The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-11-12

force. the Temperance Hsss1isa slands prominent
The sdvoeAAse; g Desanrs Rslorm sppeas 70
have sbAndoasa the - gyosrd q making efforts
10 secure individual rsfornalions; fhey nov drec.
their energies Immediately to the liquor business.
The doctrines Of "no sale" aud a. no license, are
already established In several of the States and the
efforts which are being made toward these objects
nre by no means puny, nor are they put forth by
irresponsible men.
In Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts,, Rhode Island.
Connecticut and Minnesota, LAWS prohibiting the
sale OF intoxicating liquor as beverage have been
adopted, and Il Is claimed with good effect on the
morals Of the communities where they have been
enforced. In Nnncsota and Rhode leland ON sc
count OF judicial dccisions against thcn the liauor
laws are not Ia force, but the people .sl agiin.c
tho Maine iaw question, and 70 they do also In New
/ York. Michigan, Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio
with great show of earncstncss M
In our own statc tue exertions being nut f,r.,, 70
/ c'cesc public sentiment, which shall demand of
Our Legislature = law, snlilar in It's Fundamental
principles 10 tho Mainc Liquor Law. nrc more wide
y spread and meet with warmer favor than Il gcn
orally supposed. Most Of tho counties have been
thoroughly organized, and every voter will De
/ souhucd before the next State election, md tho
most potent question put to candidates for tho Lee
sislaturc, will bc---"Arc you IN favor Of Prohibit
tory iG;;or fawy' Conventions have been, and
are sill being held throughout our State, and del.
cgatcs appontcd--saong whom nrc some Of our
t,.r,,n, -, -, III, y, go. - W.
,,on, Ic,h.,. ~. -. -. - $50
erov fo,d croo u,o o,...,... - a.. -
..ro,.a T., ,,.,,, 49,. =, ,.,
will bo ~, .,,,,, =. ~
dur;nc ,,,o ,naro,o,,i,,, .s,os,
- 80 .. -. .eo.
WHAT RAILROADS ARK DolSo.--The various pro-
Jec,cd lines Of railway In Western Virginia are ra.
p'dly enhancing tho price OF land. III Nicholas
county largo quantity of land, heretofore consid
cred almost yalaelcss, has been recently bought up
ny new settlers, principally from the eastern coun-
ties OF the State The last Lcwisburg Fra states
that IN one neighboriIocd alone some sevcnty.fyc
or eighty Thousand acres hare been purchased, in
4 parcels from hundred to many thousand acres,
procnred n few ycors .yo lilo ,,,. .,,,,or q, \,
ssid nre imnortins, h,nas Gor, ,h., ,.,. ....o.,
homes oncn,,y ro,,s c,c,,i,. 49,, ,.,,. al 49,.
king every nrcn,,,,,o, nocess,r, ., male ,,,
dc,ness lloom no ,,,o ,oson
/ IL sucb /, stat, nc f.o,,nc 4, v,.,..,,.
the lands h,retof,rc were considsrod v,I,oos. ,,,
will IL bc when our rai,ro,ds IN Wos,.r, ~,
In opcrntiop whore thc land. ,rc az III. ,o, ,.,,
quality and increasing, IN value every d,v,
-
''",''N - Nh"srArEH AfrA'Rs'---" learn
80 ~" O'."' D'''" 'ha' 'hc New ork
'o"s VIC "V'' ''n''"''u paper OF the
:, up. w! 10 SUI" Nv sho'' "me. mr'
.'''' ,'s .u'eo'' eo''c''p'a'cs tue gigantic pro-
nco,sly. In l.osion. phlo,lc,nhia NM, po,,;,,,nro
The proposed canital for Tho npae,,,Ln \. n al =,
5000. 600.
Tho Herald has lately given nm ne nacn,,as,,
position. and zone oycr hco, and son, N III, H.,
party. IL has become nm .,oruan.n and ,bcr,h,
loses some of its accustomed frankpcss ond sr,n.
ness 1t docs not exhibit, either ia former alton.
ton to the business department and anncor. 10 bo,o
los, to some extent the cnterpri.nr sn;r, ,vhic,,
made It's fortune.
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with" oo'soHt'rioNs TO THE PACIFIC RAIL.
"'""' DOCKS OF SUBSCRIPTION TO tho stock of
VIZ -''"""o anu i'eHe ""'iroaa Company were
vpe",e ',' '"' See',a u''s' ut metropolitan Hotel,
large, and for ncarl, two hours i, ;s so;d ssr,;,
tons were entered Us rapidly as they could le writ,
ten down. In that time little over thirteen mill. |
ions OF doa,s were subscribed, the list being head
cd by p. Il. Barnum, ESD. at 100000. Tho
whole an,om, was divided among los persons rc !
siding in all sections Of the country, being an aver.
age of little over 100000 to each subscription.