The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-07
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which find the rcadiest sale in this country suoN
as do not bear greater market 'aiue "n'-
du.ed than from one hundred TO one n'u,aie0 "-
fifty dollars the pipe of enc hundreo ahu 'eH e"i
Ions. MANY of these wines, though p1ie' "'0
hrouoht 10 marketable state oy procesS vi .,
fcial heat or cooking, and are known m 'ne ha.he.
where rrepared as estufed wineS. Inc resui' VI
- os,,,ssd nroccss is to make wine when Is only
49, ,.,or old appear asif it were threeyears DID,
e Il had ACQUIRED the flavor of three year
III ,,;ne in the natural way. The cooking process
- oftor this fashion The vino is put in casks IN
,ybch the bungor stopper is left out. In thas
condition the liquid is subjected for several
months to au artificial heat of about one hmdred
and fifty degrees Fahrenheit, during which perioo
kind of second fermentation takes place. AFTER,
the wine has remained in the es'ya, or heated
room. sufficient length of time to have acquirea
marketable agein taste, ID is rackea OH ahu
then offered for sale, or shipped to foreign coun
tries and much OF tho vine shipped 70 one on'eu
Sta es is said to be of the ested klnd' ooao''eSS
the most Of it. ThiBwine, when offered fon mar
kat or shipped is in no respect adulterated otneE
+bon bv the process Indicated, which can scaroeiy
be called aduiteration If adulterated at all sl!cn
of it as is shipped to this country 1t Ii oohe
= oats into American hands, and there is little
donbt that this is done to considerable exIen' ny
some American liquor dealers so as to increase 'he
ouantity at the expense Of the quality. ouon, a'
leost ia the prevailing notion. The flavor OF the
est,5ed ,oine is said to. be quite different Irom
that which is left untouched, and allowed TO ac-
ouire mellowness and flavor by the lapse OF time
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detected by an expert. But as there are compara-
lively few experts in our country because 'ne ep
portunities to test tho aged article are very ~"
the estufed wine passes currant. "ouiu Ds
we'll if this were the only doctorln9 WHICH ouf
Madeira wine gets"
Rpv r O. Monass writes to the London Morn
mn gsroM from Nunburnhom Rectory, ,'Heyton,
yor, to direct attention to the scarcity OF birds
nests this season. Hesays: "This rectory is tnick-
" surrounded by trees, and in other years 1'Eds
of various kinds, being always unmolested anu un-
aisturbed have built their nests and reared their
vounpstn numbers-greenfnches in every corner,
backbirds only too mzpy-the blaek-cap, the gan
den warb GA the thrush, the mistletoe thrush, mo
wren. the spotted fycatcher the willow warbler,
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occasion the golden-crested wren; robins, star
lings, swallows, martins and sparrogs, OF course,
wagtails; the partridge;-too within half do1sq
wards of the house, the white-throas, till some
bushes in which they built we're cut down, and,
inst outside the fence, tho chiffchaf, the yellow
bap,mer and the whn-chat This year do not
believe q single greendnoh has built here, nor
more than one pair Of robins, one or perhaps TWO
Of Hvcatchers, one of ox-eyes, one OF. b3aok-csps
one of wrens one of blackbirds, also spair OF red
starts. the first that. ever built go near. have
only seen one young thrush about, and even that
NAV not have been reared in the grounds; com-
parativey few sparrows and no others except
martins, starEpgs and sparrows. One pair OF the
last-named built on rafter In tbs stable, bpt
though had the door left openan night thasthey
might shavetheir exits and their entrences.' and
thourh the birds roasted close BY the nest every
night. no eggs were laid until September. The
South si and East end Of our ancient little church
used to give many coign OF vants 90 to the Gem
ple-hauntlng martlet,' bat this year not single
D ir has domiciled there. Ofthe several pairs
which likewise used TO build over the windows In
front of the house, this year, being disturbed by
the painters, none returned to it again, but in the
back Of the house there are seven nests. Our
% aaaInIy ever saw, was we'll protected with nests
but there hss scarce been black-bird to run the
blockade. In the winter VIC had one with white
tail in the garden looking like some foreign bird,
tbut tho very hard weather we had took him away,
and we have soen nothing of him since."
TIE WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT OF the Baftl-
moro Sun, october4, gives an account Of thee1-
humlne OF the bodies of J. Wilkes Booth and
others. The Star furnishes some particulars OF
the first burial of Booths body, which have been
hitherto unpublished. 1t seems from this account
that the body having been examined and two ef
the vertebrae having been taken from it by sur
geons was sent ashore from the monitor which
brought it up to the navy-yard, wrapped in gray
army blanket. The body was taken off in boat,
in which was an officer Of tho monitor with four
sailors, Gen. Baker and two detectives The boat
proceeded down stream, and finally stopped, ,at the
lower Arsenal wharf, on which the body was plsced,
after which the boat returned to fha&zmouitor,
leaving Gen. Baker and his assistants in the Ar
senal grounds. report was put out that it WAS
the body OF soldier who had, been drowned. and
butfittle attentionwas paid to it. The body re-
mained on the wharf until after nighaall, when
preparations were made for theinterment. Secre-
tary Stanton, Gen. Dyer, chief Of ordnance, and
Col Benton, commandant Of the post, were ON the
ground as well0es General Baker and his detec-
tives. Three men Of the laborers' gang were sent
for, and they were first directed to dig q grave in
one of the pententiary cells, but after taking up
the brick flooring they came 10 the granite founda-
taon laid in cement, and they pronounced the work
impracticdble. A spot was then selected in tho
wareroem, fye )r six set south Of the iron door
opening into the prison from the wardens depart
meut, and they were directed to dig the grave to
the depth Ct about ten fest. The grave being
ready, the body, enclosed in an ammunition box
(arms ,case), was brought in by four Of the eed.
nance men in charge of sergeant, lowered INTO
the grave, and it was filed the brick flooring being
mostly replaced and the surplus earth removed to
another portion OF the room. The burial having
been accomplished, the windows were boarded up
and the door made secure-Secretary Stanton
taking the key with him. This key was kept at the
War Department until few weeks ago, whom It
was returned to the arsenal offcers.
TIE NAVIGATION OF THE COLORADO is nov agita-
ting San Francisco. By putting line of steam
boatson the Colorado River her merchants could
find free access to, anda good market in. the Salt
Lake country. On this side Of the Republic wo do
not feel commercial or pecuniarg go much as an
artistic interest in the enterprise. Lieutenant
Ives s'survey of the Colorado River" published
by IL United Statea.Go7ernment some years ago,
gave gimpses of scenery far surprising that of
the Rhine, or any other known river in pictu-
resqueuess aud grandeur. One of the features,
We remember, is tho "Black Canon whose sheer
walls rise to the stupendpus height of 5000 feet
the river being only narrow but deep and rapid
stream in the dismal pass Another great curiosi-