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Thursday Morning: May 81. 1865


sufficient Independence OF thnugh'
bnsed upon their own reason to deny
the axiom Of Mr. Alexander Pope
(the poeD that "whatever is, is right.
When this thought found its way ini5
the head of Mr.. Psae. and from the
action Of his nerves was impressed
upon paper; he certainly could not
have been looking about him for
never has there existed an age Of the
world, devoid Of popular deIusions -
Though there are many men now
living, who cannot see tho delusons
of this. yet they can look on the ngo
preceding, and sec the bubbles which
have exploded before their own eyes,
in times gone by. At the present
day, how many have we A book
can only. recoss,t them. Delusiops as
great as LAWS Mississippi scheme, -"
=" The South Sea bubble (" and "Now
England witchcraftry." Tho chief
delusion, now; is, The blind madness
and fanaticsm Of the public mind on
the subject Of Temperance Laws
are made from this fanaiicism. which
have not foot Of ground, allotted to
common sense, and reason stand
on. First, a man shall not drink IN
private, then he shall not buy or sell !,
under the penalty Of fine and impris-
onment. May We not look for hanging
and burning at the stake as the next
step2 This kind Of Legislation is The
result Of madness. and is but the pre-
lude to other enaCtments more arhi-
trarv, and more direct in 'hssr inter
ferance with private rights. In 1887
during flush times in Mississippi, it
was fixed principle, that man
owning horse worth $50 was ac.saly
worth 800, because he might safely
issue his notes on the faith of his ami
NAL. for fifty more. How erroneous
was this popular superstition, when the
bubble burst and ruined the state /
Now, it seems to be fixed principle
in government, that any three men
have a right, to interfere with the pri-
vate habits of fourth; and force him
because he is in inglorious minority,
to their way Of living and thinking -
There is no rcpublicanism in this on
the contrary it points to anarchy and
confusion. There is no temperance
in latter day temperance movements;
and rs hey arc all founded in illegal,
enactments-dircctly in conflict with
laws governing human nature they
must fall, and leave the world in 4.
much worse condition than they fo!sd
it. Thus There is no use Of t;Jing
to make Iaen believe that good wine
and unadulterated liquors FUSED tenn
peratcly) are poisons-tbYyesult ofoN
crime aud the source Of all misery
The palate gives tho -,lic to the first
proposition, and the second is partial
ly true, because e ;ntemperonce. Is
there intempcsancc in nothing bu,
drink I Look about and see, and you
may discover its evils in every article,
necessissary to supply the intellectual
and physical wants Of man.
We are called to make these re-
marks, from the fact, that on the
Statute book Of our own corporation,
there has crept in, a feature, ofth1s
maudlin sentiment, imbibed from
Nothern fanaticism. The corporation
has now an ordinasce, forbiding gro
GERS and others (under heavy penalty
from selling liquor by the bottle
it even goes so far as to prohibit the
cordials and brandy fruits prepared
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AGHtntLTrRAL DIVISION or Pa
TENT OfrIcE Ist,uciions for Using
Fuouo.--In the application of this
valuable manure, it is necessary to
keep in view its powerful propcrtest
and to exercise great cares to prevent
its coming into immediate contrac
with the newly sown feed, or The fol
iage ofpIants and flowers. It neYr
should be placed in contract with
seeds, for all seeds in the process Of
germInafion give off a greater or less
quantity Of carhonic acid or vinegar ;
and these acids having strong afIiniti-s
for the ammoniacal portion Of the
guano,I are apt to attract it so power
<uIy as to check and even destroy veg
citation.
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VtNl' w hNH'f, NV'he ~ ~ Us 'ot il''J
the great, the wonderful. the centre
Of Christian unity, The scat Of rr'macy
the residence of peace end truth, the
stronghold Of religion, and the city
of p'e'y and love. =. A Protestant Wis.
ting the same city, described it "as q
city Of ancient NUNS and of modern
superstition Of lazy and dIssoluic
priests, and Of an oppressed and bin
ded population Of spiritual tyranny,
ire and fountain Of iu,u,,ly md nf
.Jcs,,ltiral arts were truth is unknown,
aud where it is u renal offence to seek
after it,
-
FtrcE.- y" y"n s"'""ny swear
Mayor with dgnily)-St"p' The
witness will held up his right
baud
Clo'k THE man has NJ night hanI
your Honor
Mayor-(w'h some aspcrity)
Lot bin hold mp hls left hand ibcn
CLERK "" hoe hn'l III" misfortune
10 Ios" H. If hnnd, also, rs yo,,r
Honor viii perceive.
Mayor ~ nvogoIg) Icl| him 10
hold ny his righ' leg" hen a man
cannot be sworn in his ro'"f with
oui h"l,line up something +" Silence.
gentlemen, our dignity mus be pre-
served WITNESS sworn on ono leg J
-.
'Fs'"F1"s ','N'"< - ne ""''
e. ,,;,,h,s s;,,,.n and uas ,,aIo K;',' :"
bv some h,,,Lt .vol fair ,,,,e rer'
tain'y our "eighLor must have been
born under very lucky star. For n
'''S '',''' - - ~ '''' '"'y "''
nn h,,n ,,uol, ,,,,;;rst T., ,,,,, ;,c,,n
otitu. p,berrntpriuI 6nuors and now
we learn, with infinite satisfaction,
'h'' ne mas 'e'" 'oh'''eu ana mas a'-
W., ',..,,,,,,,,;n. .ua.< n.r .,,..I ,,,,
cordino TO the Statute in such cas-,
made and provided A wreath Of
Mowers won. '''r mana 1t nee,
w',,II ~, s,v will, ,ha r ~ " uLa,
a Loou,;ful nnsto,n ia This y, II,v
infinitely moro satisfactory than all
the empty h"n'rs OF place ana pow
% :, ''@'''.
Ivy 81 '' S''' 81 ''''Ne'e'''
ia" we Wv P''''' W. SPe"'' an ''''''
''ko 'oat' W honest ana IN "f'7'
compouV Had sooner be a king
with limited authority s,cb as we ,hon
, -. -
tAerc but a single hour than sit IN
tie cushioned chair Of State, and have
fawning knavcs grin nj our state jok
cs, life time. But, four thousand
year (for doing nothng) with perqui4-
"eS OF Once Is S''h''h''S, mat Sh"'''d
"'' We ~ '''SSy P"' 's'''' NV
amount :" at MS ''y' WIN 40 ""'"' TO-
wards securing the @'oo OPINION OF
mankind ana we may as wen say 10
"n' ne'gh'''' mat although we DC
KING ''' a season we nave not posi-
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jori'y of the people said, they will not
withhold license. ie, in the face OF
this, the Council has thought prope,
to pass the unjust and overhearing or
dinance. complained Of :
n-The Vienna Conference. is still
on the tapis. u ia now passing through
the country press, where it will be
mashed down lat into oblivion
Long since the city press despatched
it, together with tho Eastern Question
which has been completely used up.
The last article we have seen, ~,
this last question: was on" in the T"e
DeNa headed the Nrlmea lIumbug.
RrHrsrRAr1nN or LETTERS --lIru-
nuo.-lhe new plan Of post office re
risiralion &c valuable letters says 'h
NV York Tribune, g"os into opera
ton on The first Of July next, and The
Poyfnastcr General has issued 'n-'rur-
ilons for The guidance Of rosi'nnslors
in connection herewith, which We pub
lishod elsewhere. This registration
system is nbout the smallest pern Of
humhug fahered Ivy tho existing Al
m1n'sira'ion. A correspondent mail
ing valuable letter, pays five cents
extra to have II registered VI II Is
missing then, prompt and special men
surcs are to he taken for it's recovery :
but 10 additional responsibility is dc
volyol upon The Department If the
letter is lost altogether the corrnspon
dent RECEIVERS not dime. All he
gets for his extra 1--WE cents is u vn|u-
less receipts, apd The promise Of ''ev
uaordInaryrar in The transmission =
Of the letter That we should suppose
to be the duty of The Government
without the ex,:a cbnrgc, aud this nd-
di'ional Tux of i've ceu's seems worry
much ike the q',aror of q dollar with
which hotel guest brides a neglect
fnl waiter 10 furnish him the dinner
for which be has alrcndv contracted
to pay the landlord. If the Govern
ment insists upon its monopoly Of Jet
ters carving, it certainly should as
sumo all the responsibility ofcommop
carriers. Motifs J: short Of Post office
orders, and tho responsibility Of the
Department for all valuable matter
entrusted to them. will answer the
demand ofthis ago Of Individual Res
possibility.
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ARRIVAL OF ~ =. lgDOPS.-W O
understand that Capt Barry has re-
ceived telegraphic dispatch from the
Head Quarters Of the Army to prepare
quarters at the Barracks for n Detach-
ulent Of $50 Recruits, destined for the
18th Regt Of Infantry, and for Major
Hunts Light Battery, Mt present sta.
toned in the Indian country Of tho
upper Arkansas. "This Detachment.
will probably remain here until there
is sufficient stage Of water, in the
Arkansas River, to admit ofsteamboat
transportation ms high as Fort Smith
Gnzette.
A PRESIDENTIAL TEAM-The par
ty that rallies on the Poole platform
have made tho following nornlnotlon
for Presidency
For Presiden,,
GENERAL JosErH HISS Of Mass.
For Wire President
Mrs. PATTERSON, Of Boston,
We did not before know that Hiss
was y General, Mrs, p, who will act
as his Vice. if elected, has done cor
poral service in the Bay State.
Alnbnny 10as. O
We are inclined toprepare a ticket
as follows.
FDr President,
CEH. fsrAH kySDEEs; Of ~ Y. ~
hor Fice President,
MRs TABrny PARr1NGToN, Of Mass.
LrGHr AND FUEL.--W What numbers
could be supplied with Goals and cand-
les for the amount expended annually
in lighting and warming the lords and
commons Of England Just think Of
it, seventy thousand dollars for these
two items alone How mauy could,
with the one-Gvs hundsed part Of it,
procure annually al. the requisites of
life Verify, things are badly arranged
whilst some things are out ofal! pro-
portion to others.
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PwsIc.-Thc New York disponsa
ny aas been in operation Come sixty
five years, and now his under lis
ycarly charge nearly R,Co0 patients,
at the very small expenditure of IS
900 per annum ar,S keeps a corps of
twenty physician='n daily attendance
on the poor Thore is no country in
tho world, savs Il co'emporarv, where
the people arg so addicted TO the med
ic'ne eatasa propensity, as in the
Unitoa States 1T has grown to be a
porfcctcssnana-a disease Of itself. The
fact i, nature never designed TN bu-
maI1 body TO be such receptacle Of
plstilcnc.-lf men would but study
6Ic laws Of nature, diet properly i't
'stead Of dragging excessively, he reg
ular in their habits inst cad of 'regu-
lar in their doses, common sense and
cold water fee y and the doctor as lit
tle ns5possibIo, they would 1.-Two longer,
suffer less, and pay little for the prlvi
lege.
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louisville, May, 25-The river is
etationsry, with 81 feet water in the
canal.
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ENLIsTMENTs FOR THE CRIMEA "A
New York correspondent writes.

Aft" J. W correspondent WiibtS.
A number Of enlistments for the
British army have been made in this
city within the past few days, and,
notwithstanding the vigllance Of the
Federal authorities, the parties have
managed to slip off to Halifax The
Russian embassy at Washington IL
said TO have made this discovery,
through it's agent here, and communi-
Gated it to the District Attorney.
STEAMER GLENpY BURKE sunk -
We learn from the officers Of the stea-
mer Alvin Adams, which arrived here
hi. morning, that they passed on
Thursday last, Oath inst, the steamer
GIendy Burke, Captain Bently, from
st. Louis, for this port, sunk at Mis-
souri, Point, opposit Cairo, She has
four feet Of water on her main deck.
The Sultapa was alongside rendering
assistance We understand that the
GIendy Burke had large cargo Of
grain on board, which will be all DANA
ced.-T. Detta 2JM inst.
A BEAUTIFUL THoUGHr-Some
one has said Of those who die young,
that "they are like the lamb which
the Alphine shepherds bear in their
arms to higher, greener pastures, that
the focks NAV follow.
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THE WOMEN The whole number
of frail women arrested by the police
of the Second District yesterday and
last night, is exactly fifty three, Most
of them were brought in by officer
s.ailttc, hence some wag has styled he
'oray upon nymphs a7ar"hrnl cxpcdi-
ton. They are Of all colors, sizes
nations and inclinations 1t iOntcn-
dcl to make Dryadcs and Naiads Of
the unfortunate by driving them forth
into the woods and lakes. The dock
of Recorder Fabrc's court, Of course,
presented curious Appearance this
morning as for silence, there was no
such thing to be heard The Hobbies
were crowded with the particular,
friends of the frail creatures, who APP
pear1.. deeply interested, and were
DESTROYS Of getting them out of trout
BILE. - True Delta @...
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A Coon MrASrHE-An exchange
says, you may measure the moral
standing Of young ladies by their
dress. Very om-neckcd dresses o'c
rarely associated with high morals
Young men in search Of calico should
make u note OF it, and stick j pin.
SEVERE SENTENCE. Ann T. Fields
Co|ored, has been convicted at WiIm-
ington, Delaware, of burning the barn
Of A RrybolI, vaecd at $4,000, and
sentenced to pay to the State fine
of $1,000 with hosts Of prosecution,
to stand in the plIIory one hour, to be
whipped with twenty lashes, to maze
restitution to Mr. Rcyboll in the sum
of $4,000, and to be sold to the
highest bidder for a period Of fourteen
years.
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IL There ave sid to DO in Hin
OILS at least twenty per cent. more acrcs
in wheat Mt the present time than ii
any previous year. The winter ba.
been exceedingly favorable.
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A PRESIDENTIAL TEAM.-Tbe par
ty that rallies on the Poole platform
have made tho following no'nlnot'on
for Presidency.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-20
GatI)crillos.

10 make young man look wreJchel 3'e!i
him that his miserly, rich old uncle, is Citing
better fast. II is equal to atHo horse cole ajrh
double t,visr, a cracking headache and the heu
matism all around.
-Obstinecy is as natural to some folks 5 sin
aud peaty OF churches to large cities ThsonIy
way 10 get along with such Institutions is tc ex-
ercse patience, the whip, with plenty of water
and brown bread
A Grazcon having made portfolio ino an
umbrella, Norman in order not to be behld in
ingenuity. made snuff box in the shape of pis
toll and by means OF small spring fl ed 'hesnuff
up his nose.
The lady who tried to read history by /" the
light Of other days" was forced to postpone her
studies wher she got into the dark ages.
=" Don't stand there loaing," said professor
at Union % three students standing where they
shouldn't.
We're not loafng," said Nat, there are
only three os Us, and it takes iearsn to make a
loaf"
A lady. describing an il-tenpered man said
s. He never smiles but he seems ashamed Of it"
NATIONAL CHARACTER WELL DELISElTEn-
| An Irish lady wrote to her lover. begging him
to send her some money. She added. BY way OF
postscript ~ am so ashamed of the request
have made in this letter that after the post
man 10 get it back but the servant could not
overtake him.
A.. ba1-
examined at trial. where both The Judge am
council tried in vain to brow beat him made ust
/ in his evidence of the expression, the creative
power of mechanic; : which the Judge rath
er tartly asked him what he meant by the ere
atve power OF a mechanc2'
uNhv. nv lord. :" said the engineer, Il mear
that power which enables 1 70 convert :
goats tail into judges wig
Tur ScHooLNAsTER ABRotp The following
is literal copy of list OF questions proposed
for debating club out West People who can
smell. seldom have a high respect for wou1sn
St.bjsck Of Discussion;
| Is dansing morally rong7
Is the reading of fictissus wurks commeaiibIe
Is il necessary that females shud receive {
thorough Literary educashun2
an assembIage of a few friends one even
ing. lately. the absence of a lady was n'tice'
which was apologized for by an acquaintance
who stated thai she was detained by a little in
eident." aAh. yes!' exclaimed Mrs ] Claiter
bell. and beautiful little incident it was, tco-
weighs lust nine pounds and a half"
If YOU observe gentleman with his srn
arouli the waist of young lady. il Is mnrbi
certain that they are not married.-Dary Mac
At least, not to each other finer. Cou-.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-20

horse, had hed from the scene of contest
IN that direction and was in the act of
| throwing lasso over the poor girl. who
was kneellng by 81 uncles side Just
as the rope had tightened, and she was
expecting to find herself dragged over the
ground. bullet from Hal Harson's new
er-failing rifle passed through his heart.
aud be fell dead She was safe.
Need We say. that for once. Squire
Frlerson was sensible of the kindness he
had received Hailing Hal Harson as
the preserver of his life, he told him that
be might claim Mary as his bride2
They were married on the broad prair.
les OF Arkansas, just as the sun appears
ed above the eastern horizon. There.
surrounded by the stalwart pioneers ana
their delighted wives and daughters. thev
took each other for husband aud wife
piedglng mutual vow which angels might
have witnessed and Heaven sanctioned.
although there was neither priest nor Ii
cense The doubt aud fear of love was
over. and the two heart united looked
forward TO the future as they did on their
pathway-a pleasant journey, to be taken
III company The only ones who appear
ed at all to regret the happy event, were
Halls comrades on guard duty and as
Squire trlerson was gazing with some
pride upon the newly welded couple, Bill
Long came up bearing the game shot by
Hal the previous morning and asked in
malicious tone:
We'll, Squire, hadn't you better let
him eat birds for breakfast, after all 2"
In a few day the party reached their
destined abiding place, where a village
soon sprang up. The prairies were con
verted into smiling fields, and when Ar
kansas was admitted into the Union as a
State, the Hon. Mr. Friersou had a seat
IN the Senate, while Col Hal Harson
was a prominent member Of the House of
Representatives \ turn-p- Ike road now
traverses their original route, leading
through towns which are the abodes of in
telllgence. industry and art Whenever
Colonel and Mrs. Harson journey over
1T, they stop to revisit the scene of the
night attack, and when they pass a night
at the holtel near BY, kept by Old Will
lam Long, Esq he always inquiries with
a meaning smile if they will have birds
for breakfast"
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-20
Merchants & Mechanics
uUTr., ~S,RAN COrrANY, Oh

THE CITY OF PHiL1DELPHLi.
J,OR the urose of irsurng some property for which
L agents fair dealing and respohsloe eoIn
panv have procured the agency OF the sooNe named
co,y and VII take few advantageous IRE rlsks IN Iowa
County non terms = fair TO the insured are offered by
suy responsible company. --,,r-,-- -.
s- Office opposite the [. ;. Hotel, up stairs. .,
An-ral Poipt october %, 1855. i9u
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THE CoQUETrE.
BIZ E J. o REILLY.

Pale, desolate and trembling,
A weary coquette lay
Her bosom 5 sad assembling
Had passed lis potent day,
And Fancy brought before her.
From the living and the dead,
The spirits who adored her.
And the fickle course she led
She unused on days now vanishd,
In beautys early morn,
And the loving hearts she banisard
With proud derisive scorni
What bitter pangs possessed her,
When she-with nameless pain
Had thought no heart should bles, b
Or beat Tor her again
From Hades'' came form
Who'd vowed to her his love-
In sunshine and in storm
As true as Heaven above,
Her glance of love SO nurs'd it.
The spell he could not1eave,
Till she who had endors it,
Had triumph d DER his grave!
Before her trembling vision
Appers a once-lored name,
Whose love met no derisjon,
Till changing's hour came;
Then-lalse 10 earth and heaven
Her peDur'd lips denied
The vow she once had given
To be his faithful bride!
The suicidal world
Had sent her spectral child
To mock her weary vision
With anguish deep and wild
He came-and cast before her
The hate of the deeeiv
Then mocking he swore her
To vows he disbelieved.
The idol of her leisure,
From living ranks came now,
With hatred. aud displeasure,
And scorn upon his brow;
HIS love, subiued by reason,
He came to mock her hour,
And laughd 10 find lle's season
OF winter end her power!
Behold thy bleeding trophies,
O, thou in falseness strong,
And cast thy wreath of triumphs
Before the shrine of wrong,
For though no haunting spirit
May start the pulse of life,
The Coquette shall inherit
The memory of strife.
Poor cutcast sadly stricken
Detained by poets song,
Unpitied, thou shalt stricken
Ger all thy deeds of wrong,
Oh, learn, while all upb-aid thee,
Each rented heart alone
Sends an avenging echo, -
Where tate's to break thine own,
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-20

fg3-sssLE dUEDER--A Captain
- da@v Il the British sharpslooters.
aa sa.e. ssvcaty live Eussi-8s. We
>aoull t4i..-. has he woaid feel the curse
o :.3al IRA !. I'm t.4r a.h Ifs,