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For the Temperance Crusader.
NOW AND THEN A GLASS.
“Just a little” is good, is it I Well, then,
I would like to know what is bad.
Don’t you know, my dear sir, that if a lit
tle hole be made through a mill-dam, thi#
its enlargement is only a matter of time ?
that, particle by particle, the earth is remo
ved and the orifice enlarged until the waters
above sweep it, scattering blight
and desolation over the fields below ? And
do, you say there is no danger when the
• opening is small ?
The first glass you took was your com
mencement to be a drunkard; all since that,
hut widen the breach and increase the stream
that shall desolate your heart and home—
that shall make you a stain upon society and
sweep you, at last, into a drunkard’s grave,
unwept and soon forgotten. But hold I
Now, the stream may be stopped: a little
later, and it cannot.
What do I hear ? Only vagabonds be
come drunkards! Wait a minute, young
man ; open your eyes and look around you
Were those blear-eyed sons of Bacchus ySu
see yonder always thus ? See that man
reeling to and fro on his horse as he rides
through the village. He is getting to bean
old man; one foot is already in the grave—
a drunkard’s grave. Don’t you see that
broad, high forehead ? That man was cut
out for a Senator; and you, sir, have but
stolen his argument, for he talked once as
you now talk.
You don’t like to look at them ! Well,
then, let us look at the young men. Had
you the spirit of prophecy, how many incip
ient drunkards, think you, would you find
among them ? few of them but what take
their occasional glass, and none who con
fess inability to govern their appetite and
passions.
It is computed that in the State of New
York alone, thirty thousand lives oie annu
ally sacrified to strong drink. Is Georgia
more temperate than New York? I tell
you, sir, rum shall bring many a one of those
noble forms to the gutter. Go to the grave
yard. There, sir, even where you stand,
once yawned a drunkard’s grave ; but it is
washed level with the rest, now, and few
among us remember the once comely youth
whose hones moulder there. And here are
fresher graves—the narrow homes of men
whose hopes were blighted by rum.
Ask your aged physician ; ask the Sex
ton about this matter. You will be aston
ished at the large proportion sleeping there
whom rum has hurried to the grave.
Only vagabonds? Let us count the friends
and relations of our own, who died sots.
We will not talk about this matter, but we
will spend a few moments in thinking upon
; f , when we get alone. It cannot be, sir,
that your kin and mine are vagabonds !
But let me tell you, briefly, the story of
just one lady who married a young man who j
took an occasional glass, and had a strong
mind like yourself.
Site was young, talented and beautiful; !
nor are these all her commendations, but I
promised brevity.
As much could be said of William, her.
suitor. He prospered in business. She
knew that he took, now and then, a glass;
but she loved and married him. Years
sped ; the appetite increased, and he who
had sworn to love and cherish her is a mi>-
able sot.
They have raised up a large family, who,
by the mother’s influence, are exemplary
members of the Methodist church. I have
known that man to turn his wife and daugh
ters out of doors, at the midnight hour; send
ing them forth with the cold comfort of a
father’s curses to face a chilling north-east
storm. Not once, merely, but many times;
and when they have gone to him the next
day, I have seen him drive them away again
with curses. Oh ! sir, ask those daughters
it they think it safe to marry one who takes
an occasional glass. But for rum they might
now he wealthy, for they have seen better
days ; now they make vests at thirty-seven
cents a-piece—stitch their lives away for a
miserable pittance to buy food with which
to keep from actual starvation.
Yes, “Old Bill” is a vagabond now; but
what has made him so?
Those of us who possess “strong minds”
will do well to remember Alexander the
Great, Robert Burns, Thomas Paine, Edgar
A. Poe. and a multitude of other illustrious
ones whose suns set in a sea of rum ; would
do well to remember the bright intellects in
our own vicinity whose vigor was sapped
prematurely by grog, and who have gone
down, down, down, from degradation to
degradation, until they were finally v reck
ed—lost, and lost forever!
My dear sir, bells are tolling constantly,
the requiem of just such souls. They were
noble, generous, brave; but they are .gone.
But this is not the worst feature of the
case. TWeoldare passing away and there
is a demand for recruits to the army of
doomed spirits. Think not. sir. there will
be a scarcity of men. The number will be
made up , and that, too, from among those
self-confident young men who see no dan
ger. Beware, sir—beware ! There is ruin
in the cup. Latimer.
For the Temperance Crusader.
REV. D. P. JONES,
Will the temperance people of Georgia
help “ Uncle Dabney ?” We think they
will. It is for them to say whether or not,
he deserves it at their hands. How much
and how hard he Ims labored in the cause,
it boots not now to tell; for the memory
of his efforts has not so soon passed away
from the minds of the many thousand's
that have been gladdened tosmilcsormelt
ed to tears, by the eloquent,appeals of the
old hero. Uncle Dabney is not forgotten.
Many years innst lapse away, and count
less changes mark the face of things in
Georgia, ere that name shall cease to be a
magic word, a “ divining rod which trem
bles toward the inner fount of feeling!”
ff he were laboring for fame—that meteor
star that twinkles in the distant heaven of
ambitions men—bo has already won all
that scheming brain could conceive, or
dreaming heart desire. Laurels, fresh and
unfading, garlanded and glorious, deck
| )d> bi o w . His (‘{truer ha* been a broad
I and In mi nous one, and nobly ha* he ful
filled it. Oblivion dares not whelm bis
Bfttne or fetedeeds hr
Yes, Uncle Dabney has been a pablie
benefactor. Like Triptoleraos, he has dis
seminated the fruits, which be carried
throughout the world. But who shall tell
with what labor df the. brain, with what
burden of the heart, and with what sacri
fice of bis worldly possessions, it lias been
done? Who shall tell the shadows that
brooding and ghostly, have rested on Iris
pathway, while be was shedding sunshine
and joy along the pathway of others ? In
’49, returning home from a lecturing tour,
he found a son—a bright and promising
young man—delirious with the foyer that
snaps the life strings while it maddens tbs
brain. In a few days he was a corpse, and
Uncle Dabney bowed his head in this sud
den and unexpected affliction. This was
tbe first blow of the many overwhelming
ones tbatcame upon him in that—to him
and his—sadly memorial year. Four love-
ly daughters followed their brother in
quick succession to the silent sleep of the
grave. The house of Uncle Dabney whs
the house of moaming and death. The
vase with its perfume was broken, the gar
lands of roses were tom from the wall, and
desolation crept to the hearth-stone. Five
behoved children dead within a few clays of
each other! Voices, soft- and soothiug,
that were won’t to welcome, ia accents
sweet as whispers, the weather-lieat
eu soldier trom the turmoil of labor to the
peace of home, were hushed now in the
silence of that si umber, which on this earth
knows no waking. Why dwell on this
heart rend in s pictu re ? Ma uy of us win*
are younger far than Uncle Dhbney, have
experienced what a tomb*of the whole
universe is made by one grave t hat is duly
honored. And this was riot all! Four or
five valuable servants at that time, and
the best one be owned, Since, were buried.
Verily the storm of affliction burst awfully
upon him. And, though a Christian, he is
a man ; and who shall dare to estimate the
gloom that shrouded his rionl at the rend
ing of thoseßweet human tries?
Still be pressed down the great grief at
bis heart, and went on struggling for the
cause to which he has devoted the riper
years of his life. Often away from home
whole months, or at least several weeks,
at a time, when his business at home do- 1
manded his personal supervision—what,
wonder that his affairs have not prospered ;
as they should ? what wonder that he is j
in debt? We do not pretend that • Uncle j
Dabney is beggared, or that there is any !
likelihood of it. No; he lias about him I
more of this world’s goods than many of
ns; but ia it right that his property should
be sacrificed under the circumstances ?
Must this blow be added to the other to
fill up his cup of misfortune ? Shall bis
wounds bleed afresh ? Shall the sting of
ingratitude for his services be added to hi
already overwhelming afflictions? We
leave it to those for whom and with whom
he has labored to answer. The writer of
this article has no pecuniary interest in
common with Uncle Dabney ; but lie is
acquainted with him, enjoys his confi
dence, and knows those to be stem facts ;
I and he is one who wishes the sun of the “Id
[ veteran not to set. in billows, but to si- k
I calmly behind the western glow‘of u. glori
i cm* sky. Phtlos.
Campbell Cos., Ga.
For the Temperance Crusader.
REFLECTION.
“Yes, this hour, this little hour alone belongs to us.”
Now that Winter’s Inst dreary footsteps
are falling upon our ears, and we are exj>oct
ing to hear the first light, joyous step oi hap
py, lovely Spring, let us go into the inner
chamber of ilie soul and read what memory
hath written upon her tablets of our deeds
for the winter juist. Let us reflect. Have
we, as members of one great family, and
travellers over life’s pathway, each to oth
era done as we would that others should do
to each of us ? Have we done our duty to
God, thereby to man; have we tried so to
do? Have we endeavored, by assisting the
needy, remembering the poor, in deed as
well as thought; encouraging the struggling,
succoring the templed, raising the fallen, and
visiting the orphan and widow to lay up for
ourselves treasure in Heaven.
Whenever we have seen the chilling
storms of life’s winter beating pitilessly up
on the weary heart, have we endeavored,
by affection and kindness, to shelter from
the storm?
Whenever the cold rains of disappoint
ment and sorrows have been descending
upon the footsteps of some weary fellow
traveller, have we took him by the hand,
and by dropping a few pennies into his
pockets, of pleasant words into his soul, as
sisted him to surmount the hills of difficulty,
and catch a gleam of the bright rainbow of
Hope ? or have we turned toward him the
cold shoulder, as passing, or poured into his
already sinking spirit contempt, harsh lan
guage, and bitter upbraidings.
Whenever our fellow-travellers, in pass
ing over the slippery pathway of life, have
(being morally weaker than ourselves, per
haps,) fallen upon the ice of temptation—
have we, with a brotherly hand of affection,
offered to help him again to his feet, and
place him by our side, or have we left him
alone to struggle with the torrent of vice,
without one word ot advice or kind look of
entreaty ? Or have we, by the kicks of un
kindness and pushes of contempt, driven
him deeper into his despair ? and have vve
not by placing upon him severe trials,!
snatched from him all confidence in himself
or friendships, by our withdrawing from
him the kind words, the pleasant friend
ships which we had with him? Oh, there
is many a noble heart now struggling bv
your side in the pathway, beset with cares,
surrounded by temptations, which, would
you but turn to them and embrace them in
the arms ot your affection, you might save
from shame and disgrace.
Have we, by our conduct towards our
fellows, implanted into the heart the seeds
which shall spring up and bring forth fruit
abundantly of joy and peace? Have we
endeavored to gather around us the flowers
of affection which shall bloom brightly in
our hearts here'and fade only to bless one
more beautiful still
“When the lamp of our life bumeth out and is given
To &e angels to boar and rekindle in heaven.”
To the liquor dealer suck,reflections me
thinks would bring no joy, no pence. His
dreams would be aught but bright ones, and
surely if he had a heart or conscience, re
flection would paint upon tire canvass such
dark pictures “’twould make his very hair
stand on end and his soul tremble nt the
view.”
What have they done for their God or
their fellow? Time alone cannot divulge it.
Eternity will reveal it all. Homes once
happy,, hearts once joyous, prospects once
bright, genius once aspiring, all have been
blighted by the death-draught sold by
them. Many poor victims shall tell the
liquor dealer’s deeds, many open mouths
shall thunder to his horror stricken soul
his actions. From many a grave, now
nameless and unknown, or forgotten,
shall rise those to whom the snow of
this winter has been a winding sheet, and
o’er whose grave no weeping willow bends,
or living tear is sited, and bear a mournful
tale to his deeds. Those, methinks, now
marked in the coroners’ books on earth as
“froze to death,’.’ “drowned.” “selfcmurder
ed,” and other sham and conscience soothing
verdicts, will be in heaven’s high court
of inquest, marked “victims of the Hum
seller.” And woe will be unto him
who hath put the bottle to his neighbor’s
mouth, in a fearful manner administered. —
Reflection tp you would not be pleasanTT
but jt anything would turn you from your
Course, methinks such thoughts as these
should.
Oh Jet us all retioct on the past—its sorrows,
Its duties have we in earnest performed,
and endeavor, by the beacon light of expe
rience, to live wiser and better in future —
leaving, as we“paddle our own canoes”upon
the ocean of life, “upon the darkest wave a
shining track.”
“And as to the valley aud shadow of death wc draw
near,
May our feet with the love of the Savior be shod,
And our souls wing its flight to the bosom of God.”
For the Temperance Crusader.
Stanzas.
The twilights meditative hour,
With melancholy charm has come;
The cows come lowing from the fields,
The weary laborer hies him home.
The school-boy with his slate in hand
No longer loiters on the way ;
He whistles to beguile his fears,
Which come as fades the light of day.
From many a cottage round this vale,
A cheerful light gleams frefcn the door ;
And many a cheerful song is heard,
Now that the toils of day are o’er.
But pensive thoughts of sombre hue,
Come with the shades of night to me;
And others hid their eures depart,
But mine, alas! mine will not flee!
P. If. B.
Sntallee, Ga., Feb. 22, 18-30.
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ADDISON ON HOOPS.
In the reign of Queen Ann hoops were
the rage, as at the present time, till Addison,
in his Spectator, dealt them a blow which
resulted in their banishment. His satire is
rather too spicy for our day, but for the
edification of the “Secretary of the Hoop
Association” and such ot her friends as
rnay desire to know what Addison said of
hoops, we wilt cite them to the essay oh
that subject, which they will find in “ The
Spectator,” No. 127, of Thursday. July
25th, 1711. YVe can only afford to give
one paragraph. The writer says:
“Among the.se various conjectures, there
are men of super stitious tempers, who
look upon the hoop petticoat ns a kind of
prodigy. Some will have it that it por
tends the downfall ofthe French King, and
observe that the farthingale appeared in
England a little before the ruin ofthe Span
ish Monarchy. Others are of opinion that,
it foretells battle and bloodshed, and believe
it is of the same prognostication as the tail of
a blazing star. For ir.y part 1 am apt to
think it is a sign that multitudes are coming
into the world, rather than going out of it.”
—Savannah Journal.
WOMAN’S SPHERE.
The following excellent remarks arc taken
from the oration delivered by the Hon. G.
W. Clinton, at the County Fair, recently
held at Flushing, N. Y. It is the ladies he
is addressing:
In ennmerating the sources of the pecu
liar felicity which the world attributes to
your lot, my fair hearers must not attribute
to flattery the declaration that the chief
one is, in my fixed judgment, the fact that
it places woman in her proper sphere as
wife, helpmate and mother. I have no
respect for, scarce any patience with, the
‘Strong minded woman.” Like an effenii
nate man, she is a mistake of nature, or a
sad perversion of the truly beautiful and
good. But Ido reverence true woman—
gentle, heroic, pious woman—man soften
ed, refined and bettered. The two united
in holy matrimony are indeed one, and that
one is man—the only full, true exposition
ofonr nature. Where this doctrine is not
recognized, and the sexes do not pair in
marriage, there can be none of these enjoy
ments which cluster around the Christian
hearth and bless the Christian household.
Yon cannot degrade only one-half of hu
man nature, and if you debase woman,
you debase man more deeply.
Wherever these truths are unfelt, lust
roams unbridled, and man is brutal or in
ert. Disguise the canker as you will -
call it Mahomodanism, Mortn >ni?on, Spirit
ual Marriage,‘or what you please; wher
ever polygamy is lawful, or easy divorce
makes marriage a mere form, there wo
man can be hut a slave, or mere toy, and
man a brute, ora barbarian, a scourge of
the world or a base Voluptuary. How
much ol pro*pt*iity does our country owe to
its women ( Is it too much to nay that
our freedom was achieved as wvll by the
wives and daughters of America, as by
the heroes whom they formed for patriot
ism and sent forth to suffering and to bat
tle? While the British Government was
pursuing that long train of arbitrary inca
mvs which hd to armed resistance and
lib. f*v, the mothers Os America had a per
haps - unaekruKvedged prescience of tht*
Cuming war, prepared tht* way to victory.
Then whs it that tbe noble elegy
wap tought to the children at their knee.
“How sleep the brave, who sink to r*st,
By all their country’s wishes blest! >x
When Spring, with dewy fingers cold.
Returns to deck their hallowed mold,
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than Fancy’s feet have ever trod.
By fa’ry hands their knell is rung :
By forms unseen their dirge is sung;
There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray,
To deck the turf that wraps their elny;
And Freedom shall a'while repair
To dwell, a weeping hermit, there.”
That elegv, so taught, made and contri
buted to make many resolved patriots be
sides Samuel and John Adams, and it may
have its uses yet. And then, had it not
been for the teachings of his mother, George
Washington would never have risen to be
“ in war, first in peace, and first in
the hearts of his countrymen.”
But I mean not to attempt the praise of
woman, but simply say, what you have, I
presume anticipated, that marriage is es
sential to the successful conduct of a farm;
that rural avocations lead the man and
woman duly to appreciate and respect
each other; and tliat when woman proper
ly appreciated, rules in her department,
there is indeed * sweet home —there will
pure womanly refinement have due occu
pation, and adorn and consecrate the
•bouse, and create and beautify the gar
Cj Jt temperance dtaakr.
PENFIELD, GEORGIA.
Saturday Morning*, March 22, 1856.
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dantly.
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Speak we Truth ?
Speak we the truth, when we say that lutemper
, ance is the greatest evil which has ever afflicted any
i age or country ? That it brings upon society ills un
j paralleled in number or extent? That it reduces to
| ft state of vicious idleness a large class of men, tills
j our poor houses with paupers, our prisons with con
i vit ts, and is a perpetual source of misery and crime?
1 That it drives all peace and contentment from thou
i sands of family hearthstones, and inflicts upon the
| delicate wile and her defenceless children cruelties
‘ which a savage would blush to commit? Who will
; call in question these, and many other charges which
i could be made against this monster evil ? None can
j gainsay them, or deny that they arc strictly', liternl
ily true. Facts, substantiating these assertions are
seen everywhere, presenting proof too evident for any
| one possessing “discourse of reason” to doubt ilwir
- truthfulness. No man need go farther than a score
of miles from his own dwelling in this land where
the Bible “has free course,” in order to see vice, crime
and misery in almost every shape which they can as
sume. In a land of fertility where none who will la
bor need suffer, pale haggard want sits grimly on
thousands of faces. Feeble women pine for nourish
ment and children cry for bread: and drunkenness
is the cause. In a land where the laws are temper
ed with mercy, as well as justice, and should reign
supreme, vice and crime stalk boldly, unpunished
and uimwed; and Intemperance sustains them. In
our land where the avenues of knowledge are open
to all, thousands are now being brought up unable
to read or write; and intemperance is the cau e of it.
We assert it, without the least fear of successful con
tradiction, that Intemperance is the principal, if not
the sole cause of that fearfully increasing ignorance
which is darkening our land. Philanthropists may
deplore it, and use efforts for its dissipation; but
here the evil has its origin, and no educational scheme
can succeed without this cause be removed.
But why attempt to portray the evils of Intemper
ance ? Had we lungs of iron, or a voice as strong as
the blasts of Eolus, they would be inadequate to the
task. Its effects are found every where, influencing
all ranks of society, from the poor inebriate who wal
lows in the mire of pollution to the incumbent of the
Executive Chair. It enervates, paralyzes and de
stroys, destroys with a. lasting, eternal destruction,
the deluded victims of its power. Are we not justi
fiable then in wishing to deliver ourselves from such
a curse, ami in using all honorable means to accom
plish this object? None but those who are slaves to
their ambition, or blinded by prejudice, could oppose
an enterprise so patriotic in its origin; so philanthropic
in its intentions. Yet there are suebjopposenfs with
whom wo have to contend. Opponents with whom
the voice of Reason has no influence. With whom
the attainment of an office is paramount to all other
considerations. From such men, it is vain to expect
assistance. We must chalk out for ourselves an
open, straight forward independent course of con
duct, and act ou: resolves with decision and vigor.—
Political parties have arisen, triumphed and fell, v. ab
out accomplishing one patriotic end, or leaving one
vestige of good will to men to mark them in ihe
world's history. If Politicians force tbe friends of the
! Temperance Reformation to take a stand as a politi
cal party, they should act boldly, untrammeled by
those shackles of inti i gue which have ever charac
terized other parlies. * Closing their ears to the voice
| of the demagogue, they should be willing to pass
| through the sevenfold heated furnace of his wrath,
rather than bow dpw nto bis idol. Casting aside all
| othe r considerations, they should vigorously pnss for
ward dying upon a Uod who will protect them, as their
cause is just. *
Celebration - -Knights of Jerioho.
Agreeably to announcement, the Rising Star
Lodge of the Knights ol Jericho celebrated their an
niversary on Friday last. The day, unlike the one
preceding, was beautiful and propitious. The mem
bers of the Order marched from their Hall to the
College Chapel, where they were highly entertained
by a logical, convincing and argumentative Speech
by Mr. W. T. 11. Scott, their Orator elect. We for
bear to give any synopsis of the Address. The abil
ity which all unite in acknowledging to Mr. Scott is
sufficient to warrant us in saying, he made an excel
lent Speech. We trust it may do good among his
fellow-students in influencing them to become mem
bers of the Order. The neighboring Sister Lodges
were invited to unito with us in the celebration; our
Oxford friends, (all students) availed themselves of
the invitation and quite a number of them camoand
united with us, heart and hand in the enjoyments of
the day. Being perfect gentlemen in their deport
ment they were cordially welcomed by the students
of our College, and their visit has tended to unite
more closely the two institutions. Every attention
was paid them by their fellow-students of this place,
in endeavoring to make them enjoy their visit, and
we were more than gratified at hearing them say, at
their departure, they had experienced an agreeable
and happy time. We would be pleased to meet them
m Penfield again. We tire under many obligations
to them for their liberal patronage of the Crusader,
quite a large club of them left us their money and
names with orders to send them our paper, which
we most willingly do. Gentlemen, each of } T ou will
pleaso acccpta “bootfur of thanks for your kind as
sistance.
We learn that the members of the Sparta Lodge
had prepared to come and unite with us in the cele
bration, but were prevented by the rain on the day
preceding; we regret it very much, for wo should
have been happy to have numbered them among us.
At night came off the ‘Symposium’ so throbbingly
anticipated by the young people of both sexes. Many
most elegant me&larncs from our neighboring villa
ges, and the surrounding community reached here in
time to iend their attractions to the gala-evening.
From Athens and Madison wo had some exquisite
young Ladies who contributed immensely to the gay*
ety of the occasion and to the loveliness of the female
portion of the Party. Upon entering the room we
were most agreeably surprised at beholding so ex
tensive and brilliant an assemblage of hurnor, gayety
and beauty. Every eye seemed petillant with joy,
and every bosom was “expanding” under the potent
influences of “angelic smiles ”
“0 beauty of all things on earth,
How many thy charms most desire i
Yet beauty with*youth has its birth
And beauty with youth must expire.”
Often, amid the clamor of gay souls, did we hear
some love-sick ‘Tetit miitrt” endeavoring to unfold
his unfathomable affection to his fair mesdame in the
following “ecliptic” style,
“Thou art
My heart’s pure planet, shining vet
Above the waste of memory,
When all life’s other lights are set.”
Many interesting scenes took place during the eve
ning which combine to render the occasion memora
ble—such as some of our gallants getting setback
by some of the Ladies exercising their leap year pre
rogatives—some <>l our guests becoming smit
ten with some of our young “brides,” thinking they
were single, &o.
But the grandest, most agreeable, and acceptable
episode was the Supper, which was extremely su
perb, and reflected great credit upon the Lady Man
agers. Infinite taste was displayed in the plan and
arrangement of the table, making one’s mouth “fair
ly water’ to look upon it. It received its merited at
tention, all of which “went down” agreeably and
hatefully, excepting what went into overcoat pock
ets; one of our I Inosier citizens having subscribed a
dollar, was bent upon getting value received for it,
notwithstanding it was necessary to pocket little to
do it. (\T lion a man subscribes a dollar to a party
of this kind, it docs not give him a right to consume
a dollar's worth, and stuff two dollar’s worth in a
big overcoat pocket.)
We were gratified to see that all present seemed
to enjoy themselves to the utmost. It was no was
sail where the sparkling wine-cup and flowing bowl,
inflaming the brain and reddening the oye-balls, are
requisite to an exhiliration of spirits, but a vivifiea
tion of feeling pervaded each bosom, originating from
ihe main’ bright countenances present. The Ladies
were lively, sweet, and interesting, and “Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like one of them.” But
they have all gone glimmering, leaving behind many
aching hearts; each fair form has left its impress up
on some stricken heart, to which the following love
ly sentiment sounds sweet and appropos :
“Like the gold which the sun that is sef,
Leaves behind in its reflex of light,
The tints of thy loveliness yet
Beam forth, though you’re hid from my sight.”
J3F” A lone traveler journeyed along a desert waste
where nought but arid sands, heated by the glowing
fervor of a meridian sun, met his view. With flag
ging energies, he was just ready to sink beneath the
power of weariness, thirst and hunger. He had look
ed upon the burning sands until his vision was ob
scured, and a scorching fever painted an unnatural
blush upon his cheek. But lo! amid this scene of
blasted desolation, a flower met his gaze; a small
delicate flower, the soft petals of which held a tiny
dew-drop, sparkling and glistening as it it would tell
a sweet story of its heavenly birth. How delicious
ly fragrant was the odor which it sent up; what a
calm delight it diffused over the senses of the tired
traveller. It were a sacrilege to pluck that flower,
blooming in beauty, amid a scene of arid desolation.
He bowed himself low to inhale more fully its rich
fragrance, and breathed his thankfulness to Heaven
for this kind solace of his loneliness. He again ad
dressed himself to his journey. The desert seemed loss
barren, the sun less hot, the way less lonely. His
weariness, his hunger, his thirst, were gone. Hope
now inspired him to press eagerly forward. There
might he other flowers blooming in still richer beau
ty, to cheer and adorn his pathway. *
Leap Year.
A petition has been presented (o the New York
Legislature, asking that a law be passed making ev
’ cry alternate year a “leap year.” The petition sets
; forth that for the past lew weeks of the new year,
: more marriages have taken place, and much more
i courting been going forward ; and they believe that
! k-ap year is a needful and heneiicial institution, cal
culated to do much for “wo-man’s rights.”— Const! -
tutionalist.
We are decidedly opposed to this movement. —
Such an ordinance w ould be fatal to the peace of
mind of timid young men who never hear a rustling
of silk without, a sudden quickening of the pulse, and
can nover look upon a pretty woman without a blush
as red as tho touge which bedaubs her face, and
feeling of diminution in his stature as if he could he
very pleasantly located in a gimhlet hole. The La
i dies are becoming sufficiently bold, when leap year !
only conics every fourth year; and if this Law were !
| passed, we really know not what would happen to |
us. We presume they would vote old Bachelors a
nuisance, and proceed to wage an exterminating war
against them with smiles and a thousand othea be
witching charms, to say nothing of hoops and broom
sticks. To us, this is not “a consummation devout
ly to be wished.” Besides, it would be promotive of
an increase of Matrimony, and as a Bachelor firmly
“joined to his Idols,” we experience no pleasure in
seeing our noble fraternity “growing beautifully less.”
We have not contracted the Leap Year “fever” and
we do not intend to; though iu effects upon others
sometimes throw us in a state of profuse perspira
tion. f
SSO for M Uncle Dabney Jones.”
The Sparta Lodge of Knights of Jericho for
warded to ua a check for SSO to be sent to Uncle
Dabney to aid him in his distresses. This is con
firmation unmistakeable of the fact, that the peo
ple of Georgia are too philanthropic to suffer an old
veteran, who has spent the vigor of his manhood i n
endeavoring to ameliorate the condition of our race,
to be subjected to penury and want, and thus forced
to spend the evening of his life in the gloomy vale of
bitter poverty. And old Hancock, thatmodel coun
ty, is ready at all times to lend a helping k an d to
every gx)d work. She deserves a thousand eulogies
for her magnanimity, and the true, genuine, patriot
ism of her citizens. Let a petition for assistance
from a worthy source reach her ear, and her charity
is extended with liberal and willing hands. The
Sparta Lodge of Knights may rest assured that this
exhibition of its generosity towards our old Fa
ther Jones is recorded in Heaven as a noble act, and
one which shall enlist divine favor in its behalf. It will
send a thrill of “joy unspeakable” to the old mans
heart, and Bethel Lodge, No. will ever be held in
sacred remembrance, by him.
This Lodge has set a magnanimous example; will
not the other Lodges in the State follow suit‘d
W : ere are the divisions of Sons of Temperance?—
Let them remember their duty to this old man, for
he has been a great pillar to those organizations.
The people of Georgia wiil not let him suffer: his
deeds, his noble deeds, have won for him the love
of his countrymen.
The thousand eyes his care had dried.
Pour at his name the bitter tide ;
And frequent falls the grateful dew
For benefits the world ne’er knew.
New Goods.
Our Merchants are now* daily receiving largo as
sortments of new and Fancy Dry Goods, for Spring,
which exerts a cheering influence upon our village.
At the Store of Phelps & Seals, will be found a su
perb stock, embracing every variety of Merchandise.
We have not had the pleasure of examining the stock
of McWhorter & Armstrong, but relying upon the
exceeding good taste of Friend Armstrong, we may
safely say to our friends that they are receiving an
elegant assortment.
The citizens of the country should come in at af>
early day before the Goods are picked over.
Mr. PMnizee’s Proposition.
Kev. 11. Phinizee proposes to be one of sixty to
give fifty dollars each to emply Hon. B. 11. Over
by as a Temperance Lecturer within the bounds of
our State. TV ho will assist in carrying out a design
so patriotic, so fraught with benevolence and love?
Are there not sixty men in our Stale actuated by
love for the cause sufficiently warm to induce tfeeni
to make this small sacrifice. Rev. Joseph .Grisham
writes thus:
“I want to let bro. Phinizee know, if he objects to
my proposition, Ido not object to bis. Put me down
SSO for Overby, and if he cannot Lecture this year
to employ some other person, that the subscribers
may choose; I prefer, decidedly, Hon. B. 11. Overby,
it he will. Cannot half the counties find a man to
help? If not, Cherokee will find two!”
Bainbrldge Argus.
lie above is the title of anew paper published in
Bainbridge, Decatur county, Ga., by W. M. Russell.
We have received a copy of it, which makes a very
neat, respectable appearance, and we take pleasure
in entering it upon our list of exchanges.
£fF°i'ho Southern Banner, in speaking of the
balm ol a thousand flowers, ’ says, if “an ugly man
will wash his face in it at night he will not recognize
himself the next morning.” (Wonder if it will make
big ugly break taut any worse.) He then advises the
Editors of the Crusader to try a bottle. We would
inquire ot the Banner it it has a tendency to make
‘animals’ shed hair ? If so, we beg Friend Francis
to use it not only as a dorrtrifice, but to wask his face
in it, and see if it wont do something for his upper
lip. Do it quick, before the “Bear Woman” comes
to Athens, for if she sees you with all that l fior’ on
your lip you will certainly have to kiss her, as she
w ill claim kin. Get a bottle, Frank, get two bottles;
one to make your lip shed its wool, and the other to
perfume the “goatish” idea associated with the beau
ty of your ‘handsome face.’
return our thanks to lion. Robt. Toombs
for a copy of his speech on the President’s Kansas
Message.
Our Book Table.
London Quarterly Review. The January No. of
this Periodical has been received, presenting the fol
lowing table of contents: Table Talk ; Reformatory
Schools; Menander; Henry Fielding; Neology of the
Cloister: Landscape Gardening; The Zoolo ical
Gardens; The Results and Prospects of the War.—
Price $3 a year.
Arthurs Home Magazine. The high moral tone
of this work fits it eminently for the family circle,
every member of w hich will be sure to find some
thing interesting and instructive. Price $2 a year,
two copies $3, four copies $5.
Godey s Lady's Book. Tho Ladies may always
look for Godey with the confident assurance of find
ing something both pleading and instructive. Price
$3 a-year.
Georgia University Magazine. This very reada
ble little journal has been laid on our Table. It gives
us no reason to blush at the advancement of our
“young America’s” in polite Literature.
Courtship and Marriage , or the joys and sorrows
of American Life, is the title of anew novel bv Mrs.
Caroline Lee Ilentz, which is now in press, and will
he ready for sale on the 22d of March, by T. B. Pe
terson, No. 102 Chestnut-st., Philadelphia. Bound
in one volume of 500 pages, in cloth, for $1.25 ; in
two volumes, paper cover, for sl. The name of its
talented authoress ia sufficient of itself to secure the
work an extensive sale.
py Queen Victoria held a levee at St. James’
Palace on the afternoon of the 20th ult., at which
the following presentations were made of the diplo
matic corps, by the United States Minister: Hon.
John M. Seibles, American Minister to Belgium ; Mr.
James G. Clark, Secretary of the Legation of the
United States, at Brussels; Mr. E. G. W. Butler,
Secretary of (he United States Legation at Berlin.