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THE WASHINGTONIAN.
AUGUSTA. APRIL 27, 1814.
n'aehiitflon Total Abstinence Pledge.
We, 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
Spirltous or Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Rev. W. T. Beastly , Dr. F. M. Robertson
“ W. J. Haro, Dr. D. Hook,
“ C. S. Dod, S. T Chapman, Esq.
" Geo. F. Pierce, James Harper, Esq.
Col. John Miu.edoe,
(gp To Distant Sumcxibcu.—Pest Mastersare »u.
thorized by law to remit money to the publishers of
newspapers and periodicals, in payment of subscrip
tions. Subscribers to the Washingtonian can therefore
pay for their papers without subjecting themselves or
the publisher to the expense of postage, by handing the
amount to the Post Matter, with a request to remit it.
OCT See fourth page for the Prospec*
tu* of Vol. 111.
What lg the use of Temperance Papers t
Much in every way.
It is true that the very class of persons
whose minds we most desire to reach do
not take such papers. Many even of the
members of the society do not feel inter
est enough in the subject to induce them
to subscribe for, and to read, a temper
v ance paper. Still less can we expect
support from persons who are actively
opposed to the movement, or who are al
together indifferent to it. It is idle to
calculate upon men to subscribe for tem
perance publications who withold their
names from the temperance Pledge.
But is it doing no good service to a
worthy cause to confirm its friends in
their attachment to it? Does it accom
plish nothing to bring new facts and new
arguments to the notice of even the zeal
ous advocates of temperance ? Docs it
not stimulate them to still greater ef
forts, —encourago them to expect more
ample success,—and make them more
efficient laborers in the cause ? Ho may
not act directly upon the inebriate—but
we are none the less putting forth our
efforts for his rescue. Indeed tho secret
of the success of those philanthropists
who have done most for the good of man
kind lies precisely here— they aroused the
minds of others , and set them vigorously
to work. They thus felt with a thousand
hearts, planned with a thousand heads,
and executed with a thousand hands.
This is the nature of our labors. We
appeal directly to temperance men, for
we know that our readers are almost ex
clusively such. But, through them, we
appeal to the whole community. Treas
ure up,—we would say to our brother
Washingtonians,—treasure up facts, and
arguments—and ply them well. Let
your temperance reading stimulate you
to exerti >n. L*t it confirm your attach
ment and fire your zeal. Thus shall we
not labor in vain.
Our readers must do all they can to
bring our articles to the notice of drink
ing men. Mark a passage here and there
that seems particularly applicable and
send the paper to some friend who needs
the exhortation. Some of our subscribers
are in the habit of introducing a few num
bers of the Washingtonian into every
package of goods that they send into the
country go thou and do likcici.se. Lose
no opportunity of disseminating the truth.
GO" It is wrong to speak of the tem
perance movement as on the wane. A
highly excited enthusiasm has indeed sub
sided, and the best friends of temperance
have expected nothing else than that it
would subside. Is Christianity in the
world on the wane because the enthusi
asm of theßeformation no longer agitates
Christendom as with the fires of a volca
no? He is a superficial observer w®
can see no causes at work but that
proclaim their existence by a gre|f clam
or ; he is a shallow thinker who has not
discovered thatgreat movements of mass
es of mind may be silent while they are
irresistible.
gas* u»
(£r One of the earliest temperance so
cieties in the state of Georgia, and one
of the most successful, was formed in a
private family in one of the lower coun
ties. It held monthly meetings at which
essays were read, speeches delivered, and
songs sung—all in the family. The
meetings were always pleasant and pro
fitable, while they constituted an invalua
f ble educational instrumentality. It is
: still in existence and flourishing.
OS?” Washingtonians, you are not for
bidden by your pledge to treat your
friends in the very best fashion these hot
days. Step into the store of our secreta
ry, Mr. Wm. Haines, and you will find
1( iced-soda the very best substitute for
mint-julep. Take a grog-drinking friend
. by the arm and carry him with you :
and while he is enjoying the refreshing
* draught, remind him politely— that the
pledge is open on the desk.
From the Temperance Advocate.
To the Peop’e of South Carolina.
, t The Executive Committee of the State
>- Temperance Society, have employed the
* Rev. John Culpepper, to travel through
* the State, Lecture on Temperance, and
organize Temperance Societies. Mr.
: C’s. zeal in this good cause has induced
. him to forego a more lucrative business,
to devote himself to it. His qualifica
tions are ample. He will not fail to in
struct and please all classes. It is be
* lieved he can do a great deal in persuad
ing people to be sober, and especially so,
s if the friends of Temperance will cordi
, ally, and actively co-operate with him.
Mr. Culpepper is a poor man, with a
' large family to support. It is hoped
’ wherever he may go, that provision will
i be made to give him a sum sufficient to
. defray h‘s expenses, and to compensate
t him for his time.
, It is desirable that sections of the coun
try, or Temperance Societies needing
’ his services, should so arrange meetings,
1 that he can conveniently attend them.
■ His address is Winnsborough, where all
* communications addressed to him, 11 the
postage being paid," will be received,
t and immediately answered.
John Belton O’Neall,
Prs’dt. of the S. Temp. Soc’ty.
For the Wuhingtonian.
No. 12.
Messrs. Editors :—It is well known to Botan
i ist*, that plants generally produce flowers which
, possess male and femalo organs, and these are
, either in separate flowers on the same plant, on
different plants of the same species, or, as is most
common, in the same flower. The knowledge
of this fact, enable the gardener to produce chan
[ ges of great importance in the improvement of
. truit, and to perform a most interesting operation
jin modifying the works of nature. In the selec.
tion of subjects, it is to be remembered that there
’ must be some similarity of structure and consti
■ tution to ensure success; thus tho various spe
* cies of strawberry, tho pelargonium tribe, and
l the species of melons, may be united with ease;
j while it would be impracticable to unite the straw
berry and pelargonium,or either, with the melon.
i The flowers of the plant to be hybridised when
they have just expanded, and before the authers
i have the stamens cut out with a small pair of
, scissors, leaving nothing but the corrolla and
stigma. The flowers are to be plucked from the
other parent plant, when the authers have ex
-1 panded, which will be known by the Appearance
of the pollerc or fine yellow powder they dissemi
nate, and each of the stigma are to be impregna
ted from them by twirling the plucked flower be
tween the fore finger and thumb in contact with
it. If the flowers are abundant, there should be
a plucked flower to each of thoss containing the
stigma. To prevent the influence of the stamina
of the female parent tree, it should be deprived
of all the flowers except those on which you wish
to operate. The fruit should be allowed to be- ;
come perfectly ripe and the seed saved from them
will produce the variety desired. The character
of the female generally predominates. If a par
ticular flavor, is to be given to a melting peach,
and the melting quality preserved, the stigma
should be left in the flowers producing it, &c. —
The size and colour of flowers and scent of the
leaves of the geranium tribe may in this way be
curiously modified.
Yours, &c.
W. P.
For the Washingtonian.
No. 13. •
Musrs. Editors:— As the qualities of soils
may be discovered by means of the plants which
grow on them, by chemical analysis and mechan
ically, your readers will perhaps, be gratified by
: a perusal of the following remarks:
An argillaceous soil may be known by its pro
ducing the •common colts-foot, goose tansy, hit
ler vetch, soap wort, &c. but the colts foot is-tht
most universal and certain indication of an ar
i gillaceous soiL ? -calcareous soil may be known
ay the spikedspeedwell, Jychnitis mullien, dwarl
iun.rosd?” travellers joy and saintfoin.
she the three leaved speedwell, en
glish catchfly, red sandwort and hybrid poppy.
The ferruginous by the common sorrel andshee]
rorrel. The peaty bilberry and crawber
ry. The saline by {Pbs wort, wrack grass, lung
wort and marine sand-wort. The aquatic by
marsh marigold mares tail, water violet and speai
wort. The very dry soil by red sandwort, wild
. thyme and field trefoil. It is presumed that for
, chemical analysis the specimens will be sabmil
to a {fcaetical chemist. I will therefore only state
1 the constituents necessary to produce a good soil,
• clay 4 parts, sand 3, calcareous earth 2, magne
i sia 1. By another experiment a fertile soil was
| found to consist of 305 parts of carbon and 279
parts of oil, 220 parts of the latter was also con
' sidered as carbon so that of the whole 9216 parts
experimented on 525 parts were carbon. The
■ manure supplied to plants are soon exhausted by
i the crops, but when the soil is chemically of a
good constitution it becomes capable of attract
ing a large portion of the nourishment of plants
. from the atmosphere which greatly lessens the
r labor and expense of cultivation. The presence
j of clay and sand in a soil is known by its tenaci
ty when the first predominates, but if the latter
' prevails it i* rough to the touch and will scratch
1 glass whea rubbed on it. A calcareous soil
r will efferveice when muriatic or any other acid
| is poured on it. The quantity of organized mat
ter may be blown by drying and weighing a cer
tain quantity; then by subjecting it to a red
■ heat, and Jeweighing the lo*s of weight will
; shew the quantity of organic matter; and car
bonic acid gas if there was any. The presence
of metallic oxides is generally known by the co
lor, soils containing iron are red or yellow, cop
per exhibit* greenish streaks, but the green gen
erally found in soils is produced by iron which
enters into tbe composition of green sand. Sa
' ]jne soils, may be known by the taste and sul
pherous soils by the Bmell when heated. The
ipresenci of coal is known by its fragments. The
appearance of the water passing through suefi
soils alio indicate their constituents. Dry soils
• enclosid in a tube with a certain quantity of wa
tet wiL be found to exhibit different powers of
’ capilary attraction and the soil in which the wa
• ter riies most rapidly is considered the best.
Yours, &c. W. P.
For the Washingtonian.
No. 14.
Messrs. Editors :—The remarks I have made,
has before this time satisfied your readers, that
the science and practice of gardening may afford
amusement and exercised for both mind and
body. They will also perceive, that thegarden
may be considered as a laboratory in which the
principlesinvolvedinthe whole range of science,
may be practically demonstrated. Geometry,
Drawing, Surveying, Geograohy, Astronomy,
Chemistry, Mineralogy, Botany, Architecture,
and civil engineering, may all exhibit to the mind
of the girdner, the existence ot principles which
govern his operations at every moment. It is
therefore of importance that study should go
hand in hand with bodily labor, and that as the
mind becomes well stored with facts, it will pre
sent the means of employing itself usefully, with
out the aid of stimulants.
It may be farther remarked, with respect to
gardening in a free country, that it must have
considerable influence in modifying its govern
ment—for as the people acquire a taste for the
improved products of the soil, their local attach
ments are confirned, and they naturally desire
, an assurance that their rights should be secured,
and of course thit the government should be or
s derly and permanent. Every man who by indus
try acquires a house, will desire to have with it
as much ground as will form a garden in which
, he may plant tho vegetables used by his family
If the area admife of a farm, then he will desire 1
to occupy a part of it with vines and orchards,
and his care will be extended to woodlands for
fuel Ac., and as his means increase a taste for hot
houses and the cultivation of exotic fruits will fol
low. And with his progress, from the simple
admiration of wild flowers, he will rise to the re
finement indicated by the decoration of his premi
ses with ornamental shrubs and flowers. Thus
every stroke of the spade leads to a desire that
its result should be enjoyed and it is under good
government alone that he will be certain to real
ize his hopes. Yours &c,
\V. P.
For the Washingtonian.
To Amelia.
Another day is past, and the soft breeze,
Ladened with freshness from the opening flower;
Like harp-tones floats among the budding trees,
And lends a rapture to this lonely hour.
Altho’ another moon now gently glides,
Since our last meeting—yet the thought of thee,
Within my heart, long treasured, still abides,
And clings unyielding to my memory.
And even now, beneath the star-lit skies,
While distant music greets my anxious ear—
And the fragrant South-wind wafts in low
breath’d sighs,
My wand’ring fancy brings thy image near.
I see tfiee now,—while virtues richest grace,
Holds queen-like sway—as when I saw thee last,
And the mild moon-beams playing o’er thy face,
Awake the cherished memories of the past.
Could I but hear the accents of that voice,
That oft I’ve heard, so silvery and sweet;
It would this sad and lonely heart rejoice,
And make the bliss of this still hour complete.
I now will think of thee, while that bright star,
Peers out in smiles, to mark where thou art
sleeping,
And ’round thy calm retreat kind spirits are,
To guard thee safe, their watchful vigils keeping.
Romeo.
Mania a Polu.— I This latin phrase is a
great favorite with all physicians; it oc
curs in the weekly or monthly reports ol
deaths and (heir causes, and is calculated
i;o make a suitable impression upon young
sinners against intemperance in drinking,
if it were properly understood. Tht
plain English of it is this :—“Died, rav
ing mad, in consequence of hard drink
ing.”
r From the New York Religious Inquirer.
e Temperance.
BY THE REV. JOSEPH LAW.
“ Many shall run to and fro, and knowl
s edge shall be increased.” Such is the
9 language of prophetic inspiration, and
Jhow strikingly has it been fulfilled in
s 'the last movement of the Temperance
e '< enterprise.
yi Many, indeed have been running, and
a | light upon this subject has been carried
i-dnto the most degraded portions of our
and truly the results have been
e more joyous than the most sanguine ex
c pectations could have anticipated.
>• The subject of Temperance is one of
r deep and thrilling interest, next in point
h of importance to Christianity itself.—
ll The wise and good have always regard
ed it even in its most imperfect state as a
•; heaven devised plan—designed to arrest
■'oneof the greatest evils which ever visi-
ted the abode of mortals.
11 Wars have desolated empires and king
’ doms; famine and pestilence have swept
e millions from the earth, while the tread
of the earthquake has demolished cities
| which have been regarded as the won
ders of the world. Yet, all these togeth
er have not caused as much crime and
| misery and death as intemperance alone.
How many days of sorrow and nights of
anguish has it produced as its legitimate
I, results. Rivers of tears have flown from
s the eyes of parents and wives in conse
quence thereof. Prisons have been fill
fed with its victims and the gallows has
_ shared largely of its hellish spoils. But
the late temperance enterprise is aiming
a deadly blow at the gigantic evil, and
shall we not most devoutly pray it may
be continued until the monster in all it?
forms is slain.
t ’ True Christians of every name are
I watching the progress of this blessed
I cause with the most intense solicitude,
| and are ready to hail each period of its
, acceleration and each triumph of its prin
ciples with mingled thankfulness to the
’ God of providence and grace, whose
’ cause it is and under whose guidance it
is destined to overcome every opposing
j influence. Its march is onward and its
, importance is urged alike upon all class
,es in society. If the aged would die in
, peace, the middle aged be useful to the
. world, or the young escape the disgrace
. of a drunkard’s grave, let them enlist in
. the cause of temperance.
In calling the attention of those who
, may read this essay, more particularly to
. the subject, permit me here to remark
. that in view of the great evil of intern
> perance it becomes the duty of every
■ Christian and philanthropist to use all
; lawful means to prevent its ravages. In
, support of this position I shall attempt
to show that the sale and use of all kinds
of intoxicating liquors as a beverage are
i unmitigated evils—are evil, only evil and
i that continually. No reasonable excuse!
can be offered in justification of the prac-j
‘ tice. Many indeed are attempted, but;
> they are alike unfounded. Those whoj
' embark in the unholy traffic often try to!
1 shield themselves from merited rebuke 1
and public censure by saying if they do:
' not sell it others will. Poor indeed must
' such an attempt to extenuate crime ap
pear to every enlightened individual.—
• May I rob or murder my neighbor, sim-j
j ply because I suppose some one else will
if Ido not? And yet, he who puts the|
' cup to his neighbor’s mouth does both. !
He not only takes his money and destroys;
his health: but hurries him to a prema
ture grave, in disgrace and infamy. Olh
ers think to shield themselves from cen
sure by telling us they never sell to any
who are intoxicated. This was urged by ,
a vender of the accursed beverage, when
in conversation with the writer of this
article. This I thought was very strange
doctrine—not to sell one already drunk!
but no scruples at brutalizing one who is
sober, and thereby rob him of all that is
truly valuable in time and eternity.
Surely if any class of men on earth
merit the rubuke of the community these
are the men. They are certainly guilty
of one of the greatest evils the sun ever
shone upon. They change, as by magic,
influence, the man into a mere brute, and
( the father or husband into a savage—rob
, the domestic circle of all its comforts,!
cause the sun of prosperity to set at noon.;
and its blossoms to go up as dust.
Oh ! what an endless train of evils
does this unholy traffic entail upon socie
ty !—and should not the men who pursue,
it take shame tq themselves ? They are
the men who enslave the appetite and
1 thereby drive the poor unfortunate drunk
ard into the shambles of death. They
blunt with narcotic beverage every ten
der feeling and close the heart to every
generous and kind emotion, and then it
i is that conscience, so often disregarded,
• ceases to warn of approaching danger.
I The frequency, too, with which the mad
i dening bowl is put to his lips, confirms
! the habit, until the soul-as well as the
■ body is fitted for destruction.
Consider now this victim of intemper
• ance in relation to his family. His house
• is the scene of discord and contention,
and his children, uninstructed, grow up
in vice. He has entailed upon tfieiii the
influence of bad example, and they j„
the end curse his memory. Nor are
these the only evils caused by this f or .
? bidden beverage. Those who pursue the
j unhallowed traffic endanger the lives
, and property of quiet citizens, by send,
j ing out their customers, like so mam
maniacs, to burn and kill, while intoxica.
j tion renders them unconscious of what
j they do. And here I cannot but feel that
r if any one on earth is to be pitied, it is
, the man who rouses from a fit of intoxi.
cation and finds himself incarcerated in
a loathsome prison, for doing he knows
f not what, until informed by some one
{ that he has been guilty of felony or mur.
der while under the influence of'maddem
ing, cursed rum. And such instances
, are by no means rare. I believe it is a
( conceded point that by far the greater por.
tion of crimes, for which liberty or life is
forfeited, are committed either direct],
or indirectly through the influence of in.
t toxication. —^
1_ '
} Temperance among the Cherokee Indians,
The following extract of a letter from
the Rev. S. Worcester, gives an interest.
I ing account of the progress of temper.
ance among the aborigines. “ Having
p the honor to be Secretary of the Chero.
, kee Temperance Society, I have better
, means than any other person to report
the this importantassociation.
The society was organized under its
. present constitution in the Autumn of
1836. Its members sign the following
pledge: We hereby solemnly pledge our
selves that we will never use, nor buy,
nor sell, nor give, nor receive, as a drink
any whiskey, brandy, rum, gin, wine, fi r
mented cider, strong beer, or any other
intoxicating liquors.” On the list of
signers to this pledge I find the names of
1752 persons, of whom I recognize 16l)
as white or black persons and we mav
perhaps reckon about 25 or 30 more as
such whom I do not know. This will
leave 1500 Cherokees who have signed
the pledge. How many of these have
broken it Ido not know. Certainly not
a few. But if we allow one third of the
whole “ which I take to be a very large
allowance,” it leaves more than lOUH
Cherokees who abstain entirely from the
use of intoxicating drinks of all kinds.
And I suppose a considerable number
more could be found who are equally ab
stinent, and who only lack' opportunity
to add their names. I may add too,
that I hear of violations of the pledge much
less frequently within two years past than
formerly, and that though intemperance is
still prevalent to an alarming degree yet
public sentiment seems to me more and
more in favor of total abstinence.—Co.
lumbia Washingtonian.
“ Father,” said a sporting youth to
his reverend parent, “they say trout will
bite now.” “ Well, well,” was the con
soling reply, “ mind your.work then,and
you’ll be sure they won’t bite you.”
We hope the old gentleman set his son
the example. Some of our swillers of
pokeberry juice, Logwood, and alcohol,
are very anxious’to have their sons re
formed, and advise them very strenuously
to sign the pledge, and in fact offer to
pay Washingtonians a sum of money, if
they will reform these young men—but
never think themselves of banishing the
wine from their tables, removing the
temptation and setting an example. If
they would do this, the young would not
so often get bit. —New Eng. Wash.
Rise and Progress of a Prlnfer.
Mr. Weed, of the Albany Evening
Journal, thus endorses Mr. Harper, “of
the firm of Harper & Brother,” who has
been elected Mayor of New York, by the
“Native American” party.
“In 1816, we worked as a journeyman
in the same office with James and John
Harper. They were distinguished, like
Franklin, our great example in the art,
for industry, temperance, and economy.
James was our partner at press. We
were at our work as soon as the day dawn
ed, and though, on a pleasant summer
afternoon, we used occasionally to si gh
for a walk upon the Battery before sun
down, he never would allow the “ balls
to be capp’d,” until we had broken the
back of the thirteenth “token.” The
sequel is, that the journeyman Printer of
1816, is, in 1844, the head of one of the
first—if not the first—publishing houses
in the world ; a man of ample fortune,
enjoying the respect and confidence of
his fellow-citizens in so eminent a degree
that he will soon become the Chief
Magistrate of our great metropolis.
Such are the rewards of industry, enter
prize, and integrity.”
[ '■ '
, Useful Prescription.— The following
. judicious prescription given
by some ancient philosopher, will apply
> equally well at the present day : If you
: would be well spoken of, learn to speak
well of others; and when you have learn
• ed to speak well of them, endeavor like*
> wise to do well to them, and thus you
, will reap the fruit of being well spoken
> of by them.