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cess summary and insure convictions
/ Yet large party of the most esrnes
friends of temperance confess the failure
Of the law to check drinking, and they
think the sale and drinking take a worse
form on account Of the legal prohibi,
ton.
In this State prohibitorylsTs are easi,
| ly enacted, because no one expects them
to be enforced. It is probable that 8 de-
termined attempt to enforce prohibition
would change the government of any OF
the large towns, and the political control
of the State. In other words, that any
city government, which enforced prohi-
bition, would be turned out at the next
election, and new officers put in who
would abandon the law; and that party
which enacted prohibitOry laws, and tried
to enforce them, would be turned out of
the control of the legislation.
This is not because the majority Of
the people are bent on drinking But
there is aIarge and respectable class who
regard such legislation as an Infringement
on their natural liberty. There is a po-
litical party who would be glad to Sc
cure the support Of these by giving them
ali they ask, aud that would seek resto-
ration to power at the cost of any social,
as they have of natural, destruction
And in the division Of parties, they who
oppose thisinvasion of their liberty would
make a balance of power Thus we
should have great public calamity, be-
sides the failure of prohibition legisla-
ton.
But there are other difficulties than
this, and one of the chief is thefact that
while drinking moderately or occasional
ly is not held to be crime, and is the
general custom, society will not realize
that the selling of drink is crime, and
the law will not have that earnest popu-
lar backing which IS necessary to enforce
so harsh a law. tits easy to pass laws
and create officers, but all this will fail
if the law is not backed by the social
condemnation of the ofense which is leg
islated against.
The testimony before the MasSachu-
setts Commission showed that where pro-
hibition was enforced most energetically,
the procuring took the worst form. Pri-
vate stores Of liquor we're laid in clubs
we're formed to procure 4 supply, and in
diyidual5 Of the lower class bought sup
plies and sold privately to their neigh
bors. 1t is well known how legal pro-
hibition which does not prevent indul-
gence drives it to more degrading oondi-
finns
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wO7rAN,s CURIOSITY REWARDED

The Detroit Post says: "Two ladies
called at the Office of one of our we'll
known physicians. While one Of them
was consulting the physician in his pri-
yate Office, the other, prompted by Gu
riosity or some kindred impulse, proceed
ed investigate the contents of a large
case of bottles, jars, &c, in the outer
Office. Between the two apartments was
a glass door over which was a paper
shade, which however, was torn across
one corner so that it was impossible to
from one room into the other. Hear
ing a rattling among his bottles. the
physician stepped to the glass door to
see what was going on. He discovered
the lady in the act Of taking down one
bottle after another and smelling of the
contents thereof. At last she got hold
of something which evidently pleased
her oIfactories. She smcIled and smell
ed again. and each time it was more ap-
parent that she was pleased than before.
This time her entire satisfaction with
the result of her Investigations was ev-
idcnt, and she hastily rubbed the fluid
upon her nose and portions of her face
contiguous thereto, replaced the bottle
and took her seat as she hcarda rustIing
in the inner room, indicating that the
consultation was at an end, and that the
consulting parties were returning. The
KNOWN" what the result.
would be. detained the ladies in conycr-
satiou several minutes. Before thc end
of that time, as the lady sat neara warm
stove, her nose and portions of her face
began to turn to a deep olive color, and /
before she departed they had assmmcda I.
beautiful dark brown. She had mistaken /.
the doctors favorite hair dye for per
lumorv. She will will be an invalid and /
villnotrccciyc calls orawcck TO come.
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GOLDEN WORDS.

Governor English, the Democratic
Governor ofConnecricut, 10 his Inaugur-
cl Address used the following just Ian
guage:
VIII the precedent thus set by Con-
gross be Forgotten VIII the Constitu-
ton, which is impOtent to restrain the
fury of majority to-day, become the
sacred shield it once was for the minori-
ty tomorrow ? VIII the sword that is so
easily drawn to establish a Constitution
now, be allowed to rest in its sheath if
needed to overthrow a Constitution here
after It has been the honest boast and
Just glory Of the soldier thathe has saved
to our people their old flag, without a
star displaced or stripe broken-but
useless has been the sacrifice if the
people no longer retain their faith in
constitutional governments. If the char
ter of our liberties has been lost, nothing
has been won. More than ever, at the
present time, should any infraction ofthe
Constitution be regarded as a public ca
lamitv. BY the vast increase of our pub
uc lndeOJedneSs every question Wulcn
concerns the Government credit comes
home to every person in the land. By
that credit all value is measured titles
at the foundation of all our wealth, our
industry-of society itself No calami-
ties of the past can exceed those which
will befall US if the public credit should
give way. But how is it to be preserved
if the supreme law Of the land is itself
In what market of the world
is that Government trusted which swayed
by revolutionary factions, intent only up
on the qualification of ambition or the
of partisan resentment? Had
the efforts of Congress been properly di-
rected, the industry and trade of the
whole country would long since have
felt the grateful influence and the public
credit been strengthened.
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A.szELLIoSAIwE,s HEIRS.

/ A gathering Of a remarkable and IN
usual character took place in Sheffield
on Wednesday. There is in Chancery
an immense sum Of money, the heir tc
which IS ramed Jennings. The only
! difficulty with which the case is beset is
that of determining who is the rightfuI
heir. The Jennings to whom it belong.
/ is supposed to reside in Yorkshire, a
rather extensive area, and there appears
/ to be considerable doubt in the minds oI
thenumerous families who bear the name
as to which is the direct desccndent OF
/ the deceased millionaire, for the fortune
which he has left, and which is awaiting
a claimant, is of vast proportions. In
order to some extent to clear away the
mist with which the point is surrounded,
( a person OF the name Of Jennings, anx-
ious to have a conference with his name
sakes, advertised in our columns a day
or two ago a meeting Of the Jenningses,
to take place at Mr.. Bland's, the Bruins
Wich Hotel, on Wednesday. When he
asked permission to advertise the meet
ing, he stated that there would only a
few persons present, and that a small
room would be sufficient for their accom-
m0dation. The hour which the family
party we're to assemble was eleven O.
clock in the morning. and before that
hour the brunswick Hotel was literally
crammed with persons, all of whom gIo-
ried in the name of Jennings Mr.. Bland
was amazed at the number Of his visitors,
and he was not little Eerplexed as to
how he should accommodate them. The
cry was, "Still they come p andas there
was no head amongst them, no one to
[; Ike the lead and Introduce the question
in a regular and business-like manner
the man who secured the room being as
much astonished at the number of his
namesakes, and as incapable of directing
their deliberations as Mr.. Bland was to
afford them the requisite accommodation
for the purpose-they INDUCED in gen
eral conversation in the different rooms
into which they had managed to squeeze.
There were persons present from Man
chester, Leeds, Doncaster and other
places, and amongst them were young
men and old men, old women and young
women, counrifed "hobidehoys' and
heavy swells, laborers, farmers, ladies
and servant girls. There were all Jen-
niDgses, and they were all, in their own
imagination, the rightful heirs to the
fortune now lying idle Some old women
talked loudly about being able to make
out their descent to the root, and one,
more garrulous than the rest, avowed
that she could trace hers to the roots
We are told that no chairman was ap-
pointed, and that as the gathering set
itself down friendly chat became the Or
der Of the day, and at length the num-
Der began to grow less and less, till the
last man LEFT, the knOtty question as to
the rightfuI heir to the fortune having
been not satisfactorily solved, !
but even more deeply Obscurod.-%cf
fe'd Telegraph.
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pleased, and one bee Showed his dis.
pleasure by stinging Mr.. Simmond al
the fork Of his two fore-fngers; this
was not pleasant of itself, but it was q
serious occurrence, as it might be the
prelude to a more extensive attack.
He avoided making any start when he
was stung, and continued to push away
as gently as possible those that were
near his nostrils. This was the only
safe place to breathe from, as it was ne
cessary to keep his mouth perfectly
closed. Of course, the few minutes that
elapsed before the return of his son and
the servant, seemed a terrible long Pc
Rod to Mr. Simmnnds, and during the
whole Of it he remained as motiouIcss
as possible on his knees.
On their arrival, the hive was placed
on three bricks, with its mouth down
ward, and Mr.. Simmonds slowly laid
himself on his breast on the grass with
his head close to the hive. The honey
soon attracted the bees nearest to it.
and a slow movement Of the bees took
place. till at length the whole swarm
gradually Observation-Disclosures and with
in thehive, except fewpatches Of bees,
which, in walking away, Mr.. Simmonds
easily disengaged with his hand, and
made them Join their companions. Mr.
Simmonds thus escaped from not only a
disagreeabIe but a Perilous situation
It occupied two hours from the time
that the bees alighted on their master,
to the time Of his release.
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friend accidentally took his position il
in front of them, with his back towards
/ the eggs. While the twain were convers-
ing, the train suddenly started forward
| The reverend gentleman was taken un-
awares by the unexpected jerk, and he
lost his balance He found it in the
basket of eggs just in his rear. The re-
suit Of this ministerial on set-if VIC may
50 term it-bafles all descriptions. Of
course the contents of the basket came
to an unlucky end.
Ike Partington once seta hen on fifty
/ two eggs, just to see her spread herself;
here was a man not used to the business
who had set himself on ffty-two dozen,
and'successfully accomplished the same
result, as any one could soc. But though
backward in getting into that undignif
ed position, he was by no means back
ward in getting out. He erected himself
and examined himself Any member Of
his church. if present, would have re-
cognized in him not only a faithful fell
low laborer, but an earnest yolk fellow.
For a minute he stood mOtiOnless, except
as he with spread and tremulOus fingers
in an undecided and uncertain way wav-
ed his hands with the air of a man who
had been egged on to desperation. He
certainly presented Iudicrous aspect
As the precious ointment ran down
Aaron's beard, so the albuminOus ungu-
ent ran down the preachers trowsers
legs, spreading in translucent liquidnoss
upon the floor about his feet. The cx-
press messenger took the stove hearth
and did what he could towards cleaning
his friend of,-a novel way Of scraping
an acquaintance.
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MARRIAGE IN OLD TIsTEs.

| Col. z. BALL, of Canton. relates the
following anecdote in an article publish
ed in the Stark County Republican, OIL
pioneer times in that county:
But in days Of which we are speaking
| there were not only difficulties connected
with courtships, but there were Difficult
ties connected with marriage, as we'll
| Without pursuing the history of the
courtship between the Captain and Bet
sey any farther than to say that they
had, no doubt the usual and common
| hInderance to encounter, I wish to alluGe
to one or two things connected with their
marriage. In those days the visits of
ministers were as angels visits, few and
far between, and hence, marriage contracts
could only be solemnized by Justices of
the Peace and the material being scarce
out Of which to manufacture these dig
nitaries Of the law, in jackson township,
North America, they were compelled to
elect to that Office, an old Buffalo Valley
Dutchman, who, it was said, had attend
ed but one wedding in his life, and it
so happened that the first official act that
he was called upon to perform vas to
solemn!ze the marriage contract between
Captain Jacob, the Well Digger. and Bet
sey, the Spinning Girl. The difficulty
in the case was, that this honest old far
mer had not had time since his election
to faniliarize himselfwith the ceremony.
and therefore was compelled to originate
one as best he could As was customary
on all such occasions, the bottle was kept
swinging around the circle pretty con
stantly, and the old Squire partook Of Its
contents quite freely, to keep his courage
up. Finally, after various promptings,
he concluded to make the attempt, and
the Captain was called in from the yard,
and Betsey was coaXed out from behind
the loom and placed by the side of the
Captain in the middle Of the room, and
in front Of the old Squire, who after tax
ING another good pull from the bottle,
arose and pronounced the following GER
cmony:
well, Shake, does You schwme pyI
Got-alI-mighty dat you will have dis gal
to be your wife ?'
" Yes"
"VclI, Bctz, does YOU schware py
Got-aII-mighty dat you will have Shake |
to be your man %
" Yes
"Dcn T scIwaros py Got-all-mighty |
dat you shall have one anothcr-amcn.'
The Captain and his wife lived huppi- |
Iy together, and raised large family off
children. Betscy, in after years, became
a yery devoted and Jealous Christian
The poor Captain became much addicted /
to the use of strong drink, and finally /
lost his life by the caving in Of well.
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CourULsoRy TEMPERANCE.

The Cincinnati GazctIe has lately had
a series of articles on Temperance legis-
tion"-the experience of Massachusetts
in enforcing temperance by prohibiting
the sale Of Intoxicating drinks, and upon
the subject of temperance legislation gen
orally, and upon the need of personal re-
form and Of a social influence against
drinking, instead of casting the whole
burden Of preventatiOn on the law. We
copy the following regarding it-esPe-
cialIy taking into consideration its Rad
ical source-as worthy Of serious consid-
Grafton
The sum of all experience Is that pro-
hibitory laws are Intellectual. The qucs-
ton is whether we will be satisfied with
that semblauce of duty which is put on
by enactjng prohlbitory laws which we
know can not be enforced, and which
could not remain on the statute books if
a serious attempt were made to enforce
them.
In Massachusetts prohibitory lcgisla-
ton was enacted by party which had
no fears Of losing its control Of the State
Government thereby. The enforcement
of the law had as strong moral backing
as it can have anywhere. A police was
created to bring prosecutions, and extra
ordinary rules were enacted 10 make pro-
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\ CORRESPONDENT writes as follow 5
in regard to the religious views Of c. +.
Brown, better known as "ArtemLs
Ward :"
While speaking Of Artcmus, I may
mention something not hitherto noticed
by tho press. Shortly before his beath
he expressed a wish to see a priest. 4
Catholic clergyman was called IN, and
before Artemus died he was received in
to and had received all the rites of tho
Catholic church. This comes to me ON
authority that l consider too good to be
questioned.
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WHOLE NUMBER 273.

Owing tew the hi price and great
skarsity Ov veal in NJ York sitty, men
ny oy the fust familys arc using artify-
cial calve. They say it helps to finish
out leg Of mutton iust rate.
When man loses biz helth then be
iust begins tew take good care oY it
This IL good Judgment this IL
1t IS getting SO nCw-a-daze if a man
cant cheat in sum way he amt happy.
Successes in life IL very apt to make
US torgit the time when we wasn't much.
1t IL so with the frog on the jump: he
cant remember when hewas a tadUole-
but other folks can.
An individual tew be fine gentleman;
has eithorgot to be born so TO be brought
up tew it from infansy; he kant learn
suddenly any more than he kan larn how
to tork injun kOrreCtly by praktising on
a tommyhawk.
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D0yy PIATT had himself invited 70
Circleyille the other day to make a
speech, which he has had the hardihood
to publish..a as in reply" to the speech
of Mr.. Pendleton at Urbana last spring,
The enterprise of the Mac-a-Cheek Press,
the Cincinnati Gazette, and the Column
bus Journal was exhausted in a gigantic
effort to get this speech in type before It
was delivered, and in time to have its in
huence on the Abolition Convention. to
be held to-day. Dom Piatt in reply to-
Pendleton, Is one of the heaviest sells of
the season, and reminds one Of the fable
of the fly upon the coach wheel, think
ing that his presence made all the dust.
Dom speaks of PendletOn's splendid
speech as bucolic PASTORAL There
IS no danger Of lis speech being con-
founded with anything pastoral, unless it
should arise from an unpleasant associa-
ton Of ideas connecting rural pursuits
with the manure of fields, in which re-
sPect his cloquence is extremely sugges-
tive. He had better stick to his inven-
tories of SPOONS and the searching Of
collins for treason Crisis.
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JOSH BULTNGs.-lf a man wants few
CIT at his aktual dimensums let him visit
e graveyard.
If cnny man wants towbo an old bach
olor, and git sick at a boarding tavern,
and have a back room in the 4th story,
and a red d-haired chamber-maid bring
his water cruel t0w him in tin wash
basin, I have alwus scd, ana stick tcw
it yet, he has got pcrlcS rite tcW do it.
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Law nFHEWsPAPERsi

1.5ubscriberswhod do not giyeexpressnotice
tOthe contrary ,arecOusideredas wishiugtOCJu-
tiuue their INSCRIPTIONS to thepapcr.
2.If subscribers order the ediscoBtinuance OF
theirperiOdicals, the publisher may cOutInuctO
send them until all arrearages are paid.
B. IfsUbscribers neglect or refuse TO takethelr
periodicals frOmthe olIicctO Whichthey were d.
sected they areheld responsible till they have
settled the bill and ordered them discontinued.
T. ubscribersremOvc to OtheTplaccs with
OUtiuf07miug the publisher, and the papcrsa are
semitic theformer direction, they are held re-
EpOnsible.
5. The Courts have decided that refusingto
take periadicalsfrOm the Office, e,Orrcmoyingand
leaving them uHcalIcd for. is pTtmaJGcts eEl-
dence Ofintentional fraud.
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80 Co1sumPtives.

THE AdCcrtiscr, having been restored to health in
/ a few weeks, by very simple remedy. alter hay
ing suffered several years with lung affection,
and that dread disease, COnsumptiOu-is anxious to
make known 10 his ielOW-sUEcTCrs the means of cure.
To all who desire it, he viii send copy of the pre-
scription used free of charged with the directions
for preparing and using the same, which they will find
SIRE Csye f0r Consumption. asthma. Bronchitis. de-
The only object Of the advertiser in sending the Pre-
scriptiOu Is TO benefit the afflicted and spread iuOr
nation which he cOnceivcs TO be invaluable: and he
hopes every sufferer will try his remedy as it viii cast
them nothing, and NAY prove a blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription. will please ad-
dress Rev. EDWARD a. WILSON.
Wiliamsburgh, Kings County, New York.
n23Q-1y
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CLIFTON HOUSE
Corner 9Th and EIm-streelS,
CINCINN ATT, O.
TERMS, $3.50 PER EAY.

This new House being furnished and fitted up in a
style equal to any i'm the city. is now open for the
CommOdatiOn of the travelling public.
The House is centrally located and convenient TO
the business part of the CITY and no pains viii be sa-
red to make guests comfortable.
Omuibusscs viii be in attendance 10 and from the
Cars.
When you visit the city. please give the CLIFTON
a call. WM. GARRISON. ErUp'r.
JAS. GARRISON. elk. C2j4 3ml
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Cor THE OUTS. .-Abolitionism has
got "out' of the confidence Of the peo-
Plc-is " out Of hope of success, and
will soon be as clear out of office as
the public treasury it has robbed Is out
Of money.-Holmes Comfy Foymcr.
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VOLUME VI. NO. 1j.
URBANA UNION
J. w. HO TX, PzOP,z-

OFF1CE:-Champaign National Bank Building
Csecond and third AoOTsD Westside NOrtL1Iain-
street near the Square.
TERNs:-S2 90 per annUm, invariably in ad-
vaHce. Sl,25f forSix Months.
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ATTRIBUTES OF TIE SExES.--Men
have more strength. Women more fexil
bility.
Men listen, arrange, compare, and de-
duct. Women combine, vary, and re-
produce.
Men have more force. Woman more
grace.
Man Overcomes. Woman subdues.
Man thinks. Woman speaks.
Man is noble Woman beautiful.
Man was formed to conquer the whole
creation. Woman to approach that con-
queror.
All things living shall keep their dis
tancc from Man; it is the privilege Of
Woman alone to be diyested of such fear.
Man is never SO much lord of all nature
as when he completes all other triumphs
by protecting Woman.
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BLISS UNDER A SHAWL.

TIE Madison (Ind.) Courier says that
at dance in that city the other night
two youths became "struck" with the
same girl. She, not willing to show a
special favor to either. declined dancing.
and seated herself in the back part of
the room. Being chilly, the fair maiden
wore a large shawl. One of her admir-
/ erS concluded to slip his hand under the
shawl, and try what effect squeezing her
hand would have. With nervous trent.
datiOn he made the attack, and succeed
ed. He was blissful. He squeezed and
she squeezed. He felt glorious, too
After quite joyful time spent in this
way, the lady threw back her shawl, and
revealed to a little crowd standing near.
the two youths squeezing one another's
hands mostloyingIy. It don't do to say
squeeze to either one of them since:
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aNistEllanu.

A SWARM OF BEES-STTTEE on q
HANS EACE-A D2E GEEO5S SLECA-
TION.
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TIE Rev. Joel LINDSEY, who whirs
ped his child to death, has been found
guilty Of manslauqhter in the fourth de-
gree, and sentenced to pay a fine of two
hundred and fifty dollars.
Ifit only costs the above sum to mur.
der boy two years old, what is a man $
life worth
This is an arithmetical question to
which we invite the attention of all those
who are likely to be called upon to act as
jurors in murder cases, in order that thew
may be able to correctly figure up the
degree of guilt and the amount of blood
to be assessed, according to the age Of
the victim, with mathematical accuracy:
1t only remains for some wretch to
murder little girl of the same age. to
establish corresponding sliding-sealo
for females.
Verify, arithmetic is a great moral sci.
Chicago T.mcs.