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THE ORGAN
or nil
TEMPERANCE REFORM.
CINCINNATI. APRIL 23, 1852.
I'L'BLlSHl.Na COMMITTUC,
Oea. B. T. CARY. J. 8. WHITWELL,
CALEB CLARK.
Gb. R F. GARY, Editor,
J. S. WHITWELL, CoanEsfOMwiio Editor,
CALEB CLARK, sinter.
Terms.
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Ton eoutos and apwanls, aach 1,00
Any Division, or parsoa, lending A elub of twtal,
bull bo tntiUod to on extra copy.
Agents.
Wo continue to tend tlio Organ, with bill and proa.
portus, to those who aro not subscriber. In every
souh instance, it ti our earnoat request that Uvey will
mi one laiso a club and forward it on.
Old Subscribers.
Wo continue to send Notioes to those subscribers
whose time is expiring . We desire that every one
who was on the Fountain list will renew thou aab
oription to the Organ as fast as they expire.
t.y It i out purpose to work tha Orraa into averv
town n trta Binle of Ohio. Push the wot right
ttraifkt if jSfrica, ia ear so otto
lie done ?
Friends,
hall U 1
Wherever there is a club already sea arlrH
tionsi names will b received at olub rates one dot
ar each.
' D" The poetry of A. II. M. will not an
swer for the Organ. One or two verses might
do, but as a whole, it will not stand the test
of criticism.
Strike for the Mains Law.
The Grand Division of the Sons of Tem
perance holds its semi annual session, at
Mount Vernon, on the 'ZHlh inst., and the
friends of the Maine Law are determined to
make this the occasion of a grand rally on
the 20 th.
The undersigned have been appointed, to
extend a cordial invitation, to Suns, Wash
inytonians, and every body else throughout
the State, to unite with us on that day in
sending up a uuited prayer, for the adoption
of the Isaiue Law. Cunie, friends I our
hearts are warm, and our latch strings out.
Fling your banners to the breeze, and come
one and all, and we will give you a bro
ther's hand and a brother's welcome ! A
committee has been appointed fur each
ward to make preparations, fur the enter
tainment of our friends from a distance, who
niiiy honor us with a call.
Letters have been received, from which
we confidently expect the devices of John
11. Gciuc.ii, C. N . Olds and S. F. C.uty.
Arrangements have been made with the
rail road companies, by which all persons
attending the convention will pay full fare
to this place, aud return free by obtaining
tickets from tlu Secretary of the conven
tion All the papers in the Sta'e friendly to the
cause are requested to copy this call that
we may have a demonstration worthy of the
cause.
Wm. L. King,
C. H'Iilno, Committee.
l M. H I.VIIOM,
JOHN B. GOTJGH,
Is in the city, and will address (he citi
zens on Thursday evening, at the Wesley
Chapel, on 5ih street. All who desire to
hear the great effort of his life, will have to
go early to secure a good seat. Tickets 25
cents. The proceeds for the benefit of the
cause of temperance.
ID" A large number of subscribers to the
Western Fountain (which list we are filling
out) will expire during the next two or
three weeks, and we Would be very happy
to enroll them all on the Organ list. Fill
ing out the list has been attended with
considerable expense to us, and the only
hope we have of being remunerated is by
renewal.
Testimonials in Favor of the Organ
At a meetingof the " Quarterly council,"
for Athens county, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted :
" Remlned, That we have the utmost con
fidence in the Organ, and that we will use
our utmost endeavors to promote its suc
cess." Bro. A. T. Brannan, of St. Frnncisville,
0., sends us a very flattering letter, from
which we make the following extract : "A
temperance paper here is much needed, and
I am happy to say that the Organ meets
with a warm reception, wherever it is read,
and that is no little, I assure you. There
are not many papers taketi at this little
place, and to see the Organ stand out in
such unflinching terms, inspires within the
reader, a respect for the cause it advocates.
I shall do all I can, to raise a club here for
you, not that I want the paper cheaper,
(for I cannot do without it,) but because I
think it will do a great deal of good."
We have received many such " crumbs of
comfort" from our friends throughout the
State indeed, it is generally conceded, that
the Organ is the beit and most effective ad
vocate of the caue ever published in the
State. In urtfy oi.e or two isolated cases,
has a different opinion been expressed.
The Organ is increasing its circulation at
a very respectable rate, and is daily grow
ing in the confidence aud affection of the
Temjierance community of Ohio. We hope
our readers will excuse us for referring to
these testimonials in our behalf. It encou
rages us, and we know it will have the same
effect upon many warm and true hearted
friends.
ID" We have on hand a number of com
munications, proceedings of meetings, Ac,
which, owing to a press of other matter,
we are unable to insert this week.
ID" The Maine Liquor Law passed the
Legislature of Massachusetts by ninety-three
majority on the Mth inst.
D"Ex Grand Scribe Sherwood, of Colum
bus, is in the city.
THE OR G
Lay Sermon.
' These are the statutes and judgments,
which ve shall observe to do in the land
which the Lord God of thy Fathers giveth
thee to possess it, all the days that ye live
tipon the earth."
" Ye $halt utterly de'troy all the places,
wherein the nations which ye shall pos
sess served their gods upon the high nioun
taius and upon the hills, and under every
green tree : And ye shall overthrow their
altars, and break their pillars, and burn
thuir groves with fire ; and ye shall hew
down the graven images of their gods, and
destroy the names of them out of that place,"
This, as the language clearly expresses, is
the command of God to his chosen peoplo,
and clearly reveals a principle in God's
government that is eminently appropriate
in the proper administration of human gov
ernment. What was the neecessity of utterly de
stroying all the placesof idolatry, and hew
ing down the graven images of the heathen t
Had not God's chosen people witnessed
enough to couvince them that only the God
of Israel was worthy of worship. They had
often and signally experienced the favor of
TTeaven'a Kim, and seen the vanitv and
. ... v
lolly, ana wiCKeaiiess oi iuoi worsuip.
Tho Trieste of the Most High, were daily
instructing and ministering in the temple,
and the rites and ceremonies, and discipline
of the church, religiously maintained. God,
who gave this law, knew the carnal heart,
and the proneuess to evil coutinually. He
knew that it would be difficult, if not im-po-sible,
even for those who had so often
enjoyed the favor of Ileaven, to withstand
temptation. Hence, this decree of our text.
Moral suasion was not to be given up, the
office of teacher and priest, and the offerings
of incense and of bullocks upon his altars,
were not to be abolished. But, in addition
to all these, as an indispensable requisite,
the idol temples were to be razed, and the
images hewn down, and the last vestiges of
temptation from without removed.
What a rebuke is here to that class of
pseudo-philanthropists who insist that tho
only way to purify, and elevate, and refine
society, is to persuade rrcn to be virtuous-
Place your children in the midst of vice,
surround Ibem with temptations, and then
tell them the dangers of indulgence! Why
did not God tell his chosen people nut to de-'
stroy the houses of heathen worship and
banish their idols 1 Why did he not say to
them : Preserve these monuments of folly,
go into these temples, and witness the sense
less devotion to stocks and stones that you
may be better satisfied with the inteigent,
devout and pure worship of the living God.
School your children to temptation, that
they may better deserve the rewards of vir
tue don't attempt to remove temptation
from without, but fortify nnd encourage ihe
power of resistance within ? Such a direc
tion would have better accorded with the
moral suasion doctrine of the present day.
An intelligent gentleman, a professed friend
of Temperance, said tho other day, " I
always give my boy a glas of champaigne
at dirncr this is my way of schooling my
son, that he may grow up with habits of
temperance. I never fail to warn him of the
danger of excessive indulgence." Had this
gentleman lived in the age when our text
was uttered by the mouth of Jehovah, he
would have protested against this method
of promoting the true worship of God. He
would have insisted upon taking his boy
daily into the idol temple, that he might
become familiar with the modus operandi
of heathen worship. When this boy gets
to be a little older and more experienced,
his father will probably take him to the
gaming table, to play a little, bet small sums.
that he may learn the miseries of gambling,
and avoid them. Thence to the theatre and
the brothel, aud by the lima he has been
the rounds, we shall expect to find, accord
ing to his logic, a prodigy of virtue and
moral excellence.
We are told that in these days of light
nnd knowledge, that the true way of secur
ing a reformation, is not to meddle with the
sources of vice, but to teach the doctrine of
virtue. God's plan was, and is, to do both.
He did not relieve those under his direction
and fatherly care from the duty and neces
sity of building houses for the true worship
and ministering to the moral wants of his
people, when he ordered the destruction of
the places aud instruments of idolatrous
devotion.
Without further discussion of the subject
of this text, we conclude by remarking :
1st. That the Maine Law is based upon
the principles of eternal right.
2d. That legal suasion is indispensable
to tho growth and practice of virtue, by re
moving the temptation to vice, and building
a wall arouii'l of ie'y to protect it from in
vasion.
Jd and lastly. We infer that the temples of
Bacchus, whether " upon the mountains or
in the valleys, or under the green trees;"
whether in city or country, should be ut
terly destroyed, and the bottles aud casks
hewn in pieces. Temperance, like the pure
worship of Gud, is a good thing, but in
order to fully perfect aud enjoy either,
the obstacles aud temptations must be re
moved. The mighty battle axe of law must
assail the fastnesses of iniquity. The melt
ing tones of persuasion aud mercy are by
no means to be dispensed with, but to rebels
and outlaws, the thunders of Sinai are more
effectual. God grant that the children of
men may understand the principles of God's
moral governments nd apply them. Amm j
O The present Session of the Ohio Le
gislature will terminate on the first Monday
in May, to meet again in December, an extra
Session being deemed necessary by the ac
cumulation of business.
Grand Division cf Indiana.
The fourth Semi-Annual Session of In
diana will be held at Peru, Miami countyi
on Wednesday, April 21st inst.
AN OF T EJPERANCE R
Fraternal Sparks.
Bro. F. A. F. of Philadelphia, writes
'It
is indeed gratifying to note the prov.i:g
popularity of temperance sentiments, as
brought into view by the generally favora
ble consideration of the Maine Law, Penn
sylvania stands side by side .with Ohio, io
effort. The traffic in Fennsylvariis is 4
tined to pass through the ordeal of ''ie
Maine Law." Good I say we. S i .
Brother B., P. G. W. P., of LouW :,
says the following Act was passed al most
unanimously by the Legislature of I-aui-siana,
at its last session. This is one i p
forward, and it gratifies us to know that, the
Sons of Temperance are united and in 'J.e
front of the battle in that State. It is just
so every where. . ;
An Act, Concerning the licensing of dritXlsy
houses, and mlt of intoxicating ligutv in
this State. " : ; . P
Skc. 1. ife it enacted by the Srmte end
House of Representatives in General AssrnAly
convened, That from and after the ji:i--.-ige
of this Act, the police juries of the p i s,
the selectmen of the towns, and may - d
aldermen of the cities, shall have th i
sive power to make such law fli'd '
ulations for the s;ile. : ;"--l,;i.
sale, of intoxicating liquors, as Uiey may
deem advisable j and to grant or withhold
licenses from drinking houses and shop,
as a majority of the citizens aud voters of
any ward, parish, town or city, may detor
rniue by ballot. i
Sec. 2. De it further enacted, $c , That
the State docs hereby relinquish all right
aud title to grant licenses in anv town,
parish or city in the State, in which said
license is not granted by the legal authori
ties of said parish, town orcity ; but shall,
through her legally constituted; officers, col
lect the State tax from such licensed drink-ing-houses
and shops, whenever established
according to law.
Seo. 3. Be it furtlter enacted, cj-e., That
all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with
the present Act, be, and they are hereby re
pealed. Rev, Bro. C, in the eastern part of our
own State, writes : "I have been preaching
in different places in this region, and, by
the grace of God, I intend to enlighleu the
people on the subject rf temperance. We
gained a glorious victory here, yesterday,
for the cause, in the election of a justice of
the peace. The opposition held secret meet
ings, though so much opposed to secret socit
tics, and appointed committees of vigilance
in every school district in the township,
and rodo to every man's house. The Suns
were not aware of this movement until the
morning of the election. We went to
work and organized, and sent out our men
through the mud and rain, and elected a
Son by a majority of nine, on tho largest
vote ever polled here at a spring election.
The rumite candidate spent four days,
lately, in circulating remonstrances to the
Maine Law, is a member of the Methodist
Church, and has got his reward."
The Brother asks, " when will the church
of Jesus Chrirt be purified from such wor
shippers ?" He closes with the gratifying
intelligence, "the Order here was never
in a mure healthy condition than at Msis
time." In reply to the ltev. Brother's in
quiry, " when will the church be purified
from such worshippers ?" we answer when
all the respectable clergymen of the differ
ent branches of Zion follow this Brother's
example. Preach against the evil, class the
rumseller with the thief, the burglar, the
Sabbath breaker, the gambler, and drive
the knights of the toddy-stick from the eom
munion table. In addtition to this, the
ministers of the Gospel, in sucli places as
Cincinnati, must speak out against fashion
able wine drinking as a sin and reproach.
Tell the young ladies connected with their
congregations that the offering of wine on
festive days, is a wicked, despicable, mean
degrading, corrupting practice. The watch
men on the walls of Zion are responsible foi
the continuance of this state of thing.
"Cry Here." '
A minister of the Gospel, not a thoisand
miles from Cincinnati, who is reinakable
for shedding tears in tho pathetic parts of
his discourses, accepted an invitation to oc
cupy the pulpit of a neighboring partor on
a given Sabbath. As he was on his way to
fill the appointment, with the sermon iu his
pocket, all neatly written out for the occa
sion, by some accident he lost hit docu
ment on the highway. A person passing
shortly after, fuund the document, and of
course took it heme to peruse. On reading
it, he found on several of the pages these
words, enclosed in brackets, cry here The
artificial and artistic character of otr mod
ern sermons.has often been the suhjett of cri
ticism and censure, but this is tho,,irst in
stance we have ever known of a jreacher
noting in the body of the discourse, (for
fear he might forget it) when the matter of
his discourse needed to be acconipaa.d with
tears to make it effective. A pretty irotfi
commentary, this, on the devotional preach
ing of our day.
Death.
Bro. Joskth V. Corue, a worthy and re
spectable member of Mt. Healthy Division,
No. 12, S. of T., departed this life a few
days since. At a meeting of the Division
resolutions of condolence were unanimously
adopted. In the death of Bro. Corre, the
Division has lost an active and useful mem.
ber, the wife and children a kind and affec
tionate husband and father, and society an
upriirht, honest and faithful citizen. Peace
to his remains!
One fact worthy of attention in referenee
to this case is, that Bro. Corre had his life
insured about two mo u the before his death
for $1,000, in the Washington Life Insur
ance Co. of this City; and the money was
paid to the widow immediately after his
death.
To be Bung.
Mrs. Ann Hoag, the only surviving daugh
terof Robert Fulton, the inventor of steam
boats, is to be hung on the 8lh day of May
next, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., for the mur
der of her husband. . j
Bigns of the Time.
The struggles of legislative bodies on the
liquor question, indicate that the days of
legal protection to the infamous business of
making drunkards, are fast passing away.
Our readers remember how rery nearly the
Maine Law was to a passnge in Bhode Is
land. It has passed in the Legislature of
Minnesota Territory, subject to the appro
val of the electors. In New Jersey, it came
so near becoming a law, that if its friends
am true, it ia certain to succeed. It has
passed the House of Representatives in
Massachusetts, by a majority of ninety three,
and came within a few votes in old I enn
sylvania, of receiving the sanction of the
Lower House. In the Ohio Legislature, it
has not been voted upon directly, but the
only hope of the enemy is in the clause of
the new Constitution, requiring a majority
of ell who are elected, to pass any law, and
tho 'confident assurance that some members
will be absent when the question is taken
In New York, there has been great shuffling
and trickery to prevent the success of the
measure. With these facts before the peo
' 1 jivd new liirht constantly pouring in
ujxm the public niiild, we are induced to
hope and expect that very soon we are to be
delivered from this " bondage of sin and
death," the infernal liquor traffic. Nothing
is wanted but fidelity to the convictions of
the friends of the Maine Law, to insure suc
cess in any of the States of this Union. We
look upon it as a fixed fact, that the sub
stantial provisions of the Maine Law are to
be incorporated into the statute books of
every one of these States. The manufactu
rers and vendors and topers may make up
their minds to submit to, or resist its en
forcementfor its enactment is sure. No
thing can defer it but a device of the enemy
to array the two great parties on different
sides of this question. Most men will stick
to their political party, except the friends
of liquor their attachment to rum super
cedes every other preference, and they hold
the balance of power--The e are enough
druuken whigs or drunken democrats to
turn the political balance either way, to suit
their purpose and gain their end. But a
measure so popular with the masses of all
parties, cannot long be defeated by such
party trickery.
Late Elections.
It seems that the late elections in tho city
of Port! aud, and iu the State of Conner
ticut, have afforded gratification to the ad
vocates of free trade in death and ruin.
But it were better not to hallo before
they get out of the Woods. Portland does
not begin to be the State of Maine ; it is
not, like Cincinnati, the " metropolis " with
other cities of the State, " at long interval
succeeding. Portland has many rivals in
point of population, close at its heels.
There was a contest between two nearly
balanced political parties a man, long re
tired from political conflict, was drawn out
to aocure a party triumph. Albion K.
Parris was one of the first Governors of the
State, a roan, very popular with his own,
aud not obnoxious to any party. Those
Swiss auxiliaries, the liquor sellers, on the
same principle on which the fish jumped
out of the frying pan, were impatient for a
change, supposing that their afflictions did
not admit of aggravation. We concede a
triumph to the Democracy ; but for their
allies, what have they gained? Do they
trust that Albion K. Parris will be an ame
lioration of Neal Dow ? We hope not.
For Connecticut, all we have to say, is,
that it was an omen of most disastrous por
tent that the Whig party extended its pat
ronage over the Temperance cause. The
leading Whig papers of the State have al
ready denounced such connection, and pro
mise a reform. We most devoutly wish
they may abide by their- resolution. We
deprecate any such protection from either
party : our cause is prominent enough to
be a principal, instead of a subsidiary. It
has geneially been the case, that party pre
judice prevails over principle, and avarice
over both. Temperance men vote with
their particular parties, the anti-temperance
men move to the polls in solid column.
If our friends will act with their parties
let them exert their influence in primary
meetings, for the nomination of candidates
who will not disgrace their suffrages, z.
A Few Important Facts,
Illustraliug the ruinous tendency of gambling
and gambling-houses.
This is the title of a pamphlet put forth
by the American Association for tho Sup
pression of Gambling.
We shall make no apology for diverting
the attention of our readers from a more
prominent object of our efforts, by recom
mending this little compilation to their at
tention. The liberal arts were long ago said
to have a common bond of relationship :
one virtue often succeeds in introducing
another of the family j and the vices, ac
cording to Dr. Blair, have the same attrac.
live affiinity with each other. We know
very well that the thorough bred gambler
never indulges in a vice destructive of that
coolness and caution so essential to his
criminal profession. The decanters are, how
ever, one of the tools of his trade. It is in
dispensable to faro as tho cards j to hazard
as the dice ; as the ball to the roulette. But
the dealer and the croupier touch it not.
The attention of a Btranger in Sicily (not
Brydone) was once directed to a fine palace
in Palermo. "That building," said the
Cicerone, " was erected by an indmduab
who, twenty years ago, was a ragged boy
in the streets of this city. He was taken to
London by an English traveler. On his re'
turn, being asked how he had acquired an
oppulent fortune, he replied : " By drinking
water when the English drank wine." He
had. been a proprietor in one of the Hells
of London.
Any person'who was at NewOrleans thirty
years ago, may remember how profusely the
EFO It M
gambling establish menta, and they were
neither few nor far between, were furnished
with the best and strongest liquors. A
young man from the East visited one of
these splendid decoys to satisfy a dangerous
curiosity. He recognised, in the operator
at one of the tables, a very gentlemanly per
sonage with whom he had formed a slight
acquaintance at the hotel. The stranger
advanced to the table, and in conformity to
what he supposed was imperative custom,
throw a quarter on the roulette. He was
fortunate, his quarter returned with two
others. He mode a second and a third trial
of his fortune with increased sums, and
with similar success. He had begun to feel
the incitement of play, when he was called
away by Ihe departure of his companions.
The next day, he met the gambler, alor.e,
on the piazza of the hotel. In conversa
tion, he took -occasion to observe that he
had only been induced to play for the pur
pose of remunerating the establishnvout for
what liquor he had drank. The gambler
hesitated ; a good and an evil demon
seemed contending in his mind. From the
pocket of his white Marseilles vest, he took
out a capacious gold snuff box, took a long
pinch, and replied : " The liquor is the
most insignificant item in our expenses. It
is of no more account than the bait is to the
fisherman. Had you drank two or three
glasses of liquor, it is very probable that
you would have gone away without a dol
lar. Keep what you have got, but do not
come again. The funds you have, are too
small to be an object to so wealthy an estab
lishment as ours ; otherwise, I had not ven
tured to give you this advice. The only
return you ean make for it, is not to tell
from whom you received it." He then ex
posed the system and artifices of gambling
so far, that, though the young man was a
fool, who afterwards wasted the prime of
his life in folly, nor mode an effort to re
cover himself, " till the day was far spent,
and his strength exhausted," he never be
came a gambler.
The interest of the liquor seller and the
gambler are equally involved in the settle
ment of the question now agitated before
the public : their objects are equally mer
cenary, their measures equally unrestrained
by principle or humanity.
We have continued these remarks to an
undue length, and have only opportunity,
without making selections', to conclude, by
recommending this pamphlet, in the words
of the title page, " to the consideration of
manufacturers, importers, jobbers, retailers,
commission merchants, and all other busi
ness men ; to banking, insurance, rail road,
and other incorporated companios.
03r The Ohio Cadet complains of the pub
luhnra nf tho Orfran of Temperance Reform,
lor not exchanging after receiving from the
Cadet a friendly and favorable notice. We
rave them!a notice in our Daner, and have been
treated in a similar mnnncr. Tne "Organ" is
in a flourishing condition, has tour or live tnou
aanrl subscribers, po that there, can be no ex
cuso it tlie spirit manifested a spirit that is a
disgraee to tlie g iod cause in which it is en
gaged. The Gem has s larger circulation than
inaiiv of the "OrcpiuV exchanges, and our no
tice would be as likely to benefit it as a notice
from almost any pUier paper. II men are uu'
mindlul of favors in the davs of their prosper
ity, they must expect but little sympathy when
the hour ol adve:sity arrives, an hour whii h
tSe ''Organ" may yet see, judging from its past
history. We did mt notii e it lor the sake of
an exchange, as we have more papers now thin
we ran read, but ihe illiberal Burnt i what we
comhmn. Men will sometimes cry hard lor
help, and af-er they get it, lorgel the source. An
old fellow on e b' gfjed wool fur a oat. Sjme
one asked. "You've cot a new coat, eh. Uncle
Dick f" "Yes," Stud he, "but no thanks to
nobody." Hygeia Gem.
After reading the above, one not acquain
ted with us would naturally think that we
were possessed of the illiberal spirit charged
to us by the conductors of the Gem. A few
words of explanation from us, and a dif
ferent opinion will be entertained, we hope
We would respectfully say to our worthy
Brother and co-laborer of the Cadet, that
his notice of the Organ was duly apprecia
ted and acknowledged by us, and that we
returned the compliment by a notice of the
Cadet, equally as flattering as that of the
Organ, and placed the Cadet on our ex
change list. Unfortunately, however, by
an oversight, the paper was sent to Middle
town instead of Germantown. We hope
this explanation will be sufficient to restore
us to the good graces of our Brother ol ,tne
Cadet.
As for the Gem, we did not see the notice
spoken of, and if the paper has been sent
us in exchange, we do not now recollect to
have seen it. If we had, we would have
sent the Organ iu exchange. Wo hope we
are not quite so parsimonious, even if our
paper is twice as large, and appears four
times to the Gem s once, we Know wnai
t,h courtesv of the press is, and whenever
vrt fafA "it. t uuia., wt sswire, Um
Gem it is not intentional.
Ia the absence of an explanation being
asked, the strictures of the editor or pub
lisher of the Gem is uncalled for, illiberal,
unjust and ungentlemanly, and especially
so as there is no ostensible editor or pub
lisher of the Gem. We would respectfully
inform them that we publish the Organ for
the good of the cause it advocates, and with
no inteution or expectation of making mo
ney by the enterprise.. The past history of
temperance publications forbid indulgence
iu such hopes. If we make both ends
meet, we shall have done well, and better
than we expected at the commencement.
We solicit, or urge if you please, the friends
of the cause to aid us by their patronage
with the full expectation of giving value re-
,.ivrl for everv dollar sent us on snoscnp
fartrtti our friends. On
LlOUs T o w O
the day of publication, all of them are re
merabered for all who patronise ns receive
their paper regularly. Ppblisheb.
No. 16-Was held by A. W,
Patterson, Coroner, on the dead body of
Robert Fields, found in one oi ine ceils in
the watch-house on Ninth street, on the
20th day of April, 1 H52. Verdict of jury-
came to his death from delirium tremens.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Bro. John H. Mercer, Mt. Pleasant, 0.,$1.
Bro. J. Horton, Tiffin, 0., $1.
Bro. James Aigin,of Delaware, 0., sends
two names and f 2, an addition to a former
list of 20. The Bro. informs us, that the
cause and the Organ is indebted to Mrs. Du
den, for effective services. She is a true
friend of the cause, and does much to ad
vance its interests among her acquaintan
ces. We acknowledge our indebtedness to
our friends with pleasure, but wo take an
extra pleasure in returning our thanks to a
lady for her interest in the cause. She is
engaged in a glorious cause, and may she
always find a pleasure in doing her duty!
The brother says : " Our Division is more
prosperous now thnn it has been for three
years past, and does more for the temper
ance cause, than all the rest of the people
in the place." Well may the rumies watch
them with fear and trembling.
Bro. H. Clark, Hanging Rock, O., $1.
Bro. H. F. Brayton, Cleveland, O., $G.
Bro. James Ferguson, Marietta, sends
eight names and $8. The brother says he
would not do without the Organ, if he had -,
to pay Jr per year for it I
Bro. E. S. Close, P. M.; at Sprinwlale. O..
sonds $3 for tho Organ. At least 20 copies
the Organ should find a circulation
among the good people of Springdale, and
we hope our worthy brother, the Post-master,
will not stop until the number is pro
cured. In his letter ha says, " The cause is
holy, and God grant that it may prevail."
bo mote it be I
Bro. P. H. Quinn, D. O. W. P.. of New '
Vienna, sends $1. We hope our Brother
in his official capacity, will present the
claims of the Organ before the friends of
Temperance in his jurisdiction. Persever
ance will accomplish a great deal, especially
in a good cause.
Bro. J . F. Bonner, New Lisbon, O., sends
three names, and $3.75 to be sent as long as
the money will pay.
Bro. T. W. Painter, Weymouth, O., $1 .
We would inform Bro. D. W. Gage, Cleve
land, O., that the proceedings of the Stale
Convention were never published in pam
phlet form. We cannot, therefore, comply
with his request.
S. Sprigg, Esq., R. S. of Ironton Divis
ion, sends us $1 to pay up for back dues,
and requests the name of the Division to be
erased from our list. The reouest is com.
municatcd in such a cool, polite and dig
nified manner that it leads us to beliove
that something is wrong somewhere. When
we took the Fountain list, the name of this
Division was upon tho list, having been
allowed to run 6 weeks after the expira
tion of the time for which it had paid.
oeverai wccks alter the commencement of
the Organ, we sent them a polite printed
notice, (not got up especially for this case,)
mlorming tlicra of their indebtedness.
which of course conveyed the idea that we
desired our pay, as we do business on the
cash system. We presume the sending of
this notice is tho causo of their refueal
longer to patronise the paper. We do not
make fish of one and fowl of another. It
is our system of doing business to notify
all who have been allowed to be in arrears,
and all whoso subscriptions arc about ex
piring, that they may renew in time to pre
serve their files unbroken; and in the event
of their not complying with our published
terms, their names are eroci from our list.
If our grandfather's name was upon tho
list, he would get a notice at the projwr
time, and if he did not signify his wish to
continue taking the paper, by sending the
necessary amount, his name would be erased.
We have adopted this mode of doing busi
nsB, and all must fare alike. No one,
therefore, ought to consider these notices
in a pergonal light; and we hope the Divis
ion and it members will consider the mat
ter in its prof light. We should liko to
have the good wishes of every Division
and every Son of Tvmperance in the State,
if not their patronage; and we will not act
in any other way knowingly than to merit
the good esteem of all.
The amount sent pays ahead for several
months, and if the paper is desired, it will
be forwarded cheerfully.
This explanation will answer for several
other coses of a similar kind.
Indiana.
Notwithstanding the signal defeat of our
friends in this State, they are preparing fur
an uncompromising war against the minions
of Bacchus. The Chart says, " they are
' cast down but not destroyed,' as we wil 1
show our opponents at some future day.
The State is being thorongly canvassed for
signatures to the Maine Law petitions, for
-pimUtiiWtol-Ur.gTBiisiti'i, itAv.i as
sembled on the 20th inst. Two hundred
thousand names are confidently expected to
be sent up to the Legislature. In many
counties of the State large and enthusiastic
meetings are being held and the signs of
the times indicate a bright and glorious
future for the friends of decency and good
order in our sister State. Let every Temper
ance man in the Stato be up and doing
No w is the time for action! vigorous, effectve
action ! .
"We were painfully shocked on Sabbath
morning to see a large number of men at
work repairing the recent break in the
canal. Is there no legal authority by which
so palpable a desecretion of the Sabbath may
bo prevented." Gazette.
Do the editors of the Gazette ever visit
their printing office on the Sabbath. If so,
wonder if their eensibilities have ever been
shocked, to see their hands as busily at
work, as on any day in the week. Other
printing offices in the city are closed on
the Sabbath, and the Gazette would do well
to practice, before it attempts to preach.
IT The river is rising rapidly, and great
fears are entertained of another destructive
flood.