 50c
T W Davis, 2 G W Mitchell, 3
AI) Combie, 2 E Bruce, I
B Wallace, 2W H McNeil, (Ala.) 1
James Allen, 2 J A Lambert, 4
JA Thornton, 2 P T Miller, 2
Miss Julia Burton, 2 J Hunnicut, 180
P G Veazey, 5 N W Elliott, 1 80
W G Moore, 2 L Pullin, 1 80
Mrs. M H Marshall, 2J R Leonard, 180
G Barnhart, 2 James Anderson, 180
E W Murphy, 2 ,T M Pinkston, 4
R H May, G I H Parker, 3
Emma L Wilks, 2 J T Johnson, 3
FEBRITA RY, 18 59. J A McCants, 1
Miss J V ood, $2 Mrs. A F Zacharv, 2
g Pra y> 2 John Oslin, ‘ * 2
R Pearson, 2 JMGU 2 30
J o Dr - D H Weaver, 2
„ SM Durham, 2
Mrs. N Montort, 2 E M Gilham 2
James Cain, 2 p w stovall> 2
J “Sa, 1850. ‘ VJ Wi11i.,., s ( Fla.) 2
.1 T D Harris, *! w'lGr rf'”" B ft’. > 7
G W Griffith, 2 WllMcGlann (Ala.) 1
N M Jones i Mrs. B F Wood, 1
Mrs! C Wellborn, 3 Wm. Russell, 1
Mrs S P Crittle, 2* A Sherman, 2
A MBrodie, 2 Wm. .Bowers,
L M Smith, 4 ( T 1; W IH
JUNE* 1859. J J Eason,
James Horsley, 3 J A Witherspoon, 5
S Downs, 3 C E Darden, 4 25
TM Turner, 2 Wm. Powell, 1
A McLeod, 2 Rev. J Henderson, 1
J G Mason, 0 G Paulk, 40c
L Q Carter, 2 Wm. Lazenby’ 1
MAY, 1859. J H Slade, 1
S Shell, 2 lIT Brawner, 4
Rev. J R Young, 2 J A Stubbs, 5
Mrs. Ann Daniel, 2 W B Whatley, 1
Dr. T M Bostwick, 1 50 J J Lawrence, 1 75
A E Tarver, 1 50 D D Ware, 2
J J McCroan, 1 50 Miss M Hargrove, 1
R McDaniel, 2 50 Miss T L Evans, 1
A McDaniel, 1W A Howie, (S. C.) 2
M C McCroan, 2 E. Quarterman, Ga 1
F Nasworthy, 1 50 W T Massey, June ’SB 3
W Nasworthy, 150 F Ratler, March ’SB 1
Dr. A C Ford, 1 50 S Ragan, Dec ’SB 2
Mrs. M Bostick 150 D J Blitch, April ’SB 1
John Mosolev, 150 V T D Gresham, 1
Dan’l Cheatham, 150 E W Thrasher, Ap ’SB 2
II W Hasty, 1 50 S G Story, 3 75
Hon. S Arrington, 150 T Millican. June ’SB 4
Mrs. A M Calhoun 1 50 J Paulk, Sept ’SB 2
H Arrington, 2 G Bunch, Nov ’SB 350
Dr. A T Cheatham 150 L H Davis, Nov ’SB 2
Hardy Bryan, 2 E Moore,
Wm. Bryan, 2J H Ragan, Jan ’SB 2
J TSego, 2 W S Paschal, Dec ’SB 5
Harp, 3Wm Bryant, Jan ’SB 2
A J Stephenson, 2 Rev J T Turner, Aug’sß 2
The Cotton Market,
The market, in Augusta, is dull and depressed, and
this is a fair statement so far as this article is concerned
generally. V
,^-ATmail named Anthony *Jay, from Knoxville,
Tonn., committed suicide, in the Forest Hotel, at El-*
mira, N. Y., on the 21st inst., by cutting an artery in
his arm, thereby bleeding to death. The cause was in
temperance and family troubles.
Too Dark a Sktn. —Marshal Hall, yesterday evening
snvs the Montgomery (Ala.) Mail, picked upand jugged
a dark colored individual who claims to be a white man ‘
and gives his name as Levi Britt. He says he is from
Sandersviile, Ga. He has a very negro-like box, con
taining some tools and coarse clothing. Now and then
he pretends to be a little crazy and tells about his serv
ing in Mexico, under Capt, Clyncli.
J/Sst’ We saw a good anecdote the other day about
long preaching. A lady took her son, of some five or
six years, to church. After the minister had been
preaching about half an hour, the little fellow grew
sleepy and began to nod. The mother roused him into
attention several times, by punching. But as it was
hopeless, she concluded to let him sleep undisturbed.
After the little fellow had had his nap out, he awoke,
and saw the minister still! holding forth. He looked
up in his mother’s face, and innocently asked—“ Mot
her, is it this Snndaynight oris it next Sunday night?”
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
Morning Star Lodge, No 27, F. A. M. J
Thomaston, May 21#?, 1858. I
How mournful and sad she tidings when death enters
the portals of our Lodge, and lays his ruthless hand upon
a member of our fraternity! Again the sigh of the
mourner is heard in our midst. The seat of the exern*
plary man; the orderly Christian; the noblo and benev
olent Mason is made vacant by the death of our bro
ther, Dr. F. H. Olive.
The Lodge is stripped of one of its purest and best
ornaments; the family circle of a kind husband and fa
ther; the church of a pious Christian; and society of a
generous and worthy citizen. His sickness, which was
protracted and painful, was softened by the kind atten
tions of his devoted wife, and his death was hallowed
by the purity of his life and his hope beyond the grave.
Our Lodge and fraternity know the worth of such vir
tues, and love to cherish the memory ot such a Mason.
Therefore,
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with his fami
ly and friends, and commingle our tears with theirs,
over the early grave of our fond brother.
Resolved, That a blank page be left upon our Lodge
record to be inscribed with his name, age and time of
his death; and that the jewels of our Lodge be draped
in mourning for the remainder of the year.
Resolved, That this preamble and resolutions be en->
tered upon the minutes of the Lodge; and that the Se
cretary be requested to furnish a copy of the same to
the family of the deceased, and to the Georgia Temper
ance Crusader and Christian Index for publication.
Wm. G. HORSLEY,]
W. A. COBB, ( Com.
I. H. TRAYLOR, j
A True copy from the minutes.
Win. HartsfielDj Sec’ry.
JfflJllif:
SWBWfcAWBtVir&tBQ*
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
HAVE, for six years past, been doing a heavy
GROCER Y, PRODUCE AND COMMISSION
BUSINESS, and take this method of saying to the
readers of the Crusader that Atlanta, as a produce,
market, is unequalled in Georgia; and they are still
determined, by prompt and faithful attention to all or
ders, to merit a continuance of the liberal patronage
heretofore extended to them. Orders for Bacon, Lard,
Corn, Flour, Feathers, Groceries, Factory Goods, <j-r.
must be accompanied with the cash or satisfactory ref
erences. [Atlanta, June 3—6 mos
wmsm ~©M§B*
THE subscriber offers for sale 25 or 30 bushels
of the Winter Grass-seed, (known as the Iverson
Grass—he having the reputation of introducing the
same into Georgia.) Having raised three crops of this
Grass, I am decidedly of the opinion that it is the best
that has ever been introduced into this section, it being
far preferable to rye or btrley for lots or grazing purpo°
ses. It grows luxuriantly all winter —hard freezes or
heavy rains being no interference. It improves the land
on which it grows; neither does it hinder or obstruct
the growth of any other crop on the same ground. All
animals that feed on grass are very fond of it. The
seed may be sown at any time from June until October
and do well. I will refer the public to a perusal of the
Circular of Hon. B. V. Iverson. Any person who de
sires to procure the Grass-seed from me can do so by
early application, and have it sent to any place which
they may designate. D. HERRON.
N. B. Any further information wanting can be ob
tained by addressing me at Penfield. D. H.
Penficld, Ga. June 3, 1858 8t
CERATOCHLOA BREVfARISTATA
Or, Short Awn Horn Grass.
Columbus, Ga. Sept. 20th, 185 G„
To the Planters, Farmers and Stock Raisers of Greene
County, Ga :
Gentlemen :
I take this method to bring to your notice a Foreign
Winter Grass, the seed of which is now acclimated,
and which I sincerely desire every Planter and Raiser
to possess and cultivate. This grass grows in the fall,
winter and spring only, and is emphatically a winter
grass. For the grazing of stock and making nutritious
hay and restoring worn out fields, it has no superior.
This grass has the following valuable qualities, which
many year’s experience has abundantly demonstrated:
Ist It lias the largest seed of any known species of
grass, being nearly as large as wheat.
2d It will grow [on very rich ground] from three to
four feet high, when seasonable.
3d It is nevet injured by cold—no freeze hurts it.
4th It is never troubled by insects of any kind.
sth It is never injured or retarded in growing by heavy
rains, overflows or ordinary drought.
6th It grows as fast as Millet or Lucerne.
7th It is as nutritious as barley, and stock are as fond
of it as they are of that.
Bth It will keep horses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats,
hogs and poultry fat throughout the winter and spring,
from November to May.
9th It will then (the stock being withdrawn, and the
ground being rich) yield from three to four tons of ex
cellent hay per acre, cutting when the seed is green (in
milk) each time.
10th It saves corn and fodder being fed away to slock
during the winter and spring.
11th It completely protects fields from washing rains.
12th It ennables farmers to have an abundance of
rich milk, cream and butter, with fat beef, mutton, &e.
for the table.
13th It will (if followed with our cornfield pea or
bean) give to farmers the cheapest, simplest, the surest
and the most paying plan to reclaim worn out fields, and
fertilize those not yet so, which the ingenuity of man
can devise.
14th It will sow its own seeds after the first time,
without expense or trouble, thereby re-producing itself
(through its seeds) on the same ground ad infinitum.
15th It does not spread or take possession of a field,
so as to be difficult to get rid of, but can be effectually
destroyed at any stage before the seed ripen and fall out,
by being plowed up or under.
This grass having the above enumerated properties,
will be found, by all who cultivate it, far superior to
any other species ever introduced, or which can be in
troduced, lor the climate and soil of our country.
B. V. IVERSON.
rpilE firm of WM. F. EDMONDSON & CO. is
J- this day dissolved by mutual consent. The out
standing debts of the firm will be settled by Wm. P.
Edmondson, to whom all demands must be presented,
and who is authorised to use the name of the firm in.
settling the business of the same. May 28lh, 1848
W. P. EDMONDSON,
June 3—lt WM. O. CHENEY. *
Bank of Greenesborough,
Statement of the Bank of Greenesborough at tlie
close of Business on Saturday the 15th day of
May, 1858.
Assets:*
Notes discounted, $41,187 50
Plates, Books & Stationery, 1,000 00
Cash on hand, 7,500 00
Due from other Banks, 12,500 00
Expenses for Salaries, Ac. 352 75
Office Furniture, 175 00
$62,715 25
Liabilities!
Capital Stock Subscribed, $200,000
25 per cent, paid in, $50,000 00
Circulation, 10,599 00
Profit, 2,116 25
Due to Depositors, 000 00 .
$62,715 25;
Stockholders!
E. Keacb, 800 Shares at SIOO, SBO,OOO
F. W. Perry, 543 “ “ 54,500
R. B. Wight, 235 “ “ 23,500
Wm. Keach, 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
from she Books of the Bank is just and true, to the beat
of their knowledge and belief. Sworn to and subscribed
before me, 17th May, 1858.
A. L, WILLIS, J. 1. C.
11. B. Godard, President,
C. C. Norton, Cashier.