The New York herald., 1846-04-11
City Intelligence.

In company with number of other persons, among
whom were several medical gentlemen, yesterday were
witness to surgical operation performed patient
while In the mssmsrc state which, to say the least
tirely puzzled u.s. The patient war colorsd servant
girl named Emene Brown, about So years Of ago. who
has been living in thejfamily Of Rev Dr. Higbss She
nas Deem ior some ume past amictsd with large tu-
blade and has tried various remedies to it. She at
last concluded to have cut out and for that purpose
street DR.. Bostwicx, who has always been sceptics
upon the subject of magnetism thought this might be
good case to test T. and called upon Dr. o. magnet
the girl sxpresssd perfect confidence in his power
place her 10 the magnetic state, that the operation
any pain Dr. Otz commenced msgnetziDg her; and
ceeded 10 putting her asleep the rst me in half
hour. Betwssnt that time, which was last Wednesday
and yesterday, when the operation was performed he
had magnetsed her hve times The operation per-
formed at No. l42 Church street. about O'Clock DR..
manner to msgnsdas her about half past s. and By o
clock the girl was sound asleep and apparently insen
sibls There wers At this time, about dozen persons
and left the room, leaving Dr. Pike holding the hand Of
the girl with ons hand upon her forehead The girl be-
head lying iorward upon pillow on table The up.
per part Of the dress removed, and DR. Bostwck,
putting on bis apron and taking his instruments pre-
ion eight inches in length, through the hesh over
the tumor and then cutting round IT, When
W0f0 W0tCnlug
the girl closely expecting to see her start and hear her
scream but there not the slightest motion She lay
as still and motionless az marble statue Not qui
verng Of the lip or Of the eyold could observe. DR.
Bostwck, assisted by Dr. Chlds and Dr. Stssrns, con-
tinued cutting awsy upon tho tumor, and in three mi
Su .hsGs being
whole operation Dr. Pike sat the patient with his
hand upon her head Several physicians examined the
sostwick then, with large dsrnine needle sswed up
the incsion. there still being no motion Of muscle
.. nerve 60 on the part Ct the patient After placing sdhs
Oz was called in to wake up the girl. This he did by
making passes over her facs and upon waking she
she must now have DONE This was done to see whe.
ther she would know any thing about it. "Well" she
a was cos me- M s
girl Have you felt none 2" "None," the answer
sgain. She was then shown the tumor and seemed to
weighed 10 ounces. We then lett the house extremely
puzzled The persons present who witnessed the ope
ration, were DR.. Homer Bostwck, Dr. John stearns,
wood Dr. Z. Pike, w. H. s.inemets, Z. L. Fancher N.
@ Hart Oliver Johnson, John R g. Van vleit and Ed.
t,on was nrst commenced. till shs was awakened, was
just thirty minutes.
The SIXTH wAaD Youro DEMocRAcY have adopted a
new motto for the coming election. Here it is =:
"PHfoHr PHlERcELY PMoR PHlFry PHouR PHoRry-
PHovoAN PnoLLAH"
Under this sign they are bound to win.
Too LATE, ALMosr.-On Thursday evening last, the
Of hsrmonizng the electors of that ward James Mash
and James b. Keller were nominated for Alderman ant
Assistant being tho nominations that made
union meeting held ON Saturday last. If the othe
wards would haTmonize In the manner and prevail
upon either MIR Cozzens Justice Taylor, to decline
prospect of defeating the democratic nominees If ethel
Of those gensmsn were to take this he would
g much enA.nced in the e,timation Of al the city re-
thsm can be possibly elected.
PRocrssIoss-There were several PROFESSIONS oui
Last night one Of the Sixthward democrats, and o.
the natives who marched through the principal
streets with banners and transparenciss.
CorrEorIcur ELEcrIor.--One hundred guns were
nred BY the democracy last evening, in the Park, in
made greet dsaiof noise 'Twould be funny now, Il
the result should be the other way.
FssG! Thu 7nvruipg shout O'Clock, hre bscks on,
70 building ip Court running from Little Green
street, occupied by Edwin Bishop, ensmeller and jewel
leri John Waters refner and assayer; John r. Waters
snerav.r; and II. D. Melville. The interior OF the
the prompt arrival Of the Are department it would have
probably proven most destructive corAagration il
vas, no doubt, the work Of an incendisry.
n n q ss t
proportion Of which consisted Of ladies' Flynn Is Ger
temperance cause His Last effort was admirably adapts,
to the nature of the place In which ant
was given with great spirit and effect
Know THrsrIv.-Dr wieting will bsgina course o
day.
CoaorER's OryIcE.-Sudlsn Death.-The Coroner helt
inquest yesterday at the Dead House. the body
Thomas McDermott born in Ireland twsnty-one years
of age. II appears this young man was porter Il
Msssrs Carlton rockingham, No l27 William street
and found dead in the vault Verdict that he came
to his death by congestisn Of the brain and lungs.
Police Intelligence.
ArRIL l0-Pstr Fuaks asaia.-A countryman, by
the Of Robert J. King, residing at Lovejoys Ho
tel done out Of $l2 by that notorious Peter Funk
called Swift whose crib" II located at No Chatham
street, upon the same old principle Also poor Ger
man, from st. Josephs Michigan, whom they heeced
out Of ST. which all the money the poor fellow hat
in the world. We understand these two intend Il
apply to the mock justice shop, in the Tombs for
lief
.an Operating Policemes-Ws understand that gu
hook such obtaining orders for clothing and ohe
little Matters from prisoner under the promise Of pro
curing pardon from the Governor. This system may
answer very well for miserable individual. who doe
the exclusive dirty work around the mock justice