The Delaware herald., 1854-05-24

asts days usedby many who do notunderstand
heir meaning. Any appeal or address to the
leart and conscienceis is moral Suasion. 1t ava v
kens, directs, and controls actions through the
heart. Its employment pre-supposes the exist q
enee of moral faculties and susceptibiities to a
be addressed 1t would be folly for child to q
plead witha rayencus, halfstarved wolf to spare E
! fond mother. 1t is no less absurd to ask the 4
pirate, whose desire for gold is the absorbing
passion, to withhold the fatal blow, when by !
that blow his fortune may bemade. When the /
selfish end is all, and the means and conse- !
quences are nothing, moral Sursioa is a most
hopeless instrument.
The MAINE Law NDIsPENsABL M Nothing
but stringent prohibitory law can check the
disorders and crimes resulting from selling ar
dent spirits; we might as well try to regulate
the quantity of water tumbling yearly over
Niagara Falls as to legislate how much or how
little mischief groggery-keepers should perpe-
trate. The crime and misery of drunkenness
can not be restrained by license laws; perhaps
this can only be done by the enactment of a
prohibitory lGO. The prohibitory law is no
Infringement on the rights of citizens, and the
carrying out of the law does not, in any way,
interfere with the interests of political parties.
FASHIONABLE PANTALooNs.-Th Courier des
Etats Unis says ave saw, yesterday in
Broadway, a young gent, complacently pro-
menading the fashionable side, and proud in the |
possession of the first pair of trousers of u new
pattern. The ground tint was grey; from the |
right boot arose design, representing the |
heights ofGibraltar, the waistcoat just covering
the upper folds ofthe British flag, waving from
the summit of lofty tower. The left boot SER
we'd as base for Mount Vesuvius, in a state of
eruption; torrents of lava rolled down the face
OF the mountain, lnundatlng the valleys in the
region of the knees. The gentleman was re-
warded for this exhibition by the curious atten-
tion of a crowd of street boys who followed in
the rear of the moving panorama"
0I7- From eight to ten years practical ex-
perIence, the common swamp cedar is an excel
lent article whcrewith to invest woollen clothes
and furs to preserve them from the ravages of
insects. AS the Spring time is at hand, the
suggestion is apropos-HontrcaL Transcript.
ANOTHER PLANET DIscOvERED.--The London
n Times announces the almost simultaneous dis
covery of another Planet between Mars and
Jupiter, by astronomers Bishops and Radcliffe.
This is it is said, the twenty eight planet now
: known to exist between Mars and Jupiter.
LIoUOR DESTROYED IN MIxYEsorA.-On
Tuesday and Wednesday nights of last week
liquor belonging to Mr. Baron, of Peru, and
about $500 worth belonging to Mr.. Sisson. of
5 La Sale. The Ottawa Republican thinks the
ladies of those places know something about the
u way in which the liquor got out.-St. PdaL
t Pioneer, May 8.
\ FALL OF AN IRON BRIDGE-On Sunday, the
8 iron bridge, connecting Washington city with
Georgetown, over Rock creek, gave way under
$ the weight of two omnibuses. Mckinney, one
d of the drivers, had his legs broken. The Other
n driver, Smith, was badly bruised as was also
, little boy named Thomas. Gen. Roger G
e Weightman had an arm broken.
I, 0Ir A man at Allegheny city, Pa, has ius
= patented machine for making horse shoes
70 which will, it issaid, turn out twenty or TWEEN
ID ty-fve per minutes, perfect in every part. By
sc this machine the price of horse-shoes will b.
lie reduced full 50 per cent
=. CEF The contributions to the English Yves
~ leyan Missionary Society, for the year 1855
;. amounted to about .fue hundred and Seuemt4
= three thousand dollars, being an increase on til
~ preceding year of about $4,000.
in Loss OF THE STEAMER GARDEN C1TY-Bu6
T. GIO, May 22.-The steamer Garden CITY wa
ct completely wrecked on Lake Huron on Mon
III day. The passengers and crew were saved
of $75, 5,000-insured for $4,000.
e. o. The venetian remedy for hydrophohi
:" is vinegar. 1t is said that pint, taken morl
ing, noon and night, will cure it entirely.
OF Gen. Smith, "the hero OF Chepultepec
has surrendered to a widow--so did Juln
Cesar, so did Belisarius, so did Marlborough
so did Washington, so did Napoleon, SO
,st Jackson and Madison.
0F There are said to be 10000 destitu
he children in the city of New York, wretchC
in, girls and outcast boys who live by beggary al
To- shame
IS @ 0IF A bill is now before one of the branch
81 of the Legislature of Ohio, providing, amor
7 other things, for the payment of wages by Il
h. State, to the convicts in the penitentiary.
IS o. The tavern keepers of Wheeling ha
ne resolved to close their houses, in consequent
lot of the high prices fixed for licenses
we or Ifyou want favor Of married wom
lch praise her baby, fyou want to obtain her etc
: nal enmity, let her turn round and catch v,
seI making mouths at it.
the or Punch says that the reason why Edtc
he are so apt to have their manners spoiled is t
te cause they receive from one correspondent a
3th another, such vast number of evil commune
ith tons. '-@
WI 05- "Sonny, do you know Mathematics o.
4th "No; but know Jim Mates like book
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