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v a i ta -v V-' :';! --.v;;' ; THE FHISHS OF TEMPI HAKE, Shis. M K. WHITAKER, Mitre. flights of imagination; but the major portidn of us, I thiol:, will deal mostly, in " small talk." 'That's what yon may expect from me, But oar f small talk" has more influence than we raay sup pose. . "Which of you, now, cannot re member some little remarkfmade, per- ' Nixa of tiiis city, and Will of Gran ville, have m.ide . their appearance at v. f " 'Pirr"!r of "Friends." i i v , nft;w ilfm , cnrfl fli haps, in a careless, half playful way, and we hasten to give uiem a co rami 1 ; - . i ii n, m11 fl f that -went home to your hearts, crea- welcome, and hope they will leel at , . . , J . " s tmjr the deepest sensation awaken home """'"-""'"' - . j - - -. ,.- , . ,.' -- - -. .. , ' . ,. , XwsiiAmnn ava ind feelings of exquisite pleasure, or To voung ladies and gentlemen eve- , o , . .T x . ' - 'ry where, who would like to join in with us, we cordially extend an ' invitation. Thcf contribution from our old bach elor friend ii? quite acceptable, and we trust it will not be the lat . which we OUR dOKEESPONDESCE. For the Fricinl of Temperance. Vp11 rrirls. what say you? Shall we the most acute pain, or making a deep and lasting-impression, either good or bad ? Which of vou will not form an opinion of Tiny stranger, male or fe male, into whose' cbmpany, you may be cast for the first time, from his or : I Antirorntinn from nnimirv KTT1H I Now, girls, don't feel tlie. least' re straint on account of my presence, but -. ' it i ' ' ' :? .11 t. it. wriie just as inougn we were an oroui not avail ourselves of the permission s er3 an(j ssters he 'social 1 We are all of the kind Editress, and form us a WOrking in one cause, all fighting un social Circle ? She has mcst gener -, fiev the same banner, and all opposing dusly offered us a corner which we , one COmmon enemy. We have plenty cannot politely refuse as it is an of- of work before U3, to ; last twice tie fer we have not had extended by any lifetime, of the latest survivor, and other." I for one, am charmed ;with j y0ar dearfgirls are our strongest wea the idea,- -no I have taken my seat pons ow jf tjie . Aveapon be , self ; without ; delays, hoping not long to be acting,iat o, glori ous road it will left alone. Only think of it, We have open for bur cause in the ranks of the the privilege of saying jnst what we oci- r . '! please (delightful thought in this age, when one ' cannot 5p:n. ouo'b ! mouth, without being told to shut it,) j we can sli ake '-our heads, and frown as ugly as we choose, or langh as loud as 'we wish, and no one "will dare mo lest, or make us afraid." I have addressed niyself more par tTcularly to you girls, look exactly the same to an old - bach elor of forty, that it once did to the love- stricken swain of eighteen to twenty, especially ii the individual has slept on the ground for four years of the time, aud changed his linen that isL the substitute which he wore for linen only forty eight times in the four years.1 I see things in a very different light now from what I did ten years ago; and if the character of the articles which I may write -is not exactly in accordance with your recol lections of other and sunnier days, you must recollect that I have had some pretty bard experience since that time,! which has knocked the scales of ighorancd from vr eyes, by; which I am enauIedtS i ujiize, that allis not "gold that gUtters. But enough of this! I did not intend to say more in this letter than simply to introduce myself to your readers. I fear I have said ! too much already to make a favorable impression, and lest I may make bad still ' worse, I'll take my leave. I give you warning,, nowever, tuat 1 may drop in again soon and claim a hear ing on topics which are not generally discussed in these latter days and which, by the by, may not be exactly suitable for the circle. For the pres ent, .; A. Dew. t about sixty-two times as much a? that Jf'Trf "f ripwrVflrf purposes.! Think of that, Christians; and ask if you are justified in ; folding your hands in idle indifferenceV . Then think of the number of drones in the public hive, who ought to -be employ nd for the general good. A careful estimate gives ns the' fol lowing: Number of persons employed in distilleries, wholesale and retail liquor-shops, -565,640. What an army engaged in the work of demoralize- . We have m the United States lib,- David l'KxnKn , . . Tarboro V 176 ministers and school-teachers. Tljus there "are four times as many in the rum traffic as there are in thAspeojde wisran bettexi v xnen, 10 sum up an, loss of moral and physical energy, sac rificed in the persons of those who are the customers of these liquor shops. Four millions of tipplers and drunk ards, and of these it is estimated that at least 60,OOOt go down annually to a drunkard's, grave;', but the ranks jare continually filled by fresh recruits. What a thought, that ten per cent, of the"-entire population belongs FAlTHi TEMPERXXCE AXB CH.UHTT. Haleigh, October 9, 1868. AGENTS. r i The following' pcreoni vltc autliorizcil to act as agents for the Fkiexo ok'TempeR-vxce : Gkk W. Fkntrrjm. , ... . . ...Barclaysvllle. Emxktt B. Auxv. . .r .. .v.v.t.Ralcigb. J.li. Smith. . .... ...CJoldsboro'. EuwAKp 1Iowuim. . . ..... . . . . A . . Newbernc. J oax il axix ......... ... Rev. J. LL BotiuiTT. ......... ... . . ...lioanfoTt making Maj. E. Lewl. . . . C. W. Haukls,,,,. J. IX II. Yooiu....... W. H. JOYXKR. . Maj. D.S. iliu...... thinkrof-thet MHrf $ '- .. Weld on , . . Hendersou. . r.Franklinton A few daj-s since, as I was travelling on the cars, I saw a great many cards hanging around the coach in which I w;is seated, advertising various hotels, travelling routes, etc. Not having Ixep THE FACTS BEFORE THE, lEO any one to talk to, I began readiug those cards, and on almost every one of them those . ominous letters because you , B E " stoo l Out in bold relief, telling know when it is known there are to ahe reader that there was to be had bo ladies, there will be an agreeable" the very clioicest liquors," &c. To. found, in the midst of them; lie is sure me, as perhaps" to you, also, thdse to work his way in, and 1 dare; say, it 1 n,rcc letters', brincr other thoughts will not be long after we arc comforta bly settled down for a chat, before there will be a raj) at the; door, and we'll see one or more standing, hat in handwho "will be most hapvjy to join lis," which we'll allow, of course. Girls let's tell them all if they are not Friends." they can't gain admittance ; if they are, we will give them welcome, for we will have them to assist in hold ing up! our banner, whose 1 inscription is Faith Temperance, Gharit 1 I hidl expect' to hear from more of you next week. I shall want some one .to talk to; so don't keep mo waiting, for it is one of the most trying things I. ever had to do hold my tongue. Wre will be glad to have some callers from the Circle in the good "Spirit." We'll need some older heads, and will gladly welcome' those Vv'ho are willing to put up with our nonsense. Though a little girl' at the time thatCirele ex isted,! remember it well. Come-girls, our corner is read v for us. Nina. r . For the Friend ofTViniierarfcc. Mrs. Editkess: I see by the last ' Friend that some one very aptly sug gests the revival of the " So bial Circle.' of- that pleasantly ' remembered ; old . jmblication, and able temperance ad vocatethe Spirit of the Age. I "think it's a good idea, provided you let we "boys' share it with you. I am glad to see so many of the ' gentle sex lending their aid und infla v ence to our glorious cause! I say our . cause but I do not mean by that, that the men are the only ones inter ested for I think the girls are equally interested with ourselves; and indeed,' if eithe r sex can be more interested than the other, yours is that one,: for which one of the " Circle" would "hot consider it a great misfortune to - have a drunken brother, father, or, what is still . worse, a drunken hus- band. ' ., - . JBiit I am digressing from my origi nal intention in addressing you, which was to inquire if you are going to al low "us bb3's' , a place in the " Cir cle?" , If so, w e must not be strangers to eacn otner. lean t bear to be a stranprer in soeiett and I will not be as those who are personally; acquaint ed with me can attest. I must speak pst as I please, without fear of criti cism. (I always. try hard to avoid of fence) I am very willing to do as I would be done by. Ir hone to meet a diversity of styles, in the: " Circle." , Some, I expect, will give tis sage: counsel the Editress, perhaps, as the presiding genius; oth ers will furnish a little poem occasion ally, some will treat us to' the highci than those of ;wine. ' They reminded- me that, that man who has them plac ed so conspicuously upon those cards, or over tho door of the stall where he deals out his hated fluids will one day have to attend another bar t!i3 bar of anoffended God; and when he shall" leave that bar,1 1 fear he will cry ii vain for " a drop; of water to cool his parched; tongue." Will not the re collection of the iced, sparkling bever age ho dealt out here on earth, pro duce a peculiar1 torment? ,But his punishment will ' be just for God alone is to judge and punish. ' ' Oh, the sorrow that these law-licensed; grog sellers produce on earth, even; but oh, the anguish eternal that is produced by them in that world bo ond the grave. How many a poor soul is barred out of Heaven,; and for ever barred in torment by the execu tors of this one wicked law of our land! Hoping to meet many of you every week, and have a nice, cosy little chat, I bid you God speed. - V.. . Will. to the i f stand - abreast, mwus. TLK In thin our country of free insti-. tntions the will of the majority is, or should be, the law of the land ; and will be law, whenever the people man fully dp their ' duty.. To educate the public mind, and to awaken the pub lic conscience; is ultimately to enact laws. : It is the duty of the advocates of the temperance reform to keep the facts before the people. ' It is one ob ject of the Review to make every read er a temperance advocate, and enable him to rendeYft Teasem to every one he meets why he oppofes the mm power and the drinking adages. We commend to their careful perusal the following facts andi figures, condensed from the address of J. Newton Pcirce before the Young Men's Christian As sociation, Philadelphia: "In 1867 tl e e w.ro over 100,030, 000 gallons of vhiskey distilled in the United States. Now, just let us give a statement o the capital invested in this criant work of demoralization, and compare it with that invested iu the necessaries of life, and try to form an idea of this mighty enginery of tho bottomless pit: 100,000,000 gals., at SliOper ural. (market price ' SUO,000,000 160,000,000 gals., beer and ale Urewed at 50 cts. per gal. - 80,000,000 90,000,00b gal. of wine and ; ' brandies, at 42 pr gal. 10,000,000 Imported wines & liquors 60,000,000 drinkers' army an army that, ing in solid column of seven would reach two hundred miles ! Now, friends, can we afford to stand idle; in the face of such a host of Sa tan's vassals? Shall this army rule the' to-. the in , to lend I)b. E. Fix)vn. . . ... . . . jSiox A. llAKKrXOTdX. . . , C. H. Cokiki.I), . . : 'j. . v. Vi. S. Wuitb. . . : Chas. II.r Wiujam.. J . V. PETKiKcA'. . . . . . . W. K. I'KJKOKl). ... .... . . Tiios. J. H'HirAtEit. . . . Jeay A. MeDox.uj). . lit'Vv S-am'i. H. liuowx. (Iks l Ii. R :A"ancs Ukv. J. A. Rkagax. . . . A. L Grimch .... Josix Uagwki.t.. ....... . . 1 . .; ..... Ixubburgu '.; Wiluiington. ' ! t.. " '. V . I . . . 1. . . r.Tum!erton. . .. . . '. .-. . . Fajettevillc. . ... . . .. . Swan Station. . . . v, ",. ...... : Wiuslow. . . . . ; . . . Elizahctlitown. . 1 '. : l .OwcnsviHo. Wallacoi .Camera, .Trentoiu i. ., v ,:; Egypt, : , Trinity Collfgtr' . . . . . . .Ashc'ville.. . . . . . .Heems Greek, . -.Thomasynit. ; ........ .Morrisville. the Republic, by demoralizing ters, and causing them,' under iluenee of the maddening bow' their power to float unscrupulous dema gogues into the high places of trust upon a wave of rum? Gird on the armor; nerve for the struggle; strike for our a!tar3 and our. homes! M others, teach your sons and daughters to hate the curse. Contend against . the enemy while God grants you life and strength ; i aniA when ydu foel your powers failing, make Kannibals of the little ones who come after you to the fight, and that they may not fight as those who beat the air, let them understand tie mo bztf Li'tlrm containing money inu.t be rcgialerrd. , We are indebted to lie v (1 R; Ross, ( Chariot-esville, Ya., for several very pleading and valuable teniFeranco tracts, among wldch is a temperance story by T, S. Arthur, and the "song of the Decanter." Uro.-Ihs will please accept our thpnh-;; dso, for snb sciipti .ns cit to ILc 1 run', ot j.em- ')cra?ice.- : A V. .y r soMi: -Y i i ,xt - A 1c i i er rr -ceived from Bro. W. if. Toiiison oiv Saturday evening last, contained ouo of his beajtiful Badge Pins, . whkh "came to us as a present. Ye had detfi nlir.f d reve r to enr jewelry again, but we cannot resist the temptation which the brother has set before us. It is a beantiftd Gold en shield on whi-h Uirre htars are em- mentons issue of , this Holy - i War. I blazoned, representing tbe three gieat Scatter broadcast the temperance pa per, and tract. "Let the light shine," Infernal ional Tern peranee 1? WOliK. principles upon which our order jests Faith, Temperance and Charity. Bro. Poisson sells these Pins at a very low rate, and every member of our or der should have ojae, either for him self or his wife orsw et-beart to wear. last now tho politicab japers and Address W. M; Ppisson, ; Wilmington, : For the Friend of Temperance. Mils. Editress : An ; article in , the last number of Hig Friend, of Temper ance signified a, willingness on your part to allow scribblers to fill a column or so, of your very valuable paper. While I cannot say that I. approve of the suestion made by your, ccrre spbndent, DeliavI)unhamto form a Social Circle, (I am opposed to circles, especially the circle : of bpchelordom, the end of which I have sought in vain to find, for the last 20 or 25 years,) yet, inasmuch as the door has been thrown open to correspondents, I will avail myself of the opportunity, and have a say about something; about my self if no better subject presents itself. But, really, dear madam; X feel very awkward" in this new role, for sinee the days of the Spirit of the Age and its charming circle, 1 have had a good deal of romance and nonsense knock ed out of me by a terrible four years campaign along the Potomac, and to tell you the truth, ij don't see things in exactly the same light I did before I learned the art of war. I used to think that life was made up of to mance, poetry, love,! pretty girls and sweet flowers, but, if I were on my oath, I think I should render a some what different verdict now; iii fact, I think I should be constrained by the evidence to say, that jthere is not a particle of romance, and very little po etry, and still less love; as to the pret ty girls and sweet flowers I have my opinion. J'm convinced of the truth of one thing, and that is: life don't . We Lave a total of 8403,000,000 Take necessaries as compiled from reliable returns: Flour and Meal , Beef and Pork Boots and Shoes Clothing. J $221,000,000 i 56,000,000 90,000,000 70,000,000 $110,000,000 Total V - ' Overplus of rum capibd . ' 20,000,000 Just think of it ! the strong; drink consumed this Republic, . at jwhole; sale prices,?would purchase the food and clothing of all its people, and leave. a balance of $20,000,000! Then if We add to this the retail profit, which is at least, by the time it has gone rough' the several hands, 50 per cent, and you have the enormous sum of $690,000,000, or $250,000,000 more than the sum invested in food and clothing. Take the civil list for '1863 and we find the total expenses of the govern ment for civil and diplomatic expenses were $11,600,000. Thus the cost of the wholesale liquor interest was. about forty times the expense of the government in ordinary times. In the State of Pennsylvania, by official returns, the retail liquor traffic amounted to . $331,197,869 in the year 1867. : For the same year: The cost of State Gov'ment was ,500,000 Totd cost for public schools 5,10U, ou leaders, of the two pasties ure ' de manding, at the hands of every mem ber of either of the parties, earnest wp'rk until after tho election The strife for political mastery waxqs warm and we are jrlad to see men zealous iii whatever they believe to be right. Temperance men and women of Indi ana, are .we a3 zalou in worlfing to build up the cause of - temperance as i.i r . ' J .1.1' . 1. we migiit oe : uurs is a nouie woi one of love, of faith,, of hope ;aud of charity. God smiles upon tho I efforts that are being put forth for the eleva- lpn oi man kind. Vo we see tnat vic tim of Rum in the ditch, yonder, or ire we looking beyond to see ifj we are receiving the smiles of sometime-serving politician ? The temperance field spreads out invitingly before us and et U3 be faithful and energetic. The whole world has an eye upon tlie pres ent temperance movement tb.0 pray ers of the druukard'av wife and . the cries of hii3 half-starved children ; bid us work for temperance; work lo stay .1 . 1- 1 ' 1 ' t A 1 ' ' ' . tl tne muraerous nana oi me rumseuer; work to redeem the fallen and work o save others from falling. W ork for God and the right. W. Independent. ; : $9,660,750 Thus strong drink cost the State thirty-five times as much as its govern ment and its public schools ! According to the returns of last year, nvnmnnnt pxnendcd in hauor was X. c, Onte of Va.ncis's Bcst. A few; since, in Salisbury, vhen Vance was I Will not Bro. Bruce write us some good news' froth his' dwtrici? A letter from him would cheer us very much. ' . And will not brothers Ituss and Abell aud Bowman drop us an occasional line from Charlottesville ? Aud will not Bros.; Weddell aud Jefferson of Petersburg send reeling? A letter of ii a wonderfrdv substitute for $1,50; write to us brethren. Your letters will cheer us, stimulate others to zeal and greatly prosper the Cause. ns a encouragement still burning in ni JCSf The fires are the West. Bro. Reagan informs its that two Temperanco demonstrations were to have been held on the 3d in stant. J Agitate ! Call out the people an d ' a ddrej s them. Scatt cr the in for-raation.- Distribute Tern per ance tracts and books ;and eircolate your paper;' ' War and politics and rum haye had sway long enough I "JLet ua have-peace" and temperance a Gos- pel peace. r ' -J -" ' N. Paige, who is understood to una i ,i ' it i jand J. B. Neatherv s name apnears m ence, some scadawag suddenly; - , .. . . , , i its stead. We do not know, but we maliciously turned off the gas. i . . . . suppose me nrm remains, tno same, the only difference being, the substi tuting of Neathery for Paige. addressing a lare and enthusiastic audie and maliciously turned on tne gas. Almost any one but Vance would have .... - been flustered bv the : circumstance. But not he. He at once cried put, in the midst of the darkness: " Heroes of, America ! Come to order .'" This crea ted shouts of applause and laughter, in the midst of which a stray dog, as tonished at the uproar, set up a howl. "Turn that scallawag out !" said Vance; and the merriment grew "fast and furious.;' The lights were sqon restored and Vance resumed.-i-iS'itT nel. article in the Standard some time since, has withdrawn from that paper Veto Sustained. Got Warniputh's veto of the negro equality bill has been sustained by the Legislature of topiE- iana, by a tie votct . The alterations and amend ments which "Will" proposes can on ly be made by the Supreme Qouncil. The State Councils, have no authority to amend Constitutions or make any change in the usages of the Order. The Supreme Council alone can reme dy these defects and inconsisten pies. . I We learn from a corresp in dent at Wilmington that, Be v. L. S. Bulkhead Presiding Elder of the Wil mington district, is seriously ill at his borne at Magnolia. 1
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