New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
THE VICTIMS OF THE NAPoLEoSrc Corr ID ErAT.
M. Louis Blanc has published letter which he mas
Just received from 81 French political PRISONERS at
Cayenne: .
" To H. Lopis Blonc those deported 10 CayeRRe, wih
urgent ,equest TO make public this APPEAL:
Those deported to French Guiana make nm appeal
TO The feelings of Justice and humanity of all honest
men 10 whatever party they may belong.
= " At the very moment when so much Is spoken IN
France OF clemency and generosity, while so many
families ale ulling themselves with the hope of clasp
ing to their hearts the dear whose absence they
have so long amented the political victims treated
in French Guiana in a manner worthy OF the darkest
ages Of baTbarity.
count OF niquy; but how is it possible to pass over
in silence the unjust and cruel behavior OF French
officers toward their tellowcoun;iyinen Let 1t be
known therefore that are unspeakably tortured ON
the fmsiost prccnsos, while people deceived by Tue
solemn declarations Of the French Government, think
reI apps that every prison open, and that we are at
liberty. Let it be known for instance that out OF hve
men lately arrested for some talk 1t had been the fancy
of an oyelseer to invent two tied IN stake ana
dealt with as the most vile criminals. On their beng
reluctant 10 submit 10 ignomnous punishment sol
dies were called for, who rushing upon the victims,
bluised them with blows, tore OF their boards, and
reckless of shrieks with which wild beasts would have
been moved bound them with CORDS so nst as 10 ahe
the blood gush. go
tTo relate all we sufIeris more than possibly
do Our checks kndle with shame, and our hearts are
bleeding Suffice il to say that while the French Gov
orreu,io cmencv cried up everywhere there
Fr,ncfnen in Guiana who do gasp for life Nor are they
allowed tie sooum of the Island OF Despair horrible
as II is; barbarous administrators drag them violently
I'm tle Continent, to compel them Ia labor oi eight
hours day in the marshy forests from which pestilen
tal yapoIs are continually rising.
Ne refused TO submit Ia this outrage upon laws, to
this murderous attempt; we claimed PROMISED hoerty
lie answer is 'deathf- magnanimOus answer, after
the brh Of Prince
as there indeed for any other prospect but inn
mircnt death With proper food, no garments, no
shoes no wine since February last there any chance
that we should long be able to bear both tho influence
of an eshausting toll and deadly climate Again
where is the law which assimates political proscrps 70
galey-slaves From beneath the brutal iorce that
weighs upon us, heaped up together almost BREATH
es but strengthened by the sacredness OF our cause
and our hope in the triumph of justice, we protest
against the violence which is offered to us May public
opinion be moved at msortunes and energeticaily
rise against deeds go well calculated TO bring to shame
nation iopu.ed the most enlightened and civilized IN
the world"
"Tbese men. adds NJ Louis Blanc "belonging to
all classes of sOcety-artists tradesmen, workmen,
berrstes physicians farmers Journalists, scholars
have been violently driven out of their country not
in consequence of any lawful Judgment, but by the
(" fully remembered that the tortured victims men
"wbo have been tried by any lawful court, nor
prosecuted by any form OF law!'
LOUIS NAPoLEoys HEALTH.-A few months back
we had good many reports ahoat of visits that the
Emptror Louis Napoleon intended to pay to various
pa,fs of Germany Switzerland, &C.. that one of these
reports the one with reference to Carlsbad was in
great degree well grounded is evident from the follow
high repute with the faculty OF Paris arrived here
and consulted one of the most skilfu patolOgans of
this place. described very accurately the symptoms OF
bis patient, all of which pointed distinctly to an alice
ton of the liver and inquired if the Calsbad waters
wee well calculated to give his patient relief giving,
at the same Tine the distinct intmaton that nothing
but the absolute certainty of cure would induce his
patient to resort TO that place. The young French
physician leaving Berlin, proceeded to Vienna and
Prague for the purpose OF consulting further medical
authorities in Austria. In the latter part OF last July
the physician whom he had consulted here received q
costly fnuff-bo from Paris, with few lines from hi,
French medical colleague, requesting his acceptance Of
il as token of acknowledgment for his professional ad
vice. he would probably guess for whose benefit the
service had been asked; but the consultation had he
grieved to say, been unproductvc of any result for
"even in the choice Of q spa" Berlin Cor
"TBE MovHhEsr CuRE."-Undcr this heading
pamphlet has appeared from the pen of one Professor
GtoIgii who ventures to explain how people affected
with nervous and other disorders may be cured by
movements upon their body. The means employed are
biomcchanical and consist of-Frst. Voluntary move
ments by which the various levers of the human frame
work are put into uniform regulated action; these
movements bending, stretching, rotation, ubrica
ton twisting, etc. Second. Movements independent
of the will whereby mechanical stimulus, under the
fo Of friction, vibration pressure, percussion, hga
lures etc. so directed act on the various nerves
blood internal organs etc The patient is
aced by the assistant in prescribed position. whether
II he reclining lying sitting, standing, kneeing etc,
and he il made with or without resistance to bend and
eItend his arms to turn his body etc., submit to
friction or percussion applied to the chest, stomach,
&C.. or to pressure made on the main trunk OF
uerye a blood-vessel, &c. Between each movement
Tie raent rests from three to five minutes. Every
three or four weeks az the may be, the prescrp
tion If it be necessary changed and new movements
introduced.