Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-01-27

Arson, ii
PerJury, 81
Counterfeiting, OF
This record, ~fearfully large as it is. contains onl,
those crimes which have been pyorcd upon indiyi
duals; and it to these be added those which have
nerer come to light, or which have not been success
JhHy mreStigdted, the per centage must he swcllcd
to almost AN incredible degree.
The statistics Of France, in suicides. show nm
alarming increase in this kind of amusement Sc
peculiar to that cnuntrv:
From 1870 to 1880 (tcn years. the number of
suicides were l165; from 1871 To 1913. (tbree
years 2j73. in lS44, zane year. 1000!
1t has been frequently asserted, and VIC believe.
truly, that tile use IF riRe is as common in Eiunce,
as the use Of ten aud cutie is here"
A distinguished banker and philan:hropist of
Paris, (Mr Lutteroth) furnished to the writer of
this while in that city. the government returns of
the quantity ut wine and distilled spirits drank
within the walls, in u single year. Within the
barriers there is an excise; without, none.
The returns give Il consumption of about 1870
bottles OF wine, (nearly Il quart EACH and six of
ardent spirits, to every inhabitant of the city.
Outside the walls, wine is drank without excise,
and there can be seen drunkenness in all its hor.
rors; and 1t was to these localities that Louis Phil.
ippe directed NV attention, rs furnishing n fearful
illustration of the drunkenness of France.
If the inhabitants of Paris drink wine, ssas ,e
IN hts country drink tea AMI coGee," as has been
affirmed, and doubtless truly, the statistics of Mr..
Lutteroth the banker, will not appear exaggerated,
h"l va IL SScH u III SlhEulaf, tiat Tie great phy-
stefan, BRoussAls, found most of the stumachs IF
adults, which he dissected after death I'm a state
Of disease"
Louis Philippe, while the writer was in Paris,
expressed to him his conviction that total absti-.
nence was the only true temperance, and that the
drunkenness Of France uas o.. wine. Ills son re
peated the same fact, and added that it would be n
blessing to France could all the grape vines he des-
tr'yed, except 50 far as their products may be used
for food.
The fearful iunrnoso Of o,;,o =. C.... 49,
reasonably be traced to the increased consumntiun
OF strong drink-V not adulteruted, an exception to
a general rule.
The Rev. DR.. B .ird, who travelled extensively in
france, anu was a close observer, states thar
Pure wine could only lie found at the vineyards;'
and that "adulteration was all but UNIVERSAL
How tar the inc. ease of crime is owing to the in
creased virulence given to the Intoxicating liquors
through the agency of other poisuns, thar the uri-
glnal poison, alcohol, (always found in intoxica,iu,
wine.l IL a question whica every one, after ascer
tanning the facts in the case, can settle for himself
lnasinuch as pure wine can only BE had ut II GER
tain high price-and as limitations. as To sight,
smell and taste, are now So perfect that few eau
distinguish the pure from the impuve-anG us the
impure costs only from one-eiglth to one quarter
the value of pure, all can judge how barren the
chance Is ct any one getting II drop of pure wine.
X. NJ. lltrtly, Esq, CT New York, several years
SINCE at much cost OF time and labor, compiled
from authentic document the quantities of strong
drink annually consumed by various nations, show.
ing the following result:
France, l,054,' 107 ,S54 gallons of all kinds. ave-
rage to each person 424 gallons IL year; equal to a
gallons Of Raked aicoh0L 10 eacA Der,ou, The con-
sumption of naked alcohol to en.b nersnp in Swe-
den, was found To be 81 gallons; in Prussia IA gal
lon; in the United States IA gallon.
We have long believed France to be one of the
most intempera;e countries ON the flce of the earth
and the statistics piore ii.
A rreat injury is done n tho corso of to,,or
nnce IuninteI,tinnoji douI,Ia.s ~ - ep..
by American travellers VIII" nays r mihI ,h "un,r
the wine countries, visit the caanitaIs If The yarin,s
nations, frequent the y,triuns sdnares and nao,n
ana then return home and report mo drunkenness
"the countries Ihey DO not look for lido
~ 70 where IL Is u lie seem The writer, while
and found it too, with all IT'S attendant borrorn =.
and he found its effects also stomneJ ,r;,h ~ AZ
blight evervybara ~ haro '"'rnpoD uurh
disease. its sure comnon;uns mr. hi On
leans Genernl in Chief nj Tho Arn;os 80 ~.
told him the ration IN each soIJ;er wos n hn,,Ia &c
vino n d,v tha n.o,f ,L.t - "H " ~ vi
tho annetite fnr m,re onJ - su,. '"""t
uolIv sonandarsI to nav Cav -. anL pay WIS us
snhnrdin,tinn in tho m oond ~ "s van W
wine. and mnch of tha cy;ne and 100" -; ~ w.. ~
country esnec;nlIv in tho wine a. rn;,,s ~ -
cnvse 'o"e
D. fennimore Cooper says:
81 came To Eurone under tho ;rnro,io, ,ho,
there was more drurIkenness a,n0n~ ps ,hon .m"'
other country, England, perhause ex,cnteJ (
residence of six months in Paris ,ban~eJ ip my r;ow "a
entirely. | have taken unbelievers with me into
the streets and have never failed to convince them
of their mistake in the course of an hour. \ y 4
On one occasion II party of four went out with this
object; we passed thirteen drunken men within a
walk of an hour-many Of them were so far gone
as to be totally unable to walk. once saw three
men wallowing in the gutter before my window-a
degree of beastly degradation | reyer witnessed