Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-21

tWV Ots ebC hACg ~ "os tSh'0fSoD obS
when cold l used it as a common
drink.
submitted the foregoing 10 DR..
Senseny, who agrees tina, / have stat
ed the facts OF my case correctly, and
tina. he considered my situation as
hopeless. It's also due 10 the doctor
10 say, that since my recovery he be
ieves that the cal0mel he gave me,
prepared my system for the operation
Of the liverwort, and that the latter
completed what the former bad com
menced DIR Senseny IS certain that
he never failed in curing pulmonary
disease, when his medicine had the
desired effect.
JOHN MITCHELL
We certify that Mr.. John Mitchell
has stated the facts ofhi case correctly.
MAHLON MITCHELL,
ISAAC ID. PAINTER.
Fauquire county, Va. Dec %, 1927.
NoTE: At the request OF MIR. Nit
chelI, will state that have lived
near neighbor to him for about five
years, aud frequently visited him dur
ing his last sickness; that when he
com Fenced the use of the liverwort,
| said repeatedly that if il cured him, l
should not be surprised il il would re
store dead man TO life; but | Iuaiifi
ed this extravagant declaration by
saying that l did not believe ii possible
that any earthly Tor human) means
could effect a cure Dr.. Murray has
toid me that he considered Mr. Nit
cheil's case as incurahie; and that he
pIa ces great confidence III the medical
qualities OF the liver wort. conclude
y laying that MIR MITCHELL is present,
aid that he presents very healthy APP
pearaBce, more SO than he did during
live years, the period was acqaaln'
I'd with him, previous to his last sick
ness Mr.. Nj states IN his communi
cation. which he submitted to me, that
he is forty eight: he would, / think
pass for thirty five
w Fl. HANDY
Mellona, Dec. %, 1887.
a. the attention of many Of our ci
tizens IS, at this time, directed TO the
LIverwort, (hepatica trilobla,) as a
newly discovered remedy in pulmona
ry complaints, it may not be amiss to
remark, that we have been informed
there are three species OF the plant,
TWO of which nearly resemble each
other, but differ in their medicinal pro
pertico The leaves of that which has
been described as the bepa
lea triIobia, (and recommended in af
Iectlons of the lungs) are, between
each lobuiar indention perfectly smooth
edged; whereas the leaves OF that
species bearing the nearest resem
Dlance TO The above, are, though three
obed, slightly notched around the
edge. The latter plant is also said to
De generally more !uXuriant in appear
.nce than the former, with which its
Dhysical property is not supposed to
correspond SO much as its external re
,emblance.
Washington { Pd J FEB. Q.
Murder While our paper Is ma
ding up for this day, we learn, that
nan, whose name is unknown, was
yesterday morning on the na
ional road. about two miles west of
his borough 1t appears thai the de
leased was what is termed among US,
! Negro Driver, having pas sed
hrougn this place towards Wheeling,
several days since, with several people
If color. One ofthem, however, had
made his escape, whom he had fol
owed and apprehended somewhere
'Outhward of this, as he arrived with |
ae negro man in the southern mail
stage, al Mr. Briceland's tavern, in
his place, on Thursday night, where
hey lodged until the morning of
he murder, when they started before
Jay light, both on foot, and the negro |
nandcuifed. The first intimation of
The murder having been committed,
was fom the negro himself, who
gave the information at the nearest
house, saying that his master had
been attacked by three men, while pas,
sing along the road. and killed. The
alarm soon spread, and many people |
from this town and neighborhood, |