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(Mgtaol. 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. (Plus* 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. 0 Cf 9 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, but it will help us abun dantly. TO PRINTERS. , A good Compositor is wanted at. this office, (and none other need apply,) to whom a permanent situa tion will be given. Address J. T. Blain. Liberal Offer. Any person sending us five new Subscribers, ac companied with the “rhino,” shall be entitled to an extra copy of the Crusader for one year. Orders for our Paper must invariably he accompanied with the cash to receive attention. Stop Papers.—Settle Arrearages. Persons ordering their papers discontinued, must invariably pay up all their dues. Wc shall not strike oil’any subscriber’s name who is in arrears. Job Office. Persons wishing Job Printing done, must address J. T. Blain, —see his card. The proprietor of this paper lms nothing to do with that department. - —•— -- g-gp’We welcome to our list of Correspondents “Eugenia,” and hope to hear from her very often. fc-gfThe article by “Monroe” will appear next week. -*<■>♦- 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.