Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-19
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iS m evefyOodys nouth here. The enact ment of the prohibitory law has created what the penny-a-liners call an .s immense sensations, and the amount of bar-room To- gic expended upon the subject is enormous. Prohibition being a dry topic is moistened by frequent applications to the decanser and the tap Opinions differ -some say the law will he quietly carried out; others that il, will be resisted to the death. Then there is much talk about iniunciions. rncon- stituiionality, loop-holes in the statute and the like. The liquor dealers and topers are wroth against the "rural districts,'' and daily consign the representatives thereof through whose agrncy the bill was passed to place not men,ionabIe to ears polite. One thing Is certain, siz: that if money could have s:Tangled the measure, execution would have been done upon it. Its death warrant would have commanded SiG0, GOO, but it survives, and if not monument of the incorruptibility of our legislature, it is at least proof that in this instance they were not corrupted. Mayor Wood says the law cannot be enforced in this city with oet an augmentation of the police. This believe; indeed, it is not probable that it will be strictly enforced in this polyglot and not very moral metropolis; but the worst drinking dens, the corner grogscries and porter houses will unquestionably be , closed. believe chat the la,es. threat of tue liquorites is that they will petition Con- gress to divide the State, and thereby cut off the rural districts from New York city and Brooklyn, as punishment for inflictng the " unconstitutional curse of prohibit ton upon million or so of people troubled ! with constitutional thirst. This is all talk after the glorious Fourth it will be ..all talk and no cider"
 By the way, it has just been discovered that the operation of the law will commence on tue goth of May instead of the 4th of July. The act says that the present liquor licenses shall not be renewed, and as they all expire on the lst proximo, it follows that inc existing excise law which forbids the sale of intoxicating drink in less quan- titles than five gallons will then exclusively obtain. This is probably more than our legislature bargaincd for; but law is law, and the afflicted must grin and bear it. A new internal theory has been preached
 here by Father Walworth, son of the late Chancellor of the State, and recent con vert to Romanism. The Reverend gentle man insists that the place of eternal torment Is in the centre of the earth, and infers from the ratio of the increase of temperature in boring Artesian wells, that the frontier of 1 the eternal regionsis some twenty-one miles beneath .he eaF,h's surface, and that the temperature on the " border line'' is ovef 2,ooo degrees Fahrenheit! A queer idea is it not! and "important if true.".
 New Jersey is likely to have its popula- tion undesirably augmented in consequence of the crusade against strange women" now in progress here. Several keepers of improper houses." are preparing to. re- move their household gods land goddesses) to Hoboken and Jersey City. Many of the liquor dealers are likewise preparing to depart for the non-abstinent region.
 The case of John P. Holmes for the man. slaughter of policeman Gourley has been given to the jury in the Court of Sessions. Probably the verdict will be rendered to. ] day. Holmes who was a candidate for Alderman was on an electioneering spree at the time the offence was committed He stabbed Gourley while the latter was endea- voring 10 secure him.
 Hon. Erastus Brooks of the Express, ha- wing asserted in his place in the State Sen ate that Archbishop Hughes held church property 90 the amount of s5,000, ,000, that prelate las replied in letter replete with the richest sarcasm. He proposes when the location of the property is ascer,ained to give the Senator a slice, and with the re. mainder found and endow public library to be called the Erasius Brooks Library. In the Times of yesterday, Catholic book. seller proposes to supply the books, and offers to begin with "Opie on Lying" Il
 Brooks is the sort of man to laugh at a good joke at his own expense-and think he is-he. would no, have finer opportunity. l The opera house is filled nightly at tie
 reduced prices-parquet and dress circle Sl, and the higher regions 50 cents. William
 Tell, Rossinis' last and best, has been bro, out creditably, with new scenery and effec.
 tive choruses. The troupe is seryetf. cient one, with the exception of Prima-sion-
 na-a,salsta Steffanone, whose voice has los, its richness, and who is apt to become in.
 disposed towards the conclusion of the per ] formance.
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