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The Friend of TemperancB. R. H.;WHITAKER, j Editor, J- H. HlLUAssociatis Editor OrncTAL Oegau of the feVrajjffi cbrccxz of The Friends or TemA-rance. also, tiie Urgan of the Statffcirmcil3 of Vir- Ciirolina, BouiI (haroliiia 'and MI ' ' . Ae Cbito7, on iima, JSorih Florida. -, Office three fymres East oj fieiclern Avemte. w : The Cross (X) Vk tl to remind yon that your tiulyfcriijtioh bug pireai , .Let all renv, promptly! Aftisinrr R rites. s'rACB. . 1 Mo,:2 Ms.; 3 Ma , 6 Mb jl Tr. A r f a w i try An 6 25! 8 50! 13 00 50' oo 50i- 8 00 ii shjioou 00 10 00 ,18 00. 19 50; One Fqnare, Two Squares," Thiee t Fourth Cola'n lO OOjH O0l7 00,25 00j.36 00 Half i 16 C0 i:l 00 24 50 50 CO. 770 00 Whole 12 00 20 00 25 00 80 00 i ai oojso oojse oo.eo 00,3,00 00 JAN, 31," 1876. - The Friexd ov TEJiriTvAXCE , .and Peterson's Magazino for a whole year, or only: $3.75, and postage paid. ; '. Adi'cds -!.r; . . 11. H.-WiiirAKEri. Ileigb, N. O. SendLyour Job "Work to tho Fejexd of Temperance Job- Office.! 'Constitu tions, By-Laws and Rules, of Order rsiil. bo n'eatlyiand cheaply j printed. -r-Wo solicit patronage. i j X.OG-AJBI to a Canary appears Dr. Pritchard bag been invited ten day's meeting up north. Tripkll vitb ;bia trained birds arid ptberf attractioa, this evening at backer Hall. ' The Keeper olthe Capitol Grounds advertises that tho beaux of italeigh can't adorn their vest button-holes with.his flcwer'jJ V .v ' Blind Tom, the musical prodigy of tha nrre. will be in our city the 7th of February, appearing forn night only at Tucker Hall. ... '- -, j; J-, . . Oar city Fathers are j discussing City Gas and Water Woks. And now something is being street cars.-; said : j -. .. .-. about DISTRICT VICE PRESIDENTS Commissions have been sent out, during the last weektover fifty per sons in North' Carolina,' waking them the Vic's President. or the represent atives of the President' of the State Council in their several localities.-- We hope that every one, 'to1 whom a commission was sent, will accept it, and use his influence and very much of his time for the promotion of the cause of Temperance. The President, let it be understood, does not send out these commissions as so many compliments. Hef means business, and th commissions mean norl. If, therefore, thef3 be any who do not intend to work, do not expect to give of their time and influence to the cause of temperance ancl to the extension of our Order, let, not such retain their commission?, but - return them at once to the Secretary, with a reconiinendatioD of some othsr per son ia their conjmunhy who will work. . - I . v Te hope that all will accept the of fice, and that all will work. A little done by all will amount to a great deal in the aggregate. - Trv .Tnnias 1 Moore, P. E.'of the Cotuelia BodclSp, in thiai c-' . I DIDN'T KftO W HIM. Since our city lias grown to be a great cotton emporiom and a whole-r sale dealer in Fertilizers, Whiskey and Groceries, our city government .and police force have been wonderfully, im proved,' both in quantity and qaality. but mostly in appearance. In tho olden timei we knew alljthe policemen and they looked as natural as other people: but now we don't " A A know all of them, aud," with their fine uniforms od, we sometimes don't know those we use to know. Soch was the th other evenins when Mr. Par- ham approached! us, in the ' market, and began to talk about a certain arti cle which had appeal eu in our paper about him. After enquiring, his name wo assured him that he was mistaken both as to the man and the paper that his grievance, probably, was against the' Spirit of the Age. But, as w e hav heard of no fight in that quar ter, we are persuaded to hope that iiis grievance turned out to bo an imagi- Were it po'for the , imaging ?1,es how Uvr would tu lALOMElEODlSM. TLe MetLcxlist Aiurck ol ISortli BE CA REFTJL WI2A 2! YOfj HA 1. Men and women should be carefal what they say before each other-be fore the world. Idle word, oiten spo ken in jest are sometimes potential for evil, because not fully understood anid properly appreciated. i "., In one of onr public addresses on the subject of temperance, not a great while ago, we related" an anecdote, which caused considerable merriment, and to our mind it was entirely inno- cent andv altogether free from the least taint of coarseness. But it was mis undcrstood and misapplied by a boy who sat in the audience, and the ef fect on him was damaging, until he was convinced by a minister of the gospel, who also heard it, that he had misunderstood the remark. ; Children are always listening be cause they are always trying to learn, and people shouid be careful what they say before children, if they2 would not have them repeat, in public what they have heard iu private. . We heard a traveling temperance lecturor, from Boston, say, not long ago, that, just before taking, leave of his family, as he was on the point of starting South, his children tried to dissuade him . from coming lest he might be shot . and murdered by Southern people. Those children were not warned by a dream. They had htard father and mother talk about those ?' cruel, murdrous South ern rebels," and. hence their alarm when father was about s to go among them. We must take1 heed to our words as well as our ways, if wo would be blameless in life1. .' WAS2E OF AMUNITION. Dr. Pritchard occupies nearly a col umn in the Biblical Recorder, in which he expresses his " most decided dis sent from the spirit and sentiment ol several articles, which he says, " have recently appeared," but which the edi tor says, he. don t remember., having appeared in that paper.' The Doctors "dissent is very strone as well as ! decidod," and the affair remirfds us of an anecdote. - A lean, lank, lazy-looking, good-for- nothing fellow, whom we call Jack, ap peared at a neighbor s door lust as the family had taken their A?ats at the breakfast table. aoim TO onuRGE m JNGTONi C S WASB A correspondent of tie N. Y. Sun, writing from Washingtrta City, Jan 'y 24tb, has the followini to s iy about going to church in thai city: The Metropolitan Mjthodist Church is distant onhr a few Kocks from the Metropolitan Hotel, t here i am so- journin'f, and this miming I conclu ded to stroll arouud ti hear tho Rev. Dr. Newman, lately rdurned from Eu rope, and to see GraBabcock, Sar toris, and the rest olthe Presidential household, j I - desiri to behold with my own eyes the tmilsler who has re cently traveled so elensively on Gov ernment account, ar to view critical ly the person who during another an is not cflen one ha; with a gentleman pires to rule us third term. 'It a chance to meet o thinks himself Washington; so I were, t )333 Ulys- snperior to Georg was compelled, as ses annow. j ' As or Dr. N2ylia)C'I shall not at tempt an analjiof his gerrhon. His text wan taken oni R6mans, twelfth chapter and elVonl verse: 'Not slothful in busineVjfcrvent in spirit; serviDg the; Lord.' Vhe subject sug gested by thes9 is thlcomoatibilitv of business with piety, id all I wish to say in regaid to Dr. lewman is that he illustrated person his text by auuouncin courses cn Mohamme and ou Religion in 1 pire, and suggesting gallon as well as str the truth ot la scries of dis- un the Koran, Turkish Em- lit his conerre- eis would be expected to contributAierally on the occasion of these lectifc, the first of which will be givdB, or Mer sold, this evening. The Newman to the 'Bring your cam this evening.' It appe 4 1 ) 1 It ' 1 "Tl'J mac me reverenci genu to' turn to valuable acclat the ideas and information obtain Jby him while traveling at the expense the Govern - m ression. oi tion was, r prayers therefore, n purposes TEMPERANCE XECTURES TUB SENATE." IN .. . J oo the 2i. X. Sun heads its Con gressional column for January 25th, 1870, and among the proceedings ' of the benate of that day, we , find that Mr. Sherman of Ohio and Mr. Morrill of Maine made lengthy speeches in favor of a bill to provide .for a com mission on tbe subject of the liquor tramc. Jir..iayard ot Delaware, spoke in opposition. Pending the discussion the Senate went iuto executive session and -afterwards adjourned. In the House on the same day, we observe, Mr. Scales of N. C, intro duced a bill to reduce the tax on to bacco and whiskey. So, it is likely that the temperance question will come up for discusssion in the house also, and should it come to a square out vote, the country may expect to tee any amount of dodging,! We ea.ro very littler HOw the matter is decided, for. we are tree to con- fes?, that experience has greatly changed fome of our views upon the temperance question especially with regard to prohibitory legislation. A CALL THA T WILL HEARD. NOT BE ment, and to exemplify son the beautiful harmom between pelf and piety. When I leached the chi told the usher that ha Grant, and that he won by procuiing for me a seal man Jed the position neia raJ. Looking at me, as at toy excessive lack of traJ own per- ich exists door I Jiever seen oblige me hich coin- the GeV- stafrorerkd a straight line; with th 'ew of tk ' iirlii ftanwitefl that, x u .Wncil- S eii, consid fJgihe opposition it has to contend against. . . . . vane - 1:; Carolina i?wW;! clebxat ,.th present year, it uemg ipe centennial oi tneir first labors in this state. . And, on the 21st of March a grand Centennial cele bration will be held in- this city, which promises to be one of the most impos ing ojcasions, ever witnessed in the city. - ; . . : : Among the oth,e distinguished di vines invited, we learn from the Advo cate that Bishop Marvin is one oi them, and that he will attend. Everybody who has seen and heard the "Bishop will want to see and hear -.him again and his coming, will, of , itself, brin hundreds to the Centennial. One of the purposes of the Cehten nial meeting is to iaise money to build a Memorial Church in this city. "We hope that all the purposes, including this, will be fully consummated ana that the church which celebrates its Centennial may enter upon the century with a determination to do ft thousand fold more for Christ than has been done in the hundred years that are drawing to a close. . , ".; Col. E. R. Stamps, late editor of the Tarboro Enquirer, but now a citizen of Ealeigh.aed Miss Bettie Y. V llhams second daughter ot cftir esteemed fel low cilizep, John G: Williams, Esq., ta hymen's altar on the j morning of vq or.th in eh. After receiving .. the congratulation of friends . the happy pair started oh a bridal tour. ."NVw r.noKs. Tho attention ol our readers ik . called specially . to the ad vertisement of T. B. Peterson & Broth ers, in wliich they present to tho pub lic Mrs. ffarSeld'a Ne-r Booke, which are no w ready tor sale, ;vThese are fine publications and will, doubtless, command a good sale. j . v RALEIGH CO L'NCIL. At the last meeting quit;o a number of applications were brought in. One lady was- initiated. After the usual routine, the Council, under the head of the good of tho Order, listened to sev eral very interesting littjle speeches from various members. II. , lleT Dr., Burkhead, the President, and W.: X Stronaeh, jso Hat were, by Action of the Council, inv:.yd to dsliver "addresses w tne next regular meeting, which they con sented to do. Let every member of the Order in tie city be sure to come out next Friday evening. D ' ;-. PUFFING THE GOSPEL. r- HOMCIDEi . , Geo. W. Swepson, Esq., shot Adol phus G. Moore, at Haw . River, on .Tuesday ast, infiiting, a woud from which Moore died the next day. The first version-of the' matter was, that Mooro was passing along the road going bird hunting, rand, without provocation, Swepson rlred at him with'an army rille from behind a chim ney, without effect ; then retreating to tho inside of the house ho . again fired from behind a. artially closed door, this time inflicting the wound. I Apther version is, that Swepson acj ted ' onithe defensive ;; that - Moorf wentfor a fightaad wa3 in-tfaaact of shooting Sweep son when Swepson shot liiiu- Moore, in his dying statement, The matter, at the timo of this wri ting, is being investigated. " - Strong counsel have been employed on' both sides. t There are a great many business men who do not know, or,' seemingly do not properly, appreciate, the im portance of advertising., i A man must keep himself before the people if he wou.1d? be known, and to make his, business known he musiv Adyerlis6t Politicians and some worldly mind ed ministers of the Gospel . who , are working for worldly glory and tha ap plause of. the multitude, appreciate the importance of advertising. Hence, it is often the case, that, over,, a ; ficti tious name the politician f . writes a puff of himself, to keep himself .before the people ; and quite ...as , tften the case that the minister of the Gospel writes the very complimentary ' and fulsomely flatteiing local notices of himself which appear in the daily pa pers. ' ' - ' . It it well enough to puff, "or rather to stuff,' small men, and men who make the Gospel a matter of business, but great men and truly pious gospel preachers don't care for advertising. V The Temperance reforni . movement s exciting the greatest interest and enthusiasm in Maine. -Large meet ings are everywhere being held, while, the liquor" law is being vigorously en forced. ' At Saca to-da ( Jjn "17th,) a druggist for a single case of liquor eelling was sentenced to sixty .days in the county lail and to pay a fine and costs. New York World. Tho eood lady i"1"- ror r iy lea mo down tte? aisle tl tha pew o down and have soma breakit.,. . Hat hmtfetil Ined." Aavine-r lifchwasn'tf at all hungry didn't feel like eating in act, b. -waa quite unwell. She insist ed, and Jack still dammed. She made her little boy get up, and again invi ted dack to take a seat, which he fi nally did, and although still complain ing ot leeling , badly, and lamenting his complete loss oi appetite, he went to work vigorously on the biscuit, cof fee, fried ham and eggs, &c. Jiuo littiD uuj, nuu uttu LO glVO Up his seat, took ms stand at the back oi his mother's chair, and when Jack, whose appetite seemed to be " com ing," reached for his fourth biscuit, he groaned audibly. His mother" reach ed around and with a gentle pressure of her hand upon his arm warned him to keep quiet, which he did until Jack reached forth for his seventh biscuit, when the bo could contain his feel ings no longer ; but gave r ent to them in a shrill, prolonged whistle. His mother arose quickly with a flushed face when the little fellow, ( knowing what was coming, started to run. As he fell out the door his mother caught him and led him toward the place of penance. . isut, as tney were going n6 anything given to him yet. said : " Mother, if a man as am t hungry, and don't fedl like eating, ancl is sick, can eat seven biscuits, how many could he eat if he was well, and was hungry and felt like eating V History does not record the moth er s anfjwer to that sum ; but the an- ecdotd prompts us to enquire : if the President, who -joojjpttt" np r.A&rance. Lis Jad iapawiifi( him while Babcock ana Sartor is, with Seve ral ladies, took seats in the pewm- fdmlfiTv in rear of Grant nndhi wife And now commenced my en tranced gazing. I was near enough to Grant to see every motion he made, every wink of his eye. He seemed to be very nervous and restless in his seat. His wife had to tell him each time where to find the page of the hymn. He paid little or no attention to the sermon, yawned frequently, and stroked his beard, la one word, Grant showed overV indication of hav ing been on a spree. His face was bloated and 1 ruddy, and his whole I ' 1. 'I All . 1 . Dearing muicatsu mat tne services were boring to him to the last degree. As I took in the lineaments of his stol- id countenance, too tuougnt arose, How can such a person ever succeed in setting aside the precedents estab lished by ths fathers and iu obtaining a third term ? I do not . believe taat Grant will get the Republican nomi nation at Cincinnati, but if he should he will take it. He has" never refused PETER DWYER. At 38 i Vandam street, New York, Peter Dwyeran illiterate but very earnest and we suppose a very sincere christian man, is, and for some time, Rainey, a colored member, (we are particular in saying " colored," be cause we observe that the N. Y. Herald takes the Biblical Recorder of this city to task for saying " negro" instead of " colored,") from South Carolina, of fered a resolution ia the House last week calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a full and complete re port from the commissioners of the Freedman's Savings Banks. Our Qpuaon is Bfainey will have to make another call before that "full and complete report" will come. Speaking of the colored people, we will state that Friday Jones, a patri archal colored gentleman of this city, has issued a proclamation to the col ored people of the State of North Carolina, in which he says a great ma ny very sensible things, He tells them to go to work to quit loafing and stealing and getting into scrapes, or the race will be ruined beyond . re- uemptum. rheard Bishop Beebee,- colored, in which bTiFall , in Durham, tsertain, criaie, 'jiTle. ; One tiling o WHAT NOTS. A monkey bit a child in Tall abas see Fla., the other day. The R. E. Lee is the name of ft Mammoth Steamboat to be run on Ibe Mississippi. - Two runaway negroes from North Carolina are iu the Alabama Legisla ture. Whitepeople of Georgia aie do ing their own work and tha negr oes are going to Mississippi. Hon. John H. Rjagan, Represen tative from Texas, was born in Tennes see, in October, 1818. - The skeleton of Gen. Lee's horse, Traveller' will be on exhibition at the Philadelphi a Centennial, reconstruct ed, of course. A movement is on foot -to erect a statue to Father Mathew, the great temperance apostle, in St Louis. On account of hia liberal views on com umiiwii-flBTTn. v. jt aimer nag Communication 5. NORTH CAROLINA. - ' f. FOK THE rWEXD. Foustais Hiix, Greene Cd, N. C., Jan. 8tb, 1S7G.' Bro. Whitakkr : The 25th of De cember being our regular day of ms ing to elect officers, &c, and ourcrfu cil having secured the services oftsv. Jno. N. Andrews to deliver a public address, there was a large unar 0( nnra nt.d t.hfl HfiVflrnl .ftiliir-t COUD- and many ther.n not wero An- and others pie, is on the inSQfjolored peo- judge of the maUer by whafix been expelled. from Baptist Ministerial Union, of Gennessee, N. Y. ' - ' The annual meeting of the Bish ops of the M. K Church, South, will. be in Nashville, Tenn . on the first Wednesday of May, next. The 'Mess Club' system of board ing has been in successful operation at the Richmond, Ya., for several years, averaging board at ubout $10 per month. It is said that there are eight pin factories in the United States which turn out about forty-seven millions of pins per day. What a mighty pin cushion this Union must be. The Irish census just published gives the religious status thus: Cathr olics, 4.150.857 Protestants of all de nominations, 1.261,410, Excess of Catholics over Protestants 2.889.347. The Chief of the Cherokee na tion, Ouchakttar, is. a member of the Baptist church. So are three of the Supremo Judges of the Creek nation, and also the Superintendent of public instruction. Forty or fifty thousand dollars are being . expended, on the Hippo drome in New York, for tbe great re vival meeting of Moody and Sankey which .commences in a few days. - The church property of the ten principal denominations in the United States has increased in value $330. 324595. during the last twp4.rrs. argest gain, cils present, members of our Orde wuo danilenmolv cnt orf.nvt1i)y BfO. drews, and after the ss all par- took of tho barbepW. ""Key, cate, X-r. r.rAn.r hvfte hiuds Ctho fair t 1 -J oiefpra rf nil. COUnCll friendly to tAe Older. Our council is in a nourisuiufe; col-.jonJuijrxiu-r-i can. safely say will continue so, as long as . wo have such material iu it as Bros. Harper Bar wick, Stanly, Kilpatri(,.aid ma ny other male with a scjie of .fo u ilo members, whose hearts are uboly en listed iu the good work of teuiperduce reform Heartily approviug of th action of the State Council, relative tompiov ing lecturers iu the several 'Districts, I am yours, &c, ' E. J. Bkooks, Secretary Bethel Council, 207. tJatrrortcs Mrs. Tilton's Alice-went 1 Jones writes in the Daily Sentinel and they gsii, present? lit hfthnnvpa the good men of both ra- .,. nrVm.u: It behooves the good men of both cea to put a stop to it FOR THE FRIEND. Shoe Heel, N. C., Jan. 2lst, 1870.. Bro. Whitakeu : I herewith hand you reports oi our council for 2 last quarters, together with the dues' $8,25. . ' Our council is doing well. We had a Temperance Sociable 3 1st Dec. There was a large crowd present, con sisting of ladies - and gentlemen, old and young, married and single ;' spent a few hours together very pleasantly, when ajl retired toheir homes rejoi cing ' without the aid of wine.' We have these Sociables often, and we find that it is not only pleasant co our selves, but than it is beneficial to the temperance cause. We have a new organ which adds very much to the pleasure of the meetings of the. cil, and to the public meetj were favored with a ,n i- -l on the 12th nf subjef tewpejri t , It ww"" wyt Zloa to bear it, but kU BP611 Of by thnaa ,r,U f r ;enne it waTa to bear It, as being a veiy able thing," and! hope has done ' SUNSET' COX. sent them back and r&u4trs..Tiiton girls. xhe A gale of wind, which passed over Baltimore recently, played havoc with Schroeder's celebrated air ship of which the public has heard so much during the last few months. The thing's 'busted-.' Who'll build the next? .. installau- Associate. GENERALITIES. Pull down your vest,' is the We return thiEnks to Hon. J. J i Da vis member of Congress from this dis trict, for a copy of the speech recently delivered in the House on thd Amnes ty bill and in reply to Blaine. The speech is exceedingly humorous, and withal, a very strong one. It shows up Blaine pretty effectually, making his recent opposition to amnesty to appear very ridiculous when compared expression for telling a talkative with his action three years.ago. - to ' shut up!' Mr. Jox says ne canuoc account ior the change which has come over Mr. Blaine, nor will he attribute motives. Tt is understood that Mr. Blaine is a candidate for the presidency, but that is no reason why he should be a mean man.' But, he does think it is very singular that Blaine should antagonise lrant who is committed to General Amnesty. e: if the I has been, holding a revival meeting, of Doctor can write such a .HaTsseial:. Rw!eirriirfeHRVa i j: i - vitt't irom expressions wxucu, ucuuiuuik tu the Recorder, most be wholly imagina ry, what might he not do as a " dis senter," if, instead of an imagination, he bad a reality upon which to base his " dissent ?'V ' r RELIGION. TmN. Y.Sv asks: "What is any religion jorth to any man who pretends to possess it, if it be not : to him an innuenual power ? . How can any man be said to believe in this or that religion when he practically ig- rores the controllmg principles hpon Which it is founded, and spurns the governing 'p recepts which are its V es sence i xhere are a great many men in these times who are called profess ors of religion, but we need another class of people who can show that they are en titled to be called prauti sera of religion. Whatever . pe the form of a man's creed, he is required to lorsake his evil ways. (Jul. Henry L. dead. Guion of Newbern is sr-A few Almanacs left. 3f tion in terms of kinduess.' The little cellar or basemct.5 room in which he holds his meetings is crowded nightly with the roughs of that pcrtion olthe city and many of them have been&on verted. . The Sun says that Dwyer is doing a good - work, ' notwithstanding the world the flesh and the . devil,, in cluding some of the police, seem to be working against him. , A few nights ago a general row oc curred there, iu vhiph the police par ticipated, sidmgvith the disturbers of the meeting. Bat the next night bet ter policemen were put on duty an d quiet prevailed.;,, Dwyer seems deter mined to prosecM his work among the outcasts, at Jra hazards. May his efforts be crowned with sucpes. The battle is not yours, but God's, said the prophet to Jehosapbat. Richmond, Ya., is probably, without a parallel in the country in the pro portion of its cl.urch members to its inhitants.X'f its population of 50,- 00 2S church members r large majority lildren. v LETTERBOX. Middleton. 262 Bro. W,E. Grimsley writes: 'Our Council is increasing rapidly. numbering now 49 members.' (Returns received. Ed.; Thu English volunteer force now ..nnsists of 238.261 rank an& file, of whom 168,700 are efficient. Ministers, teachers, fathers, moth evn. sisters, call uton the voung men 1 , A. - to touch not. taste- not the accursed bowl. God save our young men. Tho London Lancet says that the habit of secret drunkenness is becom ing verv common among the boys at O .l " - the English public schools. John Childs failed in an attempt to rnh tha Galveston bank in which he waa fimnloved. Then he failed in an attempt to kill himself. His attemp to jfAt intn the State prison will end present term were 4at the same tima. p xi McLean, lJresident. DTfav H Patterson, WJCurrnn, Chaplain. Miss Nancy Partwy- f; r t Miss Effie Patter8on7?acretarT' D D Sutherland, Conductor!er .. Miss Hattie Harker, Ast Conductor Eddie McQueen, In. Sentinel. John Morrison, Out Sentinel. We have a goodly number of mem-. bers ladies and gentlemen whose souls seem to be in the work. With such advantage we hope to V -press on ward. . . Yours in F. T. and C, ' i ; ,W. J. Curiue. slang bore tue ju. Xi. unurcn in mis piace , still continues, there being some 20 to 30 at the altar nightly. The Rev. Mr. Swindell is assisted in his labors this week by Rev. Mr. Willis and Rev. Mr. Burton of Tbis.is the largest revival ' and 5 more conversions than has ever been in Tar boro for many a year. Let the good work go bravely on.-Southerner. in success. t- - TEMPERANCE fob the raiEKij. BACKSLIDERS. A correspondent sends the following reminiscence: w hen Congressman Lamar was returning home at the close of the session of Congress in 18- At the forty-second annual maeting of the London Beer and Wine Trade Protection Association, it was stated that while'drunkenness was indispu- of Wilson, tably .on the increase, convictions Greensboro, against tha Tenders were fewer than under the former less stringent law. ; The debt of New Orleans 13 twenty one millions of dollars, and the city is trying to make a compromise with its creditors on the basis of sixty cents n the dollar. The Mormons have a hymn. 'We are not Ashamed to Qwn Our Lord Mr. Editor : I blush when I look at the vast army of temperanco back sliders. I feel almost sometime as if all our work were in vaiu. This, how ever, doaa not comport very well with what you have heard me , state in a public speech. I take it that whenever a mau falls away from any spiritual, mpral or so cial attainment, he is an injured man, and injured to an extent that he sel dom is willing to admit even to him- 4 60, a newsboy on the- Memphis and Charleston Railroad insisted that he J Very good; but the question is wheth snotuu purcuaaa a uou mo repeateoiy er thf, Tinri imt ashamed to OWft ouereu uuu. - our. jjituiair b&iu iu mm, with a wave of th9 hand, .'Oh, pshaw 1 don't bother me so, I wrote the book.' Quick as thought tho little lellow an swered, 'Ah I now I know. : That's what makes it so darned hard to' sell.' them. He' was the proprietor of a restau rant and a prominent , member of a fashionable church. When the breth ren passed round to collect the sub- Marietta (Ga.,) Journal: Mrs. Ba- scriptions he fumbled in his pocket lot tar." a" widow liviner some five , milan I his slio. drew out a number of papers, . i a ; ji I and dronnnd ona in the "plate. The west ui 4wwwj, wewmiug uigmeaea " . , r.r . . , , - n ed to be an approaching storm, at- hnted not exactly a subscription, but tempted to descend into the cellar for ft bearing tha legend : 'Good safety, and fell and broke her neck. f0r twelve dunks Men seem to ihink there is ho great injury done when they fall away from the principles of total abstinence.- But the truth is they suffer both in a moral and social form. The social statue of a drinking man cannot be as high and as good as one who totally abstains : for the simple reason that perfect sobriety is a virtue "which is sullied by the slightest indulgence. His morals suffer, if he drinks in toxicating beverage, to the extent of its influence over him, or, in otb or words, to the extent of his departure from strict sobriety. We need not niinoe word a4 thing, drunkenness is highly immoral and the sooner the world knows the better. t To this we may add the loss of spir itual attainments. For I verily ba- lieye, that the devil controls np twq things so potent for evil to professors oi religion, as dram-drinking and the ball-room. Laok around yoi, fiir, and you will find that in these two things which are a'most always together, a majority of apostate bdtu. Nnvw der the, . devil ; sadjt .' t aii ,tu3i i should not be attacked tu saverely-- I I. I ' J urn-
Spirit of the Age [1873-1???] (Raleigh, NC)
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Jan. 31, 1876, edition 1
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