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THE HASHITCTONIAN.
AUGUSTA. FERUARTSth, IB4S.
EDITORIAL COMMI TTEE.
Rev. W. T. Bhantly, Dr. D. Hook,
•• VV J. HaRB, * HARPKH.IEsq.]
iS.. '* C. S. Don, A. W, JSoki., Eeq.
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Augusta.
We have been pleased to see some
movements among our citizens of late,
which indicate that they are waking up
to their true interests. We have been a
community of consumers, and political
economists tell us that the prosperity of
such communities cannot be permanent
and healthy. Heretofore the high prices
which our staple has commanded, have
enabled the planters to pay us a pretty
good price for negociating the article,
and pretty good prices for our goods.—
But times have undergone a material
change; the planters cannot pay as much
as we have been receiving from them.
There remains but one alternative—to
address ourselves to work.
We are fully persuaded that unless the
wheels of industry are sot in motion,
(either by steam or water.) that our city
cannot much longer enjoy that prosperi
ty that has heretofore distinguished it.—
Those who have made themselves con
versant with such matters, are of the
opinion that our city possesses peculiar
advantages for manufacturing purposes.
All that we need is that spirit of enter
prise which lias characterized the efforts
of our Northern brethren, and which has
so considerably increased the wealth and
population of the New England States.
Cold Weather. „ !
Our winter which has been an unsual
ly mild one, changed its tone on Tuesday
last for the opposite extreme. Wo have
had several days which would no doubt
be pronounced very respectable winter
weather in the latitude of New York.
J. 11. Gough.
This distinguished Tcmperanco lec
turer has recently been addressing crowds
in the city of Philadelphia. He is rep
resented as an Orator of the first order.
We wish that he or some one else would
visit our city and call from the grave,
(in which it seems to be interred.) the in
terest which once existed is Augusta, in
behalf of the Total Abstinence pledge.
Where is our old friend and
respondent, “ Rewo rder ?” Has he given'
up in despair? The rum-sellers are still
vending their liquid poison,—making
drupkards —beggaring families—increa
sing crime, and imbruting souls by their
destructive traffic. They have been
reasoned with, entreated, urged to desist
from their unholy business—but all' to
no purpose. Avarice swallows up every
other consideration, and sell the pestilent
stuff they will. With the fruits of their
business constantly ripe before their
eyes, they continue to sow the seed which
produces such death-distilling fruit.—
Not the tears of heart-broken wives, nor
the wail of orphans, nor the fearful mul
tiplication of sorrows, can persuade them
to break off from the circulation of a
beverage fraught with so much mischief.
Como, brother Rewarder, try your hand
again. Shew these people their sins.—
Let them not (with the light which you
can throw upon their trade,) have it to
say at last, “In ignorance we did this
thing.”
The Deposed Ouderdouks—Ttmpcrancc.
The recent deposition of the Episco
pal Bishop of Pennsylvania, and the
more recent suspension of his brother,
the Episcopal Bishop of New York,supply
matter for painful reflection. None but a
malignant heart can exult in the calami
ty which has overwhelmed them. Chris
tianity in her remotest connexions, bleeds
when her public advocates prove recre
ant to their high vocation. Wc allude
to the matter nt the present time to sound
the note of warning.
It is generally believed that both of
the Onderdonks, so far from supporting,
were the decided enemies of Temper
ance organizations. The baleful influ -
ence of their precept and example, was
seen in the conduct of the clergy of
their Diocese. Whilst ministers of all
other denominations were found among
the zealous friends of the Temperance
Reform, the Episcopal clergy of New
York and [Philadelphia (with a few hon
orable exceptions,) stood aloof. Had
their Bishops lent tJjjpir countenance and
support to this philanthropic cause, it is
highly probable that their ministers
would Kave folWwed their example. The
result w,ould doubtless have been great
good to tl\p people of their charge in
general, amj to the Bishops in particu- j
larC ***"""
* ” Anecdote of Robert Hall.
Right j tujnes. —A brother preacher
who WappenStJ to be lodging with Rev.
Robert .to'him that he
was in the ImblKof taking a little re
freshment after preaching. The refresh
ment called for was a glass of brandy
and water. “You cannot have it by
that name, my dear sir,” replied Mr.
Hall; “call it by its proper name and
you shall have it.” “ And pray what is
that?” “Not refreshment —but liquid
poison and distilled damnation .” A pret
ty hot dose. We would suggest this as |
a suitable label for the decanters. To
call the article by its right name might
have some effect in diminishing its pop
ularity.
Delirium Tremeus. r »
Reader, have you ever seen a case of
delirium tremens? You know that this
is the state which ensues when the
wretched drinker of turning spirits is re
covering from some ’drunken debauch, j
He is then tormfnted by a thousand dis
tressing npprehpnsipns, which thoagh
they have no real existence, are never
theless invested by his imagination with
all the power of troth- Let a man be
fully persuaded tKjtt, frrspds
have become his enemies; atpl are t!urst
ing for his'blood;'that he secs demonsJn
some frightfufViMh'armed wirirvinsTru
ments of torture to ffiWess Apu.pur
suing hint whithersoteveKhe that
he hears voices fti fir Ihroatning hjtq
with the most awful } ttyit h \ftelf
then? pressing violently against his
body; let tiinj not only imlgikebut btj
fully convinced of all this (ina ’sober
nfan can ;)‘in kddltibn to this, le’t him be
wholly unable either to sleep of eat;
and he-will Jmbejsome faint ijfea of
wretchedness of a poor being, suffering
under deiiriuAi t/cmens. Sometimes the
anguish olj thy sufferer is so great that,
the case.terminates in confirmed insani
ijy, and lie rfiust.be put in confinement.
Tn% kqepertf of otir mad-houses tell us
that *& fjonsi’derable proportion of their
tenants.have been made such ky intern
perancA* Where insanity does not take
place, tbe system suffers such a violent
shock, thpt death, sooner or later is the
consequence. It is true that nature)
as if willing xto warn, spares the victirti
and permits hftp to recover from orle or
twd; and more attacks. But
th& consequences <Jf repetition are inva
riably (atal. Death,' pr what is worsd,
madness, is the universal result of fre
quent repetition.
Now every man who drinks to excess,
or who even drinks habitually, in such
quantities as will not in themselves pro-1
duce intoxication, is exposed'to this hor
rible malady. The moderate drinker has
placed himself under a discipline which
will assuredly train him up for this most
melancholy of all conditions.
O ye lovers of the deceitful beverage,
ponder these things! Keep away from
the damning grog shop! Fear the man I
who mixes for you the sweetened
poison, as much as you would dread the
assassin who seeks your life! Let no
man enrich himself with the blood of
your soul!
For the Washiugtoninn.
Rum Selling*
Notwithstanding the specimens of fine
fellows which this business occasionally
affords, wc believe that it so imnnirs ones
* . i
sensibilities, that if persisted in for a
length of time, the rumseller will he
found destitute of any heart. Recently
one of these fine specimens afforded the
evidence in favor of our assertion. A
poor fellow was led by the aforesaid
specimen of charitable beings some dis
tance from the shop, and left, thougi
scarcely able to stand —almost we sup
pose too drunk to talk, or to know where
he was. The night was bitter—the
stranger might die. On that very night
we had given shelter to a poor brute that
we thought might be injured by the in
clement season—it could not pay us-*
yet, its comfortable appearance was*!im
ple reward. But the rumseller, who had
| helped a man to become stupid attoj hll()-
less, leaves him to he tloes not,
care what becomes of him. He keeps,
a drinking and not a drunken sfu>p-
When men are unable to drink, whj%he
has no use for them, and he will then
turn them out under circumstances to
which decent men would not expose a
dog. ANTI-RUM.
From the Temperance Banner.
It is, perhaps, a well known fajjt to all
that Alcohol had bis origin
and that in the early par! of his existence
he was considered to be a greirt frictul to
mankind. y
paving now stated where
in a brief manner, I will mentidn
of (be traits of his character—both good
add bad, (for I do not wish, in the least
degree, to do him injustice.) Jr. the ear
ly part of his life, his .biographer informs
us, he was considered a very groat physi
ician; so much so indeed, that all per
sons, of every age, size, and sex, resort
ed to him, to be healed of w hatever mal
adies they were afflicted. Alcohol see
ing himself becoming renowned, and at
so early a period of his life, and being
naturally of an ambitious spirit, wished
to extend his borders a little farther.
He at length made his way into Eu.
rope, where it seems he met with almost
universal reception. No grades of soci
ety refused his presence, but, indeed, all
sought it : he was adored by the monarch
on his throne and by the peasant on his
stool. Having extended his borders thus
far, we roav readily conclude that he had
no difficulty in embracing the whole
-WQfld, nor was he long in doing this, So
for it seems that Alcohol wasabtotomun
do, acknowledged and received great
Jhan.N ’ \ t
Having-given a very concise deserij/-
(ionofhie younger days, we will now
proceed to give a more minute detail of
tyivcharadter in his subsequent life; which
willvbe acknowledged as true by some, if
ho| *>y4tl). Alcohol was by no means
partial as a prince, for he favored the
mbst miserable beggar ns much as he did
the most exalted king. He ardently do
qired tp gain the good will of all men—
and ifjit had been possible, of the very
brutjef themselves; but they, perhaps
being*more wisely taught by instinct than
may, refused his gentle woings.
He w T as considered, not only the great- j
est doctorative, but also law
yer; and, indeed, to bei&ort, theta-wfls
no avocation in life that he was not con
sidered up to. He wn9 invited to all
kinds of parties, and held a very con
spicuous place, during the interim ; the
fair damsel placed her ruby lips to his
mouth while with her hand she heartily
embraced his neck—and then the noble
lords, in turn, would do the same. All
having partaken of some of his vital
principles, they would sit down in jovial
glee, each one to sing of the great things
which he himself had done; all talking
and mfooe listening.
He causes, people sometimes to be
very religious; I have seen them when
they had taken Bountifully of the old
prince, kneel and pour fortfi tfs humßle a
petition to trie tb*«ne of grace, as ever
did the most Christian. Just let a
lawyer be under the influence of him, and
he will pour forth a strain of eloquence
that will cause the very walls of a court
house to to (heir lowest founda
tion.
He (Alcohol! makes men wealthy in
their own estimation—but let a poor sot
get as much wants, and he feels as
though her-waved the sceptre over mill
ions of his fellow men.
But, it is necessary to mention some
of his bad qualities, to the impartial. In
the first place, he is one of the greatest
murderers that ever- lived; no estimate
i can be formed of the number of deaths
j he has caused, either directly or indirectly
1 —should a dreadful earthquake cause this
ponderous globe upon which we move to
shake to its very centre, and at the same
time engulph thousands of thousands
amid the crumbliug ruins, it would not
equal the number of lives that have been
destroyed by his murderous hand. As a
tyrant hr s‘nnd» unequalled. Hr causes
the man to leave the grog shop at the
darkest and most gloomy hour of the
light, when not a t glimmering star doth
show its face to guide his weary feet;
and when not a single cottage is near in
which he may rest his shaking frame.
Had the foul fiend of the infernal regions
been turned loose with all his hosts, he
could not have done more harm than
Alcohol with his progeny.
Fkaskun.
STong Testimony.
Benjamin Silliman, M. D., L. L. D.,
Professor of Chemistry, &e., in Yale Col
lege, says:—
“At about forty-three years of age, I
an almost entire prostration of
health, in consequence of eicessive labors,
and affliction, from the sickness and death
S»f several of my children. During sev- !
eral years, in which 1 was sinking, I tried
in vain, under medical direction, the most
improved forms ofetimulus, joined with
the most nutritious and varied diet.—
When at length, my powers were almost
broken down, I was persuaded by a
friend, to abandon the use of wine and i
every other alcoholic stimulus, and to de- j
pend upon a small quantity of bread,
crackers, rice, and little animal muscle,
or other simple kinds of .food, with water,
milk, or other mild, diluent drinks, omit
ting every thing thai, contains alcohol.
Within a few weeks, mv health began to j
yiend, and at the end of one year, I was j
\Me to return to arduous duties, demand- j
exertions of both body and 1
mind'. My frame, naturally vigorous!
and elastic, gradually recovered its tone,
and now, thirteen years after the period
of pay greatest depression, I am able,
up*n a simple but common diet, consist
ing of the most usual articles of food,
taken without any use of alcoholic stimu
lus, to perforin constant labor in rny pro- !
session, with much public speaking, and 1
sustain no inconveuience except the fa
tigue which sleep removes, as in the case ;
of other healthly persons. I was, from
childood, constitutionally prone to bleed- i
ing at the nose, and sometimes to an
alartning degree. After the recovery of
rny hpalth, 1 allowed myself to use, with
much moderation, the best bottled cider,
at dinner- only. Afte) abstaining from it. j
for a few weeks, on a long journey, (lie- j
cause cider ofa good quality could not be
obtained, at the tavernsj) my nose bleed
fng ceased, and with itithc jrertigos, and
confused and uncomfortable feelings of
he head and nerves, by which I hnd fre
qupntly been troubled. Thinking that
cider might have been concerned in can- j
sing these effects I have never returned I
to its use. and for nearly three yeans, i
since I omitted cider, I hnve had no seri- j
ous recurrence of these affections. v ;
“P. S. In two othercases wfHjin my j
knowledge, nose bleeding has ceased by \
the omission of cider. In ofie oF these,
the bleeding was excessive and danger-;
ous. The individual Inst referred to is a
very athletic man, of full habit and san-j
guine temperament.”
Religion a.nong the Cherokees. —The j
five churches under the careof-tbe Cher- ;
okee Mission (says the Missionary Her-1
aid for January,) embrace two hundred
and forty members. About one hundred !
and fifty dollars hXye been raised by the
natives during the past year for the dis
tribution of the Scriptures arming their
own people, The Temperance -Society
embraces aboqt twenty three hunched
members; and this cause is advancing
in the nation,V They have made pro
visions for * sustaining eighteen free
schools from thaiKown funds.
■
Duelling fn tTeiigress.
There is often a stale of society, in a
people externally and yet not j
thoroughly Christian, that can be desig
nated by no better Jerm than that of'‘re
fined fytrbarians.” , We hope the epithet
: may never merit to be applied to our
selves, as a people, who profess more
virtue than they practise.
ByV recent vote of the House of Re
presentatives of the United States, the
antiquated mode of adjusting personal
! differences, by the “ Duel,” or, murderous
combat between two men, who meet in
cold blood, to assassinate one another,
has received the sanction of the Repre
sentatives of the people of the United
! States! Does this vote express the opin
ions of the people of the United States?
Is it a faithful representation of the popu
lar sentiment? We answer decidedly in
j the negative. Public opinion among the
j mass of our population, does not favor
| duelling. It may receive countenance
; from a few idle, opulent and conceited
I men, who misled by warm fancies, seek
ito ape, what they call the chivalry of
ancient times, and of which “ancient
times” became so ashamed, that she ex
ploded it as a barbarous practice, and left
it to be revived by the mushroon pride,
and vindictive passions of a free poeple,
in a new land, whose proud motto is
“equal and exact justice to all men.”
The injustice of this practice glares
rpvoltinglv on its very front. “Death” is
j the penalty of a word/ And that “i cord,"
commits no other offence, than inflicting
a momentary wound on morbid vanity.
j Conceit calls this vanity “honor!”—and
| as conceit of vain men makes honor
something which cannot be defined, death
must be the penalty of touching it with a
| leather. We have known many of these
sons of vanity, who enroll themselves in
the “legion of honor,” not Bonaparte’s
j legion, which W'as founded on genuine
! courage—who had no regard for honesty,
truth, sincerity, candor, or any noble
| feature of our nature—who would allow
i their tailors to call them cheats , and serv
i in g men to upbraid them as being defi.
cient in manhood—and vet thev were
at any moment ready to' blow a* man's
brains out who doubted their honor, which
thus became defined at once to be the
disposition and willingness to commit
Murder! This is honor. It has no re
i iation to any one meritorious quality of
j our nature—but is found most abundant-
I ly in gambling hells, in bagnois, in tav
j erns and in public assemblies, where men
| speak under the excitement of passion, in
! a manner disgraceful to a gentleman , or
under the influence of liquor, which be
wilders their reason. The satisfaction
of a gentleman is always asked from one
who has deported himself as no gentleman
would. In fine, the whole cope of honor,
as it is termed, is made up of contradic
tions absurdities,evasions, lies and duplic
ity, and winds up by committing murder
for a hot word which was not intended tobe
uttered! Now, if such men wil murder
themselves, it is no loss lo society, howe
ver much it may disgrace our character
es a Christian people. But before Con
gress gives its sanction to so grossnn ab
surdity—so outrageous an infraction of
God’s laws—let them pass an act to com
pel all men of honor to pay Ihdir debts
before they send a challenge—failing in
which, the penalty of duelling shall he the
gibbet. After that, we shall hear no
more of “modern chivalry,”—see no
more “calling out,” and be shocked by
no more votes against a motion to expel
members who attempted assassination.—
Saturday American.
Resolution. —There is nothing in man
so potential for weal or wo, as firmness
of purpose. Resolution is almost om
nipotent. Slieridinn was at first timid,
and obliged to sit down in the midst of
a speech. Convinced of, and mortified
at the cause of his failure, he said one
day to a friend, ‘lt is in me, and it shall
come out.’ From that moment he rose
and shone, and triumphed in a eonsti
mate eloquence. Here was true moral
courage. And it was well observed by
a he'athen moralist, that it is not because
things are difficult that we dare not tin
deriake them, but they appear difficult
because we dare not undertake them.—
Be then, bold in spirit. Indulge no
doubts, for doubts are trnitors. In the
practical pursuit of our high aim, let us
never loose sight of it in the slightest in
stance : for it is more by a disregard of
small things, than by open and flagrant
offences, that men come short of excel
lence. There is always a right and a
wrong: and if you ever doubt, be sure
you take not the wrong. Observe this
rule, and every experience will he to you
a means of advancement.
Boys «lo you Hear Thist
Some considerate editor thus talks to
the boys. Hear him. One hour in youths
spent studiously, is like putting an idle
dollar out at compound interest; it comes
back in the futurea hundred fold:
What say you, boys? —The evenings
are now nearly as long as they will be
during the cold season; suppose you
spend two hours of each in useful study.
This would make fourteen hours per week,
that would make sixty hours per month,
and three hundred hours by the first of
April. Think of it. Lay out a system
of studies, and pursue it faithfully, and if
you do not know more, and are not wi
ser, and consequently better fitted for the
practical duties of life, we shall be ex
! ceedingly disappointed. These two
hours per diem will not at all encroach
I upon the time necessary to read the
newspaper. The study of any of the
j sciences will, in fact, give increased zeal
j for the lighter and practical contents
: which fill the columns ot a well conducted
; news sheet. The head of a family who
would cultivate a taste for study and.
! knowledge among his children, should not
j fail to keep continually within the reach
iof overy member of his domestic circle
the newspaper.
A Merry Bridal.
The annexed pleasant account of a vil
lage wedding is from a late English jour
nal, which feelingly dwells upon a delight
! ful scene calculated to gladden the heart
j and to excite the gentler sympathies of
human nature. The winsome daughter
;of the pastor of Doddlestone was to be
married to a promising young clergy
man, and the inhabitants of the parish
loving all parties, determined to make
the nuptials an occasion for a joyous fes
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