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K total abstinence J iom all intoxicating liquors as beterage, except for medical and sacramental B purposes. The Chair then appointed Messrs. Johnson, BGofdon, .Nesbitt, Todd and Berrien, a commit- Btee for drafting a Constitution and Bye-Laws. ■ The committee retired tor a few moments, then ■ returned, and offered the following Constitution, j ■ which was unanimously received : Constitution. Article Ist. This society shall be known by lithe name of the Washington Total Abstinence Jf Society of Jefferson county. Art. 2d, The officers of the Society shall be a * President, and a Ist and 2d Vice-President, a ■ Secretary, and Treasurer, who shall be elected K from the members at the annual celebration of P the 4th July. Art. 3d. It shall be the duty of the President H to call meetings of the society at his discretion, K to meet in Louisville; to preside at all meetings f; of the society, and in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents shall preside. Art. 4th. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a record of the proceedings of the society, and attend to such correspondence as shall be re ferred to him by the society. Art sth. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive and keep a correct account of the funds ■of the society, subject to the inspection of the members. Art. 6th. The funds contributed by members ssfthe society, shall be voluntary. Art. 7th. It shall be the duty of the President, ■at his discretion, to relieve, from the existing IP, funds of the society, any individual who mani- Sf ~ fest* a strong disposition to reform, and will take IP the pledge of this society. Art. Bth. Every person wh6 signs ihe follow ing pledge, shall be considered a member of this !| society, sir • *5 We pledge ourselves, in honor, not to drink any Spirituous or Malt Liquors, Wine, or Hard •Cider, unless for medical purposes, or on sacra mental occasions. Art. 9th. The anniversary meetings of the so ciety shall be held in Louisville, on the 4th day •of July, in each and every year. Art. lOtii The regular meetings ofthis socie ty shall be held the first Tuesday in every month, ■ (in the Church, in Louisville. Art. 11. The Constitution may be altered at any regular meeting, by a vote of two thirds of .the members present. The following gentlemen then came forward (and signed the Constitution and Pledge: 1. Robert Nesbitt, 9. G. J. Miller, 2. J. W. M. Berrien, 10. P. S. Lemle, 3. A. R. Wright, 11. E. H. W. Hunter, 4. S. S. Perkins, 12. Wm. H. Baldy, 5. Henry B. Todd, 13. Wyriot Casou, 6. Nathaniel Polhill, 14 John G. Pol hill, 7. Thomas H. Gordon, 15. H. V. Johnson, 8. Robert Watkins, 16. Tilmon Bostwick. The society then proceeded to the election of officers. Dr. P. S. Lemle was elected President, Robert Nesbitt, Esq. Ist. Vice-President, H. V. Johnson, Esq 2d. Vice-President, Judge J. W. M Berrien, Treasurer, John G. Polhill, Secre tary. Aftei which, Messrs. Nesbitt and Hunter were appointed to address the society at its next meeting. By motion of Judge Berrien, Resolved, That the friends of Temperance in Jefferson county, be respectfully urged to subscribe for the “ Wash | ingtonian,” a total abstinence paper, published in Augusta. By motion of H. V. Johnson, Esq. Resolxed, That the Secretary prepare a minute of this meeting, together with the Constitution, Bye- Laws, and names of members, and forward it to > the editor of the Washingtonian for publication. The society then adjourned until first Tuesday jn August. P. S. LEMLE, President. John G. Polhill, Sec’ry. The Edgefield(S. C.) Advertiser contains the proceedings of a meeting held at that place on Saturday last, at which it was unanimously re solved, that the ‘Edgefield Temperance Society,’ dissolve their union, and unite with the Wash ington Total Abstinence Society, and adopt the Constitution and pledge of the latter. A Washington Total Abstinence Society has also been formed at the village of Spartanburg, S. C. The “ Joumal” sayg, that after the read ing of the Pledge, forty persons immediately came forward and signed their names as mem bers. O’ At a meeting of the Washington Total Abstinence Society, held last evening at the Unitarian Church in this city, the Secretary read the names of fifty-three persons who had signed the pledge since the previous meeting—after which, a further accession of twelve names were added to the list. The meeting was well attend ed, and exceedingly interesting. Messrs. Mil ledge, Danforth and Dow, addressed the audi ence, severally, in an eloquent and appropriate manner. An interesting account of the presen tation of a banner, by the ladies of Chattanooga, to the members of the Washington Total Absti nence Society of that place, was read by Dr. D. Hook. Between the addresses, the audience were enlivened with appropriate singing for the occasion. The society adjourned to meet again on Friday evening next. Cheering I The Jailor of our county, informs us that the commodious building under his charge, is at this time almost tenantless. He has not had for the last three weeks, a white occupant confined with in its walls. This speaks well for the Washing tonians. k 'V o are indebted to a friend, for the following extract of a letter received from Richard P. Tay lor, Esq. dated Marietta, Cobb Co. Ga.. June 23, 1,842. Dear H. —l hope you will pardon me for writ ing so much to you. The work is going ahead finely in Decatur—two hundred have signed the Washington. I am now at work in this place, and every thing is going ahead gloriously—there were fifty-one accessions last night— we arc mak ing a clean sweep in the upper part of this state. Marietta has eight or ten grog-shops, that I ex pect will close up in a few weeks. Mv health is some better than it was when I wrote you before. I hope to visit Augusta again in the fall, and give you all another broadside. » ***** Give my love to all the members of your society, and, believe me, I remain yours, truly, RICHAfID P. TAYLOR. P. S.—l shall write you again shortly. The late liucl between Mr. Marshall and Col. Webb. The following extract from aletfpr, (published in the first No. of the “ C/iicora," an ably con ducted and well printed journal, published in Charleston, S. C.) written bv a gentleman who was present at the duel between Mr. Marshall and Col. Webb, we cheerfully transfer to our columns, and are glad that this affair is now over without the death of cither party; although it has turned out a more feeling affair to the latter gentleman, our readers will be happv to find that Marshall still survives, to add his powerful infiu with us in the great work of reformation. “ Os course you will be anxious to learn more of the particulars of the duel, than the public prints will give you. I was on the ground in (5r morning before either of the parlies arrived. The piace was well selected, and on looking around I did not wed see how either party, by a choice of position, would have any advantage over the other. Pretty soon Col. Webb’s carriage drove up to the bars, and he, with his second, Mr. Morrell, and a surgeon, alighted and came upon the field. The Colonel was dressed in black from head to foot, and whether it was the con trast his dress afforded, or that he was really agitated in view of the events to come, he was certainly very pale. I did not observe any thing f like trepidation, however, or until Mr. Marshall and his friends arrived, which was some ten min utes or so afterwards, Col Webb was engaged in a cheerful conversation with those about him. “ I >ur friend Vlarshall came onto the ground in his own nonchallent style—pretty much as wc see him striding about the House, when the Representatives are in session. He touched his hat to Mr. Morrell as he passed him, and moving on to a tree which stood near by, reclined his arm upon it, conversing with his brother during all the time the preparations were going on. 1 did not notice him to have moved, until on the arising of a discussion between the seconds as to who had gained the choice of position, he called out, ‘ give it to them, Doctor, yield the point. 1 came here lor a shot, and I don't mean to be baulked !’ Doctor Kerr, however, declined yielding the point, and Mr. Morrell replied to Mr. Marshall, ‘ We don’t ask you to yield us any thing ; we want only our right.’ Mr. Mar shall then stepping to Dr. Kerr’s side, whispered a word in his ear, and the point was yielded. Col. Webb’s second also obtained the giving the word. “ During all these preliminaries, I narrowly watched the two parties, to detect any misgivings which might appearin the countenance of cither. I saw nothing, however, which would have led ; me to suppose that the two principals were more I than indifferent spectators of the scene, and it was not until the parties had taken their posi tions, and Marshall, tossing his hat from his head, and replying to the question ‘are you ready V —‘ No. sir, lin not ready!’ fixed fora mo- ! ment his keen eye on the Colonel, that 1 noticed •the latter to have been at all moved. The unex pected reply, however, oftlie little Kentuckian— the searching glance of his eagle eve—and his tall spare form, as with bare head and cool front he stood gazing upon his "antagonist, sent the color deep into the Colonel's face, and as quickly drove it away, leaving a deeper paleness than I had observed before. The scene lasted but a j moment, and Marshall again responding, ‘Now I I m ready, sir,' the word 'one was scarcely pro nounced, before both pistols were simultaneously discharged. Neither shot took effect, Mr. Mar shall's ball striking the ground about two feet beyond Col. \\ ebb, and the latter’s discharging itself before the pistol was fully raised. “ After the fire, Mr. Marshall, turning quickly ; around to Dr. Kerr, said, ‘I demand anothershot, i sir! No objection being made by the other par- j ty, the pistols were again loaded, and at the word ! ‘ one,’ were again simultaneously discharged! I I was looking at the moment at Marshall, whose hand, raised with the quickness and steadiness of machinery, as the word fell on his ear, dischar ged its pistol with a marksman’s aim, when some one said, "Col. Webbs shot! help him!’ As I turned my eye, he was staggering from his posi tion and in a moment more fell into the arms of his friend. Mr. Marshall stood still upon his ground, until Dr. Kerr, returning from thecrowd around Col. Webb, informed him that his shot had taken effect. ‘ Where V was the prompt question immediately put. ‘Upon his knee!’ was the reply, ‘ Can he stand V 1 I don’t know, but the wound is not dangerous!’ ‘See if he can, and if so, I demand another fire!’ To this, however, the seconds on both sides objected, and Mr. Marshall's brother was particularly earnest against it, declaring that it must not be,’and that he should thank Cod it was no worse. Col. Webb was then placed in his carriage, and all parties retired from the field. The Duty of Washingtonians. The first duty which an individual is called upon to do after having signed the pledge, is to keep it—or, in other words, to abstain henceforth and forever from the use of all kinds of spirituous, vinous, and fermented liquors. His ncxtduty is to do all in his power to persuade those men with whom he has been in the habit of associating, to sign the pledge, and “ do likewise lf an indi vidual who signs the pledge and keeps it, thinks he has done all that he, as a Washingtonian, should do, he is very much mistaken. He has but just taken the first step in the road to virtue. The vni'-r^ ofthp.se around him who are in the road to ruin, may be constantly heard crying, “ save, or 1 perish.’’ And can any man who has ! become sober, suppose fora moment he is doing Lis duty, while he disregards the cries of those who are anxiously waiting to see the frcndly hand extended, and to hear the encouraging words, “ Come with us, and we will do you good! We have seen the drunkards in our streets, who, if they could iiavc heard the voice of friendship, and known that those around them felt interested in their welfare, would have sworn that they would be drunkards no longer, but would have embraced the opportunity thus afforded them, to secure to themselves and their families peace, and all its attendant blessings.— Washington. {Me.) In our village, ns well as almost every where else the Temperance cause is going ahead ; yes, emphatically going ahead. True, there has been a backsliding or two among the se who had been addicted to the intemperate use of spirits hereto fore; but these arc only “spots in our feasts of charity”—only “clouds without rain”—mere ex ceptions to the general rule; the mass—the great mass, are firm and unflinching, and continue to abound in their “ work offaith and labor of love.” A work of faith it is. We believe that a merciful and righteous God approves of it. and that his blessings will attend it. Os all the benevolent institutions which have been known in our coun try, we believe few have precedence of this. Eternity alone can unfold the immense good effected in every cla.-s of the community and in every relation of society by it. Let the cause go on and prosper.—[ West. Car. Temp. Adv. A New Way to get Sobered. Whatever may be the pleasures cf drinking, there are none attached todrunkenm ss. Hence to prevent it, many persons after drinking too deeply, betake themselves to various restoratives. Some take Soda; some try a sudorific; others adopt a cheaper and more expeditious method sticking a finger down the throat; while your veteran toper, converting his nose into a safety valve, lets off' his steam in double quick time by a nap. By accident, (and what discoveries are not attributable to it,) a novel and effectual inode for regaining one’s sobriety has been found out. The following incident will disclose it: Two years ago a genteel looking youngster rode into Milledgeville, hitched his horse and stepped into a tavern. He came out a fool. There, were many changes in his appearance, which rendered iiis condition suspicious. His hat was jauntily fixed on the side of his head—he would now and then hiccup—his face had the hue of a roasted lobster, and his cheeks and stomach were puffed out as if he had swallowed the inflated bladder of a large bull frog. These things might be accounted tor, however—but then his eyes saw double, and his legs were drunk. Some mighty conception was in his liver—his bile was running freely—he swelled the more asit'he had swallowed another bladder, and then ciied out with mere nervous energy than Richard, “mv horse” feeling he had horse and kingdom too. The steed was brought--he grasped the inane, and slowly raised one leg, brought his toe to the stirrup, but the other leg was too drunk, and staggered some feet from his nag. Again, and again he tried, though the right leg said to its fellow, as plainly as a leg could speak, “ united we stand, divided we fall.” How ever, “fortune favors the brave,” and he was mounted. He pulled the reins—from the very jerk, the beast thought something must be the matter. He held up his head at once, ready for a caper, if his master was. All room for conjec ture vanished, when the unsteady legs brought their armed heels upon his rihs. He did not wait for a second hint, but bolted out of town as if he were going to Texas, and had the sheriff behind him. Thundering on he went —the peo ple ran to the windows, the dogs barked, and the horses neighed and capered. On, on he rushed. The ferry was in sight, but there were two fiats before the double vision of the horseman—he drew the right rein, gave another dig with the spur, and was in fifteen feet water in an instant. He could not swin, and had to drink some quarts of water belore he could ho lifted up. He stood on the shore deprived of all his beauty and slic.knrss —his self-importance was humbled ; but he was as sober as a tempera nee j udge. — Penjield 'l'cmp. Banner. Why is it ?—We perceive that the Washing tonians of Baltimore have had several severe attacks made upon them, through the columns of the Maryland Teirqierance Herald, (a sheet we never see;) but we are glad to find that the Soci eties have passed resolutions, adhering to the first principles of the Washingtonians, and caution ing their friends not to blend either politics or sectarianism with their proceedings. This is the right course. Adhere to it, and we are sure of success. —[A". Y. Washingtonian. IH Ran, but true. — The Angelica Reporter thus records a death by suicide: “ Win. Warrall, of Pittsford, Monroe county, killed himself a few days since, by cutting off the main artery in his arm. By this deed he rid the world of a drunkard, and rendered six children parentless.” Colt’s Submarine Battery. The experiment with Colt’s submarine battery, bn the 4th, was eminently successful. An oid veggie had been towed off Castle Garden, fitted up with temporary masts, and decorated with flags, on which were painted death’s head, and all the piratical devices imaginable. The battery was placed immediately under this hideous-looking craft, and the effect of the explosion was tremen dous. The vessel was shattered into a thousand fragments, some of which were thrown two or three hundred feet in the air. There was not a single piece of her left larger than a man could have carried in one hand. Nothing could havo been more thoroughly destructive. The whole scene, including the iiring salutes and this terrific explosion, approached the sublimity of a naval battle. —[New Yuri: Plebeian .] Encouraging to mechanics.— By the Madison Indiana Courier, we learn that the municipal offices of that place are filled by mechanics. The Courier says: “ Our Mayor is a cabinet-maker, our Marshal a blacksmith, the City Attorney a plasterer, the Secretary a carpenter, the Assessor a pattern ma ker, the pollertor a tobacconist, and three of the nine Councilmen are tailors, two are carpenters, one a machinist, one a wagon-maker, one a mill wright, and one a fan-mill maker. Let any other city in the United States beat us if they can. Who will say we are not working-men?” Doctor Franklin observing one day a hearty young fellow, wh<*n he knew to lie an extraordi nary blacksmith, sitting on a wharf, bobbing for little mudeats and eels, he called to him, —“Ah, Tom, what a pity it is you cannot fish with a silver hook.” Some days after this, the doctor was passing that way, and saw Tom at the end of the wharf again, with his long pole, bending over the 'nook—“ What, Tom!” cried the doctor, have you got the silver hook yet ?” “ Heaven bless you, doctor,” cried the blacksmith, “ I am hardly able to fish with an iron hook.” “ Poh ! Poh!” repli ed the doctor. “go home to your anvil, and you w ill make silver enough in one day to buy more and better fish than you can catch here in a month. List of Payments. The following persons have paid their sub scription to the Washingtonian, up to 11th of June 1843: Augusta. Ga. —W. W. Mann, G. A. Ingra ham, D. W. Calhoun, Dr. John Millen, J. W. Conkling. J. H. Hollingsworth, J. & W. Harper, Dr. F. M. Robertson, Daniel D. Thompson, Rev. John Winter, John Jinkins, Luther Roll, Daniel D. Plumb, J. L. Minims, W. E. Jackson, Mrs. C. Tremblev, James Godbv, J. H. O’Shea. William Poe, Win. R. Tant, James T. Blain, Dr. D. Hook. Columbia, S. C. —Joseph A. Black, (2copies,) A- S. Clifton, J. D. Tradewell, Rev. P. A. Stro bcl. - *' Barnwell C. H. (S. C.) —0. D. Allen. Monroe, Ga. —Henry Hardin. Marietta, Ga. — D. G. Rice.