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Til I WASHING TON IA N.
AUGUSTA, DECEMIJIiK 23, I@4|3.
Washington Total Abstinence l*leilgc.
If <, i those names are hereunto annexed, desirous
of forming a Society for our mutual benefit,
and to guard against <i pernicious practice,
■which is injurious to our health, stand ini' and
families, do jdedge ourselves as Gentlemen,
not to drink any
Mpirltous or Malt lAquors, Wine or Cider.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Rer. W. T. Brant?. Y, Dr. P. ,VI. Robertson,
“ W. J. Hard, Dr. D. Hook,
'• C. S. Don, S. T Chatman, Enq.
“ Gbo. F. Pierce, James Harper, Esq.
Col. John Mh.leoge,
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thorized by law to remit money to the publisher* of
newspaper* and periodicals, in payment of subscrip,
tions. Subscribers to the W'ojAin.bmian can therefore
pay for their papers without subjecting themselves or
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amount to the Tost Master, with a request to remit it.
03” Several Communications receiv.
ed too late for to-days paper, will appear
next week.
03“ We invite attention to the Pros
pectus in our paper of to-day, which pro
poses to publish the Life of Washington ,
by Jared Sparks, in fourteen monthly
numbers, at the low rate of twenty-five
cents for each.—Each number to con
tain a fine steel and copper-plate engrav
ing.
:
The American Phrenological Journal]
and Miscellany. —No. 10 of the sth vol.j
of this Periodical for October, has for
some timo been on our table. The Edi
tor and Proprietor, Mr. O. S. Fowler,
certainly deserves encouragement for the
full (; able and satisfactory manner in
which he handles the subjects which he
has treated upon. The number before
us is intended to prove that Physical qual
ities are hereditary—that tastes, talents
propensities, modes of thinking and uct-;
ing; intellectual and other peculiarities,|
have descended throughout the whole
line of a descent, and remain stamped!
even upon the present generation. 80-j
sides the individual support of the editor,)
he has engaged some valuable aid which;
will render his work still more attractive.
Wo also notice in the present number
an article on the cure of consumption,
and the means to be used to prevent its
devoloperaent in those predisposed to it.
He treats it strictly Physiologically—
not medically. The number on our ta
ble will be subject to the inspection of
any who may feel inclined to encourage
the work. It is particularly attractive to:
parents.
John H. V. Hawkins: —This gentle-j;
man,from late accounts, was lecturing to ■<
crowded houses in Charleston, S. C., by <
invitation of the Charleston Total Absti- i
nonce Society. Having been invited by j<
the State Temperance Society to visit;?
Columbia, and lecture, it is quite proba- !
ble he has accepted the invitation, and isk
there at this time. Would it not be well!!
for us, for the Temperance cause here, toh
invite Mr. Hawkins to visit our city ? i
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Temperance Convention: —A States
Temperance convention will be held in,,
Tuskaloosa (Ala.) on the 27th, Deccm- (
ber inst, to take into consideration thel
following objects:
“To devise ways and means to arrest)
Drunkenness, apd to promote Temper
ance, and thereby expel from our State a
7ast amount of crime and misery :
To meet together, face to face, from all
parts of the State, and compare notes in
this grand enterprize :
To adopt some means for the advance
ment of temperance, through the influ
ence of the Press, thereby sending 4 glad
tidings’to remote and obscure places of
degredation and vice, where the voice ofi,
the Temperance Orate r is never heard :
To form a band of co-laborers in the
cause of true patriotism and philanthropy;!
erecting a beacon light, that those who,
are afar off, may see, and be guided by
its influence:
To form some systematic and efficient
organization calculated to advance the
Temperance reformation m Alabama.”!
03“ Important Temperance Movement, j
—Petitions are circulating in New York
and other cities, the object of which is
to ask Congress to abolish the spirit-ra
tion law of the Navy. It will be remem
bered that some time ago, Congress re
duced the spirit-ration one half. It is
now thought to abolish this ration altoge
ther, and we do most earnestly hope for
the credit of our gallant Navy, that it will
be done. In view of furthering this ve
;ry desirable object, it is hoped that the
•jfriends cf the temperance cause every
where, will use all practicable means to
= jbe heard upon this subject. This is an
'item of considerable expense to our go
s'vcrnment, already too exhausted in her
|resources, to say nothing of the uscless-
ness and criminality of encourageing a
' taste for intoxicating drftiks—and this
• too at the public expense. We invite,
therefore, such course to be pursued as
. shall induce our Senators and Represen
tatives in Congress to vote for a bill, the
'object of which shall be to do away with;
the present law.
'• 03” Intemperance is the abuse of the
) f passions implanted in us by God for our
<■ well-being and happiness on earth —Tern-
* perance, is the use of these passions re
gulated by, and subjected to, the control
jof wisdom.
r l The demands of nature arc few andj
!simple—thoso of luxury are never satis
fied. Wisdom charms us with the first,
Folly and her daughters ensnare us with
'the Inst. The legitimate offspring of the
’one, is virtue and happiness—of the other,
' vice, crime, disease and death. All ani
mals follow the simple laws of nature,
whilst man (who boasts of his image and
his reason) with a judgment to choose
| the good, often violates almost every law;
Hestablished for liis preservation. Who
,| is the wise man 1 He who advises and
- consults nature ! Who is the fool ? He
' who turns loose his passions upon himself!
, The one is a temperate, the other an in
. temperate man —the one seeks wisdom,
i the other pursues folly. From excess in
. any thing there is danger, and therefore,
the highest degree of wisdom is to avoid
extremes. But thero are some things)
which are dangerous within themselves.!
: just us there are acts that arc criminal in
themselves. The use, habitual or other
wise, of intoxicating drinks isan acquir-j
| ed taste and is one of those things, the
lose of which, iii any degree, is highly
|
(dangerous, and in its consequences cer-)
ilaiuly fatal and destructive to its deluded
! votary. Can it be possible that the tem
perate use of alcoholic drinks are certain. ;
ly injurious ? The health of many is se-;
riously and in fact often permanently in
jured, who never get drunk. Indiges- ;
j tion—low spirits, hypochondria, and its
!concomitants. —nervous diseases, and in-|i
Iflamations arc somo of tlio results from |
even a moderate use of this article as a ■
Jboverage. But habit is strengthened by (
age, and grows by indulgence. One, i
laud a most certain result to the temper- i
jate drinker is, that he will in time become I
a confirmed drunkard. Thu result too, i
of an excessive use in this particular, is |
most disastrous and heart-rending—some i
of the evils to its victim before his final I
exit from life are—consumption of the «
lungs—atrophies, convulsive disorders of <
all kinds—shattered nerves, impurity of [
blood—exhaustion, delirium tremens—
and seldom without fixing upon him some I
incurable chronic disorder. These re- 1
suits as certainly follow, if the laws of 1
nature are violated, as that justice shall <
be done him who follows her dictates : i
repentance and atonement, is the only ;
i pardoning power known to her code ol -
j laws. (
It is high lime then, that the debauchee, i
the voluptuary, the drunkard—should I
rouse himself from his impending ruin, i
ilt is high time for him to make amends <
for his past transgressions. Life is long,
very long, if it is spent in doing mischiel <
to ourselves, our friends, and society at <
large ; it is short—much too short, if we i
jdo much of the good that ought to be, <
idone, and atone for our past sinful course i
;of life. Eternity is said to be the life-:
time of God: the merest fraction of time
!is that of man ; then how important—
I how urgent is the call upon us to halt
mid-wav in our mad career of vice, in
ifamy, and shame ! Our danger is immi
nent—our doom is nigh ! The sword of
Damocles is suspended over our heads
jhere —the just vengeance of an outraged
heaven is to be appeased : Heaven is
■ merciful, but it is—it must be just! rouse,!
- O ! man, from your stupor —your lethar
gic sleep! think! think! act! and you
- are safe ! The sleep of the good and
5 the just will be yours.
-j The good Fcnelon, has advised those
r who marry to avoid the first quarre!—
1! the advice is good : we say, avoid the
- first drink of any thing that intoxicates :
; as the first quarrel will certainly be fol
lowed by another, just so certain will a
>!second indulgence follow the first; the
! same good reason applies to both cases.
- and the same results must follow.
r Turn then at once, your back upon
- this habit, and planting your feet upon
i the pedestal of virtue, and with an in
- domitable energy resolve to be free —and
,!you are.
Do you see that father and hus
'jband who has just returned to the bosom
'of his family, relieved temporarily from
‘ the toils of the day ! Do you see with
what delight he is met by his /end wife,
: and how neat and Comfortable every
r thing about his house looks! Do you
■ see the happy and contented countenan
■ ces of each as they exchange glances
I with each other, as they alternately look
upon the face ot the little innocent who
I I plays on its mother’s lap ! Yet this was
not always so. The time was once when
, he was a drunkard and a sot—his wife
suffering from the consequences of his
(vices was unhappy—miserably poor and
dejected. A few kind words with a lit
tle personal interest in his behalf, has
: rescued from sinking yet farther in the
slough of infamy and shame, this man
who is now a worthy and useful citizen—
a kind and affectionate husband and fa
i ther. At once he took the stand which
his qualities as a man entitled him to, and
to that influence to which he had a right;
to aspire from his capacities and his tal
ents. Having passed through his trials,
he is nowa wiser andabetter man, though
the danger was great that he never would
rise superior to them. Os him society
expects much. With his warning voice
he is expected to point the vicious to vir- '
tue, and help to guide the footsteps of the!
(rising generation: besides that it is his!
(duty, it always has been true that with
such it has been a pleasure. Let then I
'those who have escaped never cease
{warn those who nre in danger. Just as
jonc has been saved, just so can another
be. But that child ! Never shall it fall;
into the vices of its guilty parent. Throw,
around it the protecting power of virtue
—give it mental—intellectual culture—l
but above all, give it moral instruction
also. Without this earnestly enforced,
you will—you must enhance its danger
jin the future. The responsibility is great
but it cannot bo avoided—it can only be
shared with her who presides, the guar
dian angel over its infancy. But to her!
more particularly does the country look:
and hold responsible for her greatest and
best citizens. She frames the mind and
its character and imprints upon the blank
page of infancy the future history of the
nian. The infant republican is but a
trust in her hands to carry out the great
est and holiest of causes—the final suc
cess of the experiment, that man is ca
pable of self government.
If her responsibility is great, so must;
be her reward. Her country demands
her jewels—she offers her son deeply im
bued in all the public and private virtues
of the citizen. Fit offering of a worthy!
mother ! ’Tis to you then, and such as
you, that our country must look. Its'
safety—its perpetuity—its very life-blood!
depends upon you. Upon the virtue and
intelligence of its citizens it can only re
ly—it alone can stand : and who but the
mother can undertake, much less exe
cute the task—who but the mother ?
Who but her who has always tracked the
child from its infancy to manhood ? No ;
great or good man ever lived who does
not owe his greatness to his mother! To
descend —the last remorse of some of the
the worst criminals has been—neglect of i
some early admonition of the mother ?
Then it is true she has a terrible—a
fearful responsibility : and as advocates
of virtue, as advocates of temperance,
we must look to you for much of the (
good, the permanent good, that must be
done —to you and to your daughters shall
we always look for encouragement and
support. The claims upon you are sa
cred, near and dear—and not to be dis
pensed with.
j“ While Europe’s eye is fixed on mighty things,
j The fate of Empires and the fall of Kings,
While quacks ofstate must each produce his plan,
And even children lisp the Rights of man ;
Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention,
e The Rights of Woman merits some attention.
_ First, in the sexes’ intermix’d connexion,
; One sacred right of woman is protection.”
Bcnss.
It is not our intention to meddle with
politics or politicians with a view to ai
e rect public opinion to them, or contend
for the loaves and fishes, which are with
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in the gift of party influence. Our duty
requires us to keep aloof from both, in
asmuch as our object is more noble and
i. , J
praiseworthy.
j But if occasionally we think our le
gislators have erred upon any important
matter, we shall not hesitate to speak out,
more particularly when we are on tire
1 side of humanity and, as we believe, de
-1 fending the cause of justice and of truth.
1 We believe so in this instance, when
’ we say that it was with no little surprise,
’ we find the present Legislature of our
1 State acting so contrary to justice—to
' equity and common sense, by rejecting a
5 bill brought forward for protecting the,
1 rights of married women. We have,
? from time to time?heard much saidagainst
i the propriety of any such law as the one
’ proposed, but we can only say for our
‘ selves, that we have never heard any but
’ the most silly and loolish reasons assign-
I ed. It is indeed pitiful to hear a man
' talk about petticoat-government, inde
-5 pendence, and that she who can trust her
happiness and her person ought also to
I I trust her estate to the man she weds. We
' have heard much of such stuff", and much
' more than is necessary to repeat, and
1 have only felt a pity for the man who uses
I .
it, and often a foreboding fear for the fu
ture comfort, ease and happiness of his
' family.
We have witnessed too much distress,
I too much ruin to families from the want
of some such enactment of the law, to
listen to silly remarks against its policy.
;We have scarcely seen any community
jin which examples might not be found to
(urge its propriety—indeed examples arc
Ito be found every where.
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Arc tiie interests of woman not to bt
I!
. protected by law ? Is she in her person
and her estate to he forever devoted to
t
the selfish whims and cnpricesof the oth
er sex ? Is she still to he a mere orna
ment for the parlor—a thing ol’tinscl and!
show ? Is this her purpose, her destiny
By no means. Are there men who fee'!
that their seif-consequence would suffer{
if the francisee and rights which right-'
fully belong to woman were.it once ac-!
corded her ? There are many such, and;
are chiefly to he found in the ranks of the;
opponents to the bill proposed but a short;
time since in our legislature.
Several of the States have protected
j these rights, audit well becomes us toj
follow a good example. Besides we arc
'eminently a speculating, a commercial
people ; subject as we must be from these
j causes to every variety of fortune. The
(tradesman and speculator, with his bags
jof gold to-day, is the bankrupt of to-inor
row ! But where is she whom he took
with her estate into his sacred keeping?
;where is he ? They live in a dirty ho
vel in a dirty street —one the victim of;
drunkenness, the other of want and mis-1
ery ! both the objects of pity, of charity !
Thanks, however, to the provident par-;
ent for his policy and foresight. There!
is one remedy yet reserved for you ; that!
that is if you have a parent. You ask!
for the remedy for the evils you may suf-!
Jer—the means to protect yourself? Lis
ten. —If you are a widow, you have some
experience and must act for yourself, but
as wc advise.
When the wedding party have assem
bled, and every thing ready, and all but
the very act itself done whicli is to seal
your fate—first let some relative, if you
have any near, or some friend in thq ab
sence of such, invite your lover into the
back parlor, and introduce him to the At
| torney, with the deed and all ready drawn
up —then are you safe, secure in all that
is yours. But if he hesitates, doubts,
or signs reluctantly—we can only sa\
i that you have made one escape, and per
haps you had better back out altogether.
I His design is really upon your purse, not
. to possess which, he is baulked in his
plans. To the women of Georgia then
we say, if the legislators of your Stats
fail or refuse to protect your interests by
such a just and reasonable law, do not
’ forget your duty to yourselves. You
have no presses to advocate your peculiar
claims in this way. ''
The dirty game of politics engages
their whole time and attention. In us
your claims shall have an advocate, how-
Rever humble—yet steadfast and sincere.
1 (KrSome time since, we noticed that
-a great difference of opinion existed in
’ New Orleans abdut the game called “Ke
' no.”—The Council of the third Munlci.
J pality decided the game to be a lawful
one, and therefore licensed it. So thinks
- Mr. Genois, tUe Recorder, and he has
t we believe, so decided—while on the con
. trary, the Attorney General and the May
*jor is of a different opinion. We believe
■ it has since been licensed likewise by the
. first .Municipality. This game in New
i Orleans we presume, is played for rno.
• ney —with us, it is played not exactly for
money, but money’s worth—such as su
i!gar plums, apples, cigars, soap, candles,
i and other nick-nacks, among the number
dos which is chiefly —something to drink !
There are two of these tabies in our ci
ijty in successful operation every night iu
■ the week, except Sundays.
There are then two chances to one,
I that they are producing more mischief to
the young and inexperienced, than any
i;other two things which could be brought
amongst us. We mean no injury to the
private interests of any man, but we
i are much inclined to the belief that these
tables might, for the good of all, be stop,
i ped by their proprietors.
Almost Buried Alice. —We have nev.
er doubted that persons have been buried
before the vital spark was entirely extin
guished. A case of this kinu came well
nigh happening but a short time since, in
St. Louis, Mo. A young lady of Jewish
| parentage, ot that city, to all appearances,
| had died of a nervous disease, with whicii
she had been afflicted, and according to
the custom of these people, the dead body
was taken with the clothes of the death
ibed, and nil put in n square box, to the
louse for tills purpose at the burial pine ,
j where it was to be prepared for in torment
Iby bathing and anointing. The ladies,
during these preparatory rites, thought
that signs of life wore exhibited, and Pin -
-icians sent for immediately. Upon ex
amination made, life was found not t-n be
{extinct, and every means used to re-ani
mate, whether with success or not we are
! vet to lenrn.
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A new machine for setting type has
| been invented, says the New York Ex -
press, by Mr. John V. Ford, of Troy.
The model is at Washington to he pa
tented. It is said to be a wonderful piece
lof ingenuity and skill, and can be played
upon precisely similar to a piano-forte.
It can be used Uy any one familiar with
the letters, and with the rapidity almost
jot thought. As the finers touch the
keys, the type falls in their proper places,
in line.
There has been so many inventions for
this purpose, and all having so signally
failed, that we are sure almost, that the
same fate awaits the invention of Mr.
Ford.
It is said that shaving the beard is
a custom much more ancient than is gen
erally known. Professor Rosselini’s trans
lation of Isiah xviii, Ist and 2d verses,
.says that the word “ peeled ” meant shav
ed. Mr. Gliddon says that the Egypti
ans were the only early people of the
Oriental nations who shaved. The Jews
were an unshaved people, but Gen. xli.
14, records that Joseph "shaved himself ”
when summoned from his dnngeou bv
Pharoah. This carries the custom back
1800 years before Christ—whilst the
sculptures in the tombs round the pyra
mids establishes thp custom generally in
Egypt, some centuries previous to that
time. We are like Joseph, we prefer to
shave when we expect to see company.
Poor Jones :—A man by the name of
John W. Jones, of Louisville, Ky., has
been sent to the Penitentiary for living
with two wives. His excuse for his con
luct was that his wife would fight him,
so he took another that they might fight
3ach other and save himself. This time
Jones has chosen the greatest of two
evils. -