Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-01-05
Tne Mysteries or New York.


religious conveutions, amusemenss, the Cen
trsl Park, N swans, gondolas, &c, have been
dAcdssed;-this letter is Of the @Mys.eries Of
New York" In the car, steamboat, saloon,
parlor, at dinner, in the street, everywhere do
l bear some story with relation to, or inquiry
a. 70 the meaning Of, those mythical words,
posted, printed, and advertised wherever | go:
s. T.-ls60-X.
accompanied with a crescent and ashepherd's
hook. A secession sympathiser said it was:
Satan Triumphed in 1860 in granting the
Expectation of the Abolitionists;" while a Re
publican said it was. "stump-Tail Democrats
Of 1860 gone to Texas" another, ITO the
State Taxes Of 1860 add ten (X) dollars an
other, that they were the watchwcrds Of some
secret society, like, "Sons Of Teeumchia are
1860 Strong" or Seward Tricksters Of 1860
Used Up" &c, &c. Well, your correspond
ent was ill--had beenill for a long time-in
fact, his late suppsrs had given him a horrid
dyspepsia. He read the advertisements, and
Of course bought a bottle Of Plantation Bit
tiers; the Bitters cured him, and on the bottle
appeared those same cabalistic letters; s. I.
I travelled straight for 2O2
Broadway, introduced myself to the celebra-
ted DR.. Drake, and was shown the elephant
tusks, S. 7. and all-and a great institution it
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 vats holding
six thousand gallons each, are filed with
roots, herbs, and material, and then soaked in
water, and the expression preserved in pure
st. Croix Rum. there saw the bags, boxes,
and bales of Calisaya Bark, wintergreen, and
other material-and the original St Croix
Rum p~uncheons bearing the Custom House
brand. II seemed that medicine could here
be turned out TO supply a world Of invalids-
yet these gentlemen are unable to fill their or
ders for Plantation Bitters alone. 1 was shown
many certificates of extraordinary cures eff
fected by these Bitters. The statistics Of the
medicine business as presented to the last
Congress in the report Of Mr.. !. 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
lyeari With such individual resources gov
eminent loans ought to stand at par, and JEFF
%ferson Davis might as well pack up and start
for Jerusalem, go. I'D Nj *ft,a j. Il.
We are happy to reproduce the above letter,
and add that any ordinary case OF Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaint, Nervous Affection, Sour
Stomach, Los: Of Appetite, Nervous Head
ache, Diarrhea, Sinking Weakness, Mental
Dependency &c, can be cured by the Plant
alton Bitters.
That all persons may Judge Of its efficacy,
we publish a list Of some of the articles used
in its preparation;
hundred years in the treatment Of Fever and
Ague, Dyspepsia, Weakness, &c, 1t was in.
trodueed into Europe ny the Countess, wife
forwards sold by the Jesuits for the enormous
price of its otCs ioeight IN siioer, under the
name Of Jesuits PoDders, and finally made
public by Louis XVI, King of France. Hum,
boldt makes especial reference to its febrifugt
Qualities during his South American travels
Cdscarilla Bdrk-For diarrhea, collie, and
diseases Of the stomach and bowels.
.Ddndelion-For Inflammation Of the loinI
and dropsical affections, oHl
Camomile Eopers-For enfeebled diges
ton.
Lavender Flopers-Aromatic, stimulant
and ~tonic-highly invigorating in nervous de
bility.
Winter Green-For s%crofula, rheumatism
Anise-An aromatic carminatiye, ~creatinI
flesh, muscle, and milk; much used by moth
ers nursing.
Also, Glove buds, orange, earraway; coriar
der, snakeroot, dc, all preserved in perfect
, ST, CRoIX RUM.
The powerful, in~Yigorating, and tonic prof.
: critics oil St Croix Rum have been long a.
kuowRledged by the physicians Of the worlC
For consumption IL is the only stimnlant thi
should be used sds viilasol lt,if l1H .u,f.
! s. T.-lS60-X.
, Another wonderful ingredient, Of Spanis
: origin, imparting beauty to the complexio
and b%rilliAncy 70 the mind, is yet unknown
, J the commerce Of the world, and we Withhold
J its name for the present
DIR. W. AL Ghilds, surgeon of tho Tent
9 Vermont Regiment, writes: ~ wish every 50