Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-02-20


NARcortoa-Tac "Princo Of Poets
gives An account Of Nepenthes, which be-
slowed by Helen oil T~clemachus, had The
effect of suspending all feelings OF gftef III
the heart Of the hero, 80 that it is certain
that IN Honcr's time there was a belief
in tho existence Of particular liquors
which were not less supplying than whe'
and more cfTicacious calm over the mlnd.
Many opinions have been advanced res
pectingaN cprnthes, but the most probable
!. athat which refers it TO the Hemp
| (c4nuJts saijca), from which the Hindoos
mike their "bang,'' which is narcotic, and
PRODUCES delightful dreams. The native
fplant after it has lowered, is dried and
sold IN the bazaars for smoking, under the
name Of gania. The large leaves and
CAPSULES employed also for smoking, are
caf!ed bang or subjee. In both Of these
forms the smoking of the Hemp causes a
species of int~oxication of IL most agreea-
bic description, and consequently the
plaat has acquired many ePlthets which
may be translated "avcnger Of sorrow"
"inereages Of pleasure" sementer OF friend
ship" daughter mover" and Several
others of the same descriptions Ncpaul
the resin only iaalscd, under the name o
/ "churras." 1t is collected in some places
Fby naked coolis walking through the field.
ofhcmp Mt the time when the plant exude:
, the resin which sticks to their skin, from
I, (which il il scrapcd off, and kneaded int
+ balls. I'm whatever manner it 10 collect
$ ed, when il is taken iii doses Of from
grain TO two grains, il causes not only tn
s most delightful delirium, but when repeat
T. cd it is followed by catalepsy, or that con
Q dition Of in5cnyibiIity to al external in
Q prcs5ions, which enables the body to be
G as it were, moulded into any position, Xix
d a Dutch jointcd doll, in which they Al
y placed, however contrary to the Datur'
Influence Of gravity, and this state wi
if continue for many hours. Such an in
il strumcnt would not fail to prove a mo
10 powerful agent in working miracles i'll Il
handsG the "wondcr-worker.
st FEARrUL.-A French provincial papS
it lLc Rhoac, announces a casoo f rrcmatn
N burial at Cluncy. A stone cutter had be-
to buried alive, and the sound Of the earth
70 il fell on Js coffin awokc hun from
lethargic sleep. The impression produc
i by this event was so great as to ovcrt'
Id the reason Of the sufferer, whoa animal
lis by a supernatural strength, burst open. t
ity coffin lid and fed from the cemetery.
his was ovcrtakcn only with great ditlicul
me after having been pursued for u consid
we able distance. The Journal de Bordct
no announces hi similar occurrence a
days before the above. The vile {
rich farmer If Laurac, after short lin
and apparent death, had been buried v
NJ the accustomed Formally. A few he
~ after, the sexton passing through the era
ira yard imagined he heard groans con-
from under the earth. lie FASTENED to
form the cgrate, who ordered the gray
be opened. The woman gave signs
life, but did not recover her conciousn
and owing to the brutality ofthc .supc
ton Of the ~neighboring inhabitants,
refused 10 have Her admitted into /
ny houses, she persisted before medical as
Ie'o lance could be rendered. The cores
Tie dent of the Boston Atlas gives these as
uSn common occurrences. We do not wot
a"o that pahiic attention should he drawi
ave France to ingenious device by which
one extinction ofliio may be determined
rom more certainty than by the ordinary t
oaS' The thought Of being reused from an
per- natural lethargy by the hollow SCUM
per- clods falling upon ones coffin part
we're largely ot the horrible.
auty nv rr
% IN Register mcntions a remarkable inst
otor. Of curiosity manifested by a well dr.
- ~ person in that city a few nights
and Having lost something on the side
.1 he knocked at a door and obtained a
aaJ to look after his missing property. S
s1,. al passengers, one after another, as
! ~, came along, offered to assist him i
1;,tIo search, and asked him what he was
thoo ing for. He evadcd a reply, and CO
ello.Ll aA.-aAL:nn IL l,nnlLn