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THE WASHINGTONIAN: ** , ■ i.rS'i .fj: ' ' - •- ——•: —'• -- • AUGUSTA, AUGUST 12, 1843. WunhlitgUm Total MtUneiue Vledge. We, xelwse 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 dr ink any Spiritons or Malt I.iquors, Wine or Chler. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE. Rev. "VV. T. Brantly, Dr. F. M. Robertson, “ W. J. Hard, Dr. D. Hook, “ C. S. Don, S. T. Chapman, Esq. “ Geo. F. Pierce, James Harper, Esq. Col. John Milleoce, ** Keep it before the People.” The Secretary of the Washingtoni an Society, Wm. Ilaines, Jr. keeps the PLEDGE ready for signatures, at his Drug Store. Call every day (except Sunday,) and all applicants will be kindly received, from 0 A. M. until 9 P. M.— Do not wait for regular meetings. “ The Grippe.” This epidemic has made, its appearance in our State, and we heard it rumored that it is now among us. This however is rumor only. VVe may expect it however, and, as it is well enough to he prepared, we present the following prescription, ; contained in the Richmond Star, endorsed t by a physician :—On retiring at night, i place the feet in a warm mustard hath, ' lake ten grains of Dover powder, and I drink freely of hoarhound tea, and the i enemy will (with the blessings of Provi- ' dcnce,) he routed from the field speedily. < Ground mustard, a spoonful! to, say two I gallons of water—is the sort. The rem- I edy is simple enough. I Advertisements. I Wo call the attention of the business community to the merits of our little sheet as an advertising medium. We have al ready a considerable patronoge in the eity, and it is extending. Our country 1 subscribers are scattered all over the Northern, Middle and Western parts of ( our State and the adjoining States, and their numbers are increasing. The pat- t ronage of our paper is yet nothing what, it ought to be and what we still hope it , will be, —for the temperance men of, Georgia are to lie numbered by thous- ( ands, —but it is already so extensive that , we think we tan oiler a fair inducement . for the selection of our paper to any who , desire to advertise. Our modest sheet | gains a hearty admission to many a re- ( spoctahle family in town and country, , where the more ambitious “daily” and political papers never come. Southern Paper. The following extract from the “Farm er’s Gazette,” of Choraw, S. €., furnishes us a good opportunity of again referring to the paper store of Messrs. Dunham A Bleaklky, in this city, Broad-set., oppo site the U. S. Hotel. These gentlemen deserve to be encouraged :—The quality of their paper may be seen from this sheet—wc think it not at all overrated by the editor of the Gazette, —the price, we assure, such of our readers as may he in terested ill the matter, is quite as reasona ble as they would Jind it at the North. It deserves to be considered, that the Greenville paper-mill pays for and con sumes a considerable quantity ol 'material annually, which otherwise would bo utter ly wasted and lost. We wish such estab lishments were so multiplied at the South that wc should no longer he dependent on the North for an article so important as paper. ; “'South Carolina Paper.—The An- I gusfa Washingtonian, one of the best printed and most useful papers in Georgia, has received a year s supply of printing paper from Messrs. Dunham & Bleak ley, of Greenville, S. C. It is of very fine texture, beautiful color, and well adapted to receive a fine impression.— These gentlemen should lie patronized and encouraged by Southern publishers.” Temperance Convention. j The suggestion has been thrown out in ! previous numbers of this paper that we! need a Temperance Convention just at; thisjuncture of our enterprise. Milledge ville has been designated as the place, and! the second week of the next session of the! legislature as the time of all others most suitable for the holding of such Conven tion. Will the friends of temperance in the different counties interest themselves to secure delegates to that meeting ? Very often the members elect of legislature, are also members of the temperance soci , cty, and would very gladly sen e as dele gates from one or more societies in the county. Indeed, we trust that our princi ples have by this time made such progress, that you would rarely find a whole dele gation from a county to contain no tem perance man. It would be necessary in very few counties to send a temperance delegate expressly—undergoing a fiitigue ing and expensive journey, for the sole purpose of representing the temperance interests of his county. If we are not exceedingly in error in our calculation of the extent to which our principles prevail in Georgia, there is nothing impracticable in the scheme—a large and influential meeting of intelligent men from all parts of the State could he gathered at Milledge ville, to concert measures for tho estab lishment and the spread of the reform throughout all our wide-spread borders. An impetus, we may hope, would there he given to our advancing cause— -for it is still on the advance —which it would feel lor many a day. Fresh ardor would he infused into our ranks, when it should be ascertained, from reports brought from the North, South, East and West, “how much land remains to he possessed.”— There is no temperance society and no temperance man in the State, that would not feel the influence of a spirited general Temperance Convention at Milledgevillc during the approaching sitting of Legis lature. What say the county societies? Is it not feasible? Will it not do good? Then do not lose sight of the proposal;— he forehanded in the matter—let not the interests of the cause that you love suffer by your neglect. Political Morality* We have promised neutrality in politics, and we intend to keep our promise. But what di<l wc mean by it! Simply this, we abjure partyism. We may comment upon our subject therefore, without com promitting our position. Is there any such thing as political morality? So tar as we can judge from partisan presses, from the tactics of leading men, and from the means used in elections, we answer, in the apprehension of the public, we fear there is no such thing. A political press deems its duty discharged if it publishes only that, which will subserve a present purpose, and which will advance the in terests of its party. Is the suppression of a portion of the truth immoral ? The ma jority of partisan presses think not. An honorable opponent is to be broken down —his political portrait must be drawn, and we have such a caricature, that the most intimate friend would not know for whom it is intended, but for the name attached to it. Is this moral ? For securing cer tain votes, swaggering oft-casts are se lected to brow-beat, to cajole, to bribe, to do any filthy work. Is this moral ? Des peradoes are placed around the ballot-box to intimidate the weak, under the pre tence of preserving the purity of elec tions ! But why enumerate matters of like character, which arc perpetually done, and which meet the implied approbation of the party for whom such services may be rendered. If similar scenes were witnessed in ecclesiastical or in temper ance movements, the actors would be vis ited with severe and merited denuncia tion" But in politics—here comes our question again—is there any morality in polities? Wc answer, yes. lie who is politically dishonest, sins against heaven and against his country. Let it be es tablished that “ over-reaching ” may be resorted to without loss of character, and the destinies of the nation are placed in the hands of unprincipled tacticians, mo ral worth will be trampled in the dust, and knavish cunning will be in the ascen dant. If we should consult expediency, and throw ourselves upon the Utilitarian system, we could show that political im morality is far more dangerous than prt vate and personal fraud. Becaase, the former violates 2. greater interest and the happiness of the greatest number. If we ; consult the perfect rule of right, we are • taught “not to do evil that good may I come,” in other words, that the end never ' sanctifies the means. t The public mind is now calm, and we ■ have seized the present moment for hint- I ing at the importance of adhering to mo- j 5 rality in our political strife. “Be Jest, and fear not, Let all the eti thou aima’t at be thy Country’s.” » : ; Is the moderate drinker safe! It was remarked by the venerated , President Dwight, of Yale College—and there was no more accurate observer of; men than he—that “the man who drinks spirits regularly, ought to consider him self as having already entered the path , which leads to habitual intemperance.” , The growth of the vice of drunkenness is so insidious, that in most cases it has ta , ken rocs, and attained a permanent hold , among the fired habits of the individual, ( before the danger is suspected to exist, j- It is this thaj renders the habitual use of II intoxicating drinks so hazardous. All men think tjemselves firm, and they may Ibe really so,but no man can “take fire . into his boiom and his clothes not be burned;” —io man’s firmness can achieve impossibility, and a long experience | teaches us tlkt it is a practical impossibil ity, to use intoxicating drinks 'habitually without findhg the habit grow. The oc , casional exceptions are generally only j apparent sucj—and at most they are very 1 few. No mn is safe in assuming that he j shall surely escape, where so many, as firm and as confident as he, have fallen. Beware o) the daily glass! Tamper not with the sparkling wine! “At the last it biteth like a serpent and stingethj like an addoj.” Itcnmbcr the Sick I’oor. The soasiti is at hand when our city is usually mostsickly—and at such times the poor are the heaviest sufferers. Our com-1 munity has fever been found wanting in sympathy fir the distressed. Contribu tions are rail’d by the Benevolent Society without diiluully—but it is not so easy to secure the personal sendees ofindividuals to dispense tlecharities of the community. Few of those vho have the leisure to ren der such servile remain in town durinir the summer, aid the labor falls heavily upon a very snull number ofindividuals. The visitingconiinitteos would, therefore, be under obigation to persons who would convey infoimation of any poor family wherein theje is known or supposed to lie sickness and want. Cannot the Physi cians give information of such ? The ■ names and residences of persons requiring relief from tic funds of the society, would 1 secure a pronpt visit, and all requisite aid, from a meirner of the visiting committee. Please addr«<s communications to Mr. Wigstman, for Division 1., from! the lower narket downwards. Dr. Fori, for Division 11., from the lower mark* up to Campbe 11-st. I Mr. Doujbr Division 111., from Camp hell-st. upwtrds. Work to be done. It is said, we are informed, that those who know, (grog-sellers,) say, there is some black, as well as irtrArsliding in our ' ranks. Nojtrue Washingtonian can hear this withoutsorrow. Come brethren, to the work of mercy. The stray ones must lie sought aid led back to the temperance told. Delay not. Go at once to the den of the destipycr, and rescue your fallen 1 brethren—Do more; commence again the good work of reforming those, who have not yet come under our banner. Our Uar. Thirty years ago, gin and whiskey were drank by Judge, Lawyers and Jury,' in Court, and out of it. Judge Scrivcn was the first man who attempted a refor i (nation. He called a meeting of the Bar, and placed before it the impropriety of drinking spirits in Court. The lawyers 1 acknowledged their error, and a resoht- I tion was passed, pledging themselves to 1 abstain from drinking in the Courthouse. The next day, one of the lawyers, H , , a clever and kind-hearted man, who . made all his speeches ardent by the use , of the ardent, had a case called—feeliim 1 the want of the usual stimulant, he arose - and asked for a short delay, as he felt a . little faint and wished a little water.— ;j Then raising his voice, he called to the ? bailiff, “ Mr. Bailiff, bring me a glass ofj ; water,” and in an undertone, but equally ‘audible, added, “ and be sure it’s half gin, do you hear.” Look at our Bar now ! r what has not Temperance done ? I ’ ,! OCT There is often felt in families the! want of a magazine calculated to interest children—to entice them to habits of reading and at the same time to impart] j useful knowledge and make a good mor-j al impression. This want is exactly met j by “Robert Merry’s Museum” published! I monthly in Boston by Bradbury A Soden I under the editorial management of S. IjGr. Goodrich, author of “Peter Parley’s < Tales.” This magazine is handsomely • g°t up in a large, clear type, and on ex pedient paper, making a handsome and at tractive page. The matter is excellent 5 and is greatly set off'by the addition of - numerous cuts; —there are ten in the I August number. Each number contains , 32 pages —making at the end of the year, . a handsome volume of the size of a com : mon octavo extending to 381 pages, and I embracing over 100 engravings. The - subscription price is but one dollar per > annum. ■ Subscriptions left at this office any ■ time in the course of the next week, will ■ secure a prompt remittance and the early • receipt of the work. We think it a mat ter of great importance to furnish the ju venile part of the community with enter taining and instructive reading. Let j>a ! rents provide such lnj taking the excellent Museum of cheerful Robert Merry . ' This is a favorable time to doso,fora new volume has just commenced. (£r* The report of the New Hamp shire Asylum for the Insane has the fol j lowing items: “The large number of patients admit ted within the seven months during which the institution has been opened, being seventy six, proves its necessity and !importance. Within this short period, it lias removed from the hands and feet of i the insane, many a manacle and chain; it ihas furnished for many who were previ ously suffering all that it was possible for , human lieings to suffer, a pleasant retreat, . where they have enjoyed all the lilierty and comfort which their condition would admit; and last, though not least, it has restored husbands to wives, and wives to ; husbands, children to parents, and pa rents to children, who might otherwise have dragged out a miserable existence in incurable insanity—been a source of | misery to their friends and relations, and a burthen to their connections, or the counties and towns which might be li able for their support.” We learn from this report that the , price of board now charged is two dol r lars and fifty cents per week for patients ’ out of the State, and two dollars and twenty-five cents for those in the State. 1 For this sum they arc furnished with , hoard, washing, mending of their clothes, fuel and lights, medicine for the sick, the ( services of experienced and faithful nur ses and attendants, the constant atten tion and watchfulness of the phvsician, ' means of riding and other exercises and amusement, together with the use of the . spacious buildings and halls and walks, so well adapted to their restoration.— The male patients, as soon as they be come sufficiently calmed, arc employed > about the farm and in the shops, Ac. . The females are pleasantly and usefully engaged in knitting and different kinds of needle work. The report of the Superintendent ' states that since October 28,39 males and 137 females have been admitted. There ■ were 47 remaining on the 31st of May. , The number of patients discharged is 29, j of whom 12 have recovered, 10 improv ed, 6 not improved, and 1 death only, 1 that of a female aged 63 years. 1 What is done with the insane in Geor gia ? By the last census they number: WHITES, at public charge, at private charge, 61 213 294 Whites, j » BLACKS, 1 108 20 134 Blacks. 169 269 ’ There is no asylum in the State. J History of the Influenza. In 1580, it prevailed in Europe, and is spoken of as a pestilential and epidemic ' cough. In 1743, (just a century since) it • prevailed the world over, and received ■, its present cognomen. In many Districts 0j in Europe, scarcely a family escaped. It e ,appeared in April and went off in June. T It was never fatal except to aged persons, 3 lor those affected with pulmonary disease. e The French call it La Grippe—hoarse -51 j ness. It appeared again in Europe and -j America, as we learn from the Troy Whig.! jin 1762. Also 1775, when dogs and hor •jses were also affected. In 1782, it was equally universal, and followed severe at mospheric changes. It met its victims on land and sea. In St. Petersburg, 40,000 were affected by it in one day. In 1830, it appeared again, and was foliowed by | the cholera. In 1833, it succeeded that fearful disease. Its progress is like the progress of most epidemics, from east to ■ west, and is preceded by great atmospheric j changes.—[iV. Y. Sun. EDITORIAL COMMUNICATIONS. ! Korman, in his Rambles, Bays, ;t In Merida, the Capitol of Yucatan, there arc 11 churches, Uome of which are remarkable for the power and' ■ influence of their particular Saints, in[>opular es timation :—fur instance that of St. Ann, which t he ladies frequent to pray for good husbands ?' “ Whether the gentlemen go there,” the face tious traveller continues, ‘‘to ask for similar fa vors, I know not; but 1 was informed through a source it would be impolite to doubt, that the pe tition of the lonely spinster has often been most favorably received.” Far be it, Messrs. Editors, from the ; writer of this communication, to intimate that your fair readers find it necessary to indulge in orisons for such “small iavors” —or that they do not enjoy an ordinary degree of good fortune and happiness in their matrimonial arrangements ; but he ; must confess that there is somethin" in ■the similitude between the Church of St. Ann and the Temperance movement, which has struck him with no ordinarv force. Both have for their object the good of our species: Though varient in their means, both are in the end asylums for the helpless and dependent—the protec tors of the innocent against the snares of .the wily and unprincipled. Though tem |[MJ ranee is not the only virtue, nor will it j atone for the absence of other or more jirn|K>rtant ones in the human character, j yet it is so intimately associated with do- | nicstic peace and quiet, with the personal | respectability of the aged and Ihe enliven ing promise of the young—it points sir I unequivocally to competence, comfort and | ultimate prosperity, that your corrcspond jent cannot but commend it to the especial consideration of every fair reader of the Washingtonian. '1 hough they may not frequent our meet • jingsto solicit such favors as the patron saint of set. Ann confers upon the dark-eyed daughters of Merida j still they may well remember that blessings, when once se cured, are often not the less prized and cherished, because they come unbidden, or are found, unsought. Coelkhs. Messrs. Editors —Happily in this coun try, we may question the policy of the regulations under which we live, without encroaching upon any prerogatives except such as, through the mercy of God, br | long to ourselves. Thanks to our Fathers and a kind superintending Providence, to us have been bequeathed the legislative, executive and judicial powers of the gov ernment of this land ; and we may make, j amend and repeal laws, as necessity re quires, or judgment and experience dictate. To a wise exercise, however, of these exalted and exalting privileges, a careful ! observation of the condition of society, and the operation of existing laws, is in dispensably necessary; and now, with the | frankness authorized by our freedom, and ! with the care demanded by our interests, I propose to inquire whether the laws ‘ licensing the sale of intoxicating liquors should remain undisturbed. It is a sub ject which merits the most profound atten- Ition of the whole community, i The injustice of creating monopolies where all are equal in civil anil political rights, and where all are consequently alike entitled to equal privileges and pro jtection, however obvious, we will not at present urge, but pass directly into an investigation of the moral bearings of the subject before us. It will be universally j admitted, that the supreme power of every community is responsible for the necessary . and unavoidable consequences of the laws enacted and enforced by it; and as the people here possess this power, they are answerable for she effects of the license laws of the country. If they are good, to ' them belongs the eredit—if evil, theirs is ! the blame. There is no escape from this 1 conclusion, so long as the power of legis i lation remains. For example: Can Au -1 gusta, as long as she remains uncontrolled ’ in the regulation of the traffic in liquor. ’ avoid blame for the intemperance which results from the operation of her own | laws ? We think not. J The fruits ofthis traffic arc poverty and