THE TEMPERANCE HALL.
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We call attention to this subject, because
we feel the need of such place for the ac-
commodation of the different Temperance
Associations now formed in this city, and for
public Lectures on the subject of Temper
ance. AT present, there is frequently diff
Guilty in obtaining place when strangers
come among us, who would be heard with
pleasure and profit on this subject. To
remedy this, the friends of the cause, some
eighteen months since, made an effort to OBJ
tain lot Of ground, and to raise funds for
the erection of a suitable building. The Hon.
John P. Van Ness, who has so frequently
shown his liberality in the bestowment of
ground for the erection of churches Of all
denominations, was not solicited in vain, for
his aid in this humane and laudable undertake
ing. He has placed in the hands of trustees a
donation ofa lot on L street, between 9th and
10th streets; very suitable for the purpose.


The foundation is now laid forty feet by
eighty feet It is all important that funds
should be collected, SO that the work may
progress. The frames, sash, and doors, could
be made during the winter, at low prices.
The walls can 60 on early in the spring, and
if an effort is made on the part of the friends
Of Temperance, by June next, they can have a
comfortable place for all their meetings. The
citizens, generally, should feel interested in
the erection of this Hall, not only because of
its utility, but because it will be an improve
ment to the city.


Let it be borne in mind, that the profits
arising from the publication Of the Colum-
bian Fountain, are to be applied to this pur-
pose.