1\11" • . Pb2aQ.2,llL/..-0 4 b , / /IC% Office of the Star & Banner COUNTY utricuvro, ABOVE THE OFFICE OF TUE REGISTER AND RECORDER. I. The STAR & REPUBLICAN 13A7t:CER ix published at TWO DOLLARS per annum (or Volatns of 53 nurnbera,) payable half -yearly in advance: or TWO DOLLARS & FIFTY CENTS, if not paid until after the expiration of the year. 11. No subscription will be received for a short er period than•sis months; nor will the paper be discontinued until all arrearages are paid, un less at the option of the Editor. A failure to notify a discontinuance will be considered a new en gagement and the paper forwarded accordingly. ADVERTIHEMENTR not exceeding a square will be inserted runes times for $l, and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion—the number of in sertion to be marked,or they will be published till forbid and charged accordingly; longer ones in the same proportion. A reasonablededuction will bo made to those who advertise by the year.. IV. All Lettersand Communications addressed to the Editor by mail must be post-paid, or they will not be attended to. THE GARLAND. —"With sweetest flowers enrich'd From various gardens culrd with care." HOPE. Hay, what ware life, if hope'i bright ray Shed not ite fulgent light, To cheer us through our dark careen A dreary, endless light'. Hope le an anodyne that lulls The pain of jealous fear; Preserves the bosom's wonted pesea Expels the starting tear. It is the pilot of our love, That guides u■ o'er life's wave, Exempt from shoals, exempt from wreck, Unto the port we crave. 'Tie hope's bright beacon makes the heart So buoyant and so free; Without it we'd be fouvdering Upon lire's restless se 5aaCYBM11161312 ( DII0o TBXI OLD P.ANIXLIT BLBLEI. AN INCIDENT FROX ARAL LIFE. Whoever has travelled among the Scot tish hills and dales, cannot have failed to observe the scrupulous fidelity of the tnhab• itants to the old family Bible. A more honorable trait of character than this can• not be found; for all men, whether Chris. Liens or infidels, are prone to put reliance on those who make the Bible their confi• dent, and whose well thumbed pages show the confidence their owners possess in it. A few years ago, there dwelt in Ayr• shire an ancient couple, possessing of this world's gear sufficient to keep them inde• pendent from want or wo, and a canny daughter OS bless their grey hairs and totter ing steps. A gallant of a farmer became enamored of the daughter, and she, nothing loth, consented .to be his. As the match was even•• way worthy of her, the old folks consente - d, and as they wore desirous to sesi their bairns comfortable, the two were made one.. In a few short years, the scythe of Time cut'down the old people, and they gave their bodies to the dust and their souls to their creator. • The young farmer having heard much of the promised land deyond the sea, gath ered together his duds, and selling such as were useless, packed up those calculated to be of service to him at his new home.— Some neighbors having the same itching for adventure, sold off their homes and homesteads, and, with the young couple, set sail for America. Possessed of considerable property in the shape of 4 siller,' this company were not like the generality of emigrants, poor and friendless, but happy, and full of hope of the future. The first thing done after the lan ding, was, the taking out of the old family heir-loom; and returning thanks and praise to Him who bad guided their bark to a safe haven. As the farmer's object in coming to this country was, to purchase a farm, and follow his occupation, but little time was spent in the city he had arrived in; and his fellow passengers had previously determined on their destination, he bid them farewell, and with a light heart turned his face towards the setting sun. Indiana at this time, was settling last, and having heard of its cheap and fertile lands, he determined on settling within its borders. On the banks of the Wabash, he fixed on a farm, and having paid cash for one halt,' gave a mortgage for the balance, payable in one year. -1 flaying stocked his farm, and pat seed in the_ground, he rested from his labar, and patiently iveited..the time when ho might go forth to reap the harvest; but alas! no ears of grain gladdened his heart or rewarded his toil. The fryer of the country attarlo.(l him, at the time when the fields were white with the fullness of the laborer's skit:, death called him home, and left his disenionlato wife a widow, and his only child an orphan. We lenve this first anrrny, and pima on In wintry, the struggler; of the afflicted w;..t.)w a year allerwards. The time hay. ing arrived when the mortgage was to . be paid, she borrowed the money from a neighbor who had been very attentive to her husband and herself, ono who knelt at the same table with her, to renew their pro fessed obligations to the Giver of all good. Hard and patiently did she toil to repay the sum against the promised time; but all would not do, fortune lumped, and she gave way to her accumulated troubles.— Disheartened and distracted, she relinquish ed her farm and her stock for a less sum than she owed her Christian neighbor; who not satisfied with that put an execution on her furniture. On the Sabbath previous to the sale, she took courage, and, strengthening herself with the knowledge of having wronged no one, went to the temple of her Father and with a heart filled with humanity and love, poured out her soul to Him 'who turneth not away;' and having communed side by side with her Christian neighbor, returned to her desolate home. . _ Here her fortitude had like to have forsaken her but seeing the 'old family Bi ble,' she reverently put it to her lips, and saught consolation from its pages. Slowly she perused its holy and inspiring verses, and gathered hope from its never fading promises; and while the tears flowed freely, her heart seemed to say— Within this holy book I trace The life of Christ, his wondrous grace, His anxious care and holy love, Not earth's, not mind, but heaven's above. Tho path is clear, the track is sure, Why wait T, then, those pangs ondurel o grant, my God my life may be Sincere and prayerful, Lord ! to thee The day of the sale arrived, her few goods and chattles wore, in due course, knocked off to the highest bidder. Unmov ed, she saw pass from her possession, arti cle after article, without a murmur, till the constable held up the old family Bible.— This was too much. Tears flowed, and gave silent utterance to a broken heart. She begged the constable to spare her this memento of her beloved and departed pa rents; and the humane man of the law would willingly have given it to her, but her inexorable creditor declared every thing should be sold, as he was determined to have all that was owing him. The book was therefore put up, and a bout being disposed of for a few shillings, when she suddenly snatched it, and decla. ring she would have some relic of those she loved, cut the slender thread that held the brown linen cover, with the intention of retaining it. The cover fell into her hands, and with it, two flat pieces of thin, dirty paper. Surprised at the circumstance, she examined them,•and what was her joy and delight to find they each called for five hundred pounds on the bank of England. On the back of one, in her mother's hand I writing, were the following words, 'When sorrows overtake ye, seek yer Bible;' and on the other in her father's hand—Yer father's ears are never deaf.' The sale was immediately stopped, and the family Bible giVen to its faithful owner. The furniture sold, was readily offered to her, •by those who had purchased, which she gladly took. • Having paid off her relentless creditor to ' the utmost farthing, and rented a small house in the village of---, she placed the balance of her money in such a w.iy as to receive interest enough to keep her comfortable; and she is now able to enjoy the precepts of the family Bible, without fear of molestation. Her time and attention are devoted to the bringing up of her bright blue eyed Alice; and if the happy erodes of the couatenance may be considered an index of the heart and mind, little Alice bids fair to be a shilling star in the commu nity of which she at present forms but a unit. At the meeting house in the centre of the village, may be soon, every Sunday, sitting about halfway up the south aisle, a lady about thirty years of age, dressed in deep mourning, with a face glowing with the beauty of holiness; but on whom may be seen deep traces of passed sorrow. At the public house in the same place, and at the same time, may also be seen 41i being in the garb of a man, bloated, and setting over the poisoning bowl. The one is the possessing widow, the other is the 1 professing neighbor. • (From tho French.] ROSANNA, THE UGLY ONE. 'But look, then,' said Mrs. Moore to her husband, how ugly-that little one is; is she not, William?" And Mr. Moore, who was sitting in a rocking chair, amusing himself with poking the fire, laid down the tongs he held and gravely answered his wife. "But, my dear, you have already said so one hundred times, and wore you to say it one hundred times more, Rose would not become the less ugly fdr your saying so." Rosanna was a little girl of about four teen. She was their child, and to do her mother justice, was really very ugly—nay, I almost revolting, with her little gray eyes, flat nose, large mouth', thick, protruding lips, red hair, and above all, a form remark. ably awry. Rose was, then, very ugly—but she was a sweet girl, -nevertheless. Kind and in telligent, she possessed n mind of the bigh t:3qt order. Nature• seemed to ha. , e coin. pensated her with every 'mod quality of the heart for the went of every beauty of. per son. • The poor little_thing was profoundly hurt as she listened to her mother's observation. "Oh, you little fright, you will never get a husband." G. w.e..CZINGTON 30'7/MN, 31D1T03. & PROPRIETOR: The liberty to knoto, to utter, and to argue, freely, is above all other liberties.”—MlLTON. oalutelramirmse a;•ca.(be , rPtipulaa)lize cittwevaw $39 aC341.a0 Eight o'clock struck; Mts. Moore was sorely vexed. Tremblingly the little 'girl approached her mother to give her the kiss of good night: "Tis uzeless, you little monster," said her mother. - A tear rolled from the little one's eye.— She hastily wiped it away, and turning to her father presented him the yet humid cheek. He kissed her tenderly. "I am not altogether miserable," she murmured leaving the room. Retired tc her chamber she commenced embroidering a scarf, and worked thus part of the night, for she desired to be able . to present it to her mother when she rose in the morning. The clock struck twelve. She had just finished, and putting it by, the little girl calmly resigned herselfto rest. Her repose was undisturbed. On the : morrow Rose presented the scarf to her mother. What was the pain the little one experienced, when her mother received it coldly, and expressed none of those tender sentiments which were to have been the little one's reward. Her eyes by chance glanced over 'a neighboring mirror. "Yei," she said internally, "I am ugly —they are right," and she sought in her younff b head to find remedy for ugliness. And then in the world new pangs wound ed the little one's heart. A first impres sion alienated all the young girls of her own age—but then she was so good, so am iable, so amusing, that they approached, then listened, then loved her. Now indeed, our little one was happy. One day Mr. Moore wetit home in a vi olent passion, and. became, in consequence demo trilling prevarication, highly in censed against his wile. Their domestic felicity was troubled for eight long days— for eight long days Mrs. Moore was contin ually crying. Rosanna in vain racked her young brains to discover why, but her fa ther, still continued angry, and her mother still continued weeping. At last she reflect ed in' her mind how to reconcile the par ties. They were all three seated in the parlor —Mr. Moore was arranging the fire—when this was concluded, ho threw the tongs from him, snatched a book from the mantel and opened it abruptly; but after a moment's perusal, he closed it again in a violent hu mor, cast a fierce glance at his trembling wife, and hurriedly rose from his chair. Rosanna, deeply moved, clasped her arms about his neck, as he was about to rise; and affectionately caressed him. He could not reject her innocent coaxing, and t:te little girl thinking she had bucceeded in touch. ing his heart, took in her hands the mots tened handkerchief wherewith her mother had been drying her weeping eyes, and dried them a second time therewith; she then tenderly embraced her mother, who returned her affectionate caress with all a• mother's fondness. The parties being now favorably dispos ed, nought remained but to establish peace. This was no easy matter—neither would make the first overture—and without the penetration of little Rose, the reconciliation would not then have taken place. She took her father's hand between her own little hands, and pressed it to her bo• som. She then took her mother's hand, and joined it into her father's as it lay near her heart. Human pride could resist no longer—the alienated parents rose at the samo moment and cordially embraced each other. From that hour Rose was the idol of them both. Six years after this, Rosanna, the ugly Rosanna, was the ornament to every society to which her mother presented tier. Am. fable, witty and observing,her conversation was universally courted. . • One summer evening, the sun, which during the day, had 'shed over nature an intense heat, had just disappeared, leaving the horizon covered with long bands of red —clouds more and more dark were heap ing themselves on the eastern sky—the atmosphere was suffocating, and one would deem the earth was returning to the sun the heat she had been receiving during the day. All was heavy and weary, the air inhaled seemed rather to suffocate than to nourish. • A . drowsy languor overcame every one. In a saloon whose every window was thrown open, might be seen gliding hear "Go to bed Rosanna." and there, in the darkened light, groups o females, whose white dresses slightly agita tated by the rising breeze of the evening offered something mysterious and poetical whereon the imagination loved to dwell. A low languished whisper was then heard, like the soothing murmur •of some. distant rivulet. A young woman, seated before a piano, was expressing her heart's sentiments by an extemporary melody, now smooth and tender, now deep and trembling. No more whispering but a general silence took place; for hero 'was a celestial . sym phony, a seraph's song. Lord Underwood, a-fine blue eyed young noblenian, was so deeply touched by the melody, that his frame seemed agitated by a momentary.convulsion. He listened to the angel's voice, so softly harmonizing with the sweet tones of the instrument, and felt an indescribable sensation thrill through his frame. The music ceased, but the •sweet voice still vibrated in Underwood's ear, and there rasa charmln the witty and original trifle to which ho listened, that transfixed him where he stood. "How beautiful must that tittle girl be,"'. thought Underwood. "Happy the man on whom may fall her choice," and he involun tarily sighed. Suddenly lights are brought in. The young woman was the ugly Rosanne. Lord Underwood.was stupified—he clog. ed his eves, but the charm of that voice haunted his memory. He gazed on her n second time, and he found her less ugly. The beauties of her mind seemed transfer. red to her person, and her gray eyes, small as they wore, expressed wonderfully well, her internal sensations. • Lord Underwood wedded Rosanna, and became•the happiest of men in the posses• soon of the kindest and most loving of wo• Beauty deserts us, but virtue and talents, the faithful companions of our lives, accom pany us to the grave. Temperance Department. PROGRESS OF TEMPERANCE. NV° give place to the following able present ment as a sign of the times, which must be cheer. ing in the extreme to the "Cold Water Army" of the Union: To the honorable, the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County: The grand inquest, now sitting for the body of this county, beg leave most respect fully to present: '!'hat drunkenness has been the crime and the curse ofmankind in all ages of the world, and in every country. Its physical effects upon the bodily constitution cause And all the sad variety of pain." The mind is impaired and the judgment perverted by its baneful influence, and the moral principles of its subjects become so depraved as to unfit them for the worship of God, fur the service of their country, for the duties of social life, or for the enjoyment of domestic • happiness. In :this otherwise free and favored land, it may be regarded as that enormous trans!yression, which, like the blood of Abel, "cr►eth from the ground." The demon, I ntemperanae, has here erected his throne, and like the detested Moloch of old, requires hecatombs continually of hq• man sacrifices; multitudes bow down, the willing vassals and victims of his power, and thus yield to an odious tyrrany that not only blights the fairest prospects of the present lire, but destroys every hope for that which is to come. • • Religion, virtue and private welfare ap peal strongly to the wi!.e and the good to coerce nn efficient remedy for this.deplora- ble evil• We believe the time has come when it wil: be applied. A host of moral and christian associates have determined that our country shall be free from the fur ther inroads of the - monster vice. The toc sin is sounded—the banner is afloat, and the cry is Victory. The results of the temperance movements in the city 'of Pitts burg, during the last week, afford encoura ging indications of public opinion on this momentous subject. It is however not our duty as Grand Jurors to notice in thta place the cheering events refered to, except to declare our hearty concurrence in the son timents expressed by his Honor, the organ of this Court, in his late charge: It is in reference to the baleful influence of drunkenness upon the clod order of society, that we feel constrained to speak. It, is our decided conviction, from. our own observe lion and from abundant testimony, that in temperance is not only the destroyer o social and domestic comfort,' the efficient cause of misery, madness and death—but it is also the moving principle and instiga for of crime in all its forms. In this last aspect we claim,to present it to'your honors. We think we can safely assert from the examinations we have made in the discharge of our public duty at the present sessions, thnt nine-tenths of the casesithat have come under our notice originated, mediately or immediately, from the use of alcohol.— The statistics from all our prisons.and pen. itentiaries, so far as pnblphed, exhibit the same proportion. Thus in the jail of Litch field, Connecticut, out of 39 prisoners 35 were intemperate: at Ogdensburg; N. Y. soveneights of the criminals were known to be drunkards: In the state prison at Au burn, 437 out of 647weru intemperate, and 1346 wero intoxicated when they committed the offences•charged ag ainst them; In an. adjoining county, Was hington, at one term there were (as we have been informed) 42 persons accused of crime; of these 37 were drunkards, and 5 were sober men; they were tried, and 37 were convicted and 5 wore acquitted. It has been assorted thnt there are more than 200 murders are perpetrated every year in the United States, end scarcely one but is occasioned by the use of ardent spire its. What a tremendous display of awful ac countability does this brief statement pres ent to the makers acid venders of, strong drink! I • r To this dark picture of guilt and misery we might add the vast loss to the public that occurs from the expenses of prosecu tions and for the support of drunken convicts. This however would form but a small item in the immeasureahle diminution of nation al wealth from this cause. It has been estimated that drunkenness costs our'coun• try at least 100 millions per annum—and that the sum expended every year in the indulgence of this destroying vice,, would make 8,000 miles of canal-10,000 miles of railroad—support schools and colleges whereever required—and send missionaries over ‘ the globe. In presenting to your Honors intetuper• ante as a crime in itself, and as the instigi,r ting cause of crime, we do not transcend our legitimate province as Grand Jurors— nor do we ask you (while claiming your. proini.,ed aid in maintaining this great ob ject of moral reform) to go beyond the sphere of your official duty in affording a remedy. The subject under one most in portant aspect, comes necessarily before you, and must have your action. The' whole license system has long been regar ded by the friends of temperance as a great grievance. It seems like nn anom olv in our legislation that while our statute 'book contains enactments disfranchising the drunkard—and placing him,like the prodigal in Ancient Rome, under the care of a committee—yet the very same book contains legal provisions for the appoint. ment of public officers (tavernkeepers) whose main business it is, by every tempta tion they can offer to depraved appetite, to reduce him to that degraded condition. The law is so however, and upon your honors it has imposed the duty and respond sibility ofselecting and commissioning these agents. We do not call upon your honors to leg• islets, or to repeal any existing law—but to interpret in the light of the present time, and the clear manifestations of public opin• ion, and to carry out the legal provisions in force, in their true spirit and indicated policy. We present then -Ist. The number of houses licensed to retail spirits as greatly more than is re quired for public accommodation. This has always been a source of complaint—and is wholly within your control, and'subject to your discretion. The net of 1710, in its preamble, says: —"For preventing of disorder and the mischiefs that may happen by the multi plicity of public houses," &c; and the act of 1794 declares that "a great abundance of tavern and pubic houses for the vending of spirituous liquors has been found to pro mote habits of idleness and !debauchery, etc." The same idea is maintained in the act of 1834—which prohibits the courts from liceneing "any inn or tavern which shall not be necessary to accommodate the pub. lie, and entertain strangers and travellers." The law then has always enjoined . the courts to limit the number of public douses. How then stands the matter in this view of duty? We are not apprised of the present statistics—but to Illustrate the point, we beg leave to offer the facts as they were three years ago— In the city proper, at that time, we an., derstand there were 155 licenses granted. This number taking the population at 12,- 542 souls (as given in the census of 1830) would allow a tavern for every 80 persons, or for 'every 13 families of six persons, and taking off a wife and 4 children from each (supposing them not to drink strong Liq ours) we have ,a grog shop for, every 13 male adults in this proud and prosperous city. ' We do not know whether this state of things is greatly changed for the better; hut suppose the proportion to be reduced ' one half—still it presents an appalling view. Again if we allow what is certainly the fact, that not one half the Male adults aro 'fiplere, we have then a tavern (or every seven husbands and fathers of this class.— Can this number be necessary? if your honors should doubt on this point, permit us to ask your attention to another aspect of the case, which we think ought to turn the scale. Suppose these 155 tavern kee pers to support their families and pay their rents by their business., Their profits then must average at least $5OO each per annum, or in the whole $77,500. Talte the amount of tho raw material in its cheap. est form, whiskey, and allow 100 per cent, profit, which is below the mark, this would be 877,500 more, and the sum total would be 8155,000 paid every year in this city for the indulgence of a vice alike ruinous to health, fame, fortune, morals and 11113. To this we might add the support of drun ken paupers, and the expenses of criminal Cants in the trial of drunken offenders; but we will not go into these details. 2nd. We beg further leave to present that heretofore many persons Obtained li censes who could not possess the qualifica tions required by the present law. Your honors will remark that the act of 1830 (which is copied in the act' of 1834) entire ly chantes, as we think, the system and even the principle of' licenses. The old law of 1794 provided that the judges of sessions at their first sitting in every year shall limit and declare the number of Tay• erns—and so many only shall be licensed, having regard to the particular neighbor. hood and situation most suitable for the accommodation of inhabitants and travel, lers, &c." The same language is used in the act of 1815, and it is possible that drinking houses may, have been contempla ted in both. But observe the striking .dif ference in the acts of 1830 and 183411 No licenses are now to be given for the accommodation of inhabitant, we are not to have resident tiplers who may neglect their business, ruin their health and mor. als, and bring their wives and, children to wretchednebs andpauporistn, by frequent. ing their neighbors grog shop. By the 3d section of the law of 1834 it is declared emphatically that "No Court shall license any Inn . or 7'aeern.which shall not be ne, cessary to accommodate the public and ,en tertain strangers and travellers." This change in the phraseology Could not be accidental: The terms ,einployed have a peculiar and distinct meaning, coy, W02EtD2.1,2" crpoQ 8201 responding so exactly with the obvious in. rentiob of the Legislature, indicated by other passages, as to leave no doubt. INN, is a Saxon word, and.denotes'a. chamber , or lodging place. • It is used in this souse.. by Shalsespear, in Macbeth:: ..The weal that glimmering with kome streak. - of day, New speeds the laced traveller' apace, To gain tha timely lait." ' It is also so used in a number of British statutes —and from thence we derive it.— Thus the statute of 20 •Jemes Ist, regulates; the rates of commodities; sold in "INN." Specify ing "hay, outs, beans; and all *inn• ner of stctuals.' Liquor isnot mentioned. Again, an inn keeper who refuses viduals', ♦ and lodgings to a traveller , may he indict- • ed; lie is not required to give him drink.. -2-• The term inn, then as used in our`. - act, cannot be mistaken.' The context, its' origin , altd history, explain Rs meaning. The word "tavern," in , the. language from which it is derived, means literally _a booth or tent made of boards, or vulgarly' "a shantee" It was originally a tempora ry erection at a fair or public place,in which. wine wes sold, and was indicated by a bush' hung out; whence the old proverb "good wine needs no bush." In our acts of Assembly both words are used, but it is evident that an "inn" is the prominent idea; no house can , be licensed that is not prepared with "conveniences for the accammodatum of strangers and travel lees?" and by the 17th Section of the act of 1834, it is declared that"every lankeep-. er shall keep,good entertainment for man and horse," &c. They must have every thing necessary for rest and refreshment. Food and comfortable lodging must be pro. vicled, but it is, not required that drink shall be supplied. It follows then, we think, that inns now may be taverns, (that is may sell liquor to strangers and travellers,)., but all taverns must be inns. The keeper ..of a public house under the present law may supply his guests reasonablywith wines , ' or spirits, but it is a mere accession to his other icidispecirible qualifications. Ile is -- not bund to do it, as he is to , furnish lodg ing and diet. _ If these views are correct, we beg leave to suggest to your , honors that no person ought to obtain license unless they are "well provided with house room and conve niences for the accommodation of stranger and travellers?" and have beds, • victuals.. stabling, stabling, &c., sufTicient to supply ."gooci entertainment.for man and. horse." ln , ference to the past, we, believe that not one half (perhaps not a fourth) of , the p011101)11 who now have license would be found upon strict enquiry to be within the purview of the act. We do therefore present as a, great evil: 3d. The vague and careless manner' Ilk which evidence of qualification - is imporied upon the Court.. In every case, no doubt, the legal certificate is furnished, but it ill notorious fact that it is often signed with- out proper examination =or .knowledge- ,of u the.matters set forth.. Such certificates ought to be merely prima facie evidence, and perhaps 'hardly that: mach. The-15th ' section of the act of 1E 1 34, intimates thepro priety of the court. seeking for and obtain . , ing evidence to satisfy them of ' , the fitness of the person applying, and of the suffideney of the accommodations. In the particulars we have thus noticed, we behove your honors can greatly aid the cause of Temperance, and promote the best interests of our city and county, without any latitudinarian contruction of the law, or of your granted powers. We ask - that the existing statutes be fairly interim:lle - 41Y and rally carried out; we demand tfieultra measures, • If only so many sittiabbi. 4 .*ll provided inns are licensed, as may Wee; cessary "to accommodate strangertfind travellers," and none but such as are Pie pared to "keep good eutertainment for man - and horse"—if the evidence of qualification is always required to be full and complete, then your honors will stand well in this re- spect before God and the country. • . We trust to the prevalence of good opin ion (now so''extensively diffused, and So-tri umphantly exhibited on late occasions) and to enlightened self intorest„if there should be no higher motive, soon to influence an' efficient legislation, which will go to the root of the evilby prohibiting the•vending of intoxicating liquord as a beverage. Let spirits be driven back to the 'drug shop.'—if they are made at all—and thence be retail' ed, tor medical uses by the "DRA,M"— not the drunkard's medicine—but literally apothecaries weight.'` When this is done, the'principal obstacle to our national pros-, perity, the chief &Inger to our civil and`-re ligious establishments, and the main source of prtsate . misery will' he removed. The period is at hand; wo hail thefigns of the times, and venture to'prFlict that' twenty years hence tt will be regarded as matter of astonishment that in this enlightened ageond in this Christian land, a govern ment shrtild have sanctioned by law, public agents in vending liquid fire to destroy its own titivris. ' All which is respecifully - subrnitted, -- 1011>1 D. DAVIS, Foremilu. Jameslgspg, Thomas Q. Dpchkei Patriek Cosgrove - John Crawford,; Robert Dickey, Lolcovi.oemils, Da . jrid Cirmarnoml, :H Aryan, John Slew, D,yid Ai. Evans, j am o , F l Err, Jam'es Riehey; July 10, ,1941. 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