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Volume II. WADESBOROUGH, N. C., FEBRUARY 15, 1853. Numbeu 1.
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BT A. r. SP.ERUW.
Where arc the hours that so blisafully stole.,
So sweet and so noiselessly ^ly ?
And where are the joys tiiat lived in tli<e soulj
Then passed as a zephy/s soft sigli?
Alt'! where are tliey now? foriny iieart beats again,
And longs for the things that are past—
For the eyes that beam’d Iove,aHd the red lips rich.sL.'^ain,
Whicli in memory forever will i?.st.
Ah, where? but ask not, for the hue of the lip,
is faded and gone from our view ;
And tears for their loss d!i our eyes to the tip,
As the flowers to the lip fill with dew.
And when the light finger of pleasure doth thrill
My heart-sti'iug.s to joy/)uce more,
la e.very soft note there is lingering still,
Sweet memories of pleasures before.
[for the dew drop^
TO TMB CADF/ffS OF A. CAl^OFil^A.
C.\DETs ! we have hoisted our banner within
The bounds of the “ Old North State,”
XiCt us carry it forward to victory now,
Oct us seal old King Alcshol’s fate .'
-.Ca.dets ! ,we have hearts that are gallant and true,
■Let us figiit for the cause while we can,
liet us strive while we’re young with an earnest good
will,
'he future condition of maud
opreading afar.,
d ihe breadth of tVie land,
they mack,
_ , aci wiK'i# ui4;y be-
eosase Jlcaa.
Tlie men of the next generation,—who
will they be ? They will be tlie boys of this.
Yes, thoie bright-eyed little fellows that I
see, some cr.icking hickory nuts, or eating
bre-ad and butler in the chimney corner, or
studying Peter Parley’s Goograpliy,or cyph-
icj ing a Rule of Three suns, or rolling hoops,
or playing ball, or tthoeting marbles—these
fellows w lio are more concerned sbout the
size and taste of their bread and butter, or
■about I he. long le-stson that the sehoolmaster
iuis given them, or the hard suna that they
have to do before morning, than they are
ribout how the world goes on—these are to
be the men of the next generation. Come
boys, hear it; ye bitte, and black, and gray
.eves, look at me, mind what I am talking to
you about. I say you will have to become
MEN! Don’t you see old grandfather sitting
by the fire smoking his pipe ? Don’t you see
jiow his limbs tremble, and how feeble he is!
lie belongs to the past generation—he is one
•of the last connecting links between the past
.and present generation. Well, he eanaot
stay here long, and soon you will liear it said,
Grandfather is dead!” Look at your fa-
tlier, too. The gray hairs arc sprinkled
over his head, and when he reads the news
paper he puis on his spectacles. It will not
be very longbefore father will have to go too.
Who will fill their places ? Who will have
so sit at it.he head of the table ? Who will
ita«r«-to go to the counting-house or store ?
Who will have to superintend the planta
tion ? Who will have to practice medicine ?
Who will have to be lawyers and preachers?
Wlio wiUfeaveito go to Raleigh and Wash
ington to make laws for the people ? Why,
you boys! You that are now no higher
than the mantle-piece, will soon become
great tali men.
* * ■* # ,« *■ ,*
i urchins ar;e now men—fartaers, doctors,
j lawyers, preacheiv;, politicians.
Well, we want you to study hard, and be
jgood boys, so that you may be good and
i wise men. Well, John, you .tell me you
j want to be a farmer. Let me advise you
jhou' to do when you become one. Pay
; good attention to your farm bo indusUd-
I ous ; raise all your provisions ; build you a
j good comfortable house ; put your fences in
! repair, .and when you have corn -shuckings
I and house-raisings be sure not to have any.
rum, whiskey, gin,.brandy, hard ®r;sw.eet..ci-
der. Be a gOf)d, honest, sober farmer. Do
you not see how many rickety farm-houses
there are, and bow everything about .tljejn is
going to ruin? Whai is tl'ie cause ? Whis
key ! whiskey! John be a teetotal farmer.
Charles, you desire to be a doctor. You
have chosen a respectable and laborious
profession. It wilj be necessary for you to
read a great deal, observe a great deal, .and
think a great deal. You have our good
wishes that you may- be successful. But we
wanfto guard you against one thing. Be
very- careful how you prescribe old Alco
hol as a naedicine. Be very carelkl ho-w
j you tell ajiy one to talre good old French
Brandy for dyspepsia, or bitters to give an
appetite; for a great many people have be
come drunkards from taking spirits as a med-
j icine. Be, as far as you can, a teetotal doc-
j tar,
j And William, you have ciiosen the pro-
I fession of, law. I suppose I shall see ymur
j advertisement in the paper, William ,
I Attorney -at Law-, praetieas in the Courts of
— and . Be conscien-
‘ honorable. You will be ob-
% great deal about the wick-
■ the people. will
' .^Jid'a-obbcries,
.id yovi will find
.liquor is the cause, of nearly
When you see the poor crim-
bar sentenced to be hung,--when
■■!ieart-bi-<r*ken wife, and his inno-
' children dislionared forever,
eflect that drink was the source
..IS evil-—then resolve to be a teetotal
._f er. Do not say, “ If I talk about Tem
perance, and the people become sober, I will
liavo no practice.” Spurn tte dkgraceful
thought, and help tlie good, tiie glorious
cause.
Weil, Henryg if the Lorji calls v-ou to be
a preacher, you will hardly preach to the
peo])te to drink drams; neither will you
drink yourself, or should you drink you will
not be the useful minister that God designs
you to be. Be a teetotal preacher.
And Janies, and Thomas, and Frank, and
Robert, and David, you are to be ou '
resentatives in the liCgislature,
CoiigressiBen. When ymu go to ti. .s-
lature and to Gengress, do not get drunx,
do not drink any wine, for you will not be
prepared to discuss the important matters
that shall lie brought before you. Be al
ways in your seats. Always cast your
votes; and never be afraid to vote for any
thing which will promote the good of the
people. Do not be afraid of loosing [Kjpii-
larity. Better is it for you to discharge
your duty, and have a clear conscience, and
fey so doing lose, your popularity and stay at
home, .that to do wrong merely to have a
little honor. If the men of the ]iresent time
should be too cowardly to vote for the Mis
sissippi or Maine Liquor Law, do you say
Aye! in a manly, loud, emphatic voice, and
thus stand up for the rights of man, and the
good of tlio Old North Slate. And now,
beys, when you become men do not forget
the advice I have given }-ou.
The Bovs’ Feiend.
Daniel Webster’s last audible prayer was,
“Heavenly Father, forgive my sins and re
ceive me to thyself, through .ifesus Christ.”
The finest talents, the most exalted station,
the greatest deeds, cannot give one a pass
port to the favor of God : to obtain it, there
is but one way—one way alike to the high
and the low, the rieli and the poor, the learn
ed and tlie ignorant, the child and the man,
Twenty years have passed away -; school- .and that is through the Mediator Jesus
boy days are past. I no longer hear your | Christ, who declares himself the way, the
merry, ringing laugk You who were little Truth, and the life.
jF,Oa THE DEW DROP.]
Tiie <fiS£<>resE«e feelweoMK YoajttSa asatl
.?x ‘SToiti'iig niaM.
In these degenerate days of ours, we ho ve
no youth among tlie .masculine gender. No
sooner has a lad arrived at the age of :six-
j teen, than he begins to curse, swear and
I ssvagger like a graduate in the school of
i profanity and pompousness; chew tobac.oo
I as a horse eats ha}-; smoke segars as if his
! reputation were upon the commitment or
i non-conunitment of the act; drink rum as
though his character miglit sufl'er disparage
ment if lie didn’t indulge according to the j
haibits and customs of ins eklers, and try to j
ciilliv.ate jUiiskers for the sake of exciting
the envy and jealousy of Ids playmates.
How proud is the fledgling when he first
I discovers a few pinfeathers starting from his
i callow chin ! He is no longer a child then,
but a man in every sense of ihe word.
Should his mother ever have the temerity to
scold him, he calls her “ no gfini!6maii,”flnd
if the father undertakes to chastise him, fee
complacently draws fais fingers across his
upper lip, a« nuidi as to say, “If you, lay
hold of me, you take the lion fey the beard
Oh! these modern youths! They ai’o brigiit
enough without any extra rubbing ; let them
alone. All they want to become perfect
men are heatfeenkh rvhiskcrs, a -standing
shirt collar, high heeled boots and a big
liockct-beok. If they don’t -.siune then in
full laeridian splendor they never will. Jkit
what looks worse upon the cheeks of a boy
tiian a pair of precocious v/hiskers ? 'They
resemble, to my mind’s eve, a pa-ueity .ot
half-scared lichens, encire'uig-a sickly fun
gus. And then, as for chewing tobacco;
I to see such a temple of’prlmai purity, clean
1 and new from the hand of the Great Arch-
jjAstJu fee(ia.^pjgd with the filthiest of the-filthv,
iis eiiutig/i (v.rfi--the stofnaeia '.Ann osj 'Ah.
As to y(-i..,ousriibR»ing uwohol-—that double
I Ji,stilled damnation to j oung ..uuls—for the
■sake of beiiig thought men--I would rather
that a son of m.bio should saw his legs off,
or venture upon a speculation in Califarnia.
than bo guilty of such a mind-defeasing and
body-destroying practice.
Then to hear a lad, before he is old
enough to wrestle with a full grown grass
hopper, boldly confront his parents, and set
at defiance the kast-s of Heaven ami the
minions of hell, is indeed most awful. I
don’t mind a feoy’s swearing a little, just a
little, according to what fee k allowed by
those who are older, and think they have a
riglit to sw’ear as the}- please. For instance
he may make use of such expres.sions as
“By Golly!” “By Gosh!” &c., without
trespassing on older people. But here in this
burg Gi sweai-ing, gambling, .swaggering,
hy})Oci'isy, foolishness, foppery, affectation
and all sorts of sin, I see no difference be
tween boys, young men, and men of mature
years. Put them all together in a bag of
colossal dimensions, give them u. good shak
ing iqi, and empty them out in a heap, and
it would puzzle old Nicholas himself to tell
which is tlie boy. 'Hiis is a great country,
my friends; it grows with its growth, and
tlie vindergrowflj groweth with marvelous
rapidity. Heaven only knows what we
shall arrive at in the end ; but I sincerely
hope and venture to trust that we shall all
arrive at some end at last. ,So mote it be.
Louisville, Ala. W. C. B,.
'There are between 10,000 and 12,000
children in the city of AYw York who nev
er enter a church or school, and who can
not read the Bible. Many of them have no
home or friends, and they live by petty jiil-
fering, in the greatest vice and degradation.
They haunt the docks, are seen in dirty
groups at the corners of the street, on land
ings and in the lura-cellars. Hero are heath
en at home. What is doing for them.^—
W'hat shall be done for them ? are questions
of deep and vital interest. Tiie children
must be cared for.
“Mother, Ithas/ryou for reminding me
of it,” said a little girl to her mot’ner, on be
ing put in mind of something which she had
almost forgotten to do. Do all little girls
possess this sweet and obliging spirit ?
j Breaking your faith may gain you riches,
1 but will never get you glory.
Dcliyercd belore tlie Heorge Waiiiin|i;toii Seetittii, .Cadets
ef Temperance.
BY J. T. JAMES.
ALy Young Brethren:
T rise before you, voluntarily, this after
noon, to address you upon .a subject which
lias agi tated some of the greatest councils
of Europe and America. A subject, xvhi ch
lia.s for its object, the great reforma.tion of
mankind from the evils of intoii-iperance,
and of the deliverance of all from tba.t
fiend, which scouring land and sea, snatclw
PS from our fond grasp, the brightest, the,
purest of the gems which adorn our coun-
try’-s name. >Stiil millions upon millions
rush onward nnoouscious of the awful
precipice, which yawns beneath ; until,
with one false bound, they plunge head
long a,n,d:aiie dashed to pieces on the rocks
below.
Brothe.r Cadets, let us visit the llumshop.
As you enter, look around and before yon.
The Bar Room is an eld delapid.a.ted cel
lar. The hideous oaths and imprecations,
wafted on the poisonous breath that pei’-
vacles tire place, are offensive and obnox
ious to the ear. Look in that corner
stretched on the damp bare earth, lies the
miserable form of the drunkard. Look
uj)on his face. In its rugged outline may
be seen, the marks of former greatness.
The nohle forehead now covered with the.
wrinkles of premature age ; the, protruding
chin, and the finely arched eyebrows,
w.hich cover his now sunken and deep sot
eyes, bespeak him as ha\ iiigbecn in times
gone 1)T, one, of Nature’s choicest and most
•gifted Noblemen. I'he rum'seller stands
behind his counter dealing out poison to
his wretched customers. Ohlhorrii-l! hor
rid sight ! T ''n,s_ to see poor guilty man,
thu.s lost m sifiiip . ,, vuin. Pi-otfei- to him
the c.up bliss; a .'k him to -.ngn your
pledge, and be 11 dash you a'.sidc ; then
with a maniac’s grasp rais.© to his lips tlie
poisonous draught of dcal.ii.
Let us now pass to the fashionable sa
loon. It is crowded with the young and
wealthy. The ruby wine sparkles in the
silver cups and this rum sellei-.yleaiing out
death, is looked upon as a man of politeness
and fashion ; because he is rich ; because
he has money. And how has he earned
that money ? Aye whence does it come ?
Answer me yc -widows, whose husband,
were once v'onr glory, your pride, and your
protection, but who have sunk beneath the
rum seller’s poison. Answer me, yc or
phans, who no w fatherless, wander through
the streets, without a parent or protector,
seeking the cold charity of a heartless world.
In this fashionable saloon, once moved the
drunkard, spoken of before. His lii.story is
too, too sad to relate. It isofliuttoo com
mon occurrence, to deseiwe a passing no
tice. When bu t a youth, he practised for tlie
bar. When liut just grown, utterly ignor
ant of the ;sjji and depravity of our cities,
he was induced to take a glass at the fash
ionable saloon. Everything here was so
arranged by the cunning rum sollov, so as
to exactly suit his ii-rst ©utiy . One gla.ss
follovs-cd another until completely intoxica
ted, he goes home and centres all his un
manly abuse upon his inoff’ensi vc wife.
Night after night follows until he neglects
his business, and bis merciless creditors
drive him from his once happy home. He
follows his broken heai’tcd father and moth-
e,r to the grave. But this does not check
his progress. He must fall, he did fall, and
great was tlie fall thereof The once no
ble, gifted, high minded son of America,
has fallen a victim at the shrine of Intem
perance. The elegant, graceful youth, the
darling and pride of his aged parents, the
cherished one of his lovely M'ife, the dea,r
father of his innocent .e'hildi’en has sunken
down, down, to the miserable drunkard, the
wretebed inmate of a cellar, never to rise
again. Oh yo rum sellers, it is you who
like a deluge, overflowing ojir laud, have
pierced the given barriers, until at last you
raised the serpent’s wrath and you shall
feel his sting. It is you xvho have scatter
ed death and destruction o’er our land. It
is you who have made many a widow’s
heart desolate, once the receptacle of joy
and happiness.
Enough for this picture of crime. Let
us visit the rumseller’s death bed, stretched
upon a rich and gaudy couch hj5 lies ^ the
holy man of God is there—but ah ! no eoi>
solafion can be afforded to his guilty soul.
The cries and mournings of the widows
and orphans he has made, over the lost hus
band and friend, continually ring In Ms
ears, as with the voice of seven thunders ;
and while he tries to shut up the the b.trri-
ers of his soul against their cries, his con
science smites him on every side, wdfile his
ill gotten -xyealfh around seem.s to mock
his vain efforts at consolation. H® .«»-
posure is afforded to the wretched sinner,
the ruiuer of men’s souls. The clergyman
loaves ; and the poor, lost, guilty sinner
rolls in mental agony, .curses his God and
dies.
Btother Cadels—to-morrow is the amii-
■versary of an event which eventually led to
the S])ititual reformation of the greatest
part of the civlized world ; to-morrow is
celebrated in commemoration of the birth
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and let us, as he
commands us, “ love them that hate its; do
good to them>vhich dcsp'itefully use us and
persecute us,” that xve may be heirs of the
everlasting kingdom aliove. And finally,
my brethren let me remark, that another
year has rolled on its course ; another year
is recorded in the mighty calendar of time ;
another year ha.s brought forth its fruit,
both good and bad—and in the succeeding
year, may wc endeavor to keep in mind
the great principles upon which true tem
perance is founded ; and let us remember
the gi'cat, solemn, and binding pledge we
have taken, to “ touch not, ta-ste not, handle
not.” Let us forgot the past and look for-
Avard with zealous eonfldence to the time
when virtue, love and temperance shall
forcitor /loiga in oiir ox' n, our native land.
'I'tflvls nt ratikui striiiig.
Let A'irtue be your aim.
Axmid exfravagauce in dress.
Children have wide ears and long tongues.
Catch the bear before you sell his skin.
Borrow not too nraoh upon time to come.
Better conje at the latter end of a feast
than the beginning .of * fray.
Never scoff at religion ; it k not only a
proof of a -wicked heart, but low breeding.
Beware of a reconciled enemy and an. un
fried friend.
Bring your line to the xvall, not the wall
to the line.
A tear is an oath in the sight ofheav-en
to repent and refonri.
Go ahead, is a good niotto—^look ahea^,
is another.
The devoted love of a mother to a way
ward cliild, is the finest and no-blest in the
world.
No one learns to think by getting rules
for thinking, but fey getting materials for
thought.
Borrowed tliougbts, like borrowed money,
only reveal the poverty that compels the
loan.
Prayer was not invented; it was born
witli the first sigh, the first joy, the first sor
row of the human lieart.
Deal gently witli those who stray. Draxv
by love and pursuasion. A kiss is worth a
thousand kicks. A kind word is worth a
mine of gold.
The nerve which never relaxes, the eye
which .aeyer blanches, the thought which
never wanders, these are the masters-of-vic
tory.
A wise man stands firm in all extremities,
and bears the lot of his humanity with a di
vine tenrper,
Polkeness is the outward garment of
good will; but many are the nutshells in
whioli, if you crack them, nothing like ,a
kernel is to be found,.
A man of virtue is an honor to 'hiscoun-
h’y> a glory to humanity, a satisfaction to
liirnseli, and a benefactor to the whole world..
He is ricli without oppression or dishonesty,
charitable without ostentation, courteous
without deceit, and brave without vice.