Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-11-22
PAINFUL McURABLE DISEASE.

Mr.. J. W. l.. Childcrs, the Mayor
Of Mobile, has recently resigned his of.
flee. In his letter 10 the Council be
says
"The melancholy fact, tia, l am tho
victim Of a disease utterly incurable is
impressed upon my mind with eaclr
succeeding hour Of my life. No pen
can describe my physical St f1rrings, nor
any generous friend estimate my mental
anguish. Feeling myself incapacjaied
to discharge The onerous dulles Of the
u1ice Of Mayor, by reason Of my aGlie.
ton, respectfully tender you my les
ignalion.
We Glanced 2 few years ago, TO be-.
come acquainted wii!' a fac, in the gen.,
tIeman's history, the recital Of shhcIr
may throw light upon his mysterious
letter.
About six years ago, when the subject
of emperance had excited very general
attention in Mobile, under the then new
phrase Of Washingtonianism, a Young
man. apparently not more than ,wentys
one years ofage, made his appearance
IN one of the meetings which were night
ly hcld to promote The cause, aud re-.
quesed permission to sign Inc tempe
lance pledge. If not an entire stranger
he seemed to be known only to a few
of the numerous assembly. He was
blon'ed and haggard, and bore about
him indubtabIe marks of degraded
druukard. Alter signing the pledge, he
iose 10 address the meeting. His youth
ful appearance, and the earnesiness with
which he enlisted in the ranks of the
reformed" drew from the audience an !
expression Of universal sympathy, and
excited unusual in,rrest in his case. -.
And this interest was greatly heigh-..
tened by an unexpected burst of elo-
qnsnce from the trembling lips Of the
speaker, as he depicted his own sad ex-
perience Of the blighting effects of in
temperance, and counselled his young :
friends TO shun The path which had led
him 10 the brink of destruction. For
many successive evenings this young
man was The chief speaker at the tenn
perance meetings, which pecame very
attractive, mainly through the eloquent
and stirring addresses. The beneficial
effects were soon visible in his improved
personal appearance, as well as in his
frightened intellect and more vigorous
oratory.
This young man was J. w. L. Chill !
ders, The son of respectable physician
of an interior town in Alabama. He
had been educated for the law, bu, had
in early manhood fallen deeply into tho
snares of in'emperance. He had been
aroused to a sense Of his degradation, ?
and TO a resolution of reform, by the
Washinglonian excitement. which: at :
that lime, by sort Of charm was work.
ing wonders among the drinking, popu-S.
lalion Of Mobile He finally. settled in
the city, in the practice oitthe lay, and
gained higl, standing, in the community.
1.r-ttTeS-tust -7UuHgressTonaT 7eIecIl0n 1io
was nominated as, a candidate, with o. e
good prospect of an election, ::but I,o7
modestly nlagnanimousiy declined in Z
favor of Ex Gov. Gayle, the present
member, whom he considered as having !;
higher claims to Ire honor. Subscauenl> :
ly he was elected Mayor Of the cily, and
Tor aught we know TO The contrary, has
ever since. continued faithful to. his
pledge. The peculiar phraseoIogy of ;
the letter above quoted, however war
rants us at least in suspecling that he has
again been ensnared by the demon In
temperance.
The coincidence of circumstances
leads US to mention, that Ex-Governor
Gayle,''o whom Mr.. J..W. Childers de-
clined lis claims to distinction, was also
subject Of The temperance reformation
IN Mobile. He had been eminent among
the public men in the State of Alabama:
and held high rank in tie legal profess
sion; but for several years he had been
in The downward path OF in'emperance ce.
AT one Of the temperance meetings
which were held almost every night in
one of the churches, and were attended
by very respectable audlories +.
Gayle was the first TO set the example
OF signing the pledge. His enlis,ments
in The cold water army occasioned gem,
eral shout of exulta,ion in the midst of !;
which the senderer JOY that was mani
tested by his interesting family, who
were present, did no, escape notice. A
Washingtonian Society was subsequent.
ly formed, and Mr.. Gayle was chosen
It's President-a more honorable station,
in some respects, than that which he had
once held as Governor Of the State.
He is the present Representative in
Congress Of The Mobile district.
Boston 1rauelor.
HUDSON BAY CoMPASY.-A letter
from Washington says: "lt is reported
thar MIR Ruchon nan h.a declined IN reaume