The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-10-30

DEATH ny FREEzING That TO be frozen
to death must be fIighlu' torture many would
consider certain from their own experience of
the effects Of cold But here we fall into
the usual error Of supposing that the suffers
ing will increase with the energy Of the agent,
which could only be the case if sensblity
remainedthe same. Intense cold brings on
speedy sleep, which fascina;es tho seCscs,
and fairly besuIes men out OF their lives. A
iGiend of Robert Boyle, who was overlaken
Ihy the drowsness willie comfortably seated
ON the side Of n slcdge, assured him that he
had neither power nor inclination 10 ask for
help; and unless his companion had observed
his condition be would have welcomed the
snow for his winding>sheet. But he most
.curious example Of the seductive power oI
the bpanica party who, in Cooks first voy~
. age, we're caught in snow.storm on TIerra
del Fuego DR. Soander, by birth S&ede,
and well acquainted with the destructive
e deceits OF rigorous climate, admonished the
e company in defiance &c iassilude, TO koeI
n moving on. "Whoever,'' said he ''sits dowr
II will slecp-and whoever sleeps will perish,
The doctor spoke as sage, but he felt as {
imam. In spite Of the remonstrances ofthost
who he instructed and alarmed, nc was lht
q first to lie down. black servant, who fol
10 lowed the example, was told he would die
'e and replied that to die was all he desired. =
But the doctor desPised his own philosophy
~ ~ he said he would sleep first, and 60 on of
!" ierwards. Sleep he did for two or three
= minutes and would have slept forever, un
y less his companions had happily succeeded
in kindIing fire. The scene was repeater
Il" thousands of times in the retreat from Mos
W COW. "The danger ofsiopping," says Beau
pre-, who was on The medical statl,'' was Uni
g versalIy observed and totally disregarded
:" IIxpostulation was answered by a stupid gazt
,'u or bv the request to he allowed to sleep III
nc mo!esIed for sleep was delicious, and the or
fe " suffering was in resisting lis call. Mr.. A
VI isnn, The historan, to try the experiment, ST
down in his garden at night when the the
''e mometer had fallen four degrees below ger
i"' and so quickly did tho drowsiness come slea
!. linz on, that he wondered how soul OF Nap
ny the ueacheTous influence. And dOubtc
'Ps they would all have persisted if the lear
'eo death had not sometimes contended with Il
'Ss luxury Of diving Limbs are sacrificed whe
to' life escapes, and such is the obtusencss
''h' feeling thai passengers in the streets Of
Petersburgh rely on one,another for :ho Grien
le- lv warning that their noses are about TO pr
'"e cede them 10 The tomb An appearance
inoxicalion is another common result, al
Wy half frozen people IN England have been plI
ige ;shed fo, drunlards--an Injustice the mo
al "a. Al,
oFy was produced by the very want Of ihe
sovereign specific, Ga glass Of sume,hiug
keel Out the cold :" The whole of the I
: fects are readily explained. The conlract
/. force of the cold congresses the ycsse
49,, drives The blood into the inieriorof The boo
lac, and the surface, deprived Of the life susiai
I,o ing fluid, is left torpid or dead. part
hon external circulation takes refuge in the bla
IL and the congestion OF the brain is the eau
,as, Of the stupor The ccleuiy may be judg
,,n llom The crcumsance thu', in the few nslal
',n 49, DR.. Solandor slept, bis shoes dropped
through the Shrinking Ct his feet. There
the Iessto wonder nj IN the contradiction
tween his wecepis and his practice. In pl
-ec. purlion to the danger which his mind FOL
S4t iold was the ease with NLich his yigiInn
rub was Verpowered and disarmcd
'ho Accidental SHOOTING. On Wednesd
was u evening last, Miss Eliza lIebbs, Of Washir
anf ton, the eldest daughter OF Charles Heb
g" of the pension Office, was accidentally won
. ., ded IN the left breast by q bullet from p
anu y, tol in the hands Of Wilson Brown, an es
"s Unable young man, who was at the time OF
IN visit 10 The house Of Mr. Ilcbhs Thev 90
standing together 10 the front door, VIII
'eS' she playfuIIy pushed the door against hi
when the pistol was accidentally discharge
the bullet passing through the door and 9
The o'eu ~ "..Is, au "'s mus spent
HE'D 49, : ~. "s'o rs,Ju 'd' ue ou'
/, "T :" ing well.
mp. or Dibbs says the first time a girl Kiss
lie him be fell rs if be were sliding down ra