Your Letter dated the 27 of 11 Mo.
last directed to the Secretary of the Darby Asso-
ciation for discourageing the unnecessary use of
ardent Spirits was received and read at their
last stated meeting, and the association being
impressed with a belief that an interchange
of sentiments with similar institutions might
might tend to mutual advantage and facilitate
the objects we have in view, have appointed
a corresponding Committee to answer this
and similar communications if such should
be made to them, copies whereof are to be laid
before the association at the next, succeeding
meeting.

It affords us much encouragment to find
that some feeling has been excited on this
important subset and that efforts are made
in various places to ---rest the progress of to
meliorate the condition of suffering humany by
arresting the progress of this destructive article,
which seems in its various channels to sweep
the land as with the "broom of destruction".

In respect to the effort, made by the
Darby association we have not yet been engaged