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Lace-Wing Fir
We call attention to this 'article, as
uerhaps of some interest to the cotton
planters of the South.
Agricultural Division of the
Patent Office.—Insects beneficial
to Vegitation—The Lace Wing
p L Y. We make still another extract
from the pen of Mr^Glover, (treating
of the class of insects beneficial to veg
etation.) which will be published in
ti;e forthcoming agricultural report:
‘•The larva of the lace wing fly
(hetnerobius) is furnished with two long
and sharp jaws, by means of which it
seizes the cotton louse and in a few
minutes sucks out the juice, leaving
merely the white, dried skins to show
■where they onee committed their lav
ages. Their eggs are very singularly
placed at the end of a thread-like fila
ment. fastened under the side of the
leaf, and' are generally deposited near
a colonv of lice, in clusters of a dozen
or more together, causing them to ap
pear to the casual observer like a bunch
of parasitic fungus. The eggs b ing
batclicd in the midst of the cotton lice,
the young larvae commence their work
of exterminating the aphis immediate-
tv; seizing the younger in their pow
erful jaws, they fiold them aloft in the
air, and, in despite of the struggles of
their victims, suck out the juic.?.« and
finally throw away the empty skins.
“The larvae of this insect are not
quite two-tenths of an inch in length,
and are furnished with a sort of appa
ratusat the extremity of their tails by
means of which they are capable of ad
hering to a leaf even when all their feet
are detached, thus being guarded
against accidental fall during high
winds that might otherwise destroy
them. When ready to change, a
thread is spun from the tail, and atter
forming a rough s> ri. of web, it spins
! h n died, has a powerful and disagrees’
ble odor, and is mentioned by West-
wood in his “ Modern Classifieatioh of
Insects,” as Laving been recommended
as a specific for the toothache.”
(Seirpn aub ®rf
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^aniersl
lit,
TilI'HSI>»f 3", July 2G
, 1855.
The Hon. B. H. Overby.
Will address the citizens of Wash
ington county in Sandersville on
Saturday next at 10, o’clock. A. M.
At B iy Springs on Saturday night at
S P. M.
Georgian ini' pras.
ru~Lg~i-i~if!i“"“ ■ " ^ ^
m iSv*
S. M. PESBLETOft, EDITOR.
Correction.
For a Specimen of silvery miad re-
Exami- ation.
There will be an examination
and public dinner at Liberty Grove
Academy in this county, on the San
dersvilL road, one mile from DaiL
Roads on Friday the 3rd of August.
All are respectfully invited.
The Weather Crops.
After a Season ol almost unparal li
ed favor, for the corn crops particular
ly, we are just now suffering trom a
drought that is doing great damage to
late corn, gardens and vegetables ol
all kinds, that are not matured.—
Showers of rain have been passing
about the country but they are partial.
Where we find one farmer that is no;
suffering there are a dozen that are.
Messrs. J. T. Youngblood & Co. are offering grea.
inducements in their new store, at the old stand,
either for
a semi-transparent oval cocoon, from j for purchasers of almost every variety,
which It emerges as a beautiful bright-j personal adorument in the way of ress. or ..e
green fly, with two brilliant eyes
which sparkle like gold, and four
transparent wings of a greenish cast,
delicately veined and nettled with
nerves resembling the most beautiful
lace-work; and hen -e the common
name. This splendid insect, however,
emits a most nauseous and fetid odor
when held in the hand.”
The Lady-Bird.—Among the in
sects beneficial to vegetation is classed
the lady-bird. We make the follow-j
ing extract from the pen of Mr. Glover. ;
The lady-bird (coccintlla) is a most
valuable auxiliary to the cotton planter,
as it destroys the cotton louse, or aphis,
by thousands, and is most plentiful
where the lice abound, always busy
at the work of destroying them; and,
as such I consider it one of tiie most
beneficial insects io the planter. 1 he
larva is a small bluish black, aligator-
I more substantial necessaries of life such as bacon,
I country lard, &c. &c„ call and judge for your-
! selves, and if out columns are not very explicit in
description their clerks win be.
Those Orange Watermelons-
We received last week two most delicious water
melons of the above variety. We have just learned
that they came Irom a patch cultivated by two lit Je
boys, who have found tiaie, though regular attend
ants at school, thus to bestow the hours of recre-
a ion. If tue lessons they recite are of the quality
of their melons., we auger well for the future suc
cess of these youths-
The Public Square inSaniersville-
The Inferior Ccu-t of this county have with a
commendable liberality, and enlarged foresight
purchased lots of individuals for the purpose of en
larging tiie public square. This is a matter of
great importance to the town, both as regards ap
pearance and utility, and we have no doubt the
, good sense and sound judgement of the tax payers
looking insect, Of about the fourth of j w ;;i approve their action- We have also learned
an inch in length, spotted with a fev
orange marks on the back and sides.—
Whenever one of these is seen a*rong
a colony of aphides, the planter may
safely calculate that in a few days their
number will be greatly.decreased.
“The -larva, when hungry, seizes an
aphis, and immediately commences eat
ing him alive. This savory repast
being finished, i1 eagerly hunts about
until it has secured another victim, and
has completely destroyed all others
upon the leaf. When about t > change
unto the pupa, it fastens itself by the
mil to a leaf, the shin of the back split- J
ingopen; a small, hump-backed, black |
and orange-colored pupa makes its np- i
pearanee, which, although furnished ;
with the rudiments of wings and legs, |
is incapable oi‘ locomotion or feeding, j
but remains adhering to the leaf; with
the dried-up skin of the larva stii
ing to the end of the pupa. After re
maining in this state for a few days,
this skin again splits, and the perfect
lady-bird emerges, furnished at first
with soli wings, but which afterward
harden, and serve to transport it to
distant colonies of cotton lice, in the
midst of which the eggs aie again de
posited, to lbrin new broods for the de
struction of the planter’s greatest pest.
“ The perfect lady-bird also devours
aphides, but not in such numbers as
the larvae, in which state it also de
stroys the -crvsrtlis of the butterfly,
(argytmis columbinu,) seen so often ;u
the cotton fields'. I have repeatedly
seen them in Georgia killing the crys-
al ides of the butterfly which hung sus
pended from the fence rails and on the
under sides of the boughs of shrubs
and Lees. It appears to attack the
crysalis chiefly when soft and just
emerged from the caterpillar skin.—
It is in this state that these wandering
larvae attack it, and, biting a hole in the
skin, feed greedily upon the green juice
which exudes from the wound. It
sometimes, however, becomes a victim
to its own rapacity, for the juice of the
chrvsalis, drying up by the heat of the
sunj quickly forms an adhesive sub
stance in which the larvae is caught
and detained until it perishes. Indeed,
so very voracious are these Jarvte that
they will even devour the defenceless
puj-ite of their own specie when found
adhering to fences or walls.
“Many planters imagine that these
lady-birds are in some mysterious man
ner connected with the appearance of
the cotton louse, or even that they are
the progenitors of the aphis itself.
This erroneous impression is in conse
quence of these insects being found in
similar situations at the same time, and
abounding on plants already weakened
by the attack of the cotton louse.—
Their sudden disappearance is also ac
counted for, as, with the decrease of
their natural food, the lady birds also
disappear, and migrate to neighboring
plantations in search of a fresh supply
of nutriment. I have actually known
several planters who have caused them
to be destroyed by their field hands
when and wherever found, and who
complained that their plants were still
destroyed by the aphis, or cotton louse.
This was only to be expected, jus thev
had destroyed the .natural enemy of
the louse, and suffered the pests th em
selves, to breed in peace and safety.
I have seen the larvae of the lady-bird
a- late as the,. 18th of November, in
Georgia, still busy exterminating the
aphis. The yellow oleaginous fluid
which w emitted by this insect when
iffew Mail Arrangement-
Both the Eastern and Western nihil arm-fee at 8.
P. M. and leaves at 4. P. M. The*mail is clesed for
both direvtions at T. P. M.
Extra Flour-
The very best flour we have seen this season
was presented to us by our friend Tlios. H. Larimer
Esq. If any person iu this vicinity lias not laid in
a supply they would do well to call at Little, Riley
and Culver's, and test what we say m the matter.
Florida-
It is generally supposed, that this State has its
name from blara the Queen of flowers, it being
considered the land of flowers; but, the true origin
of the name is from Pasqna Florida or Palm Sun
day, the day on which it was discovered, in 1512,
by Ponce de Leon.
Charleston Medical Journal and Review-
The July No. o: this exceflent bi-monthly is at
hand. It contains as an accompanyment to Dr.
Chisholm's article on yellow, fever a map of the city
of Charleston, which we value because of its a.d in
calling to mind the names of streets, otherwise
gone fiom our memory, connected with many
pleasing associations of our youthful days,
Bachman is out again in this number, on
siz's natural Provinces. He sustains well the
unity of the races, for which he deserves the
thanks of the Christian world. H e commend this
work to the Physicians of the South, as one of the
medical Journals in the country, and second to
none this side of Mason's and Dickson s line.
Dr
Look cut for Fever-
According to all human probability there will be
more Rernitiant and Iniermittant fever this fall, than
usual for tins climate, owing to the very extensive
rains this summer. Now let there come a few
weeks of drought in the fall and dry up the
ponds and water courses and expose to the action
of the sun all the fiith and half decayed leaves and
other vegetable matter lying in the receptacles, and
we have a combination of the three causes which
it is believed by medical philosophers al ways pro
duce miasma, viz., heat, moistwc and vegetable putri-
fcction. Dr Mitehel of Philadelphia, has tha cred- I
it of starting what is called tiie cryptog3moas theo- j
An JldNewspaper-
Mr. R. S. \ uyre Sr. of this place has
shown us a aper published in Con
necticut sixt -nine years ago* It bears
the following title :
“The Norwich Packet; or the Coun
try Journal, Wednesday, Nov. 22>
1785. vol. XIII No. 630. Norwich:
printed by John Trumbull, near the
Meeting Hquse; “Whether this is
the poet Traqibull, who wrote a phil
ippic called) ’Mo’Fingle the tory,” we
cannot say. The printed matter of
the»paper is just 13 inches bv nine.—
the latest datepf news from New York
is Nov. 7tii Bceton Nov. 13th Portland
Nov. 2d. Philadelphia Oct. 28th and
Charleston 0± 10th. This last con
tains an extract from the Georgia Ga
zette, stating that the Spaniards, were
assisting the Creek Indians in their
war preparations against the Georgians.
The Editor thinks it likely to lead
to a war with Spain. AH the news
from the great city of New York was
a fracas between two boys in which
one maliciously stabbed the other in
the side, but luckily,.did not kill him.
And the only two items from Phila
delphia, was of-a bricklayer' falling
from a scaffold in Pearl Street and
hurting himself, and an old negro wo
man hanging herself in a cellar on ac
count of jealousy.
Brother Jonathan’s pronenrss for 'he
marvellous, as well as his tendency to
humbuggerv, at that early day of the
Republic, is well set off by the follow
ing advertisement,
“Just published, Bickerstaffs New
England Almanac for the year 17S7,
containing besides the usual calcula
tions, a most surprising account of Saw
ney Bean, a man eater, and his family,
who lived in a cave, and had murder
ed upwards of a thousand people and
eat them!!
(gcorgian anil
(fiit»nt«n,
F JUL 18, 1855.
J. A TURNER BD1TGR,
Fay Up
Those indebted to the Independent
Press for advertising, job work, and
subscription, will please come forward
and settle. This is intended, not for
your neighbor but for you.
Valedictory.
"With the present number of this pn-
per mv connection with its editorial
columns ceases* I find it impossible
to wrte so as to do justice to myself,
where the circumstances -by which 1
am surrounded, forbid my giving full
expression of opinion upon subjects
which I consider of vital importance?
and which full legitimately, and almost
unavoidably, within the sphere of a
public journalist. Differing w th my
colleagues, and a large number of the
patrons of the Georgian and Press in
reference to political and other matters
which are now agitating the public
mind, and in the discussion of which,
if I write at all, I must bear a part, it
wouid be injustice to the parties con
cerned, for me to obtrude upon them
views which their judgements do not
sanction. It Would be no less injus
tice to myself for m ; to emasculate my
.thoughts of their distinctive features,
in order to render them unobjectiona
ble to parties who differ with me.
After mature deliberation, I have
on account of the reasons above set
forth, concluded to withdraw from the
editorial connection with this paper,
with an expression of thanks to brother
Editors, patrons and friends for their
uniform kindness.
Avers. Not if this be true, we know that wet
summers are quite productive of them, and we
have observed that quite a number now exist all
over the ground and shooting front the bark and
iimbs of trees.
! that the court intend to erect a temporary building
| for the purpose of a court house, and offices for the
j Ordinary m.u Clerk of the Superior court, as they
do not wish to be hurried ia the completion of a
buiiding of so much importance, and also that they
may not have t. call upon tax payers so scon for such
large amounts as will be necessary, if the building
is hurried rapidly to completion. The court are
right a d eh >pe they will be sustained, by tho
good sense ol the community.
Personal-
The reader will perceive by reference to the Ea-
tonton head that we are to lose the services of J.
A. Turner Esq., one of the Eaitors of this paper,
for the reasons which he himself sets forth in hi- val
edictory. We regret it as many of our readers wih
do. But for reasons satisfactory to himself ho has
concluded to withdraw. It is with the best feelings
toward Mr. Turner (and so far as we know, it is re-
cipiocated;*that we, at Ids own desire dissolve the
," ! relation which we have sustained toward each otta-
er for some months past. The public,know him to
be a graceful and spirited writer. In private we
have always found him the polished gentle-nan.
We wish for him entire success in every laudable
aspiration in public, and all that happiness, due to
hi- rit, in the private walks of life.
Hesperian Harp.
Wo acknowledge our obligations to Dr. Houser
far a copy of his collection of Psalm and Hymn
tunes Odes and Anthoms Ac- &c. The public (by
,-hich we mean the great public, not that which is
represented by fastidious choirs gathered around
church organ, and led by some music champion
who thinks that nobody but Lowell Mason has any
right to put out a musical book.) are indebted to
Dr. Houser lor this collection and perservation ol
some of the sweetest and most popular tunes
known to the unfastidious ear. That sort which
moves the heart by simple mel >dy or old associa
tion, which finds a responsive chord in every bos
om. We admire those grand and majestic compo
sitions of some of the great composers of the art, but
we lave those sweet and simple airs which touch
the heart and awaken memories of the past, ‘-learn
ed in childhood from the sweet voice of a mother."
Such is Dr. Houser's collection and a3 such we com
mend it to univet sal use. .
The book is for sale by Messrs. J. T. Youngblood
& Co.. Sandersville, and Jn-. M. Cooper Savannah.
Life in a Powdep.-Mill.—Dickens
tints describes a visit to the powder-
Miil of Hounslow, near London ;
“ In this silent region, amid whose
nin ty-seven work places no human
Winter Oats.
We have received from Co. Bonner the following
statement in r.-fcrenco to the Winter Oats received
front the Patent Office. Col. B. is doi as many
rv, which relates t» mushrooms and fungi as being farmers should do. who receive seed from the gov- voice ever breaks upon the ear, and
the prime element in die production of miasmatic - r ~" *“♦ * ■ * ’ ’
except in the isolated house in which
improve in this country. - - -
Chestxut Grove. Hancock Co., July 19tli 1355.
Ds. Pexdletox:—Dear sir. Some short time
since-nr son handed yon a bunch of o-rt stubble
containing some 112 to 115 straws of oats, supposed
and believed by us to be the pro luce of one grain
of o»ts.
I received last foil from the Patent Office.
The Hon. B. 11. Overby has con
sented at the urgent request of the
friends if Temperance, to visit the
counties below named at the limes sev
erally specified in each. All persons
interested in the great cause of human
ity, are requested to give publicity to
these appointments that the people
may hear and judge for themselves.
Sandersville, Saturdat’ July 28th at
10 o’clock.
Bay Springs. Saturday night 28th
Dublin, Lawress Monday 80th Ju-
Paris, Emanuel (Swainsboro) Tues
day July 31st
Mount Vernon, Montgomery Wed
nesday August 1st,
Reidsville, Tattnall Thursday Au
gust 2nd
Statesboro, Bullock Friday August
3rd _
Springfield, Effingham Saturday
August 4th
45 mile Station Monday August
6th
Sylvania, Screven Tuesday August
7 th
Waynesboro, Burke Wednesday Au-
8th
Louisville, Jefferson Thursday Au
gust 9 .
Davirtboro, Friday August Iflth
Irwihton, Wilkinson Saturday Au
gust 11th
Apple Tree Grafters—Swindlers,
As the farmers in this county have
had considerable grafting done, by
ii.uerant and irresponsible men, within
the last eighteen months, and are liable
lobe imposed on, in the future, it be
comes us to pmard them from such im
positions, as far as we may consistent
ly with truth. We therefore sele n t
from the hortieu Jurist, a paragraph
which we have no doubt, presents the
matter in its true light. We object to
this wholesale proc23s of grafting, from
what we have seen of it on several
grounds. 1st. They bring fine apples
to show, which grew in the far North
west, and propose by grafting in this
climate to produce similar fruit. Now
this is a great fallacy, as all experi
ence has shown. Northern trees will
not bear good fruit iu the South as a
general rule. 2nd. They cut off Jill
the prominent limbs of the tree and so
effectually destroy its respiratory func
tions that it is with great difficulty that
it lives and in many cases they die as
we have seen. Now the leaves of a
tree may be said to be its lungs, and
it will just as likely live without them,
as withouts its roots, which answers to
the assimilative or digestive apparatus,
our 3rd objection is encouehed in tbe
above extract alluded to:
“ In many parts of the country peo
ple have been outrage- msly deceived by
itinerant grafters. They traverse the
country, and take orders to do graft*
ing at so much a piece for all that live.
When the season of grafting comes,
a few workmen come along with a
wagon load of scions containing every
variety that could possibly be called
for, all procured from tbe most respon
sible source, and as a proof of this, a
catalogue of some well known nursery
man is exhibited, and, it may be a forg
ed bill or invoice; while the scions were
most likely cut from some of the orch
ards they had,been grafting in. Thous
ands of orchards have been ruined in
this way. We have now one in our
possession which the previous owner
had grafted by oue of these rogues,
and instead of having three or four
select sorts, as he ordered, he Lad a
collection of vile rubbush, mostly nat
ural fruit, and in some cases there are
four different sorts on a tree.
We might go on and cite cases of
this sort which have come to our
knowledge enough to fill a dozen pag
es of this journal, but it would be a
waste of time and paper. In this part
of the country people are more cau
tious and careful than formerly, and
few men now are willing to trust un
known irresponsible persons with the
important duty of grafting their fruit
trees. Not so, however, in some parts
of the West and South, where we are
informed the speculation is in full
blast. We hope this word of warn
ing may find its way- there, and pre
vent at least a few from allowing them
selves tohe victimized.^ * -.
eminent. Give them a fair test, and tnen report w here, indeed, no human form is Seen,
the result Tiiw is the only way for agriculture to except in the isolated house in X
his allotted task is performed, there
are secreted upward of two hundred
and fifty work people. They area pe
culiar race, not, of course, i y nature,
in most cases, but by the habit of years.
The circumstances of momentary de
struction in whi- h thev live, added to
smali ba-co„tair.iP.ir between *.gill and a half pint; the most stringent and hecessarv regula-
or oats labelled winter oats, to be *-;>wed from Yr
tember to December 1st. I sowed them between Dons, 11 at c subdued their ffi.n Is and tee
the 1st and 10:h December on a piece of bottom
land, uinnaiiurc-i, sowed t.-ieni thin and never culti
vated any. They did not ripen early and were
staudinir during all our late heavv rains aud part
of them were damaged. I, however, cut and
saved them tolerably well .srot them out and fanned
them t-.vj.-e, and eot i and 3-d bushels (two and
thru fourth bushels.) One bushel I weighed on
patent balances and it ereigfted 05 lb* They were
said to weigh 44 lbs. per bushel but fell short Sihs.
with me, owinir perhajB in part to late sowinjr. I
will add that the weai-T was dry when they were
sown and the;.-did not e»me up for a considerable
time. In fact as late as 15th Januarv. I did not
believe I shod t make a half peck, if that many.
Respecffullv yonrObd’t Serv't.
JOHN BONNES.
The Bible.
’ lings to the condit : o:i of their hire. Three
is seldom any need to enforce these
regulations. Some terrific explosion
here, or in works of a similar kind
elsewhere, leaves a fixed mark in their
memories, and acts a constant warn
ing. Here no shadow of pra tical
joke, or caper of animal spirits, ever
transpire-; no witticisms, no oaths, no
chaffing, or slang. A laugh is never
heard, a smile is seldom seen. Even
the works carried on by the men with
as few words as possible, and these ut
tered in a low tone. Not that anybody
fancies that more sound would awa
ken the spirit of combustion, or cause
an explosion to take place, but that
their feeling are always kept subdued.
If one man wishes to communicate
anything to another, or to ask for any
thing from someboity at a short dis
tance, he must go there; he is never
There
Ii is a brief recital of all that is past
and a certain prediction of all that is to
come. It settles all matters in debate,
resolves all doubts and eases the mind
aud conscience of all their scruples.—
It reveals the only living and true , , -
God, and shows the way to H m-sets permitted to shout or call out.
aside all other Gods and describes the I peculiar reason for this last regu-
Fiatform of Principles of the Stale
Temperance Convention.
1 Resolved, that wc ratify and adopt
as our own, the 1st 4,nd 2d* resolutions
of the Atlanta Prohibition convention
of the 22d February last to nt.
Resolved, That the prohibition of the
traffic in ardent spirits as a beverage,
presents the only hope of relief from
the blighting and destructive influence
of spiritous liquors.
Resolved, That we consider the suc
cess of our cause paramount to all po
litical questions now under discussion
in thi- State, and pledge ourselves to
the promotion thereof.
2 Resolved, That in the opinion of
this Convention the suppression of
grogshops and tippling houses in t In
state of Georgia as a means of political
economy will be a saving to the State
of a sum sufficient to consummate the
ar-lent wishes of our whole people in
the establishment of a system of free
-chools throughout the State.
3. Resolved, That iu the opinion of
this Convention we need never expect
to succeed in the accomplishment of
our great object—the emancipation of
our people f rom the rule of the i quor
dynasty—till we refuse to support all
persons for the Legislature of the State
who cannot be relied on to carry out
our principles iu good faith by proper
legislation.
4. Resolve l, That we recognise in
the Prohibition Convention, which
assembled at Atlanta on 22d "of Feb
ruary last, a worthy ally and co-work
er, and bid them God speed.
5. Resolved, That we consider the
sentiments of the Georgia Platform of
1850, on the slavery question, as the
settled policy of the State.
It was afterwards Resolved, That
this Convention fully ap -rove and rat
ify the nomination of B. II. Overby,
Esq., by the Atlanta Convention, as
the Prohibition candidate for Govern
or, and earnestly recommend him to
the support of all persons who desire
the overthrow of the grogshop dynas
ty in Georgia.
Governor Gardner, in his message
to the Massachusetts Legislature, giv
ing his reason for veto ng the resolu
tion for the removal of Judge Loring,
refers to the dangerous precedent it
would set, even if it be constitutional
and says another objection with him
G that no crime is alleged against him
in office or out, and no intimation is
given that he has not satisfactorily and
faithfully p-rformed his duties sis
Judge of Probate. WS quote from
the message on another point:
“To the allegation tnat Judge Lo
ring has shocked the popular sentinent
of Massachusetts, it may be pertinent
to ask what the duty of Judges is ?
Are they to expound me laws as made
bv the law making power, or are tliey
to construe them in accordance with
popular soatinenN ? When the time
arrives that a Judge so violates his
oath of office a.- to shap" his decisions
according to the flnctuat;o*ts ol popu
lar feeling, we become a government
not of laws, but of men.
“Supposing, as is alleged, that ac
cording to the ordinary balancing «»f
conflicting testimony, the decision • 1
Judge Loring was erroneous, no one
asserts or believ s that he wilfully
adjudicated wrongly and corruptly.
The error, if error it be considered,
wms a mistake. Is a Judge, then, to
be removed from office, even if in the
execution of that office he gives a mis
taken judgement. Such an imprac
tical and dangerous policy would lead
to a daily removal among judical
offi ers of our inferior courts, so often
are decisions overruled by higer tri
bunals.”
Opinions of SuLOfat Jurists
That the sale of ia toxieuing liqjj
as well as all other practices, the u>-
deney of which is to endanger the
happiness, security, bealti . and moral*
of the citizen, may and o.ght to he
legislated against and prohibited, to
the extent that human government
can consistently prohibit vjee, hardlv
admits of intelligent doulc. Such has
been the united testimony of many of
the most eminent jurists.
Said Justice Grier, oa an occasion
after quoting the faun bar max -n, ‘ft.
lus populi supremo, lex,' *A;i
for Lie re; mint or punishment of crime
for the preservation of the public peace,
health and mur -Is, are fi .. i..cir verr
natur -, of primar. importance, and fo
at the foundation of social existence.
They are for the preservation of life
and liberty, and neo -saritv ourc -i all
laws on subjects of . midar. . . , r .
tance. which relate o;.lv to prop. -?
convenience, or luxury, to n < tr:. a
they come in contact or o i^iot
Said the lion. G«-org< Sa;Ii»*;.t.. f
New Hampshire, on on,- occos.on:
‘The right of the Legislature of anv
State to allow its citizens to trade s'a
ardent spirits may weit be quest(•n^L
To do so is, in my view, morally w.o z.
If the Ltgisiiri ire of a State' pi-nmis
by law a traffic which produces pov
erty, with all its sufferings, w uch cor
rupts, and destroys the h< a fib and
lives of thousands in the comrnuaitv.
they defeat the great and important
end for which government was esL-o
lished.
Said the Hon. Mark Doolittle, -f
Massachusetts: 'i lie seal o/cverlasti: *
reprobation and abhorre; c? i p.
traffic, is, that it hits no rede.-rr.ng
qualification. It n* ver has done man
any goon, and from the nature of the
ease it never can.’
Said the Hon. Mr. I farts. ofthe«wne
State, in th ai-brated eases - r Mas
sachusetts, New Hampshire and If .. .fie
Isla -d, in the united Sta es Supreme
Court: ‘ I’he world has raised its voice
against the indiscriminate traffic ia
wines and spirits, and it seems to me,
that if health, morals, usefulinesB and
respectability ar. worthy of public
consideration, and merit protection
from an insidious foe, the Legislature
would be criminally guilty in wholly
disregarding a matter of such obvious
imp >rtance. £
Hon. Mr. Bnrke, of Nt
Hampshire
vanity of them and all that put their
trust in them. In short, it is a book
of Laws, to show; right and wrong—a
book of wisdom, that condemns all
folly and make#the foolish wise—a
book of truth that detects all lies and
confutes all error#—a book of life, that
shows the way from everlasting death.
It is the most compendious book in the
world, tiie most authentic and the
most entertaining history that ever was
published. It contains t.lie most early
antiquities, strange events, wonderful
occurrences, heroie deeds and unpar-
rallelied wars, If describes the celes
tial, terrestrial aud infernal worlds,
and the origin of tie angelic myriads,
human tnues aud infernal legions. 'It
will instruct the most accomplished
mechanic, and the most profound
artist,—it will teach the best rhetoriti-
cian aud exercise e)'ery power of the
most skillful mathematician (Rev. 13—
18) puzzle the wisest anatomist, and
exercise the nicest icritic, corrects the
vain philosopher and guides the wisest
astronomer an i makes the diviners
mad. It is the best 1 covenant that was
ever agreed on—the best deed that ev
er was sealed—the best, evidence that
ever was produced—the best will that
ever was made—the best testament that
ever was signed;
To understand it, is
to be wise indeed-i-to be ignorant of it,
is to be destitute of wisdom. It is the
King’s best copy—the magistrate’s best
rule—the housewife’s best guide—the
servant’s best directory and the young
man’s best companion. It is the school
boy’s spelling boqk and the learned
man’s master -piece. 11 eontai ns a choice
grammar for the novice and a profound
treatise fqr the sage. It is the ignorant
man’s dictionary and the wise man’s
directory. It affords knowledge of
witty inventions for the ingenious and
dark sayings for tbfe grave, and it is its
own interpreter. It enoourages tbe
wise—the warrior and-the overcomer—
and promises an eterual reward to
the conquerer.—And that which crowns
all is, that “the author is without par
tiality and without hypocrisy.” How
valuable then are the contents of sueh
^ book. It suits all orders, ranks and
conditions of men.~It speaks with
equal strictness and authoritysto the-
rich and the poor, the noble and the
ignoble and adapts Instruction to their
understanding. Thw gffHs worthy of
its great author, “ in whorn, is no vari-
abtebess or shadow of turning,*’
lation. Amid all this silence, when
ever a shout does occur, every body
knows that some imminent danger i3
expected the next moment, and all
rush away headlong from t-e direc
tion of the shout. As to running to
wards it to offer any assistance, as
common in all other cases, it is thor
oughly understood that none can be
afforded An accident here is imme
diate and beyond remedy. If the
shouting be continued for some time
(for a man might be drowning in a riv
er) that might cause one or two of the
boldest to return; but this would be
a very rare occurrence. It is by no
means to be inferred that the men are
selfish and insensible to the perils of
eacu other, on the contrary, they have
the greatest consideration for each oili
er, as well as for their employers, and
think of the danger to the lives of oth
ers, and of the property at stake at all
times, and more especially in all the
more dangeroux “ houses.” The pro
prietors of the various gunpowder-
mills all display the same considera
tion for each other, as whenever any
improvement tending to lessen danger
is discovered by one, it is immediately
communicated to all the others. The
wages of the men are good, and the
hours very short; no artificial lights
are ever used in the works. They all
wash themselves—black, white, and
bronze—andjleave the mills at 3 1-2 iu
the afternoon, winter and summer.
The Newport, Kv., News gives the
particular? of one of the most remar
kable mistakes that it has been our
disagreeable duty to cronicle for a long
time. Mr. and Mrs. ,of Newport
were visited by a gentleman and lady,
old friends, from the country. The
two gentlemen enjoyed themselves
abroad during the evening, and did
not return till a late hour, when all
the familv were iu bed. The gentle
man of the house, of course, went to t [ ncr t j, e v j a [ s t |, at contain them.
on the same occasion, said : ‘Nearly
the whole civilized world now conce
des at the traffic in intoxicating
liquors is a crime again* aociel; I:
is disproved of by man, and stands
condemned by the great mo-al
of the mi ver??, whose purity can -t
countenance such manifest and admi£*d
wrong. It is an inhuman traffic, &
moral crime, that grows blacker and
more hideous the more it is contempla
ted, and the more its homd efeca
become visible.’
Said Chief Just’re Daggett: ‘It
bring admitted that trie vre of tlia
article is destructive to health nprUa-
lion and propert r, it follows oneLunx-
}y that they wiso make :mh1 aeS i", da
with a high hand against Go*f art 1 the
highest mter’sts of tht-i* fellow men.
Said the Horn Mr. Fr-i,nghuysen :
‘We owe it to our history—to nor
free institutions—and above a-i to
Him whose benignant providence has
so rich I v blessed us. that we purify our
laws, if men will CBgage in t is tkw
•ructive traffic, if they wi I stoop »
degrade their reason, ana reap
the wages of iniquity, let them no lon
ger have the la\v-oo«>K for a ptfiow,
nor quiet their conscience by tbeopia*
of a court license.’
Lord Chesterfield, in the Britisa
Parliament, over one i. -ndred year*
ago, uttered Uj.oit tuts subject, tnat
ever memorable sentiment—memora
ble from the time, the place, and the
jvrson by whom it vas uttered : ‘The
numb r of distiliers. .>a:d h , s.iou.d
be no argument m their lavur. I
never heard mat a law against taeft
was repealed or det-ye-.i, o-eause
thieves wt re numerous.—If tic -' li
quors are so delicious, that peO| *ie are
temted to their own ruin, let us secure
them from the fatal draught, by bure-
Let
his usual place of sleeping, (^‘r | os crush at once these art,sis in hanua
The Ocean Telegraph.—St.
Johns (N. F.) papers received by the
Asia, contain the following, showing
the progress making by the New
York, New Foundland, and London
Telegraph Conpany;
The New York, New Foundland and
London Telegraph Company’s steamer
Victoria had returned to St. Johns,
having been engaged in transporting
laborers and supplies to Bay Despair,
and other places on the telegraphic
line where the work was to be resum
ed. Two hundred men have been
left there with six week’s provisions; and
theVictoria, after bavin "received some
slight repairs, would leave with ad
ditional men for the line. The St.
Johns papers are sanguine that this
great work will be effectually and
speedily accomplished. The Victo
ria also brought cheering accounts of
the fishery from all parts of the coast
where she had visited.
showing his friend tiie bed in another
room, where he supposed his wife lay,)
but unfortunately the lady of the
housp ha 1 given up her own bed
(being the best in the house) to her
visiting friends. All went quietly to
bed, and in the morning awoke, al
most frightened out of their lives, to
find themselves snugly locked in the
arms of their rival companions. Tiie
ladies both fainted, but the gentlemen
did not, neither did they quarrel. —
The parties all were doing as well
as could be expected at the latest dates.
*An Affecting Scene.—The edi
tor of tbe Cayuga Chief (Auburn, N.
Y.) writes to his paper from the West,
as follows:
“A young, well-dressed, gentleman
ly appearing man, with a lovely wife
and child, had journeyed on the train
with us from Buffalo. At ,in spite
of the earnest and fearful protesiutions
of his wife, he would leave the depot,
as he said, on business. From tbe wife’s
manner, we readily guessed what slie
thought his business was. Fora long
hour, she stood with her boy in her
arms, awaiting his return—the tears,
in spite of all her efforts, silently drop
ping upon the cheek of her sleeping
child. He came, just as the train
started, drunk. He lurched towards
the platform, fell upon the roil, and
his head was severed from his body.—
Never in life shall we forget the ex
pression of the wife’s countenance, as
she stood a moment—lier features pale
and ghastly—And thsu fell senseless
upon the gory and smoking form of
her husband. The wail of the father
less boy touched every heart, for not
oue who looked upon the scene could
refrain from weeping.
We looked upon that woman as she
was taken like a dead one from the
headless corpse, her heavy hair clot
ted with the blood that had just jetted
from the pulseless heart, and felt fresh
hatred against a damnable business
and all it 3 apologists aud abettors.”
slaughter, who have iw-ncmd tfoeir
countrymen to su-knt-ss and cnee.
and have spread over uic pitfalls of
debauchery such Osiis as oaunot be
resisted.’
Said our own distinguished Chan
cellor Walforth, many years s ee,
when reviewing this sunject iu *b*
Ugiii of his clear intellect and ir. *a»
vision, ‘The time will co t when te*
fleeting men will as ? ->»n > Le eaage -
poisoning their neighbors’ wen?, a*
dealing out to ttietn intoxicat.ng is*
quors as a beverage.’
•Your committee migV quote, ataay
length, similar opinio, s of eminent
jurists and statesmen, ail poi <; - g ti>
the one great idea of prohibitory legis
lation. as the right and highest duty
of civil government. Such leguHAtioe
in the opinion of your commiite. wwsk*
now grace the statute-books of eveiy
civilized nation a? a bright jewl grace*
the brow of beau.y, were tt not that
avarice has been so long wedded to
appetite, that their offsprings have
became legion. * * *
* * *
[The Lieut. Jones to whom the erey
it of the discovery of the zodiacal hght
is attributed, is the Rev. G. Jeoe.
Chaplain to the Japan Exhibition,
and who was solicited hr Sriead? be
fore he sailed to make observation a©
it T .is he did in various puts «
the world, for three years, and the re
sult claim-d for his research », that
the zodiacal light is a ring around the
ean .h inside of the moon’s orbit Sons*
have supposed that th zodiacal i : gh*
was caused by nebulae; and
that it was caused by the refraction »
light The discover? of the earth be
ing surrounded wit * a ring is not oew.
and docs not belong to the Rev.
Jones. Such a nng was pointed tfst
and described by Lieut Maury ye***
ago in his first edition of his wind and
current charts. The discovery of th?
zodiacal light being that ring, ‘
er, is new, and belongs to Mr.
of sw
howev*
Joce*