The Arkansas banner., 1847-07-26

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 he sssasens gsnesaIly wess shen pfesaa- ted to the President.
 Ai o'clock the City Council ense s A.s.- ner m honor of the President. and his entire ssiic. his Exesllency Gov Brixxs ana ss.sse, Adj Gen. Oliver, &c.. were present. The dinner was of the richest dsscsipsicu. but only an hour and half was passed as he table. the President having appointed haif- past loF tho further reception af company The Mayer presided, bot 10 speeches er inasts were given during the short festival.
 FMs Wasse Cmre.
 We have read various sober, meshodical. masser-of-faet descriptions of the way in which people are washed clean from dsssass al the water cure establishments; hut there $ one, supplied by victim of Balaieborouah for the New Haven Hesaid, which does up the process ia vivid, graphic, hunorona kind of way. highly effective. bat probably not whii less truthful than the dullsxt of the others.
 A feeble young maa leaves his home and the nursing cares of a doaiing mother or fond wife. and comes here away North among the hills to seek the will-o'-wssp angel of heaitA, tn other words, to get his siouaeh vnsiaesl out and hts liver pat ia order. Aiaer nights halmy repose, cr rather ia the msisg of a nights slumbers, in which the dream. of fire side and hone. and the maternal cosIee and toast that await his awakening. the door of his chamber opens. and in walks figure wiih shaggy ham and hare snd hrawny agsns, who shakes the slumber and Iouses hum with the hollow spoken words, # our ss5f is rea- dy,' Your bafk is ready, he means, withogs the politsuess of asking, sAre Esa ready for your bods' As inexorabIe ss fate he stands. while the victim rises and slengdrs tilt no CO., vering but kis skin shields his shrinking nerves fron the chill air through the open window
 ..'fhe sornssntee thea sfsips. aha hnad and spreads first blanket. and then over t . thick sheet just wet in water of 4se rssen- heii. Upon this the shivesipg. shrinking pa- tieni. with the whole surface in . state of goose-aesh-ishness. extends his length, and feels himself instantly eaveioped IT iss heart chilling folds. Then blanket alter blanket is laid over aad tucked in, till he takes tlsa form, and has somewhat the feelings, of an Egyptian mummy. just dead and cold. hound hand and foot, and wrapped up for the tomb. He is then left to his own reflections and the re-aeuve powers of nature He considers that iC the building should take fire he would probably. tn his helpless condition, be roas- ted alive. and makes up his mind that he would not mind roasting much. provided 1t were in a warm Ere. Soon. however. na- ture rallies her forces, and kSe blood-vessels are in excited action. First. the surface of the body becomes warm, then tue sheets, then everything Is heated io the sseaming posas. and there ensnes a most soothing, sweet, and heart sofiening sensation, in which he again falls asleep, aud dreams of Paradise and bed of rose-leases.
 h. whence Is tst spectre that palis oi bis eieihes An. whence is that splash that now farms his ears
 sIt IS the same hart-he william as be- fore, who. without deigaing single word, throws oG blanket after bIankeL and com fostAhis after comfortable. til only one ea- velope is irfI when ne seizes hsm by the shoulders. lifts him spnghs ia the bed, Hn- covers his feet, puts on pair of slippers. throws . blanket over his head, aud says lol- low me- With e0e eye open. ss doeiis as lamb ied io sacrikce. feeling hke fool, Aad looking just Ike Lazarus coming oai of she grave. he goes slip-shod down stairs. seats himself in . tab of water al 72. where . bucket fall is poured oser hin. and i've rough hands rub him vel. Bat that aint nothing that aiat'
 "l3efore him is theasrrihie plunge bah. "A feet by 90. and or 4l deep. Us surface is so clear that il seems only . tank of air with slight emerald tinge, vaiD iHsagsRaliun That liquid is as real as rock and cold as ihe double extract of irebengs, and into tkas-- wre ehea mortal must yoa plunge. So heFo goes, one splash. Aad he rises to the top. feeling an icicie thrust shrongh his heart
 '-osi he serambles. and hack agsjn to lhs half-bash. which now feels Like hot waier,ie be again rubbed. Then a dry rubbing wish sheet, and he Is clothed quickly fora walk. and he struts forth 10 meet the sun, wlih nerves bfaeed sp 10 saeh pitch that he cares not what he meets.
 .1Over hill and through dell he sfamgs fl with ssgor, sill pfeseasiy she fe-aetion ss complete, and he fesis ss t be had swapped himself away fef ssothef msn. t ks has esea the hnmbiess knowlsdge of vhssslsng he pats il ia practice. or spseds along. Faeas- taaing, the first half .f shs ~A,k, ppea tiss beauties of Nature. and slsr lssaes halG sss Fsse probable qaastisy of bscskssss reqssESJ se satisfy ss spressss thsa has oscesse Esgss { shark like than huasan.r
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