Litchfield enquirer., 1860-04-26
MT. Thomas of Tennessee, one of Potter's


 which he discharged his duties, informing tn House that if all the members were as labc rious as the honorable chairman," ther would be no need of having clerk Durin the rest of the debate, Thomas's key-not was echoed by all the disputants on the demo cratic side, and Potter was thenceforwar' the honorable chairman of the committee. How much virtue, to some eyes, there is il the gleam of bowie-knife!
 Though the House had just denied clerk to two or three committees, it was eviden that Potter's motion would prevail. Burnet politely suggested an amendment. Potte rose and bluntly accepted it. Barksdale de sired to propound question to " the honora ble chairman of the committee" and th' chairman inclined his honorable ear toward the fiery Mississippian, and inparted to hin the desired information. Tue manner il which the House went off into the usual bug and turmoil while Burnett and the other were speaking, and sank into the deepest si lence whenever Potter replied, was ludcrous ly interesting Tom. Florence finally inti mated that the House was ready for the vote and the House agreed with Tom. Florence The previous question was sustained, and or call of the yeas and nays the motion was adopted by about two to one.
 WASHINGTON, April 16, 1860.
 Mir. Pryor entered the House of Repre- sentatives at the usual hour this morning after an absence of five days. The contrast between his reception and that of Mir. Pot ter on Friday could not have been more striking and significant It was the differ. ence between an ovation generous and hear ty, spontaneous and simple, and yet unpre meditatcd and unsuspected, and q reception in which it is difficult to say whether undis gused neglect, or i'll concealed contempt, was the more prominent feature. 1 am referring HOW to the reception given to Pryor by the democratic side of the chamber Had he been absent for five days on common busi- ness visit to Virginia, his return would have called forth greetings far more numerous While, had an ordinary ague kept him from his seat that length of time, his recovery would have been welcomed by a general nod ding of heads and an occasional shaking of hands from the more ardent of the chivalry :; bat to-day he entered the House, walked to his seat with an uneasy air, not member noticing him on the way, and quietly resumed the cushion which he so ostentatiously quit ted on Wednesday last Soon, aud as if by mere accident, some three or fonr Southern gentlemen who seemed or affected to be pass ing near him on business errands, shook him by the hand in the most commonplace way. And that was the beginning and the end of the rcception Not long afterward he went into the most frrqucnted part of the lobby, adjacent to the democratic side of the cham Der, and there stoo! for some me, pretend ing to read a bit of manuscript; but though many persons passed him, not oue individual greeted him.
 A little later, ar.cr his return to the Hall, Southern member called Pryor's attention to the fact that the stock of pistol was protruding from the rear pocket of his coat Thcrcupon he withdrew to the cloak room, adjusted his dress, and not long afterward disappeared for the day.
 Comment upon the difference in the treat mcnt meted out to Potter and Pryor, by their respective friends. on these two occa- sions, is unnecessary. It is conclusive proof which of them the general judgment of friend and foe assigns the triumph to, in the recent controversy. It is all irrevocabe verdict upon that point of the case, at all events; and,in such matters,publc opinion never errs
 The Philadelphia correspondent of the Tribune makes the following remarkable statements
 One of the Temperance Societies has en- gagged Dr. Hiram Cox, the Cincinnati In spector of Liquors, to deliver course of lectures showing up the horrors of the trade in strychuine whiskey This gentleman was appointed by the authorities of Cincinnati to dive into the grog shops and liquor stores there, and apply chemical tests to the liquor they had on sale. Though hampered and opposed at every turn, yet he was not to be thwarted. The revelations which followed his investigations were perfectly astounding They carried consternation even among the drunkards, and so diminished the sale of liquor by proving that niueteen-twentieths of it was deadly poison,, that numerous dis tlleres were closed for want of business, and the liquor dealers besought him to quit, declaring that he had cut down their sales $l,O00,000 per annum. He showed that most of the liquor sold in Cincinnati was so highly charged with deadly acids that it i'm mediately attacked and corroded a knife blade, and in some cases left on it coating of copper, as if deposited by battery. Iu nearly 1000 stores and grog shops where he applied the test, he found the liquors adul- terated with poisonous ingredients. He mentions score of young men who have been sent to their graves by less than three months drinking of this poison. Older men have beeu killed off by dozens in the same way. Two-thirds of all the insane cases iu Cincinnati proceed from the same cause, many of them being boys under nineteen years of age. One of them became ncura- bly, insane by single debauch on this adul. terated stuff Much of the liquor inspected contained only II per cent. of alcohol, when it should have contained 40 the rest being represented by sulphuric acid, nitric and prussic acid nitric ether, fusil oil, nux vomi ca, Guinea pepper, and other pungent poi sons, to give it strength. These compounds Dr. Cox pronounced so deadly that single pint was sufficient to cause speedy death The vendors were accordingly prosecuted punished, and their doggeries closed. Tht very few who were found to be selling pur, liquors we allowed to continue. But the eff feet of these wholesale exposures on the traffic was most salutary. Thousands i'm mediately quit drinking on learning tha nothing but poison was dealt out to then, They will now be repeated here by Dr. Go, himself. Our city needs puri6cation a much as Cincippati as we have thousand