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MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES

FRvNcu PHARMACY- Journal de mar
woee states that Prof Gubler, at recent meeting OF
the French Academy OF Medicine, exhibited specimens
Of wadding prepared by saturatng 1t with certain
anantity of gyoeriue which he had found to render IL
permeable 70 all medicinal liquids without causing - 70
that in this state might prove useful substitute Tor
charpie in the event OF scarcity ot thst a1S,
advantage in dressing wounds In ORDER 20 prepare
gyoerEed cotton II Is only neeeSss bee S Of waddne,
aud aiterw ard express thoroughly as possloe ny
ordinary means OF pressure
BIsuLPHITE OF SODA IN THROAT DISEASES
nr. ryren. in TIE Paetfc Medical Journal eommends
as new remedy in this class of affections bisnp'e oi
soda given in large and continuous doses Dipthena'
Inflammation of the tonss, and Qunsy, though local eA-
bhitions have their in poisonous ferment
o The blood the scarlet fever and other ply
diseases IL is held that salt prescribed nters lnto ny ~
circulation and retaTds putreiacuve tef ehtauou.
T failed OF success when he administered II IN ssdi az
doses and In threehOur intervals put Whe ie - ssnS
grain doses every hOur, day and night so as 70 Stue
the system with the sat he was almost lhNdaoR D SUI
cessul removing all the severe symptoms III "a nO
Pr1yrRIZEp SOLID COP LIVER OrL.-The
ricnltv Of overcoming the nauseating qualities of cod
liver oil has attracted the attention Of many pharmaceu'
lists among others of NJ Tsserv vhohas lately published
the results Of his experiments. He taxes ot whe gea
Tin four parts 25 parts of distilled water, the same oil
simple sirup and 20 parts Of refined powdered sugar
The gelatin is heated in water BATH with the water
mixed I'm mortar the two compounds are then strreO
together the stirring continued ull the mixture
cold IL will then appear gclatnous mass ana row
tered sugar then added till hrn1 paste rs made
Wbch after being into small pieces is left TO become
go hard rs TO be easily graduated IN mortar Int
second addition Of powdered sugar will bring the quan
y up 70 $50 parts Of which 20 per cent Will be cO0 Fe
OH II is 70 be kept In a tightly stoppered bottle
WARM BATH IN INSANITY AND IN BURNS
Dr. wilkins in his official report to the California Leg
lature on insanity refers TO the bath as favorte
method of treatment in Italy, and in some parts OF Hoi
land and France He states that he often saw dozen
patients in one bathroom, with their heads alone IN
sight the bathing being covered, except hole for
the head there they usually remain from one TO three
hours, in instances SIX 10 elght cSi no1Is
and occasionally for days at "a time. Ilf. GudueI
of Zurich kept n thus Immersed for hve uSys on ..
account Of high state OF excitement cOnnecgeu Mit
bedsOres The patient represented TO nave Sept wei
portion OF the time, and 10 have been cured OF I'M
sores no exhaustion il consequences following. Int
case is related OF man scaided by steam ana no
insane who was placed by Hebra ia tepld path ahC
kent there weeks until new cutiee had formed
over the entire surface the water was kept at an agree
able temperature and the patient recovered without IN
convenience.
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Development stged ron estuTes BY tdEso ~ DIon D
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CUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW-Y0RK
- CRY AND CogNT1 p NEwYoRK MATTHIAS rRkI ~
HOLT ber hnband HENRY hElss and BLlZABEfH IHhlss
wife GEORGE EZELIUs, ALERT vENIN0 ELMRA kuSshLb
his Ni ,ar h hs O. Der nam, ooi being sn'Tn
and ELIZABETH RUASELL DtieDiAnta buanoss-rOk hk.
nEr-iCon. streiro the defsBlsnts abo'snAmed and
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Jane l9 aud aoDpb a. atnId VAS hei IN Si
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New llublitatlons.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
Now ready
THE HAND BOOK Of POLITICS FOR 1872,

THE PRESIDENTIAL. CAMPAIGN.
TIE HANDBOOK 'S SF F'IS)I P6iIrIcs FOR 1872.
Hon. EDWARD MCPHERSON Ii. D.,
Clefs Of he Z. ;. House Of Representative; .,.,
NcPt,sor. iOr 1872 sarpasses all political
Iou o ,ng by Papers Votes "a @nS 15l, isu y6 'a'
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The CABINET
SENATOR'S AND REPRESENTATIVES,
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apdae r,.r,,v ,cr
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'''' TARIFF AND TAXATION,
Ac Vote on the several rroroli.3a,- -9 Of
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''' 'as state iST 15 oy fSoFiS %oaFS r5 SP'7 ToTE
ur}e In Iowa Maine and Masfsou-
POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE
oieaoh s,a'e IN aS. The sTsti' Fs.es' 'RLFc71oys
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ELECIOEAL COLLEGE,
POPULATION or BACH S -iTE
ulder ocisrs o. lt6I rui loil Also - .
EFCEiplS AND EXPENDITURES
looJ 70
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TnlA.l OF NAkuINGTOS AND THE JOHNSON-CLARENDON
ThgAn.
Also, ..- ,lr,,,
Of M and Crng lie iulttx OF the yaou National tonYen-
tns ldlr Missouri Liberal Republican, aud the New De
tanl,n Tat statement Of the
PUBLIC DEBT
ofbe United States Jr H Of each wear from ll' TO 6'2 IN
clusy,, TO- The amount Of debt doe a. the close Of
kEERt ADMINISTRATIONS
LOCAL DEBT AND TAXATION
in each state ord It1lt0Iv -
I6BI ULTUkAL LANDS PRODUCTS, ETC,
m i250 1870. a- l..C. Also. tie total n-luuiy U
PUBLIC LANDS.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-26
ASPECTS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
HOW THEY VOTE IN GEORGIA.


The augusta (Gal CoasFtWtiOpGlist takes mp ana
deals with the several allegations of one Chailes
Stearns, who recently wrote to The Times doleiui
account of the violence and intimidation, to when
ne said he and other Grant men were exposed III
voting in Georgia. He says Of the late election;
Probably NOT more than three thousand Whites voted
for Judge Dawson A. WsuEer the Republican Sanuu,e
The fact is the White peope Of Georgia have very little
for Republication, ana stu less ior ~ 9s ti b
whatever name 10 may he called rs iast uSlhg out IN
Ceorca I'm tho COUNTY OF Richmond in which Augusta
h situated capable OF casting about six thousand Votes
there are not than about six white Radcals-One
Tor every ono thousand votes There are probably not
more than thOi sand OF them IN the whoe Stlte OF
Georgia The negro Radicals Also are iasI disappear
cease 70 he an element in our political calculations II
Grant reelected There will remain party OF Radicals
conveniently small, but large enough to I'll the oincss
But the number Of voters will continue to nmln-
Csh as It diminished at the late STATE election.
FIRST The Colored voter has lost interest In eec
tons because no longer novelty anu ne Is no M S
deu6ed by the threat or Tie oplfehenslon tat II nc
not vote he would be hned or otherwise punishe9-tAa
was lot only his plyege 70 Ho'G ous rs s ci G
which took place after acknowledgements, ana had ther
effect on ignorant negroes The Loyal Leagues no
longer exercise spirit Of terrorism over them SO as 70
drive them TO the polls, though they stu defer many
from voting the Democratic ticket VINO wouu otheI"lso
Second: The negroes no longer see prospect Of
getting that forty acres and mule by voting, with
winch they we're al first delujed. They now begin TO
see that voting neither bestOws on them properly nor
Offices Thew that eeCtlOns are, Wnth th0
Gals win the Colored mans victory. but the White
spoil They now see mat the carpetDagSeIs anu
scaawaa-s get all the offices, while the negro neSects
ms business and wastes his time about the hustngs
Third Tic generally is too poor, TOO I'M
provdcnt and Indifferent 20 results TO pay his poll
tax which is necessary preliminary TO MS NOthg. re
does not see where there is any money in the invest
ment and holds on his dollar. In the late election
the money sent out from Washington and NewIOrk TO
the white Grant Radicals 20 pay the negro poltaN was
in some instances fObbed by the agents for dsOuuOn
aud bogus receipts given by them TO the colored man
and brother.
cases election Ou0Ccs we're committed in 1863 Inc eN-
tent OF them and before the country IN the
volum nous report OF the Congress Executive Com
mittee"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-26
CAMPAIGN NOTES.

II is very strange, but not single Grant
paper has heard Of Commissioner DayeDporPs arrest
OF Heinrich. . a,
Another honest Democrat for Grant,"
scream the denomination organs as now ana iheh some
nbeard-of Bourbon denOunces the Liberal ticket ana
insists upon opposing impartial suffrage Ihus tnc P,y
gbtcb boasts SO loudly of its Republlcanisn reJ0Ges
over every man who refuses to accept Republican pr
ciples IL
The friends of Alderman McMullen' ana
samuel Josephs the two notorious Philadelphia poht-
cians who were expelled from the Democratic party OF
thof city for selling out % the CaIneIOnuIAuI
he resoIved that their confidence IN the Two aDuseu
Gentlemen remains unmpaired and uhshaAcD' 0"0n
devoted friendship is truly touching
Mr.. Fred. Douglass pleasantly enumerates,
rder the heading Deserters Slain In Baltie OCT o,
ITorace Greeley President Mahsn, Lyman TrumDul''
Anstip Rlair ChiefJusuco Chase Gov. koerncr' gov
o.Io. cor, scburz and other old leaders OF the ne,
iia narV 10 whose service In council or III tue nelu
lie man owes il that he is to-day abe 70 VISIT NE
state as a free man. IN nls g tit - ht,nsciYg
NJ Fred DouRlass probably thibk OF mmseni
The Hon. Geo. II. Pendeton, IN his speech
At chicago Tuesday night, thus eoquenty e&peSseu 'no
,o,t natriotisn which inspires the Liberal movement
% have been told that the Significance OF this Rrea'
rovement IA reconciliation and publication ~ Is tis'
"a q, Ga mora We have been told that IL means lust
dainistrafion of constitutional law IL Is lnls, unu
more It's chief Significance, lls HgnIpot onr country
that underlying the struggles OF par uss III a. a sn,rt
ia animang those struggles too, theio - q sP,ii' a.
nafriotism and love OF country winch ll7os 1900. %
Inc provence of the peril of the country, H r ~
sfnesB over every other aspralon rit collects
and cOnsolidates Us forces now lhae SP"" 'P0 ~
Democrats and Republicans no"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-26
The Terrible Horse Disense

Buffalo well enough carry mehssa,s
through the Boats the Bhe Canal tied from eas
and thousands Of Of produce reach narfe 10
Rochester Common Council has established regulation for hssf
carts being tuck goods and is with tGcut thee
they be obtained attend faue The President Of tho Uatef
States has tn Canadian line pyeas
the further importation Of diseased hes There probably 2se
sick horses in He6YOk ana Brooklyn to-day The disease travels
the and attack about oneh Of the horses stable -
the then others down By degrees Il exhibits three
phases-the Catarrhal Rheumatic aud Castro ~
termed Episooio HyueHza.
Is treatment understood the disease frequently M
be kept unasus and clean TIE legs ArOsi
washed with emoen The CgsrAUR LrSsESr seems to DO NE
specific acting the glands and joints and superior 10 Tupes
tine Opoieoc Capcum. Whea the throat belly aud % Of the
rubbed with this Lnmen and cloths ssura; ss
legs the disease checked and the animal ree01r
eyes should be frequently pOBgd With Saet rf
soft mashco sailed hay The water must not b"
tep When has become famed
with Spirits Of Ster BedoDna and Muae Of Amnssss
day But absolute preventive 10 borsss
taking the early Of the CAUR LsNESr the elects
which simply wonderful and clean bedding Na a' en-
bari work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-26
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Democrats and Liberal Republicans OF the
Ist Congress District OF Vermont met at Rutland oster
day and nominated the Hon. Homer W. Heaton OF Mont
peier for Congress
One of many very recent letters addressed
40 prominent merchants OF Philadelphia by the Grant
Renubcan Executive Committee of that city has been
placed ln our hands. IL Is an urgent appeal Tor "
donation" indicating that the generous rush OF unso
ced contributions pOstmasters and Custom house
clerks il net as overwhelming az hitherto 10 fears
mkewarmness" on the part OF our friends, and pro
fesses that the donation" shall be used In giving
series OF mass meetings" AS 1t Is not reasonable To
expeet series OF meetings between now and election
rms IL probably an eupuistca way OF saying that Jne
Grant Republicans expect 10 have 10 use money Freely
in Philade phIa the 9TH prox The prospect OF re
tou OF their citys disgrace brings blush 20 the cheek
of at least some OF the recipients OF the circular
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-26
A BIT OF sLAsHING CRITICISM.

Mr. Geo. Alfred Townsend has in The Chicago
Tribune striking letter Pennsylvania politics. with
some statements and many conclusions Of which most
people will be more or less tempted TO take issue.
Nevertheless It comes under the category Of very inter
esting reading. Here his remorseless II not unjust
analysis Of the attitude and prospects Of Col Forney;
Mr. John W. Forney has played the part in this cam
paign of a weak spirit, letting dare not wait upon
action should have been decided az the time Mr. sumner
broke with the Camer0nGraDt party when fOrney eIed
"Halt!" And even his weak order then had the tone
OF command aud made for an instant panic 10 the
ranks. He might have eiled, ABOUT lace !
Marcn :" at that time, and kept his party
respectable or he might have plunged
boldly n created great paper and State spirit and
rendered Grants nomination impossible. They repur
chaed his plant and ductle wiz for the petty onlce at
the receipt OF customs, which, in the scriptures was
decai FUrney sat the receipt OF customs ana was
pelted with the eggs Of critiesm-eggs which ora not
aways burst fair nor shed the most grateful perfume
His Office became a pillOry and unnauned MN lie qe-
between Grant and H8rranft, cutting the for
per from tis base and the latter from his ny
pOthenuse Had that sort Of fight won, IT would nave
been all the proportions OF campaign wasted on carry
ing henhOuse. TO have succeeded IN H. ahu piansu
the flag on the hen-hOuse with the White House yet 70
CarrY would have be- merely 10 gain small eeHaIOl
and DO uninrenched in the face OF the hfe OF the cane
But FOrney was a Pennsy vaniaD, aud could strain al
gnat and swallow camel. -.
He e lust now getting much prophecy OF exceeding
misfortune iicm gutter snige papers like me EDe,.l'g
Bulletin To such BOsngs VI grace ana knOWieuge nc Is
still a tower and a light. he has lost nothing hls
paper IL a better property than ever and nc Detter
man for the hahght he ma ie Let him proceed on the
Pennsyyaua and be wilt die not without record and
remembered good influence.