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death of 10000 Of our population annu-
ally, and taxes the Industrious citizens TO an
amount more than twice the revenue IN
come? But when we urge the necessity
and propriety of making the traffic and use
Of alcohol as common drink crime by
laac, we are reminded that public opinion
would not sanction such law, and, there
fore, il could not be carried into efect-that
many respectable gentlemen would consider
il an unconstitutional interference with their
privileges as free citizens OF this Republic.
These gentlemen wish to visit taverns and
other places of amusement, where they can
drink " ad libitum.o Is it, then, to be un-
derstood, by the people Of this country that
legislatures are not at liberty to put forth
their authority to suppress crime 7 Must
not all admit that every community has a
right to protect itself, and provide for It's
own interests 1t will certainly be admit
ted that any thing which disturbs the hap
piness, Or seriously Injuries the country, is
proper subject Of legislation. The ma
king, vending, and drinking of intoxicating
liquors is, confessedly, one Of the greatest
national evils, and, therefore, a legitimate
subject Of legislation. LEWIS.
(COncla,sio,l i'm our nert.
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FNAlLORlNG.-The subscriber respectfully in
i forms his customers and the public that he
has removed to Pennsylvania avenue, between 3D.
and 4th Streets south side and opposite the United
States Hotel. lie offers his thanks to those who
have entrusted their work with him, and asks
continuance of their custom. No pains viii be
spared TO render satisfaction 10 ALL In the ft neat
ness and durability of every kind Of work bestow-
ed upon him. Charges as moderate faithful
performance Of duty and justice, TO ALL will permit.
Is~ Cutting, Making, and Repairing, done in
the most fashionable neat, and durable manner
None shall have cause TO complain Of exorbitant
charges, whilst they shall have their work promptly
despatched. JOHN w. SMITH.
jan l5--tf Penn. ay. bet Sd Il 4th sts.
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The Engineer Of the morning train Of
cars for Baltimore, yesterday, discovered
man lying across the track. It is supposed
he fell off the train from Baltimore, which
passed few moments previous to the dis
covery. He was taken up and cared for.
His face and head were badly cut
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RATUITOUS EXHIBITIoN.--The subscri-
\T Der has beautiful show Of Flowers now In
bloom; citizens and strangers are respectfully In
vited to this grand display OF Flora.
BOQUETS put up with unriyaIled taste, Vases
handsomely arranged with flowers for dinner ta-
bles, Sc. prices various.
JOHN DOUGLAS,
Florist and scedsman op. State Dept
ian l5--2w
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FIRST SESSION-29rH CONGRESS.
WEDNESDAY. January IA, lS4t

"WEDNESDAY, January IA, 1916.
The time of the Senate was mostly taken up
in acting upon private business and local bills.
The only business Of importance was the in
PRODUCTION Of series, of resolutions by Mr. Crit
tenden, giving the power 10 the President to
give the notice to Great Britain TO terminate the
joint occupancy of Oregon, whenever in his
Judgment it might be deemed necessary.
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For the Columbian Fountain

For the Columbian Fountain.
MEssRs. EDITORS: We noticed an ad-
dress to the inhabitants of the District pub
lisAed in your paper sometime since, rela-
ting to the propriety Of having the charters
of each Of the cities in the District so
framed that the voters in each ward shall
determine with regard to the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors within the bounds Of their
ward. We are constant reader of your
paper. We are quite rejoiced to see the
temperance cause moving on, fair as the
moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an
army with banners" The monster, INTE NJ
PERANcE, will resist your death-blows with
prodigious force, and with long and loud
howlings; but his strength will fail after a
lisslel--he will become feebler and feebler--
he will breathe slower and slower, until his
last sigh escapes, and he closes his fiery
eyes in the quietness OF death "a consum-
nation devoutly to be wished for, even in
stanter. Some persons may think this is a
mere vision of hot-blood, and may smile
at our folly. Well, let them smile it is
easy 70 smile, and harmless too 1t affords
" pleasure to hope that the time will come,
will soon come, when the people Of this
great nation will be SO disguised with the
cruel and iniqnitous traffic in ardent spirits
that they will rise up in their sovereignty
and demand from their servants, the legis-
lators, the enactment of laws to prohibit its
sale as a beverage.
taAs it respects the proposition to ask for
change of the Charter, 80 that the voters
may ldetermine, in each ward, whether there
shsll be sold any intoxicating liquors with
in such bounds or not, we are now to write.
Perhaps il would be well TO ask Congress
to change the Charter for the purpose above
specified. But, if it should be done, it
must be with the distinct understanding, that
temperance men maintain that the legisla-
tors for the District and the different States
ought to abolish the license law, and make
the traffic penal offence. 1t certainly re-
quires no great mental power to perceive
that the licensing this traffic is licensing all
the crime which results from it. Il is au-
thosizing men TO sell poison to destroy their
fellow man. These license laws stand di-
rsctly in the way Of one Of the grandest re-
formations Of the present age: movement,
in which are concerned some Of the highest
interests Of this nation. These license laws
were, no doubt, intended for public good, I,
they were made at a time when there was
bus little light on the evil of this now dis
traseful traffic. Then, even the best men
duultfn this peace destroying beverage; but
now the light shineth, z chemical light,
Psychological light, moral light"
Who does not see the injustice Of raising
Z revenue from business that causes the
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During the year ending the Both June l845.
there were built in the United States 1893 yes
sells, with an aggregate tonnage Of l46,0l8 tons.
The increaee of new tonnage in lS45, over that
Of 1874, is 42,4SO tons.
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Cumberland, Md.
For the Columbian Fountain


A stranger in your city, and therefore un-
acquainted with its wants and interests, !
feel anxious that you should inform me in
relation to a matter of doubt and ignorance.
How many Rum Shops are necessary in
this city TO supply the wants, necessities
and appetites OF the lovers Of the g crater y
Do they all receive license?
How is this license granted--upon whose
prayer
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Then fling out the temperance banner,

THE SMALL Pox.-In New Yok, last
week, the number Of deaths from small pox
was l3-in Philadelphia 10, and in Balti-
more 8. Baltimore is evidently getting rid
of this troublesome disease faster than either
Philadelphia or New York The whole
number of deaths in New York last week
was 1872, which is considered moderate for
this season of the year.
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o. The Hotel in Warren, well known as
the " Commercial House," has recently been
changed from liquor-selling concern to a
" Temperance House. ."-R. l. Pledge.
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The Alexandra Gazette says that the Com
mon Council Of that town has passed resolutions,
unanimously, in favor of restrocession of the
town of Alexandra to Virginia.
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tn HCOLUNBIAN FOUNTAIN.
- --s---
TfURsDAY MORNING, JAN, Is, ls46.

n For The convenience of our friends
and advertising customers, we have placed a
Eesier-box, for the reception Of communica-
tions and advertisements for the Fountain, al
tho Drug Store Of Mr.. CHARLES SToTT, cor
nsr Of Pennsylvania avenue and 7th street
Any thing left as above will meet with prompt
attention
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LNOR RENT.-A Blacksmiths and Wheelright's
u Shop, on Missouri avenue, near 9th street
There sets full of Tools, ready for business.
Possession given on the first Of February. En-
qure at &. COLLARD'S
jan lJ--tf Lumber Yard.
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For the Columbian Fountain.
Contributions from the Highlands.
NO. TX. lT
THE MOUNTAIN SPRING.
Since water then is pure and sweet,
And beautiful to see, SSH.
And since it cannot do us harm,
1t is the drink for me-"

\ 81
1t is the drink for me''
Mas. SIGouRNEy.
Whoever has travelled over the noun
tains by private conveyance in the summer
time, will be able, perhaps, to conceive
properly Of the pleasure afforded by the
sight Of mountain spring. Let no one
unacquainted with such qualification sup
pose we err when we say 1t is peculiarly
delightful. All know that glass Of cool
water is, to thirsty man, the sweetest and
most grateful beverage he could obtain; but
to meet with an opportunity Of supplying
ones self with such delicious drink du-
ring fatigueing ride among the hills on a
sultry day, is an event which Though COM
mon to those who travel in our country is
long remembered as I" an exquisite pleas
ure." An occurrence of this nature, during
a recent summer journey, led out my mind
into some reflections upon the advantages of
6 the cold water SYSTEM" which may be
presented to your readers with profit. But
as the subject is SO ample, ! can allude to
but few of the benefits of Total Abstinence
from Intoxicating liquors and recourse to
the pure fountain of nature.
II is evident that to allay thirst nothing
is so salutary as water, while, on the other
hand, any kind of stimulating drinks rather
increase this painful sensation. He who
attempts to quench his thirst by partaking
Of any spirituous beverage, is like one striy-
ing to stop the burning Of a fire by the addi-
tion of fuel. #sa
To promote health of mind or body, the
use Of cold water is not only serviceable,
but highly necessary. | know there have
been cases of sudden death by the immod-
crate or untimely use of cold water yet
this is no argument against its reasonable
use, nor is it any justification for what is
called " the reasonable use of alcoholic
drinks" forasmuch as there can be no rea-
son in the use of the latter at all, as be-
verage, whereas, of the former, it may be
said with truth and reason, it is promotive
of health and happiness. If the use OF
water do harm, all regard il as something
strange, but if the use of alcohol do good,
it is regarded as wonder will not say
that alcohol is perfectly useless but will
dare to assert that it is so as beUerage for
man. # may be used in some cases, per-
haps, by physicians, in their practice, to ad-
vantage; but as drink il is worse than
useless-it is highly injurious TO health,
directly opposed to happiness, greatly dis
pleasing to God, and deeply degrades all
who are given to the sinful habit of drink
ing it.
Behold the rich provision which is made
for us as to water; then turn and see the
awful perversion of nature in the extensive
manufacture Of alcohol from those produc-
tons, for the want Of which many of earth's
inhabitants die daily 6 Lo, this only have
! found, that God made man upright, but
they have sought out many Inventions
J. Il. w.
Cumberland, Md.
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THE PRESIDENTS HousE.-IPdtem Fur
naces.-Messrs Hayward, Fox s Co., of
Baltimore, have obtained the contract for
warming the Presidents House, with their
patent furnaces.
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MARRIED..

On Sunday evening, the llth instant, by the
Rev. DIR. Reese, Capt. THOMAS G. RICE to Mrs.
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O. The sailor who had his leg broken
at the depot, week or two since, by being
run over by the cars, it is feared, will have
have to undergo an amputation. Rum was
the cause.--Prouidence P7edge.
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Is the name Of the petitioner only requi-

10 lic haihelol uie peutlohet ohis ioq"
site IA
An answer To these questions may lead
me to suggest some others that have occur
red to my mind, more than once since !
came to yourcity, and may, perhaps, dis
cover to me, why SO many boys Of tender
age are seen Ieeling along the Avenue. by
the way, is / common, with you, for pa
rents and guardians TO encourage drunken
ness in those committed TO their care
AN oLp-FAsHIoNED TEMPERANCE Man.
In answer'to an g Old-iashioned Temps
rance Man," we would say, that no Rum
Shops are necessary to supply the real
wants Of our citizens, but 10 supply the
dppetites OF those who are so unfortunate
as to have contracted the appetite. We
suppose some ten or twelve would be re-
qulslte to deal out the drunkarfs drink
10 the next question, 6 Do they all receive
a license 1--WE answer, the law requires
that they should have license. In an
swer to the third Question, the law says
every person about opening a tavern, shall
have certificate signed by six freeholders
residing on the same square or the next adj
Joining squares, saying that such place is
necessary in that neighborhood; and that
they have certain accommodations, such as
room, beds and bedding, stabling, sc. In
answer to your last question, we are sorry
to say that parents and guardians do en-
courage drunkenness in those committed to
their care, by setting an example Of drink
ing, and BY visiting drinking houses, and
by opposing or not aiding in advancing the
temperance cause. We have also lar
prohibiting bar-rooms and grog-shops from
keeping their places open or selling intoxi-
eating liquors on the Sabbath day; but.
like many other salutary laws, it is not put
in force by our executive officers, perhaps.
because it would make them rather unpopu-
lar with some people who live in big houses
and violate the laacs of their country, and
aid in destroying their fellow-men to make
money; and some of these men wish to be
considered Christians and Patriots.
tcoMMUNIcATED.]
Rum SHOPS sMAsHING-UP.-Sever OF
these beautiful establishments have been
sold out this winter, and at least twenty
since last spring. The man at the sign Of
the Horn, up 9TH street, has come out at
the little end, as was predicted at one Of the
street meetings in his neighborhood last
summer. Go ahead Teetotalcrs, may your
peaceful banner yet waive over land res
cued from the power of Ram
OBSERVER.
BANKS OF New ORLEANS. The condition of the
ho,,l ,,f No. n,1o -
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OUR POSITION.

The Fountain is being circulated among
SO many Of the free citizens of this happy
country that il becomes necessary for us
clearly TO define our position, especially SO
- weare making arrangements by which it
will have much more extensive circulation,
inAsmlch as we intend, very soon, to issue
y daily and weekly.
III Well, then, we are the uncompromising
advocates Of Temperance on the plan of
Total Abstinence from intoxicating liquor
Us beverage. We expect to urge this prin-
,ciple upon the attention Of the whole COM
,munity. We shall urge the propriety Of the
abolition Of all license for the sale, as be-
iverage, of Intoxicating drinks; but in this
!, we wish to submit the matter to the sover-
eign people. Thus, we feel il our duty to
state our grand object We believe, in its
accomplishment it will carry many other
very important matters, Of interest to the
welfare. Of every class Of our country, and
perpetuate our free institutions.
isa But it may be important for us to state
what we will not do. We will not inter-
ifere with the religious or political opinions
.of any. We only wish to carry our prin-
gciples to them where they now are, to bene-
fit them in time, and thereby fit them better
10 prepare for their final account.
AS5Et9sff.S ---s~S- -
qGG3A We shall continue our remarks on
Famine in our next.
t4A@
GIVE call attention to the communica-
ton from Lewis. We divide it, supposing
it will meet the wish of readers, and not
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OBSERVER.

BANKS OF New ORLEANS. The condition of the
banks of New Orleans on the lst instant accord
ing to the statement of the Board of Commerce,
was as follows:
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65- The most prominent question now
TO be settled in this city, is, shall the
"Cove" be filled up' We want that set
tied by "the people, and then we should
like to dispose Of another question in the
same manner, but which is Of far more
consequence, Shall the rnm shops be " shut
up," or shall they be permitted TO Sscat-
ter fre-brands, arrows and DEATH" little
longer in our midst --Prouidenc (R. ~
Pledge.
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Temperance Song.
BY w. Ii. COVE.

Tune" Old Dan Tucker"
Our forefathers (heayen bless them,)
When old England would oppress them,
Signed pledge against taxation,
Calling il the Declaration.
Liberty was their motto, glrp s
So they signed, as who would not do,
They, when John Bull tried to cheat em,
Fought the red coats, and they beat 'em,
And our warfare never closes l 3Hlitsltt
Till we've conquered the red noses.
Clear the track Of your humbugs,
Cider cans and filthy rum-jugs.
Whisky is an ntermeddler, n
Retail scandal, mischief pedler; fag
Haunts all dark and wretched places,
Breaks mems bones and paints their faces
Clear him out, the old william, 1 gr
Every mischief he has skill in.
He makes strife 'twixt friends and brothers,
Laughs at broken hearted mothers;
Steals the children's bread and butter,
Lays their fathers in the gutter.
Kill him dead with cold water
Hang him first, don't cheat the halter.
And he comes with many dresses
From the stills and cider presses
White, and red, and brown, and yellow,
But it's all the same, old fellow.
Pull them down, cider grinders,
You can't see behind such binders
Into every place he's creeping,
Constant noise and uproar keeping; 3
And for power truly wondrous,
More than once he's been to Congress.
Turn him out, the defaulter,
Hang him up-don't cheat the halter
0, for shame, all you rumsellers,
You're offensive to our smellers-
Never more in open day'go,
Quit the trade--the ladies say So
Quit the trade, or well hit you
With drubbing that shall fit you.
Some are threatening us with trouble,
But the fellows all see double,
Armed with brandy, rum and cider,
Marksmen never yet shot wider. 2t
Let them come, fires much hotter
We can quench with clear cold water.
Then fling out the temperance banner,
Let the mountain breezes fan her,
For our strife is great and glorious,
And we yet shall be victorious. ~ -a3
Drinking's wrong you all know it
Sign the pledge, and then you'll show it.
Every temperance son and daughter
Give three cheers for clear cold water,
While il gushes and rejoices,
Like the music of your voices.
Then hurrah for cold water, t.
Every temperance son and daughter.
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On Legislative enactments relative to the
traffic IN intoxicating drinks, Gov SIade of
Vermont, holds the following language
/" Prohibition will ultimately be established
and made permanent in Vermont, and the
act OF Rum-selling be made, if need be, a
penltentiary offence, as / think it wall have
to be in some States, if not in this, before
the community shall be finally freed from
the terrible scourge"
ONwARD.-The constant, steady increase
OF all the several institutions based on the
principles of total abstinence from all in
toxicatlng drinks, and having the advance
and perpetuity Of the temperance cause in
view, is subject of thanksgiving to God,
and warm graduation among true temper
ance men throughout the world. In CO.
lumbIa and Greene counties these institu-
tons present this reformation in bright
and encouraging aspect. The Divisions of
the Sons OF Temperance are all prosperous
The Rechabites of Columbia Tent now
number 100. A new Tent was organized
last week in Leeds, Greene county, under
encouraging auspices. The Daughters, too,
we know have done well; how well If
they will inform us, we will give it to the
public. Onward, we say, to all those
Onward Ssters.-Onward Brothers.
!. We are all Washingtonians.
We have all signed the pledge" H
Columbia On W Washingionian.
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GIVE call attention to the communica-
ton from Lewis. We divide it, supposing
it viii meet the wish of readers, and not
sdisplease the author. 1t will be concluded
in our next 8It4 @dt
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-03-11

TIE WEArnER.---lt is seldom that we
have any thing TO say OF the weather hut
for the past four or five days we have had
such bright skies, such mild temperature,
and such balmy bree2ee, that we cannot re-
frain from returning our thanks 10 "the
eIcrl' who, according to newspaper re-
pute, regulates such affairs. To borrow
the phrase of brother scribbIer--The sun
shines out like the radiant and glowing
smile OF the maiden Of sixteen summers.
Spring wants nothing buther flowers and
all nature looks bright as innocence on
the lap Of lover But to come TO more sub
stantia considerations Than love, and inno-
cenco, and girls in their teens II the
old saying that q severe winter tocetokens
good crop year, be true, then may we an-
tlcipate proptions seasons, and an album
dant return for the labors Of those who cnl.
tiyate the sod
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-03-11

ar Every body has heard 70 much Of
the miseries Of the editorial life, that Is has
come to be the general opinion that y u The
most drudge-like and yexalious Of human
occupations. Here is something on tue
other side, which we met With q few days
ago, il the writings Of great British e.
eayist: "a newspaper lsays he,) y certain
~ delightful invention for very idle or
a very busy man lie is not compelled TO
complete his plan, or to adhere TO his sub
iect. He may ramble as far as he is IN
cined, and stop as soon as no is tired. NO
one takes the trouble 10 recoIect his con-
Trajectory opinions or his unredeemed
pledges. He may be as superficial, as m
consistent, and as careless, and as he choo-
ses. Newspapers resemble those little be-
ings who, according TO the pretty jewish
tradition, are generated every morning by
the brook which rolls over the flowers Of
Paradise who MARBLE till sunset and then
sink back withoutregretinto nothingness
It is enough for them that they please ior
the moment and are forgotten"