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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1872.
NUMBER 09.
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New Orleans La.
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0 UR AGENTS.
Ascension—P. Landrr.
Baton Kongo— H. W. Ringgold.
Caddo—W. Haroer.
Carroll—R. M. Lackoy.
Catahoula—M. Morris.
Concordia—D. Yonne.
DeSoto— M. H. Twitehell.
East Feliciana—John uair.
I Feliciana, Wfcfit— lt. J. Taylor.
1 Orant— John W. Francis.
I Iberia—8. Wakefield.
I Iberville—Rov. John Atshloy.
I lifourche—Oscar Crosier.
Alison—William Murrell.
Virhitoclicw—Raford Blunt.
(>jchita—D. H. Hill.
ßiqucmincs— J. C. J. Rivers,
lipides —Wm. Crawford.
St. Helena—Rev. James Reese.
St. Tammany—James Taylor.
J Tenttft » —J. ltoss Stewart.
[ ïerrebonne— F. C. Wright. .
jissim— v
[todni'v — S. J. Ireland.
I Vicksburg— T. Broadwater.
Bixsas— A. Robinson, W. H. Gray,
tarn—1Kdwin Belcher.
jmia — H. M. Turner.
ÈCB1DA —J. J. Wall.
irrcKY— Horace Morris.
iOCRi—St. Louis, John Turner.
biASA—Intlianopous, James. 8. Hinton.
bo— Cincinnati, Wm. H. Jones,
feras— Chicago, Lewis B. White.
ïxehsee — Memphis, Robert Church.
I my friend-my friend.
BT M ABO ABET J. JI. SWEAT.
I thousand thoughts unwritten and un
spoken
from my heart to find their home
with thee;
1 not one link'of pleasantness is broken
ich bound thee in the dear old time
to me.
' goes by with heavy step or fleeting
fc beara its freight oi loving hope or
fear,
i which, for thy dear sake, my heart
is beating " /
Iit quick and fond as though thou still
wert near.
|) morning hour or evening shines
darkens,
|Tithout some question from my soul
thine;
1 u for thy reply my spirit hearkens,
I winds bring answer that all thou
art is mine.
|aow that through this dark and hope
less sorrow
I He shall love on as we have loved so
long;
(id though no ray of promise gild the
morrow,
ch day will prove our trust more true
and strong.
matters then for us this earthly
parting?
at though the daily life be sad and
. lone?
! such tears as these should ne'er
be starting
P<yea that once have looked into thine
own.
save one of deep and earnest
pould fill the heart which thou hast
stooped to win;
I art so strong that when I yield to
sadness
pinst the greatness of thy love, I sin.
f'Friend ! my Friend ! forgive my weak
complaining.
I shrink at thought of all these passing
years !
p are gone—so many yet remaining
|sw can I choose but count them thro'
my tears!
• not fear that though I now am
weeping,
glorious lesson by thy strength is
taught;
1 in vain these vigils am I keeping
all unworthy is the work I've
wrought. i
importance and value of
of the patended stove im
ents may be judged of from
which were made public
recent meeting of the stove
stores of the United States,
® Cincinnati It appears that
■Merest has, in this country, a
capital of over 130,000,000
, ^ employs 150,000 men, and
■ probable product, during
."ttrent year, will not fall short
stoves.
Tk ^-55555
eliabit of accurate and of bjb -
tlc bought is invaluable.
gov. smud m drug medication.
bt b. t. tball, m. d.
[From the Science of Health.]
The recent death of the distin
guished . statesman, William H.
Seward, affords a fitting opportunity
to call attention to some circum-1
stances of interest to those who are
seeking truth in medical science.
There is' nothing in the history of
the case to account for the death;!By
and unless we can find it in the
medication, we must assign it to
that ever-convenient mystery of
sries, a "mysterious Provi-1seems
dence." '
Some of the readers of The Sei
ence of Health may recollect that, a
short time before the attempted as
sassination of Mr. Seward in Wash
ington, while Secretary of State, he
was thrown from his carriage and
severely bruised. He had not re-1
covered from the prostration when I
the attempt was made on his life,
A writer in one of the medical jour
nals argued that the assault on the
feeble invalid was really beneficial I
to his health. It operated like a
restorative. It " roused up " the
vital energies. The patient needed
a stimulant, and the " assault and I
battery " answered the purpose ad- 1
mirably.
Preposterous as this notion will
seem to many of our readers, it is
perfectly consistent with the whole
drug system. Is it any worse to
" rouse up " a sick person by 6tab-1
bing, or pounding, or shooting him
externally (provided you do not
spill too much blood), than by
poisoning him internally ? There
may be some difference; but that
little--is,-in, favor of the external I
treatment. Flagellation, burning,
blistering, nettling, etc., have been
resorted to in the collapse of choie- 1
ra, to " rouse up " the dormant or I
exhausted vitality. If this style of I
medication, in its effects on the I
vitality of the patient, is essentially
different from the administration J
of stimulating drugs internally, we
fail to comprehend it. Apply the
lash to a spirited horse, put arsenic
in his mouth, or turpentine in his
ears, or musquitoes on his skin, or
brandy in his stomach, and he will
for a time manifest a corresponding
degree of " augmented vitality,"
according to medical books, but of I
expended väalüy according to na-1
ture.
Mr. Seward died suddenly and
unexpectedly. This, however, is
not uncommon for men of his age.
Nor can we always tell why or how
such persons die. But, in Mr.
Seward's case, there seem to be
good and conclusive reasons why,
independent of medical treatment,
he should not have died at that
time, and certainly not in that man
ner. As we reason from the facts,
the conclusion is inevitable that the
medication sent him out of the
world. We attach no blame to his
physician, Dr. Dimon. He treated
the patient according to his system.
That was all he could do. It was
just what he should have donè.
The treatment may have been the
patient's misfortune, but it was not
the doctor's fault. It is not Dr.
Dimon that we are criticising, but
the principle of drug medication.
Mr. Seward's original ailment was
congestion of the liver, to the ex
tent of inducing chills in the form
of tertian ague. This is rarely dan-1
gerous, and never suddenly fatal. I
But Mr. Seward died of congestion
of the lungs. This was no part of
the case except so far as the tr ea t-1
ment" produced it. Congestion of I
the liver, even to the extent of pro
ducing paralysis, is not immediately
dangerous; but congestion of the
longs is. When severe, it stops the
breathing* When severe, it is. at
tended with much pain, great diffi- !
culty of breathing, expectoration,
and more or less cough. The I
cough, however, is much less violent |
than in severe congestions of the
liver when they occur suddenly.
It is the common practice of allo
pathic physicians „ to give morphine
or other narcotic or stupefying
medicine in congestion of the lungs.
The drug allays the cough, lessens
the pain, and prevents expectora
I tfon. Sut so much the worse for
the patient/ The cough and expec
toration are processes by which the
l un gs free themselves. To suppress
them is to aggravate the congestion
causing the fluids to accumulate
in the lungs. No treatment can be
worse. That this was the fatal
error in the case of Mr. Seward,
clear enough from the testi
mony, as published in the New York
Sun of October 12.
Mr. Seward was riding out as
usual,, and in comfortable health,
on Saturday. In the evening, he
I had a chill, with violent coughing,
These symptoms indicated conges
tion of the liver. Dr. Dimon was
I called, and prescribed, but did not
regard the case as sérious. Nor
was it. We are not told what med
icine the paiient took, but he passed
I a restless night with fever and deli
rium. Why delirium ? Children
are sometimes delirious in the hot
stage of any febrile paroxysm, but
I aged persons seldom, and never un
1 der the circumstances of Mr. Sew
Sard's case, independent of medica
tion. We présume the delirium was
the effect of the usual medicine—
morphine.
The nest day was passed com
fortably. The ensuing day (Mon
day) he attended to business as
usual. At 10 p. m . he had another
chill with cough. Dr. Dimon again
prescribed, and the patient was
'* extremely nervous." Why these
symptoms, after the medicine, unless
the medicine produced them ?
Mark ! they did not exist before the
doctor prescribed. Chills and fever
do not cause extreme restlessness
and nervousness in such persons,
although they may cause much
heat, pain and suffering. At 2 a. m.
the patient arose, and walked about
until 9 a. m ., when he fell into a re
freshing sleep. He had walked the
effects of the medicine off, and then
he could rest; after which he took
his usual breakfast. Certainly there
was nothing serious thus far except
the medicine.
On Tuesday he visited his pastor,
I and attended to business, until 10
p. m. On Wednesday he spent the
day, as usual, in riding out and
working on the manuscript of his
forthcoming work (A Voyage
Around the World) until 10 p. m.;
but during the night he was restless
again and could not sleep. Why,
we are left in cbnjecture, as nothing
is said about medicine. But as Dr.
Dimon attended him constantly,
the presumption must be that the
doses were increased to the extent
of inducing the otherwise unac
countable symptoms; for, as already
remarked, these symptoms have no
business in the case independent of
medication.
On Thursday at 10 a. m. the pa
tient was suffering of low fever (the
account says "high fever," but it
means severe), with the pulse 110.
This fever and this pulse were the
effects of stimulation. Nothing else
ever changes the type of tertian in
termittent to remittent or continued.
And now, for the first time, we are
[told precisely what the medicines
were. Hitherto we have had to as
certain them by the symptoms—
their effects. "The doctor admin
istered efficient doses of quinine,
{xmxriate of ammonia» preceded by a
mild bilious laxative." The whole
mystery is solved, and we know why
the patient died.
The next morning the doctor ex
pressed his apprehensions of a fatal
termination. Well he might The
case had been " worked up" to that
result. Nothing in the whole Ma
JteriaMedica is more paralyzing to
the respiratory apparatus, and more
depressing to the whole nervous
system than "efficient" doses
quinine. Dimness of vision, buz
zing in the ears, and general pros
tration are among the common ef
fects of efficient doses. ,$hat extra
ordinary doses, with the| condition
of congestion of the livèr already
existing, should induce fatal con
gestion of the lungs is not surpris
ing; and the depressing quinine
was aided in its mischievous effects
by muriate of ammonia, another
chilling drug. . "
After breakfast the patient was
seized with conghing and great
difficulty of breathing." These
symptoms, the doctor said, were
caused by " a sudden overwhelming
catarrhal effusion into the lungs."
The true explanation is, the drugs,
which diminished expectoration, had
caused the mucous excretion to ac-1
cumulate in the lungs until breath-1
ing became "overwhelmingly" dif
ficult. Counsel was sent for, but
too late. The breathing now be
came rattling and suffocative. The
doctor ordered stimulants and rum.
(Why that particular form of grog,
in extremis?) The patient swal-|
lowed' the horrible stuff, complained
that it oppressed his stomach,
gasped and struggled for breath,
took leave of his family, and in a
few moments was a corpse !
Such is a statement of the medi-1
cal pointe of the case, as briefly col
lated as possible without rendering
them unintelligible. That fatal
congestion of the lungs was pro
duced by narcotic and stimulating
drugs, we have no shadow of doubt
Some of our readers may recollect
that the Prince of Wales was dosed
iu a similar manner, until the lungs
became so congested and the I
breathing so .difficult, that the
physicians diagnosticated " gone-1
ness of one lung," and gave the pa
tient up to die. Then it was that
counsel was called, the treatment
was changed from " brandy and
other stimulants" to milk, and with
in twenty-four hours the patient
was' convalescent The Prince of
Wales was affected with delirium,
nervousness, extreme restlessness,
etc., as long as the doctors dosed
him with stimulants; but on dis- 1
continuing all medicines all fatal or
alarming Bymptoms disappeared,
His father, the late Prince Albert,
was dosed in this way until he died,
Well may it be for many who are
now living, and who put their faith
in drug poisons, and who cannot
imagine why learned men should
administer them if they are injuri
ous, if they can understand this
mystery of curing diseases by killing
patienta I
Washington, Harrison, Taylor,
Seward, are only four of the many
illustrious persons who have been
done to death by
The deadly virtues of the healing art." J
Some -would-be smart United
States Commissioner in the State of
New York has issued warrants for
the arrest of Miss Susan B. Anthony
and other ladies for voting in Bo
ehester at the Presidential election,
Why not arrest the inspectors of
election for receiving the ballots ?
This move of the commissioner will
be locked uporf as persecution oi I
the ladies, as it is evident to every
same person that they intended no
fraud, but voted as women ; and it
would seem that if any crime was
committed it was by the receiver of |
the ballots. The whole thing will,
however, result in bringing about I
just what all who believe in the right
of the governed giving their consent
desire, viz., the extension of the
elective franchise to the women of I
the country— New National Era.
T. Stewart calls his Boston
loss of $200,000 a mere
" This is a rock of ages," said the
father,'after rocking two hours, and
l i \!««"viuwuug «,«rv uuuia, ouu
the baby st ill awake. J
s ,. . , I
A wise man changes his mind, a I
fool never. '
Jl MECHANICAL EYE.
No mechanic can ever attain dis
tinction unless he is able to detect
ordinary imperfections at sight, so
that he can see if things are out of
plumb, out of level, out of square
and out of proper shape; and un
less he can also detect dispropro
tioned or ill shaped patterns. This
is a great mechanical attainment,
rWe say attainment, because it can
be attained by any ordinary person,
Of course there are defective eyes
as there are defective organs; the
speech, for instance, is sometimes
defective, but the eye is susceptible
of the same training as any other
organ. The muscles, the voice, the
sense of hearing, all require training,
Consider how the artist must train
the organ of sight in order to detect
the slightest imperfection in shade,
color,proportion, shape, expression
etc., Not one blacksmith in five
ever attains the art of hammering
square; yet • it is very essential in
his occupation. It is simply be
cause he allows himself to get into
a careless habit; a little training
and care is all that is necessary for
success,
The fact is that the not half
eye
I as much at fault as the heedless
I mind. Some carpenters acquire
the careless habit of using a try
1 square every time they plane off a
shaving, in place of giving their
right to their business and properly
! training their eyes; and unless they
cultivate this power of the eye, they
always be at journey work.
Look at the well trained blcksmith;
he goes across the shop, picks up
the horse's foot, take a squint, re
turns to his anvil, forges the shoe,
and it exactly fits the foot,
Contrast him with the bungler who
looks at the foot, then forges a shoe j
then fits the foot to it, often to the
ruin of a fine horse. Now the fault
lies in ever allowing himself to put
& shoe on that is not the proper
shape for the foot; he should deter
mine to make the shoe fit the foot
in place of the foot fitting the shoe,
and he should follow it up until the
object is accomplished.
A very good way to discipline the
mechanical eye is to first measure
an inch with the eye, then prove it
with the rule, then measure a half
inch, then an eighth, and so On, and
yon will be soon able to discover at
[a glance the difference between a
twelfth and a sixteenth of an inch;
then go to 3 inches, G, 12, and so
on. Some call this guessing; there
s no guess work about it; it is
measuring with the eye and mind,
Acquire the habit of criticising for
imperfections every piece of work
that you see, do everything as
nearly as you can without measur
ing (or spoiling it), or as nearly as
J 011 ®an trust the eye with fits pre
sent training. If you can not see
things mechanically, do not blame
the eye for it; it is no more to blame
than the mouth is because we cannot
read, or the fingers because we can
not write. A person may write a
very good hand with the eyes
closed, the mind of course directing
the fingers. The eye is necessary,
however, to detect imperfections,
Every occupation in life requires
a mechanically trained eye, and we
should realize, more than we do,
the great importance of properly
training that organ. — Scwntific
training that organ. — Scwntific
| Amerimn
I ^ Boston gentleman who dbuld
not Wft ltz, offered a young lady one
kindred dollars if she would let
h j m hug her as much as the man
I who had just waltzed her. It was
a good offer, and showed that mo
ney was no object to him, but they
|P ut h f m out of the house so hard
that his e yes were qu ite black.
Endeavor to take your work
over action
tjj e canae Q f sickness and rest
J lessness. We must use our judg
I ment to control our excitement, or
I onr bodily strength will break
' down.
appeals fob light on the subject
The allegation is this: A crimi
nal intimacy once existed, if it does
not still, between Bev. Henry Ward
Beecher and Mrs. Theodore Tilton
The fact that Mr. Beecher is a
clergyman, and hitherto unsmirched
in reputation by . the faintest
whisper of reproach, and that the
Woodhnll is a notoriously bad
woman, go far to exonerate the
accused. For twenty-five years the
.Plymouth orator has been before
the public. His spotless reputation
raises a very strong presumption in
his favor. As between the accused
and*his accuser, no person whose
opinion is worth anything would
hesitate a moment But in the
shape Mrs. Woodhnll has put her
accusations, the relative reputations
of the two persons are not decisive.
It is asserted that Mr. Tilton him
self knows all the allegations made
to be true; also, that Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Mrs Hooker, Mr
Beecher's own sister, do. A Mr.
Frank Moulton, member of Ply
mouth Church, is another authority
given. Here are four persons
named as conversant, with the facts
in the case. They can severally or
jointly protest that, so for as they
know and believe, the charge is
false. Having been dragged into
the affair, these persons cannot re
main silent without assenting to
the truthfulness of the charge made.
This is at once the bad feature of
the case and its good feature. It
gives power to the charge, making
it impossible for Mr. Beecher to
crush it away with a wave of his
white hand; at the same time it ena
bles him to rest his vindication up
on the most substantial ground,
Mr. Tilton edits the Golden Age,
Mrs. Stanton is widely known, and
so is Mrs. Hooker. We are in
formed that Mr. Moulton is a gen
tleman of high standing. Their
duty is plain. It would be a great
mistake to suppose that the reputa
tion of Mr. Beecher is of itself am
ple refutation of the charge.. We
all know that men and women of
the very highest standing, some
times fall, never to rise again. The
black list is not without its revereifd
doctors and its reemingly saintly
women. Had* Woodhull refrained
from giving any names, there would
have been no direct way of demol
ishing her scandel, nor would it
have amounted to much any way.
It would have passed for merely
the malicious babble of a vile women
But now it has strength which may
be made its weakness. The public
has a right to demand utterance
from the four witnesses named.
Such a man as ]&r. Beecher belongs
to the public. He is a distinct fac
tor in the civilization of this day.
He is a host in himself. What
affects him affects all, only in a
different way' and degree. He has
exerted wider influence upon the
moral purpose and religions
thought of the times than any other
man of tho century, and to allow
the least suspicions of immorality
to rest upon his name would be a
serious misfortune. Once more,
then, we urge the men and women
mentioned as authority, to speak.
No elaborate defense is needed. If
they, answering for Mr. Beecher,
should join in an unequivocal "not
guilty," that would put an end to
the scandal immediately, and for all
time to come.— Chicago Journal.
Somebody says there should be a
women in every firm of architects
to look after the closets. When
you build your house, you may tell
the contractor, until you are black
in the face. "We will have a closet
here." He will not put one there
until he has seen madam, and ten
to one, when he has seen her, the
closet will go élsewhere; and dou
ble the number and twice the size
be ordered.
emigration from georgia.
Not only are colorejd men in
Georgia packing up to leave that
treason-ridden State, but the poor,
down-trodden loyal whites are be
coming convinced that there is no
hope for a better future for them
under the rebel government of the
Empire State of the Sonth, and are
consequently seeking homes in the
West and Southwest
The colorod people are active,
and agents for them will be sent in
to the West to select homesteads,
and to make necessary preparations
for a large exodus of the bone bnd
sinew of the State whose cruelties
and oppressions, have made it
necessary for the seeking of a re
fuge elsewhere. Emigration can
only result in a benefit to the col- .
ored people. In the Terirtories they
will be free, and the time now in
part spent in attempting to elude
the vengeance of Ku-Klux-Klans of
chivalrous Georgians, can bo whol
ly devoted to the bettering of their
condition, without fear of molesta
tion. Tho land settled upon by tho
emigrant will be his own, the profits
accruing from energetic labor will
fill his coffers, his children can bo
educated in peace, and he loses
nothing of his American citizenship
by the removal to the plains.
By emigration the colored man
has every thing to gaiii and nothing
to lose. The losers will be tlioso
who deserve whatever deprivations
may follow the flight of the labor
ing portion of the State. We are
more than gratified to see the de
termination of colored people 'to
settle upon the public lands, and
to build themselves up in wealth
and intelligence. Let them see to
it that the school hcuse be a prom
ient and well patronized institution
in their midst; let them understand
that it will be more profitable in
the end to educate their children
than will be the little work they
can perform during the interval
between the ages of five and twelve.
We known that Hon. Jeff Long,
who seems to be the prime mover
in the emigration scheme in tho
State of Georgia, is an earnest and
enterprising man, and we congratu
late upon the success he has already
attained in awakening a feeling of
enterprise among the colored people
of Georgia. We hope within the
space of a year to chronicle the
success of a very large settlement of
colored people upon the plains.
The following, from the Macon
Union, is one of many incentives
for the laborers of the banner rebel
Statë of Georgia to look for homes
elsewhere :
A most diabolical murder was
committed in Jasper county last
week by one William Baxter, a
colored man named Moses Ilutch
ins being the victim.
Moses Hutchins and his wife
were hired to work for Baxter. Tho
wife of Hntchins was carrying , din
ner to the hands in the cotton field,
and when some distance from tho
honse wat met and assaulted by
Baxter who had an ax. He used
the handle of the ax, and was beat-,
ing her with it Her cries attract
ed her husband from the field
where he was at work. When he
came upon the scene, instead of
cleaving the assaillant of his
wife to the ground, he begged with
all the humility of a slave, for his
wife. This only exasperdted the
cowardly woman beater, and be
went to the house, got his gun and
returned and "deliberately shot
Hntchins through the heart.
The county authorities arrested
Baxter, and a justice of the peace
heard the case and discharged him.
This is a fair example of the pro
tection citizens of Georgia are af
forded under the laws of the State,
and it being a case out of the reach
of United States laws, there is no
», or punishment of a white
savage for the killing of a negro.
Sine# writing the above we learn
that a negro was taken from his
house, on the line of Washington
and Warren counties, last week and
killed by Ku-Klux.— Neic National
Era.