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t Cttnpcrnnre Itprtintnt. " Look not npon the Wine." From the Edgefield Advertiser. Legislative Restrictions on the Liquor Traffic. NO. II. We promised in No. 1, of this series, to notice in the present essay, the moral evils re suiting from the use of spirituous liqnors.? This, however, has been so often and so ably done, that it seems almost a work of supereroga'ion to allude, to it, and therefore, we will dispose of it as summarily as can conveniently be done. Indeed we haidly know how logo about making an argument to prove that making, vending and drinking ardent spirits is productive of moral evil, it looks like arguing to prove that light conies from the sun, or that an effect must have a cause. What is there that occupies a higher place in the records of crime than liquor ? What causes more murders and violence and misery in any form?? What brings poverty, gaunt and hungry, to the mansions of the great, and the cottages of the lowly? Listen to the wail of that widowed heart, and see the tears that stream from those orphan's eyes, as in their helpless grief, they gather about the eheerlcss hearth and cry for bread which the mother in her destitution can not give them. Behold that old man as he bends bver that newly made grave and longs to pillow nis neaa oesiue mm wno was me pride of his heart and the hope of his dec-lining years. What means that woman's terrified flight from the hovel of her daily misery, and the speechless horror of those children r.s they contemplate the insane rage of one whom in better days they welcomed with gladsome smiles to his home of happiness. Look at that man, made in God's image, and destined to an endless existence ; see him reeling along the streets defiled with the gutter's filth, his moral feelings degraded, desperately bent on destruction. Surely if this be not evil, the word should be stricken from the language.? How then is the evil to be remedied? Moral suasion says one, voluntary societies' says another, while a third insists that it shall be let alone, and it will cure itself. Well, it was let alone long enough before any attempt was made to stop it, but it did not cure useii. Society after society too, has risen, flourished and gone the way of all human organizations; "Take a little," "total abstinence," " Washingtouians," " Rechabites" and " Sons of Temperance," haw all stood in the breach, and tried to stay its progress. Temperance lecturers have perambulated the length and breadth of the land; they have employed argument and ridicule and sarcasm; they have appealed to the judgments and passions of the people; every motive that moral suasion could bring to bear upon the subject has been presented ; affection, interest, honor, happiness temporal and eternal, have been appealed to in every shape that the genius of man could invent, arid still the evil is not remedied. Who then will blame the friends of good order, or of domestic hap piness, patriots and christians for making one more effort, by calling to their aid the strong arm of the civil power? I object says one, because it will deprive me of my personal liber ?*r . i jo r ... *i i. ty. vyouiq ll inaeeu 5 jjet us sub men uuw fur a man is entitled to personal liberty ? Hero is a man just about to leap from a precipice under the maddening influence of strong eino tion, and a friendly hand is stretched out and draws him to a place of safety and holds him until the iufatuation has passed away. Is there any violation of personal liberty in this kind --li k .l 1 :ii..n?.ni:nnB )1Q ?P/1 act * --V lllUUSilUU lllusu uuvus 1111^,111 Ut p. V. duced on this point, but it is needless to mul tiply them. Well, the assertion that a man has a right to do as he pleases with his own property, in the same valetudinarian sense, is capable of a refutation as clear as a geometrical demonstration. An individual has an orchard of peaches and apples, and the right t<> do as he pleases with his own, authorizes him, he thinks, to turn his fruits into brandy for the benefit of all who will buy and use it. But this supposition proceeds upon a mistaken notion of what constitutes true liberty. Now I am no lawyer, and do not profess to speak advisedly on matters pertaining to statutory enactments. I have never read law and never had a fancy for hanging around places where judicial proceedings aie dispensed, and my stock of chimney corner law is therefore not j very large ; yet 1 venture the opinion that no one would be allowed to build a dam across a stream on his own premises, if by so doing he should cause the water to overflow his neigh bur's land, or if the effluvia I mm the pond should engender di<ea>e in the neighborhood. I presume 110 one would be allowed to tiuild a powder mill in the heart of a populous city.? And why not? Simply because there would he a tresnas.8 unon the rights of others. Their I I c # lives and property would be endangered by it. Well, on the same principle no one should have j a right to turn his fruits and grains into a li-1 qnid fire to scatter disease and poverty and 1 death through the country. Certainly a tres pass on one's property is not worse than a tres pass on the morals of his children. Far better would it be to risk the miasmatic exhalations from a mill pond than the effluvia from a grogshop, more pestilential than ever emanated from the Pontine marshes or the everglades of Florida; and less would be the danger in raising a family in a court surrounded by powdermills, than in the neighborhood of a place where distilled fire under a thousand seductive forms is presented for the temptation of youth. Upon the noble principles of Equity then, should not tho Slate make such provision as would relieve the country of this evil? Now be it distinctly understood that wc do not contend that the Legislature should passu prohibitory law without authority to do so. Under our form of government, the Legislature does _ . J * A?.f* .llltl. /M.St ?. HOI, in our JHUgllH lIt, JIUBSCBS 011^ nuiiiui njr independently of the people; and though it often happens that the Legislature has to take measures in reference to measures about which there is neither time nor opportunity to consult the will of the people, yet it remains at last for the people to determine whether or not any law is for the public weal, and to maintain or have it repealed. Due wimsi advocating tins i democratic principle, we do not wish to have it understood in a mobocratic sense. The people can properly act only through their constituted authorities, whether Legislative or judicial. It is not for them to rehel against a law that is distasteful, but to take such steps as the constitution prescribes to have it repealed. But in reference to a measure of such grave importance as the one now advocated, we IiolJ it right and prudent to have expression of pfih lie sentiment before any action ts taken, ilow this t-> be d'we ' Shall :t be ionc bv m iking i it a party question in the coming election ? No* i Let us have no " bones ol contention" anion# i nc T.ftt us nut on foot no scheme that will i stir up strife, arouse evil passions and produce j divisions. Times do come in the history of i nations when such things ate unavoidable, but t in this case there is no such necessity. Let I meetings be held and the subject canvassed before the people; let it bo discussed hi the s newspapers, and let the voters endorse on their I tickets 44 liquor or 44 no liquor." There are i those who disapprove of calling the masses to- t gether to deliberate on questions of public t policy. We of South Carolina have been so i unaccustomed to these things that we arc dis- 1 posed to regard popular demonstrations as de- t moralizing in their tendency. But this I regard i as a mistake, provided that liquor he kept i away. An assembly of intelligent Southern i men is altogether a different thing from the i rabble, crowds of the Northern cities, made up I ot a medley melange of Free-soilers, connnu- < nists, women-rights and free-suffrage advocates i gathered Irom all quarters of the world, and wholly ignorant of the principles and practice < of our " great experiment." < Let us look at this matter from another s point of view. What is that constitutes the : chief wealth of these Southern States? What t gives value to the plantation interests of South c Carolina? "As in ancient times it was the ( glory of Egypt to feed the world, so now it is | the glory of the Southern States to clothe ii." i Thus spake the. eloquent orator at the late fair t of the Southern Agricultural Association.? ] Well, the slave population is the chief agency < that produces this grand result. This is what I enables the South to grow the " great staple" i that rules the world's commerce, and sits a ( king in the counsels of trade. And if there :s j anything more injurious to this population than c liquor, we have yet to be informed of it. The t mind of the negro seems to be peculiarly sus- j ceptible of impressions for good or for evil.? s iNaturally indolent, easy, good-natured, he is, t under kind and judicious management capable s of a degree of animal happiness to which the ? white man is a stranger. Uut there is scarcely any wickedness to which he cannot he incited I))' alcoholic stiinalus; and a taste- onco acquired for it, he will use any means, however dishonest for its gratification. Up-n principles then of interest and morality, it becomes the State to put away this evil. i IIow then is this to he done ? What course l shall he pursued to abate the nuisance ? This t question we propose to answer in the next j number. ELPIS. P. S.?I hardly know whether it is necessa r ry, because in the above connection 1 have re- . garded the slave simply as property, to say ] that he is not to he considered only in that j light, any more than that because his Jabor is r designated as the chief element in the prodnc-! s tion of cotton, there is no higher power on which we are dependent. But for the satisfaction of any who might draw such an inference, we write this note to say that the negro certainly possesses in common with the white man a moral and spiritual nature, and is destined with r i . .1 o ti1111 to a spiritual existence; aim ueuce me double obligation of the master to remove * from the slave that which debases him and unfits him for the life that is to come. c From the Lexington Uegraj>li. I * Auti-Rcliiil Convention. i c Our neighbor of the Carolina Times has js written two long articles about this Convention,: ' in which he makes the broad and unqualified i 1 assertion that, the proposed plan of action laid | c down by it, is unconstitutional, anti.rcpublicau,! v and utterly at war with the long established ' ? usages of Legislation in our Stale. Grave jc charges these?in fact they seem quite startling j r when it is known, that the head of the Con veil- j s tion is the President of the Appeal Court of f South Carolina, and of acknowledged legal r ability. Add to this the names of many gentle- r men who belong to the legal profession, and c who stand deservedly high in it, and who it: p would seem ought to know and understand j t oliAiif flirt /?n>io/i/u/i/ii) nc Wi* i _ ?UIIIIUJIII^ UUVUl HIW H'MOU fc It UV(l) I.IIVI ?? w I L before said, we have a startling announcement.: v We think it a little premature to express an ! t opinion as to what will or what will not be | Constitutional, so far as this body, as yet have ' c shown their hands. If we understand anything j of its action, it is, " that a committee has been j v appointed, whose duty it shall be to memoral j ize the Legislature uyon the subject matter ^ which called the Conven ion together." In that memoral we expect to see certain propositions laid down, which we hope and believe will be . Constitutional, and which will be signed by 1 those citizens of Soutli Carolina who will do j so, and then sent up to the Legislature. That a memorial we expect wiil contain the substance 1 at least of a Law which the memorialist desire ,J should be submitted to the popular vote of f South Carolina. And why object to the settlement of the . 1 question in this way I Because, says the Times, r it is unconstitutional and anti republican.? , 1 Better say, Mr. Times, because it is anti aristo ; t crat. Strange system of reasoning we think : v the Times submits in relation to what he be- j n lieves t-? be republican?" that the people must j h submit the making of all their laws to agents i by them constituted, in order that republican ; t ism should be preserved in its purity," and yetj d he admits, " that the people are the source of; ii all power," The people we submit have a right t to determine this matter for themselves. They 0 are the source of all power?they are the State j c ?they are the Constitution and they have i the perfect right to-morrow if they see fit to ^ tear that sacred instrument into shreds and ; a scatter it to the four winds. We hopo we ^ have as much veneration for that sacred instruincut as any man, but it is too late in the day, j to set up a paper and say to intelligent men, it g matters not how holy or just your cause, this will stop you?it matters not whether a blight is passing over the land, leaving nothing but { desolation, and deatb in itscouiso, youreirorts to *tay it are stopped by this?and if your 0 strong men should be destroyed*?your young a ones lured nnd enticed to ruin?your jails? 11 alms houses?poor houses and penitentiaries filled with inmates?your wives made widows and your children orphans, yet you must not * move for your hands are tied. b If it were indeed unconstitutional, where is the man who has his country s good at heart, P anil in view of this mighty desolation which is tl sweeping over the land, would notatonce say, I destroy it?let it no longer exist. t< But suppose the people of South Carolina in tl view of the deaths, which frequently occur by Yellow Fever in our seaports^ should hold a a convention and pass resolutions determining si to niernoialize the Legislature to submit the d question to the people whether or not a vessel v with the disease on board should be permitted 11 to land in Charleston or at nrr c,i our aorta? ? .vould any one say that this proposition was ^constitutional ? No; but they would say it ivas a very foolish one. Self-preservation over ides all law, and a people would be justifiable n a case of this kind, to do anything to save hemselves. Constitutions we opine would not )e spoken of in an emergency of this kind. And now we ask in all honesty, where is the icourge that has ever visited this earth, that las done half the injury of drink. And where ,ve ask is the citizen who will stand up and say hat Grog Shops are a blessing to a com muniy. If they arc at all necessary, why, we ask, ire such restriction thrown around them ? Why las the keeper of one of them to take one of he hardest oaths, ever administered to mortal nan ? Why is it that his business is burdensomely taxed ? Why is it that he is not permitted to sell drink to your slaves? Why is t that so manj' pains and penalties are attached :o any violations of the law ? The answer :omes up from every heart?because the busiless is a bad one. But it is not our purpose either to assail the :ourso of the Times or to defend that of the invention. This is a question however, of jrcat moment and one which must and will be igitated and acted upon, both by pledged and mpledged men. It is one which effects not inly our morals, but our political and especially >ur social position. It is one of unusual im lortance and as an independent journalist we eel bound to express our opinion. In many of he States prohibitory laws have already been lassed?and although in South Carolina the question has heretofore been treated as one af* ecting us only morally and socially and should lot therefore, enter into the politics of the rountry or such Legislative aid or interference, ,'et nublic sentiment has changed, and politi :ians cannot longer hope to shirk responsibiliy. The issue is made and it must be met.? \ppetite and prejudice 011 the one side?reason, morality, temperance, virtue, general inelligence and religion on the other. Which ieall triumph ? God defend the right. THE JOURNAL. CA.TIDEJf, MAY 30, 1854. Address of the Central Committee. "Wo commend this appeal to our fellow-citizens, and irgcupon them, every where, to give it calm and doiberate consideration. Thero is nothing nnti-rcpubli ran, ur a^nui^u iuu uuuuuiu ui uui j/cujjauj m unj yiv(osition which they submit. Let us recapitulate tlie prominent points, and the iropositions, made by this address. In the first place ?the entire suppression of the liquor traffic is desired, s there any thing wrong or anti-republican in this ?? )oes not every good citizen, every christian, every noralist, every patriot, and every man, who has a park of humanity in his heart, desire to see "the cnornities of this traffic' curtailed, aye, destroyed? There ire few, thank Heaven, in this day of moral light and ihristian revelation, who aro bold enough to come out ind deny that the traffic in ardent spirits has produced nore ruin, poverty, wretchedness, crime, pauperism, md all tho other conceivable ills to which flesh isheir o, than any other cause, or causes, with the scope of luman conception. In support of these tho address to the pcoplo of South Carolina does not rely upon figures ot lancy, >ut refers to facts, incontrovertible truths, within the ixperience of all. "Who can deny that Jntemperauce, ind the sale of ardent spirits is the cause of the fearful ncreasc of insanity iu our State? Deny it who can I but all the tender tic3 and sweet afi'cetions of the homo rirclo aro rudely severed by this inonstoris hand. The cry slave who ministers to our wants, who comes and ;ocs at our bidding, is made disobedient and treachcrius bj' this insidious curse. In property?the least eason of all others to be considered?what immense urns have been squandered in support of this viletrafic. The address says, and it cannot be denied, "Tho noney spent'?? riotous living' would build all the rail oads contemplated or desired in South Carolina; would ;ndow and support Colleges and Academies in every tart of the State; and would crown everyscction with lie results of genius and art," and how much of that niserablo wretchedness, and increasing pauperism, iriii/U. mi,* omo rlnilv lmlinld would he removed bv he prohibition of the liquor trafiic. Wo proposo to bring about a change in tho moral onditiou of things. How do we offer to effect this? ly appealing to the passions of men, and exciting their vorst feelings, in order to produce a revolution ? By 10 means, and it is a gratuitous, ungenerous, unjust, Use accusation to charge tho "/ana/ics" of the State is we are in derision called) who seek to produce, and vho will seek to cfl'ect an entire change aud revulsion a tho moral tone and sentiment of tho people of our cloved Caro'ina, intcriifiod by tho clamor of illiber. 1 opposition which seeks to tluvart every good puriosc we have in view; we intend to work, and that oldly and vigorously until we accomplish some good jr our fellow-men. Wo appeal to tho independent, roc, unseduccd voters of South Carolina. We ask hem if they are willing an}* longer to submit to a tyanny worse than bondage? And all of this, wo are old bv the satracious leaders of the opposition, is "an i-repubiican" and "revolutionary"?a wise discovery) I'hich others have failed to make, until a few, little aore enlightened in South Carolina, than elsowhere> iave proclaimed to the world? If it bo "anti-republican" and "revolutionary" for ho people, in their sovereignty and independence, to .oclare their unwillingness to submit to outrage and mposition, then we claim to be of those who are "nni-republican" and "revolutionary," and seek to throw iff the galling chains of oppression, which a law-licensd curse has fastened upon them. If to lend our feedo efforts to raise abused humanity from tho lowest Icpths of degradation and ruin, to cheer tho widow ,nd orphan in their moments of deepest distress; to Iry tho tears and stay tho trembling sighs of hundreds nd thousands in tho laud, to aid religion and moraliy, to build up and encourage all useful and worthy nterprises, to assist the cause of education, and to remove one of tho greatest hindrances to its progression, utof the way?that of ignoranco, produced and fosered by the polluted parent of all social and moral vil. IfJ we again repeat, to do all the good wo can, nd use our best efforts to produce good will among aen? "To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read our history in a nation's eyes"? f this be "anti-publican" and "revolutionary"?then e it so. ? To those who have, charged us with being "anti-reublican," "revolutionary" "fanatics," we hurl back i thorn nntt sav to them as Patriolc UU clUUU.iaiiuii MIV-.J ?J ? lenry did, when charged with treason, for daring 3 raise his voice against the tyranny of Georgo the liird, "If Wis be treason, make the most of it." Our task has just commenced. We shall write gain, and will endeavor to show more fully the necesity of ending this traffic, and also to show that in en" eavoring to do this by tho instrumentalities which re propose, that wo are neither "anti ropublicanist," revolutionist," nor "fanatics." Our task is not an ".gracious ora. and we shall fery ecou recur to i* with, we hope, renewed aud vigorous zeal, which we would be glad to see grow into the right kind of fanat ici8m, for if we bo beside ourselves it is in a glorious cause, whose triumphs ore for truth, justice and humanity. Adulteration of Liquors. NO. III. "A friend calling one day upon an inn-keeper, in Croydon. England, was received by the host with his sleeves tucked up, and both of his arms of a sanguineus hue. Upon inquiring the cause of such appearance, he answered privately, that there was to be a great dinner ol all the volunteer corps of the neighborhood the following day, and that he was then brewing the Port Wine." There is no kind of Wine but what can be imitated by the Wine brewer. " George IV. had a Wine he greatly prized, and so did his servants, and they drank it freely. On a particular occasion he ordered this Wine to be supplied to his guests, but there was but one bottle left, one of his household understood the practices of the Wine fabricators, the remaining bottle was sent to the Wine brewer, and he the next day furnished his Majesty's table with a full stock of the same, as to flavor, &c., &c. The deception was not discovered by his Majesty." To show the great strength of liquors sold as Wine in this country, over liquors sold as such on the Continent of Europ,e in a letter on the subject, J. Fennimore Cooper remarks, " Five and twenty years since, wnen I first visited Europe, I was astonished to see Wine drank in tumblers. I did not at first understand that the half of what I had been drinking was Brandy under the name of Wine." " A chemist of known character in New York, obtained four samples of Wine advertised by the importer, as pure unadulterated Wine; a kind of Wine which could not have contained over 15 to 20 per cent, of the strength of spirit if free from foreign ingredients. It was found to be over 37 per cent of prool spirit. Of course its strength was increased over 100 per cent, by the introduction of the offspring of the distillery." "When Dr. Hewitt visited France, he was surprised to see so much drunkenness on what he supposed the pure fruit of the vine. Perhaps he was not aware of the extent of adulterations in Wine countries?and the adding of poisons even more destructive to health and life than Alcohol." "The common people," he remarks, "in France are burnt up with Wine, and look exactly like the cider and brandy drinkers ol Connecticut." Our stock of proofs on this subject is not yet exhausted, but in order to extend them we will leave for a while the sub' ject of udulterations of articles which in their natural state might be harmless if used in moderation, and give our readers an idea ol the filth which enters into the composition ol some articles and which many drink down with so much gusto. From the Prohibitionist we copy the following: The eefehrnirrl Reer friril hp/ween 7? C! T)i'lll. van and John Taylor, Albany. Mr. Delavan was prosecuted because he said "filthy water was used it) malting," and held to bail for $40,000. Damages were laid at ?300,000. The trial, in the only case tried, resulted in 6d. damage to E. C. Delavan. We give a brief sketch of a small part of the evidence elicited on the trial. The public is pretty well satisfied as to the adulteration of wine and distilled liquors, why should it not be enlightened, especially the rising generation, with regard to the history of beer making ? In this trial the use of drugs was not brought up, but we have facts on that point which we may give in future numbers: Hon. John Savage, late Chief Justice of the State, testified thus?" The water was always dirty; never saw it otherwise. My horse refused Jo drink it. 1 have seen dead animals there; and I believe I have seen dogs, cats and l r.hu fl.o I??ku ,-orrt lit'go. x iivj mtu ii \/?ii mvjoiaujjuw. was then running and oozing into the creek : the snow was going off; at any rate the slaughter house was wet, and I could see lilth and water mixed running into the stream." Thomas Coulson, (class leader in the Methodist Church) testifies?"The water in the pond was always bad ; in a putrid state, in the fall of the year. What was in the water?any thing to make it bad ? Different kinds of animals floating in the water. In the warmth of the weather the water was green. Dogs and cats and hogs, I've seen. Did you ever try to make glue of that water ? It would not do for that. Why not? It was what I call rotten water. Have you seen that water dipped up and carried any where? I have seen it taken in hogsheads into the mallhouse?poured through at the end of the malthouse. C. W. Harvey, who had dipped water from the pond for the malthouse, testifies?Were there any puddles in front of the grave yards, that you got water from ? Yes. Any thing offensive that drained into the puddles near Judson's slaughter house? Part of the offal of the slaughter house dained into the pond from which water was taken, near the slaughter house. You drew water from the big pond ? Yes. How long? Four or five seasons. The pond in the vicinity of the mallhouse? Yes. What was the character of the water in that pond? Very bad, IIow so? Bad, from the fact that it was receiving almost all the offal from the hill; dead hogs and dogs and cats ; horses all drawn very near the pond, and with sun on it, making them exceeding foul, so that in drawing it, frequently made me sick. Israel Smith, (elder in Rev. Mr.' Kirk's church) testifies:?"Witness knew the pond called the big pond. Generally when witness had seen it, the water looked filthy. (Had frequently seen dead animals in it, as he was riding by dogs, hogs and cats. Had frequently seen carcases of dead horses lying on the margin of it.) Garret Middleton, testifies:?"Saw the water go through the gutter to the steep tub. It was very dirty water?stagnant?all turned green. Have seen dogs and cats in this pond. Amos Fassett (elder in Rev. Dr. J. N. Campbell's church), testifies:?Have seen the poor * ? CI -1 iL. house creeK frequently, come seasons ui me year very urivolosome. Particularly while ' the slaughter-house was employed. The offa . and blood etc., were thrown out, and the creel* ) being lower, it all descended of course into the ' creek. Have seen also dead animals on the creek. Should think that the wash of some Oj the grave yards drained into the creek. Have seen water drawn from the pond to the malt house previous to '35?seen it deposited in the malt-house, at the north end. The water ] ' should call verv imnure. It has always beer ' bad. I have known it for a great number o: 1 years. I was a place of general deposit for al ; kinds of dead animals, at all season of the year Well may the brewer of Wine and Ale ex r claim, i "I have drugg'd their possets, ; That death and nature do contend about them, "Whether they live, or die,"?Shaks. Macbeth. i Those who drink such stuffs are to be pitied those who sell them are to be be blamed. The Anti Liquor Law Sustained.?A Mr 1 J. J. Watts, not having the fear of God befort i his eyes, and being instigated by the devil opened a grogshop in the town of Raymond or the 28th ult., against the peace and order oi the town, and the dignity of the law. He was carried before a magistrate, who ordered hiir to give bond in the sum of one thousand dob i lars for his appearance before the Hinds Circuit Court for an infraction of the statute; but he refused to give bond, and was accordingly I 1 ?I 1 ;-:l \t j.... i.? v........V.f iuu^cu 111 |<iu. v/u :mwiiu<iv nc wua ui wu-n i. ivj Jackson 011 n writ of Hahes Corpus, and on 1 the following day the case was heard before Chief Justice Smith, of the Court of Appeals, who held the act to be constitutional and refused to discharge the prisoner but upon bail. This decision having been made by a single member of the High Court, on a Habeas Corpus, does not finally settle the constitutionality 1 of the law, but as it was make by the very able Chief Justice of the Court, it is "persuasive evidence" of its constitutionality. Jackson (Miss.) Flag of the Union. ^orfrtj. LINES ON A LADY'S HAT. BY ELLEX EYRIE. 0, it cost a hundred dollars, i And was just tho sweetest tning; Torched above a queen of collars, Tied with vast expanse of string. And the fringe weighed twenty ounces Round her raant'.e short, and cool: And her silk brocac'o, with flounces, Filled the pew superbly full. Dainty gloves, and kerchief broidered, In her psalm-book kept tho stops; All the things she wore were ordered From the tirst Parisian shops. But that hundred dollar bonnet? That's the gem I wished to paint: i Such a shower of things were on it, Quite enougli to craze a saint. 0, I could not hear a word of TYhat tho pious pastor said, For the shapes and shines unheard of That were floatincr round her head. Bands and plumes, miditowers and laces, Fancies more than you could name; And they say Miss Doraey's cases Boast a dozen just the same. Ilovv I wonder who will wear them; If the pastor seeks to teach By his texts, ho well may spare them? 'lis the milliners that preach. All our eyes such sights aro drinking, Counting o'er their cost anew; And wo break the Sabbath, thinking, \V liai 11 we couiu wear mum kju. SONS OF TEMPERANCE. WATEREE DIVISION NO. 9. THE regular meeting of this Division will be held or Thursday evening, at 7 o'clock. By order of the W. P. J. T. BALLARD, R. S. PROSPECTUS OF TIIE SOUTH CAROLINA TEMPERANCE STANDARD. TTHE UNDERSIGNED would respectfully an nounco to tho lriends of Temperance generally that they intend to commence tho publication of a Temperance Paper, about the 15th of June next, pro> vided a sufficient number of Subscribers cau bo obtained to warrant the undertaking. It will bo printed uponsubstancial paper oflraperial size, and will contain 24 columns of matter. Jt will be denominated the "South Carolina Temperance Standard," and will be published every two weeks, at tho price of One Dollar per annum. As soon as fifteen hundred subscribers are obtained, we will publish weekly at tho same price. Our solo object is to advocate tho cause ol Teraper! anco ; and particularly tho Legislative Prohibition ol the Traffic in Intoxicating Drinks; and to prepare the masses of the people of our State, for the enactment ol such a Law, by convincing them ofits expediency and necessity. We willendavorto make it a welcome visitor in every family. Nothing will be admitted into its columns ofa worthless and immortal tendency. A Since neutrality win oe maintained on an ouojcuw of a political and religious sectarian character. No subscription will be received for less than oue year, and in every case the order must be accompanied by the money. A limited number of adverments will bo inserted at the usual rates. We would respectfully appeal to all friends of Temperance and Morality to sustain us in our efforts to ameliorate the condition of suffering humanity. Wo hope ail persons feeling an interest in thereeess ! of this enterprise, will exert themselves in getting sub1 scriptions, and as soon thereafter as convenient send us their lists. Postmasters are requested to act as Agents. All communications intended for the paper must bo post paid, and addressed to the "South Carolina Temperance Standard," Lexington C. H., S. C. J R SS1S| * S.'C0IiLEit J May 1, 1854. REGALIA. ' r|^HE undersigned having been appointed by the JL Grand Division to furnish Regalia fcr its Members, Deputies' Jewels, and Emblems of office for subordinate Divisions, takes pleasure in announcing that , he keeps a supply always on hand, and will also be prepared at each session of the Grand Division to far* nish any of the above articles to Divisions or Members. Address. Z. J. DeIIAY, Grand Scribe. Camden, Jan. 7.?ly. EOSSER & WARREN, Factors and Commission Merchants S*tTT I T"? r n C1T1SWT P /I uajxiuj&o* o. \J. HAVE opened their Office on Central Wharf, and will be pleased to receive the favors of their friends either in selling Cotton or purchasing Supplies. JOHN ROSSER. Sept, 13. THO. J. WARREN. ,* l " BROWNING & IEMAN," : IMPORTERS OF French, British and German f DRY GOODS, 5 209 and 211 King-st. corner of Market-st , . CHARLESTON, S. C. [ /CARPETING?.?Ingrain, 3 Plys, Brussels, Tapes \J try and Velvets. ' CURTAIN MATERIALS, in Silk, Satin and Wor' sted. I CURTAIN CAMBRICS and MUSLINS, in large Va, riety. EMBROIDERED LACE and MUSLIN CURTAINS, all styles. riTTT PADVT(TI7G J_ ?11 Uiui UWlkillVijkJ, 1U UJ1 UJU UV>Y UtOIJJUO. CURTAIN GIMPS, HOLDERS, LOOPS, TASSELS. 4c. DRAPERY CORDS and BELL ROPES in all varieies. BRITISH and AMERICAN FLOOR OIL CLOTHS , SILVE R and GILT STAIR RODS and STAIR CARPETINGS, of all styles. WILTON, VELVET, and AXMINSTER RUGS, a large variety. PLANTATION WOOLENS, BLANKETS, PLAINS KERSEYS, CAPS, 4c. Red and White FLANNELS, SHIRTINGS, Ac. COTTON OSNABURGS, of all the best southern, makes. English and American COTTON FLANNELS. French, English, and American PRINTS. LINENS of RICHARDSON'S superior make, for Sheetings, Shirtings Pillow Cases, Table Damasks, Doylies, Nupkins, Towelings, Huckabacks, Fruit Cloths, B. E. Diapers, Grass Cloths, 4c. CLOTHS, CArSIMERES and TESTINGS, of best ; French Goods. SERVANTS' CLOTHS, in all the shades of English Goods. SATINETS, TWEEDS, JEANS, and LINDSEYS ' of all qualities and styles. "With a full assortn^mt of i In 8ILKS, TISSUES, BAREGES, GRENADINES MUSLINS, Ac. r BOMBAZINES, ALPACAS, and MOURNING , GOODS, in great variety. EMBROIDERIES and LACE GOODS of every de' scription. EVENING DRESS GOODS, in great variety constantly received. All the above are of our own Direct Importation, and offered at the LOWEST MARKET PRICES. TERMS.?CASH, or CITY ACCEPTANCE. 2^"Tlie ONE PRICE system strictly adhered to; nil omnrls ivnrrnnted. BROWNING A LEMAN. , Jan. 12, 24 tf._ 1 grot's CHERRY PECTORAL For tlic rapid Cure of COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, BRONCHITIS, WHOOPING-COUGH, CROUP, ASTn.HA, AND CONSUMPTION. TO CURE A COLD, WITII HEADACI1E AND SORENESS OF TI1E BODY,?take the Cheeet Pectoral on going to bed, and wrap up warm, to sweat during the night. FOR A COLD AND COUGH, take it morning, noon, and evening, according to directions on the bottle, and the difficulty will soon bo removed. None will suffer from this trouble w hen they find it can be so readily cured, i'ersons annciea wim a Beaiea cough, which breaKs thein of their rest at night, will find by taking the Cueury Pectoral on going to bed, they may be sure of sound, unbroken sleep, and consequent refreshing rest. Great relief from suffering, and an ultimate cure, is afforded to thousands who are thus afflicted, by this invaluable remedy. From its agreeable effect in these cases, many find themselves unwilling to forego its use when the necessity for it lias ceased. TO SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS thi* remedy is invaluable, as by its action on the throat , and lungs, when tkken in small quantities, it removes all hoarseness in a few hours, and wonderfully increases the power and flexibility of the voice. ASTIlilA is generally much relieved, and often wholly cured by Cnerrf Pectoral. But there are 1 some eases so ob.-tiuate as to yield entirely to no medicine. Ciierry Pectoral wiU cure them, if they can be cured. BRONCHITIS, or irritation of the throat and npper portion of the lungs, may be cured by taking Cijerby Pectoral in small and frequent doses. The uncomfortable oppression is soon relieved. FOR CROUP. Give an emetic of antimony, to be followed by large and frequent doses of the Cherry Pecroral, until it subdues the disease. If taken in :* ...:n r.,:i ... BCIISCIJ, It ?III IlUt IM1I tU tUIC. k WHOOPING COUGH may be broken up and soon . cored by the use of Cherry Pectoral. THE INFLUENZA is speedily removed by this remedy. Numerous instances have been noticed where I whole families were protected from any eerious conI sequences, while their neighbors without the Cherry , Pectoral, were 6nfferiug from the disease. Repeated instances are reported here of patients , who have been cured from LIVER COMPLAINTS by this remedy, so many that there can be no question of its healing power on , these diseases. It should be perseveringly taken un til the pain in the side and other unpleasant symp| toms cease. ' FOR CONSUMPTION in its earliest stages, it should be taken under the advice of a good Physician if possible, and in every case with a careful regard to the printed directions on the bottle. If judi! ciously used, and the patient is carefully nursed meantime, it will seldom fail to'subdue the disease. For settled CONSUMPTION in its worst form, the Cherry Pectoral should be given in doses adapted to what the patient requires and can bear. It always affords some relief, and not unfrequently cures those who are considered past all cure. There are many thousands scattered all over the country, who feel and say that they owe their lives and present health to> the Cherry Pectoral. This remedy is offered to the community with tho too fool in on ortinlo wltinh fails t/v realize the happiest effects that can be desired. So> wide is the held of its usefulness and so numerous the coses of its cures, that almost every section* of the country abounds in persons, publicly known, who have been restored from alarming and even desperate diseases of the lungs, by its use. "When once tried,, its superiority over every other medicine of its kind, is too apparent to escape observation, and where its virtues are known, the public no longer hesitate whafc antidote to employ for the distressing and dangerous affections ol the pulmonary organs, which are incident to our climate. And not only in formidable attacks upon the lungs, but for the milder varieties of Colds, Coughs, Hoarseness, etc., and for Children it is the pleasanlest and safest medicine that can.be obtained. No fimily should be without it, and those who have used it never will. Prepared and sold by JAMES C. AYER Practica. and Analytical Chemist, Lowell, Mass. Sold in Camden by T. J. WUKKA1 AN; in Darlington by CHARLES <fe MILLING, and by Druggstis gaaerally. April 3.?8m. CARRIAGES, CARRIAGES. LEONARD CDAPIN, maxufactuher and dealer ik CARRIAGES AND HARNESS, OF every description, Nob. 124 Meeting street, and 33 Wentwortb-street, next to the old stand of Gilberts <fc Chapin. Charleston, S. C. R. HUNTER may be found at the above Repository, and takes this method to assure his friends that all orders entrustei to him will be attended to with promptness, andstrct fldelity