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H For the Temperance Crusader. Our Duty. m to tub prohibitionists op oorroia. H Brethren, —Now is a propitious time for Miction. Now, while a calm has succeeded Mhe violent political storm that swept, like ft, tornado, over our land and country a few ftyeeks ago. We must get to work in earn- Kst. Let us gird on our armor for the ap ft> reaching conflict. We have principles Mo maintain, cherish, defend, and carry out. ■ .Pit: us “once more nnto the breach” and ■nake a firm and gallant, struggle. We ■iave a fierce and uncompromising anta- Kmniflt.-to battle with, and it is very proba- Kle that onr opponents will select for their Standard-bearer, one who has openly array led himself against us, and who declared ■hat “unless this Overby squad was check led, it would overthrow the party with ■which he was allied.” Will not. strenuous ■efforts be. made on their part to accomplish ■our destruction? They have a Cannibal In their ranks too, that threatens to devour ■onr “little squad !” Dues not every one, ■then, perceive the urgent necessity for vi- Bgilance, for prompt, untiring, and united ■effort on our part? | I wish to make a few suggestions in re lation to the nominating Convention which ■will assemble in Atlanta on,the 20th of ■February next. The time is but short for Ins to perform the great work we design.— lit is highly important that every County in mhe State should be represented in that Con I veution! Let the Temperance men of every ■name, and those favorable to onr princ iples, form themselves into a County Asso Iciation, composed of Auxiliary Associa tions in every district; its officers to con- Isist of a President, Vice President, Record ling and Corresponding Secretaries, \ igi liancc Committee, Ac. The Corresponding ■Secretary to correspond with ai! others ■throughout the State. Meetings should ■be held at least once a month. This will leisure a wholesome discipline to our cause. ■Let these Associations be formed immedi lately, and send up their delegates to At lianta in February next. The Convention should be well attend led for another reason. Alt hough the eyes ■of every patriot in Georgia is turned with ■ longing gaze upon our noble standard I bearer, who bore our flag unsullied through Ithe contest, “unharmed ami! the rage of ■ party conflict, undimed amid the smoke of ■ battle,” as the choice of the people to be ■ their nominee for the‘second time; yet it lis probable that he will decline the nomi Illation. In that event, we must deliberate | with wisdom and select with discretion our |next nominee. We will need the wisdom land experience of the aged, the virtuous |and the upright, to guide us in that selec tion. I would also suggest that a meeting Ibe held at Atlanta on the lflth of Febru |ary next, to which special Delegates be ■ sent from every Association, bringing all ■ the information they can command, to con I fer and deliberate together upon our pros- I pects. Again, I would suggest that every Cbris- I tian in our ranks, as well as all who desire I our success, set apart one day, say the 25 th I of January next, as a day of Fasting and I Prayer to Almighty God in behalf of our I cause; to beseech Him to guide us in our I course by llis unerring counsel, and direct lus in our selection. May we not put our I trust in an arm of flesh, but in Jehovah I the Lord of Hosts. Let us also send up all the “sine qua I non” (money) we can, to form a fund for I the purpose of distributing documents, Ac. I All the people need, is light,—let them have it. The opposition may erv “.there is no chance for you.” Let them make it. That cry is but the dying gasp of any par ty that uses it—-the death-knell of princi ple, and moral courage. Let us not be in timidated by that cry, But let us come to the contest with renewed energy, untiring zeal and undivided front. Let us tight as one man in the defence of Truth and Right, ami if vve must and do fall in the contest, we will fall in the discharge of our duty to God, to our country, and to fallen humani ty. Ido not fear defeat in the approach ing contest. Press onward ! Remember that “Truth crushed to earth, will rise again.” Press on ward ! Inaction at a’time like this will prove but the precursor of dissolution. Awake! awake! Freemen of Georgia ! Burst asunder the bonds that bind yon to party. Give up party welfare for public weal ! Come, ye hardy moun taineers of northern Georgia! Come, ye chivalrous knights from the gay savanna’s of the south ! Come ye from any portion of the “Empire State” and aid us in eradi - cating from our midst the source of crime and woe. We have stormed the outer works, let us now besiege the citadel ! J.et us make one more gallant struggle!— Let us— “ Strike for our altars and our fires,” resolved to conquer or to “dia at least, un yielding.” 4 Hoping that these suggestions may meet your approbation, or, if not, that some oth er plan may be adopted soon, I tender them to you, with the prayer that success may crown eur efforts. W. G. W. For the Temperance Crusader. Young America’s Proclivities. Among the many hasty conclusions, im politic tendencies, improper remarks and as sertions daily manifesting themselves, there are some so presumptive, that to pass them in silence, would be injustice to the com mon cause of propriety. ‘Therefore, we propose to present some ol them in the most, favorable light possible. It the perversion* of kindnesses into demonstrations <t love, which is most remote, from the heart or head of the kind actor, is pronounced a has ty conclusion by the credulous, we infer that the considerate would call it not hasty, but unjust. Yet there are those who are so blinded by their own personal attractions, that they make gentle words, natural smiles and accidental looks, all manifestations*of Cupid’s order. But if such are unjustifiable conclusions ordinarily, what are they when practiced at boarding houses, where least of all places, are such excusable? I: is su peifiuous to add that, alter the ab we indi cations have been confirmed by numerous mgTmaginations, air castles built..only by lovers and hymenial lestives reign supreme. The restraints of prudence are too frail to keep them concealed; like n consciousness of guilt they will out and expose them selves in ejaculations the most affectionate, in unmeasured verse and “essays tinged wrth the hues of'his own subjectivity,” There are other peculiarities equally, and some more preposterous, that deserve at tention, which are not confined, however, to the boarding houses of their possessors. If those who are best characterized by an. af fable verdancy should indulge in remarks upon the dress or peculiar appearance of certain persons, it would, of course, pass un noticed or be answered in their own idiom— the source.” But when those vvho have entered the honorable classes lose sight of propriety so far, t hat a young lady can’t walk the streets or attend church in a new dress without being a subject of criti cssm and conversation; then it is necessary* to employ some means to restrain such ten dencies. And it seems to me that if they have no more respect for our belles, village and themselves, than to gratify such pro clivities, we must use an immediate restraint or content ourselves to he known by our gossip—young laoies in new dresses. If it is apparent, that the above state of tilings transgresses propriety, what reproof is too severe, what censure too grave for threatening to flirt with Innocence “just to keep their hands in ?” While they deserve rigid discipline, they ore appropriate sub jects of sympathy; for they are certainly ig norant that a supposed, flirt goes the rounds of female friendship, as quick as a ‘patent physic the circle of newspaperdom. But sympathy ceases to be a virtue, when it nul lities justice, and it would he giving loose lein to arrogance, to forgive, in addition to tiie above threat, the bold assertion, that be cause Purity had loved two or three boys, therefore she can never love another. The assertion is in the highest degree improper, because that is asserted which is unknown, and it it was known, it assuredly would be bad policy to talk it, for good natured peo ple—especially boys—would not give it cre dence. As experience teaches us that they think girls are poly-hearted, and if legality is allowable, non compos mentis. OBSERVER. Penfield, Ga. Tlie Heart’s Guests. When age has cast its shadows O’er life’s declining way, And the evening twilight gathers Round our departing day— Then we shall sit and ponder On the dim and shadowy past; Within the heart’s still chambers • The guests will gather fast. The friends in youth we cherish Shrul come to us once more, Again to hold communion As in the days of yore. The}” may be stern and sombre, They may be young and fair; Rut the heart will have its chambers, The guests shall gather there. llow shall it be, my sisters? Who, then, shall be our guests? How shall it be, my brothers, When life’s shadows on us rest? Shall we not, midst the silence, Tn accents soft and low, Then hear familiar voices, And words of long ago? Shall we not see dear faces, Sweet smiling as of old ? Till the mists of that still chamber Are sunset clouds of gold ? When aae has cast its shadows O’er life’s declining way, And the evening twilight gathers Round our departing day? Advice to Young Ladies. There is another topic, young ladies, to which I would fain call your attention, and yet hesitate to mention from fear, if not of giving offence, of seeming, at least, to tres pass upon the office of your instructors, pa rents, or more immediate guardians. Its importance,.however, to your happiness in time and eternity, will certainly justify n few words of timely admonition from one who claims to be your true friend. No sooner will you be released from your Col lege restrictions than—it is no adulation to say —a swarm of admirers will pour around you “thick as autumnal leaves in Yailombrosa.” The good and the gifted —the pure in heart and noble in spirit— men capable of appreciating your virtues and talents, will come to do homage at the shrine of your loveliness. But these are not all; the vicious and profane—the flat terer, with smooth tongue—the worldling, with words of compliment upon his lips, but “ihc thirty pieces of silver” in his heart —tin so, too, will c >rue and strive to enlist your young and ardent affections. Beware, then, young ladies, how you fall in love! Let no fear of becoming old maids—of which some affect such holy horror —no romantic notion of love at first sight, tempt you to confer the priceless affections of your warm and glowing hearts upon men unworthy such inestimable guerdon. Bid “Young America,” unless he improves his manners and mends his life, keep at a. res pectful distance. Smile not upon the flat tering coxcombs and fantastic beaux, “Who cut extensive clashes With Shanghai coats and short mustaches;” idle loafers, who have “just enough of soul to save t e expense of salt,” and whom, even your charms would be impotent to win to the love and practice of virtue. Let the man of your choice be such an one as yon can “to, honor and obey,” and whose will shall be your law, because that will will . lwaygfcseek to promote your happi ness. But, tied, in this as in every impor tant step of life, you may he so guided as to eschew evil and secure good, seek coun sel and direction from Heaven! Woman can never be happy, nor fill the sublime offices for which site was created, without the religion of Christ. “Oil, .what is woman—what her smile— Her lip of love 6 —her eyes of light, What is she, if her lips revile • The lowly Jesus? Love may write Ilis name upon her marble brow, And linger in her curls of jet — The light spring flower may scarcely bow Beneath her step, and yet, and yet Without that meeker grace she’ll be A lighter thing than vanity.” Bee. Luther M. Smith. &UUBU <tlll l UilUvbilUtT* ’ #KNFIKI.r>, CFROH(UA. Saturday Morning, December 6, 18&6. !-iF“Rev. Claiborn TrusseU, of Atlanta, is a duly authorized Agent for the Crusader. Liberal Offer. Any person sending us five aew Subscribers, ac companied with the “rhino,” shall be entitled to an extra copy of the Crusader for one year. Orders for our Paper must invariably be accompanied with the cash to receive attention. Stop Papers.—Settle Arrearages. Subscribers to the Crusader who choose to have it discontinued at any time, will please express their wish by a written eonmuni ration, 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 ri t such notice of dis continuance as the Law requires. A Word to the “Boys”—Students. Many of you are leaving to visit your homes, ar and soon all will do likewise. Allow us to soTcit. your assistance in circulating our paper, as you k circuit its’ among your friends and relatives. We have grate ful hearts, and appreciative natures, and will con sider ourselves under obligations for any assistance. - - —O- • -•>- * 9 Our Posters. Wc politely request each of our friends who re ceive one of our large Pouter* in tins issue, to give it due attention by displaying it in a conspicuous place. BagPThe Junior Editor will be at Crawfordville and A hite Plains at different times during the next two or three weeks, when he will be pleased to settle with all who are indebted to this office, either for adver tising or subscription. * — jJrgTfPor a week or ten days past, the weather has been extremely variable. For several days it was warm, spring-like, attended by frequent showers, then clear an 1 cold, then a cold drizzly rain. It has been very bad on farmers who have not sowed their wheat. * iST”A few nights since the quiet of our town was disturbed by a very noisy, but by no means tasteful display of fire-works. Such things are always bad enough when the occasion seems to demand them; but iu ordinary times, they are absolute nuisances. We are surprised that tnercha its who thereby have their property endangered, should sell them. Every man who does it, ought to be subject to an indict ment. * * < UPWc hope none of our readers will neglect lo peruse that charming little poem, “God’s Wife,” which will be found on our first page. It is one of’ the most touching pieces we have lately met with. The name of its gifted Authoress, Mrs. L. ‘Virginia French, is a sufficient recommendation. * - ST-dP”Almost every drunkard with whom you meet wih tell you that his father enjoined upon him ab stinence from intoxicating- drinks. Why then did he grow up in open disregard of this advice? Be cause the parent added not example to precept, and the rod to example. Parents, in common vvitmaii’ others musJt practice what they teach. * • —- ilF’Soine one has favored ns with a Catalogue of the Teachers and Pupils of “Woodland Female Col lege.” It is, we think, unfortunate that the title of this institution has been changed from “Seminary” to “College.” We do not suppose that its character and design have thereby uftdergone t e least change. We hope the day will soon come, when this misno mer, College, will be struck olf from all our schools for young ladies, and let them be known by their proper appellation. ‘Phis institution is located in Cedar Town, and presided over by Rev. J. M. Wood, long known in upper Georgia, as an able and suc cessful Teacher. The patronage is mostly local.— Female “Colleges” are now too thick in our coun try to enjoy any other than local support. The truth is, we never can have any schools of the first order while there is so much competition for patron age. * Novelists and poets rack their brains and tax their imaginations to invent incidents of exciting in terest. Yet how much of truth and poetry will be forever unwritten and unsung. Some writer has observed that every man’s life is an epic, and the re mark is, to some extent, a true one. There are few individuals who have not been actors, in scenes, which, if arrayed in the gorgeous vestments of Ro mance, would be glowing, living immortal poems.— Nature is in all things the best instructor, and the author acts blindly who seeks knowledge from any other source. - * When you pay a man a friendly visit, and thereby interrupt his business for two or three hours, do not assure him while leaving, that you “have bored him long enough.” This will force him to practice falsehood or impoliteness. If you are con scious of having been in the wav, leave without giv ing expression to your feeling*. Never give a man advice which you know to be opposed to his previously formed determination.— You will either be despised for your impudence or laughed at for your f dly. # Never reveal, even in jest, things which if true, would cause you disgrace. It is always imprudent and sometimes fatal. The tongue of slander is suffi ciently active without this supply of material. * —— valued correspondent sends us the follow ing plain, practical remarks, which we gladly give a place in our columns. They strike at an evil which wp have no doubt exists to a very great extent, wher ever the principles of prohibition have nominally tri umphed : “Do away with the retail system, and shut up the grogshops, and then we ask if Prohibition has suc ceeded ? 1 answer no; and never can, so long as our dr)’ goods merchants are allowed to keep liquors and sell them by measures falsely called a quart.— This has been proved to my satisfaction, in the little village of . The citizens did much, and all they could to deliver themselves from this accursing pest. They bought out the only grogshop in the place,pledg ed themselves never to sell liquors on their premises, or to dispose of them to any who would do so. All this was well enough. But how does it succeed?— There are several stores in flic village, and at each of them various liquors are kept and sold; not as a medicine, an h pretended , but for a beverage. It is very rare, and then only as a matter of form, that the merchant inquires for what purpose it is to be used. Any who are able to buy and pay for this “ medicine ,’ can do so, and use as be likes. People express surprise at this or that person’s getting drunk so soon after coining to town. It is always ip a pro found mystery, however. No one professes to know him, and drank with him. -Tuns • this ‘system is cayried oji vsth the knowledge, but despite the opposition of alt good citizens. W hHUT such .deception practiced in a moraland religious commu nity; lam almost led to doubt the final success of Prohibition. ’ ‘ s B. People should be careful into whose hands they trust the power of violating the laws. Liquor sell ing is a money making business, and it is not every rnan who is honest enough to re Ist the temptadon. Temperance men cannot be too cautious and vigi lant. 51 ■ * ■*—. —’ Our College and our Town. When we say our college, we do not wish to be understood as occupying the position -of an advo cate of one Institution to the neglect of all ofh’ iv, for such is not the tone of our principles nor dis posTtonf. We rejoice in the prosperity of every seat cf learning established for the T'mpartation of thorough education to the youth of the land, and are prepare l j.O lend a ready and willing, though feeble, hand to the erection of an educational shrine in every district. We exult in the proud position which our State occupies in point of Colleges.and Schools, and, it. is our boast that none can surpass her, but while we have the presumption to claim to be a warm friend to aii our Colleges, we would ad vocate Urn especial claims of -our own loved Alma Muter. I hough comparatively young, none is more permanent, more deserving, nor more influential. It had its origin in a bonus of twmty-jhe hundrtd dollars to the poor young men of our State, contemplating the Gospel Ministry. In 1833, the corner stone of the Institution was laid, and receiving the approba tion oi a Beneficent Create!', who prosp*-reth the work of his hands, its onward progress and growing importance became manifest, and in 1838 it received li otn the State Legislature a Charter, with the title ot Mercer Ln; versify. In 1841, it graduated its first t .ass, consisting of three young men. Since that time it has sent out a hundred, and twenty- fire grad uates prepared ior a worldly conflict—the last class consisting of twenty-two members. Os all it* grad uates none, not one lias become a drone in society, but nearly all are occupying prominent positions,— .u c men cl distinction—ol high character—living re flexes of the imperishable glory of the Institution which armed them with sword and shield for the strife. Where shall we find them ? Amid the ftr.se ranks of all the professions—at the head of the first institutions ot learning, and in the sacred desks of the most flourishing churches; travel across the per ilous waters to the shores of the ungodly, and among tlie dark and gloomy African jungles you find the graduate of Mercer, lifting up the Bleeding Cross amid the impenetrable cumulus of heathenism. The cnaracter anu positions ot her graduates is encomi um sufficient, in behalf of the Institution. Bi nec that small donation from the generous hands ot Josiah Penfield, which was the germ of the Insti tution, its funds have steadily accumulated, until now- the endowment of the college amounts to near ly one hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars. — Its foundation is a metallic one, and as such cannot be overthrown. The Institution has suffered noth ing from the changes which have recently been made in the administration of several of its offices. All < f theiff are now filled with young, industrious, faith ful and competent officers, —all harmonizing in the prosecution of their duties, and studying the pros perity of the college, and the educational advance ment of its pupils. Anew office has been created, whereby ;he student has the privilege of acquaint ing himself with Modern Language*, which is far mme importanfimore profitable and more agreeable tlieTfflTnrstoi a1 s, Elegies, Lyrics, and Poems o l tonyuesdead. This office is filled with a voung man ably qualified to discharge the duties of the chair, and fond of imparting knowledge to his class es. The Presidential Chair is to be filled at the next Georgia Baptist Convention. We would have the Baptist Denomination of our Elate to remember that it is an obligatory duty de volving upon them to support this Institution. It is the State University of the Denomination, and as such lays claims upon the patronage and influence of every Baptist in the State. Denominationally the Baptist is distinct from all other religious organiza tions, and why not maintain that distinction in Schools and Colleges? It would without a doubt, conduce largely to the prosperity and success both of the denomination and their Institutions. The Meth odist Fraternity adopt this policy, and the practical results, as seen in all their enterprizes, testify to the wholesomeness of the principle. This Denomina tion, in matters of this kind, should he Patterned by the Baptists. One great faux pas of which the Bap tists have ever been guilty, and which has always militated against the success of their Colleges and schools,, is, they endeavor to establish too many; they are a liberal-minded race, and arc always ready to give ear to propositions for erecting anew seat of learning, and were it not that splendid theories and replete propositions, upon such enterprizes nev er become practical “specie” basis , there would doubtless be a Baptist College on every eligi ble hill-top; they ignore their duty to advocate, at all times, and under all circumstances, the claims of those which are already established. We heartily wish the denomination would abandon this destruc tive system, and remembering that “union is strength,” would concentrate their influence upon their denominational College. They have here a Mecca of learning which is in every way worthy of (heir care and protection; an honor to the Fraterni ty, and it is destined to take the leafl among South ern Institutions. We grow jubilant with pride in contemplating the bright lestiny of our Alma Mater, plough there may he some who would rejoice over its downfall, as ’ ero over burning Rome, and would stealthily plan wireworls whereby toparalizc its progress, and in fluence, yet their wires, will only serve as tripping cords to their own devious footsteps. The progress of the Institution is upward—its lucuient radiance is immortal. “The vane of its spire is slow-turning in the liquid sky,” and the dark surges of Envy, Jealousy and Preju dice will break upon its walls only to be dashed back in foam. * A word concerning our Town. Doubtless every one who has ever heard much or little of Penfield, are aware of the fact that there arc among its in habitants, two parties , socially, not. politically speak ing. But we are of the persuasion that such a state of things is decidedly beneficial, for it enables one to know who are his friends, and who his onomies.— •Friendiftiip misplaced is attended with the worst of consequences, and the man who abuses another’s confidence has the betrayed in his clutches and ca do him more injury than a thousand open enemies. Wc have a few of that unprincipled class in our small village. Men entirely devoid of conscience, and strangers to disinterested friendship,—men of fair countenances and would-be-winning ways, but with hearts as corrupt as putrefaction itself. But ihe fact that you find mean men in a Town should he no objection to the place, fur they exist in every village. You will find in all places, as you do in j cniuiCt b“ helped. .'he two parties in our Town are ! so well defined that art one may easily discover the | principles of each, and there is no danger ofa person’s heingentrapped through mistake, and though consci ous of the fact that such a state of things has hereto fore greatly injured the place abroad, yet we trust such will not in future deter citizens from moving into Pen field. Everything is now progressing smoothly, and quietly,, and we have a pleasant, retired, eleva ted, undulating and healthy little village; classical in appeal am e, and far removed from the wild al lurements which vain speculations concoct to attract young minds. This, perhaps above all other places, is best adapted to study. With a very few exceptions we have a set of the most generous, social, and up right citizens, than any Town can produce. We hope Baptist parents throughout the State who have children to educate, will consider their education a point of paramount importance, and will conic with them to this inviting country village, hud locate around this Pierian Spring, that their sons may drink■ de**p of its healing, crystal vvateis. — g3gf°Thc tendencies to practice and sustain impo sitions seems ever to keep pace with each other. — In a community of simple rustics whom no \v< n h r ful tales ever reach, the spirit of curiosity is so little -dive, that they know or care nothing about their next door neighbor’s affairs. But let it be once aroused, and moderately fed with wondrous repor:s of prodigies, and it soon will have attained an inor dinate groVth. No expense or inconvenience will he too great to be incurred for its gratification, no statement too monstrous to gain belief. Men often ;u t really childish in these matters. That a boy of nine or ten summers, should be v\ filing to go a doz m miles through heat or cold to witness a circus show is perfectly natural; but that a man should travel such a distance-, spending his time and money, mere ly to look at (t woman with heard on her face, is simplicity involved to the tenth {lower. That curiosity'-, when properly restrained and ex ercised, becomes one of our most ennobling attrib utes, is a proposition we very readily admit. That it is developed in many culpable forms, is equally’ t’ u>\ The spirit of idle curiosity wh’ch prompts men to pry’ into and interest themselves about things which do not concern them is a positive vice. That which causes men to adopt every new tangled no tion, and run after everyone who wi 1 sav, *1 >! here is a wond r,” can hardly be less so. We think all such, sad perversions of a principle planted within us for the wisest purposes. Las us natures are without doubt, interesting, and to a philosophic mind may become instructive objects of contemplation. But we doubt the good taste of any who merely seek them lor the pleasure they may afford. But we set out to speak of humbugs, and have merely referred to curiosity as the principle to which they appeal, and by which they are supported. They have been fed and n uirished, until they T now exist throughout the country to a most alarming extent. In the days of Alchemy, the most absurd theories were put forth and the grossest deceptions practiced upon the people. Sometimes these were detected, and condign punishment inflicted on the perpetra tors. But the credulous multitude were just as ready to believe in the next new wonder. All the knowledge and intelligence of the present day’ have not rendered men much less susceptible of being de ceived.* Nor is it at all probable that they will ever become so enlighted as to be entirely free in this re spect. ‘I here is indeed a degree of pleasui ein being deceived; a pleasure however with which the no bler feelings of our nature have nothing to do. Could we believe everything we see or hear, we might be a happier, but certainly not a better race of beings. * “An old Bachelor says that women are so fond of appearances, that if they knew there were no looking glasses in IT aven, they would he unwilling to go there. It is strange how age sours the disposition of some men.” It is no great evidence ofa sour disposition to say lhat ladies a-e fond of appearances. That many of them are inordinately .so, is a fact which we suppose few of their most abject adorers would have the har dihood to deny. If they consult their mirrors from :t pure love of the beautiful, we should say it were commendable; for many of them see reflected there images which would abundantly gratify such feel ings. But woman’s frivolity and her reliance upon artificial charms to enhance her personal appearance, are caused far less by the want of good sense on her part, than that of the empty brained coxcombs vvh > call themselves her admirers. They make it their business to praise her for qualities which entitle her to no credit, and bv thus creating vanity, destroy or sadiv mar all the firmer feelings of the heart. As long as she allows herself to be idolized and flattered by such men, she can never be the noble being her creator intended. * * Book Table. Putnam's Monthly. —As a literary Journal, this stands deservedly high among American magazines. It is to be regretted that at the north, no literature is too pure to be tinctured with the dark slain of ab olitionism. Could they ignore the subject of slave ry, many of them would be all we could wish. ’ ‘*4 •4B&> Georgia News Pork is selling in Atlanta, at l‘> 1-2 cents. The Examiner says the supply of hogs is large. The Georgia Conference of the Methodist episco pal Church, South, convened at Americas, on Wed nesday last. Virgil Powers, Esq , has .been appointed Chief En gineer of the Georgia and Florida llail Road, in the place of W. N. Mussey, deceased. The Southern Enterprise, at Thornasville, of 25 th ult., says that the recent heavy rains in that section have raised the water courses very high, and render ed the roads almost impassable. Tuos. Hatcher, who escaped from the Macon jail, on his way t-> the Penitentiary, was recently killed near Jacksonville, Fla. The Post Office at Woodhurn, in JcfferSon coun ty, has been discontinued, and all mail matter in tended for that office, should be directed to “Pope IlrH, Jefferson county.” YVe learn from the Athens papers, that the citizens of that place presented the late President of Georgia University with a beautiful Silver Tea Service, on Friday evening, the 21-st ult. On each pierce is in scribed, “A Token of Affectionate Regards from the Citizens of Athens to the Rev. Alonzo Church, 0. D., 1850.” slem# utem#, J. Lee Williams, author of the History of Florida, died at his residence in Picolata, on th • 7th ult., of paralysis. Aged 70. she Lynchburg (V.) Republican states that j the Sheriff of Smythe recently levied an execution I on a passenger train of the Virginia and Tennessee Rail Eoad for $20,000, on a judgment obtained against the company by Mr. Alexander. ried shortly, ‘to an English Earl, who distinguished himself iicthe Crimea War. T. Bromley, Professor of Coemisfry and Ccology in Um .South Carolina College, has resigned in consequence of ill health. Ijjp—Lt. John T. Walker, of the Navy, committed suicide by hanging himself recently at his lodgings in Charnbers-st . New York. tar A petition has been presented to the Legisla ture of Florida, to’ incorporate a company for the purpose of” laying a submarine telegraph from the Cape ot Florida Via Key West to the Island of Cuba, and thus bringing Havana in connection with the great telegraphic world. jftjjjr**The eighteenth annual Convention of the di odes of Florida, will, by appointment of Bishop Rut ledge, he he! i at St. -John’s Church, Tallahassee, on the 12th itisr. ts arc in circulation (says the Cleveland Banner'of the 28fli u’t.j that the Bank of East Ten nessee has failed. This report had its origin in Lou isville, Ivy., and there.is no truth in it. The Nash ville banks have refused to take if, on account of this report, it is bankable .at this place, and, as far as we know, the institution is perfectly solvent. ißF“!'he Rev; I)r. E wald, one of the missionaries of the Jew’s Society, States that there are now more Jews in Whitechapel, London, than in Jerusalem, and more Jews in London than in the whole of the Holy Land. The total number of Jews in the im - i.ropolis is estimated-at jKM>OO. §aSfiF“Ata recent meeting of the Board of Trustees of South Carolina College, B. W. Means was elected Librarian and Treasurer, to supply the vacancy oc casioned by the resignation of F. W. McMaster. The resignation of Prof. Liebcr, of which notice was given in December last, was accepted. Vi e learn also, from the Carolina Times; Nov. 20, that it the meeting of the Board of Trustees, held last evening, Prof. Jos. Leconte was elected to fill the chair of Chemistry vacated by Prof, Brumby, in consequence of ill health. Rev. R. W. Barnwell, Jr., was also elected Professor of History and Polit ical economy, vice Prof. Liebcr, resigned. Good Authority. —The Cincinnati Evening Non park 1 says of the Perry Davis Pain Killer it re moves pain as if by magic from any part of the body and no one who knows its virtue would willingly be without it. A Friend, in Am?, is the Balsam of Wild Cherry to ali who are afflicted with Bronchial troubles or Asthma. Its singular power over these diseases has rendered Dr. Wistar famous wherever pulmonary complaints arc kn vvn. t’W O An English mechanician has invented a very ingeniously constructed nautical instrument for ac curately determining both latitude and longitude, without the assistance of a chronometer and without lunar observations—an observation of the sun, only, ’•cing required. North Carolina Baptist Convention, There were some 200 delegates at the late Conven tion at Raleigh. A proposition to raise $50,000 as a further endowment to Wake Forest College, was in A by a subscription on the spot, in one hour, of about $25,000. Two brethren. subscribed $5,000 each, five SI,OOO each, five SSOO each, a few S2OO each, and a large number, perhaps thirty or forty, SIOO each. Besides which, SIB,OOO were subscribed to build anew bouse of worship in Raleigh. A New Light in English Literature. The Bondon Press says that all the readable arti cles in Household Words are written by a young fellow named Sala. The literary Bohemian, as we have heard from other sources, is a most remarkable instance ofa literary mimic, and his fecundity is not less inai velous than his initiative talents. He writes so much in the style of either Dickens or Thackeray that it would take a sharp critic to distinguish the false from the real author, and what is more marvel ous still, is his faculty of imitating popular actors. People have wondered at the fertility of Dickens, in writing so many articles in the Household Words, while he was at tne same tune engaged in writing Ids Bleak House and Little Dorrit. But the secret of his wonderful fertility is explained by the an nouncment lhat he has an admirable Crichton in his pay’, vi ho acts as lus double; This literarv journey man is the son of Madame Sala, a theatrical per former. —li Temperance Celebration. 1 nc tenth anniversary of the introduction (if the Order of Sons or Temperance into South Carolina, and of the organization of Palmetto Division No. 1, was celebrated last evening at the new ball on King street. The attendance was good, considering the state oi the weather, and the exercises were of a pleasing and interesting character. The music, “hicn was fine, was conducted by Messrs. Reeves & Greitorex, assisted by a number^ofamateurs. Allen the singing of she firjst Ode, the exetcisesof, the evening were opened by prayer from the Rev. John Culpepper, of Bennettsvillc Division. The speaker, elect, of the evening, Albert J. Russel, Esq., was then announced from the Chair, by Charles M. Mason, YY. P., presiding, who arose and entertained the audience in a brief but eloquent and compre hensive speech of some thirty minutes in length.— lie treated the subject in its widest and most com prehensive sense, and portrayed in a lively and ani mated manner the evils of intemperance. Misad dress was conceived with taste, delivered with ef fect, and received with applause. He carefully avo-'d eu the rock upon which so many young speakers have been driven and wrecked, of not knowing when they were done: Mr. Russell did not rise until he had something to say, and as soon as he had said it, and said it. well, he took his seat. Mi. E. I hay er then introduced, in a short speech, the Rev. John Culpepper, whom he said was an old vote: an in the good cause, and whom he knew the audience would be pleased to hear, and who respond ed in one of those nervous, home-made, off-telling for which he is sojdistinguished. He spoke .with good sense, sound argument, and much effect, until the last bell rang, which, he said, warned him that the hour for closing had arrived, and suddenly took his seat amid the applause of the audience, who would gladly have heard him longer. Another celebration will be held in the same hall this evening by Palmetto .Section of she Cadets of temperance, when the boys will have a chance, and somathing rich, rare and racy may be expected.— Every body is invited to attend at 7 o’clock. P. M. She toe programme in another column.— Okurlcs. toti JVewth * 2dF”A lady in Oregon, In writing to a friend, says that cattle in that,;region live to such a great age that their owners have to fasten long poles to the-, end of their horns for the wrinkles to run out on!