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about whose spire, crowned with the con*
stellat on of tho cross, no meaner birds
than missioned angels hover; whose org* n *
ic music is the various stops of endless
changes loathed through by endless good;
whose choristers are elect spirits of all
time, that sing serene and shining a3 morn
ing stars, the. ever renewed mystery oi
Creative Power. * ‘
MY HUSBAHD-T SKETCH,
“My husband"is ao’ strange man,—
To think how he could have grown so pro
voked about such a little thing a3 that
scarlet scarf. Well, there is no use in try
ing to drive him, I’ve settled that in my
mind. But he can bo coaxed; can’t he
though; and from this time shan’t 1 know
how to manage him? Still there is no de
nyino, Mr. is a strange man.
“Yon see, it was this morning at break
fast, I said to him, Henry, I must have one
of these ten dollar scarfs at Stewart’s.-
They are perfectly charming, and will cor
respond so nicely with my maroon velvet
cloak. I want to go this morning and get
one, before they are gone.”
“Ten dollars don’t grow on every bush,
Adeline, and just now times are pretty
bad, you know,” he answered in a dry,
careless kind of atone which irritated me
greatly. Beside that, I knew he could af
ford to get me the scarf just as well as not,
only my manner of requesting it did not
6uit his lordship.
“Gentlemen who can afford to buy satin
vests at ten dollars apiece can have no mo
tive but penuriousness for objecting to give
their wives as much for a scarf,” I retorted,
glancing at the money which a moment
before he had laid by my plate, requesting
me to procure one for him; he always trusts
me in these matters. I spoke angrily, ami
should have been sorry for it the next mo
ment, if lie had not answered:
“Y. n will then charge it to my pennri
onsness, I suppose, when I tell you that
yon cannot have another ten dollars.”
“Well, then, I will take this and get a
scarf. You can do without the vest this,
fall,” and I took up the bill and left the
room, for he did not answer me.
I need it, and must have it, was my
mental observation as I washed m} r tear
swollen eves and adjusted my hair for a
walk on Inroad way; out all the while there
was a whispering at my heart: Do not bny
it. Go and buy a vest for your husband;
and at last that inner voice triumphed. I
went down to the tailor’s, bought the vest
and brought it home.
“Here, it is, Henry; I selected the color
that I thought would suit you beat. Isn’t
it rich?” I said as 1 unfolded the vest after
dinner, for somehow my pride was all
gone. I had felt so much happier since
the scarf had been given up.
lie did not answer me but there was
such a look of tenderness filling his dark
eyes as his lips fell on my forehead, that it
was as much as I could do to keep from
crying outright.
But the cream of the story is not told
-At night when he came home to tea
he threw a little bundle into my lap. J
opened it, and there was the scarlet scarf,
the very one I had set my heart on at Ste
wart’s yesterday.
“Oh, Henry!” I said, looking up and try
ing to thank him, but my lips trembled,
and the tears dashed over the eyelashes,
and he drew my head to his heart and
smoothed down my curls, and murmured
tho old loving words in my ear, while I
cried there a long time, but my tears were
such sweet ones.
He is a strange man, mv husband, hut
lie is a noble one, too, only he is a little
hard to find out sometimes; and it seems
to me that my heart says it more earnest
ly to-night than it ever did before. God
bless him!
ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.
The following, by the profound “Squosh,”
of Californio, was “studdid up whilst settin
onto the Piazzv sense. watchin of tho Ame
rican Flag waivin from the top of the liber
ty poal, and a tutcinn off of fire crackers
now and then. 1 Who can read it without
imagining himself standing in his revolution
ary sire’s regimentals, signing the Declara
tion of Independence, or contemplating the
taking and sacking of tho British capital,
single-handed ?
O, mitey vag! O, booteous peese of kloth!
Maid up of red and white and blue stripes
And stars painted on both sides—
At! hale! Agin Tit. settin in thi umbrnjug
Shadder, and admirin thi grandjer,
And suck in into ry chist the gentle zeffers
Tisat ar holdin yu out veil n> onto
St rate. Grate flag! when I shot
Mi ize and look at ye, and think
Flow an v. hen yu ‘.-os Hu!.-, and not mutch
Bigger than a small peese of kloth, and
Almost as tender as a fihete of paper, yu
\V. s harried all thru the reyolushun-
Ary wor, and have sum few times since
Held up your hen vith JitfFult/, and
Ilow tr-■m.-njus vu ar now, i feel
Jest MR if i shut 1 bust tnd fl- ad round, and want
To git down off of the sense, cod git shot,
Or st.. v, d, or hit on the bed v. ith a stick of
YAx'd, or hung, for-mi kuntry.
Prodijus banner! Wouldn’t f smile to seo
A Chinaman, or a sruau! urmatcher'ized
Forriner uiidc-rbuk to pull yu down!
It’s* Chut; man, J wnd siai him, and kut
Off Hs kev, -nidi e it ofl’io h iiin.f!
I- hue i ; see a slit tore in y<, or toe s kredjus
Hand -ofb ft hut tin yu up int bullit-
Paiem.', i’.i hrase tr.i b:-k agiu a waul (or a
li<y..<f% or a tense, or a b •}*.:, as it mile tie,)
An<J fife, and strike, and skrafeh, and
Kick, and bite, and tar- mi hiose, and
L.*o7. mi hat. and git hit in the i, and
On mi k-*r, (hard,) and nkrost tho smaul of
Mi bak, and faul row n, and git up
Agin, ar.d kontinue the struggle for half or
Thre quori- rs of an hour, or until I got
Severely wounded.
Terri lick emblem! How proud yu look.,
And how ahniiy sassy yu waiv round,
Snappin, and craekin, and skarin of horses;
I spoze yure almost tarin to git into a
Fite with gumbody, and satisfying your kar-
Niverous dispersition by eatin up a hole nashwn.
Grate flag! I dont no whitch mailtr me feel the
Most patri lick—yu or the forth of July;
Yu aint maid of the same kind of stuff, aitho
Yu ar about the same age, and ar both
Sublime and terrible to koi(template.
But I must Vlose, and waiv mi last adoo,
However try in to :ui fec-lins it may be,
And g ; down oll'of the sense, for already the
Sharp pints of the pickits begins to stick mo,
And unlit me skriuge and in ten about,
And thratsa t# tare mi kloia, and naik m heliar.
For the Temperance Crusader.
I am Weary,
I’m wearied of mockery, wearied of Earth,
I’m wearied at pleasures which fade at their birth,
Of falsehood, of finding that friends are unknown,
Regretting their absence —in sadness I mourn.
T’m wearied of home, of iny childhood and friends,
Nought, sweet solace to my wearied heart sends,
For O! thus in sorrow, all joyousness flown,
I stand in dejection, deserted, alone.
I lament that ray heart is so crushed In its youth,
No hand of affection my sorrows to soothe —
No sweet ray of hope to direct me appears,
Alas, I’m unhappy for one of my years.
I’m wearied of those who tell me I’m lov’d,
I’m wearied of knowing how hcfirtless they prove,
I’m wearied of tumult, confusion and strife,
I’m wearied of all, aye, I'm leearied of life.
I would not begin my existence anew,
No sympathy here, no friends fond and true,
My only desire, nought else do I crave,
But calmly and sweetly to lie down in the grave.
ANNA.
Greenesboro, December 4, 1855.
For the Temperance Crusader.
ANOTHER “WILD CAT” DETECTED.
Messrs. Editors. —l have before me tho
last Banner, containing an article, bearing
the signature “A Student” concerning the
late presentation to Prof Mel!, which de
serves a reply on account of some misstate
ments and a few ambiguous sentences pur
nsely designed to create a false impression.
lave no desire to make your columns the
medium of a discussion between “Student”
and myself, for I detest newspaper contro
versies; but since he has brought forward
charges, and grave charges too, against a
number of students of which I am one, there
can be no impropriety in attempting a de
fense. x\nd here I will state that I was in
every meeting of the students on the sub
ject of the presentation, and the remarks be
low I kn<’VC to be true.
The prime object of the writer is (Ist.) to
prevent a portion of his fellow-students from
being misrepresented—(2d.) to disabuse the
public mind—truly philanthropic. The ac
complishment of the former is attempted by
asserting that the twenty-nine students, who
adopted the resolutions and made the presen
tation, did not ail “bear a proportional part
m the necessary expense” for the cane.—
Here is his point —that all those of the twen
ty-nine who ‘contributed nothing but their*
naines and presence’ (eleven in number he
says) are misrepresented. Now, who told
him that these eleven were misreprerented?
Not one of them did. Then how does lie
know it? Unless they came to him individ
ually and told him so, he has no grounds to
sustain his remark. Probably ‘many think’
(one of ills grand sources, of knowledge)
these eleven are misrepresented, But what
matters it to T or any one else whether
eighteen or ten or one, paid tor tho cane—
so he or they did'nt lose by it.
All who did not pay are. misr< presented.
Wei! suppose we had found the cane or had
come bv it in some manner so it would not
have been any expense to us, and then pre
sented it Prof. Mell. Reasoning according
to S’s logic we cannot avoid the conclusion
that, in this case, the whole twenty-nine
would have been misrepresented. Reduc
tio ad ahsurdam et contemptam. But I deny
that there were eleven or any number above
this, who have not contributed pecuniarily.
There, sir, is proof positive that your verac
ity is slightly below par. There are five
who have not appropriated money towards
the purchase of the cane and in justification
•of their course there ia this reason. The
order for the cane had been sent when they
signed the resolutions and consequently
their money was unnecessary. They de
sired to participate in our meetings—said
the resolutions were expressive of theirsen
timenta and declared themselves willing to
adopt them and suffer the consequences.—
Thus they have done, and ‘S’ says they are
misreprerented. “G most lame and impo
tent conclusion”
But there is another feature in this sub
ject of contribution. If ‘S’ ever did sub
scribe anyt!#ng for tho cane he, yea he, did
| not subscribe a proportional part. “Those
who live in glass houses,” &c. It he never
did subscribe surely ht is not misrepresent
ed.
Probably some oft hat. overwhelming ‘ma
jority’ are misrepresented. They are, but
in a very different manner from what he
would suspect Several of them are Prof.
Mell s personal friends and disapprove, not
of the. spirit of the resolutions, but of their
publication. 1 state, upon authority, that, a
sufficient, number of this class can be found,
together with the twenty-nine before men
tioned, to constitute a majority of the stu
dents then in College. If, Sir, you think
otherwise, I challenge you to procure a ma
jority of the students then in College, who
object to the spirit, of our resolutions.
He says ‘the resolutions were thought by
many to have proceeded from the pen of a
•ut zen.’ Well, Mr. *B’ as far as the act of
the mind is concerned, it is the opinion of
many that your article is rather illegitimate;
that is, a citizen wrote it ami you adopted it.
We suppose this is not so—however pretty
strong circumstantial evidence to the con
trary. As to the origin of the resolutions, i
assert, they were drawn up by a student.—
But who thought they were the production
of a citizen? 1 admit that some who were
* conscientiously opposed to the whole pre
sentation, 1 ’ but who afterwards contributed
the enormous sum of twenty-five cents in or
der to speak, vote, etc , again t thorn, might
have thought they weie the production of a
citizen. But fortunately there were no!
many of this class.
‘S’ says the ‘bnfiled minority’ presented
the cane in opposition to three-fourths of the
students in College. This statement brings
his veracity to a very considerable discount,
for it is false for two reasons (Ist.) All of
the fifty-six (save one) who signed the orig
inal subscription were in favor of presenting
i the cane, and (2d.) the buffed minority out
numbered sixteen or eighteen or one-fourth
of the students in College. (Something pu
trid in Denmark.)
Here ia another heavy draw: ‘They (the
minority) induced by various means as
many as possible to sign the original resolu
tions on the condition that all such signers
should pay nothing towards the purchase of
the cane. (Stock is extremely low and
t’would be advisable for ‘B’ to stop payment.)
(Ist.) All #f that five made objections to
signing because they could not pay anything,
(2d.) some refused on this ground, and (3d.)
some subscribed after the order had been
sent. This puts the above quotation in bad
order. (Query) Wonder if, ‘S’s conscience
is’nt bad?
To that sentence in which he inti
mates that some signed the resolutions on
account of the supper which was given,
there are two answers equally strong aud
conclusive. (Ist.) It was not known to any
of us that a supper would be given and con
sequently none joined for that reason, and
(2d.) the remark is extremely little. Thus
much to enable all, who have deposits in the
Bank of ‘S’s veracity, to know that it has
failed. (Thi3 failure is no humbug, its real.) j
‘To disabuse the public mind.’ The pub- j
lie mind is abused in this respect and in this j
only. They will look upon all who did not
sign the resolutions as unfavorable to Prof
Mell, whereas the fact is as I stated before,
a large majority of the students are in favor
of the sentiment of the resolutions and disap
prove only of their publication or of the
manner of making the presentation. Thus
the public mind has been abused, 1 might
sav I wrote this piece to disabuse the public
mind, but 1 can’t conceive that the public’s
intellect has sustained any very material inju
ry from ‘S’s remarks—at any rate they will
scarcely sue him for damage ;. In my hum
ble opinion the greatest injury done is on his
inner man for violating the ninth command
ment.
He says the resolutions were intended to
create a diversion in favor of Prof. Mell. —
To counteract this tendency, and, as I have
shown, to create a diversion against him, lie
wrote his piece. But I’ll not be so illiberal
in my judgment—so probably he intended
his article as a joke. And now, Mess s.
Editors, with the hope that further misrep
resentations will terminate,
I arn truly yours J. A. H.
-
For the Temperance Crusader,
DISAPPOINTMENT.
“OI often in life is the long looked for mo
ment of joy, alloyed, by bitter disappointment.”
Who has not. realized the truth of the
above quotation, and how few are the days
at the close of which we can say, I have this
day met with no disappointment. We pass
along life’s journey from childhood to old age.
ever looking forward to some brighter day
some joy. which the future is promising, and
scare a day passes through the whole jour
ney, in which wo have not had the long
looked for moment of joy, alloyed by bitter
disappointment. Even childhood’s bright,
balmy days, are not free from those vexa
tions, how often have we, in those sun
ny days, looked forward with all a child’s
eagerness to some promised pleasure, some
great holydav in which we were to have
so much joy,—in anticipation—all was
to be gaycty, and pleasure : perhaps we
had planned a little excursion, in which
our little school mates were to join us,
and we. were to have oh 1 such a bright
day: we would roam o’er hill and daie and
gather the brightest flowers, and the sweet
est berries. The long looked for day dawns;
little eves are wide awake and dancing with
anticipated pleasure: we rush to the window
to see if our day is to be a bright one, but
alas i for the fallacy of human expectations;
dark clouds obscure the bright sky, and ever
and anon, Old Jupiter, hurls his thunder-bolt
along, causing tho little heart to tremble
with fear, and then to swell with grief; those
little “windows of the soul,” which were
dancing so merrily, are now blinded by the
bitter tears that are mingling with the rain
drops. With darkened brows and murmur
ing lips we turn away and weep bitterly.—
For the “long looked for moment of joy has
been alloyed by bitter disappointment.”
Years pass on, but experience has failed
to teach us. that life’s hopes are as fleeting
as they are vain; we are still looking for
ward to some bright day. Perhaps Mis a
friend we expect to meet, one of those child
hood friends which we have not seen for
years; how fondly we look forward to the
happy meeting! and how often in imagina
tion we clasp the loving hand; and in the
fullness of affection we rush to meet our
long absent friend lor whom Ihe heart has
yearned so often, but alas 1 we pause, and
learn the sad truth I hat constancy is not
alike the gift of all; the friend of our fended
love has forgotten us, and our glad welcome
is met by the cold gnzo of a stranger. We
venture a gentle reminder, by allusion to
the hnppv days gone by, in which we were
all, in ail, to each other, “ah ! yes, they do
remember something .about it.” But we
turn away, sickened with grief and disap
pointment, for we see too plainly that change,
that chilling, sickening thing has with its
“mildew breath,” blighted our hopes, and
caused the friend of our childhood to repay
our constancy with neglect and forgetful
ness.
Again, we have a friend, a very dear
friend, one whom we know to be ail con
stancy and truth; we know that he cannot
change, and in the full confidence of love re
turned. and appreciated, we are exquisitely,
supremely happy—we give ourselves up to
the delicious delusion of loving and being
loved: we think this is one thing we were
not disappointed in. Oh ! how bright life
seemed then—we knew that here, we should
not meet with inconstancy, and in our blind
ness. forgot that ought else could afilict.
With fond anticipations we looked for
ward to many such bright days in the future.
Ah ! but there is a thing more chilling than
inconstancy. Heath has been preferred by
some to inconstancy. But give me every
thing before death—though 1 may suffer
from them, I can bear neglect, scorn, and in
difference, but not death. Oh, not that cold
chilling tlnng—oh, to have death rob us of
the “long looked for moment of joy,” to sec
the friend whom nought else could change,
a victim ol “nature’s dreaded foe.” To seo
the thing we love die, and become food for
wor ins;
“To see it die nnd go wo know not whore,
To lio in cold obstruction rind to rot. This sensible,
warm,
Motion, to becotno a knceded clod.”
’Tis needless to dwell on the disappoint
ments which death brings, for who does no;
know enough of them, from sad experience?
And yet, in this busy, bustling life, we forget
that there is such a thing as death ; day by
day are we beguiled by expectation, and
the morrow, which promises most happi
ness, often brings most sorrow ; but ’tis
true, as another writer has said, “that life’s
illusions are all that enables us to surmount
its obstacles, and to endure its disappoint
ments.
Where, then, shall we turn for comfort,
seeing that life is so full of grief and trials ?
Where, but to the great source of every joy;
where, but to Him who hath said, “come
unto me all ye that labor and are heavy la
den, and I will give you rest.”
CLARA CLIFTON.
Pine Grove, Dec. 10.
e.r <%'twreL******
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
An Act to prohibit the retailing of spiritu
ous or fermentc ‘• liquors without license,
to prescribe the manner in which license
may be obtained, aud also the terms and
conditions; to punish those who may re
tail without license; to prohibit retailing
on certain days and to certain persons;
and to prohibit the sale or furnishing of
spirituous or fermented liquors to slaves
or free persons of color, and also to pro
hibit the employment of such persons in
any retail shop, and also to prevent their
carrying or having such liquors on board
Rail-road cars, and for other purpose*,
the General Assembly do enact as fol
! lows:
Sec. Ist. It shall not bo lawful for any
; person or persons to seli spirituous or fer
mented liquors in any quantities less than
one quart without a license for that pur
pose.
Sec. 2nd. The power of granting such li
cense shall lie in the Inferior Courts of the
respective counties, except where the same
now is, or may be hereafter vested by law
in the corporate authorities of cities and
towns.
See. 3d. When the power of granting li
censes is in the Inferior Court, they shall
have the power of granting the same upon
! such terms and conditions, or at such rates
|as they may think proper; and when the
! power of granting licenses is in the corpo
| rate authorities of cities and towns, they
I -shall have the like powers in relation to the
; same.
See. 4th. When the power to grant ll
.cvnse ns aforesaid, is in t he Inferior Courts,
any person desirous of obtaining.license
shall apply to the Inferior Court of the
county in which he wishes fco retail as
aforesaid, when said Court is in session;
aud upon his complying with the terms
and conditions, and paying the rate or tax
that may be fixed and prescribed by said
Inferior Court, and also complying with
the subsequent provisions of this act, said
Inferior Court shall cause their clerk to is
sue a license to such applicant, authorizing
him to sell spirituous and fermented li
quors at one place only in said county, and
which place shall be designated in said li
cense; and which license shall be of force
for one year from the granting of the same,
and no longer; and shall sot be assignable
| or transferable, so as to authorize any oth
er person to retail by viitue of the same.
Sec. sth. When the power to grant such
licenses is in the corporate authorities of
cities or towns, the person desirous of ob
turning such license, shall apply to said
authorities when in session, and upon the
applicant complying with the terms and
conditions and paying the rate or tax, and
complying with tho subsequent provisions
of this act, said corporate authorities shall
issue to such applicant a license to retail
for one year at one place within the corpo
rate limits of such town or city, and which
license shall not 1> transferable, so as to
authorize any other person to retail by vir
tue of t he same.
Sec. 6th. N > license shall be granted to
any copartnership or firm, but when a
number of persons apply for a license as a
copartnership or firm, the license shall bo
granted to them as individuals, and by
their individual names.
bee. Vtii. Wh ere such application is
made to the Inferior Court of any county,
such Inferior court before granting such
b . use shall take bond with good security,
from such applicant in the sum of on
ill’ 11-; in i dollars, conditioned that he nor
any other person employed by him about
ids retail shop with ids knowledge or con
sent. will sell to or furnish any slave or
fr -o person of color, with any spirituous or
fermented liquors, in any quantity what
ever; and if hiring the continuance of such
license, tho person or persons to whom the
fume is granted, or any person in ids or
their employ as aforesaid, with his or their
knowledge or consent as aforesaid, shall
furnish or sell to any slave or free person
of color, any spirirituous or fermented li
qnors in any quantities whatever, it shall
be a violation of the condition of said bond,
and the same shall he forfeited; which said
bond shall he payable to the Justices of the
Inferior Court of said county, and their
successors, and shall he filed in the office
oi said Court, and recorded on the minutes
of said Court.
Sec. Bth. When tho application for li
! cense shall be made to tiie corporate an
; thoritii-s of any city or town, the appli
cants shall, in all respects, comply with
the provisions of the preceding section,
aud the bond in that case shall he made
payable to the Mayor or Chief Magistrate
of such town or city; and li is successors in
office, and shall he filed in his office, and
recorded on the minutes of the proceedings
kept by the corporate authorities of such
t<wn or city.
Sec. Ot.h. Said applicant before such li
cense is granted, shall also make oath in
writing, that they will not, during the con
tinuance of said license, sell to and furnish
any slave or free person of color, with any
spirituous or fermented liquors, nor author
ize or permit any person in his employ, or
under his control, to do the same; and any
person taking such oath and violating the
same, shall be guilty of false swearing, and
shall be indicted for the same, and on con
viction, shall be punished by confinement
at hard labor in tho Penitentiary of this
State for any timo not leas than two, and
not more than live years.
Sec. 10th. Upon a breach of the condi
tion of said bond as aforesaid, it shall be
lawful for the owner of the slave, or the
guardian of the free person of color, to
whjbm the liquor was sold or furnished as
afojesaid, to comment suit upon said bond
in the name of the obligees of the game, for
the use of such owner or guardian of free
person of color, and upon proof that the
condition of said bond has been broken ns
aforesaid, there shall he judgment against
the obligor of said bond for the full amount
of the penalty of the same, and when such
judgment is collected, one-half of the same
shall be paid to the owner of the slave or
guardian of the tree person of color us afore
said, and the other half shall be paid to the
Ordinary of the county for the use of the
Poor School Fund.
Sec. lith. It the owner of the slave or
guardian of the free person of color, to
whom the liquor may be. sold or furnished
as aforesaid, shall neglect to sue upon said
bond for the space of three months, after
having knowledge that the same has been
sold or furnished ns aforesaid, it shall then
be lawful for any other person to sue upon
said bond, and judgment shall be had in
the Kamo way as is prescribed in the pre
vious section of this act, and the amount
recovered shall be paid one-half to the
person for whose use the suit Is brought;
and the other halt* to the Ordinary of the
county, for the use of the Poor School
Fund.
Sec. 12th. One or more recoveries upon
said bond shall be no payment or satisfac
tion of said bond, but the same maybe
sued on as aforesaid, as often as there is a
breach of the condition of the same, and a
copy of said bond certified by the Clerk of
the Inferior Court, or by the Mayor or
Chief Magistrate of any town or city, (as
the case may be) shall he competent evi
videnee in all the courts of this State.
See. 13th. Jf any licensed retailer or any
other person shall furnish or sell to any
slave or free person of color, spirituous or
fermented liquors in any quantity what
ever, except in the presence of the owner
or person having the control of such slave
or the guardian of such free person of color,
and by his or her consent, such person
shall I>o guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
be indicted for the same and on conviction
shall be punished by fine and imprison
ment in the common jail of the county, the
fine not to be less than two hundred dol
lars, nor to exceed one thousand dollars,
and the imprisonment not to be less than
two months, nor to exceed six months; and
if the person eo convicted shall be a li
censed retailer, his license shall be for
feited, and he shall be forever afterwards
incapable of having a license.
Sec. 14th. If any free white person shall
sell to or furnish any other free white per
son with spirituous or fermented liquors,
knowing that such free white person is
buying or procuring the same for the pur
pose of selling or furnishing the same to
any slave or slaves, or free persons oi color,
In violation of the provisions of this act,
such person shall be subject to indictment
and punishment, as provided in the previ
ous section of this act.
Sec. 15th. If any licensed retailer shall
keep open his retail shop on any Sunday,
i or on any of the days of the General Eioe
i tion in October and January, or on the
day for the election for Electors for Presi
dent, or shall, on any of these days, sell to
or furnish any person whatever, with any
spirituous or fermented liquor, each per
j son shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
j shall be indicted for the same, and on oon
| viction, shall be punished by fine and im
{ prisournenf, or both; the fine not to be less
than one hundred, nor more than three
hundred dollars; and tin-, imprisonment not
to be less than twenty, nor exceeding sixty
days.
See. K>th. If any person shall sell to
any minor, or to any student belonging to
: any of the incorporated colleges of this
I State, any spirituous or fermented liquors,
j without the consent of the father or guar
j dian of such minor, or student; or if euch
i student is over the age of twenty-one years,
! without the consent of the President of
j >uch College, the person so offending shall
jhe guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall h*
i indicted; and on conviction, shall he pun
i ishod as is prescribed in the previous see
tion of this act.
See. .17-th. if any conductor, engineer,
baggage-master, or other employee on any
train of kail-road cars, rh di permit an\
slave or free person of color, to have or
bring on board said ears any spirtki no- or
fermented liquors, the person so otrbnhiuir
shall ho indicted for a misdemeanor, aim
on conviction, shall be punished by fine
or imprisonment in the common jail of tin
county, or both, the fine not to be Ess than
one hundred, nor exceeding three fiuudiv ‘
dollars; and the imprisonmentnot.less th: n
twenty, nor exceeding sixty days, and the
fact that anv slave or free person of eoloi
is in possession of such liquor on board
said cars, shall he presumptive evidence
against the conductor, that such possession
was by his permission.
See. 18t.li. If any licensed retailer shall
have or employ about his retail shop, any
slave or free person of color, in mixing or
furnishing liquors to the customers of said
shop, or shall otherwise give the control of
tiie liquors in said simp to such slave or
free person of color, the person so offend
ing shall he indicted for a misdemeanor,
and on conviction, shall he subject to he
pun ished as is provided in the proceeding
section of t his act, and each day such slave
or tree person of color shall he so employ
ed, shali constitute an actual offline.
See. 19th. If any slave or free? person of
color shall lie seen or found in any retail
shop after nine o’clock tit: night, or before
daylight in the morning, or on a Sunday,
it shall be presumptive evidence that said
retailer has violated the provisions of t.lu
loth section of this act.
Sec. 20th. If any person shall sell spirit
uous or fermented liquors in any quantitv
less than one quart, without a license as
aforesaid, such person shall be indicted for
a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be
punished by tine or imprisonment; the line
not less than fifty, nor more than two hun
dred dollars; and the imprisonment not
less than thirty, nor more than ninety days.
bee. 21st. All laws in conflict with this
law are hereby repealed, and this act shall
commence and be of force from and after
the first day of June next; and the provi
sions of it shall be given specially in charge
to the Grand Juries by all the Judges of
the Superior Courts of this State.
C|e Centjjenmce Ctusakr.
PENFIELD, GEOKGIA.
Saturday Morning, J imssary 12, 1850.
Apology.
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Our Spirit-Now Paper—Anil Attire
Course.
| f’ kh one year’s experience in Editorial tribula*
i lions, and with a soul gladdening, a-i the bow of
! promissory success is seen arching our future oath
wav, we again present ns to our numerous patrons
an 1 friends, and with extended hand and the compli
ments of the season, happily renew the pleasant con
versation which has been suspended fora “few days.”
Our Editorial experience has been profitable, and
we shall use it to advantage in the management of a
public Journal : and in this article, our introduction
for the year, we shall lav down the course which we
intend to pursue—and just hero request our readers
to mark it.
We commence the Now Year with an energy that
shall not flag, and a determination that no disastor
can thwart; wo are imbued with the firmness of a
pious Obadiah which the wickedness cf Ahab’s court
could not contaminate.
It is true, we have a formidable, yet noble work
boi ore us—the reformation of our beloved land—but,
we fear not; we falter not! Mountain barriers -may
litt up tnc-ir rugged fronts in our course, but with a
s.isa.. band of tuithful followers, we shall press on
ward, trusting in Ilim who sitteth upon the “circle
of the Universe, until every opposition shall be sab*
deed, an i every contending foe acknowledge our
power. Hannibal, with his army, stood at the base
ment of the Alps, beyond whose snow-capped sum
mit were the trophies which were to crown his tri
u,ni:n:,! My into the Capital of the mistress of the
worM, his energy was indomitable, and with a deter
mination that coukl not be staved, ho triumphed over
eve ry obstacle, and soon his troops were thundering
!ai the gates of imperial .dome. Napoleon encoun
| L-rcd the same difficulties, but with a zeal sufficient
| to remove a mountain, he drew his heavy cannon], up
j those precipitous heights, and ere long the victorious
eagles of France were floating over the plaint of
Egypt. Wc have mountain heights to scalo, but they
fiu.di not deter us from our purpose ; let us briftg
volleys cf argument, and pointed appeals, to bear
upon tiie ‘walk of stone'* which separate us from our
enemies, nnd ere long the whited banners of our tri
nmphal Crusade, shall wave in splendor over the Se
• bastopol of Liquordom. Wo are fired wkbtewzaal/
: in the cause of Temperance, and our enerjPUßfll
be spent m farthering its healing influences througS%
cut our country ; we shall struggle bravely, an*
when toe last bat ; io snail be fought, we hope to in
abl , like the Homan of old, to mount the eminent!
and exclaim, “1 have dene my duty.” \
Me greet oar friends with anew paper, new in
variety of particulars; and wo have gone to the ext
expense of enlarging and making these changes in or
'Mr to present to tho public a sheet worthy in every
respect of consideration; and wo feel assured it will
1 acceptable to every individual who manifests any
disposition to peruse a public Journal. We shall do
all in onr power to issue a worthy sheet, nnd will
kavo if to a generous and appreciating populuß to
award to us that degree of patronage and encourage
ment which they may deem merit and.
In the year just p&*od wo learned tho truth of tho
wiving, “it is impossible to pleas© ai!,” hut it lias
been a source of gratification to m in tho meantime,
to know that when we have faded to please some,
offers have cncourqyd us with approving congrat
ulations. In future, hows ver, we shall bo guilty nn
dor no circumstances whatever of making anv such
efforts; we shall end avor to do tho best we can for our
ni nd, acting always under a self-consciousness of
rectitude, at dah mid any of them etc find cause to
complain of our course, wo p- lito y request them, in
the b st of humor to keep it to ihemulm.
Vr'e shall conduct an independent ad fearless
siwf t. but shall exercise courtesy towards a!!, end
pry due reyard to tango go t emanly element# of
character which should a actenzo th© intercourse
|of fellow-nv n with each offer.
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’ 1 “ privilege of expressing our views and sentiments
upon any and a!) questions that may arise. Reap
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To tiie Readers of tiie Crusader. *
In entering upon our duties, our feelings prompt,
: no loss than custom requires us, to spy a word to
| you respecting our “objects, aims, and* principles*”
Wc shall make no fulsome pr mi-cs of affording an
inf. resting Paper, or of pleasing even body ; quite
willing that you hope small things of us a’ first, il wo
van tcol tho confident assurance that you will bo
agreeably disappointed. We will simply promise in
all eases to make the extent of our efforts the limit of
our abilities, remembering that
“W ho does the best his circumstance allows,
Pn-s well, acts nobly, angels can no more.”
Me rejoice that wo are connected with a Paper
the avowed object of which is the promotion of vir
tue and morality ; that we are called on pub! cly to
C ‘n'end for principles which wo have always advo
vated, ‘o plead for a cause, th ■ ini rest of which wo
i.avo over had at heart. We skill endeavor to k< ep
.steadily in view that great principle, for which tho
“iJanner” has fought, from the time cf its hiith
the present day. Wc shall mkc TeuqM*!! E S
watchword, and Reform, our motto, aid press ze?M
ou !y forward to the accomplishment of these create
ends.
It is not entirely upon its Editors tha, our Paper
depends for its efficacy .as an instrument of good. A
great obligation rests upon them; but much is ex
pected from its friends and patrons. We would ear- j
uostly solicit all the friends of the cause to come up
to our assistance in the great work in which we are i
engaged. Making it the exponent of your opinions,
rally to Us support, and determine that it shall be a
powerful instrument of good. Let each of its friend#
strive to give currency to its sentiments, and dissem
inate its principles ; and though it be but as a pebble
thrown upon the ocean, the circles of its influence
will continue to widen and increase, until they ex
tend to the utmost bounds of our State.
L, LINCOLN YEAZSYi