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Hi&eeßtaeewS. :i. 1 -TA-- - Z'rgrr-n 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. —r*?r ——*— -- ——: 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. .. - t . j 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. # 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