The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-07-23

pREAT LAND DISTRIBUTION
Bill The following is said to be the
substance ofMr, Benefits bill, (which
has psed the house Of Representa-
tiyea, q distribute the public lands
amon TIE several States
Ihe bill appropriates to Missouri,
SOC poo acres; to Alabama $500,
Qo TO Iowa 100000 acres;
"a l8an 4, 800, 900 acres; to Wis
eonsn 600, 600 acres; to Louisiana
$500 600 acres; to Mississippi 9, ,OO0,-
600 acres; to Florida 1000, 600 acres;
TO Arkansas 8, ,O00, 600 acres; to Cal. |
ifornia 5000, 1000 acres; to Illinois l. |
100000 acres; to Indiana all the pub !
lie land not sold, located or reserved, |
lying within her limits, and 600, 900 |
acres Ia addition thereto; and to each
of the States Of Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey Pennsylvania, Delaware, North
Caroline, South Carolina, Georgia,
Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and
Iennesse at the rate of $50 900 acres
for each senator and Representative.
And "a each 81 The organized terrific
I.Ties he Dislric g Columbia l50,.
0Qo States first
nan fe D apply their shares IN
the construction Of railroads, and the
States and Territories, and the Dis
trict Of Columbia, are to oexpend theirs
for the support Of Schools, or for 9TH
eruseful purposes.
AN UGLY 0ATH-In the eastern
part of Delaware county, in this State,
there resides man named B.,
now justice of the peace, and very
sensible man, but, by common consent,
the ugliest looking individual in the
whole country; being long, gaunt,
sallow and awry, with gait like kan
garoo. One day he was out hunt
ing and on one Of the mountain roads
he met man on foot and alone,
gaunter. uglier, by all odds, than him
SELF. He could give the esquire"
"ifty, and beat him. Without saying
4 word, B. raised his gun and delib-
efately aimed it at the stranger. For
Gods sake, don't shoot 7 shouted the
man, in great alarm. Stranger, re-
piled B., I swore ten years ago
that if / ever met a man uglier than l
was, I'd shoot him; you are the first
one I've SEEM The stranger, after a
careful survey of his rival, replied,
'Wal, captain, if | look any worse than
you do, shatei | don't want to live
any longer r.'-Erchqqge Paper.
A The old oak, beneath whose branche;
Elliot preached to the Indians at Soutt
A Natick, in 1880, is still standing,
" hale, green tree "--and still afford
grateful shade to the traveller. 4
neat monument has been erected t
the memory of Elliot near sthis place
which bears on one side his name, an
on the other the title of his India
Bible--Up Biblum God"
1t is easy enough for young lad
to appear languishing. Let her real
''yeilow covered" literature until afte
midnight, and dose in feathers unit
the middle of the forenoon. She car
then torture the piano and talk dish
water to hair Tipped simpletons, anC
appear like fashionable young lady
One hundred and fifty persons died
in New York, during the last twelve
months, of delirium tremens. There
were nine murders caused by rum.
and nearly ten thousand FIVE day com
mitments for drunkenness during the
same time.
DEGREES OF DRUNKENNEss.-Puncl
says, if Prince Albert were drunk HI
would be called elated; if Lord Tristan
were drunk, he would be elevated
! if Mr.. Plum the rich merchant, were
drunk, he would be called inebriated
J but if a poor workman be in liquor, i
5 would be said that the nasty beas
5 was as drunk as hog.
Mr.. Greeley, of the New Yerk Tri
bune, having said he would spit upo
I one Of the planks of the Wing plat
form. the Rochester American replies
y that he cannot erpect-tO-rate as Why
! At meeting in Watertown, Main
) lsielg, Senator Hamlin sustained Il
Maine Liquor Law with great abilit
s The success Of Mrs, Stoves 'fUnc
& Tom Cabin has called out sever
replies On the other side, which are
n col of publication.
o I several subordinate Sections
g Cadets ii Massachusetts, will assent
2 at arehce, on Thursday the 22d
n July to celebrate with becoming ft
J. tigiiies the passage Of the new Llqu
i Law
: The City Of Columbus, Miss,
:. cided on the 7th inst; by a vote
2 I65 70 4s, to raise the license up
! groceries, where ardent spirits a
!, sold to $1,000 per annum.
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