Litchfield enquirer., 1862-07-10
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t0oN fFoorE As AsTEsfpERANcEsREFo.adER.-
The Christian advocate and Journal tells Til
following. characteristic anecdoteaof Commodore
foofe: .asEol WaE ..e9 q Tfog4 ..l3
Poi " AT the COMMENCEMENT of a cruise. Comma
dore Foote called the Chaplain to his state room
and tod him that he desired to form a tempe
rance society aboard Of the vessel. fhe Chap
lain thought the object a good one, but the sue
cess or the experiment he very much doubted
bis doubts were much greater when the Commo
Gore told him he intended to make old Brown
President, if agreeable to the others. Now old
brown had Tfor many years been follower Of the
seas, and had imbibed such quantities of bad
liquor, that his nose plainlyto told of the excess
OF his drinking, and in answer to the Chaplain /
doubts about securing the concurrence of old
Brown, the Commodore replied y" Never mind
I have already spoken TO Brown on the subject,
and he enters heartily into the scheme, and r6n
SCENTS tobe President Of our Society," The meet
ing was called and the society was formed and
SO persevering were the efforts Of this noble Of
tcer and those, whom he inspirited with the
good work, that every officer and man on board
Of that vessel signed the pledge of total absti
safe bark touched, all Of the, LIS" stores 1o
whiskey were stored on accosint d the Govern.
smentg The cruise was finished Without one .drot
OF whiskey rations and no doubt the crew wal wa
much better able to perform their duty and to
endure hardship than when, they daily, imbibed
that which was calculated 10 destroy body and
soul. ~ - q /,
IMpoRrASr FROM THE SourrH-A CHAseE. OF
PRoGRAMME.-We understand that information
has been received from well-informed sources ID
the South which leads to the, belief that "a new
programme has been determined upon. It is al
legged that the leaders in the Southern movement,
nothing abashed by past discomftures, are nery-
ing themselves for q tremendous effort. 0 They
consider that the territory recently given up has
weakened the Federal authorities, and CORES
pondingy strengthed the South. They think
they will hold Richmond and Virginia, but even
if they should fail in these particulars, they have
no idea of giving up. s4.asr, ii
!, It is said that the new policy is to fight as
long as it is possible to SO, but when they can
do SO no longer, instead of acknowledgement
of having their property confscated and them
selves disfranchised-the leaders acM make a di.
rect proposition to either France or England to
become a colony or oppendage. 1t is further said
that the Southern leaders prefer, if the alterna-
tive is forces upon them, to become the subjects
of Napoleon. This may be one reason why Ma
poieon is engaged with coloniziug schemes in
Mexico.
We give the above as the probationary, al
most certain policy of the Confederate leaders,
if they should be driven to the wall We have
good reason for the belief that it is their solemn
ly-declared policy in the emergency supposed,
and hence we place it before our'readers.
Whether the Border States will agree to this
policy remains TO be seen. 1t is not improbable
that Tennessee may choose to mark out her own
course in the premises.-Memphis Aeahaaache,
June 30M.
Nathaniel Howe of Hopkinton, an eccentric
clergyman of the Calvinistic school, once made
an ordination prayer which contained the fol-
lowing valuable hint as to the best mode of deal
ing with the theological opponents 20 Lord,
may thy young servant put down the Metho-
dists, and Baptists. and Episcopalians, and Uni
versalists, by preaching better, and praying
better, and living better than they"