Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-01-15

reasoning from analogy, might be able in !,
suodue the thirst and iebrile action, and,
perhaps, by the eXhalant arteries, to throw
OH the disease from the fluids of the body
In corroboration of the views here stated,
the writer refers the reader 10 the follow i
ing remarkable case in the Dublin Morn :,
ing Post of the 18th
: In my early days, (say the narrator)
there lived IN the neighborhood where
was brought up, a man who had the min
fortune to be bitten by a dog that was con-
sIdcrcd 10 be III rahid state. Some
time afterwards the mau grew unwell
and almostS immeGiately manifested all the
horrible symptoms of hydrophobia, which
increased to such an alarming degree,
that his friends had come to the reSolu-
ton OF adopting the dreadful alternative !
of putting an end to his existence by sui !
location, and four men spread a bed on
the floor, and forced the man down upon
1T, covering HIM with another bed, upon
which they streatched themselves to pre-
vent HIM getting breath, while his wife
and few relations were in another "a
partment awaiting the awful event. The
struggles and grOans of the unfortunate
victim were, for some time, adequate to
make human nature shudder, during
which time his wiie's feelings may be
imagined, but canno: be described but
after little time, the noise i'm the fatal a.
partment ceased, When she rushed i'm with
frantic despair, and with almost supArna.
tural strength, fotced the men from off
her husbands body, declaring. that let the
| ~ bo, Al,
3 let the Almighty take the manner, of her
husbands death into his own hand (?
When she removed thebed that Law upon
him, he lay almost Gleless and SO ardent
e had been his struggle, that the sweet had
/, oozed from every pore in his skin, and in
5 such quantity that it formed small dam
on the floor. Alter he was a short time
o exposed to the air, he revived and sat up
Il telling the bystanders that his madness
had entirely left him, and it was so in re-
O atty, for he lived long and happy with his
d wife, who had been so instrumental in sa-
C wing his life, and had by him lrrge fam
d lily after his recovery. He died at last
!. natural death.
}. THINGS l HAVE NEVER sEEN.-I have
4 never seen such hard times as the present
in all my life.
= | have never seen pretty girl that did
: not know il.
l. have never seen lawyer refuse fee
on account OF his clients poverty
J. have never seen woman that was
i. tongue-tied
have never seen girl that would sing
without being asked at least forty times.
d l haze never seen rich men prefer mar
rying poor girls.
, have never seen but one lady use a
bed-wrench and pin to tighten her corsets.
have never seen more candidates
than at present for all vacant offices.
l have never seen woman die with
! the lock-jaw.
- l have never seen the necessity OF
: young ladies (who are not bald J wearing
. false hair :,
1 have mover seen the Great Sea Ser
4 pent, or Tom Thumb, or Cleves Symmcs.
: or the man in the moon | would have
travelled to see all these things. but INV
; guardians poked straws in my eyes,
e Wecopy the following notice of the con-
g clusion of the trial of Judge Williams
: from the acknowledgements, Of Dec. so.
: The Nashville papers Of the G:ith, from
g which it is taken, have not been received.
e National Journal
: From the Knoxville Tenn Chronicle. I
IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE WuLIAM.--.
This trial has, at length, been brought to
, close-We have barely room for brief
/ abstract OF the proceeding, as taken from
f the Nashville Republican.
l On the hrst article of the impeachment
! the accused was unanimously acquitted,
The second article was withdrawn by the
Managers
TIE Dcfendant was, also acquitted OF
g the third and forth articles. On the fifth.
the question as to the guilt or innocence
, OF The defendant was determined as fol-
lows:
Yea,-Messrs, Allen, Burrord, Frey,
Gillespie, Greene, lIolmen, Love I.yt,e
5 M'Cleaan. Smith, Tipton and Webster
r.
Naw-Messrs. Cannon, Cleaveland.
HuntsaaD, johnson and Litlefield.-5
On the sixth and last article, the qucs-
ton was decided by the same vote as a.
bove.
A question then arose" whether it re
CURED two thirds of the Court who tried,
or: two thirds Of the whole Senate, to con,
wet p 1t will be remarked that there
were only seventeen present, of the twen-
ty members who compose the entire Sem
ate. Alter argument, it was decided l,at
twelve out OF seventeen was not a cousii-
tu''onal majority to convict.
The ncgdtice votes were-Mesrs. Can
non, cleveland Rur(ord Graves u,,..