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VOL. XVILL 1 Hoi TrIGPERAWGS BANKER IS Til ft of the Sons of Temperance AM) OF TUB State Convention of Ccorgia: PnBL, IS aE I> wF.F.K LV, RV KK.VfATIIX 5X31 lVrf.V. erf Tbums —Out Dollar a year,in advance. Loiters must lie Post paid, to receive at tention. $ Banner Almanack, for 1852! S -tt % v.i*j'?'3! ■{■ g -Jl a SI5!? X h § 2 11 iis- ? ?:<> 1 • iiilfllMi V p ’ i illl!films jr Jmi —l I —IH —| ij 2f July--I—(—lI —I M2l 3; jl .') .;! 7 0* 10t ! 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In tho oi l man, nature has fulfill'd her work; sh loads him with her hlt-ssiiiir; she fills him with tin fruit of a well spent life; and surrounded bv his chil dren and Ins children’s children, she: rocks him softlv away to a grave, to which ho is followed with blessings, I God forbid we should not cal! it hnauti-1 ful. liisbenmif.il, but not the most i beautiful - Them is another life hard, { rough, and thornv, trodden with bleed- j htg feet and aching tirovv, the life of J which the cross is the. symbol; a battle which no peace follows this side of the grave, gapes to finish before the victory is won; and-—ttifange that it should beso—this is the highest life nt man. Look back along the great names of history; there is none whose life bus been other than tiiis.— Westminister Review for July Wealth- The error oflife into which man most readily falls, is the pursuit of wealth as the highest good of existence. While riches command respec’, win position and secure comfort; it is < Kpected ih T thev wifi be regarded by all classes on- j ly with a strong and unsatisfied desire But tile undue reverence which is eve-j ry where manifested for wealth, the rank which is conceded it, the homage which is paid it, the perpetual wor-hijS which is otfeied it, all tei cl lo magnify its de. sirabletiess, and awaken longings for it-! possession in tho minds of those born, without inheritance. In society, is 81 j present observed, the acquisition of mon ey would seem to he the height of hu man aim—the great object of living, to which all other purposes are made sub ordinate. Money which exalts the low lv, and sheds honor upon the exalted— money, which makes sin appear goo I ness, and gives to viciousness the seem ing of chastity—money, which silences evil rpport, and opens wide the mouth of praise—money, winch constitutes its possessor an oracle, to whom men listen with deference —money, which makes deformity beautiful, and sanctifies crime rrtonev, which lets the guilty go un punished, and wins forgiveness for wrong —money, which makes manhood and age respectable, and is commenda tion, surely, and good name for the young.—how shall it be gained? by what schemes gathered? by what sacri fice secured? These are the questions which absorb tho mind, the practical answerings of which engross the life of men. The schemes are too often those of fraud, arid outrage upon the sacred obligations of being ; the sacrifice, loss of the highest moral sense, the destruc linn of the purest susceptibilities o’ na ture, the neglect of internal life and de velopment, the utter and sad perversion es the true purpose of existence. Mon- j ay is valued beyond its worth 11 ' ms gained a power vastly above its deserv ihg. Wealth is courted so obsequious ly, is flattered so servilely,is so iiifluou rial in moulding opinions and judgment, I has sue!) weight in the estimatf not ftharac* r •hut men regard its acquwt i . most pi u lent am: f ttt4.tr ‘tt deovors, and its possession as bsoiute enjoyment and honor, rather ihan the means of honorable, useful, and happy life. While riches are thus over-esti mated, and hold such power in coramu uity, men will forego easo and endure toil, sacrifice social pleasures and aban don principle, for the speedy and unlim ited acquirement of property. Money will not lie regarded as the means of liv ing, hut as the object of life. All nobler ends will be neglected in tin* eager haste to bo rich. No higher pursuit will be recognized than Uni pursuit of gold—no attainment deemed so desira ble as the aUainm nt of wealth. While the great tnr nos every circle, is Hie rich man, in the common mind wealth be comes the synonyme of greatness. No condition is discernible superior to that which money confers: no loftier idea of manhood is entertained than tiiat which embraces the ixteut oi one’s posses sinus. There is a wealth of heart better than go! “, and an interior decora lion fairer than on'ward ornament. Tm-re is a splendor in upright life, beside which gems are lustreless; and a fineness of spirit whose beaut , outvies the glitter of diamonds. Mau’s iruo riches are hid den in his nature, and in tlieii develop ment and increase will be find Isis surest happiness.— Portland E'-lect>c. For the Temperance Banner. A Leaf from tlia Life of a Practiclnj ! Physician- or a Day ia tl;3 Prac tice of Medicine. j July 12. h, 1 ??4—. Dr.’s first appoint. ! meul this morning was due at old Squire j TVs at 7£ Evp ( y tiling ready to suit | when a b.y rides t.-j> belonging to Mr. | B y.—Missus say, little Gsorge is | werv sick, and she want you to s’-nd | some undersoil like dat you gtb urn at ! de dinner, to the cadeinv las year. Dr.— (Thinking) Last summer, for gotten ail about i'. Tom,do you know wiut is the matter with little George. Boy.— All me know bout uin, one of de black unteus say lie iiab bowel sick ness. lie bin cry all nito lust r.ite. Dr. acting upon the negro; s sugges tion, st uds medicine for bowel affection, | as, send something, lie knew ha must, i thinking at the saulo time, how unrea j sonable it was, for a person to expect a ! physician to recollect a casual prescrip, [tion twelve months. At this moment } require TVs boy rides up at a rapid rate, j Dr.—-Well, what’s tfie matter now, i J .irk ? Jack—Miss Angy sav she got heap wusser, and wants you to go dar as quick as yer boss can carry yer, or she dead fore you git dar, for true. Dr. was ut Squire T.’sin a few min utes, and found Miss Angelina apparent, j ly in a swoon, and P.i and Ma in a flood of teats. Miss Angy, however, was soon restored to speech, and addressing the Dr., began, Miss Angy. —Dr. you intend to let me die, 1 know you do; when we get sick and send for you, you make u< I worse. You knew 1 would have hor ) \ rare last night, 1 know you did, amt | didn’t leave me a single thing to make i me sleep, and that nasty stuif you did ; leave me was mean enough for a negro jto take. 1 took one dose, and there is ) the phial and the physick, I wouldn’t take it to save forty Drs’. lives. What are you standing there with your mouth open for, and me dying? Why don’t you give me something to steady mv nerves, j you jack-ail opes? I don’t want you to i trive me any thing bad, either. You ) nasty Drs. don’t care how- much we suf. fer, and then when you do give us med ! icine you make it bad enough to puke a dog—but 1 want you to know, when i you give me medicine, if you don’t j make it good you may take it yourself, for l would see you in Egypt before 1 j would take it. Dr.—lndeed, Miss Angelina, you j are in a bad temper; l shall tel! the ; Major if you say much more. Miss Aug. —(Looking exceedingly pleased,) And if you don’t do some thing for me pretty soon, I ll brake the broom stick over your head, you ugly mortal. Dr.—Well, here is the very thing that will cure you in less than no time. Miss Ang. —What is it, will It cure my nerves, Dr ? is it had? Dr.— Yes, it will cure your nerves, most assuredly, and it - not bad either. Miss Ang. —What i> it though, I al wavs like to know wh.i; 1 take. Dr.—lts the pure, undiluted, elixir lof life, Mi-s. It will make old folks I young, and sick ones well, and even i make the young feel younger, and well ‘ones bettei. It is elaborated by the gods themselves, on old Parnn sus, and 1 flows ftotn a solit! rock six months in j t vet y year for the healing of all nations, j Miss A. —(Drinks.) It amt had Dr.,) but you don’t think that the gods make’ it, do you ? Dr. —Nothing surer, Miss. Miss A.—And how do you Drs. get ’ : t ? Dr. Old Esculapms presides over j.hi it irv, and we have n Jibing to PENFIELD, GA. OCTOBER 9, 1.852. do but send our orders, and a chicken rooster to pay for the physick. Miss A.—Dr. it tastes lik) brandy, but upon my soul I feel better. Di.—O, you will be well by to-rnor row night, and go to Mrs. H’s party. Hi re is yourticket, and she charged me to be sure to give it to you, and tell you to come without fail, (speaks low) the Major will be there. Miss A --Dr. do you think I can go? Dr.—Certainly, if you take my elixir , you will. Good bye ; 1 shall tell toe j M ujor you will be out. Dr. leaves the house, cursing from , tlte inmost chambers of his heart, tin cruel fashion of raising girls without ex ercise, and with their chests screwed up ’ in corsets till they never get one clear S breath. | Next appointment at A's. Mrs. A. is quisical. Dr. resolves to give an swers so evasively that she will have to quit. Enters the. house. Dr.—Well, Mrs. A., how is James this morning? Mr*. A.—Party bad where you bin up this way? Dr.—(Feeling child’s pulse.) To Squire T’s. Mrs. A.—Who's sick there? Dr.—Miss Angelina. James is bet ter, 1 soe. Mrs. A.—Mity sick last night. What ads Ange 1.? Dr.—(Perplexed.) She is—she is rather lucophiegmatic, madam. 4> + * * * * Mrs. A.—-Think she’s got all them disea3 s, Dr 1 Dr.—Yes, madam, and many more, no doubt. Your son James will not need any more attention; good morning, Mrs. A. Mrs. A.—o, stop, you han’t told me what he is to eat. Dr.—Anything light, madam. Mis. A.—My Billy told ma he seed you and a negro gwine up the road yes terday, like you would break >oui necks, wliar was you gwine? Dr.—(lmpatiently.) To Col. L’s. Mrs. A.—Who’s sick that? Dr.—No per. on. Mis. A.— What you gwine foi? Dr.—Because tiie Col. had sent for me. Mrs. A.—Sent for you—eat dinner I spose; hud amity site of good things, 1 recon? Dr.—l can’t tell. (Starting.) Mrs. A.—Billy said he seed you gwine in u lope, what made you ride so fast ? Dr.—The Col. sent for me to go in a hurry. Mrs. A. —What was lo pay thar? Dr.—(Starts ) Mrs. L. was confined. Mrs. A.—De lordy massy, has Sal ly got another young un? Wiiut did | she have this time? Dr.— A baby. (Going.) Mrs. A.—Gil or boy? Dr.— A daughter. Mrs. A.—Wnut she call it? If the Dr. heard the last he did not answer, but rode otf at a rapid gait, mad to think that she had triumphed so com pletely over al! his evasions. Dr. vis aed several cases hut nothing worth note happened till five, in the evening, when lie is overtaken by Tom. Tom.—Lfr., Missus say if you don’t go as quick as you can, little George will be dead fore you git tliar. Sue say he bin yet wus ebber sense she gin em dat stuff what you sout. Site say taint like de stuff you gin Iter las ye a r to vie dinner. Sue say she do bleve iiu>:der dose would kill em for sartin. She say for massy sake ride sass. Dr. reaches the house uud Mis. S. begins. Mrs. S.—Dr., you’ve sent me sump, en here that lias killed my child, purtv ni; f can tell you it has, what upon the yeath made you send that stinking stuff) here? It was enough to spue a buz. xard; it nearly made George poke eve ry time I gin it to him, uud the second j dose, ! stove it into the fire and sent I Torn arter you, for! node that was vvliat you wauled all Ike lime. You gi t sent that pison sh/Jf to make my little George sick so you could make a bill against ue you node my ole man filers paid up! and you wanted the money, that's it • | tole nny ole man l’de tell ye of’ it it I was spared; you node that warrtt the same kind cfstuff you gin me for George at the big dinner, so you did. Dr.—But Mrs. S. I don’t recollect of having given George anything. Mrs. rs.—O, but I got you. Fast enuf fir you this time; liere’s the same bottle, does that smell like the nasty stinking stuff you sent this mornin*. A ray of light hurst upon the Dr.’s mind us Mrs. 8. brought a phial that had had essence of min, in it directly under his nose. O, yes, Mrs. S. 1 ro collect all about it now. Mis. S.—Yes, 1 recon you do, now you've got tue chance to charge u.y ole 1 man with a visit. Nobody thanks you j no -v. Dr. Where is George, though? Mrs. S-—O, he is dun got well now j and gone with his daddy to the field. \ Dr. now goes home, and in hts sane turn thinks over the day’s business, and i decides that any mail is green who do ’ sires to be u popular doctor. AN OLD DOCTOR. BVah, Ga. B'ikna Vista, Ga., Sept. 2d, 1832. Mr. EUtor —In the Banner of the I llili inst., appears a communication j over the signuture ol il. F, P ttillo, con- - mining a series of disgraceful inueu dos and vituperative remarks against riyself and the Division of which I have ilie honor to boa member, in conse quence of the action of this Division, o>.tiling the resolutions of the Newnan Jenvenion. The communication was •videnlly neither designed nor calcula ted to subserve auv good purpose, or in any manner to advance the cause of I Temperance. But under the ostensible object of‘•informing the brethren of this I Division tiiat they are totally mistaken in regard to the character and purport of die rasolutioes,” &c., we must think the brother conceals his true design of flourishing in the newspaper uud w in ning for himself a litile newspaper no toriety. Taking this view of the mat ler, it is hardly proper that l should re. ply at all, but my apology for doing so, will be found in site personal character of the communication ; and 1 ask it not as a favor but demand it os a light that my reply should have a place in your columns. Aside from tome vague insinuations and little smatterings of ridicule, the substantial charges against u j are Ig norance and Falsehood. We are charg ed with being ignorant in the first plac--, ••in regard to the character und purport J of the resolutions.” Let us examine j the resolutions of the Newoan Conven tion, and see if th * resolutions of the Buena V/sta Division contain any un warranted assumptions or uninistaka Ule evidence of ignorance. The first resolution of the series is in these words, ‘•That tiie traffic in intoxicating drinks) as a beverage is un immoral and public grievance.” The second states, “That it is a wise und just exercise es the leg isluiive power to prohibit the trade in intoxicating drinks;” and the third de. dares “That it is the duty of the advo cates of good order and national pros perity, to awaken a public interest to warns the duty and benefit of a |pgal prohibition ofthe liquortrulliu.” From this “series” of resolutions the Buena Vista Division deduces the conclusion, that the members of the Newnun Con vention ‘ have expressed their intention o call in question the strong arm ofthe iuw to suppress the use and sale of ur. ■lent spiriis.” The quibbling of the Brother on some of ttie terms used is senseless uud unmeaning j irgou. The phrase “to call in question,” occurring in the connection that it does, admits ol no doubtful signification in any sane and candid mind, r.nd can signify noth mg but to “invoke,” &e. Tito term traffic signifies nothing but the sale, and as in the suppression of the sale th** only laudable purpose could be to pre vent the use, we certainly felt ourselves warranted in substituting the words use and sale for trajfic; nor did we pretend or profess to quote the words of the res olutions, but only to use words equiva lent in meaning. Thus translated an l explained to tlm comprehension of our brother, is there anything so monstrous or startling in the above conclusion ? We submit it to any candid mind, if it is not a fair and logical deduction from the premises- When our brethren ol the Newnan Convention say in nno res olution, “ That ii i a just arid w ; sfi ex ercise of legislative power to prohibit the trada in intoxicating drinks,” and fallow this up by la} itig down the broad position “iliat it ii the duly el'.im advo j cates hood order mid national pros is . .. . , purity to awaken a public mu-rest toll) ’ duty and benefit of legal prohibition,” . &c., is not their design and intention clearly shadowed lortli and to all in tents ami purposes fu ly expressed, to; invoke the k uisla'ive power to sup press the use uud sale ot urdeut spirits. If they he the “advocates of good order j and national prosperity,” (as in charity I we hope they are,) does not tli"ir own resolution lay it down as their plain arid palpable “duty to awaken a public) interest towards the duty and benefit of a legal prohinilion of the liquor traliic. And can it be that such a deep arid cm- j scienoious conviction of their “doty bus nothing to do with moulding tucir j intentions or controlling their will? In the mind of every manure not con- , victuals of duty and iutc.ition to perfirm it ever linked together —in a word Hre I they not one anil inseparable? When good men state what is their duty we certainly understand th -t it is their in- j tent ion to perform it. I heir intention j then is fully expressed. B ,t sir, how are they to awaken the public interest ? Is it not by discuss ing it publicly, before tho people, mak ing it a test question in elections and : petiti ning and supplicating the legisla ture ? And are not these the only means of in vokiru’ legislation on am subject ? Reciprocating then the char ity of Bro. Patillo C>., and indul'- ing the belief that ‘ they are mostly! | good mi ij,” i must conclude that they j l |ttVe expressed their intention to call jin question ?lie strong arm of It g'sla ) Hon to suppress the use and sale of ar j dent spirits. Hence sir, if we are igno j >'mt of the purport of the resolutions, ‘ mv brother has failed to show it. I We are charged with ignorance in j ‘he second place “as to the character of j ihe hody” tlmt adopted the resolutions. , In what way we have betrayed such ignorance, we ure certainly at a loss t< conceive. We merely alluded to i t as •i “Convention recently ess -mbled <■ Newnnn,” and in c ‘nnectiou wjihthi.- I Stated that “the 8. of T.’s in that Con ’ oention had expressed their intention K call in question trie strong arm of the law to suppress the use and sale of ar dents. These are the only parts of the j resolutions tlmt can possibly give nur I brother any clue to our op nions of the character of the Newnan Convention, and lie has certainly failed to show in , what respect they are erroneous.— j There is no doubt,! presume, that the j Convention did assenr ble ut Newnan ■an I us brother Pitlillo himself admits that tin.’ Convention was composed of I represensatives of all Temperance S~>- cieiies in the State, we must co iclude that not only Washingtonians, Teto'al let's, Rcclmbites, Daughters, ike, were represented, but that the Buns likewise were represented; und that the repre sentatives of all the aforesaid orders en dorsed the resolutions of that Convert lion, and committed their respective or ders to the principles therein contained, j Tne Sons then, us well us all other or j dors have expressed “their intention” in these resolutions. Si much then for our ignorance;—arid in connection with this part of the subfoct, we will advert briefly to u cdat ral issue presented by the brother, as to whether the Sous arc bound by the resolutions of that C invention. Ha concludes (and he | thinks very rationally too) that they are not bound, because tbe “Srate Tetn perauca Convention is not the legislative head of our order. Unlike the brother, we hold ourselves bound not by legisla tion alone, but by all moral obligations arising either from express agreement or by implication. If we by tbe assist ance of the brother, have ut last arrivail at a correct knowledge of’ the charuo ter of the Newnan Convention, vve un derstand it to be a State Convention as. sembled to deliberate upon tho interests, not of die Sons alone, but of all Tern peruncs Societies, uud to promote the cause of temperance generally through) out the State. Tho representatives of the Sons, represent the Sons through- j out the State, the representatives of the I Daughters represent the Duugetera throughout the State, and so ot ait the other orders. Now it is a settled prin ciple I think, that tho constituent is bound by the act us the representation, ami if that representative is duly ap pointed by the diifereut orders in theirj legal assemblies, they cannot in good I faith repudiate the act of* tlint represeri-! lative, but are bound by it to uli intents) and purposes. If how v-r, as in the j present instance, the representative is appointed informally and without tho knowledge of the several Divisions and j meetings, his acts bind only tbos” who 1 tacitly or expressly acquiesce in them. With this view of the subject we cer tainly should hava been hound, not in public opinion alone, but in fact, by tbe acts of our representatives “in that Cot*. veutinn” had we not expressly repudi.i- j tod the ucUcf that Convention, lienee I the necessity for our lust resolution. But we arc told by brother Batillo,! tl- ii the Sous are not bound or commit- ; jof course by parity of reasoning, no other order is bound ; in a word that ! the whole proceeding in a nullity—a farce. The Shades of departed Wash- I ingioniani'in are called forth to no pur pose. and the Ghost of the lute “Flour* : nnv Petition,” deceased, lias been star tled by a false alarm, from tho deep grave to which the people of G’ giau few years ago consigned it. Well this )is “Georgia Theatrics” on a broad bede. We recollect some years since to have mad an amusing incident, rota i ted by Judge Longstreet, in which it appears that the author ivas riding along the road indulging bis own quiet nnedi* I tations, when suddenly his attention • was arrc-sied by a great tumult •“ lit ] tie distance from the road us if of fun- Lius contending parties. The author , inv.i.icti'/ely rushed towards the s•• . ing combat to mr* n mo furious tray’, 1 when lie heard one of the supposed par. I ties exclaim : “My eye is out, my ey~ is out !” His iumgnaliou W l\& it I C>l. - jto the utmost, and on approaching the battleground lie saw the hero of the combat sneaking oil* in tbe tlirec ion of his plough, who on being summoned to return and assist in replacing the oyo iof his unfortunate antagonist, lie re plied : “Tliar’a nobody thar, nor hein’t been ; I was just ..eeing how 1 could Got. ’ M ich sioil.ir it seems to us, is brother Patiiio’s account of the New. nan Convention. A number of men have assembled together under the pompous and high sounding’ appcl- Union of a “State Temperance ConvuO* lion,’ pas. eri a serit sos obnoxious res) elutions, and when we express our iu digmuiun, we arc told not “to kick bo fore we ure spurred, tho Sons and nit body else uro bound by.them, no harta is done, and wo were just seeing how we could Imvo nsolved.” This we onceive to be u Hinder on tho Convrn. tiori, and we shall indignantly repel and ir jin no other cause than that, that und noble man chief justice Lumpkin wus its chairman. 1 iie charge of falsehood is muett l raver one then tout of ignorance, and is founuoil it seems on a supposed mis* newer. Uro. Putillosays that we haw set the Convention forth us a Conven dun of the fauns of i t inperancs, and in duced the belief that none but yon* weie present. To abstain tiiis charge we uto sorry tiiat he has condescended to distort und guide the record, and pul words in our uiouihs vviii#*h wo lievor used—thus placing us in a false light before tire readers ofthe Banner. Hr* says that we tuseu that “TheS .ofT.’a .<! Uie State of Georgia assembled in u Convention at Newnan;” whereas,our u uc words are “The S. of T’s. of tile State of Georgia, in u Convention as sembled ut Newnun,” &e A little dis. crimination wul disclose to him a wide difference. But admitting tiiat we had turn'd the Convention a Convention cf the fa of i s., we feel tiiat iv*j should tiu ve been justified by the fact that near ly all Temperance Societies are swul. 1 wi-d up in the S. of T’s., sotlmt what, evsr name the Convention may assume, it was virtually aCo ntion of Sens. Iho charge of falsehood is alleged against us in a dumber of -scattering expressions, throughout the communi cation, but as tho refined circles in which it has been our privilege to move for some years past, have barred us •rom all familiarity with modern .lung and billingsgate, we find ourselves un able to retort in our brother s vernacu , lar. VV c reco ! lect however, when we were school-boys, that when ouo boy called another a “story” tue other wounl invariably reply ; “you are another.’’ Fur the want of a bettor expression, wo must quote this on our brother, and as he convicts us of falsehood in a sup. posed mianower, wo shall find no diffi culty in convicting him of the same. Our brother suys, “But Bro. Oliver !f Ca. must make out a case ugainst the S. of T’*., &o. Now sir, who is the “Cos.” spoken of? It mut,t be Buena j vistion Division. Thus myself and Buena Vista Division are represented as firming a partnership “under th* ) style and firm name” of Bro. Oliver & Cos., by which it appears that I am the Ifutiing uud prominent member of tha him, and Buena Vista Division a mere ) dormant partner. Such sir, is not tha ; (latne with which wo were christened )at our birth by tho Grand Division. In styling the Stute Convention, a j Convention ol Sons, 1 should certainly ’ have applied to it a name equally lion orable, and done it no injustice. But we must fuel that gross injustice bus been done our Division in calling it by the less honorable appellation of “Bro. Oliver & Cos.” Hence, whatever clime we may have committed in culling things by the wiongname, nur brother certainly stands “in pandeheto.” In conclusion, Mr. Editor, l must ask in justice to myselfahu B'uarfit Vis ta Division, that our resolutions may httvc a place in your columns. To my Bro. Pulido, 1 would say that, though he wields a “graceful quill,” yet he has taken a ha-ny and ‘jperfi. cia! vie v futhe whole met er and or atvn conclusions by no means warranted by the premises. For inyp If, I asit noth, mg, but to the Division, 1 trust lie will vender at his earliest convenience that apology which his good sense will teach him is so richly due. THADDEUd OLIVER; Mr. Editor: —Thinking that a brl<?f account of a temperance meeting, lately held .n the county of Buiioi h, would e.ot be wholly uninteresting .o u major ity of your readers, 1 wul occupy (bv | your lea.e) a place in the columns of ih’- Banner for that purpose; fi'g', pre mising what I n.jy say in regan.’ iotas I meeting, by short exposi'.iof tho cir. oui.isiances under vi.ioh it was held. Bulloch, though an old county, has advanced but slowly in the rnaren of rtdiiiem i‘; her ciuzviis e goner •’! / i .burs of a bruch of the Baptist S drnotriuaiion, known as tho “hard. shelL,” which is, in my opinion, quits ;,iropii..:> appellation. Jam not . ■ qua- and with their particular tenets ol hid it and, but I know this in relation to i them, that they da nut believe in tem. , per.nice, that is judging by their ao ii nis ; hut I am happy to say that, tin fa; a my knowledge extends, tlm nek borhood ol'fellowship church, at which j place the meeting in question was held, j :.j an exception to th.s general enure-v ter. Thu people in that neighborhood I are intelligent and extremely liberal i;. hoi’ view* toward all socl.-tiesor pi ms ) Gr the um Iteration ol the a > tuition of I tho unfortunate. Actuataf these’ NO. 41.