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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-03

FIREs.-AbOut o'clock yesterday morn
ing the premises No 81 God-st slg ly damaged by
FIRE.
A. 10 O'Clock on Saturday night the third story or house
No. l Cottage Place In Sixth st. Avenue d. VIZ,
slightly damaged by Fire. The flames were exnguiShed
by the police.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-03

COCK LEADBEATER SAT Broadway, corner OF Leonards
hsve An store a fu assortment Of Spring Goods OF
every kind including silks foulad silks grensdises silk
fissues Canton Grape sha~ls mantias, &c &c and
are y prepared 70 their customers with everything
IN The ne OF fancy and staple dry goods at very moderate
nrffea
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-03

the benefit Of The Fire Department Fund VIII lake place
this Monday evening, at the Equestrian Institute.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-04
THE BARRIERS IN THE WAY.

The confirmed inebriate, presents no
great obstacle to the progress Of temperance
reform because, whatever general influence
be may have possessed is speedily dissipa-
ted, so far, at least, as to be imperative be-
yond the sphere of his associates in degrade
ton. His d~ebaucheries render him loath-
some, and he is an object of commiseration
rather than of imitation. The miseries in
separable from ~intemperance accumulate
thickly upon him, feeling which, he not un-
frequently seeks refuge from his ills under
the banner of Temperance, and perhaps be-
comes an efficient advocate of the cause ; or,
unless he abandons the pernicious habit, he
will be prevented by premature death, from
long injuring himself, his family. or the coun-
try in which he lives.
Moderate drinkers, however, are more Sc
rious obstacles to the progress of the temper.
ance reform, than confirmed inebriates.-
They occupy a position in society, to which
their practices by no means entitle them, ant
not u~nfrequently clamor for, and fill office.
of profit and trust. By as much as they ar,
elevated amongst the people, and by tn,
people, is the evil of their pernieious exam
pie increased. What they do themselve
they cannot consistently reproach others 70
|
doing, and we find that they do not. Thei
own practices, as might be expected, the,
justify by direct argument and hence, no
only prove themselves to be positive enc
mics of Temperance, but fortify and strength
en- others in their incliuations to follow thei
bad examples. Their whole course give
c%ountenance to the establishment of thos
poisonous death-pools, called grog-shops
from whence emanate moral pestilence, pat
perism and crime, The young, with wea
, minds and strong appetites, misled by the
pernicious preeepts and examples, squande
: simultaneously their property, character, an
e self-esteem ; and, goaded by poverty an
/ passion, which by intoxication and unrestrail
ed by virtue, end their cours in crime; Will
he whose example seduced them looks 9
complacently, and sees the hangman ini:
the work which his culpable conduct oril
mated.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-04
TaAiRs' Dfpartnrnt.
THE MOTHER OF WASHINGTON.
BY D. P. BROWN.

But is there not still another, in natural
association with the preserver of his country,
to whom on, this day, our grateful acknowl-
Judgements are due-a name not less eleva-
ted or impressive in its moral influence than
that Of Washington himself. Can no one
in this brilliant and o%yeraowing assembly,
even with the promptings of this direct in
quiry, suggest that, while all the heroes,
past or present, =" pale their Intellectual
fres'' when brought into comparison with
tho immediate subject of this celebration,
there was still ONE, without whose moral
and Intellectual culture and instruction and
v~irtuous training even Washington himself
would have passed uDnoticed in the common
catalogue of men That one, to the unfa-
ding honor Of the sex, was a womah-and
that woman was Mary Washington, the mo-
Their Of our hero.
You have all heard of Cornelia, the daugh
ter Of Scipio A%fricanus, and her jewels, and
you have also heard how she stimulated hel
two sons, Caius and Tiberius, to glory By
exclaiming in their presence, !" | am weary
Of being called the daughter of Scipio, anC
chiefly desire to be known as the mother o
the Gracchi." If immortal honors have
been decreed to the name of Cornelia, is i
not wonderful that the name clone far great
or than Cornelia, the mother of one whom
the universe unites to applaud, should have
been hitherto forgotten or disregarded upor
the eommemoration of this day? The re
collection of her lofty maternal virtues-o
her Spartan 6rmness-is at least a becom
ing tribute to the fairer and the better por
ton Of this audience. 1t is to you that thu
country turns, in the hour of its exigency
for its patriots, its statesmen, and its preser
vers-to you. let it ever be remembered, t
whom ii is con6dcd-
ITO nurse the germs
OF God-Iike virtue in the infant mind"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-04
ONr DRuNKARD A M1SurE.-It is stated

ONE DRuNKARD A MINuTE.-It is stated,
on the authority of a report to the British
Parliament, that in England and Wales
drunkards dieNat the rate of one in every
nine minutes. There are many countries
where drunkenness prevails o nearly or quite
an equal extent hence, upon the data above
given, it may be estimated that, in the whole
civilized world, there is at least one death
from drunkenness every minute. This cal
c~ulation sends over BALI a million of our fel
low-beings to the grave annually, by the Ii
quor traffic. Yet this traffic is necessary
and must be legalized and protected so that
men may have their largest liberty to xii
and be killed!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-04

MoDERATIoN-Th admission that teeto-
talism is adapted to eradicate the evils arising
from drinking, is a solid argumentin favor Of
its universal adoption. One of the greatest
evils of drinking is, what is falsely termed,
moderation = More persons die prematurely
from moderation than from drunkenness more
families also are ruined by it. And then, it is
the school in which all drunkards are trained
1t has no limits Or boundary. 1t is anything,
from noggin to a gallon. Drink as much as
you can, if you retain your reason and can
walk without staggering, you will not be elias.
sed with drunkards, nor lose your character
Besides moderation people dwell with eloquent
emphasis on the praises of strong drink, and
thus allure millions to take the fatal cup. From
their ranks drunkards are multiplied, faster
than reformed inebriates are added to the rank.
of teetotalism.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-04
RUMsELLING

The following truthful anG very appropri-
ate sentiments are clipped from the "Wdsh-
~iagtonian and Recha6ite," and speak the
feelings we have upon the subject as clearly
as we could express them ourself:
We have often heard men say that they
would have their right hand cut off, or be
drawn in quarters, before they would testify
against a man who had sold them rum ! We
have often seen this doctrine carried out in
the court room and more than this. If a
man does become convinced of the evil of
rumselling, and is willing to testify against
the vender of poison, they will volunteer in
and number to swear that he is not to be be-
licved under oath And the man is not
only branded as a traitor, but he must be
regarded as a liar, who is not worthy of
credit under oath |!
The morality of the grogshop does not stop
here. Those who take an interest in the pub
lie welfare, and seek TO suppress the traffic, that
they may save their friends and neighbors from
intemperance, are looked upon as interfering
with other peoples business, as running the
business of the place, as wolves and cut-throats
who are 10 be despised, opposed, cowhided, ira.
duced and ruined. 1oung men are often taught
thus to regard their own fathers, and by thi,
means are alienated from those who are theil
natural protectors, and who are seeking theil
best good.
These schools of vice teach their v~otaries IL
throw off all restraint, to dispise and disregard
law, and to commit theft and robbery to gratify
their appetites for strong drink, and accomplish
the wicked plots devised in these sinks of SIM
/, A case came to our know ledge not long since
where a boy not more than fifteen years old
was in the habit of taking meat from his father
cellar, and other articles from the house, an,
exchanging them at a n~eighboring grogsho
for rum. The rumseller must have known tina
these articles were stolen, and if the boy toll
the truth, the rumseller himself suggested tn
plan!
7 1t is notorious that grogshops are almost al
| ways the s~tepping-stones to crime of all kind:
And since it has become necessary to enter in
to criminal conspiracy in order to sell and drin-
! rum, and the frequenters of grogshops are cor
fined to those who are base enough to do thr
we have more reason than ever to fear thei
I influences.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-04
= MANS %INHUMANITY.
mated.

How humbling to human pride is the re-
Election that man is the only species of the
animal creation that wars upon its kind. In
this way he has become the author ofhis own
wretchedness. Six thousand years have roll
led over this blood-stained earth. Through
nearly all of that time one half of its inhabi-
tants have been engaged in destroying the
other half. Even now the work of recipro-
cal slaughter goes madly on among some mil
lions of the human race. When is man going
to learn that man is his natural brother, not
his necessary foe? When will human be-
ings regard each other as equally entitled to
live on the surface of this planet. and pur.
sue life, liberty and happiness in concord and
harmony? Alas, the time seems far dis
tant, yet for that end it is our duty to labor
increasingly.
We can discern various causes in opera
ton calculated in time to divest human ma
ture of its in~humanity. Foremost we would
rank the ~pervading influences of the Chris
tan Church. Powerfully auxiliary is ever,
institution among men which connects indi
viduals or societies more intimately in mu
tual interests, or common pursuits and com
mon objects and among these, those associ
atoms which are based on some great prin
ciple of public good, deseryedly stand pre-
eminent. In this view the Order of the Son
af Temperance claims a high position anon.
the agencies at work to bring about univel
sal fraternity. Truly it is the handmade {
Christianity ; yet strange to say, some Cbri.
tians regard it as her adversary, and fulm
nate anathemas of non-fellowship again.
! those who unite with US to rescue a worl
; from the curse of intemperance. Surely the
, know not what they do!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-04
MASONIC ADDRESS.

We have received from the author, JAS.
BANKS Esq, a copy of his Address delivered
before St. Adams Lodge, at Lumberton on
the 9th of December last, on the a%nniver-
sary of St. John the Evangelist. He ably
defends the integrity and usefulness of the
noble Institution of which be is a worthy
member. Our limits will not permit us to
make copious extracts from this work but
we insert a few of the concluding para
graphs:
No Lodge within my knowledge has ever
increased more rapidly, or possessed better
material for a strong masonic brotherhood.
Let Brotherly Love prevail, and every
moral and social virtue cement you" and
Robson county will ever bless the day "St.
AIban' Lodge was chartered.
Remember the Widows of Masons and
their Orphans, as you are bound to do
Should they need your charity, extend il
freely and gr~aciously but let not your
right hand know that the left has given it,
for in giving, you but give those who have
a right to receive-you but pay a debt that
is due a departed Brother, whilst debts thus
paid or charities thus bestowed, usually have
a reflex influence, and seldom fail at somt
future time to fill to Overlooking the treasu
ny of the Lodge. If Masons' orphans are il
your midst, educate them-develope thei
talents-train their hearts in the way of al
5 truth, and a rich reward will be found il
the faithful discharge of a sacred dutv, a
? well as in the return which may be made b,
some grateful heart towards some of YOU
f own children.
Let no dissensions, or jealousies, or bick
erings exhibit themselves in the Lodge, o
in your private intercourse with each other
Leave no cause of alienated friendship uu
: explained or unenquired into. Forget not tn
{ lessons taught when you possessed nothin
! that was either offensive or defensive. Re
II member the cardinal virtues Of your points o
fellowship, and the solemnities under whic
you we're taught them. Practice all tn
If lessons that are taught upon the ~"tresse
board" In a word, be what you are
Brothers-neeting upon the level, actin
l. by the plumb, and parting on the square.
Finally, my Brothers, let US all endeavc
!, to increase the usefulness, the greatness an
n the glory of Masonry, in the fond hope tbs
time will but consolidate and strengthe
le that proud edifce of sound morality, an
y that when ages shall have passed away. i
Banner Of" Faith, Hope and CHARITY
may stream meteor-like from its lofty dom
" venerated and beloved by our children
Of it has been by our fathers, in the az
through which it has already passed. :
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-04
GAitur'a CurrEspunhrnrt.
SLApEsyILLE. March %, 1851.

DIADEbfILLEs NAdiCh EEs lCOls
Bro. German: On The 4th July, 1850, we
organized SladesviIle Division. No. l62, with 9
good and faithful Suns. AT the same time, a
strong and determined opposition sprung up as
BY magic, and al ore time this lille band in the
cause Of temperance had poor hopes Of building
up an institution that has IN view nothing but
good for the community. Old and young re-
ligious and irTeligious, all turned from us with
scorn, but 1t did not sever this faithful few
from their onward course. We believed that
good was in The work, and would bring these
good people TO think Of the error Of their way
in good time, and cause them 10 Tenounce that
damning practice, the use of alcohol.
The reform has now begun in good earnest.
On the Sd inst our talented and faithful Bro.
P.S. White, was with rs, and spuke 10 verY
large audience-and at night we received len
members, all Of whom were Of the mosi iniu-
ential in the community ; and al our last meet
ing several names were handed in. We have
no doubt but in a short time our Division will
number 40 or 50. Many that have held out
strong objections 10 the cause Of Temperance,
now begin to see its beauties, and will, like good
and faithful citizens, give 10 the cause their in
~f1uence and become faithful Sons Of Temper
ance. In this county We now number l7o
Suns Of Temperance. and there can be no doubt
by the Alb July 1851, that the hellish demon,
whiskey, will be driven from ihis beautiful and
prolific country. Your valuable and well con-
Quoted Spirit has done and still continues 10 do
great good for the cause Of humanity. May You
long live, dear Brother, to send this welcome
messenger to the houses made happy by the
temperance cause.
Yours, in L. P. & F.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-04
LOOK AT THIS!

The following extract from a letter writer in
Washington, unfolds a scene disgusting to eve
ry decent man, and disgraceful 10 the actors
therein. Look here and blush for your coun-
try, and then 90 vigorously to work to stay the
torrent of iniquity that is sweeping Ger the
land. Is it not time that every true lover Of
his country should be up and at work. Ar
dent spirits have long been an efficient agent
in Legislation, as the history of the Virginia
Legislature would show if its secret leaves
were unfolded; and if a reform does not take
place, we shall hereafter describe what will
cause the cheeks to tingle with the blush Of
shame.
1.-The capitol was on Monday night a per.
feet Bedlam. Some of the representatives o.
the dear people got most g~loriously or inglo-
riously drunk. Wishing to have a good time
at Uncle Sans expense, they adopted the u
sual stratagem to accomplish their purpose
which Is to vote the officers of the capital al
extra $3.50 apiece with the understanding tina
said officers should expend a certain portion fol
champagne and suppers for the crowd TIL,
consequence was that more than a third of thu
members got so elevated above sublumar,
things that they could not attend to the affair
of State, which had been entrusted to then
by a too confding constituency. l do no
know the amount of money appropriated 70
this purpose this year, but was told by one O
the officers under government, that the extr
pay voted to door-keepers,porters, messenger.
&c, last year, was ? 2,Oo0-a very pretty sur
indeedw
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-04

"a We find the following article in an ex-
change without credit it expresses our senti-
ments so much better than we could do our
self, that we adopt it as our own, thanking
the author, whoever he may be.
GOOD TEMPERANCE MEN.
That means something. Now for the benefit
of those who wish to be such, but cannot ex-
aetly tell whether they can apply the test, and
if they are not full up to toe the mark, they
can take the proper steps to right themselves
We will give the negative and positive, what
they are not, and what they arc.
First, what they are not. They are not the
men that may be seen counting favor with the
rumseller and rumdrinker; not those who can
not refuse to take a glass of wine when invited
to drink by men who are honored by high
sounding titles. They are not those who will
hide or deny their principles when drunken
%loafers scott at a virtue, to which they are
strangers, or that change their color when in
the company of brandy tipp'd noses. They
are not the ones. when a display is to be
made, who will rush out of their ~hiding-place
and claim the highest seat but when the toll
of labor is to be borne, will leave that to men
of less pretensi0ns than themselves, for having
gotten the glory, their end is accomplished.
They are not the ones, that when asked tc
take a temperance paper, will begin to sum W
a bill of excuses, longer than a chancery law
yer would think of drawing, e. 9. First.
take two or three papers, or eight or ten, (haI
of them filed with tom foolery) and can't, pos
sibly, take another l am a temperance man
and don't need them, Qike the man who sal,
he was a christian and did not need any Bibl
or preaching) let the rumseller and drunkar,
take it.
These and a thousand other excuses neve
trouble the true temperance man. He is eve
ready to grapple with whatever is hostile to th
interests Of temperance, put a shoulder to tn
wheel and roll on the car through mud an
snow-drifts, as well as on smooth iron rails TIL
r question with them is not, will the cause b
I popular ? shall ! be a gamer by throwing my
! self into the traces !? but it is, what is duty
does the duty which | an under to my fello-
man, to society, to God, require me to act p
He walks fearlessly in the presence of ii
d drunkard maker and the drunkard without h
b ding his principles to secure their votes or il
: fuences. He acts consistently, honorably-h
profession ard his practice correspond
thinks it is not only his duty to reform the il
ebriate, but to guard and keep him from dai
gers. Hence, while he labors to reform IL
drunkard, he will put gates between him az
the rumseller. Is it wrong to drink and n
n wrong to furnish it to be drunk. He max
n not foolish and puerile excuses when asked
l. take and spread a temperance paper. f
h knows his responsibility, and endeavorst to sea
ter the truth to the four winds. He new
10 cheats the printer, but pays what he just
owes.
= Here then, is a picture of agoed temperan
man; hold it up to the glass and see how nc
e it comes to the reader. Is it not, after all
" very easy matter to become a good temperan
t. man? Try it and see.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-04
J.E.B B..
srEwAnrsrrLLr. March 24rh. Isl.


BIO. GoRMAN: On Thursday 10Th inst, /
opened Antioch Division, in Robson County,
No. 229. Suns Of Temperance. was assisted
by brorhers J b. McCallum, AS. Mckay, A.
Mclean, G. Patterson, Jno. McJunis and l..
Blue, of Floral Division, No. IL, in said coun-
ty.
On our arrival at the appointed time, we
found 9 present, and met with a cordial recep-
ton. The Division was opened in the Acad-
emy, after which we proceeded to initiate The
members, install the officers and concluded by
dedicating il TO the cause os Love, Purity and
Fidelity. The following are the officers cleo
ted James Smith, w. p, j.. c. Campbell,
w. A., M. McBryde, r. s., j. McBryde, f.
S, d. BethUne, t, VIM. McNeilI, c.. DR..
McBryde, A. c., N. Gslbrath, |. S., r. Viii
son, o.. S. Short and pertinent addresses were
delivered by brothers Mclean, McCallum and
Mckay, Of Floral Division, explanatory Of the
duties Of officers and other important matters
appertaining 10 the Order. The clsims and ad-
vantages Of the Age, were favorably presented
you may look uut from that quarter for Access
sions TO your list Of subscribers.
We partook Of an excellent collation. prepar-
ed by our new brothers. After wishing them
much success in the cause of Temperance and
reform, that their opponents might BY their ex-
ample soon be induced 10 bec0me true Sons Of
Temperance, we left. fully impressed with the
belief that from the efficiency Of the members,
much good would-result to the citizens Of the
surrounding country.
Yours, in LII P. ST.
J. MALLOY, d. G. w. P.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-04
MISPLACEn C~ONFIDENCE.

Jones is in general a good husband and a
domestic man. Occasionally, however, his
conyivial tastes betray him into excuses
which have subjected him more than once
to the discipline of Mrs. Jones. A few
nights since he was invited to e participate"
with a few friends at Florence's, by way of
celebrating a piece Of good luck which had
befallen one of his ~neighbors. He did "par-
ticipate" and to his utter establishment when
he rose to take his leave, at the wee short
hour ayont the twal," he found the largest
brick in his hat he ever saw. Indeed, he
was heard to remark ~soliloquently. 81
think, Mr.. Jones, you were never quite so
tight before"
He reached his home finally, but by a
route which was anything but the shortest
distance between two points, not, however,
without having experienced very considers
BILE anxiety about the reception which await
ed him from Mrs. Jones. He was in luck
that night, was Mr.. Jones, barring Away;
his primal transgression he got into his
house, found his way into his chamber with
out " waking a creature, not even a mouse
1AlIeE cIOsInS DIS uOOr, ne cautiously paused
to givethanks for the " conscience undefled'
which secured to Mrs. Jones the sound ant
! refreshing sleep which had prevented her ia
king notice of his arrival. Being satisfied
} that all was right, he proceeded to remove hi
} ~integuments with as much dispatch and qui
ct as circumstances would permit, and in tn,
| course of time sought the vacant place be
f side his slumbering consort. After Resin,
a moment, and congratulating himself tina
he was in bed, and that his wife did no
know how long he had been there, it occur
d red to him that if he did not change his pc
sition Mrs Jones might detect from hi
q breath that he had been indulging. To prt
vent such a catastrophe, he resolved to tur
r over. He had about half accomplished b
purpose-we are now obliged to use til
e idiomatic language Of Mr.. Jones himsel
e from whom we receive this chapter of h
4 domestic trials when Mrs. Jones T
right up in the bed, and, said she, in toni
. that scraped the marrow all out of my bone
said she, Jones, you needn't turn ore
you're drunk clean hrough-N. Y. Pos