From she Springfield Gasette.
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 Are those who sell ardent spirit sure tha

 the traffic is right? Does no doubt ever cn

 ter their mind on the subject? Have they

 carefully examined it in its various bearing: and consequences and have they come deci

 dediy to the conclusion that they may contin- ue the business without any violation of the great duties they owe to their fellow men! 1 One thing is certain very many of the best men in our country of all political parties and | religious denominations, have come to the inclusion. that the traffic in ardent spirit is morally wrong. We do not say that the con. clusion of these men of itself is proof positive that the traffic is wrong: but we do say that it ought to have sufficient weight with distillers and vendors to induce them seriously to in- ] quire if their business is right. President Fisk Methodist clergyman comes, he thinks fairly to the conclusion, !" That all who continue in the traffic of farlent spirit, stand in m intimate and criminal rela : ton to all the evils of intemperance, and, on moral principles, must be held responsible for those evils"

 MT. Ware an Unitarian clergyman says "No proposition seems to me susceptible of more satisfactory demonstration than this. and am sure that no person can give it one hours serious thought without assenting to it, that in the present state ofinfOrmation on this subject, no man can think to act on christian principle, or do a patriots duty to his coun- l try. and at the same lime make or sell the in- strument of intoxicatien." "What flinders" he asks in another place, that every commu- nity should be filled with sober, thrifty, enter prising men. helping forward, instead of keep ing back the general good? What flinders Every one must see the answer to be, Me manu factGre and sale cf ardent spirit"

 Dr. Bercher, Presbyterian clergyman, savs-"I challenge any man who understands the nature of ardent spirits, and yet for the l sake of gain, continues to be engaged in the traffic, to show that he is not involved in the guilt of murder.'

 l President WayIand, a Baptist clergyman. asks" Can it be right for me to derive my living from that, which is spreading disease, and poverty, and premature death, through.

 out my naighboshood !"

 \ Mir. Pierpont, aa Unitarian clergy gyman, say. l-" It (the trafhc) is morally wrong, an i'm

 morality, a sin. I will not attempt to de- scribe the evils which grow out of this traffic. We commend the above extracts to the se

 rions consideration of the venders Of ardent

 spirits in Springfield. If they stiN think tha

 their business is right, we would ask them tt give their reasons for so thinking to the pub lie H the reasons are sound, they will bea the light. Silence only increases suspicion. He0t Produced by Frction.-We stated : l few weeks since, that machine had been tn \ vented in this state to warm factories and al largo public ediRces by Friction. We had bu little definite knowledge then of its merits ol

 structure, but within few days we have seer it in operation in this town. We now speal from personal observation. The, machinery which generates the heat consists of pair O