The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1853-02-01

Maine liquor law. The following is a sy>
nopsis Of is principal features:
|. The manufacture and sale Of iutoxi.
eating liquors, except for medical. sacra-
mental and mechanical purposes. shall be
entirely prohibited.
2. The county court trustees, or council,
to appoint annually an agent TO sell liquors
in a special boundary, but only for the above
specified purposes. The agent to make
stated reports Of his ProeeediDgs-receive
annual salary. give bond with good securi~
ties, to faithfully observe the law, &c &c,
and be subject to dismissal at the pleasure
Of the appointing power.
3. Adequate penalties TO be inflicted for
each illegal selling, and against common
sellers.
4. Prosecutions to be tried before any
Judge or magistrate Of the county.
g. Upon three legal voters Of any district
making oath that they believe liquors are
kept for sale in any store, shop, &cp the
magistrate shall (not may) issue a search
warrant for them; but no dwelling house
shall be searched. unless there be a store or
shop attached, or unless oath be made to
some act Of sale therein.
6. When liquors are found or seized up
on, they shall be carried to a place of Sc
curity, and if the prosecution is sustained,
the liquor shall be destroyed and the delen
dant fined.
7. Appeals from the judgment rendered
to be allowed upon the defendants execu>
ting bond in appropriate penalty; but if this
appeal is unsuccessful, and the quantity Of
liquor in controversy be as much as five
gallons, he shall then be ~adjudged a cons
mon seller. a
8. Liquors sold or kept in any booth, ar
Dor, shanty, or other shelter or place, at or
near any show, muster, election, religious
meeting or other gathering. shall be seized
by the authorities without warrant, and de-
stroyed, and the keepers fined.
8. Ali contracts, notes, &c. &c, in re-
spect to liquors illegally sold, to be void.
TO- No liquor seller to sit on lhe Jury in
any trial under this act. and all prosecutions
TO be disposed of before any court where
pending in preference to any other except
criminal cases..
The Louisville Journal, Maysville Eagle,
and other influential journals, speak of the
measure in very favorable terms. Oh, low
ers of the Bourbon dynasty, where are
your tears?
AMERICAN COLONIZATION SoclETY.-The
annual meeting of this society took place
on the 10Th nit.
During the year the society has sent six
vessels and six hundred and sixty-six color>
cd emigrants to Liberia.
The whole number of emigrants sent to
Liberia by the society, since its origin, u
457. and the whole expenditures have been
$t,065, 800.
Secretary Everett delivered an address to
the society, President Fillmore and other
distinguished individuals were present at the
meeting. ac
John IL. Latrobe, Esq. was elected Pres
dent of the Society,
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New HAMPsnIRE DEMocRAoY.-Bot
branches of the Legislature of New
hampshire have, by large majorities,
adopted a resolution declaring the re>
llgious test a disgrace to the civiliza>
ton ofthe age, and tothe spirit of our
institutions thus firmly and frankly
planting themselves on the position the
democracy ofthe Union expected them
to assume. Hasa
The same body has likewise elected
to the Senate the Hon. Charles G. AT,
horton, already distinguished in both
houses OF Congress, and well known
and honored in the South for his mems
orable defence, al, an excited period,
o four constitutional rights. Such acts
as these. on the part OF the legislature
of New Hampshire, are particularly
gratifying. and repay the democracy
OF the south for their exertions for
FRANKLIN Pierce.
A Coon OSB.--The Buffalo Commer>
cial is responsible Cor the following:
I'VE learn from Washington that the
Wings there are having a hearty laugh
over the discontinue of the unfortun
ate ofice>beggars of the federal city.
The story is that tho hungry crew who
have undertaken 10 monopolize the
patronag of the District, recently sent
a letter to Gen. Pierce containing a
long list of unworthy ofice>holders
whom they expected him to remove the
moment he got fairly seated in the
chair. The doomed incumbents were
~chargeewith Vulnerable delinquencies
and it was alleged hat the public in>
terest was in great jeopardy from their
~propensities. Pierce is said to have
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