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the seller to sell all he can, but that it is only lawful for the buyers to drink a part of it. If it he right to sell, it must bo right to drink. The latter rijht must be coextensive with the firmer. These arbiters admit, as the truth is, that they feel no concern about the welfare of other people. They are not, they snv, their brother’s km pr>rs —eve- ry tub must stand upon its own bottom— they have a right to make money by any means that the laws of the State will allow—all of which prove that they are willing to destroy men by thousands, (as they really do,) if they can make money by it. Liquor sellers encourage and pro mdte drinking, in order that they may obtain the property of the drinkers arid add it to theirs. To this end the most tempting displays are made of their li quor in their dram-shops. The whole sale dealer furnishes all that is drunk in tlie doggeries, and are in fact the owners of many of them. They are the life and soul of ih” whole liquor traffic, without whose ail tho whole business would soon go down. This wholesale work of ,in, cor rupts the conns Is of th” nation, the pu rity of tlv churches, an I th ■ morals of the people. It promot s vie ■ and crime of every sort, taking from millions of men much of their prop :!y, and from thousands of fkmilii ill that th , have; thereby reducing them to \vr. tc.ir du"ss and want. It make tyrants of fathers, husbttn 1 r.tid nt ‘ , fi 1 !': 1 <t! • u rid with idlers, loafers, drunkards, gumb j lersand vagabon Is. It fills tT world j with strifes, contention, mischief and! murder—with mi tery, wo ■, di ase and ! death. Vi t, even whilst coining on tliis mighty w it’k of wh il ■ - ile ‘-in and ruin, soimi of tho wholesale dealers, it is said, arc in some places allowed to i ha numbers of rhri ri < t'lrclit This, if true, is torrihle ! If it he true that nr.y f th’ 1 men at the present d.iv, are allow” I momb::r ship in any chri - 1 i::i chureh, we sup pose that they ati 1 tit ;r fJlow-rwin hers, occasionally s t down in fellow ship at the sacramental table, exhibit-1 jug themselves to the world as a hand j of pious self-denying brothers, following in the fioMeps of the m ok and nlf-de-! uying Saviour! What u band, ifsuch a band there be 1 -wlmt a iglit for an honest Christian !—wholesale dealers in liquor, and doggery keeper:, congro. j gated together as Christian .. t the Lord’s table! Men, who can hear without compunction or sorrow, the heaving sighs and moanings of mothers, and hear the cries of cold and starving chil dren, all caused by the in, allowed fel lowship in a Christian church, and a sent at the sacramental table, even while the wail of their victims, are heard in the very precincts of the church where they are. To hold these men in fellowship—in Christian follow ship —in any sort of fellowship!—hut I turn from the sight, as 1 would from a ghost in my path at night fail ! If there be such churches, mid Chris tianity he any thing more th in a hug bear, we may well suppose that tho Al mighty will punish with a heavy hand,’ all concerned in thus disgracing of his ‘ church, & the profaning oi’his ordinan ces. Head the 22 I chap, of Ezekiel,! especially the 13th and 26th verses. These wholesale and retail sellers of, liquor, tempt and entice weak and in cautious men to part with their property j for a consideration, which they know at host will he unprofitable to them, and will most likely operate to the final ru- j in of the drinkers and their families. Those who tempt men into liansares sion, are never less guilty, though they are often more so than tho actual trails- ! grosser. This doctrine accords with tho feelings of all good men, and its principles are priuticed upon, I>\ all en lightened governm nts. II- who cau ses a murder to be committed, is al ways punished with as much severity, ns the actual perpetrator. Those who tempt others into treason or rebellion, are often put to death, whilst the of fence of many of those, who were tempted and enticed into the wrong, are often winked at or punished but slightly. The Almigthy himself noted upon the principle of this doctrine when he pronounced judgment lor the first transgression of our original pa-1 rents; and also upon Satan 1 : t tupting them into it. In that ease the punish-j went inflicted upon Satan for tempting j our parents, was much more, may we not say, infinitely more severe, than that which was inflicted on them; be cause fur thmr punishment there was such a remedy provided, as made it in effect, only temporary, but fur Satan's sic, the punishment was Est without mitigation or remedy. Satan was nut punished f>r eating the forbidden fruit, but for tempting our parents to cal it, — though they were free agents and only tempted as such. If liquor sellers are foil! of their tub! law, or tin ir doctrine tout every tub must stund upon is own bottom, her, is a easo of its administrati u by high uutliori'.y: Adam cat the forbidden fruit,! and was punished fir eating. Satan tempted him into the transgression, and was punished more severely for tempting him to eat, than lie, Adam was Ibr eat ing. As Satan was punished f r tempt ing Adam, consistency requires that. liquor sellers shall be punished for tempting and enticing their fellow.men into a practice which they know do stroys its thousands. Liquor sellers exert all their skill in alluring and tempting men into the hub it of drinking. They publish in the newspapers occasionally, that they ‘‘have received a fresh supply of choice ORGAN OF THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE AND Si ATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. liquors,” &c. lu order to make the temptation to buy and drink, as strong ns possible, their liquors are displayed on shelves, often, if not al ways, colored and accompanied with j sugar and spices, o that every one in-v | have them propa- and hs h - may like to 1 have them ; thev ill tli -n tu'k oftli goodness of their ii. • < i<r-, and how ne. : cessary they an A; -. A id though t’e- . will sometimes admit (beciu.se they 1 cannot deny it,) :'nu m -.i may, ifilmv will, injure thorns dv--s by drinking, | but if they do, they say. it istln-irown | fault. Hotli classes if the-’ traders haw each bis own a- i-artineo:. in carrviug !on their havoc of morn!) mil human happiness—of seducing and swindling the people out of their property, for that which they know can do them no sub stantial good, but which is known to have ruined in ou-.tnds upon thousands. The In- mess of the one, is necessary to t llilt of I lie other, 1 local! re neither call carry on tho business of his own tie i [lartrn nt without the aid of the other. | They arc kindred spirits of tho same ! feeling, and of the same morals. The one K'dls drams because he loves dimes, and cares not another’s welfare—tho jotli r sells barrels of drains, because fie j !ov< h dollars, and lias no heart to feel for another’s woe, or to care fir his in- j ! ter. a. Tim same degree of covetous-; ness prompts tho action of both ; and j they make common cause in the do •troying of all they can, for the love of | gain. They play into oath other’s! | lend-;, and divide the spoils. “In their 1 I lives they are lovely, and io their deaths ! limy shall not bo divided.” ; -Some of these men will sometimes speak j |of temperance, and tell its friends that moral suasion is the only in” ins by ‘ which intemperance can he mile to 1 cease. The friends of temperance feel I very thankful for their condescending, disinterested, patriotic, and benevolent! eoim- Is ! ‘J hoy know that moral sua sion operates on them and all they can [ influence, as it would do, ifaddressed toi the wolf in the sheep-fold, or to the hun gry tyger with his prey in his claws; or to Arabian pirate roaming about tin: souriherti sens in search of booty and j plunder. Moral suasion to liquor sol-I lers! Now think of that!—how hope ful and full of promise would be such a labor! If lie thought that wo are too severe, let it b<- remembered that the friends of the temperance cause have been for years, laboring to pioinote. not a self ish purpose, but the benevolent object of freeing the world from all the evils ol intemperurfee; and that these men place theinsclvs in the way of the desired >'e form, and do all they can to counteract and destroy all its benevolent influen ces The temperance men work for the good of the country; these men vv irk for its plunder. Temperance m-n tax themselves, and labor to re- : lieve suffering humanity from all the I vices and miseries, which the use of spiriuotis di inks produce; and livjuor sellers of both classes, tax their inven tion, to put in practice the most effec tive. means of defeating the temperance effort, ami enabling themselves to glean from poverty, as well as from wealth— from destitution and distress, as well us from cjmfirt and plenty. Shall the fiiends of reform and humanity, stand and tremble in the presence of liquor sellers, who are destroying our neigh bors and kindned, and the morals and happiness of our country, and still fear to speak of them and their business in their true character ? No. Longer forbearance ceases to be a virtue ! There are, no doubt, many who haye suffered themselves, without reflection,! to go into the liquor tratiie, to whom, much that we have said, is not applica ble j but there has been so much writ ten an 1 spoken upon the subject of temperance in the last twenty years, that lew intelligent men, it’ any, have been able to keep out of the light that has been shed upon the subject. Our excuse for those who have not reflected, is therefore only intended for such as have lived in obscure neighborhoods, or on some other account, have not had the light which has been generally en- I >yed hv otln r-. As to those who have lived in the light of the temperance ref ormation, and have still ii: defiance of its influence, carried on their work of sin an I ruin, either l>v the wholesale or retail of liquor, no human language can too strongly paint (licit criminali tv. LEWIS REXEAT. r - the TV.vywiv Banner. 1-3 it want of principle or reflection that makes men retail spirits ? bile surrounded by the joys of y ur own fireside, do you ever suffer yourselves to reflect on the misery you I; :\o scattered abroad through the day ? U e hope the answer is no; wo have ; only tline to think for ourselves. It that is the case, e will invite your at-j tention to a ramble in your vicinity.— biist, wo will call at the moderate; diinkei s; here weseeutroubltd coun-1 tenancc, —.having spent more time at the tavern than he expected, many things are neglected ; he feels (inspite j of liereilort to he pleasant,) that conli | din g craature, who has linked her les- j tiny with his, is not happy ; she has ample tune for n flection, while lie is i the exciting atmosphere of the tavern, where sober thought never intrudes, and i fear for the future sits on"her brow. Look in at this circle: here sits the tuimly of a father, who is striving to | conceal his real situation from those vet dearly loved oik--, hut the shyness with which they view him, plainly tel-sthere is S-,in- tiling wrong. Ma, what makes p i look so simple ? look ma, lie ‘ V >U tie i inter IY 1 . be can t walk good. Ah ! tltfe pent up gri- f th it is sirugiing to ‘j i>a forth in ihc m 0..; *r\s'‘OSOin, tis vie i".nl- tb-'in >;f n h I and calms ■ t m by mi ving. Y'/'cr ■ > . r is not well to ill gilt. 11- r.- lies one by th- fo.id ; lie lias o a It a u abb- to link - borne, but thinks aims- If miiiglv hus and and is doing ti.udv, all unconscious of the anxious ‘solicitude that is created by bis ah settee. [lot will look in, notwithstand ing, as we piss bis ;;lu mv abode; here -it - t In- ninth l iofhi - - diil ‘ : n, pale and emaciated toiling to support them—the .i-• ar -u I’ ri rs btv crept off to bed to lose their sm row in sleep, for it makes : them sad to see mother weep an 1 look so pale. What means that shriek and confu sion over the way! O, it is only the j old man proving bis bravery; he has j been insulted at the grocery and being i a little afraid that be might get hurt, ! thought it most prudent to wait until Isafeh lauded at home, where he is dis ; playing it at no risk, by whipping his | wife. Now you have in your pockets a few limes, can you onj >y that money for j whioh you have ivitm ssed so much suf fering? if you can, we fear it is want | of principle. ! was tolrl by . a gentleman, when 1 a-.ked if his conscience fully acquitted him, that he did not think it altogether right; but if ho did not sell spirits some oi.e else would, and lie made it a rule if a lady sent a request that he should not s il to Iter husband, be would not doit. I) it what lady would make such re i] st? They would rather bear the di tress titan expose themselves in that w v. Not many years since, a youth called at a grocery in the West to buv some whiskey to take home with him, on a v--ry inclement evening. At night the cry of distress was heard ; perhaps, says coriKideuce it is the yojtir to whom ymi sold the spirits this evening. No, no; lie is at home by this time, whis pers your evil-spirit. Mistake—he is not home ; that strong and manly form, so lately rejoicing in its strength, lies prostrate in the snow which is falling fast, helpless as an infant. Were you then to witness the terror and despair that takes possession of his soul, as he (eels the icy hand of death spreading over him, in that wild and fearful wood, could you still your better feelings by saying he would have gotten it else where if not from me? But you only hear that ho was picked up next morn ing, almost lifeless, and carried to the first house and expired. You are told that being left a moment, he was found with his feet broiling in the lire, near which lie ivas placed to bo warmed.— 0, how humanity shudders at the sight! hut you only hoar of it—a dreadful cir cumstance—but n man of business must not let trifles weigh on his mind But in the stilly night, conscience tells you, you caused his death, and if all the dimes in your possession could recall the deed, you woul I lively give them, for there is an hour when man feels for man, and there is a time when the deeds of the body must bo rendered in and accounted for; and fearful must be thine account, thou that putteth the bot tle to thy neighbor’s mouth. CHARLOTTE. Seclusion, March 11th, 1852. For the Temperance Banner. Mo. 1 Dear Banner :—Seeing an article in the Bgmier a few weeks since, headed ‘Common Sense,’ brought me to reflect tor a moment, upon the present, past, and future prospects of the cause of the Sons, generally, and of Tallulah Division, in particular. It is now nearly four years, I be lieve, since the Division was establish ed. For the first two years not a cloud arose to darken its bright prospects.— Uncle Dabney, Hewlett, and many oth er noted temperance lecturers, called and addressed the members and citizens of ill.- place. All praised the members for their perseverance, magnanimity, &e., and they gained constantly new additions to their list of members. They frequently turned out in mass, and visited churches in the surround ing country, and delivered spirited and appropriate addresses, enforcing the doctrine ot the order, and enjoining the necessity ot all men becoming temper ate. \ cry distinctly 1 recollect thev advised the girls to spend their days in single blessedness, rather than marry a man who wouin not take the pledge. (This was good advice too.) One tiling, at that time, struck me very for cibly; that was, the confident manner in which they spoke of their victory, over the old prince ulchv; none seem ed to doubt, hut lie was forever van- I’.ihhedy lew, lii.it he was reully dead. i, for one, could but fear that the old .itchy was only playing possum, i knew that he was a wtley old general, and su-pectod that it was one of his schemes to lull the fraternity into apa thy by appearances, and then take ad vantage, while they were off their guard to make a general on slough t. I should have said, that about the time of the greatest prosperity ol the Division, is members were presented with j beautiful banner by a young lady, accompanied with one of the must I; autiitil a ;r *. g 1 ever heard. In the response, th donor re- Ci ivtd (in the names tie division,) tiie most positive promises t.,at it should “never trail m the dust,” that tliev were not enlisted for a limited time, but “during the war,” that the war they raged was “one of extermination,” A:o., i&c- 1 merely allude to this, to remind some of the Nous, of what they said, and done that day. The sequel u ill prove that 1 was right in supposing the enemy playing “possom.” About this time he began to manifest signs of vitality. A dag-shop was erected be hind a thicket of bushes, a few hun dred yards from the village. From this battery, the enemy soon began to throw his poisoned missiles into their j midst. Some of the most ardent be gan to “cool down,” and now and then j one of the Sons was said “to he drunk.’ j Appearttces however, were still kept up, and some little disposition manifes- j ted to make another attack on the old prince, till July last. The old general I put it into the head of a good old Baptist | brother, (hard-shell) (on tho opposide ; side of the town from the dog-shop,) to j avail himself of an advantage, the good j lord had blessed him with, to make j money. Old uncle Hardy had a fine j peach-orchard, and it never hit better; j he had a pond near also; and who ! could doubt but these advantages were ! sent by providence, to increase his for-; tune. But so it was, old alcliy en- I gaged him to run some devil drops, \ which were recommended as a first- j rate medicine, (purely vegetable.) As j soon as these drops began to he sold at! the pond, the poor Sons, at once, saw | that they had to sustain a fire in front j and rear, and at once struck colors.— i Though the shouts of victory had scarce-! ly died on our ears ; we had the morti- \ fication to see them flying in the wild- I est confusion, and the field surrendered ! to the wiley old enemy. There are j now three dog-shops in active operation . in Fort Valley. Injustice to the cold water army, 1 would say there are a few veterans who still contend for the cause, and are active in trying to rally ! their forces. May God bless them, and enable them once more to wave their Banner triumphantly over our pleasant little village, and finally to repel the enemy from tlie land. But to the faithless, to those that have not only deserted their own ranks, hut Give joined the enemy; what shall 1 say? You have not only proved traitorous to a cause that you should have sustained I by your united and unwearied efforts; j but you have placed the “single ladies” in a most unpleasant dilemma. You extorted a promise from many of us, never to marry a man who was not a Son of Temperance. Now what shall we do? You have all turned your bucks, and in a glass of old Uncle Har dy’s “purely vegetable, life invigora ting drops,” have drank a health to the order, and bid it farewell. Now please tell us what we should do? not marry at all ? for of course any sensible wo man would dislike to marry a man who had proved himself capable of so much treachery, as you have practiced. 1 am inclined to think, gentlemen, that you have not gained character by your j had faith, with any, unless it bo with ; tlie grog-shop rowdy. I have much to j say, but must defer it foranotherarticle. j In my next, (No. 2,) I expect to make some remarks on tlie Sons, as an order, I and other temperance societies, with a i plan for a revival. ANNA FRANCES. Fort Valley, March 12th, 1852. Govorning New York City.--On the subject of the expenees of the City of New York the Times says: It would draw very hard on a man’s reputation for good sense to he over head saying that this was one of the best governed cities in the world. Yet it costs something more than three mil lions of dollars last vear to govern it. It cost about ten thousand dollars a day, exculsive of Sundays, to administer I such government as it had. It costs! over three times as much to govern this city, and three times as much as j it did to govern the six New England! States. It cost the city more to get governed for a fortnight than it cost ! any one out of sixteen States for a year. And it cost New Y'ork city half as much to get itself governed for a‘year as it | costs all our thirty.one States for the ! same time.” Singular Facts. —ls a tallow candle he placed in a gun and shot at a door, jit will go through without sustaining any injury; and if a musket bull be fir ed in water it will rebound and be flat tened as if tired against any hard sub. | stance. A musket hall may he fired against a pane of glass, and if the glass j he suspended by a thread, it will make no difference, and the thread not even vibrate. Cork, if sunk two feet in the ocean, will not rise on account of the pressure of the water. In the Arctic j regions, when the thermometer is be i low zero, persons can converse more than a mile distant. Mr. Jemerson as. setts that he heard every- w ord of a sor tition at the distance of two miles on u still day, with perfect distinctness. A Curiosity. — Wo saw a few days! since, one of the most singular spici mens of the horse kind that we ever he, held, except the hairless horse from; South America. It was owned by a I ennessee horse trader, and is said to have been taken among the Rocky Mountains. It is about the size ofu common mule, and covered with long w °°*': hair run mbling the fleece of a sheep. It lias no hair oil the tail, and none “oq the top of its head, the place where the tnaine ought to grow.” It is remarkably and mile, and was rode by the trailer s . — Darlington Flag. SONS OF TEMPERANCE. Plotlge <f the Son-* of Teinpc j ranee. --I, without reserve, solemnly pledge ! my honor as a man that I will neither make, buy, j sell nor use, as a beverage, any Spirituous or I Mail Liquors, Wine or Cider. Officers of tlie (irantl Division. G. L. M’Clesket, G. VV. F. Monroe. !J. S. Pinckard, G. VV. A. Forsyth, j VV. S. Williford, G. Scribe, Macon. F.. C. Ghannjss, G. Treasurer, „ J. E. Evans, G. Chaplain, „ D. E. Blount, G. Cor doctor, Clinton. J. I). llavis, G. Sen. Houston, Cos. Office of the Grand Worthy Patriarch. { Monroe, Ga, March Cth 1852. j A L,i*t of I> . W. *’s. Appling, O. B Stanley, Holinesvilie. Baker. RQ, Dickinson, Albany. Baldwin, II J G Williams, Milledgeville. Bibb, J W Benson, Macon. Bryan, Bullock, Burke, R S Scruggs, Butts, C F Newton, Indian Springs. Camden, H R Fort, Jeffersonton. Campbell, VV R Pennington Cedar Branch Carroll, VV P Parker, Carrolton. Cass, A C Day, Cassville, Chatham, C C Wilder, Savannah. Chattooga, Robt. Early, Summerville. Cherokee, J Grisham, Canton. Clark, E L Newton, Athens. Clinch, Cobb, M L Ruff, Marietta. Columbia, A Paschall, Raysville. Coweta, WVV Thomas, Newnaa. Crawford, JVV Oslin, Knoxville. Dade, Decatur, DeKalb, L C Simpson, Atlanta. Dooly, VV’ B F Oliver, Drayton. Early, JLC Franklin, Fort Gaines. Effingham, Elbert, John Loftin, Ruckersville. Emanuel, Fayette, W P Allen, Jonesboro. Floyd, II B Ransom, Rome. Forsyth, G N Ees'er, Cumming. j Franklin, JB E Evans, Bushville. | Gordon, W H Dabney, Oothealoga. | Gilmer, J L Reed, EUijay I Glynn, A Scranton, Brunswick, j Greene, B Brantly, Penfield. Gwinnctte, J C Patterson, Lawrenceville. Habersham A Erwin, Clarksville. Hall, Win, Sitton, Gainesville. Hancock, N C Sayre, Sparta Harris, J H Traylor, VVhitesville. Heard, VV VV Hughey, Houston. Henry, VV T C Campbell McDonough. Houston, J D Havis, Perry. Irwin, R A Peeples, Fiat Creek. Jackson, R J Millican, Jefferson. Jasper, .1 M Newton, Shady Dale. Jefferson, B S Carswell, Louisville. Jones, J M Carter, Clinton, Laurence, Lee, A Paris, Starkville. Liberty, J A Hendry, Taylor’s Creek. Lincoln, J Bently, Leathersville. Lowndes, SVV Ellis, Troupviile. | Lumpkin, R Moore, Dahlonega. j Macon, G C Carmicheal, Lanier. | Madison, T B Anthony, Brookline. L Marion, C F Maddox, Buena Vista. ! Mclntosh, 1 ! Merewether W Turentine, Greenville. 1 i Monroe, J W Patterson, Forsyth. i ! Montgomery John Mcßae, Boxville. j Morgan, R A Prior, Madison. Murry, D J Johnson, Spring Place, i 1 Muscogee, . Woodruff Columbus. ii Newton, McK. Tucker, Starrsville. i Oglethorpe, E C Shackelford, Lexington. Paulding, VV E West, Cedar Town. Pike, J C Adkins, Zebulon. Pulaski, P I Scarborough llaivkinsville. j Putman, D Slade, “ Eatonton. Rabun, Randolph, D Kiddoo, Cuthbert. Richmond, L Lu’l’aste, Augusta. Scriven, G Oliver, Armenia. Spaulding, A A Gaulding, Griffin, Stewart, J L Wimberly, Lumpkin. Sumpter, G M Dudley, Americus. Talbot, A G Perryman, Talbotton. Taliaferro, F C Moore, Crawfordville. Tatnall, J P Preston, lleedsville. Taylor, J E Roper, Daviston. Telfair, Thomas, J S Hayes, Thomasvilie. Troup, S T Johnson, LaGrange. Twiggs, M Wilder, Jeffersonville. i Union, G Hughes, Blairsville. | Upson, VV A Cobb, Thomaston. Walker, 118 Johnston, Lafayette. I 1 Walton, II J Kennedy, Monroe. VVa*e, Warren, I B Huff VVarrenton. Washington. B Crafton, Sandersville. ! Wayne, E Fort, VVaynesville. Wilkes, J M Jackson, Centerville. Wilkinson, M L Burney, Irwinton. P. S.—Should any ot the above named brothers find it impracticable to attend to the duties ofthe Office of Deputy for their respec- ! tive counties, they will please inform me ofthe j : fact immediately, and be kind enough to fur nish me with the name of someone suitable, who can fill tlie appointment. Also, should , any brother s name appear in the list above as Deputy, who has not received a commission this year, lie will please inform me by letter. And if any of the Deputies or Divisions have j not yet received tlie Journal oi Proceedings of. Grand Division for the year 1851, they will j please inform our G. S. at Maeon. j I beg leave, respectfully, to request each De- j j puty to visit all the Divisions in the county nil- I derhis charge early ill the month of April, to j install the Officers, and examine the work, and stir up the members to renewed zeal and en ergy in our cause, as the Spring opens upon ■ us Truly Yours, in L P. & F. G. L M .M CLFSKEY.G. YV.P. Ann Odd Theme for a Public Lec. ture. — h rom tiie Newark Advertiser ! we learn that the subject of a Lecture to be delivered at the Tabernacle, in New Y'ork, one evening of this week, was “The Natural History of the Loaf, ers” by Mr. Patton, of Hartford. Tlie Lectured l> ing, as the Advertiser ob s rves.” “competent to treat this class of beings as they deserve,” it ‘‘advises all 11 1 a ’ have the most distant relation-j ship to any portion of them to ku p a. way, unless they like to be shown up to tlie public in their true colors.” rais samki. PEIFIELD, ITIAUCH 20, 1*52. OCr NOTICE. —Subscribers recti* j ving their papers with a straight black mark, are thereby notified that they are in arrears. One mark indicates one dollar due; two, that two, &c. Please remil the amount at once by mail, with, out waiting for other opportunity. jcgf” We trust our subscribers will put us to no further trouble in regard to our ac counts. It will cost more labor and ex pense to make out and transmit our ac counts in a different form, than we ean af | ford. The terms of subscription, are One Dollar per annum, in advance. These terms have not been complied with by a large num ber of Subscribers, and we are now com pelled to press payments. We ask for nothing but our just dues, and these we MUST have. oThe communication of Robert Hes ter, Esq., in reference to the article of fir. Myers, is received and shall appear next week. We are pleased that this discussion has been introduced into our columns. BSP Our correspondents, “Charlotte” and “Anna Frances,” :re thrice welcome toe the space they occupy in our columns this* week. The Ladies are taking hold of our no ble reform, and our hands are becoming strengthened. Not only are the Ladies be ginning to occupy our columns, but our list of subscribers is receiving additions from their ranks continually. This week we have added the names of three Ladies to our list of p atrons at one Post Office. But we took up our pen to invite atten tion to the articles by the fair hands desig nated above. The S. of T. are very partic ularly invited to read attentively the article of “Anna Frances.” Recreant Sons re ceive some as hard licks from soft hands, as we have ever heard, —and they tire just. We have on hand two more numbers from the same pen, for which we bespeak the care ful attention of every reader ofthe Banner. Gita- Cause. Many ot our correspondents complain of the coldness of the professed friends of the • Temperance Reform, in different parts of our State ; and some have come to the con clusion that tlie cause itself is on the de cline. The wheat is being separated the chaff, and that the casual observer should form the opinion that the cause is waning, is, natural enough. That some who have proclaimed themselves temper, j ance men, and united with the different so- J eicties, have become recreant, and like the dog, returned to their vomit again, is true; and that there is not as much noise and show, in our State, at this day, as was seen and heard a year or two ago, is also true.— Rut it by no means follows, that the cause itself is on the decline; or that the true friends ot temperance are in dispair, or in the least discouraged. Far from it. In our warfare ia this great reform, for the last twenty-five years, we have seen by far dark er periods and more discouraging signs, than any that now present themselves to our vision. YVe are thoroughly of the opin ion, that the men who advocate our noble reform from principle, are stronger in tire faith of a glorious triumph at this moment, than they 7 have been at any previous period of the Reform. The n dure of the evil against which we war, is beet tiling more thoroughly understood every day, and the j means to he employed tor its suppression, are more and more apparent. Not only in othci .states are the friends of reform uni- I ting upon the measures to be adopted, hut in our own Istme, we aro clearly of the opin jio:l ‘Lit light is breaking in ; that old preju- I dices and doctrines are giving- way ;••%))if ‘hat the true friends of the cause are becoui ! ing stronger and more numerous every day. The very signs that our opposers seize upon as indications of our failure, to us are “proof strong as holy writ,” that our cause is growing and taking root more thinly,and that the day 7 of victory is nearer at hand than is imagined, even by many of the most ardent and devoted friends of the j cause. Cheer up, friends; our cause is of God,audit cannot be overthrown. “The legislature df Vermont, at its re cent session, enacted a law forbidding tlie employment of conductors, engineers, hrake inen, or switchmen, “who shall make use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage.” If any company within tiie State fail to comply ! with the requirements of the law, they are liable to a prosecution, and a tine of from ! S3OO to $3,000.” , We find ‘■* foregoing in an exchange. Lvery light thinking man in the communi : ty, whether he be known as the opponent or friend of the temperance reformation, must admit that this is a very wholesome statute. Re, sons tilling the office mention ed above, not unfrequently have in their power a large number of human lives. Three or four hundred persons may be ri ding in a train ofcars, and for the lime be ing, confiding their lives and their limbs, to a single individual. The passengers, under ordinary circumstances, have very good reason tor believing that the engineer will exercise the utmost care and attention, v/ which he is capable; for whatever endan-r gers the persons of travellers exposes him to the same peril. Y\ liilst lie continues to be sober it tnay be hoped that there will be no serious accidents. Rut let this man he under the influence ot intoxicating drink, and he becomes not only reckless ot his own life hut of the lives of otheis. Indeed such a man w'ill become reckless of eiery thing. Bereft’ofk reason by the poison vvliieh he hits taken into his mouth to “sieal away his brains,” his appropriate place is an insane asylum,