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or perverted action of any of the faculties, and especially of the animal propensities not thus directed. If the animal propensities predominate in action, they demoralize and debase the higher, nobler gifts of God, and whilst in one sense they assimilate the “lord of creation” to the “ beasts that perish,” in another, they render him far worse and more miserable, because of his greater susceptibility of enjoyment and su ering. Are they deficient, their weakness is also unfavorable to virtue. If Ainativeness predominates or acts either without the purifying influence of the higher faculties, or in opposition to their dictates, it Beads to licentiousness, but under their control, it becomes connubial love, than which no emotion of our nature is more pure or virtuous. Combat iveness, acting alone, is mere physical prowess, or the real “ knock-down-and-drag-out” dispo sition, which is highly vicious, thereby incurring the penalty attached to the violation of this men tal law, while this faculty, acting in obedience to Conscientiousness and Benevolence, becomes moral courage, defence of rights, and of the op pressed, &c., a highly virtuous emotion. The due exercise of Alirnentiveness, by strengthening the body and thereby the moral and intellectual qualities, is vir'uous, bringing with it its own re-' ward, whilst its excessive indulgence, by over loading the stomach, and thus clouding the intel - lect and blunting the moral sensibilities, becomes vice. Average Secrctiveness, governed by Con scientiousness, employs policy in a good cause, whilst its excessive action, unchecked by the higher faculties, leads to lying and duplicity.— Acquisittvji'hcss, or love of property, duly exer cised, mpnotes industry and sobriety, gathers around us the comforts of life, and, aided by Con scientiousness, produces even-handed justice, whilst its predominance leads to cheating, extor tion, &c. Excessive Cautiousness produces ir resolution, procrastination and timidity, and is unfavorable both to virtue and efficiency, but duly balanced, it gives that discretion which is the better part of valor. Does Self-Esteem pre dominate, unchecked by Conscientiousness or intellect, it inflates one almost to bursting with pride, self-sufficiency, haughtiness and egotism, whereas its due developcmcnt, controlled by the moral and intellectual faculties, imparts dignity, and that -seguespoet which elevates one above meanness anH trifling, and also leads him fully to appreciate and fulfil the great ends of bis being. Is Firmness very large and uncontrolled, it ren ders one doggedly obstinate, impervious to con viction, and blindly tenacious of his opinions and purposes, whether right or wrong, merely because he wills it to be so; is this organ small, he is too fickle to accomplish any thing, “ bring blown about by every wind of doctrine,” every new no tion ; but fairly developed and balanced, no ele ment ot character is more valuable. Predomi nant Ideality renders one fastidious, and too deli cate anil refined, whilst its deficiency leads to coarseness ahd vulgarity; but its fair dcvelope ment blends the serviceable with the perfect, com bining utility with beauty. [ To bt continued.] .From the Journal American Temperance Union, Anuals of Temperance for 1811 & 1812. 1811. Reformation of drunkard* in Baltimore pro gressive through the winter lieyond a parallel. E.C. Delevan, Esq., retired from the office of Chairman of the Executive Committee of the American Temperance Union, January 18, and the Hon. Theodore Ficlinghuysen was appoint ed in his place. 800 Catholics took the pledge at St. Mary’s Church, Boston, Feb, 4. Twelfth Anniversary of the New York State Temperance Society, held at Albany, Feb. 10. Publications during the year, 9,105,211 l2mo pages, making in nine years 14,815,754 pages. 3,000 persons signed the total abstinencepledge at Philadelphia, at the lectures oftbe Rev. Thom as P. Hunt, during the month of Febuary. 481 Catholics took the pledge at Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb 27. Simultaneous temperance meetings well at tended throughout the country, on the fourth Tuesday ot Febuary. 2,100 pledges taken in the city of New York. Great temperance processions of Catholics in the American cities, on St. Patrick’s day March 17. J Five reformed drunkards from Baltimore visit ed the city of New York, March 23, and address ed 21 consecutive meetings with astonishing suc cess. More than 2,000 persons at these meet ings, many of them drunkards, signed the pledge. First Anniversary of the Washington Tem perance Society of Baltimore, and great temper ance procession, in which were 1,000 reformed drunkards, April 5. John Hawkins and William Wright, two re formed drunkards from Baltimore, visited Boston, April 16, and were received with great enthusi asm. An immense meeting addressed by them atFaneuil Hall, April 22. 2,500 signatures to the total abstinence pledge taken in a series o; meetings. Boston Washington Total Abstinence Soc., organized, with 300 reformed men, April 28. Fifth anniversary of the Am. Temperance Union, held in New York city, May 11. Young Men’s National Convention, held in New York city, May 11. Captain W isdom and three other reformed men from New York visited New Haven, Ct., June 15, and related their experience. Several drunk ards were reformed, and a Washington Society organized. John Hawkins visited Hartford Ct., May 26, and related his experience before the citizens and the Legislature. A great work of reform com menced among inebriates, and a Washington Society was formed. Re-Visited Boston, and commenced an agency for the Massachusetts State Society. Pittsburg visited by Messrs. Small, Vickers, and Williams, missionaries from Baltimore. June 16. 3,554 signed the pledge in a series of meet ings, many ofthem inveterate drunkards. Messrs Turner and Guptill, two reformed men from Cleveland, passed through Ohio and Mich igan, enrolling thousands on the temperance pledge, and reclaiming many drunkards. Extraordinary temperance celebrations ofinde pendence throughout the country, July 4. Third National Temperance Convention held at Saratoga Springs, July 27. 560 delegates pre sent, Messrs. Pollard and Wright, reformed men of Baltimore, performed a tour from Saratoga to BulValo, addressed many large meetings, and «b --lained 25,000 signatures to the pledge. ' Messrs. Vickers and Small two reformed men from Baltimore, visited Cincinnati, and, in a series of meetings, produced an almost unparalled excitement, July 27. Temperauce Mass Meeting at Rochester, N. Y., Aun;. 18; at Batavia, Sept. 13. Washingtonian State Convention at Augusta, Me., Sept. 22. Boston Washington Society reported at the end of three months, 4,000 members, and 217 del egation to the towns in the interior, gathering 5v,000 pledges, July 28. Mass Meeting in New York city, and splen did Temperance procession, October 13. Wash ington T. B. Society numbered 2,203 members. Great Western Temperance Convention at Pittsburgh, Oct. 21. Anniversary of the Connecticut State Society, at Middletown, Oct. 22. 1,000 persons walked in procession. State Convention at Raleigh, N. C. Dec. 1. Great Temperance, excitement at St. Louis, Dec, 23. A large number ot inveterate drunk ards reformed. 2,200 persons signed the pledge in a scries of meetings. 1842. Great Washingtonian Meeting New Year’s eve at Faneuil Hall, Boston. The Hon T. F. Marshall, a talented member of Congress, signed the total abstinence pledge, occasioning, from his peculiar circumstances, much sensation in that body, and throughout the country, Jan. 7th. Great temperance excitement at Mobile, Ala. 3,000 persons signed the total abstinence pledge. Important movement in the ships of the navy at Charlestown, Mass, 200 in the Columbus and 300 in the Columbia signed the pledge, Jan. 23d. Congresaional Total Abstinence Society or ganized in the Capitol, at Washington, Feb. 9th. Legislative Total Abstinence Society organi zed at Albany, Feb. 20th. Great and splendid simultaneous temperance meetings held throughout the country on the22d ofFebuary, the birth-day of Washington. In New York, a grand festival was held in the halls over Centre Market. 3000 persons present: First public meeting of the Congressional So ciety held in the Hall of the Representatives, Feb. 25th. Total Abstinence Society of the Civil Execu tive Departments organized at Washington, March 17th. 500 persons in Charleston, S, C., signed the total abstinence pledge in March. 2000 Irishmen marched the streets of Albany on St. Patrick’s Day, all pledged to total absti nence. Anniversary of the New York Washington Temperance Benevolent Society, March 29th. A splendid procession moved through the city Great temperance procession at Cincinnati, April sth. Sixth Anniversary of the American Temper ance Union held in Broadway Tabernacle, N. Y., May 4th. State Convention of Washingtonians at Bos ton, May 26th. State Washington Society or ganized. R. iVI. Hartley, Esq., resigned the office of A gentofthe New York City Temperance Society, having in thirteen years been active in forming 174 auxiliaries, calling 1400 temperance meet ings, and obtaining 179,624 pledges, May 26. Convention of W ashingtonians of three States at Portsmouth, N. H., Ang. 25th and 26th. Introduction of Croton W ater into New York city. Immence procession, in which the tem perance societies took a conspicuous part, Oct. 24th. Reformed Inebriates. BY HENRY A. FAY. The periodical press of the day, which treats of the Washingtonian Reform, terms it, “an ano maly in philosophy, a moral miracle.” It states that in 1840, when the American Temperance Men were moving heaven and earth to stop rum drinking they found that the vast number of drunkards in the United States, about, one in every twenty-five, drinking from twenty to thirty glasses per day, sustained the distilleries and grog shops, and therefore there was no hope for temperance, that just in that crisis, when the tem perance world was at a complete stand, an unex pected ally came along. Drunkards reformed themselves, and then other drunkards, and now distilleries and rum shops are closing fast. Yes, it is a tact that the reformed drunkards are a class of men snatched from the brink of the grave, the threshold of the almshouse and peni tentiary, the State Prison and the gallows, to which they were led, by an over-ruling Provi dence, in order to receive an education ot personal experience, which when told to a public audi ence, would find a sympathetic cord in every heart, and attract names to the pledge. In the newspapers of the day we find lots of ad vertisements of distilleries closed and materials for sale, porter houses to let, and all is done by the reformed men. Another remarkable fact is, that the Reform was commenced by drunken mechanics, and illit erate ones too. Awheelright first suggested, a blacksmith followed up, a tailor wrote the pledge, and three other workingmen first formed a Washington Temperance Benevolent Society of six, and their Temperance Hall was the same rum hole where they had drunk up their money, character, health and happiness. The Wash ingtonians, less than three years ago, had no oth er place of meeting but a Imr-room, and now pay high rents, from $5 to £'so dollars per night for splendid Halls, Churches, Legislative Edifices, or Assembly Rooms, all over the United States, and from six they have increased to three millions, and from only one piece of paper with one written sentence —the pledge, they have now publications and periodicals all over the Union, whose name is Legion. And Washingtonianism has also subsidized and enlistened eloquence, music, wo man's beauty, infantile innocence, morality, re ligion, and public opinion. From the Dahlonega Times. Convention of Washington Total Absti nence Societies* AT CLARKESVILLE, Jan, 2lst, 1843. Tiie friends of Temperance of the Western Judicial Circuit and of Lumpkin and Union counties, were invited by the Society at Clarkes ville, to attend a Convention upon January 21st, 1843. Pursuant thereto a large and respectable, body of Washingtonians formed a procession at the Court House; and under the direction of Lewis Levy, Esqr. Chief Marshall of the dav, with J. Van Buren. A. G. Perryman and J. Wyly Assistant Marshals, proceeded to the Methodist Church, under the respective banners of the different Societies assembled, and to the sound of appropriate music. The Convention was then organized by Elihu S. Barclay, Esqr., President of the Habersham County and Lewis Levy, Esqr., Secretary. After a few brief but appropriate remarks from the President, the Convention was opened by Rev. H. Haverstick, who read the 146th Psalm and offered up prayer at the throne of Grace. The following Ode. prepared for the occasion by the Rev. H. Haverstick, was then sung, accompan ied by music on the Piano. Ope I: Tune— Hail Columbia ! I. Hail! oh ! hail auspicious day! Tcmp’rance friends a bright array— In sweet communion hither come, From nearer and from distant home, — Now come with Pledge and solemn pray’r To break the shades of dark despair, To change the scene of gloom and woe Around the drunkards overthrow. Holy is the tie that binds Strong in lose accordant minds. (Chorus.) Firm, united, let us be, Rallying round our Banner free. As a band of brothers join’d, Peace and safety we shall find. 2. Down, oh! down the mad’ning bowl! Far and loud the echoes roll, — Os this enliv’ning song of praise, Which heart and voice united raise; Which swells aloft with sweet acclaim, Enkind’led by a sacred flame. We chase the mother’s bitter fears, We quench the children’s burning tears, Save the Father and the friend From a dread, untimely end. Firm, united, let us be &c, &c,, 3. High, then, high the Banner raise, Nought so fair in glory’s blaze; In honors brilliant diadem There’s not so rich, so pure a gem, As this sweet emblem ofour band. Beneath whose folds this day we stand. Under its shade the Pledge we bring, Whose mighty pow’r we love losing: Banner thus with Pledge combine, All the rest to Heaven resign. Firm, united, let us be &c. &c. After this delegates from dfcer Societies were called for, when Gen. A. J. Hansell and Wm. Martin, Esqr.. delegates from Lumpkin County, presented themselves. Gen. Hansell was then called for who addressed the meeting upon the great cause of Temperance, and utility of Temperance Conventions, with decided and in teresting effect. After this Rev. H. Haverstick was called for, who entertained the audience with another address. The following Ode, pre pared by the same, was then sung, also, accom panied by the Piano. Ode 11. T'ttne—From Greenlands Icy Mountains. 1. Ye friends of Temp’rance rally, Around your Banner fair ! To mountain hill and valley, Your joyful tidings bear/ Still many a helpless brother Is bound with galling chains, Another and another God help you to regain l 2. Still, still, the prospect brightens, As onward that ye move: And ev’ry triumph brightens The work of joy and love. Then speak the word of kindness, And banish sorrow’s tear; Redeem from deadly blindness, And tell that life is there. 3. To youthful age and hoary, Oh! proffer heart and hand 4 The man defil’d and gory Bid welcome to your band. Bid welcome saint and sinner, The wretched and the gay, The loser and the winner, In life’s eventful day. 4. Confirm the limbs that quiver, By liquid poison wrong! Deliver, oh! deliver, The soul by sin unstrung! Then loud proclaim your gladness As this blest work moves on Bid ev’ry note of sadness, From human lips begone. After this Mr. J. Walker, Esq., being called on, addressed the Convention and strongly urged ! perseverance in the good cause. Wm. Martin, Esqr., was then called for, who deeply interested the audience by a very appropriate and argumen tative address. The following Ode, prepared by the same, was then sung, with musical accompaniment, after which the Convention adjourned until candU' light. Ode 111. Tune — AlldLaiig Svhe. 1 1. Oh! never be this day forgot, )VJien wc, a Joyous band, Have met upon this hallow’d spot To mingle heart and haml, To mingle heart and hand in love, To mingle heart and hand; And thus to plead with God above, To bless our Father-land. 2. As friends of Temp’rance here we meet,, And he r e as friends we part; We part with many a fond regret, With many a throbbing heart. With many a throbbing heart, my dears, With many a throbbing heart; Though Hope with radiant eye appears, While sighs uprising start. 3. This day the strong, the sacred, bond r That makes our spirits one, Has taught us never to despond, As onward thus we run, As onward in this glorious cause, As onward thus we run, And swell thestrain ofloud applause, In bloodless vict’ry won. 4. Then speak, we once again Farewell— That word to mem’ry, dear; Upon the past we’ll love to dwell, And hope the future near, And hope the future near and bright, And hope the future near— When we again may here unite, Each others’ heaits to cheer. The Convention, having again met at the ap pointed hour, was first addressed by J. Van Bu ren, Esqr, followed by C. H. Sutton, each of whom continued to direct the attention of the au dience to the great object in view. J. H. Under wood, Esqr., was then called for who for some time engaged the attention of the audience, by an addressed filled with original and experimental matters, highly beneficial to the great objects of the Convention. Afterwards Genl. Hansell, again spoke in his usual happy style. The part ing Ode like the others prepared for the occasion r was again sung. Prior to adjournment the following resolutions were passed unanimously. 1. Resolved. That the most sincere thanks of the Convention are tendered to the Ladies for their assistance in this celebraiion as musicians and singers. 2. Resolved, That the thanks of the Haber sham County Society are due to Gen. Hansell and Wm, Martin, Esqr., for the zeal and ability with which they have defended the cause of Temperance; and that they tender to the Lump kin County Society our thanks for the friendly notice extended towards us. 3. Resolved, That the Batesville Society be received as an auxiliary to the Habersham Coun ty Society at Clarkesville; and that the Society give them information thereof. 4. Resolved, That the proceedings ofthis Con vention be published in the “ Mountain Times if* Reporter also in the “ Washingtonian ” at Augusta and li Temperance Banner” at Pen- During the Convention the utmostgood feel ing and zeal pervaded the audience. The Pledge was held open all the time for the admission of members. During the session fifteen persons at tached their names, which included all who were present at the time of adjournment, Jive only ex cepted. The society regrets that the Convention did not have the pleasure of receiving more dele gates from other Societies. Yet all are fully con vinced that much good was done, both in the ac cession of new members, and in the confirmation of old ones, Seriously is it hoped that these benefits will be long remembered and felt by all those who attended. ELIHU S. BARCLAY, Pres, Lewis Lett, Sec’y.