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BV C. E. LATIMER.
■ hey tell rae thou art fair, lady,
I j That beauty gilds thy brow;
■ Jay never cankering care, lady,
H t Make it less bright than now,
I Jut may thy happy life be spent
In quiet joy, and sweet content.
I ‘hey tel! me thou art young, lady,
That life is all untried;
■ lay ne’er thy heart be wrung, lady,
By a false and heartless pride,
■ Jut may thy trusting spirit be
I ‘rom guile and folly ever free.
I tell me thou art gay, lady,
That a happy heart is thine ;
.fay sunlight gild thy way, lady,
And round thy pathway shine,
To light thee from life’s dark abode,
)nward and upward to thy God.
They tell me thou dost sing, lady,
As the angels sing above;
day thy sweetest music ring, lady,
In praise of Jesus’ love,
That when thy songs on earth shall end,
Thou may’st find Him thy dearest friend,
nesboro’, Ga., Dec. 5, 1856.
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The Watcher.
BY JENNY WOODBINE.
ent watcher, pale, and t arful,
Why so sad, and anxious now,
hy does sorrow, like a shadow,
Sit upon ihy fair young brow?
hy that anxious, wistful watching;
Why that serious, dreamy gaze ?
is the world its lessons taught thee,
Hast thou learned its hitter ways ?
hy, within thine eyes so dove-like,
Beams a truant, shadowy light,
id with such a wistful longing,
Lookcst thou on the star-lit night?
hilc thy waving tresses golden,
Fall about thy forehead pale,
jes yon moon a vision bring thee,
Tells the sad, or pleasant tale?
lent watcher leave the window,
Naught thy anxious eyes doth see
ve the soft, and mellow moon-beam
As it gilds the leafless tree,
nd the stars, like thee, lone watchers,
Each upon his throne of gold,
hispering patience—resignation—
These are all thou can’st behold.
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Far the Temperance Crusader.
Awful Calamity!—The Devil’s Half
Acre Consumed.
ssrs. Editors —Those who read the
i caption will no doubt tor a moment
3 their sympathies for the perrsal of
itelligence. Perhaps some body has
dreadful death, or a whole family has
destroyed by the devouring element,
>e the thought. Not so. In reading a
further you will find that the Destroy
nsell has met his match, and a heap of
now marks the spot where lately he
ithroned in the majesty of his strength.
>1 the blue lights from Hell’s constella
las been stricken from its orbit, and
te’sa wreck of rain, On the 18th inst.,
gshop in Jefferson county, Ga.. was ut
destroyed by fire! It is supposed to
been the work of an incendiary. If
is something new “under the sun;” tor
diaries are generally the very best of
Is to these sinks of pollution and ruin,
these are the places where theygrad
n all the wisdom of Pandemonium’s
sophy. Here they get the element
paralyzes every noble impulse, while it
irfully excites all the baser passions,
ng the aim and corrupting the heart
ie darkest deeds known in the annals of
;;
om the above remarks it may be clear
3n, that I am not one of the mourners,
can I grieve at any injury that, befalls
rogshop system ! Os all the curses
3ver cursed our land, it is the greatest
War, famine and pestilence are no
compared to it. If is a system that
s destruction in all climates, all locali
among all people and all classes ! It
ks the poor savage and the benighted
ien, and hurries them to the grave.—
tame fate it brings upon the educated
wise in science and civilization. It
the body and destroys the soul. Yet.
ge as it may seem, men are to be found
are intelligent and well raised, and ap
to possess some noble principles, who
ge in the “deadly work” for filthy lucre,
lighty Dollar !” what a magic influence
thou possess. How true ; the love of
is “the root of all evil.” Conscience
sting, but thou art anr antidote. Re
e may goad, but thou art an armor of
Hell may yawn its jaws to swallow
um, thus lost to principle and honor, but
art a veil that hides the burning gulf.
r en may thunder its reproof and threa
ampation forever, but thou singest the
n song: ‘‘First seek and obtain earthly
ure, for thou shaft have much time to
that which is Heavenly.” Rut remem
e grogsellers, that “the Holy Spirit does
dways strive with man.” You may
v.en not to the reproaches and, warning
‘ of conscience, until you will have none,
may sin agaiu&t “light aud knowledge,”
•hut your ears, to i be whisperings of the
t, uptil you, wilf be left in Ephraim’s
tion. And what an awful condition!
iward* warning monitor; no desire to
rod# though treading the very verge of
rave. Lost, lost, forever lost!
hat a contrast, among mpn ! Some are
g to,alleviate the sufferings of humani
ze the noble Howard. Others are bu
lling down and augmenting in rapid
a, the temporal and eternal woes of
neighbors, whom they are commanded
/e; and this too for a few “ thrips,”
ohed from wretched mothers andsrar
chiidren. Welf. go on if you wilf, but
mber that life is short, and you must
stand before the bar of God. His sin
ging wrath is now hastening to over
you. Throughout an endless age of
rtyyyou will realize all the horrors of a
j&k doom. You will find one day not
*F, that “you have paid dear, very dear
lmt whistle!”
“T or hear of
them, si poor . wocßpn,tJ(itt,tPJW.S3wv
ways vividly brought to mind; and inougn
it was 4 very common erase, from some
cause, k made an indelible impression. I
was traveling—drove up to a desolate look
ing place, about sundown. It yvnsthe res
idence of a drunkard’s family. There I
found a ragged set of Mule innocent looking
children, the very picture of poverty. The
countenance of their mother 1 shall never
forget, while she related her sorrows. Her
face was pale and careworn, and tjhe big
tears of despair rolfod down her sunken
cheeks, while she told me that they had seen
better days; but their bright prospects had
become beclouded, and hope had fled for
ever! I enquired about her absent husband,
and she pointed in the direction of a dogge
ry about a mile off; said her husband would
soon come back drunk, and perhaps would
drive them into jthe woods. She said eve
rything that they had was going to ruin—
that she saw no peace, but looked for death
as a kind deliverer to end her sorrows —said
she would be perfectly satisfied to live hard
and on the coarsest fare, if her luisbnnd
would only reform. She wound up with
bitter weeping, saying, “what will become
of my poor children !” I offered her what
consolation I could; bade her farewell, and
drove off with a sorrowful heart. This is
the way that the grogshop system ruins and
destroys the peace and comfort of the inno
cent. When I looked upon that poor de
graded woman, and thought of the burden
of grief that was pressing her down to the
grave, I inwardly resolved, never to coun
tenance a grogshop in any shape or form,
but to oppose them with all rny influence as
long as 1 lived.
Should not such families he protected by
the “strong arm” of the law? Why is it,
that these unprincipled sharks are protect
ed in a business known to be the greatest of
all nuisances? 1 understand the object of
law, to be, the protection of society, and the
security of its prosperity. Then why is
not this great evil suppressed, and that forth
with, by our Legislature? I fear that it is
owing to the deep corruption of the public
character. Even the clergy and lay-mem
bers of the church, who wield a powerful
moral influence,are entirely too slack-twist
ed and careless in this matter. God grant
that all may get to work, and that in good
earnest. COLD WATER.
Sylvan Grove, Jefferson co., Ga.
For the Temperance Crusader.
The Drunkard’s Fate.
“He does not come, he does not come,”
exclaimed Ellen Hilton, as she returned
from the door where she had been anxious
ly watching for the form of her husband, far
up the beautiful and neatly graveled walk
that led to his office in the flourishing and
pleasant village of M .
Arthur Hilton was a lawyer, for whom
his fi iends and relations entertained the high
est hopes. And at that, we need not won
der. lie possessed almost every trait that
characterizes the true gentleman. Great
pains and expense had been taken by his
floating parents to give their only son a
highly fin shed, classical education, which he
was by no means loth or slow to receive.—
He also had excellent opportunities for ac
quiring a thorough knowledge of the profes
sion of his choice, which he embraced in a
manner highly honorable and praiseworthy
to him. He had, about two years previous
to the time we speak of, been married to the
elegant, lovely and accomplished Ellen Hol
lingsworth. They left the land immediate
ly after their union, that gave them birth, in
Virginia, and removed to the distant West,
where Arthur had hoped hy untiring ener
gy and unceasing application to business, to
build up a reputation which might rival and
rank with the first jurists of the land.
A noble wish, Arthur. Would that you
could have realized it. But alas! how un
certain are all human calculations ! We
form our plans and wish them to succeed.
We often act as if we were confident they
would succeed. We seldom fortify our
hearts against the shock disappointment
brings.
But Arthur, up to this time, had prosper
ed in business and had arisen to eminence
as a lawyer to such a degree as exceeded
his most sanguine expectations.
He had already conducted to a successful
termination, one doubtful case, with such
caution, sagacity and wisdom as astonished
some who had grown gray in the legal pro
fession.
The third time she went to the door and
still she could see nothing of Arthur.
There she stood gazing intently through
the deepening twilight and anxiously await
ing the return of Arthur.
“He does not come,” she repeated, as she
again shut the door and re-seated herself by
the fire.
Could you have seen her as she sat gazing
on the fire, absorbed in deep meditation, you
would have easily detected a solitary tear
start from the bright blue eye and trickle
down her cheek, now. grown pale by the
anxiety and suspense that preyed upon her
mind.
She loved Arthur with all the passionate
devotion with which woman is capable ot
loving. Ere long she heard the well known
tread ot Arthur as he ascended the steps
that iecl to her room. She hastily brushed
away the tear that moistened her cheek,
and liastened to meet him. She perceived
a swaggering and seemingly careless gait
in h s. walk; —she perceived his eyes were
ilushed and bloodshot, and they
wore a. wild and unmeaning appearance—
and to crown and realize her worst fears,
she discovered his breath’was tainted with
the smell ot alcohol. You can easily imag
ine the extent of Ellen’s grief. She spent a
sleepless night, and when she arose the next
morning she was not at all refreshed or in
vigorated. An almost deathly hue was
spread over her countenance.
All this did not escape the keen and sen
sitive observation of Arthur. Full well he
knew the cause, but shame forbade him to
allude to it. Sad to relate, he fallen
before the tempter’s throne; and so deep
had he sunk, in the course of a few weeks,
in the pit of degradation that he was thought
irreclaimable;.
Time rolled on, and with it, Arthur grew
worse. And he not only frequented the
grocery,'bj l ? naeftirnnj visits reg- 1
ukuly saloon, v.
Ifthojfermer habit destroyed all the ten
der that once found -such an appro
priate pfece in his bosom, no less did the lat
ter yjo sweep away, in a lew moments,;
what took weeks and months to acrnimi
\m>
Let us pass over a period of twelve
months.
In the mean time, Arthur has filled the
drunkard’s grave. He had borrowed mon
ey in the day, and at night it would vanish
from the gaming table like mist before the
morning’s sun.
This course of things could not last long.
His creditors refused to lend him money
when they found out what became of it. and
soon began to press him for what he had al
ready borrowed of them.
He saw his neat little and welling, which he
and Ellen had taken so much pains to beau
tify—his Office and its contents—his last ar
i;cle of furniture, all go at reduced rates un
der the auctioneers hammer. It was too
much for him. He took to hard drinking,;
and in less than a week, died. Ellen bore
all these heart-rending trials with a fortitude
uncommon even with the opposite sex. —
She apprised her parents of her husband’s
untimely end, and ere the grass had peeped
above the clods that covered his grave, she
was far away at her childhood's home in
Virginia. She never entirely recovered
from the blow that tier severe “troubles had
given her.
Young men, keep this simple story al
ways in mind, and if you would not. follow
in Arthur’s footsteps, touch not , taste not
handle uot the unclean thins; !
J. A. 11. G.
C|t Cmijicrancc Cmsakr.
PENFIEIjD, GEORGIA.
Saturday Morning, December 13,1856.
U3iF“Rev. Claiborn Trussed, of Atlanta, is a duly
authorized Agent for the Crusader.
Liberal Offer.
Any person sending us five new Subscribers, ac
companied with the “rhino,’’-shall be entitled to an
extra copy of the Crusader for one year. Orders for
our Paper must invariably be accompanied with the
cash to receive attention.
Stop Papers.— Settle Arrearages.
to the Crusader who choose to
have it uiscontinued at any tune, 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 n t such notice of dis
continuance as the Law requires.
Last Issue for 1856.
The present Xo. of our paper is the last regular
issue which will he made for this year. Extras con
taining county Advertisements will be issued regu
larly.
We give the office hands two weeks for recreation
during the Christmas hollidays.
The day of publication of” the Crusader will be
changed the ensuing year from Saturday to Thurs
day, in order to meet the cross mails.
We invoke abundant happiness u on each of our
Subscribers—bright prospects for another year, and
politely request a list of new. mhscrihen from each
one, as a il .Vew Year's gift.”
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Money ! Money i! Money !! !
The year has ended and we trust none of our
Debtors will forget us. Lay aside enough to meet
our demands against you. It will require but little.
Meet Us in Greenesboro’.
We will be in Greenesboro’ on the first day of
January, at the “Negro Sale,” and on the first Tues
day, and will have every man’s .account ready for
him. We beg all to come prepared to settle them,
and those who cannot come, we hope will send the
money by their friends. Wc wish to close up this
year’s books as early as possible.
A Word to the “Boys”—Students.
Many of you are leaving to visit your homes, arc!
soon all will do likewise. Allow us to sol cit your
assistance in circulating our paper, as you ‘circulate’
among your friends and relatives. We have grate
ful hearts, and appreciative natures, and will con
sider ourselves under obligations for any assistance.
Communications.
We have several very acceptable articles on hand,
which have been crowded out of the preftmt issue,
but they will appear in our next.
We gladly welcome “Jenny Woolbine” to. our
contributing corps ; her other piece will appear in
our next issue.
Plate Work,
Our fellow-townsman, Win. Morgan, Esq., who
has just returned from perfecting himself in the sci
ence of Dentistry, exhibited to us a few days since, a
specimen of his Plate Work, full set of teeth, which
so far as we are capable of judging, would compare
with any we have seen.
He is now ready to execute in the best and latest
style all work with which he may be favored. Give
him a “fair showing.”
Large Negro Sale in Greenesboro’.
A large lot ot Negroes, all siz sand ages, belong
ing to the estate of lion. Win, 0. Dawson, will be
sold in Gret-nesboro’ on the first day of January,
1857. See advertisement.
Fayetteville Academy.
We would direct the attention of our readers to
the advertisement in this issue of the above Acade
my. Mr. M. 11. Looney will take charge of it the
ensuing year. We trust our worthy friend may
find it a pleasant berth, and get a large, promising,
and well paying school. A
Pork.
Speculators in the Pork market could not com
mand much trude in our Town at 7 cts. The pros
pects are, that meat will sell this season at very i in
duced prices. We learn it is selling in Madison at
6 cts. The market, it is'thought, will be overrun.
Bacon which commanded heretofore 12 cts , is sell
ing in Augusta at !) < Is., and the immense quanti
ties which were shipped to the East, we learn is re
turning, and of course will he thrown on the mart.
ISF” J. V. Brantley has removed, from Morrison’s i
Mills, Fla., to Middleburg. East Fla.
SpaHa Male and Femald'TnsfiMe. ~
We invite special attention to - the Advertisem nt
in this J sue of the above Institution, and gladly
avail onrsc-1 sos the opportunity here afforded us, I
for saying a word relative to the Schools of Sparta.
It is a source of great pleasure to us, to see the E iu
entional ‘facilities of that community about to be re
organized. M e earnestly beg that the citizens of
Sparta and Hancock generally, will not consider us
at all “ meddlesome ” for speaking our sentiments
upon neuters which concern them, for we are thor
oughly identified with the interest of the county,
and cherish an indomitable zeal in behalf of all the
laudable schemes ot its citizens. More especially
should we concern ourself in regard to the Educa
tional interest of the count} , for it was within one
of her humble Academical seats of indoctrination
where tne gucenile idea is “ taught how to plump f
that we achieved the great task of becoming acquain
ted with the tities of the hard featured letters ot
the Kings English Alphabet. The Schools in Sparta
have for some years past been tending to a languid
cpn itioTi, an<f why ?’ Wc .can,conceive Os no other
reason, than sheer neglect on the part of those who
should be deeply interested in such matters. The
location so far as regards the community, is certainly
one of the most eligible in our knowledge. The com
munity is populous, wealthy, moral, intelligent, and
refined, and t> a degree attracting to all persons who
admire such component elements in society. The
immediate population is of itself sufficient to sustain
a large and honorable Institution, and it has been a
matter of great wonderment to us, how the splendid
and promising Schools which Sparta has always sus
tained, ever languished, as they have for a year or so
pa-d. But we are rejoiced to see that same praise
worthy spirit, and strong zeal which have charac
terized those people heretofore, re-exhibiting itself.
Tncy arc establishing the School anew, throughout,
and have elected a man to take charge of it who is in
every way qualified to fill the situation, and will
doubtless, rebuild in Sparta an Institution of learn
ing which.shall be adequate to the exigencies of the
-Educational interest of the community, and an hon
or to the county. We have the honor of a personal
acquaintance with Mr. Han !•-, the gentleman elected
to take charge of the Sparta Institute, and wc take
much pleasure in complimenting the Board of Trus
tees for making so judicious a selection. Mr. Harris
is a A irgiojan by birth, and a grad :ate of the Vir
ginia Military Institute , and with an education
thcroup!i and complete, he possesses all those gen
tlemanly • ttnbutes which attract and win the ad < i
ration of all with whom he may by lot or by acci
dent be compelled to associate. He possesses what
\ h'gimans are pleased to term, a “good old Virgin
ia hcari, he is social, mar-iter in modo , and full of
generous sentiment. The (Va.) Valley Democrat in
a notice of Mr. Harris, after speaking- of his election
to an Institution in Ga., the situation &c., has the
following very complimentary remarks :
“The position is one of standing and importance,
and from our knowledge of his capacity and experi
ence in teaching, we are confident he will be equal
to the responsibility of the station. lie is a gentle
man of strict morality, aqd finished education, and a
graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. He will
he a considerable acquisition to any institution. \V T e
paid with him with regret, but trust he may find a
pleasant situation, unif many warm friends, as he
has here, in his new home. Phe good wishes of fur
community go with him.”
The testimonies which he brings with him are of
such a character, and from so high a source as to
render anything further in his behalf as almost su
pel fiuous. The following are Extracts from letters
of distinguished Professors in the Columbian College,
l>. C., anti with these testimonials, and from a per
sonal acquaintance with Mr. Harris, we cheerfully
i(.commend him to all persons interested in the edu
cation of their children, and congratulate the citizens
of Sparta in securing his services. We think all the
circumstances augur a bright future for the Sparta
Male and. Pern ale. Institute. Read the extracts;
“CoLi MjiiAN College, D. C., Dec. 23, 1855.
“Mr. Harris is a gentleman of excellent religious
character, and maintains in Virginia, a high reputa
tion for scholarship and intelligence.
A. J. HUNTINGTON, Prof, of
Ancient Lang’s, in Colum. Col., D. C.
“Colum. Col., D. €., Dec. 23, 1855.
“T have known Mr. \Y. A. Harris ever since he
first entered College, and was for several years a
College mate of his, at the Va. Mil. Institute, in
which Institution he graduated with great honor to
himse’f; and from his high standing among his fel
low-studeuts in Mathematics, and other studies, and
from his scholastic proficiency and the uniform suc
cess which has attended his efforts as an Instructor,
he is worthy of any trust you mav confer on him.
EDWARD T. FRISTOE, Prof, of
Mathematics in Columbian College, D. C.
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HgUpDo any of our readers who began with us at
the first of the year, think that their dollar has been
badly invested. Vv r e think none of them can say so
truthfully. We have endeavored at least to give
them value received. *
“A man convinced against his will,
Is of the same opinion still.”
The above hackneyed lines taken literally, means
nothing, for it is impossible lor a man to undergo
conviction without experiencing a change of opinion.
But the idea which the poet intended to express is
a true one; none the less so from its paradoxical
strangeness. Men frequently adopt notions to which
thej’ become bigotcdly attached, and in the strength
of their prejudice, determine never to yield, what
ever force of reason maybe brought against them.
The arguments may be such as their judgment ap
proves, and to which they cannot make the least ap
pearance of a reply; yet they will not resign their
position. This is what we call being convinced
against the will, and of all forms of human weakness,
it is the most deplorable.
This, in common with a great number of our fail
ings, is traceable to pride. There is nothing of which
men are more proud than their judgment.- They
arc very loth to show that it is wanting in strength
or firmness, and acknowledge themselves io error
with extreme reluctance. Hence that stubbornness
with which he adheres tenaciously to settled preju
dices though opposed by all the force of Logic.
Un willing ness to be convinced of error is not big
otry; but this is the source whence it springs. It
might seem that a man who adheres so rigidly to his
own o]unions would be willing to allow others the
same privilege. But it is-not so. The man becomes
liberal by free independent thought; yet is render
ed intolerant by an idea of his own infallibility. For
if a man believes himself to be right, he must nntu
rally believe all who differ from him to bo wrong
People talk, and write, and speak much about the
love of truth, and its ultimate triumph. But there
is much more ofjprejudice in the woild than we ad
mit, or even suppose, it is very rarely, and concern
ing very few things that the mind acts untrtumneled
by its Influence. The cause of truth suffers not
alone. Honor, Justice, our ■ ighor faculties and no
blest attributes are marred or destroyed. Every
t.me the dictates of the judgment are spurned, its
power is weakened, until it becomes inert or ceases
tq exist. It is a sad thing to.be closed to conviction.
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Afriebd oitfs, fsi*feOrtt T**<fli®r by profession, in
writing to us, says that one of the rules of his school
is, that “all his boys over 10 years of age shall take
and read rt.” ife adds “it will improve
their morals, akmys HCndiny the cash in advance”
WE pronounce that one of the most wholesome rules
which could betMorporated into atable of laws for the
regulation ofa school, and are persuaded to believe
that any school which has such a law engrafted in
its code, must of necessity flourish ineffably, and ad
vance “onward, and yet onward, still.”
The great salvo panacea of our friend’s paragraph
is contained in the last clause, “always sending the
cash in advance.” That’s the healing feature in
subscribing for Newspapers. Many a dying convict
Iras given as one of the first of Ids erring steps in
life, which led to an ignominious death, his neglect
ing to pay the printer.
We recommend the above sound law of our friend
to all Teachers, and think the adoption of it will help
any school.
t5£"A of editorial life has ended. Tts lights
an shadows, its irradiations and glooms, its joys and
despondencies have all passed. • Spring wound her
merry horn, and rushed gaily forward to the warm
embrace of Summer; Summer sadly bowed her head, j
and arrayed herself in the gorgeous livery of Au
tumn; and now
“’J is done; dread Winter spreads his latest gloom,
And reigns tremendous o’er the conquered year.”
But we have not sat idly, and watched the mov
ing of the seasons. To us it has been a year of toil.
Often during this time our little star may have grown
dim, and sometimes its feeble ray has been almost
veiled in darkness. It is a source of consolation,
however, to know that it has sent forth no false glare
to illure its followers into quagmires of ruin. What
ever of light it may have yielded has been to guide
the traveler to virtue and truth. Temperance has
been the subject of our story, and if at times we
have treated of other themes, they have been only
secondary to our one great end.
Another year is ahead. What it may bring forih
we know not, nor wish we for prophetic ken to
pierce the gloom that envelopes it. We do know’,
that, Heaven being our helper, we shall not change
our positi n or principles in regard to this great
question. We shall still endeavor to hold up, in all
their ghastly horror, the terrors of the Demon that
lurks in the grogshop. We shall still persuade
young men to avoid the path of the drunkard which
takes hold on Hell. We will still point to a Prohib
itory Law, as the only 7 “city of refuge” to which our
Rum-cursed country can flee.
The state of excitement or lethargy among the
people, has little to do with ourfeelings on the sub
ject of Temperance. Ft has become interwoven w ith
our very nature, entwined with the strongest fibres
of the heart’s affi etions. We have seen in all their
fullness; in their length and breadth, and heighth
and depth, the horrors which Intemperance can pro
duce, and it has implanted a principle of deep seat
ed aversion for its power. When we describe these
things, we speak what we do know 7 , and testify to
what we have set n,
During the last sixteen months a fatal indifference
has prevailed among the friends of the Temperance
Cause. Where does the blame lie? We fear that
a'l have gone astray; nor would we seek to ward off
our lull share of censure. The all-absorbing theme
of politics has wasted too much time, expi nued too
much treasure, and occupied too much of our atten
tion. Rut let us take courage once more, and resur
rect the dried bones from this valley of desolation.
Let us go forth to battleagain, determined that 1957
shall witness a glorious triumph for the Temperance
Reformation in Georgia. *
ISP Few people are able to resist the power of
ridicule. No person of delicate or refined feelings,
can he insensible to its attacks. In the hands of a
wise man, it becomes an instrument of power scarce
inferior to eloquance itself. Knightcrrantry main
tained its ground against all the subtlety of medie
val philosophy, and might have withstood the prac
tical common sense of the present day. But it fell
without a struggle before the satire and grotesque
ridicule of Cervantes. Ridicule, however, is much
more frequently productive of evil. By it, the young,
inexperienced or weak in moral courage are drawn
from the path of rectitude, and led into vice. How
careful should those be who possess this talent, that
it be not perverted. They should never subject any
to its torturing influence, unless it be for a high and
holy purpose. *
§3pHave you ever heard of one benefit conferred
upotj the world by a grogshop ? You might as rea
sonably expect a blessing to bo borne on the thun
der’s bolt, or hope to be invigorated by the Cobra’s
deadly fangs. It’s mission on earth is to contami
nate what is pure, to corrupt what is holy, to destroy
peace, wreck happiness, to reduce misery, woe and
death. Rrahmintsm prostrates its devotees beneath
the crushing car of Juggernaut or plunges them in
the waters of Godatna; Jesuitism stretches its vic
tims upon the rack, burns them at the stake, or
roasts them in ovens; Jacobin fury flooded the streets
of Paris with the blond of her citizens; but Intem
perance more than unites the hon ors of all these.—
It inflicts the anguish of the soul, the wringing of the
heart, as far superior to physical suffering as mind
is to matter. Are not our people false to themselves
and to their highest interest in sustaining so fell a
curse. *
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jSIP’An Etymological Dictionary of Family and’
Christian names, with an essay on their derivation
and import. By William Arthur, M. A. Publish
ed by Sheldon, Blakeman & Cos., No. 115 Nassau st.,
New York.
The origin and meaning of family names has al
ways been to us a subject of envious, but to a great
extent, vain enquiry. True, there are some, the
derivation of which is so evident as to be traceable
by all. But a vast majority of English names have
long since ceased to be significant. When it was
announced at the beginning of the present year that
a work upon this subject was in Press, we looked
forward to its appearance with great anxiety, hoping
to have our curiosity gratified. Considering the
difficulties which surrounded the subject, the work
is much more full than we could have reasonably ex
pected. But it is by no means exhausted, and we
hope the work of investigation will go on, until we
shall have a complete Lexicon of English names. It
is an inviting field for the scholar, and one in which
he may find exercise for his highest powers.
We predict for this work a very extensive sale,
and from the examination we have given it, we
would commend it to all as an interesting and in
structive volume.
The Lady Angeline; A Lay of the Apal tchians.
The Hours, etc. By L uis T. Noble, Author f the
Life of Gale. Sheldon, Blakeman fc Cos., Publishers.
Some men, by constant practice, acquire the aim >st
prosely mechanical power of writing rhyme without
difficulty, and being able to throw off thousands of
lines, imagine themselves poets, m the highe.-i sen.-e
of the term. In this class we place the author of the
work now before ns. If is a small volume, contain
ing perhaps some three or four thousand lines, and
is, so far as we know, the first effort of bis muse.—
His metre is generally regular, but wanting in ease
and smoothness. There are places tyhere sense is
sacrificed to sound, and the reader is compelled to
study in order to arrive at any meaning whatever.
A real or apparent attempt at an imitation of Scott
will be noticed by every tca'der, and constitutes a
most decided objection. The work however is not
without merit. Many pas-ages, especially in the
minor pieces, show the author be possessed of true
poetic feeling, and with more care, and a firmer re
liance on his own powers, he may produce a worthy
and lusting Poem.
Notes on the Principles and Practices of Baptist
Churches. By Francis Wnyland, D. D. Sheldon,
Blakeman & Cos., Publishers.
The name of I)r. Wayland appended to a work on
any Theological subject is a sufficient guarantee for
ite excellence. The work now belore us is the sub
stance of a series of articles which originally appear
ed in the “Examiner,” over the Signature “Roger
Williams,” and having been revised and enlarged,
are now presented in the form of a very handsome
| volume. We have not been able to give it a careful
examination, but have no hesitation in r commend
ing it to the reading public as soundly orthodox. *
From the Publishing House of Sheldon, Blakeman
& Cos, we have received the. first volume of Olhau
sen’s Commentaries'on the New Testament, edited
by Prof. Kendrick. The size of this volume is such
that we have not been able to give it the examina
tion we we would have desired; but tlio favorable
notices it has received from Press in
duce us to believe that it is an invaluable addition
to our Theological Literature. It is without doubt
worthy of a place in the Library of every clergy
man. The works issued from this house especially
commend themselves to the Public bv the neatness
of their mechanical execution.
Dr. M’Lane’s Celebrated Liver Pills in
Texas.
Travis Cos., Texas, June 12, 185-L—Messrs. Flem
ing Bros., Pittsburgh, Pa.—Gentlemen:—This is to
ccrtdy that my mother had been subject to periodi
ca! attacks of sick headache for a great many years:
all the usual remedies failing to give relief, one of
your pamphlets accidentally falling into her hands,
she at once determined to try Dr. M’Lane’s Celebra
ted Liver Pills, prepared by you, and immediately
procured a box, from the use of which she received
great benefit, and so long as she continued to use
them was entirely relieved.
We have now 7 been in Travis count3 7 , Texas, for
the last four 3 7 ears, and not being able to procure
1 these valuable pills, her attacks of sick headache
have again returned—for some tync back has been
gradually getting worse—and has determined me to
send to you for a-few boxes of Dr. M’Lane’s Celebra
ted Liver Pills. I herewith enclose 3 7 0 u one dollar,
for which you will please send me Pills per return
mail. Address Austin, Texas.
I think you would do well to establish an agency
in Austin; the Pills are well known here, and would
meet with ready sale.
MEREDITH W. HENRY.
ESprurchasers will be careful to ask for Dr. M’-
Lane’s Celebrated Liver Pills, manufactured by
Fleming Bros, of Pittsburg, Pa. All other Vermi
fuge in comparison are worthless. Dr. M’Lane’s
genuine Vermifuge, also his celebrated Li\%r Pills,
can now be bad at all the respectable drug stores. —
None genuine without the signature of
FLEMING BROS.
Sold by J. M. Lankford, Penfield: and W. Griffin,
Greenesboro, and by one agent in every town in the
South.
Bronchitis and Cough Cured.
Boston, August 15.—Messrs. S. W. Fowle & Cos.
Gentlemen: Having been troubled for a considerable
time with a bad Cough and Bronchial affection, I
was induced to try a bottle of Dr. Wistar’s Balsam
of Wild Cherry, which I am happy to say entirely
removed the difficulty. 1 deem it but justice to say
thus much for the benefit of those who may be sim
ilarly afflicted. GEO. H. IIAVIS,
Firm of Hallett& Davis,
Piano Forte Manufacturers, Boston.
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted
with Geo. 11. Davis, Esq., and have tfie fullest con
fidence in the above statement.
11. G. BARROWS, Practising Physician.
Boston, Aug. 15.
None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS on the
wrapper.
Dear Sirs: —We began selling Perry Davis’ Pain
Killer with very little effort on our part : sales were
small at first, but as it became known in our commu
nity, the demand increased very rapidly, far beyond
our expectations, and every person that bought it
would come after more, and speak in the highest
terms of it as a valuable remedy for all those diseases
1 your pamphlet spoke of. From these recommenda
■ lions we were induced to use it in our own families,
and now continue its use with great satisfaction. —
> We have sold more of the Pain Killer than we ever
have since or before of any 7 other medicine in the
• same length of time; and we do not hesitate to say
- that it has given better satisfaction to the purchaser
I than any other article we have ever sold. Hurry of
1 business has prevented our sending certificates, but
• wo have in our vicinity from fifteen hundred to two
thousand living witnesses who testify - to their neigh
bors, day by day, of the value of Davis’ Pain Killer.
Keep a large supply in the West, it is just such a
. medicine as the people want, and they have already
found out that they can cure the Fever and Ague for
twent3 7 -five cents. R will cure a cold in one hour—
a severe cough in one night—and has proved to be
the best medicine in use for a diseased stomach, and
many other purposes.
LOCKWOOD & GRAHAM. .
48 Sundusky city, Ohio.
Sold by all Dealers in Family Medicines.
OBITUARY.
“When coldness wraps this suffering titty,
Ah! whither strays the immortal mind,
It cannot die, it cannot stay,
Hut leaves it’s darkened dust behiftd.”
Tribute of Respect.
Whereas it has pleased an allwise Providence to
remove from our midst, our much beloved Sister,
Miss Em. a Sims, in the morning of her years, and iu
the midst of her usefulness. She has been trans
planted from the church militant to the church tri
umphant—from the Lodge on earth to the Lodge
above. From us the tenderly loved one has been
borne from the arms of affection—the sweet flower
has faded—she sleeps in the embraces of her Savior
and God.
May we all follow her the pattern of affection and
love in a life of purity with God.
Resolved Ist. That we, as a Lodge, sympathise
deeply with the relations of our beloved Sister in the
loss they have sustained, and trust that providence
may be sanctified to their spiritual good.
2J. That while we cherish her memory, wo will
manifest our sincerity and zeal the more by imita
ting her virtuous life and goodly example.
3d. That in a blank page of our book be inscribed
the memory of our Sister.