New-York daily tribune., 1846-01-23
TEMPERANCE.
THE PLEDGE.

DEAR Father think me not unkind
" hen entreat you so
Oh! drink no more ana then you hnc
nome wheve'er you go.
Thus spake in tenderness the child
The drunkard's heart was moved;
He signed ,ha pledge, be wept-he smiled
And kissed The boy be loved
Foreign.
A CLrgGYMAS rsrsus LIcEssISG-The Ipstr ich
E,Dress stated thai On application Tor new
uublic.house license III Colchester Rev. ;. Carr,
Vicar of ST, Peter > in which parish the house IS
situated deprecated the granting OF the license ne
dwell at some length upou The bad effect which the
increase of public houses was calculated TO produce
nuon the morals OF the inhabitants, and concluded
by eoreating the Bench to reject the application.
At a future meeting the application was rejected
They take the bread from the people and conyers
WASTE AND WANT !-Fortyf fire thousand
Serel HlHdrcd and .SJrty niue AcrsS OF and are
emploved in the cultivation of Hops, and One Ma
iion Acres OF land are employed 10 grow Barley 10
convert into strong drink. According 10 alton
calculation, il the land which is employed IN grow
ing grain for the above process OF destrucuoh was
TO be appropriated 10 the production OF gram for
food il would Weld more than oar pounds loaf 10
each of the supposed number OF human beings IN
the world; or il would give three loaves per week
10 each family in the United Kingdom IL the
loavcs leach measuring four inches by tweNel were
placed end 10 end, they would extend one hHRdreH
and sirty thousand tro hnndrcs and ttrenty.pre
miles or thew would more than describe the CIR
conference of the globe six times. Besides forty
millions bushels OF barley considerable quantity
of oats. rye and potatoes ana even whca',
has been annually destroyed IN making gin, WINS
ky, and English rum. The corn We waste IN
brewing and distilling would feed three millions OF
persons every year and to make up ior the waste
we send two millions of money TO foreigners every
year 10 buy corn
INFORMATION FOR WINE BlBBERs-The follow
ing account of the manner OF expressing the juice
of the grape respectfully submitted to the at'en
ton Of wine bibbers, who are so very particular III
their choice of pure article:
Commander Wilkes, in his report Of the Exploring
Expedition states that when at the island OF Madeira ne
visi,ed with the United States Consul, wine factory
a kind OF shetland thus sketches The process
- On our approach we heard a sort oi song win d
continued stamping and on enerin: six men stamp
ing violently in Of SIX feet square by tyI ieet ceep
each SIDE OF nuge lever oeen thtir ees Uic
up 20 the thighs On our entrance they red9uoeo lhe
excrons ill the perspiraon freely poured from them
the vat had been filled with grapes and by their exer
ons We were enabled TO the whole process Aitet
the grapes had been sufficiently stamped and the meus
legs well scraped the pulp made into the shape OF
large bee hive, rope made OF the young tWiSs OF tne
yine being wound around IL The lever was then usco
which has large rock attached 10 1t by screw
The juice flows of and is received in tube The pro-
iuce of the press is an average about MY gallons
daily Each gallon requires about two bushels OF grapes
The taste very much like sweet CIDER Jhe general
average is from one TO three pipes Of wine per
annually. The South side OF the island produces the
finest wines. The common Madeira Is made from
of three kinds OF grapes alter beng Expressed
the wine put into casks ernen's and clarified with
gypsum isiuplass. after which two or three gallons
OF brandy added 10 each pipe
DR. GRlNpRoD's LEcTUREs.-A brief summary
OF DR.. Grindrod's labors may not be unInteresilng
10 our readers as exhibiting the progressive conci
-, OG rl,at
reported in our Journal, enrolled since July last, as
the result of his labors nearly as follows Con
cleton 400 Macclestield 600; Doncastcr, LOCO;
Rotterdam, 1000 Whitehayen, 500; Cockermouth,
COO Carlisle 1000; Newcastle 400 South Shields,
900 We have not included North Shields or other
minor calculations in our summary. The result OF
four months exertons has been accession OF about
ffteen thousand new converts, including ministers,
members Of the legal profession and about ten
medical men, This account does not include, at
least twenty times the number whose conduct has
been more or less influenced by an advance OF
knowledge Oh subject so deeply interesting 10 the
welfare OF the human species The total number
Of pledged converts obtained by Dr. Grindrod since
the commencement of his mission, amounts TO up
wards OF ftty thousand.
wesleyan, Nov. 18th, ls45.
FnAycE-Rouen-Ou respected friend and cor
RESPONDENT Mr. j. II. Donaldson, OF London, has
kindly furnished us with the following particulars
respecting ieetota festival held at Ronen, on The
18th oi October last at the S0ionS Comm1n, Bou-
!evdrd B,dxUo,Sane :' Two hundred persons SAT
doyrn to tea after which public meeting was held,
when Miles Day, Esq. the Charmanl and Messrs
Little, Richardson Scott. Pickersglli March and
Mr.. J. II. Donaldson, Temperance Missionary,
severay spoke on the evils OF drunkenness and the
advantages OF ;eelotasu. AT the close society
was formed under the title Of The Rouen Temper
aace Society
ApULTERaTIoN OF BEER.-At the court OF Ex-
else Yesterday John Powell the keeper OF a Beer
shop in Turnmil street Clerkenwel! was hned Us
for adulterating his beer. The materials used Tor
adulteration were sugar Gentan. SCOT, and salt OF
tartar with plentiful addition of water in the pro-
portion of six gallons 10 barrel
TGlobe, Nov II, ls45.
We state with feelings of intense pleasure. that
the Committee of the National Society have resolved
after mature deiberation. To hold a Worlds lem
perdace Convention in the Summer OF next year
probably at the latter end of June the commence
incut of July
We have now, therefore, TO invite the prompt
and earnest assistance of the Editors of all TEN
perance periodicals in the world, in making this in.
formation universally known.
A subcommittee has been appointed, with Rich
ard Potter Esq as Chairman. who. with the Secre-
tarv will sign the circulars calling the Convention
Letters and circulars are in course OF being ad-
dressed distinguished friends OF the cause al home
and abroad. and the Associations and principal
societies OF this and other countries.
~ SOS'S
ties will explain the nature and objects Of the Con-
! ven;ion:
1t is suggested that Delegates from each society be
appointed without delay, and information OF this be for
warded this office when their Will bc enrolled
in tine Convention list: the exact time and place OF
meeting will be duly announced and The necessary
cards and programmes handed them on ,hcir arrival.
at is obvious that in this as in all similar conven-
lions, delegates and gentlemen will attend at their
expense, at that of the Society they represent:
1t earnestly hoped that the delegates attending the
Convention, vii! be qualified TO supply information and
state the views Of their respective Societies in the three
/ fold OBJECTS presented below.
l. To ascertain the state OF the Temperance ques
! ton III al parts of the globe.
-. To receive suggestions 10 the most eaectuai
method Of extending the Temperance Reformation. And
3. To attempt the formation OF Temperance Mis-
| sion throughout the world
| Domestic.
TsE LICENSE OuEsrIoS.-The Grand Jury Of
| Oneida county at lis recent session, adopted the
following preamble and resolutions. which were
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