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Newspaper Page Textrmmm—aw §P4| fneittivtr. (OMNIUM: WEDNESDAY.... FEBitUAltY 18, 1874. Gail Bouden,of Texas, who died about three weeks ago, left by his will to the American Tract Society, $5,000; Ameri can liible Society, $3,000; American Mis sionary Association, $2,000; and the Ame rican Sunday School Union, $2,000. James Gordon Dennett, of the Jit raid, has offered to the Commissioners of Char ity a donation of $30,000, to be used in establishing soup-houses for the poor of Now York. Mr. Bennett suggests that they be opoued at each of the police sta tions aud tire engine bouses, and Dolnion- ico, the noted restaurateur, has made a tender of hie assistance in carrying out the plan. The Supreme Court of Alabama, on Monday, reversed a judgment of convic tion of two negroes of Henry county of burglary, on tho pltm that “entering a house by an open window is not a suffi cient breaking to constitute burglary.” This judgment, we suppose, reduces tho offence to a little “misdemeanor,” for which tho accused are entitled, under a late law of tho Ktate, to bo set scot free on tbeir own recognizance ! Defeat of Bktiiune.—A Washington dispatch says : “The Committee on Elec tions having decided that General Marion W. Bethuue has no ground for contesting tho seat of lion. H. It. Harris, thoy will ask to ho discharged from further consid eration of the cane.” Of course, if Dothnne had “no ground for contest” (as we know that ho had not), he cannot justly bo voted the pay allowed to contestants with pluusiblo claims, it must be a serious disappointment to him, but an example of the kind was needed. It is time that running to Congress to procure a reversal of tho choice of tho people were squelchod. ULOltUIA AND LOUISIANA. A few weeks ago we gave some figures contrasting tho expenses of tho State Government of (loorgia with those of South Carolina and Alabama. Though they covered only a portion of tho ex penditures, they sufficed to show why it was that low taxes iu Georgia produced sufficient revenue to support the Govern ment and moot all its liabilities, wbilo higher taxes iu South Carolina and Ah: bama were inadequate. The Now Oilcans Picayune extends this comparison by con trasting Louisiana with Georgia. It gives tho following liguros: 1873. Georgia. Louisiana. Legislative exp’s...$100,000 $233,4 10 Printing 20,000 103,501 Stuto tax 4} mills 21jiulls. It will bo seen that the printing ex penses of Louisiana are enormous, though still far short of tho half million oxpondod for that purpose in South Carolina. This item is one that boars its own stamp of corruption, for such amounts could only have been roquirod for tho reward or support of venal party journals. The Picayune says, continuing tho comparison botwoon Goorgia and Louis iana : “The taxable property of Georgia iH valued at $350,000,000 ; that of Louis iana at $228,000,000. The population of Georgia is 1,184,000 ; that of Louisiana is only 720,000. Yet tho State of Georgia spends ouly $2,722,000 for all purposes including interest on her public debt whereas Louisiana spends, for tho year 1873 alono, not loss than $3,000,000, and tho tax-payors have paid into tho treasury more than $4,000,000.” COL. I'ETIIKMON THWEATT. This old friend of ours and of the citi zens of Columbus generally—wo may say of the people of tho whole State, for Georgia never had a more hon est, intelligent or faithful public servant than Peterson Thweatt—has boon explaining through tho press tho luorits of a claim of bis for pay for tho last quarters of his Horvice as Comptroller Geueral immediately prooeding tho close of tho war. We have regretted that our limits and tho daily claims upon our space have not permitted us to copy his articles upou tho subject. But wo would have made uacrifices to insert them if by so doing wo could hnvo secured a favorable consideration of his claim. Colonel Thweatt shows that he took eertidoatOK of indebtedness from the State, at a time when the cause of the Confederacy was hopoloss, as evidence of tho amount duo him, and that because he made a settlement of this kind, the debt due hicn was repudiated with other “Con federate paper;” while other State offi cials, who failed or refused to make snob settlements at that time, afterwards ob tained their pay in good money for the sumo quarters, lie shows that the State was not bound to reject his claim, because on motion of llou. Joshua Hill, tho Con vention of 1805, which repudiated the “war debt” of Georgia, inserted iu the ordinance a proviso exeeptiug from such repudiation tho salaries of public officers whose positions and services were not a part of the military establishment. We understand that the main objection urgod to tho payment of Col. Thweatt's claim is that it will lot in a number of other claims of a similar character. Col. T. estimates that the amount of thoso is small, aud wo imagine that a just discrim ination might well be made between tho holders of such Stato scrip who received it iu tho way of trade or for a valuable consideration, and a public officer who rendered the Stato valuable services for it aud to whom it proved of no value what ever. Col. Thweatt, as everybody knows, is the man who made the office of Comptrol ler General in Georgia one of grout im portance aud public benefit, liis indus try, sagacity ami systematic labor made the reports of the office a yearly compar ative exhibit of the finances, resources, interests aud progress of the State. Ilia vigilance guarded the State from loss of revenue and the people from official plun der. The Legislature uever boforo had such an intelligible exhibit of the condi tion of the State, or snob data for safo guidance in their action. It is not right that such a public servant should lose any portiou of the salary which he so well earned. We hope, at least, that if a di rect payment of the claim of Col. Thweatt is considered inexpedient because of its supposed association with other claims, the Stale will remunerate him in sotnetw- direct way, and at the same time secure for its service his ripe aud extensive ex- perietice, sterling integrity and vigilant watchfulness over every public interest within the scope of his powers or investi gation. AAOTIJLIl “HOLY ALLIANCE." Tho remarkable declarations of tho Czar of ltussia, the Emperor of Austria, and tho English Prince of Wales, tele graphed to uh on Monday night, are worthy of serious consideration. They proclaim an alliance between the great powers which thoy represent, including also Prussia. They aro a warning a«id menace to the rest of tho world. Proba bly thoy aro intended to signify to Franco und Spain that their institutions must conform to what these allied powers con sider tho proper form of government for Europe—the only form consistent with its peace, equilibrium, and the mainten ance of tho “divine right of kings.” The nlliunco bodes no good to republi canism in Europe. We may bo sure of that. It is probably especially designed to keep Franco in her present reduced and humiliating condition—Franco, which sixty years ago was u terror to all Europe, and up to a much later period was a pow er too formidable to bo excluded from any kingly arrangement of this kind. rtidiouB Albion” seems to throw off her late close ally entirely by entering in to this compact. Unliko tho sturdy old England, which a few decades ago was tho champion of right nud justice, she apparently aspires to bo “ever strong upon tho stronger side.” She forsakes Franco, her ally agiinst Itussia twenty years ago, and now allied hor^lf with tho son of tho Czar whoso taunt was that sho i nation of shop-keepers” and false to her friendships. That this alliance contemplates main taining “tho peace of Europe” by force ns, tho reports of groat warlike preparations in Itussia and Germany pret ty clearly indicate. A recent cublo mes sage from Berlin statos positively that tho Government has issued orders to put on xtruordiuary prossuro for working aud preparing armaments for the Gorman troups, and tlmt in June the whole infan try will bo armed with Manzer ritles, and tho cavalry witli tho Chassepot. Ton thousand laborers aro now at work on tho arms at Strasbourg, 10,000 at Metz, and 5,000 olsowhoro. Thus wo see it stated that 25,000 men aro hard at work inanu factoring rillos for tho infantry and cav alry departments. A dispatch of tho 15th inst. from Ber lin shows that at tho vory timo when the representatives of thoso powers ot tho UuHHiun capital were proclaiming their al bunco to the world, tho Chief of tho Gor man armies was uttering menaces against Franco. This dispatch roports: In tho Ucichstag today Gon. Moltko, in the courso of a spooch in support of tho now military bill, said: “What w quirod in six months wo Khali have to protect by force of arms for half a coutn ry to come. Franco, notwithstanding a majority of her pooplo aro convinced of tho necessity of peace, is imitating our army organization.” Ilo concluded : “Wo have bocomo powerful, but remain peace ful. Wo require an army for dofonce, not sonqnest. Tho bill i referred to a committeo. An [Jacksonville (Ala.) Hopnhllcan.] Euirlo Tries to t'nrry oil" o Girl On Saturday, the 3d inst*. a girl named Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Albert Moore, living iu tho northeast corner of Cleburne county, was returning homo from a neighbor's house, whithor sho had been sent ou an errand, whoa she felt something heavy strike upon her shoul der and the next instant she wuh borne to the ground. Sho says that her first im pression was that she had been seized by a panther or some other wild beast, but soon felt the talons, of what proved to be an eagle, clutching hor sides and arms, lacerating the tlosh ill a fearful manner ami with its beak pecking hor on the head, she was dragged some distauce on the ground. Pretty soon tho eagle hav ing secured his prize, with claws and bill lirmly Used, raised her from tho ground and sailed along at from three to four feet above tho earth for some distance. Occasionally sho was dropped to the ground, but tho eagle would as ofteu raise her again, making new and serious wounds with his talons iu her body and liis beak in her head, till at last ho reach- WI.>'E DHL\KI.\ti SCRIPTURAL I-Y CONSIDERED. A SERMON DELIVERED MY REV. C. A. KEN DRICK OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OP COLUMBUS, OA., JAN. 25TH, 1874. [Continued.] I come now to tho second one of my topics—viz: (II.) The Scriptural restrictions and prohibitions on drinking wine. Let us go back to the sacred record from which we culled our other passages: And first the restrictions— Lev. 10, 3. “Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of tho congregation, lest ye die.” Numbers (1, 3. (.Speaking of aNazarite —one who was'separated and consecrated to God from birth,) wo road: “He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of sfrong drink. Neither shall ho drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes or dried.” Judges 13, 4. “Now, therefore, be ware, I pray thee, and drink not wine or strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.” Proverbs 31, 4. “It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kiugs to drink wine, nor for princes strong drink.” Isaiah 5, 22. “Woo unto them that aro mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink. Isaiah 24, 3. They shall not drink wine with a song. Strong drink shall bo bitter to them that drink it.” Ezekiel 41, 21. “Neither shall any Priest drink wine, when thoy enter into the innor court.” Proverbs 20, 1. “Wine is a mocker; strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” Isaiah 5, 11. “Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning that they may follow strong drink; that con tinue until night, till wine inflame them.” Deut. 23,13—21. “And it come to pass wkou'lie hearotli the words of this curne, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I walk in the imagination of mine heart to add drunkenness to thirst, the Lord will not spare him, but then the an ger of tho Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, aud all the curses that are written in this book shall bo upou him. Aud tho Lord shall blot out his name from nnder heaven.” Proberbs 23d chap. “Who hath woo ? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath babblings? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine, thoy that go to seek mixed wines. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it givetk its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At lust it hi teth like a serpent und stiugeth like an adder.” liabakkuk 2, 15. “Woo unto him that givoth liis neighbor drink, that putteth thy bottle to him and makesfc him drunk en.” Wo coino now to somo of tho restrict ive injunctions of the Now Testament: 1 Timothy 2, 2, 3. “A Bishop, then, must bo blumeloss, the husband of ono wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given (or inclined) to hospitality, apt to teach, not given (or inclined) to wine,” Ac. In tho same chapter Kth verse—“Like wise ipust tho Deacons bo gravo, not double-tongued, not given to much wine,” &c. Titus 2, 3. “The ngod women, like wise, that they be in behaviour as becom- oth holiuoss, not falso accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things.” We sou in this case, as iu that of tho Deacons, one qualification is that they be “not given to much wine,” which implies plhinly.that a limited and sensible,indeed a conscientious, und therefore a safe, uso of wiuo, was lawful and expected. Si ill it seems as if Paul was waging a quiet but earnest warfare against this cus tom and license of drinking wiuo, for ho says to the Ephesians 5, IS—“Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess but be filled with the Spirit.” Tho Apostle heard that tho Church at Corinth was affiictod moro or less with tho evils of iutemperauce and some other disgraces, and so he writes to them—1st Cor. 3, 10: “Know ye not that uo thievos, nor covotuous, nor drunkards,nor rovilers, nor extorttonurs shall inherit tho King dom of God?” A similar statement is made by tho samo Apostle in his Epistle to the Gal atian Church, and ho positively declares that “they who do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.” Whore now, my hearers, do wo find are limited to divine function» on tkii she stretched her attenuated body to ita ' practice to thene three claseee of occa~, ^tinost height, and then her long arms their length, and raised her voice to a | sions. Happy had it been for the Jews, yea, and happy would it be for the world to-day had it ever been limited to these. But it has not been, and the abuse of this cheering and really benevolent gift has deluged the world in .suffering and crime. The cup of blessing has been turned into the bowl of cursing, and the wine shrill pitch, sho called to all to look upon her. “Yes,” said she, “look upon me, and then hoar me. All that the last speaker has said relative to temperate drinkiug, as being tho father of drunkenness, is true. All practice, all experience, declares it truth. All drinking of alchoholic poison, ns a beverage in health, is excess. Look upon me. You all know me, or once did. You all know that I was once the mistress . - 8 . , . . , * , , '** of tho best farm in the town; you all know, vat of a nation a joy into a fearful (tea of too> j hll(1 ono of tho boat-the most do- od the height of ten foot, and attempted - , ...... , - to light on tho limb of a rod oak tree on I OHrsolve « 111 * ho h S Ut of ^oso Scripture Id acain cave P^sagos? the roadside, when his hold again gave way and the girl foil to the oarth serious ly stunned ami hurt. Sho was uncon scious for a time, then clambered over the fence near by into her father’s orch ard aud began making the best of lior way to the house, near which she was met by her mother, who had been attmet ed by hor screams, «ud was hastening to her relief. Tho most remarkable part of tho matter is that the girl did not seo tho eagle at all. A shawl which had boon so- curcly fastened about her head, so as to project over hor face, hid her rude an tagonist from her view. The truck along which she was dragged, however, was plainly visible in the road. Tho girl Elizabeth is 14 years of ago, ami weighs between 80 and 30 pounds, ller father is a very reliable ami worthy man. lie is a son-iu-law of Mr. Hatfield, iu tho same section of country, and lives about five miles from Tecumseth Iron Works. The girl was not seriously hurt and is doing well. The eagle has been twice seen since by tho hunters, who are mak ing every effort to kill or capture him. —The Brunswick Appeal suggests that tho Brunswick A Albany Kailroad bo changed to a narrow-gauge and extended to Montgomery, Ala., via Eufaula. Masonic Notice. 1 ('.II .1 MivIidr ,.f Dari.., dmj.t. . \ V' 7. 1(. A M.. Bill t„. hrlil tilt By ELLIS & HARRISON. THE AUCTION SALE OF LIBRARY BOOKS Ai!.fit:., .1 for Tm'.il.jr ni 8 ht, 17[b, In ron.oou.uco of Uw bad worn hor i« IVSTIMNKD UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT. o'clock. f.hln Hi For Sale. 'JMVENTY SHARKS IN MERCHANTS’ BUILD* itig and Loan Aaaociation, cheap. Apply to A. 0. BLACKMAIL M-lb tfudtf m. aud M. Dank. human blood, filled with human bones and tho lost souls of men and women. This thought brings us naturally to tho third topic of our discourse, namely: (III.) Tho evils of indulgence in wine and other strong drink. By this throe things are included (1) the natural tendency to excess; (2) tho terrible results to the inebriate; (3) tho v ful effects on humanity at largo. Lot us look at these in their order— First, then. The natural tendency to excess. The habit of drinking wine, or any kind of strong drink, is formed vory much like any other habit, with this ex ception—it grows moro rapidly than al most any other. There is something about it that excites a craving for more,after every indulgence. It allays thirst, ouly to create a moro des perate thirst than over before. It soothes for the time, only to torture afterwards. It first leads, then drives its victim, aud each fiery potation, like tho pioneer loco motive, blazes the way for tho ono fol lowing, until unchecked aud unrestricted, the “liquid damnation,” as it is has been called, flows daily into tho man’s seared throat and stomach, and puffs itsscorch- iug steam into the brain. No man has ever become a drunkard all at once. It happened little by little. He never intended to bo a drunkard; ho only meant to sip the glass in moderation. You may take the most degraded sots on Blackwell’s Island, or in any of our Ine briate Asylums, and ask them if they had oven tho most remote idea of plunging into such depths of ruin, and to a man they will answor you “no,” but tho habit grew’ little by little, like tho coral reefs, until, like them, it was, beyond tho possibility of dislodgment. I cannot', better impress upon your minds, 'young men of this community, the strength and insidious effect of even slight indulgences in wine, than by pre senting somo illustrations in the lives of others. A writer in the Houston [Texas] Tele graph, not long since, told the following story: “l CAN NEVER ME A DRUNKARD.” In our youth wo had a very dear friend who often used this expression. lie was proud boy and a prouder mun. lie was a fond of what tho world calls pleasure,and finally rushed into the vortex* that leads to ruin. Social in his nature, he was often tempted at parties to take wine, and be rated his friends who refused when ho accepted. Aud when, iu his calm mo ments, those very friends would warn him of his danger, he would reply, 1 never can be a drunkard.” Tho habit grew upon him, and after a while he com menced taking his dram rogularly. Asliatii- od of liis habit, and fearful that his fam ily and friends would discover it, he used cloves and other articles to destroy tho smell of his breath. Often remonstrated with by watchful friends, he would deny that he had gono to any excess. The writer removed to Texas and returned to his old home where his friend lived about seventeen years afterward, and the first time ho saw’ him he was down on the side walk drunk, and a year afterward he was ono morning found dead in tho same street. Young men, beware! There is not ono in ten thousand that can always bo moderate in drinking. If you touch at all you are iu danger. The devilish in genuity of man has truly given you tho menus of destroying tho smell of liquor upou the breath, but not of saving you from a drunkard’s fate. Hero aro two more extracts which illus trate the enslaving and ruinous nature of this practice. Tho first is entitled— THE UADIT OF DRUNKENNESS. An old writer, Sir Walter llaleigh, who nourished iu Hie Kith century, thus dis courses in pretty strong English on the vice of iutemporanco: “Take especial care that you delight not in wine, for there never was any man that came to honor or preferment that loved it, for it transformoth man into a beast, deeayeth hoalth, poisoneth tho breath, dostroyeth tho natural boat, bringeth a man’s stoni- to an artificial burning, doformeth the face, rotteth the teeth, and to concludo, maketh a man contemptible, soon old,aud dospisod of all wise and worthy men; hated in thy servants, thyself aud thy companions, for it is a bewitching and iufectious vice; and remember my words, that it were better for a man to bo subject to any vice than to it; for all other vani ties aud sins aro recovered; but a drunk ard wiil never shake off the delight of beastliness; for tho longer it possesseth a mau, the more he will delight iu it, and the older he groweth, tho more he will be subject to it, for it dulleth tho spirit and destroyoth tho body, as ivy doth the ohl tree, or as the worm that engendereth iu tho kernel of the nut.” The next is— THE SERPENT OF APPETITE. It is uu old Eastern fable that a certain king once suffered the Evil Oue to kiss him ou either shoulder. Immediately there sprang thorefrom two serpents, who furious with hunger, attache t the mau and strove to eat into his brain. Tho now terrified king strove to tear them away and cast them from him, when he found to his horror, that they had become a part of himself. Just so it is with every ono who be comes a slave to his appetite. Ho may yield iu what seems a very little thing at first; even when lie finds himself attacked by tho sepout that lurks in the glass, ho may fancy ho can cast him off. But alas! ho fiuds the thirst for strong drink has become a part of himself. It would be almost as easy to cut off his hand. The poor poet Burns said that if a barrel of rum was placed iu one corner of a room, and a loaded cannon in another, pointing toward him, ready to be fired if ho ap proached the barrel, ho had no choice but to go for the rum. I clip from a late'number of the Chri?- tian Index the following really thrilling story: IS TEMPERATE DRINKING SAFE ? At a certain town meeting iu Pennsyl vania, the question came up whether any persou should be licensed to soli rum. The The clergyman, the deacon, tho physician strange as it may appear, all favored it. Only one man spoke against it, because of tho mischief it did. The question was about to be put, when all at once, there arose from one corner of the room a mis- Aro you confused by tho apparently con tradictory sentiments and precepts of tho Divine Word? I think there is no just reason for this. Let us look again at tho nature of tho scriptural utterances on this subject. We find that all the express permissions about driukiug wine wore given as con cerning religious ceremonies, ou festal occasions, as marriage feasts, or else pre scribed for tho sick and faint as medicine. Now these, let it be borne in mind, aro important conclusions, and such as will serve us iu getting rid of much perplexi ty ou tho subject. Tho religious observances of the Jews were very many as wo well know, and tho sacred offerings embraced, among other things, corn, (or wheat) wiuo and oil, and all of these things God made to abound in the country inhabited by his people. Aud while it is true that wine was made aud used for domestic purposes, tho di vine sanction was especially given for the purposes already mentioned. Indeed, limitations to its use have been quoted, and dire woes pronounced against all those who carried its uso into excess and druukeuuess. Then, too, many of tho feasts on which wine was used by the express sanction of Jehovah, were regarded as having a more or less religious character, as at .the pas chal feast and the marriage occasion. A marriage was a sacred ceremony among tho Jows. Their marriage cero- mouy to-day is a 7©ry solemn and im pressive one. Even betrothals among that people were anciently, aud are to-day regared with a sort of religious venera tion. Would it woro more so among tho Gentiles! Then, too, as now, the efficacy of wine in cases of sickness and constitutional ® r &blo woman. Sho was thinly clad, and weakness, was a fact universally reooguu- | her , W e ““ oa J^ ic t T d the , , utmoKt , .. , , . . * . r , wretchedness, and that her mortal career 0(1, as it was uo doubt divinely ordained. W88 alm08t clo8ed . After 8 moment s si- Thus we see that, strictly speaking, we leuce, and all eye§ being fixed upou her, oted of husbands. You all know I had fiue, noble-hearted, industrious boys. Where are they now? Doctor, where aro they now ? You* all know. You all know they lie iu a row, side by side, in yonder church yard; all, every one of them; filling the drunkards grave! They were all taught to believe that temperate drinkiug was safe —that excess alone ought to be avoided, aud they never acknowledged excess.They quoted you, aud you aud you, (pointing, with a shred of a Huger, to the minister, deacon and doctor) as authority. They thought themselves safe under such teach ers. But I saw the gradual change com ing over my family aud its prospects,with dismay and horror. I felt we were all to bo overwhelmed iu one common ruin. I tried to ward off tho blow. I tried to break the spell—tho delusive spell—in which the idea of the benefits of temper ate drinking had involved my husband aud sons. 1 begged, I prayed, but the odds were agaiu.st mo. The minister said tho poistm that was destroying my husband and boys was u good creature of God; the deacon, who sits under the pulpit there, and who took our farm to pay his rum bills, sold thorn the poison; the doctor said a little was good, and tho excess only ought to bo avoided. My poor husband and my dear boys fell into tho snare, and they could not escape; niul ono after another were convoyed to the sorrowful gravo of tho drunkard. Now look at mo again. You probably seo mo for tho last timo. My sands have almost run. I have dragged my exhausted frame from my present home—the poor house—to warn you all— to warn yon deacon—to warn you, false teacher of God’s Word!” Aud with her arms flung high, aud her tall form stretch ed to its utmost, aud her voice raised to an uneaithly pitch, she exclaimed: “1 shall soon stand before the judg ment seat of God. I shall meet you there, you false guides, aud be a witness against you all!” The miserable woman vanished. A dead silence porvaded the assembly; the minister, the deacon, tho physician, hung their heads; and when the President put tho question—“shall any license be grant ed for the sale of spirituous liquors?” tho unanimous response was, “No!”—Memoir of George N. Briggs, ex-Governor of Massachusetts. A late number of tho Hearth and Home contains the following: THE DEVIL OF STRONG DRINK. There lived in Brooklyn, not long ago. a man possessed of a devil. He had in herited iho devil from his father, in the first place, and had nursed it until it grew so strong it took entire possession of him. The devil was a very familiar one, and its name was ltum. Tho mau had many no ble instiucta, and better than all these, he had a loving, faithful, bravo wife, who made skillful war upon the (lemon, hor husband’s master, ltecogniziug the fact that her husband was under an overpow ering impulse, that he longed nud strug gled manfully to free himself from the passion for drink, sho bent all tho ener gies of her woman nature to tho task of helping him. Sho loved and suffered and toiled until at last the loving aud suffer ing and toiling accomplished theirpurpose. Sho took hor husband by the bund, and shared with him his struggles, until, af ter yeais of labor, she overcame this dev il, and saw him a free man again. Hor battle with llum had been a tierce one, taxing and wasting her strength sorely, but she was conqueror at last, ller hus band stood upou manly feet, and showed no sign of falling again. Several years passed away, and this re formed man fell ill of consumption. The distinguished physician from whose lips we lmve the story prescribed alcoholic stim ulants as the only means possible of pro longing liis life. The poor wife was in terror, and begged tho physician to recall the prescription. She told him of her long struggle and her victory, and said she preferred that her husband should die then, a sober man, than that he should fill a drunkard's grave a year later. But the freed spirit of the in an was strong, and he undertook to take alcoholic liquors as a medicine, and to confiue him self absolutely to such times and measures iu the matter as tho physician should prescribe). This he did, and during the mouths thus added to liis life ho uever once drank a single drop more than the prescription called for, aud he died at Inst a sober man, as the wife had so earn estly prayed that ho might. But the end was not yet. When the lov ing and patient woman laid him in the grave, ami saw her lung labors thus ended in the victory for which sho had toiled so hard aud suffered so bitterly, sho turned in her grief to tho brandy which had been left in the house, and drinking it, she fell herself into the power of the devil which she had fought so heroically. And shat woman died, not many months later, a hopeless helpless drunkard. What do we learn f rom nil this but the gre.it danger, yea tho almost certainty, that lie who drinks little wine, will soon drink more, and then whisky, aud pleuty of it, and thou the downward road grows broader aud smoother, and steeper with a fearful rapidity.* This hibit is like an inclined plane, which ever rolls its Rubject but oue way - downward. That mau, young or old, who finds, on awaking in the morning, that his stomach craves wine or something stronger,is entering fast into a snare from which it is most likely no human power will avail to extricate him. Does it not seem, from this fact that our Creator intended that wine should bo used only ou certain occasions, aud has he not set his seal to this by entailing drunk enness and misery ou thoso who abuse the privilege? Although having a contrary effect, tho use of wine should be regarded very much iu the light wo regard tho use of opium— i. c. good sometimes but not good every day. Opium and strychnine, aud mor phine nndjchloroform and wine and brandy i. o. pure, are all either blessings or curses according to Hie way in which they aro used. All of these six articles (and oth ers that might be mentioned) except, per haps, strychnine, have a way of growing rapidly in the good graces of thoso who use them, and tho dictates of common sense would teach that they are to be used with care—used for special purposes and otherwise to be avoided. But this is anticipating our last poiut. [To bo Continued.] WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS. ROSETTE & L A W H 01\ WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Liquor X> e aler s , 121 Broad Street, Columbus, (hi., H AVE NOW IN STORE A CHOICE SELECTION OF PURE AND rv ulterated Liquors, some of which are three and four years old. 1 Hennessee Brandy, Peach “ Apple “ Cherry “ Domestic “ Jamacia Hum, New England limn, Holland Gin, Domestic Gin, Port Wine, Sherry Wine, Madeira “ Malaga Wine, Martin Whiskey, Bourbon “ Cabinet “ Irish “ llye “ White Corn Whiskey, Adam Crow’s 44 Weller’s Bourbon “ Robertson County Whiskey, Tom Moore Rye* “ *’ White Wheat “ Pa. Dew Draw 44 The above is offered at wholesale and retail, in quantities to suit purchasers ROSETTE * LA Who Y Wanted. \ \ ' E will is;*.* mon ant women 1IUMNF.SS H THAT WILL PAY from fl to is per day, can be punned iu your own neighbor* boot!; it is a rare clmmo for those out of employ* mriit or Laving leisure time; girls and boy* fre quently do h« well a* men. Particulars frse. Address J. LATHAM A UO., aug‘2* it -U 1 - Washington aiBaston, Mas*. DRY COODS. J. KYLE & GO. R ESPECTFULLY announro to tbeir friend-, customer* and Iho public geno-ully, that their Flit AM) WINTER STOC K OF DRY GOODS is now complete in every depani, 1 ' consisting of every article usually found in a lirst class l»ry Goods House. They were bought din' the money panic in New York lor money, and will he sold at prices to correspond with tin* time* • cash. We still keep a large line of • I IRISH LINENS, OF OUR OWN IMPORTATION! ALSO, A SPLENDID LINE OF Ladies 9 , Misses 5 and. Childrens Shoes, of tho Latest Style and Best Make. Also, a Beautiful Line of Carpets, Rugs, &c., at Reduced Prices. Important to Those in Want of Dry Goods. C CONTEMPLATING n Plight change iu our lms’nesp, wo offer from this date our EYMIU J STOCK OF DRESS AND FANCY GOODS AT ONE-HALF TIII'.IK VALUE, and invito those in want to call, examine and be convinced. No charges made for x; goods. Our Terms from this date will be Cash. No goods will be sold on longer time than thirty days. Ac* All those indebted earnoUly requested to call and settle i JOHN McGOUGH & CO. January 1st. 187-1. BOATRITE & CLAPP, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Clotihing, Hats, Boots, Shoes and HAVE JUST RECEIVED New Prints and other Staple Goods, AND WILL CONTINUE TO SELL Winter Dress Goods, Flannels and other Cold Weather Fabrics AT PANIC PRICES, FAR BELOW COST. TRUTH ! LITTLE CASH—LOW PRICES' JOSEPH & BROTHER H AYING r-solve! to quit the I)rv Goods luiBinega, are still selling their mngnifict-nt stock SUPERIOR DRY GOODS AT COST FOR CASH ! To Merchants desiring to iuvert, a fortune is ofl'er* d in t; o chance to buy out the stock a >:■ Never again iu this section will Bitch an opportunity be ofl'erod to buy articles for Clothing * !»• ap THE DOMESTIC STOCK Will be sold ai lower prices than can be given in Georgia, and all other articles lower than in New York. *»- Si, ring is coming, and this opportunity cannot laat forever. Store open early ami late' JOSEPH & BROTHER, Columbus, Jan. IS, 1,-71. dtf flO Broad Street. Col tin. !■»>». U THE NEW YORK ST0EE IS STILL SELLING AT ]Panic Prices ! OUR J0UVIN TWO-BUTTON KID GLOVES AT 90c. A PAIR. ONLY A FEW DOZEN LEFT. S. LAND AUER & BRO. Nov. 2(1, 1873. [mh 30-eodtfcwly] Grand Clearing Out Sale TO MAKE HEADY FOB TUB FI'flIMi TRADE, AVE SOW OFFER Our Entire Stock of Fancy Dress Oo°^ : AT AND BELOW COST. FOR CASH ! A.YD EVERY OTI!Ell ARTICLE AS LOW AS TO HE KOl'SD ELSEWHERE- CHAPMAN & YEKSTILLE, j„4 OO llltOAl> S l RIJJ. Stray Mule Taken Up . the lir.i have him l>> .uving for thin adv feb!7 lw g properly t \V. A. VcDOUGALD. Wanted. c ,.. .u who, at a prlva.w in thin city lant wotk, took home with him a respectable looking new HAT, which ho must have ♦ound too largo for his own use, to hrln: the t-ame home to this ofllre and roceive the bui i ler capillary covering, with the thanks of tho owner. feb!7 tt CHATTERBOX FOR 1873, FOR SALE BY deSJj J, W. PEASE It NORMAN. _ Dental Notice. D R. PIIKLPS has removed his cilice to hi* re*- id-nee ou St. Clair »treet, iu rear of the Proaby tartan Church. oct'-* FARM BOOKS TIME FOR PLANTATIONS AND FAR® K!, “ ! lea ol "' t0 p cuuuts with their eml'l".'” $1 50. , The form i* one furnished by n i*l»* ,tor 1 experience. Iti UM Will ODBble a ^ ir ® many timo* its cost during the year. Printed and for sale by THOMAS GILBERT- SUN JOB BOOMS, Columbus, C8- 0#- The Book will las foraai-l- 1 receipt of pcic«*.