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art tliou passing away unimproved.
Bro. Mums, wherevoryou are temp
led to speak evil of your fellow.man,
and especially your brothers, rcmrm-’
her your obligation! Bro. .S’. of']'.,
when you are about to ridicule a poor
unfortunate brother, who miy have fal
len from his honorable position in any
degree as a Son, I beg you would re
member that lie will or may sink fast
enough without such hi I from you.
Ctiurch members, 1 beseech you to
remember that it is your special duty to
go to that off'ii ling brother or sister, just 1
as soon us you hear oftlrir inissdoings, I
instead of blowing it nil over the neigh-1
borhood.
Our mission on earth was to do good,
and I think it good to raise an individu- 1
al’s character, not nowovor, by misrep
resentations, but by telling the good and j
letting the bad alone ; for by present- \
ing the dark side of every picture, we 1
present gloom and uneasiness.
Let us, when we are bout to speak
ofthe imperfections of others, think of
our own frailties, for the work of self
examination is one among the first
works of wisdom. By stu b a eours n ,
we could save much bard f ‘dings, ma
ny sour looks, and evade tinny difli ml
ties of numerous kinds. Wo could
enjoy many hours of social and useful
chat, and learn many things of impor
tance, that would otherwise remain in’
oblivion. <)! how much better, me
thinks, the Saviour would be pleased to
see bis disciples sitting together talking i
of bis mercies, his unbounded love, bis;
grace and his eternal glory, than to see ;
and bear them slandering, vilifying, or
calumniating some poor brother out;
yonder! Mothinks I hear the great
head ofthe ordering ‘a btokuf.
l'uincmborancu to lie written for such 1
as praise llis great name when they;
meet, instead of idly “tiding their
breath in it munn r which will only j
heap up‘wrath against the day of wrath. .
11l may but do so, i lieg leave to >
suggest the following restraint against ‘
gossiping, &c:
t Whereas, it is a prevailing fashion in ;
fbis, our otherwise pleasant vicinity,
or nearly all persons, sects, sexes or
color, to in bilge more orb.-, in the;’
pernicious and peace-dostroying habit i
of gossiping, tattling, nr of evil-.speaking
of others in their absence:
Therefore Resolved, 14, That we
whose names are hereunto annexed, do ‘
look upon the above habit, as being un- ‘
soripturul, unbrotlierly, unfriendly, irn- 1
polite, and hypocritical, and promises!’
no bettor fortune in this life, than a!
c edant accumulation of evil ami mis
, . , ~,.
cry, and in the life to come, ‘eternal
damnation.’
Resolved ‘ld, That wo will for the
failure indulge not in the grosy habit
ol evil-speaking, unless there boa
greater probability of doing good than of
doing evil thereby.
Resolved hi/, That we will use all
1 luduble and modest means : > i .rroot
i'tis moro than useh sr custom in others.
Resolved Uh , That we look upon the
act of .signing these resolutions, as a sa
cred act, because we are acting in the
solemn pros nee of God, uml for the
happiness of his creatures, whereof
w itnesi our hands and seals, dec.
TOlilv I • IST.
Putnam county, (Ja.
Phi Dklta, Franklin County, )
Feh. ‘J()|h, 1853. ’
Dear Rainierl have no doubt but
you have begun to wonder where ! am
and what has happened to me—perhaps
to think that I have apnAutizod from the
true faith. Not so ; lam here loc ited
it Franklin county, amongst 1 lard
shells, still houses anil liipior shops.
You are ready to ox< iaim, not oeith -r,
1 am in good temperance community.
It is true that the above mentioned vcg.
( tables did abound in this community :
J ‘ |
but, like the mammoth, they have re
cently become extinct, and wo have
sowed in their place iie.ti r . eds. The
s ‘ods ol temperanc ■, beaovolence, and
brotherly love. Within three hundred
yards ollhc dilapidulerl ruins of one el
those sinks of pollution, we have with a
less cost, than one half of the money
spent annually for the buzzard swot
that teamed from the copper devil,;
reared a stately mansion—the upper
rooms of which are used as; a tempi r
mice hall fora large and prosperous
Division of Sons, and a flourishing Si c
tion of Cadets, as well as a Masonic
Hall. The basement story is well fur
nished as a School room, where we have
n large and nourishing school, under
the charge of Dr. F.\ ans, an able nod
efficient teacher, and a competent hoard
of trustees. I ha /ml nothing in say
ing that l’lii Delta Academy cannot he
surpassed in upper Georgia; and all
this has been accomplished in the short
space of two years, through tire instru
mentality of the Sons of Teinpeiauce,
and a free circulation of the Temper
ance Danner.
Would you believe me, Undo Den,
if 1 was to tell \ou. line not two years
ago, a respectable citizen of this vicini
ty actually drove his son from his house
for joining the Sons; but now the thing
is changed, and those very prisons who
verily believed that the order was
fraught with so much danger, both to
church and suite, form the head and
front of Giove Division; and every
meeting adds new members to our or
der. Franklin county now has live
flourishing Divisions within her limits,
all doing well, and ere long old alchv
will not dare to show his hydra head".
Let no one sav henceforth that old
Franklin is behind the times in the tem
perance reformation. Dut, says vou,
where arc proofs ot your assertions/
ORGAN OF THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE AND STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION
where are your subscribers to the Ban
tier ? Well wo have several amongst
! us who take the Banner at different Post
! oflices in the vicinity, and we intend to
try to j>r> vail on all to take: it. 8o you
need not b- surprised if we send you a
long list of new subscribers from Grove
Division, before long. We are duly
j sensible that we cannot prosper without
the Banner, for it is to the tempreance
reformation, what the main spring is to
the watch—it keeps every thing in mo
i tion.
Yours in L. P. & F.
D. G. C.
Vineville, 22d Feb., 1852.
Mr. Editor: —Perhaps a brief ac.
i count of u hat has been done in this
i county, during this month, by the
friends ofthe temperance cause, will not
‘be without some good effect, and may
Dead our friends, and the friends of all
! mankind, to go art I ilolikewise. It was
’ determined by the pastors of the church
es to devote a part of the 2nd Sabbath
: of the present month, to t lie cause of
temperance, which was clone; and on
\! mdav night 9th instant, a general
meeting was held, and the “Bibbcounty
Temperance Socieily” was formed ; a
; constitution adopted, and officers cho
sen. The constitution embraces all,
■ but under different associations and ,
i pledges. All males 18, join the head j
a -soeiatiou: mules front 10 to 18, form
another part, and ladies form another
pari, and the following is our pledge:
“ — | , do, pledging my honor;
| ns n loan, and my character as an up- i
rielit citizen, hereby agree and cove- :
intuit with my fellow-citizens, the mom
’ her; of Bibb county Temperance Socie
ty, totally and absolutely to abstain
from the use of all intoxicating drinks,
except ns a medicine; I alsa agree to
attend, whenever practicable, tli regu
lar meetings of tin’s Society, and in ev
ery way to use my influence to promote
its objects/’
This pledge is printed on cards, which
tli” gentleman signs, and most solemnly
repeals after the presiding officer in
presence ofthe whole assembly.
At the first meeting, between forty
and fifty joined and took the pledge.—
We had anothermetingon Monday night
loth, when we expected that old apostle
of temperance (Judge Lumpkin) to
favor us with an address, but we were
disappointed ; his official duties would
not permit, not terminating till near
midnight, when it was rather 100 lute,
as we are temperance folks. However, |
wo gathered about thirty members, be- j
sides quite a number of ladies, and a
few of our souths. I lon. Washington !
• _ O
I’oe is 1 ’resident, and President .Myers
of'tlie W’ sh yut, College, our Ist Vice
President, George \V . i’.ttton T)sq., 2nd
vice President, W. S. Wil.itbrrf, It. W.,
and It. Smith Fsq., F. S., and Messrs.
•LA \ii ui,G. W. Adams, J. S. Hut
ton, and W. K. Rylander, directors.
So you sco tlcy are about equally divi
ded among the four denominations:—
Presbyterian, Methodist, Kpiscopal, and
Baptist.
And now Mr. Editor, how all impor
tant it is for us to be up and doing.—
How short and uncertain is life ; what
Wo do, must be done soon, or it may be
t>o lute. One Mr. 1). Ileidt was among
the first to enroll bis name und sign the
pledge, was taken sick on the Wednes
day morning following, and while we
were holding our second meeting, seven
days af the first, the cars were convey
ing bis lifeless body so Savannah, he
having died Monday morning, and as
we have reason to believe “our loss is
his eternal gain.” He died'with the
full assurance of a happy immortality.
H ill other Iricnds form county Soct- :
(-lies und adopt our pledge, or a similar
one ?
Yours truly, in L. P. A F.
THOMAS A. BREWER.
Covt\, .ton, Ga.. Feb. 23d, 1852.
/Jro. titan/! i/ :—I am sorry evere time I
take tip tuv pen lo write to \ on, of late, be
cause 1 only have time to tell you here is
my pay for the Banner; and perhaps give
\ott a few lines of apology for my seeming
indifference in the temperance cause. I
■ have finished four letters to different editors
1 to day, besides a hard half-day’s work on
on farm. It L now lime to retire,at night,
and I have lo start early to Covington in
i the morning.
YV eil perhaps you are ready to say, as it is :
only about once a year, yon can afford to be |
i'i v that often. But sir, it is not merely win n
I must semi you your dollar, that l regret !
j that 1 have not opportunity to confer with |
‘you and the numerous readers ol'tlie Ban-!
ner, but everv weekly arrival of your paper
reminds me of your labors in this important j
department cf Christian morals, and 1 would !
lain lie engaged with you, but the cares of’
my rising family, and of the church and
churches, of which 1 have oversight, pre-;
vent me.
Fxeuse me, brother Brantlv, for it is not |
“want of will, but of way,” that is the cause j
i it neglect. Wo are making cf- j
torts to revive the old societies, in our vi
cinity. By invitation, 1 made an address,
some two months back, iu the hall of the
Oal, Hill Division, to the society of “Pros
pect” in that vieini'y ; and 1 have an invita
tion to attend to the same duty ia the same
place, two weeks lienee. A similar effort
we expect to make iu society of Hopewell
shortly. Excuse haste.
Yours trill v,
T. TURNER
“ As | was going,” said an Irishman,
‘over Westminister Bridge the other
day, 1 met Pat l lew ins.
“ Hewitts,’ s.ivs, 1, “how are von ?” i
“ Pretty well, 1 thank you, Donley,”
>a\s he.
“ That’s not my name,” says I.
“ Faith, no more is my namo Hew.
ins,” says he. j (
8.) we looked at eue'i other, and faith i
.'t tun:: and out to t>e neither of us. i
v-r •
I .
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
I'ledtfft of l!i<; Sons of Temp*-*
; ranee.—l, without reserve, solemnly pledg
my honor as a mail that I will neither make, buj
sell nor use, as a beverage, any Spirituous o
VI al l Liquors, Wine or Cider.
I . .
Offie(;r<i of the <Ur;n> Ifividoii
G. L. MTi-bskev, G. YV. P. Monroe
J. S. Pisckabd, G. YV. A. Forsyth
VV. S. Williford, G. Scribe, Macon
;E. ('. Gkanniss, G. Treasurer,
|J. B. Evans, G. Chaplain, „
I). E. Blount, G. Conductor, Clinton
and. D. Ha vis, G. Sen. Houston, Cos
CADETS OF TEMPERANCE
PLEDGE.
No member shall make, buy, ell or use
as a beverage,any pirituousor mall liquors
; wine or eider.
! Offiem of (flu Grandticctioii.
J. YV. Benson, G. P. Macon.
B. Burton, G. A. P. Pondtown.
fj. C. Simson, G. S. &T. Atlanta.
Rev. J. S. YVilson, G. C. Decatur.
S. M. 11. Bvrij, G. G. Oxford.
YV. P Kino, G. W. Thomaston.
I. G. of Ueeliiiliilitti.
Officers of Georgia Disk Tent, No. 28, loca
ted at Washington, Wilkes Co.,Ua.:
Washington, Rev. (J G. Norman, D. P. C. R.
„ J. I). Burden, D. C. R.
Atlanta, C. R. Hanleiter, D. D. R.
Washington, John R. .Smith, J). R. S.
„ (forge Dyson, I). F. S.
~ St. John Moore, D. Tres.
~ R. 11. Lynn, D, Levite.
lleelinhiteN Pledge.
I hereby declare, that I will abstain from all
intoxicating liquors, and will not give, nor offer
them to others, except in religious ordinances,
nr when pre rihed, in good /mill, by a medi
cal practitioner ; 1 will not engage in the traf
fic of them, and in all suitable ways will dis
countenance the use, sale and manufacture of
them ; and to the utmost of my power, i will
endeavor to spread the principles of abstinence
from ail intoxicating liquors,
i™, 1 11 ‘
I>;i ugiitcrv of Tempei'iince.
The Officers elected fur the ensuing year
arc—
Mrs l„ M. Horr, of Atlanta, G. P. S.
„ E. Reid, „ Griffin, G. S. A.
„M. A. Osslin, „ Atlanta, G. IS. S.
„ <'. ID v LOU, „ Griffin, G. S. T.
„ M.E Brewer,,, „ GS. Con.
„ ‘J. E. Lane, „ Atlanta, G. N. Chap.
„ JO. Irvine, „ Greenville, G. S. Sen.
„ iM. Ooit.iiv, „ Atlanta, P. G. !’. S.
The Semi Annual Session of the Grand
Union, w ill he hole, in Atlanta, on tin Fourth
Wednesday in April, 1852.
Grand Union E.i tigiiicvs of
Tomporscuci*. Miste of Ga.,
Is ready to grant Charters to ladies wish
ing to unite their efforts to carry out the
principles of total abstinence. Form of ap
plication for a Charier which must he signed
by eleven or more ladies.
“The undersigned, inhabitants of
believing the Order of the Daughters of
Tempoiiiiice it field in w hich ladies might
with safety labor with success lor the lauda
ble purpose of banishing intemperance from
our land, respect fully petition the Grand
Union to grant them a Charter to open a
new Union to he called Union No.
—D. of i. ot the State of Ga., located in
edge our<elvesas ladies to be governed by
e Rules and u-ages ot >...d Grand Union.
Enclosed is the Charter Fee, 8j5.”
Applications Ibr Charters, or letters on
business, must be addressed (post paid) to
Mrs. M. A. OSLI.N, G. S S.
Atlanta, Ga.
The Firs! Baby.
In a novel, “The Glenns,” recently
published, occurs this .striking picture
ot domestic felicity, which crusty old
bachelors will read with interest:
“II ‘the babv was asleep, no one was
J allowed to speak, except on pain of in
stant banishment, the piano was closed,
j guitar was tabued, boots were interdic
: ted, and the hell was muffled. If Mr.
\ lucent w ished to enjoy a quiet cigar,
ihe must g > out of the house, lest the
smoke might hurt ‘the baby,’ and lest
the street• tloor might disturb its slum
j hors, he must take his exit by the buck
way, and reach the street by the gar
den gate. The doctor was nevt r out of
! the house—not because ‘the baby’ was
til, tor it was most alarmingly healthy,
but because she was afraid it might be
taken with some dreadful disease, and
no doctor near. If coal was placed in
! the grate, either Mr. Vincent must put
it in lump by lump w ith his fingers, or
Thomas come up oil tip toe, leaving his
hoots below, lest the nois** should dis
turb ‘the baby.’ And yet lie must not take
a bed in another part ofthe house, be
cause ‘the baby’ might be attacked ba
the croup. or might cry to have some
one walk up and down the floor w ith it
in his arms, and then he would not be
within cull. Iu short, when ‘the baby’
slept, the vv hole house w as under a spell,
whose enchantment consisted in pro
found silence and unbroken stillness,
and all who came within the magic cir
clo were at once under its influence.”
“ 1 think” said a farmer, “I should
make a good Congressman for 1 us >
their language. 1 received two hills
iho other day, with request lot* imme
diate payment: the one I ordered to
lay on the table—the other to be read
that day six months.”
MORAL AND RELICIOIB.
Come Unto We!
ny REV. S. W. BUSH.
lam the First und the Last. 1 laid
j the foundations of the earth. I framed
’ the starry firmament, and filled it with
innumerable and vast worlds. I spake,
and it was done; 1 commanded, and it
stood fust. Over whatsoever has been,
over whatsoever is, over whatsoever
shall be, I am Lord Supreme.
Come unlo me ! lam not only the
great God and Creator, hut for you I
emptied myself of my glory, and be
came a man. For you 1 descended in
to the lowest depihsof humiliation, en
dured reproach, and poverty, and name
les suffering; was bathed in a bloody
sweat of agony, was scourged, wascru
cified, was dead, was buried. For you
I arose and ascended into the highest
heavens, where 1 now am, inviting you
to come unto me, that you may be inves
ted with anew heat, and u new life, and
ultimately be crowned with eternal
blessed ness.
i, Come unto me, thy God, thy Saviour,
= thy suffering Saviour. Come, in a
strong and immovable faith. Come,
e impelled by a deep, indelible love.— |
8 > Come, breaking away from all that can
bind thee to earth, und take up thy
cross and follow me. Thy teacher
and guide shall be the Holy Spirit, who
will seal thee unto the day of redernp
, tion.
r. Come unto me! thou art a sinner,
i. | and needest pardon. Thou art stained
n to tiie very core of thy being with guilt,
and needest cleansing. Thou art (rea
ding on perilous quicksands, and need
- est a rock. Thou art exposed to aw
ful flames, and needest a Deliverer.—
■ Thou art spiritually blind, and needest
divine illumination. Dangers encotn- j
pass thee, and thou needest safety.—
Tliou art a leaf trembling in the wind, j
and the next gust may tear dice away,
• and thou needest a sure resting place.!
Come unto me, creature of dust, of
sorrow, and of sin—wanderer! disup. 1
1 pointed pursuer after happiness, think-j
r ing to find it in created objects. Come |
to the Fountain of Being! Come! I
. will speak, and the sorrow and darkness
• which brood over your soul shall be!
j dissipated. 1 will command, and there j
; 1 shall arise within you a well of water j
springing up unto everlasting life.—
, Come to the shelter of my Almighti-j
j ness ! D.ubt that you were created, j
j and have it being; but doubt not the re- j
■ ulity and illimitable fullness of my love. I
Coine ! 1 will he thv sure refuge in all
times ot trouble and distress—in the
hour of death—and in that great and
terrible day when I shall come with
great power and glory, to judge the
would.
Come! By thy frailty, and my al
mighty power—by thy thirst of happi
ness and craving wants, and my infinite
fullness —by thy guilt and desert of
punishment, and my pardoning blood,
Come !- jV. Y. Evangelist.
How Near is Heaven ?—Christians
sometimes look far away to heaven; but
that rest is not far off. The clouds that
hide the shining world arc thin; they are
transi lit, and soon will obscure no more.
The journey may end this hour, one
short step may place the Christian in the
wc rid of light.One dark night may hang
upon him; hut tiie morning comes, and
no shade hehind it. Day, bright, peace
ful and eternal succeeds it. A pang
many he felt for a moment, and then it
flies away forever. A conflict, sharp
und painful, may continue for a night,
victory, eternal victory ensues. How
soon, oh ! how soon, the Christian’s
cares are over, his struggling soul at
rest, his eyes suffused no more with
tears! Near at hand is the land ot his
pursuit. Hope cheers. How glorious
the object that hope embraces! How
holy its spirit. Who can contemplate
the home our heavenly Father is fitting
for his children, and not feel his soul
athirst for its enjoyment and employ
ments? YVell these, delights, the hap
py clime, those ever verdant plains, are !
not far distant.
Beautiful Metaphor.—The coin-’
parison of the journey of life to alransit
! across the desert is very felicitously i
! expresed* in the following lines bv j
1 Charles Wesley :
“ Here in this body pent,
Absent for in heaven 1 roam;
Y et nightly pitch my moving tent,
A days march nearer home.”
Curious Motions.—Procure a basin
of milk-warm water, throw into it half
a dozen pieces of camphor about the size
| of a pea; in a minute they will begin to
| move, and acquire a rotary and pro
gressive motion, which will continue
; for a considerable time. If now, one
j ilropofoil of turpentine, or sweet oil,
or even of gin, (if allowed on the premi
ses,) be let fall upon the vvater, the pie
lees of camphor will dart away, and be
deprived oi their motion and vivacity.
Little pieces of cork, that have been
soaked in either, act much in the same!
way as camphor, when thrown upon 1
vvater. <
Camphor, being highly combustible,!
will burn it ignited while floating upon
vvater, producing a singular effect, re
minding one ofthe lamps which the
Hindoo maidens cast upon the waters
of the Ganges, as mystic messengers
to the ir distant lovers.
“ [ am now about to do for you what 1
the Evil One never did by you,” said ! :
a quaint parson in his valedictory to his j 1
flock, “That is. I shall leave vou. ’
= _ TOIS EfIJMBIB.
PE.VFIELD, MABtil 6, 1852.
J ( f~r NOTICE. —Subscribers recei
ving their papers with a straight black
1 mark, are thereby notified that they are
| in arrears. One mark indicates one
dollar due; two, that two, &c. Please
r remit the amount at once by mail, with
out waiting for other opportunity.
3-
1 jqjgf” YVe Irust oar subscribers will put us
• to tio further trouble in regard to our c
- counts. It will cost more labor and ex
- ponse to make out and transmit our ac
• : counts in a different form, than we can af
ford. The terms of subscription, are One
Dollar per annum, in advance. Tlise terms
have not been complied with by a large num
ber of Subscribers, and we are now com
pelled to press payments. YVe ask for
nothing but our just clues, and these wc
MUST have.
\Y’e have not called upon our Sub
scribers for payment, because they were in
a r rears; out from the fact that wc need funds
jto meet our expenditures. YY'e greatly de
sire to be relieved from obligations to our
Paper Makers,and if we had our dues, this
would be easily effected. YVe could, also,
greatly improve the Banner in appearance
and otherwise, which we much desire to do,
tint! would do, if all our subscribers would
comply w ith the terms.
|J3iF“ To those friends who have so good
humoredly responded to our black marks,
we tender our heartfelt thanks. May peace
and prosperity be with them.
“Eggnog and Simmon beer,
“Christmascomes but once a year.”
From anew story by Gilmore Sims, en
titled “The Golden Cinistuas,” we cull the
following choice morsel, his descriptive of a
Christinas Eggnog-frolic,somewhere in the
Palmetto Slate:
“Lo ! now'the strong-armed youth, as they
tear the glorious beverage on silver salvers
to the favorite ladies. They quail', they sip,
they smile, they laugh; the brightness gath
ers in their eyes; they sparkle; the orbs
| dance like young stars on a frosty night, as
I if to warm themselves,—when suddenly,
Miss Janet rises, stands for a moment silent,
j looks significantly around her, and is under
stood ! A gay buzz follows; and, with
smiles and bows,and merry laughter, and
pleasant promises, the gay group disappears,
j leaving the tougher gender to finish the dis
cussion of that bright potent beverage, in
l which the innocent egg is made to apolo
! gize for a more fiery spirit than ever enter
ied into the imagination of pull ot to cort
leeive! Merry were the clamours that fol
! lowed; —gay songs were sung—some of
the youngsters, just from college, took the
floor in a stag dance—while half a dozen
more sallied forth tit one o’clock, called up
I the dogs, mounted their steeds, and dashed
through the woods on a fox hunt.”
| The plain English of all this elaborately
verbose description is simply this: The
! ladies were tijiseij and the gentlemen drunk.
j So much for the glories of Eggnog, albeit
i those who quaff are fashionable pretenders,
| and claim to be “lordly dwellers” in “ansto
| eratic halls.”
The Maine Liquor Law.
In the state in which this law was origi
j nally adopted, it is said to work admirably,
j Nearly sixty thousand persons recently
| signed and sent a petition to the New York
Legislature, begging the passage of a simi
lar law. The result has not yet transpired.
Perhaps the people of the State are not yet
prepared for the law. Public opinion has
not been sufficiently enlightened and instruc
ted to feel the force of such a law. YVe do
not know that the adoption of such a law
in our State is practicable just now, or if
practicable that it w'ould be desirable. YY r e
trust however, that the day is not far dis
tant when it will be both practicable and de
sirable. Let our friends direct their chief
efforts to the creation of a public sentiment
on this subject which will proclaim to every j
vender of this poison, that his traffic is a I
crime punishable by the laws ofthe State.
When ,tis sold let it be done in such a way
that no one person or company of persons
shall enjoy exclusively the benefits of the !
j traffic.
i
Hit re Sport.
An Auction sale was advertised to come 1
off one evening last week, in a village, that
: shall be nameless for the present. At the
l appointed hour, a good congregation had as
sembled. and among the number, an indi- ‘
vidual who has been for sometime distin
guished for his devotion to Prince Alcohol, j,
The auctioneer was not quite ready, and j
something must be done to entertain and j c
ami use the crowd. Our hero of the bottle 1
agreed, for a wager of fifty dollars, to drink ’
a bottle ot Spirits of Turpentine, alleging P
that he could ligh it with n candle and 1
burn it out of his stomach, after he had i’
swallowed it. The money was pledg-1’
ed, and Mr. Runijug seated himself, his 1 1
head thrown back and mouth open. The’
neck ot the bottle tound ready admittance,
and a considerable portion of its contents j
passed down the channel accustomed to
t dmit old Bald Face, before the discovery!
was made, that instead of Spirits of Tur-1
pentiae, the bottle had been filled with Cas-I
tor Oil! A wry face and complaints were!
made; but it was too lute—the oil had been !
swallowed. llow the subject got rid ofhis j
do. we have not learned ; but most cer- j
taiulyit was not burned out of him.
The poor drunkard is an object of pity, j
and this kind of fun, to say the least, is of:
doubtful propriety. Could it, however,.) t
bring the unfortunate subject of intemper- i
ance lo a proper sense of his degredation, j c
and could the moderate drinker leant the 1
danger he was in, the result would not be |
i subject of regret. j 1
Ecuiioin yy ’
During the past year, we saw an i n <jj v
= dual pay Fourteen Dollars for part of a
!. j of Tobacco, and he informed us, upon beij
- interrogated, that it would probably ] “
i. him six months. This individual was
; moderate circumstances in life, and mP
0 wife and several children to maintain, \j
was a S. of T. and declined takiim the p J
0 t O ‘"tJ
tier, because he could not afford the expen Bt ,i
e The first of January, of the present y nr
” an acquaintance of ours bought Eleven !)„]’
lars worth of Tobacco, for which he paid
cash. Two weeks ago, he had chewed up
s this supply, and in our presence, had to „ s |f ‘
-a chow of another. This individual Waa ‘
■ once a S. of T. and a Subscriber to t|, e i
’ Banner, which he declined, continuing f ur |
• the sake of economy. Nice economy t(,j s
; and hard times truly! But, in this f reu ’
s country, men have the right to gratify t| leir t
own tastes in these matters, and very farar e
we from complaining. Not at all.
s JpgU* A Subscriber writing from Whites.
ville, Harris county, under date of the 27th
: ult. remarks:—“l am ready to start to Good
, Samaritan Division; two petitions for initi a .
, tion to-night. The right side is up about
: these diggins.”
Extract, dated,
Feb. 28th, 1852
I hand you a list of six Subscribers to the
Banner, all to the Dost Office at Kingston
Cass county. I think that if I had time,!
could procure two or three hundred nte.
new Subscribers to the Banner, in theTp.
per part of Georgia. I will do what I can
tor you and the cause of temperance.
Yours,
, E. E. BOYETT.
Other friends eould add greatiy tot
the circulation of the Banner, without much
trouble and no expense to themselves,
would they but try. The cause is worthy of
the effort, and we trust our friends will not
stand idle.—Ed. Banner.
1 Oak Mili., Ft b. 26.
• At the meeting before last, we ii. mated
five, and two joined by card. I will soon
salute you with a tow more new subscri
bers. i must say, that I believe our Did.
1 sionis iu a more nourishing condition ut
this time, than it has been since its organi
zation.
• _ Ai.a. Feb. 1852.
> Mr. Editor, —l di cov -r from my liist
> Banner, ihiii tiie term lor winch 1 have pan],
has expired, am: as l would not be wilhoet
J the Banner among my children for five times,
1 the price ot i , I send advance pay the pre.
• sent year. 1 would not feel that 1 had done
my duty, were i to stop wi It my y -,.
1 scription. Sol send the mines of raiW/jfftr
■ subscribers.
Yours in L. P. & F.
E. R. MOORE.
Bold ttivlsiou.
A public meeting of this Division will be
held at Mt. Pleasant, on the fourth Satur
-1 day in March (27th,) and respectfully in.
vile Garnesville, Grove, Hurricane Shoals,
Gilisviile, Parkers and Eusternalla Divisions
to be with them bv scores, on that day
WESLEY F. PARKS, R. S.
E3P The Rock Spring Water Care es
tablishment of Dr. Carey Cox, at Marietta,
1 has been previously noticed by us.—
YVe learn that the Dr. lias recently added
two hundred acres lo his premises, inclu
ding an excellent pond tor fish and amuse
ment ot his visitors, with tut excellent or
chard. This establishment, we understand,
is growing in popularity.
Forsyth STuial> C.-llegiate In*
stitule.
The readers of the Banner are respectful
ly referred to the notice of this Institute, in
our advertising columns. The Board of
Insti uctors, is a sufficient guaranty of the
respectability and high claims of the Insti
tute to the confidence and patronage of an.
enlightened public. The Catalogue, which
we have received, shows a total of 91 pu
pils.
. Ail address upon the Mural claims Tem
perance, delivered before the Charleston
Total Abstinence Society. liy Robert
j YV. Barnwell jr.
\\ e are indebted to the author for a copy
oi a pamphlet of 26 pages, bearing the above
title. YY’e are much pleased with this pro
duction, from a hasty perusal; and may
he real ter make some extracts from it for
the benefit of our readers.
Original Tctiiperancv Oilex by
Viator.
YY e acknowledge the receipt of a copy of
these Odes from the respected author, for
which he has our thanks. The Darlington
Flag” says of them:
“We have received from our friend, the
Rev. Mr. Culpeper, a copy ofa little publi
cation under tiie above title containing tv
number of pleasant little odes, dedicated to
the Sons of Temperance, by “Y'iator,” of
Darlington, S. C. Mr. Culpeper has to ap
pear before the world under this signature,
but many oi us, his friends and neighbors,
have been delighted to hear him sing in his
own original and peculiar manner, muny of
those sweet little songs previous to their
I publication. I hey are a monument to the
Zealand enthusiasm with which their talent*
ed and indefatigable author has devoted
himself to the cause of Temperance, and
will be a valuable acquisition to the Sons,
by enabling them to vary the monotony of
their melody.
Mr. Editor, —It is very evident thfetke
result ot A’s. and B’s. negro trading, is that
A. is <|2,50, better by the operation.
J. YV. LACK. ,
YY:i2ii!igtoii Monument.
YY ill the treasurer of the Savanna To
tal Abstinence Society, or someone else,
inform the eontributors to the fund, lor pro
curing a monument, what has become it the
money?
A public acknowledgement of the mor m ,
received, would confer a favor upon, A j
A DONOR.