The Greenville Enterprise

For the Greenville Enterprise.
Gleanings.

Exhilarating.—To the social few of our City who love to tip the social glass, and hob or nob in broad day light, or to the sedate and so-called philosopher and metaphysician, who prefers to assist his cogitations with something that may rejuvenate his ideas, or to the orthodox saga who kneels nightcap with a toddy in place of his knees at his toilet, the following information will be refreshing. A Northern and Western manufacturer sends this said City flour is somewhat of a customer. That eminent Professor of Chemistry, B. Silliman, of Yale College, was lately called on to analyze three samples of liquor taken from some manufacturers at Stonington who were prosecuted for selling adulterated liquors and wines. The following is the report, on oath, after analyzing it:

Sample No 1. Purported to be Port Wine. It was an imitation composed of over 21 per cent. of oxide lead, derived from sugar of lead, sulphuric acid combined with alum, 21 per cent, of alcohol, and other poisonous coloring matters, and overloaded with sugar or molasses, forming, as he says, a most vile and poisonous falsification of wine.

No. 2. Fusil Oil Whiskey—An imitation consisting of fusil oil, lead and iron, sulphuric acid with 40 per cent. of pure alcohol.

No. 3. Turpentine Gin.—Composed of 88 per cent. of Alcohol, sulphuric acid, oil of juniper and turpentine, oxides of lead, with sugar or molasses.

Prof Silliman states that the use of these liquids produces all the symptoms of lead poison, which are loss of appetite, great thirst, a dull and anxious countenance, a dry, yellow skin, abdominal pains, a blue line under the gums, muscular emaciation and paralysis. Sugar of lead and all other oxides of lead, are most virulent poisons. Sulphuric acid is comparatively a liquid fire. It is the great decomposer of bones in manufacturing phosphate of lime, and is very deleterious. But used to give pungency and a false strength to liquors. It is sometimes styled 'oil of vitriol.' It is prepared by burning sulphur and nitre in a confined space over water, with which the vapor combines.—Oxalic acid (poison) is often used to cheapen the preparation. Fusil oil is a poisonous extract from the distilled residue after all the alcoholic matter has been removed, upon doubling a run of spirits, and is used to impart the 'Old Bourbon' flavor to the whiskey.

Note,—On a conference with our friend Bully Quicks, who is also a Professor, as you are aware, and who has reviewed the foregoing statements, he substantially states, viz.:

1st, I do believe that that thare fusil ile from over stilling, is the very thing that mean stillers used to make 'popskull' out of, but then they didn't sweeten the liker with sugar of lead, nor doctors stuff.

2d. That the late raid all along the mountings against the stills, was worse than Lawson's and Brown's raids, as took all they could find or lay their hands on after the surrender. Oh, I do believe they wanted to destroy all the good mounting dew so as to raise the price and sell this tizzle ile whiskey and terpentine gin. And 4th, I do not think that such liker is good for anything except to kill so-called rebbs and niggers, and to give to the male and the female highland alligators when they ran off into the mountings to lay and hatch out young Klu Kluxes from the inside of their aiggs.