The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-17

SALE OF CHOICE WINES AT PHLADELPHA.-The
following account of sale of choice wines at Phia
! dephia we cut from the Philadelphia Press OF
| Wednesday:
! large number of gentlemen were present, this
! afternoon, at the auction rooms of Messrs. NJ.
! Thomas Sons, Nos. l39 and al South Fourth
street, by the announcement that the private stock
OF wines OF the late JOS. Gratz, Esq, were to be
sold to the highest bidders. Samples of the differ
ent wines provided in bottles for an hour pre-
vi"us to the sale and this served out to those
who desired to taste them, in small glasses The
wine was precious, and the tasters numerous,
and the glasses used about as capacious
full grown thimble. IL was an acting in real life
of the famous picture of the wine tasters. The in
experienced in vinOus matters swallowed their
thimblcfull and could express no opinion except
that it was every good" the would-be sagacious,
looked knowing and said nothing; while the genu-
inc cCnnosseurs, smelt the bouquet of the precious
fluid looked curiously at its golden color, and tast
ed with the air of men who had an opinion of their
own and could discriminate between vntages,
dates of importation, glass, wood and all that sort
of thing. The elder Mr. Thomas commenced the
sale, by announcing the terms to be cash on deiv-
cry. The wines, he said, were all drawn of clear.
The wines all sold by the demiiohn. The
first lots sold all Madeira. viz: Two demoh
of "Grape juice" containing AZ gallons each, i'm
ported in 1889, which brought $4l each. Other
lots brought from SIG to l713 per gallon. One de
miiohn, containing gallons, and styled in the
catalogue "Butler Wine" No. Is, purchased by
Mr. Gratz at the sale of the Butler Wine in 1883,
Mr. Gratz gave Sl55 demiohn for this very wine
some years ago. This celebrated wine was pur-
chased by the enterprising firm of p. Tiernan IL
Son, wine dealers of Baltimore.
The Madeira wines generally brought excellent
prices. After they had been sold lot of 81
gallons of Sherry was sold at the rate of S2s for
gallons.
Some wines were sold in bottles. Two halEgal-
lon "Magnums' OF Madeira, imported in 1907,
were sold at $50 a gallon. This lot also was pur-
chased by Messrs. =. Tiernan Son.
gallon demiOhn of MonOngahela whiskey
sold at Sl3, and AZ gallons of 'Purc Rye" brought
$l3.
THE BARK PARrHINIAN-BALTIMoREANs on BOARD.
The following is a list of the officers of the bark
Parthan, of Richmond, Va, for whose safety great
fears are entertained 1t will be seen that most of
them are Baltimoreans:
Charles Miller, master; John Perry, South Fal-
mouth, Mass, 1irst mate; Robert Clark, second
mate; w. A. Curtis Baltimore, cook; John Bethel,
James Anderson, Edwin White, Joseph Snort,
John Miller. Edwin johnson, John Frost, Garmiss
Anderson, Baltimore Charles Sweegy, Philadel-
Pha, and James w. Thompson, Boston, seamen.-
Rtchmond Enquirer.
The following intelligence is from private let
ter dated at Paris, November Is "The Empress
created great sensation at Compiegne last week
by appearing in dress without crinoline, very
small at the top of the skirt with the immense old
fashioned hoop at the bottom. Next year the la
dies will be wearing the dress of the old pictures of
the days of Louis XIY.'
VIM. Dermody, superintendent of carriers at Dam
No. 5, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal died on Friday
from blow on the head given by man named
Chamberlain. Dermody was tried some years ago
for homicide.
The Committee on Judiciary of the North Caro-
lima Legislature has reported against repeal of
that portion of the State Constitution which pro.
hlbits Jews from holding any office of trust or
profit
Dr. Gotwald, who arrested in Cincinnati,
for destroying the books and records of Franklin
Lodge |. o. o. F., has given 81 900 bail-S5OO for
burglary and $500 for malicious destruction of pro-
perty-for his appearance at Court.
The English hunting party, Lord Cavendish, Rob
ert Grosvenor, and Hon. Mr.. Ashley, which has
been reported kiledby Indians, frozen in, etc, is
now said to be safe at Fort Gerry, Red River.
Mr.. s. Diworth lost $4,000 by the burning of
his planning mill in Pittsburg, on Monday evening,
and Mr.. >. Boyd picture frame maker, $500.
During the year past the amount paid out from
the New York Fire Department Fund amounted to
81, 200; receipts Si4 ,794.