Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-06-12
Adn1teration Of Liouora.

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Ei'nel'l vieli'.s ~ =; t tIm;'i ST.,
oil All Tue liquors consS'"e n, ~ I,t S s,
are more VI iess ui.eseu. "y , 49, " u
lnal Ptetehus 70 ev,he aG.Hss ,"S .t, !,
mahulaet9lea on 'hls sue VI ~ "ou'u oe ~ isii
shLrt oil Tue uuth.
ihsIe ete humpeis VINO iiNe anu thtHe ny
sech helaIous ttnue. Long Iiacues VI :hs use
OF sugar OF iSau, Gapscu,'' uciuS, uiocs, jumper
berries, VeiGisns, ioswoou' Mo, 80 ~ Va
ana nicely grauualeu proportions mas enaOieu mem
10 oi'ig .ie ais uestse sHu. seems ''tost 'aou
ious. OmeaP tn9nousahsI" wuisNy,t pous.t .ntU
lheit vaults oy me hossIeau. coiles OUT oo.lieu
ana Ieany 10, sure, Us Nluuei'u, NoEhac' ohanl,
paeHe, ave ptunuy, SIehn oi the s.Iiey, anu oiu
fott. IN lnese tue Color, naVot anu smell OIL The
originals VIII ue SO CLOSELY lhlthleu that expert
eneea laste IS deceived ny them. 80 complete
anu minute ate- theit operations lhal not only are
iorelgn pianuS forged, ana Tue shape OF DotlleS,
the devices oil seats ana corkS initiated, Dut even
atlhclai gust anu coDweDs are iaurlcated 10 give
thsm an nir oil respectole ahuqnily.
II olhet PROOF o, lhls were needed, oesdes Tue
results OF cnenicai nhaysls' u might DE ionhu ~
| Tue IactS tiiat more fptt IS dtank IN the United
states IN one year than passes tile Custom
house III Ten; mat more Champagne rs consumed
u, IN aneIea alone man Tue whole Champasne DIS
tnc' produces, that Gognac Brandy COSTS four
times as much IN France where 1t IS made, as ltls
ure oil the Whole grape Gro in Mhdera produced
no uilnlnuiion IN The quantity, nor at nil
'o,!esPouu'i's increase ihthe Piice OF Tue wine.
II IS lhese compounds that madden and destroy
sucn ;lualiltuu III our towns and cities In wine
growing countries, where wine IS cheap and plenti
lu anu us use almost UNIVERSAL there are no hot.
tots oil that shock and alarm as here.
rance Itaiy ana Spain suller no more from the
Zee use oil Their wines, than we do from
Ciger, OF sparkling Catawba."
III none out pure liquor was permitted 10 be
sold. Ills rrlce would instantly become 50 great ms
10 put IL beyond The reach oil those who now fall
Tue VICTIMS 10 red-eye and "rot gut" Genu-
me brandy Gin and Rum are the most costly of ali
4 flt HHIn no
customer 70 thlnk, the Cheapest. To say nothing
OIL tue cost oil transportation they cannot be bought
ON int Spot where they are Nude ut anything like
The Rates they sold at in our drinking saloons.
bIandles that at Whole sale bring SO bottle,
sold at retail Tor "tnree cents glass ~
law providing Tor tue prohibition and punish,
ineni oil these adulter ton, could be faithfully
carried lnlon effect, for all parties would have
common Interest III its enforcement. 1t could be
resisted ny lew ioI no man wants to drink these
poisons and no dealer would acknowledge that he
sou thetn. Temperance men would gain theiI
emu oil driving these beverages out of use, nnG all
respectable liquor mert hants would profit by the
rise III prices. Constitutional rights would not be
more inltinged than by the detection and punish
Ine?t of any other fraud; and no property would
be destroyed, except the liquid poisonS aud the
| implements of their manufacture.-ALb. Journal.
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"Sloshin' About"
| The Judges often tell stories OH The members of
the bar, albeit they are much oftener the subjects
of strries themselves. We lately heard one OF
the former illustrating. the propriety of 'Ielting
well enough alone" by the following ,anecdote:
An affray case was on trial in The Circuit Court
of Pike County in which six OF eight break.
ers Were represented by almost as many lawyers,
each of whom in turn, put the only witness for
The State through the tortures of n tedious e *.
animation.
Nat 49,, well known Montgomery prac-
tioneer, was counsel for big bIack fellow in the
| crowd, who answered TO the name of Saltonsall
As to this defendant, the only proof which was
al itfatlp he
for the prosecution, was that-to use the peculiar
phraseoogy of the misunderstanding the rest on
EN- was cussin' and clinchin' ana pairin' off for
regular ry'al, SatonstqH j,sL kep sLosh.n' about
The Solicitor and Nat both construed this 10 mean
among the combalants and the former did NOT press
Presently. however it came to Mats Turn to