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About The temperance banner. (Penfield, Ga.) 18??-1856 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1855)
198 \\Wteceflaticous s cfcctious< 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.” -•••♦- 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 1 W H ■ X...U w hl^Z” 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. -*<■#- - - . 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 - ■ ■ 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. * 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
