Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-08-01

men who at home sit on elegant sofas and walk
on Brussels carpets, are searching out the abodes
of poverty, filth and disease. and administering
personally to the wants Of the wretched inmates
There is no telling the misery which they often
meet with and relieve. The Committee of the
Sixth Ward. in particular, deserve all praise. 49,
Among other acts Of humanity, they have pene-
trated the recesses Of the Five Points, now little
else than aZaar house, and caused the tene-
ments to be white washed and cleansed, and the
sick to be provided with physicians or sent to the
Hospitals, not emitting to warn the wicked OF
their evil ways, and point them TO the great Ply.
stefan OF the Soul. We believe they have alrea.
dy been instrumental in saving many lives, as
they unquestionably have IN mitigating the rava-
ges of disease among that miserable population.
~ T. j. Com.
II Lire Eel in the Human Stomach. The
following remarkable case Is related in the Belfast
Republican Journal
Mrs. Hanson, the wife of Samuel B. Hanson,
of this town, aged about %, was found eight
months since to be in declining state Of health,
in consequence OF what was considered derang-
ed state OF the abdominal and thoracIc viscera.
originating from Leucorehea The symptoms
were such as to warrant the presumption, and
she was treated accordingly by several scientific
physicians, for something like six months, dur
ing which time she gradually declined 10 health,
until the system became extremely exhausted
and emaciated About Ave weeks since, it was
ascertained that living creature OF some kind,
and Of considerable magnitude, actually existed
in the stomach. This was ascertained By plac.
ing the hand on the gastric region. when vi9or-
Gus squIrming motion was felt through the ema-
ciated integuments, as well as from her own re.
peated and positive declarations. 1t was ques.
ton in the mind of her physician, whether in the
then existing state Of exhaustion, the system
could sustain the action of medicine Of sufficient
power to destroy the animal. After some deli
beration and consultation with the husband and
friends of the afflicted. together with the urgent
solicitations of the patient. it was deter mined to
make an effort, which resulted ON the fourth day,
in the evacuation Of an eel, ten inches in length,
OF the usual size. The skin and flesh was de-
nuded considerably by partial digestion, but the
form was sufficiently entire to convince the most
OF its identity. She IS now in We
~ low state, under all the symptoms of ucera.
uv, of the stomach and bowels.
ooe h. supposed to have taken it some wears
since 10 ar'"'ng from spring in the evening,
al when time she vas sensible Of swallowing
some solid substance OF very small dimensions
ihe medicine given produced very little dis.
.nTbance to the general system, and was sustain.
." "'"nut much increased exhaustion.
Cu,,
property CuSs ond Opiaion-sA lady of large
day she becarfnsaag"d TO be married on the ye9v
the pI ecise day. ase.' A doubt arose as to
after the house clock'Deared that she was born
parish clock was striking, struck and while the
had begun to strike twelve, on ,fure St. PauI's
4th of Jan. 1905 The question whit of the
the young lady was born on the 4th o. ,,ber
Jan. The opinion runs thus:-' This IS Cue
of great Importance and some novelty The
testimony of the house clock is, think, applica-
bic only to domestic-merely culinary purposes.
1t is the guide of the cook with reference to the
dinner hour; but il cannot be received as an evil
dencc of the birth of child. The clock at the
next house goes slower or faster, and child born
at the next house the same moment, may, &C
cording to the clock at the next house, be born
m a different dsv.' The parochal clock is
much better evidence. and should think that
il ought to be received if there were no better;
but it is not to be put IN competition with the me-
tropolitan clock-where that is present, it IS ia
be received with implicit acquiescence. II
speaks in tone of authority, and it is unques'
tionably testimony of great weight. lam. there
fore, of opinion that Miss Emma G. was born on
the 4th of January, 1905. and that she will at
tain her majority the instant ST. Paurs clock
strikes IL on the night of the Sd Of JAM 1885,
The Rail Rail- On the complaint OF Mr. Val
entine Birely of this city.the Hon. John Bucha
nan, on Monday last, granted an injunction re-
strainins the corporate authorities OF Frederick
from grading All SAINTS street with the view to
the introduction Of the rail road into this city
The editor of the .sTmes." who has seen the To-
junction, states that it is based upon the follow
Ing pleas
list. Irreparable injury to Birely's property
situated on All Saints street.
end. Want of authority in the corporation to
introduce a branch Of the rail road. The re-
ouis,tions contained in the supplement to the
charter passed at the LAST session Of Assembly,
not having been complied with.
srd Want OF authority to make appropria.
lions out of the general fund for that purpose.
The question whether the injunction shall be
dissolved. or be made perpetual will probably be
determined in the course Of the next week. The
answer 10 il was filed on Thursday last