Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-19
The Mysteries or new york.


religious conventions, amusementa, the Cen
trial Park, ia swans, gondolas, sc, have been
discpsssd--.his letter is of the Mysteries Of
New York" u the ear, steamboat, saloon,
parlor, at dinner, in the street, everywhere do
l hear some story with relation to, or inquiry
as TO the meaning OF, those mythical words,
posted, printed, and advertised wherever l 20:
s. T.-1s6O-X.
accompanied with a crescent and a shepherds
hook. A secession sympathissr said Il was
Satan Triumphed in 1860 in granting the
Expectation of the Abolitionists;" while a Re-
publican said 1t was. "StumpTail Democrats
Of 1860 gone to Texas" another, "To the
State Taxes Of 1860 add ten Ky dollars" an
other, that they we're the watchwords Of some
secret society, like, "Sons of TecumchiA are
1860 Strong" or Seward Tricksters Of 1860
Used Up" &c, &c. Well, your correspond
ent was ill-had been i'll for a long tims-in
fact, his late suppers had given him a horrid
dyspepsia He read the advertisements, and
Of course bought a bottle Of Plantation Bit
ters; the Bitters cured him, and on the bottle
appeared those same cabalistic letters: s. 4.
-l960.-X. | travelled straight for 202
Broadway, introduced myself to the celebra-
ted DIR. Drake, and was shown the elephant
tusks, s. Il. aud all-and a great institution il
is. A s~ix-story building in Dey street, from
cellar to garret, is occupied as a laboratory for
producing this single medicine. Some forty
persons are employed; several watts holding
six thousand gallons each, are filed with
roots, herbs, and material, aud then soaked in
water, and the expression preserved in pure
St Croix Rum There saw the bags, boxes,
and bales of Cslisaya Bark, Wintsrgreen, and
other materisl-and the original st. Croix
Rum ~puneheons bearing the Custom House
brand. 1t seemed that medicine could here
be turned ont to supply a world of invalids-
yet these gentlemen are unable TO gil their or
.ders for Plantation Bitters alone. l was shown
many certificates Of extraordinary cures ef-
fected by these Bitters. The statistics of the
medicine business as presented to the last
Congress in the report Of Mr., ID. s. Barnes
are enormous and startling, amounting to
some six million dollars annually. The pro-
prietors Of these Bitters will pay Uncle Sam
near fifty thousand dollars for stamps this
year, With such individual resources gov
N loans ought to stand at par, and JEFF
fers0n Davis might as well pack up and start
for Jerusalem. \ y j. II.
We are happy to reproduce the above letter,
and add that any ordinary case Of Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaint, Nervous Affection, Sour
Stomach, Lose Of Appetite, Nervous Head
ache, Diarrhea, Sinking Weakness, Mental
Dependency, &c, can be cured by the Plant
alton Bitters. |.H"' l'
That all persons may judge of its efficacy,
we publish a list of some of the articles used
in its preparation: m o.
Cdlisdya Bdrk-Celebrated for over two
hundred years in the treatment of Fever and
Ague, Dyspepsia, Weakness, &c. 1t was In.
troduced into Europe by the Countess. wife
of the Viceroy Of Peru, in 1910, and was af-
forwards sold by the Jesuits for the enormous
price of its oi0R height IN silUer, under the
name Of Jesuifs POWDERS, and finally made
public by Louis XVI, King of France, Hum.
boldt makes especial reference to its febrifuge
qualities during his South American travels.
Cascdrilia BGrk--For dlarrhga, collie, and
diseases Of the stomach and bowels.
Ddndetion-For inflammation Of the loins
and dropsical affections. 1a
CdmOmile Eopers--For enfeebled diges.
ton.
Lavender Fiowers-Aromatic, stimulanL,
and tonic-highly invlgorating in nervous de-
bility.
Winter Green-For s%crofula, rheumatism.
Anise--An aromatic carminative, creating
flesh, muscle, aud milk; much used by moth
ers nursing.
Also, Glove buds, orange, carrawaL corian-
der, snakeroot, &c, all preserved in perfectly
pure ial iaZli gIai'
ST. CROIX RUM. .a 10 u
The powerful, iuyigorating, and tonic prop.
critics OF St Croix Rum have been long &C.
knowledged by the physicians of the world.