Newspaper Page Text
m Mi 1 HAM MAMK.
---zj:—'.'-: vj ■ .:■ ‘■ ~ 1 ~~f*
BY J. H. SEALS,
the law of newspapers,
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue
their subscription. , . .
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their
newspapers, the publisher may continue to send them
until all arrearages are paid. .
8. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
newspapers from the offices to which they are-di
rected, they are held responsible until they have set
tled the bills and ordered them discontinued.
4. If subscribers remove to other places without
informing the publishers, and the newspapers are
gent to the former direction, they are held responsi
ble.
0. The Courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers from the office, or removing and leaving
them uncalled for, is primo, facie evidence of inten
tional fraud.
6. The United States Courts hate also repeatedly
decided, that a Postmaster who neglects to perform
his duty of giving reasonable notice, as required by
the Post Office Department, of the neglect of a per
son to take from the office newspaper* addressed to
him, renders the Postmaster liable to the publisher
for the subscription price.
For ths Cmndrr.
Mr. Editor: In the “Crusader’’ of the ICtli
inst. I see an article from my old friehd Hannibal,
of Jefferson county, Ga. I was much pleased
with his argument, in favor of further promoting
the temperance reformation, and hope to hear
from him more frequently through your valuable
paper, as we knew him to be sound on the refor
mation. He says that the only way to fl-fat the
“old temperance ship” again is to “deepen the wa
ters,” thoroughly diffusing the temperance leaven
through the whole public mind. From past expe
rience on this subject, I am fuTiy convinced that
this is the best mode to carry out the great tern-’
perance reform, and believe that almost ail our ef
forts to promote this cause, especially in a legal
point view, will be in vain, unless we first succeed
in bringing the public mind up to a proper point,
where the ternj erance principle is thoroughly dif
fused. I have been acting with the friends of
reform for several years past, and am still ready
to aid in putting down the monster, intemperance;
but I am fearful that we are not as careful as we
should be, to move in the proper channel. The
neglect is this, the youth of the country are too
much overlooked in regard to temperance. We
think too much of effecting a cure for ibis evil im
mediately, by using -egal suasion and neglecting
almost entirely the training of the boys and g ris
and making the pr< per impressions on their ten
der minds while yet boy* and girls.
We should fee! in regard to our children as Ham
• ifoar did in regard to the Rormtis; and as he
hr- light Hannibal to the altar and Hind* him swear
eternal hatred to Romans, so we, as the guardians
of the boys and girls <.f the country, should cause
them to swear eternal hatred to ardent spirits.—
Let us teach them by precept and example; in
stil in their minds a hatred of ardent spirits as
much as we do of falsehood and theft, and be just
as careful to keep them from drinking a li tie as
we wou : d to keep them from falsehood and theft.
We should have temperance org nuaiions in eve
ry com * unity for the ho\ sand girls, separate from
Societies for the older ones—allow tin in to man
age their meetings themselves, aided by a super
intend nt of one among the temperance imn ; !• t
them have lectures occasional y, and circulate
among them ternpetafnee tracts and ternperaiue
p„p. r -; —adopt this plan in every community, a'd
in a few years (keeping up moral suasion with our
p-es> nt temperance Societies) we will, wi hout
doubt, succeed I* gaily in this glorious reform.
In this part f Georgia, we are doing all we can
in the grem cause of Humanity, Temperance and
.Charity, In this place we have an “Army” of
Hole b>ys nd girls connected with our Lodge of
K. of .I.—they have their own meetings and fi rm
of initiation—tl e impressions being made with
them now will la-t forever.
O, that we may he m >re active, and remember
that he who contrihu e bu* a nv'e in this work of
God, deserves the everlasting gratitude of the
country. A ti. oF J.
Weston, Webster Cos.. July 30 1857.
For the Crusader.
Mb. EniTOR t— T ask the use of your columns
once more, to def-nd the position which I have
assumed upon the Temperance question, and to
answer the arguments which are made, or may be
triple against it. I have a’ready noticed bin-fly,
but I hope satisfactorily to you and your readers,
the aversion that “ moral suasion” can sustain
the sinking < ause of Temperance. It now remains
tor me to answer the only other argument of any
Weight, which is advanced by our opponents. —
We are told that all attempts to legislate upon
the subject of Temperance at this time, would be
very unwise, because public sentiment is unfavora
ble to such legislation; that such attempts mu*t
fail; and that the result would be injurious if not
fatal, to the cause which we are saving to pro
mote. Why n ust they fail ? How is it known
that they must fail ? What right has any man to
say that the pe- pie of Georgia are so blind as not
to see—or so destitute of patriotism as not to be
willing to alleviate the unspe tk*l>l evils entailed
npon us by the legalized liquor-tr flic ? Has the
question ever been brought fairly before them ]
If so, when! It ceitainly was not in the last
elect-on, for many who were the friends of prohi
b tion voted against our candidate. This was not
therefore, a fair test; and I have sufficient confi
dence in the good sense and patriotism of our
feilow-cit zens, to believo that if this question
should be submitted fairly to them, divested of alt
aid- -issues, they would s*t rhe seal of their repro
bation upon the iniquitous license system, in lan
guage which all men could understand.
Hut we are told that there are laws ppon the
statute-book of the State, which, if carried out,
would do much to alleviate the wretchedness
caused by the liquor-traffic, but that they are not
carried out in some parts of Georgia ; and ibis is
urged as a proof that public s- throughout
the whole State, is adverse .to o4i-4egislati©n upon
the sulject. But it only shows that in some parts
of Georgia, a maj rity of the people are against
us. nothing more; and when we remember that
the majority in other parts of the State is in our
favor, and may greatly overbalance the majority
msT-TTwl) counties, Ifcr see Chat tft£ 1
wrgkmient of our dpp'-neuts has very Jit* le’force.—
Thus die last arrow in the quiver of our antago
ista falls harmless at our feet. The question for
us to se ! tle now (and it is an important one,) is
this. Dow can the question be brought before the
people, free from all considerations ?
Ju-t here, Mr. Editor, I fear that we separate;
though I am confident that t have sp. ken your
sentiments up to this time. Some thiuk that a
general prohibitoiy law ought to by passed—a
law abolishing the license-system throughout the
/State. In order to accomplish this, they propose
td select one of the candidates for the office of Go
vernor, to bear the banner*of prohibition in the
coining campaign. I think this is your position,
Mr. Editor. Now, sir, with much respect for those
who are older and wiser than myself, and with
much deference for their opiuion, let me suggest a
few objections to such a course.
First.-*- 1 venture to say that neither of them
will dare to carry our principles inscribed upon
his flag. Even if one of the candidates should
nave the manliness to do so, the Temperance men
who are politically opposed to him could not be
induced to vote for him. The adherents of the
dramshops would ail vote against him, and he
would be defeated!
Secondly.-An the election for county officers,
the same would be the result. But suppose, they
are elected —Governor and Legislators—-.and they
pass a General Prohibitory’ Law—there are some
counties in the State which evidently look upon
the iiceuee-system as a great blessing, and such a
law would force upon them a state of things to
which they are strongly opposed. The course
which I suggest is liable to none of these objec
tions. In my humble opinion, we need a law
throwing this question upon the people of each
county, that they may decide it for themselves.—
Those counties which want dramshops then, can
have them; those which do not, can put them
down. This will be a final settlement of the ques
tion, to which none can object. In time, the good
►fleets of the overthrow of the pernicious traffic
will be seen in those counties which are wbe ; the
others will learn wisdom from observation and
experience; they will do their first works over, and
do them well. This is the policy which I think
we should pursue. I think it will succeed. We
can certainly get the law which we need. Surely
no Legislature, even elected without any reference
to this question, would refuse to pass such a law.
and no Governor would veto tt, for obvioUS re i
ser.*,
Now, Mr, Editor, I bare laid before you mv
vewsupon this important sulje t, I hope they
me* t your approbation. They have been taken,
not hastily—but slowly, eauil u ly, arid after mu< h
thought. lam not h ovever, so presumptuous as
to think them perfect becaus e they are mine. Mud)
more be said in support ot them, had I time
to say it, and you and your readers’ inclination
to hear it. If we should pursue the course which
I suggest, even though every county in the State
should decide against us, we would at least, hav.
he c isolation of knowing who are in realitv, oil
frieri'is. We wou and know whom to trust and
whom to doubt; whom to honor, whom to de--
pi-e. As for mvsrif, I have not one panicle of
doubt that we would succeed.
. A few words in conelu i-m. We must go t
work on s -me plan. Lei us consider well our cir
cumstances—let us act circumspec !y but with
vgor—let us not. shrink fr m any danger, any
toil, or any sacrifice, save that of honor; let us
work all the time, and all tog thnr—and we must
succeed. I call wpon all who deplore the evils of
intemperance; upon those who are for ihcpersua
sion of human lips, and those who ii*!y upon the
“ moral suasion” of legal enactment; upon those
who *to and for Mr. Overby, and those who aided in
puling his banner into thedu-t ot defeat but not
dishonor, to be ready for the next battle—to be on
the right side—and then, fearless of contequ nces,
to do their duty,
one of many,
Sparta , Avgust 10, 1857.
For the Crusader.
“Every Heart Knoweth Its Own Bitter
ness.”
BY MATTIE ._
Ah! is the sentence, “ Every heart
knoweth its own bitterness.” There is no one—
no matter what position in society they may occu
py—but at some period of their life, can rtiterate
the truth of our enp ion. The worldly mm, who
scarce can count bin weaitli—the professional man,
| the mechanic, the former, the lady of fa-hion and
| gaiety, the woman surrounded with household
| cares, and the poor who toil from day to and y to
j earn their scanty fare>—each and all, have felt the
j b tterness of heart caused bv the disappointment
. and sorrows of this world of uncertainty and tri
| ale.
See that pale, weary female, as she bends over
I her work—stitching from early morn till the hour
of midnight, to procure bread for her hungry lit
tle ones; we hear no murmur escape her lips, but
listen, while she turns her eyes on her sleeping
children, at the heart-bieaking sigh that heaves
her troubled breast; and hear her btealhe a
prayer, “for strength to sustain her under the bur
den awhile longer.” Is she a widow j Nay, she
is worse 4 There are such who are widows, but
shew not ; for in yonder rttm-sbop, is he, who
oi.ee eailed himself “her husband,” imc’ felt all a
father's love and pride for those unconscious little
ones, who he Iras now deserted and lef, for their
feeble mother to support. Ah! who is responsi
Hie tor the ruin and desolation this man has
brought on hrtnself and innocent family 1 Well
may that wile and mother say; while draining the
bi! ter cup ot sorrow, “ Ev*-rv heart knoweth it*
own bitterness.” again, :wkl see that lonely,
widowed mother, bonding beneath the it firmitie
of decrepit! age. Where is her son—her only
child—the briyht-eved, affectionate boy, who she
h- ped would be the comfort and support of he>
declining years i Alas! poor old mother! you
were too indulgent to your lay; as he grew up
he was enticed by evil cowpairjons-—being unre
strained from going abroad—he was introduced
to the fashionable billiard and and vjoking saloon*,
“and fell, inch by inch, from tike noble, intehectna
looking youth, to the degraded, bloated sot; that
mother will soon s nk to the grave, wi h a broken
heart, that knew “ its own bitterness.”
Turn your attention to a thud case; though
dissimilar fr<>m those mentioned, it is a true illu>
tration, that none knoweth the trials of others so
well as themselves, Behold the poor afflicted
invalid, who has been not only helpless, but con
fined to n bed of intense suffering fur years; often
die nearest friends become weary of their presence,
and looks upon them as a great burden and use
less expense; and oh ! -what a pang of mental,
pain does the sufferer feel, when it is intimated
that he or the, as the ease may be, “could sit up,
and even walk, if they only had the resolution to
try.” O, cruel remark, ’tis too much for the sen
sitive nature of the afflicted one; they ean bear
physical pain without a murmur, therefore, though
para Ily zed so as to disable them from Walking, and
knowing that the attempt to sit up will cause
them hours of agonizing pain, they determine to
risk it, and care not in consequence of the wound
inflicted upon their heart, if they sink and die in
the attempt, so others are convinced of their true
condition. Oh, Lord ! forgive those who would
add one more pang of suffering to the life of an
invalid, by uncharitable and undeserving remark**.
At their best—to make them as comfortable in
mind and bo iy as possible, they know but too
truly, that “ Every heart knoweth it# own bitter
ness.”
Ah! yea, the whole earth is filled with crea
tures of sorrow and bistres- ; how important then,
for us to live so amidst it all, that we may, when
our weary journey is over in this fleeting world,
reach the upper and belter world, where “ Evert
SOUL KNOWETH ITS OWN HAPPINESS,”
Ac worth, G a., July lGtb.
For t*>e Crusader.
“When He’s Himself,”
How much there is conta ned in this short sen
tence. Much that is worthy our considers'ion.—
Yes, worthy of action. The law should give its
protection, that he might be “himself” He loves
s-rong drink, the sin a are placed round about
him by law, that he may get as much as he plea*
*‘S. thm he is not himself. Now this is no fancy
sketch, but one that 1 know to be true. The poor
nfflcted, bumble,-ebristian wife of this man sat con
versing with meaboufc some benevolent work she
wished they could aid, but they bad no monev to
g.ve, she say* “be ha* promised me to work, when
it is ready wvhout charge, but oh ! I am so fraid
•hat be will not be himself, for when he’s him -Gs
He does very well, then be loves to help in a good
cause, but when he’s not himself he will do nodi
ing.” Hear the 1 mguage this wife uses about one
who abuses with all manner of speech when
he is hot himself, yet not a word of this do we hear
from her lip-, why not stop hitn in life wild career
that he may be a comfort to his afflicted wife!—
See her Gck, trying to sew for support, a little
daughter is the dependence for cooking, an aged
father in law present, with an idiot daughter that
i- entirely help'ess. Yet this husband and fa her
is enticed on ail sides, to do that which disquah
He* him, for anything that is useful to himself,
i family or society: but on the contrary is destroy
i g all. The wife says *he would rejoice if the
I w would stop tire traffic in ardent spirits, so that
fie couht not get any at ail. - Notwithstanding the
misery, degradation and poverty, caused by drunk
enness, yet there are ladies who will give the cup
to man, thus aiding n bringing shame upon them
selves, chiidien and even their own husbands
Will not woman cease her temptations! How
long, 0 ye daughters, will ye persist in So great an
evil? How oft lias thy associate taken hi* tint
sup from thy beguiling hand ? You might only
have given him a brandy porch, the serpent leing
coiled within the peach, he was bitten never to
recover. My dear friends let us adopt the motto,
that we wid touch not the poison in any form,
either for ourselves or others. Let it not be said
that we were the cause of the downfall of a single
man, No rather let us be rite help mete of man
that lm may be cheered and comforted by our
presence. May the cause of Temperance ever
prosper, spread and run until it shall cover the
whole earth ; When there is not ono to be found
that is not “himself” all satisfied with water, cold
water ” Press onward, ye nobl temperance men,
never give over until the victory is yours. Send
up your men to the legislature. Keep the banner
of True Liberty unfurled, that all maybe made
free from the sway of Alcohol. Then peace and
contentment will pervade every mind, “as calm
and as sweet as summer’s soft wind.” Like twin
sisters, will pure hope and bright faith point the
blest land at ove, to which the righteous are jour
neying, henceforward to receive the crown prepar
ed for them. FEMME.
For th Crusador.
What Constitutes Woman’s Happiness ?
A pp’endid’ home, where tall columns rise and
silvery fountains play ? To bt decked in jewels
and all the arts of costly array? Alas! no! too
often do cos ly domes hide fading forms, and bril
liant jems press upon a throbbing brow; the sil
ken bodice cover an aching heart.
No, no! ’tis not wealth and luxury that brinp
happiness to woman; neither can she find it in
fame and worldly applause. She may spurn
v earth, and soar aloft to the home of genius un
roll the mighty chart of science and revel amid
the glories of literature—the laurel wreath may
crown her brow, while the cypress covers her
heart—her spirit will weary of high thoughts
weary of praise, and in lone inees pine for a hap
piness that wealth’s fame cannot give. Introduce
lief iri% scenes of pleasure; the opera; the dance;
and every other place where mirth and joy reign
supreme; site may ha\e all t‘ese pleasures, and
yet there is an ‘‘aching voidthese alone can
never sati-fy her. They are pleasures that only
ripple the surface—the lower depths lire not stir
red. The inmost portal of the heart is closed—
deep down in the heart is a sacred niche that can
nev< r be filled bv such things.
Give her a lovely cot where roses and j- aamine
twine; blend their bright color and porlume the
evening breeze; fill the woods with merry song*
|ter and bright running itreatns, making umnir
all the day; surround her wib evfry thug to
gratify the outward senses, but if Love dwell not
there, she cannot be happy S Every other p eas
ure is as the fair fruits that border the dead sea —
turning to ashes when tasted. i _ c j
Truly, is “an unloved woman afsocial monstros
ity.” She cannot kndw happiness ; for jove, and
love alone, caff make her happy; ijoughtf else can
-tir the deep fountain of her soul!’ Without love
| she withers and droops; life becomes a blank; no
living thing cap giye -her pleasure. She sees
every thing through a darkened yisioh; In vain
will she seek for happiness from other sources;
untnixed with love, every other fountain is but as
the waters of Mirah to her thirsty soul.
Throw around her earth’s costliest gi'ts; give
her wealth, fame, hosts of friends, but no one
heart to lore and prize her above all others; no
one on whom she can pour the full libations of
her soul, and you make her life desolate ; well
might such an one cry,
“ There’s midnight gloom about path,
There’s midnight gloom above use ;
There’s none to smile away my feSfA. ■>..
And no one lie re to love me.”
“Oh * give my heart one bud of love,
One blossom it may cherish—
That I may see it fade and die,
Then droop myself and perish.”.
As well might one attempt to gratify the fettered
prisoner by beautiful paintings of the loved things
that his prison walls hide from his sight, as think
to satisfy with weaiih and fame, mirth and pleas
ant scenes, the heart of an unloved and unloving
woman; but give her one heart that she prices,
to love her, and abo can defy the world. Take
away every other joy—but the love of that one
heart is an amulet forever guarding her from de
spair. Without this love, she is
“Like some lone neglected lute,
Whose sweetest chords are mute.”
CLARA CLIFTON.
Pine Grove, July 30/A.
[communicated.]
Knights of Jericho.
To all Subordinate Lodges , Knights of J bkicho,
in the State of Georgia—Greeting :
You are hereby notified, that the self-styled
meeting of the National Lodge, held in the city of
Griffin, on the Ist and 2nd days of July, ultimo,
a synopsis of which was published in the lasi
number of the Crusader, was not a legally consti
tuted National Lodge of the Order , having the
power to change the Ritual , Constitutions of the
Order, or paw any general Law* for the govern
ment of the fritterm* vat large ; said meeting only
being composed of a few m. mbers of two ot three
Subordinate Lodges in this State, while the Na
tional Lodge is, and should be. composed of repre
sentatives from not less than Jive Grand Lodges,
[State Lodges ] and should hold its meeting annu
ally, on the last Tuesday in the month of October
neither of which was the case in said meeting,
held in Griffin. In fact, the Grand Lodges aii
hold their meetings in the month of September,
annually, at which time each Grand Lodge select
its own representatives to meet in the National
Lodge, in the month of October thereafter
Hence, you see that no Grand Lodge could be
represen ed in said meeting. White it is nothing
but justice to the fraternity at large, that the Or
der m each State, Territory or Province, should
have been represented in said meeting, and at the
constitutional time.*,
Yours, in H. T. and C.
WM. G. FORSYTH, G. W. R.
Atlanta, Avgust 11 th, 1857.
[communicated.)
To The Young Men of Georgia.
No. 4.
Dear Sire-*' You are the admiration of your
fathers,the loved object* of your mothers, the com
panions of brothers and sister*, the prayer of the
Christian and the hope ofour State. You ought
to be proud of yoitr birth. Will you honor your
State, friends and home ? tntftropeftmse is the
great, evil of our age. Idleness is the road to disi
pation. Industry to temperance. Have some
employment, for he who does nothing is nearly
sure to come to ruin. If you labor in a farm, at
tend closely to your business, ifin-astore, give
your employer no trouble, if at school, get good
! essons and if learning a profession, *rivn to excell.
Give no one an occasion to believe that you are
idle or intemperate. A good way to know people
is by the company they keep, then avoid bad com
pany, for they will be known by your associates?;
avoid them too, because you will be ruined if you
stay in their society. Seek the society of the good
and ry to be worthy of their company, by acting
well your part. l>o not drink ardent spirits, for
it will not better your condition, no! it will make
it worse. It will injure your looks, injure your body,
your character, your purse, and most of all it wiil
ruin your soul. Do not use tobacco, for it will in
jure you in many respects; it will create an appe
tite for strong drink. It will lesson the purse. —
It is injurious to health, a waste of time, and ex
ceedingly filthy. Three cigars per day, at five
cents each, will make $54.75 per annum. Add
to thia an equal amount for liquor and chewing
tobacco, and in ten years you will spend the large
sum of $1.642.50. This sum is too largo to waste,
then do not drink nor use tobacco in any way.—
Do not break the sabbath. Idolatry is the worst
‘sin in the world, and the violation of God’s law on
the sabbath is the next, Oil! remember that it is
exceedingly sinful, and dangerous to disregard the
Lord’s day. Lastly young men, allow mo kindly
to admonish you to keep under all circumstances
God’s seventh commandment To violate this
command, is to throw yourself away, this I hope
you will not do. I write to you in friendship,\re
member what I have said. Farewell.
AMICUS.
tyjht bachelor who undertook to mend his
breeches with the “ thread of life” gave it up as a
bad job, and sent thorn to the tailor.
Curiosities.— Whiskers from the cat that was let
out of the bag. A coffin for the dead of night-
The rope with which Jacob lifted up his voice. A
few stitches taken by a tailor in a coat of paint. A
little perfume from the tfower of the army, A few
snaktd logs from th* drift of * dtsaoiuie, A leaf
from tha tree of kiewledge.
£|c temperance Cnisato.
-- ■ ::rrr— ===^-z=======
PEN FI E l X>. GEORGIA.
Thursday Rornlng, August 20, 1857.
ItKAD THESE PAKAGRAPHS.
Subscribert in remitting us Woney, discontinuing or directing
their address changed, must be especially particular in mention
in® the office at which they rec'ire their papers, and from which
they wish them ciianyed.
No subscriber should order the paper discontinued anti! all ar
rearages are liquidated, for such orders will not receive atteution,
and the subscriber is held responsible for the tintfe the paper con
tinues to : be scot. ‘ f. ■
Those who Choose to ili -coht inue their suh criptions will please
do so by a.Written caruiaunicatio; :reft*ing to take the pa
pers fro® the office is not the proper way. We think none the
less of any one because of their discontinuing, for ifcts every man’s
privilege to subscribe or not, as be may think proper.
Take particular notice of the published fact, that our terms are
rm dollar If paid ia advance each year; but If no’ paid until the
end of the year, subscribers must espect to pay tuo dollars.
Any person sending Tisfive new subscribers, can receive the pa
per gratis for one year. Orders for the paper, unaccompanied
with the dollar will not reced e attention.
A O i: NT s.
18 L NRWMON Athens.
JESSE W JACKSON, Buck Head.
JOHN M HUEY Bowden,
R Ft GREENE Columbus,
CTCMtMS
ALBERT O BANKS Covlnetotu
J t* SCOTT Calhoun.
M P SCALES, Carnesvilte Oft.
M W VANDIVERP Dalton, Go.
! T J WIDLIAMH Ktherage,
W W CARNES. Fort Valley.
WM WATTS, Franklin, Qs.
JABE BRASWELL, Fatrhurn, Ga.
JESSE M CAMPBELL Griffir., Go.
J H PCOKFTT,.... Ho* Mountain.
i REWIFIOMAM LcuisTille, G*.
! J M DORSET, Leo, Oa.
; W A M0RR15...... ...Marietta.
! JCCBURNETT Macon.
i J A J HARRELL Miiicdgcviil, tia.
1 1) A f’ARSON, Orangeburg 3 0.
j 1) PRICE Pickens C. H.. 8. C„
! KT> MOORE, Pleasant Iff)].’
i WM M HCMPHREY, Pewit -.
JOHN M NKEL,
I E A KINO RofTreil.
! J M PINKSTON Sparta.
j J D BROOME, TaUahose, fin.
! W P MORGAN 1..’ Tennil’a. Ga.
! ABNER STANLEY Traveling Agt.
I WM M BURXIBCE Warrington, Fla.
REV. LEWIS PARKER, Waiterboro.* . C.
REV. J BRICE, Hickory Level, Gu.
WILLIAM R. REiilrTEB, Pea River, Ala.
J C CA LOWELL, Traveling Ayes t in
Hall and Habersham counties, Ga.
“ Citizen,”
Shall hear from his article in next issue; !
sorry we did not hear from him a H+tlc sooner, but |
it was too late for this paper.
—
Friend Lewis
W ill see his Card in next paper— ;
come too late for this No.
The College Exercises
Os Mercer University ;
will commence on tho 2d day of September next. ,
—
Grand Lodge of Georgia, of the Knights |
of Jericho will meet in the city of Atlanta, at 10
o’clock, A M., on the thud Tuesd <y in September
next. As inportant business j* to be transacted, the
Subordinate Lodges arc. earnestly requested to send
delegates,
. .as, t -4~ * &■-
the event :i prohibitory lax was passed in i
this State, wonder if the Constitution and the Be- j
public would go all to smash and fly to flinders?— i
Wheh that dav breaks the ‘ insane reformers” may i
look out fa- Hail Columbia in genera chorus, and i
•Jesse’ in ‘j ■articular me're.’
EUT'A keeper of a lager ber establishment in
New York evades the Sunday la v bv holding pre
tended religious service therein, officiating himself
as the leader of ecuernonies. He takes the Bible,
reads a chapter or two, serves each of his bearers
with a glass of beer, and takes up a collection’
M(n : . Whal a dainty fry some wretches will make
when the Devii’s chief butler, tolls them on the spit
in the brimstone kitchen !
National Loss.
The present direct or indirect loss to the nation,
originating and following in the train of the traffic in
strong drink, cannot be less than £200,000,000 yearly;
and when two cents a day wasted by each individual
in the use cf this poison, on the average, in the
Union, taking the population at 80 mil;ions amounts
; to *229,000,000; the estimate of £?00,000,000 we
! do not think over the truth, for in estimating the
’ loss we have, it right, the liberty to add (<■ the direct
’ Ibss what would be the indirect gain, should all the
| dealers now engaged in cin-ulating-the poison thro’
| the community, be engaged in some honorable cm*
| ploymcrit, and all the present drinkers bring to the
duties and employment of life the fin rigor of Intel*
lect, unimpaired health end lengthened day?, which
abstinence from liu? poison wuu’d give them.
-
Junior Exhibition.
r J’wo of our Boys, Junior 0 af< rs at. the lute Com*
I mencemcnt, who received Boqn ts on the K ‘strum,
i have complained to us of the paragraph which oc
curred in the Editorial notice ol the Exereiseß in this
paper, where we r quested the ladies to bestow their
floral favors as marks of merit rather than of person
al popularity. The paragraph occurring directly af
ter the notice of the Junior Exhibition, has boon con
•trued by potnc as a “rfikc” at fl.o- e in particular of
the Junior class who received bonnets. Such was
not the case, and we are g’nd to have opportune
ty to correct the impression. The paragraph was
written to come after the notice of all tho declama
tory exercises, but in the proof sheet of our Kditori
|al we changed the position of other pai-.igraphs
j which unfortunately threw this one out of plaey and
i it entirely escaped our notice until our attention was
| called to it by our young friends. \\ e most cheer-
I fully make this correction, for it wa* not intended to
; be at all persona', and particularly to our Junior
! friends, for we really thought their efforts were very •
I creditable indeed, and we admire their pride as ex- i
■ hibited ii complaining of the impression which the
i paragraph in question was calculated to creat”.
We disprove of a promiscuous shower of (lowers !
on these Commencement occasions, unless a speaker j
does something eery smart. Properly bestowed, the !
reception of a Boqnct might be a considerable com- j
plimetit, and at the same time an Incentive.
er The time lms come, which has been foreseen by
many, when the friends* of Temperance inu-i adopt a
different line of conduct. Our opponents have left us
no choice. They are inaccessable to reason : they are
immovable in purpose; and by employing tho bal
lot-box, they have been able, year after year, to se
cure majorities in the legislature, as inaccessible to
reason and as immpvcable in purpose as themselves.
To be overthrown, they must b met on their own
ground, and fought with their own weapons. To
look for their discomfiture by means of an array of
fhets however imposing, or by appeals to their reas
on however forc ; bly and convincing, is to look for
victory from rhetoric opposed Colt’s revolvers.—
Compel ed, in fact, either to the Divine
Gauge for which we have labored ao long, of resort
to the polls to secure the election of men who favor
the passage of the Prohibitory law, we cannot hes
itate now, whatever may have been our reluctance
hitherto, to avail ourselves of our Undoubted right
as freemen, and employ the ballot-box for the over
throw of the inveterate foes of the Temperanee
earn
Our Fathers of the Revolution. ?.
With.flfat wisdom and foresight that marked all
their prefeeedlngis, and that resoluteness and promp
titude characterized their actions while they
were Struggling forliherty and independence against
the aggi essions of a foreign foe, the\ were thought
fully alive to thatjV- of their own household, v. ho
was secretly forging the chains and fetters of I tem
perance for their sons. Before the declaration of
our national independence was proclaimed, th e first
Continental Congress, on the 27ih of February,
1774, uttered their manifesto against the then in
creating evih of strong drink, in the following words;
“ llendred, That it he recommended to the several
Legislatures of the United States, immediately to
pass laws the most effectual for putting an irnm -
ifiate stop to the pernicious practice ot distil ing, by
which the most extensive evils are .ikely to be de
rived. if not quickly prevented.”
When will this long slumbering resolution , this
legacy of our revolutionary fathers, be claimed by
their sons, ard acted on in every State in the Union?
I Nor should it be forgotten in our endeavors to assert
our claims to this bequest of physical and moral
! freedom, that the very first overt act of rebe lion
i against law and order in this young America, was
j by the u whisky boys in Pennsylvania, or what was
! called the whisky insurrection, in 1704,”
Artificial Girls.
The adventurous editor of the Iloricon (WG.) Ar
gus “lets, on” about the girl o , of the present day, in
a manner wc think it would be dangerous for editors
generally to imitate. One of our exchanges copies
the article, but evidently vrith fear snd trembling.—
As we have no more hair on cur head than is useful
and necessary, we cannot run the risk of losing a
pari of it by publishing the whole article. Accord
ingly wu extract but a single paragraph, and that
with the peace-offering remark that, whatever may
be the nature of the girls of Iloricon and ite vicini
ty, all the girls hereabouts are ny no means such as
our cotemporary describes: — Life Illustrated.
The Girls of the Present Boy. — l! \rc arc sorry to
see the girls of the present day have such a tenden
cy to utter worthlessness: growing up anxious to
become more fashionable than good, more anxious
to cultivate their heels than their heads, and to en
circle their legs with whalebone rather than the
brow with wreaths of love, kindness, and beauty.—
Asa general thing, those who are handsome think
they arc lovely. Far from it. When we, years gone,
took one to be Mrs. P., girls were girls. It was fun
to go a dozen miles afoot with mud knee deep to see
them, as you were sure to find the clear girls—na
ture instead of art. But now it is different. The
dentist supplies the teeth, ‘Uncle Ned’ the cotton,
some optician the eyes, and a -killful mechanic the
legs and arms; an artist furnishes paint, a Yankee
the hoops, some “French milliner” gets up artificial
maternal fount*,, and tho very devil rohg himself to
give them a disposition to li, tattle, gossip, make
mischief, and kick up ail sorts of bobberies among
r< ((portable people generally, Vanity of vanities,
saith the preacher, We love the girls when they
act like girls, but this counterfeit article now being
palmed eff on fashionable society is an intolerable
humbug. But the girls now-a-days are neither fit
for wives, nor do they know enough for mothers.
Shall the traffic in Intoxicating Beverages
be Prohibited by Law ?
Consider these,Act*, all of which have been estab
lished by the most indubitable testimony:
1. That traffic has converted eighty thousand of
the present inhabitants of this State once sober and
reputable, into drunkards.
2. It has brought sorrow a:;d poverty, and in many
instances, ruin and despair, to tens of thousands of
once happy homes.
0. It causes the incarceration, in the jails and
penetentianes of our State, of fifty thousand of our
fellow-citizens annually.
4. From itb influence, proceed four-fifths of all trio
crimes, from the least that is recognized by the law,
to the most flagitious that come under the cogni
zance of our Quarts.
5. Since the fir.--t of last January, it has occasioned
no less than fifty homicides within the limits of our
State, and almost innumerable assaults with inttnt
to kill, happily unsuccessful.
fl. It is the fruitful cause of immorality, irreligion,
profanity, obscenity, blasphemy, contempt of law,
contempt of &U the proprieties, amenities and dcccn*
cies of life; and of every evil word and work.
7. It costs the State eighty Millions cf dollars an
nually.
8. It destroys the lives of not less than ffteer
thousand of our citizens, every twelve months.
Consider these principle universally conceded as
true;
1. The interests of health are superior to those of
property. ‘The health of the people is the supreme
law.’
2. The interests of morality over-ride those of
property.
8. The personal security of the citizen from assault
and outrage is of more consequence than the rights
of property.
i. The interests of the many must not be eacrlfic*
ed to those of the few,
5. The right of the people to protect themselves,
through the institutions of government, is inherent
and indefeasible; and government, in the Very na
ture of the case, is clothed with all the powers re
quisite to the accomplishment of this end—the pro
tection of the people.— X. Y. Balance,
[cOMMfNICATED.J
Orrrnc or the G. W. C., Knights or Jericho. <
Sparta, Ga., Aug. Bth, 1857. \
To the Subordinate Lodge*, Greeting :
You arc hereby reminded, that you are entitled to
elect delegates to tho Grand Lodge, at the last regu
lar meeting in the present month.
That the Grand Lodge meets in Atlanta on the
third Tuesday in next month, (September) being the
15th day of that month.
That all true Knights of Jericho are pledged to
conform to the Rules and Idtual of the National
Lodge and the Grand Lodge of this State, and that
the National Lodge can only be re-organic and by del
egates from the Grand Lodges, and not from Subor
dinate Lodges.
Hence the self-styled National Lodge organized at
Griffin in May last is not the National Lodge, and
has no right in the premises, to change the Ritual or
perform any other functions of tho National Lodge
In this view r of the case it becomes important for
all the Lodges in this jurisdiction to be represented
in the Grand Lodge, that they may proceed to re-or
ganize the National Lodge, in connection with the
other Grand Lodges or and. dare themselves indepen
dent of the National Lodge, that they may proceed
legally and in accordance with their solemn obliga
tions to make su< h changes in the Rules or Ritual
as the progress of the Order demands.
E. M. PENDLETON, G. W. C.
~ WED LOCk~
“Tlie bloom or blight ol H men’s happiness.”
Married, in Campbell County, Georgia, on the
fith mat., by J. B. Smith, Esq, Mr. Thomas j. Love*
less and Miss Louisa J. Camp, all ot said County.