THEcOL UMBIAN FOUNTAIN,

TIDRsDAY MORNING, JAN. %, 1886.

OUR POSITION.
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OUH FOSlllON.


The Fountain is being circulated among
80 many of the free citizens of this happy
country that it becomes necessary for us
clearly to define our position, especially so
ss we are making arrangements by which it
inasmuch as we intend, very soon, to issue
daily and weekly.


Well, then, we are the uncompromisng
advocates Of Temperance on the plan of
Total Abstinence from intoxicating liquor
as beverage. We expect to urge this prin-
ciple upon the attention Of the whole COM
munity. We shall urge the propriety of the
abolition OF all license for the sale, as be-
verage, Of intoxicating drinks; but in this
we wish'to submit the matter to the soyer-
eign people. Thus, we feel it our duty to
, state our, grand object We believe, in its
accomplishment, it will carry many other
very important matters, Of interest to the
welfare Of every class of our country, and
perpctuate our free institutions.


u But il may be important for us to state
what we,will not do. We will not inter
fere with the religious or political opinions
Of any. We only wish to carry our prin-
sciples to them where they now are, to bene-
sfit them in time, and thereby fit them better
10 prepare for their final account


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FUNERAL OBSEQUIES OF THE HON.
.aulFs t4t- VIM. TAYLOR, OF VIRGINIA.
has On Tuesday last the funeral solemnities
i in relation to the demise of this estimable
gentleman, took place in the Hall Of the
House Of Representatives. The spacious
chamber was crowded with anxious witness
es Of the solemn scene. The President of the
United States and the members of the Cabi-
met, Vice President and the Senate, Speaker
of the House and Members Of Congress,
Judges Of the Supreme Court and Officers Of
the Army and Navy, Foreign Ministers, and
citizens shaking one Of the most imposing
assemblies ever convened in this or any
other country. The services were intro
duced by the reading of the Goth Psalm by
the Chaplain Of the Senate; after which fol-
lowed an appropriate and iervent prayer by
the Chaplain of the House. The Rev. Mr..
fusion, at the request Of the widow and
friends Of the deceased, preached the SER
mon, founded on the first chapter of Job,
last clause of the 2lst verse;" The Lord
gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed
be the name of the Lord''


The leading papers of the city represent
the services as solemn, impressive and ap-
propriate.