New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-04
ssIk4s,AN WINE.

A repprt has recently been made by M. trskile,
The British Secretary Of Legation at Washington,
to the proper office in London, respecting the ca-
pacity Of this country to produce fsino. Mr. Efsk-
inc has collected some VALUABLE, statistics and re-
ahIe information on this subject since Ais solonfa
in this country, which he has transmitted 70 rse
Foreign Office, and which llaYe been published IN
the English Journals.
From this report it appears that wines were
made in this eeanay, IN the territory whlca now
comprises the states oF Indiana and Missouri as
long ago as the latter part Of the last century.
was cheap rcd vine, pa1atsbie to the taste, but
not elioligh so to supersede the wines Of France
and Germany. 1t was only about the year 1880
that tlic Catawba, d native American grape, first
came into notice, and begaa to be used and culti-
vated regularly for the making Of native wine.
The Catawha was found growing wild near Wash
ington City, resembling the fox grape somewhat,
and producing wine which, though disagreeable
at first, gradually grows npon the taste until it is
preferred by those who hahitually use it to the
| best brands Of foreign Importation.
The climate best adapted to the growth Of the
Catawba grape is the dry climate west Of the Ale
/ ghanies. removed from the moisture of the sea-
coast In the neighborhood Of Cincinnati and all
along that parallel Of latitude through Indiana.
es, and il easily produced It is generally believed
that Nicholas Longworth, the great wine-king Of
Cincinnati, monopolises the culture of the Catawba
grape IN that region, but this is a mistake. On all
the hills surrounding Cincinnati both on the Ken.
tueky and the Ohio sides, wherever there is q
| Southern exposure, may be founl vineyards be-
longing 10 industrious Germans and Swiss, who un-
! deystand the culture Of the grape and the manu-
facture OF wine, and who derive good profit from
/ their labor in this branch of industry.
But il Is not alone in the neighborhood Of Gin
| cnnati that the Catawha is cultivated. Besides
the three thousand acres that are under cultivation
there it Is estimated that there are thousands of
acres devoted TO this purpose in Indiana, in Mis-
souri, and Illinois and in Georgia and the two Caro-
/ linas. This refers only to those places in which
/ the Catawba grape is regularly raised as Q crop.
] OF course there are also thousands of acres, in the
different States, appropriated to the culture Of the
| Crane and the manufacture of native wine, by
i people who use it only for domestic consumption,
| and never enter the market 10 sell it. The total
! production Of wine at the present time, is esti-
| mated to be two millions of gallons annualy-and
! the amount is increasing every year. The census
| which is TO be taken the present year will show,
/ we doubt not, a greater comparative increase in
the product OF this particular branch Of industry,
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within the last decade, than any other in the
country.
The State Of Missouri alone has an area suitable
for grape culture larger than the wine growing dis
tricts Of France. In Kentucky and Tennessee, in
Middle and Western Virginia, in Western Texas,
and in California, the vine grows in great perfee-
ton, producing an abundance of good paatable
wine In short, there Is scarcely any section of
the Union below the forfeit, parallel of latitude in
which domestic wine may not be made, and sold
at profit. By people who understand the culture.
The Catawba wine is made and sold in Cincin-
natl and ST. Louis by wholesale at about one dollar
a bottle. There are many who prefer it to genuine
champagne. Everybody prefers it to the imitation
bogus champagne which is manufactured in New
York. But there are other grapes besides the Ca
| tawba to which our climate and soil are adapted,
| and we see no reason why we may not produce
| within our own limits almost every variety of wine
/ that the popular taste may demand. The Ger
| mans in Western Texas we understand, are making
i a red wine, much resembling c1aret and very pal
4 atable. We may at least manufacture all the
varieties of red and white wines that are made in
! Europe, depending upon importation for our Ports
| and Maderas alone.
4 The people of this country pay higher price
for wines than any other people on earth, because
| there is q heavy duty on them in addition to the
4 original cost and the cost of importation. If we
i made our wines at home, as we easily can, we
/ would not only get them cheaper, but have a
guarantee OF their geBuineness. Besides this every
/ body knows that an countries where wine is plen-
/ tiful and cheap there is less consumption Of those
4 strong fiery liquors, manufa aciured out of all sorts
of poisonous drugs, which arc the fruitful causes of
/ SO much crime and distress. 1t is therefore in the
4 interest Of morality as well as economy and COM
| fort, that we should encourage the production of
| native wine. Certainly, iand so blessed as onrs
is with every variety of soil and climate, and ofso
magnificent extent, need not long depend upon
| foreign countries for our supply of wines and it
| would not surprise Us it. before the end Of the
present century ne not only made all that's neces
| sary for our own consumption, but-reyersiDg the
current Of trade became exporters of the article
| instead Of importers.
DEoAPITATIoN OF SANDERS The President has
| at last removed from Office George N. Sanders the
| Navy Agent at New York. Hon. William f. Rus
/ SELL a formnr member OF Congress, who was de-
feated &c his reelection account of the fidelity
with which he stuck up 10 Old Buck during his LIE.
compton troubles. hasreceived the appointment.
The principal cause Of Sanders removal was bis
4 open advocacy of Mr.. Douglas pretensions to the
Presidency. The secondary cause was Georges
alleged impudence in sending Old Buck tee.
graphic message from the Charleston Convention
I advising him that Douglas wenld certainly be
nominated and that he had better send for HIM, ex
press penitenee for his conduct, and make friends
with him. For this cool and pleasant dispatch the
Presidential private fsc was taxed to the extent
twenty seven dollars--and Old Buck naturally he
J came Indignant. II was bad enough 10 be advised
to humble himself before Douglas but to have t.
!, Ipay tWentyseven dollars for the advice, wa
rather {. steep for the Presidents and aceordngl.
Georges official head rolled over into the basket
! Douglas other otfice-holding friends had bette
| take warning and look out. Who comes next?
\ SCENE IN THE HOUSE or LoRDs.--What pa
q geant of spendor and of grandeur was here pre-
!, sentcd The floor of the house was packed wit
Y wives, daughters and sisters of the peers in fu
9 dress, leaving only narrow space in the center
\ which was occupied by peers and bishops in thei
q scarlet robes The entire gallery which surround
9 the house was filed with row Of elegantly
dressed ladies', only broken by line Of reporters
I the benches, one rising above the other, wer
2 filled with ladies'. Presently the trunpeis sound
y the signal that the Queen is approaching. Sh
leaves the palace in her magnificent carriage
" drawn by eight cream coiored horses attended b