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Aa we contomplato purchasing new machinery, wo
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The Ga. Temperance Crusader for 1859!
REMOVAL TO THECITYOF ATLANTA!
CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED!
CIRCULATION 10.000!
THE CRUSADER being a State Journal rather than a country
paper, should, unquestionably, be published at the most central
and accessible locality; and since Atlanta offers advantages, in
these two particulars, far superior to any other place, we have de
termined, through the influence of numberless friends and leading
citizens of the State, to remove our office to that city; hence, the
first number of the now series for 1859, will be issued from that
point early in January next, much enlarged, together with other
improvements.
Ths Literary Departments will continue under the control of
our popular Editor and Editress, Mr. L. L. Veazey and Mrs. Mary
E. Bryan, both of whom will reside in Atlanta.
Rev. Jno. A. Reynolds, (M. E.) one of the most accomplished
printers in the South, will continue as our Publisher.
With the advantages of a city location so central, and of Buch
growing importance as Atlanta, wc hope to publish a paper which
shall be adequate to the great demands of the temperance cause,
and at the same time supply the .want of a prominent Literary
Journal in the South.
Many friends of the Crusader predict that its subscription list
will be doubled during the ensuing year: if so, it will then visit
weekly nearly ten thousand homes. To fully realize all this, will
require but a slight effort on the part of our friends. Will that ef
fort be made promptly—earnestly?
Subscription price $2. Our address, after the first of December l
will be Atlanta, Ga.
All communications should be addressed to
JNO. 11. SEALS, Proprietor.
Penficld, October 21,1859.
announcement of our removal os contained
in the above Prospectus, will come unexpectedly to the
knowledge of many of our friends; for we have studi
ously endeavored to keep it from the public car, until
our plans were all completed. Our removal from this
place, however, is no new thing, as wc haje for two falls
in succession been upon the point of moving our office
to Grcencsboro. Wo have been very anxious to make
that move, for we have always entertained a good opin
ion of the place, and felt warmly attached to its citizens
(many ot whom are of the “noblest mould”) and wore
we already located there without the heavy expense in
cident to moving, it would bo better for our paper, so
far as its success in the county is concerned ; but when
we come to contrast the local advantages of Greenes
boro and Penfield, it does not appear at all probable
that the increase of patronage to bo gained by the move,
would be sufficient to balance the expense of moving,
since we get the patronage of the county where we are.
These considerations have had due effect in preventing
the Crusader f-om becoming a citizen of the promising
young city of Greenesboro.
But there are no advantages and a great many disad
vantages connected with the publication of a newspa
per in Penfield; for it is but quite a small village, with
no railroad privileges, and with no apparent aspirations
ever to be anything but a small country-town, and such
a place all must admit to be ill-suited fora Printing Of
fice ; yet, our success here for the past two or three
years has been wonderful, when the disadvantages in lo
cation are considered. ~ut ourjtuccess is an additional
argument in favor of moving to some point where the
local advantages are greater; and it is due ourselves
and to our numerous“patrons scattered throughout the
southern country, that we remove to some locality where
we may enjoy all the facilities requisite to publish a pa
per which shall be worthy of their attention. We have,
therefore, perfected our arrangements for removing
to the city of Atlanta, which we consider the most eligi
ble point in the South for our office. Our plans have
been maturing to that end since spring, and we will
move during the last of November—the publication ot
the paper at this place will be discontinued the middle
of the month. An extra only will be issued, containing
the advertishments.
In removing from the county, we have a word
A’o the Citizens'ofij Greene.
We have ever felt identified with the citizens of this
county, and have embraced every opportunity to defend
or advance their interests, as they themselves will tes
tify, and it is certainly a source of great pleasure to us
to know that all, or at least a large majority of them,
are our warm personal friends. There is not a citizen
of the county against whom we cherish the least feel
ing ot enmity, or whom we arc willing to rega and in any
other light than as a friend. They have liberally pat
ronized our paper, both by subscription and advertising,
and in removing to Atlanta we hope still to receive that
patronage ; for we will then be as convenient to them as
now, and even more so, and they will receive the paper
as early or earlier after its publication. We have a very
large circulation in this county, and there are many
names on our list wi.ich wc should regret to erase.
We hope also to receive as now the advertising patron
age of the citizens—administrators and executors. It is
probable that we shall continue to do the legal advertis
ing of the county. Many of our Greene county friends
will doubtless desert us under the impulse of the mo
ment, but we would like to“have them consider the in
comparable advantages which we will enjoy at Atlanta
for publishing a paper worthy of their patronage; and we
feel confident of our success in issuing such an one as
shall commend itself to every family in the South. But
we shall see who deserts us, and remember those mho
stand by us.
M e are under lasting obligations to many of the citi
zens of Atlanta for their kind and active assistance in
making our arrangements for removing to that city,
and we take the greatest pleasure in acknowledging the
reception of the following preamble and resolutions
passed by the Atlanta Lodge, Knights of Jericho,
REQUESTING OUR [REMOVAL :
Whereas our home interests, and the character ofour
flourishing young city abroad, demand a press neutral
in politics, and devoted to the promotion of temperanee
and literature, morality and religion ; and whereas the
Georgia Temperance Crusader, which now occupies so
prominent a position in the Southern country, because
of its bold and uncompromising hostility on the one
hand, to every species ol vice and immorality, and to
every error which tends to degrade, and for its warm
and able espousal on the other hand, of everything
which elevates and ennobles humanity, and believing it
to he better for the cause of temperance in Georgia
that our State organ be published at the most conve
nient and accessible point; be it therefore
Resolved Ist, That since Atlanta offers advantages
far superior to any other locality in this State for the
publication of the Temperance Crusader,“we petition its
proprietor to remove his office from Penfield to this city
Resolved 2d, 1 hat we make this petition from an hon
est conviction that by a removal to this plnce the circu
lation, influence and consequent usefulness of our or
gan svill be largely increased, and at the same time be
lieve that the interest of our city, and the individual
interests of our citizens, wili be thereby largely promo
ted.
Resolved 3d, That should the proprietor of the Cru
sader accede to our petition by removing to Atlanta,
this Lodge will appoint an active and energetic com
mittee to canvass, thoroughly, all portions of the city,
in behalf of the paper, and diligently strive to circulate
it in every family.
Resolved 4/A, That a copy of this preamble and res
olutions be forwarded to the editor and proprietor of the
Georgia Temperance Crusader ior his consideration, and
that our city papers be requested to copy.
Ido hereby certify that the foregoing was unani
mously adopted by Atlanta Lodge, No. 1, K. of J. at
their regular meeting, held on this day.
WM. G. FORSYTH, Rec . pro tern.
Atlanta, Oct. 16/A, .1858.
How To Stop Blood.—Take the fine dust of tea, or
the scrapingß of the inside of tanned leather, and bind
it close upon the wound, and blood will cease to flow.
These articles ore, at all times, accessible, and easy to
be obtained. After the blood has ceased to flow, lauda
num may be advantageously applied to the wound.
Due regard to these instructions will save agitation of
wind, and running. tor the surgeon, who would proba
bly make no better prescription if present.— Scientific
see that Messrs. Beach & Root of Atlanta
have removed into their large, superb, now brick-build
ing, whish is the most-spacious, handsomo, inviting—
and the cheapest storo in the State. Wo have the
pleasure of a brief acquaintance with Mr. Root, and
know him to be a high-toned gentleman— people should
not trade with men of any other stamp.
Homicide in Upson.
Says the Journal <J* Messenger, a difficulty occurred
at Double-Bridges on Sunday tho 10th inat., between
Nathaniol Denba m and a man by tho name of Brown,
in which tho latter waa shot by the former, with a rifle,
and immediately expired. Denham was arrested, and
the matter investigated. Wc have not henrd the result.
So much for rum and Sabbath-breaking.
The Madison Visitor and Bainbridgc Argus.
The proprietor of the Visitor is offering his office for
sale, upon reasonable terms. Wo think it a good op
portunity, ior any one desiring to embark in tho news
paper business, to secureavery desirable post, as Mad
ison is one of Georgias’ most pleasant, flourishing an and
intelligent towns.
The proprietor of the Argus is also offering for salo,
either his entire establishment or a half-interest. Ho
represents the paper as doing a very good business.
Bowdon Collegiate Institute.
We are pleased to note the marked success attend
ing this worthy Institution, under the charge of profes
sors C. A. McDaniel &. J. M. Richardson, bothofwhom
are teachers of eminent qualifications. All the studies
of a literary course are there taught, and in addition
they have a Military Department in which the students
are drilled in military tactics.
We take pleasure in commending this Institution as
worthy of Patronage. ee their Advertisement.
A catalogue has been received.
slave Thornton was hung in this coun
ty on Friday last. We learn that quite a number of
people witnessed the execution, though not so many as
were present at tho hanging of the boy John, some few
months ago. We are informed that to tho very last he
plead innocent of the crime alleged against him, and it
is possible, and in the opinion of many citizens highly
probable, that ho has died innocently and unjustly.
From tho gallows he warned the negroes to keep out of
bad company. Both black and white should remember
that advice and let it sink deep into their every heart,
for it is wholesome, though it comes from a poor lest
negro.
Furnltnre XVnrcrooms.
Do you want Furnitureofanv description,style, qual
ity or price f Be sure to “eall in” first at the extensive
establishment ofC. A. Platt &, Cos. of Augusta, as that
occupies deservodly tho foromost position among the
furniture stores of tho South. Besides manufacturing
every variety snd quality themselves, they keep on
hand Northern made furniture. Every one needing
anything in that lino should unquestionably cali upon
Messrs Platt &, Cos; for besides being most agreeable
and accommodating gentlemen, they furnish you with t he
very articles wanted, and upon reasonable and satis
factory terms.
See their Advertisement under the head of New Bus
iness.
We eopv from the N. C. Times the following beauti
ful
Lines ta Mr. W. R, Hunter.
BT HtS YOUNG FRIEND ANNIE.
May God ever bless tho “Children’s Friend”
And reward his labors of love !
And many happy years may he spend,
Leading the little ones abovo.
Bless him amid his toils and his cares,
Wherever on earth lie may ream,
Preserve him safe front all earthly snares
And in due time guide him safe Home !
And when he gains the Heavenly land,
An eternity of bliss to spend,
Greeted, he’ll be, by an Angel-Band
With the sweet name—“ The Children’s Friend!”
Annapolis, Md. Sep. 1858.
What Wines are made of.
Hiram Cox, E°q. of Cincinnati, has made the follow
ing startling statement: “During the summer of 1856 I
analyzed a lot of liquors ior some conscientious gentle
men of our own city, who would not permit me to take
samples to my office, but insisted on my bringing my
chemicals and apparatus to their store, that they might
see tho operation. I accordingly repaired to the store,
and analyzed samples of sixteen different lots. Among
them were Port wine, Sherry wine, and Madeira wine.
Tue distilled liquors were some pure, and some vile and
pernicious imitations, but the wines had not one drop
of the juice of the grape ! The basis of the sulphuric
icid, colored with elder-berry juice, with alum, sugar
and neutral spirits. The base of the sherry w ine was a
sort of pale malt, sulphuric acid, from the bitter almond
oil, with a per centage of alcoholic spirits from brandy.
The basis of the Madeira was a decoction of hops, with
sulphuric acid, honey, spirits from Jamaica rum, &c.
The same week afier analyzing the above and exhibit
ing the quality and character of the liquors to the pro
prietors, a sexton of one of our churhecs informed me
he had purchashed a gallon of the above Port wine, to
be used in his church on the next Sabbath for Sacra
mental purposes, and that for this mixture of sulphuric
acid, alum and elder-berry juice, he paid $2,75 a gal
lon.”
Flection Anecdote.
The following story is told of a revolutionary soldier
who was running for Congress : It appears that our he
ro was opposed by a much younger man, who had never
“been to the wars,” and it was the wont of old “revo
lutionary” to tell the people ofthe hardships he endured.
Says he:
“Fellow-citizens, I have fought and bled for my coun
try—l helped to whip the Bitish and the Indians. I
have slept upon the field of battle with no covering but
the canopy of Heaven. I have walked over frozen
ground till every footstep was marked with blood.”
Just about this time, one of the “sovereigns,” who
had become very much affected by this taTe of woe,
walks up in front ot the speaker, wiping the tears from
his eyes with the extremity of his coat tail, and inter
rupting him, says:
“Did you say you fought the British and the In
gines?”
“Yes,” responded the old “revolutionary.”
“Did you say that you had slept on the ground, while
serving your country, without any kiver ?”
“Yes sir, I did.”
“Did you say you had followed the enemy of your
country over frozen ground till every footstep was
marked with blood ?”
“Yes,” exultingly replied the speaker.
“Well, then,” says the tearful “sovereign,” as lie gave
a sigh of painful emotion, “I’ll be d —d if I don’t think
you’ve done enough for your country, and I’ll vote for
the other man.”
How George Became a. Teetotaler.
A short time since a young man living in Ogdens
burg, New York, whose name we shall call George,
took to drinking rather more than usual, and some of
his friends endeavored to cure him. One day when he
was in rather a loose condition, they got him in a room
and commenced conversing about delirium tremens, and
directing all their remarks to him, and telling him what
fearful objects, such as snakes and rats, were always
seen by the victims of this horrible disease. When the
conversation had waxed high on this theme, one of the
number stepped out of the room, and from a trap, which
was at hand, let a large rat into the room. None oi his
friends appeared to see it, but the young man who waa
to be the victim, seized a chair and hurled it at the rat,
completely using up the piece of furniture in the opera
tion. Another chair shared the same fate, when his
triends seized him, and with terror depicted in theirfacos,
j 0 now w hat was the matter.
Why, don t you see that cursed big rat?” said he,
pointing to the animal which, after the* manner of rats,
was making its way around the room, close to the walls.
itJ“th y eri wL b ',V ll r# P lied that th y didn’t see
it— there was no rat.
But there it is! said ho, as another chair went to
pieces m an ineffectual attempt to crush the obnoxious
vermin.
At this moment they again seized him, and, after a
ternffic scuffle, threw him down upon the floor, und
with terror in their faces, screamed :
“Charley, run for a doctor!”
Charley started for the door, when George desired to
be informed “what the devil is up.”
“Up,” said they; “why, you’vo got the delirium tre
mens !”
Charley opened the door to get out, whon George
raised himself on bis elbow and said:
“Charley, where are you going ?”
“Going for a doctor, rejoined Charley.
“For what ?”
“For what!” repeated Charley, “why, you’ve got
the delirium tremens!”
“The delirium tremens—have I?” repeated George.
“How do you know I’ve got the delirium tremens ?”
“Easy enough,” says Charley; “you’ve commenced
seeing rate.”
“Seeing rats!” said George, in a sort of musing
way, “seeing rats! I think you must be mistaken, Char
ley.”
“Mistaken!” said Charley.
“Yea, mistaken!” rejoined George. “J ain't the
man—l haven't seen no rat !”
£°y George up after that, and from that day
to this he hasn t touched a glees of liquor, and hasn't
seen no rats— net the first ret.— Boston Courier,
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R of lections.
“ I applied mlno heqrt to know, and to search, snd to seek oat
wisdom, and tho roason of things, and to know ths wickedness of i
folly, oven of foolishness and madness.”—goLoaos.
An innato thirst for knowlcdgo is a part of our boing.
Infinito wisdom has ho arranged it. And once possessed
of it, man fondly imagines a security of tho sum of his
labors— Happiness. But alas! for his calculations ; this j
summit reached, he retrospects from its height and dis- i
covers that “all is vanity;” and peering into the future,
judging that fuluro by the pas‘, (with some exceptions,)
he sees promise of naught but “ vanity and vexation of
spirit.” What abundant testimony to this is found in
tho writings of tho man who declares, hegavohia“hoart
to know wisdom t”
Nevertheless, though the possession of it may not fully
realise earnest expectations, knowledge is not to bo„dc
spised; earth, in nothing else, offers so good a heritago.
Not necessarily, it may qualify its possessor for highest
usefulness ; and this should be the motive to its acqui
sition in every instance. To become a benefactor, and
not a recipient merely, is to imitateourgreat Exemplar,
and fulfill the grand object of man’s creation and per
petuation. With this intellectual lever, self-elevating,
man rises in tho scale of intelligence, and renders still
more apparent tho created difference between thinking
man and unreasoning brute.
But to receivo the possible good from know ledge, its
possessor should himself reflect its benefits—tho con
verse of a past general experience; hence, tho very lim
ited few proving exceptions, have applied their hearts to
know “the reason of things to understand why an
agency apparently all-sufficient has not accomplished
a possible, and altogether desirable result —and in no
thing more than existing evil, with its full knowledge,
both as to extent and certain consequence. Knowledge
here would seem to be the remedy ; but that anomaly
of anomalies presents itself on every hand, “Knowing
| the right, and yet the wrong pursuing.” Tho effect of
n sufficiently increased knowledge would suggest a dc
; crease of any evil it serves to expose, practical results
;to the contrary notwithstanding. And this seeming con
i joined to these practical results, augment the pain ot the
inquiry, Why does man persist in error, with its perfect
knowledge, in character and extent ? Time and again,
and successively with more aiixiety, have wo applied
ourself to know “ the reason af things the wherefore
of man’s persistence in the “ wickedness of folly, even
of foolishness and madness?”
Especially with reference to Drunkenness —its ac
knowledged evil to person, family, State and church,
have wc considered of this matter, to understand “the
i reason of things;” but Reason refuses a satisfactory
I answer.
I We turn to Christianity for an answer, and one of her
tenets is, that as a consequence of man’s fall, in warp,
woof and filling he is sinful, and only sinful. Total
depravity, then, can be the only solution of tho painful
problem —How do wc account for the contrast man pre
’ sents in his knowledge and practice ? A contrast at once
j bold and appalling, and in reference to which man man
; ifests so little concern! Mudness—demon-madness,
i can ulono indulge such extreme folly. Hell-duped, man
presents ti e terrible spectacle of a character drugged
j with ein till every sense has been bound in chains and
jho is driven and led at the foul demon’s bidding. Worso
than caustic to tho palm sin has oaten out every vestige
of purity, and man walks from a cradle sin-polluted, to
a grave whero worms munch his mortality ; and as his
soul, sin-ladon, yet heavier from individual and accu
mulated transgression, fal's, surcharged with the infer
nal banc, the eoui-hungry, piercing and never-tiring
j jaws ofthe “worm that never dies,” already watching,
eagerly grasps it as it falls into tho “lower deep,” and
I commences tho everlasting work of destruction upon tho
i immortal and indestructible morsel.
This terrible spectacle, then, is claimed to be the re
| suit of a totally corrupt nature, which is still operated
upon by the foul spirit which seduced man’s innocence
; and brought upon us dentil —moral death, fulfilling the
i declaration, “In the day that thou eatest thereof thou
I shalt surely die.” The image of God in man, then,
i which was Innocence, being utterly destroyed, left him
\ ‘otally depraved as well as helpless; in a word, to him
self, a fit prey for the further work of the Seducer. But
in this woful plight, man was not divesled ol a means of
knowledge, as to his condition and the best means of
preservation. The question is, may this knowledge
suffice to rid us of a social evil; may it be employed
with any hope of success for this purpose? Especially
with reference to the vice already mentioned—Drun
kenness ; for of the multiform shapes in which moral
depravity presento itself, no one is more appalling than
this. A monster, its hideous bulk casts a shadow which
J rests upon thousands ot hearths. Unnumbered heart
broken mothers and starvlings are in that shadow, cry.
ing for help, and no adequate assistance has yet been
offered Distillers, their souls cased instecl, with ever
replenished fires, are still busy preparing a poison which
destroys soul and body. Lovers of gain are dealing it out
with super-added poisons. Pietendcd lovers of‘liberty’
are standing sentinel, ready to take up arms where in
terference is offered. Place-lovers from every quarter
still court its aid at the ballot-box. Legislators, with a
full knowledge of its untold evil, their ears filled with
wailings, utterly disregard them all, and to retain their
seats banish all petitions, though the authors sign their
names in blood and tears. Judges and jurors disregard
its uncounted butcheries. Even ministers of the Gospel
and whole churches fear it, and dare not raise their
voices or use the excisivc power.
Is there no help ? Will all continue bowing the knee
to Banl ? Thank God, in the midst of the gloom, a fair
and friendly form, offspring of God, with the watchwords,
“Total Abstinence,” “Death to Strong Drink,” “Woe
to the Maker and Seller of Strong Drink,” presents her
self, as the friend of humanity. She has already proven
her sincerity and ability in thousands of instances, and
is only to be fully known to accomplish her whole mis
sion.
While we cheerfully admit that Temperance Organi
zations may not cleanse a corrupt nature, by curing the
malady of sin; and though the prayers of God’s people
arc earnestly besought,and weconfidently look to the min
istry to teach temperance, as well as righteousness and
judgment, yet, temperance organizations, separate and
distinct from the church, must be specially looked to as
the great break-water against the black tide of intem
perance. And we imagine that a full knowledge of the
aims and principles of the temperance party will give it
ultimate success. The ignorance that exists with ref
erence to these aims and principles, is the only way we
account for its want of success —for that hostility to it
which prevented its triumph when first offered to the
world.
The only remedy for the matter, as we conceive, is
Light— that light which the enthusiastic lecturer reflects,
and which the Press scatters in its thousand ways;—
Let those, then, who have the Temperance Reform at
heart, with every energy in full play, scatter the truth
broadcast—let that be their benefaction. To this end
let us, wherever possible, in the text book, the tract, on
the face of the welcome newspaper, as it visits the homes
of the million, inscribe our aims and principles. Thou
sands of hirelings, demagogues and distillers, are busily
employed in using their time, talent and money to stir
up’ increased prejudice against us. Truth—light—
faithfully and liberally administered, will prove an anti
dote, for “truth is mighty and must prevail.”
Wc urge this matter because of the proneness of hu
man nature to tire and give over tho struggle. Never
allow your efforts, brethren, to relax, but know that
you are engaged in a “good work,” and one that must
succeed. As corrupt as human nature is, you will find
it fully alive to the preservation of the body ; and it only
requires full knowledge of tho evil and its cure to ac
complish our purposes. If a man is a Christian he is
ready for “every good word and work.” If he pro- \
Jesses discipleship, ho cannot make, sell or use the stuff
ns a beverage and inspire confidence in ilia profession.
Whiskey and Christianity cannot be enjoyed together.
For, litcrully, a man cannot drink tho cup of the Lord
and the cup of devils.
For Ready Money Only.—“Talkingabout that,” he
began, “I married a man the other day for the third
time. Man in my parish. Capital cricketer when he
was young enough to run. ‘What vour fee ?’ said he.
‘Licensed marriage?’ says I. ‘Guinea, of course.’
‘l’ve got to bring your tithes in three weeks, 6ir,’ save
he. ‘Give me tick till then.’ ‘All right,’ says I, and
married him. In three weeks he comes and pays his
titheslike a man. ‘Now, sir,’ says he, about this mar
riage fee, sir? Ido hope you will kindly let me off at
half price, for I’ve married a bitter bod ’un this time.
I’ve got a half guinea about me, sir, if you’ll only pleuse
to take it. She isn’t worth a farthing more—on the
word of a man, she isn’t, sir!’ I looked hard in his
face, and saw two scratches on it, and took the half gu
inea, more out of pity than anything else. Lesson to
me, however. Never marry a man on credit as long as
I live. Ready money, eh! Ila! ha! ha! O.ycs! ready
money next time.” — Dickens’ Household Words.
“Mr. Jones, don’t you think marriage is a means of
grace?”
“Certainly, anything is a means of grace that leads
to repentance.”
Exit Jones, working in the lead of the broom-handle.
[Special Correspondence.]
,“A Hst!><* iu (he Hont,
“ Oh, manhood! could thy spirit kneel
Beside that sunny child,
As fondly pray—as purely fed,
With soul ns undefiled,
l hat moment would encircle thco
With light and love Divine;
Thy soul might gaze on Deity,
And Heaven, itself, bo thino.”
The remark of the poet that a babo in the house is a
“well-spring of pleasure” is as true ns it is beautiful.
The love of the boautiful is the highest and purest emo
tions of tho human heart. The star-gemmed vault of
Heaven studded with those innumerable golden lamps
that irradiato, with their effulgent and mellowing glory,
old earth when enveloped in tho misty robo of night;
the king of day rising, in majestic splendor, from his
oriental couch of gold and crimson, gilding mountain
and valley and plain with his transcendant beams, kiss
ing the morning dew from nature’s choek, wakingoarth
into activity, and causing its great heart to throb with
pratso and gratitude; tho majestic mountain rearing
aloft its shaggy front, and bathing its towering summit
in tho mild azure of the skies; the roaring cataract with
impetuous waters madly rushing from their narrow
beds, and plunging, with sound tcrriflic and sublime,
adown tho fearful precipice; tho sleeping lakelet in j
whose calm and tranquil depths the bright galaxy of {
the etherial world lies mirrored in grandeur; the coral
songeters ol the grove, chanting a perpetual ascription
of praise to the great Jehovah with a force and harmo
ny that art can never excel; the tiny flower expanding
its petals to the zephyr-breeze, or gathering, in its fairy
tinted bell, the pearly drops of dew, are all beautiful, and
cannot fail to excite sensations of pleasure, and awako,
within the depths of the human soul, a love of the beau
tiful. The contemplation of the beautiful will lead tho
soul of man from the gross and sensual to high and en
nobling thoughts and aspirations. But the babe, “gen
tle as sweet Heaven’s dew,” is the embodiment of the
beautiful, the living poetry of earth. Who can stand
and gaze at the babe,
“With pretty, pouting mouth —witless of speech,
Lying half-way open, like a rose-lipped shell,
And cheek softer than a peach,”
and not feel the tender chords of his inmost soul drawn
out in love of the beautiful? “ The virgin page, white
and unwritten stilly’as the type of innocence, cannot
compare with those “buds of beauty” that lend such
an attraction and grace lo the domestic hearth. As
“pure as the morning’s first dew on the flower,” they
are the only appropriate types of innocence. Who has
not witnessed the soft and holy light that beamed from
the sparkling eyes of the babe as it caught the fond and
tender glance of the mother, or the cherub smile, “ the
signet ring of Heaven,” play on its features in its wan
derings into dream-land ? Can any scene be more sub
lime or beautiful than to see tho tiny hands of the ten
der babe clasped together in the attitude of prayer ?
The Christian could see humility, simplicity, purity
and devotion blended together in this act, and learn a
u* >ful lesson from it.
What gladness and joy dweileth in tho habitation
blessed with these precious jewels ! Perhaps it is the
first “pledge of affection” offered up at the matrimo
nial shrine by those who have not long paid their vows
at its sacred altar. What love beams in every glance
of tho youthful mother’s oyee; how buoyant her foot
steps; how lithe and gay her spirits! Her heart is so
full of natural inspiration, and of that “ holier love that
edifies,” as to be always overflowing. Every duty ap
pears lighter, and everything to be “ as merry as a mar
riage bell,” while anew zest is added to every pleasure,
i Tho youthful father’s steps arc more elastic, his eyes
brighter, and his spirits more cheerful. What emotions
of pleasure gush up from his heart, as the partner of his
bosom—his other self—meets him at the thrcshhold as
he returns from his daily avocations, and conducts him
to the cradle where lies their concentrated hopes ; and
as its tender occupant, in its cooing language, holds con
verse with them, in that language that requires no in
terpreter to convey its meaning to a parent’s heart. A
babe in the house adds new ties to the golden chords of
love, and sheds a halo of peace and glory around the
domestic fireside. Yes,
“There is a love that o’er the war
Os jarring passions pours its light,
And sheds its influence like a star
That brightest burns in darkest nights.”
It is a love sanctified by the presence of those tender
ones, around whom the tendrils of the heart so affec
tionately entwine, that will light up a golden lamp in
the soul whose transcendant beams will dispel the dark
clouds of sorrow and of gloom. What a feeling of rap
turous delight is enkindled in the human breast at the
thought, that although the care and perplexities of busi
ness life may almost overwhelm and blight us; yet,
around the social board, amid the endearments of home
—sweet home, we can banish them hence into “ Cim
merian Darkness.” Who can be so callous-hearted as
to warp the “thousand strings” of the human heart
with passion’s rude and noxious breath, when he views
those “twin-blue spheres” of the babe give back to the
mother’s fond glance a soft and sweet reply ? Can the
human mind contemplate these “bud3 of beauty,”
“Unstained and pure
As is the lily or tho mountain snow,”
without being elevated above base and low-born
thoughts ? A babe in the house irradiates the pathway
of the father with a more exalted light, and breathes,
throughout his abode, a more charming fragrance.
| The mother devotedly feels that she would not
“ Change her babe’s sweet glance,
For all the love earth’s wealth could gain,”
and the exultant father, in his joyous pride, would not
exchange
“ The bliss lie feels
For all ambition might obtain.”
A babe in the house is the setting of a pearl of ines
timable value in the golden ring of wedded life. But
with all the fond memories and tender associations sur
rounding this pleasing subject, the bitter thought will
often intrude itself upon us, that these jewels are only
lent, not given, to us, and may be summoned home ere
wc are aware, and from
“ Love’s shining circle
The gems drop away,”
snapping asunder the fondest and dearest ties of our
hearts.
“Who has not known the light and joy
That centres in an only boy,
Can never think how dark and dread,
The home from which the cherub fled.”
Providence works not according to the ways and
thoughts of man, but according to His own inscrutable
wisdom. To save the father, he sometimes takes the
son, and binds up the riven heart of the afflicted, by
linking them, by these tender chords, to Ilis Eternal
Throne. Though sometimes He breaks a tie on earth
He creates it anew in Heaven; and though the babe
may be lost to earth, it is a babe Divine—a babe for
ever in the regions of perpetual bliss. And is it not a
consoling thought to bereaved ones to think that their
lovely babes, although snatched away from them in in
fancy’s bloom, will bloom for aye in the sunlight of
God’s glory ? Do not soft whisperings often come to
them from their babe in the Spirit-land, telling them
that
” With a radiance brighter than aught on earth,
I glow in this Heavenly land,”
buoying up their fainting and desponding hearts? for they
are assured that
“No sorrow can ever the lustre dim.
Os the jewels at God’s right hand.”
Everything connected with the history of the babe
possesses a melancholy attraction for the bereaved ones,
and
“In the hush of the night, on the waste of the sett,
Or alone with the breeze on the lull,
They have ever a presence that whispers of them.”
Those who,have never known the blessing of having
one of these “well-springs of pleasure ” in their habi
tations, have never experienced tho tcndcrest, purest,
holiest, noblest, highest emotion stirring within their
breast. Notice the marked difference between those
editors who have these jewels in their houses, and those
who have not. See the mild, beaming, genial face of
the former, and tho sour, morose, forbidding counte
nance of the latter. One is dnily feeding upon the
sweetest nectar ; the other upon the meanest vinegar.
But it is no doubt wisely ordained’ that some editors nro
not blessed with such pure jewels, for they would bar
ter them off for tho polluted ornaments of partisan po
wer.
following verdict was rendered by a coro
ner s jury, and is now on file in the clerk’s office in one
of the counties of Iowa: “We find tho deceased came
to his death by a visitation of God, an£ not by the
hands of violence. We find upon the body a pocket
hook, containing $2, a check on Fletcher’s Bank for
$250, and two hortea, a wagon and some butter, eggs and
feathers.
Sentence o * Cobb* by Jndge Bull.
The following is tho sentence of tho oourt in the case
of Cobb, wjto was convicted of murdor at the present
session of Fulton Superior Court:
Prisoner at thb Bar: You have boen brought to
tho Bar of this Court, charged by the grand inquest of
tho county with the crime of wilfful and deliberate mur
der To this you plead “not guilty, and upon the is
sue thus formed, a jury of your country, selec ed bv
yourself, after a patient, faithful and impartial trial,
have, by their solemn verdict, pronounced you guilty.
You have-had a fair trial, with all the advantages which
the humanity of tho law accords to the oC <j Uß ®;,
Court has given every indulgence asked, and ruled every
doubtful point in your favor. You have been defended
by able and zealous counsel, who plead your cause with
all ’ho earnest eloquence of men ploading for life, lne
Jurors, selected to pass between you and tho btato,
came to tho investigation with minds unbiassed, and
doubtless disposed to mercy. They would haveacquit
ted you had not the evidence constrained them to find
you guilty; and that they rendered a truo verdict, ac
cording to the evidence, I entertain not the slightest
And now on me is imposed tho sad duty of pronounc
ing upon you that doom which tho violated law de
mands as the penalty of your crime; and tho sentonce
which I must pronounce will, when utterod, announce
to you the untimely close of roar mortal career —the
cutting off of every earthly tie.
To me this is a most revolting task. To seo tho old
die, seems but the natural sinking to repose after a long
day of wearisome toil and care. But to behold one in
the blooming spring of life, when hopo should be buoy
ant and every prospect bright, while yet the warm blood
courses freely through every vein, sudden'y and igno
miniously cut oft’ from life and hopo, affords a most :
painful and melancholy subject of contemplation.. But j
stern justice demands the immolation of the victim on ;
her altars, and her claims may not be denied, for ifsuch j
crimes as that ot which you are now convicted were j
suffered to go unwhipped of justice, the very elements .
of society would be dissolved, and instead of peace, se
curity and order, one wild scene of lawlessness, blood
shed and ruin would pervade tho land.
An aged and unoffending traveller—a stranger peace
fully pursuing his journey on the public highway, is
suddenly assailed and brutally and barbarously mur
| dered; and, with no conceivable motive, but a vampire
; thirst for blood, or tho sordid lust of plunder. For such
j a deed as this, human justice can demand nothing less
j than the life of the assassin. But I have no motive now
| to wound your feelings. I only desire to impress you
i with the urgent necessity of repenting for your crimes,
| before repentance will be forever unavailing,
j If death were nothing more than a mere dissolution
I of the material elements of tho body—the return ofdust
to its kindred dust—there would be comparatively little
to dread. But there is within you an immortal spirit
that must survive, and long after your name and your
crime shall havo passed from the memory of man, that
deathless soul shall still live. Where shall it livo ? To
you this is a great question fraught with eternal inter
est, and the solution of it depends on your employment
of the few fleeting days of life yet remaining to you.
Let me earnestly and kindly entreat you todevoto them
to your immortal welfare; to making your peaco with
that eternal Judge before whom you must soon appear.
This is the best advice that I can give you; perhaps it
is the last. Let no delusive hope of escaping the just
6entenco of the law prevent you from immediate’y set
ting about the groat work ot your soul’s salvation. In
all candor and sincority, I toll you that I do not believe
you will escape tho doom. You may, by availing your
! self of tho forms of law, fora short time postpone it,
I but I see no reasonable hope finally to avert it.
The mercy of that groat Being whom you havo so
j long offended is yet Ireoly offered to you. Hitherto you
j have madly refused it; it would bo worse than mad
i ness longer to reject it, mid seal your own destruction.
| God in mercy grant that you may seek and obtain a full
i and free pardon for all your sins, and that when you
j go hence you may find your abodo in tho mansions ot
j ihe blessed. And may your unhappy fate prove an es-
I fectual warning to deter the youth of this country from
pursuing that path of Vice and Sin which lias led you
to rum.
The sentence of the law is: That you be takon from
tho Bar of this Court to the common jail of this county,
or sonic other safo place of confinement, there to be
kept in safe and close custody until Friday, the 10th
day of December next, ensuing; that on the day and
year aforesaid, between the hours of 10 o’clock in the
forenoon, and of 2 o’clock in the afternoon, you bo ta
ken thence by the Sheriff'of Fuiton county, or his law
ful Deputy, to the place of execution, and that you be
there hanged by the neck until you are dead! and may
God have mercy on your soul!
Georgia—A Compliment.
The question of university and common school educa
tion is now engaging the attention of the people of this
State. It has called into requisition tho talent of Cobb,
and the ability of the newspaper press. That the sub
ject is worthy the consideration of an enlightened peo
ple, none will gainsay; that it may meet with success,
we may be permitted to hope. In the New Orleans
Commercial Bulletin we find an editorial from which we
extract the following compliment to Georgia, in connec
tion with this great enterprise:
“Georgia has received the proud appellatiou of the
‘Empire State of the South,’ and appears determined to
be worthy of it. In manufactures, railroads and other
kinds of home industry, she has set an example well
worthy of being followed by her sister States of the
South. Much ot her territory is barren, and yet, we
are not certain, after ail, that this will not ultimately
turn out a blessing rather than an evil, for has not ex
perience proved that where nature does everything for
a people, ihey will do nothing, or very little, for them
selves? Place a man upon a sterile soil, and necessity
compels him to exert himself to obtain a living, and in
the exercise of his wit and his industry for this purpose
primarily, he will soon hit upon agencies by accident or
otherwise, that will convert his barren acres into sources
of wealth, luxuries and all the refinements of life. The
sterile, soil under the magic wand ofindustry, directed l y
intelligence, becomes truitful; streams irrigate arid
wastes, and flowers shed over them the beauty of their
perpetual fragrance.
Somewhat of these results has already obtained in
Georgia. Her people arc a very practical people; they
put their hands to the plow, to the loom, to the anvil,
to the millstone; they put into practical operation the
machinery, and the appliances whereby this southern
poverty may be replaced with wealth, and this weak
ness with power. There is common sense—sterling
common sense in all that, and we should like towitness
the exhibition of something, or somewhat more, of this
■ spirit of resolute independence and indomitable energy
! in certain other localities that might be mentioned, not
! excepting a certain saccharine region sometimes yciept
| the Sugar Bowl of the Union. It is our true policy, and
| the only policy that will enable us to cope successfully
with our neighbors. Unless we .adopt it, and carry it
out with unflagging vigor, we shall find ourselves left
laggards far in the rear of our more stirring rivals. We
cannot depend exclusively on our position and the rich
ness of our soil. There is requisite the genius of the
cunning hand and the intellect to developc their advan
tages —to draw from them the inexhaustible magazines
of wealth which they are ready to yield.”— Columbus
Times.
Early Communication Between China and
America.
The Chinese records furnish ample proof that the
voyagers of the Celestial Empire had, as early as the
third century of the Christian era, extended their re
searches to the Western shores of America. The hier
oglyphics of the ancient Mexicans also afford illustra
tions ofßudhisticreligiousceremonies, doubtless learned
from the Chinese Missionaries. In addition to these,
the Philadelphia Bulletin, speaking of the century plant,
relates the following strange and interesting facts:
But there is a still more curious circumstance con
nected with this plant, though of a historical and not of
a botanical nature, and one very little known to the
great multitude even of scholars. It is the great link
and the surest guaranty in existence, that, long before
Columbus, in the fifteenth century, A. D. there was
intercourse between Asia and America. It is not many
years since Charles Newman, a celebrated German Ori
entalist, discovered, while in China, among the ancient
but perfectly authentic Year Books, or annals of ‘he
Empijc, records of embassies sent to countries in the
east, which, from the descriptions, were most evidently
California and Mexico. What established the fact was
the description of the great flowering aloe, by Budhist
monks sent from time to time on mission to Mexico
They called the plant Fusang, and named the country
after it. Its appearance and various uses wero too ac
curately set forth to leave room for doubt that the mis
sion in question took place.
Flatfooted Courtship.
One long summer afternoon there came to Mr. Da
vidson’s the most curious specimen of an old bachelor
the world ever heard of. lie was old, gray, wrinkled
and ugly. He hated women, especially old maids, and
wasn’t afraid to say so. He and Aunt Patty had it hot
and heavy, whenever chance threw them together; yet
still he came, and it was noticed that Aunt Patty took
unusual pains with her dress whenever he was expected.
Ono day the contest waged unusually strong. Aunt
Patty left him in disgust, and went out into the garden.
“The bear;” she muttered to herself, as she stooped to
gather a blossom which attracted her attention.
“What did you run away for?” said a gruff voico
close to her side.
“To get rid of you.”
“You didn’t do it, did you f”
“No; you are worso than a burdock bur.”
“You won’t get rid of me, neither.”
“1 won’t eh ?”
“Only in or.c way.”
“And that!”
“Mairy mo!”
“What, us two fools git married ? What will people
say ?”
“That’s nothing to us. Como, eay yes or no; I'm
in a hurry.”
“Weil, no, then.”
“Very well, good-bye ; I shan’t come again.”
“But stop a bit—what a pucker to be in ?”
“Yes or no ?”
“I must consult”—
“All right; I thought you was of ago. Good-bye.”
“Jabez Andrews, don’t be a fool. Come back, come
back, I say. Why, 1 believe the critter has taken mo
for earnest. Jabez, I’ll consider”—
“1 don’t wan’t no considering. I’m gone. Becky
Hastings is waiting for me. I thought I'd give you the
first chance. All right. Good-by*.”
“Jabez—Jabez! That stuck-up Becky Hasting*
shan’t have him, if I die for it. Jabez —Ye*. Do you
hear ? Y-e- !”
The Leviathan.
The immense iron steamer, constructed on tlfe
Thames, of which sq much has been said, is still unfin
ished. Tho owners, after having spent all their means
upon it, don’t know what disposition to make of
monster. At tho latest dates, there was a rumor that
tho Emperor of tho French had his eve upon it, and
would, if tho British Government made no objection
purchase and convert it into a great floating battery to
defend tho coast of Franco. Capable of carrying tjft
heaviest and most destructive cannon, and of transport
ing, at the same time, ten thousand tnen to any point
needing defence, its advantages for tho purposes efg
floating battery are apparent.
TnHPEXANCs.—More than 2,000 physicians and sar. ‘
f[eons of England have avowed the opinion “that a very
argo proportion of human misery, including poverty,-
disease and crime, is induced by the use of alcoholic or
formented liquors as beverages.”
•♦Thebloom or blight of all meet’ happi&eftt.”
—— - =
On the 21st inst. by James Ilcrt, Esq. Mr. Fletcher
Ehtriken to Miss Mary Leathers, all of Campbell
county, Ga.
On the 19th inst. by A. R. Howcl, Eaq., Mr. Wst.
F. Culver, to Miss A. M. Henry, all of Powelton, Ga.
When eoldneisg wrap* this eulftrfn*ctay,
Ah ! whither etraye the immortal miiid !
It cannot die—it esnnot Uy,
But leave* it* darkened du*t behind.®
, L— ,
Died at Audas!on. near Sparta, at the residence of his
father, Oct. 16th, 1838, of consumption, Thomas : C.
Aupas, only roinainingson of Tuttle H. and Henrietta
W. Andes.
“After life's fitful dream
Ho sleeps well.” R.
Cass Cos. Oct. 1858.
IlfTilS:
A Good Opening!!
T OFFER FOR SALE MY STORE-HOUSE,
JL situated on the corner of Main and Mill streets.
The house is a brick ono, 26 by 50 feet, and two stories
high, with an excellent cellar.
The purchaser would bo expected to take a small stock
of well selected and saleablo goods, consisting of a gen>-
eral variety of such articles as are usually kept in an
up-country store.
Any one with a small capital and wishing to engage
in tho mercantile business, will find this an excellent
stand. Penfield is a healthy and pleasant village, with
only two stores, and the amount of trade done here will
always guarantee a good business to both. My terms
will be very accommodating, and possession given at
any time desired. Early applications are invited from
those who may wish to purchase.
Penfield, Oct 28, 1858 W. B. SEALS.
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2. 33 O-hisSs
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I tfcii fetMMs
EATING and drinking being about half a man's
living, Barnwell &, Necsou are determined on doing
nil they can to prevent suffering. To this end they
have purchased and ure now receiving quite a variety ,
of “good things” at Tarwatcr's old stand in the Post
Office building, where they invite “all hands” to call
and see them. FRESH FAMIL Y GROCERIES and
CONFECTIONARIES, including the usual variety of
■ “notions” and “knick-nacke,” will constantly be found
;on sale. For a small advance on first cost, they would
j be much pleased to furnish the families of Penfield and
i vicinity with their supplies of Groceries,
i jJ-SfOystcrs will bo kept during the season.
And as they have no special fancy for book-keeping
ior talent for collecting, the C A SII will be invariably
required. [Oct 28, 1858]
LAND FOR SALE.
I OFFER for sale my farm within two miles of
Penfield. on the waters of Fishing Creek, containing
Three Hundred and Fifty-nine acres, about siqty-five
in the v oods, the remainder, a portion of which is fresh
clearing, under good fence. On the farm is a good
dwelling, smokehouse, kitchen, five negro cabins, stß
bles, gin- house, &c. <fcc. With the land will be sold,
if desired, hotses, mules, cows, hogs, corn, fodder, dec.
&c. Terms easy. ELIZABETH COX.
Oct 28
Bowdon Collegiate Institution,
BOWDON, CAHROLL CO. GA.
ciiAs. a. McDaniel, a. jj.
Prof. Ancient Languages, Moral Science and Elocution,
JNO. M. RICHARDSON, B. S.
Military Instructor, Prof. Mathematics, Engineering, ScVl
< r SPRING TERM OF 1859, will open on 2d
B_ Wednesday in January, and close on Wednesday
after Ist Sunday in July.
The course ol this Institution is thorough, including
the various English branches, the Latin. Greek and
French languages, pure and mixed Mathematics.
Particular attention is called to the Mathematical and
Engineering Department. Ample facilities arc offered
in the way of Surveying and Engineering Instruments
and Philosophical Apparatus.
In order to cultivate the physical man, as well as the
moral and intellectual, a Military Department has been
organized. Ihe State has furnished the Institution
with arms, and the company is drilled from three to five
times per week.
Bowdon is remarkable for its good health, pure air
and excellent water. A healthy, moral tone pervades
the entire community. No temptations to extravaganrq,
arc found Eight dollars per month is the usual price
tor board, room rent, washing and fuc!. Students of
industry, application and good moral habits, are the only
ones desired in this school. No others can remain.
For any other information address either of the above,
btuilcnts from a distance will take tho rail Toad to
Newnan, thence by private conveyance, or stage, to
Bowdon. Qct gs, I^sß—4m *
FURXITUILE AND CARPET
THE OLD ESTABLISHED HOUSE OF
C. A. PLATT & COM’Y,
No. 214 Broad st. Augusta, Ga*
TJP’E beg to inform our friends and the public
“ generally, that wo arc now in receipt of
A full and complete Assortment of
every article in our line.
IN THE FURNITURE DEPARTMENT
We havo the largest and most fashionable stock
to bo found in tho Southern Country.
A great many of oar Goods are made
expressly for our own Sales, and lire wat*
rant tb.ni to give satisfaction.
-OUR STOCK CONSISTS, IN PART, OF- ‘
Rosewood, Parlor and Chamber Furniture, in Brocatel!*,
DeLainc and Hair Cloth. Mahogany, Black
Walnut and Imitation Furniture. Enam- *
elled, Chamber and Cottage Setts.
Tctc a Tctcs, Sofas, Ward
robes, Bureaus, Wash
Stands, Hat Stands,
Sido Boards, Cottage and French
Bedsteads.
A LARGE STOCK OF
Pier and Mantle Looking Glasses.
Crossley’sbcst Medallion Velvet,
“ “ English
” “ Brussels,
THREE PLY.
Eng.ish and American Tapestry Ingrain,
Super and superfine ingrain,
Venetian Stair Carpets, of ail widths.
Stair Rods.
As wc have imported the largest portion of the above
stork, can offer them at greatly reduced prices. We .
only ask a full examination before purchasing elsewhere,
as wc will guaranty to 6cll CHEA ER ana BETTER
GOODS than have ever been sold in thiar city.
Curtain Materials
Os tho latest and most approved styles. Wo hare jmt
received a direct importation, which we can warrant a*
represented, ana will havo them made up to order Ap
any style required.
Damask, Lacc ar,d Muslin Curtains,
Crimson Turkey Cloth, an entirely new article,
Cornices, Pins and Bands,
Centre Tassel*, Loops and Cords. •
OIL CLOTHS,
Os all widths, which will be cut to fit any size roefe or
entry in one piece. , ,
Purchasers are invited to examine our varied ana
extensive Stock, as wc are enabled to offer inducement*
unequalled by any other establishment.
Carpets and Oil Cloth Cut to Fit,
WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE.
Oct 28 fl • 3tn
ADVERTISING, honestly, freely and system
atically, ia now recognised as one of th* *af*
means of success, especially if th# Csvsadkk dp* v.