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CHEMICAL TESTIMONY.

d. JOSE LUIS CAsAsscA, Corresponding Mem
| Der of the Royal Academic of Madeira and Mum
ich' Graduate in sciences of the Faculty Of Paris,
formerly Professor Of Chemistry, a. applied to the
arts, 81 the Royal Conservatorio of Madrid and of
Physic and Chemistry, as applied to the Industry
and Agriculture of the country, in the Royal Uni.
versty of this Island, at present II. Ms Director
of tho Institute Of Chemical Investigation, &c &c.
Do hereby certify, that Mt the request Of the
house of Gottg 4 Will, Of this place, have made
an analitosl examination of T., Wolfe's Aromatic
Schiedam Schnapps, with the object of asccrtaininc
| if it contained any substance noxious to health
and to inform them to its true composition and
relative quality with the other gins that are offered
in the market, and the results Of my observations
| and experiments are as follows -
| Udopho Wolfe's aromatic Schiedam schnapps is
spirituous liquid, Of very agreeable aromatic
odor, completely Transparent and almost colorless,
having only very slight tut OF yellowish gray
its flavor is strong and very agreeable to the palate
1t marks 20 degrees in Carriers alcohol weigher
or 81 degrees huntredths in Gay Lussacs alco-
hometre. BY the dstilation in balaiuul maria
with an appa -atus consisting Of class retort aud
recipient surrounded with ice have collected in
this recipient an alcoholic liquid with very
agreeable aroma completely colorless and transpar-
ent, which marked 30 degrees in Cartier alcoholic
wcigher, or 20 degrees hundredth Gay Luss-
acs acometre; and which represented as a whole
81 per cent of aromatic Schiedan schuapps sub.
ject to distillation in the retort. This liquid did
not soil tho transparency of the distilled water in
mixing it with the same, and its agreeable aroma
is doubtless due to a very trifing amount of an es
sential oil inseparable from alcohol.
From the remainder of the distillation which
was left in the retort, l have obtained through
evaporation in a. vapor bath, substance of a
yellowish brown color, clear, and having bitter
taste which is not disagrceable, and which after
wards becomes aromatic and leaves the mouth per-
fumcd with that fragrance peculiar to the vanilla
| am inclined to believe that to this bitter and a.
romatic extractvc substance soluble in water and
alcohol, the medicinal properties which are attri-
buted to this gin are due. | have not found in
udolpho Wolfe's aromatic Schiedam schnapps any
mineral organic substance other than the extrac.
tive one already named and the aromatic one OBJ
tanned by distillation. Finally, Udolpho Wolfe's
aromatic Schiedan schnapps consists simply of an
aromatic alcohol Of 20 degrees of graduation in
Carriers alcoholic wei CHER, and of an extractive
bitter aromatic substance which perhaps, is me.
dicinal; and, account of its not containing any
matter injurious to the health, as well as for its
odor and good favor-a fact which no doubt arises
from the choice substances employed in its manu-
facture, and from the peculiar manner of its dis
tilaton, it should, in my opinion, be preferred to
all the Holland, Belgic and German gins which
are found in this Island which it has been my bust.
ness to examine. These gins have often proved
t, cxhae disagreeable odor and have a more or
less disagreeabc flavor, some of them having left
as was the case with the superior gin from the dis
tllery of Mr. Henry Deetjen (of Brcmen), as resid
um after evaporation by steam a substance almost
insipid and very trifingJ aromatic, with flavor of
vanilla, but ia no Wise with the delicious bitter
and aromatic favor Of that of Udopho Wolfe and
Others such as that labelled "Genuine Samaritan +"
Extra superior Messrs TEACHER have furnished
me very small quantity ola greensh substance,
of harsh metallic taste and very dsagrecable which
extractive organic matter mixed with salt of
copper, with signs of iron, owing perhaps, to bad
system of distillation.
certify that all that is here stated is tho truth
and agrees with the experiments have made with
the greatest care, and | authorize the house of
Gottig Will, Of this city, to give publicity to
this certificate, in Spanish and in foreign Language
es, in all countries where it may suit their interest
to do SO. JOSE LUIS CASASECA.
HAVANA, JANUARY. 1859.
IMPORTANT FOR MEDICAL USE.
old Brandy and Wine.
The Medical Faculty can always be supplied
with the Oldest and best Brandy and Wines, In
ported by the subscriber expressly for medical use.
TDOLPHO WOLFE,
d8w3m - Beaver street, New York