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ANNIE.
There ie a land, a land of love
Where sorrow all is o’er,
And all the bubbles earth can swell
Burst ere they reach its shore;
*Tis bright, for all the bright are there .
*Tis pure, for all are pure;
’Tis happy, for the glooms of earth
Are gone to come no more
There is a land, a land of flowers,
And all the flowers are fair;
But thou art Queen of all the flowers.
The fairest of the fair.
And 01 if pure, bright happiness
Creates a Heaven above
Then Annie, make a Heaven below
And call that Heaven love,
I sec an Eden in those eyes,
Thy smile make3 earth rejoioe,
And not a nightingale on earth
Makes music like thy voice.
I love thee, yet I fear that if
Thou to my care wer’t given,
The angels bright would envy me
And steal my flower for Heaven
Love Soene.
Mr. Popps paid his two hundred and six
ty-seveth visit to Miss Clarissa Cooler the
ether evening. He found her in a rocker,
alone in the parlor; stole h*s am around
her alabaster neck, and s>ped the nectar of
her cherry lips—a proceeding there was
not the least harm in, considering that they
had come to an agreement, and were gener
ally reported to be on the high road to mat
rimony. The lady took all quietly—even
indifferently, to judge from the lassitude ol
her attitude in the rocker, her lazy use of
her fan, and her exclamation of something
between a heigh-ho and a yuhum.
Commonplaces were disposed of. Then
followed a silence, broken only bv Mr.
Popps slapping at the mosquitoes, and Miss
Clarissa fanning herself uneasily.
At length Popps proposed a promenade
and ice cream. Clarissa declined both, add
ing :
“I wish to stay at home; lor 1 have some
thing particular to tell you.”
“Indeed,” said Popps, “what is it dear?”
“You expect our wedding to take place
m three weeks, don’t you?”
“To be sure I do.”
“Well, I am sorry to disappoint you, but I
must do it. I cannot marry—”
“Good heaven, Clarissa, what are you
saying?”
“Don’t interrupt me. 1 mean I can’t mar
ry just yet a while—not for some months to
come.”
“Why, Clarissa, what’s the meaning of
ail this? You gave me your positive pro
mise, and said nothing stood in the way. 1
am all ready and worried with waiting.—
Why do you put it off. dear?”
“That you will have to excuse my telling
you. I have a good reason for it—l have
thought the matter over well—and my mind*
is made up. Will that satisfy you?”
Popps mused awhile. Clarissa kept her
fan going. Finally, Popps spoke.
“No, Clarissa, it won’t satisfy me. Von
postpone our wedding, and refuse to tell me
why. If you have a reason tor it you ought j
to let me know it, and maybe it would sat- j
isfy me. But I won’t be satisfied without;
the reason.”
“Well then, you’ll have to remain unsatis- j
fled. I tell you 1 have a reason, and a good i
one —what more do you want?”
“I see how it is—l’ve courted you too :
long—l didn’t strike while the iron was hot
—you are tired of me, and wish to get rid ol
me. Weil, if that is your wish, go ahead.”
•‘Mr. Popps, you’re a dunce—you’re a
fool r
“Maybe I am, and maybe l ain’t,” said
Popps, rising with his temper, “but this I’ll
say, Miss Clarissa, if you don’t tell me why
you postpone the wedding for a few months
you may postpone it forever, bo tar as lam
concerned. Tell me Clarissa; else I swear
that when I leave this house to-night, I will
never, set foot in it again !’*
“Well, then you’d better g* !”
“Very well. Good night, Mis Co* for.”
Popps reached the door, Clarissa follow
4*d him; and seeing that he was in earnest,
cried to him to stay. Popp came back.
Clarissa put her head oil his shoulder and
cried. Popps melted. Popps spoke first.
“Well, dear, what’s the matter ?”
“Oh, I think yon’re sou n reason a l>je and
cruel! indeed, indeed, I have a good cause’
for putting off our marriage—but I cannot,
1 must not tell you what it is. Oh, dear,
Mr. Popps, excuse me !” And she cried a
little more. *
‘‘Well, Clarissa tell me this. Do you
put it off to pleas* your lather or any of
your relations?”
“No—they know nothing ai my deter
mination.”
“Do you put it off’ on account of any
thing concerning me?’*
“No.”
“Do yon want to go anywhere, or do
anything particular, that will k** p y<*u
from marrying?”
“No.”
“In God’s name then, Clarissa, what do \
yon want? Why keep me in this sue
pense ?” f
“Oh, Mr, Popps, yon’re so erne)! May
1* I ought to tell you the obstacle—but I
.can’t, indeed I can’t.”
“Just as yon please, Miss Cooler.” And
Popps again picked up his hat.
“Oh, Mr. Popps, pray don’t go—don’t
go yet awhile!”
“Then Miss Clarissa, tell mo the obsta
cle.”
Poppe was evidently determined. Cla
rissa put her head on his shoulder, labor
ing under a strange agitation, Several
tiroes she essayed to speak. At length die.
.breathed into his ear these’ words:
“3 Uie weather's too hot /”
Popp? wilted. When our spirit left Je
was advocating ft trip to the White Mynn
tains.
marriage aa Epidemic.
A Pennsylvania editor says that marriage
has broken out among hi neighbors, and
Hint it is spreading with frightful virulence
all over the northern end of the country,
carrying off hundreds of his -subscribers.—
Hundreds of eases, he ; says, have come un
der As own observation, nil of them hope- j
once seized, the victim is a case; the j
only thing that can be done is to call in a
clergyman to prepare him for his fate. Hav
ing had thife complaint before!, he says, is no
protection against it. A widow who had
caught it years before, and was slowly re
covering from its effect, suffered a relapse,
and was now lost beyond recovery. She
has married a second time. ..
The Mormon Delusion.
A far-off Western paper, that is printed
at Fort Desmoines, lowa, gives some details
of the passage of a band of Mormon emi
grants through that place, a few days since,
which reads like the. stories of in
Palestine, or the caravan-traveling ot the
pious Mohammedans to Mecca. In the
broiling sun these poor creatures, the ma
jority of whom are women, moved along
slowly in Indian file, dragging behind them
in little carts the necessaries for the jour
ney, sometimes two women dragging the
cart, at other times a man and woman to
gether. The company was from Europe,
and mostly consisted of English people, who
had less their comfortable homes, their ear
ly associations of all those attachments
which render the English such unwilling
emigrants, and here with'a journey of more
than a thousand miles before them, of which
two hundred vvouid be through a perfect
desert, without shade or water, these mis
erable, deluded people were trudging i’or
wnrdtowhat? Why, to a settlement, of
polygamists, the vilest and most abandoned
society on earth, to a colony founded by a
totally uninspired person named Joe Smith,
from Salem, we believe, and who penned, or
caused to be penned, a compound of knave
ry and folly called the Mormon bible, and
those poor wretches fiom England, had left
all they had loved and valued, to become
the victims of the Mormon delusion.
The Deposed King of Oude,
The Ex King of Oude, whom Lord Dai
house, the late Governor General of India,
deprived of a kingdom, is now in London,
iI is Majesty was found to be too naughty
to be protected .apy longer; he declined a
civil indication to abdicate ; then he was
regularly dethroned, and his realm incor
porated with the British empire—four mil
lions of population and a surplus revenue,
which, with fiscal science and care, might
be nearer to three than two millions. He
is endowed with a pension of a hundred and
sis thousand pounds sterling. The London
Times has described him as “a degenerate
despot, who lived only for the gratification
of his own appetites.” He arrived in
France by the overland route, accompani
ed by an English functionary; is of fine per
sonal appearance; a hearty fellow, with an
intelligent,,manly countenance, a lull flow
ing beard, a stout Ira me, a glosy Indian
skin. He seems between forty and fifty
years of age. His oriental costume is mag
nificent ; on one linger he has an uncut, ruhv
valued at three thousand pounds sterling
He visited the Electral Telegraph office to
witness the process of transmitting a mes
sage from him to London ; the mechanism
is American, including the latest improve
ments ; he examined it admit ingly, and then
exclaimed, *•*God made man, the Devil
quickens his brains.”
A Good Ending.
Miss Murray, a distinguished authoress,]
thus w inds up her book on the United States; j
‘One might as well hope ?• improve the]
murals and increase she happiness of an id- I
iot by turning him out of an asylum as to]
hope’ for benefit for the negro from aboli- i
tionism.’
The truth is, abolitionists do not seek to
benefit the negro race ; it they did they
might have n fine valley lbi the overburst
ing of their bowels of compassion. in caring
for the poor, degraded tVee negroe- among
them. And instead of their prayer and pen
ance for the well-clothed, happy negroes in
the South, whose eyes stick out with fatness,
they would do much better t>* remefnber
the spirits of those who have been enticed
from their happy homes in the South and
died from cold and hunger in Canada
A Village of Women.
‘s he following account appears in the
Augsburg Gazette:
The village of Mad ana, which is about
sixty English miles from Rutsehued, in Wal
laehia, offers at the present moment, a curi
ous ethnographical singularity, having been
inhabited by women only for the last thirty
years. At one period, this female popula
tion amounted to 200. The ladies did not
Hive as warriors, like the Amazons of old;
but avoided all intercourse with men, and
drove away from their territories all who
appeared with matrimonial intentions. This
anti-social settlement is now supposed to be
on the decline; at least no moie recruits are
made from th® disappointed or the love
crossed, and t>e members of the population
are rapidly decreasing,
Sold.
Gur readers will remember that some
time ago Rev. Henry Ward Beecher took
| up a collection of about #l2o# to purchase
the freedom of a mulatto girl, whom he dis
played in the pulpit while the hat was going,
around. A correspondent of the New York
News, signing himself “Fact/’ says;
“One morning lately the girl was found
to oe missing, and, as rumor goes, certain
goods and chattels were not in the place
the\ should be*—they had disappeared as
mysteriously as the manumitted slave. A
few days revealed the mystery. Informs-’
tion was received from her late owner,, that
Sarah, tired of the dull life imposed upon her
in the neighborhood olfßeecher’s church, had
returned to him, wasejuito happy, and was
getting along ‘as well as could he expected’
under the circumstances.”
OGr’VVhen an Arab woman intends to
marry again after the death of her husband,
she comets the night before to the graye ot
1 her first husband. Jfere she kneels, and
prays !i fi °* *° be offended—not to be
jealous. .<?
offended and jealous, the vvtdov* brings *yUl)
her a donkey laden with two goat skins ot
water. The prayers ehdsd, si?* proceeds
to pour on the grave the watG*y to keep*he
diet husband cool under the irritating cir
j cumsta.nc.es about to take place; and bav
j ing well saturated him she departs.
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State Temperance gonventiou.
Atlanta, July 23rd, 1*5(5.
Agreeable to the appointment for the Temperance
Convention the “simon pure” t iejoferits of the party
assembled in the City Hall, on the morning of the
23rd ult., Prrsident L. D, Lallerstedt presiding, and
J. H, Seals and J. S. Patterson, by request of the
Convention acting* as Secretaries. After prayer,
and the organization of the body, the Chairman ad
dressed the Convention ivith some encouraging,
pointed and pithy remarks, advancing some whole
some propositions for the future regulation of
the Temperance wariare—-urging principally, the
establishment of an efficient srgan, and a more sys
tematic organization of the State Convention. It
was moved by Rev. Joseph Grisham, that the names
of all delegates present, should be enrolled. On mo
tion of Rev. 1), P, Jongs, the Counties were called
in alphabetical order, when the following names
were handed in as delegates it, attendance:
~(Jlarlcer~~ E. L. Newton.
Campbell —J, Rainwater.
Cherokee— Rev. Joseph Grisham, S. T. McOand
less, W. P. Lawhon, John Vernon, Jos. Carson, and
P. H. Brewster.
Cobb —John Durham, L. W. Durham, D. Wood.
Columbia— E. A. Steed.
Coweta —H. P. Arnol ,0. W. Arnold, D. P. Jones.
Franklin —E. W. Mayfield.
Fulton —B. 11. Overby, J. Nor cross, A. M. Orr,
W. G. Forsyth, G. B. Havgood, Samuel B. Hoyt. M.
A. Bell, L. Dean, Wm, Ezzard, A. R. White, D. Pitt
man, Jas. L. [tunning, J. F. Arnold, Jesse Boring,
A. Neiee, F. M. Hay good, C. It. Jewett, H. C. Hol
combe, W. Wood, W. F. Cochran, S. L. Rondeau,
IF. H. Stephens, J. Armington, H. H. Parks.
Greene — R. Davant, J. IT. Seals.
Gwinnett —Jas. Garinany, J, S. Peterson.
Hancock —W. P. Foot.
Jefferson —W. P, Bussey.
Liberty —J. 11. Alexander.
Meriwether —Wm. N. Funbrough.
3fitse-ogcex~Qeo. J. Lo and.
Oglethorpe —James S. Black, Jag. M. Glenn.
Richmond —L. D. Lallerstedt Win. Patten, VT.
1,, Sherman, W. G, Whiddy.
Whitfield —Thomas T arner.
Burke —M. J. Brinson.
Stewart —N. Gillis.
Carroll —G. XV. Powell.
On motion of Joseph Grisham, all resolutions to
be offered to the Convention were now in order; the
motion was amended by J. R. Norcross, that a Com
mittee of five be appointed to whom all matter offer
ed should be referred. The Chair appointed as that
Committee, E. L. Newton, J. R. Norcros-, G. B, Hay
good, E. A. Steed, Joseph Grisham and J. S. Peter
son, Dr. Jesse Boring was added. Resolutions were
offered by D. P. Jones, Lewis Renneau, Rev, J.
Grisham and J. 11. Seals.
It was moved by Marcus. Bell of Fulton, and hear
tily sanctioned by the Convention, that we should
hear from Mr. Overby, when he arose, and in t hat
honest and dignified manner characteristic of the
man, addressed himself to the 0 rivent;on ; his re
marks were most ap reprint o, effecting and encour
aging. He said on his coming this day to return
the banner which had been entrusted to him
here twelve months ago. he had much to regret and
yet much to feci proud of, —his regret were that so
many professing Temperance men had proved re
creant to the good cans in hieh he bad been la
boring, &nd that so few hod rallied to the flag which
he bore. During his remarks many eyes were suf
fused with tears, and every heart responded to one
sentiment, that he is to day one of the noblest, purest,
and unimpeachable men of whom Georgia an boast.
He st/ued in the (’(invention, that ho had recently
been nominated as fin elector in the Presidential
campaign, but he said he positively could not ac
cept of the nomination, assigning as his reasons, that
he could not mix and commingle with the evils and
contaminating elements attendant upon political
campaign.
It was moved by G, 15. Haywood and carried, that
a Committee of three bo appointed, to take- into con
sideration the establishment of a State Organ as the
property of the Convention, to advocate the claims
of the Ternporar.se party, Messrs. Hay good, Bel! aad
Seals, composed the Committee.
Oft motion of Joseph Grisham, a Committed i.f
five cured* ting of Messrs. Jos. Grisham, M’hWdr,
Overby, Wood, Foe, wore appointed to nominate
Officers, and to appoint the time and place of meet
ing, for next year. Heard the following communi
cation fro Jhoroas Cunningham, Esq., of Green
county, and referred it jy? Special Committee, con
sisting of K. L. Newton, Rev. W. id. Buggy, Judge
Kzzard and Rev. W. P. Foot.
Grekxesboko, Ga., July 10th, 1856.
Gentlemen of the States Temperance Convention, Atlanta:
I saw a proposition some weeks back in a paper
printed at Penfield, Ga , proposing to have a Lectu
rer for tip; State. I thought then, and still think,
before that is done we should do something ior those
who have heretofore labored for the Temperance
cause so faithfully, Mr. Dabney -Jones. What has
ever been done for him? He has been a faithful sol
dier nearly all his life, perhaps a little—Mr. Overby,
what has been done for him, he quit a lucrative pro
fession and labored most faithfully the whole season,
what has by ever got. 1 don’t expect to bo quite
posted up, but I should not wonder if he ever receiv
ed one dollar. If I should be correct in the above
statement, is it not probable, that we have failed to
do our fail duty—probably to this causa may be at
tributed our faiure, we owe this .debt. We should
be just before generous, now let us set about it 1
will be one of 100 to pay Mr. Ov rby $lO, making
SIOOO, or 1 will be one of 50 to pay §2O, making sl,-
000, or 75 to pay S2O, making SISOO. Jf I have been
correctly informed; we could hardly over pay Mr.
Overby, and if this w ill not reach a ’snm sufficient,
my 20 may be doubled to $lO rather than he should
not be paid SIOOO or upwards. Alter that is done,
I will pay gIQ to Mr. Jones—and then if anything
iolep of my ss'i J wiii pay $lO lor a State Lecturer
to commence January next, f thipk it perfectly
useless for a Temperance Lecturer to go into the Held
before the Presidential election is over. I grant Rev.
W, J. Parks fail power to sc Uie this proposition
agreeable tv the above ideas. Respectfully yours,
TUGS. t ‘ IFNNING*H AM.
On motion, the Convention adjourned until two
o'clock.
Aktehnoon Session, 2 o’clock.
Th Convention having re-asambled, a call was
made for the reports of Committees, when (he Com
miltec on nomination, time and place, submitted the
following, which was unanimously received and
adopted- 4
Ti’e Committee on nomination and time and place
fur meeting of this body next year, submit the fol
low ing Report. We recommend the the re-election
ufOoh L. D. Lallerstedt as President.
G. W. Garmany, y. P. for Ist Diet.
Q, J. Loyd, “ “ 2nd “
H. Piiinzy, “ 3rd “
J. No RC ROSS, - “ “ 4-th “
P. H. Brew ester, “ * hih *,‘
K. L. Newton, f ** “ Oth •’
P, C. Pendleton, “ 14 7th V*
Du. Wm. IlopsEfo “ “ Bth “
We recommend John ii. itesls as permanent S|c- ’
rotary of this Convention, and the fol lowing ag ruetn
bm of the Executive Committee; G. U. Hay good,
L. IjLjrt, O. bicDupid. C. W. Arnold, Vviu. J.
Gt&m ‘ And wc further ‘reaoumend the Convtn
tioti to meet In Atlanta xp for 2nd WitiifiQ&f so Jufy,
i§s7- JosEra GwiffAJt, ]
W. G. WaiDor, .
B. H. Overby, ’ Committee.
DgviD Wood,
While waiting jot Rfjmrts, Rev J? Gifehaui and
Rev it. P Jones- entertained the Convention, nith
some happy remarks.
The LoraiflilU rAbn Busies,as having fh.,-ir Report
id readiness submitted it as, follows:
The Commutes on Business, to \vhoat was’ refer
red the .subject of introducing matter for the .action
of the Convention, beg have to report,
That after the. most careful deliberation, and a
cair.o survey oi the whole ground, wo feel convinced
that tho ;■< suit of the last Gubernatorial election, sug
gests more to encourage than to depress, our hopes
of tin at .triumphant smee ••?*. The vote polled for our
candidate exhibits on the on*? hand the number of
reliable prohibitionists within the State, while on the
other hand, the neglect to do anyth rig. on the pan
of the Legislature, very plainly indy Uvs, that not
withstanding the i-ficaied friendiv assertions of both
political parties, w<? nor-i expect nod iris’ at their
hands.
Tiie result therefore proves, that if we would real
ize tho cherished object for which we are laboring,
we must at once and forever .cut ourselves off from
all “entangling alliances” with all other political or
ganization, where they inufibre with tho promotion
of our own, and organize ourselves, sons to carry on
with vigor, the reform wo .so much desire.
In view of the many evils grow'ng out ot the
traffic in ardent spirits as beverage, and the uni
versality of those evils, entering as they do ini < all
the ramifications of society, scarcely leaving a fam
ily untouched, the law of self-preservation would
dictate the prohibition of shv traffic, worn wo not
armed with other authority. But the highest judi
cial authority of the country has derided the ques
tion of the constitutionality of the measure. Hence
We possess the right to
legislate ; we must secure she power.
The present license system, based upon the spe
cious pretence of securing (Sir paace and good order
of society, is a fraud upon me public, and w ughi (o
be abrogated.
We therefore announce as cardinal principles,
which shall govern us iu our future lahqr- In this
great cause: First That the Legislature of the
State has constitutional power to prohibit the sole of
intoxicating liquors as a beverage.
Second. That, the present license bu>s should be
repealed, and laws enacted in lieu thereof, allowing
the sale of spirituous liquors, only hv persons -egaHy
authorized, for medicinal mcchanhml and scientific
purposes. ‘ .
In order to vindica.t and promote the success of i
these principles, your committee would recommend, j
Ist. Tho establishment and liberal support o! a !
press as an organ, iocab at an eligible point, worthy j
of the causouod of the State.
2d'. The better organization : f this Convention by j
the adoption of a Constitution, and tit* formation*oi’
auxiliaries thereto, in the several c-■unties of the
State.
3rd. The appointment of a corresponding Secre
tary—resident at the place of publication f the or
gan of the Convention, to whom the uuxilliaries shall
report all facts and statistics calculated to inform the
public of the extent of pauperism and crime, grow- j
ing out of Intemperance, and the burthens imposed
upon society in the support and prosecution thereof,
who shall prepare them for publication.
4th. The convocation of a Convention on the
day of- iu Atlanta, fl.r the purpose of nomina
ting a candidate tor the next. Gubernatorial canvass.
6th. Tho support for office of such men as will
carry out the foregoing principles, in preference to
others. Ad of which is respectfully submitted.
E. L. Newton, f
J. No a cross, -"j
. G B. Haycood, g
E. A. Steed, k 5
Jos. Grisham, ; ~
H, J. Boring, j
J. S, Peterson, j
It was moved and carried, that the Report be re
ceived. It was then moved by J. R. Norcross, that
the blank times in the Report he filled, suggesting
the 2d i hut day in July, as the tune r nominating
a candidate for Governor. J S. Pore; son suggested
the 20ih of February, ahers upon * discussion
ensued, which was participated in bv several mem
bers of tno Convention. Norcross, Kzzmi and For
syth contending for the 2d Thursday in July, and
Peterson. Renneau, Hay good, Grisham and Boring,
for the 20th of February. The last suggestion pre
vailed, and the blank was filled with the 20th day
of February, 1857 for nominating a candidate for
Governor, it was moved by L. D. Lillerstedt that
Atlanta be the place of meeting ; several other pia
-ceswere proposed, but Atlanta was settled upon as
the proper one, the motion then prevailed to adopt
; the Report as a whole The Convention adjourned
until and o'clock at night
Kvenino Session, 8 o’.lock.
The C -mention having aarajn v..nblc<l,- the com
mittee on Business offered the following supplemen
tary Report,, which was unanimously adopted.
The committee n., Business b- tr leave further t:>
Report, That the Hon. B. H. Overby is entitled to
and is hereby tendered, the lasting thanks of this
Convention, for the many and great sacrifices made
and the very ab|.e and satisfactory manner in which
i he conducted .the campaign in .the last Gubernato
rial contest. All of which is respectfully submit-
ted. E. X. Newton,
J. Nokcross,
G. B. Haygood,
. E. A. Steed,
Jos. Grisham,
Jesse Boring,
J. S. Peterson,
The Committee <*o Publication submitted the fol
lowing, which was received and adopted.
Vs a the committee, io whom was referred the bu
siness of propo ing a plan for the establishment of a
Temperance paper in Georgia as our organ, b‘g leave
to offer the following preamble and resolutions!
The evils of grogshops are g i evidently unqualifi
edly inimical to every interest, of society, there can
‘be no just reason urged against their entire over
throw, and thy only practical question now remain
ing, is, what are tin- best means for the attainment
of this objects
The people, wo feel assured, are becoming, daily,
more attached to the great principles of Tempera no©
and prohibition, and if our cause be only urged be
fore thrift in a spirit of candor, we cannot but hope
that the appeals of humanity unde to their sober
judgment, will not be much longer disregarded
Although the Temperance movement in Georgia,
may seem to have faltered in its glorious career, in
reality it has engrafted ftslf upon the Hearts of the
people, and is stronger and deeper in theirflections
than it has been at an;, former day of its history. OS
this, we have abundant evidence in the great exten
uation of the Hssao.U which was formerly made a
gajnst its very opposition to the grogshop dynasty.
With these assurances, what is our duty? tVc
koow that ,the Press is the gr. at moral lover by which
the masses are moved, tint! that its influence fa-good
o evil is powerful.
Believing therefore, that the wants of the prohibi
lionjsts of Georgia, demand a Teuiporaiioe ami Fami
ly paper eslabli&hej as our public organ!
Ist. Resolved, That ‘\e> ie( oi4mend tbp establish
metit of such a paper.
2nd. Resolved, That we ffighty appreciate the
manly efforts of the Temperance Crusader, ami earn
estly'hope- it may be favored with the honor of assu
ming the h'gh position herecontemp’ated.
flrd. Resolved, Tiuit a committed, of live- be ap
pointed by the Chair, to make all necissary negotia
tions for the establishment of the paper, upon such
terms and conditions as shall be most advantageous
to the cause of prohibition.
Ths chs{i| appointed on the eummittee, recommen
ded In the above report, T>. !*, Qyerby, K. L. New
ton, J. S. Peterson, E. A.* teed and <>• B, (lay good.
On motion the Pi t sident’s name was added to the
aoomJt|ec
Win. G. Whijby ibe f.liowing Resolution,
which VP as adorded •
faplpd. That a cornmiit* e. of fbioe he appointed
by lip. ph ir ? to sefect gbme^o.itable’ person todeliv-1
ir an suurpss betpr.e Copsention }*.4 .its next an
nual mating.
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Lalierstodt,’ W bldbv. and Seals compos'eathe com- 1
mittee.
J. S. Peterson vS-.-red the following, *hich was
unanimously adopted:-.
Resolved., That the. thank* *f this Convention be
returned to. the Hon. Mavor and th City Cr>unc*t ot j
the city e# Atlanta, for the use of the Cite Hail du
ring the session* of .thi* body.
Hon. B. fi. Overby offered the following, which
was umuiimrtusly adopted:
Resolved, That ihi* Convention iveogmz", and
hereby adopt the Teuiperu&. e CVu.-ad-r ax th Or
gan of tins i'*ody.
Marcus A. Bell offered the folio,vin?, which .was
ado ted:
JZctoheJ, That it shall he the duty wf the Se -noa*
tv to have published in the principal pnp.vs of the
State, notices of t’tjc time and place of holding our
next Convention, at least, throe weeks i ntnodiably
prior to the meeting of the same.
It. was moved that the Thanks of the Convention
breturned to .the President and Secretaries.
ft was moved by Mr. Forsyth that iht- proceedings’
ot the Convention be published in the .impvranee
Crusader, and that other papers be request*. and to pub
lish them. •
<hi uwtmn of Mr. Peterson it whs tv solved that
the Secretary procure u B-wk in which the minutes
of the Convention should f- recorded. A collection
was taken up for th “purch >ing of the Book.
It v,fc> moved by O i>. lle.yy.mi px-vuted,
that the Executive. Ou-ruVu-e pjvp>m* and turnkh
th- Cotivenrion'with a Con4t*:tittn and By-Lawe,
at its next, annual meeting.
It was. moved and prey*Mod that the Committee
on Publication ha rnipoTv-red to so'point - a corres
ponding Sem-tar;. aft.-’ tb- orrfsrjgfincuts
are completed.
After pray cr by tt; &?. Mr. forte, the Conven
ts ui auj. 'timed until the 3d Thursday in duly next.
h. D. L VLGKRSTFffff, Pis.
Jno. 11. Swai.s, s*c\\
J S. Pkturson, Abs’t,.. SecV
t|e Cemperaitcf Cnisate.
PFiXP’IEI/T>. GEORGI A.
Saturday %rafng, 9, t N3d.
T#*Rev. Cinibom Trusse!!, of Atlanta, i a duly
authorized Agnr 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 0r,.? year. Orders for
*>ur Paper must invariably bo aecornpanied with the
cash to receive attention.
Stop Papers.—Settle Arrearages,
Persona ordering their papers discontinued, must
invariably pay up all their dues. Wo shall not strike
off any subscriber’s name who is in arrears.
2s§?* Cur Receipts, which should have appeared
this week, are unavoidably crowded otu. They will j
appear in our next issue.
To tbs -Students—At homo.
Me would request each and ah of the Students of j
our University, while they are enjoying themselves
nf.thei* bnirififi-iiiuf ms&riuua ;?:'?! **f coutttrv, !
to 1 oaumHer t> in iheir travels. At the dose of
their winter vacation, several of them brought us
handsome clubs. Many of them have promised us
their assistance hr the same way this summer, and
we hope they will be mindful of their promises. Me
take the liberty of appointing each of them an Agent
for our paper , during the season of their vacation.
Temperance Convention.
This issue contains the. minutes in detail of the
1 anno .! State Convention, which assembled in Atlan
| Ta, ou thi 23d ult. The meeting, though small, was
> compose;.; o; ah!*, intelligent and practical Temper
ance men, as the. bus:ness executed abundantly tes
i t'ffcs. Anew enthusiasm as- infused into every
j mvuibvr, aim each otic left resolved to labor anew in
| the ac.-omplishmont of our noble and philanthropic
| purposes. The Convention laid down a platform of
j pith principles upon which to stand, and it invites
; all humane, ovd 1- loving and patriotic citizens of the
| ’State to statin upon it. In tnis toe Convention was
unlike ;d> others wlucu have pr; ceded it, as they
have le retofuro convened and done nothing more
than adopt a few tlimsy, am’ obtus” resolutions which
passed away with the occasion; but this me laid
down and adopted something tangible which will bo
fait many days to come. The State Convention is
now t*> b,; the grand nucleus around which the
strength oi the cause is to concentrate, (a, step which
should have been taken yeats ago.) \V<, have lack
ed ourselves on to the extremities of curupt politi
cal parties, (and been considered by them ns bur
densome) until the treatment we have uniformly re
ceived has show n us the error of our way, and ne
now sever the eonnoction and shall strive resolutely
to bold the “b'llance ofj i r tr.” Our strength sh ill
be jell and the iiondike bolduc&j of our enemy shall
calm down into a spaniel-like whine.. Iho defeat
and reverse with which our cause has met serves
only to madden and anger the popular wave, and it
will uome again with renewed strength, Irresistnble
as the annual tl#ods of the Mississippi-. Prohibition
mav have its Uansiet f ebbs but it willgatber strength
even though it bo driven back to the fountain. W>
com not disrouraijoi.
One of tie; ims prominent topics that interestd
the * ‘nnventiun was the establishment of an Organ
as the property of file IVuiventio , arid if the views
entertained by the. body can be carried into effect,
which i> wry probable, the idea will be productive
of great good to tb>- cause. The means ale £0 be
raised by Stock, and an energetic Committee was
appointed to raise the amount requisite.
We arc well aware that the Crusader is not the
Committee.
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Journal which the exigencies of the limes tleuiaiid.
And svh’ : Becahse it does not mvive that sup
port from the I'einperanoe men in Chsorgia os would j
enable us t > make it such a Paper as would meet the j
emergeroi -v. The friends of Temperance through-j
out-the Stat have been shamefully negligent in ren
dering support, to this, thy only Organ of their creed,
and wo have been compelled to look for assistance,
not merely to those who profess to he Temperance
men, hut to the masses. The Caper, however, is
now upon the most promising basis that it ever has
bveu; its projects are bright, and its success the pre-
sent year has never Ik en surpassed in any former
year of its history. Hut wo can’t at tribute it solely to
the feinpefanco then. We trust the designs of the
. . w f
Convention on this subject may he reduced to a
practical experiment, ami that we may yet get an
Organ Worthy of the cause it shall advocate, and of I
the* Convention-whose protege it shall be.
\V , an bos cherish the belief that the seeds*ovru’
bv this Convonti n w II reproduce cn abundant har* ’
> ‘. 1 i ; . V i; ,*
vest; and that tae miuoitj- which ha3 £ o
scourged humanify shall yet be crushed r *
Commencement of Mercer University.
“Our revels are now ended.” The carnival has
passed, and the long, dreary month of lent has coin
taencetJ. The vast thtong of strangers which for a
few days tided cur Tillage, has gone, and it n.>vt
! seoiu-v like a short kweet dream. The bevvy did ness
of ennui hangs around on every thing, *M melan
choly has marked us for her own.
has imprint and itself ou everything. The air a-it
du' r gi-.hiv move* oti speaks of it, ami not a Sound
falls Oft the ear .without it tnourru'ui cad-n.v:. \\ hw
v. oubi not fad sad ‘■
But wo intembsl on gicu/.y reverie, having N.*{ ii&fi
ourself to givt; some account tti mo exercises which
have just .-losed. They ere opened by the ser
mon preached on Sabbath morning by Rev. Dr.
Craw foul. Hit. subject was ‘Hfod as lawgiver,”
and was bandied with that practical good tien*s, ami
graceful eloquence, which forms such a marked diar
ucUi isne *ff ids manner. Those •*who have heiod
him, n ed only remember of w'hat he is capable in
hi- highest efforts, to form correct opinion of hi.
sermon on Sunday morning. At night, a sermon be
fore the Voting Men's Missionary Society was preach
ed bv Prof. Williams. All whom we have heard ex
press an opinion in regard to it. of it iu terms
of highest praise. It was clear, sound and logical,
dollied m a style which attracted ami held unchain
ed ;im itt ntion of the HudUnce. I’ruf. Williams is
undoubtedly an invaluable acquisition to our Uni
versity, and will prove “a <>wor of strength” to .h
denunslnatiou in fleorgia.
On .Monday morning at 1 0 o’clock the Soph a ore
Dxiubitiori wap opened. W intend this Ciasi- no
injusti* 0 when we ay that Mercer University ha.-
had h(-tt*-r tixhibitibus. They had b*ii very unfor
tunate in having been deprived of any instruction in
elocution for a large portion nf their tir.iv. Not
withstanding this disadvantage (and it was & great
one) they uniformly dM Well. Os the eighteen who
entered upon the stage, no one left it without doing
himself a credit, which an appreciative audience was
willing to acknowledge. The duty of a warding pri
7,es: to two of them must har been very difficu’L
The first prize was given i > Adrian S. Morgan, of
Pcnfield, the second to Joseph ?v. Murrow, of Scriv-
C*n county. The committee of aw ard doubtless dis
charged their task with conscientious regard to
justice. Bur it is not uncommon for their decisions
to differ widely from the opinions of the audienr*.
In the present instance, though ail agree that the
successful competitors did rory veil, yet a large
majority thought Mr. W, If. Pattersoo, ofDotigbcr
ty, equally deserving of a prize.
The Junior exhibition on Tuesday, passed off in a
very agreeable manner. The exercises were calcu
lated to please and entertain, while there was noth
ing to mar the interest of tiic occasion. Col. R. M.
Johnston of Sparta, delivered the prizes to the Soph
more Class in a chaste, appropriate and eloquent
address. Col. J., is too well known as a writer and
speaker to require a more extended notice.
Wednesday opened the exercises of Commence-
ment proper, with its usual concomitants, dust, con
fusion and a large display of gallantry. Everything
j passed off in the happiest manner possible. The
I speakers without a single exception acquitted them
i selves creditably. The first degree wa-, eotiferrtvi
| upon twenty-two ineuibers oi the Graduating Class,
! the second upon several of the class of ‘53 in course,
hffid the honorary degree of A. M , upon Rev. J. M.
Wood, of Cedar Town, Ga. The exercises of trie
I UilT clvovd i 9j tl wWW *—/*.
Sooietic-s By Hoi;. T. W. Thomas. who had
the pleasure of hearing this address were highly
pleased, both with matter and manner. But unfor
tunately there were very few who enjoyed thig priv
ilege Not however from any want of ability on the
part of the speaker, but from a disposition of the
young poopJe to talk instead of listen. In this way
| they produced h noise and clatter iu which one
i could not “hear his own ear- - ,'* and it certainly would
have overcome the patience of Job. The noise how
ever was much less boistwous than we ha e known
on previous occasions
Thus passed off the Commencement ofMeicor Uni
veraity. Perhaps during herßiis;ory, she Las nevsr
had one which afforded inure pleasure to all, or had
that pleasure as little* interrupted. It Is to us a
source of the highest gratification th&t thoagh -for
. Toe last two years, her friends have trembled for her
cxktence, and her enemies have been ready to shout
over her downfall, she yet remains unchecked in
her prosperity, uncrippled in her usefulness. It i-s
our fervent prayer that she may still go on. until she
attains that high degree ..f success t-> which her
merits *0 justly entitles her. *
Retr. Dr. Crawford and the Presidency of
Mercer University.
It is with great pleasure that we clip the follow
ing from the “Index, ,r in reference to the action of
the Board ot Trustees at their late meeting. We
may now hope that the question of Dr. Crawford's
removal from us will be finally .settled, and our and
his anxiety concerning it, be forever quieted. He
has beta greeted with a demonstration of popularity
which few men ever enjoy, and he should now ban
ish all thoughts of removal, and identify himself and
hi.s interests with Mercer University. Wo wish him
a life-time occupation of the position which his tal
t-nws honor, and his character adorns.
“It is well known throughout the State that du
ring th* Convention in Savannah brother Crawford
tendered liis resignation of the Presidency of Mercer
l nivers’ty. I his course he felt constrained to take,
Irom what, at the time, he regarded a sense of duty.
It is moreover needless to repeat that his announce
ment m the Convention of his intention torcsign was
h-anl w ith deep regret. The only alternative left
t ic boaid ot Irustees was to accept the resignation
thus publwly ottered. At their late session a peti
tion signed by Ilea* ly every citizen of Pentield was
placed before theui, earnestly requesting them to re
tain it possd'.e, the President in his office. The
Faculty likewise, handed thcip a petition to retain
L>r. t . raw lord. Ihe Trustees, anxious themselves
.) retain one to if horn the deimminaticm throughout
the State had been looking with great solicitude, and
hoping that the strong desire thus manifested that
he should continue m the Presidency, would incline
mm t accept a re-election; felt it incumbent upon
. to respond to the earnest request, both pub
mly and privately made, by placing the same one
oi' J r ,*f l^ cDt ,vn ; H ? lately resigned his office,
bbpuld he accapt, there 13 a bright fqture ahead for
Mercer I niveraitv, *
Another reason that had iiq Uttje weight with tbo
1 rustecs m continuing Dr. Crawford’ in the Univer ;
sity is, that a year or two since he consented to be
come the ageutof the Board for procuring funds for
the endow men tot the Sanders Professorship—which
on account of the embarrassed state of the country
ho had nut yet undertaken. The Trustees were not
willing to release him from this agency until at least
an effort could be made for its endowment. We
hope that the brethren in Tennessee will release him
h-oin his engagement to them so that He may enter
at <mce upon the w ork of procuring funds for endow -
ing one or more p* ofesaorships in forcer fn|verai*
-r; -rrarr. —
Rala at Last. .* *
i V 1 evening last we had a very heavy ram,
attended by much wind. We think it by tar the
bi~t season we have had since March. It oan do
the crops in this section but ywy little if apy good