, 1842-08-06
.4nother aid to the Cause of Temperance.
Six Nights with the


Six Nights with IN
WASHINGTONIANS.
Il Series of Original Temperance Tales
BY 7. S. ARTHUR.
.4uthor of" INSTRUMENTATION" "The Tenn.
perance Pledge" &c. &c.
The most distinctive feature of the
present age, is the Temperance Re.
formation. This unparalleled move
ment has wrought the most remarka'
bic changes, not only in the condi,
ton of individuals, but also in the
state of society. Its progress has
been a continual series Of triumphs
over prejudice, fully, vice, wicked.
ness and crime; and its results have
been of the most cheering and glori-
Gus character. All the social, domes-
tic and political relations which men
occupy have already felt and ac-
k~nowledged its influence; and, with
banners streaming might, tits march
ing onward to fresh scenes o! victory,
and preparing for fresh achievements
of happiness restored, industry re,
awakened, and lost reputation nobIy
redeemed.
Among the most efficient auxi!la-
ries in this great cause, the various So
cieties OF reformed drinkershave been
pre-eminent. From these it has re-
ceived an impulse by which its pro-
greSs has been almost inconceivably
accelerated. The efforts of those de-
voted men, who having passed
through the fiery ordeal ofthis debas-
ing vice, feel and know the torture
and the misery it inf1icts, to rescue
others from the wretchedness they
have themselves suffered, have stur-
red society throughout the length and
breadth of this vast country; and
thousands and tels of thousands, re-
generated and disemhralIed, are now
enjoying, with invigoratsd health and
purified hearts. the advantages OF
their magnanimous enterprise.
To aid in this moral revolution, The
subscribers have commenced the pub
of a series of original Tenn
perance Tales, to beissuedi in 6 month
'y numbers. These tales are from
the pen of A. S. Arthur. a writer
gifted with a singular felicity in por.
the scenes of actual life, and
prompted, as his numerous produc-
lions bear witness, by a sincere spirit;
of doing good TO his fellow-men.
Their title, "Six nights with the
Washingtonians,7 expresses truly
their character and design; as they
are drawn from actual observation of
among the members of the
'Washingtonian Temperance Socie.
ty,"-the great pioneers ofthis world
renowned reform-and detail the his
tories of some Of those who have been
saved from destruction worse than
death by the well-directed labors Of
those true philanthropists.
Each number of this publication
contain a distinct story or sto-
res, and therefore be perfect in itself.
md the whole, when completed, will
orm a volume Of two hundred
oages, embracing narratives of many
Individuals, in all classes Of society,
he mechanic. the professional man,
md the merchant who have been re-.
claimed from mtemperance. The
ield thus selected is a boundantly
The violence Of passion,
he depths Of self-abasement-the Bit
of remorse-the rnin, bodily
nd spiritual-e1hibited in the wretch
d inebriate himself; and the anguish
# protracted suffering-the agony of
.evoted affection-the tenderness of
nrequited, but undiminishing zeal
he love that bears all and forbears
but too often seen in the family
ircle, which surrounds him-furnish
hemes which, in the hands of one
Who perceives so clearly, and de-
cribes SO powerfully as Mr.. Arthur,
annot fail to prove of the highest in
crest. That the publication of these
ales will do good the subscribers en-
erfain no doubt. To those who have
OF fallen into the degrading slavery
f strong drink, the scenes portrayed
7ill offer fresh inducements to avoid
he fearful temptation; to those who t
ave abandoned themselves to its
aaddening influences they will point
ut a path by which they may flee {
'om the horrible curse they have in
oked; and to all they will show that, ,
, the selfsacrifcing efforts of a band t
f humble and unpretending men. 9
associated, the country, ,
lie world, and the age, are indebted c
,r a reform, more honorable in it. a
Elf, and destined to be more perma- t
emily beneficial in its consequences,