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JOHN H. SEALS, EDITOR AND PROP’R.
Saturday- Morning, January 7, 3 859.
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Cold-blooded Murder—Mob Law—The Murderer—
His Confession and Warning —Intemperance—Jno.
A. Tucker’s letter.
History records some instances of murder at
whose recital the blood runs cold in our veins, but
in all the annals of crime there are none more
flagrant than that which was perpetrated in our
streets a few days since; the particulars of which
are as follows: on Thursday evening the 30th
ult, Calvin Webb, the Bailiff, presented Wm. A.
Choice a ‘bail writ” for $lO requiring ot him
nothing more than Security; he requested the
Officer to walk around with him a few and
he would give it in a few moments, which he
readily did upon coming up with a friend, who
cheerfully stood for him; there the matter was
thought to be ended ; but not so ; for on the next
morning about noon, Choice met Webb on the
street and deliberately shot him dead in his
tracks —firing two balls into him, one taking ef
fect in the lungs, him almost instantly;
the heartless murderer, with his pistol still pre
sented, swore he would shoot the first man who
approached him, but soon retreated into the Trout
House where he was arrested by Lawyer Fitch,
who in company with the city Marshall took him
to the Calaboose. The indignation of the citi
zens was roused to such a degree that ‘‘hang
him,” ‘‘hang him instantly” was upon the lips
of every one, for he had shot dowji in cold blood
an innocent and highly respected citizen, a civil
officer, who had never harmed him, and who was
begging him. at the time not to shoot. The excite
ment which succeeSed was indiscribahle —hun-
dreds were gathered around the Calaboose, and
squads were collected together on every corner,
the more the people reflected on it the more en
raged they became, until the cry rang through
out the city that the guilty murderer should and
must be hung. The mob made an effort to break
open the calaboose and a thousand or more peo
ple gathered around expecting to see him ta
ken from his prison and suspended from the
bridge. In the language of the National Ameri
can, ‘‘under the first impulses of the moment our
very best citizens thought the wantonness of the
murder demanded the immediate execution of
the murderer” ; but the mob was prevailed upon
to disperse and assemble at the city Hall to con
sider the best mode of procedure in the matter ;
they held a meeting, but agreed upon nothing ;
the cry was “hang him.” Towards night they
again attacked the inclosure of the Calaboose
and amid yells and shouts succeeded in cutting a
hole in the gate, but were again influenced to
postpone further action till Saturday morning 10
o’clock when a meeting of the citizens was held
in the city Hall, and the following resolutions after
thegreatest excitement were adopted. Theideaof
lynching the murderer was then abandoned for
the present, and on Sunday night he was taken in
chains to Milledgeville for safe keeping, till the
sitting of Fulton Superior Court in April.
Resolved, That the Mayor of the City, be in
structed to appoint a Committe of Sixty respon
sible citizens to guard the prisoner, Wm. A.
Choice, until his final commitment.
Resolved further, That the Justices of the In
ferior Court, be likewise instructed to appoint a
guard ot five responsible citizens, whose duty it
shall be to aid the Sheriff in taking the prisoner,
after his commitment, to Milledgeville and see
him safely lodged in one of the cells of the peni
tentiary, there to remain until his trial by the Su
perior Court.
Resolved. That we view the killing of Calvin
Webb by Wm. A. Choice, as one of the most
wanton and cold-blooded murders ever commit
ted; but believing that justice will he meted out
to the murderer by the proper authority, andfvr tlie
purposeof saving our young and beloved city from
the stigma and disgrace which must attach to it
from the unlawful execution of the prisoner, we
hereby pledge ourselves to aid the civil authori
ties in protecting the majesty of the Law.
Resolved, That after the forms of a legal tri
al shall have been gone through with, and we be
come satisfied that the murderer is in danger of
being turned loose unwhipped of Justice, we
pledge ourselves then to execute summary pun
ishment upon him.
Wm. A. Choice is personally a stranger to us,
but we saw him in the custody of the officer on
his way to the prison, and he is a large, portly,
fine-looking young man, pleasant countenance
and as we learn is polished and educated—is ot a
good family and has wealthy and respectable re
lations. The citizens of Atlanta all know him,
theyoung men know him, perhaps many of them
have been his friends and associates, will you not
profit by hissad misfortune ? Hear him inhisdark
prison house as he weepingly laments his degra
dation, and charges it all to ardent spirits, that
messenger of Hell, whose whole career has been
crime and bloodshed from the hour of its first ex
istence down to the last midnight butchery. Hear
his warning admonitions which he sends out to
his young friends and companions requesting
them to drink no more—to shun evil
the gambling saloon, and Billiard table. Hear
how conscience stings him when he remembers
his mother and her pious admonitions. A friend
of his called to see him and when he entered the
prison, the wretched prisoner threw his arms
around his neck, and cried aloud, “oh, my Moth
er!” my Mother!” “It will kill her.” Could
anything be more touching! and oh, how humil
iating is the sad announcement, that his fears in
regard to his Mother have proved true; She hav
ing died as we learn in Rome on Sunday even
ing last, being in feeble health at the time of
hearing the intelligence of her sons misfortune.
The Rev. T. U. Wilkes having visited poor
Choice in his dungeon, he, the prisoner, in the
deepest distress unbosomed himself to the Min
ister, who has kindly furnished us the substance
ofhis remarks, which we give below. Let young
men especially, and old men, Boys, and every
body else read and remember bis touching ad
vice—let it ring eternally in your ears.
Confession and warning of Mr. Choice to all
young men.
“ He said to me in the calaboose, that ardent
spiiits had been his ruin; that he was led into
their use, step by step, by rending himself from
one of the Ijes}, of mother’s influence and admo
nition, and forming other and vicious associa
tions, by which he was gradually led to the
billiard table, bar room, intoxication, ruin—
eternal ruin —without pardon and interest in the
blood of Jesus Christ. He therefore, as the result
ofhisown dearly- bought experience, warned every
young man (begging me to do it for him, and in
his name) against, the use of spirits and bad
associations—the billiard table and grogshop—
which would inevitably lead to it. He stated,
moreover, that from his painful experience he
was fully satisfied no man was safe who frequents
such resorts or indulges in his cups at all.
This confession and admonition was made with
streaming eyes, while his whole person trembled
like an aspen leaf, he appearing to be as com
pletely a broken hearted wretch as I ever saw.
He confessed that he was one of the vilest and
most wretched sinners that ever lived, and that
the act for which he was then in prison, was most
flagrant and horrid, and without palliation or
mitigation; that he had neither hope or prospect
in this life nor the life to come, without pardon
of Bmj and therefore, his only hope and all
absorbing aim was, to try to make his peace with
God —for which he desired and begged all Chris
tianstopray. T. U. WILKES.
Atlanta, January 8, 1858
Oh! that ardent spirits could be driven from
the land to return no more forever. Not a day
nor ait hour passes in which immoraal souls arc
not sacrificed upon its blood-stained altar. The
drunken spirits of Byron, Charles Lamb, the
youthful Shelly, Edgar A. Poe and the Great
Alexander, cry out from beneath the smoking
pile, and now the reeling spirit of the Hon. Jno.
A. Tucker has gone staggering into the presence
chamber of God to recieve the terrible sentence
pronounced against all drunkards. The follow
ing strange document he left behind him, ad
dressed to one of the Editors of the Columbus Suit.
I am about to do a thing which I have hnd in
contemplation since 1848, viz: to rid the world of
me, and to rid myself of an existence useless to
me and derogatory to others. And, Mr. Editor,
how dare you, or any of your readers, say it is
weak or wrong or unmanly to perform the act I
am about to perform? Life is a burden to me—
has been for years. lam driven on by a destiny
I have no power to control. Don’t say to me,
“It is your fault—you could act differently.” It
is untrue. 1 always wished to act differently—l i
have prayed to act differently—l have prayed j
God to- help me to act digereutly. He knows my j
wish and purpose was to be a good man. This
I have prayed from my boyhood ; and yet I have
not been a good man. ‘‘There is a divinity that
shape our ends.” There is a power that drives
us on like a leather before the wind, and we have
as little power to direct our course as the feather
in the gale.
Now, with all my sins, follies and vices cling
ing lo my skirts, I apt going unbidden, into the
presence of my God, to ask him why I am not
the man I always desired to be; to ask what
punishment I am to receive lor knowing my du -
ty, desiring to perform it, and yet not having the
nerve to do it. Don’t say lam drunk either, for
it is not so. I tell you Peyton Colquitt, that I
am doing this thing upon reflection. I lay all
night thinking of it. I have looked at all the
reasons lor and against it. In some respects I
have been a successful man. As certain as the
world stands I would beat the race lor Judge by
more than a Democratic majority. That is not
the thing with me. I would not live to be pres
ident of the United States, unless I could be the
man I wish to he. From a boy 1 wished to be a
great and good man—a man exerting a grea t
salutary moral influence on mankind. But as it
is, I am shedding death-shade and mildew from
the high places in the land.
I would have waited till I got home, but I know
it would not do. I would then never have dis
charged the duty, I owe to myself and mankind.
I could not part with my wife and little ones.
Several times in the last few years, I have pre
pared myself for this event at home, when my
wife knew nothing of it. But to look at the chil
dren and hear them say “Pa,” or to look at
a smiling affecionate wife that anticipated my
wishes —that forgave a thousand follies—that nev
er did one unkind act—l did not have the cour
age to proceed. But believing as { do, that my
departure from this life will benefit my family, as
well as others, lam going to din here to-day. I
have plenty of friends who will be sorry for this ;
but to one and all of them I say, John A. Tucker
never professed friendship to any one, that he de
serted in the hour of trial. My wife and my lit
tlo ones I commend to your eare.
TUCKER.
A Fig for your Influence.
Whenever a man informs us, as is frequently
done both orally and by letter, that he has tried
to procure subscribers for our paper and failed,
we can but lament his insignificant personal in
fluence. To “try,” means to make an earnest
effort; and when any individual earnestly en
deavors to persuade his friend or an acquaintance
to subscribe tor a good weekly paper and fails, a
‘'temperance, and literary” paper at that, pub
lished at the “Great Crossings,” where four of
the principal railroads of the State converge;
where thousands of people, throughout the South
ern country, look to for provisions, and where we
have one of the most thriving, flourishing and
growing cities in the whole Kingdom ; a paper,
too, which contains, weekly, some twenty-three
or four columns of reading matter, prepared care
fully by two Editors and one Editress, and the
subscription price only two dollars. “tried and
failed! Why, you know there is something the
matter with such a man. He is u low down in
the world”—has “runout,” and. wouldn’t begin
to answer as a drummer for a “one-horse hotel,”
where there was no competition. Such a man
should never offer himself as a candidate for any
office, from the Presidency down to the berth of
a Constable in the most unimportant Malitia
District, for he couldn’t be elected to the posi
tion of scavenger, wood-cutter nor mule driver;
his influence is gone. Come, now, kind friends,
do not pass any more such unenviable compli
ments upon yourselves. If you have no personal
influence, don’t try to get subscribers for the
Crusader; but just hand the people your copy
of the paper, and let it recommend itself, and be
sure that you to them about subscri
bing for it; your personal influence might spoil
the matter, and your suggestion disgust them
with the sheet.
But we earnestly and cordially solicit all those
friends who have influence to exercise it a little
in our behalf, and we can assure them thnt any
thing they may do for us by way of circulating
the Crusader, will be most gratefully acknowl
edged.
Christmas in Monroe.
The fc flowing appropriate rebukeis thus pleas
antly administered by the Forsyth Educational
Journal to some of its citizens who became so
absorbed In shaking the ehristrrns “fantastictoc”
on the streets as not to discover the sable color
of their vis-a-ve. A white man and negro dan
cing together in the street, and both drunk, is
absolutely shocking.
We have often heard of Christmas coining to
town, hut never really understood the expression
until we walked up town on last Saturday. The
negroes crowded the side walks and blocked up
the store doors so that it was difficult to get along
the streets or go into the stores. The negroes
appeared to be enjoying themselves finely. Some
were eating such knick-knacks as they had
found in the confectionaries. Some were picking
the banjo, ana some, by considerable the largest
number were shuffling ihe foot. Many of the
blacks, and not a few of the whites, had most too
much steam aboard for smooth travelling. We
think the white man’s head must be somewhat
out of fix when he cannot tell with what color he
is dancing. Liquor must have a wonderful ef
fect upon a man’s eyes, to make black white. A
white man and a negro dancing together in the
streets, to say the least of it, is exceedingly dis
gusting. We truly hope there are few citizens in
Monroe of the same stamp.
Current News of she Day.
The President of the United St ates has signed
a proclamation offering four million three hun
dred thousand acres of public land, in Wisconsin*
for sale in April and May.
Recent telepraph reports announces that. Yris
sari has been recalled ; and that the Nicaraguan
government fear the arrival of five hundred fili
busters from California, in the steamer Hermann.
The modern Israelites, we are informed by
Herr Gatters, have a longer life of it than mod
ern Christians. During twenty-three years, M.
Gatters has been gathering statistics on this head
in Wieselburg; and he finds that, as infants, as
boys and as adults, Jews live longer than Chris
tians. He attributes their longer life to some pe
culiarity of race; but it is probable their money
has something to do with it. A pauper Jew is
an unheard of thing, and poverty and short life
have a well known relation.
During the year 1858, as we learn from the
Baltimore Su?i, one hundred and forty persons
were naturalized in that city, and one hundred
and seventy declared their intentions to become
citizens. In 1857 there were five hundred and
thirty-seven of the first class, and two hundred
and thirty-three of the second class.
“Large and enthusiastic meetings,” in favor of
the Nicaragua emigration movement, are reported
by the Mississippi papers as having been held in
Columbus, Aberdeen, Macon, &c.,in that State.
The London Times says that no attempt can
be made, with any prospect of success, to lift the
old cable until the return of calm weather, at the
end of April or May, and even under the best cir
cumstances, the expectations with regard to the
operation are not favorable. Meanwhile it has
been definitely ascertained that the existingdam
age was not at the shore end. The laying of
the new end has been completed to a distance of
twelve miles out from Valentia, and the portion
taken up was found to be in a perfect condition
for all electrical purposes. Experiments lately
undertaken by a person previously unconnected
with the enterprise, strongly support the original
inference, that the main fault is about two hun
dred and seventy miles trorn the Irish coast, at a
depth probably of nine hundred fathoms. There
is also a fault on the other side, which is thought
to be about three hundred miles from Newfound
land. Currents, however, still continue to be re
cevied, although of a kind so feeble and uncer
tain as to be useless for any practical purpose.
About fifteen men were arrested in Ireland on
the morning of December 9th, charged with be
longing to a society which had for its object the
invasion of the Emerald Isle by American filli
busters. This idea may have arisen from the
fact that the Irish-American volunteer regiment
of New York city had some notion of paying a
visit to the old country; but they have concluded
to give it up, as we learn from our exchanges, be
cause the government of Great Britain is opposed
to the landing of so large a body of armedmen in
that country.
The ribbon system, a secret political organiza
tion, is said to prevail, and to have its ramifica
tions in several portions of Ireland, as well as in
England and Scotland; and the Lord Lieutenant
has issued a proclamation of caution to all who
have not united in the enterprise.
The Metropolitan Catholic Almanac for 1858,
just issued, contains the following statistics in
reference to the present condition of the Catholic
church in the United Slates, contrasted with its
conditions in the years 1859 and 1849:
1839. 1849. 1859.
Provinces, 1 | Provinces, 3 Provinces, 7
Dioceses, 16 j Dioceses, 30 Dioceses, 43
Bishops, 18 | Biships, 26 Vicarales, 2
Priests, 478 | Priests, 1000 Bishops, 45
Cburches h 418 I Churches, 966 Priests, 2108
Churches, 2334
TUI] GEORGIA TEMPERANCE CRUSADER’
LOCAL.
The “hundred and one” friends who haVe
called at our office and found us absent, will
please call again, as we have procured a load of
fire-wood, and will now doubtless be found in
our sanctum.
Immediately under our office is a wholesale
grocery, whose proprietor sells “tangle-foot” by
the barrel; so when our friends abroad receive
the Crusader, they may consider it a temperance
sermon, delivered from the top of a whisky bar
rel.
We have “Crusader Office” handsomely pain
ted on the broad side of our building, and just be
low is painted “Groceries, Liquors,” &c. It looks
funny; but as we have the “monster” under
neath, it doesn’t matter; and though temperence
men sometimes run down to liquor, it never rune
up. so unless we run down there is no probability
of our mixing.
We saw a victim of bad spirits sweeping up
the sidewalk, touching both sides of the pave
ment, a few days since, and on coming nearer to
him, heard him cursing with much vim, saying:
“damn a Whig—don’t want um to whip (hie)
me.” Wonder if Whigs are dangerously pug
nacious? From this fellow’s oaths, we conclu
ded he was of different politics from Whigs and
Know Nothings. Another devotee ol Bacchus
was standing on the street spouting vociferously
and eloquently upon the “Downfall of Jerioho;”
a Policeman approached him, when he dropped
his hands, gazed steadily, for a moment, at the
officer coming, and then started off to the cala
boose before he reached him, and like the boy the
calf run over, had nothing more to add.
In passing up Whitehall on Sabbath evening,
a squad of little fellows were gathered together,
one of them ( was popping anew cow-hide. As
we passed, one ol the number, who had scarcely
doffed the diaper, remarked, with wonderful self
importance, “Jesus Christ! my daddy give me
the devil with one of them things once.” We
thought “daddy” ought to give him several more
devils in the same way, and “mammy,” also,
should piesent him a few imps in the same man
ner.
Rev. T. U. Wilkes preached the funeral ser
mon of Calvin Webb in an eloquent and touch
ing manner, on last Sabbath, in the First Bap
tist Church, from the text, “Prepare to meet thy
God.’J The Rev. A. T. Holmes followed in an
able and powerful exhortation. We aregratified
to learn that several hundred dollars have been
collected, by private subscription, for the benefit
of the bereaved family.
The Rev. John T. Clark, Pastor of the Second
Baptist Church, entered upon his postoral duties
on Sabbath last, and preached a very appropriate
sermon upon the new relation which was then
being formed between himself and the church.
His remarks were decidedly appropriate, and
were well received by his congregation. We
most heartily unite with him in the hope that
his labors, here, shall be crowned with success,
and prove to he advantageous to the church and
to the community at large.
The Intelligencer says: “Three negroes : one
belonging to Gen. Austell, one to Mr. John S.
Wise and one to Mr. Collins, were conducted
from this city a few days ago, by a man named
Goodnight. They were taken by the thief to
Chattanooga, and there parted company, Good
night having got drunk, and the negroes taking
the cars lor Nashville, On their arrival at the
last named place, they were arrested and placed
in jail. Mr. Wise pursued them to Chattanooga
and had Goodnight put in jail, where he now
awaits the requisition of the Governor of this
State, to have him brought back to Atlanta for
trial.”
We think that fellow rather a bad night.
At a meeting offl*he American party of this
city, held in the City Ilall on Monday night last,
Mr. H. C. Holcombe was nominated the candi
date for Mayor, and the following gentlemen for
councilmrn, viz:
First Ward—Henry Strickland, C. P. Cassin;
Second Ward—J. R. Crew, Ezra Andrews;
Third Ward—T. L. Thomas, C. A. Whaley;
Fourth Ward—Wm. H. Hubbard, S. S. Beach;
Fifth Ward—Thomas Kile, John Glenn.
Mr. Holcombe has declined the nomination.
We hope the Young Men s Christian Associ
ation of this city is doing well, and that it is en
thusiastically sustained by its members. The
organization has a noble purpose in view, and
must certainly receive the warmest approbation
of every moral citizen. The following remarks
are made by the Augusta Constitutionalist, in re
gard to the Association in that city. We hope
the same may be said of the one in Atlanta :
“While, in some sections of the country, the
early interest manifested in establishing Young
Men’s Christian Associations has somewhat
abated; yet, in our city the pioneers and active
members are, if possible, more devoted and ener
getic than they were at the outset, and the mem
bers generally evince an interest in their organi
zation, highly complimentary to their intelligence
and moral worth.
The moral sentiment of our community ap
provingly sustains the Young Men’s Christian
Association ; and all associations based on good
morals, charitable deeds, brotherly kindness and
sound Christian philosophy.”
[communicated.}
Atlanta Lodge, No. 1, Knights of Jericho.
Dear Crusader : I am glad to welcome you
to our city, where I have been anxious for you to
locate for many years past. T think you should
have come here long ago ; “but better late than
never,” so I welcome you anyhow, and hope you
will find it advantageous in more ways than one.
Ours is a growing city, and quietly pursues its
onward career in spite of all opposing influences,
and all the flings at her made by those that seek
to emulate, and who construe generous and lau
dable emulation into bitter rivalry. It is a desi
rable point for the pursuit of almost any busi
ness, on account of being one of the great cen
ters of the Southern Railroad system ; but it has
always seemed to me that it was beyond all con
troversy the point for the publication of the lead
ing temperance journal of the South, li it would
promote the cause to the extent it can and should
do.
But lam being led off. My design was, to
tell you of the pleasant time Atlanta Lodge, K.
ol J. had on the occasion of the installation of its
officers last Saturday night, so that other Lodges
may see how we keep alive an interest in our
Lodge, and in the progress of the cause. And,
right here, it is proper to say, that we expected
you, Mr. Editor, to have been present on that
occasion, and felt disappointed that you were not,
especially as you could have told all about what
took place better than I can, and have saved me
the trouble of doing so, besides.
In the first place, we have a fine, commodious
room, about sixty feet long—besides two nice
ante-rooms, which are fitted up in good and at
tractive style. This is in Cherokee Block, and
serves to keep us in remembranoe of the noble
old war-horse of Cherokee, the lamented Gres
ham. Our aspirations being high, our room is in
the third story. The attendances are very full
on nil occasio.-.s ; but considering the muddiness
of our streets, was uncommonly good last Satur
day night. At the proper time the installation
ceremonies were perlormed, being conducted by
Brother J. S. Peterson, P. G. W.C. These con
cluded, the Worthy Chief granted a recess, be
fore which, however, a committee of thiee sisters
was appointed to prepare some delicacies which
had been provided, and as many brothers were
appointed to hand them round. The latter soon
returned with large waiters laden with different
kinds of cake, which, being emptied, they retired
again, and, on their second entrance, brought
cake and candies, and on the third, apples. The
supplies of these being exhausted, the brothers
and sisters united in And here
was the chief charm of the occasion. Parents
and children, brothers and sisters and old and
young, all engaged in it, without distinction.
There was no breuch of good order, nor of deco
rum ; but all was innocent enjoyment and gush
ing mirth, under the restraining influences of the
parental eye. It has the very best effect on
and serves to promote a genuine good will and
unfeigned esteem.
After a recess of a half or three-fourths of an
hour, the Lodge was called to order, and several
short impromptu addresses made by members of
the Lodge, Business was then resumed and de
spatched, and the Lodge closed, every one re
turning home to remember, with pleasure, the
agreeable time passed there, and looking for
ward anxiously for the next night of meeting.
Atlanta Lodge follows, with most excellent ef
fect, a practise I would recommend to every
other Lodge. At a suitable time every meeting,
the Lodge is granted a recess, when all the mem
bers present are permitted to mix promiscuously
for social intercourse and promenading. The
zest with which all avail themselves of the privi
lege, is, in the highest degree, commendable and
gratifying. The good effect is apparent in the
full attendance upon its regular and called meet
ings, which are thus divested of the stiff formali
ties of the rules of the order for a season, afford
ing relaxation from duty, and recreation for mind
and body. It affords an opportunity for the mem
bers becoming intimately acquainted, and is em
inently promotive of sociability. During the re
cess, no member is allowed to pass the door ex
cept by express permission of the presiding offi
cer.
This Lodge, also, has these simple “treats”
several times in a year, which are paid for by the
private contributions of the members, and cost
from ten to fifteen dollars. Last Saturday night
there were about thirty or forty ladies and forty
or fifty gentlemen present, all of whom partook
bountifully of the dainties passed around.
I hope your readers have not grown tired of
this long communication. Deeming the exam
ple of Atlanta Lodge worthy of imitation, be
cause of the really beneficial results flowing from
its custom in reference to recess and occasional
refreshments, I thought, it would be productive
of good to the cause, to acqullint brother Knights
of it, hoping they would take hint and profit
thereby. Should I again intrude, I will try to be
more brief. GRESHAM.
Special Correspondence.
Augusta, Jlec. 31st, 1858.
By tomorrow’s sun, another year will have
been merged into the past—and another spring
from the womb of the future into an active, liv
ing present. What has the year about to expire
brought to man ? What has it added to the moral
elevation of the race ? What new bulwarks has
it erected to stay the lava-like tide of intemper
ance in its onward progress ? How many happy
fire-sides have been made desolate ? How many
wives hearts crushed out by the blighting influ
ence of the Fell Destroyer? How many hearth
stones upon which the new year dawned with
peace and joy, are now mantled by sorrow’s dark
wings ? Eternity can alone furnish a reply.
What new incentives to action are furnished by
the ushering in of the new year? there are drunk
ards to save, wives’ to protect and children to
preserve ! what, is to be done and can he done
this year is food for reflection. Can we not de
vise some means to revive the cause? are we
seeking to revive it ? Grisham is no more—Wil
liford too is “gone, and Uncle Dabney too will
soon leave us for a better clime. Ought we not
to be preparing our forces for conflict ? a year is
a short space of time.
Tis like the bubble on the wave,
Or dew upon the lawn—
As trans’ent as the mist of morn,
Beneath the summer’s sun.”
But in the short space of time duty can be per
formed and discharged.
We shall always revert with emotions of rap
turous joy to our recent visit to the celebration
on Christmas day by Baldwin Railord Division
sons of Temperance and hail it as a bright oasis
in the desert of the past. Although ihe air was
keen and cold, a large congregation assembled
at an early hour. The Division met at 10 o’-
clock, A. M. and initiated two young ladies and
two gentlemen. At 12o’clock A. M. the Divis
ion formed themselves into a lengthy procession,
both ladies and gentlemen, andpreceeded by mu
sic and banner they moved onward to the public
stand at the camp ground. There are two things
connected with this Division that I noticed with
pleasure the presence of good music, and hand
some ladies with forms Elysian, eyes cerulean,
cheeks celestial, ringlets waving, and tempting
coral lips and all that sort of thing. After music
by ihe Hesperian club, which consists of Dr.
Hauser, Miss Caroline Hauser, Master
Willie Hauser. Col. B. P. Thomson and W. B.
Thomson, the following ode written Ss a val
entine to the Division by a young lady of Savan
nah and set to appropriate music by Dr. Hauser
was sung wilh remarkable beauty and effect:
“A joyful day is dawning
Upou our sinful earth :
We hail the happy morning,
With shouts of joyful mirth :
The Temperance cause is going
In triumph through the land.
And Baldwin Raiford’s leader,
A firm and dauntless band.
The Temperance Flag is destined,
To float on every breeze.
Waft it propitious heaven,
O’er all the earth and seas !
The Temperance flag is waving
O’er valley, hill and plain,
And where our tars are braving
The dangers of the main.
Old age, and sturdy manhood
Are with us, heart and hand :
Then let us be united,
In one firm phalanx stand.
Our glorious cause is gaining
New laurels every day,
And youthful minds are training
To walk in virtue’s way.
Then hail with joy unceasing,
The band whose pledge is given,
Whose numbers are increasing
Amid the smiles of Heaven.
Their virtues, never failing,
. Shall lead to brighter days,
When happiness prevailing,
Shall fill the earth with praise.
The Amiable Miss Julia Parker aud the lovely
Miss C. Van Duzen Murphy assisted the club in
singing this ode and several other songs—Miss
Caroline Hauser presided at the Melodeon, makl
ing it send forth “strains that might createa sou
under the ribs of death.”
The music and sirgtng were artistically benu
tiful, and
“Anon through every pulse the music stole
And held sublime communion with the soul,
Wiung from the coyest breast the inprisoned sigh
And kindled rapture in the coldest eye.”
She speaker of the day not having arrived,
your correspondent was called upon to address
them. Totally unprepared as vve were, and ieel
ing line Belshazzar did when viewing the mystic
writing on the wall, we shall not dignify our few
broken and disjointed remarks with the title of
address. A-lengthy table was set near the stand
and covered with the dainties and substantials of
life in full to over-flowing abundance. After
speaking, the assemblage of 500 or GOO ladies and
gentlemen adjourned to the dinner table. The
air was cool and bracing, and the appetites of all
very embracing in their tendencies. Each one
seemed to implorejthis blessing, “Now good di
gestion wait on appetite and health on both.”
Hoops performed trouble function, serving not
not only as a graceful ornament to the person,
but as a preservative from the explosive qualities
of much food. Gentlemen not of corpulent hab
its shed a rich harvest of buttons in the effort to
vie with their much favored friends. All partook
to satisfaction and yet there was plenty left. The
ladies of this neighborhood know how to prepare
“nice fixins” and do things up “brown.” We
found the young ladies here heartily enlisted in
the. Temperance warfare—firm and devoted to
the cause. This section can truly boast of beau
tiful women ; with eyes like glowing sapphires,
lips like rubies, teeth like pearls, foreheads ri
valing the whiteness of parian marble, hands like
the silver sheen, glances like the beams of the
morning sun. and mind adorned with magnified
virtues, they are gloriously, spiritually beautiful.
We met with many warm and ardent temper
ance men—Eli McCroan, Win. Hauser, F. A.
Polhill, Milledge Murphy, the “plow-boy,” J. H.
Bostick, J. R. Cook, and a host of others. This
is emphatically a temperance community—an
eden of bliss in miniatures. Not a grogshop in
the community ! What a glorious result! suppose
that every community in the state could sav the
same thing ? what a happy people would we be—
no use for Court houses, jails, penitentiaries,
alms houses, or lunatic asylums. Our taxes
would be lighter, our gains heavier and if the
ladies in every community were as enthusiastic
and energetic as the ladies in this communiiy, in
behalf ol the cause, it would not be long before
such a glorious result would take place. Let
every one to the rescue ! Let 1859 chronicle the
glad tidings that Georgia is tree from the thral
dom of Temperance.
“Hastel haste! haste!! the heartless foe is
active with worse than torch and brand !
Haste’ haste! haste!! The tippling shop is
strewing its victims through the land !”
New Year.
BY MRS. TOCCOA I. SLAUGHTER.
Happy New Year! Happy New Year!
flings from merry-hearted ones;
Little dream they that a sorrow
On its joyous breast is borne.
Happy New Year! Happy New Year!
Shouts the bright-eyed little child,
And ’tis echoed in the bosom
Os a t housand ones beside.
Happy New Year! Happy New Year!
Says the aged, white-haired one,
And the silent, tears come stealing
Like a cloud before the sun.
Happy New Year! Happy New Year!
May it prove to every one,
And the hearts that kindly welcome
This one see another come.
Hon. Edwbrd Everett and the New York
Ledger. —ln our advertising columns will be
fonnd the Prospectus of the New York Ledger,
which contains all the particulars relative to Mr.
Everett’s engagement to write for that paper.
The Louisville Journal, in speaking of this en
gagement, says: f
“ The Hon. Edward Everett has paid over to
the Mount Vernon Association ten thousand dol
lars, received by him from the editor of the New
Vork Ledger, in consideration of his giving to
that paper, throughout the coining year, original
weekly contributions, under the head of “Mount
Vernon Papers.” This, indeed, is such an ar
rangement as no other publisher in the United
States, if in the world, ever had the liberality and
Soldness to make. Edward Everett is the most
accomplished seholar now living, and we know
not where to look for itis equal in taste, and
knowledge and genius, and in grace, beauty,
splendor and magnificence of thought and dic
tion. The fact that a writer like him has en
gaged, at any extraordinary rate of renumeration,
to contribute regularly to a weekly family news
paper, must, of course, create an immense de
mand for that paper everywhere throughout the
nation ; and when it is known that, in addition
to his splendid contributions, the same paper has
the regular services of twenty or thirty other wri
ters, each of whom has a national reputation, the
aggregate of the salaries paid out amounting to
at least thirty thousand dollars a year, and prob
ably more, surely the demand cannot fail to be
literally tremendous. The Ledger's present cir
culation, of nearly half a million, may be expec
ted to rise rapidly to a million.”
Reverie of a Drunkard. —“l think liquor’s
injuring nte. It’s spoiling temperament. Some
times I get mad when I am drunk, and abuses
Betty and the Brats —It used to be Lizzieandthe
children—dhat’s some lime ago though, when 1
used to coine home, she used to put her arms
around my neck and kiss me, and call me dear
William.
“When I come home now, she takes her pipe
out of her mouth, and puts her hair out of her
eyes, and looks at me, and says something like,
“Bill, you drunken brute, shut the door alter
you; we are cold enough, having no lire, with
out lettin’ the snow blow in that way.”
“Yes’ she’s Betty and I’m Bill now. I ain’t
a good hill nuthar—’speck I’m counterfeit;
don’t pass—a tavern and without going in and
getting a drink. Don’t know what bank I’m on;
last Sunday I was on the river bank drunk.
“I stay out pretty late now, sometimes I’m out
all night —fact is I’m put pretty much all over—
out ot friends, out of pockets, out at the elbows
and knees, and always outrageously dirty so
Betty shas, hut then she’s notj.mighty clean her
self.
“There’s one good quality I’ve got —I won’t
get in debt, I never could do it. There now, one
of my coat tails is gone, got tore off, I’spect when
I fell down ’ere, I’ll have to get anew suit soon.
A fellow told me the other day I’d make a good
sign for a paper mill; if he was’nt so big I’d lick
him. I’ve had this shirt on forty-nine days, and
I’m afraid it won’t come off without tearing.
People ought to respect me more than they dolor
I’m in holy orders. I ain’t no dandy, though my
clothes is nearly all resian style. I guess I tore
this hole in my pants behind, the other night
when I sat down on a nail at carpenters shop,
I’ve got to get it mended up, or I’ll catch cold.
Lend me three cents, will you ? Feel awful
onesa clear away down in No. 9.”
Conference Appointments.
Tho following are the appointments of the
Conference of the M. E. Church, which closed its
session in this city on the 23 instant
Augusta District —J Lewis, P E.
St. John, J S Key.
Trinity Mission, R A Conner.
Asbury Mission, J M Dicky.
St. James, T S Jordan.
Savannah, Trinity, VV II Potter.
Andrew Chapel, B F Breedlove.
Wesley Chapel, II J Adams.
Isle of hope & Th’bolt, W S Baker.
Springfield, W F Conley.
Sylvania, W B Mcllan.
Bethel Circuit, R F Jones.
Waynesborough, C A Fulwood, G W Yarbo
rough.
Burke Col. Mission, James Jones.
Louisville, W H Moss, T J Staley.
Richmond, J H Grogan.
Warrenton, W P Clontz.
Columbia, Albert Gray.
Glascock Mission, J G Worley.
Athens District, J 0 A Clarke, P E.
Athens, E W Speer.
Colored Mission, W A Parks.
Watkinsville, J C Simmons, W C D Perry.
Factory Misssion, H Hebbard.
Madison, W P Arnold.
Morgan. M F Malsby.
Colored Mission, Henry Cranford.
Greenesborotigh, (J C Clarke.
Lexington, J S Dunn, J T Norris, J II Echols,
Supernumerary.
Elberion, T B Harbin, L R McNamar.
Broad River, A J Deavors.
Washington, T F Pierce.
Wilkes, T T Christian.
Lincolnton, D W Calhoun.
Madison Fein. College, J L Pieice, Pres ; W
R Foote, Prof.
Rome Districts J W Yarborough, P E.
Rome W M Crumley.
Cave Spring, W M D Bond, J D Freeman.
Cedar Town, P M Ryburn.
Ularhee Mission, J Strickland.
Cassville, J W Glenn.
Calhoun, W Anthony.
Spring Place, H P Pitchford.
Dalton, J W McGeehee.
Dalton Circuit, J Murphy, C a Moore.
LaFayette, G Hughes, J P Bailey.
Summerville. D J Myrick.
Cassville Female College, D Kelsey, Presi
dent.
Dahlonega District, L J Davies, P E.
Dahlonega, W H C Cone.
Dawsonville Mission, to be supplied.
Clarkesville, A M Thigpen.
Blairsville, Milford G Hamby.
Morganton Mission, J Chambers.
Ellijay, Harvey H McHan.
Gainesville, C A Mitchell.
Carnesville, W T Norman, L P Neese.
Clayton Mission, JVM Morris.
Canton, W Brewer, T A Pharr.
Currahoea Mission, J H Mashburn.
Columbus District, J W Hinton, P JO.
Columbus, Ist Church, A T Mann.
“ 2d Church, L Pierce.
Girard, O W Landreth.
Factory Mission, W J Wardlaw.
Pierce Chapel and Colored Charge, D O’ Dris
coll.
Cusseta and Colored Mission, J II Robinson,
J T Berry.
Schley, John M Bright.
Buena Vista and Colored Mission, J T Turner.
Butler, Leonard Rush.
Flint Rivter Mission, W Brooks.
Talbot, and Colored Mission, D Williamson,
- S Sanders.
Hamilton, J M Austin.
Harris, W M Watts.
Colored Mission, W W Tidwell.
Whitesville, George Bright.
R Lane and J Patillo tfansfered to Eastern
Texas Conference.
Jesse Boring and H G Horton transferred to
Rio Grande Mission Conference.
, I P a ?? Brn s n ?°P e an< l j Y Brice transferred to
Washita Conference.
J W Simmons to Pacific Conference.
Thomas II Whidby transl'ered to Alabama
Conference.
W G Conner trahsferrod to S C Conlerence.
Griffin District, C R Jewett, P E.
Gritlin, Americas Wright.
Zebulon, Noah H Palmore.
Fayetteville, Alfred Norman.
Jonesborough, J W Reynolds.
Thomaston, Wiley G Parks.
Upson, James Harris.
Barnesville, Jesse R Littlejon.
Colored Mission. W C Rowland.
Culloden, Thomas H Stewart.
Jackson, John P Howell.
McDonough, R H Waters.
Macon District, James Evens, P E.
Macon & Vineville, H H Parks, O G Smith.
City Mission, J M Armstrong.
Colored Mission G Patillo.
Milledgeville and Bethel, W Knox.
Sparta, J H Caldwell.
Hancock. John B McGeehee.
Colored Mission, R J Harwell.
Eatonton, Caleb W Key.
Putnam and Colored Mission, F F Reynolds.
O S Means.
Moniicello and Colored Mission, R W Lovett,
T N Tyson.
Clinton, A W Rowland.
Forsyth, D Blalock.
Colored Mission,*J L Neese.
Fort Valley, Micheal AClonts.
Fort Valley Mission, .1 W Traywick.
Perry, W G Allen.
Ocmulgee Mission, EAII McGehee.
Wesleyan Female College, O L Smith, Pres.
F X Foster, Prof, and J B Smith, Agent.
Editor Southern Christian Advocate. E H Myers.
John W Burke, Agent Book and Tract So.
Atlanta District, W 11 Branham, P E, Wes
ley Chapel, .lames’ B Payne.
Colored Charge, Isaac Craven.
Trinity and Evans Chapel Mission, R B Les
ter.
Fulton, James LLupo.
Decatur, N B Ousley.
Covington. D Cox.
Oxford, J M Talley.
Lawrenccrillc, M W Arnold, CL Strange.
Monroe, VV A Florence.
Roswell, J T Ainsworth.
Marietta. W F Cook.
Powder Spring, M A Leake.
Paulding Mission; T T Arnold.
Etnary College, W J Parks, Agent.
Agent American Bihle Society, G J Pearce.
A Means and W J Sasnett, Sups.
Sanhersville District, LB Paine, P E.
Sandersviile, W J Cotter.
Irwinton, David E Starr.
Jeffersonville, T S L Harwell.
Hawkinsville, A J Dean.
Colored Mission, J Dunwoody.
Dublin, J C Neese.
Jacksonville, W TMcMicheal.
Reidsville, Jj Q Allen.
Ilinesville. John W Turner.
Darien, W Pledger.
Mclntosh Mission, R N Cotter.
Altamaha Mission, J ESenteli.
Bryan and Bulloch, J H Reese.
Emanuel Mission, Thomas Boring.
Americus District, J B Jackson, P E.
Americus W J Scott.
Americus Circuit, J P Duncan.
Fort Gaines, J H Harris, T W Hayes.
Cuthhert and Etonians, L G II Wiggins.
Stewart, P C Harris, J J Morgan.
Chattahoochee Mission, E N Boland.
Lumpkin and Green Hill, G G N McDonald.
Starkesville, L C Fainbro.
Vienna, D it McWilliams.
Isabella Mission, T B Lanier.
Oglethorpe and Travellers Rest, W S Turner.
Georgetown J B Wardlaw r .
Agent for Emory College in S W Georgia and
Florida, Samuel Anthony.
Lagrange District, W H Evans, P E.
LaGrange, Alexander Graham.
Troup Colored Mission, to be supplied.
Troup Circuit, L L Ledbetter.
West Point, Robert Dixon.
Greenville, John M Marshall.
Coweta, John W Knight.
Colored Mission, to be supplied.
Newnan, Edmund P Burch.
Franklin, Edward J Rentz. *
Carrollton, C W Howard, J W Boring.
Villa Rica and Haralson Mission, .1 .1 Brady,
S A Clark.
Palmetto, E W Reynolds.
Colored Mission, to be supplied.
LaGrange Female College, W D Shea, Agent.
Chaplain U S Navy, C W Thomas.
The Agents appointed to the several benevolent
and educational interests within the Conference,
are also the authorized agents of the Church
Evangelist Endowment Fund.
Temperance Celebration.
The Bainbridge Argus says :
The Division of the Sons of Temperance, es
taolished in this place some two yearssince, con
tinues to flourish, and is enjoying a high state of
prosperity. It has resolved to celebrate the ap
proaching anniversary of Washington’s birth
day in an appropriate manner.
Col. Benjamin H. Russell, one of its members,
is to deliver the address on the occasion.
We are happy to hear this account of the Bain
bridge Division, and trust it may continue to en
joy that high stale of prosperity of which the
Ed. ofthe A rgwsspeaks. We regard the organiza
tion ofSons of Temperance as one of the noblest
and most effectural fraternities which has ever
been recognized by the temperance people; and
it. is lamentable to think how few there are in
this time when compared with the
scores which but a few years since flourished and
controled ihe balance of power. We are encour
aged when we hear of a Division making prepa
rations tor a celebration, and earnestly invoke
the greatest success upon the one in contempla
tion cn the 22d ofFebruary by the Bainbridge Di
vision at Bainbridge.
•<>•
LmERiA and THE slave Trade. —Ex-President
Roberts,ol Liberia, writesto a gentleman of Phil
adelphia, indignantly denying the report that
that republic gives any coun'enance whatever to
the slave 1 rade. He says:
Liberia has never, nor will she ever counte
nance any such system as that now known to be
pursued by the French for precuring free labo
rers. They may endeavor to force it upon us,
but lam persuaded will never succeed. Not
withstanding the insult offered tooursovereignty
by a French naval lieutenant, in the rescue ofthe
“Regina Cecil” out ofthe hands of the govern
ment, and for which the French government has
not designed to offer the first, nor slightest apol
ogy, news has just reached here of the arrival of
another French emigrant ship at Sugaree for free
laborers. lam persuaded, however, that, at all
hazards, the government here will no permit the
thing to be done.
New Counties. —The Legislature created sev
en new counties, at the session just closed, viz :
Clayton, from parts of Fayette and Henry.
Banks, from parts ol Habersham, Hall and
Franklin.
Quittman, from parts of Stewart and Ran
dolph.
Nelson, from a portion of Gordon.
Echols, from portions of Clinch and Lowndes.
Johnson, from portions of Montgomery, and
several others not recollected.
Brooks, from portions of Lowndes and Thomas.
The last three are attached to the Ist Con
gressional District. The whole number of coun
ties in the State now stands at one hundred and
thirty-three. — Sav. Eep.
The Distant Land.
Where dost thou lie, O Land of Peace ?
Across what foaming ocean’s swell (
“My heart, with sighs that never cease,
Yearns in thy palaces to dwell,
But yet, O fair and distant land,
1 cannot see thy shining strand,
Sometimes when morning’s iris light
Is flaming in the eastern sky,
I say, Beneath that rose and whire
The blessed real must surely lie.
But morning’s brow by noon is fanned,
And thou art still the distant land.
And oft when sunset’s burnished gold
Falls warm upon the water’s breast,
I say beyond that glorious fold
Must gleam the island of the blest !
But stars steal out, a silent band.
And thou art still the distant land.
And then I dream—a blissful dream
That I have gained thy tranquil bowers
And lo ! life's sorrows ojily seem
Winds that a moment bent its llowers—
l wake, I clasp no angel hand,
And thou art still the distant land.
I watch, I long, I faint for thee !
Canst thou not open wide the door.
That 1 may enter in and be
Part of thy peace forevermore ?
O send that sleep so sweet, so-gland,
And thou shalt be no distnant land !
ATLANTA MARKET.
Pork —Rotail‘B @ 9, quantity, 7c.
Corn— From wagons 45 ® 50c. Ift bushel
Rather dull. Fnir supply on hand.
Bacon —None in Market.
Lard —lo @ 10 4c.
Flour—Superfine $2 50 $ hundred, t Family
$2 75, quantity, $2 25, 250.
Wheat —7s @ 80c Ift bushel.
Meal—From wagons 50 to 55c Ift bushel, stock
light, demand good.
Sweet Potatoes—soc Ift bushel.’ Scarce.
Irish Potatoes— sl @sl 25 bushel. From
wagon, 50 @ 75c.
Coffee —UJ ® 124 c Ift ft.
Rice—s @ file.
Bagging—l 64 to 17c. Bale Rope—9 @ 10c.
Iron— Swedes 54 @ fife Cass co and American
refined 3i| @ 44c.
Band Iron—s @ 6c. Nails—44 @ sc.
Crackers — 8 @ 84c. Candy—l7c,
Butter —From wagons 15 @ 20c.
Eggs do @ do.
Chickens—l 24 @ 15.
Sugar—Brown, 8 @ 10c.
A “ 11c Ift bbl.
B “ 10Jc Ift bbl.
C “ 10c Ift bbl.
the present season “237 136 hogs
have been killed at Louisville, and 213 161 at
Cincinnati. I
Says Tom to Bill, “pray, tell me, sir,
! Why is it that the devil,
In spite of all his naughty ways,
Can never be uncivil?”
Says Bill to Tom, “The answer’s plain
1 o any mind that’s bright:
! Because the imp of darkness,ss t,
; Can ne’er be imp o’ light.”
Howard Paul, in “Patchwork,” speaks ot
man wliosj ill-luck was so proverbial, that if h
had fallen upon his back he would
his nose. **
Angels in the grave will not question thee as
to the amount of wealth thou hast left behind
thee; but what good deeds thou hast done, while
j in the world, to entitle thee to a seat among the
blest!— The Koran.
marrlageST”
=
In Penfield, by Rev. P. 11. Mell, on the 12th
December, Mr. S. D. Durham, of Greene county,
, Ga. and Miss Henrietta Morgan, tff Penfield.
By the same, in Oglethorpe county, Ga. on the
Iff hoi December, Mr. Wm. T. and
Miss Mary E. Bell.
On the 16th December, by Rev. Wm. M. J)a
vis, Mr. William C. Chapman, of Taliaferro co.
Ga. to Miss Fannie Mercer, of Lee county, Ga.
jSTew Business:
fltS-Aix the New Adverti ement* of each week, will appear on the
inside, under the above general heading.
_
MALE SCHOOL.—The exercises of
this School will be resumed on the 2d
Monday in January, in the Basement Story of
the 2d Baptist Church, near the City Hall.
Students will be charged from the time of en
tering to the close of each term, except in cases
of protracted sickness.
RATES OF TUITION, PER SCHOLASTIC YEAR:
Reading, Writing and Mental Arithmetic, $25
English Grammar, Geography and Written
Arithmetic, 32
Algebra. Geometry,Surveying, Greel, Latin
and French, 40
Incidentals, for scholastic year, l
Jan 7, 1859 4t T. W. DAVIS, Prin.
DR. TIIOS.S POWELL,—Office TW his re
sidence, on Marietta street, the late resi
dence of Dr. E. N. Calhoun.
Office hours from 74 to 10, A. M.—lJ to 3, P.
M.—B to 10, P. M. Jan 7, 1858
ROYAL & CAMPBELL, Attorneys at Law,
A-A Gridin, Ga. will practise in the Superior
Courts of Spaulding, Butts, Newton, Henry,
Monroe, Upson, Pike, Merriwether and Fayette
counties, and in the Supreme Court at Atlanta.
We give strict attention to Collections, and will
attend to business in any portion of the State.
L. T. DOYAL. JESSE M. CAMPBELL.
[Jan. 7—ly]
BROWNWOOD INSTITUTE, near
LaGrange, Ga. The Session for 1859 will
be opened on Monday, 10th January. It
will consist of two Terms—one of six months,
the other of three.
FACULTY: 4
WILLIAM JOHNS, Principal and Proprietor,
Instructor in Political Economy, Moral and
Mental Science.
EDWAIvD R. DICKSON, Instructor in the
Ancient Languages and the Physical Sciences.
D. P. BLACKSTONE, Instructor in Mathe
matics—Pure and Mixed.
RODNEY DENNIS, Instructor in English
Language and Literature.
R. M. HEARD AND LADY, Boarding De
partment.
It will be the policy of the Principal to employ
none as Associate Teachers but the most able
and efficient. He takes pleasure in presenting
the names of the learned and accomplished indi
viduals whose services have been engaged as co
workers in the great cause of Education.
Mr. Dickson has been, for years, a devoted
student of the classics. His scholarship in this
department is unexcelled ; while; in other fields,
his researches have been thorough and ample.
Asa Christian gentleman, an excellent disciplin
arian and able teacher, he is equalled hv few.
Messrs. Blackstone and Dennis are men of
ability and much moral worth. As evidence of
this, it need only be stated that they taught their
way through College, and obtained its degrees by
their own unaided efforts. *
The Course of Study is ample, embracing the
various branches of the ordinary college course.
It is, at the same time, designed to afford the
highest advantages to those who are preparing to
enter any of the college classes. It is progressive
and systematic, but not stereotyped, to be passed
over by every pupil in a fixed period, at a. given
number of strides, irrespective of capacity, scho
larship and mental habitude; but that prescribed
for each individual will be regulated according to
his mental capabilities and contemplated future
course. Acting on the theory that boys should
learn first those things which they are to practice
when they become men, they will be required to
pay special attention to those branches of study
that will fit them for business and the duties of
an active life.
The mind is not treated as a mere receptacle,
but as a thing of life, growth and action. The
prime object is to develop its energies, nurture
and train its expanding powers; to mould anJ
guide aright its various and complex emotions;
to bring into active exercise all its faculties, and
to present in full and just proportions an edneated,
practical man, and not a graduated dunce or a
learned automaton. The pupil is taught to think,
to reason, to investigate. He not only learns to
comprehend what is said, but to examine the sub
stratum and to understand the reason of till pro
position.
In the study of the Latin and Greek languages,
pupils are exercised in translating, both orally
and in writing, from the foreign into their ver
nacular, and vice versa, until, by repeated and
frequent application, every principle baronies
easy, and every word is rendered familiaF By
this and a careful study of the idioms of the lan
guages, they become, not mere translators, inel
egant and inaccurate, but linguists.
The institute is furnished with ample philoso
phical and chemical apparatus, Mathematical
instruments, Mineral Cabinet, Maps, Skeleton,
Physiological Charts, and a well selected library
of several hundred volumes. To these such
additions will lie made as the improvements in
science and the wants of the institution demand.
In addition to the familiar lectures and illustra
tions with which the recitations and exercises in
every department will be interspersed, extended
lectures on various scientific subjects will be
delivered whenever the circumstances render it
necessary or expedient.
The discipline and rules of conduct will be such
as are recognized and taught in the £ncred
Scriptures—such as comport with reason and
propriety—and such as are approved by experience
and common sense. In short, every pupil will be
required to do right.
Students from other institutions for
membership, will be expected to furnish testimo
nials of their moral and student-like deportment.
The buildings will be neatly fitted up and
thoroughly renovated, so that nothing in the
outfit will be wanting for convenience and com
fort.
By a division of labor, with an efficient faculty
and a limited number of students, Brownwood, it
is believed, will offer advantages equalled by few
institutions in the land—combining those of the
higher seminary with the best select private
school.
EXPENSES:
tuition, string term, aut’nterm.
Primary Department, S2O 00 $lO 00
Intermediate “ 30 00 15 00
Collegiate “ 40 00 20 00
Boarding, Lodg, <fc Wash. 14 00 per month.
Payment—by the term, half in advance; the
balance at the close of term.
A pro rata deduction will be made from the
board in cases of protracted absence, hut not from
tuition.
further particulars apply to the Prin
cipal. Jan 7—jit
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