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S OUTS IBM W E E K L Y POST. T 166 MISCELLANEOUS. From the Yankee Blade. TAKING CHARGE OF A LADY. OR MRS CHEVILOT'S MISHAPS. BY CARL CANTAB. . . ' ..." i .i After, passing a night in AlDany, w miner i had been called on business, some months since I was leaving my hotel early in the morning . being intent upon taking the first train to Bos ton. Unfortunately, I left some small article in the room which I had occupied, and was in con sequence to return for it. I say unfortunately, for, on my return, I encountered the landlord, who informed me that a lady who was travelling in the same direction with me, wished to place herself under my protection. Of course, I .could not refuse although, be ing naturally diffident, it , was exceedingly try ing to think of acting as guardian to a lady I had never seen before, for two hundred miles However, I assented with the best grace pos sible under the circumstances, and was accord ingly led into the adjoining room where I was presented in due form to a lady of Majestic ap pearance, clad in sable apparel. She was introduced to me as Mrs. Cheviot. 'This gentleman,' said the complacent land lord, 'has kindly volunteered (Heaven save the mark !) to take charge of you as far as Boston, his destination being the same as yours.' 'I am very much indebted to him,' said Mrs. Cheviot, in ' a dignified tone. 'I fear I shallfi cause him a great deal of. trouble. Certainly she spoke prophetically, and had I i fen able to look forward to the next few hours, I could not have strained my politeness so far as to say, as I really did 'Not at all. . I shall only be loo happy.' At these words, M rs Cheviot lookel quite gracious, and forthwith placed herself under my . protection. I was about to offer her my arm, and escort her to the depot, w hen she glanced at two heav- y carpet-bags, which she had with her. 1 'I have sent my trunk down, already,' she re marked, 'but vny carpet bags I. like to have with me, for fear of accidents. I did'nt venture to seud them down in advance, as they might easily be carried off by some , evil ruinded per son. She looked from the carpet-bags to me, and from me to the . carbet-bags. I .understood the hiut. I saw that I was silently requested to carry them for her. I looked at the- carpet-bags. They were of portentous size not attenuated, like their own er, but seeming ready to butst open from very corpulence- Thn I began to consider whether . it was best to ignore the silent intiraatrpn which I had received, and coolly "advise her to have them carried down. Had I been a little more experienced in such matters, I should undonbt have pursued this course, but as A-et I was a neophyte, and my habitual diffidence was too great With a suppressed sigh, therefore, 1 told her that I would carry them down for her 'Oh, I should be sorry to trouble you so far' said she. with a seeminjr reluctance, wi' h . meant to convey the idea that she had nev r thought of this arrangement before. 'Not at all,' I replied, with one of those p lite fibs which could not be dispensed wii.li in society at present constituted. j . ; I took up the offending carpet-bags, which 1 certainly wished at the bottom of the Hudson, and marched toward the depot, feeling like an ass between too burdens. The lady walked beside me, and was agreea bly conscious that lookeis-on might very proba bly mistake me for a professional porter! If I had been, I should not have been so unprofess ionally tired when. I reached the depot. I conducted the lady to the cars, and proceed ing to the office, I purchased tickets for her and myself to Boston. When I eturned to my charge, I found her disturbed by a new source of anxiety. 'Are you sure,' said she that we are in the right car r Because sometimes all tlie cat s don't go.'- 'I think there is doubt of it,' I r'-plied, how ever, to make sure, I will inquire.' I returned with the assurance that it was. I wish, said she, 'if it is not too much trou- ble, that,you would see that my baggage is put on. It would bo vexatious if I should lose it, and you know they are so careless.' 'But you have a check for it, have you not ?' Why, yes, I have a check ; but I should feci easier if I knew that it was put on.' Anathematizing her anxiety, I got out, and performed the duty assigned nie. Never having passed through the wester part of Massachusetts before, I had procured a small volume, giving runuing descriptions of the scenery to be seen on either side the railroad, -and had anticipated considerable pleasure in comparing my own observations with the ac count therein given. Mrs. Cheviot, 1 observed, cast an inquisitive glance at . the volume, and, as in I politeness bound I offered it to her. I may add, that she retained it until the end of the journey, and - even when arrived at her destination, quite for got to return it. When passing over the most romantic part of the road, Mrs. Cheviot began to be incom moded with the light that entered at the win dow, and requested me to close the shutter, This I did, and endeavored, but, without much success, to catch glimpses of the country thro' the window directly in front. This view was finally shut out, however, by a polite request from my neighbor to the gentleman who sat be side it, to close it, if he had no objection At length we reached Springfield, where the cars stopped long enough for the passengers to procure dinner, if they wished. I escorted my charge to the hotel, and we sat down to the dinner-table which awaited our ar rival. Presently, the bell rang, and. in hasie, we rose to obey the summons. We had near ly reached the depot, when my fair encumbrance suddenly exclaimed 'My parasol! Oh, my parasol! I have left it , at the dinner-table. I must go back and get '" iL' 'But the cars are about starting. You will certainly be left behind, if you do,' I return- d. But I cannot leave it. It was the gift of my late husband.1 There was nothing to be done but to go back and get it. Accordingly I did so, found it, and on returning, in a state of breathless exhaustion, had the satisfaction of seeing the train fairly started, and under such headway that it was impossible to get on board. Politeness restrained me from giving vent to my disappointment. Instead of thf nking me tor my exertions in her behalf, she suddenly uttered a terrified ex exclamation 'Both my carpet bags are in the cars that are leaving the depot. For Heaven's sake stop them. Tell the conductor, or somebody, to bring them back directly.' 'I am afraid, madam,' said I, with, I am sor ry to say, some little feeling of wicked satisfac tion, 'that it is quite too late. They would not put back now, even for the sake of two carpet bags. If we had left the parasol behind, we should not have missed the train. 'What shall I do!' exclaimed the lady, dis consolately. 'There were a great many articles of value in those carpel-bags, which I thought would be safer there than in my trunk. I sup pose there is no chance of recovering!' 'The best way,' returned I, 'will be to take the next train for Boston, and institute inqui ries there. I believe a train will start in half ah hour, so that we shall not have long to wait.' This proved to be the case. Talf an hour afterwards, we were on our way To my relief, there was no double seat vacant, so that I was forced to forego the inesti mable satisfaction of sitting beside my interest ing charge. This change gave me an oppor tunity to look about me somewhat In the same seat with Mrs. Cheviot, was a well dressed man, of gentlemanly deportment He was what young ladies would have consid ered exceedingly captivating. He addressed a few words to the lady, which were very gracious ly received. After riding about twenty miles in company with us, he left the cars, at a sn.all way-station, bowing very politely, at parting, to Mrs. Cheviot. Scarcely quarter of an hour had passed after his departure, when the cais brought up with a sudden jerk. JMerciIul Heavens;' shrieked .Mrs. Cheviot, 'what is the matter ? Do, pray, go out and see what has happened.' j I very meekly obeyed. , The cau.-e of the sudden stop proved to be that a baggage-car bad been accidentally thrown from the tract. I went back and repeated what I had learn ed. Mrs. Cheviot was exceedingly alarmed. 'Do you think,' said she, covulsively seizing me by the arm, 'that that our lives are in jeopardy ?' I am f rced to confess, that the trouble which Mis. Cheviot had caused, rendered me a little disposed to mischief.. 4I trust no',' I replied with great solemnity. 'At all events, there is no immediate danger. If the cars can be lighted within half an hour, all wi.l.be well. After that'- 'What ? In mercy tell me what' 'A (ra n is expected in the opposite direction, and unless they should see c-ur situation in time 4ther.- may 5e a collision.' 'L t me get out at once, then,' said the lady, whom tins representation inspired with the ut most terror. 'I won't stay in this frishtful place a minute longer.' This was rather more than I had bargained f.r. Fur my own part, I knew there wa. not the slightest danger, and had no intention of foregoing my pa-sage in this train. According ly, I represented that, for halt an hour, at least, there would be no danger imuried by staying in the car, and, with much difficulty, succeeded in inducing Mrs. ChevioJt to remain where sh 1 was. For 'a time, however, I was fearful that; like the witch in the story, I should be unable to quell the storm I had myself evoked. I was obliged, however, to get out every two minutes and report progress, and whether any lliing could be seen of the expected train. I generally contented myself with stepping out of the car, and remaining about as long as I thought one might reas nably be expected to do for the purpose of procuring informatio- , and then returned with the most satisfactory assu rances that all was going on well. As time advanced, however, the lady's fears increased upon her, and, when twenty-eight miuutts had passed, she was on the point of leaving the car, in spite of all my protestations that no danger need now be apprehended, when she whs thrown back in her seat, wheu attempt ing to rise, by the sudden movement of the cars, which had just got ready to stait For this opportune start, I thanked my stars, and was beginning to sink into a tranquil state of mind once more, when it occurred to Mrs. Cheviot that the half hour's delay to which we had been subjected, would very much diminish her chance of finding her carpet-bags, on her arrival at Boston. Feeling indisposed to bear her sorrow alone she began to give me a detailed account of the contents of the two bags. Touching lightly up on certain articles of apparel of whose value I could not be expected to have a very definite idea, she proceeded to speak in terms of enthu siastic sorrow on the merits of a gold snuff-box which had belonged to her grand father. 'Fortunately,' she remarked, 'that is not the only article I have te remind me of him. He left me a valuable gold pencil, which I always carry about with me. Whenever I use it, am reminded of him. I will show it to you, if you have any curiosity to see it' Of course I would be delighted to do so. Mrs. Cheviot began to search for it in her pocket. From the change which her features underwent, it was evident that she could not find it 'Do you not find it ?' I inquired. 'No,' said she, still searching, It is gone, and good heavens ! my purse with it Both have disappeared, and,' she continued, turning sud denly upon me, 'you, sir, must be the thief P This charge came upon me so unexpectedly, that I turned pale and then red, and, I do not doubt, appeared very much like a guilty person. I could only utter " 'What can you mean V 'I am convinced of it,' she continued. 'Your face betrays you, sir. I demand,' ahe wd, turn- ing to the passengers, 'that this man be searched. I have lost my purse and a valuable gold pen cil, and as he has been with me constantly, I feel certain that be has them.' Very well, madam,' I returned, recovering my composure, and reeling secure in tne con sciousness of nnocence, 'I also demand to be searched, that the groundlessness of your strange accusation may be fully proved.' I need not say that nothing was discovered, I withdrew in indignation from my late compan ion, and left her to her reflections. I may add that when we reached Boston, it was discover ed that a telegraphic message had been receiv ed, purporting that a celebrated pickp xket, cor responding in description to the gentlemanly looking mm who sat beside Mrs. Cheviot for twenty miles. Of course, he was the thief. I do not know whether Mrs. Cheviot found her carpet-bags. To tell the truth, I did not feel any especial inclination to assist her in the search. I thought myself fortunate in only los ing the amount of her fare and dinner at Spring field, which I had paid out of my own purse, and which the loss of her money prevented her from repaying. My dear reader, should you ever be request ed to take charge of a lady, while travelling, satisfy yourself, before you assent, that her name is not Cheviot. A LITTLE TOO PTJNCTUAL-A STEAM BOAT SKETCH. The hour was approaching for the departure of the New Haven steamboat from her berth at New York and the usual crowd of passengers, newsboys, fruit venders, cabmen and deck-loaf ers, were assembled on and about the boat. We were gazing at the motley group, from the foot of the promenade deck stairs, when our atten tionw as attracted by the singular action of a tall brown Yankee, in an immense wool hat chocolate colored coat and pantaloons and a fancy vest. He stood near the stai board pad die-box and scrutinized sharply every female fe male who came on hoard, every now and then consulting an enormous silver bull's eye watch, which he raided from the depths of a capacious fob. bv means of a powerful steel chain. After mounting guard in this manner, he dashed furi ously down the gang plank and up the wharf, re-appeaiiug on board almost instantaneously, with a flushed face, expressing the most intense anxiety, llus series ot operations he performed 1 1 t 1 1 several times atter wnu-u ne rushed aoout wildly and impel.-8.sly, ejaculating: 'What's the lime er day? Wonder if my repeater's fa-t ? Whar's the cap'n ? what's the steward ? whar's the mate ? whar's the boss that own's th's ship ' 'What's the matter, sir !' we ventured to ask him when he stood till for a moment. 'Hain't seeu nothin' oY a gal in a blue sun bonnet, with a while Canton crape shawl, (cost fifteen dollars,) pink gown and brown boots, eh? come a board while I was looking for the cap'n at the pint end of the ship have ye ? hey V 'No such person has come aboard. Tormented lightenin' ! she's my wife !' he screamed; 'married yesteiday. All her trunks and mine are aboard, under a pile of baggage as tall as a Connecticut steeple. The darn'd black nigger says he .can't; hand it out, and I t u.n 1 o Ti mv linrr.ianra amr fi7 tvlfi won't leave my baggage any how. My wife only think on't was to come aboaid at haf past four and here its most five. What's be come of her ? She can't have eloped. You don't think she's been abducted, do ye mister ? Speak! answer! won't ye? Oh! I'm ravin' distracted ! What are they ringing that bell for? Is the ship afiie !' J 'It is the signal for departure the first bell. The second will be rung in four min utes.' 'Thunder' you don't say so ? Whar's the cap n V 'That gentleman in the blue coat.' The yankee darted to the captain's side. 'Cap'n, stop the hip for ten minutes won't yet' 'I an't do it, sir.' 'But ye mu-t I tell you. I'll pay you for it. How much will ye tax?' 'I could not do it' 'Cap'n, I'll give ye tew dollars,' gasped the Yankee. The Captain .-hook his head. Til give ye five dollars and a half!' and a half! and a half! 'and a half! and a halt'! he kept repeating, dancing about in his agony, like a mad jackass on a hot iron plate. 'The boat starts at five precisely,' said the captain, shortly, and turned away. 'Oh ! you stunny-hearted heathen !' murmur ed the Yankee, almost bursting into tears. 'Partiu' man and wife, and we jut one day mar ried. At this moment the huge paddle-wheels be gun to paw the water, and the walking beam descended heavily, shaking the huge fabric to her centre. All who were not going to New Haven went ashore. The hands began to haul in the gang plank; the fasts are already cast loose. - 'Leggo the plank,' ro?red the Yankee, collar ing one of the hands. 'Drop it like a hot pota to, or I'll heave ye into the dock." 'Yo yo!' shouted the men in chorus, as they heaved on the gangway, i. '-hut up, you braying dunkeys !' yelled the manded Yankee, 'or there'll be an ugly spot of wor But the plank was got aboard, and the boat plashed past the pier, In an instant the Yankee pulled off his coat, flung his hat beside it on the deck, and rushed wildly to the guard. 'Are you drunk or crazy V cried a passenger, seizing him Tra goin' to fling myself into the dock and swim ashore!' cried the Yankee.: I mustn't leave Sairy Ann alone in New York city. You may divide the baguase among you. Let ma go. I can swim.' He struggled so furiously that the conse queuces of his rashness might have been fatal had not a sudden apparition changed his pur pose. A very pretty young woman in a blue bonnet, white Canton crape shawl, pink dress, and brown' boots, came towards him. The big brown Yankee uttered one stentorian shout of 'Sairy Arn,' clasped her in his arms, in spite of her struggling, and kised her heartily, right before all the passengers. 'Where did you come from f he inquired. 'From the ladies' cabin,' answered the bride. 'You told me half-past four, but I tho't I'd make sure and come at four.' 'A little too punctual !' said the Yankee. 'But it's all right now. Hallo 'cap'n you can go ahead now. I don't care about stopping. Come nigh losing the passage money and the baggage come nigh gettiu' drowned, Sairy,. all along of you but it's all right now. Go ahead, steamboat ! Rosin up there, firemen ! Darn the expense !' When the sun set, the loving couple were seeu seated on the upper deck, the big brown Yankee's arm encircling the slender waist of the young woman in the blue bonnet and pink dress. We believe they reached their destina-. tion safe and sound. DENTISTRY A HARD CUSTOMER. In the way of dentistry, Dr. Tush maker, the intimate friend of John Phoenix, of the Pioneer Magazine, goes ahead of all competitors. Noth ing appalled him, and he was as ready to pull a tooth as large as a Polyglot Bible, as to extract one of a child's front teeth. As proof of this, John relates the following: " Dr. Tush maker was never regularly hired as a physician, or surgeon, but he possessed naturally a strong mechanical genius and a fine appetite ; and finding his teeth of great service in gratifying the latter, propensity, he concluded that he could do mere igood ia the world, and create more happiness therein by putting the teeth of its inhabitants in good order, than in any other way ; so Tusbmaker. became a den tist He was the man that first invented the method of placing cog-wheels in the back teeth for the more perfect mastification of food, and he claimed to be the original discoverer of that method of filling cavities with a kind of putty, which, becoming nard directly, caused the tooth to ache so grievously that it had to be pulled, thereby giving the dentist two successive fees for the same job. Tushmaker was one day seated in his office, in the city of Boston, Mass., when a stout old fellow named Byles, presented himself to have a tooth drawn. The dentist seated his patient in the chair of torture and opening his mouth, discovered there an enormous tooth, on the rijjbt hand side, about as large, as he afterwards ex- presse 1 it, ' as a small Polyglot Bible ?" I shall have trouble with this tooth, th light Tush maker, but he clapped on his heaviest forceps, and pu led. It didn't come. Then he tried the turnscrews, exerting his utmost strength, lut the tooth would't stir. "Go away from here," said Tushmaker to Byles, " and return in a week, and I'll draw that tooth for you, or know the reason why." Byles got up, clapped a handkerchief to his jaw and put forth. Then the dentist went to work, and in three days he invented an instiu ment which he was confident Would pull any thing. It was a combination of the lever, pul ley, wheel and axle, inclined plane, wedge and screw. The castings v ere made, and the ma chine put up in the office, over an iron chain, rendered perfectly stationary by iron rods going down into the foundation of the; granite build ing. In a week old Byles returned ; he was clamped into the iron chair, the forceps connect- ed with the iachiti.ttached firmly to the . 1. . 1 T...U . . 1- 1 11? j tooth,;and Tushmaker, stationing himself in the rear, took hold of the lever four feet in length. He turned it slightly. Old Byles gave a groan and lifted his right leg. Another turn ; anoth er groan, and up went the leg again. " What do you raise your leg for ?'' asked the doctor. " I can't help it," said the patient. " Well," rejoined Tushmaker, " that tooth is bound to come r.ow ." lie turned the lever clear round, with a sud den jitic, and snapped old Byles' hea 1 clear and clean from his shoulders, leaving a space of foui inches between the several parts ! They had a post mortem examination the roots of the tooth were found extending down the right side, through the right leg, and turning up in two prongs under the sole of his right foot ? " No wonder, said Tushmaker, " he raised his right leg." The jury thought so too, but they found the roots much decayed, and five surgeons swearing that mortification would have ensued in a few months, Tushmaker was cleared on a verdict of "justifiable homicide." He was a little shv of that instrument for some time afterward ; but one day an old lady, feeble and flaccid, came to have a tooth drawn, and thinking it would come out very easy. Tushmaker concluded, just by way ot variety, to try the machine. He did so, and at the first turn drew the old lady's skeleton completely and entirely from her body, leaving her a mass of quivering jelly in her chair ! Tushmaker took her home in a pillow case. She lived seven years after that, and they called her the " India Rubber Woman." She had suffered terribly with the rheumatism, but after this occurrence, never had a pain in her bones ! 1 he dentist kept thetn n a glass case. After this, the machine wa sold to the contractor of the Boston Custom House, and it was found that a child three years of age could, by a sin gle turn of the screw, raise a stone weighing twenty-three tons. Smaller ones were made, on the same principle, and sold to the keepers of hotels and restaurants. They were used for boning turkeys. The re is no moral to this story whatever, and it is possible that the circumstances may have become slightly exaggerated. Of course there can be no doubt of the truth of the main in cident8. CHRRAN'S IKGENUITY. A farmer attending a tair with a hundred pounds in his pocket, took the precaution of depositing it in the hands of the landlord of the public houe at which he stopped. Having oc casion for it shortly afterwards, he resorted to mine host for payment But the landlord, too deep for the countryman, wondered what he meant, and was quite sure no such sum had ever been lodged in his hands by the astonished rustic. After ineffectual appeals to the recol lection, and finally to the honor of Rardolph, the farmer applied to Curran for advise. 'Have patience, my friend,' said the counsel ; speak to the landlord civilly tell him you have left your money with some other person. Take a friend with you, and lodge with him another hundred in the presence of your friend, and come to me." He did so, and returned to his legal friend. 'And now I can't see how I am going to be the better off for this, if I get my second knnrlrorl WV Jlfrain bllt hOW is that tO be done V 'Go and ask him for it when he is alone,' said thecouii-el. 'Ay, sir, asking won't do, I'm afraid, without my witness, a any rate.' 'Never mind, take my advice,' said the coun sel 'do as I bid you, and return to me.' Th.- farmer returned with his hundred, glad to find that safely in his possession. 'Now, sir, I must be content, but I don't see I'm much better off.' 'Wed, then,' said the counsel, 'now take your friend along with yon, and asfc the landlord for the hiindred pounds your friend saw you leave with him.' We need not add that the wily landlord found Ike had been taken off his guard, while our honest friend returned to thank his coun sel, exulttngly, with both hundred in his pock et Chinese Amazement at English Fashions. Europeans who go to China are apt to consider the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire very odd and supremely ridiculou, and the provincial Chinese at Canton and Maco pay back this sen timent with interest. It is very amusing to hear their sacasti remarks on the appearance of the devils of the West; their utter astonish ment at the sight of their tight-fitting garments, their wonderful trousers and prodigious round hats, like chimney-pots, and shirt collars adapt ed to cut off the ears, and making a frame around such grotesque faces, with long noses and blue eyes, no beard or moustache, but a handful of curlv hair on each cheek. The shape of the dress coat puzzles them above everything. They try in vain to account for it, calling it a half-garment because it is impossible to make it meet over the breast, and because there is noth ing in front to correspond with the tail behind. They admire the judgment and exquisite taste of putting buttons behind the back where they never have anything to button. How much handsomer they think themselves, with their narrow, ob'ique, black ees, high cheek bones and little round noses, their shaven crown and magnificent pig tails hangiug almost to their heels. Add t a'l these natural graces a conic al hat covered with red fi inge, and ample tunic, with large sleevs and black satin boots, and a white sole of immense ihickn-s-', ai.d it must be evident to all that a European c uinot com pare in personal appearance with a Chinese. Cheap AnvhRt ising. Ii has bcc me quite fashionable lor dealers to paint their cards upon side-waiks, leuces, fcc. l esterday we were amused at the handier; ft of some waggish clerk, who, finding a business card painted upon a flagstone, pencilled over it in neat blank capi tals In Memory of by way of a prefix. VVe saw a man beat at this game, at Cold- water the other day. Upon the fmce near tht depot was painted, in big black letters, Go to Jfui kham's under whic'i wine' riv-d dealer had painted If you icant to lie skinned. This beats the quack medicine man who painted up Take Dr. Iluhensack?$ Pills, and along came a tract vender, who stuck up under it, so as to continue the sense, Prepare to meet thy God. A friend at our elbow suggests that he saw in Brooklyn the other day a poster reading Lecture to-night by Mr. Chapin under w hich protruded, in big red letters, The most successful Vermifuge in the World. Gratis advertiseis may as well beware of cross readings. Detroit Advertiser. SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF YELLOW FEVER The following mode of treatment of the yellow fever has the sanction of the best medical authority ' '11-1,1 Viaa nmVOll cminnHtliT c A.l T .. : and has proved eminently successful. VVe give it publicity under that assurance, and call upon our brethren of the press to do the same : New Orleans, Aug. 17. 1855 Dear Sir. I have seen, with apprehension for the safety of friends and kindred in Norfolk, the accounts of yellow fever there. If your physicians were accustomed to the disease, 1 should have but little jfear; for I know that w here prudence exists on th part of the patient and his friends, what little jthe physician has to do is mainly to watch symptoms relieve them as far as possible and give directions about nursing It may not be amiss to ;give you the treatment I am accustomed to see that of Dr. Picton, one of oup- most successful yellow fever physicians. On appearance of the first symptoms, however slighf go to bed ; have a foot b.-tth of mustard and hot water administered, till perspiration commences the patient having a sheet and couple of blankets oven jjiim. Room well ventilated, but so that a draught of air does not pass over the bed of the pati.nt. A dose of castor oil then given. Patient kept in reclining posture always. Hot drinks, such 8 orange leaf tea, or the like, giver, occa sionally to relieve thirst and at the same time pro mote perspiration but not in quantity to overload the stomach, which is in a tender state. If threat ened (with sickness of stomach, apply mustard plasters or a blister, according to violence of symptoms. If castor oil does not move the bowels a glister will succeed, or rather an injection of flaxseed. Ii symptoms of delirium, apply blisters to the inside of the les between the knee and the ancley Patient must not move from a recumbent posture; to answer calls of nature, or to receive drinks, use bed pans and sick cups. After fever is broken, ue great caution in admini-itering nour ishment, aiid keep patient in bed four or five days after fever has ceased, for they feel much better and stronger than they really are. Don't let the patient see visitors or be excited by conversation on business, &c. Our doctors allow the pulse to get down pretty low, and bring it up very Gradual ly. The fever is generally attended with typhoid symptoms; where there is a tendency to conges tion, jthe treatment would be difierent from what 1 have sketched. The great thing is to get to bed sobn enough, stay in bed long en', ugh, and nurse the strength as much as possible. Where the pain in the back of the head and back are so bad as to threaten bad consequences from the restlessness produced, cupping without taking much blood, is used,! if mustard pla ter won't remove the pain. S ' Yours, W. P. C. If jyou wish to gain friends, be courteous to all persons. mtm WkMi lost. WILLIAM D. COOKE, , JAMES A. WADDELL, M. D. f EDITORS. RALEIGH, SEPT. 8, 1855. Terms TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, in Advance. CLUB PRICES: Three Copies f 5 full price 6, .16, .20, . 40. bight Copies, i Ten Copies, 15 " Twenty Copies, 20 " (Payment in all casts in advance.) Kr Where a club of eiirht. ten or twentv gubscribereis sent, the person making up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. Postmasters are authorized to act as Agents for the Southern Weekly Post. Mr. H. P. Douthit is our authorized agent for the States of Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee. AID FOR NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH. The following sums were collected in the chur ches in this city last Sunday, for the sufferers in Norfolk and Portsmouth : Episcopal, - - $1 75,00 Baptist, - - - 50,00 Methodist, - - - 40,00 Catholic, - - - 50,00 There was no service in the Presbyterian church, and the collection was rnade without notice in the Methodist church. Hiram Lodge of Freemasons has also contributed fifty dollars. According to the Standard, iho whole amount raised thus far by tour citizens, is nearly one thousand dollars. Fellow-citizens, let this sum be largely in creased, for there never was an occa-ion which more powerfully appealed to a christian people. The fever may cease, but the widows and orphans will remain, to claim your sympathies and your charity. m From the New Orleans Bulletin. FANATICISM RUN MAD. The tendency of the age and of parties appears to be to run into the wildest and most ridiculous extremes. Some men seem so constituted that they cannot dwell on a subject without carrying it beyond bounds, making it absurd and even monstrous. Seizing an idea, it revolves before their mental vision till everything else is com pletely shut out, and they are astonished that any body else can discover anything beyond the boundary ot their own vision. Upon no sub j"ct has this proneness to extremes been exhibi ted m a more disgusting light than that ot slavery. Not long ago, that fanatic, Garrison, said that " if the Almighty tolerated slavery, then the . .Almighty is a very great scoundrel." Nobody but a lunatic would have given utter ance to language so blasphemous, so shocking to every well-regulated mind, whateer his views upon this or any .other subject. We had sup posed that there was no other man in the coun try capable of using such language, but we are mistaken. There is a man in Missouri who, if he is re ported correctly, has gone quite as far on other side. The. Rev. James Shannon, D. D., and President of the Missouri University, said lately before the Pro-slavery Convention in that State : " Convince me that slavery is a moral wrong, and I pledge myself to preach infidelity all the rest of my life and to prove that God is an im postor." This is revolting and impious in the extreme ; no man with a properly balanced mind could possibly use it. How this reverend Doctor of Divinity ever obtained the post of President to a State University is to us a mys tery. The St. Louis Democrat, from which wx take the above quotation, says he w as originally a Presbyterian clergyman fiont Ireland; that, emigrating to Georgia, he became a Baptist, then a Canipbellite, then a Millerite, and now he has taken to the hustings to advocate Slavery. Well may the South say, " Save us from such friends!" Such advocates injure the cause they undertake to aid. We know very little arid care less for the opinions of this Dr. Shannon, but the criticisms passed upon his language by some portions of the press seem to us to have confounded his doctrines and sentiments rather too much. His mode of treating the subject of slavery is cer tainly disgusting, but that stiould not drive us to the opposite extreme of affirming that slavery is a moral wrong. It is no such thing. In our humble opinion almost all the fanaticism engen dered in this controversy, is due to the false as- sumption that slavery! must necessarily be mor- 1 1 mn.nllf. .-i f Unn n.11.1 .. well wrangle and dispute, ad infinitum, on the question whether chivalry was morally wrong or morally right, or whether covimerce is morally wrong or morally right ; or science, or politics, or any other comprehensive term of the kind under which a multitude of acts and circum stances are grouped for convenience. Such ques tions are not susceptible of solution in one sin gle unqualified answer. We insist upon it that Shannou's error does not consist so much in his doctrine, as in the spirit with which that doctrine is enforced. If those proud professors of abstruse moral philosophy, the editors of northern anti slavery papers, could only be made aware what profound nonsense their moral disquisitions amount to, we might enjoy perhaps a little res pite from the everlasting dispute about slavery, which seems almost to have unhinged the na tional mind. If nations can become insane, we are certainly on the verge of a monomania on this subject. We are fast approaching the con dition of those unhappy inmates of some of our asylums, whose thoughts revolve in endless per plexity around some absurd and unintelligible abstraction. 3T The 6tate of things at Norfolk and Portsmouth is almost too awful to contemplate. We turn with horror from the reports we have received in the last few days. But the scene must soon close. The monster must cease to devour for the want of victims. "We trust that in our next issue we may be enabled to record the fact that its ravages are abating. Agricultural Fair at Henderson. This Fair will commence on the 10th of October next, and continue for three days. John S. Dancey.Esq has been engaged to deliver an address. The occasion will doubtless te one of great interest. Severe. Mr. Punch of London, can be very keenly severe when he tries. In a brief criti cism upon the operations of the.British navy last summer and till this Spring, he remarks that " the principal distinction acquired by the admirals in command, in a war which as yet has yielded little distinction of any kind, con sists in the fact that Napier was expected to do something, and he didn't ; whilst Dundas was expected to do nothing, and he did it !" of Prof. Morse to Bishop Spaldir g, in relat lon to the r.u. . t,cl me liberties of this country were destroyed, it would be th work of Jesuits, or Romhh priests. In lhjs ter the Professor produces another living wjtne in the person of Mr. Charles Palmer of Rj statement ot tne itev. ur. van Pelt of i oik. Mr. Palmers letter is as follow Richmond, Va., July 24, jg55 Dear Sir : rl duly received votir not,, i hand of air mutual and reie,h d f.i.. r e reflected over the long prist, that I 'I give answer the more coirecih- t0 ,,Jlir j- " .l ries. ' ' It wa- my good fortune in early 1 f. -0 tl , the a qnaintaiio.- and friendship ,,j t j 'aJje a distinguished son of France. wh w.. ' ' this country as an :.gent of hi - g'v,-nimem . of many prominent citizens who ha. 1 t revolutionary suu-.g cs . tor Hid. ,ei,tl, ,.u was an intimate friend i.f Wasjiitun ; i t fayetie. It was al Ins hou-e th e 1 fi,s. , f. illustrious Lafayette in' 1821. On Hr ' e sion 1 iiau tne lienor to line w t!i hi-'. u -i - fam ly of my fiie:id, Mr. C; the lat inie.I thu was in October, a-short time bvl'oie il, v ,' ' lorktown. While at dinner,sonie y mp i h- e7re, . by the fainih for ' poor uld Mminno (i- who was quite ill and in intuh truiiM,. account of the absence of her Pnesi, wh,, h ,,) h,.,,, ed or ordered to some other coti Jiei'-it nn r think. ' ' Gen. I '--"tte, in a qu:et, vet pccnlin, , .. pirn- T-.- , , , 1 Ul!"1r man ner, dis vi?reineiijli ied by nn- jj. " Her loss is smail and a -bb-sstng if s' e -could know it these Romish priest a:e (Lrerous men, and wiil destroy the liberties of America if they can." These were his w r is a- well as I can remember, lowly, yet emphatically expressed In a short time after, I was one of the Mnsonic fraternity who invited him to a dinner, given at the Union Hotel, in this city, an oTajoti ever to.be remembered. We tiist rue; him in Lodre. John Mars'. all. Chief Justice f t,e Tjj States, and Past Grand M is et'. f the State of Virginia, j. resided, and C.qu. Laiimtte was made an Honorary Member of this Lod ,TG having been a member of No. 2iat Alexan dria, of which Gen. V:ihini0n Master. The old parchment, charier, (fee., with thesi(rna turt of Wathing on, was introduced and looked upon by Gen. Lafayette and Maishall, and all of u-, with deep interest. I have fr qi ently spoken of these incidents of life, which has, I presume, called for this com munication by you. I desire to oti' ml no man nor his religion. I am not a Romanist, but res pect ttie reiioj, n ot ah w. pioti-iv and consci entiously aim to do justice and loe meu v and human liberty. I know not w hy you have a-ked nie for this coinmnn cation, yet I give it without fear or le proach ; remaining most respectfully, your very obed . ni servant, Chakles Palmer. To Sam'l F. B. MoitsK,E-q., Pokeepsit,X. Y. CORRESPONDENCE. It Will be seen fiom the following correspon dence that Cir. C. Raboieav, Esq., has consent ed to deliver an address before the Raleigh Typographical Society, at its First Anniversary to be held on the 15th inst. : Raleigh, Sept. 1st, 1855. Dear Sir. We, the undersigned, were appoint ed a committee to -.eb ct a sjn aker to deliver an. addre-K before the Riih'ijrh Tyj ompliic d Society, at its first anniversary, on the 15; inst. The coinndt ee have selected yot: to be the Speaker o'i that occasion, and hope you willdo them the fiver to accept. Yours viry re-neetfudy, J. V. Chadwitk, " V. T. WOMEl.l ', 1 A. D'G. Tcmbro, Com'tee. J N. Bumi.no. I W. W. Win I K, J To Cn. C. Raboteau, E-q Ra'eigh, 3d Sept. 1655. Gentlemen. Your note informing me tht I have hi cn selected to deliver an .-iddress upon 'he Anniversary of the Kalcigh Typ'ijiraphir.j! Satie ty, on the loth instai-t. lias h.-cn received. The short time .-dlowed for preparation mis; lit will de ter nie troni re-ondinj.' to your wishes, in this respect : hut the honor conferred upon mc by the Society hei colore, renders nie tmw iliii jr- o de cline anv limy iin"Sed ; tl ouyh I. very ir.och fear I shaii hardly ne :iloe u jusiify jour expect;i' ens in the selec ion. Wry re.-pcctfullv, &.c, CH. C. RAEOTEAU. To Messrs. Chadwick, Womble, l'umbro, Bunting and White, Coniuiiti.ee. Spare yoi r Evks. Ttie orp-m of vi-ion is a miraculous combination of 'strength and deli cacy. Related to the vast material world by the expensive range of its j oer, it is at the same time most intimately connected with our own spiritual part, and is the r adi-st aveuue to the soul. That such an org n should be carefully preserved from inj iry, accords with the instinctive sentiment-, and .rational judg ments of every intell gent being. -; That it is ot ten subjected t the most trying experime-its, and tasked beyond its power, for the sake of some personal gratification, or in the pursuit of some imagined duty, is a matter of general ex perience and observation. The eyes are indeed frequently sacrificed for objects infinitely I" low them in value, and subjected to risks from which jewelry and relics wou;d be carefully preserved. To trifle with such nolle endowments, and ex pend them upon things of infeiior value," however one of .the strangest perversities tf hu man conduct a folly whici neither religion-, nor rea-iOu-caR -sciis?. " THE STATE FAIR. On the ) Gdi of October the ihiid nriual Fair of the N. C. State Agricultural Society will t held in this city. What preparations are tie people at a distance making for this great oc casion ?' It is time for them to be making their arrangements ahead, so that when the day near, they may be ready to m.ik.- a pioud dem onstration of their agricultural skill. W'e D0Pe our immediate fellow clizens will be prepared to receive them with sn enthuiat:c greeting Let not apathy or unreasonable ii.i'iVII-Js Pe" rate t- detain any at home who may have an op ... c -.rtmiitiiri" portunity t come, ine cause oing" - improvement is worthy of our most earnes ,t aV c votion, and sh uld command quite as rouci zeal as pany politics. Remember the day, .nd be sure to come. Usk Wafers. It has been properly ted that in the transmission of iVioney by msii the adhesive matter on the envelopes should n be trusted, a it is easyto open and close tbe without exciting suspicion. Wafers should generally used for the purpose, and n)de ought to be cmploj'ed generally, as 'heir pi"6 ence might otheri-e in licate ihe character the contents of the letter. Most Triumphant. The last letter We regret to learn the death of ElB A. Heartt Esq., the junior editor of the Hi boro' Recorder. ,i Vtf
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