Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-01-02
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Poison Eaters!
The Court of Assizes at Gill; in Styria province
OF austria, opened in October. with accusation OF
poisoning; the victim being an aged soldier, who
died suddenly in May last. and in whose stomach
were found several particles of arsenic. A Vienna
paper states that among the questions proposed by
the Court to the jury the following singular one
WAS the deceased poison eater r'
10 which the jury answered
'Yes-it is probable he was"
The Gazette Medicale of Vienna explains the
enigma thus: The inhabitants of lower Austria and
otyrla, on the borders Of Hungary are addicted to
chewing small particles of arsenic mixed with crumbs
OF bread, pretty much in the same way that the
Chinese chew opium
The absorption of small quantities of the DO son
gives Tor time freshness and cearness to the
plexion and certain degree of vgor to the intellec
tuai faculties; but those who it habtually are
subject to tits of excessive langor and debility, and
usually die early Women never chew arsenic, and
the men who do so are few in number; they are call
ed In those provinces - poison eaters"
The following domestic medicines and receipts
may be relied upon. They are handed down from
very ancient period and no cure TO pay -
"A stick of birthstone wore in the pocket is good
for them as has cramps.
GA loadstone put on the place where the pain is
is beautiful in the rheumatic
GA basin of water cruel, with half a quart of old
rum or quart if particular bad, with lots of brown
sugar, going to bed. is good for cold in the head
"lf'you've got the hiccups, pinch one O. your
wrists, and hold your breath while you count SIX or
get somebody to scare you, and make you jump
The Ear-ache-put an inyun in your ear after
it is we'll roasted II
IRISH COLONY IN SpA1N.-We learn from the Dub
lin Evening Mail that the Spanish Government have
conceded a grant of two hundred and fifty square
miles of country on the banks of the Guadalduiver,
in the provinces of Andalusia and Estremadura con-
tanning more than 100000 acres of land Of the rich
est quality to be colonsed by Irish settlers under
the following conditions: Exemption from taxation
for twenty-five years admission of their furniture.
clothing and agricultural implements free of duty
privilege of telling timber for building in the royal
forests; power 10 appoint their municipal au-
thorities. The district in question having been de-
populated by the expulsion of the Moors, has never
since been fully occupied.
Apprentices Surrendered under the Fugitive Act of
A case was heard in Connecticut on Friday. be-
fore United States commissioner, in which three
runaway apprentices were claimed as bound in SER
vice or labor. The commissioner said. the facts of
the case being unquestioned that he had no doubt
that apprenticed servants, such the ihdentures
showed these persons to be by the laws Of N. York
within the purview OF the constitutional provi
sion requiring the surrender Of 'peYsons held in
vice" on claim of the person to whom such service
was due. He had never seen it questioned that white
men we'll as black men, and servants for years
we'll servants for life. were within its objects and
requirements. certificate was therefore given tc
| Mr.. RUSSELL in accordance with the Fugitive act
of 1850, and under it the apprentices carried
back to New York.-PhH Ledger.
CASUALTIES very old negro woman belonging
to Gen. Winsow, was burnt to death in this town or
Saturday morning last. When discovered, the
house in which she lived was on fire. That being
extingushed she found to be dead. 1t is sup
thokh how
on the hearth
On the same morning an insane negro man belong
ing to Miss King was found to have hanged himself
Fayetteville Observer. 30M.
DEATH OF PR1EssNlTz-Priessntz, the celebrated
founder Of hydropathy, died at Graefehberg in Ger
many, on the Goth of November, at the age of fifty
two In the morning of that day Priessnitz VI
and stirring at early hour but complained of tn
cold, and had wood brought in to make large fire
His friends had for time believed him to be sui
ferng from dropsy of the chest and at their earnes
entreaty he consented to take little medicine, ex
claiming all the WHILE /" 1t is of no use.' He woul
see physician but remained to the last true to hi
, profession. About four o'clock in the afternoon Q
the Goth he asked to be carried to bed: and upon be
ing laid down he expired
f SAM HoUsToN DRESSED One of the Washingto
correspondents in describing a scene in the Senat
ays:-Sam Houston sat dressed in dark pan,aoons,
sing breasted blue military coat with bright buttons
and vest made out of the skin of panther, with tn
hair outside 1t is presume, relic Of Sans old lr
dian days, when ne chief of a tribe. He Away
comes on with some singular dress, of half savage
half civilized character which however, he lay
aside, and puts what used 10 be called, in Kentut
y ky, " his store clothes
; STEAM ON THE PAcIFIC-Ihere are at the nreser
time no less than Twenty-Five ocean steamers, varyn
from 500 to 800 tons burhens running between Sa
e Francisco and the various ports on the Pacific coas
Il Besides these, some half dozen more the
way thther preparing TO start. The pioneer OF ii
e fleet, the California, entered the Golden Gate ii
28h of FEBRUARY, 1919, since which time the fleet hf
been increased to the present number, which is yet
its infancy. Within the next five years 1t is not IN
probable that steam communication from San Fra1ci
co. will be opened with the Sandwich Islands, and til
other important groups of the Pacific, Japan and Chin
. Australia and the adjoining British colonies, and prt
. badly with the rich Islands of the Indian
). DEMARARA.-The government of Demarara is takn
steps 10 introduce Chinese emf grants into the colony
e The Court of pocy' lately passed two resolution
n one that 100000 sterling of the late parliamenaI
+ loan of 100000 should be applied for this purpos
and the second that the governor be requested TO o.
s tain the sanction of the British government for the il
S PRODUCTION of these emigrants.
= Another project laid before the council whic
3 was to encourage the emigration Of the agrcutur
population of the Azores This consists of some $50
OOO who are said TO be disconnected with their cond
tion and of whom 5000 emigrate annually TO BraZ
The OBJ ect 10 turn the emigration to British Gu
? ana.
SOMETHING NEw-We have account of strans
. freak of nature, said to have occurred recently
" Cleaveand county, which, if true, is probably will
y out parallel. Although our account seems well al