Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-10-27

PRoHIBlrGoS DEFEATED IN PENNsyLvANrA
The question of prohibitory liquor law
was voted upon in Pennsylvania at the re-
cent election. From the returns thus far re-
ceived, it appears quite certain that Pro-
hibition" is badly defeated The Pitts
burc Post of the 18th says-We have now
before us the vote Of Allegheny, Adams,
Be. ks; Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, De-
aware, Huntingdon, Lawrence, Lehigh,
Lebanon, Mililin, Northampton, North
cumberland. Philadelphia, Schuylkill, and
Westmoreland, which show ten thousand
az ain,t Prohibition. This VIC think will
not be overcome in the counties yet to
Ihcar from, and may be increased. AL
though the POLL is not so heavy as on the
gubernatorial ticket, there is, notwithstan-
ding, q large vote cast.
CAPTAIN LUCE, the commander Of the
| i1l-fatel Arctic, is anativc of Alexandria,
Virginia, AMI was regularly bred to the
profession of a seaman. He at one time
commanded ship from the port of Pc
tcrsbyug, Virginia.. He WIS afterwards
for some years commander of the ship
iGoustclation, of New York, one Of kcr
nit S lin, Of Liverpool packets, from which
shin he was transferred to the command
of the steamship Arntic-thc finest and
most costly of the Collins steamcrs-and
he soon rendered himself a popular favor
ite among passengers by his true seaman
f Captain Luce is about Al years OF age.
The last news from China is of very
Tatar-like character, being chiefly details
Of the burning oftowns and the destruction
of property. Even the people in Canton,
, it is said, are becoming frightened and are
leaving in large numbers for Macao and
other places Of safety. One ship had been
y laden at Canton and sent to Hong Kong
with five lacs of treasures and a great
] number of Chinese. On the river, also,
. piracy existed to an extent hitherto un-
f known, promising speedily to pnt an en-
4 tire stop to the trade. Even the Hong
, Kong harbor boats are afraid to so out.
side of port, and boatmen cannot be pro.
F. cured to hazard theirlives in carrying dis
Il patches. Where or when these troubles
$ are to end, none can say. The only ap
re parent anxiety they cause in this part o
= the world is the fear that the tea crop
IS be injured or so neglected as to make thai
70 commodity scarce and high in price
y y The Know Nothings recently held thei
, ~ State Convcntionsin Boston and had quit
,a :, stormy session. They succeeded how
- - ever, in nominating their State ticket, a
~ follows: For Governor, HENRY j. GARD
:. NER, of Boston; for Lieutenant Gov
~ ernor, SIMON BRoWN, of Concord. Mr
~ GARDNER is a member of the firm o
DENNY, RICE d GARDNER, dry good
dealers in NIilk-s land was two year
ID President of the Common Council unde
lis Mayor SEAvER. He is young man, AM
or has hitherto acted energetically with tn
to Wing party. Mr.. Brown is editor of a
nc agricultural journal, good citizen, wit
cr no strong party predillections.
s. RETRoGREssIoN OF SLAVERY IN MARY
i1y LAND.-In l719, the white population {
ny Maryland, was computed to be $4,000
'es e. and the black $4,000, or one third of tt
i'e whole. 1t appears by the last Unite
States census, that the white population
the same State was, in 1850, 575, 900 an
that of the slaves $4,000. Thus, in 1a
M 81 years, freemen have increased more thu
Vi en-fold, whilst slavery, instead of beir
Ill third, has diminished from 334 down
y: oil about six per cent. of the entire popul
', W. ton.
on. PRoGREss OF THE AGE.-The Come
the ticut clock makers are Just now said to
to filling large orders for China and Japa
no. That is the regular progress of Americ
ap- civilization in foreign parts" clocks
t 7 first, then newspapers" "Mass met
the ings" and annexation" follow in d
be time. The "Know Nothings" of Chi
ina and Japan will have to succomb final
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