THE ORGAN
OF THE
TEMPERANCE REFORM,
PyHUBHED EVERY FRIDAY,
AT THE
Be Fraklin Steam Pi in ting House ,
-BY
VILEB CLARK.
TERMS:
Single aubscriptiona, - - . $1 60
Clubs of ten and upwards. - - 100
All subscriptions must be accompanied with
the cash, ana addressed, postage jnirl, to
CALEB CLARK,
Ben Franklin Fmntino House,
Cincinnati, O.
From th New York Trilmnsv
SPIRIT RASPINGS.
Aftet the manner of the " Raven."
BY WM. OLtNB BOCRNE.
In the world of mind and spirit, could our groner
sr-uses near it,
There'i a tweet and gentle flowing from a loved and
lovely shore J
Yet oar life if bat a dial, where the hand of stern
denial
Keeps as in the path of trial, bidding ni wait ever
more, While the land of Hope's ideal, distant, distant, ever
more, Bids the spirit onward soar.
I have often sat and wondered whether spirits ever
blundered
From the world beyond this mnndane, as they say
they did ot yore :
And I've often queried whether they would come and
talk together
With the men that walk in leather, who their pre.
sence might implore
Whethor they could come and bring them, from the
nntrodrien snnre,
News of wonders yet in store.
While I pondered on the matter, thinking whether in
these latter
Days of telegraphs and clatter, they would see ns any
more,
Taking op the daily papers, there I read of sundry
oapers
Of the tallies, chairs and tapers, moving on the chana
her Poor.
And the rapping and the tapping, growing louder than
before,
On the window or the door.
Soon they found, somehow or other, how to talk to
one another,
As s man would ask hia brorher what the message
that he bore ;
And they answered by a knocking, which would set
the tnlngs a rocKing,
And would bring the folks a flocking, flocking to the
chamber door,
While they stood and silent waited, peeping through
the chamber door.
While they wondered more and more.
Then in village, town and city (some declared it
was a pity
That believers in the spirits shonld the mysteries so
outpour)
Still the wonder was increasing, and there seemed to
be no ceasing,
Till the wheels should get a greasing, of this rusty
world of yore ;
While the mediums Fish-y, Fox-y on our gross
material shore
Rattled at the chambes door, -
They have rappers wide awake, O ! with the spirits
down to 8aco, -Where
the people drank the spirits in the gloomy days
of yore ;
And the rappings trowing loader, make me ftel a
good deal prouder
Of the State where lolki can chowder without spirits
from the store,
Aad where people free and happy, from the mountain
to the shore,
Fear the spirits nevermore !
There) the Sheriff rfcee the rapping, and the spirits
hftBr the tanning.
And they tremble in their lodgings ia the oorner of
the store ;
And the noise of axe or hammer, 'with- the people's
shonts and elamor,
Make the spirits start and stammer, for they know
their days are o'er. -And
they blush, as they had ought to, bat their
bloody raoe ia o'er,
Making Maniact nevermore !
So with pushing, shoving, rolling, and their course
with oare controlling.
Forth the Sheriff brings tlx spirits far without the
haunted Itore J
And he says, " I rather reckon H is a guess 111 stake
my nee on
That such spirits I oonld beckon from a place below
the Boor i" ...
And the valiant blow be gives them, leu the spirits
all outpour,
C'arekrg mortals nevermore !
Oh I I love the kind of rapping, and the welcome
friMid whose tnDtiine
Tells that MercyY-kke an angel, stands to guard the
poor.house floor i
And the brotherhood that ever, by a holy, pure
anrljtavnr.
Seeks our fallen ones to sever from the monster-vice
of yore,
While the father, mother, children, see the gloomy
poor-house door
Or the prison nevermore 1
Waken 1 every son and brother ! shoulders braeed to
ma another 1
Keep this glorious bond of union sound your hearth-
sumes overiuura i
Peace shall smile and sweetly Mess yon, and the
future shall earess yon,
And the ohildren'a love address yon, from their child
luwMt's voldee. snore.
While the thousands in Use fullness of their blessings
rise and pour
Bongs of gladaesa evermore I
Jfn Tork, .an. W, ia2.
: Thu Book Trade paper says, that
I, the capital of some of the publishing
houses of New York, actually used in
their business, is larger than the en
tire business of at least half the job
bing houses, and that the Harpers re
quire larger funds than Howard fc
. Aspinwall. The aotual capital em
ployed by the Appletons is stated at
not less than 400,000 dollars.
ETAa ewhanga PPer sayi that "when Da.
rid slear Goliah with a sling, the latter fell
atone dead, and of sous was quite astonished as
nebs thing had lover catered his head bs-fore."
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tmfumt.
For the Organ of the Temperance Reform,
Proceedings of the Grand Union.
Temperance Hall, )
Urbana, Jan. 21st, 1352.
Pursuant to adjournment, the Grand
Union of the Daughters of Temperance
of the State of Ohio, met at 9 o'clock, A.
M., tor the purpose o! holding their Quar
terly Session.
Representatives present from the fol
lowing Unions, Nos. 2, 4, 9 and 54,
G. P. S. Dailey in the Chair : meetinir
opened in due form ; the roll of officers
called. Present-
Sister Dailey, G. P. S.
" Thatcher, G. S. A.
It fivmor fi S S.ilKa
tt
Conwell, G. S. Sentinel.
Curtis, P. G. P. S.
Sister Draper appointed G. S, T.: Sis
ter Corwin, G. S. Chaplain: and sister
A. M. Rodefer, G. S. C. '
The minutes of the last meeting read
and approved.
Ihe Committee on election and re
turns, reported correct the credentials of
the following sisters, viz :
P. S. Randall, No. 4.
P. S. Beaver, " " 9.
P. P. S. Saxton, No. 54.
P. P. S. Hamilton, No. 54.
P. S. Corwin, No. 54".
Report accepted, and the sisters intro
duced by the G. S. C, initiated and as
signed seats in this G. U., as representa
tives of their respective Unions.
As there was no unfinished business
before the Union, a motion was made by
S. Scribe, that when this G. U. adjourn,
they resolve themselves into a Conven
tion, to which all the ladies of Urbana
and vicinity should be invited to partici
pate. The object for bringing this so
early before the Union lor action, was,
that there might be posters printed to
give publicity to the appointment.
After a iree discussion, in which a
number of the sisters participated, the
motion passed by a unanimous vote, and
a Committee of three, Curtis, Cooper.
and Thatcher, was appointed to make
the proper arrangements and prepare
business for the public meeting.
A motion to admit the members of
Lauiel Union, No. 54, to seats within the
Hall during the session of the G. Union,
though pressed by some of the sisters,
was lost, as it was tnougtit a direct vio
lation of the Constitution. No further
business
Adjourned, by singing, to meet at 2
o'clock, P. 31. '
Afternoon Session, 2 o'clock, P. M.
Grand Union met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Representatives present from the fol
lowing Unions: Nos. 1, 2, 4, 9, 20, 48
and 54. ti. f . . in tne Cliair. Meeting
opened with the usual religious ceremo
nies, by our S. Chap. Otfices filled, as
in the morning.
The minutes of the previous meeting
read and approved. It was then de
cided that the G. U. hold the public meet
ing in the Temperance Hall, to-morrow,
at 2 o'clock, P. M., and that there be a
Report prepared by the Committee, ex
planatory of the objects of our organi
zation, and also that the Scribe present
some report of the slate of the Order, and
read any of the communications in her
possession that would be interesting. As
this, with other duties, would occupy
much time, she asked to be excused
from acting on the Committee to prepare
the report, which request was granted,
and sister Corwin appointed to fill the
vacancy.
A motion was then made by Sister
Scribe, that we petition the North Ame
rican G. U., the head of the Order, lo
cated in New York, for leave to expunge
from the Constitution regulating the Sub
ordinate Unions, 2d, 3d and 4th article
of Sec. 6th, relating to benefits, and if
the prayer was granted, to have it left to
each Subordinate Union to decide, by a
majority vote, whether they accept the
Constitution, so amended, or still retain
those sections as they now stand.
After some discussion, in which most
of the sisters participated, on motion, was
laid over until the morning Session for
further action.
On motion of sister Parsell, the Com
mittee on Elections and Returns was al
lowed to take their own time to report,
as the duties would be somewhat ar
duous. Adjourned, by singing, to meet to
morrow, at ten o'clock.
Thursday Morning Session, Jan. 22d.
The G. U. met pursuant to adjourn
ment, at 10 o'clock, A. M., Grand P. S.
in the Chair. " ' ' ' '' "
Meeting opened in due form. Officer
all present. Minutes of the preceding
meeting read and approved.
The subject of the petition to the North
American Union, which had been laid
over, wasfhen taken up, and after a full
and free discussion, in which all the
members took a part, the vote was taken,
N N A T 1 f) ; T v
and by a large majority rejected.
The Committee on Elections and Re
turns, reported the returns from the fol
lowing Unions correct, viz: Nos. I, 2, 3,
4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 24, 27, 29, 32,
49, 50, 52, 53, 54. Incorrect, 4ti, 8, 22.
Anil respectfully suggested that the in
correct reports be returned, with the er
rors pointed out : and those Unions who
still persist in sending but two per cent.,
after being informed on this subject, that
the P. W. be withheld until they comply.
E. Curtis, 1
L. Reeves. Committee
11. White; )
Report accepted.
The time having arrived to prepare
the Hall for the public meeting, adjourn
ed, by singing, to meet to-morrow morn
ing, at 9 o'clock, A. M.
' Friday Morning Session..
The G. opened in usual formj with
reading scripture and prayer, by sister
Whipple, of Sandusky Union. , The Offi
cers the same as yesterday.
On the request of the Juvenile Tem
plars, of Dayton, that we might present
them with the banner now in our pos
session, after some remarks, on motion
of sister Parcell, that we retain the ban
ner until further information relative to
the prospects of the Order, and that a
Committee ot sisters residing in Dayton,
be appointed to investigate their claim,
and report to the G. U.
Carried, and sis6is Reeves, Decker
and Williams appointed.
Sister Curtis called for the attention ot
the G. U. to those Subordinate Unions
who had not reported for several terms
thereby forfeiting their charter, and still
retained, tl with the private books in their
possession, ana moved that a Deputy be
appointed to visit those Union, urging
them to apply to the G. U. for the privi
lege of reorganizing; or cjitiin the Charter
and property belonging to the u. I nion,
which carried unanimously, and Depu
ties appointed, aister larcell to visit
Queen Ksther Union, sister Corwin,
Champaign Union, sister Reeves, (ler
mautown Union, sister Whipple, Kxcel-
sior Union.
Sister Pinkham offered a resolution
that this G. U. devise some plan whereby
the Subordinate Unions may be excited
to greater interest in carrying out the
principles ot our umer, which was
adopted without discussion.
As the time for leaving was nigh, a
motion was made and carried unani
mously, that a vote of thanks be tendered
to Mr. Saxton for kindly printing our
posters, free of charge, and also to Mr.
Shoemaker, the kind and urbane Super
intendent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton Railroad, for his kindness in
furnishing an order for half tickets to
the latter named place; also to the Tem
plars and Sons for the use of their com
fortable and convenient Hall, y ' v
There being no time to receive the
Reports of the G. P. S and G. S. S., ad
journed, to meet at Foster Hall, Cincin
nati February Utn, 1802, to finish the
business of the Session.
For the satisfaction of those who feel
interested in the good cause of Tempe
rance, and in the prospects of our be
loved Order, I will ofTer a brief report.
We have under our jurisdiction, 45 Sub
ordinate Unions, all in active operation,
with a membership of more than 1,500.
Some are located in small villages, and
are laboring under discouragements; that
in thnse we have some noble spirits,
who, in their reports, declare their deter
mination to persevere, despite of all ob
stacles, believing that the day lor the ulti
mate triumph of the Temperance cause
draweth nigh.
MARY COOPER, G. S. S.
Subordinate Unions are informed
that they are required to pay four per
cent on ell moneys received into the
Treasury.
07" Subordinatej,Unions neglecting to
pay the postage on communications to
ihe G. U. -are not to expect answers to
their letters.
WHAT WILL TO0 HAVfl ?
BY REV. J. W. ALEXANDER, O, D.
After a day's work of calculation and
copying, I was under the necessity of
waiting an hour in the tan-room ot
tavern, to secure the services of a mail
guard, who was to carry a parcel for my
employers. . Amidst Ihe smoke, the spit
ting, aud the clatter of a crowd of inn-
haunters, I could not but find some sub'
iects lor reflection '
The presiding genius ol '.he bar was a
bloated whiskered young man, whom 1
had long known as the abandoned son of
a deceased trienil. i signed, ana, was
silent. Ever and anon, as one alter' an
other, or squads of two or three ap
proached his shrine, to receive aim
empty-theii glasses, and deposits their
sixpences. T heard the short peremp
tory formula of the Bacchanal tnmisier:
" What will you havt - lirandjr ! bin ?
Punch What will you kavtP' .f
And the victims severally made their
bids for a smaller, tl cocktail, a sling, or
a julep, as the case might be. The con
stant repetition of the " form in that case
y E EBIIUAHY 13,
made and provided," set me in a drowsy
pneditation on the pregnant question :
n luil mil you, have! "iUethniks 1 can
answer the question," said 1 to myself)
as I cast ifaglance around the murky apart
ment. And lirst to the young shoe
maker, who, with a pair of newly fin
ished boots, is asking for "grog." What
will you have? Young man, you will
soon have an empty pocket.
1 here is a trembling ragged man. with
livid npots under his eyes. He is a ma
chine maker, and has lodgings in the
house. What will you have ? Ah ! the
barkeeper knows without an answer: he
takes gin and water. Poor man ! I
also know what you will have. Already
you have been twice at death's door, and
the gin will not drive off that chill. You
will have typhus Jever,
The classes are washed out. not
cleansed, in the slop-tub under the bar-
shelt. Jow a tresh bevy comes up,
cigars in hand. Gentlemen, what will
you have ! I supply the answer for
myself, the baker there will have an
apoplexy or a sudden fait in his shop.
That tailor in green glasses will have
consumption. And I tear that the three
idlers in their train will have the next
epidemic that shall sweep off our refuse
drunkards.
Sony indeed am I to see in this place
Mr. Scantling, the cooper. Not to speak
of himself, I have reason to believe that
both his grown soriB are beginning to
drink. He looks about him susniciouslv.
Now he has plucked no coursurn. He
takes whisky. You will have a ptiir of
anenken sons,
That youn fellow in the green frock
coat and colored rfsckcloth, is a musician,
a man of readinAsInd the husband of a
lovely English woman. Ho takes his
glass with the air of a Greek drinking
hemlock. You have a heart-broken wife.
What ! is that lad of fifteen going to
the bar lie ii, and ho tosses off his
Cogniac with an air.
You will have an
early death. Ihe old man that totters
j-.-. . ...v, v.,.,, u,,u, vumo
tiillier to drown his griof. His last son
died in prison from the effects of a brawl
in a theater. Wretched old man ! You
will have the halter of a suicide.
I must take the rest in mass, for it is
Saturday night, and the throng increases.
The barkeeper has an assistant iu the
1
person of a pale, sorrowful girl. Two
voices now reiterate the challenge,
H'inf will you have ! Misguided friends !
I am greatly afraid you will have a death
bed without hope.
My man has arrived. As I walked
home across the common, I thought thus :
' And what will he have," who, day after
day, and year alter year, doles out tne
devil s bounty to his recruits, aim re
his recruits, and re-
'
'. as, 11 were, over the
uns ? 1 ou, hardened
ceives his sixpences
coffins of his victii
tempter: (it memory live nereatter) will
have the recollection ot your triumplis,
and the vision of their eternal results,
You will have a terrible judgment, and
an etornaity of sucli retribution as befits
ity i
your life." American Mechanic.
"THB 50I.DE.! COINs"
OR, THE LITTLE STREET BEGGAR
A Htory of "Haiiny fliew Year."
BY GEORGE CANNING HILL.
The following tuiy is a jewel. We
ask for'
it a careful perusal from all our young friends
What cm cinJits, cakes, or any other entice
ment of the couioclionury, do towards giving
a calm, happy temperament of mind, when
eompared with that produced by affording re
lief to a family blasted with poverty. Young
fiiend, read the story, net out its suggestions,
and God will ble?s von.
It was the morning of a new year that had
jatt sut in. bright, golden and beaulilul, the
snow glittered like jeweled raiment in the
cloudless sun. The chiming of the silvery
sounds of the bells struck joyfully upon the
listener in every street. The air was eold,
though not piercing; bracing, though not bi
tingjust cold enough, in truth, to infuse life
and elasticity into every one that moved.
There was a little girl, a child of poverty, on
that beautiful New Year's morning, walking
the streets with the gay crowiis that swept past
ber. ller little feet had grown so numb, en
cased only in thin Bhoes, and those badly worn,
that she could bnt with difficulty move one
before the other. Her eheek shook at every
step the took, and her little lips looked truly
Alas. Door Klsie Grail Slio was a
r -i '
little bfggar!
Just like the old year, was the new year to
her. Just like the last years wants, and last
years' snfferings, were the wants and sufferings
of this! The change of the year brought no
change in her condition with it. She was poor;
her mot'ier was a widow, and u invalid, and,
the chilo was a poor beggar!
In the old and cheerless room gloamed no
bright flies of anniversary. No evergreens, no
wreaths, no flowers, save a few old withered
ones, decked her time-stained walls. There
was no sound of merry voices within the door
to say to the Widow Gray, " happy New
Year to yon, Mrs. Gray!" Heaven seemed to
hava walled ber and bar abode out from the
happiness that wan all the world's on that fes
tive day of the year. It provided, to all ap
pearances, no joys, no liowers tor them. Why"i
Were they outcasts? Had they outraged their
claims on tba wide world's charities t Had
the voluntarily shut themselves out from the
sunlight of the living creatures arouud them
No. . A shame take the world that tt mast be so
answered lor them. Mrs, Gray was poor,
1852.
Little Klsie stopped at times nod TirealhcJ
her hot breath upon ber bine aad benumbed
hands, and stamping ber tiny feet in tbeir thin
casements with all the force left in them, and
then bin ,earl 'tood trembling in her large blue
ejes.ior a moment, and rolled slowly down her
purple cheeks, aa if they wonld freeze to them.
She had left her mother in bed, sick, exhausted
and famishing! What wonder that she cried,
even these hot tears only dropped npon the icy
pavement. They might as well fail there as
els. where; the many human hearts that passed
her were full as icy and hardened.
She would have turned back to go home, but
she thought again of her poor mother, and went
on, though where to go, she knew not. She
was to become a street beggar! Where would
street beggars goi What streets are laid out
and numbered for themi Surely, if not home,
then w here should they go? It was this thought
that brought those tears that started those deep
and impressible sobs that choked her iufant ut
terance.
A yonngboy a bright-looking little fellow
chanced to pass her as she walked and went,
and stopped, lie caught the glitter of those
tears in the sunshine, and the sight smote his
angel heart. He knew not what want and suf
fering were. He had never known them him
selfnever once heard of them knew not
what a real beggar was. He stopped suddenly
before Elsie, anil asked her the i ause of those
tears. She could make no reply her heart
was too full.
"Has anybody hurt you?" asked the feeling
little fellow.
"She shook her head negatively.
Have yon lost your wayl" he persisted.
"No," answered the child, qnite audibly.
"What is the matter, then?" he asked.
' My mother is poor and sick, and I am cold
and hungry. We have nothing to eat. Our
ruom is quit cold, and there is no wood for us.
Oh, yon do not know all you cannot know
all."
"But I will" replied the manly boy. Where
do you live? '
"Will you go with ineV' asked Klsie, her
face brighteniug.
" Yts, let me go with you," said he; " thow
me the way."
lhroiiga street, lane, auil alley, sho guided
I J. - . lne.T L'1. ' !luT.7
uti.'mi uiceuisui tMC fiuu nuiSLUU 1U HI IUC
.......trj n.l ; n.i I L..I- u..r ,i
a, lt mv,tin(? them in.
They entered. A sick woman feebly raised
! her head from the pillow, and gave her a sweet
j smile.
"Elsie, have yon come?" she faintly asked.
I ' Yes, mother," answered the child; "and I
! h"e brought this boy with me. I do not kuow
",ho e . t he said he wanted to com. and
SPA whprn wp iivpH Hnl I iti vrnna in Ulna
him. tnothei?"
" No, my child, " said the mother, " if be
knows how to pity you from his litile heart;
but he cniiuot pity me yet he is not old
enough."
The bright-faced, sunny. hearted boy gazed
in astonishment on the mother and child, i he
scene was new to him. 11c wondered if this
was what they called poverty. His eyes look
'T,, 'i P,i ,
glittered with wouder when tnrne
j EUie Sllddenlv tl eMti with te
j w,nti the W06i the barrenness, the
ed sadly upon the wasting mother, but they
ed towards
tears. The
desolation,
were all too much for him. He shuddered at
the cold, uncovered floor. He gazed monrnful.
ly into the empty fire-place. Hi eyes wander.
ed wonderingly over the naked walls, looking
80 miuvitingly aud cheerless. Putting hia
hand into Ins pocket, he grasped the coin th.it
his mother had that very morning given him, and
drew il forth.
"Yon may have that," said he, holding it out
to the child.
"Oh, you are too goodl Yon are too generous.
I fear!" broke in the mother, at if she ought
nnt tn tntrn it frnm him
" Mother will give me another if I want
said he; "It will do yon a great deal of good,
and I know I don't need it. Take it! Takeitl
yon shall take it!" and he was instantly gone.
It was a gold coin of the value of five dollars!
Mother and child wept together. Then they
talked of the good boy whose heart hsd opened
for them on this New Year's day. Then they
let their fancies run and grow wild and revel as
they chose. They looked at the glistening
piece. There was bread and clothing, and ev
ery other comfort, in its depths. They contin
ued to gaze npon it. Now they saw within its
rim pictures of delight and jc;; visions of long
rooms, all wreathed and decorated with ever
greens and flowers; visions of happy children
and smiling faces; sights cf merry sleigh rides,
and the glistening of bright runners over the
sitooth worn snow. They listened; they heard
the mingled sounds of merry vrices, and the
chiming mnsie bells, the accents of innocent
tongnes, and the laugh of gladsome hearts.
Ah, what apbilosopher's stone wa that coin!
How it turned everything first into gold, and
then into happiness! How it grouped urouud
them kind and cheerful friends, and filled their
ears with kind voices! How it garlanded all
hours of that day with evertrreeni and Jull
blown rosesl How it spread them a laden ta- j
ble, and crowded it with merry gnests! and
those guests, too, all satisfied and happy! Oh, I
what bright ray, shone forth from that triflina
coin of gold! Conld it have been as bright in
the child a or the man'sdarl pocket? No; ehe
it wonld before then bnrned its very way
through, and lent its radiance to others. Conld
it have shone with such visions inthe rich man's
hands? No; else bis avarice wonld have van
quished at once, and his heart overflowed with
generosity! No, no; it was only to such as the
widow and her child that it wore such a shine.
and emitted snch brilliant rays, and revealed
snch sweet and welcome visions. Only for
such as the;.
That night returned this angel boy to the
bleak room, then filled with happiness, and
lighted with joy; but he was not alone: his own
mother was with him. Blessed bovl ha msuid
the whole of New Year's day ia making others
happy. And how much hanoier waa he himvlfl
How his little heart warmed and etlowed ta sm
the child uncover the basket he had brought
NUMBER 4.
' with hiui, atf 'fiSffS'STTSsSSfefega,
that were stowed there. And bow overjoyed
was he to see bis mother offer the sick woman
work and a new home, and to see her suddenly
grow strong, aud almost well, nnder the influ
ence of their offers. He wondered if tbeir hap
piness conld possiblye as deep as his own, if
their New Years war as bright to them as to
him. lie kn -.-.v not how any one could be hap.
pier than he was at that moment.
Years have rolled away into the silent past.
That little girl Elsie Gray is a lady. Not
a lady only in name, but one in every deed, in
heart, in conduct. She dwells in a sweet subur
ban cottage, and her husband is devoted only to
her. The husband is no other than the gener
ous boy who on the New Year's festival accosted
her so tenderly in the street, and went home
with her. Her poor mother sleeps quietly in
the little church yard; yet the lived to know that
God had provided for her child. She died re
signed and happy.
Are there coins, either gold or silver, that
must be locked away from tight on this day of
the new year. Are there any containing with
iu their depths such sweat visions, such happy
sights, they must lie under lock and key all this
day, last happiness and comfort may become too
universal?
Here is one where comes another.
France. Thus the usurper magniloquently
shadows forth his future pi. 1 icy in the leading
page of the Moniteur Parisien:
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte has come to inau
gurate the eagle of universal peace. This uni
veisal peace, the aurora of all the progress of
the future, which will conduct civilization to
wards unknown shores this peace, which will
forever close the abyss of civil as well as inter
national wars, will be promulgated in the face
of the world by the Constitution, the prepara
tion of which the plebiscite of December 2d has
confided to its elect. The necessity of Kurope
and the whole world is a strong power, pretect-
iug all interests and assuring universal right
that right of which our revolutions have scarcely
even been anything but the usurpation. Louis
Napoleon has not made any coup d etat. Lou
is Napoleon has not attempted any victory by
force. Ho has delivered the people from a
convenient dictature, the remembrance of which
since 18-18, will be embodied iu the negation
of ameliorations which the situation of the la
boring classes imperiously reclaim. The labori
ous classes: grattful to the savior of their conn-
try, have confided to him their future fate.
Louis Napoleon has understood it. There is
his force, because there is to be found the rea
lization of the enlarged ideas of the Emperor
at the epoch of the peace of the world. En
rope, shuddering at the prospect of 1652, has
rallied to the act of Dec. Hi. which has pre
served the civilization of the 19th century from
a new invasion of barbaiians. France, the
eternal advanced euai J of greatness of thought,
will soon offer to Europe the type of perma
nent constitutions permanent became they are
liberal and protective of all rights. Liberty
now resides only iu tutetary authority. This
authority is well founded. No one will raise a
hand agaiust it, for it is protected by God. Lib.
erty at the base of society, used up to this time
as a machine of disorganization, has disappear
ed. Liberty at the apei. a light fed by univer
sal suffrage, will recreate harmony in general
politics.
Old Time Winters.
In 1G64 Hie cold was so intense that the
Thames was covered with ice sixty-one
inches thick. Almost all the birds per
ished. In 1695 the cold was so excessive, that the
famishing wolves entered Vienna, and at
tacked beasts and even men. Many people
in Germany wore frozen to death in 15(i9
and 1690 was nearly as bad.
In 1709 occurred that famous winter called
by distinction, the cold winter. All the
rivers and lakes were frozen, and even the
sea for several miles from the shore. The
ground was frozen nine feet deep. Birds
and beasts were struck di ad in the fields,
and men perished in their houses. In the
South of France the wine plantations were
almost destroyed, nor have they yet recov
ered that fatal disncT. The Adriatic sea
was frozen, and ,' the Mediterranean,
about Genoa; Tifroii and orange
groves suffered c In the finest parts
of Italy. j
In 1716 the tu. so intense that
people traveled acrossr the straits from
Copenhagen to the province of Sema in
Sweden. '
In 1726, in Scotland, multitudes of cattle
and sheep were buried in the snow.
In 1741) the winter was scarcely inferior
to that of 1709. The enow lay ten feet deep
in Spain and Portugal. The Zuyder Zee
waa frozen over, and thousands of people
went over it. And the lakes in England
froze.
Iu 1744 the winter was very cold. Snow
fell in Portugal to the depth of twenty -three
feet on a level.
In 1754 and 1755 the winters Were very se
vere and cold. In England the stron rest ale.
exposed to the air in a glass, was covered
wita ice one-eighth of an inch thick.
la 1771 the hibe was frozen to the bottom.
In 1716 the Danube bore ice five feet ripen
below Vienna. Vast numbers of the feather
ed and finny tribes perished.
1 he winters of 1774 anol 1775 wera nr..
commonly severe. The Little Belt was fro
zen over.
From- 180U to 1812 also, the winters
remarkably cold, particular the latter in
Kussia, WHICH Droved SO disaatrnua tn r.Vio
French army.
CTElder Onan UvA
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lends the Mormon system of a plurality of
mormon law allows it, and the El
der deems it no sin. : , - .. -
HTDnring the lonr months ending Decem
ber there were 6, 883 066 lbs, ol butter and
cheese carried over the Watertowa and Bom a
in, i. rauroad.
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