The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-13
MISCELLANY.


MISCELLANY.
Lobeln Numerous practicers of physic n
bout the country are SAID 10 be administering. for
almost every variety of disorder prepar Al ions
Of the planI called Lobeiin or i,ldian Tobacco.
An instance of this practice in the State OF Mas
sachusctts, has lately excited some public atten-
| ton. As people ought to know something OF
the qualities of this plant, the Editor OF the
/ 3oston Bulletin. has extracted hom Bfgelow
Sequel, AIT. hobeiid, the following desci ipiion
" II Leaf az capsule be held in the nou b,
/ Tor short time, il brings on giddiness, lead
ache, a trembling agitation of the whole body,
sickness, aud finally vomiting. 1hoge effects
! are analogous To those which tobacco produces
! 10 the unaccuslomcd lfswallowed Ia substance
1t excites speedy vomiting, accompanied with
distressing aud long continued sickness, and e.
ven with dangerous symptoms. II the dose be
! large. On account o. the violence Of lis opera
uon, II Is pr bable that tins viii never come into
use FOR the common purposes II mn mite Il
Is, however, entitled 10 notice a r. NEEDY for
asthma. Ga account of The harshness of IFS OBJ
GRAFTON, il Is reluctantly escorted 10 by patients,
who expect relief from any milder means In
some instances gram vii produce vomiting.
In reference To tIe above account, which may
be rellei on MS being from the his hest scientific
and medical authority, the Village Register re-
uailss--
" When we assured that the strength Of
the lohelia varies with rs age, aud other circum-
,Iances, (bcng far more dangerous add distres
sing II ihkrn IN rs green siate) We cannot but
consider II as il most poisonous aud deadly po-
ton IN the hands OF tue ignorant and presunlp-
,uOus.
In the opinion ofthe best practitioners, at
homf and abroad, the extreme uuee, ttiuiy of us
operation (aside from lis harshness and VIC
lencel will ever exclude II Il otfi the teu!a pr.c.
tee
II - evident from the foregoing that mis-
plant may be very dangerous aud delelerious
medicine ~ unSkllluI hands; and yet persons to-
iaIly ,gnofant Of thc properties oil this aud eve
~ other plan. have the impotence to prescrb be-
u ior the sick. The account published by the
Seecimen OF the town of Wapole, tMass of a
recent instance al the use of this medicine in
thar town, is really shos l,ng 10 every person
possessing The feelings Of humanity. The public
indignation cannot he tao strongly excted ii.
gaiint the presumption aud d" anton cruelty Vi
those quackS, who lguorhulsy administer drugs
OF u poisonous nature, and umteeimgy tampci
with the health aud lives cfiheir fellow men.
Neio Theory ofhe HeGiler.-An evening ma.
oi which has the important fact, that F." exlraor-
binary circumstances invite couiectnres" grave
ly tells us that The unusual weather OF this sun.
mer--the rlOusied aimosg hpTe-ihe long rains
and the frequency OF lightning, have made some
people Nhe wiiler, OF course, among the mum.
brr) link thai the steam engines which are
working IN various parts OF the world gradual,
cause change in the atmosp hrrere.' The
theory npon which this anti.msnniacturing
position is sought TO be established al
though gwen N some length is tao iihe for
cur comprehension. good deal is said a.
bout natural balance, - the controvening pfo-
cess, - the communal infusion of artificial in.
gradients, aud other fine things but the sum
total seems to BE- that the ten thousand steam
engines ~ hch are at work in Great Britain.
send.np large volumes o. smoke TO the clouds
and. by interfering vi h the balance of e.
Vapofaiion, cause them. To discharge their
contents before the time, and III quantities
not ordered by nature. The ingenious author
at iii, sagaoious theory NAV, perhaps inform
us whether It was from the selfsalne cause that
the tmu o. three seasons which preceded the
present were so dry thai the springs last sum.
mcr were exhausted in many parts OF the coun-
Try.
Curious Fnci la Printing. -Itis a remarkable
taln, or too much ashamed To relate, thai ihe
| arms 1t Cromwell communicated 10 Scotland
with Other benefits, the first newspaper which
had ever illuminated the gloom OF the north
Each army carried ITS oWn printer with il, TX
pectins either to convince by its reasoning or
dclude by lis ialsehood-king Charles carried
Robert BarSe, With him To Newcastle in 1879.
and ten. Cromwell conveyed CUSTOMER Uio.
gins 10 Leirh, 1859 When Cromwell had here
established citadel, tliggngs rep, nted, in No.
Nember of the same year, what had already been
published in London, 4" \ Diurnal OF some Pas
sagcs and Affairs for the information of thc
English Soldiers H,rciHig Pokiicm was
FIRST reprinted at Leith, on the Goth of October
1903, The reprinting OF il was transferred to
Edinburgh in Nov 1854 where il continued to
be lAoliShed I'll the li'h Of April, 1000 and was
then reprinted under the name OF Mochyil,s P,ib.
licps
! This is certainly asingular fact in history
! There is no event that can happen in the world
however untoward it may be- hut is attended
with IL some good efecis-When Cnssr. redu-
ced Britain. he carried some OF the intelligence
OF Rome to that being hted'island. Every degree
oireproach isheaped upon the Monks ofthe mid
die ages ;yet those happy go-lucky fellows pre
served the intellectual remains of Greece and
Romr iion the barbariiy and ignorvnce ofthe
times.
Husband and HYe,-It is laid down. by scvc-
raj of the English legal authorities OF the elder
time that husband had the right OF irnctnr
moderate personal cas,ig CATION on an undoI,luI
wife. The doctrine has however. aud we men
ton 1t with unaffected satisfaction. been decIar-
Ell IN our courts, not To be lawful in Peansylva.
MIA The late Sir Francis Butler one of tho
hest lawyers aud most eslimable men of HE
time becane an object OF detestation to all the
wives IN England because he was reported and
universally believed to have said. from the
bench that a husband was entitled TO correct his
partner, provided he use stick no thicker
man my thumb Judge Bailer, as we have been
Informed by an English lady who knew him
personally, was man of small stature and ,lei.
icate frame The ladies congratulated them
selves that he possessed not the limbs of some
OF MS brethren. and the exact measure of his
thumb was sought by all husbands who desired