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i9iriiz.isiMiw In advance, per year, $2 00 Not paid in advance, i 50 Not paid until six months have expir ed, 300 Not paid till the year has expired, 350 No subscription received lor a less time than a year,) II i ' ' -- . - . It lriMItAl I'IfJ T 4 O Tfnn . - n ,0 liiriJJi-rAJN-r TO STATES AS IT IS TO ,i . i am INDIVIDUALS j AND THE GLORY OF THE STATE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF ITS CITIZENS. unless the price be paid injj -rrTTVr advance i w'i FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, NOVEMBER 23. 1850. JtT- Persons who adrcrtise in the newspapers should always mark their adrertisniients nith the number of insertions; otherwise they often forget and lut the ad vertisement run longer tban necessary . and when the bill comes to be settled, there is something said about the cost. And when an article is advertised for sale, when it is iold, theadvertiser should attend to taking it out of the paper, because it misleads the readers of the paper besides running him to more cost. PRICES OF AT THE CAROLINIAN OFPCE, From aud after the 1st of Sept. 185 0. For all such Blanks as we keep for sale, GO cents per quire. Where Blanks are printed to order, the prices will range from 33 cts. to jgl f0 per quire, thus: 1 quire cap blanks s;l 50 per quire. 2 1 00 " 3 " ' " S3 ' 4 , 5 or G " 75 " " 10 " GO " 13 " 50 " 20 ' 40 " 1 quire letter-sheet blanks 1 25 " " 2 " " 85 " 3 75 " " 4, 5 or fi " " 05 " 10 " " 55 " J 5 15 " 20 ' 35 " ' Any blank printed to order which lias more matter in it than is usual in Monks printed for the above prices, will be charged extra accord ing to the amount of matter, or the fancy-work directed to be done. In like manner, a blank continuing but a few lines of mutter to the sheet will be charged a less price. VALUABLE PLANTATION AND TURPENTINE AND TIAIRER Land for Sale- The subscriber intending to remove to the west, offers for sale his plantation in Robeson county, 7 miles from the village of Lumberton, lying immediately on the main road from Lum berton to M-Jiion Court House. The tract con tains twelve hundred and fit'ty acres. It lies within live miles of Lumber River, and is very heavily timbered, as none has ever been cut from it. No better turpentine land can be found in the county. The cleared land (about 4 or 500 acres) yields as good crops of corn and cotton as any in this section of country. About 100 acres is perfectly fresh. The situation is high, pleasant and healthy; water good ; with a comfortable dwelling house and all necessary out-buildings in good repair. There are also on the premises a good water grist mill, a gin and screw, all in good repair. "Any person wishing further information, will please address the subscriber at Leesville, Robe son county, N C. The subscriber will take pleasure in showing the i'and to any person wish ing to look at it. A LEX. II. FUL1IORE. Sept. 7, 1S50. G02-U". WATCHES & JEWELRY The subscriber gives notice to his old friends and customers, and the public, that he has re sumed the WATCH AND SILVERSMITH BUSINESS, and is now receiving a good assortment of goods in the line, such as GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, field fob, vest and guard Chains; gold Watch Keys; Jenn tf LittJ gold E tr-Rings, (now all the ra ;) gold Breast lJi us, Rings, Lockets, Studs, and Snaps; gold and silver Pencils ; gold Pens; filver Combs and Slides; music boxes; fine knives, razors and scissors; silver thimbles; needles; surveyor's compasses and chains; j evolv ing and common pistols; double and single barrel gnus; powder Ilasks ; shot pouches; game bags; percussion caps; violins; clnionetts; flutes; fifes; accordeons; violin and guitar strings; perfumery; steel and gilt watch chains aud keys, watch guards; porte monaies. &c. &.o. AIiSO, S day and 30 hour BRASS CLOCKS; ALARM CLOCKS. All of w Inch will be sold as cheap as can be bought in the State, and ones reasonable term.-'. Qt- Wrttches and Clocks repaired and warrant ed. All kinds of jewelry and other jobs in his line repaired with neatness and despatch. A share of the trade is solicited. W. Pit I OK, At the old stand on the north side Hay street, 1 doors above the Market House. Sept 1S50. 3m. HATS & CAPS. I would respectfully call the attention of my friends and the public generally to my new arid large stock of Hats and Caps. Having selected them with great Care, I feel assured that if there is anv thing in the shape of a hat, cap or turban, in New York or Philadelphia, that is calculated to please the public, they can be suited at my store, north-east corner Market Square, Green street. I am prepared to furnish country merchants at wholesale on the most reasonable terms. 1 in tend selling for very small profits. DAVID GEE. Sept 21, 1S50. 10 Reward. Ranaway from the subscriber on the ith inst., a negro boy by the name of WESLY. Said ne gro is 27 years of age; about five feet nine inches high ; weighs about 10 or G5 pounds ; has rather a saucy look ; with a scar running across the forehead, above the eye-brow, and he is of a dark copper color. He has a large natural gap between the upper front teeth. The above reward will be paid for his appre hension and delivery to me, or for putting him in any jail so that I can get him again. Any in formation concerning him will be received if di rected to me at Rollins' Store, .Moore county, N. C. THOS. HARRINGTON. Sept 21, 1S50. GOl-tf $20 Reward. Ranaway from the subscriber on the lGth Aug., a mulatto man named CARY. He is 5 feet 10 or 1 1 inches high, well built, bright complected, bushy hair, sharp features; has a slight stoppage or impediment in his speech. He is about 30 years of age, and can read tolerably well. He has a wife at Mr Jas. Kirkpatrick's, below the mouth of Rockfish, where he is supposed to be lurking, or about Fayetteville. The above re ward will be given for his delivery to me, or confinement irr any jail so that I can get him. malcom McGregor. 11 miles west of Favetteville. Aug. 31, 1850. GOl-tf NEW GOODS. 1 am now receiving a large and general assortment of DRY GOODS, Hardware, Hats, Shoes, and GROCERIES, which I will sell cheap for CASH OR COTTON. All who winH t.r i i respectfully inTited to call and examine for themselves. w wy - v 4, ftf.M ! IE T Mill State of X. Carolina Cumberland County. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Septem ber 2rm, ISoO. William A. McLennan ts. Allen McCorquodale, Arch d McKay. Executors of Sarah S. McLennan. Petition for the reprobate of the "Will of Sarah S. McLennan, dec;d. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Allen McCorquodale. one of the defendants in this case, is not an inhabitant of this State: it is therefore ordered that publication for sixweeks bemadein the North Carolinian, for said Allen McCorquodale to be and appear at the next term of this Court, to be held for the couuty of Cumber land, at the Court House in Fayetteville. on the first Mon day of December next, and plead, answer, or demur to this petition, or the same will be taken pro confcsso as to him. and heard accordingly. Witness. John .icLaurin. Clerk of our said Court at office in Fayetteville, the flrt Monday in September. A. D. 1850. J. .McLAL'RlX, Clerk. 008-Ct. pr adv fii 25. SHEETING AND YARN. I have on band and for sale on accommodating terms Sheetings and Yarns (at the Factory prices) from the Cedar Falls Manufacturing Company, Randolph county. N. C. The quality of these goods is too well known to need any recommendation They are equal, if not superior to any made in this State. COO-tf PETER P. JOHNSON The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. &1 3 D i 3 D 3 S A F ELY SECURED ACCU M ULATED BY THIS COMPANY. ALL THE PROFITS DIVIDED AMONG THE INSURED. .1 dieidend of 52 per cent, teas declared 3st January, IS IS. Persons can effect insurance on their awn lives, or oj others. Jl xoije can in sure the life of her husband, the benefits of which are secured bylaw to hcrselj and her children. All persons dependent on salaries, or daily earnings are invited to call and avail themselves of a resource whereby their wives and children maybe secured from want. This is perhaps the best Company in the U. States. JNO. M. ROSE, Agt. Fayetteville, Sept. 2S, 1SC0. tf LIVERY STABLE. The subscriber informs the public that he keeps HORSES and VEHICLES for hire, and is prepared to furnish conveyances to neighboring towns and villages. His stock is good, and dri vers careful. He will also board horses at mod erate prices. Applv to "J. W. POWERS, Agt., Who also keeps a good supply of GROCERIES uf ihe best quality. id" A few Boarders can be ac commodated, with or without lodging, bv ap plying to J. W. POWERS. Oct. J 9, 1300. tf D. M. McDonald Invito; the attention of all who wish to buy cheap for cash, or exchange for country produce, to call and examine his stock of HVTS & CAPS, BOOTS &; SHOES, Hardware, crockery tJc glass-ware, Castings of all kinds. And a variety of other articles too tedious to mention. Hay street. Oct jy, lb50 4m TIN WARE MANUFACTORY. AT WHOLESALE So RETAIL. F. T. WARD'S Old established Tin &. Sheet Iron Ware Manufactory Is Removed. To the south-east corner of JSIarket Square , 1 ready with the necessar machinery and materials for making Factory Drums and Cans, and to do all kind of work for Factories; also Roofing, gutleriiur, and all kinds of JOBIUNG done on short notice, Sc by experienced workmen. A constant- supply of Tin kept on hand, at wholesale and retail. Country merchants and pedlars Can be supplied at theverv lowest prices. F. T. WARD, Agt. Sept. OS, 1S50. D. & W. McLAURIN HAVE received, and are receiving, for the Fall and Winter trade : fine Wool-lyed M'k, brown, olive, green, and blue Cloths ; Cassi meres ; Jeans; Sattinets; Kerseys, Blankets; Hats ; Bonnets; Shoes; Umbrellas, &.C., with a seneral variety of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, which we request purchasers to examine, being confident that our prices will be perfectly sat isfactcfrv. Sept. "23, 19."i0. G05-tf RANAWAY J From the subscriber on the 22d of Julv, a negro man named MORRIS. He is 6 feet 1 or 2 inches high, but slender built; yellow complected; rather biink eyed ; has a scar on one cheek. When last heard from, he was making his way towards Lum berton, where he has relations. I will give TWENTY DOLLARS for his deliv ery to me, or his confinement in any jail so that I can get him again. " ' JOHN S. WILLIS. Prospect Hall, Bladen county, N. C. August 5, 1S50. 59S-tf ) NEGROES WANTED. Cash will be paid for likely young Negioes if application is made soon. J. & T. WADDILL. Sept 14, 1S30. G03-tf weifrhinir over POST OFFICE INFORMATION. A single letter means any weighing J ounce avoidrupois or less. A letter weighing over 1 oz. and less than 2 isregarded as 4 letters. Newspaper, means a paper of 1900 square in ches or less. No P. M. can frank a letter ounce, except on 'official Business.' Postage on letters from any office in the U. S., to and from California, or our Territories on the Pacific, 40 cents prepaid or not. 'Newspapers and pamphlets 3 cents each, sea postage, and the inland Postage to be added, if any. P. M.'s whose corn's were $200 or less for the year ending June 30, 1550, can send and receive written letters free, not weighing over oz. each on their own private business. They can lrank to California, or any other place in the U. S. possessions, but not beyond. Postage on letters to China, &.c. may be 75 cents or 45 cents. Postage on regular or transient papers, 1 or 1 J cents, and 50 per cent, commission on them. Total postage on papers to Great Britain 4 cents, 2 cents to be paid in each country; to any place through Great Britain 4 cents, prepaid. The Postage on letters, to or from Great Brit ain is 2-1 cts., the single rate. The franking privilege 'travels with its pos sessor.' A Postmaster can frank through any office he may pass in travelling, but he cannot send franked letters from his own office at the same time. Postmasters whose annual compensation is not over $200, may frank names of subscribers and money to newspapers. Postmasters are entitled by law to the follow ing commissions on the amount of letter postages received by them in each quarter of the year, and in due proportion of any fractional part of a quarter ; but no Postmaster can receive a larger compensation from commissions than $(500 per quarter: 10 per cent, on the first $100; 'S6 " " next 300 ; 30 " " 2,000; Y2 " on all over 2,400 ; A commission of 50 per cent, is allowed on postage of Newspapers, Pamphlets, and Maga zines; also two cents is allowed for the delivery of each free letter, (excepting free packets of printed matter, such as Speeches, &.C., though made up in letter form,) to officers where the commission does not am't to $500. On letters received for distribution at such offices as are designated for that purpose by the Postmaster General, a commission of 7 per cent, is allowed. Postmasters whose annual compen sation is not over $200 may frank names of sub scribers and money to editors. At offices where the mail is regularly to arrive between the hours of 9 o'clock in the evening and 5 o'clock in the morning, 50 instead of 40 per cent, is allowed on the first $100 of letter postage. Table of postages. l-2oz Letters not over 300 miles, Letters over 300 miles, Dropped letters, Letters by British mails. Newspapers not over 100 miles. or w ithin the State, for each sheet or supplement. Do. over 100 miles and out of the State, To be prepaid if not sent from the office of publication. Pamphlets, Magazines, Periodi cals and all other printed mat ter, except as before and under mentioned for each not over loz- 2oi. 3os. 4 o I TJEHJtrS o' asvbxitxsxxg: One sauareoftwenty-t-r ! lines or less, for one i riser tion , 60 cents ; every s u b -sequent insertion, 30 cents except it rwmaininfor sev eral months, when it will be charged $3 for two months, $4 for three, &c, $10 for twtite months . VOI. 11 -WO. 613. GO- Liberal deduction for large advertisements by the year or sis ttiOLtljs. 0 10 2 24 1 or. 10 20 2 4S 2ozS os. 20 30 40 2 96 GO o 144 NORTH CAROLINIAN 1 cent. 11 cts. 2i 3i 4 5i A fraction of oz. over not to be regarded. Circulars and handbills not over single cap size and unsealed (to be prepaid,) 3 cents. The Cunard line of steamers is under contract pay with Great Britain, for carrying mails, and all the postage except 5 cents on letters carried from the U. States by that line, is received by Great Britain; but the Collins' line is under con tract with the United States, and all the postage except 3 cents on letters carried out by this line, is received by the U States. MORE NEW GOODS. Just Received, Super fine French Cloths, Vestings and Cas si meres. Ladies' DRESS GOODS, Gloves One box extra heavy superior Mill Saws. TAYLOR & UNDERWOOD, Green Street Nov. 9, 1S50 0ll-3t &.C. BOOTS & SHOES. VV e are receiving our Fall and Winter supply of Gen tlemen's, Ladies', Boys', Misses's, and Children's BOOTS SHOES AND GAITERS, Embracing a large variety of styles and qualities; with a general assortment of SERVANTS SHOES. Also, a prime article of HARNESS LEA THER: Oak and Hemlock Sole Leather; Calf, Goat, Lining, and Binding Skins ; Lasts, Shoe Thread, Shoe Tegs, Sparables, &.c &c. With an assortment of WINDOW SHADES. All of which we will sell verv cheap for Cash. S. T. HAWLEY & SON. Nov 9, 1S50. 611-3t READY FOR SALE, Super extra fine Beaver Some fashionable Jenny Lind do ; low crown broad rim do., manufactured for my friends. Show your hands, gentlemen. DAVID GEE. Nov 9, 1S50 611-tf SECOND FALL STOCK. II. & E. J. LILLY ARE now opening a very large stock of fresh goods, convisting of DRY GOODS of almsst every description ; Hats, Bonnets, Shoes, Umbrellas, &c.,&c. The abort goods have been recently selected with much care and will be offered at low price for earn or good paper. October 26, 1850. 609-6W CANDLES! CANDLES! The aubscriber having purchased the Fay etteville Candle Factory," is prepared to mould best candles, and solicits the patronage of those having tallow to mould. A. M. CAMPBELL. Nov. 0, 1S50. Gll-tf H'm.H, Bafnct Editor and Proprietor, FAYETTEVILLE. X. C. ItfOVEBIUER 23, 185Q. FROM RALEIGH. We Jiave despatches from Raleigh informing us lhaf Hon. Weldon N. Edwards has been elect ed Speaker of the Senate, as was expected, and Hon. James C. Dobbin, Speaker of the House. Mr John Hill of Stokes county, elected Chief Clerkaud Gen. Singletary reading Clerk to the Senate. Perrin Busbee, Chief Clerk, and Thos. Bailey, reading Clerk to the House. Telegraphed for the Washington Union. TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION Jit Fredericklon, .Yew lirtmswick. A fire broke out at Frederickton, N. B., on Monday afternoon, 11th inst., destroying nearly four entire blocks, situated in the centre of the city. A great majority of the buildings con sisted of the principal stores, and contained large quantities of goods. It is impossible to ascertain the loss, though between two and three hundred houses have been destroyed, and an immense amount of property. Two-thirds of the stores in that portion of the city were destroyed. With regard to the insurance, it is impossible to be correct. The greatest part of the loss falls on the Hartford (Connecticut) offices, which are deeply involved. Vast amounts of property were insured. The VVesleyan Church was destroyed. Full 2000 persons are by this dreadful calamity ren dered houseless. Telegraphed for the Charleston Mercury. Baltimore, Nov. 15. The steamship Cambria arrived at Halifax this morning at 10 o'clock, with 53 passengers and Liverpool dates to the 2d inst. Since the departure of the Atlantic, Cotton had receded . The quotations are for Fair Upland and Mobile 7d, Orleans SJ pence. The sales of the week amounted to 39,730 bales, of which speculators took 7,000, and exporters 4,000. Breadstufls are dull, but without perceptible change in prices. Provisions are dull. Lard is firm, at previous rates. The advice from Bombay and Calcutta repre sent husinss as active. Produce is scarce. The political news is unimportant. PROVISIONS FROM EUROPE. The New York correspondent of the Wash ington Union states the following singular Ltcts: 44 Among the note-wortlij things one sees here is actually the importation of pro visions from Ireland! Thus the Herald of this morning contains an advertisement of a merchant ottering one hundred hamp ers of Irish potatoes for sale imported, of course. To the stranger this would look like competition in the agricultural way with us. But the fact is not so. We have a large Irish population, many of whom, having the means, biy such importations only for the sake of reminiscences. They of course sell higher than the American grown, as they are with us altogether a fancy article. After the same fashion, the manifest of every steamer from the other side of the Atlantic exhibits the importa tion of quite an invoice of English South down mutton, hares, pheasants, partridges, cheese, porter, ales, &c, and French des ert nick-nacks which in no manner com pete with similar articles made and pro duced here being sold at double the prices at which the American range, to gourmands of the city, who pay anything charged for the gratification of their palates. The same correspondent, changing the subject, gives the following religious news : 'The Rev. Mr Ryder, of Georgetown College, lectures this evening at the Taber nacle before the Mercantile Library As sociation, upon the history of his order, the Jesuits. That immense hall will doubt less be crcwded, as, apart from the great interest of his capital subject, he brings with him a distinguished reputation as a savan and scholar. On Sunday evening Bishop Hughes lectured to some 3,000 persons, at fifty cents per head, fthe pro ceeds being devoted to charitable pur poses,) upon the rise and decay of Protest antism; while at the same time the Rev. Dr. Dowling, a Baptist clergyman of dis tinction, lectured to almost as many on the rise and downfall of l'opery." So they go in this tit-for-tat religious world ofNetv York. Bishop Hughes is doubtless one of the ablest disputants in this city. He rea sons with ti e logic of Webster, the per spicacity of Calhoun, the elegance of Foote, the eloquence of Clay, and the re search of Benton." Look Out. A letter received at Green ville from Newberry, says that a man named Haw-lev, the forerunner of Robin son & Eldred's Circus, arrived there the other evening and handed a couple of num bers of the New York Atlas to some gen tlemen. The Atlas was filled with rank abolition sentiments. Hawley was waited on and examined by some of the citizens of Newberry, and a large number of copies of the same paper were found upon him. He received notice to quit, which he did instantly at 9 o'clock at night. The Town Council of Newberry have given notice that Robinson & Eldred's Circus would not receive a license to exhibit in that village. Charleston Sun . SOUTHERN MERCHANTS. SOUTH CAROLINA BROGANS. We have at our office a pair of Brogans from the manufactory of Dr. Witsell, of Walterboro' They are pronounced bv competent judges to be equal in workman ship and superior in material to the north ern article, while they are sold at the same prices. 1 he leather is also manufactured by Dr. AV itsell, and all his workmen are slaves. With such evidence of Durability to compete with the north, both in quality ana price, we do not see wbv the two nun dred and fifty or three hundred thousand dollars annually contributed by our State to the abolition shoemakers of Massachu setts, may not be retaineJ within ourlim its. Charleston Mercury. . In addition to the above, we would sav that Alex. McRjje, Jr., of Wilmington, has just re ceived a direct importation of China, glass, que-nsware. &.c. That is what all our merch ants ought to begin to do. COMING RIGHT. We are glad to find the following sentiments in the Salisbury Watch man, a whig paper: "For our part we have come to this point: The fugitive slave law must be executed, or we are ready to sever every tie that binds this Union. It must be executed. or else we go for setting up for ourselves) and if our rights cannot be secured to us under the Constitution, we must stiike for them with our own arms. The question has come up, now, in a form which all can readily understand: it comes up in a form which will not admit of hesitation on the part of a single man in the south; there can be no further plead ing; as much as we regret it, the time has come, it this law is to be nullihed by the free Slates, when every man in the south must show his hand, and that promptly. He must either be for us or against us. There is no middle ground here' Letter from California. GREAT SUFFERINGS OF EMIGRANTS. Stockton, California, Sept. 30, 1850. I have just conversed with a gentleman from New York, who, with three of his brothers, arrived here yesterday, after a four months' journey across the country. He states that about 70.000 persons are on the road now. The four brothers started with two six mule teams, plenty of provi sions, clothing, money, etc. , and arrived in Stokton with the loss of almost every thing. He states that on both branches of the Platte the cholera prevailed to a horrible extent, hundreds dying daily. The wa ters of the Platte are thick and muddy, and he attributes the escape of his party Irom sickness to their precautions in boil ing the water, clearing it with isin-glass, and making it into tea or coffee before drinking. The graves of emigrants, he says, were thick at every camping place near the Platte. In crossing the great Salt Lake, their sufferings were indescri bable. The sand was knee deep, the sun broil ing hot; not a tree was to be seen ; there was no water, and their provisions were all gone. Fortunately, after passing over about one hundred miles of this hideous desert, theycame across a man who had gone forty miles further, found a good spring, and returned with two barrels of water. This water he first sold for gl per gallon, then SI per quart, then glO per pint, and as the emigrants came along, each choaked almost to death and complete ly exhausted, his prices raised, and no sum he could name within the power of the poor emigrant was refused to be paid. When the water was nearly all gone, a man came along, who for three whole days and nights had drank but a half pint of fluid. He was almost dead, and begged for some water. The answer was, I have not enough to last myself and animals back to the spring." $30, glOO, grOO was o lie red in succession for one little cup full of water, and the dealer refused it. The wretched emigrant threw down 8700, all he had in the world, and by main force grasped the cup and quenched his thirst. This statement seems incredible ; but my informant is a man of intelligence and probity, and his word cannot be doubted. Soon after leaving the water trader, the party came across a company who had a little flour, which they would not part with until the offer of 840 per pound tempt ed them to sell. One bbl. of flour was sold for 8800, and glad enough was the purchaser to get it. Upon arriving at Carson's river, they found provisions plen ty, but very high. Flour was 82,50 per pound. A single meal of two small pies, coffee, and some pilot bread, cost them Sll per man. Provisions, it tvas expect ed, would soon be much lower on Carson's river, as my informant met immense trains of provisions on the way from this valley. Whilst crossing the Sierra Nevada moun tains, the party was enveloped in a snow storm, and at the last pass the snow fell six or seven inches in one night. This pass is not over 150 feet in width, and is on the side of a deep declivity. Above the road the rock towers almost perpendi cularly, 250 feet, whilst below, it is almost equally abrupt. At the bottom were seen innumetable carcases of mules, cattle and wild animals. My informant says it is the almost universal opinion at Carson's river, that not one-third of the emigration can cross the Sierra Nevada mountains before the winter sets in and renders the road impassible. He thinks they can winter very well in Carson's valley. His party expected to meet with, and thought they were provided far every hardship. He says he has travelled extensively through Europe, but no scenery there equals in sublimity and beauty, many of the views on the land route across this continent. Neveithetcss, he declares he would give all he possesses in the world, or all he hopes to possess, if he could only banish from his memory the many hurors he felt and witnessed on his. terrible journey. Yours, truly, O. P. XV. TREATMENT OF SCARLET FEVER. The following article from an eminent physician of Washington will possess in terest for every family as well as for the medical profession : To the Editor of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. "Washington-, April 11, IS50. Sir : As everything relating to the treat ment of scarlet fever a disease almost as fatal and destructive as cholera itself is of great interest to the profession and the public. I desire to call the attention of your readers to the mode of treatment re commended by Dr. Schecmann, physician to the fviugof Hanover, as contained in a recent number of the London Lancet. The plan proposed by Dr. S. has not received the attention from the medical profession in this country or in England, so far ns inv knowledge extends, that its importance demands. My experience with it is now considerable, and I think I can safely re commend it as a very valuable addition to our means of conducting this dreaded dis ease to a satisfactory termination. It is philosophical and rational in theory sim ple and efficient in practice. 1 hope a fair trial will be given to this mode of treatment by the profession, and the results made known through the jour nals, that its true value may be definitely ascertained. I subjoin the most important directions given by Dr. Schnecmanti, in a somewhat abbreviated form. HARVEY LINDSLY, M. D. Treatment of Scarlet Fever by Inunction. From the first day of the illness, and as soon as we are certain of its nature, the patient must be rubbed morning and even ing over the whole body with a piece of bacon, in such a manner that, with the ex ception of the heat!, a covering of fat is everywhere applied. In order to make this rubbing-in somewhat easier, it it best to take a piece of bacon the size of the hand, choosing a part still armed with the rind, that we may have a firm grasp. On the soft side of this piece slits are to be made, in order to allow the oozing out of the fat The rubbing must be thoroughly performed, and not too quickly, in order that the skin may be regularly saturated with the fat. The beneficial results of this application are soon obvious. With a rapidity bordering on magic, all even the most painful symptoms of the disease are allayed ; quiet, sleep, good humor, appetite return, and there remains only the impatience to quit the sick room. The advantages of the treatment indicat ed may be summed up as follows. 1. The improbability we might almost say the impossibility of the patient gett ing cold while the skin is thus covered with fat a point in no disease more im portant than here. 2. The dry brittlcness of the skin and the tormenting itching are by it not only materially alleviated, but generally entire ly removed. Every practitioner knows how often the itching and burning of the skin in scarlet fever are unendurable to children, keeping them constantly in dis tressing movement, and robbing them of sleeping. Hence children are generally well satisfied with this process, and often ask for its repetition long before the time is come. S. The influence on the physical func tions of the skin is still more important. Duiing the coming on of scarlet fever the skin becomes diseased, in consequence of which it loses its vital power. During this illness, and until anew covering is again prepared for the surface, the func tions of the fekin are very imperfectly per formed, or during the desquamation pro bably not at all. In order to explain the extent and importance of the impercepti ble functions of the skin in a merely mechanical view of the matter, the read er is referred to the accurate experiments of Seguin. which fix the quantity of matter thrown oft' from the outer skin at eleven grains per minute in a grown person, and therefore more than two pounds per day. What efforts must it cost the organism to lead so large a quantity into other paths, in order to throw it off. when the skin is so: ,t , lncapaoie or uotn? 4. With this disappearance of the des quamation) disappear all those bad symp toms which attend on it. In order to give a striking proof of the importance and bad influence which the interrupted functions of the skin produce on the healthy activity of relative, even if distant organs, we may cite the fact that death is always the result where more than one-half of the skin has been destroyed by fire or boiling liquid. A similar destruction of the skin ensue in scarlet fever, with this difference, that it takes place gradually, and thereby the or ganism is better enabled, by employing all the activity of the body, to find aid against the mipchief which must result from the cessation of the functions of the skin.
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