Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-04-09
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'MUCll a DO ABOUT NOTHING"


Much has been said recently about tho sick
ness at the National hotel. Washington, lust d.
though no person was over scl, NJ Washington
before, or any where else. when was there
Tune when five hundred or a thousand people
WSFe ilnmcd into so small space as lie
A1Hxits of a hotel, at such times rs an inaugnrp-
NC Of u President, and for several weeks be-
.1u1e, during " short Session, when not only
nmny rooms, but parlors and halls are filled
with beds, and all 10 be lodged anil lrd Tho
only wonder is, that ten times the number that
are, were not sick on Such occasions lmrticu-
Early when the weather was so excessively cold
us it was about the time the epidemic was said
to have broken ont.
The writer was there, and he with several
friends from PCnna. were also sick The names
Of A. Clement and DR.. Burgin are now rrcol
lccted amongst the number; caused perhaps
by eating or drinking or too much exposure;
hut all our party was ciltctually cured by
single glass of brandy each, AMI so ended our
sickness and trouble about it.
Doubt very much whether il was from cat
ing rat soup, or from any local epidemic about
The National that made the then President
elect, Mr.. buchanan, or any Of his friends sick.
| They might, (Sc my friends and nySr,iO
lived a little too fast, or exposed themselves By
being up too late Of nights. Indeed. it il much
/ more iikuly thNt ii was the Cincinnati Platform
/ mat effected them. II will be rrcOlccted flat
II was said by the knowing ones when enacted,
4 th'i II WAS like tpiuacWnna, 10 he taken Mt
small doses t" gain purpose, and then to be
| SPtWrd up1t leisure. II WIS that pIatrsrm.
doubtless, that rllealrd uinmrst nj thai fine,
so much So. that his doctors or persons VINO
llUi NM IN charge, thought II best 10 RIM linn
back to Whcatland, (whcrc the GOOD I'D Inf
necessarily weak man, should have been satiq.
h'aln nave S'tyoi . lest Tie GINNING rats nronice
outside and inside about Washington shonld
al gI,s oil, Al ..,..
una preference. Hence plea was ncrrSs.rv
lor taking HIM lmci, 10 alay suspicion liftlc
they knowing or caring the injury thai sncb
reports would do the accommodating conduct
orS and Iroprirtora Of that extensive nnd nj.
ways wrll-kept house, the National.
DGLNwAniAx.
GETTY YEARS llEScE."- Tho Right Row
Bishop Clarke delivered n lecture, rcrcntlv on
this subject, and in ii occurred The tnlInning
passage, II reads like satire bRl thnsns viz
live to see fifty years hence, may find il a.nn.
inc prophecy;
''Fitty years hence. the newly married ,,,ir
will step into an emporium for the sale of lon.
s IS, look over the book Of patterns. srlrrt ,,o
to suit their taste and means order II and IL
will be sent home inthe morning. mt t,,nth,,
and occupied at night. '''N''
g In travelling, ms great changes will t,r.,
place. Instead OF the dusty road and crowded
car, there will be splendid Locomotive llntnl
flying over road carpeted with ami b,rd.,,,1
with shade trees, and herllling ils m,,rnoc,,
with sweet music, instead OF the denn,,n;c
shrek OF the steam whistle, and labelled 'rhrr,
from Boston to San Francisco in four dnv<
90 Instead of the nsightly telegram nnl,s
there will be fifty years hence. a net worl; nm,
der ground and under the bosom Of The dncn
and it will click Oft thoughts instead of words.
Then the Electric Battery will light nh tho
street HmDS nt once pnnbla ali l,.,