The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-22 00:00:00

MEDICINE IN CANADA.

The ..lbn'reil Herald as :—" There harbours in
Rochester (1(.8.) a medico whose degree of M.D. was eelf-
malemd, sad who answers to the name of H. E. Smith.
This worthy hos maasgal to extend his reputation to the
sera of Lake Ontario, and to our certain knowledge Is
coon:tied frequeth, both perianth and by letter, by the
yeomen and mechanics of Upper Canada. We have met
with artist honest chnekleheads, who, having failed to ob-
tain es lief from their regular medical Adelson, visited the
Sawa& of Rochester, aid returned rased, if not of their
dolours, at learnt of their sop :eons dollars. The Watch.
own ha. had the pod fortune to stumble upon an 'pink
from this benefactor to invalid humanity to one of his
clients, sad we here transcribe it for the special benefit of
all whom it may concern. The Tarty addressed, we may
remark, la a resident of Cobourg .
" Rochester, Nov IS
" Mr. C—,—Respected Sir,—By the request of Mies
12--, I and yen some Isedesin with this Jetta Jewdgeing
as menu ly of your precut Coedision as I can from your
fetter I and Iliedoun Marked upon the stople, 1,2, S. I
wish you to take 20 Drspe of Nv 1 as soon after you get up
as you can 20 Drops of No 2 Just before Dinner 20 Drops
No 3 Just before retiring at night to Be taken CR table
spoor but of water Let year D.et be ?rennin Morning
and Night pining some mats at Dinner °Wain from tea
and Cafey if you can, if not you. Black tee only If
want a Book and a Can of nedoein please to
a book and can of =node match as you non,
will be worth ten Dollars please to Informs as what your
wishes are in retrainee to tinting a course of undone. If
fou conclude to do so inform me enanwtely of all your bad
eelings I Inman your humble servant.
" Du H E SMITH M. D. State Street 1,111
" Mr C— Dr to Dr H E Smith for 3 Tide medosin
2,00 dols."

A TRAGEDY 1N TENNEdSEL—The Nashrire Ban-
ner of the Ist inst. mys:—" We have just hand of one of
the most smiguinary tragedies that it has ever been nor
province to record. The particulars, as we learned them
from a friend, arc as knows .—Two brothers, Hiram sad
Warren none-ism), residents of this county, and well known
in this community as respectable and peaceable citizens,
have been for some time selling clod." in Jackson county,
in this state. They usually travel ditLrent routes, but
alike a practice of meeting each other frequently. They
agreed to meet at • public house in the vicinity of Browns-
town last Friday night. One of the brothers reached the
tavern about nine o'clock, and inquired if his brother had
arrived, and was informed by the landlord that he had not.
After eat:og his tapper he called for a light and asked to be
shown a bed. The landlord informed him that he had no
eanill,s about the house, but that, if he would follow him,
he would take him to a bed. Francisco followed the land-
lord into a dark room, and undressed himself and retired,
to rest. The bed seemed to be wet, and, having semle
matches about him, he &track a light. Upos eremdeies
the bid he found that it was wet with blood. Diomedes
a candle on a table near by, he lit it, and, looking mass
the bed, saw the body of his brother with his threat eat
from ear to enr, and perfectly lifeless. Fastening the dm
immediately, he proceeded to load a revolver which ha bed,
bet before he could do so there was en effort made by mew
cal men to enter his room. Pretending not to be alarmed,
be asked them to wait until he dressed himself. As sass
as he had finished loading his pistol he opened the doe,
ant the landlord and two other men rushed on him, wham
be bred two barrels of his pistol, immediately killing the
landlord and one of his accomplices, after which the other
men led. We farther learn that Francisco went before a
justice of tho peace in Brownstown and surrendered him-
eel, but, alter an examination of thetas?, the justice released

CIIINEsE PROCLAMATION IN CALIFORNIA.—A
great deal of excitement (says the Plater Times) has bun
created among the children of the flowery kingdom now
sojourning in San Francisco, b • manifesto from the greet
"Atti," who clients to hold the power supreme over all
the Chinese in this land of gold. The document which bas
Caused this great commotion is of the nature of • reward
for one Le-Achan, well known as an interpreter and sort of
general agent for his brethren 'n their transactions with
the outside barbarians or white folks. Atti accuses Achan
of all sorts of devilish devices to defraud and degrade, his
notion. That he encourages the payment of licenses, poll
Man, end other impositions, to such • degree that not areal
escapes his rapacity. All men of thu three great Mono
(province.) arc called upon to know that 300 dollars will
be given for the suppression of Le-Ackan. Among other
high.h..nded measures of the magnificent Atti, he has sent
• committee to the residence of a number of Linales from
the flowery land, to inform them that unless, they forsake
their evil ways, and cling only to their own people, they
shall forfeit their lives. Ile warns them of the dreadful
tortures in store for the disobedient, who are taken to the
gar v. house, "C-yap-in-coon," where they will be stripped
and Lastinadoed on the hare beck, and compiled to suffer
other miseries too horrible to mention. The poor creatures
are allowed two days to decide what to do, and dreadful
tonsternatiqn is created among them. The edict of the royal
Atti" is written on crimson paper, and • trio trsualation
wall be given into the Recorder's Court. and the matter
fully investigated before his honour. Meanwhile, further
developments in this extraordinary drama will he duly
weteltil end mad* known.

Tut W.trra or PaatA, &c.—M. Chatin has just
pr.. nu il to the Academy of Medicine a paper giving an
so .unt of his experimcnts on the water of Paris, of Lon-
don, and Turin. It contains some curious and interest-
ken. Of the water with which Pans is supplied, he
pr. fen that of the fkiise, as being lighter and mare jade-
rat. than thereof the Muse, the Oureq, die., hut at the
v.nat time he taprooms his surprise that seems are not
to tike this wat.er from a more distant point, such
A aro.tos, and bringing it to the locality of the Jordan
I'laistee for distribution from these* to the whole of
m'ntoad of taking it from a part where it his received
emtsininenua from the filth that bar drained into it. As
r rude t!... water of Loudon, M. Chatin swabs bimonthly
et tf.t of the New !User, as being similar to that of the
.. but i.!,jvcts decidedly to the water of the Thanes,
t'• says, met:able, that of the Canal de Murat',
'2'. • 1. n.otains four tames km iodine than the water of the
141.. The water of Tenn, eons including the famous
.1 tie Valenti' Palace, is, says M. Chatin, very in-
letioi to the Seim water i it is no better than that which is
twat is the spinals of B. lkvi!le and 3uresae, and which
sr, 1 trrly impregnated with gypsum
EIPIT elirslNti MorLurYr.—A public nu cling
ray tries &Mtke Early Cluing Movement waa held feat
161.4 t 1411111111.6 Room% Goiter street, Ikalfasd-oparce
goo eta smite of meetings f rinks the w inter cant-
-41" Tle Early fleeing Aevxiation." The meeting
tarnerati•ly ettended. and rest:lotions famorablc te. the
%tit stjevs were readily adopted.