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VOL. XVTiI THal BANKER ! is TILK A the Sons A Temperance AND OF THE State Convention of Georgia*. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY 33-:X BiiAXTLY. jj-ruuits—One Dollar a year,in advance. I,otters must bo Post paid, to receive at- j tention. 1 Banner Almanack, for 1852. §■ V mmm*k ■ ■ , *< g I>.v- S! = 33: y. 5 =?! S| ?! &V ! I itHliliT Is ! fillip n.•i!j|s if it Hi H ilih'ii si ‘■MW 1 ’I!,; S; v “ . 2,vr -J-"*! 3H-XI aia; 27 as 2;3n,si >, Vfa.—; 1, 2a- Cs 7 '*•*— n2! s| l'ly < ir, v Isi ri:i!ii2iiSiH s; ieia iijyfii. ij| : j 5; 18 17 13 i‘> 21 5i IS 15j17.1S 120 / 1 £> i2 3 2lS>|27 3 2* 24 26 **[*;*. ( X Iff! 1 fc'iSJSlI ?> . V 7! S* 9-U)Ulli'is *| s! 71 *••,; il!\\ i V !l lA’ Tot 17] lfi! IS; 20 j TUp'l; 14; 16; ‘ll; )7| 16: ‘/■ \ V 21 23!5;3 Zi * 27 | *1;22,~ W.v. & ! V 2.,2:&31 I , a.j27.2j *• i 6s| 7i * nil al I! .V li .J *a 5 j V* jiri2 : vr : H;iA n>;i7 i l ’l 1 '!-V 41 5’ v 5 ashS-SSi! : ‘ .j! ~! 7 SjNo*-!-- li\ 3! 8 o ! 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Oh any octf&ttn. . >8 l-'.very frietul to Temperance H V; should l:.i;,e tlie Ternpeiwiice Jiuuner: -'“lf Temp race* men will not support X ‘• the ‘i i-mp l-au'-e I'n-S', vvlio will I'’ x, \. \\XW r.4Lcaß3sgac.'.gwaaaassiMßißaHKa w wiiiwm— From Fet’ce s Medical Gazelle. Ihuns aad sca!tis '! iu-re i’ IH) pi'KClical sill j’ Ct in our prid'-ssiDit in wLicit ibe rlisasirous anti j .in! e'F <-ls ot liiiiitrciiliiif nt by medi f-.il nil'll KS Well lIS I 111! lilisi!Ills 1 Is of | ~p. ar ijruoiunce arc .more apparent inun in ilie I'l-mcdies r. sorted to in the i.isis of scalds and burn's, now unlmp- Idy si (>• quenl in imr -coutiti v, b\ r asc i of the min der,ms recklessness . fill! nail life in lb* fiioii euimslei) wish cur j blic convcyan-Ci s in which steam ii fit y loved. So iiinjjus 1630, in the lirst Am ri cin Million of Coopao's tiuroica! I)ic l i a v. published bv ihe Harpers of lid ; • it v, wc took occasion lo urge upon die mu session and the public, the im pon oce of a bettVr pi-iio-sopiiy and preit ‘ C in the in flici.l management cf Die mischiefs n .suiting front suen ac. iduiits than timt usually in vogue. We then staled iliti results of our ex- TANARUS) m nee for ten years in die treatment of scalds and bums by the instant ap plic cion of wheat fTiur, an article al way s at hand, and the persevere nee in! this application alone until all ihe acute inf] inmiation had subsided. Our the ot y and practice thus promulgated was approved and recommended in the then Imthcoiniug edition in London, by Mr. Samuel Cooper bimself, and lias since j 1 bund its way, without credit, into nu-! inerous publications at home anil a | I,road. Even in the lute Tlierapeuti- j cal work of Dr. T. D. Mitchell, of Philadelphia, this identical practice is’ ascribed to Dr. J. Tbomas, of England, j who, in 1832; called the attention of tne profession thereto, as we are told in ihe Ohio Medical Lyceum, two years utter our publication os a fore suid, and twelve years after our testi fnony to its efficacy had been pub lished. I Hut, wuivir.g the unimportant sub- j ject of priority, we are grieved to learn i fioni the public press that such multi- i tu les are annually perished by scalds ■ hi steamboats, and from burns by cam- J pliine, spirit gas, and otherwise; near- | }y all of whom, however severely burnt, ; we do not hesitate to say, might be prr- j served from a fatal result if tiiis simple j ;iractice were adopted immediately as-1 ter such accidents. Instead of this,) however, we hear of the application ofj •Jold water, lead water, molasses, oils, | cotton, “pain extractors,” Ate., accoir.- pained almost uniformly by the death j of the suffer3r, and often “after linger-1 ing in excruciating torture for days or hours. Now, it ought to he promulgated to the profession, and for humanity sake | to be knotvn to the whole people, that _ in any case of burner scald, however, extensive, all the acute suffering ot oatient may be at once and permanent ly relieved, arid that in a moment of time, by sprinkling over the injured surface a thick layer of wheat flour by j the hand, or, what is better, by a dred ging box. Every vestige of pain pro tfuced by such injuries is instantly re moved, ami the sufferer not only es capes the shock n the nervous system vinjf siK'h 10/tuh L . h/it “i-i generally fall into a quiet sleep the mo-j ment the atmospheric temperature is j thus excluded from the wetunds. Why, then, should persons thus in-j jured be allowed to die with intense agony occasioned by burns and scalds, as they ofien do, if not without treat ment by the applications so often made, many of which augment their suffer ings, and render such injuries irrepar able? Even in the late explosion on board the Reindeer, it is said that tn.r ;ny of the scalldcd lived for liours, suf ; sering all the time front their external I injuries, and ther. treated with raw cot ; ton, lime water, and linseed uil, A:o., I until they were dead. Not a pang , need have been endured beyond the time necessary to apply tbe flour,; which must have been at hand, if the | j ignorance cf their friends, am? the an liquated pirjuJieen of their medical i advisers, liau iiot led them to rely upon the miserable, substitutes which super xittoii has canonized tor centuries. And so wt affirm of every case of burn i arid scald, even if the entire - surface ! lias suffered. In the New York and Bellevuo Hos ! pita Is this inode of treating burns has ! been long in use; until recently, as we I learn the same object has been effected jat the loruter institution by the analo gous method ol covering the injured parts with a mucilage of gumartibio, so as to protect the denuded surface from the atmosphere, and which the surgeons there prefer to the flour in some cases, where the Weight ul the latter becomes an inconvenience. To this method we make no objection; but having for so many yeais employed the flour alone, to the exclusion of all other agents, and in every variety and extent of injuries by fire, we have thus reiterated our testimony, and as this agent is found -h ee'ery house, and jean instantly bo procured with more i readiness than any of the other nrti- I ties trained, we give it the preference i over all rffheiV. i And we repeat ur lull persuation ; dial no cue iu a hundred of those par isliing by bums and scalds mod suc cumb under their injuries, if they were at once, or ,s sooon after us may bn, covered with wheat flour. VVe have applied it successfully, aider numer ous other temedies had been unsuc cessful, and when many hours had [ elapsed after tins accident. To give ids suggestion to the people and scut ler it broadcast over the land, will save a multitude of lives in a single year. For the Temperance Banner. I Want a Husband. Dear young Gents—lt L a natural consequence that ail of the feminine gender, sooner or later, desire a connu bial partner, whether they own it or not, and of course, not to he thought odd.— 1 frankly own that 1 muon ii sire to he pressed to the bosom of som ■ gentleman whom 1 can proudly eail my husband. I say gentrrn.au because 1 mean it.— Well, gentlemen, what is a gentleman? jls it one that has a world-wide, scholas - tic fame! or one that dresses equal to a young English lord? or one that is re maikable for his personal beauty? or one that has a splendid mansion und multitudes of the progeny cf [Jain | around him? These ure excellent in- I deed; hut a man may possess them alt, land resemble a gentleman no more than I ja muscadine resembles *i mountain of ‘snow. I think a gentleman isindustri !ous, neat, benevolent, go“d-nutured, i kind, sensible ami sober. “O,” say | you, “I am all the rest, and sober too; I although somf.tiin s I indulge iu the ! pleasures of a social glass with my mer !ry companions, yet I am never seen ! with three sheets in tho wind and the; fourth a shaking; and so 1 call myself; as sober as the soberest .” Gentlemen, | did you everseea red-not icicle? or did | vou ever see a frozen fire? Ifyou-uev- 1 er uid, please do not say that you take; a social glass and are siiil sober. You’ might as well say that a steamboat, of! its own accord, would ru t up the mus cle shoals. As sure as the magnetic j needle points northward, so sure you are tipsy occasionally, if not oft< ner, it; you indulge in the bewitching pleasures | of the social glass. A man does not; ; have to wallow in the mud in swinish 1 .grandeur, nor to boon every side of the : road at the veu y ame time, before he : >is drunken. As soon as he siavs more | than he otherwise would, after he nas; kissed the deceitful glass, he is übso ilutr ly drunken to a certain degree. Gents, do you not feel sneaking, low, ; mean, shabby arid thoroughly und tre lmendouslv sheepish, to attempt to court ja lovely, modest, industrious girl when ! your alcoholic breath almost melts the j wax in her ears? No, you are a little | ashamed, when perfectly cool and sober! to touch on the subject of matrimony, j und therefore you take spirits to raise ; your courago. If you only knew how j iightly, the best of girls, und l may say j the most of them 100, think of you ut; such times, you would be greatly sur-j prised. 1 aitl many others think you( -ifk with the simples a welt a * fuddled. ’ PfiNFIELD, GA. OCTOBER 10, 1852. It would insult me no worse for an old whiskey barrel to take a seat by me, lay his arm around my neck, put his bung-hole to my ear and propose matri mony than for you who arc of this class’ to do so. When you ask me to be yours, it is the same as to say, “do you not wish to be the wife of a drunkard, to lead a life of wretchedness and pov. orty, misery and disgrace, tears ami sighs, to be beaten and ill-treated, to live on bread and not enough of that, to live in a little smoky hut, that a decent hog would curl his lip at, and to see your dear little children most barba rously treated, raised like savages, without education, sente, manners, morals or anything that is tjood, and to’ ; Oe turned loose in the world in no better I i plight than a squirrel in a corn field with his teeth drawn?” I said l much desired to be pressed j to the bosom of some gentleman whom I could proudly call husband. So i do, and no mistake ; hut I had rather die in the evening of life in all tint purity of old maidenhood, than to unite my destiny with a man who makes a whis key barrel of his ebunien, Gents, if you do not believe me, just propose matrimony, and you will soon see. If all the girls would try, and try right, they could make you glad to be sober men ; yes, total, thorough, strong, ab. stinence men. Ladies, did you know that tbe gov erned the hind ? Whether you knew of not, it is certainly so. VVe govern the world from uli antiquity, und will, to the end of time; whether we are conscious of it or not. And why not goveren it right us well as wrong, when we are obliged to govern it somehow ? What we like, the coarser half of crea. lion likes: and like the fabled nymphs of old, we have men under our com plete control. It depends on us wheth er or not our children are anybody. ’ Impressions made on children when, play ing around our knees, Hang like a magic spell around them to their latest existence. If some of us have married drunk ards, it is too late to mourn ituw, but we can talk to our children and influ ence them, when our husbands are swinishby swilling their ruin- How ofien do we hear pious olergymeri date their religious impressions back to their boyhood's brighter days, when a pious mother devoutly invoked the blessings of the most high, on her help less children? Perchance your boss may, as it is so pleasing to human na ture, be influenced by the bad exam ples of their father, and for awhile, go on heedlessly in dissipation ; but at last your examp e and heart stirring en treaties may make them sober men; if not, it ii your duty to do it anyhow.— In the happy world above, many will attribute their sobriety to maternal in fluence, and how sweetly that will ring in your ears ! My single sisters, shun dram-drink ers you would the breath of tlio upas. Make them stand off and let them know your motto is “abstinence men or no husbands,” and ere it be long you will accomplish wonders. Rule the men with prudence and wiudoin. I heard my friend Looriey once say, “woman is the lever, anti virtue is thepower that call prize up the world;” it is so. Boys if you wish to reply, do so ; for there is more from whence this came. MARTHA ANN. Elbert C>.,Graftsville. For tne Temperance Banner. A Trip up the Hudson Rlvor. August 1 6th, 6 o'clock, F. M. : Left New York for Albany on board the “Rip Van Winkle,” a sp!ended riv. er boat that plies between the before, mentioned cities. “ The Isaac New. ton” and “Manhattan” boats had I left their respective docks a few twin ; utes prior to our leaving. Our boat, : the “Rip,” was laying along side the ’ dock apparently asleep ; but was sud demy aroused from that lethargic slate ‘by hearing t’ e tolling of the bells of the two before-mentioned boats, which was a signal for their departure.’ He, the “ltip,” now appeared to be fully aroused to a state of consciousness i rubbed his eyes, and immediately pm on more steam, preparatory to starting. ! The cry of “ail aboard” was heard, and ‘ the “Rip” quietly hauled off, and grace- 1 fu iy moved upstream. By this time the “Isaac Newton” & “Manhattan” boats had left us f itr a . stem ; nut the “Rip’’ notwithstanding his proverbial sleeping propensities,’ rapidly gained on the two opposition ! steamers. VVe will now permit the 1 “Rip” to glide smoothly over the wu-’ tors cl the majestic Hudson, whilst we briefly allude to its romantic.sciebery, j and the principal places of interest i along its banks. The first place, after leaviug the! “commercial Emporium” worthy of no tice, was the spot where t(i illustrious! Hamilton was shot in a duel by A a ! ron Burr. The place is now called VV’ehauken, and is a beautiful and se-’ questered spot on the Jersey shore. The “Palisade*” now appeared in; view, and as we neared them they, seemed more grand, gloomy and peon-1 liar.” What are called the Palisades, ‘ arc high, petpendicalar rocks that ex tend 14 or 15 miles along the Western bank of tho river. In some places ilmse rocks are so smooth and regular that they have every appearance of being formed by the chisel of man. The next places worthy of no!ice were Stony Point, West Point slid the [diglilan ?s. Sionv Point is a litllo rough promon tory on the Wert bank of the Hudson, nearly a mile below the entrance of the Highlands, having a light house ua its U'ttuciit. it was fortified during the j I Revolutionary war, and is distinguished I j by the. celebrated assult made upon it • i on the ItJth Julv, 177D, by Gen. Wayne, ; Verplatick’u point on :be opposite side of the river, is also distinguished in the history of the revolution. We passed on and soon entered the Highlands, here you find yoursul sur rounded as it were by high mountains, [u some places the huge cliffs hang their dismal heads over the river, seem ing as if they were uotno guardian an ’ gels placed there by the hands of the Greator, lor the protection of iliis noble river'. For several miles along either ban'll’ of the Hudson, you will see noth ing but these stupendous cliffs, hanging their heads over the river. We passed Sing Sing, the place where tlie State’s prison is located, Haverstruvv, a thriving village, and West Point, where the U. S. Military Academy is established. West Point is a spot of paoular interest; it has been hallowed by the footsteps of Washington, a Kosciusko und a La Fayette. It is consecrated by a nation to the Spartan-like training of a few de voted sons from every Suite in our wide spread Union ; nor less sacredly secluded by nature as the scene of re tirement ami study; it seems alike to please the pensive sage and the aspiring youthful soldier. While even female loveliness vouchsafes to paint its memo ries iu lines of hope and brightness as the “boast of a glory hallowed land,” “Bright are the moments linked with lliee, Boast of a glorv hallowed land; Hope of the valiant and the free, Home of their youthful soldier band.” The scenery by moonlight on the Hudson is magnificent, I may say uno quailed Some say that the scenery on the Rhine anti other rivers is more beautiful arid romantic. Never having had the pleasure of viewing the scenery of the Rhine, of course I cannot speak from observation; hut if I knew that such was the case, then 1 would drop my goose-quill and write nothing more concerning the Hudson river. Whilst one is passing up this noble ri. ver, particular)? through lit ; Highlands, his mind will almost unconsciously wander back to the time when the red man was sole possessor of the vast for ests on either bank of the river. These were his hunting grounds, where lie couLd, after a prolonged chase, return to his wig man, there to rest, undisturbed, liis wearied limbs. He could di m say, in tho language of Robinson Crusoe : “I urn lord of all 1 survey” Bui his day has past —his sun has set never again to rise. No more will ho visit the graves of his fathers, there to Shed the tear of sorrow. Now and then you can see a remnant as it were of soma powerful tribe of this oppressed race; iivandeiing over tbeir old hunting; j grounds, not for the purpose of shooting; j the deer, (for they too have disappeared) j i but perchance to visit for the lust time! ;t he graves of their lathers. After, drop ; j ping the tear of sorrow on the lust rust ling place of their kindred; they, per-j ! haps, retrace their steps and “slowly: and ud!y climb tho Western hills, and; j read their doom in the setting sun.” ! “Alas for them !th -ir day is o’er, Their fire . are out from shore to ‘Tore; j i No mi re fttt them their wi i deer bounds, : i The plough is on their hunting ground, The pule man’ - axe rings thro’tlndr woods, ; Thepule mail’s oils skim oer diejr floods, Their pleasant spring* are dry,—. Their chihvn look, ay power oppressed, j Beyond the mountains of the ‘Vest, ; Their children goto die-’ ■ On the Exst bank of the Hudson the; ; “Hudson River Rad Road” winds its | ; way. In some places it is built or. \3O feet from the bank in the water. j ; We soon passed I’ougnkecpsie, Ath-j ens, Hudson, *Kindernook, und Other’ i thriving towns and villages; but could sec comparatively nothing ol interest, j !as the moon hud gone down. 1 ‘ guess” your many readers have • become wearied in perusing this unid-! terestiug “trip,” so 1 think it would be prudent for me to come to a close ; but I by the way, one word in regard to Gap tain Roc of the “Rip Van Winkle.” —■ We found him to be a perfect gentle man in every rrsaect, attentive to thej wants of the passengers, endeavoring, to please them as Inf as it laid in his power. He was very communicative,. courteous, and ad’.ble, and an especial favorite of the Indies. K6ROM f From thu Mobile Register. The License System --Wo 1. The Maine Liquor Law has elicited, ns all bold legislation, beuring upon popular indulgence, will ever do—a discussion commensurate with the evil involved, and strongly indicative of the subsequent national aspect of the ques tion. 1 do not intend to discuss its merits, but use the reference as i ; <1 . -ry to the investigation of the License s tem, involving like legal and social con siderations. At the outset, let me disclaim uny | advocacy of hasty or one sided log is! a | ttotr. 1 would have the law bused upon : recognized, not imaginary wrongs, that i its true dignity should be visible in its disinterestedness. Legislation is tiie expression of the public mind in the form of law; the potent agent of a common compromise, because based upon what the majority determined to be just and right. How tar this majority may be right or wrong; how far iegislativo sanction of prevail, ing custom, or restrictions upon pope lur indulgence are admissible, involves a question of peculiar interrst, and is to be decided on the broud principle of justice, regardless of conflicting indi vidual opinion. The law sanctions uuJ restrains.— The law is the offspring of association, and its vitality is based upon u surren der, not only of the right ot opinion, but individual action. It is then a common empire, adjusting not only our pecuniary interests, but the most deli cate social relations. It is emphatical ly tho conservator of the public peaoe, am? us such utterly nugatory unless obsolute. As the soqiul compact 'is made op of every variety of opinion and appetite the law must be founded upon acknowledged publio offences—not the executioner of private caprice nor the medium of fanaticism—but tne correc tive of wrongs prejudicial to tho public peace, visible iu the destruction of life, property or morals. Ifmy promises be right, (und no one, 1 am persuaded, will deny) I shall endeavor to prove the License System— tlie legal privilege to sell intoxicating drink—extra judicial; unfounded iu law or ethics; dangerous to the publio peace, and prejudicial to sound morality. The public ure exceedingly sensitive upon this question, and resist with u tenacity worthy a better causa, all in-j novations or restrictions. I claim an | audience with thinking men, those sur- ! rounded by pecuniary and sociul obli gations—men who know the value and appreciate the dignity ami purity of do mestic life, not the miserablo ‘hunger on* of a bur-roorn, or the degenerate specimens of humanity daily urraigiied before a Mayor’s court. I ask of such a calm, dispassionate hearing, a forget fu I ties of self. Taking nothing ‘foil a o granted,’ indulging in. no sketches of fancy, supplying no deficiency ofargu mont or statistic by conjectu re, I expect a manly acquiescence or refutation. A license is, as the word implies, a I privilege to do something granted by 1 recognized authority. It presumes an illegitimacy of pursuit, a tendency to excess—a right exchanged fit u mon ied consideration to pursue a business not required by publio necessity. If this be not so, why nre grocers, bakers, butchers, clothiers, druggists, etc., U censed to vend their articles of trade t Because they are ueedful for the com fort und health of the people. They I pursue a legitimate business, subjected touommmoial restrictions; they make investment of money and lubor, the di ; rection uriJ management of which re ; quires permanence of habitation.— ; Their contribution to the public tr'Msn j rv is in the form of a tax, u stipulated j ! per cent age upon inomo. Not so the! pedlar, street musician, cockpit, thea j i ire, etc. These are severally illegiil-! 1 mate, on tho ground iff want of doiui- j j cilo, interference with regular trade, : or as being conductive to excess and j immorality. Hence the State impost i lion assumes the forio of lionise. The ! j ephemeral characters of liconaeff pur-j ; suits deceivo s the public as to injury ‘ ! done. Let the wrong be proved, afid j 1 die authority that sanctions, either by] pecuniary concession or sufferance, [can find no warrant iu law, and in-j ! vudes tho peace und good order of so- : (ciety. PRO BONO PUBLICO. The License Srgtera —No 2- Reiterating the assumption ilia* if a| wrong be proved, in uny pursuit, (he l sanction in tho form ot license for reve 1 nue, or hy simple sufferance, is illegal i and subversive of tho peace and good i order ofsociety, 1 proceed to show thut; the present system of license to retail i intoxicating drink, is a public nuisance, 1 and should be abolished. It is an illegitimate business—a traf- j he without a valuable c maid.nation, j ndhnnc ! deficient in the chief cle ment ot commerce—reciprocity. No! man receives an (univalent tor’ tli-l NO. 42. dime given iu exchange for u drink.— He imbibes a liquid not necessary for bis health or morals; an eXcitemer.i that clouds the intellect, fires the pasd sions, inducing disease nnd death in tho most loathsome and terrible forms. He exchanges thu labor of un hour for the pleasure of a moment —not an intellect? uni or mora l recreation, by which the stock ofniird and manners is improved, or the physical man invigorated—but a sensual indulgence, interdicted by | medical science; denounced by refer* • ■ ces to its social effects; tho medium , °l three-quarters, of the pauperism, lu . ttacy and crime ot this country,” It contributed to the public treasury with one hand and stabs its peaoe with the other. The following local statis. tie will be of interest in the discussion : Year ending Ist October, 1851. Nujnbtr of licenses, 46 Cases recorded for drunJ:enness on the May or’s docket, 4,83 Cusos treated at City Hospital, 1 100 Three quarters of which—on medical authority— consequent upon the use of alcoholic drink, making, say 80d Thus then, in two departments, Wo have individual oases of expendi ture—disturbers of tho public peafso and beneficiaries upon its ehurity.4-~ The secrecy of private life conceals from the public eye the real extent bf intemperance. Beyond the publio rec ord, it must be a matter of oonjeotufe Let every man, in this connection, ex amine his circle of acquaintance, anti note the effects of liquor, as visible iu blighted hopes, dishonored affection, want, beggary, oiime, death, and make up his own social statistics. J Revenue from license, about ®'.(1,000 Cost of City Hospital, per unuuru, about 6,00(5 Presuming one half of this amount appropriated to the treatment of disease, consequent upon the use of liquor, or $2501), und the balance of the revenue applied to the police department, ami’ tho inconsistency of the liounse sys tem is oleurly illustrated. The city, for @201), grants the privi l.'geol opening a bar-room—of making men drunk—of stimulating pernicious appetite—of vending an article that en genders disease and induces crime.— The city, with Samaritan liberality and tenderness, and n proper regard ior tba general safety and good order, estab-, lishes a Hospital to treat tho disease, and a vigorous polios to suppress the riot j and crime, consequent upon (lie bar. | room. Truly, this is the perfection of legislation. Tito traffic is a public nuisance, be cause no public good can be shown to result from it. Il strikes at the very • root of society, in the invasion of the reg ularity of private life ; this is the found ation of the injury. Men are induced Iby the convenience und association of | bar- rooms to drink to excess—to forget ; the claim of wife and child, to do abroud | that which they blush to own at home. 1 The young are seduced, and yeurs of I parental cate and toncluug lest, in the i Bacchanalian revel. The solidity of ‘society depends upon its virtue. A ; bar-room is not a school of morals. It is around the family fire-side that moral and religious impressions are made, and. society is most eiovuted, as the social relations nro most refined. The law then performs its legitimate office when it restricts indulgences, prejudicial to tho public health or morals, or that in any many disturb the harmony of do mcstic life. PRO BONO PUBLICO. The License System.--No 3 Tiie fact recorded in my lasi—and ‘it cannot be too often repeated, thin ; 4615 p.'raons were arraigned before the. Mayor ot Mobile, in one year, for j drunkenness, and doubiles twice that ; number for offences consequent unon I the uo ol liquor; that 800 in the same j moo and from like cause, parsed ; through the C.:y Hospital, gives but uu j item to the Bill of Mortality. Unveil | urn pr. ‘aoy of home, note the dismem. i bcriiM iit of families, tho widowhood, i the destitution of suffering—visit the I J ail when the Law is usserjjcg its stem ! majes.y—the Asylums for tim lunatic i and orphan, where charity si)offers the wretched an J forsaken, and a picture j is presented revolting to the most frigid ! morality; a represent upon the humani-’ ity of the times, and a disgrace to the ; religious smiitmmt of our pt opie. It iis a low estimate to charge three ! fourths of all tins wrong to intoxicating [ drink. Tne staff sues of our country prove it to be true, and common objter- I valiou aided by ac honest apprehension, will confirm its integrity. If the use of spirituous Liquor does produce such fearful results, it is a common enemy. If localities are so. fecit and for the sale of it, the publio peace is invaded, if the law offers protection to tho nefarious traffic, its dignity is compromised and the social compact violated. We recognize the bond of society fur protection—the basis oftlie association i- (lie surrmi.fer of ‘the to do Ss