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Show OPIUM. Aq attempt has been mniis withiu tho past teodaj-3 to crHtsu Bfu-.a'ion Over opiuDj-aiuokiiici in Ibid ct ;y. luu eviU of tho hftbit bave been set forth iu lowiog colors, and one miht naturally gaiu the impreBioa trum read i ut the newpapre or )tsteLiio to excited cJQVtrea'.ious on the utreet that opium wae tbt) great baoe of ddt L-tkt. aud ltd deua wtre luriug ruultimdee of ycutig fellowd to deatiuctiou. Nine-teuti.aof the talk ; nd more tbau that proportion ot the priattti utterauct oonceruiug the I luatttr are 6euselee twaddle. lue I opium babit te ootbiug ItLe so prevalent pre-valent here aa it was a year or eighteen months ao, aud it has never I been ao geneial at to cause any 1 aeri uj alarm. Iu a population of lit), COO the Dumber of white pereouti who are habitual opium smukern does not perbape exceed a dexeu.acd it may bo queotioned if the coutinoid smuk-era smuk-era number more than three or Kur. Tbie certainly cannot be r trdtd a very aiariuiug cimdiunn ot tlir. Tne opium deus have bjeu open here far three or four years, anJ if lluy have rxude no greater prorces in the h destroy .iig wo:k, ocioty can hard.y be coaatdisri'd as in auy Tory g:ei dauber, t ) ,vu rse, if one per iou had becoaie a victi:j of tue opium habit, it ia prop-.r f.r nppresive measures lo be adopted, bu: iltcre is no cc-ie'jn for excitea:-ut or a -ut (ud btmg uiade. It ui.y t- tt dt-n ai a fact that wiuu a 11 tv ! . i::t-J to the Larrcw ho::ts by w;i;c.i ipium-iaioliiu ipium-iaioliiu is surraudtd in tjis c.ty, it cacnut be vry bad. Ihertibit, cun-fin-'-d il'HOrt ex-'iLij.rcly In t.ie C:i: ne?e, m ie ot tho - l. 1 i .rt at ea.o the yuuth of jlt Lke. are truurily tn Uvnr of erupl- jioi a!l Uwfnlaud p: ipor ruaures tor pre vent.Rij tf;9 drraJed MjqoIiaq race ; Ir o: iu:-.d jc'.;; te:r habit) at.d crs-j crs-j t:;ns .:?re to ts- tt'j iry of a: b..dy, j but we pr-tct a mt j much cutcry i oer w luie wool. |