The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-31
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dulrcnccis is heightened SO much OF ARTIFICIAL
stimulus enters into our lives-mCral, mental, and
physical tho periods of reaction and depression
AZ inevitable practically unavoidable. Therefore
recourse is had to the inspiritnS devices aliuoed
to in the following, from the L~ndon Lance'
"The growing tendency OF those whose llVos are
geutle, and whose minds are educated, 10 mauiGe
in alcoholic stimulation is fact which the profes-
sion would do we'll to recognize and protest against
The vice is not the vice of our grandfathers, the
bottle or two of port which often laid them under
the dinner table, and always sent them reeling
into the drawing room. The SIN OF our Gay Is iess
obt,usive and even moro disastrous. 1t takes the
form of an occasional glass at odd times during the
day. an extra dose at lunch, glass OF sherry or
two more or less frequently in the course OF the al
ternoon, another from the table when the cloth ls
laid for dinner. Not uncommony flask ofshcrry ac-
companies tho blue book in the carriage. And it
ia worth nothing that this kind of tipplinS is not
done in secret. So far, indeed, from This, 1t IL
rather matter of boasting on the part OF thoso
who indulge in it, and they press others, often
warmly to follow their example. Sometimes IL s
true mild kind of excuse is offered. The dose Is
| taken '.just to keep ono up you know, or as
sswhet before dinner" Just as often, when soda
or seltzer water suggests itself as refreshment,
the ouestion arises whether it's accompaniment
shall be brandy, sherry, or liquor. Tho idea OF
taking it alone is not entertained. lt Is descripeo
as ssweakening," s'too cold for the stomach" and
so on. Not so frequently, it is to bo hoPcd, put
still often enough to be OF serious moment, theso
odd glasses of sherry, brandy and soda, dry cura-
Goa, &C., are taken in the morning between break
fast and lunch, sometimes even before breakfast.
Tn the course of time the results Of these indu-
gences do not fsil to present themselves In the
nausea and retching which accompany the morning
toilet the husky forenoon voice, the want OF appe'
tite for breakfast the vague dyspeptic symptoms
which lurk about during tho day. More remoteiy
it is for shattered nervous system tna1 tlie
patient-or ssperson"-seeks relief from the
pbysician. Society is on its knees just now con-
Tossing, always in polite and respectable" way,
its sins of omission or commission in regard OF
dress. luxury paint and deni-monde. 1t behooves
the medical profession to see that tne Vioe uo-
scribed is included in the list
WE HAVE RECEIVED tho following communlca-
tion (says one Of our Southern exchanges) from
Prof. W. F. Roe, of Elmira, New York. Those OF
our readers who have relatives or friends that ned
at Elmira. by addressing Prof. Roe, will probably
be able 10 ascertain what disposition was made OF
their bodies. The care that is being bestowed OH
| the ssashes OF our Dead" is more calculated to
bring about an era of good feeling and genuine re-
construction than all that Congress has done snce
| the termination Of thu war; In behalf OF our peo-
pie, we hereby thank the citizens OF Elmira, for
their kindness and consideration and our corres-
pondent for informing us Of the facts: "When the
prisoners of war were sent to Emira, the United
States bought an unoccupied corner Of Wood-LaWn
Cemetery, in the suburbs Of that city, for govern
mental use. On that ground, apart, reposo to-
eether the war-wrecked sons Of the South who
died in the Elmira Prison Camp. Out OF
IL. 900 prisoners in oil, sent to that place, from
time to time, during one year, from three to 1our
thousand of tho bright and brave perished. Inc
spot hallowcd by their graves is beautifully enVi
ronod The circling hills close in q varied ana
unique landscape, and curtain it with repose.
little stream, mostly murmuring gently, marks on
their place ssunder the shade Of tho trees beyond"
But at times it is wild, and threatens rulnous anu
desecrating violence yet at midsummer it Is often
dry This has lately been dsepened and planked,
on bottom and sides, to fix and clear its course
The Government is having this portion OF Wood
Lawn surrounded by an iron railing, and will soon
replace the neat but frail headboards with others
of galvanized iron, bearing in full the name and
description of each Of the dead. Hero and there
growth, spreading wide the blessings CT Nature
Official care has planted other trees. Kind hands
have privately added still more, minging over
green's and weeping willows with the maple, and
planting, now upon one grave and now upon an
other, some memorial flower.
A LONDON JOURNAL says: "The costume OF the
fashionable Londoner just now is marvel, and it
is very difficult for those Of us whom tho CONVEX
sion OF the Tories to household suffrage has not
yet prepared for any change, not to break Firth
into laughter when we see the fair creatures who
lately occupied the whole of the pavement when
walking singly, now walking six abreast in gar
ments suggestive OF. Brighton bathing machines
rather than tho London streets. They have shrunk
up almost to line, which, mathematicianste us,
has length but no breadth-always excepting their
coiffures. It is quite possible now for woman to
be in one street and her chignon in the next. For
once the eccentricites of female attire are being
copied by the men. They, too, have adopted the
swathing system, and ono sees neither garments
now that are not only inexpressible but inexphca-
BILE. How their wearers get into them, how by
any process except bandaging these wonderful
apendages are donned is marvel. AS to hats,
there is race going on just now between dano'es
and our fine lalies to see which wear the small
est head-dress. Next year we shall be compelled
to raise all our doorway in order to admit the
steeples that will then bo in fashion, for tits ever
the custom Of fools to rush into extremes"
A PRIVATE LETTER from Paris informs US, says
the Round Table, that M. ALEXANDRA DUMAS ls
engaged on new novel, the sceno Of which is laid
in America, the time being that of our civil war.
It is understood that many of the details and in
cdents have been furnished by tho eccentric
equestrienne, ADAH IsAAos MENKEN HEENAN, or
whatever else the lady's name may be. Miss
MENKEN is not without literary proclivlties-ofa
certain order-and is reported to have kept jour-
nal in which are amassed many remarkable oc-
currences, which are to be "worked up" in the
new romance after M. DUMAS own incompatible
manner A Southern Athos, Porthos and D'Ar-
tagnan may be expected to enliyen the story, and
it is rrmored that some celebrated personagcs who
figured in New Orleans not long since will be in
troduced in thin DISCUSSES. No one is moro capa-
BILE Of manufacturing an interesting story from
such materials than NJ. DUMAS, especially with the
aid of so ingenious and enterprising collabo-
rator.
The ANNOUNCEMENT OF the safe arrival of the
ife-saving raft at Southampton will cause many
exclamations of surprise and wonder. CATER
this, it will bo said" it only remains to cross the
ocean in wash-tub or bowl a little stronger than
than that which broke down under the three wise
men Of Gotham" That is one vew-the astor'sh-
ing view-of the occurrence But there is another
view, more commonplace and sensible. Tho Nom
parei was raft built expressly to save lives at sea-
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