Newspaper Page Text
be constrained to acknowledge our cause ;
what we profess it to lie, attend to its
principles, keep out of politics, keep
out of so much newspaper quarreling
with character and state. We have
done wonderful indeed about eight
year?, now number about 800,000. !
hope no one will be so disposed as to
make and offer t'o change our present
order , thereby causing confusion
throughest the whole order, and I fear
its ruin.
1 have lengthened this article too long,
hoping that Bay Creek w ill not he-!
grudge the pittance, and become a good
S. ofT., I mean an efficient member.]
I am yours in L. P. & F.
OR PH US.
Morgan Cos., -May 21th, 1852.
Dear Sir and Brother: —Bethlehem
Division, No. 181, S. of TANARUS., at our last
meeting appointed the undersigned com
mittee towiiteout for publication in the
Banner, the proceedings of its third an
-niversary meeting, held on the 12th inst.
And in compliance with that appoint
ment, we proceed to give you, and the
readers of the Ban.ner, the following
brief account:
The day was beautiful an ) fair, and
at an early hour the three diil’e.rent itsso.
ciatious of temperance held at our Hall,
met; first, Wingfield Sectioy, No - 01,
assembled in the division room, half
past 8 o’clock opened in due form, and
initiated into their fraternity two mem-,
hers, and after making the necessary ar
rangements for the day, adjourned to
make room for Bethlehem Division, and
the visiting Divisions and brethren of
the order, which assembled half past!
0 o'clock, during the sun Bethlehem !
Cold Water Army organized in the low
er apartment of the I lull, numbering .
about 00 members, consisting chiefly of
the beautiful and intelligent, awl inter
esting fair sez, together with the iimo
cent smiling laces of the little rosy
cheeked boys and girls.
All the preliminary arrangements
having been made for the dav, Maj.}
William Wood, of Madison Division,
acting by appointment as Marshal,
formed the procession at 10 o’clock,]
and at the gentle lap of the drum and
thrilling notes of the clarionets, mixed
w ith the soft and sweet toned violin ;
the procession marched oil'in handsome
style, with their banners fl siting in the
gentle breeze; the fair sex of Bethle
hem Cold Water Army, by assignment,
man lied in front, conducted by three
gullunt Sons of Bethlehem Diviision
Next in order came Bethlehem Divis
ion, headed by our old hero, Uncle Dab
ney and other officers of the Grand Di
vision, noxt in order was Mount Ver
non and Madison Division, with a good
ly number of brethren from other Divis
ions; and last, though not “the least,
came Wingfield Section,’ as the rear
guard of the procession, with buoyant
hearts and step following on in the foot
prints of their noble sires, ready to take
the places of those who may full
by tho way and to do Imlllo in the glo
rious cause of temperance, until the
last advocate of king alcliv shall have
surrendered to the mild and peaceful
sway of temperance. The procession
thus arranged, marched to a convenient
distance, uuu countermarched to tho
stand, where a large and respectable’
audieneo had assembled, and at the!
well-known sound of tho gavel, the
procession was seated, and the services
oflhc hour commenced w ith prayer by
our esteemed brother, J. J. Wallace,
Chaplain ; then music from the hand,
and at the same sound of the gavel the,
music ceased and l mde Dulmcv I‘.
Jones, the tv/ cran soldier, the old apostle
of temperance, the woman's friend, was
introduced to the audience, who sat ea
ger to hear the old apostle once more
upon the great reformation in the cause
of temperance, lie arose amidst the
cheers of the auditory, and after his j
own happy style enchained tho atten
tion of the assembly for the space of
two hours; at the el .e of his address
the baud struck up some beautiful airs, !
suitable to the occasion - -altei which
adjourned f>r dinner. And right here 1
w e take occasion to deny a gross charge
upon the ladies, that they can’t keep;
secrets, for it is a slander upon their
social, generous, noble anil bent rolent
characters, and as one instance amongst
u thousand to prove it ; —when the hour
arrived for dinner there was nothing
visible to the eye, but in less than ten
minutes the kind and generous ladies
of the vicinity present, had their bask
ets, buckets, boxes, trunks, &c. iVo.,
brought from their places of secretion,
and their ample contents spread before
the people which proved to be on tt-
hundunce and to spare; we need not
enter into particulars in regard to the
repast, it consisted oluil that heart could
wish or appetite crave, being carefully
prepared at home by the kind ladies,;
brought to their places ot secretion.
until the proper hour brought them in
requisition, which clearly proved that
lhe ladies are ever ready and willing
to contribute ‘.o the comfort and happi
ness of mankind, for which they have
the warmest affections ot our hearts.
After dinner, and some recreation,
the audience was again seated and Dr.
W. T. C.C umpbell, from M ’Donough, j
was iutroduoetl, who entertained the
audience for the space of one hour, in
an interesting and eloquent manner ;
after he concluded Grand Worthy Pa
triarch, IS. L. M Cteskey, from Mon
roe, was introduced. He arose but did
notenter into a speech, us the day was
far spent, but gave us an interesting
and cheering account of the order of
me Sons of Temperance throughout the ;
Union, an I closed his remarks by
OJtfiAN OF Til F SOJNS OF TFMFFkAM F AM) STATF TFMI’KiiAF COIN V v 11(>\.
; cheering us onward and upward in tin
noble, patriotic, and b'licvoleut cans.* of
temperance. Mis remarks were to the
|>oiiit, and feelingly ami sensibly felt ;
we believe in the services of the day
that good seed has been sown in a wi ll
1 prepared soil, and we look forward with
pleasing anticipation w hen the harvest
shall cane. A* the cb>se of his re
marks, Uncle Dabney, as usual, opened
a door for the reception of members, i
iV a listofname, amounting to fourteen
!in number, resolved for the future to i
] drink alone as a beverage of the spark--j
ling water prepared by <1 id himself to
nourish and invigorate bis creatures,
and we believe tia-rc are others that!
were present are under conviction, and j
[ will ere long, come over and join our!
happy throng, and help to shout lliej
harvest homo, hy inarching under the]
peaceful banner of J#ove, I’urity & Fi- ]
delity. Ami in conclusion to - Uncle t
Dabney I’. Jone , (J. W. I’. ‘I - !
and W. T. C. Camp 1 11, •• ma
mutual thanks for tin i; ni nd . •a, i
services, and our In-t w In ten
present, future, and >•’ ; .
R. A. PRIOR, j
J. J. WADI, V I, | ~
L. G. ANDliid i • { M
C;W. J.AWAfI J
For tin; Tup ci ■fi urn
J y _
Mr. Editor: —ln Poking ov, i a
country sucli as mi is —a country w liicb
i bus been growing in pow-r aje( gr< at- .
i ness from the fiisU -sinig! ■ inward the
] aeliievement of our national ii.dt pend-.
enoe down to the present moment—the
eye will see much to swell the hear!
with national pride. But whilst we
have cause to be proud of this land,
“the home of the free and asylum of the
oppressed,” in many respects, we have
yet greater cause to lament the little in
terest mauifi -ted by her people in the
temperance cause. All over our pros- j
porous land may be ~oan these sinks of]
/ irnhlion mi l wretchedness, Douu-euiics !
— stepping-stones to hell, and may vve
not justly say to our country \cventual
downfall! We think so, when we reinem
berthal those wliosit in our national halls
ol Legislation and help make our laws,
are subjects of king alcohol! And ma
ny of our Judges who sit on our bench
es, and others holding minor positions
in our government, arc habitual dram
drinkers, and countenance the hellish
trallie. these ileus oj crime —where
death, shame and misery are dealt out
in pints and lin/J pints to the unhappy
i victim of so merciless an enemy to the
human race as the vender of damnable
land deadly poison rum !—in a civilized,
in a Christian country, and no arm up
-1 ifieri to strangle tie; 1011-destroyer and
crush the ihd.irtbTls tralli
We may boast of liberty, national
greatness, wholesome and republican
laws, and all that , but we have only to
remember the demon who mav be
found in every town and hamlet in out
wide-spread and highly-favored couiy
try, carrying wretchedness and poverty j
into the heart of almost every house
hold, to see ut once in what our vaunted
liberty consists. C mnilessjnumbers of’
our citizens are serfs to the evils of in-1
temperance —this is liberty ! ! Our |
country is great in one respect — her j
nurnber of dram-shops !! ! Her laws
are wholesome, 100, from the fact that
the liquor trajjie is countenanced by
them—that so far from aiding in sup-1
pressing this great and crying evil;
amongst us by legislation, which is the!
desol ate r of si many hearth-stones, and j
the destroyer of so much happiness; it
is sanctioned by tho law, and suffered |
to go continue its deadly work of ruin ;
through the land, making widows and j
orphans. We speak boldly—we speak
so as not to be misunderstood—and why
not, since the truth cannot be moreglar-j
ing than t e evil itself —and since the
law recog, es the traffic and gives to
tho retailer a license which lie can
shako in the luce of an indignant com
munity, and mockingly defy their in-
In ference in hts work of min and death.
A few veins ago the mind w;s led to
hope thiitsoon these “human dead.falls’’ j
these entailers id’ want —would be
torn down and destroyed, and the king
of tho mid-night revel, Alcohol! be
driven forever from our land ; hut ulus!
not so —lie yet holds u fearful swap,
and men who were thought, but yester
day, to be the most stead last and llll
flinchiug friends of temperance, are to
day lur bitterest foes, and the current
of thei’- ii'lluence lias b. u turned
against is.
Ibis hope uas enkindled front the
active exertions ot the S ms of Temper- j
mice and other triends ol the cause, at!
that time. Then they went to work
earnestly and zealously, and for a seas
on, every Son reguluriy attended each
meeting of his Division, and was often
heard warning iiis triemls of the evils
and horrible consequences of strong
drink, and urging them to Jeava their
; neutral or opposition ground, and rally
around the standard of temperance—
productive of many valuable lesults.—
But their zeal has subsided, and 100
soon have they grown tired ot tire great,
and holy cause for which they were but l
; yesterday battling with such a deter-;
i mined purpose. Now they are seldom,!
if ever, found at tire Division room—
and when the friends of temperance are ]
assailed in their presence, they reply
not a word—they are ma n on the sub- <
ject. These are stubborn tacts, not to
be controverted.
What can we hope fv>r, Mr. Editor,
or promise our cause, when va witness
the humiliating spectacle entry order of
the Sons ol Temperance in Georgia
presents ? So long as this torpor exists,
just so long we can do nothing ‘be en
emy will never he exterminate I.
Whero there we/e once dozens of ac
cessions weekly their own numbers are
now actually falling off by scores —and
in many of the smaller town’s Di vis; ur ,
which were in a flourishing condition
tun'a little while ago, have actuary
, gone down—they fallen asleep, and the
; enemy is not conquered, hut. stalks
i about in all his native hideousn ;ss and
deformity—he has grown more daring
. than ever before ; he even enters with,
in the consecrated and sacred walls of
; their lodges, and drags brother after
brother to the mid-nigiit reveller’s den;
] but strange to say, the remaining few
sleep on, seemingly unconscious of
1 their danger.
Sons of Temperance, if we would
have our beautiful land free from the
j folly, sin and miseries of drunkenness,
and the awful deaths, and the thou
simd mini’ less woes to which the use
of strong ilrink exposes its victims, let
ij., t as .Sons of Temp ‘ranee should do,
shake off’this 1. ili-i i•_ v which has s i
long [tarulyz and us. and once more ur. i
furl flie ulm ioijs hhnner of t*u'oeraw e
to the bieiz', arid si low to (lie world
our attachment totin’ temp” ratio.! cans,',
by a united effort to pul! down tin; dram
shops all over our country, which an-
nually reduce thousands to rags and the
most abject poverty. In time this can
r licet iially be done if tin temperance ]
men ; f’the country will do their duty,
mid ifevote their most can. st exertions
in litis “great tempera;:-; • work—(be
‘reform cd reforms.” If this thing is]
ever accomplished it will have to be
done through their exertions, for vve;
cannot reasonably expect, just now, as-}
sistance from any other quarter. Men
who wish to succeed in politics will not
openly favor the cause, for by it thev ;
are fearful of jeoparding their popular
laritv. Then, us the work is left for
| us tQ do, and as our object is to reclaim
j the drunkard, we must bring to bear, if
possible, tile influence of the saber, or
this result cannot be attained—out
cause never triumph. Not only the!
sober must be prevailed on to forego bis
glass of wine, if in the habit of indulg-!
| mg in it ; but the moderate drinker must
be prevailed on to resist bis tippling,
and enlist in the tqjnperauce cause ; i
for all the evils ol intemperance have !
their beginning in tiie moderate use of
strong drink, and every drunkard in our
land was once a moderate drinker —and
if all the temperate men and moderate ]
| drinkers should become Sons of our or
] Her, and remain good Sons, there would ,
be no more moderate drinkers—if none
1 of such it is apparent there would be no
1 more drunkards found wallowing in the ;
I mire, with families brought to want and j
J starvation by their intemperate habits— ]
j and if none of either class, there would
be no more tippliog.housos, for these |
cannot exist without the patronage of
moderate drinkers ; they cunn >t b sus
] tuined by the patronage of the inebri
! ate. And lastly, if no liquors were!
I sold as a drink, there would be no more .
■ mantactured for such use, In this way
the evils of drinking would come to an I
! end—the vender of the poisonous stujf’
! would be forced to sees an honest occu
pation, and the grog-shops in not only]
‘every town and village, and at every
] cross-road in Georgia, but throughout ’
1 every State in our favored Republic,!
would be closed, and ours would be a
country never so prosperous and happy. ]
. -May Hod stir up the friends ot' temper
ance to action, and Hasten this happy
1 period.
A Son ok Temperance.
Athens, May 27, 1852.
Query.
Btto Tobey :—lf a member of the
Baptist church is engaged daily in .hr
t rathe ol'ardent spirits ought the church
o regard him (the member) as u oon
is, stent and worthy brother/
2. And should we as Baptists allow
ail applicant to become a member of our
! body while lie (die applicant) is a li
quor dealer in every sense of tliat tern/
t’lease give us your views on the above.
\Ve should be pleased to have the
views of Dr. llooper, Bros. White and
] Prof. Brooks on the above.
A Baptist.
N. B. The above questions wore:
asked tor the sake ot’ intbrmaii m, and
it is hoped the above brethren wiil give
their views.
A professor of religion who is enga
ged in buying and selling ardent spirits,
tor men to drink, cannot be, and ought
not to be regarded as a worthy member
1 of the church of Christ. I le is disgracin'’
! niinselt, and lie is bringing reproact,
upon the cause lit- professes to leaves
His prayers must be hypocritical pray
ers. lie cannot with any sort of con
sistency usk the blessing ot’ God upon
the labor of his hands, for the result
|of this labor is ruin and death, —ruin
here and ruin hereafter—death tempo
ral and deatli eternal.—ln former days
men could plead ignorance. Now,
they cannot make tins plea. Now,
one would suppose that ttie whiskey
dealer would see around each barrel
, ot the internal poison legions of devils,
1 each rejoicing as the poor wretches
bear away their respective portions of
the source of their woes.
A liquor seller is doing the devil's
dirty work. He is acting as agent
in general and particular, for tho trails
’ action of Satan’s business. Can a
Christian be engaged in such business?
We tlo not think lie etui. If any man
feels it in his heart to engage in such
miserable work'he knows nothing of the
■ religion of Christ. He is .;t in the
! ‘gall ol bitterness.” If he . s not his
j brother whom he lias seem I. v can he
love God whom he has not seen ?
“Woe unto him lliat givetii bis neigh
bor strong drink.”
Os course if whiskey selling brings
a reproach upon rite cause of Christ,
the fact that a man ii engaged in it
ought to prevent tiny church of Christ
from receiving him into fellowship.
A man who is in the daily habit of;
committing open known sin, is not a
fit subject for membership in any
church. The keeper of a liquor shop ]
does this, lie should be exhorted to
repent and forsake bis sins and then |
come to join the church. There are;
hundreds who make no profession of
religion, who would cut oft’ their right]
arm before they would engage in the j
despicable business of scattering fire
brands around their neighborhood. ]
Now shall such be permitted to point
to church ruempers and say—“ Those
men are engaged in a business which
l would not engage in. I would give hut
little for such a religion as theirs!”
Never, let it be thus. — Ed. Bib. lire.
Grogomster-
Literally a measurer of grog—actu
ally tv man used like a quart pot in
t\ iiich the grog is measured. Grogom- |
etry is an old science, largely practic
'd anil imperfectly studied. Variations]
in tbe weather does not influence the
in-truinent as in the barometer; its va
riations depend upon die change in the
pocket. At high tide grogometer swells j
up, grows wonderful laige, swears—at
low tide be sinks down, until the beast
of the hills walk over bin, sinks, col
lapsed—snores! The lips, the tongue,
the eyes, the nose, the forehead are all ]
gauge marks showing the ascent of the
grog on its upward march towards the
brain to make the poor instrument a
thrice doubled 00l ! — Age,
While the Maine Law was before
the Legislature of Pennsylvania, Mr. j
Alexander, from the committee on peti- ]
lions, displayed a roll containing 551 j
names of the most respectable ladies
of Pittsburgh. The entire number had ]
been obtained by two very old ladies, ]
almost on the outer verge of lif ■. One
of them is a widow, who has followed
her husband to a drunkaftPs grave. ]
The other is now mourning over a part- j
tier who is fast following in the foot- j
stepts of the husband of her friend.
They sent the petition to the Legisla
ture, prefaced with the above facts.
But it was unheeded. Those hundred
distilleries still teed the insatiate worm
of the still, while the widow’s prayer ]
ascends to heaven—“ How long, 0 God,!
bow long •!”— Olive Branch.
One of your ‘foine’ young gentlemen, ]
in turning swiftly on his heel in Broad- j
way, ran bis bead against a young lady,
lie put himself in a position to apolo
gize. ‘Not a word,’ said the quick wil
led beauty, ‘it is not hard enough to
hurt any body.’ The coxcomb frown
ed and slopped; the young lady smiled
arid courtesied as gracetullv us an
angel.
“1 now speak within bounds,” as
Harlequin Thiers said to the jailor.
’
X* “Sie- v
SONS OF TEMPERANCE
Pledge of She Sons of Tenipc
ratio;.--1, without reserve, solemnly pledge
myhonorasa mart that I will neither make, buy,
sell noruse, as a beverage, any Spirituous or
Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
Officers us Hie Grand Si 1 j vision,
G. L. M’Cleskev, G. W. P. Monroe.
J. y. PinckaKd, G. W. A. Forsyth.
\V. S. Williford, G. Scribe, Macon.
E. C. Granntss, G. Treasurer, „
J. E. Evans, G. Chaplain, „
D. E. Blount, G. Conductor, Clinton.!
J. D. 11avis, G. Sen. Houston, Cos. |
CADETS OF TEMPERANCE.
PLJbUGL.
No member shall make, buy, sell or use I
;as a beverage,any spirituous or malt liquors,
j wine or cider.
Ofiieenof the Grand Section.
J. W. Benson, G. P. Macon.
B. Burton, G. A. P. Pondtovvn. ‘
L. C. Sm son, G. S. cV T. Atlanta. 1
Rev. J. S. Wilson, G. C. Deeatur.!
S. M. 11. BvitD, G. G. Oxford. 1
W. P Kino, G. W. Thomaston.
I. O. of Kcc list bites.
Officers of Georgia Dist. Tent, No. 28, loca
ted at Washington, Wilkes Co.,Ga :
Washington, Bev.G. G. Norman, D. P. C. R.
Washington, John R. Smith, D. C. R.
Atlanta, C. R. Ilauleiter, 1). D. R.
Washington, A. 11. Sueed, D 11. S.
„ L. F. Carrington, D. F. S.
„ St. John Moore, L). Tres.
Atlanta, R. H. Lynn, L). Levite.
llerliiibilcN Pledge.
1 hereby declare, that 1 will abstain from all
intoxicating liquors,and will novgive, nor oiler
them to others, except in religious ord.nances,
or when prescribed, in good faith, by a medi
cal practitioner; 1 will not engage in the traf
fic ot them, and ill all suitable ways will dis
countenance the use, sale and manufacture ot
them : and to the utmost of my power, 1 will
endeavor to spread the principles ot ab.micnce
from a intoxicating liquors.
mBPg MOTTO.
PK.\FfELi), Jl JfE 5, 1§52.
03- NOTICE- —Subscribers recei
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
remit the amount a! once by mail, with
\ out waiting for other opportunity.
To our Subscribers.
;-a ~'The Hills of the Bank of St. Marys,
: under five dollars, will be received in pay
ment for till back dues for Subscriptions to
the Temperance Banner, gT If pay
, meat is made by the first day of July next.
New Subscriptions and advance pay-’
: meats from present Subscribers, may also,
be made in St. Marys money.
To Correspondents.
“Medicus” shall appear next week.
Temperance Convention.
Wednesday, ‘iOth ins/. i
The State Temperance Convention of’ :
Georgia, will be held in Newnan, commen
cing at 10 o'clock, A. M., oii the last Wed-,
’ nes'day in June—which is the fifth Wednes
day, mul the hist day of the month.
Postage.
Our Agents, at all times, are requested
1 to retain money from the amounts coffee-’
ted, to pay tlie postage in remitting by mail,
to us.
Other correspondents, when writing j
upon business of their own, must pre-pay !
1 the postage, or it will be charged to them ‘
; in every instance.
Ex*Scuatoi’ ilauuegau.
We presume that most of our readers ;
have noticed the account of the affray be- ]
j tween Ex-Senator Hannegati, of Indiana,
& bis brother-in-law, Mr. Duncan, in which
] the Litter was so severely wounded that lie j
has since died fronr the effect of his wounds, i
We allude to the ease now, only to call the
attention of our readers to the fact that both
parties were intoxicated and that the trans
action adds another dark record to that long
catalogue of Woes which spring from indul
gence in strong drink. Mr. Hannegati was
one of the most gifted men in this country.
] But unfortunately, bis habits have been of i
such a character, that neither himself, nor
any one else has received much benefit from
his talents. In a drunken moment he lias
plunged a dagger into the vitals of one
whom lie acknowledges to have been his
] best friend, and has inflicted upon himself a
j pang from which he will never recover.—
i When, oh! when will men take warning and
j beware of the poison which converts them
j into maniacs. When will they learn to
| shun the poison which is filling the world
with sorrow!
Pernicious influence of mod
crate-Ifrinkeii.
A gentleman recently remarked in our!
hearing that he considered the example of|
the individuals who drank ardent spirits reg
ularly but in moderate degrees ns far more
p.rnicious than that of any other class.— i
The miserable drunkard is pitied ; nobody |
! envies his condition. Every one hopes that
he maybe an exception to a condition so do-j
J graded. But when men can point out to A, I
! B,& C, who are held to be respectable
: members of society, and who are in the dai
j ly use of stimulating drinks—men who,
! though they have been in the habit of indul-
I gmg for years, seemed to have suffered no
I injury either in reputation or in health, they
persuade themselves that they can be like
these moderate drinkers. Bdt in the great
j. . =
! majority ot cases it happens that they arc ru
ined in a very few years.
It is true that some men, by some peculi
arity of constitution or of temperament, ot !
by some sternness of purpose, seem to have)
the power of indulging up to a certain limit I
through an indefinite period without becom-j
ing utterly abandoned. But it ought to be!
j remembered that such cases are rare. Nine-1
teen out of twenty who commenced diink- ]
| ing with the fixed resolution to belong to j
i this moderate class become hopeless drunk- j
ards in a very few years. Those who es
cape are exceptions—and very rare excep
tions to the rule. The rule is that the habit!
becomes stronger ; that the quantity must j
be constantly increased, in order to the pro
i duction of the deserved excitement; and!
that drunkenness and excess are the re- i
suits. If all the moderate drinkerscer/ni/tZy |
become drunkards it would be better for j
| the cause. Multitudes in attempting to j
imitate their examples fall into the pit and \
j arc undone forever.
!C. Peeples £iq., and If ne t c
Dabney.
We had the pleasure of attending the re-;
cent anniversary of Father Mathew Di
vision of Athens, and of listening to the ;
; speeches which were made on the occasion
by U. Peoples, Esq. and Uncle Dabney. As
the crowded audience who were present!
1 wa re highly gratified with the exercises, we !
are disposed to extend this pleasure to our
! readers by giving them a brief account of I
the addresses.
The object of Mr Peeples’ address was to
show that the duty which every man owed
to himself, to his family, to his country, and
to his God, required him to be a temperance ;
mail. Each of these points was argued with
much propriety and eloquence. The speak
er repudiated the current idea that a gentle
’ man was to be known by bis dress, by his
avocation in life, by his pecuniary resources;
or by itis disposition to indulge in intoxica
! ting drinks, lie contended Unit the sober,
honest man, whether found at the workman's
bench or in the chair of Slate, was the true
j gentleman. Whilst lie rejoiced that much
j had been done, be regretted to sav that
drinking was on the increase in tlie _ V
in which lie resided. Thirteen years’ ‘ y
rienec ns a lawyer enabled him to coi.||’
” hut had often been remarked by the
vales of our cause, viz that the ore-,*,
jmity ot crimes were committed under tl,
influence of intemperance. He appeal,.,]
Ids brother, (Judge Dougherty,) who wu
present, to know whether the same had
been Ids experience. In the examination If
. witnesses in cases of murder, of a9san ,,
; and battery, it almost invariably turned ont
! that the difficulty commenced at Mr. Smitl’
Grocery,” or “Mr. Jones’ Grogshop,” (>r
“Old Squire Leu is’ Distillery.” Some p M .
sons had said that lawyers ought not to he
temperance men since intemperance pj> f , HK
ted wrangling, fighting, and such practices
as were prolific of lawsuits. It was there
fore to the pecuniary benefit, of the lawyer
that there should be lunch drinking. r p|,p
was a mistake. The speaker had had con.
siderablo practice in assault and battery n
ses—the most frequent fruit of drunken
rows, and he could assure the audience that
the fees received would not pay for the salt
which lie had consumed since he commend
the practice. His brother Doughtery hid
done more of this business than any other
man in enrcuit, and lie had no doubt that his
experience wojild bo similar. Mr. Peeples
eoneluded with an earnest and forcible ap
peal to every one present—to co-operate
in an enterprize which proposed to do croud
and only good to its immediate friends and
to the country at large.
Uncle Dabney followed. As the old gen
tlemnn was in Athens and as lie probably
sa n some of the “lamed” ones in his au
ditory, lie commenced his remarks bv saying
that ho once learned two latin words: they
were sui, or sua generis,—he was not cer
tain which. But the translation was, “Un
cle Dabney speaks like nobody else and no
body else can speak like Uncle Dabney.”
He said lie had tried to make notes, to put
down a few heads, &c., but it was all gone
out of his mind, and the people now must
just take him for what lie was worth. As
lie looked round him he was rejoiced to see
so many of the College boys with regalia
on. In old times it did not use io be so.
Some of the old graduates had told him
how the Professors used to eateli them hug.
ing tiltir brown jugs. Now things were
changed; and it seemed well for the coun
try where so many of the youth, who
were receiving a liberal education, were also
Sons of Temperance. Uncle Dabney con
tinued his remarks for some forty-five or
fifty minutes, fastening, by his peculiar man
ner, the attention ot all present.
Thus closed the fourth anniversary of
Father Mathew Division. We are per
suaded that the friends of the cause must
have been encouraged by the exercises;
whilst we trust that salutary impressions
were made on those who have hitherto been
careless or hostile.
Chunnynuggee, May 22d, 1852.
Dear Uncle I fen: —For some time 1 have
noticed a curious black mark, not very
straight, nor particularly crooked, on the
margin of my Banner, and have often won
dered what it meant. It did not strike me
that it was put there as an ornament, for 1
confess that it is any thing but pretty.
Week alter week it is still there and us [
never fancied black marks, 1 thought 1
would ask my grandfather, Dr. Powell? if be
could tell me why it WiiS there, lie told
me that ii. was intended as a gentle hint from
you, that 1 owed you one dollar. Thisiu
lormuitott struck uie with peculiar force. 1
am adelaulter and have been keeping Uncle
Ben otu ot ids just rights. Now I want
that black mark expunged. 1 cannot bear
to have it staring me in the face and saying
to me that lam cheating the printer. You
l.ave no idea, Uncle iSuii, how badly I have
telt ever since 1 found out what you meant
by it and 1 am glad Saturday has eome so
that I can write to you to rub out that un
welcome reminder. Andi could not hfp
wondering how shabby those subscribers
must feel who have three or tour of those
ugly, black murks on their papers every
week, i don’t want to be in that crowd
and if you have my name registered among
such a set of spongers, l pray you put it
somewhere else. lam a little school-girl
and try very hard to keep my teacher from
putting black marks againat me, but I be
lieve 1 had rather get them from her than to
have them made against me by the printer
for readinghis paper and never paying Tor.,
| it. So Uncle Ben, rub it out. But grand
i pa says it takes a dollar to expunge a mark
i from your books. Well, 1 send you two
; dollars; as I have had the benefit of your
labor tor one year, without paying for it, I
send the other dollar in advance for the
next year. And now Uncle Ben, don’t put
any more of those ugly black marks on my
Banner. 1 dont like their looks. Before
my pay runs out next year, just write me a
j short letter telling me of it, and I will send
; the tuouey, and keep the letter as a memo
rial of good, old Uncle Ben, who is laboring,
i so hard to save tile poor drunkards.
i our affectionate little niece,
MARY E. BLACKMON.
| Our very worthy niece will not find an
other black mark upon her Banner for along
time. Every unpleasant reflection may be
banished—we hope she may have peaceful
hours in the day, and pleasant dreams at
: night.
What a model for about twenty-five
hundred nephews!
“Oglethorpe County, May 241
“Under t lie head of‘Unfinished Business.!*
is the right time to pay our dues. Enclosed
you will find two dollars—one for my dues,
ami the other fora new Subscriber, Mr. W.
D. B. send both papers to Goose Pond.’’
“Correct, brother,” and we Ivope. nil S. of
T. in arrears, will follow the good example
at the first meeting of their respective Divis
ions.
Washington, May IS.
Mrs. Adams, died on Saturday, at
her residence in this city at the ago of
seventy-eight. Mrs. Adams was i na
tive of Maryland. Her father, Col.
Johnson, was Consul ot’ the I S. at
London, where Mr. Adams ma.ricclt
her in ITBI.