American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-05-03
LADIES AND LIQUOR.


The decision of the Supreme Couft,
which oponed The doggery door aud
bid Misery, Poverty nd Crime walk
out and abroad through the land, has
brought back that condition of things
which evoked tho demonstrations Of
1854. Helpless against the terrible en-.
emy that seduce husbands and sons from
wives and mothers the women have a.
gain risen in rebellion against the laws
that sanction its existence. And this
time the war threatens 10 become war
of determination. AT Greensburg, De-
catur county, two weeks ago the dogge-
ry of a couple of fellows named Wilson
was visited by the ladies'. and they re-
quested to abandon their business
One of them iusuted the women will.
the mostindecent language, and pouring
out glass of whisky offered it TO them
Another whose wife was of the party,
abused her and offered personal violence.
The citizens provoked at this conduct,
assembled in large body, and propo.
sed 10 buy out the doggery iflbey would
agreed and the stock was invoiced and
taken away. The other who was alb
sent when the trade was made, came
home drunk and refused to stand to The
bargain-tried 70 get replevin served
but robody would do it the liquor was
! taken into the street and destroyed.
About the same time the ladies of
New Marion, Ripley Co., after request
ing the keeper of a low doggery TO
quit his business, and meeting insults
and defiance, assembled in body and
"cleaned him out" in short order.
On Friday the 14tb, the ladies' Of VIII.
Transport, Warren county, after endu-
ring tho evil as long as they could, as
sembled, marched in good order to
doggery broke open the doors which
were barred against them, rolled out six
barrels of whiskey and several kegs of
other liquors, and poured their con
tents into the gutter. They then form
cd ranks again, marched to an Irish dog
gerry, overpowered the keeper, who
Showed fight" and utterly destroyed
everything IN the house. They next as.
sailed another establishment of the Same
grades and there destroyed six barye.s
of whiskey. Next they cleared out
second Irish doggery Next they took
a drug store. with liquor for medicinal
purposes" (of course,) in hand and pu-
ritied that. Then they marched to
the county agency and destroyed all the
liquor there, and then searching the
cellar of a suspected dry good store,
and finding barrel Of liquor there des-
troyod that. They actually cleared out
the town, leaving not drop of liquor
available for selling purposes in tho
whole place. .....
On Tuesday, the 25th, the ladies OF
Eagle Village, Boone Co., as our cor
respondent wrote yesterday, destroyed
The stock of one Wiley Brooks, and on
Wednesday they "did likewise" for that
of Mr.. Fred. Smith. The fellows
fought--one of the ladies received SC.
we're blow on her nose--but fighting
was no use. The women would have
their own way, and they did,
On Saturday, the 22d, the ladies oI
Princeton. Gibson Co., met and visited
six doggeries, destroying all the liquor
they could tind. One Of the Keepers
resisted, and was cut on the arm with
hatchet. A correspondent of the Evans.
vile Journal gives the following account
of the affair. ..
Three o'clock came and all at once
almost unexpectedly TO every male, a
large concourse Of ladies issued from
one of the churches aud took up its line
of march in The irectiOn of one Of the
dens ofiniquity, most generally donom.
mated grocery.
The keeper of the first grocery they
attacked made resistance, but his ef.
forts were feeble and no was d,iven
back. his doors and windows opened.
and every article that could hold Iiquor
from a whisky barrel down TO pint
flask, was utterly demolished and its
contents spilled on the floor. At the
second house they met with greater op.
position. The owner made threats that
be would shoot, and presented gun as
If in the act of doing SO, but he was
forced back and his house entered. -
Before it was left the beer, wines, bran.
dy aud whiskey, mixed promiscuously,
were fully three inches deep on the
floor. Every hand worked enorgotical~
ly. When they had finished tho sec
ond house all tho church bells began to
ring and the little army of women,
which had greatly augmented since its
starting, again took up its line Of march.
Their next point Of operations was ono
whose property was one Of their own
sex. Here they rolled the barrels into
the street and burst them open. The
liquorsin many places were over shoe
top and ran half a square. Atibe fourth
place they made o compromise, The
owner Of the fftb, lltle shanty in the
suburbs Of town, declared he lad no
liquor and threw open bis doors for the
inspection of his rooms; mono was visi.
Bile. But they presently discovered thcI
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