Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-11-17

creation; mere silence once relgned; the on
ly sound which occasionally broke the in
tense stiffness being The voice of sublerran-
can thunder; the only motion, mot felt. for
there was none to feel III an earthquake: the
only phenomenon a molten sea, shot up
from the fiery gulf below TO form the nigh
~ framework Of some future continent
And still that ancient silence seems to i'm
pose its quclIing influences, and TO allow in
lis presence the activity of nothing but
thought. And what thought-what direc-
lion more natural for it TO Ia than 10
plunge still f + her back into the abvss of
departed time, till it has reached First or
Efficient Cause Pre-Adamitc Earth, by
Dir. Harris.
HORRIBLE SCENE OF DE>TI TrTION-THE
FEl Err IN DUBLIN
statement appears in the Irish papers
respecting the treatment of fever patients in
the city of Dublin. which is of so horrible
nature that we have been willing 10 believe
1t either uniounded, or at least exaggerated.
We have looked for contradiction. but none
has appeared; and as the truth of the repre-
senlauon appears now to be no longer doubt
iuI, we think it high time to demand bv
whose criminal neglect an outrage upon hu-
mainly OF the most fragrant and disgraceful
KIND has been suffered 10 take place.
The facts of the case are these Two
French physicians, depuled by the govern
ment OF France to examine into the progress
OF fever in Ireland, together with an eminent
French journalist, visited few DAYS ago
some OF The temporary fever hospitals cree
ted IN Dublin. They were visited bv a
Dublin physician, DIR. Curran, upon whose
authority the statement we have referred TO
has been published. The result of their OBJ
servallons in one locality is described in the
following passage:
Passing the South Dublin poor-housc
says DIR. Curran) and proceeding along
James-strcet for Il few hundred yards, we
find lane which leads up the hill to the
lelt to terminate at the Riallo-bridge, on The
Grand Canal. This is Watery-lane,' and
the name IS not inappropriate, as a ditch of
green, stagnant, and most putrid water
bounds the road on each side nearly lis
whole length. Near the canal a high par
luton OF boards, erected behind the ditch on
the lett side, marks the site of the Temporal
ry hospitals. When our party reached the
gate leading to the hospital Enclosure. can
not express how shocked and greved felt
at seeing no less than IL persons-men,
women, and children-Iying along the path
way ana III the gutter, awaiting their turn
to be admitted. Some were stretched at
lul length, with their faces exposed to the
full glare of the sun, their mouths open. and
their black and parched tongues and encrust-
ed teeth, visible even from a distance.
Some women had children at the breast.
who lay beside them in silence and appa-
rent exhaustion, the fountain of their life be-
ing dried up, whilst in the centre of the road
stood cart containing a whole family, who
had been smlttcn down together by the ter
nble typhus, and who had been brought to
The hospital gates by the charity OF neigh
Dor. Inside the hospital inclosure there is
a considerable space Of ground between the
gate and temporary hospitals. or Sheds as
they are called. This place found strewed
all over with building materials. straw. &c,
whilst a Httle to the right Of the entrance
observed a small shed roughly covered with
boards, but completely open in front, like
the sheds used in iarm-yards for covering
dung and rUhbisl. Merely glancng atiti
passing, took it for receptacle for the
cast-oll RAGS Of the patients: but heavy groanS
proceeding from it, | went closer to it. and
imagine my surprise and Indignation at find
ing IT filled by thirty-tive human beings of
all ages, who were heaped indiscriminate,y.
some with their heads and some with their
feet presented towards us OH little straw
thrown down on the ground. Thc moment
| was observed, | was assailed with the
most touching appeals for compassion and
relief, whilst some of the poor creatures KEEP:
calling out Tor little water 10 quench their
thirst. On inquiry | was informed by sew
cral of these untorunates that they had been
lying there three DAYS without there being
any one to afford them the smallest relief.
whilst they had been drenched bv rain
which fell few nights since, the front of
the shed, which was too small 10 acc0mmO-
date them all, being completely open. Sew
eral looked at us as we went in amongst
them, with the fixed glare Of unconscious
ness-o.hers seemed to be actually diving;
AND all had an expression sufficiently lam!t
lar 10 the practical physician. and hich GER
tainly no art could counterfeit. They were
all afflicted with typhus fever, that awful
disease which is now devastating our coup
Try"
Such was the spectacle exhibited to three
enlightened Frenchmen. not in remote dis
trict, but at the seat Of the Irish Government.
IN the very metropolis Of Ireland dozen
persons lying in fever on the roadway.
waiting for admission to the hospital, aud
thirty-tive who had been admitted, flung to-
eelher in a heap. and elt to lie for three
days with as ille care as if they had been
carrion in knacker's yard. Who, we ask,
has been guilty of thls shameful and cruel
negligence For the present, the disgrace
must be divided between the local auihor-
ties and the Government, nor do we see how
any explanation can perfectly clear any par
" from characterization -Iorning Chron.
Resources Of The Worth o2,d .Souh.-A
travelling correspondent Of lie Richmond
Wing. in 1910. stated the comparative pro
duets Of the two sections. showing that the
agricultural products of tie north exceeded
those of the so4s;h bv nearly tittv-three mill
lions al dollars, and the manufacturing pro-