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The New Year a Night
Ad oi l iiiim sto i*l iiT li window :it
twelve o'cl ‘i ll of ill' l ti'gbt which u-h
crcil hi llit- Now \ t hi’, nml o i/. <1 with
ii look of long desp iir ii [ in; i tbe lived,
8! ft I lil Ill'll Veils, mill do *II IJI IOII I III: nil ’ i
clean, while earth, whermn miv there
was no our s i I'ivli s'l an I she ph-ss a
lie. For his grave mwl close by him,
only c mceiiled hv the snow ol age, col
hv the green of youth, mid lie brought
with him nut of a whole rich life noth
ing hut errors, sing, nml weakness, a
body in ruins, a Hesoi ite soul, a breu-l
foil of |)oison, mi I an oFJ age f all of re.
morse.
Ills beautiful youthful day s returned
to him ii aw as 1 ‘Ctrl's, aud brought
him lined uaain to that fair i.ioming on
which his lutlier |ilaeed in n at the <li
verging point in lit, * r >ad, wliieh ‘n
the rigid leafs upon the sun pith of;
virtue into a wine anil quiet land full !
of light, full of harvest.-’, lull of angels;
and whieli t i the left f ads down into
the mole ii ness of vic , into ;i dark eav
ern foil of dripping poison, full of set
pen s ready to dart on llieii pr y, an I
full of d.smal, close exhalations.
Alas! llie sei'jii'iits liutig around his
lifenst, and drops of poison were upon
his tongue, ami he knew now where he
was.
M.idlv ami with unspeakable grief
he called out to Heaven, “Give me my
youth again! I’lace m again al the
diverging point, that I may moke a dif
ferent choice.
lint liis father ami his youth were
past long ago. lie saw wiU’-o-llie 1
wisps slunce upon the mirsfies an I he.
cmie extinct over the burying ground,
mul lie said, ‘‘They are my h-olish
days.” lie saw a star shooting from
heaven, glimmering in its fall, ami van
ishing as it reached the earth. “ That 1
am 1!” said liis bleeding heart, am! re
morse sunk its serpen tangs deeper into
his bosom.
His disordered imagination pointed
out to him speettes walking upon tbe
loafs, an I tlie wind mill raised its
threatening arms to crush him, and a
mask which hull been left it: the empty
charnel.boils) gradually assumed liis
own features.
In the midst ofthocor (bet, the music j
for the New Year suddenly II oved |
down from the tower as a church liym i
heard in tlm distance. Ihs mind be-!
came calmer, lie looked around the!
horizon, and over the wide earth, and
he thought of the friends of his youth,
who now, happier mid better than lie,
were the teachers of the eui th, fathers
of happy children, men, whom thr
world culled blessed, mid lie said, “U !
I could also have slept tins first night ol
t lk* year with dry eyes, us vou do, isl
had only willed it. Alas, 1 could have
been happy, dear parents,had I fulfilled
your New Year’s wish mid teachings.
Amid these feverish reminiscences
of Ins youth, it appeared to him us iftlic
mask which Ini I assumed Irs (natures
in the charnel-house stood up, mid
through that superstition which on New
Year’s eve sees ghosts and Imtir>*
events, it was al last chang'd into tt liv
ing youth.
lie could sa l mi more; he covered
ins eyes, it thousand hot tours streamed
forth, disappearing in the snow; all
comfortless und despairing, ho sighed
gently, “Come again, O my youth,
come ug.iin !”
Audit came again! For that bar
ful experience was only a dream of the
New Year's night. lie was -till a
youth, liis errors nail bum only a dream.
Hut lie thanked Gad that tie, still
young, could turn aside from the filthy
courti’B of vice, and enter upon the
sunny w hich leads into the bright land
of hum st.
Turn with him, young reader, if
thou standout upon the error road.— |
This frightful dream will one day be
come thy judge; but it lltou sh midst
once, full of anguish, call out, “Come
again, beautiful youth !” remomb r, it
w ill not c ime again.
Painful Sceuo ia a Pliii idelphla
Court. j |
Samuel Cowp ithwuit was brought -
UU for sentence yesterday miming. I
Previous to the sentence being passed, <
the prisoner said : <
I would like to make a lew remarks ‘ t
before the sentence of the Couit liu- *
been pronounced'—When 1 came here •
1 did not exp tvt mercy , hut tli * j ist see. i
tenca of tile law . I cannot, however, M
believe that your mind, like that of the A
jury who tried me, was without pteja- t
dice. My tanner position in tins Court t
lus influenced your minds upon my, t
case. i
When 1 lef< the prison fir my lir-t i
offence 1 resolved to live a correct life, 1
aild set up u small business. 1 avow
here my innocence of any intent to lake
away life of either of the poison- I
killed. It wm* nothing but the lolly
of youth in the first instance, and intox
ication in the second, that nave biou'dit
me to this. My object in speaking to
your llouor is particularly io express
that I had no idlent ol killing the officer.
1 was drunk. This crime has been
brought upou me by no intent of my
own, but by thoughtlessness un i intox
ication. Fate seems to be against me.
That is all l have to say.
Judge Kelly replied. I first became
acquainted w it 1 ’ you, Cowpertlivvait,
mne years ago in this Court; you occu
pied then a position you occupy now.
\ou had then, as now, been convicted
‘l'DjlLm’ a tellow.being, without notice,
OKCiAN OF I MF SONS OF TKMI’KKANCE ANI) STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION
j stand b ‘fdr” me a mere youth—a gen
tle, re.p -clable youth jet this is th°
s ‘coud time von nave been convicted of
bmiiicid’ . I know nothing ol the in
llui ires ill it were ev-rcis el upon
s el, pending tin* [>’ ri id to vv 1 1 io1 1 you
w re form ■ rly s rileiii.'"'.
I know so.nettling of your car. er
since you left the Penitentiary; and
will'll V"U left that lus'itutiotl, ill'll’
were llio-e who loved you, ami sought
hv every means in their power to wo >
you to the paths of rectitude. Vet a
m niie itarv thought!’ -sness has Icought
vou to w here voo are, in t.ik’.ug 11 1 *• 1 1 f j
of.M, ler. II id you, vvh.-ii leaving the
Penitentiary, had Pillowed the course of
virtue, and mingled in ill • society of
good mull, this would not have been as
it is—but you were to be about th”
Engine ii us
Pri'onei —I Inn • liu' 1 ii i connection
with tfm Ko loe lioil-es since I have
t>e.oi out. I’m* - lit to wiihdi you al.
lude, w lihiought against me through
tile prt indices of ao e.iemv.
.1 eg’. —A gain, no the day of this
! homicide, you lul l gone with some row.
■I V ‘ ’u ;l g mm o'er liie river. Vou
had hem nil drunk with them, returned;
i lithe uity and previous to this mu. dor,
you had ,s-aulted a young man who
was m.unisquietly on the footway.
I say toyou that I have no other feel
ing to wards you than that of profound
(■'niimissoi'ulion, hut finding that good
iufluecc's cannot restrain in you this
! pasvion lor murder, the law must try
her powo-r to protect s. ciely from the
elf cts of your lolly. Vou will be con- 1
lined for a long period of lime, and will
again have .tried.• opportunities for re.
(lection upon past cl imes, and it is my
wish tii it you mly vet he reclaimed.
Hence, the sentence ol the Court is, that
you undergo solitary confinement in
Ivtsiern Penitentiary for the period of
eight years.
Piisoner.—til', siv death —death
w. iild h’ sweeter. Since I am now an
<>.ill is. from society I wish no longer
: to live. I iin 11od to w itm-ss that I
hud no intent to lake life.
Hin 3 to Promote Harmony it a
Family.
i \V ■ may lie quite sure that our
| will i-i likely to Ic crossed in the day
—so pi'cpare fe r it.
2. Kvt-rvlody in the house has nn
ev il nature us well ns our.- Ives, and
tin relore we are not to expect too much.
3. To learn the different temper of
: each individual.
4. To look up in each menhir oi the
family us one for wli mi Cut ist died.
5. W hen any good iiapp -ns to any
one to rejoice at it.
0. When inclined to give an angry
answer LL up the heart in prayer.
7. If from any cans’ we feel in lia
ble, in keep a strict watch upon onr
selves.
H. i'uohaeive w ill'll oilier- are sill
h ring, und a word ul kindness u,.d
symputhy suited to their stale.
9. I'o watch for littl • opportunities of
‘pleasing and to put 1.it.0 annoyances
out of tile way.
It). To taken cheerful vi w o every
j thing, und encourage hope.
11. I o speak kindly tn sen an s, am!
pinise them lor li.tie things when you
can.
12. In till little pleasures winch may
occur, to put sell last.
13. To try for “the soft answer that
lurnoth away vvratii.”
14. When we have been pained by
an uuki i.l word or deed, to ask our
selves, “il tve I lint often done th” same
thing a 11 • I been forgiven?
15. In conversation not to exalt our
selves, hut to bring others forward.
16. To he gentle with the y ounger
one.-, and tre.u them wall respect, re 1
jmciii hi u itig that we vvcie once young
tor).
17. Ncvvr to judge one another, but
attribute a gomi m „uv,’ when vv e can.
13. I’o compare our muiiilbl l bless
ing- wi ll tin: trilling annoyances ol
the duy .
Au incident.
(>!i our vv.tv yesterday to the low er
paitol tins city, we passed u woman
seated on the step ol a large dwelling
house, nursing her ehil I. S.i 1 was
evidently uu lluiiati and murkail with
the traces of beauty, winch after all
that unit he said, i- ineffaceable and
elideilug, i veil t.irungo poverty, crime .
wild the tit epesl dvuo-■ uieill. i tie wo
man was poorly and thinly clad. Lie’
fooke I hungry and tired. iSoeiely had
evidently none little for her, uud the
treasures we count most highly were
the vtiv imes she did uot possess. But
no one w ho looked for a moment .it her
lace, .1- i. bent over the child tn her
arms, would have dreamed ol calling
that woman either ‘poor or pitiable.—
She was rich in u treasure m mey can
not purchase ; royal, io a javs.-essioii
queens might envy. It she had not
wherewithal to obtain a night's lodging
or u single meal, she Indo ill her arm
aud loltle tto her head a vveultii to
which G dcomia w, s mean aid com
mon. Thai woman, poor uud pitiable
as she seemed, was rich. Foe tact
rayed forth fro u In i wait features in a
-ort of glory, like tn it which the pain
ters fable far their Madonna. And it
i.> very notable how all thing- which
are mo-1 priceless und vaiualne are
common things. Genius, beauty,
iieullli and the Utviiie capacity tor lov
mg, fall ascf.cn if not ol.en, i to inos,’
poor in pock, t than to the millionaires
and lords of ctiunge. Tne pure u.r,
the sweet water, and the sunshin. that
“Ci, ns all thtni;s, are the inheritance
and little children, “1,.e stars of the
earth,’ loving themselves, an I the
fountains of unutterable in ‘xh lustihle
afleetion in others, bloom with a mire
brilliant chil ilioo l when the wenltli of
heaven is t>,. wea'tli, than when prpD*!
m l line liu.mi strive for sup oi > rit v-
W e cntlrib 4iml m r mite to the wo
man Ihii was richer thi i w ai l
walked al.oig with a firmer belief that
‘■ III’ guO I I. ird wild I ‘Vtftll 11 s,
I I.iHi in i la ami luvetli all. ’
New Orleans Picayune.
The Shanghai breed of Fowls
1 ue G ‘iioe.e Farmer in ikes th ■ I >l
- statcnri -nt respecting th i Si mg- I
hai fowl.-, ami we republish it, in ord t
mat tbe opinion of a pup *r of so urn ;!i
respectability, on a suhj ‘ct just no v in
i’- z niiili, may be known. We give it
forjitst wlial it is worth, neither sub
scribing to it fully, nor objecting to it
fully.
“I hi Cochin China and Shangh ii are
much large.r than our common fowls,
probably averaging three times their
weight. Os about filiy we rais'd Its!
year, the smallest hen weighed six
pounds, and the largest cock ton
pounds, tit one y ear old. They pr ,
duce more eggs than any fowls we
have eviu kept. ‘ldle hens olteu com
m nee laying m less tlun three weeks
after hutching a hr owl, and continue
laying i very day legulai ly, at the same,
lime taking care of tire chickens unti j
they ate able to care for themselves.—
W e made a pr. sent of a pair of Shang
hai fowls to a gentleman well known to;
all agricultural and horticultural read
ers. A tier few weeks, Inn polling to .
be al this place, we inquired liovv the j
sow ls prospered, and were told that I lie ;
tnm bad not layed. Thinking lids!
strange, wo asked to see what eggs
tie y ha l l, when we found between two j
and tin e dozen eggs laid by our pul
let, which we readily recogniz'-d. On
pointing out her eggs tiour friend, lie
remarked: “My wife lias several limes
obs'Tved that the hen that layed the
yell >w eggs, layed more than all the
otln I-.” lie had some half dez ui in
all.
••’T!i y are good mothers, hut lay a
large numb t of eggs before wanting to
■sit —generally from forty to sixtv.—
l’he young chickens are very hardy—
much more so than tiny others we know
of. Ii several cases, when raising
very late or very early chickens, we
have hud hroo!s,purt {Shanghai or Co
chin China, an I part common chickens,
and lost nearly till the common without
losing on.! of tne others.
“The eggs of pullets the li st year
tire small. Ii feed, these fowls do not
arrive at full maturity in less than
eighteen mouths. For this reason we
think it wuuld bo better to raise crosses
to kill in Fe I .11. \\ e kille 1 a d*>z ui
crosses 1a st year, at about six months
old, In! s.naliest ol vv liioli weighed s x
p’ minis dressed. They were from
common hens and a Shanghai cock.— 1
\Ve ul-o killed several Shanghai and
Cochin China chickens at about the
saute age, taking a little pains to t st
the tj laluy oi the flesh, and disregard
ing t lie Scripture injunction to call in
the “halt, the lame, bnd the blind,” in
vited a few ol’o tr friends who are good
judges of whut a fowl should he, and
they were unanimously pronounc'd
lir.st-nile, and no difference could be
detected between the lies’ll ol the cross
.is uud pure bloois, as to fineness or
flavor. Tlie re* ia some itisl’acti min
carving fro u* a chicken i .at weighs
1 1101 n six to seven pounds.
A Bsai Story-
At a hunt in Sweden, an old soldier
was charged by a bear. His musket
missed lire, ami the aiiiiu il b> ing close
upon him, ho made a thrust in the hope
of’driving .lie muzzle of liis piece down
the bear's throat. j\t the thrust was
parried l!’ by one of the huge paws
w ith all the skill of a fencer, and the
muskt t vv rested from the soldier’s hand,
wliow.ts lorthwith prostrate. He
,in t] iiet, .ui.J the hearJUfier smelling,
thought lie was deaJ, uiiiT then left him
to i x inline the musket. This he seized
bv the stock, and began to knock about
a- thou zb to discover wherein its virtue
consisted, when the soldier could not
forbear putting forth one of liis hands
to recover his weapon. The bear im
mediatt i> seized him by the hack ol the
head, tv id tore his scalp over his crown
so that it fell-over the soldier’s l ice.—
Notliw it .-standing his agony, the poor
fellow restrained his cries, and again
pretended death. The bfar laid him
self upon the body, und thus remqitied
until some hunt’ rs coming up, relieved
him from lit- frightful situation. A
theptor follow rose lie threw hack liu
scalp vv nil Ins hand, as though it Ilf!
been an ruke, and ran frantically to
w aid- tie mi, exclaiming :
‘The beat ! the bear !’
Si icons’ was his apprehension of
iiis enemv, ill it it made him oulivious
of His bodily anguish, lie eventually
r, c„vt i. , ...,d received his discharge
tl con-i qll i.ee ot ills loss oi hair.
Jdo ti he appreciated, should not
fie vv ntti 11, fn! told. Cutcli the spuik
iing foam ol the sea und battle it, und
vviiut was u moment ugo living pearls
dres-ed m sunshine, is a bad sample of
pork-pickle.
An Irishman, who had commenced
bui;d.ng uw ~H around his lot, of rather
uncort .n nt dimensions —viz,, four t t \
nigh, and six to, t thick —was uskt and the
• object hv n friend. “To save repairs,
na, honey ; don’t you see that it it ever
fall-down, il will be higher it isnow.”
tfr ‘ tCt, ! :
Ufa;. >: >;.•
v* -4” .<*v> w
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
I'J.'.ltf.’ of tli.! Noses of ‘ETiii|i;-
ra .without reserve, sidemnlv piedge
ray holier as a man that 1 will neitliermake,buy,
sell ner use, as a hevera-e , any Spirituous or
Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
Officers off lio tiirsi tad Di vision.
E. 11. Myers, (J. W. P. Macon.
15. Brantlv. G. W. A. Pcnfield.
i \V. >S. W illiford, S. Scribe, Macon.
E. C. Granniss, G. Treat*. Macon.
!). P. Jones, G. Chap. Palmetto.
VVm. vv odds. G. Con. Madison.
T.S VI Bloiid\vorth,G Sent. Liberty Hill.
Office of G. I)., Macon, .1 m 12th, ’53.
tim. Urantly :—Ry not publishing my
’ list of Deputies just ass selit it, with the
Nos. of the Divisions attached to particular
| names, difficulty is likely to occur. Some
of tli! mimes mentioned have accepted, not
for entire counties, but fur certain Divisions
! only in the counties. I have, therefore, to
beg that you w ill publish the list ns I now j
send it. There are some names added to
the former list.
!>eji. U. VV, Patri tire Sis.
! Raker Co.—VV J Duncan,
ifaldwiu, Si. \o. 74 Hancock Cos —.l Hester.
Bibb, No’s. 1 & 190—W. Ryden.
~ No. 78—P Solomon.
Burke—G. B Powell.
| Carroll, No’s 80, H 9 & 216 —VV P Parker, j
„ No’s 39 and 209—D M Stripling,
j Campbell, No. 88—B II Harris.
~ No’s. 147 and 159 VV 11 Pennington.
! Chatham—VV TFeay.
Cherokee—Jos Grisham.
Clarki—.l >S Peterson,
j Cobb—E A Alexander.
| Camden—P <) Curtis.
Coweta—L Bedenbuugh.
Decatur—K Powell.
DeKalb—L C Simpson.
Early—li VV Wade.
Effingham—L T Elkins,
j Elbert—ll Hester.
Fayette—S 11 Griffin.
Floyd—A M Eaab.
Gordon—VV M Peeples.
Greene, No’s. 19, 59, 67 &, 131—L L An
drews.
Gwinnett—No. fi t —John Mills.
~ No 271—R Jones.
Hancock, (Except No 74) —J 11 Little.
Heard—VV \V Hughey.
Harris—G VV Williams.
Houston, No. 43—Jesse D. Harris.
Irw in—R A Peeples.
Jackson—lt J Millican.
Jasper—<4 N Cornwell.
Jefferson—B S Carswell
Liberty—VV E VVQuartcrman.
Lowndes—T VV Euis.
Lumpkin—M C Steohenson.
Lincoln—B Bentley.
Madison— P B Anthony.
Monroe, No’s. 5 and 25o — VV II Dew ves.
„ No's. 6, 192, 230 and 239—E G C.*b- j
illliag.
Murray—No’s. 149, 235 and 333—D A
Walker.
„ No’s. 22 and 207—J H Huff.
Muscogee—C E Mims.
Newton—J F Mixon.
Oglethorpe—D C Smith.
Pike, No s. 165 and 249—VV C Holmes.
Pulaski—P F D Scarborough.
Richmond—No. 273—S 15 Clark.
Scrivell—G E Jackson.
Spaulding—VV P Malaier.
Stewart—J E Wimberly.
Sumter, No’s. 98,155 i& 166, W R Single
toll.
Talbot, No’s. 179 and 295, —M C Sparks.
Talinfuro—FC Moore.
Tainall—.l C Groce.
Thomas—..l T Hayes.
Twiggs—.l E Dupree.
Upson—J King.
Walker—L 11 Williams.
Warren—.l 15 llutf.
Washington—R Craft on.
Whitfield— W K Moore.
Wilkes—J A Truslow.
Wilkinson—M L Burney.
Notire (< Divisions.
1 have not heard from the Brothers whom
I have appointed Deputies in the following 1
counties. 1 should be glad to hear from
them:—Appling, liutts, Cass, Campbell j
No’s. 160 and 202, Columbia, Dooly, For
syth, Glynn, Greene No’s. 31 56 and 130
Habersham, llall, Henry, Laurens, Lee,
M teoil, Marion, Merriwether, Morgan, j
Paulding, Pike No's. 81, 183, and 194, i
Putnam, Richmond, No 7, Randolph, Simi-J
ter No’s. 129, 223, 284 and 315, Talbot,
No’s. 36, 41, 55, 116, and 214. Troup, j
Union Walton and Ware. The Brothers
appointed to Franklin eounty and to No’s.
12, 50 and 115 in Houston county have de
clined serving, yet recommend no one to the
otlice. Will me Divisions recommend a
brother, whom 1 may appoint? I w ish to
have a working deputy in every county, and
isl cannot procure one for each county, 1
w ish one in every Division, or in every two
or three Divisions. Can I get them?
E. H. MYERS,G. W. P.
>• Pleasant Varieties-
Nothing, says Harper’s Magazine, no
niif b vexes a physician as to be sent
for in a great haste, and to find, after
, his arrival, that nothing, or next to noth
ing, is the matter with ids patient.
We remember an “urgent case” of this
kind, recorded of an eminent English
surgeon :
He lia l been scut for by a gentle
mail who had j ist received a slight
wound, and gave his servant orders to
go home with all haste imaginable, and
tetc i a certain plaster. The patient
1 turning a little pale, said :
! “H avens! sir, 1 hope there is no
dangi r !’
“Indeed there is!” answered the
1 surgtna, “tor if the fellow doesn’t run
like a race-horse tile woun I will be
healed before he can possidv get
’ back !” ‘ ‘ j
Tile first la v of gravity is n vtr to
laugh at your own jokes.
yee mumuL
PKATIKIiILjAA. 1853.
N 0 T I C S. —.Subscribers receiving
thoir papers with u straight bhu k matk,
l are thereby notified that tln v are innr
| rears. One mark indicates one dollar
due; two marks, two dollars, three
marks, three dollars, &j. Phase re
mit the a mount at once.
PREMIUMS.
, i Ab-ence for a few days, and disappoint
jmint in not receiving a list of Books or
dered, render it impracticable to publi-li our
Premiums this week. This we regret, hut
! trust onr friends will not delay in their ef
forts in making collections and procuring
| new Subscribers. Without doubt we sh ill
; he able next week to offer Premiums wor
thy the attention of Agents and friends of
: the 15 .niter.
2sS<! i’eb.rßiiry.
I'm, in every direction, we hear of the ap
pointment of R’ presentatives to the Con
; volition to lie held in Atlanta,on (he 22d of
February.—We have no doubt, from pres
! ent indications, that the meeting will he
large, and one of the most interesting ever
! held in the State, upon the temperance ref
orm.—The frier.ds Os the cause in Greene
! county, will hold a meeting for the purpose :
I of appointing Representatives, on Tuesday j
next.
Sew hubM'rißerk.
We are indebted to several Agents for j
j handsome lists of New Subscribers to the j
Banner. One friend in Carroll county, propo
ses to procure one hundred during the pres- i
ent year. How many of the friends of tem- j
pernnee will do likewise ?
O’ We republish the list of District De-;
pnties, by the request of the G. W. I’. We |
trust the form in which it now appears ;
will be satisfactory,and remove any misap-1
prehension that heretofore existed.
Many distinguished citizens, not only ;
from Georgia, but from our sisters Slates, I
are expected to attend the Convention at l
Atlanta, on the 22d of February. We are j
pleased to learn that W. G. Brownlow, !
Esq. of the Knoxville, Tenn. Whig, has j
promised to be in attendance. The pres- j
ence of the ILm. J. B. O'Neal, of S. C.,
would be an event highly pleasing to all the
friends of reform in Georgia.
P-ogrisss J iljti ciuiiti.
Lithe midst of the difficulties of our j
cause, and the discouragements which from ;
time to time shadow our path, wc find fre
quent evidences of the advance nude by the s
great principles for which we contend. It
is not merely the members of Temperance
societies who are friendly to total Absti
nence, or who bear witness to our progress.
Many of our worthy citizens, who never
signed a temperance pledge, or entered a
Div ision Room, are anxious tor the people
to lid themselves from “the great moral
scourge of the Universe” which under the 1
protection of law, overshadows out land
mid darkens our coast. The evils of habit
ual drinking tire more generally perceive i. &.
more readily acknowledged than ever before.
Indeed, the very men who oppose the txer-;
cise of the peoples ri-lit to protect them-!
selves from the retail shop, are compelled to
acknowledge that the traffic is “only evil
and thatconiuually,” and that the habitual
use of ardent spirits is dangerous and hurt
| tul. Their only plea for the traffic is an
! abstract no.im about liberty. Well might
! the murdered Corday exclaim, “Oh Free
dom! What crimes are committed in thy
: name.” But while the Guillotine, in the:
days of terror slew its hundreds, the dram.
1 shop in the times of peace, quiet an,! tran
quillity, has been slaying its tens of thou
sands.
The progress of sentiment, to which we
have alluded, has necessarily been produc- l
; live of an improvement in the actual habits
of our people, and therefore we are encour
| aged. A few days ago, on one of our rail
| roads, we heard a party of New York mer
chants speaking of their adventures in their
annual tours through the Louth. They
were speaking of Mississippi and all con
cerned ; in stating that they could perceive
a very general steady improvement in the
habits of the people in regard to d,inking, ;
and the men who thus testified were all
men who themselves drink. The progress
of public sentiment in that State is further
evidenced by the late enactment which gives
to the people of each County, Town and
district the decision of the question of Li
cense or no License.
Not long since wc were in conversation
with a gentleman of high political distinc-l
tio.l and great moral worth, a member of no
j church and no temperance Association, who
expressed the opinion that a student ha
College ought to be dismissed fur drinking i
! but a single glass of liquor. So strongly i
is he opposed to the habit of drinking, and
so fearful that the youth of our land will be
corrupted by this baneful custom.
1 wide ms are of frequent occurrence, which 1
show the onward movem nt of the great
principles for which we have been so long
! contending. The cause is onward. It is
of God and must succeed. Os the ultimate
result we have no doubt, it is only a ques
tion u! time. We are anxious that the time
ccine speedily, that the work of death may
c**ase.
The short speee't on our first page, we
presume, i- by li. 11, Powell, Esq., I'. \V.
P. of the G. D. of Alabama. It will explain
itself,and no doubt be an acceptable docu
m nt to our Subscriber- in Alabama, a-
Well as others.
A married it mil is like a candle, ho
j cause he sainetiiiK's goes out a. night.
*. .ML llcwlctl.
The address in id i by Mr. Hewlett, in
Aug st.t, week before last, is spoken of by
many as a masterly effort He look high
and was listened to with mikil attention,
by a large and 1 1 i_iiiy intelligent audience.
\\ e have not heard so much said in appro
j bail>ii of a temperance lecture for a long
’ time.
Cotton,
This article was selling in Augusta, the
first of Ute week, at ten cents. A prime
I article would have commanded ten and a
j half ei nts
Urn lirant/y: —l thank you most heard-
Iv for t!ie in rk inscribed in the last No. of
: tin- Banner—.nd hope that you will here
after, at all times, if 1 should be delinquent
in my dues repent the hint, in this modest
manner. We ought to jury you punctually,
for the laborer is worthy of his hire—and
j besides, the paper is worth ten times the
amount of the charge in every family in
; which there are children whom the parents
! may tliink worthy of being enlightened, and
imbued with the principles of Temperance.
Here is the §l, willi a regret that 1 cannot
readily produce a §2 bill instead.
Yours truly.
iiro. BranCy :—Yesterday 1 enjoyed
a rich least catered by S. Al. Hewlett
at Brick Church, u. ur Mobley Pond.—
! I’ve often lieaiJ lectures and speech* s
iby eminent speakers, on a variety of
subjects, Temperance among them, but
j I've yet to hear the one who can Bail-
Idle liis subject with as much masterly
skill as Hewlett docs the subject of
Temperance. The moral suusionist
may ns well giv e up his argument when
tic speaks. The st;ekb r for revenue
l.oiii licenses must 1 a 1 him elf contract
ing i.ito noUiiiigii- s-, so us to escape liis
! snails ol ridicule. The ileniagogui
; and electioneering major of tne dogge
ty, surely feci then selves excoriaui,
and washed over with “pepper sauce.”
i'lie advocate of the ununiistiluiiouHlity
olttie no license law, bad better make
i.iiii.sfclf acquainted with the cotlstitu
.ini ere he l>ie..k a lance uihaii.L) a s not
tile liquor seller n rime in misery, when
l,e is so graphically dej ictcd to the eves
of tile gazing nml percing world ?
and vliouid g i.o; me poor iiiefiiiale cry,
“save m ■ La is of Temperance, take
away temptation or I die, ’ when seeing
himself.
For one hour ami throe quarters did
lie kc p iiis oudience delighted with ins
eloquence, aiul mirth.moving anecdotes
illustrative of his poiutsof argument.
I do hope bio. Hewlett will “again
visit and h ip ns to roll on the no li
cense ball. In conclusion, I would say
to Prejudice, hear him, anil if you are
not divested of ynuself, I'll lend you
my old cloak to hide in.
\ ours fraternally.
January 14, 1358.
The Milicdgeville Recorder under,
stands dial the new scholastic Year of
Oglethorpe University is op'-ning un
der very propitious prospocts. Twen
ty-sevpn n w students have been re
ceiv’ and into the College, and other ap.
plie -.tits for admission are now b fore
the Facility. This inti lligeiice will
bo highly gratifying to the numerous
I I ii n is of this mci itorious Institution.
Washington, Jan. T3.—his under
stood that tn view ol thr situation o r our
Foreign ullhiis, the Military and Naval
CouimiUet sos the Lenate have tinder
consideration several propositions for
increasing the efficiency of t he army
and navy. They will probably recom
lu ml a thoiougli for ifiealion of the
Pacific roast nml will report some
•nt usure for the employment of the com
mercial steam marine, should the e>>i
tingoi ci-s eumemplated by 13 >ule and
M trshali’s ten million pro lasitio.t re
quire it.
A Max of Knergy. —Ai the Cam
bridge Uullle .Market, last week, there
” ■•a seen a forcible illustration of the
capability ol man to overcome physical
disabilities. A Vermonter, who from
his bistli has betn deprived of the use
oi his lower limbs, came down with a
car I tad of cattle to sell. His appear
ance was that of a tailor sealed on his
hoard. On the stopping of the train,
he lets himself down from the cars upon
a small wagon brougli* for the purpos
and the ai l ol a brother driver, is drawn
to the market. Having disposed of his
cattle and received the money, he re
turns to the cars, and without assist
ance, by the strength of his arms, he
draws himself into Ins seat and starts for
home.
i he w hole appearance of the man is
one of cheerfulness. 11 is eye glistens
with gratitude at tlie successful accom
plishment of his undertaking, and that
In; is iiol wholly excluded from the ac
tivist’, sos this busy world. How pow
erful the lesson to those who are pos
sessed o! a perfect organization, but
who with the greatest facilities
tim s find themselves unable to over
come ( ven lesser dtlliculties.—Cam
bridge Chronicle.
The bright scenes in History.
When the poor and the rich were es
teemed equal.
When virtue was honored and vice
reprove and
W hen mo lesty was ranked among
the virtues. t
W ben honesty was regarded as an
itigti die (it to trade.
When common sense vvus a part of
fashionable education.
When benevolence was not 1 lol.ed
upon as an extravagance.
U hen worth tic'.dee. uot i idles to be
r sp c and.