The Port-Gibson correspondent., 1845-11-26

If YOU wish % be aWANs thlisty' ~ e w, ~ ~.
ard for the oftener and more you drlnkishe O'
tener and more thirsty you VIII ne.
If YOU wish to prevent yonr friends raising
,on n The world. be drunkard, for that wlli
defeat all their efforts.
If Won would etfectually countoract you,
own attempts 10 do well, be drunkard' ana
Won will not be disappointed.
Tf Won wish to repel the endeaveTs o. me
~hole human race to raise you to characlsf' ;
4 I'D and prosperity, be drunkard, and you
i eost assuredly triumph.
nh aare determined 10 be poor, be drunk
ard. as vou will soon be ragged and ponniless'
lfyouagish TO staFye your tamil y pe q dTuiiK-
ard. for that will make the task easy.
II YOU wish to be robbed BIO a drunkard'
which will enable the lhet TO DO y win more
II YOU would wish TO blunt your senses, be
drunkard, and you will soon be more stupid
than an ass,
If you would become fool, be drunkard,
and you will soon loose your understanding
III YOU wish to unfit yourself for rational IN
tercourse, be drunkard, for that will render
YOU wholly unfit Tor it,
If YOU are resolved TO kill youseiE, be drunk
ard, that being sure mode Of destruction.
II you would expose your folly and secrets,
/ be drunkard, and they will soon run out as
the liquor runs in.
/ Ifyou think you are too strong, be drunk
! ard. and you will soon be subdued by 50 power
iul an enemy.
II you would get rid Of your money without
| knowing how, be drunkard, and it will van
sh insensbly.
II you desire no resource when past labor
/ but work-house, be drunkard, and you will
be unable to prOyide any.
lfyou wish to Cxpe all comforts fsom your
house, be drunkard, You Will soon do i efiec-
tuaIly.
II you would be reduced 10 the necessity Of
stunning your creditors, be a drunkard, and
| you w:ll soon have reason to prefer the byPaths
| 10 the streets.
II You would be adead weight to the commu-
", and cucumber the ground, be a drunkard,
for that will render you useless, helpless, bur
lhensone and expensive.
II you would be nuisance, be a drunkard,
for the approach of drunkard is like that Of q
| dung-hill.
II you would be hated BY your friends, be a
| drunkard, and you will soon be more than dis
agreeable.
II you would be pest 70 society, be drunk
ard, and you will be avoided as Infectious
fyou do not wish to have your faults refar
m d, continue TO be drunkard, and you viii
not care tor good advice
lfyou would smash windows break the peace
GET your bones broken, tumble under carts and
horses, and be locked Up III watch-houses, be
drunkard, aad It will be strange If you do not
succeed.
YOU would destroy your body be drunk
ard, as drunkenness ID the mother OF disease.
Ii You mean 70 ruin Your soul, be a drunk
ard, that YOU may be excluded from heaven.
Finally, If you are determined ID Be DESTROYED
ffaa h5,Et ~ IL u
you will soon know that it's impossible to
adopt more etiectual means 10 accomplish
your end.
COOP ADyicE.-Have we in any manner done
wrong to another? Letus not be backward in
making reparatioa for il; NOT hesitatinq an iG-
stant, but nobly breaking through The restraints
of pride and shame that would be our him
draace.
THE PRlNrERs-W hen Louisiana was invad-
ed n 8I4 there were twenty practical printers
n New Orleans. 4 very old man cxcepte d,
al took up arms. The following is a list Of
ilaai- naa,a., ,i.--s s-s--- i.:-I. .svy served,
and the place Of their nativity.
S. Potts, Of Del. Lieut.. U S. A.
+. X. Wagner, Of Pa lst; VOL art
J. G. de ST. Romes, tlong editor Of N D. Cou-
rier) Isl Il. chasseurs
T. Roche, French, serg't carbiners.
81. 3. Cotton, n. c.. serg vol. art'y
PriUates. -Cavalry-J. NJ Bradford, Ky.
Artillery Kay, N c., Wm Bfune, Nd,
trenchman name not recolIected Carbi-
ners-Lous Lefaux Of Normandy,J j. 81. Cyr
Of st. D'go Republican Blues Christopher
Damerog, Of Gerogia David Ruff, Of Pa. Chas-
seufs-M. Roland, France, Z. w Duhy, Ire
land, J. B. Lamoth and Achie Bronet, Of st
Domingo, John and VIM. McLaran, New
Ofeans. Militia-Morin dit Toulouse, Of
New Orleans