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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.