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For the Temperance Qrusfclr.
An Essay on Woman.
To create a work of artistic merit the ar
ist must have a “model” to guide him in
ts construction. With the same design in
?iew, I have choseo fora model one whom
esteem sufficient to enable me to portray
Woman in her noblest attributes, nd
should I fail to attain the high itandord I
lave thus marked ont for my#elf, it orill
>e the result of my own incompotency, %ad
lot from deficiency in the fair origi
lal.
When I say Woman Ido not saamn san**-
less flirts and paragoDg of affectation —bet
Woman as she first appeared, fresh from the
hands of her Creator. 6be wag placed in
the -blissful bower# of Eden to beautify and
adorn it, and contribute to the beppine**
of man. Bhe the great desideratum which
he sighed for, though clothed with powr
and surrounded by bliss ecet*tic, ih#gpmng
forth not from the heed a* Minerva, typi
cal of beiug a creature of the imagination ;
but from the side —the heart—the dwell
ing-pkwe of Truth and the affection#. Not
a creature of tho imagination bt the type
of innocence and t*uth, while
“Grace was in her steps, heavan in her eyes,
In every gesture, dignity and lore.”
Her true position then, as indicated by
Providence in the design of her creation,
we? as an equal—a second •elf. Her false
position as assumed in modern days, is
that of being superior to Man, tho result
of vanity, or being * mere inferior slave,
produced by false views end a false edu
cation. When the gloom of the Dark Ages
shrouded the world as if with a funeral
pall, education and importance were de
nied her, but the dawn of progress has dis
pelled the clonds of error. Wherever any
nation still clings to these relics of barbar
ism, and paganism, ignorance, and super
-ftt'dion reign supreme, there they degrade
Woman, cram]) her understftndinq with the
iron shoe of oppression. It is where Light
and Knowledge, and Trnth shed their ge
nial rays, ?his recognized in her true char
acter. If heretofore her name has been
but a synonyms for inconsistency, incom
prehension, and inconstancy, it was the re
sult of her degredation, and an ignorance
of her true character and mission.*
The kttvd was educated, while the head
and the heart was entirely neglected; es
teeming the first of far greater importance
than the two last, they neglected and re
fused to cultivate them, and maligned her
1 r her imbecility and want, of affection. —
The education of modern days which culti
vates the head to the exclusion of the hand
and the heart, is not consistent with her
true position, it places her in a false light.
The hand, the head, the heart, should a
lijke he well cultivated. Industry , inietli
aence and amiability are a woman’s bright,
Ist ornaments-.
“Ok how much more cloth’ beauty beauteous seem,
By that sweet ornament which Truth doth give.”
As education was denied her, so was im
portance. This was another egregious er
ror. God wisely intended that Woman
should have a firm hold upon the affections
of man fur beneficial ,ur poses, her affec
tionate nature demonstrates this. “A wo
man’s heart! that gem, divinely set in ua
live gold” “contains a wealth of affection
more valuable than GoJednda’ts richest dia
mond, or Ophir’s priceless mines. Oh,
lovely Woman ! thy consummate worth is
far above th v frailty—far above all earthly
prase.” Honored with a Savior’s confi
dence and love, be thy brow ever crowned
ty/ith a fadeless wreath. Misfortune enlists
■y receives thy sympathies*- while adrer-
Bfetrengihens thy Love. In eicknessand
a ministering angel.
■nan is naturally endowed with grest
■ye. She sits nt the fountain of wa-
Hkici: pour forth either hitter or sweet
■cunar.d. Ifdm be impure or oio-
must necessarily he pol-
BLow ptmo and brig!it its wa
t'ji]iv ‘mbued with the. re
■ : station. She.
■on-’on iinkn-'wn to man.
■yhc task of roaring “cm
r/v. ~4j|®L instilling in f o fhr-ir
their futni-.:
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Fid- be it from m# to inculcate a sentiment
so to her true minion.
While the progress of civilisation is on
ward, Woman’s advancement keeps pace
with its march. Love is her noblest attri
bute. Fully imbued with tho noble char
•cter of her mission, he cannot fail to press
onward, distilling the dews of her affec
tion on all that tuiToundS her, eyes b%ara
ing with kindn€*s, and heart overflowing
with Love, drawing inspiration from tho
fountain of til wisdom—she is well descri
bed as
w loch*ngiDg lustre with the sun,
A [rt of d#y she stray*—
A gracing, living; human senile,
On Nature’s fcce that pfovs.”
Woman ! May’st thou never prove for
getful of thy high and holy mission? May
mankind'instead of chiding thee for thv
fault#, gtrive to render thee fit for thy po
sition. Fidelity to thy position will banish
sin and wretchedness from the land.
“How §w*et to my heart is the picture I’ve traced!
Its cbin of bright fancies seem almost effaced,
’Till memory, the fond one that sits in the soul,
Took up the frail links, and collected the whole.
As the dew to the blossom—the bud to the bee—
As the scent to tho rose—are those memories to me.”
WILLIE.
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For the Temperance Cruaader.
Autumn Housings.
“Tha melancholy days have come,
Tha sadeat of the year.”
The swift revolving wheels of time have
brought again that season which, to the
thoughtful, ever inspires serious meditation.
The sweet songs of the birds are silent up
on the hilltops and in the valleys. The
beautiful flowers—nature’s sublimest poet
ry—are withered and dead. The far
stretching forest, not long since, gay and
green, is now robed in solemn brown, and
the moaning wind as it passes, sing the sad
requiem of beauty.
One after one the forest tree
Os its sear foliage is bereft,
Until at length the autumn wind
No leafupon the tre* has left.;
And then that tree i? heard to moan
In a most sad and solemn tone,
And lowly bends its barren form.
Before the cold and howling storm!
Thus one by one fond hopes do See*
Each faded like the autumn leaf.
Until the heart is left alone
To meet the hitter storms of grief!
No its melody
Upon the leafless forest tree;
And he whose cherished hopes have flown,
If he would sigh, must eigh alone!
Autumn has come again, and how many
dear friends have fallen victims to the all
destroying arm of time within the fleeting
year that’s gone! “The pestilence that
walked) in darkness, ane the destruction
that wasteth at noon day,” have consigned
many to their long home, and “mourners go
about the streets.” Mothers have wept bit
ter tears around the pale remains of the ear
ly dead; and children with heavy hearts;
have followed fond parents to the house of
silence. O death ! thou conqherer of p;ide,
how miserable would earth's children be if
the desolate reign were eternal! But the
trees shall put forth their verdure again, and
the sweet flowers shall arise from the tomb
of winter, and shall fill with fragrance the
balmy breath of spring. The loved and the
lost shall also arise in incorruptible beauty
-and loveliness, for the night of death will
pass away, and the morning will come !
Take courage ye whose hearts are sad, for
your sorrow will be turned into joy, and
your mourning into-sorrgs of rejoicing!
‘•Let sickness blast, let death devour,
If heaven must recompense our pains;
Perish the grass and fade the flower,
If firm the word of God remains !”
Sutallee, Ga., Oct. 26. P. H. B.
Sos&te*’ ®U:
For the Temperance Crusader.
Fr Memory of my Mother.
Now thou art in thy grave, mother,
And I am left to weep,
As sorrows cloud mv soul to-night,
And drive away my sleep!
Last autumn thou wert here, mother,
And though the time is brief,
Thou seestnot now again, mother,
The failing of tho leaf!
A few short months ago, mother.
At thine own little home,
I heard thee speak with cheerful voice
Os happy days to come !
But death’s cold, icy hand, mother,
Was laid noon thy brow,
And I am sad and lone, mother,
For thou art sleeping now !
In these sad autumn days, mother,
I miss thy presence here;
Thv absence I shall mourn, mother,
When winter comes, so drear!
And when the flowers of spring return,
And minstrel birds rejoice,
I’il miss thy cheerful face, mother,
And kind, familiar voice !
And oh, when I am nick, mother,
Who’ll bind my aching head,
For thou art in thy grave, mother,
■ Among the silent dead!
■fcitalieo, Oct- 1856. 11.
Husbands and Wives.
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B-.owed, enp
pled, and distorted by incrusgcd drudgery.
Remember that woman is not endowed by
nature with the same masculine, atrdhgt®
and power of endurance, which wa* given
to man. Her strength consist* h.~ her
weakness, which appeals to -you for sop
port and protection, uud in Lei beauty end
gentleness, which appeals- to your lo*t*ud
affection. And in *1! the arraugeuiwnte of’
the household, you #bou!d remember
the duties of woman are not t# be axiom
plished by uaueeulai power in a brutal force
but by skill, by tact, by perseverance—-
and in proportion to the extent of her la
burs ami cares, should W the tacilbie* aud
aids supplied to her. Thus will her strength
be spared, and her dims saved for the cul
tivation of her mind, tor the instruction
of her children, and for the performance of
those gentle charities- that so beautify uud
adorn the female eharaeiei. Anti how much
more cheerful, aye, and successf*! too, will
be the labors of the field, when the sweat
and huppy smile of the contented wife
meets you at the threshold, and shadi sun
shine throughout your dwelling.”
Cj }t Cmpenma Cnwater.
PENFIEIJ), GEORGIA.
Morning, Hovemfcer 16,1836.
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have it discontinued at anv time, will please express
their wish by a written communication, accompa
nied by the cash for all arrearages, rather than
trust it to a Postmaster. Sending numbers back, or
leaving them in the office, is not such notice of dis
continuance as the Law requires.
~ Tho election has passed. The long agony
of excitement by which this grand tragedy has
been attended is now over. Tn* result of the con
test is known, and each party is exulting in victory,
or dejected by defeat,. Os this result wo have noth
ing to say. It is sufficient for us to know that the
dark waves of fanaticism have fora time rolled back,
that the union has a short respite of safety. VTe
hail with joy this brief moment of sunshine, this
short fruce n the angry warfare of parties. How
many-lives has the battle cost. We walk over the
field where serried hosts have met in strife, and the
thick strew n heaps of dead, wounded, and dying,
chill our blood with horror. We count them, hun
dreds, thousands, tens of ihrusands, and at tho aw
ful numbers, men start in wonder. Rut who shall
say that this great political battle, in which five - mil
lions of combatants have b**n madly engaged, has
been less bloody than Agincourt, Jena, or Pultowa?
In almost everv county there has been a victim,
some poor excited, drunken wretch, tent to bis fast
account. In every place tho groans of the wounded
have been heard; aye, wounded, r.ot alone in body
or limb as the sword, the musket ortho cannon might
have done. But it is their souls which have experi
enced a mutilation which no human skill can repair.
How sad, yet how true the thought that thousands
who went forth joyously on that day, ia the full con
sciousness of innocence, laid down brutally intoxi
cated, the first fatal step in the high read to rah).
But a pause has come. May wo not hope that the
consistent and rational will seize the fttvorablc op
portunity to attend to matters in which their happi
ness and highest interests arts involved. And what
can more imperatively demand the attention of eve
ry well wisher of his country than the of
a tyrant whose power is daily working the roost de
grading oppression among the people. Many of the
friends of Temperance have said, ’ wait until the
political excitement subsides, and then we will act.”
The desired period has now arrived; let us hear of
your action. What you do, dp quickly, for in a few
short months the political cauldron will again begin
to boil. But if you are to be driven from your
post by every breath of Party spirit you had best
not undertake tho work. Yon must take your sta
tion, and maintain it with unflinching firmness,
though the dark waves of excitement roll in threat
ening fury'-around, if you desire success. *
5A?*” T> Ve laid before our readers in our last-issue,
the proceedings of the Grand Division S. of TANARUS., of
Georgia. Time and circumstances then forbade our
making any comment. There are however some
points to which we would call-attention. The small
number of subordinate Divisions now in actual con
nexion with the Grand Division should be a source
of the most serious alarm, to ail who have at heart
the prosperity of our cause. If the present stupid
indifference to the subject continues, in a few years
the Order will have died out entirely. The great
amount of good w hich it is capable of accomplishing
will be lost upon the world. This decline of an or
ganization once so full of life and vigor is very easily
traceable to natural causes. Its originators and sup
porters have been elver too ready to follow the dark
demons of Party fanaticism, with an utter blindness
to their own interest. The pecuniary embarrass
ments in which tho Grand Division has become in-
volved should demand tho attention and command
the liberality of everc true lover of the cause. If
these liabilities arc not met, shame will attach to its
members, its usefulness will be impaired, perhaps
its existence destroyed. Is there a Temperanco naan
in our State, who having the ability to prevent, will
calmly await such a result as this? Let it not be.—
Send in your contributions by tens, twenties and
fifties, to save the institution which you have estab
lished arid sworn to sustain, and thus oneo more
equip the old Temperance Ship fora voyage of use
fulness and glory. *
Gone!
“Oh, lost to virtue, lost to manly thought,
Lost to the noble sallies of the soul
Who think itsolitudo to bo alone.”
One of the “illustrious fifteen” sends us a notice
of his intended departure from the “life of single
wretchedness,” {lapnun peuiuie we suppose; he aim
ed to say blessedness.} Poor fellow, w once had high
hopes of him. But now, the prey of an affection of
the heart, he will soou be no more —a single man.
Already wo hear him exclaiming, “Farewell the tran
quil mind ! farewell content!” Our good friend* we
sympathise with you, but wiii not attempt the hope
less task of winning Ephraim from his Idol. Send
us a healthy ‘"fed’ and if wo cannot rejoice at your
“departure” for your sake, we may for ear own. *
A Rainy Day.
Whaat the tfoida have withheld them moisture,
snd the sultry air no louder leaves the bright dew
drop* I* sparkle uu the flowers; when vegetation
m itliers beneath the fiery heat of a summer sun, with J
what joy do we hail the-thunder cloud as it darkly
looms up li-om the horis a. How like the sparkling
water* of “the Diamond of the Desert” to the weary
traveler, do the bright drops fall upon the parched
earth. The little rivulets which the hastily coll*, cted
waters form, make u.cfiow mu<-ic to the ear. Then
cosies the deep re-verberating peals of thunder, as
thv eleiid slowly rolls otfiisdaik. iuaas, an.l the giit
teiiug rainbow arching the broad expanse. Tee
whole oouwitates a scvb.of glory which fills the sou!
with ihankiuloe&g, and euiapturea it with joy’.
But a rainy day is quite a different thing. When
the sun’s rays, struggling through iwtne ae wreaths
of vapory clouds, gains but a feeble, uncertain ern
pire over the oightf darkness. The col, damp air
creeps in at every narrow orifice, bile the wind
whistles shriiiy around ua if in tha melancholy ditge
it ia met. ted the depart*;* of the beautiful aud gay.
The ra;n peits heavily again*; the window glass, asd
runs in graceful streamlet* da*a it* surface. ivn
rythlng outward to w hich the t-ye asn turn A drip
ping w.sth superabundant moisture, from which the
heart turns away with disgoit. Ye* smue profess to
love e day like this. They talk of the coay are.-ide
where we may sit, and figure grotesque forma io the
dying embers. Os the calm eojoyiLent which steal*
over the soul, ns w* list- n nr the warrisg elements
without. Then favorite vclume ha* bf*n
takes iVo th* aiei£ and the Sr* atim-d till it* r-d
beat has sent a genial influence to every corner, the
Bfcnn may rage, the wind* utter their shriii voices,
and >ho clouds discharge their flood*; but they enter
not that abode of blits. Wi(h aneh appliance* of
comfort, even the darkest hours of sorrow, can be
relieved by tho sunlight of joy.
But with ali these imaginary attractions we conld
never love a rainy day. Ir our calendar they were
always failures; days which ve did not count. We
preferred the clear sky and cheerful sunahin.; a par
tiality which no philosophical reflections couM ever
overcome. ’Tis not the contrast which creates its
befcaty. We would lore the azure canopy, wore its
face never overcast ‘ y clouds; we would rejoice in
the pun’s rsys were their brightness never wrapped
in a mantle of darkness. But there is no night that
hath not its day; no cloud but hath its sunshine and
clear sky. 80 may life’s day bo. Sorrow and miv
fortunes must interrupt ifo serenity. But to the
brav* and virtuous, these are evanescent, soon pas*t
ing, and leave that
“Which earth can neither give or can destroy,
The soul's glad snnshinoand the heart’s pure joy.”
*
“I wat ignorant when I was an sdvocate of
Temperance, but I have since foamed better,” was
a rctnark once made by a young man in our hear
ing. Tho observation vredeeccod a foolish one, but
it suggested tons an interesting train of reflections.
The position which ha thus assumed, is one occu
pied by many men of much better sense and clearer
judgment. Many who are temperate in practice
from principle, think ftn association for the promo
tion of reform, a thing too humble in its nature for
their affilistien. But hy fkr tho greater portion of
those who look with so much contempt upon the
Temperance movement, would, if put upon their
oath, profess a passionate love for the “good crea
ture of God.”
But we deny the proposition. We cannot admit
that the Temperance Reformation is tho offspring of
ignorance, a manifestation of superstition. There
has b%en a long array of ioarned and distinguished
men in the army of Rum. Genius and talents of
the hipest, order has been destroyed by its wither
ing blight. It was not however their learning, their
talents which led them there; but they pursued this
course despite the contrary tendencies of their noble
endowment*. Plead not then that Ignorance produ
ces Temperance. Buch an idea might satisfy those
little minds, who had rather imitate the vices of the
great than the virtues of the humble. But set it not
forth as a serious argument bt-forc a rational public.
It is insulting to ihv good sense of those whom you
intend to deceive. We all know that the great miss
of drunkards in our country at e uneducated or t
beet very ignorant. Thosq who originated the schema
to deliver mankind from the greatest curse to which
it was ever finhjocted were not unacquainted with
the evils which they wore contending. If you were
ignorant when >ou were a Temperance man, you
are more ignorant now that you have cessed to be
one, and yen will continue to increase in ignorance
as you increase in dissipation until you become si
multaneously a drunkard and a fool. ’*
§3gP Ltteive 0. Tarry , who broke jail in Greens
boro about a month ago, was retaken at Union
Point on Friday night last, while waiting to take
the csrs. We snpffbse ho had been concealed in
the neighborhood since his escape. He has again
token lodgings in the Stone House, from which he
may not make his exit so easily.
The election yesterday was one of the most
quiet and orderly we have ever known in any com
munity. We have not heard of the slightest dis
turbance of any kind. So much for the dosing of
the drinking sbeps throughout the city during the
day.
The above remark from the Chronicle <6 Sentinel
speaks more than a thousand homilies in favor of a
Prohibitory Law. The passing off quietly of an
election in which unusually bitter party hostility was
rife, is decisive proof that Grog-shops and Party
spirit are the causes of election riots. If these were
forever closed, every day would be quiet, crimes
would be few and far between, and galiows and jail
houses would be almost obsolete institutions. *
JagT 5 The character of the young men of our com
munity depends much on that of the vonng women.
If the latter are cultivated, intelligent and accom
plished, the young men will fool the requirements
that they themselves should be upright, gentleman
ly and refined; but if their friends are frivolous and
silly, the young men will be found dissipated and
worthless.—[Exchange.
Young ladies are forgetful of this fact, or at least
they don’t think of it as much as they should do.—
They are not accustomed to look upon themselves as
tho. leaders of society. Ilonce they at e not unfre
qucntly tho tempting spirits which lure young men
on to destruction. , *
Thanksgiving Day.
It will be Been from the Governor’s Proclamation,
that Thursday, the 20th of this month, has been ap
pointed a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer.
Administrator’! Sale m Warren County.
We call attention to the Administrator'* Sale, in
this issue, of propdKy belonging to the estate of
Jaiae* -Rogers.
§WThe sale of the Plantation es Kev. D. P. Jonas,
at Palmetto, Campbell county, has been postponed
an til the 2d Tuesday id December.
hare re'ceiveda numb er of the “Tamper- j
anca Telegraph and Prohibitory Law Advocate,”
published at St John, N. B. ft inukes a very decent
appearance, and we are bappy to eater it upon oar
exchange list.
BTAm you an admirer of Hiawatha? Ts sc,
read, ponder, and practice the foUovvinj elegant Par
ody :
Shou’dyou ask us why this dunning.
Why t if'se’sad complaints and murmurs,
klurtuuia loud about delinquents
Who have read the paper w ek!y,
Bead-what they have never paid for,
Read with pleasure and with profit,
Read of church affairs and prospects,
Read of news both home and foreign.
Read the essays and the po. my
Fail of wisdom and instruction*
Read the table of the markets,
Carefully corrected weekly—
Should you ask us why this dunning,
We should answer, wo .should tell you.
From th - printer, from the mailer,
From the hi id old paper-maker,
From the landlord, from the carrier,
From the man who taxes letters,
With a STAir? from Uncle Samuel—
Uncle Sam the rowdies call him;
From them all the; e comes a message,
Message kina, but firmly spoken.
“Please to pay ns what you ore us.”
Sad it is to hear such message
When our funds are all exhausted.
When the last bank note has left us.
When the gold coin ail has vanished.
Gone to pay the paper-maker,
Gone to pay the toding printer,
Gone to pay the landlord tribute.
Gone to pay the sable can ier, ,
Gone to pay the faithful mailer,
Gone to pay old Unde Samuel
Uncle Sam the rowdies call him—*
Gone to pay the Western paper
Three and twenty hundred dollarp?
Bad it is to turn our ledger,
Turn the leavca of this old ledger.
Turn and see what sums are due us,
Due for volumes long since ended,
Due for years of pleasant reading,
Due for years of toilsome labor,
Due despite our patient waiting.
Due despite our constant dunning,
Due in sums from two to twenty.
Would you lift a burden from us?
Would you drive a spectre from you?
Would you taste a pleasant slumber?
Would you have a quiet conscience?
Wouid you read a paper paid fok?
Send us money—send us money,
Send us money—send us money,
Send the money that tot: owe trot
Book Table.
Petorson’a Magazine, r. 9 a book for the Ladies is
equal to anything which cur country can afford. —
Great improvements will be made for 1857. The
reading matter will be increased to nine hundred pa
ge* a year. Each number will contain a steel engra
ving; a colored fashion plate, and about forty wood
engravings. The fashions are always prettier and
later in “Peterson” than in any other magazine.—
Mrs Ann S. Stephens and Mrs. E. D. E. N. South
worth write permanently for it, assisted by all the
best female authors. Tho terms are $2 a yaar. To
clubs the terms are cheaper ve 1 , three copies for $5,
five copies for $7 50, and eight copies lor $lO, with
a splendid premium to the person getting up the
club. Address, post-paid, Charles J. Peterson, No.
102 Ohesnut, Street, Philadelphia. Specimens sent
on being written for.
Southern Cultivator is before us filled with excel
lent matter. Published by YYm. S. Jones. Augus
ta, G*. $1 & year.
—
Progress of Temperance,
Maine— Governor Well’s “stringent license law,”
continues to work fearful ravage?.
Hampshire — A State Temperance convention
was held at Keene, on the 16th of October. Its pro
ceedings were interesting and important Hon. Neal
Dow was among the speakers. Reports were made
aa to the workings of the Prohibitory Law in the
various towns and counties. The report from Staf
ford was among the most favorable.
At Portsmouth, the grand-jury found 12 bids of
indictment against liquor stiller*, lor violations of the
Piohibitory Law.
Jlossach^ueetts —Seventy-fly£ liquor were late
ly tried at Taunton, without a single conviction.—
From Bristol count, we have, a very different re
port. Throe raon were sentenced to par from $lO
to SIOO fine, to from 2-0 to 60 days’ imprisonment,
end to girt* bonds in tho sums of from SI,OOO to
$2,000 not to violate the law for one year.
Yirffini#r-r-The annual seas on of the Grand Divis
ion, was held on the 10th of September. Sixty rep
resentatives present; representing a membership of
seven thousand.’
Forth Carolina* —A largo raeetingTn Lenoir, Cald
well county, on the 22d September, protested against
granfingliquor licenses in that town; because grog
shops invaded tho quiet and good order of the town*
they hurt its reputation; they injure all its interests,
especially the interest of tho Female College; they
cause crimes which impose burthens upon the tax
payers; they create ruinous habits in young men;
they set examples of beastly deportment and revolt
ing profanity before tho children; they afflict the
rich, and make the poor poorer; thej’- make reform
ed men drunkards, and hurry drunkards to swift de
struction.
Alabama —4,o6s contributing members of tho Sons
of Temperance, were reported at the last annual ses
sion.
Ohio— Order reigned in Cincinnati on election day.”
Cause: in obedience to the Mayor’s proclamation,
the grogshops were closed.
Tennessee —Tho late quarterly session of the Grand
Division of East Tennessee, evinced a hopeful and
resolute spirit.
Texas —A correspondent, from Rod niter county,
says, ‘‘The Temperance cause is very flourishing
here.*’ Another from Paris, say?: “The intelligent
people of this vicinity have nearly succeeded in dri
ving liquor from the place.”
lenra —A State lecturer has been appointed to go
through the State, Levi Leland, known as “Peter
Pilgrim.” Hope to hoar of “Pilgrim’s progress.”
Wisconsin —Twice vetoed by Gov. Birstow, who
was himself vetoed by the peaple, the Prohibitory
Law has just mot with another defeat. This third
defeat was before tho House of Assembly, which
indefinitely postponed it, only three voting against
the motion.
California— 42o Temperance meetings were held
in California in tho year 1856; and 85,011 Temper
ance tracts were distributed during the same.time.
Number of Divisions of Sons of Temperance in oper
ation, 180; merabeis admitted, 6,663.
Cmmulu — A correspondent of the Ni ew York Tri
bune, writes #f Canada: “The Temperance move
ment has a fine field for operations in Canada. The
habit of drinking is universal, and exceeds anything
T have seen anywhere in tho States.”
Few Bruimeick. —The Fredericton Reporter says,
that during the first eighteen days alter the Prohib
itory Law took effect, “Ihero was uot a single man
eonvieted for drunkenness in that eity.”
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, )
Milledoeolue, G-s., Nov. 1, 1850. j
In conformity with a custom, sanctioned by the
piety of all ages and enjoin and bv the Great Law Giv
er of the Universe, responding to the. suggestion,
which seeks, be procuring concert of action among
the Executives -of the - v>r il States, is set opart a
fixed dav far general Thanksgiving throughout the
’ Union.
I, Heischci V. Johnson, Governor of Georgia, do
hereby designate ’i hursday, the twentieth day of the
present month, as n day of Thanksgiving and Sup
plication, and recommend the people throughout
the Stale oathatd-iy, to suspend their usual busi
ness, and the various religious denominations to as
s mble in. their respective places of worship, and en
gage in exercises of devotion suitable to the occa
sion. Let us, as a people, acknowledge with grati
tude, the manifold mercies of God. Let us trank
Him for our exemption iron war, pestilence and
famine; for eur national and social blessings; for the
prosperity which smiles on our hrltwe-d country.—
Remembering our short comings and repenting of
our si us, kt us implore Divine forgiveness. Let
us prhy for the banishment, of sectional animosities
and strifes; for the prevalence of political fraternity
and justice; for deep devotion and fidelity, to tho Fed
eral Constitution, which is the bond of our nation;
j for Heavenly wisiem to guide our Rulers; for the
j expulsion of “spiritual wickedness in high places,”
• and for the. estakdishn.knt of that “righteousness
j which ex<eth a ration.”
Given undo*, my hand and Seal of the Executive
i b -ipartment, at the Capitol in Milledgeville,
on the day and year above written.
i • ER3CUEL V. JOHNSON.
Uy til-:- G .'V i nor,
L. 11. Biuscoe. Secy Ex. Dept.
Georgia News
Leonard Simpson, Sr., venerable and much re
spected citizen, of Marietta, died a; the residence of
his S'lrj-in-’.r.v, Win. Itoo f , in that place, ..>1 the
12th ins . Mrs fcimpson had bedn a resident of Ma
rietta for over 20 years. ,and was tho second m-itler
of ihnt flourishing town.
Levi W. " Carter, o? Clinch county, was killed on
the Brunswick and Florida Railroad, nr; the 80th
ult He jumped from the train or; to the track, as
the former was passing over a horse, and was run.
over and killed ins fa ,tlv.
The Mechanics* Bank of August#, has declared ;t
semi-annual dividend of Fit* Dollars per share.
•T* 5, .’* >,w * ■*** m tmeranuMMu l l t> rrs-riinrnTTrnyi—■ 1— *mwm in
*3T The Grand Jury of Richmonr], Va., have in
dicted John M. Lotts, R. G. Scott, R. A. Pryor, B.
B. Bolts, A. D. Banks, and others, for violation of
tho law against duelling. Some of the Richmond
papers severely denounce arid ridicule the action of
the Grand Jury.
Eighty-nine commitments for murder in the
first degree were made in Lecompton, Kansas Ter
ritory, during the term of the Court up to tire 10th
inR-.
The N. y. Tribune boasts of an increase in
its ei* culation s r.ee April 1855, of 101,467. Its en
tire circulation at. this time it puts at 278,280, —of
which 63 are taken in Georgia.
gggp 1 A cow threw the train off the track of the
Mobile and Ohio road, a short distance above Enter
prise, Miss., on Friday, 17th inst., whereby three
brakemen were killed.
ISST* Last week, in Newberry, $- 0., S. P. Tay
lor, a white man, was convicted of sheep stealing in
five cases, and sentenced to receive 89 lashes, or
pay a line of £7O sterling. The latter alternative
wr-s taken by the prisoner.
s~iF* The Governor’s of eight States have now
recommend the 20th of November as a Day of
Thanksgiving.
Prof. John Crawford, one of the Editors of
the Memphis (Tenn.) Engle & Enquirer, died on the,
27th uit,
gar Miss Margaret H., eldest daughter of Gen.
Twiggs, U. S. Army, died at New Orleans, 25th.
ult., aged 2d- years.
~ The land sales of the Illinois Central Road
for September; were $006,800. The tamings ofche,
Ror.d were $300,000.
25F* Moses Stratton has been tried in Chester*,
field county, Va., for killing Col Miller, and acquit
ted.
*L It. McDaniel, Esq., has been re-elected to
the Presidency of the Virginia and Tennessee Rail
Road.
A cure for Dysyepsiq. T. a Oxygenated Bitters
ars highly recommended by persons whose names
give the most satisfactory evidence of astonishing
cures by using this medicivc. it wui certainly re
lieve the worst cases.
*> pleasant traveling -ompanion, and one that no
traveler should be without is Perry Davis’ P&inKitl
er. A sudden attack of diarrhoea, dysentery or chol
ers morbus can be effectually and instantaneous!-?
relieved by it.
maMae.
Atlanta Tract Society.
In response to a public nctice given in different
congregations of tfcu city on Sabbath morning, 2th
inst., the friends’ of the American Tract Society, fa
vorable to the organization of an auxiliary Tract So
ciety in Atlanta, met in r e Presbyterian church at
S o’clock, Sabbath afternoon. Rev. Dr. Dubose wan
called to the Chair and Rev. J. F. Dagg appointed
Secretary.
After prayer by Rev. A. Lee!, cf Walker county,
interesting addresses were made by Rev. V. A. Gas
kill, of Fayette county, and Rev. Messrs. Davies &
Jew ett,- of this city. The speakers showed, in a very
forcible manner, the great advantages growing out of
a systematic plan for the distribution of religious
books and tracts, and urged the vast importance of
such an agency to the moral and seligious welfare of
Atlanta. **
The s*nsc of the meeting having been expressed
in favor of organizing such a Society as had been
proposed, a Constitution was adopted, and the fol
lowing officers elected.
Rev. B. 11. Overby, President.
llou. W. Ezzard, Hon. J. I. Whitaker, Wm. Mark
ham, Esq., Dr. B. F. Botnar, and G. B. Haygood. Esq.,
Vice Presidents.
H. Beiuan, Esq., Secretary.
Dr. J. F. Woodbury, Treasurer.
Rev. F. M. Haygood, Agent.
The condition of membership in this Society is
such, that all persons favorable to the objects of tho
organization, whatever may be their denominational
relations or preferences, are invited to participate in
the works in which the Society has marked out for
itself. Article 3of the constitution reads as follows:
“Ail persons annually contributing fifty cents to
tae lands of this Society, shall be members. All
who give one dollar or more shall be entitled to one
copy of the American Messenger for one year, or five
dollars shall ent tie the donor to due dollar in publi
cation.”