Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-06-08

;; c0ntented, unnaIpyeeElSlr ana lrcllul every
g thing went wrong, pply because was wrong
'e myself As soon al left associating with thu
prisoner, | lost thosseelings, my natural cheer
.r tuIncss returned al now no man lives more
e pleasantly with hi.Spily than myself
j. An. Ap-Did Mmy client ever repay ol
compensate yon fos part Of nil the property
# You say he lost for "
i H-H.-Not ceryir, not a cent.
An Ap-You csisit, down, sir.
r The next witnesaEorn was Dr. Rhnbarb.
f M. Gca--Dr. kbarh. are YOU acquainted
with the prisoner atgEe bar?
G Viii am sir /; have known him well fol
f fifteen or twenty y(rs, perhaps more.
, An Gen--Weg sir, please tell the court
, what you know oflis course of life.
, Vii can saJ8o good of him. sir. The
, first ever saw hiniWas in the house of one Of
my patients. lie la been called in because
the famy had heaFsome of his friends say he
was eminent for hijmedical powers. 1t was n
severe case of the inammatory rheumatism, and
he nearly killed thepatient?
AH Gen.-Do yd consider him as possessed
of any such powersdoctor?
IVn-No, sir; | o?not think he ever cured
a single individual while am sure he has kill
ed thousands and hndreds of thousands. 1t is
nv serious and soean opinion, that nineteen
twcnlieths of the dicases which atIlict mankind,
are first caused or realty aggravated by the
different nostrums aid prescriptions, which he
assists in compoundbg.
AN. Gen-Has MT the prisoner diploma
from some college Of physicians or medical
! board ?,
Wit canot tell i never have seen or heard
of any, He has sane concern with several
patents for bitters, indictments, syrups, &C.,
all Of which are so nlny deletcrious nostrums,
made to sell, not to peal.
M Gcm-Doctorhav vou ever known that
the prisoner insligate any one to the commits
sion Of murder or m.nslaughtcr!
HW-I never knew or heard of but few
cases of either whichhe did not instigate and
l have been present al several public executions,
and in ererV instance they charged the prisoner
as persuading them ID the commission of the
crimes for which they suffered
An. Gcn.-Will you be so good rs to state
the diseases which in your opinen are caused
by the nostrums of the prisoner!
Wh-Dropsy, consumption, dyspepsia, apo
plexy, gout, mania, and some others.
Al. Gen-What would be the effect upon
the practice of physicians, if the prisoner, Alco-
hol, should be removed from The county?
VFH.-Benefcial decidedly. 1t would be
70 lie interest ana happiness OF the community
There would not only be less sick
ness, but diseases would be more easily cured.
So far as my observation has extended, the
physical and moal influence of the prisoner is
decidedly bad and the evil is so great MS to
caII londIy for removal.
AT. Gen.-Hare you ever known, DR.. r.,
any cases Of disagreement in families, which
you had reason 10 think were caused wholly or
in part by the prisoner!
VII never knew any such instances,
which were not owing, in some degree at least,
10 his influence. His presence generally produ-
,eS family disturbances soon or later.
Al. Gen.-EIavc you ever known any instan-
'cs Of young men, who fell into the practices
,f gambling, dissipation, profaneness. &C., chief
Y, or in part by the seducions of the accused !!
Viii never have known Il young man
become 4 gambler a jockey, a frequcutcr of
ewd houses, 4 spendthrift, countcffeiter, |,
orgcr, thief robber, or 4 murderer, but ! |
yaS able TO trace his first departure from the |
'ahs Of virture, to IN acquaintance with Alco-
'ol, and habit of frequcnting his society. Nly |
Observations on this point have been of many
ears continuance, and over an extended field |
consider the prisoner as identified with every
'ambng house, every house Of i'll fame, every
orsc race, every cock fight, every robbery, and
very murder in our country. Sir, from my
ndcr oath, that the prisoner is to greater or
'ss degree concerned in every crime. and every
domination of every kind in the United States
lal.
he witness.
CroSS-eramined
An. Ap-IIow long have you been in ;le
racticc of medicine, DR.. R!
lEH--Thirty years, sir.
An. Ap-Wel, sir, do you now say, sir, that
IT, Alcohol is not possessed of any medical
and that the valuable and :" "ccc.
rated bitters" of which so many barrels have
cen sold, and syrups, &C., of which he i. the
lief proprietor, are mere quack nostrums, of
0 utility, but injurious!
VII do say so, sir, and in this every inteli-
cnt physician in the country will agree with
An. Ap.-Do YOU mean to be understood
say, that the prescriptions of my client are
no service when n person has been exposed
taking cod or in very cold or very warm
mates! :
VIII do, sir, and am ready to discuss the
inject with him or with any one else cannot
scoycr by what rule a prescription will warm {
e in Labrador. and cool me in Sumatra; neither
n discover that cold, which is merely an c
can be prevented by prescription
c most inhammatory and heating Of any known q
the materia meaica. Either position is the
light of absurdity. {
An Ap.-Well, sir, do you not know that in I
my regions of country, the water is so impure 4
to be very unhealthy, producing diseases of c
G bowels! n
VIII do 5
An Ap.-Wcll, will you say that the infu. n
ms of my client are of no service in the il
rrccton Of impure water!
W.T. will, sir, and moreover will affirm
at both reason and philosophy will sanction h
assertion. The impurities of the water in a
,st places are caused by their holding in L
luton Il greater or less quantity of some one s.
more of the neutral salts, rs salt, lime, soda h
Il potash, in various combinations. Now, Il
lat influence any infusion of Alcohol can $,
We in destroying the effects of those salts
on the human system, have yet to learn. Y
tration through alternate stata of sand and ht
srcoal would do it, and render the most v:
pure water both sweet and limpid perfectly 10
oxious. sc
In. Ap.-So then you think that if my client Y,
re driven out of the country, people would di
be sick any more! III
WI did not say that, sir, said there VI
uId be less sickness, and diseases would be y,
re manageable than they are now. When a
n who has been drinking the poisonous
Celebrated bitters," or sings, jueps, cordials, fir
brandy toddies, or any of the thousand and SO
compounds of alcohol, is taken sick, tbe or
racter AID the severity Of his disease are dc