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For the Temperance Crusader.
The Drunkard’s Resolution.
(Sober —to his botlU.)
■ouch thee! no, viper of vengeance,
111 break thy head against the wall;
lid not you promise, aye—
lo make me strong as Sampson —
|nd rich—rich as Cresua—
I’ll ring thy villainous neck,)
|nd wise—wise as Solomon;
And happier than the happiest ?
Jut instead of this, villain !
r ou’ve stripped me of my flocks,
ieft my pockets empty as a quckoo’a neat,
n March, fooled me out of ray senses—
lade me ragged—made me wretched —
i.nd then laid me in a ditch.
Touch thee! Sure ask there is vengeance
n this fist, I’ll scar the moon r
V ith thy broken skull! n- J
Jut one embrace before thou diest.
Tasting—feeling good.)
Tis best to’part in friendship—
\h! thou hast some virtue yet;
[ always thought ’twas best
L’o give the devil his due,
And (tasting) thou devil thou art,
(Feeling better.)
Thou hast a pleasant face—
sparkling eye, a ruby lip,
A flushing check and its breath.
(Tasting.)
‘Tis sw-e-eter than the
Bre-ezrs that over gambol
I’ill the break of day,
A.-among the beds of roses
(Feeling best.)
My ho-ney (tasting) thou shall not die.
I’ll stand by thee day and night,
And fl-ght like (hie) Hercules.
I’ll tea-e-each the parson (hie) a little wisdom
I’ll preach (hie) temperance too.
I’ll live on mil (hie) k and ’onev
And (falling) be the ha-hap-piest man.on earth.
For the Temperance Crusader.
The Coquette.
imv the flowerets of Eden were left un
nmeled by the browsing foot of .time,
v. the principle of rivalry was placed
he human breast, since-that time tiien
i-the human traits assumed various
nnels. The poet hath his moments in
lullaby of his dreams, the moralist
nstilling the principles of morality, and
Coquette her pleasure in testing the
mess, the discrimination, or might we
ray, the common sense of her many
01s. This principle is natural. The
ng beardless and off senseless fop with
igher .estimation of In's own talent than
one else has, pays his addresses with
tieal inspiration ; breathes into her ear
sentiments of some love-sick disgusting
Perhaps she may add m srnile, a
H*e, or some sign of approbation—this,
is- always looks upon the brighter side
he landscape, he considers the harbin
of her affections. With oft repeating
mine old English or Spanish narrative
h more exercise of his tongue than his
ins, he forgets Horace’s advice which
ild be applicable to many, to
Concise your diction, let your sense be clear,
nr with a weight of word’s fatigue your ear.”
hit to our theme. After horsing the fam
with lbs presence long after the time
such chaps to be out, without some
rdian care, he rises to take his leave.—
■ follows him to the door with a gentle:
ssure of the hands, with an adieu. She,
ves the deluded knave t<> his own reflec
ts. Slowly he retraced his steps to his
m. How changed ! Be fore life was a chi
ra, but now he considers the future as
brightest dream. With brighter hopes,
commits himself to bis fate believing,
t every thing work together for good to
fee that love the “girls.” At one time
imaginations flights he scans fame’s hfl
it pinuacle, at another he gathers the
diest, flowers. Like some knight lie lays
in at the shrine of his affections? And
what. An unconscious smile, perhaps an
houghted word. These are the firm and
ble foundations upon which he intends
mild his edifice, but like the chivalrous
ix*te ho prepares for the field of contest
Is complete toilet, he wonders why the
van nymphs have not claimed him as
ir own and borne him to their cheer
resorts. But why should lie linger up*
the threshold of ilia room? Why he is
suiting whether or nut
“He shall take the dogs along,
To keep the girls away.”
U the door he pauses, at the next mo
lt be is usiieied into her presence to
) more than angelic, with throbbing
ri; ushering forth deep drawn sighs.—
t-r the passing preliminaries of the eve
c he forgets not his chivalrous design.
he considers it more than chivalrous
r is it not reported that some of the F.
V’s could not shine and he evokes a sigh
it hi.- affections. Is this not an incen
-Ito deeds of nobler daring ? Yes, he
Hires to grasp her hand, and with a
1 a smile is re-echoed ; this carries him
> the fairy lands of romance ; of Ossian
jines and Milton’s angejs. He asks to
he sharer of her affection, for his name
>0 Ihe occupant of the casket of her
3. Unaware.she pities moved by the
ier sympathies of a woman’s heart, she
, him hope or perhaps, halfway adds an
Dint. Days of sunny happiness elapse,
rivulet runs swiftly on, nature assumes
ther verdure, and be considers him
the happiest of mortals; but k>! his
ught affianced bride is engaged to anoth
With severed heart at jealousy’s dart
iiTow lie approaches his once loved one,
3 why she is the worshiped of another,
ounded at the impertinence she spurns
presumptuous knave; then memory
li its magic wand entrances her steps,
finds a word unthough ted or a smile
ished-dropped in the dews of night for
ten like some mystic dream. Thus flirt
with, he turns his back to the smiles of
nan, heaps -upon her the anathemas of
ivfen. f
he time seems noi far distant when our
spapers and periqdj'c’Ms will be filled
a articles whose tifoipes ay# the “Cos
tte,” and for what., Because she tests
discrimination and iirmßdss of hersnit
and should she bear the anathemas un
desei-Veffly ? No. I would on angelic wings
bear him to the celestial climes, let him
bathe in the crystal fount of love, and like
the eagle, I would hurl the unexperienecd
tortoise to the ground. I TOO.
.
For the Temperance Crusader.
A Wonderful Beast seen in Elbert County.
Mr. Editor /—This is a day of so much
romance and fiction that one scarcely knows
whether to give credit to anything that
seems strange or not. I aim to write the
truth literally and simply, whether it gains
credit or discredit. I saw a’ most awful
beast in the above County some days since,
and it is my aim to give a description of it,
so fur as my abilities may allow. The beast
when first discovered was standing almost
erect, and presented a hideous appearance
It was not at all disposed to give ground,
and yet it seemed to be unwilling to com
mence the attack. I drew nearer to it and
had a fine opportunity of discovering its
make, the color and the size, and also its
motions. If I were not too much fright
ened to judge aright, its magnitude ex
ceeded that of any bull-dog I ever saw. —
The head and front much resembled the li
on, with the exception that its mane was
not near so long. It kept up a constant
noise, very much resembling that of the
hyena, though its tone was much coarser.
Its eyes were of a deep fiery red and ap
peared like those of the hog. After eyeing
me very attentively for a few moments it
made towards me at a slow pace, and then
you may guess whether L felt the power of
fear or not. I had presence of mind to no
tice its fore feet and saw they were not
armed with claws as dangerous as the li
on’s, and jumping over a fence close by I
thought myself pretty safe, as the animal
appeared rather clumsy. Its body was not
quite so nearly round as that, of the dog,
tne hind legs were longer hy several inch
es than the fore legs, when standing erect
it must have been near jive feet high. —
Having examined Goldsmith’s history I
find no such animal described by that au
thor ; but it more resembles the Mandril
than any other.
I left the beast and proceeded on my
way with quite a sober face I assure you ;
although ever and anon anticipations quite
unpleasant troubled me, lest the same or a
similar animal should make its appearance.
Some days afterwards travelling along the
highway, at some distance before me, lay
as I took it to be some unfortunate man in
a state of intoxication, and fearing nothing
I proceeded on ; but what whs my surprise
on a near approach, to-distinctly trace in
its outline the identical animal that bad so
recently and so badly frightened me ! It
was asleep or appeared to be. I stopped
a moment and stood in awful dread. Mean
while the animal got up and instinctively
turned its head towards me. Rising on its
hind feet it slowly approached me, some
what resembling a child beginning to walk.
I Stood like a statue, alike afraid to pro- 1
ced or recede. It came near and l had a
| fine opportunity of viewing it.. It seemed
to be the very same animal l had seen be
fore: but I could not t race all the colors of
its spots as I did that / for it was muddy
from head to paws: it was about the size
and height of the other. Its appearance,
did not indicate ferocity particularly ; and
I unwarily allowed it to get up right at me.
It seized me and I grappled with if as well
as 1 could, and we had a long strnggl ■. —
It is likely I might have drawn my knife
and stabbed it; but in the exigency of the
moment I remembered to have seen it sta
ted that a very large Baboon bad made its
escape from fbe keeper during an animal
exhibition, and that a liberal reward Would
l>e given for it, against a specified time,
and I declined inflicting a mortal blow or
any fatal wound. The breath of the ani
mal was annoying in the extreme! The
cordest ended at last with but litrle injury
to myself, and the animal inarticulately
uttered a kind of tune, thereby, as I took
it, celebrating its victory, or, perhaps a
tiotkcr attack. I was most willing to give
it the victory without trying it owr, ao I
went on. The animal lingered awhile and
then proceeded on its way, carrying a ‘"gal
lon jug” in its right paw.
C RAFTS Vs LI/E
For the Temperance Crusader.
A Singular Circumstance.
Messrs. Editors: —I have thought it not
amiss to inform you of a singular circum
stance, which took place a tow days ago in
or near Jonesboro, Fayette county, Ga.—
A gentleman living in that place has a
babe some six months of ago which had
never been named until the 24th inst.—
He said to bis wife early in the morning
that it was time the child was named, and
as she had named s< ven out of ten, lie wish
ed to name the boy. His wife agreed it
he would give it a double name she was
willing, he said he would call the boy Frank
Wrighr—the wife agreed to it. So the fa
ther walked down in town, and some time
during the day he came across Mr. Wright,
and told him that he had named the ?ov
Frank Wright, (they were old friends.)
Before nig In Mr. W., became intoxicated,
and as he returned home riding on a mule,
by some means it threw him and broke his
scull, he lived a short time and died.
The next morning while the mother was
nursing the child with the breast., a little
bird flew in at the door and lit upon the
child and fluttered in its face and breast,
then flew upon the joist ami sat there fora
short time, then flew down again on the
child and run its bill between each one of
its fingers, and flew back upon the joist.—
After being there a short lime it flew down
on the child the third time. The mother
field outlier hand and the bird got in it,
and after sire felt of it, it flew out at the
door and went off.
There is something mysterious in this.
Who can solve it? These are facts related
to me by the father ol the child the same
day it occured, no hea • say.
SINGLETOtf.
Griffin, Sept. 26, L 856.
A Solemn Thought.
It has been observed with much signifi
cance, tha’- every morning we enter on a
new day, carrying still an unknown future
in its bosom. How pregnant and stirring
...... .1-
the reflection, thoughts may be bom to-day
which may never b.e extinguished, Hopes
may be excited to-day which tnrty never ex
pire. Acts may be performed. conse
quence of which may not be realised till
eternity; * d* - -
The Long, Long Weary Day.
The long, long weary day
Is passed in tears away,
And still at evening, I am weeping,
When from my window’s height
I look out on the night,
I still am weeping, my love watch keeping.
When I, his prove,
Would trifle with his love,
He’d say for me, thou shalt be weeping,
When at some future day,
I shall be far away,
Thou shalt be weeping, thy love watch keeping.
Alas! if land or sea
Had parted him from me, 0
I would not these sad tears be weeping,
But hope, he’d come once more
And love me as before,
And say, cease weeping, thy love watch keeping.
An Example for Students.
When Paley first went to Cambridge he
fell into a society of young men far richer
than himself, to whom his talents and con
viviality made him an acceptable compan
ion, and he was in a fair wav for ruin. One
morning one of these comrades came into
his bedroom before he was up, and he, ns
usual, thought it was to propose some plan
of pleasure for the day. His friend, how
ever, said, “Paley. I have not slept a wink
this night tor thinking of you. I am, as you
know, heir to such a fortune, and, whether
I ever look into a book at Cambridge or not,
does not signify one farthing. But this is
not the case with you; you have only your
abilities to look to, and no man has better, if
you do but make the proper use of them.—
But if you go on in this way you are ruin
ed; and from this time forward I am deter
mined not to associate with for your own
sake. You know I like your company, and
it is a great sacrifice to give it up, but give
it up I will, as a matter of conscience.” Pa
ley lav in bed the whole day ruminating on
this. In the evening he rose and took his
tea, ordered his bedmaker to make his fire
over night, and call him at five in the morn
ing; and, from That day forward, rose al
ways at that hour, went out first wrangler,
and became the fortunate man he was.—
This he related to his intimate friend, Mr.
Sheepshanks; from him it carne to Mr.
Broome, and he told it to me this evening,
October (Ith, 1808. — Southey.
How a Bacon Thief got Clear.
A man somewhere out west, being indict
ed for stealing bacon, went to a lawyer and
told him his case. The lawyer, strange to
say, advised him to settle; but the man
said no, he had a right to be tried by a jury
and a lawyer to defend him. The case
came up, and the witness swore up to the
hub against the man. It was a clear case
to nil; even to the attorney who urged for
the bacon stealer. The jury went “out,”
and soon returned with a verdict “not guil
ty.” The man thrust his thumbs in his vest
pockets, and went out of the Court House
whistling Yankee Doodle. The next day
his lawyer met him, and askad him how un
der heavens he got clear. “Now, squire,”
said the client, “I’ll tell you how the thing
was done, but you needn’t say anything
about it—eleven of the jury had some of
the tooled !”
Cjit Centjrana (Cnusakr.
PENFIELD, GrEORGfIA.
Saturday Morning, October 18, 1856.
USPRev. 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.
to the Crusader who choose to
have it discontinued at any time, will please express
their wish by a written communication , accompa
nied hy 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 9 o’clock, A. M.
It is earnestly hoped and expected that each and
ever / Subordinate Division in the State will be fully
represented, and that the older members of the or
der mav be present to give us their aid and counsel
at that time, as business of great importance to every
true Son of Temperance will come up for action.
U, C. GRANNISS, G. W. Patriarch.
Macon, Sept, 16, 1856.
Look Out!
We learn that a man has been seen skulking about
the n gro quarters of several plantations in the neigh
borhood of Greenesboro. From his apparently stu
died avoidance of all white people, it is quite proba
ble that he has some sinister design, and we should
not be surprised if he were an agent for some nefa
rious scheme of abolition treason. Perhaps drum
ming for patronage for the “underground railway.”
Lunar Eclipse.
On the evening of the 13th, there was an almost
total eclipse of the moon; only a narrow Rtrip of
light being visible on its northern linjb. It rose
while the eclipse was at its highest, and rctnain&d
under its influence about an hour and a ha f,
Rain.
After “a long dry spell,” attended by any amount
of dust, we were blessed with a very abundant rain
on Tuesday evening last. It was followed by a bow
of great splendor and beauty. Soon after, the wind,
which had been coming from the southeast, changed
suddenly to the north, and become very cold, the
thermometer Hilling from 70 to 44 deg. during the
night.
Escaped from Jail.
A. W- Hay and Luther 0, Torrey who were W>n
ftned in our County Jail, the former convicted of
murder, and th latter on a charge of larceny, made
their esrape on the night of the 10th inst. Their
egress was through the top of the jail, some out
side abettor having furnished them with an auger
with which and a pocket knife they cheated an open
ing. It was certainly a considerable triumph to es
cape from that dungeon, which we considered among
the safest in the Southern country, and we think
few men besides Torrey could have effected it. We
learn that he was to receive a Hu dred Dollars from
his companion for letting him out. The door of the
cell in which Ray was confined was unlocked by a
false key, it is thought, his manacles were filed off.
Elder a third prisoner who was confined on ac
count of his inability to pay a fine, refused to quit
his cage with his mates, and upon his testimony and
other evidence equally as positive and perhaps more
reliable, Lamond of Greenesboro has been crimina
ted of furnishing Torry with his instruments of es
cape, and on Monday evening was committed to the
.deserted 1 Berth’ of his friends. Wonder if they will
return to furnish him with an auger—they carried
all their tools with them. Had not the operation of
boring out been prosecuted with such ingenuity, the
Jailer might be charged with a want of circumspec
tion, hut it was done in such a manner as almost to
defy detection, it was some two or three days before
the aperture was completed.
The citizens of Greensboro have been considera
bly excited. The Sheriff has offered a reward of
S2OO for the prisoners.
Marriage Notice—Money or Cake.
The fall season of the year has again appeared, and
observation has shown it to he a popular time for
marrying. During this season of the year our hj 7 -
meneal column is always “lively” with marriage no
tices. We never think of charging the fortunate or
U7t fortunate couple, as the case may be, but we
think 1 compensation” in the shape, \of a sizeable and
healthy “pound cake” is due us from each party who
send us the notice of their “change in life.” So to
all contemplating “giving in marriage” and intend
ing to have us publish the event, remember to ac
company the notice with a handsome cake, we much
prefer “wedding cake” to wedding money.
We take this occasion to return our thanks for a
nice piece of cake from the nuptial feast of Dr. W.
L. M. Harris and Lady.
Prohibition—Why we should Demand it.
We have shown that a prohibitory Law is our on
ly hope for the final triumph of our cause, and this
we apprehend is a sufficient reason why every true
Temperance man should strive for its obtainment. —
But there are other reasons why we should adopt
this course. And while these should particularly
influence the friends of the cause, they ought to have
great weight with every lover of peace and order.—
The claims of Prohibition, are not those of a class,
striving for some aim of party wh : ch will benefit
them alone. It is the cause of society at large, up
on which the well being—nay almost the very exist
ence of the human race depends. It becomes all
then carefully to consider the reasons we assign for
demanding a Prohibitory Law.
We ask it to promote the cause of philanthropy.
We have around us, spread throughout every por
tion of our land, an evil which is yearly sweeping
thousands and tens of thousand to inevitable death.
Imaginations cannot conceive, or language portray
the miseries which •it produces. It paralyzes the
constitution, blots out the moral sensibilities, and
makes wreck of the highest hopes which can inspire
the human breast. It breaks up the deepest foun
tains of affection, sows discord around the family
hearth-stone, and destroys all the pleasure of social
enjoyment. Were our pen dipped in the black wa
ters of the Stygian wave, it would fail to draw a pic
ture of sufficient darkness. In its workings is dis
played a scene, containing all that the mind could
conceive a hell to be. To arrest this tide of evils,
which is steeping the world in bloodshed, miseiy,
woe and death we demand a Prohibitory Law.
We wish this Law in order to preserve the quiet,
happiness and well being of society. What a scene
of lawless degredation do many portions of our coun
try now present. The gravest ordinances on the
Statute Book are daringly set at nought or carelessly
ignored. All the cravings of their appetites are ap
peased and their nefarious schemes fearlessly pur
sued. Men gamble and commit robberies, and all
manner Os crimes as it their wills vyere the highest
power to which the} 7 owed allegiance. And why is
this? It is because a Grocery has been established
in their midst, which has stripped the law* of its
majesty. Hence murders, riots, and outrages of
every kind disgraces the community. Public opin
ion has become an instrument of the Rum fiends
power, to carry on his work of social degredation. —
Men fear not to do wicked, when they behold in ev
ery judge an associate in their crime. We then in
the name of peace and order, demand a legal enact
ment to destroy the force of a corrupted public opin
ion, and give to law its due majesty and power.
Wc demand it as a matter of self defence. Intem
perance, as we have had frequent occasion to ob
serve is a costly vice. The amount expended in the
immediate purchase is immense; but this is only a
slight portion of its actual cost. It is in erecting
prisons, alms hoases and asylums, in supporting
their inmates, and in giving sustenance to these
miserable dregs of society, that the heaviest expen
ses are incured. Os these, the patrons and support
ers of this “glorious institution” pay not one parti
cle. It must all come from the diligent, laboring,
order-loving classes of society. These must sustain
a system, which while it impoverishes them, bene
fits no one. Their labors must furnish the funds to
uphold an evil which is constantly heaping upon
them a weight of degredation. Then, as an oppress
ed and burdened class of society, we demand a re
lease from this o pression, an immunity from this
burden which we have so long h me. We ask no
unreasonable, no unmeaning thing. But it is a re
quest which every principle of morality, religion,
and sols interest prompt us. to make. *
<ii
Origin of one of our most Popular Songs.
The “Old Oaken Bucket” was written by Samu
el B. Woodworth, while yet he was a journeyman
printer, working in an office at the corner of Cham
bers aud Chatham streets, New York. Near by, in
Frankfort street, was a drinking house, kept by a
man named .Mallory, where Woodworth and sever
al particular friends used to resort. One afternoon
the liejuor was super excellent, Woodworth seemed
inspired by it; for, after taking a draught, he set
his glass upon the table, and smacking his lips, de
clared that Mallory’s earn di vie was superior to any
thing he had ever tasted. “No,” said Mallory, you
are mistaken: there was on-which in both our es
timations, far surpassed this in the way of drinking”
“What was that?” asked Woodworth, dubiously.—
“The draughtof pure, fresh spring water that we
used to drink in the old oaken bucket that hung in
the well, our return from the labors of the day
in summer.” The tear drop glistened for a moment
in Woodworth’s eye. “True, true,’ 1 he replied, and
shortly after.,quitted the plaoe. He immediately |
went to the office, grasped a pen, and in hftlf ‘ an |
hour the “Old Oaken Bucket,” one of the most de
lightful compositions m our language, was ready in
manuscript to be embalmed in the memories of suc
ceeding generation
llow transcendentlv beautiful and sweet is the
thought contained in the above paragraph [.‘Draughts
of pure, fresh spring water!’ “Joy smiles in its
face, and health flows in its rills.” In the bottom of
that “pure draught” no lurking demon abides to
“steal away the brains,” but it is pure, harmless and
wholesome in all its particles. Deluded man, fling
away the poisonous cup and drink of the crystal wa
ters which God has placed at every one’s door.
Autumn.
“Time rolls its ceaseless course.” Once more we
hail Autumn with her tnellow glow of ruddiness and
health, clad in vestments of a thousand dyes. For
months past summer has held undisputed sovereign
ty, and right gallantly has she borne her honors.—
She regenerated the chilled earth, which the fickle
spring had not lifted from the lap of winter, and
clothed it with a mantle of living green. Tin- merry
birds sang gayly in her bowers, and the whole world
was a scene of loveliness and joy. But “her reign
is past, her gentle glories gone.” The chilling night
wind and the sered leaf too truly proclaim the sad
truth that Autumn has come and winter approach
ed.
‘1 h Indian alone, of a 1 ! nations, has 1 ved Autumn,
and claimed it as his own peculiar season. To him
it was associated with all that was beautiful in na
ture, and ciosely connected with his roundest pur
suits. The dazzling splendor of its moonlight rights
won the admiration of his deeply pensive soul. And
as in the mellow rays of its sun, he chased the deer
and buffalo over the forest glade, it was embalmed
in his memory, and he called it his summer.
No season of the year is so pregnant with lessons
of wisdom as Autumn. The sored falling leaf, vege
tation’s death, and the hollow moaning of the wind,
solemnly impress upon the mind the briefness and
transient frailty of all earthly things. Throughout
all nature it would seem that vegetable life were ex
tinct, and its energies had forever ceased. But no;
it has only donned a chrysalis robe to withstand the
fury of wintry storms. From this it will soon emerge
in new freshness and beauty. Thus while it teaches
man of his mortality, it bids him hope. Though he
shall soon “shuffle off this mortal coil” and the insub
stantial pageants of earthly visions fade from his view,
he shall awake in undimmed glory, bright as the
morning stars which sang together at Creation’s
birth.
To us, Autumn has ever been robed in the sombre
hue of despondency. Whatever brilliance has lin
gered upon her sunset clouds, whatever splendors
might have heralded the morn’s approach, with
whatever rich profusion she may have hung her
rainbow-tinted vestments upon the forest, a mingling
of sadness has gone through them all. It is not that
she everywhere speaks of human weakness and hu
man frailty. It is not that then Death stalks with
undaunted boldness, and malaria move upon the
wings of every wind. But it is a feeling indescriba
ble, and unexplained. The deep waters of the
hearts inmost fountain are stirred, and in every mur
muring brook and every rustling breeze “there
comes a voice that awakes our soul ; it is the voice
of years that are gone, as they roll before us with all
their deeds.” *
Poets and the Pot-Houses.
“I was amuse 1,” says the biography of Montgom
ery,” with the Poet’s statement, to the effect that
the honse in which Moore was born is now a whis
ky shop; that Burn’s native cottage is a public
house ; Shelley’s house at Great Marlow, is a Beer
shop; the spot where Scott was b:rn, occupied by a
building used for the same purpose; and even Cole’
ridge’s residence at Nether Stowey, the very house
in which the poet composed the sweet “Ode to the
Nightingale,” is now an ordinary beer house.”
Thus does the dark tide of Hum override the
birthplaces of genius. Could these immortal beings
revisit the scenes of their childhood it would stir up
within their bosoms feelings feverish with mortifica
tion. Though some of them may have drank freely
of the “flowing bowl” yet deep shame would tingle
in their cheeks to find the sites of their early home-5
prostituted to dens of iniquity.
Sad Casualty,
A Mrs. Blackmon, residing about six miles from
Columbus, came to town one day last week, and
called on the overseer of the poor for funds to pur
chase provisions for her mother, Mrs. Ryals who is
blind, and an invalid sister- both a charge on the
county—and obtained money for that purpose. It
appears that among other supplies, she laid in a iu"-
ot whisky. On the way home, she refreshed the in
ner woman so freely that she became unconscious
of what she was doing, and when about four miles
from town, coming to where the top ot a tree had
hi len into the road, instead of going round the usu
ally travelled route, she drove her wagon into the
lap of tho tree, where she was brought to a stand
still. She here here called a halt, loosed her horse
Irom the wagon and built up a fire in the tree tot).
In this position, it is supposed she dropped to sleep.
Ihe whole tree top took fire, and burnt the wagon
its contents and herself so badly that she died the
next day. A small boy with her, probably her son
escaped injury. What a chapter for reflection
Columbus >Sun, Oct. 9.
And to what conclusion would this “chapter for
reflection” lead ? Would it demonstrate the necessi
ty for a Law , to prevent the idle and vicious from
squandering the aid which benevolence affords ? Or
would it excite the humane wish that all drunken
women would burn themselves in the laps of trees?
It c ould doubtless be a great blessing to the land,
were this class of beings entirely extirpated. A bru
tally drunken woman is an object with which fiends
might blush to hold communion. *
Book Table.
Peterson’s Magazine. The November No. is on
our table. The publishers pr. mise many attractions
for the next year’s volume. Price $2. 3 copies ss.
Address 102 Chesnut street, Philadelphia.
Woodworth’s Youth’s Cabinet. To all who want
pleasant reading for their children, this journal es
pecially commends itself. Only $1 per jear.
Maso;. ic Signet & Journal. Published at Mariet
ta, da., is edited with ability, and eminently wor
thy the patronage of the order. P r i ce a yea ,.
take pleasure in calling the attention of
our readers to the advertisement of J, M, Newby
Cos., to be found in this number of our pape. ,
friend, who ha* just taken a look through their stock
informs us that we may safely recommend it to all
in want of anyting in their line, The goods look
well and the prices are moderate, When you viai*
Augusta, call on J. M. Newby & Cos,
BCaJd or burn oan hT easily cured b**
use of Perry Davis’ Vegetable •> the
equally effectual ip curing headaeb- .‘*er. It is
stomach or bowels, dyssenterw * e P a >o in the
era, j , diarrhwa and chol-
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ters are J) D*l>epsia. The Oxygenated Bit
edy ko’ - e ®thled *° confidence than any rem*
Mr “j. n ’ an( * their peculiar action on tho system,.
mediebmvT B !* rprise °f those wtiQ-haye t.ried, various
medicines without benefit.
Georgia News
Hob. R. McMillan was thrown from his ■ uggy on
the 2d inst., on bis way to Klhcrton, and met with
such severe injuries that he is now confined to his
bed.
The Rome Courier, of ihe 30th ult., says Corn
finds a ready sale in t* at market at 50 cents, and
Wheat at a dollar.
A man by the tia o r Carpenter was arrested in
Calhoun on Mon ay 1 ..-4, charged with stealing
horses and passing counterfeit money—he had about
S2OO of counterfeit money with him when arrested.
He has been sent on to Cass county, where are some
of his accomplices.
A man by the name of McDaniel was killed near
Conyers, on the Georgia Railroad, on Thursday night
last. He had attended the Fillmore and Donelson
mass meeting at Atlanta, and in jumping from the
cars was killed.
Deer Land, is the pretty name given to anew
Post Office in Worth sounty. Win. A. Harris, Esq.
Postmaster.
Mathew Copeland, convicted of the rnurdt rof Eli
P. Howell, at the late term of the Superior Court for
Gordon county, is to be hung at Calhoun, on Friday’
the 21st of November.
Railroad Morality—Virtue at a Premium.
Through the Atlanta Intelligencer, we are gratifi
ed to learn that Col. Spullock, the new Superinten
dent of the Western and Atlantic railroad, with the
advice and consent of the Governor, has determined
to offir premiums in cash, to be paid at the end of
every three months in addition to their regular paj r ,
to a certain class of operatives on the road, inclu
ding conductors and engineers, who shall entirely
abstain from the use of ardent spirits and from gam
bling. Th is is a good move on the part of the new
Superintendent, and indicates thathe regards moral
worth the best security for faithful services. Not
only will a policy of this kind afford greater security
o! life to the traveling public and better protection
to the public proper ty, but it will operate to prevent
this institution of the State from becoming a nursery
of those vices that have ready ruined many of her
good citizens, and worthy and industrious young
men. Co l . Spullock lias commenced this much
needed reform. It is to be hoped that the other
roads will follow the example, by either offering re
wards to virtue, or adopting penalties to prevent
those dangerous and pernicious vices .—Dalton Times.
A Remarkable Case.
A friend writes to the Southern Baptist the follow
ing facts concerning a lady who is a member of the
Baptist church in LavvtonviHe, S. C. She will be se
venty-three years old on the 26th of next December,
and has eighty-seven children, grand-children or
great-grand-children now living, and there has not
3’et been found a swearer or a drunkard among them.
The most of them who are grown are members of’
the Baptist denomination. The lady is still quite
active, and goes about visiting among the sick, often,
sitting up with them without suffering any from the:
effects of it.
Cemented Shoes.
Among the new things of the age, says tha Boston?
Chronicle, is the manufacture of shoes by cementing
together the pieces of leather of which they are com
posed. A shoe is thus made without a peg or stitch,
which, it is said, will never rip and cannot be torn,
apart in the seams, because the leather will tear first.
A large company has been started for this manufac
ture at Ballard Vale, their process being to cement.,
the shoes on the common wooden lasts, and then dry
them in ovens. But we understand an improved
process has been invented by which a pair of shoes,
can be completed in five minutes. The pieces are
cemented on a hollow metalic last, in which steam,
is introduced by turning a cock, and its heat sets the
sets the cement almost instantly.
Car Brakes.
Brakes cannot stop a tram of cars instantlj’. If
applied too lightly they “lock the wheels,” but they
cannot prevent the whole from slipping along on a
smooth track. At a speed of six miles per hour a
train wili slide nine feet; at twenty miles, one hun
dred feet; and at a speed of sixty miles per hour, a
train will slide in ordinary condition of the track, a
distance of nine hundred feet, or over one-sixth of a
mile, in spite of all the brakes or even runners or
drags under the wheels can do to prevent it.
A Postscript for “Bred. 5 *
A correspondent of the Alexandria Sentinel, wri
ting from Plains, Fauquier, Ya., says that a family of
negroes have been recently liberated in that county,
and provisions made for their passage to Liberia ;
but instead of accepting the boon of liberty, they
prefer suffering that “crime of crimes and villainy of
of villainies”—Southern slavery. They are going
about the county begging various gentlemen to buy
them, declaring they had rather be slaves in Virginia
than free men in Liberia.
Acquitted.
Jeremiah Baldwin, who was arrested by the Plan
ter s Bank at Memphis, Tenn., for obtaining goods
under false pretences has been acquitted of the
charge. He has sued the Bank and others for false
imprisonment, laying his damages at $50,000.
Suicide of a Murderer.
I. Allen killed E. S. Hamilton, in Claiborne
Parrish. La., on the 12th of July last. On the 3d of
September, by aid of a handbill, he was arrested in
Brownsville, Texas, and while being examined in
the Judge’s office, blew out his brains with a pistol.
|afir*The celebrated pianist, Thai berg, has arr
at New York in the Aft ica, from Liverpool.
tends giving a series of concerts thror
, V .. • T7i ghout the
country, under the auspices ol Mr. Uiir
xi ’ , , . , • i .ann, a gen
tleman well known in musical circles
Jggf’Rev*. Joshua Upson, of Ihr _
• ,r~ , ... ~ • , m . ton, Ohio, became
infected with the spiritual a
, , , , ‘ . ..sease some time ago,
and, under tht* impt'€S‘Oti ‘ . . ~ , ‘
’ . ..x u ..Hat he was directed so
to do by ‘’snryi.Ux'* i t 8
.•, ’ “ .nea from eating, and actu
a $ 4 ,%o or ’.nr©’ j weeks since, of starvation.
persr ns W’cre killed, and thirty or for
ty wounded more or less seriously, by the explosion
of the boiler of <a steam engine on exhibition at the
Fair Grounds, at Delaware, Ohio, on the 2d inst.
j£Sf”The Unitarian church of Washington city
have dismissed their pastor, the Rev. Moncure D.
Conway, on account of his preaching against slave
ry. The church was divided, but the Pro-Slavery
side had a small majority.
tHr#*The New York Academy of Music has re
solved to erect a magnificent college in that city at
i a cost of between SBO,OOO and $90,000.