The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-10-26
PENNSYLVANIA

Efi6HlY IMPORTANT SURGICAL OpusaTJoS.-
About noon, on Friday, says the Philadeiphia
Ledger, we witnessed an operation for aBeursm
OF the ham. The patient was quite a young
woman, only 81 years of age, and had been for
a great length OF time exceedingly annoyed by
this large and dangerous tumOr, which tiled the
entire space beneath the knee, and was Of the
size OF large pippin apple Previous 10 the
operation, which was performed by DIR. Dufee,
in the short space OF fourteen minutes, the tuTnor
beat violently, hourly threatened disruption,
which, had it taken place, would have Instantly
caused the death of the patient. DIR. Duffte was
assisted by DTS Dunot and Condie in this opera
ton. Heretofore, This operation was considered
one of the most formidable in surgery, and is yet
tended with imminent danger. The limb Of
the patient generally fell prey to the recovery
from this disease, but now it is effected by tying
the main artery leading to the tumor. The pa
tient is now out of danger and doing well, the
throbbing above referred to having entirely
CO sed.
THE FRAUDS IN FHTLADELrHiA.--On Wednes-
day the Court Of General Sessions, in Philddel-
phia, took up tie Cdsrs o! six men whose natu-
raization papers have been obtained by forgery !;
but in consequence Of dsfect in serving the
notices, the matter was again post Poned. 1t
seems that the otfi,er employed met with great
oppo 'itioa in serving the notices; the men were
denied to HIM when I've called at their places of
residence, and in one instance he was threatened
with violence il he did not go away. Being I'M
able, therefore, to serve the notices personally,
they were ordered to be published
In addressing the syand jury the subject,
Judge Barton said:
On making examination among the naturali-
cation papers in the Office of the clerk of that
court, he had found large mum 1er of forgeries
Of the initials Of his name, app"n Id to such
Il doc lie ID
ousy in m liking this examination, assisted b.
Judge Conrad; JUICE Dbran being engaged in
ansther branch rf the court. His hand was
somewhat peculiar one; the signatures were
nv clumsily executed, aud quite unlike what
t hey were intended for. AZ rdI i cent ex ,miua-
tion and ,A1uiry, they had found nothing afford
ing the least possible ne t the discovery oil the
pc rpetratprs OF this Misunderstanding to mplicate
either the parties nlturalize-l,- W 10 might well
IN been ignorant Of it, the clerk Of the court
It vpIlit. r. IN. grand jury to investigate
this m !t'er ,hororgy aad to call before them
AMI examine The clerk, his different deputies, and
such other persons as they might think could
throw light IN The mattor we'll as himself;
sie himse sh Iuld be read94t0 a. I'd, where er
tn ey might desire his testimony. He then read
a list of The names, eighteenth numb n, uf those
on whose na.urdliz ,tion ptpr the forgeries had
been dis overol This list was immediately
handed to the grand jury.
The Phili dell hia Inquirer says: "It is be-
lieved that 2j5,OJJ votes 'Ssre p6tled at the re-
cent election in this STATE, the largest number
ever polled on any o'cdsiondn PGnRsylv
BURSTING or Stoves -I'ls,. Philadelphia Ga
zette relates an instance oFs the Bursting of
stove from covering up the fire 1t was large
common stove in the laboratory of chemist,
and had been partly filed with wet or damp an
thracite coal placed ignited coal, and the
whole covered with ashes In hour or so
afterwards tremendous explosion occurred, and
on entering the laboratory the stove was found
blown into pieces, and the pipe sp it asunder to
the ceiling. The phenomenon Is attributed to
the accumulation of gas in the Stove before the
fire burt int" fam and when the ffisne touched
IL the explosion followed Thetiase 10 mention
ed as a warning to housel-ecpors.