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SOtawellaiwiNi* SclHoa.
From Chirrf*r.’ Kdln).ui*li Jo#rul.
the CHILD AT PLAY.
A rosy child “ cut forth to play,
111 the first flush of hope and pride,
Where sands in silver beauty lay,
Made smooth by the rc treating tide;
And, kneeling on the trackless teas'e,
Whence ebbed the waters many a mile,
He raised in hot and trembling haste,
Arch, wall, and tower a goodly pile.
But, when the shades of evening fell,
Veiling the blue and peaceful deep,
The tolling of the vesper ltd 1
failed that boy-builder home to sleep.
He passed a long anti it tless night,
Dreaming of structures tad and fair,
lie canto with the returning light,
And lo! the faithless studs were ban .
f.css w ise titan that unthinking child,
Are nil that breathe of mortal birth,
Who gr,with strivings warm and wild,
The false and fading toys of Earth.
Hold, learning, glory -w hat arc they
Without the limit that looks ou high?
The : md-foi is of a child at play,
Which are n ,t when the wave goes by.
\ PARAGON OF A WO MW.
The Indianapolis Journal gives the following ac
count of a lady ri siding in Parts, Tennessee. 1 it;r tx
atnple is worthy of iinitatiuu, not so much as regards
the extraordinary fecundity site lias her elf exhibited,
as the genet otts conduct .tie ha manifested tow aid
those not of lu-r own blood. We are sorry that we
cannot give her name in full. The matron in ques
tion is aMi D , now eighty seven years old.
She had twenty-throe living children, and prayed to
the good Lor 1 to give h r one more, to make the
round and goodly number of two dozen. Besides
these, she lias raised fourteen orphan children. She
has educated thirty children- her own and a portion
of the orphans and for many years sent nineteen
children to school in Paris, and their dinners with
them. She ay that none of those she has reared
and educated have ever disgraced her or themselves.
The girls have all married well and ate tieh. The
hoys have all done well; one of her orphan jirutegt
has been in i ‘ongress, several others in the State Le
gislature: there are sundry colonels, <Vc., among
them, and all are highly respectable.
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MELANCHOLY SITUATION OF A WOMAN uF TALENT.
The New A oik Times of a recent date, says;
“Among the twelve who were published lot drunken
ness was one u female -whose history’ is truly me
lancholy, though by no means unusual. She is not
yet old and wasouoo pretty, courted and admired by
all. She was horn in the smith, ol wealthy parents,
and her early years were blessed with all the bless
ings of one in her situation. Her education was
thoroughly complete, and site early gained a good
reputation as a writer. She soon evinced a passion
tor the stage a passion so uncontrollable that des
pite the entreaties of patents and friends, she became
an actress, Jn this sphere she was very success fill,
and after a lime made liei appearance on tin boards
in this city, where she created no liulc/ujwt. Her
appearance wus always hailed with enthusiasm, tint
after a lime her lituie and Untune began to watte. -
She fell, as many of her profession had done before,
a victim to drink! Becoming daily worse, no man
ager would run the task of engaging her. Kora time
■he gave evidence of an intention to reform, but the
terrible passion predominated—she again fell. The
formerly lovely w oman, talented authoress and fine
actress, sleeps to-night a vagabond in the Tombs!”
MOIU.WI L INCIDENT DEATH ON THE CARS.
A passenger on the cars, furnished us w ith the fol
lowing statement of a very mournful incident, com
ing under his own observation, and occurring, as it
were, almost m our very midst, it is sad storv,
and appeals to the sympathies <>{ the reader:
In the multitude of wavs, in which the “arch en
emy'’ attacks our mortal rave, it seldom happens un
der the following circumstances: A pour forsaken
mother w ith her siek babe, enters the cars ntt'otuni
bus for Macon, tin. She lias been at the former
place in pursuit of an unfaithful husband and an un
feeling lather, failing in her object, she returns to
her desolate home about lo miles from Macon. The
luihe dies in her arms, unattended by a single mourn
er, save the heart-stricken ami heart-broken mother
—no kind hand to wait upon her in this the hour of
her Htlliction. A passenger took a seat by her side,
closed the eyes ol tin- lifeless corpse, and tried to ad
minister words of consolation to the bereaved moth
er. Mr. Lindsay, the kind hearted and gentlemanly
Conductor, {.would that all Railroad Conductors were
like Mr. Lindsay) made her situation known to some
of th- pnssi ngwrs and took up a subset iption for this
poor and helpless woman, constituting himself agent
for h. r relief. When w* arrived at the Macon De
P°t. the mother with her dead babe in her arms, sot
out tor her home, her eyes streaming with tears at
ear'll mournful step. We have witnessed death many
times, but never so affecting, at any 4uiw , BS liloom>
tint beads this article-—Death on the oars. l/,teen
Ttltyrtyh,
NTWinoug the aneedotes told *f Mr. Wel.stcr,
1 111 ’ ,s ww> io K though slightly reflecting on his
negligence iu jnc ruary matters, is Mill very Wet*.
KUi;an In its wit :
-- ‘Hvasw.,, it is related, he .* the guest of
to’ 7 S<,K,t " rs n '" l <ei's Wt t.t,iea in the
z rr‘r- u; " 1 a;i ' uLd f^n “y thH, hei,^
t vv.| ‘ l,n r m his “*'•* fceh,s and
“mw zttz itt Nt * ll rr
i mnv res,*,* lt\ ‘ ‘ i Uc
in many rcsmvu ,J t ‘ c U,c
r KH ' n mentioned,’ “
” * Wh 1 * the Send la-net irt Tv* ‘
erniTs ,Wt, goodj idgeson.-a „ v , n ,
confess that lam a lov w ~f Oio Watulfm
uvo I'oints ofresembhnu e. B,a Uu,e Ual^t
Utym - * Southerners, it
, i aid, never pay their debts, and the same has also
; been Miiil of me. In the* • particulars, gentlemen, I
feel I am like the Southerners.”
Shouts of laughter follow ed this sally of wit and
I good humor.
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C|f Cniipcrancf banner.
PENFIELD, GEORGIA.
jSalimlav Morning. Oimiilier 8. 1855.
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AGENCY RECALLED.
We would give particular notice, that Augustus
Heard, better known as the Rat Killer General, who
iv.'t appointed by us an Agent for our Paper, is no
longer authorized to receiv subscriptions. Those
who pay subscriptions to him for our Paper, do it at
their own risk.
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Tl Ol It KtIADEKS.
We would invite the special attention of all t c
readers of the Banner to the following Prospectus.—
We an promising “big” things for next year, in the
way of a paper. Our whole soul, head, heart, and
“appi tite,” are absorbed in the enterprize, and if cx
ertiotiu ever count anything, we intend it shall not
be all promise, but some “eider” shall come “too.”
“.-1 little mrr rider,” at any rate.
t* it < si* i; ii s
or THE
TKMPKRIM K (RUM.
(OtOSLAJI)
TKMPKKANCK BANNIiK.
\ OITA TED by a conscientious desire to further
the cause of Temperance, and experiencing
great disadvantage in living too narrowly limited in
space, by the ■ nudities.- of our paper, lor the publica
tion of Reform Arguments and Passionate Appeals,
we have determined to enlarge it so a more conve
nient and acceptable size. And being conscious of
tile fact that there are existing in the minds ol a
largo portion of the present readers ot the Banner
and its former patrons, prejudices and difficulties
which can never tie removed so long as it retains the
name, wo venture also to make a change in that par
ticular. It will henceforth be called, “THE TEM
PERANCE CJRLjSADKR.”.
This old pioneer of too Temperance cause is des
tined yet to chronicle the triumph of its principles.
It has stood the test passed through the “fiery fur
nace,” and, like the “Hebrew children,” re-appeared
unscorehod. It lias su-vived the neicsjnifier /am me
which has caused, and is still causing many excel
lent journals and periodicals to sink, like “bright ex
halations in 1 lie eveniie ,” to rise no more, and it has
even heralded th “death struggles of many contem
poraries, laboring for the same great end with itself.
It “still lives,” ami “waxing bolder as it grows older,”
is now waging an eternal “Crusade” against the “In
fernal Liquor Traffic,” standing like the “High Priest”
of the Israelites, who stood between the people and
the plague that threatened destruction.
We entreat the friends ol the Temperance Pause
to give us their influence in extending the usefulness
ol the, paper. We intend presenting to tin public a
sheet worthy of all attention anil a liberal patronage;
for w hile it is strictly a J eiujivrunce Journal, w e shall
endeavor to keep its leaders posted on all the current
events throughout the country.
“Price, as heretofore, £l, strictly in advance.
JOHN 11. SEALS,
Editor and Proprietor.
Petilield, (hi., Dee. ,s, 1855.
TO 01 U ADVERTISING PATRONS.
Tin’ year is speedily coming to a close, when every
honest man feels a desire to pay his debts, and as
we feel a “slight inkling” in that “direction,” we
would, in the most polite manner imaginable, “hint”
to our Advertising patrons that a settlement with us
would he very acceptable, for it will enable us to
blunt the end ot many a “sharp stick” punching us
in the abort riba.
Si HSt’HII’TIO\ ACCOUNTS.
Some lime sim e we commenced sending to Sub
set iliers the innoiim of their indebtedness to the
liiniit r, em losed in the paper, but on several eonsid
elatin’ s soon diseoutinueil tin plan ; w e shall resume
it next year, and will endeavor o send out all our
bills in th first lew issues of the /.nr i itprr.
PH ESK STATIONS.
At the special request ol the several ('onmiittcos
we give place in this issue to the several addresses
which have been delivered during the week, arising
from presentations made to Key. |>. 11. M c ll. They
w ill he found in ollr r columns, and are self-explan
atory.
COLLEGE.
Ihe Exercises ot the University close on next
“eek, the examination ol the several classes eom
tneu, ii 4on Monday or Tuesday.
PGM VIE SCHOOL CLOSED.
On Wednesday list, our Tamale Seminary, under
the charge of R, T. Anbury, list]., came to a close. -
The little Misses, atceii ItttU Hyu)]Jia t —with teel
ings ot mingle.l joy and sadness, bade their Teachers
tares ell, receiving their pnilui- hie sings, then turn
ing to each other, and exchanging aileotionate kisses
and shedding the tear-- of youthful innocence and
chiM-likc simplicity, separated until another term i
shall again unite them in the same old school nwin. i
7.V po lfari*.’ mid don't he frightened at th* thought j
of having anew teacher.
Mr. Asburv's n-sociaiioit with ns its a teacher and
citizen, leases \ ith the term; wt sincerely t egret that
things are tint* oulahiud. ills gentlemanly deport
lumt, all dn.- in hurts, mid social disposition has won
lor him the esteem ot all those he is now leaving be
hui'l k good iriend ufourspersonally, ne evoke for
him a hi* .-smg -may bis Hark with full sails set, ever
be drifted along by propitious breezes, Mid with a
su-ug baud iijHiti the tiller may be direct it trom this.*
lights to some sure H. aeon, where ho may fling out
bis grapnel and safely anchor it in some delightful
Haven.
GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE
Uan excellent Mouthly. Hi- „ 0! - cction m but
national--* recommendation to Southern readers—
liftboy will si 1 persist u. ii lionizing Northern jour
| lht ; ‘'* clu ' :ou “ f *>> u periodicals. Puh
h*dM * ho bdlowing rati-s : one copy. two cop-
THE TEMPERANCE BANNER.
■ ics, $5; live copies, $10; by A. If. Lee, 100 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia.
DEER HI NT.
A party of our citizens have gone to Black Island,
on a hunting excursion. We give notice to our
friends to listen for an invitation from us to eat Veni
son. Our associate Editor is a member of the party,
I and has promised to bring us a “horn”—(Deer’s
horn, remember,) —and he will certainly do it, unless
he tears his breeches, (presented to him before leav
ing—‘factory osnaburgs,’)—or loses his shoes in the
marshes. He is very unfortunate in regard to his
“understanding,”—lias already rendered one foot
noTw-rious in some 4 caloric’ experiment.
RAILROAD MEETING IN SPARTA.
We are rejoiced to see that the people of Hancock
are being thoroughly aroused on their Railroad sen
sation. There is, in our opinion, no portion of the
country which would be more benefited by u Rail
road than that through which the one spoken of is
want to be run. The citizens of the county have had
an offer 0f51,000,000 to aid in the construction of
the Road, and we are happy to see it has stimulated
them with new zeal on othe subject. They held a
meeting on the 23d of last month to consider the
project, but as many of the citizens were prevented
from bring present by public ‘excitements’ in differ
ent pol l ions (if the county, the meeting adjourned,
appointing the 4th of December the time for meeting
again. We arc anxiously listening to hear the re
sult.
HAIR DYE.
A man was placed, a few days ago, in a lunatic
asylum, at Berlin, to lie treated for mental aliena
tion, brought on by the ttseof hair dye. It produced
violent pains in the head and at length led to mad
ness.
Look out ye grizzly whiskered lovers of black
beard, lest while you change the color of your heard,
you also change the character of your minds! In
the above ease, hair (tye led to insanity; we think
the general rule is, insanity leads to dye hair. *
EPITAPH.
The editor of the Burlington Recorder bears wit
ness that he recently discovered in a flourishing city
in the line of the New Jersey Railroad a grave yard,
in which stood a tombstone, on which was inscribed
the following “touching and simple, yet exquisitely
poetic” epitaph: “He was a good egg.”
Excellent! That simple sentence implies bu-sAefa
of wisdom! A great deal more than can be com
pressed into a “nut shell,” for it requires an eggshell
to hold it all, (we speak exclusively of goose and
shanghai eggs.)
We hope to merit such an epitaph at our final
“exit, but some of our “kin” died some time ago to
whom wo think the reverse applicable, (we will not
pattern after such “hen fruit” however) and shall re
commend upon their Head stone the inscription,
Iln i lies a had 4 rt/jve ,’ (egg.)
RED NOSE.
“What are you doing there, Jane?” “Why, pa,
I’m going to dye my doll’s pinafore red.” “But what
have you to dye it with ?” “Beer, pa.” “Beer! who
em earth told you that beer would dve red?” “Why,
ma said yesterday that it was beer that made your
nose so red, and I thought that—” “Here, Susan,
take this child to bed.”
That’s Chattanooga! Hut her to bed ‘twice,’ Su
san. We’ve got a “red nose” ourself and can’t “stom
ach” insinuations.
FAST BOY.
A ‘A ostein pedagogue, in “teaching the young idea
limv to shoot,” found it very difficult to impress the
letter “(*’ upon the memory of an urchin of four
years. He finally asked the young hopeful, by way
of illustration : “What does your father say to the
horses, when he wants them to turn to the right?”
“Hep! git along 2.40!” exclaimed the youthful
prodigy, his countenance lit up with animation. The
teacher has since adopted a different manner of il
lustrating his subject*.
The above 2.40 “sprout” was doubtless brother to
the little* “scrub” who knew but two letters in the
alphabet, let her ‘go’ and let her ‘rip.’
PRESENTATION OT A GOLD H ATCH TO
RRV. P. H. MFt r..
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FIELD, Dec. 1, 18.')5.
Dr. T. P. Janrs,
Dear Sir—The citizens o, Pentield anil vicinity,
who witnessed the presentation by yourself, in their
hehn’f, of a gold watch to Rev. P. H. Mell, thankful
for the highly satisfactory manner in which you rep
resented their feelings anil wishes, have authorized
us to request of you a copy of the remarks made by
you on that occasion for publication.
Truly yours,
r. l. McWhorter, v
•1. F. D.UJG, ‘• Committee.
JAMES R. SANDERS, \
Po'fiki.d, Dec. 1, 165 j.
Rev. I>. 11. Miu.,
Dear Sir—We have been appointed by the citizens
ol Penfield and vicinity, who listened to the eloquent
and touching address made by .on yesterday, in the
Town ljall, on receiving a token of regard from your
, friends in this place, to request of you a copy of the
I same for publication.
Truly yours,
r. l. McWhorter, i
J. F. DABG, > Committee.
JAMES R. SANDERS, \
ADDRESS OF DR JANES.
i You, Ladie- ami Gentlemen, uavv assembled here
| to-day, for the purpose of witnessing the presents
j lion of a waeh to our fellow-citizen. Rev. T. li. Mell,
and I have been selected as your representative to
, deliver to him, this token of your kind regard and
1 high respect.
I You, Sir, have been well known to us lor many
years, in many important and responsible relations of
lile ; and 1 Gel houored, that to me ha> been assign
ed the )>osu,on of expressing to you tiie kind senti
ments entertained towards you by those among
whom you have lived and labored.
There are some present, who knew you during
i their col leg” days, in the important and responsible
‘capacity of a laborious Instructor, who mingled the
instruction and commands of the Teacher, with the
advice and entreaties of a friend, and watched over
their morals with the constant care and anxiety of a
Parent.
‘I here are many present, who know you in the sa
cred relation of Pastor and people, and cheerfully
testify to the faithfulness which at all times charac
terized your labors as a devout Minister, as an able
expounder of the Scriptures, and as a bold defender
of the Truth—and it is with pleasurable emotions
that we would refer to the seasons of refreshing which
we have often experienced under your ministrations.
I here arc some present who have long known you
in the more intimate and endearing relation of a |Per
sonal friend and confident—ever true to the sacred I
trust reposed—in j’ou, we have always found
“The bosom of a friend
A\ here heart meets heart, reciprocally true.”
All present, have known you as the humble chris- j
tian, leading a life of exemplary piety—as a high
toned ami honorable gentleman, and as a useful, pub
lic-spirited citizen.
As an evidence that yon have faithfnilv and nobly
performed all the dirties which the “various relations
of life have devolved upon you : and as a slight tes
timonial of the kind regard and high respect enter
tained towards you by the donors, allow me to pre
sent you with this watch, remembering, tiiat
“They are the noblest gifts
of which when a man doth think
The memory delights him more, from whom
Than what lie hath received.”
REPLY OK REV. P. H. MELL.
.)ft. < hal, hum, cm! Citizen* of Pvvfidd and vicinity:
It is with no ordinary emotions that I take the
part in these proceedings which your sympathy and
kindness have assigned me. Formed by nature to
appreciate highly the good opinions of others, and
having no misgivings that 1 had utterly failed in se
curing, in some degree at least, their confidence and
affection, I have found myself, by a combination of
interests that 1 will not characterize, suddenly, with
out warning, stricken down; my moral character as
sailed by many-tongued rumor; some of those who
have been accustomed to greet me by the title of
Christian brother, gloating over what they term my
fall; and even my fellow-citizens, among whom I
have spent the greater part of my manhood’s life,
quoted as rejoicing at my overthrow, and congratu
lating themselves at the prospect of my speedy de
parture from their midst. Such was niv apparent
position a few short weeks ago. In these circum
stances, nothing appeared to be left to me but to re
tire in upon my own resources, and lean solely upon
that support which a consciousness of rectitude and
the consolations of religion could afford. For, dear
as the confidence and affection of others were to me,
I could not, because of their apparent loss, prove re
creant to tp\self, and to tile high obligations to God
and the religious denomination of which I am a hum
ble member. It seemed to be left to me then, only,
to guard my heart against feelings of resentment and
despondency, and to go to work, quietly, and unob
trusively, in w hatever coiner of the field the Master*
may yet have left accessible to me, with the hope
that, by a patient continuance in well-doing, misap
prehensions, in process of time, might be corrected,
prejudices removed, and animosities, if any, assuaged:
and even if forever I should fail to recover that so
cial fellowship so dear to my heart, I might at least
maintain a confidential communion with God and
my own conscience. That day, however, in some of
its most gloomy features, has passed. This act of
yours, gentlemen, with the kind expressions by
which it is accompanied, is a signal proof, that, by
m neighbors and intimate acquaintances, lam not
as yet cast out and rejected. With this interpreta
tion of your act, I accept your valued gift with emo
tions too profound for utterance.
For nearly fifteen years, gentlemen, I have been
occupying official positions in your midst. During
that time, many questions of a private and public
nature have sprung up calculated to elicit difference
of sentiment, which it devolved upon us to settle.—
In the complaints urged against me, I suppose it will
not lie alleged that I fail to think for uiyself, or
bold on to my conviction with too little tenacity.—
It is not surprising, therefore, that there should have
been between us some dashing of opinions; and it
may be that not seldom you have regretted that 1
have been so earnest in opposition to whnt seemed to
you right and judicious. Hut what was your course
towards me in consequences* Did you nurture re
sentment, and lav these offences up in memory until,
in combination with other issues, and other antagon
ists, you could array an influence that woukl lie to
me irresistible? Have your resentments been so
strong, or your prejudices so invincible, that you
have been indisposed even to examine into the jus
tice of my cause, and inclined to condemn me with
out u bearing? Have you been so affected as to be
tempted to rejoice at my overthrow even in the ma.n
tenanee of the right, because of my success in other
things which appeared to you to be wrong ‘ Never!
I This scene affords an impressive exhibition, if not of
my worthiness, at least of your magnanimity and
forbearance.
From henceforth, I take my phioe among you as a
; private citizen, to prosecute unobtrusively the duties
of an humble minister of the Hospel, with no aliena
tion of feeling towards any of you, and holding no
one accountable for opinions expressed, or positions
taken, upon recent public events.
Through your Chairman, some of you have been
pleased to refer to the relations which existed be
| tween us when it was my province from the Proses
! sor’s chair to impart instruction to you in Mercer
j University. It is tour privilege, gentlemen, to look
! bnek with pleasure to past relations with our noble
j Institution, and forward with pride to the glorious
; future before hei: while I—why should not /also
, leel pride and pleasure in cont. moisting Iter?—the
! child (shuli I say it?) of my affections, the object of
, my solicitude, in whose service I have exhausted the
I energies of the best part of my life. In the hour ot’
I bar adversity mjr connection with her was formed, .
and with her it continued until she had attained to a
i position w hich made her the pride <>f her friends and
! the admiration of ail who !ehe!d her with unprqju
diccd eye. Why should I view her with alienated
f-elkiiis, or contemplate her with any other emotion, ‘
than admiration and hope? Gentlemen, I claim tie
right and exercise the privilege, to cherish with you i
. the warmest feelings of affection for our noble Uni
j versity—noble in its origin, and the ends it is de
signed to accomplish : noble in its endowment, and
lin its history; in the educated and influential men
w ho, ns its alumni, represent it abroad, and in the
character and scholarship and promise of those who
are now drinking at its fountain. Let us neverad
nut feelings of despondency in reference to her fu
.ure. Founded by the labors,and consecrated in the
‘prayers, of Hie fathers who have entered into their
rest, and surrounded by hosts of friends who “hope
l on hope ever,” its future mmt be one of success.—
By the errors of misguided friends, and the machina
,lions of “l ,en or insidious foes, its progress may bo
I arrested, and its lustre dimmed for a time; but as
! the temporary obstruction to the rising tide onlv
causes it to gather power and flow with more resist
jitss for**, or the passing cldud leaves the rays of the
| sun shining more brightly in its track IK.-c.ausc of
their temporary ob- uration, so adversity and own
disaster will only gather and concentrate the resour
ces of onr noble University, and cause her to shine
out in greater splendor in the view of friend and foe.
Gentlemen, T share with you the pleasure and the
pride you fc 1 in eonlemjdating your Alma Mater.
Tell me not of recent or any other events: nothing
shall abate the interest I feel in Mercer University !
Mr. Chairman, I thank you for the flattering terms
in w hich you have conveyed to mo the sentiments of
those you represent, i accept your valued gift—-
valuable intrinsically, thrice valuable because of its
associations. | shall wear it, Sir, near my heart, its
throbbings, as your representative, responded to by
my own pulsations. Whenever I look upon its face,
i shall see your images reflected tin re; and until the
lapse of ti i e shall cease to lie noted by me, if not bl
it, i will be to me a memento of a friendship that
like pure gold, has survived the furnace of detrac
tion and disaster. Mr. Chairman, and citizens of
Panfield and vicinity, accept the expression of my
p raf mildest thanks.
PRESENTATION OF A GOLD-HEADED CANE TO
KEY. P. H. MELL.
At a meeting of twenty-nine students of Mercer
University, in the Ciceronian Hall, on Thursday
evening, the 20th of November, the following resolu
tions were unanimously adopted:
Wiimtu.vs th< pleasant relationship which Rev. I*.
H. Mell has heretofore sustained towards the Stu
dents of Mercer University, as Professor of Ancient.
Languages, no longer exist,
Resolved, That we, Students of Mercer University,
take this method of expressing our appreciation of
his exalted merits as a true friend of the Student, as
an able and accomplished instructor, and as a faith
ful minister of the gospel, and that we, with feelings
of deep regret, see him retire from the responsible
position which he has for many years so honorably
and successfully maintained.
Resolred, That in his retirement he will cany with
him our best w ishes for his future happiness and the
earnest desire that in w hatever sphere his lot may
be cast, his labors may bo rewarded with tbo same
eminent success that has attended them during his
connexion with Mercer University.
Resolved, That as a testimonial of the high esteem
and admiration which we entertain towards him,
both as n man and as a laborious and competent Pro
fessor, we tender him a Gold-headed Cane, bearing
the inscription: Prof. P. 11. Mell, from Students of
Mercer University.
Resolred, That the above proceedings be publish
ed in the Temperance Banner, Christian Index, ant:
Tennessee Baptist.
A motion was made, and prevailed unanimously,
that the meeting, on Saturday night thereafter, re
solve itself into a Committee of the Whole, and en
name, make the presentation in due form at the pri
vate residence of Rev. P. 11. Mell.
In accordance with the above resolution, Mr. E.
L. Compere, as Chairman, attended by twenty-eight
young men, after a very neat and appropriate address,
made the presentation of the Gold-headed Cane.
To which Prof. Mell replied ex tempore, in sub
stance, as follows:
for nearly twenty years, in the school and recita
tion room, I have been engaged in the instruction of
of youth. During that time, many and various have
been the manifestations made by my pupils, cf their
kind regat ds to me; for, until I came here, none have
ever left me, so far as I know, with any other feel
ings, towards me than those of friendship. But no
demonstration has been ever so grateful to my feel
ings as that in which you, Mr. Chairman, and gen
tlemen, are now engaged.
Let us recur to recollections not so pleasing. Xot
many weeks ago, a blow was struck here, almost in
the dark, a victim sacrificed, and a demonstration
made tiiat was construed into exultation. It) this
demonstration, on the authority of those high in po
sition, the Students of Mercer University were said
to have been involved. To young gentlemen of in
telligence and moral worth, with whom I had been
long associated, it was said, I had become so obno
ious, that the announcement to them of tnv “r*- j
| muii” was greeted with a burst of applause *_ nnv ■
that when the question was formally pur to them
j they, with one consent, lifted up their hr n(Js ; n fayo ’.
lof my expulsion. Such are some of th-. absurd state
, menu which rumor ms busily circulated through
j.he State. In this, injustice has been done,
I not t 0 ,nc 00| - T ’ but l ‘> you By your visit to
Jme to-night, however, with t> ;e object‘vou have in
I View, you have at once s,V l( -ed this misrcnrescnta
ition, and demonstrated, ir, a manner grateful to my
, leeimgs, your friendly sentiments towards me.
Lentlctnen, strange as the announcement may
! “ ou "' 1 to - vou > 110 Allege officer, perhaps, has W
1 ,norc sl ‘ nMlive t( th“ estimate in which he has beer,
hetcl by tile Students tlmn have I; an d no sue ha
i 101 l more keenly the manifestations of cooYiess and
aversion. It has always been a source ? regret tc
me tiiat the College community is necessarily so oi
gamrej as to give rise to the notion that there fear.
antagonism between instructors and pupils—that,
i there should be a public opinion in your commuaitv
mat puff:m interdict upon an intimacy between th
Professor and the Student Unhappily, however
there is a wide gulf between them, which the former
cannot pas- over if he would, and the latter dares
not, unless he is reckless -.fa loss of caste among his
fellows, and insensible to a suspicion which touches
a student’s sense of honor in a tender point. Bc-
December