Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-05-25

advanced amung the sailors. There arc
many Sailors Temperance Boarding
houses in New York. On the l2ih o
November the singular spectacle OF &c
temperance vessels WIS seen in the por
of Clev, land The naval marine has ais
| greatIy improved IN tempetanee habits. =
| Several addresses were deiiv, red--a v,ry
int, resting one by Mr.. Welsh, sailor. -
An incident related by this SAILOR, whc
excited much ine est, was he following
He had shippt d aboard IT, S Frgnte
On a Sunday a preacher came on board
and passing by Welsh, who was making
a straw hat, he asked him il he had NJ
time to work bu, Sunday? "ft's none Of
yeur business" said Welsh. "We ale
going to have preaching" SAID the minis
ter "WtlI go and preach for nll me"
said Welsh. 'i'vo been to church once
to-day, and that's ,nough for any sailor "
The minister talked to other sailors, who
curse and Iughed, aud some went down
To the berth deck TO hear preaching. -
Welsh went down, he said, 10 annoy The
pr, acher; and, says Welsh,
"lf any body had ben IN that hous4
who had known ne from boy, and eve
ny thing that had done, and had come
up on deck there on purpose to tell it, h.
couldn't have done II more completely
than thu. preacher did! (Cheering.) Well,
after the sermon was over, | went up to
the man and says |, how come you to
preach that sermon about mel Yeu don't
know nothing abou, M No my man,
SAID he, Il never knew anything about
you-nor has any body told me any
thing 'Well thcn,' SAID |, show came
you TO come up hire and to preach aud
tell my sbpma.es here, who knrw moth.
my egainst me-, all about me and what
have dpner Upon that | looked up in
his counienance, and saw big tear roll
down his cheek; and that big ar broke
the poor s-ilor's heart to pieces what
shot and shells could not DO Tor years, in
waging bate against all nations. (Cherrs
and applause.) That tear caused the
poor sailor TO surrender"
Welsh goes on with his account of the
interview and of his final conversion 10
Religion. He adds:
"Tne next hing did was to go straight
10 the grogtub, and said /, Stop my grog
as long as Pm a'o1ri this ship' WHATS
thatl' said my shpma,es; IS he o d man
gong crazy? We shouldn't have won
1ercd AT his growing little relig GUS: but
it isn't the like Of him to stop his g'og.
Sad TO tn m, 'Shpmut,s, # we stay a.
board this s. ip together long, you'll ste
greater wonders han this Well, went
on, and ut tn" expiration of one y arl was
mes,,r of S 90 aud as good s.ior's clothes
as any body wants, and u good Bb'e and
Hymn B ,ok, and fit in my heart that,
N Truth, z d mess with contentment IS
great gaiu!' (Cheeis,)
"Th' next year | was made on officer
in the St1te service for dr. nkn cold wa
ter, without any rum or b andy in it,"
The meeting was highly interesting
and lib raj co lection was made.
The next in ro' alton, was the AMERI-
CAN ANTI SLAVERY SOCIETY, or The old
organzaii n divisions; which recognzes
the "righrs OF woman" This motley as
semblage net Tu sdby in tho Apollo S.
loon. II was queer grouping OF stlIk-
my contests. Many Of the active lead.
ers of the Fanatics were present. Hedge
of Maine, Eimund Quincy, Of B st N,
Garrison, etc. FiancIs Jacks n, presid d,
VIM. Pennington, a black, prayed, and
Joseph G.. Hathaway read the annual re-
q H. alma al
the Jury law IN New York, ngra,ul tied
the fr ends Of Aboltionlsm that the En-
pre- S ate is not yet at the feet of Vugo-
Ia; and said that the current ut pubic
{, cling and Iegsa ion in the Free States
was becomng more and more aecordant
with the doatrinesof Abolition. It spoke
triumphanlly Of the late acts OF Vermont
and Massachusetts in relation tn Slav ry,
and amalg ,maton, ard instenced Ohio as
he only state where any retrograde lfgis
ation had been effected during the past
year.
The Standard, the Abolition organ, has
circulation # 5000 - SIC 600 have been
coil ed, and III disburs' men,s about tho
same the past year John A. Collins is
general agent; but we appr' bend he ia Is
to discharge his duties nl over the Union,
as reprt sentiug a national concern ht
ought to do.
Addresses we're delivered by Mr.. Fer.
ris, Mr.. Monroe, Frederick Douglas, q
black Garrison, .A6by Kelly, aud VIM
dell Philips. If any thing they wtn, a
head OF all past fanaticism. a number
of fanatic resolutions were adopte -
me Of tn m set forth that the sectarI ar
churches and political parties are the bull
works of slavery, and that they must b'
trampled under foot bsfore Abolition cor
he effected,
The New York AMERICAN SuNDA,
School UNION celebrated ITS twenty-fif
anniversary on Tuesday. The most in
teresIing pat OF the celebration was tn
proc ssion oil children and teachers L
Castle Garden, comprising, as il drd, some
Twelve thousand children, from every
class Of citizens and all nominations
WHO IN this cc,sion could met on ;
middle ground. The procession move
down Broadway 10 Castle Garden, ant