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YOL. XVIII j H© fi- IBP-2RANCS BAI\i>JER is Tim X*;tti tf the Ss of Teinperaftce AN LI OF THE ..Irate CoiivcFition of Georgia: * t’UBLISUEO WEEKLY, av BmAriin aK VTrrT. LX* Terms —On* Dollar a year,in advance. Letters must be Post paid, to receive at tention. >j Banner Almanack, for 1852. *Tfse. if I>Si aHis’ se I- Ie: S“t SI s; S3'o? V o § i|itS!§. imf § : iWlUli *l* a ‘i I'll 11 if | | 11111? ill A 11 j-jjlf ); 1; . j \h\VW\ iIA s) A I . r > ♦? 71 8: 9 10 1 r '| 6 7j S| 9,10 } X u 12 I:j| l-i 11l*i 171 1112 l;r jl; i•', i'>! i < X 2 IK 19'S>'2I 22 23 24 l<!w!2>l!2l 221251 M A. Nk 23 2li 27i"ASj 2!l 30i31| 24b)2('i?S 213 ft MI \ V Fel. — | I 2- ‘I 1 I •> i 7 Avg- l| 2! 3| 4:i„! |;l 7 £ s 9; jo: 11 12 1.1 111 S| 9 Wlll|q, IJiJf N si 1A 111 1 17 H 1:1 211 211 ■ IS 111 17 I’ 2i);21 y <S !22j231 21 i2->: 2j 12712s 22:23;24.1ip ,27|2S Q A 22 ill 29 30 31 o > ‘A Mafrohj—i 12 341 <5 Sep. i—l J j A & 7! 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When he is at work. X 2. When he is cold. ii 2. When ho is idl<}. A X 3. MTien he is wet. / i3. Before itieals. X 4. When he is dry. ) 14. After meals. Q .*. When he is dull. \ i". When he gets up. 8j (>. When he is live. y. ( id. When he goes to bed. Sy 7. Wlon he travels. / 17. On hollidays. C’ X S. W!ien he is at home, l IS. On Pul die occasions. A A 9. When he is in o unpany ( 19. On any day: or X it). When h< u alone. } 20. On any occasion. X^ .S Every friend to Temperance A take the Temperance Temperance men will not support S. Temp’ ranee Press, who will !” I IIIIMI MOBAL ANB RKLHiIOLTS. Calvary. BT MRS. SOUTHEY. Down from the willow bouyh My slumbering’ harp I’ll take, And bid.its silent string To heavenly theme awake , Peaceful let its breathing be, W hen i sing of Calvary. Love, Love Devise, I sing; (), for a seraph’s lore, B athe i in S,lea's stream, And touched with living fire; Lofty, pure, the strain should be, When 1 sing of Calvary. Love, on earth appears! The wretched throng his way; He beareth all thier griefs, And wipes their tears away; Sett and sweet the strain should be, Saviour, when 1 sing of thee. He saw me as lie passed, In impi 1,%-j sorrow lie, Condemned and doomed to death, And no salvation nigh : Long arid loud the strain should be, W hen 1 sing his love to me. •‘i die for thee,” he said— old the cross arise ! An.: . ■ I he bows his head— V a. nows hi head and dies ! r,;>, n-.y li.crp, thy breathings be, 1 ,■; ir.c w. ■p on Calvary. ’ ‘< n! again lie. lives ! t hear the voice of Love—£ io otnes ‘ soothe my fears, ,-s -my soul above , •v ‘ . • • rain should be, ■ TMsHtgo. Calvary. hr ..am o; Life. —Life bears sir. in of a mighty river. •*V fi.'.st glides swiftly down •’ lmn iel, tin’ nigh me playful Ci of iiie little brook, arid wind 's os grusey border, the trees r iiteir blossoms over our young .n mis, an.i the flowers of tlie brink seem to oiler themselves to our young hands; >vt are in hope, we grasp eagerly at tne beauties vrourid us, but. the stream hurries is on, and still our hands are empty. Our course in youth and manhood is along a wider and deeper flood, amid ob jects more striking and magnificent. We are animated by’ the moving pic ture ot enjoyment and industry that is passing before us; we are excited by 3hort-lived success, or depressed and rendered misetable by some short, lived disappointment. But our energy and dependence are both in vain. The stream bears on, and our joys and griefs are left behind us; we may be ship wrecked, but we cannot anchor; our ► voyage may be hastened, but we can not be delayed; whether rouglt or smooth, the river hastens towards iis home; the roaring of the waves is be neath onr keel, and land lessens from our eyes, the floods are lifted up around us and we take our last leave of earth and its inhabitants, and ot our future voyage there is no witness but the in finite and the eternal.— Bishop Hcher. What Good Has Christianity Done, ? Let us look to the lowliest village ■church in this happy land; to the hum blest pastor, and the simplest flock. Let u remember, as we see them pour ing forth from its humble portal, what words have been on all lips, what j thoughts of majesty and holiness, wiiatj love, what reliance, what confidence; I and then, if we are not faithless to the | dignity of that soul which, though do- j teriorated, still retains the stamp of its ■ I Maker, let us believe, if wo can, that j j no good lias been effected, no passion softened and checked, no desire for the | graces of a Chris’ ian temper implanted. Let this sight be compared, not with the population that collected, like our bar- I batons forefathers, or like the savages ! ofjnwrtarn days, to perform their bloody i worship in the sight of the bright sun | or shining stars of heaven, but with the ! 1 population that'poured forth from the I lofty portals of some splendid temple ol j ‘the polished Athens, to join in the ini-; ijuities of a Bacchanalian procession, or with that which, at this very time, assembles in the distant realms ofHiu dostan, sometimes for deeds of cruelty j and death, sometimes for services so j | revolting, that the very Brahmin of bet-1 ! ter mind hides his face for shame, and ’ sheds the burning tear of anguish over i the infamy of that religion of which lie; is the minister; —let this comparison be; simply made, and then let it bo asked,, what itas Christianity dune? “Ask and Ye shall receive.”—Au gustas Topludy, in speaking of the wil jlingness of God to bless liis children,; makes this beautiful remark: “ The sun stoops not more readily to warm the flower that opens to receive] his beams, than does the Holy Spirit to-j strengthen and bless the soul that de sires his influence.” j General Insensibility to anlmpor- | pant Truth..—Tliisnatiie'y,—that the: misery of human life is made up of j large massess, each separated from the ] other by certain intervals. One year,] the death of a child; years alter, a fail ure in trade; after another longer or] shorter interval, a daughter may have man led unhappily-;—in all but the sin gularly fortunate, the intergrul parts that compose the sum total of the unhap piness of a man’s life are easily coun ted, and distinctly remembered. The happiness of iife, on the contrary, is ! made up of minute fractions the little i soon forgotten charities ol u kiss, a smile, O _ ‘ ’ ! a kind look, a heart-fell com; liment in ! the disguise of a playful raillery, and I the countless other infinitesimals of ! pleasurable and Denial leafing. j 1 f* O j Coleridge. Truth-—the opep, hold honest truth— its always the wisest, always thu safest ] for every one, in any and all circum- I stances. I JUVENILE DEPARTMENT. I ’ _ i The following song is from an esteemed I i correspondent at Cave Spring. It was ae-l I compacted with tne Notes tor the air uud j ; second for small voices. Let several sing each part, and we have no doubt of a happy j | effect. We are sorry we cannot accompany | it with the Notes:— Children's Song. Hear, children hear, And treasure up with care, l The good advice your father gives, 1 And mind your mother while who lives— j Hear, children, hear. Think, children think, As quick as one can wink, ! But take your time to think again, ; Fur second thought will save you pain— Think, chiiuren think. Play, children play— lie innocently gay; But first be sure your task is done, And be not over fond ot tun— Play, children play. Work, children work, Nor let the feeling lurk Within your hearts, that you can live , Without apart to line and give— Work, children work. j Learn, children learn— The page of knowledge turn; By study make itall your own, Or little good you will have done — Learn, children learn. I Sing, children sing, Like merry birds in spring; The voice is given for pious song, ; And not to use it thus is wrong— Sing, chiiuren sing. Pray, children pruy To God both night and day. That you way serve Him till you die, Then serve and praise Him in the sky— j Pray, children pray. 1 Some years ago, us the late Itev. Dr. Pringle of Perth, was taking a walk one ] summer afternoon, two young beaus; took it into their heads to break a jest I upon the old parson. H alking briskly up to him. and making their how polite- j |v, they asked him if he could tell them! the color of the devil’s wig. The wor- j thy clergyman, surviving them alien-1 tiveiy a few seconds, made the follow-1 1 ing reply :—“Truly, here is a most j J surprising case! Two men haveser-p ved a master all the days of their life; [ I ar.d dou’t known the color of ids wig!” I < Thefts never enrich; alms never ini- ] I poverish; prayers hinder nowoik. jl PENFIELI), GA. AUGUST 28, 1852. From the Southern Era. Whats’ to be Done l The above question is particularly interesting to Temperance men in Vir ginia at this time. Its proper answer will have an important bearing upon the downward or upward progress of the cause of Temperance, from this time forward. It can’t be dodged. It must and will have a response ; and, tor our part, we desire it to have a prompt and an honest response. Notwithstanding what men in high or low stations may say ; notwithstanding vv hut popularity seeking orators may utter, to satisfy t hoir hearers that they are not opposed to this reform ; that, they think it com mendable within proper bounds ; that they wish it well ; that they have a loathing for drunkenness, an J hope to see the day when no such tiling shall exist; vve say, notiiwithstanding all these, the fact that one is a Soil of Tem perance, a i'ee-tolallor by public pro iession, an undisguised advocate of to tal abstinence from all that can intoxi cate, is sullicteut, in the estimation of a large class in community, to draw some degree of odium upon him; while from another, hut larger and more influen tial class, he receives no positive, open encouragement, such as iiio cause suould demand from every good, and certainly from every pious citizen. i lius the Temperance man, proper, is comparatively alone in his sphere; slimmed by one portion of society, and receiving the indistinctly uttered ••feint praise” of the balance. In this way me only encouragement received js purely negative; while the res ponsibiliiy, in part and in whole, for every lailure, for every false step, and for the unhappy conduct of every reformed inebriate, us attached, undivided and unmitigated, to the re form and its triends, i iie mishaps at tending’ any Temperance organization, the unfortunate return of any druukaid to iiis cups, and tlte happening of any othei event calculated to depress the cause or the spirits oi thuse engaged in it, are subjects ofjibes, and scotls, and ridicule, and standing arguments wjtii some men, in proof of the folly and fa ] nmicisiu o! those of their let low-citizens, ; humane and bold enough to attempt a ; reform. Sueh being the facts and cir cumstances by which- he is surrounded, it becomes the Temperance man at once, without hesitation and without fear, to shoulder the responsibility, stand upon the highest ground, publish his priueipltsto Uie world, and light the battle us becomes a true man. One peculiarity of this warfare is, that it will not admit of vascillatioti or j temporizing among its friends. There j fore, lie mat is disposed to the adoption lof such a policy, and that only, is not ; prepared for the strife, and hud bettor | stand aside, liis counsels ure against ! us; las example is against us ; and j we cannot prudently or safely engage ! 111 9m migliiy struggle until we relieve ourselves of all such dead weights, and count und know our men. it will not do lor the rear-guard to give any hoed to terms lot capitulation, while those in the van are otiarging gallantly against the enemy, with the hope and the assu rance ot victory. Unity, harmony, concert, unblauolied energy should characterize that glorious army, whose bloodless victories shall proclaim the dethronement and destruction of that terrible and heartless monarch of the still, whose cruel tortures have extor ted tears and groans of agoriv from all Christendom. We must bo us one man in spirit, resolution and action; and therefore may we truly say in tliis con nection, “he that is not for us is against us , and he must be treated as an eu ! umy, so far, at least, as his timid couu- J sols are concerned. The history of ev ery phase of the Temperance refomia j tiori satisfies us tiiat many, very many there have been, und ate, who joined with their hands but not with their, hearts, who merely signed the pledge, but did not heartily approve it. If such there be among us now, they do us not even negative good, but positive harm; they are mere clogs, dead weights, obstructions. They are not .fit to enlist in the great Temperance ar my of the nineteenth century. They j must first do violence to themselves be- I fore they will be prepared to take the ■ angry fortress we art- besieging by storm. Separate the chuff from the reheat, then, is tbe first answer to the question j that heads this article. What next ? Something equally as! important—aye, as absolutely necessa ry as the firs’.. Prudently select, bold ly proclaim, and resolutely maintain i tfie principles upon which the great bat tle is to be fought. In the movement of Temperance men heretofore, there has too frequent ly been wanting that unity of purpose so necessary to success. Some have been co-operatin/ to a certain limited extent; others have been willing to go a little further ; and others still have/ been disposed to keep far in advance of I both. At the same time all three clas ses were ranged under the same ban ner, enlisted in the same cause, and each and all alike held responsible by i the public for the declaraiions and acts | of each, w hether they were regarded j as mild or ultra ; and part, if not most; oftiiis time also, those three classes; themselves have been at war with each ! [other; one timidly holding back, afraid lof traveling 100 fast; another boldly j dashing ahead, looking only to the end !in which they fancied or believed they ! saw the right; while vet another stood between the two, encouraging or check i ing as tho case might be. The enemy, ! that was common to all ol these clasi ss, saw the divisions and the bickerings ; that existed among them, and right ] well profited by them. The result ; has-been that the cause in which all , three were ostensibly engaged, lias made very little comparative advance 1 so? good io those who need it ; and they jure, all mankind. Therefore, in pre ; paring for the light that is to come, and !we sincerely trust it will boa final and ■ successful one for the right, there 1 shpuld be an explicit understanding as ] to terms and principles among thtfse en ] gaged on the Temperance side, before tine articles of agreement are signed and sealed. There should be, in a word, siioh a joining of hearts and hands ; a commingling and harmony ot sentiment and resolve, as to leave no possible doubt as to the result. Heretofore, the remedy has not been sufficient for the disease , indeed, it has nut been adapted to it. Intemperance is ihe disease; mild persuasives the remedy. What testimony, in behalf of the ellieucy of this treatment, has been elicited by the experience of the last quarter of a century ? Comparatively Jillle; we had almost said none. A lew drunkards have been reformed; a few men have been kept sober ; a few dram-shops have been closed. Hut the seeds of the vice have been introduced into every community and uro ry tireside, and sown tv throughout tiie land; so t. i. n,.L he said, truly, that whereas Temper anpe hath abounded, intemperance hath touch more abounded. And, taking the relative rales of progression by each mulct the old regime, it would bo ox ! trernely difficult, if possible by the aid jof figures, to calculate when, by the |diliigent application of the same rerne j dy, the disease would be cured. The; \ youngest “inhabitant” could not have I the promise of a file so long, as that, at i jut the close of it, tv wiimss the ext ■nni- j uaiioii ol the vice, or to transmit a well j grounded hope, to bdliold that period, to J his -next heir-at-law.” The appetites of men, and the interests oi men, are the opposition against which wo have to! battle ; and it is an opposition too “bong, too selfish. to j inexorable, ever to be silenced by persuasives. Moral j suasion has been the subject of much ! beautiful, touching, lear-uud-smile pro i ducing rhetoric, but it itas seldom suc ceeded in inducing the rum-seller to abandon his business, and not very oft en constrained the wine-bibber perma nently to abandon hi-s cups. Moral j suasion looks handsome, charming up-j on paper, but in-practice it is as futile j towards the production of tho desired ; . results us a knitting-needle in the hands j jof a stone-mason. In fact, twenty-five j I years of varied experience must have j | saiislied ail Temperance men, whoj ; chose to investigate the subject, thut! {the remedy, hitnerto in general us, , j j has most signally failed, if it has ml even increased the extent and inalig- j nancy of thu disease. Moral suasion, then, having demon-! strated its own inefficiency as a rerne- ] dy or corrective, the cause of Temper- ! uuce must bo abadoued, or its friends, united and undismayed, must march right up to LJBGAL SUASION, and boldly j | “face the music” thut will b ud to cor- v iuin victory. This declaration is not; sustained by the experience of the past, ior by theory only. The new remedy j , has been tried successly. Maine, gal j lain little Maine, has tried it with sue- j cess. Massaceusetts, the twin sister of Virginia in Revolutionary sacrifice, per- j I d and glory, has tried it with success, j Little Rhode Island, too, has tried it { : with success. New Nork arid Penn. I i xylvattia, Ohio &l Kentucky, are on the { eve of making the experiment, and we { feel confident of its success. Oth%f States are also übuuL marching into this j impregnable and victorious column of i cold-water men ; and ‘.he question now comes practically home tons in Vir-j gima : What shall wc do/ Our ans wer to this question has already been i given to,the public, and we have seen or heard no reason for a change. We believe the Maine Liquor Law , is the last and the best hope oi tho Tern- j, peranco reformation; and, believing j ibis, we cannot and we will not dmiin-; ish our dibits to furnish the people! light upon tuis subject, and to persuade all of mir frieuus and fellow-citizens to embruoefthe same bciiefj a,id to exhort > thmu to that union, Itanium j and action, which must result m vicloiy. P- S.—As one itlustiaiiou of the;i practical and benefruui operation of the I i.eoal suasion which we have been j j recommending to the favor of our read. ! ers, we insert the following paragraph [ , Irom the Baltimore Sun of the 3d in-, j slant. Condemn and destroy the liquor, \ I A drunkenness must necessatily cease! ! —a consummation which no good citi- ] i zen will regret: “Effector the Maine Liquor Law in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, j The new Liquor law in Rhode Island is pretty generally observed, except J at Newport. Several seizures have! been made, and a number of lines ini- 1 posed for violations of the law in Provi- t 1101100, where about !j)>7s worth of liquor I is daily sold by the city agent. The’ Journal gives the following list of com mitments to the watch-house for drunk enness, and other causes connected therewith : During the week ending July 4, 82 ; week ending July 11, 7d; week ending July 18,34; weekending July 25, (the first in w hicii the law was in operation,) 0. In Massachusetts, also, outside the city of Boston, tltere is a more general observance of the law titan was at first expected. James Young has been tried and convicted at Lowell of viola ting tlie law. Win. Edwards, of Boston, charged with selling liquor at a military encampment at Newtonville, was tried and convicted lust week, und sentenced ;o the- house of correction for 30 days. He took an appeal however. During the first seven days tlte law was in oper ation, there was not n single-arrest in New Bedford for drunkenness.” For the ‘t emperance banner. The Liquor Traffic, DJo 2- Mr. Editor: —ln my first article tip on this subject, 1 showed (1 think) that the prohibition of the liquor traffic was clearly wimm the legitimate hounds of legislative power; and 1 propose, in the pres .aide, to discuss the txpedien i-xercisiug that power. 1 take position, that the prohibition of the mffio in intoxicating drinks, as a bcu eruge, would be (in thu language ol Bi o. King’s resolution,) a just and wise exercise of legislative power ; and iu maintaining this position, 1 shall insist first, upon the general duly ol tho leg islature, to pass such laws, asshail pro mote the public good, by restraining such practices as tend to disturb the peace ofsociety, to corrupt tint public ! morals, or to impair thu valuo ol prou ; e ''<y ; | If a man assault my persons, or at j tempt to injure my good name, by cir culating scandalous reports concerning : me, the law provides a remedy, and will redress my wrot gs, and punish his crime ; and these are wise enact- J meins. if any one should establish a I gambling house in my neighborhood, I by which my children or my neighbois j might be led astray, and enticed into immoral practices, the law punishe* him as an offender against the public morals; and this too is a wise enact ment. If my neighbor trespass upon my premises, or injure my property iu ! any way, be offends equally uguinst thu j law, which will force liim to repair llio ■ damage 1 may have sustained through ! his act. Novv all tlisse laws restrain Uiuuaiu i rul freedom of men, and it is wise and ! proper that they should do so; because it is a principle that lius ut the very ] foundation of ali well regulated society, j tiiat each member shall be bound so “to I use bis own as not to injure Ids neigh -1 bors ; ” and this is civil liberty—liber !ty regulated by law. Now apply this ] same principle to the traffic in strong j drink. A man sets up a retailing shop |in my neighborhood, uud iu u short time, my neighbors, who were before peaceable, orderly citizens, become | noisy and quarrelsome. Before long the ‘.jiubliir peace is disturbed by a druuk ! on row, and one is knocked down, uud 1 receives serious personal injury, or perhaps bldod .is shed. Well, the in [jured party lias his remedy ut law ; uguiflst his*nsdhilunt—but both were in jured, und the really guilty cause of | the whole of it, escapes without pun- I ishtuent. Why? Uh ! fie did not as * saull any one ; tie was unending to his I business peuceuuJy ; and lie can prove i by Hob Hikes, uuu Biff Dillon, and Pete pSpyifJjy, uud several others, tiiat lie did to keep ’em from fighting, and I toIU them that if Urey would fight, they I must go out oLlhs house to do it, for he ’ could not have any disturbance there— ;it vvus agin the law ! lie did nothing wrong—not he ! In a short time, i learn tiiat my son is getting into had habits. Notwith standing, the most cartful vigilance on : my part, lie has been induced occasion i ally to visit the grocery, from a feeling | jof natural curiosity to learn the cause : of the noise fie hears ihcie, and to si ‘- 1 what is .going on. By degrees, the feelings of repuguanoe, winch he first experienceu, wear away, and lie- bo comes, in seine measure, I’uUiUuleU to iie scunes-enacltai Lhere, un i ms boy -1.,11 love of excitement is gran tied Dy the noise and revelry of which he is a witness. The intermediate steps, be j tween that, and partaking with tlte rev oilers, are soon passed, and the intelli i genee that inv son has beeu drunk, is I perhaps the hist intimation 1 have, that he has been visiting the grocery. i hero is my redress ? Nobody to blame ! Ihe grocery keeper hud notit ] ing to do with it, of course ! True, he saw him there occasionally, and he I does not recollect but that he may have ; seen him take a drink or two, but ho never us a oil him ’.o drink, anil ho could j not order him uway when he came—had j ‘oo much respect for me to do that ! In- I nocent man ! ] VV ell, Bill bikes goes home drunk as usual, and sfirs up a special muss at home, lie has been at the grocery, fussing all uuy, and got whipped every fight ho hud, until he gets among his wile little ones, where he finds some body that he cum whip, and he exerts his power with u sort of devilish nial ice upon them all. Tlte frightened lit tie ones are obliged to seek the protec tion ot a neighbor’s bouse from their natural protector, and tho grief-stricken wife has to Dear insult and oppression iu silence, or piovoko its increase by the attempt to appease tho wrath of the human beast, lie used to be un in. dustrious, peaoeublo man, who provi ded well for his family, before the “ro ccry came there, but his businesslias* been neglected, until bo has no busi ness, and his family no comforts, und now he drinks because he is in trouble. Who to blame / The grocery keep er? Uh, no! Nut he! H e did’nt make Util Sikes drink. In fact, he has been trying for some time to keep hint from drinking ; fur lie lias quit credit mg him long ago; and if people will ifeul Lill, and let him get drunk, it is nut his fault; it is liis business to sell the liquor, lie has got a regular license, und it is his right to do it. Hill Sikes’ wile might have known this, before site married him, uud it he does mistreat her, she’s got nobody to blatno for it but herself ! It is rather hard upon tho children, to bo raised so, but thou thu country will send them to school. Well this is not all. 2V slave belong, mg to my neighbor over the way, got into a difficulty with another negro, and in the fight that iusued, my neighbor’s negro was stabbed so severely “hat he died. Tho matter is invesliguied, and it is ascertained that they were both •Ii uuk. Now where did they get tho liquui ? Nobody cun toil. Tho gro cery-keeper did not Jut them liavo it, for ho has always been very particular übuin that. He took an oath not to sell any to negroes, und of course, ho would nut doit. Where did they get it 1 And echo answers, where t *VVhy they did’nt get it at all ; for there was no place they could get it, but the grocery, and thu) did in get it there ; uierofora it is as plain us mud, that they did not get it all—they just had it. And that u just the wuy they ulwaysgetit. Now vv fiat good has liquor shoj s ever done ? Why old Mrs. Whimper hud a spell of tho colic, uud site got 11 quart of spirits, und put soma camp hi re in it, and tuL a ieutlo ot it every morning, and it hope her mightily. And her old man was sorter atlin like, and ha got some, and put some while.ash, and some dog-wood bulk in it, and drunk it, and he commenced mending directly, i'hat’s u specimen l Now hero is atraflio, that, aocording , to the experience of every neiglibor * hood, is ut war with all the best inter ests of society——promotes dissension, and discord, and strife, among neigh i bors and friends—produces bleudshed I a|l< J death—corrupts the morals of llio ’ young, und fils thorn for u life of dissi pation and idleness—■invades tlte sancti ty ot me domestic fireside, und dries up ut their very fountain the sources of do mestic peace and tranquillity—enoour ages paupei ism, and taxi s the labor of me sober, industrious citizen, to sup port 1 lie paupers it makes, and educate tlte pauper’s children—and which, de scending through every rank ami class of society, stops not until it leaves tho I filth and slime ol its disgusting progress upon our slave population, degrading tho negro evert below the level of his race, and converting him into a thief, murderer, adulterer, or whatever else opportunity allows him to be ; und yet with all these facts staring us in the face, and challenging our daily obser vuiiou, we are toid that it would not bo i wise to profit bit it by legislative enact ment —not expedient to meddle w.itii it now—must starve it out by—moral suasion. 80 thinks nut RUSTIC US. “Night came blooding over the broad face ot nature—the stars began to spar- I klo in the blue sky—and a holy calm seemed to invite repose—when Iclia. find suited forth on the dark nuTpes'sof death. Many a raccoon that night met un untimely enii.” “1 navo turned many a woman’* head,” boasted a young, nobleman of Fiance. “Yes,” replied Talleyrand, “away., from you.” NO. 35.