The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-30
Adulteration of Liquors.
NO. Ill.

NJ. LIE
GA friend calling one day upon an inn.keeper,
in Croydon: England, was received by the host
with his sleeves tucked up, and both of his
arms of sanguinous hue Upon inquiring
the cause of such appearance, he answered pri-
vately, that there was to be great dinner of
all the volunteer corps of the neighborhood the
following day, and that he was then brewing
the Port Wine"
There is no kind of Wine but what can be
initiated by the Wine brewer.
"George w. had Wine he greatly priced,
and so did his servants, and they drank it free
ly. On particular occasion he ordered this
Wine to be supplied to his guests, but there
was but one bottle LETT, one of his household
understood the practices of the Wine fabrca-
tors, the remaining bottle was sent to the
Wine brewer, and he the next day furnished
his Majesty's table with full stock of the
same, as to flavor, &C., &c. The deception
was not discovered by his Majesty"
TO show the great strength Of liquors sold
as Wine in this country, over liquors sold as
such on the Continent of Europe in letter
on the subject, J. Fennimore Cooper remarks
" Five and twenty years since, wnen | first
visited Europe, was astonished to see Wine
drank in tumblers. Ibid not at first understand
that the half of what had been drinking was
Brandy under the name of Wine"
ga chemist of known character in New
York, obtained four samples of Wine adver-
tised by the importer, as pure unadulterated
Wine; kind of Wine which could not have
contained over Is to 20 per cent. of the strength
of spirit if free from foreign ingredients 1t
was found to be over 81 per cent of proof
spirit Of course its strength was increased
over 100 per cent. by the introduction of the
offspring of the distillery."
"When DR.. Hewitt visited France, he was
surprised to see so much drunkenness on what
he supposed the pure fruit of the vine. Per-
haps he was not aware of the extent of adul-
tcrations in Wine countries-and the adding
of poisons even more destructive to health and
life than Alcohol"
"Ihe common people," he remarks, in
France are burnt up with Wine, and look ex-
actly like The cider and brandy drinkers Of
Connecticut" Our stock of proofs on this
subject is not yet exhausted, but in order to
extend them we will leave for while the SUBJ
icct of adulterations Of articles which in their
natural state might be harmless if used in
moderation, and give our readers an idea of
the filth which enters into the composition of
some articles and which many drink down with
so much gusto. From the Prohibitonst we
copy the following:
The celebrated Beer trial Jetween E. C.. Dela-
van and John Taylor, ADany.
Mr.. Delavan was prosecuted because he said
"Gthy water was used in maltins," and held
to bail for $4,000. Damages were laid at
S3OO,OOO The trial, in the only case tried,
resulted in 3D. damage to E. G. Delavan. We
give brief sketch of small part of the evi.
dence elected on the trial. The public is pret.
ty we'll satisfied as 10 the aduteration of wine
and distilled liquors, why should it not be en-
lightened, especially the rising generation, with
regard to the history of beer making? In this
trial the use of drugs was not brought up, but
We have facts ON that point which we may give
in future numbers:
Hon. John Savage, late Chief Justice of the
State, testified thus-"The water was always
dirty; never saw it otherwise. My horse re-
fused TO drink it. haze seen dead animals
there; and believe have seen dogs, cats and
hogs The filth from the slaughter house yard
was .hen running and oozing into the creek
the snow was going off; at any rate the slaugh-
ter house was wet, and could see filth aud wa.
ter mixed running into the stream"
Thomas CouIson, (class leader in the Meth
odst church, testfes-"The water in the pond
was always bad in putrd state, in the fall
of the year. What was in the water--any
thing to make it bad? Different kinds of ami
mails floating in the water. In the warmth of
the weather the water was green. Dogs and
cats and hogs, I've seen. Did you ever try to
make glue of that water9 1t would not do for
that. Why rot9 1t was what | call rotten
aDater. Have you seen that water dipped up
aud carried any where? have seen it taken
in hogsheads into the malthouse--poured
through at the end of the malthouse.
G. w. Harvey, who had dipped water from
the pond for the maIthouse, testifes-Were
there any puddIes in front of the grave yards,
that you got water from? Yes. Any thing
offensive that drained into the puddes near
Judson's slaughter house9 Part of the ofat Of
the slaughter house dained into the pond from
which water was taken, near the slaughter
house. You drew water from the big pond 2
Yes How long? -Four or five seasons. The