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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-15
COLUMBUS, O., WEDNESDAY MORNING,
Drunlxeuue.. ,. :. n ,,i,ea.e, !,

: DIR. Parrish, of the Media Asylum for
Inebriates, in Delaware county, Pa, de-
livered an interesting lecture in West
Chester on Tuesday evening of last week
upon "Habit and its Laws We learn
from the West. Chester Village Record
that the leading topic of the lecture was
the habit of intemperance, and the ques-
ton was argued more from a physical
than moral standpoint. The doctor
maintained that drunkenness is disease,
and its victims can no more help it than
they can help an attack of the cholera.
yellow fever or consumption. This dis
ease may be hereditary, may be implant-
ed by the mother in administering rem
edies to her infant, or may be acquired
as other diseases are, through improper
diet, etc. The doctor was decidedly
down on the profession for prescribing
so much alcohol in many of their rene
dies. A great error of the day is the
manner in which the disease of intern
perance is treated. 1t has become the
very bad habit to denounce it as a crime,
to rate it among the vices, and conse-
quently, its unfortunate victims are cut
off from the care and sympathy they de-
serve and stand so much in need of, and
are looked upon only as meriting punish
'1nent for their crime. This is all wrong.
When the great publie-when temper
ance reformers-look upon drunkenness
in its proper light-when the same pro-
vision is made for it's thirty thousand
victims in Pennsylvania that is made
for the blind, the crazy or the poor
when the drunkard is taken by the hand,
encouraged, sympathized with, and made
to feel that he is suffering with disease,
and is not criminal in the eyes of the
moral world, an important step will be
taken in the true pathway to temperance
reform.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-15

ONE of the importunate juveniles who
visit the Continental Hotel, Philadel-
phia, and solicit pennies was asked ::
"Where is your mother 2" She answered
difidently, "She is dead" ""Have you no
father ?'' "Yes sir, but he is sick.''
"What ails him p continued the ques-
toner. "He has got sore finger sir"
"Indeed!" "Yes sir" Why don't he
cut it off, then? "Please sir" respond
ed the little maid, che hain't got money
. to buy a knife.'' d-a 1st
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-15
A Link Between Husbands and
Wives.

Blessed be the little children who
make up so unconsciously our life-disap-
pointments. How many couples, mutu-
ally unable to bear each others faults,
or to forbear the causes of irritation. find
soIace for their pain in these golden
links which still continue to unite them.
On that they are one. There they can
really repose. Those fragile props keep
them from quite sinking disheartened by
life's roadside. How often has a little
hand drawn amicably together two else
unwilling ones, and made them see how
bright and blessed earth may become in
pronouncing that little word-"forgive.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-15

A SOUTHWESTERN editor overhows at
the receipt of subscription thuswise:-
"We'n be yours till we all sit down to-
gether at the tea-table of eternity, where
murderers, sorcerers, pickpockets, extor-
TONERS, and all other radicals are seen
and heard and smelt, no more"
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-15

"WHAT is all this firing for 2" asked 9
Republican of a Democrat, as they were
crossing the green, yesterday noon.-
."WhyS your party has been swamped to
day, and its friends are firing toraise tn,
corpse -Me,o Hampshire Register, a5as
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-15

A DEMOCRATIC voter of Hartford
Connecticut, who was incapacitated by
rheumatism, was carried to the polls
Monday, ON his wife's back. The crowd
at the polls gave three cheers to the wo.
man, and made up purse of $500 for her
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-15
HEEEHEN ENCEs.

The hefollowing persons have lately drawn val ,able
prizes from this Company, and kindly permitted the
use of Their names:
$ I Wilkens. s74 Sixth Avenue, Y, 81 O0o
Mrs Stuart, 20 Nelson Place. N Y, $500; Miss
Monroe. Chicago. Ill Piano. valued at $4oo w Cur
son. Dubuque Sewing Machine. $780, Philip Nc
Carthy, Louisville. KY, $500 JAS Rogers, Washing
teenth street, N Y, Piano. $500; s 7 Ferris, New
Orleans, Guld Watch. $3.50; " 7 Taller. atlanta,
Oh. $50; E Dayton. Mobile Ala. Diamond Cluster
Ring. s4oo; S.rong. Burlington. vt. 800: A 7 At;
GWins SpTbngsld H. Da son. Ead Tb0 TPbin f2oo Mrs
Cla7 street. Baltimore. Sewing Machine. s75; : T
Alderman. 80 Main street, Buffalo. 800: Darragh
Scott, Ninth and SAMSON street, Phia Gold Watch
$3.50: 4 Zimmerman. Hicks street. Brooklyn. $500
NJ Bowers, Detroit, Mich, Gold Watch. $3.50; Mrs N
Fuller Hart tord, Conn. Silver Set. $50; A Schr-
ley, louisville. Ky. Diamond Ring. 5000; G 7 Ma
son: S 40 Broad street. Z. s4Ge; Mrs o Melrose
We publish no names without permission.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-15
ORGANS.
-cI rCOLUMBUS I"
ORGAN FACTORY.

UHE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING jus,
i completed Pipe Organ for the German 1nde-
pendent Church. on Mound street. Columbus. takes
this method Of informing the public, and particu.
that he is Low ready to contract for Organs of any
size and price, and refers parties interested to the
factory. Ea6ALbEhT GEMUNDER.
oct25-df s.aHt 81. ta-
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-15
OPINIONS SOFTHE PRESS,

Musical Festivals" several times postponed,
compelling purchasers of tickets TO wait several
months for the distribution, has impaired public
confidence in such affairs. The only fair system of
distributing is the old and popular one Of SEALED
TICKETS. stating the prize, WHICH WILL BE DELIv-
Erred IMMEDIATELY ON PAYMENT OF THE ONE DOL
LAR. This is the plan of II HARPER, WILSON d Co..
13 Broadway, the most attractive place OF the kind
now in operation. They are doing the largest busi-
ness, and deserve their success. You cannot dra W
$1,000 900 farm there. but have reasonable chance
drawn, and the firm is reiaole "-DdNy 1ye,Os. Jan
5, 1858.
"The Metropolitan Gift Company are distributing
many valuable prizes We have examined their
manner Of doing business. and know them to be a
fair dealing firm. Their Jlan is more satisfactory
than Presentation Festivals they draw
evory day. and the subscriber need not paw for
the prizes drawn unless suited. ."-JouTnaL, Fs6ru-
ary6. 1858. 40
Co., at l73 Broadway is daily attracting crowds of
ment is but IS cents for CHANCE, and the prize
drawn, satisfactory, is Immediately delivered for
one dollar. A friend of ours, last week. drew a
December 80, 1867. .'
Liberal inducements to Agents. Satisfaction
guaranteed. - = .' E# aH.g
Every Package OF Sealed Envelopes
contains One Cash Gift.
BE- Six Tickets for One Dollar, I3 for Two Dol
lars. IS for Five Dollars. 100 for Fifteen Dollars.
All letters should be dressed to IL
HARPER, WILSON &c Co,
173 Broadway, N. Y.
aprl2-d2m-R
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-15

We have the above articles of the latest style
and of superior quality. both in material and finish
and guarantee prices as low as ANY house in th,
trade. ..-.. .-...... ..... .-.. Fl.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-15
GREAT DISTRIBUTION
by THE
METROPOLITAN GIFT COMPANY.
Every Ticket Draws a Prize.
100000 DOLL "a RS

A Chance to Draw amy of the
above Prizes by Purchasing a
Sealed Ticket for Is Cents.
Tickets describing each Prize are Sc .LED in En-
Gents, Sealed Ticket will be drawn, without
choice, and delivered at Office. sent by mail
to any address, The prize uamed upon it will be de-
llvered to the ticket holder payment of one
Dollar. Prizes will be Immediately sent to any
address, as requested, by express or return mail.
You will know what our Prize is
before You pay for IL. Any PriZe may
be exchanged for another of the sam e
value. So No Blanks.
AT0ur Patrons can depend on fair deal ng.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

1t IS earnestly to be hoped that the
next Congress will signalize its ses-
sion by the enactment of n series of
laws for the general regulation of
railroads., and thus secure to the
public that protection for life and
personal comfort which is now depen-
dent solely upon the charity of the
corporations themselves. Hardly n
week elapses but as journalists we
are called upon to record some fright
ful life-destroying accident occurring
either from defective roads, negli-
gence or pnrsimoniousncss of the di-
rectors. This is is the principal re-
form to be secured, there being no
reason why precautions, correspond
ing to those rendered imperative
upon steamboats, for the protection
of life, should not be exacted from
railroads.
Besides this, there are other abuses
which, if not imperiling life, at least
80 seriously destroy the passengers
comfort as to loudly demand reform.
The American system of herding the
passengers all into one class, instead
OF discriminating, as upon European
roads, is an act of gross injustice to
both the poor, who aim at travelling
cheap, and those in better circum-
stances, who would gladly pay for any
extra comfort or attention afforded
them: The vile apologies for meals
found at the different stations, with
the open and infamous swindes
allowed by the railroad companies to
be perpretrated by the eating-house
keeper, in charging outrageous
prices, demand Legislative interfer-
ence.
A law should also be enacted re-
curing the despatch over every road
III the United States of Mt least one
passenger train daily, to carry pas
sengers ut the lowest minimum rate
per mile, to be regulated by law, and
maximum mile rate established, over
which no line should be allowed to
charge. If cabs are worthy of being
made subject to such regulations,
how much moro important is it that
railroads should be. Hitherto, this
class of common carriers have enjoyed
thorough immunity from legal
interference, the public having
been abandoned entirely to them as
helpless prey. The main use of
government, after all, is to protect the
public from abuses, and, in no condi-
ton or circumstances is it more sadly
off than in its relations to railroad
companies. .-New Orleans Times.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

ALMOST AN AoorDENT.-On Sunday
night, as the through train on the
South Carolina Railroad was coming
slowly down the heavy grade on this
side of Aiken, one of the wheels of
the rear passenger car spli. open and
broke the truck. But for the fact of
the train running slowly, in order to
stop for wood and water, a most
serious accident would have occurred.
AS it was, the jar was so slight that
the passengers knew nothing Of it
until requested by the conductor to
move into the next car, himsef and
the engineer being the only persons
aware of the accident. The train
was delayed bnt n few minutes and
arrived in time to make connection
with tue Georgia Railroad. The
broken car was left behind in charge
of train hand
lAugusta CoustitutionalisL
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

ATTE1fPT 10 BREAK j ILL., plot
was discovered on. Sunday morning
last, which, had it been successful
would have let loose to prey upon
this community moro than one hun
dred of the most hardened villains
who ever graced Jail, or felt the hal
ter draw.
Early in the morning of Sunday.
one of the prisoners in Charleston
Jail sought an interview with the mil
or, and told him that the prisoners
confined in the tower and a part of
the main building, would endeavor
to make their escape rs soon as the
customary ch lrch service was over.
He said that the prisoners were all
armed, and that they intended to
makea rush Immediately after church.
overpower the jailor and turnkeys,
break open the cells of the other
prisoners, and set the whole gang.
with themselves, free.
The jailor, Mr.. Phillip, promptly
armed the turnkeys and jailors, and
allowed tho prisoners to go into ser
vice as usual. An examination was
then made of the rooms occupied bv
the prisoners. 1t was found that they
had torn down boards from the cell
ing, with which they had made about
thirty clubs, of which the handles or
grips were wrapped with strips of
blanket. With these clubs they had
wrenched off the massive bolts, bars
and hinges of eight heavy doors.
Some OF tho bolts they had made
into slung shots, the sings being
strips Of blanket. 1t was also dis
covered that each prisoner, when he
went into tile yard, took up q brick
or stone, and there were huge piles of
these missiles in the various cells.
They were, therefore, we'll provided,
and as the prisoners Immediately en-
gagged i'll the plot were sixteen in num-
ber, they could easily have overcome
the resistance Of the keepers.
All the missiles and arms were
cleared out of the cells, and when
the prisoners returned to them after
church, they were carefully secured.
They saw at once that they had been
found out, and made no attempt at
resistance.
The ringleader was q white man.
named William Taylor, from Will
liamsburg, who is in Jail for burglary
and larceny. He is desperate ruff
fan, and, although in chains, declares
that he will soon break out of iail.
The other ringleaders are four colored
men, named Thomas, Slocum, John
son and Bradley.
The whole number of prisoners in
the jail is one hundred aud fifty, and
the city has had narrow escape of
being thoroughly bnrglarised and
garroted. Mr.. Phillip appears to
have behaved with commendable
firmness, and Sheriff AIackey has
made arrangements which will pre-
vent any similar danger in future.
Charleston Mems.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

Charles james, wandering son of
G. p. II. James, the novelist, has
been making speeches in favor of
Grant. His preference probably
springs from family attachment to 80
solitary horseman.
Wendell Phillips says the Republi-
can party is a party without princi-
pies or leaders Wendell ought to
know. Grant says he is without
principles or policy-Grant ought to
know.
10000 play bills of all countries,
and some of them $50 years old, are
collected in the public library of
Brunswick, Germany.
A charity school girl, under exa-
mination in psalms, on being asked,
"What is the pestilence that walketh
in darkness?" answered, "Bed- -buge,
SIR"
The difference between miller
and n sexton is, the one tolls for
living, and the other for the dead.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

well az law, that no aotf done under
duress is of binding force. Though
there is little danger of their being
forced to this alternative. The peo-
pie have long since seen through the
fimsy veil with v Lich the Jacobins
of the present Congress have at
tempted to cloak their nefarious de-
signs. and will. next November, give
them the rebuke they deserve.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

The Providence Or. ~ Journal, of
Saturday last, contains tho following
local:
Mr.. j. d. Giddings, formerly of
this city, who has resided in Charles
ton, s. c., for the last ten years, and
is now Assistant Treasurer for the
General Government in Charleston,
is visiting in this city. He confirms
the general report that our only way
to avoid further serious trouble, is to
let the loyal spirit of the country be
demonstrated by the election of Grant
and Colfax. Mr.. Gidding's loyalty
and kindly services to prisoners arc
known and appreciated.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

FIRE IN GEoRGEroN, S. C.-Quite
destructive conhagration took place
IN Georgetown, S. c., on Thursday
night last, the fire commencing in
the bakery of Mr.. n. Emanuel, and
it passed from there to number of
small stores i'll the vicinity, some
nine or ten Of which were DESTROYED.
The names of the parties or the
amount of the loss, we could not
learn. A second fire broke out a few
hours after the above, in the store of
Mr.. Ellis, which was also burned.
Charleston Nears.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

REPUBLICAN MEETING AT SUMNER
vlLLE.-At q Republican meeting
held at Summerville, on Saturday, at
a call from the friends of Joseph II.
jerks, to ratify his nomination for
Congress, e. w. NJ. N1ackey, T. J..
Moses, Jr., j. J. Wright. G.. W. H.
Lee and B. F. Randolph, of the
Bowon party, unexpectedly appear
ed npon the scene. The result was
that the meeting, consisting of about
3OO negroes, ratified the nomination
of @. G. Bowen for Congress.
Charleston Ne,rs.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

Horace Greeley ought to have in
cluded in his "Recollections of Busy
Life" the fact that during its whole
period he supported every rebellion
or revolution that ever occurred,
even to old Jimmy Motifs petition
for the withdrawal Of the Northern
States from the Union, sent to Con-
gress i'll the year 1913. He has also
attacked and bitterly abused every
organized government on the face of
the earth, including his own, and
only reached his present benign state
OF furious patriotism and hatred of
rebellion, because Yancey and some
others stole his thunder and got
ahead of him. A professor Of peace
doctrines, he loves war moro than
any other man in the country, his
paper always being employed in
widening dissensions and breeding
qnarrels. A man who glorifies John
Brown and hates Frank Blair; who
supports the Cretan rebellion and
the black dictator, Salnave, at the
same time, is either q knave or q
hnmbng, a Cataline or Pecksnih.
Who is hc?-Ne,o Orleans Times.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

ADVICE TO Young MEN.-A writer
gives the following sensible advice
to young men: Let the business of
every one alone, and attend to your
own. Don't buy what you don't
want. Use every hour to advantage,
and study to make leisure hour use
ful. Think twice before you spend
dollar; remember you will have an
other to make for it. Look over
your books regularly, and if you find
an error trace it out. Should q
stroke of misfortune come upon you
in your business, retrench, work
harder, but never fly the track.
Confront difficulties with unfinching
perseverance, and they will fly at
last; then you will be honored; but
shrink, and you will be despised.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

1t now seems in proof that the ra-
dical Central Committee at Washing
ton advised and procured the expul-
sion of the negroes from the Georgia
Legislature. This means the new
expulsion business, right and just in
itself, was set on from the radicals of
the North as an excuse for Congress
to re-assemble and reconstruct the
South.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

The corner of Main and Taylor
streets was the centre of attraction
for the Juveniles, yesterday evening
said corner being occupied by huge
posters, announcing that Maginley &
Carroll's circus would perform here
on the 23d inst. The press of the
cities through which this company
has passed speak of it in high
terms.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

IHE MEETING FOR FRIDAY NEXT.
The committees are at work. We
expect grand rally on Friday next.
Let our people turn out and greet
the gallant son of Massachusetts.
Let the Democracy come out from
all parts of the District. We must
have grand Democratic demonstra-
tion. And we hope the colored peo-
pie will come out and hear what O
Northern speaker has to say on the
questions of the day.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

Two brothers in Kentucky have
lived in two States and six Counties,
and yet neither has moved out of tho
County in which he was born. They
lived in Kentucky when it was q
portion of Virginia, and in Ohio
County when part of the territory
that composed Jefferson, and subse-
quently other Counties, until mar
rowed down to its present name and
limits.
A boy who was left alone in
candy store in the Bowery, devoured
four pounds of gum drops, and came
near dying, but by prompt admin
lstration OF remedies, his life was
finally saved. This" says Aunt
Podson, "should be warming to lit
tie boys never to eat over three
pounds and IL half of gum drops at a
time
Among the gifts to newly-mar-
rled pair at town in New Jersey,
the other evening, was broom sent
to the lady, accompanied with the
following sentiment:
"This trifing gift accept from me,
Its use / would commend;
In sunshine use the brushy part,
In storms the other end"
Wilson, the vocalist, was upset
one day in his carriage, near Edin-
burg. A Scotch paper, after re-
cording the accident, said: eve are
happy to state that he was able to
appear the following evening, in three
pieces" y"
Farms in Arkansas sell at from
three to five cents IN acre. A local
paper says that land is so cheap that
you have to look sharp, or they will
smuggle an extra forty acres or so on
you in making out the deed.
Rev. VIM. H. Williams, in charge
of tho Baptist Church, in Fredericks-
burg, soon after the war, received
call from the First Baptist Church,
IN Charleston, S. G.
The eleventh annual meeting of tho
National Association OF Local Preach
ers, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, will commence in Pittsbure
on the 18th of October.
An undertaken in Utica had to
bury one of his debtors. He got
him snugly into the grave, but re-
fused to fill in tho earth until the
weeping family settled tho claim,
which they did.
An Indian and black she bear had
an awful fight near Stanton, Mich.
He put sixteen balls and knife into
her, and she hugged him so closely
that both died.
One who has ciphered it out says
that two cents placed on compound
interest would accumulate suf-
ficiently to pay our national debt in
456 years.
The New York papers of all parties
are full of complaints of the brutality
OF the police OF that city to persons
they arrest, and demand cessation
Of such conduct
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

''Patrick," said an employer, the
other morning, to one of his work
men, 'you came too late this morp-
ing; the other men were at work an
hour before YOU" "Faix, and I'll
be even with the spalpeens this
night, sure" replied Pat. "How
VIII you manage that?" "Be the
grey wig nv Moses, I'll quit an hour
before any uv'em, sure.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-07

A railway theatre is established be-
tween Manchester and Liverpool.
One scene closes ut each station, and
the lovers are made happy at the end
of the route.
The square in the neighborhood of
Five Points, New York, is called
Paradise Square"