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"j7(lOM the Subscriber in October 1 t, my negro man
C ' WHAM. !whos I bought of Miles Coetui, in Janu
ary, 1841. He was raised, by the f'oy'a, oa,Top'l.
zlwar the Onslow county' line e is" about 23 or 24
'J. cars of age, rather li, fewhp 6 feet f or 10, inches
high. He is quite.dafltftoJ has;:JBnaikable. red epot
on.his Under, lip. I suppose hiTinay be lurking about
' where he wastaiscd. I will give 60 dollara for his delivo-
tj to meot atthejiUm'Wiinoinijton, k .. fv , A
ALSO 'Ranaway in March, my negro rman Tony,
whom I bought from Tbdtiras Lee,- of this county, near
(South Washington, on the NorU XastH; He is aliout 35
"year of age( five feet, seven or eight inches high, of a
rJark yellow color,Ti?s bad fine teeth., lift was raised on
Sotttli river, inthis county, and is probably Jurkirtg about
t there, or near afr. lice's, ., For his delivery to in or at
' the jail ui Wilmington, I will give a reward of twenty. .
' live dollars. , : ' ' . UILBEKT, FOTTE. -
' April a.
JfllgJVUnn Kye Wasft. It is earnestly reoom
H '1 mended to the afflicted to make a trial of the gv
tuu flye Wash, whose healing and' invigorating eflects
cents MrkVottle. '' W, .WARE, Agent.
. a
JVd!ih7l8ir
uTozdiscl iaac:s
HIS is unquestionably the ii popular work of the
kind cw r nublishcil, and a book admirably adaptel
ts the wants of all classes of the 'community. The fol
lowing arc the important objects which the learned author
endeavors to accomplish ! . ,
lg To'inslruct Jtho Mauufac'urer, Mo'allurgist nl
Tradesman in the principles of their le-pectivo procaiaes,
aa ti render them, in reality, the misters of C. err bus
r essf an l, to e nLncipate them from a state- of bdn!age
to such are too commonly governed by blind prejudice
n l a vici us routine. -.
2ndly. To aff rd Merchalits, Brokers.'DrysvIters,
D'Uggists, and i fficera of the Revenue, cliaract rnrtic de
criptiti. s jjiecimmodities which piss throagh their
hands, i j " V-i i' '
- ,3rdjy By exhibring some gf the (meat de vetopemrit
of Chemistry and l'b sics, to lay pperf an excellent prac
tical se. b 1 to sHiden'rol tticse ku itred sciences. , '
, : fithlv. Ta teach Capitalists, who- it ay I e desiroM of
placing their fu.::' in souje producth'e branch gf Indus
try, to select, jndiciouslv, among plausible claimants.- ( ,
; 5tlilv. To enable ent'einen of the Law to become well
acquiintod jtvith the. nature of those tateft sc!ieme,
which are so apt to jgive, rise to litigation. ,, .
6thly. To present to IcgisUtora such a-clcar exposition
of the, staple nianufacturea, as may disKaJe them from
enacting , laws which ol struct Industry, or cherish one
branch of it to the injury of marry others? - Vfr
And lastly, to give the goneral reader, Intent chiefly7; d4
Intellectual Cultivation, views of many of tliO noblest
. . . . o re 1 . . '
acmcvementa o ueieneej in eueeiing tnose -grana irans
formationaof matiuT. to-which Great Britain and the
Uuiteil States ow( their permanent wealthJ'Tankand pow
er among the nations of .the earth. ' ' , 1 "' X
'The latest statistic of every important object ot Manu-
L fuQture ate given from the best and usually from Official'
authority at the cn oi eacn article. " . : - -
f The wdrk will lprihd. from tlie Sd tftnddn fiditiofi,"
which sail fbi SBiTcuMy. It will be. printed on rood
paper, in new brevier type, and will make about 1400 8vo
pages.' It, will be issued in twenty-one semi-monthly
04rk VA $KS fresh Thomastori Lime, Plaster fa
' pl(jrvr ru, Cement, Hair, Chloride Lime, Log
wood, red ainders.tumjrlcrohirtr, "WMcH, suTeraTUT, glue;
, tul sodm hrimslotn;, sulphur, Wue vitriol, fig Wuejndigo,
)Hset brass, assorted thu:kieiMi,Jn liueonjmoa ufack &
- ired lead encils house papcr ire screens, paiurjind
v wliitcwssU, floor and oobweb brushes Russia bowls jugs,
tin cans and canriistora, paints of all kinds, paint 4 lamp
oil. elenhant. whale and neat "foot oil, window sashes 9
by 14, 8 by 13, 9 by 18,40 ly l?,nd 8 by 10," window i
T ,i m i n rtA u.. li 1 T, ! .
class, an sizes rrom i oj,i iaov uv , iuumii hiumdh hi
. . . , , - . .. , . l,f: . . - I. ...
" variety ,WW priccn, itioKing gun's pmtran jiijscti to rpicB
any broken, picture frames, gilt Or otherwise', with a gront
variety of notions. ,; . P W FANNI?ii. .
April 20ih, 1842.
153-tf.
; - rr-TAccotdcons Tnned.Da j.
PERSONS having 'icconiiKOss out of order, con
hnve them TUNED XD REPAIRED, at fs r
iiotico, by leaving tuem at the J'eint Store of
I W. FANNING.
March 23, 1842. . . iia-if
': Q jl43BM2mm9 .
Commission Merchant afd General
VQ R'A U L.Jt-1 N UJ QP.- BUSINESS,
j(excejitjdealing in apirituaus liquors,),. fo; ;
, WlLMlXfl'TON'i X. C. ,
. -RBrEHRNCUSi '.,
Jfov. E. B. DifDu.v, . V. & A. SriTit,''
A. Pordf. . V- i Ret. D. TlWMPSON,
Vf.st9X & IlAintw.v.- J. McDamel.
.Wilmington, March V 184f . ' ' 149-tf.
Ptach .Jirandi
bdeffr 'SiyTenrli Brnndy.
, ilROWN & WliROSSET,
A CASKS prime back
hRm
fWIHE unJcrajgned, iirrpelled by ft sense Of justice to
Jg those to whom he ia indebted; has place) in, 'the
hands of an officer forMUio,thefl0hsiss W ac
counts of alt jin I I i jj tj tHiiffrWr Ji i rrc iiidrht-
edto him rtoll?. urHej-;ith4nnictiona 4o
warrant prttfB On the sartio if not sclitjil before, the 1st
,.."duy of June no?t' ' 2 "' " ' . '?
. Il.f nRXt)tEY. : ;
April 27. . . " ' , - ,;151-6U
SuVg 'or Hicol l?aitfttioi.
V tho ii(wilv nf a Deereo of HiftSuprMie Court
of North Cawlina, I will wit foj ,aah at public.
auction, at tho Court House in SlWlTiville, Brunswick
eounty.on tho 7th dayofjq,iriMt,ihatv valuatile Rice
I'lantalion.on the Capp JPwrr.foruierlv the propoity
"i of Alfred Moore, knot) by the ftame of Buckoi Plan
tation, lately piiriihsl by John iJtttfyitt, ffbrn F, ;N.
wauueii autt wtic.
joy brwn, :-
Commissioner in.EnUy,
Smlthville, April 22(1, (27.) 1848
)54-8t
TlifE subscriber having located hjmsolf pennanr.ntly
in Vilmingtoo,pirhistervices to his friends and
the public generally, as an gent fortho sale of
V LPMDKR, TIMBER, T1VAL STORES, -
. in4 all other Country produce;" ' Ho will also give atten
tion, to the purchasing of any kirj of MCRUIIANDIJSE.
His purpose ii tQ remain in Wilmington both- Winter and
Summer. r;...Sii , -L.MALLKTT,
TTUPONTcJ POWDER, FB.FFa.fe.'FFo.inkegs.
' 9 Sporting" In canniswrs and "Plastrng" in kega..
'TT-EDEN PARK POWDER, FFo. in half kegs, qr.
account exclusively, by
BROWN & DeROSSET-
May 17,(18.) 1842.
f 157-tf.
Unitati. States N. Carolina -DiBtrict.
fig -."j&Pistiuct Court in Bankrtjptct,
V1 J TV 'KCtambcrs in Fayetteville. '
TTWUGALD Mc.V
bioen eountv. bavins'
on the ninth day Skprfl filed & petition duly
verilied; playing that hetuMbo declared a bankrupt, it
jj ia thereupon ordered b the Cu-t, thafeaus be-shown
- bflibre this Court tCflmbefs,'irfJu town, on the JOtU
day of June ttt, why the said Dugajd McMillan be not
declared 'bankrupt pursuant to the AU of Congress in
that behslf, aria that this notice be publiHbl in the Wtf
; mingtoit Chronicle four weeks in succci
- ... H.H. POTI
109-41.) -, Atttng VttrK of Vourltn HancriftcyF
IMPORTANT W0R.KT
NOW i.V THE COLMS CF FtnUCAT:OV, A DICTIOXA
, ,' - ry t f " . : ;'
Irts, Jtlanufactures and lltrtes.
Containing a clear exposition of their Principles ami
r ; , ,t js Practice. u . - -...' '
By Andrew Ure,. M. D,f F, R. st M.'O. S
-M. A- S., J.rtnd. Mem. Acad. N. S. PJiilad.,
S. Pfi. Soc. N. Germ. Ilanov. ftlulif, ;.
Nj. From the Baltimore Ametieani !'.
Payment '.'of American Jkbti. Mr. Currie,
an iufluetitiat picmbcr or the Tory party nevr aJ
ministcrinr tlie Government of Great Britain,
used the following aaguag lately an the Houis
ofCoitini'otw., , 4 . . ;' ,-'
;Lot)k aithc financcr.x-TlierB was a growing
deficit,, which tho 'credit of tUe oonntry eqnred
to be provided for. And wheahe looked acroas
lite .tflantic, (hear,) end aawwhai waa goinjon
tliere a great naiion, speaking o'urlanguagPj
cJicatTngV'as it wete their owntountrymeri, 6n9
repudiating their obligations, (hear, fjear.J itW
Providence had evidently assigned to it the o-
calion of teaching to other nations the duties of
justice (heaf.) He would now leave the finan-'
ces and ldok to our political exigencies." ' ' ; '
Jf.eaving out of view the somewhaV arrogant
M tonp of ihis declaration, it is not to be detiied that
rhtich canse'haS been given for apprehension and
indignant remonstrance in" England on the'aub- -or did not accord with its precepts, I won
jeoi American lnuejpieoness. unuerwie'.siip-
to be realized -that
. , -;V'i TEMPERASCE ADDBESST DELIVERED B'V
BkFOHE THK VAiMXOTONlAif TrMFfltAXO .SoctEXV AT TAB KlCBtANO
MKTttoiysT Chapix. O.sstow Co., ON THE Ifl IXST.j AXf PC BUSH- "
- - tr at the spcciax. HduCsT or tiir SoctKtTT,' May 16tu 1843. '
It is with feelings of greaJdiiJidcnee in. ray owa ability, that ! nso to ad
dress, fot the first tuna In my life, a puhlie meeting. - hen I attached my.
self to this Society, I had bo idea (hat I would ever b tailed upoji, to fpaak
in public, in. fcvor 6f the rause., I have however, been so frequently urg
ed to d so, that, were I longer to decline, my sdenee nrfght perhaps Si
construed into indifference, or. at bestab'ut hitewannnesr in the. succeu o
Temperance "prinpleaj. 1 enter bpon my, subject, nevertheless, with . cer
tain degree of reluctance, hiaamuch as it may bo thought by soine who do
not view tlid cause, in. tlis favorable light, in which it appears to ore,' nre-
his bpinion that this Country was imperatively rsumpljnoiis in one" so young, to address those, who are sembieI herd to-
called" upon to assume that high vocation' whichH day mosl whom rc mttch Wet and more experwrtced than myself.
14 mere uw any suqir i irusi nioy jWiii p&icnu u uiavui'niy 10 rnc( WBtcn
I bear towards tlijm; and consider fJle influenced, pnh bf t conseientious
conviction of doing wjiat m right. ir 's ; i n
I maypreraise that injie eotirse of my obscrvatfens, I shall take oce
fon to quote a few passages froin the Scriptures,' la. support of my views
on this nibject. 1 ant hot one who is apt, lightly, 4 tneddla with BacreJ
thingsrstill, though I have not joined myself tany'purticular "dononina
lion, I trust I am not entirely devoid of religious punciplesj and, did t coav
ceivo that the tousse we are nav pursuing was eoumcr to the word of uod,
ilu not now re standing here, to
advocate it. . V ? 4
Mr. Pbksidkxt: v 0 - . j
,r . Intcmperanca is a, vice of so disirusUnK a naHnfc. monster
of such hideous mien, and tarries in its tram such incalculable evils
sowing wretchedness and misery and criirta so unceasingly along iu path,
as to yield a lamcniable proof.if any were wahling,' of what strange and
half-sighted crtaturel wesre, that k has so long reared its nnblushing front
in our land; thatso many thousands of out fellow-liei rigs have succuml)ed to itt
influence; and that so many thousand inofe.'Bro hastening onwards in. its
pains. 'It is like the daughter of the Uorsc-leeoh, crying Hive, Give J .
- The evils of Intemperance have'attraet4 the aotic of men in all sget.
In the Old Tesiament, lhe most ancient and authentic hisWy in ihe world",
irequeni mention is irraucoi inw vice,-anu nuuieruys wgnungs are given to
avid its snares..; Hear the, langOago of So1omon,,lhe "wisest of men, on
ihls aubject ' " "ijooli not tnou upon me wine when it ifea,
position never, w4rust,
that the repudiation whicrj, hail prevailed in Mi
chigan iahd Mississippi would extend to other
States,' and that England sTtrmlt, undertake to en
fprce payment of the sums iTue her stibjects-Xwhat
tposrtiorj would thia great'epuntry stand lnf-;how,
humiliating! how abject ! Tbe sight oft pur' ,1re
judialedonds,4 the sfgnsfjf yiofated J'faitti held
forth by the 'approaching .foe. Would be tnore
terrible than Ihearray of his most formldabld a
Jhamerits. Irtsucta coliteaf, the patriot," resist ,
.-..i.l :.-:l. )'t .t " ';.,.
in" iiiyusiuui wuuiu. Bu iivD ins . enemy wim ait
averted face. How C6ld he- look-irr the" e
men whom his country fiad dwindled t
e eyes of
; In tjjp
' Fiom the Y6utli's Jfedalliont - :;' ;f:
Frof Mmfo'-yff;
"A this season of tlie'vear the trocs are in fine
voice, ontl get up grand musical concerts, with
out ijiuch Jroublo vt expense. The" foUowing. a
franslatiott from the 'German, ijjr, said to be tiro'
snbstartve "flf'bne of t!ieiavril sTtugff. ' It s"
supposed, however, that there may be an erroj m
the first six Ihiesj, but not of a character lo affect
the sense! .
'Jr' "lirekoke,
Brokeko, I) ckike ' , '
vKoat, tao-oo, i'
UrekcSev'-koar lircktki, too-ool
UreKekc, brekekcj brekeke, -1Co.it,
ijioax too-oo, too-Qp; ' t..
Crckekc, too-oot jf '
BrckcUc, Brekeke
Tis the dawn of delight to the softs of theond -Fiom
iu green bed they look, to,the bright moon .beyond.
Brckekc, bTckekc, u , '
. - Koar.fooo ,'. .
Koax, koax--'too-eo, tno-oo ! ! . ',
The Thunderer made us the favorites of heaven
'Neath the green vaulted Wave how we thrivo and have
V r thriven,
. h; i, All honor and praise to his wisdom bo given. , ,.
-Brekekaj brekeko, brekeke; ,. '"
-i ICoax, koiix tuiMK), too-oo!".
v.f ayWW Ante,-4 Rogers & Sons, of Shef
field, s England, have recently manufactured t
J knife uneqnalfed m the mechanic arts. The lian
... , , , ,,,, ,
w,-wo feet Iong.is made of mo(her-of-pearl, andH
i. :.. .i t.i ii l . .,, i
i pjinauia one inousanu ouues ; h is ornamentally
So live, tha(iwhcn tliyurftmons come to join
The innumcriM. caravan, that inova ' '
To that mysterious reahu, where each shall lake )
His chamber in the silent halls of death, '
Tlioa go not, like the quarrys!avc at night, "r
gcoifrged, to hi dungeon, but, euotiiili'd and soothed
By an uiifaltoriiig trusjj.approachthy gr'avc,
Likooftothiit dmwa tho drafaryorhis couch .
AsboatJiiiu, and lie dowuto "pleasant dreams. t
t M 1 : . . ' .' W'
ytpprcntices, look at fiw. Some . years- aigOf
tfiefo W9S a shoemaker boy iu thp lower part of
Cumberland county', New Jersey, who was re.
markuiuic lor nig love ol reading. At his leisure
hours were- employed wth
ab6ok,
while lii
mas. '"Ai Jengtli he
started for the soulhwcst. Time passed oft. and
tho studious shoomnker continued his studies with
vigorous and unabated; t steal;;' Ilia'Sompanloni,
intent upon their amusement, ;had almost forgof
tcn him ; they continued their devotions 'to their
palron saint for the.best pajtof their' wecks, anil
plied the awl'Oiid thread for the balance, 'unho-
norcd by, btliera because unreapected by them-'
selves. vAnd lhajt they will continue to reap the
bitter fruiti of misspent youth,; until 'a wejeoma
ravecloses over ihjmWhiloJohirll rider
on,lheif felfow apprenlice With the same chart.'
ces, but a higheraini, is one of Mississippi's ho
nored Representatives lit flie Senate of the Uiiited
latBs We shy; follow hW' exaropie, persevere
in and your triumph Is eertaiu. '
. ,4.' h Baltimore Rnublican.
''Father, wasn't Alexander "a A-ro!" "Yes
my bpy," replied 'Oahfc XVeiCtheK father,
wasn't MrsAlexander a iw!!'s fGifl f take
that boy jp bedl .WbatdeppvUyiM :
,- ... ', .in.., T
i tifpintd Juavy lost-The Dutchman,
when tie lost his wife."; She weighed three hun
dred! iVV'-"'? -
it
1
M ' 1 .I ml 1 . 1 .
Gyrus, whea votinir. beintr asked what
the first tlftng hjj learned, answered, '.to apea
the truth,". A . , , " t
was
k
ofshafne that such a conteJnpla.tiQn ca-baAfcerl
upon in? lancy-ntur words ot an old Bnlisn poc
riwur tr thn minil ; " Js . j . 2?"'
nuujWrs, u cpvers,at 20 cenU each, payable on delivery. conternpln 0 8Uch a result, ana with1 feelings
- "flfr rO any person sending us five dollars, at one time r T .. 1
in auvancq. we win lOTwaritne yiumners, ny mau, post
paid, as soon as theyaam (. yMiy --
"To suitable ligepts this affords a rare opportunity, as are
can put the work to-them oil terms extraordinarily favo
rable. Ia eery manufacturing town,' and every viftago
throughout 'he United States and Canada, subscribers
may beobtained'witfc the greatest facility. Address post
paid, LarBoy Sunderknd, IS6, Fulton jtreet, N. Y.
Feb.f3,181V-,'a- ,( v ,;;,159-i3t;-.
recur to the mind
In all the ills weaver boro,
grieved, we sighed,"we wept we never bluthtd
' t.r. . -v
v hen ft
f iveth his color ln the cup, when it moveffi Jtaolf arighl; at tlis last
ikaa scrpeftf,' anasnge"lTTlit8 &a adder."" rf--r-''
it biteth like a serpent, ancTatinffPih
In prolane hjstpry wa-read tJiat the Sparunrr, thfl travest and Jtjoblest of
the sons of Grcecewonr to fiiake their slaves drunken with wine,
Bu4 eTctrrfiit tliem thus W their children, that the disgust inspired by witness
lngtnjeir actions, wiiiie in iius conauiun, mfgni Keep nem, ior ever, un
tainted by the debasing influence of Intemperance, h ;'
In the 35th chapter of the Book of Jeremiah, we meet With an acconot
f of a'familywho, if command of their Father, had adopted' tlie principle
of Total Abstinence, and or the express approbation of lhair course, by the
Almighty himself. I quote he apeuing-and closing versel of the xchap
ter2-they read as follow ; ; ,
B " The word which came unta Jeremiah, frpm the Lord, in the days of
Jeljolakim, the son of Josiafi, kingo Judah. saying, go unto the house of
n I I . . I. - . , . . .1 I .1 '. . .1 .
tne iiectvaniics, boo apeaK unto mem, anu ormg incui unto tne nouse 91 uie
Lord, iiita one of the chambers, and clve thein wine to drink. Then' I
took Jaazaniah the son q Jeremiah, the ion of Ilabazinjah, and his breth
ren, and all his sons, srjdthe whole house of the Rccbabites; and I brought
.i . .1 i r ii.- T . I a.. r .u-. i. i t
... .. . . . . I Illf!lll II1LI, 1IID J1UUBB UI LilU llUFU. (I IU UIC ClldlllUi;, 1,1 tllB.VUllB lit liailHIt.
carved j,.utH,.?.a vitjt precmtis stones; the enttol of igdaUh,h of $3od. which fas by tho chamber of thtsPriti-
yi iniiucia ii Miiiuwcui massive; gum , I nig
the "edge of the hli'ndle "ard covered with thick
phile oldySnd engravei). The blades mostinl
sight on one side ot ihe Knile, arq very bcautuully
clchcdjivith sotne of the most nlagnificeiit build-
lilrTfl It. Tnn-tanit R i,lrtn tvt-inm Ihiliina .T.n TVTah I
... i...6...u, WyViii.g"iu iui,b, tuu j yaru, nor nave any, uur an yur uayp y mnun uwcu in- lenuj, uiai y
Ilotlsca of Parliarrtf-fit, th,e Newl Royal Exchange, live many days in tho land, whore ye be atrongesi' Tntle Ufa I havw
Hidden Hall, the Pavilion at Brighton, Kirkstall H Qi '" lo '' Hechah, our laMier, in ail thai fie
Abbey, Fou n bunas A bljieyi &c.. On the other
situof thotnife theTjladcsarcelchcd with Ame
rican views t!io Capil'at, Washington, the Pre
swent'sf House," the jrincrral part of tho 1 Sen ate
House, Columbia Bridge,. tlte ark and" City
Hall, New York, W ' ' . r
" A variety of characteristic spots are . etched on
difTcfent parts of the blades, such as hunting,
shdoting,' fishing,- hawking, Ac.' life Berkeley
Hani, 1ii Tull try ; the CjhatstTOrth'Cour&ing par
ty ; the Pilke of Rutland's shooting parly, fcc,
TK?fefrany'J'tfedainorCl! on . the.
bladeis", the most conspicuous' pf which arc her
'M'ajeaty Queen Victoria Ins Royal Highness
Prmee Albert, Queca .Elizabeth, William the
Conquoror, tho JDtikeV of Wellington ancl 'Marl
borough, For, Pilt, Mflton; tgif Francis . Chan
trey, Sir Isaac Newton, Shakespeare,Earl Filz
wjlRariil Watt, Benjamin .West, &c. In? addi
tion to the Mattes great many iiwtroineuts,
tastefully formed and' high- polished, such as
are required by sportsmen, antt'tlieraVseby
surgeons, 'denlisls mechanicV'&ftrJS''' fapir.'
, . ' " From the Lof.tlorv Sporting Magazine. "!
,tyortjjg AnejdolrJFlyirif' Cfiidert.-A-bfuttJi
jreaf ,1 'pl 'Childers ran'a (rial against
Ahnanzor and the Dulie of Rutland's Brown Bet;
v' v r ., 1 , . j, rs i-Hty. cany'nir st. 21b.' over the round coursof three
worse than idleness tho 'Celebration of Crispin. J ' , , ' , ." I
itook fciTalfcrtWiuMe and ? no' lW?Jn':"
lert&thl at Newmarket: iA'slr toinuies und Crtv
seoondsj aad it Wat thoithi tSai he moved eigh
tyw9l feeVnf a htflf lif o iseeond'of time,
tyhieh m-rfearly at the rhto of"on''nfi!c a minutes
p'f. velocity 4 hch: "no fhprsV . haa been
known to exceed. lie likewise jari over the Bea
con Course in seven minifies and thirty seconds;
and, ft was Supposed tliat Ke;r coverqd at every
boupd a ftpace 'of. twef-five feet. Ife also leap
ed ton yard on kve grptthd with his rider'lje
was allowed by. Iputsmeii to be the fleetest horse
that ever rnn nt Newmarket or,-as generally- be'
hcved, that was ever hired in the world.'
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Ope great laqlt of-domestic economy is too
much overlooked, tit lies in bringing ouffwanls
down to' our circumstances, instead of toiling to
bring our circumstances up to our wants." Wants
will always be ahead of means, and there will be
ria end to tho race," if yoq' set the fatter to cha-
sing the former. Pu,, tho 'yoke of self-dcqial on
desire, and if the latter does not overj&ke. the (or-
mer it will at least Keep In sight. -4' 4
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,. A gentleman describingtlie intellectuaT cha-.
racier of another, said his miad had the dyspep
sia the ideas went through without digestion.
Nature is mtisfied with little, grace with less,
but lust with nothing."
would he no common ptivi;,?'. Cut wa need not f... t v ."
best eiTutte In a causa e exaiwd in its aims, i, I ear:.. . ! r .
to drive internperaoct from our land: and a,i ; that ia rr-;-. . f;i t -
cpoduce to a result so glorious, is the ascribes of llule ae 1 f
tion ; M continued indulnea uTwhicb, haa beea tha ni- r i
every drunkard to hiapu. "enteondiuort; and Who, kir , i..
ing this rn'dulgenctf esr saf that he may ot himself be ils next v', , f . -
w hat iaaurance hat he that the next. geaerat0rt w ill tt tie . J. . i
Biifortunsto ofupnng swelling the nufltfoer M W orankw4 .
Intemperance is sot of such a nature that we can say -tuZ .':
thoa come and no farther. jl is alwaya pr jresaiva j notacia-1
ctets (a so slow S4 scareulv to ba Dercemiblat toroetimee it u t..:.:A ti
swift as the pestilence, au in i toeaequeneea even oier f.'zl. ,
- hermit me here to relate to you a case w Men fell nn try ri o;
vatiorl, where iiitemperaru: cut ofl ita unfortunate victim in t;.e ...t tac
of three yes-s from the urn that bitcna to iadalga ia Ihe Bnr3 its
of Intoxicating liquors. v ;. , J '1. . .. ,
Shortly after my rrivaf in the West ndiehi the Tali 0fJ835r I (drcr"
an intimata'actyiaJDmnce with a ypun geudemao ef eoMidJrable jntcll..'
genco and irreproachable character. H efossesaed the advanugt of a l.'u."'.
ral education, and his talents para sucby ae te jastify vary fiatterinjr anT-" .
palions of success in his fotore-career ,. f hadM then rsident lu
West Indies for np wards of two yean, and op to lha time of which 1 speak,'
tut flabita and conduct bad been bey odd thf retclroi censure, ia the course, t
tluefer. of aew montfie front this tints hs onfortifriatelf peimiaed him- '
self to indulge iu glass of wine, rather mors fre quendy ; than strict prev
deoce shouU have dictated and this indulgence pre long' induced a, era-
ving after a mors powerful aiimnlanC . He was, however, only what is calk
eda moderate drinker, that is. he never tot intoxicated :. still lie, was daily
becoming more and mora intemperate. - Two fears rolled o--rMl a quart
of nrut burely quencltetl the daily cravings ol nis; sppetite t ana re I o :
not know that he had aval during all thia line beenjeea to etafr from the'
eilects of intoxication. His nervona system however, naa snttoiea, tnus
was compelled tr) swallow half qmbler of brandy every trwrniBg, ere hi'
tremhiing Angers could how the pen ana perform upew omce. .
About, and previous to this time, I had frequent conversations vita htSi
touehing ttie consequences that must inevitably, atJonev or liter, follow t' a
excessive wauigenceaJi ins moroipate auu ever-iutrraauig cravuigs at -
appetite and ofttn did he awnlces Jo roe, (and xjiave aeea tne tears tar:
ayes as he did so,) that ho knew he was lost, that hs bad no hope bf e,r -escapinf
from tlsat whirlpool, whose (circling ,!ddfe were, day by dayt
drawing him towards ihe vortex, whscn he feu most, ere long engulf mat, '
and, terminate an existence, whisft nad beeoms s bortnen, since jnis leeucp
of self-respect and self-esteem had become ae deeply wounded. What he
thus predieudT mm fearfoHy fululled-Btineaa called him to a distant i
which Uras above tho chamber of Maasefah the' Son of Shallum. the
keeper of the doorj and Jset before the sons of Uie house of the Re'chabites,
pots full of wine, and caps,'' and I said nio thorn, drink ye wine. But
they said, we, toill tfyjtnk m mine ,for Jwisdab -the' son of Reehab, our
father, commandetl us, sayingye shall UrioK no wine, nciiner ye nor your
sons, forever; "neither slialf yp build honsfe, nor spW seed, nor plant, vlne-
s may
obeyed
hath
ariredus." - " ,. - - - l nen came uie woru or tne ior(i un
to Jeremiah, saying, thus smith tho Lord of Hosts, )he Uod of Israel, go
and tell the men of Judah, and ihe inhabitants of Jerusalem, will yc not re
ceive instructions to hearken to my words, saith tlie Lord ; the words of
Jotiadab, the son of Reclmb, that ho commanded his sons not to drink wine,
are performedffor, unto this dsv, they drink none, but obey their father's
commandment!.'; "And Jeremiah said unto the house
of the Rcchabites, Ihus saith tho Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, because
yo have obeyed Uieomrahnd of Jonadab, your father, and kept all his pre
cents. and done according unto rill ho hath commanded you t therefore thus
saitliLofd of Hosti, the God of Israel, Jofiudati, the ton oficchnb, shall
jntwant a man to stand orore mjorevcf. ' , Aryi in tne writings ol the
Jewish historian, Josephns, we are informed that even in A timei Up
wardS of COO years after Jerbmiah there existed a numerous sect? called
Essengs, and supposed to he the descendants of "these Rcchabites, whostil
Adhered to the principle of Total Abstinence from intoxicating liquors
I will not stop here to cite any pf thpJiumefdus ihst.inees, to be fonnd In
tle New Testamaut, in which Temperance fs a strictly enjoined and In
temperance and drunkenncs?, as, striHly-'forhtrJdcn; but shall proceed, at
once, (o comment bfietly on tlio banelul ellecti consequent upon the immod
erate) ta of intoxicating 4iquorsand the existing necessity for counteract
ing theft poruicious tendency upon the morals, and tho well-being of soci
Firs tf then, what are the consequences of Intemperance, incurred by the
vunfbrtdnal6 victim himself? It contaminates hi body, depresses his under-
standirtgi diJftdens the moral feelings of his heart, and degrades him from
his rnnt in the .creation. 'U. . . . . . . ,. , X
By an niriiappy course-ot In&mpprance, how many amiable dispositions
ufu corrupted and deprayeu iJlow ro.any proinising aoiitties and powers
are overthrown ! How many cheering anticipations of Parents and Friends
are totally destroyed ! ' Who bur must mourn lor human nature, when he
beholds that morning which dawned so fair, overcast .with such untimely
darkness; that sweetness of temper, which wafonce so engaging that mo
desty and candor 'which- were so prepossessing, those abilities and talents
which promised so- wide a sphere of Usefulness, all Sacrificed at the shrine
of Intemperance? and one who warcmiaeiilly calculated to pass through
life, surrounded by the approbation and esteem of his follows, cut otT at the
beginning of hisyareerj or, plunged for tb whole of it, into wretchedness
and contempt t How mimy of .the wretched iims of Intemperance are
arraigned belbrc'lltb TribtiriaJs pf their country, lo answer, perhaps, even
with theif ipetl-lpyKV Perpetrated whp under the. Influence of ipibxl'
catiojiiqworsal hVlicro dontemplatinrn; of wjjich, era ihef hateful spell
had been throws i o'er theirtnirtds,' they would havtfVecoiled with horror!
s Bill dreadful as the fdnsoqiiencei are" to the unhappy ydtaries themselves,
there are Other and more numerous sufferer involved in misery by their
career. .Who ton' anMyze the feelings of the Parent, a he Views a belov
ed son. whn wss nc the tov and rirtde of hit heart.' httrrvimr bri to'dea-
fructin ahd.ruirh' BmrtsWd.lht'drunkard's grave yawning to receive his
totlerjifj footsteps u. fa all ages the Widow and.irie trpnan, nave claimed
and received tWaympailiy pi .their falow-he'nig and even bCcoma ihe es
pecial care of the Deity tiimself. TBe Widow desohits, sntT the Qrphah
is unorotectcd. hut what is thtir condition compared to that of. the unfortu-
lnata'.Wife and Child of the llriinTratd, f iAlas 1 who dan tell the raiser and
wretchedness of thotr Urt I i vy.ho can disclose the licart-brealUDg sauetings
of tese hapless tenants' of 4heWunkard,t home T j
, If we havp one tender feeling towards" suffering humanity,, if our sym
pathies have but one spark of life, and are not .utterly - dormant within us,
shall we not extend them to jbese unhappysutTtfrera V We canftormake
the eravo (rive np its dead; wr cannot restore the Husband tot the Widow,
nor tho Father to the Wphan; but the Providence of Uod hat pointed puti
and " pojpu'flt out the means' of resCjtiing the drtmksnl, tnd thereby restor
ing peace trj4iinppiness ant jy 10 a'' with whpnfbe is cpririected,--A few;
years'agbii was considered impossible to recln'im h1m, he had nqthiiigto
liopc in wij me, aim wnai couiu oa aiiucipuicu tor uie ituure t . , ' ,
"-We hveovery reason to beliee tlia the greatesltno'rat revolution, since
the promulgation of Christianity that tjte wotlil haa ever witnessed, is now
goinfT on ; and shall wt sleep in such a time ?, halt we hang back in heart-
less indfirnce,anVdt)bar otustjkes Jrom tho glorious privilege of being
the instrnmenU", under God, ol iRefy inclikulable good to so great a portion
of eflering humanity T WVre. we evn lom' in rp nohlasn1 aMempt, it
lion of the Island, and on hi return to town he, Wat seised flto an alarm
ing illness,4 which was pronounced to be delirium treMeru. , 1 was' with
him in his last moments, and became witness to a scene which I never sba
forget, but which baffles description. JIa waspecEpcdy delirious, and his' .;
ravings were snch, as to strike with terror those wno were, near biro bit
cries and sh'rieks wers appalling In Ihef extreme. -, ' ' '
Young as I arA, I have witnessed 'death i rnany- forms. 1 have stem
him in the terrific march of the Asiatic Cholera, and in tlis relentless grasp
of ths yellow fever: I hava beheld him in thevthatfaks shock, snd in the .
Oecgn.siorm ; but never has it been my loa tff 'e fearful, so tp'palr '
Jintr kpectacle, as tho death-bed of the druiikarK- f,A- i
jjprft" nay, as I have already mentioned, hs was himself persuaded that h
ws orlng bis destruction but he considered himself then too far gone '
to aiaKe a stana against ma destroyer, ana ne anew oy expenerree, tnn w
follow ,thetadvice of bis friends, to drink mora moderately, did not lis in his
power f that his appetite wherfstimolatedifas beyond nif cwtrpL -Had
ths fameof the success of ths WMhiugTonJatt principlef total absanenft '
reached bit earsTand had his friends counselled bim by example As well as -
by precept, confident 1 am that his snq would not'havp set while it was'
yet day. i ' ' ' '' il ''
' It has been ascertained beyond-the possibility of tfoot that In the .
United States alone, 30,000 drunkards annually go. down to the gravs
Yes, let me repeat it, 30,000 driinkarde are fearTr hurrjed into tneliinp' -v
(hm of the eternal future? and into the presence of Dims who has declared
thaf, ihe drunkard iM' hot MfriHhf kingdom oj Iftavm. Mj friends '
tetaspaatt here tor s momerft wDsyar
fire prepared foi.lhe devil and fall pogels.'' . What aa swful sentence ia thiol
The jpiiiid pf man staggerpnd tails prostrate before the eotitemplauoa of
such a doom. : Our finite conceptions cannot grasp the import of, eternal
misery,' Were all the years allotted in tills life weveiy nupian being; Trona -Adam
to this day; added togethjr, the smottnt would not form a onitin the'
su n of pternity. Can we thon, af rcspdnsiblp, creatures, cad wp , stay
Ipok calmly on the thousands of per fellpw-men who are bursting fortllto
meet their doom, nor raise a finger to stem their coqrse to join in time, and -in
eternity t fio, my friends, oh ! no, let us free our skirts from tlis blood;
ofJliescuhforlunate victims! let us hot rest till our namej are enrolled
among the number of those' who are fighting so xealossly in Uie boh ethse - '
ol Temperance. Come up to the Itelp of the drunkard t loathe rescue of
him, who, though tossed on hc billows is not yst submprged ; and byea
ample as well as precept bring up the rising generajion, nnKatljl JrfjmjIIsL
evils of intemperance. , ' 4 "' - ' . '". .'
Many very worthy pcrsok conceive that an' ocrtsionaf glass of tTiquot
does them goodf ihey (eAbdttr t it raises tlieir spirits. Now I camaot
but think tbat this fsono of Uie many delusions which attend even the mo
derate, uo of intoxicating liquors ; for although it may have ihis effect fox. '
0 short time uftfiongh it may stimulate Ihe system for an boor, a eprrea-
ponding depression inVutably succeeds. Let snch as' inlertain Slhis Idea
deny themselves the use of stimulating drinks even for a short time, snd I
Keel persuaded ihey will become satisfied, that while in the enjoyment of
health the use pf ardent spirits as a beverags is not calculated to do them -pny
good, but that they - will feel . belter, without it." The pxpenence of '
every moderate drinker so far as my knowledge extends,', who has taken'
ihp pledge, jdts to establish this f.ict. , . -
- Some withhold themselves from participating in this 'gWions woik, bey
cause, not having originated with the members of the visible Church of ,
God, they conceive (hat bis blessings cannot nccompany tL What is man
that he should judge, his God ? for ,who iath- known tlw mind of
the Lord, or who hsth been his Counsellor T Has' He not in ilia Provi- "
dence, declared that hie blclsing ii upon it? "What Church of God cannot ''
point to some of its members, saved from the company of sinners by the
success which has already crowned the dissemination of, Temperance prin.
ciples ? ' By its fruits let it be judged. . The intemperate man 'While he'
continues in a state of inehriety, is in no fit condition tojiaten to the truths' .
of religion, or to be influenced by them and we know that the shadow of :
a drunkard seldom darkens the dobf-of the honst of God. Bat - let as sucf
ceed in winning tynf frem hia nnfiortunate habits of dissipation, and be Is" ,
restored to .SQciftiy, 'clothed and, iif bit right' mind," prepared, like the '
good soil, jo wceiye' the seeds of .religion, and by tha blessing; of God, ,to
bring forth fruit an hundred fold , , " ' '
,It has beeri represented as the opinion of some, that this work m of tile s .
Derilj but while lanswer this objection I do so only for the -sake of argu-: 2
ment, as I cannot think that any individual pouJtLeuierUia for a momenU
much less expiwss such pn opipiom . for, if lha Iwvil ware erer let Joose
ttpufj I the (see ol the earth, surely he has been borne on, on the wingt of in
temperance ; tndjf Satan east lot Satany his kingdom la dtvldui against iU;
self, and catlhot stand. r-t :v- ' 7 V'H " ' 11 ,
" Who.wiil say tha,f ' fnXempcrande iffoff obstacle 1ifiaUi of religioat 5
But rf it bp'admitted tlilt it U, let us Jisten to the langaaga of St. Paul, and
let eacn hearer draw his own inference. In the Jlst versp of the Hlh'
chapter of hta Epistle to die Roman, ho declares, "It is 'good neither
thimr wherehv thv brother stnmbL.li.'
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Ann in lite uin verse or tne Bin cnap
ike mylsrother, to ' bffend, I wflt cat ncr 1
t make my brother to ofend. t - - '
Should the cause of Tartiparnce spepeed, as I hpmbly " trust it nay .
should it continuo o advapce t Ae tjt at wWeh It is. now progreasing, is , ,
itnol fair to snppose .that erp Ion;, poverty and prime will almost entirely''
disappear from our land ) and while its success is calculated, to fill ti.r.e with.
rw!l omfurts.it vilh: as ths door to relieien. open op 4 'tjottont prosit
to eicrniiy."' ; y:-X J.p "
In conclusion,' let me press upon all present who hasp" not yet 'sngn
in thia work, that the inward satisfaction, which the alt-wise C 1 of r
has implanted in the mind of man, when ho exerts himself for ...a f
his fellow-beings, is richly attendant on this glorious cause. Oh t il
one were left behind, for honored will bc'tfte humMrst individual for
to become tin in'inimrn't in the work.. 1 r '.,' ' " " -
or is ouended, or is matle we.m.
ter of 1st Corinthians, 'jlf meatm
flesh while the 'world Itamleth, leSt
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