Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-03
becomes better, the mixture may be given at

longer intervals"
This formula was furnished some yearf
ago to the Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland, the
writer stating that he had known it used when
the patient was in the blue stage and col
lapsed, and recovery followed in few hours
The following mixture for diarrhea and
as preventive of cholera, has the endorse
ment of the best professional skill of both
hemispheres, and is recommended, not only
on account of its efficacy, but the ease with
with which it can be compounded, and the
familiarity of all classes with the ingredients
used Mix equal parts of tincture opium, red
pepper, rhubarb, peppermint and camphor
In cases of diarrhea take a dose of ten to
twenty drops in three or four tea-spoonsful ol
water. It is asserted that no one who has
this mixture by him and takes it in time will
ever have the cholera.
The Cholera in Memphis.
- The Memphis Ledger, Of Saturday last
has the following paragraph regarding the
epidemic in that city:
"Several thousand people have left the city
business might as we'll be suspended; the
streets are nearly deserted, and thirty people
we're buried yesterday. Of these, seventeen
we're pronounced cholera and seven Of other
diseases near akin. A whole family, save an
infant and lady visitor, died in less than
twenty-four hours on Monroe street, and many
sudden deaths under the most affecting cir
cumstances have occurred within the past ten
days, and still no sanitary regulations! Nc
one to forbid the sale of rotten fruits and veg
etables, or to see that disinfectants are used in
reeking alleys and back yards, where the
germs of disease and death constantly arise
in sickening vapors. Surely this is no time
for dallying or Sinking responsibilities OF
counting costs 1t can no longer be said that
the disease is confined to the ignorant and the
colored people, for it has invaded the best
families in the city, and carried off people oi
faultless habits as far as known. The time
has come to speak plainly, and we shall moi
hesitate to perform our duty to the public in
making known the facts and pointing out neg
ligence where it becomes so glaringly appa
rent"
Another account says the family on Monroe
street, above alluded to, did not die of cholera
but from the effects of poison communicated
by brass kettle, in. which portion of the
dinner was cooked.
The Beecher Scandal.
- Besides the Woodruff and Clahin wo
men, who, in their newspaper, have made
what purports to be an expose Of the proaga
cy of Beecher, there are also mixed in the
scandal the names of Henry G. Bowen, editor
of the Independent, an ultra radical sheet
and Theodore Tilton, editor Of the Golden
Aqe. We do not understand that Mrs
Woodruff, in her publications, says aught ot
any of these characters in a malicious spirit
Whatever may be her real objects, the osten
sible reason is to support her own theories
and doctrines and she processes not to be
able to understand why these men, as she as
serts they do, privately entertain the same pc
culiar notions of herself on the subject of free
loveism, and are yet afraid to publicly avoW
their true sentiments. The whole affair pre-
sents "pretty kettle of fish, to say the least
and Mrs. Woodruff seems to be coming out
victorious in the courts. The indictments
charging her with circulating obscene matter
in the mails, were not sustained, and just on
the eve of the trial she was waited upon by
Bowen, H. B. Clahin, Judges Woods and
Reymert, and several other persons, who re-
quested the letters written to her at sundry
times by Beecher and Tilton. Their object
in desiring to procure these letters, they said
was to vindicate MIR. Bowen. Mrs. Woodruff
declined to furnish either the letters or copies
of them, preferring to await the result Of the
indictments against her. And now, as Sc
quel to this interview, Bowen is to be prose
cuted for libel. We learn from the Brooklyn
Eagle that on Friday, the examining commit
tee of Plymouth church received from F
West specific charge of slander against
Henry c. Bowen, and his expulsion is called
for. 1t is charged that he has circulated false
ISLANDERS against Beecher, and at the request
of Beecher the investigation is to be proceed
ed with Immediately by fifteen Deacons. The
Eagle adds that the charges refer, in the main
to certain utterances made by Bowen at the
recent conference, which took place at the
house of Mrs. Woodruff. There is much ex
citement among the members Of Beecher's
church over the matter.
There may be religion and piety in all this
but the unsophisticated are as yet, We opine
unable to detect it. To our mind it only
shows to what dangerous depths a man in the
garb of minister of Christ can lead himself
and his followers, when, instead of preaching
the simple religion Of the true gospel, he at
tempts to incorporate in it his own dogmas
and all the isms of fanatical and not over
pious people. Beecher's discourses have beer
conceived and delivered solely with the view
to please the masses, and while, for time, he
has foated on the wave Of popularity, he may
yet, whether sincere man or not, be swal
lowed in obscurity and obloquy which, sooner
or later, is reserved for the hypocrite and FALSE
teacher. In extenuation of Beecher's alleged
faults and indiscretions, a recent New York
letter has the following:
''The fondling folly of some of Mr.. Beech
er's female adorers, unopposed by compen
sation of wisdom on his part, has much te
answer for all this misery and shame. Tht
unchartable and uncomprehending worlo
without cannot understand certain grades o.
loving familiarity, however innocent in fact
on any other theory than that of criminal in
timacy. Many women, it is certain, have
been madly in love with Mr.. Beecher. l know