The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-10-02
The a volnit.
.RY LIE Ex-FRENcR EpIroR.

Ihls last stage OF the Yellow t~eVeT-gen-
orally significant Of the separation Of the soul
from the body-has a most awful meaning in
those southern regions where the terrible NAL.
ady has held sway, and has subdued its mil-
lions Of victims. The indication Of "blaCk
vomit'' in a yellow fever patient is most dis
tinct intimation to the friends Of the afflicted
that it is their duty to procure q ''wooden SUR
tout,'' and make other funeral arrangements
as speedily as possible. The most extraordI"
nary case Of "black vomitn we ever heard Of
or that ever came under our observation oc-
cured in New Orleans during the epidemic
Of the hummer Of l84l. Our old friend and
associate DENNIS CoRcoRAN now one of the
editors of the Nep Orleans DELAY "a fellow
ofinfinite Jest" and a "wild Irishman'' into the
bargain, was caught with q pain both in the
head and back, and was laid up us a most de
clded sample Of the yellow fever victim
For three days and nights he struggled with
the enemy, but in vain. The efforts Of his
medical attendants we're baffied-no medicine
could be made to operate upon his system,
and he was finally given up as a 'gone %coon;"
the fact was announced to him.
swell said DENNIS, speaking as distinctly
as possible under his extreme weakness-s'Pnl
satisfied If you are, buff I'D had decent diet
and occasional juleps, or asup Of brandy and
water, during the last three days, I'd been well
before this time"
A half hour passed away--DENNIs lay in a
state Of semi-toTpor, his dissolution momenta-
tarily expected, when by accident, he hap
pened to be left entirely alone, three or four
Of his friends and the attending physician be-
inginrthe'udjoining ~Foom-the door ajur--and
the nurse having stolen away for some article
necessary in her vocation. DENNIS raised him
self, half delirium, and consequently, nearly al
strong in the paroxysm as whenin perfect good
health,
"That's III" exclaimed he, in a whisper
discovering an old fashioned junk bottle on
the mantel piece-"that's it, I'll get a drink
now,o
He staggered towards it, raised it to his lips
and g%reodily drank the entire contents. HI
had hardly time to totter back to the bed ant
hide himself beneath the clothes, when thu
nurse re-appeared.
Five minutes elapsed, when the patient com
menced the process Of vomiting and Purgini
3 in the the most violent manner. 1t was til
9 ~clearest possible case of the "black Vomit."
"Good Heavens" calculated the doctor
"did any body oversee anything so black as that
, He's gone now, sure"
DENNIS came very nigh kicking the buckle
but he did'nt-he laid over, as some thought
t to debut fell into a sort Of sleep which KEEP
o him busy for about an hour, when he awoke.
"Bless me-" said the physician, 'you ar
o much better, you are much better, you are be
yond danger-you are bound to recover"
"That's what 1 thought" said Dennis, "eyC
r since l got that drink"
"What drink"
. ga drink from that bottle on the mant'
e piece there. l reckon you'll not find muc
" left in it."
The doctor rushed to the bottle-it was EN-
is ty-but the label upon it read thus:
sUPERFINE RECORD INK,
l. MANUFACTURED BY
10 HOGAN g. THOMPSON,
Philadelphia.
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