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q just what propose should Be given % the
public. and the number Of travellers whs have
expressed to me similar desire, convinces me
that the prosecution Of such work. would
not only bring money into The pocket. but no
nor to The name OF the man who would per
form il 10 satisfactory manner Il is mere
suggestion Of iTlNERASr. Z


~. B. There are Temperance Houses in
Philadelphia, and in this city which would
have stopped at, but | knew not Of them, un-
ill the day when was leaving The place.


KILLING OFF The DRUNKARDS.


Deaths by iploxicalion or intemperance are
more common this season than we ever re-
lnember to have noticed before Ii is probably
owing TO the bad qualify Of The liquors sold by
most dealers, brng nothing more than the poi
sonous alcohol itself. favored or coored 10
represent genuine articles; or il may be owing
10 the new License Laws, which prohibit the
sale of liquors in small quantities. and thus
compel druukards 10 carry home more than
enough 10 XIII ihem.--.N Y. Sun.


MEssRs. EDITORS: The ignorance Of en-
lighlened men on The subject Of intoxicating
hquors is truly astonishing. The aHhor ot the
above ar,icle speaks ol some liquors being sold
which are romposeL Of nothing but the poi
sunsuus alcohol ltelf, favored or colored, 10
represent the genuine article. Now, what is
The genuine article composed oi2 Tie besl
cognac brandy, Jamaica spirits, Holland g.n,
wines, &c., all contain the same poisonous al
eohol, ihal the comnionest whsk-y and rum
contain. Alcohol is the same IN all Intoxicating
llquor |; in the slrun,e liquors II is present,
from 81 10 So parts 10 Tie hundred, and in
wines ir,m ~ Of II parts 10 rs, in the hun
only better favored, colored and rectiied, lhan
the couimonest article; but the acohol, the
poison, cant be rec lh~d out oi III il il was, j,
would become worthless 10 the dlinker, for il
Is The intoxicating or poisoning part they drink
IL for; take this away, and the balance would
De dirty ,cater. But, say s The writer, 1T may
ne owing 10 The new License Law, &c,, that
cause 5 he death Of drunkards." W hat IS The
law believe pruhlbl,s the sale of liquors il
quantities less than tive gallons. Do these
men who are found dead in hedges and ditch
=, On r.uiroads, in gfog shops, and the streets,
who. by the by, are the only ones that are held
ip 10 tue public gaze as dead drunkards, do
lhry OBJ ain llieir liquors by the five galluns a.
time Z . no, il Is The rich drunkards who
,uy their poisons by the quantity; rich drunk
,rdS did sd, beg pardon. there are no rich
,runkards, they only get excited lulle, and
when they die suddenly, il is Of disease Of The
heart, apoplexy, ST.. The poor drunkards slili
get then liquor by the small dose, for he run,
sellers don't obey the laws, and they never
will while they can make money by poisoning
th-ir felIow-nie Ih fines must be laid on So
,hick that il will he a losing game to commune
he murderous traffic. Then they will stop.
~ not ,Ill then. OBSERVER.