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THE WASHINGTONIAN.
AUGUSTA. OCTOBER 5, 18*4.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Jtev. W. T. BsantlaY, Rev. Geo. F. Pierce,
“ \V. J. Hard, Dr. D Hook,
44 C. S. Don, James Harper, Esq.
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03“ We ask special attention to the
admirable address ot President Shannon
on Slavery, published in this days paper.
The Abolitionists can as readily cast a
mountain into the sea without faith, as
refute the rational and scriptural argu
ments of this masterly production. We
think it particularly suitable to temper
ance journals, because its pervading mor
al principle is the same our advocates
wish to establish; viz: that virtuous
self-restraint is indispensable to true free
dom. The length of ihe article, we hope,
will not deter our readers from perusing
it. Its great excellence will fully re
ward them for the trouble, and satisfac
torily apologize for our inserting a piece
which takes up so many of our columns.
(fCT We have learned from the proper
source, that meetings of the W. T. Ab
stinence Society of this city, will be ap
pointed as soon as there is the least pros
pect of effecting good thereby. Now,
when the whole population of the city, is
deeply interested by two important elec
tions just at hand, it is not to be expected
that we could have either a large or prof
itable meeting. The winter campaign
will soon open—then let every Washing
tonian be fully prepared to render good
service!
I .Wiii...A. l », - n ■
The Hamburg Republican. —Wc have
received the first No. of this paper, pub
lished in Hamburg, S. C. by James Coch
ran. It is a well printed sheet, advocates
the Democratic party, but its columns,
says the editor, will bo open to liberal
correspondents of all parties, so long as
they confine themselves to subjects of in
terest to the people. The terms aro two
dollars and fifty cents, per annum—pub
lished weekly.
03“ A distressing fire occurred at Co
lumbia, S. C. on Sunday everting last.—
The principal sufferers were Mrs. Marga
ret Black and Mr. David Ewart. Messrs.
Palmer «& Co. and Mr. John Ewart, have
also suffered severely, although the latter
was insured to tho amount of $4,000.
Tile Political Canvass.
It gives us much satisfaction to state,
that the present political canvass, so far
as it has come under our personal obser
vation, is conducted in a manner highly
creditable to both parties. We have seen
no effort to influence votes by the brandy
bottle, and, with the exception of the pa
rades, &c. which we think had better be
let alone, we have witnessed nothing
calling for rebuke. That freemen should
meet in council for mutual consultation
and advice about their common interests,
is every way proper, necessary and com
mendable; but that they should, after
the long continued practice of soliciting
votes through the vicious inclinations of
men, at once generally adopt the noble
plan of appealing to each others’ under
standings, is extraordinary, admirable,
and altogether above our feeble efforts of
commend-ation. It increases our respect
for our fellow men, and gives us the most
pleasing anticipations of improvement in
the condition of our country. Error
cannot long control the public mind, un
der the influence ,of this system of open,
frank and manly discussion. Let it on
ly be relieved of all bitterness, and every
mind be kept open to conviction, and it
must prove a public blessing.
The time was when we apprehended
mischief from public political discuss
ions, but the experience of the past sum
mer has dissipated our fears, at least, so
long as high character and talent con
trol the meetings. The good they must
produce, more than counterbalance other
objections we entertained against them.
Among those good effects may be reck
oned, the diffusion of useful knowledge,
and the production of kindly feeling and
mutual respect. Political knowledge
will be carried into every neighborhood,
—yea, to every fireside, and when we
see that our opponents arc diligently, and
often at great sacrifice, laboring for what
they conceive will promote our interests
as well as their own, and sustain their op
position by reasons plausible enough to
convince us of their honesty, we must
respect them—we must regard them
with kindness.
We will conclude, by earnestly urging
the two parties to maintain to the end,
the high character they have already es
tablished. Let not the disgraceful scenes
of former years tarnish the glory of this.
Lose not the votes of the thinking , to gain
the votes of the unthinking and sensu
al! !! You are warned !
03” Like a brother Editor who lately
amusingly described the impossibility of
extending his labors for the want of an
idea, we should have now to conclude
ours for the present week, but for the
happy thought of borrowing one from
Dr. Abercrombie. He makes the two
words continence and temperance express
two distinct and very different virtues—
the one, being a mere abstinence from
vicious indulgences,—the other, a cor
rection of the inclinations which lead to
them. A thousand considerations short of
virtuous principle, may prevent the indul
gence of the passions.—Fear, hope, the
customs of society, may erect “ mounds
and barriers” that wo dare not overleap.
But nothing short of religion or exalted
virtue, can enable us so to control the
hoad and heart as to banish from our
bosoms all improper inclinations. That
is continence, —this is temperance.
In illustration of this beautiful thought,
it may be remarked, that the Great
Teacher, makes tho same distinction be
tween the Law and the Gospel:—The
one forbids murder, —tho other forbids
even the dispositions that lead to murder.
The law is complied with by merely
avoiding the crime, though the heart de
sire to commit it, —the Gospel is obeyed,
only when instead of injury, wo extend
the fruits of love and mercy to our ene
mies—when the heart is full of those dis
positions! which “ worketli no evil” to
our neighbors. How infinitely wise, ex
cellent and practicable, is this “new way ”
to the highest moral excellence! But to
return.
Whether the Doctor has refined be
yond authority on the word continence,
we are rtot now prepared to say; but that
he is entirely correct as to tho force of
the word from which temperance is de
rived, there can be no question whatever.
Taking it for granted that he is accurate
in regard to both, we remark, that the
one often leads to the other, and there
fore, when we are pleading for temper
ance, only in the sense of continence,
we are actually laying the foundation for
the highest moral elevation of which hu
man nature is susceptible. There was.
as we may have once before said, much
practical wisdom in Hamlet’s advice ' j
his mother, viz: “.\ssume (practice) a
virtue, if you have it not,” &c. Ab
nence from vicious indulgences, with the
consentaneous practice of virtue, cannot
fail, by their excellent fruits, to commend
them to the warmest affections of the
heart; whence in due time it would re
sult, that what might have at first been
done from prudence, is at last diligently
performed from the purest and best prin
ciples. May I not successfully urge
every reader of this article who has not
tried the experiment, to test the truth of
this principle, and especially in regard
to strong drink?
In the fact just considered, we have
an additional proof of the superlative ex
cellence of the cause we plead;—for it
shows that where we succeed, a principle
is implanted in the heart, that may issue
in complete mastery of the passions which
urge men on to crime and misery—that
may issue in that self-control which con
stitutes men “free indeed.” Is not the
cause that tends to this end, deserving of
v
the best services of the very best men ?
Is not he a traitor to liberty who deserts
. i it? Is not he a monster, that would raise
obstacles in the way to retard its onward
progress? Can he be a friend of man, or
any thing short of a nuisance to society,
whose life is devoted to thwarting its be
nevolent design ?
For the Washingtonian.
Friendship.
Since the endearing ties
Os friendship link the universal kind
Os man, so close.
i In scenes of poverty and woe,
Where melancholy dwells,
The influence of this living ray,
The dreary gloom dispels.
Its power can charm the savage heart,
The tyrant’s pity move;
To smiles convert the wildest rage
And melt the soul to love.
A thousand nameless beauty’s spring,
A thousand virtues glow,
A smiling train of joys appear,
And ceaseless blessings flow.
Nor shall the storms of age which cloud
Each gleam of sensual joy,
And blast the gaudy flowers of pride,
These blest effects destroy.
Unbounded charity displays
All sympathizing charms,
And friendship’s pure seraphic flame,
The generous bosom warms.
PttOMTER.
From the Safeguard.
The Orchard, Apples and Cider.
Occasionally we meet with an indi
vidual who seems to have but one tender
place about him, and that is his pocket.
You may appeal to his patriotism, or to
his philanthropy, and he is comparative
ly unmoved; but touch his pocket, and
ho will start like a tortoise when you put
a coal of fire on its hack.
Major Longpurse is a man of the a
bovo description. He avows that he
wishes well to the cause of temperance;
he says it has done much good, and hopes
it may do more. But when urged to
sign the pledge, he begins to show symp
toms of inward uneasiness; and he stam
mers forth several excuses which are any
thing but satisfactory, either to himself
or to others. The Major has a large Or
chard from which he has been in the
practice of making great quanties of ci
der, and thereby handsomely lining his
pockets. Upon a careful consideration
of the matter, I am inclined to suspect
that his orchard ii the great obstacle
which prevents his joining the temperance
society. Could we only convince him
that his apples might be more advanta
geously disposed of in some other way,
ho would no doubt give up the cider bu
siness, and might be induced to enlist in
the temperance army. To convince him
on this point, I beg leave to offer a few
observations; though it is more than
probable he will never see them, as few
persons of his character are subscribers
to the •* Safeguard.”
I have had some little acquaintance
with the cider making business. For
days and weeks together 1 have been
employed in picking and grinding ap
ples, and in taking care of cider ; and so
vivid are the recollections of the past,
that I almost imagine that I can hear at
this hour, tho ratling, groaning, and
squealing of the old cidermill, as the
sturdy nags pulled it round while I tend
ed the hopper. I speak therefore not
without experience, when I say that most
of the operations connected with cider
making are heavy and filthy work, and
that it is a hard way to get money. It
is true, tho farmer must not expect to
thrive without labor, but if on equal a
mount of money may be obtained with
less work, common sense dictates that
the less laborious method should be pur
' ued. And especially when the ruinous
tendency of cider making is considered,
every farmer should seriously inquire
whether he may not dispose of the pro
duce of his orchard in some way which
shall be more pleasant, profitable and
useful than to make it into cider.
When apples are fed up to stock, the
labor is but little. They are peculiarly
convenient for feeding swine or cattle in
the autumnal months. When we feed
corn or potatoes, the labor of gathering
and dealing out these articles to the stock
is considerable; but apples gradually
drop from the trees as they are wanted,
and the number of animals turned into
the orchard may be proportioned to the
supply of food, so that there shall be
neither lack nor waste.
I have run over some of the back vol
umes of the Cultivator, to collect the tes
timony of practical farmers upon the
value of apples for feeding stock. For
swine, it appears to be pretty well estab
lished that they are fully equal, if not
superior, to potatoes, bulk for bulk. In
the Cultivator of 1840, page 36, is a
communication from David Tomlinson,
Schenectady, in which he states that a
' farmer of his acquaintance fed his hogs
with a “ certain measure of apples daily
for a given time, and rtiey throve well.
He then fed the same hogs with the same
measure of potatoes, for an equal given
time, and the animals showed an evident
loss.” I have been informed, that a far
mer in the town of LaGrange made a
: similar experiment, and with the like re
sult. I confess I should hardly have ex
pected such a result; though few far
mers are ignorant that apples are a valu
able food for swine, particularly for giv
ing the animals a fine start in the early
! part of autumn, before the corn is ripe,
ilf apples are as valuable for feeding
■ swine as the above experiments indicate,
! it can scarcely be doubted, that, Inking
into account the greater amount of labor
required to manufacture and carry the
cider to market, it will bo found more
profitable, in ordinary years, *to convert
the apples into pork.
It has been a common opinion that ap
ples are of little value for feeding cattle,
and that when given to milch cows they
will dry up the milk. In the Cultivator
of 1842, page 17, Mr. H. D. Grove, gives
the results of eight years experience in
feeding apples. When he gave his cows
half a bushel each, twice a day, the milk
increased in quantity about one third, the
cream was very abundant, and the butter
of superior quality. When he doubled the
quantity of apples, the milk decreased.
He concludes, therefore, that, “ It is eat
ing to excess that does the mischief.—
Let the animals get used to them grad
ually, and there is no danger.” He al
so remarks, and very justly, that pota
toes, pumpkins, or grain, eaten to excess
would produce equally injurious effects.
Indeed, I once knew a fine cow that came
to her death in a few hours, by overload
ing herself with pumpkins.
Pecuniary motives, as well as those of
a higher character, should induce every
farmer immediately to discontinue the
manufacture of cider, on the ground that
it may bring all the evils of intemper
ance on his own family. When cider is
always at hand, he cannot be surprised
if his children fall into the practice of
drinking it, unless they should be deter
ed by witnessing its frightful effects on
the seniors, as the Spartan youths were
made to abhor intemperance by having
the drunken slaves brought into their
presence. How many estates have been
squandered by intemperate sons, whose
appetite for the destructive poison has
been acquired or fostered, by the free
flow of cider to which they have been ac
customed from their infancy in the hous
es of their parents! The ancient cus
tom, once so prevalent among farmers,
of storing away in their cellars, several
casks of cider for family use, has been
the cause of an indescribable amount of
mischief and suffering. I have seen
enough of cider, to know that it is capa
ble of producing intemperance in its
; worst forms ; and in addition to its other
bad qualities, this liquor has the reputa
tion of producing a peculiar sourness of
disposition, whence has arisen a proverb
in some sections of the country, that
l * cider drunkards are the crossest hus
bands in the world.” Think on that,
young man, and empty your cider into
the vinegar cask, before you go a court
ing. A. R.
The Temperauce Cause.
It is refreshing to the heart of the
philanthropist to find, that although our
country is shaken to its centre, bv the
convulsions consequent upon a great po
litical revolution, still the spirit of Tem
perance is found moving in our midst, and
preparing the minds of men for that
calm reflection and sober thought, which
the crisis demands. Wc gaze upon the
bow, resting one glorious extremity upon
trees glittering with rain drops—the
other upon the blue and waveless ocean,
as it glows upon the black cloud, sinking
down the horizon, and we admire the
power that can lend beauty to the ele
ments of destruction, that enables the
mind to mingle a cup of the richest
pleasure, out of the remembrance of past
misfortunes. Look at yonder well dress
ed man, leading his once neglected chil
dren to the house of God ! ’Tis but two
years since that man was bound hand
and foot in fetters of fire to the chariot
wheels of Alcohol. But now reason has
resumed her abode, love hath come back
to dwell in his heart, and the brute man
has awakened from his slumbers to re
cognize the blessings of God. Look at
the Reformer, for he is now a man among
men, and trace, if you can, the influence
of that single reformation upon his fam
ily, his friends, and the community.—
The wife who trembled at the sound of
his voice, now meets him with a smile—
the children who were wont to hide away,
to escape a father’s anger, now cling
around his neck to implore a father’s
blessing! Can we estimate the influ
ence of a single reformation ? If one
representative from every class that has
felt the blessed results that have flowed
from this reform, could be arrayed before
our readers, what a picture would be pre
sented ? There would be the lisping boy,
to murmur forth its song of thanksgiving
' —there would lie the school girl, with her
. heart brimful of joy—there would be the
? soldier and the sailor, —the physician and
) the lawyer.—there would be sickness
t beguiled, and age cheered,—and domes
- tic jars forgotten, and domestic sympa
t thies enhansed, —oh! what a picture
• would be presented, if but one represen
tative from every class should swell the
- pilgrim train? And all this, is produced
■ by going back to the simple element,
• cold water — cold wateb, water— which
r the delighted earth herselfdrinks in, with
. a silent, never satiated avidity, and
? hoards it in her depths to restore it to the
, daylight of summer, with a boundless
; exuberance of beauty and of fruitfulness.
■ Reader! Can you drink alcohol in pre
; ference to pure cold water ? Remember
: the one comes from death and corruption ,
t and poisons your system —the other
springs from the hand of GodUnd invig
orates your system.— Pa. Sat. Amer.
Onward!
This should be the motto of every
: true Temperance man. Notwithstand
ing the attempts which the enemies of
our great cause are making to create the
impression that, if not decidedly retroga
ding, the temperance movement is at
least brought to a stand still, we are as
heartily sanguine as we ever have been,
of the nltimate success of the glorious
principles for which we contend. They
are the principles which lay at the foun
dation of all good government, which se
cure the blessings of social order, good
fellowship, and the inestimable treasures
that cluster around the family circle.
It is true we see occasionally, inebri
ates reeling through the street, and hear
the bacchanalian shout from the revel
lers at the wine bottle ; but these annoy
ances are far less frequent than in times
past. As the political struggle between
the parties approaches its termination,
the mild voice of temperance is drowned
in the rude clamor and nuisv strife of
contending factions. In the excitement
which naturally accompanies these par
tizan movements, men may for a while
loose sight of many dear and valued
privileges, to which they are, neverthe
less, strongly attached. But we have no
fear that, as the loud clangor of party
strife shall pass away, and men resume,
as they soon will, their neglected avoca
tions, and return to their old and cher
ished principles, Temperance will again
spread its wings and arise in the clear at
mosphere of purity and peace. ,
There is something too deep rooted,
in the Temperance growth, to be ever
eradicated. There is in the blessings
which it confers too much solid reality,
to allow of the cause being forgotten, or
its advantages overlooked. Onward is
the motto which must press upon our at
tention, as we look around and witness in
the one hand the delolate hearth made
pleasant, the weeping mother made hap
py, and the suffering children raised
from the bed of rags and want to the en
joyment of a Temperance home ; that
home»whose once sunken and degraded
owner has been enabled to raise himself
from the mire and filth of his beastly in
toxication, and through the benign influ
ence of Temperance has placed himself
once more, a man, among men; and
while, on the other hand, our eye is ar
rested by the ravages of the destroyer j
while we are still compelled to witness
the drunkard in our streets, and know
that the prison doors are thronged with
the victims of rum, and the hospital and
the poor house, and the grave, are filling
up with the poor rum sots, whose places
are continually supplied from the ranks
of the “moderate drinker;” while these
things make sad the heart, and while the
dearest interests of society, and the best
interests of our country, demand our ser
vices, we can never fail, in so glorious a
cause, to exult in our prospects, and by
all means, and at all times, to press on
ward ! onward! ! onward !!!— Pa. Sat.
American.
From the Central (N. Y.) Farmer.
Horn Distemper, or Hollow Horn.
This disease, sometimes called, like
wise the horn-ail, is often fatal from un
skilful treatment.- It often makes its
attack very suddenly, and may be known
by the drooping of the head, lopping of
the ears, a glassy appearance of the eye,
lashing tjje sides with the tail, bloating of
the chest, loss of appetite, &c.
Treatment. —Bleed from the neck, and
cut off the end of the tail, if it is soft and
loose. Prepare a solution of salt in vin
egar, and make it strong with pepper,
and pour it into each ear at the tempera
ture of blood heat; this may be repeated
twice in the 24 hours as long as the symp
toms require. Put a table-spoonful of
spirits of turpentine into the cavity on the
top of the head a few times. Give two
balls of tar rolled with meal, of the size
of a butternut, twice a day.
The above method of treating this dis
ease, is recommended by Mr. Samuel W.
Bartlett, late of East Windsor, Ct., as
having been very successful in a large
number of cases treated by himself, and
others in that vicinity.