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TEMPERANCE BANNER.
ACTUATED by a conscientious desire to An ther
the cause of Temperance, and experiencing
great disadvantage in being too narrowly limited in
space, by the smallness of our paper, for the publica
tion of Reform Arguments and Passionate Appeals,”
we have determined to enlarge it to a mom conve
nient and acceptable size, .lad being conscious of
the fact that there are existing in the minus of a
large portion of the present readers of the Banner
and its former patrons, prejudices-and difficulties
which pan never be removed so long as it retains the
name, we venture also to make ,a change in that par
ticular. It will henceforth be called, “THE-TEM
PERANCE CRUSADER,”
This old pioneer ol the Temperance cause is des
tined yet to chronicle the triumph of its principles.
It has stood the test —passed through ihe “fiery fur
nace,” and, like tfie ‘-'Hebrew children,” re-appeared
unscordheu. It has survived the neicspajier famlye
which has caused, and” is AffilEcausing many excel
lent journals and periodicals to sink, like “bright ex
halations in the evening” to rise ho more, .and it has
even heralded tjio “death struggles of many contem
f orarics, laboring for the same great end with itself,
t “still fives*” and “waxing'boider as it grows older,”
is now waging an'-eternal ■“Crusade’’ against the “In
fernal Liquor Traffic,” standing like the “High Priest”
of the Israelites, jvlis .stood between the people and
the plague.that threatened destruction.
’ We entreat the friends'of the Temperance Cause
to give its their influence iiv extending the usefulness
of the paper. We intend presenting to the public a
sheet worthy :bf ail Attention and a liberal patronage; ,
for while it is strictly a Temperance Journal, ye shall
endeavor to keep its readers posted on all the current
events throughbußtlft country.
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Editor, and Proprietor.
Penfield, Ga., Dec. 8,1865.
EVIL EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE. ',
The evil effects of an intemperate use of
ardent spirits have been so frequently por
trayed. and the imminent danger in “tarry
ing long at the wine” has been so often pre
sented to the world, that it is difficult to de
cide what more to say upon the subject.—
The magnitude of the soul-destroying evil,
Intemperance, is however too great —to q
alarmingly great to admit of entire silence
on the part of those who would, if possible,
throw a barrier in the path way of that fell
destroyer. No one but a perfect misan
thrope can see his fellow-man tottering up
on the verge of a drunkard’s grave, or reel
ing in the drunkard’s path, without wishing
that the course of that, unfortunate friend
might be changed, and he be enabled to re
lease himself from the thraldom of that dan
gerous appetite which is sinking him far, far
below the position which he might, and
which he ought to occupy. But what is to
be done! the tempter stands in his way,
and the syren song is-luring him on till he
heeds not the warning voice that would
gladly turn his footsteps from the awful
abyss towards which he is hastening.
He deceives himself with the reflection
that lie is safe even when the lowering
clouds are ready to burst with awful retri
bution upon his head. He never intends to
“go to extremes,” as he has seen others do.
Ah, no ! he flatters himself that he is ,as yet
only a temperate drinker, and such he ever
intends to remain. Others, he admits, go
too far, but they have not the self-control
which he possesses. And thus he reasons
with himself, firmly believing that he is one
of a favored few, who can successfully re
sist the cravings of that unnatural appetite
which has sunk so many valuable souls
down to regions of endless despair. The
Divine edict-—‘‘No drunkard shall enter the
kingdom of Heaven”—excites not a fear in
his mind. He cannot believe it intended
for him. He drinks simply because his
health requires it. He pleads a weakness
that requires the aid of a stimulus to ward
off disease. (), mistaken plea! O, fatal
error ! What! has an Omniscient Maker
created man so imperfect that he requires a
virulent. poison, a soul-destroying agent to
enable his physical system to perform its-ap
propriate functions? Has he given to man
an immortal soul, and clothed that spark of
immortality with a body whose existence is
dependent upon the raging fires of alcohol?
Turn to the experience of man and read in
that the falsity of such a supposition. Com
pare, for instance, the average years of the
strictly temperate physicians who, a quarter
of a century since, were residing in the vi
cinity of Natchez, with the years of those
who rusted to the supposed health-preserv
ing properties of alcoholic drinks, and wh.lt
a leai ful contrast do we find ! The average
duration of’ life with the former was sixty
three years, while that of the latter hardly
reached half that number! Who, in view
of facts like this, can plead the salutary in
fluences of ardent spirits upon the human
system? Other facts, equally startling,
might be adduced, huf why multiply proofs
of that which is as evident as an axiom ?—-
We have too often seen haggard forms tot
tering under the tyrannic sway of old king
Alcohol, to suppose he entertains any friend
ly regard for his subjects. His rule is en
tirely at enmity with the happiness of his
devotees, but lie lures them to his arms, and
like the deadly Apega, folds them writhing
and heldlees in his tortuous embrace. Help
less, should I say ? No ! He cannot force
his despotism upon unwilling subjects. Al
legiance to his power must be voluntary.—
Strip him of his deceitful charms, trample
his false colors to the dust, apd who Would
not shun the revolting spectacle that he
would present !
Rise, then, to the rescue. Come one,
come all. Bind the relentless monster that
is stalking with giant strides over our fair
land. His footsteps are marked with the
blood of fathers, husbands, brothers, and
friends. His pestilential breath is freighted
with deadly poison. Disease, Want, igno
rance and shame are the fruits of his mis
sion, and yet, strange to tell, he is fondled
and embraced by the very victims upon
whose vitals he is feeding his insatiable ap
petite. ‘A
Rise then! oppose his onward march!— ;
stay him in his deadly career !—save us
from the blighting, withering course of this
horrid monster, and thus preserve health to
our bodies, happiness to our homes, and
honor to our names .'—True Witness.
A TEMPERANCE LECTURE.
i would recommend ipecacuanha as a
remedy for drunkenness, taken in half
drachm doses as an emetic. Ipecacuanha
lias the extraordinary property of stimula
ting the whole system, equalizing the circu
latiops. promoting the various secretions,
and indeed, assisting each organ of the body
to perform its function, and restore it to its
normal state. Ipecacuanha can be Taken
with perfect safety as an emetic; o that ac
count it is .preferable to tartar emetic. I
believe the administration.of half a drachm
of ipecacuanha,, as an emetic, to he a cure
for periodical drunkenness. It is observed
.that jn. the intervals, between the periods of
these attacks, the person is quite sober, and
often remains so for, two, three or four
months, or for a longer time, ‘ the
mania comes on, the intense desire for alco
■it Meir to Cniipnastc. glwiilj, plmitow, fccral Intelligence, fjetos, fa.
PENFIELD, GA, SATURDAY. JULY 26, 1850.
holic stimulus’ is so sfrbhgf as to render the
sufferer subject to no control, and, frorh the
gensation of depression aifd sinking, hie can
look.upon alcoholic stimulants as his oqly
remedy. When a person is in this state, it
will be always .found that his stomach is in
fault, and the unnatural from
that cause alone; if half a drachm of the
powder of ipecacuanha be taken so as to
produce full vomiting, the desire for intoxi
cating stimulus is immediately removed.
From the experience I have had of the
effects of ipecacuanha, I am of,, opinion, if a
patient can be persuaded to follow up the
emetic plan for a few times,when 1 he period
ical attack comes on, that he \vill be effect
ually cured, and the habit (for such I look
upon it) will be broken.— London Lancet.
THE QUARRELSOME NEIGHBOR.
.BY JANK WEAVER. %. >’
“Please, ma’am,” said -the maid servant
to Mrs. Mowbray, “the new neighbor’s
been quarreling. She says I throw my
slops in front of her house.”
“And are-you sure you don’t do it, Bid
sy£
“Yes, ma’am. It’s her own girl does it.
I saw her yesterday.”
“Did you tell hor so?”
“Yes, ma’am. But she only called me I
an impudent thing, ma’am. And I won’t
stand it, ma’am. If you can’t stop , it,
ma’am, I must give warning.”
Mrs. Mowbray had often before, experi
enced her neighbor’s quarrelsome disposi
tion. She had, however, managed both to
control her own indignation, and, what was
more difficult, to keep down that of her
servant. But here was a crisis, Biddy’s
threat of leaving required that an effort
should be made to control Mrs. Power, for
Biddy was not only too good a servant to
part with unnecessarily, but had right on
her side.
So Mrs. Mowbray, during the morning,
called next door and sent up her name to
the mistress of the house. At first, Mrs.
Power, thinking the visit one of an ordi
nary character, was all smiles. But when
Mrs. Mowbray approached the real purpose
of the interview, her hostess flared out into
anger. A• termagant to - her husband, a
tyrant to her children, and a quarrelsome
acquaintance under all circvnnstunces, Mrs.
Power was not to be brought to reason,
even by the mild and lady-like Mrs. Mow
bray- The latfer,* after a space, had to re
tire before the enraged looks and opprobri
ous words of her neighbor, giving up the
field in despair, • 1
Things went on worse after this inter
view. It seems to afford Mrs. Power pe
culiar delight to in vent annoyances for her
neighbor. In a score of ways, the pa
tience of Mi - s. Mowbray and her servant
was tried. Kitchen refuse was often found,
at i noming,s:.in Mrs. Mowbray’s garden,
evidently thrown there during the night;
and no one could he suspected except Mrs.
Power. A canary, which had escaped from
its cage, and trespassed on the premises of
the latter, was killed. At last, even the
forbearance of Mrs, Mowbray gave out,
when she found, one day, that oil had been
poured on her front-door steps. To crown
her troubles, Biddy, the evening before,
had executed her threat and left, worn out.
by the numberless vexations arising from
.their quarrelsome neighbor.
The indignation of Mrs, Mowbray still
continued,, when, about a week afterward,
another neighbor called in. Almost the
first word the latter said, was,
“Have you heard how the children are
next door?”
“The children? Why? Is anything the
matter?”
“Haven’t you heard? They have the
scarlet fever,”
“Dear ine, the poor things !” ejaculated
Mrs. Mowbray. “No! I hadn’t heard.”
For the truth was that she had ceased all
intercourse with her quarrelsome neighbor.
“The worst is,” resumed her visitor,
“that Mrs. Power has nobody to help her.
Her servant got frightened ‘and went off
last night; and none of the neighbors will
go in : and serves her right.”
In a little while, the visitor left, and Mrs.
Mowbray return and to her household duties.
But her mind was not on them. She could
not help thinking of the little ones, next
door, who were suffering for their mother’s
fault.”
“Three children sick, and no one to help
her. Poor dears ! I really can’t stand it,”
at last said Mrs. Mowbray. “I must; go
in and assist her, quarrelsome as she is.”
It was even a more melancholy house
than she had expected. The youngest of
the children was so ill as to require the
exclusive attention of one person; while
the other two needed a nurse between
them; and then there was all the house
hold work tube done besides ! Mrs. Mow
bray’s heart ached. Butshe was a woman
of energy, and instead of wasting time in
regrets, she put. on hbr bonnet again, and
going out, did not return till she had
brought aeon pie of the neighbors with her.
It was not an easy task* but MrS. Mow
bray was universally respected, and she
made it a point that the neighbors-should
come to oblige ber, and not Mrs. Power.
During the whole of one week, while the
lives of the children hung successively in
tfie balauce, Mrs. MoWbray was assiduous*
With her assistants, in this neighborly duty.
During* all that .time, the .mother, wild
with anxiety, could think of nothing hut.
her Hit tie ones. But when the peril was.
past, the popr creature threw in an
agony of remorse, shame and repentance,
at Mrs. Mowbrayls foe crying,
“Oh! f can ngver ibank you enough,—
To think have (lone all this, after the
way I have behaved.!”
. As she spoke, her tears almost suffocated
her: it seemed, indeed, as if her heart
would break.
From that hour, Mrs. Power became a
changed woman. Kindness had subdued
her. “Go thou and do likewise.”
COURTING IN BROADWAY.
Avery singular wedding transpired here
this week. A young and very pretty Irish
girl—the sister of one of our common
Couneilmen, was walking up Broadway,
New York, When she attracted the atten
tion of an elderly gentleman of large
wealth, who had lived all his life a bache
lor and an ascetic : Rumor says that he
was foiled in an affairs du-camr , and carri
ed thenceforth in’ his breast a heart impen
etrable to the sweet influences of the ten
der passion.—Well, this gentleman on the
promenade was attracted by this Irish girl
to such a degree that he arrested bis steps
and ventured to address her ;
“ Will you pardon the liberty, Miss, if I
ask your name ?
The girl timidly surveyed him, and ap
parently satisfied that not mere curiosity
prompted him in the query, and that he
was a gentleman, she acceded.
“My name is Mary O’K , sir.”
“Dare I ask you another question. Marv
—I mean Miss O’K—?”
“Proceed, sir,” she replied, good hu
moredly.
“Then I should like to ask you—and
you will confer an infinite obligation upon
me by answering truly—whether yon are
engaged in marriage to any one, or wheth
er your feelings are interested in any per
son whatever.
The question was decidedly a home one,
but there was so kind and gentle an ex
pression in the old man’s eye, and such
an evident earnestness in his tone, that
she answered him freely—
. “Not in the least, sir.”
“Then allow me without any further cer
emony, to place my card in.your hand and
with it the offer of myself and fortune.—
Commission any friend you please to make
whatever inquiries concerning me you may
deem proper and let me know your deter
mination to morrow.
The girl overwhelmed with surprise, de
posited the slip of pasteboard in the reti
cule and passed on. On Wednesday after
noon her brother called at the 1 iotei where i
her admirer resided and informed him that
Mary had concluded to accept him. They
y T erc married the same evening at the res
idence of the bride’s mother and the old
gentlemen settled** on her one hundred
thousand dollars on the spot,
This gentleman—he would not like me
to given you his name—has held a great
many public offices in his time, was form
erly a Major in the U. S. Army, and after
wards assistant Indian Commissioner. His
real estate in this city is worth more than
8200,000.
Mary and the Major started the next
morning for New Orleans, where the lat
ter has a brother who is a sort of pecunia
ry nabob in that city.
BEAUTIFUL OLD AGE.
In Mrs. Sigourney’s new book, “Past
Meridian,” the following charming picture
of virtuous old age occurs. God grant that
such pictures may not be few and far be
tween :
“That venerable old man, vigorous, his
temples slightly silvered, when more than
four-score years had visited them, how
freely flowed forth the melody of his lead
ing voice amid the sacred strains of public
worship! His favorite tunes of ‘Mear’ and
‘Old Hundred,’ wedded to these simply
sublime words:
‘While shepherds watched their flocks by night,’
and—
‘Praise God, from whom all blessings flow,’
seem even now to tall sweetly, as they did
upon my childish ear. These, and similar
ancient harmonies, mingled with the de
vout prayers that morning and evening
hallowed his home and its comforts; she,
the partner of his days, being often sole
auditor. Thus, in one censer, rose the
praise which every day seemed to deepen.
God’s goodness, palled not on their spirits
because it had been long continued. They
rejoiced that it was ‘new every morning,
and fresh every evening.’”
Fortunately Robbed. — We find the fol
lowing in the Picayune. Did not Mobile
once have a lucky corporation Which got
large profits out of being swindled ?
In one of the most conspicuous corners in
Chicago is a large six-story building, built
by a clerk in that city with funds purloined
from his employer. When detection be
came unavoidable he left town and sent
back an agent to negotiate. The matter
was finally arranged by the employer tak
ing the building and paying the thief -1110.000,
and it was remarked, so great had been the
rise in the value of the property that the
employer made his fortune by being robbed.
SWINGING FESTIVALS IN INDIA.
• A Calcutta correspondent of the London
11tries, Mr. James Holmes, writes to that
paper as follows: “The bloody rites of the
Churritch Poojah, or swinging festivals,
which take place annually, and at this time
of the vear, in honor of the god Shiva, are at
present being celebrated in India; and the
cruelties then inflicted are voluntarily sub
mitted toon the part of the individuals who
undergo them. Asa ceremonvof this kind
was to take place on the 11th of April, in
the Circular-road, which is distant from Cal-
cutta about two miles, some other gentle
men and I who were desirous to see it, drove
in that direction, and the whole line of road
leading to the place Was crowded with na-
of every caste and shade of color,
wending their way thither to see the degra
ding spectacle, and dressed up in the most
gaudy and fantastic manner possible. Great
numbers of the women and children had
laige brass rings, about four inches in diam
eter, through their noses, also rings round
their ancles, by way of ornament.
“Thepot where the tragic scenes were
to be enacted was a large square, surround
ed with houses, and on the tops of which
were seated crowds of Indians of every age,
and all more or less excited with an intoxi
cating compound called ‘bhang.’ In the
centre of this square was erected a long pole
sixty feet high; at the top of this was anoth
er about forty feet long, placed at right an
gles to the former, working in a socket in
the centre, and capable of being whirled
round ; and to each end was a rope. Hav
ing waited for ten minutes or so, the infatu
ated native who was to be swung came in,
amid the beating of Indian drums and the
shouts ol the people. The man had a wild
expression of countenance, with his eyes
glaring, being under the influence of bhang,
ol which he had consumed great quantities
during the three previous days to deaden
the pain. Phis unfortunate native had two
large iron hooks (not unlike those used by
butchers at home for hanging up meat)
thrust through his back, three inches apart,
and making a wound four inches in length,
from which the blood streamed down. This
being done the men tied the rope which was
fixed to one of the ends of the horizontal pole
to the two hooks in his back, and likewise
passed it through a cloth, which was tied
slackly round his breast to prevent him fa.ll
ing to the ground should the flesh give way,
which it sometimes does. They then pulled
down the other end of the pole, which of
course raised the one with the man along
with it. and then ran round at great speed
sos die space ol a quarter of an hour. All
this time the poor man was suspended in
the air by the hooks in his back, and whirl
ing round 50 feet from the ground; and from
the manner m which he kicked about his
legs i.e appeared to he suffering great ago
ny. When he was iet down, and the hooks
taken out of his back, he was more dead
than alive, and the laceration caused by
them was frightful. Men who undergo the
swinging seldom survive it. While Parlia
ment are engaged in making inquiry in re
ference to the torture employed by the Gov
ernment officials in the Presidency of Mad
ras, for tife purpose of collecting the reven
ue from the natives, I think they would do
well to devise some plan by which they
could totally abolish t he practice I have been
endeavoring to describe, and which could
be more easily done now than in previous
years. The middle and higher classes of
the natives, I understand from good author
ity, do not approve it as they did formerly;
it is only the lowest class of the natives that
take part in the ceremony.”
THE RING OF POLYCRATES.
Classical history tells us of Polvcrates,
King of Samos, celebrated • for his uninter
rupted good fortune. When Amasis, King
of Egypt, advised him to chequer his con
tinual prosperity by relinquishing some of
his favorite objects, Polycrates complied
and threw into the sea a seal ring, the most
valuable of his jewels; but a few days after
he received the present of a fish, in whose
belly the jewel was again found! A vine
dresser of Albano, near rome, is said to
have found this ring in a vineyard. This
treasure, which Schiller has fully described
in his ballad, was brought to Rome upon
the death of its owner, 522 years before
Christ, and was seen and mentioned by
Pliny. The Emperor Augustus placed it in
a golden case, and deposited it for safety in
the Temple of Concord. The stone ol the
ring is of considerable size and oblong in
form. The. engraving on it, by Theodore
of Samos, the son ol Talikles, is of extraor
dinary fineness and beauty. It represents a
lyre with three bees flying about; below,
on the right, a dolphin; on the left, the head
of a bull. The name of the engraver is in
scribed in Greek characters. The upper
surface of the stone is slightly concave, not
highly polished, and one corner broken. It
is asserted that the possessor of this ring has
been offered 50,000 dollars for it by an En
glishman, but has declined it, expecting to
make a more profitable bargain with the
Emperor Alexander.
ADVANCE PAYMENT FOR PAPERS.
No subscriber worth retaining, will ob
ject to the pay-in-advance system. Thoss
who wanted to hear Jenny Lind sing, had
to pay*in advance; and what were her di
vines* strains compared with those which
flow from the editorial pens? You can’t
C TERMS: 01,00 IN ADVANC!
J JAMES T. BLAIN,
V PRINTER.
VOL. XXII.-NUMBER2|
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ny-from-the-track railroad car, without
mg m advance for the risk of being killed
It you would hear a concert, or literary le|H
taue, or see Tom Thumb, or the Siame®'-'.
I wins, you must plank down your twentlw
live, titty, or one hundred cents, before yoB -
pass the threshold. Nay, if any one has si ’
little regard for his own character as t|
want to read Barn-urn’s Autobiography hi
must pay for it. And yet men furnish at |
price on the very brink and utmost verge o|
prime cos t.~Ex. Paper. # ■
SHE DID’NT KNOW HER HUSBAND, I
A little occurrence took place in Alleghal
ny city last week which borders somewhafl
on the romantic:
Mrs. , a California widow, as ladies!
generally are termed whose husbands are!
absent in the land of gold, was startled ontl
morning in the early part of the week by al
loud, impatient knock at the hall door. Heil
attendant was out, and being rather hurried!
and in the second story, she looked out ofl
the window to ascertain who the visitor!
could be. The appearance of the individu-l
al at the door was rather striking. His I
wearing apparel was coarse, ill made, and I
veiy much out of fashion. The hair on his I
lace almost concealed his features. The la-1
dy thought, that like Samson, a razor had I
never passed over it since the day of his
Arth, and certainly, to say the least of it, no
one even for a moment would have thought
it necessary for him to tarry at Jericho un
"til his beard was grown. Under his arm
he carried a large parcel neatly done up.
After a moment’s consideration Mrs.
came to the conclusion that he was a ped
lar, who had just left the back woods, to pur
sue his avocation in our sister city, and
therefore very politely informed him that
the did not require anything.
“You had better examine what I have
got,” replied the stranger.
No, it would be only troubling him; she
would not purchase.
“Well, come down and open the door,”
persisted the stranger.
The lady’s patience was almost exhaust
ed by his importunity, and she was about
to administer a rebuke, when her ear detect
ed the suppressed laughter of the stranger.
She could not see the broad grin on his face
for the hair prevented her; but she did hear
him laugh and his voice was familiar to her.
So descending, she opened the door, and the
next moment she was clasped in the arms
of the rough individual before her, who pro
ved to be not a pedlar, as she imagined, but
her long absent husband. His beard was of
three years growth, and he had returned
home in his mining habiliments purposely to
surprise her. We will merely add that, on
second thought, the lady did want most, if
not all the articles in the parcel, which con
tained a goodly collection of silks, satins,
bracelets, &c., and that the supposed pedlar
after going through the hands of the barber
and merchant tailor, has turned out to be as
fine a looking man as any in our country.
m
A SENSIBLE LANDLORD.
The Frankfort Herald is responsible for
the following:
A little incident transpired some weeks
ago at one of the Frankfort Hotels, which,
under the present temperance excitement,
is not unworthy of notice. The names of
the parties we withhold from the public for
shame’s sake.
A little girl entered the tavern, and in a
pitiful tone told the keeper that her mother
had sent her there to get eight cents.
“Eight cents!” said the tavern keeper,
“what does your mother want witli eight
cents? I don’t owe her anything.”
“Well,” said the child, “father spends his
money here for rum, and we have nothing
to eat to-day. Mother wants to buy a loaf
of bread.”
A loafer remarked to the tavern keeper
to “kick out the brat.”
“No,” said the keeper, “I will give her
the money, and if the father comes here
again, I’ll kick him out.”
ANECDOTE.
The following anecdote is told of a very
clever fellow, but who has recently joined
the Sons of Temperance :
After becoming a “Son,” he went to Mo
bile on business, and was taken ill at that
place. The physician was called, and on
examining him, pronounced him in a very
dangerous condition, and proscribed brandy.
The sick man told him that he could not
take it.
The doctor insisted that it was a proper
remedy, but the patient told him he would
not take it. The doctor said that he must or
he would have spasms.
“Well,” said the Son of Temperance,‘Til
try a couple first.”
DC7 !o The following tradition, concerning
the vine, is to the point: When Adam plan
ted the vine, and left it, Satan approached
it and said, -‘‘Lovely plant! I will cherish
thee;” and thereupon, taking three animals,
a lamb, a lion, and a hog, he slayed them at
the root of the tiee, and their blood has been
imbibed by the tree to this day. Thus, if
you take one goblet of wine, you are cheer
ed by its influence, yet are mild and docile
as the lamb; if you take two goblets, ybu
become furious, and roar and bellow like a
lion; and if you drink of the third goblet,
your reason sinks, and like the hog, you waL
I low in the mire,