Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-10-17

So An aljIumel meeting of lhe Washington
Temperance Suciely wcs held At The Ciy Hall un
FRIDAY evening. 18Th inst. Officers prescTt
MeetU & opened by prayer Ivy Mr. II + Deggs A
A temperance S,ng-ihe Dying DunkarJ-was
sung. DIR, Clemens then addressed the audience
~ a very Interesting speech oi hall an hCur, 10
which ne exhibited DR.. ScwuIs plates of the hu-
man siumacn retBarkiug on IT. vaunus Stages inm
'he' temperate dnnher to that VI Ihe subject Deleri.
um Tremcus.
Ah'r he concluded, n gentleman hy the name ct
;. u Bell, a stranger, nav AZ tLe u >. Hiiel, ium
Montgomery ,Orngau Count, New York, proposed
tu discuss the follow ing pnsirru:
THAT the singing Of the Total Ahsiicnce Pl~dra
1, not in accordance with Protestant Christianity"
And for the purpose of uhlnuuing light up,n the
subject, he proposed To- take The affirmative, and The
sucIc,y accepted the challenge.
Tue following gentlemen were appointed n com.
miuee tc make every neressry Arrangement fr The
discussion: John Hamiltnn. DIR. Clemens. ID. Maclnne.
Mach d'scussi.n ar~e un the p~roPriety at accept.
ING the challenge. which Was finally done in The
ahtye shape.
We are auiho, ised o. the part uf the commiuoe
To announce that un Fudy evening neat. the 20 h
inst. at The City Hall. al early candle lighting. the
discussion will take place. The committee. ia the
mean lime, will make all necessary arrangements.
The citizens. generally. ute respectfully invited
10 attend.
The City papers will phase copy the uo've.
TIE DOM OF TIE CONDEMNEO-We
take from the K rckrrhlcker Tor O,IoOer. the follow
ing mournfIl picture uf prispu lite. Ia Is Irnm the
"EsiIIUr's Table. the most d~e!IshIiul portion Of The
magazine:
lfihe unhappy Young man Who has recently
h'eG the journals OF he metropolis with the details
ofh.s folly and crime could. before welding to
teinptniiOn. lolked IN upon tho Sisie prisoner, ut
Sing Sing. as ne die the other day, surely ne would
hive shrunk back iron the vortex before hun.
Pdor wreiches, IN their best estate How naircs
iheir cells; how ceuselAss; their ioI j what a ncguiIon
Of comfort their whole condition, Il was a sM sller.
ING August day, bieaIhless aud oppressive; b.l
there WAS NJ resi- for the eight hundred unbapay
convicis who Piled their never ending tasks Wit IN
hose walls. SIealihy glances from halEraised
eyes; palO cnnnlenances. stamped with meek sub.
mission, or gleHming with poweIless, hate or impo.
tent maligHiiY: and hard labur' ia the fuliesi sense,
were the main features Of the still life scene, az We
passed through several workshops. But nbo, 4,
picture was presented ne their occupants came
s"aiming INTO the open court yu11 at the sound of
Inc bell. TO proceed to their cells with their Dime,
From the thick aIInos rhere Of the carp aid rug
shops, leaving the cack Ofshuulos, the dull Ihump
Vi the "weaver's beam and tho long, con fused
perspective 81 cords, and pn!lies, aud patterns. md
rHuluiudious "hnrncss." they poured forth; from
muiky smiIhys slreamed The mps OF Vulcan, grIme
as The dark TeCesses from which They emerged;
from donTs which oprn upon inIermina5le rows of
close set benches, burst forth the knights Of The nwI
and hammer; the run adult of the cOopers mnllei.
The crenk Of his shaving knife. were nil; the Stone
hammer was silent, aud he court yard was full OF
that striped crew! God Of compass on, whn, a
| sight II was. 10 see that motley multitude take up.
IN gangs. their hnmiliaIing march! Huge negroes,
"eIienng ~ the heat, ere iulerspe fsed among ",he
lines hands crimson W IN murder rested ;,,ru, iI-
shoulders fiber gs young nike in years aud crime;
'he Vicum OF bestIaliy pressed sssinII The hear.
broken ionl OF the scaIhless william and all were
blended IN one reyOiv ing mass of trained soldiers OF
quit; their thousand legs moving Us The leg Of one
man; all IN silence, saving The peculiar s,uud OF the
sliding tread. grating not less upon The ear Than The
ground. One by one they took Their Wooden pals
ui dingy and nmphIblous booking grub" mud pissed
on, winding up The stairs Of The different sl.ries,
aud streaming along tho narrow corridors to lhsir
solitary cells. Ii was too much for The tender heart
oi Por T.. Tins long procession vi The gaugs. Az
they pissed On IN slow succession, her lp hogan 10
quIveri aud one aiier an"ruer drops of pity rolled
nown her cheek. All those" said she b. the keerer
had a mother WIN lr'kcd upon their childhood
aud blessed their limo rnce! Ali, how many infant
ieei. soiler Than velvet To the touch. have been
pressed To maternal lis. Thai now shuttle along
these prison nisles."