H V GEO. W. BOWM^i.
NEW SERIES.
I Poetry.
1 Gem from Fanny Forreater.
We extract from the proof r-heet of •• Alderbrook,"
.„ >,re-s hv Tick nor & Co., the following touch
no'\ "* I <* . . .
..' riza-. by M r " Judson, to her mother, previous
•niter voyage t ' Tom ,hi * M>rl a t ' evr >' ears a §°-—■ ,{o '-
toH -fib**.
(Jive me my old seat, mother,
With toy head upon thv knee,
I've passed through many a changing scene,
Since thw 1 sat by thee.
Oil! let me look into thine eyps—
Their meek, soli, loving light
Talis like a gleam of holiness
I'pon my heart to-night.
I've not been long away, mother,
Few suns have rose ami set
> nee last a tear drop on thy cheek,
Mv lips in kisses met.
'Tis but a little time, I know,
But very long it seems.
Though every night 1 come to thee, ,
Dear mother, in my dreams.
This world has kindly dealt, mother,
By the child thou lov'st so well :
Thy prayers have circled round her path,
And 'twas their rosy spell
Which made her paths so dearly bright—
Which strewed the roses there—
Which gave the light and ca-t the balm
On every breath ot ail".
■ 1 bear a happy heart, mother,
A happier never heat,
And even now, new buds of hope
Are bursting at my feet.
Oh. mother, life may be a dream,
But it such dreams aregivep.
While at the portals thus we stand,
What are the truths ot' heaven ?
1 bear a happy heart, mother ;
Vet when ton ! eyes I see,
And lieur soft tones and winning words,
I ever think of thee ;
And then the tear my spirit weeps,
rnbiihlen fills my eye.
And like a homeless dove I long
(Into thy breast to Hv.
Tbn 1 arn very sad, mother,
I'm vny sad and lone—
Ob! there's no heart whose inmost fold
Ups to me like thine own—
TTiiiigh-suuny smiles wreathe blooming hps,
Wbileiove tone, meet my ear.
Mr glance of thine,
Were a thousand times more dear.
TOE fifif LICENSE BILL.
An Act to Regulate the Sale of Intox
icating Liquors.
S-ction 1. Ire it enacted by the S-nnte and
i!.-e n| Representatives of the Commonwealth
el Pennsylvania in the General Assembly met,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
sane, That lrom and alter the passage ot this
act, it shall he unlawful to keep al| ii maintain
v I/ ii e, room or place w here vinous, spirit
i is, n ilt or brewed liquors, or any admixtures
thereof, are sold or drank, except as hereinafter
proi idee).
S-c. 2. That no license hereafter issued to
anv venders of vinous, spirituous, malt or brew
ed liquors, or any admixtures thereof, either
with or without other goods, wares and mer
< aniiize, shall authorize sales of said liquors,
or any admixtures thereof, in less quantities than
''■ae gallon, except as hereafter provided, nor
snail any license for the said sales in any quan
i v be granted to the keeper of any beer house,
theatre or other place ol amusement.
S-c. 3. That breweries and distilleries in ail
rails of tls - State shall be returned, classed, as
and licensed, agreeably to the provisions
ol tlu- of act the tenth of April, Anno Domi
ni, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine,
'•milled "An Act to create a sinking fund, and
to provide for the gradual and certain extin
t: oil meat of the debt of the Common wealth,"
ami tiie owner, proprietor or lessee of any and
"ach ol the said breweries and distilleries, shall
f* assessed and required to pay annually, before
'inning a license, double the rates or tax as
' ' >se<l, agreeably to said act : Provided, That
'•' -miie shall not in any case be less than fifty
I'.rs: nor shall such license authorize sales
'V them of less than five gallons, except malt
' : '• faiewed liquors, which may be bottled and
!|V "' -i in quantiti'-s not 1-ss than one dozen
f x c. 4. That the provisions of this act shall
■'appiy to importers selling imported wines,
liquors or ardent spirits in the original
1 m cask, package or vessel as imported, and
*■' '• i:riporters shall be returned, classed, assess
' 'ana licensed as provi led by an act to provide
vv-nne to meet the demands on the treasury,
a m! fhr otlier purposes, passed the fourth day of
•' a y, Ann i Domini, one thousand eight fnin
'• " t and forty-one, upon the payment of dou
the additional rate or lax id the tenth section
01 i;i act mentioned.
5. That the provisions of this act shall
' "Xteutl to druggists and apothecaries who
" !lc| ! sell unmixed alcohol, or comjiound or sell
v ami fixtures of wine, alcohol, spirituous or
•" v, ei! liquors in the preparation of medicines,
upon tiie written prescription of a regular
i -iciicing physician : Provided, That no drug
or apothecary shall sell or keep for sale,
I ''Ot any name or pretence, any preparation
as aforesaid, that they may be used
'' a beverage, and any violation of this section
," 1 ,e punished in the manner prescribed in
tweuty-eighth section of this act.
rfiat licenses to venvlers of vinous,
'toous, malt,of brewed liquors as aforesaid,
with or without other gootL, wares, and
| merchandize, in quantities not less than one
gallon, to keepers of hotels, inns, and taverns,
selling in quantities less than a gallon, and to
keepers of eating houses, for the sale of malt
and brewed liquors and domestic wines, shall
| only he granted to citizens of the United Slates,
of temperate habits and good moral character
and not until the requirements as hereinafter
provided, shall havebe-oi complied with.
| Sec. 7. That licenses for sales of liquors as
herein provided, shall be granted by the Court
of Quarter Sessions of the proper county,
cept Philadelphia and Allegheny, at the first or
second session in each year, and shall be for one
| year. The said couit.s shall fix by rule or stan
ding order, a lime at which application for said
licenses shall be beard, at which time all per
| sons applying or making objections lo applica
tions for licenses, heard by evidence,
j petition, remonstrance, or counsel : Provided,
That tor the present year, licenses as aforesaid,
may be granted at the tbird or any earlier ses
i sion of said courts.
Sec. 8. That any person intending to apply
I for a license in any city or county of this Com
monwealth, from and after the passage of this
act, shall file with the clerk of the Court
of Quarter Sessions of the proper county,
his, her, or their petition, at least three
; weeks before presenting the same in court or to
the board of licensers, as the case may be, and
shall, at the same time, pay said cfoik twenty
five cents for publishing notice thereof, and said
clerk shall cause to be published three times in
two ot the newspapers of the proper city or
county, a list containing the names of all such
applicants, their respective residences,anil kinds
of license. If not more titan one newspaper
be published in any city or county, I hen publi
! cation iti it shall be sufficient : but if no netvs-
I paper be printed in anv city or county, then
the publication shall be bv printed handbills in
such manner as the Court may prescribe ; and
whether by handbills or advertisement, the first
; publication shall be at least ten secular days be
fore the time fixed by the Courts as aforesaid :
and in the case of hotels, inns or taverns, and
eating houses, the petition shall embrace a cer
tificate. signed bv at least twelve reputable riti
zens of the ward, borough or.township m which
such hotel, inn or tavern is proposed lobe kept;
or if there be less than fifty tnxabfos in any
borough or township, by six such citizens, set.
ling firth that the same is necessary to accom
| modate the public and entertain strangers or
travelers: and that such person is of good n—
■ pute for honesty and temperance, and is well
provided with house room as hereinafter pre
scribed, and conveniences for the accommoda
tion of strangers and travelers : Provided, That
; \yhere there shall not be sufficient time between
the passage of this act and the next session of
-the sfiitf-CiUHt--tJweitrVefin anyJfmiinty, to fifo
a petition and make publication as aforesaid, the
j said Court shall order a special or adjourned
j session at an early day, at which licenses may
be granted.
Sec. ft. That rio person shall be licensed to
keep a hotel, inn, or tavern, in any city or
county town as aforesaid, which shall not have
lor the exclusive use of travelers, at least tour
bed rooms and eight beds ; nor in any other
ports of the State, at least two bed rooms and
lour beds, for such use.
S-c. 10. That be fire any license for the sale
of liquors nnt'er the provisions of this act shall
be gian't d, such person applying for the same,
shall give a bond to the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, willi two sufficient sureties, in the
sum of one thousand dollars, where the license
shall be above the seventh class, and in five
hundred dollars for all in and below that class,
conditional for the faithful observance ol all
tiie laws of this Commonwealth relating to tie*
business of the principal obligor, and a warrant
,of attorney to confess judgment: which bond
and warrant shall be approved by the said
Court, and fte filed in the office of (fie Clerk of
the Quarter Session* of the proper county : and
whenever a judgment for any forfeiture or
i fine shall have been recovered, or conviction
had foranv violation of the provisions ol this
I act, or of any other law for the observance of
. which said bond be conditioned, if shall be
the duty of the District Attorney of the proper
county, to enter a judgment and institute suit
I thereon, and thereupon the same proceedings
shall be had, and with the like effect, and with
tiie same costs as now provided bv law in the
case of forfeited bonds and recognizances, in
the several counties of this Commonwealth.
THe bond to he given by the keepers oj eating
houses as aforesaid, shall in all cas sbe ttie nun
! of five hundred dollars.
B>c. 11. That it shall not be law ful for the
cbrk of said court to i>ne any license, as afore
said, until the applicant shall have filed lite cer
tificate of tile city or county treasurer that the
license fee lias been paid.
Sec. I*2. That the venders of vinous, malt, or
distilled liquors, either with or without other
goods, wares, or commodities, except as herein
after provided, shall be classified and rated as
prescribed in an act to provide revenue to meet
the demands on the treasury arid for other pur
poses, passed the 4-tli day of May, A. 1). 1841,
and shall pav double the additional rale ot tax
in the tenth section of said act specified : but
no such license for sales in any amount shall be
granted fur a less sum that) s*>o.
Sec. 13. That all hotels, inns, and taverns
shall be classified and rated according to the es
timated yearly rental of the house and property
j intended to be occupied for said purpose, as fol
lows, to wit : All cases where the valuation of
(the yearly rental shall be 10,000 or more,shall
! constitute the fiist class, and pay §IOOO.
Where the valuation of the yearlv rental shall
be §BOOO, and not more than §IO.OOO, the
second class, and shall pay §BOO. Where the
valuation of the rental shall be S6OOO, an 1 not
more than §BOOO, the third clas--, and shall pay
§6OO. Where the valuation of rental shaii be
, §4OOO, ami not more than §6OOO, the fourth
, class, and shall pay §IOO. Where the valua
tion of rental shall be §2OOO, and not more than
FRIDAY MORNING, BEDFORD, PA. APRIL 11, 1856.
§4OOO, the fifth class, and shall pay §3OO.
\\ here the valuation of rental shall be §IOOO,
and not more than §2OOO, the sixth class, and
shall pay §l5O. Where the valuation shall be
§SOO, and not more than §IOOO, the seventh
class, and shall pay SIOO. Where the valua
tion of tiie rental shall be 300, and not more j
than 500, the eighth class, and shall pnv 50:
and where the valuation of" the rental shall he
under 300, the ninth class, and shall pay §25 :
Provided, That in the ciliex of Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh no license granted under the 1
twelfth and thirteenth sections ef this act shall j
lie fir a less sum than §75, nor in other cities,
towns, or boroughs containing over tw'o hun-'
died taxnbles, ft'ss than 50.
Sec. 14. That no license shall be granted for
the keeping of eating houses, except where they
may be necessary for the accommodation of the'
public and travelers, and shall only authorize
the sale of domestic wines, ma I*, and brewed
liquors ; and all persons so licensed shall be
classified and rated according to (lie provisions
of the twenty-second and t went y-third sections
of an act to create sinking fund, and to pro
vide for the gradual and certain extinguishment
of the debt of this Commonwealth, approved the
tenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand
eight hundred and fiirtv nine, and shall pay
double the rates required to he paid bv said act :
Provided, That no such license shall be grant.-d
in the city of Philadelphia and county of Alle
gheny, for a 1-ss sum than fifty dollars, nor in
other parts of the State for a less sum than
twenty dollars.
Sec. 15. That all persons applying for li
cense, and classified under tbp thirteenth sec
tfon of this act, shall he assessed ami returned
as provided in the sixth, seventh, eighth and
ninth sections of an act relating to inns, tav
erns, and retailers of vinous and spirituous li
quors, passed tb.e eleventh dav of March, Anno
Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thir
ty-four: and thos'e classifiet I under Ihe twelfth
and fourteenth sections of this act shall be as
sessed and returned bv the persons and in the
manner provided I v law, in the several conn-,
ties of*this Stat" for the appraisement of mer
cantile taxes: Provided, That in the city of
Philadelphia and coiintv of Allegheny, said as
sessment and returns shall be made by the
Hoard of Licensers as hereinafter proscribed.
S"c. 16. That for the purpose of granting
licenses to parties enumerated under the six'th
section of this act, in the city and county of
Philadelphia, and county of Allegheny, tV
judges of the district courts, in and (or said
counties respectively, shall immediately, after
the passage of this act, appoint three temperate
and reputable persons, citizens of said counties,
and in no manner interested in, or connected
with the liquor business, who shall constitute
a Hoard of Licenses lor tfeir respective conn
ti*s, and the persons so appointed, shall meet at
the distiict court room, on tiie Monday next
following their appointment, and shall make
eath or affirmation before one of the judges of
said courts, to discharge their duties faithfully
and impartially, and shall, then and there, in
the presence of said judge, divide th-ms-dves .
into three classes by agreement or lot, with a
term of.service of one, two act! three years res
pectively: from the first .Monday of February
las!, and annually thereaftej, -in the month of
January, the said courts shall respectively ap
point one petson of like qualifications, to til!
tiie vacancy caused bv (he expiration of any
term of service as the same shall otenr. and to,
serve for a period of three years: and any va
cancy in said board, from death, resignation or
otherwise, shall be supplied bv said courts re
spectively, for the unexpired term thereof.
Sec. 17. That immediately liter being quali
fied as aforesaid, and annually thereafter, be
fore the first day of April, the said board shall
give due notice bv advertisement, in at least
two newspapers, published in their respective
counties, of the time and place of their meeting,
when and where, and from time to time, as may
be necessary, the said hoard shall proceed lo ap
pro lion among the wards of said city of Phila
delphia, and wards, townships and boroughs
within tiie county of Allegheny, the hotels,,
ions and taverns, and eating .houses, to which
said city and county may he entitled, under the
provisions of this act, and to leceive evidence,
for, and against said application and to grant
licenses, for which purpose they shall inquire
into tiie moral character and sobriety of the ap
plicant, and ascertain the locality, comtnodious
iiess arid extent of the houses and property
proposed to be occupied for the purpose men
tioned in the petition, and whether the said li
censes shall be required for the accommodation
of the public; and the clerk of the Court of
Quarter Sessions ot the said counties shall pro
duce before said respective Hoards of Licen
sers 1 fte aj plications tiled in their offices, with
proof cd° publication of notice as aforesaid.: and
shall, as a majority of the said Hoard shall de
termine, mark on said applications, "granted"
or "refused :" and the said Hoard shall at the
same tune decide upon the sufficiency of the
sureties in the applicant's bond upon justifica
tion or proof, fir which purpose, and in th*
discharge of their other duties, the said Hoard
shall have the power to administer oaths and
affirmations with the like effect as if taken in a
judicial proceeding in court.
Sec. 18. That whenever any license, as a
foresaid. shall be granted hv said hoard, they
shall agreeably to the provisions n< the twelfth,
thirteenth and fourteenth sections of this act,
and according to the classifications therein con
tained, estimate and ascertain the annual sales
of said venders, and ol said keepers of eating
houses, and the yearly rental or valuation of the
house and property occupied- or intended to be
occupied as a hotel, inn or tavern, and shall de
cide upon the rated pi ice to be paid for said li
censes fir one year,according tosaid classifica
tion. The petitions and bonds, in nil cases
where tiie application may be granted by said
board, shall be returned to the said clerk's office
and licenses therefor be issued by him at any
time after five dav;. from the dgteol said return,
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
unless an appeal he taken, as hereinafter pro
vided, from the decision bf said board upon any
apportionment, classification, or petition, as a
foressid, in which at such time and in such
manner as may be fixed by rule of Court the
said Court of Quarter Session* shall forthwith
proceed to consider and determine upon said
appeals ; and in the event of any apportion
ment or classification being set aside, the said
board shall proceed to correct the same accor
ding to the older of said Court: and if an ap
i peal from any license shall be sustained, they
shall return from the applications already made,
' such as may be most meritorious, subject, how
! ever, to an appeal in like manner, and so from
time to time as may be necessary.
Sec. Ift. That appeals ftorn av apportion
ment, classification or giant of license by said
"board mav be taken to the Court of Quarter
Sessions of the proper county : Provided, That
the exceptions thereto shall be in writing and
sustained bv oatli or affirmation, and shall be
filed in said clerk's office within five days after
the return, but no appeal shall he taken to any
apportionment as aforesaid, unless the excep
tions thereto shall be signed by at least twelve
citizens of the ward, township or borough af
fected thereby. And if exceptions to the gran
ting of any license as aforesaid shall be sustain
ed bv saiil court, the decision ot said court shall
state upon which ot said exceptions the said li
cense may be refused, and shall he endorsed up
on the petition, and returned by the tlerk of
sail! court to the Hoard of Licensers.
Sec. 20. That after the lapse of five days as
aforesaid, or as said appeals shall be determined
bv the Court, the said clerk shall make out and
is'-ue to tiie proper persons said licenses, which
: shall run fir one year from the first day ol
Mnv : but no license shall he issued unless the
applicant shall hav*paid the following fees, to
; wit : To the clerk ot said court Ibr publication
of notice and petitions, and for all other servi
ces, one dollar, and tor all the services of the
' Hoard of Licensers one dollar, which latter a
niount shall be accounted for and paid over
weekly to the respective treasurers ol said city
' or county, to delrav the necessary expenses in
' cured by said board for advertising, stationery,
and otherwise- Each member ot said Board ot
: Licensers shot I receive five dollars for each day
necessarily occupied by him in the discharge
;of his duties : Provided, That it shall not ex
ceed in any one year the sum of five hundred
' dollars, and shall be paid upon warrants on the
■ State Treasurer, drawn bv the Auditor General,
in favor of tlie parties entitled to the same.
Sec. 21. That if anv person shall give, be
; stow, or -itemise anv monev, reward, office, or
anything of value, to any member of said Hoard
of Licensers for the purpose of influencing his
: action in granting any such license; or if any
oteti'ber nwwfolinard shall accpt the -arac foe
his vote or influence therein, any person so of
finding shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean
or. and on conviction thereof, he fined in a sum
not less than one hundred dollars, nor more
than five hundred dollars, and suffer imprison
ment not less than one month, nor more than
three months.
' Sec. 22. That every person licensed to sell
spirituous, * inous, n alt,or brewed liquors under
this art, shall frame liis license under a glass
and place the same, so that it may at all times
be conspicuous, mi liis chief place of making
sales, and no such license shall authorize sales
bv anv person who shall neglect this require
ment.
1 Sec. 23. That the commissioners of the sev
eral counties, and board o| licetvrs, shall fur
nish a certified list of all persons so appraised,
with the classification, as made out and finally
determined upon, to the treasurers ol their re
snective counties, or of the citv of Philadel
phia. the case mav be, who shall within twen
ty days thereafter transmit to the Auditor Gen
era! a copy of stub list, and shall receive and
colled the sums to tie paid lor such licenses, in
the manner directed by law, with any lees pay
able thereon.
Sec. 24. That it shall be the duty of the Au
ditor General to charge the said city or county
treasurers, as tiie case may b u , with the amount
payable bv the several person* in said lists:
from the payment of any part of which amount,
said treasurers shallonlv be exonerated by pro
ducing satisfactory evidence to the department,
that the party or parties so returned, failed to
obtain a license as afoiesairl.
Sec. 25. That it sha'l be the duty of the Au
ditor General to return to the Legislature annu
ally, in the month of January, a statement, ar
ranged in a tabular form, of the number and
I classification and license rates ot ail importers,
brewer , and distillers, keepers of hotels, inns or
taverns, eating houses, and venders of vinous,
spirituous and malt or brewed liquors, either
with or without other goods, wares and mer
chadize. designating each county separately.
Sec. 26. That where any license may In
granted as alur-said. under the classification
ot the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth, sec
lions of this act, it shall not be transferable nor
shall it confer the light to sell litjuclrs as afore
said in anv other house, building o* place than
(lie one mentioned, and described iutthe license,
nor shall the bar nf'any apartments so called or
used, be underlet, but if the party so licensed
shall die, remove oi cease to keep said hotel,
inn, tavern, eating house or store, the said
court mav grant a license for lite remainder c>f
the year at anv term ol the court, to his or hei
successor who shall comply with the law in
other respects, except solar as relates to pub
lishing of notice.
SIT. 27 That the number of licenses so grant
ed to keepers of hotels, inns or taverns in the
nmgreeaie shall not exceed in the cities one to
every one hundred taxable®, nor in the several
counties of the State, one to every one hundred
and fiftv taxable®, the number of said taxables
to be taken from (lie returns of the preceding
vear, and it shall be the duty ot the courts of
Quarter Sessions of the respective counties, (the
City of Philadelphia and county of Allegheny,
1 excepted w here the board of licensers shall per
form such duties) immediately after the pas
sage of the act to apportion the aggregate num
ber of hotels, inns or taverns so to he licensed
under the provisions hereof, among the cities,
boroughs, tow ns and to-.vnsbips of their respec
tive counties, which apportionment shall be
made with reference to the convenience of the
public and the acccmmodation of strangers,
travellers and sojourners: and the said Court
may, from time to time, as occasion may arise,
alter, enlarge and change such apportionment :
Provided, That the number of licenses to keep
ers of eating houses shall not exceed in any
city or county one-fourth of the number of ii
censes for hotels, inns and taverns to which the
said city or county may be entitled.
Set-. 28. That any sale made of vinous, spir
ituous, brewed or malt liquors, or any admix
tures thereof, contrary to the provisions ot this
law, shall !>e taken to be a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction of the offence, in the Court
of Quarter Sessions of the peace, of any city
or county, the person so offending shall !<e sen
tenced to pay a fine of not less than ten, nor
more than one hundred dollars, with the costs
of prosecution, and to stand committed until
the sentence of the court is complied with, not
exceeding thirty days : and upon a second, or
any suhseqent conviction, the party so offend
ing shall, in addition to the payment of a fine,
as aforesaid, undergo an imprisonment in the
countv jail of not less than on<- month, nor
more than three months, and if licensed, shall
forfeit said license and be incapacitated from
receiving any license, as aforesaid, for the
period of five years thereafter: ami any keeper
of anv drug or apothecary slot . confection;; ry,
or mineral, or anv other fountain, who shall
S--II anv spirituous, vinous, malt, or brewed li
quors, mixed or pure, to be used as a beverage,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
liable lo,conviction and punishment, as afore
said.
Sire. 29. That any persons who shall be
found intoxicated in any street, highway, pub
lic house or public place, shall he fined upon
the view of, or upon proof made before any
Mayor, Alderman or Justice of tiie Peace, not
exceeding five dollars, to he levied with the
proper costs upon the goods and chatties of the
defendant.
Snc. 30. That any person who shall sell
spirituous or other intoxicating liquors as afore
said, to any person who shall diink the same
on the premises where sold and become thereby
intoxicated, shall besides his liability in dama
ges tinder anv existing law be fined five dollars
for every such offence, to be recovered in debt,
before anv Aiderman or Justice of Ih <■ Peace,
bv any wife, husband, parent, child, relative or
guardian of the person so injured, and levied no
on the goods and chattfos of the defendant with
out exemption Provided, That suits shall not
lie instituted alter twenty days from the com
mission of the offences in this and the preceding
sections.
S::v. 31. That it shall be the duty of the
Court, Mayor, Alderman or Justice of the
Peace, before whom anv fine or penalty shall
be recovered, to award to tiie informer or pro
secutor, or both a reasonable share thereof for
time and expense, hut not in any case exceed
ing one third, and tiie residue, as well as the
proceeds of all forfeited bonds a cfor-sairf. shn 1 !
be paid to the Directors of the Public Schools
of the proper district, except in the city oi
Philadelphia, where they shall paid to 110
city Treasurer to he supplied for School purpo
ses, and nothing herein contained shall prevent
anv such iri firmer or prosecutor from becoming
a witness in anv such case.
Si:o. 32. That no person pursuing exclusive
ly the business of bottler of cider, perrv. ale,
porter or beer, and not at the same time follow
ing or engaging in anv way the business ot keep
ing any hotel, inn or tavern, restaurant, oyster
house, or cellar, or place oft entertainment,
amusement or refreshment, shall he required to
take out license under the provi-ions oi this
law: Provided, That such persons shall not
sell or deliver said cider, perry, ale, porter or
beer in less quantities than a dozen bottles at
one time, nor permit any said liquors to be
drank iqion the premises occupied in said bu
siness, and anv violation ol this section shall be
punishable as, and in the manner provided in
the twentv-eigth section of this act. And pro
vided further, That producers and manufactur
ers of domestic wines and cider may sell and
deliver the same hy anv measure not less than
five gallons, and in any quantity not less than
one dozen bottles, without license therefor.
Sec. 33. That tb.e constables of the respec
tive wards .and townships shall make return of
retailers of liquors, as now provided by law .
and in addition thereto it shall be the dutv
every such constable, at each termoi the ( our!
of Quarter Sessions of the respective countns,
to make return on oath or affirmation, whether,
within his knowledge, there is any place with
in his bailiwick kept and maintained in viola
tion of this act. And it shall he the especial
duty of the judges of all said courts to see that
this return is faithfully made. And if any per
son shali he known in writing, with his or her
name subscribed thereto, to such the
name or names of any one who shall have vio
lated this act, with the names of witnesses who
can prove the fact, it shall be his duty to make
return thereof on oath or affirmation to the
court, ami upon his wilful failure to do so he
shall he deemed guilty of misden ear.or, and up
on indictment and conviction shall pay a fine of
fifty dollars, and he subject to imprisonment, at
the discretion of the court,of not less than ten
nor more than thirty days.
Sec. 34. That any person engaged in the sale
or manufacture of intoxicating liquors, as afore
said, shall employ or permit any intemperate
person, in any way to assist in such manufacture
or sale, it shall he deemed a misdemeanor : and
any person so offending, shail be liable to con
viction arid punishment, as provided in thv 2Sth
section of this art.
Sec. 35. That nothing herein contained shall
be construed to impair or alter the provisions ol
TE:RI2N, PER YEAR.
VOL XXIV, NO. 32. '
an act, approved the 2G'th day of February, A.
D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five,
entitled "An Act to prevent the sale of intox
icating liquors, on the first day oi the week,
commonly called Sunday nor of the act ot
the eigth of May, one thousand eight hundied
and filtv-four, entitled "An Act to protect cer
tain domestic and private rights, and prevent
ahus-s in the sale and use ol intoxicating
drinks:" am' the same are hereby declared to
he in full force and effect. Provided, however.
That the act entitled "An Act to restrain the
sale of intoxicating liquors:" approved the
fourteenth dv of April, Anno Domini, one
thousand eight hundred and fiftv-five, and all
other laws or parts oi' laws inconsistent here
with are hereby repealed. Provided also, That
any license heretofore granted shall act be hetV
by invalidated.
1.0-r 'x S•<••>* SrortM WoNnritrnr, !>•
CAl'i:.—A letter dated lowa Point, Kansas, Feb.
sth, says :—This has been a day of intense ex
citement in our qui-t town, caused by a voting
lady of this neighborhood being lust Irs a snow
storm. The facts are as fallows :
A Miss Martha Perkins, who resides five
miles from this place, was on a visit to her
brother-inlaw who resides here, tin Tuesday
last, the sth inst., she started to walk home.—
It was snow ing hard at the time she started and
continued for two days. The snow was then
eighteen inch* - deep. Her road was mostly
over high rolling prairie, the snow beating di
rect!' in her face. She pursued her journey
with much difficulty unlit within a mile ot
home, when she lost her way and rambled about
until sunset, when she took refuge for the night
in a deep husliv ravine. There in the deep
snow she constructed a very ingenious little
house out of tire tall weeds that grew near by :
and there she spent the first night of camp life,
without frod to sustain life or tire to warm, or
any clothing except her apparel to shelter her,
from the storm, the little weed house sire had
erected being the oniv thing she had to keep
her from exposure to the bleak winds and how
ling storm. Early next morning she started
out in pursuit oi her home, but went entirely a
different course. After travelling all day, fre
quently through snow Fur feel deep, exhausted
and fatigued, her feet frozen, abandoning all
idea of ever reaching home, she stopped and a
erai{i built her weed hut. In this little frail ten
ement she resigned herself to her fate, and it
came well nigh bewig her last resting place up
on this earth. She remained in this situation,
and at this last named place, (rom Wednesday
until Saturday, about 12 o'clock, when she
was found bv a party who were in search of
her. She had been tAit four days and a half,
and four nights, exyxa* ,j d to the merciless storms
on the prairies. weather was intensely
cold. During tw o nights of her exposure, the
thermometer ranged from 17 to 20 degrees he
low zero. She said to those who found her,
that she never slept during the whole time, be
lieving that if she had gone to sleep she would
never wake again.
Henry Hay on 4 atlioUcisnit
The following letter from Kerdotk v's e|n.
quent son. was addressed to 'Gardner Jones
President of the University of .Notre Dame du
Lac, near South Bend, Indiana :
WASHINGTON, March 23, ISSO.
Dr.\n Sir. l have received and attentively
perused the letter which, at the instance of the
President and Faculty of the 1 niversity of No
tre Dame dn Lac, you addressed tome the 14 th
inst. Jn that letter they have done me the hon
or to express their approbation of a speech of
mine in the Senate ot the t nited States, the
object of which was to heal all differences, and
amicably to adjust all controversies, arising out
ofthe existence of slavery in the United States.
Such testimony proceeding from a highly re
spectable body oi' gentlemen, retired from the
world, and regarding justly the interests which
belong to another and future slate ot existence
as paramount to all other*, affords oie an inex
pressible degree o! satisfaction.
Nor isail this diminished 1 v the fact that we
happ-n to profess different religious creeds, lor
1 have never believed that that of "the Catho
lics was anti-American and hostile to civil lib
erty." On the contrary, 1 have with great
pleasure, and with sincere conviction, on sever
al public occasions, borne testimony to my per
fect ; t-rsuasion that Catholics are as devoted to
civil liberty, and as much animated by patriot
ism. as those who belong to the Prott slant
creed.
I am not surprised, that, in the seclusion of
those whom von represent, great solicitude
should be fell lor the snf. ty and preservation of
that Union which iscursniest guaranty of peace,
order, libertv, and public happiness, I hope
and believe that dangers winch appeared to
threaten it have diminished ; but there is still
greater occasion for the exeicise of a spirit oi
concord, mutual concession anil harmony.
1 request vou to present to the President and
Faculty assurances ol'my respectful acknowl
edgments, and accept yourself those of your re
spectful and obedient servant,
H. Clav.
Ni:m.ctierxKzze:a EXHUMED.— -It is staler!
that Col. Rawlinson, who Uat present engaged
in prosecuting the discoveries commenced by
La van! and Hotta, and in exhuming from the
mounds of the long lost rival citiesof Ninevah
and Babylon, ihe instructive remains ol this
once gigantic power, has lately discovered, in
a state of perfect preservation, what is believed
to be tlie mummy ot Nebuchednezzer. The
litre ofthe rebellious monarch of Babylon, cov
ered by one of those gold masks usually i'ound
in Assyrian tombs, is described as very hand
son,,—the forehead high and commanding, the
IVatuies marked and regular. This interesting
relic of remote antiquity is lor the present pre
served in the Museum of the Last Jndia Con)*
pany.