The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-10
THE USE OF NARCOIE.


thing to dull. stupefy, and scole the pOr
nervous system-is a predomlnn hu- 1t L
msD weakness, Nature has beeI-ap- No
sacked for narcotics. Tobacco, opm, mo-
betel-nut. Indisn hemp, even she ufa
kinds OF fungi, are employed Tor e and
desired object. When tobacco was Ht legi
introduced into Europe, its use y diff
nearly everywhere looked upon WI TIVE
dislike by the authorities Toe efforI the
that were Dlade to suppress 1t amounte larG
to nothing less than persecution, an ally
their want o. success furpi she's serloulthis
illustration of the uselessn ess of legislator
tive interference with the individual jff
legitimate freedom of action 1t serves {
also to illustrate in some measure the te
strong hold which the taste for narcotics !
obtaips over the mind, especially as
tobacco is cne of the mildest narcotics
in use. Among ourselves, not to men
tion King James well knOwl "C'aun-
terblast," " many petty restrictions we're
laid on the sale Of tobacco during that
J rnonarch's reign, and the import duty
/ was raised from twopence to SIX shli-
= liBCs and teupencc q pound. In Eng
4 land and elsewhere, remonstrance Gnd
q penalties we're equally unavalllng. 10
{ bacco mEde its way steadily into favor
n and is believed 20 be now in use among |
r not less thar 800, 600, coo Of the human
; race. ,o,oo,
N Measures Of a severe nature have peeh
- - tried in China to check the use Oh
\ opium, and have been quite as oI:E HEsuo,
Ell cessfuI. However apathetc the Chlnese
u NAV be in respect to most things, they
"a, will not submit to the withdrawal OF
k their favCrite narcotic. But IN case OF
asS so dangerous O poison, some restrlc-
ay tions are as much needed as they are on
M the sale OF spirituous liquors among
fnL ourselves for the effects of habltual
10 excess are not less deplorable than those
sIt, of bobitual drunkenness. OF forty
.ou nrisoners confined in the house OF cor
Nj vi rection ct Singapore, thlrty-hve were
iay found to use opium ; and OF these,
tive seventeen, who had been in recelpt OF
7 VI, M eighteen shillings q month as wages
cad epeut twenty-four shillings Tor OPIUM
i4n on, tie difference being obtained by theit
v. From q sanitary point OF view, tne 70
own suits are equally sad. me COM Llel tg
e4 ,, = oDiuun- eater in the east seldom hVe
PrS Eevond the age of forty, and may d
ono recognized at a glance by bis trembling
~, n stems and curved spine, his sunkeh
lated CLASSY ewes and sallOw, wlthered lea
choS lures. The muscles, too, OF his nee
i'nI. and fingers often become contracted
Fa'.ri Yet incurring even this penalty WI
'urIe I!,e enable him t indulge his vice only tc
he fu n certain length of time. Onllke u
on. healthy enjoyment which we derry
: Tra, from our appetite of hunger. and WhiS
ras nature herself renews periodically, u
,!a53, %5 enjoyment of the opium eater graduaI
lotcd diminishes as his system becomes haol
hI%9! iI,,ll!! uated TO the drug. From time 10 SII
nnrni he must increase the quantity WHICH
Mr.t takes. but at length no increase y"
rcf Hinder THESE
male prOdnce any elieoU' 49,, =, n 10
cotch Cumstances he has recourse 10 ua
our cyeroUs expedient he mixes q SIN
q !, SAT- SAT- quantity of corrosive sublimato WI
he cot the opium, the influence OF when
meth thus for a time renewed. Then tht
r,.aS- means also fail when the victim M
y GOV, Eeor the miserable condition to Will
When he ia reduced, until probably, sooner
;rorse later. he sinks into the grave. Oh
ay, to rxcitable temperament OF the Ma!'
.. it '.,1 0us end Javauese, n strong dose OF OPP
ShichI ranses a state of frantic Jury atnouh'
II iSmg almost to Madness, and thls oIGen
,,hUts MutS i, that homicidal mania which has o
h. sam naIIa5 Trimming amuck; ;" in OF
MiSsI yTnT5s in the individual attacking
.nstit1t Tis crease or dagger every one WhoI
aiken c meets. so that it becomes neceSsaf,
we We hot him down with as little
,mtcrtai nuuction as we do mad dog. IN .
The pun i,r-i,,,,, ie NOT allowed 10 be sold eX
bTisi0w - on a3uIterated form, the risk OF
tuesday nviI conseouences being thus III
1rity 1oIi9tyv measure lessened.
pEt I.,,,s ts.S =, For os the effects Of opium Oh
knights ,,-stor, are concerned, it is almOs
llsL,HeT last Me tirelv n matter of indifference IN
as Sash' yvav the drug IS used. Whether
fools tro taken in the solid form OF pms, Il
- ; rrreN Iiouid form of laudanum, or III
John ca from p,pe as heated vapor' 1t sP.
II ntH
ranon il tibIe Influence over the mlnd &c
Dresden, few possess the iron Will needed
OF ilI,isscS Mss Iiro5ish the habit when it has
beautiful hoen fairly acquired. How comp
sent IRON o,,aD the most intellectual ana
maTeus y-otad minds may become enslaYe
,vaU illustrated IN the cases OF
ri10e and De Quincy, whose L
coIored descriptions of their
I'd. "a lrcee are said to have been proc
"tsT Mimi, - n,ucb evil among the educated
thrtrapP of tbis country. These descr
,.,,r Mud n,ust not. however, be regardeh
crrts. criteria OF the usual influence OF
1t iSa on the colder temperament OF III
ti.s F7uroDean, According to Or.
Tom 4 son. It seldom produces more
SldS sd, OH. %i ra EJECT on the Anglo Saxon cons
NCapt.t than the removal of terpor an
cd last "' gisbpess, thus rendering the
S'''S m. 10, Eater n pleasant and coEVefsaG
tw" rooms oanion: but these small advant
Str,Gt. tnrn. are purcE Eased by pero,d
,to.E next sc0uent pain ard depression, IN
ami @ppos of which it would be dlfhculS
sunday. gerste. - os o
mccting I Ouium, besides acting as
h"rII, Tl,. T.. nossesses a remarkable poW'
Fan sessio r, r,storative. By apparently
ing many the natural waste of nervous e
'"iIS Ne ar, enables the system to support
has bcenc b,ucath which it must otnel
with uuT, cvitably have sunk. For TINS
ISst r IA much used by the Halca
erected ia ,alauouin bearers and mesSt
%h,ym. nd India. who journey almost
aud iifty q, Instances, furnished with noth
-Ahout tban bag of rice, little opl
'u "a ~, ISM NOT to draw water from the W.
iu,iucssw Tarter couriers also use II
any any ~. 81, them, when compelled to tT'
w. RI and day in crossing the aria
large ti,sir Central Asia and in some pa
"" HortHt cast 1t is administered as
mautelS, n Cvsn to hOrses.
They PTtS "NPteS; II is difficult to come to
Madam rae conclusion as to WI
Austria, hs obvsical character OF cas-
E,,J Moder who habitually use oplT
highly ace, narcotic has deteriorated
cnn,iderao orence. No doubt the g
f,rVrars.W ief is that even moderate
Nat He ,,ust necessarily be ipjurloU
SI..,. i@SnSs 'I Il, easv to point to the GnerT1te
ii M1. FIe of the Turks and other Orr
si"d ripe as a probable result OF the
T,'isr T% S,,S dS. at the same time it is dlsI
vour own among psychologists how Ia a
irieW%s Wi itbir correctly represents the l
mart OF thei oDinions of many men wen
the congreS with the east might be quot
anP an astuTda sHli1di siticn to it for example,
ssanoe ia so formerly of the East India
H,uSh H.,i less ss, service, has affirmed that,
fiI finG s.ii the ms the great mass of the Chin
adopt one. rious effects of the opium t
,.r,ni66ei 6l6Hii t can be noticed, the people
made pate oIly muscular and well-t
bgught roT ssy DIR. Macpherson has given
EhSSn %GSr rnisfu ASH mony in respect to the Ch1l
iars. the Ia Rnrnes in respect to th'
Bessie, ssi.,i HT9i 9i Scinde and Clutch while,
Jealous pari hand, Dr. LtIASs -