Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-11-16


Depot at Warcham, one OF the operatives,
(an lrshman,) IN attempting TO Jump on
board, made "A mls-siep, aud was innc-
diately preclpilated under The cars, some
four or five of them passing over him.
very preceptlbly raising the wheels from
the ways, as the aXlcs and gearing bound
ed over his body and limbs. lie was
Immediately taken up, apparently in dy-
ing state, the blood issuing from his nose
and mouth. DR.. Z. +. Doggett, an emf
nent SUI geon of Wareham, was immedl-
ately called who ascertaned tha. botl:
legs were most awiully fractured, collar
bone dislocated, hand badly wounded,
and the body and It's ntcgumcnts, other
wise laccrated and bruised, &c, &c, IN
consultation with Drs Samuel Shaw and
Ebenczer Swift, ,-ottalned "A very ready
acqulcsccnce that both legs mus, I've am-
putatcd The left one, which was most
severely fractured, was first amputatcd /;
and the right one was to have been am
putatcd Immediately after reaction had
ensucd. Some delay Of - hours prcccd-
ed the amputation Of the right one, IN
order to summon Priest to give efficacy
to religious rie Of assuaging the pains
Of Purgatory, III case that the patient
should die from the operation. Notwith-
standing this delay, the amputatons were
skllIluIly performed by DR., Doggett, with
the assistance of the other medical gen
tlcmcn, and the patient is couyaIcsccnt,
f,,r & C,,li
Oar informant adds Much Of the sue
cCss OF these operations Is attributable 10
the facility IN which the system was rem
Gcrcd perfectly lnsenslbIe by the use of
either through the kind assistance, and
good tact Of DR.. T.. g. Baker Dentist
who happened TO be in tie place at the
time. "In this case" SAYS DR. Doggcu,
a" the Lcihron has added another nnptr-
lshab!c laurel to lis fame, III the field vi
humanity. ."-Nw Bcdtord Ncrcmy.
Religion IN France consists III sen,-
mcnt and not IN practlcc-ln acGules-
ccnce, and not IN conviction. 1t OrIgl-
mates, not III the dcCp-Sea,ed springs Of
moral obligation, bat j. til" result Of that
instinct Of worship winch is common 10
the race, and the universal conscious
ness that religious belief is a moral ucccs-
slty. The religion Of the frcuchmcn Is
a sensual superstition which finds It's elc-
mcnt in imposing rites and pompous pag-
Cantry, and its aliamcut in absoutIOns
and ndulgcncics, rather than = profound
reverence for, and stern allt lance To,
the Great Invisible, and a humble. self
denying, seIi-dIscipliumg faith which
enables man TO raise himself above him.
SELF and to act in constant view ofetern-
al truths and immortal dcstlnics. The
very fact, too, that France is Catholic
and not Protestant, will surely operate to
the prcjudlcics of the Republic. The
one religion sacrifices the individual To-
the system, the other subordInates the
system to the individual. The one gov
ems by tradition and imprcscrlptlbIc au-
thority, the other by the naked force ana
divine majesty Of truth. The one relIg-
ion is both IN form and spirit, monarchl-
cal the other is both IN form and spirit,
republican The dire tendency of the
one is to qualify for scrvtudc, that of the
other to qualify for freedom. Paris cor
respondence of New York Courier and
Enquirer.
The RrGHr TO LhBoR.--A letter from
Lord Brougham appears in the London
Atlas, in which he alludcs as follows to
the question Of the "rj5hl to labor now
under discussion in the National Assem-
bly, of France.
How such pledge can be redeemed
how anv government can undertake To
find work for all who want 1t; how, if
work shops could be established the line
can be drawn between those who really
earn their pay aud those who only want
their bread-no one las pretended TO cX-
plain. Every one must, therefore, be
aware, whatever some dcbatcrs may al
feet to believe, that the limit of the pow
cr 10 employ labor, whether the state or
individuals be the employers, must ever
be the effective demand for the produces
ofthat labor and that the number OF
men wanting employment IN order to
earn wages and wages IN order u buy
bread, has 40 earthly connection with
the power OF employing, paying. Feeding;
that, in short, there Is all the difference
in the world between the place sultlng
the nlan and the man sultlng the place
DASGIrots tOrNTrErrfT w HIS ~ TO-.
exchange brokers - State street, have shown
Ms new counterfeit ON the commercial
Bank Of Darlington, which is well calculated
to deceive ,hc most cautious. II Is an alrrl-
ton from Commercial Bank, Gratol, NIchl
gan. Nlgurttc, steamboat and vessel oi war.
ship under full siIl city IN the d.staucc--oh-
serve the word Burlington o. Spclt " TIM IN
stead of 8" IDn "-Bp,io1 Ir1r.
loss or rur Suw MCmGhN hSD SN LNrs.
The ship Winucglncc, which arrived here last
nyht lrum Newcastle. Eng, brings n'orlna-
uun that the ship Michigan, of Portland from
.Gla.glbw for New Work, sprung alr1k vhrn
twrulv-ouc days oui. aud was AT length aban-
lonpd Mr. Miller (sbconi majc) and ClC,Cu
srannr. having been taken on by the brig Jo-
scph Anderson. from sagucuay for London
The capts,n tN1eou), and his wife, Frederick
~trsnn. (iir-i mttc), and three s.amcn, were
unfortunately drowned. ~ consequence of the
cnpslinR of the boa, shile attompupg 10 raS'