Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-11-15

Inirmary, Edinburgh was cramned to excess chiefly
by medical gentleman and Students among these we
recognised Sir George Ballingal, DIR. Maclagan Mr..
Newbigging, DIR. Campbell, the surgeons Of tue 18th
light dragons and the 42d regiment, The meeting
was occasloned by the knowledge that operation,
never performed IN Great Britain, be done upon
a young man by Professor Liars The case was what
IS technically called aneursm of the subcavan artery
50 near the heart that the first large trunk required
be tied, namely the nnOmaaa. The young
a carter from Dalkeith placed upon the table and
the Professor commenced by making ncsion in the
neck, and progressively cut down to the artery, when
the lignature applied The operation was com
pletey successful The patient who bore it with IN
common tortiiude, only on the table Is minutes
altogether. This operation successfully per-
formed at Berlin by DIR. CRATE and once ia New York
by DIR. Mou.-CaleioRiaH Mercury.
The day before yesterday, NJ Malingre, butcher, of
the Rue Croix- .Pets Champs, was condemned
by the Correctional Police to three months impris-
onmen' and fine of so lr for using false scales and
weights. On examination o. the weights there ap.
peared deficiency Of dram Is grs in a half pound,
and drains "a yrs. in pound. One of his sca,es
was also found 70 be ounce drains heavier than
the other. journal (cur readers know how heary
some Of them are) was also neatly folded and placed
underneath the piece Of waxed cloth which usually
covers the scales. The butcher attributed the short
ness OF his weights to his over cleanliness in scour
ing them SO frequently, and was indignant that man
50 long established should be troubled about such a
trifle Paris paper.
PHILrpoEE, THE usaIvALLED CnEss.rLAyER-In
the London papers of March, it is asserted that NJ de
Labourdennais by his recent match at chess, in
which he playsd two games at the same tIne with
OUT seeing the board, and won them both, had per-
formed feat unequallcd in the annals Of chess play
ing. Extraordinary this performance of NJ de
Labourdonnas PROFESSIONALLY IL, it is still less won
deriul than the almost miraculous exploit Of M. Phi
lidor, who, IN the year 1885, played three games
simultaneously with three Of the best chess PLAYERS
then living without seeing ,hc boards, and won them
all.
lNQuIsiTIvENEss.-Itis supposed that the Americans
have attained the greatest in parrying inqustve-
ness, because they exposed to it but well
known civic wag, late period Of political excite
ment maintained defensive colloquy with a rustic in
quisilive, which could hardly have been exceed by
any Transatlantic performer In travelling post he
was obliged to stop at village to replace horses
shoe when the Paul Pry ohe place hustled the
rage window. and. without waiting for the ceremony of
! introduction exclaimed, +" Good morning sir horse
cast shoe, see-l suppose, sir you be going to-"
Here he paused expecting the of the place to be
supplied but the citizen answered." You quite
right sir generally 60 there at this season." Ay-
hum-doye land no doubt you be flom-"
Righ, again. sir | live there "Oh ay, do ye
But see it be London shay-pray, sir, is there any
thing stirring in London = Yes plenty Of other
chaises, and carriages Of all Sorts "Ay ay ofcourse
but what do folks say p Their prayers every Sun.
day" That is not what mean; wish to know whe
Their there is anything and fresh p Yes, bread
and behring's" Anan +! you be queer chap. PRAY,
Muster, may ask your name r. " Fools and clowns
call muster but am, in reality of the frogs of
Aristophanes, and my genuine name Brekekekex
hoax. Drive on. position.
| Ihe king Of France having taken fancy to a fine
| English horse which he had seen Agernon Sydney
mounted in chase requested that he would part with
1t at his price On his declining the proposal the
king, determined to take denial gave orders 10
der him money or To seize the horse sydney on hear
ing this. instantly took pistol and shot saying, "that
his horse mad been been born a free creature. had
served free man, and should be mastered BY a
king of slaves!
A CLERICAL GRIM COMA parson has been convict.
ed of Grim. in the Oxford Circuit under ccum
stances of painful interest the counsel say when
they detailing facts Of novel and exciting
ture than usual The action was brought by music
seller against the Rev. Mr. Crane.
The retailer Of dulcet sounds relying the sacred
character Of the defendant trusted his wife in his
pany with more tLan usual confidence; but alas for
clerical purify, whilst the music seller deeply
gagged with his flats and his sharpsis croichets and
his quavers the parsons soft found entrance
into the fra ones aud sad mischief resulted. In
fact from the first Of the parson being intro
duced TO the family il appeared he contemplated gain
ing her affections, and. truth say IL did that
| he experienced much difficulty.
The figure cut BY this rampant parson throughout the
whole trial not at oil calculated to the interests
of religion morality, Ii would the parson took
advantage Of the long absence Of the conidng husband
to give vent 70 his guilty passions The damages
laid at $4,000. The Jury gave floo, disparity not
easily to be accounted for but by the urys opinion st
| the worihessness OF the lady.
| ESCAPE or DRUSRARD.-A drunken man was
| found on "Wednesday Of last week, lying the
Morris Railroad few miles beyond Orange with his
| head the rail, in a sound sleep-The engineer for
unaely HIM just intime 70 stop the Locomotive. He
was reused, aud laid beside the fence.
lively trade has recently been stirring says Sand
/ witch Island paper in the articles of lizards, cock
| reaches ce1,pedes aad other vermnous merchandise
The gentlemen OF the corvette IN Bonite have made
heavy purchases increase their cabinet Of varieties
and Of the natives have been busy diving for shell
fish, while others have employed themselves in hunting
scorpions, snails. and hummng birds the birds,
sects, SSH bugs, and all visit France, where they
will in future live together in harmony for the benefit Of
science in the cabinesnot of the nation, but Of the
onal When they get there. their stngs will
sting longerthey will neither hum bite. swim,
| creep.-SnH.
i An AScIENT LEASE" 1851. A lease from the Di.
oRensselaerwyck for the old maize land at
| skill
| " The tenant read n sermon portions Of the
Scriptures every Sunday. and high festival, TO the
Christians in the neighborhood and sing more
psalms before and after prayers agreeable to the
tom Of the church of Holland"
The inhabitants of this Halifax have been in
the greatest alarm during the last week in consequence
/ Of prophecy by person, now IN Wakefield House Of
Correction, that the to be visited Thursda
with an earthquake which 70 be preceded by tre-
| ,ncndous thunder and lightning. great number of
foolish persons actually ci the townin consequence
that day in order avoid, they said, the shock The
play going public also have been troubled for