Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-12-30
Elliot vs.. Showers.

was down on the trial list iJr tbs term OF
he Common Pleas Court Among the
items in the Plaintiffs bill was a ca,k
Of Irish whi>key, containing ton gallons
and half, which was sold to the deferd
ant, one Of the proPrietoEs Of the Key
stone House, Of this city. The liquor, 10
consequence Of its being impure and adal-
terated, was never used BY the Defendant,
but was allowed to remain in his ware
house, ever since las, March, untouched
During the sitting Of the Court, and before
the case was called up for ,:ial, Geo. W
NJ Elroy, E.q, who made successful
chemica! expose of the barrel of old rye
whiskey sold by Weller & Ellis to Henry
5. Schenck, and which was tried some
time since aud reported in TIE E,pSess,
was engaged By the Dcf.udant; and the
Plaintiff, hearing Of the fact, and fearful
Of similar exposure, withdrew his claim
and started with bis Ir.sh tshsb,y again
for the city OF Philadelphia. Mr.. ME-
roy, however, having previously secured
bottle full Of it, submittcd it to the chem
zeal tests, and found it to be 4 vi.,liu5us
compound Of poisonous substances. The
steel spatula, after having been iu,rOlue-
cd iu;o it for the space OF Ef'een minutes,
iurued the liquor greeni,h black-eame
out oxodized, and when dried exhibited
heavy deposit of sulphate Of copper and
other poisonous substances Elliot LEFT
in the early train, fearful of a prosecution
under the Buckalew law, leaving his III
beruian agent to close up the matte. with
the Defendant
1t is but few weeks since a jury Of
lancaster county condemned a barrel Of
these spurious compounds, and allowed oue
of these Philadelphia firms nothing for
their whiskey; aud we had hoped that a
salutary lesson bad been taught them by
that verdict But it seems that the work
is still going on, nor vii! it probably be
arrested, until the example Of our sister
State, Ohio, is followed, and the Peuiten-
tiary punishment inflicted upon men who
are engaged III this low and d.honorable
trade How any man can have the in,o-
cradle impudeuce to claim payment for
vile compound Of poisonous acids, which
he has the meauness to represent as the
genuine article, is to Us a mystery and
wonder.
There does seem to be some difference
Of opinion, in regard to the use Of intoxi-
eating liquor, when pure, but, when it is
impure and adulterated, there can be DO
difference Of opinion in reference to it. /.
1t would be all idle to say, that these
poisoned and adultcraled liqqors are not a .
most prolific source Of misery, crime aud
wretchedness. Before their introduction
into society, there were, c5mplra,iyely
speaking, but few tears in the solitary
homestead and few children who were
crying for bread. Although iutempcr-
ance even then was an evil Of great mag
nitude, it was regarded by many as mere
harmless fancy, which passed away with
the days excite ment, and was forgotten 10
the hurry Of business But these COM
pounds have wrought change il the ev-
ery-day affairs of life. The man who
drinks now TO excess, is not only intoxica-
ted, but madicned His high sense Of
moral and legal responsibility, becomes
paraiizad. His home is abandoned, his
property squ1adered, and his wife and
children become burdens upon the public,
or wretched, heart-broken dependents up
on private charity. And yet the guilty
authors of this misery, have the bold ef-
IrOntery 10 come forward aHd claim pay ;
pent for their bond of blood We ear
lestly hope, that, after the experience .
hey have had in our Court, the philalel- I
phia liquor dealers will profit By the hint
hrown out by New York paper, and {
hereafter sell the liquor and poison in sep
.rate packages.-Lracaster EIpre,s. t
QUEER, The objection to Sherman
rom the shareholders, is, that he signed
ircular, recommending the proposed dis !
ribution of 100000 copies of compen-
!ium- of "zHe Impendia9 CRISIS of the
South Letcher of Virginia, formerly
'lember of Congress, now Governor elect
f the Old Dominion, recommended in 7
SIT, by his signature, an ".fE3ress to l
he Is2pte Of Vest Iiryinio, sHorjny hat I
Sidrery as injurious to the PaJiic U,Lt;Ire, {
nd that 1t may be grddaaIy 1JotisAeJ,
''thoat detrimental to tie Rights and Inter-
rs Of Shareholders. By Shareholder of t
Vest Virginia. Lexington, Va: Printed t
q Il. {. Noel 1871" That work con- I
aims just as good "treason" as any that 4
an be found in Helpers book. In what i
espeet, then, is John Sherman a greater |
raitor than John Letcher? If the for
,eE is unfit to be elected Speaker of the +,
Of