Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-04-18
From our New Yolk Correspondent
NEW YORK, April -, 1855

"A liners call an 'nInense sensation" and the
amour, Of bgr.raom logic expended upon the
subject /. enormous. Prohibition being dry
topic. Is moi tened by frequent applications TO
the deean,cl and the tap. Opinions differ. Some
-ay tlp law viii be quietly carried out others
that il will be resisted to the death. Then there
i much talk about iniunctions, uuconstutionali-
~, lonp.loes in tho statute, and the like. The
liquor dealers and topcra are wroth against the
"rurnl districts" and daily consign tho repre-
seniatiyes thereof through whose agency the
bill was passed, 10 II place not mcntonablc TO
cnrs polite. One thing is certain, viz, that if
money could have strnngled the measure, exccu-
tinn would have been done upon it, Its death
warrant would have commanded 4lOO,G0O, but it
survives; and, if not n monument of the incor-
ruptibilty of our legislature it is at least proof
TINT in tbs instance they were not corrupted.
Mayor Wood says the law cannot be enforced in
this city without an augmentation of the police.
This | believe. Indeed it is not probable that
il will eyer be strictly enforced in this polyelot,
and not very moral metropolis; but the worst
drinking dens, tho corner groceries and porter
houses, will unquestonnbIybe closed. | believe
that the latest threat of the liquorsts is that
they will petition Congress t. divide the State,
and thereby cut off tho rural districts from New
York city and Brooklyn rs II punishment for
inHicting the unconstitutional curse of prohibit
tion upon million of people troubled with
constitutional thirst This is all talk -nftcr the
glorious Fourth il will be "all talk and no cidrr."
BY the why, it hns just been discovered that
fine oprration Of the law will commence on the
ond of May instead of the Ith of 'uy. The act
saws TINT the present liquor licenses shall not he
renewed aud ms they all expire on the lst proxi-
mo. it follows that the existing excise law which
forb1s the sale of Intoxicating drink in less guam
titles than five gallons, will then exclusively OBJ
tain This is probably more than our Legsla-
ture bargained for; but law is law, and the alilct-
ed must grin and bear it.
A new Internal theory has been preached here
by Father Walworth, son of the late Chancellor
Of the State, aud recent convert to Roamnsm.
The Reverend genleman insists that the place
Of cterna torment is in { % centre of the earth,
aud infcrs from the ratio ol D. increase of tenn
peratnre in boring artcsinn wells, that the from
tier of the ctcrnai regions is some twenty one
miles beneath the earhs surface, and that the
trmpcrature on the ''borler line" is over 1000
degrees of Fahrenheit \ queer Ideals it hot
and ''important II true
New Jersey is likely to havoit population UNI
dcsirnhly augmented in consequence of the cru
side against 'strange women" now in progress
here Several keepers of ''improper houses"
are preparing to remove their household gods
land rodlesses) To IIubo&en and Jersey City.
MANY of the liquor dealers are likewise preparing
to depart for the non nbstjnent region.
The case of John b. Holmes, for the man
slaughter of policeman Gowlcy, has been given
to the Jury in the Court of Sessions. Probably
fine verdict will be rendered to-day. Holmes, who
was n candidate for Alderman, was on an cleo
tioneerng spree at the time the offence WINS COM
mitted He stabbed Gowey while the latter was
cndeayarng TO secure him.
Hon. Erastus Brooks, of the Express, having
asserted in his place in the State Senate that
Archbishop Hughes held church property to the
amount of s., 900, 900 that prclnte has replied in
n letter replete with the richest sarcasm. lie
proposes when the location of the property is
ascrrtained to give the Senator slice, and with
the remainder found and endow public library
to be called the Erastus Brooks Library. In the
Times of Yesterday, u Catholic book seller pro-
poses to supply the books, and offers to begin
with "Opie on Lying" If Brooks is the sort of
II man to laugh at n good joke at his own CA
pense-and | think he is-he could not have
finer opportunity.
The Opera House is filled nightly at the
duccd priccs-parquet and dress circle 81, and
the higher regions soc. William Tell, Rossns
last and best, has been brought out creditably,
with new scenery and effective choruses. The
troupe is very efficient one. with the exception
of Pima commensurate Stcllanone, whose
voice has lost its richness, and who is apt TO be-
come iadiSpoSed towards the conclusion of the
performance.
Our Theatres nrc well attended Last evening,
Colman', fine Comedy of The Heir at Law was
reproduced ut Walack's with n most effective
cast and a perfection of stage appointments 10
be found at other Theatre in the Country.
Daniel Dowlas, Taow Chandler, who suddenly
finds himself Pear" as he spells it, of the
boy hnttar ron hon,
Mr.. Blake, and Mr.. Broughams DIR. Douglass
l.. l.. ID. A. 5. 5. reyiyes most wildly the
starch and Buckram toadyism of the old line race
of tutors now happily extinct
That splendid Fifth avenue Hotel the Breyoort
House has proved disatrous failure. 1t utterly
swamped poor 1udson, late of the New York
Hotel, absorbing in few months the earnings of
his life, and reducing him from the position of
landlord to that of clerk. Only think of the
furniture, of tho establishment, which cost $780,
600, being knocked down to Stewart, (who sup
pose a heavy credtor) TOR S2S,0o9
The departure of Commodore McCauley, in the
San Jaonto, for Havana, with, tit is belieyed)
very bclligerent neutrality-suspicious. quite
stir among our "fbusters." Many think there
will be with Spain. Iumbug Spain knows
better.
Wonderful and to me incredible, stories of the
phenomena witnessed in circle of ''rappers'
known as the Miracle Circle" have tempted me
TO apply for admission TO the performance
There are, it is said, five hundred names ON the
application list, hut as my name is nearly "up
head | expect early invitation, and after see
ing what there is TO be sen, will state my sex
pcrIence' for the amusement, instruction or
astonishment(as the case may be) of your readers
Some of our don't care" bellies have adopted
the Spanish Cavalier boot it appears on the
stage. After the boots will come br--s, | sup
pose.
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