Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1865-10-26
Rev. s. Roszelf.


many their patrons by giving the following,
which Is taken from the Alexandria Gazette 9f
the 18th inst. t.aid isI .Eia sal a A'PAERoss 2.
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We had the pleasure Of hearing, last night,
in the NJ. E. Church, ,Soutl,-a-sefmen- by the
Rev. 81 s. RoszelI, formerly Of the Baltimore
Conference. It is not our purpose to presume
to portray, ip Pen-painting, the poetic beauty
and power, and rhetorical facinations Of the
discourse, but simply, melted by it, to touch
with our gaiter-toe, the !" two Legged animals
without feathers, = upon whom the eloquent or
ator set his ,boot-heel so heavily in righteous
indignation. .saiSmAe seN-- .siog srominAar
Mr. r. was i.statiohed in Alexandria twenty
/ eightyears ago. and i'm walking through our
town Yesterday, he was surprised and sadden-
ed to see over almost every other door, the word
Sa1ilo-o1nl' writtenLa name Intended to Dig
nifty the devil, and give music to damnation p
/ In days departed, putrid pens where brandy
and beer were sold for Satan,s swine to swill
for acent were properly pronounced jg /" rum 2 :,
holes" and grog-shops !. now they are dignl-
fiedlS denominated ,Sa-l-o-q-n-s:,o and the eff
fort b gloss with gentility such puddles of po-
lutiok is as absurd and ludicrots as it is infa-
mousIand disgusting 'ss7a $50 g'HsN'''.A ''a Q
! The English definition Of the French word
= salon sii is ssgreat hall; parlor = and the ap-
Precipitation ofthe term, betrays the cracked con-
dition Of the craniunl Of those who drag il from
decentytd adorn degradation, solely tosubserve
the purpose of pafsinoiIy;; for, seen from the
sidewalk. such sinksaef ihiquity usually prove
to be but dirty, 'diminutivea dens, with few
filthy glasses on a greese-covered counter |; "a
dozenblack bottles on some sin stricken shelves;
as large a crowd Of eursihg customers as the
contracted counterpartof the dornicile Of Dia-
bolus can accommodate, and the Sa-l-o-o-n'
.proprietor--the dignifed commander Of avery
smalllcraft, sailing under French colors to give
it TOM and size--who carries his soul In his
pocket and peddles it out for bait, piecemeal
for penny, to anglers in the bottomless pit
who has drowned his black heart in brandy
and beer, and buried it beside the cold corpse
of his conscience, in cesspool of SHIN the
Language of Gods gifted ambassador; the wet
nurse brought up by, the devil, to suckle grown
up babies of the bottle measuring out the
milk at a dime for dram 81
We know men who were strictly temperate
before these vile webs of Z harmless ale and
beer woven by greedy, graccless human spiders
all over our once decent community to- suck
the sober blood Of morality from manly veins,
and shuttle for the rigid remains of a ruined
reputation, who are now a by-word and re7
proach-men who four years agone, were prom
inent church-members; bonored, esteemed and
loved; but who are now dancing, theatre-golng
rum-guzzling, mutilated images Of manhood
incubus on the shoulders of sensibility and all
because of these degrading dens of destruction
these treacherous traps Of Tartarus, set by
Satan's swinding satellites, and licensed to bait
with porter, ale and beer Gods blasting
curse will surely fall upon those in authority
who permit these 8 wet nurses, brought upipy
the devil to,dig graves in darkened homes, 70
bury the brightness of Hope within.odi p slF'
The fullness of time has come for the pes
tiferous funge to be raked out from the roots
of humanity, and turned in the sun to dry, lest
the prutrescent pile infect our whole social at
mosphere, and conduce to mortal, moral choi-
era throughout our entire community the
Pulpit and the Press to let loose their long line
of burning batteries upon the bloody banner 0i
Bacchus, until his soulless subordinates ham
down his Haunting flag, and strike Their colors
to General Reformation a,r--r
Nav the Sword of the Lord and of Gideon,
speedily descend upon every Sa-i-o-o-n IN
this community and country, and not one wet
nurse be left therein, to .suckle the grown-ur
babies of the bottleF" nob
m FLORENCE Fay
Decrease of the Indians.