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®£§staoS;--- For the Temperance Crusader. YOUTHFUL DAYS. The halcyon days of my boyhood, have past, Like the sparkling dew, away; And the Spring-time of life, has well nigh faded, Like the flitting cloud in May. Those flowers, by far, seem the sweetest, which bloom In earliest hours of Spring; Whose odor fresh, to seent the broad fields fair, The hastening zephyrs bring. And so; much the sic ee lest, dearest , part of life, Is found in earliest days; Where rest no ambitious strife, and wasting care To sadden the morning lay. And oh! how sweet to the soul, those dear old scenes, ‘ Which is far back in the past! How delighted is memory, all the time, re As o’er them she rushes fast. But alas! those precious hours-have quickly fled, And borne away their joys, all; For the summer days are hastening us on, To the cold and dreary fall. • May my days glide calmly, like the gentle Brook, Afar from its mountain height; And when, to things of earth, I have bid farewell, May my spirit bask in light. Dalton, Ga., June 4th, 1856 IIENNIE. For the Temperance Crusader. A GENTLEMAN. Man was created in the image of his Maker—a pure being; but short indeed, was the time that he enjoyed that state of perfection. The wily serpent entered Jiis bowers, beguiled him by his bewitching powers* lead his enchanted victim to the precipice* and he knew no morel He awoke a carnal being; subjected to all the base passions that now. form a part of his nature. Hut society could not long remain in this condition. Many began to feel a sense of their pristine purity reviving, and some even disengaged themselves totally, from the snares of “sin and iniquity. As an nr - my leaves its dead and wounded behind, in order that they may not impede, its marches; so by convention, society in ite onward progress to refinement marked those that were fit to on; er its bands. Hence the distinction between a gentleman and a vagabond. Although, in all countries these (distractions) can be observed r yct the prin ciples upon which they are founded bififef very materially from each other. W hat in one country might constitute a gentleman, might in another possess no element of such a being. In England those who are born <if noble blood and are able to refer to “A nm of illustrious ancestors” to grace withal their names, are termed gentlemen. Rome will tout any regard to the principles of morality, but by some caprice of fortune, divided her subjects into plebians and pa tricians. America, with more reason than, the rest, distinguishes hers by their educa tion and general deportment'in social life. Here, wo remark a very manifest disagree ment Does not reason say, that immy dcse-j ('■ ‘the a {‘.probation, but according to the accepted standard cannot receive it? All, of course cannot boast of ancestral dig nities nor patrician stock,'’ and .shall true worth on this account receive no reward? (Fortune Ib vofs few, and cnanc-e may turn it upon the unworthy.) Now considering the various fluctuations io which the masses are liable, ;t will be proper to'erect some fixed'standard to which ail men may be re ferred. As ail the inferences’ which men (ini'.voii ibis subject are from the workings of the human heart, the ultimate appeal will be to nature, for “time will overthrow the illusions of opinion and establish the decisions of Nature/* We consider the un couth back wood so mn, who bares jos braw ny arm to.the sun. if he has that true prin eiple of virtue implanted, in his breast, a far better sample of a true gentleman, than the fawning courtier that bends the ant hinges of the knee” and sues for favors at the “hands of his master. The one may be the polished man , but the other the true gentleman. We admit that education may polish and do much to the refining of a man (and moved by the springs of virtue, will become the perfect gentleman;) but On the other hand, neither education, rank, nor wealth, without that innate principle can fill our ide I. He must possess that delicacy of feeling, that lively sensibility, and that high toned principle of honert hat w 11 not allow him to part with the vplga larities of earth. Charity, should he his household god. Truth —that golden link which binds society by such close ties, he should make his buckler. In fine we would say that the fundamental element, in the formation of a ‘gentleman, is a pure heart. Would you ask an example to till our ideal of a perfect gentleman ? We would refer you to the character oft he Son of Man. He the meek and lowly pilgrim; he that “sat with princes” and raised beg gars from the tomb; he that boasted of no high eg birthplace than the manger of the “homed cattle;” he whose •’life was gentle and the elements so mixed in him, that nature might stand up ami say to all the world, this was a -trLanfi him we presentiis a type of a perfect gentleman. LON A. i'or the Temperance Crusader. GRAVE-YARD REFLECTIONS. I stood in the midst of the Cemetery of oiv native village. C ? at twilight’s tranquil, holy hour. A subdued and quiet cal in fell over the restless waves of my spirit as, alone art'll almost a stranger, I mrisen amid those graves, while the dattk enmg shadows of .evening closed around me. Long years had lapsed away, sines 1 played a round those tombstones, a thought less, happy boy. Since that time, how many aiut sad changes had taken place ! liere, underneath me. lav friends of my bo\ hood, from whom I had parted, ten years ago, with hopes as bright* and pros peets bu brighter than my own. Tee play ground of the Seminary"bardT.y segmil to J b’ saddeiieti spirit, oeserted and desolate.- v< ’ ~ <-J <\\ l 1 .very ;-ur}‘*?inuiiiu; ob- JGCt woie iiio aspect ot change and A’cu\, anti (teat.il. ine very grave-yard• no longer the same. Marble slabs and •jFofchVks, with touching: inscription’ were around me, marking the. epot where &fe-ep the renn nihered and honored dead. From tdicir gleam I turned to \vln.re a, pile of Hindering rails, overgrown with weeds and briars, enclosed two humble little graves, and a tear would come into my eyes, as I gazed, stricken and sad, upon them. They were the graves of my own dear brother and sister, who died in childhood, and had long been sleeping in “a grave without a monument/ 5 n&honored, but not forgotten.. I well remembered the time when those sweet spirits passed away. I well remem • bered the day that the clods rumbled upon the coffins of the loved and the lost. I well remembered the shadow that rested on the stern brow of my father, and the tears that stole down the quiet cheek of my mother. I remembered, too, the grief of my young heart. It was the .first sorrow that ever saddened the spirit that lias been so often dimmed and saddened since. I looked upon the briars, that rankly grew above those lowly graves, and wept. And while human pride, even at that sad hour, prompted the resolve that a marble slab should take their place, human reason whispered that it mattered not, and human faith softly lifted my spirit from the ousts and the shadows of that evening hour. Reason whispered that it had -been well with these lovely ones that ban been sleeping beneath the weeds and niars in that lonely grave-yard—.ar better than, with the brother who had been left, to bat tle with the ills, and the afflictions, and th e sorrows of the stern task-mastt-i Lit. Faith in her silvery soothing accounts whispered, thai perhaps that brother might be permitted to meet again with those he loved so well in his boyhood—to meet n gain in a brighter and better clime, “where the weary are at rest and the wicked cease from troubling/ 5 From that grave-yard I turned away, I trust, a wiser and a better man. “ i MORGAN. Palmetto, Ga., June 14th, 1856. THE ANGELS IN THE HOUSE. Every parent, especially every mother, will appre ciate these lines. We find them floating, anony mously, in the newspapers: Three pair of dimpled arms, as white as snow, Held me in soft embrace; Three little cheeks, like velvet peaches soft, Were placed against my face. Three tiny pairs of eyes, so clear, so dee]), Looked up in mine this even, Three pair of lips kissed me a sweet “good night”— Three little forms from Heaven. Ah, it is well that “iittio ones” should love us; It lights our faith when dim, To kno v that once our ‘blessed Saviour bade’them Bring “little ones” to him! And said He not “of such is Heaven” and blessed them, And held them up to his breast! Is it not sweet to know this when they leave us, ’ I'is where they go to rest? And yet, v> tiny angels of my house, Three hearts encased in mine! * How ! t would be shattered", if the Lord should say “Those angels ;ire not thim!” — THE DEVOTION OF A WIFE. One of the m >! -remarkable ilistenecs on record of the unfaltering devotion of a wife to h r husband un.der tire most trying ;:i)d dreadful riiyumsfances, is giv, n in the history oft ho- tbmree tragedy, in rite Doles county, Illinois. A. I. Monroe kill ed iris father-Uid.-jw— Ellington —in a tight, in which Ellington struck the first blow. Public opinion ,vv;ts s<. violent against Men roe that t)ie Court, and even the attorneys tor the defence, were overawed, ami a change of venue, which wits begged by the prisoner, was not obtained. The attorneys of Monroe feared to Apply for it, apprehen ding murderous designs on th • part of the people. The trial .proceeded, and the'jury did not dare to find the prisoner guilty of any thing hut murder in the first degree, and he was sentenced to he hanged. Tin? Governor impressed that something was wrong in the case, granted a respite of ninety days, and file moo broke into the jail and dragged Monroe out and hung him. Amid all this terrible storm of i .furatted public opinion, though his wife's father was the vietiu; in whose mime the cry of vengeance was raised, and he-had been a fast man, having drank hard and kept had company, Monne retained the love of his “Nannie’* to the la&t, When he had been murdered by the mob, she begged for his remains, and had them transported to a burial place, a few miles above Newport, on the Licking river, and there, with her child in her arms, stood the only mourner by his grave. Three days before his death she wrote to her husband as follows. The person whom she mentions as Pole, is N B. Atrlich, a distant relative of. her bus band : Charleston, Fob. 12th, 1856. My Ever Dear Husband : - How miser able you must be. Mv cerv heartaches for you. 1 have not given up vet —I still cave hope lam now at Mr. Bail’s with Pole and Ma. Pole has been a l mother to me and a true friend to you. I intend to make his home my home, wherever that may bn — 1 hope a good ways from here— the/briber from here the better. Twould rather die to night than to stay hem among my enemies, for those who are your ene mies are mine- , and yngr friends a re.my friends. As goon as lean make arrangements and get the moans, I will leave this town, nev er to return again. May is weli. Fare well. but 1 hope not forever / subscribe myself your drue and devoted wife. Nannie Monroe and pi'Qud to own it THE BLOOMER COSTUME OUTDONE. Tim Baltimore American, of the #oih of April says : Considerable wonderment Wiia excited on the appearance ot the Bloo mer trowsets in the stieels of our good city, hut anew style of female dress has come up which fakes possession of the neth er garment ot man. A lady appeared in Baltimore street yesterday afternoon minus the ordinary front tJroM to the waist, in-** stead of which she wore a pr tty linen shirt, plaited and studded, with jumljar turned over. Theghirt was fastened about the waist, above which the shirt was only visible. It, was made loose anti gathered in plaUsvdown to the waist, presenting a neat and cool appearance. To these inno vuiious upon their heretofore undisputed fights ami, privileges, the erestion/ must submissively bow, as fttis.is hu hge of progress, and in that progression the la dies are <1 togbe equal with their improvements. • — ~ A FIENDISH MOTHER. - / At one of the London poliee courts, Jan. 22d, Olmi lotfe Ola ridge, a wretched look ino - girl, 15 years of age, was charged with robbing her mother. The mUher insisted upon prosecuting her daughter, who stood in the"dock weeping bitterly while her par rent, ’ in woe-begone ‘ tones/ assured tRc magistrate that the giri was incorrigible,, -refused to work, and seized every opportu nity of taking cil lything she could lay her hands upon, and selling if wherever she could., ‘The magistrate said —I think not long sinCc you bfought this vonnggirl here on a similar charge. Mother. —Oh, yes, your worship; she’s such a bad girl I can do nothing with her. Magistrate—=l re member that she was then discharged,, and complained of being left without anything eat. Now, tell me what had you left her for food op tin's occasion, when left in care of your house"? The mother (confus edly) I— I really don’t know ; she had her breakfast left her. Mag.—Of what did it consist ? Mother —I really don’t know ex actly,’ I believe potatoes. Prisoner (clas ping her hands) Oh, mother you know I had not anything. You know 1 have cause to do what lam charged with. 1 have ask ed you to get me work, and you tell me to go into the streets and take -my chance with other girls. You go away for days together, and leave me without, food. What shall I do \ I should he glad to work. The prosecutrix could hot deny the poor young tiling’s statement, but evaded any direct reply; and it subsequently tr anspi ried that her daughter was illegitimate, the father dead, and since married. Mag.:— I suspected something of Hue. (To the; ■mother.) Mag.—Your conduct is most dis graceful. Yon ought to Ire ashamed of yourself, allowing she is. nil to blame, von are far more guilty. What can you intend to become -of her by desiring her to go and take her chance in the streets ? I shall dis charge her, and desire that the parish au thorities look well after yon. PREMHTURE MATRIMONY. Marriage is a divine and beautiful ar rangement. It was designed by providence not solely as the means of keeping up popu lation or as a mere social and economical convenience, but as ihe blending of two spirits into one —the masculine representing wisdom, and the feminine affection. When there is a true spiritual affinity between t he two,then the design is accomplished. Premature marriages are among the greatest, evils of the times ; and it would not be a bad idea in these days of reforms if an anti-'rn i rrying-in-n-hurry Society were in stituted. Now a days, people leap into the magic life circle with no more consideration than they would partake of a dinner—little thinking that, when once in, they are there until their end comes. There is little, some times, of mutual analysis of disposition and i comparison of taste and affections. They seem to fancy that; if there are any discre pancies. the fatal Gordian knot, which can be seldom cut and never untied, will har monize all. The numbers who have felt this truth — the numbers still feeling it to their heart's core—are incalculable. They recognize it as the great mistake of their lives. The chain is not to them-a silk one, but a cable of iron, that tightens around them more, arid more, crushing out all hope and energy, sub stituting hate for love, and eating out with its rust, the very inner life of the sou!. A KISS IN TEE DARE. As home I sp r), to go to bed, T met an angel, nearly; Cupid at last, had caught me last, 1 swore I loved her dearly. Her cheeks were of a rich dark brown, Cerulean was her eye, Her cheeks were soft as cygnet’s down, Her tips like ppnkip-pie. And now a kiss, comes not amiss, So, ladies, do not wonder, I raised her veil, tornadoes! hail! A nigger woman, l,y thunder! —— AMERICAN BANG- FROIB. Far away from the greal cities, half hid den in the foliage, was the modest log hut of a man, half trapper, half fisherman, -arid more than kali savage. Os course his name is Smith. He was married end lie ami his wife in this one little chamber led the happi est of existence, for on occasions she would not object to go twenty miles to hear the baptist minister preach. One evening about sundown they were both together in their little log mb in—she knitting stockings for next winter’s snows, he cleaning tfie barrel of his fowling piece, all the parts oi which were lying dismount ed about him—both busy, and neither utter ed a syllable. By degrees a dull but regular sound breaks-upon the silence of the wilderness. The steamer is ascending the river, making the best of its way against the stream. But neither Smith nor his wile pays any atten tion ; he goes on cleaning his gun, she knit ting her stockings. The air, however, darkens; a thick smoke risea upon every side; n formidable explo sion was heard; one would have said it. was a discharge of several cannons at once.— The boiler had burst; the vessel hail sunk; every thing was destroyed £smith and his wife did not look up; he. went on cleaning his gun, she knitting her stockings; for explosions of steamers are so common. Ijijl this was one which was to interest them more nearly, for scarcely had the ex plosion ended before the roof of the cabin split in two, and something heayy descend ed through the aperture. This something was a man, vvho dropped between the pair, without, however, disturbing either—ho stili cleaning l)F gun, she .still knitting her stockings. But the traveler, so rudely introduced, seemed rather astounded at his descent.— After a lew minutes, however, he resumed ‘- R - his coolness and bey an W> look about him, fixing bis attention .at last upon the hole through, which he had just arrived. “‘Air! my man,” said lie. at length/ addressing Smith, “what’s the damage ?” On this, Smith, who had not given up his work, put aside his ritie, and, looking up to estimate his loss..answered,-after some little reflection, “teq dollars/’ “You.be hanged !” exclaimed the travel er, “last week, in the explosion I happened to be'in with another steamer, I fell t hrough three flights m anew house, and they only me five. dollars. No, net ; 1* know what s the thing in such matters. Here’s a couple-of dollars, and if that won’t do, go unci sue, and be ‘hanged.--'H. L’Alnfnbeii’s “Tour en Amenqucf “DO A GOOD TURN WHEN YOU CAN.” M hat a glorious moral lesson this line of poetry conveys ? Would that if. might be written m meftyeable letters on everv heart. Would that it might become agree! and en nobling rule of action all around urn I here is need enougleof human_sympnthy and aid, as every bod}- knows. The world is tnl! of trials and temptations ; thorns have sprung up, where roses once blossomed brightly, and shadows have fallen .heavily, where everything was gav and fair. Many have sunk down m the march of iife,■..some weary and faint with the toilsome journey, and others almost wild with the anguish .oi disappointed hopes. There is one trying to rise above dishear tening circumstances and win fame and for tune. Gere is another, who. after having spent, years ofiabor .in fruitless attempts to.gain an honest livelihood, finds himself haunted with the spectre ot want- —oppressed by the burden of care and sorrow. Yonder is a fellow-being, who.has gone astray from the path oh rectitude and seems well nigh overpowered with his disgrace. O, there are thousands, who need help— *‘do a good turn when you can.” Speak a word of encouragement to the drooping spirit; rea<fh out the hand of friendly sym pathy to the weak and desponding,,and not only speak but act. Give.gold if you ha-ve it to relieve the distress of the need v, but if you are too poor in worldly wealth, you can find some way to work in behalf of man kind. A smile of approval—a word ‘of sympa thy and kind advice have been magical in their influence more than once. They have lifted geuis irony obscurity-—changed gloom and doubt to hope and gladness.. Aye, veto a good turn when you qan.” r ——* THE ‘WIFE-SYSTEM IN TURKEY. A tourist, in giving his impressions of the Orient, relates the following little episode, which a lady told him, of Turkish life In ihe household : “Hus day we spent out of sight, ol land, and chiefly in conversation with an elderly lady, who had been staying at Con state inobie upon a visit to a Turkish harem. Her descriptions of ihe scenes she witness ed there were exceedingly graphic. The pusua nad twelve wives, and In the evening they all assembled together and chatted, without rivalry and without .jealousy, until, at a certain hpqtr, a black gentleman enter ed the room and. bowed to one oi the ladies, i no others t lien - looked at each other just as ladies do in England before they leave the dining-room, and then separated lor the night. One of our co-voyagers ventured to ask whether the black gentleman always bowed to the same lady. ‘We were there ten days, and the same lady was never bow ed to twice/ was the answer.” - —ssg- THE CQMIu Ci SICKNE S. The germs of pestilence are hatching in the elements. Everything points to the “ap proach of a sickly summer and autumn, it should, therefore, be tfie care of every per son to preserve Ihe several functions of the body in their full tone. Diseases fall first upon t hose whose organism is already dis ordered through their own neglect. Ouard well against constipation, and its opposite. Eat nothing indigestible. Avoid allgreen and half matured vegetables and fruits'’ Pay strict attention to the cleanliness of the sur face of your bodies; and above all begin the work of purification about your yards, and m vour houses, early; and do it thor oughly. Cleanliness, simple diet', and reg ular habits will form tire strongest protec tion against . the coming epidemic.. As no man can tell where the arrow of death mav fall first he is the wisest vvho first sets his house in order.—Medical Specialist. MENAGERIE OF THE SOUL, What do-you say. have I beasts within me? Yes, ‘Amp have beasts, and avast number of them. And that you may not think 1 intend to insult you, is anger an in considerable beast, when it barks in your heart? What is deceit, when it lies hid in a cunning mind. Is not a fox ( Is not the man who is furiously bent upon calumny, a scorpion ? Is not the person who is eagerly set on resentment and revenge, a most ven omous viper? What do you say of a cove tous man? Is he not, a ravenous wolf? And is nor the luxurious man,- as the prophet ex presses if, a neighing’horse? Nay, there is no wild beast that is not found within us. And do you consider'yourself as lord and prince of the wild beasts because you command those that are without, though you never think of subduing or setting bounds to those that are within you. What advantage have you by your reason, which enables you’to overcome lions, if after all, you yourself are overcome’ by anger ?- ‘To what purpose do you rule over the birds and catch tlnyn with gins, if yon yourself* with the ineonsisiuncy of a bird, are hurried hith er andthithen and sometimes flying high, are ensnared by pride, sometimes brought down and caught by pleasure? But. as it rs shampliil for fifth who rules over nations to he a slave'at ImmA and for the man Who sits qt the hglm ofstate, to he meanly sub jected to the beck of a contemptible harlot, ’or even of ah imperious wife, will it not be, in bke manner, disgraceful lor you, wiibe’x-’ opjrjfe donation pwr the beasls that. ‘ are without you to be subject to a great many, and thbse of the worst- sort, that roar and dominfer In your distempered mind? Cbc Cemperanct (£ntsakr. ; PENFIELD, GEORGIA. Saturday Morning - , June 21, 1856. gS-PRcv. Oalborn Trusscll, of Atlanta, is a duly authorized Agent for the Crusader. Liberal Oiler. Any person sending us five new Subscribers, ac companied with tlie “rhino,” shall 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. — Stop ?apers.--Settle Arrearages. Persons Ordering their papers discontinued, must invariably pay up all their dues. We shill not strike off any subscriber's name who is in arrears. Senior Class Graduated. Thu Senior Class finished their course on Wed nesday the 18th inst. The first honor was awarded to “Messrs. T. A. Seals and. H. D. McDaniel; the sec ond to Messrs. M. N. Dyer and J. T. Hand, and the third to Messrs. J. T. Glover, M. B.'L. Binion and M. P. Cain. —e o <-- - Catoosa Springs. We Invite special attention to the Advertisement in thi; issue of these Springs, and would say to all invalids, and seekers of pleasure, that there is no piacc in the whole Southern country that can com pare with Cotoosa for health and enjoyment. The atmosphere is pure and balmy, the breezes coming <Hrec| from mountain elevations; there are mineral .'•vat res of almost every variety to be found there, ami their medicinal qualities are unsurpassed—throw away your “Spanish Mixtures,” “Blue Mass,” “Pa tent Pills,” “Sarsaparilla,” and “toddy before break fast.’’ and take a trip to Cotoosa a id it will cu%e you. At these Springs visitors will at times find the most morai, high-toned, and elegant crowd that can be met with at any Summer retreat. W ill our last -summer “Cotoosa acquaintances” meet us there again the first of August? We would bo extremely happy to meet the same party. Wesleyan Female College. A Catalogue of this old and well known Institu tion has been laid on our table. This is the oldest Female College in the United States; if not in the world, having now entered its seventeenth year, and has graduated fifteen classes. The present Cata ! loguq'shows it still to be in the enjoyment of a large share of popu’arity, numbering 177 Pupils. It is controlled by the State Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church,-and presided over by a Faculty of distinguished ability. goatherii Masonic Famale College. Some unknown friend has furnished us with a Catalogue of the above named Institution, from which we learn that it is in a highly flourishing con dition. There are 98 pupils in the College classes, and o‘6 in the Preparatory department. This Col lege is patronized and controlled by the Grand Lodge o* tiie State oi Georgia, and it bids fair to become an institution in every respect worthy of the noble fra ternity by wnich it is fostered. Some of its laws an i regulations are decidedly the best we have seen, and if carried out (and we learn they are with strict impartiality) they render it eminently worthy of public esteem. Yv e copy the following with respect to dress, the sound good sense of which must com mend it to every one. ihe Commencement dress wjil be plain white bwiss muslin. No ribbon is to.be worn on the head. Jewelry is positively prohibited, except a-breast-pin, or Society Badge. No sashes or flounces or costly! embroidery or laces. Apparel dresses for every day will be\>fworsted, calico, ginghams, lawn, or mus lins at moderate cost; and a calico, gingham, or white :■ un-bonnet. For Sabbath, a neat white corded bonnet, with no ribbon, for the warm season. For the winter, a green silk hood, lined with pink, which is a cheap, neat and comfortable bonnet. All silks, satins, tissues, tarl tong, bareges, balgarines, crapes, with all other costly goods are strictly prohibited, dew ill not tolerate the folly of mixing up extrava gance with education. Parents are requested not to permit their daughters to bring any such dressing, or jewelry with them; for they will not be permitted to wear it, even upon pain of expulsion. Money ought to be g.ven very sparingly to gfrls. Every pupil should be furnished two pairs of thick walking shoes. By wearing their cloth shoes in the winter, many have lost both health and li e. The Convention. Tiie necessity for action in the approaching Con vention cannot fail to have impressed itself upon the minds of every one who has given the subject a mo ments consideration, and that this action may have its due efficacy, a full delegation is highly essential. We want a delegation from every county in the State, in order that the influence Which shall proceed from the meeting, may extend its circles far and wide over the land. We want them there too to give encouragement, as an index of the amount of interest fe.U in this subject. # They should be there, to assist in the counsels and deliberations, to regis ter their vows once more of putting their shoulder to the wheel, to look back no” more until the good work be completed. The amount or kind of business widen may be transacted is not the particular point to which our hopes are- directed. We hope indeed there may be important matters attended to, and that it may all be done an amicable, peaceful -manner. But wo hope stdi more that the meeting may to a feeling ot deep, abiding interest _m vhe cause once.more, which shall diffuse itself over the State. Would that some magic touch woulu convert eaen dry, withered, useless skeleton which are no.v seen throughout the camp, into living, ac tive, devoted champions of Temperance. Above all we hope the Convention will endeavor to get a Lec turer in the held. This is now the great desideratum ol our cause, and one which w© must have, if we vvquid hope fur success. Georgia is far in the roar ofWever.d States, and the want of a Temperance Lecturer has conduced far mare than apy other cause to place her in this position. If the friends of Temperance in each ©ounty will arouse themselves to action, and send up delegates filled with a determination to do there willyetbema y a battle,fought and won for the cause of humanity ere the year is closed. Remem ber, thb 4th Wednesday in July is the day. f)o not run oft 10 some College Commeneeu ent and say you were prevented from attending. The cause for which wo are contending |s rho*o important than many College-’ * ■ - _— attention to the Advertisements in this issue, of the Madison Female (Icffiege, and the sale, of land by Jfhs. Watson. We return thanks to Eon. Howell Cobh, for a copy of Ij,op; William Smith’s Speech on Kansas affairs, delivered in the House of Representatives. Sympathy. • Sympathy is the bright golden link which, joins the members of the human family tn a bond of broth erhood. Without it, man would be travelling over a dark, dreary waste, with no object of light to vary the gloom. In adversity-the re would be no eye to pity, no voice to soothe, no oil cf consolation to still the- raging tumults” of the soul. Under misfortune, the heart might break, or in prosperity mount to the highest point of pride without a wftrnit>g voice to say, “remember thou art but a mortal.” The chief element in the formation of society would be destroyed, and it would present the appearance’of air incongruous mass, without any bond of connec tion “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you,” is the concise rule of action laid down by Holy Writ to direct our deportment to eaeh other. Ts we observe the natural operations of the human •mind we will fit once perceive the transcendant wisdom of this precept. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, and in most cases they will do as you wish them. It is as natural for men to recipro cate each others feelings, as for the river to How in its accustomed channel, or the flower to yield its fragrance to the rustling breeze. Regard a man with a deadly, manifest hatred, and though his na ture be love itself, you will make him your enemy. Pour out to him the warm affections of your heart, and though his heart be cold and hard as Steel, yet desert rock when struck by the prophets wand, a rich fountain will gush forth from itshidden depths. It is thus that the sympathetic sml filled with “the milk of human kindness,” lives amid the perpetual joys of love and peace. Thank God for sympathy ! It is the highest boon which Heaven has bestowed, the rich balm of affec tion, whose silent energies possess a power to heal the wounded, broken heart. It sends a thrill of pleasure to the inmost soul, when recognised in the kind smile of a passing friend. What rooted sorrow could plant itself within the heart, or what melan choly could rob the roses from the cheek in opposi tion to an agent so continual and efficient in its op erations ? It breaks every obstacle, surmounts the walls which prejudice erects, and like the electric fluid, though moving in an unseen current, it mare* its influence felt everywhere. It is the richest bles sing, left to sinful, erring men, a lingering relic of his pristine happiness, w iefa, when purified by grace become a fountain of living waters springing up perpetually in the heart. * “It is Hard if it is Fair. 55 This is a saying which may he safely applied to many things in this world of ours. Circumstances daily pass before our observation, or occur in our experience, in which we are unable to perceive a semblance of fairness or justice. We allude not to those mysterious dispensations of Providence, which must ever appear incomprehensible to our dim, ter restial vision. We speak of the conduct and actions of men, the characteristics which they display, and the manner in which they shape themselves into the great 1 fame-work of society. Here at every step of the examination, we meet paradoxes which defy our powers of reasoning, and encounter facts which in duce us to believe indeed that “truth is stranger than fiction. ’ People daily submit uncomplaining ly to exactions by custom which if imposed by the mandate of a sovereign would provoke a spirit of rebellion. Such is the contradictory nature of man which is displayed in almost all his actions, and this has caused a thousand things to creep into society, which are “hard if they are fair.” There is a wife and mother, still engaged in the. light, fashionable frivolities which employed her youth. To dress, visit, and participate in every idle am usement cf the day, comprise her highest aspi rations. The duties and responsibilities of her sta tion never attract her attention or produce a mo ment’s serious consideration. Untold sums are ex panded, for useless-trifles as if her treasury were some boundless El Dorado, whose wealth could not be es timated or its limit ever attained. All this time, her husband, he whom she has sworn “to honor and obey, is patiently toiling, day and night, perhaps trimming the midnight lamp over his unfinished ledgers, without a moment for relaxation or pleas ure. And why is this? He labors incessantly to lay up those treasures which “the partner of his joys and sorrows” expends with such a lavish hand; to sustain the glittering firefly around the lamp of Fash ion in an atmosphere where a rational idea can never reach her. Thus he toils on, patiently, without a murmur, not having the least dim hope of a day when he may c.-ase from his labors. It may be a pleasure, a joy to Sim to do thus. But we would say, “it is hard if it is fair.” there is a young gent in whom, a faint appearance of incipient pubescence upon his upper lip, has pro duced an exalted opinion of his greatness, and a thorough contempt for the generation of “fogies.”— lo diligently cultivate this cluster of ‘rising beauties,’ to invent ties for his cravats, and to calculate the exact angle at which his “beaver” should be perched upon his head, are the noblest employments to which he ever devotes himself. He is sent to College perhaps, by his fond, well-meaning, but erring father. There he spends half his time in sleep ; a large portion is CAcn up in dressing and admiring himself, and all the remainder is occupied in making monkey-like attempts to win the admiration of others. All this time his loving parents toil on patiently, depriving themselves of many a luxury, perhaps many com forts, encouraged the meanwhile by the lying reports of their son, and the erroneous accounts of his de ceived instructor, respecting the fine progress which lie makes. The young man goes forth into the world, and soon ends a life of worthlessness and dis sipation in a disgraceful death. The “old man” goes down with sorrow to the grave, under the sol emn conviction that the world has greatly wronged his poor son in not appreciating his brilliant taleffis and patient industry. There is a man and wife in a home of melancholy, want and misery. Everything around shows that wretchedness has taken up her abode there, and poverty assei ts her dreary reign. It was not always thus. That wife yielded to the loved one her hand and heart, in her life’s j-oung summer, when the rosy tints of health were on her cheek, and the smile of hope wreathed her soft lips, and shone with sparkling brilliance from her eyes. The world seem ed beautiful and glorious, and they bounded away elate with joy, noy dreamed that a §hade of trouble could ever becloud hearts so loving as theirs. But a change, a sad change, came over the spirit of their dream. He learned to toqeb the wine-cqp, and that instant the knell of their happiness was rung. Idleness takes the place of industry; thriftlessness ol economy. Their property ip squandered, anfj even the necessaries of life are pawned to-satisfy the unholy 4 r *nk. The tender wife, whom whilom the winds were not allowed to visit fqo roughly, is now driven fourth by her brutalized hus band, to experience the cold charities of the world.’ Oh! in that wail of anguish which • ascepds to Throne of 6od upoa t% chilly jpidnighf abhtjgee there not a cry for the authors df this