The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-22

or forty men, to crune in the Mona
90. in Search of a gang OF pirates
s an absence Of 19 days, she returned
ko CAPTURED tWsnty-tlro pirates, and
Isiderahle amount Of coffee, indigo q
70 manner in which this expedition
1 to be fitted out, is as follows. Our
|ers may recollect that some few weeks
we published an account statlhe|
1.-THE brig William Henry was over
ed and robbed by gang oil pirates
|had their quarters on an island ~ tne|
a Passage. and Mr.. Brennan ct Phil
bhia, was detained by the ruihans.-|
Soon afterwards succeeded in maklng|
yscape in a Spanish fishing boat, and
he'd the city Of st. Domingo, where ne
the necessary information, and the
Il for the expedition was fitted out oy
6erchants, and armed and manned by
Ioyernment. The pirates were fallen
(;th on the island Of Leon, near the
lend of St. Domingo, when, after firing
shots, they fed to the woods, where
we're pursued, and the result IS as
E stated.
addition we learn that the schooner
iet of and for Philadelphia. from La
ra. had been captured by this gang.
robbed the vessel, scuttlcd her, and
the crew the long boat and provisions
ch the main. The pirates are made
motley crew from all nations, ap-
btly with a few blacks among them.
y nore had been captured and brought
, 2bsequently to the first haul. Com. .adr
Extraordinary Surgical Operation.
n LONDON, Nov. IS.
be following account of a method tor
ghtening bowlegs was given by S''
Wy Cooper, in his lecture of Wednes'
n last. A person in this metropolis
ened to have Lo,c-shins. A part Of
uty was to teach ladies to draw ant
t, and in the prosecution Of this branch
profession, he found his bo,c-shln'
e declared to me, a very great EVIL
eIt that his merits were less fairly ap
lated, and his instructions less kindl,
lived, by reason of the convexity OF MI
Is; he was persuaded, in short, that hi
-shins stood between him and his pre-
ent. Under this impression, he wen
very noted person in this town, ant
sing him his bone a laugh said to hin
", sir. do you think you can make M
straighti' 'Sir.' said the doctor,
k can; if you will take a lodging il
neighbourhood, I think | can scrapt
b your shins, and make them as strai
by mans. A lodging was taken; tn
er of the patient assisted in the ope
IN, and all three of them, the father
ION, and the doctor, took turn il
ping down the convex shins. = grea
of rasplng was required, an inclsio
ery considerable extent was made Il
shin, the integument was turned aside
an instrument called a royce, was EN-
bed to scrape the shin-bone. Whe
doctor was tired of rasping, the fathe
spell, and the patient Tin his turn
\ eved his father. At last the she'll q
bone be came so thin that the docto
they must proceed no farther wit
leg. The other leg was. then Taspe
similar manner. and thus lare
uds were produced on both the shi
= Is. The surfaces granulated very kin'
q ind very little extoliation Of the bons
place: but unluckily the granulatio'
ID form a bone, so that up jumped II
Is Of the shin again (much laughter. :
doctor, however, was resolved not
efeated, and accordingly put a lay
rsenic over the whole surface. II wi
pnsequence Of the effects of fthis app
pn that | saw the patient. The arsen
absorbed into the system, and he b
4 e paralytic in his arms and lower e
pities. A great number OF exfoliatio
place in his legs, and he showed n
Fge box, in which the exfoliated pc
Of bones were contained. l recol
ded him to 60 into the country, Al
'ent to Bath, where he stayed for soT
J, and got rid Of his paralysis. Il
made a great deal of noise in tow
there were some surgeons who {
|sed a strong wish to prosecute
Tor. l recommended them, howev
to take any steps until had seen
eat himself; and when he next Cal
pc asked him whether he would
undergo the same operation, at
: risk Of his life to have his legs ma
tile straighter7 He replied that
Id /; and under these circumstance
O. opinion. that as the young man v
tent, twas a folly to think Of prose
the doctor. The patient, in this C;
porab IN ho q O rroat fnfa op tko Il