Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-12-20
AfpERAN CE-' COLUMN.
Edited 6yia Committss appointed by Welfare
Dioision, No. Sc, Sons Of Temperance.

The Jury al All-ehany county. Penn. al
their recent sessions, respectfully sels forth
'lha, for .he last FIVE years we have been
engaged in the capacity Of the grand inquest
sitting IN aud for The county oil Allegheny;
that during lha, time we found upward OF one
hundred and fifty true bills of indictment, and
a, the very loves, calculation four filhs OF
This number are The result, either directly or
indirectly, of The use OF intoxicating liquors,
thereby creating 40 enormous expense 10 be
paid oul Of The public treasury, which must
be rrplenished by imposing an additional TAX
upon The industrious porlions of The commu-
nifty, and allhe same lime this unhoy traffic
is producing poverty, crime. wrelchedness
and dpgrtdalion that has most runous and
unhappyrfftc. upon The public welfare
Captain Mcclure while making the 'norIh,
west passuge.' had an interview. at Point
Warren, with tribe of Arctic Indians, the
chief of whom being asked why he went
great distance 10 trade with the ESquimaux
instead of trading with the posts on Macken'
ze river. said The reason was, that the white
man there had given the Indians uery bad
,cater, which killed many, and made many
others iooish. and thai they would mol have
any such water! Think of that, ye hardy
men of The lunlelh latitude. who think bad
water essential 10 keep off The coll! This
,eelo,aI bear skin chief, with brass buttons
for earrings. siuing on an iceburg in the Po-
| lar sea. should be installed Greal Grand.
father of the Sons Of Temperance, for bo'h
heir ispheres.
The papers unfavorable TO The Maine Law
have exullingly copied The statements OF
John Neal aud the Rev. Mr.. O'Donnell,
Catholic Prlesl al Portland, in relation TO The
In, fiiciency Of the Maine law Mr.. Neal
said, In this city-PorlIand- and neighbor.
hood. and probably throughout The whole
Stule, with here and there doubtful excep.
lion. there is more inlemperance than there
has been al anv time for tlOenty gears. ~
The Rev. Mr., U'Dunnell had made similar
statements, ara The rum papers all over the
land had given currency TO them. The
course of these ggn,lr brought out q
counter statement. A Apuprr, declaring the
allegations ol Neal and O'Donneil wholly
and entirely Ialse. has been signed by the
mayor and every clergyman-excep' O'Don'
uell-iu Portland, even by Meals pastor
AID by more than four hundred leading mer'
chanls in The cly. We do moi envy The mo-
lurie,y of those heroes OF Tho rum iuIeres'
We shall see whether The papers who para
ded their charges before The public will pub
Il lish tha Yelutuilun
! VERMoNT. In the Vermon, House O
, Representatives The mujnrily Of The selec
cotnmh,ee on the license law reported in Ia
J vor Of The ac,ui repeating the liquor law o
last session The report takes strong grount
agaius, the principle. .onwhich The present Law
is founded. declaring irto bs 'an outrage up
on Republican principles aud a. disgrace L
our Legislature, and sInling thai It's repea
lcould blone at0he Tor ils enaclmenl.' TIL,
lmlnory Of the selec, commiuee of this sub
jcl reported in lavorof the presen, Law
when modified according to the provision o
The bill reported by them. ai
j TEMPERANCE HoMB lNFLUENoE.-I an
! fearful The public are looking too much 4
/, Legislation for help in aid of the temperanc
/. cause It's friends must no, forge, Cor a mo
spenl he benefits and blessings Of homo %