From the New York Observer. The Antidote to Ruin A serious obstacle in the way of the in. ebriate who is half-persuaded to abandon hie cups, is found in the tormenting Airs/ his intemperate habits have induced and cultivated. The description of thirst, given by many from bitter experience, proves it to be an effect peculiar to intox icating liquors. Nothing else will pro duce it; but alcohol, even in comparative• ly small quanties, does not fail to excite it. It is sure to follow a night's debauch; and as the intemperate habits become strengthened, so does this thirst rage with, increasing power. Now, what is the wretched victim to do, when he feels this inward fire consu ming his vitals ? We tell him to "quit the practice of using alcoholic drinks al once." And the advice is gond. No oth er course is safe. He is lost if he does not "quit at once." 'fampering with the enemy is only courting destruction. But the obstacle is yet lying in his way—the poor man tells vou still of l.is fiery thirst. And can nothing be done for his assis tance? How can he cure this thirst? Water may allay it for the moment; but the relief is only momentary. Indeed, where habits of Intemperance have been long confirmed, water will increase the horrid burning. Here, if we mistake not, is hidden thel secret of the power with which alcohol) holds fast its slave- ‘Vater can nor quench his thirst, and maddened with its raging, he seizes again the poisoned cup to gain relief—a fee , ful method of relict. which, though it drowns his thirst for the time, is adding constant fuel to the fl ume that is consuming him. Is there, then no antidote It is be lieved there tis. It is believing that by substituting a simple draught of milk, this alcoholic thirst may be not only relieved, but cured. LA the inebriate who would escape from his degradation, when his thirst returns—for return it will as the hour retuine at whit.h he has been accue toured to gratify his appetite—let him make free use of milk, and in a few days he will find his thirst removed. This opinion is nut without the support of facts. Some years ago, the writer fell in company, in a stage-coach, with a man of respectable appearance, who, as the conversation turned upon the subject of temperance, related briefly his own expe• rience. He had been a contractor on one of the canals in the western part of this State. While engaged in this work, he acquired insensibly the habit of daily using intoxicatine, !Ivor, though only in moderate portions. On returning to his family, lie discovered that the habit had become more firmly fixed than he had ev er supposed it could be. The want of his 'morning dram, his noonolay toddy, and his evening sling" rendered hi:n uneasy. Water did not satisfy him. His food li.ol lost its relish, Surprised and alarmed at the strength of the habit that had thus grown upon him unpreceived, he saw he was in danger, and determined, however importunate his thirst might be, to resist it. Such was his state, when seeing a pitcher of milk upon the table, before set ting down, he took a plentiful draught; and mark the result. His thirst was slak ed, and he enjoyed his breakfast with a healthful relish. When the accustomed hour of eleven arrived, his thirst returned though with a somewhat abated strength. A draught of milk again removed it; and in a few days the cure was complete: Rejoiced with his discovery, he commu nicated it to others, who desired to bread, the bondage in which alcohol was ensl, ving them. The elect in every case h assured me, was similar to that will& had given him so much happiness in hi• This statement of my fellow passen ger brought to my recollection anothei case, bearing upon the same point. I hail a college classmate, dissipated —not. rious for his abandoned life. Ills eel courses became known to the faculty who after employing in vain every mean, of reforming him, were forced to proceed to the last resort, and expel him from th. institution. This man on coming to lb. table after a night's debauch, before par taking of fond was accustomed to call ft, milk, and to drink with eagerness the Is: gest quantities he could obtain. Havim often noticed the almost desparatim. with which he seized the milk. I once en quired the cause. He acknowledged the dissipation in which he had indulged the previous night, described th , raging thirst which lie endured in consequence, anti said that milk was the only thing that could extinguish that internal tire, or ex cite an appetite fur food. The alms surgestion I have been indu ced to make public, in hope of cuntribu ting some aid to the glorious reformation in progress. among those who have too long been passed by as lost beyond recov-1 ery. We have at least discovered that there is hope for the poor inebriate. And, when he is urged to break away from his cups, let him be induced also to make the experiment whether milk will not slake that burning thirst, anti alleviate, if not entirely prevent, "the horrors" he suffers in the returning of his constitution to a sober, healthy st,te. J. N. L. Law both ways. -1 t was recently deci• ded by a court in Norfolk, that an alien could not enlist in the service of the U. Stales. Judge Meath, of the U. S. court, of the district of Maryland, has decided in a case since that, tat lie can, unless there be s thing in the treaties between the governments torbidd,ng such enlist. eitte.--United Bates. FOREIGN NEWS. Arrival of the Columbia. FIFTEEN DAYS L&TER FROM EU ROPE. The steamer Columbia arrived at Bos ton about noon on Tuesday, bringing Lon ,don papers to the evening of the Sd inst., and 1)...rp00l of the 4th. The political neve is unimportant. Money was tolerably plenty in London, and it was thought the heavy importations of specie from the U. States South America would prevent any further panic for the present. Numerous mercantile failures had ta• ken place in various parts of Europe, es pecially in Russia. Not less than two hundred and fifty failures had taken place in Moscow alone, and nearly an equal number in St. Petersburg!). Private letters from Manchester, adver ting to the failure of Gisborne, \Vilson & Co., the calico printers, state the amount of liabilities at about £BO,OOO. 'the im mediate cause of the stoppage is referred to the Bank of Manchester, which stands as a creditor for £6,000. The misery and I destitution in Paisley, so far from suffering any diminution, con tinues on the increase. The Glasgow Ar aus states that there are now 7708 persons in that unhappy town subsisting on chari- Ity The British 50th and 98th Regiments were to proceed immediately to China, having been fully recruited. The failure of the potato crop in Ireland appeared to have been even more eaten. sive than it was at first represented. There was a great meeting of deputies front all the Anti-Corti-Law Associations •tt Manchester, on the 27th November, at which speeches were made and resolutions passed, verging- very near to what would have been considered 'treason' some twen•, ty years ago. Another serious inundation occurred at Venice about the 17th November, occa• sinned, like the previous one, by a sirocco wind of several days duration. The Ad-• riatic rose to such a height that gondolas were made to navigate most of the princi• pal streets. DEATH OF CHANTREY, TILE SCULPTOR. —Sir Francis Chantrev, the most celebra• ted English sculptor, died of an apopletic fit on the 25th Nov. The great artist was considered during his lifetime, second on ly to 'rhorwaldsen, the Dane. Messrs. T. and 11. Crofts, of Liverpool. who are concerned in the soap trade have failed, and their liabilities are supposed to amount to E• 111,000. The acceptances of, Messrs. Gistiorne St Wilson, calico print ers of Manchester, a firm of some impor tance, hay ebeen refused.—London Times The letters received In town this morn ing mention the failure of a Kendal Bank, which has hitherto been considered very wealthy. The firm had extensive trans actions in Manchester also ; and it is to feared that it may tend to cause some em barrassment there.— Globe. — DISTURBANCES IN SYRIA. The following is a letter frCorntheSars dinian Consul at Beyrout, dated the 20th of October— "Serious events have taken place in the inountains—events amounting to a civil war. The Emir, as is known, has estab lished himself at Deir-el-Kainmer, and iven orders for the levy of tribute ; but me Drones, instead of bringing their con tributions, attacked the town on the 13th, and the fighting lasted till the 17th.--- Chi-re were 42 Christians killed, and 100 :)ruses; the latter to the number of 5001 -esieged the Christians, not numbering tore than 300; but the latter fought, irotected by their houses. There would %aye been no end to the combat had not °lone! Rose and the English officers in iirlered with Hyatt Pasha, Aid-de camp it the generalissitnn, and concluded an trinistice. The Colonel left the Pasha it Deir-el Kammer, The Maronite pa riarch had summoned his flock foams. mixed village of Druses and Christians vished to remain neutral, but the Christ ians attacked it, which made the village lelare for the Druses party. BEYROUT. Oct. 29.—A hundred villa• have been attacked, the loss of human :de has been dreadful on both sides, hun• drds of' children who esca?ed the raildess fury of the sword are now in bondage, ind the hatred existing is of such a nature as to lead to the idea that it will continue tar a length of time. The town of Bey out given shelter to hundreds of !nis i •rable families burnt out of their villages it an incredible short distance from that place, to such a point of insolent audacity have the Druses proceeded. Col. Rose, whose courage is proverbial, hastened with some troops and his aid-de camp, to endeavor to allay the excitement —his endeavors were, however, fruitless, as were also those of Selitn Pasha, and even of the Emir Beschir himself. The dispute between the Armenians , and the Government is in a lair way of being brought to a satisfactory issue.— l'he Sultan has directed the affair to be revised, and has recommended that jus tice shall be accorded to the petitioners. EGYPT.—.—It appears from the Alexan dria correspondence of the Times, recei ved by the Levant Mail, that the Mehemet left Cairo on the 3d instant for Upper Egypt, accompanied by the Capt. &silos B -y , whom he chose to assist in organt zing that province. In the mean time, all the Delia, except 38 villages which be long to Sheiks who are allowed to retain posses...lot them, is declared to be the private property of the Pasha, and is di vided by him among his faraily. The fe- Halts, or peasants, on this property, are to be absolute slaves to the Pasha. The importation of slaves from the banks of the Niger is carried on as for merly, and they are sold as publicly the bazars of Egypt as sheep or other cat-' tle. The sane difficulties of trade, and no orc is sure of a bargain, as every thing depends upon the Pacha's caprice. Mer chandise that has already paid duty at Alexandria, is again subjected to a further duty of 7 per cent. at Old Cairo, if inten ded- for the Upper Nile or banks of the Niger. From the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer Central America. We have received files of the San Sal-. valor and Gautimala papers, which con tain further particulars of the frightful Earthquake, which a few days since was [Pay up! Pay up !! announced, had caused such fearful de% It appears to us that many of our sub struction in the province of Cartego. We translate these below. These papers at. scribers think that punters can live on so contain a different version of the sin- ..faithalone"—that they can purchase pa gular affair which happened at the port per and Ink with promises --and that tie San Juan between the English Governor family and children can, Chamelion like, ot Belize and the Administrator of that live on air. port, Senor Manuel Quijario. It will be recollected that the English functionary NOWITO ALL ViTHOIVI, has stated, that Cbij:ino had iltreated and THESE PRESENTS .ieized Englishmen and Americans, and MAY COME. that he had been requested by both to seize his person, that he was intemperate Be it known that lA. W. Benedict, Prin and that the persons of foreigners were ter and publisher of the Huntingdon Jour not safe while he remained. The author- nal, have been sir years printing in this tics of Nicaraugua say, that the Govern or arrived with the King of Mosquito county, and that I have faithfully per .Tiore, that lie insisted that (Mario should formed my part of the contract, and that acknowledge the title and right of the lat. there is many who say they ate my friends ter to the territory of which San Juan who have not given the printer one cent of formed a part, and that on the refusal .of Quijano, lie was carried by force on board his hard earned money. I can not live the British ship of war Tweed. The , of on promises, they are miserable trash to course speak of the conduct of the Gov- feed hungry children, or to clothe them in ernor in terms of strong indignation. !cold weather. Have you none of the From . the Correa Semanario del Salvador. milk of Kaman kindness in ycur composi , TRIGHTFIII. INTELLIGENCE FROEI COSTA tion—lf you have, pay up--I say so. I R ECA. want it—l must have it—and there is this about it, I will have it or know the rea !son why—Court week will soon be here. Copy of a letter from the City of Heredia. The earthquake was so sudden, that those persons who escaped, hardly time to get out of their houses before the fall ing of the walls. In a second, the Department of Cartago, has become a total ruin. The destructionl is so great, that the site of any particular edifice is hardly to be distinguished among the ruins. In the city, the houses, even to the stone work, were thrown upwsrds by the the shock, and fell down again in heaps of rubbish. The loss of life is very great, the nunt• her is not to be estimated at the present moment. The inhabitants cf those villages in the Department which have suffered the least have assembled, by order of the Govern ment, with spades and picks, to disenter the bodies- They are now hard at work, and will continue digging while necessary. All our provisions are beneath the ruins, and we are suffering a horrible state of want, which is likely to continue, for the fences having been thrown down, the cat tle are distroving all they can reach. In Turidaba, '[ o res rios, Cartago, Paraiso, games, and even to the vicinity of Ma tins, there is not left a single shed, and in every one of the valleys, and on the ha ciendas, we find proportionatt destruction From San Jose to this place, and to Al. ajuela, the rain is considerable. In San Jose, a number of edifices were thrown down, and those houses that are standing, are uninhabitable. We are hardly bet ter off in this city; and ajuela has fared worse than we have. Tranquilino Bonil la and his family, are among those taken from the ruins. They are alive, but bruis ed arid crippled. The number of suffer ers is very g•eat. Bodies at e disentered that cannot be recognized—shapeless mas ses and headless trunks; everything is horrible confusion. Up to the present moment, there has been no eruption from ihe neighboring volcano; the shocks con tinue without cessation—and no one can tell how it will end. The shock took place at six o'clock in the morning of the second, of September., Carrillo the chief of the State of Costa 'Reca, has issued a proclamation calling upon the dopartment of the State, to ex tend to the unfortunate sufferers, both in loud and shelter, and also assistance in re• building their shattered dwellings. I THE WATER KING. TIINE—AuId Lang Syne. We're soldiers of the Water King, His laws we will obey: Virtue and health are his reward; We want no better pay. cnoous, Then let us sing the Water Ling, Good soldiers (me and all; Our banners to the breeze we'll flip& And down with Alcohol. We boast no sword, nor glittering spear— Ours is a bloodless crown; A purer, brighter, fairer thing Than conq'rers ever won. Then let us sing, Ste. Our strength is in the living spring, And long as waters run Or grass grows green, were pledg'd to keep Our temperance armor on. Then let us sing, &c. What though the Fire King mocks our hosts As great Goliah did, We've temperance David's in our ranks, Who'll bring away his head. Then let us sing, &c. *---- - , : .a .'3 11 e t, " 4 , : i ~,_„_., . . ,i,v. .—, _sp-.,...L4., THE JOURNAL. One country, one eoTi;titutionone destiny Huntingdon, Dcc. 29, 1841 The Hons. James Irvin and John IV it liamson will accept our thanks for sever. al valuable public Documents. TEMPERANCE. ' 1 On Saturday of last week (Christmas) we had quite a display in the good cause of temperance. For the first time in our town, has that day been so universally celebrated on the principles of temperance.' Old and young, male and female, the' grave and gay seemed on that day to wear the badge of temperance, and evinced a willingness to enlist under the bright ban ner of the great Temperance Reform. In the morning the members of the Washington Society met at the Court House and formed in procession, prece ded by the Jefferson Band, and marched through our streets. It was a glorious spectacle, to see so many who but a short time since bowed at the shrine of Prince Alcohol, now, boldly taking their stand and thus publicly ranking themselves among the advocates and defeneers of to tal abstinence. In truth, we do not re. collect ever to have seen a procession which seemed to excite more universal in terest than did the processions of this day. All eyes were beaming with glad ness at the sight which told so much for the reformation of our town. Ever . , tongue was ready to bid them God speed. After proceeding through our principle streets, they met in the Presbyterian church, where many of the citizens were already assembled, and listened to the ch eering reports of their committees of their success in the different townships that they had visited. After which, the 'nesting was addressed by several of their members. and the truth of their appeals was manifested in the number of new re cruits to their cold water army. When t heir exercises were concluded they for med again and marched to the Methodist church; where after a short time the Juvenile 7 emperance Societies assembled and were escorted through the main streets to the Presbyterian church. The two juvenile societies having first met at the respective churches (Metho dist and Presbyterian.) Never did we see so "bright and hap py a throng." There must have been not less than 400. we should think, in the "iirmy," bearing aloft numerous and air., propriate banners.—one declared "Pre vention better than Cure." While anoth er, with a decanter and wine glasses tur ned up side down, said "fl ell keep them 8 o," and another said "Touch not taste not." One in particular we observed as beautifully appropriate to the occasion. It bore the expressive words of the Saviour "Suffer Little Children to Come unto me." Another little lad seemed proud of his standard, for it was the banner, it was short, but expressive —"Cold hater my"--and an other proclaimed "Temper-J once, the guard of youth—the support of age." When they had taken their seals, the Re• Mr Mills made a short appeal to the, L l)ispenscr of all . Good, after which the' children were severally address by A. IV. Benedict, E. V. Everhart, Rev. Mr. Mills and J. G. Miles. After the benediction by the Rev. M. Crownover, they all re tired to their homes, parents and children, expressing the pleasure they had felt in spending a Temperance Christmas. Temperance Minced Pies. The following Recipie was handed to us by one of our town ladies, whose heart is strongly enlisted in the cause of Temp el ance. ‘Ve publish it in order that such as may desire it, may make their pies without the use of liquor. Now the truth is we once considered ourself a judge of good pieQ,—and good li-, quer too, and we say without fear, favor or affection, that pies made alter the an nexed recipie are as good as the best with the best brandy in them—We know it-- we have tried them both. The lady who sent us this, sent with it an excellent, and delicious specimen of the article, while another lady gave us, some equally ex cellent proofs of the fact, that very good pies can be made without the use of bran. dy. TEMPERANCE MINCED PIES. '2 lbs. Sugar. 2 lbs. chopped meat. 5 do. Apples. 2 do. Raisins. 2 do. Suet. oz. Ground Cinnamon oz. Cloves. Rose Water if approved—and when putting the mixture into the crust, water land a small portion of sharp vinegar. The omission of liquor will not be ap parent to most tastes—and certainly the pie will be more conducive to health and Temperance. Congress Is in session, as our readers are aware; but that is all we can say about them, that is expressiVe of the performance of any duty. The law says they shall meet' —they have met, so far they have per formed their duty. Beyond that every thing is ' , dark and drew ." They man age to consume the time and money of the people, but their labor seems to be all given to the winds. We should like to give our readers a synopsis of their proceedings each week, but when the report of a day can be told— so far as business is concerned in the words "met and adjourned," we do not' see any advantage or interest that can re• suit from wading through a long series of Resolutions offered—unmeaning wrangle about nothing—and the presenting of pe titions to learn that they met—adjourned and no farther ahead than when they be gan in the morning. The U. S. Bank. There is no news about the presentment against the U. S. Bank. The decision of the court has been put off from day to day, and has not yet been given. What is the meaning of this. It is certainly a little strange, that that Bank cannot be reached 1 ----Are the people never going to learn the truth about that $99,000. We really wonderat all this. The Grand Jury it seems were of the "right stripe," and the court was ditto. But still there seems to be some difficulty in the way of reach_ ing the monster.:The impression now is, that the Presentment will be quashed, and there the matter will rest. The Nephew of Governor Porter who is counsel for the Bank, understands the map. He was not put into such a situation without some definite end to accomplish. We learn relative to that Bank, that there has been upwards of 4000 suits in stituted against persons indebted to the Institution. That makes hard times to ev ery body but the lawyer. Fcr the Journal, Tippling Mouses. Mr. .Editor,-1 know that you have jo:ned the Temperance Society, and that you, with some others, make a considera ble noise about Temperance ; and, per haps, are doing some good. But there 10 a good deal undone. There are places in your town, where they sell liquorwith out license, Now, if you Temperance men are so anxious to discontinue the use of liquor, by introducing any new laws.. would it not be as well to put the present laws in force ? What right have you to stand still and not return these Tippling Shops. You, or at any rate, many of the members of both societies in this town know of the illegal trafic, and why don't they bring them up to court ? Yuu will have the independence, I suppose, to in sert this short communication in your pa-' per; and if none of these Temperance advocates can come out bold enough to put a stop to this kind of business I would not give a straw for all their talk. En-, force the old laws before you try to make new ones, is the only evidence of CONSISTENCY & Titurn. 'Tell, well, Mr. Consistency, you have ihit us in a very tender place. There is ,something about it not exactly the "strait iout," that's a fact. But allow us to say that so far as we are concerned, we can deny that we know that there is now any such places in town, no matter:what may 'be the case with others. We believe it, however, and we should be rejoiced to see them shut up. We fee! confident that the day will soon be here when they not only shut up, but that the keepers of them will find to their cost that under the present state of feeling, the court will lay 'the law very heavily on to their shout_ tiers. The above communication was handed us by a good citizen who we know has the good of society at heart in this particular, and that lie is actuated by no personal con sideration ; and we could not with any propriety refuse it a place ; and more than that, it comes up to our notions of right and wrong in this matter. tre are free now to speak out. Although but a few months ago, we like them, was fond of the quiet drink in such places; we now reel it lobe our duty to speak out. TEMPERANCE ,MEETING, Huntingdon Dec. 25, 1841 At a special meeting of "the Washing (ton Temperance Society of the borough of Huntingdon" held this day (Christ. Meeting organized, J. Gwin presiding. The Huntingdon musical band, by invi tation, being present, and in accordance with previous arrangements, a procession was formed in the following order: Music. STATE STANDARD. SOCIETY, (officers in front.) And after marching through the princi ple streets, proceeded to the Presbyteri an church. The exercises were there commenced by a prayer by Rev. Mr. Peebles. Reports were made by the several sionary Delegations highly flattering in their results. Addresses were delivered tty Messrs. Everhart, Morgan, Betts, Cam pbell, Stewart and Creswell. Temper ance song at intervals. The interest of the meeting was much increased by the approving smiles •f many of our fair t•wns-women. The line of march was then resumed and proceeded to the M. E. Church, where after a vote of thanks to the "Jefferson Band."--adjourned. Court Houie 61 o'clock P. M Dec. 25. 1841 Staled meeting. Society met and or ganized; J Gwin in the chair. On motion, Messrs Everhart Camp bell and Plenner wer; appointed a corn mime to subscribe for and procure twen ty copies of the "Washington temperance Banner" edited and published at Alleghe ny city, by Burleigh & Gleesun. There being no particular business be fore the meeting. On motion the mem bers generally were called upon to relate their experience, which was accordingly done by several persons, the general ten dency of which would go far to show to what a state of moral degradation MAN can be reduced by an inordinate and im proper use of ardent spirits. Adjourned, M. M'CONNELL Seel!. COUNTY TEMPERANCE CONVEN. TION. In pursuance of resolutions adopted at a Temperance Convention, held at Holli dayabarg on the 2eth and 29th of October last, that it was expedient to hold a coun ty Temperance convention in the Borough of Huntingdon, and important to organize a county Temperance Society, the under signed having been appointed a committee to fix the time of holding such Convention and to adopt measures to efrect the objects contemplated in holding it ; respectfully inform the public that they have appoint ed the third day of February next, (at ten o'clock A. M.) for the holding of such Convention in the Borough of Hunting. den, and expect it to continue two days. It is hoped and desired that as large dele gations; as possible, will attend from the different societies in favor of forming a county society, and that they will come prepared with written statements showing the commencement, progress, state, mem bers and prospects of their respective so cieties. All friends of temperance, every indi vidual who is in favor of his fellow being retaining and being enabled to use the powers of body and of mind, with which he has been gifted by his Creator—every person, who wishing well his fellowman, desires to stay—to uproot the desolating vice of intemperance—the destroyer of self respect, of usefulness, of peace and happiness of body and of soul—every one opposed to and desirous of avoiding the immense amount of loss to and tax on the body politic necessarily consequent on the habitual use of intoxicating liquors in the community—each and every individual whose conscience tells him that the habit ual use of intoxicating drink as a beret.. age Is in an evil,--one and all, are respect lolly requested, and solicited to attend; thereby while furthering their own true
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