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INTEMPFRANcE AND CRIME.-The Rev. i.
Curtis, chaplain of the state prison, at Char
lesion, was witness in the libel case of the
editor of the Dew Drop, and made the fol-
lowing statement respecting intemperance
and crime:


Il have directed my attention to intem-
perance as source of crime. This is a
duty owe to the State: have probably
examined thousands at Auburn and Charles
town prisons with regard to their habits of
intemperance. tried to get the prisoners to
be frank and tell their habits of life. More
than three quarters of all the prisoners in
Charlestown, of whom | have had per-
sonal knowledge, were incorporate men.
There is nothing SO destructive to the NOR
ais of men as intemperance. All other
causes combined, do not produce SO much
immortality as the use ofintoxicating drinks
1t destroys the kindlier feelings and hardens
the heart"