The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27
THE wAsHAaTuN MYSTERY.

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per- nevertheless, kept on necessarily. Fur
ther ANALYSIS were made-analysis now Of
milk. SOM. v.ye,.h,ss I, sb,r, evervth;uy
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itive'y asserted that up to this time no clue
has been discovered to the myst erious poison.
The rat theory. then. being re;ec,ed and II,
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III the food. mere are some who believe that
the poison vas secretly administered ly hu.
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~ 'Pee"' l'"'"' W '"Ne'''s"'e ."'S very
'"""sF hn""' gives prominence " 'hose '"e'S'
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Horace H. my ESQ., IS now lying very low
mn douh, "a ofr.c, .d ,rs.;ssIv a. Nrs Adams
| A daughter of senator james is also very sick
and under the chnrge OF DR.. Marcy, DIR Leon
"": !",i 'ne'',,,'H e"',,' VI '',e
been uoison.d hy some su;,.tnne. daily nd
ministerial 10 lis in the food at the National
Hotel is beyond q ,eslion' what that sub
rsms;ns was NV" ,rh m" , Mas ~ ,l.
boo,e. We are satisfied have used every ,tI,,r,
| and mean. in their ,ow.r to find ont The.
| cause of this wide s,r-sd infection. but IN
vain. To them Vt is as profound n mystery rs
| t, ANY in the land.
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mere VINO returned from Washington lew
| days since, laboring under the same disorder.
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species o' rri'he "hich Is happi'y new ID
this country,-but a species which we may
he importiny. with other crimes from Can't.
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s"h'-wh"'eS"'e al" r''"''.--'s ana Tor cent''
ries has been. one of the Fine Arts We have
all read of tire prisoners Of V.ffce. of Rome.
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P.S.-Snce writing the above, we see the
ALWAYS careful and cautious "In,elll encer."
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in such way rs to excite an apprehension
that the "poison" may spread beyond the
"""s W we N"''o""''-' MOT iooheu to'ih
time. II says:
alt has become duty, the discharge Of
which we rnny 40 lon .-r defer, to cali the At.
teniion of those to whom the mutter proper.
~ pertains 10 the problem presen, Ell in til.
existing condition Of The National Hntel. and
its future possibilities. in reference to the
health of the city at large II we could al
together disregard the numhprless statements
oi the distant press on this head we are a.
| hle to iugOre fact after fact that have come
Ia our immediate knowledge. all tesiifying /,
the exceeding insalubriiy which has far spv-
raj weeks prevailed in and il not net ero,I;ca
| ted from tile establishment 10 which re REFER
The cool weat her which we have had of lat,
has probably operated to prevent the spread
of The murlifc influence which, with singular
uniformity III its effects, has infected a.
many of lis guests and inmates. but a. son,
"a the elevation of the temperat,Ir. take
place-ana At this season il ia ,mrnssible q
.av how soon that NAV be-the emil man or
tend itself and inpoIre consequences far mar
serious thaa any that haze vet occurred TO ind
yiduais aud to Ee DuJAc. I'VE do no more i,