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I S3?&9cettcme®i*S.
Autumn.
I The following article from the gifted editor the
l*ouisville Journal has been often published; bft.it
Is one of those effusions of genius which can never
Ijecorae old. We can read it yearly, and each time
It lay a stronger claim upon our admiration. We
lieed then make no apology to our readers for its re-
Imblication.— Eds. Crusader.
Once more, again, Tim© in the cycle of
Bits seasons has brought to us the rich and
■mellow tints of the forest —the clear and
■bright cerulean sky—the cool and bracing
■atmosphere of autumn. All nature oeeras
■to be imbued with the calm and tranquil
■spirit of philosophical resignation to the
■decrees of fete, and ft quiet submission to
■the destiny of unavoidable ftnd speedy dis-
Isolution. Nature, hushed into, dignified
land graceful repose, seems as if it were
■ preparing itself to chant the requiem of its
lown death, and, like the victims that aav-
I age nations immolate to propitiate their
ods, is gaily apparelled for tire sacrifice,
be earth, still covered with its mantle of
I sassed green, appears as if it clung with
I iehfous care to its juvenile vestments, while
■ the tree and the vine have donned t.hliv-’
I erj of Autumn, and are decked in the pror-
I geo ns, glittering, many-hned mosaic, that
I precedes and proclaims nature’s approach
■ to the l, sore and yellow leaf” that bodes
I decay and dissolution. Autumn is a gor-
I goons, glorious, luxurionsßeason. Go where
■ you will—whether on land or on water, on
I hill or dale, on the plain or in the forest —
I you breathe the same life-inspiring, bracing
I air, that only Autumn brings. Responsive
I to the healthful breeze, the life-blood cour-
I see quickly through the swelling veins, and
I the excited nerves tingle with the keen sen-
I sations of intense delight. To shoot the fly-
I ing bird—to chase the stag —to fish in some
I clear swift-flowing stream, are the elite
I sports of this most elite of seasons. Ye sick-
I ly, mdney-enaraored crew, who sit from
I early morn to dewy eve, poring over the
I pages of your ledgers, or counting gains
I that only add metal to the boards you have,
quit for a time your mercenary mnsings
and Me ve to the fields or forest—breathe
the pnl-e air—bid your soul revel at the
glorious feast that bounteous nature in lav
ish profusion has spread before you : and
recognizing the majesty and power of God
in the fruition of the blessings he has be
stowed, attune your feelings in unison to
the mild splendor oft he surrounding scenes
and elevating vour thoughts above and be
yond this world, rest then on Heaven and
its high hopes.
The genius of man has contrived to indi
cate the progress of time by the machinery
of the clock and the- movements ot the
watch, but God marks its progress on a
grander scale, by the revolutions of the
planets and the change of the seasons. —
Da vs form months,, months make seasons,
and sensoiFS compose the year. Man’s life,
like the year, has its seasons. In the spring
time of life ait is freshness, verdancy, and
hope. In his-summer, man ripens into tvd!
grown and vigorous maturity. Pi eased with
existence, lie fools conscious of stre v g , h;
and,'delighted with the pursuit of pleas
ure he-seeks it with avidity in every field
where it is likely to ‘ H>po—the
most hardy, the most Drill and the
most delightful flower that ever bloomed
ir. the garden of the son!—now springs in
to full grown exuberant existence. It dif
fuses its vivifying orb Dover the wholo sys
tem, reluming the faded pictures of past
scenes, and opening to the view of the
mind’s eye splendid visions in the future.
Who r in the mid-summer of life, has Dot
felt how sweet it was at times to seek the
field or forest and be alone, to let the soul
in dreamy rapture lean back upon the past,
and draw forth gladness even from the
wreck of Time’s ruined hopes ? Hope rears
her castles on the flimsy basis of insubstan
tial air, but she invests them with thegor
2eons grandeur of the sun-lit cloud. But
Autumn conies, and with it comes the har
vest of the fruits whose seed we have sown.
’Tis well if they be not-bitter to the taste,
and poisonous to the touch* Man is the
framer of his own fortune. As he has sown
so shall he nap, and as he has labored so
shall he be rewarded. Yet when he has
failed and his harvest is scant, even here
delusive Hope stands*by to whisper in her
sweet alluring tones the cheering assurance
that the coming winter will be mild ; and
that somehow or other there will be an a
bundancc. And finally,. when the winter
of life comes, cold as the glacier on the
mountain peak, and boisterous as the storm
spirit, when it lashes the ocean into fury,
and the man perishes and passes away, im
mortal Hope is there to cheer the agony of
the parting soul, and bid it lift its vision
to another and a better world, where there
is neither Hope nor Fear.
The Veiled Picture,
A story is told of two artist lovers both
of whom sought the hand of a painter’s
daughter. And the question, which of the
two should possess himself of the prize so
earnestly coveted by both, having come to
the father, he promised to give his child, to
the one who could paint the best. So each
strove for the maiden with the highest skill
his genius could command. One painted a
picture of fruit, and displayed, it for the fa
ther’s inspection in a beautiful grove, where
gay birds sang sweetly among the foliage,
and all nature rejoiced in the luxuriance of
beautiful life. Presently the birds came
down to the canvass of the yoh tig painter,
and attempted to eat the fruit he had pic
tured there. In his surprise and joy at the
ycung artist’s skill the father declared that
no ope could triumph over that.
Soon, however, the second lover came
which his picture, and it was veiled.
‘•Take the veil from your painting,” said
the old man.
“J leave that to you,” said the artist with
simplicity., h
f The father of the youngand lovely mai
den approached the veiled picture and at
jmrpied to uncover it. Bus imagine his as
tonishment when, as he attempted -to take
olTiiie veil, he ‘found th veil H*olf to be the
pictofe. We need not *ay who vat the
luckyjiover; for it the artiat who deceived
the birds in painting fruit, manifested great
power of art, he who would so veil his can
vaas with tfl* pencil as to deceive a skillful
master, wa| sursly the greatest artisi.
Sweeping back tbs Grains to the Brow
er’s Door.
We clip the following paragraph from
the Alliance Weekly News.
Living pear a brewery, I, with my neigh
bors, was much annoyed by the grains
whih were scatter*! about when they
were leading the wagons and carts; and,
although the brewer was often spoken to on
this matter, he passed it by with indifference,
especially as those who lived near were aure
to sweep them up to prevent them being
brought on their shoes into their dwellings.
As this gave rise to Very angry words, even
among those who made and those who drank
the drunkard’s drink, I at last suggested
that the grains should be swept daily to the
door of the brewer and there allowed to re
main ; this had the desired effect, for in a
few days the maker of the nuisance had it
removed, and every day since die has caused
them to be cleaned away aftey loading.—
Now, sir, this proves to rne, that it the
wrongs inflicted on society were only placed
before the doors of those who make them,
they Would so accumulat# that they would
soon remove themselves, *nd as a hard
storm is usefiil in cleansing our common
sewers, allow me to ask, if there was a
complete “Free Trade’- in alcoholic drinks
and no excise laws, would not that soon es
tablish permanently a Maine Law for Great
Britain and Ireland ; or should not those
who make so much crime, disease, and
death, be held responsible (like our railway
companies) for the injuries they inflict on
society?
The Spirit-Bird.
I know thou &Tt list’ning, dear one, yet,
To th voice of that spirit-bird,
Whose strange, wild song, when last we met,
With its midnight witchery stirred,
As by some angel’s holy spell,
The tenderest efforts of memory’s lute,
The saddest —yet we loved too well
Their melody to wish them mute.
While soft our Southern moonlight folds
Its white wreaths o’er thy placid brow,
I know thy calm, proud spirit holds
A pure and blest communion now,
With unseen forms, a shadowy band,
And while that mystic warbler sings,
They whisper of the better land,
And fan thee with their viewless wings.
I’ve seen the dark-eyed, languid night
Oft times clasped ou her silv r crown,
When earth’s seemed full enough of light
To woo the lost and lovely down,
To dwell with us —when thou and I
Have gazed through holy tears above,
Until the islands of the sky
Seemed thronged with spirits of our love.
Our loved —“not lost, but gone before”—
Some young and some-surpassing fair,
And one upon that ebangeh ss shore,
A blessed antet with snow-white hair,
A bard, whose voice, to us so dear,
Is hushed, whose earthly heart is riven ;
Dust thou not. dream that thou canst hear
The music of his soul in Heaven ?
I know a shade from sorrow’s wing
Has veiled thy gentle heart with gloom,
As cypress trees their shadows fling
On water flag, or locust bloom—
Oft drifted by the darkling wave
Upon the shores, till one by one,
As human hearts, which love might save,
They perish dreaming of the sun.
But as the murky smoke-wreaths spring
Up from the city’s mart on high,
And tintedJby the Morning’s wing
Sweep on in bright clouds o’er the shy,
When shadows round thee darkly roll,
Oh! look aloft and bend in prayer,
Till ’neath the radiance of thy soul
They turn to cloud > of glory there.
Be ever like the flowers that fling
Their fragrance in night’s sapphire urn,
Or like the birds **e love, that sing
When high on Heaven’s vast altar burn
The midnight stars —amid the gloom
Os sorrow’s night, in beauty still
Let Faith unfold (by hear’ts rich,bloom,
And its deep chords divinely thrill.
Still look aloft—though ’mid the blest
Our sainted bard is throned, yet he
Would mourn to see thee drooping rest
Beneath griefs deadly Upas tree.
Then if thou would’stnot dim the strings
Os this new harp with tears, rejoice
Whefi'e’r that mystic night-bird sings,
And dream it is a spirit’s voice.
Canton Flace, La. ROSA.
The Marriage Relation.
The grand secret is to learn to bear with
each other’s failings ; not to bo blind to
them —that is either sn impossibility or a
folly, we must see and feel them ; if we do
neither, they arq not evils to us, and there
is obviously no need of forbearance; but
to throw the mantle, of affection around
them, concealing them from each other’s
eyes; to determine not to let them chill
the affections ; to resolve to cultivate good
tempered forbearance, because it is the on
ly way of mitigating the present evil, al
ways with a view to ultimate amendment.
Surely it is not the perfection, but the im
perfection of human character that makes
the strongest claim in love. All the world
must approve, even enemies must admire
the good and the estimable in human na
ture. If husband and wife estimate only
that in each which all mutt be constrained
to value, what-do they more than others?
It is infirmities of character, imperfections
of nature, that call for the pitying syrnpa-
Idiy, the tender compassion that makes
each the comforter, the monitor of the oth
er. Forbearance helps to attain command
over themselves. Few are the creatures so
utterly evil-as to abuse a generous confi
dence, a calm forbearance. Married per
sons should be pre-eminently friends, and
fidelity is the great privilege of friendship
The forbearance brre contended for is not
a weak ami wicked indulgence of each oth
fault*, but such tk calin, tender observ
ance of them As excludes all harshness and
anger, and takers the best and gentlest
methods’ of pointing them out in the full
confidence of affection.— Whispering to a
Brule.
T Toman'* Curiosity. —The following it
recommended to the consideration of our
yonng gents aho are cultivating their up
per lipe;
jViiiy. —“I wonder how it goes to kite
one oitt.ob* creatures with such a horrid
moustache!”
JaU Amy, of<rtn*e 1
dun’tkuow.” -r’
Amy.-“ Well, I’m get th©-Ms|
brush and try it.” “ _
A mj’ finds out anti tbeecene close**
| gsT* It is difficult to” know at what rno
ment. lqvQ begins—it is*less difficult to
know tWt it has begun. A thousand her
alds proclaim it to-the listening air; a thou
sand ministers and messengers betray u
to the eye. Tone, act, attitude, and look
—the signal* upon the countenance, —the
electric telegraph ot touch ; ad these be
trav the yielding citadel before the word
itself is ottered, which, like the key
rendered, opens every avenue and gate ot
entrance, and makes retreat impossible.
C| t Cempermc fosater.
PENFIELD, GFEORGTA.
Saturday Morning, November 1, 1856.
JSgP’Rev. Claiborn Trussell, of Atlanta, is a duly
authorized Agent for the Crusader.
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continuance as the Law requires.
The Bliss of Ignorance.
“When Ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise,”
is a sentence which men frequently quote, without
being aware of a dangerous fallacy which it instils
into their minds. It would seem to imply that there
is some time, state or condition in which Ignorance
is bliss. A notion has obtained extensively that the
ignorant man is more happy, less subject to the cares
and vexations of life, than tho man of intelligence
and refinement. Some have advanced s this as a
strong argument against popular education. They
contend that knowledge is - useful only so far as it
answers some practical purpose; but to learn simply
for the pleasure of knowing, they condemn as an ab
surdity. We see in this an illustration of the man
ner in which men hasten to conclusions upon the
most uncertain premises. But the weakness of the
argument has little connection with the opinion,
when it has once been formed. If it becomes a set
tled prejudice, it will stand in strength and power,
though every prop upon which it rested has been re
moved.
We admit that there is a certain kind of vague,
indefinite negative bliss in ignorance. But after all
what-is it? It is not happiness; for that can be ex
perienced only where there are faculties to perceive,
intelligence to understand, and sensibility to feel.—
Ignorance can save us from sorrow only by making
us incapable of enjoyment. It is a dangerous kind
of bliss, which will make us sleep above a burning
volcano,* or heedlessly plunge down a precipice of
death. An ignorant peasant as he walked over a
field in a wintry day, beheld a serpent, torpid with
cold, lying in his pathway. Struck with pity for its
suffering, and charmed by the beauty of its appear
ance, he took up the harmless reptile, and placed it
in his bosom. But when reanimated by the genial
warmth it found its activity restored, it followed the
instincts of its nature, and wounded the breast which
had given it life. Ah ! would not the poor man have
been far happier and safer had he have known that
beneath that smooth glossy form, the e lay fangs
charged with the venom of death? Then he might
have crushed his foe at a single effort, ere it could
have poisoned his life’s blood. And the ignorant
are equally weak and helpless in their intercourse
with men. They are made the victims or the tools
of designing men, without the power of defence or
resistance.
If there be a bliss in ignorance it is surely not ex
emplified in social life. There, it is a synonyme of
degradation, a mark of the moral slavery to which
its subjects are reduced bv a more fortunate class.—
They are incapable of attending to. the most simple
details of their private business, and hence become
an easy, unsuspecting prey to all who may choose
to defraud them. Haunted by gloomy fancies, and
victims of the most absurd superstitions they .pass
their lives in all the misery of fear. They form the
class upon which all manner of drudgery and toil are
imposed, and then they are cheated out of their de
served recompense. Withhold from no man the
light of science and the soul elevating influence of
education on the ground that by increasing his knowl
edge, you increase his misery. If you have not phi
lanthropy enough to desire the dark fumes of igno
rance which becloud his intellect driven off, advance
no such sophisms as this to sustain your position.—
It is worse than a tyrants reasoning, a mere mocke
ry of the misery you should relieve. *
flgpTuesday next, the 4th of November, will be
the time appointed by the American people to make
a choice of their Chief Magistrate. On the evo of
an election upon which so many important results
depend, the most solemn reflections will naturally
arise in every sober mind. That day may decide the
destiny of a great nation; it will certainly-prove the
fate of many an individual. Many, who are looking
forward to the day with eager anticipations will nev
er live to see it pass. Men, who with the rising sun,
will bid a hasty adieu to their wives and children,
and hurry to the poll grounds will never behold them
more. Many who rise sober men, wdll lie down in
toxicated, and will have begun their downward ca
reer of degradation. That will be a solemn time, a
day of events in more respects than one. It will be
like an assemblage of Hindoo devotees around the
Car of Juggernaut; the multitude may rejoice but
some must be sacrificed. *
-
We observe in the Cassville Standard a letter
from our old friend, Benj. Brantly, Esq. The affairs
of the Territory had become quiet under the vigor
ous and prudent administration of Gov. Geary, and
his son, who had been in actual service, had return
ed without injury. He states that the crops are
abundant where they have not been destroyed by
the rnauraders. Wo hope that quiet may continue
to exist, and that the old gentleman may close his
days in cheerfulness and peace. *
tyWetrs enjoying a season of clear, beautiful
• eeiher. There rasa considerable frost on Wednes
day morning, which we presume would have been
quite heavy had there been sufficient moisture.
Going “Down Town.”
In every village, however small, there is some par-,
titular portfon distinctively tiaibrf “Toafn*” wWflfc,-
with its appellative “ap” or “down,” becomes a place
’of the roost decided .notoriety. At most places this
“town” is a grogshop; at some, merely a store; and
at others perhaps only a post office. There, all the
idlergin the community practice thefrequent'assem
bling of themselves, with an iutuitive feeling which
proves the truth of the well known adage, “Birds of
a feather will flock together.” A these have noth
ing to demand their special attention, they very kind
ly undertake to attend to the affairs of everyone
else. • Nothing, from the gravest question of State
politics, to the minutest piece of village scandal, is
excluded from the legitimate field of their cognizance.
If it be a grocery, it possesses the attraction of a
most pleasing variety. The unexpressible beauties
of a street fight or dirty brawl occasionally relieve
that monotony which would perhajm characterize a
more sober assembly. The inexperienced may think
the sights more dismal, the sounds more awful than
those which Christian saw and heard in the valley
of the shadow of Death. But they soon present him
their charms, and their -terrors pass away. Then
he can hasten thither with the rising sun, and re
main until its Occident without having his consci
ence rebuked or his patience annoyed. There the
young are initiated into the comtsof vice, oaths be
gin to hang upon their lips, and the ingredients of
the poisoned chalice are administered to their lips.
These miserable.rumshops which serve as a place-of
rendezvous for degraded loafers, become sinks of in-
Hquity, disgraceful to the country, and a curs upon
any community. It is for this r eason that the hack
neyed phrase, “let’s go down town,” has an ominous
import which blanches the wife’s cin ek, and sends a
thrill of fear through the hearts of her children. It is
the money and time spent there, which has reduced
her to poverty; estranged thoaffections of her husband
and blighted his hopes of success. Ah that place,
“down town,” lias ruined many a man for time and f< r
ever. Habits of dissipation have there been c ontracted
which clung like festering sores to his soul through
a lifetime of misery. Young man, go not there. —
Leave riot the quiet seclusion of your room to enjoy
the low ribaldry and obscone jests of a motley crowd.
Avoid the haunts where vice and idleness reign, as
the mariner would shun a destructive mie stroorn
when a precious freight is entrusted to h s care. —
Summon a courage Lo resist ivory fascination which
the scene may present; hold on the even tenor of
your way, whatever revelry and mirth may invite
your attendance. With many, this going “down
town” is a downward movement, indeed; a moving
from wealth to indigence, from honor to disgrace,
from exaltation to debasement. The time spent,
there, is not an unproductive investment. Tt seldom
fails in bringing forth an abundant crop of misery,
shame and crime, which tell upon the soul’s eternal
welfn re. *
Madison Visitor for Sale.
The publisher and proprietor of this family jour
nal, Benj. G. Liddon, offers it for sale. Any one pre
pared to conduct the editorial department may pur
chase an one half interest. The visitor is a very
popular family Paper, with a respectable circulation,
and a considerable advertising patronage. *
Dental Card.
We would call attention to the Card of Drs. Coe
& Latimer, which will be found in t’ is paper. Those
who formed the acquaintance of this firm during
their sojourn last winter will require no farther re
commendation. All who favor them with their pa
tronage, will find them n ; gh-toned gentlemen and
skillful Dentists. *
—
People become ill by drinking healths. He who
drinks the health of everybodjq drinks away his own.
And so do persons who drinkjfor their health.—
We have known people who drank for their health,
until they were laid in drunkards’ graves. Wine
moeketh and deceiveth, but in every instance, it
manifests the same power and produces the same re
suits “There is death in the pot.” *
The Kiss.
We know not who is the author of the follow
ing lines, but in their elegant jingle, they are not un
worthy the muse of Poe :
Stars were beaming, Luna gleaming, I was dreaming,
Dreams as sweet
As the olden summers golden that have rolled on
Still, yet fleet,
Then from Aiden came a maiden—(beauty laden
Girl was she :)
Glorious teacher! each fair feature a love teacher !
Unto me.
“Close beside me”—who dare chide me?
“Her love, bide thee;”
Blushes —Grace !
It confesses how her tresses, with caresses,
Touched my face.
There’s no praising the amazing bright eyes gazing
Into mine,
Lips .whose meetness, whose repleteness of all sweet
ness,
Were divine.
But she waited, meditated, I —elated —
• Gently chid.
Smiling, told her no one older would behold her,
If she did.
Nearer, nearer, clearer, warmer, dearer
Came her breath,
Then forgetting, all regretting, angels letting
Her—oh ! Death!
Still she waited, hesitated, said she hated
To: I chid;
She grew willing—O! ’twas thrilling! dream fulfilling?
For she did.
Fast Young Men take Notice.
We heard of an incident which took place in or
near Alquina, in this county, a few weeks since,
which we relatp for the special benefit of those
young men who are interested. After Church a
young man —nameless for the present —stepped up
to oneof the handsomest and best girls in the county,
and to whom he has been showing considerable at
tention of late—and requested the pleasure of her
company heme. It was granted, and they started.
Elated, no doubt, with his success, the young man
was thrown off his guard, and desiring to say some
thing of a very tender nature, he turned his face to
wards his partner’s ami whispered his communica
tion. But that was an Unlucky whisper, for tho same
breath that conveyed the message —of love, perhaps
also bore to the olfactories of the lady the fumes of
alcohol. Withdrawing her arm from that of her
gallant, the Miss turned from him in disgust, ex
claiming, “Sir you have been drinking whisky; you
can’t go home with me.’ And she went her way
alone, leaving the lovcf of the ‘ardent’ completely
nonplussed, amid the groans and jeers of many spec
tators of the whole affair. We trust this wiH be a
lesson, not only to this one, but for all young men
who read this. The truth of the above is vouched
for by an eye-witness. —-Oontiersville Telegraph.
This young lady must have been oneof good taste
and good sense. She certainly possessor! a candid,
dignified independence, which is wanting in very
many of her sex. All honor to her, whoever she
may be! Were all our young ladies of this stamp,
we might soon expect a great triumph for the Tem
perance lieform; greater than has ever been yet
known. But alas 1 the fatal cup is often by
woman’s hand.
“Oh hear it not ye stars,
And thou.pale moon grow paler at the sound.”
I f wohHrt, W#re sensible of the extend ,of her influ
ence, and would summons* heroic determination to
do her duty* the power she would exert cannot be
calculated. *
- e.oie -
Joseph S. Walker, cf Marion, Ala., has
been selected as the editor of the Christian Index
for file ensuing year.
Dueling in South America. —In the city of Bu
ncos Ayres, D. Lucio Maucilla, n member of one of
the first and wealthiest families, and nephew of the
eX-Dictator Rosas, challenged Sir Marmol, another
“first family” man to fight a duel. For this crime
he has been sentenced to three ears banishment
from the province, and at the end of that period will
only be allowed to return upon giving bonds of SIOO,-
000 current money n t to renew his challenge.
Avery good law, and one which we should like
to see enforced in our country. For swell-headed
bullies to challenge and in cold blood murder any
who may ofFend them is a relict of medaeval barbar
ism w* ich a civilized people should blush to recog
nise. No practice can be more absurd, or more an
tagonistic to human rights than that of dueling, and
-if the laws rendered it disgraceful, it might soon be
suppressed. *
§aiP“The Southern Commercial Convention will
meet in the city of Savannah on Monday, the Bth of
December next. A general attendance of the dele
gates is desired. The objects aimed at by this Con
vention are such as should demand the co-operation
of ever) (rue Southern man, and every State should
he well represented. We extract the following para
graph from the address of the Committee:
“We invite a large att ndance at the Convention
in Savannah. Let every village and town through
out the South respond promptly to this appeal in the
appointment of delegates instructed in regard to their
wishes and views. The Exec dives of the several
States and the Mayors of cities, Boards of Trade and
Commerce, Agricultural Associations, etc., will, it is
believed, appoint according to custom, delegations of
tried and approved men, who will certainly attend,
or who will, in the event of a failure, communicate
by reports or otherwise, full information for the ac
tion of the body, upon some or all of the points indi
cated.”
Cincinnati is by far the most extensive wlnsky
market on the American Continent, and the quantity
of Lillian corn consumed in manufacturing it this
year, without noticing thrye and ship stuffs, also
used, exceeds flic average annual exportations of this
article from the United States to Europe, which is
about all that is exported to foreign countries during
the last nine years. The total exportations of corn
from the United States to Great Britain and Ireland
during that time, and which constitutes nearly all
exports to foreign countries, was 57,471,270 bush
els, and by dividing this by the number of years
(nine) we find the annual average exportation to be
5,274,584 bushels. Nineteen millions two hundred
and sixty thousand and 45 gallons proof whisky were
distilled in that city and vicinity during the year
ending August 81, 1856, consuming six millions four
hundred and twenty bushels Indian corn, allowing
one bushel corn to three gallons proof whisky. The
comparison stands as follows: Consumed in the dis
tillation of whisky in that city and vicinity last year
9,120,015, annual average of shipments from the
United States to foreign countries, 3,274,585.
How startling must be the above statement to ev
ery'true philanthropist. Thus is the bread of life
taken from the people and converted into poison; a
poison which impairs the intellect, destroys every
fine sensibility, and produces physical, mental and
moral death. The political economist may reason
and rejoice much at the increase of capital by the im
provement of raw- material. But here is a case to be
judged by the rules of moral economy, and the de
cision must one day be fearful to those who have or
ganized and are now upholding this horrid system.
Reason as men may however, we venture the asser
tion, without the least fear of successful contradic
tion, that the world would be far happier, richer,
and better, were all distilleries and grogshops forev
er abolished, and the corn now consumed in the
manufacture of liquors given to the people for bread.
“Age ofProgress. 55
A “Young America” was lately delivered of the
following burst of eloquence:
“The perturbations of the seasons have produced
an inclination in the weather to a more modified ex
tent so far as the disagreeableness is concerned.”—
He meant to say it was colder.
Book Table.
Harper’s Magazine. The November No. now be
fore us contains an article on the massacre of St. Bar
tholomew from the pen of J. S. C. Abbot, “Up and
Down the Andes,” “Little Dorritt,” and several oth
er papers of interest. As the present number clo
ses the Volume now is an excellent time to begin
new subscriptions. Price of one copy $3 00; 2 cop
ies $5 00 ; 5 copies $lO.
The “Banished Son” by Mrs. Lee Hentz. This
is a neatly bound Volume of Novelettes lately issued
from the publishing house of T. B. Peterson, Phila
delphia. This Authoress is too well known to re
quire a word of commendation. Her works have on
ly to be read to be admired. Price, cloth $1 25.
Paper $1 00.
Georgia News
The Savannah Republican announces the death of
Mr. J. H. Ladd, long a worthy merchant of that city.
He died at Newton, Massachusetts, on the 11th inst.
The Atlanta Intelligencer says : Contrary to the
expectations of many, our town is crowded with
strangers —visitors to the Fair of the Southern Cen
tral Agricultural Society, which commenced on Tues
day. We have not yet had an opportunity of visit
ing the grounds, but learn from others, that the stock
and other articles on exhibition, are numerous, va
ried and interesting; and that the right spirit per
vades those immediately interested in.the enterprize.
Win. F. Sapp shot Stephen Pitman, his son-in-law,
in Randolph county, on tho f>th instant, inflicting a
dreadful wound in his thigh. Sapp has decamped,
and it is thought Pitman will recover.
Tim citizens of Columbus arc agitating the sub
ject of Water Works in that city. Win, F. Sorrell,
Engineer, offers to erect machinery that will supply
five hundred and twenty thousand gallons per day,
for $75,000, payable in three, four and six years,
with interest payable quarterly.
JjfTA hole big enough for a small cow to pass through,
we understand, was made in the wall of our new
county jail (that the grand jury pronounced impreg
nable,) on Tuesday night last, and those of the pri
soners who were so disposed, came out and took an
airing. One of them, Jesse Roberson, left entirely.
The balance of them, we learn, were not willing to
give up their free boarding house, as long as they
could be permitted to stay, and so went back when
they got ready.— Atlanta Intelligencer.
The Bank of the State of Georgia, this day an
nounces its seventy-second semi-annual dividend, giv
ing to its stockholders six dollars per share from its
earnings for the past six months, payable on and af
ter Monday, the 27th instant This makes thirteen
per cent., on its Capital, paid the stockholders of
this Bank, from its earnings, for the year just closed;
a fact that requires no comment upon the able man
agement which has always characterized the Bank,
and made it confessedly one of the most liberal as it
is one of the most reliable moneyed institution in our
country.— Sac. Geor. Oct. 24.
§MM- Stems*
Bishop Onderdunk, of Pennsylvania, has been
restored to the Ministry.
J3F“lsaac Rankin, Esq., senior partner in the
house of Rankin, Duryee & Cos., of Newark, died
Wednesday evening in Troy, aged about 40.
|WIn the Supreme Court at, Boston, Aaron A.
Bradley, a colored lawyer, was expelled from the
bar, for mal-practicc.
Memphis and Charleston railroad will be
completed to Corinth, the junction of the Mobile and
Ohio road, ninety-three miles East of Memphis, says
the Memphis Bulletin, in six w-eeks from now. This
will leave but a small gap—about twenty-five miles
—to complete the road through.
§3§p°Gen. Wm, Hali died at his residence, in Sum
ner county, Tenn., a few days ago, in the 83d year
of his age. At different periods of his life he had
filled most of the high offices in the State.
Gin House of Gen. M. J. Bulger, in Tal
lapoosa county, Ala., was consumed by fire on Thurs
day night, the 9th inst. It is supposed to have been
the work of an incendiary. Loss put dow-n at $2,000.
fa§T*The first man killed in Kansas was Clark,
who was murdered by McCrea, a “Free State” man
—belonging to the Massachusetts Aid Society.
one year New- York city eats 185,000 ox
en, 12,000 cows, 550,000 sheep and lambs, 40,000
calves, and 280,000 swine. If ranged seven abreast
they would make a procession two miles long.
Oxygenated BiPers a care for Dyspepsia. The
proprietors do not claim that this medicine is infalli
ble, but refer to certificates of gentlemen w-ell know r n
to the public, for abundant proof that they have
been remarkably successful.
Chilbains. —This painful affection may be easily
cured by a few- applications of Perry Davis’ Vegeta
ble Pain Killer. It is equally effectual in curing
scalds, burns, &c. No family should be without it.
The Electoral Vote for President,.
The following is a list of the Electoral votes to
which each State is entitled, under the last census,
at the election for President in November :
Maine, 8 Ohio, 23
New- Hampshire, 5 Indiana, 13
Vermont, 5 Illinois, 11
Massachusetts, 13 low-a, 4
Rhode Island, 1 Wisconsin, 5
Connecticut, 6 Michigan, 6
New- York, 35 Kentucky, 12
New Jersey, 7 Missouri, 9
Pennsylvania, 27 Alabama, 9
Delaw-are, 3 Louisiana, 6
Maryland, 8 Tennessee, 12
Virginia, 15 Mississippi, 7
North Carolina, 10 Arkansas, 4
South Carolina, 7 Texa3, . 4
Georgia, 10 California, 4
Florida, 3
Whole number of votes, 295
Necessary to a choice, 148
Gen. Harrison’s House Burned.
The Louisville Courier says: “ The bright light
which lit up the heavens so brilliantly on Friday
night, denoted the burning in Jeffersonville, of per
haps the only building of historical importance in
this vicinity. Tt w-asthe house in which Gen. Wil
liam H. Harrison lived when he was Governor of the
North-w-estern Territory.”
United States Consuls in Russia.
The consular agent of the United States at Cron
stadt has demanded authority to hoist his national
flag, and to place the arms of his nation over his res
idence. The Emperor has granted this permission,
and it is stated that the same permission will be giv
en to all the other consular agents who may request it
The Trousseau of a Princess. —The bridal arrange
ments, the magnificent Trosseau of the bride, &c.,
in view of the approaching marriage of the Princess
Royal at Berlin, attract so much attention that hun
dreds are actually going from London to witness
them. There are six rooms filled with silks, satins,
ribbons, velvets, costly lace, artificial flowers, ex
quisite embroideries in gold and silver, bonnets, caps,
gowns, gloves, body and table linen, diamonds and
jewelry, shawls, mantles, and toilet requirements of
every description, color, and material. Thirty per
sons have been engaged during the sever ;1 months
on the embroider} 7 , and 120 needle women have
been working on the different articles.
The Advantages of Paying for a Paper in Ad
vance.—A Boston paper says one of the facts put in
evidence at the trial, in the Supreme Court, to sus
tain the will of the late Wm. Russell, was, that on
ly a few days before he made his will, he called at
the office of the Democrat and paid for his paper, a
year in advance, thereby saving fifty cents. The
fact was dwelt on at length by the counsel, and com
mented upon by the Judge as one of great import-
The verdict of the jury would seem to sustain the
proposition that a man who has mind enough to pay
for his newspaper in advance, is competent to make
a will.
No Grime to Steal Lottery Tickets. —Three men
at Montreal, having been indicted for a conspiracy
to defraud one John McDonald of a Lottery Ticket,
Mr. Justice McCord, on the 4th inst., delivered an
elaborate decision quashing the indictment. His
judgment proceeds on the ground that lotteries be
ing illegal in Canada, lottery tickets are there value
less, and it is no offence to steal them, much less to
conspire to do so.
fr-W” Some : ody describing the absurd appearauce
of a man dancing the polka, says : “He looks as
though he had a hole in his pocket, and was trying
to shake a shilling down the leg of his trousers.”
“This animal,” said an itinerant showman,
“is the royal African Hyena, measuring fourteen
feet from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail,
and the same length back again, making in all twen
ty eight feet. He cries in the woods in the night
season ilke a human being in distress, and then de
vours all that comes to his assistance—a sad instance
of the depravity of human nature.”
fcgf” A Frenchman being troubled with the gout,
was asked what difference there was between that
and the rheumatism. ‘One very great difference,’ re
plied Monsieur, ‘suppose you take one vice, put your
finger in, you turn the screw till you oan bear it no
longer —dat is de rheumatism; den ’spose you give
him one turn more —dat is de goutP