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Harris County, SihSopt., 1852.
Hri investigation of certain promises, al
leged to have heal madt hy Tem
perance men, 4 -c
P. injj constantly attending to ihe in
i’ •• .-is of liie TANARUS mpurancr cause, we
1 iiii,U we rin siiv tlnti the feelings and
judgment of ilit: people, ar-decidedly
in f.n or of suppressing the liquor traf.
fie liv lw. Home of lit*- temperance
friends, however, think there is u diffi
culty in the way of tln.ir supporting
such u measure, on account, they say,
that in the early history of the reform
some of its friends promised that they
would never ask the legislature to give
power or support to their societies.
We will now examine these promi
ses, and the circumstances under which
they were made. When the temper
ance reform began to take hold on the
judgments of the people, its enemies, as
means of checking its progress, pre
tended and charged that the temperance
people would, if they should he pros
perous, procure the passage oflaws to
increase their power, so that they
might take away tin liberties of the
people. To this it Has replied, as it is
said, thut they would rely on moral
suasion, und never ask for any such
power.
Let in, now see, if these promises are
in the way, evi nos those who made j
them, if they should wish to petition
either for the mollification or the sup
pression of the liquor trade. As mat
lets now are, the powei of these socie.
ties is in their organization, their nutn
hers,; lie number und character of their
members, the patriotism and goodness |
of their motives, the benevolence of
their labors and measures, and the
moral purity of their cause.
Now if ternperancn men should unite
us citizens with their negbbors, und
ask tlie legislature to modify tlie liquor
laws, or to do away tlie trade entirely,
vvlint would that have to do with or for
the temperance societies 1 VV'hal would
such laws do for them, more than they
would effect for tho churches, the ugri
cultural societies, the manufacturing
societies, or for family or any other
sort of socilies? Nothing— we repeat,
nothing. Such petitions would ask
nothing for any society whatever.—
And it passed into a law, they would
temperance societies precisely as
theA’ had previously been, without uny
iniease of authority, money or power.
AAiolhing would be usked for, in such
portions for any of these institutions, no
ntifa can, after reflection, suppose that
to gn them would be inconsistent
witku promise not to ask the legisla
ture for power. Such an ide would
be very unreasonable.
When it was seen that these socie
ties were likely to succeed in their
grirat work of reform, all sorts ofliquor
selLus, and such as were under their in
flnmtcc, made a demagogical effort to
alnfni the ignorant, by telling them that
llutf societies, if they should become
strung enough, would ask the legisla
ture to increuse their power, and there
by rnnblp them to take away tho liber-
Uenof the people. In reply to these de
ceitful and k(lavish pretences, some,
undffierhaps many, suidjhey would nev
er i&k the legislature for any such in
crease of power. Hut will any sane j
niatf in consequence of this, after he
has examined the subject, pretend that j
we fin citizens, ure therefore precluded
lrori petitioni/jg the legislature to re- (
dre* a general grievijuec, or to provide
fix’ nie abatement of:: general nuisance'/ j
although nothing may be asked lor
tfiesr institutions, Surtily mil! Much i
a piutence is too absurd.
itfir Constitution of this government,
profiles and guarantees against any
establishment of religion; yet, who
docs not know that the members of ev- j
gious denomination have peti
tinned (or and obtained laws in every
Slate in -lie union, to protect them by
penal laws, in the exercise of llieir re
ligion and worship / Yet no one ever
dreamed that such petitions or laws
w ere inconsistent with the promises and
guarantees of that instrument. So we
insist that the sigpature of a temper
ance man as a citizen to a petition, usk
ing for the regulation or prohibition of i
the liquor tratlk 1 , is not inconsistent with
n promise never to usk the legislaturei
to strengthen the temperance soeietios.
Indeed, Sons of Temperance would
do well to remember, and not forget, |
that they ought not to let any tiling in
the temperance cause, nor uny thing
done by tempi rtince men, influence
them to do or not to do any thing in
the exercise of their religion or poli
tics, different from the dictute of their
judgments as Christians, patriots, fath
ers, or friends to their country. Then,
if th< >r judgment is, that the liquor truf
fle is an evil, they ought to use all law
ful means for its removal. If this is
their opinion, they ought as men, to
rome the rescue boldly. Then let us,
one and all, ns good citiz ns and friends
of our race, perform our duty, regard
hss of the whirlings and growlings of
tie* liquor sellers and their hosts. If
e listen to them they will continue
their work of fraud ami luinupon the
unfortunate, the and the helpless,
a> thev have always been doing.
LEWIS KKNKMI.
Advantage of Temperance So
cieties.
We sve a strong analogy between the
eflects of Temperance and the powers
of Elect) icily,—when we take the fol
lowing notice of it:-—For instance,
w hen wo ere desirous of securing an
object against \he efleets of the electric
(laid, the tii st tiling is to see that it is
thoroughly insulated ; secondly, that it
OKAN OF TUB SONS OF tkmpEKANCK AM) STATE TKMPERANCK CONVENTION
he kept in that position, and ‘hat there
be at no time a communication be
tween that object and any other, which
has a positive ng< ncy for the electric
current ; this being the case we (ear
no want of success.
Now in like manner, the effects of
temperance societies are made obvious.
To make it plain, we will notice tnut
there is a general proneness about most
persons, or all, to go into intemperance,
the same as we s-c that there is, more
or less, n quantity of electricity which
pervades almost ull substances. The
i object of temperance societies is to as
sist in properly insulating every sub
; ject of intemperance, and also those
that have not had the frantic shock, let
‘loose from satan’s newly charged bat
jteryupon their exposed vitality. In
order that the society have its desired
effect, it is not enough for us to merely
enroll our names upon that good old
pledo-book, whoso per s have been
made to blush at the quick retreat which
has been made back to the ranks of
j bncchus j but as in the example of
electricity, we should he kept entirely
separated from all communication with
line current of alcoholic discharge, that
I rends b >th soul and body—not only to
station our names on the society’s regis
ter, but to take upon us the work
ing garment of temperance —go
into the vineyard and renovate the in
toxicating branches, that have hitherto
borne distempered fruit. Who has not
a friend that ho might decoy from the
devil’s stimulus? But many of our
temperance hoys do not only go to
where they will meet with temptation,;
but they tempt others to go and throw
themselves right in the current of pro
fanity and inebriation in such a man-j
tier, that it is like being surrounded by
an electric helix, there is no escape for
l them. Why, you may place a non
iductor in the volute of intemperance,
I and it will almost become positively
| charged ! much more as proper a con
ductor ns some of our new converts to
I temperance.
Now to prosper our beloved cause,!
j let us attempt to reform men : 1. By !
j persuading them to vacate all kinds of;
jdrinkeries. 2. By refraining from all
j Saturday-evening equestrian, scram
! Ides, about the court-ground. 3. By
inviting our friends into civil company.
14. By giving liberally to the temper
lance cause. 5. By advising tlie ri
sing generation to be men of profound
sobriety, (i. By introducing sources
of social intercourse; for instance, tern
perance meetings ot various grades as
are now in vogue in places. 7. By
promoting the cause of religion, as re
, ligion is invariably a good mark of tern
j perance. 8. By reflecting seriously
lon tho groat amount of distress, pover
ty, pain, anxiety, death and eternal con
demnation intemperance has brought
; upon the human family. 9. By get
j ling men so heartily engaged in better
| things that they will have no time for
worse.
J. S.
Drunkard, think of the little boy’s
prayer before you take another dram:
jU! God. forbid that 1 should ever
be a drunkard like my father. Lord
teach my good mother how to train my
brothers to walk in the paths of sobriety. ;
Grant, w hen my father has killed him
self drinking, that my mother may nev. i
or marry another drunkard. Lord has- :
ten tho lime when 1 may join the
pledge,—give Uncle Dabney a better;
throat, that he may hollow louder:— j
Temperance ! Temperance, Temper-1
mice ! iVc., cVo.
The following communication is publish
ed at the request of a respected correspon
dent. The reader will perceive that the
ease reported occurred among ignorant for
eigners. We apprehend there is very little
danger of a similar ease among any portion
of our own people.— Ed. Banner.
Death from nml practice.
Benj. Ilrantly, Esq.—Dear Sir —You
will confer a particular favor on me, and per
haps an inestimable one on many of your
readers, by republishing the following, which
■ 1 have clipped from the New York Herald
of the 29tn ultimo.
1 shall, myself, forbear commenting on tlie
treatment pursued in the case, the purlieu-j
birs ot which are detailed in the account al-l
luded to, uot alone from a sense of delicacy,!
but through the fear of offending someone, j
whoso fastidious predilections favor that
system of medical practice whose motto is,
“ life is beat and death is cold,” or, heat is
life and cold is death, or death is cold and
Hie is heat, or, cold is death and warm is life,
or Here I must pause, for 1 am com
pletely bewildered at the mere mention of so
much heat and cold and cold and heat, l’er
! chance some of your readers who may have
; thought the subject worth an inquiry, may
! be able to decide which one of tlie above ex
pressions is entitled to-occupy a place in the
knowledge box of
Yours truly W. S. M.
Oglethorpe co., Sept. 12, 1862.
! Inquest upon the body of Mr. St ear net —£a-
Iraordinary Treatment.
Coroner lies held an inquest lust Friday
at No. 3\ Henry street, upon the body of
Mr. l,eo Stenmes, a native ofGermany, who
uied in Unit house at about seven o’clock the
previous morning. The deceased was aged
about thirty-five years.
Joseph Uegensberger, being duly sworn,
said—l reside at N. 42 Hast Broadway; 1
am a practicing physician; 1 was called to
j the deeeased yesterday morning, at six o’-
clock; I found him in a state of exhaustion,
, covered all over with sndiunine ; he died in
! about a quarter of an hour afterwards ; 1
j fouiid a warm cap upon ids head; his body!
was covered with a couple of blankets, and !
j a large feather bed, weighing about tiiirty j
.pounds; he was sweating cold sweat; thet
I pupils were dilated, heart warm, fe ft and j
| hands cold; lie was putting out at bis mouth j
a little yellow matter; he had no pulse: th
carotids were pulsating a little; the deceased I
told uic that the doctor said bis father had!
• bad sy pliilis. and that he (deceased) had in- ■
herited it from him; that he (the doctor)
wanted to concentrate that virus upon me
surface, and that he gave him sudoritics o
produce that effect; he gave deceased, ul-o,
other medicine; I learned from the taint .V
that the doctor had kept the deceased sweat
, ing powerfully for eight days; the deceased
had been confined for some time; I saw him
about twelve days before; I did not nod any ■
thing serious in his case, upon examination,
he died yesterday morning about half pa-t
six o’clock ; I think the treatment to have |
been wrong; I see no reason for making him (
sweat for eight days; I am of opinion that
the treatment to which he was subjected con
tributed to his death; the doctor’s name who
attended the deceased, was Fritz; I do not
know Ins first name; he resides in Liberty
street, three or four doors from Broadway,
at No. 80.
John A. Liddell, being duly sworn, de
posed—l reside at 80 Prince street; I have
made a post mortem examination of the body
of the deceased, assisted by Doctor Regens
burger; I found the body in an advanced j
stage of decomposition; the pupils were di
lated; the lungs were congested, they also
exhibited traces es tuberculous disease
which had been repaired; the heart was ra
ther larger than, natural, its ccvities dilated ;
the stomach contained considerable
gas, its mucous iiianbrane was coated
over with an abundant supply of mucous,
and its cardiac portion was reddened hy con
gestion, the liver contained rather more than
a normal quantity, of blood; the brain was
congested; the subarruchnoid serous effu
sion rrore abundant than natural; the con-;
destence *f the brain was good; its color !
natural, with the exception of a portion of,
thu cervical substance which was tinged
bluish; there was also ludimina upon the
left portion; the kidneys exhibited some old
albuminous infiltration in the vascular struc
ture; they were also einphisematous from
decomposition; 1 am of opinion that the iin
| mediate cause of death was congestion of the
j brain and lungs; I found no old orgcnic dis
ease which should cause death; I consider
| the sweating for eight days very bad treat- 1
1 inent.
Bernliarde Sfeurnes examined.—l reside
at No. 31 Henry street; I mu brother to de
ceased; the doctor who attended tny brother
came over in the same ship with him; he
told my brother that he had salt blood, and
. lie intended to drive it out; lie put him into
bed, covered him with two heavy blankets,
or quilts, and a very heavy feather bed,also,
lie ordered the windows to be kept shut, as
well as all the doors, and gave him medicine
to make him sweat; he gave him drops the
night before he died to make him sleep, as
he had not slept any for six nights; lie or
dered eight or ten drops at a time; the de
ceased vomited after taking them, and then
slept four hours; after he invoke he was ta
ken in cramps; we sent for the doctor; lie
came, and on looking for the drops after the
doctor was gone they were not to be found;
he wrote a recipe; it was sent to Wiseman
& Cassebier, they did not put it up, because
they did not know what it was; afterwards;
lie brought his own medicinjs; my brother
was not confined to the house until after Dr.
Fritz began to attend him; for six days he ;
took no nourishment at all; the day before ■
he died he took something—some soup.
After deliberation, the jury rendered the
following verdict: “ We, find that the deceas
ed,Deo,came to his death by congestion of
tho brain and lungs: and it is the opinion of
the jury the treatment produced the same.” ;
We heard of a polite Frenchman one 1
time, who carried his ideas of gallantry |
to so high a pitch of sublimity, as to run !
around to the other side of a lady from 1
where her shadow fell, so that lie might !
avoid stepping on it.
‘This is hot work,’ as the pig said j
when the butcher was scalding his
carcass.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
Pledge of the Sons of Tempe
ranre.-I, without reserve, solemnly pledge
my honor as a man that I will neither make,buy,
sell noruse, as a beverage, any Spirituous or
Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
Officers of the Grant! Division.
G. L. M’Cleskey, G. \V. P. Monroe.
.1.8. Pinckard, G. W. A. Forsyth.
W. 8. Williford, G. Scribe, Macon.
;E. C. Granniss, G. Treasurer, ‘ ~
.1. E. Evans, G. Chaplain, ~
. D. E. Blount, G. Conductor, Clinton.
J. D. Havis, G. Sen. Houston, Cos.
CADETS OF TEMPERANCE.
FLEDGE.
No member shall make, buy, sell or use
ias a beverage,any spirituous or malt liquors
wine or cider.
Officers of tlie Grand Section.
j J. W. Benson, G. P. Macon.
;B. Burton, G. A. P. Pondtown.
|L. C. Simson, G. S. &T. Atlanta.
Rev. J. 8. Wilson, G. C. Deeatur.
S. M. H. Byrd, G. G. Oxford.
\V. P King, G. W, Thomaston.
1. O. of Rcchabltcs.
Officers of Georgia Dist. Tent, No. 28, loca
ted at Washington, Wilkes Co.,Ga.:
John R. Smith, D. P. C. R. Washington,:
C. R. Hanleiter, D. C.R. Atlanta,
Rev.G. G. Nortnan.D. D. R. Washington’
A. 11. Sneed, D. R. S. „
E. H. O’Neal, D. F. S.
L. F. Carrington, 1). T. „
C. W. Hancock, D, L. „
- Kecliabite'w Plfdfe.
I hereby declare, that I will abstain from all
intoxicating liquors, and w ill not give, nor offer
them to others, except iu religious ordinances,
I or when prescribed, in garni faith, by a nieui
| cal practitioner ; I will not engage in the traf
i tie of them, an J in ail suitable ways will dis
countenance the use, sale and manufacture ol
them ; and to the utmost of my power, 1 will
j endeavor to spread the principles ol abstinence
’ from all intoxicating liquor*.
THIS 1 ANKER. |
PE!FVEIiB, SEPT. 35, 1852. ■
To Cwrrcftpoiidents.
An interesting letter from bro. Charles
11. Duryee, with some other articles re
ceived too late for this week’s Banner, shall
appear in our next.
New Postage taw.
The late Congress made several changes
in the rates of postage—they are much re
duced.
By the recent law, the Temperance Ban
ner will only cost 13 cents postage, if it be
pre-paid, sent to any point within the State;
and 26 cents, to any part of the United
States. In the County, it is free. No one
could ask for better terras; and our teniper
! perance friends cannot, certainly, refuse to
take the Banner, because of postage. —
i-if” Only §1 ,26 for paper and postage ! ;
Think of that.
Tltouiasvillc Division.
We received five new Subscribers the
present week, from the above Division. —
The Division is at work.
fflouut Prospect Division.
This Division, located at Union Point, in
i this county, held a regular meeting on Sat
i urdav last. Officers for the next quarter
I were duly elected, and will be installed at
I the next meeting. There are some work
] ing brothers connected with this little band,
! and we sincerely trust their efforts to do
good, will be successful. It is hoped and ex
, peeled that all the members of the Division
; will be prompt in attendance at the next
| regular meeting. All who desire the wel
j fare of the Division, and the cause in which
I it is united to advance, will surely not per
! mit trivial excuses to keep them away.
The Savannah Journal.
The tone of this journal, in relation to the
I temperance reform, lias greatly improved
within a few weeks. We are truly rejoiced
at the change, and trust our cotemporary
will ere long be found a thorough advocate
j of the reform.
The September term of Greene Superior
Court, closed at 12 o’clock, on Thursday of
last week. During the four days session.;
we observed only three individuals stagger
ing in tlie streets, under the influence of
the Old Prince. This is a great improve
ment.—From tlie phase the temperance re-j
form has recently assumed in our State, we ;
anticipate the day when not even one man j
shall be seen staggering in the streets du-;
ling court week.
From the articles below, it will be per- j
ceived that at least some of the friends ofj
reform in Savannah are at work. We ad- j
mire the spirit of brother King, and wish it I
could be imitated in other largo cities in the
Stale. Bro. King is right, and if Mr. “M” is
honest in his denunciations, lie will come
out from his hiding place, and meet the 1
question liken man. Hold him to it, bro. |
ther King:—
Savannah, Sept. 12.
A highly respectable audience was in at
tendance at the regular meeting of the“.S’- 1
vannah Total Abstinence Society,” last eve-1
ning, in Armory Hall. It having been pi e-j
viously advertised that the proposition
“that the people of this State have the right I
to prohibit, by law, the traffic in ardent
spirits as a beverage,” would be discussed,
considerable interest was manifested in the
occasion.
The adit rnative of this proposition was
maintained by Mr. Win. King, in an able
address, in which he illustrated his subject
by many ingenious and forcible arguments.
It was anticipated that a discussion would
be elicited, and that the negative would be
supported by those who doubted the expe
diency of such legal restriction, or the pow
er of the State to enforce it; but no one ap
pearing on that side of the question, Mr.
King was left without a competitor. He,
however, entertained the meeting during the
hour,and at the close of his speech was
warmly applauded by a large portion of the
assembly.— Morning News.
Savannah, Sept. 13th, 1852.
Messrs. Editors:—l notice in your paper j
of this morning, that your correspondent
“M” denounces the Maine Liquor Law as
“tyrannical and infamous,” and as being
“worse than despotic,” and those who ad-,
vooate it as being “hypocrites and dema-1
gogues.” 1 am not prepared to advocate j
all the acts of the Maine Legislature on the !
Liquor Traffic, but I am an advocate for
Law very similar, toprohibit the Traffic in j
Ardent Spirits ns a leverage in our State,
| and ant publicly known to be so. As I may |
be in error in the position I have publicly as
sumed, or your correspodent “M” may him
self be wrong in entertaining the opinions
he has expressed; and presuming that both
of us desire nothing but the public good,
allow me to suggest, and earnestly solicit
of him, an early public discussion (at such
place ns may be selected,) of the following
positions:
Ist That the people of this State have
the right to prohibit by Law, the traffic in
Ardent Spirits for n beverage.
2nd. That humanity, justice, and the pub
lic good, demand that such a Law should
be enacted and enforced.
3d. That the advocates of such a law
should not be classed among “hypocrites
j and demagogues,” in consequence of such
advocacy.
1 hope your correspondent will consider
, j my proposition a fair and reasonable one.
j and yield his commplinnce.
i Yours respectfully,
IV M. KING.
The Madison Courier says * that
j “Man's Love will apppear to-morrow.”
j Sister Dolly says it will come altogeth
:or too late for her—it should appear
i to-night.
Many men lose much by being ten
communicative in their mailers of liu
sraess. The grunt lac nit philosopher,
Curke, says—‘K ep shady: und if you
j see a quarter on the ground put vour
jfoot on it.’— Exchange.
There are those who, while they w *sb|
well to the Temperance Reform, and sym
pathise with its fortunes—-yea, who have
enrolled their nameshi the cause, from mis
taken views of policy, still deprecate the
suggestion of Legislative interference in
this matter. Their opposition to such ac
tion stands based upon the belief Chat such
stringent measures would at this tise be
premature. The argument in substance is,
that all restrictive measures intended to
regulate the moral conduct of the citizen,
to possess any controlling efficacy, should
be .supported by the sanctions ol public
sentiment, and that the public mind is not
yet prepared to ratify the passage of this
prohibiting act. We cheerfully admit, that
were the fact as stilted in the last clause of
this preposition, the argument would not
only be plausible, buttenable. We readily
concede the propositon, (for our judgment j
approves it) that legislation on the subjeet,
of morals should generally follow in the j
wake of public opinion. Penal laws inju- 1
diciously adopted and applied, are ever sure
to produce a reaction in popular feeling in
jurious to the interests they were designed I
ito promote. But happily for us, we believe
| that the objection is behind the day. Wei
I see, as we think, in the signs of the times,j
j cheering evidences of a radical change in
‘the public sentiment, as regards the neces
! sity for pretentive ligislation on this subject.
Society, too long afflicted by this unsparing
j scourge, has grown restless under its mer
ciless sway, and gathering up its energies
! stands ready to strike the final and decisive
i blow, which is to crush and destiny the mon
jster. The community, too long subjected
to those humiliating scenes which have been
’ a reproach to the State and country, have
: resolved to rectify the disorder even by the
application of the most energetic means. —
In several States of our Union, (be it said
to their immortal honor,) the voice of the |
people has already spoken through their |
representative assemblies,and from the leg
islative halls of Maine, Rhode Island, Massa- j
chusetts, &e., has gone forth the solemn |
enactment, which drives out this pestilence ;
; from their borders. Other States, stiimd.i- 1
\ ted by this couragous movement, are iiupa- j
tient to emulate the bright example. Shall i
Georgia linger ingloriouslv in the rear?—
; We contemplate with pride and exultation
tlie spectacle ot our noble State, occupying
a conspicuous eminence, and confessedly
; one of the leading sovereignties of the eon.
i federacy ; great in the unexampled deveiop
j ment of her resources, and the expansion of
I all the elements of political strength and
| power. But her crown will he gilded with
Ia brighter lustre, and encircled with a more
resplendent glory, when she wipes off from
her escutcheon the stain of this plague-spot i
of Intemperance. Let her not falter in the
discharge of the high duty which rests up
on her, rendered the more imposing from
tite prominence of her posiiion. Let
tliis question be introduced and agitated in
the primary assemblies of her people. Let
their voice pronounce upon it, and require
of the legislature that it give embodi
ment and expression to that judgment.—
Then shall we be delivered from the blight- ,
ir.g curse which so deeply afflicts us. Then
will sobriety, scatter its blessings broadcast
over our State, and a grateful posterity suc
ceed us to a pure and unstained inheritance.
But, exclaims the vender of ardent spir
its, this traffic in which 1 am engaged is uot
a legitimate subject of legislation. Your
prohibitory act is an arbitrary exercise ot
power, and therefore obnoxious. I’liis in
terdiction which you recommend is an in
fringement of tlie rights and privileges of
the citizen, and should therefore be repudia
ted. Shallow, empty pretext! Rights and
privileges of the citizen / Oh ! abused and
perverted terms! Have you a right to ap
ply the flaming torch of the incendiary to
your neighbor’s dwelling / Much less the
i right to spread these raging tires of intem
-1 perance, which will consume and devour
both the bodies and the souls of your fel
low-men. Have yon the right to infuse a
deadly poison into the atmostphere which
all about you are to breathe/ Much less the
right to circulate this moral poison which
j will infect with its venom the whole social
i system. Verily, such reasoning undermines
the foundations of all law—resolves society
into its original, primitive elements—cancels
! all the salutary restraints it has thrown
j around the passions of men, and remits us
ito a state of unrestricted nature. If this
! monstrous proposition be conceded, then
i common consistency requires that you un
lock your jails, and unbar jour prisons and
your dungeons, for yon have incarcerated
in them none but fancied offenders.
No! whatever is mischievous in its ef
fects—whatever militates against the public
weal—whatever disturbs the peace, harmo- i
ny and good order of the community— the
same is, upon every principle of right reas
oning, a legitimate subject for legislative
intervention. Laws are instituted for the
j protection and security of society. To their
| watchful guardianship is entrusted not only
! the live's and property of individuals, but
the purity of those public morals, and the
‘! maintenance of that public virtue, upon
which hang suspended the happiness and
.; prosperity of the State.
Steam Lout Disasters.
Most of our readers, no doubt, are famil
iar with the details of the terrible catastro
phes, in rapid succession, that have caused
sorrow and gloom to so many bereaved
friends. The fate of the Steamers, Henry
j Clay, Atlantic, and, Reindeer, will long be ,
i remembered, and the tear of sorrow will be !
j dropped from many au eye. But will like j
’ events no more occur? and what shall be |
’ t 0 prevent them ? are the questions of’
onand tongues. In a well-written ar-,
. <s upon this subject, thf. S „ 7HKRS Era,
| P'inted in Richmond, Va., hold* the follow
ing language:—
“Those pests, and offences against all de.
ceney, called “Bars” must be removed from
steamboats. From the evidence taken in
the Henry Clay ease, it is rendered proba.s
ble, that the destruction of life would not
have been so great but for the frequent vis
its made to the “Bar” by the officers of the
boats. And it is a well established fact,
that by far the larger proportion of steam
boat disasters are attributable to the drunk
enness of those connected with them.—
This subject is also worthy the attention of
local and other legislatures.”
JProgrt’NSof Temperance.
The “Maine Lsw Advocate” takes the
following just view of the present position
of the Tetnperanee Reform:-”
Never since the comnaeneoment of Tea*,
perancc efforts, has the eauso occupied a
| posi.ion so interesting, and withal! soitn
portant, as at the present time. Through
i a period of fifty years, it has been onward
; and upward, blessing and to bless. It has
j had its days of prosperity and adversity.—
I There have rallied around-it, its Pauls and
I Judases —its bold, consistent, and unflinch
ing champions; its “fair day” defenders,
’ and its unscrupulous betrayers.
Philanthopy, reaping want and penury as
the reward, has manfully battled, beneath
its pure white banner, with gold-pampered
; avarice, viciated appetite, and their no less
! powerful ally, Conventional law; and as
these have found themselves driver*
from ons strong hold to another, they have
called in to their aid political traders, and an
ever pliant corrupt Press.
Still, against the all-powerful odds, like
the mighty truths of the Gospel, Art and
| Civilization, it has advanced, making its
footsteps with richest blessings that shall
eudure while the world lasts. Eaeli remove
in its progress lias left a monument firm as
Time’s record to tell coining ages ofits tri
als, its victories and noble achievements.
From tlie little beginning scarcely a half
century since, of a few persons in an obscure
| country village, who made an effort to pro
j tout each other from the demon destroyer,
j with no thought of the final issue of their
j action, save upon themselves, or at the
; most, a circumscribed neighborhood; it has
I rolled forward, gathering and enlarging,
| until with its millions of supporters, it has
;-an inherent strength and mightiness that
thunders at the doors ot Legislative Halls—
- demands and obtains admittance—and in
j the Councils of Btate, confronts its enemies
who have there taken refuge, as the last and
only place of saf-ty and success.
And here we notv find Temperance and
its opponents face to face, in a least fifteen
States of our Union, no longer pleading for
restriction or regulation, but for extermina
tion. The one sustained by its unanswera
ble, crushing weight of arguments, every
one of which is demonstrated and enforced
with mathematical accuracy —the other, con
science stricken, self-condemned, seeks no
refutation ot denial; but on the contrary,
knowing its own weakness and criminality
i when brought to such test, as its only re
tniiiniiig hop,-, appeals to diseased appetite,
and holds out its ample ability to compensate
for rendered service.
And here,fora time, we leave Temper
ance with its leagued adversaries, neither
dreading or fearing the final issue. As
Truth is eternal, immutable, it will prevail.
I ixed as Nature s never changing laws,
how vain and impotent are all the efforts
that punny, short-sighted man can array
against it. Mark well its progress from in
fancy to manhood, you who hope to arrest
its advance to the consumation of its mis
sion—and there find a lesson wisdom bids
you learn.
New Postage-Law.
Ihe late Congress passi and anew Postage
Law, which is to go into operation Sep
tember 30th. Though, like most laws,
less simple and intelligent than it should
have been,and though it will require a little
tinkering to perfect it, yet on the whole we
think it will be generally satisfactory to the
publishers and lakers of newspapers and
periodicals. Its essential provisions are
1. Newspapers, periodicals, unsealed cir
culars and other printed matter, weighing
not over three ounces, pay one cent “each”
to any part of tlie Uunited States, or half
that rale, paid quarterly or yearly in ad
vance. i lie same kind ot matter, weighing
not over one and a half ounces, have the
above rates.
2. Newspapers, &,c., not weighing more
than 1 i ounces, can be sent to anj T part of
the State where published, at half the above
rates, i. e. a- wc understand it, for J a cent
not pre-paid, and a Tof a cent if pre-paid ,
though this point is not entirely dear.
4. Transient matter must be pre-paid or
charged doubled postage, or two cents for
every sheet.
5. Weekly newspapers free in the coun
ty of publication.
6. Bills for newspapers, and receipts for
payments ot moneys, therefor, may be en
closed in subscribers’ papers; but nothing
else, and no writing or printing, inside or
outside, except the address, under penalty
of paying letter postage.
7. Exchanges between newspaper pub
lishers free.
8. Books, bound or unbound, of not more
J than tour pounds each, one cent per ounce,
j under three thousand miles, and two
cents over that distance. Fifty per cent to
be added where not pre-paid.—.V. Y.Organ.
j Miss liosinu Dwight Richardson, ofEast
i Alstead, N. 11., is nineteen years of age, 5
j feet 3i inches in height, measures 5 feet
4* inches around the wainst, (6 feet 2 inch
es around the hips,) 22 inches around the
arm below the elbow, and 2 feet 10 inches
in a straight line across the shoulders. At
birth she weighed 6 lbs.; at five years, 148
lbs.: at ten years, 268 lbs.; at fifteen years,
365 lbs.; and now, at nineteen years of age,,
she weighs 478 l bs. On estimating the
quantity. of cloth in her clothing, when
dressed for a ride on a winter’s day, it was
found to contain 984 yards of | yard wide
cloth. She has brown hair, dark blue eyes,
is of fair complexion, and has what phrenol
gists would call a well balanced head, the
perceptive organs predominating. She can
j kr| it, spin and weave, make a shirt, or a
1 batch ot bread, is a good singer, and plays
. the piano with taste and skill, —isconsider-
led one of the best scholars in the town
| “ here she resides, —is courteous and affa
i ole and lively in consversation.
Never scotTat religion; it is not on
ly the proof ol a wicked heart, but low
breeding.