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THE WASHINGTONIAN: AUGUSTA. SEPT. 30, 1843. Washington Total Abstinence Pledge. IVt, 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 Spiritous or Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE. Rev. W. T. Brantly, Dr. F. M. Robertson, “ W J.Hard, Dr. D. Hook, . “ C. S. Dod, S. T Chapman, Esq. “ Geo. F. Pierce, James Haiipek, Esq, Col. Joun Miu.eduk. QO~ To Distart Subscriscrs.—Post Masters are au thorized by law to remit money to the publishers of newspapers and periodicals, in payment of subscrip tions. Subscribers to the Washingtonian esn therefore pay for their papers without subjecting themselves or the publisher to the expense of postage, by banding the amount to the Tost Master, with a request to remit it. We continue this week, the call of the Penfield Commmittee for a State Convention to assemble at Eatonton, Putnam county, on the 23(1 of November next, and with pleasure perform that duty, which the crowded stute of our columns last week prevented. Though this paper, and the friends of tho cause in this section, have entertained opinions favorable to MiJledgeville as the place of assembling, and an earlier period of time as more proper and convenient, still we have always manifested a dispo sition to waive all other considerations in deference to the general wishes of our co-laborers, fairly and fully expressed. The determination of these questions we were willing to submit to the Penfield Committee, and to abide by their decis ion. Those gentlemen have spoken, and we now freely and cordially acquiesce; and we would urge upon our friends in every section of the State, to call their meetings and appoint their Delegates without de lay, Let your selections be made known through the public papers, and others will l>e excited to imitate your examples, who might otherwise delay the matter until it should be found too late for their Delegates to participate in the proceedings of the Convention. Let the wisest and best men bo selected, and let the Convention lie as distinguished for character ahd ta lent as we hope it may be for its numbers. (ttr We have received the 2nd and 3rd Nos. of the La Grange Herald, published in Troup county, Ga. It is a large, neatly printed, well filled sheet—and from what we know of the intelligence and character of the populous region in which it is issued, we predict for the Herald success and permanence. We hope it 1 may be distinguished for its adherence to ; the cause of law and order, as maintained by sobriety, truth and general morality. The Rewards of ludustry. The “Merchant’s Magazine,” for July, contains the first of a series of articles, on the “Annual Products of ludustry in tho United States,” including the nett proceeds of Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, Mines, Fisheries, &c., from which we extract the following summary, applicable to the six New England States; intending to give similar extracts from the subsequent numbers as they appear, until a complete view of the products of Industry in the whole Union is presented: KETT PROCEEDS OF INDUSTRY. Maine, $26,462,705 New Hampshire, - - - 19,556,141 Vermont 25,143,191 Massachusetts, . - - 75,470,297 Rhode Island, .... 13,001,223 Connecticut, .... 28,023,737 Total in N. England, $187,657,294 What a comment this upon N. Eng land character, and what a cheering pros pect does it present to hardy enterprise and determined industry! If the barren hills and sterile plains of the North,and of that little portion ot the North east of the Hudson, can be made to produce such results under the culture of her thrifty sons, what ought we not to expect from the more favored South, with her genial climate, her fertile plains, and her thou sand other resources of wealth and pow er. Let it be remembered that the in dustry of six of the States alone, in aj single year, yields us nearly enough to pay the entire indebtedness of the whole |twenty-six!—for whilst this fact is kept in view and there remains the slightest . sense of honesty among the people, we ' shall have nothing to tear as to the viola tion of contracts and thd progress of the = odious doctrines of repudiation. OO” We have received a communica t, tion from an esteemed correspondent, j reflecting rather severely upon the course q pursued by the citizens of Columbia county, in reference to the “Pic Nic” _ parties which have recently been given there. Though our correspondent may be > correct in his condemnation of such large expenditures for mere pleasure, when there were in tHeir midst and around . them so many needy and deserving ob - jects of charity, still it is not our peculiar r province, under the circumstances, to s indulge in censure, and deal out lectures [ upon the alledged follies and improprieties of those concerned. Our fellow-citizens I of Columbia had a perfect right to enjoy themselves in such a manner as seemed proper and agreeable, provided they r committed no breach of propriety and no! offence against good morals or the laws |of the land. That they excluded the! death-bearing cup from the feast we are . informed, and the act is deserving of all I praise. For what invited guests may have done, in taking spirits upon the ground, we think the generous hearted! people who gave the feast should not be be held accountable. But even if we i were disposed to censure, our pen would < have been palsied by the recent melan choly occurrences in that county. If the people did wrong—(and the opinions of a majority of our committee on that subject are perhaps well known,) —if they could have bestowed their means and time on ] worthier objects, they have suffered i enough,—the evil has cured itself, and it i would be, we think, unkind and ungen- i erous to say a word which could only serve to excite unpleasant feelings, and perhaps produce a repetition of the con duct which our correspondent condemns. : OCr The following communication has been received since the above was in type, and conceiving it to be written in the proper spirit, we insert it. COMMUNICATED. The “Pic Nic” of Columbia County. Wednesday before last, a large assem blage of people was collected for the 1 dance and the feast in an adjoining coun ty, and we regret to add that consequen ces have followed which were little calcu- J lated upon by those engaged in the festivities, and which have caused a J general alarm through the community. | Whether from the accidental presence of 'some poisonous substance in tho ice- I j cream, or from the imprudences in the way of exposure and a heterogeneous; ' diet at this critical season, a large number of those who attended were violently at > tacked on their return home, to the just > alarm of their friends. Some have been i thrown into an exceedingly critical situa t tion, from w hich they have not yet entire ily recovered. A few are considered still iin danger. We have heard of but one , death—that of a young lady of eighteen ; years of age, in the neighborhood of i “Quaker Springs,” on the Washington i road—an only daughter. The circum stances of such a death are peculiarly • heart-rending. The idea of passingfrom a scene of gay festivity, in which every > serious thought is banished as an intruder. I almost immediately into the presence of l the Almighty, cannot but shock any i right-minded person. It is well known, ! that a large proportion of the most pious f people are conscientiously opposed to al • such assemblies, on the ground that thev I exercise a fascination over the young ■ mind which precludes that serious rcflec • tion and sobriety of mind which becomi san immortal and accountable being. Ii *! is not our province to press this view ol f the matter ; —but, as being deeply inter s ested in the preservation oflife and healtl i in the community, it is perfectly withir y our province to advert to the dangers of i these “picnics” at this, the most trying I season of the year. Some of our own citizens attended the Columbia feast, and almost all who did so have suffered forj ■ jthe imprudence. Our city is decidedly Jhealthy, more so at this time than the ( Country. We attribute this, in a great -degree, to the regularity of our mode of [i life in the city> and our care to avoid ex posure. Any great irregularity, or !; unwonted exposure, will be almost sure to! • be followed by disastrous consequences. : Some speak confidently of poison (verdi gris) in an imperfectly scoured copper vessel, as the cause of the alarming at-| ■ tacks to which we have referred; —but,| > so far as we can ascertain, there is noi evidence of the existence ot ' such poison, and to us there seems no necessity of any supposition of the kind 1 1 to account for the effect. What else; ! could be expected, when, in the middle | ‘of September, a large company areas- 1 i sembled in the open air to dance all day— I who, when heated, partake of ice-crpam iced-water, and iced-lemonade—followed by eating the greatest mixture of flesh, fruit, pastry, &c.—and finally, bv a ride home terminated at 8,9, or 10 o’clock at night ? What wonder if bilious or intes- j tinal disease, of the most violent type, follow such a serious interruption of our; regular and quiet summer life ? Ifsuch festivities must be had, let them be ap-' pointed at some other season than the I present; —let not the health of the young ;be exposed, and their lives risked in the j pursuit of pleasure. ' D. COMMUNICATED. Messrs. Editors —Appended, I send! you a statement of the manufacture of distilled and fermented liquors in the Uni- 1 ted States. It is taken from the census of 1840, and doubtless is not entirely cor rect : yet it is sufficiently so to exhibit to your readers the extent and character of the work yet to be done by the friends of Temperance. The progress of the Reform, aided by the high duties very properly imposed by the recent tariff up jOn foreign liquors, has greatly diminished | the importations from abroad. Conse quently we must look for an increase of manufactories at home, unless the increas ed exertions of the friends of Temperance should so far reduce the number of con sumers as to diminish the demand for the article in the same ratio with the decrease in the supply. Is not this a suggestion worthy of your consideration ?—a work deserving the united efforts of the friends of humanity? Let the Convention to assemble at Eatonton on the 23rd of No-1 vember, take the question intoconsidera-; tion, and devise some plan for a united and determined effort to produce this result. Let them recommend similar increased effort in other states, and throw out such suggestions as may best tend to . accomplish the desired object. In the mean time I propose to enter a little more into particulars, and furnish you with a similar statement in reference to the State of Georgia, showing the extent of the manufacture in the respective coun jties. This information will be from the same source as the present table. It may not be perfectly correct, but will form a basis for the operations of the Convention, and can be given by that body in a revised and corrected form to the public. C. O 2” n 0 Z cT i a ? 3 E ? 45 B O * o 3 - State*. ® £. 5 5 3 F 2 § e 3 | ot Maine 3 190000 7 29000 N. Hampsh. S 51244 1 3000 7 15999 Mass. 37 5177910 7 429800 154 9C3100 R. Island, 4 855000 3 69600 42 139000 Connecticut 70 215692 42 50360 Vermont, 2 Ssoo 1 12800 5 BSSO New York, 212 U 973815 S 3 6059122 1486 31070661 New Jersey, 219 334017 6 206375 394 2>0870 Peun 1010 6240193 87 12765974 1607 1589470! Delaware, 3 39500 9 6000 Maryland, 73 366213 n 6261 0 199 185790 Virginia, 1454 665725 5 32960 1631 187212 N. Carolina, 2802 1051979 1 17431 1422 16*000 S. Carolina, 251 10225 S 219 14342 Georgia, 393 126746 22 216 28606 Alabama, ISS 127230 7200 220 34212 Mississippi, 11 3150 o 132 12 910 Louisiana. 5 26 >2OO j 2400 27 110000 Tennessee, 1426 1109107 6 1635 1341 215152 Kentucky, 689 1763665 50 214569 1092 31530' Ohio, 390 6329467 59 1422584 79 ' 893119 j Indiana, 323 175710 S 20' 166892 500 292316 Illinois, 150 1501<84 1| 90300 233 13315* Missouri, 293 506366 7 374700 365 189976 Arkansas, 63 26415 38 10205 Michigan, 34 337761 10 305696 116 124200 Florida, W iskousiu, 3 8300 3 14200 14400 lowa, 2 4310 3 1 00 D.c. 1 6000 1 165000 25 6700 10306 41402627 407!23267730 12223 9147366 COMMUNICATED. Messrs. Editors, —I apprehend the Temperance Society does not always do its work effectually, and to the end that it • * 1 may know how to rectify any error in its proceedings, which may result in this im perfect work, I trouble you with the fol lowing statement: I was hailed to-day in the streets bv a countryman, who, approaching me with ' a staggering motion and flushed face, in quired after my health, told me of his, asked after the progress of politics—and 1 1 when possessed of the information neces sary, said, —“You won’t take any thing to drink, but can’t you help me to a pic cayune to get a little?” What, said I, money to get liquor,—no, not for my life! , Seeing that I was indignant, he then i wanted the money only to get Ginger pop—he never drank any thing else—he 1 was himself a member of the temperance! jsociety, and intended to stick to it.—j AH this making no impression upon me j he next tried me on the ground that he’ belonged to, and intended to sustain the party I was attached to. But it would not do—he got no Ginger-pop nor rum money j from me, nor aught else but pity and con tempt for his total want of truth. Messrs. Editors, such a man, and all this class of men, can only be reformed 'by first reforming their principles. They 1 ! | must be taught honesty and truth, or it is ■perfectly vain to get their names to any Ipledge, no matter how sacred, or indis-!; pensable. I should not have troubled you with! this case, perhaps, if it was not that it re-! minds me of recent and painful proof, that the same disregard of truth exists among men more intelligent and more respected ;; than the unfortunate creature here refer-! jred to. Yes, the pledge has been violated ; ■by men who were supposed to be intelli-j Jgent enough to understand, that in this , act they gave up all claim to the respect h of honorable men. They are dishonored 1 —who can now trust their word? They j have proved false to their plighted honor— i what have they now to offer for the con jfidence of their fellow men? Oh! how fallen, degraded and disgraced. The heart could weep tears of blood, if tears '• of blood would avail, over such total mor- I al desolation. Am an. j COMMUNICATED. To Young Ladles. Suffer one who really wishes you well, 1 to give you some admonitory information, 1 to guard you against the wiles and protes-j tations of a class of aspirants to your!l ; favor, who will, unless you reject them, ! clothe the future of your lives with theji sombre pall of mortification, suffering and 1 ; disgrace. My position in society enables j < me to see, what yours conceals from you, j and what regard for your welfare com- 1 pels me to relate to you. Know, then, ' that some who are lauding your charms 1 to the skies, and professing only to live ' for your happiness, seek you alone, that ' through your labor or property they may ' continue their nightl y orgies at the shrine 1 of Bachus :—Know that some of them 1 have pledged what they have shown they do not profess—honor—to drink no more, ; 1 who yet worship at this shrine until they; can neither sit, stand, nor walk, but have, ! like the swine, to wallow in the mire ol the ditches. Could you, would you, trust such men as these? But they brush the; dirt from their clothes, wash their faces, perfume their breath and their persons with the sweetest fragrance, and appear ! before you as modest, sober, worthy young men, so that you do not know them : Come, therefore, to me, and I will tell; you who are the wolves in sheeps cloth ing—who they are that assume and 1 pledge the sacred name of gentlemen to 1 be good and true Washingtonians, only to deceive you and others. Yours, &c. Obed. For the Washingtonian. —" In the seventh Annual Report of the American Temperance Society, I find the following succinct but cogent remarks on the subject of Ardent Spirit as a bever age. What was theory and speculation in 1837, is history now; and what was then true of ardent spirit is now admitted to be equally true of nearly every thing that can intoxicate. In the moderate use of both there is great and imminent langer, and the extreme of total absti nence must be preferable to that of indul gence. The one cannot injure, and may benefit—the other leads only to ruin and degradation. Some of your readers may think the following considerations old. I common place—let me admonish them J that on that account they are not the less I true. “1. Ardent spirit, as a drink, is not needful or useful. “2. It is highly injurious to the body! and the mind. “3. It tends to form intemperate ap. 1 petites, and to lead to drundenness and to I ruin. “4. It greatly increases the amount of and crime, and thus augments jthe pecuniary burdens of the community, “5. It multiplies the incentives to evil, j ■ and gives to them peculiar power over the | ; mind. “6. In various ways it causes an im. j mense loss of property. “7. It increases the number and se-1 verity of diseases, and tends powerfully, to obstruct their removal. “8. It thereby shortens many lives. “9. It destroys the prospects, both tem-1 poral and eternal, of thousands. “ 10. If continued, it will tend to per. petuate these evils, and to increase them to all future time.” Let me ask, then, what man, possessed 'of the common sympathies of our nature, iand who recognises the doctrine of mu tual duties and relations—what man, who admits the obligation under which human ity places us to feel the woes and alleviate the distresses of our fellows, after reflect ing upon the above, could hesitate to act in any way that would secure his own safety or that of his friend ! Surety men are wiser upon almost any other subject than this; for here they are presented with a certain, unfailing remedy—one which, j whatever may be said of its unpleasant denials and restrictions, will be seen to 1 result in a final cure. Let me ask your readers to peruse, reflect, and act accord ing to the dictates of judgment, rather , than of appetite. Phii-o. For the Washingtonian. Messrs. Editors —l suppose you have all seen a spider trap a fly. I saw one the other day, and after watching the generalship of the spider, and the strug gles of the poor fly, my mind was natural ly led to the subject of trapping in gener al, and I came to the conclusion, that this 1 was a trapping world at best. We find :he rich setting traps for the ipoor, the politician trapping for votes, and each man devising some scheme, to ! better his condition and get the advantage of his neighbor. Even the young ladies '(God bless them) have their little arts, which they modestly and timidly use, to decoy, and woe to the thoughtless wight who comes within their power. He might as well be bound with a cable rope: he is just as fast. To their influence, j however, I have no objection to yield, as j being caught by them, saves us frequent ly from a more dangerous snare, and we lat least have the consolation of being | slaves to those, w hom it is an honor to -obey. But the most injurious system of trap ping, is that pursued by the avaricious and vicious, who seek to destroy their victim, by ministering to his nppetites, and eradi cate by sensual indulgence all sense of moral obligation. Those, thus caught, sink deeper and deeper in moral degra dation, till all that is left, is the form of manhood with the attributes of the brute. These traps are easily known, and by the prudent are readily avoided. They present an inviting exterior, with a great display of all that can tempt the appetite, and over them is written. “Our House,” “ National Saloon,” “ Oyster House,” Exchange Coffee House,” “ Refresh ment of all Kinds,” &c.; but, beware, enter thou not into dalliance with them ; these things invite but to deceive, and those who frequent them are gone flies body and soul, forever. J. Irony.—People in general do not un derstand it. C. Matthew tells a good story of this density of apprehension ; a criminal, doomed to perish by the sharp edge of the law, was willing that the edge should be really sharp. “I will give you fifty ducats,” said he to the ex ecutioner, “if you cut off my head at a ■single stroke.” In the pride of his art, .leadsman gave a flourish with hiS sword. “Fifty ducats,” reiterated the criminal. “Just shake your head,” replied the exe cutioner; he did so, and it rolled on the scaffold. The matter-of-fact man, be lieving the story up to this point, says, “ Well, did he give him the fifty ducats r®