Smyrna times., 1855-01-31

ANOTHER LIoUoR BILL.-Ifthe evils of an
lndIscrlmnate license to sell spIrItuous l0ucrs
are not cured by the present Legislature. il
VIII not be for want of legislation. We have
the third bill upon the subject, in one present.
ed by Mr.. Price, This bill provides that no
license shall be issued to vendens by retail OF
! splrltuous or malt liquors, unless two out of
| three appraisers, appointed by the Quarter Ses-
| slOns shall give HIM a certificate, that twelve
| respectable housedolders of the ward whore
| the applicants business Is to be conducted pe-
tltlon to that effect, declaring him to be OF good
repute for honesty and temperance, that the
public convenience will he promoted by the re-
quesied license, and that the person, licensed
| possesses Accommodations tor travellers SIX rooms
and twelve beds, with the written consent ot
the owner that the premises shall be occupied
for the intended business. The application
must be published three times, during three
weeks, in each of two daily newspapers. II
twelve respectable househoders of the ward
shall demonstrate against the licensing. the
Court shall not grant it without a hearing
! The license, IT granted, is issued by the Clerk
| of the Court to the receiver OF Taxes. Sho de-
lIvers 1t when the applicant pays sum three
times the amount now fixed by law, and no
! license to be granted for a less sum than SI50
a bond IN SlOuO Is also required to be filed
with two sufficient suretles and warrant of at
torney to confess judgment, to be approved by
the District Attorney. The license is not IN
authorize the sale of liquors on Sunday. PEN
atles for the violation of any of these provisions
are attached to the bill. Any person found in
Ioyicated in any street highway or public bulld.
! ing may be arrested and fined So. or be i'm
pl isonad for thirty days. The tavern-keeDer
| ,h0 in al1
answer in damages under existing laws. shall
be fined 50, and committed till the fine and
costs are D. id. 1t is also made the dutv Of the
city councils of Philadelphia TO provide iurv
rooms contiguous to the Courts, and thereai
ter it shall be un. rwful for any Court to per-
NIT any jury sworn to try any issue to be ia ken
to any hotel or tavern, or to be furnished with
any splrtuous liquor exc pit under medical ad-
vice. This the reader Will see is a tolerable
stringent bill. We have presented its main
features that they may be exaAlined by those
lnterested.-Ledger.
PRINTING PAPER.-The aper we rrint on
this week Is not SO good az hat we have bee u
using Tor some time past. Paper has got up to
such nigh price, that 1t is almost mposslL lie
to buy any suitable for printing purposes, at
anythlng ike a "PayIng prce-to US. This
we are using now, costs US more than any we
have yet had and almost one hundred Der cent.
more than we paid two years ago. The high
price has had u serious efiec; upon great many
newspapers Ofthe country; some of the oldes,
and best journals have felt the change, and were
forced TO reduce their size, while others have
been discontinued altogether. Publishers. TO
live nowadays have to curta their free list. :"
cut of exchanges, and adopt the cash system
and have as few "independeut notions as DOS
sible. We only wish that III subscribers would
believe that advance payments would remedy
host of evils attendant on publishers. and act
on the convction--both parties would be bene.
| fitted by it.. In a few weeks we will have
better quality aper.-BeGcon.
RELIGIOUS EXCITEMENT IN DErRorr.-Consid.
cradle excitement has been occasioned in that
city by the interference of Catholic priests in
destroying the religious books given TO the
children in the alms-house On Sunday last.
four teachers who were appointed through the
influence OF the priests, acting under their di-
rection seized the books vf the children and
destroyed them.
A PRoHIBIToRY LIQUOR LAW has uassed the
lower House of the New Jersey State Lepis-
lature, 1t contains a clause providing that
popular vote shall be taken on il in Ootober
next. The law goes into effect on the first of
February, but if the voice OF the people be
against II, II is 70 be repealed,