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The Drunkard’s Soliloquy
Hiving passed hy i!ip tavern, 1 oh
11! so-”- >uo n: a “host distance, he-!
. ..'!i ‘ !t f v apparent!) li lung a
.• id) ! iiTi) e.IT. ! drew near
. ■>> und h< .rd ihe f “ -wing :
*‘\V :) an 1 t Av, and v,,ul inn I,
hut ii wirtcheJ ouiciisl, shunned ami
b -mis’ <1 hv llic wise an I Hie good :
c-i>un wctm-d ; cons'iliiiion dealroy- I
, m ruin , ehildn n nukc l nri •
hungry ; wife in tears and ce nfortiess;
up).etna i one ; visage Ideated uin! dis
'ostir.,. ; hands and uiieess tremulous;
, nd manners become
vi. character anniiialated ’ My ac
q , alliances pass hy me like stinngors !
1 ain tormented by disrese ; harassed
by lawsuits; teased by creditors; col
lared l>v sheriffs ; mocked and hunted ■
hv tr lams und blackguards! lam in
haled, filthy sot, companion only to the
lowest brute ! Nay, the vile brute te :
exulted, is noble compared to a wretch (
like me! In all that is esteemed honor
able, respectable, and worthy in some- j
ciety, I am the mere cinder of a cruci- j
hie ; the very paltry dregs <d almnhmsL
Cursed liiPuriper.inee,
fruits! Oppressed nature can lioiu ort t
no longer ! She is about to resign her
worthless change! The horrid grave
opens upon me and yawns for its prey !
Despair seizes me! My brain is on
fire! Away then, let me hasten and
sink, unremembered, down, down, down
ts “Father, father!” exclaimed j
a sudden and wild voice. f’he luiifi
fell to the ground, as a ragged, though
iuvt lv bov. rushed into his embraces.
BETA- i
The Temperance Discussion-
Last evening, was as usual well at
tended, by an attentive and interested
audience. We observed however with !
much regret, that although the audience !
was u highly respectable one, yet ma
ny too many of our prominent citizens
were Hbscnt. When we say prominent
citizens we do not mean those whose
province it is to lead the van ut thr
hustings, the political assemblage, and
the public meeting—we do not mean
those whose nod is magic, whose ipes
dixit is orthodoxy, whose frown is outer
darkness. We mean no disrespect
either in using these terms, hut the
prominent citizens we should be glad
to see at Armory, are more ol those who i
interest themselves in good works—the
philanthropist, tho Christian; the men
whoby their lives set noble examples
for the emulation of their fellows; who
when good is to be do.ie, shrink not to
come forward in aid; who by their j
countenance entitle its object to respect
and consideration, und who hold the
affections, and possess the esteem of
their fellow citizens of all parties, senti
ments, and creeds. In view of the aid ;
which such men us these could give,
if in no other way, at least by their j
countenance and approval, we say we
cannot but regret their apathy in a
oh use, than which none is more noble
lofty and philanthropic than the Tent
perunoe Reform. It is to them that
the cause must look, and has a right to
look, for that energy of effort, and hear-;
ty co-operation which cun alone ensure
happy results, und though we do not
presume, either to dictate or to advise,
we can with propriety beseech tho
good men of our community, and the
men whose greatness lies in goodness,
to reflect upon tins subject—to call to
mind the necessity of their co-operation,
and to feel encouraged to take putt in
the work by tho reflection that even ,
their example, if not their active effort,’
in giving the proposed reform counten
ance, is of itself prolitie of good results.
Mr. King was the liit soeakei lust
evening, and enU ruined m audience
for more litan an hour, with ius logical
and consistent reasoning to the atliima
ti'-e of the question, “Cun the law l e
enforced in Georgia?” We were so
unfortunate us to in
our way home, and \v. .... o
unable to furnish our reader: with our
usul outline of bis speech. It struck
us however as a great difficulty w ith
which the speaker had to contend, that
it was next to impossible to lind any
thing substantial, in tlio way of an ob
stacle to the enforcement of the law.
There is really nothing in the way
ei'her of its passage or enforcement,
except such shadows us occasional
evasions of the act; some little dirtur-j
bailees at first, the novelty with which
ttiu law is invested, und ttie prejudices
of the unthinking, und the uncaring.!
These lust difficulties are disappearing
every day—the people are becoming
familiar with the subject—the majori
ty are already in its favor, and if we
were anxious to set up as a prophet we
don’t know u prophecy we would soon
er make as the ciiterion of our ability
to read the futute, than that die Maine
Law in less than five years will be bless
mg the Stale of Georgia, us a Geor
gia Law.
Mr. King’s speech wus very conclu
sive, and satisfactory, ami he hu> proved
to us at least, the Maine Law is consti
tutional—that it is expedient to pass it,
und that it can be sustained.
We hope however thut due time und
consideration will be given before ac
lion is taken, and that action w ill be
characterized by firmness, moderation
and discretion; that difficulty and con-
Wmtlon will be avoided as fully as pos
po-stble; and kindness, and liberality
will be as much exercised us is consis
lent with the faithful execution ot the
law.
Mr. Dskyse, previous to adjourn,
meat ot die meeting made a few re-
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marks, and told some pathetic anec-
I dotes which we would it we could,
I he pleased to put upon paper—that
j however !>• ing impossible, we will not
meur the risk of depriving linen of that
-spiiii life, and nuluiul trulhfnuH “s
which Mr. It. i onarts in eveiv tins.’
lie fa- • upon the inorum. lie was
eloquent, though brief, in the tow re
r. arks lie made, w is warmly ap
plauded upon > suining Ids seal. —
V./i anna 'i Journal.
Death o the late;.:, erate
It is t sad death. There ’> no comfort
.on that dying pil'ow ; no sweet repose ;
io voice i ll midship, bidding them
| e ueu; no lighting up ot joy in the do.
i parting spirit.
It is a fiequ lit death. Three, every
j hour go ihrough its gates in our own
| land.
It is an early death. Few drunkards
I live half llieir iLvs.
It is an unlumented death. ‘I am
(glad he is gone,’ is the saying, as the
bell announces ihe solemn event. I'<v
en Ins family look lor comfort, now he
! is no nig re.
c I, —
PWHMPMIPiP^iiker.
j he his.
‘2. By tlm vender. lie has filled tin
’ bottle and uone die deed.
3. By the legislator. Nc has legal
ized die I radio.
4. By the heedless parent. It may
i yet be the death of his own son.
5. By the drunkard himself, if no
too late. Let him escape for his life.
6. By the friends of temperance and
law. They might have prevented it.
Habit hurries him onward. Sick
ness flurries him onward. The vend
er hurries him onward. But O, his
end ! his dreadful end I
The Liquor Law in Lowell.—The oi
jty Marshal of Lowell reports that the
j whole number of commitals to the
watchhouse for drunkenness, ter two
! months eliding, September 22, IS.“>l,
was 111). The whole number commit
ted for tiie same period in 1852, was
41—The number reported at the wat3h
house drunk, but not arrested, for two
months in ’sl was 255. Tho number
so reported lor ’52 was (id. This shows]
that in two months under llie law, the
committals were Oi) less, and the num
ber reported hut not arrested, 189 less.
Mayor Huntington is exceedingly ac.
live in suppressing the traflio and
states that liquors were not sold du
-1 ring the lime named above, ibis year,
] openly in n single place, while in the
i two mon'iis of last year they were
| openly sold in 227 places.
Is Your Pkofehtv Mortgaged ?
Mr. Dclavun met a friend in Albany one
! buy, and asked him, ‘Mr. U. do you
know there is a mortgage upon your
property?’ ‘Why, no sir,’ said Mr.
(L, ‘my property is free and uuincum
bered.’ ‘But there is a mortgage upon
it,’ snul Mr. Uelavun. ‘I have exam
ined llie records and find that you pay ]
one thousand dollars taxes, and over
six hundred dollars of that goes lo pay
ter intemperance. \our property is
mortgaged to the runiseih rs of Albany
for ten thousand dollars, und you have
to pay the interest every year, and it
you were to die to-moirow, it would go
lo your heirs with that incumborance
and they would have pay up the interest
legulaily or it would be sold by the
Sheriff— Amcr. Temp. Jour.
A “Haunted House” on Fifth
Street .—Pneumatology as AffecOng
Kents. —On that great shopping thor
oughfare—Fifth street —in the heart
ol the city, between Western Row and
John, there in fine modern.built brick
house ol three stories, containing a
store-rooin mid eight or ten other large
rooms: Investigation has developed
nothing remarkable in the construction
lor appearance of any portion ot the
‘muse, which is altogether a desirable
residence. Ihe properly is owned by
a widow lady, Mrs. Warfield, who
sometime since leased it for a term ot
y cais to a Mr. Wales; Mr. W. soon af
ter transferred his lease to Mr. James,
and Mr. J. recently sold it to Mr. Car
rier. llie luUer gentleman occupied]
! the store-room, and a few days since
rented the other part of the building to]
a Mr. Edwards as a boarding house.
Mr. L. had been in die house but a tew
days—just long enough to get comfort
ably tixeit—when, on last WvUn sda\
evening, about ten o’clock, a noise sim
ilar to the discharge of a pisto’ wasl
heard in un upper trout room, but on
examination no cause fur the report
could be ascertained.
Sevi ial hours afterwards, and when]
the lumily and boarders had retired, a
succession of reports were heard by all
| the inmates of the house, accompanied
Iby loud screams from a room where
were several young lady boarders and
a daughter ol Mr. Edwards. The
i whole house was aroused, und rushing
iin the direction of the noise, tbund the
- voting ladies in utmost trepidation from
terror. Tiny declared the “pistol
shots” were made at llieir bedside, re
pealed as from a revolver, and that they
distinctly saw flashes of red light fol
j lowing each report. One of the girls,
pale and almost st useless Iron) fright
affirmed that just at the moment ot the
sounds, a tall, dark figure twice stoo;>ed
iovtrher pillow. Such was theexcitsd
condition of the whole lamily, that cots
j were prepared for all in one room, and
tlie remainder of the night was passed
in company, but no further disturbance
! was experienced.
On t burs lay, at about noon, aaotb
jer sharp report was made in the kitch
[en, aid for several hours during the
! dav a noise was heard in the dining
j room resembling the pawing of a horse
:or of the morticing of a ca r pcnter tn
heavy timber.
i ho occupant, not enclincd to pass
another night in a manner so disagree,
able, and unable to retain his boarders
I tin re, renter] another house ami moved
out cn Tiiurs iay. A party of persons
curious in such matte: -, spent the night
there ‘ .: no n-rises were heard.
j “, uv ner of the property threatens
lo sue the tenant for damages in giving
tie ii Misethe character of being “haun
ted, 1 by circulating tales, and leaving
j the place; while Mr. li. thinks that
j damages ought to he given him, inas
much as lie was not informed of the
; reports previous to his renting it, which,
be understands, were currently bliev
;ed in the neighborhood, regarding its
Igh os’s. Not only has the matter taken
1 this phase, but the present lessee, upon
| the same grounds, demands the annul
-1 ling of his contract, and so all that
have been concerned in the twilling,
are asking reparation for their losses.
Taking thw affair altogether it is
most curious. The residents in the
j vicinity says that the building has borne
! the character ofa “haunted house” for
several years, and that no family has
i been willing, of lute, to remain Hny
I great length of time; the noises frighten
I them away. As there is always a so
’ lotion lo such mystery, we inquired
1 after it, ard was informed by one per.
son that a carpenter, whose shop had
‘occupied the ground, had been murder.
!ed there, that he could not rest until
Ihe had been revenged, and that he
1 would reveal all to a “writing medium.”
I Another report was, that the celebra
ted clairvoyant Mrs. Bushnel. had
ii( ported u conversation which she had
I with the restless spirit, which revealed
I that it was a man whose last w ill had
j been destroyed with the design of de
frauding un orphan girl, and that when
reparation >vas made, lie would cease
to trouble the house.
It was also reported that parties re
siding in the city were implicate! in
tile unholy transaction, and that elturts
were silently making to bring them to
justice, and restore to llie orphan what
slie long since should have possessed—
a good fortune!
All this gossip we relate as it L cur
rent in the neighborhood of the “Initinted
house,” and say nothing in regard to !
the cot redness of any portion, sure that
the noises are heard. Os that, there
is no question; and the solution of the
matter would make an interesting page
along side the story of the “Cock Lane
Ghost.”— CincinnaUi Gazelle.
OldMr- Theysay.
Who has not heard of the world re
nowned Mr. Theysay ? His name is
familiar wiili all men every where.—
The high and low, rich and poor, bond
and free, honored and despised, civilized
| and barbarian, Catholic ar.d Protestant,
] Mussulman and Christian, all nations,
kingdoms, tribes and tongues, have
heard of Mr. Theysay. His name is al.
most a household word. But who has
ever given the world a history of this
eminent personage l Numerous as biog
rnpheis are, no one has over yet writ
ten and published ttie life of Mr. They
say. Pardon me if i undertake the
task of writing a brief history ot’ him.
His Parentage. —His father's name
was Slander, his in Klier’s Tatler; o!
his genealogy nothing more is known.
He was born in the town of Kvil.report,
in the kingdom of Sin.
His Age. —lt is not known in what
precise age of the world Mr. Theysay’
was born. Its my opinion that he was
born soon alter Adam and l ive were ex
pelled trom the garden of Eden. If |
am correct iu this opinion, he must by
this time be very far advanced in 1 fe
and we should naturally expect to wit.
ness in him all die evidences of feeble
old age —gray hairs, sunken eyes, and
palsied limbs. But lie is really as
strong and uettvo, as fresh, and as hale
and hearty ns he ever was. Remarka
ble old creature!
His Education. —Mr. Theysay’sedu
cation is very limited. What know!-
edge he has, he obtained principally
from hearing ; hence, he does not have
any correct knowledge of any ;lnng.—
Hts deficient education has ever been a
serious embarrassment to him, for lie,
never dares to make a positive asser- 1
lion, but hopes it is so, guesses it ts so,
and so on.
His Personal Appearance. —l have
spoken of him as Being as strong, ns
active, etc us he eVer was. But who
lias ever seen Mr. Theysay? Have
you ? I las any one l It any one has,
1 know the man. In my opinion he is
us intangible as Prof. Buffi's resurrec
tion body, which we can neither see,
handle, analyze nor describe.—
But we know he exists, because every
body is talking about him. And 1 have
come lo the paradoxical conclusion iliat
lie exists and does not exist ; is every
where and no w here; is responsible and
irresponsible—a sort of w ill o’-the w isp,
jack-with-the lantern kind of being,
whose person appearance cun never be
described.
His Character. —He is distinguishod
for wickedness only. I: He is a slan
derer. 2: A deceiver. 3: A liar.—
4: A peuee breaker. 5: Everything
that is bad, without possessing one re
deeming quality.
Reader, is Mi. Theysay in your
family ? Drive him hence. Harbor
him not a moment. Listen iwt his vile
slanders. He will iuvoie you in iroub.
; Lie, w hile he will escape,.
i - 1 would say to all men, Dewure ot
i Mr. Theysay. He is altogether irre
sponsible; and should be an outlaw.
!He should be compelled to adopt the
(language of Cain: “And it shall come to
pass that every one that findeth me
shall slay me.”
Editing a Penor.
Many people estimate the ability ofa
newspaper, and the industry and talent
iof its editor, by tho amount of editorial
matter it contains. It! comparatively
art easy tusk for a frothy writer to pour
out daily columns of words upon any
and all subjects. His ideas may llow
in one wishy-washy everlasting flood,
and his command of language may en
able him to string them together like
bunches of onio’ns, and yet his paper
may be a meagre und poor concern.—
But what is the toil of such u man, who
displays his leaded matter glarely, to
that imposed on a judicious, well in
formed editor, who exercise his voca
tion with a hourly consciousness of his
‘ responsibilities and duties, and devotes
I himself to the conduct of his paper with
i the same care and assiduity that a sen
si Lie lawyer bestows upon a suit, a hu
mane physician upon a patient, without
regard to show or display. Indeed the
mere writing part of editing a paper is
| but a small portion of the work. The
| care, the time employed in making se
| lections, is far more important, and the
! tuct. of u good editor is better known by
ii is selections than any thing else, and
! that we all know is half the battle.—
But as we have said, an editor ought to
| he estimated, and Ins labors understood
land appreciated by the general conduct
:of his paper—its tone, its temper, its
uniform cunsisent course, its principles
and aims, its manliness, its dignity and
propriety. To preserve these as they
should be preserved, is enough to fully
occupy the lime and attention of any
] man. it to this be added the general
supervision of the newspaper establish
ment, whit h most editors have to en-
I counter, the wonder is huw they find
time lo writ* at all.— National Intelli
gencer.
.‘l.'i A/nci ican Eislung Vessel Fired
Into. — The Schooner Ann Eliza, Cipt.
Laurie, which arrived at Portsmouth,
: N. H , on the lOtii instant, from Prince
Edward’s Island, reports that she was
twice fired at by her Majesty’s ship of
war Devastation, and was forbidden to
go into any part of Gaspe Bay for any
[purpose whatever. The A. E- con
firms the report that there were plenty
of mackerel in the Bay ofChaieui, six
or seven miles from Und, but diawingr
a line from Gaspe to point Misoon ef
fectually shut out all American vessels.
Tne want ol an American government
j vessel was very much felt by the fish
lerinen, as theßnusii cruisers were
much more polite when the United
I .burn s steamer Mississippi was there.
Another account says there were a
iai'ue number ol American fishum ves
! sels in the Biy, und wnen the sleamer
Devastation camp along, she fired a
| duniuer of halls across tho bows of
several ol them, and made every one
run under her buvvs and then boarded i
them ail. Capt. Laurie was ordered
] out ol the Bay, and told not to return,
laud was forbidden to anchor there or I (
| anywhere in the Bay of St. Lawrence
[ under a penalty of £260. He told tne j
oliteer he stiould not go ou‘, of the Bay, j
and that lie should umk a iee in stress
°f whether wh mover ho saw lit, and
they must take Ins vessel if they chose |
to no so. In tiie Bay ot St Lawrence, ,
the latter part ot August, llieie were l
it) or 83 suit oi fishermen, and the De- ]
vasution kt pt among them all ihe time,
made them hoist their flags every day,
or she won Id lire over them. Tiie Ann
Elizi was again boarded, and Capt.
Laurie was lorotdden to go into any
part oi Gaspe Bay for shelter or for any :
‘'oi • purpose. He replied he had u
copy oi tne treaty of 1818 on boaid, and !
that neither Queen Victoria not any of
her officers could prevent him from ma
king a harbor when it was necessary
lor him to do so.
Early Marriages.— A Europeat,
philosopher, lias recently made very ex
tensive observations on this subject, and
collected a great mass of facts which
conclusively settle these points. His (
researches, together with what was pre- ]
viously known, give the following re
sults.
“For forty-one bachelors who attain
the age ot forty.three, there are seven
ty-eigli married men who do the same.
As age advances, the difference be
comes more striking. At sixty, there
are only twenty.two unmarried men
alive, tor ninety.eight who have been
married. At seventy there are eleven
bachelors to twenty-seven married men;
and at eighty there are nine married
men to three single ones. Nearly the
same rule holds good in relation to the
female sex. Married women at the
age ot thirty, taking one with another,
may expect to live thirty-six years lon
ger; while for the unmarried expecta
talion ol lite is only about thirty years.
Os those who attain the age ol forty,
live, there are seventy-two married
ladies tor fifty.two single ladies.—
These data are the result of actual facts,
by observing the difference of longevity
between the married and the unmarried.
H e I GH T OF Inquisitiveness. —To
clime the not ot your neighbor’s
house, and look down tiie chimney to
see what is cooking for dinner
Young ladies are like arrows—they
can’t be go; off without a hi an.
MB MIMHB-
HiisriEi.n, OCT, aa, isa- !
1 Hf” The Editor will be absent, and will j
: be in attendance at tho session of the Grand
j Division, when the next paper is put to
press. The reader will please make allow-;
j anees accordingly.
i
Itiaclt Marks.
I Our Black Mark system will have to be .
resumed. Since we dropt it, our receipts
have been meagre indeed. Our subsori
’ bers ought to bear in mind that we have to
| pay out every week, in cash, over s>6o.
Soil of tlic South.
! The October No. of this journal has been
received, and as usual, is full of interus
’ ting and instructive matter. The article on
’ the best variety, and mode of cultivating
’ the Strawberry, which this number con
tains, is worth the yearly subscription
price of the paper. The Soil of the South
is published at Columbus, Ga., at $1 per
year, and ought to be read by every indivi- j
dual who cultivates the earth for his sup- ;
port.
No small degreo^rmNMMMwpj^™
by us, for several weeks, in tho Present- j
meets of the Grand Juries of the several \
counties in the State, so far as they have
come under our observation. The Superi
or Court for Washington County, has re
cently been in session, and the sworn eon--
servertors of the peace and good order of
the county, at the close of the term, made
the Presentment which we copy below,
and to which we invite the very particular
attention of all our readers. The Jury’ have
been “pained,” at the amount of “crime and
immorality” which has “blurred and blot- \
ted” the “history of the county for the last j
six months,” and trace the cause “to the!
inordinate use of intoxicating liquors.” j
LSut the portion of the Presentment to ‘
which we more particularly desire the at
tention of oar readers, is the statement,
tout “many good citizens are honestly enga
ged in the traffic,” yet “two strict a watch
cannot be held over the places where spir
itous liquors are vended.” We have no
time for comments upon these ideas: in
deed comment is unnecessary; every eit izen j
can for u a correct conclusion upon them: |
“In looking over the condition of our
country for the past six months, we are i
pained to see its history blurred and blotted j
oy so much crime and immorality. It is j
lamentable for us to speak, but an impar
tial review, torecs the impression upon our
minds, and it is the part of duty to repro
bate it wherever found and by whomsoever j
practiced.
A. tiuiiful cause . 0 f ln ue!i of the crime i
an iniquity j| lat abound, i s t 0 be found in |
Urn mordina te use of intosieatillg | iqllo rs; j
i ‘r !i” m a fearful and melancholy sight j
o 10 a t | (e r .|p}d strides of intemperance j
the land, blighting the happiness and j
ts roving the peace of neighborhoods and
[. 0111 Tnuniiiti.s. During the present term ofj
eou-t, we have had ample testimony of)
JJ .™ increase of this vice the streets ofj
village have not been unfrequently dis- j
eed and disturbed by the brawling, noisy j
lev els of the intemperate. Too strict a j
, -tell cannot be held over the places where j
‘'T'rituous liquors are vended; for whilst j
any good citizens are honestly engaged in ;
he trafic, yet in the hands of bad men it is j
not unfrequently perverted to the grossest j
violations of law, the injury of property and
destruction of social happiness.
Tempera usee Readi ug.
Eight. Article ; / hates of Hiinhridge
Division, N\ -ed I, >S. of T.
Whereas, the Temperance Banner, pub
lished at Penfield, is this State, is the oldest
Temperance newspaper in the United States,
and has held the colors of our cause high
in the breeze, when all around was the inid
nightof Bacchanalian darkness; and is now
the organ ot the Grand Division of Georgia;
this Division, believing in tho powerful effi
cacy ofaT. oeranee Press in the diffusion I
ot moral-., and that the advocates of Total I
Abstinence injustice to their cause, should j
1 by temperance reading, the better fit them- j
selves to do battle against the thousand ene- !
mies which surround them, enacts :
See. Ist. This Division shall have a fund
set apart exclusively, for the purpose of se- i
curing temperance reading among its mem
bers, which shall be called the reading fund,
which shall not be used for any other pur
pose than the one for which it is raised.
Sec. 2d. This fund shall be deposited in
the Treasury and shall be drawn therefrom
| in the m inner and form, and for the purpose
j specified in this article only.
Sec. 3d. Tne dues of each member for
support of the reading fund, shall be 2 j
cents per quarter, payable at the same time,
in the same manner, and render like penal
ties with the regular quarterly dues.
Sec. 4th. The P. S. shall keep a book
exclusively for the record of the reading
fund accounts.
Sec. sth. Upon application ofa member
the W. P. shall furnish the Editor of the
Temperance Banner with the name and post
! office of applicant, directing him to send a
j copy ot his paper to tile applicant for one
j y ii r from date, stating that the Division
will be responsible for the subscription mon
! ey f'*r that length of time; which order shali
he attested by the R. S.
Sec. 6th The R. S shall furnish the W.
| A. with the names ot those receiving the
benefit ot this fund, who shall keep a list of
them,together with the date at which their
i reception of the paper of the current year
| will expire.
Sec. 7th. The benefit of tne reading fund
i sh: *U be continued from year to year to ap
i plicanis in the manner prescribed in Section
> 3dot this Article, so long as they remain
members of this Division.
Sec. Bth As the subscription money con
’; templaied in this article, from time to time.
sh.H become due; tne W. A. shall report
the same to the Division, and after being
i found correct by the Financial Committee,
| the amount shall be drawn from the Treatu
! rv and paid over.
’ ‘ JNO. W EVANS, W. l\
Attest,
Fleming Law, R- S.
A true copy, this Oct. 6th, 1852.
Accompanying the above, wo re
j ceivod the names of four Subscribers, for
which the Division has become responsible.
We consider this movement an important
’ one, and we trust the Division and the
cause maybe benefitted by it. For the
opinion expressed ter the Banner, we feel
peculiarly gratified, and will endeavor to
merit the good feelings of our brothers of
No. 234.
I’HILADELriIIA, Oct. Bth, 1852.
Dear Sir, —1 send you herewith an ad
dress to voters on the subject ofa prohibit
ory liquor law. The election comes off
here on Tuesday next, and we have a “Teto
tal Ticket” in the field. Every man on it is
for prohibition. The facts set forth in the
j Circular below, I think cannot fail to inter-
I est the readers of your truly excellent paper,
j It is more than probable that 1 shall be with
[the brethren of your State during the
of December and January, when I
i shall have the pleasure ot making this sub
ject the theme of my addresses. It msy
hurt the feelings of some, but n' imports. —
Leonard Jewel, one of our philanthropists,
in whoso office 1 am now writing, has just
paid eighty-lwo dollars to procure the inser
tion of this Circular in eveiy paper in tha
city. What a commentary upon the edito
rial corps! Yours
PHILIP S. WHITE.
PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LAW CIR
CULAR.
J To the Tax-Payers, Voters of the City and
County of Philadelphia.
Fellow Citizens: —A i s3 „ed
j by the tavern-keepers and others dealers in
j aicoliolic liquors, fully makes u.[ t |,e j ssuet
j and puts it to the people, vvhetj, er || le . )re ’
sent tavern license system, with a |j j ts t er _
rible consequences, dniukcnne ss beiroery
riot, crime, and heavy taxation, j 3 [ 0
ported m our community, o,- ; s to be a[)ol .
islied. They call upon a!!, a8 t | le j r friends,
to vote against every candidate to whom
they have any objection, and to maintain
what they ca j| their rights. These rights
are, to send every year 10,000 persons to
tne prisons; 3,000 to the aims house; 600 to
tne insane hospitals and asylums; 20,000
betore mayors and magistrates; to promote
nut and bloodshed; to stimulate the de
praved to biirnhouses, to steal, rob, and
murder; to (ill our streets with beggars; to
make inmates for brothels to excilofiremfen
to brutal conflicts; to create and perpetuate
the necessity of an extra police; to make fam
ilies wretched; to consume men’s substance,
and the hard earnings of the poor; to pot
the City and County of Philadelphia to an
annual expense of more than §400,000
(tour hundred thousand dollars,) in allevia
ting the miseries, or punishing the crimes,
engendered by their destructive traffic; with
Host of other evils, pernicious to civil society.
the number oi persons committed last
year to the County Prison, was 11.004, of
which 10,110 were discuirged vvitnouL trial,
leaving only 804 charged with serious offen
ces and misdemeanors. The 10,110 were
cases of “intemperance, or resulting from
habits ot intemperance, so, tiiai out ot” every
12 that were committed, 11 were from cau
ses arising from indulgence in alcoholic
drinks.
l’iic number of paupers admitted into the
Blec kley Alms House, during the last year,
who wore addicted to tile use of intoxica -
ting drinks, was 3,606, wmlo there weie
1114 adults of all oilier classes, and 280
children. If the proportion of children is
taken at the s mi : ratio as the adults, nearly
tiiree-fouilis were children of drunken pa
rents.
From those two sources, the Alius House
and the Prisiou, we h ive sufficient, uata from
which to estimate the cost, to our city and
county, ol supporting the cause ot rum und
ruin.
Ihe Penitentiaries, Houses of Refuge,
and Bleckley Alms-tlou.se. cost tills city
and county more man §1,640,000, ip>no mil
lion six hundred and forty tliom.ma dollars,)
the interest ot watch at live percent, is
! $>82,000, (eighty-two tliousand dollars.)
j Tne aui >unt of Poor Tax assessed for the
! year Idol, was over two hundred and iwen
iry tliousand dollars. Tne expenses of the
j -Jouiuy Prison are, in round numoers. §34,-
i 60 j, (thirty-four thousand dollars.) Tne
j Eastern. Penitentiary costs the county
oJOO, (five thousand dollars.) Tile two
! Houses of Refuge §i 3,000, (uiirtoen tliou
j sa "d dollars.) Tne Court of Qurrter Ses
sion.-, §24,000, (twenty-tour tuousund dol
lais.) I lie City Police §150,000. (one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars.) Thu Alur
, shal s Police, §05,000, (ninety-live thousand
dollars.) lue.se annual expanses amount
; to the sum of §623,000, (six hundred and
; twenty-tniee thousand uoilars.) Now, as
jwe have shown tuni eleven-twelfths of the
commitments to prison, and nearly three
fourths ot the admissions to the Alms-
House, are to l>c ascribed to intemperance,
we are moderate when we take three-fourths
iot the sum to 6c cuurguble to the vice of
oui present License Bystem, that is, over
§460,000 (four hundred and sixty’ thousand
doll.us.) annually drawn front the commu
nity, by public taxation, to support liquor
dealers lit their business. But this is not all.
A e are to consider the costs from the same
cause, of the numerous Asylums and hos
pitals which honor our city and county, and
which are founded by private benevolence;
and the expenses ol me voluntary associa
tions lor me Help of the destitute, as'Well as
. the personal contributions, through almost
I innumerable channels, for the relief of the
poor, Ve have no means of estimatin'’
these, but they certainly swell the yearly
eostot intemperance much beyond half a
million. But we do not stop here. The
cost ot all the liquor that is drunk is just so
much ot the’ means of human subsistence
| worse than annihilated. This item amounts
to millions. It is the purchase money of
conflagrations, riots, violence, theft, robbery,
murder, prostitution, and misery and ruin to.
thousands.
It the great amount of money, publiely
and privately expended to sustain the vices
ot intemperance, was laid out in openin ‘
; the avenues of comm rce, in ui king raik
i r,| ads and e-o.iD, improving our wharves,
( streets an | ~r ~, . x , ~[j ti n> hrne-