New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-24
RUM AT FIRE ISLAND.
.......opa.ne. Of The N. Y. Tribune.

FIRE ISLAND, Thursday, July 10, 1855.
Yesterday the friends Of Temperance aud the
s,hhsth Dny made an effort in behalf Of tbs le-
-, obse,vanoe Of both in this town. Three Of
on, farmers. in she midst Of harvesting, hear.
inc Of the scenes enacted on the last Sabbath at
Firo IslsDd, where mplttudes Of the prOfane
and drinking classes now resort, went before
Justice Mowbray and made statements under
oath and affirmation to the fact that the first
section Of the Act for the Prevention Of Intern
perance, Pauperism and Crime bad been violated
by different individuals at that place both on
the Sabbath and other days; but they did not
succeed in getting a warrant and the o1elin' a
Mr. Wilson refused to serve II II they ala get H.
IL NAV be we'll here 70 state that there was some
difficulty in finding the worthy Justce, ana aiter
making search and ringing for him before dinner,
the effort was renewed IN the afternoon. lhey
were informed by bis father, very good ctd-fasn'
Toned churchman, that he dld not Know where MS
son was but that be was last seen riding out
toward Babylon The farmers in a lumber wagon,
with an old black man and small old light gray
horse concluded they would hunt up the Justice,
and drove on 1t slow rate, talking the matter
as they went. After they had gone about three
miles ruth was heard behind, and in al instant
carriage darted by at most furious rate, but not
30 QulcA tnht III ulu not give INC ucdCOu sigus VI
the coat tails stretching out behind, aud glance
at he faces Of Selah StroDg-a fast man if never
fast driver beforehand the good old gentleman,
Mowbray, between 20 and 5Oyears old.
VIII, the Temperance man, like the negro under
q tree struck with lightning, concluded something
must be done very quickly, or they might not get
sight Of the Justice, aud therefore tho black and
white team was put on the run after the two-iorty
team and az they were fresh, the race was quite
equal, till after going about two miles they met
the Justice, and when the Deacon came up the
threescore-snd-ten gent explained the csuse OF bis
haste, viz: 10 be sure and meet his son in season
10 convince him that he should give the - and
let the law take its course What ,clse and con
sideIato old gent
Tie Justice told the gent the papers were sufi-
Gent. and be would give the warrant as soon as
they came back with the Sheriff So they went
on to Babylon ard then went to lslip Soon JOna-
than Smith, Seah Strong and others made their
appearance. Jonathan became spokesman and
gave Deacon Doxey some very sage advice, such
a. that he had better not take the advice of every
I'D fool" that came along, for he had heard
Mr. Benson, from New York, lad made oath that
they sold intoxicating liquor at Sammis's, on the
beach, when he had never been under the roof of
the house in all his lite; and besides, the liquor
once there did not belong to Sammis, but to the
Insurance Company, and ne had better take care
how be touched it, as he would burn his fingers;
and besides, it was imported liquor, which all the
smart lawyers in the country said was exempt
from the action OF the law; but the Deacon an
sweTed he did not know who il belonged to
neither did that make any difference, SO long as it
was kept there in shanty and was being sold by
somebody That was violation of the law.
Jonathan Smith is one of the leading aud learned
men of Islip, agent for the Marine Insurance Of
fee and formerly excise commissioner, oyerseer
of the poor, &c, and till recently his word has
been considered good law in this place. but as he
had never been agent for fire insurance offices, he
concluded the same rules governed both lie was,
however, informed by the DamtoOl from New-York
that they were quite different, and IN regard to his
reference to the bought opinions of certain smart
LAWYERS. he was told they were not worth the pa
per on which they were written. The words We're:
" This section shall not apply to liquor the right to
" sell which in this State is given by any law or
treaty of the United States" The Interpretation
of which was to be found in the ODD section, which
reads: " nor the inspector of foreign liquors from
" keeping or selling the same in original packages
10 any person authorized by this act 10 sell such
aInOrs" lie was also told that there was no
lo,e on treaty of the United States which guaran-
teed TO any one the right to sell imported liquor
(other than in original packeges) contrary to the
law of state; and the gent also read TO nun tne
following extract from decision of the supreme
Court of the United States, given in lS47, that
even If the power over commerce is exclusively
" in the General Government, IL terminates at the
point where the importer parts with the prop.
erty. and il becomes mingled with the genera
mass in the country. and the traffic in the article
" between citizens OF the same state is purely and
" exclusively matter of state Jurisdiction. After
hearing this the learned Jonathan with shrug aud
a grunt drove of. ,..
Tie Temperance men are now making arrange
ments 10 punish the Magistrate and Sheriff with
ore hand while with the other they have gone 10
another part of the county to find man who will
do his duty. ONt OF Ahhh'