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THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADER. |
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BY J. H. SEALS.
THE LAW OP NEWSPAPERS.
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1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to
Uie 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
untii all arrearages are paid.
3 If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
newspapers from the officesto which they are di
rected they are held responsible until they have set
tled the bills and ordered them discontinued.
4. If subscribers remove to other places without
informing the publishers, and the newspapers are
sent to the former direction, they are held responsi
ble.
5 The Courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers from the office, or removing and leaving
them uncalled for, is prima facie evidence of inten
tional fraud. ‘ , , ~
ft The United States Courts have also repeatedly
decided, that a Postmaster who neglects to perform
his duty of giving reasonable notice, as required by
the Post Office Department, of the neglect of a per
son to take from the office newspapers addressed to
him, renders the Postmaster liable to the publisher
for the subscription price. ‘
For Oie Crusader.
litnes
FOR MISS S. A. R.’s ALtK. 11.
When stars arc peeping through the mist,
And moon beams soft the earth have kissed,
Oh! think of me.
For ever at that quiet hour,
When wandering through some lovely bower,
The night bird to each sleeping flower
Chants plaintively.
And singing through the livelong night,
Tells of a love all pure and bright,
I’ll think of thee.
When all the earth'is hushed to rest
And thoughts of sadness fill thy breast,
Oh ! think of me.
For daughter of a sunny clime,
Full well I know at that sweet time,
Thy thoughts will flow in purest rhyme
Os joys to be.
And when through eastern chambers bright,
The “god of day” affrights the night,
I’ll think of thee.
Jenny Woodbine.
For the Crusader.
A Trip to Oglethorpe County.
Dear Seals.—On Wednesday, 10th inst., —I
get on the cars at Palmetto, on a visit to Glade
Division, Oglethorpe county, arrive at Atlanta in
due time —soon aboard of the Georgia train, and
away we go—arriving at Union Point for dinner
—Taking the Athens train—arrive at the Lexing
ton Depot, and find myyounng friend R.S. Thorn
ton, in waiting to convey mo to the neighborhood
of Glade Division —we arrive at his (R. S. T.V)
fathers’ near night, and never did I feel more at
home than at the hr use of Isaac Thornton—a
good Temperance and Baptist funiiy, consisting
of the parents, Robert, and three daughters—and
though his daughters appeared to he accomplished,
vet they were not strangers to domestic duties—
-1 saw on the floor, a beautiful carpet of the finest
figure, and texture woven by the labor of their
hands.
Thursday, 20th, inst., arrives, a dose cloudy
morning and rain falling,—would seem to disap
point us in regard to the public meeting at the
Glade; however, off wc go, and though it rained
to a late hour in the evening, yet, such was the
devotion to the Temperance cause, that we not on
ly had the Division room full of gentlemen and j
ladies, but a large congregation assemble at the
church. The process’on formed, eon-isting of s<>ns .
and ladies in religion, and moved behind the Ban
ner. which has never trailed, s : n<> the formation
of the Division, now some nine or f n years. We
arrive at the church, and after p-ayer, l spoke two
hours, feeling the weight and in pvtance of my
subject as much us ever. After a picnic in the
church, and after paying onr inspects to some of
the finest water melons, we inarched back to the
Division, and nineteen gentlemen and Indies wote
added to this noble Spartan cotd water band.—
After which, bless you, the Indies presented the
“Old mau,” and Division wiih leinon-ade’ pound
cake, candies, &c. There is no tell ng the good
under Providence that has been accomplished in
this community. To my certain knowledge (for I
orce lived hard by) satan had his seat at the
Glade. A dram shop was once here, an las a
natural consequence, drinking, fighting, horse-ra
r ing, blasphemy were the order of the day and
night; now, how changed. Religion, morality and
peace rule the hour. I was much struck, (though
I suppose it was accidental) with the arrangement
of the building at the Glade . “Thinks Ito my
self’ here’s a church where heaven inspiring love,
moves its members, here is the Academy where
purity is nurtured, in giving the children a chaste
temperance education, and liere is the Division
room where Fidelity is inculcated, binding the
triangle together. The 20th August at the Glade
was a lovely occasion ! This Division will never
surrender. O, that every neighborhood, village,
town and city in Georgia had such a Division,
then might we look out for the old serpents head
to be bruised—killed !
I spent the night with old sister Davenport, an
old lady, intelligent, pious, polite—one of the best
of mothers, and. truly her sons and daughters re
pay her affection with the most trial regards; the
old lady’s cup of happiness would be complete if
•I—n would come into the Division and Church.
I can say old sister Davenport is “one of the first
families of Virginia,” and no mistake.
To give the names of some of the pillars of
Glade Division would be to give all! They work
like horses in Pbaroah’s chariot, and all pull to
gether. lam conveyed on Friday, 21st, to Mrs.
Jordan’s, near Lexington Depot, by fro. Hubbard,
v good Baptist, Son of T. and Mason, (I nm no
Mason.) Bro. Hubbard however, is—lie will do
any where. I was kindly treated by Mrs. Jordan.
The next morning I arose very sick, I do not think
it was the effects of intemperanc e on Thursday, in
eating; but so it was, having no appetite for break
fast, young Jordan conveys me to the Lexington
Depot and off we go for Atlanta. Arriving at the
dinner house at the Circle, I find my friend Clarke
and his lady still at their pt. 1 find Mr. Clarke
as polite and gentlemanly as ever, and his table
lurnished as well as ever. I would advise pas
sengers not to pass this dinner house—the but
[ termilk I got with ice in it nearly made me Well,
i The Circle* 1 underwrite, will do for adinuerhmise
| while Clarke and his lady are there.
I find Mr. Coxo the same polite, bland and gen
tlemanly Conductor on the cars. 1 have never
traveled on cars out of Georgia, but if any roads
in the Union can beat our Georgia ‘Conductors,
on all our road*, very well—the State road has a
Chandler, a Hill, a Bell, I believe—Georgia road
has the Webster*. a Ooxe, &e., 1 aui not personal
ly acquainted with the others, no doubt equally
polite—the Macon Western road a Huff, to
rsme hirn is enough—Atlanta & LaGrange, a
Moote, Hearndon, Wilson, Downs, and White;
They are all worthy of their office, and an honor
to the roads. On the Centra! road they have the
Charltons; long have these brothers been connect
ed with the road—perfect gentlemen, of good
stock and worthy of all praise. Therefore, I con
gratulate all the Railroads in Georgia in being
blessed wiih such a class of Conductors. But I
must stop—l arrived at home at least for the pre
sent, felt better, and attended Sabbath school and
Church. Truly, Jre.
D. P. JONES.
Female Education.
A writer in the last North British Review, ob
serves: “Instead of educating every girl as though
she were born to be an independent, self support
ing member of society, we educate her to become
a mere dependent, hanger on, or as the law deli
cately phrase it, a chattel. In some respects in
deed, we err more barbariously than those nations
among whom a plurality of wives is permitted,
and who regard women purely as so much live
stock ; for among such people, women are, at all
events, provided with shelter, with food and cloth
ing—they are ‘cared’ for as cattle are There is
a completeness in such a system.
But among ourselves we treat women as cattle
without providing for them as cattle. We take
the worst part of barbarism, and the worst part or
civilization, and work them into a heterogeneous
whole. We bring up our women to be depen
dent, and then leave them without any one to de
pend on. There is no one, there is nothing to
lean upon, and they fall to the ground. Now,
what every woman, no less than every man, should
have to depend upon, is an ability, after some
fashion or other, lo turn labor into money. She
uyiy not be compelled to exercise it, but every one
ought to possess i . If she belongs to the richer
classes, she may have to exercise it; it to the
poorer she assuredly will.”
The Greatness of a Nation.
The greamess of a nation consists not so much
in its population, wealth, or even general intelli
gence, as in its virtue. Thus, while we are rapid
ly increasing in everything else, it is fearful tore
fiect that there is not a proportionate advance in
the morals of the people, especially in our large
towns and cities. In them there is too much rea
son to fear that the general propensity is produ
cing increased intemperance, and a general deeliuc
in morals. Without virtue, on which the real
prosperity of society depends, our rapid progress in
arts science, and population may be maturing, a
gainst some future day, the elements of national
commotion, perhaps national overthrow. Whence
is it, that the advancement < f morals has not kept
pace with wealth and mechanic improvements ?
The prevailing use of intoxicating drink is sufficient
to account for it. This necessarily results in in
temperate e, and intemperance produets every
species of vice. The pecuniary cost t f intoxica
ting liquor, to the consumer, is but a small item
in comparison to the whole evil. We have ho
doubt for every dollar which finds hs way into the
pockets of the dealer, the public suffers an indirect
loss of double that sum, in the diminished produc
tiveness of labor, 1 .vses by sea an 1 land, costs of
! lav.sniis, doctor’s bills, Jrc., the amount expended
■ upon asylums, workhouses, and prisons; and the
county poor rates consequent on drinking habits.
In fact, we have not a doubt, that the cost to this
nation directly or indirectly, of the trafliic and in
toxicatin'.: drinks, may he safely estimated at two
hundred millions of dollars yearly. A prohibito
ry Law would not cure the evil all at once, but it
would interpose a stot g barrier to its progress, and
in time, would render the traffic and use so disre
putable and crimna l , that it would be confined to
die lowest dregs of society; and when they reach
that jroii. t, then, even stronger laws than no* ask
ed for, would be demanded if necessary, by the
people, to remove the evil entirely.
Distance of the Sun from the Earth.
The German journals have given some tables
which prove that the distance between the earth
and the sun, is increasing annually, and argue
from it that the increasing humidity of our sum
mere, and the loss of fertility by the earth, are to’
be attributed solely to ibis e rcu-ustanoe. No cred
it lias heretofore been given to tradition of ancient
Egytians and Chinese, according to which these
people formerly said the sun’s disk was almost four
times as large as we now see it; for they estimat
ed the apparent diamoter of the sun as double of
what it is seen in our day 7. If, however, we pay
attention to the continued diminution of the ap
parent diameter of the sun, according to the best
observations for several centuries, we must suppose
that the ancients were not mistaken in the esti
mates they have transmitted to us. In the course
of .ix thousand years from the present time, they
assume that the distance will be so great that on
ly an eighth p.artof the warmth we now enjoy from
the sun will be communicated to the earth; and
it will then be covered wiih eternal ice, in the
same manner as we now si-e the plains of the
north, where the elephant formerly lived, and have
neither spring nor autumn.
Dram drinking is not a rate vice. But we
now and then meet one'of its victims, who attracts
more than usual attention. The other day ween
countered a voting man in the street, and though
in the full vigor of years and healthful manhood,
from evrry feature nature flung out her signal
lights of distress. The fatal network was already
woven on his cheek; his eyes were highly inflam
ed, and of a fierce, fiery red; and his breath stencil
ing with the foul and poisonous compounds of our
rumshops. He would have sneered—probably
Cursed—had we accosted him, and whispered, Be
ware! And y< t lie is under full headway to de
gradation and the graveyard. The war between
nature and his loathsome and fatal habit will not
last long. His young life is consuming every hour,
and his countenance has already lost that open
and fresh look of nobleness, characteristic of sober
and uncorrupted manhood.
Tuning friend.! you need not take our word for <
this. Look in the glass, sir! —look in the ylass !
Do you see whet is going on? Are you blind to i
the blazing imagery of premature drunkenness ? i
Look yourself in the eye one minute, if you dare, 1
and think. V\ hat a face for a man of your years 1
to carry ! Who gave you such an appearance ? i
Poor, pitiful, cringing slave! Slave to ruin.— i
The bondage is wearing into soul and limb. You i
go to the grogshop like a serf to his task. One
who is coining your body, brain, and reputation, l
into gold, is binding you in the degrading thrall, i
You are transforming yoursejf into a loathsome i
dmnknrd, to put money in his pockets. Shame! 1
Quite a New Cry.
One of our eo-temporaries, describing one of the
royal visits, says most gushingly:—
“There came into our eye an unvoluntary half-tear.”
We have heard many persons say that they had
*‘half-a 7 nnnd vrehavo also heaid many a person
called “half n-fool”—but “half a-tear” is a decided
iwrelly in this “vale of tears!’ For ourselves, vve
httle suspected that a tear could be torn in two,
like a bank note. Perhaps our crying correspon
dent kept the oilier half himself; *o that the'two
halves may be matched together on some future
cry ! or it may be that the other half was in the
other eye; for, if you notice, the poor fellow, who
fathoms his grief with such an accurate plumb
line, only alludes to one eye. We suppose a half
tear is shed when one has had only “halt’-a.dinner”
—or, perhaps, it appropriately occurs when one is
“half-seas-over !” Anyhow, the absurdity is too
“good by half’ not to be further encouraged.—
We hope our semi lachrimose tear-shedder will
next favor us with expression of sorrow as. nicely
sub divided as the following : —“Our bosom heav
ed with a three quarter sigh,” or, “Wo eould’nt
well speak for the six-eighth emotion that oppress
ed us. ’’
Newspaper Impersonality. — The New York
Mirror has a judicious article upon the proper
method of conducting a newspaper. We ax tract
the following paragraph as embodying a just esti
mate of publie opinion resjiecting the matter:
“The paper, which is the mere mouth-piece of
an individual, the reflex of the peculiarities and
idiosyncracies of a single njan, is always liable to
make itself unpopular or and can never
be a power in the cotnnmni y. So longs as the
nanus of the publishers are known, the public has
every necessary guarantee of the responsibility of
their prints. Who writes this or that article is a
matter which does not concern the public, and
for which they care nothing. Nor do they trou
ble themselves much about editorial quarrels and
bickerings, except to laugh indiscriminately, as a
crowd does over a street-fight. A newspaper of
influence and ability is an institution, not a per
sonality, and its expressed opinions are the aggre
gate opinions of a number of men acting wiih
unanimity, with common motive, and with a
fixed purpose. Louis NajxUeon crippled the
French press effectively, when he compelled every
newspaper article to be signed by tlie name of iis
writer; and the London Times would lose half its
vigor and influence were the same rule to be
adopted in England.
llow the People S/fake of Sermons Forty
Years Ayo. —“ Men did not speak of a sermon
as an intellectual effort, a splendid performance, a
beautifully written di course; but they said that
their souls had be- n fed by it, they had derived
food for many days, they had treasure*! up the
truth for months, they had b eti delivered from the
snares into which they were nearly fallen, they
were quickened to new Christian effort. These
remarks show the tendency ot the class of preach
ers which seem now to be passing away.”— Way
land.
How they Speak of Them Now. —“ You hear
a sermon from almost any pulpit, and hearken to
the comments made on it afterwards, and you
will find men who do, and men who do not pro
fess religion, criticise it in the very same terms.—
The language, the plan, the delivery, the imagery,
are the matters of conversation ; the religion of it
is equally acceptable to both parties.”— Way land.
The Afoi/erate Drinker. —The modem e drink
er is treading on that fearfully hazardous, beaten
path that leads to ignominy, suffering, contempt,
aud irretrievable ruin. Every step that he lakes
leads wit i accelerated rapidity, to the precipice,
beneath which boils, in-~angry~fury, the giddy
whirlpool, in which foriy thousand human beings
annually perish. They hear its deafening.roar—
the cry of anguish and despair rings out its warn
ing wail from its perishing victims—but they
heed them not —they press on and soon they will
be among the lo t who have gone before.
The Drunkard. —The drunkard!—alas! the
poor drunkard —he around whom the arch enemy
lias thrown all his enslaving chains; he whose ev
cry hope and aspiration is to gratify the hellish
appetite which strong drink has formed within
him ; he is fallen—fallen ! if, in a lucid moment
he dare look up to see if there is any refuge, he
finds no star of hope twinkling in the far off azure
blue! No voice of encouragement, of promise, of
hope, salutes his ear. But instead, the jeer of
ridicule, the hiss of scorn, the kick of contempt
are given as his portion, and he turns again to 4is
cups to bury his grief and woes in the sleep of
drunken forgetfiriness.
Boys, if you are one, in all human probability,
you will be the other.
jjg?”“There is an endless mystery between the
sexes. They have in their educated state, at Last,
very little notion of one an other. A woman
brings forth a mauchild. and to her dying day nev
er understands the man. The man who lias most
knowledge of men has least knowledge of women ;
to understand a woman needs a refined, delicate,
inquisitive turn, that masculinity is se'dom equal
to. What ludrier<ms women poets create; take
Milton’s Eve, for instance! What absurd men
have been sketched on paper by mind abounding
women ; take Mrs. Gore’s, for instance. Let phil
osophical people mention the reason; let others
be content wiih the fact. Men believe in the
patience of women. Compliment the animal
on anything else, but on that; it is a donkey’s
quality. Were it her quality, we should not do e
on her. Her failings are those of the higher bred
animal. It is her want of patience which is her
charm and curse.”
Avery pretty sentiment. —Between a man’s
love and a woman’s love, there is all the difference
between lending and giving. With women, love
is a gift—with man, it is only a loan. The loan is
for the moment, or for that particular evening, or
it may be for six months, or perhaps, as long as
six years; but with woman, the gift is one that
lasts all her life.— Punch.
On Sty hi rs Darnand. —One of the “ Porters”
is responsible lor the following anecdote:
“Judge B , a well-known and highly
respected Knickerbocker, on the shady side of fit*
ty, a widower, with five children—full of fun and
frolic, ever ready for a joke, to give or take, was
bantered the evening by a Miss of five-and
twenty, for not taking a wife; she urged that he
was hearty, ami deserved a matrimonial messmate.
The Judge acknowledged the fact; admitted that
he was convinced by the eloquence of his fair
friend, that he had been very remiss, and express
ed contrition for the fault confessed, ending with
offering himself to the lady, telling her she cer
tainly could not reject him, after pointing out to
him his heinous offence. The lady replied that
she would be most happy to take the situation
thus offered, and become bone of his bone and
flesh c f'his flesh ; but there was one, to her, se
rious obstacle. “ Well,”-says the Judge, “name
it. My profession is to surmount such impedi
ments.” Ah! Judge, this is beyond your power.
L have vowed if I marry a widower, he must have
ten children..” “Ten children ! O! that’s noth
ing,” says the Judge. “I’ll give you five now,
and my note on demand, in yeariy installments,
for the balance!” Fact.
©|f Cempcntncc Cntsakr.
PENFIELIX OEOIIOIA.
Thursday Morning, September 10, 1857.
kMUHTS 01’ JIItHIIO.
You are hereby notified
that the Grand Lodge of
Georgia will meet in the
City of Atlanta, on the
third Thursday, 17th day
of September proximo, at
10 o’clock, a. in, Have
your Lodges represented
in said meeting, as there
will be business of impor
tance to the Order before
the body, and remember
that the meeting is on the
17 th day, and not the Istli
day, as stated, (this was
an error.)
Yours in H. T. & C.
W. G. FORSYTH,
G W. R.
Atlanta, Aug. 20.
Tite Stak shines again. Perhaps it has lost much
of its small share of brightness since it has been
wrapt in clouds, but its beams are the same, soft
and innocent as before. They may bring you little
light, but they will do you no harm. *
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Ambrotypes! Ambrotypes !
J. J. Day, of Madison,
has engaged Rooms in the Concert Hall, in Greenes
boro, to take Ambrotypes during Court week in Sep
tember next. We can recomroenl Mr. Day as a
most excellent artist, and persons wishing good and
lasting likenesses would do well to call on him du
ring his stay in Greenesboro.
Persons wishing to constitute a Lodge of Knights
of Jericho can gain the necessary instructions by
addressing vV. G. Forsyth, G. W. R., Atlanta, Ga.
We notice in our exchanges, the receipt of sev
eral bales of new cotton in Macon, Columbus, Au
gusta and Savannah. It was sold at from 15 to
19 cents. *
The Excitement which the Burdell murder cans
ed in newspaperdom has not yet ceased. Mrs Cun
ningham in her anxiety to prove herself Burdell’*
widow, has been detected in a base deception, and
is again in confinement at the Tombs. It is quip
probable that some revelations will be made that
will throw new light on that mysterious affair *
,ii,
Is iie who buys a man’s vote with liquor belt* r
than he who buys it with gold? Where is the dif
ference, if any exist? *
The exercises of Mercer University were resumed
on Wednesday, the 2d. We learn that the number
of admissions has been as large as usual at this s. a
son of the year. *
A vekv handsomely printed catalogue of Monroe
Female University has come to our cilice. It shows
the Institution to be in a highly flourishing con
dition. *
The Christian Index announces the death of Row
T. F. Faulkner of Fayetteville, Ga. He was a grad
uate of Mercer University, of the class of 1851.
We learn that Rev. Prof. Tucker was robbed ‘ I
a valuable Gold Watch and chain, and a lumdn.d
and twenty-five dollars in cash, while on a Steamer
going from New York to Boston some few weeks
since. lie had hidden these in his sta-e room, lock
ed the door and stepped out for a fe w moments, and
when he returned they were gone. *
A correspondent of the Index, (evidently a biped
of the long-eared tribe,) over the signature “Critic,’’
makes himself quite merry at somethings which ho
observed at our late commencement, lie no doubt
directed that communication with all the inwar 1
joy of a man who thinks he has done a very smart
thing. The next time he attempts to enlighten the
world by his criticisms, we hope he will so arrange
his sentences as to be understood, or if that be a
vain hope, we may at least advise him to lay asiA j
the quill until he has learned English Grammar and
common sense. We are surprised that such non
sensical squibs should be admitted into the State
Organ of Georgia Baptists. *
The piece of sarcastic humor, “nothing to wear,”
which appeared some time since in Harpers We ekiy,
seems to be attracting a deal of attention in the
literary world. Quite a serious dispute has been
raised in regard to the authorship. A lady of New
York protests that she is the real authoress, but
had the misfortune to lose the manuscript in the
streets, during some of her perambulations. Avery
probable tale that, and will no doubt gain general
credence among newsmongers. *
“ I’ll do as I please,” is an expression very com
mon among petulant persons, when conscious of
being about to do something very objectionable.—
This renders it an extremely hateful form of speech.
Men are too corrupt ever to do otherwise than wrong
when they follow the dictates of their own pltasur .
If all would choose to do right, it would be a glori
ous thing for each to please himself. *
Summer is gone. The chill wind tells us so, as its
soft cadences fall upon the ear. The sered, yellow
leaf proclaims it, as it quits its slender hold upon the
parent tree, and with slow, melancholy grace sinks
to the earth. The rich mellow glow that rests like
a cart&py of gold around the setting sun, heralds the
approach of Autumn. How soon has it passed. It
seems but as yesterday that her fervid hand brushed
away the fickle clouds that lingered on the vernal
sky and clad nature in all the fulness of her beauty.
Now in a few brief weeks she will have put off the
rich livery which she then so gayly donned. Time
flies on rapid wings. *
Men seldom have to beg for offices which they are
competent to fill. When they humbly solicit their
“ fellow citizens”,fo place them in positions of trust,
it is a sure indication that they distrust their own
competency, and think others of the same opinion.
Is your opinion of a man influenced by n knowl
edge of bis pecuniary circumstances? Os course,
you answer “no.” Your theory upon this subject, like
those of a great majority, is very good ; but unfor
tunately, the best theories in regard tutorial life,
find few exemplifications in practice. We are now
however, inquiring concerning your real thoughts;
those which exhibit themselves in your daily ac
tions. We ask, if when other things are equal, you
do not think mpre of the rich man than you do of
the poor, and we venture the affirmation that you
do. Men do universally, almost without a s ; ngle ex
ception, be their own condition or circumstances
What they may.
There is a inanin the streets clad in tattered rags,
upon whom poverty and misfortune have wrought
their most desolating woes. As he plods along
wearily, a gilded equipage passes by, carrying its
pampered occupant robed in purple and fine linnen.
The Bps of the poor man are distorted into a bitter
smile as he brushes away the dust that the living
wheels have thrown into his face ; but there steals
into his heart the thought, that amid all that “pride,
pomp and circumstance,” there lives a nobler soul
than ever had existence in his poor frame, lie
thinks that Nature strove to fit up an inhabitant
for the golden temple which man’s hand built. He
worships the tinsel glare that surrounds bis fellow
worm, and in the blindness of his idolatry, supposes
he adores some higher essence than his own.
How mistaken the idea ! That exalted attribute
of human nature, soul, mind, genius, whatever you
may call it, can not be purchased by gold. Omnip
otint as it is elsewhere, here is a realm where its
power utterly fails. No position which wealth can
create, can strengthen or dignify the weak, base,
grovelling mind. Temples have throbbed bom atli
glittering coronets that pulsated not to the active
energies of mind. Fifty years ago, a poor misera
ble, crazed wretch sat upon the throne of the most
splendid empire which the worid has ever known.
The grand pageants that passed before him, bearing
his name, produced no sensation in a soul from
which the light of reason had forever departed.
It is a fact, evident enough, but much to be la
mented, that in the world’s estimation, “ faults that
are rich, are fair.” Gold lias the power to en’iixly
hide or greatly extenuate the most flagrant sins
which a man may commit. There is a church, scru
pulous almost to rigidity in its efforts to preserve
the purity of its membership. But one has fallen;
one whose large possessions have rendered him a
tower of strength. Ills liberal contributions to their
treasury have hushed every murmur about his luke
warm faith and lax morality. Now, however, his
departure from the path of duty has become too
marked to be passed over in silence. lie addresses
himself to retrace his steps; but they run to meet
him while he is yet star off, and welcome him back
to their flock with shouts of joy, ere one tear of
penitence has bedewed ids cheek. They accompany
not their patd’*n by the stern injunction, “sin no
more;” but by their actions say, “we forgive you
freely, •u’d would be happy to do so again.” Is this
right? Is it in consistence with Christian duty?—
Does a man’s 1 berality atone for his thousand and
one shortcomings in (very other particular? Noth
ing can be more evident t han that it does not; vet a
imdtitndo of good mu: set in to adhere to this opinion.
If wealth exerts any influence on a man’s moral char
acter (and it most assut d!y does.) all history teaches us
that its'tendency is in the opposite direction. There
is no adage more true th n “the more we get the
more we watii,” and hence men seldom become
more scrupulous in the employment of means as
their means ?ticrease. The contest for worldly pos
s ssions has by. n the most prolific source of sin that
has ever existed, and in this strife, he who is mean
est mi-s: frtq nntiy succeeds.
On the other hand, there is often found among
tlie poor, an honest y of purpose, a purity of heart,
a d--pth of piety which may be'looked for in vain
among t-e sons • f wealth. At the very time when
asp oh and child of fortune was selling his country for
a few | i < < s. of gold, three “poor but honest” men
witbsto and t*v, ry aliuioment which temptation could
present. It is v\ ith su> it men as these, that the hopes
both of Church and State eventually rest. When
the <1 cites of X co and the thunders of the Vatican
were heard through every liili and vale of Europe,
the rich and mighty shrank away, leaving their reli
gion ;n the power of a corrupted priest-hood. Then
Iheing from courts where irreligion stalked in the
pride of pow< r, t: u Christianity found her only
lodgement in tin hearts of the poor and humble.
All admit in words, that men are none the better
from being wealthy; but in practice they set their
theory at naught vvq- hear much said about the
good times of old and ih-: good time coming; yet
we do not see thai punhe sent inent in this part’eu
.ar lias, or is i.kciy to undergo any change. A man’s
wo.* tli is estimated by ids value in dollars and cents
ami in this sens.- milv “worth makes the man and
want of it the fYllmr.'’ *
| *1 hat i ; t-e ni .St piti'ul of ail excuses for follow
j ing a bu-mess whi b bi-mgs perpetual injury upon
j your f liow-men, that you n!y pander their tastes,
j and if you did not, sow one else would. This is
the excuse which the priests of Fashion give for kill
ing thousands \i Urns yearly by oppressive styles
of dr. ss. This if the excuse which men offer for
giving to all who w t!i take, a species of literature
that corrupts, aul destroys the mind. —
This is the plea which the liumseller offers for all
the derm rai zing influences of Iris traffic. It is an
excuse so mean, tKa? it is an insult rather than an
apology. A man’s responsibility for selling a poison
is u< t diminished hy the willingness of the purcha
se. r. *
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Woodstock, fi a. , May sth, 1557.
The undersigned agree to form themselves into an
Association to he known nod distinguished as the
Mutual Insurance Association, composed of the cit
zciis of Oglethorpe, Green, Taliaferro and Wilkes.
The officers of the Association shall be a Presi
d 11, Vic*- President, Secretary and Treasurer.
The duties of the President shall be to call togeth
er the member.', whenever, in his discretion the exi
gencies of the country may require their convening,
t>etwi-en the regulai meetings, which regular meet
ings sha’l be on toe Tilt Friday in each month.
The duty of the Vice Pi esid nt, shall be to pre
side over the meeting in absence of the President,
and do all the duties of the President in his absence.
The duty of the Secretary, shall be to keep a re
cord of all the proceedings of the Association neces
sary to be recorded, and have a minute thereof to
be read at every meeting if required.
‘I he duty of the Treasurer shall be to receive and
pay out all monies contributed for the benefit of the
Association, and account for the same by proper
vouchers.
The undersigned whose names arc hereunto sub
scribed, mutually bind ourselves to pay any sum
which may be necessary to remunerate any men.bar
for loss which may be sustained by reason of pri
vate injuries which may happen to any member;
each member binding himself to pay a sum in pro
portion to his tax, and should any member be pios
ecuted for any act which may be necessary for his
oWn protection or defence, or for any nit which may
be necessary to carry out the objects of this Associ
ation, all and every one agree to stand up to - him,
and pay any expense which may be inoured by
lawyer’s fees or any other necessary expense in t ! a
proportion above mentioned.
The undersigned members of this Association,
hereby bind themselves to aid and assist each other
in all cases which may be necessary to detect and
ferret out the rascals who are unlawfully trafficking
with negroes for stolen property, or selling spirits
to negroes contrary to law, and if extreme meas
ures should be necessary, that we will mutually sus
tain * ach other in any’ difficulty or danger which
mav be incured.
Each member will consider it his duly, and hereby
binds himself by his honor to attend ail meetings of
this body, and give his aid and assistance to carry
out all the resolves which a majority of this Associ
ation may think proper to adopt.
The object of this Association is to root out and
expel from the country, all and every person engag
ed in the illegal traffic with negroes, in buying from
them stolen goods, and selling them spirits or other
commodities, contrary to the laws of the country.
We profess to be law abiding men; but as’ the
laws of the country have heretofore been so badly
executed in the cases of what is generally known as
the keepers of back-door groceries, we the under
gigned mutually agree to protect ourselves at all
hazards.
We the members pledge ourselves to each other
to keep secret any plans or moves which may be
resolved upon, unless to members, and that under
the injunction of secrecy.
AMENDMENTS.
Ist. At the representation of at least two mem
bers, the President must call a meeting.
2nd. That new members can be admitted by the
proposal of two, and acceptance of a majority of
the body.
3d. The President was impowered and directed to
appoint special committees of three, to watch and
report concerning such proceedings as the Asso
ciation is concerned in, for every neighborhood in
the aforesaid counties.
This Constitution has been signed by 90 members.
Tribute of Respect.
San Marino Lodge No. 31, Greenesboro,’Ga. I
A raj. 31st, A. D. 1857, A. L. 5857. \
At a called meeting of this Lodge, to pay the last
Tribute of Respect to Brother Marshal! B. Guill.
On motion ot Jas. L. Brown, the following Brethren
were appointed a Committee to prepare suitable res
olutions for the occasion:
Brother Y. P. KING, )
“ F. C. FULLER, V Com.
“ JAS. L. BROWN. )
Whereupon they submitted the following reso
lutions :
\V hereas death has invaded on- mystic circle, and
removed from us a beloved Brother, who was not
only endeared to os by the ties of fraternal relation
ship, but by the many virtues, and excellencies that
adorned his character in all the associations of hu
man life.
Bcsolred , i hat in the death of Brother Marshall
B. Guill, we recognize the hand of an overruling
Providence, whose plans and purposes, though mys
terious to us, we are assured result in the highest
good to his creatures.
Pesolced, , That in this mournful bereavement, we
deeply sympathize with the family of our departed
Brother, who have lost, in him, the affection and
support of a son, the protector and care of a hus
band, and the counsel and guidance of a father.
ItesoUed, That we will wear the badge of mourn
ing for thirty days.
Pesolced , That a copy of these proceedings be
furnished the family of the deceased, and be pub-
H: hed in the Masonic Signet and Journal, and in the
Temperance Crusader.
Y. P. KING, )
F. C. FULLER. i Com.
JAS. L. BROWN, )
A true extract from the minutes of this Lod^e.
WM. C. SMITH, Secretary.
CLIPPING S.
In character, in manners, in style, in all things,
the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Ihe sum of £22,000 bus so far been collected for
the endowment of Randolph Macon (Va.) College.
W. 11. Pittman, a student from Florida, died sud
denly at the University of North Carolina, a few
days since.
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A negro boy belonging to Dr. Elias Horlbe'Sk of
Charleston was shot on Sunday night, by Mr West,
a policeman. West is in jail.
Ex-Governor Henderson; the former law partner
of General Thomas J. Rusk, of Texas, is spoken of
as his successor in the U. S. Senate.
Poison in \Y eisky.—The liogerville (Tenn.) Times
says, that ten or twelve cattle-drovers were down
seriously sick, occasioned by’ drinking rectified
whisKY, which they’ had obtained in the country
near that place.
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We saw two hogs lying side by side, yesterday,
in the gutter, with a remarkable resemblance to each
other. One had a ring in his nose, and the other
had a ring on his linger: one was a beast by nature,
the other w r as a beast from inclination.
Several unsuccessful efforts have recently been
made to set fire to the town of Americus, and the
Mayor has offered a rcw'ard for the detection and
apprehension of the incendiaries.
The Selma Reporter learns that Dr. Dumas, of
Columbiana, Shelby county Alabama, committed
suicide on the 28th August, by taking laudanum.
The Reporter thinks the prediction that the comet
would strike the earth, so worked on his mind as to
cause him to commit the act.
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The Convention to form the State Constitution
vi 1 assemble in Kansas in September. The eleo
lion in that Territory for members of the Teritorial
Legislature, will take place in October.
Father Hughes, Catholic priest at Hartford, is
doing a good work among the Irish. He goes about
to the low groggeri.es at night, learns the names of
riotous men, and publishes them from the pulpit on
Sunday. lie hopes in a measure to stop the drink
ing and lighting.
Jenny Lind.—Mr. Otto Goldschmidt, the hus
band of Jenny Lind, is at present in England, mak
ing arrangements for the removal thither of his
family, which is passing the summer at the village
of Obcrlcessnitz, near Dresden, and has recently
been increased by the birth of a daughter. Mrs.
Lind Goldschmidt’s voice, it is said, has neither lost
in quantity nor in quality, and she would not refuse
the oiler ol another musical tour through the United
States.
Foreign Immigration to the United States is again
very large. From the official report of the New
York Superintendent of Emigration, we learn that
during the current year, up to the 26th of August,
there have arrived at the port of New York, 122,888,
foreign immigrants, against a total of 88,085 to the
parallel date last year. This is an increase of fifty
per cent. The increase at Baltimore has also been
very large,
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Justice Davidson has refused to admit Mrs.
Cunningham to bail. Her counsel have announced
an intention to apply for a writ of certioral.
Steel Engraving. —A good specimen of this art
can be seen on each bottle of Perry Davis’ Pain
Killer. This valuable preparation is put up in square
bottles, with the words Davis’ Vegetable Pain Killer
blown in the glass. [2.]
Moffat's Life Pills ami Pine nix Bitters. Tt often
happens that when a man lias been suffering under
a violent billions fever, that on recovery he will be
afflicted with an acute neivous sensation, loss of ap
petite, tretuulousness in the extremities, and rapid
pulsation of the heart. The cause is the wrant of pu
rification of the system, and a resort to the use of
Moffat’s Life Medicines will afford relief to the pa,-
cient sooner than any other known remedy. Sold
by the proprietor, VY. B. Moffat, 335 Broadway,
>few York.