Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-12-17

The Rev. G. Il. Wisweli preached in nh,
I Central Presbyterian church oli-Salli.@AlA--sA-
I - sue -aGteHriFu aadltory. 1t Is not my pur-
pose TO give an outline of his sermon, but Ia
Ieie , ~ one part OF H. "lhtemperauce, - he
said, 6 in our land, was the great source Of
poverty" Upon the liquor traffic, the Raw.
erend gentleman dwelt with much severitt,
! giving full credit TO those whose business il *
TO manufacture paupcrs, for the number tLey
succeed in making. | heartily commend the
Reverend gentleman for his moral courage in
mus boldly attacking the strong holds Of sin
ahu VICE roo often the clergy are silont I'M
on the subject OF Temperance. "They ar,
dumb dogs, they cannot BARK unIiks thS
great apostle of the gentilcs, who feared not
TO preach "of righteousness, temperance and
Judgment to COME"
lntemperance is the crying sin Of our land.
let the pulpit not fear to denomce II. I,nt
protesting christians wash their hands of mis-
lniquty, and it must fall. Let them carry
their christianity to the ballot box, and Tia
rum franc must cease in our land. II they
would vote Tor no candidate opposed to nrohi.
bition how long think you the license sysisn,
would last IL is to the votes of proftssing
christians, and that alone, that we are indrht'
ed Tor the continuance OF this curse annny ia
Let them see to it, and let our preachers CONS
cut and warn them Of their evil deeds in thiS
matter anu then we may hope to see this great
SIN pahlshed, and the most fearful source Of
crime and iniquity driven from this fair land
What shall be done 10 iicre The moor p; in.
qured the Mayor OF neighboring cly. a tuw
days ago, OF fellow citizen. Shut mn the
grog shops,' was the prompt and ready m.
swer' es, shut up the grOg shops, and won
40 more TO relieve the poor than any otnpr
means you can adopt. Go through our
streets to-day, and what do you see all bust
ness suspended, every useful avenue of trade
I 10
les idle, their families suffering for bread y.
This is sad picture, but saddgr far is anoth.
or picture. 1t is the open grog shop. Yuu
see their wagons hurrying through tho streets
with their intoxicating drinks, driving with
Juror which indicates the wants of their cus
toners as pressing. You sec tho beacon lights
flaming from the windows of these rum holes
down to the hour Of midnight. You sue them
puilulng large additions to these haunts, dub
ping them with the name of Sc Union Hall -
ana other catch words, to entrap the silIy
anu minimizing youth. Verify the rum trade
Is not idle. They are reaping a rich harvest
OF curses to DO measured ont to III, m nv ~
parents OF ruined youth, the wives of drunInn
husbands, and the walls Of orphan children
what gold can compensate for all this3 n
were u very charity to save even the Door mis-
~ rmhl-seiler himself from the curse of
MS unhallowed traffic. Ny christian frionIs
VIII you do it For what you do in mis- mat
ter God Will surely bring you into judgement
ellner Tor reward or for your condemnation
see to 1t ere it be too late, FRAYKLIy
WON'T HANG WoMEN.-Theg have stranoe
notions in Pennsylvania in regard to exeeI.
ing women. The Lancaster Examiner. reCsr.
ring to a recent conviction of a mulatto far
poisoning hor husband, says:
Although the prisoner has been fonnd
guilty Of capital offence, and may be sen.
fenced, 1t is not likely she will be executed
inc court merely sentences to be hung at arch
uine as the Executive of tho state NAV mn.
point, and remandthe condemned to prison to
await that time. OF late years it has been Gus.
tohary in Pennsylvania, in cases where wo-
men have been sentenced to death, for the
Governor not to name a day of execution, and
thus virtually the sentence is one of ilnprison-
ment for lite. This, we presume, will be the
result In this case. There are now, we believe.
IN Pennsyivania, seven women under sentence
81 death, several of whom were convicted
many years ago.
An abominabl0 rascal, named WIN, G. VIII |
iams who has furnished the papers with Two |
Or three 'personal'' items, has ieit his wife |
md family in Wheeling in most destitute |
condition. purse was male up for the wo- |
nan, and che was sent 10 her friends in Rel |
mont county, Ohio. A letter was recentI,, -,