The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-05-03

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says he is willing to proclaim to the world the
benefit he has received from DR.. Chambers.
Mr. A. ayoung man thirty years of age, has
been dreadfully intemperate thirteen years. His
father, who is now dead, was the same, and
brought up his son in his own habts.--1his
young man has been twice lunatic; three times
brought to the gates of death by fits; ten times
| committed to the watch house; and repeatedly
brought home drunk to his mother, who is
widow, all in consequence OF intemperance. lie
took the medicine seven weeks ago last Friday,
and continued to take it till the Tuesday follow
ing, and he has had no desire of spirituous IL
! quors since The facts in this we collected
from his mother, his employer and himself.
have seldom seen more grateful and happy wo-
man than his mother.
| lntemperance is the predominant vice OF
this country, and may be looked upon as the
mother OF almost all other vices. The public
calamities which have been caused by it are
great. and those ofd private nature are without
number. It has been the cause Of destroying
the domestic happiness of more families than
any other whatever. 1t has destroyed more
human lives in this country than any other dis
ease; and, averaging them, it will be found
that four ffths of all the inhabitants of our
poor-houses, jails, and penitentaries, are its
victims--tracc their miserable condition to its
cause, and there you will find intemherancc.
Who is there that cannot point out some
particular individual, now a miserable drum
{ ken vagabond, who was once respectable
member Of society Who is there that cannot
point out some broken-heaited mother or
wife, whose sorrow has all been caused by,a
drunken son or husbantl--and who is there
that does not know of some family which was
, once enjoying all the comforts and happiness
. that that this world is heir to, until mtem-
$ herance was marked upon the check of him
S whose care it should have been to protect
Y the destiny of his tender offspring. Let
n the following extract finish the sketch:
t "Follow him. you have heart to do it
IS as he staggers, now and then licking tht
ground, tl he reaches his once peaceful
s home-'He's coming cry the little inno-
y cents. as they look through the window; but
j. It is not the cry of joy, that welcomes kind
fl. parent, as he approaches his tender fami,
/. --ah, no! tits the cry of fear-ot horror
y See them Ace from him as from monster--
Is loo!; at the broken hearted mother, as sht
r. takes up her aHrighted boy and bathes him
with her tears. An, says she to her chill
dren, your father once loved you -once low
N ed mc--he was kind husband and PROV
dent father: but now we are forsaken; youI
: little tender feet feel the nipping frost; you'
o. bodies shver with cold; your tattered clothe!
to are falling from YOU, and have no new one
a. to give; you arc hungry, but have no breat
!, for you; the necessaries Of life your fathel
~ was once wont to bring home to cheer on
OF ncarts, are now changed Tor the ram bottle
~ which some demon had furnished him with
RI perhaps as the reward of his days labonr
!, % cruel employer come and behold thu
- fruits of your nquity; see the miseries en-
tailed upon the wrctched mother, and he
~ worseth than fathcress children, by your thirs
he for gan!"
ed Let the imagination supply the remaining
he part Of the awful picture.
nv Intemperance rs making frisht!ul progres
w. among the inhabitants of this place,---it
er not confined to the mcnial oi plebian. bu
ii. shcws itself among the higher order OF tn
HI. community-neither is it confined to the oil
"a or middle aged, but can be marked wit
of visible demonstrations upon the young.
IN anv doubt this fact, let them occasionally
,e- of any evening, step into the barrooms OF on
ne nubhc houses. and see for themselves.
W
IN The trial of Maubrieul, the individua
/ who attacked Talleyrand, as reported in tn
Courier Francais, is highly curious. In
~ prisoner defended himself, and made spi,
tied address to the tribunal. He gave q nc
=, version to many of the facts which had bee
- published. relating to his history, and accus
NJ ed Talleyrand Of having employed him t
in, assassinate Bonaparte, deed which hl
II. conscience would not allow him to do. III
m. stated that, afterwards, the minister ha
ad- done him great injury on account OF his be
of inc possessed of these facts against him, an
,us that the act of violence OF which he wa
AVS guilty. was intended more as an indgnit
rk, than personal injury He repeated twic
nd that he regretted that he had not spit upo
he him. When it was announced that he wa
'n- to be imprisoned for five years. he said, g
would be longer than he should live; but thu
wn it was of no consequence"
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