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tgpuad* a<<ureraaa 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 SESSi!-jßhltfgSL""*- *“ d hKr “”" 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! mmmmmmjmma 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*-