Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-11-08
From the Raleigh Star.


.rRicharT X. Frost, "a Thompsonian o.
steam Doctor, in New York, has been ar.
rested, examined and held to bail. in the sum
Of 5000, 10 answer an indictment for mur
d ,r, in the mal-irea,mcnt and death of Z.
G. French. young man, ls years of age,
Teacher in the Collegiate Grammar School
Of Columbia College. it appeared in evi.
dence that the deceased was afflicted yiha
slight cu.d, when he visited the Infrmary,
aud placed himself Under the treatment Of
Frost; 1lathc was provided with an apart
mea, and dose Of /" composition tea;" and
Iztha., on the day following the "regular
E;course" of Thompsonian practice com.
fmenced on lobelia and steam baths which,
on the 5th day, resul ed in the death ofthe
patient. The body was disinterred. and
upon the ,esin1nny Of Doctors Cheese,nan
and Rogers, from pos, lnortcm exan ina
lion, the jury returned the following verdict:
81 is tho opinion Of this jury that the
death OF the deceased was occas oned by a
general congestion Of the internal organs,
and complete pros,ration of the whole ner-
Youus system, produced by the administra-
ton Of deleterlous and improper medicines,
| and o;her improper treatment whils in the
Infrmsry unler the direction oI Richard K.
Frost"
Natural Soda Fountain Tile Rev. Mr..
Spalding, Missionary of The American
Board of Foreign Missions, to the Indians
westsof the Rocky Mountains, in a k'tter
from Fort Vancouver, (extracis of whca
are published in the last number OF the Mis-
sionary Herald mentions amongst other re.
|,markable objects discovered on his journey,
| natural soda fountain, which he and his
party passed, threedays journey from Fort
Hall, that may be considered one of the
wonders Of the world. The fountain had
several openings. "One Of lhen." says
Mr.. Spaldins, ".is about fifteen feet in dla.
meter, with 10 discovered bottom. About
twelve feet belowIhe surface, aretwol large
globes on either side of this opening, from
which the eeff.rvescence seem to rise. How.
ever, stone cast in, after few minutes,
throws the whole fountain into violen
asi;aiion. Another of the opeaings, abou'
TOUR inches in diameter, is through an ele.S
waited rock, from which the wafer spou's al
intervals of about forty seconds The Wa.
ter, IN alfits properties, is equal to any aril,
fcial fountain, and is constantly foamins
and sparkling. Those>who visit this foun-.
tain, drink large quantities oflhe water with
good effect TO heaiiil. Perhaps III thsdays
wacn. a railroad connectstae waters oi,ne
Columbia win those OF the Missouri, tbs
fountain may be q source Of great gain II
the company that shall accomplish such
noble work, if they ere before hand in Sc.
curing it. For am sure, iiy,siters can go
to the far east to see the Niagara Fails,
they would not value few days more 10
visit the west and the great soda fountain of
the Rocky Mountains"
In other place, Mr.. Spaliins thus de-
scribes narrow escape from being lest in
quicksaad: "A few days before ourarrivaI
a, tue rendezvous, myself and several 0 hers,
viii our animals came well nigh beng
swallowed up in the earth. ldroye my wa.
gon on what supposed to be dry whi1e
sand plain, with u few scattering buncl's OF
sedge. All az. once l saw the wroe sur.
face Tor distance around, agitatsd with
,rcmulous quvering motion. instantly
cried 10 Mrs. spaldlng, riding some distance
before, 10 stop and remain unmoVed. AT
that moment, boh my horses went down
nearly out OF sight. Fortunately The wa.
gon did not. turned to look for nelp, and
saw oae of DR.. Whi,man's pack-horses go
down, and several others the same time.
Mrs. SIS horse was led buck by Mr.. F!'z
Patrick, without getting in. By ihe mercy
OF God, we all escaped with our animals un-
hurt. 1t was bed of. qu'cksand tnlre,
crusted oyer by The. heat Oft the SUI. We