Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-07-06


THF NEWPORT ENTIRE ABsriNrNcE So
Getty, held their Annual Meeting on Tues
day afternoon. July 4tl.--The following per-
aons were chosen officers Tor the ensuing
year:
Geo. {. Shaw, President;
Benz Marsh. j.. lice Prssiftni;
Ephrai,n Sheldon. .Srcrrivy;
Cornelius B. Wilbour. JrrGswcr
Dirertors-- Richard Shaw. Samuel Pratt,
WIN. y. Peabody, James A. Green, WIN, IL.
Read.
The following report was rond and nc
ccpted, and v"tcd that the Editors OF the
Newspapers in town, be requested io publish
i with lis, Of the officers chosen.-
annual Report of The .te,pport Entire .1bsii-
nenCe Society.
The board % officers, constituting tho gov
crnment of the Newport Entire Abstinence
Society in presenting tins their second an
nnal report regret they ar" compelled to re-
port 90 little progress IN III" great and good
cansc Of Telnperancc.-We have, however,
made some progress in obtaining Subscribcr..
ing We have added 81 nam"s-- our whole
number il now ll3- 50 III les & 81 females.
At meeting Of the Board of officers III
March, a committee was appointed to select
some suitable person to lecture before the
Soclty.-This committee addressed a letter
To gentleman residing in the north part Of
the state--known to be an advocate oi tenn
perancc I'D having lecturcd on the subject
inviting him to lecture before this Sucictv,--
but received no answer from hun. We in"!
that it il due to ourselves and to the l,ub.m,
that our principles and our object, should be
distinctly known and understood by the
friends Of temperance and the conu,tiHiiy
generally, aud have been anxious 10 obtain Il
lecturer who would present our views m u
clear and jiiliclnus uianner.--lt IS to be la
mented that while IEicmpfraEce Is seen tO
live, and move, and have being among rs,
and so much is done 1" keep II alive, to nOur-
ish and cherish it. that so little l. done by the
protessed advocates OF temperance 10 deprive
u of u name and habiiaiiun ~ our land
While the great and good, the patriot aud
the christian, have all been engaged in the
cause of temperance, and have written aud
laborcd aud legisatrd much,-th evil still
remains; aud intemp"rancc Is seen ~ our
streets, in our prisons and u'nshouses, IN our
dwellings and IN our church Sit is ict by
the rich aud tn. poor or--the high and the low
alike are mourning over the tram OF evils
which follows in its path.-Under these cir
cuinstances it becomes Us who prof, IS to be
engaged in the work of banishng this evil
from the earth. 10 enquire what are the most
cffectual means oi dong il?-Argumrnt,
moral suasion, legislation, precept and eX-
ample have all been tried, and yet the EVIL
remains among us.-W hat more can be zone:
There Is one more remedy which the
friends Of temperance have not generally
tried, bnt which so far as il has been attcmp-
ted has proved etFrctna, perfect remedy
and that is, ENriRE hBsruNENcE FROM ALI
INTOXICATING DRINKs.-W Whoever has trie,
this, has found it a safe and sure remedy
We, therefore, confidently recommend il, tC
one another, to our friends our country, anc
to all the world. Gro. &. SHAW, Pres.
f. Sheldon, .Sec'y.
SQUALLr.-Onr ncahbors of Maine tsay-
the Salem Rcgistcr) are beginning to bristIe
up a little about the Madawaska business
An agent Of the Government OF Maine were
recently despatched to that disputed territory
to take a Census of the population; but be
was Immediately arrested by The British au
,horties ond thrown into prison. in conse
qucncc of,hs outrage,lhe Governor Of Maine
has caused the following General Order L
the Militia to be issucd-it has more hos
tile and pugnaceous appearance than an,
thing that has taken place since this vexatiou