The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-04-01

/ names, when the StentoIlan voice of Wick
llne was heard above the tumult, beseech-
ing him to forbear. "Desist!" he exclaim-
ed, " for Gods sake, desist, Mr.. Bib: you
VIII destroy the mans property-you may
Kill some Of his slaves, for which you will
suffer, according to the law you have Just laid
down" 1t was one of those palpable, prac-
tlcal Illustrations of an argument which
strikes the common sense, and was irressti-
0le The skilful advocate saw it was I'M
necessary to say another word. The la
mented Trimble gave the coup de grace to
the Plaintiff and the jury returned in few
minutes with a verdict for the defendant.
The interchangeable and inexhaustible plain
tilt took the cause on a writ of error to the
iSnpreme Court of the United States: and
within these few days observe that the
: cause mas been argued by other counsel
with great ability, and that the opinion of
the court, delivered by Chief Justice Mar
shall, affirmed the verdict in the Circuit
Court below, with costs.
ANTIPATHIEs. Zimmerman, in his curl
GUS Treatise on Experience in Physic, gives
the following relation -" Happening to be
in company with some English gentlemen,
all Of them men of distinction, the CONVEX
satlon fell upon antiquities. Many Of the
company denied their reality, and consider
| ed them as idle stories; but assured them
that they were truly disease. Mr.. Will
| liam Matthews. son to the Governor of Bar
BADGES, was of my opinion, because he had
an antlpathy to spiders. The rest of the
company laughed at him. | undertook to
prove to them that his antipathy was really
an impression on his mind, resulting from
the determination of mechanical effect.
Lord John Murray undertook to shape some
black wax into the appearance of II spider,
with view to observe whether the antipa-
thy would take place at the simple figure
of the insect. He then withdrew, and soon
after came in again with the wax in his
hand, which he kept shut. Mr.. Matthews,
who IN other respects was very amiable
and moderate man, Immediately conceiving
that his friend really had spider in his
hand, clapped his hand to his sword with
extreme fury, and, running back towards
the partition, cried out most horribly. All
the muscles of his face were swelled, his
eyes rolled in the sockets, and his body was
immoveable. We were all exceedingly
alarmed, and Immediately ran to his assis-
lance, took his sword from him, and assured
him that what he had conceived to be a
spider, was nothing more than a piece of
wax which he might see upon the table.
He remained some time in this spasmodic
state; but at length be began to recover,
and to deplore the horrid passion from
which he still suffered. His pulse was very
strong and quick, and his whole body was
covered with u cold sweat after taking an
anodyne draught, he resumed i. his usual
tranquillity.'
THE TURKS. Mr.. Brewer, the Ameri-
can Missionary, thinks the Turkish charac-
ter, as exhibited in common life, is viewed
by most persons i'll too unfavorable a light
His account Of their manners, customs, &C.
differs from that Of DR.. Walsh and other
writers. He attributes the extortions, bar
barities and crueltes practised in Turkey
to the judges, pachas, governors and SOL
diers, who are rapacious and merciless.
The common people are mild, honest, hospi-
table and temperate, and treat the aged
with respect and the unfortunate with COM
passion. The practice of eating opium
does not exist to any considerable extent:
Mr.. Brewer says he has seen tens of thou
sands ofTurks, and never observed one max
ing use of that drug. Females Of doubtful
character are not permitted to reside in the
cities, but are sent to the Greek islands
The women are not kept shut up in Tur-
key to the extent generally reported. Mr.
B. met them every where in Constantinople,
usually three or four together. The bazars
or covered markets are full of them; they
go forth shopping in pleasant mornings,
| like the ladies of other countries. They
conceal their mild and languid features in
! a great degree, with two cotton handker-
chiefs bound about the head. They APP
| pear to be as Industrious and amiable Us
other females, who enjoy not the elevating,
softening, and purifying influence of the
gospel Hampshire Gazette.
| REMEDY FOR BURNS. A writer in the
Pittsburg Gazette states that the recipe,
which was lately published in the papers,
of applying wheat flower to burns is a GER
tain and speedy cure. He says,-"my
! little daughter, about IL years old, was bad
/ ly scalded on one leg and foot, by the over
setting ola vessel OF scalding water. | i'm
mediately applied a handful of wheat -four,
TO the scalded part and wrapped it up with
a cloth the child was in great agony and
pain; III about 20 minutes she began to be
a little eased of pain; | then removed the
first application Of -four, and covered the eff
! lected part twice more, at intervals Of about
Is minutes, by sprinkling on by -four
drudger. The pain was entirely removed
in half an hour; the patient slept sound all
night, and as she expressed herself she did
not recollect she was burned, until she
went to rise the next morning"
A gentleman aud his friend passing through
the Old Bailey, in London, soon after the nsti-
tuition of the new drop, were stopped by an i'm
monse crowd, and on enquiring into the cause
wero told that in few minutes one Po,cGl was
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