The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-02-07
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nor Il, there: as much sickness inst, in propor-
zion to it's population, as when the number
,yas far Glow the present census. ma 1t Is
Believed to be true, also, that the annual NOR
4ality of the capital OF Massachusetts is lower
than it has ever been before. Among other
gratifying circumstances conducting to this
happy result, railroads, We are incllneh 10
think, have contributed more than physicians
or others seem to have suspected: The peo-
pie of Boston, and we presume also OF other
cities, avail themselves of n pleasant ard rap
id conveyance in cars, on their way to trans
act an immense amount of business. Thou
sands of active cnterprising men, who are
identified with the mercantile and mechani-
cal thrift, characteristic Of Boston, reside
from two to twenty-five and sometimes forty
niles of, in the beautiful surrounding towns
and villages, which are always accessible by
numerous railroads at various hours of the
day and evening After the fatigucs of the
day, and the exit of customers, thcJ h;c them
selves to the magnificent scenery which
farms and gardens, hills and dales, render
intellectually inviting through the warm season
to pass the night in untc:ntcd atmosphere,
and in clean, well-vcntiatcd houses. The
following morning they are again brought, by
an early train, to city, both physically and
mentally prepared for the pursuits Of the day.
This class thus secure a remarkable degree
of health; and longevity, in degrees varying
according to the healthful or unhealthiul ma
ture of habits, will follow as necessary con-
sequence. Then, again, tho different mem
bers of families are constantly making cX-
cursions here and there from the city, in con-
sequence of the facility. rapidity, and econo-
nv in moving about. All the various inilu-
cnccs operating on the play of muscles Of the
body, on the nerves, on the mind, and on the
circulation Of the blood, by rushing through
the atmosphere with the momentum of bird
on the wing, are each Of them bettering the
condition Of the body, and brace it up firmly
to resist the ordinary sources Of indisposition,
and SECURE the individual that measure OF
health on which much of his happiness and
usefulness in society depend. Rail roads,
therefore, aside from their pccuniary enrich
ing influences, and the resources they furni .h
for trade and extended intercourse, are inn
proving tho condition Of humanity more par
ticularly, in the way Of promoting and sus-
tanning the he alth of cities.
We have felt an unusual degree Of gratf-
cation in success Of Mr.. Spear, gentleman
Of unboundcd philanthropy, who secures to
the poor children Of Boston, annually, aplcas-
ant trip to some sweet grove beyond the ever
lasting din OF our crowded streets. where
their lungs. can be expanded by unvitacd air
and their sensus RECALLED by the magniticencc
OF the Creators works in the green fields the
wild flowers, the waving forests, and the bal
my breezes of the country.
The sickly and feeble are also benefited by
railroads. Dyspcptics, those with irratablc
lungs, and dcbilitatcd children arc improved
in health by frequent transits in the cars; and
it would be the very spirit Of bcncvolence to
furnish poor and sckly females, numerous
hrr1x cfx n oil
cities, the means for riding from ten to twcn-
ty miles on rail road, at least twice week
during the summer months. While some
have treated of the moral influences Of rail-
roads, and all familiar with their commercial
Importance in developing the resources of a
country, it is our agreeable province to herald
another property singularly overlooked in
community exceedingly blessed by their con-
struction-viz: the stability they are calcula-
ted TO give to the public health Boston lIcdi-
ca! and Surgica! Jounc!.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CMUEcM--llost OF
our readers are probably aware that the Mciho-
dist Episcopal Church hns been dcvidcd into
two bodies-,hc NJ. L. Church south, and the
M. T.. Church nor,l,--on the question OF slave
ry. The southern branch Of the Church de-
Inanded an equitable distribution of the com
luOH pNOpeTtS vi tttc GllutSIs anu iIiC IhcSIloi
of arbitation was discussed at the last Nation
al Conference held at Pit,sburg. Since that
time tho agents of the northern branch Of the
Church, in letter addressed to the Comm,s-
sioners Of the Nj. T.. Church south, state that
they arc satisfied that no power which axe
possess, whether corporate or Otherwise, will
warrant us to submit the claim made by you in
behalf of tho Methodist Episcopal Church
south, to portion Of tho property oftho Boo!
concern of the Methodist Episcopal Church
to the decision Of arbitcrs. In this decision
tho agents are sustained by Judge Mclean.
The decision will Of course cause much
excitement among the Methodist at the south
and sut at law will probably result from The
decision, which will be transferred to the Su.
prcme Court.
Hon. Mcssrs. Daniel Webster and Ravcr;ly
Johnson have been engaged by the Conmis-
sioners of the NJ. l.. Church, South, as coun-
sci in the prosecution for the funds of The NJ.
e. Church. Hon. Rufus Choltc has been re-
tanned, it is said, by the Book agents of the NJ
f. Church, as one Of their counsel in the cx-
pected prosecution OF the claim of the M. l..
Church, South, on the property oftlc Church.
Zion's Herald.
CoTToN SEED ENrEAcToE--The North
ern papers, we notice, are describing at con-
siderable length new invention for extract
ing the seed of the cotton plant. 1t is Of the