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ucpv over, andthe br&ft*
Her Sell Ugh* had plume-lilt**roumf
her neck, and the sweet pale face that was raised
to Oswald’s, seemed almost beautiful in the mellow
twilight. V-’ ‘ “■*■'-$ ;i i: ; : ‘%, igfe^Y
Margaret saw it all at a glance, though neither
recognised the dark-robed figure that swept past
them like a vision. She returned home by a bri
dle path, and meeting themagain.—
John was startled at the strange look and manner
of his mistress, as springing from her saddle with
out assistance, she threw him the reins and hur
ried into her own chamber. Not until she was
within its walls, did she give way to the tempest
of excited feeling that had been restrained in her
breast.
“ Was it for this V* she cried, with a burst of
passionate tears, “ that I repulsed the true heart
whose every pulsation was for me; that I sacrifie
ed my only hope of escape from this galling thral
dom? Deceived! deceived! Oh! how black a
thing is hypocrisy, and what a fair face it can
wear ! At least, if my own heart was rebellious,
I did not strive to conceal it beneath a saintly
mask.”
“ And this,” she continued, pausing in her hur
ried walk across the apartment, “ this, after hav
ing married me merely to increase his wealth,
after having left me no avenue of escape from a
promise whose fulfilment involved my lasting mis
ery. Hence forward, how still unbearable will be
the life to which I am doomed ! The life from
which, alas ! there is no escape. None, none!”
Suddenly she paused, and a quick light spark
led in her eyes, for beautiful as the “ Fata Morga
na,” rose before her the home beneath the blue
skies of a foreign land, which Claude had so elo
quently pictured, and which might yet be hers. —
Seating herself at her escritoire, she hurriedly pen
cilled a few lines, and dispatched them immediate
ly. The note was very brief.
“ You may call for me to-night,” she wrote, “ I
Lave decided to go to Mrs. DeCourey’s.”
A few hours later, she entered the drawing
yoom, where Claude sat waiting to attend her to
the.carriage ; her rare loveliness enhanced by her
picturesque Castilian costume of rich velvet; the
floating veil looped back with jewels ; her abund
ant hair half confined by the high Spanish comb,
and half escaping in careless curls; while upon
her bosom, sparkled the amber rosary and cross
of gold.
(To be Continued.')
For the Crusader .
A Bright Example.
Friend Seals:— While on a recent visit to
Atlanta, I witnessed a beautiful incident that, I
shall never forget. A young and handsome Lady,
who had listened with pleasure to the address of
Rev. J. E. Ryerson before the State Temperance
Convention, gave before an assemblage of Ladies
and Gentlemen, a practical example to other young
Ladies, ‘"Bright as the sunbeam—as the morning
fair” she was well calculated to stamp that exam
ple with force and power.
“ The azure Hashing of her eye was fringed
With virgin meekness, and her tread that seemed,
Earth to disdain, as softly fell on it
As the light dew shower on a tuft of flowers.”
but there was something far nobler and higher in
“the pure intelligence of mind
That, like some in-born light, beam’d from her soui;
The virtuous thoughts thatcloth’d her like a garment;
The chastity, the candor, and the meekness,
That, through her parted hair, look’d from a brow
And features, where the seal of heaven was set!”
Procuring a glass of pure cold water, she po
litely tendered it to a young gentleman present,
and he accepted it with emotions of pleasure, and
as ardent a temperance man as I know him to
be, I very much question if under the circumstan
ees he could have refused had it been the wine-cup
instead.
Several Ladies called upon him for a toast, but
he stood as if spellbound ; after a silence of some
moments he told them he was too much dazzled
bv the brilliancy of the Giver and the sublime ex
cellency of the Gift, to make any response. Know
ing him to be always ready to respond in glowing
style, I asked him the reason why he failed to do
.so on this occasion. He replied, that it was im
possible for him to concentrate his thoughts—that
his mind was reverting to a bridal scene where the
youthful bride “with morning blushes on her cheek
and pearls upon her breast” stood with circean
cup in hand tempting her husband to tase its
blighting drops. Again and again did she tempt
him, but with more than stoic firmness would he
refuse. Man’s nature is frail. Woman’s cunning
and fascination soon drew him a captive into the
snares of the spoiler; and ere manhood’s morn
was finished, he sank into a drunkard’s grave, ut
tering curses long and loud upon his wife. In the
blithesome frivolity of youth she tljkought not
that there existed in the fatal Wine-Cup consequen
ces so deep and damning, “At the last, it biteh
like a serpent and stingeth Idee an adder.” But
when bowed down with grief and anguish, she re
membered the effects of her example and influence.
How bitterly does she remember that other ladies
fallowed her example, and drooping under the
weight of the nuisance entailed upon them by the
observance of such an example have cursed her
memory for it. Contrasting this with the bright ,
and glorious example set by the young Lady in
offering nothing but Nature’s beverage, lie could
not find language suitable to express bis emo
tions.
Oh ! that every Lady in the Land would banish
this fatal cup from her hand, and substitute the
glorious beverage distilled from the vine-yard of
the skies—pure cold water. The custom of young
Ladies presenting gentlemen with a glass of wine,
does moro to perpetuate drunkenness than any
other.
This young Lady’s example is worthy of imita
tion, and if followed by all of her sex, would soon
cease drunkenness ajad crime from the world’s vo
cabulary.
I cannot conclude, without expressing my thanks
to the yoimg Lady referred to for the course she
pursued, and also to express the desire that her
life may be one unrippled stream un
disturbed by a single wave off trouble ; her emotions
always those of pleasure, u nmixed with the stains
of sin and as pure as thu crystal fount; her end
calm and placid—sinking to rest as the summer’s
a high and holy influ|ce and an entranee through ,
the portal of bliaß inw bright Elysium where
innocence and happiness qnfy dwell, and God, tire ,
Savior, reigns supreme. „ i
Ladies of Georgia i Whose example will you
follow? That of the frivulous bride—or that of
the young Lady in Atlanta ? Will you ally your
selves with rumseller t Will you throw all your
influence into the scale of the drunkard ma&r ?
No! I trust not. “For, beloved, I am peiStaded
better things”-r-yea, I call upon you to frown up
on this vice—give it no countenance whatever;
touch not, taste not, handle not; such a bright ex
ample a* this will be the best heritage that you
can bequeath your children, and its reward will be
the final redemption of the world from the thral
dom of intemperance and crime.
“WILLIE,’’
Augusta, Ga.
[communicated.]
Mr. Editor : I read in your issue of the 16th
inst. an article entitled, “Footprints of an Itiner
ant.” “This Itinerant children’s friend,” is certain -
ly performing essential service in thus rendering
assistance “without fee or reward,” and unlike an
agent of any sectarian denomination, be experiences
none of the mortifying results attendant on estab
lishing Sunday Schools. He finds Christians in
every section, ready to respond to his call; and his
Sunday Schools I must say, have a tendency to ac
complish great good—whereas in denominational
schools there is sometimes ill-feeling. Especially
is this the case in cities, where among the poorer
classes bigotry to a great extent exists. The con
sequence is, that a child of a Methodist cannot be
sent to a Baptist school, and vice versa. In the
American Sunday School Union, of which be is the
exponent, all unpleasant feeling is removed, in the
happy combination of the different evangelical
churches, for the promotion of religious knowledge.
It is truly gratifying to peruse their annual report
—their success in organizing Sunday Schools in
some benighted regions is wonderful. But ray ob
ject is not to decry other schools, for being con
nected with a denominational one in an official ca
pacity. I humbly trust that “my labors have not
been in vain.” In writing this, I only wished to
concur most fully with your correspondent J. B. G.
About a year since, I heard Mr. Iluuter lecture, the
School of this city—and he posesses that much to
be desired faculty of “enchaining attention.” I
listened to his address with peculiar pleasure—his
anecdotes were good,- aud directly appropriate to
his mission. He gave the audience (or I should
! say,) the children an account of his early life, be
ing left an orphan, he was kindly provided for by
a gentleman of South Carolina —sent to Connecti
cut to College.
But I have said enough—Let others imitate this
philanthropist, and try by a life of Christian use
fulness to merit the approval of every one.
ROMEO.
Augusta, July IS, 1857.
For the Crusader.
Throw your Banner to the Breeze.
Editor Crusader—Dear Sir: —Your issue of
the 16th is received, and I am so disappointed at
observing your silence in reference to the candid
ates for Governor that I am tempted to make some
pertinent inquiries through your paper. And
first, do the Temperance men of Georgia intend
te act in accordance with their professions, by sup
porting and maintaining their principles, or are
their professions intended only for the Division
rooms ?
Second, When an opportunity is afforded for
the almost certain triumph of those principles, do
the Sons and the professed friends of the cause in
tend to stand boldly up to the high and holy in
fluences which banded them together, or do they
intend to yield to the low but efficient electioneer
ing trick of their enemies and-cowardly and mean
ly join in the hugli and cry “ there is no chanceC
Mr. Editor, I am not a member of any temper
ance society, but I profess to feel deeply interest
ed in the success of the temperance cause. I be
lieve it to be of more importance to the wellbeing
of society, the prosperity of our country, and the
happiness of the human race, than any or all the
isms with which designing politicians have and
will continue to agitate the minds of men.
Next to the union of our great and growing
republic, and as a means of perpetuating that
Union, I regard the union and efficient effort of
the friends of temperance, of the very highest im
portance. I need not stop here to show why this
is so; I need not tell the school bo} 7 that intemper
ance is now the besetting sin of Europe and Amer
ica. I need not say what lias again and again
been proven, that intemperance lias been, is, and
will, as long as legalized, continue to be the fore
runner—the immediate cause of nineteen twen
tieths of the crimes with which our criminal courts
are disgraced. These are facts known to exist,
though too often sneered at by those who are seek
ing high places at the hands of the dear people.
But if asked to suggest a remedy, I cannot, dare
not say that one is immediately at hand, but me
thinks, the foundation may he laid upon which the
glorious superstructure may be reared. “ Where
there is a will, there is away.” I say then if our
professions are not all from the lips outward, let
us begin our work with a zeal commensurate with
the end in view. Let us stand boldly up to the
principles we profess, and let all be as warm and
energetic advocates iu their out-door intercourse -
with the world as they have been in their Divis
ions. And to one and all I would say, that what
ever may have been our political bias, let us throw i
it, and all other weights, • that doth so easily be- <
set us,” to the idle winds—let us take up our scrip <
and staff, and with the sword of moral reform let :
US ° n ~* H ° ly War * Tru * have not cho- i
sen a eader, but as if 1 rovidence had graciously ‘
smild upon our cause, one has been selected for 1
U 8 who has long since gained renown by the j
achievements of his towering intellect and indom
itable zeal —one who canvassed Troup, making
heavy sacrifices and personal enemies by fijs bold
attacks upon .the vile sinks of iniquity where* %
law, men are poisoiied, women made destitute stud
orphans beggard. ; ***&!**■
Ht. Editor, have I overdrawn the picture? I
speak only wfiat I have heard. 4 have no per
sonal acquaintance with the distinguished gentle
man deferred to. Is it true that Ben. Hill, (not
Judge Hill,) of Troup did on one or more occa
sions, do honorable battle in.the, glorious cause.—
If it bsao, I would not wait for a formal declara
tion trom the two candidates. We are not likely.
to have the cold shoulder given to us by aYrjrfeian
whose interest it is to secure our votes, and espe
cially when temperance is popular in theory. For
one I am for taking the man who has had the
moral courage to act, to work for the cause, and
therefore I propose-that you, whose proud prerog
ative it is to go forward as our standard bearer,
shall once more throw our banner to the breeze
and invite all who have enlikled, or who will vol
unteer, to come forward and do battle beneath its
silken folds. Then we shall see if there be trai
tors in 4he camp—then we shall see if any will
prove recreant to their trust.
Mr. Editor, T would not be misunderstood; I am
not for Mr. Hill because he belongs to the Ameri
can party, I do not belong to that party, and it
is but proper that I state my ignorance in a great
measure, of men and things in Georgia, anil it
may be that my zeal on the present occasion has
gone,ahead of my knowledge; if so, and it shall
turn out that Judge Brown is a better friend to
temperance than Mr. Hill, I will cheerfully yield
him jny support, but I insist that we shall present
one bold and united,,front, and that we go into
battle resolved to conquer or die in the last ditch.
A REGULAR.
For the Crusader,
Synopsis of the Proceedings of the Grand
Lodge Knights of Jericho.
Griffin, Ga., July Ist, 1857.
The National Lodge met at Temperance Hall
and proceeded to business, Bro. Z. Norton presid
ing, and Bro. W. J. Dobbins Recorder, pro tern.
Various resolutions were read and discussed. Ad
journed to 9 ©clock to-morrow morning.
July 2d—Lodge met according to adjournment.
The committee appointed by this Lodge on the
Constitutions and Ritual, through their Chairman,
Bro. Strickland, made a compreheuseve and sat
isfactory report, which was received and unani
mously adopted. The report recommends that
rigid economy be used for the purpose of freeing
the Lodge from debt, with which it is said to be
encumbered ; and that as few changes as possible
be made at present, but thinks it important that
each subordinate Lodge be allowed a direct rep
resentation in the National Lodge jn addition to
the three representatives now allowed each Grand
Lodge, Ac. In consideration of the picnic to
morrow evening and the celebration on the fourih,
it was then agreed to adjourn til next Monday,.
3 o’clock, P. M.
July 6th—Lodge met according to adjournment
aud proceeded to l>us : ness. The following reso
lution, offered by Bro. Perdue, was taken up and
adopted :
Resole 1, That each subordinate Lodge at the
last meeting iu each September elect by ballot,
two representatives to the National Lodge, and
that each of said subordinate Lodges be allowed
an additional representative for every fifty mem
bers belonging to said Lodge, who.shall hold their
office for one year. Other resolutions were taken
up and disposed of. It was also determined, on
motion of Bro. Wright, that certain portions of
the Ritual hereafter be omitted, &e., to-wit: the
arrangements embraced in small type on page 9,
then proceed nearly as heretofore to the end of the
13th line on page 10; omit all between the words
“but,” in the 10th, and “ will,” in the 36th line
on the 12th page, then proceed to the 9th line on
the 13th page, then omit to ode No. 2, then pro
ceed as heretofore, omitting only the 3d sentence
on page 16. Also omitting all between the word
“ present,” 20th line, 33d page to last small type
on page 35. It was then determined that the an
nual meeting of the National Lodge, on the last
Tuesday in October next, be held in the city of
Macon, Ga.
Resolved , That a Synopsis of the proceedings
of this meeting be sent to the Temperance Cru
sader for publication, with request that all papers
friendly to the cause of Humanity, Temperance A
Charity, also publish the same.
W. J. DOBBINS, Recorder pro tem.
For the Crusader.
Mu. Editor :—ln my first communication, which
you did me the honor to publish in your paper, I
stated my opinion to be this : That the friends of
Temperance ought to support no man as a candi
date for the Legislature, who will not vote for a
law empowering the people of each county to pre
vent the establishment of any dram-shops in that
county, and to repress all that may already exist
therein. Before I proceed to enumerate the reas
ons which have led me to this opinion, it becomes
necessary for me to answer, if possible, some argu
ments against the course which I advocate. Some
of out; friends say that we can do nothing except
by moral suasion.
They contend that if fre go on as we have been
doing—say nothing about prohibition, and do all
that we can to make our Temperance Societies in
teresting and attractive, we will soon see the dawn
of a brighter day in Georgia. Well, let us see.—
We have tried moral suasion for a long time, and
we are glad to say that it has done much. It has
removed the cloud of mortification and misery
from many a darkened household, Thus much
has it done. What has it failed to do ? We need
only ask the question. The cause of Temperance
is certainly declining, and we sometimes hear wise
men say that unless the work of reformation is
speedily begun, and vigorously carried on to its
consumation, before ten years are past, three-fourths
of the citizens of Georgia will be habitual drunk
ards. Be this as it may, we are certainly fast los
ing ground, though we are doing all that we can
by moral suasion. To what shall we resort ? The
only course that prevents itself to my mind is the
of the license system. An incident which
took place in Connecticut drying the Colonial times
may serve to illustrate my position. That colony
jy a8 -<jP uc h harassed, iu 1637, by the Pequot Tft
<liaii3. 7 lie peaceable settlers acted gn the defen
sive for some time; tut the continued depredation
of the savages them into active rueak
ures. They sent a ctuppauy of’ troops against]
- 1 *
Fort Mystic, the principal station of the enemy.—
Tint little band boldly attacked the Fort, and for
a tiprie seemed to be succeeding ; but at length
Captain Mason, seeing that superior numbers were
over'powering his troops, cried, “We must bum
them,” and seizing a fire-brand he applied it to a
wigwam. His men did likewise, and soon the
Fort was a heap of smouldering ruins. The In
dians were put to rout—almost annihilated. They
troubled the colony no more. So in the Temper
nnd cause we have been too dilatory ; we begin
to be over borne. We will have to burn the Fort
and then we shall pervail over the savage fqe.—
But then we are told that surface is too small. —
Not so ; it is true that if ull who differ from us
are our enemies, we are too few ; but if all who
profess to be our friends will assist us in our praise
worthy struggle for the law which we need, we
can have it passed. At any rate, it can do no
harm to try, and we can use moral suasion at the
same time. We have a great work to do, and
each one can find some part to perform. -The
harvest truly is great but the laborers are few. —
Then let us all. go to work together, and work
without bickering 4 , without dispondency, without
cessation each in his chosen way if it needs be so,
but none throwing any hinderance in the way of
another. ONE OF MANY.
Sparta, July 20, 1857,
For the Crusader.
Prohibition Hill, Ga., July SO, 1857.
Dear Seals —Though I do not write this for pub
lication, yet having occasion to write on business, I
cannot forbear giving you a few particulars in regard
to a visit to Carrol county. I lectured on Tuesday
last, before Candler Division and the public, near
Hickory Level P. Q., one of the best neighborhoods
in Carroll. I was aided by the Rev. P. H. Skeen,
who I can assure you, is a most effective speaker on
Temperance. He (Skeen,) spoke at 10 o’clock, A.
M.; after which, in the Grove, we had a beautiful
Pic Nic repast The people having assembled again,
I spoke one hour and a half; called for volunteers,
and 37 gave their names, 21 ladies and 16 gentlemen,
and were all initiated in the evening. Continue to
sound your clarion loud and long—our cause is up
ward. I got too, 12 or 14 new subscribers for you ;
I left the names with Rev. J. Brice, as all were not
ready to pay; he will forward the money and names
to you. Please acknowledge Rev. J. Brice, as agent
at Hickory Level P. 0., Carroll county, he wili, I
think, be of service to you.
Though my business, and now unpleasant condi
tion, forbid my travelling as formerly, yet they are
calling for me from various places.
Respectfully, &c. D. P. JONES.
C| t Ccmpcntncc Cnisakr.
PENFIEIJD, GEORGIA.
Thursday Morning, August 6, 1857.
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AGE NTS.
’ ELNEWMON *..... Athens.
, JESSE W JACKSON, Buck Head.
’ JOHN M HUEY. Bowden,
RH GREENE Columbus,
’ CEMIMS
, ALBERT G RANKS Covington.
’ J N SCOTT Calhoun.
M P SCALES CarnesVHß Ga.
M W VANDIVERK, Dalton, Ga.
. TJWIDUAMS, Etherage.
WW CARNES Fort Valley.
> IV M WATTS Franklin, Ga.
JABK BRASWELL, Fairborn, Ga.
JESSE M CAMPBELL, Griffin, Or.
J H PUCKETT, Hog Mountain.
I REWHir.HAW Louisville, (la.
JM DORSET, Leo, Ga.
• W A MORRIS, Marietta.
J C C BURNETT ..Macon.
i JA J HARRELL Milledgevill, Ga.
, BA CARSON, Orangeburg SO.
D PRICE Pickens C. H.,. C.,
II D MOORE, Pleasant Hill.
WM M HUMPHREY, Powelton.
JOHN M NEEL,
’ B C JOHNSON, Rome Ga,
K A KING Roswell.
J M PINKSTON Sparta.
J D 8R00ME,.... Tallahassee, Fla.
1 W F MORGAN, Tenn'lle, Ga.
ABNER STANLEY, . - Traveling Apt.
WM M BURNIECE, Warrington, Fla.
REV. LEWIS PARKER, Walterboro.’ S. C.
REV. J. BRICE, Hickory Level, Ga.
J C CALDWELL, Traveling Agent in
Hall and Habersham counties, Ga.
A full fist of receipts wifi appear in the next
issue.
—
llon. Linton Stephens will address the citizens of
Greene County, in Greenesboro,’ on Tuesday of
Court week, in September next.
Unde Dabney Jones
Has consented to deliver an
address to Lithonia Division, and the community, on
Thursday, the 13th inst. He has also accepted a
similar invitation at Point Peter, on the 20th inst.
m*n
The Board of Trustees
Seemed to have a large
amount of business to transact during the Com
mencement, and we were, pleased to see so many of
them present. They unanimously elected Col. Rich
ard M. Johnston, of Sparta, President of the Univer
sity, but he peremptorily declined the honor tender
ed him ; Boyce of Carolina, was then elected. Mr.
Woodfin, tutor, was raised to a regular Professor in
the Sanders Professorship. The Preparatory School
they gave up to the eitizens of the village, and placed
the fifth class under the instruction of the Faculty,
as it was a few years since.
Mr. J. F. Swanson,
The Agent for raising the
endowment of the Sanders Professorship, resigned
the Agency. Mr. T. J. Burney was elected to fill
his place.
JagF” Owing to an excessive amount of necessary
Job Work for the Commencement Exercises, wewere
unable to issue any paper Inst week. We hope our
friends, will appreciate our position and pardon the
omission.
Rev. C, W. Stevens.
This gentleman, much to
the regret of his friends and those of the institution,
has resigned his position in the Georgia Female t'ul
lage. His talents and accomplishments eminently fit
him for such a station, and the Board will find diffi
culty id filing the chair with equal ability. They
had selected, we learn, Rev. T. B. Cooper to supply
the vacancy, hut had not ascertained whether or not
| be would accept. * %
; ■ BT-The bustle and confusion in our little town I
Wtts so great during the last few days, that we were
obliged to neglect a number of important communi
cations. They are hdwever, receiving attention at
this, time, and all our friends will hear from im very
shortly.
Liberal Donation.
Hon. Linton Stephens has given the hundred
dollars toward endowing the Sanders Professorship
ofMercer University. A few such noble-hearted,
generous-minded men, would raise the amount de
sired in a short tirno.
Apology to our Warren Friends.
Our failure
to meet the School and citizens of a portion of our
old native county was altogether Providential. In
disposition produced by exhaustion from passing
through the Commencement excitement most plead
our defence tor not tilling the appointment. It
would have given us the greatest pleasure to have
met our friends of that section of the county, for near
there is the homestead of our infancy and eaily
youth. We love the whole county arid all its citi
zens, and are obedient to their commands at any and
all times.
Preparatory School.
We are pleased to learn,
from our young friend JtfcGinty, i hat he has consent
ed to take charge of our Preparatory School the
next Term. lie is a regular graduate with the last
class, of the University, well qualitied to teach, and
goes into it with the determination to build up a
school worthy .of public confidence; —we heartily
wish him abundant success.
£IF“ See his Advertisement in this paper.
-
Mr. Wm. A. Harris,
Os Sparta, has been unani
mously elected Professor of Natural Science in the
Methodist Female College located at LaG range.—
The Selection is a capital one, and while we would
sympathize with the friends of Education in Sparta
in losing Mr. Harris, we would congratulate the pu
pils and patrons of the LaGrange College on securing
him as an instructor in their Institution. In the es
timation of all his numerous Patrons in Hancock,
he has proved himself to be a fiae educator. —•
His ambition, untiring energy, thorough education,
and refined manners, render him competent to teach
and eminently qualify him to fill, with great suc
cess, the high post to which he has been called.
We learn that he will not leave Sparta until the
first of next year.
Georgia Female College.
Having accepted a special invitation from the gen
tlemanly President, we were present at the Com
mencement of tin's institution, and have now taken
up-our pen with the purpose of giving some faint
expression of the pleasure wo realized in witnessing
the exercises. We arrived too late to hear much of
the examination ; but if what we did hear be a fair
sample of the whole, we may safely speak of it in
the highest terms of commendation. The Junior
Class, in Logic, and the Senior in Astronomy, ac
quitted themselves in a manner very creditable to
themselves and their instiuetors. Whether or not
public examinations are calculated to produce bene
ficial results, is a question admitting of different an
swers, and one which we are not at present disposed
to decide.
On Tuesday morning at 0 o’clock the Junior exhi
bition opened. Os the twenty-two young Ladies
who took their stations on the Stage, there was not
one who did not nobly perform her part. We were
agreeably surprised at the clearness ami distinctness
with which hey read their compositions. They could
without difficulty he heard to the farthest extrem
ity of the room. Yet wore they, “no race of Ami
zons,” as some squeamish advocate of female mod
esty might be led to believe ; for though dignified in
their manner, none of them exhibited the least ap
pearance of boldness The exercises were most agree
ably interspersed with charming music; but the
grand display in this department, was reserved for
night. Os this we fear to speak our real opinion,
lest we be charged with extravagance, and partiality
resulting from relationship. We will only say that
it reflected the greatest credit upon Prof. Seals for
his taste in arrangement and selection, and upon the
young Ladies for their skill in execution. We have
never attended :i Musical entertainment of any sim
ilar kind, which afforded us more sincere pleasure ;
and it was an opinion universally expressed that a
better Concert had never been given in Madison.
At an early hour on Wednesday morning the spa
cious Chapel Room was thronged by the beauty and
intelligence of Madison, together with respectable
delegations from almost every portion of the State.
The Graduating Class (13 in number) made their ap
pearance with their contributions, in the form of well
written compositions on tastefully selected themes.
’ Owing to the noise in the rear of the room, some of
them supposed they w ere “ wasting their sweetness
on the desert air,” Wo can assure such however,
that they were heard by most of those best calcu
lated to appreciate their efforts. All did w r ell, very
well. We must forbear making invidious distinc
tions, and compliment each one for the vigor and
elegance of style exhibited in their compositions.—
Should ambition incite them to employ those intel
lectual gifts with which God has endowed them, wc
predict for some of them conspicuous places in the
bright coronet of jewels which year by yoar is being
formed around the brow of their Alma Mater. But
just here we would sa}’ that the amiable and intelli
gent Professor of Belles Let tree is not sufficiently care
ful as to the Rhetorical figures which frequently ap
pear in the Compositions of the young Ladies. The
parting address of Pres. Brown was tender, pathetic
and appropriate, not unmarked by dignity and beau
ty. Though unblessed with that ready How of lan
guage, which is the result of long practice only, he
possesses a manner by no means unpleasing.
The exercises of the occasion were closed by the
literary address before the Melpomenean Society by
Col. D. W. Lewis, of Sparta. His theme was “The
imperfections and follies of the present system of
female education.” Though evidently fettered by
his manuscript, he held the audience iuterested for
more than an hour and a half. The address was
well received.
Thus passed off the Commencement of the Geor
gia Female College without a murmur of dissatisfac
tion from any of the large crowd which attended.
The claims of this institution to the support of the
Baptists of Georgia are neither small or few. It is
the oldest monument of their liberality and energy
in behalf of female education. Will they allow it to
rise no higher ? Shall the work which has gone so
bravely on now be stopped ? We believo not. If the
Trustees and Facility will conjointly set themselves
to correct those error* which Cob Lewis, with truth- ;
fdl candor, pointed out, the Georgia Female College
will rial, and attain a brighter day than any she has ,
yet seen.
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Mercer University.
The long agony is over. Commencement is come
and gone. The hurry* noise, hustle and confusion
which for three days and nights pervaded every por
tion of our village, have changed into peaceful quiet,
as sink the waves of the ocean when a calm steals
over her bosom. The bright happy laces of jnany
welcome friends have passed away like the sweet
indescribable faintness of a dream. Memory be
comes deeply tinged with the hue of sadness as she
lingers over the events of the past few days.
But we have rallied ourwearied faculties to give
a description, not. to indulge in a strain of sentiment
tal reflections.* Our Literary Festival Itfg-in with the
Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. J. -E. Ryerson, of Au
gusta. Although the morning was gloomy nn<k
seemed to threaten rain, almost every seat in the low
er part of our Chapel was filled, with many in the
gallery. His theme was “True Greatness,” which
he bandied with a logical skill and elegance of dic
tion which we have seldom seen equalled, and never
surpassed. Judged by the rules of art, he is neither
correct in his inflections, or graceful in his gesticu
lations, but be possesses qualities of oratory much
to be preferred above these; an original fund of
thought, a ready command of his mother tongue in
all its purity, and an enthusiasm that throws his
whole soul into every word he utters. Mr. It.’s rep
utation wiil never be more than commensurate with
his merits; lor his style and manner are eminently
calculated to do good. The Sermon at night, before
the Young Men’s Missionary Society 7, by Rev. J. II-
J DeVotie, w r as not character anything remark
able either in expression or thought. His subject,
“ The Signs of the Times,” was discussed at great
length, and with considerable ability 7 .
Monday morning broke upon us in gloom ; a thick
mantle ot eastern clouds veiling every .part of the
heavens, and oppressing the spirits of all. Notwith
standing this great disadvantage, the young men
exhibited themselves in a manner fully equal if not
superior to any we havo ever witnessed. The clear
ness and distinctness of enunciation was observed by
every hearer, and was one of the highest features of
their excellence. On the distribution of prizes to
the successful competitors, the first was awarded to
Mr. J. C. Brown, of Newman, and the second to
Messrs. Jenkins and Everett,
On Tuesday morning, at half-past ten o’clock, the
Junior Exhibition was opened by an appropriate
prayer from Rev. J. H. Campbell. Os the eleven
young men who made their appearance upon the
rostrum, there was none who sank below mediocrity.
There was throughout it a degree of sameness which
impaired its general effect. But even with this defect
we have witnessed few Junior Exhibitions by which
it was surpassed or even equalled.
We would respectfully solicit the ladies to make
the bestowment of their floral favors on these occa
sions, more as rewards of merit, than tokens of per
sonal popularity.
In the afternoon, at 4 o’clock, Daniel Walker, Esq
delivered the Alumni Oration, upon the Perpetuity
of our Government. In his address, he assumed’a
strong position upon morality as the basis of perma
nency. Ilis speech was handsomely delivered and
well received, lie concluded with a very beautiful
little address to the Alumni Association.
As is almost always the case, the exercises of
Commencement Day, fell rather behind the Junior
Exhibition in point of excellence. Six weeks of
“flying round,” unfits young men for making that
show which they would otherwise do. Yet did thev
do themselves no discredit.
After the close of the regular exercises, the prizes
were awarded to the Sophomore declaimers, by Col.
D. W. Lewis, preceded by a highly appropriate aik
dress.
At 4 o’clock in the afternoon, the lion. Linton
Stephens addressed the two Literary Societies. His
address though inappropriate to the occasion, was
sound and full of sense. He advanced some ortho
dox ideas upon the error that the majority has the
right to rule; also upon the necessity of electing
moral, upright men to office.
Thus passed the Commencement of Mercer Uni
versity—.we confidently believe to the general satis
faction of the large crowd of visitors who honored it
by their presence. It gives us a sincere pleasure to
see that our Alma Mater still maintains that high
order of excellence in her public exhibitions, for
which she has long been renowned. So may it ever
be.
ErSP’ Gardens, smoke-houses, hen-houses, and
flour-barrels in Penfield, are feeling much easier
since the departure of the crowd. Our own large
quantity of home-reared chickens seem to have dis
appeared almost unanimously. Now and then you
see one strutting around in conscious dignity, and
with a proud croak rejoicing that he escaped the foul
(fowl) slaughter.
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thousands of volumes of useless trash, tens of thou
sands of papers would die out, and the world would
be far purer and happier than now.
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