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pi - eiti , lll.9y, at 9 o - olock A. IL, to hold
the elo,int: hessio u . Carried.
The following Resolution was offered:
I.'•solzwl, That Directors should allow the
tittle o 1 Teachers to go on while they are at
lending the Association.
On. notion. this Resolution was laid on
the table for discussion at the opening of
the next meeting,
• ,The PNsident then made the following
pppointinents for next meeting : For
jteclannition----A. S. Lyman, M. 0. Cros
by and 0. Dwight. Miss Ann V. Clark,
to read a Sjlect Poem. To read Essays
~...-,Messrs. R. Z. Roberts and 0. J. Spaf- I
ford, and Misses Sarah Reynolds, Bertha ,
31.-.Lytuan, Elita Lyman and N. Grigsby.
• In aaditipii to the appointments, the As-
Anciatiou invited Rev. J. Hendrick to de
liver a lecture at the next meeting on
Thursday evening, and C. 11. Allen to
lecture Friday morning.
On motion, adjourned.
J. W. BIRD, Sem-dm:Y.
Conultuititatillits.
Vllien is a Man, a Man.
..Ftr the. Potter JOorn ii
. lltt. Euvron: In your last issue (Feb.
19th) there is a comiuunication, the writ
er of which solicits, fur the sake of luen
tal culture, a discussion of the following
proposition :
qtesoLvgD, That the man who drinks intoxi
cating liquors is NOT a man."
But before I proceed, I wish to say that
I am not that Magistrate whom he saw
drink at the bee; nor am I going to offer
any apology for drinking. What I will
say, I wilt do it as saying the honest con
victions of my own judgment, upon the
proposition under consideration. First,
then, our view of the proposition is, that
it contains a self-contradiction; fur, /Low
can a man, be a man and not a man at
the same - time? This much at least is
not logical, to our limited comprehension.
But for the proofs of the writer in sup-.
Tort of his proposition ; let us look at
them. His first remark is, "That in the
process of creation man was made." But
the proposition not only implies this but
states it. This then is not proof. Man
must exist -before he can do anything.—
Besides, the faculties with which he is en
dowed are those which determine him to
be what he is called in the proposition—
s man. It is reason which assigns him
to the species /moo in the genus anima/.
Nan's dominion "over all beasts, fish and
fowl," has nothing toldo with proving the
proposition ; nor has the gratuitous asser
tion that they by instinctive fear "fir,/
from his presence." This is the first
Lime in our short pilgrimage , arth that
we ever saw this stated, cu fiar in the
article, nothing is yet proved; but his
great proni.ts made to be a prostitution. of I
reason. 'c!, , ',!e. this he depends for the car-
Tying of leis poiqt. Here, then, is an of-'
fort at t phiisiral definition., which is
said tq be "Tout which dbitinguishcs a
thing from any other by the really dis
tinct parts of its essence. But in this
.what is the success? lie raises a ques
tion by asking 'When is a man drunk,"
and answers "When his reason and phys
ical strength are gone," and the moral
point of the crime is brought forward and .
the man is drunk before he drinks, and
'his reason gone when he resolves that he
will drink." •Liere there seems to be a
little jarring. Fur if, as is stated, he is'
drunh - . when he has resolved to drink, the
dJfinition of drunkenness above is not cor.,
reel; for when he has re-resolved, his
physical strength is not
none. Besides,
how can a man be resol ving he will do
certain things, if his reason is gone? It
takes reason to resolve; that is, bring tho
evidences for a certain course of action
before the mind, to move it, so to speak,
to decide in its favor. Still farther, if
you say that reason was gone from the
man when he resolved to drink, then the
query arises, if this is su, then the person
is not accountable for his act, , for certain.
ly no person attaches blame to the idiot
or nuitaiiic for their actions. BeSides we
do not believe that the fact that men pros-:
titute. their reason, changes them into
anything but men. They are men still.
If they were not, there could not be found
on earth a man, for according- to the book
to which the article refers." All have sin
ned and come short of thdglory of God."
Sin is a violation of God's - law, and his
service is declared to be "at reasonable
service." To sin, then, is to act unreas
onable. We doubt wgether the writer
reflected on the condition in which his
own statement placed himself.
Our proofs for the contrary of the prop
osition are these.
First: He still lives among men the
same after he has drank as he did &fore.
He eats . the satite _food ; carries on the
functions of life; prosecutes some branch:
.of business; talks, thinks and reasons on:
the various subjects of interest . which
transpire in the world. - He is suscepti
ble of pleasure or pain and he is still re
'cognized as human.
Second : He is atill the i s übjeet of laW
Human laws apply to hitn.the same. The
Law of Gcd still appeals to him as a
gran., It expostulates with him and
warns him of his danger while it beckons
idly to a life of soberness by its appeals
to his reason; and to woo him by its
graphic "accounts of a Saviour's love tor
ii:locru. The law of God will never let
go its hold of the man. It will: folloW
hint on through every degree of druziken•
ness, and hold hint accountable. 4nd
the hold which human law has upon him,
we can see exemplified daily. The man
who has been drunk often, makes con
tracts with those who never have ,been
drunk in their lives and the contractsi
arc as binding to all intents and purposes'
•
as if linth 'parties hail - been temperr.te.
Thord, Druiikenness is not a vice from
which' m a n i cannot be redeemed. The
force Of this lies here, namely, nicit have
been known; by the dint of a resolute wilt,
to abandon 4.)revor the Use of spirituous
liquors- and IWe sober lives. Now, if
they were not` men they could never .
.do
this, for nothing shortof Ahniislity pow
er could maizeia_man, and this they do
not possess. fWe suppose "13," would
recognize theni as men when they lived
sober lives. 11ut how could they make
themselves mein after reason was yoke?'
in.,dur humble opinion we have proved
the propositioti to be false. . Our habits
conform to our opinion of . the matter.—
Wu laddress a Man who uses ardent spir
its as a man. 1 We reason with him about.
the impropriety of his eourse. and use
eodeaVors to persuade him to abandon it
by shOw-ing hint that we
. fixt an, interes t
for l lds teirljb;i:e., as well as showing him ,
that it is for inns good.
)So u*.h, then, for the proposition, and
if I would sayi inure, it would be by way
of practical reflections called out by the
statements inlthe article, in no way con,
netted with the discussion of the Reso
lution. •
Jly thouglits ran something like the
following : Iti seems to be a characteris
tic of this writer “B," to mix up things
that differ, ad,d to get in personal flings
at others,wiill subjects which might be
of interest ta people generally. — What
possible connection could the calling of a
man by the name of "Pope. dotter" have
with his resolution he wished to discuss?
By what law ,'of christian ethics is he'gor
, timed in calliit a man nick-names? To
'us this seems; un reasonable, and therefore
totchristia a. To rail at, a person and use
ungentlemanly' language, indicates the
‘veakerside. 1 would like to put a foes
tion to "B" !for the exercise of his "in
tellectual factilties," and that is : Did you
go to that Magistrate Whom you saw
drink at the bee, and warn him, like a
christian man, to change his sjnful habit ?
I should judge from your article, you did
not ; for how could you when you deemed
him not a man? But the command is,
"Go and tell him his fault between thee
and him alone," and this:must be reason
able fur all tlild's commands, arc so de
clared. And farther, i 1 that Magistrate
should Still rs,o on in nis ways, he is cer
tainly very blame worthy, but "B" is not
innocent. tiitonl/1 he go on it may be
said, "Because thou. bast not given him
warning, he shall die iu his sill; but hi:
blood will I require at thine. baud.'
Besides by assuming such a position
towards the unfortunate drinker, and call
ing otheis n places one in the
painful condi :ion of being able to do them
no llcio , l It I wished to lose all infin
ence peer men, I know of no more effectu
al than to call them hard names, or
tell of their.floats to others. Bearing no
personal to any, I subscribe my
self, FRIEN I D TO MAN.
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1 61ic liattuiiiirrnat.
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cotraiEnspoivr, PA., .
Timi'ski VioVil;iicj,life!!; IT, IS SR,
i T. Sj CHASE. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
1 4 C'13 LEC .S.N 31,11ET1
A meeting will be held at the Court
House, on TUESDAY EVENING OF
NEXT COURT, beiw , Feb. 22d, for the
purpose of organizing fur t he present year,
and of transacting such business as the
good of the cause may seem to require.
It is desired that all Republicans 'who
can attend, will be present, as it is pro.
posed to make an important clean g in
the representation in the next County
Convention.' A. C. TA,GGART,
Ch4irman e.ndy ornoilue,.
Coudersport, Jan. Stith,
We aro under obligations to oar
attentive Representative, .Mr. Mann, for
a copy of a proposed new Act . “relating
to. the collection of taxes iu the several
counties of the State," reported from the
Judfciary Committee by Mr. NEI, and or
dered to be printed. It proposes that the
county treasurer shall give thirty days'
notice in the newspapers, and meet the
tax-payers of each township
. previous to
the 12th day of July in each year,—all
who shalLpay on or before that time be
ing allowed a dethiction of 5 per cent .on
their State taxes,i which is to be in lieu
of the 5 per c entum abatement allowed
each County by -the act of 1644. We
think the law a goOd out, :uid ought to
be passed. It will go agreat way toward
the abatethent of delinquent collectors,
etc. As soon as it,becomes a law we will
publish it entire.
Orcroa a State.
The louse of 11,,epreseuatives on -Sat
urday passed without amendment the Sen
ate bill ailmittin . 4 !Oregon as a State of
Union (the thirty-third) by a rote of
`ll4 yeas to 103 nays—anaylized as fol
lows : • •
yEA3-I;tt_Tubliv - ins, [llillinghnrst of Wis.;
Car, Colfax, Kilgore and Pettit of Ind., Curtis
of Iowa ; Comics and Thayer of Itas, , Cragin
of-N. H.. Foster 'and Wood of Maine. Horton,
Lekter and Nichols. of Ohio, and ' Kunkel of
Penn.,] 15; l nti-Lecompton Democrats, 7 ;
pecompton Democrats, 02.
Nlys—Southern Democrats, 1S; South Amer
icau.S, 10 ; Anti-Lecompton Democrats, 2 ; . Re,
publicans 73. .
AEISENT-5 Republicans, 3 South Ameri
cans, 2 Auti-Lecompton ifent6erats, 7 Lecom p
ton Democtuts.
The Orezou Bill adniits that State with
out the En , xlish-liau:_ , as re6trietion a 3 to
population—Land has beeTri,carried through
by the prestige of governthent pap—nnothi
er' of thoie brutal outrages Unoia the rights
of the people, to which the present .Ad,
ministration-is so palpably adioted. The
Indiana Republican members were con
strained to vote for the bill by a resolution
of their State Legislature ; though we can
nut believe that they were really under
obligation to accede to so unreasonable a
reivest from a body they. do not represent.
The other Republicans who voted for. it
violated the wishes of a majority of their
constituents as'also the principles of their
party—innuich as the Lecomptonites
now claim the passage of the bill as an en
dorsement of the Dred Scott decision.. In
closing an editorial on the subject, the NI
Y. Tribune shys:
" liad the Republicans voted solid
against the Oregon bill, they wmild have
forced their opponents at least to take the
restriction off from Kansas in order to se
cure the admission of Oregon. Want
of nerve in a . few has changed what might
have been an inspiriting victory into n'
humiliating defeat."
Juries.
The Germantown T•legraph of last
week has a very sensible article urgin! ,
the abolition of Grand Juries. In I:u
land a reform - in the Jury, system is
strongly adVocated by the f,ondon Times,
and a is to be- introduced into the
British Parliament aiming more particu
larly at a reform in the Traverse Jury,
and insisting that three fourths—or nine
of the twelve Juror's—shall be sufficient
to establish a legal finding. There can
be little doubt in the mind of any intelli
gent person acquainted with our Courts
that this reform in Traverse Juries is
merely a question of time. For ourselves
we will be satisfied for the present with
an effort ou the part of the people to rid
themselves of the farce of Grand Juries.
We arc satisfied that the ends of justice
could be secured quite as well by a trial
on'information, as if a True Bill had been
found by a Grand Jury. The-truth is,.
that ju-tice is often defeated in this relic
of the great Circumlocution Office, where
men learn flow not to do it. BeSides it,
is a useless expense upon the county,
and in the cities, corrupt verdicts are of
every day occurrence.
We heartily second the sug7estion of
the 7,:fivraph, that some ambit:oils law
yer in our Legislature who wants to,be
regarded as a benefactor, shall take this
matter in hand, and make it apart of the
legislation of the State the present ses
sion. We know several gentlemen there,
who are fully competent to the task; and
we think we speak safely when we say
that any member who takes, the initiative
steps iu this 'reform, 'no matter to what
party he may belong, will secure the
thanks not only of his own constituency
but of the people of the State at large.—
Wellsboro Ayitato - r.
Thein's our sentiments. [ED. JOURNAL.
A Terror to Evil Doers.
Early in the Session of-the present Leg- .
islature. Hon. Joseph M. Church, one of
the members from Philadelphia, made
some rather severe comments on the con
duct of one Donovan, who ran against
Church for an election to the House, but
was repudiated by the people. Donovan
took offence at Church's remarks, and re
membeqing
. the almost unanimous approv
al that the pro-slavery press of this State
,gave to the assault on Sumner for words
spoken in the Senate, doubtless thought
he would be . sustained by his party if he
broke Church's head, after the maver of
Broook's assault on Sumner; and so he
waylaid him in the streets of Harrisburg
and did his hest to break Church's head.
But this is a Free State, and our Courts
do not tolerate such outrages. Donovan
was convicted in the Court of Quarter
Sessions of Dauphin County of an assault
and battery, tind Judge. Pearson, In pass
ing sentence, made the following remarks
to the prisoner, which do great honor to
Jude Pearson, and convey a deserved re
buke to the authorities in the District Of
Celutul;ia. We heartily commend this
sentence to all lovers of peace and good
order :
Cornelius. Donovan—You have been
indicted and convicted of an assault and
battery of a very aggravated character.—
The jury properly acquitted you of an in
tention to commit murder, as the evidence
failed to establish that such was your de
sign ; but the case is still of more than
usual enormity, as the injury was inflicted
with cold blooded deliberation on a mem
ber of the Legislature, on account of
words,'spoken by.him in the course of de
bate. The constitution seenres certain
immuin'ties to the members, and amongst
other things declares "that for any speech
or debate in either House, they shall not
be questioned in any other place." This
is not merely the paivilege of the mem
ber, hut of his constituents. .I.lle - repre
sentative must be at liberty to'fr,eely ut
ter his sentiments and opinions on every
question pending before the body to which
he belongs, without accountability except
to his conscience, his constituency, and
the House of which he is a member. He
is sheltered even from the animadversions
of the law,
and the law must protect him
from! the threats of the bully,., the bludg
eon of the ruffian . , and the knife and pis
tol of the azsassin. Without this immu
nity bar General sseuilily could scarce..
ly be said, to r epresen tp a free. State. The
members would ,be overawed in their de
liberations-by Threats or the fear of exter
nal violence, and be obliged to resort for
protection to an armed soldiery, or . carry
about their pelsoini deadly weaponsof
fence. The 'Citizen who aids in forcing
this necessity upon- them strikeS a fatal
blow at the institutions of lais country and
the freedourof representative government.
The-nviderice shows that on account of
sonie expressions uttered, by . Mr.' Church
iii the House of Reprcseratives, - in the
course of debate, the wore s.prohably tuis
understoed or misreportd, and After a
whole day -•fir deliberation, and ample
time. for the human passihns tomool, you
prepared yourself wit h a heavy ebony
cane and a ilarge . horsewh ip,
.and after
waiting some time by the wayside for him
to pass to his lodgings, you attacked him
in the public street, struck him a stun
ning blow;•Witli such ?6ree as to break the
cane, and render him/partially insensible;
you followed up that blow with others,
and / endeavored to inflict the further in
dignity on-his person of lashing him with
the horsewhip. The attack was without
'the slightest justification or excuse, and
not attended with one palliating cir
cumstance.
Although our national capital has been
disgraced
,by scenes of similar outrage,
-
!_yet we are proud to say that your offence
has no antecedent in this place. Had
_I
the criminal court- of the District of Co
lumbia done its duty to the community,
;
.lang set a proper example by inflicting a
disgraceful and infamous punishment on
the man who outraged the person of a
Senator on account of words spoken in
debate, we probably should have been
)spare(ttlie becessity of now imposing the
!sentence of the law upon you.
I Although great allowance is made for
sudden gusts of passion and the frailty of
hunin temper, yet it 'is our invariable
rule, to punish by imprisonment every in:
dividual who makes a deliberate and pre
meditated attack on the person of anoth-':
~or; more especially if accompanied with
the indignity of cauingor horse-whipping
him. Such onslaughts generally lead to
tthe effusion of human blood, and end in
I the death - of one or the other of the com
batants. Had Mr. Church taken your
i life, under,the circumstances diseksed by
the evidence, he would probably havci
been excusable in law. Had you taken
his, you would have expiated your °lrene°
on the nllows.
uahout the trial we treated your
case as an ordinary violation of the pub
lic peace, giving you every advantage and
presumption that -the law affords to the
citizen. - But when we conic to consider
your punishment we must look upon it as
a great outrage committed against the
peuple of the'Commouwealth, through the .
person of one of her representatives, wlu,
is entitled to. the most full and ample pro
tection of the law. Whatever counten
ance may be given to acts of lawless vio
lence and brute force in our great cittes.
they arc looliedt'upon by the sober and
judielous people of the interior with ab
horrence, and generally receive from our
courts and juries their merited punish
ment.
Your object was to disgrace your oppo
nent, and probably force him to seek re
dress of he for through means of a mortal
combat. That same diegrace which you
intendeiho inflict, the law will oblige you
to receive; and we are in duty Wind to
impose -upon you the ignOininy of impris
onment. This we consider necessary.
both on account of the cold-blooded ma
lignity of your crime, and also to deter all
wen from its repetition.
The sentence of Ole Court is that you
pay a flue of two hundred dollars to the
Commonwealth, pay the costs of prosecu
tion, give security by reeognizarices in the
sum. of one thousand dollars with one suf
ficient security in the like sum condition
ed to be of good behaviour and keep the
peace towards all the people of this Com
monwealth, and especially towards Jo
seph M. Church. for the period of one
year; end you be imprisoned in the jail
of Dauphin county for and during the
term of three calender months, to be com
puted from this day-, and that you are in
the custody of the Sheriff to carry this
sentence into effect:
Gov.,Packer has since pardoned Pono
vant---an act releasing him from both the
physical and pecuniary punishment, and
is regarded by all friends of law and order
as extremely partisan.
Temperance Ete.ms.
In Sweden when a man was seen four times
dimuk he is deprived of IV vote rtt elections.—
Ezchanye. _
There would .be an exoeedingly slim
vote polled in some localities with which
we_ are acquainted, if the Swedish law
were in force in the United States.--
Hon e scA le Deniocnt f.
It is however, an excellent law. But
we suggest that wshould be amended. so
as to deprive the 'man who sells the stuff
that makes the drunk come, of. the privi
lege of votimi. A drunkard does not
!know how to rule himself. Why -should
he make 'laws for the ruling of other pee
pie ?
The Deleivare Legislature, it is said,
will pass the act granting lottery privileg"s
so - as to' aid the construction of railroads
Fin that State, without involving the State's
credit: ; The State would better sustain.
its credit by having 'as little as possible
to do with gairibling. Legalizing fraud
ulent:Means to extra:et money frima the
pockets of her citizens to depend upon
chance; instead - of their industry, to grow
I rich, doing all it can to increase idle
ness, which must always keep hnr . poor.—
' A l'emi.Fillvaitict Exchange Pv62..
The Legislature of titis Stnte kavePaSs
ed au act granting liquor selling privileges,
so as to . obtain money for the Treasurytherefrom - . We think the credit of Penn- I
sylvania is more in danger, and g,ainbling
is more encourag,ed.7by our liquor old,:
than Deleware is likely to be by her pro.'
posed lottery act, tho' that is - had enough
in all conscience. - We think Penneyl i va
nia papem had better ask the - Legislature
of this State, to repeal' the act lea lining
•
drunkard making, before they undertake
to lecture Deleware on the' proposedl li
cence:to gamblers. I
1
As showing the crimina l influence of
whisky- drinking. and selling, take Ithe
lynching of two men in Nebraska a short
time since: Several persons are noW ly
ing in jail on a charge of naurtlering these
victims of lynch law; and here is Whnt
correspondent of the H. Tram* says
of one of them:
"I understand the
.four persons men
tioned in the verdict have been arrested
and placed in confinement, and I am Sorry
to add that one ofthem. J. G. Seeley, is
a citizen of Onialia,' - and, worse than all,
a justice of the peace, and a member of
ilur City Council. No one, whO knows
Mr. Seeley, (free front liquor) will aCcuse
him of having a bad heart, but his ituzi
dm: now furnishes a sad commentary on
The influence of bad _company and bad
whisky, and good whisky to boot, which
I hope will be seriously laid to heait by
quite a number here in analr"
• The abovefact might to be "Seriously
laid to heart by quite a number" in ;every
village iii the land. That is the
mate fruit of whisky drinking every Where.
I
Misery and crime.
In the Senate of this State, on the 25th
of January, Mr. Coffee presented a peti
tion from .citizens of Armstrong county,
for a Prohibitory Liquor law. We' i hope,
Mr. Coffee will follow up this .petition
and offer a bill in his place in accordance
with it.' In what other way could the
Legislature do the people such as4vice?
We clip the following item from the N.
Y Lid,ppndent, and are glad to note this
evidence of general revival of the Tem
perance canseatuon9; all classes :
" We. are glad to see a rising :among
the people in our two cities in rt n to
Temperance. A rousing meeting 'of the
Brooklyn City Temperance Socivty is to
be held at the Brooklyn Atheneum, on
Thursday evening, Jan. 27th. Mr.
Beecher is to address the ineetir,.
Letter From Harrisburg.
I Corresp , mde-nce
.V!AT. Journal.]
Feb. 7, "Mi 9.
Mu. Cu . AsE: Over four weeks have
passed since the opening of the Session,
and what has been done? Absoltitely noth
ing ; it' the abolishing of the office of Ca
nal .
Commissioner and State Engineer—
' which was really accomplished in a few
hours—was not. in the account. .•That act,
', which abolished an office that ought nun
to have been created,—is one in which
the people are interested, and I suppose
that the passage of the bill is almost uni
t versally approved. Our newly elected
Canal- Commissioner thought that it was
DOE treating him very respectfully—send.
lug - him back to private life so quickly
I after his promotion, but in my humble
opinion it was nut dune in the least too
soon ; for, in the few days that the bill was
~being made acceptable to the views of the
Senate. some fi((1. claims we're passed and 1
atiowed, that twenty years since were put •
to sleep, for want of evidence to keep them
awake—and there were a rood many more
1 of the seine age awaiting en audience oi
that august body, at the time they were
so quietly let down to a place that left
them powerless, and another quiet act i
stopped payment on these old claims',
whiCh the Board - allowed. until authoriz-
I
ed by an act of the Legislature, so that
they will . have to undergo one more scru
tiny.. Aside' front this there has been
absolutely nothing done, and although the
business of the session ought to be all tie.
eetnplished in four weeks more, and the
members - on the road that 'leads them
.home, I have nut any doubt but that the
session' will extend into the middle of
April and perhap4 longer—although there'
will be a determined eflbst to close about'
the tWentieth of March, it - will fail. Do
you ask why ? Let me say to you, that
the ie truth is not to be spoken at all
times"= --the more so in this particular
' case—as I am a timid man, and should
most i . un , doubtedly "stir up" a certain
!tite4tity ' that has become quite common
of late, which is really unpleasant in its
"attachment,"
. if you will not, make the
matter too public, I would say to you, that
there are a great number of grants for cor
porations, presented and to be presented,
and of these; charters for Philadelphia
PasSenger Railways, are "legion." Were
all the bills passed 'that are hero for the
1 sane road in the sane street, the acts
would, not, but the Railroads f would, if
beilt,lfill the streets so as t6aocionnuodate
the residents in the fourth and fifth stories
inuckbetter than those lower down ; and
when!l say further, that the bpsiness men
of Philadelphia and the property . !tattlers
in those - streets - have no anxiety in regard
to' the question, more .thati .that there
should be but oneroadto the street—no
choice as to What s et of men; get the net
of intiorporation—that the sleek, is con
sidered " very ealuable-;" that' men from
all parts of the State are here]advooating
the interest of thiS or that' bill—men
whoin• we presume know but, little about
city ra ilroadA,Who have the arep utt ,
don" of .being possessed of ex- Crowding?,
powers in convincing members of the ne.
cessity of the particular kind of he g i s t v
tion which they are asking for. Now I
think you can understand me wheal say
that there is a great deal of "INTEREs.r,
and "eloquence" in a" pu.
senger Railway Bill," There are se w° .
other charters asked for, far different pe r ,
poses, but how ulna of legislation is in
them has not yet - 4 s aPpeared."
General Duff Grreitm—hiturwhose nalne
I r was so familiar irt " Jacksq‘ times"—.l,
here ask i ng fora "illam mot lt - Corpori tt i on, , ,
to be " entitled the American Improve
merit and Loan - DoMpan_y," with a capitai
reaehino. into the " millions."
You have read--Anit have; you pithlish,
ed ?—Judge Pears'Ms Prologue and sen
tence of one ;hunts Donovan for c an i ng
the gentleman from Philadelphia,- and
who represents; the sixth Represeatative
District of that city.? If you have not,
you should, because it trill haver stron g
tendency to prevent any belligerent of
your county front caning, or attempti ng
the thing, within the district over which
the Judge ts.jurisdiction extends. .Ni ne ,
ty days, and two hundred. dollars, sure r
will cool the valorcf afinost any 'm an
let alone any other tittle risks that belo w
to twitters of Oda - kind. It is the opinio a
of several law abiding and orderly citizens:
of this place that the:Judge should have
that small piece of Territory, ten-by,ten,
now belonging to the United .States, an
nexed to this Judicial District. It would
soon make 'the place :more respectable,
and the qualifications forgo/ft-heat/edema' s
harder to reach. 19 truth, there are in
dividuals here, who say that the. Judge
added sixty_ days to Donovan's sentence,
for the sake of certain gentlemen living
in a Southerly direction from this place:
However this may be, I do not know; and
yet I have pd doubt that if this had beet )
!the first case of the kind that the Judge
had heard of, the sentence would not have
marked so Many days;. but under the eir.
icuinstanees it was necessary- that severe
;measures should he adOpteu-- 7 reversing
the rule that has obtained precedence at
the capitol of the nation, where a man
acquires the " title of Bully" with ease.
;
You know that- honors easily gained are
not greatly prized. Therefore, thanks to
!j u d g e Pearson—and if the sentence its
this case standing out. alone, unconnected
with transdetions of a similar kind, is
over-severe-when we, as-all must, look
at this, as but the result of certain dan
gerous and rutliards- tastes that have of
!ate been .too highly gratified and cold-
toted, we must acknowledge the—Atam.
There is in . progres4_ here a very inter.
esting revival, growing out of the free tin
of strychnine., logwoou and other - awe• .
ous substances—mildest) by the compound
—that since the liquor law of 1858 have
been freely used, ( suppose for the "stom
ach's sake"")", and which use has so plain.
ly and distinctly resulted in making" rum
r , asks" all over this beautiful town/ that
la " bold own" has stopped, looked 'and
(shuddered; and as a natural result, there
I is' a revival' of the temperence effort of
former years and a determination-to make
a good tight Energetic men and wpm
have taken hold of the work and ninth
, oOd must conic of it. Bat with such a
law as was made laht winter, and with
this people, the odds- are on the side of
whisky. Yotitnav legi,datefor 4Madat
not awn inst. it; you may ,fiy.ke it morally,
but " bark" it legally ; you may kick it
:into the street wh en in rungs—in broad•
,;loth, you shall walk arm in artn . with
and ask it into your best room ; in one
garb a OM- miserable_ sinner, - fit only for
a place I will,net name,—in anotherdw
a saint on the direct path thitt leads to
the gates of eternal happiness—if—yesr—
ffi—f need not fill out the sentence."
We have had for the most of - the time ,
very delightful weather—bright, clear and
beautiful weather—that should touch the
soul and. make it.joyous ; out ihe.
'spirit in . sympathy, add giving it that
serene happiness that would steal even
;our senses," if ire were not so determined
jto be miserable. In the gladness of Wy.
heart, I have commenced
. an eulogy {} a.
the day that was passing, to some friend,
'and the chilly and universal reply hug
been—with a: tightening of the coat around
the neck and a cold shiver—" tc c ll catch
it in Aped!": Poor miserable—we can't
enjoy anything but a whine and our dip
content, and.are'ouly hoppll wilco we are
grumbling. •
WHY WILL YOU DELAY?
Why will you neglect that disease which it
taking such Been root; ind which gives 103
warning by that hackink cough, that you zl i fb
fast ripening for eternity ?-. Why encourp
that pain in the side, the raising of blood,
night sweats,- or. that difficult breathing,
which silently witiiper in your ear that some'
thing must be done to nave you froUt
grave of the consumptive? Why act so Me*
lessly by permitting that disease to destroy
your health, and hasten- you M the tomb from
whence no traveler ever vet returned?
iLENCH THAT DREADFUL COUG-R!
Or death must carry you to your silent gnu&
Why delay While there is yet-hope'? Cos•
sumption is cawed by impure humois of tta
blood being deposited in the cells oftlieling s.
Hence, the lungs nre like a spring o
when roiled up' by the dirt or mud,
if ciesr
water constantly flows throngh the WV ,
impurities or mud Will be cenveyed away bu
.
the pure water. Just so with the blood
kept in a.clean or pure state;. as it constutll.
flows through the - lungs, it carries allay
corrupt matter, and perfect health will be the
result. From two to four Pills taken be
night or every other night, or enough to
beep
bowels regular, in a reasonable ti A
m
cure consumption. The reason these pill= ?r°
used more than all others, is because theYa re
made of purifying vegetables, and cleanse thAt
body from all : corrupt matter, cud driv e°l/
disease of every description. quicker and DIA
milder way than any other Pills.
Dr. Morse's Indian - Root Tills are soli.
by all dealers in Medicines.