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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 _ mpm - PE.VFIELD, ARCH 20, 1*52. OCT NOTICE. —Subscribers recei ving their papers with a straight black mark, are thereby notified that they are in arrears. One mark indicates one dollar due; two, that two, &e. Please remit the amount at once by mail, with out waiting for other opportunity. We trust our subscribers will put us to no further trouble in regard to our ac counts. It will cost more labor and ex pense to make out and transmit our ac counts in a different form, than we can as-! ford. The terms of subscription, are One j Dollar per annum, in advance. Thse terms ■ have not been complied with by a large num bur of Subscribers, and we are now com- j pelled to press payments. We ask for [ nothing but our jusl dues, and these we 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 /.”