HASZARD’8 GAZETTE. AUGUST 16.

(Per llasasrd’s Gssstte.) 3'3 0! TTIILICI.

At 4, p. m., on Monday the 31st July last. the Grand Division, 8. of llsmpmsncs, assembled at the Tsmpsrenoo Hell. Central Bedoque, pursuant tosppointnient—ths G. W. P}, Bro. Heard, presiding. After the initiation of the Can- didltsl in waiting, tbc.. tlm G. W. P. read the following Report :—

15 lbs Oficsrs and Members of the Grand Dicirion, 8. of T. of won“ P. I. Island.

up meinuehpleasarotoniost ouhsreon t occasion, and it is a source of great satisfaction to me, when I

_ so many right-minded men, who are not only willing to set a a portion of their time to advance the cause of bleeding bu . but are to sacrifice time, talent and

toeurry ospihe noble enterprise in which we have

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Agricola Division, at White Sands.

one lme hoes s 10 have voihted the pledge, and there has been one death. \Vo have. at present 409 contributing members, exclusive of St John Divien. located at C ed. and hlsrgute Division, located at lives, whose Iotars'::vo not yet been received. N0tW' illg our additions in nsrts, there has considerable defection from our ranks in T on—l9 having oxpollod—lssving only I! contributing morn rs. an _ no doubt that the sad effects of political stril'e have been the chief cause of this dosleneion. It is. however, to be hoped that now the cause is removed, the friends of temperance there will see it to_be their best interest to aid and encourage the Woatmorland Division by is their power. not only on their own account, but tldron. it of the good results attendin our De- naoastrution. held at Charlottetown on the 21th inst. Ali tough got up at a very short notice, it passed cfl‘ admirably. and reflected sditcn the Sons. [hr the seal and good iriansgemeutdispla ed theirublic 'l‘ea. We were honor at of is

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in their procession and at

by the presence Excellency the Lieutenant Go- vernor snd family, who not only felt a great interest in the success of our cause, but expressed hie determination to assist us b ever means possible. There can he no doubt that the procc ings of that day produced a favorable impression on the great numbers who pertook ofthe refreshments that were provided, and who wit- Igirssed the sppmranco of the men who bore the badge cl our noble

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The Annual Session oftlto National Division, which was recent- ly held at St. John, N. 8., psmod off with great sclal. I very much r tthat no one was t to represent this Grand Di- vision. am persuaded that the same cause which prevented my attendance there, vented others from attsndi , viz: great pres- sure of business. ere were several alterations made in the Con- stitutions of the several Branches of the Order, which well deserve I‘-olsierstion, especially the admission of females as visitors to Subordinate Divisions. by a two-third Vote of the members; the admission of youths into the Division at 16 years of age. tinder‘ certain regulations; and persons of old age or under disability or A‘ L .i :...s .....-....a.... r k -'-‘--| to Pgcu-

niury benefits.

Our efforts during the past Quarter, to extend the principles of« our Order, have been mostly confined to the services of our Brother Arbucltlo, who has been employed in visiting the different "'

: stic Cholera, and to allay. as much as possible, the

our philanthropic object—tho present, permanent and eternal good of all mankind. llespectfully submitted, in L. P. and I-‘. J. B. Coot-nu. Chairmen, J. 'l‘. Pinwsu. W. C. Taowart. July, 1854.

mi. BAYARIYS i.i7i'i'i:n on THE CHOLERA.

Notwithstanding pur large edition

of Tuesday, . R. “

together for the furtherance and ultiimite triumph all

posing causes for the

rption and action 0 the matter: in the ' '

, the conciliation

The diflereut sI'ects of the sums irritating ell! stances. upon the nervous systems of dtfierel

wall knows facts in the practice as. imagination, sympathy. and fear, excited by at- tendanee upon cholera ' ts. crths magsilled reports respecting ii, are capable of causing the vomiting diarrho-a, and cramps, and subsequent ‘ ’ ' the disease, which has been and con-

containing the admirable letter of r ' _ on the subject of Asiatic Cholera. it was insuffici- ent to meat the demand, many copies having been applied for to distribute through the Country, ich we were unable to supplv ; we therefore rt-puhlish it to-day. feeling confident that it will he he means ofdoing touch good wherever it is read: —Froia the ' Sill.-l consider it unnecessary to aplogize for

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published with a desire to correct the general misapprehension respecting the contagion of Asi-

dangerous and often times fatal alarm, which those misapprehsnsions create.

eiatic Cholera was formerly considered con- tagious by the majority of Medical men. and its out-break in difieront countries was attributed to importation: accordingly quarantines and precautionary measures were adopted with the hope of preventing the introduction of it: .xpe- rience, however, soon established the utter use- lessness of them. and afler the most scrutinizing enquiry and observation, the members of the Medical rofcssion generally are now thoroughly convince that Asiaric Cttoutiii Is NOT A coit-

the following expression of my opinion, which is

tinues to be incorrectly attributed to contagion.

What circumstances authorise a belief that Asiatic Cholera is not contagiousl—Msny: The rapidity of its extension: contagion implies the reception of a morbid poison, and its action in generating disease in the body which hss re-

its contagion to another: a shorter or longer time in each affected individual would berequired for the accomplishment of this condition : Small pox is one of the moat contagious diseases upon

-s-ind human beings in Mecca in the brief space of our iluys.—-l ask medical men conversant with contagious diseases, how long a time woul

elapse. before one or one Iitotdred small pox pa- .tients in their fittest condition for contaminating others. and placed in the densest and fittsst popu- lation for its reception. would sfli-ct twenty thou- -sand personal I ask the believers in the conta- gion of cholera. rofessional and nonprofessional, if small pox oou d affect this multitude _in four dsys,- four weeks, or even four months e rs id spread and effects of cholera are irreconcila- ab o with any thing yet known res tin conta-

'l'A0l0lll nisussn-—thst it is caused by _ " conditions of the attaosplisra co-operating with uiiwholesoine exhalations from filthy districts- thst the depressing and debilitating influences of intemperancs and debauchery upon the diges- tive organs and nervous system prepare the body r the action of the exciting causes in the atmos- phore—that Fear acting immediately, directly, and power/'ully_upon the liver, the stomach. the bow- els, and the nerves, not only favours and aggra- vates an attack of Asiatic Cholera, but very frequently converts common diarrhtrs, which prevails at this season of the year, into a disease snalagous to Asiatic Cholera, and oftentimes equally as rapid an fatal in its consequences; and I have no hesitation in asserting that a large proportion of deaths during the prevalence of Cholera have been the consequences of thister- ror: Intense fear, when excited by many other cauiies, will in some particular individuals, pro- ucc nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, cramps, pale- ness, coldness, cold perspiration, dtc. l have seen these symptoms caused in some persons by the dread of a surgical operation, by sudden de- pressing intelligence, by violent thunder storms, die. The prostrsting influence of Fear upon the

and lecturing at public tnootin It is hoped that his efforts in this respect will be crowned wit more than usual success. _ _

The Committee who were appointed by the Grand Division_to draw u a Petition, to be presented to the next sitting of our Legis- lsture, vs prepared it. and will present it to you, for approval. Much-—vsry mach—wi|l depend on the number of signatures that will be procured for our Petition; and to discharge our duty rightly in this respect. we must strain every nerve to get over signature that can be obtained. This is now the only method is t us for the accent lishmsnt of our great object. .

We vs, however, no reason to despair. Our chariot has been delayed. but the fault lies more in the read than in the power of our ci wave may be stayed, but it is only to add increas- Ing strength to the snccesdin one. The work has to be done. I041 some persons must do it. here shall we go for persons to fill our cos if we abandon the cause. The rum-seller will not cease: his vacation. as the dimgler his deadly work. The poor dlllllklfdl ‘ ' fsttored ~ ' ’ his

on rum. 1 need not say, Wcrtgy Broths that » you and those who are on our side dopmd the timato senses ‘the Temperance Cases in th'm Island. . -

Wtnniaas ilsann, G. W. P.

At an ' timed Meeting, subseqhentl held in Char- lottetown, Committee to who e $ove Report was referred, submitted the following

llloltk ~' The only topics is the said Report

' deem to

whidh special reference is necessary. our _Committee be following:

‘the past Quarter I87

been added to our Committee trust that at least a roportionete rats of inc will be exhibited ' by the Returns for the present Qsarth

2. The large number of ex leicns, compared with the number who have violated tltsir PIe£n—s fotlmdr be latter but 16, whilst but one room sppedrs id. @x pt Err viohtion of the _Pl o- isls spd the exercise o the _ for gross immorality, no our Committee, be expelled tion being more in accord- e principles and rsctico of

to have been rein-

sr—euspe ' once with the bensvelht ll _ our Order a t mode prgsdurs by expulsion, which

should cnl be bad r to in cases ofsxtremo hopelessness an

' ' 'ity. Your Committee also obsqve. that I9 of these

expslstcns took place in one Wntry Divilpn. locrttod at Tryoti-—l " the sad sfl'octs of political stri s." Your Cominittes most deeply

regret this sad rssttlt, especially in a Division which at one time

num members-now reduced to II; but they cannot

refrain from remarking. at the same time, that unless Brethren,

rspsred. w vsr they may‘ be called upon to do so, to rsliinuieh for the tires being their

sectarian and party prejudices s prsdilsctions in favor of the

Cause Tots runes, the sooner they quit ou_r ranlt_s the better

will it be both or themselves and the Order with which they are

con . 8. Your Committee are glad tclsurn that good results have attended the recent Demonstration. 4. Some of the alterations in the Constitution of the various Branches of the Order, recently adopted by the National Division. doubtless, of very grave importance; but as these ve been referred to a Special Committee, to report thereon, your Committee deem any further remarks on their part. with reference thereto, in this , unnseemsry. _ _ 5.P'l’bo importaucsof an sficient trsvelli . . _ thoroughly a asinted with the country an its inhabitants, and . cannot well overrated; and your

3 king tho sllc la &mltiosd':oh“:v'ith the G. . P. in expressing the hope, that the Arbsckls, P. G. W. ., wil during the present

more than the usual success.

with the above is the subject ofthe. we-‘or trsflc; and this can only be success- ueusiag the public mind. through the pram, as to elicit from them, in the

with the 0. W. P.. that, steam five tsrnpwarlly chsesi-ad ear

lecturer arid agent |

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. .. system in such individuals. is indisputa~ ble, and this being the fact, we can readily ro- cognize its agency in stimulating, inducing, or aggravating Cholera, and therefore it is a matter of great importance to remove the principal cause of terror, namely. the prevailing belief that the disease is contagious. 1 will give a few interrogatories and replies upon this subject, that all classes of readers may easily comprehend the

m.:

Has Asiatic Cliolsra been introduced into St. John by contagion from the body of any emigrant or stranger from a distant or foreign country, where Cholera existed: has it been imported? —it has not :_-How can we account for its sp- poarsncu in our City? the concurrence of

,_ _ but they are readily oxplsinabls upon amor- biil condition of genera and local atmospheres Altltdtl by the predisposing causes already menti- oned. '3. The escape of a large proportion o

medical men exposed under favouring circumstan- ces for the reception of the disease authorises the assertion and belief that .dst'slr'c Cholera is not tort- .tagi'ou.r. When cholera made its appearance in this city in l834, I was induced to suppose from booli -authority that the disease was contagious; l soon had up ortunities of formin an opinion from persons ex risnco : l visits patients suffering lllfldfll‘ the issue in its most aggravated forms: l remained for hours with many doing duty as nurse as well as physician : with the permisson of friends I o nod the bodies of some who died; and in one instance within there hours after un- equivocal proofs of death; I was engaged for two hours exposed to the exhalation from the viscera with my face in close proximity to it; other medical gentlemen were present, and simi- larly exposed ; none were subsequently attacked : numerous dissections of the same kind have oc

curred in other countries without any consequen-

ces to warrant the assertion that cholera is conta-

gious. 3. Experiments have been intentionally made in Hospitals upon the Continent of Europe and elsewhere to test the contagious or non-con- tagious character of cholera 2 A man without any suspicion of the experiment was placed in a bed. in which it cholera atient had died. and covered with the same bed c othes : he slept in it, and re- ceived no disease. Much more might be advanced to show that Asiatic cholera is not a contagious disease, but I hope I have stated sufficient to re- move the dangerous and groundless alarm, which the fear of contagion has excit

Before I conclude this letter, which I fear has already exceeded the limits of you columns. I shzill make a briefextrsct from the “ Report of a general plan for the prorriotiori o 'c and per- sonal Iieoltli " given b Commissioners

morbid causes in the general atmoopliere, with

own emancipation. Ind “'0 morbid exhslations from filthy and impure dis- extract recommends the l‘8l'l‘l°" """ "'9"! “W hill“! ll’ "l" 55"!" 7'0"’ ll“ '“'P°“ tricta, acting upon particular constitutions fitted- W

by other causes to general: the disease :-May not. a disease thus generated be contagious! It may ;« or it may not: some are. and some are not, as for instance, measles and hooping cough are fre-

-quently produced by the concurrence of general

and local atmospheric causes with a constitutional: fitness for their action ; these diseases are commu- nicablo from one person to another; but epidemics which are not contagious may be generated in a similar way by concurrent causes, as for instance. the billions diarrhoea which is now prevailing, and which generally prevails at this season 0 the year :—lluve we reason to suppose that a disease identical with Asiatic Cholera has been generated in St. John? I unhositstingly answer in the

ing 28, and the aflirinative: Yes—-Is it contagious? I as unhesiv

tatingly answer this uestion in the negative; It is not contagious: cold the disease be con- tracted by hea thy and fearless individuals in con‘- sequence of their handling the wearing apparel, bed clothes or bodies of Cholera patients? it could not:-—lf the disease is not contagious, how can we explain the facts, tlint several persons in the same emily have died of Cholera, and that some individuals who have visited such families have been attacked and destroyeOby the disease! is question can readily answered, and the apparent difficulty explained; various predispos- ing causes may render the ice of several indi- viduals in the same family, and soino of their visitors also liable to be acted upon by the morbid exsiting causes in the general atmosphere. a see this trtith manifested in the non-conts ious billious vomiting and diarrhea of several chi dren and adults in the same family every year: these. predisposing causes are sxhalstions from fllth in houses and around thetn—intemperance—un-~ wholeome diet, irregularities in diet. as respects quantity, quality, and hours of eating; anxiety‘ and attendance upon tlis sick; fatigue. induced‘ in various ways; mental depression, either of a constitutional or accidental character, pre-exist- ing debility, and FIAI, creating in some persons conviction that they will Ike the disease if they are exposed to it.—These csusos may ope- rate with the intomperste. the filthy and the do- bauohed. but how can we explain the attacks of the disease in persons, who have lived prudently and in cleanliness and comfort l—lt does not require the united action of all the predisposing causes enumerated to generate cholera or other epidemics; fear indigestion, and peculisrjty of nervous impression or susceptibility render some persons easily affected by morbid exciting causes, which would be resisted by less susceptible individuals: a familiar illustration will show the corrsctosss of the remark: several children or adults may be inoculated with the matter of

Jmlll pox, or vaccinated with cow poclt matte -.

I’. for instance, a rt strawberry will cause nettle- rssh in some; t s fragrant odour of the rose, fainting in others; the sight of blood, or the mention of blood-letting, has caused fainting in seats health individuals ; several girls ins school have been I owe into convulsions at the eight of one of their companions in as epileptic it; many persons vomit by the irritation of a is Is odour or when they see another person vomiting: I know a patient who can excite vomiting or diarrhea exclusively by the war of his imagi- nation. Proofs of this pecel arity of the nervous a atom in tll t might bernultlplisd; but I trust I have said soflclsnt to show that the the v'ras or will generate disease in the bar, it may fail in two or this“ i so

twccr three have had the matter it

bsamifilhssqasd several tlmeswltbost an steer: is sotnsefthe

lssslsoroinsy svebseiitoruietloc the say essstltutisssl shot. la the

s(ppointod hy the Legis store of assachusetts, l85 . This proper composition of a Board of Health. o recommend that the Board, as far as practicable, be com d of two physicians, one counsellor at law. one chemist or natural philosopher, one civil Engineer, and two persons of other professions or occupations. all qualified for the office by their talents, their education, their experience, and their wisdom."

ARE THE PLANET! INHABITED?

Are the planets inhabited? The telescope cannot show the '?abitsnts of the moon to the people of Lon on, for the same reason hat it cannot show them the inhabitants of Edinbur h; their eyes are not made to see so far. lllnrs, the planet nearest the earth, is 50,000,000 of miles away -from it, and the telescope can bring it nearer, an lace it within it distance of 50,000 miles. Mndlor, of Berlin, has seert the mountains, continents, and polar snows of Mars, with the periodic play of light and shade upon them. The sun is a vast and fierce furnace. The valleys of the moon are colder than our polar regions, the comets are lloatin ‘masses of vapor; and the planetoids or asteroids are so small that our telescopes fail to show us anything certain about them, The sun, moon, comets, and asteroids we may conclude, then, are not inhabited b living organisms. But the planets, wit their alternations of day and night, of heat and cold, their atmospheres the different weights of bodies upon their surfaces, a numerous series of strikin aaologies with the earth, seem proved to the abodes of different forms of life. The organizations of life vary to suit a great variety of phy- sical circumstances upon the globe, and with a reasonable allowance for modifica- tions, there appears to be a moral certain- ty that they possess and exhibit vegetable and animal, as well as mineral products. Life has not always existed upon the rth. From the spoch, however, when our lanet fulfilled the nesdful con salubrity, life has been lavishly created upon it. God is life. His glorious attri- ,butes are more wonderfull displayed by the meanest form of life w ich exists, t e confervie of a l, or a mushroom u it a well, than by ll?’ randest mineral mass in the universe whic is destitute of the mar- vels of nutrition, respiration, circulation, and reproduction. The history of life upon

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tinente are the tombs ofrnarioo existeuces; and the animals of the tropics. Chslks, flints, stones are formed of anim remains, Ehrenberg found the shells of ' ' i Tripolitotbe number of three millions in

of the thousandth part of a metre. Upon the tops of moun- tslns, and in the depths of rslnes, we llad the mountains and the mines formed of animal and vegetable ' towns upon the earth

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elected, the eeastitutioss was fitted by predis-~~ use that Itssss did not exist.- t persons and the power of the imagination. are

1. is the abundance of organized life.

ceivod it, to fit that body for the transmission of

‘medical record: Cholera destroyed twsiity thou-i

ditions of

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