Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-12-09

we ind the following in relation to it, in chap
ter OF Partisan gossip furnished to the Boston At
las by that agreeable writer, Eugene Guinot:
50 If tho art of healing has made little nrooross
since HIPpocrates, who lived some twentv-thraa
centuries ago. it must be charged 10 the obs,inacv
OF human nature, and not all to the doctors.
"ho' III every age, have accomplished DrodiuieS 0T
Inc imagination, 10 open. new routes and arrive
SUI nearer to the end of all healing science. Cur
age beyond all olhcrs. has been fruitful in oririo
nj systems Of medical cure. Yet another one has
now made Il appearance from Germany. entitled
lsoPoihy- We must say in their praise that the
TerEa2u doctors take the lead in scientific iunova-
tons. Nothing stops them. Political troubles
war, intestine commoon. all the revolutions which
are going around them, DO not for monen. dis
tract taem from their profound medJtations. Ther
nave gwen US homeopathy. which was certainly
valuable, but not cOntented with this discovery
which has made 50 much stir and noise IL the
world they have sgnaliscd themselves by new
conquest.
" rhe reProach ogains homeopathy is the ex-
treme miGu;eness Of its po;ions. Jokers. who
spare nothing, have made themselves merry at the
expense of doctrine which materialises itself in
an Impcrcep:jbie form, and operates its miracles
with grain of dust, IN atom sleeped in buckle,
Of water. But the remedy of the new system is
PaiPablc solid remarkable from It's native simp'i-
city and lis 50.duess, which somewhat pqrtakes of
the gross. Isopathy consists in applying uDon the
affected organ the same organ taken from healthy
animal. Perhaps few examples may render the
matter clearer. If the patient be consumptive
they apply 10 his bosom a breast of veal; If the
HVer or heart be affected, buocl's Ever or heart
IS applied over the diseased spot if the hearing
be defective. lsopothy will give You Il night cap.
supplied with CATS ears. This may seem
strange, and yet this is the system now advanced
1t IS talked of Il great dot-fame has seized uDon
1t, the wise men are discussing it, the acQdamies
are examining (, numerous experiments have been
made oil II IN Germany, and, as At Paris, there IS
n crowd OF aCventurers IN every profession, 10
search Of new discoveries. in the hone Of making
win the aid of now systems. a reputation guJ for
tune which they could not realize bv the received
methods, we can number several Partisan doctors
who have declared themselves isopQthis.
" What success this new practice VIII have
among US, remains TO be seen. As yet, lis vo,a-
RES have neglected 10 tell if their system is ap-
Picab,e 10 moral rs well as physical woakncss.-
IT,, for example. man oG tmid nature. wanting
IN manly courage, would become brave by apply
ing a. hons heart, between llnlcl TO his 5raas..-
This treatment, 1t is true, would be exceedingly
eZPensive,aEd would create great mortality among
the Hons; for il is OF course, understood .lat The
isophatc remedies must be renewed every day.
Then. again. This system has long been prac,iced
in the intellectual world. We see, every day.
people who are wanting in Intelligence, apply 10
their defective or empty minds the active and vi
CorOus ones Of their Heigl10rs, and aler having
extracted al! tn" life aad substance, appear them
selves with IuEurl1nt m7| Iuatlon, OF the strong
os, and most h7urishing order How often do we
see an orator who covers his own meagre, weak.
Ineffective style with the eloqueEco be has bor-
rowed from some anonymous rhc,orician. and lnoa
shines forth with a grace Of genius uud an inCE-
haustiJle lecunEty Is not this lsCpaLIE, or
something very much like lt2 >
The \. Yorl, youraqz Of Commerce stas4s that
:. advices have been received by our Government
from the United States Consulate at London, in re-
gard TO the prevalence OF the Cholera in Great
Britain. Accompanying them ere vnlua5'o docu-
men.s and information from the general board Of
health in regard 10 The disease. These papers Mr.
Buchanan Will no doubt soon make public. The
aLvicos are uD % the both October from London.
Forty cases had occurred in London; but no new
cases were reported on that day. TwO-tlirds Of
those attacked had died, bus tho disorder did not
appear to lie spreading. Ii was worse in Glasgow
ana EdiHgburg than elsewhere"
The documents alluded to above, We find pub
lished in several Of our exchanges. They con-
tain much valuable Information in regard to that
dreadful scourge, which has caused millions to
find premature grave; but they are TOO long for
publication in our paper.
PECuuaRrr1Es OF DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC MEN.
"A Washington letter-wr;er, in describing the
pocuIiaritios of some distinguished public men,
says:
ia is interesting sometimes TO see tho different
wavs in which different individuals get out OF the
same dilemma. Mr. Calhoun IS no; often NJ -
loss for Il word, but occasionally one sticks in his
throat in tho pronunciations, like Macbc-h's hmen.
In such Il case he gives PeIuent twitch or two
at his shirt collar, and runs his bony fingers thro
his long gray hair till it fairly bristies again.-
Webster, when bothered for a word, or snarled mp
in a sentence, almost invariably scratches tho IN
ner corner Of his left eye carefully with the third
finger Of his right band. Failing in this he ruds
his nose quite GcrcoIy wah the bent kuucNa Of
his thumb. As a derujeT resort he springs his
knees apart until his legs resemble an elPsis then
DIunoing his hands deep into his pockets. he throws
The Upper section Of his body sm1rtly forward,
and the word IS - bound 10 come" Gen. Cass, in
n similar predicament, passes his hand rapidly
along the lower edge Of his vest. Mr.. Benton
sinks his voice so that the remainder of his SEN
tence is uuintegblc. Mr, Sewer never fails TO
gigqls himself out Of such scrapes. Mr.. Mangum
is violent, and the obdurnte word is supplied by
. Occt-hocE-sFc70y Mr.. Johnson, of Nd, Crit
.