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Savannah, August 13th, 1852. oor lirantly After a much long er delay than was artticipntcd; when we puled at Newnan, llro. Win. 1\ in/ an-1 I have nt length determined to lake i l . field aguinsllntemperance in i . i rid, aei! the ‘ traffic ” in particular; hut we extremely regret that for the want of time, our campaign must nee-j esisfirily he h silent one. I fear ton, us it has heen in times past, onr opposi tion will !• a : oli.ni one, arid yet we ’ iu’d r- ;h uUiilly request any who ! i lav (hi]’ r from us iri opinion, ns to the itii morality of the trnfli or of tho jus- j ticc and wisdom to suppress if by legis- 1 hitvee < nactirients, to meet us in fair; di-eus.,ion upon these qn srioqs, ut the sever.*.! phtces tve shall visit. It may !-• tli.it we are wrong in our views of| ilie uinl that ourposiiion is un t’ iU'h . ; i so, we most earnestly desire 1 . he < evinced of it, and then, and not until th ii, in ill we he ready to declare that the traffic in intoxicating beverages i perfectly justiliahle, arid that our weal, have nothing to do or say in the 1 matter. We do .a: . slly hope therefore, that those who illicit that the friends of good order, who desire to sec the traffic sup j> r< i- -d !i \ “Moral Suusion”—"God save the mark —it vve can—hy more string ent mums, if we mu-.; —am cnfrin'MD” in any deureu upon ihe l ights of the people, will no longer sutler the argu ment to be all on one side, hut will stand fearlessly forward in defence of the trallir, j i all its horrible and mur derotts details. Apart from any phi lanthropic views, we boiieve that rum “Jia v ru/eiLtlo churl, the ram/), the grave* long enough,—that its corrupting influ- ! coco has pervaded all classes of society, 1 ami that there’s scarcely one of us j who does not mourn in the untimely death of.’ ue relative cr fri < ml, its sail ravages. We believe, and honestly be lic\ e, thnfthe legislature has the power j loah.iiet/i as any otlnr evil. YVc be ii ve— nay we know, that it is the duty ! ofbur legislators, so tar ns in them lies, to lessen the burthens of the people in the decrease of taxation. Is this the! ease, when.they throw around the leaf lie in int xicatiug di inks, the protecting j ntm of le; islnlvee authority ? (In the (ontrary, is it not u wol! e.stablishrd fact, that for every dollar paid into the | treasury for licenses, fifty ore von more, is p;iill out for the’ support of paupers | and trial of criminals, superinduced hy this very traffic which they have an-’ thorised ? Now, wo wish to bring this! matter fairly before the people ofGeor I i'ia-we do not menu those in place and ! power, hut they who have no ambitions aspiratiaiulo snjb.serve, nor selfish ends to .ratify, and inask them in nil hones ty: hmv much longer will ye tamely submit to have your best interests tii tb'il with—to have your property taxed for the support of a system rott nat the core, and which brings you no ndripiale n linn ? To them, were it possible,} i<■ would have the issue tomorrow,! mu have one single lingering doubt of the result. The people, the mass, the l> me and sinew ol .mi country, if left 1 to themselves, are very apt to think and net right upon almost any subject, 1 n\ ‘ ioli may be submitted to them ; and . by and hy, a trumpet tongued voice will he heard from the sea-hoard to the mountain, proclaiming, Iha I Ilie reign of terror is over. I ogre invar, that this communication \i i'.lnot reach you in time to have notices ofottr earlier appointments spread very dely, hnt notwithstanding, please give them a place in your next issue : Cassville, Thursday Kvo., 10 August. “ Friday “ •>(( Marietta, Monday “ gy u “ Tuesday “ n.f >. A lantn, Wednesday “ 25 “ “ Thursday “ gi; << NcwQan, Friday “ *J7 << Gridin. Saturday “ gs I irsvtli, Monday “ ;Ul “ Maeon, ‘l’uesdav “ :tj <■ Our friends at the several placet: 1 ‘lined, will please no.ice and make preparations for these “appointment*;, for! id though we shall write to those points, s'dl it may happen that the announce ment through your paper, will be the only notice they will receive. If Uncle Dabney he nnv w here with in hail of any or all of our meetings, 1 tell him Jo come along—w. want liisj . ip. and wo like to be “in his crowd"-. 1 as we are then, sure to learn some prat?. ! iioMly useful lesson. Now friend Banner, if you were not; aware of the fact before, yet from the! lojigtli ot the yam 1 have spun, you would declare that I w s hrotight lip a sailor—but the truth is, when the yarn is “ii temperance, it reels elf so easily,! that I scarcely know where or when to : stop, (Hid the grand secret of it is, die cause my heart is there. 1 dearly love ‘.he temper,'into cause for what it has <! uie for me— l love it because it lm< dried the tear of sorrow from the cheek es that once almost heart-broken w ife I love it because it lias fed and clothed those once nuked and starving children; j 1 love it, because it holds out the bi u con of hope and rainbow or promise to ! the despised and forsaken drunkard—l 1 l°ve it most, ur.d I love it lust, because in its advani e, the tlod we worship lias been glorified. Yours most sincerely. ciiAUj.Hs u. uruviiK. : -’ ■ 1 Cotritißus, Ga. August sth. 1852. | It i an uphill business, with us be re, at the present tune. The Sons scorn to have lost ull their previous energy j and determination ; grog-shops are go. | ing into operation every week, until (>R(JAN OF THE SONS OF AXi> STATE TE:e'Ei; i double the quantity of them are among us than were ever he lore, i’rte Sons nr.- dropping oil’one liy oo<; like the sow, “they are returning In the wallow an J the dog to his Vomit.” (low long thi state of tilings “ili coniiiiu- I c.mn rl divine, but Go I fin bi I that n shall v. . .. ■ tinue. long. The truth is, the order is ; not progressing in the Slate as it has ! done, and | very much fear that w<- : shall all go back ten nr lw. Ive y. a'.s, instead ot advunchig. Something must I he dune, the wheel must be chocked, or wo will run to the bottom of the hill, jour leaders are nee-nawing, anil our . wheel horses have become indifferent, land ‘ otliers are discouraged. Can ; nothin 1 he done ? will our leaders give us nun more long, Wrong, steady pull ? Will our wheel Imr.ses exert tliernselves ! once more, as in times past and gone ? II so, then shad we again start up the mountain, and may purchnncn reach the top. t'aii.fi. what an v vou { the election for 1‘..-s, |. • : and our State elections at. drawing hard upon us, and our old enemy “ill take advantage lof our lukewarmne.'D, and dislodge us fioai our position, and then God only knows where we shall stop. There was some pin peel of our hav ing a ma4-meeting of'tomnernuc.? men In re, but ‘vhut lilt!. 1 feeling there was seems to have died out, and I satisfied li.r Columbus, that w ithout an dibit by the .Sous, and that speedily, the death km II of the institution here, will soon he soun led. CIIA TT A [ 100CIJGH. For the Temperance Banner. !“/// canid not drink without gelling drunk, / would not drink at all.” Often as this remark is made it is 1 nothing but delusion. My attention was recently called to this subject hy heating the remark, ami thinking of the course of a young man with whom I wasiaised, and Imin whom I have often heard fall the < vpivs-oon : “If | could not drink without getting di uuk, I would not drink at all.” In the days of my hoy in. flkihia youth and myself iv. re frequently in thu con puny of those who were drunken, and who s:-. med not to understand the scrip tural denunciation against him “who puttcih the bottle to his neighbor’s ; mouth,’ for they put it to ours and we drunk moderately, while they fr. quenl ly indulged iiioiv freely—evetj to ex •a ss. Hence the rent o k which I have ; quoted. Hut u lew years have passed, and in i my boyish uvsociatu wlmt a change!— I lie moderate drinking hoy is now an immoderate drinking man. May he yet I am to abstain entirely i —the only sale course in-such cases. Reader! are you a moderate drink er? I)> you repose in your own s: length as a il.'fcng.? against the force ..I habit, to save you from a drunkard’s .doom? Trust not the delusion. A band.m the practice while yet you may; i lest when you wool I you may not be able to do so. D> rot experiment on your own powers of resistance. Vou may nt some time take too much, Unco drunken you think you will for ’ the tuture indulge less freely. For a time you .In so, hut ut some unguarded moment the fiery liquid again gets the better of you, and so you go on from time to time, each time promising your self to lie more careful, but each time gradually diminishing yours. If respect, and therefore weakening vour powers of resistance, until finally your moral sensibilities become blunted. I hen the thoughts of the loss of the good opin ions of your friends, and combining your own loss of self control and self respect, render you superlatively mis erable. Then to drown the hitter an guish of vour soul, you rush furiously on, and with apparently ten-fold thirst, qmitr the accursed liquid which Ims already hrohght you to the very verge ol ruin. Horrors succeed and you drain the bitter cup to the dregs and die. In what condition to enter eterni ty ? l.amentabb’ ! Moderate drinking youth, pause in your career. Nme can be certain of safety save in total abstinence. All are subject to the influence’ of this fatal habit, ns Well the thief’s soil, as the; cottager’s boy. l'iNF trim:. 111 W KsTKHN, Go, Aug. (i, ’52. i lr. Editor :—As 1 am not in the habit of trespassing on the lair columns of your paper. | hope you “ill give placeto a few hasty reflections. Believing ns I do, that temperance >V moderation are intlispensibly necessa : ry to insure success in every underta-j king, ami that iqion these successes more or less depend our happiness,!’ cannot refrain from sayjug a few words! to the temperance brtehren of South-i Wes', rn, G.t. (I say hrnhrcu ofSouth ; Western, Ga.V because I am more inti-j mntc’y acquainted, and know better their position as regards the temper-j uncc cause in Georgia. In our midst are. many called w orthy “Sons of Tufhpcrance ; v but where- i fore? Do their works prove to the world that they are such? Alas! 1 1 fear not. Do they meet as often as is even convenient at their Division rooms, to revel in brotherly love and atlection? Do they persuade their neighbors and their neighbor's children to fly from, ’their eminent danger, and to step un der thorf broad banner of security ? And last, but not jiVnst, do they take the Temperance Banner, the organ of their 1 j profession, and read it, pay for it, and | persuade their friends and their friends’ j children to do the same ? If i may be allowed to speuk for some of them, I I would s.iv, to our shame sad utter disgrace, b• it sail, we do not. Quit.’ a number get round some ot tl**”> * f ‘■ lions, (as they think ; admirably well, especially thus.’ in r -l ition to subscri bing and paying Ibr the “I’.u)p?r.” Not ‘infrequently have I ‘ .surd “Sons o.‘ Temperance”.say, ll t tho H-miicr as their organ, wns a burl, sque on Ui p institution. Well then, a-bnilting that | it is not us good an organ a.; the oe!. r desires, the question naturally arises, why it is thus? Hccau? • the Sons of Temperance, and t■ ■ in[.•. of people generally, who are its recipients, do not feed it on that fiourishment so well udnpted tb its growth and prosperity, (money ) Many there are who seem to think that the IS iitors are all as rich as the lLothchilds-fully able to edit, print, pay j ull expenses,-and send their paper to! all of their iiumeroussubscfibi.rs gratis.; With vividness 1 remember when 1 was a school-hoy, it iv. 4 s thought a disgrace to receive black marks lor misdemean ors or non-compliances. But riot so in these modern &. more enlightened days, our people have learned a steamer phi-! iosrphy—they have learned to read their paper, (the margins oi which are striped wi h black marks) lor thr. •.* years arrearages, without a seeming blush, or the slightest compunction of conscience. As to the W( ..ltii of Hdi’ ns, I have very limited knowledge, hut I aji sure if they are all as badly pail Dr their labors arc “Uncle Ben ’ is, corn imihity, it they ar*? riot already poor, they soon will bo. It has been the happy lot ofiiio wri-! ter to travel several thou u.d miles j from his native .State, and how hissoulj has been lifted to In ar the praises of the people in behalf of’ the int lligence, wr-allh, and hospitality of the dtizens of this country. But little did :hey think thr.se wealthy men of whom hey spoke, “. iv three or four years in debt for the only paper in their State advocating the glorious cause of temperance. Gentlemen of “South Western Geor gia,” let these things lie not so,—come out and show to the world that you are not ashamed of the good old “Banner,” under whose stripes you have fought so valiantly lor a long time'—though those stripes through negligence have turned black—come up and pay the debt of gratitude you owe your leader, (Undo Ben,) and the stripes of vour Banner shall assume all of their former colors and brilliancy—whilst your heart shall gladden us you read the signs of the times in her floating folds as she in furls them to the balmy breezes of sum mer. .Step forward, gentlemen and Indies, ot “South Western Georgia,’ and pay your dues, and “Direle Ben,” I doubt not, will soon show you a paper wor :v of the order and the iulelligene. of its readers. A SUBSCRIBER. Palmy ra. The Liquor Traffic, No 1 Mr. Editor :— ll is known to the readers of the Banner, that at the re. cent session of our State Temperance Convention, a series. >l resolutions ivea introduced, in relation to the umil'ic in intoxicating drinks ; and thnt tie y were adopted by that body with remarkable ! unanimity. As the subject of those j resolutions may occupy the attention ot the public, and perhaps give rise to i warm discussion, at no distant day, J propose, through the columns of the j Banner, to discuss them briefly, and express the hope that you will throw open your columns lor a free and full hearing of both stiles. If’there are any arguments that can be successfuli\ used in tuvor of the converse of the proposi tions embodied in the resolutions, Ictus Ilnur them ; let us compare notes with our opponents, and if our course promi ses to eli’ect u greater amount of good, present an i prospective, than theirs, let them adopt our vie"s; if not, we will adopt theirs. lam very well aware of tire fact, that it is a difficult matter to have this question argued upon its mcr its. There are certain stereotyped oh juctions, always ready for use, by eve ry body who chooses to oppose this movement ; and a great many pet ms use them at second-hand, without troub ling themselves to think fairly upon the subject, or to examine the arguments upon the other side. In truth, it is 1 a much easier matter to convince a man’s judgment than to control his ac tions ; and the difficulty is greatly in creased, when reason has to contone ajotie with prejudice, passion, and the host ot vitiated appetites, that are mar shalled on the side of king alcohol, in this case, “error is not harmless where reason is left free to combat :t, although error may finally bo subjugated by reason, alter a. lie roe and protracted contest, for •Truth, crushed t> earth, will rise again, The eternal years of Clod are hers; Hut error wounded, writhes in pain, And dies mid her worshippers.” On this question, let us have a fair, open contest; the frit nds *of temper mice, (those of them, at least, who are in favor of these resolutions,) desire no concealment; and wo call upon Our op ponents to show their hands, bring forth tueir strong arguments, give Us a fair field, and we ask no Favors. The first resolution in the series is as fallows ; Revolved, That the traffic in intoxica-’ tin if drinks is an immorality cunl a pub lic grievance.'’ This resolution con tins a self-evident proposition, --> el, ar that it needs only to be stated, to chal lenge our belief, and enforce our assent to its troth. And accordingly, it elicit ed no discussion in the Convention,'and passed without a dissenting voice. It is, t er. foe, unnecessary to argu n it in this place, because, as an abstract propo sition, its truth will bo acknowledged even by those who are opposed tol**gis lat ive action upon this subjec. Ttie second resolution in the series, r■a ’•• thus ■ “ Resolved. that it is a just > and wise exercise of legislative power, /•> prohibit the Ira flic in intoxicating drinks.” Uu this resolution, the battle was fought ■in Convention, and 1 presume, in the 1 future disou : ion that may arise upon 1 this subject, this particular resolution will contain the principal “hone of con nection.” Now, to my mind, the sec- ond resolution embodies a eorrollary, so fairly dcducible from the first, that it forms an irresistible inference from it. ‘i'llis- will be evident from a difierorrt statement of the subject matter, thus: The traffic in intoxicating drinks is an immorality and a public grievance; it is the duty of the legislature to prevent immorality, and redress public griovan-; c f, s ; therefore it is tho duty o! the leg islature 11 prohibit the traffic in intoxi cating drinks. By pulling the two to gether in this way, their mutual ue pciid.mce will more fully appear, aud ilie, truth of both he rn n!>: more evident. For if we confess (and no one can deny it) that the traffic in intoxicating drinks is an immorality and a prrblic grievance, it is tint easy to see why it fsnot a prop er subject of legislative action. That.it ; is clearly within the scope of legislative ; power, is evident, not only from the very i nature of the ease, but from the fact, ! that that power has air ady bceu exer- 1 i cised upon this particula- subject, and ‘no one has yr-t ben found to question J ilie propriety of its ex rcise, so far us it ! I has gone. By the law of nature, ull I j men have undoubtedly the liberty to j sol 1 wliat they please, when they please, and how they please; and this natural right has been so far restrained by the legislature of Georgia, us to require ! the payment of five dollars, and the observance of some other conditions, by anyone who wishes to retail spirituous liquors within the State; aud the fail ure to observe these statutory regula tions, constitutes a [renal offence. Now | it the legislature have tne right to de mand five dollars from the retailer, for die privilege of retailing, they undoubt edly have uu equal right to demand fit'- ll) or live hundred dollars for the same j privilege; and, by force of tho argu | merit, they have tire right to prohibit the | traffic altogether. There can be no doubt then, but that the prohibition of j the liquor traffic, is a just, exercise of legislative power, aud tiie question then ! recurs as to the wisdom of its exercise, i This brings up the question of expedient- j cy, which is emphatically the question, ’ and it is to this particular point, that | your correspondent, “-Rosette,” seems j to direct his argument. T hat writer I seems to f ,r that “ agitation ” upon this! subject will do no good, and will have | a tendency “to cripple the operations of I our order, ” (the Rons.) 1 do not feel this fear ; and the only dillerence be tween “Rosette” and myself is about this; tfiat while we both desire the de feat of the common enemy, I believe : there is a necessity for “a little more grape.” Those wlto advocate the prin ciples, embodied in the resolutions, do ; not propose to discontinue the use one ! of a single one of the means, hitherto so • successfully employed in advancing the j cause of temperance. ‘They still be j lieve in the virtue of “moral suasion,” j and advocate its continued use; but ‘they are, nevertheless, in favor of the : employment of other means tQ reach I those cases,-that are beyond the reach jof this remedy,; jut as the skillful phy j sician uses tiie most powerful medicines jto eradicate a disease, that palliatives j haye failed to relieve. Aud here per : “dt tne to remirk, that the “Sons,” as i Temperance organization, are not re sponsible lor this movement, and if odi um attach to any otto on account of it, j that odium should not fall upon the or der of the Sons. This will be evident jto any one who will reflect upon it for ! a single moment; because there are Sons oi Temperance “ho are opposed !to these resolutions, and who spoke against them in Convention, and their j opinions upon this subject have nothing j to do with their connection with the or i lor. A ciin, there are men in favor of J these resolutions, who are not, and nev er expect to be, Sons of Temperance, j If then, “Sons” may t tke either side of ! this question, without affecting their ! character or standing, as such, then of htours- they arc responsible tor their j opinions as individuals only, and not as “Sons.” 1 hold my opinions upon this subject as a free citizen of the State of ! Georgia, and th State of Georgia is just as responsible for those opinions as is the Division with which 1 am cunnc ---1 ted. Mv sheet is foil. If you think this worth pu dishing, I wish to trouble you I with one or two articles upon thisques ; tion of expetniieticy. \ours ast vt r. RUSTICUS. A Pointed Blow. —An invalid sent tor a physician, the late Dr. Wheelman, mid after detaining him some time with a description ol his |min. aches, &c., he thus summed up with— “ Now, Doctor, you have humbugged me long enough with your good.for j nqthitig pills and worthless syrups; they ■do*’ t touch tv cans, of .n- ’ .yint, if lit i’ in vour power to rub it.” ‘it shaii be iL.v, ” said the Doctor, at the same time lifting his cr.ne, and de molLhing a decanter of gin that stood ■ upon the sideboard ! iC'f. f . V ’• <’ A" . rzf-i r, / ‘.r x . A t • f • / V. N ■ ? murv > .; • •. -, r ? •s - OF TEMPERANCE. Pledge of tlic Sons of ‘S’empc rance.--l, without reserve, solemnly pledge my honor ns a man that I will neither make,buy, sell nor use, as a beverage, any Spirituous or Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider. Officers of the Grand Division. G. L. M’Clf.skey, G. W. T. Monroe. J. S. Pinckard, G. W. A. Forsyth. VV. S. Williford, G. Scribe, Macon. E. C. Granniss, G. Treasurer, „ J. E. Evans, G. Chaplain, „ D. E. Blount, G. Conductor, Clinton. J. D. Mavis, -G. Sen. Houston, Cos. Office of the Grand Division. ) Ass si ci ad Icctiug. Tire Annual Meeting of the Grand Divi sion will be held in the City of Macon, com mencing on Wednesday the 27th October at 9 o’clock, A. M. The D. 0. W. P’s are earnestly reques ted to make their reports to tite G. W. P. as soon after the close of the present quar ter ns possible. Subordinate Divisions will not he furnish ed with printed certificates of Election this year, as-it is supposed that all are now fam iliar enough with the.form to write out their certificates correctly. W.S. WILLI I'ORD, G. S. For tho information of the Recording Scribes, we insert the form of certificate. Division, ISo , S. of T. October 1852. To the Grand Division of the State of Georgia; This is to Certify that P. W. P’s. and W. P. hov • b'.">n duly elected to represent this Di vision in the Grand Division until October next. In Witness whereof we have .•..used this to be Signed bv on • It £ S. and the Seal of the Division to be “ attached. R. S. Office of the Grand Division. / Macon, 12ih Aug. 1852. ( To I). G. W. P’s.—The Temperance Tracts purchased some time ago by the Grand Division, arc now ready for distribu j tion among the I). G. W. P’s. They are ! put up in packages of about 40—containing : an assortment and will be forwarded to any I I). G. W. P. making application stir them, to | be by him distributed in his county. W. S. WILLIFORD, G. S. CADETS OF TEMPfiRATO, FLEDGE. No member shall make, buy, sell or use as a beverage,any ■ plrimousoriiiaitliquors wine or cider. Officers of the ftraud Section. J. W. Benson, G. P. Macon.; J3. Burton, G. A. P. Pondtovvn. L. C. Simso.n, G. S. &T. Atlanta. Rev. J. fc>. Wilson, G. G. Decatur. S. AI. H. Bybd, G. G. Oxford. Wd P King, G. VV. Thoraaston. E. 4>. of ilechabitcs. Officers of Georgia Disk Tent, No. 28, loca ted at Washington, Wilkes Cos., Ga.: John R. Smith, D. P. C. R. Washington, C. R. Hanleiter, D. C, R. Atlanta,’ Rev. U. G. Norman,D. L). R. Washington, A. H. Sneed, D. R. S. „ E. fl O’Neal, D. F. S. L. F. Carrington, D. T. „ C. W. Hancock, D. L. ~ Kceh:i bite’s Pledge. I hereby declare, tiiat I will abstain from all intoxicating liquors, cad will not give, nor otler them to others, except in religious ordinances, or when prescribed, a good faith, by a medi cal practitioner ; I will not engage in the traf fic of them, and in ah suitable ways will dis countenance the use, sale and manufacture ot them ; and to the utmost of my power, 1 will endeavor to spread the principles of abstinence from all intoxicating liquors. Absolute Death.— A man named Death, still a resident of Ohio, formerly lived iu Cincinnati, where lie sold li quors. Over tho door of his store was tiie sign of “Rectified Whiskey,” and was directly under his name, “Abso lute Death.” An old Indv from the country with her son, a hearty lad, was one day quietly wending their way through the street in a wagon. The sign caught her eye. “Stop John !” She read it. “Rectified Whiskey, Ab solute Death.” That’s a fact. “John ny let me out, there is one honest VVhis j key seller in Cincinnati. 1 want to see ! what Ire looks like.” “Paddy, honey, will ye buy my watch?” “And is it about selling your watch ye are Mike?” “Troth it is, darlint.” “What’s the price?” “Ten shillings and a muichin of the creature.” “Is tho watch a decent oner” “Sure an I’vc had it twenty years and it never once desaved me.” “Well here’s your tin; and now toll me does it go well?” “Bodat an’t it goes faster than any watch in Bonnau ?iit, Munster, Ulster, or Leinster, r, t barring Dublin.” “Bad luck to ye, Mie, th - you have taboo mo in! Dr i’nt you say it never desaved you?” “Sure and I did —nor di ! i'—for I nevir and. chided on it !"’ A wager is a fool’s argument. ■JJM lAITOI. PEIf FIJBKiDt AUCif. 21, 1852. oL’’ NOTICE. —Subscribers r ving their papers with a straight black mark, are then by notified that they are in arrears. One mark indicates one dollar due; two, thnt two, &c. Please remit the amount at once Inj mat], with out waiting for other opportunity. Sdtf” UV have had to make new Books ‘recently, and transfer the names of all our Subscribers.—We have tried to be par ticular and not make any mistake: but if any of our Subscribers should miss their papers, or find any other error, they will oblige us by giving immediate information. CSP” Postage. —To save ourselves from a heavy and unjust expense, we give notice, that from and after the first day of Septem ber ensuing, we “ ill take no letter from the Post Office, on which the Postage haa not been paid. We request our agents and correspondents, when writing upon matters of our own, to pay the postage, and we will return a stamp by mail, free ot expense to llu in. Obituary Notices. We have received two obituary notices, purporting to be forwarded by the authority of Divisions, unaccompanied by any name, and in one instance the postage unpaid.— Our friends will at once sec the impropriety es their appearance in the Banner. The special attention of our readers is requested to tiv. communication of“Rus- Ti'fjs,”.)n the Liquor Traffic. Dispositions are the true o we. ; and b -aring this in mind, with another fact, that is, that the advocates of the Resolutions passed by the Strte Convention, design to carry the question to the people— the sovereign people of Geor gia—the whole subject will be understood, and our columns are open to a fair discus sion, by both the friends and foes of tho Resolutions. Fair at Atlanta. We had the previlege of spending one day at the Agricultural ana Industrial Fair, at Atlanta last week. The attendance of visitors was very large, and the articles for ! exhibition in the various departments, were i numerous and attractive. We did not re j main to hear the Premiums awarded. The | list was respectable, and tie? fiiends of tha enterprise are encouraged to believe that thc-y will succeed beyond their expectations. The communication of “A Subscri ber,” from South Western Georgia, will not fail to claim a perusal. We designed to ac company its publication with some remarks of our own, but must content ourselves with simply saying that remarks desparag ing to the Banner, always proceed from those. who do not pay their subscriptions, and | who do the least to promote the Temperance Reform. TVe h ive never known an indi vidual, who read the Banner attentively and j paid the Subscription promptly , to find any 1 fault with it. It is true, it is not what j we desire it to be, and what it would be, if we could get our just dues. If all the Sub scribers to it, will but carry out the cal! made by our correspondent from “South West Georgia,” the Banner will be greatly enlarged, and in every other respect materially improved. We hope the article from a “A Subscriber” will awaken delin quents to tbe duty of discharging their debts. (£2F' , Our friends King and Duuyee are out upon a campaign against Prince Alco i hoi, and in support of the position assumed by tbe State Temperance Convention at Newnnn. We regret that tbe communica tion of Bro. Duryef, did not reach us in time for our last issue. We did not re ceive it until the first of this week. We invite the friends of the Temperance Reform to turnout to the meetings, by all means. A correspondent at Lanmdmseo, Stew art county, gives it as his opinion that if some good lecturer would visit that section, he would be kindly received, and no doubt a great deal of good would be accomplished. He thinks a little stiring up in this way, would make the Division at Lannahassee, one of the best in he State. White Sulphur Springs, Fla. A subscriber at the above Tost Office, un der date of July 23, writes us that the Ban ner reaches there “sometimes onco a month, and sometimes not so often.”’ We regret this irregularity, and assure the writer and other Subscribers there, that the fault is not ours. Tin; Banner is mailed regularly eve ry week, to each Subscriber; and if it does not arrive regularly, the fault is at the doer of the PostOlfice department. Should we detect the cause, we will endeavo* to apply the remedy. P. 15. Cox’s Town Property. We alluded to the -•:,! off proper ty once before, ami im respectfully call the attention of our readers to it a gain. As the time is near at hand when the sale will positively lake place, we ; think tiie public generally would do well ,to call and examine the premises, as a bargain doubtless will be offered. The location is certuitily desirable, bring some fed higher in elevation than any resi lience in the city, and on one of the pub lic streets. Wrre we a capitalist, we should not hesitate a moment to make an investment, and should expect a jlucrat:-, profit in return, to keep it or ilu sen again. Rea l advertisement in j another column.— American Union. Avoid spending a dollar’s worth ot time to save sixpence worth of silver