Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-04-08

ory of his brother patriot, his forerunner in the
work of Freedom, the Author-Hero of the Rev
olution-THOMAS PAINE?
THE MIsERIEs AND EFFECTS OF INTEMPER-
ANcE.-'."he following is the most graphic delin
Gator of the miseries and effects of intemper-
ance that We have ever seen. 1t is from the
arguments advanced by certain citizens OF Por-
tage county, Ohio in memorial to the Legls-
lature on the subject
.And vet its march of ruin is onward still
1t reaches abroad to Others, invades the family
and social circles, and spreads woe and sorrow
all around. 1t cuts down youth in its vlgor,
manhood in its strength, and age in its weak
ness. 1t breaks the fathers heart, bereaves the
doatine mother extinguishes natural affection,
erases coniugul love- blots out filal attachment,
bghts parental hope, and brings down mourn
ing age in sorrow to the grave. 1t produces
weakness, not strength; Sickness not health
death, not life. 1t makes wives widows, chill
dren orphans, fathers tiends, and all OF them
paurers and beggars. 1t halls fcrerss, feeds
rhcumatislns, nurses gout, welcomes epidemicS,
invites cholera, emparts pestilence, and eubra-
ces consumptions. 1t covers the land with idle
ness, poverty, disease, and crime. 1t fills your
iails, supplies your aims houses, and demands
your asyums. 1t cngenders controversies, tos-
tiers quarrels, and cherishes riots. 1t contemns
law, spurns order, and loves mobs. 1t crowds
YOUR penitcntiaries and furnishes the victims
for your scaffolds. 1t is the life-blood of the
gambler the aliment of the counterlelter, the
prop of the highwayman, and the support OF
the midnight incendiary. 1t countenances the
liar, respects the thief, and esteems the BIAS
phemer 1t violates obligation, reverences fraud,
and honors inramy. 1t delames benevolence,
hates love, scorns virtue, and ISLANDERS innocence.
1t inctes the father to butcher his wife, and
aids the child to grind Lis parrlcdal axe. 1t
burns up man, consumes woman, dctests life,
curses God, and despises Heaven. 1t suborns
witnesses nurses prejury, detielS the Jury box,
and stains the judicial ermine. 1t br4es votes,
diSqualities voters, corruptS elections, pollutes
our institutions, and endangers our government.
1t dcgrades the citizen, debaScs the legislator,
tlishonors the statesman, and disarms the patriot
1t pings shame, not honor; terror, not safety :
despair; not hope: misery, not happiness. And
now as with the malcvolence of 1iend, It calm
" surveys its ightfnl lcsolationS, and, insltiatc
with havoc. it poiSons felicity kills peace, ruins
morals, bligllts confidence slays the reputation:
dlltt Oul ''N'' w. >''>
worl and laughs at its ruin"
\ Nrw DoDGr-" Where's Charley "A
few days since well dressed, gentlymanly
looking man, leading beautiful boy some five
years of age, entered a icwclcr's shop in Broad
way. New York, and asked the price ot Il
handsome gold bracclct--it was Sl25. The
gentleman examined, and finally bought the
article and put it in his pocket. lie then took
out arscptusc full Of shining leaccs and opened
it. At that moment, he suddenly exclaimed,
with look Of aarnl-"Why where is Char
ley" and 'IasLing the pumppurSe on the corll,-
ter, he rushed from the shop. in frantic search
of his hoy, who had disappeared.
The clerk awaited the gentlcnan'S return for
some time, with the purse lying where he CAST
it down in his excitement. No fear oi trickery
was entertained. as the purse evidently con-
tanned money amounting TO twice the value OF
the bracelet But when hour after hour passed
without the genteman's return, and it was found
that the purse contained brass medals, the size
of half eagles, the clerk and his master both
came to the conclusion that their customer was
a slippery cne, and his innocent looking boy
was not being brought up in the way he should
go.
The WIFE OF SENATOR DouGLAs.-The