Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-05-22
EYiaenre Gf HnrnSfY.

Mr.. Lucus b. Golden, hotel keeper in son,t
Twelfth street, Philadelphia, has under the irfn
ence of the present temperance movement, become
consistent teetotaller and resolves to sell no more
of the "ardent." To show that be really in
earnest, he made general crash and smash ofbE
liquor utensils on Wednesday morning, On thepsye
ment before his front door. Casks of Jamaica en-
pie brandy, old rye and plebcian whiskey, bottles
Of prime Coguiac, port, clarct, and champagne;
decanters, demiohns, tumbIers, and wine alassps
with every thing else breakable, were reduced tos
fragmentary or atomic condition Such scene Of
destruction, says the Pennsylvania, naturally at.
Enacted a crowd of spectators, some of whom show.
cd the deepest concern, sorrow, and indignation
while beholding what they considered a wanton
waste of the precious liquids. Some of the Old
soakers were seen licking the pieces of broken bot.
ties with an eageTnesS which showed highly cul.
tiyated taste for stimulatiye beverages. Others
were fortunate enough to secure a good draught:
for, in several instances, TIE bottles or dccaners
were not thoroughly demolished, and a portion Of
the liquor remained in the unbrokcn bottoms. The
sharp edges and angles of the fractured glass made
the act OF drinking little hazardous but the love
of liquor, ike the love of woman, ovcrccmes all
sense of danger. We saw one rCd-cyed old gem
tleman, whose personal dignity, or the want Of
personal activity, would not allow him to engage
in the scramble for the necks and bottoms of bot
ties which were not quite emp;ied looking on With
as melancholy a countenance as be would have
worn had he betn attending the funeral OF Lis best
friend. His appearance reminded of the an
cient warrior who mourned over the ruins Of Car
/ thage.''
! We take the above article from the Northern
Christian Advocate, and We rejoice that We can add
another to the triumphs over rum in this city ".
! H. b. Kept for many years tavern at one Of the
most prominent corners in Philadelphia, (Sprng
Garden district, and dealt out destrurtion by lie
glass to thousands of citizens By some mysteri-
Gus providence, he recently became deeply convict
ed OF sin, of righteousness, and of judgment TO
come, and was made to feel that without change
of heart he must be miserable while in this world
and lost forever in the world to come. His con.
victions became more and more pungent, till at
length he was constrained to cry aloud for mercy
Under the greatest conc ivabe agony of mind
he sent, one night last week, for an aged sSer
well known in the Eighth street NJ. Z. Church
Tor her deep devotion, to come and pray for him
Sister S--gladly obeyed the summons, and has
tened to mingle her supplications with his strong
cries and tears
At length prayers prevailed, and he was en-
abled to experience the blessed reality of the re
ligionsof Jesus Old things passed away and al
things became new, and OF course there was al
end to RUN at that ''old established stand. >
Great was the curiosity fer several days III th
nelghborhood, to know what had happened, seem
the house shut up; and it was not a little amusn
to witness the disappointment of the .'old cronies
I as they came around the next day to get thel
morning bitters"-an wondering what in ID
world had taken place-some supposing the SheT
Id had been about, others that B. must be sex
and others that some one had died. Being ad
vlsed to sell out his establishment B. replied
mo, 1t is wrong for me to sell liquor, and it TOul
be wrong for me to give any one else the oppOI
tunity to do 500
This is greater triumph than the case OF Nj
Golden; for B. has not only became a cOnsisteI
teetotaller, but the reformation goes down deeplr
TO the heart, and places him among the joyful b'
levers in Christ.--Pha G. Adg.