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For the Temperance Crusader.
?labob Papers—No. 1.
* BY HOKY,
“A cbiel’s amang ye taking notes,
And, faith, lie’ll prent it.”
Three ranting, roving, devilish, high
strung students left the classic groves and
mathematical walks (in the campus) of se
questered Penfield in the month ot Decem
ber, 18 a—, on a vacation bust, regular. Im- j
agining that more enjoyment could be seen
b y’ traveling in private* they resolved upon
the following mode, viz: a one horse (mule)
jersev wagon, containing tent-cloth, trunk,
provisions, and also two of the travelers,
and an Indian poney of doubtful age, bad
eves, uncertain step and any number of
tricks. The poney was a saddle nag. and
was steered by a i.40 youth of twenty De-
MjgHbks, the most amiable collegian ever
nco iG days of Jack Bookworm,
Bigod.
PPPhe intention of these gentlemen was to
travel during the winter vacation, in the
cheap yet highly comfortable and extreme
)>* romantic style we have described; to go
nowhere in particular, but everywhere in
general; to sec and be seen, and while the
harmonious lines of Mantua’s poet and “the
blind Bard ofßcio’s rocky Isle” were hush
ed and the lids were closed on Nat. Philos
ophy, and that very entertaining volume,
Conic Sections, they would open the big
book of Nature and read there for variety’s
sake.
•“Well, “Winched,” said Mr. Benjamin Bi
god. from his poney, addressing the other in
the wagon, before they had proceeded more
than two.miles on their journey. “Weil,
Winched,, you are the all-overest chap I
ever saw. if you sii, then eggs aint eggs,
as Turpin said. Didn’t you know that’t was
a sure .off en of ill luck to commence any
thing on a Saturday? Why the old pi an
(an abbreviated tea m by which hoys always
mean the : r father) bud: a gin-house once on
a Saturday, and had ihe good fortune to see
it burntih'wn in less than two months.”
*Tndeed,” said Mr. Wincite!, who was a
short personage, with short hair and a very
short traveling coat, “I thought Friday was
the unlucky day.”
■ Yes* so ;t was formerly, but you know
Webster’s Spelling Book said Friday was
just as- lucky as any other day, and conse
quent! v the time was changed to Saturday.”
“Your argu cut is ‘'conclusive,” replied
’Winchel, smiling at the pleasantry of the
other, “but since we have started. Jet s have
no disputes while we are in limine of our
journey.”
fF t we crave pardon, reader, for not in
troducing Webster Hall, a comely lad and
a rhea .--ant., who, over-anxious to move on,
an'd fb!i of glowing anticipations of most
glorious fun and rare sport, was walking
‘f. • [y. ntied yards ahead of t lie disputants,
admiring s ho beauty of the morning and try
ing > remember in which one of his many
novels lie had read a description of just such
a day. Hall feeling somewhat fatigued
with his walk, awaited the coming ot his
companions, and gave it a his opinion that
it would be better to continue on, which was
agreed upon.
Asa matter of course, the first place they
arrived at. was Greenesboro. Among many
other Interesting (?) things they saw there
was a crabbed young man explaining to a
very tall boy with jet black hair, the differ
ence between a sloop and a schooner, and
how fast he sailed in the latter vessel on a
certain occasion, to all of which the tall hoy
replied that he would bet ten dollars that
brother Georgia’s horse could trot five miles
in less time than any schooner could sail the
same distance. The banter not being taken
up ma- even noticed, the tall gentleman pro
ceeded to whistle Prime Donna for two min
utes and seventeen seconds* and then walk
ed off singing the Same air with the words,
“How would you ike to be. in such a fix as
me.” to which Bigod whispered to Hall that
he didn’t think the tail gentlemanVfix a very
enviable one end consequently he wouldn't
feel particularly honored by the privilege of
being so At this time a blooming (on the
nose) yocng man with a ! wgenose, red face
and snuff whiskers walked up and replied to
the crabbed gentleman’s question, “How
wa-s he?” that he “felt devilish bad.” Mr.
Bigod here whispered to Winchel that he
suspected there was a strong current of
sympathy between the gentletnanVfeelings
and face, they both answering to the same
description. What else our travelers said
and done in tins city we leave for time to
reveal, ‘they left shortly afterwards and
the sun declining behind the western wave,
and jbnging.'ihe surrounding clouds with
gorgeous ficus, found them broiling ham be
fore their tent’ preparatory to eating sup
per. This was finished to theigreat delight
of the party, and to the immense destruction
of the viands. Ail ih.ee having imbibed
pretty freely of hn-nn-te-mog-a-fog-al-ty
(Indian name for whisky vide Hiawatha)
and feeing both spiritualmA musical. Win
ches tuned his violin to accord with Hall’s
flute. Bigod cleared his throat twice, all
three took two drinks and then struck up
Sweet Horne, the latter gentleman carrying
the svr, vira voce.
The music drew a crowd of darkies, from
the bouse close by, around the lent, all of
whom expressed a unanimous opinion that
Winchel urns as good a Tiddler ns Uncle Jim,
an oid darky who had been dead several
years, i hey- had scarcely commenced the
“Last Rose of Sommer” when a stranger,
on the shady bide of thirty, walked Into the
tent, good e’ ening.” informed them that he
was very fond of good mus e and took a
seas-r-e: the ground. Hall walked out of
the tent, whispered to a tail negro, returned
and introduced Mr. Perks to his friends.—
Bigod'made a motion that Mr. Perks* health
be drunk* took a drink immelf and then put
the motion* which was carried. Winchel
on. ervedihat Bigod’s manner of proceeding
was bighTy unparliamentary, because he
drank before the motion was put. Bigod
acknowledged the mistake, but rectified it
thy. taking another think afterwards. The
other two comessed ,t!ie “sell” and took an
additional dr.nk in imnor thereof. Mr.
Pe k; didn’t drink. Drey had finished the
“Last ‘dose o; Summer” and “Over the wa
to Lhariie,” when Hall beckoned Mr. i
Perks out of the tent, took his arm and stag
gered fiftv yards in the dark, ‘got behind a
large tree* and suggested to him in a low
whisper that Bigod and Winchel were tight.
Mr. Perks having given a knowing and pa-,
tronising ‘,Ah !” to this, was led back to hear
Crystal Sehottisch. This and several others
having been performed, Hall beckoned Mr.
Perks out again, took him to the same tree
and whispered to him, in the same tone, .“if
he didn’t smell a rat?” Mr. Perks smelling
nothing but whisky, answered negatively,
and was led back, when Winchel and Bigod
were fast asleep. Hall remarked that he
didn’t want to be troublesome, but would
like to speak to Mr. Perks in private, and
thereupon that gentleman was led to the
same tree again, where Hali informed him
that he should go to bed very soon. Mr,
Perks replied “Ah !” again, and was left by
himself.
The three jovials awoke next morning
with aching heads, red eyes, long counte
nances, and minus all their provisions. And
the morning and the evening were the first
day.
For tile Temperance Crusader.
Hali.oca, Ga., Oct. 24, 1856.
Messrs. Editors —on account of the great
excitement that is now being made in rela
tion to who shall he the next President, the
great and all-important subject of temper
ance seems to be almost, forgotten in this
section. But the agitation will soon cease.
Then will be the propitious time to strike a
blow for the furtherance of the temperance
cause.
There are a great many intelligent per
sons in this State, who would lend a helping
hand then, hut Would not now, because the
present political contest engages too much
of their time and attention.
I would recommend that the six thousand
who so nobly battled for the triumph of tem
perance principles, and whom i have no
doubt are not yet entirely or even partially
disheartened, and as many more as are
friendly to our common cause, do make a
rally and see, by a powerful effort, if Mr.
Overbv cannot be gotten into the field next
year.
The cause is not. dead. It is only waiting
for some such man as Mr. Overby to arouse
it from its long lethargic state and*give it
such an impetus in the Empire State of the
South, as will not cease until a great moral
reformation is wrought in its bounds.—
When the political excitement will have died
away it will he as an appropriate time ns
we will ever have. J. G.
Proceedings of tiie Grand Division S. of T.
Atlanta, Oct. 22, 1836.”
The Division met in the Hull of Knights of Jeri
cho. Members present—Bros. Gresham, Granrrss,
Lloyd, Burnett, Carmichael, Renrieau, Bostick, D. P.
Jones, and Brewster.
Division was opened by G. W. P.. E. C. Granniss,
assisted by J. J. Lloyd, G. W. A.
J. C. C. Burnett, G. S.
J. Y. Carmichael, G. C. pro tern.
Brewster, G. S. “ “
Jos. Gresham, G. Chap.
It. Reman, P. G. W. P. “ “
The roll of Officers being called, a motion was
made to dispense with the reading of the Minutes of
the last Grand Division, as they we re read and’ con
firmed at the close of said session. Adopted.
Bros. Gresham, ;-en au, and Carmichael ware ap
pointed a Committee on Credentials.
The Committee report the following :
Tomiehichi Dir. No. I.—E. C. Granniss, T>. F.
Dense, J. C. C. Burnett, O. S. Obear, W. 8. Willi
ford, Thos. Dougherty, A. G. Butts, A. F. Sherwood,
G. W. Adams and Levin Mitchell.
Sutallee Dir. No. 4. —0. W. Putnam, T. R. Brew
ster, G. W. Hunnicutt, J. W. Hunnicutt, J. Carson,
and J ames Knox.
Yemassee Div. No 15.—-Joseph Felt, S. A. T. Law
son, W. S. Feavy, M. Y. Henderson, C. H. Duryee,
VVm. King, sr., VVm. King, j r., 0. C. Parker, T. A.
Maddox, JL>. H. Galloway, and J. V. N. Yoorhuft
Chattahoochee D v. No. 17. —C. E. Minis, Charles
Wise, Moses Gam tt, W. H. McNeil, and George J.
Lloyd.
Williford Div. No. 25. —W. M. K. Watts, Robs, H.
Copeland, and W. L. Mosely.
Alexander Div. No. 76. —L. Bowers, A. Young,
J. Young, J. Y. Carmichael, and N. Martin.
Canton Div. No. 102.—J. Gresham, S. T. McCsn
less, A. 1L Thuford, F. Butts, N. J. Garrison, W.
B. Hawks, and W. M. Bartow.
Baldwin R&iford D v. No. 171.—1>. S. Carswell, J.
R. Bostick, J. R. Cook, M. Murphy, J. L. Daniel,
James H. Bostick, N. B, Bostick, N. L. Bosticke,
H. G. Garrett, C. Torrance, P, Perkins, and W. D.
Bussey. All correct.
The Committee also report Credentials from Di
visions No. 34-, 48, 100, and 145 as informal, as the
returns fail to state whether or not the Representa
tives therein mentioned were W. P’s or P. W. P’s. ;
But, from satisfactory evidence, the Committee be
lieve them eligible and'entitled to seats in this Grand
Division.
The Committee further report the Credentials
from Augusta Division No 7, as informal in the same
manner, but are satisfied that Bros. Lailerstadt and
John G. Coffin are entitled to seats in this Grand
Division. Report received and adopted.
R. J. Garder, No. 8-1; Moses Garritt, No. 17 ; \Y r .
M. K. Watts, No. 25 ; It. Eberhart, No. 48; Joseph
Young, Levi B ‘wers and N. Martin, No. 76; J. G.
Gibson, No. 145; and M. Murphy, No. 171; were
announced in waiting:—they were introduced, initia
ted, and assigned their scats.
Moved that the election of Officers take place at 8
o’clock, P. M., which was adopted.
The G. W. P. then made the folio ring report:
Office of the Grand Worthy Patriarch. )
October 22d, 1856. (
Worth y Brothers The close of another official
year makes it necessary fo£. use, as your presiding
officer, in the discharge of my duty, to make* a re
port to von of the present state of the Order in this
jurisdiction. And, before going farther, let each and
every one of ns, who have received another year’s
blessings from an all-wise Providence, enter npon
tho duty devolved upon ns at this session of the
Grand Division, with thankfulness, and humble pray
er, for wisdom to guide and direct us to tiie wisest
and best means of procuring happiness among our
fellow men, and the spread ol our beloved' Order.
I regret to be compelled to report that there is but
little to cheer us, and less progress in our glorious
cause than every true Son of Temperance could de
sire. Nothing of great moment has transpired since
our last annual communication, tho evils of fritern
pcrancc yet abounds among us, to curse and impov
erish our citizens. And many there are who resist,
all the means used by the various associations form
ed to aavo the sober, and reform the drunkard and
carry gladness, peace arid happiness to every family.
Yet, the demon Alcohol continues to slay his thou
sands; the odious grog-shop system finds its sun
porters, and the traffic legalized, and the License
system yet stains the Statute Book of our beloved
State, while the same destroys hundreds and thou
sands of our countrymen both sonl and body and
bring poverty, wretchedness and misery j„to many
a family, and tend greatly to assist in filling up our
poor houses, jails and penitentiary; and add great
ly to the cost attending our Courts in almost ever--
County m the State, in prosecuting criminal canes
•and supporting tho poor ; yet the system of o-rog
shop keeping is right and proper'in tho eyes of the
law, because it is legalised by our Legislature.
Brethren I mourn the general apathy that aeenia
almost every where, to pervade our Order through
out the State. Many of the Divisions-are very thin
ly attended, aud many others have ceased -to wot k;
and many who protest* to have a name to live, have
not sent up their returns to the Grand Scribe for sev
eral quarters; and from the Books of the G. Scribe it
shows us that we once numbered 839 Divisions, and
are now reduced down to 82, whose Charters have
not been, forfeited or suj#snd. red. And out of that
number only I‘2 madaany return ftmthe quarter end
ing Dec. 81, 1855; 28 for the quarter ending March
81, 1856 ; 18 for the quarter ending'June 30th, ’56;
and 14 for the quarter ending Sept. 80th, 1856 ;
I would therefore, recommend all t-'ose Divisions
failing to make returns for twelve months be strick
en from the roll—ih* particulars of which I w 11 re
fer you more particularly to the Q.-Scribe’s report
Daring the past year 1 have granted dispensation
for three new Divisions, to-wb :
Franklin Dir. No. 5, Jefferson county.
Trader’s Hill Div. No. 80, Charlton county.
Sparta Div. No. 85, Han Sock county.
I .recommend Charters be. granted if they have
been regularly organized. lam also happy to report,
that I was applied to, to have the Charter o! Willi
ford Division returned to them again, they showing
a favorable report that they desired to go to work,
and believing our object was to do good, I took the
responsibility of returning them their Charter free
of charge, and authorizing Bro. N. M. Harrs to rein
state said Division, which isfeiVrr and to you for action.
In accordance with previous recommendations, I
endeavored to appoint a District Deputy in each
county in the State whore there was a Division. 1
have failed in many instances fur want of the knowl
edge of the names and residence Os pe sons suitable
for the office; and am sorry to say, that not one that
l did appoint, have made any report to me ot the
state of the order in their jurisdiction, therefore lam
unable to give you so definite a report as 1 would
like to do.
I desire to bring to your notice the state of opr
Treasury at this time”; it has become a too common
saying that the Grand Division is broke; they are
out of money and will soon cease to have meetings, as
no Body, or Corporation can live without the where
with to pay their expenses, and the saying is a. very
true one. And 1 recommend the Grand Division to
take such action, so that the income will bo sufficient
to meet our expenses, and relieve (be present in
debtedness of the Grand Division. ‘That mar he
done by increasing the per >'enfag- from Subordinate
Divisions to the Grand Division you may direct
Soon after my election to this office I found a num
ber of outstanding debts against this body, find no
means of paying the same, and a great portion of
this was due to parsons who wor. ill able to h~r the
deprivation of their just demands. I therefore, up
on consultation with our Grant Scribe concluded to
issue a Circular to all of the Divisions, calling on
them for donations to relieve us,of our embarrassed
condition, which Circular went out dated Fab. 19,
1856, signed by the G. W. P, and the G. S-, and
was responded to by some of the Divisions very lib
erally, and /or which, as the presiding officer, and
individually, they have my warmest thanks. For
the amount and list of those Divisions responding I
refer you to the Grand Scribes report. The akrio Jrit
however was not sufficient to feleive the Grand Di
vision from ifs embarrassed condition as will be seen
by the Grand Treasurer's report, a copy of the Cir
cular P'-nt our is herewith presented for your action.
Ou the fifth day of July last I received the resig
nation of Bro. May bom, as Grand Scribe, which is
herewith submitted, and feeling the importance of
having the office filled, and finding no constitution
al provision, I took the responsibility of filling the
office by appointing Bro. J. C. C. Burnett, G. Scribe,
a Past W. P. from Tomiehichi Division No. 1. But
at that time, thinking I should have been in Atlan
ta in attendance on the State Temperance Conven
tion that met. the last of July, and if it was thought
best, we could then call a special meeting of the
Grand Division, and electa Grand Scribe, but was
-prevented from attending in consequence of sickness
in my familv, therefore, the matter is referred to you
for action.
And in conclusion, remember, though great good
has neon done by our order, still much rerosins to
ho done, thousands of our race yet groan under the
mighty curse of Intemperance. Let us work on and
look to Him who governs all things, and if we are
found faithful, success may yet crown our efforts,
and may the blessings of Heaven rest upon you all.
Submitted in Love, Purity and Fidelity,
E. 0. GRANNISS, G. W. Patriarch.
The Grand Scribe made the following report.:
Office of the Grand Division, )
Macon, July sth, 1856. |
OmcsßS and Brothers:— During the last three
Quarters two Divisions which had censed to work,
have been revived, viz : Williford Division No. 25,
and Palos Division No. 121.
Three Dispensations have been granted to new
Divisions : Franklin Division No. 5, Jefferson coun
ty ; Traders Hill Division, No. 30, Charlton county;
Sparta Division No, 85, Hancock county.
For the purpose of aiding the Grand Division, in
conjunction with our G. VV. p t> an appeal was for
warded to each Division s lieiting donations. Many
of them took no notice of the appeal, but tho follow
ing, nobly responded to the call, Had all come for
ward in the same spirit, according to thoir ability,
our Division would have been plac'd beyond tho
pale of pecuniary embarrassment.
List of Donations. —Chattahoochee Division, $1(7;
Eureka Div. $5; Ilowch tka Div. $10; Glade Div.
slb; Girard Div. $3 25; Antioch Div. $3 ; Farmer’s
and Mechanic’s $2 75 ; VV. M. K. Watfs, of Williford
Div. $1 40; Private Individuals at Augusta, $lO.
During the last three Quarters there has been re
ceived at this office, viz: For Donations, S6O 10;
Per Centage, slsl 66; Charter Feees, sls; Dispen
sation Fees, 50 cts.; Books and Cards, $7 -SO. To
tal $235 08.
Amounts Paid Out. —Gsb Raid Sundries, $750;
Printing, sl2-00; Postage, $27 50; National Div.
9 73; Grand Treasurer, 6178 35. Total $235-08.
The duties of my profession have compelled me
to resign the office of Grand Scribe of your body,
although I still hope to meet with you, and trust ’ I
shall be ever ready to support the cause of Love
Purity and Fidelity.
The present indebtedness of file Grand Division is
as fallows : Due to Grand Scribe, Balance of Salary
sl2l 65; T>. F, Griffin, for Printing, S2O; G. W. P.
Granniss, Cash Advanced, 9 07. Total $l5O 72.
Our income is paying our expenses, and a little
exertion <ri the part of your Body would remove
our liabilities. Respectfully submitted,
MAY HORN, G. &
Office of the Grand Dieisi-on, )
October 22, 1856. (
Officers and Representatives -From the re
port of your Grand Scribe Bro. May Horn, you are
formed of his resignation of that office in July last,
and I was by your Grand W. P. appointed to fill the
office until the meeting of this Grand Division.
Since my appointment there has been received at
this office returns from 18 Divisions for the Quarter
ending June 30th. Number of contributing mem
bers in these.. 18 Divisions 506. Fourteen Divisions
made returns lor Quarter ending Sept. 30tb, contri
buting members in tlmse 14 Divisions 448.
Gash Deceived. Amount Paid Out.
For Per Centage, SSO 97 For Printing, $2 50
Dispensation Fees, 150 Postage, 118
Books and Cards, 7 15 Paid G. Treasurer,. 59 07
Donations, 5 00 Cash on hand, 1 87
Total, SO4 62 $64 62
There is now’ about 82 Divisions whoso Charters
are still retained by them. During the past Quarter
I have vrr tten to-32 Divisions, requesting them to
make theft returns. From some 1 have received re
turn.*, from others none. Avery few Divisions are
in a prosperous condition, bnf, wry many are, doing
nothing.nt all.
From the very short time l have held the office of
Grand Scribe, I e.-mnot make oft as complete n re
port as I would wish to have done. Trusting that
the time is near at hand when the cause of Temper
ance will he great l )’ revived, tho numbers of tho
different Divisions w increased and groat good done
thereby. I am in Love, Purity and Fidelity,
J. C. a BURNETT, G Scrib.n
The Grand Treasurer’s report was then read.
Office of the Grand Divseion, \
October 22, 1856. ]
I herewith submit to you the transactions of my
ofiica for tho last yoa ■.
1856. ‘ 1856.
July 5, Cash from Paid Check No.
M. Horn, $17835 190, $17885
Oct. 20, Cash from Paid Check# Nos.
J. O. O. Burnett, 59 07 198, TV-9, 59 07
Total, $237 42 Total, $287-43
Respectfully submitted, A. G. BUTTS, Q, T.
The above end foregoing reports received, end re
ferred to Committed. A motion was made to adjourn
to 8 o’clock P, M. and carried.
Evening Ssssxon, 3 O’clock P. M.
Division met. Present same as the morning-
Committee on Credentials report returns from, Co
hutta Division as in correct, in not stating the broth
ers as W, P. or G. W. p„ But thr Committee are
satisfied that Bro. E. M. Gait is eligible, and recom
mend his admission, report was received and adopt
ed. ‘Bro. Galt was admitted, initiated and took his
seat. The Committee to whom was referred the re
port of the G. W. P, presented the following:
The. Cominitte to whom was referred- the report
of our Grand Worthy Patriarch, have had the same
under consideration and beg lesv# to offer a few re
marks upon some of the topics presented in his re
port. Upon the subject of the legalized traffic in
Ardent Spirits, we eff -r the following:
Resolved, That liquor selling results often iu mur
der, and most of the lo wer vices practiced in the
country, ond is therefore in itself a most criminal
traffic.
Resolved, That the license law authorizing the
sale of intoxicating liquors, is a mischievous law, and
a disgrace loan enlightened State.
Resolved, That it is the sense of this Grand Divis
ion that every true Son of Temperance should use
all honorable means for the suppression of the tnfifi?,
and the repeal of the License La a s.
What i-, situ] on the subject of striking Divisions
from the roll, we think should be referred to the
Committee on Charters. Also the new Divisions to
whom the G. W: P. has granted dispensations. In
view of.the entire failure to report on the part of
of the Grand Deputies,
Resolved, That the appointing of Local Deputies,
is wholly useless, and would therefore recommend
that the G. W. P. in future send special deputies to
those points where he cannot atUnd in person, who
will attend to his duties and then report to him.—
We recommend a reference to the Committee on Fi
nance, so much.of the report as npp ies to the defi
ciencies of the Treasury.
While your Committee regret the necessity which
created the vacancy in the - flic* of the Grand” Scribe,
it was right and proper that it should he. filled, and
recommend that, the appointment of the acting G.
■Scribe be approved. In conolusi .n, your Commit
tee would beg leave to pry t’ at G. W. P. Granniss is
entitled to the gratitude of the Order f,r the able and
satisfy-ctorv manner in w hich he has discharged the
du aos of his office. Report received and adopted.
Rrssnu. Rkneap, Ohm’n.
Milt, Knot? Mcnrnr,
Moses Garkitt,
The Committee to whom was referred the reports
of the Grand Scribe and Grand Tr.ta-surer, offer the
following:
1. The Commiteec on Finance whoso duty it is to
examine the reports of the Grand Scribe and Grand
Treasurer beg leave to offer tiie following. We have
examined the same and find them neatly and cor
rectly kept, reflecting great credit on the. officers
who have had them in charge.
2. The low obb of the Finances of the G>and Di
vision is deeply to by. regretted. It is an wieonteo
vertable fact that no organization can exsist long
without funds, anil to raise tho amount necessary to
liquidate the debt this Grand Division owes puzzles
your committee. We have thought we might get
it by contributions from the friends of Temperance.
If any Brother can suggest, or devise any other plan,
we are wijliug and would be glad to hear from thorn.
Respectfully submitted,
George- J. Lloyd.
R. Reneap,
Levi Bowers.
The report was received, and a motion made to
adopt, which was lost.
Committee on Appeal present the following :
The Committee to whom was referred the oases of
P: S. Osburn and R. E. Wilson, of Cohulta Divis
ion, beg leave to report that while they would not
detract ought from the purity of motive that prompt
ed theso brethren in the purchase of the Spirits al
luded to, yet, from a careful consideration o - the
pledge, xnd perusal or consideration of Article 2d,
we are driven to the conclusion that-although Broth
ers Osburn and Wilson may not have Intended
wrong, yet, that the transaction was violative of Ar
ticle 2d, and think that the decision of the Commit
tee, in finding it as such, also finding that they (the
accuser!) should be reinstated upon complying with
the constitution. Correct.
Respectfully submitted,
D. P. Jones,
T. Mauuirb.
R. J. Gardner.
- The report was received an adopted.
Bro Joseph Gresham of Canton Division 102 of
ferred the following:
Resolved , That the salary of the Grand Scribe be
One Hundred dollars f-r the .ensuing year. Adopted.
Bro. J. 11. Bostick, of Baldwin Raitord Division,
offered the following:
Resolved , That tills Grand Division recommend
subordinate Divisions to admit Females as visiting
members in their Divisions, which was adopted,
W. M. K. Watts offered the following :
Resolved, That this Grand Division recommend
to each member of this Body, that, upon their re
turn homo, they do as early as possible, call a
meeting of all the friends of Prohibition in their
repectivo counties and elect Dole-gates to the State
Temperance Convention to be held in February next.
Also to nominate a suitable candidate for Governor,
subject to the action of the Govention. On motion
the resolution was laid on the table til! 7 o’clock.
The Cormnitte on the report of the G. W. Patri
arce make the following addition report:
We would beg leave to offer the following addi
tional report: The issuing of a Circular to raise
Funds try the G. VV. P, meets with our approbation,
and wo advise a. similar course for the year to come.
Russell Rkneau,
Milled ge Mcßrnr,
Moser Garrett,
Committer on Petitions for Chastrs report the
following:
The Committee to whom was referred tho peti
tions of Subordinate Divisions for Charters, have
had the same under consideration, and beg leave to
report that we find that two of the Divisions men
tioned in the G. W. P’s report to wit :
Traders HiH Division No. 80 ; and Sparta Divis
ion No. 85, have been rgulai ly organized, and re
commend the Grand Division to Grant Charters.—
Signed by the Committee. Report received and
adopted- Grand Division then adjourned until 7
o’clock.
7 o'clock P. M:
Division met Bro. Lloyd offered the following:
Resolved That this Grand Division urge upon the
National Division the necessity of changing our re
galia, or adopt a dress regalia. Which was rejected.
The rcsolu.ion offered by W. M. K, \Ynlts was again
introduced, and on motion was adopted.
The Finance Committee report a hill in fkvor of
M. H*n, for services rendered as Grind Scribe,
sl2l 65-100 dollars correct, which report was re
ceived and checks ordered drawn for the amount
The Grand Division then proceeded to the election
of Grand Officers. ‘The following was the result:
JOSEPH GRESHAM, Q. W. P.
TIIOS. MAGUIRE, G. W. A,
J. C. C. BURNETT, G. S.
G. J. LLOYD, G. T.
R. J. GARDNER, 0. Oond.
J. G. GIBS-ON, G. Sent
E. M. GALT, G. Chap.
On motion, the Officers elect were duly installed.
Tho Grand Division then proceeded to the election
of .Representatives to the National Division to be
held’in Providenc, R. TANARUS., on the 2d Monday iu June,
1857. *
The following were elected : YV. S. Williford, Jo
seph Felt, G. S. Obcar, E. C. Oaunina, T. R. Brew
ster, Q. J. Lloyd, G. W. Adams, Thos. Maguire, Jos.
Gresham.
The following was then adopted:
Resolved, That the next meeting of this Grand Di
vision bo held at Bethany Camp Ground, Jefferson
county, on the 4th Monday in October next.
A motion to reconsider the action of the Grand
Division upon the report of the Finance Committee,
was carried. On motion the Ist clause of the re
port was adopted. On motion the 2i clause was
laid-on tho table. On motion
Resolved, That the proceedings be published in
the Temperance Crusader. On motion
Resolved, That the Grand Scribe be instructed to
atrike from the,roll all Divisions which have failed to
make returns for the last twelve months.
Mmhed, That the thank# of thi# Grand Division
he trndered to the Knights of Jericho, for the use
of their Hall during the present session.
On motion the Grand Division adjourned until toe
■4th Wednesday in Oct 1857,
J. C. C. BURNETT, Grand Scribe.
C|e Cmjjenmce Cntsator.
PENFIELD, GEORGIA.
Saturday Morning, November 8, 1866.
£srßev. Claiborn Trusaell, of Atlanta, is a duly
authorised Agent for the Crusader.
Liberal Offer.
Any person sending us five now 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
rash to receive attention.
Stop Papers.—Settle Arrearages.
py*.Subscribers to t.b“ Crusader who choose to
have it discontinued at any time, will please express
their wish by a written comr/ntnication, accompa
nied by the cash for arrearages, rather than
trust it to a Postmaster. Sending numbers back, or
leaving, them in the office, U n t sirch notice of dis
continuance as the Law requires.
Crawford’s term of -.office as President of
Mercer University expired on the 28th ult, The-va
cancy occasioned by his retirement, has been, tem
porarily supplied by the appointment of Prof. San
ford, the Senior officer of tho College, Chairman of
the Faculty, to act until next Commencement. We
have so frequently ex pressed oh r regret at the course
pureutd by I)r. 0,, that it vrosi-d now be surperflu
ous to indulge in any comment. Though ho has act
'd very differently from what we would have desired,
we stdl cherish for him tho sinecrest friendship, and
wirh him n life of usefulness and happiness wherever
he may go. On Siturdav night a large body of the
Students waited upon him at bis; residence, and with
an elegant serenade, paid him their compliments.—
Speeches wer • interchanged on the occasion, which
wv re entirely appropo**, and the whole affair passed
off astisfactorilr to ad concerned. *
call attention to the advertisement of
Thomas Brennan, to be found under tho head of
Special Notices, in this, week’s paper.
S3F"Gur fellow Townsman, L. L. Andrews, has
rought to our office three pods of the largest pepper
wc have ever seen. The largest one measures fully
eight, indies in circumference. They all grew upon
the same stem, and really look too good to be so
dreadful to the taste.
SSIF” The Grand Division'of the Sons of Temper
ance of Virginia has determined io establish a news
paper, to he published monthly in the eifcv of Rich
mond, in quarto form of eight pages, to be called
The Virgin ni Conductor— to be edited by Thos J.
Evans, to be devoted to the advocacy of the Order
oft no Sons of Temperance, to the diffusion of infor
mation concerning the Order and the general pro
gress of temperance reforma jion In that and other
States; and to the defence of our principles. It is to
be the official organ of communication between the
Grand Division and its officers, and the Subordinate
Divisions; and it is to give such space to other mat
ters as may serve to render tho journal interesting
and useful.
All letters in regard to the paper, pnd all subscrip
tions thereto to be sent to Thos. .J. Evans, Richmond,
Virginia. Terms on which the paper will he furnish
ed, $1 per annum, payable in all cases in advance.
Rain.
On Monday night last, we were, visited by a very
heavy rain; it continued during the whole bight
without intermission, and until eleven o’clock the
next day.
Tyranny of Rum.
We have read in history of tyrants whose barbar
ous cruelties made the warm blood burn in our veins,
and from the details of which the heart turned sick.
The records of Nero, Caligula, Alva and Robespiere
are tales of fearful horror. Rut never have we, in
aii the annals of time, read of any ruffian brutality
or refined cruelty, which could compare even feebly
with that of Ruin. The details of savage atrocity,
the siege and sack of cities, however shocking they
may be, have more than a parallel in actual, every
day life, wherever the Rum fiend holds his reign.—
Go to any of onr large cities, examine for yourself,
and tell us if we speak not true. Enter a subterra
nean gambling saloon. The light from the glitter
ing chandiliers reveals a scene at which the occu
pants of Pandemonium might start aghast. There,
drunkon, infuriated men eagerly stake their piles,
for which they have vended their souls, while oaths
and imprecations which make the blood run cold,
fall in tapid succession from their lips. Those men,
so debased, so hardened to iniquity in n!i its tortus,
were once innocent and happy children; once sent
up their feeble petitions to a throne of Grace. Rut
the wine cup has done its work. The innocence, pu
rity of their character is forever gone. Yet their
reason is not destroyed. They see before them the
dark abyss down which they are inevitably hasten
ing, and vainly stretch forth their hands for safety.
Tbe dread power of Rum has achieved a supieruacy
over them and they cannot bo free. Call you not
this despotism, tyranny, cruelty, which devours the
blood of its victims and delights in its horr id food.
The Spanish Autos do Ft subjected to untold tor
tures, tliousands, and Vim of thousands of miserable
w retches,for no other crime than faithfulness to the
dictates of their consciences. But to do this, the
most mgemns piece of mechanism winch the world
has ever seen was brought into action. Rum, how
ever, needs no such complicated schemes, to brine*
its powers into full play. Ret * grogshop, however
small, * 0 set up in a community, and instantly mis
ery, woo anil death, follow upon its track. The
wife’s wail of agony is heard, tho widow’s tears bi
gin to flow, the orphan in tatters commences his
daily vocation of begging bread along the streets
while the strong man wallows to tho mire among
the most degraded of beings. No class is secure
from its inroads, no genius that may not icld to its
influence, no religion so pure that it mav not bo com
laminated by its touch. Listen but for moment
to its flyron voice, and a single step will carry von
to tho verge of ruin. Call you this a /r*. country
when a tyrant like this exists in every State, in everv’
county, nay, almost in every community? Can voii
look W,th prido up„ n the ■ .tar. „„l e ,Hp 09 of *
country s glory, knowing thu benonth its fot.l* the™
lijee and act. a pest more dre.df.it than the vulture
I“'* U,W ’ *** * bulking
outuwr, but recognized by lew, „,1 sustained by Ic
gmlatm- mettnents. Such . state of things should
tinge every trite patriot‘s cheek with shame. “Tell
if nut in Gath, publish it not i Aaealon,” *
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A Beautiful Character.
Beauty is imprinted upon every lineament of cre
ation’s face. There is beauty in tho airy cloud, as it
floats in wreaths of fantastic glory; in the broad
river bearing on its wild current of waters, and in
the ocean’s surface, “where the Almighty’s form
glasses itself in tempests.” But there is a beauty
far transcending all these; a beauty not recognized
and known by the crude conceptions of the outward
senses—a comeliness which pen cannot describe or
pencil portray, it is the beauty of the human soul,
which umn has never seen in ali its magnificence,
and*which cron angels may behold-with enraptured
admiration.
If, as the greatest of earth's sages has declared,
“a thing of beauty -is ft joy forever,” how great and
perpetual must be the joy which arises from the con
templation of a beautiful character. There, unlike
the things of external nature, there is no limit to re
search, no bounds to admiration. When you pluck
from the field a gaudily robed flower, its varied at
tractions appear beyond your porer of mjmWringf
goon, however, you have taken in all its beauties—
you have noted its richly colored corolla, its graceful
petals, its well-formed stamens and its minute organs
of secretion and growth. Yju admire the wisdom,
that has said to each delicate stain, ‘Thus far -halt
thou go and no farther,” and marked the wonderful
ly adjusted mechanism ot the whole. Von have <.l>.
served every charm, and foil-every emotion of beau
ty it can impart, so with the human soul—-
You may study it for a year, fir a lifetime, and you
wiil never comprehend it in its length-arid breadth
and height and depth. Every action reveals some
hidden spring before unknown; every day unibids a
new leaf, whose mystic- figures no mortal can deci
pher. The subtle rlcine;:ts of it* future elude sei
zure, even when within the grasp.
Cynics may sneer, and misanthropes may deride,
bat there is a glorious, ineffable bosntr in the hu
man heart What though this jeweled casket has
been rudely broken by the ban is of sin; and litkd
of its richest treasures ? What though the chaired,
ruined wrecks of intellectual and moral greatness, lie
thickly strewn over the surface oflifs’s great ocean r
Man has indeed perverted and misused every gift
with which a beneficent Creator has endowed him
The Promethean fiima of life-giving influence has
often lent its glare to light up the obscene orgies of
heathen temples; the brilliant diamond of Goleonda
has sparkled in the ear of some grim, ghastly idol
Though mutilated and marred by siu, the soul still
bears its. heavenly image, attesting tue high essence
whence, its sprang. We have seen i-s glory in the
good man struggling with adversity, to gaze upon
whom, even angels may bend from their thrones in
delighted admiration. Wo have beheld its beauty,
when the strong of heart and firm of nerve was ltd
captive by woman’s magic influence. We have wit
nessed its power, when like the Apostles, as they lis
tened to the Son of God, our soul burned w ith a holy
enthusiasm, beneath the awaar of moral eloquence.
We have recognized its majesty and grandeur, when
tho man of prayer comes from his devotions, like
Moses descending, from the mount, “radiant with
the light of high communion.” Ah! tell us not of
innocence, purity, and honor swept away or sub
merged by the dark waves of the moral flood. There
is ?ti!l here and there a character that rises far above
this wiki waste, a guiding Pharos to lost mariners
on life’s foaming tide. Sonic few flowers of Eden are
left to bloom in the heart and though the trail of the
serpent has passed over them, their perfumed e.-
cence is heavenly still
Would you have a beautiful character ; one whose
influence shall go out to all around, levying rich
tributes of affection and love?. A character which
shall make its impress upon the age, and leave the
world belter or happier than if it had not lived? It
is not by great deeds, at tho report of which the
ends of the earth shall listen, and ail the nations
stand aghast, that you can do this. Acts of humble
charity shall robe you in vestments of moral beauty
far snore to bo desired than the warrior’s fame. They
may i*athe plains in blood, and incarnadine the seas,
but no heart speaks their praise, no pean of glorr
arises from its inmost a Sections. Cultivate with more
than vestal vigilance the sacred flame of sympathy
and lovo. Set conscience as the ruler of your mo
tives, and yield an implicit obedience to her dictates.
Ihc-n, when the soul has dropped this dull chrysalis
of clay, i*. may put on the glorious ana perpetual
beauty of Heaven. *
Tae Grand Lodge of Masons
Mot in Macon on the 2 a : th ult The following Offi
cer?! were chosen :
WM. S. ROCKWELL, Grand Master.
SIMON HOLT, Ist District Dtp. G. M.
A. A. GAULDING, 2d District Dep. G. M.
t*. LAWRENCE,3d District Dep.G. M.
DAVID E. BUTLER, 4th District Dep. G. M.
L. C. FIMPfcON, Grand 8. Warden.
R. T. TURNER, Grand J. Warden.
JOSEPH E. WELLS, G. Treasurer.
tiMRI ROSE.-U.Secretarv.
. A. LOT E, G. S, Deacon. .
M. SMITH, G. J. Deacon.
RfW. C. W. KEY, Grand Chapsr.hu
P. S. STAFFORD, C-rand Marsh al.
STEPHEN A. BORDERS,
DANIEL S. HARRISON, and
W. fl, BOYD, G rand Stewards.
R. B. YOUNG, Grand Pursuivant.
JAMES Y. GREER, Grand Tyier.
I lans were adopted to secure an ample endow
ment for the Female College, located at Covington,
and to establish r Dawson Professorship in the
wipe. A Fubßcription-was also begun for the pur
pose of erecting a Monument in the city of Greenes
boro, to tbe Idio Hon. W.m. 0. Dawson.
——
Book Table.
Putnam’* Monthly, now bolero us. The article
“n word before the election,'’ had best have been
omitted. Such papers appear with very ill grace,
n a !derail journal, depending upon every port on
of tue country for patronage. The abolition tendec-
C| e.s -°l Putnam are however too well known to need
any further comment. The mailer the circulation
it tans in tho South, the better.
Blackwood’s Magazine, for October. The follow
ing comprise the diversified contents of the number
before us: 1. The Athe!bg<; or the Three'Gifts. 2.
Wayside Songs, original and translated. Cus
toms in the Interior of the Crimea. 4. Mr. Bottle’s
itvitw, 5. i study History. G. Sea-side Studies,
parts. 7. A New Una. 8. African Travel. Ad
dress 1.. Scott & Cos., New York.
Soil of the South. For some reason, this valuable
agricultural journal has not visited us for soma
months past. The-November number is now on our
table, tilled with contents which should recommend
it to every Southern Planter. Published by Lomax
& Ellis, Columbus, Ga. t atsl a year.
The Humor's of Falconbridge, a work now in
I rcss and shortly to be issued from the publishing
house of T. B. Peterson. If 3'ou want to laugh, get
it. Bound in cloth for $1.26-—Paper, 2 volumes, sl.
A pleasant traveling companion, and ono that no
traveler should be without rs Perry Davis’ Pain Kill
or. A sudden attack of dysentery or chol
era morbus cm effectually aud. instantaneously
relieved by H