The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-01-23

9rsgiiioa ef idPors "-PersD.at.
NEw YoHK Nov. -. 1868
Indian summer has visited W. aud gone away with
it, strange glorics 70 some unknown land. The ky
and tie air have been filled with the dreamy haze
the opulescent and milky ustre that appear at this
season, anil the unpoec vistas Of. our streets,
have ttken upon themselves alien charm of soft
tints anil misty distances beneath the NovOmber
We apt regard climate, during most Of the
year. a. % sort Of visitation for sins but In
drlu summer like the that has just closed
kind or rrlentins; Of the Fates toward New Workers.
who may unjustly be regarded ' sinners above
all mem
The Democratic party is undergoing. since the
election of Grant. period Of penance and expiation.
About square mile of banners. that fiuttere,i. null
htbIinous, in every ward and Of this Demo
cFrtie city. have teeu taken down since the 5d Of
November. and il il possible % observe
other grs in the heavens than the Etces Of seymour
anil Btiir Tammany Hall Is eIo-e'i. and j. to b.
rented to u troupe of MINISTRIES. The great wagon
anil the great bell which the unterrife,l'' used
drug around the streets registration days, rattle
and ring no louevr. The Democrats eating the
brsad ani drinking the wh-key of aliietion.
Another nur-years cycle II The cndIess political
struggle is ended AMI wishing. with Grant,
Gr peace"
bot they have carried New York city. aud eonss-
queuty Ncw York State. IL j. the vote or the iguo
r'ut immigrant that has accomplished so much.
This eIsmeut iu che States is yearly Increasing, and
with greater rupblity than the number, or tLe M
dec-boru ctizcns increase. What will be tie result
when this disturbance og the political equilibrium
shall have gone little farther and each Presidential
crct.ou sha1 be-. not a legitimate contest between
conservation anil thoughtful rn,licalism,thc proper
equilibrium of Dcaocratic soyerutent.- rather
struggle, at Oils, between the party oG vicious
Ignorance and the party Of intelligence The Gov
eruucnt OF the United States would seem % BE- rap
bily ten,lur toward the latter eunIiuous. The re-
suit of the tc election in this State teach,
that suffrage i- iess privilege Of nationality, COLOR
sex. term of residence, than Of personal iuteIi-
grncu anil honesty. With these conditions au1 no
other, unless it be moderate property, qualification,
in the voter, may look for the perfect success Of
the % Republican experiment.
with the beginning II tie coll weather the many
meled schools or the city have commenced their
winter sessions. The Columbia College school, (the
oil Colece Of physicians anil surgeouz,) the Uni
versfy school. the Bellevue Hospital school, the
Womrns Medical College, anil othcr schools of minor
reputntiou IN full pill; busily iupartn the
routine ~ medical wisdom to larger classes than
usual. Dill You ever visit a Medical College, aud
porc it, d--cctin, well It's Iccture-halls,
is pcuctrs and o. iamost mysteries rather than its
hStlI display commencement occasions? Then
come with to the cadtyerOus precincts Of Hos
pitiI college
Following the erow,I Il students who jostIe each
other along the gr,vcleI walks. we pass seaward
from the great hospital that have already vi-itci
topcthcr. and fud ourselves vt the gate OF q ncIt
brick building that stands in the corner OF the hosp-
tai grounds. This l. Jhc college institution
gotten up by the hospital surgeons anil physicians
ior their glory aud eIaoIument- Yet it i n Col
Icse that h1. the recommendation Of able staff oT
instructors, and che advantage of proximity the
hospital
But before We enter with the rest let look the
'.Morgucr
The yJ1rsuc, or JcpI-room, is modelled after the
larger Parsilu institution IL the same name. IL is
apartment upon the ground hoor Of the College,
paved with stone III 1sue. and divided into
plrtments by glass PARTITION Behind this Parti-
ton you four marble slabs placed upon upright
iron supports. Zach slab bears the CHASTITY form of
human bo'Iy, stripped half naked. and showing
the bloody marks or violence accident the liyid
hook Of the drowned 4 stream Of water flows over
each corpse, checking its decay; anil the clothing
that il fouu,I with the dead b,-y il hung upon a nail
at the heI of each table. assist in the tlentca-
ton Of the remains. Of 1I7 bodies thus exposed
durias the past year. 5G were recognized and re-
moved by frienls. Slic, anil the victims Of accident
anil of foul play. are thus constantly found anil
claimed After corouers' jury has he'll an inquest
upon che corpses. those that remain unclaimed are
removed thc % Potrers FrIJ.'' OF public buryiug
ground. and tcrc inferred al the expense % the city
In a'jreent rooms the Coroners' Offices, and
Tie " Dead House." Or the apartment where post
norteur examinations ulue, either for legal or
scientific purposes SJuicnfs admitted the
hitter class Of autoq-es made upoa the deal Of the
hospital The body IS Ilid upon an inclined table
taat is covered with zinc, AMI provided with spout
o. carry away the huHls liberated by the knife The
slrgcoa or bis assistant opens the chest abdomen.
hl, examines the visccra anil lectures in sou~liug
technical terms upon the various arrangements anil
l'sors that appear ia the brokeu-,lowu machine Of
The Dolly. portion ct the organs are removed 10
the various medical colleges Tor the purpose Of in
'tructon, where they form thc themes of long dis
courses During these lectures portions Of lung,
H'er, Aert or brain, placed upon black surgical
tFys and handed around among the audience, which
maniist- the lively curiosity Of science in examining
These mIl-od1rous fragments Of decay. Tn these
occasions the pcrftue ocors iloat away in Poes
phrase, freely from these halls Of learning that
stranger is likely To- regarI Pathology, the science
Gi smells.
Leaving this company Of professionals to their
grave pursuits, let up the stairs that
Lead To the lecture-roouI- This Is a large apartment
provided with coHcentric rows Of benches that slope
o~nwsFl, funncI-Hke, tbe lecturers desk in the
centre Of the room. Here professor IS discoursng
20 The crowded ranks Of students. anatomy, chem
'ry physiology. aaisria sefiea, therapeutics. OBJ
eU1es. surgery, pathology, all of tle me,li-