Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-11-14

VlsIT TO THE PEStrEsTIAEY.--0n san
dav morning last. about goo Of our ci,i-
Gems visited the Ohio Penitentiary. ID lis
ten 10 an address to the convIcts from the
celebrated Temperance Orator, Gen. $.
+. Carey. of Cincinnati
The benches that had been left vacant
b. the aw tal raya-cs Of the cholera. are
fast filling up with new corners. They
now number 500.
The hardened Vi lain and III dyen,e
offender, the iinbecile old man and the
needless youth. tie prou.. wnta man and
the degraded negro. all were assembled
together IN the Chapel. clad in tho strip
81 hab.iments Of wo.' AMI t3rme con-
gregation well calculated u enlist tie
>ympath,es and excite the emnfion Of
every philanthroPic mind
After the opening religious. exercises.
the Chaplain Of the Prison. Rev. Nj
Donahoa. introduced the Lecturer to the
audience. who proceeded - deliver an
address. which exceeded any thing of the
kind we have lately heard Oh ta- subJec,
of Temperance,
He portrayed in the most will colors
the miscries Of those who had been tho
victims Of the vice IF inteinpcrance; spoke
Of the tatterel garment of the drunkard.
as the signals Of distress thrown out 10
show the ruin Of tle soul: related the sad
history of some of the companions 81 hiS
early DAYS. who stood high IN society. who
could boast Of wealthy friends anl power
full connexions, who now either walked
the earth a putrI,l mass Of "hi>kv-ro,tet
flesh, or had gone down to fl drunk
ards grave.
Many a heart swellcd with emotion. and
many an eve was filled with tears. as the
speaker. with a master hand. drew the
picture Of once happy home now made
desolate by the victims Of the intoxicating
bowl lie called upon all those who had
committed the crimes for which they were
incarcerated. while under the influence of
liquor. to hold up their right hands. Nore
han ha1fof them raised their right hands.
He then spoke of the evils inflicted up
on society by those engaged in the traffic
showed that the vengeance OF heaven
was sure 10 oycrtake them sooner or later
and requested all who had been engaged
in selling the poison to their fellow men.
to signify it by the same sign
Look there. said the Speaker. as they
compiled with his request" Let the fact
be remembered. thu oAc-haL Of Mc
conricts IN TIE OHIO Penitcntjury Geciue
they hare been engaged IN setting int0I
icatiHg iiq"0r.
1t appeared TO be the object of the
lecturer not to indulge III flight, of fancy
10 please the imagination, but to deal in
the stern realities of life by which he was
surrounded. to touch the heart. and as the
voice of kindness with which he mani
tested the interest he felt for the poor pri-
soner. fell upon their ears--tears like the
rain drops falling from m1np an eye. show
ed he had touched a chord that vibratcd
through their very souls.
In closing this interesting meeting. the
Chaplain stated the sole object Of the Pri-
son discipline TO be 10 restore the convcts
again to the world as fit members of So
ciety. lie had stood by the bedside OF
many Of them during the cholera. had Wit
messed the rcpcnting tear. the conicSsing
tongue. the Overlooking heart-had seen
thirty of them hopefully converted. and
die happy in the Lord-Ohio .State J0Hr.
Senator Davis, Of Mississippi. has is
sued a manifesto on the slavery question.
which possesses considerable interest.
lie SAYS that the rights Of the .<1u; are
threatened, and nothing but co1nplet,
union OF sentiment can stop the inroads
Of the North. He calls upon the South
no longer 70 tolerate anti-slavery presses
in the Slave States. Mr. Davis SAYS:
'Tncrc are some who think the question
will exhaust Itself. while others depend Oh
the veto OF the President. 10 these VINO
depend on the latter he continues. no
degree OF confidence in the present PresI-
dent viii Justify such dependence. The