awash’ VDLI Q10 ‘CHARLOTTETOWN,PRlNCE EDWARD ISLAND, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 1851. N0. 1123. Sheriffs‘ Salts. filisrcllaucous. Y virtue of a Writ of Fi'rri' Fascias to me directed, issued out of Her Majesty's Supreme Court of Judicature, at the suit of John Frederick Clark against James Frederick Wabber, l have takenand seized, as the pro rty ofthe said James Frederick Wob- her, all the Right, Title an Freehold interest of the said James Frederick Webber, in and to Town Lot No. I-‘ifiy Eight (58). in the 2d hundred of Lots in Charlottetown; and I do hereby "ive Pub- lic Notice, that I will on Saturday, the Tliirteentli do of Septeiri- her, 185], at Twelve o'clock, noon, at the Court I ouse in Char- lottetown, in the said County, set up and sell at Public Auction the said Propert , or as much thereof as will satisfy the Levy, marked on the said Vrit, being £83 l6s. 8d., beside Interest, Sheriff ’s Fees and incidental expenses. DONALD RIONTGODIERY, Sheriff SheriR‘s Olfice, Queen's County, September I2, 1849. i The above mentioned Sale is POS'I.‘I’0NI-ID for want of bidders, until Wednesday the Ibth October next, then to take place at the hour and lace mentioned. Septem er 18, IBM. Encourage the above Home Association. Keep your Property Insured. Keep your Money on the Island. THE COMPANY has more tluin doubled its Capital in CASII within the last year. Each person insuring has a share in the Capital. Policy holders will please take Notice, that all Policies ex- pire on the Met December. 1850. DANIEL BRENAN, President. HENRY PALMl’.lt, Scc'y. 6; Treasurer. Secretary's Oflce. Kent St. December Il, 1850. Natlonalflflioan Fund Life and Equitable Fire Insurance Companies of London. Incorporated by dots of Parliament. OARD of DIRECTORS of Fire Insurance for P. E. Island. Hon. E. J. Jarvis, T. H. Huvilnrul, Esq., Daniel Hodgson, Eng, F. Longworth, Esq. Robert Hutchinson, sq., Forms of Application. and all other information, may be obtained from the Subscriber, at his Oflice, Charlottetown. ' L. W. GALL, Agent. Notice . LL Persons indebted to the Rev. Wtr.r.rAas J. I-Iovi.s:s, of St. John's, Newfoundland, Clerk, on accont of arrears of Rent, or moneys due to him and his late Wife Janet Emma Hoyles, (formerly Janet Emma Itennie) at the time of her death, which ha ned on the 17th do of May, I848, in respect ot lands or holiliiigs on that portion of’ ownship Number 23, formerly belonging to her, and all others indebted to the said Rev. William J. lloylea in this Island, are hereby notified that I have been duly empowered to receive the said arrears of Rent or Debts, and that payment thereof is required to be madcto me without delay. JOHN LONG\VORTH. Charlottetown, May 20, I851. Daguer-rian Jlliniatures. GEORGE P. TANTO N, EGS to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Charlottetown and the Island in general, that he has commenced business as DAGUEIRIAN Art-rxs-r, at his dwelling in Great George-street, where no expense has been spared in fitting up his_ rooms with su- rior North and Sky Lights. Having every facility, he pledges imself to furnish his customers with the very best Daguerrinn Liltenesses that can be produced by the Art. No person is desired to purchase a likeness which is not satisfactory, and if returned, another will be iven in its stead. His prices wild be low, therefore all will have an opportunity of procuring a perfect likeness,at the same price that an inferior one would cost. Perfect likenesses of Children (over 8 months of age) warranted. ladies and Gentlemen are respectfully invited to call and examine specimens. Ffllooms open from 7 n. m., to 4 p. m. ept.'l. tf. cans-rnca-rs:. I do bereb certify that Mr. Guortou P. TANTON has received instructions rom me in the Daguerrotypo art, and that I have kept nothing back from him; and do recommend him as a competent person to excel in the profession; and I have given him full autho- rity to use my name as a reference in any way be may deem pro- w' J0llN NELSON. Charlottetown, July 22, 1851. Eligible Business Sites to be Let, ron A runs or vuaas, II! more on o-riianwrsa, as auiv an aonnao on, THOSE well known superior Business Stands in Charlottetown. fronting on Queen's and Sydne Streets, at present, and for some ears past, occupied as ME CANTILE ESTABLISH- MEN by CIIAILII Dunssv, Esquire, and Mr. Jaass-.s lI‘CaArrsr. Apply to Ifas. ELEANOR ROBINSON, or JAMES PEAKE. Charlottetown, July 19, 185]. For Sale, HE LEJSEHOLD lJV'TERESTof 100 acres of Land, {Miles from Charlottetown, fronting on the Union Road, known as Black Berry Hill; about 48 acres are cleared, and in good cultivation, together with the Crop consisting of I2 acres Oats, 6 do. Wheat, I‘ do. Buckwheat, 4 do. Potatoes & Turnips, dr. the re- -'r'T“i»i'is.is;Ai hflbb b er tins e c. toteuscrieronie ' W Y oi>r.il’."' . BENJAMIN it July e. mi. (6 w.) TO BE SOLD, HUNDRED and EIGHTY ACRES on Township No. 65, '‘J°l'l''I 14"" and about fbur miles below Bonsbarv. The I!“ P“ 5'“ PW“! and some portion of it might very en- "ll 5' l"°|IlIt Into eeltivatieu, being of excellent qualitv; and at-ii-s been the Ellletllvsr towards the South Shore, about . i "l="',I'° T°""”P ul0- Abe to Sold or Let, seve_ral “I;-pi sup: fraatfios the Elliot River, about Eight railss Fer_lhrtbsr.|iart'li.i'fisrs apply to rig 3.3.5., oaulsouows. August 5. test. ciisailcs waiaivr. [Fr_om the London People’: J->urnnl.] WEALTH AND POVERTY. or alone: vvu.sorv. Wealth and poverty are now abstract and insignificant words. ex- pressing certain ideas, but they are iridicativo of two great social re- alities. The former is regarded by smne as an unspeakable blessing and the bitter by others as an unbearable curse. For our own part we most candidly acknowledge that we have not the least sympathy with these views; we simply look upon the one as a source of pleu- sure and happiness, if it be legitimately used; and the other as a state of discipline to the wise and virtuous, that is capable of devo- lopiug and exalting the best parts of our nature. Both have their disadvantages, temptations, and unfavorable tendencies, and it is well for the rich when they understand the duties and- responsibil- ites which attach to them, and the poor, when they seek for hop i- ness not in external circumstances, but in those higher and nob er blessings-—virtue and religion. l.et us glance at a few of the char- acteristics of these great social cxistences. If we take a view of so- ciety, what shall we behold.’ The symbols of wealth and the badges of poverty, meet the eye everywhere. Splendour and squalor, luxury and want, palaces and hovels, are nntitheses that strike the eye of the most casual observer. Pride and tyranny, disease and crime, vice and ignorance are usually their concomitants. For be it from as to affirm that the latter necessarily result from the former; but alas! in too rnauy instances they are associated with them. To the superficial discerner it would appear as though they were inse- pnrably connected; but it is it pleasing fact there is a class compos- ed of both rich and poor, whose lives demonstrate that such is not the case. They consecrate wealth by the use which they make of it, and they prove that poverty is honorable when it is acccom nnied by moral excellence. \Vhat ii noble si ht it is to behold a ric man who is possessed ofthe bouiities ofProvidence, dispensing them to the poor and afllicted! He visits the homes of the vicious and ignorant, and leaves behind him the footprints oflove and benevolence.—He regards all men as brothers, and treats them as such. Religion, li- terature and education find in him an ardent admirer and a liberal patron. His highest ambition is to elevate hum.-inity, and thereby glorify its Creator. \Vealth in his lionds performs its noblest mission, and he is its truest representative Oh! that this philanthropic spir- it. was infused into the minds ofall the rich and noble in the land. What a mighty impulse would be given to the great work of social reform-society would soon be freed from many of those evils which now press heavily on its bosom. But there is another character that we oflen meet with in society, which is very interesting. See the poor jaded son of toil returning from the factory or workshop; follow him home, and witness the smiles that greet him. How the silver cord oflove has fastened the hearts of those children to their fiither’s; what a picture of earthly bliss! There is nothing gorgeous or costly here, and yet how enchanting. Surel this is a type of that rest which reinniiis for the people of G .’ No discordant sounds are heard, or unseemly sights observed: the moral atrnoe- phere is pure, and all the graces and virtues of the Christian chur- ncter flourish in their beauty. What a great blessing it would be for our country,if there were more who answered to the description we have just given! \Ve know that there are many and we believe that the number is ra idly increasing. The ideas of men are under- going a great change in regard to wealth and poverty: these truthful and beautiful lines of Burns, that The rank is but the guinen's stamp, The man's the goud for a’ that, are beginning to be more a preciated. \‘Vhy should the perishable be valued more than the im rishable? It is virtue that dignifics the man, and if he be poor, lira poverty adds lustre and value to his virtue. DIAMOND DUST. If others sin towards us in one respect, we unjustly infer that the are ready to sin in all. mntla_rited oblivionris buy another name for the ignorance of the many 0 the virtues o the ow. Luxury—tlie conqueror of conquerors; the consumption of states, the (Ify-I"ll)I of the constitution; the uvengcr of the defeated and the oppresse . Patience is very good, but perseverance is much better; while the farmer stands as u Stoic under ditliculties, the latter whips them out of the ring. Long sentences in it short composition, are like large rooms in a little house. In the condition of men, it frequently happens that grief and anx- iety lie hid under the golden robes of prosperity, and the gloom of calamity is cheered by secret radiations of ope and comfort, as in the works of Nature, the bug is sometimes covered with flowers, and the mine concealed in the barren crags. Happiness depends upon the prudent constitution of the habits. Escliewing evil is but the half of the work; we must ulso do good. Be not too diflident of thyself; those who are always afraid of falling, do nothing but stumble. To give and to lose is nothing; but to lose and to give still is part of it great mind. Few people know how brave or how cowardly they really are. Embalming, making a flesh statuo, eternalizing a corpse, per- pctuating the perishable with more pains, than we take to save that which is immortal. He that indul es negligence will qicltly become ignorant of his own aliiirs, an be that trusts without reserve, will atlnst be de- ceived. SILENT LOVERS. An eminent clergyman one evening being the subject of conver- sation, a wonder was expressed that ie had never married. "That wonder," said Miss Porter, " was once expressed to the reverend gentleman in my hearing, and he told a story in answer which I shall tell you; and perhaps, slight as it may seem, it is the histor of other hearts, as sensitive and delicate as his own. Soon after his ordination, he preached, once every Sabbath, for a clergy- man in a small Village not twenty miles from London. Among his auditors, Sunda alter Sundn , he observed a young lady, who occupied a certain seat, and w ose close attention began iasensrbly to grow to him an object of thought and pleasure. She left the church as soon as service was over, and so it chanced that he went on for it year without even knowing her name ; but his sermon was never written without many a thought how she would approve of it, nor preached with satisfaction unless he read approbation in her face. Gradually he began to think of her, at other times when writing sermons, and to wish to see her on other days than Sundays; but the weeks stepped on, and though he fancied she grew paler and thinner, he never brought himself to the resolution either to ask her name or to speak to her. B these silent steps, however, love had worked into his heart, and a made up his mind to seek acquaintance and marry her, if possible ; when one day he was sent for to minister at a " '. The face of the cor was the same that had looked at him Sunday after Sands , til he had learned to make it a part of his religion and his lie. He was unable to perform the service, another clerg man olliciated; and, after she was buried, her father took him aside, and ed his pardon for giving him pain, but he could not resist to tell him, that his daugh- ter liad mentioned his name with her last breath, and he was afraid that a concealed affection for him had hurried her to her grave. “ Since that," said the clergyman in question, " my heart has been dead within me, and I look forward to the time when I shall speak to bar in heaven." Novas. war so Evans Tor.r..—A few days ago, some youn men, near Doddlngtoa, being unable to pay toll for a donkey whic_ they had wilth them, dressed it up with a cost asdhhat and on its ind egs pvoeededtosappertittlirougli t gatewi t ooaaoling wsrdi. " esrne slug brother, yea beea’t sedrurik,as you pretended to be."—Livsrpool paper. (From the H.111:/‘as Jlhemruni.) THE SARATOGA CONVENTION. Several years having elapsed since a General Temperance Con- vention wos held in the United States, it wits thought advisable by some of the riiore prominent labourers in the cause, to call another General Convention, frorri the various Orders and bodies of Tern- perance men in North Aiiiericn, to meet at Suratoga on the 20th tilt. The invitation specified, that the great object for consideration would be legislation with regard to the tratii: in intoxicating drinks, in view ofthe recent action of several States of the Union, espe- cially Maine and Ohio, upon that subject. The response to this appeal came from it lzirge number of the States, and front some of the Provinces. New England being most numerousl represented. The Convention assembled at the appointed time, an held its ses- sion in the Presbyterian Church at Santiago, the delegates filling the lower part of the Church. A committee to nominate ofiicers, reported Chancellor \Valwortli as President, with several Vice- Presidents, and Secretaries. A committee appointed to prepare business for the Convention, reported a series of resolutions, which we give beneath. Those resolutions will be seen to be well suited to the present times; they came chiefly from the pen of D. Justin Edwards, of Andover, and the ltev. John lllarsh of New York; men well known, and justly er-tented for their high ability and inde- fatigable labours in tho Temperance cause. The Convention continued for two days, having incrning and afternoon sessions, and public meetings in the evening. An ex- cellent spirit prevailed throughout the Convention; the speeches are reported as having been replete with deep and important thought and enibodyin the results of much observation and experience. 'l‘hc address o Dr. Jowitt is highly spoken of; he dwelt at laugh upon the utter folly of endeavouring to regulate the license system —that system being radically and entirely evil—-n cancer in the social body—which could only be cured by being cut out. A Na- tional Address was prepared and pn . ‘, which presents the main history and principles of the great Temperance enterprise. following are the llesolutions adopted by the Convention: tionol Temperance Convention, we gratefully recognise the good- ness of God in all past successes, and commit the cause of'l‘empe- once to his future guidance and care. 2. Resolve]. That the right and dot of the people by legisla- tion, to defend themselves and their children from the evils of the traffic in intoxicating liquors as a beverage, (which is the respect in which we s eak of it), by its entire prohibition, are in our view plain, and will: we believe, ultimately be acknowledged by all enlightened and patriotic men. 3. Resolved, That the recent discussion and action in several State Legislatures on this subject—the constitutional exclusion of all license in Michigan and Ohio-—and the entire outlaw of the traflic in spirituous and intoxicating liquors, as a beverage, in Maine, are gratifying tokens of advance in ublic sentiment, and give reason to hope, that with the Divine b cssing on judicious and persevering efforts. this immoral and pernicious traflic will cre long, be brought to an end. 4. Received, That ll committee of three be appointed to pre- plare a brief address to the friends of Ternperance throughout the man, to be presented to this Cunvention.—-( Dr. Marsh was sub- sequently a pointed chairman oftbis committee.) 5. Run val, That as God has given the People in organized and civil government the means of defence from the evils of ,the traffic in intoxicating drinks as a beverage, and as these .menns are the adoption and execution of such legislative enact- ments as shall prevent the continuance of such traflic, we recommend to the friends of Temperance in their respective States, territories, provinces and governments. forthwith to in uire what course ofsction on their part is needed to secure this object, object, and with united hearts and strong hands, earnestly, firmly and perseveringly to pursue it until it is accomplished. 6. Resolved, That all who have wisely and efficiently laboured in this great and good cause, have reason to thank God, and take courage, and while they depend on him for success, to go forward with increasing zeal and energy, till this wicked and destructive truflic shall be done away. 7. Resolved, That the principle assumed and carried out in llfainelaw, that spirituous or intoxicating liquor, kept for sale as a beverage, should be destroyed by the State as a public evil, meets the approbation of this Convention, as consonant with the destruc- tion o the implements of gambling and counterfeiting, of poisonous food, and infectious hides, and won one of war in the lrmds of an enemy;—that ifthe liquor destroye , is private property, it is so only as are the implements of the count-rrfeitar, as dangerous and deadly to the best interest of the community; that its (Ill-‘ll’lIUll0II is no waste of the beauties of Providence. more than the |J4.‘tlII'|JCIlOI of noxious weeds, while its very destruction enriches the State, exceeding the full value for which it would have sold. It tends to put an end to all aubtcrfug-is, and frauds and secret sales, and to the demand for it in tho coimnuiiity. It makes the State tl perfect asylum for the inebrizite. It is it solemn rnnnifestation to the world, of the wild and worthless nature of the article destroyed, and an unmistakable token to the vendor, of the end to which a righteous public sentiment will ultimately bring his business. For these and other reasons, the convention give it their hearty approbation, and they do strongly recommend to all friends of Temperance, to clie- cherish it as the sure and the only sure triumph of ther cause, and continually to urge its ado tion before every legislature. 8. Reroved, That the ineffectual and permanent prohibition of the traflic in intoxicating liquors as a beverage in any one State, will, we hope, he the precursor of its being prohibited in all the States, and the stopping of it in this country, will, we trust, be the forerunner of its bein banished from the world. 9. Resolved, That w erever the trufiic in intoxicating liquors as a beverage is done away, all wise nreans for the promotion of the intellectual elevation, the moral purity, the social happiness, and the highest good of men, may be expected to produce greatly increased and much more beneficial . . Resolved, That the efforts of the wise and good of all l.-inds for the pro ' of Temperlince, we hail with gludness and great joy, and will unite with them in all 'ndicious measures for the hasten- ing of the time when there ahal not be a drunkard or a drunkard- maker on the globe. ll. Resolved, That the friends of Temperance in all their efforts be entreated to cultivate a sacred regard to God and good will to all men; that they habituall seek wisdom from Him; and to Him, as the author and finisher 0 all good, ever give the glory of their success. The correspondent of the New York Observer says :—‘‘These resolution, especially the seventh, elicited a protracted and brilliant discussion. The best feelings prevailed; and when we consider, that it unanimous vote was obtained on these resolutions from Repre- sentatives not only of Maine but Louisiana, not only New York, but South Carolina, representatives of fifteen States, and in Canada, we may well conclude, that it new and fiercer battle has been begun than any yet waged. (From the Montreal lV£tneas.) One of the most striking peculiarities of the late Convention, was the harmony and good feeling that prevailed throughout.—There were, in fact, no really conflicting views brought for ward, the only difference being about the manner and extent to which it was de- sirable the Conveution should pronounce its convictions. Another very remarkable and most gratifying characteristic of the Conven- tiun was its piety. Not only were each day’s proceedings com- menced with prayer, but four or five of the twelve resolutions pas- sed, distinctly r nised the dependence of the Temperance cause on the Divine h°:i°rf, the futility of all efforts unaccompanied by the blessing. A few years ago such resolutions would have been scouted at many Temperance meetings in the States as applicable to a cause which it was the delight of speakers to represent as wholly dependent on human benevolence and effort; but at this great gathering of delegates from all quarters, they were unani- mously aniheordially adopted. And here we would any that the frequent and load accusations which have been brought against mi- nisters of religion for standing aloof from the Tempe are not always either in taste or borne out be facts. Had the minis- tsrsof . "_’ w attended this Coaveufi been absent, the as- sembly would have been usmerioally much smaller; and the ag- gregate taleat. zeal, andjadgrnent which it exhibited. as well as the desires it is likely to exert. would have been sadly diari- THE RIGHT AND DUTY OI’ IOCIITY TO DIIIND I'l'Ill.l' IY LEGIILATIOK. It was contended both in the resolutions and by the speakers, that civil government is the institution of God to defend society from injury and wrong, and that the arms which government uses are legal enactments. These arms, it was said, are long enough and strong enough, if properly used, for the defence of society; and, therefore. inasmuch as they are of Divine appointment. and adequate to the CHM‘. they ought to he used for the public good. _ In a great variety of cases, this principle was shown to have been acknowledged and acted upon already. For instance, the sale of unwholesome food is prohibited; gambling, counterfeiting, rioting many other developments of evil are put down by the strong arm of the law; and why should not that arm be tiiispuringly applied to the trnliic in iritoxicating drinlts,—whicli did more harm than any of those evils.’ \Vh:it interest of the State or of individuals ‘would suflisr by suppressing this traffic? except the interest that inilivitluals might fiml in ruining their neighbours, which were it_ a valid objection to legislation, would suflice to screen the g.-imbler.'or pirate. On the contrary, what good to ever interest of the fits and individuals would not grow out Orguch egralntion? To trate one source of advantage, some of the Massachuset thought that the sriving of waste caused by the Tempern formation in th:rt State, had, in a great degree, enabled it struct its extraordinary net-work of Railways. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ARTICLE Al A MEAN! OI‘ —IlI-JPRESSION. The “nine prohibitory law was not so much the assertion of a new principle in legislation, since various States had prohibited the sale of intoxicming drinks, as the development of it suitable machi- nery for enforcing the prohibition; and the most prominent part of this efficient muchi y was the confiscation and destruction of tho outlawed article. By this law the possession r fintoxicnting drinks is vleemcd etlicient evidence that they are intended for illegal sale, Th , unless the contrary can be shown by the owner.—lle may, for in- 3 . _ or that l. Resolved, That in assemblin for the fourth time in a Na. 3 a stance prove that he requires them as a chemical agent in his trade, ie is transporting them to persons beyond the State, but in all cases the burden of proving that possession is for lawful purposes lies on the party with whom the liquors are fourul, and failing this, the liquor is destroyed. Now, it more eliicieut way than this of breaking up the tratiic could hardly be devised. Attempts to pri- nish infractions of license laws with as, nearly always fail from the dillicult of obtaining proof,-—symp:ithy for the offender, or the po- verty o the latter, placing him above the law. But the plan adopt- ed in Maine, inakes at one and the same time, the proof self-evi- dent, and secures the inflation of the pennlty—the destruction of the liquor being in itself a heavy penalty. Nor was such a princi- ple previously unknown to law. The slave trade. a kindred enor- miry, was carried on with impunity in defiance of the most strin- gent laws and conventions until the fitting up of a ship with rl large supply of water-casks and fctters was deemed sullicient evidence that she was engaged in the slave trade, and ensured her condem- nation. Nor is the objection, that the liquors so confiscated are ri- viite property, more valid, where the traliic is made illegal. t on the some objection would be with regard to the confiscation of slave ships, or the tools and mncliinery of gamblers or counterfeiters. It was also observed, that, though much sympathy was always ex- cited on behalf of individuals, however nefarious their practices, when they were punished personally, and consequently the ends of legislation often defeated, there would be no such sympathy on bfihalf of the liquor any more than there was on behalf of the slave a i . With these views brought before them. it will not, we think. be deemed ‘ go, that the Convention should lltlllnllfltllllly recom- mend the destruction of the article as it suitable means for enforcing a law prohibiting the sale of intoxicating drinks. - POLITICAL ACTION- The Convention being agreed respecting the necessity of accom- panying mural suasion with legal suasion, was naturally much in- terested to learn the way in which political action might be brought to bear on the li uor truflic. The celebrat Neil Dow, having been mainly instrumental in achieving the passage of the irohibitory law through the legislature of that State, it was deeriiud very important, that he should be elected Mayor of Portland. where he resides, both as a means of securing the adrninistration of the law in that city, and as stamp- ing the approbation of the largest city of the State upon it; but the l’0D‘.ti~illl_V nt’ clcctin him would have been considered very remote indeed, a few weeks efore the election, by any one not behind the scones. The way in which his election was secured, however, was simple. Connected wiili the Temperance societies, where about live hundred young men, belonging to the political parties, all of whom took care to attend the primary meetings of the par- ties with which they were respectively connected, and to use their votes and influence in favour of the nomination of Neil Dow : so that when the question carne to he decided, every thing was re- parcd for carrying him triumphantly. The advice of the open on from Maine, to all others similarly circumstnnced, was, therefore, Do not forsake your party in order to feriri a new organization, but make your influence in favour of'l'em ernnco to be felt in it, cape- pociully, at the primary meetings for t to norninntion of cauditlatee, and when this is faithfully done, the way is paved for any triumph. .:.j ADDRESS Of the Fourth National 'l‘ernperunce Convention, held at Santiago Spriugs,State of New York, August 20, 185}, to tho friends Ternperuncc throughout the United States and the British Pro- vinccs. Fsranns urn Fui.i.ow IAAFOUREKI; \Ve address you at the present time with mingled emotion of hope and joy. \Ve have been suddenly and unexpectedly called from our homes. not by the tocsin of alarm at some threatened calamity to the 'l‘ern- perance enterprise, but by a rapid series of public movements which indicate to us that the great principles of our reform lisve sunk deep in the public mind, and that there is a special call for us to gird on our armour afresh, and, with new vigour, in the strength of God. renew our conflict. To every mind it has been distinctly visible, that the trnllic in intoxicating liquors, as a beverage, has been, in every city and village, the great obstacle to the progress of Tomperaiice. So uni- versally have the evils of intemporunce been acknowledged, and so fully have principles of reform been developed, so well antler- stood and admitted as correct, that it seemed. no more could he said on the subject; and yet, while the temptation was every where before the weak and unthinking, and even sanctioned and licensed by law, a tide of drunkenness was rolling in upon us, which seem- ed to put at bay every elTort.—Appt-al had followed appeal to Le- gislative bodies, that the strong arm of Government might be extended over the people for protection; butso timid, so slow to act in moral reforms, so swayed are all such bodies by a thousand political considerations, that out faith and tience were well nigh exhausted. But there is a limit to evil. I:.ven men who look little at moral principle, are careful oftheir own interest; and an out- raged ' y will ' ‘ ‘ its own avenger. In the last few months, the people in masses have spoken in no mistakeable tones, and Legislatures have acted boldltyi; giving hope that the day is dawning when we shall see that trs hedged up and barred out, in State sfler State, until its d€I0lllIit.nI are ended for ever. In the last year, the State ofVerrnont so outlawed it, by pro- hibitory statute, that it creeps in only like the midnight amnesia; and the tale of Michigan made it an organic law of the State. by an article of the Constitution, that no license should be given for the sale. In the present year, we have seen the young State of Iowa declaring all sale and every dram-shop ii nuisance, to be abated by the judges; and in tho Legislatures of New Hampshire. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Indiana and Illinois, action coivrrneoced of a decisive character, and in some cases, if not completed, see- tained by a large majority of the popular in aches. n “is. a battle has been fo ht, and a victo gained, which we an cow- templats no otherwise than with fee I s of gratitude and admira- tion. To the voters of that large a inipsutsat flute, was sub- mitted by her Convention for the revision of the Constitution. the questloatobedecided atihsballotbox, vrbetbsrit sboaldterui so artiolssftlisceestitatioa that " NOI*C§|€|& H