Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-11-28

ue'ShUOI unO contemporary OF the tribune
has "gone n.dd.n
We had observed, for some time, a
strange peculiarly in the conduct Of the
individual, but not being acquainted with
the idiosyncracies Of his constitution, had
INDUCED the hope that it was nothing
more than a Temporary hallucination, and
that it would, in short time, pass away =,
and leave his mind in its usual healthy and
rigorous condition.
But such are the tallacies Of hope! His
friends, who were better acquainted with
the ,ceakness and frailly Of his intellectu-
al powers, had looked with trembling an
xiety to the excitements Of the past week,
and feared the shock and its consequent
ces! Their worst fears have been fully
realized. ..a
The milk-and- waite rishness which had
been observed to characterize all his acts
for long period of time, and which had
portended some strange up-heaving Of
his powerful brain, has, at length, yield
ed to the most wild and incoherent raw
ings.-rhe tameness and docilty which
has been apparent in him, are but the
deceptive calm which preceded the Cere.
bral Storm. The mild zephyrs that watt
ed in gentleness and quietude his little in
tellectual bark, now rage in all the fury
Of the tempest, and the mental ship, with
all its precious freight of large ideas and
powerful conceptions, now lies wreck
with its fragments scattered in wild con-
fusion.
How melancholy the spectacle!! and
how truly affecting to those dear friends
who now weep around his bedside!
On Thursday night last he was OBJ
served to be very restless;-he desired
the candles TO be kept burning, and refu-
sed to retire to his bed for the whole
night. In the fore part Of the succeeding
day he seemed more calm, and was pre-.
vailed upon to eat little milk porrige.
This seemed for time to have sooth-
ing effect, and served to revive the hope
Of his anxious friends that all was not
lost.
But, oh! the fattery Of hope las The
shades Of evening drew nigh, his symp-
toms returned in all their melancholy vi
olence. Poor fellow!-he seemed con-
scious Of the mental darkness that was
fast closing around him, and of the blight
ing weight that was pressing upon the
We have recorded something Of his
ncoherent ravings;-he mu,ters of loco
ocos and the constitution the following
$ all we could catch:
"1his is the history of Locofocoism cvery
here; or. if the scene is varied, it is but TO
ltroducc the mammoth cxtravagancos and
winding proaigucy Of a whole. sal e. log rolling
7st' m of improvement, such us has crushed
ne peupic Of 1HIhoIs TO the earth beneath an
'supportable weight of debt and taxation.
1t is ever characterized by extremes, whcth.
III the dogmas Of politics, or the fairs OF
ado To-day 1t claims liberty wild as that
the unta med savage and to- morrow it would
':ge letters for all. Woula did we saw? Nav,
does: Our own thrice happy country is not
lie only one where Locofocoism flourishcs.-
is found wherever tyrant breathes, or
iptlvs signs. Its whispers are heard in the
'urts OF Kings, where designing and plant
nnVcs "bcnd the pregnant hinges Of tho knee,
nat thrift may follow fawnng;'' and its "a
ings arc behcd in the mad dccreos of uncheck.
d ccspotism every where. Arc illustrations
this nccded' Fhey are to be found in our
cry midst. The little town of Dubuque might
,deed furnish examples for the world. With.
ut naming time, or place, or an individual,
re will inquire-Who does not know that
'ithin comparatively short period Of time.
Locofoco meeting. physical death was de.
ounceo from he speakers stand, BY noted
cader, against any who should dare to vote in
Ppostlon to the wishes Of the leaders at the
arty?"
This melancholy case demands, and
We hope will receive the most careful at
cntion on the part Of both Physician and
nurses.
We are never in the habit Of obi rudng
ur advice upon medical or other sub
ects, but simply beg leave, in the pres
ut instance, TO suggest to the attending
MUSICIAN the propriety Of shaving the
cad, and applying an inflated bladder
hereto. This is on the principle of the
MODERN Homeopathic physicians, whose
MOTTO is that "ihe cures like" A mode
a:e dose Of Helle-bore might be admins
ersd upon the same principle. If this
hould fail to effect any improvement,
nllder course must be resorted to. Good
ursing will effect more than medicine.
Warm applications to the understand.
n.y." with occasional doses OF hoarhound
md mullen, catnip and spignut, gil-run-
'ver-the-ground, the roots of briars. and
he green Of elder, put in little sweet
.ream and slime rod ovar a .Iov, g.. .,.,