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For the Crusader.
The Great Question.
Mk. Editor: —At present there is but little
doing in the temperance department, while Prince
Alcohol is making great, and successful efforts to
regain his former hold. Shall we continue longer
to sit upon the “stool of do nothing,” and suffer
our enemies again to sow thorns and thistles where
we have planted the olive and myrtle? We have
been doing but little for a long lime; ‘ liquordom
lias been active, stirring, mo dug, blasting, ruin
ing and destroying all the while. It is of great
importance to ascertain the cause of our decline,
then the right remedy will naturally suggest it
self. I have had my eye upon the temperance
movement all the while, from the beginjng to the
present. Several years ago, we were in a pros
perous condition, notwithstanding the objection able
character of some of the features of the order.—
We held Temperance meetings often, and the
mo9t powerful, and searching moral suasion argu
ments were brought to bear upon the minds of
the people, and the Temperance car was rolling
swiftly up the mountain, and bid fair soon to reach
the summit— but all at once the cry came loom
ing over the land, that we must lay moral suasion
upon the shelf, and use legal suasion in lieu there
of. That the former had done all that it could do
and now that we must give a finishing stroke to
the work, and raise an impervious rampart around
jt, by the strong arm of the law. Never was
there a greater mistake. Moral suasion bad rot
done its work—had not mors than Irkl the foun*
daticn, when a few noble, true, but over sanguine
koroes killed the goose that was laying tho gold
en eggs—a mighty eiloit was made—old Georgia
was thoroughly test, and the result was, six thous
and votes !
Such a result lias poured cold water upon the
fires ofe Georgia to such an extent, that there is
scarcely any heat left in the ashes! Nearly all the Divi
sions seem to be dving, and. the once active friends
of Temperance, seem to be in a Mate of despair,
having no disposition to embark in a Temperance
enterprise of any kind. We still continue linked
to “legal suasion” and the “order of the Sons,” not
withstanding the people are utterly unprepared for
the former, and as for the latter, it has been dead
k 'dis tree weeks,” but its friends are determined not
to bury it, until its successor appears.
I understand that in some few neighborhoods
some of the roots of this great tree are still alive,
and I would say keep them alive as long as possi
ble, but the tree itself is too near dead to continue
longer to measure branches with the Bohon Upas.
We need one that is competent to spread its green
foliage far and wide, over the kingdom of liquor
dom;
I did hope that the State Temperance Conven
tion would do something, but like the mountain
in labor, it “brought forth a mouse.” True a com
mittee was appointed to interrogate the guberna
torial candidates, to ascertain which one is a “leetle ”
the brightest on the Temperance question, but
this will amount to nothing, or my judgement is
at fault. It is preposterous to suppose that either
one of the candidates will commit political suicide
in order to secure three thousand votes ; and a
larger number we could not expect to lay aside
their political prejudices. Wo may tickle the can
didate, but it will be like the gnat upon the bull’s
horn. We have suffered ourselves to bo the sport
of political parties long enough. We are like boys
trying to assume the stature of men by mounting
stilts. However humiliating it may be to our
pride, we will have once more to step down upon
terra frma, and wait till we grow a little more.—
Then with lofty aspirations beating in our nearis,
we soar aloft on eagles’ wings.
But another point: “Prohibition Crusader” is
a strong and elegant writer, and the plan that lie
proposes for carrying on tho Temperance work,
looks very plausible, and may be the very idea,
but “ all that glitters is not gold.” lie says that
this “ plan” was set on foot once, but from “ some
cause” did not flourish. Well, it is necessary to
know what this “some cause” was. If this “some
cause,” prevented the “plan” when it “was first
constituted,” from enjoying even an ephemeral
existence, how can it live now, when the miasma
tic fogs of Intemperance have again sprung up on
on every hand ? And when we reflect that onp of
the strong objections to the “order of the Sons,” is
its tax upon the purse, and that the pocket nerve
of many has already become jaded, is it reasona
ble to suppose they will embrace “Crusader’s
plan,” with thousands of dollars linked on to its
tail ? However, lam ready to battle upon any
man’s plan as soon as it is adopted. I have
thrown my scabbard to the winds, and shall not
sheathe roy sword again I hope, while a doggery
curses the Lord’s foot-stool. As for Temperance
tracts, the Crusader is just as good a, tract as I
desire to put into any man’s house, and I am tru
ly glad that some have found opportunity to in
crease the list of subscribers; all should do so
w henever the fiance presents itself.
In conclusion, I will suggest a plan myself for
carrying out the reformation to a successful termi
nation, if suclv a termination is comeatible in a
wicked degenerate world like this. My idea is
this: In view of the great amount of preparatory
work that is necessary yet to be done, let us estab
-1 sb again those good old-fashioned Temperance
Societies, with such improvements as experience
suggests. Each one of said Societies should be
supplied with the necessary officers, and an appro
priate creed. .Strict discipline should be kept up;
regular monthly meetings—with such a bond of
union among the Societies of each County aa may
le thought advisable. It should be made the du
ly of the President to see that a Temperance ho
ture is given at each meeting, if he has it to do ‘
it himself. Ihese meetings would ho regularly |
heartfuntil a foundation bidhd and de^, would be
-laid ia the great public hid. The citizens then
would naturally Him to jeyol suasion ; there
would be ho necessity lor facing it upon them.
It is impossible to make them iHe tlie strong arm
of -the law, before they are willing, iu a Republic
like this. Ido not know positively what is beat,
but I am ready to act with others in any way, for
the suppression of Intemperance. NTH
Jefftnon CoMiiiy* Oa .
Hon. B. H. Hill’s Letter of Acceptance.
Milledgevh-LK, July Hth 1857.
Hon. B. H. Hill .—bear Sir —The <totiy|)fa been
devolved upon the undersigned to notify you qf your
unanimous nominationby a Convention of the Ame
rican party of Georgia, as their candidate for Gov
ernor, and to request your acceptance thereof.
Permit ns, sir, to say, that could you have wit
nessed, not only the entire unanimity, but the en
thusiasm with which this nomination was made, by
one of the most intelligent and respectable Conven
tions ever Holden in the State by any party, its ac
ceptance would hardly be a question of debate with
yourself. And, permit us, also, to add, that your,
nomirfipon has literally enforced one of the leading
and most cherished Principles of the | arty you are
called to represent: “ The office has sought the can
didate.
Personally assured, as we are, and as was the en-
tire Convention, of your reluctance to accept this
position, we nevertheless, entertain the hope, that
we shall be enabled promptly, to report your accept
ance to those whose committee we are.
Accept the assurance of the high regard, with
which wo are,
Very respectfully, your obedient svts.
Dinks Hoi. t, )
R. J. Mono an, [- Committee.
J. W. Jonhs, \
LaG range, Ga., July 20, 1857.
Gentlemen —Your letter informing me of my unan
imous nomination by the American State Conven
tion. as their candidate for Governor, has been re
ceived.
The manner in which this nomination has.been
tendered, forbids that T should longer interpose
objections of a private and personal nature, which I
have heretofore uniformly urged to the candidacy
for any office during this canvass. When 1 add to
this generous confidence of iny political friends, the
assurances which I have already received from many
gentlemen of the opposition, that they will give me
their support, as the most effectual means in their
judgment of rebuking the late startling outrages in
Kansas, T am left no alternative but to accept the
nomination, and to accept with a firm determination
to do my whole duty, to the best of my humble abil
ity—not simply to the American Party, but to the
whole country, and the great questions involved.
In the South, we have all, heretofore, been io
favor of the great doctrine of non-intervention. We
have differed only as to the best method of securing
that doctrine, and of guarding against its invasion.
But it does seem io me that there can be no differ
ences of opinion as to the fact that this great princi
ple has recently been, and is now being, most wan
tonly violated.
I insist, emphatically, that the people of Kansas,
the voters under the act of the Territorial Legisla
ture, through their delegates in Convention assem
bled, had the right, not only “to form and regulate
their domestic institutions,” but to do so in “ their
own v.ay,” The General Government had no right
to open its inouth, directly or indirectly, for or
against either the substance or the way, except to
furnish them protection in -the exercise of their
rights. When, therefore, Gov. Walker objected to
the plan, or officially uttered one word concerning
the plan, which then qualified voters were pursuing,
he intervened ; when he prescribed a different plan
(as lie did,) he dictated; and when be went jtorther
and declared that his (Walker's) plan must be adop
ted, or the Constitution would and ought to be reject
ed by Congress, h q threatened; and when he declar
ed that, if his plan was not adopted, he and the
President would join the Republicans in opposition
to what he admitted to be the legally constituted
authorities in Kansas, he hectored, and that most
insolently. The great land grants and wonderful
future power of the State of Kansas, to result from
her speedy admission into the Union, under his plan,
was to bribe the qualified voters ahd their delegates;
the large Indian cotton territory to be organized
South of Kansas was a bribe for Southern acquies
cence, and the isothermal argument against slavery
in Kansas was to conciliate the Black Republicans,
and discourage a Southern immigration of slaves;
and all this, accompanied with professions of non
intervention, was simply defective.
When, with, a knowledge of all these facts, Mr.
Buchanan did not repudiate the conduct of his agent
and recall him ; but, on the contrary, declared he
acted “ with wisdom and justice,” he became no bet
ter than Walker himself, and is solely responsible.
The Kansas Nebraska bill had two constructions
during the canvass—a Northern and Southern con
struction, Mr. Buchanan really believed in the
Northern construction; indeed, he and Walker ori
ginated the doctrine contained in the Northern con
struction. But he was supported in the South, un
der the Southern Democratic view of the Kansas bill,
and was elected. But before his election ov qualifi
cation, the Territorial Legislature of Kansas had
adopted a change in the qualification of voters from
that prescribed by the Kansas bill, and were pro
ceeding to call their Constitutional Convention ac
cordingly. Through these legal voters and the folly
of the Black Republicans, Kansas was certainly to be
a slave State. ‘This, Mr. Buchanan had said, through
Senator Bigler, he did not desire. The Territorial
Act must be gotten rid of. How ? It would not be
repealed, as Walker confessed. Gov. Geary had
vetoed it in vain. The plan was to evade the Act,
by felling back on the Northern construction of the
Kansas bill, and insist that while the Convention
might frtjtm, yet all the “actual resident settlers”
must vote upon the Constitution before it should be
adopted and thus give full effect to the great prepon
derance of Northern and Foreign immigration. No
better man for the movement could be Found than
Walker. He had all the time said that tinder the
real principles of the Kansas bill she must come in
a free State. It required a bold movement. It has
been boldly accomplished. Will the South ratify
the act, and thus be pledged forever to the princi
ples?
I can see how honest men were misled, under the
circumstances of the canvass, to support Mr. Buch
anan. Now, the deception is palpable and admitted
I am unable to see their consistency in continuing
to sustain him. The Americans endeavored to ex
pose these very principles during the canvass, by
showing Mr. Buchanan’s opinion and the difference
between the Legislation of 1850, on which Mr. Fill
more stood, and the Kansas bill. We were not
heeded. We have no abuse for them who honestly
differed with us. But now that evils are seen which
we humbly predicted, we ask all patriots to join, and
let us, as equals, condemn the wrong and thus pre
vent it from becoming a precedent.
On this subject I have.been thus explicit, because
I believe no man can be safely trusted with power
who, on this issue doubts, hesitates or evades.
It is useless to say, I approve the platform re-af
firmed and adopted by the Convention. There is no
word or act of my life in conflict with the great prin
ciples enunciated.
In the midst of excitement on National issues, we
should not lose sight of our State interests. Before
the next State election in 1858, another National
contest, already heralded as a vital one, will be ap
proaching, and now is the opportune time wisely to
arrange onr home affairs. [ regret that our Demo
cratic friends were so thoughtless of the millions in
volved in our State issues as not even to take position
on them. Born, reared and educated in “Georgia *
having all my interests, feeling that my destiny it
self is here, I must be false to myself before I can be
false to my State; and should her voters see proper
to elevate me to the Cnlef Magistracy, I shall carry
into office the honest purpose, under Providence, to
do my duty, regarding none as my friends but the
friends of my native State, and none as my enemies
but her enemies.
Yours, very truly,
B. H. HILL.
Messrs. Hines R. J. Morgan, J. W. Jones,
Committee. • _
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Thursday Morning, August 13, 1R67.
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JBBSE W JACKSON, Buck Head.
JOHN M HUKY.fo. Bowden,
Kfl OR!?ENR Columbus,
OK Id I MS
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REV. J. BRICE, Hiokory Level, Ga.
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A Dumber of acceptable Communications are
on file in our drawer, and will appear in due time.
pgf” We are .pleased to welcome Cora Logan to
our list of Female Contributors.
“ The Marriage Contract,”
Which has appear
ed in the two preceding issues, and is now concluded
in this, is a very interesting and ingenious romance.
Readers would enjoy it much more by getting the
papers containing it and read it all in connection.
The Article
From Taliaferro in reply to TJnue
Populi , has no responsible name to it, and of course,
cannot be published.
Hob. B. H. Overby
Has been nominated by the
American Party of Fulton, for the Legislature.
The American Party
Os this County, which
met in Greenesboro’ on the first Tuesday of this
month, decided not to nominate candidates for the
Legislature. Henco all the candidates are indepen
dent. Maj. It. L. McWhorter, Col. Jno. Armstrong,
and Miles ft. Lewis, Esq., are out for the House, and
Geo. 0. Dawson, Esq., for the Senate.
m ■ > .
One of Uie Candidates
Says, with all the light
be can get, before hirn, he’s agin the “ Isothermal
argument ” and the “ ConsoUdarity of the peopled’
He sa ya them's his polities, if he knows what they
moan; as we cou'd not debate those two metaphysi
cal points with him, we told him he was the expo
nent of our position upon them, and tce'd go mil
him.
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s2§T*Tho Prohibitionists of New York hold a State
Convention at Rochester, on the 30th of September,
to nominate a State ticket.
first bale of cotton last year reached
New Orleans, wc believe, on the 15th of July. It
is now the morning of the 7th of August, and we
have not heard of a bale.
<iei
fyThc American Convention which met at
Americus on the 30th ult., nominated by acclama
tion, the Hon. W. H. Crawford of Terrell, as their
candidate for Congress
-S£?F“G over nor Johnson has appoin ted George D.
Rice, Esq., of Cobb county, Judge of the Blue Ridge
Circuit, in place of Hon. Joseph. E Brown, resigned.
are informed that the returns of Tax Re
ceivers received at the office of the Comptroller Gen
eral show an increase in the value of taxable prop
erty in almost every county in tho State. If so, the
State tax w ill be reduced by the next Legislature.
The Tax Returns of Greene County,
The following is a computed list of the Tax Re
turns of this County. We extract it from the Book
of the Receiver.
P 0115...... -.780
Professions. 22
Free Persons of Color 10
Children between 8 and 16 years, 80,5
Number of slaves ...8,230
Acres of land Ist quality 13’
do do 2d do 47,592
do do 3d do 208,740
Acres of pine land •. .27,469*
Aggregate value of land $1,820,778
Aggregate value of city and town propt’y,. .249,654
Aggregate value of slaves 3,564,288
Money and solvent debts of all kinds 750,976
Merchandize. 108,490
All other capital invested in stocks of
any kind, manufactories, &c .114,186
Value of household and kitchen furni
ture, over S3OO. 23,385
Aggregate value of all other property
not before enumerated, except plan
tation and mechanical tools, annual
cropG, provisions, &c. 330,477
Aggregate value of whole
Tax on professions, dentists, polls, froe
persons of color, &c... $423 00
Coql Water. —The following simple ’ method, it is
said, will keep water almost as cold a s ice: Let the
jar, pitcher, or vessel used for water, the surrounded
with one or more folds of coarse cotfo >n, to be con
stantly wet. The evaporation of the tvater will car
ry off the heat troro the inside aud reduce it to a
freezing point. In India and other tropical climes
where ice cannot be procured, this is ct >mmon. Let
every mechanie nqd laborer have in his place of em
ployment two pitchers thus provided, sand with lids
or covers, one to contain fresh water .for drinking,
the other for evaporation, and he can ai ways liavo a
supply of cold water in warm weather. Any person
can test this by dipping a Anger in watt) r and hold
ing it in the air on a warm day; nftsr doing this
three or fotir times he will find hia finger
ably cold.— Albany Journal,
The clear sunshine after so much Gotuly weather,
is truly revivifying. The rain-clouds which have
Lrooded over terra firms with ref&fttless tenacity
for two weeks, and almost continually sending,
heavy rains upon us, we trust are dispersed for a
season. Such damp, gloomy spells, till tbp soul
with melancholy; paralyzes our energies, and cru
elly obtunds all those finer senses through which we
enjoy the wonderful creations in the material world.
How unfortunate are such spells upott those whose
feelings like onr own, are influenced and controlled
by the weather. For the last two Weeks we have
had a painfully protracted attack of the most miser
able ‘ Bhues /’ But this morning* the brilliant old
day-god drove the clouds from his pathway and rose
in grandeur, and our depressed spirits leaped for
joy. We feel “ light and free as the morning air,”
and balmy breezes fan away the morning fevers from
our brew. The whole earth rejoices in the return
of the warm sunshine.
The Political Canvass.
We truly regret to see the return of another polit
ical campaign in Georgia. It is just now fairly
opening, and though later than the preceding one
two years ago, it promises to be a warmly contested
struggle on ali sides. Justice, humanity, truth, ho
nor, dignity and conscience will all be entombed for
the next two months, and all the bile, slander, vitu
pemtion, mean epithets, and degrading villainy, will
be dug up to reign supremely over the State:—
Newspapers contain nothing but politics, slanders
and wilful misrepresentations of political meetings,
and the positions of candidates for office. It is cer
tainly a little strange how accurate recorders can
make out such triumphant notes for both sides at
one discussion. The candidate of each party “ won
new laurels,” and “came off more than victorious;”
“ proved himself more than a match for his opponent,
and made him cowl under his tremendous argu
ment.” Just this language you find published con
cerning every political meeting of the candidates of
the opposite parties, which has occurred during the
campaign, and oftener than elsewhere you find it in
the Editorial columns of the press. Political meet
ings are always promotive of more evil than good.
They have a direct tendency to make people lie; they
collect the different grades of society together, and
the result is a “‘free tight,” with mean iclrnky as
head man.
Judge Cabiniss
Was appointed, at the State Tem
perance Convention, as a member of the Committee
of five to interrogate the candidates for Governor,
on the subject of Temperance. We notice that he
authorizes the National American to say that he was
not present at the Convention and that his name
was used without his authority, and that if he had
been there he would not have voted to mix temper
ance with politics. The temperance party of Geor
gia have, for a number of years, looked upon Judge
Cabiniss as one of their number, and looking upon
him in that light, they took k for granted that lie
was always ready to do whatever might be deemed
expedient for the advancement of the cause. If it
be for the good of Temperance that we have a tem
perance Governor, it is clear that we will not get
one in sometime to come, unless we are aided in the
effort by one of the political parties of the State.—
Political strifes and party obligations are too absorb
ing to the minds of our people*to allow them to
give the abstract subject of temperance that consid
eration which is due it. How then are we to do ?
Give it up and throw ourselves with the rest into
the seething cauldron of politics ? Or are we to
preach and exhort and persuade, time without end ’t
What effect does moral suasion have upon a man
whose heart, soul, body and eyes are swollen with
political gas ? It is but a “sounding brass and tink
ling symbol, signifying nothing.” We are to go
with the current; we are to have help, and from the
success which has attended the temperance struggle
in other States by calling on the political parties to
aid it, we are convinced of its practicability, and
therefore call on the political parties of Georgia to
aid us. We want temperance to constitute a lead
ing element in the politics of both parties in this State,
but if not both, wo want one of them to make it a
plank in their platform, and we will go with them,
be they Democratic or American. We do most sin
cerely hope that there are in Georgia aspirants for
the office of Governor who would not be ashamed
to carry with them to the Executive Chair the sup
port of temperance men.
“Fair Play,”
In Saturday’s Const, ft n t tonal Ist, we
are informed, very shamefully misrepresents the pro
ceedings of the American meeting in Greenesboro.
lie is in eiror all the way through, and seems to
have labored very hard to manufacture a lie, and a
very unreasonable one indeed did he bring forth.—
It appears like an inevitable result of political meet
ings, is the creation of lying, shallow-brained, news
paper scribblers.
The truth concerning that portion of the proceed
ings which “ Fair Play ” denounces, is this: A mo
tion was made to invite the candidates lor Governor
to speak in Greenesboro, and was upon the eve of
being put by the Chairman, and would have passed
unanimously, but Maj. R. L. McWhorter just then
moved that B. 11. Hill, Esq., be invited by the Amer
ican Party, and that the opposite Party be request
ed to invite Judge Brown to meet him at that point.
The motion passed, and a committee was appointed
to notify the Democratic Party of the resolution,
and they held a meetiog immediately and invited
Judge Brown.
From the spirit and disposition heretofore mani
fested by the American Party of this county, we
presume they are not “ afraid oj discussion. We
make this correction because we like to see the truth
circulated about everything, ecen political meetings.
This Convention was a county affair, and we dislike
to see the proceedings of an honorable body of our
fellow- citizens so basely misrepresented, under the
weak guise of fair play.
A French vietc of the Trouble. —The New 1 ork
Atlas has a curious and characteristic anecdote of a
Frenchman who was disgusted at the recent riots in
New York, simply on account of tins principle upon
which they were conducted. At first learning that
the Dead Rabbits were opposed to constituted au
thority, he joined them with wild enthusiasm, but
retreated in dismay after having been \aid low with
a brick by one Os them, and encountering no better
treatment from the Bowery Boys.
•‘Ah, messieurs,” said he to us, “I no like your
revolution—it not nice, not grande. Bowery Boys
—Dead Rabbins—bah !II est rilain— nasty. They
fight like les murages, like brutes. I saw one man
at the top of la maison throw let tuiles , tiles, you
call them, upon the people and laugh to see them ■
frapptr leur fetes, as if it was yne amusement. But
a man pointed a musket at him and pon ! he tombait
par terre, and den me laugh too. llel he! hej In
Paria we fight pour nne grande idee, but here you
fight pour plomr.”
invite attention to our Advertising^-
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Temperance Meeting.
Pursuant, t<> nunouneement, a respectable por
tion of tin- Temperance men met in Louisville on
tint *i7tii \rf -Inly, tor the purpose ofconsidering
the best :ukV most practicable way of proceeding
during ilie present Gubernatorial canvass.
On'’motion of .lames U. Unstick, K-.q., Rev. W.
D. Hussey #iw called to the ( ‘hair, ami K. A. Ai
r|hg!on requested to act as Stcretnry.
On motion of Nelson Murphy, Ksq., a Comniit
lee of five were appointed to report busitns* for
the action of the meeting.
Mi tinge Murphy, James 11. Bostick, Henry 1\
Watkins, William A. liayles and NeGon Mur
phy were appointed that Committee.
After a few moments retirement, the Commit
tee r ported tin* following preamhle and resolu
tions:
Whereas, The Temp-•rang.; cause. is one of;
great* importance, having for its objee: the welt't re !
of mankind ; and whereas, its advocates should |
unite their efforts in adopting the host, policy in ]
order to accOinp ish its object : Be it therefore
Resolved, That we recommend to the Temper
ancM men of JettVrsou County, the question of
Prohibition, as being the test method of accom
plishing the most good.
Resolved , That in order to succeed, we should
be united in our efforts at the ballot-box, in tin
present Gubernatorial canvass
Resolved, That we believe it best, at present, to
decline the nomination of any person or persons
to represent us in the next Legislature.
Resolved, That in case either party politic, in
their nominations,'should give cs men who will
pledge themselves to do their best by example and
precept for the cause of prohibition, we will blend
our efforts in their support, irrespective of patty
names.
Resolved, That a copy of the above preamble
and resolutions he sent to the different Temperance
Societies of the County aforesat I,
Resolved, That we recommend a meeting to he
held by the friends of Prohibition, on the first
Tuesday in Sep ember next at I.onisvii’e.
Resolved, That a copy of theubive proceedings
be forwarded to the Crusader for publication.
The meeting then adjourned.
Rev. W. J>. HUSSY, T’ns’t.
F. A. Arrington, Sec’iy.
[communicated.]
Madison, Ga., July 10, 1857.
Mr. Editor: —Probably it would be gratifying to
you, to know that we have a flourishing Lodge of
the Older of the Knights of Jericho. Early in the
present year, through the exertions of a youth in this
community, a Lodge was established, and at this
time we have about thirty members. The election
of officers for the present term took place some two
weeks ago, and were installed into office by G. L.
McCiesky, Deputy G. W. (!., viz:
W. 0. L. McPlosky,
N ice W. Win. S Meier*,
Recorder, Cyrus I’..mow,
Tn ri'., Hal l i;i ( 1 Iceland,
Mar Jin;, tl C"i -c T. Sha v,
S!er.Vid, (’har!. ,h • ‘ Si n,
St-ntiiit i, .1 uv i> F lYumplcr,
GuSrd, Lewis S lemon,
Chaplain, Hiivcl K*dsey.
Our i, dgc is vet stnafi, tint its officers ami num
bers arc /-al'ius auv< c ites of onr cause. Thu larger
portion of our members arc young men. We hope,
and endtavo”, not so much to reform inebriates, ns
to save our rot.ng nren from the deg radii g habit of
drinking. I hope in a short time to have the pleas
ure of inf ruling you o r a hr’gc additioi to our
Lodge—both nude and female.
Yours fraternally, ABSALOM.
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pjgFTxiract of a letter to the Ed’tors of the Rc
coid r dated county, G.i, July Rfith, 1857.
There is a great confusion in the Democratic ranks
and many changes. 1 know personly of some five
Democrats who say that they will vote lor the Amer
ican candidate for Governor and Congress in this
District Ben. Hill and Cot. Tidwell met Judge
Brown and Gartrell on the dry before yesterdoy in
New nan. Brown would not submit to the terms of
discussion agreed upon by a comrn ltee <d their friends
for the discussion during the canvass, hut claims the
conclusion in every instance, as he says that he is
not in the habit of stump-speaking and his opponent
is. Ben. Hill areceded to his wishes and has enter
ed the canvass with him upon these terms.
• ►
An Oil Eland ivy Ret Derided . —The X. 5. Trines
tells of a bet which vvus male June in that city,
and published in a inagi/ine ended the Cusf.it, in
June of that year. It seems thm two gentlemen
went to a tavern keeper, and railing for the host,
told him they wanted a siippc- and champagne, on
abet pending between them, provide 1 he would wait
for his pay until the bet was de i led. Banifj.ce
agreed, but his chagrin may be magined w hen, af
ter their .sumptuous meal, Ins customers told him
their bet was to whi -h way the steeple Brick Church
would fall, if it ever did fall. X ‘thing at that time
seemed more improbabio than that the Brick Church
steeple ever would (ad ; nev. rtheless, it did fall the
other day, and fell east at that —the right way for a
church spire to fall. The landlord, it he lives, may
now claim his pay from the V\ estcin man, if be lives.
(leverat Waller —►The Washington correspondent
of the New York Ilerald says, under date of ttie 18th
instant.
“ I staled some time ago that Commodore Van
derbilt had addressed a letter to the President, de
siring to know wi ether in ease M alker shoul I at
tempt to fit out another filib istoring expedition
against Central Amei ica, the Admini-tration intend
ed to permit him to leave the Gnited States. That
letter has never been replied to, and what is n ore,
it never will be. And when, the Commodore was
here, some days ago. he made further inquiries in
reference to the same subject, but was unable to as
certain anything definite. 1 have ascertained, and
will state b for the bemfit of those interested, from
what I consider unquestionable authority, that the
first movement that is made, or intimation given of
an intendednl expedition by. Walker and his friends
against Central America, whether it starts from New
Yofk or New Orleans, will, if the Admini.-draton has
the power, be “crushed ♦.•in’’ t once, and the par
ties dealt with in a manner that will be anything but
pleasant. Iwt tlie New York Commodores take
heed.”
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lion. Jose/di E. Drown. —We do not intend to
enter into any controversy with our brethren of the
Democratic press about the height, complexion, color
of hair or beaid of this gentleman, nor whether his
step l*e twenty-eight or thirty inches, nor what kind
of clothes he wears, nor whether the name of his dog
be Towser or Bose ; but will say for the benefit of
nil persons interested that be is pot the orphan boy
that some have made him, as his father and mother
are both living and are resident* of this county.—
Mountain. Signal, T B th ult.. ?
■ —i'’ ,
It is a gloiiout* sight to see two okl people, who
have weathered the storms and .basked in the sun
shine oflife together, go hand in hand lovingly and
thoughtfully together down the gentle declivity of
time, with no anger, nor jealousy, nor hatred, gar
nered up against each other, and looking with hope
and joy to the everlasting youth of heaven, where
they two shall be one forever. That is a true mnr
r age, for It is a marriage of spirit with spirit. Their
love is woven into a woof of gold, that neither time,
nor death, nor eternity can sever.
<!#!’ *
J3T*A down east feditor advises readers, if they
wish to getteeth inserted-gratis, to go and steal fruit
where his watch-dog is on guard.
yJgVTT AM) SENTIMENT.
Edgar I'ye-try about Boston pa
per tells of a man who has invented a scores-row so
terrific and hideous that the emu's are alt busily en
gaged vi\-bringing Intel they staled year ago!
Literal us* of words.-- 1 ’ Are those bells ringing
for fire v ” inquired Simon of Tiberias. “No, in
deed,” answered Tike, “ they’ve got plenty of fire,
and tfie bells are now ringing for water.”
Contrasting vyith which, is the following: “ ‘ isn’t
that a pretty baby, Mr. Bnnvn Y’ Rrate a —‘Yes, toy
dear —boy or giiJ.V’ Young Lady——Be
longs to the female persuasion, sir.’ Brown was him
self the same individual” who?'upon being compli
mented by a lady upon the beauty of his dog, re
plied : * Beg your pardon, inarm ; ’taint a dog, U is
one at'your own se.v.’ And the young lady mention
ed in the foregoing extract was the same who, when
stopped in the road by a Spanish bull, requested a
passer-by. to ‘drive away that, gentleman ‘-C/uC ir ith
the fiotedefilioriis ‘thj head!’ ”
woman whomadc of pound of butter out
! of the dream of a joke, and a cheese from the milk
i of human kindness, has since washed the close of a
■ year, and hung ’em to dry on a bee line.
PUT A gentleman, who has a very strong desire to
| bo n funny man, sat down upon a hooped skirt, ibe
i other day. With a desperation e(]ua: to any emer
i genry, he whistled, “ I’m sitting on the style, Mary.”
| jggrSeeJier®, my friend, you are drunk. To be
sure 1 am, and have been for three years. sou see,
my brother and 1 are on a temperance mission ! He
lectures and I set a frightful example.
P-gf'The aborigines of Australia have a notion
that after death they rise again in the natural world,
and become white people. They are now very fond
of intoxicating liquors—so fond, that if told they will
soon die, they reply, “Me don’t care ; me jump up
again white man, with plenty of sixpence for drink.”
Precocious.— Little Sis.—“Oh, Bobby, I’m a gain’
to have a hooped dress, an oyster-shell bonnet, a
pair of ear drops, and a t aby !”—Little Bub. —“The
thunder you is! Well, I’m goin’ to have a pair of
tight pants, a Shanghai coat, a shaved head, a crook
el cane, and a pistol!”—Here the scions of future
greatness were interrupted by a sound resembling
the cry of a whip-poor-will—Chip-thrash-ehip
thrash. “Thar ! how do you like a striped coat?”
Don't Idle it. —A small hoy heard a par son preach
a s-rmon from these words, ‘Ye must be born again,’
which was frequently repeated during the discourse.
The little hearer paid strict attention to all that was
said, and particularly the text.
After he returned he became melancholy. llis
father observed it and inquired the cause. The boy
told him that the preacher said he must be born
again.
‘Well, my son,’replied the father, ‘why do you
cry about it ?’
‘Oh,’ said the boy, ‘l’m so fraid that next time I’ll
be a gal.’
•
Anew museum is about being star ted in the
Moon. The highest price is offered for all real curi
osities—not sham ones—to stock it with. Cash paid
for the following, or orders o i the Wild Cat Bank, •
which is just as good, viz: Nails from the claws of a
hammer. —A bird’s-eye view from the top of the
morning.—A receipt of the dews of eve.—A leg of a
toad stool.—A pig from the pen that was mightier
than the sword.—A map of the State of Matrimony,
—Knots from the board of foreign missions,—A bill
drawn on the banks of the Shannon.—And the
mummy of the honest man Diogenes went in search
of.
PATENT MET VICINES.
Dr. rlVLaiif’s Vciiiiifiigo.
.1 heeti/H resorted to alien every other Remedy fait*.
is to certify that my child, three years
old. was troubled with worms some six months. I
Had tried several kinds of medicine, but none of
them done .an}’ good ; and it was not until I tried
Dr. M’Lane’s celebrated Vermifuge, prepared by
Fleming 8r0 5 ., that she found any relief. I gave
her the contents of one bottle, which brought from
her a very large quantity of worms, but they were
so completely cut to pieces it was impossible t) count
them. My daughter is now doing well; indeed, she
is completely restored to health. I therefore take
pleasure in recommending it to parents. 1 would
say, by all means keep a supply of this valuable
medicine constantly in your houses. 1 have known
many children to die suddenly from the effects of
worms. It also not (infrequently happens that chil
dren are treated for croup, when the choking and
coughing is cased altogether by the irritation of
worms. Therefore, I say again, keep it always in
the house ; it costs but little, and may be the means
of saving life ; and at any rate it will save physi
cians’ bills. MRS. LANE, No. 388 Eighth-st.
will be careful to ask for Dr. M‘-
Lane's Celebrated Liver Pills, manufactured by
Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa. There are other
Pills purporting to be Liver Pills, now before the
public. Dr. M’Lane’s genuine Liver Pills, also his
celebrated Vermifuge, can now be had at all respec
table drug stores. Xoae genuine without th* sig
nature gs FLEMING BROS.
Sold by Williams & Lankford, Penfield ; and W,
Griffin, Greenesboro’, and by one agert in every
town in the South. [s2]
Holloway's Pills have wrought wonders in the
unhealthy regions of the West and Southwest. Tn
September last, Hiram Seabury, aged 28, residing
near Terre Haute, la., was cured in two weeks of
bilious remittent fever (to which he had been sub
ject every Fall for nine years,) by the searching op
eration of this remedy. The disease had prostrated
him season after season, at the busiest time of the
year, causing him great pecuniary loss, as well as
bodily suffering. The attack generally confined him
to the house from the commencement of the Fall
until the middle of December. Every remedy that
the faculty could suggest was tried without avail;
but that which had defied their prescriptions for
nine successive years, was radically cured in a fort
night by Holloway’s Pills. Mr. .Seabury, writing
under date January 3d, says, “I am now in the en
joyment of perfect health.” [63]
WEDLOCK
“ Tlie bloom or blight of all menV happiness.”
Married, on the sth inst., by IVm, R. Cox, Esq.,
Dr, Wm. Anderson, of Newton county, Ga., and Miss
S. Adki.au>, second daughter of P. j. Tuggle, Esq.,
of Greene county.
Sweet Addie, may eternal happiness be (bine,
May wreaths of peace around (bee twine.
May you be blest while here you live,
And have all joys the eaith can give.
Robertson.
On the 4th inst., by Rev. E. B. Teague, at the res
idence of the bride’s father, Mr. Wm. H. Todd, of
Chambers county, Ala., and Miss Carrie, second
daughter of P. 11. Green, Esq., of Lagrange.
OBITUARY.
“When colJness wraps this suffering clay,
Ah! whither strays the immortal miml,
It cannot .lie, it cannot stay,
lint leaves ips darkened dust behind.”
DIED at his residence.in Oglethorpe County, on
tie morning of the 28th of July; Mr. Archibald
Drake, in the K lth'year of his age.
Augusta Constitutionalist and -Chronicle <£ Sen-
Jinel please copy.
Died, at his residence in Greene county, on Mon
day, the 3d inst., Mr. Akam Pekkins, imthe 73d
year of hjs age. Ilis illness was protracted and se- ‘
verc, which he bore with uncomplaining endurance