The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-08-23
Guizots Opinion Of Public Life,

published, the last Prime Minister of Louis
Philippe, after sketching the history of
his Ministry Of Public Instruction, and va
rious other topics of grea. interest, writes
thus about himself:
have no desire to intrudc my private
life and feelings on public attention. The
more they are profound and tender, the
less arc they disposed to exhibit themselves,
for cannot show them in their intense
reality Kings exhibit their crowa jewels
to the inspection Of the curious; but'we do
not parade our private treasures, the value
of which is OILY known to the owners.
Yet, when the fatal day arrives in which
these invaluable possessions are wrested
from us it would be cvincing towards them
a want ot proper respect and faith not to
declare the esteem in which they were
held and the void they have left. l have
been strongly attached to POLITICAL life, and
have applied myself to it with ardor /
have devoted TO public duties, without
hesitation, the sacrifices and efforts they
demanded from me; but these pursuits have
ever been far indeed from satisfying NV
desires. 1t is not that | complain of the
incidental trials Many public servants
have spoken with bitterness Of the disap-
polntmcnts they have experienced, the
revcrscs they have undergone, the scveri-
ties OF fortune, and the ingratitude of men
L have nothing of the kind to say, for
have never acknowledged such sentiments
However violently may have been strick
en-, have never found men more blind or
ungratclul, or my political destiny more
harsh, then expected. 1t has had alter
i tp FOL IL
and sorrows; such is the law of humanity.
But 1t has been in the happiest days, and
IN the midst Of the most brilliant success of
my career, that | have found the INSULT
cheney of public life The political world
is cold and calculating; the affairs of gov
crnmcnt are lofty, and powerfully impress
the thought; but they cannot fill the soul.
which has often more varied and more
| pressing aspirations than those of the most
ambitious politician. 1t longs for happ-
ness more Intimate, more complete and
more tender than that which all the labors
and triumphs of active excrtion and public
Importance can bcstow. What know to-
/ day at the end ofmy race, | have felt when
1t began, aud during its continuance; even
III the midst OF great undertakings, do
mcstic affections form the basis of life; and
the most brilliant career has only superb
s"i ana ss 5 GaaYPen aa # straaTfr
PowEE OF AN hToM OF PoIsoy.-A
| young brazilian student of medicine has
jusi died in Paris, where he recently grad
ultcd with honor. lie succumbcd to the
result of a minute dissection wound in the
thumb. lis preccptors, Nalpcan, Chas-
saignac, anil other eminent physicians, in
vain adopted all the cXpcdicnts that mcdi-
cal science and skill could suggest to stay
the malady Full of ardor and zeal to
m kc the most of his professional opportu-
mites in Paris, the patient insisted on con
tinuing his attendance on the hospitals,
and expired the very evening before the
day fixed for his return to practice medicine
in his native place.
The celebrated DR.. Phillips has recently
been i'll danger ofliic from similar cause
and pr Lcmarchand, formerly a naval sur
gcon, has just died at Landcrneau depart
mcnt of Finisterc, in Francc.) mt the age
nt htty-cight, in consequence of pune.
! turc with Il suturc needle, which had lain
some time i'll a wound for the removal of "a
canccrous tumor. Diseases of similar orr
! gin are far from unrcgucnt. DR. Fullerton
! gives An instance of Il lady inoculating her
| sell 10y kissing the corpse of her son-in- law,
! while her lips We're slightly abrc,ded. She
! recovered, but u second patient, butcher,
! having died from incubation in skinning
n diseased cow, this celebrated physicicn
/ was assisted by medical friend in cxamin-
/ inS the body Though no wound was re-
j ccivcd while conducting their Investigations,
/ both surgeons were troubled with prick
Ing, and heated sensation in the hands and
arms, followed 10y u trclin. of discomfort
/ aud want of appetite for week afterwards
La Australia, sheep, horses, and COWS often
communicate similar dangerous, and of
tcntimcs fat Il disease, to the persons en-
/ ploycd to prepare their skins for commerce.
/ - -
! Cure FOR lN-GRowING NAiLS-It is
! stated, by correspondent, .hat cautcriza-
/ ton by hot tallOw Is an Immediate cure for
! in-gruwing nails. He says: The natient ON
which first tried this was young lady,
| who had been unable u put on shoe Tor
| several months, aud decidedly the worst
case have over seen. The disease had
been OF long standing. The edge Of the
nail WAS deeply undermined; the granula-
/ lurihtu hiSh lrlSc, parity covered with
skin, and pus constantly oozcd from the
root OF the nail; the whole toe was swollen
aud extremely tender and painful My
! mode OF proceeding was this: pat very
small piece Of tallow in a spoon, and heat
cd it over a lamp until it became very hot
aud dropped Two or three drops between the
nail and EXAMINATIONS. The effect was al
most magical. Pain and tcmdcrnc.r were
1T once relieved in few days tho ,ranua
tons were all gone, the diseased parts dry
and destitute Of iociing. and the edge of the
nail is exposed 50 as to admit uf beng pnr-
cd away without any Inconvenience The
cure was complete, and the trouble never
returned. have tried this plan repeated
/ ly since, with the most satisfactory results.
The operation causes but little, ii any pain,
4, I'll l.