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For the Temperance Crusader.
Immortality of Names.
The following lines were suggested J>y this beau
tiful tribute of lon’s to the lamented Poe :
“i he hand that penned these sweet lines is now
withered, and the heart that trembled with melody
is now hushed in the quiet of the grave. But his
memory can never pass away p no, not while we
have hearts to appreciate his genius and pens to per
petuate his fame.”
Men - of genius fondly reckon
On some splendid poem penned,
For the praise of future ages
That shall never, never end.
Vain ambition! Idle dreaming!
Immortality of fame
Is not worth the time of seeking—
Nothing is, but empty name.
Most, alas! oi those who struggled,
In the by-gone years of yore,
For the meed of unborn millions,
Got their bread—and little more.
Look for graves of those departed
Who have languished after fame;
All those hillocks low are trodden,
And their works are served the same.
Ancient cities with their glory
Now are but the common dust;
See,’ the swords of all the Caesars
Time hath vanquished with his rust.
Indhis world, all things are changing;
B’un old Ocean’s trackless waste
Sees some island sunk and vanished,
But the blank is soon replaced.
Men are humbled by such lessons,
Yet they vainly hope again—
Waste their precious time with visions,
Only visions—worse than vain.
Latimer.
Greensboro, Feb. 9, 18d6.
For the Temperance Crusader.
CONSOLATION OF MUTUAL TRUST.
“There is a bright consolation in mutual
trust which lights up the darkest hour oflife
with a gleam like the sunshine on a cloud.”
Yes, bright indeed is sueft a consolation.
How cheering the thought that there is one
in all this wide world in whom we can trust
fully, one who trusts also in our truth and
integrity. How refreshing'the thought, and
the knowledge, that there is one, even one,
who is willing to trust us in all tilings, fully
and without reserve ; one in whom,
though distance may spread an impenetrable
veil between us and the trusted one, though
old ocean rolls his countless waves between
us, we can feel and know, for a certainty,
that no new ties, no new associations, noth
ing. not even the breath of calumny can im
pair our mutual trust; there is a bond of
sympathy between us whose “links can
reach through creation’s vast range.” YY r ell
may it be said that such a consolation lights
up the darkest hour of life like a gleam of
sunshine on a cloud. For though trpubles
assail, and sorrow’s billowy waves surround
us. ave. even overwhelm us with their crush
ing weight, we have this mutual trust, the
confidence ol this one friend to shed a gleam
of sunslvne o’er all the deep gloom. “Ad
versity., that true touch-stone of merit,” may
overtake ns in our prosperity, and as one
bv one the butterfly friends fall off and leave
us alone to battle with stern realties, oh !
how consoling to feel that there is one trust
ing heart left.
Reader, have you had adversity, sorrow
and grief to contend with in this-fickle
changeful world without the consolation of
mutual trust from one friend ? If so, your
lot has been indeed a sad one. *Who but
those who have felt its charm can tell how
cheering it is to a ione, heart, to feel that in
the darkest hour of adversity, when troubles
crowd around thickest, that there is one
fondly trusted friend who will not desert us?
Oh i how the heart yearns towards that
one ? How, in the hours of absence it longs
to free itself from the fetters which surround
it, and flying to the loved one, nestles in the
folds of his affection, feel the warmth of his
presence and the exquisit thrills of pleasure
that pervades the whole being aswe meet the
fond look of confidence and trust—what a
glow of light and sunshine this mutual trust
sheds o’er the darkest scenes, how consoling
to feel that
“Though some might sock their end
By art, and treachery—
Yet he, beyond the world thy friend
Ever true, will prove to thee.”
YY T hat a blessed privilege, when we see
huge waves of sorrow gathering around us,
see the friends we have trusted fall off and
leave us alone as the clouds grow darker
and gather closer aroGnd us, what a bless
ingto hear one true heart whisper. “Don’t
fear to trust me.” Clara Cliftox.
Pine Grove, Feb. IS, 1850.
For the Temperance Crusader.
LODGE OF KNIGHTS AT EATONTON.
Messrs. Editors— Knowing there nre
some who desire to hear from our Lodge of
L nights, I embrace this opportunity to in
form them, as well ns yourself, that we are
in a flourishing condition, and receive
members, and petitions for membership, at
every meeting. -We have been organized
since the first of September, 1855. And
although laboring under many disadvanta
ges and difficulties., our Lodge, at this time,
numbers some forty or fifty zealous and
worthy members; all oi whom are young
men just entering manhood. What a bless
ing it has proved to this community, every
one can see and so it will prove to any
community in which its banners are erected.
As yet,—much to our regret—none of
the Ladies have found sufficient moral cour
age to enroll their names with us, as Sisters
of Jericho. I can attribute it to nothing but
a want of moral courage. For where is
the female whose heart is not engaged in
the cause of Humanity, Temperance and
Charity ? Where is the female who does
not shudder at the brutal injuries inflicted
by drunken husbands and fathers on their
helpless wives and children ? We should
like to see one. The Lodge appeals to wo
man’s heart for aid in the cause. How long
will he appeal remain unanswered ? Wo
men, know ye your J*cwer ?
Our officers were recently installed in the
following order:
B. F. Moseley, W. C. S. J. Pearson, H.
KT. Davis. P. W. C. W. T. Farrar, S.
A. F. Griggs. V. C. B.W.Wilkerson, G.
F. A. liarton, R. J.G. Hudson. Chp.
Joel Branham, jr., M. J. Z. Butler, Tr.
Yours in If. T. and C.
Feb. 20, 1850.
®EEBeeEEccweett SeEeettowg.
huh and the sabbath.
. Whether all men are agreed us cr
not as to the exteut and magnitude of the
evils produced in our world by Rnm, there
can be no question in the mind of eyery
intelligent, observant Christian man that
by its sale and use Sabbath desecration is
very largely promoted, especially in our
larger cities.
Whilst men of every other pursuit shut
up their stores and manufactories, their of
fices or counting houses, and abstain from
all secular employment on the Lord’s day,
the bar-room, and the saloon, and the low
groggery are all open nnblushingly for the
sale of strong drinks, and around those cor
ners where these establishments are to be
found—and, alas ! they me legion —mem
hers of the precocious manhood of our city
will ever be found, with loud talk, profane
jest, and obscene remark, to the annoy
ance of the quiet passer to the house of
God, and to the scandlo of our community.
THE raUITLIFE.
The mere lapse of years is not life. To
eat, and to drink, and sleep; to be exposed
to darkness and the light, to, pace round in
the mill of habit, and turn the: heel of
wealth; to make reason our book-keeper,
and turn thought into an implement of
trade —this is not all life. In all this but
a poor fraction of the consciousness of hu
manity is awakened; and the sanctities still
slumber which make it most while to be!
Knowledge, truth, love, beauty, goodness,
faith alone car: give vitality to the median
ism of existence; the laugh of mirth which
vibrates through the heart, the tears that
freshen the dry wastes within, the music
that brings childhood buck, the prayc that
calls the future near, the doubt which
| makes us meditate the death which startles
us with mystery, tlm hardships that forces
us to struggle, the anxiety that ends in
trust —are the true nourishment of our nat
ural living.
EXCEEDINGLY FRENCH.
A short time ago a respectable looking
young man applied to a middle aged citi
zen of Paris, for a situation as footman in
the domestic establishment of the latter.
As the young man brought excellent tes
timony as to liis probity and capacity. Mr.
X , who was in want of such a servant,
took him into his employ. Things went
on very comfortably until the other day,
the new servant was found to have hung
himself with a cambric handkerchief, which
circumstance was explained by a found
in his pocket, and which read somewhat
to the following purport:
“Mr. X , my real name is , and
I am, as you may readily ascertain, of
family equal to your own. I have long
loved your wife, and it was to be near her
that I enterel your service in a menial ca
pacity. Finding her to be as pure as beau
tiful, and fearing that my unhappy pas
sion might lead me to commit some act
wanting in the high respect f owe her, I
have determined to destroy myself, and,
for the purpose, I have taken one of her
handkerchiefs. Pray have my remains
handed over to my family.”
JESTS UPON SCRIPTURE.
It is very common with some persons to
raise a laugh by means of some ludicrous
story connected with a text of Scripture.—
Sometimes it is a play upon the words, or
a pun; at other times a blunder; and not
seldom down-right impiety. Whatever be
its form even when lightest, it is no venial
offence, leading as it does to profane God’s
Word. Those who practice this have nev
er been celebrated for genuine wit. The
laughter which they call forth is provoked
solely by unexpected contrast between the
solemn words of Scripture and some droll
idea. There is no real wit in the casefihd
the dullest persons in society are most re
markable for these attempts.
The evils arising from this practice are
greater than they first appear. It 1e ds in
general to irreverence for the scripture.—
No man would jest with the dying words
of his father or mother; yet the words of
God are quite as solemn. When we have
heard a comic or vulgar tale connected
with a text of Scripture, such the power of
association, that we never hear it after
wards without thinking of the jest. The
effect of this is obvious, lie who is much
engaged in this kind of false wit, will Come
at length to have a large portion of Holy
Scripture sailed oven by his unclean fan
cy.—M<**’ Vgrr. „
TEARS.
Robert Iluliconsiclefed the word “tour”
surpassingly beautiful. It belongs to the
Saxon family he so dearly luved. The tear
itsell often glow.; 1 ik.* a diamond on the
cheek, where the rose and Illy blend. Its
moral beauty, as a perfect daguerre of com
passion find benevolence, is still greater.—
It shone thus on the Savior’s cheek at the
tomb of Lazarus and when- he wept over
Jerusalem It still shines in his disciples
in their missions of mercy. There are, in
deed, tears of deceit, like those fabled of
the crocodile. Let them pass. None but
a fallen angle would gather them up. There
are tears of gratitude, of jov. These spar
kle like the morning dew.
There are tears of penitence. Angels
celebrate them with their heavenly harps.
Though no tears can open to us the gates
of paradise, yet the tears of penitence, of
piety, and such as are shown in the path !
ot our pilgrimage, by sorrows meekly borne,!
will become gems to enrich and adorn our
heavenly crowns.
HOW THE MODEST MAN WAS MISTA
KEN.
The Lowell GouYier is responsible for the
following:
In a neighboring city, at Thackeray’s
lecture, a few evenings since, a young gen
tleman, the modest man of his sex, and no
less polite than modest, was sitting in a
pew rather remote from the light. A pret
ty'lady sat next to him. Looking on the
floor during the lecture, he espied what he
thought was the lady’s handkerchief, the
lace trimed edge just visible from her uu
der dress. Turning to his paw mate be
gallantly whispered, “You’ve droppedymir
handkerchief, madam!” and before she
could reply, he proceeded to pick it up. —
Horror! he had seized the edge of her
pet skirt, and did not discover his mis
take until the top of a gaiter boot stared
bim in tbe lace, and the faint sound of a
latighjust nipped in the bud by the appli
cation of a real handkerchief warned him
of his mistake.
“Moral. —Don’t attempt to pick up any
thing with lace to. it before you know what
it is.”
MARRIED FLIRTS.
One ot tbe worst features of modern fash
ionable society is a disposition to flirt, exist
ing among married people ot both sexes.—
The wife arrays herseli in silks and satins,
loads her fingers and ears with jewelry, and
rigged in. flounces and laces lays siege to
some poor puppet arrayed in broadcloth,
who has more money than brains, and very
little ot either. On the other hand, the hus
band plays off his tricks in turn, and flirts
with the reigning belles until the smell of
fresh paint and the exhibitions of maudia
and puerile nonsense sicken him off the track.
In some respect this is quite harmless and
beneath notice. In others, it becomes high
ly important, and demands radical and im
mediate reform. Social liie has much to do
with our national character and movements.
As are the people, so will be the nation, as
a matter of course, and if there is rottenness
in bo called “high society” it will taint the
whole mass.
This is a growing evil. It has increased
to that extent, that half the heroes and he
roines in our popular novels are representa
tions of this class. 1 )ne of the characters in
Fanny Fern’s late book is an offender ot tiiis
sort, and we have no doubt she has many
prototypes to society.
It is a self-evident truth that married peo
ple have no business to “flirt.” This dispo
sition, once indulged, the green-eyed mon
ster takes advantage ot open doors, and finds
an easy access. The husband and the wife
have, by the most solemn vows, devoted
their lives and their all to each other’s hap
piness, and those who array themselves for
the popular eye more than for those who
are theirs, and theirs only, by the marriage
relation, are traitors.
Another thing. Flirtation carried on by
married people, not only destroys the sanc
tity of wedded life to a great degree, but is
vastly destructive of common virtue. What
man that beholds such exhibition can have
the least Faith in that love which is fabled to
exist around the family hearthstone.
This is no trivial matter. It is one of the
radical evils of society. It is a fester at the
foundation of the social system, which, un
less destroyed in its incipiency, will rot
down the whole system. The distinguish
ing difference between heathendom and civ
ilization is the marriage relation. Let peo
ple beware how that relation is affected by
false morality and a false system of liv
ing. —Spr ingjield No npa re il.
COURTSHIP OF A BASHFUL CLERGY
MAN.
The Rev. John Brown, of Haddington,
the well known author of the self instructing
Bible, was a man of singular bashfulness.-
In token of the truth of this statement, it
need only be stated that his courtship las
ted seven years. Six years and a half had
passed i way, and the reverend gentleman
had got no further forward than he had
been the first six days. This state of
things became intolerable. A step in ad
vance must be made, and Mr. Brown sum
moned all his courage for the deed.
“Janet,” said he as they sat in solemn si
lence, “we’ve been acquainted now for six
years an’ rnair, and I’ve ne’er gottan a ki-s
yet. D’ye think I might take one my bon
nie girl ?”
“J ust as you like, John ; only bo becom
ing and proper wi’ it.”
“Surely, Janet, we’ll ask a blessing.”
The blessing was asked, the kiss was ta
ken and the worthy divine most rapturous
ly exclaimed.
“Oh woman ! but it’s glide. We’ll re
turn thanks.”
Six months alter made this happy cou
ple man and wife ; and added his descen
dant, who humorously told the tale : a hap
pier couple never spent a long and useful
life together.
FLOWERS.
How the universal heart of man blesses
flowers ! They are wreathed round the
cradle, the marriage altar, and the tomb
The Persian in the far East delights in
their perfume, and writes his love in nose
gays; while the Indian in the far YVest
claps his hands with glee, as he gathers the
abundant blossoms—the illuminated scrip
ture of the prairies. The Cupid of the ancient
Hindoos tipped his arrows with flowers, and
orange buds are bridal crowns with us, a
nation of yesterday. Flowers garlanded
the Grecian altar, arid they hang the votive
wreaths before the Christian shrine All
these are appropriate uses. Flowers should
deck the brow of the youthful bride, lor
they are in themselves a lovely type of mar
riage. They should twine round ihe tomb
for their perpetually renewed beauty is a
symbol of the resurrection. They should
festoon the altar, for their fragrance and
their beauty ascend in perpetual worship
before tbe Most High.
WOMAN.
As the dove will clap its wings to its
side and cover and conceal the arrow that
is preying bn its vitals, so it is the nature
of women to hide from the world the pangs
of wounded affection. With her the de
sire of the heart lias failed. The great
charm of existence is at an end. She ne
glects all the cheerful exercise that glad
dens the spirits, quicken the puls?, arid
send the tide of life in healthful currents
through the veins. Her rest is broken ;
the sweet refreshment of sleep is poisoned
by melancholy dreams, “dry sorrow drinks
her blood,” until her feeble frame sinks
under tlie least external assailant. Look
for her after a little while, and you find
friendship weeping over her untimely
grave, and wondering that one who but
lately glowed with all the radiance ofhenlth
and beauty, should now bo brought, down
to “darkness and the worm.” Yon will
be told of some wintry -chill, some slight
indispusitiofi that laill her low, bnt no one
knows the mental malady that previously
sapped her strength and made her so easy
a prey to the. spoiler.-- II a shifty ton Irving.
C|e (Temperance Cruder.
PEN FI Tvfol >, GEORGIA.
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Saturday llorning: March 1, 1856.
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Back Numbers.
We would say .to those of our Subscribers who
have made applications, to us for, back immbeis of
our paper, that we-ure unable to supply them. The
applications have been so numerous that the papers
have given out.
The Liquor Bill.
We have, watched with no small degree of interest
the action of our Legislature with respect to Judge
Cone’s Liquor Bill, and awaited with some anxiety
for the decision of its fate. While we are moved
with honest indignation at the result, wo cannot ex
press ourselves either surprised or disappointed.—
We knew there were members who would oppose it
from .selfish and interested mot lyes, and we are grat
ified to see that so many have succeeded in deliver
ing themselves from such influences. All honor to
them ! The bill was very far from providing for gn
entire prohibition of the traffic. : It was merely de
signed to throw around the rum seller some mode
| rate restriction essential to the preservation of pence
and good order. As the Laws now stand, he is
bound by .no restriction. He may deal out bis dead
ly drugs, when, where and to whom he may choose.
Such a system lies,a dark plague spot on our coun
try, eon up ing its morals, and fettering the steps of
; progress. But why did these moulders oppose this
! bill ? The .correspondent of the Chronicle and Sen
tinel says it was because “of its evident squint to
wards the Maine Law.” Ah, that Maine La w is a
terrible bug-bear in the eyes of politicians: a tyran
nical infringmeut of liberty, to which n<> freeman,
should submit. Patriots who desire to see their
country freed from the curse of intemperance, are
branded as .traitors, plotting against the freedom of
the people. Political demagogues have made it a
point to visit the friends of Temperance with obloquy
i anil contempt; and had they the power, they vvith
| out doubt \vould make them expiate the crime of
thinking ibr themsdves at the martyr's stake. Some
undoubtedly opposed it, because it provides for dos
ing liquor shops on election days, thus preventing
ranting, jack-leg, brainless, red-nosed Politicians
from declaiming in soul-stirring and soul-destroy
ing strains from the top of a lairrel, and riding into
offices of trust and emolument on a few gallons of
mean whisky. Some opposed it, .been use it prevents
the sale of ardent spirits to College Students, as they
wish to secure men of the rising generation who
will stand to this dear idol of their appetites. From
these, and a multitude of similarly base motives, a
majority of our Legislature have voted to lay this
Bill upon the table. These are the men to whom
a mercenary press pay their flattering adulations :
men to whom the welfare of the people is lost sight
of, when it comes in collision with their own interest
llow worthy they are to receive public honors, and
to be entrusted with the guardianship of the State.
Social Bigotry.
The world ha.s gazed w ; th terror upon the effects
; of bigotry as it rides in power and tramples nations
| under its unhallowed feet. Rot who can faithfully
I paint the horrid form of Social Bigotry, and accu-
I rately depict its terrible intiilfence. Wore our pen
i dipped in the dark waters of the Stygian w ave, it
| would fail to portray a picture of sufficient blackness,
j Born of ignorance And fostered by ah unholy pride,
I it produces meanness as a natural and necessary re
j suit. Wherever it exists, it never falls to give
i birth to personal contentions and party strife. He
I who cherishes it in his bosom derives from it not
!
| one single advantage, while it inflicts unnumbered
• ills upon all who are made the objects of its attacks,
j That, spirit which lighted the tires of Smith field, pre
j sided over the bloody night of St. Bartholomew, and
i sent the heroic Gustavus Adolphus from his moun
tain borne, to conquer and dio on the battle marked
plains of Germany, loses none of its tendency or
i ability to accomplish ill when brought down to indi
i viduals. When it lavs on society its contaminating
touch it brings ills untold in number, immeasurable
in extent. Every man becomes opposed to his neigh
bor. Those who arc bound together by the holiest
ties become the deadliest foes; and the occupants of
the same roof are ready to imbue their hands in each
others blood. All the evil passions to w hich man
kind arc subject, are promoted and strengthened.
It gives anew impulse to the bickerings of envy,
adds - fuel to the flames of jealousy, embitters the
tongue of slander, and imparts to scandal a speed
s vifter than the wings of the winds. As it sweeps
through the ranks of society like the dread Sirocco
from the desert’s burning sands, it destroys in its
course every holy desire, checks every generous
emotion, and dries up the fountain of human sym
pathy. It is the prolific parent, of pett y fends, par
ty strife, secret cabals and dark lantern conclaves,
begetting a tyranny, the most fearful and oppressive,
which Imagination can conceive or ingenuity invent.
The imperious rule of Russia’s autocrat, or the de
grading bondage under which Asiatic millions groan,
sink into insignificance when compared with a soci
al despotism, whose motto is “iulo or ruin” whose
object is to crush all who do not humbly yield to its
power.
This is no fancy sketch, no picture painted
by the pencil of imagination. Such is the true
character of Social Bigotry, and such are its effects
wherever it exists. It enters the family circle, spreads
.among its members heart-burning animosities, and
sometimes expels from it a tr embling inmate to ex
perience the cold charities of the world. It enters a
community, and if* members are divided into hostile
clans. , Some, whp cannot acknowledge air eq a!, or
brook a super ior, proudly aspire to govern everybo
dy and everything, and pour out the surcharged
vials of thejr wryth on all who will not yield. Plot
ting and counter plotting slander, back-biting and
evil speaking are necessary and inevitable concomi
tants. If enters the .church, and the spirit of love,
mercy and charity retires from its presence. The
hope of Heaven Is lost in a desire to obtain an igno
ble end; thaloVe of God gives place to a love of re
venge; and religion is made a mere cloak to conceal
ambitious designs. If there be a scene on earth
which would “make angels weep” it is when men,
actuated by a blinded bigotry are continually striving
to counteract the influence and destroy the good
name of brethren of “the same faith and practice,”
united to them by the holiest of fraternal bonds.—
Bow different from the spirit of him, who gave as
his last, his dying commandment, “Love one anoth
er.” *
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Another Rum Seller’s Victim.
We are indebted to a friend at Ringgold, for the
following melancholy account of the manner in which
a Rum Seller has despatched another victim. Huz
za for the glorious privilege of retailing:
Ringgold; Ga., Feb. 16, 1856.
Mr. Editor —l, with sorrow, remit you the follow
ing incident, which occurred one mile from this place,
on the night :;f the 13th inst. It appears-that John
Goodson, an intemperate man, had been to the gro
cery', a _ ’d was ..considerably intoxicated when he
started for home. He had a Railroad bridge to cross
before be reached home, and it is supposed he
thought himself unable to cross the bridge, (it being
trossel work, and nothing to w alk on but the rail) he
sat down between the track, and went to sleep, when
an express freight train coming up behind him, j
struck him in the back of the head, knocking him
some 20 feet, and mangling his body horribly.” An j
inquest was held over the body, and rendered aver- j
diet that his death w as caused by his own negligence. !
i The liquor seller will answer lor that death some day.
! —Chronicle <{• Sentinel.
And we say huzza for the glorious privilege, and
•vouid add three cheers for the admirable consisten
cy of our Legislators. They propose to enact Laws
which will secure peace, safety and justice t_> the
citizens of the country ; yet they leave undisturbed
a foe which is daily infringing these sacred rights.—
From every portion of our rum-cursed land the wail
ings of sorrow and distress rise up to our ears. Men
arc savagely butchered, their wives and children re
duced to pauperism, and the debasing influence of
their examples entailed on posterity. But the rum
seller possesses a Heaven bestowed right to do these
things, w hich it would be tyranny to take away. He
ih allowed to go unwxipt of justice, while his wretch
ed, guilty, but misled agent, is visited w ith the pun
ishment which he j lastly deserves. But no offence,
how ever heinous in itself, or dreadful in its conse
quences, can induce our Legislators to disrobe him
of his power or bring him to an account for his
crimes. Think you that Law givers, who manifest
so little regard for the real interest of their country,
will stand uncondetnned in the great day of reckon
ing? No! the blood of many a murdered man, the
tears and sorrows of widow sand orphans will hang
like leaden w eights upon their guilty souls. Con
demnation, a lasting, final condemnation will settle
upon them, for their criminal abuse of power and in
fluence. “The Judge of all the earth icill do right.”
Homicide.
We have received from a friend in Calhoun an ac
count of a murder which was committed in that
place a short time since. A difficulty occurred be
tween A. VV . Scott and X. S. Hawkins, over a game
of cards, which finally resulted in Scott’s being shot
through the head, from which he died instantly.—
Hawkins wag arrested and confined in jail. Scott
leaves a wife and five or six children without any
means of support. This is another of the glorious
fruits of the license system.
Mt. Moriah Division.
The friends of this longstanding and influential TH
v sion of the Sons of Temperance, met on the 16th
insk, to consider whether or not the Division
should be disbanded, when they all rose up, and
with one accord] be it said to their honor, crushed
all such intentions. The members all, seemed to re
ceive new encoi ragement from the meeting, and
again in social council th?y plighted their determi
; nation to battle with renewed zeal against the fell
destroyer of social happiness. Several spirited
| speeches were made on the occasion, of which a
friend lias kindly favored us with a brief synopsis,
which we regret not being able to publish, for want
of space. Among the speakers were Messrs. Jas: H.
Oliphant, Columbus Avcret, Rev. J. W. Allen, and
Jas. Young.
ltev. Mr. Allen, in the course of h's speech, said :
“Let us support the ‘Temperance Crusader,’ pub
lished at Penfleld. We have lectures occasionally ;
that lectures all the time, and is well adapted to reach
both adults and children. We spend much for po
litical papers, tobacco, and various ie*ele*s luxuries;
can we not afford to pay one little pitiful dollar, to
sustain an efficient auxiliary, that preaches Temper
ance Weekly fro i. the ‘wilds of the mountain’s top
to the oc-an's verge?’ ”
Southern Banner “Splurging.”
If friend Francis can’t tell urn, then the rest of us
need not try. \\ e have chuckled immoderately over
his “omnibus skotcher,” indicted after visiting Wal
ton during the setting of the Superior Court. He
came “nigh” unto being “drowned” in two dollar
Bills, for his paper. He says there was a general
rush towards hi n, and seeing that it would bo im
i.ossible to attend to all the orders, and fearing manv
lives might be lost in the efforts to secure his paper,
he arose and addressed the sea of human beings in
the following short and eloquent extempo effusion :
“Fellotc*CitixcUH— r Applause.] The humble indi
vidual [Treinendious Applause] who stands before
you [intense applause] is one of the editors of the
Southern Banner. [Deafening cheers greeted this
announcement.] We have just arose to say that the
demand for the Banner is so much larger than usual
f near! hear!] that we are persuaded it will bo out of
our power to wait upon you in the ordinary way.--
[Expressions of deep anguish.] We therefore sug
gest to each person who desires to become a sub
scriber, to write his name and post office on the back
of a two dollar bill, and throw it at us.”
It is needless to state that he was instanter cover
ed with two dollar bills, and was only visible at in
tervals when be would turn a “summerset” to catch a
little fresh atmosphere. That’s right, if you pretend
to tell “one,” let it ho fully developed; can't you pay
1 hot “vv/Xo” cents note?
Our Book Table.
Harper'.'* Magazine, —We have received the March
No. of tins invaluable Periodical. It’s list of con-
J tents embraces a variety of topics eminently suited
!to the want and tastesuf the American people.
tint ham's Magazine. —The Fashion Plates, draw
ings and patterns will secure this number a favora
hie reception from the Ladies. Its columns too aro
tilled with an abundance of readable matter.
7/u Westminister I'evictr, —The ability with which
this journal is conducted has given it a wide spread
celebrity in both continents. Republished by Leon
ard Scott & Cos. Price $3. Blackwood and any of
the four Reviews $5. Blackwood and the four Re
view’s $lO.
(yodey's Lady's Look, —This is a splendid number.
But Godey is too well and favorably known to need
pur commendation to increase his popularity. Price
$3 a-year.
1 oath 8 Cabinet, —-Though late in making its ap
pearance “Uncle Frank” has given the young folks
a rich and rare treat. If you wish something nice
for your children to read, get this.
Answer to your Names
Uncle Dabney, in speaking of his proposition to
increase tbe Subscription list of the Crusader, says :
. ho P® proposition will be met in Old Geor
gia. I can but believe tlvat a hundred brethren Cen
tlemen and ladies, will come to the rescue Where
is King and Germany, of Savannah; Phinizee, of
Forsyth; Peterson, of Lawrenceville; Warren of
Perry; Warren, of Albany; Warren, of Cuthbert
and scores of others we might, name?”
V e trust many others, whose names have not been
mentioned, will respond.
•<<>-
Something “Racy. 55 —Robbery.
A proposition was made to one of the Students a*
few evenings since by some of his comrades to *4
with them up to the Academy to take a Robber.—
No sooner said than he “pitches in,” feeling Jj*
though he could take some half dozen by himself.—
Another Student was stationed in the Grove with a
pistol, and when they had come sufficiently near him
he hails them with a “Who’s that?” No answer—
ho let off a charger at them, and asks again.
answer. He gives them another salute, which was
rather much for our Irate friend. Ha lets go every
thing and break off through the bushes like light
ning, tumbles into a gully, loses his hat, and tears off
one leg of his pants; but there was no stopping him.
be had heard “dumb bull.” Finally be reached the
nearest residence with but “feint” appearances of life
and on being insisted upon to know what was the
matter, he could only get out, “ugh,” “ugh,” “rob
bers.”
Stop Papers.—Settle Arrearages.
Persons ordering their papers discontinued, must
invariably pay up all their dues. We shall not strike
off any subscriber’s name who is in arrears.
■ - <i i
Rising Star Lodge of Knights of Jericho
will celebrate their vSecond Anniversary, on Friday,
the 14th of March, on which occasion an address will
be delivered, in the Chapel of Mercer University, by
Mr. W. T. 11. Scott. The public generally are invi
ted to attend.
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ISPAIr. Thomas Cunningham, of Greoaesboro,
has kindly furnished us with the following statement
of the different degrees at which the Mercury stood
jn his Thermometer during the cold month of Feb
ruary, 1835. He was particular in keeping an ac
count, and no doubt the table is correct. Much has
been said of the present winter, by way of contrast
with ’35 ; but we have had no such weather as that.
!We state, upon creditable information, that the
I coldest weather we have had this season reduced
; the Thermometer, in Penfleld, to 17 degrees above
; Zero one day, 15 the next, and to 10 the third, all
jin January. IT any person has kept a minute ac
count of the range of the Mercury during the winter,
we would be glad to have him furnish us with a copy
of it. In 1852, the Mercury was reduced down to
1 deg. above Zero.
j The range for February, 1835, in Greenesboro„
| was as follows :
i Saturday, Feb. 7th, At Sunrise, JO deg. above Zero
“ 0 p. m. 12 “ “ “
“ 7 “ 8 “
u <j .< q. u it
Sunday, Feb. Bth, “ Sunrise, 4 “ below “
“Ba. m. 4 “ “ “
“ 2 p. in. 12 “ above “
“ U “ 12 “ “ “
Monday, Feb. litb, “ 8 a. m. 18 “ “ “
22P A worthy friend, Mr. Samuel M. .Stephens,
of Oglethorpe, sends us some beautiful observations
on the subject of Temperance, from which we make
a few extracts. He says:
“Temperance is the parent of health, virtue, wis
dom, plenty, and of everything that can render us
happy in this world.”
“Sir William Temple said, ‘that it is a virtue with
out pride; a fortune without envy, which gives ease
to the body, and tranquility to the mind; it is the
best guardian of youth, and the support of old age;
the precept of reason as well as religion, and the
physician of the soul as well as of the body ; it is
the tutelar goddess of health, and the universal med
icine of life; that clears the head, and cleanses the
blood; that eases the stomach, strengthens the
nerves, enlighten the eyes, and comforts the heart.’”
After speaking.of J udge Cone’s Bill, he says :
“M e desiie hirn success, and trust he may eontin
u i assiduous and vigorous in the temperance warfare;
may the pebble which he has thrown in the calm sea
of temperance continue the circles of its influence,
until piohibitioß ot alcohol, bv Legislative Knact
merits, shall storm every stronghold of the enemy
within our State.”
ISr'MYe have received many orders from Subscri
bers, upon paying their subscription, to send them
iecelpts. YV o would say that we invariably receipt
ml payments ui the Paper. We exercise great care
in keeping our Accounts str ight, and no subscriber
shall be cheated out oi a “copper” if we can avoid it.
We find many inaccuracies in the Accounts of our
predeeersor, which were altogether unintentional on
his part, and all such we cheerfully rectify.
If we should inadvertently omit to receipt a pay-.
rnent in the paper we beg our friends to inform ir>*
of the fact.
Georgia News Condensed.
‘Ve notice that Mr. .lames B. Mcll, of Rico boro,’
La., has recently patented an improvement in plows.
Mr. Z. B. Hargrove, of Rome, Ga., has been ap
pointed route Agent on the Western and Atlantic
railroad.
Mr. Chattcrton Culver, purser of the steamer JAt
gnßta } of the Savannah line, died in New’York on
Monday, of Consumption.
The first engine, manufactured at the Machine
AYorks in Rome, Ga., has been put in operation at
the extensive Homewood Steam Mills, near that city.
The House bill, forming anew county out ofßakcr
and Early, to bo called “Miller,” in honor of the late
distinguished Senator, has passed the Senate and is
now a law.
The down train on the Georgia Railroad runoff
two miles below Stone Mountain on Saturday, killing
a dozen beeves, and injuring, not seriously, live or
six passengers.
Anew Post Office has been established at Reho
beth.in Wilkes County, /uni Pa i del 11. Gillespie, ap
pointed Post Master.
M e leant that the tirst train of curs passed ovcir
the Tennessee Bridge on Tuesday night, the 15th,
being completed ten days before the set time in con
tract—and for each day the contractor will receive
S3OO, thus securing to him the snug little sum of'’
; $3,500. Much praise and credit is due to Mr. Max
< well and his assistants for the energy and despatch
with which they have prosecuted the work from the
commencement.
It is reported that N. E. Cunningham, Esq., a
member of the House of Representatives from For
syth, county, is dead.
We learn from the Athens Banner, that the buil
dings and twenty bales of cotton, belonging to W.
M. Morton, near that place, were lately destroyed by
fire.
Mrs. Caroline Lee Heinz, died at Marianna, Fla., a
few days since, ofPneumonia.
A man who’ reports himself as H. G. Thomason
of Clark county, was arrested a few’ days since, in