Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-04-19
THE PLAGUE.

The following terrific description of the effect of th
iesoaiinS malady during OF its vsitaons in Lon
don IS from {iotheiaa, Mr.. Calls Ia novel;
'in lis maiIgnancy, epgrossed tie ill of all 9th
'aladi''s, and made doctors desI 'cable OF potenc,
equal 10 DEATH ii possessed itself OF all his arourcs
ami was itself the death OF every oitai dsteInpei
The touch, yea the very sight of the injected was deadly
and Its .'gns sudden, that families seated n,
happiness AT their meals have seen the pIarue-sno he
gn 10 redeu and have wildly scattered themselves tor
ever. The cement of society was dissolved bv it, Mo-
Tiers, hen they saw the sign of the infection on the
babes at their bosom, cast them from them with bho
renee. Wild places were sought for sielter;--sorne
went INTO ships and anchored themselves ar off on the
waters. But Tie angel that pouring the vial had
oot as well on the dry land. 10 place was
SO wild, that the pi"gne dill visit so secret
that the quick sighted pesence did not d. Cover
none could H. that ii dd not oyertake.
vt was as iavcn mad rcpented the making Ofman-
kInd, and was siipvelng them all INTO the sepuchre
Justice was forgotten, and her courts deserted. The
terrified JaIOTs He'd from The ieOns that were i'm tc
The innocent ard the guilty leacncd tlersc,e, To-
gether and kept within tier PRISONS for ,aicty;-the
grass grew tic market pices-,ue cat L. ven moan
lag up and down the fields, wondering VIVA, had be-
come of their keepers:-thc rocks aud the ravens
came into the towns, and built their nests in lie bel
flies; silence was universal, when some infected
wretch was seen camouriug at a window.
For ti"e all commerce was in collins and shrou,ls;
out even thai ended Siriit there none; churches
cntered all went the charncl holsc. The sex ION
aud the PLY siCan cast tlC same dc g, and
vide grave the tesatur and nis heirs and executors
were hurled from the cart into the same hole tore
Their. fHes became extnguishcd, fits element 100
had expIred;the Of The 5alOrless ships vawned
to tie sun. Though doors opcu aud Golfers IN
watched there th,ft--all Offences ceased and
no crime but TIE universal of the pes;ileuce was
heard OF among them. The well, overAJwed and con-
duits TO waste the dogs banded themselves topher
having lost their masters and h)yii1g over the land:
horses perIsed Of famine III the stalls; old friends INF
looked at another when tr,y met keeping fbcrn-
selves far aloo little children went wandering I'D and
down, and numbers dead ~ all corners Nor
was II only i'll England that the plague 50 RACED; it ira
yelled over rd part vi the Whole earth ike the ,ha
dow Of an eclipse, ii sIne dreadful ding lad been ln-
tcrposed between tic world and the sun ,Oufse oIifs
at that epoch, for short time there was a silence
and every person in the street, for moment stood still
aud LonaOn dumb ds d church ward. A-rain the
sound OF bell heard; for II was that ~ourj 80 lonr
unheard that arrested he fugitive nujlitude caused
their silence. At tc nt.d Toll universal shout arose
as when herald proclaim fle linr3 Of great battle
won and then there a see ond silence.
Tie people eii urci knees, and with anthems Of
tiankiGlness reOIccd in the dismal Of that oinc
death beil for il signal of the plague being so
attd That men might again for their friends
and haow their with the soeonitios Of burial