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It had conn* into town the previous morning a man, aid by drhkiug “blue ruin” during tlio Jay, by night lie had made himself a beast ; and at night the tih'oys had made a monster of him by going to the shop of a painter and get. ling as many o dors of paint as they could procure, and then painted his taco a Jeep green, nn I with red paint bad r V od* bis mouth from ear to ear, I i- ryes wero omm lerubiy enlarged with white paint, and on his cheeks we re large spots of an orange color; Its lii,,’ had first received a heavy coat of white lead, and then separated into looks and made to stand on n strait line front tin hea 1; these were then lipped about with almost every concievable color. Ilis clothes were painted all over with red, green, blue, scarlet, while, &c., until it was irripos able to have told the original color. Ho was the most hideous und fiigliliul object 1 had ever seen. Ilis object in vt iiing the barber shop was to gel the paint off'of, bis head and face by washing and shav ing, if it was possible. Ihe barber i shaved his head Btid face, and washed and rubbed, and shaved and rubbed I and washed, until about 10 o’clock, w hen he dimissed him, his appearance j a good deal changed, but no! much nn-1 proved. This man had a wifi. and children. Read r, wliat do you suppose were their feeling when ho arrived at home? And lust (mercy would remind us to say,) this in.m rode a horse to town, and this lior.si had stood hitched for twenty f'.tr iiours, without food or water; uud Ihr seven hour; of that time in an Au- 1 gust sun. SALMAGUNDI. i'.uharley, 1852. Oartecay, June 12th, 1852. Mr. Editor :—I was much gratified , at seeing in the “Bunner” of29tlt May, a declaration that the columns of your paper are open, and a cheerful bearing accorded to any friend that may desire ) a discussion on the important subject of arresting “by the strong arm of the law, i a traffic which is fraught with ruin, lor rililc and obvious to multitudes''’ Such a discussion is needed. Though it should threaten a storm of passion and controversy, let it he undertaken ; for while* there is n superior and superin tending power who cintrols the elomen- ’ t,d strife, in so noble a cans , vvr fear no Itazzurd, —let it come ! Hrror and v ice—l mean, especially, that firm of v ice that inthrals society that generates und multiplies ruin by a legalized dissemination thereof-—-'must j he met. Though an host sliould quail before the menacing giant, yet ho is not ut ull invulnerable, and ‘ln courage to attack, and tlio resolution viz zeal that says, “it shall be done,” will wonder- i fully shorten the conflict, und lay the enemy at our feet. Then let us urm to the conflict. Delay will but r nder it dubious; now, if ever, the battle may be fought—the victory won. Wliat is to bo gained by delay ing dis cussion ? Nothing. It in ay be said, the lime for action lias not come. Suppose it has not ; will it come the .sooner by inaction f The truth is, there should he no inaction; the enemy is aggress. I ive, and we must either take the field I boldly, or comply with terms of the ba sest submission. Let us then “take up tlio stumbling block out of the way of j the people,”—let us “gather out the i stones” und “cast up the high way” for; their return from the doniiniou of a!co *“>!■ ...... | Now is the time for discussion—why not for action / Maine, Rhode Island, and Texas have the van, and have ao- •! tod nobly in u most noble cause. And why may not Georgia, or any other ‘ State follow their example ! While Georgia boasts of being “the Umpire I Stale of tile .South,” shall other States 1 of more humble pretensions, dare arrest the sway of a most dishonoring, social ; and mprul evil, and she not assert her : power,—her ability to bo free also ? > Sho will do it sooner or later, and she can scarcely be precipitate in her no- ’ tion. That such a purpose will meet | with li ‘rce and powerful opposition no : ■ one doubts; but wo venture the opin- : ( ion, relying upon the patriotism, the i love of virtue, and the common sensiuf the people, that u vigorous and cnligh'.- 1 enod e(lbrt will tend to correct whatev er opp itioti results from tho want ofa.J correct apprehension of the principles j | of legislation as applied to this subject, , in all the various relations it sustains to’ ] p t sonal liberty, and the obligations of : legislators to guard & protect the morals of society. That the sale of intoxicating 1 liquors us ‘u beverage, is a public nuisauce, and n great individual, social, and national evil, admits of satisfactory proof; and that t. people in theorist ex ercise of their powers, through their legislators, have a right to *edress such grievance, and to proliiLii its ccntinu unce, is but to assert the right of self government and self protection. Ma jorities in democratic governments have the right to ussert and maintain the law cl the land. This being an estab lished principle, it remain-, to be shown that the traffic is liquors is a legitimate subject of legislation,—which fact, we think, is sufficiently established bv com inon consent, uud the practice of good governments. Such legislation as is claimed, jin st.incc Maine) invades no undeniable rights; it asks for nothing but what, it carried into effect, would be of the highest public utility ; it seeks only the suppression of an acknowledge I and obvious evil. If sufficient reasons may be shown why this iralliu should not be. prohibited by law, let the issue be OKIiAN OK 1 11), sons OF TKIVII’KKAN* K AW) STATU THAIi'K.IiANCK CONVENTION. joined, and all men will soon be aide to judge whose ciu ■■: is the best. Many (good m“ll w ill doubtless oppose tin; a-, too extrem ■, und udvocute a milder j course ns belter pul icy; but vve fe.,r t ini t such, in the abundant goodness of tin ii ■ ihtentions, would fail soon to tin ) n remedy of sufficient inwtr to overcome the disease. , We should rrirt“m'iei’ ihst the W’ to be accomplished w great, amt - quires extraordinary <ff ut, firmness, and pi rjoverance. T. Newsom, Bibb Cos., June 111. Dear Header, —It may b. wo have never enjoyed the happim ss of a peisnnal acquaintance with thee, and arc ignorant of thy peculiar views re specting the various institutions char, aeteristio (,f the progressive age in which wo live; yet, hr!i< ve us, whoev er i hou art, wo kuo.vih :—know thee well. Thou ait, in seii respect.*, like! I others of thy fellow*, be thy exclusive I ! pretentions ever so great : —a vapor that appeareth in tlv morning and soon van lishethaway—a flotre that is soon cut i ‘down and wiilcreib. At best, thou art but a worn of tho dus’, from whence i thou earnest, soon to leturn. Tiiy so jjournings herc'nre hut for a moment—! an inch of time being, a- thou art, horn I only to did lUicvest thou this ? Yea, |we know lliou eanst but believe.— Come walk with us a.little—consider wi 11 the consecrated earth upon which thou troadesl. Is not our earth appro -1 printed more to the burial of tlioso who t Were once like thou now art—living, | moving, breathing, than to all other I purposes combined ? Where ore the | antedetuviaii world? Not to be todi. ous, w here ore the teeming millions of lour raoo who have lived from the remo ’ -t antiquity (lowu to the period of one ! hundred and fifty years ago ? Cun you ! enumerate the millions, and where are) | they now? (Ion? ! do you reply ? gone fro.ri time forever more! Death j | hath swept thci.l ull away. Whatcom- 1 jothafier death ? The judgment l In ; what dues it consist ? In rewarding all I mankind according to their woks! — And in view ofiheso eternal truths, urt | i thou not at work ? Is thy sword eirt j upon thy thigh, and art thou on the bat- ’ tie field ? Art lliou enlisted during the I , war, or is thy zeal evanescent, und I soon ingloriously thou quittest the! i strife? , Permit us here to relate a citcum-1 stance connected with our own mean- j j derings there. Two years ago, last ’ 1 April, we were attacked with the Neu-, monia, and for several days all hope of’ our recovery was abandoned by phvsi- 1 eiuus, Iriends, and by ourself. Ween-; | cog raged not the remotest idea that we I should ever again appear on the ‘.iiea- i ire of active life. At the door of death i wv lay retrospecting the past, and una-j ble to penetrate the dark veil oftlie fu-I ; tore. Our regrets for not having done j more in tho cause of humanity, (w hioh \ is the cause of God) were too pungant ami deep ever to be portrayed with ink j I and pen, yet one thing consoled us in a ! dying hour more than all the other acts oi our lile, and that was the knowledge I ; that we had lived the three passed years I lot our life a consistent anil Unyielding | ) Son oj’ Temperance l We did. out ex pect to be acquitted at the bar of God in ■ consequence of the talents lie had given us, but we should ice, ive our rewards j according to the increase vvs had made ! to them. The declaration is, “we shall , he rewarded according to ouk works.” j i Then, dear reader, as you value your soul’s salvation, enroll your name, and; enroll it now, as a soldier for life in the Temperance Army, am! the greater i and more unyielding votir exertions arc, the greater will be vom‘ reward. VV. M. R. j Cedar Town, Ga. May 2lth, 1852. j Mr. J'.dilor: —Mr. S. M. Hewlett arrived at tliis place last evening, and agreeably to 1 an appointment made by himself, amt eir-! ciliated extensively I y the Son sand friends of Temperance, was expected to have lectured us to-day on the gloriou* cause of Temper- i a rice—left this morning abruptly, without giving any satisfactory reason for so doing. I The tommunity feeling themselves treated contemptuously, prepared and adopted unnn imously, and ordered to be published in the | iVinpertthce Banner, \ho following resolu-! lions: Re.’ ? . ■■<!, That in the opinion of this meeting, the manner in which the citizens! of this place nr.d vicinity, have been treated by S. M. Hewlett, in disappointing them, icirhow cause, in delivering a Temperance Lecture at this place, according to his own appointment, advertised by himself, in which adv. riisemcnt, hu stated llieir would belt o ippidnt men,', except in ease ofsick- IH’s>. is disrespectful to the citizens —un- worthy of his calling and of a Son of Tem |H'ranee. We deep''.’ re rret the conduct or Mr. Hewlett and would fondly hope, that for the future, he may do butter. He was treated j lid Mr. Priors (the place where he stayed ouc night) like a gentleman, ami would not! have been charged a cent, if lie had stayed ! there a week, il lie Ii id acted as he certainly i should Irave done. If Mr. H. had remained ! and “held torth. ‘ lie would have been ice it : paid joe his trouble. One man brought isld tor him, and many others would have con tributed liberally, Tp hisbi.lat the inn would tuicc beat sated WAT"TON BARKY, Ch*n. (J. 1). llarmox. See. M r . La in r; —I arrived at Cedar Town Sunday evening May z3, as I Iwd made an appoimnent to speak at 1! o’clock Monday dtlh. I enquired if there was a Division of Sns there Someone remarked they had gone on*. I observed I came to address the people. They remarked, it was a busy time, bul might be a crowd, t said I bail! been lecturing twice a day for some time pa- . was mil tit to sv ,k, l iv.i* worn out .an 1 1 would h iklMu. to Marriott a to rest aid at a latu i time I would come when I was refreshed. On the morning of Monday I went and -at at the Porch of the Store A told some live or -iv sitting there. I was not fit to address the pie. 1 pulled my no tice down from the door, enquired for my Tat cm Bill and | I I 1 t morning Mid start’ and quarter past 7 —met persons, a-ke I them if they were going to ;my address, toll them I was unable to -peak—stopped about a mile or two at a house, told tin’ getitlen.un whom I saw to .mention it to ull whom he might see. Such Hro. I!, i * tin* true stale of thing-. When I am unwell and not fit to speak, I shall consult my own feelings. At some jollier tim,’ i will give them a call. Respectfully, H. M; IJEWLKTT. \J fionrrr * w r y‘. , yC i -i r i SONS OK TEMPERAi\€K. of i deNoiis of Teiv , I'll witliont reserve, sojemntv rdcd-T my honor us a man that I will neither niake.imy, 1 1 sell nor use, * u bevernge, any Spirituous or I Malt Liquor*, Wine or Cider. Os finer* of Gi, (jiriuid Division, • I L. M’Cl.F.sKnv, G. W. I*. Monroe. J. Pin :kahd, G. W. A. Forsyth. ■ j W. S. Wll.Ul uiUi, (J. Scribe, M icon. , K. G. Ghanniss, (I. Treasurer, „ J. R. Evans, (i. Chaplain, „ I). E. Blount, G. Conductor, Clinton.; J. D. llavis, G. Sen. Houston, Cos. j ‘I CADETS OF TEMPERANCE. I’VaCDGU. i No member tthall make, buy, sell or use, j ! .as it beverage,any spirituous or malt liquor-, j ! wine or cider. Offjceriof tlic Grand Scctioii. J. W. Benson, G. I’. Macon. B. Burton, (j. A. P. Pondtown. L. C. Sim.son, (i. S. & ’l’. Atlanta, j Rev. J. S. Wilson, G. C. Decatur. Is. M. H. livnn, (i. (. Oxford, iW. 1’ King, G. W. Thomaston. I. f). of Kccliiibitos. Officer* of Georgia Dial. Tent, No. 28,10 c- \ j led at Washington, Wilkes Co.,Ga.: j Washington, Rev. G. G. Norman, D. P. C. R. I ! Washington, John R. Smith, I> C. R. j Atlanta, C. R linn letter, I). D. R. j Washington,A. 11. Srteed, 1) R. S. ‘ „ L. I’’. Carrington, D. F. S. ~ St. John Moore, D. Tres. | Atlanta, It. H. Lynn, D, Levite. Uv< lisibitoAs Pledge. I hereby declare, dial I will abstain from all 1 intoxicating liquors,and will not give, nor offer j them to others, except in religious ordinances, I or when prescribed, in good faith, by a medi | cal practitioner ; I will not engage in the t*d tic of them, and in nil suitable ways will dis ! countenance the use, sale and manufacture ot ! them ; and to the utmost of my pow'er, I will endeavor to spread die principles of abstinence from nil intoxicating liquors. For the Temperance Banner. | _ ‘ — il Jr. Editor :—Your correspondents,, j “Givis,” by his question, and “M di- i | cus,” by his answer, seem to have ere- t 1 ated somethin# of a sensation in thej ranks of professionals expectant. I ami j one of those who consider the question) |of “Givis ’ as one of great importance, I involving nothing less than the health, and frequently the lives of men, women \ j and children ; and to which “M*dicus” I ) has spoken the words of truth and .so berness. His assertion, that “vom,” ! men are sent from our Colleges, not! more compotent to practice medicine i than the valuable'animal from whosoj I back their diplomas are taken,” cor . roborates the saying of a distinguished 1 • physician ol’ Georgia, viz: “That a! j great m;n>y young doctors are paid for; j what other people are hung for.". It I seems, however, in those days of prog- 1 ; ress, that the physicians who have grown gray in tho profession, really j know less about it than tho doctors in i embryo, (vide “Second Gours* Stu dent” vs. “Modicus. ”) Knowing nothing of either of your correspondents, and judging merely from their ('.OlllllllllllOlllOllß, as pub fished in the 15 inner, I sliould say that “Medieus” is a man who desires to el evate the character of the profession, in j the practice of which he has spent the best years of his life, and with the wants; l of which he is of course familiar; and that “Second Course Student” is one,; who, though desirous of the honors of | the profession, hassome serious misgiv ings in relation to a certain examination, of which bespeaks as preparatory to! , obtaining the “sheep-akin.” The lat- 1 ; ter admits that medical colleges are not justifiable in sending out young men ; who are incompotent to practice tnedi-) ‘eiue, and denies that they do so, and 1 1 moreover, challenges “Chun,” “Medi cos,” and the rest of the woild, to prove; 1 that tney do, promising if the tact be proven, to 11 give it up.’ ! propose 10 make out the case, and call up “Stu -1 denl, ,i as the first witness. Is ahe com petent witness ? lie ought to bo : for lie discusses very learnedly of “femo ral, crural and pedal appendages,” and 1 “genus hominis,” and the “manual tribe 1 l of animals,” and other scientific sub jects, evidently proving his intention to beeortie “one of the craft.” Besides, lie is writing On the same, and bis evi. ; deuce is good undoubtedly, as admis sion of a party in interest. Well “NVa dent'’ says, (vide Temperance 15. inner, 1 Mav loth,) “to profess truthfully’ a knowledge of the science -I medicine,) is to declare, that within the mental , ; ra-p, the whole onciyclopaedia of sci f-i is he’d.” This, ther,, according to “ Student ,” is the measure of convpe -1 rev fhr the practice of medicine — nothing ic- ss than a knowledge of the “whole eiioj ulojiceJia of science.” If, th"r< f>rc. u man, who “professes a knowledge of the science of medicine,” he ignorant of any of these, he is iricorn pr.-tcDt to practice, Student being judge. And if incomp teiit, wholly incompe -1 tent: for ail these attainments are nec essary to constitute competency. Now, here two questions present themselves: first, do the young men, who graduate at our medical colleges, “profess a knowledge of the science of medicine?” I answer, they do; and for proof, refer jto the diploma itself, and to the license I to practice, as prescribed by law.— 1 Second : Ho they cotne up to the meas ure of competency, prescribed by “Stu dent V’ The last question, in t is eon inaction, is absurd. A knowledge of die hholeencyclf'i oedia <f .sob-nee! ! Whv verily, a Inigo prnporti-m of ihom ; !,.'ve not a doC’ iit smattering of any of die sciences. Do - ‘•Second Course Student ” want proof of litis-? If so, • just let Inin gl.i ice over the iist ol those writ whom I.’ alien.l .i.l hi. li r s! fours of lectures, and sot. how many scientific “men there vvore among them. Could not any cue of them have been “slump led ” in-three questions, by any one of the professors f ‘J\, attain any thing like perfteti ”ti in anyone of the sci ; ences, re(|iiirt n years of patient toil, land intense application; and hence in all our colleges, both medical Aziiterary, I each professor tins assigned to him a particular science or branch of science . m order, mainly, that by bestowing up- j on it his undivided attention, lie nitty j j he the bettor qualified to impart instruc- I tion in that one branch. j Now in a medical education, the ! knowledge of several distinct sciences ; is necessary; Anatomy, Physiology', 1 Pathology, Materia Medina, <szc., &c., j ; and the analysis, combination, and ap plication of all these, under tho gener al term, practice. Here is work almost for n lifetime, and yet, if I am not great ly mistaken, about two years is the av erage time devoted usually to the ac quisition of a medical education proper; and of that time, the whole is not gen i rally occupied in studying. Every body knows itow the thing is managed now-a-days. A young man, fresh from i the academy,—sometimes just from the ! plough,—.occasionally from the college,! generally having gone through a very meagre course of lat in imperfectly,) (sometime with no latin at all,) estab lishes himself in the office of a village or l country doctor to “ study medicine.” — 1 He spends a few hours of cacli day I perhaps in reading, smokes cigars about the streets, lounges on the piaz t benches! of the village, v isits the girls, goes fish ing A: hunting with the boys; <Sz, outlie’ whole, manages to pass the time quite j agreeably. He can tell the best hole in the mill pond for perch, and the best route to take to find squirrels; because! he has leisure to attend to such matters.) This is “ Heading Medicine.” lit the fill, he pockets the proceeds of a goodly number of his father’s cotton bags, or perhaps draws in advance upon his father’s factor, enters college, and com mences attending lectures. Here he has a wider field for his genius to ex pand in, and the first course passes pleasantly enough. He “stands the quiz” sometimes, for the sake of appear ances—occupies the “front, bench ” oc casionally, at remote intervals, studies some, saunters through the streets some, and mingles recreation and study so delightfully together, that neither is very irksome. At the close of the course, he returns to his village quar ters, a wiser, if not a better man; his outer man is visibly improved, for he has a decided dash of the city fashions —his boots fit better, and his collar is perhaps a shade stiller, and has a more tasty set. His conversational powers are considerably improved ; for he has really learned something of medicine, and more of medical terms, and he los ses no opportunity of lugging in a tech nical phrase, or applying to common things very uncommon names. He has been “attending the lectures.” During trie second year he studies more, and during the second course, he occupies liio front bench more fre quently, and is more attentive to the lectures; because ito has some awful forebodings, when he thinks of that for midable “ examination ’’ at the close of the term, lie manages to get through, however, and is sent forth into the world, as a man, (according to hisDiplo inn,) “in humattioribus literis satis eru ditum, et arte medica, preditum per probationos sciential, peritim quo debi tas et eonstitutas esse inventum,” hav ing accomplished more in two years, if he comes up to “Student's measure of competency, than ordinary men do in a lifetime. 1 know that this description will not apply in all cases, for t lie re are many, very many, honorable exceptions— you mi men who prepare themselves for the responsible duties of the profession, by assiduous attention to study, anti* by availing themselves ot all the facilities for theaoquision of knowledge, furnish ed by the colleges. And these are the men who succeed —who give character to the profession.But that my description will apply to a large classes a notorious fa t, of which almost every viWag ‘ in the country can furnish the proof. Are such competent to practice medicine ( Do they “hold in their mental grasp the whole encl vclopir iia of science !” No one can answer this question af- firrnatrvely. 1 respectfully submit then that the case is made out, and call upon “Second Course Student, ” in compli ance with his proposition, “togive it up.” RUSTICUS. Mr. Editor: —Certain articles in the Banner on “Medical Colleges,” brings to mind the saying—“ Time turns tor meat, when man turns fool.” It would seem that certain gentlemen have be come rather 100 scientific to remember that there is a law, called reciprocity, founded in the very nature of our ex istence. If these gentlemen would on ly give us proof of their sincerity and devotedness to he cause of true Science, uy combiningin one harmonious untir. ing and truly philanthropic effort to raise and elevate to a station worthy the name they bear, those upon whom they look down with a sort of supercilious contempt; such benevolence would ni.dte tneir names as imperishable as would be tie ir acts of noble magnanim N v- 1 slitic-s it is needful to maintain a pnp t equilibrium in ac ting out. uitr benevolent impulses, lest inj s ice be don> to others. For, few would praise th t man’s benevolence that would piDer his licit neighbor’, c on, to give bread tt the poor. Then it behooves tiiose uciing in the premises, to construct such a plan as shall only close the doors to the unworthy, leav ing the way unobstructed to all who can by untiring industry and persever ance enter the great arena of Medicine, prove a boon to Society, are known to the medical fraternity, and reap for themselves those laurels so honestly won. STUDENT. Characters of Great Men- Tasso’s conversation was neither gay ) nor brilliant. Dante was either taciturn or satir ical. Butler was silent or biting. Gray seldom talked or smiled. Hogarth and Swift were very absent minded in company. Milton was unsociable, and even ir-; ritable when pressed into conversation. 1 Kirwan, though copious and eloquent. I in public addresses, was meagre and j dull in colloquial discourse. Virgil was heavy in conversation. La Fontaine appeared heavy, course ; and stupid; he could not speak and) describe vbat he had just seer, but then he was the model of poetry. Chaucer’s silence was more agreea ble than his conversation, Dryden’s conversation was slow an 1 dull, his humor saturnine and re served. “* Descartes was silent in mixed com pany. 1 Corneille in conversation was so in sipid that he never failed in wearying.) ; He did not even speak correctly Vat language of which ite was such a i master. j Ben Johnson used to sit silent in com pany and suck his wines and their hu | mors. ) Southey was stiff, sedate, and warp ! ped up in asceticism. Addison was good company with his intimate friends, but in mixed company ! he preserved his dignity by a stiff und reserved silence. j Junius was so modest that he could scarcely speak upon the most common subject without a suffusion of blushes. Fox in conversation never flatjoed; Ins animation and variety were mex ; haustible. Dr. Beritly was loquacious. Grotius was talkative. Goldsmith wrote like an agnel, and talked like poor Poll. Burke was eminently entertaining, enthusiastic, arid interesting in conver sation. Curran was a convivul deity; he soared into every region and was at home in all. Dr. Birch dreaded a pen as he did a torpedo; but he could talk like running water. Dr. Johnson wrote monotonously and ponderously, but in conversation his words were close and sinewy; and ii his pistol missed fire, he knocked down his antagonist with the but of it. Coleridge in conversation was full of acuteness and originality. Leigh Hunt has been*vvell termed the philosopher of Hope, and likened to a pleasant stream in conversation. Carlyle doubts, objects, and constant ly demurs. Fisher Ames was a powerful and effective orator and not the less distin guished in the social circle. He pos sessed a fluent language, a vivid fancy, and a well stored memory. Answering Advertisements. —Mr.! Jenkins. “I saw an advertisement in! to-day's Herald, stating that if Mr. 0. P. Jenkins, of Brooklyn, would call on you he would hear something to his ad-! vantage. Jam the person!” Lawyer.—“Ah, yes: 1 have a tailor’s bill of three years standing against vou, and if it is not paid immediately, I shall commmence proceedings to recover it.” A Lady Frightened to Death.— The Rockingham (Vu.) Register states that Mrs. Dietrick, wife of Mr. Jacob Dietrick, residing near Mt. Crawford in that County, was frightened to death a few weeks since. Her little daugh ter, for sport, threw a tree frog upon her lap, which commenced jumping up to. wards her face and so frightened her that site died in two or three days. Use m i evasions when called upon l > do a goo*l thing, nor excuses when vou are reproached fordoing a bad our TOE MMTO. PIIN FIBLD, JUME tug. OCT” NOTlCE. —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, dzc. Please remit the amount ut once by mail, with out waiting for other opportunity. To our Subscribers. I eir The Bills of the Bank of Sr. Marys, under five dollars, will be received in pay ment for all hack dues for Subscriptions to the Temperance Banner, if pay ment is made by the first day of July next. New Subscriptions and advance pay. incuts from present Subscribers, may also, : be made in St. Marys money. Temperance Convention. Wednesday, 30th insi. The State Temperance Convention of Georgia, will be held in Newnnn, commen cing at 10 o’clock, A. M., on the last VVed nesday in June—which is tho fifth Wednes day, and the last day of the mouth. Great Temperance Mass Meet ing at Newnan. June 30//t and July ls< and 2d. Georgia Hail Kotid. j Passengers to this meeting by the day or night train of the 29th & 30th instant, will he furnished with Tickets by the Station Agents, to return free of charge, by any Trains nn the 2d of July, or previously. ; Superinlendtinfs Office G It It & B Cos f Augusta, June 10th, 1852. y To Correspondents. “Anna Bella,” in reply to “Anna Fran ces,” is received, and to prevent a miscon struction of our motives, we will give her a hearing very soon. We withhold, for the present at least, a remark or two that appear to ns as appropriate. We, however, invite “Anna Bella” to enter tho field in competition with “Anna Frances,” in procu ring (Subscribers for the Banner. We will award her a Premium equal to any offered by “Ami. l Frances,” if she will competemie c.'.ssfuil V. ’S'lie Crops, Ac. So far as we can learn, the prospect for an abundant corn crop was never more promisintr than al the present lime. This is certainly an occasion tor gratitude on the part of our people. For two saeeessive years there has been an alarming deficiency 411 this important item of provision. There is no estimating the distress which would have been experienced had the present, year been one of no greater productiveness than its two predecessors. But thanks to a mer ciful Providence there is reason to hope that we shall not be visited with such a calamity, j The scarcity of provisions which has e.x ----1 istedin many sections for some time past is well adapted to teach us our entire depend | cnee upon Divine Providence for the very 1 necessaries of life. People are apt to ) suppose that food is a blessing of their own procuring—something for which they have mainly to thank their own exertions.But liovv soon may we be taught that we are indebt ; ed to the mercy of God for our daily bread. Man might plow and sow, but there would be no increase without Him. Did lie not speak the word and bid the earth bring forth, the whole race of man and of beasts much perish. Strange that man should ev jer be unmindful of such a benefactor.— Stranger still that men should so abuse their : very blessings as to be the means of injurv i to themselves and to their fellow-meiy. Liberty. This, in our country, is a magic word.— Every mention of it recalls foreign op pression, unjust taxation, military rule and all the vexations which we experienced in our colonial history. Contrasted with these, the same word is identified with the unspeakable blessings which have resulted from our revolutionary struggle. It is not surprising, therefore, that this should be a hallowed word to every American, and that our poop! e should bo suspicious of every tiling which has even the appearance ofin fringement upon its boundaries. Though liberty is a most familiar word,” how lew have any just conception of its meaning . There is perhaps no subject on which the notions of the people arc nioro various and extravagant. The millions of monarchical and despotic countries in the obi world living in abject vassalage and rc eeiviug for their arduous labor the most scanty subsistence, think of liberty as free dom from toil, —exemption from the neces sity ot a labor daily and intense. Accord ingly in iinigrating to our land, they cannot,. until pinching, driving necessity compels them, be persuaded to resume the toil to which they had been accustomed in their old homes. Their definition of liberty is to live without work. In the judgment of others, liberty means permission to gratify the pas-. sions and appetites, to live in accordance with the inclinations of their hearts, bo they virtuous or vicious. It is the renunciation • oi restraint, and the disregard of moral ob ligations when these become disagreeable and irksome. With them liberty means li’ entiowsners. Others again consider liber- 1 ty to be something which gives them per mission to pursue any vocation which may be agreeable to them. It is the privilege of engaging in any traffic* or embarking in any : profession by whieh a support can be se j cured for themselves and for those who may be dependant upon them. By this defini tion. the eons, queue** of their business are tint to be estimated. No luattei what the . -'■iiinu it\ miv sutler: no in .tter how ma persons may la impoverished, how ! nuieli ‘vn uhcdn.es • and crime may be cause'!