Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-02-21
License Laws.
REVIEWER.

D. III Is not sinful 10 give away intoxicating liquor
As to these propositions, refer to the suboined
passages from Holy Writ.
- AnG The vine said unto them, should leave nv
wine which cheereih sod and man, and GO be pro-
muted over the trees 2" Judges 8, 49,
And wine maketh glad The heart of man, and oil
to make bis face shine, and bread which strength
eneth mans heart" Psalms I04, 10.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to per-
ish, and wine unto those that be of heavy heart"
Proverbs 81, 6.
"a feast is made for laughter, and wine maketb
merry but money answereth all things" Ecclesi-
astes 10, 49,
'' am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse
have gathered my myrrh with my spice; have
eaten my honeyeomb with my honey have drunk
my wine with my milk u; eat, friends drink yea,
drink abundanlly, beloved" Solomons Song 5, L.
Ho, every one that thrstetb, come We TO the wa
tiers, and he that hath no money come We, buy and
cat; yea come, buy wine and milk without money
and without price," Isaiah 30, /.
Therefore will return aud take away my corn
in the time thereof and my wine in the there
OF, and will recover my wool and my fax given TO
cover her nakedness." Hosea 2, 9.
g Drink no longer water, but use little wire for
thy stomach's sake and thine often iufrmlies." /
Timothy 5, SO.
For John came neither eating nor drinking; and
they say he hath a devil" Matthew H. Is.
The Son Of Man came eating and drinking; and
they say, behold glutionou~, and wine-bib-
Der, friend Of publicans and sinners But wisdom
is justified of her children" Matthew ii. 10.
." Wine-b ibber means wine drinker.
"And the third day there marriage in Cana
of Gallee and the mother of Jesus was there
:" And both Jesus was called and his disciples, to
the marriage.
" And when they wanted wine. tie mother of Je-
sus saith unto him, they have wine.
" Jesus saith unto her, woman, what have l to do
with thee I! mine hour is not yet come
Il. al n
he saith unto you, do it. -
"And ;here were Let there six waler-poisof sonc
after the manner of the purifying of the Jews,acon
tanning two or three irkins apiece
Jesus saith unto them, fill The water-pots with
water. And they filed them up to the brin.
"And he saith unto them, draw out now, and bear
unto the governor of tie feast. And they bare IT.
a. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water
that made wine, and knew not whence it was,
(but the servants which drew the water knew the
governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
And saith unto him, every man at the beginning
doth set forth good wine and when men have well
drunk, then that which is but thou hast kept
the good wine until now.
This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of
Galiee, and manifested forth his glory aud his dis
ciples believed on him." John g from The LIST to the
11th verse, inclusive.
The wine spoken of in Scripture would ntoxicaie.
1t made Noah drunk. Genesis o. 81. 1t made
i Samuel %, sc. 1t made Elah drunk. Kings l6,
8. 1t made Benhadad drunk. l Kings 20, 10.
" And be not drunk with wine wherein is excess /;
but be filled with the spirit" Ephesans 5, Is.
But fear shall weary the reader with quotations.
have sufficiently established my propositions. Let
me add :" Be not wise above what is written"
LAY down this further proposition: that alcohol is a
useful and necessary article for a multitude Of me-
chnncal chemical and medicinal purposes. aud hence
will be, and should be- manufactured for those pur-
poses. 1t will, therefore, necessarily always be an
article in amongst ] do not know the pro-
portion of that now manufactured, which Is reserved
for the purposes named but have heard 1t estimated
at eight-ten,hs. should like TO be informed of the
exact amount. In the first volume of the Penny Cy-
clopedia, on page PSI, is the following
The solvent power of alcohol is great and IT has been
long known and extensively applied. DR. Graham Trans
Royal Soc Edin has shown that, like water, IT CON-
hines with bodies in definite proportions these compounds
he dtcoates many of them have been formed
and they obtained simply by dlssolvng the salts
constituting their base and previously rendered anhy
drous in absolute alcohol with the assistance of heat
On COOLING the acoates deposited IN the solid state
the capitalization generally confused, but IN some
regular forms appeared The crystals are ranspa
rent soft and easily usibe by heat their alcohol OF
specialization their formation is prevented by the pres
Of small quantity OF water Chloride OF calcium
forms allocate consisting of atoms of the salt and
of alcohol nitrate of magnesia atom salt plus atoms
alcohol allocate Of nitrate OF lime consists Of atoms
salt and atoms alcohol Several metallic salts were
also into acoates and analysed by Dr. Graham
the alcohol Of alcoaes is retained with so grea
force of affinity be expelled at temperature
400 to 500 deg.
Alcohol is capable of dssoving the resins, and many
similar bodies upon which has action hence
in varnish-makng. With the fixed oils, exceP
castor oil it does not readily unite but II dlsso'ves thu
essential oils and cnmphor with great facility, and hence
its use in pharmacy and perfumery. Some substances
which soluble in water precipitated from II BY
alcohol-gum, for example; wbIle on the other hand
water pecpitaes resinous bodies from solution IN aco
ho Alcohol combines with phur and phosphorus
but with the eahs their carbonates: II dissolved
sugar. soap, the oxac tararic gallo, benzoc, and
other acids Alcohol is largely used in the preparation
of various kinds Of 9lher, as already described The
results Of it's action with supuric acid very different
according to circumstances; thus by varying the proper
TONS we may procure suphovinic acid @ther, oil o
WINE or defiant gas As il remains iuid al the loves
temperatures il is advantageousiy employed in filling
Thermometer tubes, in experiments on artificial cold III
ansepc properties great and hence lis use IN pre-
serving anatomical preparations account o It's ready
infiammabty, the purity, and the intense heat OF u,
fame, il is conveniently, but not economically, employed
| in chemical lamps, usually termed spirit lamps
II readily dissoves ammoniacal gas and as the caus
tic akas potash and Soda taken up in large quaint
y BY alcohol and does dissolve their usual i'm
purities the solution by disatoD, yields these aikal
in a state of greut purity. In chemical Investigations
is frequently employed to separate various salts, oolh
| which soluble in water, and only one IN alcohol
magnesia and the latter only being soluble in alcohol
| il affords a ready method Of separation.
i AN TmPnsroR-The Milledgevle (Ga.) paper
i are publishing notice cauoning the public ngains
a man who has been practising gross and cruel i'm
/ posture in that vicinity. His name is William Hum
I plin-at least that is the name by which he wa
known there He arrived in April last, and profess
/ ed TO belong to Madison parish, In. He made man