Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-08-20
{ Volume V.---Whole No. 210.

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!, River, as far as Richmond, is pur
water, and then is changed into dirt!
filthy whiskcy. Yet citizens arc hea'
tily tired Of the traffic. All agre
that it would bo best to exterminat
the miserable doggeries where the ne
groes congrega,e. But we cant d.
without tho liquor traffic. You peo
pie in tho country will have it, and
will not do business where you can
not procure it. You must have tay
erns, restaurants, &C., where it is sold
How could the speaker, delegates
&C., get through their business with
out liquorl How stagger home un'
llcr the load of laws which they pass.
cd lost winscrl The trade is far too
respectable to be abandoned. Then,
too, we must have importing houses
to furnish the best of brandy, gin and
wine for the gubernatorial mansion,
or else the members wont call on him
Ho might ge' d ie%' perhaps, ol 'no
bellies, and some ie" aeV1'en patti' pa,,
zans, but not a great numoer' nc
internal ana eN,esha' hea, muSt ", ge
Kept up, ana no'ning Out i'Iuor Wlll
do It, linen. 100, some ''ch scenes
occur IN wl'ch honoraT'e 'nelnoe's
are trnndled nome nc IN "hce''oallowS
by waschmen: we nave gos me "
quor tratIc IN it'en"o"o' al alu = !H' !.
worst OF " is, we can't eet lia 1l IT.
Members from tne country ""1 nave
led upon nee, anu mutton III a. a',:ie' me
come 10 hie!imoha' they 'ne.e '!'ye
upon h'h anu oysters, anu 5et SICK.
any take no medicine out orahdy. l
saw fellow, not long ago, not much
over 4 feet high, a printer, who de-
clared that before the Maine liquor
law should be inforced in Richmond,
he would point his bayonet and shoul-
der his musket to resist.-The poor
fellow had learned to drink while at
work upon the debates of the conven-
tiOn.-Thcre is much TO contend u
guinst in Richmond. We have to
carry on contest with all the liquor
sellers in The State. We have as
shrewd set Of dealers as can be
found anywhere. Two Yankees, who
had been chased out of Boston by the
prohibitory law. came to Richmond
to make Virginia drunk, got out their
advertisements in the papers, circula-
ted hand bills, &c. We'll, the friends
of temperance last year wanted sta
tistics, and on examination. found that
there were from 400 to GOO liquor
shops, forlthe most nart snr'csa sassdi
though Tie police can't see them, Inc oven
with the help OF glasses. The socle-
y accordingly sent out an agent to
distribute temperance tracts IN these
places; and the agent who was
good man. but little weak IN the
garrett. among oiher places, called
at the ankee shoP' dropped tract
and got lnFo a chat WIN the proprie-
tors lie afterwards discovered that
~ some nnacconi''ao'e "ay' one OF
tue . bills OF 'hs ,,,. aFm' reaq'ns willis
" Lombard WINE ana Liquor deal
ers' had been inserted IN eacn en-, OF his
remaining STOCK OF tracts. inc ed
tor being absent we nave om''teu mere
remark, the correctness o., o, winch
has been eontFoVert9d' mere Is
more caPl'al invested IN ,,i ,ne business
ol manuiactuT'ng ana se1nns 81, lquof
in Rlchmohn 'hah IN ail 'ne rest o,
the State DUH pu. 1eyet,ne'ess, !e ,I 'ne eyi'
might DC aoa'ta !. anSo,, Tue eny aione
Goa'u u mum o. -, ,i,st .,nhoId. ] ,ts ,n,e
! Is 'ne :o, 81 ,Ia s.l,a l q ,l,a ,a"u ,.a H.
nc AS ~ 'ne 1;, iuo'e % =, .'o @ ,na'i I"o ,S
,laa sg'eee :" Ian,a,a " ~. - o ',,;'L as' Wy,
ne ala nos u;e';a.e ;, ], ~ - a ,Ia ,a., a,s'
lhe river ,'o"s af ;"lum ",',,a,d o. .o"Id I I' M
p,ysv pv,ra'v vv;,b tho rum traffic, were i
not for the unceasing slrcams that are
poured in upon tho city from all parts
of tho State. Your merchants will
buy liquor, and say they must it,
or lose their customers. The eonse-
quencc is, that the traffic continues,
and every mornings sun peers in up
on dark and dingy Mayors Office,
where are collected the wretchel viz.