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Pthe temperance crusader. by J. H. SEALS, THE LAW OF 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscription. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their newspapers, the publisher may continue to send them until all arrearages are paid. 3. [f subscribers neglect or refuse to take their newspapers from the offices to which they are di rected, they are held responsible until they have set tled the bills and ordered them discontinued. 4. If subscribers remove to other places without informing the publishers, and the newspapers are sent to the former direction, they are held respond ble. 5. The Courts have decided that refusing to take newspapers from the office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facie evidence of inten tional fraud. fi. The United States Courts have also repeatedly decided, that a Postmaster who neglects to perform his duty of giving reasonable notice, as required by the Post Office Department, of the neglect of a per son to take from the office newspapers addressed to him, renders the Postmaster liable to the publisher for the subscription price. COMMUNICATIONS. For the Crusader. Mk.Ediitor : —I propose to offer, through your columns, a few suggestions, as to the policy to be pursued by the temperance party of Georgia in the approaching Gubernatorial contest. There seems to be some difference of opinion upon the subject, and I suppose, therefore, that not only is a free expression of opinion desirable, but that the opinion of every temperance man, how humble soever, is entitled to all the weight which its merit may claim. The question now to be decided, is: we have an independent temperance candi date for Governor?,’ That I may not be mis judged, I will here premise, that, in the last, elec tion, I gave to Mr. Overby my cheerful and hear ty support, to the exclusion of all party consider ations. lam a temperance man from principle, and am sincerely desirous to see the day when every liquor-shop shall be banished from ibis, my native State, and every statutory enactment, which \ legalizes the traffic, shall be blotted from the stat ute book. To the question then, “should, we have an independent temperance candidate for Gov ernor?” The arguments generally urged in favor of this policy are: Ist, That it. is the only course that temperance men can consistently pursue, in asmuch as they hold this question to be para ujoujjt in importance to all mere party issues. To this it may be answered, that, if this be true, the vote which Mr. Overby received at the last elec ion, shows, either, that the number of tem perance men in Georgia is quite small, or else that a small minority of them hold this opinion. But, because a man holds the temperance ques tion to be paran ount, it does not necessarily fol low that he must ignore and discard all other is sues, in order to preserve his consistency. On ‘ contrary, he must of necessity unite it with ©fefieß issues, if he would insure its success ; a&l far from subjecting himself to the charge- of incon sistency, by this course, he maintains- his consist eney much more effectually, than, tie, who perils his cause, or ensures its defeat, by obstinately re jecting a union with other and- not inconsistent principles. It L urged 2d, That it- ik necessary to have a ! r-andidate of our own, m order to furnish a rally- 1 ing point so? the party, and to prevent our losing ouv separate, ijjtniti'ty, by being merged in either! >f’ the great political parties. In reply to this, it may be asked, “of what lire is it to have a rally- j ing point, if no one will rally to itWhat do j we gam by mustering a corporal’s guard, in the! taro of opposing thousands, when our force niwst I lie more than quintupled, before we could enter l the field with any hope of success? The very ex-} istajc-*. 0 f a separate organization, i% such small ? numbers, insures not merly defeat! nut loss of in f uence. The opposing politic*,!’ parties, so long as we preserve a separate organization, can afford to act independently of our wishes or opinions * ‘ in fact, to ignore our very existence; because they have nothing to hope from our co-operation, and nothing to fear from ogr opposition. If either of them lose a few recruits from their ranks, who go to swell our numbers, it, is a matter of small concern, since it does not increase the effective Strength of their veal opponents. ITence, by this course, we completely neutralize the effect of our own exertions ; and while we do not advance our own cause, we keep alive the prejudices already excited against us. Rut it is said, that if we fail V* nominate our own candidate now, it will boa retrograde step, a virtual abandonment of <>ur former position. By no means. We renounce none of our principles; we give up none of our cherished objects; we merely change the method of attaining a desired end; we only direct our ef forts in a different channel, and seek to accomp lish our purposes in a way, that promises to be more successful. To my mind it is clear, that wo, cannot succeed in electing a Governor, even if we nominate one. It is useless to blink this question. We cannot select a more worthy standard-bearer than B. H. Overby; one who is more entirely devoted to the cause; one who is capable of do ing more effective service ; or wbo more <l< serves ‘• to succeed ; and yet„ what was the result of his, candidacy $ If I believed that his. vote furnisheit even an apperywwation to the number of temper ance voters in Georgia, I should blush for the Stale of my nativity. But I entertain ho such opinio*. The temperance vote was not cast, for the temper ance cm ululate; audit never will be, so loaff as there are opposing parties in the State, who ana divided upon questions of State or National policy -Ibe great body of the people will not give up their party predilections, to vote for a candidate, nho represents but one, and that a moral, not po litical, idea. It a member of the. American par t) be nominated, the Democrats cannot but re- him with distrust, and very few will sever their party ties to vote for him; especially as the Democratic candidate will always be sound enough on the temperance question, to answer all practical purposes; while those, who agree with the nominee in political opinions, support him (if at all) with the certainty of thereby de feating the candidate of the American party prop er- And “mntatix mutandis ,” thosamo is true if the temperance candidate be a Democrat. If he should belong to neither party, his chances are still worse, for he has no claims on any one. If these views are just, it follows that the temper ance party have nothing to gain by nominating an independent candidate. As to what is their true policy, I will venture an opinion in another article, if you, Mr. Editor, think these random thoughts worth the space the} 7 occupy in your columns. RUSTICUS. June 13th, 1857. “More Grape.” Mr. Editor : — Under all the circumstances it is difficult to decide, what course it is best to pursue in order to secure our object. But no decision can be arrived at without investigation and discus sion. It is not to be presumed that any one mind will present any plan on which all can unite, or to which objections will not be presented and urged. But we must try to approach the subject in the proper spirit, and by compromise, adjust our plan of operations so as to secure the most general support, In the first place, in my humble judgment, w r e want a ceutral head of more general hearing than any we now have, in combination with more ex ecutive power. The Sons of Temperance and Knights of Jeri cho, have considerable executive power, perhaps nearly enough, but they do not, and can not, ope rate extensively enough on the masses. Many people have a deeply seated prejudice against all secret organizations, and no matter how simple the machinery, or however beneficial the object, look upon them w ith coldness and absolute dislike 1 presume there are very many men in all com munities whose sympathies are with us, who would act and vote with us, if there was some or ganization, having no secrets, by which they could identify themselves with us. There are men dis inclined to do by themselves, but who rally when there is. a leader, an object, and numbers. Then there are very many again, who are in [dined to unite with one of the orders, but whose means are limited and they do not feel able to expend the amount needed to become members, —and the amount annually required to remain such. Still they wish to be of, and with us—feel like working with us, and contributing something for the promotion ot our cause. These arc de prived of the power of doing and contributing the little in their power, because they arc unable to stand the expense. ‘The Temperance Convention is no more than an association of such persons, as have leisure time and spare money to go to, and defray the expenses,©f an annual meeting. If it has a Con stitution: nobody knows its provisions—and there appears to be no auxiliaries, oor any attempt to foi in any —and apparently no object. There is no •definite plan Jaid down at oue meeting to beperse jveml in by succeeding meetings. There is, it it |very evident, an ardent desire to promote tem p- ranee, and see it prevail over the land, but no effort seems to be made at all adequate to success. Tn truth and in fs ct, it is almost powerless as a body. It can not, or does not bind itself even— how, then, can it bo expected to bind subordinates. Borne years since a Convention met, and a mas- I terly address was delivered before it. The effort 1 demanded and received- the highest praise. On ! motion several thousand-copies were ordered to be | published, and your predecessor executed the or ! dor. The Convention ordering the publication made no provision for the payment. The next Convention was composed of man, nearly all of them new members. The matter was mentioned, but nothing was done toward liquidating the debt. Mr. Brantly was near 10-ing ilie amount. At the succeeding Convention, composed mostly of new men again, it was paid in part, and is probably now all paid. But it lias been paid by men, who had no agency in contracting the dept—and the debt was contracted by persons, who left nothing in the treasury, and h;ul no belief any means would be in hand to meet the bill when presented. If we recollect aright, the persons who moved and carried the proposition'to publish, were nearly all absent from the next Convention. 1 mention this to prove-the irresponsibility— the want of identity—and continuity between the Conventions of successive years. Now, we want an organization with more con centrated executive power than the temperance Convention-—-so formed that the acts of one shall be binding on its successors—and yet requiring such small contributions, voluntarially made, as will rally to its meetings, every man, woman and child interested in the reform, whether able to contribute or not. PROHIBITION CRUSADER. For the Crusader. Mr. Seals —Dear Sir. —As the time is rapid ly approaching for the, assembling of the Tenlper , ance Convention it is meet that the friends o< tem eratvee everywhere should express their views and make suggestions as to the policy that should ha persued by our Spartan Rand in the approaching Gubernatorial and Legislature elections—like“YV” of Augusta- —-I believe the friends of temperance everywhere should be up and at work. We have a glorious cause, and we have once buckled on the armor and joined the Crusade and should not now throw, it aside. True wo have onco boon defeated, but bit us up and at them again—l clothed iny sell with the Temperance Harness ten years ago, and should I be spared to Jive an handled years yet to come, I expect to the best of my ability to fill the traces. I voted for B. 11. Overby at the last election; and as much as I dislike ‘ Know Noiltiugisni,” I voted for one of the critters for the Legislature, because lie was an open and avowed prohibitionist, and sir, Houston bad the credit of electing a temperance man by the highest vote ever given in the county. Wo can do it again. Rut the question now is what shall we do at the present time to further the Caufio —first let every friend of temperance take one or more temperance* papers and after reading carefully, circulate them among the out side, barbarous, and balf handed professors of re ligion. You will find the Rhino $1 enclosed, send me the Crusader to this place. 2d. Let us nom nate B„ H. Overby again, and where we are no able to run candidates of our own choice support that man or men, let them be “Democrats” or “Know Nothings” so they are right side up on the Temperance Cause. This sir is; my platform and not. wishing to dic tate, would say it is a better one than the rickety platforms of a great many of our professed temper ance men, who are Gallant when the enemy is at a distance; but when it cornea to the scratch are ready to forsake principles for what they consider policy. Let us go to work especially with Church people for they are or should be the salt of the earth, and when they falter all is lost. Perhaps it would not be uninteresting to you and your nu merous readers for me to gi /eyou a short history of the ever varying phase of affairs at this place.— During the last election as it may serve as a Bea con to us, if not to others of the future. When B. H. Overby was first nominated, had the elec tion then taken place he would have received out of 220 votes polled at this precinct not less than 175 votes, a month later and the number dwindled down to 100, for at the time we had a league so ciety and had a good chance to count noses.— When the election came off he got 38 votes all told. Now sir we have two large churches here Methodist and Baptist, but when we came to count out the votes two-thirds of the thirty-eight votes east for Overby were not members of any church. With these fads before us what is the legitimate conclusion. Shall we set aside all those Methodise and Baptists who were at first good temperance raem but who when that over intense American feeling burnt with increasing intensity, forsook the best of causes and returned to their respective parties as hypocrites ? bvjno means. When the mattor was first submitted to them, they could look at it with out a party or political bias, but when polticshad reacbed its most exciting point they were easily per suaded fur the lime that it was imposible to elect, as they thought Overby, to day they are, and should be held responsible before God for the suf fering caused our beloved Georgia, by this demon alcohol, deny it—who will, there are enough staunch temperance men outsido of the church ready and willing to co-operate with the churches in the State to put it down. Then, Mr. Seals, let tho reformation commence with the church.— Thanks to a returning sense of right, as soon as the election and excitement had past away, hun dreds, yea thousands of voters in Georgia, and par ticularly professors of religion regretted the part they had acted in tho election and aro now like friend “W” of Augusta —feel that they owe a debt to Col. Overby and the cause that they long to pay, at least such is the this section. At this time there are no new political issues before the people—the storm has past and left the political firmament calm and serene. Let us mako one more effort and bring the matter before the people at this time when they can calmly deposit their votes and then if there is not enough virtue in our beloved Georgia to save it from the blighting curse (f intemperance we will forsake the ship. B. 11. Overby is the man to boar our Standard, he is the choice of the people —his reputation has now been extended far and wide, all unito in saying he is an able Statesman and a good man. Should he be again nominated, it will be unnecessary for him to canvass the State, but he can stay at home and if he will suffer his name to go before the people of Georgia, he will find his “Rear Guard” he left up on tho fit-id of Battle, has gone on and increased until I it has bt come tho imperial army and ho the Bonaparte to conduct it on lo glory and to honor. A TEMPERANCE DEMOCRAT. From the Index. The effort now making by tho Board of Trustees of Mercer University, to raise a fund to endow* the “Sanders Professorship,” cannot fail of success, pio vided the friends of tho Institution can be satisfied as to its necessity. An opinion prevails among many that the Mercer University needs no further endowments, that it has even a superfluity of funds. The object of this communication is to set the pub lic right on this point The last report of the Treasurer, shows that tho entire cash endowment amounts to one hundred and twenty one thousand four hundred and fifteen dolars, ninety-six cents; and thus including $5041 47 of outstanding interest—the amount available for The ological purposes is $39,892 48; and for Literary purposes $81,523 05. Tako a series of years and the income, inc ! tiding tuition, has averaged about $12,500 00; up to 1856 this has been amplo to meet all expenditures and leave a handsome sur plus. The Board of Trustees feeling the necessity of making provisions for the tuition of modern lan guages, at their meeting in Savannah, elected an ad ditional officer, and also increased the salary of the President, so that the salaries now amount to sll - lenvingonly $l,lOO to meet all incidental ex penses, among which may be mentioned insurance, and increase of library and apparatus. Does not the foregoing statement render it apparent to all that a further endowment is necessary ? Influenced by repeated recommendations of the Convention, the Board of Trustees have recently employed and sent into the field Brother J. F. Swanson, who is in structed to raise, if practicable, $25,000 to endow the new Professorship. Can this bo accomplished ? The answer must be left to tho survivors of that old and faithful host of brethren by whose liberality the present endowment was raised, and to the mul titude who have since been brought into the Church es, but, W'ho have not before, for the want of an op portunity, contributed anything to the funds of our noble Institution. And brethren and friends whilst you arc giving your money, do not forget to send your sons, to swell tho number of those who annu ally go up to Penfield to avail themselves of tho ad vantages afforded by your liberality. Let those now on the stage of action come forward then, and endow the “Sanders Professorship,” and those who may secure them a “Mallary” or some other Profes sot ship, and in the lifetime of some now living Mercer University may be made what Mercer him self, and the earlier friends of the Institution looked forwaid to and so long and ardently prayed for THOMAS J. BURNEY^ • , Treasurer M. U. |3r°The latest English papers announce the death of Kobt Burns, the eldest son of tho famous poet— He died at Dumfries, Scotland, at the advanced age of seventy-seven, attended by his brothers William and James, who hold high rank in the military ser vice of the East India .Company. Tho deceased was said to have inherited a portion of his father’s poeti cal genius, and to have written some very charming lyrical pieces; but he Wrote very little, and led a life of easy retirement for many years, in the enjoyment of a good income, arising from a pension paid him by the British Government for previous public ser vices. EP-An old man once said: “For a long period I puzzled myself about tho difficulties of the Scripture, till at last I came to tho resolutions that reading the Bible was like eating fish. When I find a difficulty I lay it aside and call it a bone. Why should I choke on the bone When there is so much nutiitious meat forme? 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The State Temperance Convention Meets in Atlanta on Thurs day, the 9th of July. Rev. J. E. Ryerson of Augusta will deliver the Annual Ad dress. All temperance men in the are expected to attend. The Convention will as semble at 10 o’clock in the City Hall. Rbv. Lewis Renbau, has boon giving U 8 a series of able and pointed communications addressed to tho voting members of the church who refuse to voto against the liquor traffic. His positions are tenable and we hope those to whom they arc address ed have been reading them closely as they have successively appeared in this paper. See No. V. on the first page. The “ Argument ” of Justice on the outside of this issue, against the license system is valid and to the point We invito attention to it. It is to be regretted that “Justice” has not “pitched in” before. We hope to hear from him again. There is an immense deal of reality in the “Twi light Dream” of Miss C. W. Barber. Femme beautifully penetrates those mysterious, alluring signs called “The Shades ” and lets a little light in them—their inward corruption is made manifest. reasons well. He is a staunch temper ance man of the first quality —one whom wo ad mire, and ho must not fail to give us his views every occasionally. But wo hope the question which he argues, that of running an independent candidate, is settled as inexpedient. If however, any art still of that persuasion wo invito them to his argu ment We especially call the attention of “A Temperance Democrat ” to it, who recommends the nomination of a Candidate, and wishes B. H. Overby to be the man. In the first place, it is not at all probable that Mr. Overby would accept a nom ination, and in the next place, it would bo unbecom ing in us to ask him to do it, after so cruelly sacri ficing him in the last campaign. Tho remarks of “A Temperance Democrat ” to the members of the church in Fort Valley are good. We are pleased with them and would like to hear from him again. - - The Last Temperance Convention passed this resolution, “That the Executive Committee prepare and furnish the Convention with a Constitu tion and by-laws at its next annual meeting,” The Executive Committee are G. B. Haygood, L. Doan, Ira O. McDaniel, C. W. Arnold, Wm. J. Griffies. i —i Another Temperanoe Ship freighted with foi'ty noble souls has cut loose from the wicked moor ing of alcohol and launched out into tho stream of sobriety .Heaven grant her a prosperous and success ful cruise! This is the result of Uncle Dabney’s effort in Newnan. Errata.— Very unfortunate and funny typograph ical errors are sometimes made by printers in our contributions, and frequently, being hurried in read ing the proof-sheets and very often reading them without the MS. before us, tho mistakes escape our notice. In a communication recently, from Miss Barber, tho printer published an old lady as a “touchless crane,” which Miss 8., spoke of as a “toothless crone,” and again some lines by “Jenny Woodbino” which she addressed to “Susie Snow drop” the printer addressed them to “Susio Snow ball.” In writing for the press it is desirable that the manu scripts be written as legibly as possible. The Problem.— We have received two elaborate solutions of the problem taken from Greenleaf, which appeared in our paper a short time since.— One by W. D. Sullivan, Esq., and the other from J. M. D. Wobb. We are very sorry to inform them that we are not prepared w ith the type to set them up, the long IVactiong which each one introduces jn his solution, could not be Ret in figures in but few printing offices, and to spell them out would occupy more room in our columns than we have to spare. We have not had the time to examine the correct ness of the work, but each one we notice has solved it upon pretty much the same principle. The Senior Class Os Mercer University graduat ed on the 10th inst. Rufus E. Lester, of Burke county, took the Ist honor; Isaiah A. Wilson, of Talbot county, took the 2d ; ThaddeusC. McClen- of Wilkes, the 3d. Tho class numbered 17. 4ii The Commencement Sermon — of the Mason ic Female College, located at Covington, will he preached on Sunday the 12th of July, by Rev. 11. II Tuckeii, of Penfield. The Junior exhibition takes place on the 13th and 14th. The 15th is commence ment day, Hon. G. E. Thomas of Columbus will de liver the Annual address. A grand Masonic pro cession will be formed on commenceinen; day, and the fraternity throughout the State arc cordially in vited to join it. ■*•••> A Sunday Request.— The first bell for church exercises on the Sabbath rings, giving a half-hour’s notice to prepare for church; the last bell rings eight minutea, giving every one ample time to reach the Chapel from any part of tho Village before it ceases; but, it is invariably the case, that after it stops ringing a number of rough-shod persons, (most of whom have, perhaps, been standing at the door for fifteen minutes or more,) rush in as though it were a theatre, without any regard or respect to person or place, to the great annoyance of the entire congregation. It would be a very easy matter to avoid making this disturbance, and besides, it is very unbecoming. We would be pleased to see those who are in the habit of doing so, correct them selves as an especial favor to the Choir. The Minis ter proceeds immediately after the bell stops ringing to announce and read a hymn to be sung, and as some of them, (preachers,) speak very low, ( owing perhaps to weal lungs.) It is impossible for the Choir to hear tho hymn annouced when this stam peding is going on. Young men never think of the imprudence in thus stalking in the House of Worship, and we be lieve our young friends will gladly correct them selves on having their attention directed to it. We speak particularly of the rushing in at the front door of the Chapel —the young men who go in at the back door are generally all seated before tho bell stops. A Suggestion. We are pleased to see the friends of temperance in different parts of the State ready and willing to give their views upon the subject at this import ant time, and we readily give placo in our columns to any one wishing to express himself. It is doubt less observed by all, that there is great diversity of opinion among those who have laid their sentiments before the public, but that of course is a natural consequence, just what might be expected, yet, it is of no harm, but perhaps a benefit, as it will secure a more extensive expression of sentiment, and ena ble us to find out the posit'ons of temperance men generally, which will possess us of all the diifercnt plans of proceed are, in the minds of our friends, and thereby enable us by investigating them all to secure the most expedient. We publish the views of each, without any pat (icular comments. But the idea which we intended to advance here, is this: while a general expression of opinion upon this subject through the press is desired by each and ail of us, yet a bare expression and noth ing more will not effect anything to-wards advancing the work of reform, and hence arises the importance of each one who has an opinion, to express it pub licly and then attend the Convention to advocate it. Tin’s very diversity of sentiment renders it essentially important to hold conventions, and im poses an imperious duty upon all temperance men to attend them. Our friends must assemble them selves together and counsel and advise, reason and investigate, adopt and expunge, in short hold a se rious and unimpassioned council and adopt that course which wise policy dictates, to meet the exi gencies of the cause. What we want is concert of action, — li a pull altogether .” The statements of “Prohibition Crusader ” upon the nature of our efforts, organizations and Conventions, are correct, and unless our annual assemblings ‘together are productive of much more good than they have been for many years past, it will be a waste of time and money to attend them. We must have n thorough and systematic organization, and let it be as some would term it, the “great central head.” Preceding Conventions have usually met, and passed a few el oquent, blustering resolutions which wore never seen, heard nor thought of, afterwards. Even in subs quent Conventions the proceedings of a pre ceding one have never been read, nor introduced, The last Convention passed a resolution requiring the Secretary to purchase a book and keep a record of the proceedings of each Convention, a collection was taken up to make the purchase, and as wo have the honor to occupy that post, that one resolution shall he executed. Another was passed requiring tho Executive Committee to prepare and furnish the Convention with a Constitution and By-laws. Let the friends generally turn out at the Conven tion and we will organize anew. Put IVIe Out. Ah, poor fellow ! Well might he exclaim “put me out” for the red-hot flames of hel!-iirc which know no quenching, were blazing upon his immortal soul: Tne uardians of the night in Albany were not a little Surprised to hear, from a lowly gutter, late one night last week, a sharp earnest cry, il jntt me out! put me out /” On drawing near, they found a lusty fellow sitting upon the curb, with his feet in the gut ter, and leaning against the iron post of one ol the gas lamps. It was poor Tim Lightbo.lv, and the de lirium tremens had overtaken him in the gutter. — His brains were on fire and his vitals burning up with rum. And now as he leaned back against the post, so that the full glare of the brilliant gas light shone into his wild and blood-shot eyes, an Imp ol the Distillery whispered in his ear that bis head was lire ! And poor Tim was in a condition to listen to the grinning, chattering sprite, and as it disappeared down the neck of a bottle, he lifted up his voice and cried lustily : “Put me out! Put ire out! Fire! Spon-ta-ne -OUB coinbustation has took place! I'm in a light blaze, sir! Away, away 1 ye wiroy goblins! I know ye all! Ye are matches! Lucifer matches! Ye set me in a blaze! Put me out! Water! Water!— Blow in my, my ears, if they ain’t burnt out! Blow’ down my throat! quick, it’s red hot! Oh, some body put me out! Put me out! And then tho watchmen took him in charge, and put him in the watch-house, where he raved till morning, and then, very early in the day, died.— Poor Fellow ! lie was “put out” most effectually, and by an agent that has prematurely snuffed out tho light of life many millions of times, and filled numberless graves with nameless, loathsome, unwept mortals. These are thy doings, all-destroying Alco hol. py We should have a glorious conflagration, if all who can not put fire into their w’orks, would only consent to put their works into the fire. Pretty excuse for a wife heater. — The treasure which we value most we hide. PyThe most insidious destroyer of life in this country is consumption; it carries off one hundred thousand persons annually. Gossip in Little Towns. “Thera is a lust in man no charm can tame Os loudly publishing his neighbors shame It is the nature of the human mind to keep it self constantly engaged; when it cannot find ono thing to feed upon it will seek another, and if there be no reality upon which it can operate it will create something,^—and this creating tendency is very largely develop© 1 in the minds of some people, and always exhibits itself when they speak of men and women. There is a natural inclination in tho dis positions of a great many beings to concern them selves particularly with othor people and their af fairs, forgetting the old proverb that “he is w<Sll en gaged who properly attends to his own business.” Especially is this the case in all small towns and villages. In those little places each personage sits in judgement upon the character, conduct, and ap pearance of all the rest, and there is always an ever lasting volley of discreditable reports circulating th<j first about one and then another, “Soft buzzing slander; silky moths, that eat An honest name.” An unguarded word spoken in jest, or a friendly joke, is caught up and started round on the magico electrieal chord to generate a fume. One person has been saying harsh things about another, which a third one heard and communicated, and a coolness grows up between two friends ; a young gentleman has spoken disrespectfully of a young lady and her virtuous character is questioned ; this man is close, stingy, and underhanded—and that one foolishly extravagant; such a woman is a mean, unprinci pled neighbor, borrows and never repays, beats her negroes, and cares for nobody but herself; a certain young lady has been too familiar with some young man, and her reputation is stained ; such a young girl is a rollicking Tom-boy; and such a young fel low isa low-life, trilling lounger; tho Minister is a detestable hypocrite; the Physician an ignorant em piric, and the Lawyer a mere skinning pettifogger ; such a one is a swell-head aristocrat, becauso ho has a little money. Let a man become a littlo unpopu lar and there is nothing he can do that will not bo construed into a moan, underhanded trick, —his ev ery motive however pure is questioned, and pervert ed by base misrepresentations. If a young lady gives way to a “flow of foeling” and laughs a hearty laugh, lifts her dress clear of the ground in crossing the muddy ditch, stops in the street to shake hands with a young man a good old friend, and inquires after his health, she is pronounced coarse, vulgar and unlady-likc. Let a young man through gen tlemanly deportment, and honorable means, or by his talents becomo a favorite in tho place, and receive a little more respect than some others, and nothing more is necossary to create against him a score of bitter enemies and villainous falsifiers— gro n-cyed jealousy actuates their depraved hearts. If you dont pay marked respect to overy person you meet, you are proud—it makes no difference how much absorbed you may be, in matters which deep ly concern your own interest, it is no apology for your not bowing and scraping, and broaching a con fab with everybody that passos. Such is the state of things in nearly all littlo towns, and it always makes them very undesirable places. There seems to be a self-constituted set w r ho servo as mediums for the communication of lies, slanders, heart-burn ings and social disruptions among tho citizens—a regular set of tale-bearers, raven-hearted slanderers, spoilers of fair innocence. Tho most unspotted purity, even tho sanctity of tho tomb is unprotect ed against these back-biting mouths. But there is another class of persons in these little Towns, who, though perhaps it might be un just to brand them as slanderers, are equally detest able. They are those who serve as tho commu nicators of the opinion which one person entertains of another. Having perchanco heard someone ex press himself concerning some other citizen, wheth er it be complimentary or the reverse, they seem to regard it a good opportunity to mako themselves popular with the one spoken of, by informing him as a friend of such ones remarks or opinions concern ing him. Such as that always shows a deficiency in the brain We had as soon be suspected of being a thiel as such a character, one in whose presence people would fear to speak lest their remarks be catchcd up and circulated round. The slanderer- who does not loathe him as the vilest whelp of sin? Base felon, un whipped ofjustiee, black with infamy and guilt, darker than the blood-stained soul of the assassin ! “A whisper woke the air— A soft light tone and low, Yet barbed with shame ami woe— Now might it only perish there i Nor farther go. Ah me ! a quick and eager ear Caught up the little meaning sound !. Another voice has breathed it clear, And so it wanders round From ear to lip from lip to ear— Until it reached a gentle heart And that—it broke !” Eloquent Passage The following beautiful pas sage is from a lecture on “The Philosophy ol Life,” delivered a short time since py Mr. Winter, at Cam bridge, Mass. Mr. Winter is a young man, not more than twenty years of age and ha? already won a high reputation as a poet and prose writer: “For the greatest human intellects there is no ex emption from tho common doom. I have some times thought how sad yet how sublimo must have been the emotions of that man, whose privilege it was to stand by the coflin of Shakespeare, and gaze on that sweet and noble face, when death had called, out all the strange beauty which forever lives there. It was worth a lifetime to have stood there ono min ute—to have laid a hand on that broad brow, and started at the cold chill; and 80 pausing to have called up in memory all the magnificent creations of his genius, and worshipped him there in the silence of gloom.” Rut he is dead and gone; At his head a grass greeu turf, At his heels a stone. “So they all go. Man dies, but nature is eternal. The seasons keep thoir appointed time; day returns with its golden splendor and night with its eloquent mystery. The same stars which lit the ghastly bat tle field of Troy—rough with the dead bodies of an cient heroes, which shone on the marble streets of imperial Rome, and on the sad eyes of Virgil, sleep less in the living glow of inspiration—the watch-fires of the angels, which, through centuries of devesta tion and change, have still burned on unceasingly —speak to us as they did to Dante, and Shakespeare, and Milton, of the divine glory, the omnipotence, tho everlasting beauty and love of God!” Brief but to the Point.— A gentleman recent ly traveling in Mississippi had an opportunity of at tending a wedding of the real old fashioned sort in one of the remote rural districts of that State. Tho words of the parson officiating on the occasion, struck him, slightly as peculiar, and he therefore penciled them on his bootleg for future reference. Here they are: “Mr. Solomon Huscbrit, do you take Miss Terreasa Britton, who you hold by the l ight hand, to be your bed’ed and wed’ed wife—forsaking all other women but her, promising to love her in sickness and in health —in madness, in illness, and in contrariness— so long as you shall live on this yearth ? Misss Ter reasa Britton, Ac., &. Sich being your promises I pronounce you Husband and Wife, and bid you go iu peace; and may the lord keep you both straight, A—meir.”