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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. Liberal Offer. Act person sending us five new Subscribers, ac companied with the “rhino,” shat! be 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. | Notice to Advertisers and Correspondents. The outside Form of our paper goes to Press early ! 1 every Monday morning, and the inside at 12 o’clock | | e very Thursday. So any Notices or Advertisements I | reaching hero after 52 o'clock Thursday, is too late | i for th# forthcoming issue. Our county Officers par- j j ticuiarly will bear this in mind. Hi> Stop Paperß,—Settle Arrearages, i Persons ordering their papers discontinued, must j | invariably pay up all their dues. We shall not, strike J j off any subscriber’s name who i<s in arre*;^, | 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.