Correspondence of the Columbian Fountain.


ALEXANDRA, Feb. %, 1S46.
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ALEXANDRIA, Feb. %, lS46.


Mr.. EDIroR IL attended yesterday evening, a
Temperance meeting, held under the direction OF
the United Brothers of Temperance of Association
No. A, and had the pleasure Of seeing quite large
and respectable audience collected to encourage the
little band in their efforts for the regeneration of the
inebriate. The President of the Association not
being present, VIM. VEITcH. Esq, an honorary
member of the Order, filled the chair. The exer-
cises were opened by the Recording Secretary, Bro
RicHARD L. CARNE, Jr,who addressed the audience
for almost half an hour, in explanation and defence
of the principles upon which the Order is based
He alluded especially to the charge Of its being se-
cret society, 10 frequently urged against it by those
who have never been at the trouble of examining its
principles and proved conclusvey that if the ohiec-
tons can be sustained every Legislative, executive
or ecclesiastical body in country must partici-
pate in the odium which these gentlemen attach 10
it,. In conclusion, he called the ladies to sustain
the. United Brothers Of Temperance in their exer-
tionso propagate the principles Of total abstinence,
and assured them that if such encouragement were
given, glorious and triumphant victory must ensue.
d The Rev. DR.. REEsE next rose and in an address to
which feel myself incompetent to do justice urged
upon the audience the necessity Of total abstinence
from all that can intoxcate. DIR. r., in the course
Of his remarks, alluded to the regalia worn by the
new Orders of Temperance men, characterzlng it as
mark Of weakness in human nature, to allow itself
to be attracted by gaudy trappngs, not regarding
much the holiness Of the cause as the pomp and
splendor of its advocates As this remark is cacu-
latedto leave wrong impression on the public mind,
il would be well to state that the members of these
Orders assign their reason for wearing the regaa
!, that it is the distinguishing mark of temperance
man, and that public appearance in it exhibits him
before the community in his proper position, as one
who has enlisted in the temperance army, and whose
i talents, exertions and influence pledged to tha
cause DR.. r., at the conclusion Of his address,
which occupied about an hour and quarter in the
delivery, called the ladies, who present in
large numbers, to come up in aid of the cause, and
thcy nobly responded to the call by adding twenty
five jewels Gas he gallantly called them,) to the
crown which adorned the brow of the members of
the Order in Alexandra. Al the conclusion Of the
exercises, eleven more names were added to the
pledge, making thirty-si1 for the days work.


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