New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-25
PORr wlsE.-The following curious stat

PoRT WISE-The following curious state
m,pt about port wine is sken from late Ensish
journal:
Pipe Of port wiz pounded In Lonioa
Of fy gallons Of cider sixty gallons Of Cape Pontiac psJ
ing duty Of only o. i've 70 ten gallons Of Bnti. brandy
and added 10 keep the full t all the las Rodents
wen blended toeeiher Eisht pipe Of port wine Of
hundred and fifteen saoDs each which be sod Tor
the slowns materss Two pipes Of o. nj cirlos At 2s
appe two hundred and thirty "a Ions OF Fsara costing
and halt Of GOOD port, 100 pipe of common port 49,
twenty sal!oIs Of moa.ain Gli ST. washnss OF bsAndJ
cGaks, elder benis salt OF tartar dragon, Sc IA pro
portion costns in all fi0 including the payment Of daes
for esh pipes duty Iaid port wine wh;h than worth
tSto The revenue aud tho vine dhnAsrs arc both Do
There are lew things more difficult 10 procure thsn
glss Of pure Port o. The Thousands OF gallons VIII
drunk In this country daily, not one In tboassnf
Is even pure as that described above
And IL ~ difficult to obtain pure Cham
prgne We have seen IL stated some where that here
Is rot much OF the genuine stun Manufactured in the
world as Is annually drunk under the name Of Cham
psgns) In the City Of Nes.Yo'k.
There il a beverage however-'he most precious In
the worlcwhich always be obtained pure aud ans
dulteraod. There Ia none better Ia Chrisendom than
can be had la Albany and may be drunk in In enie
Guanttie,, at all hour and " der almost al crcum.
atrces without impairing the health IL !, procured
fro m the Patroons Greek AID. Eve. Jour
~ We learn thata young man named Wells,
who IL Is said graduated 1t BOwdoin College n 1872
and who has been engaged In teaching at Portland dsr
Portland Saturday afternoon last leapei from tho
platform of the while under rapid hsadway, near
the Berwick junction Nothing singular was observed
Ia him until few moments before the act, when he OBJ
served 10 gentleman who sat at bis side, that some
In the otner ear wanted 10 kill him AZ be stsrtef
rapidly for the door OF the the conductor fo
lowed sDd seized him. but not efectusy 10 retsin
HIM The csffsere back 10 the place, and search
Was made for him. HIS hat aud small carpetbss were
found In tie snow. He tracked 20 al open asssaa
CT TOpid wster near mill where bis great eoss vas
found on the ice at the waters edge The worknen u
The mill OBJ eryed him lap the cars, and wenf 70
look FOR HIM. Tut lost eight Of him There no doubt
that he plunged into the water and carried under
the lee by the current. IL 10 supposed also thA ne
young man saw the weter before he esped from ne
cars. The above particulars We have gatiered ron
psfseDeeI who board the tram. BY reenins~
the catalogue OF Bowdon College we fnd tnat speh
Ger Wels, OF Newswy aass., graduated 70 is4y
A REVOLUTIONARY SoLDIER.-Nr james
Mcdonald, one Of the Oldest soldiers under General
Washington was Ia Cincinnan FEB. Is ne return
IIg Ctn western Wilt "a some friends 70 hs nome
EiehnloDd, Va He wa born In Gisgow. Scotland, lT1
sept, lfs, and " now l4 years old he enjoys so1
health, and has a VIZ common 10 men OF ~ nc ~
remarkably good sight and hearing and has never BEN
sick but nee in bis life. He fought in al the pnndps
BATTLES IN North and South Carolina. He lost 60 Ces
TIE battle Of the COwpens under General Morgan ana
received two wounds the battle Ut Brandy vtae eh
der Washington and La Fsyette. He was al me DALE
OF Trenten and Princeton where the brave Coz M M
Ger Was shOt lie Gen. Warren fall al Bunker NM
while cheering on biz trOops 70 victory and - cum uv'
he fought in sixteen battles In NewY0rk and Vera'
under Generals Gates and Arlod.
w' Jonas Welch, of Missouri, prophesiss,
i've years sgo, that the I'd Of March ls2 he wosa
lose his eldest daughter and that the zh day o.
toker ls52 be would lose bis wife. On the very eay'
specified bis wife and dssghrer diedi He nov ayr
the loth day Of August, lsH. be VIII die hinsen -
cholera He Is considerably distressed about ne mae.
and never for doubts but that bis LIE ~inn
terminate. He has sready arranged his worldly 49,
es vel! az spiritual 70 be in eadness for TIE tatI
IL The Ne,e-Haren Palladium says: "ws
ere able to record another Of the complete esr
erys'pelas BY the simple application Of raw cranoe1s
pounded me. The patton; was young isdy, oos -
OF whose face had become much swollen and inn.
that the eye had become closed and the psin e1oei
poul,ice Of crsnberries was applied, and stef -.
changes the pain ceased, the Inflammation sabssaeo ~
10 the couTse OF 9 couple Of days every vestise -
disease had disappeared, The case occurred "a
family Of enc Of The editors Of The Pelddss@ asa
therefore vouch for lie truth.
SLEDor-HAxxER Music 1T Is said thai :
singular usics novelty has been introduced into
Performance AZ Rome 10 veYdi's new OPEN Of the -
boGour, 0nr1i choru. with Accompaniment o. w.
hdMMeTs q introduced.