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Democratic Journal Devoted to 'National and State Politics, Literature, Foreign and Domestic Hews, etc. vol. m. wrisiSTOjsr i858. No. 6. TIIE PUBLISHED WEEKLY ALSPAXJGH &. BONER, Editors and Proprietors. BY r Terms oi Subscription. "The Westees Sestixei." is published every Friday morning, and mailed to subscribers at two DOi.ui.iis a year, in ad ranee; two dollars and a half after six months, or three dollars after the close of the subscription year. To any one procuring six subscribers, and paying the cash in advance, the paper will be furnished one-year, gratis. Terms of Advertising in tiie Sentinel. Our regular rates of advei'tising are as follows: One square, (14 lines or less) first insertion, $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, ------ 25 Fur six. months, - -- -- -- -- 5 50 Fof twelve months, - -- -- - - - 8 50 t3? Liberal deductions in favor of regular ad vertisers. Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding five lines irtlength, five dollars a year longer ones in proportion. "E3pT Postmasters are required by law to notify publishers when papers are not taken from their offices and those failing to do so become respon sible for the subscription-money. Business letters, communications, &c, may be addressed to the Editors of the Sentinel, "Wins ton, X. C. All articles intended for insertion, in cluding notices of marriages and deaths, &c, must bo accompanied by a responsible name, otherwise hey cannot be published. OJfics on Wei Street, below the JT. E. CJmrcIi. a. vi rA 3wuaic Lin trt; jiivii Liin- . - o Extract from Hon. J. P. Benjamin's Speech, deliv ered in the Senate. Slavery Protected by the Common Law of America. Now Mr. President, I come to another point in my argument, which I approach with extreme pain, with unfeigned regret. LYom my earliest childhood I have been taught to revere the judges, of the highest c-onrt in the land, as men selected to ren der justice between litigants, not more by reason of their eminent legal acquirement's than because of a spotless purity o -Character, and undimmed lustre ofeputation, which removed them far, ftybeyond even A doubt of their intcgrjj7 The'long line of eminent jndicijA'wbTt'hies, which seem ed tohaye ciln limited in a Marshall, has V'een con tinned in the person of one upon whom the highest crtlogimn that can be pronounce is to say that he was eminently worthy of being the successor-of that il lustrious judge. I know not, Mr. Presi dent, whether yon, as I, have had the good fo'rtnneto see that magistrate in the.-rJ-m i nistration of j usti ceinhis- vrI1 ' cl lc 11 1 or in the court JiiUrrrjjTieTow us, of which he is the honored chief. I know not, sir, - whether it has been your good fortune, as it has been mine, to hear the expressions of affectionate reverence with which he is spoken of bv the people amongst whom to the expressions of respect and admira tion that come from the members of his bar in their familiar intercourse with each other spontaneous tributes, worth a thous and labored eulogies, to his eminent sagac jfy, to his vast legal learning,ttliemild and serene dignity of his judicMideport inent above all, sir, above all, to the con cientious, -earnest, almost painful sense of responsibility with which lie holds the scales of justice in even and impartial 'hands between the litigants whose rights 'depend upon his judgment. Mr. President, he is old, very old. The infirmities of tige have bowed his venerable form. Earth lias no further object of am k bition for him ; and when he shall sink in to the grave, after a long career of high office in our county, I trust that I do not rudely or improperly invade the sanctity of private life in saying that he will leave behind him, in the" scanty heritage that - shallebe left for his family, the noblest evi dence that lie died as he had lived, a be- in" honorable to. the earth from which he sprang, and worthy of the heaven to which he aspired. This man, sir, thus beloved, thus rever ed, thus esteemed, ; has been compared .'upon this floor to the .infamous Jeffreys, by the Senator from Maine, Mr. llamlim .This man has been charged by the Sena tor from New York, Mr. Seward with a corrupt coalition with the Chief Magistrate of the Union. lie charges, in fact not always in direct language, but partly by bold assertion and partly by insidious sug gestions that the Supreme Execntive Magistrate-of the land, and the judges of ourliighcst court, and the parties to the Dred Scott case, got up a mock trial that they were all - in common collusion to cheat the country- '. He represents the ven erable Chief Magistrate of our country, whose reputation lias been beyond re proachlie represents the venerabie Chief Justice-as enacting a solemn farce, in the face of the American people on the eastern, portico . of. this Capitol;;, and lit tells us, that on the day when that great eea of upturned faces was here presented, all looking on -the i. solemn pageant three passing -before them, the Chief Justice of the nation was whispering into the ear of the President the terms of 'this nefarU ous bargain and that, too, at the very .moment when tho former was administer- lie lias passed lus pure, ins simple, ana ms spotless life. I know not, sir, whether von have listened, as I have, with interest ing and the latter taking the oath of office by which the high majesty of Heaven was invoked as witness to the purity of hisin tentons the administration of the govern-; ment of his country ! . Mr. President, accursed, thrice accursed, is that fell spirit of party which desecrates the noblest sentiments of the human heart; and which, in the accomplishment of its unholey purposes, hesitates at no reckless violance of assault on all that is held sac red by the wise and good. It was difficult, extremely difficult, for us all to sit hero and hear what was said and observe the manner in which it was said, and repress the utterance of indignation that boild up within us. All this is charged by the Sen ator without the proof of a solitaiy fact, without the assertion " even of a fact, on which to base the foul charge. Luckily, sir, luckily, for. us these eminent men are too highly placed in the reverence, the estimation, and the regard of the American people, to have their bright escutcheon injured by such attacks as tlies. Mr jir x'resi gnawed a dent, in olden times -a viper tile. . Although it may not be possible to make dirct answers to all these insinuations, be cause no fact is even suggested on which they rest, there are some of them in relation to which . I have the authentic evidence upon my desk in proof of their falsity. Was this case got up? What are the facts? Men should be a little careful in making such accusations as these ; unless, indeed, they care not whether they be true or false, intended to answer the same pur pose, whether the one or the other. This case was got up, was it? By accident, or design ? In the exquisitely decorous and appropriate language- of the Senator from New York, the Chief Justice of-'the Uni ted States and the Chief Magistrate of the Union were gambling at cards for the case, and Dred Scott was dummy in the imagin ary game? What truth is there in these insinuations of design ? Why, sir, Dred Scott hud sought his freedom by the asser tion of,bi3 rights in the State courts of inssonri years octore tne Jvansas-xN coras ka act was ever suggested, and years be fore the President of the United States was even a candidate for office : years before he was even Minister to England. . This case was determined in the supreme court of the State of Missouri, in 1852, ad versely to Dred Scott, and was remanded tx the lwgEKwrt for f iirthor-, tplol ... ...H 1.. 'Buchkhan Lad nclfeve, not then gone to England. The Kansas bill had . not been heard of, and ycrTfOt in tho imagin ation of any-man. When the case got back into the lower court, the counsel for Dred Scott, finding that the opinion of the supreme court of the State was adverse to ins riinus, wunurew nis case irom in State court, and endeavored to better client's chances by going into another his j- risaiction. mat is tne war the case got into the Federal court; and when was this? The case was carried into the Fed eral court in the City of St. Louis, in Xo vember, 1S53, before even the meeting of the Congress which passed the Kansas Nebraska act; of course months before first p rans: upon the country, bv hie mendment, the question in relation to the . repeal of the Missouri compromise. Here is the record : " Be it remembered that heretofore, to wit : on the second clay of November, in the year of our Lord 1853, came the above named plain tiff", Dred Scott, by his attorney, and filed in the clerk's office of the circuit court of the Uni ted States for the Missouri district, the follow ing declaration " against the defendant, F. A. San ford." Was that a case gotten up by design, be tween the President and the, court here? It was never carried there until they had lost all chance in the State court; it was carried there as the last desperate resource of defeated counsel, earger to maintain what he he conceived to be the rights of his client. Who was the counsel? .The Senators of Missonri cau tell us who II.. M." Field, of St. Louis, is, and probably they will verify here-say -that he is one of the most determined Free-Soilers in the State of Missouri ; lias always declined to vote at elections' until he was able to cast his vote for a Free-Soil candidate, and until he aided in the-clection of the Free-Soil Representative from the St. Louis district who now. sit in the. other Chamber. " This case, thus instituted in November, 1S53, was determined in the court below, and a writ of error was taken to the Su preme Court of the United States, before the Kansas bill was passed, and whilst Mr. Buchanan was in. England 1 .When it reached the Supreme Conit of the United States what became of it? What does the Senator from New York sa' became of it? " The counsel who had appeard for the ne gro had volunteered from motives of charity," and, ignorant of tho con rse of the disposition which was to be made of tho cause'' which, the' Senator had previously insin uated was gotten up by design- " had argued that his client had been freed from slavery by operations of the Missouri" prohibition " of 1 8:20. The opposing counsel, paid by the defending slaveholder" - . x. - I happen to know, however what may be the faet with the other, that one of the opposing counsel was not paid - by any slaveholder at all; that one of the. oppo sing counsel volunteered as amicus ' curim bv virtue of his position as. head of" the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, by virtue of his position as ex-Attorney General of the" United States, by virtue of his position as a compeer of the honorable Senator, and his former col league ori this floor from the State of Mary land, Mr. Beverdy Johnson. That gen tleman volunteered in the case as amicus: curio? because the whole section of the county to whose interesfeie had been de voted from his birth had an interest in this great question to be decided, and which, i at tne time oi ms volunteering in inc cas he did not yet know to be represented by j counsel. The Hon. Mr.. Geyer, of Mis- souri, afterwards entered his name of re-r cord, and appeared for the defendant. Says the Senator from New York: " The opposing counsel, paid by the defend ing slaveholder, had insisted,' in reply, that that famous statute was unconstitutional. The mock debate had been heard in the chamber of the court in the basement of the Capitol, in the presence of the curious visitors at the seat of Government, whom the dullness of a judicial investigation could not disgust. The court did not hesitate to please the incoming President" Where are we, sir, that such language as this is used ? Is this the Senate of the' United States, and are we here the em bassadors of coequal sovereignties, to be insulted Ivy language like this? Is not this an insult to every one of us, direct and personal? -. " The court did not hesitate to p lease the in coming President by seizing this extraneous and idle forensic discussion, anj converting it into an occasion for pronouncing an opinion that the Missouri prohibition was void, and that, by force of the Constitution, slavery existed, with all the elements of property in man over , man, in all the Territories of the UnitecLStates. para mount to any popular sovereignty: within the Territories, and even to the authority of Con gress itself .', . ' -x- " The day of inauguration came the first one among all the celebrations -of that' great nation al pageant that was to be desecrated by a coa lition between the executive and judicial de partments, to undermine the National Legisla ture and the liberties of the people. " - Is there a solitary word of truth in this? Not one. Is their a solitary fact allcdged ? Not one ; but a broad and naked charge is made, which is intended to stamp infa my upon characters hitherto beyond the breath of reproach. Shame, shame upon the Senator that ' makes such el-arges -as ''"Thc President, attended by the usual length ened procession, arrived and took his seat on the portico. The Sup .eme Court attended him there, in robes which yet exacted public reverence. The people,-unaware, of the im port of the whisperings carried on between the 1 'resident and the Chief Justice, and imbued: with veneration for both, filled the avenues and gardens far away as 'the eye could reach. The President addrssed them in words as bland as those which the worst of all the 1 torn an Em- perors pronounced when he assumed the pur ple, lie announced (vaguely, indeed, but with self-satisfaction) the forthcoming extra-judicial exposition of the Constitution, and pledged his submission to it as auhoritive and final." Does an3'body find that in the Presi de tit's inaugural ? Does arrybody find in the President's inaugural anything on this point, except that her learns the question to be decided bv the highest - tribunal in the land, and that he, as every other good J citizen is, is wining to render obedience to that tribunal ? "A few days later, copies of this opinion were multiplied by the Senate's press, and scattered, in the name of the Senate, broadcast over the land, and their publication has not yet been disowned by the Senate." As if w-e were going to, disown publish ing the opinions. of the- Supreme Court of the United States. : ,; : I -1 Simultaneously, Dred Scott, who had phu the hand of dummy in this interesting , political game, unwittingly, yet to the: complete ff.itis factioix of his adversary, was voluntarily eman cipated; and thus received from. his. master, as a reward, the freedom which the court had de nicd.him as a right.'! , , - , w Now does not :the-;Senator from-. New York know, .was it not published in every newspaper in the country, that the slave's master had' died ? . Was it not known "that "the man- who. had emancipated the slave was a Black Republican compeer, in the other house,"of the Senator of New York, Mr. Chaitea of. Massachusetts, who was tVirced to give this emancipation , after hav ing long hesitated, by the .indignant- de nunciations of the fellow-Republicans -a-round him ? - Everybody knows that, and yet we are told by the "Senator.; that : tlu$ gift of freedom to the slave was. the r word granted by his master, the defendant, for playing the hand of dummy in a gamp of cards a political game with the. veif erable Chief Justice and Chief Magistrate of the Union.--, Shame, "shame, once more,, upon the Senator'wlio makes charges like these, .'without the shadow ot grouua. ioi their support. s " , ; , Wise and Douglas '- - ' The Washington correspondent 'of the Philadelphia; jfim??. says : : "Gov. .Wise and Senator Douglas ; had several long and important .interviews in this city before the departure ot the flat ter, on his Western mission." - ; jji Astro nomere regard it as of evil . po tout vvhen two malign Stars come into conjunc tion. From the London Telegraph, 'June 2V .It is at all times difficult to determine the rights of nations at sea. They depend less upon actual treaties than , upon. that general and "indefinite code known as the law of nations, and great wars have fre quently miginated in a misconception of the privileges -enjoyed by marthne Powers under the undeclared jurisdiction of this authority. The rights thus acquired are partly .. natural, partly customary ; and ch depends upon the method by which' i! icy are enforced;! A very painful q ues tion involving the interpretation of this universal miernanonai law, nas arisen . oe tryeen .Qrftat Britain : andllJie United States of America ; but in dealing with it we shall be careful not to prejudice the points at is sue, or accept the allegation on either side in their entirety, since there is an obvious and unfortunate amount of bitterness on the part of , the American merchantmen and British cruisers, between whom- the controversy has taken place. In the ab sence of official information ofakiud which has certainly not yet reached any one in this country, unless it be the discreet Sec retary for Foreign Affairs, it would bo rash to anticipate what -complexion thedis- i-nifr ivi o ir occnnio ' nnrl oil thof to it co:-i ) 1 or even desirable, at this stage, is to ex press a hope that, foreseeing as we must a diplomatic contention of a most unhappy character, -accompanied by free recrimina tions from the press in both countries, a spirit of mutual generosity and forbearance 'will be displayed. We want no American war upon our hands ; we can afford to make no .unworthy or unjust concessions; but, if we are to escape the one and the other-alternative, this matter must not be allowed to become one of jealous and ar rogant boastings. If it-be not exactly". ne: cessary that a new conservative Ashbur ton should undertake to arrange the terms of a British capitulation, it would be equal ly unwise to invoke a policy of affronts and menaces, dangerous to the peace of the world, and conductive to the interests and- to the honor of neither nation. It must be remembered that the compli cation is one of serious difficulty. Certain British cruisers are charged with having wantonly and violently stopped, challeng ed, fired into, boarded and searched a num ber of U. States merchant vessels, in the Central American waters and the Gulf of Mexico, the complaints from the latter manderofthe British war-steamer Styx had announced that 'the orders of his gov ernment were to examine the papers and cargo of all ships proceeding up or down the Gulf. Now, this collision. between our public marine and that of the North Amer ican republic is one in every sense to be regretted, since the circumstances them selves are embarrassing, and it does not appear that any decision can immediately be arrived at without compromising, iman- s degree, one oi tho great Powers 1 Hi- ,77 7 1 . concerned. n e can not ioaiiaoi me Tuna of search in- inference to America wittout abandoning n as regaraji me resz oj ine world y we cannot recall our Gulf cruisers without establishing an African squadron ; we cannot suppress our ocean police with out again licensing, practically, if not avowedly, tl a'. tLive traffic which has been the curse of one mighty continent and the reproach of another. But, at the same time, it it be really-essential, in order to maintain this principle, that - American ships should be treated as we are " led to believe by the reports in the transatlantic journals, we may be assured that we must o-ive way or fight for our prerogative ; since, if there be a nation upon - earth in clined to suffer the inconvenience ot .such a systeui, it is . not the hardy, proud and powerful race winch, in the New World, speaks our language and inherits our inde pendence. : 1 " ';- - The Supreme Court of the United States has laid down, in a memorable j udgment, that tho slave trade is opposed to" the law of nature fand of .nations, and America has entered into treaties with Great Britain for the suppression of this infamous barter, so far as the sea is concerned. Wo have a right, then, to. capture and confiscate eve ry slaver, and even to"punish the captains and crew : but how far and in .what shape us'that right to be asserted ? Does .It an- thorizo us-.in yisitiu ' a principal port of Cuba, boarding twelve T American -vessels inspecting their papers, : ransacking their holds and gauging their water barrels ? Does it qualify, our. captains to fire into American ships in the' Gulf of Mexico so as1 to endanger life and property, and to bo guilty of insulting and domineering be havior?" These questions we ask without condemning any one in anticipation of the evidence. The statements are before us,' and they must be sifted; The British pub lic has no interest vhatevor in countenanc ing'acts of outrage, or even excess of zeal, oil the -part of its naval" oflicers. ? In the strict performanie of their duty ,they will nieet with every, support : b"ut.tliero is. a very clear difference between the courtesy ot a gentleman ana tno swagger or , a pi rate ; and, if the condact of certain Eng ash commanders has '. been such. as tho American papers allege, - they may, al- though in the literal executiou of theiror- ders, have deserved the severest reprehen sion. ' We send out our cruisers to prevent tho traffic in slaves, but wo do not send them out to establish, a. nautical reign' of terror in the Gulf of Mexico. We tfiist that ilQ most ample and impartial inves tigation will be made into the whole of this affair, which is hot one to be explain ed away by a few words of 'official am bignity. - In reply to the question ut:by Mr. Lindsay last night on this important" subject, Mr. S. Fitzgerald, it will be ob served, on the part of Mr. Wal pole, denied that the go vern men t had received any offU cialiinformation from Washington, assign ing as a reason for the frequent exercise-of the rirht of search bv British fiMiior; tbWt it was the. constant practice of slavers to hoist , . American colors. For this ma noeuvre it wcmld'bo ratItef',dffiicV-lt to find a remedy, though our trans-atlantic friends could doubtless well dispense with so ques tionable a. compliment. Mr. Fitzgerald further intimated that orders have been sent out to the commanders of our cruisers, conveying instructions to act with greater caution as regards vessels, under the cir cumstances which had been made the sub ject of complaint. As usual, however,, lie left us in the dark as to the precise nature of these instructions, and we are not in a position to judge how far they are calcu lated to answer their professed object. The difference, we say, is -unfortunate in every respect. The honor of this coun try, and the conduct of her officers, have been called in question, but this is not all. With regretable precipitancy, a number of the American journalists have rushed into print with magniloquent denunciations, doing their worst to provoke the popular hostility against Great Britain. It would be easy to excite a similar feeling on this side of the Atlantic ; but all rational men will desire to witness a speedy and amica ble solution of the embarrassments which have arisen. If it bo true, however, tfiat eight weeks ago our government received an intimation from General Cass that the proceedings complained of would no long er be permitted, the country will look to Lord Malmesbury for an explanation of the fresh and vigorous orders stated to have been transmitted to the Gulf since that period. We have been thrown into a perplexity, to say tho least, and the best means of eluding it is. not by blind audac ity. Of course, if any American merchant men were so ill advised as to come across one of our cruisers with shotted guns, she would merely put America in the wroi!2 damage her .moral position, and draw i i i . i up- iliuriikmirbeyin!l an ofiichil in- spec vion ; but wo carrsearcd-T the united States captains will act with so much rashness, ignorance and barbari ty. Tho only course for them to pursue is to appeal to their government for pro tection, and not to rest while their griev ances, if grievances they be, remain unre dressed. To take the law into their own dispensation would be to afford a clear diplomatic advantage, to Great Britain, What arc termed, however, the "public ships," or the men of war of the United ips, States stan d m a diffe: cut category. Should the Cabinet at Washington, con ceiving that the British cruisers in the Gulf and on the Cuban coast were strain ing their privileges, order the commodore on the Mexican station to protect Ameri can shipping vi et anms, tiie result might e that a war would Dreaic out in the v es- .1 ' . TIT i " . T TIT tern hemisphere altogether without the connivance and beyond the coutrol of our statesmen. We migiit hear of asavanno in the A tlantic, and the whole world would have reason to deplore the procrastinations of diplomacy. Let us repeat, then, that a delicate and perilous controversy has been awakened that our cruisers are charged with violence and illegality that the American mind is taking fire and that it is the duty of Parliament anxiously to watch the policy of the government. In the name and interest of civilization let this matter be settled without appeals to rattel or Gfrotius, to Dutch jurists and Spanish quibblers, to constructive con ventions and; distorted analogies. " ' What, for the sake of the comity - of nations, do we owe to America in her own neighbor ing waters? What is fair and' right he tween the United States and Great "Brit ain? What can bo arranged npon ..terms of mutual respect and confidence ? : War .against aggressors, bat peace, in the spirit of peace, with our natural allies, - brethren, and. friends., . i" ' The Way -to Eminence. Long ago a. little boy wasentered at Harrow - school- lie was putinto a class beyond his years,! and-where all the scholars had the advan tage of previous instruction denied fo him. His master chid him for his dullness, and' alb his" efforts then could not raise him from the lowest place on the form. But," nothing daunted, he procured the gram mars, and other elementary books which his class fellows had gone through in previous terms. He devoted the hours of play, and not a few of tho hours of sleep,"1 to tho mas tering of these; till in a few weeks,, ho gradually began to. rise, and it was not long till he shot far ahead :of all" his' com panions, and became not only leader of the diyisipn, but the pride ' of. Ilarrovy. Ysu may see the statute of that boy, whose" career began, with this fit of energetic ap plications, in St. Paul's Cathedral, 'Lon don ; .for, lie lived to bo the greatest Orien tal scholar of modern Europc-tit was Sir. William Jones, . - . - " ' . Hcii. Bedford Ei'otni , The Richmond Examiner has an article! on North Carolina r elites, from which trd extrct the following com plimentry notice of the Horn Bedford Brown", of C?eH coumy : " . - ,. "North Carolina elects her LegUlaturd as well as her .governor on. the first Thnrs day iu August; and jive observe with pleas- -ure, that she is likely to hav some o'.' 1 fcr oldest and .most experienced statesmen in her fctate councils next winter. Ot that class, we fn ay in eh tion CoL Bedford : Bi ownf well and favorable knovn to the reader as - an actox": on rTbe71CaTtonat" stage of politics for some time. Col. Brown, as wo understood the other day has co-neented to occupy the position of condidato for the State Senate for Caswell county. He will be elected, we tffider stand, without opposition. The people of Caswell will surely act wisely in calling him again to represent them in the coun cils of the Old North State. We mean no flattery to Col. B. when we say that the members of the North Carolina Legisla ture especially the vounger members, will be fortunate m having for an associate in council, onc-who has had so many years experience in legislation; one who was, f:om early manhood to .midle life, m the public service associated with the first men of his own State and with the greatest national celebrities of our times; and who, in his subsequent retirement, has been an attentive and philosopic obsserve of public events. There are but few men in any State from whom the young politician can derive so much information and instruc tions in the political history of the last for ty years; and especially in relaton to the men who have figured at Washington, and the event with which they 1 ave been Iden tified. Col, Brown can narrate the stirring events at "Washington from 1S'29 to 1840 ' of which he might say quorum pars fui minutely and graphically, as he is sure to do with fidelity. mi Mr. March, in his popular book, entitled "Webster and his Contemporaries," pub lished in 1S50, placed Col. Brown among the able debaters in the U. S. Senate in in the discussion upon the celebrated Force Bill, in the days of Nullification. Ho speaks particularly of tho speeches of "Webster, Forsyth," Wilkins Dallas, Free Iinghuysen, Ilolnvcs, Clayton, Grundy and Rives in the affirmative, and and of those . . i j , , iii,.M.,,iL .-,rT?1 . Poindexter and Milier, in the negative. Mr. March paid Col. Brown the compli ment of extracting the following passage from his speech; ,"I repudiate," said Col. Brawn," the doctrine of Nullification. I repodiate, also the high-toned doctrin of the Federal par ty. It is to that high-toned doctrine that we are to attribute Nullification. It is by an improper" pressure of tho Federal gov ernment on the rights, and by its exercise of doubtful powers, that South-Carolina has felt called on to take f lie defiant posi tion she has assumed; which, if not justi fiable is at least susceptible' of great palli ation. "Proud as I am," said Mr. Brown, in conclnsio, "of the achievements which have been crib: mod under- the star spangle banner; proud as I am of the stars and stripes which have fluttered in every breeze and in every clime; anxious as I am for the glory of the country , yet God forbid that those stars and stripes which have heretofore been the rallying points of heroism . should float over tho mangled corpses of our own countrymen. God forbid that our country should under go this sad disastrous revolution: for when ever that shall take place, not only the liberties of this country, but the best and brightest hopes of the civilized world will be destroyed forever, To Prevkot Convcusioxs. The follow al and Review, in a lonjr article on tho Wm. M. Cor treatment of Epilepsy, by nell, M. D., ot Boston r "I have employed various modes to ward off an epileptic attack for .the time being. Stretching the Vmnscles powerful ly will generally prevent" an attack ; for' example, w hen the aura commences - in;" the great toe or leg, strong traction, or. elongating the toe, or stretching- the rnns clcs of the. leg, will carry tho patient over, the threatened attack for. the time ; or,' when the patient has premointory syrup-" toma of an. attack; openings the . jaws as widely as Can be done, and placing some hard substance between the teeth, to keep tho mouth open will have the desire, effect. I have had one patient, who, by., ray ad vice carried a piece of iron --with him for a year, fitted for the purpose of expanding the jaws to - their utmost capacity, and keeping them thus expanded. When he has felt what he calls 'little spasms, which have usually, ' been the precursors of the great ones, or rho " fits, he has im mediately drawn from his pocket tho iron wedge opened' his mouth to its utmost width, and placed the wedge between his .teeth. He then becomes quiet, goes about his bnsiness, or giv-es himself no further trouble "abont the - convulsion, - and has none." " ".' v:- 1 ' ing curious mode preventing a convulsion, commonly called "fit," is given in the last number of the Charleston Medical Jonrn-
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