Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-07-13

thelr way to places of honor and profit which they were never competent to fill with drams. They talk long and loud ot liberty, as though freedom consisted in drinking whisky and pauperism. We aro no JurlSt, nor do we intend to discuss the mooted question of constitutional prohib;- ton. But l am yet asked. what is to bo done? Shall we assay the task of faDswar;nr. D 1" ' cannot The best we could do would oe to stand on the margin, and crv beIn help, until second Moses should annaar anu lead the temperance host to another victory more memorable than that of YorL- town or Waterloo.
 but l am reminded of the fact, that the temperance cause, as embodied in the lead Ing temperance organizations ofthe day. has It's opponents, and 50 had the reformation. and so every good enterprise will have Dut shall It's friends abandon their Aao strike their colors, and ingloriouslv veild to thelr foes? No, mo- before that banner IS seen the hope of thousands. virgin beam ty, and decrepid age cling to it, as the herald ol freedom But who are its opposers? Of course the maker and vender. and with these, we are sorry to say it) are to be found the industrious-the moral. and sometimes the pious and good But what q combination, piety and sometimes the puiplt, side by side w',h the law. the de- bauched and the drunken. Well might the merry god of drink, laugh at his noble de- lenders
 Are you member of the church of hrist "a leader Tn Gods Israel, and do I find you opposing temperance? What if the organization be secret, and you choose to stand away from its halls, are you therefore bound to oppose it? you oppose every thing that has secrecy connected with it?- linen you oppose government and even the family relation itself. Are you ladv?- And 1t is possible that woman, elevated as Ste IS, by the temperance cause, to mans equal, and exposed as she is to the curse of htemperance, its greatest and most patient sufferers. can lift her voice against a cause. that promises to her of all others the great est good. 1 am proud to stand before you to Gay aS member of the order of good templars and most ardently can commend it's PrnelpleS to your embrace To this noble order look as an improvement upon all the past Its members enter into cove. nant for life. And this with some its best features, K to othes the most objectionable.
 If the temperance cause is worth espous ing, 1t iS worth it foT life. Nothing short of thls promises safety. And now ladies, CO., equals in the great struggle much depends upon you, When did female courage and influence fail? Here is field, the cultiva- ton of which demands all your energies, ana n winch you may reap laurelS more lasting than the sun. Your infuenceis is like the morning sun, scattering life and light in every hemisphere. And may 1t be fully exerted to remove from our earth, a curse ot all others, the most fruitful of woe.
 And now, to our masonic brethren. few words and we are done Tovou We appeal for ali m our great work Temperance is one oi the virtues taught, almost at the very threshhold of your lodge, and that ma son who IS incorporate, degrades himself and reflects dlscredit upon your time hon. ored institution. Ofyour noble and ancient temple we may say, that it was instituted when as yet the world was in it's infancy the better to inculcate and guard those vir- tues so necessary to the we'll being of socie- ty. The truths which find in your bosom repository, were designed by their great author to unite mankind together in one mbroken chain of friendship, whose mysti- cal links should extend though all countries. and enrich all attitudes.
 .,Say ancient edifce, how long upon the hill,
 Has Stold thy weather beaten tower
 And silent mark pl thp hIU,au To
 h constant bud and fall.
 The generations of deciduous man.
 How oft hast thou seen them pass away,
 and when and how, shall end thy mystic history, i Or be revealed thy matchess arts.''
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 PRoNCNcIAmcN oF NAMES OF PLACES AT THE SEAT or WAR-On the 29th of April the Austrians crossed the river Ti- cino (Techee-no. They crossed at Pavia 1 Pa-vee-a) and Bereguardo (Ba-Ia-gwar do, and would have crossed at Bufalora | (Boof -lo-ra,) ) had they not found the bridge blown up. They occupied the towns of Novara (No-vah-ra,) Vigeyano (Ve- Jay-va-no,) , Pallanza (Pallan-za, Romag- nano (Romanyeh-no) and Vercelli (Ver- chel-le,) establishing their headquarters first at Robbie Rob-be-o) and afterwards at Mortara Nor tah-ra.) They fortified themselves on the banks of the river Sesia Sa-se-a, and as far north as the Lago Elaggiore { Lah-go Madio ra) They push ed their reconnoitering party as far west as Stropplana (Strop- -pe-ah-na) and Santhia San-te-a,) and southward as far as San Gior8ia San Jorjo) and Voghera (Vo- g0y-ra, having crossed the Pc at Cornale (Cor-nah-la) and menaced Tortona Tor to-na At Frnssinette (Fras -se-net-to) ] they had a skirmish with the Sardinians. at Ponte-curone (Pon-ta Coo-ro-na. they blew up railway bridge, and at Valenza Nah-len-zah) destroyed another. So much tor the troops of Count Gyulai (Joo-i )
 Meanwhile the French. crossing the Alps, came pouring down from Mont Cenis Mon Seh-nee) into Suza (Soo-sa and pushing forward to join the Sardinians at Turin, which they call Torino (To-ree- no, whence the allied troops advanced to fortify the banks of the Dora Baltea (Do-ra Bal tay-a.
 The other division of the French, and the Emperor Napoleon himself, landed at Genoa Gin Italian Ge-no-va, and proceed ed north by railway to Novi (No-vee where they joined the Sardinan column, whose headquarters were at the impregna- ble fortress of Alessandria Alessan- -dre a, ] and who also held the fortified town of CaSale (Casah-la.) The King and the Emperor having met, established their tenn porary headquarters at Occimiano (Ot-che- me -ah-no, whence they can easily com munieate with their respective commanders -General La Marmora Lamar and Marshal canrobert { Can-ro-bair. )-Albams Jou,ndl
 SUBSTITUTE FOR GUTTA PERcHA.-In a communication to a Paris periodical NJ serres states that a gum IS obtained from the across balata, a tree that grows wild in the West Indian Islands, which is more elastic than gutta percha, and preferable to It for covering telegraphic wires and such other purposes. It is formed of the juice | ot the balata IS of a sDonfrv rose color and