Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-11

5, ,mm+,.d ~ j.. 20 !, 'ase Of sec,
den am afraid tn, pledge + YOUR life woule
not Ike nv VT and familv."'
Zee Fire K,ns.-Now. genIrmen, I viii
! prove to vnu by another liuie xnerlmen ha
/ have no pho,phorus in IN, mouth Aiende;
Urn peu. Pu. me snail pie etof p'o>pnoru
on a knlf- DOM, and BRIT IN candle s
| A candle wss brought, him and I've light d
with he oh, slhorns Pau Of The bhpsphoru
fell upon h ground, apG wa, Inguished at
Ter :. me trouble. s-
D, The Ere King.--Ah NJ. Smith, you ar
very good 10 me Y,u bring me the very go"t
phosphorus. am much obliged TO YOU sir
, Now give me orch, and fork
They were given TO him ordingly. III
touk mali pisce Of thu burning 'orch On MI
! fork, put i inIo his mouth and swallowed u
7" And now gent EN- u, | have. dine with tn
poi>oo for day." living said vi, he WI h
I draw. into anohrf room for rhr prote sed "r
po,e Of pu, ing on his usual dt-ss rse,erin,
The oven. but in oil proba,hny for hr seii pnr
pose If getting lie phosnhnru>, ny some AMI
dole, f,om is stomach Il e Is ,reusu Il antl
dot, for pho>Ihoru4 ba' re s"'s hat u IS n"
the an idoir which he uses, and dec'in s 10 men
ton what is We were INFORMED hat s"m'
eminent physicians ask q him. a I W DAYS ago
If he would lave anv objection % have ihe POI
son taken of his s,omach by the stoma'h
pump, and hat he replied thai he should have
no obj ion provide that. in analyzlngs TIT
con. EMS Of his stomach, they void be So
| ,i,fi d wi b ascertain & h. ,xi.,e3ce oi th'
| p j ,on, and would not seek 10 ASCERTAIN thf ma
ture Of his anridnir, viii h was So simple IN IL
| nature that wen il was once knowa, e'er!
.potrecarys boy could provide It. He has re
L.. IL r.
were pl,crd upon his .erth. On one occa ion
wien he wa exh ting before lts DUKE IF No'
| fox, he to"k tea spoonful II p'ussic ao'd
but that exp rimen' lie say he will ue'e
rrpear again; for il is poison, which not on J
! requires The ar:dole 10 br ,sktn FIRST, bri l !:
| also so rapid in its ope a,inn tina il may de
stroy hfr before. he anldote can produ"r II:
eff Il He said that he should never forget thu
feelings which came over him a, soon as HI
had swallowed i z cry ,e" in his head APP
prared 10 sws |. and teach parli, ular haW.
he s,i6 "s,ood ersc like quilts upon the por
copine."
| linn, dis,ely # er Mr.. Smirh had cl md t.
| Ike 'he pbosphoru-, several gentlemen SUI
rounded him, d. 81 ing know why h. had in
ser ed such advertisements as he bsd done
in he public papers, il he had no inPn'lo' &c
Fire King To hi, h. rtDlird that hi, obj e
h ID been TO asc rain beyond all doubt, whrrhe'
i, was po sible for any person 10 TAX SUI h
mass Of poison and live thai he should mol
| have risked such . sun of money OF his owr
| on such challenge as he hsd gi.en-but hs
he wa, acting IS ie representative ia numb
OF scit mt &c gentl mr n, Tho had subscribed sue
a sum as would -n BILE him. IL is challenge
were accepted, TO insis' upon furnishing the
poison him.elf, and upon seeing every step 10
| ken by the Fire X ng b. fore and hill, hesswa!'
lowed j.. H Sta ed thot he uas now peri "
convinced that the phosphorus was actually
sw sIlowtd. he likew'>r protested thai here
had been no collision between i'm and the Fne
King This pro'rsiatio" was s"b,rqurn'ly re
,rs'.d by the Fire King himse {, VIM ,dded in
20 Fl NATION 1T II, tha; he could have no inter-
est in dr. winga large concours o. p op'e % his
room H. vas paid a certain sum per We
ny Nr We'll h. and whether there was on pr
son in he m whe, her there was 90 600
was TO him, as far as hts own emo'nmen wa.
conce' ned. p frc,Iy immaterIal. NJ. Chsber
stated, Iva, af r the pledge wnIch VI Smi h
had given ne public in his a6verlisrm' MT, nr
fully expected to ha e b--n nut {, fair ia of
his powers IL the course Of e day, and 'ha, hr
h ad in ons q"cnce made preparations & alter .
tons in his course at actIon, whith on way or
mother would cost him upwards Of 2oL
After an absence of twenty minuies,
Chabrri returned, dressed ~ a coarse WOODEN
coat. 10 enter the heated oven Before he en-
1t red j., a medical gentle mon ascert ined hat
his pulse was vibrating ninety rIghI times
in minute He remained in the owe" for
FIVE nil es, during which rme he sung
lie Vali,n, Tronb ,dour," AMI sup-ri.tnh-
ed he cooking Of two dishes Of beef .,skrs
A TIE end Of that time lie rame ou'. per,pi
ring profuseIy, and with pulse uakipg 1853
vibrations in a minute. The Thermometer,
whrn brought GU Of the oven, stood at $50
deg 'ees; within he oven, he said, il WIS above
500. Hr had never been expos-d 20 such in
tense h at beforf. AI',r performing his fe.,,
which was tn last exhibition cf hi, pnwrrs.
he remained on the steps leading To his 9,en
for some time c"nvrrsing With he company.
In the course of his r, marks Jhe obs, r,ed, ha'
before he left England he should have h nef
IN he room Tor himself. when hr would dsl"n-