The Shasta courier., 1868-08-22

| ed IN erecting and supervising those impos.
ing establishments, the common iails, and
the penitentiaries, for so far reaching are the
effects OF the drinking of spirituous LIQUORS
that our citizens are enabled to violate every
law of the land. 1t will not be necessary m
60 into the details of the manufacture of
whisky as now conducted and il will he
sufficient to say that. since strychnine. red
pepper, sulphuric acid, and some other In.
gradients have become common, the cure of
delirium tremens is impossible. Of course,
the same effects. though in a modified de-
gree. characterize the various beverages
which are derived from whisky. In the mild
drinks it is gratifying to state that the pro-
gress recently made in the sciences, and, in
particular, in chemical affinity. enables the
expert manufacturer to produce remarkable
results. .-
For instance, we furnish 80 600 more bas.
kets of Champagne than are produced in all
the Champagne districts of Europe. By
passing the oil of whisky through carbon, a
Madeira is made at profit of 500 per cent,
which few can tell from the genuine, and
with good reason. With neutral spirits, or
even with whisky, vinegar, sulphuric acid,
heet-root and copperas. which is to produce
the proper astringency, we are enabled to
turn out more port wine than all the rest of
the world beside and of these and other
wines New York City manufactures to the
value OF SS.OOO. .OOo, all of which are admi-
rably adapted to Timothys weak stomach.
1t Is scarcely possible to overrate the impor-
tance OF this branch of manufacture, since.
ny enlisting the wealthy and the fashionable.
the lower classes are led with less Difficulty
u the use OF the more common beverage To
show the fruit Of wine drinking on ihe upper
crust OF society. the following statement is
significant: By last accounts of the State
ln.briate Asylum at Binghamton. there had
been applications for admission from SO
clergymen, Judges. $40 merchants, 226
physicians. 240 gentlemen, and what is more
cheering than all the rest, 300 rich mems
daughters.
ASIDE from these little exploits, the distil
lery business receives great support support
from genteel billiard tables, which are al
was seen IN connection with bars. It is not
too much to say that these tables, by enlist
ing our most promising young men, enable
US tn pour out from our distilleries an amount
of whisky, if collected in one stream, suff-
cient to run a grst mill of ten pairs of burrs
the year round, Sunday included. Ii is to
be hoped that these tables may Continue to
receive the patronage of our young men, and
1t is also to be hoped that the supplies of
black walnut and mahogany may be undi
minshed, since whatever may not he needed
for the manufacture Of tables, will be sure tn
be in demand for coffns. As TO the gam
bling establishments, little need be said, for
they will always require large supplies
There is one branch, however which needs
encouragement. and it might be well To con-
slider whether legislative action should not be
invoked to the end that the number of houses
of prostitution be increased for it is well
understood that there is vital relation be-
tween them and our distillers On the con.
trary, we may reflect that the prevailing
fashion, and the habit of living beyond our
means, will sufficiently make marriage un-
popular. and in the end the houses of ill-fame
will be crowded. On the whole, then, the
dlstillery business never was more prosper
Gus. As a consequence. the Asphnltum
Kingdom must be receiving large additions
to its population.