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To The Anti-Hoop Faction, BY MBS. L. S. GOODWOT. We ladies have got anew fashion l You gentlemen, didn’t ye know it? Good, bad, or between, feed your passion, Come out, as you’re bound to, and “blow R. Say never a word of your changes in hats, boots, coats, pants and collars; Nice wisdom your toilet ar anges, (?) .And you shine just like counterfeit dollars. We car y, of course, all the cotton l May be, some of us women know oft enough; Should it all from the market be gotten, You your heads might in-veat— they are soft enough. Wear hoops, do we?—well, and what of it? “Oh the fashion is awfully freaky I” We could club and hoop you to great profit, If ’twould hinder your being so leaky. What business have you to be knowing The pattern exact of our unders ? Much less wide broad to be showing The knowledge, as one of the wonders. Talk of tongues of old women for tattle I Mv goodness! they make no beginning; Shame on vour ungahant “whoop” battle! Grand victory you would be winning! Call our bonnets “rosettes” if it suits ye, ’Tis better than “coal-hod” or charger, The names—never-satisfied brutes ye! You gave to them when they were larger. When we wish for your petty assistance, To teach us what’s not and what’s pretty, In matters of hourly existence. If we canT let you know; ’tis a pity. And herewith a kind invitation To leave us alone for a minute, From the milliner’s “nameless creation To the gaiter and what is within it Mar the hoops bring you back to your senses; Your lips (-light to smart w anting kisses I We’ll not take away our defences, Or at least wc wouldn’t, nor help ymn to contrive ways to get at us, if it wasn’t that we might suffer some as well as you in abstaining from such blisses. HOMELY~WOMEN. We like homely women. We have al ways liked them. ’ We do not carry the pe culiarity far enough to include the hideous orpositive ugly, for since beauty and money are the only capita! the world will recognize in women/they are more to be pitied than admired ; but we have a chivalric. enthusi-1 a-tic regard ibr plain women. We never! *a\v one who was not modest, unassuming j and sweet tempered, and have seldom come across one who \v?s not virtuous, and had at a good heart. Made aware early in -iq of their want of beauty by the slighted attentions of the opposite sex, vanity arid affection never take root in their hearis; and in the hope of supplying attractions which a capricious nature has denied, they cultivate the graces of the heart instead of the person, and give to the mind those ac complishments which the world so rarely appreciate in woman, but which are more lasting, and in the eyes of men of sense, more highly prized than personal beauty. See them m the street, at home or in the church, and they are always the same, and the smile which ever lives upon the face is not forced there to fascinate, but is the spon taneous sunshine reflected from a kind heart —a flower which takes root in the soul and blooms upon the lips, inspiring respect in stead of passion, emotions of admiration in stead of feelings of sensual regard. Plain women wives, good mothers, cheerful homes and happy husbands, and we never see one but we thank Heaven that it has kindly created women of sense as well as beauty, for it is indeed seldom a female is found possessing both. To homely wo men we, therefore, lift our “tile” in respect ; the wot Id will extend the same courtesy to beauty. TEH VABIOUS YILWS OF MARRIAGE. To pur-lie the subject a step further, and attend to the “lords of creation,” we take from Hr. Fdward Thompson’s “Letters trorn England.” the following remarks on the and ffer nt views which obtain respecting rnnrr.'ge in different countries. One says— “l wish to take advice about a serious matter that weighs heavily on mv mind.” “Whatis it?” “He’ting married. Is it best V* “Who have you in view’? If she is young, handsome and virtuous, the sooner you get her the better. Who is she?” “i >h. nobody in particular; it is marrying in the abstract that I am thinking about.” That is young Germany. “Zounds ! I love her, and I will have her. if I have to swim the river for her.” Young America. “No use to deny me or run from me. — Where you go I will go, where you stop 1 will stop, where you live I will fve, where you die I will die, where you are buried there 1 will be buried.” That is young Ire land. “She is worth three thousand one hun dred and twenty-seven pounds, six shillings and fourpenee halfpenny, which under the circumstances, is not quite sufficient.”— Young England. WOMAN’S 1 influence. From tiie lips of woman, every infant hears the first accents of affection, and re ceives the first lessons of tenderness and love. For the approbation of women, the grown-np youth will undertake the boldest enterprise, and brave every difficulty of study, danger, and .even death itself. To the happiness of woman, the man of ma ture r years will devote the best energies of his mind and body; and from the sooth ing and affectionate regard of woman, the man who has become venerable in yean*, derive* his chief consolation in life’s •io dine. A TRUE MOTHER. A writer beautifully remarks that k man’s mother is the representative of his Maker. Misfortune and mere crime set r;o barriers between her and her son. While his moth er live3, a man has one friend on earth who will not desert him when he is needy. - Her affections flow from a pure fountain, and cease only at the oeeun of eternity. iCpOld Worthy says he likes to see young ladies walking the streets on Sunday in their .- Iks with holes in their socks, as it proves they are more attentive to things above than thing* below. MgM* 1 - ■ - I For the Temperance Crusader. A GROWING EVIL IN OHR TOWN. Messrs. Editors , —lt is strange, but ne- j vertheless true, that young men wishing to ‘ marry cannot please themselves at home, 1 but must needs go abroad; and the young ‘ ladies, too, in these days, alwax’s prefer , marrying 6ome one from a distance. Why cannot the young ladies and gentlemen of j this place, for instance, satisfy tbwrnselves j with each other, and be contented to choose a partner out of their own community!— The young men must import , and the young ladies must bo exported. Why not be sa- ! defied with homo productions? Why is all this looking at a distance for a husband or a wife? Is it because distance lends on- ehantraent to the view?” We are thus over looking real merit at home and arc dazzled ; aod charmed with the idea ot a stranger , for a bran-new sweetheart. Now, I really cannot account for all this, unless it is , that the young ]>eople of the present- day possess so many faults ant imperfections, that those living in the name community : iiscover the unfortunate fact, and hence they withhold their hearts arid hands. It seems indispensible, therefore, that they : should assume a fictitious value which they ‘ cannot do at home. Reformation is not only necessary to stop this growing evil from spreading over the country, but also the increasing guilt ari sing from it. For if a young gentleman has not merit enough to enable him to mar ry at home, it is a impo-irion <o endeavor to impose himself ujkti an ur<- ‘ suspecting community abroad, by (uniting up some big flourishes with his gold watch, j ruffles, talma, dyed whisk* re, and, doubt-1 1 less, borrowed horea and buggv. W - are ! 1 *~~ r • . . i \ compelled to term such an one nothing j more nor less than a perfect blank; and on j: the other hand, it is equally criminal for P a young lady to deceive her lover from abroad, by endeavoring to make him he- 1 lieve that she is almost jierh-etion per-oni- j fled. Now, Messrs, Editor#;, can f vuk u■; oifr mend some reined;, by which this evil may 1 be stopped, so as to make young people marry nearer home? Do fry, it you please, to do something ibr'n o for wo are bad off*. I*ho writ ris something less than twen ty-five years of ago—has apparently been admired by the ladies —has maintained n good reputation hitherto, and has been told ‘ that hi? personal appeals*nee will compare! favorably with others. And now, Messrs, j Editors, it grieve a him exceedingly to see! a stranger come into our quiet hamlet, with I the design of tearing off one of our young \ ladies , thereby sundering the ties of home, friends, and youthful associates. A I'rnzu.v • PentieM. March 1, IS5d. For die Temperance ’rustider. HUMOR, Humor consists in the Union of wit and love. This definition may be incorrect—as | definitions usually are-—but it undoubtedly is the most comprehensive that can be giv- j| en. It may appear strange that two terms j so antagonistic in meaning should he united ! in humor ; but is none the less true. The j idea is sustained by analogy. We all know I that, a ids and sweets coalesce extremely i j well, and. by iheiv union, form a compound j ! more wholesome and palatable than was ei- 1 | tiier if the individual ingredients So i? is j wit! humor. That does, not consist in the { most brilliant and poignant wit alone ; nor j in sickly and puling sentiment; but in a | mean obtained by a proper combination of j both. Thin blending together of wit and j love is seen in the best humorous writers—j ; its proper exponents. • 11 humor, however, is not of the kind j here described. Many different species I | may be classed under that genera! delini- j | tion. Satire is a species of humor exceed-1 i ingly prevalent in all ages. This is the bit-j < terefct of all humor—the most pungent ofali j wit—t he distilled essence itself of bitterness. | It is misanthropic in its nature, and unspar- i ing in its lashings of mankind. The satirist j dips his shaft in wormwood, and makes man i his airn. He dooe not attack particular j faults and foibics, but professes to hold up to j view the universal depravity of the whole human race. And to his credit —if credit it is—best said, that he succeeds beyond his most sanguine expectations. He sends a barbed arrow to the heart of his reader, : that rankles there, and poisoning the sweet waters of love and charity, sends forth in their stead trie hitter streams of discontent and misanthropy. Another form of humor is sarcasm. This j is second to satire alone in malignity and , bitterness. Indeed, sarcasm is only a mod ification of satire. It is satire abridged.— ] Sarcasm occur* chiefly in conversation and public speaking; but wherever found, it never fails to wound. It is predicated of the faults and imperfections of its object, and, of course, could produce no other ef fect. Nearly allied to sarcasm, but less bit ter in its nature, i* irony, This species of humor abounds every where. It is a mock exageration of the claims of an individual or object to any particular excellence, and ig often quite severe. Although more refined and polished than sarcasm, it is scarcely less cutting. Irony sinks deep and rankles inwardly ; sarcasm lacerates tho flesh it i pierces, and leaves upon it a bleeding mark ‘ of the wound beneath Jtailerv, ridicule, and burlesque arc, ir. a great measure, sy uo my mo us with irony, and have in view the ‘■ same object. This difference, however, ob- > tains between them. Irony extends nosy m* l ! pathy to its victim, while These latter arc 1 I flavored throughout with human kindness. 1 These specimens bring us to the other ex- i | trernes in humor. Satirical runs go gradu i j ally into kindly humor, that it is difficult to 1 determine where the one ends and the oth er begins. The line of debarkation, howev- i er, may or found somewhere in the species i last noticed. We have now come to a hu- i rnor that differs materially from any yet i mentioned; in that, it flows from a heart < : brimful of mirth and sentiment. This, for sake of distinction, we will term sentimental humor. It is mirthful from every excess of l tenderness. It usually touches our sensibil ities m such a (nunner a3 to incline us to tears ; but before our eyes are dry, the mirth flashes out, and we are made to laugh at our weakness. This is its principal fault.— The reader dislikes to feel that he has been surprised and duped into tears for the sole gratification of the author. We cannot long endure the jester and sentimentalist apart; and least of all, can we endure them togeth er. These are a few of the different kinds of humor, but, as is evident, no one of t em an swers to our definition. All incline to one extreme or the other, or to both. Now in humor proper—or as defined above—all these distinct streams unite and their waters mingle in one, which retains some of the characteristics of each of its tributaries. — This is the most perfect humor—the species that of all others is most admirable. It is original piquant, natural, lively. It is touch ed with humanity, and inculcates the great principles ot charity and benevolence. — There is nothing boisterous or uproarious in it.; on the contrary, it flows along like a lim pid brook, lulling our hearts to gentleness by its quaint and rippling music. Besides contributing to our stock of harm less gratification, thus enhancing our abso lute pleasure in life. humor proper teaches us to be kind to one another—to love one another—to practice charity in our every day life—to relieve the poor, needy, and dis tressed, and comfort the sick and afflicted — to scorn hvpoorisv and cant —to abhor seif isnness, meanness and vice, and to pity, ra ther than despise, those dreary misan thropes, who refuse to see the world a.- it is —Corrupt and wicked to some extent, it is true, but. full of love and kindness, ot great and noble spirits, and of manly and gener ous actions. Such humor abounds every \v here. It is not confined exclusively to tlie novelist or journalist—those commentators on life, manners, and customs, and delinea tors of character in its different phazes, as seen daily in the great world around us. but holds an important place in the ordinary in tercourse of social life. We can never 100 much admire its refreshing power—its mag ic influence. It has only to strike-with its divine wand our rugged and stonev hearts, and the sparkling fountains of tenderness, charity, and humanity immediately gush at its bidding. Cor.vei.ius. C|c (Temperance (foakr. PENFIELD, GEORGIA. Saturday Morning, March §, 1850. OCT 3 Enclosed find your Bills, and settle \ them, and accept as many thanks as you | think proper. The amount is small and you \ will not miss it. hut it will help us ahun i da fitly. err. •A Bagiev pays sf*. What office? Liberal Offer. Aay person sending us five new Subscribers, ac companied with the “rhino,” shall entitled to an extra copy of the Crusader for one year. Orders for our Paper must invariably be accompanied with the cash to receive attention. To the Citizens of the County. We would say to the citizens of our county that we will Ik* in Greene,shorn next week during Court, i ready to receive subscriptions to the Crusader, and j the small sum?, now due from old subscribers. >Ve ! trust all who are indebted to n~ for subscription or | advertising, wili hunt us up and make settlement, ; and those who are not subscribers will form our ae | (juaintance and give us their names for our paper.— j It is the di.tv of every citizen in the county to pa j tronize a county paper. We will be glad to sec any | one wishing to subscribe. To Correspondents. ; Friend “Ola” has sent us a very readable article, | but we. regret very much that its length prevents our | publishing it. Wc hope to hear from him again. “Duelling,” by Bennio Per,’-, is respectfully de i ciincd. “Thoughts on Dancing’ 2 were unaccompanied bv | a responsible name. Our rules exclude it. Adjournment of the Legislature. This body adjourned Saturday night, the Ist inst., after a oasion of three months. Lecture on Vocal Music. We invite attention to the card of Messrs. Mi'chell and Crawford, to be found under the bead of Special Notices. Mitchell’s Great National Map. This distinguished author, whose name is familiar to every one, ns having written the best Geographies and Atlases now in use, has recently issued a Map super ior to any thing of the kind which has ever been published. W learn that our esteemed friend, J. W. Jackson, lias been appointed agent for these Maps in Morgan, Clark, Putnam, and Baldwin coun ties. We have not seen & copy of the work, but have been creditably informed that, they come fullv ;up to the representation. We would bespeak for Mr- Jackson a kind reception in those counties which he may visit, ns from an intimate personal acquaint ance, ’.ve know him to be a young man of (sterling worth and gentlemanly principles. Cigars. Uur thanks, doubled and twisted, are due to friend C. C. Norton, of Green tsboro, fora bunch of elegant cigars. Having “puffed” them literally, we find a ‘puff’ editorial, due lln-m They arc fresh from the Island of Cuba, flavored villi opium, and upon the application of fire to one end and “green horn” to suck at the other, delightful volumes of carbonic acid gas are generated, which “curl gracefully.” Persons wishing a good smoko, will step in at our worthy friend NortonG, and they will find him in all his glory, his pleasing and “divine” countenance radia ting his apartment, and ready to furnish you with the identical article desired. His store is situated on the corner ot Broad-street, nearly wonting the Court House, adjoining Moore’s Hotel, short distance from Willis’ Hotel, not far from the Town Hall over Wakefield’s st<*r#; good deal ot’ mud in front of tho store when it rains, two China trees before the door, and two *(eps holding up into th* house. Stop Papers.—Settle Arrearages.’ tk.rsons ordering their papers discontinued, must invariably pay up all theirducr. Weshallnot strike off any subscriber’s name who is in arrears. The true Friends of the Cause must unite. The defeat with which the cause of Temperance met during the last campaign, originating from a want of co-operation among its true fr iends in differ ent portions of the country, who dodged it under the pitiful subterfuge, termed “the fear of losing their vote,” is convincement undeniable that utiles'; they unite in solid phalanx, and present an unbroken front to the enemy, the cause must languish through time immemorial. Leonidas and his Spartans may die at Thermopylae, but can never save Greece. Uttr enemy is ever upon the alert; almost daily do we receive tho painful intelligence from some portion of the State, that he has there planted another for tress ; established another suck-hole, into whose pur lieus man}’ poor weak-minded victims of the unholy traffic are inextricably drawn. Slumber not, then, fellow-citizens, lest the enemy gain the vantage ground upon us, and present a Sevastopol which cannot be taken. But we arc rejoiced to say that the. people are arousing to a sense of their duty in this great moral work. Throughout the Empire State of Georgia, the happy intelligence comes to us. that the people art* moving in this righteous crusade. Let us take cour age, for when we indulge in a retrospective view of its origin and progress, we see its course has. been gloripusiy onward, destined to cast its healing man tle over all the nations of tho earth. Like a strong ship, if. has cleaved a wide wake upon the great ocean of human events. In the language of • most worthy exchange, “we thank Heaven for the bright ness of the sky to-day. Beacon-lights arc flasnir.g out on the darkness throughout this great Republic. High-?ouled men, v, ith hearts of oak, arc shoulder to shoulder in this glorious cause The Mar or- ot truth is heard ringing among the Iffils of every State. A deep indignation at the wrongs of the ‘radio, has gone down and taken root in the great soul of the puhliC. The red cross of the Dragon, smoking with the giue ol butchered innocence, is G i:>g borne over the land by revenging knights, and from the great cities, hamlet, and the forest cabin, the stahvu t clans men are flocking to the rescue, with trusty bow and & full quiver! The day brightens as the world moves. God speed the hour of final triumph. If. will be n victory more.ennobling and sublime than any that will ever immortalize the plains of Alma.” Help “Uncle Dabney.” j It wili be recollected that an article appeared if. J our columns a few numbejs back, from a eiviaen of j Coweta county, proposing to render aid to Rev. D. j I’. .Tones, in his present distressing difficulties. Wc j have Indore us a letter from the old gentleman, and • ; u view of iho facts therein stated, we would most 1 earnestly call n on the friends <*f Temperance | throughout the. State to yield him their assistance, j Uncle Dabney has done much for the cause of hu ; inanity, much for his country. He has devoted him | self to the advancement of tbe Temperance Reforma* I tion with an enthusiastic zeal which left him no time ito care tor his private interests. Uis present embar ! rassments art- not the results of thrifticssness or irn | providence. They have been brought on by his car j nest efforts to benefit the people o! Georgia, and if 1 will be a burning shame upon then) it they allow bis j property to be soid under the hammer, and himself ) and family reduced to abject poverty. Upon this i subject, wc take the liberty of making an extract j from tt letter of B. F. Hardeman. Esq., hoping itaim | portance will plead our excuse for using ir : | “lain much pleased with the movement in favor jof Uncle Dabney. This is substantial charity. Do ! not permit the movement to terminate until it shall | have succeeded. T know the old warrior, well. lie : is an old Oglethorpe man. I did not dream, until I saw i it announced in your paper, that he vva< embarrassed, r 113s numerous friends should at once rally to trie res | cue, and not permit the evening of his* days to be overhung by darkness. Avery small sum from each of his friends would, no doubt, yield relief. What a vast amount Os happiness would thus be secured to a I whole family, by what would be unfelt by the con ’ triouters, save in the gratification they would expe rience from the consciousness of having done a gen erous act! Success to the project, and much jov to the originator.” Every county in our State should fVeV themselves bound to come to his rescue, not as a mat ter of char ity, but in payment for value received in his faithful ; labors in the field of Temperance. — Benj. Brantly, Esq. I Wc learn from a private letter that this old and i well known champion &f the cause of Temperance will set put for Kansas sometime about the loth of this month. We sincerely regret his departure from our State, w hich has been the scene of his labors, : and where he has been productive of much good.— i We wish hiu\ both pleasure and profit in his intend : ed removal, and hope he may spend the evening of his life quietly and happily “in the tar distant Wc-t.’* *■<&£>”>'&- “ Cheating never thrives.” F, TANARUS, Barnum. This little proverb relative to cheating, with which every school boy is familiar, is pregnant with more “truth than poetry.” The correctness of it has been exemplified to us in innumerable inst.-.tices from our days of “marble shooting,” “sweep stakes,” Ac., up to the presi nt time. And now the world-renowned Barnum, a't r humbugging the entire Continent, and amassing, by and shoncst means, immense hordes of fi thy gain, finds himself, all of a sudden, “shorn of Ids glory,” thus presenting to the world, the last great and unmistakable exemplification of the truth contained in the trite saying, “cheating never pros pers.” The Omniscient Author of Nature, who, in his kind and paternal advice said. “Do unto others as you would they should do unto you,’’ ha? placed a penalty upon all nets violative ot the duty wc owe to one smother, and he will cert inly visit with retributive “justice, ali such derelictions from the path of rectitude. Upon the bosom of this ac !, wledged Father of Hmnbuggerv this truth falls with painful, melancholy, and heartrending force.-- Ilis purple robes, dazzling splendors, and the gaudy paraphernalia of his magnificent mansion, arc becom ing spectered visitants, haunting his night dreams. Ilis property is now all in the hands of assignees, to be appropriated to the payment of lii.s debts. Ills troubles have grown from his lending his credit to the Jerome Civ k Manufacturing Company, at Hart ford, for the purpose of making his pile larger. Ilis magnificent country seat, “Iranlstan,” in Fair field, is mortgaged at $125,000. His now untonant ed, all the furniture having been sold. The grounds comprise seventeen acres, most of whinh is beauti fully laid out as a garden, and a large mansion in the pepper-castor Oriental style, all of which has cost $150,000. The records in New York, says on exchange, show that the mortgages and judgments against Mr. Barnum’* real estate amounted to $170,- 000, to which is added some $90,000 for confidential debts, designatedthe list of preferred creditors, in his assignment. This would make the mortgages alone on all his property amount to four hundred and eighty-eight thousand dollar?. Job Office. Persona wishing Job Printing done, must address J. TANARUS, Blain, —see his card. The proprietor of this paper has nothing to do with that department. Medical College of Georgia. We learn from the Augusta papers that the'Com mencement exercises of this Institution took place on Monday last, before a large and intelligent audi ence. The degree of Doctor of Medicine was con ferred on seventy-three applicants, which is the largest class the College has ever graduated. The Valedictory Address to the class was delivered by W. L. M, Harris, of this place, and was received with merited applause. Dr Harris is a young man of brilliant talents, pos sesses uncommon ardor for the profession of his choice, and leaves his Alma Mater under the most flattering auspices, having received from those who ! had the best opportunities of judging, the highest | compliments to his abilities. It. will be seen from • them card in ibis paper, that he and Dr. Massey will | continue associated in the practice of Medicine. — ; V o would congratulate Dr. Massey upon securing ; n young associate of such promising tokens of mc ! Cf -*ss m the profession. U’e wish for them that sue ! cess to which their merit so justly entitles them. Knights of Jericho. The Rising S;ur Lodge will celebrate their -tcond j Anniversary, on Friday, tie; 34th iiwt., on which oo j casion an address wfll be delivered in the Chapel of Mercer University, by Mr. W. T. 11. Scott. The • Public generally are invited to attend. Mrs. Lee Eentz. M nil Mrs. Loo Ilcnu ha.-: passod away the rnoet I gifted author of which the South can boast. Asa , noman ol Genius, o( Education, of patriotic and lib eral ,Sentiment, she was the noblest- of her sex, and -an honor to h-r country. She was eminently an i American AV oman. Though she First saw light ainld j l ' l( bills. f'i -Now England, the greater portion of her ; mature years were spent in the sunny regions of the ; South. She had identified herself with Southern m . -.c.rtv.t ano institutions, and hence we arc tusiinuble ■ in ciit.ming n-r reputation end boasting her fame.- ! Lut tb-: lands of her adoption and her birth became equally the theme* of her classic pen. Having bo -1 come intimately acquainted with human nature- as it j x ‘-sis in both great sections of our commonwealth, : she described :< faithfully, without prejudice or ptr tß*it/. jUr novels arc tales of True Life, without ; unnatural scenes and characters to make up a com- I plicated plot, and are alike fitted to please and in ; struct. She d’d no?, ifeslort truths for ignoble pur j P°se.s, fjf-publisl* falsehoods to feed an ignorant big ; °try. to these respects, she presents a noble cou i “ to Tier contemporary', the gifted, but infamous j Mrs. Hiow. Endowed with a fine intellect and biil ’ hard genius, and living in m; age when strong mind | cd wotmm are seeking to usurp the prerogatives of | the rougher sex, she yet manifested in all her de | pertinent that gentle modesty which so beautifully ’ adorns the female character. She plead for the land j of ‘ lor adoption with a generous fervor, and exerted I her powers to arrest that dark tide of fanaticism | which would seek to overwhelm it. Well then does i it become ns of the South to drop the tear of fond i regret over her grave, and cherish her name and the fruits of her labors. She has identified our sunny vales, | our cloud-wreathed mountains, our dark forests, and j gently coursing streams with the spirit of love, ro : nwnce and poetry. She hath spoken of Southern ! generosity and high-toned chivalry in a voice which shall sound to the ends of the earth. Peacc.be to j her ashes; and may a light as brilliant as her geni j ui - a r *d as pure as her spotless character rest on her ! name forever. “H v write thy name without a sigh. For thou art Freedom's now, and fame's, One <f (he few, the immortal names, I’fiat wen not born to die.” ... ijj i iiH iii pi ”Long Time Ago.” There is a volume of poetry in these simple w-r]s, ; a quaint old lay of the heart's warm ore m numbers as yet unwritten and unsung. They bring i up bright dreams of the far off Past, when we ripped , the first draughts from Life’s crystal waters, and the , Aurora light of hope painted its dawning tints upon ! our horizon. When we hung in loving reverence i ! around a mothers chair, watched her sad, sweet j : smile. and by her patient aid. lisped the first trern filing prayer to Heaven. When the air, the sky, lor-1 est and field, and all nature spoke of nought but love | and happiness, and peace, and in our blissful igne -1 ranee we dreamed not that misery could exist in a | oriel so fair. \ii these fond day dreams have long • since passed, and (hear memory >teals on the iv.-ul j like the gentle murmurs of the heaving ocoun, diffus ing ft calmness and serenity over its facilities. W hat ft long train of thought rudi upon the mind i with those few words, longtime ago/’ They c:<r j rv us back on the swift wings of Imagination to pe- i riods around which the mist* of uncertainty have forever hung. When Chaos heard the wo ice of a creating Hod, and moved off its dark form, to give place to h world of light and beauty. When Histo ry, emerging from the gloomy shadows of doubt, threw aside the garb of fable, and arrayed herself in ! the more sober habiliments of truth. When man -1 kind, endowed with unflagging energy, raised those vast structures which have withstood the ravages of ; three thousand years, from which the antiquary now j : eagerly wipes the dust, and patiently strives to deei j plu r their mysterious hieroglyphs. The minds : which planned those morumvmt* have passed away, j the hands which built them have returned to their I native di.’*'. Fhe night winds koep wild revels amid j (heir broken arches, and howl mournful dirg<*> of‘n i long time ago. ’ It whs “a long time ago,'’ says the aged sire, as tie ; thinks of the time when he first entered the World’s ; groat battle ticid, in tlto ardent pursuit of honor anil j fame. When he ascended the Fisgalt of his hopes, and looked out on a prospective land of Promise, where nought but. the no st goodly sights met his gaze. Since then, many a disappointment has curb- j ed h's aspiring spirit in its upward flight, m&nyasor- ’ row has bathed Ids soul in its sable flood, and the mind, wearied by the toils and la) Kirs of Time, would S often have gladly welcomed the hour for its advent into an untried eternity And now reposing in the ! welcome calm of Life’s evening, hv dwells with an ! undefined pleasure on those by gone days. It wns “• long time ago,” says the dying man, r* voices of terror and dread from another w orkl are. fall ing on his cars. His mind runs far Kick to the days : of childhood* innocence, when a mother’s kind voice ! sought to win him to :i life of usefulness and virtue, j Long years have since passed, rind the black wave !of vice have entirely effaced those impressions of | youth, lie has fallen into snares insidiously laid, i his heart has hecoine corrupt, and his hands stained jby deeds of crime. Harrassed by racking pains, ho j shrinks with convulsive groans from a world of on- J known horrors, and repents too late Ihat he obeyed I not the warning voice which rang in his ear *‘a long ‘ dmo ago.” * j Cows and Rotten Potatoes. VV. Si. Johnson, E.sq., of this place, had a number of his cows to die recently, from the effects of eating rotten potatoes. The season is now approaching when farmers will be opening their seed potato** preparatory to planting and they should take notice where they throw such as are rotten or spoiled as we learn they are very injurious, if not fatal to ail kinds of stock, ISTWe take pleasure in publishing the following from the letter of a much esteemed friend. Would that all the young men of our country, whose talents and acquirements qualify them for usefulness, enter tained sentiments equally decided in favor of Prohi bition : -It is with feelings of pride arid pleasure, I behold two sons of our Alma Mater, warring against th“ most despotic tyrant on Earth. His blasting blight ing. w ithei ing influence has been written in truthful pictures upon the folds of the Banner. It has been portrayed in burning words corned from the mint of Eloquence by B. H. Overby; it has been depicted on . a thousand hearthstones, in characters of blood bv j heart-rending lean of mothers, but alas! the Empire j State of the South warms in its bosom the venomous Serpent. All thanks to Heaven! there are six thou- noble hearted sons of Prohibition who have ->een thrown into the seven times heated furnace of political commotion and came out without so much as (ho smell of fire on their garment*. AH honor to the immortal six thousand! be the response of phi lanthropic hearts on Earth: and let Drunkards in lieu say Amen. Go on then, yo Leaders of the Cru sade, and wrest from the impious hands of King Alcohol the Holy Shrine of Liberty, at which evorv American who has an American’s heart, delights to do homage ; and the sons of Freedom will shout to gether for joy, and coming generations will rise up to call you blessed.” Our Book Table. Southern <Uult>rat*r. —The intrinsic i urt’n. of this Agricultural Journal, justly entitles it to the support oi every farmer of Georgia, and the South. We have- no doubt but that it would ten times pay the subscription price during the year, in real practical benefit. Published by W.S. Junes, Augusta, Ga.— Price 81 a-year. - &'-ii oi the South.— This work is admirably adapt ed to the wants and interest of Southern farmers, and deserves rd their hands a liberal patronage.—- Pubiit&ed by Lomax k Fittis, Columbus. Ga., at the very low price of ij>l per annum. “Robbery” Vindicated. Mf*rs. Editors— Having seen in the last number of your paper, a piece which is derogatory to my character, and harrassirg to my feelings ;~a piece which has created a false impression abroad in regard to my lighting propensities, it becomes my duty to repel such unjust insinuations. The fust sentence whic h commences V. say-’ng that I felt as if I could take half a dozen Robbers by myself, is false. It is a false supposition to suppose that one boy could lake half a dozen Robbers. Therefore, you see that your premise m liaise and delusive. You are aware that w hen you reason from false premises, your conclu sion cannot he logical. You knew better when v*m wrote the piece, but you act. and from impure motives. I can prove by several reliable witnesses that vour statement concerning the tearing of my pantaloons, was false. Again, I left my cap in order that I might get help as quickly as possible. I did not leave he caose 1 was frightened, but because I had business another way. I did not go like “lightning,” but l went tolerably fast, for the fail was urgent I hope that you will be more particular in future what vou say about robbers, or you will gut a worse raking than this. Yours very truly, Jl” CITEF. Tox a xs. M'c cheerfully give place to the above clear, logi cal, and conclusive vindication of “Jupiter Tonans,” who is the man we represented in our last issue as having been frightened to “death” by Robbers. He states that our article has created false impressions m regard to his “fighting propensities.” We will examine a few of the evidences against him, and leave the case with the “Jury.” This is the s -me ’Juvenile’’who, on a certain time when a “s s ine - ’ wills no cars jumped at him from behind the fence. and grunted “booh, swooned off into a “mud-’ “de,” and after slightly “resuscitating” and seeing nothing near him, rises and breaks oif at a 2.40 gait, leaving o.Y if. “bog,” bus disclosing the Intelli gence that his heel had eaten through his sock. Bad sign (hat,—“jobbers” beer, had them socks, (the gentleman lisps. ) W* think his “propensity” is lo run. He says it is r “fate? supposition to suppose that o;K‘ boy could take half a dozen Robbers.” Aiut tbi-j euse prm e> the converse to lie true, that half a !"/<■!. Robbers couldn't lako-ono “Jupiter Tonans,” unless “on the vc ing,” for ho went like a flock of wild ‘ He left thar, and left sheered, too.” Ho runs admirably until he striker* the edge of a gully when ,v ’ plunges foot over stomach into it, but be seen reinstates hit?.self upon Jus driving wheels, and breaks on ii esfij and feeling soniuthing touch his foot, be is sure the “yobber” “have got him,” and he throws his hat behind him. furiously, ‘umphoo/ No use tor dat now. Jlc Jinaiiy r aches the nearest b< ii.--' . charges into it, breaks open some of his mates’ (loots Mia rushes in almost “clounot;” after learning from him that he has been shot at by Robbers, his friends advise him to examine and see if he >s not hit. when one of them says, “just look here what a hole/’ (pointing at his mouth,) he immediately smells fresh blo-ei and faints cold water applications arc nbi.de instanccr, and he revives, and on further examination it is found one of his breeches legs is torn off, what has become of it? left in the gully. As regards the gentleman s “business” in the dark, we say nothing. The Jury will retire and find n. verdict accot ding to the testimony. Order i— fn.: Jury having retimed render in & v ordict as follow?: Ihe said Jupiter Tonans having gut.o out to take a parcel of rohoers, is guilty of having k-ecn fl ightened in an inch and a quarter of death, and in his tonans ( thundering) flight, to have lost one leg Os HA" pantaloons, and a fine Coots, cap, he is hereby “mulcted in a line of one dozen good cigars for die Editor o"1he Crusader. Georgia Hews Ccinfopsed. Hon. Richard A. Bird, Mayor of Darien, died in that place cn the £lst nit. Charles J. Jenkins, Esq., was, on the fid Inst., ele. ted to ftII the vacancy an the Senate, occasioned by the death of Hon. A. J. Miller. Thomas Sorrill has been arrested as the supposed murderer of a negro man, Sam West, killed near Macon on the 10tit u’t V new post office has been established at Spring Town, Early county, and Guilford Boykin, appoint ed postmaster. Spread Oak post office, in Jefferson county, has been changed to Pope Hill, and J. W. Oshire od postmaster, In place of Jacob Lewis, resigned. V>:n. J. Masters,a very worthy merchant, former* 1/ of Atlanta, died at San Francisco on the 12th of January. He was a native of U* nry county, and vety highly esteemed. Hon. A. R. Wright, of Rome, haa been appointed Judge of the” new Circuit lately formed of Polk,- Carroll, Haralson—(made from Polk andjpar roll,) —Paulding, Campbell, Heard, and Coweta. — Col. Fielder, of Cedar Town, has been appointed So licitor. By a recent act of the Legislature, the. time for bolding the Kiferior Court of Richmond county will bo on the Thursday after the first Monday in March, and the first Monday in December of the present