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An Amazon, HRM’” Brown is live feet six inches in Mglit; is übotH thirty. well proportioned, Bn'l faced and ruddy; has a u;-w : * penotru- Hg eye, which the moment it fixes'upon Hnr fu*e, sees your character, and that ■ii precision. Her stop is more manly ■u! a man's and can cover forty miles a Hy. He;’ common dress is a man’s hat, Hat, wit’n a spencer over it, and men’s Hoes. She is unmarried. She can lift Hie hundred weight in each hand, and Hr tv fourteen score; can eevy, knil, and H.ini but hates them all—and every accom- j ■anirnent of the female ..character, that of ■lodesty excepted. A gentleman at Bath Had recently treated her ruddy. “Sho Had.a good mind to knock him down.” Hbe assured me “she never knew what ’oar was..” She gives ho affront, but offers o fight any man who gives her one. If he has never fought, perhaps it is owing to the iusulter being a coward; for the man of courage would disdain to offerpm insult to a woman. Phoebe has strong sense, an excellent judgment, says smart thingaand supports an easy freedom in all com pa rues. Her voice is more ’ban masculine; it is deep toned. With .he wind in her favor, she can send it a mao;she Las neith er beard nor premia., eevd Breast; she un dertakes any kind ot manual labor, as holding a plough, driving a team, thatch ing a barn; using a flail, Ac., but her chief vocation is breaking horses, for which she charges a guinea a week each. She always rides without, a saddle, is thought to.be the best judge of a horse or cow in the country, and Is frequently employed to purchase for others at the neighboring fairs. She is fond of Milton, Pope and Sbakspcare : also of music; is self taught, and performs on several as the flute, violin, ami harpsichord, and sup ports the bass violin ki Molloeh Church. She is a markswoman ami carries r gnu on her shoulder. She eats no beef or perk, and but litflo mutton. Her chief food is milk, which is also her drink, discarding wine, ale and spirits as unwholesome.— English MisceUan ?/. - A Heroic Woman. A passenger on board the “Northern In diana” gives an account of the narrow es cape of Cicero Fowler and t Be wife of Tal ly. There was but one life-preserver for Mrs. F. and her husband : he insisted im peratively that she should put il on ; she peremptorily refused, saying she - was in poor health and his Me was worth far more than hers !” The preserver having no strap. Mrs. F. tore the hem from her dress, and fastened it to her husband, whom she con tinued to encourage, saying she could hold on to him, and if the preserver could u<d su-.- t a them both, -he would be- the one !<> !<-, g- and leave him to save hansel!. The tire way getting hotter and hotter. The water was thick; with unman forms struggling for life: she tore her bonnet, al ready on tire, from her head, and hand in fin nil with one she loved better than herself, tod; the dangerous leap. As the) arose from the water Mr. Fowler assisted his wife in procuring a good hold of him on or about the shoulders. She wiped the water from hi - mouth and eyes, and encouraged him to regain his hope of being saved, lie contin ued to: struggle with the waves. Ha if an hour elapsed and there were no signs of as sistance. His strength was rapidly failing: Hi? wife observing \t. tried to cheer him.— etc said r.e could not stand it any longer: it -earned as though he must give up". At that moment sne heard a steamer corning rapidly through the water. She says : “Mv dear husband, a few moments more and we are sale. Don't you hear a boat coming?’’ He said he did, and immediately revived, made ail effort in his power, arid struggled tor himself and heroic wife, until the “Mis sissippi” crime up and took them, with scores of others, on her commodious decks.—S’y-j rtfciise Jour. * ! - - - The Sublime. i urn fully prepares toaliow <>t /utioij ;u ----mmmty ’ij Burt'-'* theory <->f the suhiirnv, us connected with ;mlf There nr.e -lev tnuige so great, a* . r.'f I.*; and t hero “• t a ! 1? i nothing wliiCT i anish* - ;>)i lit ilciieHS of tisought and feeling in an equal i:(, puu with its contemplation. Kvery thing, therefore, which in any wav points to it—and therefore, most fiangors and powei’B over which we have little control ; ar *in some degree sublime. But it is nor tie. tear, observe, but the contemplation of death; not the instinctive shudder and struggle of self-preservation, but the de li her un measurement of the <looni. which realty groat dr sublime in feeling, it is while wo shrink, but while we defv,’ tl.y we receive or convey the highest con*; captions ot To. safe. There :s lie sublimity *>'■ the agony <*l terror. Whither do we irace it in< .-i y in the cry to the mountains, “‘fall on-us!’’ and to the hills, ‘-cow-r u& !” nr in the calmness of the prophecy--“and though after my skin worms destroy this bony, yet in fiesb I shall see Group’ A in-k. reflection will easily convince any oi.e tliat, so far from the feelings of <*lf-pre servation being necessary to'the sublime, i heir greatest action is totally de-tructj ve to it; ann that there are few feelings capable of its perception than those of a coward. — Rmtiln. The i ut that Fights itself. Th e .insects, as 1 have often said, aro countless; swarm everywhere and every thing. Th ir tenacity of life is most amu sing. I have told you of the manner in which one-half of a ant fights the other, it cut in two. 1 saw an instance of it just now, One giant cut one into that was annoying him. The head i , jsmedial“- the body with its inaudible, and the body began.gtinging away manfully : at Um hoau. Tim fight wen ton for half an hour Without any diminished-’ *hiii of life • thisk: what they always do. Instead of dying, as-they ought .to do, they set and light away for-hours, if sotno of the other ants do not e-nu* and carry them away— whether to eat thorn or bury them we krv Australia. The Courtesies of Business Life. Business men who lay in a fair stock of civility will find it a8 good an investment to draw, please and retain custom as they can make. The small-civilities and cour tesies oflifii are too often neglected by them. We have been taunted as a nation of shopkeepers, who, in our haste to be rich •forget not only proprieties, but moralities; we have been charged with idolatry, wor shipping the almighTv dollar, and the con duct of some among us has given color to ; the charge. Let mu'the reproach longer remain w A nation immersed in trade need not. nec&suiinly, befofgetftd df the require ments of honor, uprightness and truth. A mail in trade need not be poor, nor is he, in anywise, exonerated from extending to wards his customers the seme suavities lie would extend to a guest jn his house, to a stranger he is kit rods] cud to in company. He need not indulge in formal etiquette and pompous civilities, for there is no heart in such a manner; but in the easy, genial habits which speak a kindly feeding and reciprocate respect.--- Hunt's Mrrc.hu n{s’ Magazine. A True Anecdote. A minister was about to leave his own congregation for the purpose of visiting London, on what was by no means a pleas ant errand —to beg on behalf of his place of worship. Previous to his departure he call ed together the principal persons connected with his charge, and said to them: “Now 1 shall be asked whether we have conscien tiously done all that we can for the removal of the debt: what answer am i to give ? Brothor So-and-so, can you in conscience say that you have given all you can?”— “Why, sir,” he replied, “if you come to con science. 1 do not know that l can.” The same question he put to a second, and a third, and so on, and similar answers were returned, until the whole sum required was subscribed, and there was no longer any need for their paster to wear out his soul in going to Loudon on any such unpleasant excursion. A Scene for Abolitionists. i Though it would m.'t convert, it might I have instmeted the famulus ot the North to have witnessed a slight scene in front of the theatre Thursday night. Mr. MseulhVter was having cue of his gift entertainments, and tin; drawing of some tour.or five pnz.es had proceeded in the usual way, win n ‘ay elegant gold vvanen foil To Ihe to. kv i: <r -n black man, v, ii'.i dc.-ifed to Cl ine <;• e-. ii Ir- m ;le gal K-ry ano receive fun prize, ibc ut.iu a ivaheed through th p;- ‘'queue *n the platterm, where his ticket was uxamitnd j and the watch delivered. J.lu received ids j prize and retired to Ids piaeU, amidst the ! victorious chgeva of Hu. larmomu (•itizeius, i It might Sir ve -011 light* ne-.! smia- < mM* ! rnuhtid Abo. it-uuis-k •.<! Hie North to \vn j ness tins ic- sadi. •; <*v tden wfd she grim.’ | ei'iU‘liy p:'-,efivOh. ‘ii uttr colored pmuihi- I tion. i>iir they would not believm eveu rlieir .own (‘Vys . —JIMr Abgc.s/, r. Tale-Bearing. Ncw-r repeat a story, imieSs you are cci Hu-n jt is correct,-and even no* then u*t .i-. stj somethitig is to lie gained, cithe” ,>i I mV-; i■ - yom ;e!f, or Mr rbc <*-,od of t in* | person e-.cjt i-ri-ed. laflliug is: 1 lucau and wicked practice, am! he “, ho in<niii;.vs in i : . grows, more h.-nd of it in proportion as In is nticeesMu!. If’voir have n. g. .f r< -ay of ‘ on}’ jtciglibor, navi r ivpr<his character by telling that w hich is this . He who tells yon ihc limits of , Hpsv. •>;- , tends, to toil othet,- of ‘our limits, and -o the dish <H news- is handed- from one to a not her, until ihc talc b comes enurumi!*. ! ‘A stm-v never Joses anvTidng,’ i? wisely I remarked; but on nm yoiitrarv gaum in j pi’ I "portion as it ss repeate!! Iv those who have not a very strict regard for ti-uLt . j Truly, ‘the tongue is an njunly member! full of deadly poison.’ I X am Discouraged, Faint not beneath the heat and burning of the day, for the wise man say- : “If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is .small.” Rise, look up! The clouds are dark, but behind them shines many a star; the clouds will all disappear. “The darkest days will all pass away.”” Cheer up. despon ding heart ! Take courage ! Strive to im prove thy condition; but it'thou eunst not, learn to endure with patience and fortitude thy hard lot. Repine not, for- it wilt only make thee more wretched. What if the road of poverty and toil is hard to travel ? What if the way lie dark'---what if the thorns and briars lacerate thy unprotected limbs?—what it the Hints wound thy vvearv feet?—what if the sun beats on thy head?— what it thy bones ache?—what if hunger gnaws thee? Gird on the trusty armor of hope, faith and contentment, and press on ward, still onward to thy journey’s end.— And there a home awaits thee—a home for which thou mightest well afford to endure all trouble, all pains and sorrows—a home where thou shait not experience sickness or sorrow or death—a home, where the Lord of glory reigns, where Christ ig, and all of the redeemed—a home, <d happiness inex pressible, music divine, where myriads of angels, with their myriads of harps all tuned in unison, are singing praise t<> the Lamb. ; Weary pilgrim, faint not, if ilj P way he ; dark: the journey is* short, and at the cud, if thou he not found wanting, thou wilt receive thy reward—a crown of glory iuthp realms above. - - fvC?’ lot; late Dr. Wilson, senior fellow of the Trinity College, Dublin, though a i very grave man himself, was very fond of j quizzing ami puzzling the. country people, . who came to inquire alter their friends and relations in the college. One day see- man standing in tin* court with a let ter in his hand, gaping and staring about and not knowing whereto go, lie walked gravely Up to him ami inquired what he wanted. The man answered : “Sir can von tell mo where J may find. Mr. Dalahunts?” ‘‘Yes,” said the Doctor, **do yon see. that building before yonif” ** “Yes.” * “Then crucify this quadning-M, am! trA; the <iiarnefer of the plot bey*aid it; enter the opening before y ou, asVend the ligne ous grades, then turn ticMtir von will find him either p ripatiiiminn;. in hi? eubicile. dormitating In Vis lectuaiy, or prescoponting through his fenestm.” .1 he poor man, who understood nothing of this, and remembered not one word hut the last, said, “and pr-av 3 sir. what Is the fenestra.” - To which the Doctor replied, -Mt is an orifice iu an edifice to idmifTmmnoiiß par tiele.s.’’ “Ah, thank you,” said the poor fellow, and he walked off more perplexed than be fore. Brandies of Education. A scrapegrace remarked, that the prin cipal branch of education in his school was u willow branch, arid that his master had used up a whole tree. “Amid the of her bridal, ami whilst en eireled by congratalationa, she selected from her per son a pure w hite flower, and requested a friend to bear it to me with the assurance, that even at that hour our intercourse was n pleasant remembrance.” As the breathiug form of a beautiful dove To one alone on the boundless sea— With a starless cloud like a pall above, Came that sweet flower to my heart ami me. f or my world was sad, and my drooping hope Was cold as a living thing could be ; Hot a pulse was stirred, and a flush gleamed up. As smiled that llower on my heart and me. On her bridal day, at her bridal hour, Tt- seemed like a gem in its purity ; Oh ! bright as the hour, and pure as the flower, He the wish that goes hack from my heart and mo. May the frown from her dream, and the light from i her hope, i Like shades from the path of the sunbeam flee ; : And pictures of beauty engarlan’d her cup, ; Like that which she sent to my heart and me. B. J. Petersburg, Dec., 18-lff. The Heroines of the Fireside. We have all heard of those heroines who have so long been embalmed in the world's memory. Fame will not let them sink into the Lethean stream; site bears their names aloft in her eagle soarings, and sets them, a glorious constellation, among the stars, as the gods of the old mythology placed there the lyre of Orpheus and the sword of Orion: j she causes perennial flowers to blossom I around their tombs, and charms the listen | mg ear for the thousandth time, with the ; thrilling story of their -struggles and tri j umphs. | \Y ithin a few weeks we have read much . about some ot them, and they seem to he i moving before us now m a royal procession, I statelier tar than that in which England’s , pi’” id Queen goes to prorogue parliament. ; We- forget for a time that the dust of vears | has soiled their garments, that the mildew just he grave has blighted their beauty, and ! gathered cold and damp on their brave [hearts: they stand before the eye of Fancy, jas fair and valiant as when they wrought j out their brilliant destiny. Isabella of Cas ! file, the iriend and patron of Columbus, ! comes torth Irom her lonely resting-place in the Alhambra, that lost home of the Moor ish kings ; the young enthusiast of Dorn Heniv rises like the pheenix from her own a dies, with sword, and helmet, and banner; | Maria Theresa leaves “ the pale realms of | shade.” wearing once more the iron crown. I the venerable robe and treasured cimetar of Si. Stephen; .Madam Roland unbars the door of the sepulchre, and again standing 1 cairn, and dignified, and dauntless among her enemies, pleads her cause with burning elo quence, or in the solitude of her gloomy dungeon, chants a wildly solemn requiem for her expiring hopes, while the chords of her iong-ueglected harp breathe a mournful symphony. Such are the heroines whose praise the poet.-sings and the historian records; whose faces and forms are immortalized in the sculptor’s marble, and on the painters can vas. But there are other heroines far more deserving of real honor than these—hero ines of whom the world is not worthy.— They have never girded on the sword and stood at the head of conquering armies; the rnon troll's diadem has never pressed heavi ly on their brows, nor the cares of an em pire occupied their thoughts. Their path way lies among secluded by-places, and is not luminous- with dazzling light. No hu man historian has recorded their noble deeds, but they are written oa high in let ters of gold; and when earthly books and their authors shall have passed away forev er, they will he bright and fadeless still. They <iV<‘ the heroines of the fireside. As faithful wives, devoted mothers, ns duti-1 tu! daughters-, their course is truly heroic. They may be fitly called the “angels -of the household,” for they are akin to those an gels, who roam through the pleasant valleys of eternal rest. Nothing, seems to crush their brave spirits; they may, like the lily, bend to the storm, but like that sweet flow er. they will rise too as lovely and pure as ever. Death may come with the shroud, the oof fin, and the pall; a dear one who has been a guid<\ a comforter, a support, way he ta ken a way, leaving them to struggle on in loneliness and sorrow, Want, with her train of woes, may take possession of the home where plenty use |o reign; half-fam ished childhood may cry in vain for bread, and feeble. old age stretch out its skinny shaking hand tor the same treasure, and mutter despairingly, “We shall starve !” Griefs which gnaw at the heart like a ser pent's tooth, may waste the bloom of the check, and put out the light of joy that ogee danced and revelled in those now sunken eyes; but through all these trials, they will hear nobly up, meeting the frowns of For tune with wondrous courage, doing every duty in the fear of heaven, sustained only by unwavering trust in their Creator, cheered only by the hope of a reward, “where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest.” Wherever they are toiling and struggling in this cold world, they deserve respect and sympathy from ail who reverence purity of thought and loftiness of purpose. God bless the heroines of the fireside ! C|c (Temper ante (frusakr. j PTCXFIEILD, GEORGIA j Saturday ITlormag;, August 10, IK <>. ] TsTßuv. Chiihorn Trussell, of Atlanta, is a duly ; authorized Agent for the Crusader. Liberal Ofer. Any person sending us five new Subscribers, ae- : companies;! with the “rhino,” shall he entitled to n extra copy of the Crusader for one year. Orders for our Paper must invariably he accompanied with the cash to receive attention. Stop Papers.—Settle Arrearages. Persons ordering thoir papers discontinued, must invariably pay up all their duos. VveshaUnot strike off any subscriber's name who is in arrears. Grand Lodge. Knights of Jericho. iff. foil tar :—Allow me to state through your columns, that the next annual session of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Jericho, for the State of Geor gia will hold its annua! session, on the second Tues day in next month, September. It is very desirable that all the Lodges in tin*. State should be represented, ands earnestly request of them to proceed to the election of delegates as provided for by the ‘Constitution, and let not the interests of the Order suffer, because of the sup-hie ness and apathy of its members. Yours fraternally. E. M. PENDLETON, G. W. Me return thanks to lion. C. J. Paulk tier for a copy of Gftruther’s Letter. I laiF* Friends who send us Obituary Notices, wiSl oblige us by making them as short as possible. A long train of mournful reflections, however great their intrinsic merit may be, can seldom pro cot in terest to tlie general reader, and usually their brevity increases their truthfulness. As wo publish such j notices gratuitously, we will exercise the privilege | of shortening them when wo deem it necessarr Rather Little. Some two or three weeks since, we published the notice of a marriage, said to have taken place in Lexington, Ga., which we have since learned was spurious. It was accompanied by a name which \ye supposed responsible, and were ut no pains to preserve it. Consequently we are now* unable to find it, or give any clue for ihe detection of the au thor. .Such impositions have become quite com mon oflate, though we must confess we never saw the point in them. They can show but very little wit; the) may display a very considerable degree of meanness. Asa safe-guard against such imposi tions, wcMufll henceforth publish no marriage no tice, unless accompanied by a name which we know to be responsible. * - - Preparatory School. We would call special attention to the advertise ment of this School, which will be found in this is sue. Owing to thy disappointment in procuring a Teacher, it has been vacant during the lost term, and hence the necessity of presenting its claims to the notice of the public The Board have secured the services of a young man, who brings recommen dations of accomplished scholarship, and has an en thusiastic zeal to excel in the profession of his choice. Barents and guardians, who have to board their sons and wards could not do better than to place them at this school, as they here have almost every advantage which i.s afforded to the Students of the College classes. In the confident assurance that he will be able to give general satisfaction, we would commend Mr. Seals to the notice of the public, and solicit for him a liberal share of patronage*. The Weather and Crops. We traveled recently through a considerable per- , tion of the county, and were struck with the dismal appearance of vegetation everywhere. Although there has been rain somewhere in the vicinity, al tnost every day for the last two or three weeks, the showers have been so partial that they have done but very little good, even where they have fallen. We have seen no corn which will make more than halfa crop, a id some will make scarce anything. Monroß Female University. A handsomely printed Catalogue of this popular Institution has Keen laid on our Table by some* un known triend. From this we should judge it to be in a very flourishing condition. The corps of in structors is larger than that of any similar institu tion in the State, and include, several gentlemen of well known ability. The liberal patronage which it has gained shows that it enjoys in a very high de gree the confidence of the public. Lonesome ! Reader, did you ever realize in all its length and breadth, and heighth, and depth the solemn import of that word ‘i If you never did, come and spend with us the season of a College vacation. Razo long and listlessly down the deserted streets, in eager ex pectancy of some passing acquaintance. Watch with vain anxiety the closed doors and windows, to catch some sign of life. Listen with impatient at tention for the toljing of the bell, to chime it’s hour ly notice of the march of Time. nil ajone amid the solemn stillness of the night, watch the bright twinkling stars, and the chastened brilliance of the pale-faced moon, and think of past joys. Think of seasons when all was not so lonely as now ; when the tramping of a hurried footstep, or a gay pea! of laughter might be heard ; when “the merry sound of music and of dance” fell iu sweet melody upon the ear. Then ifyou learn not to be lonesome, your heart reap aids not in notes sympathetic to things around you. “Oh for a lodge in ,'Otue vast wilderness!” ex claims the Hard, who sang in sweet numbers the glo ries of the Sofa, and the soi*ial en joyment of the Ta ble. In the way of loneliness, we have all which his wilderness could have afforded. Our streets arc almost deserted, save now and then a passer by, who serves but to increase the lonesomeness of the scene. Nature herself appears to have caught the contagious infection. The breezes move with lan guid sluggishness, and the sored yellow leaf, here and (hero varies the grew ilvery of the forest, /is if anticipating autumns reign. It would require a mind far more buoyant than ours to resist the influ ence of these circumstances. A desperate fit of the blucx has been unavoidably and melancholy seems to have marked us for her own. We love to he alone sometimes. We often desire to steal away from the ( care-, and tun oil ol business, and spend an hour or j two in social confab with our inner self Hut when I forced thus to spend day alter day and week after ! wegk, we tuny well exclaim, Oh, solitude, where pr the charms Which sjjtgcs have found in thy face. Politics in the Pnlpit. There appears to be a prevailing and rapidly in creasing disposition in the Northern portion of our Confederacy to .secularize the Pulpit. Every week, almost*••very day we ‘bear of long, flaming political *c"mons, v\ hieli forcibly remind ns of the fanatical enthusiasm of the Scottish eonveritieh-s. These po litico-religious fanatics do indeed present ail that warm glow of zeal which characterized the old Pu ritans, but they^manifest far less honesty of purpose or purity of heart than (hat distinguished sect. There appears to be no length to which this qmd demvi fury will not carry them. Entirely ignoring their duty “so preach Christ crucified.' 1 they preach abolitionism ami sedition, and uublu.diingly let oIV in demagogue electioneering speuche-c The. truths of the Bible, the cause of religion, or the salvation of soul?arc subjects which seldom enter Their addled brains. ‘Their morbid sensibilities atv keenly alive to imaginary suffering of which they know nothing, while they allow their own poor to die in abject want around them. Such is their- system of l.dse philan thropy, which wi'ii bring on Its supporters a dread ful .sentence, froui.au imm-icidate jiulcv. But aside from the present instance, considered in : its broadest, most abstract sense, wo consider the practice of introducing snhj cU of secular interests into the pulpit wrong in itself and pernicious in its consequences. By it the Desk loses much of the dignity and .saeredness oft!:; character, while such themes are rendered non ■ the more holy by being introduced there. But though h .-perch from itu pulpit may be asn plem with falsehood, bigotry, and deceptive sophisms, as one from the lun>p t yet it may exert a greater influence. People from ibive of education consider all preachers mtu of honor and integrity, and are consequently disposed to attach great weight to whatever may come from them. This confidence does well if they really possess this attributed character. But when the man whom they have commissioned 10 preach the Gospel, employs his time m making political speeches, if is evidently a prolific source of evil. The basest, most, powerful passions of roan’s nature re aroused, he is hurried on in the wild current of fanatical zeal, and revolu tions terrible and irrosistablt* maybe looked for as inevitable results. The same, tendencies are to be seen in the religions Press, anil the. same remarks will equally apply. In the Northern section of our Union, every species of journal, Religious, Temperance, and Literary, .ap pear to have been swallowed up in the political. Some have indeed coasted clear of this defiling pool, but they are truly “few and far between.” A large majority of them fill their columns with political matter, and soom to take pride in the dirty work they are doing. These things should not be so. The prospects of’-.our country arc dark enough already, and the clergy anil religious press should be a con servative, rather than a destructive element. They should be the calming oil upon the surface of the ra ging billows, rather than with a breath of madness to increase its fury, hi this manner they might ac complish something which would entitle them to tin name of Christians and philanthropist. * Politics, An outsider, entirely free from the grea current | of excitement, cannot fail to he heart-sick cried and disgusted with the- rant which is now daily poured forth from the Political Press. It is a matter of won der how such amounts of vituperation and slander can be collected i> so short, a time. Men whose char actors are an honor to the nation, and the glory of the age, when nominated as candidates for public of fice, are visited with all the abuse which envy could dictate, or malice invent. Six months ago, no one had nughi. to say against either of the prominent ! candidates for the chief magistracy of our Govern ment. They were both esteemed by the whole conn try as men of virtue, honor and integrity. Now each of them is respectively accused by his oppos- j ing party of cherishing principles and performing j acts which, if true, would justly consign them to n j felon’s ceil. Such is human nature, as developed under our peculiar republican institutions. But it presents a picture which the mind r.eoivo no pleas ure from contemplating. But the effect which this spirit produces upon our newspapers is provoking. The same stale dish of political slang is served up u> their readers every week, with but little improvement or variation, and but little else can be found in their columns. It us a continual wrangle between demagogue politicians about matters which, if rightly presented, would be too insignificant or too irrelevant to interest the pub- lie mind for a moment. Each party boasts itself of being the only true, conservative one, upon whose immaculate robes not a polluting stain can rest, while the other is represented as fraught with every element of misrule ami ruin. These pretensions may • be made bv either party with the same amount of truth, or rather with the same amount of falsehood, as there is very little truth in any thing they may say or dn. And the “dear people,’* gulled by their leaders are wrought into a great fever of excitement about matters in which they have no concern, and arc thus led entirely astray from subjects in which their true interests are involved. What beneficial result can any one hope to arise from this heated caldron of political confusion'!— What noble or patriotic end will bo answered? We arc told that a great ciisis is about to arrive, that the country is upon the very verge of ruin. Will the excited state of partisan feeling which i> now exhib ited throughout the country, have a tendency to prolong its existence? We cannot believe that it will. To us there appears ftp be scarce an element ofeoiikervatisii) in any of the great panics which now claim precedence in the land. We haw al ways thought a political meeting a Nazareth from which no good could proceed; their platforms mere fabrications of falsehood in which party leaders seek to cloak their real designs. \\ e are told that the .times are squally, that the horizon is shrouded in gloom, and dreadful breakers lie just ahead. This has been the ominous croak which has sounded in the public ear for the last twenty years. Wc cannot bring our mind to think otherwise than that it is an unnecessary foreboding of evil. The times aro bad enough wc admit But we cannot think that public sentiment, in any part of our country, is so far wrong as some would have us believe. Everywhere vve see a disposition of blind, servile devotion to party leaders, and this is the bane which is working the ruin of the country. Lett to themselves, the peoply will do right; it is from (the effects of an undue and dangerous influence that they act wrong, |Y our country is ever visited by the untold evi ; s of a civil war, it will be tlm work of corrupt demagogues, who would wreck the Imp. pines* of the human race to gain the objects of a wild, reckless .ambition, * gagT’ Ladies are like watches—pretty enough to look at—sweet faces and delicate hand, but some what difficult to “regulate” when once set “agoing.” The man who perpetrated this sentence has cer tainly made great progress in the use of figurative language, and should be promoted to the chair of Belle Lettros in the next Female College which is organized. We consider it the very best compari son we have seen ; remarkable not only for the beau ty of its diction, but likewise for the truthfulness of its sentiment We wonder that this too was not accredited to some “old ‘ogy bachelor,” but perhaps the married fraternity would have people believe that bachelors are such ‘‘old that they know nothing of watches. ‘There is one point of l eseui blance however, which our Rhetorician has not brought out, viz: that ladies, like watches, are valu ed according to the chocs in which they are placed. A golden case will conduce very much to a young lady’s success in life (that is, her matrimonial pros pects) and is in these degenerate days an indispen sable requisite. But “all is not gold that glitters,” we used to hear a long time ago. VV e feat many of those who reflect such a golden lustre, will he found to have much of the bmzeh y not only in their .oases, but fts a constituent element of their natures. * Editorial Correspondence. Cotoosa Spki.vos, Aug. S, 1856. ■ My Dear Link —Having seated myself at the win r dow of my little “pro tern” domicil this pleasant | morning, I ink mv nib to give you a few disconneet j ( ft “dots.’* The rustling w ing of the breeze fresh and rnrified frmu the summits of surrounding Alpine hills fens me ‘almost into tin Elysium, and were it not for the. thundering.* of “ten pin alley” balls beneath me, and a few profitne “whist” players in an adjoining room I sh uhi certainly be lapped into a beatific, reverie.— This is truly a favored spot of creation. It is situa ted on a ‘slight* eminence, and on all sides giant hills robed in deep green groves, reminding us of Olym pus and Ilymettus, where the Grecian Muses breath ed the spirit of inspiration, or of the groves in which Orpheus first tuned his lyre and ‘bent the stern oaks,’ imposes upon the sight their eloquent grandeur.- The Springs are in a beautiful vale covered over with rich grem sward, and as inviting as ever Teru pe spread for lo to revel in dream land. The differ ent mineral springs are fifty-two in number, and their medicinal virtues are too well known for us to speak of them no *. The climate here is truly luxu rious; the mornings are astonishingly cool; Isleep ev en night under a sheet and blanket, and a few morn ings, before rising, I have found myself uncomforta bly chilly, particularly when tny blanket happened to slip otr during the night. 1 find Messrs. Hickman A Battey the same agree able, polite and obliging gentlemen, doing ail in their power to make the sojourn of their visitors pleasant, lmeit here, as usual, a most elegant, moral and high-toned party. Ladies unsurpassed in the south ern country, and Beauty, whether we consider it us did Aristotle, “a short lived tyranny,” or * Theo phrastus, “a silent cheat”—as Carneados, “a solitary kingdom, or in the light of Horner, “* gloriousgift I of nature,” here, adorned with gorgeous fixtures, | with all its attraction-. We have some of the j nir-i-HC ladies hero fr m all portions of the country, j and from all the adjoining States. Many young L<>- ! tlmrios are badly “moon struck.” Some of them I ha ve sent up and had thc-ir Tennessee 2.10 tandem , teams brought down to ride round the “Jewel’’ of their solicitude, II the custom of purchasing wives ” practiced ui America as it is in the Indian Archi pelago, and a large portion of Asia, this would be a line place to Come purchase a consort. The Tam boulcie women are valued at one ox or two cows ; the ladies of Yen at as much timber as will build a canoe ; the African women of the Maudigo tribe at two tows, two iron bars and 2UQ Kalla nuts; if we , could buy “better half” so cheap as that, how min\ would you take; But in view of your old bachelor proclivities, my impression is, you would consider a bargain of that nature a bvl one at any price. Am T not right? ihe Marietta Owlets have been spending a few days here, and their military evolutions contributed much to the programme of divevtisenientK I notice comparatively very little drinking among the visit ors, only one or two cases of intoxication have come under my notice, and if persons are ever excusable for getting drunk these cases should be considered with some degree of charity ; they have been very recently married, and rooms being in such do. riiiimi here they had to be separated from their young Wives. One of them swore be hadn’t seen his wife three minutes since he married her—unable to stand so early h “separation” the “trumped” bridegrooms took aboard too much “Red Sulphur” (whisky) to preserve their equilibrium. At night, dancing is the order of exercises; and as angelic virgin maids whirl by in the “giddiness of the .lance,” in the language of Wm-d* Fudqr. Fu?,id ty, w . . “Bear creature*! You’d swear, ”, h ™, { • rd ° icate feet in the <knee twinkle round, That their steps arc of light, that their home is the air, And they only “par complaisance” touch the floor.” 1 he Ball room presents an attracting scene. “Hearts beat happily ; and when Music arises with its voluptuous swell, i e i’ c look love to eyes which speak again And all goes merry as a marriage bell.” ‘Jhe Evenings here are soft, balmy mid pensive: the sun, as he sinks behind the hills to the “ocean isles, gilds the tops of the mountain oaks with golden color that no mortal pencil cuu paint, and though vve arc shut in from a view of the crimson spangles of sunset, wo can look above us and enjov a sky far purer than any Italian sky. ‘ ‘ You perceive I make 04 Ootoosa’ a celestial spot, t is certainly a glorious summer retreat, and hunt deeds ol people will testify to that. There is all the time a crowd of visitors to bo found here, and none leave without feeling a consciousness of having been amply pan! for the visit. With many wishes for . ‘ -,,r success, I remain ’ our sincere friend, I JXO. IL SEALS. “Oh ! What a had Report.” .1 \ } ZT S r TANARUS” ha * fallcn! Not the glories of oe battle field, or under the wasting hand of die crise, Such falls produce sorrow, but never bring the burning blush of shame. He lows yielded to the tempting wiles of the Rum fiend, and fallen from that high estate which virtue had given him. What a fad was that! In an evil hour he sought the companionship of the Wicked and Vicious, lie learned tq mingle familiar .V >n their obscene and unhallowed revels—he tasted 10 ‘ Tl ” c ** ca P, “bud the bright visions which hope had created were destroyed. With a rude hand he broke the golden cords which hound him to friend ship and happiness, and pushed madly along the road which takes hold on hell. Is that young man your friend? Spread not the report, as if you joyed in proclaiming his disgrace. Run, Hy to him, and strive with kind words to win him from his fatal course. Lift him from the pollu ting m,re* into which he has fallen, point him to the mgut put 1 of virtue and peace; whisper in his ear sweet IOWI or iorciooooss, „ ( | bid bin, I,ope P “ 8 ■* on Hie other side with Lovito in difference, uor raia* the boastful cry of the Pharisee, un nut as thou art.” You may encounter the tempter in an unprepared moment, and fell before