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not only as the prettiest girl in the place, huta
having distinguished herself in school, and I could
not help looking at her with some surprise. She;
came aside and whispered to me, while tears of hon- j
. i k.ve and admiration stood in her bright eyes
a dear good fellow, Miss, hut cannot write
vet he's a going to ’cam of me, and I wouldn’t
shame him for the world t”
U'hv, what have I to fear, when there re this
r,ability in a Weiring man's daughter -
STORY OF A COURTSHIP.
tv MBS. ANN 8. STIPHEM.S
• ( .jtna—cotno,” said Mrs. Gray, “you have been
rnop.ng there long enough, nephew, forgetting mat
ters and everything else. Hero arc the apples wait
ing, and no one to hand them around, for when I
once get settled in an easy chair"—here ihe good
women pave a smiling survey of her ample person, ,
ivhich certainly overflowed tho chair at every point,
leaving the back and curving arms quite invisible—
•it j. n’t a very easy thing to get up again. Now
t.iiitle al“iut, and while we old women rv st ourselves;
vou Julia there, can try your lock with the apple
sow Is.”
u J r, -member the first time I ever surmised that
Mr. (irav had taken a notion to me was nnco when
wr were af an apple cutting, dow nin Maine. Some
hnn, Mr. liras had got into my neighborhood when
we ringed around tile great basket of apples. I felt
nr. - heck burn the. moment lie drew his chair so
,■ j,.,,. to mine, and took out his jack-knife to begin
work lie pared and 1 quartered. 1 never looked
up but once —then his check was redder than mine,
and lie held the jack-knife terrible unsteady. By
ami by, he got n noble great apple, yellow as gold,
and smooth as a baby’s check I was looking at his
hands sidewise (Vein under my eye-lashes, and saw
ib it b> was paring it carefully, as if every round of
tin skin was n strip of gold. At last he cut it off at
the .ii and end, and the soil rings ti lt down over hi
•wri-f, and I took the apple from his fingers.
‘ Now,” said lie, in a whisper, bending his head a
litlk*, and raising the. apple-peel carefully with his
light hand, “I’m just as .sure that this will lie the
first letter of the name I love, as [ am that wc are
alive.” lie began swiftly whirling the apple-peel
round his head ; the company were all busy with
one another, and I was the only person who saw the i
vc!low links quivering around his head, once, twice,
llit'is! times. Then he held it still a moment, and
looked right Into my eyes—l held my breath, unit so
did he.
Now,” *iil he, and his breath came out in a
quiver, “ wliat if it should Ihj your name!'” i
1 did not answer, and wc both looked hack at the !
-amc time. Suro enough it wan the letter S. No i
pen ever made one more beautiful. “Just as I ex
pect, and,” said lie, and his eyes grew bright as dia
monds, “just as 1 expected,” that was all he said.
“ \nd what answer did you make him, aunt?”
a-ked kobert Otis, who Imd been listening witfi a
tlusl ,il sane, “What did you say V”
” t didn’t speak a word, but quartered on as fast
1 could. As for Mr.tiray, he kept paring like one
possessed. I thought he never would stop paring,
<>’ say another word more. Ity anil by, he stuck the
point iif his knife Into an apple and unwinding the
kin from around it he handed it to me it was n
red -kin, l remember, and cut as smooth as a rib
bon.”
’ 1 should ut wonder a bit if that dropped into a
h-tter U.,’ says Mr. tlray. “Suppose you try ir.’’ j
“Mill, 1 took tin- led apple- km and whirled it!
Him . timet; round my head, and down it went on the ;
tloor, curled up into thi nicest capital (1 that vou i
ever set your eyes on
Mi. (iray looked at the letter, and then sort of
sidewise into lift face. “S. (i., ‘ says he, faking up
•be apple-skin and eating it as if it had been the lir.it!
mouthful of a thanksgiving dinner. “llw would!
you Hki to ci those iwo letters on anew sot of sil-
ver tea-spoons r’’ j
I really believe you could have lit a candle In my j
i:’ e, it burned so; but l i.oidd'nt apeak more than if;
l had been tongue tied. I
“Hut dill you never an .ve, about the spoons?” 1
asked Julia (
“Mull, yes, I believe I did the next Sunday i
night,’ 1 saij the old lady, demurely smoothing tu>rj
apron. ;,
s#
look mm mi Yoi ami snvu.
Think not that your inereiea li>‘ v> built, either in
the i st or in the future. Look around you. Kven
t” tin .-.tferiii}'-aint tin present i ; fragrant with
love, and he can sing in the house of his pilgrim
age •
” The hill of 7-ion ileldp,
A thousand sacred sw eets,
before we reach the heavenly field -
Or walk the golden streets.”
In respect to earthly things, have you not day by
-lay, i -d and raiment? This was St Paul's stand
ard of sufficiency and content “What,’ 1 said the
piivr agi'd amt, with bet crust of bread, ‘what, all
this, and Christ besides “
And when one. set upon the task, ,1* ingenuity
of . grateful heart tln.ls manifold love tokens, H *.
‘iides a ban subsistence; the alleviation of medical
v’l in Mill',-ring the affectionate MttemUne* of friends
who are near, prayerful reniamboranec „f tho s> . lnr
away, the welcome ministrations of fellow-ehrintian*
“!.o remind, i the words, •• sick, and visit,-d
me.”
I lies, things, the gift,- ol’ Jesus, and Je- us him
di besides I For the gospel treasures you possess
a, ‘ ll ''’ on, y ‘be title-deeds of a future inheritance,
but pm imi-and present realities. You daily feed
1 -t I>\ faith; you live upon his dying lore;
> o now lean upon him and find rest ; you look to
hm, and nie “">**■ Thus it w.s that the proph
mi m his piteous lamentation, broke out
“HU compassions fail uot ; ,h v Z
new every morning “ •
These fresh, unfailing mercka, are voor*. It ...
-.her Ihe patriar .li Jacob had \ Wnn , ht
Minecuon betwixt heaven and earth, that he prayed
w t of Mngular sobriety and Wth . \ {
r ; WiU k ">’ •- wav Ihatl
Ja k . and will giv mc bread to eat, and nime,,. ~ „ .
W ‘ir 1 T * S * in 10 ’ u - v bouse in
■ then shall the I-ord be my God ’
The chrwtian nda fio more, if he only ban *'od
I! for his friend, a sufficiency for his want -. and a sale
| arrival v his Father’s house in peace
LIBERTY.
* What ii it? But name. The ad raptor,dum
tht-mr of demagogues No man ha- or ought to
have liberty to do wrong—to injure others in their
person, property, or character. Unabridged liberty
lis licentiousness. The liberty claimed by some,
(would totally annihilate law and order, and destroy
I the social compact No man has aright to commit
murder or larceny, fine of heaven’- first laws to
man is “Thou “halt not kill.” And yet tbe rum,sell
er is constantly prating about bis liberties. Yes--if
a prohibitory liquor law is pasted, lie declare* that j
he will not submit to it—it tnk r -- - away his precious :
liberties! He will resist it even unto death. Ife
will take vp arms to resist the enforcement of a law
of the land, adopted and enacted hy the majority for
the protection of the morals of our son* ~* TAherty
indeed’ Liberty to tin what* To follow innocent
livelihood, such as a good man’s conscience would
not condemn? No. Liberty to be useful to the
world by advancing the arts and sciences? No,—
Liberty to meliorate tin* condition of the poor and
miserable, hy feeding the hungry, clothing the na
ked, visiting the sick, and educating the orphan ?
No. What then i-, the liberty for which you con
tend V Ah ! liberty to transform our sous into drunk
ards ! Liberty, to metamorphose good men into
demons!! Liberty to make the rich poor, and the
poor poorer!! Liberty to break the hearts of unof
fending females- - ro make the happy wife a mourn
ing widow—the tender child, an orphan !!! Liberty
to fill your neighbor'* house with ivieiehednc> and
misery - -in break up the most sacred social lies—to
fill the county prisons with victims of crime In sup
ply the penitentiary with convict- -to gloat the vo
racious monster death, with subjects to people bell
with tin unfortunate damned!!* Liberty, this,
worth fighting for, truly. flood Samaritn n.
I'tTbu'#’ (Olio,
l FABLE FOR STROVd MIMIEI) WOMEN.
The following beautiful fable will attract attention
I by the truthful lesson it, imparls :
“Oak,” said the vine, “bend your trunk so that
you may be it support to me.”
“My support,” replied the oak, “is naturally yours,
and you may depend on my strength to beat- you
up, but I am too solid to bend. But your arms
around me, my pretty vine, and I will manfully sup
port and cherish you, if you have ambition to climb
as high ns the clouds. While I thus hold you up,
you will ornament m v rough trunk with your pretty
green leaves and scarlet berries. They w ill lie as
frontlets to my bead, as I stand in the forest, like a
glorious warrior with all his plumes.—We were
made by the great Maker to grow together, and that
bv our union the weak may be made strong, and the
strong render aid to tin- weak.”
j •• But I wish to grow independently,” said the
vine, “why cannot you twine around me, and let
me grow up straight, and not he a mere dependent
upon yon?”
‘•Nature,” answered the oak, “did not design it.
I It is impossible that you should grow to an\ height
ialone, and if you try it, the winds and rains, if not
your own weight, will bring you to the ground.—
Neither is it proper ihr you to run your arms hither
and thither among the tree-, lor they will begin to
say it is mu my vine, it is a stranger, get thee gont :
I will not cherish thee. ‘By this time thou wilt be
so entangled among the different branches that thou
ean’st not get back to the oak : and nobody will ad
mire thee or pity thee.”
“Ah me !” said the vine, “let ttm escape from such
a destiny !’ and with this she twined herself around
the oak, and both grew and flourished happily to
gether.”
UU.MER WITHOUT WINK.
I he follow ing passage from the pen of the celebrated
IV illisro Cobhctt, displays the vigorous good sense
which almost invariably marked his writings. The
question deserves serious consideration, b\ both
men and women —sh su/s “deserec the rain ?”
man that cannot pass the evening without
drink, merits the name of asm Why should there
Vie drink for the purpose of carrying on eonversa
tion? Women stand in no need of drink to stimu
late them to cmiv.-i-M ; and 1 have a thousand times
admired their patience i„ sitting quietly at their
work, while their husbands are engaged in the .-rime
room, with bottles and glasses before them, thinking
nothing of the expense, and still bss of the shame,
which the distinction reflect’ upon them We have
to thank the women for many things, :,nd particular
ly for their sober hahifo Men drive them trom the
table, as if they said f.. them, ‘You have had enough;
food is sufficient for you; but we most remain to
fill ourselves with drink, and to talk in language
which your ,r.s ought not to endure.’ When wo
men arc getting up so retire from the table, m< n rise
in hat,nr of them ; hut they take special care not to
follow their excellent example. Thai which is not
tit to Vie tillered before- w omen, i- not tit to be utter
ret at all ; and it is next to a proclamation tolerating
drunk, nness and indecency, to send women from tho
table the moment they hav. swallowed their food.
The practice has ht-eu ascribed t<> a desire to leave
them tv themselves. But why should they be left
so themselves? Their conversation is always the
most lively, while their persons generally are the
most agreeable objects. No; the plain truth is. that
tt is the love of the drink and of the indecent talk
that sends women tVom the table ; and it is a prac
tice which I have alway s abhorred. I like to see
young men, especially, follow them out of the room
and prefer their company to that of the who are
loft behind.” ari
WIVES.
W ives should know that no beauty ha- lasting
charms hut th. inward one of the mind, ami that
gracefulness in their manner is more engaging than
that ot their person; that modesty and meekues- r .
.0- true are*, la-ting ornaments; for she who has
eso, i* a „ shl , ou „j, t , 0 fw ,} w ||(JUI .
’ rr'* ‘ ,MnUv ’ ,W ll ”’ education 0 f children,
r u a ret ion of her husband, and submitting to
the iempebangebanner.
i a prudent way of living. ‘These, only, are charms
j that render wives amiable, and give them the host
S title to our reape* t.
Wives should know that the inward beauty of the
! mind ought to reflect it,self in the outward form.
! Where there is inattention to tb.- body, we suspect
sonic marked imperfection in the spirit No outward
attraction will make amends for inward repulsions',
no inward beauty could reconcile us to slatternly oi
unclean persons. There are attention.-* to the body
which cannot be neglected without repelling lev*-. -
While woman is Beauty embodied, she should set
to it, that the medium through which the inward
graces shine be kept dear and transparent A good
wife will i eject all those, one-side maxims which over
look the corporeal, and inculcate (hr- exclusive at
tention to the spiritual. What God has joined to
get.her let no man put asunder. Hndv and spirit in
this life are inseparable, and a wise woman will seek
to beautify both (io*l, the all pervading spirit, neg
lects not the outward ; lb re visible world is all beau
tiful. “Behold the iilice of the field ! they toil not,
nor do they pin; yet Solomon in all hi- glory was
not arrayed like one o these.’ ‘-vir.Ty the outward
fin which In bestows much auention cannot be
unworthy of our.- -
C|f £fmptrance banner.
PENFIELD, GEORGIA.
Saturday Morning. September 1. 1865.
IOH tIOVFHMIK,
B. 11. OVER BY,
OK FCI/rON.
TO THU VOTERS OF (lEORGIA
Having circulated to some extent through the up
per portion of Georgia, and learned the state of feel
ing existing among a large portion of the voting pop
ulace in relation to the Temperance.candidate, we wish
to call their attention to a few gross errors, and grand in
consistencies which arc now being cherished by them.
’ requently were our feelings mortified, and our sen
sibilities shocked by professing temperance men com
ing to us wiih the nonsensical and half-bred excuse, :
“Well, 1 can’t support Mr. Overby, for 1 know lie ;
can’t be elected, and 1 will be losing my vote, tun <
if 1 knew hi* would be elected, I would vote for him
in a minute.” How can men, blessed with one sin
gle spark of intelligence, reconcile it to themselves
to stand behind such lame language for a subter
fuge? We call it a pretext, for every mau must eer- i
tninly knew better than to advance such foolishness ’
as his .serious conviction, if you think he is not go-j
ing to In- elected, then that is the very reason why j
you should support him, tor if lie was going to be 1
elected anyhow, then there would be no need of your
vote. But how in the name of common justice can
you elect a man unless his friends vote for him ?
! Fellow -t ‘iti/.ens, the very excuse that you give for
not supporting Overby furnishes a two-fold reason
why you should support him. Ist. Because you
don’t believe he is going to be elected, amt 2d, be
cause he can’t possibly be elected unless you do vote
for him. There is no sophistry in that,--it is plain .
enough for the wayfaring man, though a fool, to see I
through it. We help men when we believe and feel:
that they require assistance
Suppose all of Mr. Overby’s friends, or the friends j
of either of the other candidates, w.-re l<> say they did ,
not think tie w ould be elected, and consequently con Id |
not support him. What, then, would become of the j
candidate? It would be a very easy matter to de- i
tine bis position. Does not every one see the infnlli- j
bility, and utter injustice of such a course? We!
cannot, then, fellow-citizens, Attribute your failure to
support the Temperance Nominee, t<> such a pitiful
pretext, but will accus - you of collusion with the
political parties.
We venture tb assertion that if all the men through
out the State who Lave made use of this ill-begotten
get round, were to cast their votes as they feel and
know that tiny should, OVt-rhy would tie the next
Governor of Georgia, for we are satisfied tin- major
ity of the people of our State feel that the cause is a
good one, that it is right and just, aud that ii is their
duty to support it The only difficulty is, they can't!
divest Uittii.selves of their party predilections
Allow us to appeal to you, fellow-citizens, in tie-!
half of justice and humanity, to subordinate party i
obligations, and political issues to this great question, I
for ii is the only issue now before the people desert -i
ing their attention.
The evils of intemperance tire actual, and present ‘t
realities, wherea*- those resulting from the influence!
of tin foreign population in our country are altc-!
pettier imaginary, and seen only through diseased !
mirrors, in thi and. taut futuri. “Sufficient unto the j
day is the evil thereof,” ays’ the Holy Writ
\Y hat are some of the existing evils of in temper-j
•nee? Why, through its destructive influence the j
Government iataxed|‘2<Rl.ooß|o*RimiiaUy. Ottoman ;
: to every :12S, dies a drunkard, making, in the United ;
[state', about -U>,inm human souls sinking year alter’
i year into eternitt by this dainmug curse ! Within I
j the la-t !}.’ ycai', there have been l,jnti,o(io persons
- sunk into drunkards’ graves ! Is not the stopping
.ol thi.'human butchery—this sending of immortal i
souls to the realms of eternal w oe, of more importance i
than all the political issues that have ever been made
I before the people \nswer, ye down-trodden, de
; graded inebriate. Answer, ye higiuuindcd moralist i
professing to love your fellow-mortal'. Answer, ye i
aspiring genius in w hose path this deadly t p* is the i
j greatest barter to preeminence. Answer, t> ambi
tious demagogue.', from the bottom of your hearts— j
Answer, oil! ye mothers and daughters of Georgia, i
if the stemming of this tide of human gore t not j
paramount in iuqtortan e to politics.
, H mortifies us to see men who have been leading I
and faithful co-workers in the temperance cause, now j
: ‘lest-rting it in the hour of need tor the sake of poli- j
; tics Wc find temperance m* n. Christians and phi-!
Unlhropints, forgetting their duty, ami casting their ;
j all into this filthy element.—(’hri.stia'.s you should)
jivmemhe-r that you are thus bringing about (bat 1
; un knt so bitterly repudiated in out country, the union i
■ of Church and State
Ihe present |*olitical excitement is nothing more ;
than a Party strife; the people have lost right of!
’ all principle, and their prime object is to have their
1 parties represented in the offices. There i.s no in
terest taken as to how the Government shall be ad- •
mini Acred, but ii'j to ie/n> -hall administer ii. But j
let one party pul oui a. iln-ii candidate, an able, trifoi-’
1 ligent, iti'l worthy man. and lie opposing party a:
crack-brained idiot, man who never foal as much !
a- one good idea in his cranium, and yon will In arthe
party shouting in triumph, and calling upon every
I man to rally to their nald* Standard Id //‘. / an*i
\jt'ov thf.it print'dph* - ridruhis *,-*/ in cj. tretnu.
Tin- present campaign w ill be of great disadvani j
I age to the Stale of Geargia It will open the flood •
i gates- m every immorality , vice, and crime, that lias
i ov ”> been perpetrated, and many a wretched soul w ill j
I he nailer, and unprepared into the presence chamber of”
i bis God. The evil workings of Party Spirit are itis*-rib
j ed indelibly upon trie pages of history, in characters
lof darkness and blood. If converted the land ol
j -hinar and flu pinin’ of the F.uphrah-s from the gra-,
juaryofih* world to the battle ground of nations.
| •> spread its dark clouds over the isles of Greece, i
j n*l extinguished the glories of Marathon and Titer-1
jmopvln in the civil blond ~f Scholia and Messina. -j
, Ii crushed into fragments the proud fahtie of Roman 1
grandeur, and leveled he-gates before Hie. tnarriroFj
: Hie scourge of God. L was Party Spirit that made
j our old Ship of Slate to rock to and fro upon the j*
wild -en tit corninoiion, and made ire heavy timbers j
’to groan ns ii in the lasi agoni. sos expiring nature,
i And if ever this Union is dissolved it will than ,>m ‘•
i upon the troubled waters of the Sea of Party Spirit, *
In sad spectacle ol the evil consequences of Party ;
, Strife. \\ r iben -land before you, fellow-citizens,
ns did the High Priest before the altar, with hands}
uplifted to heaven, imploring you, for the sake of!
your country, to * ome out from ibis dangerous strife, j
J obi oui great I MM PL K \NVK ASSOCIATION, and I
. help Us to wipe out the stains oi that demoralizing i
| curse which is blighting all that is fair and lovely in !
1 our happy land. This is the great question and i
| should till the mind of every American. It is the |
! great harbinger of the Millenium, when the Holy j
! Jerusalem .shall descend out ot heaven to dwell withi
j man upon the earth, and the Archangel shall de-1
{srend with cbain in band to bind old Satan a thou-!
| sand years.
PAR AOBTL^FRITRUM.
i We received two letters, the other day, in the same!
; mail, which fully illustrated our position. One of!
| them signed .-l/i/-Know-Nothing, objected to our j
| course, because, according to his weak comprehen- ■
: sioii, we said in an editorial a week or two ago that j
Sail the “Democrats were on the road to Hell.” He*
i agonizes considerably over the distressing thought!
1 that a “man i- to .suffer eternal damnation because
j he wears a wool hat. and belongs to the Detuocra
; cv. W hatever may lie true of the Democrats in g*.-n
----j era!, we think that the author of this letter need have
no fears of being lost. We have not the most re
mote idea, that be lias sense enough to be held res
ponsible. Any man who lias no more “gumption,”
than to construe our editorial on Party Spirit, to mean :
that Democrats were on the toad to hell, and would
be lost because they wore wool hats, is sure ot hea
ven, if he will only urge the plea of idiocy ; and if
!he wishes the strongest sort of evidence, when be
J urges this plea, uv would recommend hint to show !
j those verses of poetry of his that we refused to pub- i
i lisli. They would convince both “ god’s and men.” 1
I iin jr n wui'i iviifoiuv i mull i;uu & miu iuch.
Tlie other letter was from a Know Nothing. He
; need not have told its of it, however, for the cQimnu-;
niratinn woie on its lace the strongest sort of evi
j denc-S, that tin- author was u Know Nothing, and
that he gloried in bis principles. If “ignorance is’
bliss,” we imagine that he i.-, ’‘just about as happy
(as be well can be.” He’s agin its, he says, because
jhe understands that Mr. Overby is not going to lie
“tuck down.” We have heard of tnekhnj things’
t//>, but tucking them (hum is anew idea. He is!
going to use his influence ‘‘agin us,” and have Mr.’
Overhv “ft/**/.” dow nat the election. We dread his
influence against Overby and our paper; but if be
is determined to go “agin” ire, we must make up our’
minds to .see Overby “ tuck” down and our pa-1
per “busted up.” Wc earnestly request these let
ter writers 10 “end us a lock of their hair. We j
would like t*i haves memento of two such speci- \
men.’ of the genus homo, tu aid us in cultivating a j
I spirit of humility, whenever *■ grow too proud of j
! our race. j
We have noticed these two letters lor the purpose!
j*>f showing how difficult it i; for an editor’s position ■
Ito be understood, and also, to furnish facts for the j
i consideration of those who believe that our people j
| are advancing in intelligence. Wo have repeatedly i
(.said in out editorials, that we have no confidence,
|ln either one of the political parties, as parties. \
land Imped that w<- were understood. It seems I
! there are some, who do not yet understand, that ‘
tour's is neither a Democratic nor a Know Nothing;
! sheet. We look upon die contest between the iwo.
I leading parties just as wc would upon a dog-figland
ias a nuisance. With us, one is a mink and the other
iis a pole-cat, xnd we are not at all particular which
! otic gels Hit- best us and Me only abominate the!
j stench that arises from the combatants. W>- trust
i and know, however, that there are good men an 1
| true, belonging to tioth t al lies, who, disgusted with ‘
I the corruption ihat characterizes both organizations.!
art* willing to sacrifice party and party feeling for the
j cause <>f truth mid humanity. \nd our advice, to all!
. such would be. ‘ I’otnc out from among them.*’ and*
‘ * 1
I boldly arrange yourselves on ihr-side of Prohihi-:
j tion.
I'Rlli STORE.
We would ’'all attcutioii to the advertisements of
l>r. Wtti. V Meier.', of Madison, in our advertising
i columns, lie is a high-minded, of a
| “ fellowand will endeavor to do justice to his rus
j tot tiers. We have no doubt but that alt the articles !
( which he has on hand are as good as can be found]
(anywhere—particularly his ‘.tc.V’
!
POTATOES.
I
John I. Dalvin, Ks p, of <>ur town, has brought in- i
to our .>Ut. c- sonic Petal i.s a sjireiio- n frop> his!
“patclt, They are very fine indeed, as large as we]
have ever seen. He thinks he will make 1800 bush
els front five acres of land Will sell at customary !
prices.
PE A FIELD—MERCER FMYERBITY.
ttoi village, for some time- past so quiet and de
iOi ted, litis, within the hist tew* days, been again
j awakened and considerably enlivened by the return
I of the “ Young America’s” m their College duties.
““ “ *' ri pleased to meet very nearly all of the old
: ■undents back to their posts, and with them quit.- a
: number of new ones.
)u Wednesday morning last, the familiar tone of
the old loli “stated tht the Cellege exercises were
regularly resinned. There have been, tip to thi*
time. (1 hnrgdny), twenty-five regular admissions into
j tie- College classes, and many others are expected.
H *• are happy to see that our Institution is. becoming
; appreciated throughout the country, and b rapidly
! progressing in popularity and importance.
HORRIBLE ACt’IOEVI.
t)n Monday evening last a-; the ears w. rv coining
: up, utilf* or L\so below \\ oodville Depot, a voting
, man. by the name of Watt-, bad fastened the t*ri.l]e
rein.- o.’ bis horse around his arm, that be might Mr
j enabled the better In bold him, but the horse gave
! him a very severe jerk, and it is supposed killed him
I instantly ; lib arm being fastened to tie bridle, the
Bor.sc dragged him rapidly some distance, running
! aiViAsTße‘Railroad several times, and when he was
taken up he was found to be awfully mangled, both
(•shoulder* were miserably broken, and his skull shat
sered. !be cars took him up and carried him to the.
residence ol a relation, Mr. Kdtrtondson, a. few mile
| above on the Railroad.
11.- was a nice young man, we are told, and idol
!/* and by hi- parents—let all young people take warn
ing from this accident, and never be guilty of fasten
ing their arm in the bridle reins when on a horse,
though then should be nothing near so frightful as
a steam engine.
| DO >Ol LIKE tiOoD CIOARS ?
. If so, jin gall in at B. K. Spencer's and you can
i enjoy as much of the luxury for as little money as
jat any other establishment. His cigars are first rate,
i and no mistake. < ’all on him, and for the small sum
: ot t half dime, yon can furnish a striking illustration
j of that old saying, “lire at one end and a fool at the
i other.” *
0 UiUERREAY 6ALLKRV.
We would give notice to the citizens of Penfidd
ainl vicinity , that A\ m. Morgan, Ksq., has opened his
j I‘ictuic (-allery in the Town Hal! for the balance ot
; the year, and i- now ready, willing and anxious to
I K>vc all who may call, a correct likeness of themselves-.
TEMI'ERA.YCE LECTURES.
Russel fieneau, Grand AYorthv Patriarch, Foils of
Temperance, will address the people on the subject
ol the T emperance Reform at the following times
and places:
\ ilia Itica, .September i, 11 o'clock
Allgood’s Church, - - “ i>, 11 “
Vamvert, ------ “ TANARUS, 11 “
! Dallas, “ 5,11
Powder Springs, ... <* ♦>, 11 “
Marietta, •* 7, 11 “
Atlanta, 8, at night.
C'dtHejtimU
j Kor the Banner.
I'ROHIBITIOJf.
J ies)s. Editon —For the encouragement of the
■ friends of our glorious cause, permit me to place ho
; fore yom readers an abridged account of a prohihi
j tion meeting held in (be city of Covington, on the
* 7th inst.
j The friends met in the Court House, and cora
j plctelt filled it. Captain Bass was called to the
: Chair, who briefly stated tlm object of the meeting,
j viz : to take some steps relative to the nomination
; of candidates to represent us in each branch of the
i next Georgia Legislature. On motion a committee
of nine was appointed to present business for the ac
j tion of the body. During the absence of the com*
: tnitfec, ihe audience was entertained with a prohibi
i tion sjieech by Prof. Orr. His style was plain and
| forcible. Ihe respectful and profound attention
| mauifesteii by the large assembly, not only spoke.
! well for the aid** logician, but also for our noble
! cause. The crowd sat as if spell-bound, whilst the
1 speaker in an impassioned strain of sound logical nr
j gumeiit, proved conclusively, both the constitution
jalityand propriety of legal prohibition; or in other
words ch-arly and satisfactorily answered the objec
i lion.- to prohibition on account of its unconstitution
| ality and impropriety. He assumed that prog shopr
j were a nuisance, and such should he abated hy
1 law, and supported the assumption by argument)’ the
j most lucid, cogent and unanswerable. His. appeal
, was to the highest and noblest principles in mar.’
nature ; addressing himself to tb* good sense of h
• community of enlightened freemen. After sometim*
’ and pains spent in defining the respective duties, oh
jccts and functions of Federal and State Govern
ment*. he avered that the Liquor Traffic was not :
propci question for the action of Federal Govern
ment, and hence in voting for officers for the Feder
at Government he would not make this the controll
ing question. Bur he insisted that it was properly
and legitimately a matter for ‘date legislation; and
not only so, but that it is the. paramount question lor
GMgRGIA Legislation. Regarding it as such, he,
a.’ an honest man, as a freeman, as a philanthropist,
a Christian, a- a patriot, and a< a tieorgian, could
not and would not forget this great question in mak
ing hi- ti< ket for officers of the Georgia State lov
eminent. He disclaimed the charge that we are a
i political party, or seek to be such. To be freed from
this giant curse, grog shops, i- all we a>k. Hive us
this and cur mission is don.-; refuse, and we pledge
! ourselves to he always in the field ready to do battle
: in this great enterprise.
1 would rot omit to show the position he allow ed
j persons to occupy who insist upon the idea of a “po
! iitical party .” He said that a party cannot exist
: without an opposing party, th.n charge, us with be
i ing the ANTI-GROG SHOP PARTY, and our op
i posers must he the GIfOG SHOP PARTY’.
1 Prohibition received a n*-w impulse. The reason
, ing was fair and the argument conclusive Tbt
■judgment was convinced, and the conscience awaken
| ed. Would that all who see, who feel, who know
the justice of our cause, the people’s cause, humani-
September