Daily national Democrat., 1859-01-15

DIR. Coles CARD.-T0 the Public With
feelings of deep regret, l am forced before
you to defend myself from charges of the
gravest character. For an entire week have
been denounced. by the press of this city
as a villifer and slanderer of the women o
California. Conscious of my innocence, and
knowing that my mind was incapable of even
conceiving the idea of rejecting on the chas
tity of the ladies of our State, | patiently
waited until vituperaton has seemingly ex-
hausted itself; and now respectfully submit
to your enlightened judgment the following
plain unvarnished statement of facts:
As the Chairman of the Standing Committee
on obstetrics and the Diseases of Women"
read a report before the State Medical Society
Convened in this city in February last,) extracts
from which have formed the basis of this attack
This report upon an important branch of medical
science, was prepared exclusively for the scienti.
fic and medical mind, read before (at least) one
hundred of the most prominent medical gentle
men of our State, by them received and ordered
ON file without dissenting voice, thence passed
upon by the Committee on Publication, aud by
that committee published without amendment OF
erasure
My report was purely of that character which
forbade the most distant alluson to any malady
except those to which every woman, In every
country, and in every position or life is liable
and which constitute the maj ajorty of the physical
ailments of the female ! repeat, that my report
was upon the " Diseases of Women diseases
peculiar to women, such as organic and function.
al arrangements Of the uterus and It's appendix
ges and, consequently it did not fall within the
range of my province TO alfude to venereal dis.
ease, which is common to both sexes. q speak
thus plainly, because am resolved aow to be un.
defstO0d)
AOain IN H,, ,..,;I l.
found stated in the first four lines of the same,
hastily written-indeed, during the sitting of the
Convention and yet the one hundred medical
gentlemen who listened to its reading failed ia
discover anything Objectionable, and ordered il
published. 1t was, as have stated, written for
the eyes and ears of medical men. Not presum.
ing for moment that it would find its way into
the public journals ofthe day, it was perhaps moi
prepared With that care which it would otherwise
have received-the Importance Of exercising this
care did not occur to my mind, for the reason,
doubtless, that it is without precedent, and is in
excusabe for extracts from treatises upon the
diseases of females to be published with com
meRts in the daily newspapers.
AS this, however, has been done, and miscOn
structOn placed upon the sentiment of my re
port it only remains for me to remark, that my
iktentons and motives in making the statements
were very different from the vulgar version VIII ict
mas been presented to you through the press and
that feel innocent even in thought of having
conceived a single idea, which might cast a reflec
tion upon the fair fame Of the women of Caltor
MA lhave a wife, daughters, sisters and nece'
here-all that are near and dear to me are here
all my interests aud hopes for success in life art
concentrated here II, then, detached sentences
IN my hasty report appear ambiguous, and liable
TO two constructions am | not entitled to TIT
more charitable!
In conclusion, so far from intending to traduct
the character of the women of California, it was
through the deep interest | claim always to have
lelt IN their welfare that induced me to pIepar,
and read the report in question.
Respectfully, r. REvERLY CoLE, NJ. ID.
REIRBUrIoN. day last week ChilenC
named Molino was shot and killed, near Mari
posa, by couple of Sheriff officers who ha(
warrant for his arrest AS long ago Al
1894 Molino murdered two men-aR Ameri-
can and Chileno, in Greenwood Valley
iuolumne county. He managed to escape a
mat time, although Gov. Bigler offered re
ward for his arrest The officers found Mo
npo in his cabin, about eight miles from
nariposa. He succeeded in breaking away
ron them, and they fired three shots at hin
effect.