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CIVIL H AR ll* KANSAS.
Exciting and highly important news from Kansas
has just Keen rel ieved at St. Louis.
On Thursday, Nov. 291 b, near Hickory Point,
throe Abolitionists, armed with Sharpe's lilies, went
to the claim of Mr. Coleman, and peremptorily order
ed him to leave, allowing him only ten minutes to do
so threatening to shoot him in ease of refusal to obey.
He immediately left, but shortly returned well arm
oil One of the three abolitionists then attempted to
shoot him, hut his rifle missed (Ire, Coleman there
upon shot him dead, and immediately gave himself
up to the authorities for trial.
A mob of Abolitionists, well armed with lilies,
soon gathered, and repairing to Coleman's house,
drove his wife and children off, set fire to the build
ing and burned it down, together with the houses of
other proslavery men in that vicinity.
Deputy Marshal Jones arrested the leader of the
mob, and one other person, and obta in'd the names
of twenty of the mob.
The AlmlitionisC arc yathciingin force at Lecomp
ton and have demanded the release of their comrades
and the surrender into their hands of Coleman.
Some sixteen or seventeen houses iu all have been
burned at lliekoiy Point, ad several citizens in that
vicinity are missing.
The Governor of Kansas issued a proclamation
calling upon nil law abiding citizens in the Icriitory
to suppress the outbreak
Tilt; vein’ i vn st.
The h'relt nr ill //ii'wm'ii;; Min.mine* going t >
l\Ulin’ii hi/ I/undri '/, <1 ‘.
Weston, Mo. Nov ;;0, P. M. Tlie greater.t excite
incut continues to c ist in Knns ‘S The oflicers
have been resisted by the mobocrats an I the inter
position of the militia has been called for.
A secret led r from Si retiiy AVood m to Gen.
Hastin has been wiitten, in which the writer requests
Cell. E. to call for the liille Company at Platte City,
Mo, .so as not to compromise Coy, Shannon.
Four hundred m ti from .Jackson Cos. Mo. are now
en rout” for Douglas county, Kansas St. Joseph and
Weston, in Missouri, arc requested each to furnish
the same number of men. The people of Kansas
are to he subjugated at ail hazards.
.Jiutthson Cut, Nov tin. Col. Met'inly, of the
I louse, recieved a dispatch tin's evening which was
read he fore the House. Jones is Sheriff of Dongle;
county. Lawrence is the county scat. “Westport,
Nov. 27. Col. Mcl'any: Coy. Shannon has called
out the militia against Lawrence, they are now in
open rebellion against tile laws, mid Jones is in dan
ger; we want htdp; communicate this to our friends;
signature, A. C. Boone.”
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HOME MANAGEMENT.
Though the ait of managing a house may at first
sight com av• iy iimple allair, yet there are a vt 1 ,
few people who do it well. Most women do often
dislike the woriy of over nimiagement almost as
much as neglect The great art is to hit the happy
medium quietly, and to keep the servants to their
duty without scolding them. Il is a rent point to
live alway sin the same maiiucl an . arils style, to
have the cloth ini< 1 as carefully when alone as when
there is company. When this is (tie case, no wife
feels afraid of her husband bringing iu an iincxpocl
cd guest; and it is gratifying in a husband to find'a
“tie-! of thi.- kipd received quietly; whereas, noth
in - can lie more disagreeable to .1 husband than to
see hi. house thrown into confusion, hi- wife cro-s,
and his servant scratnl ’ing to change (he tilings
hi l on the table ; and in short, everything going
wrong, simply because he had asked a friend lodine,
without giving a day or two's notice of his intention
to do so. It would he in better taste to allowthe
stranger to sit down to a meal served us roughly as
a country laborer's in a hove', than to at tempt to re
ceive him with extempor ■ tin iy ; for the aukwaid
ness and blunders of tin sen :nts w ill soon show him
the real state of the case.
“ONLY POOR riIILPRKX.”
Fanny IYrn, in the Satin <ln Evening Post, v. i itcs
:i> follows: “11. n- is ■ primary school; what :i liosi,
of iitt.li’ r.i<ijorl urchins wo crowding in! Now, tliev
tak< thi'ir places in seats to iacini oil - one above an
otlu-v so that each little face is distinctly i isible.
What a pretty sight ’ anil how nature lows to com
pensate ! sending beauty to the hovel, tit foruiitv to
the hall. There’s a boy, now, in that jacket, who is
a study for an artist. Si e his broad, ample lon head;
mark how his dark eye glows;- ami that Ifttin mij 1
at 1 - ale, who.-.e chestnut curls droop so gracefully
over her soft fringe 1 eyes and dimpled shoulders.
Vn 1 that dream child, in yonder corner, with blue
veined, tnnsparent temples, whose spiritual eyes
wen now, can see that fadeless shore to which bright
angels beckon him. Deal gently with him- he is
pissing away ! Here comes the teacher, brisk, an
viilar and sluu p-voieed. Heaven pity the children I
I already experienced i mental shiver. Now she
come- up and ays (apologetically to mv hew :utin
i'>ak,) “You see, madam, these are only poor chil
dren. Ihe toadying creature! Lucky for her that
I .am m>t “a committee.” t'au’t her dull eyes reepg
ii'/. ■ i bid’s image in linaey-wolsev ? Can she see no
genius written in yonder broad forehead? No po
et’ y slumbering in yonder sweet eyes? Did Frank
lin, ( lay and \\ ehster study their alphabet in silk
and velvet? She ought to he promoted to the dig
nit\ of tee-nail pol'-lu-r to Queen Victoria! N -V.
she hands me a book in which visitor’s names arc
in-, iabed ; and reipiests me to write mine. Certain
ly ‘ Mrs. John Smith;” there it is. Hope she likes
it as well as 1 do !
a vnueo.
V potato merchant, nt Haltimare, ho had lately
married, aft,-.- a breach of promise to another lady,
as followed to market on Saturday v the injure !
fair one and severely coo hided. The Indy cut hint
VI I y severely about the face, and greatly disfigured
hW vhyriognomy. The occurrence caused a great
dea’ of talk in the market, and in order to get a sight.
i n< whipped by a worn*,,, n anv per
-1 r ?"r ! TT “ >rir ***. -‘Ait, a short
| he had ihs|>tised of l IU and returned to
ft ttewly-vretUiHi wife. \v whum \ , . ,
1 *. h.w Tj.ZZ
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Clu Cfinpcnnuc banner.
PENFIELD, GEORGIA.
Saturday Mornins, Ihrrnibrr 15, 1855.
A wont) AT I'ARTIVC.
AA'ilh tin's number of the Banner censes the plea
sant relation, which for several months, lias existed
between the readers of this paper and myself, and I
feel that I cannot di olve the connection, without,
at least a word at parting.
For some time past, the Banner, under my edito
rial care, has made its weekly visits to the homes of
several thousand subscribers, scattered throughout
almost all the Southern States. It lias been my bu
siness, every week, to gather and prepare an intel
lcctual repast, for many readers, having an endless
variety of tastes. While I am certain that I ha’v<-
not pleased every taste, I feel equally confident that ‘■
I have contributed to the enjoyment, amusement,
and profit of many, who, in their turn, appreciate
ami acknowledge iny efforts to please and instruct
them. And this cons deration i- enough in itself to
occasion regret on parting.
While I part, with, feel jpgs of regret, from the gen
eral reader, with whom I have had no acquaintance,
il is with feeling • of the deep'-.; sadness, that I must
separate from thus.- who have been my friends
who have ever been blind to my many faults-—who
have overlooked my short-conrings - who have cheer
ed tne on wit . kind words, and have ever esteemed
my performances much more than their merits w ould
justify. It is with pie:-: ore, that 1 acknowledge their
many favors. Especially', would I refer to the uni
form comtesy and kindness extended to me bv tlie
citizens of Deiilleld and its vicinity. The few past
months which 1 have spent among the citizens ol
this community, w ill lie remembered among the most
pleasant portions of my life.
Before ! separata entirely from the readers of this
paper, 1 would urge upon them, the importance of
supporting liberally the Temperance Banner. The
proprietor, with the beginning of next year, w ill en
large il, change its name, print it with new type, de
vote his time and attention exclusively to it, and em
ploy able talents to aid him in contributing to its col
umns. Il is // i/o, flic cheapest paper I know, and all
thest improvements will lie added, without any in
crease in the price. It is the cheapest paper you can
take.
But you should lake it, because it is a temperance
paper, and the only one that has survived die defeat
of Overby. The principles it advocates, are not
dead yet, and i( will still continue to defend the right
and battle in in half of suffering, rum-benighted hu
manity'. Every temperance man, should subscribe
to the Temperance Banner on principle.
In addition to the temperance feature, it will have
every tiling to recommend it, that is generally found
in first class family newspapers. For tile small price
of one dollar, you can at the same time haw a tent
per.anc” and a literary paper that will lie superior to
many of our tvo dollar week Fes. Its merits demand
a generous, liberal support, and we feel confident
that its reader; wFI nut fail m l>, to their patronage
accot'din ;ly.
‘Vi-dting for die readers of this paper, the enjoy
ment of those i ho read a paper that has been pil'd
ler; In s;n .-iking slimi ; omnuinications; entertaining
no unkind I'etHin > to those 1 may have dis; leased 1
and hoping that ail my friends may have pleasant
■netimrii sos tli Past, happy realizations of the Pres
ent, and bright and consoling hopes of (lie Future, I
I leg tlie reader to consider me as i Tiring w itli tn\
“best bob “ E. A. STEED.
VALEDICTORY,
On readers will observe, in the present issue, the
partin- w. id- of <e •• much i smew.id assoeiat. Edi
t* r. it i- wil l l unt'eie-md regiet that flic pleasantas
sm-iatioi which lias exist, and betw- on us should come
to .a close. 1 lis Editorial eml lbutio s will be sadly j
inis-ed in the columns of uu,- paper, lint we may
siy to our re.iilcis t! at their senses will now and
then ho regaled b the east :uul gracoAil How ufpop
ulnr sentiment f,uni his pen. Ho will be an occa
sional centrd 1 1or to nur columns, and any article in
dited by him w ill be duly appreciated.
I. I„ YE'.ZEY.
‘Ye have st envoi! the set vices, Editorial, of the
a’ ■ve lmiued gcntlenu n for the ensuing year. He
is a fellow ela s mate, young and unergi tie, and with
a bos un ahve with sentiment pathos, and ‘literary
‘‘hi pirn lions” we are assured that our numerous rend
ers will receive wiih pleasure aml gratification his
editorial mi.sings.
lie has some i ie advantage of us in personal np-
IM'nianei-, but since we are so much ‘better’ ‘looking’
than our retiring associate w-- shan't grumble.
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. CllillSTAlAS 1101 WiIAY.
I’li'■ pri scut'issue c! -s.-s the Banner I- ‘ 1855. \s
it is our adopted custom w s'n", sue id operations
for a slum tain-, but during that tinu shall be ma
king preparations to renew’ the acquaintance with’
increased zeal, i new sheet, and a voluminous compi
lation of li tuperan.'c set-(intents, lin mii exeellemn. s,
and sallies of good humor. We shill also hold our
self in readiness to receive orders for our new paper,
and all the <una'd sums which any of our friends mm
feel that w e deserve for oor \ ear’s loi’.
AYe wish for each of our Subscribers :t hnppr
Christum*, money enough to face all their-debts and
that all their children (I-. -m- who have n v)iiinv find 1
obi socks hanging iqum the walla, filled with ■ very
species of goi .1 things. \Yc me anticipating a jolli
fication ourself; we ex peel to have a quilting, an “old
fashioned can’y slrcti liing” ami very fikel) we shad
broach a fresh bottle of—“/tv di<!, ,
n ‘collar bone,’ and pmU Ska “
\cou.e by alt means and enjoy the/on irltl, ns.
NOTICE---EXTRAS.
Banner Extras, containing nil the county adver
list iqi aits wid lie issued during the two weeks nerv
ation which we give the bands in llie office.
‘Ve would further state to our advertising fri- nd
who have made stipulations with us so; adv rtising,
. that those tw o weeks are not counted in the contract.
THE TEMPERANCE BANNER.
THE LATE PRESENTATION.
By special request we publish, in another column,
an article by “A Student,” relative to the presenta
tion, n few days since, of a “gold-headed cano” to
llev. P. IL Mell
I
COMMUNICATIONS,
For want of space wo have been compelled to ex
clude from this issue several veiyatecpta le article.-: I
among tin in i ■ oina by W. (h W., and another by
F 8., ‘.viiirh I her phbTishgd as soon as we have
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MEitCiwt PNIVErtSiTY,
Though our Noble Institution has given rise to
some ‘lientcd difficulties during the last few weeks;
i: now promises to breast, the storm, without recei
ving any serious damage. It rests upon too sure a
foundation to beeru heß ny slight disasters. Reverted
fortune ina v for a time tgar its brilliancy, and paral
yze its advancing usefulness-and popularity, but it
w ill only serve to invest it with “newness of life,”
and to render it nobler and more steadfast.
We liml the follow ing pithy Editorial notice of the
Univeisity in the ijpvammh daily Journal A Courier,
Edited by the and h'gli-toiied gentle
man, Mr. It. B. Hilton. We return him our thanks.
Mere, ;■ l i-1 -i rsiii/. —N\ care happy to have an o -
jiortunity of referring to this Institution. Situated
in a plea l ant village, free- from the allurements of dis
sipation and tlie tli.-tta lion of business, it invites to
tudy Fy its quiet tranquility. .Vo place in upper
Georgia enjoy - iieltcr iicaiti.. The i> stitution itself
is we)! endowed, and the i- sriiet'ou given is thor
gb ami sound. The President is a worthy son of
perhaps the ablest public man Georgia ran li
and the remainder of the Family are young, a- let.,
arid aide. Most of them, too, arc G orgians, ani
tii v honor the name.
Those desiring Pi educate boys ean do io hotter
Hiau to confide them to ttic rpre of the Faeul 1 yof
I’enfieid.
CHRISTIAN INDEX.
IF Io we give the prosa edings ot the Executive
Committee, w hich Diet on Tuesday last, in regard to
the Index. It seems that resignations and valedic
tories constitute tin- programme in our iitltic Taiva.
Wo wil! have every tiling under new administration
after ti while- -but it is thus ordained iu the natural
world; cvtiything is xuhject h ehitnyi:. We are
truly sorry that our door neighbor, ('.lend Digg,
makes his final dcp&riiirc from among us. His \ ai
edictory w ill be seen in the last is. tie of tlie Index.
He has been a laborious Editor, and leaves tlie Organ
of Iris denomination in a flattering condition. He
has ret i ed so m the Editorial Chair at his own choice,
and we can truly say lie has released himself from
myriad annoyances. In his own language, “he has
fought his last bat.lc,” (newspaper battle) and wo
feel envious of his situation, for its likely wc shall
fight many a one yet.
W e iiav wi.sited our retiring friends “good tilings”
until our “stock” is run out, w e will now deal in la
conic npiritualiti q am! say —onr prayers attend
him.
‘'in cons qiierice of the resignation of llev. J. F.
ihi r, tli Executive Committee have, engaged the
services of Rev. T. J>. Martin, as Editor of the Chris
tian Index, lilt the Ist July.
The Executive Committee propose to sell tlie pa
per after the Is; July, if it meets the appioval of the
Convention,’ 1 ’ to w hom the matter w ill be n IVi red, at
their meeting in Savatmali, in April next.
TIIOS. STOCKS, Ti.. Ex. Com.
IVntield, Dec. 11, 1855.
SPIRITUALISM,
I’rul. Robert Hare, of scientific reputation, has
been receiving communications li-om the sj b it-world,
through the medium of his athcr and daughter,
who have made to him some interesting revelations.
They iulin ined him that the spirit world lie - htf.voen
sixty and one hundred and twenty mihs from the
terrestrial surtacc, the whole space being divided in
to seen noiicentiie sphinx s, tie first being the nidi
-11 u lit ul sphere, the habitation of m< rtai.-; the other six
being distinguished s spiritual phot s.
i iieh one oi these ‘‘spheres is dueled into six
cireli sol societies, in which kindred and congenial
spirits are united, who spend their time in the pur
| suit ufth-’se studies which they loved in their radi
m. ntal state, and in listening to the instruction of
teachers fiom the shores above. The political econ
omy of the spheres has reference exclusively to
wealth, which being plentiful as air, can be appro
priated by nil, thus making a real Yankee Heaven.
Viter passing the second sphere each sphere is
more beautiful than its predecessor, and the inhabit
ants increase in wisdom and know ledge, as we as
cend, until in the seventh sphere, all thejovsand
beauties of the lower spheres are combined, but in a
much more refined ad sublimated form. In this
sphere, dwell Jesus Christ, “John the beloved,” the
up st!,-. tlii- prophets, the mar.;. i-p Confucius,
ca, Philo, Socrates, and all the phiKsoph- sofan
eieiit t. cce ami Home.
lint the most remarkable sphere is the s-cond
spin , one immed itely aft. r the lmlim.-ntal
sphoe i ids is at a distance of only 00 miVs from !
tie tem-str: .1 urface, and is a datk and gkmuiv re
gion, the inhabitants of which arc to: t nod with tluv|
pangs of a guilty conscience, and an- employed in
loiuisteriug to their own perverted taste; in .-hurt it
1 is a real hell alive (no douiu) with editors, .- . • t- (
| men, spii it-rappo s, almlitionists, old maids and eld
bachelors, (for there are n ehildr. n in tld> sphere,)
and situated (.just think of it!) at the uneoirtlortably
. dose distance f about sixty miles from the eatUrs
suifice. V\ sup.pc-e Horace CSreeley’s labors’ will
■be devoted to th- n formation of this sphere, during
- the g -of eternity.
It may he gratiiying to many of our monied read
jers, who have sutlcred tin- purgatory of a matiin’O
nial hell “on ties sale of Jordan, to state that she
‘spirit* consider the mu Cage contract legally annul'-
‘d by *li ihniis f tbi parties. Married persons
can ix tieiv the old contract, if they please, or each
an In united to a more congenial ; hit, in a celes
tial man tag-. , w Idem, wx re told, U altogether a dif
ferent affair from terrene matrimony. It will also
he g; at i tying to that e'.iss ol pci sons who are distin
guished for having “nothing happi ning to them” —
: (ol maids) to know that all ill be married there.
Preachers an-! tm taphyrieians here, will be loafers
then, -inec there arc m> sectarian feuds and meta
physical dogmas tiure to employ their time, l pon
tin- whole we thick this -ptritniii system is the very
next tiling to “/*/ ho<rut.”
ItOti-KILLING TIME.
Oh! how it makes a fellow feel,
To hear a hog, in winter, squeal!
What splendid \i i;>ns quickly ri: -, i
Of.smoking stews and back-bone pies!
W in n o’er tin- !.-n■ t this music steals,
It every betul-ache quickly heals—
And Fancy clapshrr joyous wings,
And sweetly sin ’ ; of ;.hittcr’iogs.
Or wearied with'tlie </?/flurai tone,
She lights upon a spinal bom.
And soothes the c apty sprit's pains
Vv ith soft and sweet iutaphUing strain?.
O’ if.-die wish a rifle r lay,
She hovers o’er tin* salts ige tray,
Ad pouretb forth a wondrous song,
“OflinM, sweetness drawn out long.”
AVherc’er siie wings her lapid flights,
. WI at g'ow ing prospect* of rfcfigXtif
And oh! how bright tlie future shines
When Fancy warbles -tender linen!
le t others | tar-e when heard afar
I lie duiect (lute, tile s ill guitar,
But give to me in w oe or weal,
The dying hoy'* poetic syneal f
The above verses were discover -1 upon tin* table
of a wry interesting ywwig man, who, one morning
not ;; n go, was found dead in his chair, with a pen
ins icind. This ill-fated youth destroyed hi< con
.button eating iieef, during the last month, liis
IV.’ • <1 noticed, tbr aim time, tiiat he was gloomy
■\ -, but i was only very lately that ho bc
. ni” ; ml as to mania st symptoms of uncon
jit Viable terror at the approach of cattle. On the
| evening “fon-liis death, a neighbor killed hogs—
I tin- p< . heard litem squea'ing, and the sad conse
yu- r. • . ■ tin: above poetry and tlie writer’s death.
The < Yroncr’; Jury held an inquest and render, and in
ti: fob :v> ing verdict : Died.of too much beef, under
excitement and a determination of brain to the head.
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TO ont IIJ.ADEiis.
AV e w ould invite the special attention of all t e
readers of the Banner to the following Prospectus.—
We are promising “liig” tilings for next year, in the
way of a paper. Our whole soul, head, heart, and
‘ appetite,” are absorbed in the enterpi ize, and if ex
ertions ever count anything, we intend it shall not
he all promise, but some “cider” shall come “too.”
“.1 little more cider,” at any rate.
i* a O s i F. c T S’ >
OF TIIE
i i:wi;is m mm.
[quondam]
TKMPKIiANCK BANNER.
A, OTi ATED by a conscientious desire to further
the cause of Temperance, and experiencing
great disadvantage in being too narrowly limited in
space, bv th smallness of our paper, for the publica
tion of lie for tn Arguments and Passionate Appeals,
we have determined to enlarge it to a more conve
nient and acceptable size. And being conscious of
the fact that there are existing in the minds of a
large portion of the present readers of the Banner
ami its former patrons, prejudices and difficulties
| which can never be removed so long as it retains the
name, w o venture also to make a change in that par
ticular. It will henceforth be called, “THE TEM
PERANCE CF.rSADKR.”
This old pioneer of the Temperance cause is des
tined yet to chronicle tin tr uinph of its principles.
It has stood the test —passed through the “fiery fur
nace,” .-.ml, like, the “Hebrew children,” re-appeared
utiscorehed. It lias sirvived the news/•aperjmiihie
which iias caused, and is still causing many excel
i lent journals and periodicals to sink, like “bright ex
’ hnlati ms in the cveuint ,’’ to rise no more, and it has
even heralde 1 lii “death struggles of many contem
poraries, laboring for the same great end with itself.
It “still lives,” and “ - axing bolder as it grows older,”
is now waging an eternal “Crusade” against the “In
ici nal Liquor Traffic,” standing like the “High Priest”
of the Is* icliti , who stood between the people and
the plague that threatened destruction.
We entreat the friends of the Temperance Pause
to give us their influei-e in extending the usefulness
of the paper. \V . intend presenting to the public a
sheet -..- rtby of all attention and a liberal patronage;
for w hde it is strictly a Temperance we shall
endeavor to keep its readers posted on ail the Current
events throughout the countiy.
ns heretofore, sl, strictly in advance.
JOHN 11. SEALS,
Editor and Proprietor^
Pentield, tin., Dee. 8, 1855.
THE DISTIAUnSiM.Vt; CKYIPS OF THE ARE,
Nature, now and th n, brings forth such geniuses
as Newton, Sbakspeare, Talleyrand, Milton, Nelson,’
Napoleon, Washington, Franklin, JefferßOnJ T,other,
j from we 11 and Jackson. Their powerful intellects
compelled the world to admire them.
The genius of the present age is Discovery, la
tin progress of the arts and eienocs, this age is un
it.-a sin-miy superior to any former one. The
! sent century stands prc-i minent for’ its wonderful j
discoveries i the sei necs and arts. Among these,
I tin- noble science of Medicine I,as made great pro-!
; gr* ss. Professof Holloway has discovered and pre- j
| pared a remedy for the diseases of man It- w hat Verl
! clime Ties'in may have given him birth. Wo have. ’
n a former aitic'e, intioduecd toour renders this d>;-1
| tingnished p’” vsicinn, whose reputation is alrctnly eh- ’
j grafted on the w orld’s history. As r. physician, he
jh.-.s copied Nature, and among physicians he stand-’
ihe acknowledged Emperor. Both in the sale dr
his medicines, and in the number of patients that 1
have taken them, he is unrivalled. Professor Holla !
w ay has labored to supply the human Ikurily with a
pciinani-nt reuiedy for their di-’ a- s. to which tin ‘
atflielcd may have reci nrse with a moral certainty
j that they will be cured. There is no disease to I
which they will not afford relief Ilis Pill.; and Mint,
ment, prepared fiUin seleeiioiis feoui the vegetable
, kiogd,an, with great care, will,drive disease out oil
the sys U-u . Thousands of the htost intelligent mind:; 1
of all nation ~ men distinguished in every sphere of
(life —the statesman, philanthropist, conqueror, and
those whose highest aim is to do good to their fel
low men, unite in their praises of the remedies dis
.covered by Pixjfessor Holloway for the removal of
Idisi a.-c,
In unitit,, in this geueia: i commendation of the
remarkable .virtues of Holloway’s remedies we only
perform a Christian duty, which (lie press should
never neglect. Those who are eminent for the good
they do in the world, have a just claim upon the
prc for aid in extending the good to the extent of
their power. Therefore, we have deteimined to ex
press ofir'opinion‘that Hollo-ay’s Pills and Oint
ment ax* adapted to the removal of disease and have
restored millions of the sick to health.— Nea> Yurie
At In.
iii iam ■wimn M ni il
(NhnqttuU,
Fo • tie liamier.
PROF. r. IV. WISE. A. M.
-. Jidiion: —l notice in your last paper jfiat
bi. U i-i, ot toil \ alley, has been appointed I- ;’i
Pr:dent?;n rommidee of Mercer University, to Hi
Profess-r hip of Ancient Languag It is a
pointmont. Having known Prof. W. formunvv •
I take pleasure in saying a few things coneerniti"-
him. He is a native of AVestcrn Pennsylvania, and
was graduated at Jefferson College, in that Slot--.
President Blown savsof him : “ He sustained a hYh
standing as to talents, scholarship and correct de
portment. lie studied law and was admitted to the
bsir, and as a young lawyer, hud the reputation of ex
cellent attainments and qualifications in his profes
sion. Not satisfied with the practice of the bar he
proposed devling himself to (caching, as I'rolessor
or Principal of a Literary Institution. I have no
hesitation in leconuticnding Mr. Wise as an exeel
lent scholar, well qualified to teach the Langnni: ■
Matlieniatics, Philosophy and such branches as are
usually taught iu our best institutions.” In this tes
timony of President Brown, Professors S. 11. Williams
A. B. Brow n, of Jefferson College, and Professors N.
Murray, Richard 11. Lee, Robt. Milligan and W. P.
All Yh, of Washington College, concur.
About ten years ago. Prof. W. removed to Savan
nah and taught for sometime in the Chatham Acade
my. lie taught a fern le Seminary in Macon seve
ral years with entire satisfaction and complete suc
cess. I several years past he has been engaged
in buildbig up the Fort Valley Female Seminary.
.di. \\ . and his estimable lady have always enlist
el the wannest friendships of the communities in
which they have resided. “Tlie Washington Re
pot ter,” Pa. in noticing a recent catalogue, says “Mr.
and .Arts. Wise cannot fail to build up a flourishing
Institution at Foit A’altey, which in its influences
must lie most beneficent and salutary. Their manv
friends and admirers here feel a deep interest in all
that concerns them. No family has ever left this com
munity ‘ ho boro away with them sineercr w ishe.> for
their welfare and success in life.”
Prof. AY . i a quiet Christian gentleman in his in
tercourse with men; devoted (o his profession w ith
a mind richly stored with the treasures of science
a happy art in imparting instruction—skilled in dis
cipline --and a mver tiring energy and z.-'a! in the
prosecution of his duties.
The friend-’ and patrons of Mercer University may
feel assured that for the next Tenjs tlie Chair of An
cient Languages is well filled. X.
For the Banner.
THE \TE PRESENTATION,
.)/<-, Editors. —The artfully worded account giv
en in a late issue of your paper of the “presentation
of a gold-headed cane to Rev. P. ][. Moll, is calcula
ted to create a false impression on the public mind.
From reading that publication, a stranger would in
fer that the twenty-nine students, therein mentioned
as having adopted the resolutions and presented the
cane, bore a proportional pai t in the necessary ex
pense. It may be tine that each contributed pecu
niarily to that object but the attending circumstan
ces have lead all acquainted with them to believe
otherwis For this roa-.on, an explanation of those
circuin xnces may, in this place, be peculiarly per
tinent.
About the middle of November, a subset iption wx
circulated among the'students for the pm pose of ma
king the above presentation. The alleged object wr s
merely to exhibit a mark of respect for an officer re
living from the institution. Many of the students
testified their w iiljngness io do this hy cheerfully sub
scribing to the cane; while those, who'declined to
subscribe, did it quietly, and from proper motive - of
courtesy towards Prof. Melf, ihanife..ied no public
Opposition. Thus, in a few days, the subscript!--r
list numbered fifty six names. A yet, but few had
thoughtfully considered the probable cotistrin t'on
that would he put on such a donation, at tiiat pai de
nial’ time; the majority of the subscribers entertaieed
no suspicion that Its object was other than it ap
-1 areil t ■ be; and they implicitly trusted its origina
tors —-believing them to be actuated bv no parti/an
spoil, “ut when in a meeting of the subscribers, a
•-'vrics of resolutions (the identical ones since publish
ed, t were introduced, the scales fell from their eyes,
’flu ulterior de.-ign of the whole affair became appa
rent. And that design was to counteract the gene
rally received impression that the students, for the
most pat t, were unfavorable to Prof. Midi. The res
olutions were thought, by many, to have proceeded
from the pen of a citizen : they were discussed in all
* fin ir beatings ; were not consider- and expressive of the
V-< scnfiniuit of the subscribers, much less of the
Indents as a body; and ran?equent]y, were rejected
!by an overwhelming majority. Other resolutions
Iwi re introduced, but were so obnoxious to the mi
-1 nority, because they were, moderate in tone and dis
avowed any design to censure, either directly or by
implication, the Board of Trustees, that they were
scarcely listened to with patience by that portion of
the body, Both parties were dissatisfied. The mi
n - >: 1 1 y w t-i e chagrined at the failure of their darling
and deep-laid -cninie to create a diversion in favor of
Pmi. Mcll; w hile the majority, discovering just in
time the bait prepared for th m to swallow, and fear
ful liiat a handle would be made of their subscrip
tion u> niNiepreseut their sentiments, secretly wish
ed to wash thei>’ h, nds of the entire disagreeable af
fair. ! lie antagonism of such discordant elements
naturally produced the result that followed. The
’“tbs ‘fibers individually and collectively released
themselves from their subscriptions and the first
mo\i towards presenting the cane was a complete
failure.
Subsequent!)*, the battled minority,-sixteen or
eighteen in number, met together; raised the requf
sit ■ amount by quadrupling tlieir former subscrip
tions, and resolutely determined to present the cane
in spite ol the disapprobation of more than threc-
December