Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1841-11-04

he TsmPsranos Cause being sss of - co.
grossing ihsnes Of The day, NE need scarcely
ask he assea,oa ef oss readers 70 he facts pre-
srniel oa the hrt page 10 he Report Of The
comnities appoia,ed by thc Total Ab.iineaee
Society Of Hzfa<s-Reuy. .Thessfse,s, hoxsrsr
startling. srvle5 10 a<sass dIseousas.bs-ssue
have reason 10 bsIissr hey psessaf Is.siss less
frightfui than vesid Eve bsep rsssssisd lao
years STAGE. We sA6tn,and ~ &c the her
chants At thas places have sivea up the sale sf
whiskey; and ne think u no, Improbable the
force Of public opiaioa will reRis< q isalks IN
shai article % 6sssps = be hat fsx ~ haxs
the hardihsea - ceasisue q. --N.%-s - go
Whla % ne sss5ees q ftmpcrsnee. se mar
| A. vsii isredues % our rss1efs a inaisidual
uhs l. working wonders in he eauss. Ths
New York Express gives The foileving seeoue,
ofhini Ni4.i.l = F'iat
"Jobn Hawkins was scoa6rmed drunk.
ard for twenty years 10 Baltimore. but =
little over year ago be rcformcd through
The inauence Of his daughter. who ioduc-
ed him TO leave OF drinking Alter q
istile eonsulistion With his fellow dr;nksrs
At Baltimore, they agreed with him TO
form fes-foiei Tempsraace Society.
which 5000 spread among the drunk ards
Of Baltimore. Noae bu; drunkards were
admitted into this society.
a principle Of their action was, tia,
they should nsrrate their experience, and
never be ashamed OF il; that they should
talk over the matter with other druukaris,
and never give them up. This movement
has run like wildfiTe over the counirv. -
A great society exists 10 this city. Mr..
Hawkins was called on here last spring
10 lecture. he then went TO Boston.
where the movement has been pushed
with Yankee zeal. The .soeie,iesSthsre
watch. The streets. add the Police courts
for drunksrds. They pick them up any
where, and take them 10 comfortable quar-.
tiers, and after aiding them TO sign the
pledge, elo,he them and their families,
and give them work;-folloving them
closely up. indeed, I'LL they are so reform.
/ ed IS % be well able to support them.
selves. They bail prisoners, also, on
I condition that they sign the pledge. The
effect has been magical. About all, If no,
ali.'ciing to their pledges ss to their lives.
The women enter into il with great zeal.
They have what 10 called a Martha
Washington Temperance Society"
or these movements Mr.. Hawkins has
been the grand Cspiain-tbe Apostle, in
deed, Of the new aud effective Temper.
ance Start. He has now just returned
from tour in Maine. New Hampshire
and Vermont. AID is about moving 70
Bos'on with his family TO lecture under
the auspices OF the Msssachusests Tempe
rance Society. Mr.. Hawkins is an azree.
able lecturer, "a plain. blunt man, full
Of anecdoie,-vivid and racy.-aed admi.
rably calculated 10 start a cause among
the masses Of the country. God bless him,
in this, oce Of the great movements Of The
age.
Our readers may not be aware Of the
effects OF this new movemsnt upon the
business Of The country. II 10 stopping
in some degree. the importation OF sOuI
nolasses. II is closing the dislilleries ia
all directions. When it reaches the
West, where il Is marching rapidly, whis.
key will ny before il. and the farmers
must look out for other markets Tor their
, grain than such ss they have found there.
This John Hawkins has done more ia ten
months Than all tie Temperance .Soeie.
ties in ten years. lie is our "F sihsr Ma.
I the W."