The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-04-06

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-Rev NJ Mlb1rB he blind pressh
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pose a ressirng Surgical lrvaimcnt hr
tls r-sstorstioa ~ BIS eve ssghA H'ay
yes recover his vision, ., lcsst IN part
Toe operations 10 which be has sub
mif,ed. and Is still 70 undergo. are eI
ssaordiuary in then character. On the
Oh u December las, Professor Graefe
II Berlin. cut = hole IN bis ish eye, IN
serted : hook. and drcw the The ins
from tho old pupil With which to line a
new one. and then trimmed the edges
eth scissors The process occupied
nearly Ave minutes The eyes did re-
markzbly well Tor about twelve days,
bat from sorne unexplained q inte-
rior Inflammation then began. which
soou threatened di~sorganization and
The entire loss Of the organ. A few
days after, Mr. Milburn Was suddenly
seized by a violent attack Of what the
physicians pronounced 10 be the infa-
nation Of the right lung. which soon
placed him in . critical condition
While this disease was at It's height
however, strange TO say, the eye began
10 improve, and the inflammation Abat-
cd After his recovery, GrAeio exam.
ined the eye and found that the erys
tAlline lens is Opaque. To remove THU
it will be necessary 10 run the knife
along the whole lower or upper margin
Of the eye, and 10 remove the lens b.
pressure or the use OF hooks. This il
will not be safe to do for several month";
but there is definite prospect tina
should the operation be successful, q
least a partial recovery Of sight will b.
the result. Mr.. Milburn will remain il
Europe ill this is done, and in th'
meantime will make a lecturing tour il
England
There was a very large and enthu
siastic audience at the meeting 10 ex
press the sympathy Of New York witt
the cause Of Cuba. Mayor Hall presid
ed, aud concluded his address on tax
ing the chair by saying: The Pres
dent 81 this republic has been fond
hitherto, OF taking social inspiration
from Havana. / believe that herehfte
be will take his political inspiratio
from the towns and villages beyond Ha
wanna. The appointment made by til
President to-day, Of a Consul at HI
vana, Of a man of the old Jacksonia
stripe, shows that he has some plan |
work out" The principal speech {
the evening was made by the Rev. Hei
ry Ward Beecher. Though many pa
sages we're characterized by his We
known eloquence,h he addressed the rea
on rather than tho feelings Of his aud
u c He demonstrated the right (
c.ba ~ F-4@ ha~-oH Asom Gra~;~h dos.
ination, and the the right Of the Ame
lean people TO s~ympathize and assist
the effort. Other addresses were mat
by NJ. Paul duChaillu and Messrs. job
Sherwood, Algernon s.. Sullivan ar
Townshend. The resolutions adoptC
place the Cnban struggle in the san
category with the American reyolutiC
~ I7T6; praise the conduct OF the j
su~rrectionists, and declare that "it
; the duty OF our government to rcco
nne the ~belligerent right Of the Cuba
at the earliest practical moment, nj
J thus to show the world that this matte
is always on the side Of those who co
tend against despotism and oppressio
and that we earnestly entreat the Exc
utive at Washington that theIe may
no unnecessary delay in decisively de;
ing with this great subject"
: In twenty four State prisons in Il
United States there were, in 1866,
e aggregate Of 10.S35 prisoners. The
' cost the States the round sum OF :
csc. 9s2. and their earnings amount
to 81. 092. $50. The average cost, ?
head. OF these prisoners vas t177
year, while their average earnings we
. $I25 . head. The most economical
managed prisons in the United Stat
wers those Of Connecticut and Oh
: where the average cost was less th.
, tl20 q heal. II oil the prisons h
9 been managed o. economically. th
would have yisldsd q net profit Of D,
$780, 900 10 the states More than OF
fifth Of all the prisoners in the Sta
prisons were minors. Probably thr,
fourth. Of all the criminals in the
prisons we're more or less intempera