Litchfield enquirer., 1832-11-15
'. From ske London Afsgasiss,.
THp nERo or THE PLAGuE. !

THN nER0 OF THE PLAGUE as8 When the plaguo ragged violently at Mar- seilles every link of affection was broken; the father turned from the child--t the child from tho father cowardice and ingrati-
 Jude nc longer excited indignation. Mis- cry is at ns height when il thus destroys every generous feeling-thus dissolves eye- " tie of humanity The city became a
 desert tho grass grew in the streets;sa funeral met you at every step. The physicians assembled in n body at the Hotel de Vile, to hold a consultation on the fearful disease, for which lio reme-
 dy had vet been discovered. Alter long consnltation, they decided, unanimously
 that the n,alady has poculiarsahd myste- rious character, which opening corpse 1 might develope---an. {. operation which jt
 was impossible to attempt, since tho opera tor must infallibly become victim. in | | few slaours, beyond the power of human art to save him. as tho violence of the at
 tack would preclude tlieir administering the customary remedies. A, dead pause
 succeeded this fatal declaration. Sudden 4 ly a surgeon by the name of Guyon, m the
 prime of life, and Cf great celebrity in his
 professions, rose and said firmly, itso:
 devote myself for the safety ofthe coun-
 try. Before this numerous assembly
 promise, in the name of humanity md re- ligion, that io-morrow, at tic break pfday. will disscct a corpse, and write down as | proceed what observe. 6s4 IIe left the assembly, instantly. They
 adm rod hin, ,lamented his ia c, and d oubi-
 cd whether he would persist in his design. l Tho intrepid and pious Guyon, animated 1 by all the sablifiio energy religion or pat
 riotism can inspire, actM np to his word. ! He bad tsarrieds and was rich; andh itTa-
 media,ely nadd his will, dictated by jus l tice aud piety. He confessed, aud at niid- I night received the sacrament. 4 l A man had died in his house within \ four and twenty hours. Guyon at day. 1 break, shut himself up in the same room i; :, he took with him ink, paper, md 'cTuciiix. I Full of entl.osiasna, never had he felt more I firm and collected. Knecling beside tho 4 corpse. lsC wrofc-" Mouldering tenement. I of an immortal soul, not only can gaze. unor, tLee without terror, but even with j1Hs T and cratitude. Thou wilt open to me tho gates ~ ,Sf a glorious eternity. In discovers T ina to me the secret cansa of the terrible l plaeue which destroys any native city. thsn Wtee e1aDso ue tU pOtue Ous eusssS e"sssosy
 rcmedy; thou wilt render my sacrifice
 useful. o God" continued he. thou
 vii, bless the action thou hast myself in-
 spired." ,o s3s l He began-he finished tho dreadful op- era.ion, and recorded in detail his surgical
 observations. He then Jeff iheroom, threw
 the papers into vase of vinegar, and sim-
 mediaiely sought the Laxzarettp, where he died in l2 honrs--a death ten times more eloriocs than tho warrior who, to save his country, rushes on sic enemy's ranks, since he advances with hope Ut least. and sns-
 tained, admired. and seconded by 2 whoic
 army.
 .t Physicians who remain firm in the dis . chuTee of their duties. while tlse feaFs ol ,heir fellow cilixens are prompting them , 10 tly from consagion, display that mor' al courage which is as ihF superior to tho . nhysIcal energy which sustaIns the solder in hasslo asmind Is superior .o matter. Geo. M. Blhb. U. 6. senasos isom Kaninsky, ha tN fallen victim tO the cholera.