The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-01-08

Among so manv, there must he some in whose
breasts the power of true love l. implanted
love for woman in IFS purc>t sense. for Of
spring, for all the cnicarment> of dunr>'i,.
life which the untalEici are ranablc of i..,l
ing; vet doomed never 10 cxrrri>c the all
tions without Perpetnating the cur>r: >D"-'
ton, IN whom there ar" hidden powers "i mind
unknown save TO themselves: ambition. that
corrodes with unavaiing aspirations: thirst
for action that burns within increasingly. vet
never can be assrIagrd: all the ruling pa>-
sions that are implanted in man for great and
noble purposes. never. never 10 give cue mo
mcnt's pleasure unmixrd with tn, I.ertci1al
gloom of that curse which dwcli> in their
blood
As ploddcd nv WAY for the las' time
through this den of sckeninc sight>. vision
of human misery was impressed upon NV
mind that time cannot effare. Tra-scd when
the ravs of the sun were cold and the lirit
was dlmmcd; and there came ont from tie
rerklng novels lrprouS men, caunt with fam
inc, and they barred their hillrnu> bodies. and
howled Ike wild beasts: aud women L,l.t
out their loathSome babes. ana tore. AWAY tl,,
rags that covered them AMI pnirlr,n.- ~ fll,.
shapeloS. mass, shrickcd for aims. Al W.,
n and MI IL I
and as passed on unable to relieve thou
Sandth part of the misery mnans Of to<r,ir
and howling curses followed me-. and I.rrrr>
crawled back into their novels tn rot in their
filth and die when God wiici-far. ~ fb,,
National hieU;qenccr
( The LrrE"sf.-A painfully Interesting
description of the Lrrro<v a> it still e~i>,>i in
an isolated quarter of Jerusalem. ma, b..
found above.
/ This dreadnl and loath>ome ,li>.as~ still
exists. in precisely the same form. ar,i hear
INC all the peculiar characteristics of the l..,.
rosy as described bv Moses. and A. healed ly
tn" miracles of our Savior Ircxi~t> no, o-,rv
IN Jerusalem and Palestine GENERALLY. bur hv
emigration and in'crmarriage Of pil"rim> ta
the Holy Land. it has been carrioa IN Euroro
and We ar" sorry 10 say i sill snrca!irr ana
likely to herome a disease IN o,lr own coYr-r,
Ii * not. fortunately. a contagious ,1i>r,>.
1t * hereditary. and certain to hc trar>n.;rr,rl
from generation to generation, without .,,.r
diving out, among those who are inf,.tc,i Will,
il in tho rcmotcst d.gr-r. No r,lprl, h,s
hitherto been discovered. and ro,l,in, l,,-
absolute prescription AMI intcrli,.tion has
ever been found ,l,.rual "a STAY lis r-o..r..-.
wherever it has been tran>nlant,.d. II has
been carried Ia 'hr western roa>f on tl.. Nn~ii,
Sea. and is now SAID 10 prevail all a'or,r The
coast OF NORWAY. from the Naz,. tn the North
Cape. A letter from Rev. !. c. Richmond
dated at BERGEN, in NORWAY. lii September
last, and published in the Evangelical ra,L,-
li"' an Episcopal newspaper in N,w York,
speaks of the Norwegian Lcpro>y. a. 1t came
under the writers own observation. IT.. -s,.
that after ha,in. been confine, L. rh,. ,.,-,,
for centuries. the di>ea>" ha> now l,.,.lu :,
penetrate inland. and is sometimes :n,nd far
IN the interior. The Government ha> taken,
the matter in hand, and in addition 10 ,l..,
system of exclusion in lrproSv houses. has
appropriated large sum 37.oon dollars .,,r
the rrertIonS of hospitals. where experiments
are to be mair in curing the li~,.a>,.-, lr.
Danicllsen having, as h. Think. d.>co,cr-d 4
cure.
Mr. Richmond calls attention TO the import
ant fact. that the emigration from Nnrwa, ,n
tins country, Is TO a great extent from lcrro,,,
districts: and that some individuals actually
known TO be leprou>, have already rn,iyrat,.i
10 the tnlted States. If il introduced here.
1t Is sure TO hecom" aprevalcnt li<,.a>. in our
Western States. Mr Richmond rrromn,.,d,
that the strlctest surveillance b. exercised
over Norwegian immigrants. and that the
most stringent measure. hc adopted Ia pre-
vent the settlement among Us of individual
iouiii w pt WIFI me ETrfgSN. He
saws. in concluding bis letter. which is nd
dressed to Bishop Wainwricht If New York
Gould YOU have witnessed. As indeed Won
did in the East, the poor creatures. some al
flicted with that type Of the disease which
covers the face. and even the evciidS with red
tubercles, and. by the growth of the same
within the throat, DESTROYS the speech. or re-
dnces it to husky and hoarSc effort. while
the poor lcpcr in Il few years desccnds to the
tomb; or could you behold the limb, bv de-,
grees dropping from the body, and while. they
remained 50 destitute of feeling, tina, the p,r,r
sufferers frequently burn themselves with
deep scars before they are even aware of the
heat, YOU would not wonder that | s;c,,ld
wish TO arouse such attention. before i, Toe too
late. as may secure our pos;erity against this
loathSome infliction."
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