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‘OPUa.a* TEMPKRANCIjtfU'fiinBI!. PENEIETA>, (iKOROIA; _ • . .October 14, 1858. Thursday Morning-,. _J! FOR SALE, A POWER PRESS AND ENGINE. A. we contemplate They , L„ Z’plhJd open eeej- —*■ 1 a,,d “ y member of the craft needing such apparatus, can get a . bargain by an early application. S-We will sell either the Press or Engine sepa- ] | rately. _ Xle Grand Diriston Meets in Augusta on Wednesday the 27th inst. Bear it in mind. minutes of the Graml Lodge, K. of J. Full proceedings of the Grand Lodge, winch met m , Macon on the 16th ult. will be found in this issue. , ctajfThe Milledgeville Frrordcr and Federal Union both propoae to issue a daily during the session of the 1 Legislature, provided sufficient encouragement is of- < sered. “ CarroHon Masonic Institue. We take great pleasure in calling special attention to i the advertisement of this Institution. The success 1 which has crowned the efforts of its Principal during the ( past year is sufficient evidence of his merits as a teacher , and speaks for the popularity of his school. He com- t menced with twenty-eight pupils and his number now J exceeds a hundred. ; Local, “dinning better tlian Strong.” t Rumor, slander, backbiting and all such small talk, ( are absolutely essential to the existence of all little towns. Ttaeircitizens must talk about something, and as topics rarely present themselves, they have nothing to discuss unless it be the character of each other ; and we j would like to see the man in any small town or village , whose character has not been dissected time and again, j But the hasty marriage of our young friend and fellow townsman, J. S. Barnwell, a tew days since, gave our , community a very interesting topic of conversation. , The old Patriarch Jacob met Rachel at the well, but : friend Jesse mother at the B root (s), and in the twink ling of an eye “(bey twain became one.” We wish them luck and much happiness through life, and by energy and perseverance they will in due time be blest with a “little Barn-welt (filled)” Tbc Atlanta Press. We are pleased to notice the changes and improve ments which have recently been made in both of the Atlanta papers. The Intelligencer comes to us in an entire new dress, greatly improved. Messrs. Gaulding and Logan of Griffin have become associated with Mr. Duncan in the proprietorship oi the paper, and they have purchased new type, presses, &c, and are now issu ing a paper which is interesting in matter, and decidedly respectable in mechanical appearance. The Proprietor of the National American lias associ ated with himself and Mr. Peterson, Mr. James S. Slaughter, the author of the popular and interesting novelette, Madaline. We take great pleasure in wel coming friend Slaughter into (lie editorial fraternity. He possesses a vivid imagination, writes with a vigorous pen, and is well posted in the politics of the day; success to him and the American. We must congratulate Col. Hanleiter and his associate Editors upon tlicvery inter esting and tastily arranged paper they arc now publish ing. It is one of our best exchanges. Mr. J. T. Miller, foreman of the large job office of G. P. Eddy & Cos. lias purchased that establishment. Karriblr. Says the Boston Jour-tal, “Mr. John Daly and wife, of Fitchburch, went to bed drunk last night, leaving a lighted candle in such close proximity to the bed ns to set it on fire. The inebriates were soon aroused by ‘he flames, and escaped from their shanty, which was also on fire, by jumping out of a window. They were so stupefied by liquor that they paid no atteniion to their two little girls, one two and a half and the other four years of age, and left them in the burning building, where they perished in the flames.” Who is to answer for this? Os course the drunken and debased parents, as the immediate cause. But who as a first cause ? The crime, for it can be nothing else, must rest with fearful weight upon those who brought the agent into existence, as well a3 upon the last one who dealt it out. The blood of these innocent ones cries aloud; and, thank God, as sure as Holy Writ is true, will be avenged. Physical Training off Children. In a late issue of the Chronicle Sentinel, over the initials W. S. M. a writer offers the following very judicious remarks ; no subject can properly claim more serious and anxious consideration than the one here brought to notice: “The subject to which I propose to allude on this occasion, is one which claims our most serious consid eration. lam sure of enlisting the attention of the ten der and rational mother, v hile I shall endeavor briefly to point out a serious evil in the prevailing system of Physical Education. The more I reflect upon the situation of a mother, tbc more am I struck with the extent of her powers, the in estimable value of her services, and the unlimited influ ence which she exerts over her children. In the lan guage of love women are called Angels; but this is a wealt compliment; they approach nearer to our idea of Deity; (and I wish not to be considered irreverent;) for woman not only creates, but sustains the creation, and holds in her hand its destiny. Every man is what his mother has made him, and to her is he indebted for the greatest blessing in life, a healthy and vigorous constitution. Bu‘ while I thus speak of the dignity of female char acter, it must be borne in mind, that by the term mother I do not mean simply woman, hut it is she who faith fully discharges the sacred offices of a parent ; she whose chief concern is the veil being of her offspring, and who feels all her cares amply repaid by its physical and mental growtli and activity. No subsequent endeavors can remedy or correct the evils occasioned by a mother’s negligence, and the skill of the physician is exerted in vain to repair what she, through ignorance or inatten tion, may have unfortunately blasted. Thousands of children die every year, the victims of disease contracted at schools, and the health and con stitutions of still greater numbers are irretrievably ruined by the depraved example of their older associates. I am aware that children are fond of “running wild,” and require the most watchful care to keep them out of mischief; but will any mother urge this as a reason why she should continue, as it were, in stocks, that restless activity which is wisely designed by nature to promote their physical and mental, and, I may add. moral welfare? Will she, from a wish to save herself trouble, or to gain time for other business of infinitely less importance, send her little prattlers to school under the silly pretense, pardon the expression, of “keeping them out of harm’s way ?” It is highly improper that a child should be one of the fixtures of a school room, in the midst of noxious emanations, it may be, for the six or seven hours a day which should be spent in the open tiir and cheerful exercise. Should it be said that chil dren are sent to school prematurely from a becoming zeal tor their early improvement, I need only reply that learning, however desirable, is too dearly bought, which is obtained at the expense of the constitution. Besides, the mind cannot be well cultivated in such a manner. Confinement and bad air are not less injurious to the mind than to the body, and nothing so effectually retards the growth ot the intelligent faculties as premature mental application. Send your child to school in its nurse’s arms, und you will cither make him an idiot or give him such an unconquerable disgust for books that when he attains to that age when he should be deeply interested in the pursuitsof knowledge, he prefers rather to luxuriate in indolence than in ihe cultivation of his mind or heart. This is not mkrs iale“fepeculatiori— it is a 1 truth, and the force of it’will he appreciated by every I parent of experience and discriminating judgment. Until a child has arrived at bis eighth or tenth year, j (I should prefer the latu i\) lie should be taught at home, j Perhaps the best book lie could study is the great vol ume of Nature. This is legible lit every age, and is as gratifying to a child as to an adult; nay, more so. It abounds with the most delightful and needful informa tion, and it is equally conducive to health, pleasure, knowledge and good morals. I would not be so pre sumptuous as to deny that children may be beneficially instructed in their infancy. On the contrary, I am of the opinion that as a child cannot be too young to learn, his mind should be put under proper training as soon as he can know a mother’s voice—a inothor’s love ; for it is the mother alone who can comprehend the physical and mental requirements of her child. Some of our most esteemed and valued citizens are indebted, for their earlier intellectual advantages, to the assiduous care of an affectionate mother. But if a child must be sent to school before he has ‘ learned to appreciate instruction, and before lie is phys ically fit to endure the fatigue of study, send him where j he shall not be confined longer than three hours a day, j and to a teacher who knows how tp govern without the \ rod. This ought to suffice the most exacting parent. j The early morning hours should be passed at play, j Those of the afternoon at rest, for the system, in chili dren, perhaps more so than in adults, requires repose j from tne labor which n hea'rty dinner has imposed upon l their little stomachs. A thousand absurdities present themselves to my j mind in reference to the prevailing mode of education, ! but I must forbear extending these desultory remarks, j for fear of trespassing on the patience of the reader, it I phould bp so fortunate as to have one.” * More Gold. The Ducktown Eagle, published at Hiwnssee Mines, j Tenn. has tho following: 1 “We received on Friday information of a rich deposit of cold having been discovered on the lands of John C. Moore, about 25 miles southwest from this place, and 12 miles south of Murphy. The few persons who have been employed have averaged 25 pwts. to the hand. “This region is certainly bound to prove the Eldora do of America. Give us but the Central Railroad from Asheville to Ducktown, and we ask no greater gift. one of the Calculta newspapers the following advertisement appears. What does it mean ? “Be it known that six fair, pretty young ladies, with two sweet and engaging young children, lately imported from Europe, having the roses of health on their cheeks, and joy sparkling in their eyes, possessing amiable manners, and highly accomplished, are to be raffled for next door to the Brittish Gallery. Scheme, twelve tickets, at twelve rupeß each.” Tho Hencli vs. the I*rcss. In the Criminal Court of Baltimore, on the 14th, Judge Stump ordered the name of Chas. C. Fulton tobc stricken from the list of Grand Jurors. The cause of this extra judicial proceeding was understood to be that Mr. Fulton, as proprietor of the American newspaper, had published a libel upon the court. The American of the 15th favors the judge with a tremendousskinning, in which occurs the following passage : The cause of justice is not only assailed by the weak ness and inefficiency, the absurd levity and the incom prehensible decisions of the Judge, but the character of the man is irreconcilable with the moral and conscien tious discharges ol his duties, and utterly destructive of the respect which should surround a judicial officer and give weight and dignity to his acts. The judicial ermine cannot be brought into contact with the habitual drunkard, the shameless profligate and the companion and protector of courtezans, without taking from that contact the taint which destroys its purity and disgusts the virtuous portion of the community who see it thus disgraced. An Inhuman Affair. So the Detroit Free Press calls it. It is astonishing how corrupt human nature may become —to woat strat egems they resort in covering their sins. The sub joined is a fair exhibition : An affair occurred on Friday evening last, on the De troit and Milvvaukie railway, which should cot oemn its perpetrators to State Prison for life, if all the facts arc as stated. As the passenger train was going west at full speed, the engineer discovered, near the station at Ada, the body of a man lying motionless on the track. He immediately reversed the engine and succeeded in stopping the train just as the locomotive reached the spot where the man lay. In the meantime he saw four men running for the woods, and, in company with sev eral passengers gave chase. Three of them were caught and brought back. The man who was found on the track was insensible, having been beaten by the ruffians until lie was reduced to that state, and then left on the track in such a position that he must have been run over had the train been a little later, in the darkness of the evening. He was bruised and cut from head to foot, and when restored to his senses, stated that the men had set upon him in consequence of some difficulty they had had, and paunded him with clubs and stones, giving him nine severe cuts on the head. Ilis name is Lambert. A Drunken Governor. A Missouri correspondent tuns eseribes the Gover nor of that afflicted State: “Gov. Stewart has been, for many years a dissipated man, but since his elevation to the position he now sus tains, he has descended by rapid degrees in the scale of debauchery, until he lias got t® be aconlirmed sot. His drinking habits lead him into associations that a de cent man would be ashamed of, and get him into brawls, which, in his person, disgraces the dignity of the State. During his canvass with Rollins, he became so insup portably coarse in his personalities that on one occa sion Rollins had to knock him off the stand they were speaking on. Several months ago, while on a drunken spree at Jefferson City, in a beer saloon, he became in volved in a quarrel with a spirited farmer, who knocked his Excellency down and beat him severely. And about a week ago, while on a visit to St Joseph, the place of his residence, he was again whipped by a German in a drinking saloon. He never comes to St. Louis without getting grossly drunk and behaving so obstreperously and boisterously on the streets as to render it necessary for his friends to carry him off and put him to bed, to prevent him being thrust into the calaboose with the thieves and vagrants.” A Balloonist Lost in the Sky. Terrible Adventure. —Ti e Detroit Tribune of tlie 18th instant says: “We have learned full particulars of the balloon as cension at Adrian, onThursday, itssubsequent descent, and its second ascension and runaway with the aero naut v hile beyond his control. It is a brief narrative but of thrilling interest. A man lost in the sky! There can scarcely be a more terrible thought. It makes the flesh creep and sends a shudder through every nerve! The first ascension took place about nine o’clock in the morning. It was on the occasion of a large Sun day School celebration at Adrian. The balloon was a very large and well constructed one, being about the height of a two story house when inflated and ready to cut from its fastenings. Messrs. Bannister and’Thurston took seats in the car attached to the balloon and ascended safely. A iter remaining about 40 minutes in the air, sailing towards Toledo at the time, they alighted near the woods in the town of Riga, Lenawee county, near Knight’s station on the Southern road, distant about 18 miles west of Toledo. Several men came to the assis tance of the adventurers, and they proceeded to prepare, the balloon for packing to be taken back to Adrian. In doing this, the monster balloon was turned over and partially upside down to disentangle the netting and to reach the valve. To dodo this, Mr. Ira Thurs ton, one of the aeronauts, took off his coat and got astride of the valve block. He then suggested that the car be detached from the balloon while be should hold it down with his weight. This proved a fearful calcu lation, for no sooner was the still inflated body relieved of the weight of the car than it shot into the air with the suddenness of a rocket, taking Mr. Thurston along with it seated upon the valve of the balloon, and hold ing on to the collapsed silk of the air-ship in that por tion of its bulk. In this perfectly helplesscondition the ill-fated man sped straight into the sky in the full sight of his companions, even more helpless than him self. So far as is known, there was no possible means for him to secure his descent, whether safe or other wise The part of the balloon filled with gas was full 12 loot above him ; so that there was no chance for him to cut it and escape. He could only cling to his preca rious hold, and go whithersoever the current of air should take him. Without regulation or control ofany kind the balloon continued to amount upward, sailing off in the direc tion of this city and Lake Erie. The fatal ascension took place about II o’clock, and at a few minutes past noon it was seen in the town of Blissfield, Lenawee county apparently full three miles high, and about the the size ol a star in appearance. It was still going on and out. At a quaiter past 1 o’clock it was last dimly visible going in the direction of Malden, as ascertained by compass bearings taken by parties observing it. Mr. Thurston was an experienced balloonist, having built several, and this being his thirty-seventh ascen sion. He was formerly a resident in the vicinity of Cima and Rochester, in Western New York, but has latterly resided in Adrian, where he was extensively engaged in business as a nursery-man. He was a wid ower, having lost his wife last winter. He leaves an interesting daughter, about seventeen years of age, to mourn her father’s unknown, terrible fate. The latest account by telegraph states that ihe bal loon came down four hours afterward, near Baptist Creek, Canada West. Mr. Thurston was seen upon it a sho-t time before it was secured, and he probably fell oil when over the marshes near Lake St. Clair. A search is being made for bis remains. The affair has caused great excitement throughout tho country. We subjoin still further particulars from the Detroit Advertiser, of September 22d, as follows: The Balloon Valve Torn Out —liow the Aeronaut Fell. —We change our heading to-day! Lost is a fearful word to say of one who but now was in our midst ip the high tide of life, strong, bold, full of hope, with troops of friends about him. “Lost! it sounds like the wailing of the wind in the tops of thepines!” All hope of ever finding poor Thurston alive i3 blotted out, and we can only bemoan him as lost. Mr. Bannister, his companion, returned this after noon. and can bring only the worst tidings. Tiie bal l loon he identified, and sent the silk of which it was composed to thiscity last night. He, himself, remained to search for bis friend. To-day he comes back des- I paiungly. He states that the balloon valve on which Thurston sat is lorn out from the silk of the balloon three-quarters ot the way around,indicating unerringly that the weight of the unfortunate man was too great for the strength of the sides, and that the silk gave way, when ne must have dropped off'. His only remaining chance would be to cling to the smooth material of which the balloon was made, and he could not have sustained himself in that manner. When thisoccurred w e can only conjecture, but that it must have been wit hin an hour after he started, seems highly probable. The balloon was seen for nearly two hours with a glass, but it must be remembered that this great body, Tull sixty feet high, was only the size ofa man’s band when lints visible, and it would be utterly impossible to see the ill-lated man if he had dropped off. Mr. Bannister feels quite positive that he must have fallen before reaching ! Canada at all. The stories that areeo plentiful that a man was seen : in the balloon as it came down near Baptiste Creek, ho | wholly discredits, as we have, from the first. He has : investigated these rumors pretty thoroughly, and puts ; no faith in them whatever, Six gentleman came up from Adrian to-day to go : down to search for the body ot Thurston, but at 3 P. jM. they were not decided what course to pursue. They i inclined to the belief that his body, if not in the lake, I would be found between Knight’s Station, where he started, and Monroe. The only hope now left is that ! the body may be found, and the hand of affection be per | mitted to lay it in its final resting place. We earnestly : trust this may be; the only boon left for aching ana ’ sorely-smitten hearts to erave, Office G. W. R. K. of J. j Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 2d, 1858. j \ Dear Seals: The Grand Lodge, Knights of Jericho, State of Georgia, convened in Temperance Hall, in ti.e city of Macon, on the 16th day of September, ultimo, at the hour of 10 o’clock, A. M. Prof. W. D. Williams, G. W. C. and Rev. Thomas Dougherty, G. W. V. C. presiding. Although the meeting was not a large one in numbers; yet, it was a very interesting one, inas much as a large amount of important business was transacted for the general spread and prosperity of the order. The Grand Worthy Chief, in his report, stated to the Grand Lodge, that he had been called upon to give bis decision in relation to the drinking of lager beer, by the members of the order, and had decided that it was a violation of the pledge, as it would intoxicate; and further, in relation to the trial of members for vio lations of the rules and usages of the order, he had decided that members must be fried by their peers, viz: that the committee, before whom the accused is .led, i must be members of the highest degree, to which the • accused is a member, and when so tried his or her trial is legal. The Grand Lodge sustained the G. W. C. in each of the foregoing decisions. The Grand Worthy Recorder, in his annual report, stated that since the last meeting the following defunct Lodges had been rc-organized, and their numbers had been changed, to-wit: Pendleton Lodge, No. 2G, at Sandersville; Oseola Lodge, No. 29, at Hillsboro’, Jas per county ; and further, that Glenn Lodge, No. 29, had changed its name and number, by consent of the Grand Officers, to that of Washington Lodge, No. 4, at Law renceville, and also the number of Fulton Lodge, No. 68, had been changed to that of Fulton Lodge, No. 31, post office, Atlanta, Ga. The G. W. R. reported that the following new Lodges have been organized since the last meeting, viz: Overby Lodge, No. 10, at Cuiloden, Monroe county! Snapping Shoals Lodge, No. 30, at Snapping Shoals, Newton county; Scottsville Lodge, No. 34, at Bear Creek, Henry county ; Lumpkin Lodge, No. 38, at But ler, Taylor county. The G. W. R. further reported, that all the following named Lodges had made their returns since the last meeting, and that a good number of them are in a very flourishing condition, viz: Atlanta Lodge, No. 1, at Atlanta. Washington Lodge, No. 4, at Lawrenceville. Overby Lodge, No. 10, at Cuiloden. Mt. Carmel Lodge, No. 11, at Mt. Carmel. Emory Lodge, No. 12, at Oxford. Rising Star Lodge, No. 13. at Penfield. Griffin Lodge, No. 21, at Griffin. Sugar Valley Lodge, No. 22, at Sugar Valley. Pendleton Lodge, No. 26, at Sandersville. Clarkesviile Lodge, No. 27, at Clarkesville. Oseola Lodge, No. 29, at Hillsboro’. Snapping Shoals Lodge, No. 30, at Snappihg Shoals. Fulton Lodge, No. 31, post office, Atlanta. Miller Lodge, No. 32, at Weston. Sumter Lodge, No. 33, at Americus. Scottsville Lodge, No. 34, at Bear Creek. Lumpkin Lodge, No. 38, at Butler. Bethel Lodge, No. 43, at Sparta. Ebenezer Lodge. No. 60, at Preston. Macon Lodge, No. Cl, at Macon. Farmers’ Lodge, No. 66, P. O. at Fort Valley. Coweta Lodge, No. 69, at Columbus. The Grand Worthy Recorder further reported, that : he had received, from all sources since the last meet- | ing, the sum of one hundred and fifteen dollars and sc- j venty-five cents, and paid out, for expenses in the same j time, one hundred and fourteen dollars and seventy-five j cents. The committee to whom the foregoing report \ was referred, viz : Dougherty, Andrews, Lloyd and Williams, reported, after having examined and com- i pared the vouchers’ books and returns, that they found j the report of the G. W. Recorder to correspond there- I with, and recommended its adoption; whereupon, th report was received and adopted. The National Lodge having lailed to hold any meet ings within the last four years, and having ceased to exercise its appropriate functions to the great injury of the spread and prosperity of the order generally, and the Grand Lodge having made various efforts to revive the same and having failed ; and it appearing further to the Grand Lodge of Georgia, that no other Grand Lodge is operative at this time, therefore be it resolved, Ist. That this Grand Lodge, of the Knights of Jeri- j cho, of the State of Georgia, do hereby assume to itself 1 all the powers and functions of an independent body over all the territory lately belonging to its jurisdiction, J and will proceed to alter, amend and perfect, as oeca- i sion may demand, all matters relating to the signs, sin:- ! nab and ceremonies comprising the ritual of the or and all matters relating to the constitution and by-b-.'- of the Grand Lodge, and likewise those of subordinate Lodges under its jurisdiction. 2d. That this Grand Lodge will charter subordinate Lodges out of the present territory of its jurisdiction, upon application, in due form, in the same manner as it ■ does now to subordinate Lodges in this State, and will i hold the same, thus chartered, under it jurisdiction, giving them the same rights and privileges, under the constitution and by-laws of the Grand Lodge, as arc al lowed to subordinate Lodges in this State, until such time, as any five Lodges in any State or Territory,, shall deem it proper to form themselves into a Grand Lodge, having a constitution and code of laws, and a ritual, conformable to those of this Grand Lodge, when its jurisdiction over said Lodge shall cease. 3d. That this Grand Lodge, when a sufficient num ber of Grand Lodges shall have been, in this way, or ganized to form a National Lodge, will, for the sake of the unity of the order, unite with these in the forma tion of a National Lodge, provided that the cardinal principles and present constitutional forms shall be maintained in the national organization. The Grand Lodge changed the constitution in rela tion to the per centage paid the Grand Lodge by subor dinate Lodges from 5 per cent, on its entire receipts, to 20 per cent, for each male member per annum, to be sent up with their returns semi-annually, viz: Ist Jan uary and July. And also amended Article 3d, See. Ist subordinate constitution, so as to permit brothers, who have received all the degrees, to hold office under eighteen years oi age; and further amended Section 2d, Article 9th, by striking out the following words, to-wit: males under eighteen years of age shall serve three months in each preceding degree. The following brethren wereelected and installed into the several offices for the ensuing year, viz; Prof. W. D. Williams, of Macon, G. W. C. George I. Lloyd, of Columbus, G. W. V. C. Wm. G. Forsyth, of Atlanta, G. W. R. James B. Bain, of Butler, G. W. M. Elijah Foster, Sen. of Mt. Carmel, G. W. S. Rev. James Griffith, of Butler, G. W. C. On motion of brother Lloyd, it was resolved that the next annual meeting of this Grand Lodge be held in the city of Atlanta, Ga. on the third 1 hursday in Septem ber, 1859, at the hour of 10 o’clock. A. M. It was further resolved, that a committee of five, W. D. Williams being the chairman, be appointed to cor rect and revise the ritual, and to make such suggestions as they may deem necessary for the good ol the order at the next meeting. On motion of brother Fqstcr, It was resolved, that the Grand Worthy Chief be appointed to collate, revise and edit the laws of the order, so as to make them ap plicable to the independent position assumed by this Grand Lodge, and prepare and furnish the same to the Grand Worthy Recorder, for immediate publication. W. G. Forsyth offered the following in relation to the regalia of the order, which was unanimously received and adopted, tp->vit f • Whereas, in the opinion of this grand body, and tho members of the order generally, that the New York style of regalia, as now used, is inappropriate for the 1 Knights of Jericho; therefore, Be it resolved and declared by this grand body, that the regalia shall be a sash to be worn round the wuist as a military sash is worn; tied on the left side, the ends of iljc sash suspended from tho waist, until the fringe almost reach the ground. The sash may be made either plain or decorated, with or without the emblems of the order. The colors, for each dcgrcee, shall be as follows: Ist or Jericho degree, scarlet. 2d or Bethlehem degree, sky-blue. 3d or Bethany degree, roynl purple. The sisters to usq Florence or Marcelaln silk, ora wide corresponding ribbon to he worn in the same way. ! All Lodges having on hand the collars and aprons arc privileged to use them until the 16th day of September, 1859.* On motion, the G. W. R. and G. W. C. were author ized to have printed, for the use of the Lodges, cor rect withdrawal, dismissal nnd travelling cards—the cards to be small, noat and plainly printed on French linen paper; and are also authorized to pay brother C. R. Hanleiter, who printed the ritual, 50 cents per each copy that may be used. Yours, in 11. T. & C. WM. G. FORSYTH, G. W. R. ♦Note by G. W. R.— French Merino or DcLane of I the correct color, and a heavy, wide corresponding silk j fringe, for the ends of the sash, will make very good brothers’ regalia. The following well humored communication is from our esteemed Dr. Wm- Hauser of Jefferson courtly, and his numberless friends will read it with great interest. We are always delighted to hear from him, and especially to hear of his success in his enter prises. He is one of Georgia’s whole-souled lemperancq, men, and never suffers an opportunity in which he muv strike for the cause, to pass unimproved. We are pleased to hear of the commendable zeal ac tual Ing Maj. Hicks and his energetic son, in behalf of tiie cause. Wd hope the new division which they have established, may work tip a moral revolution in the sen time fits of the people of that section, which shall result in great good to the temperance reform. fi-sFOur thanks for the club of new subscribers, Doctor. [Written for the Georgia Temperance Crusader.] Olioopie Division—Drunkards at tiie Singing School—Sami hill Division Again? Ac. Dear Sears: Week before last 1 taught a singing school at Schnell’s Bridge Church, (Methodist* Episco pal) in Laurens county. The church is on the west ern sidcofthe Big Ohoopie River, and about an J of a mile Irom that venerable stream. Two weeks before, I had taught at Mason s Bridge, six miles higher up this ri ver; also on the Laurens side. Here, at Mason’s Bridge, hmanual, Washington and Laurens coun ties join ; and I shall not, in tbc least, disparage the people in other sections of Georgia by saying that here abouts reside some as clever people as 1 have ever met in all my life. Major James Hicks, for instance, living on the Emanual side of the river, is one of the finest specimens of the genus homo it has been my lot to see anywhere. And he has just such a wife, and just such children, as any one, who wishes well to modest merit, would desire to sec so talented, intelligent, child-like and noble a Christian gentleman as he is possess. He had heard me speak of the Crusader, at Bay Spring, in Washington, some weeks before—also spoke of it at Mason’s Bridge, and it entered the heads of himself and liis noble son James, a youth of 17 or 18 years eld, to get up a Division in their neighborhood. They named it to tne. “No sooner said than done,” I immediately wrote a petition for a Division; and during the week of my school at Schnell’s Bridge, James worked perse veringly till he got 10, perhaps 11, names to it. I sent the $5 he gave me for the purpose, to G. S. James, C. C. Burnett, of Macon, last week. The new Division is to be called Ohoopie, No. —. Soon, I trust, this young Division will start into vigorous life, and, under the fos tering care of the Almighty, work immense good for the people down there, who are still groaning under the hellish influence of the liquor traffic. At Mason’s Bridge I had a sober, orderly crowd— smelt only a little liquor-breath; but at Schnell’s Bridge Satan plied me with no less than three drunken men, all at once. Two of these, whom I shall call to per No. 2, were brothers, and drank out of the same bottle. No. 1 was in a gang by himself. On Friday, the last day ol ray school, these delectable gentry were all on hand. No. 1, being a sensible man, and a patron of my school, spent most of the day near the spring, and did not annoy us much, though lie had done socon siderabiy on a previous day. The two brothers, on reaching the place, deposited their bottle down the branch, some distance from the spring, that they might “nourish their stomachs,” as old Zenus Foster said, whenever they felt like it. But the atmosphere breathed mischief to their hopes, for when one of them had ta ken a poor, th;.sty friend with him to drink, he found the whiskey all gone, and bis bottle filled with water! Disappointed and chagrined, he went and informed hi3 brother. He accused him of having drank the liquor. ;is was the ‘most unkindest’ cut of all;” but it was r all, for on going to drunkard No, 1, and begging for .y a sevenpcnce worth of his liquor with which to cool off, Re replied, “d—n you, go cool off on you'bottle Oi water,’ and would not sell him a drop. The conse quence was, these thirsty brothers soon mounted their steeds and rode off’ in search, doubtless, of some spot more agreeable to their tastes. It was a brave, noble temperance man who poured out their liquor, and he did not hesitate to own the act. Last week I taught at Bay Spring Church, in Wash ington, where Sandhill Division lives and flourishes, just as every institution must that is sustained by such noble men as bear aloft the temperance flag in that place. I’d write down their names if’l knew which to put first—which next, &c; but Ido not. We had a public meeting on Saturday, at which I blazed away, with my pop-gun, as best I could. The Division met afterward, and initiated four gentlemen and three Indies. Oh ! sir, that old Academy glittered that afternoon, with just such an array oflovely ladies and charming gentlemen, as it always makes me glad to look upon. Sandhill Division is one of the institutions of that part of Georgia! They intend to build a hall, and take steps to live on “till tbc crack of doom.” Two delegates, Silas Daniel, Esq. and Dr. James M. Palmer, were appointed, at this meeting, to attend the Grand Division in Augusta. [Special Correspondence.] Our city presents a very lively appearance, and our merchants are doing a brisk business. The streets are crowded with vehicles of every description; the pave ments with men engaged in every variety of business, hurrying to and fro with 2.40 strides ; the dry goods stores with the Miss Dignity’s of upper tendom, and the Miss Humility’s of the masses, the lily’sandmoss roses of society, making purchases, thereby creating a vacuum in somebody's purses, and at certain hours the streets and sidewalks inundated with a perfect deluge of“ Young America” returning from their respective schools. Every department ofbusiness is imbued with life and activity. Our city was never in a healthier or cleanlier condition than at present. She has passed un scathed through the excessive heat of the past summer with “No tokens of victory for the conqueror Death, Slaying bis hundreds by the fever's breath!” Pestilence has not clapped its ebon wings over our fair city, carrying disease and death in its train. We can truly rejoice that the fell destroyer did not appear in our midst. Our sympathies have been deeply aroused, and our hearts made to bleed at the condition of our sister cities, New Orleans, Charleston and Savannah, of some of which it may be justly said: “The sun sinks down o’er each death-crowded street, Whilst dread delirious screams the hearing greet, And night settles o’er with awe and fear and gloom. All ’round wild voices fill the air! A hearse! a hearse! they frenzied eager cry— A coffin and a grave for those that die!” Oh, bow our hearts should well up in gratitude to God for His mercy towards us! Neaily all of our citizens, who have been travelling during the summer, have returned to the city. The congregations of our various churches arc increasing in number every Sabbath. Rev. J. E. Ryerson, the well known and highly esteemed pastoroftlie Baptist Church in this place, returned home on Saturday last, the 2d instant, with his health fully restored, and Ins zeal un diminished. The announcement of his return thrilled the hearts of his numerous friends with pleasure and delight. On the following day, Sunday, the 3d instant, he preached to a large congregation who had assembled to welcome him back to the scene of his lubors. Many who had witnessed and participated with him in his labors during the past, in our midst, during hisabsence, no doubt truly feel that “Lone were ihe paths and sad the bowers, Whence his sweet smile was gone.” Those who had emerged frogi “dayKness into the mar vellous light and liberty oi* the gospel,” and'had ex perienced the joy of the Lord’s Salvation as I lie result of his effective preaching of the word of Go*, accom panied by the influence of God’s Holy Spirit, felt no common sensation of joy as they grasped him by the hand. Bright beams ot gladness shot athwart the palid fact s <>f the “sons and daughters of affliction and sor row” as they welcomed him who had ministered unto them in kindness, and who was always their most ferr vem advocate at the throne qf Jfoavqoly grace, and their glowing countenances revealed, their gratitude and joy fur more i t,actually than their most potent words could express. Ilia sermon was characterised by more that his usual eloquence and earnestness. “Pnch language as|his I may never recall; But his theme was salvation to all, And the souls of the many in ecstncy hung ‘in the manna-like sweetness that dropped from his tongue. * “ ■ Not alot m thoear his pure eloquence stole ; Lntorecd ’ .pencil gesture it sank to tlie soul. He spoke of the savior—what pictures he drew ‘ 1 to scenes oi his sufferings rose clear to the view -Ihe cross—-the rude cross, where he suffered and died • Ihe gush o bright crimson that flowed from his side • ihe cup of Ins sorrows—the wormwood and gall i ‘ J he darkness that mantled the earth as a pall j lie spoke, and it seemed that his statuo-likc form bxpanded and glowed, as his spirit grew warm.” Notwithstanding that the autumnal season has come old bol continues to dispense as much heat and to shine will) as much vigor ns he does in summertime, when at ”■ noontide hour, Forth from his flaming vase, He flings o’er earth his golden shower, Till vule and mountain blaze.” The comet is now the “observed of all obserers,” his bright caudal appendage proving a source of attraction to many. Auguitaf Oct, 7th, 1858. )V, D’ rl'ten for the Georgia Temperance Crusader.] Stluckstonc's Commentaries. By Billy Will, author of several Essays never yet published. How many pleasant memories and bright hopes are awakened at the sound of Bluckstouc’s name; memo ries of the many merry hours spent over his marvelous ly funny book ; hopes that amusement may again be drawn from its witty pages. Blackstonc was richtyen dowed with imagination and wit, hut remarkably defi cient in reasoning powers. He had the qualities requi site to make a jovial companion and a comic writer; hut did not have sufficient strength of intellect or dig nity of character to have succeeded in any of the learned professions; he couldn’t have become a tolerable “jus tice case” lawyer. He well knew wiiat his powers were, and the extent of their operation, and never at tempted anything beyond their range. Whenever on a “spree,” lie spent most of his lime in places of public resort, telling amusing anecdotes to please tlic crowd ; when sober, lie wrote humorous es says for the newspapers. He was so indolent and fond of fun that he never wrote but one work of any length, viz: a burlesque—Commentaries on the Laws of Eng land. This work begins with an address on the study of law, which was delivered before a crowd of lively fellows at the “University.” It is highly ornamented with fancy figures and brilliant sallies of wit. There is but one serious remark in it, and that, since it breaks the monotony, adds to, rather than diminishes, the “fun of the thing.” The remark is this: that doctors might be of good service to families in “sudden emer gencies,” by becoming acquainted with the “doctrine of last wills and testaments.” M he chapter entitled “Countries Subject to the Laws oi England'’ furnishes a fair specimen of his ability at narrative. It is written very much like that excellent book, Don Quixote, and has very little, it any,lessnov elty and humor. Persons with weak sides are advised not to read, for they might be seriously damaged. The next part of the book worthy of mention is, his account of the descent of the crown, from the time ot King Egbert. This is particularly rich, and, in style, resembles Doestick’s writings. I think Docsticks imi tates him. I might notice other portions of the work, hut haven’t time. It is said that Alexander the Great, orsomebody else, was accustomed to sleep with Homer’s Iliad under his pillow; if, like this person, I had sufficient health to sleep with a pillow and book both under my head, upon old Black should my head repose. As I cannot sleep with this book under my head, I sometimes try to doze a little with it in my hands. [Written for the Georgia Temperance Crusader.] Mr. Editor : Presuming that you would like tohear of the advancement of the temperance cause away down here in old Burke, all alone, I take this occasion ofin lorming you that Girard Division, S. of T. is still alive and diligently at work on the “moral suasion” plan. The condition of the Division is more prosperous at this time than it has ever been since its organization. Du ring the last three meetings twenty-three new names have been enlisted in the great cause of temperance, and I am happy to state that most of them are young men. How encouraging to see young men thus con ducting themselves. I feel more interested in the wel fare of our young men than any other class of our race, for into their hands will soon be delegated tin power older ones hold, and as they set out in life, just in that proportion we may expect good or bad government and society in the future. A few years ago our district was thronged with low-down doggeries, pouring out their filthy contents in continual streams, thereby ruining and degrading many of our youths. At every election or public gathering there was, more or less, debauchery, quarrelling and fighting. But a great reformation has taken place. What has brought about or, in other words, wrought this great moral change ? Was it the zeal and energetic efforts of our Division ? Every citi zen is compelled to answer in the affirmative. Butnot withstanding the great good our Division has accom plished, we still have a few grogshops in our communi ty, and of course men to patronize them. Some men seem to think that intoxicating liquors are essential to health and happiness. But physiology and experience have demonstrated, beyond the possibility of successful contradiction, that Alcohol, as a beverage, is in no case necessary to health, intellectual vigor or social happi ness. It is not only unnecessary as a beverage; but physiological science has shown, by incontestible proofs, that it is highly deleterious. Os all the evils that af flict our country, none bear any comparison to those originating from alcoholic drinks. Alcohol has been a never-failing source of misery to humanity—the plague ol community—the fountain-head of rowdyism, profan ity and all their kindred crimes and vices. How many a high-minded, noble and promising youth, who bid fair to become a blessing to his country, has been cast into oblivion by alcohol, terminating his career in the depths of degradation, disrespected and uncared for. It is remarkably strange that men who claim to be phi lanthropists—mc.i who claim to have the interests of their country at heart, will look upon the temperance reformation with contempt! That the organization of the Sons of Temperance has done, and is still doing a groat deal of good, none will deny. Then, why will so many stand aloof from this order ? Why not all come up and try to do all the good they can by influencing their sons or their neighbors to abstain from so un wholesome a beverage as is handed out at the liquor shops of our land? Come one—come all; our doors are wide open and arms extended to receive ycu. Girard, Burke co. Oct. Ist. J. E. 11. The fo'lowing is a song of Addison’s found amongst some old music : “Echo tell me while I wander O’er this fairy path to prove him, If my shepherd still grows fonder, Ought i in return tolovehim?” Echo. Love him, love hint. “If he loves as is the fashion, Should I chc rlessly forsake him ? Or, in pity to his passion, Fondly to my bosom take Irm ?” Echo. Take him, take him, “Thy advice, then, I’ll adhere to, Since in Cupid’s chain’s I’ve led hint: And with Henry shall not fear to Marry if you answer “wed hint.” Echo. Wed him, wed hiir . The Hog Trade. The Louisville Journal of last Thursday, says: The hog trade has, within the last few days, been un favorably affected by the dullness in the provision mar ket. We understand that orders for the purchase oi hogs at 4 cents gross, have been countermanded. The Cincinnati Gazette of Wednesday, says: The movements in hogs for future delivery indicate a decline within the week. There were sellers yesterday for November at 5 62J per 100 lbs. net, with a few buy ers at 5 50. ’J’he prospects with reference to the corn crop, and the downward tendency of the provision mar ket, combine to depress the views of hog buyers. The life of nine-tenths of mankind is a gross error of calculation, since they attach themselves to the evanes cent and neglect the permanent, accumulating riches in a world from which they are constantly running away, and laying up no treasures in that eternity to which every minute—every second brings them nearer. A Whole Town Reformed.— The town of Troy, Mo., had been long noted for its abounding wickedness and drunkenness, gambling, fighting, and Sabbath breaking, had held undisputed sway, until thefirst Sun day in lust May, when a protracted meeting was com menced in a Presbyterian church, which respited pt thy hopeful conversion of nearly 70 persons, including some of the most hardened characters in the place. Abovt Girls. —The best thing about a girl is cheer - fulness. We don’t care how ruddy her checks maybe, or how velvety her lips, if she wears a scowl, even her friends will consider her ill-looking; while the young ady who illuminates her countenance with smiles, will >e regarded as handsome, though her complexion is the roJ n r ,? ‘ lO {l i ra,c nutI DPSa on. As perfume is to of tiff* ’ -° ocl “ a,l “ c 10 ,he lovely- Girls, think w raw rat’s,!: •-jpass- -*“■■■ ‘ 1 -poo-poor delivery,” he replied. One proposed lo exchange wrww.bu't (he other think n At* wife the tnp*t likely woman said h t . i’ * something to bopt It was finally agreed that tL ‘ aV ° should gtvo the other two buthel, #d \ *UJ?* tl c , one and the swop was made. This we donh. ‘ . p . otatoes > < *Wi WiiTvZhZ •* • The Fortune of Abdallah. A TERSIAN STORY. Abdallah was a prosperous barber of Shiraz. IJj| married a woman of surpassing beauty, but excessively vain, so that his whole substance w'as consumed in pro viding her with dresses, trinkets and the luxuries of a miniature haicm. Above all other women, the wife of ffosean, the king’s astrologer, was envied by the wife of Abdallah, the un ostentatious barber; for tiffs lady affected groat gran-- dour, and could alford it, on account of the Targe salary ‘ and handsome presents bestowed upon her husband. One day the discontented beauty announced to Ab dallah I bat she would no longer continue to live with him unless he gave up the miserable business of bar ber and adopt tjiat of astrology. In vain did he repre sent to her that trimming beards was his habit , while of astrological predictions lie knew nothing; she insisted, and the unfortunate man, infatuated by affection, re* solved to obey. So observing the eccentric practises of the astrolo gers, he took a brass basin and a pestle of steel into tlio bazaar, and smiting his basin, cried aloud that he would calculate nativities, predict the events of the future, de tect thieves and recover lost property. Ilis neighbors were astonished, and one and all said, “Abdallah, the barber, is certainly mad !” But it chanced that a cer tain lady returning from the hath walked through the bazaar with her veil torn ; she appeared in great dis tress, and upon hearing the cry of Abdallah, sent one of her slaves to him with this message: “If you are an imposter, my husband shall cause you to be bastina doed ; ii you arc really an astrologer, inform ine where I shall find a necklace of pearls which I have lost this day.” I’oor Abdallah! bewildered, gazed upon the lady, and gaining time lo invent an answer, said : “She can will the pearls, when they are near, for the veil is torn.” These words were reported to her by the slave, and she uttered a cry of joy. “Admirable prophet,” she exclaimed ; “1 placed my pearls for safety in a rent that is in the veils of the bath,” and she ordered Ab dallah to be presented with forty gold pieces. Now, it should be known that in the Persian baths there arc screens, the name of which is the same as the native w'ord lor “veil.” .So Abdallah, by a lucky accident of speech, had not only saved himself from the bastinado* but he gained forty pieces of gold. Urged by his wife, Abdallah essayed once more. The king’s treasure had been broken open, and forty chests of money had been carried away. Not a trace of the thieves had been discovered. The rojal astrologer had tried every sort of divination and failed, and forc in disgrace. But the fame of Abdallah, who was now spoken of in all Slnraz, had reached the ear of the king, who sent for him, and gave him audience in the Hall ol Kalnet Serponchideh. “ Abdallah,” said he, with a severe expression in his face, “art thou truly able to read the stars ?” “Put Ine to the proof,” answered the barber, who w'as now prepared for the worst. Then discover the forty chests of money which have been stolen, as well as the criminal. Succeed, and then thou shalt marry a princess, and become my minister; fail, and I will bang thee!” “There must have be n forty thieves!” said Abdal lah, making a fortunate and not very difficult guess. “Grant me forty days!” “ Forty days thou shalt have,” said the king, “and thou shalt then die or live for riches and honor.” So the barber went home and told his wife, and said, “I hav” forty days to live; 1 will sit upon my prayer mat, and meditate on the evils of life and the'blessedness of death. Give me, I beg thee, forty beans. At the hour oi evening prayer, daily, I will give thee one, that, by counting the remainder, I may remember how many days I have to live.” She complied ; and every day, at the exact hour of sunset, Abdallah gave her a bean, and said with great firmness and solemnity, “ There is one of them!” And, on the last day, lie said, in an excited manner, “ There are the ■whole forty of them !” What was his astonishment, when, at the instant a violent knocidng was neard at the door! A crowd’of men were admitted, and one of them, evidently the chief, said, “ O, Alida lah, wise astrologer, thou shalt receive the forty chests of gold untouched, hut spare our lives !” In supreme bewilderment he answered, “This night I should have seized thee and thy wretched com panions ; tell me, on thy head, how knowest thou that 1 possessed this knowledge?” “We heard,” said the chief of robbers, “that the king had sent for thee. Therefore, one of us came at the hour of sunset, to listen at thy door, and heard thee say, ‘ There is one of them.’ We would not believe his story and sent two to ascer-. tain, ard thou w'ast heard to say, ‘There are two of them.’ And this night, O, wondeiful ! thou didst ex claim, ‘There are the whole forty;’ but restore the king’s money, and do not deliver us unto the execu tioner.” Abdallah promised to do what he could. Being ad mitted to the palace, he declared that owing to some mystery of the stars, it was given to him to discovc either the thieves or the treasuie, but not both. rr i ie monarch at length consented to take the forty yWta and fulfilled his promise to Abdallah. unests, A Whale’s Reflections. —A lady who wears “them things sends to a city paper a verS e sup whale-° * aVe bGCn Uttored s os a “ And now my bones are waking round, With many a skip and ju mp and bound . ! ut J fill the. same rpace about, As they did before they were taken out.” Tribute off Respects At a meeting of the Demosthenian Society, of the £™ ty ° f Ge ° rgl ?’ held in e ir hall on the 29th of September, a committee, composed of John D. Pope Thomas Moseley and E. C. Kinnebrew, was appointed SESSwTw 01 ’ 8 “ POn ,he ann °uncement ot tnc death ot W. L. Williams, a member of the Se nior Class when the following resolutions were pre sented and unanimously adopted: Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to remove from this life our beloved fellow-l, Jk> lU , WiiliaTle onidas Williams; therefore Resolved , That in the death of one rendered so dear to us by long association and brotherhood, as well as by his gentle disposition and kindly sympathies we have sustained a serious and irreparable loss, and that we cannot bu, partake largely of that sorrow which al Ti”" ,St i f u eI at ,llissad announcement: Jiefohed, 1 hat while we most deeply sympathize with the father and reiations of our fellow-student in this beieat cment, wo would rejoice with them in the consolation afforded by the reflection that he lived a consisten. Christian life and in his lust moments gave the fu.lcst assurance of ins wi.lingness to meet death offl.il :"r° t and h ° PC that ke vvas quitting the sorrows Hfc ’ r upon ,hc eternal joys of a better Resohcd, That the members of the Demosthenian duvl ~' rfLSL S - tolaary bad B cof mourning thirty beloved to.‘|K.“ hClrSorro '' l '' l remembrance of their nisb^d^fl.o’c 11 , 3 ! 1 a C .° P , y °i ,hcsc resolutions lie fur msl ed to the father of the deceased, and that they be sUdSx/wtr’ “■ c™*’ JNO. D. POPE, J _ . . THOS. MOSELEY, § Athens, Ga. E. C. KINNEBREW, j * a At the residence of the bride's mother, oil Sunduv morning, 10th Oct. by James Davidson. Jr. J. p Mr comuy. BR °' VNand MISS Ad * uxe Wilson, all of Greens .1 toSctS'Kld! Si w.’s c ”z r I M^”. 0 ‘ J’V 1 ’ Ann E. Watts, both of Campbell county? 11 ’ MI9S In Madison, on the sth inst. bv Rev A p Col. John L. Rowland, of Caw Walker, daughter ol Col. John B. Walker, of Madison JL if if E PEUIUBUS VNUM, Georgia Merchants! GENERAL NOTICE! I A L L A +s II W I X TE R T R A 1) E, 1858 l cpHE subscriber wanting a good situation in . some established home, with means and facilities to carry on business, and pay a salary from six to twelve hundred do.tars per annum, will receive any offers. lie has from 12 to 13 years experience as salesman and bookkeeper in the flowing places: Pentield, Greenes boro, Madisqq, Alb.any and Augusta. Anv letters, to receive attention, must state the kind of business, place, ana also, salary that can be paid. Grecnesboro, Oct 14, ISSB-lt W. S. BAGBY. - Jobu K. Leak, A. B, Preset. npil E next 1 erm of this Institution will open on J- the fst Wednesday in January, 1859, with a full and able Faculty, for the reception of Students, both male and female. Wo have a commodious building, and the society, water and licalthfulncss of the locality are unsurpassed In the State. The course of study is thorough and extensive in both departments, including all brandies taught in the Male and Female Colleges. Boar;? $8 per month—'J’liition reasonable. We can and will make it to the interest of all who patronise the Institution. S,edents will come by railroad to Ncw nan, Ga. theme by private conveyance to Carrollton. For further particulars address John K. Leak, Car rollton, Ga. W. W. M ERR ELL, W. M. J, T- MEADOR, S. W. Oct 14-tey B. M LONG. J. W. A BMINISTIfATOM’S SALE.—WiII bo sold before the court*house door in Greenesboro, Greene county, on the first Tuesday ih December next, within t ie legal hours oi sale, and in accordance with an order VVr ourt of Ordinary for said county, Ono Hundred f. r cres °f Land, more or less, lying on the wa ters oi Ogeeehee, adjoining lands of Geaige S. Tunnel, j A - Wilhains and others. Sold *a the property of Joseph Grimes, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs of said deceased. Terms on th,e day of sale. ’ ISAAC A. WILLIAMS, Adm’r °M \h * bonit non*.