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cQPOaofr cg&oßtaMrsrfiaa TBMPBBASCE CRUSADER. PENFIFiTjI>, GEORGIA. j Thursday Morning).,. ..August 5, 1858. < i The First Glass. Drunkard, when did you take your first glass f You 1 are a miserable, woe-begone wretch, a vagabond upon the earth. Your face, pale, wan and haggard, too plainly proclaims your character; while that foolish leer cannot conceal the fact that want is now preying upon your very vitals. Were you always thus ? No ; you were once innocent, prosperous and happy. The warm blood of health coursed through no veins more proudly than yours. But now, alas, how changed! Rum hath wrought it. Ah, you remember when you took your first glass. It was when but a youthful lad, and a crowd of you had met to spend an hour in social enjoy ment. The laugh, the jest and the glass went round, and merriment made time her own. Your eyes glistened and your cheek glowed, and then you knew no more until you awoke with aching heart and fevered brow from your torpid slumber, and vowed no more to touch the charmed cup. Had you but felt the strength of those coils which the serpent of appetite was casting around you, and called upon a stronger arm to break the grasp, you might have been saved. first glass might have been your last. You felt able in your strength to resist the apparently insignificant enemy. But you knew not its power. You coolly tampered with it, and it has bitten you with fangs more deadly than the asp. What a life of misery has that first glass brought upon you ; what a world of wretchedness and ruin has it inflicted upon all with whom you have been connected ? Your wife, that wife whom in your youth you won with kind, sweet words, now sits a melancholy image of despair. That heart which once beat so buoy antly with joy and hope and love, is now broken, her high aspirations forever checked. And you have done it. Or perhaps she lies in the cold embrace of the grave, which she gladly welcomed as a refuge from your cru elty. Your poor children are clad in tatters and reared in ignorance and pauperism. All this is the work of that glass. It appeared then but a small, insignificant thing, but it has wrought this mighty change in your condition and prospects. You have been reduced from the high dignity of a man to a level with the brute. The rayless darkness of a moral death is now around you, and your fate is irrevocably sealed. The iron bands of habit are bound about you in indissoluble links, and though your limbs may struggle, and your heart may quake, you cannot escape. Oh that your warning voice might fall upon the ears of every youth in our country more loudly than 6even thunders. Beware of the first glass 1 Mercer University. The annual Commencement Exercises of this institu tion passed off last week with the accustomed bustle and confusion. The attendance was generally consid ered much larger than ever before, embracing visitors from almost every portion of the State. The exercises were opened, on Sunday morning, with the preachingof the Commencement Sermon, by Rev. Prof. A. J. Bat tle, of the University of Alabama. It was a fine, schol arly production, evincing the close student and profound thinker. At night, a very appropriate, able and ac ceptable sermon was preached before the Young Men’s Missionary Society, by Rev. B. F. Tharpe of Perry, Ga. The Sophomore Prize Declamation, on Monday morning, was good— certainly the best we ever heard. The Junior exhibition, on Tuesday, was rather inferior—wanting in spirit and variety, and the exercises of Commencement day decidedly the poorest we ever witnessed at Mercer University. The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was con ferred upon Rev. J. E. Dawson, of Columbus, and Rev. Professor Williams, of this place, and the degree of Doctor of Laws upon Hon. E. A. Nisbet, of Macon. On Wednesday evening Col. R. B. Hubbard, of Tex as, delivered the Annual Address before the two Liter ary Societies ; and be it said to his credit, he buried the hustings, ignored all political themcß, and led us through inviting fields of literary lore. He pointed out the va ried charms of prose, poesy and poetry, and directed the attention of his large auditory to the lamentable defects our own national literature. He is an able, eloquent and impressive speaker, possessing all the enviable ele ments of the natural orator. Col. Hubbard is one among the most promising of Mercer’s Alumni, and his address added much to his already flattering reputation. At their late meeting, the Board of Trustees changed the time of holding the Annual Commencement to the 2d Wednesday in July. They also enacted that at the end of the Sophomore year the students shall be exam ined on all the studies of the Freshman and Sophomore years, and at the close of the Senior year, upon the studies of the Junior and Senior classes, Tbe Evil Influence of Wine and Women in California. Says the Mariposa Gazelle upon this subject—“ Wine and women appear to be the great disturbing causes in social circles, neighborhoods and communities. Deg radation following in the train of one—infatuation and insanity in the train of the other. Sacrifices, burnt-of ferings and blood, are, alas! the too often perquisites of both. Particularly from the latter, which is, scrip turally speaking, a disposition to “plow with other peo ple’s heifers,” and which is, to a great extent, the fruit of an ill-o<-dered society—from which flows horrible misery. How many tragedies have occurred from this cause? How many have gone to their long account unanointed and unannealed, with all their sins and im perfections on their heads, as their teward for a relax ing moral sentiment, and a disregard for the rights of others? Lengthy is the record, and painful to contem plate—the more so as it does not seem these sad expe riences are considered to be important or of value to the community. The same tragedies are liable, every day, to be re-enacted. In the weekly record of events occurring in this State, the stranger may read of domestic desertion—sickening accounts ol seduction and its consequences—of ven geance upon men occupying apparently respectable po sitions, for some liaison in an evil hour—of men ot note and position setting at defiance the lav-g G s society and of healthy moral sentiment, by living openly and avow edly in concubinage. All this, is the fault of society, to a great degree. It show’ the want ot proper moral sentiment, which is net, perhaps, more observable in men than in women, Men of vicious inclinations and acknowledged depraved habits, are hardly refused the friendship and consideration of those accounted virtu ous. Such a state of society is lamentable. By its fruit it is judged. Porter, the Sunday School Defaulter. The following item, furnished by a correspondent of the Boston Journal, was clipped for publication several weeks since. We give it to our readers now, with the humble hope that the sad detail may strengthen some one in a course of uprightness and fidelity to the inter est which may be entrusted to them: “Mr. Fred. W. Porter, the defaulting agent of the American Sunday School Union, whose fall made such a sensation a short time since, has at length made a complete and full con fession of the wrong he lias done. He 6tood very high in the church, and he was almost the last man who would have leen suspected of so foul a deed. In a let ter recently laid before tin Poard oi the Sunday School mon, he has made a complete confession. He Degan hie wrong-doing nineteen years ago! The plan was began^tirth 116 PU |YY ed tlle laßt ‘ llis temptation h. for th.t lone tinro carried „„ tis ptanl that at the start he knew it was wron* • K ,*!. l ! to be able to meet the notes as they ma’tured. he was unable to do so, he was compelled to renew hi. notes and pay a heavy bonus. Thus, for nineteea years he has been treading the thorny path of sin, praised for virtues that he knew he did not possess, and partaking of the sacrament, which, according to his own professed faith, was adding damnation to himself with each un worthy reception. He defrauded the Society out of over $80,000; but the Philadelphia broker, who aided him to this dishonest gain, promptly paid all the notes that his name was on, and the lose was lessened nearly $40,000. Mr. Porter confesses that in nineteen years of fraud, he haa used the name of the Society to the large amount of $600,000, by renewals and re-issues. No wonder he ie a sick man—one whom, if the law does not reach, the grave will soon cover up. Nineteen years of fraud and crime, and perpetrated in the name of religion—with despair looking him in tbe face—exposure waiting for him at the cornets of each street—with remorse gnaw, tng at his heart—and the worm that dies not hastening 40 Ws repast. Mr. Portsr’s confession will soon be public. Personal. We hed the pleasure of receiving in our sanctum, du j ring last week, friend J. W. Duncan, of the Atlanta I Intelligencer. He seemed to bo in fine spirits and in j the enjoyment of excellent health. Wo appreciated his j visit to our village, and trust it proved an agreeable ono |to himself. Homentloned a variety of important me | chanical improvements soon to be made in Kis paper, j which will add greatly to its popularity and increase its j circulation. We wish him success. Governor Brown. We were much gratified at hearing from his Excel lency, the Governor, during his recent visit to our town, that he was highly pleased with Penfield and Mercer University. He delivered the Sophomore prizes, and did it in a manner which gave very general satisfaction. Hie reflections prefacing their delivery, were pointed, truly appropriate, and were happily received. He is eminently practical, yet decidedly liberal, in all his views upon the eubject of education; and though his ideas arc not always expressed in finished language, they are, nevertheless, to the point. We think the Go vernor made many warm friends by his visit to Penfield. Apology to Correspondents nnd Subscribers. •The parapharnalia of Commencement, and a. sick family since, have caused us to negldct the business of our office in a great measure, for the last couple of weeks. We have not been able to make out a list of receipts for publication, but will do it soon, and corres pondents shall hear trom us at our qgWiettiqg^yonienee. Tbe Scourge of Rum. Rum is the se rerest scourge by which a people was ever afflicted. It knows no intermission, no cessation, no pause in its work of death. The pestilence hath times when its seals are closed, and walks forth no more to sicken and to kill. War is a terrible curses but it, too, hushes its thunders at the voice ofpeace.ahd its sufferings and miseries are known no more. But rum works at all times, all seasons. In times of pestilence, or in periods of health; in the tranquility of peace, or amid the hor rors of w-ar ; in famine or in plenty; all aretimes when Rum exerts his power. The retired village and the thronged city; the howling wilderness and the culti vated country are all scenes where he riots in. savage brutalism, and destroys his victims with fiendish joy. The wicked Kings of Judah set up their idols in “high places” and commanded the people to congregate there and bow down in unholy adoration. But everywhere, in high places or in low, in mountain or in vale, hath Rum set up his altars and erected his temples, and there his votaries gather and plunge into the tide of their own ruin with, a frantic delight. Such is the power which Rum has acquired; a power which nothing but legis lation and law can break down and annihilate. One of our Northern temperance exchanges, in speak ing of the action in Maine, on the subject ot prohibition and license, contains the following sensible idea: Prohibition vs. License. The people of Maine have again adopted prohibition by an almost unanimous vote, after trying the license system two years. When the politicians of the State, thinking to make political capital for their party, repealed the Maine Law, and again inaugurated the license system, many good men in this and other States began to waver in their faith in the ultimate triumph of this people, and for two years, as a Stato, Illinois has been waiting, not knowing what course to pursue. The State Temperaaice Alliance have kept one or two agents in the field lecturing, and many town and coun ty societies have he*n formed, ready to act when any definite plan should be presented. In many places* a prohibitory ordinance has been passed, and the people have elected a town or city council who hav rigidly enforced it, and the traffic, with all its abominable evils, has been driven from their midst. The great revival, too, has, to a very large extent, prepared the public mind for a renewed endeavor to throw off'our shoulders this incubus of sin, which, so far as it gains any influence, has always palsied most of our efforts for good. Is it not time, friends, we were doing something more to stay this desolating tide ? Maine nas set us a noble example, and the people have, by an overwhelm ing vote, testified to the power and efficiency of prohi bition. Now, if the people ot Maine, who havo tried both systems, and thus arc b-est able to judge of the working of such a law as they once passed, but of which they were defrauded by politicians and rumsellers, have de cidedly preferred prohibition—9-lOths of her population voting for it—the cb/ar and natural inference is, t hat it is the most wholesome and salutary law on the subject, and that it can be sustained and carried out. Let us now look at the results which may be antici pated from their manly and truly politic course. There will be no longer temptations in the way of moderate men, or the riatag generation. The habit of total ab stinence will b& established and fostered, and will tend to thrift economy and wealth. The nuisances of distil leries, bar-rooms, saloons and groggeries will be re moved, and this consequence wiii produce a healthier moral tone of feeling and conduct in the generality of her population : her capital will rapidly increase; her industry be pushed to its utmost natural limit, and ac quiring continually increasing strength, she will out strip all the neighboring States and provinces, and be a light and guide to them in the path of temperance and concurrent blessings and advantages. The following are the leading features of the “plan of action” adopted by the State Temperance Alliance, at its annual meeting last winter: “It being evident that a prohibitory law for the whole State cannot, for several years, be secured, as it will prove unsuccessful to attempt enforcement of such law against the wishes of a majority of the people in any section of the State, we respectfully recommend to the people to ask of the next legislature the passage of a prohibitory law, wise in. its provisions and severe in its penalties, to be submjfttcd to the vote of the people in the several counties, for their endorsement or rejec tion at the ballot box. /That in whatever counties the majority of the voters, shall endorse the law, there it shall be in full force and validity. This vote to be taken an nually at the Sprinjj election, giving the several coun ties a chance to come into or go out of the “arrange ment” according to the popular will.” This much we can secure, and our forces should be immediately organized for this purpose. Stirring: Thoughts. A writer in the Wisconsin Chief asks the significant question—Whoever yet, on seeing a distillery, looked up and thanked God that it -existed ; and that it was pouring out its streams of ble.rseduess to cheer and re fresh the way worn traveller ? And then replies—No! human nature is not so Heaven-daring as to look up and bless God for this. But the gushing fountain of pure, cool water, as it bubbles up, asks permission to bless—and the weary, thirsty traveler, if ever his heart welled with grateful emotions, will send up a thanks giving to Heaven for a free, pure, cooling draught from the blessed fountain. Did you, kind reader, ever make a comparison between a distillery and a spring of pure coo! water ? Ifnot, just do it for a moment. Try to realize the blessings of the one, and the curses of the other. The one was founded by the great Architect of the universe, to be a blessing to evarything within its reach, both animate and inanimate. How it beautifies and refreshes vegetation ? How pure and invigorating the atmosphere around it! And as it dances away in the little rill, singing as it goes, there is not a man, wo man or child; there is not a beast, bird, fish or insect; there is not a ,ree, a shrub, a flower, nor even a tiny blade, within its influence, but what raises—uncon sciously, perhaps—blessings richer than the miser’* well-filled coffers can purchase. Can as much be said in favor of a distillery ? A foun tain of man’s creating V A man did I say ? Can a true man, one of God’s noblemen, engage in such a work, now in this nineteenth century, when the light of the temperance gospel is shining all around? No, never ! A distillery! what is it ? A fountain which sends forth streams of liquid fire, that scar and blast all that comes in contact with it. The atmosphere around it is a stench in the nostrils. Its polluting influence is dis cernable everywhere. And oh, the disease and sorrow and death that emanate from this uccursed fountain! I wonder if those engaged in this work of death everstop to think of the sighs and tears, the broken hearts, wasted energies and ruined minds they are piepaving for those who sacrifice at this dark and hideous altar ? For, when such a temple is erected, there is also an altar on which costly, precious sacrifices arc laid* fortunes, homes, reputations, buoyant hopes, loving hearts, and even wives and children are some ot the offerings whicli smoke upon that cruel altar; not to appease, an offen ded Deity, but to call down God’s vengeance on the man who causes all these woes. then, on passing one of these half-wav houses on the road to perdition, can look up and ask God’s blessing upon it ? Ah! who can do it ? How Balloons were Invented Major Chambre, in his “West End Life” ofLondor, gives the following curious account of tho cause that led the Frenchman, Montgolfier, to turn his attention to tho subject. It is to this effect: rilsYli!!!l Cr " wo^ an of the Rue Juifs, in the Ms stov’e P to drv & p r ltlc ® at 011 a basket work framo over a to prevent its m^w* I**il° 1 **il° c< ? ncentr “te nil the heat, and drew Ihe strin a -S ng . by thc , apertur e at the top, she it round the waist V° Betbcr v which are used to tie lighter, and theYtov* Y Yn, 8 ™* j thc , Btuff dricd air concentrated Ser U?e framewo ’u at i ttnd rßrify J he gan to move, and at the last T fl ? 0 Petticoat be er-woman was eo astonished that” a,r ‘ Tllwaah i : her neighbors to witness a miraefo and ° Ut c “ suspended in the air, were amazed anH d lhl y -k • B J eeb l? u individual, however, a simp™ Dane,- l M w Uplfi r 6d ’ ? no nonay, named Montgolfier, as much astonished but more sensible than the others, who work of tho demon, returned home, and without iYurYf time,-studied the work of Priestlv on different kind, of atmospheres. The result was the discovery of the first balloons, called Montgolfiers, of which he was the in T ventor. As the pautflas probably gave the idea of a sailing vessel, bo also do very simple causes often pro. ducegreat and unexpected results.—[West End ii/ t , -% Major Chambre. Knights of Jericho. “He announced some weeks ago,” save the Central Georgian, “ that an effort was being made to obtain a renewal of tho. charter granted to the Lodge in this pla.-c several years since. It is gratifying to kuow that tho effort was attended with success, and that the Lodge has been rc organized and the flag of temperance once more unfurled to the breeze in our beloved town. The Lodge meets every Friday night. National Division. Tho fifteouth Annual Session of the National Divi sion of the Sons of Temperance of North America con vened at Indianapolis, on the Bth inßtant. Fifty-three Representatives were present, representing twenty one Grand Divisions. Os the fourteen previous sessions of this body, only three have had a larger attendance,viz: the 7th at Boston, the 9th at Richmond, and thc 14th at Providence. Harmony, brotherly feeling, devotion-to the Order and the cause of temperance were tho distin- I guishing characteristics of thc late session. Quito a I number of the Representatives had been previously members of the body.- Cary, of Ohio, and Fickardt, of Pa. had been in attendance uponttcefee annual sessions ; I oust of Pennsylvania, upon nine, Tilley of Providence of New Brunswick eight, Jermaiu of New York, seven, McHenry of lowa, six, Hannaman and Engglcston, of Indiana, and Stiness of Rhode Island, four, Baker and I arr of Massachusetts, Goodwin of Indiana, Williams of Kentucky, and Townsend of S. C., three, Barry, Brown, Batty and Wallingford of Indiana, Clark ofOhio, Gantt of Maryland, Jackson of Maine, Lynch ofMissou ri, and Campbell of New York, two. The members from every jurisdiction gave encouraging accounts ot the condition and prospects ot the Order. Not a single question was introduced to produce division of senti ment or excited discussion. The inclemency of the weather interfered with the arrangements for a public demonstration; the procession was waived; yet, not withstanding the “windows of Heaven were opened” the capacious Masonic Hall was crowded with an intel ligent and appreciating audience to welcome tho Na tional Division. The supper and other festivities in the evening in honor of the National Division were in the highest degree creditable to the ladies of Indianapolis, and were fully appreciated by the Representatives. During the evening short speeches, music by a fine band, and glees by a choir, were given in happy alter nation. We never participated in a more pleasant en tertainment. The Order at large will be glad to learn that no changes were made mthe Constitutions of Sub ordinates, and but. very few in the rules, usages or cer emonies. The Ritual satisfactory, the admission of female visitors works admirably, and the sentiment was universally expressed that work only is necessary to place the Order on a vantage ground never yet occu pied. The election of B. D. Townsend of South Carolina, to the office of M. W. P., will no doubt give general satisfaction throughout our wide jurisdiction. The unanimity with whichjhe was chosen was flattering both to himself and the jurisdiction he represented. The re-election of Bro. Fickardt M. W. S. seemed to be almost a matter of course, as he has so long been identified with the office and its duties. His name is familiar to every old Son of Temperance on the Conti nent. He is now installed for the seventh term. Bro. Foust, of Pa., was installed for the fourth term in the office of M. W. R., thc duties of which he had discharged with fidelity hitherto. The entire brotherhood have no occasion to be ashamed of any of thc chosen leaders of the National Division. The remarks ot Bro. McHenry on retiring from the chair were deeply affecting—all present were moved to tears. The inaugural of Bro. Townsend was beautiful, ap propriate and eloquent. Both of these addresses we shall publish when they come to hand. On the whole, the fifteenth session was one of the most pleasant and hopeful that has ever been held. All the Representatives had their spiritual strength greatly renewed, and bid farewell to each other with a pledge of renewed devotion to thc Order in their respective ! jurisdictions. In unother place will be found an outline of the pro ceedings, which will be filled up in the future numbers of the Crusader. — Cin. Temp. Crusader. Woman. The following eloquent tributG to woman was spon taneously given, at the semi-centennial celebration oi thc New York Historical Society, in 1851, byTheodoro E. Tomlinson Esq. It was delivered at the close of the feast, and after Mr. Bancroft and the most celebrated orators had spoken in reference to thc most imposing regular toats. It was then that the President, lion. Luther Bradish, announced thc last one, thus: “Wo man: although last in our toasts, yet over first in our affections.” A smile passed over the faces of the grave savans, and with what might have been deemed a sort of pat ronizing sneer, they looked towards Mr. Tomlinson, who was tho youngest member of. them all by many years, and eallad on him to respond. Mr. Tomlinson at once sprang to his feet, and it would scorn, by tho impassioned vindication he made of the grandeur of his text, that he intended to administer a rebuke to the sentiment which had waived the response to him as a sort of joke : “‘Woman!’ if first in our affections, should not be last in our toasts. Site has fallen into my arms, and I will uphold her with all the chivalry of the feudal ages! Woman is a theme worthy of the poet or orator! Did not Homer, the blind bard., sing of woman; and when we read of Hector, bearing thick battle on his sounding shield, or holding aloft young Astyanax, trembling at his nodding plume, do wc not revert to thc beauteous Helen —sad Andromache? “Did not our orator-historian to-day, from whose hand centuries seemed to fly—did he not pause to play celestial music to woman—did he not say, that of all things beautiful of earth, thc vail of her spirit was most beautiful; that in our briery life, she was the lily, or—l forget, for the flowers were all emulous; the gentle daisy lifted up its head, the violet breathed a newer fragrance, and the rose angrily blushed woman’s pride, and woman’s loveliness. She is greater than the his torian ; he but records the past, she makes history; her gentle hand bends the twig that gives inclination to the oak ; on the infant brow she stamps the character of the nation. It was only when luxury crept into the the domestic circle, and stained thefireside, when there were no Spartan mothers, no Roman matrons, that Rome and Sparta fell. “Woman is the type of civilization: in savage life, a slave; in refined,a queen! Wliat distinguishes this na tion most, _what impresses the noble of other lands that the ‘American’ is the more delicate, the higher refine ment, is, our veneration for woman. She can go, un harmed, all through our vast country—her guardian angel the spirit of the people. “I cannot read the , future, the horizon is obscured, the firmament is not. dear. Who can tell what will grow out of the conflicts of the Old World and tho anx ieties of the New’ ? This I believe, that as long as the American People preserve their respect for woman, and respect follows worth, the American Republic will live. This I know, that if the mothers of the nation are good and pure, the sons of the nation will be strong and free. “Woman ! Empire is in thy hand. Lead forth from beyond the mountain, from the far Pacific, out of the bosom of the peerless West, the young States, and they will come to our union as mighty as our own, without a canker to consume their youth, without a cloud to darken their destiny. “ Power in arms, or song, or eloquence, has made man immortal. His very origin enshrined the muse ot Milton. Woman’s is greater than his. Man is made of the dust of the earth, woman out of the image of God. She is supreme in good or evil. Did not Cle opatra lead captive conquerers ? Who but Eve could have destroyed Paradise, where day was ecstatic joy, and night came as the approach of gentle music; where he couch was the fragrant embrace of flowers; where thc rich, luscious grape fell without thc wooing—where the very mountains arose in their sublimity to extend their shade over man’s repose ? Though the chosen an- 3 el of the ‘Destroyer,’ still her name is stamped on the ecalogue, ‘Honor thy father and thy mother.’ i “Wnat eloquence so exquisite as Ruth’s: ‘Thy peo ple shall be my people, nnd thy God my God!’ “In song, who more impassioned than Sappho? in prophecy, who more inspiring than Miriam, with harp and timbrel, by ihe shores of the sounding sea ? “Her destiny overshadows man’s—his fate trem ble* in hers. Napoleon tore from its heaven his morn ing star, Josephine; and St. Helena, in retribution, arose in the ocean. ...... . , “Did not Mary, the mother of Washington, fashion his great mind, and breathe her stainless purity into his greater heart? . “ More eloquent than tongue can tell, more glorious than pen can writo, aro the simplo words: Mother- Daughter—Sister—Wifo ! ‘Mother’—How sweet from the Ups of the gleeful girl ? how holy from the trembling vioce of age! To the dying captive, to the bleeding sol dier, to thc great man, to the malefactor on the scaffold thy name, ‘Mother,’ conics radiant with tho light of young Eden days! ... , . “Wife is thy better self; sisterthy lovliest peer ; Daughter, sunshine dancing on thy kneo. “In heathen mythology, Jove was the parent ot wis dom, that sprang a goddess, all create, from Ins immor tal mind. In Christian religion, tho Virgin was the Mother of our Lord! , ...... “Woman has ever been divine. With the ancionts, tho symbol of plenty, of beauty, of purity and wisdom. Minerva all perfect, Ceres with her shoaf of wheat, Dm na with her bended bo.v, Venus arising from the crown ing foam of the great sea. With us, of the New Tes tament, she has been chosen us wife and daughter for the expression of iniraclo —at'thc murriage feast, when the water blushed to wine; and when he bade the daughter of Jairus arise and walk. ‘Faith, Hone, and Charity, abideth’ most in her who touched but tho hem of His garment and was made whole ; and in the wid. : °T<* .y'ko* w th her mite, gave most to her Lord. j Yes, Woman is divine. How many orizona xpeend r ßln Mary ? Woman is an d even in her Do you not remember that our holy Lord bowed *° th * earth, wrote upon the sand, and would not look wpoa her shame, her degradation,, or h?r punishment!” , a ® m Book—An EnffUxhmaii’s Account of tne Inited States iu 1794-* interview with Washington at Philadelphia—inscription ofCongrem. j Newburyi-ort. Miss., jVLay 12, 1858. A few weeks ago 1 visited Watorvillo, Me., a hcßuti. | ful village situated upon the bunks of the Kennebec, and I the seat ofa very excellent college under the patronage ! oj the Baptists. While wandering through the library of the institution, Prof. Smith directed my attention to j a thick, antiquated duodecimo, bearing the title of ! “Tracts.” Upon opening it, 1 found that it. was made up of two distinct works, the first of which is probably the only one in the United States. I have read it with intense interest, and have had a few* passages copied from the Journal of Commerce. The title page is, in full, “An Excursion to the United States of North America, in the summer of 1794. Embellished with the profile of General Washington, and au aqua-tinta view of the State house at Philadelphia. By Henry Wansey, f. A. S. ‘Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice'—Salisbury, [England]; printed and sold by J. Easton; sold also by G. Wilkie, No. 57 Pa- i tornoster row, London—Second edition, 1798.” Mr. Wanecy was an intelligent, educated gentleman at the head of manufacturing enterprises in Salisbury, and one can see from his work that he has stuck to his Shukspcrian motto. Ilia “Excursion” is of the deepest interest, and his sketches of places and society are life like and graphic. He reached Boston via Halifax, and after remaining in the former “town” several days, proceeded to New York by way of Springfield, Hartford and New Haven. In New York he was intimate with tho Jays, the Livingstons, Gen. Gates, and others of note; and at some future time I shall give you extracts j front his descriptions of men and things in yourmetrop- I olis. From New York lie journeyed by stage to Phila- i delphia, and the notices of the villages on the route are > exceedingly quaint and interesting. I now subjoin an j account of nis visit to Washington, and a few obser vations on the Congress, then sitting at Philadelphia. His eulogy of Washington is certainly not surpassed in justness or eloquence by any writers of more modern times. I have retained his style, even to the punctua tions. And the only addition is the. division into sub jects. Hoping soon to recur to this subject, I remain very truly yours, p u r Interview with the President of the United States. j June 6th, 1794, I had the honor of an interview with i the President of the United States, to whom I was in- I troduced by Mr. Dandridge, his Secretary. He re- ! ceived me very politely, and after reading my letters i I was asked to breakfast . I confess I was struck with awe and veneration, when I recollected that I was now in the presence of one of the greatest men upon earth—the great Washington— the noble and wise benefactor of the world! asMirabcau styles him—the advocate of human nature —the friend of both worlds. Whether we view him as a General in the field, vested with unlimited authority and power, at the head of a victorious army; or in the cabinet, as the Pesident of the United States ; or as a private gen tleman, cultivating his own farm ; he is still the same great man, anxious only to discharge with propriety the duties of his relative situation. His conduct has always been so uniformly manly, honorable, just, patriotic and disinterested, that his greatest enemies cannot fix on any one trait of his character, that can deserve the least censure. His paternal regard for the army while he commanded it, his earnest and sincere desire to accom plish the glorious object for which they were contend ing, his endurance of the toils and hazards of war, with out ever receiving the least emolument from his country and his retirement to private life after the peace, plainly evince that his motives were the most pure and patii otic, that could proceed from a benevolent heart. His letters to Congress during the war, now lately published in England, as well as his circular letter and farewell orders to the armies of the United States, at the end of the war, show him to have been justly ranked among the fine writers of the age. When we look down from this truly great illustrious character, upon other public servants,-we find a glaring contrast; nor can we fix our attention on any other great men, without dis covering in them a vast and mortifying dissimilarity. Personal Appearance of Washington. The President in his person, is tali and thin, but erect; rather of an engaging than a dignified presence. He appears very thoughtful, is slow in delivering him self, which occasions some to conclude him reserved, but it is rather, I apprehend, the effect of much think ing and reflection, for there is great appearance to me of affability and accommodation. He was at this time in his sixty-third year, being born February 11th, 1732, O. S. but he has very little the appearance of age, hav ing been all his lifetime so exceeding temperate. There is a certain anxiety visible in his countenance, with marks of extreme sensibility. Notwithstanding his great attention and employment in the affairs of his well regulated government, and of his own agricultural con cerns, he is in correspondence with many of the eminent geniuses in thedifl'erent countries of Europe not so much tor the sake of learning and fame, as to procure the knowledge of agriculture, and the arts useful to his country. Washington on wool Growing. I informed his Excellency, in’eourse of conversation, that I was a manufacturer from England, who, out oi curiosity as well as business, had made an excursion to America, to see the state of society there; to inspect their various manufactories, and particularly the woolen with which I was acquainted. The General asked mo what I thought of their wool t 1 informed him, that 1 had seen some very good and fine, at Hartford, Ct., which they told me came from Georgia; but in general it was very indifferent; yet from the appearance of it. I was convinced it was capable ol great improvement. That, to my surprise, in the course of travelling two hundred and fifty miles, from Boston hither, 1 had not seen any flock of more than twenty or thirty sheep, and but these ; lroni whence 1 concluded there was no great quantity grown in the Stales, so as to answer any great purposes for manufacture. His Excellency observed, that from his own experience, he believed it capable of great improvement, for he had been trying some experiments with his own flock (at Mount Ver non;) that by attending to breed and pasturage, ho had so tar improved ins fleeces as to have increased them from two to six pounds a-pioce ; but that since, from a multiplicity of other objects to attend to, they were, by being neglected, gone back to half their weight, being now scarcely three pounds. 1 took this opportunity to offer him one ol my publications on the Encouragement ot Wool, which lie seemed with pleasure to receive. Breakfast with a. Presidetit of the United States in 1794. Mrs. Washington herself made tea and coffee for us. On the table there were two small plates ofsliced tongue, dry toast, bread and butter, &c., but no broiled fish. as is the general custom. Miss Custis, her grand daughter, very pleasing young lady of about sixteen, sat next to her, and her brother George Washington Custis, about two years older than herself. There was but little appearance in form ; one servant only atten ded who had no livery ; a silver urn for hot water, was the only article of expense on the table. She appears something older than the President, though J under stand they were both born in the same year ; short in stature, rather robust; very plain in her dress, wearing a very plain cap with her gray hair closely turned up un der it. She has routs or leeves, (whichever the people choose to call them,) every Wednesday and Saturday, at Philadelphia during the sitting of Congress. But the Anti-Federalists object even to these, as tending to give asuper-eminency, and introductory to theparapher nalia of courts. Our first President not Exempt from Trouble. After some general conversation, we rose from the table, to view a model which a gentleman from Virginia who had breakfasted with us, had brought for the inspec tion of the President. It was a scheme to cenvey ves sels on navigable canals, from one lock to another, without the expense oi having flood gates, by means of a lever, weighted by a quantity of water pumped into a reservoir. The President has continual applications from the ingenius, as the patron of every new invention, which, good or bad, he with great patience listens to, and re ceives them all in a manner to make them go away sat isfied. Congress and Congressmen in 1794 —the Galleries Cleared on account of Applause. Finding the Congress were still sitting, and expected to adjourn everyday, I lost no time ingoing to hear the debates; after calling on a gentleman to whom I had a letter of introduction, I was accompanied by him, and heard an interesting debate on the political Bituition of the country, in respect to great Britain. On entering the house of Representatives, I was struck with the convenient arrangements of the seats for the members; the size of the chamber was about one hundred feet by sixty; the seats in three rows formed semicircles behind each other, facing the speaker, who was in a kind of pulpit near the centre of the ra dii, and the clerks below him ; every member was ac commodated for writing, by there being likewise a cir cular writing-desk to each of the circular seats; over the entrance was a large gallery, into which were ad mitted every citizen without distinction, who chose to attend; and under the gallery likewise were accommo dations for those who were introduced: but no person, either in the gallery or under it, is suffered to make any murks oi applause or discontent, at what is debated; it ueing understood they are present in the person of their representative : this lias been a great error in the new French government; ail attempt, however, was once made to introduce it. here fin March last) by a clapping of hands at a speech which fell from Mr. Par ker ; but the whole house instantly rose to resent it, and adjourned their business, being then in a committee, and the galleries were cleared. Over the door I observed a bust of Dr. Franklin, the great founder of their liberties, and the father of their present Constitution: “Krtpuit coelo fulmen, eceptrumqne tyrannis.” A serious attention to business marked the countenan ccs of the Representatives, who were all very decently, dressed, which is not the case in all houses ot that kina meeting ior the dispatch of national business. The members that I heard speuk the first day, were Mr. Sodgwig, Mr. Drayton, Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Kitz—Sim mons, and Mr. Tracey. The Speech of Mr. Lee, member tor Virginia, in a committee on Mr. Madison’s famous resolution, was so handsome a commendation of the British Constitution, in preference to the new French government, that I shall subjoin it in this place, being then much talked of and approved. jfflET At a debating society in Schenectady tho other day, the subject was: “Which is the most beautiful pioduction, a girl or a strawberry ?” After continuing the argument for two nights, the meeting adjourned without coming to a conclusion—the old ones going for the strawberries, and the young ones for the girls. Jtttr- “Talking ob law,” says Pompcy, makes me think ob what do mortal Cato, who libed most a thou, san’years ago, once said: “De law-am like a group’ glass window, that gibs light ’nuff,to light us poor folks in the dark passages ofdis life; hut it would puzzle de debble himif to wo through it,” Intemperance. A writer “R” in the Cartersvillr. Eiprcs furnishes : the readers of that.paper with the following: Intemperance is to bo measured not by the quantity j of wine, but by the effect on the constitution; not by cups but by consequences. Let no man fancy, because !he does not drink much that he is not a sot. Pope snid, ’ that to drink more than one glass was a debauch ; and j every man who habitually takes morethan his stomach j cun bear, sooner or later arrives at those miseries which are the effects of hard drinking. Every healthy toper is a decoy duck, and no more proves that health is safe in intemperance than an unwounded soldier that life is secure in battle. “Strength of nature in youth,” says Ld. Bacon, “passes over many excesses which are owing j a man till his age.” Drunkenness, amongst persons of j character and education, is considered as it ought to be j at once, sinful and degrading. The consequences have j been increased longevity, and the disappearance among ; the upper grades of society ofa host of distempers that ! follow the train of inebriety. I ‘ i Scrap* from the “Chief.” Tho world's rivers and oceans are gathered from lit tle fountains. , The pulse-beat of one lieart may be felt by a nation. The temperance reform was once but a spring—a lone, budding thought. Its tide now influ ence nations. Certain views of htiinau pride are easily gratiliod. Many men arc satisfied to live and die whiskey drinkers. ! The “noblest work of creation” has some disting- I uished traits above the brutes. Man can drink, swear j i and chew tobacco. j The army ot drunkards is always lull. Young rc j emits are always read}’ to till the gaps made by the dun- ; j geon or the gallows. ! In the still night time and behind the shadows, the j dews tall to the earth. By the dim light of the stars, they steal on their gentle mission to wearied and faint ing herbage. . Beautiful as angels’ tears are they in the morning sunlight, trembling and gleaming and blazing, like liquid jewels on leaf and nodding blade. “No one ever knows what I give to such causes,” was the re mark oi a triend. who was charged with giving to the temperance cause lor mere applause. Nor did the pub- I lie know. His own family never knew. Yet, hisheart j and paint were always open and no grudging pittance j given. Ihe acts of such persons are like dew : they go j out on their mission unseen. But they give life and I beauty to humanity, and redeem it troin tho oliargo of i ; utter selfishness and love of praise. j j A Spread Eagle Toast. At Prentiss Center. Me. on the 15th, tlie following was the second regular sentiment: Our Nation.— -Begotten amidst the storms of the six teenth century, its inlantile movements were dimly and indistinctly seen on board the Mayflower, on the Rock ot Plymouth, at Jamestown, on the plains of Mononga hela, and on the heights of Abraham, the capricious squalls of its infancy were, heard in the tea party of Boston, in Faneuil Hall, on the plains ot Concord, Lex ington and Bunker Hill; in his boyhood he ran, bare . footed and bareheaded, over the fields of Saratoga, Tren ton. Princeton, Monmouth and Yorktown, whipping his mother and turning her out of doors; in his youth he strode over the prairies of the boundless west and called them his own, paid tribute to the despots of Bar bary in powder and ball, spit in his father’s face from behind cotton bales in New’ Orleans, whipped the mis tress of the ocean, revelled in the halls of Montezuma, straddled the Rocky Mountains, and with one foot upon golden sand and the other upon codfish and lumber, de fied the world ; in his manhood, clothed in purple and fine linen, he rides over a continent in cushioned cars, sails over the ocean in palace steamers, tends his thoughts on wfings of lightning to the world around, thunders at the door of the Celestial Empire and at the portals of distant Japan, slaps his poor old decrepit fa ther in the face, and tells him to be careful how lie peeks into any of his pickaroons, and threatens to make a sheep pasture of all the land that joins him. What lie will do in his old age God only knows. May he live ten thousand years and his shadow never grow less. Report on tkc State of the Order. Indianapolis, Ind. June 10th, 1858. The committee on the State of the Order, to whom was referred so much of the Report of the M. W. Scribe as relates to the prosperity and present condition of the Order, respectfully submit the following REPORT: Your committee tender their warmest congratula tions to the friends of sobriety and good order every where, on the unirustakeable evidence of nil increasing interest in the cause of temperance in general, and of our Order in particular, which is manifesting itself in almost every part of our jurisdiction. Tiffs awakening interest call us to a more earnest and ardent devotion of j ail our pow ers to increase this interest, and give it such Ia direction as will result in the greatest practical effect ’ for good. j It is a truth, whether our philosophy of human soci- j ! cty will account for it or not, that ! ‘‘There i a tide In the alt'airs of men, Which, taken at the Hood, leads on to fortune,” ! and the amount of effort required to accomplish any de sired result is much less when this “tide” is in our fa vor, than when it is against us. The present is a pro pitious time for our labor of love. The horizon which, but a few months ago was hung with darkness, is now streaked with the dawn of a temperance revival, w hich, if we are but faithful tooig mission, will cheer many a desolate home; will save from disgrace and ruin many a tempted youth, and will be crowned with results and consequences which the cycles of eternity alone can fully unfold. Os the ultimate triumph of our cardinal principles we cannot for a moment doubt, while we have any confi dence m truth, faith in God, or hope for humanity. In the great conflict of life, the cause of truth and right eousness may seem to be stricken down for the time, but our reverses should only teach us wisdom, and wo should rally our forces again to the battle, strengthened and made wiser by the experience of the past. The causes conspiring to produce the present hope j ful slate of the Order, and, by implication, of the tem ! pcrancc cause, generally, are mainly these: I Ist. The revision of our Ritual of Ceremonies. Ex perience has taught us that the more simple and plainer our forms, the more impressive they become, and the better adapted to that universal acceptance which is so desirable in an Order intended to scatter its blessings among the ranks of society. Tru e beauty is not made up of meritricious ornaments, but of simple, unadorned worth. 2d. The introduction ofa swarm of Orders and in stitutions based on the central idea of total abstinence, but varied to meet the necessities oi time, place and cir cumstances, real or imaginary, had divided our ranks, .and, in the ratio ot this division, had weakened the tem perance army and unfitted it for anything like simulta neous or concerted action, in which alone we could hope for success. Mature reflection—the sober second thought—has convinced us that the Sons of Temper ance is an indispensable organization—an essential ele ment of progress in the temperance reform, and one which it is the duty of every temperance man to main tain. This returning sanity is bringing back to the Division those who had been defended by the false hope of exerting more influence for good in some other association. This reconcent ration of effort is produ cing, in many localities, the happiest results, not only on the Order directly, but reflexly on society in gener al, producing a healthy tone of public sentiment and moulding the fates and fortunes of thousands. Those who have studied thegenius ofourordercannot fail to ad mire its peculiar adaptation to the wants of this versa tile and progressive age. While the great central prin ciples of the Order, the internal skeleton, remains as fixed and immoveable as the everlasting hills, the ex ternal investments, the mere drapery can be changed with every changing whim of fashion, the wants ofeach succeeding year, or the demands of a better cultivated taste. It is, therefore, a great mistake to suppose that every year, and each successive phase of the temper ance question, demands anew organization to meet these new exigencies. The Sons of Temperance is an institution that most adiniraby meets these ever chang ing indications. It combines most completely “ diver sity in unity,” and while moving to the fulfillment of its mission—its “manifest destiny”—the achievement of a sober world, it yet accommodates itself to all the reasonable demands of its social surroundings, and, in the large discretion left in the hands of Subordinate Divisions, adnpts itself as far as possible to the various grades of society, as well as to the demands of widely separated localities. It thus justifies its claims to be the great temperance instrumentality of the age, embo dying, as far as human imperfection will permit, the elements of prevention and cure for the evils of intem perance, and as such has peculiar claims on all the friends of sobriety everywhere. 3d. Another, and not the least among the causes which is adding lustre to the star of our Order, is the interest which our sister visitors are taking in the pros perity ot our Divisions. He who supposes that any great moral reform or social revolution can be success fully carried forward without the aid of woman’s influ ence, has wholly misread human society in the meri dian of the nineteenth century. This influence we have happily secured, and its effects are not only apparent in the prosperity ot the Divisions, but it is sowing good seed around the hearthstones that will spring up in the homes of the land, and bear fruit in coming generations to happify millions. The recommendation of the M. W. Scribe on the subject of admitting ministers of the Gospel without fees or dues, involves a question which should not bo lightly passed over. The influence of the pulpit is one that we should, by all means, enlist in a cause so holy as that of ours, but we doubt the propriety of making any special discrimination in favor of any particular class m society. If ministers are admitted without fees or dues, should we not extend that privilege to profes sional touchers l Temperance lessons in the school are nearly as important as in the pulpit, and if wo begin to discriminate, where shall wo end ? Moreover the dis cretionary power now left with Subordinate Divisions m the management of their funds, we think amply suffi. cient to meet the emergency, and Subordinate Divisions are the most competent judges of when they should ex crcise that power. Nevertheless, we would not under value the Importance of securing the aid of so powcrlul a,l r^ xi ,ar y ® s Pulpit on all moral questions. a i°’ lU u lany i partß our jurisdiction, minis views of a \ W10 i are laborin g un dcr mistaken views of our objects, or the modes of attaining our ends, whose false impressions might be corrected by the issu mg from this most worthy body a circular addressed to tno Clergy, earnestly inviting their co-operation with us in our labor for the promotion of Temperance, and with it every moral anu social virtuo. R. T. BROWN, 8. F. CARY, B. D. TOWNSEND, S. L. TILLEY- ’ [Special Correspondence ] Augusta Police—Liquor La*T'-“Cuttinar a Swell”"-llainburgl Debating flub—An ex* centric Individual— Consislcnrv of Noddy —A Beautiful Scene. Augusta, July 29, 1858. On Sunday, the 25th insf/, our energetic Police made a descent upon some low groggeries, whose keep ers wore violating the sanctify of the Day of Rest, by keeping open their “srtks of iniquity” and having a crowd of negroes on their premises engaged in gam bling. Among the number engaged in this violation of law, was a female of notorious character, called “Irish Molly,” who managed to escape into South Carolina. Our Police arc zealously determined to put a stop to this wholesale desecration of the Sabbath Day, by keepers of low groceries, who have demoral ized so many, and will demoralize all they can ensnare, of our servile population. It is to be hoped that our Police will not grow “weary in well doing.” On Monday night, a “hop” took place at Schultz's Ilill in Hamburgh, So. Ca., which was very well at tended. A sprout of “Young America,” who has run the round of negro minstrelsy, amateur theatricals, and who is endowed with many vicious and degrading pro pensities, attempted to “cut a swell ‘ ut the ball, but the people not desiring his presence, he was requested to leave; and not complying w ith the request, a gentle man present, in behalf of the assembly, proceeded to inflict a decent castigation, with a horse-w hip, upon the “swell,” whereupon be “cut” the acquaintance of the crowd for the evening. Young America needs re straint. The Hamburgh debating club, composed of several gentlemen of talent and ability, had an interesting de bate at their last meeting, on the following subject: “Which is the most powerful, Wealth or Intellect!’ It w’as discussed with much energy and zeal, and several of the speakers gave evidence of mature reflection, and of an intimate knowledge wfitli the subject in all its bearings. It was decided in the affirmative. There is nothing better calculated to improve the mind, than that of forming habits of closeness, perspicuity, ease and clearness in the investigation ot subjects. An eccentric individual, who grandiloquently styles himself “Washington H. Brown, inspired L. I. P. P. A. M. &. S. D,” and who labors under the absurd idea that he is inspired, and who was recently taken incharge by the city authorities for safe keeping, a few days since addressed the .following laconic epistle to the Recor der : July 24th, 1858. j Dear Recorder —Please send me some Paper—l shall | need someone hundred quires. I am yours respect ! fully. I will save the city if L can. WASHINGTON H. BROWN, Inspired l. l. r. r. a. m. a s. and. He believes that he is vested with absolute pow’er, and that the city is doomed to destruction unless lie brings that power into action. To illustrate the consistency of society and men in general, at the present time, I will give a little incident that occurred some weeks since nt a country church not very far from this city. A brother in the church, who had been so unfortunate as to imbibe pretty freely on several occasions, was cited before the church and expelled; and yet there are one or two members of the same church who own Distilleries and are engaged in the laudable occupation of making Whiskey. Drunk enness wfill not add to “the commercial growth,and prospects” of thechurch.but Distilleries will. Making Whiskey is a virtue—drinking it an unpardonable crime. Consistency! is but a name. I witnessed a beautiful and interesting scene on the evening of the 27th inst., on the occasion of Rev. J. E. Ryerson, Pas tor of the Baptist church, taking leave of the congrega tion, preparatory to his departure North, which his ill health and debilitated system renders necessary. Af ter a few tender and affectionate parting remarks by Mr. Ryerson, and several touching prayers by the brethren, a brother sang that beautiful and suggestive hymn, “When shall we meet again, ne’er to sever,” with happy effect. Instantaneously every heart melted, and tears trickled down every cheek. Each heart seemed as if it heat in unison with the spirit of the song. After this was concluded, someone commenced,. “Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love;” and while it was being sung, the congregation pro ceeded to take (lie parting grasp of the hand with their beloved Pastor. It was a solemn and impressive scene,, and one calculated to lift the soul above the grosser things of earth. The pang of parting is rendered less severe by the hope of a safe return. “The hope of re turn,” it is said, “takes the sting from adieu.” The separation, it is anticipated, will be but of short dura tion. The prayers and blessings, not only of the mem bers of the church, but of the citizens of Augusta, ac company Mr. Ryerson and his amiable wife in their journey. “Parted friends may meet again. When the storms of life are past; And the spirit free from pain, Basks in friendships that will last. Parted friends again may meet, From tho toils of nature free ; Crowned with mercy, oh ! how sweet Will eternal friendship be [’* editor of the Charleston Mercury, in a recent article on the mortality of cities, says : “ Looking at tho returns of Augusta, Ga. we find it to be, at the present time, the healthiest city in the Union, and having fewer deaths.” Sambo, whar you get dat watch vou wear t® meetm lass Sunday < How you know 1 Lab a watch ! Bekase I seed de chain hang out the pocket in front. Go way, nigger! sposc you see halter on mv neck you tink dav is boss inside ob me. ‘ ’ Revolutionary Relics.— ln a late visit of the Knights i • of this city oi Boston, besides being most kindly treated and eared for, they were shown manv places rendered sacred by revolutionary history, and pre'- sented with a few relics ol those stirring times, which they will ever treasure. Among these, we have been permuted to examine a block of wood six inches square, neatly encased in mahogany, which was originally a por tion ot the old U. S, ship “Constitution,” and on the end ot which is engraved the name “Richard J Filton ” a human tooth and a musket ball, which doubtless caused lilton s death. These relics were discovered in a grave on top of Bunker Hill, while the grading for the monument was being executed. When the grading was first opened, it contained the skeleton of a hiimaw being, but as soon as the bones were exposed to the air, they crumbled into dust. In another wa? the Blopeoi the hill, a skeleton and portions of auniibn&were discovered, but these too soon turned ©, asbss when brought in contact with the air. A brass button, how ever, was found, which had upon iuhe figures “29” and near it was discovered a grape shoG which had been the messenger of death to the English soldier to whose uniform the button was attached. As we have said, these relics were presented to “Rich mond commundery No. 2,” by De Molav Encampment of Boston, and w’ere discovered by Mr. Williams, civil engineer, and a member ot De Molav Encampment, while grading the hill for the erection of the Bunker Hill Monument. They are not only treasured for their rev olutionary antiquity, but as mementoes of friends who endeared themselves to their Virginia brethren by acts ot kindness and friendship.— Richmond Dispatch. _ “ T be bloom or blight of all men’s happiness.” On the 27th uit. by Judge Noah Smith, Col. Jtmx W Brinson, of Jefferson county, to Miss Sallie S: Wick f.r, ot Washington county. 11l IWIM: Sd £1 c£l tytff cry :>vyry rtrv MALE ANI) FEMALE ACADEMY. r j'IIE 1 rustees of this Institution announce that the next Term will commence on Monday, the 9th mst. under the superintendence of HENJi Y C. WARE, ■sq. as heretofore. They take this occasion again to recommend this School to the notice,of parents and guardians, und challenge a comparison with any school in tne; State, in the thoroughness of instruction, suc cessful discipline, healthfulness of location, moral in fluences, and the absence of all inducements to vice and dissipation. Board cun be obtained in the neighborhood at . ; 7 or $8 per month, or in the family of the principal, at £.lO per month. J. R. YOUNG. WM. O. CHENEY, C. D. KINNEBREW, WM. EDMONDSON, Aug 3-3 t JAS-F. GEER. Selling Off at Cost! The subscriber, with a view to closing his buei-'* ness, is now offering his entire stook of mer chandise at cost. Any one in want of a bargain, ei ther in Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Ready-made Cloth ing, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Drugs, Medicines, Crock ery, Hollow and Willow Wares, &e., &.C., will do well to call and examine my Stock, before purchasing. Fenfield, Aug. 3 WM. B. SEALS.