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I THE WASHINGTONIAN:
AUGUSTA, JUNE SOth, 184*.
W'ashlngton Total Abstinence Pledge,
We, whose names are hereunto annexed, desirous
of forming a Society for our mutual benefit ,
and to guard against a pernicious practice,
■which is injurious to our health, standing and
families, do pledge ourselves as Gentlemen,
not to drink any
■ Spirifous or Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
I Temperance Celebration for the Ith July.
At a meeting of the Washington Total Absti-
I Hence Society of Augusta, held on the 10th of
I May last, the following resolutions were adopted:
I Resolved, That there be a Temperance Cele
bration on the evening of the 4th of July next,
and that there be a Committee of arrangements
■ appointed by the President, to make all the ne
cessary preparations for carrying the object ol
this resolution into effect.
Resolved, That an executive committee con
sisting of four from each ward, be appointed, to
co-operate with the Board of -Managers in tor
warding the objects of this iociety.
Resolved, That the proceedings ol'this meeting
be published in the city papers.
The following are the committees appointed:
E. W. TOLVIAN, 'l
E. E. SCOFIELD, ! Committee of
G. A. INGRAHAM, j Arrangem’ts.
LUTHER ROLL. J
Ward No. I.—John W. Wightman, W. F.
Pemberton, James Godhee, Samuel C. Mustin.
Ward No. 2 —Luther Roll, J. L. Mims, B.
T. Nichol, Beal M. Duval.
Ward N 3. Win. O. Eve, G. A. Ingraham,
John B. Murphy, E. E. Scofield.
Ward No. 4 —Porter Fleming,Hawkins Huff,
Alexander i’uilip, R. P. Spolman.
ST Persons who will act as agents for us, will
be allowed 20 per cent, on all remittances.
iff Editors of papers who have been so kind
as to publish our prospectus, or notice the publi
ation of this paper, through their columns, will
accept our thanks, and should a similar favor be
required of us, we arc always happy to recipro
cate.
I5jT Secretaries of Temperance Societies who
will furnish us for publication the proceedings
of such, and any other nutter in relation to the
progress, &c. of their several societies in Georgia
and Soutta Carolina, will oblige us.
A ward to our frieuds.
We have endeavored to get up a paper, bn as
cheap and neat a plan as our Northern contem
poraries, which can he afforded if we are only as
well sustained by subscriptions at home, as the
cheapness of this medium of local information
places itself to every one. We have commenced
the publication in right good earnest; every ar
rangement necessary to carry it on is already
made, and as regards regularity and uniformity,
the first and present Nos. are specimens of its
nature and contents in future. We have confi
dence in the liberality of a Southern public, suffi
cient to embark in this cause, under the hope that
our exertions to lay the foundation of another
permanent medium for the diffusion of Southern
feeling and information upon this sulijcct—to
spread it far and wide—will meet with that sup
port at their hands, which is necessary to its suc
cess. We ask the friends of temperance to aid
us with their pens—to assist in this great work
ofreformation. In our city alone, we have some
700 members of the Total Abstinence Society,
and among this number, many distinguished lit
(erary characters, whose contributions would be
welcome to our columns, and their influence felt
by our readers.
There are two very important matters necessa
ry to the success of a paper—its contents and
k subscription list: The latter is daily increasing,
and, as we said in our first No., we have no doubt
our most sanguine expectations, on this point
will be realized. We desire now, to call forth
some of the able talent of our state, on this sub
ject, it is worthy of their engaging in it—and we
hope, although our sheet is small, such friends )
who can aid us, will by complying with our re
quest, enable us to make it worth in merit more
than it is deficient in size.
It was estimated at the Temperance anniver
sary, held at the Tabernacle, in New York, on
the 4th of May last, that more than half a million
of temperance pledges have been taken in the
United States within the past year; and that of
the 200,000 taken in the great West, every se
venth signer was a reformed drunkard, and every
fourth a reformed tipp’.en
The following are the proceedings of a meeting
of the Washington Total Abstinence Society
held at the Unitarian Church, on Friday even
ing last:
Augcstx, June 17, 1842.
The Society met this evening according to pre
vious notice.
The meeting being organized, the minutes of
the last meeting were read and approved.
Air. John R. Dow-then addressed the Society
in a very able and interesting manner, portray
ing the disastrous consequences that result from
the habitual usc«of intoxicating drinks, in any
form whatever.
Several short and pleasing addresses were
made by other friends of the cause, and two Tem
perance Odes, were sung by Mr. W. W. Trem
bley.
On motion, it was Resolved, That the Execu
tive Committee hold Ward Meetings, for the
purpose of extending still further the objects of
the Society; and that that Committee, together
with the Committee of Arrangements, meet on
next Thursday night, at the house of the Pre
sident, at 8 o’clock, in order to report proceedings
in relation to the Celebration on the evening of
the 4th July next.
On motion, the Society adjourned, subject to
the call of the President.
WM. HAINES, Jr. Secretary.
In the State of New York alone, there are at
this time more than 1,700 Temperance Societies,
and about 400,000 members. How many in
Georgia 1
Melancholy Occurrence.
Drowned.— lt is our painful duty to record the
deaths of two lads, by drowning, on Saturday
evening last. Their names are Dallas Crump
and Duncan McKenzie, sons of two of our most
worthy cilizens. The bodies were found yester
day, and brought to the city. The particulars
of this sad occurence, as far as we have heard,
are, the deceased youths, in company with ano
ther lad, named Mitchell McMurphy, were bath
ing in the river, about a mile below the city, at
apoint, where not aware of the sudden depthand
rapidity of the current, they had ventured too far,
and before assistance could be rendered, two
ofthem had met a watery grave. Young Me.
Murphy was near meeting the same fate, but
was fortunately rescued by his brother, who hap
jiened to be near the scene, and who struggled
nobly to save thcothers, in which act he was near
drowning himself.
The Southern Miscellany,
A neatly printed family newspaper, published
weekly at s>2 50 per aifnum, by C. R. Hanieitcr,
Madison. Ga. It is decidedly, one of the best
family papers now published. We have only
seen the three last Nos. and judging from their
contents, the publisher has enlisted talent of no
ordinary nature. Home productions like this
should be encouraged; the low price, and the
liberal offer of the publishei (to furnish it gratui
tous to families in this state, who are too poor to
pay for a newspaper) should place it before any
of the Northern publications for our support.
TheN. Y. Journal of Commerce says, “ We
are h®ppy to learn, by a card from the committee
in behalf of the Hamburgh sufferers, that they
were able to remit by the British Queen which
sailed for Antwerp, 16,000 marcs banco, or up
wards of 53,000. It is to be hoped that the
amount will be greatly increased. A further re
mittance will be made by the Great Western,
which leaves on the 16th inst.
The Exploring Expedition arrived at New
York, on Friday, the 10th inst. after an ab
sence ol nearly four years.
For the Washingtonian.
The Rising Generation.
When we view the gradual changes that are
going on in the civilized world, the respect for
religion on the one hand by those who are not
professing Christians, while the effects of the
gospel of the Son of God can be traced through
all our institutions up to the fountain head; and
on the other hand, the march of the temperance
cause, which but a short time ago was regarded
in such a light as that even Christians might in
dulge to some considerable degree in the intoxi
cating bowl, and yet be looked upon as very
good people, but which is now frowned down by
good moral society—(and this temperance cause
has wrought a mighty revolution)—l say, when
we view these things in their gradual operations
and onward march, the Christian, the philanthro
pist, the good citizen, and every lover of his
country', hail with delight a brighter era-the
dawn of a better day that shall rise upon the
generation succeeding us. Who can measure
the amount of good to be effected for them, in the
removal from our side-boards—yea, the banish
ing altogether from among us, the decanter and
the wine bottle'! A child is an acute observer
of the customs and habits of his father, and as
does the father, so must the son; and should the
father partake ol the intoxicating draught, and
yet prohibit his child the like indulgence, when
that child has the opportunity offered, he feeling
no moral restraint because of the example set
him, will also indulge slily until the habit is
fixed, and he becomes, as it were, sealed over to
destruction. Well, said the wise man, “train
up a child in the way he should go, and when he
is old he will not depart from it;” and though
some should say, as I have heard myself, but
never knew it so, that the sons of the pious and
good ;fc generally the most wicked. I think this
assertbn can be successfully controverted. For
instate, it is stated, that of 114 students at
Princeton Theological Seminary, 104 bad their
mothets professing Christianity; and, now, as
pious training effects the one case, so will temper
ance training, the other. Train up your chil
dren tlen, to look upon spirituous liquors as a
poison slow but sure, and you will have affected
the nett thing to their being “ trained up in the
nurture and admonition of the Lord;’’ and I have
no doiiit, when the temperance cause has done
its work, the way will be the better prepared, for
the suocess of the Gospel ol Peace. S.
For the Washingtonian.
Mr. Editor—l submit the annexed for your
consideration, which, ifyou think worthy a place
in your valuable little paper, you are at liberty to
publish
Thccauseof Temperance, as the Hon. Mr.
Marshtll has said, “ is perfectly and entirely in
exhauiible,” and 1 feel that iny efforts to advance
tout cause are but feeble; but as this is my first
attempt at composition for public view, 1 hope
1 all errsrs that will occur may be overlooked and
pardojed. The interest I feel in the Temper
ance <ausc has prompted me to do what, under
ordinary circumstances, I would not have done—
to attempt to write for a public newspaper. Ido
not intend to tell you that which you, and every
one conversant with the subject of Temperance,
already know; but simply to relate an incident
in the history of my life, which happened a short
time since. I know that my [lowers of descrip
tion are not very great, and therefore you must
not expect much from what I am going to write.
I wa3 one evening, (during the sojourn of Mr.
Taylor, the Temperance lecturer,) taking a stroll
througl the streets of this city, when accident
led mu in the neighborhood of the Methodist
Cnurc ; I halted at the door to ascertain what
was gting on within, and after a few moments
listenilg, found it was a lecture upon the subject
of Temperance; I then recollected to have seen
announced in the morning papers that a lecture
was lobe delivered upon that subject. My first
intention, after I had satisfied my curiosity, was
to continue my walk; hut, upon second thought,
my better judgment prevailed, and I entered the
Church and took a seat. The lecturer, after
describing the dreadful effects of intemperance
upon tie different classes of society, related a
number of anecdotes illustrative of its effects up
on man in all the various avocations of life, and
at last touched upon a case so closely assimilated
to one with which I had been connected, that I
was for the first time in my life startled upon this
subject. I had been pursuing a course of dissi
pation for same years, but had never given a
thought to what the final result would tend, if I
still continued in the same downward road.—
The more 1 ihought upon the subject, the more
was I convinced of the truth of Mr. T’s remarks.
The case was so similar a one, and for the truth
of which I had not a doubt, that it made me
tremble to tljnk I had been so near the brink of
ruin. I assure you it was not long before I had
made up my mind how to act—l determined to
“ sign the pledge" forthwith. I accordingly rose
from my sear, walked up to where the lecturer
stood, and affixed my name to that instrument
which has ciused the oiphan to smile through
its tears, and the widowed heart to leap and dance
for joy, and bless the founders and advocates of
so glorious a cause. I returned home, fully re
solved to carry out a course which accident ra-
ther than design had led me to adept, -and ter
which Mr. Taylor has my most heartfelt thanks.
A few days after the event above related, {
had occasion to write to a widowed mother, and, '
among other matters, mentioned that I had join
ed the ,l Washington Total Abstinence Socie
ty,” and anticipating the good results that would
arise trom my so doing. 1 received an answer
to that letter a few days ago; but I had no idea
of the joy that I had conveyed to that widowed
heart. 1 o give you a just conception of what
my feelings were, upon reading that letter, would
be vain in me to attempt. I can hut quote
her own language, which was in these words:
“My son, you cannot conceive with whet : ->y
I read that portion of your letter, which refe: . .
to your joining the Temperance Society. I: I
ly experienced more happiness in reading i.'io
words— 1 I hate signed the Temperance Pudge’
than I didin reading all the rest of your loiter.”
.Now, Mr. Editor, it by doing so simple an act
as signing a temperance pledge, can convey such
happiness to a widowed mother, is it not in the
power of almost every young man to do a like
act ? and not only give joy to a mo'her’s heart,
but perhaps lie instrumental in pu'ting a check
upon a father or u brother, who have been in
dulgiug in a moderate way in the use of intoxi
cating liquors.
Reader, are you a young man 1 Have you a
mother- a widowed mother 1 Have you a lather
or a brother, and you perchance far away from
them'? And do you wish them to enjoy real
happiness'? If you do—then “sign the Tem
perance Pledge and if that does not convey joy
to the hearts of those dear kindred, who ft-, 1
deeply interested in your welfare, I much mistake
human nature.
In conclusion, I would say to every man, old
and young, go and do as I have done, for who
can tell where the benefits derived from so doing
will end. BALT. °
Milkv.—“ Ma,” said a little girl the other
day to her mother, as she was eat in a a botvl of
bread and milk; “ Ma, why does Pa eat bread
and milk before breakfast every morning'?”
Why, child, because he is thirsty 1 suppose ”
answered the mother.
1 j Ma r hat UJakl * Pa S ° tllimy CVCry -
“Look at the child,” cried the roolher; “ l
declare it has spilled the milk all over its apron. ’
Progress op Temperancc.-Wc are indebted
to our correspondent from West Union, for the
following intelligence, relative to the pr.guss
of Temperance in the Eastern part of Georgia
S. C. Temp. Adv.
W est Union, S. C. June 6th, 1842.
Dear Sir—On the 4th inst. a Temperance
Meeting was held at Clayton, Rabun County
Georgia, 2‘J miles west of this place. Andiiw
M. Norris, Esq. was called to the Chair, and the
meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev
James C. Jarrett, of the Baptist Church. The
Rev. Mr. Childress, ot the Methodist Episcopal
Church addressed the meeting—and was follow
ed by Rev. Jos. Grisham, of the Baptist Church.
The Chairman then invited any person present
to oppose the arguments advanced—no one re
sponded to the call. Rev. Joseph Grisham then
submitted a Constitution and Total Abstinence
Pledge, for consideration and signatures, when
about 25 signed. They organized a Society and
elected A. M. Norris, Esq. President, E. Coffee,
Vice-President, and Capt. Jesse P. Henley, Se
cretary. The President and Secretary are Me
thodists, the Vice-President a Baptist.' There is
a going forward! The members are chiefly
respectable young, active business men. Many
a great many were almost persuaded. One year
ago, ten could not have been here organized’into
a Total Abstinence Society. They are to meet
4th July. They speak of sending Messengers
to correspond with our State Society at Green
ville. There was a large and attentive Congre
gation on Saturday, and some wanted to hear
more of Temperance. Rev. Joseph Grisham and
Rev. Mr. Childress preached ou the subject on
Sunday—The people were very attentive, and
solemnity did pervade the Congregation.
_________ G.
Boys, do you hear that!— There is asociety
of young ladies in Hartford, who pledge them
selves not to receive the addresses of any yountr
man who has not signed the tee-total pledge. At
a temperance meeting not long since, a fair one
offered the pledge to her friend, saying, “John
will you sign that V’ He hesitated, and finally
declined, “ Then,” said she, “you will under
stand, 1 shall not be at home next Sunday even
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