; I ? . i, . # /T f|< BY DAVID OVER. For i'ic In-q tircr nni Chronicle. [ EPIDEMIC DYSENTERY. r.v A. r. riKUip. y. i>. (C'oneiric! from las! vi'clc.) It slightly reidena bitmus and unites with alkali*. from which 1 have inferred the presence of a peculiar acid which I call ,-Loiio a:: J. This acid 1 conceive to be de w-red hv a species of putrefaction that rakes place in the nintEi l bilious contents f the duodenum and jejunum. From the ' j.reuiiies I draw tha conclusion that the : true scat of the disease is not in the colon s.nd rectum, as stated by author*, but that 1 the superior portion of the small intestines i-- tin' part primarily involved, and the irri- I tatiou, inflammation, 4c., of the lower how- i el* b the result of this primary condition. ■ It is quite reaaonahle that the spasmodic ■ nori-.ifi of the lower portion of the aivine ! una!, excited by the presence of tha ma teria unrbidu#, in ennue -tion with the con- : .taut passage of the irritating discharges over '.he delicate lining membrane, should ,'iv rise to the inflammatory symptoms. — ; These then, nrc a sequence of, .attd 'nut the 1 true dt-etie. The erroneous theeryof out Allopathic friends, that "fever uud inflam mation HdUeise," leads them in this, as ) wH as in many other of the forms of dis ease, to apply their remedies to counteract tae effects of the disease, instead of to the removal of its cause. In dysentery we find tiiem devoting all their attention to these inflammatory symptoms, while the true seat of the tuiiadr is entirely "overlooked; and these verv learned fellows ton, lay claim to all the knowledge that the'Gode.-i.se#, Miner- ; va and Uygcu vouchsafe to mortals. Jn j the treatment of this, welt as ail our ep idemics, it is of primal y iu|pi>rt;Miee that we do not overlook the piopiiylactio. The inception of this disease may in a great many instances he altogethe r prevent ed by pvr per attention to diet, regularity of habit and avoiding exposure to the sun in the heat of the day. For this purpose ] j would proscribe altogether,-rich animal diet and especially swine's flesh. tjuch arti cles require for their digestion a large amount of th" normal product of the or gins or viscera that arcs ir.nected with di- { gestion, and in consequentof tlm ciimiuu- 1 e l exei a'ion thereby produced, their fiinc- | t;On is depraved and a prvdi-positioii favor able to the a'tack is induced. To tho>e who desire to escape (and who locs not) when the epidemic is raging in the vicinity, a mild frinaceous and ripe fruit diet is imperative. Ripe fruit in its reason operates as a preventive to most of the enferitic affections, and especially so to dv-entei V- It gently opens the trowels, and ■' mov°* atrv excess of the biliary secre •otis 11 tit ?t4ti the portion tu tht-waeill intostitXHi which there aviupa th"i>o ijy effis't the stomach, and produce th" i , i: itiility, -arid this uia.< nf agents does I lo ' it- W lien free catlnrriri is pro -olt'-' 1 ■ t tqu Uili'ifv 'omiiulation begins A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c—Terras: Two Dollars per annum. !to piss freely from the bowel-, this symp tom usually subsides. Until this effect, then, can he produced, the nausea and i VHiiii'itig must be enmbatted by counter ir ritants, such as the mustard plaster, or fluti nel cloth, wrung out of hot Iraudy, or hot ; fomentations. At the same time some ecr tain purgatives must be administered, and 1 their action facilitated by all the 'Weans at command. Tor this purpose I know of no j morn efficient remedy than our common an ti-bilious purge, ami if one dose is reject* ed or fails to operate, another must bo ad- j ministered, and its operation arrested by ! | copious infectious of tepid water, until you 1 succeed in your efforts, and establish free j enrharasis. Ido not wish to be understood ; . 1 hat this is the b'-st plan of treatment for i ail the fortius of the disease, but hear in itHtul that lam treating of the malignant ; epidemic. The Podophyllum may be ad ministered in 20 grs. every two hours until free catlnrisis is induced. In the severe I form of the disease under cousideratiou, there seems to be an effott on the part of the intestines to relieve themselves of some | morbid, irritating matter, nnd hence the 1 powerful spasmodic contractions which pro- . dttce the intolerable pain with which the ; disease is accompanied, free catlr : ' arsis is once induced, these 'natural efforts i tends to maintain it, aud 4he more powerful j cathartic, mav be omitted ami their place supplied with milder remedies of the saute j ; nature, sueli as the syrup of rhubarb and j iimgnoMa: but at this point in the treat- | uient the Septandria is tLe best adapted j remedy ever discovered, and it may be j combined with tonics and stimulants a.s it - \ , dicate l. Tln effect must bo kept up un- j ! ri! the morbid -accumulation is removed, and during the whole time the nau.-ca and debility mut be couibatted with their ap propriate remedies. As the cauve of thej disease is thus removed, nd the hqpatic j congestion as a part thereof, subsides, the ; ! function of th* oigaue implicated will be left greatly impaired and iu a debilitated ; ■ eouditimt. After the more urgent symp tom# are relieved, this condition of the or- i Lritnt will require unceasing attention. The patient's diet must be carefully selected, or • cholera morbus, colic, and affections of a , i kindred nature will not only be a constant source of trouble to both'patient and pby - sician, but they may suddenly overthrow all | the brilliant prospects of a recovery that i vou have so long labored to bring about.— To restore the functions of the liver the j following I have found to be unequalled by i any other remedy 'orcombinatiou of >renic : die# that 1 have ever met with. The fol lowing is the formula}: liydrastine, grs. XX. Lcptandrin, grs X. Podophyllin, w ijss. Sach linctis, drachm, j. M. and tnturatc well together in a mortar and divide into 20 powders, one of which may be given every two hours. This not ; ' only acts as an efficient hepatic stimulant, but also as a tonic to the enfeeble! mucus' | membrane. Encmatta are of great benefit in the treatment, and in "bo first stage I | prefer the simple cold water to any otber. I This should be administered in large quan tities with the view of distending tiie bow el* and thus facilitating tbe evacuation of their nrrbid contents. In tbe sanguineous ; stage tbe common injection of Dr. Beach is very useful, aud in the ulcerative or deeli ' ning stage, turpentine in mucilage of guui arabic is appropriate. If large injeotions cannot be retained, a small quantity of cold .water will have a seething .dffeot upon the j i highly liiuirtate'l aunoue anoiubtane. lectF ater i* a very -refreishiEg drink for the pa tient, and i have usually fiumd it benefi cial, In the early Ptagea the wet sheet pack and tho cold sitz hath may also be usedj with great benefit. The#e seem to j aliay the irritability and sootho the excited patient. Although in the early #tage of the disease .astringents are not admissible in the declining stage to assist in strength ening the mucus surface tbey arc very use ful. The following formula: ban proved ef i ficaceou# for this purpose; R. Hvdrastiuc, Myrieinc, a.a. grs. X. Myrrhae, pulv., grs. XX. tsicb Lactis, drachm, j. j M Ft. in chilrtulus decim dividenus, one 'of which may bo administered every two i hour*. This course of treatment judiciously ap plied, will in a gra-? majority of cases prove suceessful in removing the cause of tho dis ease which may be known by the alteration iu the -pathognomonic alvinc evacuations, which* a * beictoforo indicated, gradually ohango front the bilious or sanguine to a grayish membranous discbarge, consisting either of detaohed full membrane, or tho i j natural intestinal mnctfs epcthelium which ■j is removed. As the disoarft declines, the t ! skin assntnes its natural State, the coaling ■ leave* the tongue, which is of a shitting red : color, rnd all the febrile svuiptotns disap j pear. In the sporadic variety of dysentery the syrt.p of rhubarb and potash tsdminis terei! in table spoonfull dose* until it pro- , | duces an apparent effect is sufficient tuedi- . cal treatment, and with a proper attention ! 1 to diet, wiil almost in variably effect a cure, i A MODERN 'DICTIONAIIV. Author—A dealer in words woo gets • paid in his nwt; ruin. Bargain—A ludicrous transaction, in ; : which each party thinks he lias cheated the ! other. Belle—A beautiftil but useless insc-ct i without wings, whosccolers fade on leing J j removed front the sunshine. 'Critic—A large dog, that goes nr.chained, • ttiid barks at everything lie does not com prehend. Distant who imagine they have a claim to rob you if you are j rich, nttd to insult you if you are poor. Doctor—A man who kills you to d.iy to | save you front dying to-morrow. IvJ'tor—A poor fellow who tfvery day : |is emptying his brain in order thrt+.u may ' ! fill his stomach. Fear—The shadow of hope. Friend—A person who wiK "not assist : i you, because he knows yrtttr love will ex- \ | cue hint. Grave—An ugly hole in the ground, ! which lovers and poets wrih tbey were in, : ' but take uncommon pains to keep mit of. ' i llea'rt—A rare article, sometime* found' ;in hitman beings. It is Boon, however, j ] destroyed by commerce with the world, or ! I else becomes fatal to its possessor. Honor—Shooting a friend whom yon love through the head, in order to gain the J praise of a fete others whom you despise. Housewifery —An ancient art, said to have been fatfhionable among girls nsid ! wives; now entirely out cf use, or practised ! only by tbe lower orders. Lawyer—A learned gentleman, who res-; 1 cues your estate from your enemy and keeps it himself. Love—A little sighing, a little erywp, j a great deal of lying, and a little dying- Modesty—A beautiful flower, that flonr isnes only in secret places. My dear—An expression said to be used j by man and wife at the commencement of a i quarrel. Policeman—A man employed by the oor- \ i poration to sleep in engine houses at throe 1 dollars a nigh". •Political Honesty—Previous Lexieogra- j pliers have not noticed this word, treating j it-, we presume, altogether as fabulous; fot j ddfiuitiott see srlf-tn!crest. •Public Abuse—The mud with which ev ery traveler is bespattered on his road to ! distinction. Rural Felicity.—Potatoes, turnips and ' cabbages. | Sensibility—A quality by which the pos sessor in attempting to promote ilia hanp.i- , i net's of other people, loees his own. State's Evidence—A wretch who is par- j doned for being baser than bis comrades. j Tongue—A little horse that is continual- i ly running away. Wealth—The most respectable quality of man. I CALIFORNIA AND OREGON By the arrival at New York of the steamship ; Northern Light, we have intelligence front. j California, Central America, and tbe Pa- ! ; eifi" coasts, fifteen days later than previous advices. Two million dollar* iu gold is on I j the way thither from California. In Nieu- ' ] ragua (lie contending parties bad ]atohad i ;mp terms of peace. Walker had doclined ! 1 the Brettidoucy,which had bien conferred on ' General iJiv-as. Parker 11. French, one of! j our American Filibusters, lud beeuappoin ; ted Commissary of War. The people of Nicaragua are said to be pleased with this j state -of things. Welker is reported to ! ' Jntend atte-mptiug to expel Kinney from j the country, drive innrdrad men have left California to | join Walker. On board of the steamship i Sierra Nrada,on her trip from San Juan , to San Francisoo, 4f> passengers died of cholera. In Oregon, Major Haller and bis ; force# were surrounned near tbe Dalles, by| hostile Indians, forty-eight hours without i j food or wetcr. Lieut. Day nnd 150 men ! were sent to his relief. The U. 8.. Btean>- 1 ship John Hancock, at San Francisco from Petropaulowski, brings new# that tbe Rus sians wore at Antoor in great force, both on i sea and land, and anxious to meet the al- | I j lied fleet, which was probably in the Gulf! 'j of Tartary. Off Kliaabeth Island, the j ' ' British steamer Baracouta coptured a Bre- t i ! men brig having on board 140 Russian offi- j r : ocri and roldiers. The Indian* on Rogue j j! river, Oragou.baving massacred fifty whites, were pftrsued and overtaken by a body of ! I I troops under Major Fitxgerald, who, in bat- ; '! tie, killed thirty of the favages; Ten of | tbe troops' were killed. BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23,1855. Cor. of the Pittsburg Commercial Journal. Huntingdon and llroadtop Ilaiiroad. ; Opmin: nf l't> Ilantinf'lon Brtyt ttctp rmiboKti—The Excursion — The Block D initio this — Falurt prospects of the'coal r?giun y Sfc., ngs that have been mad© prove their unaur- i j passed richness. The coal is seml-bituniin -1 ous and has been pronounced by M. W. | i Baldwin, Eq.,of Philadelphia the best for generating steam that lie has yet triod. It i is ignited with the greatest ease; a pile of ; it being ignited in the open air burned away j as fiercely as we have ever seen it blaze in ; | a grate. The nearest vein of coal to the j j railroad is a valuable one oponed on tho <■ I lands belonging to Wm. P. Schell. Esq.—*! i A considerable quantity of coal has already j been taken out, and it i* mined with the j greatest ease. It is a short distance from I Coalmont, a town laid out by Mr. Schell ! j which already contains twenty or thirty \ i houses. Its nearness to the railroad will bring it at ouce into market. Tbe Broad top luiprbvemont Po.. of whi-.-h .Me*-rs. D.iught-rty of Bedford and McCatdos of Philadelphia are nteiitbey*, have opened n rich mine on tlieir lands, ami have started a town Called Broadtop Ci'y in which a iffcm- I her of houses is already etected and a fine . ! Hotel neatly completed. The lots were all sold t handsome prices. The Bemi-A ilitaeite Goal Co., in which Messrs. Henry - K. Strong and Henry I). Nlooro of Phila delphia have a considerable interest, have I conuneneed mining operationsou their lands. . Besides ,Stonerstown, w Licit already contain# j upward# of two hundred inhabitant#, Coal mont and Broadtop, there is Hopewell at . j the terminus of the railroad. The road in ! about three month# will lie completed from Stonerstown to this place a distance of eight j miles. Besides being :i depot for the in- I inf-n*e coal tiade which will soon be carried j on, Hopewell will he the entrepot for th** product# of Morrison's Cove one of the finest agricultural districts in the .State, j j and must Inteome a place of considerable I j importance. A company has Ik-cii formed j to make a plankroad icons Hopewell twelve : j utiles to the turnpike, eight mile# e.a-u of j Bedford. Nearly all the required stock j i has been subscribed. 8. 11. Tate, Esq., of ; Bedford, i, President of tho company and his name is a guaranty that little time will j be lost between the coxiiuiencemr-n; atid com- I pletion of the road, Ihe Broadtop railway i will then be the quickest and most pleasant • I route to the Bedford Sprinz*. Then O, | donizeu'of the city, who, in quest of the pure ! air and 'health inspiring waters of the Bed , ford Springs, hast yet tender reminiscences ; of the x * Piitßnix line," between llollidays burgh and Bedford; of it tir-breadth j . "soaye* ." the stuhlxwn nciles ; the dilapi dated ltack, in which if you escape with on Weak down in a day, you might deem yourself most fortunate of mortals, r 'juice ; *nd be glad with tnr that in a short time you Cain bid them .adieu ' forever, and take the plank toad at Hopewell With teim# at 2.40. A, King, Esq., of Bedford, and Levi . Evans, Esq., of Broad trip, are about 'taring out the town of Evan#ville on their valuable coal land.#. In a short time this whole re ; gion will he alive with activity and industry, and the Broadtop and Huntingdon Railroad will be the tuO't important adjunct of the • Pennsylvania Railroad. L. T. Watson, Esq-, Pre.siten: of tho Road deserve* the thanks of all concerned for the able man ner in which lie has managed its itffa'us tn , spite of the financial embarrassments of the last year. As evening wore away most of the vi.-h --' tei.s Lad gone. Some remained nnd contin ued their visits to the different mine.-, i throughout the next day, with which they i expressed themselves highly delighted.— Every effort was made for the comfort of gmfts, art I although it might #eeut invid ious to partieu! triz.', wc cannot refrain from expressing what wo belie v.. to be the #cn*e of the company, as to tho uniform and cour teous attention paid to all by Judge D.iugh ! ertv. l.ong will that day in the mountains j be remembered by all who were present. FROM CALIFORNIA. New Vork> Nov. s.—The .Steamship Star nf the West, from Sao Juar, reached her wharf on Saturday evening. She brings 300 passenger# and 651 in gold, with dates front Sao Franei.-eo to th° sth ult., which were before received by the George Law. Tho Stur of the Went eonnctud with the Steamship Unci© Sam. Her passengers wero detained nine days on the Isthmus iu consequence of the existing political trouble. Don Finta Mayorg, late Secretary of Stabaa been detected in his correspon dence with the enemy outside of the city, and was shot at Grenada, on the 22ur Minister to t.'onfral America, after much solicitation proceeded to Rivas with a propueition of peace. At riving at Rit as, aud learninc that Gen. Cor j ra! was abseiri-, Col. Wheeler attempted to return, but w is preveuted 'by the Gevernor and detained two duy# : nor was be released j until tho town wa# threatened with an at ; faek. This breach of faith on the part of Corral's forces, led to a spicy correspondence ; between our Minister and tbe General. On '.he 221 Corral surrendered : a treaty of peace was formed, and tliu# Walker's victory . became complete. During tbe progress of ihf-e went# others of importance were traus ' airing. hbi the 22(1 the steamer conveying tbe i outward bound passenger#, by the Star uf i tho West, was fired Upon from the fort, a 3£ll>. shot struck the boat, killing a lady • and child and seriously injuring the mnclfin !ci v. 'Previous to tin*, an attack was tmtde j it; on the returning government force*, when five person* were killed, viz : John Uovd of WgyneCo. Indiana. NYai. Dubois of Susqttc* , lo.nfta C i. l'u.. 11. S. Bonaparte of lowa, . Wnt. Howard of Lexington. Mo., unJ Henry .B. Dai i# of 3 onion, < )hio. Their bouica wcrc pinr.dcied of several thousand dollars- Among tha wmmded w-:re Miehaal Fotteau iutii tit' Tiffin, Ol.:o, Cornelius Rows, of Boon. • viiio. Mo., and .J. G. ll.'iwiuci; of CinCi:;- j iiati: 2-) pas#er:. ts fled into trie wood# when I the attack Was made, an ' h id not bee:: heard | , from when tiie sfca.'imr From t.'u Lou-ton Times, Oct. 25. AHEiIKA \ FiUJBiST, lUSii. The E iglis'i government i# omitting no (.pportani'y of reinforcing tiie West Lidia :juad.-on,atid thus imposing a powerful fleet between this country and the North Ameri can Continent! This proceeding will, we doubt not, call forth from t largo portion i-i" the American pres.# that .speck .# of mild and temperate comment in which they do- . light whenever the conduct of England is ■ -in question, and ~ llt:D* po.itoal e~#.p':..l is . to bo m-umfactcred by making her the object of invective and depreciation. We shall' be tr>!d no doubt of the fiendish hatred of i England to Republican America, a-. 1 oft the insolent menace behind which she vails ! her inoido.'iu# r:t ! trea bcrou- design*.— Without tnc s-i:ghte.#t wi-ri to rcScct in cpv way on the press wb' -'i a'it,w3 i's !f to be iimde tiie voiiicle of suclt statements, or upon the constitti-.-tioi •* whose vote.# s.e tound to be infl.icuced by sueri taiumnie- - , wc wish to point out to the g>o J sense and . moderation of the American people the cause# which have ied us, even in liute of war, to ii.Teas* our .s puadroti iu their seas, j and may possibly lead u# still farther in a ' direction, tbe fl.-f-t step# toward whi-th we , are uo-.v most unwillingly taking. We entreat, then, the American public to j believe, notwithstanding the assertions to the contrary with which they are so astidueuslv plied, that there is no party or body of men in this country that regard* tbetu with any ether feeling than that of the uttuu*; gocdwill, or would wish for tlieni any other fate than the enjoyment of the utmost pub lic freedom which is consistent with the utmost private liberty and securities. Wc have neither the wish nor the right to in trude our opinion mu that form of govern ment which ha* been *t "blishe-l in the United States, but we lime, and we cliin> the right, to take every responsible precau" tion against that spirit of unbridled license which the present-government of the United j State-: seem inclined to tolerate. At this moment North America is in profound peact 1 with the whole world, yet it is not less true that in her port# are fitting out at this moment I piratical fillibustoring expeditious, destined 1 to carry war and bloodshed into the do- i minions cf an unoflbnd'ng neighbor. These; expeditions do not receive the sanction of ! the American rovemtnen', are cot equipped ; hv its funds ami will not ba conducted by its officer.#; but their preparation is nevertheless well known to the President and his admin istration, r.nd received no check from that carter. This toleration, we arc willing to j suppose, proceed* front weakness mearly, and would be exchanged for vigorous action, i only that the power to actio utterly wanting. ! The American people arc so free that they ■ will not be controlled by a government of I their own creating, and though laudably • eager for the preservation of their own dig- ! nity and tbe assertion of their o*ll right?, j canriot bring themselves to tolerate an Exe cutive suffiAetitiy strong to compel respect fHr the rtghfa-tft* foreign nation*. It is be- I cattse we *oe 4 net hope of finding in the' TTifited State* a Government oapable of pre venting it# citizens from waging private war ' frit their own account against the host friend# art 1 h-mst aTße's of the great republic that we are most unwillingly compelled, even iv.f; VOL -2,\ !S'o 47. ■ f tlse uiid-t of ilie great European struggle | in which *e are engaged, to assume a defen- I sive atibude, in order to trample cat ?h* ; tirit sparks of :iris fife and prevent a con flagration which, if otrce allowed to rproad, may cause in'c deniable misery to tbe human j race. It is the misfortune of the American republic that she contains within Lcr borders so many desperate and. lawless men; it is still niore Ler misfortune tbat she does net ! possess an organization suftcientiy pew ; ert'ul to crush these criminal t;eapt'r,— '] bat which she eanbot do we are 00.14*! fed, at least so far as tbe lawless enterprise* di i routed against ourselves go, to do for hsr. We cannot wait patiently till these lawless emissaries of insurrection and plunder haVj set their feet within her Majesty's dominions, 1 and encountered there the assiatence which is stive to overwhelm their wild and d the means of inflaming tbe pub lie ' niUi'l against England, and stirring rp flic passions of t'-e people to a p*ir>*. vl.i-h might r mm- war inevitable. I'i.is con • Minim t'ion it is 'he duty of the Anteriorr. G avevnnieii', if it can, to p; event, and as it canui-t, of the Goerenvint against whvh 1 snrh attempts are aimed !>".* all nieaua to avert. If 'vc can prevent these expedition" j :"r >lll sailing, or intercept in i::l! ocean, *c ■, shall hive done much (•■ward averting ' danger ilut liiu -r arise should they be car ried out to their natural development. The course '*! i- 'ion we have adented is bold; but for ?! it very reason *.v believe it to be prudent ;•••! safe. We .i re fa!lev aware of tiie advantage tl;:;: ue!i a vreceding gives f those ov.?.!! v uilsrepresentefl. K'.tglan 1 has every i>h ami every interest to remain at peace with America. The immense trade which w car; von wito her, tho community of language, of Wood, tLe sbsenso of any ground of depute or subject of rivalry, a 1 plead forcibly i. the same direct ion. How strange that, under sucli circumstance*, wa should be driven to arms merely because it is the wiii Oi a portion of tie soiore.gn pep'e t" u 1 af.ee war upon u.-, unsupported and unapproved, but also neither prevented nov arrested by 1 iic Government! We d.~ sire about .nit things a continuance of peace; but if it he '.ho determination of any large portion of the people of the Lmtcl S.ate* to force war upon us, we shall know bow to meet it and repel it, witoont relaxing for an instant our gripe cm t)ie t'ufiat et t.ie reeling and tottering giant of the norte. Hut ; s it for the credit of those (roe insti tutions so often vaunted as all that is '*iSo, perfect and liberal on the face of tha earth, that a friendly and kindred nation, nruen'.y desiring peace, should feel itself compelled to stand on the defensive, not btenuau it hn any serious dispute with the tnveriiuient 1 ' this "ree and happy community, out hoaausc tlUt Government is unwilling or unable ♦•> prevent its citizens from goingforth 10 uj.ii - dor and to plunder in the do.nmiops of an unoffending ally * Are those the with which the tree of freedom ought to be adnrued—arc these the laisrcU with which the t imp!** of the goddess should be bound' England has some claim to be called the nursing mother ot freedom; and hircitiiens arc free because they know how to obey how to subordinate tbeirdudiudual wills to that law the shpremaey of which constitute* the principle distiuctiou Of a rivilljted com munity. A female school teaebfe'rj* ho her adver tisentftnt 1 ,- stated that she "was complete mbtfe'ss of her wn tongue." "If that'a the case,-" said * ciustie oM bachelor,' "she can't rs'" tnuno for htr services.- • >■ - 9 '.-I- *- t\ ' . ' .