VOL. THE GARLAND. -"With sweetest flowers enrichkl, AFrom vnrious gardens cull'd with care." FROM TIIE NEW YORK MIRROR .Trili MARRIED DA El; lITER. We miss thee love, when twilight draws Oar shadowy veil o'er earth.; When all our hnppy children meet, To blend tlivir tones of mirth. And ninny n joyous spirit flings .• Its music on the nir; Ali! then our sweetest, best beloved, Thy void• is wanting there. And when we speak cr :Lee, a cloud Com , s over every brow; We think of all thou wert to us :And fed so lonely now. The treasured memories of the past Our hearts still linger o'er, And every day and every hour We Miss' thee more and more. The harp that to thy fairy touch Its, thrilling music poured, h silent now, us if the power Had fled from each full chord; And if the night h.-eeze wandering by Draw forth a faint, low tone, Tears tremble in thy mother's eye— Weep for the absent (kite. Well—thou art happy, and wo too Must soon be reconciled; Although 'tis very hard to give - Away our darling child. But lie is worthy of thy love Who claims thee for his own.- And, dearest, he will cherish thee When we to rest have gone. THE REPOS.ITORY VIIObI TIIE ASIATIC JOURNAL LOVE LETTERS. [CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST.] There is always a good deal of hurry and bustle on board a ship upon its first arrival in . port,:rtud we hoped that, amidst the confusion of the diseMbarkation, and the greetings of pf.i.sons known to each other, to escape an explanation until we could lodge our fair ch.l:ge in (ho quiet udoot Mrs. Halliday's mansion. From the aci."•lt wo entered the cuddy, where the grouter number of the passengers •yere assembled; wo learned, however, that Miss Montague was in her own cabin, which opened into it, and thither we pro ceeded, Mrs. Halliday loading the way, I ibllow ing, and poor Carruthers, in an agony of appre. pension, btttigin g .up the rear. Mips Montague . very naturally throw herself into Mrs. Ualliday's arms, at:d us she happened to be a warm-hearted person, mid most particularly interested in the tiettotsernent, sho returned the embrace with great cordiality. Upon raising he: head the - oyes of Amy enmuntered wino; sho withdrew them with nil air of disappointment, and they then rested upon Curt uthers,whom she appeared to recognize in an instant, as the original of those miniatures which had long. been her dearest companions.— The atrectionate look which she cast upon him re -assured tiodfroy, and in another instant he had clasped her to his heart, murmuring rather than speaking words of the fondest affection. Afraid - - to trust to an interchanging glance, Mrs. alli day and I caught each other by the hand, and by it mutual squeeze avoided that burst of laughter under the circumstances of the caso,would been so highly indecorous. Amy speedily :,disengaged herself from her lover's arms, but it was very ovident that she had not yet regained - sufficient self-possession to detect the imposture. We hurried her on board the steamboat, where the presence of so many persons and the con. sciousness oldie close vicinity of her lover caused a degree of embarrassment, which prevented her Iron. being in the full possession of all her dis criminating fricultiois. Mrs. Halliday and Myself' according to our agreement, talked incessantly, for ‘ , .1.; were afraid at a premature betrayal by the strangeness of Godfrey's voice, and the absence of n thousand little peculiarities, which could not •fail to bo remembered by a woman who had known the lute Carruthers from childhood. Our plan succeeded remarkably well; and it was not• until we had got into the carriage, and were driv. ing along the Chowringhoe road, that Amy tnani lotted any marks of surprise. The likeness to tho miniatures, which she had regarded rather as memorials than resemblances of her lover, had produced the intended effect of familiarising her with the features ofhis successor, and in the joy and agitation of the meeting she did not perceive that she had only recognised ono of two images retained in her mind. Hero certainly was the original of the miniatures, but not the Godfrey Carruthers to whom sho had pledged her hand.— The air of bewilderment with which she regarded us ull,slarined my pour friend (ton thousand times deep'. in lovo than over,) for the consequences. Amy bud more than realised, our warmest oxpile tutions, nod tho thought ullosing her, at- the mo. snont in which ha had hoped to reap the reward of his toil, was perfectly distracting. lie had possessed himself alter hand, which he would not relinquish. Fortunately the carriage stopped, betbre she had time to make thu inquiry which was evidently rising to hor lips, and Godfrey load- ing liar into an apartment, followed by Mrs. day, whom ho intreatad in a whisper not to forsake him in his hour of need, scro4d up his courage to limo confession winch ho now saw wua inevitu. ble. I remained in the ante-room, awaiting the event, not without sorno perturbation of mind. Placing. her between Mrs. Halliday and himself upon a sofa, unite!ill retaining her hand, Godfrey, In a faltering voice, entreated forgiveness for an act, to which lid declared himself to have, been driven by an irresistible impulse. At first, Amy did not comprehend that her former lover was the tenant of the grave. Starting up, she exclaimed, "Where then is Godfrey?" My poor friend re. mauled silont, but Mrs. Halliday rising and om. bracii.g hor, whispered, "Thoro is no othor God. froy Carruthors; death has released you from an engegosnent which, believe me, could not have secured the happiness promised by that which,wo ter .41'._ --..:iii•irili.itt*ltirits.-..:.,.:'-__)_.:_.•••4o/iitt'i I trust, you will now sanction." Motioning, to the lover to withdraw, she related the whole story to Amy, who sate overwhelmed with astonisriment, now indignant, and now molting into tenderness, as her now friend expatiated upon the excellence and devotion of the man who had so earnestly, though perchance unjustifiably, endeavoured to gain an interest in her bosom. She would not consent to see Carruthers again that day; but I was admitted, and assisted by Mrs. tlalliday,•l pleaded his cause so well, that sho at length prom ised to receive him In the light ofa friend. This was all that Godfrey could gain; during a very considerable period. Amy's delicacy revolt ed at the idea of an immediate acceptance ofa substitute'for her deceased lover, oven though she felt conscious ofa strong predilection in his favor. She satisfied herself that the character and dispo. sition of the young man, who had hell England at too early an ago to give more than a promise of excellence, had not realised the expectations of his friends, and that he had been irretrievably lost to het before death had terminated his career.— Still, she could not pnsuado herself to so speedy a marriage with another, as that recommended by her new friends. Mrs. Halliday entered into and respected her feelings, and, offering her a home under her own roof for as long a period as she chose to accept it, Godfrey was obliged to content himself with the pleasure of seeing her every day. This indulgence the innaniorain pro. cured by a lucky appointment to a vacant post as aide.de-camp to the governor general, and Re his wooing promised to have a prosperous finale, not withstanding there were other suitors in the field, I took my leave ofhim arid the fair Amy, convinc. ad in my own mind that all would end well. The time of the year being favorable to river travelling,lembarked in a budgerow,with a friend ofa very different description, a personage much more familiar with fowling-pieces than with pens. ,Devoted to sporting,nothing escaped him,from the hugo alligators basking upon the sandbanks, to the delicate little avadavat, escaped from its bond• ago in the cage of some neighboring hedgerow. He was the last man in the world whom I ever suspected would be likely to fall in love; but my old hick pursued me,and I was called upon, for the fiftieth time in my life, to aid and abet an affair of the heart. Upon our arrival at Berhampore, wo received an invitation to remain for a few days at the house of a civilian. We found a very pleasant party assembled in this inansion,an 3 amongst the number tA\ 7 , disengaged ladies: one a widow, who had just thrown off her weeds, arid now appeared in very becoming mou;'ning; the oilier a spinster, and neither much more than twenty. The widow was pretty,but ignorant, unintellactual and frivo lous to the greatest degree; while her friend, a clever, vivacious, elegant, and well informed girl boasted at least equal personal attractions. These ladies,though altogether unlike in mind and man ners,wero upon vory intimate terms. Miss Gran. by's good nature inclined her to overlook the defi ciencies of her associate, and Mrs. Fielding pos. poised at least sufficientt sense to uppreciuto rho superior excellencies of the companion with whom a happy chance had brought her into contact.— Our time was passed in the usual mintier; the la dies worked, read and played on the piario,during the morning; their titscinations soothing even Singleton's restlessness into temporary repose.— In the evening we danced; and upon' these occa sions, out of pore good nature and unwillingness to spoil a quadrille, Mrs. Fielding was induced to viand upolio ug h six weeks only had elapsed since she had followed her deceased husband to the grave, "like Niohe, all tears." We look leave of our II ierids,with considerable regrot;but time press ed, Singleton having received a letter which oh liged bin) to hasten his return to Cawnpore. We adjourned. therefore,to the boat,l expecting to renew cm former way of life,and while resum. ing my studies in Sanscrit,to hoar Singleton pop• ping away at every - thing in the shape offish,tlesh, or fowl. I was,however,mista ken. He spent the chief part of his time in ruminating; either pacing up and down the cabin,or reposing on a chair with his feet stretched across the table. At longth,the mighty secret burst his lips—he was in leve! I ,ad suspected as much before, but, was complete yat fault respecting the object. in my observe ions through life, I have generally perceived thu non who are not particularly gifted with talon eke finicies to clever women, not by way of ob. aining for themselves guides and councillors, bu. o show that they have •nothing to fear from the supposed superiority. Ignorance is so frequently presumptuuur, that the most brilliant qualities in u sox which men have taught themselves to under- value, seldom have the effect of dazzling and aw ing those individuals amongst the male pdrtiot of thocommunity,who possess few advantages be yond the assumed right of vaunting a lordship over the creation. It is precisely the class win have the greatest reason either to dread,or to fool, up to, intellectual women, who aro tho most anx 011 H for an alliance with thoni,becauso they never for an instant dream that they can be eclipsed; while, on the contrary, men who might justly be expected to prefer companionable women for wives; usually select the silliest individuals of their acquaintance, as if determined to endure no rival near the throne. In the present instance, °waver, a more appropriuto choice hnd boon made. Singleton, enamoured of Mrs. Fielding's flaxen curls and infantine manners,liad seen liclo or nothing to admire in the dark ringlets and sprightly conversation of NI Ws Granby. As cruel fate condemned him to duty at a considerable dig tenet) from the object of his adoration, ho was com- polled to resort to epistolary communication, and earnestly entreated my cooperation. I referred Jilin to the Universal Lotter Writer, a very useful, work, with which I discovered that ho was inti. mately acquainted, for ho gravely assured me that ho should find nothing to suit him in its mattor. of•fact pages. Feeling somewhat in king Cam. hysos' vein that morning, I sat down and indited u scroll which would not have been unworthy of Oroondales, Telamontes, or any lover of old.— Having"exhausted all my rhetorical powers, I E 7 nonmr.tr wziasE Laznzatrox, EDITOR, PIOrELICIZER, AND pnoprzEtron. "I WISH . NO OTHER lIERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION."-SHAK3 VaIIi:TIVM7P22I O Likacb, cirdaYPIDA/r o arnaz amac, Neither of these catastrophes happened; for much to my surprise, it appeared that Singleton's calculations were more correct than mine; the epistle seemed to have been graciously received, end it was answered in the 9amo extravagant style. The fair Lindarnira, to the valiant paladin, Deli. anus of Greece, never expressed herself in more lofty terms. Singleton was enchanted, and re proaching mo for the low estimate I had formed of Mrs. Fielding's mental powers, produced this document as a triumphant refutation of my cal 111111lies. I could not toll him that my opinion of the lady's folly was confirmed by the favourable reception of the stuff which ho had copied and the absurd reply it had elicited, and I found myself' called upon to continue the correspondence in the same exaggeratW strain. Nothing short of he roics could satisfy the inflated imagination of my friend, and so I continued to out Herod Herod in every succeeding epistle. There was no fulling off in Mrs. Fielding's answers, and, at the end of six months, when a change in my appointment enabled me to attend the wedding of Godfrey Car ruthers, I left Singleton at Borliampore, happy in the prospect of a speedy union with the fair widow. I found Amy Montague perfectly reconciled to the change in her destiny, and too deeply attach ed to her betrothed, to regret the circumstances that had brought them together. Upon a calm review of all the bearings of the case, she consid. ored herself fortunate in having escaped a union contemplated in the romance of seventeen with ii 111411 only two years older than herself. The God. fray Carruthers, whom she had known as a fine, generous.hearted youth, had disappointed all the expectations of his friends, turning out a useless individual, incompetent to offices of trust. and proving in his death a happy riddance to the ser vice he had entered. To have not him so chang ed would have shocked .her fur more greatly than the encounter with a perfect stranger; and after the first surprise and indignation were over, she fully appreciated her now lover's good qualifies, and could not help feeling touched by the romance which had tinctured the whole adventure.. Ge,!.. fray himself was the happiest of mankind; his sanguine spirit had scarcely experienced a single misgiving throughout, and though perhaps he would have been bettor pleased by an acceptance as frank as the offer, he could hot help respecting the delicacy which demanded a probation Shortly after this marriage, I met Miss Granby at a hall at Government house, and claiming an acquaintance with her, !asked her to dance with me. In the course of our conversation, we natur ally reverted to the pleasant days we had spent together at Berhampore, and of the happy COMIC. quences of that visit to Mr. and Mrs. Singleton, a couple who seemed expressly "formed to meet by nature." Miss Granby agreed with me that it was a very suitable match. "I hope," said she, "you saw the correspondence." I looked at her —she caught my glance with ono °retinal mean ing, and both immediately burst into a laugh; our secret was revealed—we had been writing to each other! Finding the attempt at further con cealment useless, Adelaide confessed that Mrs. Fielding had broi,glit Singleton's letter to her in an ecstasy of admiration, but, despairing of being able to reply in a fitting manner, had entreated her friend to take the pen in hand. The office was one which suited Miss Grunby's delight in the ridiculous, and she flourished away in meta- phor and trope with the greatest good will, doter. mined (hat Singleton should never be able to ac- cuso the thir widow of not entering into the beau- ties of his style. It was surprising that we did not suspect ouch other before; but, to the mu moot in which our eyes wet I bad given Mrs Fielding the credit, or the discredit, of the cam. position of her epistles, while Adelaide believed Singleton to be the autho r of his own. The dis. covory could not fail in lessen the distance between Miss Granby and myself; from more ncquain Lance we could not help becoming confidants and fiends. An opportunity offered of writing a note 0 her, to which she replied; when we wet in the avening, it was impossible to resist some allusim °Abe style and subject of our former communi cations. I ventured to repeat a fow pas.:ages; she replied, without at first perceiving to what there quotations might load. Other notes and oilier conversations followed, until at length we both found ourselves involved in a correspondence.and in an entangleinent,from'which, perhaps, neither wished to be extricated. Without being . aware of it, I had Ihllen deeply in love; Adelaide -also owned tho soft impeachment, and, wise as we flat tered ourselves, wo were obliged to confess that we owed our happiness to two of the silliest per. sons in the world. AL Berhampore I had only re garded Miss Granby as u clever, elegant girl,who would do credit to any man's choice; while she had thought me an agroeublo person, whom sho would not be sorry to meet ugain. It is question. able whether the intercuuyse afforded in the ball. rooms of Calcutta would, to peoplo °lour peculiar tomperament,havo led to a more intimate acquain tanco with each other's goad qualities, had nut a bond of union been established at once. I should, in all probability, have mudo my bow at tho end ()film first quadrille, leaving the lady to more pre sumptuous admirers; %%bile she, in the next amus ing partner which chance presented, would have forgotten the prepossession formed in my favour. We received congratulatory letters from the Sin- glotons, who, taking care never to show their epistles to oach other, woro still undocoived res. handed the epistle over to Singleton, io the expec• tation that it -would afford him a hearty laugh.— I was, therefore, very considerably surprised to discover, that it was exactly the thing ho wanted. The whole morning was employed in copying it out; and when we made the boat fast in the even t log, he dispatched a chnprassy to the nearest post, being unwilling to lose a single hour in the de ! livery of this important missive. Not wishing to damp the ardour of a lover's hope, I forbore to mention my surmises, the conviction I entertain ed, that the letter would eithor be unnoticed or returned. peeling those love effusions treasurer! up by both with the greatest care; and wo, al least, have rea son to bless that happy invention, which "Speeds the snit intercourse from soul to soul, And wafts it sigh from Indus to the Pole." Carruthers and his bride also remember with grat itude the deep debt which they owe to the °slab fishmeal of a medium of communication between the aliient; and to no six persons in the world have "LOVE LETTEas" ever proved wore efficient friends, than those whose loves are recorded in the pages of this veritable history. VARIETY. FROM TUE NEW-IMIIKEIt. TO SPRING. Hatt, lovely Spring! that is,if thotert done snowing— The awakening Earth,from her deep trance uprising, Her mantle green, an ermine robe disguising, Finding the mirror-streams th,o' dim woods stealing, Wherein she braids her vernal tresses kneeling— Drest in the livery of the stern Ice-King; Instead of roses nought but noses blowing. Vexed that the Hours no fairer tributes bring, Nor mossy alleys - green by shady rill, Nor wild-wood notes those alleys green to fill, Nor wild-wood flower its rich perfume diffuses, No banks of violets but snow-banks greeting— Her sweet eyes oped,no wreaths but snow-wreaths meeting, She, somnolently sulking, snugly- snoozes. Jru D'Esettrr: Written by Wm. Bigolow,mere than thirty years a , o, when , tho First Consul of France had turned hie attention to the cultivation °cougar !rum heel: 'l've a substitute found," says Bonn. "No more Of your sugar will I taste the sweet." 'Very well," suys John Bull, "while 1 use the cane, You're weicome enough to got beet!" GOING BACK TO FIRST ritmcmies.--An individual who was called upon to give in his testimony before the Legislature in re gard to the late popular tumults in our city, being asked to state what he knew upon the subject, replied, , -Why - ; seeing that we couhrnt keep ofT the mob wilt' our maces or peace, we, fr, it matter of course, went back to first prim pie." “First principles? and pray how was aloe?' "How? why we threw away our rolling pins, and took to brickbats!” CLASSICAL.—"CLosar! go catch my big there." "Yes, sar! What you call he name, sar?" "01pm:it , : don't you know what the poet says about "high Olympus?" "I don't know about Hio—but he limpus nuff—dats for sartin." NEWTON. --Who would have supposed that Newton, the greatest of Philosophers, Bacon alone excepted a poetical thncy? And yet it is so, as thy fz,:iowing observa tion of his evinces: "The Grain 1, Geri'i bounty? but the Flowers are his .miles." (low admirable! how benefit - ell Worthy, ndoed, is this of the discoverer (lithe att ruc ion of gravitation. DESTRUCTION OF TILE ARSENAL AT FRANKFURT, KY.—WO learn from the Lex• ington Intelligencer, that the Arsenal, con: taming the public arms, at Frankfort, Ky. - was discovered to be on fire about 3 o'clock on the morning of the 12th inst. and such was the head to which it had then arrived, and the rapid progress of the flames, that the building with its whole contents was des. t rayed. Not a sword; nmsket,cartouch box or tranpin, was saved. The origin of the fire had not been ascertained. It appear , however,, that the hands had been engaged in cleaning the arms the day previous, and thence, it is probable, res sited the accident. DESTRUCTION OF TUE BRIDGE AT BER WICK, PA.—lt is stated in the last BradfiieJ Banner, that the Bridge across the North Branch of the Susquehanna River at Ber. wick, had been entirely swept away by the ice. The Banner states that up to the 18th the ice in the river at Towanda still remain ed firm; and that "from the vast quantity that has accumulated, and the immense body of snow on the ground, there is every reason tO fear that the freshets which must neces sarily occur very soon, will cause great des. tructiun of property along the River." The present Banking capital in Maine is $3,76'5,000. A committee of the Legisla ture of that State have just reported in favor of increasing it to $7,050,000. DAVY CROKETT NOT DEAD. — We are happy to state, on the authority ofa letter from Tenne-see, that the report of the death of the eccentric Davy Crockett, is not true. "Ho started (says the letter) on a hunting expedition tonic Rocky Mountains and then dropped down into Texas; but we expect him home early in the Spring." A SLANDERER.—SENATOR ' VOTING, Oldie New York Legislature, who threatened to introduce a bill providing that black lines should he drawn acro.s the faces of certain members of the U. S. Senate, has been in dicted by the grand fury of his County for slander. The State of Louisiana contains upwards of 31,000,000 acres of land. Of this amount only about 5,000,01'0 ale now in the hands of private individuals, leaving upwards of 26,000,000 still in the possession of the U. States. Of the amount unappropriated by individ uals, 5,683,526 acres are surveyed and of fered for sale. 5,055.040 surveyed and not yet otibred for sale, leaving near 16,000,- 000 yet,unsurveyed. ' , I11; ATE R A NCE A DDII ESS caze),Lo:.az - LiJa Delivered on the sth or Alareh, 1836, before the Tote's Creek Temperance &Nov, near Einiiiiitsburg, Md. J or9' i S J. Jon es. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: IN compliance with your solicitation, I now appear before you to discharge the du ty assigned me by your kind partiality; and be assured I deeply feel the al ditousness,and responsibility of the task—and whilst I at tempt,in the feebleness of my ability,to dis charge that duty, 1 humbly solicit your in dulgenCe. Inasmuch as it has beet, n subject of such frequent discussion, and that too by the mightiest Statesmen of our land, who have poured thrill flashes of eloquence and ratio. ciiiation,for the suppression of that baneful, that blighting curse—INTEMPEIZANCE : the force Of whose argumentation could not but be seen and felt by the most deluded and in sensible. And if we have hot lost every no ble sensibility of our nature, we must feel deeply interested in the suppression had ex pulsion of a crime that stands preeminent in the catalogue of moral turpitude. - Such - , then, being the incalculable evil to which your sympathies have been elicited, and for the suppression of which this society has been organized, we would respectfully soli cit your attention whilst we. endeavor to ex. hibit some of its deleterious and demoruliz• ing effects. Your convention in this house,on this day specifically appoiuted,to deliberate upon the interests of this society, to elicit additional strength in her dauntless phalanx,and to ex tend her influence, sufficiently indicate your willingness to ascertain the . course of your duty, and, your determination, when ascer tained, to enlist under her banner, and con• tend perseveringly and unceasingly in her conflict with the gigantic and destructive Demon of Intemperance. • We will show that Inleynperfince is an evil. That it is such, is ai fact which lutist have forced itself upon the mest superficial observer (Amami) society. -It is .so tangi• ble to the apprehension Of the most commotf mind, that he who doubts it justly subjects himself to the imputation of insanity; It is a physical us well us a moral evil. We will endeavor to prove,in the first place, that it is a phyBital evil. This fact has its foundation in the very constitution of our physical being. The mechani,:m of out cu riously wrought system is sot oastructed as to requite for its healthy and harmonious operation, equability of feeling, and 'unifor mity of excitement; consequently ,whatever disturbs this equilibrium,whateer produces an Undue excitement of the nervous systete, roust be attended with a derangement of the disusified functions of mg compacted mate. nal existence; and every successive excite. ment,and consequent derangement, is ilatUr• ally followed by a correspondent debility, which increases with the frequency of re currence, until finally the whole machinery becomes so distorted, and so disorganized ; that it refuses to perform its legitimate func tions; and then, as the conclusion of the whole,. it fidls into u chaotic inoperative This is evidently the eff.cts of Al. coke/ upon the human system. It cannot he denied, because there are mourning mon uments of the truth of our assertion; and reasoning a priori from the stimulating gredientsof the poisonous draught, wetyvould ' necessarily arrive et a similar cosbeiusion. You have seen within the range ofyour own observation, its purnlizing effects upon the human system. You have seen the mascu lar energy of mature age dwindled Into the imbecility of childhood. You have seen the tomb engulf in her bosom the young, the middle a,ged,and the boa ria• headed sire,who have been hurried to the bourne whence no traveller returns,by the tee of th:s draining and forever polluting poison! Yes,such are the daily trophies of /siemeerance; and is it no evil? Is it not the deadliest foe that ever desecrated the sacred soil of Coluni bin's happy land? It is, and you cannot but see it. lien epidemic, or pestilence, would stalk through our lurid, and leave but half the physical misery and wretchedness in its train, and consign but half the number of victims to an untimely grave, what an ex citement would not run through our land? what universal search would there not be for spine remedy to arrest the impetuous and blighting current of the destroyer? But the epidemic of Intemperance, with all the horrors, distress mid death that mark his path, is permitted comparatively unheeded to travel the extent of our country, and to destroy his thousands at morn and nt.on-day , and no one so courageous as to raise the tocsin of alarm—no ono with moral forti tude enough to step forth and with the sword of truth, the shield of reason. and the pane ply of religion, to stem his deadly and dead• ening progress? What tangible, glaring inconsistency! what dupes of carcumstan. ces! what blind devotees . of the customs of our fathers! Let us arise with all the noble inaenanitnity of smuts imbued with the principles of freemen, philanthropists and christians, to arrest the enemy in his dead ly march, and expel him from our country; so that soon the voice that announced our emancipation from British tyranny, may echo through the vast extent of our land, "victory! victory! the mighty .oeripot, lemprrance, has fallen foreverl' . - But the evil resulting from impittred health,and premature death,does not termi nate with the pitiable victim. In this case the iniquity of the father is visited upon the ['WHOLE NO. 313. children. They feel it in their delicate and effeminate constitutions. They feel a propensity to trend in the footsteps of their, sites, which is almost lin.impossibility tore, : n s sist ; and how often under shattered Cl tutions, yielding to the sin of their fathers,.-S; following them to an untimely grave, and, to an awtid Eternity! The distress of the be-. , ; 5: reft and disconsolate widow, and the tender heart-rending moans of the little orpirms, have so often been echoed in your" ears that's, they seem like the tale that hns been told, '... they pass by like the idle windsmd nothing ._ short of a sigh like thunder could make you .. • feel upon the subject. We do not intend to repent the oft told taleof a widim's sorrow, -•-: and an orphan's tear: to picture as - upon-can- vass the Diunkard's home—the fireside robbed of its attractions and despoiled of every charm. These are' familiar to Yea', all. You need but consult the oracles of your' memory,and you will find them there: You need but consult the thousar.d appeals that, have been made to you, and you will find '. them there. I could enlarge here upon thii part of the subject by referring you to the .- host of paupers that traverse our land Or' .. throng our alms-houses, whose wretched ness and poverty may, Ire traced to Intern s _ ..,, per:ince; to the" useless expenditure of time s. and money in the use of 'strong drink—bin., these facts are alike familiar to you all. I desire to direct your attention, •in the ". next place, to the moral evils of infemper- • -. ante. Here is an ample field upon which we might dilate, but we -shall touch but. - ' slightly,and that only, the most prominent of -- its demoralizing dittos. Look around you, '., and behold the wickedness that disgraces our age; trace it to its legitimate and pri- mary source, and with but few exceptions .. .. you will see it issuing from the side-board, . ! the bar,or social circle, spread with the excitants to perdition. What is •it that so ' debaSes the moral dignity of man as to fii s him for the perpetration of crimes at which • ' philanthropy blushes, and humanity recoils abashed? You have seen those who bid fair -' to become•the pride of their country and • 'S the champions of religion, .become ll' dis. •.--' (*race a to the laud of their nativity, end is _ . .. .• curse to the glorious cause of cluistinnityl: You have seen him who was in some small degree likened to the atigelsof bliss, assimi lated to the dfnions of perdition! This.rhay:: . ~...". be exemplified by many lameetable Mentos .. .. ces which may have come under your owrs'' personal inspections . flow often do we not ' ,• see the sacred circle of domestic lumpiness . polluted by the fell destroyer! The ten , dor ties that bound in almost indissolUble -: affection the husband to the wife, the father• to his soil, the mother to her smiliter infant, remover sundered by his poisorious tench! The husband whose sole delight it once was : to Minister to the wants and comforts of his" companion, now turns away, heedlessolher .-/- entreaties and insensible to -her distress V' Ho who sought refuge from all the cares and perplexing anxieties of this . mutable . world in the kind and fist:mating seciety•of - s his wife, now tares away tincharmed'by-all 7 ' the se endearments, and sulisiitutessinsthni-I4: stead the wild revelries of the Ilaccinnalians group. Tl)s wife who was wont to watch • .- over her helpless babe with all the soliei.' tilde of a mother's tenderness—whose he ' sem glowed will) all the raptures of meter nal fancy as she beheld the smile that piny : - s „ ' -- ed upon its infant countenance, now abrin,•S',s .s dons the sacred trust and throwsit upon the, - 2.•A charity of a cold and pitiless world! • The - ,' . S.'sN Youth who was once the. fond trust of his doming parents, whoSe feet were' swift le' execute their every wish, are now tottering s '•`. from the scenes of drunkenness and de bauchery ; the lips that were accustomed ...",;.- to soothe their distress, and perhaps even to'. :• supplicate with them at the Throne of :• Grace, now blasphemes the very God whom he adored; the eye that sparkled with kind- .. - ness and affection, now glare with °fiend- • like look! flow astonishing the change! He who was the consolation and pride of '' • his parents, becomes their bitterest curse I ~ These are net the pictures of an. over • • ' wrought imagination. Would that - they, were!, but you know they even fall sliest of reality. And if you ask how.these heart- rending changes were effected; the answer • is obvious: They began to touch,. to taste and to handle the poisonous liquid, Alcohol, until they were gradually drawn to:the Drunkard's Whirlpool, and finally. over whelmed it) its vortex!, The motel evil of Intemperance is ag gravated from the flies that it is neversso- : lated, but carries with it the whnle train of ': the worst amoral evils. It seems to be the nudes around %%bleb are gathered most of • the abominations of sin. It is almost always .. the invariable precursor of all the crime ; .7 ' that degrade and pollute the' human race.. ... Where it reigns, Christianity with all her blessings is expelled. When he raises his hideous and horrific head, Virtue withers. and shrinks from his pressure. In short, it is an evil of such vast and incalculable atro-:" cityshat it is said "to bite like a sereent.and' s • sting like nn adder;". that it is classed by. :: : "4; ; ` :- ....4 , the pen.of inspiration with murderand:ido4S.:s - -ssA atry. Yea, it is an : evil so vile and polluting that it forever iisqualifies the unhappyi.ioss,l4 tim for the pure and unsullied regional:lt thiii.t4AA,: • blest, and fits him for the unheillo":: pio n s of despair.,- . -.--- ''''S", : • -• : - s"s''s' - 1`sq 4 --. ,: t. ; ' 4 s i tr4 , -• • - Sissst s , i:sis s ss'..' Such, then, are the physical ..sisielinisisti-,:''',;.:;'t evils, of Intemperance. It not apt upon ",,SS... upon the humun farnily _ivritcliiidiu*r, - , '.-12-, -.;; ..; ... il inisery:'or the, most appalliniciittaulf ., l':ny'..i-'..: Corrupts and degrades all that . .*;:gt - ';, r . 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