Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-12-13
lly. Smiths EfgMe,l.

We seAi,rct that the application to the
Rev 3. " SMITH Cor copy, for pub.;ea-
ion, of his tfiaaksgiying Sermon, was IN
successful. The following extract, reported
by q friend, contains most eloquent aud
graphic description Of the rayages Of The ~
static Cholera, and viii be read with inter
est.-IarmiWe Jouyuos,
"Whle 10 portion of orr country has
been EXEMPT. Ut N,t;,nes. from sumo special
occasion i6r 'lamentation and some special
call for humiliation and repentance. IN view
sqf special chasttsements. We are to-day per-
mitted to acknowledge the ex emption from
any wiles.seaI nati16l 4isitation Of evil
by Cod spec al Providence. Theyo are
some eala'nities which ere natienal. as war,
political fcebleness, or errors, rlis2oyera-
ment or anarchy. in which even christians
minds are SO occupied by attention to
second cause as 70 Lose sight Of the Divine
Providence +; but God comes to nations as to
men, by the infection of evil to teach them
,thepresence and signal efficacy efhis power
50 has lie tyioc visited our nation, within
ne memofF Of nlany here, with that aBfl..
scourge of Garth, whose origin is envcl9p5d
in mystery only exceeded in its inexplica-
bility by the enignias which have marked
It's career. Fever, smallpox aad plague
have ravaGQa' e*rth, but when art has not
a7erted tbei progress it has mitieated ;leit
violence has tracked 'aa5F .sa;irac, entici
pated their approach or eilsdett their attack
Rut the Estate Chofera came. We lnav
net 'fheiiee, traces We know not hov, eaa
goes VIC know rot 7YlfiHee 0thes d. ,Sys
may be traced through tae ronaeTions Of
contagion or tie influence Of infection, bit
this asks no media unless Il lie the air, the
cmissary Of whose dread s,l.ritnal agencies
it might be regarded. TIE oceaH is no bar
rier quarantine is no protection. It vas eS-
pectcd in Montreal. 10 We heard Of it il,
New Orleans. Nor heat Of summer, uor
cold of winter, nor the fckleuess Of spring.
nar The calm and S, tilel Temperature oi aa-
tumn, nor he elills of Boston, The sultrv
winds Of the Ria Granae, the nildness O
the west, he stormy climate Of the east
seem to oisef auy thil, 2 to obslBet Or any,
thing to aggravate It's power. Men predict
cd Its greatest ravages woul.. be in the south,
10 . Chalestsn fa3 e8eaggt aad Cincinnati
vas a iiosptsal Sosle sid it ssgas to lie
confined q 5it.es--hatali platet8ts de-
populated, aud yillae DESTROYED. Gcnef-
IL It haa been tfue..fat tie athy, the de-
5auy!aa, the drun kasds eiefe Il chosen VIC
inns, but while feement boosted it dean
mess ami lazurg refesed iii faneied seouri-
y on scented coaches, the spo'ler slrouded
ne occfpaats of palaces, mi sIauaa i.seIf
With the i,'i'e9t examples schtittss qea ;'se
very personlication Q heaith = see IL
ascs are choice q peculiar ages; = lEe
Is il..st-rs = -, made - e: i, ~
prattling Infancy screapcd-iA Zear the
idc of the hoaiy heads patiently tovca @
he stroke. Playful clr.lltood felt t. nwitil
trasp ON beds whence il lad hurried h. 10
manhood. Bridal dresses shro-.t.ad tender
youth and maiden lcvelness for the strange
and terrible nrrtials Of the e'asa How
wisely speke mca ef pfenlaaitians Science
has confessed that often its premonitious
were the agonies ofexlasiag nature ana thaf
1t began where other diseases ended-iu the
stroke OF Death. Prepared with the accu-
nulated medical skill Of centuries, Phvsi-
clans have not yet settled the question OF
pathology, nor determined the nature Of IL
Their its preYeutiees or It's remedies. In the
very metropolis Of medical science, where
some boasttully proclaimed their safety in
the munitions of skill and nrccaG'ion--in
Paris with It's Colleges and Hospitals and
medical muscun5, Al lis long boosted ap-
paratus for prevention e-lEesl;ug -.in pari,
l 4Ha
revealing, and turaed Ilospitals f chanols,
and Halls Of Medicine to houses of INQUIRE
ing. Hafie one statelFis iyfs On the citi-
eacy of proposed remedy, in six hops3 he
was a corpse.
Irregular in movement It leared from
New Orleans TO St Louis, from Gineianati
TO Boston. 1t meycd steadily in its orbit,
but it is an orbit whose eecentrieities defy
calculation, and whose history HIS eluded
observation. Is uuiqueness invited tie IN
yentioa ef Specifies while its varieties fought
men that tie remedy Of one ease vas the
poison Of another Aaalyy's We beIied 10y
analysis ard synlptomg OF preFention some
times proved tie SYMPTOMS Of a"erayaiion
Nor fever, n,r eruption. nor cold, nor pin,
nor coa93''s ion, nor congestion, nor paralv-
sis, cculd afford clue whereby to trace lis
lineage or detect its aiiiuities. Sublime IN
its solitude, fearful in its rayagts, terrible
in its awful secrecy ard morrnIullA faithful
IN the fuliilmeat OF itsscomui son. siih tie
pride Of the ooaquerar. and tho rutl ssncss
Of the tyyant, this mighty foreruluer Of
death 5talked forth in our land, the drar1-
III reSrennrr of tio1 who vii! le In -