Western statesman. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-1845, 1844-11-30

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fsfs tla lofiufa wss nlineii heyend lii
ffsnaih iig thirst iep. $50 in'elsfsde.
II aqsfeaos BE- fssolHlle1t We sslsasisd
h, hsa4 loesfis ~ lHg u waisf whifh
had lisshd plaes 10 ha ssll. We drank wl'h
sslifY. ahd % ~ b. own sxpfss.lgnt' -
sit resfwff ~ M.
IL avoid yisdIuK aglin @ = iimelaf
temptation. hs daily leot the pgeeaailoh
n OVERCOMING ilis nls ~ walsf which vs.
bfangbt 10 him. fesi Ne should faife y ~
b. lltt. he threw II dawn with be- foot not
yemiufinr a. touch " witi his hsud.
~ ihii mnhhsf b. passed eighteen days
Every day ~ different intervals. be- NO.
ied down IN his album n minute account 81
hii sensations lle counted lhe bealings ol
NJ biz pulse. end marked their number from
hour 20 hour. measuring with The most
sef1pul1ns attention the gradual vast.
inp ~ his strength IN several parts Of bis
melancholy momenfo, he declares u har.
der TO bear he auones ol thirst Than those
Of hunger lie conlcsses that he was TIE.
: quenty on tive point yielding TO the desire
+ OF drinking. He nevertheless resisted.
lie was surprised to find his sight become
more and more clear. strong, and accurate
T lit appeared like the development OF u
new scnjc. The nearer lie approached
I" bis latter moments, the more power OF Wis.
ion seemed to increase. On this SUBJECT
though / could sec hr0ggh the thickcst
walls"
I Ills sense of feeling likewise attained The
IS most exquisite senslbiIity. HIS hearing
K and smelling improved in a similar degree
e Ills album contains many curious state
&c mens on these subjects.
a The Sieur V-had devoted some at
d teniion to anatomy and physiology; and
g he attributes the Increased acuteneSs OF ms
T. senses to the way in which the Intestinal
OF irritation acted on the nervous SYSTEM
His ideas, he saws, were numerous amp
he thus expresses himselr:--"it appears as
clear, and very different from any thing he
had experienced in moments OF excite
ment or intoxcation. They were all d.
NJ rected TO logical investigation. whether ne
of applied them to an analysis OF material on-
l. iects or to philosophic contemplating lie
4 also felt himself inspired with a singular
al aptitude for mathematical calculations, a
Il study for which he had previously telt very
If little inclination.
r. In short he declares that he never Derry
y. ed so much qualification from his intellect
ii Iual condition, as throughout the whole
a duration of his physical torture.
n. FIe.made notes in his album to the last
n. moments of his existence. He had scarce
n. Iy strength sufficient to hold the pencil
A. with which he traced the follwing words
ne my pulse now has nearly ceased to beat
q but my brain retains degree Of vigoul
,s- which in my sad condition is the creates
n. soace Providence could bestow on me
- 1t is impossible that / can live out this day
rs Ny jailors watch me and fancy they have
adopted every plecanion. They littlt
5v think that have outwitted them. DEATH
,rs annuls the sentence which has been pro
he nounced on me. In an other hour perhaps
raj they will find me nothing but cold
he corpes. -"
ad V--expired as he foretold. His album
adj has been carefully preserved. Its recort
m. replete with interest to medical professors
he The slow torture, endured with so mucl
=. courage, and described with such remark
TO- able clearness, renders it one of the mos
. curious documents in the annals Of medica
!, science.