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an enormous wrong, which pf “JJ** 8
lianity is designed to destroy. The church
of Christ, we have no doul>t, should lake apa
maintain toward this pracUce a position of
open and avowed hostility, and should bold
ly proclaim h*» daUrminaitpn to labor with
untiring perseverance for U« tiller extinction.
And this position Kps been taken by our
church. The end at which she aims u clear
ly slated j and now Iho inquiry a, ‘ w “f*
■hall be done’* for the aiiaintnent of tbts end I
21 may just as well be undeniood by all whom
ii may concern, whether North or South,
whether friend or foe, that whatever mea
sure* may bo taken, or however these mea
sures may be varied, this one object shall be
kept steadily in view, end that thp Methodist
Episcopal church will never cease to seek ihe
extirpation of this evil, until the last manacle
is broken off and the laat alave is free.
Up to tbia point there seems no room lor
difference among us. Bui when we proceed
a step further, end inquire Aou> the object rtiay
be most certainly end speedily accomplished,
there is ground for diversity of sentiment.
And when wo recollect that the wisest heads
and the putest hearts have been sorely put
tied by this inquiry, we feel that we should
approach it with becoming modesty. At the
Christmas Conference held in 1784, it seemed
quite clear to our fathers of that period that
all slave holders should be excluded from the
Church, and a rule to that effect was accor
dmgly enacted. Six months observation, and
reflection, however, awakened doubts in their
minda, and the rule was at first suspended
lor a lime, and finally abandoned. Whether
they acted wisely or unwisely in this retro
grade movement, let the past and future histo
ry of the Church delermioe.
For fifty years, (he standing inquiry of the
Church has been, What shall be done? And
practically the answer has been, Nothing;
for it cannot be denied that instead of any
thing toward the extirpation of this evil being
effected by the Church, slavery has made
large encroachment upon (he Church and
upon the country. At first it humbly asked
for toleration, and this was granted. It then
demanded the sanction of the Church, and has
obtained n. Finally, it coveted more territo
ry , and took possession of it. Last year we
complained of a most iniquitous law, enac
ted lor the purpose of compelling us lo catch
our brother as he fied from the oppressor, and
scm him back to his unrequited toil—to bis
worse than £-/ypiian bondage. This year
another aud a bolder step is taken, and vast
regions of territory heretofore considered sa
cred to Liberty have been thrown open lo
slaver.
And now the question again comes up,
“ What shall be done for the extirpation of
the evil of Slavery
\nur comnntiee would reaped fully recom
mend the adoption of the following resolu
tions .
Resolved, That we earnestly recommend
our people lo memorialize Congress, asking
the repeal of Ibe Fugitive Slave Law, and
ihe re-enactment of so much of the late law
known as the Missouri Compromise ns ex
cludes slavery from Kansas and Nebraska
and other territory of the United Slates.
Resolved, That persons holding slave* for
gam, or for ibeir own convenience in nny
way, or with (he intention of perpetuation the
bondage of Ihe slave, should not bo received
into the Methodist .Episcopal Church, nor
suffered to continue therein.
Thero was much unanimity in regard to
lh« subject. Dr. EHioit, however, objected
lo the avaorlion id the report that the church
had done nothing. He thought she had done
much in endeavoring lo rid the country of
Slavery- He was opposed, 100, lo the ques
tion coming up year after year, for it only
resulted jn agitation. Several preachers look
very strong grounds against the Fugitive
Slave Law and the Douglas Nebraska Bill,
and their views seemed lo meet with general
favor.
One old gentleman, Rev. Mr. Finley, said
that he formerly held conservative ideas in
regard to Slavery, but, since its late encroach
ments upon Freedom, he bad changed his
mind, and now would do all in his power to
throttle the monster. He said, if all the
bishops were to tell him to obey the Fugitive
Slave Lftw, he would not do it. . He hoped
Conference would lake high ground. His fa
ther was wounded at Brandywine, and all
his mother’s brothers were killed in the Rev
olution which gave us the glorious liberty we
enjoy; tmd he had written to Mr. Stephen
Douglas, the demagogue,.that some of that
same blood coursed in his veins, which he
was willing to spill, if need, in the preserva
tion of this great boon.
The resolutions passed almost unanimously.
Earopeaa News.
The news brought by the Arabia contains
nothing .of great moment from the seat of
war. The bombardment of Sevastopol com
menced on the 13 ult. with 300 pieces of
heavy artillery, and was expected lo be
brought lb a crisis in three or four days. —
The Cunard steamer of next week will
probably bring the particulars of the storm
ing of the town. The Russian reenforce
ments bare not yet been heard of, nor are
there any indications as to when they wilt be
on the spot, but uoleaa the siege is at once
pressed to a successful conclusion, the allies
will have to fight,another battle in the field
before they |an bboeme masters of the town.
The land defenses, however, appear to be
much more imperfect than we had previously
supposed. It is inconceivable that the Rus
sians should be so ill-prepared to defend a
place of such importance, not merely as re
gards the numerical force of their armies in
the Crimea, but also in respect of their forti
fications. From the Danube we hear that
thp Russians have reentered the Dohrodja.—
In Germany a good deal of excitement is
said to exjst as to an apprehended rupture
between Austria end Prussic ; the danger of
such a rupture I*: email. The French fleet
has returned'' from.(lie Baltic, and most of the
£nglis|i. ships will come home also. Alas,
with What a scarcity .of.laurels compared to
the boasUwifh which they set out! Froip
the v*mu. countries' pf Ibe European cdrfti
neat (here is no npyVs Of 'moment.' From h
pan WeAenr of the friendly reception of the
Lady'fierce* a Cllpper-yscKt, belonging to'
Silas Burroughs pf Sep Fraocljco.
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Thursday lffs>utiiif#i>r. h. IWA*.
-The MuannrM csiMHKr
Then is no * swbj*et ; list claitqs ‘sod sbUlttA*
mote Übatil Today, than,
that of Ed sea tins, vat excepting politics. It Is the
grind theme of \hb we lire la, sndekpaeially of
the men end-women of'America. Institutions of
learning of* multiplying with unexampled- rapidity,
everywhere, and the Cemtnoo School system'it
proxlmating to perfection.
It ia pleasant t, observe haw gradually ead. cer,
ttinly the different system*. of education advocated
by minds of divers* thinking, .upon, thja
ltlsanbther
chaering erldenoS that the foatftablo teodiMsy of
Miad wbcWnaflHqg after the aame Good, ia to seek
it through limilar meant. Oaeddea systems ere
foiling into merited dittfe at the world progresses,
and meant ones diatraaled are now proving to be
just what is needed to the attainment of the deaired
end.
With tbs program of Mind, the eeopo of Educa
tion hte become broader and more liberal—ah laev.
itible remit. While men dared not think audibly
beyond a certain enpetetitioua bound, the almoat
scope of Education woe painfally nartewand erciu.
tire—an ineri table result likewise.
To become in adept ia the lore of books ocoe
bounded the eladeolV ambition.' The world, with
its boat of throbbing hearts—a mighty Folio, each
heart a paga, a poo whiefa a life history it written—
this, lay open before him, but to him it woe a mated
book ; he peered over lie cnonatrooe bulk, intent on
the acquirement of Arne in a knowledge of the bur
ied mysteries of a remote Past He did not live in
the Preseat—be wot IB be wished to be, —an ani
mate speck amid the dead rubbish of forgotten igesf
dead, because it bad served its time and purpose,
because Uee bad extracted iu last apark of vitality,
and engraved its experimental lesson upon the Miad
of a succeeding age. '
And so its good became fused into humanity, and
was transmitted from generation to generation, and
the good of succeeding ages in like manner had
bean trosmitled, su that the student went tuck to
grope among the ashes which Use had robbed of
their virtue, because the world worshipped the pro.
ficient in iho myrtcriea of the Old.
The education of children abould be each as to
render them faithful and utefal livers in the Preaent
and for the Future. Why dig up the mnaly relics
of the Old to make garments far the New T Every
age can lake can of itself—at least, the New has no
need of cast off garments.
Let no one misunderstand os:
“ Whate'er of Good the old time had,
la living (1111!"
But there wore many things then true, that now arc
no longer so. Had circoinstances remained the
same, in short, had the race continued to plod along
tlie aame dull level, what was true then, would be.
true now. But different men create different circuixw t
stances; and the good role applied lo the one, be- <
comes an evil and a grievous outrage, applied to the ‘
other. Good is of two kinds: relative good, which ■
is dependent upon the development of the social and
religious facnliies of a people, and absolute good,
which, being the Divine Essence, is superior to all
accidents. It is with these truths before us that we .
have spoken fas some may deem,) slightingly of Ihe .
Old. j
As children am to act a part in the drama of To- !
Day and To-Morrow, so, they should be Instructed 1
with an eye to the creditable discharge of the du
ties that will inevitably devolve opon them. This
present ago has been prophetically termed the morn
ing of the longed for Harmonist Day. It needs not
a prophet’s eye lo descry the signs of an approach- 1
ing change, not only in the material, but in' the in
tellectual and spiritual. Day by day, Man seems
more obedient to his intnitions, which point him up
to liis Origin, weaning him from Ihe grossness of
the Material only to wed him to Die Spiritual. We 1
cannot better express our thought than in giving 1
here an extract from an address delivered before the
the Teachers' Institute of Wayne County, by C. 8.
Minos. Esq., but recently. Speaking of the restrain,
ing forces employed in human government, and of
the Past as an age in which brute force prepundera
ted, be said:
“ Thin »Ute of things ia patting tway. The rale
of brute force it drawing to an end. A milder reign
—the empire of mind over mind baa commenced.
* * * The child ia a moralial at well at a phi
loaopbrr, be would know the reaaoo of the rule,”
• And thii all seems true. The empire of mind
over mind, every day, ia steadily nearing the point
of Absolutism, when its s way ahall be acknowledged
and loved by every created intelligence. Hind ia
beginning to walk alone, to exercise its functions
and appreciate its faculties. Obedience to Intuition
ia becoming its fixed law, for through this it looks
upward and catches a glimpse of the awful beauty
of its Original.
Viewed from this aland.point, how immeasurably
does the lore of the past foil abort of the demands
of (hit age, in which mind seems awaking into new
Ufa only lo hunger and Hunt. If wo would become
familiar with men, we do not retire to the hermit’s
cell, but seek them. So, mind must como in con>
tact with mind, not only in books, but actually. If
wo would know man, we must study him. The
child must bo acquainted with the lawa of his phys.
■oaf, moral and intellectual nature, else it conlinually
aina against (hem. These things are too roach
hedged in hy the restraints of a professional educa
tion > and the masse* have thus been kept ignorant
while theta lo whom Accident gave Opportunity
have grown At on their misfortune*. Surely be ie
criminal who witholdi that, knowledge from hie
neighbor by which ha might avoid bodily hurt; yet
hundreds of thousands of parents aaffer their off
spring to grow up in otter ignorance of Urn laws of
life and intellectual development, and behold them
sinking into premature graves, or pursuing Urea of
shame and dishonor.
Who is to blame ? Not the child, beoaose it be
come* an outcast from society, or a loathsome bur-,
den to its parents in the morning of life. Not the
reckless young man, a victim of Dissipation and dis
ease; but the parent, who knew the law, knew the
‘.terrible and certain penally of its violation, but neg
lected to expound the law and disclose the (ale that
awaited the unfortunate who Violated 1L (> rant that
a vicious inclination may be hereditary; ft only re
moval the responsibility t law gen era liana back.
If the child inherits the oonscqnencea of the wrong
of ita remote progenitor, then is it not of the utmost
importance that every child ba so taught that it may
not entail misery spun those who earns after it 1 '
And when wo retaembevhow Intimately the phys
ical, intellectual and moral natures arc connected;
how much the well-being of each depends upon the*-
uninterrupted health of the other, hdw la it that the
study et the taw* of oor being - are deemed of to
4ktle conseqoonoe in the stdodalioo ofchildrcn ?
■ Education, as-considered ‘by tbs. majority of «du>.
catois, duea nut embrace the most important branch.
«s of knowledge.; Properly sipwed, the geography
of the human system, (so toitpepk,) should he mas.
terad fay. tbe.child before the geography of the earth
is planed in its bauds. It is b*tar that it abouM
THE TIOGA COU%T.Y AGITATO,B.
knowhow jneny bjaft, miucM*. oam, rein* add
art erto help to it* wooderiU body, tod ,l|e
fluidkl* of oach.ton-to nombetof aeaa, ooedm,
tot help to. direreify 'the
aartlftwrtoe.lfwrtooeton be-nttttered. Tb*n,
tin nitorai law* of Man might b* takenop tod
mreteredbyto piiplT Vifibdftt to *ld~ofeteachcr'
altredy
Wo eaanot aeohow a thorough adneation can be bad
Wlffiwit erkroihHlbf SpboTthedomait™ held taered
from to rulgar, by proft**h»at<non j. hot it -will
bare to totdow..*nd, to popp»r a. breech i* made in
to«*11 to.bettor..
' S,tout*r.
We notice eerctalprominent men put forward by
the pro* to ration* erfetiona ‘of the Stale,re candi
date* for to tacateid by Hoo. Jtrae* Cooper
Judge \yitmol, fat-Gov, JohntUm, Wm. Latimer.
Thddfeb* Sterea*, Judge Conrad, and other*, are
KTerally bemad. The Tltubufg OattUe lake* the
following eeneiUe riew of to matter:
< u pne thing we hope the Legialature wiR regard
into eolection of a Senator, to wit: ‘-Aae/onr."
If to candidate ia thorooghly reliable on. the dare
question, and baa “ back hope," he poateam the firat
two'qualiiScationa. No map who has been tried and
found wanting in to** important requisite* will do
(of (he preeeat occtaion. We went * men df anti.
Slarery and Ameriean principle*, and enSciently
•tiff in to back to enforce them.” , I
Exactly so; and fur lb* honor of the Suto wo
hope tb« -aoggeaUoni will not be (brgollem. We
are inclined to the opinion tint no men in the State
combine* tbeee requisites la *o high a degree of ex
cellence ae doei Judge Wilmot. Ai an opposer of
Siam; extension be U indefatigable and uncompro
mifing, and hu don* more to disgust Northern men
with the pel manlier of the Sooth and ddughfsced
neaa, than any man in the State. Hia connection
with the Proviso which bear* hi* name ought to ts.
tabiiah hia claim to the atiffeat kind of a spinal col
nmn. He baa never denied bia principle! in any
Convention, to propitiate a coming Administration,
aa one of the abovenamed gentlemen did in 'S3. In
the Senate, be would do more for the cease Freedom
probably, than any of those named in connection
with Abe trust. There is an honest fearlessness nat
ural'to the man, that eminently qualifies him to
meet, and rebnke the shallow cant that baa so long
marked the speeches of ptoJJltvery men in that not
altogether august body.
Besides all this, he is just the man to truly rep.
resent the great Repubffcan party at this crisis. It
is pleasing to note that hia claims are advocated by
the prees without reference to old party inclinations.
The Montraeo RegUUr and the Honeadale Demo
crat—both urge bis election etrongiy end ably ; yet
these have been ranked as Whig organs in the past.
Extracts from (boos papers may be found in tooth,
er column.
“Tbc Bern Id of Freedom.”
Soch is the title of a large, beautifully printed
•hoet now before in, bearing dale—“ W.ksrusa,
Kansas Territory, Get. Si." It is published by G.
W. Brown, Esq., formerly of tho Conneaulville Cou.
tier, Crawlord co., P«„ and “ devoted to Freedom
and Hie interest* of Kanaas Territory.” Its name
sufficiently indicates its character, and, glancing
over its editorial pages, we are encouraged to hope
that Kansas will yet be free. Mr. Brawn wee se
lected by tbe Emigrant Aid Company to lead in the
enterprise he baa so energetically begun. He has
the good wishes and prayers of thousands of free
men to cheer him onward in the good work. Be
sides these, he has the smiles of an approving con
science to sustain him in the wilderness of labor be
hat encountered. In the following extract from an
article in which be apologist* for the absence of the
literary assistance promised him, we catch a broad
glimpse of the iron energy of character which marks
the man:
“ A* wo said when wo commenced this article, all
the assistance enumerated above hat been denied us
iu the issue of this number; and we have been com
pelled to fill every place unaided, in editorial and
inechanic;i 1 departments, and write most of our edi
torials alter the aevero physical exertion of feeding
a power press to work off the whole outside edition
uf over 20,000 copies, without any person to ex
change places with ns during the whole operation.”
The paper is 82 a year, and wilffiuoh a spirit at
i t* head, must succeed.
Thosx Lxcturc*. —We are glad to say that the
lecture enterprise is going ahead finely. An Asso
ciation has been formed, and a large number of the
moat noted lecturers of the day have been addressed.
As some.of those written to cannot fail to return fa
vorable answer*, we may confidently announce to
the oitixeoaaf Welfsboro'snd vicinity, that a coarse
of Lectures for the coming winter'll among'the
“ probable*.” We hope to give the name* of some
of those who may be expected, next week.
O’ Our tbir«J page is rich with new advertise
ments. Bee D. P. &W. Roberts’ rare bargains in
Stoves i Tin Were, J, Hoyt's new Grocery and
Oyster Saloon, American Artists' Union's magnifi
cent offers to lovers of fine pictures, also, Sheriff’s
Sales and Auditors' Notices.
Wo have been obliged to continue over one or two
advertisements until neat week.
Tag WcATnsa—is as miserable as weather oan
be. Slippy, sloshy,slushy, sloppy underfoot; misty
mixily, drizzly, snowy, sleety, and sticky overhead.
The clouds look vinegarisb, and the folks have
caught the infection and look as sour ss a tart pie
t y We have received an obituary notice of Mrs.
fasiuw PaatßUksr, but too late for this paper
Jk shall appear nsst week.
tT Tin extraordinary rush of oew advertiWmept*
will account for the leaoeeee of our editorial column
this week.
Am Exciting Scene.—A raffle took
place recently in San Francisco, the grand
priae in which—slo,ooo—was worn by a
young man named Kelley. A Utile girl,
named Anna Maria Quinn, was selected to
draw the numbers from the wheel. The ex
citement at the drawing is described as hav
ing been intense. All eyes were- fixed on
the wheel, and all began.to glamor for the
commencement of operations. Slowly the
wheel began to turn, and every revolution
sent the hot blood courting through the veins
of those who had invested their money in
tickets, and stood among the ranks of those
who worshipped at the shrine of the “fickle
goddess.” Quicker and quicker revolved the
wheel, and more intense became the excite
ment, and when it stopped; every tongue was
boshed, every breath was drawn, and even
the fallihg of a pin could be distinctly heard
in the vast multitude assembled! -The little
girl pm in.her band, look out a ticket and
handed it to the president, who in a clear
and distincMone, slowly uttered the words
“ ss l B£o' , r-wTnc(r.fl ; Trwith Icy coldness up
soothe heart of everybody present but.one
man, who. oir the extreme verge ,of the
crowd, jumped mildly forward, exelsinaiog at
the top of his voice, “ Thai's ms !” -. .
Pot not jour trust in—political friendship.
fieidSerß fc*eaa M»Tery.;
Byl- agnin, it interest of the entire
South tlwt be introduced.
ataffiPioldhra to occupy the Ter
ritory their projfeny is inherent %n 4
cQniti|J.ljgft9Laod has been announced by
legislation, Any unfulr iUerripi loexelude
u(}fyjr»i|nsn»
dangerous ai jf the right_had been by the act
of the Federal Legislature,' Ttefenecrof a ‘
the new Territories to slavery
i» simplyto falock it up in tbe Siateajvhicb.
now recogniperit* and r by iiroreefiug the sun.
ply andMihnnUWng tW demand; to reowrit
itteles«^«wa»WWa_of.Jabor t andJit p»jrw»
as an interoail jp»lilniipii~ ? The effect of thus,
Enlarging the area lit whichit - tnpy exist, is
to incyeuse lhe dptnend, and thereby to en
hance the value of slaves as properly. Is it
not obvious, then, that it is A question of
practical importance, .not only, to the emi
grant, but to every individual slaveholder,
that his properly should be introduced and
recognised in Kansas! This plain view of
lbs question should set. at rest the doubts, and
complaints of those who do not see anything
practical in the.great issue which ia now agi
tating the country. When, in addition, it is
remembered that the existence of another
free Stale on the borders of the Mississippi and
Kansas, will render slave properly more pre
carious, in its (enure, it ia particularly the in
terest of those States to promote -its introduc-.
tion. —Washington Sentinel,
The foregoing ia the concluding paragraph
of a long article,in the Sentinel, in which the
Nebraska, Kansas, and other questions, are
elaborately discussed. Sume ol the assump
tions of our Washington cotemporary have a
common sense basis for a foundation, while
we imagine he would find it difficult to sub
stantiate others, according to the standard
prescribed by comraoqsense. While no in
telligent slaveholder wifi dispute the validity
of the proposition that all citizens of the Uni
ted States have an inalienable right to emi
grate to territories belonging to the same, and
to carry with them whatever properly they
may rightfully possess, no matter ol what de
scription, there are thousands who emphati
cally deny that it “ is the interest of the en
tire South that slavery should be introduced”
"either into Kansas or Nebraska; thousands
who look upon the introduction of Douglas’
territorial bill as mischievous and demagog
ism to the last degree; lens of thousands who
will murk such of their Representatives a»
had not the nerve to oppose it, or who had
nut sense of patriotism enough to see that as
piring demagogues were seeking to use them
lor purposes of personal aggrandizement. Ut
terly reckless of the consequences that might
follow; and, we may say with entire truth,
huti'lteds ol thousands, who regird the author
mid his chief abettors and supporters with
unqualified abhorrence. The main principle
of the bill is n good and constitutional one,
hut good principles may be perverted, and
most awfully prostituted, and it has been the
case in ibis particular instance. Fire is utt
indispensable agent in the transaction of the
ordinary concerns of life, and is perfectly
safe when used by honest and ui tenttve hands,
Bui under the control ol'ail'incendiary il may.
he made to assist in the consummation of the
on holiest and most diabolical of purposes.
Bo with a good principle, in the hands of a
conscienceless d- magogue, as exemplified by
the results brought about by the introduction
and passage of the Nebraska bill. Every
Iruit that has flowed from it has been evil,
without a single extenuating or redeeming
qualification.
M-uiy of the intelligent, reflecting planters
of the South, are of opinion that a concentra
tion, instead of a diffusion, of slavery, i- most
needed. Scatter il over a vast extent of ter
ritory, much of it uncongenial and unproduc
tive, and it-will necessarily impair the avail
able power of the institution. It will operate
like the beating out of a bur of iron, which
no mortul hand can break, until it becomes
so thin, and extends over so large a surface
that an infant’s hand could tear it like paper!
At least, such are the arguments used on in
numerable-occasions, and which are continu
ally brought forward by the best informed
and largest slaveholders in the South. They
maintain that unnatural expansion will lend
to weakness, while judicious concentration
must necessarily produce strength. There is
strength and power in their propositions and
arguments, worthy at least some small con
sideration. j
As to obtaining equal political power with
the North by the. introduction of new slave
Slates, that is entirely out of the quesiion.
It never can be done. The man who thinks
so is a fool, nnd incapnhle of sensible argu
ment. Our main dependence is upon the
Constitution and Laws .of the Innd, mid upon
the productions , almost exclusive to the slave
regions—especially on Ihe latter. The
world cannot clothe itself without Southern
slave grown cotton, and the world labors un
der this necessity, Southorn Slavery is As
sure of protection.as the seasons are to roil
..found—no mailer, how many free, or bow
few slave Slates, come into the confederacy.
And. at soon as the world can manage with
out Southern slave-grown cotton, wo opine
there will be little objection to the abolition
of slavery.
Here are plain, common sense, practical
remarks, which will bp appreciated by intel
ligent men, England, the great aboliilon.na
tion of the earth, would not abolish Southern
slavery to-morrow, were she vested with ab
solute power! IVhy,? That abolition would
involve the destruction of the cotton crop,
and without cotton, she would be ruined, at
once and irretrievably. Massachusetts is the
great abolition Slate of the North, and Maa.
sachgsetls would not abolish Southern slave
ry were the question submitted to her decis
ion! Why? The untold millions she would
lose in manufactures, shipping, commerce,
ruin of profitable nocks, and depreciation of
property, would act aa an effectual damper,
upon the. mock philanthropy that is so
wretchedly rampant in the once, glorious old
Bay Slate. No, no. Ad long as slavery is
Especially profitable to'Bnglisb nnd North
ern phoaitihtqpisia they are nty going to iufliyt
material iojury’upon-h.f Thai r love for dol
tart nnd cents is too gteaTfoMAaf ! — N. 0,
Bulletin.. \ -
Mattheul AoNKwjutqped from ihe cars
■pear Piustoo, Luietrte co., and had t his, leg
so shattered thhl amputation was necessary.
D n«ba« jpi« W*»taecilcnl.
y, Upoadi I ask tbe re
;|dera orahe Tribune iljudge Tor tbemulvee
a curse or bles
sing to Connecticut. ’
origin
•V't-Maia* IB)* the
first of "August 'lirne niore than one
mlijitm of dbflart WH'ifffHted' in the whole
sale and retail liqoottralfic in thin city rand
.Ih,e|retaij. aaletarTtqy.Qtedig rpgrejhao. sif
htujdred (houtaifd dollart annually I
‘■A rrosiutu to August first, a eenius taken to
ascertain the number of grpg-obojM, showed
number to by (tea hundred and ninety,
besides some that the committee could not as
certain, though, suspected, of selling, but
thought itlAree hundred —a low estimation.
The amount of money received, or num
ber of regular customers, at each grog-shop,
could not be corectly ascertained; but, at a
very low estimate, we will suppose each shop
had only five customers; that will give one
thousand five hundred regular customers of
the dram-shop, in a population of 30,0tfD.
Of these fifteen hundred, at least twelve hun
dred were spending money for liquor, which
was really needed by vbeir families forlhe com
mon necessaries Of life—money that ought to
have been spent for bread for hungry, half
starved children. About sis hundred of this
number annually found their way to the
Alms-House or the Country Jail, helping to
swell taxes already burdensome, and leaving
helpless families to be supported by charitable
and benevolent persons or societies.
Of the 8600,000 spent here for intoxica
ting drinks, lasi year, at least 8400,000 we;e
spent by the poorest classes, who could ill af
ford to spend a farthing for such a useless
stimulus. Of (he three hundred liquor shops,
just two hundred and twenty were kept and
frequented by the lowest class in community,
showing that the poorest people are the prin
cipal supporters of the liquor traffic.
On the first day of August last, every j
dram-shop was closed, and there was not a (
place in New Haven where a gloss of liquor
could be bought for any price.
Wholesale and retail liquor-dealerd volun
tarily stopped the traffic, knowing it would
be useless to resist the law. Tbe question
may be asked, how the fifteen hundred cus
tomer* of the New Haven grogshops got
their liquor? The wealthier class of dram
drinkers gut their supplies from New York,
by a son of “ liquor express /" but the poor
fellows, sans moneyj, sans credit, could not {
drink became they could not get it. Wbat'
a blessing to themselves and Jamilies !
A great change was visible soon after this |
law went into operation in New Haven. The ,
noisy gangs of rowdies disappear- d, and their
midnight brawls ceased ; and our streets were
quiet night and day ; and the most violent
opponents of ilit- lavy said, “If such are the
effects of the law, we will oppose it no lon
ger." A few persons got intoxicated upon
liquor from New York, and were promptly
■ arrested and fined 820 and cost, which they
paid or went to jail. The following list of
commitments to the Watch House show con
clusively that there was less drunkenness than
formerly, and these stuitsiica contain unan
swerable arguments :
Commitments in July ,1854 ... 73
Commitments in August, 1854 • . 15
Balance in favor of prohibition . 58
The commitments to the Cmmiv Jail (or
ihc month before and the month after the I«w
went into operation, show the same cheering
results. Committed to Jail for drunkenness
and "flenses mused directly thereby :
In July, 1854 50
In August, 1854 16
in favor of prohibition
The Jails and Alms Housese in various
parts of the Stale of Connecticut are gelling
empty. The Windham County Jutl at
Brooklyin, has only a solitary occupant,
and there is much speculation about the use
of keeping tip a jail (here any longer; the
good people of that town talk of converting
it (mo a hotel, or some kind of a school, or a
female seminary!
A large number of our most desperate Vil
lains who formerly keplglrog-shops and gam
bling-houses, have emigrated, finding busi
ness 10 bad in New Haven. Several that
kept gambling-saloons and houses of ill-fame,
in defiance of law, have declared that neith
er one nor the other can be supported with
out liquor, and have moved to New York:
where, they say, they can enjoy their liber
ty, (to pet drunk and make others so,) nnd
where they can continue their Infamous busi
ness, and be ns much respecerf as anybody.
N. Y. Tribune.
Tub D-uglasses in tub Field. — The
Chicago papers state that Senator Dougins
was announced to address the people of Au
rora, in Illinois, on the M iost., and arrived
there in the forenoon, in the same train
came Fred. Douglas, (be celebrated colored
orator, who it was expected would reply to
the speech of his white namesake. But the
Senator did not apeak. He was taken with
the chill* and retired to his room, where he
staid until five o’clock, when he lock the cars
for Chicago. It appears that while the Sen
ator had the chills his namesake, was in his
room sick of a fever. A large number of
persons were in town, and great desire wns
expressed that the black Douglass should
speak, which he finally consented to do.
The people gathered in the rhurch, and Fred
mode a speech of half an hour long, when
he had to stop on account of illnes*. This
certainly is a new phase in American polities,
when a colored man is brought forward by
white people, to answer the arguments of a
United States Senator, before his own people,
and in his own State.—Ct», Gat.
The Boston Telegraph says, we learn
that Mrs, Sarah E. Nowell, the well known
Postmistress of Chelsea, has received official
information that her services in that capacity
will not he needed after to-day. Her succes
sor is Mr. Gideon W. Youne. formerly of
Scituafe, Muss,, who wna appotived 10 n
place in the'Boston Custom. House by Presi
dent Polk, which he held for eight years.—
Mrs, Nowell is a widow, a Indy of talent
and ninipbility, ot)d a genera) favorite with
t he'town's people. We presume the Ad
mnist ration is so weak now it con make war
only upon ‘ twain.
Sir JwbQ rruklih
Additional parlisulart eoncerning tlu fata tf Sr
' John FrattHin and iia twynimi.
Borrow, Oct. 23,1864.
Late Montreal papers conlain aomd addi
tidhal details cOncemlhg the discovery of Sir
John Franklin’s party, obtained by Dr. Rte
from (he Esquimaux. The report-is aa fol
towat ' - v • • ■ _•
“ in the Spring of 1860 a party of whits
men, amounting to about forjy, were seen
traveling southward over the ice, and drag.
K boats whh Ihem, by some Esquimaux
tns, who were killing seals on tbs north
shore of King William’s Lahd, which is a
large island, named Keliklak, by the Bsqui
maux. None of the party Could speak the
native language intelligibly, but by signs the
natives were made to understand that their
ships had been crushed by ice, and that the
Whites were now going to where they expec
ted to find deer to shoot. Prom Ihg appea
rance of the men, slf of whom, except one
chief officer, looked tliiru 'hey were supposed
to be getting short of-provisions, end they
purchased a seal from the natives. At a la*
ter date during the same season, but previous
M the disruption of the ice, the bodies of
about thirty while persons were discovered
on the continent, and five more on an island
near it. About a tong day’s journey, eay*
thirty-five or forty miles, to the north-west
of a large stream~whicli can be no other
than Back’s Great Fish River, as its descrip
tion and that ol the low Shore in the neigh
borhood of Point Ogle and Montreal Island
agree exactly with that of Sir George Back
—some of the bodies had been turned over
Ip form a shelter, and several lay scattered
about in different directions. Of those found
on the island one was supposed to have been
an officer, as he had a telescope strapped
over his shoulder and his double-barreled
gun lay underneath him. From the mutila
ted state of ninny of the. corpses and the con
tents of the keltles.jt is evident that the party
had been driven to. the last resource, “ canni
balism,” as' a means of prolonging life.—
There appears toihave been an abundant
stock of ammunition, as the powder was emp
tied in a heap on the ground by the natives
out of the kegs of cases containing it, and a
quantity of ball and shot was found below
high water mark, having been left on the ice
close to the beach. There must have been
| a number of watches, telescopes, compasses,
guns, &c., all of which appear to have been
broken up, as Or. Rae saw pieces of these
different articles with the Esquimaux, togeth
er with some silver spoons and forks, as ma
ny o( which as could he obtained were pur
chased, and a list of I lie most important of
the relics found, with the drawings of others,
were to be forwarded to London.”
Piuuibc’* Portable mortising Ha.
cbiuc.
A >ery light anil etfii-ifni machine, equally
well adapted id moriMiig, ganmg or tenon
ing, in enber «oit nr lino wood, Hus been
recently p.eenteo ay Messrs. U. it S.‘H.
P(uml), ol Hunesdale, Pa. I'be niveii'ors
appear Id have stepped boldly uui irmii aie
beaten lr»ek| and to have produced a device
novel in Several very important respects, and
worlhy of admtraiion on account not lets of
its obvious convenience than of its smooth,
accurate and rapid performance. The ma
chine, when driven by band-power, is readily
moved to any desired point on iho limber—
a quality which of itself sufficiently com
, mends n to the favor of practical workers id
heavy lumber. Unlike ibe ordinary vane
ties of mortising-machines, this is capable of
culling very close to ihe edge or end of a
slick, the great distinguishing feature of Ihe
invention consisting ol ihe employment of a
species of miniature plane-iron, to shave
rnlher than chip down ihe material. Two
chisels of proper width play vertically at
proper distances apart to- make the ends,
while a smut arm piojecls downward ana
travels to and from between them. This arm,
which receives by very simple mechanism a
mnimn precisely adapted to its purpose, dove
tails into a small sieel cutter, or double lip
chisel, which planes in either direction with
each movement of the slide. The machine
proves itself adapted to every kind of heavy
work, being capable of sinking mortises
from two to ten inches long,log depth of
eight inches, and of gqy breadth from three
eighths of an inch to three inches, according
to the chisels and cutler employed. Ganes
or rectangular cavities on the corners of stuff
are executed with equal facility, the fixing of
the machine in any required position being
rendily effected by the aid of a simple clump.
-iV, Y. Tribune.
The If ext V. 9. Senator.
The Uonesdnle Democrat, among other
things, has the following ujmn the choice of
a U. S. Squalor in lb*» next Legislature:
“ Of all the persons named, or likely to be
named, we prefer Mr. VVihhoi ; Ist, because
by his course in the recem canvass, as «eil
as in times pas), he has wrought out a title to
that honorable distinction ; 3d, because fan
election to the Senate, at the present time,'
would add tu the signalily of the f'-buke
which the people have just administered ttf
the National Administration ; and 3d, because
the election ol Mr. Wilmot would strongly
(end to' consolidate and impact the forces by
which the late triumph was achieved.
In the crowded stale of our columns lo day
we have not space to say more on this impor
tant subject, bin shall recur to it again.”
And the Montrose Registsr pay s the fol
lowing just compliment to Judge Wilmol's
merits:
“ We should glory more in the election of
Judge Wilmot in the Senate now, than in that
of ary W big in the State. It would demon
strata that the maintainance of principles, and
not the resurrection of a parly, is our object ;
and it would tend to cement together the Free
Soil men into a greet end invincible Freedom
party, with the power and the will to place
Pennsylvania in such a position that hereaf
ter it can never be a question with the ela
i cry'conspirators whether they may count on
our aid or our opposition. With Pollock for
our Governor and Wilmot in the Senate, they
would know where to find us; and should an
other occasion arise like that of the passage
of the Nebraska hill, it would then bo d l '.
monstrnled whether or not Pennsv Ivnnta's
voice can be heard and her influence full as
far ns Washington."
Chwkv tifces are io bloom near Pittsburgh.