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of the Citinns cf n-rgon
1 County.
An u j>|irMinnt to n short notion, n very
portion of the rtitiz* t > tliis
K.-il'inty vs< n.1.1.d at tin* Court House.
And tay, for the purjtose ol taking into
Uaisidrration tin- It■ move in relation
thfi repeal of I hr* License Laws for
h f j sale of ardent spirits in ills Sin In,
AnJ of •ending dclegHlt ato Atlanta on
\p 22d inst.
And And on motion of Mnj. Win U nods,
Anl. John U. Walker was milled to the
hair, and Joel C. Harnett requested to
Jit as Secretary.
liii The object of the met ting having
/een staled, Col. Rees moved that n
TJiJoiwnitiee of five t**- appoint! it !<> the
dhair, for ttie jurpn-e i,l ri porting lm-
for the aetion of tie melting;
vhereupon Col. Augustus llees, Ih v.
Aii. L. Wittich, Line* lot Johnson, lw|i
Thomas J. Burney, F.sq. and Mj.
U\Vm. Woods wire appointed.
’The Committee having retired for a
yshort time, returned, and through tluir
Chairman, Col. llees, offered the f I
A lowing prennilde and resolti'ions:
Whereas, by law the people in one h
J county in this State are compelled In
provide for their own poor, and to pay
J the expenses of almost all the criminal
investigations in the county; and
whereas it is in accordance wish the ge
nius of our institutions, and the spirit
of our governrnrnt, that the people
upon whom the same are to ope rate,
should have the direct control of llmir,
municipal regulations, w lierevi r the ex
ercise of this control will not he* preju
dicial to the prosperity and happiness
of the whole—
Retolred, Ist. The regulation of the
subject of retailing urd( lit spirits w itli
in ilie limits ol the county, by llm vo.
ters ofeach county in tliis Stale, “ill
not be prejudicial to the jmsperity mul
happiness of the whole; mil. therefore,
the power so to do ought to he letitored
to them by the Legislature.
2nd. We should be happy to have
our next Legislature ristorethis power
to the the voters oft very county in the
State, hut upon their failure to pass
such a general act, we insist upon a
special act lor the county of Morgan.
3d. For the purpose ul ascertaining
the sentiment of the county upon this
subject, and showing the importance
we attach to it, we pledge ourselves,
in the selection ol delegates to the next
Genera) Assembly, to muke this a (pies
tioi. paramount to all others, and not to
cast our votes for any candidate “ho
will not commit himself to exercising
his influence and talents in procuring
the passage of a general act as a lore
said—and upon liulure therein, a spe.
cial act as aforesaid; and that the Chair
appoint a committee ol three, w hose
duty it shall beta ascertain and pub
lish the views of those w ho may he can
didates to represent this county.
4th. Understand the programme of
the Convention colled to meet in Atlanta
on the 22d inst., to he in conformity
wjth the views embodied in tlsu forego,
ing preamble and resolutions, we ap
point Messrs. Lancelot Johnston, Thom
as J. Burney, W, 11. Felton, It. A.;
Prior, VV. W. B. Crawford. Joel C. j
Barnett, Kdinund Walker, B. M. Pee.
pies, l>r. Anderson, C. J. Allen, Dr.;
K. C. Jones, Win. \\ ood, llobt. Harris,
l)r. John Wingfield and Thomas B.
Baldwin, delegates to said Convention,
with the power in each delegate to lii!
his ow n vacancy, if he should he tum
ble to attend.
Which after a few explanatory re
marks from Col. Iters, were adopted,
by a division almost unanimously, only
three dissenting.
Dr. W. H. Felton then being called
upon, delivered a very interesting and
touching addresson this imporluut move
of the people.
The Chair then appointed Dr. W.
W.B Crawford. Messrs. Wilds Colb
and Lancelot Johnston oil the Commit
tee of the 3rd resolution.
On motion of Thomas J. Burney,—
Retolred, That the proceedings of
this meeting be published in the Madi
son Family Visitor, nml Temperance
Banner, uml that all other papers fa
vorable to the move, be requested to
publish the same.
On motion of Maj Woods, the meet
ing adjourned until -ml Puesday in
March—at which time Dr. \V. \V. B.
Crawford and Charles K. Nishit, Km|.,
are expected to give their views fully
upon tins interesting and all important
subject. Ladies and gentlemen ul 1 are
invited to attend.
JOHN B. \V ALKEU, Clt’n.
Joel C. Barnett, Bee.
Feb. l'ith. 1353.
Dahlonkga, Ga. Feb. 14, 1553.
Ggrecable to previous notice, the
citizens ofDuhlonegw and vicinity as
sembled at eaaJlc light at the Metho
dic! Church; ami on Motion of Rev. G.
Bright, Col. A. VV. Redding was ap
pointed Chairman, mid M. I*. Quilliau,!
Secretary. After prayer by the Rev.
VV illiani Switi, tiie Chairman in a lew
briel and appropriate ri marks, explain
ed the object of tlie meeting, to be, to
consult together us to the propriety of
appointing delegates to represent this
county in the contemplated State Tern,
perance Convention to be held iu
Atlanta, or. the 2*2nd Inst.
The meeting being declared organ
ized, Col Jasper N. Dorsey, submitted
the hallowing Preamble and Resolu
tions:
9'Ei wo regard any system of re
of eOtno s-ongressmrn'or ua. j,,
‘ 4 ‘other too ex-j’
OlKi AN OF Til K SONS OF TKMI’KRANCK AND STATE TKMPEKANCK COXY
project rs the friends of temperance in
. mealing in Convention at Atlanta, on
the 22ml inst. to d> vise win sand means
lor the alioli'iort of the traffic by legisla
tive ennernent, and that we a ill eo.op
orate with the fri< lifts of Temperance
thn tighont the State in any practical
plan for the suppression <1 the liquor
: irtdie:.
Ilrso/rrd, That the Chairman ap
\ point elcley ate sto icprcsent this county
in the contemplated Convention, and
that each dele gate have full power to
appoint his alternate should lie lie un
able- to attend.
Cn|. ltoi.se v supported these resolu
tions in a short, forcible, and convin
ling argument. The Rev. George
Bright seconded the motion, to adopt
j them, and supported it in a speech of
fierce, ability and z-id, e very way “nr
- I *l y the cause*. Afte r which, Win.
Muitin, Iwp being called out, was
] most felicitous in his remarks, Inking a
j |e gal, brif f vie-w ed the lie-ense law, and
i show eel it ii|> in many of its ineongrni
j tie s anti ahsiirdities, afie-r w hich, the
j resolutions were unanimously adoptee],
The Chairman than announced the fol
I lowing gentlemen as dedegulrs to the
j Atlanta Convention, to n [ire se lit tl T
county, in conjunction well any other 1
di legate s who may be appointed by |
1 any other portion of t ho enmity -
Re v. Ceorge Bright, Rev. William
: Swift, R. B. Lewis, ITq., Win. M.
i Martin, lvq., Col. Jasper N. Dorsey,
R. 11. Moore, Lewis W. Quit
liian, F. I*. Boa It field, Sen., Lewis
Ralston, A. G. Wimpey, A. W. Reel,
dim', Jolih Donaldson, IN. B. Hawkins,
Jan.es 11. Worle-y, J. L. ‘Todd, and I*'.
I). I ienertfield, Jr.
()n Motion of Ri v. (Forgo Bright, it
was ordered hv the iiu - iing, that llie.se-!
prnc* • dings l-ei signed by the-Cliaii man
ami Secretary, and that the Secretary
M quest tie ii publication in the Mouti- j
tain Signal anil I < mpe-ranee Banin i
On Motion the meeting then adjourn
ed.
A. W. ItKDDING, flh’n.
M. W. Quii.liam, Bcc.
True use of Riches-
Bv M. M. NOAH.
lii an old newspaper file we find one
of the oil'hand, happy ell’orts of the late
M. M. Nouli, than whom few writers!
of our country have throw n more of the ‘
best impulses of the heart, more of kind- |
ly and benevolent feeling into their
compositions. When he would cast of]
the politician and interest himself w ith
domestic scones; the affairs of the fire
side, social life, the welfare and hap
piness of his fellow men, his essays had i
much of the charm about them llini in
latter years has niado those ol Mr.
Dickens so universally popular. The!
billowing, though written some years]
since, innppleahle to the present time.—
Em. Union.
Why uni I not a rich man? said a
verv intelligt nt person to us, w bile look
ing at a splendid equipage which rut- |
lied down Broad-way.
It was the equipage of a man of,
w ialtli—a man of Yesterday: a parvenue \
m tlic most fashionable phrase —who ‘
! made a fortune suddenly, by buying
farms and sellirg them out in lots, and !
who was determined by his house, the
magnificence ol his entertainments, anil
richness and variety ol his liveries, his i
loud talk and coiisequentail air, to show !
that he did not belong to the quiet Itim
ilies of some liundreil years distinction ]
and wealth, whenever otfeud by osten
tation, nor exhibit a heraldry to which !
they are not entitled. We gazed at
several of similar growth—the riches (
which sprung up over night, like!
Jonah’s gourd; some by speculation,
others bv accession, some by fortunute
marriui'es, and some creditably by a
mechanical labor and ingenuity.
Why am I not a rich mail? said my
friend. 1 must purchase somewhere in
the west, oin in the moon—no matter i
where; 1 must piunge in the current of
speculation, and swim on to fortune
and cinineiict ——must he rich; every
body tries to be rich—why shall loot
lie rich? lam liberal in mv disposi
tion, hospitable and tree. 1 sliouhl like
to have such a coach and pair—a house
ol corresponding magnificence l should
like to throw it open several limes n
year for the gay ami fashionable throng;
1 should like you to dine with me twice
a week, and punish a few old, very old
Medeira. Whv am 1 not a rich man/,
1 di si rve to he, said lie musing, and at
intervals dropping his voice, as he slow ,
ly withdrew his eyes from the long:
cavalcade of couches and phaetons,
and whiskered footmen.
Hundreds, no doubt, thought as he
did; hundreds expressed the same feel
ings, and felt the same desires, and all
under the same delusion that money
is wealth—lhut shei r palpable gold and
silver constitute riches; and that it i>
under this delusion that thous
auds of our citizens are racking tin ir
brains by night, thoughts bv day, toil,
ing and sweating, and managing, and
!tw istiug, and turning out of the com
inon, settled and regular order ol things
to get gold uml silver, under the im
pression that with their possessions they
will be rich.
Statesmen, politicians nay, the gov
eminent itself, is inoculutrd with the
same mania, aud if all should succeed,
we should be compelled to blacken our
own boots and wait upon ourselves at
table. The delusion, however, consists
in this, in consideration of a piece of
gold the only representative ot wealth.
We are for the most part rich, without
wanted. Thp anvil of the
’ ~ ’ 1 * 6—ts
he livr-shy it, nn-1 to hi-i mind, habits
and wislli s, In- lives as well as he- who
pays out his eagle sand half eagles in
the market—so with the painter; so
with the* prnfe>s'tin) man, the-sculptor,
the mush Tin, tin* mu nos talents; all
who possess the- noons of acquiring
wealth, are actually wealthy; for, if
, temperate and industrious, all these
faculties are conve-itiide, into wealth;
nay, are more valuable, and durable,
I and available, than the mere man of
gold and silver. Let such a man sw iin
In the shore from his shipwrecked ves
sel with the me edianic and man of mind,
and se-e- who can siieecr-d iri earning
that n ense-l of bread necessary to sus
tain life.--Wliat does the man of
princely .income do, which gives m him
o many advantage s, and opens the lot r
’ii sue h mooted happiness! He rises
late, turns day in’o night, dandles his
time away in •rifling employment;
drives his horses and coachee; gives
grand dinners fir ostentation, and large
partita (hr fashion; and is, at best, a
poor, discontented, dyspeptic patrician
ii-spe-cli-ei only fur his gnhl and silver,
i and of no pnssiph- use to the communi
!'>-■
‘Take the man if moderate means,
amt he employs Ids life- as life ought to
la employed—a mix lit re of employ inent
and recreation, of rational pleasure- and
eliscrrct hospitality. Cos down to what
is culled the poorer cl.isse-s, which we
Cull the substantially rich—the hardy
mechanic, and see how lie enjoys life.—
Rising with the sun, his labors do not
cease- until the sun sinks into the west.
He returns to his little- family and ten
ement at night, and finds an atnjde
huarel spread by a frugal wife; the
smoking steak, the good cup of coffee,
the white breael ami butter, and an ap
petite sharpened by labor. Jlis repast
is over; he takes Ids chubby hoy upon
his kmc, pinches Ids dirty, rosy checks,
and runs his fingers through Ids malted
hair; talks with his wife-upon house
holel affairs; reads his paper, or conver
se s with his neighbor on the best means
<f serving the commonwealth, and w her
the* hour of’ rest a? five’s, he stretches j
himself upon Ids hard but healthy bed, ;
and si oil his senses are steeped intc
forge-lfulness, and his slee p is sweet
and seiiinii until the shrill clarion
of the cock awake ns him on the morrow
to renew his labor. But he has no
coach—has he not'? lie has only logo
it: the street and to hold up his linger,
and a splendid omnibus and four cle
gant horses drive sup to the sidewalk,
and he jumps in; it is his coach while
lie occupies it, ami he leaves it when
and where lie please s.
Can the man of gold or silver do
more?—it is all an e rror, misuoncep
tieai, aeh lusiott. We are all rich w hen
we possess within ourselves the means
of acquiring wealth. We have no
poor except the idler and the drunkard.
Rules for Persons about to ISarry.
The following code of laws for the
regulation of married life are said to
have been drawn up by u gentleman for
the guidance of his son and the lady
whom his son was about to marry.
J. When people are making love,
everything is so fair and so bright that
they are disposed to think each other
something more than human, and
scarcely liable to the Iruiities of human
nature. Perhaps it would divest them
selves of this notion; because by so do
ing, it might prevent disappointment
alter mariiage, when contact must
necessarily make them acquainted with
many frailties which the most perfect
human bring cannot be without.
*2. Want of money is generally look
ed upon us one of the principle sources
of unhappiness in the married state;
but Coleiidge, the post, sai;—“if you
show me one couple who are unhappy
from want of money, 1 will show you
ten iv ho ore unhappy from other causes.’
He alluded to incompatibility of temper,
or what is more to the point, a neglect
ol management temper and tempera
ment in u proper manner; for it is cer
tain that il people take the trouble they
can make themselves agreeable to each
other, s> asto live in harmony even un
der any circumstances.
3. It lias bet'll wisely said that those
liitle courtesies and attentions which
people pay to each other before mar
riage in order to guiu ntfection, ought
to lie continued alicr marriage in order
to retain it. It it is worth gaining it is
worth retaining.
4. Husbands and wives sometimes
express a great desire to be able to rule
their partners. It cannot be question
id that those persons rule with the most
absolute away who are the most belov
ed. Is it not true that those officers in
the army and navy who are the most
readily obeyed? The same principle
holds goods in domestic life.
f>. Money is a useful and valuable
tiling, and ought not tube thoughtlessly
sptut. Dr. Johnso.i said that the end
and aim of every man's ambition were
to elect himself a comfortable home.
There cannot be a prosperous home
were there is an i xtruvagant wife. On
tlie other hand, an extravagant husband
has power to bring ruin and desolation
upon his wife ami family, without their
having the legal ability to restrain him.
A wise economy is a great virtue.
ti. A good wife makes a good hus
band: uml so, also, a good husband;
mak< s a good w lie.
7. Beware of the first quarrel. An
angry Word spoken in heat may do in
calculable mischief. It may endanger
that affection which was established by
dint of many acts of attention before
j an g 1 wiiii Lys woith more than
(PUS*** a* ,
8. It is not in the nature ol tilings that
two people should live constantly to
ge :|ie-r and not offend each other some
times —not intentionally, herhaps, but
inadvertently. Every unintentional :
•offence ought to he easily forgiven; fir
ivhere no wrong was intended no great
wrong has been inflicted, it would bet
well, however if persons studied not to
give offence, even unintentionally.
9. Never refuse to offer of reconcil
ation.
10. Always forgive vv ,eri forgiveness
is asked for.
11. Surely some persons are in error:
who fall into a state of listless indiffer
ence uficr marriage, and fancy that
i there is no necesilv for further trouble i
j about love and affection, and all that
i sort of thing. It is said in No 3, that
the affection which was gained before
marriage by acts of politeness and ma
ny like atttentions, is worth retaining
alVr marriage by a continuance of
i those attentions it is certain that love
heightens every joy; and without love
no joy can posses its true sweetness.
Ifthis he so, it needs no argument to
prove how necessary to happiness it is
| to cultivate love.
12. The mistress is at the head of I lie
domestic department. The servants
j lake their cue from her. If she super
intends her household with industry J
and care, they fallow her in performing i
their duties well; hut if she fails in the
virtue of activity, confusion soon enters!
her house.
13. Take everything well that is well
meant. Owing to the weakness of hu
man nature, few peoole are able to per- j
form great and good deeds. But a j
good intention shows a good heart.
14. How few there are who can
bring themselves to uck owledge an ;
error, even when their own conscience!
| tells them they have committed one!
1 But every thinking person must know
that it is nothini; more than an net of
| common justice to repair an injury
where an injury has been inflicted, and
; such as we should ail of us expect from
uur neighbors. People sometimes im
| agine that when they confess to another |
that they have done them a wrong, I
they are giving that other an advantage J
over them. This, however, is a great
mistake. By so doing, they not only ]
do not allow the other to gain advan
tage over them, but they gain an im
portant advantage over their own stub
bornness. Any one may he proud of
such a victory.
15. “Bear and forbear” is an old
saying. It merely means that we
should ‘hear’ with the faults and frail-
ties of our partner, and “forbear” to;
give way to our ow n. These few words j
contain much good advice.
10. How sweet ij the time of court- !
ship w hen love goes prosperously ! It
mutual love makes tnis period sweet,
why should not married life be equally
happy? Ifloveisto cease with mar
riage, people had better remain single.
II love is as much cultivatad after mar
riage as before marriage must necessa
rily be the happiest condition of life.
Courtship is only a preliminary state,
which naturally leads on to what may
follow. And however delightful court
ship may be, people would not be con
tent to be always courting and never
marrying. This would not do. Mar
riage, therefore, follows as a matter of
course. And when love is duly cul
tivated, surely reality is better than an
ticipation.
Marriage. —Dr. Forbes Winslow,
speaking of marriage, says: “Nothing
delights me more than to enter the neat
little tenement of the young couple, who
within perhaps two or three years,
without any resources but their oyvn
knowledge of industry, have joined
heart and hand,and engaged to share
together the responsibilities, duties, in -
; terests, trials, and pleasures of life.
| The industrious w ife is cheerfully em
ploying her own hands in domestic du
ties, puttimg her house in order, or
mending her husband’s clothes, or pre
paring the dinner, while perhaps, the
j little darling sits prattling on the floor,
or lies sleeping in the cradle, an 1 eve
rything seems preparing to welcome
the happiest of husband’s and the best
|of fathers, when lie shall come home
from his toil to enjoy the sweets of his
little paradise. This is tlie true domes
tic pleasure. Health, contentment,
love, abundance, and bright prospects
( are all here. But it has become a
prevalent sentiment, that a man must
acquire his fortune before he marries,
that the wife must have no sympathy
nor share with him in pursuit of it, in
which most pleasure truly consists;
and the young married people must set
out with as large and expensive an es
tablishment as is becoming those who
i have been wedded for twenty years.
This is very unhappy, it tills P'e com
munity with bachelors, who are wait
ing to make their fortunes, endanger
ing virtue and promoting vice; it des
troys the true economy and design of
the domestic institution, and promotes
inefficiency among females, who are
expecting to be taken up by a fortune ,
and passively sustained, without anv
care or concern on their part, and thus
many a wife becomes, as a gentleman
once remarked, not a ‘help-mate,’ but
a help-eat.”
W ater is the only universal medi
cine; by it all diseasos may be allevi
j uted or cured.
The atoms composing a man are be-
I lieved to be changed every forty days
and the bones in a few months.
IllA rttt.li, fit. 2<, I*sß.
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i Baptist Female College of South Western ‘
Georgia.. —A Catalogue of this Ins'itution,
located near Uuthbert, Randolph County,
has been received. Rev. A, T. Holmes, fa
vorably known to many ofoiir readers,is the i
President, assisted by a Faculty of five oth
ers. This is a young Institution, but has
started under very favorable and promising
circumstances. The first term for 1853
commenced the 3d Monday in January, with
I one hundred and fifteen students, and a
; prospect ot a considerable increase. Under
its present Faculty and Board of Trustees,
the College deserves and will receive the
approbation of parents and guardians.
Etalliiiiorc Ktutdmg Biooni.
J he Merchants of Baltimore, under the
recommendation of the Board of Trade,
have established a “Southern and Western
Reading Room,” for the comfort and con-1
j venienee of Southern and Western Mer-|
chants, their friends and others. The room !
is located on Market street, at Adams & |
Co’s, building, and is furnished in the hand-’
somest style. The arranging of the Room
lias teen confided to C. C. Baylor, Editor
! of the “Cotton Plant.”
A Georgia Hunk.
i \Ve have read w ith much pleasure a book,
bearing the title of
The young Maroon firs on the Florida coast;
or Robert ip Harold; by F. It. Goulding.
Die author is a native Georgian, and a
worthy minister of the Presbyterian Church, i
It is written in a plain, simple and natural
i style, well calculated to please all and espe-1
daily tlie young. It is full of incident; the |
narrative is well told ; and the interest sus
tained throughout. Withal much valua
ble information is communicated, and a
moral and religious influence so pervades
the volume ns to promise good results to
those who peruse it. We have rend many j
of the works which have of late years been
published for the young, and do not now
recollect any which we would rank higher
than tlie J oung Maronncrs. We consider
it fully equally to any of Abbot’s celebra
ted books for tlie Young. We trust flint
the w ork will have an extensive circulation.
The story it contains about Unde Sam is
much more truthful than Mrs. Stowe’s
about Tom.
2=fe? We suppose it w ill be rather pleas
ing than otherwise, to our lot. Subscriber to
see the following epistle in the Banner.—
\\ e have been at some loss to deride
w hether the w rite r designed it as a jest, oi
whether he is one of the unfortunate beint:.
i e
wlui has contracted a liaiiit from which he
cannot free himself. Be it the one or the
other, we ar,- s >rry for him :
Houston Cos., Feb. 4, 1853.
Dear Sir : —E. closed I send yon one
dollar tin-miu nut due you (or my subscrip
tion to your Tempi ranee Banner.
I intended remitting the money in advance
and actnallv wen to the Post-office tor that
purpose, bill while there 1 unfortunately met
some of my neighbors who looked us
though they might be very dry, and feeling
very much in the spirit of taking a wee bit
l of a glass, I was tempted to spend the
money intended for a nobler purpose. 1
have contracted such a habit of tasting tire
ardent, that it is impossible for me to be
comfortable without it. It is also impossi
ble for me to enjoy the pleasure of reading
your paper,and taking my glass at the same
time without taxing my purse beyond its
endurance. lam compelled to debar my.
i self oik- pie. sure, and as a matter ol course
; prefer the greater. Discontinue my paper,
and give tlii- communication a complimen
tary notice, is the prayer of your humble
- servant.
JOSEPH KEMP.
Walker County, Ga.
To the Honorable Sons of Temperance
when in their Hall of Tunnel Hill:
This comes to you greeting, in honor to
you, 1 am in duty bound to bid you God’s
speed, ivnd go on your way rejoicing, for the
circumstances lately taken place. 1 inu-t
acknowledge that von have done more tor
me than any body of united members, tin t
1 have ever had any knowledge oftand fur
thermore, as tlie good work has just begun
in Dogwood Valley, your humble servant
is of opinion that last Saturday night will
be a means of turning many fiom the
evil of their ways—from serving the drunk
ard’s den, to the sober, honorable habits of
virtue and industry.
I must, in duly, say to you, that 1 can see
no reason why any lady would prefer a
drunkard for In r lui.-b md, to mu industrious,
sober man. J n.list dose, lest l should wea
ry your patience. !So nothing more, only
go a head, get all you can, make all drunk
ards sober men, and keep all the sober men
you have g->t. Pius from your most obedi
ent servant.
MARGARET DUNN.
i.-T'” Tiie above letter needs but little
explanation, it is from a woman, whose
fate li.ui been to be united to an unfortunate
dram and inker. The Division al Tunnel
.Hit 1, succeeded in getting her husband to
unite with them, who Ii is become a sober
j man. Put the grog shops out of the
j way, ami we have no doubt tie will contiii
;ue sober. We have given the letter in the
words of tiie author, believing that her own
i language could not be altered more effect
ual, to exhibit the fulness of a grateful
, .... °
heart. Ask the writer of litis letter for her
opinon upon the liquor trallie.
Guyton, Effingham Cos., loth Feb.,’s3.
lira. ISiuntly: —i enclose to jon $2, one
j one for Rev. v ii I I.-iin fcipeir. and one for
| Willi in Cauwel, and tiro. ISpeir says I must
: maKc 3 alack marks against you, as we
! have missed three of our papeis at this of
] fiee already this year, that is, the one of loth,
; 22d and 29 Ii ultimo, have not been received.
| And it the Banner does not come morereg
: tilarly to hand, there are several of my
subscribers say you will have to mark them
off your list.
1 am Very respectfully,
Yours in L,. P. &. F.
Our friends at Guyton are assured
llai We h ve never failed to forward the
j Banner to them in a single instance. Its
i failure to lie ree.ived is from neglect on the
I route. We regret it, and could we prevent
j a recurrence of I tie failure, we would gladly
do it — Ed. Banner.
The Rev. Charles F. Deems, President
I of the Greencsboro’ Female College, iN. G.,
is now engaged in preparing a Cyclopedia
of Temperance matter. To show the de
sign ot Hie work, we make the following
extract from a circular addressed to the
iriends ol temperance :
“It will contain a history of tile rum-traf
fic and of the Temperance re fur in, a largo
amount of statistics, exhibiting the influence
of lliteinpi ranee in all parts of tlic world,
s atemeiils showing the beneficial effects of
temperance, and the operation of various
laws for tlic suppression ot the traffic ; a
choice selection of historical, biographical,
serious, pathetic and humorous incidents
and anecdotes bearing upon tlie subject;
extr. ets from tlie sermons, essays and spee
ches of the most distinguished and able vvri—
I ters, and a ciioice selection ot poetry. It is
j intended to lie a work of permanent value;
I as complete a magazine ol information and
: argument on this subject as can be collec
j led. i desire to give a list ol all the works,
whether hooks, pamphlets or periodicals,
i published in this country, on the subject of
intemperance and temperance, and it possi
ble, the price, i hope thus to furnish the
friends ot temperance tlie information nec
essary to the selection of a good temper
ance library, and to aid tlie publishers aud
authors in circulating their works.”
Georgia iloine (iuxeitc.
liiis weekly journal lias been receutly
inueii enlarged, and appears in an entire
new dress, The following notice accompa
nied the improvement in the appearance of
the Gazette, which we recommend to the
consideration ot our readers:—
To THE itEADEKS OF THE GAZETTE.
“Georgia Home Gazltie” appears this
week in a new and elegant dress—attrac
tive in appearance and greatly improved
over tile loaner series. This arrangement
has been made at much expense, and with
anew to render our paper more worthy of
lie increasing patronage ot the public.—
Our list is constantly and steadily progress
ing. In ad quarters We have die highest
’ assurances oi g.n and will, —assurances, that
cheer us on in our e tiorts to give perniarien
| cy to a Family journal at the South, w or
. aiy ol t lie* section, and ot its intelligent and
! en.erprisitig population.
We hate entered upon the present year
wi ll bright prospects—“auspicious omens
do cheer us,* —and we intend to merit tile
continued good will and good deeds of our
readers, by putting forth twry exertion to
make tlie “Home Gazelle” a pleasant and
loadable Journal, tree from political parti
zaliship, and tii_.ii toned in character. VVe
hope to make ike columns of the paper In
teresting and valuable— .o lender it a wel
come weekly visitor to .he Homes and Fire-