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.1 troublesome church member.
„ M(litn: i night in <■’ rUin neighborhood ol
_ ivt inquired of our host, a inir, Christian
how the church got on, for we iiarl passed a
Iccted frame chapel at the cross roads,
o, poorly said he, ‘‘poorly enough.
Why, wind's to pay? You are in a thick settle
d of intelligent people; able to keep a congrega
i and support the gospel.”
•Just so,” sighed he, “hut one troublesome man
broken up tho society, and keeps it broken up.
v „ „n unlucky day for the church when he
vc d here. Yet he is a person of good parts, and
„ ;i „ interesting family. Before he came here, lie
,| troubles in the same way.”
Wi sin; ;, .led that perhaps tho troublesome man’s
• uliaritie were not consulted; indulge him a little.
* ay be he wants to lead
“(), a to that, we’ve tried him in the lead, and
ery’ w ay. He is not satisfied with h ading, hut
irus round and butts the wheel horse ”
Wc gave it up. Our host was a farmer, and the
lustration cut like an argument. David had a few
I that sort in his mind, when he wrote the 12th
■ •dm. Xeir Orleans Chris. Adxor.ate.
1 STOItV FOR CHILDItKN.
I here was once a fanner who had a large lleljl ol
~i-n. he ploughed it and planted the corn, and bar
owed and weeded it with great, rare, and on this
held he depended for the chief support ol hi.- family.
I tut aller he had worked hard, he saw the corn he
■ m to wither and droop for rain, and he began to
ha.. fears for his crop. Me tell very sad and went
■vi ry day to look al his corn, and see it there was
any hope of rain.
* hie day as lie stood looking al tile sky, and almost
m despair, two little rain drops up in the clouds
iner his head saw him, and one said to the other:
•hook at that poor firmer; I feel sorry for him;
he ha taken so much pains with his field of corn,
and now its all drying, up; I wish I could do him
Some good.”
“\i said the other, “hut you are only a little
rain drop, what can you do? You can’t, even wet j
one hillock.”
“Well,” said the first, “to he sure I can’t do much, ,
Iml I can cheer the farmer a little, at any rate, and
lam resolved to do my best. I’ll try. I’ll go to the
tii id to show my good will, if I can do no more; and
-o here I go.” And down went the rain drop—one
came pat, on the tanner's nose, and one fell on a
talk of corn. “Dear me,” said the farmer, putting
his finger to his nose, “what’s that? A rain drop!
Where did that come from: Ido believe we shall
have a shower.”
rhe first rain drop had no sooner started for the
field, than the second me said :
“Well, it you are going, I believe I will go too;
here 1 come. And down dropped the min drop on
another stalk.
••y this time a great many rain drops had come
to hear what their companions were talking about,
and when they saw them going to cheer the fanner,
and water the corn, one said—“if you are going on
such a good errand, I’ll go too,” and down he came.
“And 1,” -aid another, “and I,” and so on, till a
whole shower came, and the corn was watered, ami
il grow and ripened, all because the first little rain
drop determined to do ic/ittl it amid.
Never ho discouraged, children, because you can’t
do much. Do ic/mf yon am; angels can do no more.
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THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT.
At the annual exhibition of the Grammar Schools
ol I fusion, the lion Edward Everett dosed an ad
mirable speech with the following capital anecdote:
The celebrated Archbishop I slier was, in his
’ conger day s, wrecked oil the roust of Ireland, at a
place where his person and character vv ere alike mi- j
known. Stripped of everything, he wandered to’
the house of a dignitary of the church, in search of!
shelter and rebel, craving assistance as a brother i
clergyman. The dignitary, struck with his squalid
appearance after the w reck, distrusted his tale, and j
doubted his charadci; and said that, o far from he- j
mg a clergyman, he did not believe lie could even |
tell how many commandments them were. “| can I
at once • ati; fy you” said the Archbishop, “that 1 am |
not the ignorant imposter you take me for. There I
a: eleven commandments.” Thisansw er continued
‘he dignitary in his suspicions, and he replied with
a ; iiecr, “Indeed there arc hut ten commandments
in my hililc; tell me the eleventh, and I will relieve
yam “Here it is,” said the Archbishop, “Anew
commandment I give unto you, that ye love .me
another, ’’
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‘N IXnitt.NT FROM EXPERIENCES IN .SCHOOL (EACH- !
INC.
(111. .lay I saw a little fellow with his arms shorn j
” -‘ttb wilcli - i a girl, endeavoring, if I interpreted j
the mnnif-i tation* right, to kiss her.
“lotmuy, -Tul I “what are you doing there ?’’ j
■Nothin , ir, spoke (he bright eved little witch j
“ h “ * a,h “ vi “‘kith me, that he wath thur,” ~,,,1
‘be eyed him Keenly.
• Why, Lucy, what prompted bin, t„ S( , m j
tlemnnh right here in school- 1 asked, antk*ipafin u
•nine ftm.
“HI.! lie hitched up here and then he wanted me |
to kith him. and I told him that 1 would,,*, k; 1 i 1 !
thurh u tlmmplhy boy nth be ith, then be (bed he'd ’
■lilb me, ami 1 told him that lie dath'nt, but be tl l0 ,\
be would do it, and I told him 1 would tell the math
if he did, but he thed be didn’t care a tbtia,, fo r
tb. mat liter, and then tried to kith me the harder”
and the little thing sighed.
“Why did’! you tell mo, a> you said you would?”
asked, in a pleasant manner.
J'!!;f* uplil ’ d ‘ vvi,h a ’"<• I did not often
I let W ‘ ‘‘"' Ch if did ki,, ‘ nd (ho
tentW twlfo' h "'’ . S ’ h<K> '’ wh “ hft.l been listening in
little hero w,d “ h ' k ’ °“ r
\ r inch,,mti Titm*.
laziness.
kkv *T“ * Vi ‘- ThiS is evidenced
Ek , ducl ol to ° ““y of our
e w tmmgh of itself, in all L ~
P®k* Mari . IMlt ... ’ . HU COWS <* - 1
v-*,* to their
IT®* * * r.
places of business; it is intolerable. Young men
who uio just starting out on il*.- theatre of life, do
not lot it he said of yon, as it ha been truly said
of others—“lfe ha; no energy'.” It you are out of
employment seek for il again; and if you do not suc
ceed, still keep frying, and our word for it, you will
not fail to prosper. At. any rate, do not weary the
patience of your friends by silling about their count
ing house: and their ‘ Imp , yawning and wishing for
that which is impossible. Depend upon it, a life
industry is the* most cheerful situation in which you
can he placed.
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THE HEART.
‘Fhn heart, the heart! oh, let it he
A true and bounteous thing,
As kindly warm, as nobly free,
As eagle’s nestling wing.
Oil, keep it not, like miser’s gold,
Shut in from all beside ;
Hut let its precious stores unfold,
In mercy far and wide
The heart, the heart that’s truly blest,
Is never all its own ;
No ray of glory lights the brea 1 1
That beats for self alone. lit iz v Cook.
NO LITTLE GIRLS jVntV.
Here is a charming little sermon, by a lady cor
respondent:
What has become of all the,little girls now-a-days?
One sees plenty of miniature young ladies with
basque waists and flounces, dress hatsand tiny watch
es, promenading the streets or attending juvenile i
parties; hut alas ! a little, girl is a rarity; one who j
will play ha by-house, and live a lifetime in a few j
hours, making day and night succeed each other j
with astonishing rapidity, a fifteen minutes’ recess at
school affording plenty of time for weeks of play
house life; one whom a neat plain gingham dress
and sun-bonnet is the perfection of school dress; sun
bonnets that will not lie injured if they are wet in j
river or brook, and aprons strong enough to bring
home any quantity of nuts from the woods, in lieu ]
of baskets ; good strong shoes that will come off with j
ease on a warm summer’s day, when the cool brook
tempts the warm feet to lave themselves in its wa- 1
ters, instead of gaiters vvlrieh shrink from sueti rude j
treatment.
Well! it is to he hoped the race of little girls will
not become utterly extinct. There must he some
“wasting their sweetness upon the desert air,” for
surely they bloom not in our cities, and but rarelv in
villages.
At an age when little girls used to be dressing
dolls, wo now see them decked in all their finery,
parading the street, and flirting with young students.
\\ here on earth are the mothers of these precious
dirts? Are they willing to allow such folly?
Fheii ns to dress—why, little ini is must now be
dressed as richly as mamuia ; and the wonder is how
she will l>e able to outdo her present splendor when
sin- comes out. Hut in this go-ahead age some new
invention will enable her to accomplish her desire.
As there are no little girls, so there will he no
young ladies ; tor when miss leaves school she is en
gaged, soon marries and takes her place in the ranks
of American matrons. How will she (ill her place?
I for how or w hen has she found time to prepare for
: life’s duties? Wonder if it would not he a good plan
j to turn over anew leaf, begin with them in season,
and see il il is not possible to have again darling lit
tle creatures, lull of life and glee, who can run and
jump without the fear of tearing flounces, and finally
have a set of healthy young ladies, upon whom the
| sun has In on allowed to shine, and active exercises
!in the open nil bestowed an abundant supply ol’ lilo
j and energy.
I nilo a healthy hotly to the highly cultivated
! minds ot our American wives and mothers, and they
j would he the admiration of the world, instead of bo
|ing pitied for their fragility. Horn, Journal.
(ARK OF (AIIPETS.
Nothing is so soon observed on entering a room,
as a carpet. If that is nice and clean, there w ill be
an air ol comfort about the room, however plain the
furniture may be. itn the other band, if there is a
shabby and soiled carpet on the floor, if it is all
askew, and half put down, the room will look unin
viting and cheerless, even if the ftirniiure is covered
with damask It is better to have no carpet rather j
than one that is ragged and filthy.
U ith proper care, carpets can be made to last a!
’ long time. In the first place, moths must Is.* guard
led against Every eraek in the floor ought to he till ;
ed “'lit putty and well dried. If there is not time
to dry the putty, papers can be laid over it. Car
pets should never be laid next the floor. The sand!
H. nrs them out if they are. A little straw or soft;
hay scattered on the floor docs very well, but old j
| straw matting, or drugget, or an old wool carpet does!
ibi tter. For very nice carpets, cotton hatting, tacked
j between coarse, unbleached cotton, is the best thing
that can be used. Experience has proved to me
i that carpets wear a third longer for being wadded.
: The dust goes through to the floor, and the carpet
needs much less sweeping than it otherwise would.
A little damp grass or brown paper sprinkled on a
carpet when it is swept, saves the wear of it. Fora
nice carpet a broom slionl.l be kept which is not
used for other purposes. Every spot should be
, washed off as soon as seen.
” 001 r *rpetßshould he taken up and shaken once
a>< ir, ami, if the room is a common one, twice or
“ ,or - - Whenever a carpet is taken up it should be
earetully examine,!, and if any places arc burned or
‘! t U ‘- V shfn,M carefully darned with the rav
effings. to match. A carpet canhc raved very much
by gua. ding the entrance doors with mats, Ac es
pecially the door lending from the kitchen Where
there is a small entry between the kitchen and the
carpeted room, i, is a good w; y to cover the entry
thickly with straw, and put over it a piece of carpet
“! Kvo ” , otton carpeting will wear a lotur
!T‘ ;r r ; tra '; Tl,is is *"■•> ‘“’Her than mats to
Uke the dost from the shoes. Get a large pattern,
and m l,a ' f left to repair with. Much can be
ZZ * ,ul , “ e, "l' n ß carpets to keep them
I turn list. .1 meric,Agrvul
THE TEMPEKANCE BANNER.
C|r €emperantc banner.
PENFIELD, GEORGIA.
Saturday Murimts, August 11,1855,
tint tiOVER.NOIi,
15 . H. OVER BY,
OF PtTI.TON.
IMITATIONS TO MR. OVERBY.
.Mr. O. has been invited to address the citizens of
(’rawfordville on the ‘2Bth of this month, and the
citizens of Po wcl ton whenever it is convenient.- -
Mr Overby will attend to these invitations, if he
possible ran.
GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
We would refer our reader j to the advertisement
of this College in our paper. This is one of the
most fashionable and popular Schools for girls, in
our State. The Hoard of Visitors at the late com
mencement made a very favorable report. *
PARTY SPIRIT.
During the excitement that is now prevalent
throughout the country —when we are continually
called upon to hear boisterous harangues on the is
sues that politicians, for private purposes, pretend
are so very important—when the people arc divided
into parties and bitterly denouncing each other, it
would seem almost an idle task, to attempt to prove,
that party spirit is one of the great evils that curse
our country. Hut however little those who are tin
der its influences are disposed to admit it, it is nev
ertheless true, and we think that candid men, if they
will calmly reflect upon the questions that are now
producing so much excitement, and agitation, w ill
acknowledge (at least to themselves) the truth of
what we say.
How can we account for the excitement in Geor
gia on any sound principle of reason or common
sense? Is there n sufficient cause for the vast
amount of abuse, scurrility, and inflammatory elo
quence that emanates from party’ presses and is em
ployed by stump orators? What are the facts in
the case? A few months ago and our people were
as quiet as a people need he, and every body seemed
to think that the country was safe; but suddenly we
are told that foreign immigration and the Catholic
religion are about to undermine the Temple of
Liberty, unite Church and State, raze to the founda
tion our beautiful governmental structure, and do
various other terrible things, too tedious to mention.
A party was soon formed to carry out these princi
ples, carry In its men, and thus save the country
from impending destruction.
The Democrats, the party in power, did not ob
ject so much to the new party on account of its prin
iciples, or because it wished to save the country, but
, because it desired to place different men in office,
i They understood the philosophical principle that
two bodies cannot occupy the same place at the same
time, and applying the principle to their own situa
j lion, opposed this new party’. The democratic
i press and leaders told the people, that the only hope
of safety for the Republic was in the National Deni
joer.iic party, although some of these same men, a
; few years ago, denounced all national parties as un
sound and unreliable, w hich was and i> strictly true.
Immediately there commenced the struggle for
j office between party leaders, and the people must be i
i worked up to the proper pitch of excitement, to se-j
; cure the election of office seekers. Every means j
has been adopted, and the work of exciting the peo- j
pie goes bravely on. No place is free from the had j
effects of this party spirit which is kepi alive by j
demagogues. The sacred retreat of Religion—the I
temple of the living God is desecrated and contami- !
nated every Sabbath by the presence of some beg-1
gar for votes; some gaunt, insatiable leech, that lon -s !
to fasten himself on the public purse. Friends fall |
out and abuse each other—men who profess to he !
gentlemen act very differently -statesmen (?) mount
the stump, murder the King’s English in Buncombe
speeches, lower the standard of public taste and ro
ffuernent by the use of political slangwhang and
coarse allusions, and the people under the influence
of excitement and party feeling, laud demagogues
to.the skies ns Gods, when there is overwhelming
evidence to prove, that they are either knaves or!
And what is to be accomplished by all this noise
and excitement? Why, nothing more than to get
the “in’s out and the out’s in.” The Know Nothings
have suddenly found out that Catholics and foreign
ers are about to destroy our country, and the demo
crats have made the equally strange discovery, that
Foreigners and Catholics are our best citizens, and
the best protectors of civil liberty; both of which
propositions are tit’s.- Each party charges the
Northern wing of the other with being unsound on
the slavery question, and for once they are both
right. Each accuses the other of engaging in “the
wild bunt after office,’’nml we. fully agree with both
of them. Now, it is not strange that party* leaders
should tuge in and encourage all this humbuggery;
for they are rewarded with the loaves and fishes; but
that sensible men should waste their time and
money, lose their temper and sometimes their reli
gion, and do everything in their power, to aid in ele
vating to offices of trust, men unworthy of the posi
tion; who, after their election, look upon their con
stituents as useful oat.spavvs —most incorrigible nin
compoops—pliant tools to aid skillful workmen in
carrying out base designs, is to us a most incompre
hensible piece of folly.
And the magnitude of the folly is increased when
we reflect, that while the people arc deluded by
; these false lights, grow ing excited over these im
portant crises manufactured by demagogues, and
making such patriotic efforts to destroy these ene
mies of straw, and save the country from dangers
that do not threaten ns, there are questions of itn
l>orlance that are never mentioned—evils of gigan
tic, fearful proportions, that seem not to be thought
of. \\ bile the Know Nothings are moving heaven
and earth to prevent a few foreigners and catholics
from voting, not one word is said alwuit educating
j ‘**i AO.ouo grow ti up people—native Georgians—in
our own state, who do not kuow B froui bull’s foot
and thus prepare them to vote intelligently, and
raise them from the vice and degradation of a most
deplorable state of ignorance. While the Demo
crats are doing all in their power to pull down the
Know Nothings and keep them out of office, not a
single measure is proposed to elevate and christian
ize the ignorant wool-hat and bare-footed democracy,
and thus, perhaps, keep some of them out of Hell.
Would it not In- more sensible for both parties to
convert some of the lambs and shoats, which they
so liberally contribute to barbecues, to aid in eleva
ting demagogues to office, into tracts and Bibles to
be distributed among the heathen in our midst?
Would it not he more patriotic to devote some of the
time and money which they w aste in getting up po
litical excitement, to getting up a system of schools,
in which the unlettered thousands of our State
could learn, that they too were “made in God’s
image,” and might become virtuous and respecta
ble? Would it not. he more in accordance with the
dictates of common sense, to have fewer bombastic
harangues on the importance of relying upon a na
tiotial organization, to protect the peculiar institu
tion of slavery, and ha e a law abolishing liquor
shops which depreciate negro property—yes, which
actually kill more negroes in one year, than all the
abolition societies north of Mason & Dixon’s line run
ott in ten years? Are Georgians consistent when
they raise a “hue and cry” because the North vio
lates their rights, while they permit grogsellers to
“set up shop,” in any neighborhood and injure the
value of their property, he a nuisance in the com
munity, and destroy their children, body and soul, for
time and eternity? Is it not folly for reflecting men to
expect ihat any party, (however fair its promises) that
does not advocate Prohibition, w ill relieve the people
from the burden of taxation, when two-thirds of their
taxes are imposed, either directly or indirectly, by
the retail traffic? Can sensible, thinking men be
consistent as voters, as patriots, as philanthropists,
as Christians, so long as they allow’ party spirit to
blind their eyes to matters of such momentous im
portance—so long as they aid by their votes and in
fluence, in elevating to unmerited respectability, that
most atrocious business, the retail traffic, by licens
ing liquor shops, which arc* the exhaustlcss fountain
heads of every stream of vice that swollen with the
tears of suffering humanity, runs reeking with the
blood of murdered citizens, bearing on its bosom
the wrecks of human hopes and happiness, and con
signing yearly, hundreds and thousands of immortal
souls, to endless ruin and misery? Oh! no! They
cannot be consistent! Think of these things,
reader, and do not allow party spirit to place you
in a position antagonistic to the best interests of so
ciety, your country, and your God! *
sr£r°“The opponents of any idea, founded on
reason and common sense, are like men striking
among live coals; they may scatter them, but , only
| to make them kindle and blaze in spots that other
wise they would never have touched.”— Goethe.
On reading the above, we were forcibly struck
with its applicability to the opponents of Prohibi
tion. They are opposing an idea, not only founded
j on reason and common sense, but an idea which, if
; carried out, would prevent poverty, crime, disease,
and two-thirds of the His of life; promote virtue,
health, morals and Christianity; and contribute more
than any other one idea to the advancement and
elevation of the human race in every respect. Hut
notwithstanding these things, there arc men who
oppose bitterly this idea—who are striking among
the “lire coals'’ of Truth—who are doing all in their
power to extinguish the bright sparks that, at every
blow, go up in showers before the eyes of the peo
ple. The “live coal” that has so long been smoul
dering, unseen, beneath the tubbish heaped upon it
by foes, has at length been disentombed, and while
its light has been hailed with delights by the friends
of suffering humanity, it has proved a “consuming
five” to those w ho have put the bottle to their neigh
bors mouths—who have opened the sluices of vice,
and turned loose the turbulent floods of dissipation,
that hurry to perdition laden with immortal souls.
No longer able to smother the fire that is finding
vent and blazing up on every side, they now adopt
more energetic measures, and are striking manfully
among the “live coals,” that glow- brighter and
brighter. But their unavailing efforts serve only to
“scatter them—only to make them kindle and blaze
in spots, that otherwise they never would have
touched.” Ami so they will continue to oppose,
until every glittering spark shall become a devour
ing flame—until one universal conflagration of light
and truth, shall sweep over the wide-spread earth—
until the lurid, blue blaze rising from the last whisky
barrel, shall be the signal to the friends of humani
ty, that the reign of the fell destroyer has ended,
and the temple of blood been overthrown. *
TEMPERANCE LECTURES.
Russel Reneau, Grand Worthy Patriarch, Sons of
| Temperance, will address the people on the subject
j of the Temperance Reform, at the following times
j and places:
i Fait burn, - - - August 24, • at 11 o’clock,
j C'aiupbellton, - - - “ 26, - “11 “
Palmetto, - . - - 27, - “11 *<
; Culpepper’s Church, “ 28, - •* 11 *•
| Kspy’s Camp * i round, “ 23, - “11 “
I Carrollton, - * • “ AO, - “ night,
j Concord Church • “ 31, - “11 o’clock.
| Villa Rica - - • Septh’r. 1, - “li “
! Allgood’s Church, - “ “, - “11 “
i Vanwert - * - - “ 4, - “ 11 “
i Dallas, “ 5, - “ 11 “
i Powder Springs, - “ t>, - “11 “
.Marietta, - • • - “ 7, - ‘‘ll “
Atlanta, .... “ 8, - “ night.
DEBATE BETW EEN OV ERBY AND COL. FLOURNOY.
W e take the following account of a debate between
| Flournoy and Overby from the Sandersville Press.
Wc are glad to find out that our opponents are bet
ter prohibitionists than we are. We bid all such
opponents a hearty God speed! We rejoice that
| Overby Las met with opposition. It would lie to his
interest to have an opposing speech every time he
speaks. Only let the people have light and we have
i no fears for our cause. *
“We had an interesting debate in our town on
Saturday last. It was the day on w hich Mr. Overby
was to address the citirens on the subject of Prohi
j bit ion- <’ol R. W. Flournoy proposed to answer
’ him, provided Mr. Overby had no objection, and th<
latter having none, they, in the most cordial manner,
arranged between themselves the order of debate. -
l Mr. Overby was to speak one hour and a half, pol
| Flournoy to reply in the same time and Mr. (>. to eon
elude. Mr. O. opened and presented his argument
in his usual impressive and eloquent style, stating
his proposition as found in the platform of the Pro
hibition and Temperance Conventions, and arguing
hence, the importance ol a law to restrict the retail
liquor traffic, portraying its evils in a manner the
most forcible, cogent and conclusive.
Col. Flournoy, for about twenty minutes, respond
ed to the arguments by stating his objections. The
evils of the liquor traffic had been strongly portray
ed and yet. much more could be said against it, and
justly, than had been said. But it was ohjectiona
bb- on the ground that it was an aristocratic law
for the rich man and against the poor man— that it
discriminated in favor of the one, and against the
other that it did not go far enough that he was
for its total inhibition, for a law to prevent totally its
importation into the country. The balance of his
tune was taken up in an argument against the prin
ciples of the American party.
Mr. Overby rejoined in a speech of about twenty
five minutes. He showed that the law he proposed
did not discriminate between the rich and poor man—
the latter could buy then as well as now, provided
he did not drink it at the place of sale, and that the
rich man was placed under the same restriction and
announced with satisfaction that his friend and op
ponent was a much stronger prohibitionist than he
w-as himself. Mr. 0. did not repl yto the position of
Col. Flournoy on the American question.
The audience which was very large, sat the whole
time with great quietness and manifested much in
terest in the discussion.
Mr. Overby addressed a large audience at night at
Hay Springs on his way to Dublin. He is now on a
tour through the South Eastern counties. The plat
form of the Prohibition party may be found on our
first page.”
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS*
Mr. Hilton, of the Journal & Courier, makes the
following sensible suggestion in reference to our Col
lege Commencements. We would rejoice to see the
suggestion carried out. *
I have often thought, arnid the various conven
tions of the day, representing all parties, and the ad
vocates of all manner of rights and isms, that the of
ficers in charge of the numerous Male and Female
Colleges of Georgia ought to hold a convention to
adopt a schedule for their commencements, so that,
if possible, these exercises at no two institutions
should conflict in time. Suppose it were so arrang
ed that beginning with those farthest South, in the
month of June, the commencements should proceed
in regular succession, and so end with that farthest
North, in the month of August, the results might be
good in many ways. What an admirable opportu
nity would thus be afforded of seeing Georgia in her
most interesting aspects, and bringing together her
people under the most favorable circumstances.—
Many who now travel and spend their money beyond
her borders, would find that they could make a more
agreeablo ami profitable tour within her limits.—
Thus something, at least, would be done to save
Georgia from the curse which has not alone blight
ed the prosperity of Ireland, but, in a greater or less
degree, that of all other .States upon which it has
fallen— absenteeism. The stimulus which would in
this way be given to the cause of education and lit
erature would not be unimportant, while the influ
ence of an anticipated throng to be assembled annu
ally to measure their progress, and sit in judgment
upon their exhibition, whether in the form of recita
tions, essays, or orations, could not fail to be felt in
quickening the efforts of tho students.”
INVITATION.
/” */■ If. Seals—Dear Sir; At the last regular
meeting of the Mount Moriah Division, Sons of
Temperance, the undersigned were appointed a
Committee to extend to you a cordial invitation to
be with us on Saturday, the first day of September,
it being our Anniversary day. We will provide a
conveyance from Berzelia, IT miles distant, for you,
if you will inform us at what time you will be at
that point. If you can get another speaker to ac
company von, do so; we will be glad to have several
addresses Very respectfully,
T. DILLARD, t
W. J. BOLING, Committee
JAMES CLARK, S
Burke Cos., July 2fith, 1855.
Gentlemen In reply to your polite invitation, I
would state to yon, that I w ill be at Berzelia on the
morning of the ::lst Inst , unless Providentially P* *
vented. Respectfully,
JOHN H. SEALS.
To T. Dn.i Aim,
W. J. Bowi.iso,
J, Cl AUK.
OCR BOOK TABLE.
Finn tug's Hygienic Journal. —The first number
of the above work has been received, (t is a very
neatly gotten tip journal, published monthly in At
lanta, at *-2 per year, in advance, and edited by
Newton Randolph Fleming, M. D. It is devoted ex
clusively to human health, and is well worthy of pa
tronage. Such a journal is a desideratum in our
State. Let it be patronized.
WoodicovtKt Youth's Cabinet, edited by 1- *-•
Woodworth and published by D. A. Woodworth,
118 Nassau st., N. Y., is on our table. It is full °(
good things for the “young uns.”
J3F”The following impromptu from a tippling
loafer is full of beauty and feeling. Hear hiui te/J
: his feelings:
“Leaves have their time to fall,
And so likewise have I;
The reason too’s the same —it
Comes of our getting dry ;
But here’s the difference ’twixt leaves and me— -■
I falls “more harder” and more frequentlec.
NTT be Tecumseh Herald says that the Main*
Law in Michigan is succeeding altogether beyon*
the most sanguine expectations of its friends, an’,
the worse fears of its enemies.
August