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encouraged him, were convinced that their
efforts had been of no avail. Intemperance,
“like the strong man armed,” took posses
sion of a soul that lifted no cry for aid to
the Holy Spirit, and girded on no weapon
to resist the destroyer.
Summer passed away, and the anniversa
ry of their arrival at the colony returned.
It was to Jane Harwood a period of sad
and solemn retrospection. The joys of oth
er days, and the sorrows of maturity, pass
ed in review before her, and while she wept,
she questioned her heart what had been its
gain from a Father’s discipline, or whether
it had sustained that greatest of all others
—the loss of its affections.
She was alone at this season of self com
munion. The absence of her husband had
become more frequent and protracted. A
storm, which feelingly reminded her of
those which had often beat upon them when
homeless and weary travelers, had been ra
ging for nearly two days. To this cause
she imputed the unusually long stay of her
husband. Through the third night of his
absence she lay sleepless, listening to his
footsteps. Sometimes she fancied she heard
shouts of laughter, for the mood in \yhich
he returned from his revels was various.—
But it was only the shriek of the tempest.
Then she thought some ebulition of his fren
zied anger, rang in her ears. It was the
roar of the hoarse wind through the forest.
All night long she listened to those sounds,
and hushed and sang to her affrighted babe.
Unrefreshed, she arose and resumed her
morning labors.
Suddenly her eyes were attracted by a
group of neighbors, coming up from the riv
er. A dark and terrible foreboding oppress
ed her. She hastened out to meet them.—
Coming towards her house was a female
friend, agitated and fearful, who, passing her
arm around her, would have spoken.
“Oh ! you come to bring me evil tidings;
I pray you let me know the worst.’
The object was, indeed, to prepare her
mind for a fearful calamity. The body of
her husband had been found drowned, as
was supposed, during the darkness of the
preceding night, in attempting to cross the
bridge ot logs, which had been partially bro
ken by the swollen waters. Utter prostra
tion of spirit came over the desolate mourn
er. Her energies were broken, and her
heart withered. She had sustained tiie pri
vation of poverty and emigration and the
burdens of unceasing labor and unrequited
care, without murmuring. She had laid her
first-born in the grave with resignation, for
faith had heard her Savior saying, “Suffer
the little child to come unto me.” She had
seen him, in whom her heart’s young affec
tions were garnered up, become a persecu
tor and injurer, a prey to vice the most de
structive. Yet she had borne up under all.
One hope remained with her as an “anchor
of the soul”—the hope that he might yet re
pent and be reclaimed. She had persever
ed in her complicated and self-denying du
ties with that charity which beareth all
things—believeth all things—endureth all
things. But now he had died in his sin.—
The deadly leprosy which had stolen over
his heart, could no more be “purged by sa
crifice or offering forever.” She knew that
not a single prayer for mercy had preceded
the soul on its passage to the High Judge’s
bar. There were bitter dregs in this grief,
which she had never before wrung out.
Again the sad hearted community assem
bled in their humble cemetery. A funeral
in an infant colony awakens sympathies of
an almost exclusive character. It is as if a
large family suffered. To bear along the
corpse of a strong man. through the fields
which he had sown, and to cover motionless
in the grave that arm which trusted to have
reaped the ripening harvest,awakens a thrill
deep and startling in the breast of those who
had wrought by his side during the burden
and heat of the day—to lay the mother on
her pillow of clay, whose last struggle with
life was, perchance, to resign the hope of
one more brief visit to the land of her fathers
—whose heart’s last pulsation might have
been a prayer that her children might re
turn and grow up in the shadow of a school
house and the church of God, is a grief in
which none, save emigrants, may partici
pate. To consign to their narrow, motion
less abode both young and old, the infant
and him of hoary hairs, without the solemn,
knell, the sable train, the hallowed voice of
the man of God, giving back in the name of
his tel law Christians, the most precious roses
of their pilgrim path, and speaking with di
vine authority of Him who is the “resurrec
tion and the life,” adds desolation to that
weeping with which man goeth downward
to the dust.
But with heaviness of an unspoken and
peculiar nature was this victim of vice borne
trom the home that he troubled and laid by
the side ot his son, to whose tender years he
had been an unnatural enemy. There was
sorrow among all who stood around his
grave, and it bore features of that sorrow
which is without hope.
The widowed mourner was not able to
raise her head fro n the bed when the bloat
ed remains of her unfortunate husband were
commit'ed to the earth. Long and severe
sickness ensued, and in her convalesence a
letter was received from her brother, invi
ting her and her child to an asylum under
his roof, and appointed a time to come and
conduct them on their homeward journey.
With her little daughter, the sole remnant
of her wrecked heart’s wealth, she returned
to her kindred. It was with emotions of
deep and painful gratitude, that she bade
farewell to the inhabitants of that infant set
tlement, whose kindness, through all her ad
versities, had never failed. And when they
remembered the example of uniform pa
tience and piety which she had exhibited,
and the samt-like manner in which she had
sustained her burdens, and cherished their
sympathies, they felt as if a tutelary spirit
had departed from among them.
In the home of her brother, she eUicated
her daughter in industry, and that content
ment which virtue teaches. Restored to
those friends with whom the morning of life
had passed, she shared with humble cheer
fulness the comforts that earth had yet in
store for her; but in the cherished sadness
of her perpetual widowhood, in the bursting
sighs ot her nightly orison, might be traced
a sacred and deeprooted sorrow—the mem
ory of her eri ing husband, and the miseries
of unreclaimed intemperance. L. A. S.
Curious Deviee.
The Episcopal Church of St. Paul, in
New Haven, Conn., has in one of its tow
ers two stones cut into forms of the ace of
clubs and ace of diamonds —devices taken
from a pack of cards. The explanation
given is this: the architect first employed
in the erection of the building was a De
ist, and a man of bitter cynical spirit.—
by way of burlesque, he resolved to cut
the stones for the structure into such fig
ures that a huge pack of cards might ap
pear flaming out on the sides of the sacred
structure. By means of scaffolding and
other concealments, he veiled his design
from the bniiding committee till the walls
were nearly carried up, and his practical
joke nearly played off. The discovery was
at last made, and the whole structure, of
course, taken down. In the course of de
molition, the architect fell from a scaffold
ing and was instantly killed. A most lux
uriant woodbine mantles the present walls
and nearly hides the two stones above re
ferred to, which being near the foundation
of the massive tower, were suffered to re
main.
CP(?%{lßC<srtL
For the Temperance Crusader.
The Orphan’s New-Year’s Eve.
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LINN A.
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New-Year’s Eve, a bitter, bitter
cold night,, and the snow which had fal
len during the day, was frozen hard on the
streets; the moon was shedding a clear
cold light on the untrodden snow, which
gave it the appearance of crystal. All,
yes, I may say all the stores in the great
city of Philadelphia were brilliantly light
ed ; and gas lights gleamed from many win
dows. One general voice seemed to pro
claim “be happy,” and indeed it appear
ed almost impossible to be otherwise. Ed
ward and Fannie Ellis were gazing from
the window of their elegant parlor, on the
interior of a ball room, which was direct
ly opposite their house. The window at
which they sat, was slightly raised to ad
mit a little fresh air, as the beat of the
room was rather oppressive. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Ellis gazed at the scene before them,
for some time, as if facinated ; but sudden
ly their attention was arrested by what
she thought to bo the sobbing of a child.—
They listened for a few moments to see if
they could discover the cause of the child’s
distress, but in vain. Mrs. Ellis looked
out of the window, and saw by the moon
light there were two children seated on
their steps, who also seemed intently gaz
ing on the scene going on in the ball room.
Presently, one of them (and apparent
ly the oldest,) said to the other;
“Mary, doesn’t that put you in mind of
our dear old home? You remember that
this time last year, we had a party, and
as happy as any one there.”
“Yes, Charlie, it does. I was just think
ing of it,” said Mary, “but please don’t
talk about it, for it makes me feel so bad,”
and here the poor child burst into tears
again.
“Never mind Mary” said Cbalie, “don’t
cry ; do you remember what our dear moth
er used to tell us about prayer in time of
trouble, as the best comfort that earth can
give
“Yes, I remembea it well,” replied Ma
ry, “and so let us kneel right down here,
and ask God to give us some friends.” So
saying the brother and sister knelt down
on the steps where they had been sitting,
and sent up such a simple, childish, yet
beautiful petition to Him who turneth not
away his ear from the cry of the fatherless,
that tears of pity found their way to the
eyes of Edward Ellis, and his wife entreat
ed with tears in her eyes, that her hus
band would go out and bring them in.—
When they arose from their knees they re
seated themselves on the steps. Afer a
while Mary said:—
“Charlie, I am very hungry, ain’t, you.”
‘“Yes, Mary,” replied Charlie, “i am,
and though we have tried all day lung to
get something to eat, I wiil try once more
for your sake.” So with this, he arose and
looked around as if to see if he could dis
cern any one to whom he could apply.—
Presently, a man walking with a stick, ap
proached the place where Charlie was
standing. Charlie eagerly availed himself
of this opportunity to make known his re
quest, and meeting the old man said, “0
sir, please be so kind as to give me three
or four cents to buy my sister and myself
something to eat.”
“Three or four cents” returned the man
contemptuously, “I will give you three <>r
four cuts with my cane if you trouble me
any more.”
At this, Mary came up and said, “please
sir, give my brother what he asks you for;
indeed, we have not had anything to eat
since early this morning, and then only a
piece of dry bread.”
“Don’t I tell you to g< away,” replied
the old man in a rage.” “Whydon’t you
go to the poor house $ that is the proper
place for beggars.”
“At the word “oeggars” the children
turned away.”
“Yes,” 6aid Ch irlie with tears in his
beautiful eyes, “we are beggars; the old
man, though he was very unkind, spoke
the truth.” P
Oh dear,” said Mary as 6he looked at
some gayly dresjed children going into the
ball room. “Every body seems to have a
happy New Year’s Eve but we,” she
would have said more, but was prevented
}y eaimg the duor open above them, and
in a moment Mr. Ellis stood before the
lightened children. He, however, quiet
ed their fears, by kindly telling them that
he had overheard their conversation, and
wanted to hear more of their story.
So be took them in the house, and after
Mrs. Ellis herself had given them an ex
cellent supper, they told their benefactors
then story, the substance ot which was the
following:
“Their father had been a very wealthy
merchant, and had always lived according*
ly; but about nine months previously he
died of the Typhoid fever. About a month
afterwards, his wife took sick of the same
disease, and followed her husband to the
grave. Thus the children were left or
phans, and without a home, (as the father
failed before he died, and left h4s widow
penniless,) at the early age of six and eight
years. Though they kid been begging for
about seven months, they had always made
out to get something to eat, every day ;
but to sleep elsewhere than in the street,
or an alley, was a luxury really forgotten
by them.”
At the conclusion of their story which
was given much more minutely than we
give it, Mr. Ellis told them as he had no
children, he would take them into his fam
ily, and adopt them as his own.
Before retiring, the children knelt down
and thanked God, “that they did not have
such a bad New Year’s Eve after all.”
[From the Augusta Constitutionalist.]
Buchanan Meeting in Greene County.
Pursuant to previous notice, a respectable portion
of the citizens of Greene county, favorable to the
election of Buchanan and Breckenridge, assembled
at the Court House for the purpose of forming a
Buchanan Club. On motion of Jas. B. Hart, Esq.,
Col. R. J. Willis was called to the Chair, and D. A.
Newsom, requested to act as Secretary.
The object of the meeting being explained by the
Chair, on motion of Judge Davison, a Committee
was appointed by the Chair to report matter for the
action of the meeting, consisting of the following
named gentlemen: J. M. Davison, Dr. Thomas N.
Poullain, Robert Newsom, llorzan Jackson, Sr., Dr.
A. H. Jackson, Edward H. Wingfield, William L.
Strain, T. F. Foster, L. L. Andrews, Albert King,
S. T. Peake, B. E. Spencer, James M. Houghton,
James T. Tinsley, Archibald Perkins, H. G. Harper
and W. T. Shannon.
After-the Committee retired, Col. Thos. P. Saf
fold, Elector for the 7 th'Congressional District, was
introduced to the meeting, nd made an able, man
ly and patriotic address. He confined himself strict
ly to the main issues now before the country. Ilis
arguments were logical and conclusive, and we un
derstand he is battling nobly in his District for Buc
hanan and Breckenridge.
The Committee appointed to present matter for
the meeting, submitted the following report:
While we view with patriotic solicitude the pecu
liar features of the various political questions that
now agitate and convulse our beloved country, di
vesting ourselves of all old political prejudices and
rancorous feeling, engendered by past political strug
gles, we sincerely believe that the only safeguard
for the country at the present momentous crisis, is
a strict adherence laid down in the platform of the
Cincinnati Convention, of which Buchanan and
Breckenridge are the nominees. Embracing as it
does all the great, conservative principles of the old
Whig party, in the days of its purity, besides con
taining all the constitutional and national doctrines
of the Democratic party, proves to us that these
great elements combined, as we here find them, can
alone save us from the ruthless, reckless aDd un
scrupulous efforts of the factions that even now ave
endeavoring to lay their unholy hands, with fratri
cidal grasp, on all the constitutional guarantees,
(which is truly the ark of the covenant, politically
speaking) and in which alone the South has a sure
ty for her present or future safety.
The opposition presents a platform which, when
shorn of its sophistry and unmeaning garbage,
means nothing but destruction to every constitution
al right which the South has. It has been condemn
ed and denounced by the Chronicle <£ Sentinel, the
consistent organ of the party. The celebrated 12th
section, the only slavery plank, no longer remains;
every competent part of the present structure is
composd of Abolition, Freesoil, and fanatical tim
bers. As Southern men can we consistently support
such a platform ? On this platform stands Millard
Fillmore. We ask, will you, can you, fellow citi
zens, support the champion of such principles?—
What are his antecedents? Cradled in the very
hot-bed of Abolition, nursed in the same foul at
mosphere, he made his first advent into political life
by his unjust persecution of that time-honored fra
ternity, the Free Masons, during the great Morgan
excitement. Always consistent in his avowed hos
tility to the domestic institutions of the South.—
Whilst in Congress, ever true to his constituency
and sectional fanaticism, we find his name always
recorded alongside of Adams, Slade, Giddings, Cor
win, and men of like principles, down to the time
when the Whig party at the North, under his ad
ministration, became thoroughly denationalized and
Abolitionized. We find him nominated for Vice
President with Taylor in 1848, for the very reason,
and none other, that he could carry and control the
Abolition vote of the North better than any other
man. During the time he acted as President, on
every question where slavery was involved, we find
him still true to his Abolition instincts. Witness
his proclamation against Texas, in relation to her
boundary.
Again, his puling indecision, asking the Senate for
enlarged powers in relation to the violation of the,
organic law of the land, on the attempt to reclaim a
fugitive slave in Boston; his Proclamation against
the Cuban patriots; next, his pardoning and remit
ting the fine on negro stealers in the District of Co
lumbia ; his quibbling hesitancy in signing the fugi
tive slave bill; besides, with the notorious fact sta
ring us in the face that, under his administration the
old Whig party, tottered, disbanded, became sec
tional, and fell to pieces, all over the Union. He,
forsooth, the model President, whose administra
tion the nation refused to endorse by the election of
Gen. Pierce and defeat of Gen. Scott, with all the
prestige of his well-earned military fame. Save us
at the South from such model Presidents as Millard
Fillmore, a man alike unworthy and unfit to receive
the support of any portion of the Southern people.
Nor could any people, not blinded b party viru
lence or criminally ignorant of the cardinal issues
involved in the present contest, do otherwise than
refuse to support him.
On the other hand, the stnndard bearer of the Cin
cinnati platform, James Buchanan, the noble states
man and worthy compeer of Clay, Webster, Cal
houn, Jackson and White, proudly stands forth as
the consistent and constitutional friend of the South.
Witness his support of the bill “to prohibit the cir
culation of incendiary pamphlets and Abolition pa
pers through the mails.” The same year he propos
ed and voted for the admission into the Union of
Arkansas as a slave State. In 1836 and ’37 he de
nounced and voted to reject petitions for the aboli
tion of slavery in the District of Columbia. In 1837
he voted for Mr. Calhoun’s famous resolutions, defi
ning the rights of the States, and the limits of “Fed
eral Authority,” and affirming it to be the duty of
the Govei nment to protect and uphold the institu
tions of the South. “In 1838-’39 and ’4O, he inva
riablv voted with Southern Senators against the con
sideration of anti-slavery petitions.” In 1844 and
’45 he voted for the annexation of Texas. In 1847
he sustained the Clayton compromise. Tn 1860 he
proposed and urged the extension of the Missouri
Compromise. In 1850 he proposed and urged the
extension of the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific
Ocean (which would have ensured the South one
half of California) hut he promptly acquit seed in
the Compromise of 1850, and employed all his influ
ence in favor of the “Fugitive Slave Law.” In 1851
he remonstrated against an enactment of the Penn
sylvania Legislature for obstructing the arrest, and
return of fugitivo slaves. In 1854 he negotiated for
the acquisition of Cuba. In 1856 he approves of the
repeal of the Missouri restriction, and supports the
principles of the Kansas-Nebraska act. He never
gave a vote against the interest of slavery, and nev
er uttered a word, which could pain the most sensi
tive Southern heart.
Ist. Resolved , That those favorable to the election
of the Hon. James Buchanan for President, and the
Hon. John C. Breckenridge for Vice President, do
now form themselves into an Assocation to be called
the Buchanan Association of Old Greene county,
and we pledge ourselves to use all just and honora
ble means to ensure the election ol these conserva
tive and constitutional statesmen.
2d. Resolved , That we cordially invite all lovers
of law and order, the rights of the States, a strict
construction of the Constitution, the rights of the
South, and her institutions under the Constitution ;
to the end that we may be enabled to perpetuate our
glorious institutions and the Union, to unite with
us, in this, our effort, in so noble and patriotic a
cause.
3d. Resolved, That although a large component
part of this meeting, are old line Whigs, they yet
feel that they have embodied in their present creed,
all that was valuable of the great conservative prin
ciples, of the old Whig party, and therefore invite
the Whigs of Old Greene to, unite with them, to
save the rights of the South from desecration.
4th. Resolved, That the Chair appoint a Central
Executive Committee, clothed with power to appoint
auxiliary Committees in every militia district in the
county. The Chair appointed the following named
gentlemen that Committee. Edward H. Wingfield,
Wm. Davis, J. J. Wakefield, John Doherty, W. T.
Shannon, T. F. Foster, Junius Poullain, Dr. D. C.
O’Keeffe, Troup Perkins, J. 11. Snellings, H. G.
Harper, David Howell, Henry Hoyt and Phillip
Poullain.
The Executive Committee being clothed with pow
er to appoint presiding officers for the association
made the following appointments, Hon. Thos. Stocks,
President Col. R. J. Willis, Dr. Thos. N. Poullain,
Robert Newsom and Green Moore, Vice President.
On motion, the thanks of this meeting were ten
dered Col. Thomas P. Saffold f r his able, spirited
and patriotic address this day delivered before us.
On motion of Col. Edward H. Wingfield, the Sec
retary was requested to forward to the Constitution
alist for publication the proceedings of this meeting
with the request that all papers in the State friendly
to the cause be requested to copy.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
R. J. WILLIS, Chairman.
D. A. Newsom, Scc’y.
Greensboro’, Aug. 18th, 1856.
€|e Cmpentitte Crasakr.
PENFIELD, GEORGIA.
Saturday Morning, September 6, 1856.
Rev. Claiborn Trussell, of Atlanta, is a duly
authorized Agent 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 one year. Orders for
our Paper must invariably be accompanied with the
cash to receive attention.
Stop Papers.—Settle Arrearages.
t3§T“Snbscribers to the Crusader who choose to
have it discontinued at any time, will please express
their wish by a written communication, accompa
nied by the cash for all arrearages, rather than
trust it to a Postmaster. Sending numbers back, or
leaving them in the office, is n t such notice of dis
continuance as the Law requires.
would earnestly solicit our friends in ev
ery part of our State to give us an account of the
progress of Temperance principles in tlrtir sections.
We will he obliged to them if they will be brief, as
it will save us the labor of condensing.
jfclT'We learn from a private letter that Benjamin
Brantly, Esq., formerly of this place, has been nomi
nated as a candidate to represent his county in the
Legislature of the Territory of Kansas. He is a
firm Southern man, and will doubtless, if elected,
make them a valuable representative.
—
“The Intemperate.”
We would call the attention of our readers to the
e:egant tale which will be found upon our first page.
It is quite lengthy, but let not that deter you from a
careful perusal of it. The intrinsic merit of it as a
literary production is very great; bat the moral
forms its chief excellence. It faithfully portrays
how the best intentions may be destroyed and the
warmest kindness be converted into wanton cruelty
by the demon of intemperance.
—
Democratic Meeting.
At the earnest request of some of our democratic
friends we publish in this paper, the proceedings of
a Buchanan meeting held in Greenesboro, on the
18th ult. By publishing those proceedings we do
not wish to be understood as approving or disappro
ving any of them—our political sentiments we keep
out of the columns of our sheet, and we publish the
aforesaid account at the special request of our friends
as a county matter, our paper having a very large
circulation in the county.
—— <. Oi>
To Correspondents.
We have a number of contributions on hand,
which we most respectfully decline. Among these
are “Prohibitionist,” “C. C,” and “Jimmie.”
Storm.
We were visited on Sunday last by one of the
most destructive storms which has ever been known
even in the recollection of the “oldest inhabitant.”
Os the amount of damage done to the crops -we have
no idea. It must have been immense. We have
noticed very considerable havoc in the forests.—
Many of our nicest shade trees were blown down,
and all more or less injured.
“Too Strong a Temperance Man.”
“You are too strong a Temperance man” said a
friend of ours to us recently. We were thankful
for the compliment, for we could not possibly con
sider it in the light of a censure. But laying the
personality aside, we would ask if there is a possi
bility of a man’s occupying too strong a position up
on the Temperance question. We would gladly an
nihilate the traffic in ardent spirits, banish its evils,
and confine it to the oath bound precincts of the
Apothecary’s Shop; and we do not consider ourself
at all ultra. We should like to know how a Tem
perance man can be less than a prohibitionist, or
what kind of a Temperance man you would have.—
We have heard of men who could make Temper
ance speeches with flasks in their pockets, or write
Temperance articles, whilo yet racked with pain
from the effect of their last drunken debauch. Such
persons from the very bott >m of our heart we de
test. **■
The present times, require an uncommon degree
offirmnosson the part of the friends of Temper
ance, in the principles they advocate. There ap
pears to be a prevailing disposition on the part of
people to confound all subjects, whatever be their
nature in all absorbing questions of politics.—
Against this we have to contend. There are too
opinions of long standing, deep rooted prejudices to
be overcome, while an artful, insidious foe, is ever
ready to take advantage of any opportunity to prac
tice his wiles. To do this we must be ever on the
alert, prepared to speak or act as the occasion may
require. Too strong a Temperance man! We do not
know the meaning of tho term. For when man has
labored long and patiently; devoted every faculty
and exhausted every energy of mind and body, Te
kel may still be the righteous sentence of Him in
whose vineyard he has labored. *
The Fourth of July. —A friend of ours burnt his
hand severely with fire-works on the ‘glorious 4th;’
he applied the Peiry Davis’ Pain Killer, and in half
au hour was entirely free from pain. Don’t forget
this.
Circumstances alter Cases.
They do, very materially. No axiom in mathe
matics could be more plain, or more capable of de
monstration, when necessary. Every day teaches
us that it is far more of a fact in practice, than a
truth in theory. Skeptical in regard to fate, and
still more doubtful in their ideas of chance, men
are yet the creatures of circumstances over which
they seldom have any control. To these every thing
is subjected. Men’s thoughts, opinions and actions
change as they change, and are modified and entire
ly governed by them. Even the purest and most
holy code of moral Law becomes subject to its influ
ence, in the hands of human'expounders.
It is interesting and instructive to notice the cruel
injustice, and the foolish absurdities which men com
mit, upon this same plea, “circumstances alter cases.”
There sits a poor female, upon whose pale brow the
waning midnight lamp shines in flickering ray, who
bends with tear-dimmed eyes over her work, which
with weary fingers she steadily plies. The gay and
pleasure-loving have retired to their slumbers, and a
solemn stillness reigns. But she toils on, though her
head throbs with weariness, and every limb is rack
ed by pain. She labors to supply the mornings food
for the little flock who lie in helpless innocence
around her, and the strength of maternal love sup
ports her in the task. She was not always thus. —
Once she lived in affluence, and every indulgence
which wealth could purchase was hers. Then flat
tery paid her tributes of adulation, and the warm
smiles of friendship greeted her on every hand. But
in the midst of all this unalloyed happiness, misfor
tune came, and swept away, at o e rude blast, every
source of her enjoyment. The friends who had hov
ered around her, now fell away, as if adversity had
congealed the warm feelings of friendship. The
rich lady, dazzling in silks and jewelry, who whi
lome claimed her acquaintance as an honor, now
passes her unrecognized, replying to each rebuke of
her conscience, tha* times have changed, and “cir
cumstances alter cases.”
The scene changes. A fair young form is presen
ted to our view, to whom Beau y hath lent her most
bewitching charms. But the roses of health no
longer bloom in blushing freshness upon her cheeks.
The smile of joy no longer wreaths her lips in elo
quent beauty. The light of love no more beams
from her eyes, like faint dawnings of gloiy from an
other world. The heavy hand of disappointment
has forever stopped the pleasurable pulsations of
that heart, and the sun of hope is blotted f**orn her
sky. She was brought up amid all the splendors of
u ealth. and then she was courted and caressed,
while fond lovers bowed at her’ shrine, and offered
up vows of eternal constancy. With all the ardor
of youth, she confidingly threw herself upon the
chosen of her heart’s affections, as the tender vine
would cling to the firm oak for support. But when
the hour o( her trial came, when fortune had ceased
to smile, and other friends had fled, she found him
too more insubstantial than the fleeting shadows ol
night, “like the painting of a sorrow, a form with
out a heart.” And now
“like the lily
That once was mistress of the field and flourished,”
she hangs her head and weeps. But does he who
has so grossly, so wantonly deceived her, who has
crushed in their very embryo, every bud of her
young hopes, shod no tear of repentance, cast back
no sigh of regret. No, he still hurries on in his
course of pleasure, putting to flight each rebuking
phantom which conscience conjures, by the flatter
ing assurance that “circumstances alter cases.”
Again we find a man, whom a long life of useful
ness and virtue has made worthy the admiration of
the old and the imitation of the young. In the quiet
retirement of private life, he has commanded the re
spect and esteem of all who know him. But a change
comes o’er the spirit of this dream. By a portion of
his fellow citizens he is brought forward as a candi
date for public office, and becomes at once an object
upon which the envenomed tongue of slander may
vent its utmos t fury. All the abuse and vitupera
tion which envy could dictate or malice invent, are
heaped upon his devoted head. His character, both
public and private, is arraigned before the tribunal
of public opinion, where the full measure of con
demnation is u.eted out to him for all his imaginary
offences. Even the inmost penetralia of his family
are not secure from an invasion by this vandal horde
of Party Spirit. A thousand virtues are forgotten or
ignored in the wild desire of gaining an object of fac
tious ambition. That ho was once honorable and
virtuous all admit; but times have changed, they
say, and he has changed with them.
And thus it is that throughout the world, men en
deavor to throw off from themselves the blame of
their inconsistencies. They §top not to consider
how far they are responsible for those changes in
circumstances, or what influence they should prop
erly have in effecting a change in their sentiments
and principles. The real fact is that they only fol
low the dictates of their own evil nature, and are
ready to catch at any subterfuge which may afford
them the shadow of an excuse. Amid a world where
all is changeable, and men more than all else, our
only reliance for pure, lasting happiness, must rest
in that Being who is the same “yesterday, to-day
and forever.” *
“There’s wicked rogues in every place,
Who prey upon the human race;
But there is not among them all,
A rogue so great as Alcohol.”
Who can doubt the truth of it? Do we not see
every day that Ilum is the most villianous and suc
cessful of robbers? There is a man who yesterday
was rich. He became intoxicated, and under the
influence of this hellish, excitement, he went with
reckless madness to the gambling table and lost ail.
There is another whom Rum has robbed of the ne
cessaries of life. Ilis wife and children in a frail
tenement which scarce breaks off one blast of win
try wind, perish with cold and hunger, while he
drowns every other pain in the misery of beastly in
toxication. Are you not convinced that he is a rob
ber, when 3ou see that he has taken away wealth,
comfort, and enjoyment? Go then to a yet darker
scene of woe. Visit the Asylum and listen to the
gibbering idiot and the howling maniac whom Rum
has deprived of reason, and shut up in the realms
of eternal night. Go to the gallows, and behold
the condemned wretch perform the last act in the
drama of human wickedness, and hear him *s ho
charges upon Rum the authorship of his foul deeds.
Do this, and then tell us if Alcohol be not a robber
before whom all the Murrells and Shepards sink into
insignificance, a tyrant at whose cruelties Robespiere
might blush. *
Death of an Editor.
Ihe Albany Patriot records the death of Mr. J.
W. Wolf, editor of that paper, on Thursday morn
ing last. His late associate casts a tribute on his
grave, saying he was “an intelligent, energetic and
pious young man; studious to please, and yet de
termined to do right. No eulogium is needed—such
characters as his speak their own praise. In him
the press has lost an able and gentlemanly member,
Albany a good citizen, and his Church a noble pil
lar and a devoted Christian.”
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Madison Matrimonial “Conspiracy. ss
An educated man once said that an individual
was not considered as possessing genius unless he
be ahead of the age. The boys of Madison who have
always been denominated “great Boys, ” and some
what rapid fellows, have, striked with one step far in
advance of the age and erected an impr gnable plat
form of principles abounding in matrimonial aspira
tions, and anxious solicitudes for individual and so
cial “happiness.” We see from the Visitor that they
in “enthusiastic” convention assembled—consisting
of three unmarried men, all told, firmly and indisso
lubly standing collar to collar in the same matrimo
nial cause —adopted a series of Resolutions, unani
mouse, of which the first reads thus :
“Be it therefore Resolved, That we recognize the
dispensations of a wise Providence in the gilt of wo
man to man; that we consider it our duty to pro
mote her happiness; that it will always be our pride
and pleasure to pay he the most assiduous atten
tion, and, above all, we consider a union with her
as the paramount social good, to which end we have
united ourselves together.”
Ladies of Madison, do you not feel uneasy? This
“happy” association has been organized for “one
end,” and that is to marry off its members to the
“fairer sex.” The inference is irresistable from the
Resolution that they are going to unite with you
vi et armis wholus bolus cvjustandoquidem, and you
are to have nothing to say in the matter. We trem
ble ourself for your “happiness.” The conclusion
deduced from the first Resolve is substantiated by
their ninth Resolution, which reads thus:
“ Resolved , That we consider it a settled maxim,
that the 3'oung men of this town, like those of other
places, have the right to say whether or not they
shall marry, with or without love, money or niggers,
as each one may decide f r himself.
We infer again from the above that these How
ards in Womans behalf have been unsuccessful in
the artifices of love, and failing to wound the female
heart with Cupid’s shaft have desperately concluded
to slaughter the little “imp” and marry anyhow.—
Their association they term the “A. L. A. o.”—writ
ten in full should read Abandoned Lotharios Assas
sinoting Cupid.
The Progress of Temperance.
Maine. — At a late Temperance convention, Hon.
Neal Dow, in course of bis speech said, with refer
ence to the reaction in Maine, that “the repeal of the
law was a drawing back of the battering ram for a
stronger and more effectual attack.”
Massachusetts. —The Boston Telegraph is reliably
informed, there are now 00 per cent more criminals
in the House of Correction and jails of Worcester
county than there were last year, when the anti-li
quor law was enforced. Last year the law was well
enforced. The increase of criminals arises mainly
from the city of Worcester, where the law is now
disregarded.
Gov. Gardiner, who signed the present Prohibito
ry Law, has been re-nominated by the American
party.
Rhode Island —The Providence Tribune, for the
2d of August, publishes the following:
“There was a seizure of about one hundred gallons
of liquor in Coventry, on Monday. It is now in the
custody of the high ‘sheriff of the county. It will be,
for a time at least, comparatively harmless. The
liquor was sent up on the railroad. It was rumored
a supply was on the way, by a different conveyance
to receive tin* same attention given to the first lot.”
Connecticut. —Every attempt by the opposition to
repeal or amend the Prohibitory Law, at the recent
session of the Legislature, was promptly voted down
Says the People’s Advocate, of New Haven :
“But what are the facts? Resolution after reso
lution, some for the repeal of this section, and others
for the modification of that, and one or more for the
repeal of the entire law, were brought before the
Leg : slaturc without success. The Senate did not
even conic to a count in a single instance, but each
petition as presented was voted down with hardly a
dissenting voice. The Connecticut Prohibitory Law
has handsomely stood the test of two Legislatures
since its passage, and comes out of each unscathed,
standing to-day upon the statute book on its own in
trinsic merits, the settled policy of the State, and in
decided favor with a large majority of the legal vo
ters.”
North Carolina. —A correspondent of the Raleigh
Spirit ol the Age, writes, “Amidst opposition and
predictions of our opponents, we are going ahead,
in despite of all King Alcohol and his deluded sub
jects can do or say.”
South Carolina. —Tempoance and Prohibition
have lately been agitated with considerable vigor in
South Carolina.
Louwana.—Rev. G. W. Evans, of Bastrop, More
house Parish, writes:
“We want something done in these ends of the
earth, to stop the surges of burning lava which are
devastating the land. Many are its victims here. 1
think if some eloquent Temperance orator could be
induced to come this way and help us, lasting good
might be expected.”
The first barrel of whisky ever distilled in Louisi
ana, was received in New Orleans on the Ist of July
last.
Kentucky. —The Baptists of Kentucky have adop
ted the following resolution :
“Resolved , That any member of this church dis
tilling malt liquors, or keeping a dram shop, those
breathing holes through which are wafted the dead
ly tniasina of moral poison from the infernal pit,
shall forfeit his membership with the church.”
Ohio. —A State Temperance Alliance was organ
ized on the lbth of July, with a view of an out-and
out Prohibitory Law, instead of the partial measure
now on the statute book. It was well attended, and
a large number of counties were represented.
Late returns show, that there are 100 Divisions
of the Sons of Temperance in the State, numbering
5,700 contributing members.
Michigan. —We learn direct from F. W. Kellogg,
the veteran lecturer, now a resident merchant in
Michigan, that the Prohibitory Liquor Law, lately
sustained by the highest court, is doing very great
good.
lowa. —The inevitable efforts for repeal, have been
made in the Legislature, but without success. The
Senate adopted it, the House rejected it.
Oregon. —The Temperance cause is advancing,
and if we are allowed to judge the future by the
past, the cause will soon have won the “cold water
triumph.”
Knnsas. —lt is the concurrent voice of all of our
exchanges, who have touched the subject at all, that
most of the violence and ruffianism which has scour
ged this unhappy countr', grows directly out of in
toxicating liquor. These drinks arc the grand stim
ulating agent of this spirit of Evil; the traffic should
therefore be instantly and totally abolished. A home
missionary writes from Kansas as follows:
“In this new territory, one of the greatest obsta
cles to the spread of the Gospel, is. the alarming pre
valence of intemperance. Yet Temptiance has its
friend Band advocates here. Several Temperance
meetings have been held, and, what is quite encour
aging, tho stockholders of the ‘Manhattan Town As
sociation,’ voted, at its last meeting, to instruct the.
trustees to sell no Jot without a proviso in the deed,
that if intoxicating drinks should be manufactured
or sold on the premises, the lot or lots should revert
to the original proprietor.”