The republic., 1852-01-10
The ak Grinue.D

Everybody knows what the influenza is
how ii begins, and grows, and ends; but we
fancy that few in this latitude are familiar
maady of the season styled by northern
contemporaries the "kossUTH grippe" We
have advertisements of quack medi-
oines warranted TO be sovereign cures for the
extraordinary complaint, but none that we have
observed has attempted to describe it. The
public south Of the line 800 have been left to
solve the problem, whether the grippe" afore-
said is in any way connected with the KossUTu
fever which began its ravages in the city Of the
Five Points some weeks ago; or whether it is
a new name manufactured by some ingenious
pill maker to give an impetus to his stagnant
wares. JENNY LIND is inseparably associated
with certain kind of twisted tobacco; why not,
pill or purge? Our own impression is, that the
grippe" is 4 bona tide ailment-like the cho-
lera, erratc in its movements, sudden and
sharp-happly less faial-in its operations.
Our citizens have now opportunities of judg-
ing for themselves in this important matter, as
several unmstakable cases of the "grippe"
have occurred within our boundaries, though as
yet none has assumed any very dangerous
pect What is most surprising is, that the
| complaint has broken ont with the greatest vi
rulence in one of the highest and most healthy
localiiies--Capitol Hill; and that the chief
sufferers are members of the National Legisla-
ture. The Senate chamber has been particu-
larly affected.
The Union, Of yesterday, records the fact
that four distinguished members of Congress
were suffering severely in consequence on
Thursday evening. The announcement is in
each reporlorial and in connexion with the
festivities of the Jackson Association mix
ture Of mirth and sadness on which men may
moralize with profit. The sufferers named are
Hon. w. X. KING. President of the Senate
Hon LINN BoyD, Speaker Of the House, Gen
eral HoUsroN, and General HENRY DoDGn.
The former two are represented to have been
"de,ained by indispositon;" the third, though
victor at San Jacinto, was vanquished by the
grippe" having, according to the Union.
''been called away from the nall by ndispos-
tion;" while the fourth was obliged TO retire
from similar cause. Here are four decided
cases, and thero are doubtless others, as we
miss from the list of guests on Thursday many
staunch pupils of the Jackson school, who on
the previous evening manifested an exuberanco
Of animal spirits.
Perhaps the kossuTH grippe may have
resulted from the hand d-shaking process of
which both chambers of Congress have lately
been The scene. Perhaps, again-thoagh this
Is barely possible--the malady of Thursday
may have proceeded in some mysterious man
ner from the banquet OF the previous night In
either case, the grippe" and kossUrH are
clearly connected.
We commend the subject 10 the immediate
attention OF the faculty of the city, that the
authorities may take steps to prevent the
spread of the disease. Let us know whether
it .is preventable. durable, or contagious; and
whether, in this particular instance, sllopaihy,
homeopathy. or hydropathy is likely to be most
eficacious. We wager ten to one on cold
water.