The Columbian fountain., 1846-01-08


labor.
These splendidly furnished, and elabor-
ately tinselled halls of temptation, have cor
rupted the morals of many youth, who
would have disdained 10 enter common
grog-shop--who would have been disgusted
at the loathsome appearance of the undis-
guised reality, but have fallen victims to the
same enemy, when presented in more entic-
ing forms, and under thcsanction with which
fashionable RIGHTEOUSNESS has invested these
splendid halls, erected for purposes at yari-
ance with good morals, and inimical to the
present and future welfare of the rising gen
Grafton. Such institutions as s. Our House"
and "Head Quarters in Philadelphia, and
similar drinking establishments in other
cities, have made more drunkards, and
caused more distress and human suffering
than the combined influence of all the loaf
ers and drunkards in these cities besides.
They are frequcnted on account Of their re-
speciabilny, and the crowds Of gentlemen
moderate drinkers who here assemble, and
are the more dangerous on this account.
"License or no license," we hope will put
an end to all rum-selling.
RoBBERIEs.-The stable of Mr.. George
Collard has lately been twice broken open
feed was taken both times, and once set Of
cart harness. On Tuesday night the Office
at the lumber yard on Twelfth street, near
the canal, was broken open-but nothing
has been missed. The thief could get no
money. Suspicion is fixed upon certain
person whom we will not name. We VEN
ture to say that the perpetrators Of these
arc not total abstinence persons.
sWAR OF Four THOUSAND YEARs.''-
Messrs. Griffith & Simon, of Philadelphia,
have just issued neat volume Of two hun
dred and ninety-fve pages, with the above
title, "being a connected history of the va
rious efforts made to suppress the vice of
intemperance in all ages, from the founda-
ton of the class of Nazartes, by Moses, to
the institution of the Order of the Sons Of
By P. S. White and Fl, R.
Pleasants.n The work is written with great
succinctness, and embraces comprehensive
historical analysis Of the 6 war;" made to
arrest the bad effects of strong beverages
upon the various nations and people of the
earth, from the earliest times to the present
period. The general reader will find, in
this admirable production, much valuable
information, laboriously drawn from almost
every available source, crowded into space
brief enough for the grasp of a casual peru
sal. But as an accompaniment and assistant
of that large and meritorious class of citi-
zens who are employing cooperative efforts
for the suppression of an evil, inferior in
to none other of the age, the vol
ume commends itself as one of invaluable
if not of indispensable neccs-
sity.
Much of the vast amount Of historical
knowledge upon the subject treated, which
is included in the work, has been obtained
from records in the libraries of gentlemen
Of extensive learning and research, in both
hemispheres-hitherto in the possession- of
a very few individuals which is now
impaired TO the public at the trifling cost of
the book.-.National Eagle, Phila.
HORRIBLE. Mr.. Lyman ID. Scott, an in
temperate man, burnt his house and himself
in it, at Monkton, Vermont, on Saturday be-
fore last He was about AS years old, and
has left wife and Two children.
An expedition for Oregon has recently
been made up at Newburyport, Massachu-
sets, and a vessel has been purchased and
is now being put in readiness to carry out
the party A
Mr.. Charles L Voltz, an aged and much
citizen of Pittsburg, was killed on
Friday by the falling Of wall of a burnt
building whilst he was passing along the
street.