The New York herald., 1870-06-20

and sufficient reasen that they are lar beyond the
reach OF his pharmacies. One European physician
has recently acquired continental fame by conduct
inG similar experiment at The Pyrennean Springs.
wnere ne resided number OF years for the purpose.
But 10 will not he Necessary for American ph
70 come TO 0ettysbJig 10 make these eAperime h.
Inc eArAorall4sy kc2lnG " peres oi fhiS wafer
United States.
RECOVERY OF rHH lost SCIENCE
This host OF hlquiriBg, experimenting minds, re-
leased from the thraldVm OF medical associations
ana mutual admiration societies. ana imbued with
al ardor OF enthusiasm. an originality OF observa-
tion unknown to the races Of the Old World, Will
speedily recover the lost knowledge OF natural medi-
ancient records and by the remains OF temples and
other edhces In the Vicinity OF OF the ancient
healing springs, evidently dedicated TO the god Of
medicine ana 10 the purposes OF hospitals and mcdi
cal schools. When this knowledge SHAH have been
reacqnired by the medical faculty OF This age then
applied to the disease TO which they applicable
those OF TINS at Gettysburg to the treatment OF CAL
culus diseases or OF the prevalent chronic mala-
dies alter they have reached that stage when
they are no longer aHenabe to other natural or ar
neal remedies. Then will the waters OF this spring
der professional supervision to the afflicted OF all
nations
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AT THE SPRINGS.
But long before that perloi arrives different adj
minisiraton must prevail ut tile springs. regret
that am consralnei by a sense OF duty TO unplea
ncction from whom have received the most polite
attentions But the ownership OF his priceless boon
VI fIOvuencc 10 the race imposes duty TO the pub
nc which the propretors cannot escape. II any
charge Tor the water Il made or free access TO the
springs hndered then the parties making The charge
aud interposing the obstruction should attend 10 the
business OF supplying the water to the public ut
reasonable rates. Now this has not been done.
The business has been most shaincfuiy neglected
excepting during period of about SIX months in
1858, when certain New York parties leased 1t and
impressed INTO lis management portion OF the New
York energy in business enterprise Hut the prices
0l tls water have at all times been exorbtanty
high. II is no excuse that this mismanagement IL
fhA Af nrfAS 1Avn
managers and propriet0rs disputes which are now
happily adlustedl. No such disputes should
e the saaoas yae baSs S
to place their waters within the reach Of everybody
VINO wants them ut vastly lower rates, and have
realized profit OF fifty cents per gallon from
Their sales as appeared from recent dividend de-
clared by the Saratoga Spring Company. Surely
this ought to satisfy the cupldlty OF any set OF men.
COMMERCIAL VALUE OF THE GETTYSBURG SPRINGS.
Let MS compute the profits OF the management at
tne Gettysburg Springs even at these figures, by as
sumng that there exists demand for this water
commensurate with the supply. II its medical virtues
We're made known, and II they were placed within
rates. have stated that the various outlets OF tais
water discharged not less than 800 barrels per day,
or lO96oO per year. These barrels, reouced to gal
Ions, and multiplied by nifty CENTS gives us the pro-
duct OF $4,000, 600 for an annual dividend or deposit
by another arithmetica computation it Will be seen
ssi, $685. $751; Certainly TIE capital and enterprise
should be forthcoming with which to place this water
IN the market at a reduction OF fifty, and even
seventy-nve per cent upon this margin OF profit.
VIII not some OF our enterprisng quack medicine
men remove from themselves the curse OF their cali
Ing aud rescue their posterty from the visitation OF
the sins OF their fathers in the form OF the odium
which attaches to their Inheritance, by embarkng In
the sale OF legitimate medicne-a medicine which
has really erected those wonderful cures only Ieigned
by the romancers which they have In their employ
as fabricatofs OF certificates Thus much | have
deemed 1t my duty to science and humanity to say
ABOUT the transportation sale and use Of these Wa
ters.
BATTLE FIELDS AND HEALING SPRINGS.
"a Lot ttAr hu rfns, nafvQ
conjunction OF great healing spring on battle
feld This conjunction OF lacts Is rendered sugges-
very Spot around which COMMENCED the battle.
should live, and that the Ca cause ~ Of free free
frequently asserted and so generally dscredited,
was established by the testimony OF General Mere.
dith, who commanded that portion OF the Union
forces which commenced the battle, at the reunion
OF the federal offices at these springs last
Both Confederate aud Union oficers have also ap-
batants upon their departure hence, which asserts
that some OF the wounded had drank In life from
this spring alter IL had well nigh eked from their
wounds. But suggestive Us these facts appear. they
Will be regarded by the sceptic and nationalist as
purely accidental, and will at once be divested Of
the supernatural and even poetcal aspects But they
are not isolated or Unprecedented. Healing springs
have been discovered upon a suficienu number OF
exist on all the fields bathed with human blood by
human hands, though they may be as yet, on some
of them, undiscovered Phylostratus, one of the
oldest writers, informs us that The wounded OF the
Greek army in the battle fought with Telephs on the
banks Or she Iyer oae9s 81 IN ASA Minor . VINO
WOUNDS. The first battle In the first civil war OF the
Roman republic was fought at a medicinal spring
between the forces OF Sylla and Marius, where q
temple was erected by the victors Medicinal
springs are also ascertained to exist quite num-
large number OF those OF both revolutionary ana
late civil wars. One appears on the very field on
which General Lee surrendered. But what Is most
remarkable Is that some OF the greatest healing
springs Of all ages have existed the great battle
fields of lIberty-helds whereon men and nations
have strven for that higher and purer form OF gov
ernment not yet attained by our race. The inlel
gent student Of history Will at once refer TO Their
mopyle, Saratoga and Gettysburg as examples in
point In both hemispheres. There Is some
thing very curious about these facts. They
belong to the same. category as the fall OF
frequently noted duling our late civil war. Our
savans have repeatedly explained this phenOme-
non upon various learned theories, all OF which
have In some way connected IL with the ignition OF
gunpOwder or the conclusion OF the atmosphere by
the detonatOn OF artillery and musketry; and I
confess that have accepted some OF these theories
as entirely satisfactory But alas for our boasted
science, alas for our advanced philosophy; the
same phenomenon was remarked thousands Of
fore 'Jove's dread murmurs counterfe1t'
was heard in war. Plutarch records 1t as
long previously noted fact, and describes
1t as the commiseration OF the gods for the
wounded. Yes, the boasted modern surgical dis
covery or cold water bathing for newly made wounds
Is ancient Of days and OF Divine suggestion. The
same Providence which guides armies To fields where
healing waters are prepared for the final restoration
OF the wounded also marshas the watery hosts OF
heaven TO the same spot for the first or preliminary
treatment OF the maiIned or hurt
But have wandered far enough into the realms
OF natural theology must retrace my steps until
regain the or liked fact level Of this
pedantic and sconing generation by SIMPLY noting
the interesting antthesls OF events by which Gettys
burg has been made at once the scene OF deslruc-
tive battle and OF the discovery or remarkable
healing agent And here, for the present, | leave
this fruitful topic to be discussed more fully by
Others
A RIPE OLD AGE.-A Delaware paper states that
an Old man, named William Bowling, well known to
a great many Of the citizens, and who has been