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VOL. XIX
tas -raSMaxsos bavincr
IS THE
Organ of the Sons • f Cos in peraitce
AND ‘ V TH i
Stale Convention of Georgia:
PUBLISHED VKPKI Y |
By Boiijtrnisl Slrntitly.
%Sgr Term*—On-; Dollar a year. i.i ad
vance; §1 50, if paid within six m -nth^;
ami $2 00 at the eml of the year. No sub- |
acription taken for less t!i m a year.
Letters must be Post paid, to i joeive at- :
t-ntion.
:
Sons of temperancE
IMedg® t Ssr ea-** of S'e:ts*‘-
ril 1. without reserve, solemnly pledge j
my honor as a man that 1 will ii.. UuermaLe,.m> ,
dl nor use, as a beverage , any spirituous or
Malt Liquors, VViue or Gider.
Officcrsof tlieUr tii 5 ii vision.
E. 11. My bus, G■ ‘ v ’- p *
11. BrANTLV. G. ‘ V . X. I en.lel'i.
W. rs. vVIUUFoIID, S. Scribe, Macon.
E. C. Gbassiss, G. IV.-as. Macon.
D [> ti. Chap. raiMiutto.
VVm. Woods. G. Cun. MaUison. (
Tri M Uloodwoiith.G Sent. Liberty on ~
Proverb j.
Wisdom is ml in strength, but in
mercy; and they wun w>r<* g"tj arc
wise.
Pursue gooJ, evil saan disappear, •
¥ like darkness before the using muni of
follow peace, and peace shall folio” j
thee. Have no c.intention with thy
fellows, and thy follows slu'd be thy
friends. t
When thou art hungry, l mu kn “Vest
the wants of the poor; but ih ‘U art rich,
thou carest for thy i idles. 11 -Ipoom-tlli
from sympathy, but 0,-pension from
selfishness. L-t ihy sail know the
former, that it may noth d-c tved nh
the latter.
Say to the needy, be ye warmed, :
und be ye tilled, and w iit mou say-st, ■
do; for righteousness is not in words,’
but in good deeds. •,
Say to thvsdf what til ki fi-. lost meet
for another,” nor let thy “ords be lound
unfaithful to thee, fn et “ isdoni
tor thyself, and to ’.nys If will wisdom
come; for whosoever sllail cultivate his
own soul, shall reap tn- r-w.. i-f his
toil. Be wise for thvi if I;i - : t""U
mayest share its treasure'.
Pearls win smiling faces, hut
render smiles into tears. Murj
sorrow’s path glad with the wisdom
of thy mercy; for man needeiii aid-
Dust is weighty, and weight is a
balance; so he who is attracted to fall
bv the wayside may be. balanced by a
counterpoise. (1-Id thyself in readi.
ness to meet the emergency, lest at any
,i^ ; p neglect shall occasion thee to
stumble.
Prudence is cationsu ‘s-, and lie who
is prudent will not say or d> w hat he
will iegret. .
Time makes nothing right winch is
wrong; it is the measure of age; but
wisdom never grows old, nor eternal
things young, Sweet is the charm that
loses its smile, and happy are they who
can dwell in its presence.
Poverty seeks to hide itself, but ricbes
to face the world; shame anil honor are
in neither, lie who baa much wants
more, but he who has what is useful
need not complain.
Envy not tue proud; for vanity and
pride are naturally united, and he
who would overcome the one must
destroy both.
Honor thy superiors and pity tny
inferiors. Equals are pairs; paiis un
balances; and a just balance > a perfect
equipoise. Let thy superiors tench
thee, and thy inferiors be taught by
thee; so shall thy works shine as the
stars, balanced in the scale of wisdom
and love. . ,
Prosperity dwells not m kings
houses, nor peace in palaces of prices.
* Man hath his cares and wauls; but
care and want need supplies, or the
possessor must suffer.
Virture needs no tear for ils support,
and heaven no converts w ho require ’he
lash tfit keep them in order.
Mind thy own culture; look at thy
own field; see to thy own harvest; an J
then thy granary will not be empty in
seed time, nor thy children sad iu sea
sons of want. Go where thy min l
mav see need, and re urn when thou
.hast nothing to bestow.
A rainbow is a token of sunshine, so
? hope of better days; but he who h.pes
without work, is a stranger to the voice
*of nature. Riin and sunshine nouns.,
‘he seed sown, but ho wh > *
will meet hope deferred.
Talent# given ar-.- rain tv - 1 suns.no .
but he who never uses only to pervert 1
and abuse them, will find the interest
and principal where his works have!
iConugmd them. Dig where th-rn
canst make thyself serviceable, and let
j not thy pearl abe cast into the seu.Peuris
j east lo swine, neither benefit them nor
) itiee.
,N ever counsel with him who praises
thee to thy face, for ho will ridicule
dice behind thy back.
Never insult tliy enemy, no r retaliate
upon him; ha needs thy aid, not ihy j
w i.nlh.
Choose good tilings, and neglect the
bad; good will sustain, and w ill die ,
uncultivated.
Wrongs are fashions, and neglected j
fashions perish for want of care.
Satisfuc'iou can not be found in
things not wanted, nor harmony in a
den of dt? vomers.
Thorns applied to the back make
sores, so do many blows grieve the heart j
with sorrows.
Envy dwellcth in a man who scorn-’
jeth wisdom he hath not seen; they wlioj
envy, are not they who possess wisdom; j
they who do not possess wisdom, are
j they w ho need it.
Love draws more friends than hate, i
•and he who loves truly, is never with
out a sympathizer.
Virture will shake *he vice of a;
: nation, and he who seeks it shall find it. i
Take to thyself w isdom, set thy I
h art upon her, for she hath many ,
i treasures, and she will guide thee to;
: p ace. |
Open thy hand and shut thy mouth, j
when the needy u-,k for help. lure,
, not the stringer from thy gates, nor the;
weeping from thy thresiiold without j
! cause; for he whogivelh to the wanting
siopeth the mouth of reproach, an i
| makeththe sad merry with good things.
Scorn not the poor because they are
poor for none would be rich if non ■
were poor. The man who gains great
i idles, extracts his gain fiom the sweat
ol industry. The man who gains not
wealth permits his lord to rub over hi
substance, and gather wheat he hath
not sown: so poverty is ma le tributary
to vv. a!lit, an i iaboi to indolence.
Train tliv min i not in the ways ot
wrong, lest thou inherit her plagues.
She will tell thee her ways are pleasant;
she will sav, “J an thv mistress; go
with me, and thy name shall be praised
iby all my worshipers.” Sue is not
faithful to lliee, and, when thou shall
obey her commands, thou wilt learn
her tolly. Train thy min ito virtue;
learn not virture from vicious habits;
seek not to find her in outward inock
eri. s; but touch the hand of woe; go
where duty calleth th e; bless the
w retched and those who made tnem
wretched; and let thy wisdon shine iu
tny good deeds, and not iu thy boasting
of enmity.
Tha Wife s Appeal
The clock struck eleven. A wo
inons.a by thr. fireside rocking her
baby to sleep.
Tne room was a small one; it was a
poor workman’s home; yet there was
an air of neatness and coinfort about
it. The floor was swept clean, the fire
burning bright, and crackled in the
chimney. Mini the few articles of furni
ture which were neatly placed about
the room, shone in the firelight, their
clear polish reflecting the merry blaze
of’the flame.
Vet the woman seemed to be sad at
heart, though the elements of comfort
about her. fShe sighed from time to
time as she glanced at the cot in which
Iter baby was laid. The ciiild moaned
uneasily in it* sleep, for it was sick
ill.
She stooped down to gaze at it. A
hectic spot burned on eitner cheek,
while its lips were parched and pale.
The poor babe tossed it* head uneasily
from side to side, and seemed all un
conscious of tin- rocking ot the cradle,
; w,fich now ceased to lull it to ils wont
<-d slumber The distressed mother,
wiung her hands, and wailed within
herself. ;
But suddenly she stared and rose,
up at the sound of a footstep upon the
j pavement without. She listened—the
| step passed by; anJ she sunk into the
chair again.
I “Alas!” she sighed, “it is not he!
When will lie come?”
She listened again. She approach )
ed the door—opened it, urid loaned out.!
All was still in the lonely street; the)
! hum of the city, though subdued and
muffled by the falling night, still reach- j
ed bar ears from the dietant thorough
i fares. Over and above all; streets,
lamps and city thoroughfares; hung
high up in the heavens, shone the clus
tering, fields of stars, looking down in
their eternal uupitying gaze, on the
turmoil, the sorrow, and the suffering!
of this lower world. The, sight oi’
those calm watchers—unvarying, im
’ perishable, eternal——is at ail times full
of sadness and melancholy; at least, so
now did this lene woman sec-i, and sad-
Iv she turned bac into her little nook,
i her * her child lay. Sn* closed ‘he
j or, an i -■’ down., by tin cradle
PEN FIELD, GA. JUNE 11, 1853.
All was hushed again, and now slu* j
listened to another distant in the street
( without. Again she stood by the door.
Tne clocks of the city were booming
the houis of twelve far and near.
The step approached, it was un-j
steady! She know that step; and her •
heart quailed at ils sound. She knew j
its meaning. Ah! how bright she once
looked -in hearing the eias.ic tread ot
j her lover, and alter that, ot her hus
band—for it wus he! But now it
j brought with it only sadness, despair,
: and a grim foreboding o! sorrow to
come.
Vet she received him as of old—kiss
eiJ hiiii as lie entered, an! welcomed >
; him home again, us she had always j
done. I
-•It is very late, William,” said j
she.
“Well! win! of that?”
“It’s lonely suing up.”
“And who told you to sit up? No
j body asked you. What business have
i you to sit up?” and he liiccuped.
The poor woman burst into tears.
‘•Cryingagain, woman! veil, what j
good does that do? You don’t think 1
) care lor y< ui crying.”
“I’m afraid ti it, William. Hut go
! to bed; and wo shall talk tilings over in
I the morning.”
“Talk tilings over? What have you
| got to say, that you can’t say it now? j
:Y ou re going to scold me, 1 suppose; j
| nut it’s all of no use ,’’
; “No, William; you know well j
! enough lam no scold. 1 have novel ,
spoken a cross word to yon since 1 he-1
enmo your wife; and l will not. ltj
a husband cannot be got to love his)
! wife and have a regard for her comfort
i without scolding, it were better to give
jit up at mic *,” siid she, seriously.
“Why, Kate? What do you mean?
1 know you have been a good wile, and
an affectionate one; but can’t a man 1
stay out without his wife setting a j
Serving when he comes home? Bill j
c hum —fit’s go tn bed.”
“No, \\ ill lam. 1 must nurse our
cl.il i. I le’s very ill.”
“Wiiut! ill? and 1 didn’t know it!!
, What’s the matter?”
,- i can't t -11 but lie’s feverish and rest- i
i less, and 1 must watch him for the J
! night. Go to bed; now like a goo 1 fel. i
|o•’ I hope tl will be alt well in the!
) morning.”
“ Well, be it so. Bat! mist have a j
kiss of the baby before 1 go.” And lie!
approached t lie cradle for the purpose, j
Intoxicated as lie was, lie could see!
how -iiucli the child sull irod; mid <
toss.d abaut ns if in pain. Ho would,
liuucvi r, Lave lifted it up in his arms,
but the mother Uissuoded turn —it was
too ill for Unit. “But he would have
l one kiss of the darling.” lie stooped
; down, and staggering, would almost
have turned over the cradle, but the
wife he I I iin back.’
I “O, William,” she cried, “leave
the child alone! You are not lit to
! touch him. See! you frightened ! Go,
jnow.”
lie staooered hack, looking confused
; and ashamed. “Well,” said lie, “1 ant
j sorry for this, but I’ll e’en go. Boor,
; dear little Willie.”
I He was about to retire, when turning
: back, lie said hastily, us if the thought
I hud for the moment sobered him
‘•But if the child should die !”
“Then G >d’fi will be done,” said the
j mother, sobbing.
; “O let me fetch a doctor!” he cried,
j with a look ot alarm; ••I’ll bring one!
in tt lew minutes; let me go!”
“I have seen to that, William; the !
doctor lus been here, and done what he!
j could. Now, go!”
i And he went, staggering, to his
sleeping chamber; from which the
| sound ol labored breathing shortly pro*
needed; and the drunken snoring of
the husband, the wailling moan of the i
! sick child, and the occasional deep
sighs of the watching wife a.id mother)
were the only sounds that broke the)
- stillness of the night in that sad little
1 household.
Tne morning’s light ushered ir
through the window blinds, and still
found the mother by the child’s cradle, j
.She watched there by her first-born,)
: calling to mind ils winning ways, its;
praule, atrd its bright looks. But now, ! ,
alas’ there was but the quivering,;;
clammy lips, through which the child's
i soul seemed fluttering. Its shortening m
j breath labored on, and its upturned >i
! eyes were half veiled by convulsed lids.! i
Senseless, unconscious, and helpless,
never ban that child been more dear
to trio mother’s heart than now; yet
love could not save it; sorrow could (
not ransom it. Then? was a long!
! breath, a gurgling sound in tlte throat
—and lhen quiet of death. Yet still,
the mother watched for him that could 1
not hear her weeping.
At length the morning fairly broke..
It was broad daylight when the has-’
hand ro<e from his couch, with rod’
eye* and heated brain. His step wasj
unsteady a* ha entered the apartment,]
where still sat tha mother by her dead
child.
•It’* lit* *at I th? hush and, i-i vauc-
. ing; “1 shall not bo in lima for work. |
Why diJ you let me sleep sa long!” I
“Poor little Willie!” was all she 1
could sob out in reply.
| “What’s the matter?” he asked anti j
i then pausing a moment, lie seemed
sud lenly to recollect the events of the ;
1 past night. “I think you said the child !
was ill.”
“lie’s dead!”
“O, God” lie exclaimed, “it cannot l
be.”
He looked down into the cradle, and i
there lay the child, calm and placid as j
it’in sleep, yet breatlting not, and with :
the hue of-J alb upon its cheek. He
;groaned,and sunk into a chair by the!
; cradle side, unable to speak.
! But suddenly there passed through ;
hi* iniinl the visions of the past, and he !
i thought of the sweet prattle of his child
on the evenings ol his return from la
I,or—of the delight he had fell in w atch
ing his growing intelligence—of his
arch wiles, and playfulness--and then
of the patient love and care of his wife,
; now bowed down in silent grief beside
j him.
“O, Kate, this is a sad sight. Our)
poor dear etiild!” and lite strong mm
hid Ids lace it) his Itutids and sobbed )
audibly.
She look his hand, lie looked up
through his tears, und said, “1 have
been very cruel and selfish towards
i you. Do you not Imte raid”
| “No, no!” said the weeping wife:
| “no, William; but here, by.* the dead
) body of this our first born, let me speak
j to you of die past. ’
j “Not now, not now!”
J “William, l must, l have thought of
it during the night, while 1 waited for
you, & watched by your child & mine;
and now I feel it to he right to speak to
you. though it is iu sorrow.”
“Be merciful to me!”
“1 have no word of reproach for you,
William; but 1 would speak to you us
i your wife w tom you promised to love
) and cherish till death.”
“1 did! I did!”
“ You took mo, a girl, from my fath
, or’s house and home, where 1 wus hap
| py. You loved me.”
j “True! and 1 love you now.”
“1 beleive you, William. Well, 1 j
j was young, w ith knowledge ol the
: world. But I died to make your
| home us happy as mine hud been be
; tore. I sought to attract you
!to my side, und to keep you at
) home with me and the dear child there,
1 after your hours ol daily labor were
! over.”
“You did, Kite. No wife could
have been more kind and good.”
“William, 1 prayed lor you; 1
thought but of you; 1 lived but lor
you.”
“O, spare me. I know ami feel how
cruel I have been.”
“No, only thoughtless. When so
ber, you have always been kind and
loving but when you have spent your
evenings away iVoni us and come in
lat.—”
“l have been harsh and cruel—l
know it now.”
“Dear William, one other word, and
I have done. Let me have some ol
your evening leisure spent bevidt me.
I will try to make you happy. Sit be. j
side me while 1 work; and il I do not
know so much as the companions
whom you meet with elsewhere, teacli
a e and I will learn.’
“(J, Kate,” said William, sobbing,)
i“I never felt your love so dear to me ‘
as now. Here, by the body of this i
dead child, I solemnly promise that it
shall be as you say. I will forsake
; those haunts ol dissipation in which
my soul had well nigh been lost, and
seek peace, and pardon, and happiness
again by your site.”
And it was go. The dark shadow
passed away from the household.
I'ime, which heals all, gradually as
imaged this first great grief ol both;
and it was converted, by Providence,
into a blessing. Tlio husband has been
resored to Ins home again, and to the)
earnest love of his wile. Comfort flew .
back to the hearth, and other infant
pleasures replaced that which had been
lost. And as time passed on, the
memory of the dead infant was guard,
ed as a precious treasure; for its death !
had been sanctified to both. 1 lie pro
mise solemnly made by its cradle.coffin j
had been kept, and peace and blessings
descended in rich abundance upon tin
happy cottage horn a. —Ladies llapos-
itoru. . ,
■wz\ \\ (he ir extensive “stock ol Hard wad,
I Cutler,, a Urc* supply of rAgricultural J
m'-iiu-,- oiiuian.iß Ploughs,'.altivsti rd
>• !"*- row,:, Torn Hh. lb rs, Atr*w 1
f I Fsns. i'nr- ‘-bers.'.rsii. Crables, &
lr * Fnb.dil, l*f3
Wd-v'-sd ...
r \V,w Machine Shop,
*i p,lu ’ nv j\ if r, ’i v; \? *t.
Ite OF OXFORD, GA
viewer Manufacturer of Furniture, Sash B
and Dour-, e,c. (ft., on 8 0( f u \
axciA® rgr Gjo r iw- reel Wo
*'kDd,u wanted.
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For tlio Tvoipurancs Banner.
The Maine Liquor Law—The con
slstency-
To sell ardent spirits, by the burrel
J or gallon, or in any way us a beverage,
! i* demoralizing und fatal—ami that un
; restricted trade in the urtieles ooin
! plained of, would even be more danger
! ous, demoralizing und fatal. There
| lore, I cannot see no other alterna'ive
for the protection and safety ugam-t
1 them hut total prohibition as n bever
| age for sale, with safeguards and pen - j
1 allies us u suitable character attached,
i 1 uin well apprized that this thing pro I
i Itibory liquor law so much talked of,
; und so vehemently opposed, is unpopu
lar to become tiie topic ot discussion, 1
und most especially in litis region of
country. But who ore the individuals
that generally find fault and oppose it ?
I fear it is those liquor-loving unti-chris-)
tians, who is given to dissipation uml j
ruin. Tue Maine Liquor Ltw would
he popular mid of special benefit to them, !
if they onl y would adhere to its pre- )
cepts and principles. But they will I
not. Why ? Because their deeds are !
evil—they will not be comforted bo- !
| cause they will not. It is well known
i to them that if the Maine Liquor law is 1
I passed, tlmt liquor drinking und liquor!
tralKcing “ill pass with them, ami that
without remedy. But t lie greatest ob
jection that seems to rise against this
question is, because it is u prohibitory
law. Prohibitory laws are our protec
tion and safety.
But are not most laws prohibitory of
tiie samo character that of which the i
Maine law is condemned ? It don t )
make any dilierenoe hy what names I
laws have, while they are required by
the public good. They allbrd no reas
onable excuse us a restraint on civil
liberty. If the present and existing
laws protect and defend our lands, stock
mid our entire property, to-the smallest
to the greatest, then how much more
ought they to protect and defend that
which destroys man, whom (Jod bus)
created iu his own likeness.
This law is a good law, because it 1
has acted so beneficial ill subduing the !
| great evils of intemperance in the Stale I
lof Maine, and in other States where it
has passed. Its beneficial effects .<re
seen iu 4 the great deurese of the amount
of crimes and the improved moral tone
oftlie o j it,iinoiiies over which it is en
forced. We have no reason to disbe
lieve hut the same desirable resm .-t
! would follow from a similar luw passed !
in our o-vn .Stale, If this law was)
adopted i” this Slate, I believe at the
expiration of five years, with a steady
and strict iiiforceiuent of this law, that
extreme poverty would be holy.,un
known.
But even while our legislators are
disous->ii)g, or amending, or repealing
the new liquor law. oui country mid !
city grog venders, license or uiiliceiise, j
are sending daily their victims to the j (
poor house and prison. j 1
Would not the Maine law ho a great j i
help to subdue those, awful curses upon j i
society ?—tipling-sliops ami liar.rooms i 1
would lie feared and known no more.!
Is it one of the inalienable rights of j
American freedom, to make slaves of j (
their neighbors to tlio poor house or to |
State’s prison f there to live upon the t
taxes which the sober, honest, upright ,
has to pay. The liquor traffic, that un- |
pitying in the bodies and souls of men, ‘
in the cries and tears, groan? uml la. 1
mentations of the widows ami orphans, 1
is doomed to fall be lure tins beneficent |
luw, ami, as we trust and believe, at no j,
distant a day. The signs are propitious, ,
and God will ai l X assist us. And alien |<
this will be true, of every distillery on
this continent will be banished from our j
land, there will be no mourning save j
those of the rum-sellers; but such ui
jubilee as the world never saw. Wiiut ,
a shout would go up through ull the
land!—then the glad news would be
sent o'i the lightning wires ; —would ) <
he received in every hamlet, village,)’
town und city, that tiie stream of death 1 ’
had ceased to flow, and nothing but ash
es und burned sinders told the J'u e oj
the hint distillery.
American Temperance Recorder.
R. F. I*.
May 15th. j 1
The Oldest Woman in the World. —
The Charleston Stutidard thinks that. 1
Mrs. Singleton, now living in the Wil
liamsburg district, in the State, is the
oldest woman in the world. Slio ia
now in theo/is hundred and thirtyJirtt
year of her age. Her mental faculties j
are still unimpaired, and she retain*
all her senses except that of sight, of)
which she waa deprived a! the advanced
age of ninety-nine years, by an uLack
of measles. Her bodily energy exhib
its no diminution for many years, site
being still aide to walk briskly about,’
the room- She has outlived all her j ‘
children, her oldest desc< .i-!--iit iiv.ug,
being a grand daughter, over sixty
year* old. The first granddaughter,
of this granddaughter, if now living,
would ha o-*r mtn y*ar of .-g I
FitatnfuS •.'cuaroH Court, j
Mmivli Term, 185S. j
TrtHiilmenis' t is the Urand Jury.
We, tin* Grand Jurors, constituted sue?,
for the county of Franklin, t the March
Term of tin.- Superior Co-t, respectfully
present tlio following f.c i thy .ssu't o f
the inquiries relative to the affairs of the
county, which the LtatutuA ol Georgia hat o
required us to notice:
We have found the books of the county
treasurer very neatly and accurately kept.--
The amount of money now iu the treasury,
is three hundred and two dollai asnd thirty
five cents. There is, also, an additional
sum of two hundred ami seventy-one dol
! I.irs. tlii ty-one cents, due the county from
| tic •-• • of the late treasurer, K. A.E.
i N<- and . cli, added to the first, makes the
e ‘t’ of tiie county, five hundred and
seiity.iiiic,- dollars, sixty-six cents.
Fire books of the Clerks of the Superior,
Inferior and Ordinary Courts, appear legible,
and the entries correctly made, und all such
books on tile, in their respective olticesus
the law requires.
We have found tiie Jail in a safe condi
tion. The Court house needs some repairs;
the fastenings of some of the doors arc all
out ot fix, and some of the glass broken
from the windows. We would suggest to
the Inferior Court the importance of hav
ing these repaired ; also, all other defects
which they may, from time to time, discov
er, that the house may receive no further
injury by tln-ir continuance.
As regards the public roads und bridge*
of our county, we are happy to find that
most ol them have been put in us good re
pair as vve reasonably could expect, from
the extensive injuries which they received
Iron) the unprecedented severe ruins during
the winter and spring. With much pleas
ure wo can commend tiie energy which has
been manitostud by the high-wuy commis
sioners and overseers during tiie two past
years. Doubtless all are aware that good
roads tend greatly to enhance the value of
our lands as well as our facilities to market.
There is an important question at pres
ent agitating the minds of the good citizens
in the different parts of tiie Slate, viz :
Whether tiie sale of spirituous liquors, in
small quantities, ought to bu authorized und
protected by law ? Grand Juries are called
on lor an expression of their view son the
subject, in the different counties. In view
of the many and alarming evils which daily
appear from the use of ardent spirits, we,
as tuithful Guardians oftlie best interests of
tlio country, cult but desire some effectual
remedy that may arrest the destructive in
fluence ol the License System. We think
this ought to be done by our next Legisla
ture, so framed us to give tlio right to a ma
jority oftlie people lu each county, to de
cide by an endorsement on tinir votes,
whether uiiv licenses shall he grunted for
tiie r&il ot ardent spirits in their county
IV received a very lucid report
from the commission of poor bchouls,
which stems to show a e.ireful discharge of
his duties, in said report our attention
was directed to one item of ninety-seven
dollars, eighty-live cents, which we were in
lorujed consisted of uccounW of teaches, not
pieWhtcd hclore the expiration of time,
which the law requires, though otherwise
seemingly legal and just. We feel our
selves lustilied iu advising the payment of
those accounts by the commissioner. From
said report, it appears that there was within
the past year, received from the State and
county, the sum of $f>65,41, of which there
lias been disbursed $014,71, to pay the ac
counts ol teachers. There Were relumed du
ring tiie said year, (?d(J children asentilled to
tiie bum-tit oftlie poor school !aw._ It is esti
in il-il by said coinuiisHoner tlmt otic-fourth
only of the reported number of children,
will probably attend school. To defray the
tuition oftlie same, per scholar, lie be
lieves a tax ot 15 per cent on the State tax,
will be sullicicnt, when added to that re
:eived from tile State. The cause of edu
cation is one which weurugratified t know,
receives the unanimous approval and sup
port of the good und intelligent citiaens of
ourc-ounty. That the poor children- • mug
us may receive the education necessary to
render them usclu! members ot the (•im
munity, we cheerfully acquiesce in the Sug
gestion oftlie commissioner,und recommend
to tiie Interior Gourlto levy a tax of 15 p-r
cent on the State tax, for purposes us c-du
cation.
in taking leave of his honor, Judge
James Jackson; we tender him our cordiul
approbation, for the very able und impartial
maimer in wnioli lie lias discharged tiie du
ties of this court and so: the courtesy he has
extended to ns.
To tin; Solicitor (j ncrul, W J. Peeples,
we feel under in my o’ jation.*, for the as
sistance w-nieii lie I. . renders ! us in tlio
careful explanation oft nose legal principles
which tiie duties of our body iiuve obliged
us to observe.
WILLIAM R BOOLE, Foreman.
John D. Parker, Oliver Harrison,
Junn-s Altaway, J.E. McCarter,
Jacob Parker, J. 11. Little,
John J. J tSneppcrd, Hiram Nanghtere;
Hmnticl Jhuiistou, John Ballinger,
John Morris, M. II Thomas,
8. Is. .Sanders, Francis Below,
J. I. Gillespie, 11. R. Anderson,
J. 11. Adderliuld, Daily Smith,
Claxton Mize, C. S. Shaw.
CALVIN S. WELD, Clerk
The French excel all nation* in
ttudied equivoque, hut give u* u Yankee
for unintentional kind. A western
New York farmer writes us follows to
a distinguished soientitio ugricullurist,
to whom lie i’elt under obligations lor
introducing u variety of swine:
“ligspeeded Sir: I went yesterday to
the luirut M , 1 lout and several pig*
of your spe-'s. td-re was a gresi v:,
of lie.'t-i’- ! ‘.'j.n us too is lied UI HOI
seeing you there!”
Tins vows we make in sto rn* ar**
forgotten of: in culms
NO. 24.