The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-25
T,HE MYSTERIES OF NEW YORK.
TCoNNUHIcATED.1


Wars national resources, political contests reli-
gious conventions. amusemens, the Central Park,
its swans, gondolas, &C., have been discussed
this letter is of The Mysteries of New York" In
the car steamboat saloon, parlor, at dinner, in the
street. everywhere do hear some story with rela-
tion to, an inquiry to the meaning OF, those
mythical words, posted, printed, and advertised
wherever go
ST-ls6O-X.
accompanied with a crescent and shepherd
hook. secession sympathizer said it was: ''Sa-
tan Triumphed in 1850 in granting the Xpectation
of abolitionists" while Republican said it was :
"Stump- Tail Democrats of 1850 gone to Texas" !;
another, "To the State Taxes of 1850 add ten (X)
dollars another, that they were the watchwords
| of some secret society like, "Sons of Tecumchia
are 1850 Strong" or Seward Tficksters of 1850
Used Up" &c, &c. Well, your correspondent was
ill-had teen i'll for long time-in fact, his late
suppers had given him horrid dyspepsia. He
read acknowledgements, and Of course bought a
bottle of Plantation Btters; the Btters cured him,
and on the bottle appeared those same cabahsuc
letters S. T.-lsGO.-X. travelled straight for 2o2
| Broadway, introduced myself to the celebrated Dr.
Drake and was shown the elephant-tusks, ). L.
and all-and great institution 1t is. six-story
building i'm Dey street, from cellar to garret, is oc-
| cupied az a laboratory for producing this single
| medicine. Some forty persons are employed sew
efal watts, 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 l here saw the bags, boxes,
aud bales OF Calisaya Bark, Wintergreen, and
| other material-and the original st. CroiX Rum
| puucheons. bearing the custom house brand. 1T
seemed that medicine could here be turned out to
supply u world Of invalids-yet these gentlemen
are unable to iii their orders for Plantation Btters
| alone | was shown many certificates OF extra
ordinary cures effected by these Biters. The sta
tistcs of the medicine business as presented to the
last Congress in the report OF Mr.. d. 5. Barnes are
enormous and startling, amounting to some six
mi lion dollars annually The proprieors of these
Btters will pay Uncle Sam near fifty thousand dol
lars for stamps this year With such individual
resources Government loans ought to stand at par,
and Jefferson Davis might as well pack up and
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We are happy to reproduce the above letter, and
add that any ordinary case OF Dyspepsia, Liver
Complaint, Nervous Affection, Sour Stomach, Loss
of Appetite, Nerv us Headache, DiarrhGa, SINKING
Weakness. Mental Dependency, &c, can be cured
by the Plantation Biters.
That all persons may judge OF It's efficacy, we
publish list of some OF the articles used In Its
preparation:
CALIsAYA BARK-Celebrated for over two hun.
dred years in the treatment Of Fever and Ague,
Dyspepsia, Weakness, sc. II was introduced INTO
Europe by tho Countess, wife OF the Niceroy OF
Peru In loao and was afterwards sold by the Jesu-
its for the enormous price or us 0ton toei9nI ".
silver, under the name OF JesufS PotoderS. and
finally made public by Louis XVI, King OF France.
Humboldt makes especial reference to Its febriuge
qualities during his South American travels.
CAscARIlLA BARK-For diarrh9a, collie, and
diseases Of the stomach and bowels.
DAypELIoy-For Inflammation Of the loins and
dropsical affections.
Ca.xoAILE FLowERs-For enfeebled digestion.
LAVENDER FLowERs-Aromatic, stimulant, and
tonic-highly invigorating in nervous debility
wINTHRGREEy-For scrofula, rheumatism, &c.
AylsE-An aromatic carninative, creanhS hesh,
muscle, and milk much used by mothers nursing.
Also, Glove buds, orange, carraway, coriander,
snakeroot, Sc, all preserved In perfectly pure
ST. CROlX RUM.
The powerful, invigorating, and tonic properties
| of St Croix Rum have been long acknowledged by
the physicians Of the world. For consumption 1t Is
the only stimulant that should be used.
s. T.-lsSo-X.
Another wonderful ingredient, OF Spanish origin,
imparting beauty to the complexion and brilliancy
To the mind is yet unknown to the commerce oi tne
world, and we withhold its name for the present.
DR. W. A. Childs, surgeon OF the Tenth Sermoh'
regiment. writes ~ wish every soldier had bot
tie oil HlAnt1tlDH DltttIs. 4ncy oi0 sAAS
iva. perfect and harmless tonic ever used
The following Is from tho famous hotel propne'
tors ut Washington: ,o~
WAsuISarOS, d. c., November Z, ise1.
MgssRs. p, H. DRAKE \ Co.-PIease send ,dnsh ~
twelve dozen Plantation Bitters. They arc mu'n
liked by the guests OF our house.
he'ps''' sykes, CHADWICK 4 CO.,
Proprietor Willsrd's Hotel.
ROCHESTER, December %, 1851.
MgssKs r. II. DRAKE & Go. -Gentlemen,I IL M naSS os
been great sufferer from dyspepsia i0r toV III ~ "a
four years. have tried many, II NOS al, tne
needles recommended for It's cure. Instead Ot Ieoi'
became worse had to abandon my proigssion'
| and suffered greatly from everything a,oi;
| Ny mind was much affected, depressed M ana
gloomy About three months ago i tried the Plan.
well man. / have recon msnded them In severs,
| cases, and rs far - know, always win slsnsi
am very respectfully yours, : ,.-voUv
| Such 10 the language reaching rs daily. NO
article ever had an equal sale. Under no ctrcnm'
sfasces scilt the pure standard 9f the udfsrtdis
used M departed from.
These Bit,ers are sold by all principal druggisa.
grocers. hotels, and restaurants. Be sure each
bottle bears the (c stssts Of the propsistors sig-
| ustnrs on steel plate label.
| apniv 80 Broadway, New York.
VIMOTHY HAY, receiving every
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