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Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-09
ALL THE WORLD ADMITS 1T.

Admits whatl Why, that drinking makes
a man fool, and that drunken man will do
anything. If man commits a preposterous
piece Of folly, such as makes sober men lock
on amazed, without any other evidence, all
cry cut, ''W hat WON'T liquor do 2" Another
perchance gets up row in the street, 'sHas
he Eeen drinking 2" is the general question
Another seizes a weapon and breaks his neigh
hor's head 81 did not think the man was
rash enough for that; he must have been in
liquor" Is the common remark. Another
butchers his wife, and beats out his children's
brains. This justly sets a community in arms
All within the range of It's gossip have more
than the ''nine days. wonder now, and as the
fearful tale passes from lip to lip, how general
is the question on every hand, ''Had he been
drinking % And, as if human nature could
not conceive of such Economical deeds without
the superstition Of their being instigated by
the spirit fend Of the still, the answer is as
general, ''He must have been drinking, or he
never could have perpetfated such an Internal
deed :" How frequent now are wishes that
every one who sells liquor should be sent to
Sing Sing; and that his dirty stiff were all
ennptied into the river. Who. of any obser-
walton has not listened to the utterance ofthese
every day, and every hour of the dav, sent-
ments of life Clearly showing that every
vice, every crime, every dereiction from or
binary prudence, IS almost lnvOluntanly as
cribed by one and all to ntemperance 1t is
a fact worthy Of remark, that with such a one
and universal consent, are those striking de-
partures from right reason thus accounted for,
that our ''litte babes" in their early Iisping
accents, give evidence of having breathed in
the notion, from the atmosphere OF ideas
around them. Multitudes are early Taught to
expect those brutal tragedies upon the ''stage
Of life,' without which the world would not
be their world; but stripped Of It's charns of
excitement, and leaving feeling akin to the
morbid taste, which crowds the theatres in
our large cities, when the tragedies of a King
Richard the Third, Hamlet, Macbeth, and
others are II ''come off, How binding must
be that delusion that can lead astray and en-
dure so long! How blinded must men be,
not to be able te shake off their prejudices in
view of these general f1cts.-,&oae's Prize
ESSH2y.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-09
From The Morning Star.
A SAD SIGHT.

The friend Of temperance, laborIng to bene
fit his fellows, will acknowledge without hes
itation, that the world in which he lives is
cursed with innumerable evils; also, that
those evils are not unfrequently productive of
heart sickening scenes, that may be denomi-
mated, with more truth than poetry, ga sad
sight" He observes much while iourneying
through the world, proving the correctness of
the oft repeated saying, ''Mv heart is affected
with the sight of mine eyes - We were
quickly reminded of the sentence Just quoted
while passing through portion of our village
a few hours since. We seemed to see in front
of US few rods something in the shape of a
human being. On nearing the spot, we found
that what seemed to be. was indeed a mourn
full reality. Seated upon an old stump, we
saw, shall we say man? nay, a drunkard,
once perhaps the respectable citizen, the wor-
thy neighbor, and the wealthy farmer,-the
happy husband of an affectionate wife, and
the loved father of loving children; but now,
o sad to say, drunkard. Reader, could YOU
have seen his tattered garments, besmeared
with mud, and the blood flowing freely from
his nostrils, you would have quickly sanction
ed the caption of our subject, ''A sad sight,
and with the next breath exclaimed. perhaps.
as quick, "a bad scents" for such indeed it
was; both the natural production of alcohol
The ''sad sight caused serious reflections to
pass through our mind. We thought of the
day of retribution, when Justice would be rem
dered to those concerning whom God has
said, ''Wo unto him that giveth his neighbor
drink that putteth thy bottle to him, and
makest him drunken" Justice may slumber
for season, but it will not sleep forever
/ The cries of beggared widows and fatherless
children are not unheeded by Him who hath
I said. ''Nengenee Is mine; / will repay."--
| Tremble, We vendors of ardent spirits '.weep
and howl for your miseries that shall come
upon you Y our riches are corrupted, and
| your garments are moth eaten Y our gold
/ and silver is cankered; and the rust of them
! shall be a witness against you and shall ea
/ your flesh as it were fire.
! The following story concerning rum-sellel
visiting victim of his murderous traffic OF
his death-bed, is worthy the serious consider
alton of those engaged in the business at th'
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-09
WHOLE NUMBER Y.

metal like wax before 1t; In can draw out
without breaking thread as fine a gossam-
Ell, and lift up ship OF war like bundle into
the air; it can embroider muslin and forge
anchors it can cut steel into rbands. aud
impel loaded vessels against the fury of the
winds and waves
At least ? 600 machines are now in use
IN Great Britain, by which the labor of 25O,-
900 horses is saved. Supposing each horse
to consume annually the produce of two acres.
100000 acres are thus set free for other pur-
poses. DIR, Lardner shows that the steam.
from one pound of coal, has power to raise
667 tons weight of any material to the height
OF one foot and that, therefore. ounce of
coal would raise AZ tons one foot high, or l8
pounds mile in height. Since force Of Is
pounds is capable of drawing two tons upon
a railway, it follows that an ounce of coal can
draw two tons a mile, or one ton two miles.
upon level railway. The circumference of
the earth measures %, 900 miles, if it were
begnt by an iron railway, load of one ton
would be drawn round it in six weeks by the
mechanical power that resides in the third
part of ton Of Goals But listen to what the
same philosopher further says =
- The seite of physical science at the pres
ent momentjustifies the expectation that we
are on the eve of mechanical discoveries more
important than any which have vet appeared.
Philosophy already directs her fingernt sourc-
IS ofinexhaustibe power in the phenomenon
of electricity and magnetism. The steam
engine itself, with the gigantic powers con-
ferred upon it by the immortal Watt, will
dwindle into iusignificance in comparison of
the hidden powers OF nature still to be reveal
ed; aud the day will probably come when
that machine. which is now extending the
blessings of civilization TO the remotest skirt,
Of the globe, Will cease to exist, except in the
page of history Dublin Advocate.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-09
fgG6@G xJUIM0e
THE STEAM ENGINE.

From the period when the steam engine
was improved by DIR. Watt, in 1854, the prin-
eipIes of machinery and power Of steam have
wholly engrossed the attention of physical
scholars. insomuch that there IS now scarce.
" branch of art or manufacture which is
not directed by the steam engine in place Of
human labor As comparatively perfect
knowledge has been gained Of the amount Of
mechanical power (if it may be so termed)
which exists in coal, much less of the valu-
able material is consumed IN the production
of steam than formerly; and such is the nj
ceiy with which machinery IS adapted to its
pur5o. e that the feeble hand Of man has been
armed with power to which no limits can
be assigned The steam engine has infinitely
added to the means Of human comfort and
enjoyment, ard rendered cheap and accessi-
bic all the materials of wealth aud prosperity.
1t has become thing alike stupenduos for
its force and its iutjexibllity; the trunk of AN
elephant, that can pick up pin, and rend an
oak. is nothing in comparison to IL it can en-
grave seal, and crush masses of obdUrats
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-09
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From the American Temperance Journal
THE RUM SELLER AND HIS VICTIM.

HE NUM- SELLER AND Ills sN1CIlM.
DENrsoN.
The Judgment throne was set On either hand,
All living lnortals stood before the Judge
There stood the drunkard = there, his murderer
For once they met in close society;
And equal footing bore them as they stood.
From the old earth, now burnt, their flight was
done,
As from the tomb to judgment they had flown
Twas horrid work that made them separate,
And now twas horrid still to see them meet
'HaW cried the victim, art thou here at last?
have been looking long to see thee here!
The pirate hordes have comel The cheats, the
bawds,
The liars and adulterers have conel
The sinners are all besomed from the earth;
Hell is all enptied to receive its doom;
The heavens are winged 20 wait as witnesses
And now, to seal the Judgment, thou hast come p
The man Of blood shrank back, and shook, and
sought
To speak in tones of vengeance; but his spirit
covered
Beneath the glances of the drunkards eye,
As when he stood beside his diving bed
My neghbor, low he moaned, why look soferce?
Why shrek SO dread Did ] not call for pay
Ay, that thou didst yeltd back the victim soul,
And 10 +! the hour of settlement has come!
1t were pity thou shouldst toll and sweat,
To make of me an idler-pity twere
That thou shouldst lie, and steal, and kill,
To make of me beggar in both worlds
Ay, 'twere thousand pities that thou shouldst do
All this, SO many years. and lose thy pay
Come to this bar, and we will close accounts,
By the strict book your Judge and mine has kept
The farm you robbed me Of; how much for that
My wife and children killed how much for them a?
Ny body crushed-rny hopes for them how much7
And how much for my soul now doomed to death 2
Nay! start not back! Come to the settlement
He is most Just with whom we have to do!
Take-tor thy stripes, the wo me and NINE
Take-for thy garb, the beggars naledness
Take-for thy blood drops, breaking orphan hearts;
Take-for thy drink, the widows scalding tears
Take-for thy breath, the signs thy victims heave;
Take-for thy home, the deepest, darkest, pit;
Take-foT thy work, what once it was on earth
K;nIling up fires for Satan and his friends;
This is one settlement And here we part!
But mark me neighbor yet again we meet
For us nay special care to see thee paid -
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

DR.. Bronson, of Albany, who spent some
time in Canada, and whose professional char
acter and standing give great weight to his
opinions, says, ''Intemperance OF any species,
but particularly intemperance in the use of
distilled LIQUORS, has been a more productive
cause of cholera than any other, and indeed all
Others
Saws DR.. Rhinelander, who, with DR.. De
Kay, was deputed from New Y ork to visit
Canada ave may ask, who are the victims
of this disease! | answer, the incorporate
it invariably cuts off,
A Montreal paper states that after twelve
hundred had been attacked, not drunkard
recovered of the disease, and almost all the
victims had been at least moderate drinkers.
I'm Paris, the thirty thousand victims, were
with few exceptions those who freely used
intoxicating liquors. Nine-tent BIS of those
who died of the cholera in Poland, were of
the same class.
An aged physician in Maryland states that
when the fever breaks out there, the men who
do not use ardent spirits, are not half so like
iy as other men to have it; and that, If they
do have, they are ten times as likely to recov-
er.
In Petersburg and Moscow, the average
number of death in the bill Is of mortality, dur
lug the prevalence of the cholera, when the
people ceased to drink brandy, was no greater
than when they used it during the usual
| months of health.
The Board of Health of Washington city,
/ on the approach of the cholera, declared the
vending ardent spirit. IN any qu1ntity to be
/ a nuisance; and, as such, ordered that 1t be
discontinued for the space of ninety days.
DR.. Sewall of Washington city, in letter
from New Y ork. states that Of two hundred
and four cases of cholera in the Park hospital,
there were only six temperate persons, and
that those had recovered while one bundled
and twenty-five of the others, when he wrote.
had died, and that the facts were similar in
al the other hospitals.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-09
TURNING THE TABLES.

An excellent woman, the mother OF five children
and made a widow 10y the devil and erog dealer
combined, had bill similar to the following sent
to her, few weeks after her husbands demise:
"1Ir--, to j. Dr..
'For refreshments, at different times, So ST.
What consummate impudence How modest,
too calling liquid fire retreshment! Well. it is
quite probable he VIII be pretty literally refreshed
with said lare when he joins his friend and patron,
Sir Satan, in an extremely torrid zone. But list to
what follows, and let similar widows initiate the
example. As Offset to the above BILL the lady
presented the following clncher:
"To eight weeks confinement to my bed, in con
sequence of an injury | received from my unfortu-
nate husband while under the influence of your
liquor SIS; to sudden breakages by hinl, while in
the same state, $50; to maintenance of me and my
family for seven successive months 1924.
Total 1922
N If you think this is not sufficient Offset,
there are certain expenses for the burial OF my muir
dered husband, and if that fails ask your conscience
if you have any, if you amt guilty of murder =
If all those who have husbands thus murdered,
would pursue 4 similar course, probably licensed
murders would diminish. Let them present their
bill for damages and them out, and if they can't
recover the amount, they can at least expose the
murderer and shame the Judges who granted him
the power to kill Spirit OF the Times.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-09
THE FUGITIVE LEADERS.

1t is now tolerably certain that the redonbt-
able Richard O'Gorman. whose per ilous ad-
ventures by land and by flood would afford a
stock in trade sufficient to keep the most pro-
life novel writer in full work for twelve
months TO come, effected his escape from the
port of Dublin. whittier he was tracked bv
the police, who were thrown off the scent by
the doubles and turns of the hunted game
He got on board vessel lying in the Custom
| House Docks, bound for Smyrna, which was
subjected to rigid search no less than three
times before she entered the Bay Of Dublin
on her outward voyage: once while in dock
second time at Hapin's Pool at the end of
the North Wall and third time at the Pig
con House Fort: but so well was the fugitive
disguised a seaman, that his appearance
never excited the least suspicion. From
Smyrna he is said to have gone to Constanti-
nopie. and from thence to Paris, where he
remains at present. No less narrow was the
escpe Of Mr.. John Dillon upon whose head
there was set reward Of $500, and whose
active participation In the late rebellion, more
especially in the affair at Kenaule rendered
his capture matter of grave Importance TO
the government. Previous to his flight to
America he spent several days IN the town
of Galway, habited clergyman OF the
Church of Rome. awaiting the departure Of
vessel bound to New York. One day howev-
ef. WINE peTdlnDuldllhg tue StreeIS, he per-
ceived by the earnest gaze of passer by,
that he was recognised by party whose ac-
quaintance- ship he considered would be more
dangerous than servcabIe at so critical a pc
Rod. Taking the alarm. he took boat on
the instant, and set sail for the adjacent island
of Arran, where he met shelter and protec-
ton at the house of an old friend. lie was
not many minutes located here when a war
steamer was deserted bearing down with all
speed toward the island. All now seemed
lost. bat the ingenuity of his host nterposed,
and by a clever ruse he succeeded in battling
his pursuers. Two boats were got ready,
manned by crews ofthe hardy fishermen who
dwell in these parts-one light row boat
the other a swift lugger. Into the former
Dillon jumped, and was rowed with all speed
towards the steamer; while according TO di-
rections the ugger, with all her sails set, and
with highly favorable gale put ont to sea,
as If flynn before the stermer. which imme-
dately gave chase, never for once needing the
boat with It's passengers, which passed close
to her bows, and which gained the port of
Galway without causing any observation
10 two days afterwards he was on the ATTAIN
tic Irish Papers.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-09

In the island of Key West, on the coast of
Florida, after great mortality, it was found
that every person who died was in the habit
OF using ardent spirits.
The London Morning Herald, after stating
that the cholera tastens its deadly grasp upon
drunkards and those accustomed to the use of
Intoxicating liquors, says, '.the same prefer
ence Tor the incorporate and uncleanly has
characterized the cholera eUery achere.''
The Aims House. situated some miles from
Baltimore, was the scene Of an impressive
and awful warning to drunkards. OF about
nve hundred inmates, (the number on the 5th
OF July,) four hundred and seventy five were
Incorporate persons. This accounts for the
extreme mortality Of the cholera there. which
numbered one hundred and twenty-five VIC
TINS. one-fourth of the whole.
In Albany, the number of. deaths from chol-
era, from the commencement of the disease to
the cessation of the daily reports, was 1856, of
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-09
LITTLE GRAVES.

Sacred places for pure thoughts and holy
meditations, are the little graves in the church
yard. They are the repositories of the mo-
theirs sweetest joys-half unfolded buds of
innocence, humanity nipped by the first frost
of time, ere yet a canker-worm of pollution
had nestled among It's embryo petals Cal
lous, indeed, must be the heart of him who
can sand by little grave-side, and not have
the hottest emotions Of his soul awakened to
thoughts Of that purity and JOY which bslong
alone to God and heaven; for the mute preach
er at his feet tells him of a life begun and a
life eaded, without STAIN and surely if this
be vouchsafed to mortality, how much purer
and holier must be the spiritual land, enlight-
ened by the Sun Of infinite goodness, whence
emanated the soul Of that brief young solourn-
er among Us How swells the heart Of the
parent, with mournful JOY, while standing by
the cid earth-bod of lost little ones Mourn
+ ful, because sweet treasure is taken away
Joyful, because that precious jewel glitters in
the diadem Of the fredericksburg Peoples
Af5rror.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-09

do but it is very bad, | answered, my
voice trembling as spoke, and | retoid him
the scene upon the battle field.
When had finished, the old man clasped
his hands in silent agony, and raising his eyes
toward the ceiling, exclaimed in deep and fer
vent tones, Gods will be done.'
At this time young lady of pale and care
worn countenance entered the parior, and II
sing, | said,
: Miss Eveline-, | believed
- The same, SIR she calmly replied.
| presented the ring, and as her eyes fell
upon it. she stretched forth her hand to grasp
it, and barely did so. and then sunk slowly
back upon the floor, l sprang TO her assist
ance, but as | raised her head from the car
pet, streams of blood were falling from it.
She had burst a blood vessel.
He sleeps upon the battle field. beneath the
bloody soil, and she lies in the church yard OF
the town of G-ch, with the simple word
Eveline.' upon her tombstone. Peace rest
with the dead Great West.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-09

The collector of the above facts is /; gentle
man of intelligence, Of integrity, and of warm
benevolence.
DIR. Rush says: ''Ardent spirits predispose
to every form of acute disease. They also
PredisPose to them IN all cases. Even the
moderate use Of them, like bold invader,
selZes the very vitals of the constitution
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-09

~ Rev. Henry w. Beecher, lecturing in
Boston, said the sensible thing that follows
in discourse on Amusements, delivered be-
fore the Mercantile Library Association:-
g Amhsements were indispensable to sound
morals Ii the young were not provided with
harmless and virtuous amusements, they
would have vicious and cozrupting amuse-
ments. Some parents are so much afraid that
their children viii do wrong, that they will
not lei them do any thing. But when they
obtain their liberty. with none to control their
pleasures. never hav1ng learned to act Alright,
they were quite sure to riot IN self-indul-
gence."
In our judgment parents ought to act upon
this hint, and seek rational and improving
a1nusements for their children. Such are
freely furnished and should be encouraged.
Eig Vice we learn of ourselves, buf virtue
needs teacher.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-09-08
PROsPECTTs
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