Newspaper Page Text
AUGUST 111, IS ID,
OiSf 6Voi£li>W;*.
It was proposed to the friends of'.he Banner ’
ami of the Temperance cause, that if they would
increase the list of paijifg subscribers to Jitc j
thousand, the Banner would immediately lie is- !
sued tceeklv, instead of semi-monthly, at the
then price of One Dollar per annum.
Our second proposition was to delim/nent j
Subscribers .-—that ijf at.i, in arrears wnqld pay |
up. we would not wait lor the five thousand pat- ;
rons, but would eopimetiee n weekly publica
tion, believing oof list would be increased to
any desirable exient.
Neither of our propositions have been cbm-’
plied with, and yet wo have commenced the
weekly publication of the Banner. All Mr ex
penses have been greatly increased, and is it too
much for us to ask our delinquent Subscribers to
forward the amounts due us, without further de
lay !
We rely upon an increased circulation and
prompt payments to sustain us. Friends of the
Temperance cause and of the Banner, shall we
:>e disappointed ! NOW is the time to pay us,
and NOW is the time to increase the circulation
of tlie Banner-.
Family Groctries.
Our renders who trade to Augusta, and wish
to supply themselves with good articles in the
(irocery line, are referred to the advertisement
of Messrs, [land &, Fleming, on our last page.
HANtufc Fleming sell uo ardent spirits, and are
consistent Temperance men. Ought not tem
perance men to remember them in laying in
their supplies of family articles 1
Advertising.
Some of the Warehouse and Commission
Merchants in Augusta and Savannah, and oar
worthy friend I.awson, of Griffin, have favored
us with advertisements in reference to the busi
ness of the ensuing season. We have hitherto
rather avoided than sought advertising custom.
We shall in future, in aid of bur attempt to pub
lish the Banner weekly, at an unusually low
price, seek a portion of advertising custom, to
aid in sustaining us. The Banner lias a circu-’
lation ofmore thaii FOUR THOUSAND cop
ies, and the list is daily increasing. There is
no paper in CeoTgia, oili-ring [Uetufr Tiutuee
meats for a liberal advertising patronage than
the Temperance Banker.
Savanna 3i.
The Georgian of 2d ult. says: “It will be
seen by reference to the report of the Sexton, for
the week ending July 31st, that our city is ex
ceedingly lieailhy. Out of a population of
15,000, only 10 deaths of all classes and ages
have taken place, and all the whites were non.
residents.
Health of August a.
The inhabitants ofoUr city, (says the Repub
lic, of Aug. 411i,) as well as those visitors who
at present are sojourning among us, are in the
enjoyment of fine health. During the, month of
July, including burials from all causes, In this
city, the interments were thirty:
Sew Post Office*.
Anew Post Office has been established in
Wilkinson county, Go., to he called “ Milton,”
and Jacob Deese, Esq., appointed Postmaster.
The new office is on the Central Road, about
midway between the 15th and liith stations.
Anew Post Office has been established in
Cherokee county, five miles south of Canton, on
the Marietta road, by the name of Val ances, and
Samuel Hill house appointed Postmaster.
Geefne County, Aug. 2.
Dear Sir: —l hope you will not be offended
because of the present I Send you. The boy
will hand you a Musk Melon, measuring 23J
inches in length, 26$ inches in ciroumferenoe,
and weighing 21 pounds. Can any of the
members of the Jefterson Agricultural Society
rival this! Editors have many tilings ,to coin,
plain of justly, but I hope you will not complain
of this melon. Yours truly.
A, GREENE.
O’ Complain and be offended No indeed.
We would not be offended at half a dozen such
presents. We have tried the quality of the ar
ticle, in a way not liable to mistake, and pro
nounce it superior. Brother G. can have some,
but not quite all of dip seed.—Ed. Banner.
ORGAN OF THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE AND STATE CONVENTION.
To Correspondents*
We hope our friends will duly appreciate our
situation, and not become impatient for the pub
lication of their favors. We are nearly through
j with the publication of the Addressed and Re
i spouses on hand, and suppose, for a time, at
1 least, that no others will he offered. We shall
J be able, in a little time, to close up ha est favors.
Uiiul suppose we will then be able in our weekly
j issue, to,keep pace with the favors of our rcs
| peoted correspondents. In rhe time we
[•respectfully recommend to them to keep in re- j
J membrance the following article:
! -Short chatter for j
.V contemporary lays down the follow-!
ing pithy- code of newspaper bv-laws. i
They-are the host we have, ever seen,
drawn’ tip:
1. -Be brief. This is the age of tele
graphs and stenography.
2t Re pointed. Don’t write all around
a subject without hitting it.
3. State facts, don’t stop to moralize,
it’sdrdwsy business. Let the-reader
do his own dreaming.
4. Eschew prefaces. Plunge at once
into your subject, lik a swimmer in cold
water.
5. If you have written a sentence
that you think particularly line, draw
yotir pen through it. A pot child is al
ways the worst in the family.
,6. Condense. Make sure that you
really have an idea, and then record it
in the shortest possible terms. We
want thoughts in their quintessence.
7. When your article is complete,
strike out nine-tenths of the adjective,s,
Tile English is a strong language, but
won’t bear too much “ reducing.”
8. Avoid all high flown language.
The plainest Anglo-Saxon words are the
best. Never use stilts when legs will
do as well.
9. Make your sentences short.—
Every period is a milestone, at which
the reader may halt, and rest himself.
10. Write legibly.
Fat her Mathew is coming.
The question has been asked us repeatedly,
will Father Mathew visit Georgia ? .With great
pleusure we spread before our readers the follow
•’"•g .mua
Athens, August dtlt/iSTh”
Dear Sir, —Knowing the anxiety felt l>y thou
sands to iearn whether our Stale would be hon
ored by a visit from Father Mathew, I hasten to
send you a copy of his reply to the invitation of
the State Temperance Convention, communica
ted through me as its organ.
Yours truly,
JOSEPH HENRY LUMPKIN.
Boston, 25th July, 1849.
Mi) Dear Friend, —l,am grateful for the kind
sentiments conveyed in j'our esteemed letter.
To have the pleasure ofenjoying the personal ac
quaintance ofsov.ealous and distinguished a fel
low-laborer in the cause qf Temperance, is to
me, aq additional inducement to visit Georgia ;
besides, I feci highly complimented by the invi- :
totioli through you, of my friends, and shall, j
God willing, avail myself of the privilege of.
meeting them at Augusra, as soon -as prior en- ,
gagemoiits will permit. At a fntnre period I |
hope to be able to give timely information of the j
time that I cau have this gratification.’ j
Presenting mysinceie acknowledgements to •
the members of your society, and with respect- j
ful compliments to your family, I am in haste,
Dear Mr. Lumpkin, yours devotedly,
THEOBALD MATHEW.
Hon. Joseph Henry Lumpkin,
Athens, Fa.
Quite Auturai.
We were recently told of an individual who
had long been a slave to his appetite, and had
fallen very low from liis habits of drinking. He
possessed some redeeming traits’ of character,
and the Sons persuaded him that there was a
chance for his rescue. This was good news to
the old man, but he had little faithfn thescheme.
However, he consented to join the. Division, and
was present at the appointed time. The breth
ren were all at their posts, and were prepared
to go through the forms of initiation in the most
imposing manner. At n particular point in the
ceremony, the old man’s feelings got the maste
ry of him, and with both hands uplifted, lie cri
ed’ out, “ Farewell whiskey !” to the no small
amusement and gratification of all present.—
Well done, Juniper, a noble work lies before you.
Fatliev Mathew at lto.stwu.
Father Mathew has gone to work in good j
earnest in Boston. A record of his progress is j
daily given and is of great interest. On the 27 th j
of July, lie administered the pledge ill Fanuel j
Hall to about 1,300 journeymen tailors, who :
marched in*i body to receive it from his hand. -
Fanuel Hall is the chief point of hi* operations
and he is daily met by great crowds.
The llall was opened on Saturday the 28th j
nit., and the Courier states that the scene was
: very imposing. “ Father Mathew does not
[speak rostrum, but stands in the midst
I of the group, who are on their knees around him.
- After a shoft speech, explanatory of the impor- ’
\ tance of tile act lie is “about to perform: he ad
ministers the pledge, and speaks in this strain :
“Come up, my friends, and take the pledge ;
you will never regret it. There is no cholera
in it—there is no headache in it—but it is tile
enemy of both these complaints. Fathers, come
here and spt an example to your children—sons,
take the .first step to eminence.” Alter short
addresses delivered in a winning tone, the fol
lowing pledge, is administered, the, multitudes
repeating In concert the words as they drop from
the Apostle’s lips
“ I promise, with Divine assistance, to ab
stain front all intoxicating liquors, coidiuls, ci
der, and fruit liquors, Und to prevent, as much
ns possible, intemperance in others, by advice
and by example.”
Father Mathew then makes tile sign of the
cross on the forehead of each, and those who de
sire a me dal and card arc supplied by his Sec
retary. The cost of the medal is twenty-five
cents, but those who cannot a fiord to pay this
sum, arc furnished gratuitously.
Among the incidents op Saturday, the follow- ,
frig is mentioned by the Chronotype. A care
worn woman, yet young, with two children by
her side, plainly but neatly dressed, came into ;
the circle, kneeled, and by the movement ofher
lips engaged in prayer. She then rose and
beckoned a forlorn-looking man, wrecked by in
temperance—he rejected the invitation. She
again kneeled, again prayed, and ugnin urged
her unhappy partner into the circle.- He yield- i
edi, nildvthere with clasped hands and tearful ■
eyes, she heard her husband respond to the hope
ful, words of the pledge—a pledge that, if kept,
sacred, will introduce the sunshine of life again
into the heart, and make her domestic circle
glad with the blessings and abundance that
temperaihc never fails to secure.
•On -Ctijiasy Fauier ifruuiiw.,**.,., , . ; ..
Cathedral, addressed several Sabbath Schools,
and gave the pledge to about4,ooo persons.
What dues it mean !
An individual who had unfortunately contrac
ted a love for the ardent, recently joined a Di
vision of the Sons, and lias been a sober man mid
attending to his business ever since. He has a
wife, und mother, and sister, who all have seen
the sad effects of drunkenness upon him. lu
. deed, so desperate were his habits before joining
the Sons, that his wife and the others mention- |
ed, have all seen him laboring under mania-a- \
potU iu tlih e instances. He is now sober and
I reformed. But here comes the strange part of
■ ! this story: Ilis wife and the others mentioned,!
\ are ult violently opposed to his belonging to the
| Solis; and lie has been so harrassed by them as
jto force him to apply,for a dismissal from the
> Order. liis wife was heard to say, that “ she
had lather lie had spent 2 dollars in a grogshop,
! than as fee to join the Sons.” Some persons
imagine that she wishes her husband to kill him
self drinking, that she may try her hand in get
ting nifc ther, but think she had Bitter be content,’
as there might be some doubt as to any other
person taking a fancy to her.
AckiiowlcdgcineiiH.
Hr’ Received from Rev. S. G. Bragg, Five
Dollars, for the use of Rev. D P. Jones, State
Lecturer—an offering from Toonahowi Divis
ion, No. 2, Savannah. Tiiis liolice should have
been made earlier.
i I?. We acknowledge,also, the receipt of Six
Dollars, from Uncle Dabney Division, and Five
Dollars from Oak Hill Division--in all sll—r
for t)ie use of bro. Leonard, ot Baldwin county:
which sums have been forwarded to him by pri
vate Conveyance.
~A ‘ > , . ______ . t
The Richmond Whig announces dhe
death of Chapman Johnson, u distin
guished citizen of Virginia.
| Cliui’eli Discipline.
• At a conference meeting ou the first Saturday
i in this month, a member from his seat, said:
i “ Brethren, 1 was very mad and go: drunk,” —
! stating the time. —■“ I went into the house,
i [meaning the grogshop,] and reckon I got drunk
; there, but don’t know—l was very mad.” The
I Pastor asked him to rise from his seat and make
! his statement; and the delinquent repeated the
| samp words. He had made liis “confession,”
: and a brother moved that lie be excused. The
motion was seconded, and unanimously adopt
ed. We shall make no comments on this case
We believe the facts staled are strictly true.
Hayneville, July 16, 18-19. -
Bro. Brant fy—Allow me to inform
you that in consequence ot the great
excitement in our community in regard
to the fatal disease of the small pox in
Mawkinsville, ive have postponed our
celebration indefinitely. But we still
solicit the services of brother, Jones at
Hayneville at some convenient opportu
nity, and request him to intone us,
through your columns, wljen he can In;
with us, on the cause of temperance. —
We. are advancing our list of members,
and hope to improve more rapidly—to
Orodibc all tbe praise.
Yourob’t servant,
D. 11. RHODES, R. S.
Among the deaths in New York by
the cholera, is that of a man who. posi
tively drank seventy-two bottles of
brandy in thirty days, and is known to
, have frequentl y taken twelve mint juleps
before dinner.
! The public debt of France is rapidly
increasing. It is already fifteen hun
dred millions of dollars.
Four thousand people out of a popu
lation of 40,000, died at Limerick, in
tone month, of the cholera,
i
Three newspapers arc now published
at St. Paul’s, the capital of the new and
thriving territory of Minesota.
Ico water und ice cream, says the
Pittsburgh Chronicle, are said to he very
engender dturrhtna than tlie free use of
fruits and vegetables. Wo mention the
fact because a highly intelligent physi
cian suggested to us the propriety of do
ing so, especially at this time.— Ex.
State. University.—Augustus R.
Longstreet, LL.D., has been called to
the Presidency, of the State University
at Oxford,’ Mississippi. We doubt not
that the selection is a mo*st excellent
! one,
! j
Movement of ,T'oor.s. —We learn
[that orders were received from Wash
ington by Major Loud, the commander
iof the post at SaVumiah, yesterday
morning, to have thd” command in readi
ness to move at a moment's warning to
Florida. We understand likewise that
every thing is in readiness for a prompt’
movement. This order was given up-1
on the first despatches received ot Wash
ington—when the second despatches .
are received, the orders will he prompt
ly a march.— Savh. Geor.
The Etub’ette of Sneezing.—An
amusing account of the ceremonies at
tending the sneezing of a king of Mo- ,
nomotupa shows what a national thing
may he the sneoze'Of despotism. Those
who arc near liis person when this hup
pens salute him in so loutl a tone that.',
persons in tlie ante-chamber hear it, •
■ mid join in the accldmation. In the ad
joining apartment',they do the same, till
the noise reaches the street, and be
comes propagated throughout the city,
—when the King of Seminar sneezes!
his courties immediately turn their
backs on hint, and give a loud slup on,
their right thigh.
133