National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-08-28 00:00:00, page 4

The following verse added to the Mar
seillo! s Hy n, watcomp ofed by
Citizen TmomassCn, Lieutenant Colo
nel of the National Gendarmerie, & sung
on the 10th inft.
FRANGA IS,que ces joursmemorables,
Soient le fceau de notre union ;
Ameriquains incompar-ibies
O Vertueufe nation ! Bis.
Eaifons le3 fernjens inviolables,
De relter a jamais unis,
Que, tousles ty.ans reunis,
Tombent sous nos coups redoutables.
Aux armes Citoyens,fornuz vos bataillom
Marches, Marchons,
Qri'nn fang impur abreuve tos fillons.
IMITATED*
Frenchmen, too long the sport of
fadtions,
This day flionld quench fell discord's flame
Americans, wliofe virtuous actions,
Excel the proudest nations' claim.
Let us forever be united,
Conipiring kings our wrath shall dread;
Our thunders burlting on theiv head,
Shall hurl them from their thrones af
frighted.
Arm, Citizens, to arms !
Arran e the warlike band ;
March on, march on,
With blood impure,
Imbrue your thirfly land!
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HISTORY OF the BOHON UPAS.
(Concluded, from our lajl.j
THE violent effedt of ihe poison at so
great a dillance from the tree, cer
tainly appears surprizing, and almost in
credible ; and efpeciaily when we consider,
that it is possible for delinquents who ap
proach the tree, to return alive. My
■wonder, however, in a great mafure
■ceased, after I had made the following
observations : —-I have said before, that
malefa&ors ere inftiudted to go to the
tree witli the wind, and to return againll
the wind. When the wind continues to
blow from the fame quarter while the
criminal travels 30 or 36 miles, if he be
not far pafled the prime of life, and of a
good conllitution, he certainly survives.
But what proves the molt deftrudtive is,
that there is no dependence on the wind
in that part of the world for any length of
lime. There are no regular land winds j
and the sea wind is not perceived there at
all, the situation of the tree being at too
a d.stance, and surrounded by high
mountains and uncultivated forefts. Be
sides, the wind there never blows a frefh
regular gale, but is commonly merely a
current of light, foft breezes which pais
through the different openings of the «d
joining mountains I is also frequently
difficult to determine from what quarter
■ef the hoiizon the wind really comes, as
it : s divided by various obstructions in its
pafTage, which easily change the direction
of the current of aii and often totally de
stroy its ess fts. I therefore impnee the
diftanl effects of the poison, in a great mea
sure to the frequent gentle winds in those
parts, which have not power enough to
disperse the poisonous particles. If high
winds were more frequent and durable
there, they would certainly weaken very
much, and even deltroy the obnoxious ef
fluvia of the poison but . itliont them;
the air remains infected, and pregnant witli
these poiionous vapours.
I am the more convinced of this, ss tin:
old eccleliaftic assured me that a dead
calm i 3 always attended with the greatell
danger,, as there is a continual perspirati
on issuing from the tree, which i 9 seen t«
tife and fprcad in the air like the putrid
fleam of a marihy cavern.
It may probably be asked why no ef
forts have been made to deflroy fa dread
ful a tree —more dreadful indeed, in rs
effects, than plague, pestilence, and fa
mine united. The reasons are obvious.
No man, without abfolutc certainty oi
death, could venture to remain near it for
so long a space of time, as wonld be re
qtiifite to cut down a tree of such magni
tude, which if once wounded to any con
siderable depth, would in a moment de
flroy an army of men with its deadly de
-1 terious eftluvia : Nor could materials to
set it on fire be carried en to the place
without almost certain deftrudion, the
fire, as it were, drawing r;:pidly to a cen
ter the violent energy of the dirfufed poi
sonous particles. Befidcs all this, the
emperor derives a very considerable reve
ime from the sale of the gum, which is
used for various purposes, but more parti
cularly iu war and executions.
In the year 1776, in the month of
February, 1 was present at the execution
of thirteen of the emperor's concubines
at Soura Cbarta, who were convicted of
infidelity to the Emperor's bed, It wai
in the forenoon, about eleven o'clock,
when the fair criminals were led into ar
open space, within the walls of the em
peror's palace. There the judge passed fen
temcc upon them, by which they wen
doomed to, fuller death by a lancct poison
id with the gum of the Bohon Upas. Af
ter this thcAlcoran was prefefitedto them
:ind they were, according to the law ol
their great Mahomet, to 'acknowledge
and affirm upou oath, that the charges
brought them, together with the
sentence and their punishment, were fail
and equitable. This they did, by laying
their right hand upon the Alcoran, their
left hands upon their breads, and their
eyes lifted toward, heaven—The judge
then held the Alcoran to their lips, and
tliev kifTed it.
These ceremonies being over, the exe
cutioner proceeded on his bufitiefs in th.r
following manner :—thirteen polls, each
about five feet high, had been previously
er-.-ited. To these the delinquents wert
fattened, and thuir breads dripped n Iced.
In this lituation they remained a fhori
time in continual prayers, attend by feve
ral prieds, unti : aiigiul was given by thi
judge to the executioner ; on which tht
latter produced an indrument, much like
the spring la.ice*ufed by farriers for bleed
ing horses. With this indrument, it be
iwg pi.!foiled with the gum of the Upas,
the u hanpy wretches wert lanced in the
middle of their breads, and the operatior
wis performed upon them all in less thar
two minutes. My adonifliment was raifec
to the higheddegree,when I perceived th«
sudden tffefts of that poilon ; for in a
bout five miuutes after they were lanced
they were taken with a tremor of the
nerves, after which they died in the great,
ed agonies, crying out to God and Ma
homet for mercy. In sixteen minutes, by
my watch, which I held in my hand, al
the criminals were no more. Some houn
after their death I observed their bodiei
full of livid spots, their faces swollen.
their colour changed to a kind of a livid
blue, their eyes looked yellow, Bcc &c.
About a fortnight after this I had at
opportunity of feeing fnch another exe
cution at Samarang. Seven Malayans wert
executed there with the fame kind of in
drument, &in the fame manner, & I found
the operation of the poison, and the spots
on their bodies, exactly the fame.
These circumdances made me dtfirout
to try an experiment with fom« animals,
in order to be convinced of the real ef
f«dts of this poison : and as I had then
two young puppie3, I thought them the
fitted objects for my purpefe. I accor
dingly procured with fonie difSeully some
grains of Upas. I diifjlved half a giair
of that gum in a smalt quantity of arrack,
and dipped a lancet into it. With this
poisoned indrument I made an incifior
in the lower muscular part of the belly
of one of the puppies; three minuUs-aftei
it received the wound, the animal begar
to cry out mod piteou/lv, and ran as fad
as possible ftom one corner of the room tc
the other So it conti med during fix
minutes, when ail its drengih being ex
haud.-d, it fell upon the ground, was ta
ken with con»ulfions, and died in thf
eleventh minute. I repeated this expe
11'ment will) two rvh, r puppies, as alfc
with a cat and a tewl, and found the ope
ration of the poiiuu in all of them the
fame; none of thofa animals surviving
thirteen minutes.
I thought it necefTary to try alio the
effect of the poison given inwardly, which
I did in the following manner. I dif
solved a quarter of a grain of the gum in
half an ounce of arrack, and made a dog
of seven months old drink it. In seven
minutes a reaching ensued, and I observed
at the fame time that the animal was de
lirious, and as it ran up and down the
room, fell on the ground and tumbled a
bout ; then it xofe again, cried out very
loud, and in about half an hour afterwards
was seized with convulitons, and died.
I opened the body, and foujid the do
mach very much inflamed, as the inteftiues
were in some parts, but not so much as
the domach There was afmall quantity
of coagulated blood in the domach, but 1
could discover no orifice from which it
could have JfluecJ, and therefore fuppofedl
it to have been Squeezed out of the lungs,'
by the animal's straining wliilft it was
vomiting. From these experiments I
have been convinced that the gum of the
Upas is the molt dangerous and mod vi
olent of all vegetable poisons : and I am
apt to believe that it greatly contributes
to the known unhealthinefs of the island
of Java. Nor is this the only evil at
tending it, hundreds of the natives, as well
as the Europeans are yearly deltroyed
and treacherously murdered by that poi
son, either internally or externally. Eve
ry man of quality or fafhion has his dag
ger or other arms poisoned with it ; ant
in times of war the Malayans poilon thi
springs and other waters with it; by this
treacherous pra&ice the Dutch fuffered
greatly during the lad war, as it occasion
ed the loss of half their army. For tlii;
reason they have ever since kept fi(h it
t'.e springs, ot which they drink the wa
ter ; and centinels are placed near them,
who infpedl the water every hour,- t<
fee whether the fi!h are alive. If they
march with an army or body of troop;
into an enemy's country, they always car
ry living fifh with them, which they
throw into the water (sue hours before
they venture to drink- i , by which mean
only they have been able to prevent theii
to al deltrudion "
In future, thole who visit the iflan'd ol
Java will probably now be induced t(
make the Bohon Upas an obj 61 of then
rclearchcs, and will furnifli us with a fui
ier description of this wonder:* ' tree.
SPANISH NAVY".
The following is a lift of the Spanill
navy in the Mediterranean, which is tc
ast in concert with the B itifli fquadror
in their operations agamlt the French.—
They are to rendezvous at Port Malion ;
and it is thought have Corsica for the firll.
and an attack on some of the Frencl:
po'ts for a second objetl : viz.
Conde del Regala I i 2 guns ; Salvadoi
del Mundo 112; San Carlos 94 ; Regi
80; St. Rafael 80; Bahama 84. ; §t. An
gulline 74; Arogabita 74 ; Maguanimt
74; Oiien.o 74; San Firmin 74; Sai
Jorto 74 ; S?ne 74 ; San TVlino 74
Atigc Degorada 74 ; Atalanta 74 ; Fir
ma 74 ; Gloriefa 74 ; Guifero 74 ; St
Francisco de Afis 74 ; t>t- 11 Defonl'o 74
St. Lorenza 74 ; St. Paulo 74 ; Tcrri
ble 74 ; St. Francisco de Paulo 74 ; Ef
pania 68 ; St. Roman 68 ; St. Pcdrc
Alcantara 64; St. Leandro 64 ; Ont
forty gun (hip, ten figates of 32 guns
Come brigs and cutters.
Shrewjbury and Philadelphia
S T AGE.
THE Shre ihtiry aod Philadelphia ftarrc
will commence to run regularly, on Thurl
lay he lourth of July, to leav t Pmladrlphia il
.hatday, alter winch time, dufing the moiul
jt j -ily, i' wli lii- c Irom M'K.eki,i .1 dVa-iEm
s whaif a< Philadelphia fthe next whaif be
ow Aich on every Sunday arid Wetint l.
i«y & proceed to Bordenton—the land Itage ;
pioceed. on the next morning to Edington, an.
:o return on every TueTday and Fnjay. In tbi
month of Augult, it will leave Piiilajrlphia 01
very Sunday and Thursday, and return on ever*
Tuelday and Saturday.
Fare tor Pallengersfrom Philadelphia
to - - two dollars &an half
For gooes ditto - ditto pr. cwt. one d.lai,
VA'; EMBURC & M KEAN,
S-AMI/jii, fOiUIAN.
F.ordenron June 29, 1793.
For freight or passage, apply to the mailers on
board, or to
M'KEAN & VAN EMiiURGH
Whohave for falc as ujua tatheir ftorcs opi said
beef, pork, iiams, fiou , a:J, but r t rye anu
Jia.ii meal, chcefe, iron &c. &c.
J u 'y 3* 2m. law.
TO THE PUBLIC.
"\X7HEREAS an attachment at the fuir of Sam
uel imlay and Nathaniel Imlay, executors
of the testament and last wiiJ of Ptter Imlay, de
ceased, has ifTued out of the Supreme Court o<
Judicature of the Hate of New-Jerfcy, ?gain/t rb
lands of Garret Voorheis, late of the count y- ol
M d rile lex-, and {late aforefaidj returnable to the
(irft Tuesday' in September, seventeen hundred
and ninety two Notice is hereby given to th».
( lid Ganet Voorheis., that unlets he appear an
rile special bail to the said attion, judgment
will be entered again'} him, by default, and th;
lands so attached told for the fafi- ration of fucb
of his creditors as {hall appear to be ju.lly entitle,
to any demand thereon, ill ai 1 apply ft-r tha ,
purpose, according to the form of :he llatute ir
iuch cafe made and piovided.
By order of the Court,
April 17. law. ly KGWELL, Cik. j
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