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■ For the Temperance Crusader., ■*
WFESSIONS from a BOARDQTO-BOOSE.
BY MBS. NEg'TLETON'.
fjjl* Fllessuiirs on the man who first establish
■a Newspaper. He little knew ttee ben
■s his experiment would confer on those
Ho should come after him-—even upon the
■pretending mistress of this humble board-
H-house. By the aid ofnewspapers, she can
■rate to her friends the experiences pecu-
H to her lot, without the expense ofpost-
H, or the trouble of writing them more
Hn once.”
Huch was my exclamation, this morning,
■the idea was suggested and instantly ma
■ed in my mind, of making these confes-
His through the columns of the Crusader,
■thing could have been more opportune, i
■r sometime past, friends, at a distance,
Hve been writing to know how I liked
Harding-house life ; whether taking board-
H was pleasant, or profitable, and much
■ore, to the same purpose. This one—so
■e said —had some thoughts of opening a
■arding-house herself, and would be ever-
Htingly obliged to me for anv little infor-
Htion on that subject, &c. That one, evi-
Hntly under great excitement, wrote that
I had heard I was going to leave off the
■siness, and wound up by telling me that
■ did so absurd a thing, I was an arrant
■>l, an d deserved to starve, that’s all. An-
Her thought I had accommodated board
■ long enough, and that I had better send
Hm all away and end my days in peace. —
■>w, to satisfy all such enquiries, as friend
■tp dictates they should be satisfied, would
■quire a precious deal of letter writing, as
HU as a most uncomfortable amount of
■stage paying. All this, however, is hap
ly effected by publishing my replies in the
■usader, where friends and relations can
Kid them to their hearts’ content. The
■nfessions that follow, will be noted down
Hm what is actually passing before my
■es, or if my humor prompt, I will intro
■ce an occasional reminiscence. Os
■urse, none of my boarders will feel insult-
I, should any personal allusions accidently
Ip in among these trifles; for with prover
■l shrewdness, each will understand eve-
Hthing to apply to another. Still, for fear
■ere might be one exception to that gener-
Hrule, I make ample apologies for all such
Hdvertencies before they occur. As these
Hnfessions aie intended for the perusal of
By friends and acquaintances alone, it is un
■cessary to state how many years I have
■en keeping boarding-house, or how old I
H, or the number and ages of my children,
■ anything else of a private nature, which
■ght to be known to one’s friends and ac
■aintances. Should others manifest a eu-
Hsity to find out these particulars, their cu-
Hsity can be gratified by appealing to me,
■ther in person or by letter. But to have
■>ne ith preliminaries.
■ People have queer ideas concerning |
Harding-house life. Taking boarders, to j
■roe folks, is synonimous with good eating
Hd drinking for oneself and family with- I
Hut much extra trouble, and at the expense j
■the boarders; besides, that most impor- j
Hint consideration —getting fat and growing j
Hch from the liberal fees that are paid in i
Hompensation. To the boarders themselves, |
Hie regular charge tor board seems a mon- j
Htrous extortion, to be tolerated only on the
Hondition that, alj sons of substantial edibles
■hall be forthcoming, and the ever-varying, l
■ever failing dessert , prepared with no re-
Ha rd to expense, convenience, or to any
liing, save the dainty palate of his worship,
he boarder, and Ins worship’s companions,
‘he lamentable ignorance of the one class,
nd the extravagant expectations and un
warranted assumptions of the other, will bo
nore apparent anon, as one by one these
craps of experience are related. A most
irovoking instance of this assumption lias
■ carried my patience no little during the
present term, it is that of two or three
warders, who, cm coming to their meals
before they were ready, instead of going
upstairs to u fire in one of the boy’s rooms,
aa they were often invited to do, invaria
bly went into the cold parlor, where, of
course, a fire was necessary to their com
fort. I could not see them suffer, jf they
did deserve it, and if the fire was an unnec
essary expense. Warm weather has now
removed that source of vexation, ami 1 am
glad to dismiss it
But it is not so easy to dismiss another
vexing matter that will intrude itself upon I
mv notice. Bovs, that is, those under sev- j
enteen—are troublesome as boarders, as
students, or as anything you please. They
are always more or less self conceited—l
mistaking themselves for geniuses, and in
consequence, assuming large airs and aping
manhood. They swagger, talk and laugh
exceedingly loud, and not unfrequently
venture upon Beaver or Silk hats, which :
would be more becoming to their fathers, i
.Such paragons of pertness, sell-sufficiency, j
rudeness, and other qualities too numerous;
to mention, are by no means uncommon.— I
They are specially tormenting to the mis- i
|ress of a boarding-house. She naturally
leeis responsible tor the manners of her
■hoarders; but reflecting that she is not the
loungsters mother, is forced to stifle her
Ivrath and be content with muttering to
lierself something about sparing the rod
Ind spoiling the child. Mind, 1 don’t as
lert that I nave such a boarder now. 1
Indy say that those who have them, often
Ihink they would be benefitted by a decent
logging.
For the Temperance Crusader.
“UNCLE DABNEY FUND.”
I Mitarrs. Editors: —ln order to syetenwi-
Bze the effort being made on the part of
to give a benefit to Uncle Dabney,
■ would suggest that a receiver located at
H>me convenient central point would be of
Hi vantage. 4 s
I In furtherance of this,, T would suggest
■tlanta as the point; and Given B. llay-|
Htod, Esq., as the person. I doubt not ho j
Hill accept the trust frith pleasure, and j
Hadly fill the gap {his proportions are\
H/>/c.) between tho giver* ami the gift
■i'o have ihetimc, expense /arid t-.mhie
In separate acknowledgement to each do-
nor, devote a sptvce in vonr colmnps to^tfio
good can publish his receipt*.
Where are the Division*, Lodges and
Temperance men? ‘-fl
Yon may rely upon.
PROHIBITION CRUSADER.
J.. !■■■■-■- !—JI I -
THE KISS.
Give *>e a kiss before you go.
And then —we’ll part forever;
I little thought she would do so—
May all the saints in Heaven forgive her Ii
The kiss I felt whole weeks and days,
And yet it made my bosom shiver; j
She fled and left me in amaze—
May all the saints in Heaven forgive fieri
Oft have I travers’d hills of snow,
Oft have I cross’d the dreadful river,
i To press that cheek where roses blow—
May all the saints in Heaven forgive her l
j And yet, perhaps she may relent,
And cheer me once again—no, never—
j The greatest sinner may repent—
May all the saints in Heaven forgive her!
j (JIVING AND RECEIVING PRESENTS.
A judicious correspondent (a lady, evi
dently,) of the New York Home Journal,’
says that this matter of ladies giving and
receiving presents, is a subject upon which
many of the sex have never bestowed a
thought, upon which many more are in er
ror, and which few, perhaps, view in just
j the right light; and the writer proceeds to
say what follows:
I think it a safe rule for every young la
dy to adopt—never to lay herself under
pecuniary obligations to an unmarried
man, not connected with her by the ties of
bfood or family, for any gift whatever, ex
cept the very fitting, appropriate and em
blematic one of a bouquet of flowers.—
Whatever mav le the relations of tba par
ties to each other at the time of giving and
receiving the present, circumstances may
subsequently occur whioh will make it ex
tremely awkward and unpleasant to the
lady to remain under obligations, and equal
ly impossible for her to cancel tho obliga
; tions in any way. Indeed, I think a lady
• of native refinement, delicacy and proj>er
; self-respect, will always be unwilling lo
I incur pecuniary indebtedues* under any
| circumstances, and the consciousness of
j being deeply indebted to any other than a
dear friend, for any gift <>r favor, is rover j
agreeable.
Ladies—and very young ladies, especial
ly—often incur improper obligations, by
allowing gentlemen to pay their traveling
or other expenses, when they are accident
ally thrown upon the protection of the
gentleman. In such a case, no man of the
world, acquainted with the usages of good
society, will oblige a lady to remain in his
debt by refusing to accept payment from
her. It often happens, however, that men
of generous, impulses, and even well-bred
i men will decline being remunerated. Uu
! der such circumstances, from a mistaken
idea of the requirements of’.politeness, a
j lady should, invariably, insist upon his re
| ceiving the price of her ticket, even at the
i risk of offending the gentleman. I have
! known instances in which ladies have been
I obliged to incur obligations of this kind to
i the very persons, of all others, to w horn
i they would least wish to be indebted, and,
lon tho other hand, in which gentlemen
| have been drawn into an expense for those,
of all others, for whom they would be least
; willing to make any pecuniary sacrifice.
MORE PRECIOUS THAN RUBIES.
Would it not please you to pick strings
jot pearls, drops of gold, diamonds, and
j precious stones, as you pass along the
; streets ? It would make you feel happy
| for a month to come. Such happiness you
i can give to others. How, do yon ask?
! Bv dropping sweet words, kind* remarks,
■ and pleasant smiles as you puss along.—
; These are true pearls and precious stones,
t which can never be lost; of which none
can deprive you. Speak to an orphan
| child, see the pearls drop from her cheeks.
■ Take the hand of the friendless boy; bright
; diamonds flash in his eyes. Smile on the
j sad and dejected; a joy suffuses his cheek
j more brilliant than the most precious
| stones. By the wayside, amid the city’s
i din, ami at the fireside of the poor, drop
| words and smiles to cheer and bless. You
; “dl feel happier when resting upon your
| pillow at the close of the day, than if you
j had nicked a score of perishing jewels.—
iT he latter fade and crumble in time; the
i former grow brighter with-age, and pro
id nee happier reflections forever.
A SENTIMENTAL FOSSIL.
BY FEKL A. Kl rUEK.
‘What is your name? *Mv mime is
Norval on the Grampian hills,’
“I come from the happy land,
Where care is unknown.”
j ‘Wliereare you lodgingi:<>w V I Jivmnt
-1 dwelt in marble hulls.
| ‘Where are you io>* ’Ear, fr,
o’er hills and dell.’
‘What is your occupation f ‘Some love
to roam.’
‘Are you married {’ L.ug time ago.
‘Policy put the kettle on.’
hen were you .married V
*‘ v i'wa twelve o’clock, one starlight night,
f ever shall remember.”
‘How many ehildten have you?’—
‘There s Toll mu] Bet, and .Moll and Rate,
and,’—-
hat is your wife’s tuiuie? *< t no. I
uever mention it.’
> our w ‘ ta oppose your leaving her ?’
Mie wept not when we parted ’
‘ln wlmt condition did y (>u ] eHVM }it . rr
A rose tree in full bearing.’
lamily pr/.rid..<i r.,r f U t l
tarjn well tilled.’
‘Did your wife drive you off?’ ‘Oh
sublime was the warning.’
‘What did your wife say to you that, iu
duefd: you to sloped ‘Como ‘rest in this
besom.’
I Wn? your wite good iookiiigf ‘She
wore a wreath of rosee,’
‘Did your wife ever treat vou badly? 1
‘Oft.iu the stilly night.’
‘W hert yon,announced your intention of
emigration, what did your wife, aav V ‘Oh,
dear, what can the matter be t’ *
‘Jkpd what did yon reply V ‘Sweet Kit
ty Glover, don *t hot her me so.’
‘Where did yoa last see her ?’ ‘Near
the lake where drooped the willow.’
‘What did *h* say to you when you j
were in the act of leaving?’ ‘A place in
■thy memory, dearest.’
‘Do you still love her ?’ * Tis said that
absence conquers love.’ nn
‘What dte your possessions V ‘lhe
harp that once thro’ Tara’s halls’-
‘What do vou propose to do with it.
‘I will hang rny half bn n willow tree.’
‘How do you expect tp make a living V
‘“Rise in the morn,
Sound the horn,
For Cuba and for Oregon.”
| STRONG BONDED WOMEN.
Hon. John A. Bolles delivered a lecture
at Portland, of wlpeh the subject was
“strong Minded Women.” The lecturer
said: —
“In the natural order of female life she
-is an affectionate, helpful daughter, receiv
ing that culture which her future lot will
probably require; next a virtuous, intelli
gent wife, the helper in labor, the adviser
in perplexity, the companion and spiritual
guide at all times to her* husband; and fin
ally a safe, skillful and conscientious moth
er and education of iier children in body,
mind and soul—this is the natural, true,
and genuine mission of woman, and on
this theory is based every-good system of
female education, am! of feminine life, la
bor and ambition.
There is wisdom in the following
advice of the Rev. Sydney Smith : —llow
exquisitely absurd to tell girls that beauty
is of no value, and dress of no use. Beau
ty is of value —her whole prospects and
happiness in life may often depend upon
anew gown or becoming bonnet; or if she
has a grain of common sense she will find
this out. The greatest thing revt<> teach
their just value and that there be
something better under rhe bonnet than a
pretty face f>r real'happiness. But never
sacrifice-.truth.
C| t CtinperMct (frusafar.
PEN FIELD, GEORGIA.
Saturday Homing, April 3, 1856.
Claihorn Trussell, of Atlanta, is a duly
authorized Agent for the Crusader.
Liberal Offer.
Any person sending usjive now Subscribers, ac
companied with the “rhino,” shall be entitled to an
extra copy of the Crusader for one year. Orders for
our Paper roqat invariably be accompanied with the
cash to receive attention.
Agents Wanted.
] Wo want a hundred Agents for the Crusader.—
| Enthusiastic and energetic Temperance men; those
j who take a lively and earnest Interest i the subject,
! are the kind desired. We wish one in every county
in thefHate; one who wiii canvass the country and
remind the people of their duty in regard to patroni
zing the Temperance press.
Liberal compensation will be awarded to al! who
will act as Agepts for our paper.
Stop Papers.—Settle Arrearages.
Persons ordering their papers discontinued, must
invariably pay up all their dues. We shall not strike
off any subscriber's name who is in arrears.
We Glory in onr Cause.
Fully satisfied that we are right, that we advocate
a just cause, and are doing battle in defense of tho
only elevating principles upon which rests the moral
perpetuity of every branch of our civil polity, we
press forward in our work, with no intimidation,
with a courage that turns back from no obstacle be
tween itself and the possible, adhering to our cher
ished faith with a tenacity that, cannot be shaken,
| and with a suspicion that mo anodyne can lull. Un
principled and grovellirtg miscreants may speak
lightly of our theme and blaspheme it; skulking,
boot-licking politicians may deride it, an 1 endeavor
to inflame the public, mind against it; political
presses pandering to party tyranny may ignore it
as an unpopular theme; but it involves within itself
elements ot indestructibility, and is destined to be the
ruling genius of our age. If shall spread as a mantle
of glory over the whole nation, beneath which uni
versal harmony shall re ; gn, with infinite joy, broth
erly love unite flic human family in one bright gold
en link, aiid the song of “peace on earth and good
will to man” shall go up from every tongue. All
those immortal attributes whioh assimilate*, man to
his Creator, shall expand to proper developement, and
atone for the injustice done towards God by exchang
ing the similitude of his Holiness for beastly nature
and fiendish propensities It will be the harbinger
of millenial glory when Heavens commisioned Angel
shall descend with chains in hand to bind old Satan
a thousand years, and the Holy Jerusalem shall fol
low after, to dwell with man upon the earth.
The groat struggle between error and justice is to
be fought upon American soil, and we have no ap
prehensions as to the result; for victory is reserved
for those who do battle in defense of the right, and
we have for our Great A}iy an Omnipotent God, up
on whose strong-arm an and eo-opgrrtti ve providenceswe
rely with undisturbed security, for he will not suffer
his own cause to languish and die.
The consideration of tbis great event tills our bo
-80018 with rapture. It will come, and it will be a vic
tory wore .glorious than aoy. ever recorded in the
annals ofany nation. It will be-a tbeui© of progres
sive interest, upon which atl coming generations
si tail delight to converse; hoary-headed sires will
love to meditate upon it and their lovely offspring
will hang about their necks in breathless silence, and
with palpitating hearts, as they tell of the tolls and
labors they endured in accomplishing the great a
chiovernent; and n any a fond parent, now an enemy
to the cause, will feel his cheek tihgie anti burn as
his innocent children, seated upon his knees shall
enquire of him where he stood in that great strug
gle. It needs no prophet-vision to see that the
dawning of a brighter day is yet to break upon our
land. Prohibition is the settled policy, and it is to
take the place of regulation.
We thank Heaven that it has fallen to our lot to
enact a part in this groat warfare. Wc glory in it,
and love it the more as ‘.'we grow older,” and though ‘
there ate many who uphrh and us for our'devotion to
finch a cause, yet we have the happy assurance,
4hat wo are the recipients of the approving smiles of
all the high toned, moral citizens of our
waehfeedud rather receive the approbation of one of
thgSC, then of a hundred tawning sycophants who
bow in humble devotional the shrine ot jMcchua,
and yield thetmetvos as willing tools in the hands of
Relzeebttb (or tho accomplishment of his nefarious
purposes upon the earth. TFe have the sympa
thies of the wise, the good, and- ifie just— ice
nothing mort.
What Moral Suasion can lk.
“Use Moral suasion,” is still the only reply our
opponents make to every argument we “ can ad
vance. Can they safely assert that Moral suasion
possesses the power to produce the reformation
which we desire? We surely have nothing by which
we may more correctly judge than the light of ex
perience, ami from this we would be compelled to
give the question an unreserved negative. For near
half a century it has been actively at work, uuas
sisted by any other instrumentality, and jp ujay
thence draw a very correct conclusion as to its effi
cacy. j Let us not be understood as in the feast, in
tending to disparage the powers of Moral suasion.
We cheerfully grant to it, its meed of praise, and
recognize in it one of the most effective agents
which has ever been brought to bear upon the Tem
perance question. It has indeed, accomplished a
work which nothing else could have done. To it is
to be attributed the great change which public sen
timent has undergone during the last fifty years.
Tfien the moderate use of intoxicating drinks was
not supposed dangerous, nor was excessive indul
gence in them thought to involve any great degree
of moral turpitude. The professor of Religion
might openly give the weight of his example to in
temperance, without a pang of conscience to upbraid
or condemn. The wretched doggery was shamefully
erected near the Temple of God, and none feared its
influence. But the scene is now changed, and all
the force which public opinion can exert, is now
thrown against this deathly evil. And thus like the
hush of a tempest at the still small voice, has one of
the greatest errors into which thinking men ever fell,
been entirely destroyed. But this is not all. Many
a man can point to a bright period in his individual
history, as a result of Moral suasion. The poor man
who has become u passive unresisting slave to his
master appetite, heard the earnest remonstrances of
reason, had his eyes opened, and seeing the horrible
precipice to which he was hastening, turned and
saved himself from a drunkards grave, his family
from want, misery, and degradation. It was Moral
suasion which converted the devotees of Bacchus,
into those warm-hearted, zealous old pfttriohs, who
are willing “to spend ami be spent” iu the cause of
Prohibition.
But the question has now taken a form in which
Moral suasion must be comparatively powerless. It
has done much, very much. Most of those whom
it could reach, it has engaged and subdued. But
there are, and will always ba, persons, who have at
tained such a degree of moral turpitude, as to bo ut
terly insensible to the contempt or hatred of the
world. W hal can Moral suasion do with the young
man, who has become so completely a slave of this
hell-born appetite, aa to lose entire sight of truth,
manliness, and honor? Who makes licentiousness
his pride, boasts of his dissipation, and clings to the
wine cup as an heirloom of Aristocratical grandeur ?
Who will make the most solemn vows of reforma
tion which he invokes Heaven and earth to witness,
and will rush from the altar where they are regis
tered, to plunge again into the polluting mires of
drunkenness? Such men there are, and they require
the strong arm of law to save them from themselves
and their unholy principles. What, oould it do with
the miserly rumseUer, the agents of Satan in this
horrid work, who are continually pouring a liquid
flood of ruin over the fairest portions of the earth?
These are they, who accumulate wealth, by charg
ing the poor people heavy prices for killing them
body and soul, as if with this they could purchase
redemption from their iniquity. Can they be made
to listen to the voice of Moral suasion ? No, it is
thoir business, and they could never be convinced
that a system was wrong which yields then) so much
profit The law only ran drive them from their
strong holds, and release their victims from a bond
age ten thousand times worse than slavery in its
most degraded form. W hat could Moral suasion do
with the demagogue, who, though convinced of the
justice and expediency of Prohibition, will yet pan
der the prejudices and appetites of vicious men to
procure offices, which by fair means he could not
hope to obtain ? He has no ignorance to plead; what
he does is wilful, designed, and consequently unpar
donable. His deeds should bring to his cheek
the blush of shame ; yet we cannot hope that Moral
suasion will ever reach him. lie has the spoils and
emoluments of office at stake, and his ears are closed
to every argument which could be advanced. Let
the candid opponent of Prohibition examine these
several classes, (and there are many others which
we might name) not, the selfish depraved, interested
motives by which they are actuated, and then de
cide whether Moral suasion be a sufficient instru
mentality to produce a thorough temperance refor
mation. *
Greensboro’ and the License System.
By an act of our late Legislature, the Town of
Greensboro’ has been incorporated, with city privi
leges. According to a provision of the Bill, the
council has the control of the license, and may raise
the tax so high as to be a virtual prohibition. Will
not the friends of the cause, bestir themselves active
ly to’gain an end so very desirable? Or we should
rather say will uot every citizen who has the wel
fare of society at heart, unite zealously in a move
ment which will result in permument good to the
community and greatly enhance its prosperity?—
We hope they will. They have it now in their pow
er to expel from their midst a system which is a curse
and a destroyer wherever it exists. By this move
ment they would not only benefit themselves, and
render Greensboro’ one of the most desirable places
in the State, but the example would greatly promote
the cause of Prohibition. *
Infirmary for Negroes.
We invite attention to the Card in this issue of
I>r.s. dames M. Green arid Henry L. Battle, who has
opened an Infirmary in the city of Macon, for the re
ception of diseased negroes, where they will receive
proper medical or surgical treatment as their ca
pes may require. To all owners of slaves wo would
recommend this Lazaretto as a desirable place for the
cure of many diseases confined principally to that
class of our population.
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Dentistry.
Hr. Coe will he in this place again on Monday
next, and will remain a few days only. Those who
are in need of work in his llfie, will do well to call
on hiru at an early day, as this will ho his last peri
odical visit during the season,
BT, Wf return our thanks to Hou. A, IJ. St o ph- j
ens, Hon. owell Ccbb, Hou. A. G. Brown and
Hon. A. Iverson for valuable public Documents.
True Sympatky-Fifteea Hew Subscribers.
Mr. A. SL MeJitea, of Tstnal county, has (orwarded
us n list of 15 new subscribers, with lhe “needful
ftceqjnpftnMßorrt.” We return him ©thousand thanks
for the tavor. We hold him up to the world as a
man ©f tho proper spirit, and of ‘‘true grt,” as a
model of the kind of friends we want, such as will
frafik their friendship with liberal assistance.—
Pledges of friendship with nothing more, dots'nt
pay in our kind of business. Mr. Moltea is placed
at the hca<l of our listof friends, and we shall cherish
his memory, as one, none “too dear to love.” He
says be is in for increasing our subscription list to
one hundred, thousund—iti there another man in
Georgia of the same spirit ? If so, let him prove it
by /tending vs fifteen New /subscribers.
Fires.
On Saturday morning last, a fire broke out in the
dwelling house of James Armstrong, which in a
very short time was entirely consumed. By the
most actire exertions, the greater portion of his
furniture, and all of his other buildings were saved
Some cf the young men, who had rooms at his house
suffered very considerable losses.
The Woodville Steam mill was burned down on
| the night of the 27th u!t. Supposed to be. the work
j ©fan incendiary. Loss about SIO,OOO.
The Weather.
i March has closed up in a manner which might
i very Well have passed for the last of December. We
have consulted the “signs of the times,” the Alma
nac and the “Rainbow,” find have been so frequent
ly disappointed in our expectations, that we have
| almost despaired of ever seeing spring.
New Goods- Augusta.
We would call special attention to the Adver
tisement in this issue, of Lallerstetd A Dom
ingos “New and magnificent stock of Spring Goods,”
embracing a great variety of reliable staple articles
for house-keepers. Re sure to give them a call when
you visit Augusta, for they arc prepared to furnish
you with the very best and cheapest of every species
of goods confined to their line of business.
They will be found at the corner of the Globe Ho
tel, Broad Ft.
; tsr Hon. T. W. Thomas has been dee toil to de
: liver the address before tho literary societies of Mer
cer University at the commencement in July next.
A Professor April-Fooled.
Uur worthy Pofessor of Belles Lettres was rather
‘vafiummuxeT’ ou the Ist day of this month, by the
Senior (’lass, which assembled near his room at the
regular recitation hour, and dispatched tolling unan
imously, a small strip of paper, stating “it was all
fools day,” and they dispersed for their rooms.
We rather imagine the Professor felt “kinder
soldy but with his usual sound sense and refined
feeling, he took it in t good turn,’ consoling himself
with the thought that smart men arc sometimes made
fools of, but fools are never ehanged to smart men.
Presentments.
In this issue will be fund the Grand Jury Pre
sentments of the March Terra of our Superior Court.
It was an able and intelligent panel of jurors, and
one calculated to reflect much credit upon our coun
ty. W e are gratified at seeing the interest manifes
ted by that body, in the public welfare. Many im
portant recommendations were made, and among
them the citing of the proper authorities to the ne
cessity of building a Bridge over Richland Creek.
tV e hope the matter will receive due attention, forth
with, for it is very important as all are aware, that
this stream should be bridged. The subject has
been agitated a long time, but nothing has been
done ; it has been “all talk and no cider.” Wo
trust the matter will bo placed in such hands as will
carry it through “instantar,” “if not sooner*’
Marriage Notice.
VVo have received a marriage notice, unaccompani
ed, by any responsible name. We can not publish
it.
Oar Book Table.
Blackl-wced's Magazine. The word “ Blackwood”
lias itself become classical, arid none who have heard
will ask any recommendation for the valuable periodi
cal which bears this name. Published by Leonard
Scott, &Cos. Price $3 a year.
Graham*s Magazine, Filled as usual with choice
reading, and containing some of everything which
could possibly interest or benefft its lady patrons.
Price $3 per year.
S-ril of the South. The ability with which thisjour
nal is conducted, has given itdeservedly a high reputa
tion. It is eminently worthy the support of South
ern farmers. Published by Lomax & Ellis, Colum
bus, Ga, Price 1, 00 a-j'car.
We have received from the Publishing House of
A. S. Barnes ACo. “Clarke’s English Grammar.”
“Parker’s Word Builder,” and “Brookfield’s First
Book in Composition.” From the cursory examina
tion which we havo been able to give them, we
would suppose them very well adapted to their de
sign, and as such we would recommend them to the
attention of teachers.
Georgia News Condensed.
Mr. Samuel S. Turner has retired from the edito
| rial chair of the Dalton Expositor, in a very neat
valedictory.
Tiie name of Kinchafoonee county has been chang
ed by legislative enactment, to Webster, and the
county site from Mclntosh to Preston.
Anew post otiicc has been established at Sum
merville, Elbert county, Ga., and J. IT. jf. Barrett
appointed post master.
A Southern Baptist Theological Convention meets
in Augusta on the last Wednesday in April.
Anew post office has been established at Naorne
Walker county, (■*., and Wm. White appointed post
master. *
j
j Died, at Midway, at the residence of her son Col
! JohnS -
j .is, at the advanced Hg e of one hundred and ten
years.
•Josephus Echols, of Columbus, Georgia bits K .
cciitl, received a patent far an improvement in stone
drilling machines.
A large brick City Hall is about to be erected in
Macon, one hundred and seveu feet front, and nine
ty ~' SCVPn back, and three stories high.
Hie store ofT. Bishop A Son, of Athens, Ga.,was
entered by burglars lately.
Messrs. Young & Betnan of Kufaula, and J. C.
Matthews of Newton, Ala., were lately robbed at
the Perry house, Columbus, G., of some *soor *6O
and tu-o Silver watches. The supposed rogue regia,
tered hw name as James Harper, Lousville, Kv.; but
passed on the cars as Roberts,
Two cases of Small Pox ha* appeared at La-
Grange.
Breach of Promise.
. A young lady of Walton county brought an .<n tw.o
against a young man of Hart, at the last term of the
Superior Court of the latter county, for damages in
& breach of promise From the evidence, it appeared
that the gentleman had courted the lady, and they
were engaged to be married, the day fixed <G* ~
When the nuptial day arrived, t’.e bridegroom did
not make his appearance, but very soon after mar
ried another lady. The jury found $487 and cosl of
suit for the plaintiff. The cost and all will be about
s6<>.t. We publish this as a warning to the gar
Lotharios who are in the habit of courting every
young lady they meet without any intention of -
rving them.
Generous Indowment.
$300,000 have already been subscribed to the Uni ,
versity to be located at Greensboro’, Ala., and \U ’
friends say they will start it with $400,000. We
hope that they will and thus make their Institution
a University in fact, as well as in name. In Georgia
wo have.so frittered our efforts among a number of
so called Colleges as really to have made none e.i
them what a first class Institution ought to
Sawhno,h Journal.
Arrest of Capt. Adams at Norfolk.
The Norfolk News states that on Sunday Collector
Sawyer received a dispatch from Secretary Marcv
directing him to have J. G. Adams, captain of the
American ship John Cummings, arrested on the
charge of having fired upon and killed one of the
crew of lii.s vessel some eighteen months since, while
taking in a load of guano at the Chincha Islands. ~
The occurrence, it will be remembered, produced
deep excitement at the time in Peru, and Captain
Adams narrowly escaped with his life by the prompt
and firm interposition of the American authorities 3*.
Callao. His vessel had to he accompanied to sea by
the TJ. S. frigate Independence for the purpose of
security. It is understood that the Peruvian Gov
ernment has complained to our Government in re
lation to the alleged offence, and has made it a na
tional question. Capt. Adams has been arrested, as
requested by Mr. Marcy, and held in $500,000 to ap
pear in Norfolk for examination to-dav.
The Speaker in Tuscany.
The corresjKmdont of the New York Advertiser
j translates, from the purest Tuscan, the following
| from the official journal of that State
* The new President of the Congress of the United
| Suite.-., elected after two months’ daily balloting
Signor N. Banks—is a negro, belonging to tho re
publican representation of Massachusetts. As s
man of color and as an Abolitionist, he does not en
joy the sympathy of the Southern representatives.—
The Democratic party, to which the administration
of President Pierce belongs, and the party of the
Know Nothings, have, notwithstanding, little pleas
ure in thus choice.
Prosperity, in Prussia.
The annual report of the Bank of Prussia was pub
lished on the Ist of March. The introductory pages
are, as usual, devoted to a review of the condition of
all branches of industry during the past year, which,
it appear, has been in the highest degree satkfacto
ry, notwithstanding the war and the consequent
high prices. 1 fie resources of the bank, which at
the commencement of the year were 35,000,000
tinners, and by the end ot March last year were onlv
about 29,000,000, had increased by the first of March
inst, to the extraordinary sum of 47,500,000 thalers.
The net profit# of the Bank in the year just passed
were 1,189,397 thalers.
Kansas Subscriptions.
The Muscogee Emigration Society acknowledges
the receipt of the following subscriptions: Hon. R.
Toombs, SIOO, Hon. A. Iverson, SIOO, Hon. M.
G. Wefborn, SIOO, Geo. Hargraves, Esq., SIOO, lion.
M. G. Crawford, SSO, and Col. T. Uvmax, SSO.
Barnum’s Affairs.
P. T. Barnum, the celebrated showman, was
brought before the Supreme Court, in New York, on
the 14th instant, by parties who have judgments
against him. Barnum testified as follows:
In June last I considered myself worth fully SSOO -
WO above all my liabilities; ruy estate was chiefly
in Bridgeport, Conn.; it consisted mostly of build
ing lots, houses, manufactories, docks, bridges, and
the like; I havo expended $50,000 per annum in
Bridgeport for the last nine years; this was chiefly
for building houses, bridges, docks, opening streets,
planting trees, filling up swamps, excavating hills,
; and purchasing land. In the month of June last
! froin made to mo by the Jeromes
and by the Cashier of the New Ilaven County Bank,
m writing, 1 was induced to contiac-t to indorse and
accept Jerome paper for an amount a little over
SIOO,OOO. I did that and continued do it as l
supposed, for renewals , until I found at last to mv
utter amazement that my name was on their paper
to the amount, as they say, of $404,000; though, as
most of the paper was signed in blank, I do not
know of my own personal knowledge that there is
not a million of dollars against me. The Jeromes
called on me in December last to raise them SIOO,-
000 m cash b >’ mortgaging ray estate, they agreeing
to pay me within twelve months, and to pay all costs
and sacrifices which I should be obliged to make by
the operation. \\ ith this intent l borrowed over
SBO,OOO for them in the shape of bonds of various
states, towns, and counties; but upon having a busi
ness friend investigate their affairs he found them
bankrupt, and informed me that 1 was ruined be
yond all hope. 1 then in despair offered the Jerome
creditors SIOO,OOO if they would liberate me from all
liabilities on their paper, although my counsel in
formed me that I was not legally bound for that
amount. This they found impracticable. I was
then compelled to sell the bonds at a loss of some
$30,000, in order to pay my personal debts. I also
paid and secured certain liabilities for the Clock
Company to the amount of $70,000 or SSO,OOO.
My hands are now tied, my property shipped from
me, and my power to do business is paralyzed and
destroyed.
March 16.—About half-past
0 o’clock last night the ferry boat New Jersey, while
crossing the Delaware river to Camden, took fire in
the middle of the stream, and, after great difficulty
in consequence of the Boating ice, was run upon & bar
opposite Arch street. About one hundred passen
gers were on board. Many jumped into the river
and were rescued by boats, after clinging to Boating
ice. It is asserted that over thirty persons were
drowned and burnt, but in the great confusion it
wus impossible to gather authentic information. The
boat was burned to the water’s edge. The steamers
near by immediately went to the assistance of the
passengers of the ferry boat, but they had all been
rescued by the small boats.