New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-16

our Riverside printers run cold Out oil Tue
limits of Massachusetts,, the first printing press
was erected by William Bradford, in Phila-
delpbia, in the year 1886, where his son Andrew
was carrying on the business on the arrival Vi
DR.. Franklin in that city in 1923.
Our piOus ancestors were thirsty souls, ana had
not the slightest nkling of the virtues OF modern
teetotalism Wine and beer were among the
early products of industry during the colonial
period The use of tea, coffee, and chocolate
was almost unknown, even in England, and their
place was supplied by fermented liquors. Among
the outfits to Massachusetts in 1929, were four
hundred weight of hops and forty-fve tuns OF
beer. Soon after was sent generous store OIL
malt, which was converted into more potent
beverage than the "cup of fare spring
water" which in 1923 was the best the flymou.h
settlers could offer to their friends recently
arrived from England. At that time they were
obliged to use odd substitutes for their ia'or"e
fluid, according to the traditional rhymes;
Nbsrley be wanting to mske into malt,
we must be content, and think X no fault
For We can make liquor to sweeen our lips
Ofpumpkins, aud parsnps, and walnut ehP''
The business of brewing seems to have been
commenced soon after the settlement OF Boston.
In November 1857. the "Great and General
Court" for the protection OF common brewers,
who already constituted trade, ordered that
NO person shall brewe any beare, or malt, or
other drnke, or sell in gross or by retaile, but
ONLY such as shall be licensed by this Courte, on
paine of f1OO; and whereas Capt. Sedgwick
hath before this time set up q brewe-house az
his create charge, and very comodious for this
part of the cOuntrey, hee is freely licensed 10
brewe beare to sell according to the size before
licensed dureng the pleasure OF the Courte.
The size" was before ordered to be not stronger
than could be sold at eight shlings the barrel,
under penalty Of eco This seems to be the
earliest mention of o brew-house in the Colonies
Ten years later however, they had SIX public
brew houses in Virginia.
Among the trades in New England, at the same date,
mentioned as having fallen into their ranks and
places their great advantage are brewers besides
divers sorts of sbopkeepers, and some who nave my
terry beyond others. have the winners. In io'i,
John Appleton, of the first settles at Wacrtowh,
Massachusetts, who frequently elected rePreseh-
stiye to the General Court and was distinguished oy
the respectable title of MIR" received permission 10
set up malt house in that place. lie Is said also 10
have been cultvator of hops. Samuel Liyermore
followed the same business there IN 1907 Many years
elapeed in some parts of the country before barley
was raised in sufficient quantity for the production OF
malt and Beer, and considerable importation OF maj
annually took place for the nee OF the brewers Ids
WAS subject in Massachusetts, 10 duty on imporfa-
ton. Whether an increased supply of tie article was
deemed important, or the domestic manuiacture OF IL
had dminished the profits, the principal importers OF
malt and other merchants Of Bo,ton, in 1000 Ieutoned
the Assembly for reduction a repeal OF the ,arii
as piuditiaii 10 this commonwealth and also dscondgmt
10 marchants" One OF the petitions OF those carly
Boston advocates Of free trade III the handwriting OF
Thomas Broughtop, and signed only by HIM ana kooert
Pateshall represents that the well-known adyant
aye accrteing BY freedOme OF portr and hndrce OF
trade propoItionaly according 10 argeness OF customs
imposed, that this seeming good may not brng upon
this countrey reall evel aud from cutons upon one
thing grow TO cstome on another, I'LL, step by tteP
under soecious pretences we are insensble brought
under taxes for everything as the wou Oh
other nations well known unto us showeh therefore
Tor the good of the present. and to prevent tins even
in future ages we are become your humble petitioners
to remove the customs upon malt that after ages may
remind YOU fathers Of their freedone, and the pres
ent nav bow before you for their experience OF your
care of THERE welfare" &C. Ten years before tbs,
the Brewers of New Amsterdam, with whom New
England lad held commercial intercourse Tor over
Thirty years. had vigorously resisted tax on malt,
ustfyng their recusancy the ground that the taxed
| were not represented in the enactment OF tie law
| These examples show how early manifested was the
spirit of resistance TO every form OF taxation and me
'specous pretences" of indirect subsidies levied
through the customs were clearly They little
apprehended while deprecating 30 dangerous prece-
dent that persistent opposition 10 taxation wouio 1e
come the ostensble OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT oil the
empire. This first free-trade movement, however,
seems not to have been successful the Court instead
of repeating the duty, merely referred the petitioners
to former order Of the Court on the subject.
In the year 1868, the younger Winthrop OF Con-
necticut commenced series Of experiments IN the
manufacture of beer from Indian corn, custom
which had prevailed in America from an early date.
In the description Of New-Sweden by Campanius,
passage is cited from Sir Richard Crenvile's reia-
ton OF his voyage to Virginia in 1885, in which he
states that "the English have prepared maize In
the same manner as corn, and have brewed with 1t
a kind of small beer" He gives also the testimony
OF Peter LindstrOm, an engineer OF NeW-S"eden,
about the year 1854, who remarks that maize or
Indian corn grows there of various colors, white,
red, blue, brown, yellow, and pied out of which
and yellow maize they make bread, but the blue,
brown black, and pied, is brewed into beer which
is very strong, but not remarkably clear" The
women he says, "brewed excellent drink as in
Sweden" and a very cooling beverage was made
from water-melons.
The price at which the best quality of Beer was
sold in New-England, in 1861 was I'D. per quart.
The General Court had previously ordered that Beer
should be made with four bushels of good barley malt
at least TO hogshead and that II should not 90 SOLO
above 3D. the quart. 1t was now ordered that Beer
should be made only Of good barley malt, without
any mixture Of molasses, coarse sugar, or other ma
terials instead Of mau, penalty OF i've pounds Tor
every offence" The prices OF Barley, Barey-inals,
and Rye were fixed for that year at a the bushel;
wheat at 81, and Indian corn, at III sd. tie DuShei
The value Of silver wa, then about $780, sterling the
ounce.