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I A REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS
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EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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Cait. R. Q Ammulsow, Cedar Fall*. Gp.tii vill<
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3ft'*Sfliog bog to his $foih?*<
Mother, it m not herd to die,
Weep not around my bed,
For angel bands are hovering nigh,
. To bless yottwhcn I'm dead ;
",lf Can VOU not sec those snowy hands,
Omstretrheq to hear me home ?
*' Con vou not see thoae flowery lands,
. Where 1 in joy shall main !
fS There are bright temples lilted with gotu,
}*tllars and dome* empcatlcd ;
"^Vhere infant spirit* ope the gates?
U* Types of that glotiou* world.
I ?. Within Ita violet tinted halls
>? Arc m*jm? with diamond* laid;
And hop/* t'.iir mantle softly falls
It until] vai-li bclii vittg head.
<T .O rt dMMfc'
They toll nte that immortal wreaths
3ba]l reft upon my 5
Mother, I sea their angel forms.
?ud be*! their vojefs flu* j |
TIibv'II fun nw u/lih ill*-" i
: ? """" o" ?
With nng?l cane they'll show
The lu.l v paths of jKfuce diul truth,
And teach ma how to go.
f ;! t ' *
They My that crystal rivulets
Shall Utthe my brow ami feet,
That throngh of seraph ones alu II Lend, {
A trembling child to greet;
That on the borders of those .-treains
llich gems in plenty lie^
That nil around a radiance beams?
mc 0f for this bli^s 1 sigh.
t ^ * ' * K' * '
I see blight birds, oirainbow hue,
Trees with ambrosial fruits ; 1
And ! shall join Heaven's inir.stiels, too,
with song and lute ;
v Then, mother, dearest, smile again,
Look up and kiss the rod,
Kl go to rest all free fiotn pain
In Paradise, with God.
"^77. ? \t [O/iec Bronchi I
3Slis?llautaos Utabiug.
One of the mutt striking cawk of presence
of mind nltd self- possession of which ?? have
atiy recollection, came to light on a trial
which look place some yearn since in Ireland.
The story looks like a Action, font we
have reason to believe it quite true. A woman
traveling along a road, to join her busbind;
Win) whs a soldier, and quartered at
Alhlone, was joined by a pedlar, who was
gpti*g the Miiiie way. T'.ep entered into
conversation during a walk of aonte hour* ;
fcut aa the day i*egan to wane, they agreed
"that they should atop for the night at a house
of entertainment, ami pursue their pediatrian
journey the next day. The reached an hum.
oie inn, situated in a lonely spot by tbo road
Me, and fatigued after a long daj'*s walkMkey
were glad to Ami themselves under the
t shelter of a roof. Ilaving refieshed them
. selves with the substantial supper set before
them, tbey ciproceed with to retire. They
were shown into (he traveler's room, and
t? rest in their respective beds,
a ' Pedter before retiring bad called the
Jaatlord aside and given into his keeping the
pack, which b? had unstrapped from his
back till the morning, telling him that it cotiifjned
a considerable sum of money and
rotieh valuable property. They were not
long in bed before the pedlar fell'into a sound
sleep; but the uuor woman, perhaps from
E^^ened^rtth"l i i? hand*1
as? y
sue loataiuiy rccogniitd in him one of the
youngest men she had seer below?eon to
the landlord. He advanced with stealthy
step to the bedside of the pedlar, and watched
him for a few seconds. He then went
out, and entered, again with bis brother and
his father, who held in bi* hand a large pewter
basin. They went on tiptoe to the bedMile,
a here the pedlar lay in a deep sleep.
One of the }'oung men drew out n knife, and
while the father held the basin so as to re
ceivc the blood, he cut the poor victim's
throat from ear to ear. A slight, half audible
groan, and nil was still, save the cautious
movements of the party engaged in the fatal
deed. They brought in with them a large '
sac!' into which they quickly thrust the un I
lesisting IkhIv. The poor woman lay silent- <
Iv in her bed, fearing that her turn would
come next. She heard low muttering among <
the men from which "he soon gathered that i
tiny were debating whether they should
murder her tim1 ...J - ? ' * '
-w j ?i?r? ivon u nilO illiglll
l?av?' it ii> lier power to betiny them.
One of thein said that be was mire that
she was fust asleep, and that there wan no
occasion to trouble themselves more; but to
make sure of thi* being the case one came
to the bedside with the candle in hi* hand,
and the other with a knife. She kept her
i*}es closed as if a sleep, and had such complete
con tnnnd over herself as not to betray
in her countenance any sign that she was
conscious of what was going on. The candle
was passed close to her eyes; the knife
drawn aeioss close to her throat, she never
winked nor showed by any movement of
featuten or of limb, thnt she apprehended
danger. So tho men wbispeied tliat she was
soundly asleep?that nothing wa6 to be feared
from her, and they went out of the
room, removing the seek which contained
tho body ?>f the murdered man. How long
must ihat night of horror have seemed to
the |xx>r lone woman?how frightful wan
its stillness ami da:kness. The prei-enee of
mind which had so astonishingly enabled
her to act n part to which she owed her life,
sustained her through all the trying scenes
whieh she had yet to pass. She did not
hurry front her room at an unseasona
bie hour, but waited until she heaid all the
family astir for some time, she then went
down, ami said she believed she had overslept
herself in cou<equ*tic? c! being greatly tired, i?
Miq nsfcvd where the pedlar was, and wm j
t<?ld that he was in too great n hurry to wait I
for her, but that he had left a sixpence to pay (
for her breakfast. c
Shu snt down composedly to that meal, *
and fore oil herself to partake with aptmrent s
appetite of the food net before her. She appealed
unconscious of the eyes which, with I
deep scrutiny, were fixed upon her. When I
the meal wn? over, site took leave of the fam- *
ily, and went on her way without the least s
n]>jK?aranee of discomposure or mistrust. She I
had proceeded but a snort way when she was i
joined by two strapping looking women. I
One looli wa* sufficient to convince her that I
they were the two young men, and one I
thought assured her that she their
power, and on' the very verge of dent met ion.
They walked by her hide, entered in con vernation,
naked her where nho was going, and
told her that their road lay the mine way ;
they questioned Iter as to where ahe had
lodged the night before, and made most f
minute tiKpiiiie* about the family inhabiting 1
the house of eiitninim-nt. Her answer* were x
quite unembarrassed, ar.d ahe said the |teoplo c
of the hou.se had appeared to be decent and
civil, and had treated her very well, for '
two hour* the young men continued l>y Iter
aide, conversing with Iter,and watching with 1
the moat scrutinizing glance* any change in *
her countenance, and n?king questions w hich. '
had she not been fully self-possessed, might t
have put Iter off her guard. It waa not till !
Iter dreaded oompsnions had left her, and 1
till she saw her husband coming along !
the road to meet her, that she lost Iter self 1
command which she had so successfully ex- 1
Afi-iuOil uiul ikinisiiiA lu.iccflf into liiat uitns ^
fainted away.
Singular Sebelopbien*.
Somk fifteen yearn ago. n pool peasant in
an antiquated village in France, became possessed
of the determination of coming to Ainetica?the
land of wealth and liberty, from
whiob ao tnanv flattering accounts had l*en
borne acmes the l?o*om of the broad Atlantic,
(4oet rating to the very heart of the 'old
country,' ami creating a restless desire in all
clasae* to teat the truth *f that which seer
almost fabulous.
(jetting together the little means at hi*
command lie prepared at once to embark
with his family for tlmCuUed feint* e. But
here, it difficulty arose which lie had uot bofore
looked for. Ilia father and mother,
who wete quite old, were too tuuch wedded
to the land of their birth to leave it for one
wliere they must, for * time at leaat, be
strangers, and chose to remain, that the turf
of their native land might be spread above
them when the vital spark had fled. Aa a
last comfort to the Uocliuing grand parents,
it was agreed to leave with them the oldest
child, a boy some ten years of age. This
arrangement made* the rest of the family
emhaiked, and were soon upon the soil of
Ameiiea.
St. Louis became their home; and ftl*
; . l.T
lliough they Arrived here in the most deAti- f
tute condition, i? was soon olmerved lH*l t
they were lieooming more comfortably situ e
ted. nnd gathering around them the luxuries c
of Hfe. *
Many years did not pass before the poor d
man had purchased a lot or two, and then h
upon one of theui, situated in the tn<?>lfash- f>
ionable part of the city, a magnificent resi- 2
dence was soon reared and the family, once
so poor became the associates and friends of
the wealthy and aristocratic. How their
wealth was accumulated no one cared to ask;
they were wealthy, that was enough ; and ^
although a mystery hung over them, it detcrred
no one from their company. The jt
father was never found at homo during the
day, and the wife, when he had gone, teem w
i-d troubled, ami was suro to give some c
Evasive answer, and then abruptly change j,
the topic of conversation.
Altout four years after these people had j
left the land of their birth, to feck their foitones
in America, the old couple, with
whom the boy was left, died, however, first
linking arrangements to have him sent to jt]
ii? paien s. lie landed in Now Yoik.hui they .1
,?eing in tho West; he could find no cine l?y n(
vhieh to discover their whereabouts. Being w
hrown upon his own resources, he was M)
cnocked from pillar lo post ; but in hi* heart n|
here was still kepi the pearl of honesty, ^
ind a desire, a determination- ? ? ?-* -i"
, ?W MW I
i net ion. After many hardships, and yews' Tl
)f hard study, lie became one of '.lie most ' ^
iroinising young physicians in tlie city.? j
Jne inouili ago lie cnuie West, tun I pacing tH
lirough this city, on his way to Kansas, i*y ^
oine clinnco lie discovered hi* long lost re- lj|
ations. I ^
For some days everything passed off in ' ,|'
he most happy manner, the old fa'lier, a , fj,
hing unknown before, stag ing at home du- OI
ing the entire day. A few days since, how-! Hj
ver, lie excused himself ami wont away, to-1 v*
urtiing about ton o'clock in the evening, nf | m
er all had retired. This was repented the ? fcf
text day, and the next, until the young man ! - n
letermined to solve the mystery, lli* win
low overlooked the hack gallery of the! q
louse, and there lie determined to watch, as
he old iiihii always seemed to coint in the
>ack way.
About eleven o'clock he heard u noi>v,;
Hid looking down, discovered a jnior ?h#cie-.j,
)id old beggar, entering the gate. His as t
onislunenl was increased when lie saw him !>
iroduce a uight key ami apply it to his ?l(
Uior. In a moment he was down stairs. **
itid in the jRior old ragged beggar, lecogni hi
:ed his father. ?'
An explanation followed ! The old mini 1><
lad made his fortune by begging, ami nfier f'*?
Kfoiuiiig old and wealthy yet it had become *"'
ueh a habit with him that lie could not '-i
hako it off?he was actually a beggar from U"
uiliit. After mauy jnroniises to net the }*
riore honestly in the future, the affair was
iu.-hed up, and kept an xoiTCt its possible, ev
ut 11us finally?ii won't do to toll how? til
eukud out anil "got into the pwjh'rs.''
[<Sf. J.oui* American.,, ?
si I
Eireetoqms if/ lulrkcu.
si.
Although fieou a-onry 1ms for ntorc than Co
hirty tear* been generally supposed t?? ex j
ut among the Mahometans, and traces of it, th
vere found in Turkey by the Ktissian offi | t|i
ei? after tlie campaign of 1821), \et "ihev i cr
vere too slight to prove the fact; and it is on- n ,
y within the Inst few yearn that it was satis-1 ?|J
actorily demonstrated by a Get mail free- th
nnsoii chancing to pas* through Belgrade, fol
vhere he discovered a masonic lodge, to j
vhicli lie was invited, and where lie recciv-j
-<1 a hospitable reception. It appears now 1
o be proved beyond all doubt that the Turk-1 xx |
?h brothers who exercise their masonic du-' ,
iea, under the name of Dervishes, arc to all; jn
merits and purposes the sains as our own or- j
ler of freeiiiaMXis, with but very little differ-, jo
lice in their customs and ceiemouies, and QM
nakiug uao of exactly the same signs, \vord? nJ1
md giijis, to recogni as each other. The Tin k- |ij(
sli freemasons spjrear to l?e in a more elevated vj(
ante of civilization than is u-ual smon<r Ori-1
minis generally ; their views of religion uru
"i?r higher than those imposed by UlmuUni
hev reject polygamy, contenting themselves I ^
with one single wife, and the masonic ?-i
banquets the women ap]?enr unveiled?a i w*
itriking priM>f of the mutual confidence the lo
masonic brethren repose in each other. |a
The Belgrade lottgo, called Aikowh, is
composed of about 70 members. The tnas
ler, whose name is 1 ?jani hansel Mohamed
Kaede, is at the same time grand master of
all the lodges in European Turkey, and indirectly
connected with all those oftho whole 'r<
of the Ottoman Empire, Ambia and Persia,
in which latter the freemasons amount to
more than fifty thousand ineniUr*. Jn Constantinople
theie are no leas than nine lo<lge?,
the >no?t numerous end important of which T
is that of tlie dancing dervishes, called Slrkederhi
Teckar. The Turkish freemasons n'
wear as a symbol of the brotherhood, besides
a small brown shawl embroidered with tnysii J?
esl figures, and Hat, polished, twelve cornered :
piece of marble, with reddish brown spots
about two inches in diameter, suspended by
f white silken oonl around the neck. These
spots represent the drops of blood, and are V
sirmboKe efdreMew* ofAlt, the fouador of #
the order in Turkey, who was barbemusiy ft
mt to dentil by the then Sultan, tor 1 c-f"nsin?.
o reveal the sterols, The ut?ove mention
d l>jHiii Istnael, grand master of the lodg?
f Ib-lgrnde, n venerable Turk of the old
ehool. is honorary member (?r"Baldwin tin
er the Lime-tree" at Leip>io, several meinera
of whieh lodge have received diploma*
nm the Aikolsch at llclgrade.?Daily
Vcwa.
S irincfss.
I wrnt to see the Shall V half sister, a
eanliful girl of 15, who lived with her mothr
in an ol*vtire, part ??f the anteroom, negated
L'V the Shah, and consequent!y bakery
one el?e. She was reallv lovelv ; fair
ith indescribable *ycs, and h figuie only
pialled by sotne of tlic rfe rruvre of
itliiiii art. This is so into among Persian
omen, that the was one of lite few persons
taw in the country with an approach to a
uod figure. She was dressed in lire usual
isMton of troupe*-*, on trousers, lite last pair
ring of such stiff brocade that if put standig
upright in the middle of the room, (here
tey would remain. Her hair was curled,
lit plaited, and she was lilernliy covered
ItTi diamonds. She was quiet julter man?rs,
nnd seemed dejected. Site was most
txious to hear ahouf European customs,
i hat seemed to Miipiise iter most was that
c Look the trouble to undrra* every night
ring to bed.; and slic asked mo was it true
e put (in a long while dress to pass ilie
glil in ? All Persian wonien are astonishi
at this custom, and aie quite unable lo noaiiit
Ibr il. They never undress at night?
icy untie I heir thin ipaltrcss from their sil. il
cover, draw it out fioin its place against
e wall, and roll themselves up in the wad
d quilt which form* their blanket. The
ily lima they change tlioir clothes ilien
they go lo bath. If they g?? out to
>il, they, of cuursc, put on their best garcnts,
and take them off" at uigbt; but genally
iliey lie down just as they are, and even
cold weather they wear their cbadoor, or
it-of-door veil, at night.?Lady ShieVts
limpacs of Life and Manners in J'ersia.
i v y o I his o J h e ir.
There was rr pine coffin borne through the
ifiliig snows. At the grave's verge the
1 wah thrown hack, nucf the face of the
evper was revealed. It wm a face n.urkI
with time a|id curur?there was not a
le of beauty in it; it wiej the countenance
a JM).", plain, ohl woman. And yet I
ard bitter sobs and choking sighs not far
>tHmv ell?ow, and looking lij> f saw the
iidrvu of the ditMiwi approaching to
ke the last look at a face which was dear
il beautiful totiiem. The affect ions never
t clung to an object without investing it
itli a degree of loveliness, end was there
er a kind, gentle tnollier who was not beau
ul in her children'* estimation !
The hair which is tucked :uv*y under the
tislin cap, may be thickly thrashed with
Iter? the forehead may l?o furrowed, and
e eye lustreless, still it is associated in the
ind <>f the child, with a love which never
inhered, and a gentleness which nothing
old ruffle.
llow carelessly the sexton tramped around
e grave, treading the fresh earth in among
e new fallen snow! It was not his mothhe
was burying?you could see that at
glauee?it was a poor, plain old woman;
nost a pau|>er. The coids rattled, and
e clods afterward rumbled, llcavcn com*
t the motherless in such an hour as that!
The Eleventh Commandment.?The
iicrahie Josiali Randall, of Pennsylvania,
10 has known all of lho Presidents, made
speech at Tammany Hall, on the 4th inst.,
the course of which he thus remarked :
"I come, fellow-citizens, from a free State
:e your own; I never owned or expect to
ru a slave. But other inen, better than 1
i), and as good as any who are around ine
ive conscientiously held slaves. It is in
in to attack the motives of a whole coinunity,
when that community is one of the
u?t civilized and refined portions of the inibiled
world. [Cries of "Good, good."]?
IiHt do the South a-k I To be le? alone.
i'.i l.....4^? ..!.! ... . .1? i
irj uw nub unci it i o vail Ub % tf*.* iiw".
unt to interfere with u*. All they a*ka is
be let alone. But wo have certain ?mpint*
for public power and place who will
>t learn the eleventh commandment, "Mind
>ur own bu?ine&* ln
The following telegraph message was sent
otn an Albany office
"To
Third Epistle of John, 18 and 14 verses.
r.i i V> Signed "
The text refered to is as follow s, and makes
trite a lengthy and understandable letter :
"I had many thing* to write, but I will
ot with ink and pen write to thee"Bui
I trust ! shall shortly see thee, aad
e shall apeak face to face. Peace to ihu?.
?ur frieruU salute thee. Greet the friends
y name." 3d John. IS/A and 14tk.
Am exchange records the marriage of John
f. Strange and Elizabeth Strange as n
'rang* event. The next will probably he s
ittie ?frangn*.~K>m eujfrWor ? >
r Ki68ino a Qi'kkk.*? tt wa* the custom of
- flie Court of France, when Franklin whs
t Ameiican Ambassador there, to kiss the
I Queen, which was considered in the light
- lhut mi American would view the shaking
> of hands.
i It is saiii that lie was reminded by one of
' the dignitaries of court, that when he was
! |indented he must kiss the Queen, who, it
! was also said, was a very kissible woman.?
I The Queen approached familiarly and very |
I near?probably impelled by curiosity to see
j well tbi* handsome savage. Franklin ro
| numbering bis lesson, without reluctance
put it into pi notice, in the only way lie had
ever been taught to kiss, and gave the Queen
a mighty Yankee buss on the lips, to the
great amazement and bonification of the
,| old maids, but to the great amusement of
all others?especially the king, who waw delighted
with this savage simplicity ; and it
is said that he cried out?"Kncort Bis, Da
Cappo? or "Do it again." How many
mine things were said or done, it is not my
I business now to relato or vouch for. There
I fore I only object to the print for uol bcinc
truly historical, and e*|>ecially for not having
chosen one of those most remarkable of
Franklin's court feats. Some of the wags of
Paris had not the most implicit faith in
Franklin's simplicity, and said that lie knew
more than lie pretended to know.
[Cor. Box ton Transcript.
I fiii)irrnntt Slbbrrsa.
i To the People of South Carolina.
Fellow Citizens : ?Fourteen years have
conio and gone since, as the organ of the
. State Temperance Society, 1 addressed you
I ??n the great question of Total Abstinence
j f 0111 nil which can 'intoxicate!' In that
' lime what changer, have, taken place! The
Washington Reform and Moral Suasion
: were theories which grew louder and loud!
er, in every temperances circle. They were
| things of but a day?the Washington lteI
form perished ; Moral Suasion has been renI
do.red almost powerless by the fact that those
who most need suasion, th? mann/ucturers
and vendors of intoxicating drink, w ill not
listen, and, like Demetrius, the silveismith,
they cry out against the followers oftemjier
ancc, as lie did against Paul at EphesUs.
saying, "Sirs, ye know that bv this crafj
(the making or celling of intoxicaliugdriiik)
"wc have our wealth.*' "Moreover, ye
see and hear not only* here, "but almost
through all America the men Cary, White,
and others have "turned turned away much
people," saying, that there should be no in
! utxicmtng unitK "made with hands." and
that none should be wold or drunk, "no (hal
not only this one craft in in danger to be
set at nntight," but also that the "great tem|
lo" of temperate drinking "should be despised,
ami her in-tgniticence should be den
iroyed whom all" America "and the world
worshipped!."
This persecuting cry here, as in Ephesus.
has filled the people with wrath, nml they
are made to cry out "great is the makiny
ar.d selling of intoxicating drink f and they
are ready, if not Lo lay their hands on the
devoted Reason era of Temj>erance, Moral
Suasioniata you may call them, nt least to
circulate all falsehoods of and concerning
(Item, as for instance of Cary, when he wh?
reja?sing from liis labors in the bosom of blown
family at College (I ill, Ohio, uthnt he
had been adzed in Alabama, and incarcerated
aa an Abolitionistor of White, while
he was rou.-iug the people more and nv?re
to temperance, that lie was given over to
intoxicating drink. Men and brethren, do
you not indeed, wT.cn reason, and not nind
lies*, is present, cry out, "Shame ! shame !"
The State Temperance Society nt their
reot-nt meeting at Greenville di-ectcd their
President to address (lie peoplo of the State.
Ill peiforming that dutv, I l*g leave to call
their attention. 1st to the Stave Temperance
Society itself; 2nd, to the necessity of concerted
action oil the part of the )**ople to
put down drunkenness; 3d to the necessity of
establishing n Teinpeinnce Ncw*pHj>er ; 4th.
to what we desire on the part of the Legisbit
ure to secure temjiernnce to the People of
the Slate.
l*t. Uncollect, n.ends, iisst the State Tem
pennies Society whh first organized in 1S29.
that at it!* head sat the noble, venerable, and
revolutionary form of the patriarch ofColnnt
hia, Col. Thomas Taylor, lie and his society
have long since passed away. But does not
his pure and child-like spirit, abide in Aotne.
part of Columbia? lias hia mantle descended
from the chariot of fire, upon no inhabitant
of hia own town.
In 1838, a new State Temperance Society
was organised, and Chancellor Job Johnson
was piaoed at its head. In 1841, the undersigned
was called to the Presidency, wl ich
he ha* ever since occupied. In 1842, *3,'4.'6,
*0, '7, '8, *9, V>0 and *61, it canied the banner
of temperance, total alattinenec, all over
' 'the State.* Why did it cease to do so in
' *52, '63, '54 '551 For two reasons: 1st,
the people bocame weary in well doing; the
total abstinence organisations generally per
i iahed from tire want of attention. A few glo
i rious exceptions such as the ilead Spring S?>
i ciety, Newberry District, sod the Chsrleston
Mariner's Washingtooisn Total Abstinence
Society remained. 2<1,otherorganizations,the
Sons of Temperance and Reca bites, it was
supjiosed might supply the place of the State
Teinperunce Society, and its subordinate Total
Abstinence Societies. But in vain : their
work, noble and useful as it is. could not and
did not meet al! vl.v*ca of men, women and
children. Iience it became necessary to organize
the Stalo Temperance Society. This
was done on tlie 6tli and 7ih of August,
inst., at Greenville; and now brethren and
friends, people of South Carolina, we claim
I your aid to give the State Temperance Society
its (or utvr prominence and uw/tUrteit by
concerted action on your part.
This presents our second hend. Td you,
therefore, we say let there be no divi?ion
among temperance people. Every order
and organization are respectively entitled
to be represented by sending up delegates
(as many as you please.) to the next
meeting of the State Tein|>eraiioe Soeiely, m
Columbia, on the Tuesday after the fourth
Monday in November next. Iu <0ke meantime
organize Total Abstinence Societies in
everv city, town, village and neighborhood in
the State. So to<?, revive former or create new
Divisions and Sections of the Sons and Cadets
of Temperance, and Tents of Recabites.
Remember that in peace yott must prepnro
tor war. The war bctwocn sobriety and
drunkenness is not now --
J -pw us,
bui il in u??r at hand ; they who cry peace,
peace, are deceiver*. The State imist l*e
ruled by intoxicating drink or temperance.?
The next session of the Legislature is an
important era in the great and holy w&rk
<>f raving the people from themselves. To
forward this we need
3d, A Temperance Newspaper! Have
you forgotten the Temperance Advocate f?
Have you tdrootten how a Cow self-sacrificing
men established it? Have you forgotten
how nobly it sustained the temperance
cause against all comers and goers? It
shed light in every daik spot in South Carolina.
Even the Ibiar Patch, where one of
the young men of the Theological Seuiibary
was threatened to be rode on n rail for
soliciting subscriptions, received its light,
; and organized a Total Abstinence Society.
After long sustaining the battle, it fell more
fiom neglect of its friends, than injuries of
its foes. The Temperance Standaid. the
child of zeal, and uncompromising piivate
jvera^verancc, in also, after much good and
useful work, in the tomb ot the capulcts.
Men, brethren and friends, why is this ??
I.Hr we not need a temperance family newspa
j?er ? What are two dollars per annum
in comparison with it? My friend Andrew
Wallace, of Columbia, used to tell me that
the Temperance Advocate on the day of its
is-ue was that first called for by qpch of his
children. We want just such a paper now.
Our families, wives and children are no poh
itician?; they earc precious little about the
fiery articles, wherewith our papers abound ;
but they care and feel foi that which is tomake
them happy here, which is to dry up
the fountains of intoxicating drink. They
are stretching out their hands for a Temperance
Family Newspaper, to bo full of Temperance,
Knowledge, Science, Art, History^
past and present. Moral Tales, Religion, and
News. Such a paper sustained by one editor
at Columbia, and a corresponding editor
in every District, city, town and village, will
be the organ of every order anil association
of Temperance, and will also be emphatically
the People's Organ/ Who will sulwcribe
for such a pa|>er * Let every friend of Ternirerance,
every Son, every Cadet, and every
Itecabitc answer the question by taking np'
stibscrip'ions and sending the result to the
undersigned. Act thus, and we will soon
have a temperance paper : ready to aid in"
asking from the Legislature security for the'
Temj?erance Reform.
4th. At present, we n*k from wise, virtu-*
ous, and patriotic Legislators a law which
shall prohibit by the severest sanctions "Me
manufacture or sale of intoxicating drink,
to be drunk at the place iohcre made or
sold." This, it seems, cannot l?e consistently
denied. The law now permits a distiller
to sell without a license spirituous liquors
manufactured from the growth, or product,
of his own plantation, in quantities of and
above a quart, provided it l?e carried away
from the same plantation ; and the 11th sec*'
lion of the Act of '49, directs that under a
license to sell by the quail, liquors cannot
bo drunk nt the place where sold.
Wo ask this principle to l?e carried out.?
At present, we ask no more! Before its effect*
will fall all distilleries, grog-shops, and
taverns; and then to all South Carolina, "softer
and in her right mind" wo will say,
prohibit the manufacture, and sale of in
toxica ting drink, except for mechanical and
medicine' purjtoses." When this is done1
we shall cease to agitate, but. not before.?
' Tlti n we will lo de around upon ourfreonmf
happy State, and crown her with the no|
blest wreath which can be plucked fiomher
Magnolias and Patmoitoe*, which will be
much Kii|>eri?>r .o the liomnn crown of oak
leave* for eating a citizen, m the Sute iw
enperior to an%* one of hor eingle citizen*.
JOHN HELTON 07N?ALL,
Pre?T of the State Tem. Society.
Prospect Hill, Greenville Di?t., August,
11th. 1850.
(KrPa|)er? freadly to Tempeiaiu*^ *+
re^ueeUd to if- J?Wi b that