Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-07-15

give nearly FIVE sixths Of all who violate |
the laws of the land as babituslly using
Intoxicating liquors to sxeesG No less 1
than %, l45 persons, OF whom nearly
one-half we're females, were committed
to Jail during the year for iuioxication /.
alone. o asul tt-sebas 4
A statistical table was prepared show
ing the whole number of licensad liquor
dealers in the State, the number Of IN \
habitants to each grog shop, the amount
Of fees paid for licenses, and other Sim /
liar particulars. From this table IL sp.
pears that there are in the State 81 ,242
retail liquor establishments, or one 10
every lS5 inhabitants, the whole number
Of churches being found, by another ts-
BILE to be 4, lS4, or one to every 938 in
habitants. But the striking fact is this
1t is apparent from further examina-
ton OF the same table that: 1 df8 Il
'"The counties where crime most
abounds are precisely the acoanGisa where
the ratio of gFog- shops 10 the population
is greatest. For example, in the county
of Richmond there is 9 Erog-shop to
every SIS inhabitants; an Erie, ane 10
every go; in New York. 10 every 104;
in Queens, to every I055 in Albany, To
every los, in Kings, to every 1870; and
so on. On the other hand, in those
| counties where crime is more rare, the
ratio of grog-shops TO the population is
/ least. Ia Delaware county there is
grog-shop to every 867 inhabiiansi In
Madison, to every u.s.; in Warren, to
every 7l2; in Jefferson, 10 every 69S,
etc. sr5 7-ist Is. eaf
IGNORANCE A SOURCE OF CRIME. From
the sadly eloquent tables we learn the
connection between an uninformed, un-
occupied mind and crime. 5000 l
"Of the sos prisoners interrogated.
l79 (3I per cent could not read a Is
(2l per cent could read only; 265 (46
per cent? could read and write while
only S had received superior educati, H.
| Now in the whole State of New York
only two and seven-tenths per cent OF
the adult population are unable to read
while 81 per cent of those who commit
crime do not possess that ability. Hence
we learn that nearly one-third of the
crime in this Stats Is committed by a
little more than two-hundredths of the
population But even this statement is
lhE from buOWiHg tue luh sDnuentS Ot
ignorance in that direction. Those. who
are put down as able to read only, and
even the larger proportion Of those who
are on the record as able TO read and
write, possess that accomplishment in q
very limited degree. The committee
tested scores of the prisoners, who
claimed the ability to read, and found
hardly any of them in possession Of il
to that degree which would render it
available to any really practical adgan-
tage. The ready with so much labor and
so little intelligence, that they can never
resort to it either for wisdom or recrea
ton. Not one-fourth of those who were
asked to do so, could spell the words
read and write correctly; and ma
jority of the prisoners who were4tried
we're obliged to spell at least fourth o.
the words before they could pronounce
, them. We generally tried them on thu
first verse of the second chapter o
Luke Very few, apparently, got an!
Ineligible idea of the meaning, Scarce
ly one could telLwhat decree or taxed
meant" a92 T. G.,s'J q u e vGsa
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