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The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-09-23
The Sin of the paY.

Excess is the great evil of the present
day; excess in business, in pleasure, in
every pursuit. 1t is a serious evil at
tendant upon our extensive commerce
and increasing wealth the whole soul
is engrossed by it. Men live, in the
metropolis especially, in continual hur-
ry of business, which leaves them neither
a moment for leisure, nor disposition
to employ it profitably. By natural
effect, excess in business disposes the
mind to excess in amusement, and thus
worIdly-mindedness prevails to such
degree as to be utterly subverslve Of the
Christians life. "We. toll on in the vain
pursuits and frivolous occupations of the
world" says an elegant writer, "till we
die in our harness, and then expect, if
no gigantic crime stands in the way, to
step Immediately into the kingdom of
Heaven. But this is impossible; for,
without previous detachment from the
business Of this world, we cannot be pre-
pared for the happiness Of another"
tWhat shall it profit man, if he gain
the whole world and lose his own soul /;
or what shall man give in exchange
for his soul"
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-09-23
Ten Arguments for the Maine Law,
which have never been answered.

Hon. Edward Everett makes the
following statement in respect to the
effect OF ardent spirits in this country
in ten yearS.-They are startling facts
and are an admonition to all both
the Incorporate and the temperate.
1. They have cost the nation a
direct expense of ten millions of
dollars.
2. They have cost the nation an
indirect expense of six hundred mill
ions of dollars.
3. They have destroyed three hun
dred thousand lives.
4. They have sent one hundred
thousand children to the poor houses.
s. They have consigned at least
one hundred and fifty thousand persons
to the jails and penitentaries.
6. They have made at least one
hundred thousand maniacs.
7. They have instigated to the
commission Of one thousand five hun
dred murders.
8. They have caused two thousand
persons to commit suicide.
9. They have burned or otherwise
destroyed property to the amount of ten
millions of dollars.
10. They have made two hundred
thousand widows and orphans.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-09-23

The MAN RETIRED FROM BUSINESS.
Almost every man sets out in life
with the determination, when certain
sum has accumulated, to retire from
the cares of business, and enjoy the
balance of his days in 'otium cum
dig nitate, Visions of sunny farms
and rural ret eats are ever before him,
but unfortunately, few have the
courage, when the required sum has
been obtained, to be content and retire.
In the new course of years, new
tastes have been acquired, and new
wants added to the humble catalogue
with which he commenced life. The
rual retreat has become a suburban
residence, with coach houses, stables,
&C., and few thousands more have
become necessary. So he goes toiIing
on, his ambition widening and exten-
ding as he pushes and urges his way
on to competence and fortune. During
all this time he forgets that he is grow
ing older-that his capacity for en-
joyment is getting more contracted
every day-that his tastes and habits
are becomeing confirmed in business
life, so that when he does muster up
the frmness to yield his place in the
The business world to younger men
he is about as unhappy mortal as one
could meet on summers day.
1t is related of tallow chandler
Of London, who had accumulated
fortune and retired to his villa, that
time hung SO heavy on his hands
that he used to have a melting day
once a week and made his own
candles for amusement. He had
probably neglected through this life
to lay in a store Of knowledge to cul-
tivate a taste for reading, or otherwise
prepare his mind as well as his
pocket for the purpose of a life of
leasure. His great object had been
to make enough to retire on without
caring to provide something to retire
with.
That man alone can hope to enjoy
pleasant leisure in the evening of
his days, who has intellectual means
of enjoyment always at command
He must or should be satisfied with a
comfortable independence, and leave
the cares Of business in the medium
of life-if he can.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-09-23
From the Practical Preacher.
Voters of Ohio Please Read.

Bro. RoBERTsoN.-As the Practi-
cal preacher has an extensive clrcula-
ton in Ohio, | ask the privilege Of
presenting in its columns few reaseos
why we should have the Maine Lawr
or its equivalent in this State.
l do this because / am aware that
there are multitudes of voters in the
State who are perfectly Indifferent as
to the success of this vitality important
measure; and other multltudes, who
are laboring might and main to de-
feat it. These are all occupying,
1 as temperance men think, untenable
ground; and ought to be converted
from the errorof their way. They need
to be aroused to a more thorough ex-
animation of the subject to a candid
and impartial weighing of the argu-
ments on both sides of the question.
AS advantages of the Maine Law,
this is all we ask; grant us but this
and we fear not the issue.
A few of our reasons for the Maine
Law in Ohio are the following:
l. The pecuniary intrests of the
State demand it. Our taxes are
enormous, but if required to support
the true interest of the State we ought
not to complain. This however is not
the case-far from it. 1t is a start
ling fact, gathered from reliable sta
tiStics, that a large proportion of
these (nearly one half if not altoge-
ther) go direct by or indirectly to the
support of the liqGor traffic. This is
no fiction but stern reality. One
halt of our taxes to the liquor tra6c!
to defray State prosecutions, to keep
up alms-houses, poor-houses, jailS,
penitentaries, &c, &. And this
liquor traffic itself a curse, an unmiti-
gated curse to the State, an Unsuitable
Ieech clinging to its very vitals.-
Hence it follows that one half Of all
we pay in the form of taxes is not
only dead loss, Of that much, to the
wealth Of our State; but is prostituted
to the perpetuation of a runious, God
provoking evil in our midst. Don't
we need the Maine Law to dry up this
sink, not only of iniquity, but of
wealth?
Now add to this the value of all
the grain distilled into whisky and
in this form consumed in the State.
For we maintain that every bushel
thus consumed is totally lost. Let us
see. The farmer sells his corn to the
distiller, and gets an equivalent in
money. Nothing lost SO far. The
distiller converts the corn into whisky
and sells it to the consumer. No loss
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-09-23

A Furnaceman remarked to us a
few days since that he "would give
thousand dollars to secure the adoption
of the Maine Law, in Ohio, next win
ter" These are just such men as we
want to materially aid us in electing
Maine Law Legislators. Finance
CON-, take hinai Aa
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-09-23

vet. But now the consumer drinks
the whisky-deposits it in his stomach
until it evaporates through the pores
Of his skin and otherwise, but where
is the return-whers the compensa-
ton? The whisky is gone, but it
has not yielded one red cent to the
customer or the State. All that is
left behind, is poverty still poorer,
and wretchedness still more wretched.
How macy bushels are thus consul
med in Ohio / do not know. Say
million-a very low estimate. This
at SO cents per. bushel would be a
clear loss of half a million of dollars.
But this is not all. Suppose the con-
sumer Of the whisky would give his
money to the farmer for the corn to
feed himself and his animals, and
then employ--as in most cases he
would--the strength derived thereGrom
in some lawful avocation, the product
would be five or ten fold the original
value of the corn, in actual wealth to
the State. Thus million would be
added to million.
But still another item Of loss.-
There is a multitude of drunken, good
for nothing sots in Ohio, How many
is not exactly known-probably 5000.
These consume, all the time, and pro-
duce nothing for the State. Now, if
these were sober men they would
as a general thing be industrious, and
if Industrious, they would make at
least SO cents day and this when
added up would amount annually to
the handsome sum of $782, 800
more than three-fourths of a million.
Again: look at the hundreds of non
producers, who are in our poor houses,
/ iails, penitentiaries, &c, as legiti-
mate result of the liquor traffic.
Now add up these millions and look
at the enormous sum; and then tell
me, if you dare, that we ought not to
have the Maine Law-that the pecu-
mary intrests of this liquor cursed
State do not loudly and imperiously
/ demand it? Do we not need law,
whose strong arm will compel the
manufacturers and retailers of "liquid
fire" to quit, at once and forever.
their dirty, theivish, murderous busi-
ness?-a law that will do for them
what the lashings of guilty consi-
ence, the tears and crowns Of widows
and orphans, and the awful denuncia-
tions Of Gods World have failed to
| do!-Viz: make them decent, honest
men. What say you voters, Of Ohio?
| At the ballot-box, this fall, we expect
to hear the thunder Of your answer.
More anon.
|, EYES OPENING.
| Temperance Valley, Aug. 1858.
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people from the fear Of that opinion
which has its origin in the grog shop.
the brothel and the gamblers den!
We know that there is, and with the
permission of heaven, we propose to
do our part in eyoking it from its
present obscurity,
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-09-23
Queries.


Is any body's business,
n Gentleman should choose
To wait upon lady,
II the hdy don't refuse !
Or 10 speas a little palmer,
That the meaning all may Know
Ia il aay body's business
II lady has beau
Isit any body's business
When the gentleman does call,
Or when he leaves the lady,
Orif he leaves at all
Or is it necessary
To save from further trouble
The outside lockers on
Ia it any bOdy's business
But the lady's If her beau
Rides out with other ladies,
And doesn't let her know ]
Is il any bOdy's business
But the gentleman's, il she
Should accept another escort
Where he doesn't chance to be
Isa person on the sidewalk,
Whether great or whether small,
Is it any body s business
Where that person means to call
Or if you see person,
As he's calling anywhere,
Is it any OF your business
What his business may be there
The substance Of your query,
Simply stated, would be this
Is it any body's business
What another's business is?
hit is, or ii it isn't,
We would really like to know,
For we're certain il it isn't,
There are some who make it 80.
lit is wen Join the rabble,
And act the noble part,
OF the tattlers and deiamers
Who throng the public mart.
But il not, wen sct the teacher,
Until each meddler learns
1t were better in the future,
To mind his own concerns.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-12-23
Touching Incident.

An official, on All Saints Day, arr
rayea himself ii bis best apparel, and!
at the request OF bis wife. called q CAR
rage to visit The cemeteries. The
husband, Be It promised, knew that
hiss beloved, ere he married her, was
a widow, but be knew not that she
had been the widow of three success
sive husbands. AS soon as they en-
tered the gate Of the said city Of
silence, q shade ofmelancholy passed
over the lady's face, and, clinging 20
her husbands arm, she went to
tomb, at which she knelt and prayed
for the repose Of her "dear dead hus-
bands soul" Tears flowed, and plen-
tifnlly; he felt q little mortified at the
strong affection which bis wife showed
for her first love, now sleeping his
eternal sleep, still forgave the out
burst and hurried her from the spot.
Soon, however, she knelt before
amber tomb, and again uttered a
touching orison for the repose Of the
soul Of "her dear dead husband, +"
whose holy dust there found a resting
place. The husband thought that this
was little more than be had bar
gained for, but he said nothing, though
grave were his reflections as he again
led his wife from spot which awak-
eued such sad remembrances, He
had not gone far when his wife again
turned aside, knelt, and again prayed
as before for the repose Of ''her dear
dead husbands soulP The husband
could stand it no longer, and uttering
an inexcusable and unhusbandly oath,
said "Confound it, madam, how
many husbands in the Lords name,
have you buried |"
Ere the accusing spirit had flown
to heavens chancery with the oath,
the thoughts Of the wife were recalled
to the things Of the earth, earthly
and she answered, "Three, sir, only;
and that, it would seem by your out
rageous conduct, is one too fe'O"
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-12-23

supply the reqHisils dsnOmindti0n.--
There stood the successor Of Charles
VI, glancing down upon tho people,
who were cursing her il their hearts
and Kissing at her with their lips, with
no one 70 rely upon save the person
who for the moment had succeeded to
her favor, all this passed ct Madrid
On the evening Of Tuesday, the eight
eenth Of the present month.
No single act Of iaprsdencs could
have produced such a result The
loyalty Of the Spaniard was so deeply
seated, that il could not be oblitersted
'by a passing folly or a passing crime.
II lOas necessary to drag ths Spqnish
crown very long through very ,xniry spots
indeed, before the nation would have
risen against lis wearer, as though
treason had been committed against
the repose Of a private family. This
is not the first time that the nation had
witnessed the spectacle Of notorious
proAigacy in the highest station. But,
bad as have been the previous in-
stances of such disregard Of all obliga-
tions, no Spanish Queen has as yet
lotsd to erki6it he Etviny proof Of her
Successive acts Of shame before the eyes
ofa nation. Now. there is no poetry
possible for the Heloise Of many Abel
ards. What wonder, then, that the
loyalty Of the Spaniard, being such a
passion as we have described it to be-,
should have been converted into its
opposite BY so shameful an exhibition
AS the feeling was q personal one, so
| It is much to te feared the retrbution
may one day be. We, who regard
sovereigns with a more tempered feel
ing Of respect, and who, most fortu-
nately, have never occasion to think
Of our sovereign but Of lady as spot
less in her life as she is eminent in sta
ton, can scarcely comprehend what
a revuIsion Of feeling may lead to in
such case as this. The conduct oi
the sovereign is felt as a personal dis
/ grace by every Spaniard in the soli-
\ tude of his own dwelling. Such il
i not quite the end of the "Spanish
marriages"-of that polite scheme fol
the sake of which a great minister
sacrificed his character for probhy
and an able monarch one Of the frs
crowns in Christendom. Gin. Gds.
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The LudicrOus Sides Of Life.

The dexterous leap of thought, by
which the mind escapes from seem
ingly hopeless diIema, is worth all
the vestments of dignity which the
world holds. 1t was this readiness
and repartee which continually saved
VoItaire from social overturn. He
once praised another writer very
heartily to a third person. at is
very strange was the reply, "that
you speak so well of him, for he
says that you are a charlatan, p
"Oh," replied Voltaire, 81 think it
very likely that both Of us may be
mistaken"
Again, you must all have heard the
anecdote Of the young gentleman who
was discpursing very dogmatically
about the appropriate sphere Of wo.
man. "And pray, sir, " screamed out
an old lady, "what is the appropriate
sphere Of woman!" "A celestial
sphere, madam" h
Robert Hall, did not lose his power
of relort even in madness. A hypo-
critical condoler with his misfortunes
once visited him in the madhouse, and
said in a whining tone. "What
brought you here, Mr.. Halll" Hall
significantly touched his brow with
his finger, and replied, "What II ne
yer bring you, sir--tOO much brAin!'
A rapid change from enthusiasm to
nonchalence is often necessary in So
ciety. Thus a person once eloquent
Iy eulogiSing the angelic qualities Of
Joan Of Arc, was suddenly met by
the petulent question, "What was
Joan of Arc, made off" "She was
Maid Of Orleans"
A Yankee is never upset by the
astonishing. He walks among the
Alps with his hands in his pockets,
the smoke Of his cigar is seen among
the mists Of Niagara. One Of this
class sauntered into the office Of the
lightning telegraph, and asked how
long it would take to transmit a mes
sage to Washington. "Ten minutes, 4
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was the reply. II can't wait" was
his reioinder.
Sheridan never was without a Fea-
son, never failed TO extricate himself
in any emergency by bis Wit. Alta
country house, where he was once on
a visit, an elderly maiden lady desir,
ed TO be his companion il d walk.
He excused himself at first on the
ground Of the badness Of the weather.
She soon afterwards, however, inter.
CePted him in an attempt 70 escape
without her. "Well," she said, ait
is cleared up, / see. +" asWhy, YES. /"
he answered at has cleared up
enough for one, but not enough for
tao.
It was his readiness that made John
Randolph so terrible intetort. He was
The Thersites Of Congress. a toneue
stabber. No hyperbole Of contempt or
scorn could be launched against him,
but he could oyertop it with something
more scornful and contemptous. Op.
position only maddened him into
more brilliant bitterness. s'lsn't tia
shame, Mr.. President" said he one
day in the Senate, ''that the noble
bulldogs Of the administration should
be wasting their precious time in
worrying the rats Of the opposition"
Immediately the Senate was in an
uproar, and he was clamorously called
to order, The presiding officer, how.
ever, sustained him; and, pointing his
long, skinny fingers at his opponents,
Randolph screamed oat, "Rsts, did |
say?-neice, mice. 9 4
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Hair,

A writer in late number Of the
London Quarterly Review, furnishes
the following information on this sub.
ject: a 94a
"London imports about FIVE tons of
human hair annually. Black hair
comes mainly from Brittany and the
south Of France, where it is collected
principally by one hair merchant, who
travels from fair to fair, and buys up,
and shears the crops of the neighbor-
hood damseIs. A traveller in Brittany
describes the peasant girls as attend
ing at the fairs with their beautiful
tresses, perfectly willing to sell out.
He saw several girls sheared, one after
another, like sheep, and as many more
standing ready for the shears with
their caps in their hands, and their
long hair combed out and hanging to
their waists. By the side of the dealer
was placed large basket, into which
the successive crops OF hair were
thrown, each tied up in wisp by
itself. For a head of hair about
twenty sous in money is given, or a
gaudy handkerchief. This hair is the
finest and most silken that can be pro-
duced. Light hair comes from Ger.
many, where it is collected by a com
Pany Of Dutch farmers, who 60 over
to England for orders once a year.
And, who knows from what source
come those pendant tresses cleaning
in the gas-light, with which our bloom
ing Ewes, aptly entangling their snaky
coil with their owns tempts our eligi-
Bile Adams" +"
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The Main Spring.

Here is a gold watch, which COM
bines embellishments and utility, in
happy proportions, and is usually con-
sidered a very valuable appendage to
the person Of gentleman. Its
hands, face, chain and cases, are Of
chased and FURNISHED gold. Its gold
seals sparkle with the ruby, the topaz,
the sapphire, the emerald. Iopen it,
and find that the works, without
which this elegant chased case would
be mere shell, those hands motion
less, and those figures without mean
ing, are made Of brass. Investigate
further and ask what is the spring by
which all these are set in motion,
made of | am told that it 10 made
Of steel. ask what is steel? The
reply is, that it is iron which has un-
dergone certain process. So then
/ find the main spring, without which
the watch would be motionless, and
its hands, figures, and Embellishments
but toys, is not Of gold-that it is not
sufficiently good, nor Of brass, that
would not debut of iron. 2tI
Iron is therefore the only precious
metal; and the watch is an apt en-
blem of society. Its hands and fig
ures, which tell the hour, resemble
the master spirits Of the age, to
whose movements every eye is di-
rected. Its useless, but sparkling
seals, sapphires, rubies, topaz and
embellishments, the aristocracy. It's
works of brass, the middle class, BY
the increasing intelligence and power
of which the master spirits Of the
age are moved: and its iron spring,
shut up in box, always at work, but
never thought of, except when it is
disordered, broke or wants winding
up, symbolically the Iaborious classes,
which, like the main spring, we wind
up by the payment Of wages; and
which classes are shut up in obscurity,
and though constantly at work, and
absolutely as necessary to the move
ment of society as the iron main
spring is to the watch, are never
thought of except when they require
their wages, or are in some want or
disorder of some kind or other
EOsrett. t.9el sao's0lsg
REvobvTIox E NIe4RAouA.7L.ate adyicea
from Nicaragua announce another revolution
there, but il does not seem to amount TO much
The revolutionists are said to have 800 stand Of
arms on the way from Costa RiCas and were 70
have taken possession Of the Quartet and ar.
m0ry at Graaada on the 23d ult, % the signal
for . general outbreak Several arrests, how
ever, bad takenplace. gaG a@t iofsa a'0s "A.
an .Hasg a bsaQsii teel 7
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~ The extensive hotel, known as the 'lda-
nns HOTEL at Fairfield, Conn, belonging to
Mr.. Jshn B. Monnott, of the New York Hotel,
was entirely destroyed by fire a few nights since,
The building and furniture were insured for
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Pour Grand ct Petit Jure, $4,000 90
Juge de Paix ct Constables, 1000 90
q Inaigents 1000 90
de la Corporation, 200 90
(. Coroner. 800 90
g Juri de Police. 400 90
L'Auditeui de Paroisse, 100 90
Limprmeur de . 110 90
GreiIicr de 100 W
: Depenses casuelle. 5000 90
g Elections, 800 90
:. Assessor de Paroisse, 100 90
Frais des poursuits criminelle, 1000 90
Placement terme iixG ct In
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de la Louisiana, l,l33 W
Pour la Commissions sur la
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THOS. DEVALL, Pres't.
WIN Btsss. Greffier.
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To Planters and others.

r WOULD beg leave to call your atten-
l. ton now, and at the opening OF the
coming season to my large and exceedingly
cheap stock of Domestic Dry Goods which
Notwithstanding the heavy advance of Dom
estes, and every class OF negro wear, arm
enabled to sell at low prices; ] am now re-
ceivins and will continue to receive week
ly through the season fresh supplies OF No
Goods of this class, all ask is call
mar 29-y w. II. fHlLLiro.
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NOTICE

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by the Police Jury Of the Parish of East
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their being fixed. Amounting in the ag-
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