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1 chosen to do so? Could we do this; could
m ourselves so destitute of mercy, and yet
o, < ,Y?< wore, to bow down in our closet and
ercy at the hands of our “Heavenly Father?”
I yet there are those, even now, who beg ti to
assuring us that they love temperance, and
prohibition as well as we do; that they regard
most important question, in it-- immediate bear
hat is now before tho people. But, say they,
■ present course will utterly ruin thu cause.",
i \re ask them how? they reply that the small-1
of tho vote will so discourage ’ the friends of
bition that they will never rally to its support
This reply clearly shows what sort of stuff
love of the cause is made of. It means simply,
notwithstanding the, friends of prohibition
r that the vote to be given in October will be
I, owing to the fact that more than hall ot its
ds will not support it, yet they mean to lake
vote as a real test of its strength, though they
v it will not be, and tiny mean to be yj dis
aged by it as never to rally to its support again,
really suspect that those ot its friends who thus
•ive themselves, will never rally to its standard,
jng at; they can find any political humbug to ab
i their patriotic devotion.
at strum. ff the smallness ot the- vote which
hiHition will command, Ik to lie the cause of the
chief, of course the smaller the vote the greater
mischief, nd the greater the vote the less the
chief. Kvery prohibitionist, therefore, tvho wiih
ds his vote helps to increase the mischief, and to
kc the niin more complete. It is not the votes
ch, therefore, hut the votes withheld that will
n the cause. Will not those who withhold them
responsible! 1
Who has a right to say, “My vote will do no
oil?” It is when the friends of virtue are in ami*
rity that every name added to the list does the
‘St good. It is when virtue is weak handed and
.popular, that she most needs help. Then, too,
ere is most honor to those who nobly enter the
ig as her champions, and most dishonor to those
ho say that she is so very needy now, and in such
id repute that they will have nothin’ to d> with
.r, ami thus basely desert her to perish amidst the
offs and Jeers of her enemies.
There were hut three refugees who tied from the
lartvrdom of Thermopylae, and history informs us
nf the indignant matrons and maidens of Sparta
rat thrui to death with their broomsticks. The
ict that there w ere hut three hundred warriors to
is the invading hosts of Xerxes, was no justifies
ion of their cowardice.
It on the Held of Buena Vista, the artillery -men
hat were appointed to man one or more of the port
•hh batteries which did such terrible execution on
hat occasion, I uni refused to co-operate on the
•round that the enemy were four to one against us
perhaps that enemy had triumphed, and the names
iif those recreants would be immortalized upon the
t roll of infamy. And what language could fully
characterize their conduct, If they had not only with
held their lire against the enemy, but bail actually
directed it against their own countrymen, trying, in
the. meantime, to justify their conduct by saying,
■‘"’e see that you are bent on the folly of making
ibis hopeless light You are all to be killed oil at
any rale, and we will therefore aid the enemy , in
order that, the job may be disposed of a? soon ,is
possible.”
W • say not that dissenting prohibitionists menu
tiii- result, but the tendency of their movements is 1
to tiling it about; and it is inconceivably strange that
they seem not to be an are of the fart. Would that I
nc were able to make them understand theii true
relation to tins question, and properly to fi.-l their;
responsibility in the premises.
They tell us ihai they do not intend to support
prohibition, because prohibition men, generally, w ill
not support it This means that prohibition men
will not do thoir duty, and therefore th.-y nr, ,-xcu
iablc for not doing it For this is the prevailing ex- i
-mse, the one which they all render who withhold!
their support. It mean- this, forth, nnore. that thJ
prohibition cau-.- will b mined, because prohild- j
♦iomsts will not support it, and, iherrl'orc, |> r ,ffubi-
Konisfs are excusable lor not supporting it. Could
iberc be a self-delusion more farcical than ibis, or a
greater indignity offered to the genius or Logic”
Hut these subtle reasoners tell u-, moreover, that}
the few who do stand up to prohibition, in order
that it may not be utterly ruined, will have to bear I
tho guilt and suffer fbr penalty of all the mischief,
that may follow upon defeat Can this be so, broth-;
ten? While yon admit Hull If- defeat u ill b c ’ on ing
to the fact that it>: friend- will not stand up to it, :
rcfti-e to stand up, and yet tell ns that we arc;
(he guilty party? Is this the xerdirp Before the’
Moi High we shall uj.pcnl from thi- decision. Be it I
understood, wc .shall earn this case up to a higheri
tribunal even to the Judge Eternal who sitteth hr- j
tween the cherubim UeincmU-r it, and r or „ ( ., it
not This ease shall be adjudicated in tint great
Court of Appeals. When wo arc asked bv tho
Judge of quick and dead why r. g H v e .„ lr ‘ > rt
to this measure, w e hope to be able to -i v , u .
factory answer. Will you, w hen interrogated, give
the same answer that you now give, tlial same, old 1
stereotyped edition? Resolve that excuse, -md MV ■
how it would sound under the solemnities of that
august occasion, “We all knew that prohibition
was a good thing, hut we all knew that we did not
intend u> support it, and therefore we ((.ought that
we would he justified in not supporting it” Did
the angels ever bhish?
There la a party which objected to Mr. Orerbv
because they were afraid to carry his platform--’
They wav unwilling to offend th. dram shop- and
their sympathizers ‘ i
Now it ia obvious that m .L;„ .l
dram-shops and their adherent*. And now V
?■*■*, Otswo 5.7 1'. ‘ZZnZ
, ‘ “ —up tn th. i
ffi ta-hion. Rather toe Native 1
other parties know how obsequiously rimy are pay- 1
ing their court to the grog-shops, when tiny solicit j
j ther aid at the expense of prohibition? Surely th. y
have not properly and justly apprehended riieir po
sition. There are among them thousands of gcod
men, who would not, if they knew it, lie under the
odium of this monstrous inconsistency. But they
ought to know, they must know precisely how they
stand WV must tel) them, if i bey have, not thought
! of dmt they have taken their position on the same
side with liquor sellers and liquor drinkers. They
all vote tho same way, and all, no doubt, have the
sympathy of the same I’rinco of Evil. True prohi
bitionists arc on the opposite side of the lino, fihar- I
ing, as they hutnbly believe, the sympathies of a,
Triune God and of all the Heavenly hosts.
If angels, and the spirits of “just, men made per- j
feet,” were sent to earth in order that they mightj
participate in this conflict, where would they take
their position? Think vou they would affiliate with ;
drum-seller- and dram-drinkers or any ot their com
panions in arms? ft‘they were commissioned to
vote, how would they lotc; for prohibition or against
it? These arc no idle questions. They arc ques- j
(ions which naturally suggest themselves to the!
mind of a man who believes that all the heavenly
host an witnessing bis movements, and that, before
tie in. he must he judged for bis conduct upon
earth. Kvery such man will also ask himself how
he would vote if it \\ ere to be the last act of his
life — how, if bis ballot were to be deposited in his
coffin, with the undersl Hiding that it should be a
part of tin documentary evidence to be produced
on his trial at the bar of Eternal Justice. He will
reflect, that if his vote shall prolong the existence of
a single grog-shop, and thereby a .-ingle soul be
lust, his own soul may In- held to answer for the
mischief. He will not lbrgct it, that, as an insolvent
debtor, he may he cast into prison, under the fearful
announcement, “Verily I-aw unto thee, thou shalt
in nowise come out thence until thou hast paid the
uttermost farthing.”
AYc will not pause to enquire whether this w ork j
of reform was commenced at the proper time and
place. To love virtue and io support it, to bate vice
amloppo.-c it, is a work proper Io all times and till
places. Suppose then were no law against murder
or robbery, would it he deemed imprudent to or
ganize a party with a view to legislate against these
vices, because this party was not, likely to hr: a very
strong one in the outset? Three-fourth- of the j
aforesaid crimes arc the offspring of drum shops.— j
in the name of justice, shall wo. always bo legisla-j
ting against the. offspring, and never legislate against!
this fruitful parent of crime? .Shull we expend mil- ’
lions upon millions in support of a penal system, j
keeping thousands ot official agents employed from j
year to y-ear in pursuing the ravenous whelps, while j
the prolific and till more ravenous dam is permit-!
ted to go almost unrestrained, breeding her million
offspring, making trouble for earth and brands for
eternal burnings. Can this tie n puzzling question
to any man who believes thot be was made in order
that In might bless his race and honor hi.s God?
\\ lu thcr discreetly or not, the Prohibition issue
has been made, and w o may not dodge it. The
work has been commenced, and we may not decline
our co-operation. U c may not say, that our sympa
thies are with prohibition while our works and our
j influence arc in the scale w ith the drain shops, it is
j idle for us to pretend that we are beyond suspicion
because we have heretofore been staunch temper
ance men. Not our former hut our present line of
j conduct is the proper exponent of our present prio
! eiple- and feelings, rind holds us strictly up to the
| scripture rule of “show ing our faith by our works.”
|We are lequired to do this all the time. H"o make
idle boast, and profess to believe, lint if our works
contradict, we shall -urely be istecme.il and dealt
with as infidels. “Be not deceived, viod i . not
mocked. Whatsoever n man o\ycth that, hall he
also reap.”
V v do not intimate that they who ta fu v to sup- <
pnrl the prohibition ticket really mean thereby to
favor drunki mtes-or b. protect the drain shops.
Fix \do imt lovl- (Io 1 liquor cause for it- own sake
; but they low something else, and they tvaolvc to
be gratified, although the liquor traffic should be
temporarily promoted by it They love, virtue a
Id//,, but they love party more: they love the spoils
jol party and the shorn <4 victory more than they
’ * ove ( '”'l ;,n 'l suffering humanity. I'hev do not cte
-1 Hire to perpetuate the retail system to starve or
! I'hans, to break women’s hearts, to destroy the bod
j ‘v- and damn the souls of men —but they have eer
(ain ends to accomplish and they mean hi accomplish
them, not caring if th, above sad results should l'ol
. low. Like Judas, for thirty pieces of silver, (or less
! even? they may “betray the iuuoci-nt blood,” and
afterward “find no pl.-tc, fov repentance.” It will
! be forever too late Ir. repair the mischief, and yet
| God's eternal law, with inflexibly sternne—, clamors
for retribution.
Fellow-citi/eiis, if ever tlior, was a crisis in the
history of Georgia, there is one now -a momentous
crisis - otn which challenges every heart to loci,,
every head to counsel, anti every hand to strike for
deliverance from a degrading bondage. Abhor that
specious dogma of the sophist, that should we fail
, of present success onr \oi. will be lost, and our!
; cause nothing |totitcd. Our \ ote be lost! Can it 1
! *>c that hi who “preside*over the great water floods,”
and , tnbra.-o- within the sweep of his controlling
, pros ui, me th. whole uni vers, of being, will suffer a
! \ trtumis action mbe | O -i ’ < >„,- vote be lost ! \ vote 1
I s,V * n ." l of humanity- i tote, dropped into the
[scale in favor of down trodden wretches over whom
he man ot i t.tart wept, and for whom he shed his
| ~o° 'l >h# ” a vote Ik- lost! Vt er > Never ’ 1
It is a libel upon the character of Jehovah to s SV that *
[he will permit ,t. That solitary ballot, although
! th ‘ T, ‘ shou,,i "* ** “nother. like the pebble t J lat }„ I
dropped into the lake, shall produce an undulation :
1 Uf '°” <hc s,lrf, * cc ,ls *hc riiat “hall widen and roll I
on until ihe expanded circle shall beat upon the!
i ‘T rpv 1,1 , -‘ c eternal world Neither believe them ‘
’ “ hlu >'on that the cause will not be profit- 1
Wp un> !n ‘he field, for life, if it be „eccs.
to cf. ct our noble purpose. The stronger the
.denmnstratmn a, now make, the sooner wc shall
. accoed in carrying our point—the sooner shall we
succeed stopping this Hood of burning lav:, w hich
‘‘ J —r,;, t, nrf
THE TEMPERANCE BANNER.
selves by brilliant displays of intellect, and there
are those who think him partial iri the distribution of}
his gifts. They me tempted to envy the fuvored
few who .shine as prodigies of mind. Hut the light;
Os eternity will reveal it, that, these are not they who
arc nio-.t distinguished. It is moral greatness which
has most currency with the higher orders ot intelli- j
gent beings. This is within the reach of every j
man. Who does not covet it? Here is an acquisi- j
lion worthy of an immortal mind. To covet wordly :
honor, which perishes like the brute, is low and;
grovelling. To envet moral distinction is noble and
elevating. It allies ns to angels, to God, and (ill- us 1
with heavenly sympathies. Mow we are furnished
with an occasion for the display of a moral heroism •
which inspires the snnl with sublimity while we con-1
template it. fomc and embrace it. Who can with-:
stand the call! Who so enslaved to party associa- j
lions as to forego the honor which comes from the |
Lord klmighty. We shall not lose nur reward.— j
Let politicians prate about this and about that. I'o 1
you believe that the liquor traffic is doing more inis- j
chief now than any thing el-o involved in pain ic-!
sues? If so you dare not withhold your vote from!
prohibition. We*challenge you to present one sen-!
sibtc argument to justify it; one that will hear in- !
sportion it* the light of eternity. We do not mean j
that rtie pi'ibil.ition candidate shall retire. There i
are some who are trying to bring it about, because
they are uneasy in their present position. They
deceive themselves with the thought that they “ill
evade responsibility by pushing Mr. Overby out of
the way. This latter step involves more blame than
a simple refusal to vote for him, because it keeps ’
everybody else from voting for him, and puts a
quietus upon the whole movement. If the friends
of prohibition are strong enough, on a general rally,
to elect their candidate, ( and we are sure of it) every
man who withholds his support i- as guiltv a- If
that vote should defeat him
t’ome up, then, to your responsibility, temperance
men of all parties. Rally around one of Georgia’s
noblest sons, as the representative of the noblest
cause. Ho will get a strong vote. Melieve not. the
politicians and political organs who say otherwise.
They are trying to deceive you. Bring out votir
county candidates everywhere, and send up your
trusty agents to Milledgeville, who shall know your!
wishes and have the firmness to execute. Ho this,
and although we, perchance, should fail to elect our
Governor, we shall, nevertheless, command the Jaw
we want, and our own Georgia “shall stand forth rc
gi nerated, redeemed, and disenthralled, by (lie ge
nius of universal” prohibition.
-1. K. THOMAS,
I). HOOK,
JOSEPH GRESHAM,
K. A. STEED,
\. K. MARSHALL.
August 4th, 18.V5.
s)‘Efeccllattc&tt£ Selcctfowfit.
A BRIEF DISCOURSE.
IVm. - “There is a v> \y that scemeth right unto man, hut the
wiy thereof i,” &c- -|‘kovj:ebs.
We hope it will not be deemed sacrilegious to
quote here, this sublime precaution from the oracles
of divine truth, as a text to discourse from in the
maitnei that follows, alt hough in aid of subjects of a
somev.bat secular nature; appertaining however to
morality.
It may serin right to a man to neglect paying his
debts for the sake of lending or speculating upon his
money, hut the end thereof, is- a bad paymaster.
Ii may seem eight to a man to attempt to live upon j
the la .hion ot the limes, but rite end thereof, is
disgusting to all sensible folk*, and ntinmt • to health,
reputation, and propriety .
Ii may sc-em right, to a man to keep borrowing
from his neighbors, but the end thereof, is--very
cross neighbors
It may s> e.rn right io a man to trouble himself
about his neighbor's business : but the end thereof,
is the neglect, of his ow n.
Umay seem right to a man to always he trumpet
ing hi- own fame, but the end thereof; is that his
fame don’t extend very far.
It may seem right to a man to indulge his chil
dren in everything; but the end thereof, is— his chil
dren will indulge in dishonoring him.
It may seem right in a man to be constantly -lan
dering hi- neighbors, but the end thereof, is—that
nobody w ill believe anything he says.
It may seem right to a man to attempt to please
everybody; but (he end thereof, is - he only excels
them, in folly.
It may seem right to a man not to take a news
paper; hut the end thereof, i- that a man has a
vain idea of what is right, and hi- family are totally
ignorant of the ordinary occurrences of the day.
It may -ecnt right to a man to worship a creature
more than the Greater; but the end thereof, i- an
idolater.
It may seem right for a man to obtain his news by’
borrow ing of his neighbors; but the end ihereot, is
fraud upon the printer.
; ” may .-ouui right, to a man to be incessantly oc
cupied it: hoarding up treasures of this world: blit
the end tUeirot. is—he has none in the. world to
i come.
, It may seem right to us to further extend this dis
course at the expense of the reader; hut the end
’ thereof, j- —here. —iirehiiisye
PRIVILEGED MEMBERS.
rite State of Maine is responsible for the following:
A gentleman on a visit to Washington one day very
[coolly opened the door of the Senate chamber, and
l was about to pass in, when the door-keeper asked—
j “Are you a privileged member?'’
“W hat do you mean by that V” asked the stranger.
The reply wa
j Governor, an t-x-Member f t'ongrvdts, or aj
t Foreign Minister. ’
The stranger replied that he wax a Minister.
“from what court or country, if you please ask
. ed the official.
A ery gravely pointing up
! “From Heaven? sir.”
To tin- the (loor-keepar waggishly lemarked—
’ This Government at present held- no intercourse
C|f Cempmuitr banner.
PENFIELD, GEORGIA.
i Salurdav Morning, August 18,1855.
’
*'OK WIV I'HMIlt,
B. 11. OYER BY,
OF FULTON.
ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE.
j We publish thi.-: week, the Address of the C'orn
| mittre appointed by the State Temperance Conven
] lion, at its meeting in Marietta. The Committee
j did not deem ii expedient ro enter into a general
]discussion of the principles of Temperance or of
! Prohibition. They were of opinion that the wants
iof the present crisis demanded an appeal to con
i’ v.iomiou - men—removing some specified difficulties,
! anti enforcing moral objections by a few prominent
• considerations, which grow out of the present state
jof the question. They have also endeavored to
! adapt the style of the. Address to the comprehension
lof the masses, rather than to win laurels in the de
j partrneni of literary composition.
We would recommend every one to give this doc
! ument a careful reading. Do not allow its length to
j prevent you from reading it, reflect upon the ques
tions it will suggest, and ask yourself what is your
duty in this matter. If the people could for awhile
I forget party, and calmly read such documents as
this Address, we should have no fears for the success
j of our cause.
i this address ran be obtained of B. 1. Griffin, Ma
• con, at *I.OO per hundred copies, and at this office
i at the same price.
Let the friends of the cause send and get this Ad
dress, and circulate it among the people. If we ex
, pect our principles to succeed, we must make an cf
! fort io circulate documents containing these princi
ples. The other parties in our State are scattering
j their document-, broad-east, throughout the country,
j for riu- purposes of party; cannot the friends of hu
inanity —the Temperance men—do something in the
i way of circulating temperance papers and doeu
i rnents, and thus aid in advancing the cause of Pro
j hibition? Will we not do, from a sense of duty and
j * feeling of humanity, what others do tor self inte
j rest and party purposes? t ome., friends, show vnnr
faith by your works—do something to aid in this
’ great work—speak a good word for the cause of
Truth—give impetus to the hall of Reform—and at
no distant day success will he ours. *
OVERBY HILL BE ELECTED,
If the friends of Prohibition will only do their
duty. The omens are auspicious! The prospects
j are brightening! Every mail brings some cheer-
I ing item of news to encourage us. Wherever
Overby goes, there the people awake to their inte
| rests, and “seek for light.” Let the people have
j light. Let speeches be made, let papers and ad
dresses be circulated, let every means be adopted to
bring our principles fully and fairly before the minds
of the people, and we have no fears for the success
of our cause. Take courage, friends of humanity,
your labors have not, and will not be in vain. Cease
not to sow with a. “bountiful hand” the seeds of
truth, mid you shall reap an “abundant harvest.”
Scatter them broad-coast and they will be borne on
the w ings of the w ind to the “uttermost parts of
the earth.” Heaven'* glad sunshine and fructify-
I ing dew , w ill cause them to germinate, and the little
j seed will become the great tree, with its wide-spread
! branches, overshadowing the earth. Remember,
; friends, the success ot’ our cause depends on earnest,
( well-dicected efforts- be sure and do all that you
j cau. *
MR. OVERBY'S POSITION.
! We are frequently’ asked whether Mr. Overby is
a Know Nothing or an Anti Know Nothing. “Ts he
is a Know Nothing,” -ay the Democrats, “we can’t
j vote for him.” “If he. is opposed to the American
Party,” say the Know Nothings,” we can’t vote for
hitn.” We had hoped that all true friends of Pro
hibition would not think of asking such questions.:
If he i right on the paramount question of Prohi- J
bition, then all friends of the cause ought to rest
j satisfied, whatever hi.s private views on other ques
i tions may be.
But there is another good reason w hy Mr. Overby’s I
private views of Know Xothingism should not pre
vent those belonging to either party’ from voting for
him. Almost every man in Georgia now, is a Know
Nothing, a sympathizer with that party, or opposed
to it Mr. Overby is obliged lo be in one of these
[three positions *o far as his individual predilections
. are concerned This is a necessity over which we
have no control. Thinking men will form opinions
as to the merits of any question which is agitating
the public mind. Suppose, now, ihat Overby, in his
private opinions, is a sympathizer with the Ameri
[ean Party. If so, some icmporancc Democrats
1 would not vote lor him. Suppose he is opposed to
; the American Party. Some Know Nothings would
j not vote for him. For the same reason no Baptist,
Presbyterian, or Union tuan ought to vote for him;
because ho i- a Methodist and a States-right man.
Hence we see the folly of opposing Overhv, on ac- j
j count of his private opinions that do not affect the
i true issue which he represents before the people.
Would it not bo better for these friends of the
; cause to imitate the praiseworthy example of their
noble standard bearer, who sacrifice- all hi- private
j view- anil opinions on the exciting questions of the |
iday, and give- up all lor Prohibition? His peculiar}
i notions arc a- dear to him, perhaps, as yours are to
! you, still he lia- cheerfully waived them, whenever
, they have seemed to conflict with the interest of the
i cause nearest to hi- lnart. Ought not all the friends j
•of the cause to “go and do likewise.” Every means ;
i lias been resorted to by partisans, to entangle him
, in the exciting questions of the day—every tempt- j
ing bait has been offered to entice him, Gut with a}
•h-votedne-s to principle that ha- never been equaled,
and a moral heroi to nnparaldled in political history, I,
he has avoided every entanglement of win -workers, l :
rejected every enticing bait of the designing, and j
confidently relying on ihe truth and justice of his;
cause, has unfurled and thrown to the breeze the 1 1
hsnntr of Prohibition, which, by the help of God. i
Hill lii MM——mi
; never shall he furled, until the great work has been
I accompli died, and the hoary iniquity of ages ha r
; been “numbered with the things tha( were!” ”
MELANCHOLY OCfURRE.VfE.
By reference (o our Hymeneal head, it w ill he .scan
(that another one of the class of Til—“the immortal
! twelve, ’ has departed this life, gone to the bovrnt
whence few return, fallen a victim tonne of the “ills
; that all male flesh is heir to"—except confirmed old
j bachelors. The dcvil-me-care ‘‘Jhputy” of other
! days has fallen from the “high estate” of single blest
jedness- the jovial, freehearted, rollicking •’Harry”
jof College is “no more.” Our deceased friend
breathed his last on the 9th inst., and the “places
that once knew him shall know him no mote forev
er.” Tlis -ad fate should be a solemn warning to hi
surviving classmates, teaching them the uncertainty
of sinffie life, and the. great necessity of preparing 1e
meet the “Queen of Terrorsfor a- a maiden lady
of sixty pathetically remarked, “it’s what we’ve all
got to come to!’’
Wc can scarcely realize that our friend and class
mate has left us. It must be a hoax. He was the
very last man, that we w ould have -elected for such
an untimely fate. We were not astonished to hear
that “Jim,” and “Zuke,” and “Rollin,”and “Slirop,”
and “Albert 1 ” and “Tom,” had been cut ofTin their
youth, for they were always addicted to an affection
of the heart; but that “Harry,” the man who never
visited a lady while he was in College—who “es
chewed women as he did the Devil,” should fall a
victim to “woman’s wiles,” is to us most incompre
hensible. But, >l Cujii'l loves a shining mark,” and
our friend had to submit. Hymen's noose was the
last sort of a noose that we ever expected to hear oi
being round his neck. Wonder if it keeps hi.s collar
any straighter than his cravat used to? Who, that
knew him, ever dreamed that he and any girl would
become “one flesh?’ This strange phenomenon
must be attributed to the hot weather we have had
lately. A couple, of different .genders, in a close
room, under the influence of ’Soft talk” and senti
mental music—the mercury standing at 100—mighr
possibly gel in a “melting mood” and “run together;”
and perhaps the temperature of the weather lately
lias aided in melting Harry’s heart to the miriny
point. This is the only explanation we can give.
But.we linger! Harry! friend of our youth! we
bid you u most affectionate farewell! We remember
with gratitude, your many protestations of sympa
thy for us, because we were not blessed with person
al beauty. You see now and feet that beauty is u
dangerous gift. But still we will not add onr re
proach to your misfortunes. Your sufferings now,
no doubt, are more than you can bear. Be resigned
to your fate—murmur not at the visitations ofProv
idenoo—“kis- the hand that smites”—learn to “labor
and to wait”—reject not knowledge though it is com
municated in the form of lecture —take the Banner,
perhaps it may alleviate your sufferings —do your
best now and gel us some subscribers —and the heart
felt desire of your classmate is, that your home may
be filled with the fragrance of that “bio sotn, that
maketh glad the garden of the heart,” and in the
“fullness of time,"be bountifully supplied with “well
springs of jdensure.” Vale! Vale!! *
l LOOSE CANNIBAL I
We understand that Howell Cobh said, in a pub
lie speech, that he would agree to eat all the men
that voted for Overby, above five thousand. We
ate under the impression if he does, that even his
appetite for voters will be satisfied, and that he will
have much better temperance principles “inhlsbellv
than he ha- in his head.” *
ALL RIGHT.
•T. J. Chappell's subscription was acknowledged
in nur paper on the 25th May. He will find it by
referring to the receipts in that number
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HORRIBLE DEATH.
<>n Friday last, Mr. Blackman, a tin-man on the
engine that runs from Union Point to Athens, while
attempting to jump on the cars that were just leav
ing tho Woodville Depot, fell, and beintr caught in
th( wheels, was carried some 3d yards before the
train could be stopped. His left leg wa-cut off at
the knee; his left arm was broken in several place
above the elbow, and both the limbs were horribly
mangled. Drs. Janes, Massey, Harris and Hitch
cock were present soon after the accident, but could
do nothing for the miserable sufferer, who died in
about two hours.
The deceased was a very wot thy, industrious,
steady and faithful young man, and his Cite should
be a warning to those who are so careless when ri
ding on the cars, and especially to those who foolish-
Ily risk their lives bv jumping on or off when the
cars are in motion.
IS?”An awful catastrophe occurred at Rouse Point,
Canada, on the 28th ult., involving the death of three
persons. It seem.- that Mrs. Mary Kannally had
j procureu a barrel of whisky from this city, which by
j sotne means caught tire, and the flames spread so
suddenly that two of the children of Mrs. Kannally,
and a man by the name of Patrick McGrath, were
j burned to death. Mrs. Kannally herself was also se-
I verely burnt, and was not at Inst accoifnts expected
to live.— h'reharge.
tyThe principle of Prohibition is making rapid
strides in California. A Temperance paper called
the “Water Fount” has been started at 3an Fran
cisco, and will prove a valuable auxiliary in baniah
ing the evils of grog from the State. A State Tem
perance convention was held at San Francisco, on
the 2<>th of June la c t, at which steps were taken to
secure a very stringent Prohibitory Law, May suc
cess crown the effort*—y. G. Temp. Standard
August