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I HAVE WO MOTHER WOW,
I hoar the soft wind sighing,
Through -every bush and tree ;
Where now my dear mother is lying
Away from love* and me.
Tears from mine eyes are starting,
And sorrow shades my brow;
Oh, weary was our parting—
I have no mother now!
I see the pale rnoon shining
On mother’s white head stone!
The rose bush round it twining,
Is here, like me—alone.
And just like me arc weeping
Those dew drops from the bough;
Long time has she been sleeping —
I have no mother now!
My heart is ever lonely,
My life is drear and sad;
Tvvss her dear presence only ,
That made my spirit glad.
From morning until even,
Care rosts upon my brow ;
She’s gone from me to Heaven, —
I have no mother now !
Get Married.
Young ladies you will never feel satisfi
ed until yon do. It is the surest road t<> a
long happy life. There is a thorn in the
path now and then, hut there is a rose
always hard by. Did you never kno\v it
before! We will tell yon something. We
never heard it, nor ren ,! it. e found. it.
Doctors, yon know, are very mqnisifi v e
folks, always prying and peeping about,
through their own eyes and other peop.ee>,
and these are not sufficient, they nse the
micnscopo, a very favorite instrument with
some of them, inasmuch as it enables them.
“To sec what is not to be seen ’
by anybody but themselves ; and full of
ten. thev are like the sailor on the look
out: he could not see: land exactly, but he
could pretty nearly do it. Well, all at
once, one day. this bright idea (so we call
it for the present, it may afterwards arise
to a fact, for there is a shade of difference
between the twain) broke in upon us eff d
yently. The roses and the thorns of mar
ried life are not one, and indivisible ; they
orow on separate stocks, and all that i> re
quired to part them is a good head and
kind heart. There is one difficulty in the
wav, trie thorns are indestructible, but you
have only to throw them aside, and if am
body else choopes to pick them up. that, is
their look-out: every one must, soo tor him
self. A hunch of this sort happened to fail
to our lot once npon a time, hut we can
easik’ account for it, and (hat is highly sat
isfactory : we always had weak eye-, ano
the viciniM; ■ thereof is much of a sameness
in a certft’n phase of the moon. But v.v
fullv calculate on repeating the operation;
and wo intend to have a pairqt specs next
time, such •'?. will diminish the blinding
fjlnre which On rip and Cotton, in certain
conjunctions, attitudes and combinations,
do most devastating!v throw*'around them
Not lorn? since, a man was head ovt r
heels in debt, and ho declared that, his last
speculation left him head over heeler. So,
one who tries by marriage to get out of
trouble, sometimes gets into greater; lur.
in the larire.main marriage is the balm of
life, it is the natural condition of human
kind, hence. Divinity has ordained it.
The idea which wo wished to convey, in
connection with the heedinpot this nrtieb',
is that while more women than men, in t he
country at Jur:r:\ die- of consumption, vet
five hundred married men will die of con
sumption, while three hundred married
women die ofit. Therefore, as to women.
marriage, after tuv rig-jiceis apa r. /ititi ‘n
gs Coma motion. — Hail''a Jour, of Health.
Home Influence,
Let us look into’ several cos tag: s inhabi
ted by working men and women. Here
one where there is health, and strength,
and regular wages, and little cluhbvn, end
a kind-hearted husband and an affection:-to.
wife. What prevents it from living a l-ap
pv Lome? What.sends its master, ;-r..s.
and discontented, evening after oven ng.
to the jovial tavern, and brings him back
night after night staggering and brutal ?
The want of comfort. Instead ot a brgo’
little fireside, a com fort abl ! arm-chair
singing tea-kettle, a tidy and room ami nr. r
rv children, which would make the we; m
man’s return a pleasure and a eomfo- t, h*
finds the fire out—no food prepared— th.
children squalling—every chair filled with
iirtv clothes, or candlesticks, or nil wash
ed dishes—the wife dirty and forhtrn, chan
ged, oli, how changed, from the smiling
Jean v s Ids earlv c> urfing davs. lie had
a few pence in his pocket The tavern i
not for off. Wl r cv is cheap, and docs
in stead of food or fire. Whisky is eh< np
and raises the spirits. Whisky is cheap,
and the sellers and buyers thereof up- m>m
f stable and merry. Little wonder, then,
t ! :< >t 1i) - working mail takes up hi;- hat find 1
is off to drown his- ~ in poison. Yet
bh tB cl id the wife pvt: id.
Very likely tic- wa ;p --f good --rder in tic
mistress of ‘n : - any- ■inbu’tftblo (mm pro
cee-is from want of knowledge. !h j rl’iip'- ;
she was u fact my girl, and after \v ikic •
hours she did nothing but. dress, and vi, b
; n-1 gossip. Sr. she was ignorant of •-unk
ing, darning, washing, and managing a
house, and she has had no time to Dar.
since.
dye <on sequel ce ns. that mstcad > f hav
inp nice, wholesome, clic pghot little oin
ners, Jyr husband dines u[ f n bread and
cheese. it’s porridge in the morning is
full of knots and soot, and tastes of tallow,
and is dk salt as brine—his tea at night is
made with unboiled water in :i dirty-Hat
pot —the washings, last twice ns long m
they need do—tlie stockings are fuli <>l
holes, and the Sunday cdoth.es ill kept and
moth-eat^ri.
Let as try another cot to go, and we find
an active, bustling mistress, hut still the
-mm weft'; ,^ f ory, the wife wanting in all
yeod infinence, the husband drinking away
tnV- wages which would lift his family ;t
----hove hunger and misery. Here the cause
it want of temper. The husband comes
t-'-me tired and irritated by the unpleasant
lodr of the d-.y, and, instead of being
f ilic and comforted, he fi"ds his wife in
w'--:- is popularly known as “the dorts.”—
* The poor children are scolded and slapped
till they cry—the husband interferes an-
grily, and is answered by rude and rough
reproaches for some offence ot the day >c
fore, and so comes on a miserable quarrel,
and the husband rusheej) tbrn good tem
pered host of the tavSrn. Perhaps he is
not given to drinking, but he cannot set
by the bright fire, and join in the metry
talk, without taking at least one glass for
the’benefit of the house—and, oh! the
thousands who are ruined by the beginning
of “just one glass.” Wives and mothers
of our workingmen, when will ye learn that
unkind words and rude manners are crimes,
because they produce crimes, awful and
eternal in their consequences? When will
ye remember that the way to convince a
husband of-his wrong and unkindness is
not to scold, but to love—not to repulse,
but to win ?
A godly woman who lived 1500 years
ago used to say that it’ the fists of the hus
bands were rough, the tongues of their
wives were sharp, and that she knew the
truth of the proverb, that “a soft answer
turneth away wrath.” Her method ot man
agement and success in domestic life she
described in these words: “When my
lord and master scolds, I pray —when ho
i- aLirry I forgive him, or give him kindly
words—and thus I have not only calmed
Ms anper, but it has come to this blessed
isMie, that he has been eon verted anil is a
Christian. — Sa/nhcamn on the Cottage.
die Ccmpcnutce Cntsakr.
PEN FIELD, CtEOHGIA.
Saturday Morning, October 11, 1856.
Clniborn Trussc.il, 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.
§3p F ”Siib3oribers 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.
Sons of Temperance.
The next, annual meeting of the Grand Division S.
of T. of the State of Georgia, will meet in the city of
Atlanta, on Wednesday the 22d day of October next
at 0 o’clock, A. M.
If is earnestly hoped and expected that each and
ever Subordinate Division in the State will be fully
represented, and that the oiler members of the or
der mn be present to give ns their aid and counsel
a! that time, as business of great importance to every
true Son of Temperance will come up for action.
E. C. GRANNISS. G. W. Patriarch.
Macon, Sept. 16, 1856.
Removal of the Crusader.
Prior to the meeting of the State Temperance Con
j vi-nlion we were determined to move our paper to
some point more accessible by Rail Road than this
place, and had decided upon moving to Greencsboro,
but since the Convention met vve have abandoned
the idea for the present, to await the action of the
“Committee on State Organ,” appointed at the Con
vention. Our paper will then be continued at this
place during the next year. The Christian Index
will l e moved to Macon.
We make this statement in answer to the many
enquiries in regard to our moving.
Domestic Strife.
Alas! and is domestic strife,
The sorest ill of human life,
A thing so little to bo feared,
As I>> he wantonly incurred ?
So : uu the Poet near two centuries ago, and it is
|as iru now as it was then. Though all admit read
ily that domestic discord is one of the greatest of
vP , yet few employ those preventatives which lie
in tin- reach of all. Some regard it without any hope
of o h : ; :Uion, and with a blind fatality resign them
- Ives to a life-long endurance of sorrow and tribu
lation. A thorough understanding of the nature of
this evil, would do much towards its cure; earnest,
f .ithful effort might destroy it altogether.
Selfishnesses the prime source of all domestic
strife.. A family is a State on a small scale. In the
formation of a Government, persons must resign
many of their individual rights, perhaps much of
their interest to conserve the general good. So it is
in -Ik- formation of a family; each member must
giv: up some of his or her own tastes, feelings and
prejudices, in order to preserve the peace and tran
quilitv of the whole Without this it is very evident
th ;t there can be no real happiness or enjoyment.—
A young !o.dy, who has been brought up in affiucncc,
end in the continu'd pursuit of frivolous pleasures,
me rrii s a man of limited means, but of sterling vir
tue and substantial worth. Now if each adheres ri
gidly to his or her preconceived notions and preju
dices, nothing but discord can ensue. Such mar
ringctC or marriages where there is just as little con
geniality of spirit exist, are of daily occurrence.— r
S inolimcs the practical good sense of the parties,
render such unions happy. Much more frequently
however, they result quite to the contrary.
I V sans are seldom aware what a great influence
thing - we usually consider trifles exert upon our
happiness or misery. A slight foible, obstinately
persisted in, may render a character odious to all
with whom be associates, ft is really these appa
rent. trifles which go t- make u the sum total of
our existence, and tend most to the formation of
character. Groat events constitute but a small por-
U-m of a man’s life, and great exploits are but a very
small number of bis teal actions. If we observe
closely, we will perceive that upon these apparent
trifif-s domestic happiness depends. The great
deeds by which a man’s reputation abroad is estab
lished, are unknown or uncared for in the home cir
ri' 1 . There, small acts of kindness and love render
him the (barest of earth. Lips, which breathe
nought but soft words, eyes always beaming with
the light ol affection, are the charms which spread
around the family hearthstone a perpetual joy.
“If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out,” is the
instruction of Divine revelation, anil a safer direc
tion could n tbe given, to guide us in our course
of life. If you have a habit ki which you have been
wedded until it has become dear to you, become as
apart of your nature, cut it off rather Ulan it should
destroy your domestic peace. The pain it would
cause yon would be but small, compared with
the bitter anguish of heart you may prevent. Re
sign every pleasure, give up ever}- indulgence
which is likely to sow dissension in your family. 7
Many of these will be found Cos be vices, which you
will be all the better of having lopped off; while an
innocent enjoyment resigned from a pure motive will
bring in return a rich harvest of happiness. These
little habits which selfish persons are unwilling to
give up, constitute the most prolific sources of do
mestic strife. Every unhappy family in our coun
try, (and their name is legion) might attest to this
fact.
_ There are several other causes which tend to de
stroy domestic happiness. .Some people are natural
scolds, and no greater torments could be invented
for them, than to place them where the}’ could have
no one to scold, and nothing of which to complain.
Some are so unhappily constituted as never to be
pleased, with any thing or any body. The more that
is done for their gratification the more dissatisfied
they become, and they enjoy a degree of melancho
ly pleasure from the thought that no one cares any
thing for them. And there are many other forms
of disposition which affect social and domestic en
joyment. But pure unmixed selfishness may be
considered the Bourse of all these. They all arise from
an undue regard for self without a care for the feel
ings or convenience of others.
Much, very much of the unhappiness foifnd in
the families of onr country, arises from the custom
of marrying for wealth. It is a practice originating
in folly and leading more or less to the misery of all
concerned. Persons enter upon it not as a serious,
solemn business, upon which their happiness for
time, perhaps for eternity, depends; but with all
the cool calculating policy of a speculator endeavor
ing to improve his capital. The eligibility of a match
is judged pecuniarily, the qualities of the mind and
hcait being neither inquired after or cared for.—
What but domestic strife could be expected from
such unions ‘i* Two clouds coming together in the
heavens, charged with opposite electric fluids, pro
duce the lightning’s Hash and the thunder’s roar.—
So two natures brought together, between which
there is no affinity, cannot exist without frequent
and repeated concussions. Os all such matches quai
reling, wrangling are necessary and inevitable con
comitants. *
Fashionable Drinking.
There is no form of drinking so deleterious in its
influence, as that practiced among the fashionable
circles. The bacchanalian revels in a country grog
shop or a city brothel may be more disgusting; but
this feeling which they excite disarms them of all
power to harm by example. They are too, advanced
stages of a disease which was contracted elsewhere.
Few men ever learn to drink in a grog-shop. Many
of the men now lying in the lowest depths of degra
dation, began their downward career in scenes far
different from these. Perhaps it was in the brilliant
ly lighted ball room, where music poured forth strains
ol sweetest melody, and the whole being was wrapt
in the wild enchantment of the scene. Then the
tempter came, it may in woman’s fair form, and
while her soft hand offered the sparkling wine,
words of persuasion fell from her lips. The courage,
which might withstand the greatest trials in “the
world’s wide field of battle,” yields to woman’s pow
er, and his truth, consistency and virtue, are gone,
perhaps forever. Years pass and we again look up
on the scene. But. oh ! what a change. That fail
one, once robed in beauty, brilliant as if of another
sphere, is now a sad, heart-broken sufferer. Faded
and haggard, she awaits with tearful eyes and burst
ing heart, the return of the once fond idol of her
heart, but now a besotted wretch as unworthy of her
love as the reptile which creeps the earth. Was .she
not the author of her own misery? Did not her
hand first give him the accursed diaught, while in
her most bewitching accents she said, “drink and
be merry?” She nourished the young tiger while
his teeth could not destroy or his < laws harm ; but
now it has become a monster that ieeds upon her
warm life’s blood. When weak and feeble, she
could have destroyed it with one stroke; but now
she dares not raise a finger to resist. Ah ; it is a
sad, a fatal mistake that fashionable drinking is in
nocent and harmless. A more dangerous arid de
ceptive falsehood, was never put forth by the Father
of Lies. It is there that those seeds are sown which
will certainly bring forth a prolific crop of degrada
tion, misery and death. Wine is a mocker, and ex
ecrable shape from the depths of Hell, come in what
form he may. If you would be assured of living and
dying a sober man, dr in l it not , eat it mt , touch it
nos at all. *
Maine Erect—Glorious Victory.-
The results of the recent elections in the States of
Maine and Vermont, though Rcpu lican, our North
ern Temperance exchanges exult over them as very
favorable to the Prohibitory law. They consider the
re-establishment of the Law in Maine as a fixed fact.
The Editor of the Journal, in remarking to a South
ern Editor, said, “he could assure him that whatever
they may do politically, they cast out rum. If Satan
can cast out Satan surely it will he anew thing un
der the sun, and if he were to travel in the North,
he would, as a temperance man, bid God speed to
all such elections.”
In speaking of Maine he says:
“The political party which overthrew the Maine
law and re-established the license system, is com
pletely routed, horse, foot, and dragoons, so that now
we may, with an absolute certainty, calculate upon
the re-establishment in the State of the Prohibit u*y
law; with all the wisdom which past experience im
parts. Finding candidates in the field for the offices
of State which accorded fully with their views (* hich
is now the right policy for any political party that
would triumph,) temperance jnen of the State gave
themselves to the work, and with an-energy and in
dustry almost without parallel; and here are the re
sults.’ Had the Republican party, which has so glo
riously triumphed, ignored temperance, thev would
in their State elcciion have found themselves, proba
bly, in the vocative. Mr. Dow writes us, ‘The
friends of the law are wild with joy.’ Let them
thank God and take courage. Following wise coun
cils, they may now place the Jaw on a basis from
which it shall never be moved.”
VERMONT.
The late election in this State has resulted most
favorably for the Prohibitory law. llte entire Sen
ate and most of the House are of a Maine law stamp,
and will, we are assured, yield in nothing to the
claims of the liquor-dealer to riot on the ruins of the
community. The Editor of the Standard proposes a
State Convention at Montpelier, on the second week
of the session of the Legislature; not for the transac
tion of mere business, but for the revival ol fellow
ship and intercourse between, and the encourage
ment of hope arid effort among the friends of Tem
perance, and to give the law-makers a look at a por
tion of the cold water constituency, so numerous and
respectable in the Green .Mountain State. A good
suggestion for other States.
“The Mayor of Ipswich, England, stated that drink
was the cause of halfthe cases that came before him.
He might have said nine-tenths, if there is any
thing like the same ratio between crime and liquor
that there is in the United States. We think some
of our city Mayors might safely say ninty-ninc-hun
dredtha. *
Prohibition the End for which we should
Strive.
Hitherto the Temperance Reformation has nut
sought to intrude it-elf upon public attention by os
tentatious eclat, or present, itself to the people as a
question of primary importance. Like the Gospel
of peace and mercy, it has sought silently to infuse
its leaven into the mass of society, until the whole
be leavened. With moral suasion as its only wea
pon, it has gone forth, a mere stripling in the cause
of truth, and nobly battled with depraved appe
tites and propensities. Looking back over its past,
history, ‘we see many, gloYious effects of its work. —
Much that makes our hearts glad. But while we re
joice at what it has achieved, the future lies darkly
aTieAd, and to that future we can but look with much
anxiety. Can this agency which has been at work
for several years past, finally accomplish a thorough
reform? is a question in which every tuc friend of
the cause must feel a deep interest We say it can
not ; that it has already reached the highest point
of efficacy which it can attain. There might be run
ny reasons given for this opinion; but we dee n it
an all sufficient one, that there are numerous classes
whom moral suasion can never reach.
It can never reach the fashionable wine drinkers.
They deem the flask of brandy, or the bright gob
let of wine, as an essential part of their state, and
would be as loth to resign it as their equipage or liv
ery. An article or pamphlet which set forth the evils
of intemperance, or urged the claims of the cause
as a field for philanthropic labor, would be thought
too low-lived to claim their notice. But it is in per
fect accordance with their ideas of refinement for
them to drink until their brains are a'ldled, and their
cheeks flushed, and their tongues as noisy and sense
less as magpies. There are many of this class whom
reason never affects, come in what form it may, and
very few who heed its dictates when in opposition
to their preconceived prejudices. If however a pro
hibitory Law could be passed, a practice which was
un’awful might cease to be fashionable, and this
class might free the world from the curse of their
influence.
Another class whom moral suasion can never reach
are the lovers of strong drink ; those in whom the
appetite for it as a beverage has grown with then
growth and strengthened with their strength, until
it has acquired all ilie mastering power of habit. —
This is a large class, and one deserving our deepest
commissm ation. They behold before them the fear
ful precipice to which they are rushing with more
than rail-road speed, without the power to stop in
their career. Vainly they struggle, make vows,
and bind themselves by pledges, which like threads
of burnt flax, are blown away by the slightest breath
of temptation. Breach moral .suasion to these and
what will it avail? They will readily admit all your
reasoning. They will say that they wish to quit
drinki.o-S —that they are perfectly conscience of be
ing on the high road to ruin, and wish to stop. But
they cannot. The destroyer has a strong hold up
on them and their only refuge from a drunkard’s
grave and a drunkard’s hell is a Prohibitory*Law.
It were a vain hope to suppose that the ambitious
demagogue, or political office seeker can be in the
leastjlegree influenced by moral suasion. They re
gard the License System as the safeguard of their
rights and doggeries as their most efficient agents in
carrying forward their schemes of oppression. In
terest, to which the most sacred principles yield,
urge them io uphold a system bv which (hev are
benefit ted. They will therefore be utterly indiffer
ent or deterruinately opposed to all efforts for the
advancement of our cause whether by moral suasion
or bv Law.
list farthest removed of all tr mi the influence of
this instrumentality are the Ilumseilers; those who
grow rich upon a trade which is sapping the foun
dations of society. To suppose that they will ever
listen to the dictates of reason, and by it be turned
from their soul destroying vocations, is to suppose a
great change, in human nature. It is to suppose
them to resign the objects of ambition, arid the
claims of self interest to their sense ofdutv ; a sacri
fice which few even of the purest and best of earth
ever make. Besides many of them are so deeply
sunk in the mires <>f degradation as to be insensible
to a moral law. They have steeped their senses in
the hellish fumes of their fluid, until all ideas of
right and wrong have been destroyed. No pow. r
but a rigorously enforced Prohibitory Law can re
move their accursed tem meets from the earth, and
break the fetters of their blinded victims.
These are only the most prominent of a multitude
of classes which might be named. But we dr cm
them amply sufficient to prove the proposition with
which we set out, that moral suasion unassisted
can not work put a complete and radical refinm. If
this bo admitted, then Prohibition is our only hope,
and to this our every effort should tend. =;:
An Old Institution Revived.
In looking over the advertisements in one of our
Montgomery exchanges yesterday, our eyes rested
upon one headed u A School for Girls.” Not hav
ing seen or heard of such an institution for many
years past, we have all along been at a great loss to
know how tin's class of our population learned to
read and write. “ Schools for Young La dies’' 1 arc
thick in all parts of the country, but this is the first
one for girls that we have heard of in a lomr time.—
Atlmita Intelligencer.
We have been for some time equally perplexed to
know what had become of those interesting little
beings who once constituted a portion of our popu
lation. It is certain they never make their appear
ance in public. For they are “Young Ladies” as soon
as they leave tiic Nursery. We have feared that
like the warlike daughter of Jove, they would soon
step forth full grown women ready armed and equip
ped upon their first appearance hi the world. We
are glad to hear that there are some hopes of a re
action, and especially that School# are being erected
for their instruction. *
jjHp” We learn from the “Tine Witness” that a
donation of Fifty Thousand dollars has been made
to Oakland College, Miss. By such liberality as
this, a man builds for himselfa monument more en
during than busts of marble or mausoleums of brass.
the present state of political excitement in
our country there is no small difficulty in selecting
matter suitable for the columns of a neutral journal-
Almost every paper in the land is filled with vile
slang which a decent man Would blush to use. We
arc aware that our columns of selections are less in
teresting than they might be; lint we do “the best
our circumstances allows.”
—
A Characteristic Fight. —The Richmond Enquir
er stole from the New York Herald an article and
published it as editorial. The Herald copied the
same article last Saturday giving the credit to the
Enquirer, and pitches into the article in a most sav
age manner
This i6 a good illustration of the venally prostitu
ted spirit which govens the Northern Press. They
are so fanatically inimical to everything Southern ,
that they even oppose their own ideas of right when
put forth from that monree. To what extreme of
madness will not Bigotry lead men. *
“Clever** People.
There are few phrases of more frequent use than
“clever fellow,” yet we have never been able to ar
rive at its mennirig. Every body, uses it, and in re
ferpnce to almost every body. Vet the “clever fel
low” remsrins to us an incomprehensible myth. We
know’ not what qualities of mind or heart, entitle a
person to this distinctive epithet, if it be goodness,
virtue or moral worth, die term is often greatly mis
applied. If it be a 1 ! these combined, “clever fellows”
would be much more rare than at present. We
have not unfrequently heard the term applied toper
sons who possessed not one element of cleverness
according to pur understanding of the term. lienee
we presumed that we did not apprehend its mean
ing aright, or that, its signification was so extensaae,
that two contradictory opinions might both be cor
rect, And this we opine to be really the cas . It
is a word of no settled meaning, but every one can
approptiaic it to express his own peculiar notions.
JVhen then a p. rson is recommended to oar acquain
tance, as a “eloper fellow” we suppose it may mean
something to him who says it, but nothing to us.—
We must examine, and learn for ourselves whether
or not he comes up to our ideas of cleverness. ‘I his
every one mustJdo or be'subject to the grossest im
positions. A recommendation which will afford man
any real assistance, must be something more than
the meaningless phrase, “a clever fellow.”
The Author, “Richland,” in Jail.
The inditer of the eandalons libel upon our lion.
Grand Jury, which appeare 1 in the Augusta Consti
tutionalist during Court week, had a “True Bill”
fun ml against him by that Jury, for perjury, and he
i- row in the county Jail on a charge of theft, await
ing his trial for both crimes. He hears the name of
Lucius Tarry , AV/ , and it is thought Mr. Torry
• ill not escape the penitentiary. Whether public
statement,', derogatory to the character of honorable
men from such i source is entitled to credence, we
leave the pubi c to judge.
Correction.
The article on “Dress,” •which appeared in our
Olio l ist week, should have been credited to the
“Kaleidoscope.” We would take the occasion to
say that, this is an ably conducted journal, and emi
nently worthy the patronage of Southern Ladies.
“Old bachelors have been styled unproductive
consumers; scissors with but one blade; bows with
out fiddles; irregular substantives, aj ways in the sin
gular number and objective case; unruly scholars,
who, when told to conjugate, always-decline.”
Vile slander, every word of it, and doubtless per
petrated by some unhappily coupled swain who finds
the “pepper of matrimony” rather too hot for him.
If such be really the case, it is rather ungenerous to
insist that others should place themselves in similar
difficulties, and we presume he will alleviate his
troubles but little by abusing those who will not
take his advice. It is very natural for a man who
is drunk to think others are, and quite as natural to
wish them so. We suppose it the same way with
troubh . In fact we know_ it is, when we hear a mar
ried man persuading others to get married. Sym
pathize with them we do from the very bottom of
our heart; but imitate them here . If they find their
lots disagreeable, we cannot help them, but would
ad\ise them to close their pepper boxes —if they
A Horrible Death.
A letter in Fred. Douglas’s paper dated Sept. 17th
from a Northern city, records the death of a Fugi
tive since. It says:
“We had a fearful slave case here a few days
since. A slave man was closely packed in a box at
- e box marked goods, and consigned to a
friend at this place per Express When the box was
opened, the poor wretch was found dead, his coun
tenance horribly contorted, and his body drawn in
fo a knot. It appeared upon examination, that the
box bad no air holes.
And this is philanthropy is it ? The Abolitionists
of the North, in their unholy zeal for what they call
freedom seern determined to rival the horrid cruel
ties of the Spanish Slave trade. With the clandes
] tine insinuations of a fiendish nature, they rendered
j the poor slave discontented with his lot of peace and
j plenty, and led him off to a wretched death. This
j is an example of what their policy is in every in-
I stance. They arc actuated by no feeling of friend
| ‘bin for the slave, or pity for his condition, but by
j a blind, insane hatred, for their countrymen of the
-same race.
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Progress of Temperance.
Maine —Maine is herself again ! See a letter from
Hon. Neal Dow. under head of “The License Party
in Maine.”
Sew Hampshire — At the meeting of the General
Association of the Congregationalist Church of New
Hampshire, held on the 20th of August, the cause of
J emperanco was alluded to as wearing an encour
aging aspect; and the report says, “We are called
upon to give thanks to God for the Prohibitory Law,
which has been attended with such happy results.”
Vermont— Guy 0. Sampson, Esq., the editor of
the Vermont Temperance Standard, announces that
the quarter million fund is made up: that an assess
ment of one half per cent has been levied, and that
he will receive the same for the counties of Wind
sor, Washington, Windham and Orange.
MtmnehmetU a—The Bristol county Temperance
Society met on the 3d of September. The children
of the public schools attended the morning session,
and wore addressed.
This is but a specimen of numerous meetings
which have been held in different parts of the Com
monwealth, during the past two or three months.
260 signed the Pledge at one of the meetings ; and
40 at another. Temperance Societies and Cold Wa
ter Annies have been organized anew in very many
places, and with great success.
Connecticut —L the case of Stephen Whaler, an
other two hours’ attempt was made to prove the Pro
hibitory Law unconstitutional.
“The Court heard him through with the best pos
sible -i race; when the jury brought in his client guil
ty. The gentleman might have better saved his
breath and the pat ience of the Court, than to exhaust
b ‘th, on his threadbare and long since settled point.
It is very much like the attempt to beat down
Lock with a bundle of flax.”
South Carolina— The South Carolina State Tem
perance Society, lion. John Belton O’Neal), Presi
dent, met on the ’ oth of August, at Greenville. In
connection with the Sons of Temperance it was de
te. mined to establish a State Temperance paper.—
The Society resolved to vote for no man who treats
with liquor to obtain votes.
. Tho ‘<’ >'"11 Section of the Cadets of Temperance of
t- outh Carolina re-organijicd simultaneously with the
State Temperance Society.
Ohio The cause of Temperance in Ohio has met
v ith a serious loss, in the death of F. D. Kimbell,
Csq , late Grand Worthy Patriarch of the Sons of
Temperance, and Attorney General of the State.
frdi'ina General Carey, after a late visit to this
State, reports as follower
“Wo were delighted with our visit to Indiana, and
were especially ‘gratified to find that there were n
few who have not permitted the election excitement
to absorb every other object.”
Missouri —T en Lodges of the Good Templars have
been organized in Missouri, within a few weeks.**’
Among the members returned to the Legislature at
the late election are many decided and efficient
friends of Temperance. Missouri is adopting the
Prohibitory principle by counties.
lowa —An effort to repeal the Prohibitory Law in
the late Legislature proved a failure. The measure
has since been submitted to the people, in the late
general election.
C'tdijovnia —There was a torch-light procession in
connection with the July session of the Grand Divis
ion at Grass Valley. The local Divisions acted as
escort. There were public addresses, music by a
choir; and anew Temperance. Ilail was dedicated af
Rough and Ready.
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Book Table.
Putnam's Monthly. The October No. is at hand.
Published by Dix, Edwards & Cos., New York -
Terms #3 a year.
lilac!, wood's Magazine tor September contains a
continuation of “the Scot Abroad,” “the Athelings,”
and an article of considerable length on Macauly.—
Republished bv L. Scott A Cos., New York. Price
#3 a year.
—
Georgia News
The anniversary meeting of the Cherokee Presby
tery will be held at Rome, commencing on Thurs
day, Oct. t>.
We find the following announcement in the Wash
ington Star, of Monday evening last:
“George A. Gordon has been appointed by the
President, United States Attorney for Georgia, vice
G. S. Owens, resigned.”
Mr. Cordon, we need hardly say, is a resident of
this city, and one of the most promising young men
in it. His talents and industrv give • ssurance that
the duties of the office will be well discharged.—Sa
vannah Georgian.
The Annual Fair of the Southern Agricultural So
ciety, will be held at Atlanta on the 20th to the 25th
inst. The Secretary’s office will be open for entries
on the 12th. Articles for exhibition must be enter
ed at the Secretary’s office by 12 o’clock, M., Mon
da}', 20ih inst. Stock may be entered as late as
o’clock, P. M. Able and accomplished gentlemen
have agreed to serve as Judges, and no pains will be
spared to give universal satisfaction to Exhibitors.—
Ga. Banner.
The Bainbridge Argus of the 30th ult., has the
following:
The Southern Bank of Georgia, chartered by our
last Legislature, goes into operation under favorable
circumstances, by the payment into the Bank, by
the'Stockholders, of fifty thousand dollars in gold
coin as required by the provisions of the Charter,
which will be seen fr m the certificate of Judge Law,
Ordinary for this county, who is required by law to
count the money.
The officers of the Bank are N. L. Cloud, Esq.,
President, and B. 11. Gee, Esq., Cashier, with a
Board of five Directors, who are safe, reliable men,
of good business capacity.
An institution of this kind has been much needed
in Southern Georgia, and under its present manage
ment will doubtless he profitable to the Stockhold
ers as well as safe and advantageous to the commu
nity.
£4§r*,Sir Henry Holland, physician to Queen Vic
toria, is in Boston, a guest of lion. Edward Everett.
jj£ijF“A man has been held under $2,000 bonds in
Mobile, to answer the charge of inhuman treatment
of a slave.
fcWForty emigrants for Kansas left Memphis,
Tenn., on the 10th.
I3F“A slight shock of an earthquake was felt at
Hickman, Ky., about five o’clock on Wednesday
morning last
Gen. Edward Hopkins, of East Florida, is endeav
oring to raise one hundred men and lead them to
Kansas.
|=£F“The Board of Visitors have appointed Profes
sor Gildersleeve, of South Carolina, to the chair of
Greek in the University of Virginia.
I he telegraph line between Columbus and
Apalachicola is expected to be completed by the 10th
inst.
!3!F' , lhe traveler can go now by land or sea from
Paris to St. Petersburg for 150 francs. This sum
used to be paid 15 years ago for a trip to Marseilles.
Ihe receipts of Cotton in New Orleans from
the Ist to the 27th September, compared with the
same time last year, show a decrease of fifty-live
thousand bales.
|2F”Some $200,000 have already been contribu
ted for the establishment, in the South, of a Theo
logical Seminary for the Baptist denomination.
£rir 3 California has already contributed to the
commerce, and wealth of the world three hundred
and fifty millions in gold, and is capable of affording
a continued supply to an indefinite extent.
Oxygenated Bitters. This medicine is a scientific
remedy for Dyspepsia in all its forms. When taken
according to directions, it gives immediate relief, and
in most cases effects a permament cure.
scald or burn can be easily cured by the
use of Perry Davis’ Vegetable Pain Killer. It is
equally effectual in curing headache, pain in the
stomach or bowels, dyssenterv, diarrhoea and chol
era. 40
somite*
A Fish Story,
We have read many fish stories, and they are gen
ti,dl_\ of that tenor that the very name inclines one
to disbelieve them. We have one to tell now which,
as we know* the person who was the main actor in
tire incident, we can vouch foi its being true, par
ticularly as there is ocular evidence of the matter.
Some days ago the Captain of a ship, at anchor
outside the Pass, th ew overboard a shark hook,
baitei', not expecting in the least, as the Capt&iu
himself says, to catch anything of the fish tribe. —
1 here was hooked, however, a shark of the spotted
kind, and, as it afterwards proved, a regular “man
eater.” He had to be harpooned before his capture
could be effected. His size and weight may be im
agined, from the fact that it took eleven men to hobt
him in, with a double lift on the main yard.
The monster measured 17 feet 10 inches in length
from tail to snout, and 9 feet in circumference. He
had seven rows of teeth, three of the row's being
almost hidden in the upper gums. Ilis liver exact
ly filled up a beef barrel.
In his paunch was found the body of a man, i
a half decomposed state. So far as could be j udged,
the corpse was that of a well-dressed man, of incdt-