New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-10
,,o,.;c,u Temperance Union.

This Institution celebrated ITS Eighth Ahhi'eF-
..,, At ,l,e Tabernacle las, evening, and we were
b,nnv TO observe that that capacious building was
crnxJed 10 ia utmost capacity. large number
oc ,,ose in attendance were laics, lending 10 this
nc ,hev do TO all the benevolent and holy en'erpfi'
90. of rho dsy their best energies. Ire chaif was
taLen nv President DuRBIN, and strong sl'efcheS
were made by Rev. DR.. Bacon, OF New 1a'cn' "i"
M J. b. GouGH. Tne North Carolina band was
IN ottendance. and discoursed some very good mu-
SIC Mr.. Cough also favored the audience Win one
or ,wo excellent songs: and the affair altogether
wen, off apparently to the entire saiisacuoa OF All
present. -. Mash Cor Soc
presented 10 mighty movement like some OF former
Years but q wide operation and steady "a' aiicG 9 u
The cnusc both in his and in foreign countries. NC
;sspes from, the Office OF the Union have been about
: 0On iournals nlouthlv and 10000 ouths Advo-
c.tr beside large grutl!tous distribution o DOCKS,
,rocfs SC. Sixteen State Conventions, or meet
incs ot STATE Societies have been held during INC
year with much harmony and enjoyment. ne
CONGRESSIONAL Society has been reorganled, WIN
ohont 60 nledged members. Legislative temperance
,meetings M Boston, Albany and Harrisburg nave
heen held. Six Governors OF States are open ad-
vocntes of temperance societies, and Presidents oil
LEGISLATIVE or State Temperance Societies. Inc
late celebrations of the 1th ot July the complexion
of Bunker Hill Monument, military meetings ana
ance is deeply fixed in the American mind. Inc
acIon of the Pennsylvania Legislature in SUSTAIN
;nr unanimously the Sunday Anil-tpmg law OF
l705 and the bill before the I,ew-1 ork Legislature
for giving the license law TO the towns, were placed
among the cheering signs OF the times.
The Washing tonian mOyement, reforming drunk
ards is still onward. i0c0 scamen have, during the
venr united with the New-i nrk Mariners society,
making Ii. 900 in the whole. In the port OF Cnares-
ton 300 have during the winter signed the pledge
Among sailor. on the lakes, and boatmen on the Ere
Canal, temperance is nearly triumphant AT BosIo 4
nbout .O06 scamen and officers III the Navy have
stoned the pledge. At Charleston ncarl! all on
board the revenue cutter. Our ships oil war in Tor
eign ports do honor 10 temperance. Al Bombay the
English residents said heBrandyw wine should change
her name nasmuch as her officers drank neltncr
brandy nor wine. Commodore Jones has nobly
cheered onward the Hawaans in the Pacihc, III
,her temperance movements and invited ail officers
and seamen in the navy To petition Congress to abol
ish the spirit ration
Numerous petitions have been presented from our
poets on this subject, snd II has been strongly re-
commended by u Secretary OF the Navy. Inc ac-
ton on children and youth throughout the country
is most favorable, and The tempting cup is now re-
moved from million OF inmilics.
The traffic is bcsieged from all quarters as nu!-
sance in the land. With the exception OF one Cuun-
ty, not a license was granted last year IN Massa-
chusetts Memorials against the granting o IL
cclSFs nave DScU IIcscIllcu W
Philadelphia, signed by $4,000 females: Baltimore,
by T. 900 in Cincinnati, by 500. DistllIatlon Is
now confined TO few mammoth distilleres-leRi-
perance Hotels are greatly multiplied and well sus-
Iained. At Boston Il Temperance Hotel has been
made the headquarters OF the Governor Judges OF
Courts and Governors OF States testify TO the dln!i-
mutton OF crime, and attribute IL To 10 the prevail
encc ol Temperance principles. Al the South
most enthusiasm III The cause has existed. Al the
Fur West also il is gaining laurels. AT jefferson
Barracks, Ms 800 have signed the pledge. At Fort
Jesup 300 and the Indian tribes adopt the prInc-
Pile as their liie From foreign countries the Report
gave interesting details. Ireland, with her six million
ieeoialrrs remaius steaGnst Father Mathews visit
to England salutary. From him over 10000 have
taken the pledge. Parliamentary returns show u de-
crease III the consumption OF Intoxicating liquors
4 large Temperance Convention has heen held in
Germany. hlar Yuhannan has carried Temper
ance into Persia. In South India seventeen
tlouriShing Total abstinence Societies. AT Calcutn
II Temperance boarding house has been established
Tor SeameG, and the Lord Commissioners of the Adj
miralty in India hase provided co.nmuiaIiOn i0r
seamen who wish TO give up their grog. At VIZ
aotan large spirit dealer has gwen up his brsl-
ness and signed the p'edge. Temperance papers
are published at Madras aud sydney All the stills
in New South Wales have been suppressed by Co
vernmenr. The King OF the Sandwich Islands
mains firm TO his pledge, and has thrown all his H.
quor into the AT Tahiti all Intoxicating liquors
are contnband goods, and cargo utrum from iIos
ton has found no market round the world. The
Committee return thanks for several donations dur
ing the past year, and ask for more means TO carry
on their great enterprise.