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AN’lMAL MAGNETISM;
OR, LOVE TRIUMPHANT OVER SCIENCE. J
BY E. BURKE FISHER.
Gentle reader! ere we remove the veil which hides us
from thee, one word—Art thou a believer in the new and
wonderful discovery which some sage philosophers have
made touching a strange connection between the material
and the immaterial—an intimate relationship existing be
tween ths mind of thy neighbor and thy pow'er to control
thine own movements in the flesh ! To come to the point
—Post entertain a belief ir. Animal Magnetism? If thine
answer is affirmative, we bid thee God speed, for it is to be
nefit the unbelieving that we write, a id not to strengthen
the faith of those who are already with us. We come to
make disciples—not to lend a staff to those faithful who
swallow our doctrines. If, therefore, thou hast any heresy
on the subject of Animal Magnetism, allow thine eye to
wander along the chapters we lay before thee; and our
arm chair against a place in the stocks, tliou wilt be im
pressed with its sublime truths as we are at this present
writing. So, having made our bow introductory, we open
the cause.
CHAPTER I.
Introduces to the reader one who given some most wise
explanations as to the power of Animal Magnetism, and
the greatest benefits that are to accrue from it—A convert.
“Wonderful! truly wonderful!” said Mr. Benjamin Bal
last : “ why, there nrc two limits to the grandeur of this
new science!—it can lay bare the secrets of the mind, re
vive the Past, illuminate the Future, langli at all barriers,
and overcome all space!—it is grand, magnificent, su
blime!”—and Benjamin Ballast thrust his bands deep in
his breeches pockets, and, striding with hasty steps along
the apartment, revolved within himself the principles of
Animal Magnetism.
“ Truly, Benjamin, thine head is craxed with some of thy
new discoveries, for here tliou hast been walking Up and
down, as if thy wife was not in the room and the usually
meek and charitable spouse of the worthy Ballast dropped
her knitting upon her footstool, and looked up reproachfully
in the face of her excited lord: “ what fiddlesticks has thee
got in thy head now?”
“Fiddlesticks, Mrs. Ballast! fiddlesticks!—hut no mat
ter—she is but a woman, and cannot be expected to know
all the great secrets of science.” The charitable husband
of Rebecca Ballast was appeased by this judicious reflec
tion ; and so. drawing a chair, he seated himself by
the side of Mrs. Ballast, and revealed what he considered
the cardinal principles of the new creed.
“Rebecca, what may we not hope from this thing?” he
urged, as he saw the simple-hearted woman wax interested
in his discourse; “more powerful than the divining-rod,
it can open the recesses of the earth and show where the
treasures of the mine are deposited, where runs tlie hidden
stream of the mountains. By it we may send the spirit to
the uttermost ends of the globe, or soar away to other worlds
—dance a fandango with the inhabitants of the Moon, or
eat porridge with the epicureans who have their habita
tions in tlie sun ; the diseases that vex mankind can be re
vealed; Vice may no longer stalk unpunished,—fora case
embarrassing to a bench of judges and a regiment of law
yers can be unravelled in a moment by the aid of Animal
Magnetism.”
“ It is certainly a most wonderful science,” answered the
companion of Ballast; “it is very grand.”
" Grand !” said the enthusiast—“ grand ! what is tlie
discovery of Fniton, the astronomical trophies of Newton,
the world of Columbus, compared to this ? Had they never
existed, we should know all now; for every thing most be
clear as noonday so soon as the mind may be governed in its
•utgoings and made’subservient to the interests of science.”
Benjamin Ballast was in a fever; be felt that he was iden
tified with the new science, and the discovery of the
philosopher's stone could not have added to hi# happi
ness.
“But, Benjamin, is thee sure thee can make the the
ory answer in practice 1—thee knows the perpetual mo
rion."
Now, Rebecca was of a Quaker family, and had a spi
cing of suspicion in her temperament. She had known her
-husband to buy shares in a company for making a railroad
over the Straits of Bhering; ho had purchased lands in
Texas, believod in Maria Monk—and published a news
paper! Can we blame her for her question?
" Perfectly sure of it, Rebecca—perfectly sure. Why,
I have seen enough to convert an infidel. I saw a case of
magnetism where a lady was put to sleep so soundly,
that the magnetizer being suddenly called away, and not
returning for a week, she slept until his return.”
“Amazing!” answered Mrs. Ballast, with uplifted hands,
“and thoe really beheld this?”
“ Nav,” continued the worthv husband, “the same lady
Was put in a magnetic sleep and taken to the moon, (in spi
rit. I mean,) and explained to us the features, &c., of the
inhabitants, their dwellings, the number of cabbages in
their gardens, and the size and quality of the fish in the
waters of that planet.”
“Tut, tut, Benjamin! they were hoaxing tliec,” incre
dulously remarked Mrs. Ballast.
“ Hoaxing me!” echoed Ballast, “why, I can put you to
•Jeep!”
•• But,’’ insisted Mrs. B., “ how does thee know whether
was not playing upon thy credulity in regard to what
•he saw in the moon T”
“ Why, did I not hear her myself ?” rejoined Mr. B.
“ And yet thee has never been there, nor have we any evi
dence that what she said was correct.”
" Well, well,’’replied Benjamin, who evidently sought to
«*vndo this view of the question, “if you will remain quiet,
I will magnetize you;” and he straightway took the
palm of his companion within his own, and regard
ing her steadily, commenced the process of magnetizing
her.
Whether it wa3 the power of the magnetizer, or arose
from the fact that this was the hour usually devoted to a
•testa by Mrs. Ballast, we know not; but one thing is cer
tain—in one hour the gratified operator was rewarded by a
respectable inclination on the part of his spouse that she
vras in the land of dreams.
CHAPTEH II.
Jffow remarks to the unlearned reader by the Author—T wo
new personages introduced—A family history, Ac.
“What is Animal Magnetism ?” will doubtless be asked
by some who, remote from cities, know nothing of this new
•poke in the wheel of science. To satisfy their curiosity,
which is in the main natural, we will expound according to
fhe definition given of it by a learned friend of ours:
“It is a peculiar state of the nervous system, during which
some unusual physiological phenomena present themselves;
a state which is ordinarily produced in one individual by the
will of another, performing certain manual evolutions tor the
purpose of causing it to take place.”—De I’uysegar, who
treated upon the subject, says, “ The indispensable, abso
lute, moral conditions to produce any magnetical effects,
are comprehended in the following precepts: A firm will
to do good—a strong belief in one’s power, and entire con
fidence in using it.”—Bosh.!' The theory was first intro
duced by Thonret, a distinguished member of the French
Academy of Medicine, in 1784; but Anthony Mesmer, a
German, may be considered its earliest advocate, inas
much as he separated it from all other interests, and pur-
reed it in a spirit of inquiry and untiring research worthy
of a better cause. He explains it a» a fluid universally
spread. “ It is,” says he, in his work entitled De Plane-
tarum Influxa, “ the means of a mutual influence between
the.heavenly bodies, the earth, and animated beings. It is
continuod in such a manner as any void cannot take; its
•ubtloty is beyond comparison. It is capable to receive,
propagateand communicate all the impressions of motion;
the animal body feels the effect of this agent, and it is by
insinuating itself into the substance of the nerves that it af
fects them. Properties similar to those in the loadstone
may be recognized in the human body. Poles, likewise
various and opposes, are discovered in it. Both the action
and virtue of Animal Magnetism can be communicated
from one body to another. It is increased, reflected by
glasses, communicated, propagated, increased by sound;
it can be accumulated, concentrated, conveyed.” He then
goes on to show that it can cure diseases, enable the phy
sician to judge of an individual’s state, disease, &c.
And so having initiated the reader, we will go on with
the narrative.
In an apartment of the mansion of our scientific friend
Ballast, seated upon a sofa, meditating deeply upon some
• object—whether of love, poetry, or metaphysics, we care
not to inquire—was a lady, young, pretty, with “ a laugh
ing devil” in her eve, and a throne for Cupid on her lip.
The window of her chamber overlooked a landscape of
rare loveliness; and the vines that trellised the window,
the zephyrs wooing the ringlets that slept upon her brow of
Parian whiteness and Niobe-like repose, and the music
•ent up from the wavelets of tlie Hudson as they capered
like children upon the strand, all combined to give t»ie la
dy a chance to break the meshes of care, if one so lovely
could vet have read a chapter from Sorrow’s diary. She
jiad no cause for sorrow, and yet she was sad; and as she |
gested her palm upon the sill, and looked abroad upon the
laughing face of Nature, there was a quiver of the lip
.and a gem-like tear in her bright eye. Ihe sun was re-
firing beyond the Palisades, and tlie linnet, in its cage a-
mong the green leaves, was warbling his evening prayer.
“ Sweet bird,” murmured the fair tenant of this bower
pf the Graces, “ likea dream isyourlife, and nothing may
check thy blithe carol save tlie passing cloud dimming the
•un to whom thy orisons are 'offered! Pretty warbler, would
that I were as free from care as thou art!”—and she leaned
over the cage and hurst into tears.
A. hand was placed upon her snowy arm, and tones well
known and loved swept upon her ear: “Nay, Sophy, rny
Own sweet Sophy! what reason hast thou to envy the bird
its carol, when, to one at least, thy voice is softer far than
the notes of Philomel to the grove-hauuting-poet?” The
maiden bent her blushing cheeks deeper in lier hands, as
fhe kneeling youth by her side essayed to catch her glance.
Nonsense, Sopbv ! and you have not a smile for ine after
•o long an absence, I could wish myself the linnet, that,
never parting from thee, I might never be chilled by an
averted look on returning.” The youth’s tones were im
passioned as lie spoke, and sounded reproachfully.
Now, Sophy Ballast was a romantic divinity. Her li
brary consisted of the “ Children of the Abbey,” Moore’s
** Loves of the Angels/’ Byron, Sus- Sweet seventeen in
years, and squired by a handsome youth, she hud certainly
cause fur thinking herself miserable, and it was long befiirc
her suitor could charm her from her melancholy. But
•vhat cannot love effect 7 Sophy Ballast was human, and
it short half-hour found her laughing boisterously at some
eofMivHncatien which Fraak J'atrJev* was wahiaf. What
that eomTnaweation was, will be shown anon; and not to
disturb the tete-a-tete of the lovers, we will go into a few
facts connected with this “true history.”
Old Ballast was, or had been, an importer of spices and
coffee; and retired, after twenty years’ devotion to business,
with well-lined pockets, very abstraet notions of social and
refined life, and a natural dislike to any individual who
knew more than himself. His wife, Rebecca, was as anti
quated and liberal-hearted as her lord was ignorant and
selfish ; but as virtue ever exercises a decided superiority
over vice, and moral courage predominates over the gro
velling instinct, so did the domestic influence of Mrs. Bal
last appear in agreeable relief to the churlish demeanor of
the respectable and intelligent Benjamin. Under the do
minion of this latter individual, the mansion at Beach
Grove wore the aspect of a travelling menagerie. Actua
ted by a laudable desire to be considered a man ot taste, he
had collected about him rare speciments of the quadruped
order; and tlie unwary stranger who chanced to visit the
Grove, stood an excellent chance of leaving his skirts iti
the gripe of some petted Bruin, or having his skull crack
ed by a missile sent from an overhanging limb—testimonial
of the skill of a domesticated baboon. Charlatans of eve
ry grade were welcome, but tr.en of genius eyed askance;
the viler tlie humbug, the more warmly received ; so that it
should not cause astonishment in the breast of the worthy
reader that Animal Magnetism flourished in the meridian
of Beach Grove.
Sophy Ballast was the only child of this well-matched
•ouple, and had all the virtue of her mother, with none
of her sire’s selfishness. Young, as we have said, ardent
and susceptible, Frank Fairlove had won her ere lie wooed;
and so instant the victory that when tlie besieger appeared
before the garrison, Cupid was sent out with powers ex
traordinary to make an unreserved surrender. But it the
maiden was willing, the father was not, for Frank had
no funds in the slocks, and his law-books were his only
capital in trflde.
It was not business-like,” sagely argued Benjamin, “ to
give an heiress, worth half a million in expectation, to a fel
low who was not worth a dollar.”
In a wordly point of view, the old gentleman was correct;
rnd vain were the handsome promises of the amorous
Fairlove, the tears of the pretty Sophv, and the mild ap
peals of Rebecca. Old Ballast was positive, and Frank
was sent to Coventry, with a courteous intimation from
the papa of his fair one that he kept a mastiff on his
grounds.
Frank Fairlove was not one to he defeated without an j
effort; and us he took up tiis hat, he muttered—“ It is a
prize worth a struggle; and mark me, old Hunks, we will
meet again at. l’hillippi.” Frank stole a look at Sophy—
she was in tears; he glanced at the old lady—he read sym
pathy in her eye; and turning, he glared upon the old
autocrat, who grinned defiance. Fairlove gnashed his
teeth, wisely said nothing, and bowed himself from the
premises.
CHAPTER III.
Further explanations of our subject—Animal magnetism at
a premium—Love’s disguises.
We will return again into tlie apartment into which we
first introduced the reader. It is lighted up, and the cx-
amplary Rebecca is arranging the candlesticks upon the
mantle, and with duster in hand, glancing her eye over
every th ng, like a pendent housewife, lest there should re
main any evidences of carelessness.
Spectacled and bewigged, with un air of conscions im
portance, Ben jamin Ballast, Esquire, paced the room, oc
casionally addressing a common-place query to his notable
spouse, or wondering what could have detained his expect
ed guest. At length a thundering nip, and the door of
the apartment swung upon its hinges, giving to view the
ludicrously attired person of Professor Snooks, an ex
pounder of Animal Magnetism, and magnetizing animal
to her Majesty Victoria; at least his card blazoned forth
as much.
Benjamin rose upon lira entrance, and the Professor an
nounced himself in a drawling tone, as per card. Mr.
Ballast requested him to be seated, expressed his delight,
and introduced him to Mrs. B. A long and animated
discussion followed, in which Professor Snooks astonished
his hearers with a vast display of learning, and perplex
ed their understanding with much matter, which, as they
comprehended not,’they concluded must mean something;
which was a very rational conclusion. Among other mat
ters dwelt upon by the Professor, was the singular triumphs
of Animal.Magnetism achieved at Providence, where many
learned men had renounced their infidelity, and now strong
ly maintained its cause.
“ Among others who witnessed these things,” remark
ed Snooks, “ was one Frank Fairhcart or Fairlove, who
obstinately refused to credit what he saw, and vowed it
was an imposition.”
“ Did he ?” said old Ballast- “ I know him well, and
a more ignorant, conceited upstart, lives not.”
“ He said he knew you,” said Snooks.
“ And what did be say of me?” inquired Benjamin.
“ He called you an old bear, and vowed that he had an
•Id grudge against you, which ne would pay off soon,” was
the complimentary rejoinder of Snooks.
“ Humph!” muttered Professor Snooks.
“ My dear Ben jamin,” chimed in Rebecca, “ thee knows
that the Professor promised to si row us some of his experi
ments; and as Sophia is to be magnetised, would it not
be as well to inform her that Mr. Snooks is here?”
“ Not to-night, Rebecca, my dear; this fellow Fairlove
has put me in a passion ! we will wait till to-morrow eve
ning. An old bear, forsooth! I wish he was in the room,
I would show him! An old hear, indeed!” mid Benjamin
Ballast waxed exceedingly indignant.
“ This Fairlove came up the Hudson to Newburgh with
me,” said Snooks, “ and swore he would marry your
daughter within a week, and you should sign the marriage
contract yourself.”
“ Ila, ha!” shouted Benjamin, “Rebecca is r.ot that
capital? ‘ With my consent!’ ”
“ And he said he would marry her in this very room,”
continued the Professor.”
“Excellent!” cachinatcd the old gentleman ; “ we shall
see. ’
“ Yes,” echoed his guest, “ we shall see. Good night,
my worthy host. Mrs. Ballast, peace be with thee un
til to-morrow evening, when I shall show thee and Mrs.
Ballast some samples of my art, aud lie muffled himself
up and departed.
“ lie is a most extraordinary man,” remarked old Bal
last to his wife, after the Professor had gone; a most ex
traordinary man, and as unlike that puppy Fairlove,
as Animal Magnetism is unlike a whirlwind. If Sophy
would take a liking to such a man, I should not say
nay.”
Mrs. Ballast cogitated shrewdly, but made no reply, and
the worthy pair retired to rest.
them, my husband; they love each other, and thee would
not blame this innocent deception—thee was once young!’
and she looked into his eyes with such confiding affection
beaming from her own, that the flint emitted a generous
flash, and the man of indigo bowed to a generous impulse.
“ Well, well, you dog, you have won her fairly, and shall
haxc my blessing, but I am done with Animal Magnetism
hencefoi th and forever.”
“And so am not I,” replied Fairlove. “The theory
may be a humbug, but the practice of it has gained me
the heart and hand of her T adore.”
“ The heart Frank !” reproachfully interrupted his bride
“ No, not tlie heart but the hand, and the consent of my
father-in-law.”
‘ But Frank,” broke in Benjamin, “ you rubbed me
hard last night.”
“ But think of the object, my dear sir,” said Frank.
“I do, and though she deceived her old father, she is"
the best girl in the States, I believe.”
“ But Benjamin thee believes too much,” remarked the
matron, “ thee was a believer in Animal Magnetism !”
“ Humph !” said Mr. Ballast.
And humph, fay we courteous reader.
FROM THE N. Y. 8UN.
JEWS AND AMERICAN ABORIGINES.
We neither had time nor room when pursuing a few days
since, our brief notice of the similarity of Jewish and Abo
riginal traditions, the coincidence in their customs, langua
ges, &e., to detail the following particulars in which the
supposition of the eastern origin of the American tribes is
very strongly supported. Believing they will not be
found wholly stale and unprofitable, even to such as feel no
particular curiosity in that highly interesting question, we
proceed to state a few of the most prominent and remark
able facts that have been gathered on that subject within a
few years past.
In some tribes of North America, the words Halclujali
and Jehovah are uttered by the Indians in an invocation
to the deity—and they give them their true Hebrew sound
which is Allelujah and Yehooah. The words in which we
should most naturally look for a conformity in language—
those which apply to the Creator.—even did no resemblan
ces exist, it would be easily accounted for in the gradual
"disappearance of all languages^ particularly favored in this
instance by the wandering habits of the people. Where
are the Saxon, the Irish, the old dialects of the north of
Europe ?
Nearly all the aborigines have a tradition of the deluge,
according in many cases most perfectly with the biblical
account; and among some tribes processions take place af
ter the manner of the Jews, and with similar emblems.—
A well executed sculpture exists among the Mexicans rep
resenting Noah afloat on the tide of the deluge, approach
ing a mountain whose top appears above tlie water, and
near it also is a female head.—There is another obviously
refering to the confusion of languages at the tower of Ba
bel.
A leathern girt was dug up in the west, of very ancient
date; on opening which four verses from the bible were
found written on papyrus in the Hebrew character. Three
of these are now in possession of a college, Yale we believe
This was evidently worn ns an amulet or charm, in the
same manner that in Asia passages of the Koran are en
graved on swords, or written on slips of paper and car
ried about the person, by the followers of Moham
med.
The “ high places” of scripture may he found in num
berless mounds of the W est, according to the most ration
al hypothesis. Another supposition would make thorn-pla
ces of observation. Ruins of the most splendid tem
ples in Mexico, give its planes the aspect of a fallen Jerusa
lem.
A Roman helmet and a latin inscription, discovered in
different parts of the country, make known to us, tliatccn-
turies perhaps before the Christian era, a citizen of Rome
had trodden upon this soil. This merely proves that a com
munication existed between this continent and the old
-world—which is proved also by a great number of facts.
The art of embalming was thoroughly understood by
some of the Kentucky tribes. A cavern filled with mum
mies, eviscrated, and done up in folds of linen precisely like
the Egyptians, and even the threads twisted in the same
manner, were discovered by the early settlers, whose utili
tarian spirit converted them into fuel. They were evident
ly ancient, and none of the natives could give an account
of their origin.—Some fragments only have been gat hered
recently.
•Pbaenician and Lybian hieroglyphics have been revealed
and ably elucidated by C. F. Raffinesque. These charac
ters are of the pictorial kind, the earliest kind of written
language. A hand, an eye, a feather, &c. stand for differ
ent letters. If the Phienicians reached this country, eith
er by accident, or by regularly concerted sea voyages, might
not the Israelites ? The course of the lost tribes, by at
land journey, up to the sources of the Euphrates, and then
due East, would bring them, in the stated time, to
Beahrings Straits, where they could pass over easily.
lee ted which on the whole ahull appear to be the brst-the
most safe, the most efficient, the most prompt in applica
tion, and the least liable to the constitutional objection. It
would, however, be wanting in candour on my part, not to
declare my impression is, that a new bank of the United
States, engrafted upon the old, will be found, under all the
circumstances of the case, to combine the greatest advan
tages, and to be liable to the fewest objections; but this im
pression is not so firmly fixed as to be inconsistent with a
calm review of the- whole ground, or to prevent my yield
ing to the conviction of reason, should the result of such
review prove that any other is preferable. Among its pe
culiar recommendations may be ranked the consideration,
that while it would afford the means of a prompt and eflec-
tual application for mitigating, and finally removing the
existing distress, it would at the same time open to the
whole community a fair opportunity of participation
in the advantages of the institution, lie they what they
may.”
This was delivered in the panic year, when the Whig
Senators, predicting all that has happened, were denoun
ced as panic makers! Mr. Calhoun, throughout the whole
of this able speech, contended for the constitutionality °f a
National Bank. His proposition then was to renew the
United States Bank charter for twelve years.; 1 We wish it
had been the good fortune of the country to; heed hint in
1334. We huve not the least doubt that his Opinions are
just ns sound in 1837.—Express.
FROM THE ST. JAMES CHRONICLE.
Progress of Vaccination.—The following report of
the “ National Vaccine Establishment” has just been made
officially to the government, and by order of the Treasury
directed to be printed:
CHAPTER IV.
The plot thickens—A singular scene—Ballast outgeneralled,
and singular appearance of Fairlove.
The evening following the events recorded in our last
chapter, found the drawing room of the mansion at Beech
Grove again in order fertile reception of company.
Besides the owner nnd his wife, his daughter and some
three or four friends were present, invited to witness Pro
fessor Snooks’ experiments, that gentleman having pro
mised to somn.inibnhse Miss Ballast.
At the hour appointed, Snooks arrived, and after the
formula of introduction to the young lady was gone through
with, the field was cleared for action, and the Professor
was about to commence, when a stranger was announced,
who apologized for his intrusion, but explained that hear
ing of his friend Snooks’ arrival at Beech Grove, he had
called to see him. The Professor named him to the com
pany as his old fellow student, the Ilcv. Jeremy Ostran
der, and the hostess pressed him to take a seat.
In a few minutes alter the clergyman’s being seated, the
Professor, who seemed remarkably jocular, stated that he
would muke Miss Ballast do any thing that the company
wished, whereupon the young ladies begged him to make
her go through the marriage ceremony. Mrs. Ballast
laughingly added her wish to her young friends, and the old
gentleman mirthfully said ditto. Sophy objected, but was
outbraved, and so, Mr. Snooks, placing her palms within
his own, commenced placing her in a magnetic sleep. In
less than ten minutes she gave token of the success of the
experiment. Her eyelids closed and a seraphic repose
stole over her faculties. The professor stated that the mag
netic influence has been completely successful, and that she
was utterly unconscious of surrounding objects.
The hostess then arranged the table for the clergyman,
who happened fortunately to have a Prayer Book containing
fhe manage service, and the professar commanded Miss
Ballast to stand up with him before the divine. Two of
the ladies officiated as bride’s maids and Benjamin was to
give away the lady. To the astonishment of thecompany,
and the admiration of the learned Ballast, his daughter
rose front the sofa and with noiseless step and unmoved
features, took her position by the side of Snooks, who was
to be the bridegroom.
The words were read, the responses given by the mag
netised lady with a clearness and precision that added
greatly to the marvelling# of the spectators, and when the
bridegroom was told to kiss the bride, she returned the sa
lute with great unction for one not cognizant of what was
passing. A marriage conti act was then drawn up, and hav
ing signed it, the old gentleman affixed his signiture, and
the clergyman witnessed it. Snooks leisurely folded the
document, and careiully stowed it in his pocket, and then
led the lady to tlie feet of her papa and bade her kneel with
him. and ask his paternal blessing.
“You have it my child,” chuckled Benjamin, ’’and
may you live long and happily in the bonds of holv wed
lock.”
“ Anion,” was the sonorous response of the divine.
“ It shall lie so, dearest,” spoke a voice which sounded
strangely in the ears of the old gentleman,
“ God judge me as I prove to you should sorrow dark
en the path of our after life.” and Snooks wound liis arm
around the yielding form of the maiden, who certainly nev
er looked lest asleep than at this moment.
“Why what does all this mean?” shouted Ballast.—
“ Who are you ? I surely know that voice.”
“ It is the voice of yo«r son-in-law, the husband of your
daughter, Frank Fairlove, at your service.”
It was even so, and wig, overall, and Bandanna neckcloth
being removed, Frank Fairlove stood revealed to the vis
ion of the astonished Ballasr.
“ Forgive us. dear father," breathed Sophy, clinging to
the arm of her parent, “ Indeed, indeed I will never do
so again."
“ Benjamin,” addled his faithful wife, “ Unfit* an j bKss
To the Right lion, the Secretary of State for the Home
Department.
National Vaccine Establishment, July 6.
My Lord:—A considerable time has now elapsed, since
we reported to the department over which your lordship
presides, the successful labors of the National Vaccine In
stitution ; and as, notwithstanding the manifest proofs
which we have already presented of the valuable piotec
tion which vaccination affords against the scourge of small
pox, yet from indolence or thoughtlessness, many still for
bear altogether or delay until too late to avail themselves
of this great preventative, and others are induced by the
acts of disreputable practitioners to continue to prefer ino
culation; we think it necessary, therefore, to repeat in
strong terms our sense of the advantages which the former
1ms over the latter.
That vaccination has this superior merit, it might he a
sufficient argument to convince the least considerate per
son, that if 300 children be vaccinated, one will be sus
ceptible of small-pox, afterwards, but only in a mild and
perfectly safe form ; whereas, if 300 be inoculated, one wall
surely die.
To this argument we might add, that the annual loss of
life by small-pox in the metropolis and within the bills of
mortality only, before vaccination was established, exceeded
5000 ; whereas in the course of last year only 360 died of
that distemper; nnd it is probable that even this mortali
ty, however comparatively small, is owing to the continu
ed partial practice of inoculation, which is liable todissem-
minate far and wide its contagious influence, to the im
minent danger of all w ho have not been protected by
previous vaccination, or by having had the disease al
ready.
And this consideration suggests to us a question, wheth
er the introduction of inoculation into this country at the
beginning cf the last century were the public blessing
which it claims to have been.—We know that before the
practice of it was brought from Constantinople the small
pox used to prevail epidemically now and then, and to oc
casion a great mortality when it did prevail; but there
were intervals in which the disease was scarcely heard
of; and we really believe that the loss of life occasioned
by the small-pox recurring after considerable intervals has
been far exceeded by the accumulated mortality of success
ive years, in consequence of the disease being continually
propagating through the practice of inoculation.
We have only to add, my Lord, that although we lament
sincerely the mistaken judgement which prefers inoculation
to vaccination, whether on the supposition, amongst other
ill-founded notions of which we sometimes hear, that the
original virtue of the vaccine virus has been worn out by
time, or on any other equally ill-grounded opinion, we have
the satisfaction of knowing that vaccination has made con
siderable progress since our last report, and that we have
supplied lymph n*it only to every part of this kingdom in
the course of the last year, but to all the colonies also, and
to many of the capitals of Europe.
MR. CALHOUN’S OPINION.
Reference having been made to Mr. Calhoun’s speech
in the Senate, March 31st, 1834, we find, on reference
to our files, the following among other opinions advan
ced;
“After a full survey of the whole subject, I see none, I
ran conjecture no means of extricating the country front its
present danger, and to arrest its farther increase, but a
bank, the agency of which, in some form, or under some
authority, is indispensable. The country has been brought
into the present diseased state of the currency by banks,
and must be extricated by their agency. We must, in a
word, use the banks to unbank the banks, to the extent that
may be necessary to restore a safe and stable currency-
just as we apply snow to a frozen limb in order to restore
its vitality and circulation, or hold up a burn to the flame
to extract the inflammation. All must see that it is im
possible to suppress the banking system at once. It must
continue for a time. Its greatest enemies and the advo
cates of an exclusive specie circulation, must make it a
part of their system to tolerate the banks for a longer or
shorter period. To suppress them at once would, if it
were possible, work a greater revolution—a greater change
in the relative condition of the various classes of the com
munity, than would the conquest of the country by a savage
enemy. What then must be done? I answer a new and
safe system must gradually grow up under, and replace the
old—imitating, in this respect, the Beautiful process which
we sometimes see, of the wounded or diseased part in a
living body, gradually superseded by the healing process of
nature.
How is this to be effected? How is a bank to be used
as the means of correcting the excess of the banking sys
tem ? And what bank is to be selected as the agent for ef
fecting this salutary change ? I know, said Mr. C-, that a
diversity of opinion will be found to exist as to the agent to
be selected, among those who agree o» every other point,
and who, in particular, agree on the necessity of using some
bank as the means of effecting the object intended ; one
preferring a simple re-charter of the existing Bank—ano
ther the charter of a new Bank of the United States—a
third a new bank, engrafted upon the old, and a fourth the
use of the State banks as the agent. I wish, said Mr. C.,
to leave all these to open questions, to be carefully survey
ed and compared with each other, calmly and dispaseion-
atefy, without prejudice er party feeling; and that te b*sc-
STATE 80VEBEI6NTY.
MLLEDGEVILLE:
Tuesday, October IO, 1837.
ELECTION RETURNS.
Wc subjoin a tabular statement of the results of the Go
vernor’s election so far as lieard from. Under the proper
heads will be found the gain or increase of each candidate
in each county over the vote at the last election. As wc
remarked a few weeks ago, Mr. Gilmer’s gain in our own
counties has been very decided, and Gov. Schley’s loss in
many of his not. less decided.
The counties tube heard from will not change the grand
result, which is the undoubted election of Mr. Gilmer as
Chief Magistrate of Georgia for the next term of two
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Baldwin—Harris ;* A. H Kenan, C. Hammond.
Bibb—McDonald ; J. B. Lamar, H. G. Lamar.
Bryan—Smith ; Maxwell.
Burke—Lawson; Grubbs, Patterson, Hurst.
Butts—McDaniel; Weaver, Goodwin.
Chatham—M’Allister; Myers, Goodwin, Shaffer.
Clark—Mitchell; Stroud, Moore, Barnett.
Columbia—Avera; Robertson, Gunby, Staples.
Crawford—King; Carr, Colbert.
!)eKalb—Wilson; Lemon, Evans, Calhoun, Collier.
Dooly—Key; Bowen.
Early—Patterson ; Ward.
Effingham—Morgan ; Kahn.
Emanuel—McGarr; Drew.
Forsyth—Strickland; Hays.
Franklin—Cleveland ; Neal, R. Mitchell, Jones.
Gilmer—Cooper; Price.
Glynn—King; Hazard, Scarlett.
Greene—Janes; Mosely, Cone, King.
Gwinnett—Garniony; Winn, Pittman, Shipp, Reid.
Habersham—Trammell; Cleveland, Carr, Sanford.
Hall—Dutitmgin; Ilardage, Payne, Clark, Whelcbel.
Hancock—Ingrain; Culver, Smith, Hudson.
Henry—Varner; Johnson, Coker, Camp.
Houston—Lawson; Kelly, Hinton, Joiner.
Jackson—Bums ; l’enticost, Chandler, Horton.
Jasper—Hill; Newton, Price, Robinson.
Jefferson—Smith ; Caswell, Boyd.
Jones—Hutchins ; Day, Gray, Renfroe.
Laurens—Wright; Allen, Hampton.
Lincoln—Latr.ar; Lockhart, Statham.
I-umpkin—Obar: Crane.
Madison—Polk; Strickland, Daniel.
Marion—Bond;
McIntosh—Powell; McDonald, King.
Meriwether—Burks; Beeves, Phillips.
Monroe—Chapman; Turner, Dunn, Parker,Garr.
Morgan—Flovd ; Peeples, Oglebv, Stallings.
Mnsrogce—Colquitt; Watson, Campbell.
Newton—Williamson; Harris, Wilson, Henderson.
Oglethorpe—-Hardeman; McKinley, Wyunc, Hill.
Pike—Prior; McDowell.
Pulaski—Halstead ; Jclks, Collier.
Putnam—Hudson; Meriwether, Branham, Steele.
Randolph—Conyers ; Moye.
Richmond—Miller; Jenkins, Crawford, W. J. Rhodes.
Scriven—Black; Prescott, Conner.
Stewart—Kitchens; Ball.
Sumter—Cowart; McCrary.
Talbot—Powell; Cox, Duke.
Taliaferro—Gresham; Stephens, Durden.
Twiggs—Pierson; Solomon, Fitzpatrick.
Upson—Gibson; Blount, Meadows.
Walton—Echols; Stroud, Moon, Bryant.
Warren—Lockhart; Rogers, Dili den, Franklin.
Washington—Curry; Floyd, Warthen, Jones.
Wilkes—Smyth; Brown, Bolton, Toombs.
Wiikinson—Beall; Hatcher, Rivers.
* The first named gentleman in each county, is Senator.
Mr. Calhoun is opposed to a National Bank, yet prefers
it to the State Bank agency, but opposes both, and is in fa
vor of the Treasury itself managing the revenues of the
country.
Mr. Rives is opposed to a National Bank, and hostile
to the Treasury plan, and proposes to continue the trial
with the State Banks, uuder certain fixed regulations to be
enacted by Congress.
Mr. Webster is opposed to the Treasury plan, to the
State Bank system, and of course goes with Mr. Clay for a
National Bank as the only national panacea.
The question in regard to the creation of a National
Bank, we think has been tried nnd its fate scaled by the
vote on that subject in the Senate. There were we believe
two to one against it We presume the sub Treasury plan
will be adopted : the Treasurer will be authorized to issue
Treasury notes to a definite extent, the payment of the
surplus revenue to the States postponed, and Congress will
then adjourn till December.
Georgia is once
more \\
bat slie lias been.
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s
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Counties.
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Baldwin,
22
44
Bibb,
25
149
Bulloch,
270
67
Butts.
134
24
Burke,
364
95
Bryan,
9
9
4
Campbell,
256
52
Cat-roll,
248
49
Cass,
130
CO
Columbia,
152
32
Crawford,
196
67
Coweta,
105
132
Chatham,
162
20
Cherokee,
226
195
Clarke,
177
71
Cobb,
230
102
Decal ur,
63
17
DeKalb,
164
157
Doolv,
168
18
Earlv.
186
56
Effingham,
30
6
Emanuel,
99
11
Elbert,
844
144
Fayette,
19.9
169
Flovd,
75
8
Forsyth,
170
25
Franklin,
236
160
Gilmer,
141
60
Greene,
730
31
Gwinnett,
25
93
Habersham,
378
43
Hancock,
174 '
95
Heard,
118
61
Henrv,
133
142
Houston,
40
140
Hall,
83
22°
Harris,
303
82
Jones,
1
77
Jasper,
116
69
Jefferson,
401
107
Jackson,
67
94
Lauren-,
459
35
Lee.
43
42
Lincoln,
104
40
Lumpkin,
356
101
Monroe,
19
17
Muscogee,
171
121
Madison,
60
27
Morgan,
115
90
Marion,
160
96
McIntosh,
77
5
Murray,
140
102
Newton,
379
94
Oglethorpe,
487
159
Paulding,
69
43
I’ike,
104
64
Putnam,
350
46
Pulaski,
136
3
Rabun,
240
36
Randolph,
119
37
Richmond,
378
470
Stewart,
43
103
Sumter,
106
67
Scriven,
46
6
Talbot,
37
66
Telfair,
46
109
Twiggs.
86
52
Taliaferro,
330
23
T roup,
745
72
Union,
314*
113
Upson,
171
81
Walker,
130
38
Walton.
302
CO
Washington,
37
87
Wilkinson,
172
140
Wilkes,
34
15
Warren,
77
48
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6683
4337
1227
One of the Senators from this State, Mr. King has re
cently made a speech in which he comes down upon the
President and his proposed measures with all his might.
Mr. King contradicts many of the statements of the mes
sage flatly. There was not wc should say, in his speech,
a superabundance even of courtesy. He says of some of
the statements in the message, in so many words, that
there is not a word of truth in them. Rather discourteous
for a Van Buren Senator, truly; and it has of course drawn
down the maledictions of the Van Buren prei# ln Georgia.
Several of their papers have already condemned Mi> King,
and we suppose the whole will follow suit.
As we perceive very plainly that Mr. King is to be
throwu overboard by his party for this evidence of his in
dependence—as they even go so far as to speak of the pro
priety of resignation, because he lias had the temerity to
evidence that he is the Senator of Georgia, and not a Van
Buren Senator—we think it but justice to the gentleman
to place before the country the grounds of his proscription,
that the people, the only soverignty acknowledged in Geor
gia, may judge between the parties. When we receive
the speech of this gentleman in a corrected form, we will
lay it before our readers.
We have thought it unnecessary to give our usual details
of the proceedings in Congress, because, as the reader is
aware, the whole action of that body is confined during this
extra session, to two or three distinguishing measures.—
These measures, to be sure, are of great interest, and are
destined to be the subject matter of excited discussion and
controversy, from one end of the country to the other.—
But the mere details of the proceedings in either House
on these matters cannot interest the reader; the great in
terest lies in the propositions themselves, which we have
already laid fully before our readers, and the speeches of
the prominent men, who advocate or oppose them. We
shall as we are able, furnish oar readers with the most in
teresting speeches on both sides, which will help them to a
thorough understanding of the objects proposed, with all
the advantages and objections which may be arrayed for
and against them.
We had the pleasure a few days since, of seeing a blood
ed Bull, and three milch Cows, the produce of Judge
Kenan’s imported breed of Cattle; they were presented
by the Judge to his nephews of this place. They are the
most beautiful of their kind, and we learn that the cows
give from five to six gallons of milk each, a day. The
cultivation of this imported breed, so vastly superior to
our cattle, would not only improve the size and appearance
of ours, but would yield a handsome return to the dairy.
A lot thirty feet front by fifty deep, situated in Stanford-
ville, Putnam county, we are requested to say, was lately
sold for the sum of eight hundred dollars.
Our attention has been directed by our f ie.id to whom
the following letter is addressed, to the very praiseworthy
liberality of the gentleman mentioned in it. The new3 of
effotts for the advance of the great cause of Education,
based on the true foundation of religious and moral prin
ciple, will never fall coldly on our ear; it is the cause of
the country, and every effort for its advance must cheer
the heart of the lover of rational and permanent liberty.
We offer our tribute of respect for the enlightened libe
rality of the munificent donor, to the cause of knowledge,
and trust that many others will be found in our State, who
will follow the good example.
Macon, September 19, 1837.
Rev. C. W. Key :
Dear Sir—Knowing that you feel a deep interest in the
success of Education, I take this opportunity of giving you
my success at a meeting I attended in Houston county,
Ga., the 15th of this instant.
I found there many true friends to our Literary In
stitutions. The citizens of that county pledged themselves
to aid in endowing Emory College, and subscribed at
that meeting over three thousand dollars towards that
object.
At their request, I discussed the subject before the con
gregation, at which time Mr J. A. Everit proffered twen
ty-five thousand dollars to endow a Manual Labor School
in Houston county, if the citizens would raise fifteen thou
sand more for an outset. This proposition was immediate
ly met and the Trustees appointed, nnd the institution
called Wesley Manual Labor School, and I have no doubt
front the spirit manifested by the friends of Literature
and Religion, that they will raise thirty thousand dollars
besides the twenty-five thousand given by Mr. Everitt for
the cause of Education. Is not this the work of the Lord ?
is it not marvellous in our eyes? To God be all the glory 1
Who will follow this noble example ? By such a course,
when they are dead and gone, unborn generations will rise
up and call them blessed.
Very respectfully, and affectionately as ever, vours,
SAMUEL J. BRYAN.
Mr. Clay’s remedy fur the times present and to come,
is distinctly announced to be the institution of a National
Bank. He is utterly opposed to the sub Treasury system,
and if any thing more bitter against the agency of the
Stem Bank#, ts deposings.
Knoxville, September 22.
Military Court of Enquiry.—This tribunal, convened
at this place on the 4th, for the purpose of investigating
certain charges against Brigadier General Wool, adjourned
on Friday last. On that day, for the accommodation of
visiters, the Court met in the Methodist Church, where
Gen. Wool, in the presence of a respectable number of
our citizens, made his defence. It was characterized by
pertinency of argument, and under the circumstances, by
a commendable forbearance. Much testimony, both do
cumentary and oral, was submittted during the progress of
the trial, all of which was produced by the accused, and
in which there wm» an entire concurrence in establishing
the innocence of Gen. Wool.
The opinion of the Court has been transmitted to the
President for his approval, before which time it will not
be published. We understood, however, that it is, what
indeed it must be from the proof, a unanimous and trium
phant ncquittal of the accused, from all the charges al-
lcdgcd against him. The testimony adduced in this trial
from Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and the Cherokee Na
tion, establishes incontestably that the whole course of
Gen. Wool, throughout the performance of his delicate
duties while in command, has been evincive of a strict re
gard for the authorities under which he acted, and of
that forbearance and humanity which should ever cha
racterize our intercourse with the weak and helpless
Indian.
General Scott, and Judge Advocate De Hart, departed
on Friday for Washington City, and Col. Lindsay aud Ma
jor Payne, to their respective commands in the Cherokee
nation. Gen. Wool goes by way of Raleigh to Washington
City.—Register.
It is stated that Gen. Atkinson, by order of the War De
partment, has accepted the services of 300 mounted volun
teers from the State of Missouri, for the Florida campaign,
underthe command of Maj. A. G. Morgan. The men are
to rendezvous at Jefferson Barracks, between the 1st and
15th of next month.
In the Senate, yesterday, after determining to end this
session on Monday week, came up for consideration the
report of the Committee on Finance on the memorials pre
sented at this session, praying for the establishment of &
National Bank; and the Senate determined in favor of the
report of the committee against the prayer of the memori
alists, by a vote decisive enough, (31 to 15,) which vote,
however, does no more than declare in substance that it is
inexpedient now to charter a National Bank. The Senate
has dealt with the question of a Bank, asked for by the
People, mftch as it has with the sub-Treasury "scheme, re
commended by the Executive. That body has determined
that it Will act upon neither of those plans at this session.
{Net. At.
Astidotk foa tag foison or r»c*stc A cm.-*. 4,
the Maidstone Infirmary, in England, a curious example of
the effect of a newly discovered remedy for the effects of
Prussic acid was given by Dr. Robinson, in the coarse of
a series of dissertations delivered before the Faculty on the
subject of poisons.
“ At the conclusion of the dissertation the effect of
sic acid was tried upon a rabbit. Three drops weresdrm-
nistered from a glass, (the surface of which most pml*.
bly abstracted half of the quantity,) and the animal imm*
diately exhibited the usual symptoms—inert esed action of
the lungs, dilatation of the pupils, and the peculiarly
shrill cry which in such cases is generally indicative of i m .
mediately approaching dissolution. In order to give it ,
chance of recovery, however, a few drops of ammonia were
admininstered, without apparent benefit. A constant stream
of cold water was then poured upon the base of the skull
and along the spine, when the animal very shortly exhibit-
ed symptoms of resusitation. It was then wrapped in
warm flannel. In a quarter of an hour it was sufficiently
recovered to walk. Dr. Rohinson had. in a former lecture
mentioned that this mode of treatment had been discover-
ed by accident. A cat, which had annoyed the apprentice,
of a chemist, was poisoned by them with Trllssic acid, and
thrown by for dead. By mere accident, however, it fell
under a stream of water, which was pouring from a pump
the effect of which was its gradual resusitation. Benefit
ing by this hint, the same means have been since success-
fully applied to more than one human subject who had ta
ken I’rtissic acid. No instance, however, had come withit,
Dr. Robinson’s knowledge where an animal had been re--
stored after the symptoms which this rabbit exhibited; and
the singularity of the case struck the Faculty as being one
a knowledge ot which it was desirable should be promoi>
gated. The rabbit is now in full health and vigor.
Education.—How is a nation to grow rich and power
ful ? Every one will answer, by cultivating and nrakm ?
productive what nature has given them. So long as iheir
lands remain uncultivated, no matter how rich by nature
they are still no source of wealth ; but when thev bestow
labor upon them, and begin to plough and sow the fertile
earth, they then become a source of profit. Now, i s j t not
precisely the same case with the natural powers of mind ?
So long as they remain uncultivated, are they not valueless?
Nature gives to the mind talent, it is true, but she does not
give learning or skill—just as she gives to the soil fertility
but not wheat or corn. In both cases, the labor of man
must make them productive. Now this labor applied to
the mind is what we call education, a wotd derived Iron
the Latin, which means the educing or bringing forth the
hidden powers of that to which it is applied. In the
same sense also, we use the word cultivation ; we say cul*
tivatc the mind, just as we say cultivate the soil.
From all these, we conclude that a nation has two late
ral sources of wealth; the soil of the nation, and the mind
of the nation. So long as these remain uncultivated, thrv
add little or nothing to wealth or power. Agriculture
makes the one productive, education the other. Brought
under cultivation, the soil brings forth wheat and com and
good grass, while the weeds and briers and poisonous
plants are all rooted out; so mind, brought under cultiva
tion, brings forth skill, and learning, and sound knowledge
and good principles; while ignorance and prejudice, and
bad passions and evil habits, which are the weeds and bri
ers and poisonous plants, of the mind, are rooted out and
destroyed.
An ignorant man, therefore, adds little or nothing to-tht
wealth of a country; an educated man adds a great deal;
an ignorant man is worth little in the marker, his wagw
are low, because he has no knowledge or skill to sell—
Thus in a woollen factory, a skillful workman may get ten
or fifteen dollars a week, while an unskilled workman
must be content with two or three. In a store or counting-
house, one clerk gets one thousand dollars salary, because
he understands book-keeping over tlie value of goodi,
while another u ho is ignorant gets nothing but his board.
In some countries where slaves are sold, a brick-layer or 1
carpenter will self for three or four times as much as a
common hand that can do nothing but labor. We see this
difference too. when we look at nations—thus China bu
ten times as many inhabitants as England, but England
has a hundred times as much skill, therefore England u th*
more powerful of the two,'and frightens the government of
China by a single ship of war.
Thus too, among the nations of Europe. Prussia is
more powerful and prosperous than any other of the same
size on the continent, because all the people are educated,
which makes them moral and industrious as well as skill
ful. If then the education of the people be necessary to
the prosperity of the nation, it is the duty of the govern
ment or nation to provide for it; that i“, to see that no
child grows up in ignorance or vice, because that is wast
ing the productive capital of the country. This educa
tion should be honest, faithful, and temperate ; for if a man
be a liar or a drunkurd, his knowledge or skill is worth lit
tle to the country ; because he will be neither trusted nor
employed. -
None know the value of education but those who have
received it; it is therefore the duty of every child whohti
been well educated himself, to use bis influenee when he
grows up to extend it to others, and if he be a legislator,
to make it national and universal in his country.
[Me Vicar's Political Economy.
The plague-in Turkey.—Only a day or two since,u
poor Greek inhabitant of Therapl ia, was suddenly attack
ed with sickness and thinking that he recognized symptom
of the plague, he immediately proceeded to his cottage;—
and stopping, ere he touched the threshold, called to hit
wife, who, astonished at seeing him at so unwonted an
hour, and struck by the change in his appearance, was
about to approach him, w-lien he desired her to stand back
and then calmnly telling her he was unwell, although be
knew- not from what cause, he desired her to throw bin
his furred pelisse.—“ If it be a mere passing sickness,
he added, as he prepared to depart, “ it will only costa*
a night in the open air ; if it be the plague, you will at least
save our few articles of clothing, and the few comforts of
the cottage—recommend me to the Virgin and St. Roche.
And thus he left his home, and wandered weak and heart
sick to the mountains. He felt that the brand was on him!
and lie went to die alone, he knew not how-, whether as a
wild and frantic maniac, gathering strength from the fever
which would turn Iris blood to fire, and howling oot bis
anguish to the winds of midnight, without one kind voice
to comfort or one fond hand to guide him until at length
he dropped down to die upon the damp earth.
On the morrow the wife hastened to the mountains with
food, in search of’«ir husband. She had not taught her
self to believe, that the plague had touched him, and she
feared, that he might suffer from hunger.—She led one of
her children by the hand—his favorite child!—aDd the?
were long before they found him, for although the young
clear voice of the boy, shouted out his name, was b° rr,e
far away upon the elastic air of the mountains, there w 3 *
no answer to the call; the father lay cold and stiff 18
a gully of the rock. The anguish of the unfortnsate so
man may be canceivea. In her first agony she sprang to
wards the body; but the shriek of her child recalled her w
a sense of her peril, and the fate that she would entail, up
on her little ones. The struggle was long and bitter; b*t
at length, slic turned away with fhe weeping boy, and **■
turned into the village to proclaim her widowhood.
Of a still more tragic character is the following anecdote
which has reference to the same frightful scourge:
A melancholy tale was related to me by a lady of The
rapliia who hud watched, from day to day, the proceeding*
of one of these little plague stricken mountain colooie 5 *
through a telescope.—It consisted of a miserable fa® 8 -
the father, grey haired and feeble; the mother, bent &n *
palsied. The children died first, one by one; for the da-
ease drank their j oung blood more eagerly than the <" n
stream which moved sluggishly through the veins of
aged parents; and at length the old couple were left al**'
They used to sit side by side for hours, under a tree i# ,v &
tbeii village, the birth place of their dead ones, wh«a*fb f ?
had pjutinto the earth with theitown hands; but with 18 *
week, the childless mother sickened in her turn, and tb»
grey old man dragged a wretched mattress to the foot
the tree, from beueatb which his stricken wife bsd ntt hff
er power to moveand he held" the water, to her lip#i
he pot the bread into her grasp fc but «U this e*re
her nothing, and, with his lean and trembling h **“*\.
snatched her a grave, under the shadows of
she had loved in life, and whan the- earth had ^
from his sight, he lay down aertws the narrow m
dieiabkturn. .. .
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