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■ CPHgtWCfcL For the Temperance Crusader. ■V/essrs. Editors ; —i have desired for Beral weeks, to find a spare moment, to v a few words to my Temperance friends ■Georgia, before leaving the State. Press- B r cares, incident to my removal, have Burned all my time, and now upon the eve ■my departure, I can only say a hasty Bfrd. Thirty years I have labored with ■the ability I possessed,, to further the Bise of Reform in the State, and have form ■ many endearing ties that will last as long ■ time will last with me. But I have found Bemies in the camp, and the good cause fls suffered. Before’ a review of the past, ■ere are many things to lament and regret, Bd much to please and encourage the true Biends oft he cause. The remark is fre- Baent, that the Gubernatorial move last Bear has injured and put the cause back. I Biffer with all who entertain this opinion. Bhe ballot-box must decide the question at Bist, and whoever denies this proposition is Behind the times, and time will have its Bruth. Political parties in Georgia are an ■werable for the want, wretchedness, and that now so alarmingly prevails, and ■Temperance men will finally have to cut Bssunder party ties, if a Reform is ever effec- Bed. Though I anticipated a much larger Bote in the beginning of the campaign, than Bvas received by Mr. Overby, yet I thank B?od that there were as many of the freemen fl)f Georgia as Six Thousand, who showed Bhemselves above party, in such an exciting ■campaign. And if these Six Thousand will ■stand steadfast, their members will be dou- Bbled on a second trial, and they will finally the State beyond a doubt in my mind. But, sir, in one more day, I shall no long- Ber be a citizen of Georgia. I love Georgia B—l have been a citizen more than thirty- Bpight years—and there i.s no statute on her ■books, that I so much regret, as the one au- Bthorizing and encouraging her citizens to ■deal out half-pints for the paltry sum of five Bor six dollars, to destroy the bodies and ■souls of another portion of her citizens. ■ i.aw-mnkers and others, are ready to visit ■upon the heads of the victims of the traffic ■the severest pains and penalties, while the ■traffickers are countenanced and protected ■v the law ! And. sir. when I know that all able-bodied ■men, in such a country as this, will stoop to ■engagein the liquor traffic, rather than labor ■for a living, it is painfully humiliating. •‘l’d sooner black rny visage o’er, And put the shine on boots and shoes ; ■ Than stand within a village st re, And wash the glasses drunkards use.” I But, however degrading, and however ■ low may be the occupation of the vender, lit does not at ail relieve law-makers, and ■ others who look on carelessly, from their ■ responsibility. A fearful reckoning awaits these. But, Mr. Editor, f am encroaching upon rnv time. I wanted to say a few words to my old friends, Jones, Gresham, Phinazee Cabaniss, Newton, Smith, Carter, Ac.. Ac., but my hand falters, and my heart throbs too high. Friends, he of good cheer—there are more for you, than against you. I leave you from a sense of duty to a large and de pendent family. 1 leave more than Six T iiousand Dollars justly due.ine for sub scriptions to the “Temperance Banner’— one-half of which sum, would have preven ted ali thought ol my leaving Georgia for all time to come. But I make no complaints. It those who withhold what is justly due to me, can live with it, I can live without it. Letters addressed to James L. Brown, Esq., of Greenesboro’, or to Gaspard T. Carrie, of Marietta, Cobb Cos., in reference to these matters, will be duly attended to. My post-office address for the present, will be Neos, Kansas Territory. i go as j a peaceable, law-abiding citizen, loving the j whole l riion ; but I am a Southern Man. ! Farewell, Messrs. Editors, and farewell j friends ol the Temperance Reform in Ceor-! “Be not wearv in well doing.” BENJ. BRANTLY. <‘ass Cos.. March 31st, 1856. For the Temperance Crusader. CONFESSIONS from a BOARDING-HOUSE. —o — BY .MRS. NETTLETON. —o s NO. 2. 1 have promised you some reminiscences from my past history. Multitudes of these now rise up to my mind, and the great diffi culty is, which to select. How fresh in my memory is my first year’s experience in keeping a College boarding-house ! I could mention almost every incident in order of j time. 1 had kept boarding-house before, i when my dear man was alive, (l leaven pre-j erve him :) and had such a nice, interesting lot of boarders. There was Mr. Cheatem * the Meichant, who had been to New York. Philadelphia, and all the great places, and could teil such interesting tales about his travels. I always wanted him to write an account of them, like M ungo Park’s travels in Africa, you know, but he Was so diffident, he would not consent. Then there was I Mr. Ketehemthe Lawyer, and Mr. Killem the Doctor But 1 wdl not attempt to de —sc lie them I always thought they were perfe tly genus? as Mr. Ketohem used to say. though 1 never exactly under m od the force of the expression. <!ut when mv dear Me. Nettleton was no ton er alive, and with a very small income, i had to support myself and family, my friends persuaded me to open a College boarding-house. Accordingly, 1 purchased a house in this village, and made all my ar rangements for a speedy removal. I moved during the vacation, in order that I might have everything in readiness at the opening of the next term. Reports, which I ha and heard, induced me to believe, that 1 had at tained an almost perfect Elysium, and my new neighbors were at some trouble to keep up the impression. I will attribute to them the best motives. Having themselves trod the thorny path, they were anxious to strew ja*p.y path with flowers, so far as might be. [ Old Mrs. Saintly called to tell me of the | great religious advantages of the place, of t the interesting revivals, and that people would be good, in spite of themselves, where .so many prayers were offered up, and so manv sermons preached Then Miss Olivi ana Frisk told ray daughters long tales a bout how nice and intelligent and gentle manly the students were. (Miss Oliviana Frisk would wear curls and short sleeves, although fully twenty-seven.) “Why,” said she, “I call myself no very great beauty, and yet, I receive a vast deal of attention. I have company regularly five nights in the week, and an escort to church every Sun day night. True, it requires some extra ex ertions to keep up at this* I have to read Poetry and Novels eight hours in the day, and practice my music four, so you see I have little time to think of work. What of that \ Mother hires all my dresses made, and I have gained the reputation of being the best read and most talented young lady in town. Will you believe it? Since I graduated, I have rejected thirteen suitors, five of whom received the first honor, and eleven were considered very wealthy. But none of them came up to what my husband must be.” Then again, Air. Blarney came round to give me some lessons of wisdom which he had sagelv gleaned from his experience. Mr. Blarney was neither an Irishman nor a Yankee, though his name would imply tne one and his manners the other. He was as full of deceit as he knew how to be. But as his knowledge was not very profound, he seldom succeeded in deceiving any one. He informed me of the immense profits that would accrue from the successful manage ment of a boarding-house, and gave me a multitude of rules for governing my con duct. “Forbearance,” says he, “is an in dispensible requisite, if you would gain pop ularity. Should your yard gates be carri ried off, your poultry house rifled, or your garden or orchard robbed of its choicest fruits, take it all as a very fine joke. N ever insinuate that there is anything low or base in such conduct. If you do, they will be come offended, and there is no telling to what lengths they rnay proceed.” Mrs. Frisk, a very kind old lady, next came to give me some wholesome advice respecting my daughters. Airs. Frisk had seven unmarried daughters, a Wmodel young ladies, and was. of course, admirably quali fied to give advice on this all-important sub ject. “Never allow your younger daugh ters to go into society, or he known as young ladies, until the older ones are mar ried, unless their advanced ages force you to do so. This is the plan I have pursued, though I cannot say with entire success. My oldest daughter, Belinda, was twenty nine years, eleven months and twenty-nine days old, when she was led to the marriage altar, and hence, Oliviana was eighteen when she left the nursery. She is now the reigning belle of the place. But ’tis needless to say anything more of her, as you have already made her acquaintance. My third daughter, Arietta, who is in her thirty-third winter, is now engaged in Hymeneal nego tiations with Air. Porpus, who is about twenty, 1 suppose, But oh i such a nice young man, you have not s*een him yet, Mrs. Nettieton ; Ido not mean to say that he is handsome; for the opposite of beauty clings to him with great tenacity, though he dress es fine, invents killing neckties, and oils his hair till a fly dare not light on it, all in the vain hope of destroying his homeliness. But what he wants in beauty, he makes up in grace. Ho is also, very talented, being a candidate for the first honor, which I have no doubt he deserves. I have heard some faint rumors that he is dissipated, which i don’t believe, and if I did, he is rich, and that, you know, makes a great difference. 1 don’t know how their courtship will end, but am very much afraid she will not get him. And so is she. True, there is some little disparity in their ages. But 1 am en tirely opposed, Airs. Nettieton, to girls marrying so young. I was married at thir teen ; and if it was not for my false hair, | false teeth, and rouge, 1 would be quite a i fright. Although Col. H., a visitor at our [ last Commencement., remarked, that I look led perfectly charming at the head of my | well supplied dinner-table. But I have | talked too long. Never mention anv of | these things, especially the ages of my daughters, \ouwill doubtless find some thorns in your path, but I think you will find a rose for every thorn.” So saying, she took her departure, and left me to ponder her counsel. I had no great time to think of it, as the term was I now rapidly hastening on. The rooms had been scoured, dried, and thoroughly arrang ed ; my larder was well filled, and I await ed with ill-concealed anxiety the return of the students. But I have already made this communication sufficiently long. In my next, I will give you some of my first terms experiences. For the Temperance Crusader. WHERE DOES THE BLAME LIE ? -See that young gentleman, in the bloom of life, he bas talent, wealth and beauty, in the high sense iff the term is a learned man. lie is engaged in the business of his profession, is a model young man, and all esteem him highly. By mutual con sent, he is united in marriage, to a noble fori, one that is accomplished not only in the solid and ovnarnetai branches of learn ’ Lut also in the domestic pursuits of life. It is a happy union ! their home is a home ofpeaoe. Little children are foV en unto them. O how they lo.ve their"fa- ther, he is so kind, see them run to meet him as ho returns home at eve; each one showing their affection for him, the moth er is standing in the porch looking with pleasure upon h'er loved ones. But some demon has entered that family; the moth er once cheerful, has become sad, she is pale and tbin, the little one* are fearful, starving and cold. 0, why ! all this sad change? Who can tell ? Is their father dead ? Has their mother fosaken them ? Ho, no. Why, so much misery then ? Their foilier hoe become a drunkard. But where does the blame lie? Ah! who can answer that ? I know that some will say that the blame lies in him, others, that those who gave or sold the poison to him, are to blame. But ought we not as a peo ple to look well to it, and see whether or not the blame is not in use. Have we not as a state said unto them, go on in your wickedness, sin against God with all your power, mightaud strength, so you but pay us tor riie privilege, that is sufficient?— Let us fear and tremble, lest the Lord simidd say of Us as bo did of the Jews in the prophieies of Jeremiah, “Therefore behold. Twill this once ‘ cause them to know, I will cause them to kuow mine hand and tny might: and they shall know - that my name is the Lord.” “The sin of: Jridah is wiritten with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond : it is graven upon the fable of their heart.” “I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout aW thy borders. And thou, even thyself, strait discontinue from thine heritage that 1 gave thee* and I will cause thee to serve thine enimies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.” But wqfhave one hope and that is in the noble little band of Prohibitionist,, that were not driven back by the raging tempest, but like the Eagle*soard above, and said, Pro hibition, or wt are lost , lost , lost! May that lovely band press onwards, and let their motto be, try, try , again. Let moth ers train their sons in the way, let there be Arons and Hurs to hold up the hands of Moses, while others fight, and with young Joshua at the head, we will soon reach the Heaven of peace, we will then see men “clothed, and in their right mind,” all engaged in important and useful occu pations. O, ve Georgians! ye who love your country, and especially, vour adopt ed or native home; Georgia! Let me ap peal to you for help, for help against the mighty demon, rum. Will ve not all, with hearts that feel, take a noble stand and vote the monster from our beloved state? “Away to the polls, Old men and young advancing*. With nerves of steel, and hearts that feel. Like freemen take a noble stand, A true and faithful temprance band And vote Rum from the land,” Atlanta, Ga., March, 1856. L. A. 11. Angel Music. When the twilight weeps ’neath her azure veil, Arid the sweet flowers sigh as the day grows pale, Then an angel comes on her silver wings, And a golden harp in her hand the brings; Soft, sweet and low, Rich numbers flow, And I hush my breath while the angel sings! 01 flie love-rays fall from her dew-filled eye, Like the soft star beams from, the twilight sky, And she fans my brow with her fragrant wings, While she gently strikes on the golden strings! Soft, sweet and low, Rich numbers flow, And l weep for joy while the angel sings! Like the soft Bouth wind, when he woos the flowers, Like the glad bird’s note in his love-wreathed bowers, Like the thrilling sigh of the wind’s harp-strings, Are the rapture-tones that the angel sings! Soft, sweet and low, Glad breathings flow, And I urea nos love while the angel sings! Like the plaintive voice of the moaning pine, Like the wild, wild wail of the heaving brine, Like the groans that sweep on the night-wind’s wings Is the strange, sad song that the angel sings ! Dark, deep and low, Sad moanings flow, And 1 weep o’er the lost while the angel sings! Then a lofty strain on the rich harp swells, And the soul of bliss in its music dwells ; And the tide of song o’er the glowing stijngs Flows fresh and free from the J£den springs! Soft, sweej and low, Rich breathings flow, And 1 dream of Heaven while the angel sings ’ CULTIVATEHOME AFFECTIONS. Home enjoyments, home affections, home courtesies, cannot he too carefully or stead- j ily cultivated. They form the sunshine of j the heart. They bless and sanctify our private circle. They become a source of I calm delight to the man of business after a j : day of toil—they leach the merchant, the j trader, the working man, t hat there is some- j thing purer, more precious even, than the j gains ofindustry. They twine themselves j round the heart, call forth its best and purest emotions and resources, enable us to be more virtuous, more upright, more Chris tian, in all our relationsxf life. We see in the little beings around us, the elements of gentleness, of truth, and the beauty of fideli ty and religion. A day ot toil is robbed of many of its cares, by the thought that in the evening we may return home, and min gle with the family household. There, at least, our experience teaches us, we may find cofiding and loving bosoms, those who look up to and lean upon us, and those also to whom we may look for counsel and en couragement. We say to our friends one and all, cultivate the home virtues, the household beauties of existence. Endeavor to make the little circle of domestic life, a cheerful, an intelligent, a kindly and happy one. Whatever may go wrong in the world iof trade, however arduous may be the I struggle for fortune or fame, let nothing mar the purity of reciprocal love, or throw into its harmonious existence the apple of dis cord. The winter evenings afford many hours for leading, for conversation, the communion of heart and of spirit, and such hours should be devoted as much as possi ble, not only to mental and moral improve ment, but to the cultivation of what may emphatically be termed the home virtues ! —Pennsylvania Enquirer, yes,Tmcoming, “Yos I’m coming, rang out the silver voice of a child, through the half-opened door of a house on our street, as we w r ere passing the other day. We saw no one ; but the sweet musical tones still lingered on our ears as we passed on, and we thought to ourselt; yes, my child, you are “cornin'",” Corning from the guileless, sunny flower garden ot childhood’s glory, and beauty, and joy, into a world of thorns, and sin, arid suflering from the sweet harmony of in fantile melody and gladness, into a world of harsh, discords, and human deformity coming from the warm lips and kindly em braces, and words of a mother’s love, into air made poisionous by the breath of slan derer’s lungs, a world fuH of rude jostlings —where the traveller need be firm in nerve and strong in sinew, or he is pushed aside or trampled under foot —a world full of cursing and bitterness, and almost turns to gall the few cups of Eden’s nectar still kept pure from the effects of the fall. Coming from the sweet peace of your loved heaven at home, into a “strange land,” where there are backbitings, and envyings and false hoods—man striving to overreach his neighbor—yes, neighbor whom he daily greets with a smile and profession of friend ship—a hurrying* running,snatching,clutch ing after yellow gold; crazed with its ser pent charm, forgetting the very ties of na ture, and locking up forever all its kindly sympathies. Coming alas ! io be avaricious, and vain and cold hearted as the rest of mankind; and coming, too, into the same narrow home to which we all hasten. Ah! sweet child, may your “coming” be such that when your hour is come, and the angels beckon you away, you rnay look up with jov and exclaim again: “Yes, Fm coming.”— Michigan Expositor. C|e (Temperance Ctusakr. ffoNFIELP, GEORGIA. Saturday Morning April 12, 18-56. jiggpßev. Claiborn Trussell, of Atlanta, i.s a duly authorized Agent for the Crusader. 4,i Liberal Offer. Any person sending us five new Subscribers, ac companied with the “rhino,” shall he entitled to an extra copy of the Crusader for one year. Orders for our Paper must invariably be accompanied with the cash to receive attention. Agents Wanted. We want a hundred Agents for the Crusader.— Enthusiastic and energetic Temperance, men; those who take a lively and earnest interest in the subject, are the kind desired. We wish one in everv county in the State; one who will canvass the country and remind the people of their duty in regard to patroni zing the Temperance press. Liberal compensation will be awarded to all who will act as Agents 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 subscribers name who is in arrears. —■>- - • Death of the Rev. V. R. Thornton. It is with no common feelings of regret, that we record the death of this distinguished Minister of the Gospel. Panegyrics on the character .of the dead has become so eqmmon, that they have ceased to have any force. In the paesent case eulogy could do lit tle. To all who have known him, the recollections of what he was, of what ho said, and what lie did, is the* highest tribute of praise which could be paid to his memory. For many years he has occupied a prominent position among the Baptists of Georgia, and his loss is, at the present time, an irreparable one. Athens Bank. • \\ e call attention to the Advertisement in to-day’s paper, of the Athens Bank. — Let the List Swell. We shall keep a standing list published just here in our paper, of those who shall aocecd to Mr. 11, Phinazee’s proposition to raise three thousand dol lars to employ the Hon. B. 11. Overby to lecture through the State, the present year. Let the list swell rapidly, for it is time he was now in the field for the year is fast wearing away We hope by next issue to publish a column of names. I.et us enter the names of every Division and Lodge of Knights in the State. A few have already respond ed, whose names will be seen below. Glade Division, Oglethorpe, co., slon, 00. j Rev. J. Grisham, Canton, says Chero kee will find two, 100, 00. I Rev. H. Phinazee, Forsyth, 50, 00. i j Taliaferro, county, 50, 00 ! Man Worship. The principle of reverence was implanted in the | human mind by its Creator, for the very wisest pur | poses. When directed to pro'fKfr objects, and con- I fined to due limits, it is the most ennobling sentiment which can adorn man’s character. Yet, few princi ples are so little cherished, so much disregarded, so sadly perverted. Time would fail us even in men tioning the various forms in which a perversion of this principle exhibits itself. One of the greatest, though most common forms, is that in which man becomes the object of idolatry. It is truly surprising that man, who possesses so little, either to admire or approve, should ever be idolized by beings as frail as himself. But it is a fact, as worthy of our grief as our wonder, that man frequently admires most those things least deserving their admiration. There are, indeed, cases in which uncommon virtues com mand this veneration. These however, are the ex ceptions, and not the rule. Most general!}’ it i.s the contrary. Nothing is more common or more absurd than for men to honor or venerate a man for his wealth. If in dustry, prudence, and economy be virtues, then the acquisition of wealth is a laudable object, and should receive our cordial approbation. We should regard with esteem him who has acquired wealth by the practice of these virtues, and employs it for useful ends. But the simple possession of wealth is not a quality worthy of admiration. Yet such is not the rule by which the world at large think and act. The man of wealth is never without friends, however, de praved or corrupt he may be. It matters not how he may have gained it, or how it may be employed. He may count up piles on the tables of the gambling house, hoard treasures from bold piracies on the high seas, or worse than all, deal out poisonous rum, for | the poor man’s hard earned dollars, still he will find a crowd who are willing “to praise him for impu ted charms.” The miserable toper, who wallows i:i all the filth of intoxication, is cared for so long as he has money, though when that is gone, he is consid ered too degraded to notice. The young stripling, who never earned or deserved a dollar; who spends his time in sipping gin-cocktails, and cultivating a patch of hair upon his lip, is “the observed of all ob servers” among a host of ambitious mothers, because he is worth five thousand a year. The young lady who has never thought of a subject in her life un connected with bonnets and shawls, is considered a perfect paragon of beauty, because her father is a millionaire. All this is wrong; wrong in principle, wrong in practice, degrading to man, and perver sive of the finer feelings of his nature. Losing sight of true merit, ho learns to measure himself and his fellow-man by the standard of dollars and cents. )Ie bows in grovelling homage to a creature of earth for the least meritorious of all his attributes. Rut wealth is not the only consideration for which uk n worship each other. Men worship each other for their talent ; not only when genius manifests it* K( h, and claims a just tribute of respect and admira tion, but when they strive by flattery, to gain the influence of this talent to promote their own ends. When talents link themselves in a close alliance with j cunning, and devise schemes for their mutual ag grandizement. in such cases the masses become forgetful of the part they take in the transaction. The}” observe not that they confer, as much as they receive favors. Feeling the weight'of conferred obli gations, they clothe their benefactor with a garb of perfection, and yield with abject submission to his sway. Not unfrcquently we find those who have be come so infatuated by this blind idolatry, that they close their ears to reason, prudence, and common sense at the command of their leader 1 , as if it were the voice of Gcd. Strip this Deity of the silvered veil which their imaginations have thrown around him, and how little is left to be admired, how loathsome is he to the sight. With the canting prayer of the ■ Pharisee upon his lips, he is corrupt at heart, and a grovelling slave of ambition. This principle can never he indulged without a de gradation of feeling, a checking of the soul in its as pirations for freedom and independence. But the evil stops not here. Did it, we might willingly say of the man-worshipper, “let him he is joined unto his idols.” But it never fails to inflict serious , ills upon society. The man who is surrounded by a 1 j crowd of devoted worshippers, ready to obey his ev- j | ery behest, must be more than human, if he enter tain not an ambition to reach things yet unattained. How often this ambition is unholy in its conception, and misdirected in its ends, let the history of the past speak. This principle has given rise to wars, overturned empires, blotted out nations, ami been the moving cause ofthe greatest revolutions which have ever shaken the earth. It divides society into secret cabals and wire-working cliques, aqd subjects ils members to the iron-rule of social despotism. Such a man may not like Burr, plan the overthrow of; governments, or like Kobespiere, condemnto tlieGuil- * lotine all his opponents; but actuated by motives of • unholy ambition, in his own little sphere, he is far more to be contemned, feared and hated than any of these. v ‘ Mr. Overby Will Accept. o take the liberty of stating to the Temperance people of Georgia, from information by a private let ter from Mr. Overby, that he will accept of the £B,- 000, and take the field as a Temperance Lecturer. The intelligence should receive n hearty A men from every patriot and philanthropist in our State. The money must now be raised. Mr. Overby is the choice of the people, and the man to till the office. Cogent in reasoning, eloquent in speech, fertile in illustra tion, and with the cause of Deform near his heart, he will, if sent into the field, put anew phase upon the nature of things. He will lift the shroud from the unsightly deformity ofthe horrid demon, and expose it to the public eye Send him out, and he will cause a mighty stirring among the drv-bones ofthe valley; life will be infused where there was naught but death, and putrafaction, and the convicted and converted, disenthralled and singing songs of re demption, shall rise up an exceeding great army. M e repeat it fellow-laborers in the good work, the money must be raised ; Overby has been tried, and be proved himself to be the man for the times; the pungency and pathos of his appeals during the late campaign sunk deep into the heart of the body poli tic ; they were not as seeds that fall among .-tones and thistles, but as “bread-east upon the waters which shall be gathered man/ days lienee.” Where are the twenty thousand Temperance men of Geor gia? Where is the wealth of this great Umpire Stale ofthe South? Where is the liberality, and patriotism, characteristic of Americans, of Georgians? Where are the hundreds of Divisions, Lodges of Knights, Kechibites, and Washingtonians ? We en quire, and you must answer! Can three thousand dollars be raised to send out such an efficient repre sentative of our cause as Hon. B. H. Overby ? We pity us if it cannot, and if not, let us then disband, give up the ghost, and never so far sully the name as to assume the appellation ofTemperance men. But we entertain no fears ofa failure to raise the amount, old and young Temperance men will open their purses with liberal hands, Division Rooms, and Lodges will catch the inspiration and send up their ! contributions ; indeed every man who has any love \ for himself, his country, or his family, will contribute ; of his substance to raise the amount. Let then ev- i ery one who pretends to be a supporter of the cause | bestir himself in the matter, and let’s start Overby forthwith on this holy mission. We listen to hear from our friends. Respond early, several have al ready-done so. which is published in this paper. Very Good—Better than we Expected. We have received the following note from a much j esteemed personal friend, which we take pleasure in inserting in our columns. We hope soon to be bur dened with such notices, but we pledge ourselves to publish all which are sent to us. Right glad are wc to hear from our dear old native county, that there are some within her bounds striving so do some thing for the cause of Temperance. She has suffer ed much, none ean tell how much, from the blight ing influences of the dram-shop, and well does it be come her sons to use efforts to relieve themselves from so fell a curse. Dear Sir : —ln your paper ofthe 22nd of March, Mr. Joseph Gresham asked the question, if one could not be found from half the counties, to help to pro cure the services of Mr. B. 11. Overby to Lecture in this State. This is to inform you that one name has been sent up to Mr. Phinizee, and is to be placed to the credit of the county of TALIAFERRO. We art* likewise authorized to announce, that Glade Division, Oglethorpe co., will subscribe one hundred dollars for the same object. A few more liberal, generous cffoats like these, on the part of the friends of the cause, will secure the desired end. Up p'on this point oOr friends of Glade Division very respectfully observe: Let us hear from the friends of Temperance throughout the State. Let us hear from every coun tv and every town in the State. We think that there are friends enough, of the cause to raise three thous and dollars to sustain B. IT. Overby as Temperance Lecturer in the State, and they can do it. Where are all the Division of the Sons of Temperance in the State —and where are all the other organizations of the'’friends of Temperance and Humanity; nev er stop till we get B. H. Overby in the Cold. Let us never let the noble cause for which we have been laboring, sustain detriment at our hands. The South Carolina College. Judge J. B. O’Neal, in a letter to the editor of the Southern Enterprise, of the 13th March, says, in re ferring to the South Carolina College: I graduated in the College forty-three years ago last December. I have been a Trustee for thirty-seven years. I know that I have watched over its interests with all the care of a deep and abiding love, and yet, I know that of all the students graduating from 1800 to 1855, forty-nine years, one-fourth of the whole number havo died drunkards, or are now drunkards—a shame to themselves, aud a burden to their families. The melancholly truth enunciated in this brief statement, should press with weight upon every re flecting mind. How fearfully does it proclaim that Rum is & destroyer ! Here were hundreds of men of talent, education, and refinement, who became the victim of its powers, their influence was paralyzed, their fair nau e blotted out, and their hopc3 for life and eternity forever wrecked. Their knowledge* however great it may have been, gave them no as sistance in their fruitless struggle.with’ a mastering appetite. Especially should the rising generation seriously consider these facts. These men doubtless began their career of dissipation while students, in the halls of their Alma Mater. Young tnon frequent ly drink deeply of the intoxicating cup, i n what they think a spirit of innocent hilarity, or because thev doem it very becoming to be wild. Ah! young man, what reckless, mad, insane folly! You are warming in your bosom a viper which will prey upon your very existence. on are producing and foster ing an appetite which will soon acquire resistless strength, and drag you down to a drunkards degra tion, and consign you to a drunkards grave. Let the histories of these men, rising up in all their, i melancholy terrors, “plead like angels, trumpet tongued” with you, to “touch not , taste not, handle not , the unclean thing.' 1 * * A Bill of Particulars, r 1 Bid you ever contract an Account in a Grocery, |or did you ever see one ? If not, then you have | niissed seeing a most spirited curiosity. We have one before us, (not our own however,) from which, j we extract a few of the particulars. 4* Feb. 13, to 8 drinks, £ yo j 13. “42 do. and pt. Whiskey, i 35 “ “ 8 do. 80 ” 15, “12 do. 1 20 10, “ IP, do. and pt. Whiskey, 1 00 “ 17 “ 9 drinks, ‘ 50, 18, “ 8 do. 50 ” -6, 14 t> do. and P sugars, 50 j Mar. 3, “ 0 drinks. 38 -2, “ 5 do. 32 “ 5 do. 31 I 7. 2 do. 31 , o, “ I bottle Brandy, \ 50 i “ P. “-> drinks. jq I ‘ “ IP, “ 8 do. * 50 11, “ T do. 25 ; “ M, “ J bottle Brandy, 1 50 18, “ do. Whiskey, 75 ” “ 8 drinks, 50 ” 20, “18 do. 1 13 And 30 on reads the Bill of dittos, until thoy num ber 710 drinks, besides the bottles of Whiskey. Ihe account from which the above is extracted, is upon the h ounty Record, the contractor of ithav j ing been sued for the money. Read and see if it j does'nt make you fed bad. That is the way the j drunkards substance is deposited in .small pittances, j until they amount to hundreds. Ah! that word | ! il > s iliat which eats thousands out of house j and home, bread and meat, and their clothing into it uoianges the rrund, corrupts the brain, and’ drinks the life’s blood. This liberal patron of the in fectious den, was once a man of fine estate, of talents, energy, and promise, but he has long since fallen, been sold out of house and homo, and is now beneath resectability. Our List Still Grows—Many thanks to our Friends. | 1 rends J. B s . Peterson of Lawrences ille, and M. 8. j Hightower ot Lumpkin, will accept of our inot | grateful acknowledgements for their liberal assistance ;in the way of New Subscribers. Our list has been j ra I ,idl J growing during the whole year, and O ! how ; buoyant it makes a servant feel, who is laboring to ameliorate the condition of his race, to learn that his labors are appreciated. We have many warmheart ! f (l frieiuls in ail parts of our State, and through their j influence, our list of subscriptions has increased | ami extensively during the present year. Geor gians, also Carolinians, Alubamaians, and Floridi | appreciate a good work, (our adjoining States have given us recently good subscription lists,) and we hope soon to number our subscribers at fifteen thousand. Send in your names, our list is like V New ! Vork Hranibus, -neoer/uU. Tell me not that | Geor S ia is retrograding in regard to this important j subject, when her citizens manifest such interest in j Temperance journals! - To A Druuken Husband. l loved thee with a love untold, And when I stood beside Thy noble form, I joyed to. think 1 was thv chosen bride. They told me, ere I was thine own, How sad my lot would be ; l thought not of the future then— I only thought of thee. I do not blame thee for thy lot, I only pray for thee ; That thou may’st from the tempter’s power— O, joyful thought!—be free ; That thou may’st bend above my grave. With penitence sincere, And for the broken-hearted one Let fall a sober tear. Is there any man whose bosom is so deadened to sensibility, as to remain unmoved by such sentiments as these? If so, let him alone, for his heart is “sered as with a hot iron all his attributes of human ra tionality are destroyed, and he is fit only to dwell with devils. Let every obligation that binds lovely woman to such, be absolved, for it is not law, for hu man to be wedded to beast. Think of it young man. when you lead the trembling, ami blushing maiden to the Hymeneal altar, that her future is entrusted in your hands, as her guardian and protector for life, and every obligation in the moral code is made bind ing upon you to preserve inviolate, the pledge you there take in the presence of your God. But O! how many fond, loving, and doting wives, have been the recipients of the vilest, and most heathenish abuse, by those ‘very ones upon whom all their affec tions were centured, and all of it the work of strong drink. In view of these facts abstain from the de stroyer, and be a husband and protector to your family. Greeuosboro 5 Election, A lrierui has kindiv furnished us with the follow ing item3 of Greenesboro’ news. Much anxiety has been felt by the friends of Tem perance in Greenesboro,’ lest they should rail in elec ting such city officers as were in favor of abolishing the retailing of ardent spirits as a beverage, and also, of preventing the renewal of any license to keep a billiard table iu that city. At the election, on Satur day however, the following were elected almost unanimourly : for Mayor, Col. Y. I*. King; for city Council, Isaac Morrison, Wm, Weaver, J. A. Miller, and Jas. L. Brown. Comment on names so well known in the county, is quite unnecessary. Suffice to sav, the interests of the now city will be looked to, and we may ex pect to see a radical change in these features, which have so long marred the quietude and natural mor ality of Greenesboro’. A Ciceronian Society at Gueenesbof.o— Few methods of spending an evening, are more beneficial than the discussion of such questions as serve to tax the ingenuity and reveal those hidden stores ot’ knowledge which exist in every cultivated mind.— Knowledge, unused, is but useless lumber. The re cently formed Association in Greenesboro, is in a flourishing condition, and bids fair to extend its in fluence widely. At a recent meeting, after an ex tended discussion, it was decided that, according to the arguments offered, wo ought to acquire Cuba, in gome way ; therefore we may expect a war with Spain soon. |3F” \Yc invite the a'tantion of our readers to the 1 Card of Hr. IX Herron, under the head of Special Notices. .