The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-04

lul nations which she does not wish to en-.
gage in combat with, she acquires territory
and forms favorable alliances, by shrewd
diplomacy; towards those that are weak "vi
eli arms, " is her motto, and she EFFORTS
from them favorable treaties, and means to
promote her wealth. On the Oregon cues.
ton she has made use Of threats to deter
our government from its position, but thew
will be as Intellectual in promoting her OBJ.
ject, as was her cannon at the glorious bat.
tie of New Orleans--the English Lion
can never trample in triumph over the
American Eagle. But the Circumstance
te which we allude, is English MONOPOLY
seizing hold Of The Gerry means of health.'
attempting to procure Of the B olivian gov.
eminent the exclusive privilege of export.
ing bark, and obtaining control over the
Peruvian bark 7trade. A writer asserts
with truth "there is probably a greater
amount of Peruvian bark, and its active
principle quinine, consumed in our country
than in any other quarter of the world"
"Throughoutthe immense tract of newly
settled country within our limits, diseases of
miasmatic origin, intermittent, remittent,
bilious and coniestve tevers, are BY far the
most prevalent and fatal, and for them bark
and quinine are the safest and most valuable
at present in use by physicians.
In fact, it is a matter of doubt if some por.
tons ofour country, in the West and South,
would ever have been settled, had we not
so sure a remedy for the diseases
rendered SO rife and fatal by the clearing
Of land"
The BENEFICIAL effects Of this medicine,
and the great demand for it is thus men.
toned in number of the NeC Orleans
Medical Journal"
"Quinine instead Of caIomeI is now con-
sidered, in the South, the Sampson of the
llateria MedicG, and we congratulate our
brethren and the community on the change.
The doses of this medicine have been in
creased from two grains TO ten, twenty, and
upwards and its beneficial effects are often
truly wonderful. Secretly and impercepti-
bly, it dispels the morbid train Of symptoms,
and it is perhaps the only medicine strictly
entitled to the name of febrifage. The
quantity ofthe article used in the South, this
season, is prodigious. II has been impos-
sible to supply the demand"
This shows conclusiyely how seriously
the American people would be effected in
case of a disturbance in eur commercial re-
lations with England, provided she made
the arrangement mentioned above with the
Bolivian government. Deeming it would
be matter of some interest to our readers,
we copy the following remarks of cores
pondeht ofthe Washington Union, show
ing how near a substitute for the Peruvian
bark, we have in our own country:
g 1t may not be unintercsting to your rea-
1ers TO know that the substitute for uuinine.
from the vegetable kingdom, which promi-
ses best in the present state of our knowl-
edge, is the active principle of the bark of
several varieties ofthe common willow, (sa-
lix.) This medicine was introduced some
years since under theaname Of Sa!icine Il but
as yet it has not been employed sufficiently
for its comparative value to have been de.
termined with certainty. 1t is understood
to be the design of the medical department
ofthe army to have it tried on a large scale,
at one OF two of the most unhealthy military
posts on the southwestern frontier, with the
view Of determining its precise value. Il
would be very well to possess such a re-
source in case of an emergency. Wherev.
9r there is a swamp to produce miasma,
hero, verygenerally in the temperate zone,
will the willow tree be also found. Indeed,
would seem that Providence had so or
ered it. that the disease should be accom-
anied by its appropriate remedy"
PREsIDENT PoLK.-The Union states
hat the labor Of mind and body the Presi-