The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-06-08

the greatest anxiety was shown by all the
bows, in the mean time, continuing to splash
and halloo if anv remained above the water;
after which, making their salaams to the
pond, they all quietly returned Tour in
HindoStQU.
.Nopti ShccuiQtion.-.A knight Of the Gal
lpot, saws the Rochester Telegraph, who
resided in the western part of this state, find
ing that the call for his wares grew less and
less frequent by reason Of the establishment
of two or three rival Pestles in the neighbor-
hood of his practice, resolved on breaking
up and pushing his fortunes south. Depo-
sitting in his F" Pockmantie," the most sove-
reign of all his death h-defying specifics Es-
culapius turned the head of his biped to-
New Orleans, where he arrived "juSt ar
that 7pHchWg time" when the fervors of tro-
pcal sun scarcely require the auxiliary aid
of potion and lancet. TO furnish ample en-
plovment for the sexton and undertaken
Doctor Blister's saeacty soon suggested a
wide field for his science, and most excel
lent market for his medicines. A sweeping
malady was running through the black po-
pulation of the country, and sick negroes,
every body knows, are very poor property;
for their recovery is thing not TO be spo-
ken cf. The Doctor, however, resolved up
OF trying the potency of his skill, purchased
" at very reduced prices" all the sick ne
grocs he could obtain And now commcnc-
ed the tug of war between Death and the
Doctor Death came down upon his patients
with his train Of racking head aches, burn
ing fevers and black vomits, upon which the
undanntcd Doctor opened a tremendous fire
Of pills, powders, blisters, glisters, &c. The
conflict was long and stubbornly sustained
the scales now incining in favor of Death,
and now for the Doctor, and then standing
50 precisely poised AS to render it difficult to
determine whether the poor Africans had or
had not obtained their freedom. At length,
however, nature and the pill-box triumphed
In the course of few days the Doctors pa
tients exchanged their dingy copper colored
countenances, for faces clear jet black, and
within as many weeks, he appeared III the
market with drove OF as fine, hale looking
slaves as ever groaned under drivers lash!
he slaves sold at prices which bore no pro
portion to their cost and the Doctor, throw
ing thc remainder OF his "physic to the
dogs" has returned with comfortable for
tune
A proposition has been submitted in the
legislature of Massachusetts, for an inquiry
touching the " expediency of passing an act
to empower the select men and civil authp-
rity of the several towns in the state, to de-
liver the bodies of those who commit suicide
and those whose deaths were caused by in
temperance in the use of spirtuous liquors,
into the hands of surgeons for dissection"
We should question the policy of such a law
as this. A man who has made up his mind
to cut his own throat, would not be deferred
by any particular dread of the surgeons
knife and to punish a cold lump of flesh
for the deed Of the discmboliet spirit, would
only be inflicting additional pangs upon
bleeding and broken hearts.-Com. .4dg.
A young lady about seventeen years old,
by the name of Polina SNYDER, has arrived at
New Orleans from India soliciting aims
from the charitable disposed part of the
community. She is said TO be the most de-
formed creature, perhaps, ever seen. She
has an intelligent and interesting face, but
no arms, nor even the appearance of them.
One leg is about a foot shorter than the 9TH
er, and when assisted to stand on the left or
longer leg, she appears to be about four feet
high. The short leg is without joint from
the hip down to the ankle. Her feet are
large, and She has learned to use them with
a dexterity truly astonishing. With them
she is enabled to sew, knit, cut with scissors
or knife, feed herself, and perform most Of
the duties Of hands.
At New York, Robert G.. Smith and Jo-
seph Cutler have been indicted for consni-
racy to extort money from a respectable
physician, DIR. Samuel Macaulcy. He was
called on TO attend upon Smiths wife. who
was represented as in i'll health. On his
second visit, he requested her to change her
position, when she screamed out, and some
body sprung upon the Doctors back. when
he perceived Smith and Cutler, one of whom
observed, "he was caught" and they threat
ened to expose and ruin him if he did not
pay 81 l,00o.-They visited him at his Office
and offered to take 800 dollars, which was
| refused, and the Doctor had them indicted
and the jury found them guilty
.fn old fashioned MARRIAGE port;on
Captain John Hull, who was one of the fret
founders of the Old South Church pos,nn
capt of the Anc. Hon. Artillery. q rcnra'
sentative of the town, and in 1886 AN assist
ant, was a man of wealth. A DAUGHTER nf
his was married to Major Saml Sewall As
usual in those days, the father was e-xncctsd
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