The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-12-30

ttlirs, looked around with great gravity upon
! the congregation. Then descending, be made
Journey throughout the church, Jumping up
at each pew door and attempting to make
! friends. AT last he entered pew, and, during
the time of prayer sat quite gravely, until at
last forgetting the decOrum due to the occasion,
he jumped up and applied the social nose to
the cheek of very deVOut lady, who was stand
ing with closed eyes in the pew behind. This
was too much, and for kissing the lady he was
promptly elected from the church.
E5g- Irelands population is still decreasing,
the average rate Of increasing being mere than
equalled BY the hosts Of emigrants, who, even
at the present severe season of the year, cor
tinue to leave their homes for other lands.
These, however, are fast adding to the pOpui-
ton of the United States and British colonies,
taking with them those habits and tastes, the
requirements of which must in the end benefit
the manufacturers of England. Emigration
from Cork for the ten months ending 3lst ult.,
amounted to 81, 1858, against 22,GS7 ia the same
period last year.
LIBERIA EMGRANTs SAHED-The brig Cen
eral Pierce, of Baltimore, sailed from Savan-
nah, Georgia, on Friday. for Liberia, taking out
1862 c0lored emigrants for that colony, Z Of
whom were from South CarOlinr, Is from Ala
bama, 84 from Tennessee, and Sc from Georgia.
One hundred and twenty-five were seht out by
their masters, now living 16 liberated by will,
and % were free One hundred Of them ar
under 81 years of age.
10Y The State Temperance Society of Mas
sachusetts recently addressed circular to all
the clergymen in that State, asking them this
question: care you in favor of the probibitory
! principle and main features of the anti-liduOr
! law Of Massachusetts," To this question, re-
| sponses have been received from fUe huhdred
and tortg.tour clergymen, which must be a
large majority of the Protestant ministers in the
State-Of whom .fge hundred and Mirty-seUeR
say Yes, and Se0ep only answer No.
~ A German named Lawrence Wood com
! mitted suicide at st. Louis on the 14th inst
He and his wife had quarreled, when she left
his house and cohabited with another German.
/ Weber went to her abode, when she fled. He
fired pistol at her as she ran out of the
house, and Immediately shot himself: the ball
going right through the heart. The woman
was not Injured.
Miss Rosa Douglass, daughter and as
sstant of Mrs. Douglass, who was tried and
found guilty few weeks since, by the Superior
Court at Norfolk, for instructing colOred persons
to read and write, having returned from New
York, was brought up before the Mayor on
Il Tuesday, and held to bail in the sum Of $500,
L for her appearance at the next term of the Su-
periOr Court.
kzy" Offers of assistance have flowed in upon
the Harpers to the amount of more than $l40,-
900, in great part from persons with whom they
had had no previous connection. Theinsurance
II offices have waived the grace of sixty days, and
offered to pay the claims upon them at once.
Il A larger quantity of books has been saved than
was at first supposed.
II rsy~ The San Francisco Golden Era says that
| the theatrical profession in California numbers
at present one hundred and ten members,
among whom might be named some twelve or
fifteen passabIe artstes, while the rest either
horrid ''stcks" or conceited "ninnes"
H e3y- Drawing Teeth and drawing conclusions
are not great ways apart after all, since one
comes from the brain, and the other from
the law. People always stir the mOlars when
they think, and always think when they lose
| molar.
H Csg- A rascal has been caught and convicted
H of placing distractions on the New York central
L railroad. The name of the murderer is John
II Riley, of Amsterdam. He has been sent two
Il years and five months to the Peniteniary. The
Il miscreant should have been imprisoned for life.
Il r5y- President Young, of Utah, orders men,
| women and children to 90 into the field 10 har-
| vest their grain, armed with butcher-knivss and
II firearms He says that almost every good rife
in the territory has been traded away to the In
II dans.
Il r5g Fifteen gentlemen have subscribed 81 900
Il each to purchase a farm for the Philadelphia
County Agricultural Society.
/ a5g~ Taxing the last census as the basis of the
/ calculation, there are at this time about six hun
/ dred million dollars worth Of live stock in the
Il United States. Their value exceeds that of all
| the manufacturing establishments in the coun-
| try, and also exceeds the capital invested in
Il commerce, both inland and foreign.
r1g The erratic and notable Lola Monies was,
/ at the last accounts, quietly rustcating in her
/ bird-box of cottage at Grass Valley, Califor-
nia-spending her time in attending to the inn
pr6vement Of her garden, petting her parrot
and poodle, and tanning grizzly.
tsg -RunOrs are afoat that the next steamer
for California will take out from New York par
ties intending to join the fillibusters from San
Francisco, in their attempt to revolutiORize
Lower California.
Ry- An enterprising young man from the
West brought into Milwaukee four elks, which
he has trained for harness, and offers them fOE
sale. What fine team they would make fOl
Santa Claus! ai4
Ia" The Rev. Bishop Simpson, of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, intends to leave New
York on the 20th inst for California and Or
egon. The Bishop is to be accompanied by th'
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