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Dear lira, 11 rant'y : Tho following
is a comieiisxl n! the action
of the National Division at tho last sea
sion :
Rule VII. Constitution of Grand I>i
visi >ns nm-'i'il and l>v adding after tho in
itials “G. VV. I’.” the following “ r roon
his juiis Hot ion r tin Grand Division,
or hi case of’liis inability or death ”
Art. IX tita;. 3d. amended by ad
din.; after “f< nty-one years of age, ’ the
following. < xcept by dispensation from
tim Grand Divisiol, provided, never
thcless, that no person elevated to the ;
office of VV. P. hy such dispensation,
shall he elected a representative to a 1
(fraud Division, and that no Grand
Division shall have the right or authori
ty to grant n dispensation under this act
except to Divisions located in colleges
or institutions of learning.”
The term “disability” occurring in
See. 3: Art. VI. constitute Subordi
nate Divisions, “is not intended to ap 1
pi V to disqualification for one particular,
occupation, while the individual is ca
pable of earning a livelihood by other
lawful means.”
Art. X. (Constitutions Subordinate
Divisions refer ted to a committee ot
tliroc with instructions to report anew
article at next sessi >n —committee Jljns.
Litton ot Ti nnessce, Goodwin of Indi- !
ana, and Williford of Georgia.
“A Grund Division may dispense
with the. ceremonies of initiation, ex
cept tho obligation, and section in the
charge of the. 0. VV. I*, immediately
proceeding it, with the consent of two
thirds of the members present.”
“A committee was appointed to pre
pare u digest of all tho resolutions und
decisions of the National Division.”
A committee was appointed to pro- j
pose for and adopt anew ritual, and j
tjjt 1000 placed at disposal ofsuidconi
miltec.
Committee, representatives Carey of
Ohio, Eginton of Kentucky, and Oliver :
ofN. Y. |
The following points were decided
oil appeal casco :
“The fear of sickness can never jus
tify a member in the use of alcoholic j
liquors as u beverage.”
“A My-Luw declaring that members |
in arrears for dues shall not be entitled
to the pa t-words, is constitutional.”
(Thisdicisi m reverses the uction ot G-
D. of Georgia at iL.s annual session, Oc
tober 1851.)
The next session of the Grand Divis
ion is to he field at Cliicoga, on the 2nd
Wednesday in June J 853.
The principles of the “Maine Liq
uor Law” were agreed to by the Na
tion Division, und recommended to be
made the object of all true Teiuperuuoe
men.
Yours fraternally,
W.S. WILLIFORD, P. G. VV.P.
Mr. Editor: —The temperance cause
from its very infancy, has met with op
position of the most violent character
f rom the good people of this and some
of the adjoining countios. So exaspera
ted were some, that every thing either
written or spoken, which tended to.
wards the side of temperance, was Ho
tiouced immediately, without allowing
its friends a hearing. And sir, strange
it may seem, hut still true, that the
most weighty opposition and the hardest
to be overcome, was exeroised from the
church. It was almost (and measura
bly is yet) impossible to obtain permis
sion to hold a temperance meeting in
the majority of the churches, especially
in that denomination termed “llurd
shells.”
(Still, notwithstanding, the obstacles
in the way, the temperance causo is, I
(latter myself, decidedly on rising i
ground. There are but few meetings i
held or speeches made. Still it is not ’
unfrequent that we hear men, and gen- J
orally men of respectability, declare
themselves in favor of total abstinence, 1
and express their determination to ah- ’
stain from the uso of liquors altogether. 1
And sonic few instances lli iro are where
the poor abandoned drunkard lias by a
long and fierce con diet with a depraved
appetite, boon redeemed to virtue, to
bis family, and to himself; and cer
tainly no temperance man, after seeing
ilia grateful tears of joy from the now!
happy wife and children, at the resto
ration of a husband and lather from the
fiend, could ever slacken in his oxer.
t ons lor the cause. It gives mi
ne small degree of satisfaction to think
that the ladies, who are indirectly tin
chief sufferers by intemperance, are
with us to a ma\. Their influence,
as all are free to admit, is immense, ami
if exerted strenuously on our side, will
toll ami that loudly. No lady should,
link hor destiny with a man who drinks
at alt ; for if he only indulges occa
sionally, the chances are against him.
He may become a drunkard ; and sin
would willingly bear the misery ami
heart-breaking anguish of that pitiable,
unlorlunate, the drunkard s wife.
1 could furnish some amusing, and to
my mind, ridiculous instances ot oppo.
sition to temperance by the rummies of
these poets, but w ill defi-r them until
my next.
1 remain yours.
8. 11. S. ,
Bryan county, Ga.
License Laws —The subjoined ex
tract from u sermon by the liev. Albert
Barnes, puts in very strong relief the
uurso of legal sanctions. The other I
day, we met a man all of whose convic
tions are ill opposition to his business;
but.who persists therein merely because
the law encourages him therein. The
love of money is the controlling motive
that prompts his cautinuauca in the
<>i;an ok the sons of temkekanck and state temfkkance convention.
trallio, and ho seeks t > silence the
chiding* of conscience by sheltering
himself behind the act of Legislature.
While it is true that law is of no avail
without the concurrence of public opin-n
ion, yet there are many persons, who
a!ways coincide with the statu!’- book,
lie it right or wrong. If the in v t>e
confirmable with truth, so are their
opinions and vice versa. But to the
e*t rac!: — Era.
“■An evil always becomes wot so by
being sustained by the lans of the |.m,j.
It is much to have the sanctions of law,
and the moral force of law , in favor of!
any course of human conduct. In the
1 estimation of many persons, to make a
thing legal is to make it morally right,
and employment which is legal is pur- j
sued bv them with few rebukes of con
science, and with little disturbance
from uny reference to a higher than
human authority.—Moreover, tlm. fact
does much to deter otlu rs from
j endeavoring to turn the public indigna
tion against it. It is an unwelcome
thing for a goo I m m ever to set himself
against tin* laws of the land, and to do- (
! nomico that as wrong which they 1
affirm Ih he rigtht. It is a virtue to be
law.loving, and law abiding; and it is a
principle ulnili uny pood citizen
cher! lies to do what lie can to give
! additional force to the nutlwrity of law,
! and not to lend tin.* Sanction of his name ‘
to that w liicli would weaken its moral
power, lienee such men aro often
slow and reluctant in attacking that,
I which i.s an undoubted evil, for the at- ;
tack srtons to he made upon the legal
| fabric as such, and to do just so much
to weaken the authority of law. The
good are deleted from opposing it, for
they do not wish to seem arrayed against
i the laws. The bad are confirmed in
l their course, for they’ f el that they are
1 sustained ov the laws of the land, and
for them that is enough. They can
claim, too, some popular sympathy ‘
when they are denounced fir doing {
that which is legal. They cun pursue
their course in spite ot’ nil that
others can do. Thus the evil grows
in strength by all the boldness given
to ilium by the sanction of ih ■: laws, and
by all tlm nduotunee of the friends id
reform to denounce that as wrong which
the law uflirms to be right.
Nodical Calieses-
Mr. Editor: —Again am (culled up
on to give iny old friend, “Medicus’’ a
passing notice. In my last I bad hut
j little ray on the subject—utxl shall not
I have in nc Ilian a large volume this lime.
1 make a few remarks and return—l
claim the attention of tho “people a lit
tle while.
In his first letter I left a little tinno-!
tieed, and now I proceed to take it up.
Ha says “there are hundreds of men in
our State, who are wholly unreliable
practitioners of medicine, who can nev
er bring uny thing hut odium upon the
profession, by the most inexcusable ig
norance of tho first rudiments of medi
suieiiee—an I yet some of these men
succeed ustomsiiingly, while the man of
; science lingers and perishes for putrou
, age and patients. This looks like
, ihey “know no more about tlm prac
tice of medicine tiiuuthe valuable ani
mal from w hose buck their parchment
i orignully came.” Does it not l T ins
is for every man, woman und child, to
say*. There must he a reform—und
! how is lo Like place ?—I see no other
i way only through the people by the in
struction of “Medicus.” Let this re
form taka place ; I look with an uux
, ions eye for the glorious lime.
in his last lecture: “1 am sorry to
set* some id your correspondents uctuu
j ateil hy passion and not reason.” 1 nev
er was actuated by passion; but by mv
. philanthropic Codings. And as to reas
lonl do not whether 1 did or not. This
I in “Medicus” is like ills pot calling ket-
I tie blackface : “1 am not to be intimida
ted by such a display of fire-arms. 1
! do not know vvbui lie means by this, as
! I have never used them
l am very sorry if I said any thing :
that will not comport with the strictest l
laws of truth, but still if 1 did, I hope*
the “veteran 1 will correct it, us I did
not want to deceive any man, woman or
child. I, t him go before -‘people, the j
sovereigns, the bum’ and sinew ’of the
land in ins irue colors, ami before
twelve months roll round, these little I
“petty lagers’’ will bo us head us a
dead as a hammer, lie wants a fair
an I honorable discussion ; ibis has nev
er been refused him, if n has, it never i
was by me. 1 now consider lam act
mg as an instrument tar tiro people to 1
getgcncial information for them inrough
“M-'dicus. tv> l waul him to proceed 1
I like a mull. l,d him goon and tell,
: how “doctors are made,” —a pity lie
I did not do il m lus lust, it would hav e
helped him a little. ‘‘We know how to
meet utilise”— as 1 esjKcttd — ltaubed 1
before he teas spurred. “We are an
old veteran, our knife is whettled and .
we are willing and waiting tor the con
flict.” Mr. Editor, “1 beg leave to lie
excused,” us 1 mini little dubious of’ a
I knife, whether tt is in the shape of a 1
sword or tongue. I did not want to
“alarm” the mull nor “agitate” him ei
ther—nor do 1 w ant him to alarm me.
Hie reform musi take place by a calm
discussion >V exp sine of the abuses of
college faculties in the secular press,
: by telling the people how doctors are
made. 1 hope lie will expose the col
leges too openly, if he does they will
1 hate it. It seems that Modictis is a
teacher for the people. 1 hope him
good luck, lie need not tell them to go
and read a host of Medical Journals,
they are not going to doit, lie must tell
tln-iu what these Journals sav—us for
myself I can no ‘ s:l - ‘
even what the veteran would s <‘) • s
he has placed himself >” }• waV 0,1 he
people, he must “administer to ‘ |( .ir
| Hauls” the best lie can.
Also iia .must not usp so many ‘big
words” as th*re are several men, wo- ,
men and children that i 1 not kr, >w ‘’bull
they mean; he i.s wiiting lor the peo-j
pie, there use no lecjinicalities.
To Medicus— 1 bid y>u unwell, ho
i ping you “God’s spent in >° lir g rea L
ana glorious cause. j
To Givis—••Be up and a doing, |
•‘don’t he bashful,” wc would all like
to hear from your noble self.
And to Student —I leave this with
you, stand up to ttie heroes like a man,
I and if they are too hard on you, I will
I . .. , . • J)
j give em gomo punkma.
Gentlemen arid Editor, adieu.
SECOND COURSE STUDENT.
Medical Colleges
June 10, 1852.
Mr. Editor: I see in your papt ra;
; controversy lias been gotten up by one j
I “Civis” between “M (liens ’ and a
j “Second Cour.-.o Student.' 1 If what
lias already appeared is a fair specimen
of what is to come, I think it had us
well bo stopped, as 1 urn inclined to
think no one will be profiled. The
Professors in our Colleges examine men
before they turn them out to paclice
medicine, and they are the proper jud
ges, or ought to he, whether men are
qualified to practice medicine or not —
and I think Georgia can Ixiust of her
Medical College, for the Piolussors of
the Augusta College are not inferior to
those of any other institution of the
kind, nor do l suppose they are inferior
lo Medic us lumself, hut if lie reuly
does know so much more about what it
does take to make a doctor than those
professors who have tfe* Colleges in
charge, lie hail better try to gel a pro
fessorship himself, in some of the Col
leges, possibly his extraordinary quid- j
ities would bo better appreciated then!
tiiey will bespread out in the Banner.
A word to (second Course Student.
My dear young friend, I am no doctor,
nor do I pretend to know much about
what it takes lo make one, but I ven
ture to assert that a close application of
your time to your books, from now un
til you have to be examined, will do
more to prepare you for that examina
tion, than all Medicus has written or
will write, for I have no idea lh<t the
old gentleman (Medicus) or iiis compo
sition will be called for at that trying
time, but the professors will examine
you, not Medicus, and if you are
lacking tney will he very apt to find it
out, without Medicus’ help.
Mr. Editor, will you give the above
a place in your paper and oblige
Yours Truly,
B. L. BERK!NS.
Cure for sSnakk-hites. —We find
the following communication in the
Southern Cultivator, and give it to our
readers, as it mav possibly be of ser
vice.
“Messrs. Editors: As 1 hold it to be
the duty ol any one possessing a
knowledge of any thing which may be
ot utility to a fellow.being, to impart
the s.iuii , l oiler through the columns
of your valuable paper, a remedy for
a snake-bite, which an eminent phys
ician, Dr. W. H. Whitaker, informs
me, is never-failing—one which may
be relied on as certainly successful.
It is tbe tincture of lobelia, either herb
or seeds. As soon ns possible after
the wound is indicted, bandage as tight
ly as possible the limb above the wound
to prevent the circulation of blond be.
low; then commence giving the tinc
ture m doses ot a tablespoon or w ine
glass full, every few minutes, until co
pious vomitings ensue, at which time
tin* bandage may be loos°d, and the
vomiting kept up by repeating the dose
of giving warm water. When the pa
tient begins to recover, tho stomach
should bo kept slightly uauseated for
one or two days hy the lobelia, after
which tunics should be given. It would
probably be well to apply strong spirits
of hartshorn, or what is termed by
druggists treble aqua ammonia, to the
wound. Truth.
“Mobile, Ala., June, 1852.
Tomato Fis. — The follow! ig is the j
method of preserving tomatoes in Ber-j
muda, and thereby maoufteturing a:
sweet preserve something like fi“s:
••Take six pounds of sugar to one j
peck (or sixteen pounds) of the fruit, J
scald and remove the skin of the fruit
in the usual way, cook them over afire, i
their own juice being sufficient without
the addition of water until the sugar!
penetrates And they are clarified, they ,
ure then shaken, spread on dishes,>
flattened, and dried in the sun. A
small quantity of the syrup should bei
occasionally sprinkled over them whilst j
drying after which pack them down in
boxes, treating each layer with powder, j
ed sugar. The syrup is alterwards
concentrated ane aottled for use. They
keep from year to year, and retain their
i flavor surprisingly, which is nearly j
that of tho best quality of fresh figs.
The pear shaped or single tomatoes an
swer the purpose best. Ordinary brown
sugar may lie used, a largo portion of
winch is retained in the syrup.—Scien
tific American.
The tongue was intended for a di
vine organ, but the devil often plays
upon it.
1 be vicious reproving vice is the ra
| ven chiding blackness.
Money is a useful servant but a ty.
! rnnnicttt master.
Affecting Incident.-An aged moth
ei—a woman of seventy years —left
her home iri the Emerald Isle, some
leu weeks ago, to seek the abode of her
ichildren, who are now residents at.
Louisville. After a tedious passage, j
and the trouble incident to a long jour
i ney, she reach litis city from New Or
leans on Monday night, on board the
Alexander Scott, and soon she was sur
rounded by her children. Her son was 1
the first to see her, and he hastened to
inform his sister to their mother’s arri
val. Tiiey met—the mother and the
! daughter—in one long embrace, which
| only ended as the infirm mother sank
: with excitement to the floor. Site had
i swooned away, in tho rapturous enjoy -
j merit of beholding once more a dauglt
! ter so long lost. She pronounced a
- blessing oil her children and fainted a
way. Whenever restored to consci- ;
j otlsnees, the sight of her children and
the pleasing recollection of their pres
i encc would everoome hr-r w itb f moli n.
j and again she would faint in their a ms.
i Physicians were called to her aid but
I they could afford no -li l. I'or l“o
days site continued in this condition, ;
| until worn out by fatigue and excite
i ment, exhausted nature gave way, ant.
the mother now “sle< ps well” in the
green earth of her new made home. —
Louisville, Ky , Democrat.
Sir Isaac Newton in the true spirit
of humility, spoke of himself, at the
close of his life, as a “child who had j
spent time in gathering pebbles on the I
| shore, while the ocean lay untruversed.’
It is said the Mozart, just before he died, j
exclaimed, “Now 1 begin lo see what i
might be done in music.”
Pedanty crams our heads with learn
ed lumber, and takes our brains out to
| make room for it.
“sons of temperance.
Pledge of lite Sous of Tem;e
-ranee.—l, without reserve, solemnly pledge
in y honor as a man that I will neither make, buy,
sell nor use, as a beverage, any Spirituous or j
Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
Officers of (Tie Grand fiti vision,
G. L. M’Cleskey, G. W. P. Monroe.
J . S. Pinokard, G. W. A. Forsyth.
W. S. Williford, G. Scribe, Macon.
E. C. Granniss, G. Treasurer, „
J. E. Evans, G. Chaplain, „
1). E. Blount, G- Corductor, Clinton.
J. D. Ha vis, G. Sen. Houston, Cos.
Office of the Grand Division, )
xMaeon, June 30, 1852. £
To the IT. P's. and 11. .S’s. of Subordinate
Divisions.
Brethren:
Such irregularity having occurred of late
in the mails, I am induced to make the fol
lowing suggestions as a Bating of unneces
sary delay :
Ist. That you will endeavor to forward
your Quarterly Returns as soon after the
close of the quarter as possible.
2d. That when you do not receive the
I*. W. and Ex. within a reasonable time af
ter the Returns has been sent to this Office,
you will write and inform me of the fact of
its having been sent, so that if the Return
lias been receiv ed by me and the P. W.
miscarried, 1 may immediately send another.
(Returns are always aeknowled the day
they are received by me.
3d. To state distinctly on tho Return the
Post-Office, at which you receive your let
ters.
Jilt. To fill up ci ref ally the blanks in the
heading of returns with tuo name and num
ber of your Division.
sth. When orders for cards or other ar
ticles are sent to this office, write out the
order fully on a seperate piece of paper,
from the Return or letters of general im
portance.
bib. Prepay your postage.
A compliance w ith the above will save
the Divisions you represent, much annoy- j
mice and unneeesary delay, and enable this !
office to be more prompt in its duties. j
Yours fraternally,
VV. S. WILLIFORD, G. S.
CADETS OF TEMPERANCE.’
.
PLEDGE.
No member shall make, buy, sell or use,!
|as a beverage,any spirituous or malt liquors, j
’ wine or eider.
- ■-
Officers of llie Lira ml Section.
J. W. Benson, G. P. Macon.’
:B. Burton, G. A. P. Pondtown.
E. C. Simson, G. S. &T. Atlanta, j
Hev. J. S. \V ilson, G. C. Decatur.
S. M. H. Byrd, G. G. Oxford. l
jW. P Kino, G. W. Thomaston.
1. O. of ltccliabitcs.
Officers of Georgia Disk Tent, No. 2k, loca
ted at Washington, Wilkes Go.,Ga.:
j Washington, Rev.G.G. Norman, D. P. C. R.
i Washington, John R. Smith, D. C. R.
Atlanta, C. R. llanieiter, D. D, R.
- Washington, A. il. Sneed, I) R. S.
„ L. F. Carrington, D. F. S.
.! ~ St. John Moore, L>. Tree.
Atlanta, R. H. Lynn, D. Levite.
Itecliubite's Fledge.
I 1 hereby declare, that I will abstain from all
! intoxicating liquors, and will not give, nor offer
them to others, except in religious ordinances,
i or when prescribed, in good faith, by a medi
cal practitioner ; 1 will not engage in the traf
fic of them, and in ail suitable ways will dis
; countenance the use, sale and manufacture ol
them ; and to the utmost ol my power. 1 will
endeavor to spread the principles of abstinence
1 from all intoxicating liquors
TOE MIMSB.
PLYFIELD, JULY 10, 1852.
OO” 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, &c. Please
remit the amount at once by mad, with
out waiting for other opportunity.
1 mercer University Commence
ment.
As the literary Anniversaries ofonr Col- 1
leges draw near, curiosity is felt by the pub-;
1 lie to know what exercises may be expected j
! and who are to be the actors in the scenes ;
To gratify this curiosity so far as Mercer
University is concerned, we make the fol
• lowing announcement.
On Sunday the 25th inst. the Commence
ment Sermon will he preached by Rev. N.
G Foster id Madison. In the evening of
sanicd. y. a sermon on the subject of Mis
dons will he preached hy appointment of
■•Tin- Young Ali n's Missionary Society ot
Mercer U liversity” hy Rev. J. G. Binney,
fast or of the Bqiii-t Church in Augusta!
and formerly Mission iry to Burtnah.
On Monday 2(itli the prize declamation of I
select members of the Sophomore Class, j
On Tuesday 27ili, the Junior Exhibition; I
and in the afternoon an oration before the
Alumni Society by Prof. 11. M. Holtzclaw.
On Wednesday iSfilf, Commencement
day. In the Afternoon an oration will be
delivered before the Literary Societies by
Rev. Dr. John N. Waddel, Professor in the
University of Mississippi. This gentleman
is a son of the late venerable Dr. Moses
Waddel, formerly President ot Franklin
College, and instructor of almost every dis
tinguished man in his day, in So. Ca. and
Georgia.
Judging from the character of the distin
guished gentlemen who are to take part in
the exercises, there is reason to expect an
interesting commencement.
I udepciidence.
The Anniversary of our National Imlc
| pendence was celebrated in our Village on
.Monday tho sth inst. A procession of stu
dents &, citizens was formed at half past 10
o’clock, under the direction of'Maj. R. L.
M’VVhortsr, and marched to the College
Chapel, w here a large concourse of the fair
had already assembled.
After prayer by Prof. Mell, the Declara
tion of Independence was read in an impres-
hive manner by Mr. Abner Wynn, of the
Ciceronian Society. Before reading lie made
a short but appropriate address. An ora
tion was then delivered by Mr. Daniel
Walker, of the Phi Delta Society. Liber
ty, he remarked, does not consist in being
restrained by no law, but in submission to
such restraints as preserve to each individu
al bis just rights. After a few preliminary
1 remarks he proceeded to the discussion of
; his subject, viz:—the elements of a free
I state. These he defined to be, Ist. the ac
countability of the rulers to the people; 2nd
equality in the exercise of the elective fran
! ehise; 3d. the eligibility of all competent clt
: izer.sto all offices; 4th. freedom of thought,
[ embracing freedom of the press and freedom
l of conscience. For the maintenance ot
J these principles, there must be intelligence
j and public virtue, and public virtue must
i be founded on private virtue, and the latter
must be derived from the dissemination
and universal adoption of the principles and
truths of the Bible. The Biblo then must
be tbe corner stone upon which is raised
the enduring edifice of Free Government.
The propositions of the Orator were happi
ly elucidated and forcibly argued. The ad
dress was well written and well delivered.
The audience retired, pleased with the exer
cises to which tiiey had listened, and we
trust grateful to that kind Providence,
which, through wars of blood and storms of
dissension, had preserved for them a Free j
Government, based upon the intelligence j
j and vi: tuo which the Bible inculcates and |
produces. Such institutions w ell deserve I
! the affection es all who enjoy them, and j
i their hearty response to the prayer of Path- t
j eu Paul, Esto perpetua.
Dr. Stevens’ Essay.
In consequence of a multiplicity of on-:
gagements, we were not able last week to j
call attention to this very able and interest-.
ing document, published in our last number, j
We hope that its leng*h has deterred none
of our readers from its thorough perusal,
but if any lias neglected to read it, we would !
I urge upon him even now to recur to the
; paper and give the essay a thorough exaini- 1
i nation. We believe the author has presen
t ted clearly the true nature and described ■
tiie effects of alcoholic beverages. Tem
i perance men are unjustly assailed when it
is charged that they war against any ofi
I God’s creatures, or of Ilis good creatures.
To understand the nature of any creature, |
and to use it according to that nature for i
the good of man, individually and collective-j
| ly, is not to war against God, Man, or Urea-,
j ture, but to promote the glory of the first,
and the welfare of the second by using the
third according to the benevolent intent of!
the Creator. That Alcohol is a most val
uable medicine and wlu-n used medically
accomplishes great good, none can deny.—
When used otherwise, that it is liabh to
great abuse, and does infinite mischief, is
equally clear. “The “Temperance man” is
he who is really temperate, not by using “a
little” habitually, but by taking it as a med
icine when physical disease renders the med
icine necessary. But instead of our crude
remarks, let the thousands of our readers
attend to the teachings of the Essay.
\ woman in politics is l.kr- a mon
key in a china shop; slu- can do no good,
j and may do great deal of harm
Temperaucc U©nv ll t io jr~ r7 ~
The State Temperance Convention
Georgia, assembled at the Baptist <_'h “
in Newnan, on the 30lh ult. | n ti lt , wl
of the President, William King, E U '’
Savannah, was temporarily called’ to < 'ii°’
j chair. John W. Burke was requested I !,’
’ act as Secretary, and W. VV. Thomas,
| sistant Secretary. The meeting was ope m ,'j
l,y prayer, by the Rev. Mr. Alexander.
After enrolling the names of the D. l.
j gates, Gen. William Ezzard, of Decatur
was chosen President. The Convention’
| immediately entered upon the business of
; the session, and continued until l :l ; c .
I Tuesday afternoon.
We regret to state that, owing to SCVtr#
1 affliction, the Convention was deprived of th e
, services of the Rev. John E. Dawson, as t]„.
anual orator. His place was supplied
Mr. Charles H. Duryee, of Savannah
who delivered an Address at the stand pm.’
pared for the occasion, to an audience, vv l;
suppose, of at least two thousand persons
Mr. Duryee i.s a pleasant speaker, and ac ’
quitted himself satisfactorily to his lurir D
and respectable audience. ” p
Ah the Minutes of the Convention will
soon appear in the Banm-r, and nlso j n
i pamphlet form, we shall not attempt to p re .
| sent an account of all its transactions.
| The great business of the session, was
| the resolutions offered upon the liquor traf.
I fic. The resolutions declared the traffic ip.
ardent spirits, as a beverage, to be an evil
and disreputable, and that it would be a
w ise exercise of legislative authority to pro
hibit it. These resolutions will be publish
ed with the Minutes of the Convention, as
soon as the Secretaries can prepare them for
the press, and all our readers will have an
opportunity to see them in their proper
form.
These resolutions called forth an anima
ted discussion ; and after motions to post
pone them indefinitely and to the nextses.
sion of lie Convention, were negatived, they
were passed by a very large majority.
The action of the Convention upon this
subject, we consider the dawn of anew and
bright era in the Temperance Reformation
in our Stale. The ‘-Rubicon is passed,” and
we hail the event as auspicious of the final
overthrow of Frinee Alcohol in the “Em
pire State of the South.”
We know that many good temperance
men entertain fears upon tins subject, and
predid injury to the cause. But the day has
too far advanced and the flood of light that
is now let in upon the suDjeet, di-sipytest'll
fear from onr bosom. Thousands upon
thousand* of the citizens of Georgia, who
have no connexion with any tempera nee or
ganization whatevi r, we have no doubt, will
approbate the proceedings of the Conven.
tion, and will rally to the standard. Tem
perance men themselves will find that pub
lic sentiment in Georgia i.s far in advance
ot any step yet taken by them; and party
demagogues will reckon without their host.
The citizens of Newnan manifested every
disposition to accommodate the Delegates,
and so far as our knowledge extends, all
were pleased. We hope the occasion will
result in good to them; and indeed the
fruits were manifest before the Delegates
left. Early on Friday morning a number
of the Delegates and citizens assembled at
the Church, and a list of seventeen names
were procured among the Ladies, to estab
lish a Union of the Daughters of Temper
ance. Some twelve or fifteen boys enrolled
their names for a Section of Cadets; and a
Total Abstinence Society for all ages and
sexes, was formed. If we are not greatly
deceived, the old Prince will have hard
werk to maintain a foot-hold in Newimn
any length of time.
The next session of the Convention is to
beheld in Atlanta, on the last Wednesday
in June.
On our way to the Convention, we spent
an evening in A Linta. In passing alo/<£
one of the streets of that place, just ahead
of us an old man, with grey head and tot
tering frame, was thrust out of the door of
a doggery establishment, and his hat and
handkerchief thrown af.er him. The poor
old man turned to the door and bantered
the keepi r and any persons concerned in
throwing him out, to come into the street,
as ho could whip him or any of his friends
concerned in the afl'air. The old man had
spent his last dime, and of course the dog
gery-keeper had no use for him. But wo
forbear to make further remark.
Longevity.
In these days, we are very rarely called
upon to notice the death of one who has
! lived a century. Though such are like
Angel’s vi>its, “few and far between;” yet
! they do occur sometimes. Such a case
; was brought to our knowledge a few days
i ago. A negro woman named Nan, died at
the residence of Henry Britain, Esq. in
■ Oglethorpe County, on the 15th of May,
1852, at the advanced age of 108 years.
She was bora in the State of Maryland, and
i carried from thence to Virginia, when a
small girl; she was brought t Georgia about
the year 1800, and has resided in Ogle
| thorpe County, from that time till herdeath.
| Nan was the property of the sune family
i and the descendants of the same family du
ring her life. She was for a half century a
consistent member of the Baptist Church.
Such length of days rarely occur, and 1
when they do, whether in the person of
master or servant, we should notice tho
. fact.
There is a fragrant blossom which
maketh glad tho garden of tho heart.
Its root lieth deep. It is delicate yet
‘ lasting, ns ill** lilac crocus of autumn.
! Lnveltu. ss and thought are the dews
tlia’ water it morn and even. Memory
ami absence cli nsh i; as the b.lrny
hreuthmgs “f the a.iutji. Its sun is the
, brightness f affection, and it blooim-th
jin the border.- o( imp’ . T UTTER.