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What is the existence of man's life, .
But open war, or slumbcr'd strife,
Where sickness to his sense presents
The combat of the elements;
And never feels a perfect peace
Till Death's cold hands signs his release
It is a storm whe.c the hot Wood '
Outvies in rape the boiling flood;
And each loose passion of the mind
Is like a furious gust of wind,
Which beats his bark with many a, wave,
Ji
Till he casts anchor in the gra'e.
It-is n flower which buds, and prows,
Jnd withers as the leaves disclose;
Whose spring and fall faint seasons keep,
Like fils of waking before sleep;
TJien sinks into that fatal mould
Where its first being was enroll'd.
It is a dream whose seeming truth
Is moralized in age and j'outli;
Where all the comforts he can share, -As
wandering as his fancies are; -
Till in a mist of dark decay, " -
The dreamer vanish quite away. ; ,
It is a dial which points ont
The sun-set, as it moves about;
And shadows out in lines of night
The subtle stages of Time's flight;
Till all obscuring earth hath laid
His body in perpetual shade.
It is a weary interlude
Which doth short joys, long'vroes, include;
The world, the stage, the prologue tears,
The acts vain hopes and varied fers;
The-sccne shuts up with loss of breath,
Aud leaves no epilogue but death.
Read This.
AYe find the following 'word to boys'
rtnr nf nnr pvrlinn-rs. nnd narticul
nnmmended its nerusal to our voUns read-
r , - tl YT7l
r
ers. ues It- uy liuuri, wiu ia
"respected? It is the boy who is making
a'n effort continually toie?pect his father,
nnd to,obey him in whatever he may di- .
recttobe done. It is the boy who i3
kind to other little boys, who respect age,
and who never gets into difficulties and
-quarrels with his companions. It is thc
boy who leaves no effort untried to im
prove himself in knowledge aud wisdom
every day who is busy and active iu en
deavoring to do good acts towards others.
Show me a boy who obeys his parents,
who is diligent, who has respect for age,
" who always has a friendly disposition, and
who applies himself diligently to get wi3-
dom
and to do good towards others, and
if he is not respected and beloved by ev-
orvbodv.llien there is no euc-U iLiug as
1,,.,, ; .rM. B...W thil lit-
'
appears to us to illustrate pretty well me
relative positions of the South andIorth.
n- oi -,;i,f Cincnn on-nirn A-n.n lib
! A .AAroA lnS Wfallnw
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'Hallo, Sambo! I want half de cubber-
n2
'Jio, .uaslieei lou got more nor nan
-v -W . 1 1
already
'Hump! Don tiuk disVisgcr fool ,lo ax
1 C
for whathe got already, eh? . I want t'ud-
der half, too?'
t
"Jimbo! Den I quit; for I no see what
bisincss I cot in dis bed!'
'i y$0 y0U rjnn't quit neider, my brudder;
vou sl'be berry well for to keep m.y back
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warm; so CU Jus ccp u,et aua 1Jv
vhere you is?, ef you know what's
ennd
o
2or you-
-you nigger ,
A Ronie.A man who cheats in short -
.ne"asurc1 is a measureless rogue.
- Unless be gives short measure in wheat,
then'heis rogue in grain.
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in whiskey then he is a rogue in spir
it?.
f .be gives a bad title to land, he is a
rogue iu-drcd.
And if he cheats whenever he can, he
Js .indeed, in spirit, .anin gr.ain; aiueas
ur.clcss scoundrel. , . ' . ;V.- . ,
Counterfeit halfllar.aated-IOrn
nnA mi it-ill Ym rioTT r'
ors and vou will crow up and become , V. 7t, Co,X7f tlic Intliaus into the torcsfc an(i catclling chief into his mouth to prevent him from ; to vaccinate thc same person several tunes,
" ?5f 1 ? g P mUSinS' Pa? UPD ithtl1)fiU ! the dry leaves and bushes ran rapidly in makin an outcry, and laid him down in I or as lon as the sore is produced, with
UGtUl mCD ! the sf n5fy arouI!t!' 1 was startled by tue ircction and rose higher aud high-1 the bottom of the carriage, enveloped in the distinctive character of the vaccine
T 'KonTo find un- ' VeffnT t'K ' " ff fVt hu ? b As f " C0W-p0S'
der the head of AomproMe (says I'ack into my hiding place, where though ; e dudS that hUr- f "tAps ?,f f , ff fbe
, 41 ... !tl,n Aim tHlirrhf T w nnnroaoliinf me r ovcr UlG SCene' aIuI obtained a cat-o -nine tails, stiap3 veSK!lc is this, viz: on the eighth day
some one to whom the anccuote is new,) the dim tv.il ig.t 1 sa w app oacbin me thcir dhk k.f articlas ' . f fa . w h
A Border Talc.
In the 3ear 1831, while acting as sur-
veyor in the new State of Iowa, I was a
"ul" iwuiui.M,. lulug
tragedies which so often occur along the
borders ot civilization m the West.
htle serving in that capacity, 1 had of -
ten witnessed deeds of valor and despa- of QQn reniove ier j iDg its tendons so that it released its hold queries put to him by a gentleman on the' veu times, and in Ireland twenty-four
ration, and a fool hardy courage which . rQ details of his plans I could not and the maideu fell heavily on the log. occasion of submitting to re-vaccination, times, greater than it is in Lombardy.
made my blood grow cold but in the in-; QS he gpoto in aQ UQ(Jer tono but $Qt s0 wjtjj tbe balf-brccd, however, for . We advise every one to take the notice of; Whence comes this difference? In Eng
cident to which I allude displayed cm the g00n j saw tjlcm stealthily approach the ! the blow from the tomahawk caused him them that their excellent common sense 'land, those who please, take their chil
ono hand, such unmitigated vindictive-; sfcreamj an( crossing over were quickly j to lose his footing and fall, but as he did so demands, as they are made by a man 1 dren to be vaccinated iivLombardy vac
ness of spirit, together with the most reck- jost to sight. I wa3about to rise from ! he grasped with one arm the garments who is a well known enemy of medical ! cination is compulsory. The proportion
less daring and total disregard of death, concealment to return to the tcnt.aud ! of the "maiden, and dracd her after him cant and deception, viz: the editor of' ate mortality 4n England and Wales is
and on the other such puro affectionThnd
such delicate refinement for the then wild
wilderness to exhibit, that it stands out
iu bold relief above the memory of tho
many startling sceucs I witnessed and
the trials and the hair-breadth escapes
. T 1 XL
mat i underwent. m
One night after having nearly completed
niT operations iu iufc u- , gion oi tue ncarc. -
try, and preparatory to taking my final j I could not have escaped from the fly
leave of it, I walked forth from my tent j jUg foot of the Indians, nor eluded their
iu which my companions were busily en- swift tomahawks and yet had I avoided
gaged in devouring their supper of broil- their fat flying arrows would proha
ed venison, and strolled along the banks J bly had reached me and I would not
of a quiet stream that rolled its deep and : ave liv-ed. cither to assist iu rescuing the
silent waters through a vast and fertile ' maiden or tell this tale. So I was forced
country, finally to empty into the Missis- to resort to the fertility of my imagina
sippi. The sun was fast declining in the ; ti0n while waiting for the time to come
west, his bright rays danced only at m- ;
' tervals through the dense forest intercep
ted by the hanging boughs and hoary
; trunks of huge oaks that perchance had
stood the fierce blasts of an hundred win-
ters- still unscathed. The gay coral of
the forest birds was dying away while
j they sought with yielding wing their
places of nightly rest the almost cease
i less chatter of the squirrel was still the
sound of the cracking bough, as it fell be
neath the hoof of the fleeting deer, was
no longer heard, and all nature seemed
wrapped in the silence of repose.
Unheeding my footsteps, I wandered
far down along tho banks of this quiet
stream, and seated myself upon a broken
and deca3ed stump nearly encircled by
the trunk of a tree on either side. My
mind was enshrouded in that deep reverie
which so often steals over us as twilight's
Daimy nours come on, ana
miaht long
have remained so had not my attention
j been suddenly aroused by the approach
; of a group of Indians along the banks of saw rairrored in mimic glory the images
j the stream. Instantly my hand had j 0f briglit realities on their high position
! grasped my ever faithful pistol when sud- j on earth, they would not be there if it
j denly the foremost Indian, changing his j AVcre not fov the bright originals in hcav
course, entered a thick clump of bushes i C11- i,ug musing, I sought objects to a-
snd soon emerged from them, walking 1 mnsn n rwnr ntnliinn- w?Mi nn mtoi-
j upon the trunk of a tree that had: fallen
wll0m 1 .D0W ,SaW ?S. hl,S manI
iorm rose toTrerinrr aoove ins loiiowers,
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InH in nY w hmr mf snmft itf, n
knowledge, lie was the destined chief
of the tribe that occupied thc country a-
UD nie) aM 5UICH ,A ,uaa J sorae
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only, but I was greeted with that respect
and welcome which a stranger ever meet
among the Indians.
His dress was richly fantastic his face
covered with many colored paints, his
moccasins embellished with curiously
wrought beads, and a huge painter's skin
hanging from his brawncy shoulders,gave
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him the air ot superiority over tue rest.-
As they passed. singly over the stream, I
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saw that each was more than ordinarily
fc0ii...j, 11 -w-w-w
unusua occurence I remained con-
coaled till the lat had passed over and
entered thc thick foliage upon tho oppo-
; sjte banir, and then stepping torm, i saw
f .1
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'!!!Sd!fA.f.,el8
ioaru. wuivu x. uew m uu butuu uau wuv
o r ...
tjMixj it a. ai y mvjvs .yui jvw j w v
r!m. -rvnrn mnn I net in cinrlif. nnrl
. e xi -. rpK-
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f f . , th b k aboye their
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I ' TTr halted: and one of their
1 l-Wtl - " - " 1
! number began to address me otners in a
I mixed dialect of French, English and In-
. noted af.breed, of whom I heard
j not a little and had seen somewhat. His
: father had been one of the first French
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traders, who penetrated the country west
to the great lakes for tralhc with the In
dians, and his mother was the daughter
of a tribe inhabiting thc North Western
Territory. In this character was com
bined all the bravery aud cunning of the
Indian, together with that total regard
lessness of death manifested by f the
Frenchman, and a jealousy and vindic
tiveness of spirit not often seen in cither.
From what I could catch of this brok
en harangue I learned that he had forin-
! cd an insatiable passion for the chiefs
daughter, who was that night to be uni
ted to the noble young man I had seen
pass over the stream but a short time be.
iVc, and who was to succeed hcr aged
father as chief ot the tribe. 'Hie nau
breed had often seen the beautiful 'valley
flowo'as she was called and had as
often vowed that he would possess her.
But his effort thus far,had proved fruitless,
for when by stealth, be had gained ac
cess to her, and whisppcred his adoration
for her in "the softest accents, she rcpul
Fedjfhis basc and' treadhoroug words and
fled from him in disdain. All his cup-
across ana completely spauncu me stream te an exciting scene. My anticipations
'in that rolled quietly below. I he other In- I wcre too true, for I had not long re-
ariv dians ioilowed m quicl: succession tucir maincd in suspense when I distinctly
STROUDSBDRG, MONROE
ning and stratagem were of no avail to se
cure her. his most artfully laid plans had
! Vionn flinrnvinrl nnrl liio tnalrixl inffOrmifv
had si nally failefl of placing hcr in his
bands. This night he had resolved to
; use forcc bcfor shc'sboul(1 become the
.n: r -fi,o- enm h.
, tj whose watchful eve nothinirbut the
with my companions come to the rescue ,
of the fair maiden, when the sound or'
voices warned me that still some of the
n.irtv rcmaineu. anu mat sucn a steD
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aye, even the least intimation of my pres-
eiice, would be the signal for one of the
savaire's arrows to have sousht a hid
iding
ic re-
' place from its poisoned top about the
wiien I WOuld act. I gazed cargerly
forth in the direction the Indians had ta
ken, watching the least thing that aroused
my attention, but all was still, and there
were no indications of the tragedy soon
to be enacted.
The sun had sank far dowu in the West,
and illuminated the horizon with his do
parting rays; the pale new moon was fol
lowing closely in his brilliant pathway,
the scarcely stirring breeze moved not a
le5f, the silent waters gave not forth a
rippling sound, but reflected in solemn
stillness the moon's pale rays; the harsh
howl of the wolf upon the distant hills,
and the wild cat's shrill cry were un
heard, and all things seemed rapped in
the stillness of death. I contemplated
the heavens above aud beheld with mo
mentary rapture the myriads of constel-
j iati0n3 sparkling far and near amid the
vast space ot tho ethenal regions. 1
gazed upon the moon, pale and wan, and
! n, i00d upon the silent waters and
; evc jn thc direction to which I anticipa-
i -Card a wild cry of horror rise from far
jr ; nA rlutnnM T an A mnro rnm.
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! .n :.. l,,rnnn
the boughs and trunks of thc trees thc
j re flames 0f fire ridng up towards the
1 skies.
j XlIC CUUiJUS 1UH 1UUUU1 j HUU livux j""u
' the Indians shrill warhoop rang out clear
Mil --.. ,1 Tn lnnln. nnJ rirt-f 1 n H
unon the still ni-'ht air. Soon the dull
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obscure flames had grown into a fierce
and lurid fire and shot up 'above the for
est trees, winding upon itself in fierce
; fury like an enraged demon. Louder
! and louder rose the cries and the still-
nnc- -.f tl.n nirrlif snnn nnnhlpfl inn in hear
. UU13 V- HIV is.uu -vw
th f approaching stepg hurrying
. , nyynnaun ll!inv n- f hr nr.mlrin - -
. IUV wuuuJivu o
, fc Mq beneath thc foot.fall j slart.
jcdfroni my place ot concealment, nut re-
U b - th Indi j again sank
j baok yb5fe cvcry nerve within -me thrii -
; , , . , ., . . . cxcitemont.
,-VAIIV-Ab'--v ww -
rj?h ound of ersons flyin n aimost
every direction, now eauie towards mcj
: the war.hoop rose louder and nearer.and
rrifi 11 tins snrn:iuui!r iruiii liiu luuiita ui
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, f Qnd
iposite bank I saw approachin
discerned to uc the iiult Drceu
i the frightened, and nearly unconscious
maiden. Instantly I sprang forth, and Here he exhibited to bnow a curie inure, QT a jjbt circic 0f pC.lvy vesicles, con
grasping my pistols, I stood resolved to : and proceeded to lash him to a tree, be-. taining thc lymph, or specific matter, aud
fire upon him ere he crossed tho stream. ing aided by Wagner; they then stripped ja rose coiored blush, extending from the
Twice he assayed to gain a footing upon , him entirely naked. He also exhibited -outcr cjrcjeoftbjSpC.u.y border all around
the log which served as a bridge, but his cat-o nine tails, and was about to ex-;jtj an(j fading imperceptibly into the sur
failed from sheer exhaustion. Ho then ccute his threat when the boy shrieked, i rounding skm. Unless it presents more
called to his assistance thc Indian beneath ' and a man who was gathering brush rauor jcs3 txs appearance it is ouly a
me, one who had already sprang upon to his assistance, and the young villains coimnon sorCj niKi Jn nowise protective.
the long, and was fast crossing when I fled and secreted themselves. They were ' just jn proportion as it approaches the
raised uiy arm to fire, but scarcely had 1 1 subsequently arrested, aud upon tho ex-jabovo appearance it is perfect. I consid
done so, when he fell with a heavy groan ' animation Wagner turned State's evi-cr tw0 or tluG trials, with good reliable
upon the log and rolled off into the wa- j dence, corroborating thc story of Snow, lymph on thc quill, takeu from the sixth
tcr. pierced by an arrow from an Indian , which wo have given above, in every par- t0 tbc) njtb ,jaY anfj inserted without
rapidly advancing from below. Hardly
lifvil flift first Tndian fallen, when another
sprung upon tho log to follow him, and f trial in the Court of Common Pleas. Thisj sufficiently protected by thc former vac
again before I could raise my pistol, be ' young wretch is only 15 years of age, cinati0n. I would certainly, however
too fell with a heavy sound into the wa- and has long been the terror of tho neih- j vaccinate ovory few years. In the clcv-
ter. The third and last was now rapidly
passing across when an arrow wont whiz-
zinc past me anu strucK in a tree over
my head. Instantly my linger pullud mo
trigger.
and a sharp cracii or a pistol
ran upon the air-as the Indian leaped
from the log, ana icu wim a sunn ury ui neisvme, rn.) was auuiuuu.ty ournc to
horror into -the stream. " j death on Monday of last week by hcr
My pistol had done its work, but the ' clothes taking fire", when no one was pres
fl..cli rovnnlRtl nivnerson to the half-breed ent to assist iu putting out the flame3.
who drew forth his tomahawk and was a
bout
to hurl it at me, as tue tover or mcanu was quue active ror.ouuoi ui u.- -mthHT-nnv" vAMivA-ninv shield, it issahUhcro is nat.
t aJ":"'e. rr r :. -".:.:. ,.C.tnS. 'ri,0 rkhnrWnrif l.vnn,R from sir all, m tlic uciguuQroroou mat u
fdenlv. and by almost supornuman eiiori, luuonary warfin wmcii uiii in(au.iim--; JT,
1 (he hilftbrcod with his rr:cHioip burden, a soliiicraitd tit one time a prisoner. pox m-LondQu is three tnuea,, and in ikepnnts ou m arm..
COUNTY, PA. MARCH
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gained a footing upon the log and was
last crossing, when I raised nay arm to
lire upon him, but suspecting my" design
he shielded himself bv brincinsr the form
of the maiden.before him. Scarcely had
he done this however, when the swift aud
sure tomahawk of the lover buried itself
in the" arm that bore its treasure, divid -
muttering :
'I go not alone, but thoushalt die with
me!' and both fell into the water.
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J.no vounir xnuian nau aireauv snranjr
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upon the log, and as the garments of the
, maiden rose to the surface, he leaped in,
eager to rescue her from the grasp of
' his enemy. The wily half-breed, soon asi
he saw thc arm encircle, thc maiden rose
upon the surface of the water, and with ' answerably from the fact that history 'hundred per annum. Erom six to eight
his hunting knife commenced an attack 'proves that the mortality, having former-1 hundred thus die every year, in the me
upon the Indian, who having to sustain ly been so frightful as to sweep off more j tropolis alone, whose lives might be saved
both himself and her whom he prized
more than life could only parry the been so far reduced by vaccination, when
thrusts of his assailant. Thc conflict was 1 even imperfectly" or very carelessly per
ouly momentary; for half-breed was so formed, as not to exceed five per cent.,
deeply wounded that after one or two 'and that this small proportion i3 still
blows he disappeared beneath the water, ( further reduced, even iu those who are
and the youngs Indian, supporting his ( seemingly not susceptible to full and sat
prccious burden, was nerving all his isfactory vaccination,
strength till assistance could be rendered.) , 2d. Arc there any persons to whom
I had already sprung upon the log, and j the vaccine vesicle cannot be communica
was about to leap into the water, when a1 ted ' and if so, are those persons liable
shrill crv, that still rings in my cars, rent
The half-breed's knife had done the work,
and sank with its possessor to tho bot-
torn. '
As I stood gazing upon this strange and
igic scene, the young Indian turned one
tra
glance upon the lifeless form of the maid -
the air, and casting my eyes down, 1, those persons who are inoculated, i. e. tion, ne nau just retired irom uu, oreaK-
1. ftrI Inl.Irl tlm Kfn Klnnrl -.Jfl, fl,Q .nrnL . 1 irm nh nF thn a m n l.nn- fnsfc TOnm. til at. Wft Tllicllt See the table at
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spirtincr from the mouth of the maiden. taken in the natural way, fa process since I which a reigning Prince sipped coffee.
en and then folding it to a still closer , vesicles in two persons much pitted from
embrace they sunk through the water to a natural and severe attack several years
a long and last repose. In a moment , since. They were both servants in the
more not a ripple was left, but the smooth, families of two of my patients; and, what
quiet stream rolled on as quiet as before, is singular, they were the only two full
leaving no trace to tell tho sad tale. j and complete vesicles, having all the
Thus perished the remainder of this proper characteristics as in the vaccina
once powerful tribe, for thc eld chief, ' tion of the infant, amongst seventeen per
when hearing of the sad fate of his! son3, thc united number of the two fami
daughter, returned to his burning wig-1 lies. Several of these vesicles, however,
warn, and in the phrenzy of grief cast presented such marked characteristics as
himself amon" the burninsr ruins and be- to assure me the parties were liable to
came a part of the unfeeling confiacra -
tion; while thc remaining warriors either!
joined another tribe or faded from before)
thc advance of civilization. By the light j
of the lurid flames, I wandered back to'
my tent, where my companions stood hor -
rifled at beholding that greatest of scene3
-a forrest on fire.
A Devil in the Shape of a Boy,
An unparalleled outrage was commit
ted in Dorchester ou Monday afternoon
b-y Frederizk Pierce a young villain, who,
our readers will probably remember, was
put under bonds of 200 a few months
since for cruelty to a member of boys'
military company of which he was thc
p.nnffim. it nnnears that a vear since
Pierce had a school bov difficulty with a!
son of Mr. Snow of Boston, who is now.
only 12.V rears old. On Monday Pierce!
i .. i .. ..f AT".. SnA' fa-
1 llllllv . I lllljrww 1 1 1 1 ' 1 LLII.t UU -'J-1 .KJUVM a w i
his son fiuding that he had gone to
1 n...i,:j , u
VjltUiUllUllU, tY-ilU UUb IIIUIU until Uliu.
j . b k Bo3toQ th met a b
: named Warner, and. the trio went to a
j saloon ,vhrc Pierco furnishcd refresh-
j mcut3 for the party, and they soon after
I aa fn iwi at.r Tn nn?n n-
I 111 klLil.till L. U Wl kZ-l J
, hi b th s but littIe;
; travel, tlio Ticree boy, with tho aid of
J W' -bo U about Mears old, tied
, .snr-r ini nun rnnr. sr.nirpn n n.'iiinkc.r-
w . a . . .1 . 1. ... ji
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a thicket a short distance Irom the road
ticular. Thc Court required the prisoner
to find sureties in thc sum of 8500
! borhood. Wo sincerely hope that lie may
upon the op- ! again entered the carriage and drove to; proc033 should never draw a full droop of
g what I ward Savin Hill, where they stopped ,and ; b00ti for ,nore wOUt t away) thc
. bearing , Pierce and Wagner conveyed bnow into snr0 cAa resent the following appear-
be punished to the very extent ot the law.,ular atioe QU thhj subjcctj to which vo
no is a uisgracu to huuimuil). wmS
uelu (Mass.; itcpuniican.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stillwaqo;; of Gon
- She was one hundred and fifteen years old,
l.nlwnl hiiV. " SiiJ -v-" Shn hnr fwn rm5 hiirn elorO,t lOxlieVOsl ir ... . . , , .
9, 1854.
From the K Y. Herald.
Vaeciuation Is it a Preventive
of SmaM Pox ?
We publish the following facts as par
ticularly pertinent to the present univers-'
al prevalence of small-pox. The remarks.
: were made by a surgeon in answer to
!tac Scalpel.- j
To the Editor of the Herald. In,
i answer to
repeated requests of a public :
of mv opinions with regard to i
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exnosition ot mvonii
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t the' preventive power of vaccination, and
how I account for the present extensive
prevalence of smal
1st. Thatvaccin
all-pox, I reply-
a verv nowerful nreventive is shown un-!
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than half of all the persons exposed, has
to small-nox?
It has been supposed that
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the discovery of cow-pox, forbidden by
law) as well as those who have once
had the disease, were not liable to a sec-
j ond attack. This is certainly incorrect, j
I have, within a fortnight past, succeeded
; in producing two very perfect vaccine
' creator or lesser decrees of small-pox, or
to varioloid, as wc call it; and several
were 'entirely unsusceptible, the vesicle
not showing itself ; in these it was sup-
posed thc former or infantine vaccination
had protected them. This, however, can
'only be fully proved by again vacciuat-
intr them, as it is impossible to say but
some hidden cause, not ascertainable in
any other way, might have prevented the
virus from showing tho distinctive char
acterictics. 3d. How do I account for its unusual
prevalence this year?
I answer, ihere is undoubtedly an at
mospheric pre-disposition existing at this
time. My reason is simply this : all the
inhabitants of our city, take them one
with another, are as well protected this
year as the last. Small-pox existed last
year aud does more or less every year.to
an extent sufficient to SDroad all over the
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city. The fact is it will in a year spread
as extensivelv from six cases as from six-
J
; ty . and win manag0 t0 catch an immense
majority oi tuose wno are not protecieu.
Now this season small-pox is vastly more
prevalent than it has been within forty
vears: indeed it is so much more so. that
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wc have no rational cause left than at-
mosplieric prc-disposition lor its grcatiu
crease.
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Vn oval centre of a brownish col-
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op of blood, sufficient.
for,jf :t ,i0 not takn 1 onnsidr Hmr ne.rson
i e,)th nmilbor of tbe Scalpel the
Iriel tlif-re is a non-
ere is a pop
- jrefL.r nll readers desirous of investigating
the few known facts in the history of the
di-easo. Hespectfully, your obediout scr-
- 'val)t
Edward II. Dixon,
Editor of the Scalpel, 42 Fifth Avenue.
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in eouneuuuu nu wm...u.
wc Ktve an article irom thc London Med
icafTimcs (i( Gati(e, headed
NO 18.
Glasgow six times, what it is in Brussels,
Berlin, or Copenhagen. Of each thous
and persons who die in England and
Wales, twenty-two die of small-pox of
each one thousand persons who die in
Lombardy, only two die of small-pox.
The proportionate mortality, then, from
small-pox in England and Wales, is elcv-
three times greater than what it is in any
country in which the inhabitants aro
compelled by law to Have tneir emiuren
vaccinated. These are great facts. In
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' our metropolis one thousand persons die
'annually of small-pox: If vaccination
! were compulsory, it is indisputable that
iti nmiilipv nf Hofit.lis frnm t.liis disease in
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London would be reduced to two or three
by an act ot rariiament.
A Den of Horrors.
"Kirwan," in a recent volume of Trav
els iivEurope, gives the following account
of a fearful chamber in the castle of thc
Duke of Baden-Baden, in Germany:
'We made a morning call at the new
casltc of the Duke, which surmounts the
hill, and were shown through all its a-
partments. As if for our accommoda-
'We have seen the breafast room and ta
'ble of many in America more richly fur
nisbed. The apartments were quite an
air of poverty, after having seen those at
Versailles, the Quirinal, and Turin. But
the underground apartments posess a
fearful interest. Yrith lighted torches wo
went down into the cellar of the palace;
thence by a spiral inclined plane, wc went
down, down, until, by a door formed of
one huge flag, and fitted to its place with
remarkable exactness, we entered 4 small
oval room, perhaps ten feet in diameter,
and hewn out, of thc solid rock. The
door was shut behind us, and we were
burried alive under the mountain! A
rav of light came from above, and we
could look up as through a narrow chim-
, ney; a" stone was removed beneath our
feet, and we could look down perhap two
or three hundred feet, and could see a
little glimmer of light upon a da-hing
current, whose murmcrings came to .us
from beneath. And all around the room
were seats cut out of thc rock. And
what was the object and history of this
awful room!
Its history, as given us by our guide,
and within its walls, is briefly as follows:
Tn the days of feudal clemency, and in-
quisitonai piety, tuose suspectea oi polit
ical or religious heresy, were suddenly
seized, and confined in some of the adja
cent cells. The little room, above de
scribed, was the room of judgment,
and the judges were let down by machine
ry through the opening above. The ac
cused were then introduced, and that
heavy stone door was shut! And there,
shut out from every eye, save that of God,
and their judges, they were tried, and
coudemned. If not guilt-, the accused
were hated or feared, which made con
demnation worse than guilt. "VY hen con
demned, they were commanded to kiss
the image of the Virgin, in thc apartment;
in thc movement, they touched springs,
which caused her to embrace them, and
in the embrace, to pierce them through
with daggers. Then a trap was sprung
beneath their feet, which let their bodies
fall upon a wheel, armed with knives,
which was kept in constant revolution, by
a stream of water; by those knives, they
were cut in pieces, and the mutilated frag
ments fell into the stream below!
Aud there we were receiving this, aw
ful narrative in thc very apartmcut where
these atrocities were committed in the
name of Justice aud lleligion, with the
tunnel beneath us, through which the bod
ies of their victims were letdown for mu
tilation, so as to be boyond the reach of
recofjnizauce
.! For a moment our blood
run cold, aud we were filled with horror!
Oh! if those stone seats, and those wall
of solid rock could speak if the injunc
tions of perpetual secrcsy were removed
by Him who upheaved the mountain,
what an awful narrative they would give
of thc scenes of treachery, hatred, and
blood there perpetrated in the name of
God and Religion!
Thc stone door swung open, and we,
grouped our way through a labyryinth
of chambers and passages, dark as mid-
' nicht, into the open air. e all breathed
easier, and a icenng ot iear gave way to
one of security. Wc were soon after on
thc railway for Frankfort-on-thc-Maine,
deeply affected by the beauty aud wicked -
- , ncs3 0f 3afjen-Baden, thankful that its
J dayg 0f pclMU tyranny were i
at an end.
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There is a girl iu Benton county, so
killing pretty that she has to wear around
hcr waist a spike-belt similar to thosft
that farmers' put on colt's heads break
them from sucking. This is theVonlv
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