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For the Temperance Crusader.
TO THE FRIENDS CF TEMPERANCE IN
GEORGIA.
The facts connected with the Temperance
question for the past year, furnish si valua
ble chapter in itsdiistory, and now that the
excitement lias died away, and quiet is
restored, we may reconnoitre the battle
field without being exposed to the smoke
and dust of the conflict. The blind and
heedless influences of passion that swayed
and controlled every element of reason and
justice have been calmed, or merged iuto
newer and more immediate issues.
Whatever may be the condition of the
country whether prosperous or otherwise,
politicians will stir up the monster panic,
and if possible galvanize a little life into its
cold and-huried corpse. Wo are either on
the dreadful verge of war, or commercial
distress rides rampant over our cities, or
threatning agricultural disasters overlay
tli© land. The telegraph is too slow to
speed the changes and the mind too dull,
to unafize the monstrous mass. No inteiim
is afforded tor reflect ion ; no. opportunity
given to entertain those questions identi
fied with our social and domestic interest.
We have considered this question with
as much calmness as our position would
permit, reviewed its history, and examined
its claims, and feel it possible more than
ever confirmed in the justness, utility, and
constitutionally of legal suasion . The an
nouncement of the Maine law was viewed
by many as an outrage upon popular and
constitutional rights, and the effort to adopt
it hy other States, either in whole or part,
was met by the most violent opposition, and
although its intrinsic merit, and overwhel
ming truth engrafted some of its features
upon the statutes of well nigh every State,
there has not been sufficient courage and
interest diffused among the masses to give
form to its principles, or perfection to its
practice. Nor is it strange that in a con
test involving so many new and startling
issues—led on one side side hy ultra prohi
bitionist, and on the other !>y appetite and
interest—that even the triumph of virtuous
freedom would have resulted in enactments
to<* strict for the approval of a timid.exec
utive, and too searching arid salutary fur a
ti.m e-surveying police. Hie disen-.doe an 1
pwrti tl eoiurcerne..; of these laws have pro
duced f.cts that are everywhere our watch
word, they are to# conspicuous r<> be nn
oiiMtVd by ingenuity, or neutralized by
s phi: try. Experience has been vaiualne.
The alarms of tlie timid have been quieted,
the resolution of the wavering strengthen
errand the fitful corniscations ihatemana
ted from otir cam.ptires, now lorm a mild l r
and more certain light, and its attractions
overawe and modify every conflicting, (de
ment. There is a decided demand tr re
formation in the liquor traffic. Attention
is calkd to this subject in private circles,
.public assemblies, and iif the deep loueii
’itss of the heart, facts ami figures stand
• uthoidlv and ineoirtestibl y —the verv
eiuh(i :iriu-m nt evid- mv: We are met.
fiowtver, ly the marvelous announcement,
that i-t. iiain localities have yielded to out
ward pr< Ssu>v and arc ret racing their steps.
No great principle however just in itself,
can obtain supremacy without liability to
abuse, and if excessive zeal nvereached the
proper hounds of reason said justice, patii
otism and honor demanded a correct grad
nat ion of power. The very clemency how
ever, that moderated these laws, obtained
a corresponding concession legal and pr*c
tica), from the < pposiUon. In the first can
vass every im li of ground was'coiite ;ted.
and even tiie strong arm of the law wa*
defied ivit’u the same impunity as justice
and religion. But they now gladly mod
erato their vast pretentions, and seek to pa
city and conciliate the advocates of reform.
The result is inevitable, that a high toned
s i:d wtll directed public opinion will de
maud and sustain a code of laws that will
completely demolish tire whole system of
si tcial privileges, and legalized corruption.
Jr was curientiy circulated that the prohi
] Lion p ots ii Mtiue was defeated at tin
last election, and the fact wits hailed as a
triumph of the liquor dynasty, and the be
gining of t lie end of our overthrow. But
this was not the issue in the canvass, all
parties of any prominence acquiesced in
the general principles of the law ; although
some features were objectionable, its c m
stiiutionaiity had been fully sustained be
fore. No fears need he entertained there
or elsewhere, as to the final result. If any
injury ensues, it, will result from hitching
our magnificent ship, that is freighted with
tle fortunes and Hopes of thousands, and
moves upon the waters lifelike and invin
cible in “bieizeor gale, or storm” on to
the miserable little steam tug of party or
ganization. We should stand aloof from
all parties, and neither compromise with,
nor commit oilr cause into their keeping.
We can safely rely upon the intelligence
of the people to sustain our owu indomita
ble and well-tried standard bearers. We,
see nothing to discourage iis in the getter
al condition of the cause, even in these sec
tions where faction and iinpension have
deceived the faithful.
Returning: justice will resume her sway,
.And night dissolve at the approach of day.
We were not much disappointed at The
result of the just election in Georgia. Tin
people here are t!>w t<> abandon habits
and doctrines consecrated by age, hbivev
t ver absurd or it jurious. ihe idea of pr*-
hit ition was new in this latitude; and in
] r; ct'cal V.’t kings Wole 100 f-r oil to infill
t lit e beneficial Iv. ils dulerest here. W>>
expected but lift*- more than r * organize a
poty and have an opportunity in tire din
of tiie conflict to present our candidate and
el.bins lt the consideration ot the peoph-.
Tlits has been accomplisheti. We laid a
caieb see m lie- tb-id, every way worth',
the position anti the cause. We collided
dehatb. eiod enged discussion; but the pit
rity <if < ur cause and the justness of our
principles were at all times and every
wire re acknowledged.
But the aw ful crises in public affairs,
fc^HHifaetured by parties, overran the bet
r tt r judgment and inclination, of thousands,
‘i.tUi y. on. ( and the prohibition vote to those
oidy%Ui .T-np party tactics can control or
aieupbiie .iitimiiute. Tile people ot Geor
gia are under lasting obligations to Mr.
Overby for the lofty patriotism, unbending
courage, and self-Skcrificing purpose mani
fested by him throughout the contest*. He
bore the Temperance standard nobly in
the face of certain defeat. Ho planted
himself upon the breach, and with but a
little band to sustain him, overlooked the
warring elements that upheaved tfie great
deep ot popular feeling, and grappled with
vice and injustice with intrepidity that
defied opposition. The truths and facts
disseminated will be like seed sown in
good ground that will bring forth in due
season abundant fruit. We are under ob
ligations to him for espousing and defen
ding our cause so gallantly, under so ma
ny personal sacrifices, which should be
answered in a manner more expressive
than words. The length, breadth, ami
magnitude of this debt, will more fully ap
pear when the progress of 1 elongation shall
have swept from bis throne this, modern
Caligula with all his crimes and excesses,
and plant the sceptre of peace and security
over the whole empire of mind and matter.
At no time perhaps since the organiza
tion of our society has a more solemn and
imperative work spread out before u*.
Prompt and efficient means should be in
stituted to prosecute to perfection the no
ble enterprise already commenced. At the
approaching Convention of our society at
Atlanta on the 4th Wednesday in July, an
array of members, talent and determination
should present themselves, that will be a
seal to our former labors, and an earnest
to our future success. The masses are be
ginning to understand the true bearing of
this question, their oppressions and their
remedy. The burthen of taxes which nn
der institutions like ours ought to be nom
inal, is swelled by pauperism and jails in
to a magnitude that demands relief. The
enormous expenditure of time by Court
and juries in the investigation of causes
originating directly or indirectly from in
cemptrance should be remedied. And more
than all others the long dark ca alogue of
crime written in tears.and blood, should be
removed, and these sinks and fens of ini
quity that breed moral pestilence * and
■ leath, should be eradicated forever from
the face of society.
It is. nor proper now to indicate any par
itittlar measure or blaze out any course we
propose to travel. We have sufficient con
fidence in the wisdom, firmness and mod
eratiun est that Convention, to believe that
the interest of uur cause will he safe in
their keeping. Any policy that is onward
and upward'will meet a hearty response
from our friends throughout the State.
Without entering into an ana.ysis of this
question, or pressing more particular k>
claiins, we invite all who feel identified in
interest or sympathy with us to meet and
make a common cause. If ynr lamps have
been hid under a bushel until its last sick
ly rays have been extinguished, come and
get more oil in your vessels, and relume
again your little sphere. The waters will
soon be troubled and the halt and lame
that tlihmg its bank, will need you to put
them in its healing tide. Let no timid
misgivings deter you from the discharge of
your duty. Your obligations to your God,
your country, and your family are all in
volved in the issue, and the,destiny of thou
sands for time and eternity, may hang up
on your decision.
L. D. LALLEIISTEAT,
President of the State Temperance Society
of Georgia.
For the Temperance Crusader.
Fort Scott, K. TANARUS., May 26, 1850.
Elitors Crusader—Gentlemen:—l have
once or twice previously, attempted to write
you, but been called off. A residence of
four or five weeks in the territory enables
me to write more intelligently about matters
and things, than I could have done at an
earlier period. The extreme amount of rain,
and unprecedented high waters in the terri
tory for the last three or four weeks, have
rendered traveling and the facilities for news
in this pint of ihe territory very uncertain.
Ihe locality of Fort Scott renders it, with
present mail arrangements, altogether im
poss.hle for me to give early and auth ntie
news from the territory. For two or three
weeks we have had unpleasant reports from
Lawrence; but up to this date, but few
facts have been received here, to be relied
upon. That the laws have been resisted at
Lawrence, and some acts of violence and
disorder occurred, there can be no doubt.
Rut you will get the facts through other
channels before they can he communicated
by me.
In ibis part of the territory, all is pence
and quiet, and the planting of corn and oth
er laudable pursuitsoccupy the time of our
people. The emigration to the territory
this Spring, has been unprecedented ; and
it is said Ihe South has largely the ascenden
cy. It is said that the emigration this Spring
and the insubordination to the laws by the
people of Lawrence, settles the question def
initely, that this will be a slave State. Many
of the free-soders say they will no longer
vote with the leaders at Lawrence; and I
have heard three men, who voted the free
soil ticket at the last election, say they would
not do it again. I give you what J hear.
I had read every thing I could get hold of.
and contused with every person I could
find, who had ever i the territory, but
I had no correct idea of the country previ
ous to my leaving Georgia. lam perhaps
as well satisfied with the country ns l ex
pected to be. Tiie loss of the society of old
friends, l regret most of all. That the land
is rich and teriile beyond any thiug I had
before seen, is undoubtedly tine. I. have
n doubt, in the course of time, Kansas will
b.* a greet, populous and influential State.—
At tins lime the want of mills, grist and saw,
and the facilities of communication, for mar
keting purposes, are the great disadvantages
under‘which we labor. r i here is no wheat,
hemp, or oats, ruined in the territory, ow
ing, I suppose, to the causes staled above.
Guru and cattle claim almost entire atten
tion.
There is room enough and inducements
sufficient for many of the citizens of Geor
gia and other States to come to Kansas.
But i would, by no means, encourage the
giddy and thoughtless young man to come
to such a country as this. Mechanics gen
erally, and settled men, accustomed to labor
and deprivations, who can command a few
hundred dollars, may five an easy life and
do well at farming, isuppose a family who
can get along for a year or two. may after
that period, live easier, wfiji less labor, than
in anv country of whiehi have any knowl-
But I have been sorry for some of
the young men who have reached the bor
ders* of this territory without fixed habits—
or, if fixed, not of the best kind. All such
had better stay away. There arc grog
shops, gamblers, and deceivers, upon the
borders and in this territory, as well as else
where. And young men who visit these
haunts or associate with these characters,
had better never see Kansas. It is the last
place for consolation or comfort to them.
Among the emigrants I have found sever
al whose names and faces were familiar to
me in Georgia and elsewhere. I met. the
other day, a Mr. Steel, a nephew of our
friend, the Rev. Joseph Grisham, and had.
this week, a Mr- Biddle, from Chatham
county, N. C.—my native county —-to stay
all night with me. Mr. Jones and Mr. Rei
ser, from Edgefield Djst, S. C„ have been
in Fort Scott several days; and I have also
seen a young man or two from Greenville.
Ga., and a Mr. Davis, from Augusta, Ga.—
1 his was pleasant ail round in this far off
land.
I will try and write you again in a week
or two.
Peace and prosperity he with von.
BENJ. BRANTLY.
For the Temperance Crusader.
HEIGH HO! BONNETS OH! ALL THE GO!
’MONG3T WOMEN AND GO.
Bonnets have been retailed and nori
fronted, until their Caudal extremity is tres
passing on the neck. The nearer it ap
proximates the cranium apex, by its retro
gade movement, the greater sensation a
mong the Fair ; so that when tiie anticipa
ted era arrives, with the bonnet’s crown
resting upon the digitis ofaDurkie, the
acme of all acmes shall precipitate itself
inimitable to the feminine yankee. ‘‘Be
hold what a great fire a little matter kin
dleth.” Was tnere ever such a mania in the
days of bonnetism ? I thought the L idles
were about to conclude to wear hats ; hut
I was interrupted in my cogitations by the
shout, bonnets bonnets, like a thousand
sylph like notes from the seolian harp. Is
it nof* strange that a half-bushel bonnet of
fifty could pot effect as much as a peck
bonnet of fifty-six. How happens it? are
ihe bon nett sos any prettier? Well, horse
you are chatting. All the beauty from ihe
days of bonnetism, has been donee trated
to a focus.on the caput-apex ; and the char
ming face of woman appears like the moon,
when with snow-white lingers it. brushes
back its veil of cloud and smiles in the az
ure blue. Get out with gig-top, fbpitiflop
bonnets. The Ladies can’t kiss without a
clash of matei’i .1. But, the fifty-six bon
nets, noses may meet noses, with the gen
tleness of opposite clouds, while the lips
smack to the brightening of love. Did you
ever think of it; a woman, with one ol
these beautiful bonnets, adds the charms oi
the bonnet to herself. Men are not acute
observers of such things, and if any beauty
is displayed he attributes it to the femina;
even though it belongs to the bonneta.
That’s right ladies, take advantage of their
greenness. I suppose you need no eneour
agement as you have already cireumnavi
gated the globe, for a vice to improve your
form, dived into the depths of the earth,
for a piece of chalk to whiten your faces,
spilt the blood of the polk stalk to redden
your cheeks, robbed tiie barrel of it’s hoops
to occupy m ac space; and last though not
least, capt the climax with a bon-ton ribon
net. Think you that you are as prettv after
ail as Eve With only an apron, Why dont
some of you make a stir about an apron !
Now don’t I wish I was a woman ! Could
not I fell them ’'something! I believe i
will tell a part of it any how. Hear a sol
iloquy from your sex—“ Everybody has a
new bonnet, but me. Sallie TANARUS., lias one.
and I know, I am as good as she is. I dont
intend to go to meeting any more without
one. I don’t; care wlut mother says, lam
not going to wear my old “rusty crusty”
where there are so many tine bon tons.
Less see, this makes tour Sabbaths I have
remained at home. I must go to church
to day, as l have obtained a bonnet after so
long a time. Come out of this bambino;
>ou little rosa-flora ! you are quite the idea.
Xow r 1 il make the Gents’ hearts melt, like
snow before a gold-winged sunbeam. Sis
ter says it is so becoming. Did’nt l know
it! only behold how the young Gentlemen
and Ladies admire it. I ‘have noticed all
the bonnets since preaching commenced
and not one of them is half as pretty as
mine. Ualdid not I see Mr. B„ cast his
beautiful this way and smile , I
know he admires ic ; for lie is a gentleman
of such delicate taste. Weli suppose I tell
you, nobody noticed your new Unmet, you
would want to slap my jaws, would’nt ye?
It is true; a hundred boxes iotbe oontrarv
As to thegibriemen adin ring it that is pre
posterous; dandies alone notice such things,
f readily grant everybody thought some
thing was to pay, from the amount of ex
tras you cut. I will add one eonsolino
thought; a plenty of company. Even tlm
married ladies were primped with more
precision than ever they were in lho pal
miest days of courtship; as to widows, corn
stalk fiddles, get out. Well, I will m ake
some allowance, as it is woman's year arid
ihe time for them to leap over the walls of
single blessedness into the clover fields of
matrimony. Throw the noose around the
old bachelors necks and if you can’t make
anything out of them, ‘set them up in the
corner and break bark over their heads. 1
would give a word of encouragement to
you old maids, but lam told by a celebra
ted M. D., that you will marry as long as
there is blood in your fingers. But after
all, l can but sympathise with the preach
er. Wonder if he will not go on tiie sup
position that their hearts are in their bo
soms? Would it not.be advisable to preach
to their bonnets, as the surest plan of touch
ing their life drums ! I think it a minus
business, as flying ribbons are not suscep
tible of impressions. Wonder if the lius*
bal d’s purse when consulted, makes any
reply, or has it’s spirit departed? Wonder
if Indies think ucout anything else hut
bonnets fast now; that is none of. my bu
sines*, but a fellow can’t help his winders.
WASP.
HOW TO PRESERVE WOMEN.
Under this head the Springfield, Mass..
Republican makes the following very sen
sible suggestions; which, if more generally
adopted by the sex, would produce a class
ol women much better ffrted for the respon
sible duties of their station, than the great
mass who are daily and hourly seen prome
nading the side walks. Let those for whose
benefit it is intended, carefully treasure the
receipt and apply the remedies.
There is nothing in this world that we
think so much of as we do ol women. Our
toother is’a woman—wife, sisters, pretty
cousins, are all women-, and the daughters
will be, if (Heaven spare them!) they live
long enough. And then there is the love of
woman in general, which we do not deny.
A fine, magnificent specimen of the sex, full
ot life and health—a ripe, red cheek and lip
and flashing eye, is something that does one
good to look at, as she illuminates the hum
drum sidewalks of every-day streets. „ A
.North River steamboat, under foil headway
with colors flying, is rather a pretty sight—
rather stirring and inspiring ; and we pull
up our tired nag on the >hore to see her pass
and admire the swell she cuts. Compara
tively, however, the steamer sinks into in
significance, or some other very deep water
by the side of a well kept, well dressed wo
man. There is no rubbing it out; women
are an ornament, charm, blessing, beauty
and bliss of life, (mans life we mean, of
course.) any means that can be devised for
preserving them should be publicly made
known. They are different from any other
kind of Iruit. You cannot pickle them; vin
eger absolu’ely spoils them. You cannot
do them up in sugar, and set them in a cold
room, with a paper soaked in brandy over
their mouths. You cannot put them into
cans and seal them up air-tight without inju
ring their flavor. Now. as men are so de
pendent upon women for life’s choicest bles
sings. a proper mode of preserving them
becomes a matter of great moment, and we
are sure that the public will thank us for an
unfailing receipt. Here they have it.
Wash clean in cool water as often as three
times a week in cold weather and every
day in warm weather, and then rub diy
with a coarse towel. If the skin takes on a
blush under the friction of the towel, so
much the better. It betrays inherent vitali
ty and a happy reaction After the glow
is well established, dress in winter with thick
flannel—flannel jacket next to the skin, and
a pair of flannel drawers, which, like the
jacket, were better knit, and fitted closely.
Over the terminations of these, heavy wool
en or worsted hose should be drawn. If
this preliminary process is perfected, a very
important step has been taken towards the
general result. Women are spoiled nearly
as much from unprotected limbs as from un
protected feet. Skirts are but an indiffer
ent protection. Well, then, after the jack
ets and drawers are on, and the woolen
hose, there is nothing to hinder the perfec
tion of the dress after the usual mode. The
woman is on the direct road to praservation,
and no damage is done to her looks.
Expose to the air daily. Asa preparation
for this, put the feet, already enclosed in a
woolen hose, (premising still that the season
is winter) in thick-solecl shoes, or in regular
Wellington boots. The thin slippers, and
the thin cold rubbers beneath are not
enough. A better conductor of caloric
could hardly be found than they combine to
produce. Besides, the rubber confines the
moisture of the foot, and every moment it
is worn, the worse it becomes, until the
connection of the foot with the ice beneath
is almost as direct as if no medium interpo
sed. We would not discourage rubbers
over thick shoes, to be worn during brief
passage-. They are very useful and con
venient, but they never should be relied up
on as the main protection of the feet.
Having the feet well protected, pay the
next attention to the chest. The chest is the
repository o{ the vital organs. There abide
the heart and lungs. It is from the impres
sion made upon these organs through the
skin that the sh ver comes. It is nature’s
quake—the alarm bell—at the onset ofdan
ger. A woman never shivers from the ef
fect of cold upon her limbs or hands or head;
but let the cold strike through her clothing
upon her chest, and off go her teeth into a
chatter, and the whole organism is in com
motion. One sudden and severe impression
of coin upon the chest. These points atten
ded to, the natural connection, of dress will
supply the rest, and the woman is ready for
air. Now let her visit her neighbors, go
shopping, call upon the poor, and walk for
the .good of it or the fun of it.
Keep away from the stove or the regis
ter. Air that is dry or burnt, more or less
charged with the gases evolved by the con
sumpt on of fuel, is poison. Fl v around the
house like mad and vent,late the rooms.
1 >on’t sit pent up in a single room with dou
ble windows. Fruit will not retain its full
form and flavor in air tight cans; neither
will.women. They need air. ll the shiver
comes on in these operations, go directly
and put on something more about the chest.
Thus much for ihe winter treatment.
Generally, for the other seasons of the year,
adapt the. clothing to every change of tem
perature. ‘This may require a modification
of the dress lour or five times a day, but it.
pays. Ours is a versatile climate, and if we
are fit to live in it, or must live in it, we
must take it as it is, make the best ot il; and
the way to make the best of it is by placing
more or less between the atmosphere and
the skin.
Again, do not live in dark rooms. Light
carpet, but it feeds the flower.
No livinn- thing, vegetable or animal, can
enj >y health in darkness. Light is almost
as necessary as air, and a brown t in is far
preferable, even as a matter of beauty, to a
sickly paleness of complexion.
Thus much in regard to the physical
toeans for preservation. There are moral
means no less important. Every woman
should be married to an excellent man.
(Marriage, it is true, brings care and wear,
but it is the mi* th it- is worn that keeps
bi\ght, and the wa;ch that lies still and un
wound shat gets out of order.) The sweet
sympathies evolved in the relations of the
family, the new energies developed by new
responsibilities; the new compensations se
cured for all outlays of strength, bring about
a delightful play of the heart and intellect,
which, in their reaction upon the body, pro
duce an effect that is nothing less than pre
servation, Then there is a higher moral
power than this—one which we spealt ol
soberly and honestly. No one is completely
armed against the encroaching ills of life,
who has in his heart no place for religion.
The calmness, the patience, the joy and the
hope that are in possession of a woman
whose heart is right in its highest relation,
can never fail to preserve and heighten ev
ery personal power and charm that she po
sessses.
There you have the receipt. Some oi
it is in sportive form, but it is none the less
sober truth. It has within it a cure for
many a disease—the preventive for more.
It might be made longer, but when we see
its proscriptions universally adopted, it will
he time to bring forward the remainder.
Cj n Cempnince CniMkr.
PEN FIELD, GEORGIA.
Saturday Morning?, June 28, 1856.
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Prepare Yourselves fortbe Convention
From the Communication of Rev. J. Grisham in
our present issue, it will be seen that they are about
making preparations at Canton for the Convention
to be held in Atlanta. We wish to hear of a similar
movement in every county of our State. The time
is now rapidly approaching. What you do, you
must do quickly. Meet at an early day and appoint
your delegates, and select men who will go. Is there
a county in Georgia which is so dead tp all interest
in the cause of Temperance as not to be represented
in this Convention. We earnestly hope there is not.
Ciceronean Anniversary.
The celebration of this day, came off on the 19th
inst., according to the announcement. The morning
was unproportious, and in consequence, the audi
ence was much smaller than we would have desired.
It has become so common to “puff” the speakeis on
such occasions that it has become meaningless, and
we would do Mr. McDaniel and his speech injustice
were wc to pay him such a trite compliment. We
have no hesitation However in saying that it was the
very brst effort of the kind we have ever heard. He
has discarded the rant and fustian so characteristic
of school-boy eloquence, and speaks and writes like
a man of experienced age. Ilis theme, Biography was
discussed in a manner which betrayed not only high
powers of thought, but likewise an intimate ac
quaintance with all our standard literature. Mr. M.
goes forth from the University, bearing the highest
honors from a large class of no ordinary talent. *
Erosophic Anniversary.
At night the Erosophic Society celebrated its An
niversary in the Ciceronian Hall. Mr. Thomas W.
Davis, the Orator of the occasion, delivered a speech
upon “the inability of the mind to satisfy man’s de
sires.” The impossibility of man to attain to abso
lute .xcellencc was well enforced. He spoke of the
constant aspirations of the patriot’s mind, and the
constant desire for advancement in the sciences,
which characterize the present age. The speech
was a good one—well received by.the audience, and
calculated to reflect honor upon the speaker and the
Society which he represents. TAU.
Rev. D. P. Jones.
“Uncle Dabney” writes us that he was disappoin
ted in his intended trip to the lower part of the State.
He expects to deliver an address to the people of
Carrol on the fourth of July, and another at St.
Cloud shortly after. From his long established abil
ity as a Lecturer, we have no doubt each of these
addresses will have a telling effect. We givo him
our best wishes for his success and happiness in his
lecturing tour.
Augusta Division S. of T.
We learn fioin a private letter that this Division
is now experiencing a sea-on of revival. They will
have a celebration on the 4th of July, at which time
an address will be delivered by Rev. Mr. Ryerson,
Pastor of the Baptist Church in that city. We re
turn our thanks to the W. P., for liiskmd invitation,
and regret that previous engagements will prevent
our attendance. We hope to have an account of the
proceedings of the day.
The Temperance Crusader.
This spirited advoc ite of Temperance has much
improved since it ha-* fallen into the present hands.
It is not what the temp ranee organ of the State of
Georgia should be, because it lacks the aid ofits
friends in the way of correspondence on the great in
terest of the cause throughout the State. Since the
hopeless defeat of the Prohibition candidate, there
has been a stifling calm, and the friends of the cause
have ceased to labor to a considerab’e extent even in
the way of moral suasion. Indeed some have an
nounced their hostility to everything which looks to
aught save the strong arm of the law. This has pro
duced a division in the ranks, already too feeble to
carry out their benevolent objects of relbim and
prohibition. We are sorry for this, and we feel as
sured that the Crusader could not engage in a bitter
work than pouring oil on the troubled waters, and
healing the breech between the two factions.
We return friend Pendleton of the “Georgian,”
our wannest thanks for the above complimentary
notice of the Crusader. He is correct. It is not
what it should be, nor is it what it would be, if the
friends of Temperance would give us ur.’’* hearty,
undivided support. We know that there are Tem
perance men enough in our State to support a
paper, such a paper as the parornount interest of
the subject demands. We confidently believe that
were our sheet, humble and unworthy as it may be,
to visit every advocate of the cause in our State,
those dissensions in the camp would be healed. The
whole body would begin to work together, “like
horses in Pharaoh’s chariot,” and soon the strong
cry of Prohibition, and Prohibition by law would*
resound from one extremity of our State to the oth
er. *
Masonic Female College—Commencement.
On the 28d and 24th, two of the warmest, and to
us, the most disagreeable days of the season, the
annual public Exercises of the Southern Masonic Fe
male College, located at Covington, took place.—
There was perhaps a larger concourse of people in
attendance than we ever saw before at a Female
Commencement. The Masonic Fraternity was large
ly represented-
On Sunday, the 22u, the Commencement Sermon
was preached by Dr. Tahnage. We heard consider
able commendation of bis effort. We arrived on
Monday evening in time to be on hand at the Con
cert, which came off at night. As usual there was
a tumultuous hubbub and uproar, and insuppressi
ble chattering and giggling mixed with the music,
and all together making one grand inharmonious
discord. We were unable to judge of the proficien
cy of the Scholars in Music, because we did not hear,
with any degree of satisfaction. Music constitutes
a “large half” of out existence, and we are so unfor
tunate, or fortunate, if you please, as to possess a
very sensitive, musical ear, and the slightest jargon
or discord fails to escape detection, hence it must be
painfully unpleasant to one whose soul is so filled
with music, and who can dwell spell-hound upon a
“concord of sweet sounds,” to hear good music
drowned amid “confusion confounded.” We were
well pleased with the selections.
On the Exercises of Tuesday, which was Com
mencement day, we are unable to pass any criticism
whatever. The crowd was so dense that we failed
entirely in getting into the hou-e. We were greatly
mortified at being compelled to miss the intellectual
repasts which the Young Ladies had prepared, doubt
less with great care, for all who might be present.—
lumbers of our friends however, reported to us that
the Young Ladies acquitted themselves with honor
The graduating class was large, and in every sense
of the term, a number one class. We publish below
a programme of the Exercises, from which it will be
seen that the Young Ladies were very happy in their
choice of subjects:
Miss S. F. Flarris—Salutatory Address.
Miss C. E. Birdsong—Belshazzar.
Miss M. A. C. Middlebrooks.
What is life? Tis a bubble! Tis a dream!
Man but a little boat that floats down the stream.
Miss C. E. Green,
“You may break, you may ruin, the vase if you will
But the scent of the rose will cling round it still.”
Miss Franklin —The Bible System.
Miss Emily A. Aycock—Paddle your o*-n Canoe.
Miss Mattie Hendrick —Deal gently with the stran
ger’s Heart.
Miss E. 0. Petty—Woman.
Miss Eppie Livingston—Though fame is smpke, its
fume is frankincense to human thought.
Miss Lizzie E. Tally,
Fix not Hope’s anchor in the sands of earth,
For Sorrow’s storms will dash thy bark afar.
Miss S. J. Petty—Memosy.
MissE. B. Rodgers—Georgia—the Gem of the South
Miss J. A. McCracken—The world is not as bad as
some would like to make it.
Miss S. A. E. Gaither—'Every one is the architect of
his own fortune.
Miss M. E. White—Newspapers and Young America.
Miss E. V. Hill—Such is Life.
Miss S. E. Simmons—Pleasures and trials of College
Life.
Miss M. E. Garland —Every heart wears a mask.
Miss Anna Cocroft.
Miss E. L. Pruiti—Reward of Science to its votaries.
Miss 0. A. Stewart—College Economy.
Miss Kate McCord—No one lives for himself alone.
Miss O. J. Livingston—Valedictory.
A grand and imposing procession of Masons was
formed in the afternoon and marched to the College,
where they were addressed by David Clopton, Esq.,
of Ala., as we were informed, in an eloquent manner.
He paid a beautiful tribute to the memory of our la
mented Dawson.
The Commencement Exercises reflected much
credit upon the Institution, and we think it is on the
high road to success; but in our humble opinion
they should have more male teachers connected with
the College than they have at present, t > gain for it
the general confidence of the people.
We would suggest shat Commencement Exercises
be held out of doors under the trees. Everybody
and his family goes to Commencements and the
crowds are much larger each succeeding year, and it
would be rather expensive to enlarge brick houses
every year to accommodate the increased crowd.
Stretch a canvass and cover it over with light brush,
and let us ‘"fill creation” out of doors. It would be
more gratifying if we could see what was going on
even though we had to stand off a half mile, than to
try to hear through a brick-wall.
Covington is a very nice little place. We admire
it for the moral tone of its citizens, and can say that
it boasts of some truly generous hearted and elegant
.ones, and among them is Mr. Woodson and his ines
timable family, vho have hearts overflowing with
generosity,—we were a recipient of their kindly, and
cheerfully bestowed hospitalities, and for which we
remember them gratefully.
For the two days the liquor sellers magnanimously
resolved to keep their doors closed, and the conse
quence was there was little or no dissipation to be
seen during the Commencement.
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Sparta Lyceum.
We were in error in our issue of the 31st ult., in
stating tha t Bishop Pierce would lecture before the
above Association on Ist Tuesday evening in July.
We have since been informed that Rev. S. K. Tal
mage, D. D., of Oglethorpe University would be the
lecturer for that time. The meetings of the Lyceum
will be open to all. We bespeak for the Dr. a full
auditory.
Laughable Error.
In an Editorial in last issue on “Sunrise” in our
imaginative pencillings, we eloquently painted a
‘W: robbin” sitting beside his last years nest. From
where we sat we could’nt tell whether it was a he
or a she; but when we come to think about it, it
aint so bad as you “might suppose.” Our mother
has a rooster that laj's one or more eggs every year
regularly; whether he lays “good eggs” or “bad
eggs” we cant say, but they must be “bad
Now whether the “cock robbin ” lays eggs or notVe
arc not prepared to say, hut we should’nt wonder if
he did sometimes. Who has never heard of a
“ mare's mst ?”
We would call the attention of each of our
readers to the Addn ss to the friends of Temperance
in Georgia, which will be found in another column.
YY 0 are indebted to Hon. A. G. Brown for a
COPT of the ‘ Weekly Union” containing the full pro
ceedings of the Democratic Convention, lately held
in Cincinnati.
We are becoming alarmed for fear there is some
thing wrong in the married circles in these latter
days. We notice every “whip stitch’ an advertise
ment of some fellow advertising his wile, or the wife
advertising the husband. The following is a graph
ic advertisement of Janie O’Foggerty for his wife
Jane, &c.
“Missing from ICilkarney, Jane O’Foggerty she
had m her arms two babies and a Guernsey’ cow
a.l black with red hair and tortoise shell combs be
hind her ears, and large black spots all down her
back, wh.ch gtjumts awfully.”