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Patient and Faithful.
You have taken back the promise
That you apoko so long rgo;
Taken back the heart you gave me—
I must evt-n let it go.
Where Love once hath breathed, Pride dieth:
I Inive struggled but in vain,
First to keep the links together,
Then to piece the broken chain.
lint- it might not bo—so, freely
All your friendship 1 restore,
.And the heart that l had taken
As my own forevermore.
No shade of blame shall cloud you,
Dread no more a claim from me ;
But 1 wi i not have you fancy
That I count myself as free.
1 am bound .with the old promise—
What can break that golden chain?
Not the words that you have spoken,
Nor the sharpness of my pain;
Do yon think, because you fail mo,
And draw back your hand to-day,
That from out the heart 1 gave you
My strong love-can fade away?
, It will live. No ores tray see it.
In my soul it will lie deep,
Hid from alt; but I shall feel it
Often stirring in its sleep.
So remember, that the friendship
Which you now think poor and vain
Will endure in hope and patience
Till you ask for it again.
Perhaps in some twilight hour,
Like those vre have known of old,
Past shadows gathering round j'ou,
When your present friends grow cold,
You may stretch your hands towards me,
Ah ! you will-—I know not when—-
I shall nurse my love, and keep it
For you faithfully til! then.
TUe Beautiful Gate of Sleep.
Tlie Beautiful Gate of Bicep is barred!
O Angel within!
The panel of pearl with diamonds starred,
Gives back no sound to my feeble knock !
I have no key that wiH turn the lock!
How long must I wait?
O evermore and forevermore
Must T Stand at the Beautiful Gate?
Vy Garments are thin, my sandals worn!
B\vcet Angel within!
How piercing the blasts —how sharp the thorn!
the night is cheerless! the wind is wild!
My bruised heart soB like a pitiful child!
How long roust I wait?
O evermore and forevermore
Must I stand at the Beautiful Gate?
If I were a queen, I’d give my crown;
U Angel within 1
Or famed, I would lay my laurels down ;
Or rich, I’d yield thee my treasured gold,
For thy sweet shelter from rain and cold!
How long mujit I wait? .
O evermore and forevermore
Would I pass through the Beautiful Gate I
“Life! we’ve been long together,
Through pleasant and thru’ cloudy weather;
’Tin bard to part when friends are dear:
Perhaps ’twUUost a sigh, a tear;
Then steal away, give little warning, -
Choose thine own time,
Say not Good Night, but in some brighter clime
Bid me Good Morning.”
COMMUNICATIONS.
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For iM oU3*4rr.
onirne. ’
BY BM.VIIR 14MKHAi:n.
“This honr we part!—my heart forboded this:
Thus ever fade my fairy dreams of bliss
This hour—it cannot be—this hour away!
| Yon bark hath hardly anchored in the bay,
i Her consort still is absent and her crew
Have nets] of rest before they foil anew;
My lovr ! thon mockest my weakness, and would steal
My heart before the time when it would feel.”
It was at that soft twilight hour, less resplen
dent hut more lovely than England’s dewy morn
or sunny ere, when the flowers distil their
sweetest perfume, and the birds trill their low good
night, that two person*, a youth and a maiden,
slowly traveled the “cool shining walk” of an
Eden like garden. That lovely garden was filled
with rare and beautiful things to captivate the eye
and delght the most fVtidioua taste; yoikfer a
clear fountain shot up its silvery spray, making
low sweet music as its brig .t waters foil again into
the marble basin, and there the whiteness of an
exquisite statue gleamed through the rich green
foliage, while here at the feet bloomed suromrr
flowers, and high over head smiled the deep blue
shadowy *kv —and yet there two, the youth and
maiden, gazed noton the beauties of art or nature
but on each other. He was graceful, manly and
finely formed, with silk-n, brown hair, and clear
blue eyes, full of a half merry, half pensive expres
sion. Strickly speaking, he was not handsome,
ai.d yet that face with its fnnk expressive eyes, its
firm, sweet mouth and noble brow, was one to
win love and command respect. His companion
was a young girl of eighteen, with the dark eye*
and raven curls of the balmy south, her face was
soft and fair, yet even now while the white lids
were drooping over the brightness of those brill
iant eyes, and the red lips were parted with a gen
tle smile ; there was lurking on that countenance
h something that is not often seen on the beauti
ful face of woman, a look of firmness of resolution
and self reliance, but half matured it may be, but
still there lending a Btrange dignity for one so
young.
“Will you indeed be miue own, dear Onirene,” !
the youth was saying earnestly, yet even as he
spoke his tones grew less hopeful; “but your aunt,
sweet one —think you she will favor my suit ? if re
port speaks true, the lady Grey is very pround.
and l fear she will not deny your hand to the earl
of St. Mere to bestow it upon your poor and un
tiiled country man.”
“ Tis true, dear Rolwrt,” answered the lady ;
“my aunt is very proud and ambitious too, but
the lady Grey is also vtrickly honorable, she would
not have me barter that which a woman should
hold most dear—her trnth, for the glitter of gold
or the false glory of a title.”
“You know but little of these things dear lady,”
said the youth with a sad smile; “the world would
consider it in nowise to the lady Orey’B dishonor,
were she to secure wealth and a title to her or
phan niece, albeit, she led her to the altar an un
willing bride.”
“You must remember sir,” returned the maiden
half playfully, half proudly, “that the lady Oni
rene also hath a will of her own, that will not
l>end or be forced by any.”
“Ha! say you so,” exclaimed the youth hasti
ly, and a look of eager hope lighted up hi* face,
“would you then dare disobey the lady Grey?”
“I>ire disobey P she repeated haughtily, and
with a slight touch of bitterness in tone she went
on, “I see that you look upon me but as n poor
craven spirited, dependent; a mere tool without
thought or will, to l>e disposed of at the sovereign
pleasure of others.”
“Nay, I meant not tint*, dear lady,” answered
the young man gently, “But lady Grey has been
as a mother to you, and may she not assume a
parent’s right!”
“True, true!” said the girl more softly, “she
hath been kind to me and I will ever render her
a daughter’s obedience in all things but this, 1
may not wed w ith you if rhe wills so, but with the
Earl of St. Mere ; never, never ? They walked on
in silence for some time, each occupied with their
own thoughts; suddenly the youth paused and
turning to his betrothed he took both her hands
in his own trembling ones, and said in a Imsty, agi
uted voice: “I bad well nigh forgot the purport
of my visit, I eame to bid you farewell, Onirene,
my vessel leaves port in a few weeks, and 1 must
hasten borne and prepare for the voyage; I have
lingered too long already, dearest, and now the
parting hour has come at last.” The fair maiden
started as if smitten by some invisible power, her
cheek and brow paled to the whiteness of her
robe, and for a moment he stood like a thing be
reft of life, the semblance of a statue, attd then with
a wild burst of tears and sobs, she threw herself
into the arms that were opened to receive her, and
clung weeping U> her lover’s manly breast: “Oh,
Robert!” she wried hi a voice broken with anguish
—“leave me not 1 beseech you, I feel a Bad present
ment, a dark forboding of coming ill. “Ob ! Rob
ert if you leave mo now, shall never See you
*gain oo earth — I fed, I kook it.” As the young
man listened to those wildly spoken words, which
PENFIELD, OA„ THURSDAY, APRIL !). 1857.
seemed even then like a dark- projdieoy, iris lip
trembled and an unbidden tear drop sprung to hi*
eye . . .. >ii/Ui -w Ts
H ff you say so, dearest,” he exclaimed i: array?
tated voice, “if yon bave any foundation fir then*
fears I will not leave yon ; not even mv country V
call shall force me from your side.”
Tbe maiden raised her drooping bead, and now 3
her beautiful eyes were full of joy , but soon it. fed
ed and a look of calm and holy resignation crept
orer her pale face. ‘
“Nay Robert” she said. laying her tremulous
hand upon his. and speaking’ ih tones which eb<
struggled in vain to render calm, “let not my idle’
word* unman you, 1 spoke unheedinglv, I wNuthl
not have you stay if ’tis best that you should be
gone. Go! do your duty my beloved, and if ever
sorrow should oppress, or danger tnenance, remem
ber that there is one loving heart ever lifted in
prayer for you and your welfare.”
Tbe twiiigbt deepened into the gloom of night;
the merry plash of the fountain seemed to haw
grown sadder—the bird songs were bushed fife
bright flowers hung their beads, while the silvery
stars came slowly forth and lit up tbe shadowy
sky. The youth was gone, but the maiden was
still there, kneeling on the spot where he had Mood;
she uttered no word, not even a sob or sigh l*ev*
ed her bosom, yet her very attitude as she bent
therewith her white hands clasped over ber bow
ed head, was touching in its deep hopeless sorrow
***‘* * * * *
Robert Ashton and Onirene Vernon, though we
find them on British soil, were natives of Amerie*:
They, had been playmates in childhood, and afo
each grew up, the one into a noble youth, tlfr
other a beautiful maiden, the sweet friendship of
earlier years had gradu<fly,deepened into a warm
erand holier feeling. The young mao had no in
heritance but an honorable name, no wealth save
such as nature had bestowed ; and the girl was >
pennyless orphan, dependent upon the caprice of*
distant relative. She was ihe niece of Indy Grey’*
first husband, who bail tenderly cherished ihe fair
flower he had gathered to his bosom, till as
“The sweet moon on the horizon verge,
The maid was on the eve of womanhood,”
and then death, who’s cruel dart spares none, left
her again desolate, again fatherless. Her uncle’;:
wife, to whose care he had solemnly committed her
on his death bed, was a proud, prejudiced arid
haughty, yet also strickly honorable ami a high
principled woman; she faithfully kept the promise.’
her husband had imposed on her, and ever treated
the desolate gir! with as much kindness as was in
l<-r proud, cold heart, to show any. human crea
ture. V\ bite cm a visit to a relative in EtigUml.
about h year after her husband’* death, Mr*. Ver
non bad met Lord Grey, an old nobleman of great
wealth, who, struck with the magnificent benuty
and stately demeanor of the fair widow, offered
her his hand and fortune, s-hich were prompt!}
accepted. Mrs. Vernon, on becoming lady Grev
of course, returned with her husband to his anees
tral home in England. It was very reluctantly,
and jvith the utmost sorrow that Onirene deserted
her sweet southern home on the banks of tbe Sa
vannah to accompany them thither. And now,
though year* had passed away since she had been
a resident in ft foreign land, renouued for its wealth
and glory, though she had mingled in dive Court
of Kings, and been constantly surrounded by the
pomp and pageantry of rank and fashion ; yet the
love and memory of that home and country were
as fresh and green in her heart as wl en with
tearful eyes she bid them adieu. As the Arab
turns to the shrine of Mecca, or the fire worshipper
to the rising sun, so would she gaze for hours on
the far oft west, beneath whose sunny skv lay the
mighty forests, the blue lakes, tbe broad rivers,
and noble cities of America, and a prayer would
go up from her heart, that though every other
boon were denied, she might tread once again the
the sacred soil, breathe once more tbe free air of
the sweet land of Liberty. > ~
(To he Continued.)
——
-. For the Crusader.
Wealth,
Wealth has been d-fined —-“a variety of objects
having exchangable value.” In a temporal point
of view, it may be considered the great source of
all human happiness. That it is often abused by
the thoughtless is true, still it is by its agency that
we are enabled to procure the necessaries—the
comforts, and if need* be, the luxuries of life. It
is tbe motive power which urges forward the vast
car of civilization. Without it, slow would be the
advances of the arts and sciences. Without tithe
vast diffusion of knowledge which it is'the instru
ment of effecting would be benighted; and without
it none T the refined tastes which mark ah ad-’
vancod stage of refinement, could be gratified,.
As nation* Hre mad*’ up of individual*. fco.cOtt
slder the wealth of tire whole is to consider that of
‘-fUjtnrt*. ‘■ N; ■
Nw the thrfce great source? of wealth, are Ag
riculture, Commerce and Manufacture. In escb
of these grand and nature
employed, ** * U.S
Now, If by increasing of a nation
you increase the happiness and prosperity <,>f its
people, then it becomes us to study well the causes
which effect the great sources.
ffeonoroist have speculated much as to the ef
fect of free trade upon the weal ih of a nation
ft*-me coMeml in some countries manufactures can
not exist unless protected by tire government, that
other nations that are more advanced in the arts
will undersell ihero and thereby ruin them ; and
for these reasons Foreign prr dttce should be taxed
in onfer to encourage home manufactory. Now
the ‘ptestion arises—is this good policy ? We say
not—tthe wealth of the country is not increased,
but rather diminished—that it is not in accord
ance with the principles of right, justice and
equality nor in accordance with the spirit of
republicanism. These propositions will be mani
feet. Does not it, the imposition of duties upon
Foreign produce raise their price, and is the con
sumer forced to forego much that he would have
consumed had not the duty been imposed? I*
not the, price raised without a corresponding in
crease of utility ? Let us illustrate it by nn ex
ample. We are all mostly agricultural people. —
The North has her interest mostly in manufacto
ries. Take for instance the staple produce of the
South—cotton. We send it to England—when it
arrives at the English port, a duty is imposed upon
it. It is manufacturied—say, into clothes. It is
and arriving in the porfoof tbe United
State*, another duty is imposed upon it; but in
the meantime the English manufactories have
made a profit on it. It is now bought by the
merchant, and perhaps the price is double what it
would have been had not the revenue of the g<w
erhment been taken out of it. Now tbe point is,
where doe* this tax come from? Not out of the
commercial, nor out of the manufacturing world —
but out of the consumers—and these consumer?
• are the original producer*. And why, now does
this tax come from them ?
It is no monopolise Fpreign importation to sup
port these home manufactories that eeem as if
they could not exist save at ihe expence of the
oilier branches. They say that in other countries
labor is cheaper, and, therefore, they cannot afford
to sell as cheap as Foreign countries, and if we do
not tax them that they cannot exist. We ask if
labor i? not cheapened when the laborer can cup
ply himself cheaper ? Now will not these supplier
be cheapened if this duty is omitted. Beside?,
common sense will show that it impoverishes the
country to protect one of these great branches at
Ure expense of the others. Morovei, what right
has a government to tax many to support a few ?
it is truly anti republic re. and antagonistic to eve
ry principle of justice ami equality.
From these and various other considerations we
conclude that the best encouragement which
wealth can receive is free trade with all the world.
If the governmen* must have funds to carry on its
operations, Jet all b taxed to support it, and not
have one-half to live at the expense of the other.
The happiness of a country may again be in
creased by the desiribution of wealth. By this we
mean the constant employment of capital—for the
more uses that we make of the capital the more
will be the natural agen's employed, and each will
bring anew product.
The wealth’ which the miser hoards up in his
iron coffers— : does nobody any good. If he were
to employ it in almost any manner it wouicl
prove of advantages to him and to his fellows.
The devision of labor among the great branches
of industry is another great source of wealth, and,
therefore, o( prosperity.
As we before intimated wealth, may, and is of
ten abused ; as for example, he who spends it for
the gratification of any of his animal passion? or
in any useless extravagance, to gratify a vitiated
taste. It is thought that, by the improper use o!
it, Nations and Empires have fallen. Rome, Car
thage, Babylon and Tyre were the slaves of luxu
ry. Their’s is a sad history, and one which the
nations of the present day would do well to study
and avoid tbe rock on which they split.
M.
Anecdote of a Georgia Judge. —ln 183*-, there
was tried in the Circuit of Georgia, a cast
of invo untary manslaughter, in the expressive
language of a witness, the accused while drunk,
pulled out his knife, and “sloshing it alrout,” struck
the deceased in the abdomen. The attending phy
sician being cal’ed to the stand to make the ui*ul
proof of the nature and extent of the wound, testi
lied, “that the knife entered the lower portion of
the abdomen, penetrating the peritoneum, and
thence extending through the omemum, to whom
all this was Greek, inquired of the Solicitin’ Gener
al if he desired that portion of the doctor’s testimo
ny taken down. The Solicitor anticipating srnne
fun, replied in the affirmative, and requested the
doctor to repeat it slowly, which he did, in lan
guage, if possible, more incoinprehensively. Old
Judge A., losing his accustomed suavity of manner,
impatiently exclaimed: “Doctdr, stop, for God’s
sake stop ; if the man was cut in the guts, srtT *l, 1
so tlre clerk can put it down.^
lire doctor ha* since studiously avoided tire use
of technicalities in the presence of the uninitiated.
never complained of my condition,” says
tire Persian poet Badj, “but once, when mv feet
were'bare, ami 1 Iraki no money to buy shoes'; but
l met a man without fet and became contented
with tny lot.”
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY
Politeness Between Husband and Wife.
The transformation wotked in it after mar-
h art long been it JK-t with sir.ata.
Before ihe nuptial knot is tied* the suitor is aii
d.voiion. No business engHgenijjnt is’ permitted
to infrtiiiw on the evenings eon Peer a ted to his
fiancee. It he drops her tan, misplaces her glove,
or needs help in putting on her shawl, he is in
stantly at her side, the most eag'r. the most pa
tient, the most delicate of servants. She has
only ta express a wish to go to church, or to visit
someplace’ if amusement, and lo! lie waits on
her even la fore breakfast and though it rains as
it a deluge had come. But when the irrevocable
vowa are said and the honeymoon comfortably
over, a change too of.en comes over the obsequi
ous cavalier. The latent selfishness of “the male
auimai •’ begins to develops itself. The wife has
to pick up Tier own tan. se>tteli for h<-r own gloves,
shaw l h- ist it unassisted, go to church alone, get
to concerts wnen she can. Sometimes the poor
creature is Sappy to win even a civil answer from
her rude, dogmatic lord. Men who would be
civil to even a strange seivant, if a woman, think
it quite natural to be unpolite to their wives.
Yet there is nothing by which even a selfish
mn can njore easily beojtfU himrelf than by being
respectful, well-bred and considerate to her he has
sworn to ‘dove and cherish.” Sooner or later an
imperious or exacting, husband makes an Indiffer
ent or t at less wife. Talk of love as you may,
eulogize ti;e forbearance of woman till the lau
gtiage vs praise is exhausted, and .<■ till the fact re
mains that us uur sex has not a monopoly of hu
man nature: feminine flesh and blood feels injus
tice finally quite as acutely as ourselves. It may
require years to make “long-suffering” woman
as indignant as a man would become in a mouth,
but she will get indignant at last, her affection
will as iuevi'ably decline, and the sweetest boon
of life will he lo ttot’ e husband forever. For
money, which is falsely said to be able to purchase
everything, caunot purchase iove.; and love wheth
er at the sick bed or by the household hearth,
does wliat no paid service will. As the truest
happiness which a well regulated mind enjoys is
in ttie family relations, so there can be no true do
mestic fetidly where there is injustice on one side
and its consequent atiienation on tire other.
It may be said that if a husband loves his wife
sincerely there is no necessity for these little sets
of politeness. They are trifles, we are told. But
life is made up of trifle*. I>id the lover despise
them once because they were trifles? Was not
something of his earlier success attributable to the
assiduity and delicacy with which he plied his
gratified mistress with these trifles ? Has his wife
ceased to like such attentions? Will she think
the of her husband because he shows how
thoughtful lie is of her comfort, even in these trifles?
Believe us, if a woman’s affection is retained undi
minihiied, in spko of the rudeness of her husband
towards her, it would be vastly increased if he ex
hibited a little of the lover’s courtesy —if be was
considerate of her in trifles. It seems the strangest
and most incomprehensible thing in the world, if
we look at it dispassionately, that selfish men
think the only persons they ean neglect with im
punity are those on whom their happiness princi
pally depends- They are too stupidly blind, to
use one of their own pet phrases, to see that po
litentss to wives “pays.” For it is only of selfish
husbands that we speak. Those who respect, love
and revertuce woman, ns true womanhood ought
to be respected, loved anti venerated, need no in
centives to be courteous and considerate to their
wives.— Baltimore San.
Wouldn’t Marry a Mechanic.
A young man commenced wishing a young
woman, and appeared to be well pleased. One
evening he called, when it was quite late, which
led the girl lo enquire where he had been.
“I had to work to night,” he replied.
“Uo you work for a living ?” inquired the as
tonished girl.
“Certainly,” replied the young man ; “I am a
mechanic.”
“Mv brother dosen’t work, and I dislike the
name of a mechanic,” and she turned up her
pretty nose.
I hat was the last time the mechanic visited
tire voung woman. He is now a wealthy man,
and has one of the best of women for his wife.
The young lady, who disliked the name of a me
chanic, is now the wife of a miserable fool—a
regular vagrant about grog-shops—and she poor
miserable girl, is obliged to take in washing, iu
order to support,herself and children.
Ye who dislike the name of a mechanic, whose
brothers do nothing but loaf and dress—beware
how you treat young men who work for a living.
Far better to discard the well fed pauper, with all
his rings, Jewelry, brazen-faced ness, and pomposity
and take to your affection the callous-handed, in
telligent, and industrious mechanic. Thousands
have bitterly regretted the folly, who have turned
their backs on honest industry. A few years o’
bitter experience taught them a severe lesson.— :
In this country, no man >r woman should be res
pected, in our way of thinking, who will not work
bodily, or mentally, and who curl their lips with
scorn, when introduced to a hard working man.
The L'W of the Finyer-Riny. —lf a gentleman
wants a Wife, he wears a ring on the first finger of
the left liaml; if he is engaged, he weais it on the
second finger; if married, on the third; and on
the fourth, if he never intends to get married
When a lady is not engaged she wears a diamond
riog on her first finger; ifengnged, ou the second;
if married, on the third ; and ou the fourth, if she
infeeds to be a maid. lien a gentleman pre
sents a fan, a flower, or trinkets to a lady, with
•ha Init hand, this, on his part, is an overture of
regard t should she receive it with the foil hand, it
re considered as an acceptance of his esteem bin
if with the tight hand, it is a refusal of tire offer
Tliua by p few simple tt.keo*, explained by rule,
tile passion of love is expressed.
JET A man must posse.- fire in himself before-,
be can kindle up the electricity that thrills the
great popular heart.
; TERMS:
$1 in a l ano-A or. $2 at the end of she ytr,
oo
JOHN II SKAI.S,
PROPRIETOR.
VO!.. XXIII.--NOMBER 15.
Prom the Sanderdville Georgian.
WO 2. / • ° \
In this article we will notice intemperance as a
moral and eternal evil to mankind. That which
is productive of so much natural evil cannot but
be productive of a vast, amount of moral evil also
—in fact Bir 1 might say of iiquor, with great
propriety; what St. Paul said of money. “The
love of liquor is the root of ail evil.” And to
show you that. I am not far wrong on thin subj-ct,
if wrong at all, hear what the wisest man that
ever lived ordied, has to say in reference to it.
“Who hath wo? who hath sorrow? who hath
contentions ? who hath babbling? Who hath
wounds without cause ? who hath reckless ot eves?
(Answer) They that tarry long at the wine
(Brandy.) At the last it boeth iike a serpe i, nd
stings th like an adder ”
1, l ven ure the assertion that no ebri- in on.
in this enlightened day, enjoy a* much relirj. ..,
wiio drinks drams as a beverage, as he. would,
(other things being equai) if he did not. And 1
base the assertion upon the ground, It is apostolic.
‘No man liveth to himself.” Every man has in
fluence over someone, and he is responsible for it
to God, and is bound to exert that influence for
good and not evil. God commands us to “abstain
from every appearance of evil ” We must not
even seem to do wrong if we can help it. Now
there is at least the appearance of evil, about dram
drinking, and the Christian that does it, incurs
the displeasure of God, and brings leanness upon
his soul, and loses his spiritual enjoyments. There
are too many woes pronounced in God’s word
against drunkards, for it not to be morally wrong
to drink liquor at all as a beverage, for it must be
as much barm for a man to drink it himself, as it
is to give it to Ids neighbor. And ki wo to him that
yiveth his neighbor drink," —(Ilab ii, 15.) and
consequently “wo unto him who makes a practice
of drinking drams himself.” How often the awa
kened sinner, drowns his convictions by swallow
ing a draught of this “Strange fire,” this liquid
fire “which sets on fire the whole course of uature
and sets it on fired of hell.
2, Experience and observation teach that more
than half of the persons expelled from the differ
ent churches, when the secret of their back-sliding
is found out it was dram drinking, and though
that might not have been the charge brought
against them—yet K prepared the way for the
commission of the crime which they did commit.
Test this matter if you doubt it, and you will find
it to be true.
3, But the rain which drunkenness brings upon
our race, is not bounded by time but reaches far
into eternity. “No drunkard shall enter into the
kiugdom of God.” Impressive thought. “Oh
what eternal horrors hang around the drunkards
death.” As philanthropists, as patriots, as citizens
of this great republic, we are bound to reclaim
the present race of drunkards and do all that we
can both by precept and example, to prevent the
young men who are just stepping upon the stage
of public life from becoming drunkards. But
above all as Christians we are doubly bound to
arise and arm ourselves against this fell destroyer,
of ihe fortunes, lives and souls of our fellows.—
“Touch not, taste not, handle not the unclean
thing” yourself, and do what you can to prevent
others from doing it. It is fully within the pow
er of every community to do away almost entirely
with drunkenness and grog shops. Do you ask
how. I auswer, by adopting the following pre
amble and resolutions.
Whereas we believe that the sale of Spirituous
liquors in this community to be drank.as a bever
age wouid work great mischief to our citizens,
Therefore Resolved, That we will not patronize
aiiy man in any department of his business who
attempts to sell Spirituous liquors as a beverage in
this community. No More—Anok.
Sandersville, March 18th, 1857.
The .Stuffed Skin of a Royal Captive.—Vale
rian, Emperor of Romo, was taken prisoner, and
afterwards kept in chains by Sapor, King of Per
sia. lie was killed in a tumult, or by order of bis
conqueror, fearful, perhaps, of losing bis living
trophy, in the year 269. The body of the dead
Roman Emperor was treated with no more delica
cy than when it had taberancled the immortal
spark of a living one. It was skinned. The hide
being tanned, was stiffed, painted red, and suspen
ded in the chief temple of the capital. Her# it re
mained for many years. It was the popular spec
tacle for holiday-makers and visitors from the
country. But it was put to more important ends
than this: it was made a diplomatic engine, of
much sigifieance and efficiency. In after times it of
ten happened that the Roman envoys at the Per
sian court had misunderstandings, more or less se
rious, wi h ihe government to which they were
temporarily accredited. When these ambassadors
from Rome grew arrogant in their demands, it was
the custom to conduct them into the presence of
the stuffed skin of the old ex-Emperor of Rome,
where they were asked if humility did not become
them at sight of such a spectacle.-— Monarch* Re
tired from Business; by Dr. Doran.
R. J. Cowort. — TheCommittee of Local Preach
ers, appointed lo investigate the charges ofimmor
alitv preferred against this individual, closed tbeir
labors on Tuesday hist, alter several days patient
investigation of the matter. The Committee we
understand, were forced to the conclusion that,
however exaggerated some of the rumors touching
the matter may be, the evidence of his guilt were
of such a character as to require, at their hands, the
rendition of a “True Bill,” and his suspension un
til the next meeting of the Georgia Cowferenca.
We leant, forth* that Mr. Cowart has since been
dismissed, bv Gov. Johnson, from bis position as
Attorn-v r, , Mateßoad—a position which, m
the opinio- < f majority of this community, it
it were Infinitely belter that he had never been
elevated. j
We had intended to say nothing more about
this m .tier, at ‘east until after the meeting of the
Conference —for we cannot find it in our heart to
kick a man when down ; but the great publicity
given to the charges and the anxiety manifested
in every direction to form the decision > f the
Church Committee, have induced us to make the
foregoing statement.— -Atlanta American,