Arkansas intelligencer., 1857-05-15


Dr. Cox, chemical Inspector d. alcoholic
liquors for PorkopoHs, publishes a co7deased
summary of what be has ascertained in tue
course of two hundred AMI o-ty-nize i,.pcc-
ticas- he has male while n ff,ce The doc
tor appears to have d. & coed deal, and
4ound it poison. -. SIS.
have found sor-r -.ure o. beautifully
aromatic, while MOI. .an ). Ge. .hs (9-I0)
Of the liquors veic imi,sfiou- .Our. not ab-
soluteiy chemically speaking, poi~onons-
"hile.a great portion Of it was, AMI is, the
most perEici0us. poisonous and villa nous con-
cocilonS- that )" ever been offered 10 the
public for ~dle aS heycTags.. og ta5r: ever a.
tered Ihe4lumag. stomach
do not believe that there Is at this time
IN The city OF Cine nu1ti, one gallon of pure
brandy for every hundred that j. IN the mar
ket ot the most d-leteriuus stuff called by the
different nafp.S Of the different varieties Of
brag1y-vhiyh are ucst miserable limitations
with corn whisky - u ba,s-with suEphuric,
nitric ana Arctic acids, prussic acid aeetc or
nitric ether, Guinea pepper, pelitcry, &c, with
syrup or honey a. a covering.
Nor do | believe theze . one ga..oa in a
thousand that j. in our market (and some
sold every day.} Of the different wines-Port,
Sherry, MuscadeI or Muscat, Ewees Malaga,
DC; that Is not a most poisonous and delete
rIOus adr@'vture, having ,- a oasis water and
rs favoring ingredients sulpl-~ri- acid, and An
large quantities, - keep down acetic fermen-
tation, together With alum, boet-soot iuise.
Juice Of alderJerries, logwocd, oil winter green,
grams OF paradise, Guinea pepper ginger.
horseraddish, hops, bitter amoHdS honey or
sugar-souie without one per cent, or a single
drop of alcoholic spirit Of any kind, or a drop
OF vine or brandy, dependent entirely on the
great amount Of sulphmic acid for their pre-
seryatlon
have detected the above ingredients in
most of the wines which | have examined.
and the same in the brandics; and at this time
although there is great deal of port wine
called burgundy port, and he pure juice, &C.,
l think it would be difficult ratter find
ten gallons Of port, and MANY Of the other
wines above, that are limitations, with Ell
ther 1tei', cid E, vinee or v"rts as a basis,
with the cth7r Ingredie Is added.
have - I'D, in the coursa of my iusp,--
tons, viii sky containing from seventeen to
t"elz ~er cent. Al iols --, when it should
have from torty to tHy per cent alcohol
spirits, and the del.lIency sup i by q. coin
pound of sweet oil, oil of vItriOI and Guinea
pepper, to la..hs it wsrsa'a. and stir ulating,
as liquor of honest per centage should De.
In this liquor the re was sulphuric acid enough
IN quart 10 alinos; ca: : hole through a
mans stomach
GTThe Burlington, Iowa, State Gazette
says that while some workmen were engaged
in exeavating for the cellar of Gov. Grimes
new building, on tho corner of Maine street,
they came upon an arched vault some ten
feet square, wEjeh, on being opened, was
found to oontx, eis.ht human skeletons of
gigantic pTopo tiioas. The wall of the vault
was about fourteen inches thick, wei laid up
with cement or iudestrlctiblc mortar. lie
vault is about sax feet from the base to the
arch. The skel, .tons are in a state of preser
vation, and We venture to say are the largest