Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-01-12
EDITORS TABLE.

MALArIA.-We are under obligations to the ac-
complished Author, for a copy Of An Essay on
Malaria, read before the Medical Society of North
Carolina, at Wilmington, in May, 1852, by S. S.
BArcHwELI, NJ. D., of New Hanover County, n.
c."
NJ We have read the Essay with much interest, en-
bodying as it does deep research, and valuable in
formation based on practical observation and cxpe-
rimonts, cvinciuing n mind we'll stored with pro-
fessional knowledge and scientific determination
It is n reply to the Essay Of DR.. G.. i. JOHNSON, Of
this City, delivered in May, 1851, who took ground
against the doctrine Of the miasmatic origin Of
disease. We make no rretentions to decide be-
tween " differing Doctors" but We must say, DR..
Satchwell successfully maintains his position, ad-
verse to that Of DIR, j., with great ability and con
vincing facts and reasons. We congratulate linn
upon his success in establishing n reputation, by
ibis Essay, for professional knowledge and ability
that many of his seniors might envy. DR.. s., is q
young Physician, but has done a great deal to raise
and elevate the Medical character and faculty o.
our State. We hope to be able at some time to Civ,
extracts from the valuable Essay under considers.
htEprcAE- U0SyESrT0S.-Dr. W. q. TGomas la.
furnished us with the Journal Of the last session o
the North Carolina Medical Society also, a cop,
Of a Circular to the Profession, with n request t.
publish the latter. We hope to be able to find room
for the circular soon.
%G~ We arc indebted to some friend for o cop,
Of "a Discourse, delivered at Tyson's Meotin.
House, in Pitt county, by Elder John r. Walsh, II
D." The pamphlet was printed Mt the Goldsborc
New Era Office, and is handsomely executed. TIL
Discourse is an able argument in behalf of TEN
porancc-total abstinence, if yoa please, and W
commend it to the perusal Of our readers. W
should be glad to make copious extracts therefron
and may do so rs our limits may permit, but for tn
present, have room only for the following;
"Thel last passage I quote from the Old Testa
mont, is HNbaFkuk ii. Is, l6. " Voc unto him thu
qircth his ncigLbor strong driak, that puitch TIN DO
ne 10 him, and m1teyt him drunken also. that tho
maycst look on his nakedness.' &c. Remembe
my friends, a." that whatsoever was written afort
time, was written for our learning" And rcmeu
Der, also, that every moral obligation, not annulle
Ly jesus Christ, is binding upon us as his saints
With these facts before rs. how fearful the fate
him who gives his neighbor to drink. A troe
pronounced upon the man who does it. Think
this, my friends. How, then. in view of this trut
can you invite yeur friends to drink? How ca
you set out your bottle 70 your n~cigbbor, and urs
him 10 partake Of It's contents? Can n Christie
enter into a public house, walk up to the bar, drir
himself. and urge others to drink, and not be gull
before God? If he can. there is no meaning in Il
denunciatiou OF the prophet. II may he tia
through your invitation. he has been started on Il
high road 10 ruin, and his body may fill a drum
ards grave, md his incorruptiblc spirit n drum
ards hell! Who win be responsible for this. b
the man who first gave him a bias and an impet
in that direction. The text / have quoted from Il
prophet covers the manufactures, the wholesa
dealer, the retail dealer, and all of this class, wi
guilt and shame. Let me illustrate this subject.
An individual n cends some lofty mountain, al
detachcs an avalanche, in its course down the mou
tain into the plain below, it sweeps every thing b
foro il, aud buries the. inhabitants deep in I
earth. Who is responsible for this ruin? w
but the man who started it? He alone is respo
sible, my friends. The man is the manufacturers
the wholesale dealer. lie puts the ball in motto
md is the prime cause Of all the misery that f
lows.
But, let us suppose another case. Here is n IN:
who, for some selfish purpose, dams up n stream
Very soon the miasm arising from its stagnant v
tors affects the whole country around. Ev
brooze that floats over those putrid waters, wa
disease and death to the inhabitants. Who is
sponsible The man whe constructed the dam,
cardless Of the welfare of the community in wh
he liVed-hc H. responsible. And so it is with
ference 10 this subject. For purely selfish purpc
for the sake Of gain-a man proceeds to ma
ft-turs and to sell that, which the experionc