Mike - Fur the Potter Jouinal. !Letters on Phonetics.--ri0.1.0. 01 jatti cm on the scoro of .Ambiguity. It is urged by the objector, that, as pany or our Words which are sounded Alike, differ in their spellings and have a Porrespondi4g differouce in their signifi c aUtl these -distinctions would be lost if phonetic spelling should prevail. rur instance I have been asked how I Aould spell the words pronounced "right" in the followingsentenev: " Mr: IVright, pledge to - Write the rites of England and lapel' it 74,0 t. I answer, in the words Wined to only three sounds' exist and of Name only three letters are required, Using let er "i" to represent the sound of i in "pine" I would spell it each. time r-i-t.. But, says our objector g how will you know .the meaning of the' words ? An3wering The q e tion in Yankee style, I ask how would you know the meanings if I use these words in talking to you. But we p.re.not, satisfied with-. thus disposing of the objection. Let us examine its mer its a little. If every difference-:.of meaning were Aiscriminated, by a difference of spelling, or if the differences of spelling were ori , - inally intended to draw attention to and distinguish the differences of meaningj tiie objection would have some weight. .Neither is the case. 'lf we read of "many dancing at a' ball" and "Johnny kicking qt a 141," dOes frata hall' mean the . Autue thing in both sentences—they are spelled precisely alike. If we admire Mr. Bradbury's "airs" are they his mu. lac or his man, e "If a man of tight weight with a light colored hat, lights from a carriage with a light heart, enters a light room carrying a light bundle, light a cigar and dispkty tight planners, is it 'a light error ?" These words are all spelled alike but their mean ingis entirely diy:rent. The word •qiyht" tkas more than turfy different meanings. Then according to the objection it should have forty different spellings. "I right yoa with ruyi right hand to a right line, that youtnaibe right." "I sat in a bity win dow and saw a boy horse standing under a bay tree on the banks of the boy eating bay that I took front the bay." But let 114 turn the picture. There arc j pot only in the Rontattic spelling many I words pronounced alike when spelled dit= 1 ferently, but pronou L need differently when j spelled alike. Thus, "I lead a person to a lead mine." In "I reed my book" who can tell whether the word read should be called reed or red the context will riot inform, and it is a perfect sentence. In' the Phonetic system we should not be left in doubt a single second. Now we ask the candid reader who has' folloited us through our investigations, if j oar present system is not a faulty one j and needs reforming? . And are the I claims of the phonetic system reasonable ?I We have endeavored to state the subject! fairly. Reader, we ask a fair, candid and impartial examination on your part., and then if you are satisfied that our positiwil is right give us your influence to forward this gre . at and glorious reform. We cordially thank the Editor of the • Autism, for opening his columns to us,. find if thought pioner, we may offer a let ter or so nu the subject of Phonography. Yours Sincerely, PuoNo. - fOur Aumns are open Wall reasonably edtiducted discussion, and wo cordially inCite the papers on Phonogaaphy.---,En. 'rho New Postmaster 'General. Joseph. Holt, Esq., of Kentucky, has been transferred by the President from the office of Commissioner of Patents to the higher and more lucrative (Ale of Pose tnaster General, made vacant by the death of Hon. Aaron V. Brown. The nomina tion was wade yesterday, and was imme diately confirmed by the Senate. Mr. Holt was a practising lawyer, first in Mis sissippi and afterwards in , Louisville, Ky., whence he w . 4.s galled by the President to the office of Commissioner of Patents.— He has been an active Democrat, though not a very noisy politician. He has prov ed a good administrative officer, and is thought to be very-well qualified for his new office. 4s all our readers may not have the Pa p the President's cabinet officers fresh in 1,44}r memories, we putdish it .complete in its present shape : Secretary of State,,Le wis Ca S g, of Michigan. Secretary of the Treaiiary—lin well Cobb, of Georgia. Secretary of War—John 13, Floyd, of fir- inta: Secretary of the Nary—lsaac Touccy, of ,Connecticut. • Secretary of the Interior—Jacob Thompson, of Miss. Postmaster General—Joseph Holt, en icky. Attorney General—Jeremiah S. Black, of ,Pennsylvania. the slave States continue to lrve the preponderance in the cabinet, besides hav ing the Vice President, and, for that Tnatter, - the President too; for though barn in Pennsylvania, he has long ago re ,stquixed his allegiance and joined- the elletin,l3th. JPreSeiStt the Ittstortan—llls Politics. The following retninieences (says the 2 Eve. Post) have becu connunnicat- Ad to us - by a friend and correspondent of ; the distinguished historian whose mem ory is so generally honored : Nr. Prescott was a firm Republican, faithful among the faithless. lle voted for Fremont, and did as much as his quiet, unobtrusive nature would permit, to in t.uee his friend to du the same. He did put fail to express Lii regret that his old friend and' neighbor, Mr. Alrilllant Apple: shoal hay& accepted the nomination for Con ftziss of th e.slavery-es tensi on Whigs and democrats ; and he assured his friends that howeVer•great his perianal attach,- nient for Mr. Appleton he dank( not; un der the circumstances, rote : tor' him: I," To Mr. Prescott's honorbe it said, he was always, under all eireumstances, a ti•ne anch - sympathizing friedd of Charles §lncuiter,i never _yielding to the narrow and vpdietiVeTrejudices which at one time prevailed in Boston .against every man Nyho, in polities, espoused the anti-slavery side. When in the autumn of 185 G, on the return' of the disabled senator . to Bos ttin, he gives received by the citizens and e r Lico'rtecbtO the State House to be publicly treleowed by the Governor in the name of Massachusetts, Prescott was one of the Gist to call upon . aud to greet him ; and; ijt writing at the time to a friend, he ex tiressed his regret thatch had himself re turned to town only a few hours before the senator, as he should otherwise have placed in front of his house on Beaver street - , before which the cavalcade was to Pass, this device : 24th May, 185(;. Than T. and you, and all of nf: fell dawn, While blocitly treason iltinrished over us.'" . ' AL•bill'has been introduced in the State Senate to Make the office of State Treasurer elective by the p e ople—the first election ifor said aficers! to take place at, the general election, on the secood.Tues day of October next, and the Treasurer then eleCted to assume the duties of his office on 'the first Mondiy in May ensu tog. The existing laws gn regard to du ties, penalties, &c., are tit remain. 4 g.Personal tio:Tty" bill has al so been introduced. It declares he writ !of lo.tbeirs coipits to be ,a writ of right, land to be granted of course, provides for a trial by jury for any person claimed as , a slave, and makes the verdict of the jury lin, the case final, the alleged fugitive to bd'aduiitted to bail until the case is dis posed of. It excludes the testimony of the claimant in the case, and no confes s'ion of the al'eged fugitiVe is t.) be taken .as evidence. The title of the• claimant lutist be proved by two credible witnesses, whose testimony must be given under the rules of icommon law. 1 - t, prevents .any officer of the Commonwealth, from, in any I , . , manner, assisting or abetting in re turn, uof a fugitive; also, =prevents jails orl prisens of the Commonwealth being used! in such service. The penalty for viola tion is imprisonment. There Is very lit-, tie reason to hope for the passage of so wholesome au act through a -Democrat ic" Senate. U. S. Senaton frona Penn43l,. 'vanla. The full Twin; is a list, of the Senators sent from Pennsylvania. with the time of taking'and leaving their seats: v .... a in es. lii . Oe. William Madly, 1789 1791 Robert Morris. 1789 - 1795 Albert Gallatin,- 1793 1794 John Boss, 1794 1803 William Bin7llam, 1 795 I'6ol S:enneel 31aefay,. 1803 1 1808 Peter Muldenburg, 1801 1801 George Logan, 1801 1807 Jlichaei .14eb, 1808 1814 Andrew Gregg, 1807 1813 Abner ',noel:, 1813 1818 Jonathan Roberts, Waher Lowrie, William Findley, William Marks, 1525 1831 Isaac D. Barnard, .1827 1831 George 31. Dallas, 1831 Iri3B William, Wilkins, 1831 1834 James Buchanan, 184 1845 Samuel :11' Kean, 1834 1839 _1 • Daniel Sturgeon, 1839 lq“ Simon Cameron, IS-I 5 lti`49 Jarta!s Co , per. • 1549 1555 Richard Brodhead, Jr., 1851 - 1857 \Viliiam L'i~ler, Simon Cameron, )tlt llottEr r3)ouniaL COUDERSPORT, PA., 1 1'611cf, 'i l igi•zi) (7, 1859, T. S. CHASE. IDITOR AND PUBLISHER. VW' The new Volume of the JOURNAL commences about the last of July. win not, some leading Republican in each township obtain TEN to FIFTY new sub scribers, and thus aid the great cause of Free Speech and Free. Labor ? For every TEN subsCribers, at $1,25 each, procured in.one elal, we will send*an Extra copy. The Joutts.u. is now the cheapest, and (without egotism we may add,) the best paper ever published in this county. Does is not merit n better support than-it new receives from a Republican community ? NEW lIAMUSIIIRE EaFeT!---,The Re publicans have carried New Hampshire, electing Goodwin Governor by 3,500 ma jority, and the three members of Con gress, by, a slightly reduced majority. llon. Lewis Diann, of the State AsseinblY, sends us a pamphlet bearbnr the folio;ving, title, and haling 14 pages of contents equally as interesting to us: "„Valirczturttig bet 13 eliorb'e 'tar Caliak - Ooninzillart,loitlji_ Biriten'orn • Datuntritten,. ,Pitr tasliact)nuttgri , lia - 4r, ru'Ocifir . 2Cointither 30,1.848." IVe presume that has something fo'do with the" annual report of the CaUal Com mis,ieners, JAW. w:llplease . aceept our thank fur this interesting document: • LCi.>"'' At a: mceling of the Teachers' As= soehttion the following reso lution was broughlt up, discussed and de ferred for further Consider:thou . : . Resotrefi, That female teacheers; vos!:essin:e; equaltitialificatlomvatt4 MrTerming the same amount of . laber, should' receire' equal com !lens:Won with Males. The Man (1) that would'ert vote for that has no riollt. s to have anything td do with. teaching or other intellectual oecukation. ThC women ought to take -tire mattes of wages in their own hands. - Why, out of 7000 teachers in Massachusetts, .5000 are -women. The proportion is nearly the same here. They are better teachers for -children than any man can be. They ought to have pay for their labor. Worden; editor of Le/0 7 isbip.i/ (Pa.) (le roniele , reeentl3i-wrote to the: Hem Joshua R. Giddingi, asking whether he giber wrete or said !anything like what has been attributed to him in the following sentence, which has been published in many Denmeratid newspa pers : "Joshua R. Giddings says he could spit upon George Washington, when he remembers that he was a slaveholder." Mr. Giddings writes in. reply : " I never said, or wrote, or thought, or Iconceived the gross and vulgar expression which you say is attributed to uie, or any thing that bears relation, likeness, or sim ilitude to it. .On the contrary, have at all times and on all occasions insisted that Washington and his cotemporarios should' ',be judged according to the ago in which they lived, and the circumstances : under which he and they were surrounded—and that slaveholders of the present day. bred and educated ani;tlst the iaAitution; are thousand times less guilty than northern doughfaces, who, thou.di bred and edu cated in the in the love of liberty, vet en courage and uphold the slave-trade (in this city, and in our territories and south ern coast) which all its attendant crimes and revolting horrors." A WisE MOVEMENT —A 'resolu tion has been introduced into the Legis lature proposing to so. amend the State Constitution as to provide for Biennial Sessions of the Legislature—that is, one session every two years. We hope it will be adopted, and successfully go through „II the processes needful to its incorpora tion hit° ithe Ctmstitution. There is no longer occlusion for an :1111111a1 session. The . divorcement of the State from her Public Works has simplified legislation amazing ly, and it . , is a useless expense, and some what of a fully for our Legislature. to meet every year. Hence we desire the adop tion of this amendment, as it will tend to do away with some - of the petty legislation which annually comes before our law mak ers:, and lumbers up the Statute book to no useful; purpose. It would have a ten dency, too, we think, to do away with that foul; system of Gor•iay which has grown up around Harrisburg, and which makes the people dread to think of a ses sion of the Legislature, connected as it is with corrupt practices, such as make them blush for the Republic. In short, Bicnuial,Sessions will. be economical, ju dicious and wise. Let us have them, Messieurs. Legislators, and you will do a good Uo:ettc. 1814 1821 ISI9 • Stb We dissent entirely from this view of the subject. Biennial Sessions of the Stutc Lrgislature have a tendency to in crease the importance of the Xational 1821 1827 Legislature, which is already far too great fur the good of the people. It is time for those who desire to restore the Govern ment of this Nation to its original sim plicity and honesty, to increase by all le gitimate means the influence and power of the State Governments. To dispense with annual sessions of the Legislature is to decrease the. importance of the State Gov ernment, which is too little already. The system of "boring," which has grown into an institution at Harrisburg, is indeed a nuisance, but we arc at a loss to sec how it is to be abated by biennial sessions. We think it will be abated just. as soon as the press and the people of the State hold it up to the scorn and con tempt that it deserves, and not before.— Demand and regaire - the Legislature to stop all special Legislation, pass none but general laws, and "boring" will come to a speedy death. We trust the members from this district will oppose the propos ed change in the Constitution. 1851 1861 1.' 1 57. 1863 Surveyor _Generral—Editors as Office Seekers-. Col. 11/: W. Broivu, of the Centre Demorrcd, having been mimed as a Can didate for the office of Surveyor General, in his last issue thus paccfully declines, and pays a handsome and deserved &u -plitueut to one of our fellow-citizens. We gratefully accept and endorse the compli ment bestowed 'upou'our county by Col. Brown's suggestion, and only regret that at present we are unable to announce whether Mr. Mann w:11 allow hiS name to go before the State Convention as a candidate for that office. We sincerely hope he will do so, as there is no better qualified man in the State, nor one who would better honor the confidence of the people. Mr. M. has always been a faith ful -worker for our eau.sc, and never an office-holder or seeker : , " suttvFyort the i time for the Meeting. of tlie American Deptib liettli State Convention will soon lie }sere, itlblehooYo Is to be : citSting: shout irl tit= der that tic ilstaifind good nten and' true' to fill the Otste offices; 'the com ing. fall. . ..To oulr Orcthren of the . throughout tile State our friends at home and abread tYlio' have mentioned our namerin eonnection with the office of SURVEYOR and who are, still urging our ellaims, we mustSayi we thanlc you most cordially for these disinterested ittanifestations of • your friendship and Itithiliress; buit for good and valid reasons,' Old& ixec neednot.nOw giyeto the vied arty once for all, that we will not be. a candidate for' any AS'tate . oftice the coming campoigni. " We would, hotAreifer, recinitnend to the favorable notice of out golorksts in the glorious cause in which we are engag- I ed, John S. Mann, Esq., of Potter Coun ty. Mr. Mann is 'in every way, qualified to fill the office of Surveyor Gimeral. Is one of freedom's most indefatigable cham pions, and if noMinated by the People's, Convention would roll .up a larger vote in the North, North West, and West, than I any other man in the Statc.l :Let the ! Convention then nominate John S. 3laun I Esq., and we will ensure not cinly success I but a most faithful publio officer." The Jersey Shore 1 aletic iulnoticing the above says : " SENSIBLE.—W. W. Brown, of the Centre DmMocrot, has been named in two or three pliers as a candidate for Sur veyor General, but we observe in the lust number of the Democrat that he declines to enter the. list of candidates We are glad of this, fur reasons which will ap. near presently. "As an abstract proposition we admit that an editor has as good aright to be a _candidate for office as any nody else; also on the ground of services to his party.— We further admit that the editorial pro. fession contains as much ability to fill all the offices in the Government as all other classes of men combined. The fact that their services are so often required te, write speeches, letters of acceptance, &c.,1 for other great men is proof of this prop. osition. 'But our objections to seeking office are— "1. Office seeking is a contemptible business for any hatelligent man to en jgage in, and is a violation of one of the leading principles of the Imericau party. "2. To have any, influence with his :readers, an editor must have a character with them for honesty. What influence can an editor expect to have on his read ers, when they have reason to believe that he iS only actuated by the hope of reward in the shape of office. And this must be the inevitable_conclusion whenever an ed 'itor appears frequently before his readers as a candidate for office. " It is true that office seeking has be come So much a matter of course that there is but little danger of a man being' troubled with office that does not seek it, but this evil will, if left to work out its natural results, bring about its own cure. " In reference to the Democrat's can didate we lime only to say 'that our limit ed Acquaintance with Potter county poli ticians has not prepossessed us iu their favor. and, not being at all iutere_ted, we have nothing to say." The -larger share of the above senti ment Wo fully endorse, though we are not prepared to believe that its expression in the editorial columns of the Vedette will give it the force and :influence it should have. We do not know that ye veritable Jones, of the Kilette, has ever been a candidate for office; but we du know that he has on several occasions certainly act ed as though he would like to have beco;. As to his fling at "Potter county poli ticians." we deem it unworthy of any fur ther notice than to say, the Pdctic man shows that he Las had very little "acqaint ance" with our politicians, by the man ner he speaks of them ; and we doubt not that it would be for the benefit of all were his "acquaintance" with them not to grow any larger. Shall We or ISonner Select our Reading Matter I The Portland 7'rtritseript, a ,very good paper, by. the ivay, has a sensible article on the iniserabb practicq of publishing, for pay, the first chapter of a story, and then referring the intmested reader to some New York paper fur the remainder The Transcript says : " We have refused to publish in our paper the commencement of such Tales as entrap the reader into the perusal of a story, for the conclusion of which he must look and pay for, in some other journal, although we have been offered large pay .for so doing. Such stories do not bear the marks of an advertisement, but are inserted among the reading matter, and the - reader is letti to ink'. that-they are a part of the literary wetter_ of the paper, furnished by the editor for his delectation. Seeing the commencement of a story, in the usual plaCe, he has a right to expect the whole of it there. The. thing is es sentially b. trick played upon the reader, and is paid for accordingly. So well is this under§tOod by those-who publish these stories that some editors have felt obliged to warn their readers not to be• deceived by them, and apologize for their insertion ou the r , reuud that they are well - paid for it. The editor of the Bath I hues says he has refused to publish anv more commence /no/6; of stories in his \Veekly. Most of those who have published the stories, 1 have donelSo vfithout a ' word of: Warning , to the redder.. If any editor, considers thiS a fairlway of treating bevispaper sub - - scribem we cannot agree With ,him." - ` • NYemoSt heartily entlpri3e the- position 'ortlfe . TranscAii. .- li'4 prefer to select our[oWif reading : lt - Wet; j havtng room for but, a little of tilt; fgst, amennt we' find in our eseha'ages'efhieh vlie4n'om would in terestour renders. • COnr opinion is, that an editor who - publish:els ilie fiedyer, I 3fer' cury, or other _continuations as selea ed Matter; for pay, is as guilty of swind ling, and could be us easily convicted there of, as a "thimble-rigger" or"policy-agent." No class of advertising should be entitled to the unqualified endorsment of the ed itor of a public neWspape4—nor should an l editor admit advertising Matter in his coi fUMus unless it does meat . his entire en ! doiStmerit and is complete in his journal, without It - comes under soave head or has some mark by Which his Readers may dis- I . i tinguish it from his own Utlectlous. We Ido , - not,believe that -a weekly news-paper I skint& be sacrificed entirely to the grad fication of advertisers, particularly to a celebrated monopolist—though co A pt journals generally are 1)1.4 poorly D- otne sustained at best ; nevertheless, we think : I I.that a publisher is entitled to devote the larqest share of his columns to that part of his business,•from which he does realize his gredtest profits. But when his ad vertisements are likely to infringe on the rights of his subscribers,' ; then ho should print a suppleinent, and thus do himself and- readers equal justice: Advertising monopoly,: or cheating, will do very well in city dailies or enormous city weeklies, where the, reader virtually expects to be cheated; hitt in small coun try weeklies it is simply ridiculous. It way be called .. liberal _dvertisifig" when confined to the city ways, and means, but it is most illiberal when it literally cheats i the patrons of a small country journal like! .ours ; and We trust that' all country pub. l lishers will het:eafter spurn the small bribe of two omits a-line with which Bonner and his prototypes aro in the habit of purchas ing the rights of newspaper patrons. For our part, we would have Advertis ing Agents in future understand that we will not publish.the initial chapters or any portiop of stories or other matter, as select ed or original, which is to be completed in the columns of another journal. We desire no other than legitimate adveittking from our agents; and we trust they wilt hereafter save themselves• the expense and trouble of forwarding Ledger or ~tier cling " continuations" to us. The Stave Power agalmit Cheap .Postage. We have shown how the slave holders and their allies opposed the Homestead Bill, th AgricUltural College Bill, and the Bill to give the hardy pioneer ten years to pay for his log c4bin and clearing sur rounding it. It is} our duty to add to this, that the slave-holders of the Senate undertook to impose on' the kitchen-girls and mechanics of the Noith, an additional two cents for every letter they should send through the mails, and ratjier than not accomplish this purpose, they defeated the necessary appropriation for carrying the mails after the first of July next. The history of this movement, is thus Clearly told by the Wiishington correspon dent of the N. Y Independent : "The House passed a Post Office Ap propriation bill in the usual foi in, and sent it to the Setirc. That body pursued theusuel course, and loaded it with amend inents of all sorts—prominent among them was the abolition of the franking privilege, and also the increase of postage upon ret ters from three to five cents, with corres ponding increase upon double and treble letters, and upon newspapers and maga zines. The latter did n.:)t live a minute in the [Louse, when voted upon in another bill: The former escaped by a major vote :of two or three only=the Opposition vot ing ((gal iiSt it with few eXcepti.ms. And yet there is no greoter nuisance or tax upon the people of this. country than the franking privilege and abase. It will yet have to fall before the clamors of the peo ple, and something apptoximating to the English system be introduced lute this country. Let us hopel that the reform will be speedily completed. " Ilr. Grow of Penn.. made a point of 'constitutional privilege upon the first no ticed ainendment*for increasing the rates of postage--viz : that it was a. revenue bill,.anct that such must originate in the 'House of Itepresentatirs by express pro vision of the constitution. The point was made by resolution,' as such could not be left to -theiSpeakeri but must; be decided by the House. That body passed the res olution triumphantly, the Southern De mocracy voting agsiust it, When it was read in the Senate, that body, which has been for years arrogating power to itself, went into bysteries„ and sent bask a saucy resolution in reply„ the House laying it upon the table overwhelmingly. " The. Administration were in trouble. " Old Buck" expostulated and entreated. The Senate Cooled down and appointed a copunittee of. conference. • When the notineatiou reaohed the House that b)dy refused AO allow the hill to touched or s submitted to any e ou f oreor Committee whatever, for it was a de breach of their, priVileges,, but eoro at , and did appoint a committee or con t ;„,' , upon the latter of the Senate. The eco r mittee met; disagreed, and finally eo woot, ed, as a deraier - resort, to repo r t a 114 bill entirely, namely, the identical pr ol i x ions which first passed the House aa i were sent to tb e senate. *When the Ilolze itsem ttln:teeinrepnovreternd;ntuhteesiriebrd:pbeyur:T:a joasw:t6e,. cepted, a d the bill was put through a it cause ;, and was sent up. When it a; i peared ill , the Senate, the dogs o f tar broke loose, and Obe - strife ecntneneed. The Sottiberti Flotsplirs, could not be 'held hr check. The Ni. dent was as powerless in ittelienee as 3 child, and learned then and there tht strength of his masters. They rew te4 the report of their committee, and otjot. ed to the second reading of the bill, which killed it of course ;. and thus the pe r , Office department is .without a dollar of appropriation for the coinin< , fiscal jar. The Senate terminated its official existence angry, growling, and exceedingly unhap. pv in disposition and feeling." . _ Siftllstics Of Sunday Raul Nad The report of the Metropolitan police Commissioners to the legislature, j ti4 printed, presents some startling ftictsi i to the connection bet Ween. the Sunday liquor business and crime—mor e diso confirming the statements of the '.g ab. bath Committee". in their recent dun. ment. It appears that the arrests fi,f , drunkenness, disorderly 'conduct- ani crime, cia the three Sundays succeedits; I the order of the Coininissioner s to el o : e . the draiiishops on that day. were but two hundred and tifty-four.'• "In December Ifollowing, when the practice. , of selli ng liquor on Sunday was niece general u the kirrests were four hundred and fortv.six; l and now, when it . is manifest that the law will not be enforced, and none - an deterred from the apprehension of Wing punished, the arrests for three Sundays in November last were live hundred aid three, or pearly one hundred per cent, greater than when . the. lair was tempera: I rily oltserved I" What, then, would he the diminution Were -the luw . rigidly en. forced ?—.N. Ere. Poet. Isn't it as bad to get drunk d Saha. dri as on 'Sunday- ? Does not the traffic in intoxicating drinks on niv day engen. der "disorderly conduct and crime?''— We are glad the Eve. Post is at last open. ing its eyes to the truth on this subject. It has much grieved us -heretofore, that a paper so Itigh.toned in its standard of morals, and socorrect on:` almost every question affecting the• Welfare of the pisi , ple, should side with the liquor sellers in keeping 'open the flood-gates ofinteluper. ante, and thereby filling the jails with criminals. We commend to the Postthe following protest of the ~'Vortheris pencleni. against the liquor traffic: We think it is the true position - fur anim:A men to take : " All forms and.demrees! of license are wholly worthless for the- 'purpose &re• straining or regulating :the traffic.. Our . . people are nol suchf as oola to ask license; man -of Sense will no more think of get. ttng license to sell whisky ;than he would of getting license to steak! Nor would a properly considerate legislature any More grant the one kind of lieense than the other.. The fact is, mine' but the act stupid old fogies pretetidj.'io regard the traffic as tolerable. Idnulanity has pro. nounced it Jin outlaw. Thy common sense of the vurltl has negatived the business. It cannot exist among mOn who are any thing short of infamous. The 'gambling saloon, the robber's den, the thief's reps. itorv, the counterfeiter manufactory, and the house of ill-fame are now every way as respectable as the drain shop. For these places of equal infatity the posed part of society has but one remedy, namely, instant and utter 'annihilation. — Wre sincerely hope all goibetween mess: tires are-at an end. ',Statittes for regufa• tion are a useless - waste ofrink—they nes% er had any suppressive force-never can have. To anictid such worthless legisla• tion is impossible, for - the worst license law is just es good as the best. ..We might just as Well set about regtihiting any or all.other. crimes. The character of the' liquor traffic is now so well known tier there is no -need of - tampering with It'. foolish projects for mitigating its aqua• ty were once excusable, but that day - i 5 past, never to, return. Henceforth uone but the willful enemies of Mankind tri!l ever stoop to the infamous task of mod!' fying-a business wliose very bast effect ti to kill." AN OLD MAN.--Timothy Sweeny did in Fairview township; Butler County, l4, on the - 27th ult., at the patriarchal ageg one hundred and twenty-two,years. )I.t. Sweeny was born in the year 17aTi Camhan, parish of Ardfert, county garb Ireland, and emigrated to this country , I °- 1837, being then one hundred years a. The subject of this notieo was 'never kisslP to have had an hones, sicktiess, eve; DP to the very day of his death,' hut ri4i 4l ' ways remarkably stout and healthy, liar ing the full use of all his facilities to do • NOW 1S T HE TINE For the friends - of the iitritliS AlA to begin to circulate it for • the-Carupalgn or 060. WORK FOR OUR GREAT CAUSE. r 2
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