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CRISADER.
PENFIEfiI), GEORGIA.
H, 1868.
for sale,
A POWER PRESS AND ENGINE.
As w contemplate purchasing new machinery, we
offer for sale oar Pres, and Steam Engine of 3 horse
power, both in good order and doing good work. They
M n be’ purchased upon very reasonable terms ; and any
member of the craft neejing such apparatus, can get a
bargain by an early application.
will sell either the Press or Engine sepa
ately.
The Ga. Temperance Crusader for 1859!
REMOVAL TO THE Cm - OV ATLANTA!
CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED!
CIRCULATION 10.000!
TUg 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
citfeens of the State, to remove our office to that city; hence, the
first number of the new series for 1859, will be issued from that
point early in January next, much enlarged, together with other
improvements.
TbbLitbrart Departmbktb 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
IUT, 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 such
growing importance as Atlanta, we hope to publish a paper which
ghail be adequate to the great demands of the temperance cause,
and at the same time supply the want or a prominent Literary
Journal in the South.
Many friends of the Crusader predict that its subscription list
yfll be doubled daring the ensuing year: if so, it will then visit
sleekly nearly tbs 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 November!
will be Atlanta, Ga.
AU communications should be addressed to
JNO. H. SEALS, Proprietor.
Penfleld, October 21,1859.
jag*Lines from Davisboro, Washington county, will
find a place in ouf next issue.
Trustees of Franklin College.
At the meeting of the Board of Trustees of Franklin
College in Milledgeville, Hon. F. S. Bartow, Hon. T.
R. R. Cobb, Hon. Thomas W. Thomas, were eleeted
Trustees to fill vacancies occasioned by the resignation
of Judge Wayne, Ilillyer, and McDonald.
Liquor Inspector.
The Inferior Court (says the Atlanta Intelligencer)
has appointed Dr. J. W. Dowsing Inspector of Liquors
for Fulton county, in pursuance of an act of the Legis
lature, passed at the session of 1857. We hope the
doctor will faithfully discharge the duties of his office,
and spot every man who dares to vend adulterated
liquors.
jag-Thp. Grand Scribe of the State of Massachusetts,
in his annual report, says: “ The past year has been
one ot unusual prosperity to the order in this State, and
the statistics, compared with those one year ago. show
that a large amount of labor has been performed.”
Forty-six new Divisions have been instituted during
the past year, and only one charter surrendered. Num
ber of members admitted during the past year, 3783;
Jady visitors admitted, 3190.
“Geurgia Weekly Visitor.”
We learn from the last number of the Madison Visi
tor that Prof. Cyrus B. Barrow and Dr. Wm. S. Meiere
haye purchased that paper, and will continue its publi
cation under the title of the “ Georgia Weekly Visitor.”
They will edit it jointly, and both of them being
ready writers and men of genius, we shall confidently
expect an ably conducted paper, and predict for it a
bright future.
We heartily welcome our old friends into the edito
rial corps.
We take great pleasure in calling the attention
of our numerous readers to the advertisement in this
paper, of the house of Burch & Robert, dealers in boots,
shoes, trunks, etc. Augusta, Ga. They have recently
enlarged their store, and had a large sky-light affixed
in the rear part. They offer to sell their stock, whole
sale or retail, at New York prices, with the freight ad
ded. We cheerfully recommend them to public, pat
ronage and support.
Franklin College.
Dr. Church, President of the College, in his re
port to the Senatus Academicus, strongly advo
cates the endowment of Franklin College as a Stdte
He reports only one hundred and eight
students as having been connected with the institution
daring the present year. He represents ihc property of
the college as being worth $275,000, and thinks that a
good basis upon which to establish a University. At
the close of his report, he tendered to the board his re
signation as President of the College, to take effect at
the close of the scholastic year. He has been connected
with the institution, as presiding officer, 40 years.
V- , : ■ -
J&'The minutes of the Grand Division, which mpt
in Atigusta on the 27th ult. have not, as yet, been re ;
ceived at this office for publication, and we are unable
to accourit for the unusual delay. The following from
the Augusta Dispatch, is quite all the information we
have concerning the meeting :
SONS OP TEMPERANCE.
“ The Grand Division of this order, of this State, held
their annual session at the Masonic Hall in this city on
yesterday, and adjourned at a late hour last night, after
a very harmonious and interesting session. The re
ports of the Grand Worthy Patriarch and Grand Scribe,
show a-very gratifying increase of Divisions throughout
the State, and a more general revival of the cause.
A resolution was adopted, to invite the Natipnfd Di
vision to hold its next session in this city^ii^l^GO.
‘A resolution was adopted, to the effect that subordi
nate Divisions may admit ministqra of the gospel, with
out requiring fees or dues.
“W. G. Whidby, L. I>. Lallerstedt and W. H. D’W,
Rsad, were appointed a committee to draft an address
td the people of (Georgia in behalf of the prinoiplea and’
Resign oftheorder.
The next session of the Grand Division wifi, be held
with Sand Washington county.
The follojving,officers, were elected, for the ensuing
year •
George J. Lloyd, of Columbus, G. W. P.
L. D. Lallerstedt, of Augusta, G. W. A.
J. C. C. Burnett, of Macon, G. S.
W. H. D’W. Read,of Augusta, G. T.
Rev. Dabney P. Jones, of Palmetto, G. Chaplain.
J. M. Palmer, Washington co., G. C.
E. D. Stone, of Athens, G. S.
Rev. Dabney P. Jones, so familiarly known as “Un
cle Dabney,” the Blucher of the cause in this State, fa
vored the Grand Division and visitors, with one of his
most powerful and telling speeches on last night. Al
though “Uncle Dabney,” as all his kinsfolk know, is
getting advanced in years, he has not lost any of the
and zeal of youth, or grown deficient in his rev
erence for the ladies ; indeed it is a source of wonder to
some that his wife Will permit as good looking a man as
he is, to travel about by himself. It would be useless
to describe his effort, for all who know him know what
a speech he can make.
Newspapers for Sale.
Our cotemporary of the Savannah Republican makes
a brief but sensible comment on the starting of new
newspapers and the selling of old ones:
Newspapers for sale. —The Bainbridge Argus and
Madison Family Visitor are offered for sale.
Would not those who are starting so many new pa
pers in the small towns of Georgia, do better to buyout
the old ones ?
The Republican might Have added to these two pa
pers, the names of six or eight more in the State, which
are in the market; their proprietors being anxious to
get rid of them at almost any price. The truth of the
matter is, the newspaper business in Georgia is over
done. Almost every village, at least county site, as
pires to the dignity of “a Press” in its midst. And a
Press is soon purchased, and a paperprinted to the very
great joy of every man and woman in the vicinity. For
a little while advertisements are sent in, and the Pro
prietor feels encouraged. A year or two rolls by, and
£® c ? me j* red , of his enterprise—and, like the
man who drew the elephant at the prize show, he doea
not know what to do with hie Press. He can’t sell it
and car. hardly give u away. But the exoerience of
. e '2ZL h nothing to most men. They must ex
penuient themselves; and the result of this newspaper
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T'lic Tribute ofUeapcct
From Sand Hill Division to the memory of Bro. Silas
L. Daniel will appear next week.
Affair* at tlc Capitol.
Both houses of the General Assembly are organized
with (he same officers and regulations of last session,
and are progressing with the business ot State. The
Governor’s Message was received in due time by the
body and read by the Clerk, occupying over an hour in
the perusal. It is unusually lengthy, but was listened
to with interest and marked attcntio-n by the Senators
and Representatives, and is generally conceded to be an
able State paper, as a whole. His Excellency makes a
number of wholesome theoretical suggestions and rec
ommendations, but some of them arc not feasible. Ilis
anger towards the banks is still aroused, and he shows
them no mercy yet, but makes his strictures more se
vere than ever. He recommends the prohibition of all
small bills undier twenty dollars, and advocates the es
tablishment of a specie currency. Owing to the great
length of the message, and the fact that all can read it
for. t-kpipselves, we withhold further comment.
Much enthusiasm is rife among the members upon
the subject of education, and reporters think they
are determined to do something on the subject during
the session. A committee, consisting of one member
from each Congressional District, was appointed to pre
pare a report to the body, devising a common school
system. Hon. Joseph Henry Lumpkin offered a reso
lution, which was unanimously passed, that a commit
tee of three be appointed to draft a plan for endowing a
State University.
It is more than likely that a number of good works
will be done for the State by the Legislature, during the
present session. “So mote it be.”
New York for Prohibition.
Says the Boston Visitor, a letter appears in Dr.
Marsh’s Journal, for October, from Mr. Sinclair, in
which he refers to the condition of publie sentiment in
New York State, on the subject of prohibitory law.
He says : “The meetings I had the privilege of address
ing were generally as large as the building could ac
commodate, and both ministers, teachers and parents
manifested a deep interest in the movement specially
designed for the young; indeed, everywhere I go the
cry meets me, ‘Save our young men—they are being
ruined by the liquor traffic.’ If the people were called
upon to vote for or against a Prohibitory Law, there
would be a larger majority in favor of it than ever.
In some towns they would vote for it to a man, and if
it were submitted to.them as a simple issue, apart from
party movemeats. the vote would astonish the most
skeptical of all parties as to the feeling of the people.”
What has Ruined the King oft’ Prussia ?
A king ruined! True, a king is but a man—but a
poor, weak human being like the rest of us ; yet, when
so conspicuous a character goes down, it is natural for
us to manifest more than ordinary interest. When
the tall sons of Anak fall before an enemy, it becomes
lesser men to avoid him. But who was the enemy !
From an anonymous article, the answeris, Champagne.
Aye, the common enemy has been the ruin of the king
of Prussia! When he ascended the throne, he was an ele
gant, accomplished gentleman. His amiability, his high
moral character, and his acquirements, were known
throughout Europe, and in Prussia he was as popular as
a monarch could be. It has never been the impression,
however, that he was “strong” in politics and State
matters. The constitution which be submitted to his
convoked states-general, was not a brilliant or a states
manlike effort, and the noisy spirits of 1848 suggested
an idea or two for his reflection, which so troubled his
noddle, that he took to drinking “Veuve Clicquot”
champagne for solace, and he found so much comfort in
that exhilirating liquor, that he drank himself into an
idiotic state. The last intelligence from Prussia an
nounces the appointment of the Prince of Prussia as
regent, so the King may henceforth “ keep it up” until
as late as he pleases, with never a care for to-morrow,
his occupation being now only to “guzzle.”
Alas! how have the mighty fallen!
Tlie Atlantic monthly.
Any paper or periodical asking the patronage of the
the public, expects and ought to receive the criticisms
ofthepressgenerally. With this view before us,wc trans
fer the subjoined article from the Boston Visitor, which
we opine is a just criticism upon the publication indi
cated: “This periodical has. won its way into public
favor to a remarkable degree. Os the literary merits of
the work, of course,, it would be unfair to say anything
derogatory. Tjhg ipost popular and readable articles have
for some limp been the “Autocrat of the Breakfast Ta
ble.” One thing, we have to say concerning the last
chapter of this production. It has a mean and con
temptible fling at the temperance movement. To be
sure it has the charm of witticism thrown over it, but yet
it ia no less an uncalled for and base attempt to injure
; the interests of a great movement designed to remove
the evils that proceed from the dram-cup. If the witty
author cannot find better service for his pen, than
thus maligning and injuring a moral and Christian en
terprise, he had better throw that pen away. We as
temperance men are trying to make happy homes, free
from the contaminating influence ot the wine-cup, and
we do not relish the idea of having a witty Holmes pre
vent the accomplishing of our object, by poisoning the
minds of thousands of delighted readers of his work,
through the columns of a journal that goes far and wide,
and is read by so many whose minds, will be affected
by his derisive sentences.
And here we would say that one of the greatest diffi
culties the temperance reform lias to overcome, is the
prevalent contemptuous tone thatthe higher class of lit
erateore atfopts in reference to the temperance and other
moral movements of the day. High-toned literature
frowns on the humble temperanpe movement of the age.
It scorns it. Its patrons.are among the literati; the
wine-guzzling and .liquor party-giving men and women
of the time. They affect contempt for it. They turn
up their noses at it. They conceal themselves in their
cloak of self-suffciency and egotistical assurance, and
laugh and deride those who are selling to invade their
favorite customs and opinions But let them sneer.
The tinje is. coming when even the drinking habits of
these who encourage this “higher class of literature”
1 must be changed, and be driven where they too often
get, into a state of glorious obliviousness.
Let the “Autocrat of the Breakfast Table” keep cool.
Let him wait a time, and he will see the very cause he
“flings” at, high in the ascendant, and his readers
scorning his ridicule as lie now seeks to ridicule the
temperance enterprise. Out upon such trash —perni-
cious envenomed trash, palmed offon the public through
the columns of a so-called popular litGrary periodical.
Let us as friends of temperance kick at it and turn it
from our homes.”
Inebriety.
When this vice has taken fast hold'of a man, fare
well industry—farewell attention to. things worthy of
attention—farewell love to virtuous society—farewell
decency ol manners—and farewell to an attention to
persons. Everything is sunk by the predominant and
brutal appetite. In how many instauces do we see men
who have begun life with the brightest prospects before
them, and who have closed it without any ray of com
fort and consolation! Young men with good tortunes
and talents, good tempers, good hearts, good constitu
tions, only being drawn into the vortex of the drunkard,
have become by degrees the most loathsome and despi
cable ot mankind. In the house of the drunkard there
is no happiness for any one. All isuncertainty and anx
iety. He is not the same man tor any one day at a
lime. No one knows ot his outgoings or his incom
ings. When he will rise, or when he will lie down to
rest, is a matter of chance. I hat which he swallows
for what he calls pleasure brings pain as surely us night
brings morning. Poverty and misery are in the train.
To avoid these results we arc called upon to make no
sacrifice. Abstinence requires no aid to sustain it.
Our own will is all that is requisite; and if we have not
the will to avoid contempt, disgrace and misery wc de
servp neither relief nor compassion.
Heartless.
Says the Boston Courier, Queen Victoria is about to
present to the Emperor of China a steam yacht of the
finest construction, and thoroughly equipped. It is to
be of a model similar to the vessels recently used in
bombarding Canton, and forcing the passage of the Pei
ho river. If his Celestial Majesty, the Brother of the
Sun and Moon, troubles hims3li to think about this gift
at all, he will be likely to consider it as adding insult
to injury ; and, if he knows anything about Shakes
peare, he may be justified in quoting, with deep feeling,
“This is the most unkindest cut of all.” The idea of
presenting to his pig-tailed majesty an English war
vessel, is very much like that of shaking before the ter
rified eyes of an urchin the rod with which he has just
been chastised. Perhaps, however, victoria’s inten
tion is a thoroughly humane one, and aims at shooting
the anguish of the mighty man of the East by offering
him a hair of the dog that bit him.
Temperance.
Are we going to awake or slumber over drunkenness
this fall and winter ? The questions about moral suasion
and legal methods arc settled by the understanding that
we are to try both ; make the utmost private effort we
can, and the best laws wc can, and try to execute them.
But the question wc are just now concerned with is, are
the minis!ry and the temperance men going to do some
thing effective this season or not? Are we to Ifove
lively, active, energetic, temperance meeting'', or is the
cause to be considered dead ?
There is an aspect of it which ought to be made to
ring through the heads and hearts of the entirccoimnu
nity. Men are not drinking pure wine, brandy and
whisky now. The thing they drink at tavern bars is
drugged; drugged in the making of it; drugged because
it is cheaper to put in poisonous stuff than to make pure
liquor. Men cannot drink and dipple every day for
twenty, thirty or forty years as some used to do. They
kill themselves soon, going off into successive attacks
of mania-a-potu and similar horrible diseases, in a third
or a quarter of the time. Drinking is becoming a quick
instead of a slow suicide. One of the marvels of this
remarkable country is, that men bear this. If a man
murder his fellow, the country resounds with it. But
if the drainingf of a distillery kill hgt a drove of hogs, or
a wagon load offish, nobody notices, although the liquor
impregnated with such ingredients is drawn of! into
barrels to be drak at tavern bars by thousands of human
beings! This is asserted. Can it be contradicted ? If
it can, for the sake of our country,of humanity, we hope
it will be.
The friends of temperance need to awake. It is alia
mistake that it does no good to lecture upon temperance.
It does great good. It sets men thinking. It calls their
attention to a fearful danger. It saves many a young
man from ruin. It digusts women with drunkenness.
It is hardly respectable for a man in America to drink
spirit at all. Drinking customs keep their places with
considerable difficulty, and conscience hardly goes with
them. We know there has been extravagance and re
action. No winder. The evil has been enough to make
any man extravagant, and there is always enough love
of unhallowed excitement to make a “ re-action.” We
do not give up the Gospel because there are multitudes
of unconverted men, and because an immense mass of
wickedness is unreached. So let our temperance friends
no, give up; let them hold meetings ; let them obtain
good speakers and lecturers; let them invite the minis
try to preach anfl to speak upon this subject. Let there
be temperance sermons in the churches; grand temper
ance meetings in the Musical Fund and Concert Hall
and National Hall. Let there be ward meetings and
district meetings ; meetings in court houses and school
houses, and let us do our utmost to drive out the foul
fiend! — Phila. Presbyterian.
Gutta Pcrcha.
A series of interesting experiments have been made
in England, to test the strength of Gutta Percha, and
with a view to its applicability for the conveyance of
water. The experiments were made upon tubes three
fourths of an inch in diameter, the thickness of the Gut
ta Pfercha being one-eighth of an inch. These were at
tached t x> the iron main, and subjected to a pressure of
two hui tdred feet ot water for two months without being
in the blast damaged. The pressure of three hundred
and thirty-seven pounds to the square inch was then ap
plied, b'at the tubes still remained unhurt. It was then
propose and to use five hundred pounds pressure, hut it
was found that the lever of the valve would not bear
this weight. The highest power ofthehydrauliepumps
cculd not burst the tubes.
One of the most important uses to which the article
is applieid, is that of inclosing telegraphic wire when
placed wi ider water, so as to protect it from destroying
agents; its great strength and durability render it al
most ind estructible, and make it an article of almost
vital 1 imp ortance when connected with the submarine
wipes. 1t is found, also, to be a useful auxiliary in the
art of sui gery; by its plasticity and power of retaining
any shap e given to it when cool, it has become most
importan t in cases of fractured bones, taking the place
of wooden splints and bandages, and imparting an ease
and comlort which were unknown with the old appen
dages. Kt is uselul in printing silks and cottons, as it
amalgamates readily withcolors. During the few years,
indeed, that this substance has been in use, it has ac
quired a fame almost unprecedented in articles of mod
ern invention and manufacture. To what uses and
purposes it may hereafter be applied, remains to be
seen; but even now, it would be a difficult matter to
enumera.te the variety of articles, useful and ornamen
tal, wluch are manufactured from it, and for which it
appears to possess such special qualities of adaptation.
O! Ye of Little Faith.
While in Milwaukie a few weeks since a friend made
the stereotyped inquiry, “What evidence have you to
make you look for a triumph of your reform? If 1
could have your faith and see things as you do, I would
work as you do.”
It is always a matter of astonishment to us, that those
who believe in God, and have a living faith in the effi
ciency of the Gospel of Christ, should ask a question
like this. They acknowledge the paramount impor
tance of the Temperance Reform, and look upon intem
perance a s the great scourge of the race, and yet, in
their action, say to the world that they have no faith in
the principles pregnant with the highest hope of earth,
and the liolicst immortalities of Heaven; none in the
power and justice of God. When, in the history of
God’s dealings with nations or individuals, has He ever
failed, in His own good time, to vindicate the Right
and to punish the Wrong? The Temperance Reform
is the leading instrumentality of Gospel progress, and
will it be ignored by the good Father, and left without
His thoui'ht or aid in its struggle against its gigantic
enemy? Who believes it? Certainly not the clear
headed man who has watched our Reform from its
commencement. True, its existence has been one of
strife, anti there arc long years of strife yet before it;
yet, what friend, after a contest of 20 or 30 years, will
abandon iilie work, because he does not see the glorious
consummation? Will he, in Christian armor, desert
the Redeemer, and fling down the standard consecrated
by eighteen hundred years ot conflict with sin, because
the Millennium does not dawn in bis day, and theglory
of God flood the world to fullness?
The church of Christ is not up to the standard of its
mission in these matters. Hosts of its members go by
on the oil ier side, and leave the bruised and broken
ones to bo ministered to by the Samaritans who are
passing; hosts pray for the glorious advance of God’s
kingdom on earth, but lift not a finger to remove the
great obs tacles which so block His chariot wheels;
hosts pray for the down-trodden and theoppressed.but.
themselves, never break a single band ; they leave God
to effect die matter as best He can ! They ask God to
clothe the naked and feed the hungry, but donot always
trouble themselves with a thought of how the food or
raiment shall be procured; they ask that all moral en
terprises nhall be prospered, and, with folded arms, won
der that their prayers are not answered, and weaken
those who do battle, by their defection and desponden
cy. Such professors, no matter to what church they
belong, however earnest their prayers or exemplary their
lives, are recreant to their high calling, and wear not
the complete Gospel armor.
These Christians would be indignant were we to
speak lightly of their faith and zeal, and pronounce the
Gospel a failure, because it has been preached 1800
years, and yet, has not succeeded in utterly redeeming
a w orld from its wickedness. We ask such men, is
the plan of salvation a failure, and did Christ die in
vain, because all men are not His followers? And has
the Temperance Reform done no good, because, in a
generation, its mission has not reached its fulfillment ?
Nay, it has blessed a world; and though its legions
should be disbnnded at once, the effect of its teachings
would lost to the end of time. Yet, alas! for efficien
cy, if all who wish it well should labor no more for its
success, and leave it to go down under the killing influ
ences of their croaking.
“It was worse with me at Areola,” said Napoleon at
a critical moment in his career, and when his brother
despaired. Our Reform has seen many Arcolas—will
probably see many more. But we ask the faint-hearted
to look back and compare the public sentiment upon
this question, with that of thirty years ago. What a
wondrous change there has been! Men are now born,
married, die ana buried without RUM. The bottle has
been banished from millions of homes, and ns many
honseholds taught a belter way. The light of that ma
lign star no longer burns upon all men, from the cradle
to the grave.
And if so much of a great revolution has been wrought
in a quarter of a century, of what glorious triumphs
may we not dream in the hundred years to come ?
We take courage from the past, and press on. We
certainly shall never succeed if we donothing. We are
in the majority, for God is with us, and have only to
work and wait. Ours, the plain and stern duty, to
plant and to water, and leave Him to give the increase.
We know that faith without works is dead, and the
true Christian who prays for the Reform, will go out.
in the world and work for it. If be wishes i*.s success,,
lie will labor to win that success. He is but a poor
Christian reformer who spends his life in asking God
to carry on Ilia work in the world, and yet, has not
sufficient confidence in His power, to do a thing in the
way of aiding.— TVis, Chief.
How touching the tribute of the lion. Thomas H.
Benton, to his mother’s influence:
“My mother asked me never to use tobacco, and I
have never touched it from that time to the present
day; she asked me not to game, and I have never
gamed, and I cannot tell who is winning and who is los
ing in games that can be played. She admonished me
too, against hard drinking; and whatever capacity for
endurance I have at present, and whatever usefulness
I may attain in life, I attribute to having complied with
her pious and correct wishes. When I was seven years
of age, sue asKeU me not to drink nnd I then made a
resolution of total abstinence, at a time when I was the
sole constituted member of my own body, and that I
have adhered to it through all time, I owe to my Bfotfa.
, er ’~ i
Something for the Ladies to read.
The Cincinnati Gazette has a column specially devo- ‘
ted to the ladies, over which a competent lady of that
city presides. From this interesting and entertaining
department of the Gazette We make the subjoined ex
tracts :
THE STYLIJ OF BRESS BEST FUITED.TO DISPLAY THE FEMALB
form;’
By the use of a good mathematical rule or system,
and with the use of a tapc-mcasure, a lady may learn
to make a much more natural fit than can be obtained
by first fitting the linings to the body, and then cut
ting the outside by them. Much art and taste is also
required to correctly distribute the wadding ; and a del
icate figure, as well as one with a waist naturally large,
requires to be built out with wadding about the shoul
ders, and not seek to render the necessary contrast be
tween the sizes ot the shoulders and the waist, that is
observable in a “taper waist,” by lacing the waist too
tightly. French ladies never have the dyspepsia, they
generally enjoy good health and a fine flow of animal
spirits ; their figures are regarded ns models for mili
ners ; and yet they arc not so small in the waist as are
the ladies of Vienna, London or New York. The
beauty of the feminine form docs not consist in a small
waist, as the French and all people of taste fully com
prehend. A waist unnaturally small is devoid of at
traction to gentlemen. A beautifully formed, perfectly
developed figure, with the glow of health, and the wit
that sparkles from innocent mirth, are much more cap
tivating than arc beauties suffering from the cxcrutia
ting arts of tight lacing.
KEEPING SILK ARTICLES IN GOOD ORDER.
Silk articles should not be kept folded in white paper,
as the chloride of lime used in bleaching the paper will
be apt to impair the color of the silk. Brown or blue
Eaper is better, the yellowish, smooth India paper is
est of all. Silk intended for dresses should not bekept
long in the house before it is made up as lying in the
folds will have a tendency to impair its durability, by
causing it to cut or split.
Hard silk should never be wrinkled, because the
thread is easily broken in the crease, and it never can
be rectified. The way to take the wrinkles out of silk
scarfs or handkerchiefs, is to moisten the surface evenly
with a sponge and some weak glue, and then pin the
silk with some toilet pins around the shelves on a
mattress or feather bed, taking pains to draw out the
silk as tight as possible. When dry, the wrinkles will
have disappeared.
CURIOUS FACTS IN PROOF OF WOMAN’S rRE-EMINENCE.
It is a singular fact that even after death, nature res
pects the inherent modesty of woman, for when drowned
she floats on her face, and a drowned man upon his
back. The noblest part of a human being is the head;
but the man’s head is liable to baldness, but woman is
never bald. The man’s face is often made repulsive on
account of a harsh, growing beard, and so covered with
sordid hairs, as sometimes scarcely to be distinguished
from the face of a brute beast; in woman, on the other
hand, the face always remains pure and decent. For
thee reason women were, by the laws of the twelve ta
bless,forbidden to rub theircheeks, lest hairshould grow
and obscure their blushing modesty. But the most ev
ident proof of the innate purity of the female sex is, that
a woman having once washed is clean, and if she wash
in second water will not soil it; but that a man is never
clean, though he should wash in ten successive waters,
lie will cloud and infect them all.
FEMALE MANNERS.
Artifically, internal or External, in motions or in half
formed manners, stiffness denoting or covering mostly
fragmentary crumbs of breeding, lame imitations —these
make not a woman, not even a “lady.” The best man
ners are simple, not attracting notice, nor striking by
any extreme. High-toned, well-bred, elegantly accom
plished women are not stylish, have no style at all.
“Stylish looking,” an appellation profusely applied in
this counlry, would be considered the poorest compli
ment, if not an offence, in Europe'.
The Wine Glass.
Who hath woe ? Who hath sorrow ?
Who hath contentions ? Who
hath wounds without cause?
Who hath redness of eyes?
They that tarry long at the
Wine! They that go to
seek mixed Wine!
Look not thou upon
the Wine when it
is red; when
it giveth its
color in
the cup;
when it
moveth itself
aright.
At
the last
it biteth like a
serpent, and stingetk like aa adder;
Spanish Beauty.
The Spanish women are very interesting. What we
associate with the idea of female beauty is, not, per
haps, very common in this country. There ire seldom
those seraphic countenances which strike yo u dumb, or
blind, but faces in abundance which will never pass
without commanding admiration. Their < ffiarms con
sist in their sensibility. Each incident, v fe ry person,
every word, touches the fancy of a Spanish lady, and
her expressive features are constantly confuting the
creed of the Moslem. But there is i jothing quick,
harsh, or forced about her. She is e xtremely unaf
fected, and not at all French. Her eye s gleam rather
than sparkle ; she speaks with vicacit y, but in sweet
tones, and there is in all her carriage, p .articularly when
she walks, a certain dignified grace which never de
serts her, and which is very remarkab .so.
The general female dress in Spain ’\s of blaek silk, a
bnsquina, and a black silk shawl,am xmtilla, with which
they usually envelope their heads. As they walk along
in this costume on an evening, with. their soft dark eyes
dangerously conspicuous, you will 1 Jtigly believe in their
universal charms. They are rem irkable for the beauty
of the hair. Os this they arc ve ry proud, and indeed
its luxuriance is equalled only by - the attention which
they lavish on its culture. Iha ye seen a voung girl, of
fourteen, whose hair reached he r feet, and was as glossy
as the curls of a Contessa. AIJ the day long, even the
lowest order are engaged in brushing, curling, and ar
ranging it. A fruit woman has her hair dressed with
as much care as the Duchess, of Ossrma. In the sum
mer they do not wear, their mantilla over their heads,
but show their combs, wlii ch are jf very great size.
The fashion of these combs varies constantlv. Every
two or three months you may obser vc a new”form. It
is the part otthe costume of which, a Spanish woman is
most proud. The moment that anew comb appears,
every servant wench will run t( i the melter’s with
her old one, and thus at the cost of a dollar or two, ap
pear, the next holiday in the >i ewest style. These
combs are worn at the back of tin head. They are of
tortoise shall, and, with the very fashionable, they are
white. I sat next to a lady of big h distinction at a bull
fight at Seville. She was the and iughter-in-law of the
Captain-General of the Province, and the most beauti
ful Spaniard I ever met with. J ler comb was white,
and she wore a mantilla of bio n<Le, without doubt ex
tremely valuable, for it was very dirty. The effect,
however, was charming. H .er hair was glossy black,
her eyes like an antelope’s ano’all her other features
deliciously soft. She was further adorned, which is
rare i:i Spain, with a rosy cheek, for in Spain our her
oines are represented as I n g rat her sallow. But they
counteract this slight d< ..feet by never appearing until
twilight, which calls t’ aem from their bowers, fresh,,
though languid, from tl Je J a te sciesta.
The only fault of th< * Spanish beauty is, that she too
soon indulges in the tr .agnificenco of embonpoint. There
arc, however, many axceptions. At seventeen, a Span
ish beauty is poetica f Tall, litli and clear and grace
ful as a jennet, who can withstand the summer lightning
of her solt and lar <guid glance? As she advances, if
she does not lose I ler shape, she resembles Juno rather
than Venus. M? .jestic she ever is, and if her feet be
less twinkling th [q her first boleroo, look on her
hand, and you v dll forgive them all.— C. Disraeli in
Ceniarian Plan
* /at ami the Tclcgiapii.
An enthus mastic gentleman and an unmistakable Pat
lander, on t’ day of the great procession, were stand
ing on the corner of Broadway and Anthony streets,
New Yorl ]VIr. Field was at this time standing in his
barouche >as wag being slowly driven along, receiv
ing the plaudits and cheers of the people, in which the
enthus : .astic gentleman took part, until he was very
re d an A apoplectic-looking in the face,
it this !” queried Pat.
v /hy, that’s Field! Hurra !” answered the gentle
man ‘
“ ‘Am’ who’s Faild ?”
*’ ’Theman who laid the cable! Hurra !”
“Ditile now ! What made him do it ?”
“Wihy, o connect the two countries !”
“‘■But *vho paid him ?’ ’
, ““Wh* ? W’hy, nobody. He’s a great stoci.holder.”
“Am” he’ll make money by it?” •,
j “Undoubted !” answered the gentleman,
j “Do they cheer him because he’ll make money ?”
! “Certainly not.”
* “Thin why ?” !
j “(Because lie laid the cable!”
i “But what good will the cable do?”
” What good? Why, it will connect the two coum ries.
It will place London within hailing distance of New
1 York; it will serve as a bond—a kind of—that is, a
great m oral lever!”
“Ale ver for what?” put ip Pat.
i “Why, for a great many purposes!”
u Will ye name ono, sir, if ye plaze V
“It w ill serve as a means of immediate comrnunica -
tion bet ween Europeand America.”
* what good will it do to the likes uv me ana’
dense n<l poiming to the
.‘‘Hfr^eatgood!”
1 11 yeplpze explain jt?”
tte' I !.’. 116 “fprovUion.,
that’s the good uv it?”
away. & !lt i eman somewhat puzzled, walked
, ‘Sarveaealm e nd?M thr } e I S ’ wUI h f ” Pat/
commiimeniif!^p^ ora aver ’ ,^ a oes of immediate
he d:ul > T .. *l* nce . uv provisions and cotton! Ah,
wh: t ilit/i’ 1 u * ter tho great explanation,
motthnr fir J 1 1 us f oor h °y s that mix the
mom arar aiutuld-her the hod}”
mUt* i B r m i e , wiee te i e g ra Phfo sharp o >r political econo-
DripatcA 1 * 311 PWt the Bul 9 i ect I~~New York
[Special Correspondence.]
Meeting* of Grand Division—Semi-annual
City Fire Department—Sabbath School Cel
ebration—Superior Court.
The Grand Division of tlie Sons of Temperance ot
this State, met at the Masonic Hall in this city, on the
27th ultimo. As you have no doubt received ere this
the minutes of the meeting, I will not attempt to par
ticularize. The meeting was a glorious one, and the
courage of the members was greatly revived. “ Uncle
Dabney” was present, and delivered, at night, one of
‘‘Dabney P. Jones’” good, old fashioned and soul-stir
ring speeches. He waked up some of our sleepy breth
ren. It was my peculiar privilege to make the acquain
tance of several noble spirits. The present G. W. P.
George J. Lloyd, of Columbus, is a good Son of Tem
perance, a polished and noble looking man; and as the
Grand Division will meet, during the ensuing year with
Sandhill Division, in Washington county, where the
girls are as pretty as “red shoes and blue strings,” and
as plenty as blackberries, I would advise his wife not to
permit him to go there without being under her protec
tion and care. J. C. C. Burnett, G. S. of Macon, upon
whose brow nature has inscribed fidelity, is a zealous
and indefatigable officer and courteous gentleman. Dr.
James M. Palmer, of Washington county, is an intel
ligent, fine looking gentleman, and a devoted member
of the order. Milledge Murply and Dr. Hauser, of Jef
ferson county, are staunch men, firm and unyielding in
their devotion to the cause.
On Saturday, 30th ultimo, the semi-annual parade of
our City Fire Department took place. The following
companies, with their engines, were out, making a
handsome displa :
Georgia, Ist Div. I. F. C. with 18 men.
Mechanic, 2d Div. I. F. C. with 30 men.
Washington, Sec. 1, C. F. D. with 18 men.
Clinch, Sec. 2, C. F. D. with 27 men.
Vigilant, Sec. 3, C. F. D. with 28 men.
Fillmore, Sec. 4, C. F. D. with 27 men.
Augusta, Sec. 5, C. F. D. with 42 men.
Columbia, Sec. 6, C. F. D. with 20 men.
They proceeded to test their skill in throwing water
in Broad Street, which resulted in the success of Sec
tion s—a5 —a first class engine, and second class engine,
Section 4. A beautiful silver goblet—lined with gold—
was presented to the first, and a handsome silver goblet
to the latter.
On Sunday, 31st ultimo, the scholars of the Presby
terian and Methodist Sabbath Schools united with the
scholars of the Baptist Sabbath School, in an union cel
ebration at the Baptist Church. There were between
five and six hundred happy children present, whose
glad faces appeared as
“ Sweet as the vernal dews that fill
The closing buds on Zion’s Hill,”
besides a large assemblage of teachers, parents and
friends. Rev. Messrs. Key, Spear and Ryerson deliv
ered addresses which were highly entertaining and in
structive. Master Jacob Henry, a small lad, acquitted
himself with great eclat in the delivery of a beautiful
address, written for him for the occasion. He gave ev
idence ot high elocutionary powers, marked with ease
and grace. The exercises were interspersed with beau
tiful hymns, sung by the children in a sweet and en
chanting manner. The doxology sang at the close, was
sung with great power and beauty. Every one in the
house that could sing, engaged in it, and the reverbera
tions through the building were sublime. And such
was its peculiar beauty, that one could well imagine
that,
“Listening, bent the silent angels,
As if they longed to hear
this strain of earthly music,
So sweet and charming to the ear.”
The “grown-up folks,” as well as the children, were
highly delighted, and all, no doubt, wished tor many a
return of such a happy union—a union but typical of
the heavenly Sabbath that never dies. Our Superior
Court commenced its session on Monday, Ist inst. Judge
W. W. Holt presiding. The criminal docket will be
taken up on Monday next, Bth inst. and will no doubt
occupy some time. There are some Bor 9 cases against
S. Swan &. Cos. lottery dealers, which may be tried at
this term. WILLIE.
Augusta, Nov. 6th, 1858.
[Written for the Georgia Temperance Cruaader.J
THE TEACHER.
Die mihi Musa viruin captae post tempora Trojae,
Qui mores hominum multorum vidit et urbes. — Horace.
Os all the characters who figure upon the stage of ac
tion, and whose influence for good or evil is felt for
many generations, the school teacher is most worthy of
notice. To him is entrusted the destiny of nations, as
well as of individuals, nor can the immense influence,
which this indispensable officer exerts in society, be es
timated As lie is usually considered a small affair —
too insignificant to deserve much notice —the writer
deems it but just to that worthy personage to attempt a
few paragraphs in his behalf.
It is well known to classical men, that among the
ancient Greek and Egyptians, the originators or advo
cates of any peculiar system of Philosophy, natural or
ethical, or both combined, were deemed worthy of the
patronage of the most enlightened communities of their
age. Indeed, so great a reverence for learning and its
teachers existed, in the palmy days ofGreece especially,
that those philosophers, whose systems met the appro
val of the masses, were honored above their fellows,
while such as propagated errors, or made innovations
upon the prevailing principles of science, were the ob
jects of reproach, and at least, in one instance, of a
criminal death. We do not pretend to assert that the
celebrated philosophers, who founded sects, or became
eminent in scientific or mystical knowledge, were the
only teachers ampng the ancients; but on thecontraiy,
schools were established by their disciples, and by others
eminent for scientific attainments. These Grecian
schools were in good repute at Rome, in the days ol
Julius Caesar, and we find Brutus visiting them soon
after the assassination of Caesar, in order to recruit his
army with those noble Roman youths, while in Egypt,
the cradle of science, learning was, for a long period,
restricted to the privileged order of priests and the royal
family, and it was not until a laterday, that otherclasses
were permitted to drink at the “Pierian spring.”
Among the ancients, nearly all the branches were
taught which engage our attention at the present day.
Their knowledge of Algebra was doubtless scanty; hut
we dare not say the same of Geometry. What great
improvements have since been made upon Euclid ? Ex
cepting such discoveries as have been made since the
latter part of the sixteenth century, their knowledge of
Astronomy at least equalled, it it did not actually excel
ours, while the argumentation and eloquence of their
orators, the loftiness of thought, and sublimity of ex
pression in their poets, and with the lights before them,
their essays on mind and matter, religion and philoso
phy, and physics, fill us with wonder. Just here, by
way of parenthesis, we might allude to the fact that the
ancients were masters of a certain branch of medical
science, of which the moderns are entirely ignorant:
i. e. the art of embalming.
It is not strange, then, that so many of the philoso
phers and teachers of antiquity should have been held
in public esteem, and even have been rewarded by Icings
and States with offices of honor and dignity. We might
cite, from classical history, many names in confirma
tion of what is above written. But while such was the
state of affairs among the ancients, ana the office of the
teacher was viewed in its proper light, it is a source oi
regret that we cannot say that the moderns hold the
profession in the same veneration and honor. We cite,
in corroboration of the above, the argument used by
Cicero, the orator, in favor of the poet, Archias’ claim
i to the citizenship of Rome, although his claim was not
legal. The orator says: “he has bestowed upon you
those intellectual gifts, which nourish youth, delight
age, adorn fortune and soften adversity.” Archiaswas,
at that time, a teacher of Roman youths, although a
| Greek.
To the teacher alone, we are directly indebted for all
the science, moral and natural, whose ramifications pen
etrate every city, town and important settlement in the
limits of the great Republic, invigorating, stimulating
and developing the minds of her future rulers. Like
some bold stream with numerous tributaries, which
inundate and fructify the lands adjacent to their banks,
that ihoy may the better minister to the wants of man
kind, so is the office of the teacher, whose instruction,
poured over the minds of youth, mellows; yet unculti
vated, renders thoni fruitful and productive. Instead,
therefore, of their remaining desert wastes in society,
a ffordi.ug food and shelter for the wolves and evil spirits
to den in and prey upon, they become orna
n lento and fit to occupy any station of usefulness or
‘'honor among their fellow-men.
There is no profession of which society demands
more than that of the teacher. Nor is there a profes
sion that can, by any means, compare with this in the
. quality and extentofthe benefits conferred on the masses.
All other professions are really subordinate to this.
Were it not for tkii, where would be the professions of j
L law, medicine and theology! Where *Ol phyeieal audj
metaphysical science f What would the of
genius resemble ? Alas! genius, untutored and ungov
erned, like an erratic comet in its flight, would outstrip
the hounds of reason, or, like a meteor, its flare would
soon he extinguished in the gloom of chaos. The tss
clier is, then, by virtue ol his profession, decidedly the
most important officer in society ; all others are depen
dent, because they emanate from him. Hie hand
guides, in safety, the hopes of the rising generation en
trusted to hint; lie hews down the sides of the rude
“ashlar,” and imparts to il a finish and polish that none
except himself can impart; lie trains the creeping vine
anti secures its tendrils, so that no untoward blast can
move it; he labors by analysis and illustration, testing
by experiment, and guiding by reason, in the plain paths
of truth, to establish firmly in the youthful mind every
principle of science, whose tendency is to expand it and
draw it gently into channels of usefulness, and fit it for
the discharge of the onerous duties of life.
Unlike those among the ancient Greeks or Persians,
who confined education to certain branches only, that
would enable their peculiar forms of government to ex
ist, the teacher of modern times, and especially the tea
cher of America, is called upon by the very status of
our political and rcligiousinstitutionstoinstruct in those
branches which best adapt the masses to the social, re
ligious and political condition of our country and its fu
ture wants. To do this effectively, he is required al
ways to he fully posted upon the improvements in the
various sciences that arc daily advancing to their acme,
lie is not to content himself with the course of study
which he pursued when a pupil, or which he taught to
pupils five or ten years ago; but is forced, by the Spirit
of the age, to keep pace with progress; henre, he must
discard every text-book which forces a pupil, by a tedi
ous detail, rendering it alike tasteless and uninterest
ing, and by which it would take his pupils two years,
or longer, to become a proficient in that science, and
adopt anew, choice and analytical treatment by which
he may obtain a better knowledge of the same science
in half the time, and at the same time understand those
principles which are really the basis of the science.
There are many choice text-books, on decidedly ex
cellent plans, that facilitate the acquisition of knowl
edge, and enable the pupil, by analysis and the induc
tive process of reasoning, to comprehend the principles
of the science and master in a comparatively short pe
riod, what, in some of the older books, would require
nearly, if not quite, half the time allotted to youth for
study. And, notwithstanding this fact, does it not
seem strange that so many teachers still cling tenacious
ly to those relics of fogyism: <he antiquated, unscien
tific, behind-the-age text-books that were in use in the
days of their infancy, as it would seem merely for the
sake of old acquaintance and familiarity? Although
true to the letter, the assertion would scarcely be cred
ited, that such books are still used in more than half of
the schools and academies of this State. If we lived in
an age when all know ledge was traditional, we might
not wond* that these things are so; but living in an
age of progress, while science is reaching to perfection,
the powers of the mind strengthening, the mind, itself,
expanding, and demanding new fields for investigation,
we shudder when we contemplate such condemnable
negligence in the teacher, and are almost forced to con
clude with the historian, Gibbon, that our professors
and teachers, like his, “remembered they had a salary
to receive, but forget they had duties to perform.”
We do not wish to be misunderstood in reference to
modern text-books. Like all other publications, some
are worthy only to augment the heap of rubbish about
the temple, while by far the greater number are an hon
or to their authors, and the true friends of the pupil.
And here \ve must enter our protest against such class
ical w'orks as, by an unnecessary quantity of “notes”
and too frequent translations, lessen the labor of the pu
pil, and deprive him of the great advantage of bringing
his knowledge of the structure oflanguage to bear upon
such sentences. How can he exercise his reasoning
pow'ers ? What the incentives to laborious study ?
Such text-books as strike at the principles of the sci
ences, unfolding them gradually to the mind, by analy
sis or otherwise, so that the idea can be readily grasped,
digested and understood, and by ascending through its
gradations the mind is enabled to comprehend the more
abstruse principles, are the proper text-books for our
youths.
But to return to the teacher. All experience and ob
servation go to show that out of the vast number who
engage in teaching, few are competent for the proper
discharge of the onerous duties of the school-room. By
competency in this connection, we do not mean simply
literary attainments, but every necessary qualification—
such ns being a thorough disciplinarian, a lover of the
pursuit and a close observer of the habits and disposi
tions of his pupils. Aside from these, there are person
al qualifications, relating to the teacher’s private man
ners, habits, position, &c. which we have not room here
to notice.
It is a lamentable fact, that many in the pursuit of the
professions of law', medicine and theology, make the
profession of the teacher subsidiary to their attainment.
Like rapacious wolves, they enter the sheepfold in the
garb of the true shepherd, and scatter or destroy the
sheep. To acquire the necessary means to defray the
expenses of a course of lectures in some college, is their
prime motive for teaching. While in the school-room,
they absorb mo3t of the time in their own studies, and
do not seem to care a fig whether or not their pupils
advance in knowledge. They expect to teach only for
a short time, and do not endeavor to obtain, because
they do not desire, a reputation as successful teachers.
What is the result ? The pupils in their schools ac
quire habits of negligence, and soon have a distaste for
books, and when these usurpers are superseded by tea
chers—lovers of their profession—it will be long ere
they will succeed in correcting the errors and in im
planting in those pupils the love of learning, which had
been lost by mismanagement. Nor arc we disposed to
admit that all sucli usurpers possess the requisite qual
ifications oi teachers. While some doubtless are hon
est enough to do to the best of their abilities, the ma
jority keep an eye only to the salary, and fail to render
the quid pro quo.
Few of such usurpers arc sufficiently educated to
warrant them in occupying seats that have been honor
ably filled by the worthiest men of every age. And
their very deficiencies, which cannot be concealed from
an observing pupil, tend to destroy that respect which
pupils generally show to their teachers. The dignity
of the office is brought into disrepute by an unworthy
occupant. JUSTICE.
[to be continued.]
Song of the Decanter.
There was an old decanter,
and its mouth was gaping wide,
the rosy wine had ebbed
away and lefts its
crystal side, and
the wind went
humming, humming
up and down the
sides it flew, and
through the reed
likc hollow neck
the wildest notes it
blew. I placed it in
the window where the
blast was blowing free, and
fancied that its pale mouth
sang the queerest strains to me.
They tell me, puny conquerors, the
plague has slain his ten, and war his
hundred thousands of the very best ofmen;
but I, (’twas thus the bottle spake) but I have
conquered more than nil your famous conquer
ors, so feared and famed of yore. Then conto
ye youths and maidens all, cotne drink out of
my cup, the beverage that dulls the brain and
burns the spirit up; that puts to shame the
conquerors that slay their scores below; fer
this has deluged millions with the lava tide of
woe. Though in the path of battle, darkest
waves of blood may roll; yet, while I killed
the body I have damned the very soul. The
cholera, the plague, the sword -such ruin
never wrought, as I in mirth or malice,
on the innocent have brought. And
still I breathe upon them, and they
shrink before my breath, and year by
year their thousands tread the
dreadful road to Death!
TpXECUTpU'S SALE.—WiII be sold, on theßth
J-d December next, at the late residence of James
CarUon, deceased, the household and kitchen furniture,
corn, fodder, oats, horses, hogs, cows, &c. and stock of
all kinds. Terms on the day of sale. •
Nov 4 R. G. & L. D. CARLTON, Ex’rs.
NOTICE. —All persons indebted to the estate
of James Carlton, late of Greene deceas
ed, are requested to come forward and settle ; and those
having demands will present them in terms of the law.
Nov 4 R. G. & L. D. CARLTON, Ex’rs.
A New Article of Clothing!
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For sate by B. F. GREENE.
Greenesboro, November 4, 1858 dt
ADVERTISING, honestly, freely ami system
atically, ia now recognised as one of the avra
wm of tiumeav, especially it the Crvsakk* dv* I*-