Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-08-27

Our Legisato certainly did not regard this pre-.
| eept with suhcient reverence or they would
have flooded the town with groggeres to the same
tsnt they have done In their acts Of Legislation DUR
pg tho last scssi1n True all who wish enter into
mo tr"iic o. y1ndiLR ardent spirits have a right to
40 80 Zone, or all should be the motto and tor the
life 1t me, not abe to see the necessity Of auy
person being privileged by Law, to deal out a poison
| calculated TO ruin men syul and bndy. That the
ASHTON was established some centuries since when
men were ignorant of letters Is valid reason why
sLsud be continued ut this enlightened day in the
nineteenth century, with the full light of the chris
van dispen'atton shining round them. What good
| can community receive by the establishment of
hunifeis oil liquor shops, in their midst Il brings
| revenue 10 tue State -trua, and outs of many Of
| her most valuable citisens annually for the gain of
low collars. Tho life of one good man IL wsrth
more than all the whiskeS in the State. The dram
shnp has no other O.e than that OF the creation of
ID ehesS misery and crime, and it is question moi
MY OF morals but of rignt whether Legislators have
me privilege to give few the power to destroy that
| portion VI he population which are the mos, useful
mainly tho " rAing classes. No ono presume will
pretend to say, but what the curse falls the more
hesviy upon that class Of useful mon than upop any
other hutWtnsta ndug all suffer TO sumo extent In
grder 10 rid ourselves OF his Obstructive evil thare
Is nat oGe do0rUPen through which We can mass with
saley-gtaRt no License for the sale of spTituousu
| qNCiS La y measure OF this kini there il s.fe,y
"''HO"' A. 'n9'e Is hoae, po& P0pULI.
The MoRMoSs IN SwEDEH.--A Stockholm
| Journal says:-" The Mormons, who are some
| rur, near Malnio, in Sweden, have built In the
village of the former name a house and chanel.
| On the 10th oil June they assembled in the
| chapel for some grand ceremony of their form
| of worship, and when they were so engaged j
band OF peasants, armed with sticks, some of
them with guns, also marched to the chanel.
and summoned them to disperse. The Nor
mons refused, on which the peasants expelled
| them by force, and drove them from the viii
lago. AS some Of tho Mormons were armed
| with guns and made use of them, several of the
| combatantS on both sides were wounded The
peasants having driven the Mormons to a tan.
pit, dipped several OF them in it, and then let
them go. At BuriOf, the local authorities have
decided that any person who may lend his
mousse 10 the Mornions for their meetings, or
may take amy OF that set into his service. ar
even receive them into his house, shall be fined
| twohty Hye rl&-dollars. Several inhabitants of
the district who had embraced Mormonism
| hayc abandoned it to return IN the Lutheran
religion,"
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we notice among other financial news the
suspension of Messrs. Edward Q. Bates x Co.,
| sugar dealers of Boston. The liabilities of the
concern amount to half million. Their assets
arc not named. Disastrous speculation in su-
| gar brought about the unfortunate result. The
llllufe oil tnis house has occasioned the sus-
| pension of Messrs. Blanchard, Sherman x Co.
| N~"NNNH V-VS3pVUs
One Of the greatest obstacles to the settle
inent OF the political difficulties pending in
| Minnesota has been removed; the Democratic
branch OF the Constitutional Convention have
passed resolution to appoint committee to
| make sNcil oyerturcs to the Republicans that
but ono Constitution shall be submitted to the
people. 1t was not thought probable that the
members would meet in convention.
CHICAGO, August AL. o. Brayman, editor
| OF the Democrat, OF this city was arrested this
morning for robbing the Post Ufilce drawers of
letters containing money, which were found In
| his possession. He waived an examination and
was held in $4,000 bail.
ROBBERY AND SHoorINa AFP4IR.-pErno,r
August l9.-Mr. S. NJ. Holden, Iumberman!
formerly Of Saginaw, was shot at and then
robbed OF five hundred doll, RS, at Ann Arbor,
Mich, last right, while on his way from the
railroad depot to his residence. His wounds
are considered mortal.
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| SENTENCED TO DE HUEG.-RIcHMoND, VA.
Aug. 1.-two of Mr.. Bouware's slaves, who
attempted to kill their 9yerseer, Mr.. Dodd, in
| Henrico, not long since, were to day sentenced
to be hung on the 25th of September next
| Four others were sentenced TO transportation.
RANK RoBBERY.-CHIoAGo, Aug. 2U.-S.
Bronson, Jr., formerly cashier Of the Merchants
and mechanics Bank, of this city, has been ar
rested at St. Paul's Minnesota, at the instance
OF the president of the bank, charged with the
larceny OF $4,000 Of the funds of the bank.
SUIT AGAINST A CITY.-Mr. John W. Robin
son has commenced a suit against the city of
Boston, and laid damages at $4,000, for inju-
ries which his son received by the explosion
of the mortar on the Common on tho evening
of the 4th Of July.