Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-04-18
For me Stale Seaffaei
InfeSn nperauc Evils.

IHICIHUETHUCC..sTUTE UTEIICCTWTT EVTTNs
will exhibit another Of Inismpersnee. al
ude 10 the injury that IL works 1pon intellect The
body and the mind during mortal existence, in-
msiey connected with each obs. They upon each
other. Is diseased. the other afflicted The
body becomes won feeble and diseased the mind
unsettled; and hand the body il diseased
sfct the mind becomes ieyerh, excited sod weak
So then lnempesnee affecting the body have seen,
must also affect the miad aud must the very home Of
thought reason aud imagination work its devasaons there
Let look fsets "Of 2S6 persons in the Luz
nsc Asylum in Dublin, ll5 known have been de-
prived Of by lnenperance In four years from 1926
to 1880 inclusive 495 patients admitted into Liv-
erpool Lunatc Asylum, and 257 Of them known
have brought on arrangement by diuking and this
supposed 10 have been the with many Others "a dis
nguished gentleman" says the appendix one Of the
Temperance Reports contained in volume from which
have taken these facts who has had extensive practice
with regard 10 this msady states that than onehaf
and probably three ouhs Of all the Of insanity,
which have under his notice, occsoned by ex-
eesSe drinking" In the psuper Lunste Asylum Mid
dlesex the number Of patients increased In year. from
& P to lvo 90 and 100 and P.insP,y By the use q gin
aud wrecked by vile and burning animal Thirst What
is the intellect. that should abuse il thus and wiher
kindred and ll the Lunstc Asylum with rsving tenants
gift that God has bestowed directly and especially up
him the and G him az {. walk. ss
earth ;he faculty BY which he the stars, and
analyses the earth and explores the 1t his patent
polluted aud perverted like tiis Shall the young sp
ply to his mouth burning drink thai shall disturb its woo-
mind become so hideous and distorted tina,
the eloquent eye shall Use the light OF its beauty and the
breathing lip become paehed and shrveed. and and
jiooer IT. incoherent and idoe phases Who
ng BY you, like blind, the contempt Of the Streets the
joke and seo Of the heaess and unIhnking subject Of
gifted with intellect Iea,t capable Of soaring
and striving with brave thoughts and reasoning with pro-
found skill and coneeving high IDEAS Of beauty and Of pow
Ter! Yes II Is o man IL is young man. few Esnhs
ago. perhaps and there few whose prospects
brighter That lofty bound by deghng and
thrilling power But he has fallen and how He puts
follows
Property became wasted popularity lost business
elosed. His heart turned ashes his brain 10 hre He is
unstIc. They ample in the Streets will die there
or will drag out his days in the Lunac Asylum the
State Prison This no fancy sketch You may 60 visit
O ask the warden Of the State Prison many
at this time in the Prison. He will tell you l3
the 3Oh Of November last and Of that number 81
Inemperate and 45 moderate drinkers making LOG Of
l3l who used moro or less strong drink BY looking
report OF the warden Of State Prison, find that there
u convcts natives of this State and ID Of IL
are Insmperae. These figures speak
doubt not If could lean the state Of ;be prisons
OF every State, the result would be the will say,
that when man is well, that strong drink does him no
good All intoxicating drink stimuant aud all stimu-
lanis constantly applied will inflammation and D-
fammstion will the death Of the part unless
subdued have seen the evils Of Iniemperanee and
most Of our citizens Then why not devise Plsa
to get lid Of this evil Make good wholesome law,
that will prevent man from making brute Of himself
Pass law that no man shall sell intoxicating drink
man that IN the habit Of getting drunk. hope that
ministers Of the gospel will take this subject Of Inempet
anss 10 hand and do ell they can to put il down. l. B..
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A letter from Charles W. Bradley, ESQ.,, u. S.
Consul at Annoy, China. gives a detailed account Of
the fire which occurred there on Christmas Eve.
U. S. CONSULATE. Annoy. CHINA,l
December 26th l649
On Sunday last (23d inst,) at 2 O'Clock, P. H., a
fire broke out in this city, which laid waste about
500 houses, covering of many acres, and
comprising the handsomest and richest mercantile
Establishments on the island There loss of six
lives and of property estimated at from SO 900 600
TO Sl0,0OOO00! As general rule, in Chinese
Cities merchants or handicrafts of the kind, are
grouped together in a single street neighborhood.
Thus. blacksmlths, shoemakers, graindeaers, stone
CUTTERS ruterers, &C., have each their particular
locality. The sufferers, this occasion, were the
large dealers in silks, furs teas, paper and books,
the gold and silver smiths, shoemakers, stocking
makers and other miscellaneous artizans and mer-
chants. Among the ruins those of the large and
beautiful Josshouse. 'Quoan-tebio." in the streets
to which II gave name--buit 500 years ago +; and
that called 'Ta-ti-kong kung g-cbiung" or the TEN.
pie of Mammon--where the God of Wealth is wor.
shipped. The streets nowhere than ten, and
usually not more than six feet wide. On these the
narrow buildings joined in a solid massive
stories in heght-composed of bricks, but with goos
deal Of external woodwork Mats of plantan an,
palmleaves are also stretched from the caves Of th
houses side of the way to those on tie other
intended to shut out the nearly vertical rays Of III
sun, but which now of course, materially assiste
. the confagraton.
CARD Ma. B. F. BRowN.-B F. BRowN lwh
has been charged with obtaining money from the gov
lernment on fraudulent military claims, has publishes
card in the Detroit pa pers from which we extrac