The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-24
X Piper h Co, Rheims.


'nesa, s.anso' $50 900 Piper Co. Rheims
These immense claims affecting not only the pockets
but the reputation for honesty integrity Of an entro
community Of business men, must have had a. you can
we'll imagine tremendous efect and must have caused
terrible excitement here The champagne
are tho astocracy Of tho district and society Of
their own. keeping apart from other merchants and
manufacturers; aud among hemas, for example, that
Of dc st. Marceaux-are some old and arstocrac names
Most Of them very wealthy and up 10 the present
time all the great and well known houses have never
been charged with anything which would affect their In
tegy Parties interested in these houses occupy high
honorable and important positions In political life They
projects and mayors and members of the Chamber OF
Deputies. N. werte, the head Of tho house OF We
Clicquot. and who Is supposed 10 DO worth fifteen
millions OF francs, 10 the Mayor OF KAeims and
member from this district Of the Corps Lcgislaf He
aPrussian by BIRTH and here thirty yeam ago
poor boy and has gradually worked his way up 70 his
present important position. His pruopal, the Widow
Clcquot God bless her now in her eighty seventh
year, and has made during he last thirty years for.
tune Of forty millions u francs by the manufacture and
sale Of wins. About thirty years since Clicquot DO.
came embarrassed In his business AFFAIRS and concluded
10 emerge from his unpleasant condition In the spcedcst
and most cdectual way possible which he did by blow
ing out ms Oraihs Win ppuo leaving the widow the
entire control Of Affairs which she has wrought ont 10
successful ISSUE She Is little dried up old lady only
about Ave feet high, and lives in . splendid chateau,
charnngly situated on a hill sdc surrounded
with vines, at Boursaut, near Epernay. The old
lady, though she long since gave up all personal
control Of her wine manufacturing business, still
manages the grape growing, keeps her own farm and
household accounts, drinks good bottle or Vcuye Clc-
quot every day for dinner, aud Is particularly smart
old lady Were the Mayer OF Rheims and The head
house has son married to the daughter OF the Due de
Monticello (aso OF virous famc), and daughter who
married son OF NJ. Marne, the French Minister OF
Finance. SO, you may see ~ werie Is an import ant
man. and Who In the resolution OF the grave ques
ton which has arisen between the Custom House auhori
ties OF the United States and the champagne manuiac-
turers will he able TO exercise great influence with the
French government In the attempt which Il now being
made TO induce direct Intervention lis part looking
toward an amicahlc arrangement OF this vexed and
vexing question, which shall not seriously affect the
pockets OF the wine merchants here, aud leave their
honor untarnshed
The effect Of these seizures has already fallen with
considerable severity upon the wine manufacturers.
With these heavy claims hanging over them they find
thensels bcre almost entirely of credit Bankers re.
fuse 10 discount for then and the wine growers from
whom hay puschAas the grarcs " raw wine from which