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THE fmmm “CRCSADEIt. I BY J. H. SEALS. ‘fo X THE E&W OF NEWSPAPERS. * 1. Subscribers who do -'not -five express notice to. the contrary, arc considered afi w isfctng t<> continue their subscription. . ‘ . 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance ot their newspapers, the publisher msy continue to ®wu them until all arrearages areqiaid. . - * 3. If subscribers negicct or refuse to take their newspapers from the olfices to which they avoui rected, they are held responsible.until they have mot tled the bills and ordered them di.sapntmiied. 4. If subscribers remote to. other places without informing the pubifoh-srs, and the newspapers are sent to the former direction, they are held responsi ble, - • - Y . - 5. The Courts hare’ decided that reftisiusfte taker newspapers from the ©Sice, or removing anu leaving them uncalled for, is primAfacie evidence of inten tional fraud. 6. The United States Courts have alpo repeatedly decided, that a Postmaster who neglects to perform his duty of giving reasonable notice, as require l by the Post Office Department, of the rfo*fo?t; of a ‘per son to take from the office newspapers addte -sed to him, renders the Por tmister liable to the publisher for the subscrintfo TnfE jPAT-r: or-’ : r /„n —ec, which wi\3 s C • ■ _ b. a ■m, .£ a i-.vcrrl years ago, in which all the crow save, the Captain perished. The thunder loud proclaims a Covin, The rain in Uu rears pours— No light except the livid Hash While loud the tempest roars. The mariner is cr. the- sea His heart is full of dread The raging billows at his side, Reminds him of the dead. Alas on such a night, The sea is ‘nil commotion, The noble slip tossed to and fro— Wild raves the maddened ‘ocean. With fruitless efforts she reels on The storm is in her wake, She feeli the crested foam to coil Around her like, a snake. High o’er the oceans billows She gallantly doth ride, Unmindful of the crowd below Or iwhat might her belli©. A crash ! ’Tis o’er, the noble ship Her fate we all Lave read, \Y Lb enow the whale in silence chants i\..p i.iu - j the dead,’ . . Levis ,J. ArpLEWinT*;. ■ i .■> (ie-i'-’.i r, <i; , .VUC. 2utii, leyt. ’ Tor tbe Crusader. Mu. Editor :—You will no doubt be snrpised to bear from.us again after our long silence, but a “press of other matters, must be our apology,'lor truly our hearts best wishes -are ever with you in the noble cause you ad vc ;te ; pud n:though our pen lies been idle our voire has not been” silent on the- subject .o’ rnfhiring curse of our laud,- Intemperance . NoL Gyu 1- £I J ! for until our tongue is palsied i.i death we intend u> .sound, ine note of alarm to old and young wherever in im providence of God our lot is cash Dut we sat down to say a word about Monroe. Thank Heaven we have found one more town in Georgia where we can breath-tree 1 Another place where the vile Demon, Alcohol, has no High Priest —no shrine—no worshippers ! How re freshing to inhale the fresh, pure air of Heaven unmixed with the sickening odors of the Hum-stye or the mephitic, exhalations oi those breallung holes of the infernal il-iigUms, _DAAdi— SHOi ‘A ! Here no boisterous north, no obscene jest, no “language of Devi’ J r gr;*tos harshly on t h<? ear; no ragged, wretched, beslavered .inebriate is seen, staggering on his way to a drunkards grave, ‘“ the deepest ever dug for frfhii” ! Hero the “spartan Baud” have achieved a complete victory over the legions of Alcohol, - Ye have done well, ye noble men and women of Monroe —lovers of your race, ye have done well! may God bless you and your “little ones” to the latest generation for the noble stand ye have tak en in “shutting down the flood-gates of Ruin.; and if ever Intemperance shall march al ids hosts of “Brandy sippers” “Rum-smellers” “Gindickers “mud-tumbler-'” “window-smushers” ‘ Nose-break era” “ Eye-gouge rs” “skull-crackers” ‘ T tout-, ut ters” and (meanest of;::!), “wife-bruisers” tor an onslaught upon your 1 >vely, qufot town, ‘.:o say to you, < stand firm, trust in (tod, and keep vour powder clrg !” ’ vh. r. n. LA v ‘ “ - To tlie fdiVrrof i- ‘ *■’.*:. tviUnetlist:- The discussion i: t,e -.-urir rn papers, ia vefcrxiTca to the ccndue-: of.Gov. Walker, has boon of great interest to us in Kar sas. Southerners hi’the Terri tory wc-ro pleased to see th.ryt the LV novats of the South were -not ,<o to desert ug in the hour of danger. Gov. walker came to os as a pro-slavery man, with our full conti kiicc ; he was received cor dially and welcomed by us as a man who would prove true to the rcen who brought his party into office. But how was this confidence received? liis inaugural address is a free State document, his To peka speech an Abolition harangue, and Has become the platform of the ft Suae party. Not content with this, from the <Ky Lo arrived in the Territory he has use'” his individual and official ini’deuce for the purpose of m:ri ;n* Kansas a free State. The people of the* T’orritory. were willing to give him a fair trial and, if possible, sustain ’< 3 Adminis tration; but it has reached that point a! which we must derouncc him or desrrt those principles tor which we have so long fought. To show you what the Southern people think of Walker, read the fol lowing resolution, adopted by the Democrats, at a meeting in Fort Scott, one of the strongrs- pro-slave ry towns in Kansas. On motion of Dr. George P. Hamilton. Eesohed, That Gov. Walker, in his course in. Ka nsas, has violated the spirit of the Kansas-Ne'braska bill, and, his efforts to make Kansas’ a free'State is a usurpation of power on his part, which meets with the hearty condemnation and disapproval of this roenting. At the sitting of the District Court, at Lecompton, where Gov. Walker r sides, Secretary Stanton drew up a paper strongly approving the course of Gov. Walker, and pr> seated it to the Gtar.d Jury, it was rejected with but one dissenting voice, for the rea son that they did not approve of the course of Gov. Walker. We appeal to the Souther- press to stand by us in this crisis. Our convention meets the first Mon day in September. What course they will - adopt about submitting the Constitution to the people, I .cannot tell. .If-it is submitted, they .will require at.- least ft six months -residence (o vote on the ?y;Qption. I would cot bo sutprised if it was sent directly to Congress. In that case we'will Expect the whole South, as one man, to demand that Congress hrimit that Constitution Jteipeetfully, R, F, B, j oecurr-eutn thi* city, illustisitivul ©if ‘ the -|®verli” that “tfeemT many a Tip ’twixt the.•up-.itud thd-- iip.” ..A yourijf p ntl- tnv.iYba.l l-Jeii &'r*yj|tte'rirn to .a y.,uA iady,GUoulW.'rjr*;p .ed, was neccptLtl, and Y'Len.ti ‘ iicppy tin: . :m:v^yvC>o •* m:n... cv/ v '*‘’opuiori,'gnthf*rej tin? :*-a -----;!• gv gs w.i her jyr, tm-1 afixioudy uwpit t;--i ihe f: lv;d.(-f •He groom.. Thelaßen- iudividu (i, vno CTji'hitut.'d sotieecssary a part of the ao- appear, and after watt-’ iug. a long.time tjve party broke up, lighttl were extingußH tmf imrorfMafe maid -ret ired To weep *iv<.*r 2!:. r iil treatment. The.next day .-.he waa new,-ii. and eon lit tied for some time, and on thajfoflowifg Simday;a minister was sent ■ for :to visit and console lu-r hi lmr. affiifction, On his ah riva l atyjy hqu: e the reverend gentleman was much surprised to see (ho groom (that was to be) engeged ia conversation wh tbo lady, and before tho ruinii-ter Ipfl be ;wl ed him to.pertorrn tbo cor- the .sn I ..la’ he did rsot come at-the f••• id nt thought a,sh“rt time v: id . - ■}: r.oinference. Tins did rTff‘'•'Tt *’ led , T' ’ e ‘ ‘ ; ed To bo ‘rau’ff'ed ‘o l.ra in’ -;. •<•. id o >, whereupon ho • ahrtip iy ieu, r-r ■ die l y rod. . ■ ‘ : I; ::/ *.. ro t ;■?; ; uti ‘ L ‘ f'.r breadituffij lit limited. me-.-, - {;•. I it ac as, oc-cn reached, and even Ia shade lower. The prospect is, that there will be : r , ifxora ftctfro rxn'T : c( floor and grain than was j ar.ick-rc i, ?•** . - t—*• furnish a ‘substitute for the cm i;in si o *'v sos gold, it is .seated in the Jour nal of Cos nmcrce, that the engagements of grain for Grc u Br.itaia have averaged titty thousand,bushels a clay for several days, and if the decline in prices docs not prevent the pircu.iee froin coming forward from the ictenor, the Journal looks for an active btisiness in this line throughout the fall months.— —& • - Walt, Art, vt I>if faculties. — If the Merchants ! Exchange had-been prostrated by an earthquake U could not have created greater consternation than j tho failure .of the Oliio Life and Trust Company.— : Thi- was ‘coinpi-.v,lively an old institution; it had weathered m >‘y r storm, and had the confidence of i the public. Bv gteking to make ‘money • too fast, and realize more than a fair interest for its capital, it lent itself te Railroad;speculators, men who are willing to pay thi c-e per cent a month for money, and it has lost both principle and interest. This is the usual consequence of transactions, were an extra rale of interest is the temptation. No railroad no company, no business can afford to pay away one ’ third of its capital a year for the uso of monev.— ! The law, wisely and philosophically looking at this I great and long established truth, regulates the rate of interest. Those who pay, and those who receive more are almost invariably the victims of their eva sions. We look every hour for further and more astound ing disclosures. In the meantime we should like to know what more the William street bears are going to subsist on. They have broken down good stocks as veil as bad, and cannot do anything better now than to suc k their “awful paws.’ ( —[Ad }’, Mirror. —0 * -O--* *r- - r Not a yjotY LYattemino Compliment, —The Hon. Henry W. flilliard, of Alabama, a recent convert to Buchanan-WaTkerisra; made a speech a few days since'at a Democratic gathering in Hamilton’Har ris county, Ha., which if the following incident, re lated by tue LaGrango Importer, reflects the gener al sentimeat,of.the audience, was not very highly appreciated by his new political associates ; ‘■After LI; - , IJiliiapd had concluded his speech, an obi Do:**ocr.sl——a I>roivh man—a Buchanan’ Demo crat —vrH.vVad'listened very patiently and atte'nt ive v during -‘the whole speech, looked up to Mr- I Hi haul as he Had finished, and in a very earned, and 1 tm-asuiru tone, retnarked to Mr. H. : “ You have made a U — 4poop apetoU f to which Mr. 11. replied, “you vvou and not if }-ou intended to vote for my friend Brown for Governor.” “I voted for Buch anan and intend to vote for brown, but you made a d—d poor speech , and T have no use for you because yon are a turn-coat,” was the prompt reply of the ! old Democrat; Ireland— A Legend, —.—Bishop Simpson, in his ’ travels in Ireland, mus describes the country through i wbicp he pasyed : I In alsslngyhrougli’ the country I found two things , difl'en-nt frorii wfiat 1 h‘a'-J expected. First, the land j is not so wholly occupied nor so perfectly cultiunt ! ed'as-I had fancied, f had supposed the whole (s ----| land to be a-garden but I found waste places and i poorly cultivated lands. The country is also much j uioie hilly or. mountaiaous than a garden can be.— Ranges of no.unl.fois skirted tlie view nearly the whole length of the Toad. On “the east were (he Galtee Mountains, end on the western range is a high peak with a remarkable notch, called the Devil’s Bit. Various legends are connected with this spot. The Kiiiarney boatmen told me that it was said that Satan was chasing some souls that had just escaped from purgatory ; they lied across this mountain in to the province of Connaught •; whereupon Satan, concluding that Connaught was about as had as purgatory, ceased his pursuit, and contented him self with biting a piece of the mountain summit, and spitting it after them. Similar stories the inhabit ants ot the different provinces delight to tell in ref ei ence to each other. — Simplica .*. . ill sr. —l A ire, of the Louisviifo i Jutuna! ak hu .?■ ren L-rs : j Thoxc ~ Gunk t .at, tn ord’ -to dress well, ?t is I necc . u y t* : --;css exiravagantly and gaudily, m-kc ’ ... j, . . , -> I"cu-becomes ;. v tomunne oca yas simpk , v y“ : ’ n many a remarkably ‘film i ‘ ’ \ <: . •••• being over so ...~ A * a.- a. cv*!oaded !•• • ‘ • ‘ -Si.e :s seen i.t n.c. ‘res, painted by men of v.: b ,v*p- tor e bsbc genius. In Athens the ladies wove gaiiddy but si *iq lv arrayed, and we doubt whether tmy lua.es excited- greater admiration.— So also the noble olu Itomans, w hose superb forms were wo ; boy of them, were also plainly dressed.— Fashion often presents tpe lines of butterflies, but fashion is not “a classic goddess. Bea Farmer.—To every young man who desires a long, dpcAd.. i’ldenthdent and happy life—one of few ceres add anxieties-—boat farmer ; or in the lan guage of the Louisville Courier, “If a young man wants to engage in business that will insure him, in middle life, the greatest amount of leisure time, there is nothing more.sure than farming. If he has an independent turn of mind, let him he a fanner. If lis waut. to cogyg jin a healthy occupation, let j hbn till :oe soil, in short, ii lie Would be indepen dent', let him get a spot of earth, keep within his ! means, shun tbe lawyer, be temperate, and avoid the doctor, be honest, have a clear conscience, im prove the soil, so as to leave his farm better than he found it ; and then, if ho caimot live happily aud die content, there is no hope for him.” Cheap Si o.au.—There is a bow of promise on the saccharine cloud, and we are inspired with the hope that sugar will be cheaper. Already the sugar mar ket is giving way, and the pi ospect of the crop bids fair to turn to the bottom before it stops. Louisia na promises three hundred thousand hogsheads whc-n it had but about one hundred thousand last year. Cuba will afford an abundant crop, while Brazil and Mauritius will each yield a good supply. Even India gives indication that it will contribute its usual yield to help to stock the market. With -uch prospects we may indulge a rational hope that for the next year the sweets essential to our sumpt ual enjoyments may be reached at much less price than has been extorted for them during the past.— Buffalo Exp. < i IB i A correspondent of the London Times writes from Cikklewood : A block of pure crystaline ice weighing nearly twenty.-five pounds, was discovered op Monday last in a meadow belonging to Mr. War ner, in this neighborhood. On the day prior a storm passeed Over spot. Mezerny, in his his lory of France, mentions a block of the weight ofon hundred pounds, that foil during a thuader-atortri iotbe year 1010, .• v, asi'.^,-v■ t;jr^ HENFIELD, GfBOROIA. BY ’ ■■*—- iOl i m ‘ll'^-'l Thursday Morning, September 24, 1847* 1 Osart in Groass!JOTo. , Adjourned on Friday er ening.- No eases of much interest were disposed of bv tlie court—dll the moat important ones os usual . ‘^n| being postponed. . Y.'e learn.they ha_d considerable political speaking duiirigih** week, ftom.Messrs A. H, Stephana, Fos ter aiid Cob Hill. ‘ | . “FarmcrV’ Questions to the Candidate in this County who vindicated himself in our columns, can not be published unless he puts them in better lan* gutigb. - It is not pur business nor have we the time to femofo-1 communications for the press, but if he desires, we will publish his article just as it is writ ten. iiw Ip/bx, Jim, temporary Editor of the Chi istian It :, in Ft; ••* issue of that paper, seems, to be . stirred up by the little Editorial pata h . ’ 1.-li appeared in the Crusader about his j “Critic.” If these few Editorial remarks excited ■ him to such an extent, what will he say when he : ;• s the reply of “citizen?” —— Revival in Penfield. We have had a most in teresting revival of religion going on in our Village for | two or three weeks, and nothing more encouraging | nm* acceptable* ‘has visited-us for many days. A | truly humble a .and devotional spirit seems to pervade the entire community, and on last Sabbath the or dinance of Baptism was administered by the Rev. -Mr. Martin to nine new converts. The meeting is dill encouraging and though it has been postponed for a dry or two, we hope and believe there are ma ny yet who are earnest in their manifestations of deep cone rn, and in their desires to unite them selves with thie people of God. We sincerely hope to see many more in this community “step into the | pool while the waters are troubled.” J. K. Hora &Cos., Os Augusta, which is tbe same establishment formerly known under the name of J. M. Newby &00., are now receiving the largest lot of ready-made clothing ever brought to the Augusta Market. V r e taka pleasure in commending this clothing emporium to all needing ready-made dry goods. Joe Newby is in New York and keeps them supplied with the very best clothing, and all the new styles. 4l#i * Sibley fe Boggs, Is the title of anew firm of Grocery merchants recently established in Augusta,a few doors above the old Mansion house. They have decidedly the most handsome and tastily arranged grocery stot .* in the city, and it is filled with a superior stock of groceries, comprising everything usually kept un (for that head—and especially do they keep by far, ; the best ciyms we have ever puffed. If you wish i to enjoy asmoke which will do you good, call at this establishment aud get a cigar. Bes des this they are young men, clever gentle manly and generous hearted fellow,send, will do ample justice to all who patronize them. Hon, C, J. Jenkins and Gen. Walker. The fol lowing paragraph is an extract from a letter written by the Hon. C J. Jenkins to tho Constitutionalist, i denying that a letter addressed to himself by Gen. Walker was published by his consent. It seems that Walker published the letter before sending it to Mr. Jenkins, which was contrary to Mr. J’s. orders, ITe has driven me to the alternative of submitting to inevitable misconstruction, or of making unfavor able comments upon a letter addressed to myself.— I choose the latter, declaring unequivocally — First, that I wholly disapprove Gen. Wm. Walkers con templated invasion and conquest of Nicaragua—Sec ondly, that the proposed revival of the African slave trade is abhorrent to me. I will add that Gen. Walker has taken a very unwarrantable liberty with me —a liberty inconsistent with the sense of propriety which should regulate intercourse between strange.! s—a liberty expiessly interdicted by my plain declaration, tnat “its publication as a letter addressed to me, must depend upon my concurrence in his views.” Very respectfully, &0., Charles J, Jenkins. The Young Men of Augusta. We venture the assertion that Augusta can produce more real clever , : social and generous hearted young fellows, than any cby of the same population in the Southern country. | Wo Fhali song remember some of them for tbeir i hospitality, and kindness as exhibited towards us ! during arr m passage through their city. Especi- Yby wifi vve remember our friends C S., 8., J S., 1 .... 0., the imperial B. H M., & McG. The mention of their names revives pleasant recollections. That | scientific air which the Imperial, on that memoriable I night, sang to the sleeping beauty, and slumbering I Nightengale, still rings upon the tympanum of our ear, and the echo of his laughable and inimitable prelude, of “ touch wood” which flashed like elec tricity through his outside auditory , is still distend ing our visibilities. Success and a long life to these friends. May that pleasant flow of spirit which they did then and do now enjoy, never be checked by the rude Visita lions ol adverse fortune. The Chicago ladies went to a ball the other even ing in a furniture wagon— no ordinary carriage I could contain the immense dresses they wore. The Agency of the Marine Bank of Savannah, for merly at Gridin, has been removed to Atlanta.— Allen Fleming, Esq., is the Agent. Consul Recognized.—W. Dressel is the correct name of the gentleman who has been recognized by the President as consul for the Grand Dukedom of Hesse Darmstadt for Maryland and North and South Coretina, to reside in Baltimore. ■ A Calculation’ To Look at. —Suppose a man drinks four glasses of liquor a day, at five cents a glass ; in a week he spends in a year $72 80. This will buy the following articles : four barrels of flour, say ; four pair of boots, sls ; forty pounds of beel, i? 9 ;ane w ?ft tin vest, $4; a bonnet for wife, $5 ; sugar plumbs for children, $1 80—total, $72- Bo. —California Farmer. {West Point is now the headquarters of the Army, it having been removed from New York a bout a month since. Gen. Scott has his office in the Academy building, where he transacts all nec* essrry business. . , CniXiisE Sugar Cane.—' lt is stated that over 100,- 000, acres of land in the United States have been planted with the Sorghum, or Chinese Sugar Cane. This is a wonderful result, when it ia considered that only two or three years have ejapsod sines it was first introduced into tho country, WUHiiWlUii, the Commercial metropolis of the old Palmetto Slate, la its construction, merchandise audio tbs eleytted Bond chorister, end generosity of its dtiaens steads among the very first of oar Southern cities. Its population in about sixty thou sand, nearly all of which ire Southerners* Count -I*, elegant end tasty brick buildings, form, solid wall-blocks on the streets, and in these blocks are handsome stores. An immense quantity of bnsi. ness is done in this city, wholesale and retail. A moag the leading establishments in the dry-goods line is that of Crane St Boylstone, who are excellent gen tlemen and do by far the largest business of any wholesale firm in the city. In the silk business Clarke, Bancroft &oa, hare the largest and most su perb stock of fancy silk fixtures we bare ever seen. J. Aahurst &Oa, hare by far the most spacious buil ding we saw in Charleston, and it is filled with mil lions of drugs. We had the pleasure during our re cent risit to this city of farming many rery pleasant acquaintances among the business men of Charleston and especially among the young men of the sereral houses. We hare seldom enjoyed such kindness as was manifested towards us during onr illness while there, and for it wo return our new acquaintances the acknowledgements of a gratful heart, and to our Physician, Dr. F. M. Robertson, a polish© 1 and rerra geeablo gentleman, and an able, popular and appreciated Physician, we shall eren feel under ob ligations for his kindness, and attentive care. We regretted very much our inabilily to return the calls of our brethren of the Editorial craft, success to them and their excellent journals. We were no little pleased to learn that in this large city, there is a most flourishing order of the Song of Temperance, numbering if we mistake n©t nearly or quite a hundred members. They meet reg ularly on every Friday night, and so manage the meetings as to make them interesting to all the mem bers—they are supplied with musical instruments, and have vocal and instrumental music at every meeting. They do things up in the proper style, and we invoke the richest blessings upon their Di vision, and wish it may continue to thrive and flour ish until its influence is felt and acknowledged throughout the whole city of Charleston. Sullivan’s Island. We availed ourself of an op portunity while in Charleston to take a pleasure ex cursion over to this Island. It is about four miles distant from the city, and a boat goes and returns twice every afternoon. There are a large number of residences on the Island and a great many Charles tonians with their families spend all the summer on it. The Island is public property, it was given to the city of Charleston, and the privilege granted to any citizen to claim and own a lot on it, provided he would build and improve it. There is a mule car-railroad running from the wharf the entire length of the Island to the Monltrie house, which is located on the beech at the opposite extremity, and a beau tiful locality it is; just on the edge of the broad At lantic, where you may sit for hours with increased delight and gaze at that foaming expanse of waters- We wandered alone upon the smooth sea-washed shore and picked up the beautiful sea-shells as the water would float them out on dry-ground. We stood motionless upon the beach listening to the wild sea-roar, while the billows broken around our feet and as we gazed enchanted upon those unquiet wa ters and ever surging waves, our bosom swelled with but one sublime thought which We addressed to old ocean. 0, thou trackless, boundless, awful and ever heaving deep, thy God knew thee when thou wast born and he alone with the command “peace,be still” can calm thy chafing waters into slumbers unruffled. We for the first time experienced the truth which Byron spoke when he said “There is, society where none tatrades By the deep sea, and mu*io in ita roar.* i mn < Our Bachelor Prospects. Tell me ye winged winds That rtfnnd my pathway roar. If there be on earth a Quiet retreat Wher6 bachelors cart keep from starring. Our “Paradise Regained” is fast losing its charms. The garden vegetables have all “gin tout ” and the same bankruptcy has extended from the vegetable to the animal kingdom, entered our “ smoke-house ,” and even that has/at’fod. A few stewed tomattoes, and a “corn dodger” made of meal, worth $l - per bushel, is the unchanging prospect which presents itself every day at dining hour. No butter to he had, and tough beef worth eight cents, where’s the charm in such a life? We find want rather pinching t No angelic feminine shares our tent with us, whom we may love, if there did we might “subsist on love\ for a short season. But poor un fortunate fellow, we return careworn from our daily labor and enter our lone grotto, but no angel smile meets us at the door with a hearty welcome—our old gown hangs on the chair just as we left it, our old shoes sit in the same position, and the silent walls speak not a word, —even our crayoned beauty who sits upon the mantle-piece, does not disdain to turn her head, but still gazes at the North Star. Where’s the charm? Tell us ye winged winds! We are almost prepared to endorse the lone Dutchmans’ la mentations. Yen I lays myshelf in my lonely pet-room, Und tries to shleep very soundt, Tetreams, oh, how into my hed dey till comes, Till I vish I vas unter te grount. Sometimes, ven I eats von pig supper, I treams Dat my stomak ish flit full of stones: Und out of my shleep, like ter tivil I schrearns, Und kick off te pet-klose and kroans! Den dar, ash I lays, mit de pet-klose all off, I kits myself all over froze; In de morning 1 rakes mit de het-ake und kof, Und I’m shiek from het to mine toes. Oh, vot shall pe tun for a poor man like me— Vot for do I lead such a life ? Some says dere’s a cure for dis trouble for me— Dinks I'll dry it und get me a vise 1 It is said that one hundred and fifty thousand dol lars have been raised in the State of Georgia, to aid Geo. Walker in his descent upon Nicaragua. Columbus Times. 4l> The Prohibitionist of New York hold a State Con vention at Rochester, on the 30th of September to nominote a State ticket. Prospect for Port and Madeira Drenkeks.— Wioe-bibere, says the New York post, must be c reful how they “lay in” their customary swpply of port this year unless they wish to be laid out; for our advices from Oporto assure us that vast quantities of deleterious and even poisonous mix tures have been sent from England to the latter place, to be converted into “tawny” port wine. The gyape from which what we call Port has hitherto been made, has almost entirely failed, and we doubt if a-singe pipe of really honest wine be sent from Oporto this year. Decided at Last. —The St Louis papers of the 29th ult announce that the election fbr Governor of Missouri, which has been for some time enveloped in a dense fog, has resulted in favor of Stewart, the Democratic candidate, by a small majority. The of ficial tote of one or two counties has not yet been received, hat the Intelligencer concedes the slectioa to Stiwirt, uuui 1 i&iiiuqmpMMOTi dates. It is generally known that the test State tem perance Convention, decked nominating a candi date for Governor,, but passed a resolution to inter rogate the candidates of the political parties with the view of concentrating the temporanoe vote of the State upon the one which should express him self most favorable to the temperance cause. As yet no action ..whatever has been taken upon that resolution by the Committee, but it has gone like all the other resolutions of temperance bodies ; they aro passed in abundance, but unfortunately they pass into oblivion and are never heard of afterwards. We have patiently awaited the orders of the chair man of that committee, but ho seems to have for gotton itentirely,'and we venture the assertion, that the chairman appointed, does not now remem ber the appointment. We speak from the indiffer ence exhibited by members of past committees ap pointed by the same convention. Rather than such should be the case it would be far better to hold no temperance meetings and appoint no committees. But we have not urged the resolution, nor said a nything concerning it, for saveral reasons, some of which we now beg leave to submit to our frain ds. In the first place we were opposed to it from the beginning, because we knew full well that it would be nothing more than a “tinkling symbol signifying nothing.” Political bias, party predilections and obligations aro too strong and too deeply rooted in the hearts of men nowadays to suffer them to forego their political elective privileges to support a cause which to them is of minor importance. Every elec tion, state and national which has been held in this country, for the last twenty five years has involved a serious and momentous “ormV” and every voter has been made to believe that the fate of the government hung upon his vote, and that all would be lost if he should cast it upon a “side issue ” as the temperance interprise is called. Such being the true state of things where is the use in passing such resolutions as the above, or the slightest semblance of a hope that it will be observed? It is probable that one temperance man out of every hundred would vote according to the resolution. It is a bard thing to say about the temperance men of Georgia, but it is nevertheless true, that upon that question they are not reliable. They have so proved themselves. In the next place we did not favor tbe resolution, because we considered it as aiming not only at a hopeless point, but at one which if gained would boos no practical benefit to the temperance cause. — The election of a Governor is not or should not at this time be the object of our efforts, for we have accomplished nothing, should we elect a Gover nor. He has no power whatever vested in his hands, save the veto privilege, and under the present state aad progress of this good cause we opine it will be many a “long weary day” before this question is ever submitted to the chief Magistrate of Georgia for his sanction or veto. If the Legislature never passes an Act giving this subject tbe aid of the Law, a Governor might reign a thousand years and yet could do nothing for temperance. But suppose for the sake o the resolution, that the temperance men of the State were to unite upon one of the political candidates, and he were to be elected, could m claim a triumph ? It would never be conceded to the tem perance vote wo all know. The e lection of tem perance Legislators is the point at which we should aim. In the third place we have said nothing in re gard to th s resolution because both the political candidates for Governor now before the people are temperance men. Mr. Joseph E. Brown is a son-in law of the lamented Joe Grish im, who was emphati cally a pioneer of temperance, and a faithful leader, who considered it of paramount importance to every other issue, and with whom we imagine the highest recommendation which a man who wa3 seeking ad mission into his family could bring with him, was, that he was strictly a temperance man. Mr, Brown has never been ashamed to ow n that he was a temperance man. Mr. Hill, w 0 opine is equally as ardent an advocate of temperance. He is a strictly religious man, moral, hightoned and delights in see ing his country and country-men elevated to dignity and respectability. So between the two men it would be difficult to make a choice on the ground of his temperance principles, we guess it will therefore be left to the voter to support either of the two be may prefer. But we are ready to act with the commit tee, and if they prefer to interrogate Messrs. Hill and Brown, and one should express himself more fa vorable to our cause than the other we will heartily support that one and hold him up in our columns for the suffrage of all the temperance men in Georgia. [communicated.] The Index-and “Critic.” Some two weeks since, while oc< yiag temporari ly, the chair editorial of the “Temperance Crusader,” I took occasion to notice briefly a communication in the “Index” over the signature of “Critic,” in refer ence to the commencement exercises of Mercer Uni versity. The “ Locum Tenens” of that paper has ta ken up the cause of that redoubtable character, and indulged in comments of so personal an ature as to force me to the disagreeable necessity of making a reply. T shall do so briefly. He tells us that “Crit ic” is? very “learned” and “experiencedthat he has forgotten more than I ever knew. Very likely. But we fear that the important art of speaking and writing the English language correctly, is one of the things he has forgotten. This is a great misfor tune to one who has a penchant for appearing in the public prints. He wrote “not in malice, but for improvement.” There are many methods of promoting improvement, but of all with which we are acquainted, ridicule and sarcastic raillery are the most unsafe and least efficacious. This is the very kind of method which “Critic” in his “playful mood,” has attempted to em ploy. What may we expect from him when in a more serious “mood ?” If he be possessod of such learning and experience as he is represented, could he not administer his aid toward improving the of ficers and students of Mercer University in some more appropriate form than a newspaper squib? Alas! “gray hairs can not make folly venerable!” Enough however of “critic.” We shall however, have to have some other assurance than his writings afford to convince us that he is either “learned” or “expe rienced.” Our friend next indulges in several laudatory sen tences in regard to himself as a journalist lam not in the least disposed to demand from the public an expression of opinion respecting our comparative claims to prudence and judgement. But I have nev er yet in my short career, condescended to the be trayal of editorial confidence in order to reply to an opponent. Some time during last March, I wrote a short article for the Index in reference to Mercer University in which there was one sentence objected to by some persons in Ponfield. This was an over sight, or it would hare been stricken out or so mod. ified as to be unobjectionable. But that article aas very unlike that of Critic. It was a plain outspoken appeal in behalf of (hat Institution} but I did not orsbip of (ha piece. I leave Ti to a candid public to judge whether the circumstance* of the ease justUp Mr, Landrum In divulging what was committed to him under the most solemn pledge of secrecy, la not tins “stoop to conquer” rather § inconsistent with his character as a Christian gentlemen and Minister of the Gospel? He pronounced my style “coarse” and undigni fied ! He may say the same of this. To this I can only say that I always try to adapt my style to my subject, whether that subject be tbe “Critio” or the “Leetttn Team*” of the Index. L. LINCOLN TRAOT, Crawfbrdvile, Ga., September 18, 1857. Incidents and Accidents on ths Gsomua Bazl soad.—Two gentlemen jumped from the down pas-” senger train on the Georgia Road last night under very strange and deplorable circumstanoes. The first—a Mr. Kent of Miss., on his way to Ylr* ginia, with his wife and children—was seen jusf above Rutledge to start up from sleep, rush out, and jumped from the train, lfis wife was in the saloon, and the Conductor was not informed of the occur rence until the train reached Greenesboro. No in telligence has been received from him, and his wife is at the Planter’s Hetel waiting with painful anxiety to hear his fate. He was a sober man and it is thought was in a fit of somnambulism. Two miles this side of Greenesboro, a Mr. Lewis, lately of La Grange, a very nervous and decrepid gentleman, rushed from the car in a fit of drunken excitement, and had his leg badly broken. Another who was his companion, could hardly bo kept on the train, and was locked up on his passage over the S. C. road to day. A sad chapter of incidents for one train truly. We are indebted to the courtsey of Mr. W. B. Ccx, conductor on the train for these particulars. Sisterly Devotion.— There is a young lady living in Saratoga who has visited the grave of a sister ev ery morning for three years. A more touchiug sight we have seldom seen, in this inconstant and for getful world, than this devout maiden kneeling to place flowers upon the green coverlet of a sister’s “narrow bed” and to repeat her morning prayers, where none but God can hear them. There is fa naticism of tbe affections which one cannot but rev erence ; and the scene we have alluded to makes the love of woman holy, even to those whose skep ticism has become chronic. Fire. —On Saturday last between two and three o’clock, P. M , the alarm ol fire was raised, and upon repairing to the spot, we found the residence of UoL Win. S. Rockwell in flames. The fire originated np stairs, in a closet, from the catching of Kerosine oil. Col. R. attempting to make gas. His loss is between four and five thousand dollars, loß'ng nearly all of his library, one of the choicest in the State, besides near ly all of his furniture, ail of his bedding, wearing apparel, and many other articles of value. The out houses were saved by great exertions. —Southern Recorder 15 th inst. Horrible Murder. —The body of Mr. David Gunn, a very’ clever old man of this city, was found to-day, near the Double Branches, a mile from town, his throat cut from ear to car. He was murdered bv a man by the name of Dovier, an inmate of Mus cogee asylum for the poor, who has since been ar rested and placed in jail. Mrs. Dozier confessed that her husband committed the murder, and the knife used by Dozier, stained with blood,Jis deposit ed away for safe keeping. We understand it was an affair of jealousy, and woman was at the bottom of it —Columbus Times , Sept. 12. Curious “Ska-waif.” —A correspondent at Mon trose says that a few days ago the crew of a fishing boat picked up at sea a scrap of paper, firm ly corked in a bottle, having the following written upon it in pencil; “On board the brig Ellen of Whit by, 7 Novr., 1749, 10ng.3.40, lat. 26. Blowing a hurricane ; lying to, with closer eefed mamtopsail Ship waterlogged; cargo wood, from Quebec. No water on board ; provisions all gone : eat the dog yesterday ; three men dead. The Lord have mer cy on our souls,. Amen. Thomas Jackson, chief mate.” —Edinburg {England) Courant. \ Suffering rs LiBERiA.-Accounts from Liberia an nouce that the colonists were suffering severely from want of food. The failure of the rice crop and the lack of industry among the emigrants from the Uni ted States, seems to have produced a sorry state of affairs in the colony. Tn Ireland they are having a sensation over a young and extraordinary female preacher. She is drawing crowds of all sects to listen to her eloquence. Her hair, eyebrows and eyelashes are almost white, here face pale, and she is only twenty-two years of age. She has many invitations to preach from all parts of the country, and even Scotland. She ac cepts no earthly fee or reward, and says she is prompted to speak in obedience to answer to pray er a twelve-month since. + + Frost at the East.—The “cold snap” on Sun day and Monday nights extended over a large ex tent of country. In New Hampshire it was quite general, with more or less frost. At Concord the frost was light. At Manchester on Monday night there was a heavy frost. There was a slight frost upon the low grounds in the vicinity of Worcester Mass., on Monday night. On Monday morning frost.as seen on the side- alks in Bangor, Me.— There was a heavy frest on the Kennebec on Sun day night. —Baltimore Sun, Sept. 11. The news from Salt Lake City is of little impor tance. Os late, the Saints appear to have become considerably modified. The ferocity which charac terized Brigham’s harangues has disappeared, and he now addresses his audiedee in the mildest man ner. The election in Washington Territory has result ed in a “Democratic victory.” As far as the returns have been made, 20 Democrats have been chosen to the House of Represeetatives, and but 5 Black Re publicans, A i Wl The South is afflicted with slavery; and if it chooses to cherish the disease that is eating out its life, that is none of our affairs. When Ephraim is joined to his idols, it is best to let him alone. —[A eiv York Courier and Enquirer. That is the right position, Mr. Courier and En quirer, and we are glad you have arrived at it at last. Just stick to it, and we shall have peace.— The South will take all the risk of that “disease that is eating out its life.” We feel and look quite healthy thus far, even in spite of it —Savannah Republican. The Southern Commercial Convention. —We per ceive that the above patriotic assemblage a quiet lit tle tap. Editor Syme is evidently of that stripe of men who will not evon spare their best friends, when a chance for a humorous dig in the ribs, presents it self. His remarks on the recent convention at Knoxville were confined to the following: “This itinerant gas factory, having blown suffi ciently, has, we presume, discontinued its operations at Knoxville, to resume them some where else at a future day. These meetings serve a most excellent purpose, lor there are a set of gentay in the country who would blow up with a loud crack, if they don’t blow off their gas once or twice a year.” A Dress Reform Convention. —Miss Hancock, the Secretary of the Cayuga Dress Reform Society, publishes the proceedings of a convention of tbe reformers, held at Auburn on Thursday. The fol lowing resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That as health is closely allied to dress, we, as reformers, adopt and lend our aid to carry into common use, short skirts, loose waists, minus tbe whalebone, and any style which wo deem com fortable and healthful. Resolved, That we regard Paris fashions s a nu isance; and that we, as American free bora women, do discard them aasuch. The convention adjourned to meet it sk%M*telea, N. Y., November 18 th, when a Mias uhw hau is to be given. Jack th* Giant Kilter, has kmg Wen the wendet of children, hut the modern giant, Perry Davis’ \ egetable Pain taller, it victorious over hia great