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VOL. XVILL THE TEMPERANCE BANNER IS TUK Organ of the Sons of Temperance AND OF THK State Convention of (.corgiat PUBLISHED WEEKLY, 15V BEWHIiS BKASTLY. O* Terms — One Dollar a year,in advance. Letters must be I’ost paid, to receive at tention. 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X SSgf” Every lriend to Temperance q take the Temperance “If Temperance men will not supportK. the Temperance Press, vvlio will ? ’ MORAL AND liKLIUIOUS. j 1.7i mortality! ‘f h 9 dark mini tie ot oblivion, may conceal, aiier a timn, ill", words and ac tioos ol nien ; and even man himself is Boomed to sduinher Ira while, in com parative forgetfulness. Tiie influences * x••fled by liie workings of his niysteii ous mind—iiis ih nights revealed lo olii- , ors—his deeds, which have .been exam - j |>ies io others, an i w inch iiave stimulu- j led tin. m in the pursuits of noble or ig- i n jfilo ends, m.tv not be traced back to | him, the Source from whence they eat- I init.• I, by those of It is fellow-men, who] to after limes, may be influenced by ! them, yet being immortal in their ten-; deucies, they siiaii finally be attributed! to their original author, by Him who] shall reward us all, according to the deeds done in the body, for “Whatso ‘V- ] i F n man sowetli, tliat shall be also, reap;” his thoughts, liis words, his] Leeds are immortal as himself, yeu, “These live within him and shall be, A part of bis eterni y.” The waters which flow from the; ’ fountain ot man’s soul, whether they be! bitter or sweet, shall rollon forever; and though seemingly; they are lost in consequence ofthe multifarious change ( through which they puss, at last they , must return to their original source, ’ as the waters return lo the ocean.” If nothing in the material world can j be destroyed, >s it not r.s reasonable to conclude, that nothing in liie invisible or intellectual world can perish? Aud if tho latter theory be correct, bow guar ded should be our thoughts, our words and our actions, since they all bear up on them, the stamp of Immortality ! Will you be sj goo 1 us to publish the following which was selected from the R. C. Advocate, f.r the Temper- I unceßanner : A hippy Horn3. “The first year of married life is a most important era in tiie history of man and wife. Generally, as it is, spent, so is almost all subsequent exist ence. The wife and husband then, as similate their views and their desires, or else conjuring up their dislikes, they add fuel to their prejudices and animos ities forever afterward, “i have some where read,” says the Rev. Dr. Wise in his bridal greetings, “oi a bride-! groom who gloried in Ins eccentriciti s. lie requested his wife to accompany him into the garden a day or two alter their wedding. He then threw a line over the roof their cottage ; —giving his wife one end of it, lie retreated to the other side and exclaimed: “Pull the line !” She pulled it at his requost, as far as she could. He cried, “pull it! over!” “I can’t,” she replied. “lull With all you might!” shouted the whimsical husband. But vain were all the efforts of the bride to pull over the line, so long as the husband held on to the opposite end- But when he come round, and they both nulled at one end. it came over with great ease. “There,” said he, as the line fell from ttie roof, “you see how harJ and ineffectual was our labor, when we pulled in opposition to each j other; but how easy uud pleasant itis j j when we both pull together. If we op-j pose each other, it will be hard work, if i we act together, it will be pleasant to p live. Let us therefore always pull I together.” In this illustration, homely ns may : he, there is sound philosophy. Uus j hand and wife- must mutually bear and I concede, if they wish to make home Lap j 1 py. There must be a unison of action, j sweetness of spirit, and great forbear-j ance and love in both husband and j wife, to secure the great end of huppi- j ness in the domestic circle. E. W. T. l Troupville, Lowndes Cos., G., ) August ‘2Bth, 1852. ) The lata Volcanic Eruption at ihs Sausiwica Islands- The annexed interestiui; notice of a . ~ vistii to these, tie of the late eruption; is copied from tnc tsan Francisco ‘‘Pa cific “Vou doubtless have seen already in ; the Polynesian an account of there-] cent eruption on ftlauna Loa ; but as it j was my privilege to be a near eye-wit- j ncssol it lbr twenty-four hours, w iicn ■ its action was llie most magnificent, li will sand you a brief description oi . wliut i saw and hearJ. The first erup- < lion on tiie summit of Maun a Jjoa,: about fourteen tiiousaud five hundred i feel above tile level of the sea, 1 only saw in the far distance, it being ou the j lido side, and opposite from us. Thai i outbreak was very sudden, and, as seen j at Hilo, was niustinaguitice.nl; where, | though some sixty miles dia.apl', the light was so great as to awakeu the slumbering inhabitants. This was ear ly on the morning of February 17th. It continued its action only about tWon ty-fbur hours, then it was all quiet i again, ulid it was supposed that the in- i I u-rnal fires had sufficiently disgorged] ] tncmselves; but tail)’ on the morning | lof the 20th it burst out again with Igreut fury, half way down the inouu-1 lain, in the very direction of Hilo. It| sent forth a liquid .stream of great j depth and wudih, which flowed ut the j rate of several miles an hour, threaten ing ruin to the village and bay of litlo, thirty-six miles distant. Tnis stream continued to flow, but'with diminished j activity,” for more than tnree weeks. llt Ceased to flow entiiely before ii | reached llilo, ending ihe painful sus i pense so long felt there. I I’iie light of the volcano ut night was 1 very great, illuminating the surround ing country tor many miles distant,! J O J and giving to lire overhanging clouds! i tiie appear Mice of an immense body of i j fire. After witnessing tiiis lbr several | j nights, my desire to visit it became so ; I strone that 1 resolved to make the long j j O t*> ‘and tedious journey, to tU -a near ! view of this grand display o. i.hcAl ! ! mighty’s power. Accompanied by Mr. j Fuller, l set out oil the Ist day of; ; Minch. Aiter travelling -through j . woods uud over Wide diatiiets of naked] j lava, we arrived at the vicinity of the I eruption on the forenoon of the third ‘day. Its deep, unearthly roar, which I i we began to hoar early on tiie day be ! fore, “waxed louder and louder,” us j we drew nearer and nearer the action, j until it resembled the roarof the ocean’s; billows when driven by the force of a i hurricane against a rock-bound coast, j or like the deleaning roar of Niagara, j We first reached the deep channel, j j through which a wide stream of liquid j i lava hud flowed down the mountain, j 1 desolating an area of vast extent; it] | had ceased to flow in this direction, but! 1 was flowing still at a little distance, at] | which we gazed with delight. The) main s.ruam was still beyond, which! Iwe could not approach on account of ‘the great heat; but ut night we had aj fine view of the fiery river, at no great, ! distance from our encampment. — 1 Though the lava gushed out in several ] places like water-springs, yet the main fountain was one of indeserible grand- j eur. In the midst of a foaming cone,; | w ith a base of two or three hundred , feet, there shot up a jot of clear liquid j lava to the height of from four to eigjit ( I hundred feet, combining in its ascent j and descent all the beauties of the fin est water fountains —jet after jet as- 1 1 cended in constant and regular succes ] sion, day after day; descending, it mostly full back into tiie crater, but sometimes it fell spattering on its sides, and fl >wed dawn uniting with the main stream. ‘Liie outer portions colored to a blackeneJ mass vviiile in tno uir, the upper an J lighter portions were carried by the propelling force to the regions of ’ the clou L, and fell in showers ever the surrounding country. The intense heat of the fountain and stream of lava caused an influx of cool | air in every quarter ; this created ter rific whirlwinds, which, constantly | stalking about like so many sentinels, bade defiance lo the daring visiter. — These were the most dangerous of any thing about me volcano. Sometimes we were compelled to fn ,-irate mir sclvo for safe'v O.ieo we v-litur <1 PENFiELD, GA. SEPTEMBER IS, 1852. within about a quarter of a mile ot the great |et ; soon one of the mos> terrific whiilwitnls formed at the creater, and advanced straight towards us, threaten ing us with instant ruin; hut fortunate ly for us, it spent its force and turned to the light, leaving us to make a rapid retreat. We saw a similar one whirling around the jet and concealing it with a cieiisn cloud of ashes, as it engaged in a furious combat. The two contending elements presumed u most wonderful spectacle. When t'-e strife ceased, the fuuntain appeared in constant ac tion, as though nothing had occurred. Clouds approaching the volcano were ! driven hack, and set moving in wild confusion. The glare ofthe liquid fountain was very great, even when tiie sun was shining, but ut night was vastly more so, casting the light of nearly a full moon in tiie shade, and turning night in to day. Spending tiie night near thb eruption, during its greatest action, we felt ourselves highly privileged. Very few mortals have had the op portunity of hearing such a deep, un earthly roar, and of witnessing such a molten river, such a lofty, fiery foun tain,.such territio whirlwinds and agi tated oiouds all at the same time, and within a little space. Such a scene is calculated to fill one with feelings-ol awe und reverence towards the great Author of nature’s wonderous works. With great l'eiuiuitauce v*e left a spec tacle so rare und retraced our steps. — That day we reached the old volcano Kilauea, and spent the night on the brink dl tiio creater ; not much action there at present. Time w ill not permit mo to add more. Sincerely yours, 11. KINNEY. Waoehinu Iviu, April 19, 1352. Fur the Teiaperauue banner. ‘File Curse of tiia “31111” j I l.i the year 181, 1 was stationed in | | P. Dial., S. C., as a circuit preacher. | i While there l became acquainted with ! .\fr. V., a farmer, well to do in worldly j matters, and much respected as citizen, ills family consisted cl himself wile, son and two grown daughters, lie hud i another daughter vviio was married to u ! worthy mao, Mr. K., who lived some j half dozen units oil. Ilts son, who was i about seventeen, was, trom his arnica- 1 tele and obliging manners, beloved by. i all who knew him, and there were no j girls in the Dist. more respected than; were Ins daughters. The summer preceding, my hying sent into that District, was an unco n ! mou abundant fruit year, and Mr. G.’ hud a fine large orchard of peaches, up p.CS, .Sic. One of his neighbors hap-1 | pening to observe to him, “if ire had ! I such an orchard he would have a still, ! a id turn the f u t into account.” On the j suggestion, Mr.'G. ut once determined j j by next season that lie would be leady,! | and suto enough the next Iruil season j lound him ut work ‘‘stilling peach and j dpple water,” undone end of his house j was turned into a ‘‘doggery.” In those (days everybody drank liquor; he soon found his “still ’ could not supply the demand; he determined to get a sup ply from C , and open a grocery which would bring more custom. Oh ! j could tuis old man but been able to look (into the next seven years, never, would jhe have been a “distiller!” never i would lie and bis have Had the fmgnrS Jol scorn and contempt pointed at them, j iiis son was regularly installed tap- j [ster. lie was then a pare, sober-miud- j !ed youth. Me was so much of a favor- 1 j ite that all wlio called for their half-j pints must have Jemmy to take a sip | with them. Jemmy, to pleasure them, would sip a littie; but ere a great; j while J - was ready to sip without invi-1 j ting ; aid soon, too soon wu, Jemmy a confirmed inebriate. Lint this was not ’ (all tile Woe to b.-lail lire distiller; tb privacy of his family was constantly j intruded on by those Whom he had en-j tioed to drunkenness. Ufteu Imd his i daughters to fly from their chambers, to i theii parents’ chamber, for men drunk! and sleepy would come in and fall [ asleep on their bed, which they would have to leave. Mr. G. had still among the respecta- ! ble, sober community, some true friends, and they foreseeing his downfall, and paying his family,- entreated with him! to abandon the traffic. No, the demon \ of avarice had him fast bound, and it required yet another judgment to break Ithe claims. Some business required my calling to see him ; 1 took an early hour to avoid the crowd which was daily visit ! ors to his bar. In the course of the I business, it was necessary that he had !to bring out bis papers, and in looking | tor a certain paper, I found that he had j notes, accounts, &i o., against almost ev ery man in a large scope of country, ( and principally on thos : who had noth ing to pay with. 1 then spoke to hi mot his business, enquiring how he ever cx p oied to collect these debts, as the rria- I tritv of f.is debtors were it >: w nth the ’ 1 half of what they owed, and that collect or not, he would have lo pay his mer chant. This gave him some uneasi ness, yet he hoped to be able to do so at some day. I then spoke of the injury his family hud already received, by his son becoming u drunkard, and that there were reports in circulation inju rious to the fuir fame ot une of li is daughters. This last aroused him.— Can this be so \ was his enquiry.- When 1 repeated it, beseemed stricken wiili sorrow, for parental feeling was not Ist. Until little while and another iv v mi,- I’er Lietid told him of the re ; port. Ii j made enquiries of the 1 daughter, she bitterly denied all grounds ’ for such reports. But time, which proves all thing*, proved that the re ports wo re'but too true. Alas ! alas, poor girl ! Soon after her denial of ihe truth of llie reports, i wa* transferred to anoth er circuit, v\ lion 1 lost sight of them lbr about throe years; and having an un cle living in taut section of country, i paid a visit In the scenes of inv former iabofs. 1 made enquiries of M. G., and learnt that soon allcr Miss G. had given living proofs ofthe truth of thus'-’ reports, Mr. It., the son.in-law, deter milled to b:cak and go elsewhere. Af ter his breaking up, the old man conclu ded to do the same, lie began settling up his affairs, apd found that there was ] not one dollar in five for his store ae i counts, was available ; (and lie had I thousands due hinqj but the demands ol the C n merchants against him to be liquidated, in doing wiiieb his plan tation and nine negroes were sold—not that it required all of llie amount —but the negroes being in a family, he would not part them. With tho remains of his property ! which he could ut that liinj collect, : lie followed his son-in-law to tiie Suite I ] of T. His-son-in law had taken up land } j and paid a portion of ttie purchase mon- ( oy, intending to pay the ballunce when ! ho received liis dues fiom ins sale in !8. G. sue old man now done the same ! in taking up land fin himself. ; Would tiiai 1 eoulj now close my J narrative by saving, that bore the old] I man once more found peace ol mind and ]an end of liis troubles. But no, the j | curse of the “still” was yet on him., — 1 In the winter succeeding his moving to ’ j J ~ lie sent his sou Jammy bac.t to 8. •G. lo gel too balance due him un tne ] negroes, and what other of liis dues ho j i may be able. Mr. It.also commission ]ud him to receive liis dues also. Jem- ] my succeeded in getting monies even j I more than was expected. Thus (hr he j done well; he kit pi sober aud started i tor home. I‘ity but lie had continued j |on borne, as lie started, much sorrow] j would lie have saved his father and til. ! others of tho family. Going through j jM. county, in 0.. lie uufijitmiaiely . .stopped at one oi flioQ toa.j-sido gale* jof rain, a jug tavern; the night was : cold und rainy, aud around the fire was j congregated u com [tally of the lowest ] ; class of “black legs,” who -succeeded | m getting Jemmy drunk, end winning, or rather robbing him of every dollar, j horse and saddle. The next morning ; i they gave him a few dollars and started i him off. Tiie consequence of his re-; I turn, moneyless, was, tiie old man was] ] unable to pay foi his land ; ’twas mild j and he turned out in his old ago help- ] ] less, on to the world houseless.” The; ; old lady did riot long survive ; tho j ] daughters went lo the city of N. an ii i ’twas net very loi g before Foitcrsiield 1 i claimed one of them. Tne youngest | went to M. with a black log, that was | the last 1 heard of h r. Jemmy whs a poor, miserable, drunken vagabond.— liVlr. R. was much injured Ly the loss jhe sustained, but finally succeeded in pay ing for liis laud, and giving the old man a refuge in his last days. Some 7 n years from ni/ first ac quaintance witji Mr. G., 1 was on a vis it to a brother in ouo of tiie upper! I counties of G. und chanced one day ti j meet on tiie tour.an old mm, whose countenance 1 thought 1 had kcti bu-.j fore; it proved to be poor old Mr. G. ; jtiis appearance was such as to warrant ( me in believing “die curse of the still ; was yet ou him. I’m now very near to being an acto geuuriun, and from my observation, of i over fiftv years, 1 am fully of tiie belief that theie are few who traffic in iutoxi- j eating liquors, who escape the “ouisej : of the ttiil”—they or their children ‘and I’ve more than once witnessed the curse o.i a more remote posterity. ID skis Count*, 25th Aug., ’52. lira. Branlhj :—1 send you the fol lowing for publication. I* y uU *>houi<l give it a column in your paper, ph.-use see that the copy sheet i. right Having been at the State Temper aticc Convention, which commenced its session at Newman. JWih June last, and , being thorp called on as its lecturer, to make a report, to show, a we under stood the object, the services we had performed, and to make such sugges tions, as we might think proper so. us .consideration, relative to the remper [ance cause; such a report we male, uud among oilier things, suggested as I follows:— ‘ It is suggested, that J'mass meetings were held once a year, in all suitable neighborhoods, they would, it is believed, be very efficient in animating \ into activity, the languid spirit of the ! Temperance cause.” ! Though tliis report was made, read | j and referred to a committee, early in I j the afternoon session ofthe fust day,! owing perhaps to iho hurry of busi- J i ness, no further notice was taken of ii, { ; until the Convention was about to ad-j j turn, when it ordered the report to be ! ] published. Believing, however, that! ; such meetings, if they should Je gone | into, would warm up the feelings of I ! the Temperance friends, wo bCg leave i respectfully to recommend that one o! them should in the course of this tall | he hold in every suitable neighborhood. 1 To such us may be disposed to go into ] them, if any, we suggest the policy of ] having them well attended by speakers: vvho will make short and stirring ad-] dresses. Such addresses with tales of experience, would, vv o believe, have a i happy effect. V\ e wish to see them 1 tried. I In proposing tins measure for the consideration of the friends ul the Tern- I pcrance cause, vvo do not wish to bo I regarded us taking up tne measure or j suggestion of any other arid using it as i our own. The fact that another indi ; vnlual offered to the Convention on the second day ot its session, u resolution, containing substantially the matter of our suggetion, which vvus unanimously adopted by that body, does not take urvvuy from us our right to claim as our own, such matter us we hud exhibited ; in our report the preceeding day’. See the proceedings of the Coitvcn. I lion, as published on the 21 page of j “liio Temperance Banner” ofthe Ist July, 1852. Wo now appeal to the friends of tern- I pcrance every vv here, to remember that Lite destroyer is abroad in the laud, and that the cause of the country requires itu ii help, for the safety of their chil dren & friends are in danger without it. Whilst the murderous sale of iutoxica- I ting drinks is nursed bv the laws, and ‘tiie seducing influence of their sellers, ] enables tliom them lo put into their own 1 pockets, that which honesty requires should be used lo procure breiul and shoes for other men’s families; no man’s children or oilier kindred can be safe. While the tears of weeping mothers 1 stream unheeded over fallen sons— : while the sighs of broken-hearted wives ; are heaved in sorrow uud neglect,— while the cries <jf children in distress, suffering with cold und hunger, are liourd through the laud, nil caused by ! liquor sellers, without awukening the 1 vengeance ol thy law ; ur while those ‘.m ll.us are treated by tho rest of imuu i.in 1, as though they were not the worst of bad men—j so long will those whole-salo diid retail dealers, carry on 1 their business of crime, corruption nod | plunder. Lot none suppose that the Almighty wiil lake speciul care of his children, any more than he will of oih ‘cm around him. The fri nds of Tom (id mice hav e done much for the coun- 1 try, and with the bit sing of Providence, ] it is believed they cun do much more. i hen lot us not become weary in well doing. Tiie bust time for holding our meetings is close at hand. Then ! let us have them. L. t us commence ; our uruiigements for them, und never despair. Tile writer of these remurk* went into tiie ofliue of lecturer about tho,lime the societies began to grow cold. >'tnee that, some have abandoned it entire! Vj and others have ceased to labor (hr it as they once did. We, however, have stood up for it all the lime. The opinion of its enemies that it would go down, has only had the es ; Lev of causing Ua to stand the closer to it. We now Want a revival brought about by mass-meetings and Wusliing ! lonian Sucities. Mr. E liter, have you observed what trouble tiie liquor sellers and their pets, ; ufi in, for fear we snail injure the tern- j poiance cause, by procuring legislation , against their trade, before public opiu-j ion is ripe for it? How exceedingly | modest it is far thess men to obtrude tnf-ir patriotic counsels upon the friends |of temperance ! When we remember that they persecuted the cause until | their courage failed them, and that they have avoided temperance societies and hated them, as bud as if their members •all had the small pox, we cannot hut i think their modesty extraordinary, aud their concern for tiie success of Tem perance wonderful! Query. Is it not likely that in their z -al for the success of temperance, they will all soon be. | come lecturers t &c. LEWIB RENEAU. A Mr. Hon lias just started a news , paper in lowa—He says he hopes by 1 hard scratching, to make, a living for himself and his little chickens. Sweet, K .te wu heard ouo d’iy to nigh— “ With beauty lost Id wi-h to die.” “ Oh nV’ aid Tow, with humor quaint, ‘ Not wish to di/* bill m r. Iv paint.” “I know 1 gava him the fire, but why did tho little fool take it from rue? I’ll wfify him because lie did not refuse it.” —A P* rent. “Law,” it is affirmed, “is tiie perfeo '.ion of human reason”; a boast which, it not, ought to he sustained by fact. And it may be conceded that the as sumption is lbr the most part truthful. In the main, it is the collective wisdom of human experience, refined und puri fied by the sagucity of centuries, and conformed to those ideas of justioe, which reason and revelation combine m sanctioning. But perfection is not j un ttltrinme, either of the human intel lect or its emanations, und it could not bo expected, therefore, that law should be perfect. Here, us elsewhere, the law of progress* must be in full faros. From crude elements all science hat | arisen, and by easy gradation usoends ’ m purity, and the same process is still ’ to change much of what is now deemed ! fixed uni sure. Law is no exception ] to this rule. Liquor legislation is particularly an illustration of this progression, and an exception to (lie boast ot the legal commentator. The origin oflegislation on this subject will be found in one oi two necessities. Either our law-mak ers found the unrestrained (radio dele terious lo the community, und its oon (inoinent within nurrow limits, and even then to be entrusted only to moral tnen (!) absolutely indispensable; or they were driven to this as a means of rais ing revenue for the support of govern ment. In either case, they adopted the license system as prornotivs of these great ends. And in either cass the experiment has been a magnificent failure, for neither as a police regula tion, nor as a revenue scheme, has it been beneficisnt in its operations. (Should it appear that the law-makers of tiie land did not originally adopt thess luws witli a view to restraining the traflio, because of its injurious results, tne necessity Uecaiiie apparent in pro cess of time. ‘file numerous tippling shops, which like the locusts of Egypt covered the laud, threatening to devour every green thing, roused public atten • tion. These houses beoame places of ] resort tor the idle, the dissolute aud vi ! cious of every community. Here they would congregate, passing the time ] in obscene converse, und ever and anon Mulling upon the vendor for a supply ; from liis barrels and puncheons.— ] Wlum well drunken, disputes would arise, fights ensue, bloodshed and ! death follow, und tho ensuing term of the court would be consumed in the trial ol’ the criminals. Families wt re disturbed at night by the roystering crew who had assembled in the contig uous gi ocery, und it became unsafe to 1 walk llie streets, because of the drunk ]en men piowling aDout. In the ooun, j try, servants, under cover of darkness, would take to the nearest groggery such of their master’s property as they ’ could obtain, und exchanging it for a villainous compound, either spend the ’ night on tiie road, or go home to quarrel 1 and fight, and to rise from drunken .sleep unqualified for the labors ofthe duy. Tlu.se things Called aloud for e j remedy. Still haunted with the Idea of con trolling, a law was enacted forbidding the sale of strong drink in small quan tities, to bo drunk in tiie house, with adequate penalty in case it was viola ted. It might be supposed that thia would suffice. A few months proved its inefficiency, and rendered it u nulli ty. We have said there was a penulty to bo inflicted, in case the law was vki lated, but conviction must precede pun ishment, and at this point the law waa defective. It must be proven that Mr. Money Maker bold the drink, that hia customer paid a consideration therefor, and drank that which was paid for be. fore h aving the establishment. Thia could not be done without the co-oper ation of the liquor drinkers, and from them no aid could be expected. This became so evident that at length no ef fort was put forth towards the enforce ment of the law, and it became in es feet a mere request from the Legisla ture to the liquor sellers. Os course it was disregarded by them, and here the matter rested, except perhaps an ‘ increase of the license tax. So the ! petty scavenger in the traffic kept the State license in his pocket, and sold cent drinks to all corners, i We do nut propose at this time to show tho folly of attempting to restrain liquor selling, or to raise revenue by the license S3'o.ern: This we may hereafter do. At present wo shall have done enough w hen tire absurdity I of all previous liquor legislation is man ifest. in this State it operated thus. A rnun visited one of these legally consti tuted grogshops, purchased and drank ardent piiits until he became drunken Perhaps kicked from the door by the liquor seller, he was picked up by the police and placed in the watch house. Thence, he was taken and carried be fore a magistrate, (it may be the one w iio licem i J thw * ousu w here he bough: NO. 38.