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For the Temperance Banner.
Prattsburg, (Jo., March 10, ’52.
Bro. Brantly :- Perhaps a brief ac
count of Taylor county, and somethings
pertaining to it, might not prove unin
teresting to a portion of your readers.
Taylor county was carved by the last
legislature out of Talbot, Marion and
Macon counties. Its lands in the
southern un.i middle portions of the
county aremoßtly pine woods and yield
but u scanty reward to the cultivator
for his labor; but the northern and
north-earstern are oak and hickory and
produce freely ; not a little ol them
yield lour barrels of corn and a thou
sand pounds of seed cotton to the acre- ;
Since the passage of the new county
bill, lands have risen in price in almost
every part of the county ; indeed there
seems to be new life infused into the
citizens. Butler, the county-seat, is
situated at the fifty mile-station on the
Muskogee rail-road. The town-lots are
to be sold on the 25th of this month, the
circumstances which surround Butler
are destined to make it a place of con
siderable trade ; it being about midway
between Macon and Columbus, and u
centering point loan extensive cotton
growing country, as it is expected to
get the rail-roud in operation by the lirst
day of October; so duibtles- next win
ter will (ind many a bale of cotton safe
ly housed in Butler. Merchants, pro
fessional men, and indeed all who wish
to take mi early start, and grow with
the place, would do well to attend tiie
sales ol the lots; house.carpenters are
putting their tools in order and making
their .arrangements preparatory to the
sale of tlie lots, and so soon as the aue
tioneer’s hammer makes known to
whom the lots belong, tlie sound of the j
saw, hammer, a.xeiuid falling trees will
be such as to remind the observer of
the scene at Savannah soon after Ogle
thorpe’s urrivul there.
Tlie filly mile-station near the Wes
tern line ol file county, oilers some in
ducements for a business place; it is j
convenient to n good settlement, and
situated on an elevated plain, contigu
ous to a very large spring of excellent
water, and several Mill-ponds hard by, j
abounding in fish, and some game near
on the southern side, all of which will j
serve to make it a desirable summer
retreat (or those who are in pursuit of
health and pleasure.
Oil the day that county olliccrs.
were elected, a travelling groggery
fmnd its vuy to Butler; tlie result was,
there wore some lighting and stalling
late in the evening; so we will have a
State case in court the third week in
May, to Hinder the industrious farmers
at a time when their services will be j
much needed in their farms. The so- ■
ciety in the larger portion of Taylor
county is excellent, and I think is im
proving in portions of the county where
it was once quite rough,
l ours in J,. I’. A F.
I’RUBKNS.
. Por the ‘Temperance Banner.
How difficulties get up in Schools
\\ c, ns rationnl linings, according to
holy writ, readily admit that we are
not perfect ; and so long us imperfne
ion remains in our breast, long will
we be subject to error, which too often
exhibits i I sol t in a most hideous, and
glaring picture. But it appears like
none are more ready to exhibit than
thatof the school teacher, from the com
plaint we hear in many of our settle
ments. YV e acknowledge that many
of our teachers are wanting; having no
importation, and often nothing to impart
that is valuable; which often causes i
difficulties, the teacher generally hav.
ingto hear the brunt. I will endeavor j
to show that the teachers are not solely
to be blamed.
Ist. If employers, while selecting!
their teachers, would look more to their
character and qualification, and less to
their purse, there would be less difficul
ty. But alas! many regard their purse ‘
more than the instruction of their chil
dren, which may seem almost incredi
ble, hut “actions speak louder than !
words.” They often employ a man 1
whom they know nothing of; without
tiny recommendation either verbally,
except his own, or w ritten, because they
can employ him for a trifle. And if the
teacher don’t perlorm mirueulousL
well, the cry is, “alas! we are impos'd
upon, teacher Ims proved deficient.”
And who is to he I lamed ? Let reas.
son answer. If a merchant offers to
sell you an article for half price, “vou
may lookout.” If a man offers to hire
to you and you bent him down to your
own price, “you may look out.”
Secondly: If you ever went to meet
ing, and had no confidence in the Bar
sort, you would linve acted the part of
wisdom, to have stayed at home.—
Though lie might have used rich aud
copious doctrine, yet unbelief hardened
your understanding, and made it impen
etrable even to reason. Just so with
tiro student if he has no confidence in
hi*teacher. And how often does the
parent speak lightly or disrepectfully
of the teacher in the presence of his
children. Thus causing them to dis
repect their teacher; also discouraging
them by felling them “suoh und such
studies are of no use, and they are too
iiard for you anvhow ;—your teacher
might have had better sense than to
liave put you at them.” Titus causing
them to lose self-confidence as vveU as
that of the teacher, which causes them
to progress but slowly. Hence the
teaciier is blamed; but let reusou cen
sure.
Thirdly and lastly: Teachers are of.
ORGAN OF THE SONS OF TJSMI'ERANCE AND S TATE TEMFEKANCE CON VKN TIQfl
1 ten encumbered by their employers be
ing too dictatorial.
A’s. child must do nothing hut read,
j B’s. but spell.
(I’s. must not bo whipped, or scolded.
IBs. must not In kept in a class together.
M’s. must not study grammar,
h’s. must not study but one thing at a
time.
lienee tlie r illusion. I would en
treat each employer, il lie cannot em
nloy a teacher who can govern and di
red his children in their studies, to
leach them himself. Don’t appoint a
|dictator, and dictate yourself. Consul-
I or the value of your child, and that the
first principles ure the most lasting.—
: And as tlie compass directs the mariner
lover the pathless ocean, so the princi
ples, which your children acquire in
the school-room, will boa shield to
l guard them through futuie lib-. How
essential is it then, tbut the shield
boos pure, refined metal ? But bow
! can we expect it, if the ore lie rotten !
i Some may say “we get deceived,”
I which may seldom be the case.--
[Though il you arc blinded by the god
iof this world, and choose imposters to
I train your children, with both eyes
• open, who is to be blamed ?
A. Z.
•Salubrity, So. Cu., Feb. Ist., 1852.
Delirium Tremens
We published two or three week
ago, an article in regard to u book, the
author ol w Inch took the ground that
the horrible imagination of the person
laboring under this terrible disease, con
jured up, are real, that be in fact secs
wliat lie imagines he sees —that when
be fancies he sees a score of devils Box
cling about, and ‘tormenting Inin be
; fore the time,’ he actually do gee
them. Now, although we are not pre.
pared to subscribe to this theory, we
have long thought there were some pe
culiar features in the delirium treinuns,
which give some pretext to such a the
ory. The fact that delirium, produced
j by no other disease, invariably assumes
j a particular aspect, and that this does
is to say the least, very singular. And
that the terrilio objects conjured up by
the imagination, should be Devils, i- ul
•o rather strange. That fear should
seize tin* imagination of the patient, is
another peculiarity. Another is, that
I the patient generally dies instantane
ously, and often in full strength. We
: believe it is not uncommon for the sub
ject of this terrible malady to die in full
strength—in the midst of the most des
perate struggles—when putting forth
ellorls of almost superhuman power, to
cease breathing in the twinkling of an
eye. Those are certainly very pecu
i bar and characteristic manifestations
!of that disease, which lie only has of
I whom it is said ;hut lie cannot inherit
j -he kingdom of (Jod. And whether
•he kingdom of (Jod incans, in this case,
! as some say—his kingdom on earth—
the church militant, or the church tri
umphant, is, in our estimation, of little
: consequence; for it must bo admitted,
think liv all, that he who is not lit
to be admiited to the society of fallible,
and at least partially sanctified beings,
hero on earth, can hardly be prepared
j Dr admission to the society of saints and
j angels in heaven.
We throw out these ideas, as giving j
j perhaps, some color to the novel doc
trine contained in the. work we have
mentioned. By the by, although the i
| hist, yet not the least of the distinctive !
features ol Delirium Tremens, is the
! fact, admitted by all who have experi-1
oneed its attacks, that no pain or snf j
j sering arising from any other disease— j
j and this, ee it remembered, is entirely j
j mental—not physical—is so awfully J
‘excruciating as that which the drunk. I
jard thus endures. Finally, whether)
the peculiarities we have mentioned {
have any weight in supporting the the- I
ory we have adverted to, they prove!
that the disease mentioned lias some I
very striking peculiarities.— Bochesterl
(-Y. 1 ) Temperance Journal.
Ihi i Mi uui.s Asking for the Maine
i Law. la tlio Police Court, a few days
since, as we learn from the Traveller,
‘Judge Cushing presiding, a number of
j persons were brought up tor trial on
elmigts of drunkenness. The Court
remarked to tire watchmen who com
! plained, that it would be better when
a ease came before them, to investigate
the matter it possible, and see if the
charge of being n common drunkard
could not be made out. It did but little
good to fine a man s>'2 and costs who
was in anv wav a habitual drinker.
In one of the cases, that of a man r.am
! od Murny, lie was only discharged from
! the jail late the afternoon previous, and
before midnight he was again found
:in the street drunk, lie was senten
ced to the House of Correction for three
months. As he was leaving the Court
Room, he remarked that he wished they
would pass the Maine Law, and thus
remove temptation from his path. It
would do more good than all the Court
and ollieers. The Court remarked that
he hoped they would. In another case
|an elderly man was charged with be
ing a common drunkard. A watchman
testified that he was called into the house
ot defendant by bis wife, who said that
he had turned her out of doors three
times, and kept her out four bouts.
He was sent to the House of Correction
for three months. Another old man,
charged with being a drunkard and a
busing Ins wife, u is fined $5 and costs,
to stand committed to the House ofCor
recdon until paid.
A mans own good breeding is the best
, protection against cthcrpeople'sill manners, j
sonl of temperance*
I
of (lie Solis of Tcinpe<
without re.-urve, solemnly pledgi
’ my honor as a man that I will neither make, buy
■ : Bell nor use, as a beverage, any Spirituous oi
i Malt Liquors, W ine or Cider.
Os fitters of llic Orstiid Diviuioii.
r 1 (J. L. M’Clknkey, (J. W. I>. Monroe.
J. fj. Pimkakd, (i. W. A. Forsyth
I W. N. Wii.i.iford, G. Scribe, Macon,
IJ. C. (iiiANNiss, (i. Treasurer, „
.1. K. Kvass, (J. Chaplain, „
■ 1). K. Blount, (}. Conductor, Clinton,
.1.1). Davis, (J.Scn. Houston, Cos.
Ofii*.t:oi Tin. (Irani) Worthy Patriarch.}
Monroe, Ga, March 6th 1852. j
A I.iM of D U. W. P’s.
X .
Appling, O B Stanley, Holmesville.
Baker, K(J Dickinson, Albany.
Baldwin, il J G Williams, Milledgeville.
Bibb, J W Benson, Macon.
; Bryan,
| Bullock,
Burke, R S Scruggs,
Butts, C F Newton, Indian Springs.
1 | Camden,
I Campbell, W R Pennington Cedar Branch
, Carroll, W P Parker, Carrolton.
Cass, AC Day, Cassville,
Chatham, C C Wilder, Savannah.
’ ) Chattooga, Robt. Early, Summerville,
i ! Cherokee, .1 Grisham, Canton,
j Clark, E L Newton, Athens.
Clinch,
Cobb, M Ij Ruff, Matietta.
Columbia, A l’aschall, Raysville.
Coweta, W W Thomas, Newnan.
Crawford, J W Otlin, Knoxville.
Dade,
Decatur,
1 Di Kalb, L C Simpson, Atlanta.
Dooly, WB F Oliver, Drayton.
Early, J L C Franklin, Fort Gaines,
i Effingham,
Elbert, John Loftin, Ituckersville.
Emanuel,
Fayette, W P Allen, Jonesboro.
Floyd, II B Ransom, Rome.
Forsyth, G N Lcs'er, Cumming.
Franklin, JB E Evans, Bushville.
Gordon, WII Dabney, Oothcaloga.
Gilmer, J L Reed, Ellijay
Glynn, A Scranton, Brunswick.
Greene, B Brantly, Penfield.
Gwinnette, J C Patterson, Lawrenceville.
[ Habersham A Erwin, Clarksville.
Hall, Win, Sitton. Gainesville.
Hancock, N C Sayre, Sparta.
Harris, J II Fraylor, Whitesville.
Heard, W W Hughey, Houston.
i Henry, WT C Campbell McDonough.
Houston, J D Huvis, Perry.
Irwin, R A Peeples, Flat Creek.
Jackson, R J Millicnn, Jefferson.
Jasper, .1 At Newton, Shady Dale;
Jefferson, B S Carswell, Louisville.
Jones, J M Carter, Clinton,
Laurence,
Lee, A Paris, Starkville.
Liberty, J A Hendry, Taylor’s Creek.
: Lincoln, J Bently, Leathersville.
| Lowndes, S W Ellis, Troupville.
j Lumpkin, R Moore, Dahlonega.
| Macon, GC Carmicheal, Lanier,
j Madison, .1 S Noyes, Dailielsviile.
Marion, C F Maddox, Buena Vista.
Mclntosh,
Merewether W Turentiue, Greenville.
[ Monroe, JVV Patterson, Forsyth,
j Montgomery John Mcßae, lioxville.
j Morgan, R A Prior, Madison
Murry, DJ Johnson, Spring Place.
I Muscogee, vi Woodruff, Columbus.
Newton, McK Tucker, Starrsviile.
j Oglethorpe, K C Shackelford, Lexington.
Paulding, W E West, Cedar Town,
j Pike, J C Adkins, Zebulon.
’ Pulaski, P F Scarborough Hawkinsville,
j Putman, D Slade, Eatonton.
Rabun,
| Randolph, D Ividdoo, Cuthbert.
) Richmond, L La'Paste, Augusta.
| Scriven, G Oliver, Armenia,
j Spaulding, A A Guuldiug, Griffin,
Stewart, Jl, Wimberly, Lumpkin,
i Sumpter, G M Dudley, Americus.
[ Talbot, A G Perryman, Talbotton.
j Taliaferro, F C Moore, Crawfordvilte.
Tatnall, J P Preston, Reedsville.
Taylor, J E Roper, Daviston.
j Telfair,
j Thomas, J S Hayes, Thomasville.
j Troup, S T Johnson, LaGrange.
j Twiggs, M Wilder, Jeffersonville.
. Union, G Hughes, Blairsville.
! Upson, W A Cobb, Thomaston.
Walker, 11 li Johnston, Lafayette.
Walton, K J Kennedy, Monroe.
Ware,
Warren, I B Huff, VVarrenton.
Washington. B Crafton, Sandersville.
i Wayne,
i Wilkes, J M Jackson, Centerville.
W ilkinson, M L Burney, Irwinton.
P. S.—Should any ot the above named
broihers find it impracticable to attend to the
duties of the Office of Deputy for their respec
tive counties, they will please inform me of the
fact immediately, and be kind enough to fur-;
1 nish me with the name ol someone suitable,
who can till the appointment.
1 beg leave, respectfully, to request each De- ,
puty to visit all the Divisions in the county un
j der his charge early in the month of April, to
install the Officer*, and examine the work, and
stir up the members to renewed zeal and en- j
ergy in our cause, as the Spring opens upon 1
us Truly Yours, in L P. & F.
G. L. M. M'CLESKEY, G. W. P. j
Rum and Foreigners. All reports!
iof the number ol persons engaged in j
tlie liquortru(lie in tlie several cities of
the l nited States develops the Fact that
1 live-sixths of all such placss are kept
by foreigners—mostly Irish. And yet
these places are little frequented by
Americans. An Dish ruinseller can
make a “living profit” otl'of a dozen or
two of his own countrymen anywhere. I
1 his State of things, of course, must \
produce a terrible etfect upon the Irish-
Amerioan population; and we accor-[
’ tlingly find that the average life of tlie j
class is only seven years after landing in j
America.
The Choctaw Indians for many vears
have prohibited the use of intoxicating;
drinks, and it they are found in tho[
hands of a pedlar or oilier party, are
destroyed at once.
The Would’s Ways.— A poor wo
man, aged, decrepit!, broken down and
shattered in mind and body by fortune’s
adverse freaks, has been roving through
our streets for several days past, an ob
ject of pity with those whose hearts
are not ol the cold world’s making, and
of disgust with such as never felt the
grip of want’s fleshless fingers—such
as never look into the darkness thatsur
rounds the light of their own wordiy
ease. That poor woman was once in
affluence. The flashing satin shone up
on the form where those tattered rags
j now hang an unshapely mass, and those
eyes, now bleared and dimmed by the
r stealing encroachments of age and
I reckless vice, once won the sonnet
from the admiring swain, and awoke
’ the ambition ol youthful rivalry to ev
en tlie death test of arms in the ‘field of
■| honor.’ That repulsive mass of un
sightly flesh and filthy rags—that tot
jtering old mendicant that the children
hoot, and half the people shun —that
wrinkled liagling, who seems asortof
I ugly compromise between a useless
life and a tearless death—courted for
her wealth, lovod for her amiable quali
fies, and admired by all for her beauty!
J She married—was deserted —and in
her despair —ruined! Tlie flower was
blighted and fell from the stalk, leaving
a lotting burr upon the leafless soil.—
This is a “fact”—not a “fancy !”— Cin- •
cinnali Commercial.
More Progress.—Not long since a
marriage took place at Skanneateles,
N. Y., rather out of the ordinary line,
| but still perfectly legal. The parties
j were Mr. Samuel Sellers and Miss Sa
| rah Abbot. The ceremony is thus des-
Icribed by an eye-witness. After giv
ing his views in a brief speech, Mr.
I Sellers took his bride by the hand and
said:
j “In the presence of all who are pres
ent. I take Sarah Abbot to be mv wife,
making no promises of continued affec
[tion, and invoking no aid thereto, but
hoping, trusting, beleiving, that our
characters are sufficiently well adapted
to enable us to be to each other faithful
and affectionate husband and wife du-
I ring our lives.”
Miss Abbot then said :
“ In the presence of all who are pres
ent, I take Samuel Sellers to be my hus
band, making no promises, but hoping,
trusting, and believing that our charac
ters are sufficiently well adapted to
each other to enable us to be faithful
husband and wife while we live.”
They then signed a paper with their
declaration of being husband and wife,
and the company present signed a cer
tificate as witness to the ceremony, and
thus they became husband aud wife.
Signs of the Times. Folks seem to
be getting ready for the “Maine Law”
which is to be in Massachusetts, by
und-by! Heavy importers are reducing
their stock, tlie quantity, we mean, not
the quality, and some of the small deal
ers, it is said, are actually selling out.
Marshal Tukey has joined tlie Sons of
j Temperance, setting a good example
thereby, and doing himself infinite cred
i il. “There’s a good time cornin’ ’’one
of these days—that’s certain— Flag .
Afraid of the Maine Law. We
notice a great many advertisements in
the Sun of liquor stores for sale. What
is tlie cause of it ? Are the proprietors
afraid ofthe Maine Law ? It looks like
| it.— New York Merchant's Ledger.
! _
Lock Jaw.—The Lancester Express
contains the following: “We have
j noticed in the papers lately notices of
several deaths by this disease, one of
them in this neighborhood. We have
: published several times a certain pre
ventive and remedy, in the application
of beef’s gall to the wound. Will not
jour editorial brethren circulate the
information, and thereby save many
i valuable lives? Besides the anti
!spasmodic properties, the gall draws
j from the wound any particles of wood,
glass, iron, or other substance that may
J cause irritation, when other applications
have failed to do so.”
Whooping Cough.—A gentleman of
| this city, who lias tested it, says the
following is a certain remedy for whop
; ing cough, always breaking it after the
use of the medicine for three days. 4
| ounces flax seed; 8 ounces honey; 1
Jounce liquor-ice; 4 ounces lemons;
■ | boiled toge.lier in half a gallon of water.
To be well strained, bottled tightly and \
\ kept in a cool place. Dose : a table
, i spoonful six times a day, to be given al
ways after the coughing ceases.—
I Chronicle. <s• Sentinel.
Remedy for Grubs, or Botls in Hor-
I ses. —When your horse is first attacked
| drench with a strong decoction made
j by boiling the root ol the weed known
■ in this section by the name of Jerusa
lem Oak. This is the most effectual
remedy I have ever tried. I have
scarcely ever known it to fail. Try it.
TIIOS. TURNER, jr.
There are in the United States not
| less than “207 colleges and professional
j schools. Os this number 120 are col
leges proper, 43 theological, 17 law,
and *27 medical schools.
1
A man down east poetically advertises
his truant wife thus: On the 16th of
July, on the night of a Monday, eloped ,
from her husband the wife of John j
[ Grundy. His grief for her absence |
each day growing deeper, should any
one find her, he beg them to—keep
i l * er - t
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MUST have.
========================== ,
We very much dislike to support a good I
cause by bad arguments or unfounded in- |
ferenees. It indeed furnishes a presump- j
tion against a good cause when its advocates i
resort to such defences, for it appears as if
they were hard pushed. To be sure, in a
doubtful case, such defences may be the
means of obtaining a triumph in some minds.
But when truth and right are contending
for victory, we like to obtain a genuine tri
umph by means of legitimate arguments.
Views, similar to those alluded to, have at
tracted our notice in a report of a Temper
ance Com. of the Charleston Baptist Asso
ciation. The report is well written and for
cible. But we would ask, does it strengthen
the cause by the statement that it was wine j
“which made Nadab and Abihu offer
strange fire; caused Adab (Aliab !) to sin
and brought the wisdom of Solomon ana his
court to the folly of building a temple to
idols fast by the temple of the living God.”
That Nadab and Abilin were intoxicated
when they offered strange fire, is a mere in
ference from the prohibition to the priests,
“Do not drink wine wiien ye go unto the
tabernacle ofthe congregation lest ye die.”
Lev. 10:1, 10. The inference may be cor
rect or not, but when an argument is based
upon a tact, it should be a fact capable of
proof. In regard to Aliab, we are aware of
no ground for supposing that it was wine
which made him sin. He commenced his
reign in idolatry and married a wicked and
imperious woman, whose influence over
him was great and evil. He indeed covet-!
ed his neighbors’ vineyard, but wanted it j
that he might turn it to a garden of herbs,!
and offeied in exchange for it another and I
better vineyard. Not being able to obtain
it in this way, his wife Jezebel got it for him j
by crime and blood. As for Solomon, we j
have always supposed that it was his strange !
wives that seduced him into idolatry. Ma-1
ny sober men covet their neighbors’ goods, i!
and many sober men are idolaters.
The scriptural argument against the use !
of Alcoholic beverages is not simply strong,
but unanswerable. The scripture proofs up
on the subject are numerous, and unques- 1
tionable. Why then resort to inference, j I
conjecture and guess to obtain facts as the |
ground of arguments? The righteousness
which preserved Noah from the submersion
of the world, did not secure him from the
seductions of wine. The goodness of Lot,
by which he was saved iron; the abomina
tions and consequent destruction ofthe cit
ies of the plain, did not secure him from an
abomination worthy of Sodom.
Tlie scripture precepts are as forcible as
the scripture examples. With tlie multi
tude of both,there is no reason for straining
either. In the corrup ions of human nature
and the deceitfulness and wickedness of the j
heart, there are innumerable incentives to sin .
without making Alcohol the scape-goat to
bear every thing. Tlie old Prince, too, has j
done mischief enough, and has sins enough of
his own without packing every’ thing upon l
him. Upon his own misdeeds we can con
vict him on fairgrounds and reliable testimo
ny, and would scorn to take an unfair ad
vantage of so great an old sinner.
Economy.
“New York eity receives $50,000 a year
in return for licenses to sell liquor by the
glass, and spends a million of dollars in con
sequence of the traffic, independently of
the tremendous moral evils resulting.”
The above paragraph from a New York
paper presents a remarkable instance of the
manner in which the public good is disre
garded by those who control public affairs.
Though remarkable, New York is ’y no
means singular. We presume that there is
not a City or County in this Southern Um
pire State, which does not spend more in
consequence of the traffic in ardent spirits
than is obtained by the sale of license. But
the people will have it so, and vve must be j
quiet.
ItP” We are sorry to learn that Rev. D.
P. Jones has met with a considerable loss
in the destruction of n. ,t of his Library by
fire. On the night of the 11th iust. a little
boy, in attempting to get a Book from the
Library by candle light, communicated the
fire to some loose papers, left the room, and
before the fire was discovered, the greater
part of the Library was consumed, and the
whole dwelling was saved with difficulty.
Uncle Dabney bad been for many years col
lecting a Library, and among the lost Books
were several presented to him by friends.
A person born on the 29th ult., when
arrived at the age of 64 years, will
have seen only his or her sixteenth
birth day.
The virtue of prosperity is temperance:
the virtue of adversity is fortitude.
Come to Jesus.
Perhaps some of the readers of the Ban
ner take no religious periodicals; and pel
, haps others are unable to attend any of ou
religious gatherings. Now to meet ill
. spiritual wants of these classes, we have al
ways devoted a column in tlie Banner ti
moral and religious subjects. We have se
leeted, and propose to present a few ehoici
articles weekly, from a pamphlet by New
man Hall, B. A. on the above subject, ant
published, by tlie American Tract Society
The style in which they are written is plaii
and forcible, and addresses itself at once t(
the conscience of the reader. The firs
! number will be found on the first page o:
our present issue. We shall number then
in order that they may be definitely and dis
tinctly laid open before tlie mind of tht
reader. We hope our friends will not past
j them by slightly, but examine them careful
jlyand attentively. The salvation of the
’ immortal soul is a subject of vast impor
tance; and it is only by coming to Jesus,
that it can be attained. You must perish if
you do not come.
A friend at Seven Islands, Butts
county, forwarded us six new Subscribers,
last week. Between twenty and thirty have
! been added to our list from other places.—
JVe mention the fact, to return our thanks
to the friends who have not forgotten us in
these times of coldness; and to encourage
others to do likewise.
Forsyth, Ga., March 9th.
Mr. Brantly, —Mr. Land wishes his paper
discontinued. He says that lie will send
the amount due you in a short time. Ho
refuses to take it from the office.
Yours respectfully.
L. S. MOORE, ASST. P. M.
Mr. William E. Land owes for the
Banner from June 1,1848 —$4,00 —his re
fusal to hike Ww Banner from the Post Of
fice, does not lessen the debt he owes us,
nor does it relieve him, either legally or
morally, from his obligation to pay it.
Ed. Banner.
Forsyth, March.
That there has been a notable mirracle
performed here by the Sons of Temperance,
cannot be denied; but the people will not
lend their aid in the cause in any shape.
S. S.
In some of the fashionable cities of
Georgia, I am told the people wash their
I face and hands in whiskey, and pour it back
into the barrels; and on being reproved for
it, they reply, nobody but negroes and wag
goners drink it. ij. S.
Sparta, March 9.
Dear Sir :—Sparta Division, No. 30, is
j still alive and 1 think doing more good than
j ever; it is true we h ive lost some members,
hbut we hold on to a large number of those
that were the worst kind of drunkards.
‘Ve still number over one hundred con
tributing members, have about one thousand
dollars of funds, are prompt in relieving
wants of distressed brothers.
May the good cause still prosper, and
may you soon collect what delinquent sub
scribers owe you.
Yours in L. P. &, F.
T.
East Point, March Bth.
Bro. Brantly, Sir :—Some time since I
found a very rough, long, black mark on my
paper, and at the suggestion of my friend
Dr. Clardy, I at once understood it, and at
first I concluded'to pay up and have my pa
p. r stopped, but on reflection I luive deter
mined to pay in advance enough to make
up IVr the interest that should be paid ac
cording to your advertised terms—you will
therefore give me credit for three dollars
and continue sending me your very valuable
paper, and oblige your in L. P. & F., a de
faulter, and I will try and do better for the
future.
BA ML. K. HILL-
Forsyth, March 8.,
Bro. Brantly: —VVe bad a temperance
meeting here last night and formed a total
abstinence society on the old plan, which is
•he best of any plan yet tried. The order
I ot the S. ol T. is good for a particular pur
pose, but is too exclusive in its organiza
tion to effect much in the community. We
j obtained 78 signatures to the pledge as our
first night’s work. \\ e were ably and elo
quently addressed by Dr. Jod R. Branham,
of Eatonton.
It is to be hoped that all the old societies
will bo revived, and where none have here
tofore existed, that new ones will be organ
ized, and all on strict total abstinence princi
ples, so that all, old and young, male and fe
male may unite their influence to put down
the monster vice of our country, intemper
ance.
Yours truly,
Atlanta, 12th March.
Dc/tr Brother .-—Being desirous to do
what I can for the temperance cause, I here
send you an additional list of places in l’ut
nam county, at which 1 purpose lecturing,
on days mentioned, viz:
At Hearnviile Academy, Wednesday the
31st March.—At Eatonton, Thursday, Ist.
of April, either in the day orat night, as the
friends may think best.—Eatonton Factory,
Friday the 2nd.—At Ilalf-acre Village, Sat
urday the 3d.—At Ramoth Meeting-House
Sunday the 4th.—At Wesley Chappel,
Tuesday the 6th.—At Philadelphia Meeting
House, Wednesday the 7th.—At Whites’
School-house, Thursday the Bth.—At Har
mony Meeting House, Saturday the 10th.
I expect to be punctual in my attendance
all the loregoing places at eleven o’clock of
each day named. You will therefore please
give my appointments a place in your Ban
ner. As notices are sometimes overlooked,
it is supposed that two insertions would be
I better than one.
LE WIS RENEAU.
A Hint to Letter Writers. The
following lines, written on the envel
ope of an unpaid letter which passed
through the Portland post office the oth
er day, may serve as a hint to corres
pondents to pay their postage on the
score of economy :
“The post an extra gain lias made,
Because your lust was not pre-paid:
The same is true of this reply—
you're lost two cents, and so hare /.”