Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-05-17
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Notices.

THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW FOR April
lS60.-This excellent Quarterly is on our ia
BILE, and contains the following articles: We
die Religion, MANN and Venice in 1889
The Ethics of War; plutIrch and his Times
Austria; and the Government Of Hungary
Parliamentary Reform: The Dangers and the
Safeguards, Japan, Darwin on the Origin OF
Species, Cotemporary Literature,
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MARYLAND ISEBRIATE A5sYLUM.-We
have received the address, Of the executive
committee of the above institution, to the
people of Maryland. That intemperance A.
bounds to fearful extent in Our country needs
no argument to prove, and that something
should be done to alleviate the s,tflcrings of
its victims and to reclaim them to the paths
of sobriety is equally apparent We hope
the effort now being made in that direction
will prove successful In the address we find
the following paragraph on the increase Of
this fearful vice and transfer it to our coll
umns as an aimoniton to parents and guar
dams:
The statistics of incompetence affords
sufficient evidence that the mischief is on
the increase. There is greater num-
Der of licensed dramshops now in Mary
lanl than there has been at any former
period; aud while the number Of visiters
to each of these is perpetually increasing
the agencies of the temperance reform.
if they are not slackening their efforts,
it can hardly be said that they are keep
ing pace with the rapid rush of the evil,
the arresting of which is the motive that
impels them to action Perhaps the
worst feature of this unhappy copditon
is seen in the number Of young men and
half grown boys, that either hurry into
the bar room and call for their glass and
retire, or wait with the motley crowd in
the room to engage in low and degrad,
ing conversation, and the improper in
tercourse that such association iuduces
The number of youths that indulge them
selves in this way is much greater than
ever was known before They are pur.
suing the inebriate's path, aud prepar-
ing themselves to be subjects of future
trouble to their families, and to bring
distres and trouble upon their best friends
It is sad reflection that an inebriate
asylum is necessary to afford home for
the future of these youthful offenders,
but in the cases of many Of them it is
inevitably true. They are on the track
and will doubtless be brought up at last.
either in the asylum, the aims house. or
the prison. For such the Asylum is an
absolute necessity. Nor is there any
her agency that can be substituted for
it. If properly used, it may be render
ed, to many, the means of their refor-
nation. In such event its Importance
is apparent, and its value cannot be two
highly estimated.