Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-03-24

SO FAR as we have lniOt nation and that is from
most OF The towns iR this region-we are gralihed
ia being able 10 state, that The nunber of new
cases Of eryspelas has been dav decreasing for
some days past and those that do occur, are, with
some few exceptions, mjer and yield more read
lily 10 proper treatment.
Soon after the late cold season set in, the dis
ease. according 20 what we could learn, was more
violent, AMI the cases more frequent: and there
was us II general thing, no particular abaea,ent
Hll the weather became warmer--and the con,in
ned moderate temperature of the atmosphere has
evidently produced The agreeable change ia the
type aud frequency OF the cuses. Aud look
with strong confidence To the fuller opening of
spring To eXtrpae entirely ibis dreadful disorder
whUse work, tor The past three months IN this sec
ton OF the state has een So fatal as to clut he wos
communities with the hahiimeuts of mourung
aud make The pathways to our grave yards, like
hard irodden high ways and these wards like ne W.
iy broken up fields. tits literally true in some
places, :" mourners go about the streets" becauso
so many hase goBe 10 theiS long homes. The
chastisemenis OF God have been upon US aud
the lesson taught The living it, ,liat they should
learn righteousness.
There is point to which the attention OF
physicians III places where the disease has thus
lar passed over should he directed viz 10 learn
the nature OF, aud the best manner of treating the
disease. Where The disease ragged last year il has
not appeared ths-but il has been more wide
spread md general than ii WIS the last, aud the
apprehension my well be INDUCED that il will
spread itself III other places hereafter. When il
first appeared here many of OUT medical men
were strangers TO IL, aud knew not how 10 combat
il; but after some experience and perhaps sons
fatal experiments, they were prepared 10 meet it
more successfully,
This idea is not altogether new with us. II has
been suggested by nollcing that the attention of
ph yslcnHs at II distance Ut u hundred miles has
been called 10 this point, aud VI some instances
medical men from these distant places have vis-
tel those places where the disease is raging. This
laudnhle zeal for knowledge cannot be too highly
applauded Cd'edoRiGn.
Cnssus N. Cay, ESD of Lexington Ky. has
recently published ia The Lexington lntelligencer
a series OF ar'ices against Slavery. A club of
some seventy or eighty persons has been formed,
apparently Tor the purpose of threatening Mr..
Clay win summary punishment. They call thrnI
selves HE Black Indians" and hold regular
meetings, at some OF which very vioen. resolu
lions with regard To MIR, Clay and those who wuli
him oppose the spirit of Slavery, ware udopied.
.7botiIiO" Of Sluesry IN Uraguig Uruguay ha.
abolished slavery wnin H. terr,tnry. A decree
ol the Gpvernm' dated ig,h Dsaemner, 1912
thus commences: From aud after the prnmul .
gaIon o The present resolution there are no shares
IN The terit4Ty ofthis RepuLi,e" So may it bs WIN
all republics The whole civilized world il array
ing ssli against the aurocious curse Of Slavery
.4merican.