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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. Claiborn Trussell, of Atlanta, is a duly authorized Agent for the Crusader. Liberal Offer, Any person sending us five new Subscribers, ac companied with the “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 Papers.—Settle Arrearages. Persons ordering their papers discontinued, must invariably pay up all their dues. We shall not strike off any subscriber’s name who is in arrears. 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. out 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.”