Indiana American, Volume 22, Number 10, Brookville, Franklin County, 24 February 1854 — Page 1

71 I t BY T. A. GOODWIN. BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FJUDAY, FEBItüABV 21, 1S51. VOL. XXII. NO. 10.

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- Dil J. W. KEELY, . SUxrxx) Surgeoa Dentist OtrU K UAB DOOR KOl'TII OP TUB VAI.LKY Jlül'sK, t rr.iM. All wors. warranUs). No iT furenaiuiuaiuni or advice. )lTl -J. 13. DAVIS, M. D., Ph yalciau & Surscou, OVFICB at hl realJeiim, eorner of Main anj Jarut itrecu, Hrouatllio, IuJ. CYRlS KlIAiO.!. Ju.llesof the Paar, sud Attorney aaJ toun.elloral liw. Hrookville, IbJ. üititf oaib Cornoi of fubile quars. O, 1A1J. "ITT MOItUOW Attorney and Coonaelloral W.U, Ofllca .N. 71UUV bulUmr, Hroosvine,taitiaaa. 1-13. T D. JOSES Attorney asd Conn.vllor a Ji Law,Broollla,luJ Office Iii Holle' bulllins. 43-'SJ CIt OOItSIf A!XK Attorney and fill l, Councilor al La. Office lu lUiio' buiwiii. Urokill, Indiaua. JH. 51't'Ll'IICt AttoruoyatUw. OSlce . on Bitre-.i.treet.two doori uortli ofOn. Hol land's Office, brookriUe. 43-' 33 JXT. IIITT Attorney at Law, and Molury Pub. i lie, ortlco tili Usoaaa IIollarp, l-aq-, iirook rille, Ind. Itatesof AdrrrlUlnraaacrnedupou bj th so beer Iber. Transient Advertising. One luareor loa, throe weckt t 1 fiO For every additional aaevrUon under 9 out! 25 Yearly Advertising. Odo uar or !, one year .....3,00 One fourth of column 3 nioe ti.o . "J mot lo. W) il year 13,00 On half of a column 3 mo. ...... ...... ..IO,(iu m m omo m m ii mo ati.ou Ont column 3 moi ..'JO.oo m ftniM 33.110 m 13 moa.... 30.(10 Fr eart Intortion orer thro weeks au I Ie than Iure atou.li.SJ cenU a tuars will be added. A tiaaro conalutt of 830 erne 4en llnee Xon. peretl. Anytatur. leas than tuaro to be court. Wd aa a full ejaari; fraction oor square, ai a eenare and a half; a fraction over a tquare and a aalf. aa two antiaru. and.o on. Circuit aud i'owinon PloaaCoort, Amlnl.tra Don and other li-ffal notice, tau.l bo paid in ad' ance or amply eecured. Inno eao will we awail the tie of a aa t for the prlutcr'a foe. Atlern j will bo held rcponiOle for tha legal ailvertl.lnc orderod by the in. JQ-Aunounclngcanilulatcaof every dcacrlptlon, l to uh-rloer,aud Sltolhoee who are not nayrnrtiitivviiuatt la ' Adrenlaeinenla not marked on tha ropy for a epocifldd naiabor of Inaurtluna. will be rnmluued antil ordered out, and payment riulr-d accordlnfly.nnloM they refer to a doflnltj dale, whcti thev will be IutoJ te that dat. If markud "till foriid," they will, of courae, be Inaertud until ordered out, at th u.ual rale. All a lerlicmcal from tranfert ortrauaient eronlo bo paid Ui advance. ipx'Ul Üotli-e, Puff, and Cominnnlratlort eli!(und to proinolo prtvau InUrfti.., will be cnarsred II lion i'inre I r eacii luionion. Marnauaan llhs unlit are auuoa'iced gralulU UllT. No advertisement will be Inaertod without mpouaattoo. T. A. COODWIX, Kd. American. C. B. BESTI.EY, fcd. Uomocrul. Btltd Calt. The Lone OH Han. UTT. 8. AKTHVR. Paisin, a few days since ia the village of V , my attention was attracted by the air of neglect apparent in and around a tastefully built cottage, that seemed once to hare been the pride and pleasure of its owner. Choice roses and fragrant honey-ruckles clambered up the waste columns of the porch, prodigal of sweetness; but the vigorous shoots of the one, and the long, twüiing branches of the other, swayed in the air or drooped towards the groundf vain'.y seeking for support. Evidently not for months had the pruning knife or training hand been busy there. Near by the entrance-gate stood two cone-like cedars, tall and cleanly cut but dead; their brown, needle-shaped leaves shivering down under the touch of every passing breere, and covering the verdurelesa ground beneath. Grass was springing vd in all the pleasant walks, and the untrimed box borders were ragged aud neglected. Vine trellises had broken pannels here and there; all over the garden were seen weeds and tangled under-growth. Only a single shutter infrontof the cottage was unfastened, and that stood always open, early or late. Twice I had gone by without seeing evidence of life about the neglected dwelling: butin passing the third time, I observed a white-haired old man walking, with his hands behind him and his eyes upon the ground, backward and forward, slowly, in one of the grass-grown wnlks. There was something in his Hppearanco that wa inexpressibly sad. 1 looked at him for a few moments, and then kept on; but o fixed was his image on my mind, in that brief period, that the vivid impression still remains. 1 numbering one thousand inhabitants, all told, hai three tavern, or "places of in tcrUiomcnl for man nnd beast," and twelve hops for the retail pt liquor. These I tt were all kept by Irishmen and ikrnum. At one of th taverns the bet in the pl.tep, and Jhat is not aayiivj much in its f.tvor I was sUjing. I he bar was well lur niabed with bad liquor, aud the b tr room never free from idlers and tavern loungers, notly belonging to the vil lugo, as could readily be interred from the tenor of their rotm-ntntiott. I did not fail to remark that scarcely one of incite poisons spoke half a uoxon word without an oath or !rof.uio ex prvsMon; and I alo noted the fact that jihey were never so animated in foil veraation as when referring to lonu thin obicenr. vil or cruel. At Ternncraucstb virtue they seoutei),undoo Went so far nstoallogo scandals against a clergyman in the village, whom know to 1)0 one of the purot of nu n. v orst or all was the presence of two or as .a a si i ii reo tau in the Ditrroom, who lis tenrd to tho corrupt conversation ca igerly, snd drunk In all llmt was luid will) too evident a ploaauru. "Who lives in the brown coit;nrc at t K It hlmr n 1 1 rtft Ii A kl r.o.r nnt)iiaiill.9" .V "JV W . iiiv . V, VI .Ml l4 V 1 ankrd of tho landlord. "Judgo Williams," ho answered coldly, at he turned away. tgvio U Judge Williams!" I inuuir ed, as soon as 1 got tho landlord's car Hjriin. "lie s one of our judges, wascuit ly replied, and again he turned from ne. This only piqued my curiosity.

"Doyouknow Judge Williams?" I nuked of a rouijh-looking man, whom I had observed lounging about tho tavern ever since my arrivnl there, and who had just turned from tho bar where he had been drinking. "I ought to know curse his picture," answered the man frowning. He looked at mo for a few moments, evidently to seo whether I meant to insult him by the question, and then turned, muttered something that I

could not make out, and Ict't the bar room. "No good blood in him for Judge Williams, saiJ a man who had over heard myquestion. "Why not?" was my natural inqui IT. "The Judge gave him a year in the StatePrison, for biting off his brother's ear m a drunken quarrel." 'Eh! that explains it! But what of Jud-'O Williams? There's something wrong about him, is there not?" The man shrugged his shoulders. As he was about replying, some one called him. He left mo. Just then a boy came in and scattered balf-a-dozen small printed handbills through the bar-room. "What are thcm?' gruffly asked the landlord. "There's to be a Maine L iw meeting at tho Lyceum Hall to night," replied tho boy, looking side-ways at tho landlord as hb spoke. "Won't you come? Judge Williams is going to speak." There was impertinence as "Veil as humor in the boy's manner. The landlord.hot with uncontrollable anger, on the instant uttered a wicked imprecation, and then hurled an empty glass at his head. The missile passed him within an inch, and striking the wall, was shattered into a hundred fragments. As the now frightened lad scampered away, some of the bar-room inmates laughed, some looked grave, and one or two rebuked the passionate man for an act which might have resulted in murder. "Give me them bills," said the landlord, coming from behind tho counter. Gathering up as many of tho priuted slips of paper as he could get his hands upon, he tore them into shreds, with violent gestures and oaths, and then threw them into the street. Two or three remained in possession of those who, like myself, declined yielding them up to the incensed individual who considered himself particularly insulted by their intrusion onhis rux-ra-ises. Next came, as a very natural result, a discussion, among the bar-room loungers, of tho Maine Law question. The landlord was too much excited to think clearly or talk coherently; so he only used profane expletive. Some ridiculed the whole movement as preposterous; some cursed the leaders, and some made themselves merry at the expense of the cold-water men. Nearly all present had indulged the r particular humor on the subject, and conversation was beginning to flair. when a young man whom I had noticed as sadly fallen, yet retaining traces of better condition and higher intelligence than any around him, arose, by a table a which he had been half crouch ing, nnd extending one h'and in an energelic manner, said "You may all talk as you please but I see no hope but in the Maine Law!" "There, now, Dick Thomas, do yoi ust hush up. Nobody asked for your opinion, nnd nobody wants it." lhe man turned quickly to the Iandord, who had thus roughly interrup ted him, and after fixing his eyes sharply upon him for some moments, retorted "You may rob ui of icason and vir tue, but of free speech never! lou've all had your say, and now I'm a . a a going to have mine. If you don t wish to listen, you can retire." "lou vc got to retire, Tounjmanl exclaimed tho landlord, his faco again lot with anger; and as he said this, ho came hastily Irom behind the bar. and advancing towards the object of us wrath, atsumeu a menacing atti tude. "Go, this instant, or 1 will itch you head foremost into the street." I wish you would put a hand on me, said tuo o'.her, in h1umiw voice. There was murder in his eye, and tin iron resolution in his tone. For sev eral moments the two men glanced savly at each other; then tho landlord retired behind the bar. He content with your place there and your work there, old fellow," said tho youtii m m. with a bitter sneer. but don'taltcmpt what is beyoiidyour atnliiy." Then, turning to the com pany, he repeated the words iqioU-n it little while belore, and in the earnest, and impressive manner et lirst appar ent. "Vou may talk as you please," ho said, "but 1 seo lio hope but in the Maine Law. And there i no other hope for such us inc. Ten times have 1 taken the pu dge, and God knows it was Uken in nil sincerity! Uut with vitiated appetite, and temptation ever In my imili, how was I to stand? Keep liquor out of my siht, and I can do well enough; but with it tavern or gro gtry at every corner, the ease is hopeless. I voted for tho Maine Ltw at tho ht election, und if 1 live to isit the polls again, my ballot ahall be cast on tho side of virtue, order and sobriety. What a cursed infatuation what a blinding folly this drinking ist Are you, or you, or you, "anything tho better for it f ' turnti the ono to tho other, theo words. "1 will not pause for your answer, 'no' your faces, iu i feeble negative; but your wholo np pcaranco responds, trumpel-tongued 'iSo no no. An, my Iriends, know how it is with myself, nnd 1 know how it is with you. While this man trap is cur iu the wy( our fvvt must

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stumble. What hope for us is here? None none. There sits the great laty spider, his web nicely spread abroad, and we, the poor victims, cannot pass by without getting hopelessly entangled. All over tho land are theo spiders and their webs, and there is no broom to sweep them aside. Give us tho Maine Law, and wo have a broom that will do tho work effectually. I go for this law, gentlemen! And I am going to the meeting to-night. Judge Williams is to speak. Poor man!

lie will speak in vain, for all the good spcakin" will do him; but if he doesn't ... .... stir all hearts to their lowest depths, call Dick 1 nomas a fool! "You'll give 'cm h tpecchtoo won' you," said t'ac landlord, in impotent contempt "If you're there, I will," retorted Thomas. "I couldn't have a better subject than the snider and the fly. A shout of applause from the rudo inmates of the bar-room answered this cutting speech, and under the govern ing impulse of the moment, it was vo ted to attend tho Maine Law meeting in a body. "You'd better drink all round to bolster up your good resolution," said the landlord, forefng a laugh, lie had sense enough to see the folly of quarreling with his customers, and bo re pressed his irritation. "Not a bad idea," quickly answer ed one of the company: and in a mo ment the fickle crew was at the counter, nnd the landlord as busy as he could be in mixing his tempting potsous for their lips. I turned oti', sad at the sight, and left the bar-room. At an early hour in the evening I was at Lyceum Hall. The room was nearly filled on my arrival; but I managed to get a place near the speaker's stand. "Judge Willi ims is to speak," I heard whispered behind me. This seemed the leading atrraction of the evening. Who Judge Williams was, or what the particular interest attached to him, 1 had not yet learned. That a blight was on him in his old age, was plain; but where r.nd what the blight was, I could not infer but vaguely. Tho meeting was organized in due form, and resolutions ottered npproving tho Maine Law, and calling upon the Legislature to enact one similar iu its provisions. Then eamo a pause of expectation. The old man 1 had thought to see ou the stand, was not there. I looked around the room, but failed to recognize him. Others seemed in like expectation with myself. There was now a movement near the door. ' I turned with the rest of the audience, and saw the pale, thin, intelligent face of the old mau I had seen at the brown cottage. "There is Judge Williams," I heard passing trora lip to lip. He moved slowly along the aisle Uli he reached the platform, which he ascended and took a chair near the President of the meeting. "The Secretary will read the resolutions again," said the Chairman. The resolutions were accordingly read: A brief silence followed, and then Judge Williams arose in a slow dignified manner. A little while he stood; his tine eyes that seemed to light up his w hole face, wandering over the audience. All was still as if there had not been a living soul in the room. "My friends," his voice was low, and trembled blighlly "1 meet you this evening in public assemblage, for the lirst time iu many months. I may never meet you again. A lonely old man, with all hope in life gone, 1 urn a lingerer here only a little while. Soon the places that have seen nw will see me no more. I bhall pass the bourne from which no traveler returns and pass it, 1 feel, right early. I have been among you for several years; t:nd in all my public life, I have in the fear of God, sought to judge rightly between my fellow men. lo is human; therefore 1 have not been free from error; but the merit of good intention I must in justice claim. My friends, look tit me as I stand before you to-night," and he advanced i few steps on the platform. "Ilm lead is whiter than it was a year ago this hand not so steady this poor body less linn and erect, I am a shattered wreck on the sea of life; the last frail vessel of a goodly fleet that Wellt down in tho pitiless tempest. How vainly did 1 reach lor a harbor, where ' . .1 . .1 I . . I i saw mo siorm gathering out mere : was none in which we might ride in I afety. "l-Vllow citizens,", his form was now more creel, and his tones In nie r and deeper "turn your tliotuiu back lor

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iwt-vu years ui li ot you as can it o.t even'.s for so long a period, did I not . . T.1 i i i tuen say t you mat licensed uriiiking house would bo a curse to oar beau tiful ullage? Did 1 then not urge, warn, implore you, and with all lhe little eloquence 1 possessed. Did I not then declare it was my In lief that, as a body of citizens, united in corporate form lo sreuru our mutual wellbeing, it was our duty to guard the weak and lhe youthful from iho fascination of drink, by prohiUiling the sale of intoxicating liquors in our village? We had a much the light to do this as the light to lealrictor pro hibit the alo ol poison. 11 wits it meuhuro of clf-proiecli'Ui a legitimate as any other. Who was to bo wronged by it? Tho nvm who, loo idle lo work, sought to live by corrupting his neighbors, and sowing broad-raal the

seeds oi vice, crime, depravity, und snort nine, when x heard a momentary eterntl death? No; nut even ho was shutllihg of feet, und a smothered extq sutler wrong! Heiter far, even lor' elamalion. There was sotneihin ' in

1 . I I him, (hat ho should be compelled to doservico iu society iu order to get his daily bread. In every view, therefore, the icsiiiciion 1 then urged was the rijht one. Hut you, my fellow citizens, called my reasoning fallacious, and mo visionary or tyrannical,

"Well, In tho twenty years that have . . 9 & a i

nassed since i nrst advocated an t nriro

restriction of the unle here' lhavcih"d. You nil remember this dread

seen more than twrntv of our most rromisinif voun? men some of their trrcv-haired fathers are hero to-ni?ht thrust down into drunkards' trraves. Why, my friends," ho kpoke now with a sudden indignautcnergy "ono of thone voun-r men, with his intellect imdimmcd. would have been worth a thousand of the miserable wretches who destroyed them, and for woso maintenance vou sa renerouslv nrovi. ! lded the trade of dram-selling. How ! J . i . ii i.i i my nenn swells and tnrous. and almost , ufloeatcd mo with indignation at the ! thoughts. Hut ah! how impotently!" Mournful, very low nnd mournful were these last words. "Well my friends," he resumed, after a pause, "to protect and support tho idle, vicious dram-seller, you sacrifice the rising hope of your village. Unto this bloody Moloch you brought your sons. For twenty years I have sat on the bench, and I will say now, before God and man, that in nino cases out f ten, every ciimo and outrage which has taken placo during that period, in this county, was traceable, directly or indirectly, to the use of intoxicating drinks. And the history of crime all over our land gives but a parallel testimony. And yet the rumseller is protected in the accursed traflie regularly licensed to destroy the bodies und souls of your neighbors and children, and if we, all whoso hopes in life are blasted by this evil, lift up our voices against it, and ask for its sup pression by the firm hand of the law wo arc branded with coarse epithets, and called visionary and fanatical dis turbers of settled order, tc. "bhow me any good that Ins been done in P by dram-.!rnking. Show me a man made more virtuous and thrifty a better husband, father, nnd citizen. Bring him here to-night and let us look upon him. Where is 1 A a a a . . lie.' Alasl ho is not to bo found. You cannot bhow the good, but the 1 a m . evil, uodhelnus! It iseverv where. My friends you all know that I and mine' have been cursed by this curse: but how deeply, few have imagined. Let me lift the curtain for you to-night litt it for a moment, nnd then let it fall forever. Three sons crew un to manhood. True hearted, clear minded thoy were, and full of promise for the future. Ono studied law, one medicine, and the other chose the life of a farmer. I used no intoxicating drink in my house, and yet these three goodly uns alcA-p in drunkards'- gi avi'X. I Beyond riiy own house I eould not protect them. Temptation was on: every hand; temptation sanctioned by law, and mado respectable -through! the blind favor of men whoc position gave influence to their precept and example. Like other young men, they had their weaknesses; like other young men, they thought lightly of warning; liko other young men, thev moved pleasantly along in the smooth current of the world, all unheeding the danger by which they wero surrounded, until resistance to the downward course was hopeless. "Three years ago, the eldest was thrust from one of your taverns at a late hour of the night, and . falling on the pavement, received a wound on the head, which produced insanity. He is since dead. The second, ufter six months' abstinence, was enticed into the same den of evil, by some wicked men who kuew his weakness. He fell, never to rise again. Unhappy young man! How had he struggled with his appetite! Oh! how bitterly I have seen him weep how earnestly I have heard him pray, in the lonely night-watch, for strength: yet lie died while the mad fever of intoxication was in his brain. "The third, my youngest son his mother's idol he, too, went the same way. Of all my boiis, he alone marlied. The purest, fondest, sweetestof women was the dear child he brought away from her warm nest r.t home, to grace and brighten our household. We had no daughter of our own; and so, all the love in our hearts a daughter eould have called forth, was lavished upon this beautiful dove. I need not describe her to you; you have seen her, nnd many ol you loved her. But she is at rest.'' 1 he old man's voice choked. For it little while ho stood client, .nable from irrepressible enioiioti, to proceed. At I . I ! I III I i ist no saiu, in a low, nushv u lib pel' "."She is nt rest now. Let inc. its calmly asl tun able, tell you how the : passed away. It was hot peacefully and sweetly, at un infant sinks lo mccp in us inotiiei s twins. .Mi, no: no! Her death was violent. i i . . .. . i 1 1 . . i . , a a a a a n at, it tiiriii passe. i lliioiigii the assembly! White faces bent forward eageily, and breaths weio held in up palling txpcclatiou. Sho was murdered by her husbandl' 1 lie old man sunk into tiehair while a groan iwou from tbo assembly. . . . . - . . ,.m gotKi end is to be gained by eoncealnii nt," resumed Judge Wil liams, us he l ose und iu it Iii nu r voice w ent on "if the revelation spurs uu ....... ii i i . i i i ui ucuoii, an i tiesiiu ii ucconiiiiiea. My sou eanie homo one night, k-in than a yt iir ago, intoxicated, itltt i T longer period ot sobriety than usual. He had net er treated Ins wile with personal unkiudiiess, If she remonstrated with hint, bo showed no irritation; and often, though lur influence, would make temporary i fl'ort tit reformation. I 111 1 1 Ik 1 1 t.HMlil it III., I'm. til J.lllvF .1 t ..! I I " the sound that caused me to start nnd litten, llut nothing more was heard for ut least live minutes, when, 1 was aroused by the falling of a heavy body iu their chamber, 1 repaired thither m the instant. Sight pf horror Mv sou

I lay, d)ing, in his own blood, on the

'floor; tho fatal razor with which the I.I ...... .1 i.:.

1 ullllll u,n' " uum , eiuw-nwu m m I ful tragedy. Hut there was someihinir ; n'oro dread , neverbucn told. Em turning his hand ' upon himself, my son smothered with pillows the -,l The old mnn staggered back, nnd at down again. "Gd help me!" ho resumed,, after moment or two. "I cannot say mor(?- Wo buried them nde by aide; but wo wen broken-hearted. A few weeks more, my poor wife followed !....: i t.. .vi -ii -. mg iouvij uu man, mi lo green branches ol my tree withered and tho root nearly sapless nnd dead "What need is there for me to say more?" he added after a pause. "I have shown vou the bitter fruits of the trallic. Look at them. lieason of them among yourselves, nnd make your own decision. If you continue to sow the seeds you nie now sowing, you must expect no better.' On me the evil has dono its worst. Uut, for tho sake of your children nnd your neighbors, let me implore you to turn aside from your beautiful village this torrent of vice that is yearly sweeping its scores to destruction." There were few dry eyes in the assembly w hen Judge illiams sat down; and it hardly .need be told here, that tho rosolutious were passed by acclamation. At my next visit to P ,thc brown cottage had found another owner, and the lonely old man was sleeping in tho village g a aa rave-yard. IHiscdlann. From tho Rushville Jacksonian. To the Citterns of Itidluuu. Although but nn humble citizen, and" Incapable ol wielding the pen with the ability which rnsny pose, yet I feel a deep interest in the welfare unJ prosperity of tho great Stnto of which you are honorable members. I uisuine tho responsibility, of cnlling your thoughtful attention lo the ull absorbing question: "Ought the people of Indiana to exercise tho riyht of suffrage and elect such men to the Legislature as will enact a prohibitory law!" Jt is true, we confeis.that this subject to many may appear a novelty, at least in their political creed; and it is perhaps equally true that tho enactment of such a law will interfere with the c aim ofsume of our Citizen, Such a result would endanger their craft. But then if tho fe.v would bo injured in their business, would not the many bo benefitted both in their purxe end in their morals? The ijiicstfon-rs-jnt-th Does the whisky business in all Its branches and bearings pay Will the profits of tho manufacturing and scllin 2 wholesale and retail ovcrbalauco the losses in its consuintion! Yes, wo ask, docs it buy' x ou are interested in the decision about to be made every Father, Mother, Sol ana Daughterin the land yea, the senrations yet unborn, who shall follow us, are, and will be interested in the settlement of this inomentuous question. In dunes and dol'ars, as well as in character, happiness, wealth, influence and destiny we are, and they soon will be, personally and fearfully interested Gentlemen, the question is before you it cannot bo staved off your decision is asked lor, and your vot.-s as patriots must now be given for or against a prohibitory liquor law.' Do you say the question ought not to bo mixed with the politics of the country! We ask, why! is it not an important onel Does it not involve the welfare of mill ions! And since the Fourth of July 177Ü, has any subject come before the .American people of such wide-spread and fearful issues! Then why not min gle it with politics1 Can it hi morally or po.itically wrong to do so! H hat is politics! May they not be defined tob such principles and schemes of government as will wisely and permanently secure tho welfare, and happiness of tho governed. And is it not the enactment of a prohibitory Liquor Law a political scheme of this character! Does it not involve the property unJ welfare ol mill ions oi our citizens, us well os the purity of our government nnd the perpetuity of our institutions. Then why iut let it come into our politics! Ah, "it will in jure our pony," wo hear some ot yau say. Y li it party! we would ask. is there any party iu these United States that has, or will usuuuio tho doleiiio and r a va a advocacy oi me n iuortruiUJ! vve know olnosuchpariy w.j repeat it, we knotf of no such nurty. However reckless J VI fallV ll'fU'JI II Uillwi T V flallVV patties in ay have been heretofore, there has been no perlodin tlm history ol lha America people when any one of thetit has stoo l up openly to de. end hu liquor traffic. Well, but this ogttaliuii will injure ..... .. ..... ti .... :.. .1. . our pa ir wi lu nsui on. lion, in in; v ... 1 1 iiuii.n vi uu. buiuuiuii euumi i i n v nuiiiu inpiire, fun your psriy org miration be j elicited l v Hut i'ii'zciis ol tue .ilutj ma king uu el.'oi t to puss a I iw to protect themselves, and their children Irom the turse ol 'intemperance, if your party Is, as you siy, 'in luvor of iciujHMncc, does teiiiperuiicc coiillicl with your polili cut BUCCVSSl ti .. i . - I. ... ..r ii ....ii i'e nui y uur imi ir uou.it i it pat . ollc tWolio,, to lhe latere,! ol tlj poo- j nlo! i) vmi nut talk n Preal ileal utmui1 Iliowcll tro ol the yeomanry ol the hind I tl.c IdMio und sinew of lhe ticonlo !.-- Well, wo would uk,svhat law could lint leL'ialiituro ol i tli ilia pu that Wnuld bring u many Hca.in-a to the in'tc u( lhe people ai a proliiitory liquor law! Can you mention one! "Injure your purly orgciilzntloii,' ult! Tlicre, It seems, U tho rub! Yuur paityiluiii in uut In) preserved ii tliu:inl pciUii, Th I your bo mied putrlotisui.thi your liiaiiilereeled ilcvotion U tha into ret o the 'ileur peiple.' f j mi get our Vote und our i itlhioiu-o w o iiuy. If wo are weak enough, (nu t uh hov nuuy have been lliti weak) drink ourselve lo the death so lur a your protective leji. lulion I concerned. That will certainly bo political puiriotlsm and chunty, witn u veiigcuijce! 'I'ho people ol lii.h.iiin, to whom we must rcspectlully ad.lre.s tins COiiliUUniuulioii (which wo itUuiid t bo (ollowed by others) luve been for a sorifj ol yeur lojking ul UiU sul-j-vt with an agonizing lis well as s) i.i.if thetic anxiety. They havo given lli;mclt e to the cause ol tumpcrunco, us u Ireevlil and patriolli olleriu lo ih.'ir t'ountry "iving their tiiii nip llis-uvm ol

their money to redeem their fellows from tho chains of tho foulest am.' most heartless tyrant that ever bound a manaclo upon tho body or mind of man. They havo been laboring in every count' and township in tho State. They have repeatedly petitioned the Legislature of yio Stato lo psss a strong liquor law; und when they havo aknd for bread, our Kcprcsentativoi have given them a stono!Ollice holders and ollico hunters liars been afraid of losing their whisky pop.

uhtritr; and thev have, from time to time, scriliced tho cood of their country to secure their own political preferment. Hence, wo 'nnko our adpoul to the peo ple of tho whole State, to examine and mark this question well. Tho day of action is already upon us, and the in terests of Indiana present und futurerequire the passage of a prohibitory liquor law no matter whifli party may claim the honor of its final and glorious achievement. A. DEMOCRAT. Milroy, Jan'y., 21, 1854. atirWe commend the following, from the Lju'uville Journal, to those who say that no:io but abolitionists op pose Douglas's Nebraska Bill. We could fill our paper with similar senti ments from Southern papers: Sprcrli of Srnntor Douglas Iii De fruco of tlio cbrak! Hill. This is among the ablest e Jorts the Illinois Senator has ever made in Conress, and is perhaps the most credit able to his talents us a parliamentary debater. It is well-considered, ingen ious, and specious, but it is at th same time destitute of real logical force, uu i so strikingly sophistical in its most elaborate points as to render it impossible to cherish any faith in the sincerity of its author. The substance of its argument is simply this : That the Missouri compromise was broken by the North in 131Ü through the refusal of the House of Representatives to adopt the principle of that compromise as the basis for n new ono for another and totally distinct region of territory; that thereby the South was absolved from any further obligation to observe the compact; and that the compromiso of HJ6J w as subsequently adopted by both North nnd South as a sweeping settlement of the question of slavery in tho territories, past present, and future, ns applicable to tho region under the operation of the Missouri compromise as to that expressly embraced in its terms in short, asan adjustment de novo, repealing all previous adjustments and superseding the necessity for all future ones. The naked statement of argument is its overwhelming refutation iu every, candid, dispassionate mind. -The idea that the rejection f the proposal in 1 010 to extend lhe Missouri compromise lino to tho Pacific was a repudiation of that compromis us regarded the territory to which it already applied. that a refusal to extend the principle of a specific settlement was a violation of that, settlement itself," absolving the opposite party froui its observance is too paltry and contemptible to deserve a moment's notice. If the North considered the Missouri compromise u hard bargain she had a per.eet right to refuse her assent to another of the same sort, without impairing the validity of tho lirst, or relieving the South from her obligations to observe it. If the North finally gained nothing by the refusal, it is a matter that concerns herself alone. s to the import and purport of the compromise of lOol) we- repeat there never was a doubt, until Senator Douglas introduced his firebrand into tlto tL.LUa,.. tJL 11'. UiltVI IUI IIU.-l . ill I 1 II f.. ..rl,.. 1 1 - day and every development make ..1. ........ !,.,., ... ...:..(! ,1 antnathics, and to subserve his person - I. ,V..;oMUl.,,lfiLr,, al aquations at the hazard of the perin inence We have una welUre of the Union. e,.,n ,irl rlnfm , -in v seen or lieaid ot nt man so f. . e a a also tohis own convictionsnsto declare that m Ins belief, the country understoo.ltliecomprom.semcasu.es wu.le vending as they are now interpreted Senator Douglas. Not even Douglas1 himself, in the heightof his unblushing eilroittery, has dared to say this di-i-tinolly uu 1 directly ; he intimates it. indeed, und insinuates it, und leaves it to bo inferred, but s ops slur, t of perpe i . , , a .rating in pi uu u-ims so gioss iu. uh- , rago lipon the com. noil sense of the j nation. I i Upon the wliolv', the speech of Senator j Doit 'his shrinks from aii.ilvsis. We can easily conceive th it i;s delivery was very impressive nnd ellective, hocause its mat'-tr is in'eiiiuu, ;md the , . , . .. . Senator s manner h admirably nJu iiled to make the nu4 vhl dubious Mibp-ct, Dul stripped of i'.s specious fill teics, und clipped of thc vss.ty on tinn'micr . , - ., ,- v I . . I, . I ' :l . I . ,uiv ,!"; k 1 h,u t -ongl t s at the eillol the p tri v lt dt. j We Mn-see as its eo.iseqaeneo not only . ft Iivl't'U und extended n-itatioii now, bat the nboluto tlesii uciion tif lhe ! eonli leii-o of lhe Nunh in tl,y ,,li M,;el! .... . . . . . . s . faith of the Smili, an 1 the fuuue im pos .ihility of any ndjustnieitt w hatever, if tho Missouri eoiiiproinisu be broken, there is uu end to the era of compromises. The sword will (he( bo drawn au 1 lhe sc.tbb tr i thrown away, The pas'.ae of the Nebraska bill" will nt unci) sweep away lluuo great national compacts which laid to re,t tho most ! exciting iiue uioiis in our hi story, ill) I tUiv li iho n nion uiuii un tnterniiiubio sea uf civil discord in dark uu 1 b.itiudlesi and unknown ns tho future itself. Having, for llieso reason, eu leie I lUienrnesl protest ngsiiist it wii shall await tho result with lhe deepest . - lilteieU, iPfTNYomen are attracted by resistuntie; nnd their love is like lightning, ivl.ii'li iii'ei'i- enti'i-j it in, mi lie ill. imeil 1.1,1... ..v.. i, j ...a . door o: window, but alwiivs by wall!

veniioii wliieli is objectionable only 1 when vou opcnwi" ictacr, aniuuii t open t;u .i,,,, Vl Uliu because Muperlineiit. it sian.l s or f.tllj It til three or loarday. uithur you resivo ' and illuudintcd lh path aniprogrost qf

'In in.v.s ufuv bold diistrv it, was ever.". K wh'"" tMi.e you w.ll be prepare wpuu . c ,u sfl

. i id' j. for ih sinoAii l d ns. l our own onieu-nicy. mvu .i- nc uu mrg. p timed t:l uiioil men of seine. j v ,. . ...;,i 1 -ei i , ... 1 swale heart slnU It -r lovo to y.ni un-. est p JliHC U rigats c )in at will IU l Iho proq.ects nie llut President ., ..,... lrt ... ! .,,Ii:i..ti , uf th lt.-i Stsi.i ...J n.

Mid partitions'. Jain J'uut,

Tho following was received too late for last week. Ed. itttooitviixi: toLLKun. Mr. EoiToa I, with a few friends, dropped In to witness tho closing cxerdies of tho first session cf the present year. Although there was no design to hold a public exhibition, end the students

had only mado tho custcmary Friday ofternoon preparations, yet tho exercises well repaid tbo visit. The essays, read by tho young ladies and gentlemen, were highly creditable except that a few were read In so los a tone of voico as scarcely to bo audible. In declamations, the pioces spoken showed a healthy taste pervading tho mind of tho young men. Home of thetn, however, had not allowed themselves sufficient time for preparation. Prof. Edwards delivered a chaste, forcible, and decidedly original lectur on 'language." It was one of tho best things of tho sort 1 havo heard of for Home lime. He is well adapted to tint new literary department mw so'popu! ar lectur ing. Tha exercise were closed by an inpressivj extempore , address by the President. It came from a full heart, and was full of wholesome truth. He spoke of EJucational training as twofold in design to devdope and todwcijtiethe mental powers. His remarks on this topio wero forciblo and impressive. There in an aifjctionito and earnest manner he insisted upon moral principle ns Cfsential to a perfect character. Without it, Education might only envelope and discipline the powois for evil. We would be glad to seo this excellent discourse in print and in the bauds of every young man In the country Snrelv if parents desire to educate , tho intellects and consciences of their ' . . , , . .-r children, to give litem ooin a scicnw.ii. Rita IIIU I ui naming litis I ..... ..I l.ln i. Ihn nlrtr Btlri 1 Pres. Locke is the man to have f harge of the matter. Good boarding can be had good health will probably bo enjoyed in the

center of our lovely semi-cire'e of hüls find wo are swiftly sailing with the curanJ a superior lingual, muthemut cal and jfcnt." ''Voun men, ahoy! 'What is . . . , ill' 'The rapids are below you.' Now,

polite education obtained. SOI5ER TRUTH. (PuhlUhcJ hj Rpqi:st.) An Irish IiCtlcr Tullymucclescrag, Parish of Ballyragget, near Dallyslucnguthey, Jan, 22, .V thar .V- nAfw I ""haven't cent 7öüa - lether since the Jast lime I wrote to you becauss we have moved from our former 1S13-nlii-A nf rivinir nd I rfiiln't. know where a lether would fin J you; but 1 now wid, pleasure take up my pin to inform you of lhe death of your own livin' uncle i - i l l:-l .1 I . 1 .. iVlipa'.riCK, wiu uiea yiry ajjauiy i-.. i. - r. i: : :u ..t

last wevü surr a iniuiiui uiu:a ui bia ; p!lV8 ,nd gruvy .tufTed wid rabbits, I can't tel wllich. but bt? thlt jt wilI, 80on Us be brathed his last, the doctor mve li. ri.:. ' I. i.i. ' U LT Ull 111ILIX 111 rlTIH HrV. I IIHUIl . . r- - tel you anything about his Inge, for you null linn I In! in M ircli nivt Im w.iiil I ' ! 'e been twi .tyfive years ould, lackin' 'tin months, and had he lived till that .i,,,, K; ii,t .r 1 ,. , T n -- -- 1 mo,uh dcad- Dis propheriy u iwd : npx, kilK , ... ji - j..,,., - - - tiine t0t f0 lUat f cxpict it be divi- . ded betwane us, and you know his pro- , pherty was very consitherable, for he .had a line estate, which was ejwld to poy ins iiiuie uu i tue reinainuier lie lost in a h-Kso ros: but it wos tho-opinion of ivcrv boJy at the time, that he would havo won the raco if tho lurse he run a igi iidt hadn't bin too lust for bim. 1 niter saw u mau, and '.he uoethers ai; say so, thit observed direction or tuck medicin belher than he did. He said ho would

months. Tho poor man was in violent j " 7fc ""muicu uuuvr convulsion th whale timofhis sickness! follow.ug call: lo secure the inlying perfectly quiateanl spachbss, all , flueneo of our National Government tho while talking incoherently and cry-jinthe promotion of the privileges of ing lor wather. I had no opportunity i religious freedom, and especially irt of informing you of his death sooner, ex- the protection of American citizens ia cipt I wrote to you by tin last post, ti,e enjoyment of tho rights of conwh.ch w int off two days before he died, science ami of rcli.,ious worship, and and thin you d had postage to pay. I t bury their dead in such wav, aud am at a loss to tell what his death was ..'.. A - ' M ockasioned at, but I fear it was by his wuh such "tes as to them may teca, last sickness, for he niver was well tin niost appropriate, when sojourning or daysUgithor during the whole time of , traveling tu foreign lands, his conlin-Mpent and I bejave his death "The enjoyment of these lights is was ockasioned by his a tin too mn:h of ' guaranteed to all people of all nations, r.tliKit a utnT id uriil n.itra n ,t rrrntrv np V, ,t nnAnimf C flints liiKinAes .

as lave take hither us wate: it it hid fv-Wc are inlcbteJ tollm. W. P, onh' iho saiiiu taste und ipic.ikiana ... . ., ,,,, us w hisky punch, if it wouhl only put M"rr..y of lhe Minnesota Oi-Why him in the same humor for fightiu'. Hut ""on t you call it Senate os white folks pour sow 1, ho will niver uu- or dini nil d! for a copy of Gov. Gorman's Moss inort ; and ye havn't a livin relasliimi In ' BBJ0 It i long an linteroaling djcuthe world excipt 'ycs-lf find your two We clip tac fjllo.vinr from Its cottMit win wee kiit in tltu Lit war. i . . , . ' 1 1 fiin't dwell on this in ,urn(ul subject, closing paragraph, as a speciaeni nnd sh ill sal) my lether with black -atn j 1 hope that in oil your legislation, you wax" and put on it your uncle's co it of limy fin 1 it profitable to recur frequent .' . .. . . .. ' i ..i. .!;!.. I ..... I. -.1. .. i. ....

arms, so 1 Dog you not io oraua t.io sau rive n Amerika, ux him lor thUl -i'ior, nnd if he diMi't lini.v it front the rest, tell him Its the oHf Hint spake ubotit vour ti iiclo J 'at i and suled in black. I reinuiiiyoiir ulI'iM llonut ti.vld Granm itlior JUDY ( HOOLIGAN. . I t I I ...... I ...... I I. ............ f To l.nrrv O'llo digati, lain ol the town of Till!)' muccledcrug, Parish ol llallyrugget. near llullyalttcliguthv'y,. Iu lhe toauty of Kllkinny.Irt'laiil. P. H,Don't write to tue till you re ivo thU. p, h. Wlilw y'ii conir to ihit (iliice atop un J don't ra In any iu iro lit my next. t)i'lt ea In u, (I Vi, Tho publi h'ts ii n. I printer! uf b.uk in lh first iig' of printing wero v om t i a 111 x to tin end ol th 'lr puhll. stlon some rouplot or proao d'-vico, with tho iiume of th'J printer und c moctor. A niri'ius example of tili prKtloo U ind in th t. Illicit n'lhe "Prar nttie .nine. j lion," by Andrew Ilocird. at P.rU, wherein is it Lntin Coiiplrt which limy be 1 ii..... i ... .!t.i..i thus tratnluted: "M.iy Hit sol a in i hiiiIIiihd In iiiq Win, A ml It 'K eai'lt .lay l unfurl. 1, 'I III nil Sl.l li Hi (IrridrliikltUi neean, Or s turioue Imtti t ri IM rnitml th world."

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' Habit j ' John B. Gough, the celebrated tem. perance lecturer has visited Great Britain, and delivered a grest many lectures thst were listened to by our English friend with frrrat Interest. At an im mcno iKsemblajro of the people at Exe ter Hall, London, he'gave them temperance discourse on the power of Habit. The habit of drinking, he said, stood head and shoulders above other habits In degrading and demoralizing. There' are some close fisted, stingy men, over whom this habit has no power. Uut the young man full of poetry, ofi nervous temperament, aiifi fond of .society, was most liable to become Intemperate. He then proceeded to destroy tho fallacious but common plea "I can leave ofTdrink ing whenever I please." Among illus. trations that he used for force and propriety we select the following: "1 remember riding near tho Niagara Fulls, and I said la gentleman, 'What river is that, sir!' 'Tnat, bo sa d, i N'iagara River.' Well,' said I, 'it is a beautiful stream, bright ond fair, ajj glasy: how far off are tho rapids!' i

About a milocr two,' was the answer, 'Is it possible,' I said, 'that n!y a mile from u we (hall find the water in such turbulence os I presurno it must be near the fulls!' You will find it so, sir.' And so I found it, and that first sight of Niagara I shall never forget. Now launch your bark on that Niagara riverj smooth, beautiful, and glassy; there is a ripple at tho bow; lhe silvery lake you leavo behind you adds toyour enjoyment; down the stream you glide; you have oars, suils, and helm prepared lor every contingency, and you set out on your pleasure excursion. Some one comes out from the bank, 'Young men, ahoy!' 'What is it!' 'The rapid aro below you.' 'Ha! ha! we have heard of the rapid below us, but we are not fools as to pet into thorn. When we find we are going too fust to tuil our convenience, then, hard up tho helm, and steei to the shore) whan wo find wo an passing a given spot too' rapidly we will set the mast in the socket, hoist the Bail, and speed to land. We are not alarmed by the danff"- 'Voung men, ahoy!' ;Whatiitt' ' I ho rapids are below you.' 'Ha! ha! W(J wjU , h nJ a thi igm 1 1 J; 11 1 US. 1' I.. I'U ..... ... What care we for the future! No man ever saw it. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. We will en joy life while we may, and catch pleasure j as it flies. This is enjoyment; it is limo ; enough to steer out ot danger when we you see the water loaming all around; see how fast you pass that point! Pull hard! Quick! quick! Pull for your life! Pull till the blood starts from tho nostrils, and the veins stand like whipcords upon the brow! Set the mast in the socket! hoist tho sail. I(a! ha', it is too late. Shrieking, cursing, howling, 3qrticTfrtngT over you go! and thousand thus go over by the power of evil habit, j declanug all the while, V hen I hnd 1 oui uiai it is injuring me, then I will ffi give it up." Wiietsxo.t llclizlou Llbrnr to Abrouil. Americans i . ! -V large meeting has recently been . , , . v v i 1 .1 . I pleasure, visit our country, and the lion of tljcm on thc Jr, of olher8 .....ri i.fi L. ...... lUiVrtfa UUT e)U '111 UU lOUgCI MJ be withheld.' Letters were received from Edward ; Everett. Abbot Lawrence and Henry A. VVise, und a number of other dis tin niislu-d citizen, warmlr ammivin-e --a 77 . , ! V ir - - o of the objects of the meeting, which, - 5ll . a. ' . ,,w.., , iiaw.U vvuiiiiviivA iiivuuiiva svs j ovcr of (Arai!U ani justice. Tlw milttcf fcllouli c;ir, y j; ,a, . ü ftf G.ycJmJt. . .. . , " . ... ly entitled to the sauu rights while sojourningm foreign l inJs, in respect u religious liberty, that we grant to for ciguers here, an J measures ou-ht tobe taken, lu bring aboul a reciprocity. C'i.i. Is'itJ. ly t i tao Rrca. pjnin-n iruti m u huo organic acl of the Territory. Ea!urc thestrlcl'st ob 'dien.'e t Ilm lr, lid guided by th i safest f l uny In ull publi: expenditures, let your action br controled by the rule that tho RIGHT IS, ALWAYS KXPEDIUNr." Eucour, Be a hlgli mortality amongst the peoplJ Guard tho weak aisliut lh) strung.-, Givoe juttl right li all, rxclnaivo piivil ege to none. And ihn, by keeping th no grout truths b.-foro our rye, we sliill iiiprlt and rue five tha approbstlou of Unit who ItolJ t!n deatiny of nation In hla li.ui l.un I lay l!io I'giind ttlon, broad mi l deep, I r o Slate In wliati) high de. tiny; wo shall ull bo proud. WJLUS. A.GOIULV. St. VauJanuiriWh, 1851," tr Orcut men uro liko planets, which, to their inhabitant, seem noth ing but it lump of dirty earth; while to tho'ti whd view their fium a ditsnoc, ihey appear bke brilliant luminaries.J O i 'ur trMenbeir iho burdemof t'd. lifo on 'h.''r heid', women on llu ' bit sts.

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