Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-05-11

mad eXcltenleHV-Dut u'c SuotAS of, \.
destroying liquid which, while the soul lies IN
its unconscious tOrpor, or looks WIN dal' anu
half shut vision over the dreary void' Is pussy
with the delicate mechanism OF the animal sys,
TEN, deranging the harmony OF Its movements anu
connecting its bitter essence win tne sweee o.oou
that flows through the flashed and PaiPtatlng sea.
of vitality. 1t seizes upon the wholesome a'iInen.
administered to the craving stomach anu turns
that too into poison; thvs causing the drunHaiu
even in the crust that he eats to sustain miser-
able existence. rendering that antidote pane
too. from whose corrupted juices he derives I,
present sustenance and lingering death: ana
this is the only malady which IS lett withou, It's
antidote in nature, while all others have their
sovereign remedy. IT'S the only disease "hich
first beats down the superstructure oil the asPl-
ring mind, and then preys upon the anres's1ihs
body-which turns the heart into FOUNTAIN OF
of living poison, to mingle with the currents Oh
existence. ,1
Alas! when the gallows presents Its long ana
amazing list of victims, and the prisons vomt ior'n
their saualid inmates-when the heart sicKens al
the siuht of the vices and miseries OF inhuman-
;zed man. and we reflect that these derive
their accumulated infamy from that one subtle
and brutalizinc agent, Rum, Is 1T not enough 10
make us deprecate and forever fly the contamIna-
t;ng conrsarto erase its name from the very Ian.
o,ase which we speak-to Danish its makers and
imnorters as we would men infected win
some fatal epidemic, and make drunkenness In
man or woman capital offence against the laws
of men? :,
What melancholy wrecks of human greatness;
surround rs on every side, wrought by this tel!
DESTROYER. Families driven from their Paterna'
homes to endure the peltings of the Pllless Storm
The mother torn from her complaining offspring
The father chained to the floor OF an lnhosplta-
Bile prison, and his patrimony scattered TO ,he
wide winds of heaven. What misfortune, What
DEGRADATION is not the concomitant OF drunken
ness! Are there any so proud that 1t cannot num-
ble-any so strong that it cannot subdue! mere
I;ee Honor in his mailed coat-there fierce Amol-
tion thrown in his mad career-there brlght-eyed
Gen;us fallen from his aerial hight-there watch
FIJI Thrift. sunine amid his forgotten store-there
the soiled wreath of Fame, the sullied gem OF
Pride-the unstrung lutte of Poesy-the empty
on;ver Of I,oye-the broken shaft of Satire-all'
al that insured, that charmed, that shone-
and Man. who was made but a little lower than
the angels, scorned, degraded Mah' "' "''''
abiect and valueless OF them all. -.
Let the young probationer for literary eeleDri-
ty beware. Let him who would climb that Steep
< where fame's proud temple shines afar, seek
not to give impulse to his tagging steps by these
artificial stimuli. Let him not bathe his Jaded
spirits in this Lethean wave; nor IN the moments
of depression, when the creations OF moroid I'M
arination prey upon the wearied mid, ny to the
exciting bowl for relief: for deep beneath lis
smiling surface lie the germs of many future
sorrow. But. if lie would be happy, great res
pected, let him practice temperance. and, 70 a
mind vet clear in its perceptions, by dillgent
study. add just thoughts; to passions yet strong,
give phiIanthropic current; to fancy yet fer
tile. sublime aspirations; and to Judgment yet
uniformed and wavering. firmness, decision, and
strength. Temperance leads us to the practice
of virtue bv teachingus the wisdom of its pre-
cepts--and to happiness through virtue, whose
handmade il is. 1t gives us quiet nights and
sound repose-calm DAYS and unsulied joys
and prepares our minds for the proper reception
of those sound doctrines which inculcate happl-
ness by truth. 1t scatters the flowers OF pleas
ure through the groves of Academia. and lrrad,
ates the mystic page with the CONSCIENTIOUS OF
genius.
-ssssoaa.-
1t is remarked in the Washington Banner that
the decease of Mr.. Tudor is the seventh IN
stance of mortality which has attended our mis-
sons to South America. Mr. Graham, who sue
ceeded Mr. Sumpter as Minister to Brazil, after
a short residence at Rio de Janeiro in 1920 lost
his health, which induced him after less than two
years absence to return home, where ne FOUND a
grave soon after his arrival. Mr. Rodney, MI
MISTER to Bueuos Ayres, died in 1924, after a
short residence in that country. MIR. Anderson
Minister to Colombia, died in 1926, on his way
from Bogota to the Congress at Panama Mt.
Provost, our informal dip lomatic agent IN Peru
residing there before our recognition OF her lnde-
pendence lost his life in that country IN le2o.-
Mr.. Cooley. our first Charge d. Aftalres at Peru
died in Lima in 1923. Mr.. West, appointed as
his successor. died in February last at hio de
Janeiro, on his way to Lima.
vIsrTEKs TO WEST POINT FOR ieoo.
Hon. S. P. Carson, of North Carolina.
Rev. S. Findlay,' of Kentucky.
VIM. w. seaton, Esq, District Of Columbia
F. Smith, of Virginia.
General NJ. Stokes, of North Carolina
DR.. F. Bache, of Pennsylvania.
DR.. Lindsey, of Tennessee.
So,~,ol EJ,,..l, Tee of panpSyIyanJ3.