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Preventive Legislation.

Preventive Legislation.
New views seem to be gradually forming in
the minds of Legislators, in regard to the prin-
ciples upon which laws should be enacted and
enforced. Time has been, when it was doubt
cd whether our law makers had authority to lG-
g'sIate for he prevention Of evil, by providing
restraints and remedies to be rscd while the
evil is in the bud. The business Of the lcgis-
Iator was conceived to be, mainly, to establish
penalties, and to provide for their enforcement,
after the evil tendency had rpened into CRIME.
1t seems now, however, to be the general feel
inc, that ian ounce Of prevention is worth a
pound of cure" and that our w-giyers are as
much bound to search out the causes of great
social evils aud to eradicate then before they
have been followed b.. their effects, as they arc
to neutraIize the effects by the administration
OF remedial measures. A familiar illustration
of the influence of these new views is found in
the laws enacted by so many States against the
manufacture and sale Of ardent spirits What
ever may be said of the consitutionalty Of
these laws (nnd we de- not intend to question
II, but s'mlI leave 1t to be settled by the only
competent tribunals, the courts It is certainly
remarkable fact, that so many distinct lcgsla-
lures should have adopted them within so short
space OF tlmc--a fact indicating profound
conviction Of the rght!uness and the necessi
ty Of just such legislation in the minds fmlny
men II fact too, Indicating very clearly, thai
II unconSt'n'l0n1l now. such Legislation Will
very soon be- rcn1e:ed consfltutonaI,hy amend
InNnlS to the instrument under whose shelter
the most fruitful sources OF crime are now per-
mi'tcd 10 dove'ope themselves.
Another Illustration OF tie sumo t'nIHncy Is
presented ny OIL now before Tie Ncw / ORR
Legislature tn'itIed 81" net 10 pror'de to' the
care amt 'n"rurton q '"e dnahWnH ch't1ren.
Inc pr'hciH'e y'ng at the foundation ct TINS
OIL If, ulAt Il INC o'a'e HaS suc1 rsh' TO nav"
It's citizens properly educated, that 1t can con
s'ltntlonaIIy appropriate money Tor Iuh'ic
schools, 1t has also the further right to insist
peremptoriIy, that all children OF The proper
age, not prevented 10y sickness, shall attend
those schools. No man who will think of thus
principle candid'v, will be prcporcd TO DENY its
business. or feel warranted in opposinr It's be-
lag carried out TO is proper consequences.-
Thus principle is precisely what rives their SUI
pcriority to the schools of PRUSSIA. making Of
the whole Prussian nltion. 4 milton Of scholars.
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1850. 1851. 1852. 1853
January, 13,l5i Il,709 1882 400l
February, 3,20G $40 5.3p 1 9j6
March, 1860 l6055 2l726 $685.
Total. 2I929 35,y3l 35.6io 266.l

notwithstanding the considerable falling off
during the quarter ending March lcj3, if we
assume that as a basis of calculation for the
year, we have total Of over 100000 foreign
immigrants landing annually at the port Of n
York alone. 1t would be safe perhaps TO reck-
on for the various other ports of the United
States and Canada, at least half as many more,
giving US a grand total Of not less than 49,
COO souls poured in every twelve month upon
our shores, and taking their position sooner or
later as citizens Of the Republic for, a large
proportion of all the immense Canadian ilnml-
grafton ultimately trickles over the border a
mongst the hills OF the Eastern and Middle
States, or into the extensive valleys and prair,es
of West.
Were we therefore to have regard only 10
numbers, we might well be amazed at the my
RAIDS thus thrust upon Us, more after the man
ncr of an invasion than of peaceful transmit
grafton. But they are not simply nunerous.-
They are in other respects, more Important than
this, like the Gothic hordes winch inundated
the South of Europe after the fall of Rome
They are for the most part the natives of coun-
tries as unpropitious TO the developemcnt of
political ideas, of the safe republican stamp,
as ever were Scythia and the wild forests of
G rmany, so long the terror Of The Romln L.
glons ana Of Roman civilization. they come
a nongst us, 1t Is true, as the victims of oppres
sion, and therefore, in the IN lin, with the bitter
est hatled of all the forms and principles of
European politics and legislation, but they
bring with them, it must be remembered, their
Chartist zeal, their red-republcan fury, their
religious bIgotry, their atheism, their ignorance,
and these materials we are expected to cast in
to the crucble and mould into Republicans af-
ter the model of Washington and Jefferson =
W no can wonder that in their first attempts at
walking without the ncumbrance Of cham IL
bout their neckS. these refugees should staggcr
Ike drunken men? That they should rush in
TO eXtravagancles, without excuse IN the sober
Saxon, and subverSive, 50 far AS they have any
influence of all the principles OF liberty and
of order With such an element of destruc-
tive life yearly infused into the veins OF Amcri-
can society, we need to exert the whole asslm-
ildtive force which our system can furnish, to
save ourselves from being corrupted beyond the
possibility Oft recovery. For half century
at least, for so long this vast immigration
shall contnue-we ought to exert the best en-
ereics of our government in the work of mou d.
inr over this foreign material into domestic
stulls, fit for the wear and tear of free Amerl-
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From MeNiCo.

The New Orleans papers state that the Brit
l'h maj. steamer, which arrived at Vera Cruz,
lth March, reports that Santa Anna had accep-
ted the Presidency of that country, and would
return tnere IN the mail steamer OF the LIST of
April.
the Vera Cruz papers give the details of
conversation winch passed between Senior Es,
cobar, the Commissioner appointed to convey
him the wishes If the Mexican authorities
The terms OF Santa Anna's language was un-
mtlEnted hostility to the citizens Of the Uni
ted States, whom he calls the natural enemies
Of MoN,co.
o. {. Edwards Lester, II Is sand, will be
'n' 10 Rome, IN place Of Lewis Cass, IT,. who
Wi ret1rn on account OF the death of his
m theT.
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TO OnI Patrons.

1t will be seen by the readers of the Ere,
Press that have taken upon myself the charge
OF its aiinirs. and the responsibility OF It's col
umns, from the beginning of the present month
To those who have known me for years
more or less intimately, | might Trust that
nothing need be said to enable them to Judge
what, in the man, the character Of the Paper will
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-04-08

Estimated grand total upto Dec. 30, 3 sos 32l
We may sny in round numbers, 4,UOO,UUO
ounces which, at u. per on, Is 81 l,UCO,uOl
sterling but its intrinsic value IS certainly
more nearly SIG 900 coo sterling. The world
has never, perhaps, exhibited SO astounding
result as these figures show.
The London Tunes gives a summary of the
news from the various dlgsings, which Is high
ly encouraging. At New South Wales, the
fields are yielding well, but out of population
of 2OO,O 600, not more than 10000 are at the dig
gings. Rev Mr.. Clarke, a gcoIogst, after a
general examination of the Northern strlcts,
snyS:-
| "rhe more see Of the great back bone of
| Ibis continent the more am Impressed with the
! hgh prob ,blliy of the extension of the gold
fields far beyond the present limits Of search"
The following are the provisions Of a bill for
the mana cement of the gold fields, just passed
by the. Colonial Assembly at Sydney, and which
was to 90 into operation the LIST of February:
"The Government may grant leaves by ten
der or auction, for quartz or other mining, to
BRUSH subjects, for any period not exceeding
II years lnev may also suspend any pastoral
leases that may be found to extend over gold
fields, upon giving compensation 10 the owl eIs.
The hcense fee Is liked at pos per month, and
Is Ia be paid by traders ana olhef parties as well
as miners la the case OF foreigners the CHAR
pes II tu be double. No license is To- be gwen
to those WIN shall moi be able 10 certify that
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-04-08

There is no class of statistics more interest
ing or suggestive than that relating to the pro-
grcss Of immigration TO the new world from
the old. The following table which we find IN
the n. Y Evening Mirror, shows the extent
of immigration at the port Of New York dur
ing the first quarter of the present year, com
pared with the three years immediately preced-
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The above, which is equal to GS,3O0OC0
sterling, does not include either the amounts
retained in the possession Of individuals, or
the large sums carried by the overland escort
to South nsralla. The .Nc'JOWHe .3rguS Of
January 3, gives IA sta emcnt of the total yl,d
Of gold up to the end of lSj2 estimating what
has been brought by private hands as well DIS by
public cscor as follows -
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-04-08

OIT The province of Pegu, l,r-c AMI pop
ulous district IN the Southern part Of the Bur
man Empre, has been annexed TO the British
domlnlons by decree oi the Governor general
of British India. The annexed territory in
c'udes the several outlets Of ,he Burram. potter,
ana all the other large rivers; some of which
afford easy communications not only with Ava
and the whole Of Northern Burnah, hui extend
to the borders Of the G ,iac,c donlnlon, thus,
under Brush rule, opening dnett trade
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Foreign immigration.

with the most dcnscly populated country of III,
globe.
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Death of Mrs. Fillmore,
I From The Unsh,ngton ReoaJhc. 31sl

From the Washington RepoJhc, 3la.l
1t is our painful to annouce the death of
Mrs. FILLMORE, the wife Ot the late President,
winch occurred Yesterday morning at Wizards
Hotel, in this city.
The serious illness of Mrs. Fillmore has
been known for some time past, but until within
the last few days little apprehension was tet IN
regard to the result. She was attacked with
bronchial inf animation of the lungs on the On
instant and this was followed by a suiluslon
ct w'ter: producing "A complication which
hatrd the skill ot the eminent phy>lcIrns who
nave been called to their re- lcE Her suiicrnus
at various stag OF the disease were seN ere
and prolracted; but they were endured with
Christian patience and fortu.c. sac retained
consciousness until within a brief period Of dis
solution, and died calmly, and without appar-
ent pam, in the presence of her family
On earning the melancholy bereavement
President Pierce directed the poStponerlent OF
the Cabinet, and the closing Of the various
Executive Departments Tor the day. He also
addressed the following letter Of confidence to
Mr. Fillmore:
FI2cUTITE MANSION, March 30. IS53.
Ny Dear SIR Int rn ltlon has Just elched
me o the death of Ms. Fi,luo e. Beg Won
to accept the assurance OF my earnest condo
lence i'll this great bereavement.
Yielding to my deep feelings of sympathy.
ard IN testimony OF respect Tor the memory Of
tine deceased, have directed the meeting Of
tie Cabinet this day to be suspended, and the
public offices to be closed.
| am with great consideration. your friend
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Hon. WILLARD FILLMORE, Washington,
ID, E..
The Presidents Private Secretary, Mr. Sid
| npv " chs prpcpplpI to tho ('nnltol :, IN
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-08-11

et." MED -"For what. have you re.
turmoil" SpIR ITO watch and
PROMOTE the welfare of the Latter
Day Saints MEp-"Is theirs the
true religion?" SpIR mo; Mahom-
eft and myself were both impostors,
and are now atoniIs for our great
wickedhess in the lake that burneth
with fire and birthstone 7 MED :
"Why then do you watch and pro-
mote the welfare of the Mormons?"
SPIR-"Ambitien. The United States
is my battle ground, the office Of cup
bearer for the Devil is my goal. In
two centuries the. religion of this
country will be Mormonism.' MED
How DO you k now this?" SPIR
-"No more at pr sent; but it is SO.
Mahomet and I vii appear again in
ten days. Such are some Of the
manifestations. Many other partic-
ulars might be m entioned, but this
article is already too long.
| These are marvellous and mystic
rious manifestations, and are not to
be believed on ordinary testimony
We do not desire you to give your
consen t To it, until you have seen it
with your own eyes and heard it with
your own ears. Come and see for
yourselves S, every one who has unbe-
lieving doubts,and you shall be salts
fed that there is neither deception
nor collision; and if you are not a
bigoted sceptic, you viii be thorough
ly convinced. AsTYNAX.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-08-11

There are thirty tn ousand Israel I
ties in the city of New York, and sew
EN- hundred and fifty in Boston.
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Spirit Rappia@.

| Spirit Rappilgs.
Mr.. WALLACE In your last issue,
you did ME the kindness to insert d
short notice of ta1le moiapg, in which
it WIS Stated that second trial would
be mile, and the manifestations made
known to the public. That trial has
been made. But few preliminary
rcmar ks before proceeding farther.
Doubtless your readers have been
contiqualIy informed of the progress
of taGle-movings in the North, ana
the cause to which it has almost. uni
Yersally been attributed. l refer til
the doctrine of spiJTtaaAism Also,
that these manifestations, or this
new tangled infdelity as some indi-
yiduals of sceptic| Il temperament
have thought fit to term If, has been
almost wholly 'unknb Wn in the South,
and that a public profession Of belief
in such a doctrine, was tantarh punt
to q loss Of position in society. I
vas taught to look upon it ih Ithat
light also. To considerit but rs the
remnant of some superstition hR nded
down from THE Ignorance of the mid
die age, ana but little better than a
species Of infieHty. But it is fool
ishness to obstinately persist in sl
opinion which facts fatty contradict
and tina t man is but little removed
from an infdel or a fool, who win not
believe the unmistakable8 evidences
of bis senses. am fully aware of
the light in which a man, protesting
a belief in the agency of spirits, viii
be held by the majority of the CONF
munity in and around Fayetteville
but ! am likewise prepared to receive
their contempt and odium. / am not
one Of that class of individuals who
haye an opinion Of their own, but are
afrAid to express it for fear oflesing a
LITTLE popularity. A mans rqputa-
tioh should always be dear to him,
but when it comes in conflict with
his candid and honest opinions it
shb build be sacrificed without hesita-
ton. There has never been d sys-
tie N, doctrine, or any rapid advance
M nt in mind, but that there have
be EN- individuals in sufficient num-
be rs to r;iise the cry of shumbuggery
and oppression, to point the finger
of scorn, and use the tongue of false
hood and calumny. Copernicns was
for his doctrine of the solar
system; Galileo vas forced to recant,
and Luther, the reviver of that in
valuable gift, the richest boon. be-
queathed to man by his Maker, was
tried in the presence Of crowned
heads and had the bulls and anathe-
mas of the Pope hurled upon his de-
fenceless head. Yet we see that
their doetri mes and theories have
been correct, and he is now consid-
cred as ignorant and foolish who does
not give them due credit. So if is,
that whatIweof the present day con-
slider to beI impossible, years hence
Will be familiar to every school-boy.
| am not one of those who pretend
to limit the capacities Of man. Il
believe it to be unreasonable and
beyond comprehension. A hundred
years agO, had you told an indiyidu-
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-08-11

Two men ih Illinois, near Lac on,
stole a bottle of rum, as they sup
noSed. they both dxank Of it in sflch
haste that its pungency and deadly
mower were not discovered until too
late to avert the evil. 1t turned but
to be nitric acid, procured for purpo
ses Of galvanizing. But moment
elapsed before they fell 10 the earth,
overwhelmed with the most intense
and excruciating pain which would
ensueif they swallowed red hot coals.
Death soon ensued,
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Items of News.
WI Ed4ylal Sp,1nhllngs.

There are thirty thousand Israel
ties in the city of New York, and sew
en- hundred and fifty in Boston.
Beef and mutton are thirty per-
cent. higher in London than they
were last year.
The increased number Of hogs in
Kentucky this year over last, is q
bout $4,000 head.
1t is stated. in the course Of an
elaborate article, the number Of boats
employed in supplying NeF York
city with oysters is 1920; Ind that
the value of the oysters consumed in
that city, in one wear, is $780,
O00-nea rly 1000 per day.
Commodore Vanderbilt, who owns
twenty st cam vessels, began life as a
deck hand on boarii a small schOen-
err, yinglbetween Staten Island and
N. York.
The degree Of Doctor of Medicine
was conferred on four ladies at the
recent exa mination before the Facul-
ty Of the Female College of Medicine
in Philadelphia. There are at pres
ent 20 stu lents in the Institution.
INDIA RuBBER TEETH.--The Scien,
tifc American says that this article,
in the form of purified white India
rubber, has been patented in England
for making artificial teeth, gums, and
palates 1t adds:
The adhesion is complete; it can
be moulded with perfection to suit
every ineq uality ofthe gumand teeth,
and supplies an artificial periostenm,
rs it were, to the teeth, when they
become painful by the wasting away
of the gu M
THE EXPENSE OF FIREMEN's REcEP-
TIoNs.-The two last firemen's recep-
tons, in New York, it is said, cost
the companies who did the honors on
the occasion, at the least computation
$4,000 each, making in all the nice
little sum of $4,000. lr
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES A wo7.
man in Troy, N. Y, who is under in
dictmenf for murder, has her prison
windows decorated with damask and
lace curtains. This is keeping up a.
show of fashionable responsibility un-
der very Instantaneous circum-
stances.
The State Treasury of Wisconsin
is said to be bankrupt, there not be-
ing money enough left to pay the
members of the legislature a moiety
OF their per diem.
There are but 76. persons in New
Hampshire, between the ages of four
teen and twenty-one, who cannot read
and write. There are ninety thou
sand pupils on the school list of tho
State.
A woman lately died in a village
near Madrid, aged l25 years. She
married for. the second time at the
age of one hundred; she leaves four t
teen children eight grandchildren,
and nineteen great grand children. \
A LARGE MUIE.-There is on ex-
hibition in Charleston, S. O., & mule
191 hands or 6, feet 6 inches high, I
1900 pounds-7perfectly |
symmetrical, remarkably docile, and
good at a long pull.
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al that such elements as steam and
light could have been male to per-
form the common drndgery Of man,
he would have look ed upon you with
supreme contempt And had you
told him that the forked lightning
could be tanned to become the ready
messenger Of man, and that the ex-
FEASIBILITY of air would be made sub
servient to his purpos es, he would
have Knocked at your credulity, and
proclaimed you as Ia simpleton. =
Years hence, what We consider won
derful discoveries, will be but little
more than ihitittive ideas, The phys
ical wants of manare daily increas-
ing. and there must be correspond
ing i'm provement in mind, to crafty
those wants. The mind of man is
onward and upward, and still 0 inward
through all eternity. A nd who shall
say that mind may not hpld converse
with other beings2 What is mind
but spirit itself? BE not RI sh then
in your conclusions; but give every
opinion q fair trial Don't shrink
back and cry devil before you ex-
anime; it may be an angel. Some
have attempted to explain this by
electricity; but experiments have
been made by the most delicate cleo
trometers, during the time III which
they say it was charged, yet not the
slightest presence has been detected.
Various other experiments too nu>
merous and prolix to mention at pre-
sent, have been made, both on the
that it was electricity,
and that it was magnetism; yet it
has not been detected in the least in
either case. Others have attributed
it to some imponderable element,
with which we are as yet unacquaint-
ed. But what DO the signs say?--
Who ever heard of an inponderlble
element, obeying the mandates of
mind? Can an ELECTRIC shock be dis
abused ofits pc wer by a mere act Of
the will? Or when iron filings ard
dropped upon magnet, can the magl
netic curve be hindered by a merd
emotion Of the mind? Will electricl
ity when comma nded, conduct a table
from room to room and thence up
stairs, and then return at your bid
ding9 VIII it rap the names of a
dozen people in a room, and give each
ones age with no individual in ten
feet Of it? Will it By means of an
a nswer whatever ques-
items you may choose to propound?
VIII magnetism do this? Will your
unknown impon derable do it? The
very conception Of the word "obey," u
involve the idd ia Of two intelligent
agents, the one commanding thing
to be done, the other conceiving Of,
the thing commanded and performing
the injunction, and how can an in
amin ate element perform this latter
part? Then hi can you attribute
it to these elements? But listen to
the spirit in Lincoln. MEDIUM
asking question: -"Is therea spirit
SPIRIT -(writing withar-
tifcial hand attached to the table, ~
Yes MED- Whose Isit?'' SPlR
-aJoe. Smith 5, the Mormon Proph-
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-08-11

A singular mode of betting is re-
sorted TO on Sundays, on the western
waters. on which days there is no
card-rlaying allowed The gamblers
sit around a table, each having before
him a lump of loafsugar; stake Is
put up by the players, and he upon
whose lump the fly lights first, wins
tho nile They also make side bets
among themselves upon this impor-
tant Event. The excitement often
wakes high rs the fly hovers over
and around the sweet morsels, undo
cided upon which to feast.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-08-11

/ In Shelby county, Henry l555'
Johns pn 1446. Gain on Governor
electid n for wings, 36--whig loss on
Scott #,37.
Maury
In W arren county, A wing gain Of
10 on Campbell. and Il democratic
tain Of lis on Scott.
In GILES. Johnson 1885; Henry
3I75-pne preciuet n heap from. :
SIT represent. tive, Osborn (whig)
1SS3: Bafartl dam.l 1897.
n Humphreys, j ohltson - 6; Hen
~ I-S-six . recincts to he ar from
supposed gai b !or Henry,
' Reported va IS gain in HES man
county Of. 90 : otes-
johnson 824; Henry I'll in G Of
fee county.
8 whig gain in Marshall county
Of GO.
All heard from but three precincts
in Wayne comfy; Henry ; gain over
last Governor 40, and Cover Scott.