TEMPERANCE DOlNGS IN THE EASTERN


PORTION OF THE CITY.
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SIR: As your paper is good medium Of
communication, would request you to state,
that Temperance Meeting will be beld to-
morrow evening at half-past three o'clock, on
Mr.. DANroRTH's grounds, Eastern Branch
Hill. The people Of the neighborhood are
awakening to their true interest, by manifest
ing zeal in this good cause. A meeting was
held there on the 25th ult., on which occasion
five signers to the pledge were obtained; ad-
dresses were delivered by Messrs. WHRPLE,
LITTLE, and DR.. WALSH. Another meeting
was held at Skagg's, on the 9Th inst on which
occasion three signers to the pledge were
obtained Messrs. OWEN, WBIppLE, and DR..
WALSH addressed this meeting. The meeting
in both Of the above places are to bc kept up
every two weeks. alternately, during the
summer. spirit of manly frmness, in prop.
agating Temperance principles, and uncompro-
missing opposition to the use Of intoxicating
liquors as beverage, should be exercised by
every man true to his duty and interest. Ac-
tuated by kindness towards the oppressed and
fallen, it is incumbent on us to labor, and bring
them under the benign sway of Teetotaism
and thus restore them to manhood and Them
selves.


The Anacostia Total Abstinence Beneficial
Society held stated meeting at the Hall Of
the Engine House, on Monday evening, the
10th inst, on which occasion resolutions were
adopted to meet at their Hall in season on the
4th of July morning, and thence proc eed to
the City Hall, and unite with the other Tenn.
perance Associations in the celebration of that
day. Two new members were admitted, and
two applications for membership were pre-
sented. NIL.


JUNE 81, 1S45.