Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-04-04

Cholera ana InfenperdHee-Thep pro-
liability Of a revisitation by this with
ering pestilence, is already engaging
the attention Of the people of Montreal
and Quebec. The Montreal Gazette
says, we fear it will return. 1t has re.
turned to many sites time after time.
The following circumstances reci-
ted by the Gazette, may be worthy OF
a passing reconsideration at the present
moment.
ut IS not to be supposed that an All
Wise and merciful DEITY could have
visited his creatures with such heavy
affllction, without some good being in.
tended; and although we do not pre-
sumo to scan the counsels Of omnlsci-
ence, we do however feel convinced,
that 1t has pleased Cop to make the
appearance of Cholera, a means of
showing to his great family on earth,
the destructive tendency discriminating
drinks. Along the valley ofthe Gan.
geS, where the alcoholic drinks of the
Europeans are becoming too frequent,
and where strong exciting beverage
of domestic, manufacture is used, its
rarageS hare been a-eaafm.
From thence to Russia, caravans and
armies, both which, from the fatigues
that attend them are too apt to become
scenes Of intemperance, have been its
vehicles into Russia; and from thence
1t has passed westward, following its
trach through the countries where ar.
dent spirits are used, as the electric
spark follows the conductor. Through
Russia, Poland, and Prussia, where
brandy is used in large quantities, the
destruction has been great. The me-
cessity of stimulating the miners at
their arduous labors brought ardent
spirits into use in Hungary two centu-
ries ago, and it has since continued to
be used with increasing excess. Here
we find the destroyer as it were, STEP
ping aside from his westerly course and
dealing out his fatal terror. From the
central countries of Europe it passed
down the countries on or near the ELbe,
passing by the more temperate dis
tricts on the North and South of this
river, and from thence it crossed to
Great Britain, which in the last half
century has sunk more rapidly under
the ravages of blue ruin, as they have
very appropriately termed the gin
drank by the mass of inhabitants of
large towns, than under the burthens
ofits vast national debt.
Having reached the Eastern shores
of the Atlantic, it found in emigration
a vehicle which again communicated it
to its alcoholic conductor in the valley
of one of the largest rivers of the A
MEXICAN continent; the inhabitants OF
which valley consume more ardent spir-
its, as appears from their imports and
domestic manufacture of whiskey, than
any other equal number Of inhabitants IN
the New World. We blush for our
country, while we pen this sentence,
but it is truth that calls for publicity.
Along the st. Laurence it spread with
rapidity nearly equal to that of the
traveller on his journey, and from
thence rushed down the Mississippi,
and its tributary streams, to New Or.
leans, again proving that it moved
with greatest rapidity and mortality
through spirit-drinking districts.
The large towns on the seaboard Of
the United States, whose inhabitants
are far advanced in intemperance, suf
fered sevorely-and the villages hold
ing commercial intercourse with them
felt its virulence in a diminished ratio
Those who have perused the public
I journals with attention, cannot fail tc
recognise in these remarks chart O
the progress of Cholera through the
nations o the earth. And while the,
do so, they will also observe that the
more temperate countries have either
entirely escaped or suffered less Sc
verely. In Greece, Italy, Spain ant
Portugal, ardent spirits are not the com
mon leverage, and those countries har,
hitherto escaped. On this Continent
the temperate States of New England
the land OF steady habits, the parent o
Temperance Societies,-have seen Tho
destroyer compass them about, and We
they have been kept comparatively
safe. Let us learn from these facts,
solemn, an important lesson"
The Ruling Passion Strong in Death
The closing moments of Lord Ten
derden's life was marked by circum
stance, which singularly exemplifet
the tenacious hold of the mind upor
what has been its predominant occupa
ton. The family of the venerabl,
Judge were standing in mute sorrow