Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-10-25
No.3s

w0 gentlemen to whom he vac anknnwn.
The elder Of The two, ,truck with his appear.
nee, fell Into conversation with him, aud ill.,.
luifed the object Of his visit ta the Capital.
lie young aspirapt for fame, frankly a]nnourA
ed that his mnf i've was 10 serve under the
hammers Of Frederick, the greatest monarch IN
Europe. The strangers asked partiru tarly
what friends no had ut Court to pr0mes bia
uit. The youth showed a number Of jeIIers
If rechtninf ndaliun, which the siranvnr ner-
owed 10 be ffom persons Of little influence
10 Berlin lie pointed out 10 Tire adeenturer
tho difficulty Of 0btsiHihg d situation 70 eager.
sought for by the young uObIes Of the king.
dom, and advised him 10 foreRo bis %ioarnev.
The youth nodagily but firmly expressed lis
determination 10 make The eff1rt, rgmatkiBr.
fhal should he succeed, his Majesty would MT
find 4 more devoted soldier in bis army. See.
tbg him r~esf|uie in his purpose. The elder re-.
~plled-"Wel my young friend, since you arc
determined upon the matter, | will add a let.
ter 10 those yot already possess which may bn
If some serVice to yon." The letter was ar
c~ordingIy v ritton. The youth expressed hin
grateful acknowledgement FOR the favor thus
conferred, and they parted. The young man
proceeded 10 Berlin, and on reaching that ct.-
", presented hrs letters, with The exception
Of the one which hg had received from the
stranger, and which he had accidentIy miF.
laid,) 10 the commanding officer. Hs was re-.
Ceived with polit0nese, but after retua ming
for sonnet me-, hts suit made but little PR
gress, and he began to despnnd. One mof-
ming on arranging hiB trunk, he found the
missing letter. II instantly rekindled the
fading fres Of hope. end determined TO make
another trial, he fastened once more to thu
comm niin0 officer. With great difficulty ls
obtained an audience, and was received with
marked GOODNESS. The moment, however,,
that tie latter was presented, the whole Scene
was changed. The General exclaimed
" Why was not this letter presented beforof
Il is from hie majesty I You have asked an
ensjgn's commission. The king Commands
me to make you a lieutenant" We leave
the application to the reader.
New viarur or GuApo..1n looking over
some South American papers We came
across some singular facts regarding Guano,
which puts it in the light of a medicinal
agent. The facts are as follow:
The disease Of Elephantiasis has long been
the scourgs Of many parts of the Southern
cont inent 81 America. Il is a cutaneous dis
ease, accompanied with great swe ling Of the
legs dc, and altogether so lOatieome that
hospitals are set apart TO receive the uDfor-
tunato patients, where they live perfectly
shut out from all communication with the
rest of the world. One unfortunate man,
Who did not wish TO ontor those hospitals.
betook himself to tho Island Of Chincha,
where Guano is abunddni, and employed
himself digging il out for the vessels that
loaded there. After three years residence
there, he became quite cured, it is supposed,
by the plonteous oxhalalipns 81 oxygen that
he had lived among. However that may be,
two or three other cases have been lkewies
cured by this mode Of treatment, aud these
Islands are likely soon to become tho resort
Of all affected in this way.