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--"With sweetest flowers enrich'd.
From various gardens cull'd with care."
For the Gettysburg Star and Republican-Banner
WISH I WERE AT HOME. IO
Was mir fehltl mir fehlt Jo attest
"Bin so ganz verlassen hier."—.(Swiss. Home.)
THE above sentiment the writer of these lines heard
froin the dying lips of ono, not long since, who, no
doubt,had prepared through a long life of virtue and
piety, to remove from this transitory world to that
"rest which remaineth for the people of God." She
is gone now to dwell there, where unclouded hap.
piness is enjoyeeorevermore at the right hand of
God.
Thus the dying Christian spoke:
"I wish I were at home!
My faith can pierce the darkened veil—
The angels bid me come!
I see I must—l must away
To thoso bright realms of bliss.
Those courts of lasting day,
Earth's barren waste and desert shore,
For many a year I've trod ;
But now my race, my journey's o'er,
I must to mine abode.
Bid mo not stay—my spirit longs
To haste away and sing,
With those bright seraphs near the throne,
Who praise their heavenly King—
Farewell—a long farewell !
Till earth shall pass away—
Till the last trumpet's solemn sound—
Till that more solemn Day!"
• • • • •
Her voice was hushed—her spirit fled,
Her soul redeemed by Jesus' blood,
Rose from the paltry things of earth
To the calm presence of her God.
January 21, 1834. LOUISA
iivEm varrawsmarcao (9,slTeardo
ADDRESS
Delivered before the Temperance Society of Get
tysburg and its vicinity, in the Presbyterian
. Church, on the 24th of January, 1835,
BY REV. JAMES C. WATSON.
IN attempting to address you on the sub
ject of TEMPEIZANCE I am met by a consid
erable difficulty in the outset. That diffi
culty is, to pursue a course in my remarks
entirely new. The importance of the sub
ject, and the ftequency with which your at
tention.has been directed to it, by so many,
and such able addresses, have rendered this
difficulty insuperable. However, I shall
proceed to perform the duty which you have
imposed on me, as though no such difficulty
existed, and if in the recapitulation of senti
ments formerly advanced; I shall succeed in
awakening a single individual of this audi
ence, to a sense-er-tits'ituty ic y
this subject, I shall not consider my weak
attempts in addressing you on this occasion,
as having been made in vain.
In taking a survey of the progress of Tem
perance, its friends have the greateSt reason
for encouragement. But a short time since,
and our prospects were gloomy, snd almost
hopeless. The use of Ardent Spirits had .
become identified with our doily habits. It
had stolen in among the rites of hospitality,
and was shielded by its imposing and decep
tive association with the claims offriendship
and good neighborhood. Every side-board
groaned with the vile liquid. Its use reach
ed all ages, all conditions, and all sexes.—
We drank it with the first spoonful of near
isbment in infancy. The nursery—the fire
s side—the hall of legislation—the bench of
judgment, and even the pulpit itself, were all
leagued together in their countenance of ar
dent spirits. And the result was, that DRUN-
KaNNEss, in all its wretchedness, was then
the order of the day: families by scores were
robbed of all that they possessed—lieace and
comfort fled from many abodes, and' the
ruined souls of thousands sunk beneath the
withering curse of God to rise no more!
tut an enterprize was suggested by mas
ter spirits, to stay the ravages of so foul a
plague. These men felt as though the time
had come, in which to overthrow the do
minion of the tyrant; and although he sat
entrenched behind the predilections and the
prejudices of many, they, nothing daunted,
went forth in the might of a most pure and
benignant purpose; and, relying on the
smiles of Providence, struck their first blow
on the heart of this Moloch. They felt as
though they had tampered with the vice
long enough. They felt as though they had
lectured, and preached, and admonished
long enough. They felt as though the time
had come for action—virtuous, decisive, un
-Compromising action. They met the ene
my face to face. Their motto was DELIV.
ERANCE—their principles would not endure
an alternative. They labored for this and
for nothing else—and a course of success has
followed their manly efforts which has never
been surpassed. The liquid fire has been
totally abstained from, by more than five
hundred tho9sand persons—five thousand
drunkards have been permanently reclaimed'
—fifteen hundred distilleries have abandon.
ed the manufacture„ef spirits—one hundred
and fifty innkeepers have discontinued. fur
nishing ardent spirits to their guests—four
thousand merchants have ceased to 'keep
spirituous liquors as an article of traffic—
while probably not less than sixty thousand
farmers, and as many mechanicks, perform
all their labor without ardent spirits furnish
ed to their workmen.
The reform also has reached the ships
which are owned in our different seaports,
and which sail from thence to visit every
nation and every clime. About four ' hun-
dred vessels now depart from our harbors
with nriardent spirits on board, except what
is in the medicine cheat. And in the army,
its use has keen abandoned. The late or.
der of the secretary of war has forbidden its
use. The sutlers are not permitted to keep
it on sale, and the officers and men are al
lowed to commute as in the navy.
Papers devoted to the particular subject
orgiving information on Temperance, are
now in extensive and free circulation, and
they have an immense influence upon the
public mind. Men have suffered the light
of truth to enter their minds, and they have
yielded to the conviction which truth is al
ways designed to bring. Such a reforma
tion, being accomplished in so short a time,
is certain evidence—and it should ever si
lence the cavils ()revery opposer to the cause
—that the hand of God is in it—that the
light of His countenance is lifted up upon it,
and that, being His cause, it must, it will
prevail.
But although much, very much has been
accomplished towards this glut ions reforma
tion, it is not yet complete. There is still
a great deal to be done,hefore this fell mon
ster quits our shores, and haves Ili in the
full possession of peace and happiness.—
And since the formidable enemy has deter
mined not to leave us without a violent strug
gle to remain—since he is rallying his forces,
and enlisting his advocates, in our own coun
ty, as well as elsewhere, it becomes 'the
friends of Temperance to he awake—to
buckle on their harness, and to be prepared
to contend in - earnest for their rights. if
we wish to see the glorious dawn of this re
formation become full and permanent as
mid-day: If we wish to see its benefits diffu
sed through every circle in society, and
throughout the world, depend upon it, we
must act; yes, we must aet as men in earnest ,
—not by inflicting painsand penalties on the
drunkard or on his deluded supporters—not
by drawing and wielding the glittering
sword—not by exciting and cherishing party
influence, but simply by directing public
opinion to the subject. This, and this a
lone, has done wonders in this cause—this,
and this alone, will effectually achieve the
whole work. The union of enlightened
good - men, men of principle, men of integri
ty, men of sound conscience, will accomplish
the object. Only let such men come for
ward and act with energy, and it is all we
need; under the blessing of Heaven, the
cause, like the war chamot-will go on con
quering and to conquer.
On this subject I do not wish to be mis
understood. I repeat it, therefore—we ask
no aid from force; the great cause for which
we are struggling, looks not for success to
the nrm ofcivil or military power. It wields
neither speer nor sceptre. Enthroned in
the affections of the patriot; -the christian,
and the philanthropist,and based upon the
everlasting toundattons or moral justwe, its
hopes of external victory are directed to a
higher source. Time, andintelligence, and
inquiry, and reflection, and perseverance,
and the consequent overwhelming power of
public sentament, are the great agents that
are working out its glorious triumph; and
they will effect it, even amidst the opposi
tion and iniprecations of its opposers, and
the smirks, and railleries, and slanders of
those who profess-to occupy neutral ground.
The effects which still result from the use
of this liquid poiSon,are enormous. These
effects in a single year, present to, the eye
of weeping humaaity,an army of three hun
dred thousand drunkards, seventy-five thou.
sand criminals, two hundred thousand pail
per3, arnisnore than six hundred insane per
sons—ALL the victims, directly or indirect
ty, 'of ardently spirits; while in the same
time, at least thirty thousand sink into a
drunkard's grave! Beneath its withering
tread fields are turned to wastes, homes are
deserted, happiness is forever blasted, and
hopes are forever crushed! There are scenes
of-grovelling dissipation, of frantic riot, of
desperate revenge, and of brutal abandon.
rnent, still acted, from which the once kind
husband, and the father is sent home, trans
formed into an infuriated demon, to his
trembling wife and famished children, the
object alike of terror, ()fame, and of heart
rending commisseration. This demon of
destruction, still rises on his pedestal of bro.
ken hearts, and blasted hopes, and intent on
gain,fills the air with moral pestilence,blasts
every noble and manly feeling of the aoul,and
pours from his poisoned chalice, his fiery
streams of agony, and despair, into the once
happy and cherished circle of domestic piece
and love. And if you wish to know where
these cruel scenes are acted, go to the places
where the inexcusable traffic in ardent spir
its are exhibited—and there you will still see
cruel and cold-hearted avarice, for the sake
of a few paltry sixpences, dealing out the
poison which palsies every healthful pulse
of life, and sharpens every pang of death.—
There the grim master of the sacrifice him
self strikes down every hope that can cheer,
and wrings every fibre that can feel, before
he gives the final blow that sends the suffer
ing victim to eternity!
But perhaps you charge mikwith being
guilty of empty declamation on this subject
—of making sweeping assertions,unworthy
of your attention. I deny the charge, for
I have witnessed what I say. 1 have seen
the victims of Intemperance, hurled from
the very pinnacle of happiness, to the very
depths of misery! I have seen the drunkard
in his most sober moments,without remorse,
convert his last day's earnings into the
means of intoxication, with the full consci
ousness upon him that he had, at his pover
ty-stricken home,a meek and suffering wife
who
—"Dealt her scanty store
To friendless babes, and wept to give no more!"
I have seen the man of respectable con
nections outrage the solemn decency of the
funeral ceremony, and insult the departed
spirit of a pious brother, by staggering and
breathing the pestiferous breath of a drun
kard around his grave! I have heard a ter :
rifled wife, and her frantic children, euppli•
23'7 ROBERT MIDDLMTOII, laniTOß, 217331d10ZER AND P.ROI-511,ISITOR.
"I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS ) TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION."-SHAMS.
IliatW<illatiPL2o 9 Agi t) tevramocirtw o akrazarawavire actadc.
—when that time shall come, in which, in
looking over the pages of our past history,
we shall acknowledge, that there is not a
brighter, nor a purer page than that which
registers the rise and the progress, the con
flicts and the triumphs of the Temperance
Reformation—l say, when that time shall
come, we certainly will be the very last to
pluck a single laurel from the brow of those,
who now decry our exertions as mean, con
temptible and intriguing.
The remedy for the total extinction of the
vice of Intemperance has been discovered.
It is a remedy so simple that a child may
comprehend,and teach,and practice its prin
ciples; and yet it is a remedy so efficient,
and wonderful in its results, that thrones
and principalities have literally desired to
learn it at our hands. It is directed to the
prevention of the great first cause of drun
kenness, Temper ate Drinking. It is founded
on the manifest fact, that if none drink tem
perately, none will becothe drunkards. It
is comprised in the simple social resolution,
"/ will wholly avoid arde nt spirits, myself,
and exert my influence to induce others to do
so too." And the written pledge to total ab
stinence, and the voluntary associations to
concentrate,and give elect to public opinion,
are adopted to carry out this simple princi
ple. Such is the remedy we adopt ourselves,
and such is the remedy we recommend to
others. In its inceptions, it is feeble,local,&
unpretending; but it now expands into uni
versal action,and bursts the rivets of vice to
deliver mankind. It is true, there are those
among us who still urge objections to the
use of this remedy--objections which have
been a hundred times refuted. And where
such objectors are sincere, in a government
which is emphatiCally one of public opinion,
they are entitled to respect, and their objec
jeamns should be answered with kindness
and consideration. But when we hear of
objectors slandering the friends of the cause
—when we hear theth talking of not parting
with the right to do what they please with
their own—when we hear them attributing
cote for life,and shriek to the passing stran
ger for protection from the attacks of an in
furiated madman ; and I have seen her sink
beneath the savage violence of the drunken
wretch, who had solemnly vowed to love her
as his own soul !
I have seen the lovely young Female,who
had been reared in the arms of parental ten
derness—her heart swelling with the delu
sive hopes of inexperience --led to the altar
with prospects the brightest, the most pro
mising, and the most unclouded. But in a
little time the fitful melancholy, the fading
cheek, and the anxious look, told upon the
agonizing suspicions of her heart--they re
lented the fearful truth, that she was fetter
ed to pollution, and clasped in the arms of
living death embodied in a drunken husband!
During an unhappy life,she struggled against
disappointment and anguish of soul,until dis
ease led her from earthly sufferings to a pre
mature grave; and her friends poured forth
the copious tears of sorrow, as they beheld
this innocent victim- of another's guilt,
released from the pangs of a broken heart,
and consigned to the narrow resting place,
where the wicked cease from troubling!
I have seen the Young Man,born under the
smiles of fortune and parentage—endowed
with genius and education and moral sensi
bility, rise up and brace himself for the ca
reer of emulation, with prospects the most
enviable. But by partaking of the hellish
poison,he was cast out of his domestic para
dise, his flattering hopes were crushed, ho
was sunk and degraded to the low level of
the drunkard's abasement, and there he lay
upon the earth a blasted thing, a living se
pulchre of a thousand hopes I
0! my friends, who of you have not seen
one or all of these horrid spectacles? Who
of you have not seen the affectionate father,
the devoted husband, the dutiful son, and
even the fond mother, and the interesting
daughter, become the victims of this vice,
and by its influence converted into so many
maniacs? Have you not seen, and do you
not wee the families of drunkards victims of,
their passions & their violence? They dread
the presence of their head—they tremble at
the sound of his voice, and they shudder at
the glance of his eye; and often,yes often the
smothered thought passes through the deep
recesses of their souls,"if he were but dead!"
And shall we be branded with the infamy
of desiring to overthrow the liberty of the
republic, because we wish to stay the pro
gress of so foul a fiend? 'Are we to be told,
that, through ;ntrigue, we wish to rob the
termer, and the , masaireaturet'avili-tr...
der ofardent spirits of their profits, when, in
the light of conscience, and in the light of
God's word, we tell them not to engage in a
traffic which hurls immortal souls to misery,
and everlasting death—and whose blood
will certainly be found on their skirts?
My friends, the enemies of the cause of
Temperance may question our motives, they
may publish us to the four winds as under
miners of the republic, and with their foul
mouthed calumny, they may paint our char
acters in shades as dark as hell; yet having
the testimony of our own consciences,having
the testimony of the most enlightened and
patriotic men in the universe, and living un
der the smiles of a benignant Providence,we
still say, Intemperance in any form, wheth
er of confirmed drunkenness,or of moderate
drinking,is a curse to the nation. And we
will still go on, in the use of every morn
means in our power, in urging our fellow
men to abandon a course of life so pernici
ous to the vital interests of the community.
And when that time, which we hope is not
far distant, shall come, in which the liquid
fire shall be totally banished from the land
all this movement to the pernicious designs
and influence of the Clergy, and expacia
ting largely on the danger of uniting Church
and Slate—we nay rest assured, that the
true ground on which such objectors stand
is in the bottle itself, and their chief difficul
ty on the subject is in drawing the cork of
that bottle with a clear conscience!
Suffer me, before I close, to make a few
remarks to a certain elass of persons who
give us their best wishes in this cause, but who do
not feel at liberty to join with us by - signing the
temperance pledge. This class is composed of MOD
of respectability, and, I may say, of piety, whose
feelings we would be the very last to hurt, and
whose influence and co.operatton we need. While
we respect their feelings, therefore. we are desir
ous to call their attention to some considerations
which, in our estimation, have no little influence
in settling the question.
The reasoning of these brethren is this; —"We
have no need of entering intotheengagenient con
templated—we are temperate moe—we abstain'
Ilona christian principles, and from conscientious
conviction—and we do not like to bind ourselves,
by signing our names to any thing that our con.
sciences, and our duty to God, voluntarily lay us
under an imperative obligation to do without it."
Now,with respect to this argument, we have sev
eral remarks to make.
lat. The temperance pledge imposes no obliga
tions of which this reasoning doe, not allow.—
There is no new obligations formed, and conso
quer.tly nil violence is done to conscience. If a
man be temperate on principle, he is the very ono
who can best afford to give his name to the pledge
—for it only gives a rosin to an obligation already
felt—ton purpose already formed.
2d. The man of principle derives himself great
advantages in signing the pledge. The solemnity
given by the signature,to a duty already acknow.
lodgod,grcatly strengthens hie purpose. It gives
prominence and importance to the. subject, - and
keeps watchfulness always alive. We can very
easily conceive a case—nay, the case has s aetti.
ally occurred, of a good man's being in circnm.
stances of temptation, when his convictions of tub
street duty may not, for the time, be clear, and he
may reason,"l do not violate any pledge. I trans.
grees no engagements. I may take a little;" and
in this way he may commence a sad departure
from the path of sobriety and duty. 'But if he has
signed a pledge, he has a barrier to overleep be
fore, in any. temptation, he can go astray. And
although this ie no infallible ground of safety, still
it wonderfully strengthens a •man's position.—
Every obierver of society knows that solemn en.
memento hold to the path of duty, whore mere
convictions alone will not
-Another advantage the man who signs the
pledge will derive,wili ho a qUickened interest in
the advance of temperance. A man may deplore
the evils of internperance,he may pray & long for
the removal of the giant monster, but the whole
history of the temperance reforni chews, that,
with both Valise, he will effect little. It is a fact
which -evely one knows, who has looked at the
subject,thal little or nothing was ever accomplish
ed until the work of reform began in the way of
signing the.-pledge. The signature proved like
- " , •••• , t-v.. 61 - 11 vt:!t. in tp rnilitary.corpsoithere 2 the con
nection formed, and um) , of Interval cto.-1:4-40ui
proved almost a talisman in exciting to suitable
actions. Let every member of a temperance so
ciety look back and make the calculation, and he
will be astonished to-find how much in the way
of quickening interest, deep anxiety, liberal de
vising and promp action, is attributed to the sim
ple circumstance of his joining a temperance as
sociation.
3d. The benefits resulting to others should in
duce every good man to give his name to the
pledge. We will suppose that a father has all
the benefit of strong conviction, and' the, aid of
gracious influence to finish his course immacu
late, as respects the sin of intemperance; yet what
security has he concerning his sons, in all the
giddiness and self:sufficiency ofyouth,not rushing
into the arms of temptation? Ho has none. But
lot that parent take to his aid the written pledge,
and let him encourage his sons to follow his snare
pie, and his security is great; his hope may well
be strong, that they will be a comfort to him.—
Yes, if Parents will only act their part in this
cause, the whole rising generation will come un
der its power. I once heard of a little boy, who,
when far from home, was urged by travelling
friends to drink at the public houses; but ho re.
fused, and persisted in the refusal—giving as his
reason, that his father was a member of the tem
perance society. And if ell parents will bind
themselves as that parent did, their children will
feel it—the community will feel it—hell with feel
it—and heaven will feel it. And could the young,
the hope of the country, be thus brought under
its influence, we might leave the world, feeling
sure that our invaluable civil and religious privil.
ages would be handed down to the latest genera
tion.
It is 'a fact that no man, however temperate he
may be, receives any credit for his abstinence ex
mil as connected with a temperance association.
We freely acknowledge, that this is very unfair.
Yet it is a fact, that those who are unwilling to
sign a pledge, are claimed by the drunkard as be
ing on his side. Now, in the calculation of social
influence, eves,' man has some who look to him,
some with whom his name has great power—andi
if he should not do it for his own sake, still, by
signing . pledge, he carries the benefit of rigid
abstinence into the midst of others. The truth is,
that thus from him who lends his name to the
temperance cause, an influence goes out which is
constantly and silently working and scattering
benefits, when, and where he little thinks of, and
may never know. Theenquiry is common, when
calling on men to subscribs‘ where is Mr: —'s
name, and Mr. and. it is precisely
so in all public conearns; the influence of a name
often makes t.ithing succeed. The man, there.
fore, who hesAdes to sign the pledge of total ab
stinence, should ask himself, whether he is not
responsible for those evils, which the sight of his
name might prevent?
My Christian friends, I ask you, will you not
join with us in our attempts to suppress this per
nicious vice? I appeal to those of you who are fa
thers, is this not a praise worthundertaking,and
will you not set the example, & let your sons know
that you declare an everlasting war with this ty.
rant? And tell me,young men,will you not enlist
in this noble cause? If you will,you can be instru
mental in bringing about a revolution,as happy in
an its attributes, as that by which our national
freedom was obtained. Do not say, that as farm
ers,you cannot get along without it. The experi
ment has been tried with success in your own
neighborhood; and the hay and the grain Were
stowed away in the barn of your neighbors, with
out a drop of the poison. Tell me not,that you will
ant find sale for your grain,ifyou abandon the dis
tiller. The same God who blesses and prospers
his noble cause,will bless and prosper all who pn
sage in it. And even should you lose a little of
your profits by such a course, 0. methinks, that
the thought of being instrumental in saving thirty
thpusand persons from sinking into the drunkard's
grave every year, will m-we than compensate for
aiy temporal loss.however great. Leave off these
civlia,then—cease to scorn, and laugh, at those
eho exhibit more of the el:tint of patriotism, phi
lanthropy and christutnity than you do, and use
your influence with theirs in so noble a canse.—
Engage in an alliance rendered holy by the prayers
and aspirations of the good or , earth—hallowed by
the tears of affliction which it has caused to be
wiped away,and the tears of joy,and the smiles . of
hope and comfort, which its visitations of mercy
have excited.
One word to the Members of the Society, and I
have done.
There is much cause for thankfulness on your
part, for the success that has heretofore attended
your effort,. lem not given to bestow praise on
any person, or on any society, where it Is unde
serving. It is not my habit to pronounce useless
panegyrics—but I believe,and therefore I say,tliat
in the State of Pennuivania, there is not to be
found a town of its size in which mote morality,
and temperance prevail that the one in which
God has cast our lots. And Ido think, that, at
least, some of the order, decorum and temperance
which so happily prevail here,may be traced eith
er directly or indirectly to the influence which
thidSociety has exerted. Well now,if this be so,
what has been done ought to urge us on to still
greater efforts, for the 'accomplishment of still
grekter objects. And the only way in whioh we
can reasonably hope for success in futureos to be
steadfast in our principles, to continuo united in
our resolution, not to touch, taste nor handle the
noxious poison. Then may we expect the snide:.
of Providence upon our exertions, and then suc
cess, in the fullest acceptation of that term, will
attend our effort,.
And here permit me to call your attention to a
circuinstance,iri the history of this Society,which,
to pay the lealt,is painful. But a short time since,
one or two resolutions, signed by the Secretary of
this Society, found their, way into the papers of
the borough. These resolutions were nothing
more nor less than a notice to members who wish
ed to withdraw from us, of the manner in which
they might withdraw. And from them the infer- .
enco may be legitimately drawn, that there are
those among us who have become tired of the re
straint,of a pledge to keep from drinking.
Tahsure you, when I road those resolutions, I
vdga ready to weep. I was pained,not because the
society had passed these resolutions—not because
the society had published these resolutions, but
because such was the state of things that the pass.
ago and publication of them were deemed neces
sary. Now I wish it to ho understood, that the
individual who has signed the pledge of total ab.
stinenco,has performed a serious act. Ho hos per.,
formed an act which has an importag bearing on
his character and , usefulness, and which he can
never aflerWards nullify, but at the expense of
TRUTH and iNTEGRITY, of HONOR and of REPUTA
TION—and by nut living up to the pledge which
he has signed, hetivbs the enemies - of the cause
an opportunity to triumph; and they will desire
no bettor weapon with which to assail the cause.
Yes, it is a truth, .that the act of signing the
pledge, is an act which involves no small respon
sibilty; and when the person signing it fails in his
subsequent life to recognize the obligations under
which it has placed him, he is guilty of trifling
wjth the best of causes,as well as with the dictates
of his own conscience. And when it happens that
the individual who is found delinquent is not only
a member of a Temperance Society,but of a Chris
tian Church,. the case is still worse—and not only ,
the cause of temperance, but the cause of piety
leads under-such n.F.apranclk- __lndeed...it is a re
proacn to any christian at this day,whether he be.
long to a temperance society or not, to allow him
self in the use of ardent spirits. Every such per
son, whether he intends it or not,is a dead weight
upon the cause, and he has reason to fear that he
will find himself charged at the last,with the guilt
of having been a partaker of other mon's sins to a
degree which will cover him with confusion..
Although much remains to be done, enough
has already been achieved to inspire us with gra-
titude for the past, and joyous hope and resolute
activity for the future. Even while our opposers
are questioning our motives,and deriding our ac
tions, we can Implore forgiveness for their igrio.
rance,as did his our blessed Master for his mur
derers. And when we survey that dark cloud of
Intemperance fraught with.destruction, which so
lately enveloped the earth, fast rolling away, and
dissipating before the beams of TRUTH—when we
see the bright bow of promised reforM already
spanning half . the world, shall we not renowedly
and solemnly pledge Ourselves before Heaven,
which hail so signally smiled upon our cause,that
WE WILL NEVER RECEDE, NOR FALTER IN TIM GREAT
MORAL WORE, UNTIL ITS FINAL COSSUSIMATION?
VARIOUS MATTERS.
RATHER A TOUGH STORY.-A correspon•
dent in one of the Cincinnati papers, states
that a colored woman, aged . 161 years, is
now exhibiting at one of their museums.—
She is said to have belonged to the father
of Washington, and appears to have all her
faculties except sight, which she has been
deprived of 60 years; before which time,
however, she frequently had the pleasure of
seeing our beloved Washington. Her memo.
ry seems to be acute. She recollects to
have joined the Church about 140 years
since, and says she has received great happi
ness from having done so. It seems that
she has had several very interesting visions,
the relations of which are extremely inter
esting.
BRIITIFYING EFFECTS OF INTEIIIPERANCE.
—The perusal of details so revolting to hu
manity as those which follow, from a Bos
ton paper,is eminently calculated to further
the good cause of temperance; and with that
view, rather than to minister to a taste for
the horrible, we give the article* place in
our columns:—
On the night of the 19th inst. a monster
by the name of. John Fitzgerald was dug
out of a snowy drift, where he lay dead
' drunk—drunk body and soul—his very hair
was drunk and dead. The watchman car
ried him to jail, where his suspended anima
tion became partially restored in the morn
ing. The watch stated that he had been
driven from his house a few nights before,
by his neighbors, for a series of unexampled
outrages upon his family, while under the
influence of liquor. On one occasion, when
the dead infant was laid out in its coffin, he
broke in the lid with his fist, in a paroxysm
of drunken fury, and afterwards struck the
face of the corpse with such violence as to
disiort the countenance, and cause the Wood
to settle where the fist came in contact with
it; and in the evening of the same day, af
ter the funeral of the infant, he almost beat
lug wife 'to death, in consequence of which
he bras thrust out of the house, and not per
mitted to enter it again. He appeared
completely stultified while at the bar—vqual.
ly insensible to praise or censure. He was
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sentenced as a common drunkard to the
House of Correction for 4 months. His
I wife has still two young children itriog...
Ern , FA:in.—The Boston Atlas givisf
it as among the rumored gossip of the day,,
at Washington, that "a day or twoefter the
celebrated Miss Martineau dined with oar
respected Chief Magistrate, she was "Met hi:
Mr. Van Buren, and accosted with the pa
lire remark, "Well, Miss M. I . bear youths.'
a
cinated the President to such degree, that
there is some danger of his following you to,
England." "Oh no," replied the merciless,
lady, "he has made up his mind to stay at
home, and run for a third term."
FIRE, IN LOUISVILLE, KY.'-- , -011 the
morning of the 23d ult. as we learn from the
Louisville (Ky,) Advertiser, a fire broke
out in the drug shop of Mr. L. D. Dunham,
nn Fourth,between Main and Market streets,
in that city. It soon spread thence to the
adjoining buildings destroying Cromie's
Irish linen Wareliouis,Edw'd. and Charles
Wills' store on the corner of Fourth and
Main. J. Silvers' shoe house, and the stores
of Messrs. Robert Anderson, Samuel Ewing,
and Armstrong, Adams and Co. on Main
street. The frame buildings adjoining on
Fourth street, occupied by Mr. Thomas,
broker,a - nd Mr. Ball, saddler,and Mr. Brom
well, wire manufacturer, were also comic!•
erably injured. The houses occupied by
the Messrs. Worts, and by Armstrong, A
dams and Co. are stated to be but slightly
dainaged,.While the others are totally con.
sumed, except the walls. The whole loss is
estimated at 50,000 dollars—of which some
ten or fifteen thousand were insured.
THE FRENCH TREATY.—The Paris cor
respondent of the London ,standard, under
date of the 28th December, holds the follow
,
ing language respecting our treaty:
"The question of the twenty-five millions
of francs to be paid by France to the United •
States of America will soon (in a few days)•
come again upon the tapis. Until it shall
be decided, Mr. Livingston, the American
Minister, keeps hirnselfshut up from French
society, and will not allow of any visits to
him, nor will he return any. The message
of President Jackson will, it is expected,
speak out in the most decided terms on this
subject, and that speech is Waited for e by
the government with great anxiety. ' Bets'
are made to a large amount that the Cham-
bers of Deputies will again reject the• law
project, or at any rate reduce the turn to be
voted to twelie or fifteen Vlionte,,
HARVARD CoLLEr lit Institution
has lately come into the iseation of $44,-
000, for any purposes that may be desirable;
left by Gov. Gore; and when certain persons
who draw annuities under his will are dead,
$BB,OOO more will go to the college. The
college heals° within a year received $20,-
000 left by Dr. Fteber of Beverly for a pro
fessor ship of natural history, and $20,000
left by J. McLean for a professorship of
history:—And also $lOOO left by Dr.
Potter for theological purposes:—Making
$85,000 of donation received in one year.
LEAD.—According. to a writer in a late
number of the Galena Advertiser, the total
quantity of Lead made at the mines of Mis
souri and Illinois, from the 30th Sept. 1833,
to the 30th Sept. 1834, was between 5,600,-
000 and 6,000,000 pounds. The mines of
Missouri are private property, and hence an
accurate estimate cannot be made.
FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE OF LIVESI.-
On Wednesday morning last, the dwelling.
house of Mr. Frederick. Massenehimer, sit.
uated about 6 miles from this place, was
burnt down under the following circumstaii
ces:—After breakfast, Mr. M. having left.
the house, his wife soon after left' it also to
go to a neighbor's, and as she had to leave
behind her two small children, she locked
the door as ghe left the house, to prevent
them from running out. Some time after.
wards, as a neighboring woman was passing,
discovered the house to be on fire. She
immediately ran to the door, but finding it
locked, raised a 'window, and through it ex.
tricated the children from the fames which
were rapidly spreading around them. The .>
alarm was then given, and a number Of per.
sons repaired to the scene of conflagration;
but to such an extent had the fire progresse4, -
and SO combustible the materials of the
budding,that all attempts to save even a part -
of the furniture was unsuccessful. It is sup•
posed that the children playing with the
fire, communicated it to some part' of the
house.— Westminster Carrot/lonian.
AN AFFAIR OF HexOz.—The schr. Eliza
beth Jane, which sailed. from New York,
Dec. 30th, for Mobile, had the misfortune
to offend a whale on the passage. The,great
one of the Ocean determined on such . "per: .•
sonal satisfaction" as "is due from one gen.
tleman to another." The schooner was
carried off the field with a contusion in the
shoulder, and has been brought back into
port. - •
"Why did Adam bite the Appler said a
schoolmaster to a country boy. ' '
"Because," replied the boy, "he had aa
knife to cut it!"
MERE Boor Le.karano.-"A. &sky car..
rying a load of books," said A nwv, Abe cow
queror of Egypt, "is as respectable in end;'
aml as the perwrn whose head is crammed .
with learning that he does not understand."'
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