, 1869-05-09
BOSTON.

Literary ID WAt3cf3-NG" 00OA
Out md to Come Ont-ynxaous Bos.
ErHoa orR OWN CORRESPONDENT
Boeros, May $. 1850.
TUE BALE or LIQUOR
The recenl Of the liquor legislation In our State
and Of the alternate enforcing and Ignoring Of
the successive lava presents many anomalies out
never one NO absurd - the one VIC have to coz
template at this moment. The features OF she
matter are somewnat complicated, but the salient
points may be given with simplicity and
hreyity. We arc living under license
law. The present Legislature Is at
WORK to replace this with prohibttory stat1te;
but TIL this Is perfected the license law remains Ia
force. Cnder that licenses arc quito A6erany
granted; but for the protection Of tnose holding
such petmissionA, the penalties for selling liquor
without license are m1de very str1ct and severe
Five hundred dollars u the 1ne for single sale.
Tha Licences NIst granted under the sta1nte e1-
p!re, by their terms, With the fEss OF May, The
Legislature, fearing that their action might be
rendered nueatoEy fora year By sharp practice,
few weeks ago hurried through little bill forbid
dtng the issue Of zny new licenses under the old /
law, Thus tho penalties Of the license act only
remain Ia force; nobody can get 1cense' who
ever Ecus without one, 30 much A. ElAss OF cider,
f. l!sble to very ser!ous punishment
A the new act viii probably be passed In ~
form within the next month or 30, this pazz!tu9 |
condition Of anars would not have attracted much
at eu.lon but Tor the action Of the State Constable
ThIa officer, seemingly with less than his usual
alKciousnees sent hia deputies on Saturday
t. all the myriad Of bar-rooms IN the
cttits Boston included, and warned the
dea!era not to Ben cven ale under pen.
ally OF instant prosecution. Thus VIC are TO have
| o brief experience Of rrohlblto-J law atrtefeT
than We hare ever had before. more rigid than We
are lkcly to hare again for the new statute Is 70 &c
l no l.alIzed that cidtr tnd lager III bic excepted
l SlkA1w ~ t~z nat
pcr1l viii be more nominal than real, foS
tne dealers II prosecuted can keep ther Gases open
| by appeals all otherwise until the new law IA en-
acted, and NO convictions arc likely 10 t'e had w.
der law which Is merely tho accident Of sa In
teueguum.
The prompt md military rt4ot or Major Jones,
the S&ate Constable, however, has touAed the llq-
cur dealers to organize In theft Owl defence;
and this valuable class OF the community his held
public conference vi the lazAer House. TO take
steps TO seccre another FRACTION" at tue polls
hy united action, regardless Of the bounds OF M
stonal political parties Meanwhile tho 7rohibt-
:ory party II 10 some extent dlEided against
Itself over kae amendments already adopt
e, to the bill under consideration At
the state House, BY mrans Of which fhe farmers
are to he allowed shcir cider aud the Germans
their laser. The extreme men bitterly 1eoounce
those who In theiz view, have 80 sac1ineeA rrtnef-
pic to exrcdcncy ~ to accept these notifications,
and the Sons Of Temperance lodges the Alliance
and ether orraulzauoDs alr IN lelmeut Aoout II
The dtvtslou Is hardly yet worthy khe name Of
split, but It ts Of magnitude enough to make It
probable that the Republican party VIII never rtsk
Its kueccss By putting an extreme pronolaooist IN
nomination fur Governor. Ar Cladin belongs
10 the more rational wing, which, IN framing =
law, looks 10 the possibility Of sustaining anl en-
: foretng.t. ....-
) rHr INTERNATIONAL soAr-RACr
: Tne I1n7nr,s men continue to be full OF excite
ncnt over the approaching fouroarcd races on the
I Thames, for which, It seens. both ox1ofd aasa
: Cambridge have accepted challenges Nor u nc
e excitement altogether harmonious The ea1g oe'
c rosiat.ons were kept In comparative secrecy, ana
} when the cable despatch announced the accept
ance Of the challenge, there WAS burst Of 4ndaz'
L patiou from many OF the HsrFzfd men, which nnda
= voice IN the new number Of the college paper
: the Adroeote. It w1s urged that the crew was u
DO eoud1iou to win the rsce. that the y,ean8 Inc
r Point u, to = lcoxzwain thEo~lua
8 awAy OF Harvafds eh.nees: TINT I'M
q time for training and pFsetce 1os
short; and that The project ought to be treated n
ID pr1yate challenge, ln DO way to hand the CnlEer
II s;., or to involve It's prestige In the probable
,e double Defeat Tais discomfort found vcFy rtgor
on. expression N \ meeting Of the College Boz
Club, but WA met BY strong arguments, And III
y action Of Tho Captain OF the crew IN nafinR nj
d Challenge VIA endorsed by = majority OF neaf1
Is Two to one There remains Title doubt that tn
Il international rsce win take place though the lor
6 mai replies Of IAe English parties 70 Il hare no
se vet reached herr By mai; but Is quite pontM
1i that the arrangements for Il may overthrow
ao the nsnal liar711d and Yale regatta Il %osresH
ve In Jp1y The time Of that win 1t any rate have
a * changed, and the training required viii be
ny dite-rut that II b likely to upset the hon
ey ktx.oa. raec altogether, The stroke oat Of II
Hs7s9d crev, Mr. Simmons, and the bow, II
In Iortng, were both In las. years crew \, "orccs
~ teri the other three nsaces ase not get ros!u'e
~ ~ assigned Those who arc fu!1y posted on sec
IA subjects say that the Average age OF Tie nezcs
TIT errw viii exceed that Of the EoEiishmen BY II
ION ,ears and that the Brsou1 viii probably BE- itt
Us the heaviest, 1t Il planntd that the untveEst
IN ! crew should hSyt AI weeks framing On !!
ny Thaaes before the rAce leaving here ea1 in 'al
md | The COS; OF the enterprise Is estimated II thf
~ " thousand 1olacz, md will te de1raEel p! 81
4ne Ecrruou-sutors and professors contributing NJ
A. the rest
Of LITERARY.
ait- The literary event OF tho spring seems likely
n.. tho publication OF MS Harriet Reethcr Stow
:sg Old Town Folks whschls now set for sasu1d.
va 1he :A. II sas become such universal custt
ons for works Of tct1on TO make their fst appasn
Get h, rkcr-uea, tn the magazines or wteEty rape
s that the tksue Of large novel by iAtnons auth
be which comes pefurc the public ioE The 1tst toe
:rial \ complete whole, Is real roreitJ. Arx- S@o
las ruhllshcd nothing tn tats way since " nFe'
She Is now resting IN FloFfda, OCT VIII pe nome
the time presume, to 50 through the ozieal Of nj
BY tuc the Criticisms IS they come out
to Xea.x FIELDS, Osgood Co, who a1e 70 IS
rac- the book. have sent Oh this spring "On
Sun. W.nE."by John Bumstcad Tt.s Is 4 sPorts1ns
ru,k hook pu1e and simple, containing An the min
Rx- Instructions which any tyro with eun and
Tews nigh, require fer al ENDS Of CANA bird shoot
PEI IN New England and the country generally.
ock- ,esued with unusual elegance In the matter ot
and nc. and 10 forth, end Is well illustrated.
t1ca- Lee / Shepard have cosa.nE this Week, !
SAT- lc,e, tut new volume, the third Of the se1te
, L. .Em lAlx1d.7' Juvenile ssoEcs, BY Rev. e
su1c- EelloSE, enttted Tue Ark." II IS alno1 \
dnee ter Of surprise that the Anthor Of such deean
or Is u productions IS "SpaEtacus AID "Regul
the should succeed 30 well IN simple and vivid n
the I've.
( per atSoK Nlr1EKS-
ed 70 Late nc* IDEAS here arc as follows:
rn1ng rew hotel to be erected On the Back
nsy IN ltadA part Of the city ihua far cnt4rey Gee
that itEna Of any ttnd, boarding houses shors g1o
: of 4 and even arotaeesrJ stores, and devuted e.
KivcU to s,tssoc.auc dwellings, rublic edneat
1sstnut1nns. railroad bridges and the Colls
thirty Thh ID only Atalked about
III IN new theatre, Of knal1 k1e, to be erected
NJ 10 Iant enort Of ambitious amateur actors al
a,,Ioa yate thcsrical associations and devoted 10
,t,sox- psn pet1ormaaoes. Thera y tazEc nuzab'