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I VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, OCTOBER 5,1852. NUMBER 80.
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THE HOPES OF EARTH.
When youth looks forward, to his eager gaze
The dim perspective is with glory crown'd,
And earth seeins looking in the moonlight blaze
' cir Krio-tit enn of Hone. whose light profound,
^ With golden smiles, tips every object 'round.
The Future is to him a land of dreams,
Of burning dreams, which there have only found
What to his view are soft enchanting gleams
Glitt'ring with all the hues of rainbow-tinted beams.
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Within this fairy-land the hopeful mind
Delights to roam and people it with things
Of a superior beauty, whose refined,
Unearthly, influence truth unwelcome flings
To the back-ground; whilst sweet imaginings
Seek the bright pictures of fictitious joy,
Thus, to her dreaming victim, Hope still 6ings
Naught save the beautiful without alloy?
Yet are the syren's songs meant only to destroy.
For soon, alas! the stern reality,
That fatal whirlwind, desolates the spot,
Which Hope endow'd wtth immortality.
That sacred repertory?max sweet grot
Of the imagination?shares the lot 1
Of Autumn leaves, when the tornado woke,
And tore them shivering from the tree?to rot!
Whilst rude and cheerless trunk and branches
broke,
Shall long remain to prove the tempest's direful
stroke. ,
See! strewn around is many a shatter'd form I
Of what was once so beautiful and bright?
Poor broken relics of the cruel storm,
Which shaded o'er that scene's refulgent light, ]
- Changing most joyous day to gloomiest night. And
now?Ambition's sceptre torn away? i
The love-dream lost forever to the sight?
The Future goae with every promise gay?
Sad Mem'ry asks, of Hope, the question, "Where
are they?" TII1CTA.
September 25,1852.
AUTUMN.
HV LONGFELLOW'.
Thou comest, Autumn ! heralded by rain ;
With banners by great gales incessant fanned,
"* Brighter than brighest silks of Samarcand,
And stately oxen harnessed to thy wain !
Thou standest, like imperial Charlemagne,
Upon thy bridge of gold; thy royal hand
with henedictions o'er the land ;
Blessing the farms through all thy vast domain,
Thy shield is the red harvest moon, suspended
So long beneath the heaven's o'erhanging eaves :
Thy steps are by the farmer's prayers attended;
Like flames upon the altar shine the sheaves;
And following thee in thine ovation splendid,
Thine Almoner, the wind, scatters the golden
leaves,
WOMAN'S LOVE.
Oh, woman's love! at times it may
Seerr. cold or clouded, but it bums
With true, undeviating ray,
Nor ever from its idol turns. 1
Its sunshine is a smile; a frown,
The heavy cloud that weighs it down ;
Its sweetest place on which to rest,
A constant and confiding breast;
Its joy to meet, its-death to patt;
Its sepulchre, a broken heart.
A Singular Case ok Suffering from as
Accident.? Miss Ann M. Clark, who brought
suit to recover $20,000 damages from the citv
of Boston, for injuries sustained in falling into a
cellar, at the time of the great Railroad jubilee
in that city, obtained a verdict for $8,200, on
Saturday last. The Traveller says the testimony
of the Massachusetts General Hospital physician,
where Miss Clark has remainded for nearly the
...i?i? t.n oo/M.lenf discloses the fol
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lowing singular result:
Miss Clark is about 10 years of age; previous
to the accident she was employed .as a worsted
worker at Maiden, and enjoyed good health.
On the last evening of the railroad jubilee, she
proceeded with some friends to witness the tireworks
in Bowdon Square. On their return home
they passed through Chnrdon and Hawkins street
where she fell through a cellar way which had
been accidentally left open after the grade of
the street and side-walk had been altered. After
she was taken out she complained of a feeling as
if she had been struck in the stomach. The
next day she proceeded to her work at Maiden,
was there seized with vomiting, and violent pains ;
in the stomach ; she returned to Boston, was j
conveyed to the. Massachusetts General Hospital, ;
where she has remained ever since. The physi-1
cians say that in her fall she received an injury
to her spine, and the result is, that she cannot t
keep upon her stomach but a very small quantity
of food, an amount barely sufficient to sus- p
tain life, but not enough to stay the cravings of n
appetite. Her chief aliment is molasses and wa- r
tor, and if any amount above two ounces isgiven
to her, stomach soon rejects it. Various expe- t
dients have been devised by the physicians to administer
nourishment. Among others blisters
have been applied and then Cod Liver Oil rub- ,
bed on the scarified surface, and thus absorbed ,
into the system. The unfortunate young woman j
is little better than a skeleton, and her sufferings <
are no doubt very severe. The physicians state
there is recorded in the books but one similar (,
case. c
Engaging Manners.?There are a thousand \
pretty engaging little ways, which every person j
may put on without the risk of being deemed
affected or foppish. The sweet smile, the quiet
cordial how, the earnest movement in addressing
a friend, or more especially a stranger, whom c
one may recommend to our good regards, the
inquiring glance, the graceful attentions which
are captivating when united with self possession,
these will ensure us the good regards of even a
churl. Above all there is certain softness of
manner which should be cultivated, and which,
in either man or woman, adds a charm that al- 1
most entirely compensates for lack of beauty.
The voice may be modulated so to intonate, that
it will speak directly to the heart, and from that
elicit an answer; and politeness may be made
an essential to our nature. Neither is time |
thrown away in attending to these things insignificant
its they may seem to those who engage
in weightier matters.
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Characteristics of GrcatiVcn.
'lasso's conversation was neither gay norbril- v
liarit.
Dante was either tactitiirn or satirical.
Butler was sullen or biting. 11
Gray seldom talked or smiled.
Hogarth and Swift were very absent minted c
in company.
Milton was unsociable and even irritable when r,
pressed into conversation.
lvirwin, though copious and eloquent in pub
lie address, was meager and dull in colloquial i;
discourse. e
Virgil was heavy in conversation. is
La Fontaine appeared heavy, course and stu- r
pid; he could not speak and describe what he I
find just seen, but then he w;is the model ot'poe- v
try. s
Chaucer's silence was more agreeable than his e
conversation.
1 Myden's conversation was slow and dull, his 1
liurnor saturnine and reserved. r
Desecartes was reserved in mixed company. a
Corncille, in conversation was so insipid that a
lie never failed in wearying. He did not even e
speak correctly that language of which he was 1
such a master. a
Ben Johnson used to sit silent in company and a
suck his wine and then humors. 1
Southey was stiff, sedate, and wrapped up in i4
asceticism. j r
Addison was good company with his intimate i
friends, but in mixed company he preserved his t
dignity by a stiff and reserved silence.
Junius was so modest that he could scarcely f
speak upon the most common subjects without 1
a suffusion of blushes. r
Fox, in conversation, never flagged; his anima- a
tion and variety was inexhaustible. v
Dr. Bendy was loquacious. I
Grotius was talkative. t
Goldsmith wrote like an angel, and talked like v
a poor Poll. t
Burke was eminently entertaining cnthusias- I
tic, and interesting in conveisation. c
Currea was convivial deity; he soared into '1
every region, and was at home in all. I
Dr. Birch dreaded a pen as he did a torpedo; v
but he could talk like running watcfr. c
li. niwl unn.W.
1 M. *J UI1 II>UII ? I UlU IliVllUlVUUMon uuu j"-r?.v4v*
ously, but in conversation his words were close t
alid sinewy; and ifliis pistol missal fire, lie t
knocked down his antagonist with the but end of 1
it. t
Coleridge, in conversation, was full of acute- <]
ness and originality. ^
Leigh Hunt has been well termed the pliilos- 1;
opher of Hope, and likened to a pleasant stream s
in conversation. t
Carlylc doubts, objects and constantly demurs, t
Fisher Ames was a powerful and effective ii
orator, and not the less distinguished in the so- c
cial circle. lie possessed a fluent language, a ii
vivid fancy, and a well stored memory. ii
Thk Gentleman at Church, may be know"
by the following remarks;
1. Comes ir. good season, so as neither to in- i:
terrupt the pastor nor congregation by a late t
arrival.
2. Does not stop upon the steps or in thepor- i
tico, either to gape at the ladies, salute his friends c
or display his colloquial powers. o
Opens and shuts the door gently, and walks s
deliberately up the aisle or gallery stairs and v
gets to his seat as quietly, and by making as few (
neonle move as possible. )
4. Takes his seat either in the back part of (
the seat, or stops out in the aisle when any one I
wishes to pass in, and never thinks of such a f
thing as making people crowd past him while f
keeping his place in the seat. s
5. Always attentive to strangers, and gives up t
his scat to such, seeking another for himself. 1
G. Never thinks of defiling the house of God 1
with tobacco spittle, or annoying those who sit t
near hiin by chewing that nauseous weed in
church.
7. Never, unless in case of illness, gets up and
goes out in time of service. But if necessity ]
compels him to do so, goes so quietly that his (
very manner is an apology for the act. s
8. Docs not engage in conversation before i
onunencetnent of service. 1
9. Does not whisper, or laugh or cat fruit in
he house of God, or lounge.
10. Does not rush out of church like a tramling
horse the moment the benediction is proiouneed,
but retires slowly in a noiseless quiet
nnnner.
11. Does all he can by precept and example
o promote decorum in others.?Ex.
Advice to Young Ladies.?Never marry a
nan because he is handsome, he will think too
nueh of his own beauty to take pride in yours,
fever marry a man because he has wealth, for
'riches take to themselves wings and fly away."
Never marry a man for his parentage, for " a
food cow will often have a bad calf."
Marry a man for his good sense, his amiable
emper, his sound morals, his habits of industry
ind economy, and you will then have a good
uisband, and your children a good father.
Advice to Boys and Girls.?1. Respect and
ibey your parents.
2. Love your brothers and sisters sincerely.
3 Never speak evil of one another.
4. Never strike, nor, lie, nor cheat, nor steal.
5. Be strictly honest, even in thesmallest maters.
0. Save everything you can and give a porion
of benevolence.
7. Do not mock the deaf, the lame, or the blind.
S. Always be respectful to the aged.
9. Keep your cloths neat and clean.
10. Return articles borrowed or found.
11. Avoid the company of bad children.
12. Never want only liill a fiy or any animal.
13. Do not covet what is not your own.
14. Improve your opportunities for gaining
instruction.
15. Avoid low, vulgar profane and obscene
rords.
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1(3. uo not nna iauit wuu your iuuu.
17. Let \-our conduct at the table be becomng.
18. Be exact in all your, dealings and aeon
tits.
19. Have a place for every thing arid put evey-thing
in its proper place.
Minnesota Sai.t Reoion.?l'robably there
5 not a richer salt region on the face of the
arth than the one in Minnesota. The territory
? generally supposed to be valuable for its ag
icultural resources alone; nothing, however, can
>e more erroneous. True, its natural agricultural
realth is probably second to none in the Missisippi
valley, but its mineral wealth is not less
xtensive and valuable.
Among the latter its salt stands pre-eminent,
.'ho region lies between forty-seven and fortyline
degres" north latitude, ami ninetr-sevan
nd ninety-nine degrees west longitude. Its ex
ict locality was ascertained and defined by an !
xpedition sent out from Fort Snellirig, by Mai. !
-ong, in 1822-3. The same Maj. Long, who
ifterwards was commander of the expedition
icross the llocky Mountains, to explore the Coumbia
river and Oregon Territory, known as
'Long's Expedition." A description of that salt i
egion, together with its locality, wiil be found !
u the Topographical Department at Washiagon.
Our first information of that salt region was
roin a soldier in the expedition. He says they
tad been travelling for several days over a vast
oiling plain, with no trees or water; the troops
md horses were almost famishing with thirst,
vlion they came suddenly upon the shore of a
>eautiful lake about half a mile in diameter, sunk
lown deep in the plain. It resembles more a
ast sink hole. From the height above the waers
a vast snow bank appeared to line its shore,
ait upon examination, it proved to be an encrustation
of salt as pure and as white as snow,
fhe waters of the lake were like the strongest
irine. So strong was it, that one bathing in it,
tpon coining out, in a few minutes would be
ovcred with the white crystalizatiun of salt.
Tf tliis s.-dl rc-rioii be as rich as it is supposed
o be, a railroad projected into it would prove
o be the best stock in the country. There are
nines of undeveloped wealth more extensive,
note durable and more important than all the
fold regions beyond the Rocky Mountains.?
>Ve are informed also that a very short distance
telow the surface, the pure rock salt lies in a
trata like coal or lime rock. We hope the atom
ion of the public and the government will be
timed to the subject. There is a region lying
tt our immediate neighborhood, almost unknown,
ontaining more intrinsic wealth than any State
11 the Union, and which would yield an annual
neotne probahlv equalling the entire revenue of
he country.?Si. Louis Union.
The Kai.i. of a Text.?< hving to some defect I
n its construction and the immense weight ofi
lie roof?covered as it was with new oak hoards j
?the tent of Maj. Cochran, at the camp-ground, |
neasuring six!v by thirty feet, fell with a tearful i
rash on last Sunday morning during the II |
/clock service. There were ten or twelve porous
in the lent at time, all of whom escaped
villi slight injury, except Lieut. l'\ W. Seileck,
)rdinary of Abbeville district, and Maj. W. A.
iVardlaw, of the firm of Wardlaw it \\ alker,
Charleston. The injuries received by Mr. 8cl?
?'?! ?? cnriiiii< nat ure, and mav prove
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atal. A log eight or t?*ti inches in diameter I
ell across his l>otly. The external wounds are
light ones. What are the nature and extent of)
he internal injuries could not he ascertained. I
iVe apprehend the worst consequences. Mr. j
A'ardlaw was able to leave the camp-ground j
hat afternoon, if wo arc correctly informed.
jVeivberrt/ Sen tincl.
A Cumous li.Ki.ir.?The New York Comnercial
Journal puhlislics the following curious
;lause in the will of Lewis Morris, one of the
iigners of the Declaration of Independence. It
,vill 1m; seen that the worthy old patriot partook
ibcrnlly of the prejudice which existed among
our li-mest old Dutch fanners against the yankee
race.
' It is my desire that my son Ooverncui*Morris
may have the best education that is to be had in
England or America, but my express will and
din eti??ns are, that he be never sent to the Coiinccticut
colonies, lest ho should imbibe in his
youth, that low craft and cunning, so incident to
the people of that country, which is so interwoven
in their constitutions, that all their art cannot
disguise it from the world, though many of
their; under the line garb of religion, have endeavored
to impose themselves upon the world
for honest men. Lewis Morris.
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One Secret of a Happy Info.
We were in company the other day with a
gentleman apparently fifty or sixty years of age
who used in snbstmice the following lanciiao'e :
?"Were I to live my life over again, I should
make it a point to Jo a kindness to a fellow being
whenever I had the opportunity. I regret very
much that my habit has been so different, and
that I have l eeti indulging feelings so unlike those
which would lead to such a course of life. It was
too much my way to let others take care of them
selves while I took care of myself. If some little
trespass was committed on my rights, or if I
suffered some slight inconvenience from the
thoughtlessness or selfishness of others, I was
greatly annoyed, and sometimes used harsh and
reproachful language towards the offender. 1
am now satisfied, that niv own happiness was
greatly impaired by this course, and that my
conduct and example contributed to the irritation
and unhappiness of others."
"It was but the other day,continued the gentleman,
"that I was passing along the street, and
a coachman was attempting to draw a light carriage
into the coach-house. lie tried once or
twice without effect, and just as I came up, the
carriage occupied the whole side-walk, and prevented
my passing. The hostler looked as if it
ought not be exactly so, and there was something
like a faint apology in his smile. It was
on my tongue to say, 'in with your carriage, man!
and not let it stand here blocking up the passage.'
But a better impulse prevailed. I weut to the
rear of the carriage and said1?Now, try it again
my good fellow! while I gave a little push, and
in the carriage went, and out came the pleisant
"Thank'c sir?much obliged." I would not
have taken a twenty dollar batik note for the
streak of sun&hine that this one littleact of kindness
threw over the rest of my walk, to say nothing
of the lighting tip of the coachman's face.
And when I look back upon my intercourse with
my follow men all the way along, I can confidently
say, that I never did a kindness to a human
being without being happier for it. So
that, if I were governed by mere selfwh motive
and wanted to live the happiest lite I could, I
would iust simnlv obov the bible precept, to do
good untti all men si* I had opportunity.''
All this was said with an air of sincerity and
deep conviction, which wo cannot give to our
report of it. And does the experience of the
youngest of our readers confirm or contradict
the statement ? Js there a boy or a girl among
all of them, who can say 1 did a kind action
once to my brother or sister, or playmate and I
was afterwards sorry tbr it?I should be happier
if it had been an unkind one?" It is very likely
that a kind act has been ill-requited, perhaps
misconstrued; but if it was performed with proper
feelings, it is as certain to produce proper
feelings, it is as certain to produce happiness as
sunshine is to produce warmth. We counsel our
young friend- then, to seize every opportunity of
contributing to the good of others. Sometimes
a smile will do it. Ofieiior a kind word?a look
of sympathy, or an acknowledgment of obligation.
Sometimes a little help to a burdened
shoulder or a heavy wheel wili be in place.?
Sometimes a word or two of good counsel, a seasonable
and gentle admonition, and at others a
suggestion of advantage to bo gained, and a little
interest to secure it, will be received with
lasting gratttiuie. am<i tlitis every instance or
kindness done, whether acknowledged or not,
opens tip a little well spring of happiness in the
doer's own breast, the llow of which tnav be
made permanent by habit.
Cintors IvVl'fclHIMKNTS, WH AT I>0 THEY MEAN?
? A friend told its the other day of a very curious
experiment, which led us to try others equally
curious with the same success. His experiment
was this: Take a gold ring, and suspend
it bv a thread about half a yard long; then
hold it by the thumb and finger of the right
hand over the palm of the left hand, so that the
ring may swing freely as a pendulum; it will
oscillate to and fro in the direction of the arm
with increasing force. Then lot another person
form a connection between the thumb and forelinger
of the operators left hand by his own
thumb and fingers ; the motion of the ring will
change from a straight line to a circle at once,
and on the withdrawal of the connection it will
return to a straight line; and on touching the
operator's left "shoulder with the hand, the molion
will cease, and the ring he at rest.
Wo tried the experiment successfully, and
found that it would succeed equality with a key
instead of a ring, or with any body of proper
size similarly suspended, whether of metal, or
wood or glass. We found also that if suspended
over the knees, tin* pendulum would swing from
kliee to knee, and immediately begin to revolve
as soon as the feet were brought together. Suspended
over the heart, the pendulum revolved of
itself in a eirele of considerable diameter; and
over the forehead it revolved in an opposite direction
from its course when held on the hack of
the head.
These experiments vary somewhat with different
persons; yet, with greater or less force, they
seem to follow the same law in nearly all eases.
What docs it mean ? The force is not electrical,
for it acts as well through non-conducting as
through conducting bodies, and u silk instead ei
ii cotton thread makes no difference in the result.
It is not mere imagination, fur there is
too much uniformity in the result to favor that
supposition. In some cases the revolution is in
an orbit afoot in diameter, if not more.
We have not read Richenback's book on the
Odic Force. Vv'ill any savan tell us if he recognizes
the above facts in his researches into that
mysterious attendant of life ?
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From the New- York Evening Express.
What the East Indies cost the British
Government.?"Merrie England" is not altogether
exempt from those difficulties ever consequent
upon a struggle for the " loaves and fishes,"
, and the spoils of office. The Select Committee
on Indian Affairs, it is highly probable, will be
renewed at the next session of the House of
Commons; and the Whig journals are exceedingly
fearful that the civil patronage of India will
! be made over for twenty vears to the Tories.
i 11 lis same civil list is a very nice thing for those
1 who are so fortunate as to be upon it, amounting,
j as it does in the aggregate, to about, ?3,250,|
000, exclusive of the whole Indian revenue,
| while the civil list of Great Britain only amounts
I to about six and a half one-hundredths of the
| revenue. The number of superfluous governments,
there being no less than seven of them,
and monstrous salaries, are the principal causes
, of this great extravagance.
A civil officer, from the day he arrives in In|
dia, receives the full pay of a Lieutenant-Colonel
; in the British Infantay, and after ten years ser|
vice has a pension of ?1000 a year.
The salary of the Governor-General is ?25,|
000 per annum, (five times as much as tliePre!
sident of the United States.) besides a furnished
i palace, any quantity of servants, public feasts at
I the public cost, all his travelling expenses, and
j the snug sum of ?5000 for outfit and pas
sage-money. 1 here are four councillors to advise
him at salaries of 810,000 each; one of
them, the Commander-in-Chief, who does nothing
in particular, has ?0000 per annum in addition
' in his military capacity. The Governors of Madras
and Bombay have not quite so much, but
I are cruelly obliged to manage on ?15,000 per
; annum, while their councillors suffer on the short
I allowance of only ?8000. Thus the Executive
! and Legislative government of India costs about
?0.300,000 per annum.
The Judicial branch is not far behind. It
costs about ?0,000.000 more, which is a little
j short of ?700,000 more than that of Great
l Britain and Ireland.
j There are first four Queen's Courts, three Supreme,
and one Recorder's Court, with eight
, Judges in all. Their annual cost is about ?275,
OUU. the Lluet Justice ot bengal has ?7,000
j a year, and those of Madras and Bombay ?6,000.
r Tli? I'ttinn'n of ben gat have Oocroe-'cm.+Bt mni
: those of Madras and Bombay ?5000.?The Re[
corder of the three Eastern settlements, who
1 travels over about 500 miles to fulfil his duties,
I has ? 1,500, and all have pensions,after ten years
| service, of from ?1,000 to ?2,b00 per year, bej
sides outfit and passage money.
There are also extensive ecclesiastical estabi
lishmeiits, consisting of Bishops, Archdeacons,
Chaplains, Presbyterian ministers, of the Scotch
kirk, and others, all of whom receive salaries, pensions,
outfits, passage money, A*c., but whether
they return a quid pro quo in Indian souls saved
is not settled or taken into consideration.
The passage money alone in 1851 amounted
to ?19.945 lis. 9d."
Reward for service is not in any degree proporitonato
to the dignity or usefulness of theof|
fice ; all are rewarded as near as can be alike;
j the only principle governing being, that every
I officer should be paid as large a sum as possible,
j Supreme Judges and Collectors of Taxes receive
the same salaries. A Chief Provincial Judge
; has ?3,800 a year, and an Exiseman exactly the
| same sum. The pension list is open to all alike,
: after the prescribed time of service, from the
j small tax collector with his ?2,800 a year up to
i an Indian counsellor, growing billious on ?10,000,
Such "spoils" as these are worth having, but
the contrast between these enormous salaries
paid to the English officers and those paid to the
Indian subordinates is very great. There are
100,000 Indians, and in all India only about
| 40.000 Englishmen. There are three classes of
j native Judges who receive salaries amounting to
| ?522. ?300, ?134 per year. The first draws
! just one-tenth of the salary of an English Pro!
vincial Judge and the third less than one-tweni
ticth of what is paid to a subordinate Collector
of Rand Tax.
The inordinate salaries of the English officers
in India wore fixed at the time it was thought to
i be rich in mineral wealth, but it has Droved Door
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enough, since the wages of the laboring classes
are only 2d. a dav, and 100,000,000 of people
only contribute .?25,000,000 ! or about one half
of what a quarter of the number of people contribute
in (.treat Britain. The salaries of the
Governor General and Judges were fixed eighty
years ago, and some high subordinate otficers sixty
years since, when a voyage to India occupied
six months and was very expensive, It can now
be made easily and agreeably in thirty days, and
one may live in Calcutta almost as cheap as he
can in London, and enjoy the same luxuries that
the great metropolis affords.
An East India Director with this enormous
patronage to bestow is certainly a man to doff
one's hat to, and whose smile and favor is not to
be despised. But all this goes to show that
much of those possessions, upon some of which
the snn-ri.-e ling is being hoisted every hour out
of the twenty four, costs more than it comes to,
j and that it may be all very well to boast of, but
It IS lift rAiri'CUiii^iv t.\j?cu^nu iuaui > tu
ilvDRornoiiiA.?A lottor from the Ilagu*
states that two eases of hydrophobia have been
cured there by the employment of sulphate of
quinine, combined with opium. A full statei
ment of the two cases is to be published.