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To my Mother.
The following lines, written by a convict in the
Ohio Penitentiary, are touchingly beautiful. We
have seen nothing of late that has so moved our sym
pathy. The man who can write such poetry, who
has such thoughts, cannot be utterly depraved. The
curse of intemperance, with its attending downwa* and
Influence, has here done its work, and a spirit noble
and generous, that might and should be the pride
and ornament of the social circle, is now tho degra
ded oonvict in the walls of a Penitentiary. How will
that fond mother’s heart bleed if she shall hear of
her darling boy, the inmate of a prison, in a foreign
land t
I've wandered far from thee, mother,
Far from my happy home ;
I’ve left the land that gave me birth,
In other climes to roam;
And time, since then, has roll’d its years,
And mark’d them on my brow;
Yet, I have often thought of theo—
I’m thinking of thee now.
I’m thinking on the day, mother,
When at my tender side,
You watched the-dawning of my youth.
And kiss’d me in your pride;
Then brightly was my heart lit up
With hopes of future joy,
While your bright fancy honors wove,
To deck your darling boy.
I'm thinking of the day, mother,
When, with anxious care,
You lifted up your heart to Heaven—
Your hope, your trust was there;
Fond memory brings your parting words,
While tears roll’d down your cheek;
Thy long, last, loving look told more
Than ever words could speak.
I’m far away from thee, mother,
No friend is near me now,
To soothe me with a tender word.
Or coo! my burning brow;
The dearest ties affection wove,
Are all now torn from me;
They left me when the trouble came ;
They did not love like thee.
I'm lonely and forsaken now,
Unpitied and unbl at;
Yet still I would not have thee know
How sorely I’m distressed.
I know you would not chide, mother.
You would not give iaa blame;
But soothe me with your tender words.
And bid me hope again.
I w ould not have thee know, mother,
How brightest hopes decay ;
The tempter with his baleful cup
Has dash’d them all away ;
Arid shame has left its venom sting,
To rack with anguish wild —
Yet still I would not have thee know
The sorrows of thy child.
Oh, I have wandered far. mother,
Since I deserted thee,
And left thy trusting heart to break,
Beyond the deep blue sea.
Oh ! mother, still I love thee well,
And long to thee speak,
And feel again thy balmy breath
Upon my care-worn cheek.
But, ah 1 there is a thought, mother,
• Pervades y beating breast,
That thy freed spirit may havo flown
To its eternal rest;
And while I wipe the tear away.
There whispers in my ear
A voice that speaks of Heaven and thee.
And bids me se. k thee there.
From Arthur’s Horne Magazine.
“SO THEY S’ Y
“So they say,” exclaimed a voice under
my window. I did not see the speaker; I
< id not even look, for the street was so
thronged that I wonld have boon unable
to define him. And yeti was ascertain
that the remark wa* the world wide guar
an tee’ to some piece of scandal as I was that
the voice was coarse, ill-tempered and
masculine.
Borne writer has represented “old Mr.
Theysay” as an arrant paradox, who exists
and does not exist, who is everywhere and
nowhere, who is responsible and irrespon
sible. Without attempting to continue
ibis figure, or to trace up the genealogy of
the character; we conld not help thinking
that those three short simple words, “So
they say” have been productive of incalcu
lable mischief and misery in the world.
They are words that have blasted repu
tations, severed the most sacred ties, dark
ened many a hearthstone, poisoned throb
bing heart?, and dishonored female virtue.
They are the covert of the slanderer ; his
mustv refnge from the searching eye of in
quiry.
If there ib any curse upon society, any
excrescence that should be lopped off of
it, if is the slenderer, the scandal-monger,
the Jew-vender of blighting inuendoes and
vital stigmas, the pawnbroker iu “hinted
doubts.” “hesitated dislikes” and “shoul
der-shrugged decrepancies.”
These “soft buzzing slanderers, the
sick moths that eat an honest name,” are
often found among the opposite sex; wo
men who have.warmed themselves into a
sort of paltry independence, through leg
acies left them as the wages of toad-eating.
The dark insinuation, the half suppressed
sentence, the low whisper, the undefined
are the weapons used by
those who should have the brand of infamy
burnt deep in their foreheads, and be hung
higher than Hmunan in the scorn of the
world.
Lnvy is generally the prompter to Sian
uer. Tio passion of perverted human na
ture can sink one lower in the scale of
moral qualities than envv. No species of
envy is adroiesable, save* that which hurts
neither ourselves nor others, but spurs us
to greater efforts—making us essay to be
equal to or above the subject exciting such
envy. What an amount of this passion
often lies hid beneath, “the cold words
that hide the envious thought,” as Willie
expresses it.
Emulation may be noble ; amhition may
be glorious; competition may be praise
worthy, but envy is the very blackness of
the soul—the turbidness that rises from the
fountain’s depth below. “It is not an ar
dor kindled by the noble example of oth
ers,” it is not an eager, commendable de
sire after preferment and superiority; but,
on the contrary, is a jealousy awakened by
whatever may exalt others—or gives them
pleasures and advantages which we desire
tor ourselves —hearing the impress of ma
Jevolihce and malignity.
•‘Of all the passions,” says a writer, “en
vy is that wh.ch exso ts ti o han est service
an i pays the •itteres w ges. Its service
is, t<* wares th muor-soi our enemy ; its
wages to oc BUCS ot it!*.
Slander is more particularly directed
against defenceless woman. She is more
the creature of impulse than less excitable,
colder, more calculating man. She is more
instinctive and less reasoning: “she is truer
to nature and nearer to God; last made in
the order of creation, in moral eminence
she stands first!” Character is all that
the female has to depend on in the wide,
wide world. Oh, then, why should any,
even in jest, whisper words which, wheth
er true or not, may throw a blight upon a
spotless reputation ? A thought may he
stifled at birth; but a word spoken can
never lie recalled. The story you whimper
ed will return to you in tones of thunder;
astounding even yourself, who were the
first guilty wretch to repeat so malignant
a falsehood.
Envy and censure can never extenuate
calumny. The following sweet, vet simple
lines, by Mrs. Osgood, speaks volumes on
tho subject :
A whisper woke tho air—
A soft light tone and low,
Yet barb’d with shame and woo—
Now, might it only perish there I
Nor farther go.
Ah, me! a quick and eager ear
Caught up the meaning sound!
Another voice has breathed it clear, ■
And so it wanders round,
From ear to lip—from lip to ear.
Until it reached a gentle heart,
I And that—it broke.
THE MARRIAGE TIE.
Matrimony is an eugageraeivfc which
must last the life of one of the. parties, and
there is no retracting—no atqp backward.
Therefore, to avoid nil the l*>rror of a re
pentance that comes too lahe, men should
thoroughly know the real cause wiiich in
duce them to take so important a step, be
fore they venture upon it. Do they stand
in need* of a wife, an heiress, or a nurse ?
Is it their passions, their watts, or their
infirmities, that solicit them to wed ? Are
they candidates for that happy state.
These are questions much more proper to
Ini proposed before men go to the altar,
than after it; they are points which well
ascertained, .would prevent hi any disap
pointments, often deplorably often ridicu
lous, always remediless. We should not
then see young spendthrifts flying them
selves to females who are note 00, only be
cause they have nothing to expend ; nor
old debauchees taking a Mourning beauty
ro their bosom, when an additional flannel
waistcoat would have been much more
salutary and appropriate.
A HAPPY HOME.
In a happy homo there will be no fault
finding, no overbearing spirit; -thore will
ie no peevishness, no fretful ness, t’n
kindness will not dwell in tho heart or bo
on the tongue. Oh, the tears, the sighs, the
wasting of life and health, and strength,
and time—of all that is most to be desired
in a happy home, occasioned’ Lnereiv by
unkind words. The celebrated Mr.'Wes
ley remarked to this effect, namely, that
fretting and scolding seemed like tearing
the flesh from the bones, and that v,t have
no more right to be guilty ot this than we
have to curse, or swear, or steal, In a per
fectly happy home all will be
removed. Even as “Christ pleased not
himself,” so the members’ of a happy home
will not .seek fir*t to please theniselve*,
but to please each other.
Cheerfulness is another ingredient In a
happy home.—How much does the sweet
ness emanating from a heart fraught with
love and kindness, contribute to render a
happy homo. How attracting, how sooth
ing is that sweet cheerfulness’that is borne
on the countenance •>! a wife and mother.
How the parent and child, the brother and
sister, the mistress and servant, dwells
with delight 011 those cheerful looks, those
confiding smiles that beam from the eye,
and burst from the inmost soni of those
who are near and dear.
How it hastens the return of the lather,
lightens the care of the mother, renders it
more easy for youth to resist temptation !
and drawn by the cords of affection, how
it induces them with loving hearts to return
to the parental roof!
Oh, that parents would Jay this subject
to heart, that by untiring efforts they
would so far render home happy, that their
children and domestics shall not seek for
happiness in forbidden paths 1
1 *
I £3£t£ceEt&ite&u#
I From the Spirit of the Age.
“PAP 18 DRUNK! AND WE CAN’T STAY
THERE !
On one oold winter night, no longer ago
than last February, while the stars peeped
through the chilly blasts of north-west
that poured their freezing breath in
cessantly upon the ice glazed hills of the
landsca}*, while sitting by a pleasant fire,
in conversation with my wife upon the;
evils of intemperance, ami the sufferings
brought upon helpless wives and children i
thereby, we were interrupted by sounds of j
mourning and cries of distress—occasional-1
ly mingled with broken conversation. Wb j
started in surprise ! and hastily went to !
see what could be the matter ; and having i
reached the outer edge of the yard, we !
found it to be the wife of neighbor 0 ,!
wth her three smallest children. She had j
the youngest of them in her arms, without j
any bonnet upon its bead; the oldest a lit- !
tie girl of about ten years, thinly clad, the’
or dress had boon some defence against j
the northern wind and snow; but in her
light from a wild demon, bearing the title !
T a JP’ torn it into (alters.--!
tlTll nidd a ° m ’ Wtt ? rt UuUi boy, crushing J
the k.o and snow almost hare-footed. He !
Jd* nUt tl u tr j O,1 f °- f th i line ‘ M - v wife call-1
. out, wnat is the matter AV’ Ho
quickly replied ; “Pap fc drunk! and we
can t stay there, The mother, afVer hav
ing seated herself by the fire, commenced
a recital of the mimy she had suffered by
the intemjerote habits of her husband at
which my heart sickened. During her
conversation, she would occasionally sigh, *
and mutter a prayer, calling upon the great j
Judge of ail the earth, to blast all the dis-1
tilleriea in the land.; for s;iid she, u Aa long j
as he canget it he will drink it.”
Good Heavens! said Ito myself. How |
the distiller will escape in the great of ’
final accounts, God only knows 1 The in- <
spi ration aof the drunkard’s wife are breath- i
ed in curses upon him, and offered to lira- <
ven’s ear. bathed in bitter tears That run s
from a heart cleft by misery. He ia cursed 1
bj T hungry ragged children, driven from
home, exposed to cold—with hearts broken
wit!) shame. The. drunkard himself, in 1
his sober moments, curses him that makes
the maddening stuff, by which be has boon ;
seduced. |
Mr. Editor, is there meaning ia the a- j
Hove caption \ Yes, horrible ! And it is
the experience of thousands. The father
drunk—eyes rod, face swollen, maddened
by brandy until he turns (AcfZ and abuses
his wife, beats his children, and all are
turned out of doors. Thus the mother fsnd |
children, driven from home to seek a shel- j
ter elsewhere, as they turn t’iaeir backs up j
on the loved spot with blooding hearts are j
hoard to exclaim: “We cannot, stay there.” i
LEN.DO, A MINISTER. I
THE FIELD OF CORK.
BY MRS. ST. SIMON.
A Peasant named Robert, said one day j
:to his neighbor Godfrey, “I have for many !
; years observed thy life and conduct, and4
| one thing appears to me particularly j
I strange and singular. Although thou hast ]
often experienced great vicissitudes, and.
many trials and afflictions have befallen j
thee and thy house, still thou art always .’
cheerful, and thy looks bespeak content in \
adversity as in prosperity. Tell me how.j
it is that thou art able to preserve such se- j
renity of temper ?”
Godfrey smiled and said, “That 1 can j
tell thee in a few words. lam taught this i
by my own calling, and my daily occupa- j
tion. I consider ravself and my life a? aj
field of corn.” J
At these words Robert looked ay him as j
though he understood him not. and God- j
frey proceeded, “Behold m v brother, when j
misfortune cometh, I think of the plough j
and the harrow 7 , which break uj> tin* j
I ground, that the weeds may be destroyed, j
j and the seeds atriken root. I seek therefore, [
■ for the waste'spots in my heart, and for the |
j weeds that grow therein. The former l
| must be tilled, and the latter rooted out, j
| before the fruit can grow and flourish. Of-;
, | ten times too, I regard my afflictions as a !
j tempest, which rises dark and threatening,
! but which brings with it the-rain that cools
, 1 the air; and then I think : ‘When it is past
; the sun will shine again.’ In this manner
! I consider myself and my life as a field of
) corn. Has the field a right to say to the.
husbandman who ploughs it: “What
*! d-oesfc thou f”
1 “Ajnd who ie the master and tiller of
i thy field 2” asked Robert. •
“Who*” replied Godfrey, “But Be who
I I senctefch frost and snow, and dew and rain
1 1 upon our field? if Whomsoever he loveth,
; ho chastenth.” —JYew York Organ.
(IMgtainE*
For the Temperance Crusader.
TEASING
i if there ia one silly habit., incident alike
jto the intercourse of boys and girl?, of
1 young men and young ladies, that is a
: source of more annoyance thanAn v other to
all parties, it the practice, of ineberimi-
I nnta teasing. Different persona have djf
; forcer organizations ; and while manv .are
| but alightly sensitive to teasing, others are
Iso constituted, that anything of the. kind
jis real torture. This is especially tho case
| with some young girls. Endowed bv nn
j fcnro with more delicate Feasibilities and a
nicer organization than are giver, to most
j persons of thpir acquaintance- -nn organi
i z&lion by virtue of which they arc keenlv
[ appreciative of the beautiful and the ridicn-
I lons, and more keenly sensitive to ridicule
j directed against themselves a poetic nn
; tr.re. if you please, that renders them ro
, tiring, reserved, and unfitted to cope :>fi
! equal footing with the rougher spirits a
j round them-—one part of their voung life
jis passed in suffering irons the prevalence
of this absurd practice. And their situa
tion is the more unpleasant, because they
are commonly made the'butt for the sallies
of the whole family. The others, however
much they may worry one another, form a
kind of tacit alliance to unite, ‘on all occa
sions, in teasing that member of the fami
jly who is most easily teamed. It would be
’ unjust to charge such persons with inten-
I tioiial unkindness, but they are certainly
i chargeable with a want of consideration.
\ A brother ie frequently the leader in
| what to him is a harmless’ pleasantry, hut
ito the unlucky victim, is a cruel torment,
j He may be, in the maiu, good-humored and
| kind, but from a spice of sarcasm in his
j temper, is more give?* to discerning and
j ridiculing the imperfections of others than
|to correcting his own. When two ‘such
| persons are throwkt together in constant
{associations —the one shy. timed, poetic,
l and highly susceptible to ridicule, the oth
•er li.vely, hearty, self-conceited, and occa
| sionally a little sarcastic--the brother is
I forever ceasing the sister. He cannot un
| derstand why she is so foolish, as he terms
| it, ami in his own mind, determines that
!he will tease her until she becomes like
: other people.’ Accordingly, if any boy
| happens to claim her as his sweet-heart, or j
:to be, of necessity, in her company at any
time, the tormentor begins to worry her
about the boys—telling her whom she
loves, and when she will marry, and many
other absurdities of like nature. Not only
is she teased about those she otherwise
would like very well, but her ears are, con
tinually stunned with the names and pre
tensions of others whom she has scarcely
ever seen. This refined cruelty may prove j
very amusing to the listeners, but, we may
be sure, the ob ject of it suffers in propor
tion. The brother, of course, does not in
tend to be unkind, and really thinks he is
conferring a favor on his sister in endeav
oring to cure her of her foolish and childish
sensitiveness, although a discerning spec-;
tutor might readily perceive that the pain
he inflicts far overbalances the little good
affected.
This matter of teasing is an universal
evil. No gentleman and lady, unlesson
rare occasions, pretend to converse without
teasing one another, From the zest with
which young people of both sexe#-partake
of that part of their conversational recasts,
it would seem that they mingled in society
especially for that purpose. It forms the
stable of conversation nt the tea-table, in
the parlor, in the promenade —everywhere,
we hear teasing, teasing, teasing, until one
begins to think that rational tala is banish
ed from the ladies’ presence. What there
i can tie in this amusement that makes it so
attractive a?>d universal, in difficult to
| cover, it * not wit; a genuine wit would
scorn such employment of his parts.
It is not humor; a humorous man has in
himself an inexhaustible fountain for the
play of that rare gift, without attempting
to uncover ami probe the feeling? of his
listeners. It is not amiableness; nothing
jean be amiable that causes annoyance aha
j pain to nn unoffending corn pan ion. i'hen
| why should everybody endeavor to make
i everybody else uncomfortable by fostering
| tide more-than silh habit? If ladies and
[gentlemen can find no more ratiom-lon
j joyment .in association than teasing no. 1
• worrying each other will afford, coroaon
1 sense would admonish them *.bat they
; had better remain apart, until they barn
! more harmless methods for being agreea
ble. CORNELIUS.
C|t Ctnprance Cntsakr.!
PENFIELD, GEORGIA.
I |r
Saturday morning. May 3, 1856.
§3P*Rev. Claiborn Trusseii, of Atlanta, is a duly
authorized Agent for the Crusader.
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Hi>
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| Mercer University,
| We learn from the Savannah Journal, that at a j
j meeting 01 the Trustees of Mercer University, held i
j in that city on Thursday, 24th ult., the existing for I
j pronpective) vacancies in the Facuhy were filled a.s i
i follows:
! Professor H. H. Tucker, formerly of Georgia, now
j of Richmond, Ya., was elected to the professorship
|of Holies Lettre. Protesaor Wise, the temporary
j occupant of that Ghair, was made Professor of An
| cient Languages.
j ‘.ft# Theological I'rolesaorshjp, uunk vacant by
the resignation ofDr. Dsgg, was filled by the choice
of the Rev. William Williams, a graduate of Fror.k
, lin College, now of Alabama.
A Tutorship was constituted, to which Mr. nod
fin, a graduate of Richmond College, Virginia, and
now, for nearly lwn years past, a student ia the Uni
versity of that State, was elected. He 1-, expeckd
to give instructions in the Mmlera languages. His
: testimonials from the Professors of the Virgioia
J University, were of the highest character,
i Mr. Thomas A. Seal?, a member of the present
1 graduating class of Mercer University, vas chosen
jto take charge of the Preparatory Department. His
I recommendations speak highly of hi? attainments
a? a scholar.
From the testimonial? before’ the itoord ni'Tius- ‘
j tees, together with the established reputation of
( some of the gentlemen chosen, there is reason to bc
• sieve that the vacancies have been well filled.
; We also learn that R. B. Hilton, Esq., Editor of
j the .Savannah Journal, wa elected to.fill tho vacan
j cy in the Board of Trustees occasioned by the death
j of Rev. V. R. Thornton.
Georgia Baptist Convention.
{ This body Convened iu Savannah oa the 2nth ale.
j As we have neither seen or heard a full report of
j their proceedings, wc are only able to give a few ecat
i.tjred and disconnected items. After art Introducto
! ry Sermon by Rev, Mr. Teague, the Convention or
: ganizod and proceeded to the election of Fresident
1 and Clerk, which resulted in the choice of Hon.
{ and Rev. J. F. I>agg. The remain
der of the day was occupied mostly in the appoint
ment of the several Committees. On the next dav
the Trustees of Mercer University n ade their Re
; port. Here Rev. Mr. Mell arose and requested an ;
| investigation of tho charges upon which they had l
i dismissed him from the University. After some
1 discussion, the whole matter was referred to a Com
in it tee, to whom ail the /acts of tho case were re- I
quired to be submitted. Having investigated the [
matter thoroughly, and examined all the evidence j
afforded them, they decided that the Trustees had i
properly discharged their duty, and reported ac- I
cordingly. This report, when submitted to the i
Convention was adopted by a majority of the dele- j
gates then present. j
The City of Greenesborob
Grccnesboro’ has nobly used the city priyilvges
which have been conferred on iter, and in& manner
j highly creditable to the patriotism and good sense
jof her citizens. One of the first acta of the Council
! has been to raise the tax for License to SI,OOO, and
other sources of public immorality in like propor
tion. We are aincereiy gratified at this movement,
and hope that its success will encourage other towns
to pursue a similar policy. We do not say that it
will be a virtual prohibition in this case ; but it wili
prove a great check, and would in muny placet, bo
an absolute prohibition. Greonesboro’ has hitherto j
i supported two Groceries, and under their blighting ’
! influence, on all public anda 7,., her streets are disgra- !
ced hy scortw of drunken men. But if either of them \
can pay SI,OOO for license and count any clear pro- <
lit, they will have to increase their patronage and ‘
sell more water than they have heretofore don*,. * j
_
Stone Mountain Hotel.
Anew Hotel has been erected at Stone Mountain 1
and was opened on the 29th ult., for company. A j
public Party was to be given on the occasion, of !
wldqh we have yet seen no account, but suppoao it •
wae n very r tee affair. Wo give the proprietor our
best wishes, having no doubt that he will keep a
house in every way worthy of public patronage.
The RnmseUer and his Occupation,
“You wish,” says the opponent of Prohibition,
“to drive a large class of men from their occupation
snd deprive them oft he means of gaining r sup
port.” To the first part of the charge we freely re
ply, we do ; the latter •* o unequivocably deny.
We do wish to drive a very Urge class of men from
their, occupation, and we would that the law in ev
’ (<Vy State from Maine to Florida, would force from
them the despairing cry, u Othello’s occupation is
gone.’* But who are they? Why not name them
br some description that they might be known ?
i Because no epithet could be applied to them which j
an honest man would not blush to own. What ben
efit do they confer upon society, that they should
claim sympathy or demand the protection of law?
I>o they increase the wealth, promote the pros
perity, or augment the happiness of a single indi
vidual? No, not one. During the long reign
which Hum lias held in our country, we have never
heard of a single tearful eye wiped dry, of one heavy
heart made light, of one lion:*? of sorrow converted
into & bouse of joy, through the agency of the Ruru
sdlcr. AH the time, his history has been a tale of
oppression and crime, and his work one of death.
To do good forms no part ofliis mission. Get money ‘
ia> it can be had, is th> only rale of his faith and
I practice, and in carrying It out, every principle of
1 morality or virtue is utterly Just to his sight, “Men
will drink, and if I did not sell it someone else
would,” is the excuse each one makes, and “laving
(his tlaltering unction to his soul,” he continues to
pour yiit a ceaseless flood of w*u and ruia upon
the - ountry. it iVhin occupation to send thousands
cf men to the grave yearly, by the most degrading
of deaths, to leave their wives and children penni
less upon the cold charities of strangers, to convert
the fond husband and doting father into a raving
demon, who treats his family with the most barba
rous cruelty, and revels in the misery which be
creates. There is no class of society which he does
not curse. lie draws the fanner from the peaceful
tilling of tue soil, and causes hirn to leave his farm
to weeds and desolation, to enjoy the low company
around the dram-shop. He destroys the neat cor
rectness of the Merchant’s Ledgers, impairs the legal
accuracy of the Lawyer’s writs, and creates the most
absurd mixtures in the Doctor’s Materia Medica,
Mss power is felt by the occupant of the sacred
ivesk, and by it the Sunday saint often becomes the
week-day debauchee. Ke enters with ruthless hand
the family circle, drives from it all peace and hap
piness and introduces the horrors of domestic dis
cord. He deprives men of their judgment, controls
the ballot-box, and must be the flattered ally of
every political aspirant who hopes for success. Such
is the occupation of the Rumseller. And yet, with
out one good deed to plead his cause, he boldly de
mands the protection of law, and raises the cry of
persecution whenever an attack is made on this
cherished institution. Persecution indeed S The
convict at the gallows, or the felon in Lis cell, might
cry- persecution with much more justice than the
Rumseller, even if he- was subjected to chains, im
prisonment or death. He has never been persecu
ted, but is engaged in a continuous persecution of
the innocent and helpless. He is the most active
and meet successful enemy of the human race, and
deserves the condemnation of every good man, of
e very true patriot. *
. Words and Deeds.
“Action 8 *, speak louder than words' 1 i : . trite old
saping, *’hieh every one’s experience will attest to
!be true-. I? we judged men by their te-oro.?, we
j would be convinced that ibis is a good world of ours,
j that oca yet possess some elements
jof that Divine Nature, with which they vmro first
| endowed. But when wc hear what raeti my and
j seo what they **, we* are convinced that words are
;no index of £h<? : r real character?. From such ob
| serrations, w-> might well conclude with the politi
c-sl 1 niiosopsicr -.*( France, that ’"Language was
; invented by men to conceal their thoughts.” Men
j talk of charity, friendship and brotherly low, when
• their actions are those of enmity, hatred, and re
! venge. they speak of religion, and intersperse
1 their conversation with the most saintly phrases,
while their deeds are evil mjjy, and that continual
ly. They pray ami preach as if inspired immedi
ately by the breath of God, but act as if moved by
| fiend of darkness. If there be one thing iu the
; created universe which the world should hate, and
’ Hell itself might blush to own, it is the heart of the
j religious hypocrite. For the bold, open transgres
jsor of law and order, we may sometimes cher
• ish the admiration which brav* ry always in
i’ Hut lor him who makes professions of
j goodness while he practise? only evil, who will ex
| press the most devoted attachment while aiming the
j deadliest blows at our fives, or reputations, we can
but cherish that deep inward loathing with which
wo regard the serpent in the Garden of Eden.
We remember to have written again and again, in
| our earliest lessons of penmanship, that “a man of
j. words and not of deeds is like a garden full of
weeds.” It is an old saying clothed in a garb of
quaint beauty, and yet replete with truth and prac
tical good sensop And how apt is the illustration
j which it contains. The heart which speaks forth
i nonc °f its rcalsefttiments in its outward acts, be
comes corrupt, “a nest of unclean birds” where
, every foul contaminating vice may find a fit abode.
Hypocrisy itself “a monster of hideous tnein” on
! genders, nurtures and protects vices far mere hor
! rid.than itself. It is a vice which men are slow to
! delect, and often fail entirely. The base hypocrite
j may often succeed in carrying out the schemes of
hi unrighteous ambition, may gain his unholy de
! Hirefi . * n<i th,} virtuous and good contribute unwit
tingly their aid to promote his ends. But these vices
and passions which through life he fosters and con
ceals, shall after death become the tormenting furies
which shall chase his guilty soul during an endless
eternity. *
>,, said the want of Rum has created treat
; Sniftering m New Hampshire. Undoubtedly!
i But what kind of suffering.
I A y- wc wonder what kind of suffering it is in
deed. It would boa sight worth seeing indeed.
We see the suffering which Rum produces every
d"y. We see it in the poor-house, in the home of
poverty and misery, in the asylum, in the prisoner’s
j t.i.d, and indeed, almost everywhere we may gn,
|W e see it in file meek, patient face of the oppressed
i wife, in the weeping ayr-s of the desolate widow, in
j the emaciated forms of her ragged children, and in .
; the wLd ravings of (Iks maddened inebriate. All
| these forms of sufferings wo have seen caused by
Rum. But. wo have yet to see the tears of sorrow;
hear tho wail of anguish, listen to the groan of
despair caused by the of Rum. Would that
ail our country experienced this suffering. Such
sufferings would be the greatest blessing which any
age or country has ever enjoyed. T
&r w e tender our thanks to Hon. Howell Cobb, j
and Hon. Alfred Iverson, for copies of Sprechw, I
and a number of other public document* )
T. B. Peterson, of Philadelphia, recently apnouue
ed anew work, “Courtship and Marriage, or the
Joys and Sorrows of American Life,” which he de
clares to be the la t and best work of the gifted
Southern authored, Caroline Lee Hentx, The Ma
Hanna (Fla.) Patriot, is authorised by the children of
the deceased to gi ve it a flat ‘’c-r.tr-vKodon. No such
book was ever written by Mrr. He’d 2- —and the pub
lisher has published a l-c In f-y.-rv irv a Lis atr
nouncements.
The above, which e cl in from the Kh-
Uy Visitor,” contains suuem.mt which baa been
passing the rounds of the paper? U, the State for toe
last two or tbrvr weeks. It L however, partially
< incorrect. A work with that title was never writ
ten by Mrs. Lee Rents., and the Publishers practiced
an imposition when they attempted to palm H; off
her “last and best” production. The Book contain
a number of novelettes, all of which were written by
Mr?. 11. and published several year* previous to her
death, under the title of “Ugly Effie, and other
Tale*.” If the “Visitor” will examine the Book, be
will find in it that excellent little story, “Neglecting
a Fee,” :<>r which Mrs. H. gained a jri*6-cf SBOO
during the autumn of ‘52. We give tills as a sim
ple statement of facts, without intending it as vth
extenuation of the fault of T. B. Peterson, in at
tempting a gross Imposition upon the American p&v
phx . *
“Tliov Who are uot for Us, are Against
Us.-
“Tuo Gemini Georgian” make? loud complaints of
what be is pleased to call some of ur “reckless a-*-
sertlons” concerning the position of the political
Press e£ Georgia, with reference to the* Temperance
question. But we can not find more in Lis artfe’x
than a few equally ‘'reckless assertions,” and son
vague, indefinite questions, which he leaves unan
swered. He failed to point out a single Journal in
the State whose position we misrepresented. We
cheerfully grant that the “Central Georgian” has
been less culpable in this respect, than many others.
Yet he dare not say that it has been a Temperance
Sheet. Wchave not.said, and we do not intend to
say, that political papers have waged a war with
Temperance, of the same kind or to the same extent”
with that which they are continually carrying on
with each other. But we do again assert it, without
the least fear of successful contradiction, that the
whole of their influence has been thrown against the
reform in every phase which it has presented itself.
This has, in almost every instance, been the re-auk
of design, to win caste among political leaders. If
the “Georgian” will point out a singio political jour
nal iu this State which ha;i contributed anything to
the furtherance of the Temperance cause, we will
candidly admit our error. But we advise bin? when he
attempts another castigation, of the Crusader for
“reckloss assertions” to avoid a little more the- faub
be is about io condemn.
“Let such teach others, who themselves excel
And censure freely, who have written well.” *
The Shanghai Coat—tts Exompiej-.
\V ho is there of the ultra Shanghai Party wLo
does fiso eiated with pride at the following account
of their founder ? We think it might give them p.
more stately walk, a more erect carriage, to bear
such a description of his heroism. It might incite
them to come up still nearer their original by the
long, loud, harsh crow, so characteristic of the fewfi
ly.
There sro heroes and martyr-.? in ;be fashionable
well as the religious and the bougereot worlds.
The introducer of the Shaoghal coat is an illwstrrv
tion in point. One who saw him says, like moot r<-
foru-.yrs, ho was ultra in the very outset-—and wove
an ultra shanghai. Ic reached nearly io his beolK
Y uU of the conscious dignity o? hie mission, .where
u-;fe hc ws:-. called, —namely, to supplant the “hob
taxs” of the preceding fashionable reign- --he -vtalA
ed majestically down the gfixteis, regardless o 4” kiw.-
titters of women, the unropresacd laughter of met,
and the vociferous jeers us small boy?. That maii
a niartyr, aud wlsat martyrs aceoropifeh for re
| ligton, (hey no less achieve for tashion. The mar
tyr gradually fou:vd disciples—a small but noWc
band of men—who partook of hU sufferings that
they might aloo share in his triumphs. AiS wfevt
a triumph it was t In less than a week, the Shwm
hai was the only “correct thing” —the rout of toe
“ijobtaii.-i'’ was complete, and tbe nc-w
deuominauon counted Young and Old America, iu
elusive, among its ardent supporters. What has be
come of the, .daring originator, or rather the insre
ducer of this fashion (for before that time it wa.?
prevalent elsewhere) we do not know, but presume
be i* still steadily persevering in the glorious task
of inoculating our male population with she lahv-i
and freshest styles. —LyncMurgh Yirpwian.
Our Book Table,
l rr * Monthly. —Tbe May Nuiufe.? of L l -*?
valuable peri>>dical is on our table, and contains
something of interest for every class of reader?.
M c notice in it a lengthy article on “tho Kane Re
hef Expedition, which cannot fad of fete resting every
ODC who has ever heard of Franklin and his fatal
expedition to the Northern Seas. There is do Mag
a*.’ne in our country, which for literary merit stands
higher than Putnam. Published by Dix ,v Fkiwar*!-,
*>2l, Broadway, New York. Price, $8 per year.
2.\ - Phrinologie-al u:ui Water Cure Journal# sr*
on our table. Besides the particular sciences to which
they are devoted, they usually contain a variety
jof matter ol interest to the general reader. The*
are both published at the very low rate of $1 per
year, by Fowler X YV ells. No. 806, Broadway, N. Y.
t>)ii uj tks South. —This continually increase
in practical utility to those for whom it is designed
It <s eminently adapted to the soil and climate of tbe
South. Published by Lomax & Ellis, Uolutebua,
Ga., at $1 per annum.
i Southern Cultivator. —This continues to occupy
that high stand which it has taker, as the Fanner’s
Manual for the South. No planter in the South,
should be without one of these valuable journals
He will find that either wouid save him much hard
labor, and perhaps years of bitter experience. Thfe
is published by W. S. Jones, Augusta, Ga. Price,
$1 per year.
(Georgia News Condensed.
| J. R. Valentine, Esq., recently Cashier of the At
i ianta Bank, has removed to I.aGrange, to take
i charge of the Cashiership of tho LaG range Bank.
| Edwin Hazard, aged about sixteen years, and:
j son of J>r. T. F. Hazard, of Glyr.n county, accident -
j |v shot himself by playing with a loaded gun lately:,
i Tho Atlanta Examiner .says tho Western and At
j lan tic Railroad is earning for tho State sloo*ooo par
* month.
| A destructive fire occurred at West Poiiu, Go.,
!on the night of the 18th ult. Property io u>e
amount of 15 or $20,000 was devstroyod.
The Corner Stone of tho main structure of tk-
Lunatic Asylum, will be laid at Mjiledgcvtlic on the
Oth of May, with appropriate Masonic ceremonies.
The Savannah papers of yesterday announce Uvt
death of Rev. Willard Preston, D. D., pastor of the
Independent Presbyterian church. He dioci very
suddenly on Saturday evening last from a disease of
the heart. He was a gentleman highly esteemed for
his piety and learning, and
nah sines 1881.