Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-04-23

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smiling.
"I'roth, r%na'aD," sail Pat again, touching
tho place wlers once stood the bfim Of " hat
once vas a beaver. that look OF your w
beautifpl eyes thanked me for both !"
If that hya carrier will iss1n proposals. to
"tache the iontalc," ws'li DO his adysrl,sing
gratis, and head his list Of pupils. lie has a
genius fer the thing brother Jonathas.
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T'gurErASrE.-We received, some
weeks since, a copy Of the Addreys deliver.
ed bnfote the New ORLEANS temperance
society. and would have noticed j, before
but for the pressure Of other avocations.
II ~ Il production of merit, exhibiting in.
dusiry, elaborate care, and most deterrin.
cd and ardent zsal in the cause which il
94stains. The style IL plain and ~pesspiea.
GUS, and the subject Is treated in a man.
ncr TO nwnkeh tho attention and excite the
interest Of every rcadrr. Some ofthc facts
which II contains arc Of a nature 50 start.
ling and ifpporiant, that we cannot do bel.
fer than TO place them before Inc public.
In t e city Of New Orleans there 57I
drinking establishments, or coffee. houses
each paying a tax Of $500, md 25o--each
paying 500 per aDnum, for ibs privilege
Of vending ardent spirits. The aggregate
amount Of these lice nses IL s19s, 100. 1t
10 computed that every eff s.housc has a
bar keepar, say ut 5000 per annum. This
would add 3499, sO0r Of the sam stated.
Eight hundred and thirty. three house rcn.s,
and the "a noe number Of families ie be sup
portedby the profits arising from these cs.
tablishmcnia, would require. n moderate
calculation, 50, 000, 600 making "a total Of
nearly three millions Of dollars, Of which
the greater portion is belieyed to be sub
straeted fon the hard earaiDxs Of the poor,
honest labores' by the consumption Of ar.
dent spirits in New Orleans.
The naked statement is fightful enough,
bit the picture is but half revealed. Tho
Address proceeds to examine tho statistics
ofcrime and mortality in New Orleans, and
proves that mnst Of the cases which load
our criminal docket, and four.ffsn occur
among the poorer classes in our public in
stitutions, are ascribabIe TO this prolific
source Of evil.-Take the following brief
abstract from the information supplied by
this document. Before the Police Mayistya.
CIV Of New Orleans there are annually
brought about 5000 personsr~aye;sgiDg
nearly Is a day. The annual expense Of
administering this tribunal Of justice is es.
timated at little less than 100000. tits
u we'll established truth that nine.
ten,hs ofthe individuals who are brought
.,x r- 500 ~t.~.x hnrc~r S1~.4 r,t
are charged with offences directly or re.
motley traceable to habits Of incbriation.
Of!53 persons upon whom the inquest of
the Coroner have beenheld within one year,
the deaths Of lao, says the Address, may,
with truth and propriety. be ascribed to in
temperance. The cest Of this department
of public justice, cannot be less than $l0,.
900.
This part Of the subject 10 closed by
the following estimates TO the aggregate
amount paid by the city for the uae Of Ut
dent sp;rits:
AGGREGATE COST
Cost Of grog-shops. S2,isG,90o
loss OF labor of persons attending
in and dependant on, l,520,224
Loss of labor on 400, persons con-
fined in jail. 10000
Loss on SLAVES affected by illicit
trade witt. cofee-houses slaves
at $40, 100000
administrator of criminal police, 100000
Coroner's department, 10439
Public charity, orphan asylum AID
municipal grants, $1,000
Total, S5,223,l23
Now We do not believe this statement TO
be ut all exagela'ed; but admitting thai it
approAimate< truth what a fearful SUN is
here presented! What a beInfy imposed
on our citizens. within one earthly benefit
derived from it! What a burthen for the
propagation of vice and misery, and the
extension Of crime.
Comment upon these facts seems almost
unnecessary. They teIla PLAIN tale. But
are the evils an horror with which they are
frought irremediable Not So The anti.
do;e is in our own hands. Taste not,
touch not, handle BOT" must be tao guild
ing maxim Of every man, whA IS willing
to aid iE this mighty work Of Phi!antrophy,
and establish a moral reform to which tho
triumphs Of ALEXANDER or NAPOLEON, are
as nausht, and which can alone compare
with thai i,mger.shabls declaration of indie
.pcndence xheh went forth as a token of
deliveranee to wiring America from the
thEaldcm oftyranny. The enslayemen, of
the body, stripes add chains Gre evils scarce.
ly more intolerabic than that dark and
hopeless ssssItEae TO which the victim of
i~n.esnper2nce Is remoEselessIy condemned.
Bee.
COTTON MANUFACTURE The
manufacturers of Boston and its vicinity
have addressed a memorial TO Congress
which is published in the Boston Daily Ad-
~yertiser Of the sd ult. II contains many
facts connected with this branch of indus
try and trade, which are of mahc interest
to this section Of the country in particular.
as the producer OF the raw material. We
therefore give an abstract of the memorial