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For the Temperance Crusader,
WAS EVER SORROW LIKE OUR’S ?
Messrs. Editors y —Seven years ago, yon
are aware, myself and wife were visited
with one of those severe afflictions, which
rarely tall upon mortals in this land ol
sorrow and death. Six lovely children
five daughters and one son, in the bloom
of life and youth—snatched from us, by
death, in one short week. Our yonngest
and only daughter, whom we expected to be*
our solace, our comfort, in tbe evening of
life, was taken from ua and u world of suf
sering on last Wednesday, Was ever sor
row like our'sf Have you, have my old
friends in Georgia, a sympathetic tear to
shed ? My daughter, Margaket B. P.
Jones, was born Sept. Stb, 183.9, and de
parted this life July 9th, 1850, ot Typhoid
fever. My heart is too full for extended
particulars; some good friend will furnish
them. I thought I “Would announce the
fact, though poorly done. Our hearts
again bleed afresh, not healed in ‘eonse
quence of former unparalleled visitations,
having, aa I trust, tire sympathies of nu
merous friends in Georgia.
My heart is still in the great work o 1
Temperance, and maybe when I am gone,
a wise and discerning pcop’e may stay tin
flood of ruin superinduced by the liquor
traffic. Truly yours,
D. P. JONES.
Prohibition Hill, Ga., July 14, ’56.
For the Temperance Crusader.
JUSTICE TO £LL.
In theso latter days it has become such
a common thing for young ladies and old
people to underrate the qualities of young
men, that the truth is, their abuses have
arrived at that point where they are be
yond endurance. And as I belong to tbe
class of young men, I do not feel inclined
to sit still and sutler those whose heads
have become frosted by the chilling blasts
of age, nor even those little angels that in
habit our earthly paradise, to continue to
shower upon our heads their never-ending
censure. lam aware ot the tact, that'it
profiteth a young man but little to speak
against the ladies, and that it is no advant
age to him to say aught against the aged.
Yet, there are times when “forlqpranre
ceases to he a virtue,” and retaliation be
comes necessary. I shall endeavor to do
no injustice either to the ladies or the aged.
The usual and customary charges against
the young men of the present day are,
sloth fulness of mind and body, extrava
gance, and low moral character. About
one-fourth of our young men deserve these
charges, but if they are preferred agaiis
more than one-fourth (so far as my acquain
tance is concerned, and it is not inconsider
able.) I pronounce them false and without
foundation in fact.
I do not intend to make a defends iu be
half of the young men, but I do intend to
show that young ladies and parents have
faults as great, and perhaps greater than
those of the young men. First, let ns look
at the characters of the young ladies. In
regard to morality, I have nothing to say;
they are much our superiors in that res
pect. As to industry-—-only a few-—very
tew, are at all inclined to the slightest form
of labor. Occasionally you find one with
habits of economy, but, as a genera! rule-,
they .are spendthrifts, and fit for nothing
but to rise late in tbe morning, visit dry
goods stores and miliner shops, read yel
low back novels, talk of beaux and dress,
and. spend tbe balance of their time in the
use ot paints and other failures to beautify
their persons. What will become ot such
persons, God only knows. They are en
tirely ignorant of the immensity of trouble
that awaits them in the future.
Let ns now see if there are errors to be
found in the character of parents. I would
have them remember when they begin
their abuse of young men —when they pro
nounce them unworthy and unfit to fill
their respective stations in life, that they
have had the rearing and framing of the
vine, and that it has only taken tbe course
in which they have directed it: so if the
young men have grown up a set ot trilling
idlers, unfitted for any calling in life, the
greatest portion of the censure jpstly fails
upon their own heads. The piincipal er
ror of parents is, in the advice they gi'e
their chiieren relative to the most- import
ant and critical step in life. I allude U>
marriage. “What kind of si character is
pointed out by the parent as one fitted to
discharge the duties of husband or wife?—
Is ti e virtuous, respectable, honest, indus
trious young man or lady recommended?
Alas! ‘no. Tin Be characters are will spo
ken of, only because nothing ill can he
said against them. The cry of money,
money, is immediately raised, mid none
oee r commended unless their purses are
filled with gold. Thank God the young
people* hearts have not yet become so
hardened by thirst for filthy lucre, that
correct, honest principles are wanting by
them a due appreciation. There are some
(though few in number) that will not sacri
fice principle fer the sake of gold, hut will
press on and do what their reason teaches
them is just and right, in defiance of every
opposing obstacle. Parents, in advising
iheir children to marry persons of wealth,
are thereby encouraging idleness. They
teach them to get money without labor,
and at a sacrifice of all affection.
I think no injustice in this teviewof the
characters <*f the young men, yoyng ladies,
and parents, has been done to either party;
and certainly, if such is the case, of the
three parties, the young men deserve the
smallest amount of censure. The young
ladies, by their course, can only injure
themselves, but the parents, oh! where is
the excuse for their conduct; instilling
principles into the hearts of the young that
are totally opposed to the teachings of the
Bible; uniting the hands (not hearts) ol
people, from other motives than those in
tended by the Creator; consequently frus
trating the purpose of marriage and des
jtrvying forever the happiness of their child
ren. Go, parents; judge and censure the
course of the young; lam not t hy judge,
but for the committal and practice of this,
thine error, 1 leave thee to receive thy juri
jvward at tbe hand* of thy Creator.
BIT. MORIAH DIYISION (440) STILL
AFLOAT.
Messrs. Editors , —According to previous
arrangement, a large number of the citi;
zens of Jefferson county assembled on the
4th of July, at old Mt. Moriah, for tbe pur
pose es celebrating the 80th anniversary of
‘American Independence, and to give bat
tle once more to the hydra-beaded monster,
Prince Alcohol. < _ .
Oti motion of F. A. Polhill, Esq., Maj.
George Stapleton was called to the Chair,
and, at the close of the meeting, Jas. H.
Oliphant was requested to act as Secretary.
The meeting was opened with prayer
by brother Howell. The chairman then
briefly explained the order of the day, and
introduced to the audience Dr. J. W. Os
lin, who read the Declaration of Indepen
dence in a dignified and forcible manner.
lienben Carswell, Esq , orator of the day,
was now introduced. He delivered a most
brilliant and eloquent “4th of July ora
tion.” lie handled masterly the abstruse
science of civil government, and painted
in glowing colors, tbe struggles and toils
of our Revolutionary sires to achieve fm
themselves and posterity,the glorious boon
of liberty. He is a young man, gigantic
in size, beautiful and symmetrical in per
son, with a lofty and towering intellect,
and bids fair to prove a useful and sterling
member >f society.
Rev. J.T. Lin, principal of Brothersville
Academy, Richmond county, was next in
troduced. His subject was Temperance.
He fully sustained his high reputation as
a shrewd and independent orator. He in
vistigated his theme in all its length,
breadth, depth and height, and handled,
with ‘‘gloves off,” those morally corrupt
politicians who have forsaken the glorious
cause of humanity to bask in the short
lived fame offered by corrupt voters. —
Though a young man, he is a ripe scholar
—quite small, physically; but intellectual
ly, a giant. #
The meeting then adjourned sine die.
GEO. STAPLETON, Chairman.
Jas. H. Oliphant, Sec’y
Note.— Though I was perfectly charm
ed with the greater portion of Bro. Liu’s
speech, yet one ot his positions I am not
willing to endorse, and as he glories in the
freedom of speech, be will not be offended
to meet with another who is candid in the
expression of his views.
In the course of his remarks, he stated
emphatically, that ‘'moral suasion is dead!’
What! ‘‘moral suasion” dead! When did
it die? Where was it buried? Who preach
ed its funeral? I should like to have some
light upon the subject. The last time I
litard from it, though somewhat crippled
in is temperance influence, it was enjoy
ing a “greet) old age” with the bright pros
pect of many years of usefulness yet to
come. But what is it? Let me define it:
I understand it to be the applying of argu
ments and reasons to the conscience and
judgment of rational free agents, to per
suade them to do right. Is it possible that
there has been such a radical change in the
moral and intellectual nature of man in
the last four years, that he is no longer ca
pable of being reasoned with successfully?
Where is the proof? I know th tit got
into a “fight pines” after the downfall of
Rome, during the “da? k ages,” but l also
know that it finally came out of the “big
end of the horn,” and is to-day .more po
tent and powerful in its influence, than ?t
ever has been heretofore. It has civilized,
moralized, and adorned the earth, with
many of the beauties of civilization; and I
tell you now, if ever Georgia throw* off
the tyrant’s yoke, moral suasion must be
standing ly‘ with a helping hand, when
the great deed is performed, Look at mor
al suasion in the preacher’s sermon, in the
instruction of parents to children,of friend
to friend, and neighbor to neighbor. Sir,
if “moral suasion” is dead, the world is
hopelessly ruined ! Your fifteen miles ride
over the sand hills of Richmond county,
to reason with the Jeffersonftee, and vour
closing remarks to the “fair sex,” to use
their mighty influence to keep yojjng men
in the path of sobriety, were ail nseiess
and productive of no good, if “moral sua
sion” is dead. This kind of doctrine has
been preached long enough; it has a ten
dency to break down our societies, and
render the people careless about Temper
ance meetings. I believe in “legal sua
sion” as strong as any man, and if I had
my way, I would, at one stroke, burst to
atoms every hell-manufactory, alias grog
shop, in Georgia, with the “strong arm of
the law.” I was one of the few that
marched under the banner of the gallant
Overby, and shared in bis defeat; and,
sink or swim, for various reasons, l would
march under his banner again, though J
am opposed to premature moves. But, in
the name of common sense, if Overby’s
minority is to fie swelled into a majority,
how can this thing be accomplished hut
by “moral suasion?” Can si# thousand
voters lay down this great instrumentality
of success, and legislate over the-heads of
a hundred thousand, and tear UP the grog
shop system by the roots? Gen. Tom
Thumb might as well undertake to sboul
dor the Stone Mountain. From the very
nature of things, “moral suasion” must he
applied until tfie people, yes, a large ma
jority of them, becotpe willing to adopt
“legal suasion.” Then, sir, wo sbalt be
aide to establish an effectual Temperance
Law. “Then I suppose we may let moral
suasion die.” No, sir, not at all; if we do,
the Jaw will soon die or be repealed.—
There must fie some “protecting power’
to accompany it throughout its existence,
to protect its vitality from the dangerous
influence of Satan upon the corrupt prin-,
ciples of man.
I have said enough, I presume, to be un
derstood. Ido not <*are ’how many argn
ipeuts “moral suasion” uses in defence of
legal suasion,” but one tiling is certain,
the latter can never live while the former
?s dead, anil this can never die while man
is capable of being reasoned with success
fully. Let us arouse the#from our letlmr- •
gy,and give *Hkrai auHsiow”ujair chance,
and it will yet work out fn* <Jijs ew.ntpy *
glorious destiny. -J. IL Q. j
Pop# Hill, (ja.
■ I 111 II I LJPI IU UJB
OHBROKEE BAPTIST COLLEGE.
Last week Tftttendbd the Commence
ment Exercises of the Oheroke* Baptist
College at Cassville. This institution has
been In operation but one term, so I was
privileged to attend its first literary festivi
ty. And 1 can truly say 1 was highly
gratified at the result of each day’s per
form an ce.
Prof. Hillyer had been chosen to preach
the Commencement Sermon, but on Satur
dadvening tbe Faculty were noticed that
itWwould be impossible* for him to be pre
sent on Sabbath. The task, consequently,
devolved upon Prof. Rayibaut. The sub
ject of his address was, a comparison of
Modern Infidelity with the Evidences of
Christianity. After a beautiful address to
the young men connected the Insti
tutiou, he began his discourse by giving a
short but complete history of Infidelity.-
He then took up the various schools of
modern Infidelity, and compared them
with the Evidences of Christianity. The
style of Prof. R. was chaste aud elegant,
and his arguments were well selected and
systematically arranged. As an index of
the general sentiments on the merits of the
effort, we will only say tho house was
crowded, the day excessively warm, and
the sermon unusually long, and there was
no uneasiness whatever manifested by the
audience. “
On Monday, Profs. Robt. and Whilden
delivered their inaugural addressee, ad
on Tuesday, Prof. Raihbaut his—each one
advocating the claims of his own depart
ment. These addresses were all well writ
ten and full of interesting and useful in
formation.
On Wednesday, the preparatory and ri
sing Freshman classes declaimed for prizes.
Mr. P. M. Russell bore off the prize in the
preparatory department, and Mr. W. J.
Linn in the Freshman class.
Thursday was Commencement day, but
as there was no graduating class, this day
was set apart for the prize declamation of
the Sophomore class. The first pri,ze in
this contest was awarded to Mr. Robt. Fal
ligant, of Savannah, and the second to Mr.
A. G. McMurray, of Cassville. This class,
we think, acquitted themselves with much
honor, and though the practice of particu
larizing baa been much condemned, we can
not refrain from mentioning Messrs. Jas.
H. Anderson, of Ringgold, and Thomas W.
Hooper, of Cassville, as having performed
their parts with great credit.
In the afternoon, at 4 o’clock, the Rev,
Mr. Marshall, of Marietta, made an ad
dress on the importance of elementary
studies, before the literary society. Thi6
address, we understand, will be published,
when all may see it and judge for them
selves.
The citizens, in and around Cassville,
seem to be thoroughly aroused on tbe sub
ject of education. We know of no com
munity where so much active interest is
manifested in tho great cause, and thß day
is probably not far distant when Cassville
will become the seat of learning for Chero
kee Georgia, and the Institution located
there will rank with her noble sisters of
the “Empire State of the South.”
CfIEKOKRK.
“FORGET ME NOT.”
There is a flower whose little form
Is seen where heroes He forgot ;
It blooms where raged the battle-storm.
And sweetly says: “Forget me hot!”
Oh, take and wear this emblem flower,
This badge of friendship's sacred thought:
VV'hen fate reveals her darkest hour.
With this sweet bloom, Forget me not
I wish no monument of art,
No tomb to mark my burial-spot,
If memory’s flower bloom in your heart;
Fair lady, then, Forget me not f
BEAUTIFUiT EXTRACT
Oh, if there is one law above the rest,
Written in Wisdom—if there ig a word
That I would trace as with a pen of fire,
Upon the unsullied temper of a child —
If there is anything that keeps the mind
Open io angel visits, and repeU
The ministry of ill—-’tis human .lore.
God has nude nothing worthy of contempt;
The smallest pebble m tbe well of truth
Has its peculiar m .things, and will stand
When man’s best monuments wear fast away.
The law of Heaven is and tho’ its name
Has been urgurpej by passion, and profan'd
To its unholy uses through all pme, ‘
Still the eternal principle impure;
Aud ip these jeep affection that wc feel
Ompipotent within us*, can we ate
The lavish measures in which lpye is giv’n,
And in tho yearning tenderness of a Ghild —-
In every bird that sings above our head,
And every cn ature feeding on the hills,
And every tree arid flower, and running brook,
We see how everything was made to love.
And how they err, who in a world like this
Find anything to hate but human pride.
INQUIRING ?CR A gpBAND.
The ladies of Moscow observe a curious
custom on New Year’s Eve. Precisely at
12 o’clock a servant is stationed at the
front dox?* of the house, and the first gen
tleman who pnspe# is and request
ed to give his Cbrjatiap fiaipe. Jhis is im
mediately told tp the mistress, as it is be
lieved by her to Ihb the name of her future
husband. If no figure passes it js, consid
ered tantamount that the lady* will not
be married that year. Many are the amu
sing scenes sometimes enacted by some fa
vorite swain or gay Lothario getting be
hind his mistress’s chair, and appearing
us soon aa the clock strikes 12, while she
in engaged in looking ill a glass.
AMERICAN HUSBANDS.
New York Society is curious enough.-
It is entirely under the control of the wom
en. Tk jpen work themselves to death
their wive**and daughters may enjoy them
selves, and the trait is characteristic of
American husbands. A fin# house and
fine fyrniture are the first sought lor.
Fine clothes are always on hand—those
are never wanting. The streets are swept
by the trains of opr fashionable females, —
Next, a visiting list is to be secured,
and every .artifice is respited to to secure
‘}• A grand party is given, aad.pftfdeof
fe/ the hujpdred are sent ont.
l.ettj ,ayd the host and .hostess at:
Brown, rhe’ Won 44” Groce Church, who
bus bi- onu-tp'v seat and i worth $40,000.
ia - ugaged by ihe parvenus, to
supply thetis wut guest*. Happy are tbe
young meu'wh.* stand on his books,
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A. DEAR KISS—WOMAN’S RIGHTS.
Ay curious trial was recently held at
Middlesex Sessions, in England. Thomas
Saver)end, the prosecutor, stated that on
tbe day after Christmas, be was iu the
room where the defendant, Caroline New
ton, and water, who had come from
Birmingham, wer? present. The latter
jokingly observed that she had promised
her sweethoaet that no man should kiss her
while absent. It being holiday time, Sa
-verland considered this a challenge, and
caught hold of her and kissed her. Th
young woman took it as a joke, but her
sister, the defendant, said she would like
as little of that fun as be pleased. Savt-r
----land told her if she was angry he would
4risg her also; he then tried to do it, and
theyJFell to the ground. On rising, the
woman struck him; he again tried to kias
her, and in the scuffle she bit off hie nose,
which she spit out of her mouth. The ac
tion was brought to recover damages for
the loss of his nose. The defendant said
be had no business to kiss her; ifshe want
ed kissing she had a husband to kiss—a
better looking man than ever the pr<secu
tor was. Tbe jury without hesitation, ac
quitted her; and the chairman said, that if
any man attempted to kiss a woman against
her will, she had a perfect right to bite off
his nose if she had a fancy for so doing.
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AN ENTHUSIASTIC COMPLIMENT.
The enthuriastic Kelmer thus discour
ses upon the fair sex :
“Woman is, indeed, a bright and beau
tiful creature. Where she is there is a par
adise; where she is not there is a desert.
Her smile inspires love, and raises human
nature nearer to tbe immortal source of its
being. Her sweet and tender heart gives
life and soul to dead and senseless things.
She is the ladder by which we climb from
earth up to heaven. She is the practical
teacher of maukind, and the world would
be void without tier. She is more a celes
tial than a terrestrial being—charming and
amiable as a girl, dutiful as a mother.—
She is the balsam of a man’s life,—his
faithful counsellor and pillow. She can
impart all the pleasures to his cares of
friendship, all the enjoyment of sense and
reason, and all the sweets of life:” (We
stop the author here, in order that the
reader may draw his breath, and try to
guess whether Kelmer was a married man
or a bachelor.
MANY MISTAKES MADE IN THE
WORLD.
“So this is your birth-day, Richard. I
wish I bad known it before. How old are
you ?”
“Sevanty-three, Master Arthur; but my
gray hairs tell the tail pretty well without
my speaking. Fifty year ago I came as
to live with your grandfa
ther. Not many servants have had such
masters as I have had.”
“Fifty years ago!”
, “Yes, Master Arthur, there have been
many changes in frbe village since I came
to it. Many mistakes are made in the
world, both in town and country.”
“Tell me some of the mistakes that have
been made in the village.”
“It was a mistake, or something worse,
when Harry Ford, who had a good place
at the Grange farm, broke his mother’s
heart by running off’ to sea; bnt bitterly
did he repent it. What was tbe tortoise
that he broght back with him. or the green
parrot either, to do for his mother? When
he returned from sea his mother had been
six months in the grave It wa* a sor
rowful visit he made to her grave in the
c-iuicb-yard. He then saw, I gboqld think,
the mistake he had made,”
“Yes, it was a mistake indeed.”
“When Mary Rowe, who was housemaid
at the vicarage, left her place to go up to
live in London, without her parents’ con
sent, it was a mistake, and a sad one, too.
She soon had finer clothes to wear, but
then Bheßuon bad less color in her cheek
and lees happiness in her heart. She nev
er again came back to the village.”
“Both Mary Rowe and Harry Ford act
ed very foolishly.’’
j.‘lt yr&B altogether a mistake. Master
Arthur, when Madame Rice, at tfie Shrub
bery, gave way to her son, as she did, in
everything, so that he grew up to be as a
thorn to her side, A bitter thing it is for
a parent with sorrow to the grave.”
“Yes, both Madame Rice and her eon,
too, were sadly to blame.”
“Never was a greater mistake than that
of Squire Smith, when he, on the death ot
his good father, set up a kennel of fox
hojji)d§, and took to horse racing. Both
horses and dogs got rid of his money for
him; but that was the last part of the mis
chief. He became both a gambler and a
bard drinker.”
“He had better have let both borsee
and dog? alone.”
“Tbhre was a .time, Master Arthur, when
people Morton the brev/er was a
shrewed old ip betting money, and
laying it by as be did; but it was all a
mistake, for he became a miser, so that
his money neither did him any gvod nor
any one else. He lived unhappy and died
wretched.”
“I will remember father telling me of
Mortun th# miser.”
“Andrew Rollins had pious parents who
above all things, desired to bring up their
son in the fear of the Lord. They died
when he was young—that was before I
came to tho village—and on their death
beds Ibey urged him to remember his Cre
ator in.the Says of his youth, to give
his heart to Jesus; but Andrew followed
not their example. Ho made a sad mis
take, for he put off to old age what in the
days of bit youth he should have perform
ed. He died in pid maii- but he never
knew the peace of God jri'hi#^eart.'’
“L&a the rest, Richard, be aUo made a
great mistake, 7’ ‘* 1 ‘ *
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Wave you now, having something that calls
my attention. 1 have told you of the mis
takes of Henry Ford. Mary Row*-. Mad
ame Rice, B<juirf‘ Smith, and Morton the
miser, and hope that ?> -• God’s mercy, you
will never fall into any of them; but the
mistake ot Andrew Rollins i that to which
you are most liable. After living fifty
years iu the family Master Arthur, it would
indeed be grief to me if you did not tread
in the steps of your fathers before you.
Many mistakes, as 1 said, are made in the
world; but one of the very greatest is that
of not preparing for abetter. God’s word
sa}’s, 4 ‘l love them that love me : and
those that seek me early shall find me.”
Let jne then once more, Master Arthur,
urge upon you not to leave to old age what
in youth you ought to perform.”
leisurThours.
Not long since, a young lady said in my
presence that it was “extremely irksome to
be obliged to spend an hour alone!’ This
remark I have often heard from others.
Young ladies, why is this so? If your
lonely hours are to be sad ones, then 1 fear
many sad hours will come to you. ere your
head be pillowed in its mother Earth.—
Have you nothing to do ? nothing to think
of? Then in the maxim, “Know thyself,”
you will find instructions for profitably
spending not only hours, but years of hours.
If you have a mind worth studying, then
study it; if not, then enrich it so that it be
not a mere reflection of Godey’s fashion
plates, an echo of ruinous novels.
Search out your hidden thoughts; dig up
vour passions and emotions, and analyze
them with the coolness and precision of a
practical chemist. Find out your relation
to the society in which you live. Know
whether you are a dreamer or a worker, a
butterfly or a be, in the broad field of life.
Look about you and see what evils are ex
isting in which you may do something to
remedy. Understand the influences which
you exert. Look upon your will as the
controling power, the engineer, I might say,
of a mighty machine, the actions of which,
for good or evil, depends upon you.
Think not this voice comes to you from
one who has forgotten the pleasures and en
thusiasm of youth; it is from one of your
own circle, whose sympathies are with you,
yet who more admires the rippling wave on
the surface of the majestic river, than the
giddy dash of the tiny rivulet. Let the spii
it of childhood be free and joyous as the
dashing brook; but as the brook, often re
ceiving numerous tributaries, flows on with
a deeper tone, so let the mind show its time
given treasures of knowledge and expeii
ence by a firmer, more subdued manner of
action.
As the lover of nature admires a raging
storm on the ocean, so the student of human
nature may delight to watch a tempest in
the soul; but when that tempest is aroused
by the breath of evil passions, many a
barque, freighted with gems of pure thought
and feeling, may be wrecked on its bosom,
which the owner h id hoped to see wafted
in safely to the “far shore.” I would not
have the sea of the sou! dead, stagnant. —
Far from it! But I would have it stirred
only by pure breezes, that should ieave its
surface calm as were the waters of Galilee,
when bidden, “Peace, be still.”
Then improve your lonely hours in
thought, true throught. Know what is
your aim in life. Will you think of it? Our
country demands it of you and me. Strive
not for fame; ’tis not your sphere nor mine.
But make your heart the home of all that is
good and virtuous; your mind the fit recep
tacle of great, ennobling thought; and pray
that the time shall soon come when all wo
men shall exert their influence as women
ought.
SHARP CORRESPONDENCE.
One of the Peter Funk “Gift Enter
prise” firms in a large city, sent a pack
age of tickets to a post master in Maine,
the postage upon which was fifteen cents
unpaid. They got the following hard rap
over the lyntjeldes, from the indignant offi
cial.
“I herewith retnrn your tickets. You
must be fools as well as knaves, to suppose
that I will aid you in swindling my neigh
bors, and pay all the expense# myself!”
To which he in a few days received the
annexed ‘‘settler!”
“Sir—We perhaps owe you an apology
for sending the parcel, postage unpaid.
‘As we infer from tho phraseology of
your note, that you are willing to swindle
your neighbors if we will pay all the ex
penses, please give us your lowest terms
on-which you will act as * ur agent.’
*P. S. All communications shall he strict
ly confidential,’
This note was promptly returned, with
the following endorsement a toss its face,
by the post-master :
‘lt seems you ae not only fools and
knaves, but blackguards also. Ask my
neighbors if they think I would ‘swindle’
them either at my own expenses or that
oij any one else.’
To which this answer came back by next
mail;
‘We have inquired of your neighbors
long ago, and that’s the reason we applied
to you in the first instance.’
Here follows the post-master’s final re
ply :
‘I acknowledge the corn. Send us your
street and number, so that 1 can call on
yoq when I come to the city, and I may
conclude to aid your ‘Enterprise.’”
But that was the hwt thing that the
“Gift” gentlemen could think of doing.—
[n fact, secrecy as to his locality was quite
essential in keeping out of the clutches of
the police.
Origin of the Name Oi og. —ln Pulley’s
Etymological Companion will be found the
following, in reference to the origin of this
word.
Admiral Vernon (the same after whom
JVfquht Yisrnon was named) was the first
to requite bis'mej) fb drink their spirits mix
ed with water. 1 In bad weather he was in
the habit of walking the deck in a rough
grugram cloak, and thence had obta ned the
name of Old Grog in the service. This is
the of the name applied to rum and
water. n ‘ ‘ 4 ♦
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Humbugs.
It is often announced by the poet, the orator, and
even the philosopher, that the preaent is an age of
progress. We hear it in the high-soaring bombast
of every schoolboy; find it in newspaper paragraphs,
read it in the sober disquisitions of grave essayists,
and have seen and heard it so long that many have
taken it as a settled fact. We hope not to be accused
of fogyism, when we say that it might more correct
ly be called an age of humbugs. It has been re
marked that nothing can succeed at the present day,
unless it contains more or less of humbugery. The
remark is a true one; or at least had as well be, so
far as its practical influence is concerned. All men
believe it to be true, and act accordingly. Hence
there are very few things to be found which are not
impregnated with this element. It would exhaust
our time and patience to mention ev<m a few of the
things in which it exists to an undue and ridiculous
extent. That thoy should obtain so extensively
among a people who profess to he lovers of truth ia
truly astonishing.
Vt e once read of an eastern Philosopher, who set
out upon a long course of travel, in search of truth.
Having arrived at Mecca, he saw men exposed to all
manner of persecution because they followed Omar
rather than’ Ali. At Constantinople he found the fol
lowers of Ali persecuted by those of Omar. Going
to Rome he saw men subjected to torture, because
they belived not in the Pope. In England he saw
them burned, because they were Papists. These
were ouly a few of the contradictory statements
which he heard respecting truth, which so confused
him, that he returned to his own country, in utter
despair of ever making the discovery, save by his
own reflection. W ere a sage to enter upon a similar
toar at this day, he would encounter far greater ob
sticles, meet with many more contradictions. Sup
pose such an one to land upon our shores, entirely ig.
norant of our manners and customs, and all save our
language. He takes & stroll through a city, and one
of the first objects which engages bis attention is
tali, gilded spire, which shows its founders to have
possessed as much ambition, and sense than the
tongue-confused builders of Babel. He is told that
it is the house where true chriatians meet, to wor
ship after the dictates of their consciences, keeping
back, that to visit maledictions upon ali who differ
from them, forms a part of their worship. Thug he
passes on, finding; house after house, and at each be
is told that it is the true church, all others being
stray sheep- After having found a score or more of
true churches he is of course in the most interesting
confusion as to which really oomes up to their pre
tentions. But he will be ready to say, “Surely this
is a good people. For where there is bo much talk,
so much zeal and interest manifested, there must
be some truth, some reality. Poor unsophisticated
man! He dreams not how much hollow hearted
hypocrisy can be concealed behind the fairest ap-
He suspects not thousands of those who
have joined this or that “true church,” have done
so to gain the ends of their ambition, to promote
their worldly interests, and that the sincerely pious
are few and far between.
He travels pot tlir before he stumbles upon a col
lege, either male or female, where the foundation of
a solid education may be laid, and which boasting’y
professes to turn out*cfo?r, and nothing but tchel
are. “Really,” our sage excioimx, “I am among a
learned peop!®, and I may show mysell but an ig
norant being.” Again he must be reminded that
things are not always what they seem. That young
man who talks so grandly ab,ut the graceful style
of Livy, or the terse conciseness of Thucidydes,
knows little of their sty’e and still less of their dic
tion save what he has gleaned from translations.—
IJe who is wrapt in oostacy by the gentle numbers
of Mantua’s has doubtless consulted something
more literal th&n Oowper. The young lady who has
just come forth from this or that female college, may
excite wonder by glibly running ovor the long cata
logue of her acquirements. She would do so in a
much higher degree, were she candidly to confess
how little she has really acquired. But fortunately
for her. no such confession is likely ever to he made.
Whatever she may have failed to learn, she has at
any rate gained sufficient shrewdness so far to hide
her ignorance that no one will ever form a correct
estimation of its amount The sage may here exam
ine with his most rigid scrutiny, but will have his
every effort baffled. He may suspeet, he may know
that there is deception in it somewhere. But where,
how and what it is, he is at a loss to determine.
He does not confine himself entirely to what he
sees. He seats himself cosily by the fireside on a
winter day to read a newspaper, one of the leading
journals of the country. Almost the first thing
which attracts his attention is a flaming advertise
ment of a medicine, which purports to be a c&tholi*
con for every disease to which flesh is heir. It ia
followed by a long list of certificates from clergy,
men, editors, and men of responsible stations, which
he is confidently assured are only a very few of those
which could be produced. “Surely,” says he, “these
statements must he true, and in this thrice blessed
land the progress of disease and death must he ef
fectually arrested. He read* on and finds the cards
of a dozen physicians for every little village, a medi
cal college in every city, prepared to yield their year
ly contributions to swell the already overwhelming
number. It is an inexplicable mystery to him that
there can pe any use (or doctors, where medicines
are made and sold of sudh universal slid decidid'efls
cscy, Poor simple mad Iwo are again led fi*
claim. He has no idea that each of those certificates
was bought at a high price, and Still less does he
dream that in’a land where* they boast so dutch of
their liberties that a man sboiild be willing to sell W*