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THE ORGAN OF TE
3IPERANCE REFORM
THE ORGAN
or THl
TEMPERANCE REFORM,
CINCINNATI. JANUARY 30, 1852.
PUBLISHING COMMITTEE,
Gen. 8. F CART. J. 8. WHITWEIX,
CALEB CLARK.
Gen. S. F. CARY, Editor,
J. S. WH.ITWF.LL, Corresponding Editor,
CALEB CLARK, Printer.
Terms.
City subscribers, delivered by the carrier,
and single-mail subscribers, $1.50; four
copies, $5; ten copies aud upwards, each
$1 . Any Division, or person, Binding a club
of twenty, shall be entitled to an extra
The Tracts.
We have received several orders for the
Tract containing theMaine Liquor Law, and
the Address of the Executive Committee of
the Grand Division. We have reduced the
price to six dollars per one thousand; three
-Wlar for five hundred. We can Bend
them by express to any part of the State.
Sond in your orders early.
First Number of the Organ.
Although we printed a large edition of
the first number of the Organ, it has be
come nearly exhausted. We sent them
broadcast over the country, in hopes they
would be productive of good to the cause
aud to the enterprise; and the fruit of our
labor is already beginning to manifest itself
in the way of clubs to the paper of ten,
Jifteev, and twenty. Those who desire the
first number will have to order them imme
diately, fcr the edition, no doubt, will be
entirely used up by our next issue.
Forward your Subscriptions!
Diirtiiihsf rintion list is iucreasinsrapidl
and we are greatly encouraged. The ques
tion is settled:' The Organ of the Temper
ance Rejiirm" is to lie regularly issued from
this time forward, and we hope our friends
will realize the importance of commencing
with the first number, and send in their
names at once. We intend to make the Or
gan a powerful auxiliary to the cause of all
mankind, and we expect the friends of this
cause to second our intent inn-:, and give us
substantial " aid and comfort."
Petitions ! Petitions ! !
Friends, have you signed the Petition to
the Legislature, and asked all your neigh
bors to sign it? Deluge the Legislature
with Petitions ' Let every mail be crowded
with them ! Now is the time to work, and
work efficiently. There are a million of
i ..t.:i.i :.. m.;..
men, women aim tuuuit-ii m j'uj
. If.!... Innt ' !l... tli.itll a liiirif.a I
Willi IIW
to say so, and let their public servants de-
lomwjou, - ;
nv their request if they dare!
Excnanges. !
We expect
eli.1!lres. In
Mill to
i have a good list of ex-
readers mnv expert to :
1 advised of the condition and prospers of ;
the cause in ill
ull the Slav of the 1 nion and
in other lands.
'
State Convention!! !
Friends of Temperance in Ohio, awake!
Remember the call upon you to assembli in
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W. Merit mi. at Co ummis.on tne s.in uay
of February. Do mil
go voiirselves. Let tl
know what vou want
send delegates, but
e General A-sembly
and what you must
have. Remember that, there will not b- an
other Session of the Legislature for two
rears, and that unle-s something is done
now, the w-ave of death will roll ov.-r our
Stale, with increased and increasing volume,
for vears to come, and thousands of men.
women and children be ruined for time and
eternity. See that your papers publish the
call for this Convention ! Place a no! ice in
the hands of every minister of the trospel,
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un reonest mm to read ii mini uie iuiihu
Proclaim it at every public gathering
Put
up nand puis ai every cross loans .
Arrangements may be made with all Rail
Roads and other conveyances, to go to Co-
lumbus and return at half price. The Kd-
itor is autbori-ed, by the Superintendent of
the Road from Cincinnati to Columbus, to
say that persons a-tending this Convention,
will be carried there and tjack tor halt the
usual fare. The proper way is to call at the
ticket office and pay the fare, and get re
turn tickets. Let us have the largest Tem
perance gathering ever seen in Ohio ! ! .'
Petitions for Free Trade.
t'p to the 20lh inst., petitions from Ham
ilton county, signed by about 1,200, had
been presented to the Legislature, asking
for the repeal of all laws restraining the sale
of liquors, and desiring free trade.
We have an opportunity of knowing that
not twenlij-Jire nalive Anerican citizens
names have been secured. They are nearly
all Germans, and many of the names arc
written with the :ame pen and ink, and are
in one hand writing. We rejoice that the
ruuiseilers are driven into such c!o.-e quar
ters, and we shall ee whether they enn con
trol the action of the Legislature.
I f Th attention of the reader is respect
fully called to the advertisement, of the
Washington Life Insurance Company. '
is a home Company, chartered hij the State of
Ohio. The gentlemen composing its Board
of Directors, are well known as amongst
our most responsible and influential citi
zens. To Divisions of Sons of Temperance
we particularly recommend it. To temper
ance men generally, it offers peculiar ad
vantages, giving to them, in the reduction
of its premiums, the benefit of their abstem
ious habits, in affecting insurance. We can
cheerfully recommend this institution to the
public, as regards its capital, its manage
ment, and the capability and integrity of
its Board of Directors.
Prospects at Columbus.
An intelligent correspondent st Colum
bus, who has daily intercourse with the
members of the Legislature, writes to the
Editor " I rejoice to find an increasing in
terest in the temperance cause among the
members. The Maine law is certainly gain
ing friends every day, and if our friends
will show, half the seal of the liquor sellers
at this crisis, we can obtain that law by a
handsome majority. Will they not doit?
Let the petitions be circulated let every
man, woman and child be solicited to sign
them ; and let the cries of suffering human
ity be heard, and they will be answered.
Muskingum county has held a Mass Con
vention, and resolved to send their man to
the capital to enforce the claims of the tem
perance cause, and especially the Maine
law. Let other counties, and especially
Hamilton, do the same thing. Why, the li
quor sellers of Cincinnati have eleven repre
sentatives in the Ohio Legislature, and shall
not the temperance cause have one to ad'
vocate'its high and holy claims, and assure
the members from other portions of the
State, that there are other interests to be
cared fur in Hamilton county, besides tbuac
which the eleven are elected to represent."
Our correspondent speaks pretty severely
of the course of our Honorables from this
county, but for the present we shall pass it
by. When our members show their hand,
we shall have something more to say of
their position. We will say, however, that
a few of the illustrious eleven are men, who,
if left to the impulses of their own hearts,
and the dictates of their own judgments,
would vote right when the great question is
settled. We shall see whether principle
shall le made to yield in the hour of trial.
i Delevan Behind the Age.
j The December number of the National
i Temperance Magazine contains a lengthy
j article, giving his views of the policy to
j 1k pursued by the Legislature of New
York, on the subject of the liquor traffic.
j lie insists that the true course is, to make
liquor sellers liable for the mischiefs they
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do. i e are surpriseu ami pumeu to see
Mr Delevan take a position so untenable,
and one so utterly impracticable. How, we
would ask, can the liquor sellers make rep
aration for his wrongs, even if he had all
the treasures of California? And it is well
known that as a class, they are utterly ir
responsible. A judgment even for costs of
prosecution, nine hundred and ninety-nine
out of every thousand, could not pay if they
would. Mr. Delevan, at the National Con
vention at Saratoga, was very cordial in the
support of the principles of the Maine law.
The le iding idea in that law, is not to hold
liquor sellers responsible tor the wrongs
! done, hut to de prive them of the ability to
.
wrong, by seizing their liquors, lie
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f, -(1-.,h horn rfown The hntMfnrr nni? then
I ' '
! hold the miscreant responsible for the dam-
aw done. W e would seize the torch be-
lore it was applied, and put It out. 1 lie
preventive remedy, it has been demonstra-
ted, is tlieonly one wmcn is oi any pracu-
ral value. Untrmj the liquor ami nave no
thnnayr, is the only system mat is worm ,
adopting in ew lork or any wnere else, i
it ,ay be said that "public sentiment :
not prepared for this measure." We
sav, then, it is not prepaied for any;
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thini'. tor this is the ur.t step m Leirisla-
tion which will be sustained by popu
ir
opinion. Every liquor seller has his friends,
Mud v.e nriiseenl. tiim anil tnolt it IlileH W ill
-
"ivr'liitn their vimnitliitis una t;iHie;ivor to
make the attack upon iimior-seek out its
t before the bar of jus-
tiee-condeuni and destroy it, and popular ; repression of the disciples of Luther, and'a, un action against ttio render who turn
opinion will approve the verdict, and say ; crusade against Protestantism would have ishes the liquor.
amen to the execution of the guilty culprit. s,ived K,lrol,e- j Meeting in Indianapolis.
We would rather a thousand times undertake j And dare they, on the first gleam of sue- j the proc(,edings of the
the execution of the Maine law, and expect ; cess thus to threaten us with st,a 1 State Temperance Convention of Indiana,
to have the approval of the public, than the faggot? Have they the insolence already to : K win bfi geen tnatthe frienj8 of the cause
one proposed bv the distinguished philan- rattle the chain in our faces? ''If uch Riter State nr -wide nwake nnH
; thropist, Delevan. Our worthy Bro. Marsh,
iiumiuat guumai, roic.n jii. mii-iwi
in Ins last .journal, reviews JMr. JJelevan's
positions, and expresses our sentiments ex-
j nelly. We can scarcely account, under all
I circumstances, for Mr. D's. course. Of two
' thintrs we are quite certain, he is lamest and
naHnken.
j Of the relat ion between law and public
opinion, we have tins reinaru to make.
Give us sound, wholesome laws, based upon
the eternal principles of right, and public
sentiment will come right much sooner,
than if you attempt to follow its caprices.
Just about one half of the people regard
the law of the land as the standard of mor
al excellence. If they do nothing to invoke
the penaltie
of the law, thev think them-
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' ' " St. Januarius, or the holy coat of Treves.
. . ; Think of Lyell, the Geologist, taking the
Attempt on Louis Napoleon. j ,0 W(;tU) with . hji H-
We shall not be so much engrossed by would have an opportunity for very deliber
the main object of this enterprise, as to ate observation.
neglect all attention to passing events.
To begin with the la-t incident which our
European dates present, we find the French
are reviving the amusement so much in
vogue twenty years ago, of making the su-
preme head of the government a target for
ball practice. We have forgotten how ma-
nv charges were wasted on Louis Phillippe;
we lost the account after the first tally : and
now they have a much smaller mark, sue-
cess is much less probable. As sharp-
shooters, the French have been disgracing
themselves ever since they decked Nelson
at Trafalgar Moreau's death at Leipsic, is
to be credited to the artillery. This last
shot was made by a grenadier. Perhaps a
tirailleur wouiu nave ueeu mo.e miccessiui.
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Assassination is a ick"u aim ejecisioiere
suit under any circumstances; but then
such awkwardness is really intolerable.
IT Petitions signed by three thousand
persons from four towns in Rhode Island,
have ben sent to the Legislature, asking
for the Maine law.
Intervention.
As all the journals of the day have i ar
ticle with the above title, we shall not i fleet
singularity in this particular, but, liki the
rest of the world editorial, afford our i lod
icum of speculation on so interesting a tentv
iect.
The whole question is one or time, so lar
as affects the subject of intervention in itt
rowan affairs. The general frincipU is al
ready conceded. Let Spain undertake, or
let Cuba herself undertake, to yield that
island to England or to France, and we
well know what the voice of this nation
would be. A time will come, when our in
terests will be so extended, that we shall be
no longer passive spectators of the extended
domination of despots, though the scene of
their oppressions be laid on the banks of
the Danube or the Tiber. j
Nor shall we be permitted so to be Be
sure, that if Euglaud is to be proscribed for
harboring political fugitives, it will be our
turn next. Those sanguine visionaries who
believe that nations are too wise to nidi into
another general war, may, some of thein,
live to see their mistake exposed.
It mar not be out of place to revive thpitwM;1)g-nieew,ul.i)uion tnewhtdo etata
reader's recollection of the following inci
cident :
A few years after the battle of Waterloo,
at a fashionable dinner party, the subject of
conversation was the prospect of continued
peace, and it seemed agreed, that thetast
great battle of nations had been fought.! A
single guest, who had hitherto been sihnt,
now took up the argument, and maintaiaed
that there would be one more general tar,
a war that he knew not how to designate
otherwise than asjthe "war of opinidi."
This guest was George Canning. j
Though we hear no "note of preparation,"
no "clink of hammers closing rivets up,"
yet the signs of the times are portentous;
Despotism and the Papacy are combining to
put down liberty in every form. Td be
sure of this alliance, go not to the Jesuitcal
priesthood, but to the more outspoken lay
iren of the Catholic Church read Walb
read Brownson. and read this extract from j
the Rambler, a leading Romish paper, pun-
lislipil in London :
;. . ... . ,, , 76 of these pest houses are owned by for-
" For religious liberty, m the sense of a: . . , , .
liberty possessul by every man to ch ose eujncrs. This is no more than a fair propor
his own religion, is'one of the most wicked tion for other cities in this State,
delusions ever foisted upon this generation jruW iong w;n the freemen of Ohio sub
by the father of all deceit. No man h-Uj a , . , ? For of R,j
ritrht to choose his own religion. Jvonebut; , . '
an Atheist can uphold ths principle of reli-! that is good in possession or prospect, we
e-ious libertv. Shall I foster that damnable ' urge them to free themselves from the
doctrine thai Socialism, and Culvanism.and galling despotism.
Anglicanism, and Judaism, are not every
one of them mortal sins, like murder and; The Way to Do It
adultery 1 Shall 1 hold out Hopes to a i ro-.
testiint that 1 win not nieciuic wim uicree,
if he will not meddle w ith mine? Shall 1
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lead him to think that religion is a
matter !
for private opinion, ana tempt mm to ioi-
get that he has no more right to his religioisi
, '"' '"" '
intolerant of all m-ds ; it is intoWram Legislature. The rail road fare was to be
iUelf ! ',' reduced one-half, that the people might be
If the above views are raise, let HfT)e d- there: and they were there. The petition
nounctd as such by .Catholic atilhoriv, in was rolled up and would have filled a whis
no ambiguous or mincing terms. Let Bishop ky barrel.
Hiu'hes. if he dare, pronounce it aslatnler-
O ' '
oils lie.
That Catholicism is prepared to be the ally
of despotism
we find evidence in tho 11-
lowing extract trom toe L nivers, me rocig-
nized organ 1 the rrencn rnesinoou, am
the strenuoussupporterof Louis Bonapartt's
usurpation.
For mv own part I avow, frankly, ny
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ree-ret i not. ttiatlliev uurncu jonu hum.
but that ihev did not equally burn Liithe-;
and 1 regret" further, that there was not it
the time some pr:ee sufficiently pw.s
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id politic .to have made crusades agaifrt
e Protestants A heretic examined aid
an
tin
bv the Church, used to be delii-
"1 oyertollie seciilarpower, and punishel
...;,1. .l...,il, v.,! Imimf Ti pver nnoe.'ired t.j
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things be done in the green tree, what Aall
oe uone in ine uiy. i
- j ;
When the alliance between prerogltive
alitl infallibility shall have been fully fcon- j
slmm,ated, and arrangements completed
according to the programme, no one will be
permitted to think for himself in religion or
p(jhtics. yot 0ll. wiU Protstat)t Theolc j
fians be obliged to resisrn their right of de-!
nunciation, renounce their heresies) and I We acknowledge the receipt of remittan
make submission to the successor if St. j ces from tke following persons, for clubs :
Peter and Ale xander VI., but our wen ' Tha' M- Cnimbaker, Chandlersville and
science will be constrained to check their
investigations, lest they discover too much,
or like Galileo, be brought to confess the
tl. o tin T,.rl,,. i.,..., r,.nj
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ii migiu oe eiijoiueii 10 examine me viai oi
But these results will never be accomplish-
ed. The world will never fall into such
idiotic dotage. At any rate, Canning's war
of opinion will come first, and we thinkwe
know of one nation that will require a very
sound thrashing, before she consents to this
; kind of tutelage ; a nation that, wheD the
freedom of the world is committed to her
, guardianship, will be found wanting neither
( to humantiy nor herself,
As forthc conclusion of this war, we think
We find it hinted at in the Apocalyjbe,
j where niemioll js,ade of the Kings of the
j earth an(1 the false Prophet marshaling
J tl(,ir h0vlH 0I1 iht, 0f Armadgeddou and
j we are tol1 ,at th(, Bc.art an( thefaUe j0.
, pjjct werestruck down together
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ID About forty casks of liquor were
seized on board the steamer St. Lawrence,
at Portland, last wee k. The Mayof has
made arrangements to search every steam
boat and rail road train, arriving from Bos
ton, for smuggled liquors. Huasa for Seal
Dow!
Our Position.
The reader will find an article on inter
vention in this week's number, which is out
of the direct line for which our paper was
especially established. Although our Or
gan is to advocate and urge the claims of
Temperance as the great leading subject, we
do not intend to have our mouth muzzled
on any general topic of the day, and we
shall speak, write, and print whatever we
think best. We do not suppose that all
readers will be pleased with all our articles,
and it is not, perhaps, desirable that they
should. A paper would be a negative af
fair that would contain only what every
body approved. When our readers think
us wrong, let them say so in a respectful
manner, and they shall have an opportunity
of being heard. We prefer, as the editors
of thil journal, to be independent in all things
and neutral in nothing.
Picture of Dayton.
We have before us some statistics in re
lation to the moral condition of this city,
CiticS have the reputation of being "sores
on the body politic." In Ohio they are
There are in Dayton 109 liquor shops, 74
of which are gaining houses. A drunkery
for every 102, and a gambling hell for every
113 of the inhabitants! Supposing there
are 6 persons in each family, you have a
grogshop for every 17 families, and a house
for gaining for every 19 ! To say nothing
of the ruin to mind and body, character and
repualion, see how these sinks of iniqui
ty bleed the pockets of the people. Sup
pose them each to secure but the paltry
sum of three dollars per day, it amounts to
the neat little sum of one hundred and nine
thousand three hundred and fifly-fioe 'dollar!.
What do the people receive in return for this
expend iture of money ? We cannot answer
this question. We have no arithmetic by'
which to compute the results. A directtax
of $6,132 upon every family, or $99 for
each man, woman and child, and an amount
' nuscniei ana misery .m woe wu.cu cau-
i i i .. l i: l.
ime.eu uiu u .....,.
One other fact in relation to the statistics
Jn the towu of FaltI10Utb) Magg- QGO out
.100 leeral voters, have petitioned for the
Maine law. In Lincoln, 100 out of 130,
sen(i Up ,ne same request,
La9t weck, amommoth petition was to be
presented by the people themselves, to the
Indiana Temperance Law.
A bill to regulate the sale of spirituous
liquors has been reported to the Indiana
Legislature, and.it is thought, will become
a law. It prohibits the granting of licenses;
provides for assessing fines on those selling
or giving away intoxicating liquors to mi
nors, aud to all other persons, to be drank
about the premises; first offence a fine of
ten dollars; second, twenty dollars; third
(l,riy dollars; fourth, eighty dollars; fifth,'
am, M subs(.(1,lent offenccg( oue hundred
ami fin ouucijiiciit um; uccs, uuu iiuimiuu
' '
dollars, the offender to stand committed till
the fines are paid or replevied
It also pro-
Tides that the wife and all others injured by
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u,e 8alcs w "o'gi,qors,
marshaing tieir forfe9 for a combat wilh
nnr ,mmn ,,npmv. The result will be a
our common enemy.
glorious victory nothingshort of the Maine
law will satisfy them. They have resolved
to hold temuei-anc, camo meet in as throui?h-
out the State, during the present year. Let
our friends in Ohio imitate their example!
Remittances.
Duncan's Falls ; J. H. Kauke, Wooster ; C
14. Kelsey, Mt. Vernon ; L. Mackey, New
Westville ; John Crawford, Mt. Carmel ; A
Irving Gould, West Middleburg ; H. Carey,
Xeuia. Bro. Carey, Dr. Drake, and Xenia
Division relinquish their claim on the Foun
tain list, and commence anew. O. F. Fitch,
Ashtabula ; Mt. Pleasant Division ; Amer
ican Temperance Society, New York city ;
Win. E. Ranc, Fremont ; Eaton Division,
Eaton.
Thanks.
We return our thanks to Bro. Samuel
Fbee, of Fulton, for a list of 40 subscribers to
the Organ. The banner Township ought to
be proud of such a whole-souled advocate
of the cause,
The paper will be regularly delivered to
subscribers, every Friday, by Mr. Shaene,
the carrier, to whom they will make their
payments.
TT We are under obligations to Bito. 0
Wcodwaed, of Indianapolis, Grand Scribe
of Indiana, for the favor of a list of the Di
visions in that State
O Our thanks are due to Bao. Milleb, of
the "Life Boat," Portsmouth, for his liber
ality in inserting the Prospectus of the
Organ.
The ice in Ohio river commenced break
ing up to-day, and it is expected that nav
igation will be resumed in a few days.
Extract from the Proceedings ofths
Grand Divison.
The following are the proceedings of the
Grand Grand Division of Ohio, in relation
to the Western Fountain, and ths establish
ment of a permanent organ. We are in
debted to the G. S. for a copy of the pro
ceedings :
"On motion of Bro. Cafy, ffie report on the
communication of Bro. Mitchell, was taken up,
and after a brief and interesting discussion, and
various amendments, the report was adopted as
follows :
REPORT,
. 1, That the 'Western Fountain" was dis
continued for the want of an adequate paying
natronago.
2. That Bro. Mitchell has exerted himself
to his utmost capacity to sustain and continue
the paper, and that his efforts have been at
tended with great pecuniary sacrifice, and, what
he values still more, his good name for punctu
ality and fidelity has been questioned. As an
evidence of his desire to indemnify those who
have paid in advance tor the fountain, he
declares in his letter referred to your Com
mittee, his determinadon to sell out his presses,
types, 4c, and refund to subscribers each
amounts as may be respectively due to each. V
3. Your Commitee are satisfied that rhawant
of confidence in the permanence of the paper,
which resulted from lis numerous failures and
suspensions, has greatly affected its circulation.
Mon are unwilling to pay in advance lor a
journal without somo assurance of getting
"value received.- This'diiSculty was being
rapidly overcome at the time of the late sus
pension, as there was a growing confidence in
its permanency in every portion of the State.
4. Your Committee are unanimous in the
opinion that a journal devoted to the great tem
perance reform and vindicating the claims of
our Order, can and should be sustained ; and
that now, more than ever, is such a Journal
absolutely essential in our State. With equal
unanimity of sentiment, your Committee ex
press the opinion that nothing is wanting to
give a paper a very general circulation, but to
inspire confidence in its stability.
5. The perplexing question with the Com
mittee has been to devise a plan by which per
manency can be secured, and confidence re
stored. In Kentucky the same difficulties have
been experienced as in our own State, and as a
last resort, the U. D. of that State determined
to assume the publication of a semi-monthly
Journal at their own risk, appointing an Editor,
Sec, and appealing officially to the subordi
nate Divisions and the friends of Temperance
generally, to rally to its support. A very effi
cient, excellent, high-toned paper has been regu
larly issued, and we are informed that it Has
been well sustained, and has been a source of
revenue to tho G. D. There is a feeling of pride
among Sons of Temperance in Kentucky to
sustain their Organ. The present condition of
tho finances of this G. D. will not justify your
Committee in urging the adoption of the Ken
tucky plan, however much we might approve
it under other circumstances.
Your Committee cannot consent, however
discouraging the condition of things to leave this
vital subject to take care of itself, nor relinquish
it entirely to the hazard of individual enter
prise, and we would therefore recommend for
adoption the following resolutions:
1. Resolved, That we must end will have a
permanent and erliicient Temperance paper in
Ohio. '
2. Resolved, That a publishing Committee of
three be appointed whose duty it shall be to
secure if possible a man of suitable talent to
take charge of the editorial and financial de
partments of a paper to be the Organ of our
Order.
3. Resolved, That every member of this body
immediately on his return home make it his
esiecial business to secure supscribers and
report the number obtained to the Chairman of
the Publishing Committee, with the amount of
funds in his hands.
4. Hesvlvtd, That so soon as one thousand
subscribers shall bo reported as secured, and the
money in tho hands of Agents, the Publishing
Committee shall issue the first number, and
immediately thereafter the money shall be for
warded to the Chairman of thePublishing Com
mittee. 6. Resolved, That this Grand Division ear
nestly request each of the Subordinate Di
visions under its jurisdiction, to raise by sub
scription from its members, or by appropriations
from its treasury, as large a Bum as possible to
be returned in papers at the subscription price,
and that they place such funds at the disposal
of the Publishing Committee, and that reports
be made forthwith to said Committee, that as
little delay as possible may be had in getting
out said paper.
6. Resolved, That snid Committee be autho
rized to make equitable arrangements in their
discretion with the Publisher of the late Foun
tain to supply the subscribers to that paper for
their unexpired term.
7. Resolved, That the Grand Scribe forthwith
send a copy of this Report in ihe form of a
Circular, to every subordinate Division in the
State, wilh a request that immediate attention
be given to the subject.
Respectfully submitted,
Signed, S.F.Cary,
Jas. Parker,
R. P. L. Bauer, Committee.
F. D. Kimball,
JOHM WaOOONER. J
The report was unanimously adopted, and
the G. D appointed S. F. Gary, Cal.b Clark,
and John 8. Whitwell, Publishing Com
mittee. Prof. Moses Stuart
This venerable and eminent Divine sur
rendered his spirit to God who gave it on
the first Sabbath of the new year. For near
ly a half century he has been one of the
leading Theologians in this country. As a
biblical scholar he has left behind Lira no
superior. Shortly before his death he exam
ined the Maine law, ana his spirit was
stirred within him. Though he is dead, he
yet speaks, id ear nun.
" People of Maine 1 The God of heaven
bless you for achieving such -a victory.
Many triumphs hare been achieved in- the
good cause, but none like yours. Others
have more or less fought with the drunk
ards, and the liquor-sellers in the way of
arguments aud moral suasion, and indirect
and inethcient, and temporizing legislation,
You have followed the most adroit con
queror the world has ever seen, in your
scheme of policy or struggle. You have
steered for the capital itself, with all its
magazines, and materials of war, and these.
once in your hands, you know the contest
cannot long continue. X our combat is with
the body of sin and death itself, and not
with those who are deceived and misled.
You do cot purpose to destroy those who
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are misiea anu urawu to rum, out to cripple
ana annihilate uie power mat misieaas
them. It is an elevated and noble purpose.
When mifbtv conouerors and crafty Dolibi-
cians will be forgotten, the laurel on your
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Drews will De reiresning ana Diooming, wim
s beanty and glory that will be immortal."
STThe New ork "Tribune" savi that s com-
piny is forming in New York to undertake in
earnest the construction of a Canal to connect
the. Atlantic toith the Pacific, by a new and
more southern route. The company it styled
the Atrato Inter-oceanic Canal Company. The
Atrsto route is the moet southern of those pro-
noted for water communication! between the
two oceans. It commences at the very root of
the Iithmut, where the Bay oi Uriba opens the
war into the mouth oi the Atrato. This is
tineitream, about 180 miles in len&th, with a
very straight course and gentle current, the depth
of seven to twelve ieei, according to the acajou
Itriieaint twamn, which, on theaonthwett
aendi ont the San Jnan , whose course for abont
sixty milea bringi'it to the Pacific, and where it
forma one oi ths Iineat narbora knows.
For Um Ortu of the Tiapmut Rtfbna.
Baa ths Lord any Peopl. In Cincin
nati? Coumbus, January 36th, 1851
M. Editos i Is not this s lingular question
to ssk about the Queen City I" Who doubts
whether the Lord has any people in Cincinna
ti 1 Has aha not scores of costly temples dedi
cated to the worship of God, and do not thou
sands go up thither every Sabbath to offer pure
license of holy heurts upon their altars f Are
there not many Sons of the Prophets who
preach with a holy unction against Sabbath
desecration, profanity, theaters, gambling,1 li
eentiouaness, slavery in the abstract and
every other form of sin f Are there not elders
who, with holy hands, pass around the em
blems of the Savior's love f Do not all ths
forma and ceremonies of religious worship
abound there 1 And is it doubted whether the
Lord hat any people there I If there is so
much counterfeit, doubtless there is some genu
ine coin, a memnpr nr t ha HmMa at d., .
eiiiauvea seriously asktea me this question,
sndgsve as a reason, the facy'tKt'WMIe'sU
other parts of the State are sending up to ths
Legislature their. jicUiions for the suppression
of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors, Cincinnati is sending tip her rju.yn (f
the iWatwsnf the intern.! r , Mt-
uuij iiisinis mat ner nueea hunurea dram
shops, her aix hundred gambling hells, her nu
merous houses of infamy, shall not be dis
turbed, but that the flood-gates of pollution
shall be thrown wide open, that they may pour
their stream of death over all her borders.
She insists that the time to check this swelling
tide of corruptions has not yet come, and she
protests against being tormented before her
time. She insists that her sona and daughters
be still longer exposed to the artifices of the
liquor-seller and the luat of the seducer, and
that crime, with its unblushing front, shall run
riot through her streets until Sodom iteeif shall
blush st her shameless depravity. Has the
Lord any people in Cincinnati f Are there any
there who have not bowed the knee to Bacchus t
If there ere, let their voice be heard in the
Halls of Legislation. Let the Christian, the
Philanthropist, the Patriot, tho mnraliat all
who have a heart to feel for the woes of man
kind, epeak and act for the cause of God and
humanity. And especially let the ministers of
the Gospel admonish their people to cease to
pocket the price of blood by rentina houses for
dens of infamy, and owning stock in splendid
rum palaces, where the Devil can ruin souls
from the " upper ten," according to the most
refined rules of etiquette. And where is the
Press, that mighty engine of power t It doles
out its pitiful lamentations over Ihe depravity
of the city, and records the black catalogue of
crime, from day to day, without even an indi
rect reference to the fruitful cause of it. If
one of your daily papers should truthfully
characterize the liquor traffic, a thousand grew-
sellers would kick it out of doors the next
morning. And here is the secret of their si
lence. Poor Judas could not pocket the thirtv
pieces of silver, but cast them away, and went
and hung himself to escape the lashings of his
conscience; but how much better is he who
will, by silence, betray the dearest interest of
humanity, and listen, with stolid indifference,
to the cries of murdered innocence, for filthy
lucre 1
It costs something to do ritrht in this ain-
ruined world, and if men will put a price on
their souls, and offer them In the shambles,
they will find the Devil in the market And
the first thing after the bargain is completed, is
clothe them with the livery of the court of
heaven," that they may the more efr-tnllir
do his infernal work. But I have almost for-
ffnllan tUa i.Kw... , (, . ...I,;-!. T . 1-
gvt.cu uiu wujw.1 ivfi vvii,i;m A MJUIW Up my OCn,
which is to entreat the friends of Temperance
to circulate their petitions for the Maine Law.
there is great hope in the present Legislature.
The cause has manv true friend thn .!
they are wailing, with painful anxiety, to hear
from Hamilton county. Already the liquor
sellers have sent up several thousand petitions
for free trade in alcohol, and can there not be
as manv. can there not be ten tima mam.
sent up for the Maine Law 1 Has the Lord
any people in Cincinnati t If he has, let them
be heard. R. T.
Cams, and the End. Three men entered
the dwelling of Abner Davii, near Maoifield,
Ohio, on Saturday hut, after dark, and, the
Banner tayt, demanded his money one of the
men at the same time presenting a pistol at the
head of Mr. Davis, and the others orenared
with bludgeons and knives, in case of resist
ance. Mr. D. finding resistance nieleu. nn.
locked his chest snd gave them his money,
($'JJU,) alter which they left; and being follow,
ed tome time after by Mr. Davis and others, two
of them were round frozen to death, abont a
mile from where they committed the robbert.
and the other tome distance beyond, apparently
turning w nis uieiesi companions, almost insen
sible the night being stormy, and a aoad dual
of snow haying fallen. It appears that they
had provided themselves plentifully with whis
ty, sa vrtakiBK to oeest, tat down m a hut
and becoming insensible to the cold or their sit
uation, fell ever, and were thai found slier life
was extinct. The money was found upon the
person of Jones, one of the men frozen. Ths
latter is anDnoud to ha an nlit villain fMni v
iork, the others from Mt. Vernon.
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AMOTHia and vnr nrmiimvi V,..
About 4 o'clock this morning, the private watch'
men'nf Hnnlrlinir WnnA At Cm WL:-
Lead manufactory, in Deerereek valley, near
sraum;, uucovcrea sirs issuing Irom
shop, occupied In manufacturing dry paint
Thev inttan.lv mvs the alarm lint th i
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Ii-h -i,u hhh lapiuibj, mi, oj taoiime me
fire department arrived on the ground, the lev
ertl buildings used for the manufacture of
white lead, dry paints, putty, &e. were envelop,
ed in flames. Scarcely anything was saved from
them. The eattor oil mill and cooper shop, be
longing to ths tame fiim, were in iminent dan
ger, but the firemen tneceeded in saving them.
Fortunately no wind waa blowing st ths time,
or the devastation would have been Immense.
Thc'lou of Messrs. Conkling, Wood & Co. it
about $30,000.. They have an insurances be
tween $12,000 and $15,000 partly in the city
offices.
With the energy which hat alwayt character,
ized this firm, they expressed the hope, this
morning, that they would be ''under headway"
again ins few days.
The fire it supposed to have been ths work "of
an incendiary.
ST The County Jail hat at present 80 men
confined foreriminal offences; 13 on chain gang,
snd 17 in vagrant room. There are also 6
women confined for various offences. Ths ex
penditure (or the last quarter wat $575 15,