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BM.MIK RMKRALD.
Hors not maiden (or a life
Replete with joy or free from strife,
Nor thus dispair in early youth
To meet with purity and truth.
What blight hath set on thee Its mark
And colored life with hues so dark?
Ihxh mourn the absent or the defed ?
Or hath the love of the living fled ?
Up and cheer thee maiden fair
Bred not grief or rankling care
Hope ever that the morrow's light
May dawn for thee a day more bright.
They'll return who long have wondered
Time will join the linkß now sundered,
And the dead—why weep for those
That in the quiet grave repose.
Lib will teach thee aoou to know
Love b but a fitful glow,
Bright and beaming while it last*—
Fleeting, false and quickly past.
2ul gentlest hearts are broken now
By a lovers faithless vow.
Tear ihy thoughts from memory's chain
There are hopes that stilt remain ;
Let the past as nothing be,
And still the futur’il smile for the*.
-Anewra, <jU.
Wot )h Ortnadw.
Lines to Hattie P—n,
BT SMITJfriRLD.
f ass no pledge of love from thee,
That in thy love I may confide;
Bat dearer still art thou to me,
W hen tempting lore thy blushes hide.
A lover true 111 be to thee
And love thee for thy self alone;
As my Redeemer once for tus
Embraced with love this terrene eono.
Sotth Sine, .Jtriy 18th, 188 T.
[communicated.]
Prohibition Hill, July 7, 1857.
Dear Scare:—l cannot forbear again giving
you and my Temperance IrDnda and the public a
tew items in regard to the progress of Temperance
afoot Palmetto and Newnan :
The 4 h of J uly, 1857, in Palmetto forms an
epoch so far as Palmetto is concerned in its history.
We. (the Sons.) had worked hard for several pre
vious days to celebrate the dav, not only bv read
ing the Declaration of Independence, but upon
temperance principles, connected with our Sabbath
School enterprise. The day arrived —at 0 o'clock !
we assembled in the spacious Masonic Had. i ere
the amilieg faces of the Sons, and the presence of
the ladie- attached to our Divisions, we formed
the procession with badges and regalia on, in the
following order: —lst, music ; 2d, ladies of our
Division, and ladies friendly to Temperance; Di
vision—on ore left all the girls in white belong
ing to the Sunday School, followed by the boys.
In this order w•* marched to the church; after mu
sic the Declaration of Independapoe was r< and bv
Dr. Mclntosh—music—and then* l addressed the
crowd', I wiil not say with what success, but will
,eay we were btisy in the afternoon—we received
aod initiated ten, one gentleman and his lady and
thr* lovely and accomplished daughters among
the number. llow do you supp. se your old un
de fok do ring these ceremonies. We meet again
to night, and expect to innitiate several more.—
These triumphs are but specimens of what might
be done everywhere iu Georgia if the Sohb would
goto work iu good earnest to revive their fallen
Divisions.
Sabbath morning, the sth arrives, the Sun rises
in a serene sky, and a toiling bell summons our
Sabbath School to church. It was a pleasing
eight to see the littlepratlerw up to the rosy youths
of botli sexes, assembling to read and hear lessons
in tb word of God—seventy-four Sabbath School
scholars in attendance. It was h singular inci
dent, that all the officers, tutors and tu tresses that
morning belonged to our Division, yet so it was.
I preached at 11 o’clock, A. M., aud never did I
feel better in the discharge of that duty. Thus
pawed off the 4th, sth of July at Jaluwtto, a place,
raihar notorious heretofore for dissipation and In
temperance.
Newnau Division is onward. I organized U.
!. 0. Y. Division there last Thursday night
They go to work there as they tell me with forty
members besides the ladies.
There is nothing necessary but ior our scattered
forces everywhere to rally, concentrate, work and
charge upon the enemy. I hope once more to
take your hand at the Convention.
Youm, jL JI jyt JONES.
P. S. W* counted fifty-four members in our
Division-room on the 4tb-*—“ai;d still* they come.”
—■ ‘
Boner to the Cadet*. —We learn that on the 4tb,
when champagne and aegara were circulated freely
among the volunteers, that the Cadets, with one ac
cord, refused to partake of either. They had prom
ised their Commander, before thsy left Marietta, that
they would abstain from indulging in such luxuries
and they faithfully kept their promise.*— federal
Pnien, 7th
‘.—Dear&rc—Yo*
have iu Ifcijf been uoapimously oonmmtfcJ by
Gob veil fiS* of the Democratic Party of the
As candidate for (L office,
onGovernor in the ensuing election, end wshaH
been'appointed a committee to notify yfou of that
nominatiou, and to request your acceptance of the
MOU. - *
; . When you look upon the Platform Os princi
ples, oh which your nomination ha* been made,
ajjopy of which is herewith enclosed to you, we
trust that you will not allow aay but tbe most
wneomrolafrle eonsidwations to prevent your ac
s*pt*nce of a nomination, made with unanimity
and enthusiasm, wnd which w believe will he re
upended to with equal unafnimity and emhusiasqa
.by the entire Democratic party of “our State.
With assurances of the pleasure it affords us to
give, yon this notice and of our distinguished con
sideration, we are yours, *kc.,
Chas. J. William*; Geo. N. Phillips,
EL D. ‘I racy, - Wtn. Phillips,
L. Fields, Win Hope Hull,
R. M, Johnston, William Schley.
Caktos, July 9ih, 1837.
Gentlemen :— I have the honor toacknowlidge
the receipt of your letter, informing roe that I have
been unanimously nominated by the Convention
of the Democratic party of the State of Georgia,
as their candidate for the office of Governor, in
the ensuing election. I accept the nomination
and acknowledge, with gratitude the distinguish
ed honor which has been conferred upon me by
the Democracy of Georgia in Convention assem
bled. The circumstances of nay nomination pre
clude the idea that I have made any promises,
either express or implied, and I shall neither make
nor intimate any to any one, as to the distribution
of Executive patronage in the event of my elec
tion.
If your nomination voluntarily tendered, should
be ratified by niv follow citizens at tbe ballot box,
I shall therefore euter upon the discharge of the
duties of the important official trust, which may
be committed to m * perfectly free and independ
ent of personal obligation ; I. shall exercise all pow
er*, which I shall have, under the constitution and
laws, according to my best judgment, with an eyo
single to the promotion of tire public interest,
bo-dmg as I do, that those powers are granted for
the so ! e purpoe of upholding and advancing the
rights aud in tercets of tli a people.
In the selection of agents for the public service,
so far as I shall have the power of appointment I
shall have regard to the capacity, integrity and
industry of the persons appointed, as I consider
the union of these three qualities essential to the
just and effi -Dnt execution of public duties.
I have examined carefully the pin-form of prin
ciples la ; d down by the Convention, a copy of
which you did m the honor to and I
have no hesitation in saying that Uje principles
adopted by th* Convention command the appro
bation of my judgement, and will receive my cor
dial support.
To the triumphs of the principles of tbe democ
racy in the past, we are, in ray opinion, indebted
for whatever of greatness our country may have
attained, aud to the success of those principles
maintained in th>dr original purity iu future, we
can alone look for the pioteaion of the constitu
tion against the asssuha of fanaticism ami -error,
and for thr- preservation of reserved rights of the
States oo which alone depends the porpetuty of
the Union, which has brought so much happi
ness and prosperity to the p*-ople. The Uniou is
the etf-cr of the constitution—we value it—we
cherish the constitution ns iu* foundation, and be
cause it provides the wisest, plan of government of
confederated S'ates, aud secures if properly admin
istered the blessings of civil, religious liberty to tbe
people With hearts of jmtrio ism, we are dUvo
led both to the constitution and to the Union.
If only remains, gentlemen, for me to render to
you and to the Democratic Convention my sincere
acknowledgements lor the unsolicited honor con
ferred on me —and say, that no efforts shall be
wauling on my part so toconduct myself as to con
tinue to dt-serrt the eontid- nee which Ims been by
ray democrat c brethren so generously repotted iu
me. With the highest consideration aud esteem,
1 am gentlem-n.
Your ob’i. serv’t.,
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
Messrs. C. J, Williams, G. N. Phillips, E. D. Tracy,
W. Phillip*, L. Fields, W. Hope Hull, fi. M. John
ston, Win. Si bley.
[From the New York D*y Book.]
A Queer Movement.
The secession of the Southern States from the
Democratic party, t this time, wou'd throw Presi
dent Buchgnan upon the support of the Old Line
Wing and Democratic parlies of the North.
For every Southern State he may lose, he mr
gain a Nort-lien State. It has often been said that
it would be Mr. Buchanan’s policy to restore the
old Democratic party of the North. He is likely
to do this, if he persists in Ids present positiou in
relation to Kansas. What Unit position is, you
will iind from the carefully worded article in the
Union of yesterday. ‘Hie article is written in a
conciliatory tone, and perhaps means a little more
than it expresses.— Wash. Cor. of the A’etc York
Times.
There seems to he an evident desire on the part
of the Times and its Black Republican allies to in
volve Mr. Buchanan’s administration in disgrace.
If the mere suspicion should become well estab
lished, and we must confess it is daily gaining
ground, that Mr. Robert J. Walker and his agents
are the parties who are figured in the columns of
the Daily Times in the absurd endeavor to get
up a kind of middle party, a sort of an impossible
mixture of “conservative democrats” and “old line
whig*,’* why, then, good bye to Mr. Buchanan’s
administration, if lie should for one moment coun
tenance so absurd a movement.
The truth is, the active political elements at
the South are the true one, ami the dernarkation
of parties is daily becoming more arid more plain
ly defined. What we want North as well as
South is to separate truth from error still more
distinctly. I tut there are iu this city causes wd ieh
are constantly poisoning the fountain of politic*!
truth, not so much by open error as by insidious
)>emiHsiou. A number of so called Democrats
seetps to have taken the Daily Times for their or
gan, and a more faithless eet of pohtieal ingrates
were never got together. Everything like real
Democracy this paper abuses with the vigor and
lustiness of real hatred, but is there a streak of
bogus Democracy anywhere, it “cottons” to it
with the utmost tenacity. Is tlmre a Democrat
who falls be’ow the strict stmdard of party ortho
doxy—one who is shaky in his finances or doubt
ful in his association*, that Democrat is patted on
the Lack and called a noble fellow.
It is useless, perhap**, any longler to conceal the
itunora and suspicions at>oui town that .Robert J.
, \ *dker is the power behind the throne of the
Hne-a. and that Mr. Sanders, as hia sgent in New
York, is its manager. In the absence of positive
information on This subject; ahrost any one can
satisfy himself of the probable truth of it by close
ly observingdt* course. The friends of Mr. Walk
er are const ho tlv puffed in it* column*, and liber
ft! official advertisements showered upon it.
If these Ming politicians thus expects to Wld
up • “nation*! Pemoorntio party” on old party -
circulated ne cannot siterthe Tom-*j
plexipn s s.*f nllairs. Ths . force dT df®qmtarKs is
nupeftiug-all to one of two sides—equality with
degress or iits opposite. Those mind* are *o de
moral as to have lost all powtffr of tHs> metiou J
between right and wrong, may not see this, but it
is a fact, nevertheless, aud all tbe Governor Walk
ers that could stand between here and lyauaaa can
not alter the inexorable progress of events.
* [Cor. iif ite Missouri Democrat— Fr State.j
From Kansas.
Whisky-Selling in Quindaro —The Women in
(he Field■ —Appointment of a Viyilunco Com
mines- The Whisky “Spilt*—The
Free Stale Convention.
i Qcinoamo Houbb, K. TANARUS., June *2B.
For a week or two past, the people of Qirinda
ro have been annoyed by the existence of a few
low grogeries, whose whisky has been sold in op
position to -stipulations made in purchasing the
mts, causing disturbance of the pubiic peace, and
iu direct violation of tlie prevailing sentiment ol
the towu. A* sIF other means for abating the
nuisance had failed, the citizens were just about
to resort to first principles—“squatter sovereignty,”
you know; to put an end to the traffic, whn
they were stimulated to immediate action by re*
ceiying the following petition, signed by the most
promiuentand influential ladies in the place:
Jcnb 16, 1857.
“To the men of Quindiro Greeting—Thor
oughly convinced by the observations and txpe
riences of the past, that intemperance is the dead
liest foe to all that is good in man. or desirable
in his social surroundings, and made painfully
aware that its dcus and agencies are already in
our midst, degrading manhood, and destroying
the hope of home-prosperity which has won wives
and mothers to meet cheeifully the toils and de
privations of anew country, in the midst of stran
gers; we the undersigned women of Quindaro,
do hereby appeal to the men of Quindaro, and
respectfully petition them to take speedy and ef
ficient measures for the casting out of the vile de
mon that is entering our homes and brutalizing
the guardians of social and State interests.
(Signed.) 0. I. H. Nichols, Bertia C. Carpenter
Sarah E. Carpenter, Sarah C. Harmon, Minerva
Jones, Mary Clark, Sarah Bookhimer, M. A. Me-
Cown, Sarah Maxwell, Lizzie Wiley, Mary M.
Johnson. Rebecca D, Zarie, Mary Grijfhh, Mary
Fitch, Harriet M. Allen, Sarah A. English, Sarah
T.. L. Robinson, Ann E. Shepherd, Margaret Shep
herd, Mary Drugsia, Anna C. Sprogg, Sarah Mo-
Cullon, Isabella MeCullen, Hannah Cook, Jane
Gibbons, Mury Butler, Amanda Butler, Sallie Lane,
Mrs. Eiiza J. Welborn.”
A meeting of the citizens was called last night,
to take action relative io the matter. Messrs.
Walden and Gray and Dr. Buddiugiou were ap
pointed a committee to select a vigilance commit
tee of twenty citizens. The meeting, after giviug.
the vigilance cominitteediscreiionary power to act,
adjourned.
At daylight this morning, the vigilance com
mittee haviug previously started out;
At the first doggery, the keeper, who is a sturdy
fellow, was armed with a pair of six shooters and
a shot-gun, and showed light; butTe wasdisarro
ei before he could shxt. His t>eaer half, also,
made a vigorous defense, and wounded one mod
est member of the commit tee—not with firearms,
but with tli at weajioii discovered by I Jon Alphoa
and his friends, iu Uie first canto of Don Juan,
wheu —•
“There thev found—
No matter what—it was not what they sought.”
But all this did not save two easts of whisky
and one of brandy, which had been secreted in a
bedroom for safe-keeping, butWhieh were rolled
out and “spilt” it) short order. Cask* of “the era
thur” were also f uud ru two other groggeries,
and unceremoniously destroyed. In one instance,
the parties had taken the precaution to bury a
cask of whisky, but it whs dug out and served like
the rest. No violence was offered to any
in the doggeries; no ale, beer, or o:her malt liq
ours were disturbed, and the whisky and brandy
j mere only destroyed in places where thev were
kept for sale. The keepers had all leeeived full
warning before hand, that they could not be al
lowed to carry on the traffic in Quindaro.
The Clay Monument.
The monument to Homy Ciav, about to be erect
ed at Lexington, Ky., oeme-rv, is to be one hund
red and right, feet high, with a sub base, after the
style of the proposal Washington Monument,
which it somewhat ivsranbie*. the toiin latioa of
solid limestone mason ary forty feet square and fit
teen fret deep, has been laid iu hydraulic cement,
ou three leet of concrete or macadirnize stone. —
Surmounting the whole is to be a bronze statue of
Henry Clay, eleven feet high. The material of
which the monument is to t e composed is a mag
nesian limestone, tested for-durabi ity* light free
stone x>lor, and su-taining a brilliant polish.
On the foundation is first to be erected the b e e
of the monument, forty fret square ami thirty-five
feet high, of neat work, Egyptian order. The
‘ stereobaiw” will contain, in the front, of a crypt f
rubbed stone, a vaulted chamber, twenty-six by
eleven and a ha'f feet, entered by an iron g*t<\ to
te paved with polished Italian marble, in which
are to be deposited the remains of Henry Clay, in
a sarcophagus, on one side his mother, and iu a
good time hit wife. Provision is made to light the
crypt, iu which is a niche for a staiue, by au upptr
skylight.
In the rear of tbecrypt, is to be the family vault
cf the Clay family, thirty one feet four inches long,
with two nine feet recesses, all six feet eight inches
wide. There will be a doiib’e pedestal of bronze,
on which may be inscribed memorable words ami
emblematic representations, in honor of the Amer
ican .Statesman and Kentucky,* favorite son. In
cluding tire pedestal, the column, of six feet ten
inches in diameter at the top, will be ninety feet
high, surmounting which is to be a- capita’, the
timings to be thirteen spiked speers ; representing
original States of the Union. — Bal. American.
Insanity from Spiritualism. —The Chicago pa
pers relate a singular case of insanity from spirit
ualiam resulting in death. An old .lady fifty five
years of age, became a spiritualist and a medium
She attended several “circles,” and at last professed
to have received an order not to eat nor drink, and
commenced obeying the order. Her triends sent
her to Chicago, where physicians and clergymen
were called to visit her, but to no purpose. Me
diums were also called to see her but could effect
nothing.
Two or three times some rice water was forced
down her throat; but she wasted away till Sunday
evening, the 26th ult., when she died. A day or
two before she died, some meat was being stewed
in the kitchen, the smell of which attracted her
attention, and turning to her daughter-in-law, she
said “That is very tempting, but I dare not touch
it.” Her friends at the time, thinking she was
giving, way in her resolution, again remonstrated
with her, but again they failed to dissuade her
from her course. What is more wonderful in this’
case is* that during all this time she appeared pefect
ly sane and clear minded, talked quite naturally,
and was frank and free in her conversation dn the
subjecting/’ bjp “cqimiM|nd* from on high.” For
three she abstained almost entirely from
food, M the last nine days of her life she neither ,
U nor drank anything. She frequently talked |
of going to her spirit home’ end of ber fntore life, i
“Ob, blessed health T* exclaims Sterne, “ *tia thou
who (|larget the. soul uml opeaeat all its powers ip
receive instrucliou and to relish virtue. He that
has thee has little else to wish for; he that is so
wretched ato want thee, wants everything witjh
thee.” The truth of this apostrophe every one must
acknowledge ; poor Sterne spoke from sad expert
eoca. And yet, familiar as every man is with the
truth herein expressed, no mortal mu Id compute the
members who ruin themselves in body, mind, and
fortune by neglecting to employ the proper remedies
when health fails. How is this neglect to he reme
died ? The evil has become so consecrated by age,
that the man who undertakes to amend it requires
no ordinary hardihood, such a man is Professor Hol
loway. ‘j-fo v p- ■: • ikl j
AgXb* honest laborer in the cause of humanity finds
no-sadder discouragement, than in the complacent
indifference with which people prefer rather to en
dure a long existing evil, than to incur the trouble
necessary to get rid of it. The more aged an error
has become, the more difficult it is to remove it.—
This is true in an espocial manner of the art of heal
ing, as it was known and practised before the advent
|of this wonderful genus whose mission has been to
I re-establish tbe treatment of human ailment inr a ra
tional war.
Ope by one the venerable abuses that have dis
graced the past are disappearing, and among the
test, the errors that have crept into medical practice
have got their dismtsw’on papers, and are obliged to
use a vulgar phrase, “to cot and run.” Where, it
iray be asked, are the proofs? Proofs! Why, there
is one gercat, patent, palpable fact, which has been
storms tlie world in the face for the last twenty
years, and woiking its way throngh popular preju
dice into popular favor w ith a success which is tbe
moßt unquestionable evidence of its power as a proof.
The medicines es Professor Holloway have been si
lently but powerfully effecting a change in the sci
eoee of physic which the world itself lias begun to
wonder at. It is well known that the causes of all
the diseases and sufferings to which people nre sub
jeet are very few, although their indications may be
numerously varied. The old-pianos curing diseases
was Uy affecting their results without affecting their
primary cause*. Professor Holloway initiated anew
mode of treatment by the discovery of his Pills and
Ointment, which, whilst immediately grappling with
tbe ultimate symptoms, reach also to tbe seat of the
disease and eradicate the first causes, thus destroy
ing atl subsequent liability to similar affections. We
do not mean to praise these Pills and Ointment.—
We confine ourselves to stating facts, and aro per
fectly satisfied that no eulogy is needed. They
speak for themselves, — Mobile Regiet-er,
■
For tin. CrweSr.
m attle, ragged boy standing in the doorway
of a purely primitive building.
Gentleman. —Where is your father my little fel
low?
Dad, you mean?
Yes, where’s he ?
He’s gone to town.
Will be be hack soon ?
Oh no! He did’nt go around the field this morn
ing. He went by Mr. Bingers, (retail dealer.)
What difference does that make about his get
ting back ?
Oh, Sir! When he goes that way, Mam do'n t
look for him in two or three days.
Decrease of Eminent American Statesmen
In recording the death of Ex-Secretary Marry,
the Philadelphia Times remarks:
“It seems as if death had found a banquet a
mong our master spirits in the last deceased.—
Almost all the great and illustrious men who came
into .public life during the first tweoty yets of the
present century have beeß snatehed away within
that time. The list which memory calls at the
moment is formidable in numbers, and the per
sons whoso names are upon it were conspicuous
for vast and varied abilby. First, in point of time
is that of John Quincy Adams, who died in 1837 ;
; then (blows those ol Kent, Polk, Taylor, Calhoun,
day, McDuffie, Story, Webster, King, Wcxxlbury,
Sergent, IWrien, Clayton, Hill, Cheves and Marcy,
What immense power-, what political and legal
research, what oratorical skill and diplomatic eru
dition, wlmt wise .foresight and wonderful expe
rience have been lost by their deaths to the na
tion ! When will it, if ever, be restore in the
persons mid mind of others 1
—-
Flight of Birds. — Flawki, and many other birds
probably fly at the rate of 150 miles an hour* an
elder duck, at 00 miles an hour. Sir George Cay
ley computes the common crow to fly at nearly
25 miles an hour. Spallanri found the rate of the
swallow at about 02 miles an hour; while he con
jectures the rapidity of the swift to be nearly three
times greater. A falcon which belonged to Hen
ry IV , of France, escaped from Fontainebleau, and
in 24 hours afterwards was fonnd at Malta, a die
tance of not less than 1,530 miles; a velocity
equal to 5“ miles an hour, supposing the falcon to
have been unceasingly on the wing. But, as such
birds never fly by night, and allowing the day to
he at the longest, his flight was, perhaps, equal to
75 miles an hour. If we even restrict the migra
tory of birds to 50 miles an hour, how easily can
they perform their most extensive migrations !
Fair winds may perhaps aid them at 30 or 40
miles an hour: nay, with three times greater rapid
ity.—Dr. Fleming's Philosophy of Zoology.
ISTThe Baltimore Weekly Dispatch saysome
of the clothing dealers on Central Market Space
have a way of securing sales occasionally, w hich sa
vors strongly of rascality and the drop-game. They
place in the coat pocket an old portinonnie stuffed
with.paper; a customer comes along for an invest
ment. The dealer, if he judges his customers to be
of the right stripe, alter essaying several coats, at
last says: ‘Here is a coat made for a gentlman—he
wore it one day and sent it back—it was too small
for him ; try it on. Ah! it fits first rate—like it
was made for you. It is well made—buttons sewed
on strong—pockets.” The customer puts his hands
into his pockets to try them, when his fingers come
in contact with the pocket book. His imagination
is kindled with the idea of appropriating the supposed
treasure. “How much did you say the coat was ?”
he eagerly asks. The dealer names a good round
price. “It suits me—l’ll take it,” is the quick re
piy. The money is paid—the self-duped customer
walks off hurriedly with his supposed prize—not
■topping to hear the suppressed chuckle of the deal
er as he looks alter him—out of the corner of his
eye.
gSTThere is a gentleman in Union r N. 11., who
will la) one hundred and one years old ou the sev
enth of July, flis name is Ralph Faruham, and a
strong effort was made to induce him to he pres
Rt at the Bunker Hill celebration in Boston, ho
viug taken part in the battle. He deeliued
going on acoount of the distance ; and when his
son—a lad of fifty or sixty years —proposed to ac
compauy him, replied, “if be weut, be did’nt want
to be bothered with the care children !**—
He says he dont remembef of ever beingsick ; but
“believes he had a fever or something, 80 or 90
years ago.”
tITA lady, formerly a resident of Georgia, very
much discontented with Mississippi life, and longing
to return to her native land, was shouting at camp
meeting last year, and became go excessively happy
that ah* exclaimed; “Gloty to G—d, I feel like I
was In Geor-gy p |g§
PKNFIKKD, GEORGIA.
Thursday Morning, July 23, 1867,
read4hesk paragraphs.
ip ‘remßtiiig u money,-dtseenfinning or diris-tlng
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Aa_F.N_TB.
ft NRWMON ! Athens.
JKBSE W J AOKSON, It nek Head.
JOHS M HCTif ... Bowden,
RH .. Columbus,
exmim* “
ALBERT O BAN'KM Covington.
J N SCOTT Calhoun.
M P BCALF.H, Carnesville Oa.
W YANDIVKRE Dalton, Gn,
T J WIDLIAMS, Ktherage,
W W CARNES Fort Valley,
W M WATTS Franklin, Ga.
JABH BRASWELL F-Urhurn, Ga.
JK3SK M O AMFUKI.L,..., Griffin, Ga.
J H prCKBTT Hog Mountain.
R K WIfIGtFAM Louisville, Ga.
J M DORSEY,.. Leo. Ga.
W A MORRIS, Marietta.
J CO BURNETT Macon.
J A J HARRELL MilledgeTill, Ga.
B A CARSON, Orangeburg 8 C.
D PRICE Pickens C. 11., 8. C.,
n D MOORE, Pleasant Hill.
WMM HUMPHREY, Powelton.
JOHNM NEEL,...
BO JOHNSON Rome Ga,
E A KING, Roswell.
J M PINKSTON Spurt*.
J I) IIROOME, Tallahassee, Fla.
W F MORGAN, Tenirlle, Ga.
ABNER STANLEY, Traveling Agt.
WM M BITRNIECK Warrington, Kla.
REV. LEW 18 PARKER,.... WjtJterboro.’ 8. C.
J C CALDWELL, Traveling Agent In
Hall and Habersham counties, Ga.
§ogT*Judgc Stith of Camden Arkansas informs us
that the prospects for crops in that State are better
than they have been for many years past.
83£TI T nc!e Dabney Jones bas accepted the invita- j
tion from Camden Division to deliver them an ad
dress on the 28th inst.
JSF” W'e are very sorry to learn from our adeem
ed friend J. S. Peterson, that he lost his oldest son,
while he was in Atlanta attending the temperance
Convention. It was a severe stroke to the father
to fi and his boy dead on returning home. We sym
pathize heartily with our Bro. Peterson in his unex*
pected bereavement.
The Examination
Df the College Classes of Mer
cer University c<uiiu<-need on Monday and “ill be
continued through the week. The new system of
examining the students in icrithnj will bear down
on the Boys pretty heavily, and those who have not
applied themselves to their hooks, during the term,
will find it somewhat ■littteult to stand the ordeal,
and & failure so to do wifi in con
sequences on their part.
Vomiting in Madison. Church.—
1 lie young man
who vast oath* rC'{ spirit* in the lUplis* Church at
Madison, during worship, u fe tond iy nights sinc,
shoul-1 betake himself to some obscure retreat and
never show his face in decent company again— un
less he j:t4mq;iiahes t is drinking habits.
We are pleaded to say ami know it was not one
of the Pe>’ ■irl.! S'u-lrat* as is i.i v , was cum it’y Te
portf din Madison. It. wit'.rds us uuteh ph asure to
comet the rumor and hope not one of our Boys
would iu degrade hi nmli ns to be caught drunk in
the JJouyr of lroif t nor any ■ elye.
Browns Patent Washing Machine.—
Hav
ing seen this Instrument for (denning elotlies operate,
and finding it to answer finely for that purpose, we
take pleasure in commending i( to all fxini ics who
have much washing, ft is very simple in.structure;
consists of a box one foot deep, with sheet-iron bot
tom in hich the water is held; in this box a cylinder
of rounds about a foot anti a half in diameter plays,
containing the articles to be washed; wash-boards
are in each end of the cylinder, set obliquely to
each other, and ns the cylinder is turned th<- clothes
are throw n from one wash-board to the other, and in
thin way ut'f, pf}’ <;tu-tl!y cleaned, and without
any wear or tear from rubbing, which in oqg prici
ple desideratum in this manner of washing. A lot
of clothes will he thoroughly demised by the Ma
chine in fmm ft) to 3d minut , The imtrument
then will be valuable in saving ton *, an ! v doable
in cleaning soiled garments without wearing them
ont by rubbing. In these two particulars it w ill pay
for itself in a short time.
Alfriend & Hightower of White Plains are the
manufacturers of this Machine, and they have sent
us on one, which any of our friends can sec hv call
ing at our residence.
Temperance In Washington, Wilkes Go.
We are no lfttle pleased to learn that the r> ligious
revival which the good rit'/ ns of Washington were
enjoying sometime since, resulted in permanently
convicting some of the rum-w-Hcrs of the error of
their prohssiou ar.tj caused them to relinquish it.—
Washington is a number one Ton n and if it hud no
grog-shops would be oneof the first villages in the
southern country.
A friend writes as follows:
Mr. Editor. -I wrote you word, sometime hack,
how the good cause of temperance was progressing
in our village, ami stated that I would let you know
how it end and.
I am now happv in giving you the very pleasing
intelligence that three out of the four groceries or
liquor-'* takers h >ve ceased trading m the cursed
traffick, and tin- other one ha*l might as well quit
for the people it* our tow n ami its vicinity have
sworn eternal to rum and all those who ad
vocate drinking of spiritous-liquors in any shape ex
cept for medical purposes.
One thing, Mr. Editor, you should urge upon your
readers with more zeal.it is this —we- see every
Drug Store in all our towns professing to sell pure
liquors and only for medical purposes, when they
are nothing more than dram-shops in disguise, vend
ing the cursed poison with the pretext of doing much
good as medicines. I hope you will urge this before
your numerous readers. Vours, Ac.,
A FOE TO RUM.
jaßf**Tbe Cineinnatti Commercial savs, a gentle
man of the fancy was in attendance at Lexington, at
the laying of the corner stone of the Clay Monument
on the Fourth, and his baggage undergoing inves
tigation was found to consist of a carpet sack con
taining four bottles of whisky and two revolvers, one
shirt and two collars. One of his travelling compan
ions said that the shirt had been put in simply to
keep the bottles from breaking.
J3BTA H. H. Dawson, Esq., of Savannah, has
been appointed to canvass the State, in behalf of the
Ladies’ of Mount Vernon Association, and he will
shortly address himself to the duty laid before him.
The cause is a noble one and has a near and dear
claim upon the heart and para* string of every pa*
ilnot* .
bled, have unanimously, and with beaowH overflow
ing with brotherly love toward each other, laid aside
their bickering spirits, heart-burnings, and all un
pleasant feelings, and agreed to center their praydK,
influence and support .upon their worty Cofllge pro
tege located at this place. This settlement of sebum*
and reconciliation among Christains, was an occasion
of pleasant remembcrance, and served to unite tU
the Baptists of the State in a closer of affection;
and it will operate in promoting the interests of the
entire denomination and all its religious and Litar
ary Institutions. What now is the duty of the citi
zens of Penfteld ? Hi the disparities and divisions
which took place among the authorities and adminis
trators of the College, there naturally grew up,
through sympathy and self interest, divisions among
the citizens of the Village. We have bad here two
weli defined, well developed parties, contending in
every possible manner against each other, which for
a time produced wretched and shameful strife among
ourselves. Neighbor cherished bitter enmity against
neighbor; men in daily association looked upon
each other as hostile, open enemies, and a thousand
current reports were continually circulating through
the streets. One dare not countenance another of
the opposite party for fear of being arrainged by his
own and charged with recreancy, or with having
deserted his position. Such a state of things in a
little Village where all should be upon terms of so
cial intimacy, and where friendship would redound
to the mutual benefit of all, is not only unpliwaftt,
but it is xhamrfnl. . But it is a source of great grat
ification to us to know and to say, that this state of
feeling, does not exist to such an extent among ear
citizens at this time, and we hope soon to see things
in this particular entirely changed—when each citi
zen will take his fellow citizen by the hand and
grasp it in the warmth of true friendship. An asso
ciation with men and women who entertain such
feelings would be truly pleasant and agreeable.—
And is it not our duty to cultivate among ourselves
this social state of things? We are all personally
interested in the prosperity of our Village. Our
families are interested in the spirit which exists a
mong the citizens, and the progress and permanen
cy of the Town depends upon the unity of its inhab
! Hants; “a house divided against Usd fcannotstand.”
And especially does the prosperity of the College
depend upon the harmony which exists among those
who reside in immediate proximity to it. We would
like to see us all friendly, social and honorable,—
But some may say, it is impossible for them ever ta
entertain friendship toward some others in the place,
because they hare treated them with injusdee. It
is true some of us have reasons to complain bitterly
at the manner in which we have been treated by
some few of our fellow-eitizms, but we should wt*
eroise forgiving spirits,
‘'They who forgive moat (diafr be moist Swjpveß,*’
Let it not be said of any one of our good townsmen.,
that
“Hl* narrow *oui
Know* not the godlike glory of forgiving.
This warfare and domestic strife among ourselves
has gone abroad, and is associated with the reput*.
tion of our Town, and wherever Peufield is men
tioned that unpleasant report is spoken of; and
n ore than once have we met with men, wealthy
and influential men, who positively refused to send
their boys here, because of this rumor. Shall we
say the rumor is false? We will not say that, but
wc will say, there is a much better state of feeling
here now ;han there has been for sometime pa.st,
and we hope soon to be able to say that we have
here, a social, quiet, retired, and harmonious town,
whose eitizeiu all live upon the friendliest terms
and in social intimacy with each other.
The following is the resolution which was passed
by the Baptist Convention with regard to the Uni
versity. ket qs al} endorse the spirit of it, and
do all ire can among ourselves for the benefit of the
Institution, for as that prospers so will the Town,
and rice Term.
Whereas, Mercer University, the child of the
Baptist denomination in Georgia, founded by the
bounty, nourished by the prayers and labors of
the fathers of the church—has within the past few
years become the subject of unpleasant differences
of opinion and feeling—and regarding the present
as an auspicious mopienl for kindly feeling and new
endeavors—therefore,
Ii&olcetl, That as citizens of Georgia, and mem
bers of the Baptist Churches in the State, we are
proud of the results exhibited by the past history of
Mercer University. That we lament the unfortu
nate differences of opinion which have heretofore
prevailed as to its location and management—that
wo have undiminished confidence in its entire effici
ciency as a theological and literary educator of young
men; and forgetting all past diflferenoes, we wifi
unite our prayers, our labors and our means so far
as may be consistent with other obligations, in the
endeavor to carry out to its fullest extent the benev
olent wishes of its pioug and liberal founders.
No Right Invaded.
The clamor about “invasion
of rights,” raised by the liquor interest against the
friends of prohibition is thus calmly and conclusively
met by Mr. Coombs, in his “Appeal to Voters.”—
The argument is sound, logical, complete—and we
venture to predict that it will reimin unanswered,
for the very good reason that it is unanswerable.
“The first argument of the liquor party is, that
individual rights would be invaded .” If this were
true, it is no argument against prohibition, provided
the public good requires it. It Jr a well established
principle of government, that individual rights must
yield to the public good, but, public good must nev
er be sarraficed to private rights.
“The position is false-. No right would be invad
ed. The rights of men under government have their
origin in one or mere of three kinds of law,
natural, common, or statute law.
‘“Natural law,” says Blackstone, “requires that we
should live honestly, hurt nobody, and render to ev
ery one his due.” Can any man sell liquor and not
hurt his customers? Can he take their money and
render them an equivolent ? lie cannot; and there
fore has no natural right to sell.
“ Common law,” says the same author, “deelarea
that no man has a right to use his property to the
injury of another, and that the consent of the party
injured is no mitigation of offence.” No man
rent his house for the sale of liquor without “using
it to injure others.” No man can sell liquor aa a
beverage, and not injure those who consent to take
it. Common law, therefore, gives no man the right to
sell.
“Statute law, os it now stands, does give men a
legal right to sell. The legislature has done what
neither natural or common law would allow. The
liquor seller’s right is only a legislative right He
holds it at the will of the legislature. The power
that gave, can take the right awvy. When this is
done, the right ceases. Is it not the duty of the leg
islature to take away privileges, which experience
declares to be destructive to the beet imprests of so
ciety f (rambling and lotteries were once right, ac
cording to the law ; they have been prohibited, bo
cause pernicious. The liquor traffic is a thousand
tunes more destructive, and should be prohibited alt
so. No right will be invaded by doing this,”
can, it is said, be better preserved in
corn meal than in any other preparation yet known.
Laj them with the small end down, and it undisturb
eu they will be as good at the end of the year aa
when packed.
Br“rbe Southern Commercial Convention wIU
assemble at on the 17th prostata,