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The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
Organize Organize ! /!

Weare happy to learn that in very
many localities in Ohio, the friends of
legal prohibition are thoroughly or
gaDizing for the approaching election.
They are determined that political
demagogues shall not drill them into
the su port of Wings or Democrats,
unless they are fully committed on
this question.
In other places no steps have been
taken to embody the temperance SEN
timent, and bring it to bear at the
polls. Wake up, friends, the whole
may be Il st by your inactivity. There
must be general uprising through
out the State or we accomplish moth
ing. Why will any temperance man
be idle, when there is such work
before him, and when so much de-
pends upon exertion? The remissness
of single man may prolong the Ii
qour traffic two years longer in Ohio.
Reader, 60 to work as il the whole
depended upon your individual exer.
ton! . H 1#'H a#i..
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
Campaign Tract for the Times
READ AND CLRCULATE!!

In our paper Of April 80, we inserted
short article on the propriety of circulating
Tract of the import that the name above
indicates. Gen. CARY, has very generously
complied with our call upon him for its
production, and we now announce to our
readers that we will be ready by the lst of
June to fill as many orders as our friends
can possibly send iu- the first orders in
being invariably the first served. This will
be one of the best and most conclusive
Tracts ever prepared by Gen. CARY. The
time is prOpitiOus, and it should have
thorough and extensive circulation. II should
be placed in the hands of every voter in
Ohio. Let the county and township ALI
ances, Divisions and other organizations see
to this. 1t will be furnished at $5 per M.
which is exactly the cost price. o-@
Notwithstanding the shortness of the
time, aud on an intimatiOn merely that such
Tact would be issued, we have already
received many letters Of ofinquiry, and several
large orders. The writers feel, and so ex-
press themselves, that nOao is the time FOR
ACTION Send in your orders, brethren, and
let no voter in Ohio say that he voted
against us for want Of proper information.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
PORTLAND, May Cd, 1853.

DEAR Sir Your favor of the 9th
ult., conveying 10 me the invitation of
Grand Division of Ohio, has been re-
ceived.
am very much obliged to the
Members for the kind terms in which
their invitation is couched. 1t will
give me great pleasure to meet the
citizens of Ohio, as you suggest, this
summer; and though pressed with nu-
merous engagements, will make an
effort so to arrange my affairs, at |
may spend a week or two in your
great State this approaching sumer.
cannot now say, definitely, a what
time can visit Ohio, but at [ hicago,
where l hope TO be at the meeting on
the 9th June, | may be able to arrange
with such gentlemen as may be there
from your State.
Very respectfully, your friend and
felIow.laborer, NEAL Dow.
P.S. Any letter addressed to me at
Portland, shall receive, up to May
goth, from that time to June 9th, at
Detroit, care Of Hon. ]. J. Leonard.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
Neal Dow in OhiO!!

We have the pleasure of announcing
to our readers that the world-renowned
NEAL Dow, the father of the Maine
Law, will visit and address our people
on The merits of this great law. He
comes in obedience to an invitation
from the Grand Division. Below we
publish his letter.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN PRIZES! Y!
MAGNIFICENT PREMIUMS!
Extraordinary Inducements
TOAGENTs AND POSTMASTERS!

Believing that the extensive circulation OF the
OHIO ORGAN in all parts Of Ohio, Indiana,
Tennessee, and Kentucky, and other Western and
Southern States, will accomplish an Immense
amount of good to the cause, in preparing the minds
of the PEoPLs for the favorable consideration and
reception of the MAINE LIQUOR LAW, and for
It's FINAL RATIFICATION By THEM AT THE BALLOT
pox. the Publisher has been induced, as an incen-
tive to action and as partial return for the labor
required in soliciting names for the ORGAN to oner
the following list Of ...
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
State Convention.

The time for holding the Mass
Meeting in June will be announced
next week. The time would have
been fixed ere this, but the Chairman
Of the Committee has been waiting
until it should be decided when the
Worlds Convention will be held IN
New York, SO as not to conflict wish
the national gathering. That will +,
settled this day, the 18th.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
W A Wayne county (Ind. paper

W- A Wayne county (Ind. } paper
gives us the particulars of a disgrace
full riot in that county, which occurred
on Sunday morning of last week and
continued over until Monday morning.
The Sheriff, with small posse. ap-
peared on the ground, but was driven
off; afterwards he secured guard of
100, when the Paddles came to terms,
and were lodged in Jail for safe-keep-
ing. Nineteen were committed for a
further hearing before higher court
Whisky was at the bottom of this
shameful affair. q .mr'4.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
Notice.

At the recent of Ses ion Of the G. D. held at
Springfield, the following resolutions offered by Bro.
J. Schmucker, were unanimously adopted
RssOIUed, That the Grand Division of Ohio recog.
Rize the Ohio Organ Of the Temperance Reform as
the official organ Of this body.
RssOlUed, That the Grand Division highly approve
Of tile "OhiO Organ OF the Temperance Reform" and
recommend renewed exertOns for its increased cir
culation.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
For the Organ.
CIRcLEvILLE, May 7Lh, 1853.

OIIsOHH IHHT1 NAo 'VII1 IOOO'
Bro. CLARK The enclosed letter
has just been received by me from
Hon. Neal Dow, in reply to an invita-
ton extended to him and others by
the Grand Division, to visit our State
during the coming summer.
Fraternally, yours,
VIM. BRLMGAM, G. S.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13

that it will be awful to "naingte temper
oncs with politics." ''the holy cause
will be ruined;" "it is moral reform,
and no legislation can aid its progress,
but will retard it." 1t is new dis
covery, that this liquor question is a
mere moral one. The traffic has al
ways, in all civilized lands, been re-
garded as a proper subject for legisla-
ton. The whole license system is
founded upon the assumption that,
Government has full power over it,
and that it is the duty of Government
to exercise this power. 1t never was
questioned until the rogpes began to
feel "the halter draw" that laws
might be passed to prevent ninsiyJfos
out of every hundred men from sellin
grog. Who does not see that the
right to do this being conceded,
there is not a shadow Of a reason why
the other JfOe may not be compelled to
shut up shop, if the public good de-
mand it. No we'll informed mind
doubts the right to prohibit the liquor
traffic. hence. much of this tWaddle
about the temperance cause being a
mere moral reform, and so much mock
sympathy for the pretended perils
that surround the "holy cause" in
consequence Of the efforts Of "lanat-
ics."
There is another class of "croak-
ers," who, conceding the right to out
law the traffic, say that "there will be
just as much or more liquor drank
than ever" and that you "never can
abolish or extirpate the evil" Actual
experiment is rapidly silencing this
army of 6rayers. We never expect
to get law that will not be violated
by unprincipled rufians. The laws
against theft and robbery, however
severe, have not made those crimes
unknown. But it would not be con-
tended by,any sane man, that because
4 thefts and robberies we're still perpe-
trated, there should be no laws to
punish the guilty. While, then, tenn
perance men do not propose a law
that will not be violated until the
dawn of the millennium, they do ask
for a law that shall brand a liquor sci
Ter as a villain, and that will seize anC
destroy his implements of mischief
We are not disturbed by the croakin!
and wine wincing and clamors of tn,
friends of the "Iargest Iiberty"-le
them alone in their legitimate element
We have been familiar with this kint
OF opposition in every advanced step
for twenty-five years. We have moth
ing to do but to be certain that we ar
right and go ahead
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13

of the temperance reform, to the pres
ent moment, pregnant with results,
there has been class of "croakers,"
who were continually predicting de-
feat. The cry ofan attempted 'union
of Church and State" /" was vociferous-
ly made when the venerable Bcecher
and his associates proposed to do away
with the common use of "diStRed
spirits" When the total abstinence
pledge was introduced a few years
later, "nltrGisms, "you are going too
far" were the watch-words. The
wine-drinking clergy and others, who
had united in the crusade against New
England rum and Ohio Whisky,
abandoned the standard of the reform
er, and predicted that the "whole
thing was run into the ground, and
the labor Of years all lost by fanatics
and enthusiasts. This second step
was regarded by many as an infdel
movement to discredit the Bible, which,
according to their wine fuddled judg-
ments, clearl y taught that wine was
not ga mocker." But the temperance
reform was not ruined; it went right
forward increasing in vigor, and com.
manding more and more attention and
respect. The Washingtonian wave of
excitement rolled over the land, and
thousands of inebriates were borne in
triumph to the shores of deliverance.
The Order of the Sons of Temperance
succeeded, and are now fulfilling their
mission. The results of this last step
have been, and are being felt more
than seen. In each successive period
some have labored zealously unlil the
next came and then fell away; the re-
form outstripping them, they were left
to mourn over ultraism and the de-
parture from the old beaten track.
These croakers have always kept just
in the rear of the advancing army.
Those who opposed the partial pledge,
advocated it as soon as the total pledge
was introduced, and when the Wash
ingtonian excitement came, they
thought the principle was well enough,
but did not see the necessity of making
such fuss about it; the Sons succeed
ed, and then Washingtonianism was
the very thing; secret societies were
dangerous to liberty, &C., &c.
In the progress Of the cause, the
traffic was assaiIed, and the license
system began to be examined and dis
cussed. 1t was found, upon a SeconO
reading, that the Bible not only taugh
that wine was a mocker, and produced
babblings, redness of eyes, woe, sor
row, wounds without cause, but tha
it also uttered a "woe against him tha
| put the bottle to his neighbors lips,
without discriminating whether thu
| grogseller was licensed or unlicensed
This motley group of croakers anc
breeching men, began to talk abou
moral Suas;on, and commenced shed
ding their crocodile tears over the
| fanaticism which threatened to la,
the whole temperance fabric in ruins
With one accord they now steppeC
forward to save the "ark of the cove
nant." Even liquor sellers began t
II talk e1onuentIv about the GOOD oil
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13

~ Remember the mass meeting
at North bend on Tuesday, 18th inst.
Hon. @. N. Olds, Rev. Mr.. Chidlow,
and Thomas MILESTONE, Esq, are ex-
pected to address the people.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
SPLENDID PREMIUMS!

To be decided on Friday the first day Of July next.
All who intend competing for these Prizes, are re-
uuested to give early notice.
A Premium of Fifty Dollars )!
Win be awarded to that person sending in the larg-
est number of subscribers between this time and
the first of July.
APremium of Twenty Dollars!
Will be awarded to the person sending in the next
largest number.
Premium Of Fifteen Dollars!
For the next Qhird) largest.
A Premium Of Ten Dollars!
For the next (fOurth) largest.
APremium Of Five Dollars!
For the next (fnh) highest.
1000 Maine Law Tracts!
For the next (sixth) highest.
1,OOO Cary's Appeal!
Forthe next (seventh) highest
In addition to the above Premiums to Agents, a
splendid Mezzotint Engraving, by John sartain, Of
SAMUEL F. CARY, p, MI. w. r.,
Will be awarded to the subscribers Of the six lowest
Premiums. And a copy of DR.. BEECHER'S
TEMPERANCE LECTURES, or Rev. sAM'L. w.
FISHERS ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN, both
splendid books, to each unsuccessful Agent sending
in twenty five subscribers and upwards.
These are all very liberal Premims, and ought to
induce every active Temperance man to exert him
selfin circulating the ORGAN. WE WANT READ
ERs FOR THE ORGAN, (Which will make Maine
Law men and womenO and are UiLLiEg, as our list
Of premiums wiH shO1O, to pay UetfOr them We
think it our duty to remain perfectly silent from now
until the 6st of July, as to who will be the lucky
Agents; but this much we will say in advance, who
ever secures any one of the Premiums, will have
to WOrk, an that, too, from now until they are de-
Cided All renewals will be considered as new sub
serbers, but no subscription for less time than one
year, will be counted.
Persons intending to compete for the premiums
will give early notice, that we may enter their names
in Onr Prize Book.
All communications must be addressed, postpaid
to CALEB CLARK,
Ben Franklin Printing House, Cincinnati, o.
March II, 1858.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-04-16

But you are 10 blame
i am nUtr
'Yod designed winning tho affections Of my
Mary Aunen
And You plotted 10 get her away from me
Iuuare to blame
After tins pleasant little storm, here was a
eam and old John aud young John looked at
each other solemnly.
You must give her up to me said the elder,
at length You are too young to marry
No replied the younger firmly, i Will mar
~ her myself You are too Old
Do you think could call my beloved Mary
ANns danght,rf
Do you thluk could call my aIorcd Mary
Anne moiheT|
The idea served as a very beautiful climax to
the conversation we hay. noted down; 50 the
two as if by mutual co.sent turned their backs
upon each other, and parted in high dudgson.
For whole week the father and son never ex
changed even the msrnIng compliments with
each other
One day, however. old John and young John
met IN the hall aud old John touched his ha, and
sytsaded his hand
Your Mary Ann. tegan the elder.
Your Mary Anne, interrupted the Younger,
correcting him.
Very WELL said tho other smiling we will
have IT our Mary Anne.'
Just so
was disappointed in her
so was L.
'Shels coquette.'
She u by Jupiter"
You nave heard the news, them
That she 10 marIIsdF 7
'Ye.'
Il wa, ;oli so this morning
"A rich joke 2 laughed cid John
a piece Of deception exclaimed the other
But am glad you were not 80 rash as to
make her your wife.
And am glad. father, you did not commit
such an iadl.ereiion as 10 make her yours
'Ha, lar
lie he =
Thus offering each other mutual c1ngra,ula
tons, the father and said good moinng ana
tie important case in tie court OF love, Smith Us
Smith. was settled TO the satisfaction cf all par
ties. Their Mary Anne WAS no ongs dsps'cd
property, she being fouad to belong sglely and
entirely to another.
MoRAL-lt IL thus that cases in other courts
ss Ia the court o' love. are usually terminated
The parties have the satisfaction Of seeing the
property in the di.pute pass gradually and effect
ually into the hand. Of third per.on.
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Almost any ornamental requirement Is good
thing when it is 40. tho best thing woman has !;
and talents are admirable. when not made 10
stand proxy for virtues
Do not many Christian mothers err 10 regard o
the true nature and purpose Of education 1t IS
MOI to make their daughter. accomplished. or lit
srary, or in,electual-it is not n siey to furnish
Ihe head or adorn the parlor-ii 10 10 tram them
up ia the great science Of living right the main
elements Of which are responsibility to God, md
usefulness to man--uscfulnss-, each in her little
'phete as daughter, sister. wife, warber, friend,
tu educ te her to ft her 10 discharge the duties
implied IN thes- relationship make her vlrtuous,
earnest, industrious, discerning. sef sscr crlhcing
and true hearted--io bring her juj.inen, aud her
conscience to bear intellgenlly upon the great IN.
tsrest and principles of life, anything shor, Of
this must be partial and defective.
Let Christian mothers think Of ,ais. and seri
ousIy AK how much time should ts devoted to
ornamental a"quIremsnts in their system Of edo.
sation.--A dvoeoh aud GUARDIAN
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SixDaysin ina Grave!

hn account given q ,hort time $50 Of tSo men
and boy having been buried slx days and slx
nj .ht. ia mari PIT at Fayetteville IN the depart,
meuI Of tho seine lntrr!euTr. and tisn re'cutd.
\ relation Of the affair, dtrlTud iIom tho suffer
er., rsnow gwen in a kuuen parer. Dunng the
whole III that time ihty were without i,od, with
out water without h,ht, and almost without
clothes; aud they were IN such confined place
ths', with the ,N,cpiinn Of the by. they could
not stand upright. Bu,tard, the eldest man. lie.
cI,res hat during the whole time he did not sleep
more than two hours but his two companions,
and especially the youngest, slep; mare. They
slept back to back They f-lt no hunger. and
Boi;ard says that even Il they had provisions.
they would not have togthed them; but they TX.
perienced great lhiIs'
On ,he sth day they found little water thick
with mari, by digging into the bottom .: the pit.
1t WAS this water probably which preserved thsir
strength. At tirst they head III. nulse Of the
picsaxes and spades above them hut during tho
last three days their breathing was So loud % TO
prevent it from reaching them, AM hls circum.
stance naturally increased heir agony Of mind.
they also feared the miner. were digging in the
wrong direction. OIe Of them had about fifty
chemical matches and a piece Of candle. but
though they often tried, they could not, for want
Or air, Cause tho candle to burn.
During the latter part Of he time they became
SO exhausted as to be uncum clou, uf their posi-.
tion; bu. .hsy remember tha, the b,y cried On, /:
rs if in dream, There is srops. Boitsrd Lee
us asC.ndl' Only one If them, Goitard was
able to shed tears aud when 10 did 50 The boy
copsrled lin by telling linn they were sure to 10
'sscued. The moment breath 4 air rsa'hsd
them they tainted, hut after while recovered.
The fist thing Is, itsrL said en- being rescued.
was, Give me \ bach Of snutf" and he took it
with intense delight GaiigBiai.
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Tn, following letter. addressed to tho vii.
lamshurg Tines, ID written by an intelligent
co!oreJ man who emisrated from Williamsburg
to Liberia a few months ago. 1t will be seen
that he is Dc, gifted with the change in his coudi.
tion aud prospects:
Dlonrovia, Jan. % 1858
promised ts lst YOU hear from me- when in
Lib.ria, Africa, but althouih have beonh here
twn months, cannot at this time give YOU much
accouHt OF the place. Til, liuI- Republic i, 81
lar ahead Of what expected to iiud il, that your
good people Of the States would .carcely think
were narrating the truth were to describe all
that have seen. Liberia isa fine fertile coun.
try. Things VI every kind grow here The
people are more comfortable in every respect
aud enjov themselves much better ihan have
ever known them to do elsewhere The hsu.os
are very large, and are built mostly of brick asi
stone they are two sto ie. and two stores ami
halfhgh, from so to 30 feet front and from %
to 80 feet deep, The steps to these hov.es aie
composed II ITrn Ore--a substance on which the
city is built, Iron ore is as plentiful III Memo
via as common stone is in Williamsburg
Most Of those who farm are lucalcd on the
banks u the ST. Paul river, about FIVE mile. from
the CIV. and some are doing well Allen Hoop
er, OF New York. has been here = little over two
sears. lie had but small means 10 commence
with, but mOw LAS one Of lie best coffee plapta.
tons Oh The river. lie h.s seven thou,anl tree,
growing thousand ofwlch are loaded with
coffee and he is Of opinion that next wear all
will hear. Next will mention A Bhckl-y who
is making gasout twelve thousand pound, OF surar
year, aud some hundreds gallons uf molAssss
and Syrup-a,l Of which will fAyorably compare
with the best imported sItlcle. ofthe kind
Sweet potatoes, Lima beans Indian corn cas-
anda plan ans, and other table Vegetables are
ru'ed UP this river, which is % or 80 miles long.
4 hEe town il situated at the source of hi.
sire, m it is called Mlll-hurg and contains pop
ulAlou OF 500 or 900 perseus--th, most Of
whom emplo,rd IT,, msrlvss in making brick, and
III hewng timber Of all snds for market,
haye not ability to describe the advantages
tD h- reaprd in this county, nor have ! the time
Nv business is So much better than 1t ever was
before, hat am constantly occupied in attend.
lug to It.
OnV word as to the fever. Ny children have
have all had it; 80 have all the pmigrap's who
came out viii, u, except my wife mysclf and
two others. NUnc Of them kept their beds for
more than two or three dav. The f,yer i. not
az bad ~ It t generally Represented to ts have
seen prr,ons who have lived hire for from two
to twenty years, and who never had it at all.
1hl,i- great county for men aud women
who love liberty aud whs love themselves, for
money can hs made here
Please TO give nv thanks to the gentlemen in
your city whose philanthropy was the cause Of
nay success trust Nou wit Vutiish tIs letter.
f.r me information uf lhu.c who may wish to
know something u this country NV next letter
shall he longer anl Will contain much more in.
formation respecting this colony Of Llbcria-a =
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The Mummy .'I;s.

From 4 late work called Lis or an rr,n
tian Pilgrimage Ly j. A. ST JoLn We take ,h,s
plciuru ,ia \ descent mt, fla. tit.,f a.. ,,,,
mip-:
In conformity with the national practices the
Arabs, havin- s,ripped neatly mai s,d kpe,l,d
upon the s.nd. and repeated certain rrn,,rs. as
being about to undertake an en'erpris- flI Of
danger, from the ephitc yapors and eNhpl .tiors
constantly arising. Their leader. nm cid man
With an extremely white heard then TAX u, up A
mp passed round protection Of the r,rk fol-
lowed by Iii. Two s,n., and entered narrow
passage We ourselves bad failed to discover |
followed, and We're, with SULLIVAN and tie other
Arabs, brought up the rear. After proceeding
ior some time, the cavern sud lCny expanded. and
presented to the eve a pro, pest Of ,ufcrual mag.
nlfccLcs. The rouf, rising like that Of some vast
Cathedral, was black as ui.ht. while innumerablc
gloomy alslrs, apparently lntermlnable. stretched
away on all sides The walls, the pillars, the
inches, the taberuaCles--in one word, all We saw,
appeared TO cased with black crystal, whish.
spa bling and glltterlng as the lights passed un
,uggested i0rcibly to the mind the idea uf hell
towering and dlating before one in Sananic
grandeur Every thing around wore a fu'gmous
aspect. In The noor were Cha,ms Of uHkuown
depth, descend between black rocks moist aud
slippery while the most lyath-ome etlluyia,
pesi'eEsus as those Of Ayernum filed the al
phere and Inspired me with feeling Ike that
Of sea-,icsngsi
What inspired the Egyptians with 4 funlnSs.
for such localities, 1t Ia hard 10 say. There was
certainly something sub!ims in their bsbit Of
mind, but u is equally cear, that when they
visited these sub,crrauaous tomb., tho air could
not have been 80 offensive or pcstlftroas al it Is
'tprcasnt. Tho change Wa. evilcntly brough,
al ltr Il