New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-04-17

A quiet graye-WnlcD tlou WIZ ei'e Az '''iA
Yes. Earth will give this sinking form home
But THOU, who art my Inerciiul Forgiven,
Wilt bid this weary spirit TO Thee come
And ba.he its wing in Lies refreshing river.
THOU hast been p,fu to me, o God! dangers
Thou st drawn my heart 10 Thee and worldly
And heard my prayer-that as bore thy rod,.
Sotboughts ofmy lasthour mi ght notb be strangers
Blu, That my Soul from earthly faint sc, irsc
In garments undeiled, nigh, calmly rise 10 Thee.
April 5M. 1874.
LEpRosY IN NEw-BauSswicx.-Wc translate
the following from the Quebec Canadian we
have seen no account of The affair IN any OF the
Lower Province journals as yet:
"The Governor Of New Brunswick, SIR W
Colebrooke has sent message to the Legisid'uG
on the subject of disorder, the most hldeous ana
fatal. which exists among the French population
on the borders of the Gulf OF st. Lawrence ana
which the medical men of the neghborhocd con
slider resembles the leprosy of The Seventeenth
Century.
The Chamber of Representatives went into
committee ON the Dist Of March, to take INTO
consideration this message and the documents
which accompany 1tappears from these pa
pers, says the Nclo BrunSpicker, that THIS dis-
gushing malady made its first appearance IN l924,
of it. after langushing for five or Elk years IN the
most miserable condition; one of these patients,
who had been "SequeStree" in a log hut, and led
through hole, died, as is believed, in state OF
mental arrangement, and the contagion was 50
dreaded that in some cases, the inspector oil the
Door had been himself obliged to carry to these
Unfortunate creatures the food necessary for their
subsistence, and for which they still preserved
their natural appetite and desire
Those who maintain the contagious nature Oh
the disease assert that it has been communicated
by sleeping with those who were afflicted with 1t,
and that a young man vino had assisted III bear
ing the bier of dead patient, and on whose
clothes some corrupt matter from the corpse had
dropped, took the disease and died OF 1t.
1t appears, in addition, that there are at tins
moment, twelve patients lahorng under THIS iiial-
adv, in the county of Glostcr, and about the same
number on the other side of the line which sepe-
rates that county from that of Northumberland.
It is probable that there are others who conceai
their sufferings, fearing that if they were known
to be thus afflicted, they would be stunned by
their neghbors.
Among the cases enumerated is that OF a wo-
man who was shipwrecked at Carraquet, on hes
way to Quebec, and who afterwards returned to
Chatham, where the malady developed itself, and
was communicated to two other persons III the
family, with whom she resided, and also to child
who frequented the house, who all died 1t ap-
pears that the disease Is Invariably fatal.
The reading the different documents which &C
companied the message excited III the Chamber
lively sympathy for these uniortunates. Doctors
Thompson and Earl both declared their opinion
that the new disease was not leprosy. The former
of these physicians explained in most lucid
manner, the manner of life and the HABITS OF the
French population, among whom this malady had
manifested itself; population, he sald among
whom many bad habits are prevalent, which not
only predispose them TO receive scroiu;ous malE-
dies Of every kind, but render these maadies more
difficult to cure. He recommends above every
thing to change the manner of living and food OF
these poor people, and to impress both on their
minds and bodies, by education and amuscmenls,
an action more healthy and vigorous. The
Chamber, by unanimous vote, granted f30O TO
the Executive to procure for these un!or,unates
the assistance of medicine, 10 separate those who
are afflicted with this horrible malady from tie
other inhabitants, and to meiorate the short span
OF existence which remains 10 the afflicted.
Montreal Courant.
The VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN IN GEoRGIA.-At
the last meeting Of the Brooklyn. Society of Ma.
tural History, the following interesting niorma-
cano in Rabun county, Georgia:
person who resides near il states that on ono
occasion there were small lights discovered the
mountain, Of burning charcoal. AT another time
the mountain in the night time appeared one mass
Of fire; the trees and various other objects were
distinctly visible by means OF the light. At other
times the flames have been seen to issue from the
fssures of the rocks 10 the height of ten feet, &c.
This mountain is situated in the gold region, and ii
is somewhat extraordinary TO find volcananlc mat
ter in such regions.
The LATE CoMsT.-ProFessor Walker, of PHI
ladelphia High School Observatory, designates
the comet discovered last September as connect
ing link between planets and comets its orbit be-
ing fiattened one haif. The orbits of all other
comets are fl.itened more than toar: fffhS, aSte-
roids one fourth while those OF the old planets arc
nearly circular.
~ The Cincinnati Commercial says, that
John E. Williams, who murdered Ross in that
city some seven years ago. has been pardoncd
out of the Penitentiary by Gov. Shannon. lie
has gone to Clcrmont County to see his wife and
ascertain if she will live with him again. He
looks as gray as old age.
~ From the Richmond Star we learn that the
body of Captain James Vickers, and that of the
colored boy who persisted by the burning OF the
schooner Jane, Of this port, some time since, IN
James River, have been recovered. The bodies
Of Thomas Caster and VIM. Willy, the remain
der of her crew, are still missing. Norfolk pa.
WHEAT CRop.-The Lancaster Express says
cit is said by all the farmers we have convcrSed
with on the subject, that wheat on The ground
has escaped all the injurious effects of winter,
and that every field looks well and promising, the
grain being even, with a strong healthy appear
ance."
Marie SuoAR.-Thc farmers OF Lower Cana.
da have reason to congratulate themselves this
season on the favorable prospect OF making ma
pie sugar. A large quantity has been made al
ready in the eastern townships.
WHEAT PRospEcrs IN Misunderstanding
IN all accounts the wheat fields in this Staiencver
ooked better at this season of the year than they
now do. Detroit free fiess. s
p The grist and oil mills in Girard, Ere
County, Pa, were destroyed by fire on the 9th
;,stsni Relieved to have been the work OF an