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poMsbr. SONG, Dedicated to the Lady Marine Temp. Choir. Air —All's Well. Deserted, hopeless, see the man, Whu long hath with the giddy ran, Now wreck'd alike in heart and hope, Unable with his foe to cope; Mark him! when first he faintly hears The temp’ranee army’s joyous cheers. “ What sounds arc those?—abstain, abstain, Oh say ! can I the past regain Those thrilling shouts have filled his soul, lie dashes down the sparkling bowl, And nerved anew—behold him now, As glad he takes the temp'rance vow. Again his wife with woman's pride, Draws nearer to his sheltering side; His children’s smiles of gladness tell, They now can sing—all’s well, all’s well. Almira. From the Journal American Temperance Union. SO Reasons Against Signing the IMedgc, CONSIDERED AND ANSWERED. 1. lam temperate already, and signing the pledge is not needed. Ansieer. It may not be needed for you, but it may be for others—for your children, or neigo bors, or some poor drunkard looking to you as an example. We sign the pledge first for our own good; and second, for the good of others. 2. I can do more good without signing than with. If I sign I shall be viewed as a partisan; now I can mingle with those who drink and in duce them to abstain. Ans Yo|)have yet tried hut one side ami are nojudge in the case. Many lived years on your principle, who say they did more good in three weeks alter they signed than in all their lives be fore. A man who would induce others to go forward in a good work, must go forward him self. 3. The act of pledging is wrong; man should be governed by principle Ana. Are you a professor of religion 1 Ilow came you to make a profession? Are you mar ried] Did you not pledge yourself to your wi.e or husband ! Have you never given or received a note ? Be consistent. 4. Signing a pledge is a confession that 1 have drank too much, or that I cannot take care ol myself. Ana. We do not so view it. It is a declaration of what you intend your future course shall be, atid in assuming what, under Providence, may be a protection against an OTil which besets you in all your ways. 6. It is a piece ofostentation. •4«e. It may have so been viewed once. Now there is more ostentation and show ol independ ence in not signing, than in signing. The man who refuses, arrays himself against the best por tion of community. 8 A signed pledge creates a constant disposi tion to do wrong. I now leel little or no desire for liquor. I fear it I should it would create in me a constant desire for it. dns. When a man is bound by another, he may sigh und groan tor freedom. An o,d man who had lived forty years in Paris and never been out, was placed under bonds by the King never to go out on the pains of death. He then wanted to go and did go. But it is not so when a man b.nds him elt from principle. A judge docs not want to be partial, because he has sworn to be just. A debtor does not want to be released from nis debt, because he has given his note. A man and his wife do not want to part because they have promised to live together. 7. It is giving up my liberty. Ana- Liberty to do what? "What you neither want to do or intend to do If you want lilterty to do it, it is proof your heart is tor it and not against it, and you ought not to sign. 1?. I am a professor of religion and I have pro mised to do all duty. Ana. And so you will never give a note, or take an oath in court, or join a Missionary or Bible or Tract Society. But does a pro lessor ol religion exonerate from alt this? Ask your neighbor to trust you with a hundred dollars without your note, because you arc a professor of religion. See what he will say. 9. Combinations are dangerous. Each man had better be temperate on his own hook. ■dns. So each man can better put out a fire on his own hook; throw bis pail of water alone and not unite in an engine company. Each man in raising a building, bad better rinse the timber by himselt. In war, each man had better figot on his on his own hook, and not in a regular anil disciplined army. In religion each man had bet ter go to heaven alone, and have no churches and no ministers. Try it, and see how it will work. 10. Wine and strong drink are good as a me dicine, but I cannot take them as such without exposing myself to the charge of breaking my pledge. Ana. Is it not so with thousands of those who have taken the pledge, but who have never been a montent retarded by this thought, and who now seldom think ofit either as a medicine since they have signed the pledge. Sign the pledge, and to -yonr surprise you may find you will think tar less ItffWfft'** ft medicine than you do now 11. You are going too far and carrying things to extremes. Ans. Do those go to ■ far who would pull a fa mily out of the fire, or a drowning man from the water, or seize and hold and bring to shore a man who was going over Niagara falls. We go no further. 12. Total Abstinence from all intoxicating liquors, is unnecessary and unreasonable. Ans. Wiiich will you except! Which, if re served to yourself, may not make you a drunkard, ardent spirits, wine, beer and cider ! Has not moderate 'drinking been the cause of all the drunkenness in the world I 13. Temperance Societies make divisions in families. ,Ins. So does Hum, and to lie consistent you should discard that. Temperance Societies have restored peace to families and will continue to do it. j 14. My friends arc opposed. ArtV. No good reason, if their opposition is wrong; you may as wel!|lead,them, as they lead you. 15. If I sign the pledge 1 put myself under tlic power of leaders, and 1 know not whither they will lead me. ,4ns. Not so. You only agree not to drink in toxicating drinks, you arc committed to nothing beyond the pledge. Iti. No reason why we should deprive ourselves of the good things of Providence because others abuse them. Ans. Intoxicating drinks are not of this num ber, hut bad things of human invention, never needful, never useful to man in health, but al ways hurtful. 17. I have no influence. Ans. Not true. All have influence for good or for evil, 1 All that is not for, is against.’ No man liveth to himself.' 18. The Bible noes dot require it. A/i«. The bihlesays —‘Do good to all men as you have oppor'unity ;’ and here you have oppor tunity to do good. I!). It is being wiser than the Saviour, and wiser than the Church in all ages. Ana. Neither the Saviour nor the Church, un der holy influences, ever refused to practice self denial, when required, or to do good lo others when opportunity presented nor should vou. I 20. Indecorious lor females to sign. Is an ac knowledgment of what ought never to lie sus pected ot them, that they drink and aredrunkards. Besides, females have no influence. Ah*. No such imputation is expressed. All who sign are resolved lo lie temperate. But some females are intemperate, and to reclaim such, all should sign. Females control tne domestic es tablishment, the festive hoard of social parties; their influence is great over husbands, brothers, young men and children: and women is the greatest sufferer ftom intemperance. The twenty reasons now are answered —what morel Temperance in New Grenada. From the Gao taos tho 3d July, published at Bogota, we find that the government is doing all in its power to discourage the use of ardent spir its. By a decree dated I‘Jth June, Congress di rected that each and every still should pav a tax of 30 debars p-r month, if the still could make more than Haifa ga lon of “ Arquardiente” atone time—and that no still* tor making less should be licensed. Sellers of Brandy by retail, to lie taxed :$Ui per month, and the duty of transportation from one parish to another, to be one dollar a gallon every time so transported. The revenue thus raised, goes to pay bark in terest on the national debt; and it is believed that a very short time will suffice for that purpose, un less the use ot spirits is at once abandoned. Temperance Incident. At the meeting of the Delavan Temperance Society, Philadelphia, on Saturday night, Rev’d. John Chambers and Lewis C. Levin, Esq. were were the principal speakers. The hall wascrowd ed. While Mr. Chambers was shaking a man, with a little boy in his arms, came forward to the speaker’s stand, placed his child on the stand, and with his trembling accents addressed the speakers: “My little boy said to me, ‘ Father, don't diink any more!’ Gentlemen, I have taken my last drink!” Mr. Chambers caught the boy in his arms, exclaiming, ‘ Well may we say that the grave of Alcohol has been dug by this little boy!” At the meeting held at the hall on the Saturday night previous, thirty-five names were obtaineJ to the pledge, one of whom wasa tavern keeper; and on Saturday evening last, seventeen more were added to the number.— Organ. Hum, the Murderer. Heath, the gambler, who has recently been convicted ol the murder of his mistress, Delia Harris, said a few hours previous to the murder, in a conversation with a witness, while alluding to the girl Harris and her paramour, ‘Do you know if I had half a pint of brandy to-day. 1 wou.d have done what 1 intend to do? Do you know there are two persons I mean to kill to night and 1 that VV ells and Miss Harris had been out to Bradly’s that evening, and if lie had had the brandy there, it would have been over with them.’ He afterwards.ihtaincd brandy,and the dreadful deed, under the stimulus of the alco hol devil, was consummated.—JV. Y Organ. A clergyman states that during the past year, he has performed the marriage ceremony for as many couple as during any year of his ministerial life, and has seen wine or spirits on only one oc casion.— Organ. Correct LlviHg Promotive of Health and Long Life. John Whiteman has recently died at East Bridgewater, at the advanced age of one hun dred and seven years. The Plymouth Rock says of him: “He was supposed to be the oldest man in Massachusetts, and his whole life presents a striking illustration of temperance, morality and imiUstiy< For morethan half a century, intoxi cating liquor, as a drink , has been banished Irom his board ; and bis voice was heard promulgating the doctrine of total abstinence, when few could be found of sufficient moral courage to speak out upon the subject. He was a practical agricultur alist, even alter he had completed his hundredth year. And as exhibiting a life of morality and virtue, he has, jK'rhaps, been unsurpassed in the history of man. ' Sensible Leeches. Dr. Merrill, of Portland, says, that leeches don’t like alcohol. He at plied thym to a nun's heail during a fit of appoplexy, but they twisted and turned away their heads, as if they had found something they did not like. What was tile matter! The man whs perfectly temperate, and there was no alcohol in his veins. On inquiry it was ascertained that the nurse had been bathing his head with rum. The mystery was explained. The head was thoroughly washed with pure cold water, when they took hold with their accustom ed eagerness. — Organ. A Hold Preacher. The boldness of Samuel Davies, (a qualifica tion so important that even St. Paul requested tl.e Christians to pray it mil'll! he given him) will be illustrated by a single anecdote When Pres ident of Princeton College, he visited England for the purpose of obtaining donors for that insti tution. The King (George 2) had a curiosity to hear a preacher Irom the “ wilds of America.” He accordingly attended, and was so struck with Ins commanding eloquence that he expressed his nstonishment so loud as to be heard hal way over the house, in such terms as these; “ he is a* won derful man I” “Why he heats See. Davies observing that the King was attracting more attention than himself, paused and looking his Majesty full in the face, gave him, in an em phatic tone, the following beautiful rebuke, “ When the lion roaretb. let the lieasts ofthe for es! tremble : and when the Lord speaketh, let the kings of the earth keep silence.” The King instantly shrunk back in his seat like a school boy that had been rapped over the head by his master, and remained quiet during tlic remainder ofthe sermon. The next day the monarch sent for him, and gave him fifty guineas as a donation for the institution over whieli he presided, observ ing at the same time to fiis courtiers, “tie is an honest man, an honest, man.” INot one of his silken bishops would have dared to give him such a reproof. The Sabbath. The notorious Lloyd, Garrison, the editor of the Boston Liberator, has offered a reward of $4, 000 to any person who will produce fouri ifferent passages from the Bible, either of which will goto prove a requirement for the observance of any one day in the week as a Sabbath, or that the Apos tles ever alluded to the sin of Sabbath breaking. The editor ofthe Charlestown Chronicle, begs him to pay a portion ofthe S2OO due him for labor in the Liberator office first, adding that it is no wonder that a man who cheats his w hite laborers under pretence of helping the blacks, should wish to do away with the Sabbath. Treatment of Children. Children should have plenty of exercise. No thing is more injurious than to keep) them confin ed to the house and the chair, as some mother’s do. Let them go out and leap and frisk about in innocent sports, as their natures dictate. They will be the more healthy and better children eve ry way. When ok! enough to labor, they should be required to engage in it for a limited time eve ryday. It is a great misfortune to a child to be brought up without being taught to labor, though some parents think it is very hard if their little ones have to work. What a mistake! Their best good requires that they should labor moder ately, occasionally at least. But all should be careful not to over-task children. This is as bad as to let them grow up in idleness, thoutrh the ef fect is different. —Morning Star. Here is an item worth looking and laughing Mexico , 28fA, September, was buried with pomp and solemnity, in the ceme tery ot St. Paul, the foot which his Excellency President Santa Anna lost in the action ot the otii December, erected for that purpose, Don Ignacio Sieriav Roso having pronounced a funeral discourse ap propriate to the subject.” US’ Answer to “A Rebus,” published in our last. Two correct answers received: 4-10, II osA-ington; 2-12, /;i-dej)endence; 1-6, G-eorge; 2-6, To-ries; 1-10, A’-ew Orleans; 1-8, T- ecumseli; 1-7, O-ncidas; 2-8, Tc-rlcton; Lo-fayette; 1-0, Brandywine; 2-10, Sf-oney Point; 2-/,/n-dians; 3-10, Enoampment: 1-4, £-rie; 2-8, So-ldiers; 1-9, C-hamplain; 1-5, /-r --win; 1-2, E-utaw Springs; 1-7, T-renton; 1-8, V-orktown. The whole is WASHINGTON TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY. Dow Jr. In Dow's last sermon, we find the following rich morsel: Man looks upon life just as he does upon the women—there is no living with them, us he can t live without them. He will run after them— and rather than be held, he will lose his coat tail and character—kisses them tor love, and kicks them for leading him into trouble. So with life 1 say-, he partakes of its pleasures, and then damns it for its pains—gathers boqucts of bliss, and when their blossoms have faded he finds himself in possession of a hunch of briars —which is alluding to a little incident that occured in Paradise when man was as oreen as a tobacco worm, and as unsuspicious as a tree toad in a thunder storm. He was to in crease and multiply, and so accordingly he in creased his cares anil curses, multiplied his miser ies, and peopled the world with a parcel of can didates for perdition--and I am one of them. Rid.culous.—For a man without character or reputation, to attempt to destroy the good name of another. PROSPECTUS I’M IKS, H OH, TOTAL ABSTINENCE ADVOCATE, Devoted to the Cause of Temperance^—published semi-monthly , in the City oj Augusta, BY JAMES McCAF>ERTY. A S it is certainly desirable that such a publication should find its w ay into every house, the low price !of subscription will, we hope, guaranty it a wide cir- 5, v I vulation. Such a paper we believe i» this community, especially at the present time. The determination our citizens have evinced, to drive theDt suoy er lrom the lam),has awakened the most inte mpciate to as< use of out). This should he ( hailed as an omen and harbinger of gooo. The spirit of Reformation is aw aliened thioughout the length and bieadth of our country—the Temperance C a use is even where happily advancing, bearing douuallop- yu position, scattering blessings on every hand, dry ing up the teais ol the distressed and causing the heart of the .fU w idow and the drunkard's wife to sii.g for oy. It is a gloiious cause—the cause ol humanity and virtue: our country’s highest good is involved—her prosperity, honor and safety. Oh ! then, let us not prove recreant, but come boldly to the rescue, and with united heart WM and hand, assist in delivering our beloved country from slavery to the worst, most ciuel of enemies. To impress the necessitv of such n work upon the friends ol Temptrance, nothing can be more appropri ate than tne closing paragraph of a report from Mr. S. (H 3. ( ms mas, an indefatigable Tsmperance agent. “Whatever other agencies may be used, the Cause must languish w ithout publications to diffuse informa tion and keep up an interest; they alone keep the sub. ject blaziiig belore the public mind. Temperance lcc- td ' tures may arouse the people from iheir slumbers, MM strengthen the weak, confirm the wavciing and re claim the wanderer; but the temperance publication comes too often w ith their cheering accounts of the onward progress of theiause, with their inteicsting tacts and anecdotes, and w ith their stirring appeals, to permit the interest wholly to subside, or the slumbers ol the tcmpeiancc men long to remain undistinbed. H the arrival of the temperance paper does not excite a special interest in the breast ol the father, the children hail it as they w ould the return of the long absent friend ; they gathei around the domestic fireside— they devour its pages, and its contents are rend and repeated with all the glee and enthusiarm of childhood and youth and w ith the staled return ol such a moni tor, the inteiest is kept up and the cause advances.” Thi H ashinotoman will he printed semi monthly, on a half royal sheet, and contain 4 large qnaito pages, to each number making a volume suitable for binding at the end of the year, ol 96 pages, on good paper. The price of subscription for a single copy for one year, w ill be One Dollar—for six copies,to oheaddri ss, Five Dollars—lor ten copies, Eight Dollars, and so in pro- ||S portion. Pay men s, in all cases, to be made in advene® {JfT* All communications by mail, must be post j "id to receive attention. June 1 Ith, IB4J. 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