The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-12-24
(from the Washington Constitution }
The Great GIN Map of the World is
from Virginia.

oPoLrno WoLFE. now the largest
manufactures OF Gin in the World, is by
birth Yirgiuian. lie VAS born in Rich.
mond. lie Is the se,euIl ,nn of Major
benjamin Wolfe, decvn>r.l, who WAS AN
officer OF ihe American RrYulu,ion.
VI these sons on'y three ar. living -
Joel, alluded TO hereafter, aud Nat Wolfe.
the great crlminHl lawyer "f Kentucky
Tor The last twenty years. Originally Ia
Ken TO kentucky b, llenry CLAY, Nat
Wolfe retained the tri"irl,hip of the
great Statesman to tho las, hour of his
lite. Udolpho Wolfe removed to the
city OF New York in 1926, and entered
the counting house of mis- elder brother,
Joel Wolfe, who was then largely en-,
gagged ia the importation Of brandy and
glh from Frace and Holland Young
Wolfe. business qualification aud ener,
gc"e perseverance, soon gave him prom
inrpt Position Ia he house of his brother,
and when hc reached the age Of 81 he
became n partner
In 1886 THAI brother established
tue tirst d'st''Iery i'll Schiedam (IIolIand)
ever undertaken by al American, and i
yet continues, and is the place where the
famous "Wolfe's Schiedam Aroma,ic
Schnapps" is now manufactured.
IN le4S the senior partner Of the
house re:Ired from active business, hav
ing accumulated IA .Srge fortune. In that
s.m. year Udoipho Wolfe made the for
tunate discoveries tha, led to the nanu
iaclure OF his now world wide famed
"Schiedam Schnapps."
Ido'pho WCIfe, although 4 merchant
has ever taken promincu, interest in
The political questions OF the dav. cspe-
cIalIy ia stern, though disint,r s'DI, op
position to each and every political partv
or leader vino aimed To disturb ,he Sd
cred institutions Of the South, where he
| WAS born.
In any matter that affected Virginia
or her leading meu, whether Of the rres
e"t or OF the glorious past, Mr.. Wolfe
has taken deep and patriotic in'eres;
When the removal Of the remains of IN.
Iamentsd Monroe, Who had been a warm
personaI friend OF Mr.. Wolfes father, y,
well AS OF himself, WAS resolved upon, no
man took more active rnr, DIAN Mr
Wolfe.
when the Seventh Regiment cytmneG
to New York, Mr.. W"llo cnmp,iri and
puhll.h"I book. with r,I narration of
eS'ry thing CONNECTED wi,h il,r rj.,. u,.ies
ot tho late eX PRESIDENT, 1T au expense O.
| three ar tour thousand dollars. Thi.
book ALSO contained full description Of
the famed Seventh Regiment. anil also
bipgraphlcaI sketches "t the principal of
iicers. 1t contained SIC p"Grs Il has
become n Book Of History.
Mr.. w. presented the Savannah Hyri
Went with 1900 copies, ard also rre,cn.
ted through Gnvrrrur Wi.r aud the
Mayor OF Norfolk, copies Of the book to
. all the rrncrpsl civil aud military off.
| GERS, aud, in addition, Il" placed ~ copy
III every public iitrar, il the dillrreu,
States. Not only -, trrin h.n.sclL lie
! married n i"dy Of Muhi.". AIa!au4
In closing hi, ,r:,-I., ". r.o".v de
size I" say thu Ihr hi,lu, u; III, cmi
nen, energetic mcrchAn, give. tie lie to
tue OF repea,el caHrg> tIai rh- Sou,h
produces no commercial men q, i .,tnc.
ton. Mr.. Wolfe il he E,osl * ensive
merchnn. III hi, lr.nch OF commercial
iQnanutacsure that has ever iiv.i IN this
upiou.