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H E DXESDA Y MORNING, April 8,1829.
* w The work of reform, it scorns, is going cr.. —
Amos Kendall, nno of the late reformist appoint
ments in tho Treasury office, is reforming the
abuses in that Department, c far as he has the
.power, bv discontinuing fchc papers taken at his ;
office which opnosed the election of the hero, to j
be supplied, we presume, by the United States,
Telegraph, .-and New York Enquirer. The fol- 1
lowing circular lias been addressed to several Edi- :
tore:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Fourth Auditor’s Office, >
March 24'//, 182!). }
Gentlemen: Not believing myself authorised to
charge the government with subscription to news
papers or other publications which are not useful
to mo in the discharge of my official duties, and
r.ot perceiving that I can derive any assistance
from vour journal in settling the aceouhls of the
United Steles’ Navy, I have t<s request that you
will discontinue sending it to this office.
Very respectfully, your ohti t. servant,
AMOS KENDALL.
The Editors of tho National Intelligencer,
- Washington, If C.
. COMMUNICATED.
Mr. Editor — Sir: I have frequently noticed,
that the wildest and most speculative sefcomes,
need but a little management, a few bold words,
and a newspaper puff. *er two, to enlist for them
the popular favor in Savannah. To say nothing
of previous Bubbles, which have had their hour
of popularity, and then burst and past away—the
recent proposition to destroy the pump in Jolin
> son square, to enclose that square with an iron
Tailing, plant it with shrubery, &.c. is enough to
convince any one of this fact. That this square
wfil ever be so enclosed, or improved, I much
doubt. But if it should be, how much is it to be
nefit the public? Will it ever become a fashiona
ble lounge? Will the fashion and beauty of our
place ever resort to it, either at mid-day or eve
ning. The groves of oranges will prove no pro
tection against the rays of the sun at one time, and
they will only be a harbor for muschetoea and
sandflies at others. It needs not the spriril of
prophecy ho e ay, that this square, after a little
will be abandoned, as that beautiful wadk on the
Hay has been, to the lowest classes of the commu
nity.
1 do not wish to insinuate any thing against the
public spirit of those who set on foot this plan, be* I
cause I hope it did not originate with those who
have apartments to let, suitable for the retail of,
.ico creams, vVc. I am, Mr. Editor, j-oiirs at need,
INDIA BERRY,
V COMMUNICATED.
To the most evlightrncd, the profile of Savannah,
the memorial of the petitioner respectfully
sheiceth—
/
That he has been a faithful servant of the
public for a long series of years past; that he
has served in season and oUt of season, by day
and by night, and between day and night, with
out any grumbling or fault-finding, and without
tec or reward—all such of his lawful lieges, the
citizens aforesaid, as chose to call for his services;
that he has on many eventful occasions yielded
to the public authorities, important aid, in very
trying and fiery tribulation—for all or any of
which services, he neither expected or received
praise or emolument.
That he has never, to his knowledge, been ac
cused any lack of duty, or deficiency in the
1 quantity or quality bf these his services:
Yet notwithstanding all this, the undersigned
respectfully shewelh, that, without any just cause
of offence on his part, certain evil disposed per
sons, being instigated, a3 he conceives, by the
devil, with force and arms, have made a violent
assault up *n his person, forcibly thurst him from
his domicil, which is his eastle, and dragged him
jn infamy and disgrace through the public streets,
in contempt of the rights of personal security,’
and in defiance of those laws made and provided
ago inst kidnapping, abduction, &c,
* Now r , therefore, as in duty bound, the petition
er prays, that his case may be taken into consid
'Oration,.and justice awarded him.
(Signed) TOWN PUMP,
Johnson's Square.
COMMUNICATED.
To the Editor of the Mercury:
The Vicar of Eray. —Most of your readers
have doubtless heafd of the worthy ecclesiastic l
who, through all the changes in church and
* stato—which ©ccurred-for a long period, in one
of the most troubled times of English history—
contrived still to remain Vicar of Bray. The
whole secret of his policy was, that when the
■Catholics were predominant, -he shouted for the
Tope; and whenever the Protestants gained the
ascendeney, ho became equallj clamorous for the
downfall of the 11 Scarlet Whore of Babylon.”—
The Editor of the Republican boasts, that, copy
ing ihis worthy-example, he has retained,‘‘through
all the personal mutations in office,” the patron
age of the Sheriff of Chatham County , for more
than thiity years! From the general character
of that print, 1 am not disposed to doubt this fact.
But whether ho has deserved this patronage, is
another question. The office of Sheriff of this
bounty has often been closely contested; and the j
tact ot keeping fair weather with all parties, sts j
-• as to gain the prize in case of the success of either |
party, is a talent not often possessed by honest ■
politicians. Ihe Editor ot the Republican how
ever, boasts of his success; and of his motives, I
leave the public to judge. 1 draw no uncharita
ble inferences.
Tho Editor of the Republican, however, attri
butesthe loss of this patronage to his impartiality,
in publishing what related to the Stephenson ab
duction By impartiality , I suppose, lie must
mean tli6 publication of every aggravating cir
cumstance en the one side, accompanied with
in fla minatory ft marks, with nothing in palliation
on the ether. But i will refer to this matter at
another time. Your’# QUID.
■COMMUNICATED.
To Accountants. George Goldie, and Samuel
SJver, oued a debt jointly} and first, the credit*
ors called on them for payment of one-third of it;
Goldie says to his neighbor Silver “ilow
are yoti for Soap to-day; Mr. So and So has called
and requires us to pay him one-third of.that trifle.’*
; J am poor,” says Silver; —but they paid the de
mand thus—for Silver’s shillings, Coldie paid
guineas. Again, the creditors called for one half,
when Goid:e paid guineas to Silver’s crowns.—-
At last, when the creditors called for final settle
ment, Silver paid 534 pounds sterling, which
squared : ccounts.
What was the original debt?
The United States Gazette says—“A company
for cultivating the vine, has been incorporated in
Maryland, with a capital of $(12,000. We like
a company for-disposing of wine, but we fear that
the advantages to tile country f the
tion of companies for cultivating vines, whether
those of the pumpkin or the grapo, can never
compensate the evil arising from the consequent
-destruction of individual enterpri/.e and competi
tion—the soul of public advantage.
From the Rhode Island American.
Destructive and ire. —About ttvo u clock
yesterday tnurniug, the Cotton Factory in
Woonsoket tolls village, (Cumberland)
! belong!ugsololy to Mr. Dexter Ballou was
discovered lo be on fire. The tire ap
peared to have originated in the Carding
roumfbut its precise origin is matter of
conjecture. The building was three stories
high, the basement of wood. Tho flames
•spread with such rapidity as to prevent the
saving of a single piece of machinery ex
cept one picker. From this building, the
fire rapidly communicated to the sitinet
Factory, within SO feet distance, owned by
Mr. Rufus Thayei; building and contents,
consumed. The Giist Mill, next to the
satinet Factory, belonging to Mr. James
Arnold, of Meodon, shared the same fute.
By this time the Hamilton Cotton Factory,
belonging to the company of that name,
had taken fire on the roof and belfry, and
an extensive conrfl igiation was threatened.
This last factory is of wood, four atones
high. The fire engine, belonging to the
village, had been broken and rendered use
less, at the beginning- Messrs. Job J cricks
Sz, Sows, had sent their engines and hands
from their Factory, about three quarters of
a mile distant, which rendered great assis
tance. The utmost exertions were made
by individuals on the roof and elsewhere tn
check the flames, in which they were at
length successful, owing mainly to the op
portune arrival of the engine from the
Blackstone factory.
The result of this destructive fire was
tlie total loss ol Mr. Ballou’s cotton factory
ami machinery, m ining about 1800 spin
dles, valued at $25,000 were insured at
tiie till There was but little j
joss in goods or stock Mi. TlmT}’* fiic-1
tury, a small wooden mill, tnreo stones*
high, consumed, together with machinery.;
Goods and stock mostly saved; supposed 3 ]
oj $4003—800 dollars said to ho insured.
Mr Arnold’s Grist mill, with three ransuf !
stones; loss about S2OOO, no insurance; to- j
tal between 25 and $35,000, of which not
more than SIO,BOO were insured.
rim factories in the vicinity of the vil
lage were prompt in rendering assistance;
besides (hose above named, Messrs. W. &
D. D. Farnum, and Smith Arnold & Cos
about half a mile distant from the fire, with
all their workmen, were active in affording
every aid in their power There were 3
other factories very near those consumed,
which were not injured The hank was
in some danger of taking fire, but was saved.
Some articles were removed from the Ham
ilton mill, and most of the tvehs were out
from the looms There are new 6 facto
ries remaining in this flourishing little vil
lage, which has never before been visited
with fire; except the burning of a grist mill,
a few years ago. We arc happy to add,
that the ability of those who have suffered
by the fire to sustaiu their losses, is un
doubted.
From the Kentucky Reporter, March 18.
Correction. The unfortunate affray be
tween Mr. Charles U ickliffo and Mr. .Ken
ning, editor of the Kentucky Gazette, did
•not occur in consequence of the refusal of
Mr. Benning as stated in our last paper,
to gi ve up the name of the author of a com
raunication published in the Gazette under
a fictitious signature. We have since lear
ned, that Mr. Benning nt the commence
ment of the interview proposed to defer
making known ihe writers name until the
following morning, to which Mr, Wickliffe
assented. In the course if the subsequent
conversation Mr. Banning addressed an
offensive remark to Mr. Wickliffe; this
called forth a retort in strong langaage
from Mr. Wickliffe, which led to pe rson.il,
assault upon him by Mr. Benning. Mr.
Wickliffe was arraigned on the following •
day before Justices West and Davis, and
was admitted to hail in a to cognizance of
of S3OOO, and securities for a like sum.—
The wound proved to he mortal, and the
unfortunate Benning expired in 24 boors. I
Properties of Flour.— Wheat flour con
sists principally of two substances; the
one tami iarily known by the term starch,
the other being called gluten,;
the latter being somewhat similar to he j
glue of animals. It is from the gluten that j
the flour principally derives it highly outri- j
live properties, the starch affording much !
less nourishment. Now, as all wheat does \
not possess a uniform portion of gluten, it j
becomes a matter of greaft interest to the
consumer to knew, by some simple rule,, j
how to ascertain the quantity of gluten
* c mtained in the flower he is about <o buv.
Happily there is an inf llible test, and one j
so simple that every one may tise it. Take j
a little flour in the band, and make dough off j
J with cold water. If the dough, after
“working” it few minutes, is tough and
does not get soft and flabby, it Contains a
proper quantity of gluten, and is good flour.
The tougher the dough Hie more gluten it
contains, and of couise the more nutriment.
If the dough he of a dead puttish consist
ence, it contains little gluten, and of course
the little nourishment in proportion to its
weight. It is this large quantity ofgluten
that gives character to what is caHed
“Howard street flour.” This flower is
worth about ten per cent, more to the ba
kers oi l<\al htead, than whaif flour; because
a barrel ol it will take (till twenty per cent,
more water. Hence, if barrel of whaif
flour w ill m ke 120 pounds of bieud, a bar
rel of ilow \ ,and street will make 265 pounds,
Resides making the loaf appear much lar
ger than tmo made fiom whaif flour. It
does not follow from this fact, however,
that the cotUinmer of a Howard street loal
ge.ts less nunriurent in consequence of buy
ing more water, or that Howard street flour
enables the baker to sell more wat-or i-a his
bread, and thus to cheat his customers.—
The Howard sheet loaf co-ntaius much
more of rcfrl nutriment than one made
from what J flour of equal weight, uotwiih-
S4anding the greater quantity of water be
cause of the large quantity ol gluten contain
ed in the Howard street flour compared
■with that of the whaif flour. The quant it v
of gluten in flour, does not depend so much
upon tire kind ol wheat, as upon the soil on
which it grow s. Take the same kind of wheat
that produces Howard street flour, and sow
it iu the Genessee country; and it will pro
duce what bakers cal! short flour, i. e. flour,
with a small comparative portion of
gluten. As <? barrel of common super
fine flour contains, shv 40 pounds of glu
ten, and one of Howard street 45 pounds,
it follows, that if the for met is worth nine
dollars tiie latter will be worth ten dol
lars; or, to reduce it spil more, nearly
to tiie business and bosoms of our readers,
they will obtain twenty five pounds more
of Howard street flour for tea dollars titan
they will for other flour, (that is, ii real
nutriment,) supposing the prices ol a barrel
of each to be equal. We have used the
terms “Howard street ’ and “Wharf, *
merely to distinguish the highly glutinous
or strong, and the short kinds. Excellent
flour is often found among what is called
wharf flour, hut generally the Howard
street is what we have endeavoured to des
cribe it to he—the most glutinous, and con
sequently the most .outlive and profitable,
both for bakers and consumers of bread
American Farmer.
From the New York Evening Post.
Arab Christians. - Buckingham, whose
| lectures on the East India Trade, have at
tracted so much attention lately in London,
ijivts in this Travels a curious account of a
sect of Christians met with in the region
around the confluence of the Tigris and
| Euphrates. r l hair dress, their language,
i find their general manners so exactly re
; st* mb led those of the Mahomedan Arabs,
■ among whom they dwell apd their unsocial
! religious tenets, nd the privacy in which
. they perform their npnhlj;, itli-ikc it impos
sible to distinguish them Gy their exterior,
and successive travellers might pass through
the country which they inhabit without
ever dreaming of their existence. J\sr.
Buckingham, however, succeeded in ob
taining some knowledge of tbeii’ religious
belief, their traditions, and their rites, and
tire folio wing is his account:
4 The cliiel seat of these Subbees is
Konrri i, at the conflux of the Tigris and
Ennhrutes; and at that place their bishop
and upwards of a hundred families reside.’
There are also some few at Shoirkashoaab,
a large Arab town higher up, and they are
scattered over the plain country of Khusis
tan, at Shooster. Dczhpool, and other
places there, but their limits are very nar
row, and their whole body collectively is
thought to be less than a thousand families.
They possess a gospel of their own, which
is written in a dialect of the Chaldaic, but
with character peculiar to themselves, of
which Mr. Niebuhr, has given an alphabet,
though he seems to have collected uo other
information regarding them. This gospel
enters ai large into the genealogy, birth
UHfl education of John the Baptist, with
his separate history until the time of his
baptizing Jesus, when the histories and
acts are treated of in continuation, but in
what particular the version accords with,
or differs from, any of those received a
mong us, I could not learn.; as, in the first
place, the book itself is not easily to be
procured from tin; priests, and in the next,
it would lequirtr either a knowledge of
their language, or a translatiofi vs it bv
th em into Arabic, to understand it, neither
of which was it in my power to obtain.—
This gospel is attributed by them to John
the Bapiist himself, and it is their sole
authority in all matters of faith and doctrine.
They have besides, however, a book of
prayers and precepts, with directions for
ceremonials, which they ascribe to the
learned men of their sect, who immedi
ately succeeded tlieir great leader. They
admit the divmiry of Jesus, us Christ, the
son of Clod, and conceive that John the
Baptist is to be honored as his forerunner,
and as the person selected by God to per*
form the rn st holy sacrament of baptism
<wi his child; but what are their notions
regarding the Trinity i could not learn.—
They are distisgnisfied from all other
Christians by their frequent repetition of
this sacrament on the same person, who,
in other churches, would receive it but
once. 11 is said, even, that every indivi
dual of their body is baptised annually on
| some particular occasion; but whether this
is fixed day for all, or peculiar festivals;
chosen by the individuals themselves, does!
‘mt appear. This, however, is certain,’
that on all important changes, or under- ]
I takings or events of their life, baptism is |
I re-adniinhu led. The child at its birth is j
I baptised; when named it is baptised again; ■
I on completing the age of puberty it is also j
baptised; and whether contracting marriage
becoming the parent of children, undertak
ing a journey, recovering from sickness, or
any other import atu event* as well as after
death, and before interment, baptism is re
administered with the same solemnity as at
first.
The prayers uspJ at their marriages
and funerals are said to bt; long: the first
is a ceremony performed among them
selves in some degree of privacy; but the
latter is conducted openly, without their
. being interrupted in it by any one. I hoy i
bave no standing church, since their plu- j
ces of worship must be newly erected for j
•every mew occasion. It is, therefore, umi- j
o! with them, when these occasions occur, j
*to make an enclosure of reeds, wher, after
a most tedious process of purification the
ground becomes comecrated, and they per
form their worship therein, seclude*.* from
the eyes of strangers, after w hich the build
's ing is pulled down and destroyed. Their
; attention lo the purity of their food is car
ried on to an extraordinary degree, and
l equals that of the highest caste of Bramijis j
:in India. No water that is not drawn !
1 from the river by themselves in their own j
J vessels, and even after that suffered tor
| subside, and be ‘otherwise purified by their;
own hands, can be drunk by them. If|
| honey or similai articles are obtained by j
! them in the bazaar, it must have purified j
, water poured on it, and remain a certain !
j time covered, to be cleansed before it can j
bo eaten; and even fruit, though fresh from i
the tree, must he similarly washed to he
purged of its defilement. It is, however,
singular enough, that while they carry this f
attention lo religious purity of food to a t
great degree altogether unknown to any i
other sects of Christians, abstinence aud
fasts should be held in abomination bv them;
and that contrary to the general Christian
notion of tills being always acceptable to j
j God, and tending to puigo the soul, as
i well as the body, til impure ;* -.ssions and ’
desires, the Subbees regard it us a heinous
sin, as a profanation of the gifts which the 1
Cieater has so bountifully provided for his
creatures. j
iu their moral character, they are nei
ther esteemed more upright nor more con
rupt than their neighbors One of their
most distinguished virtues is mutual con
fidence in each othei; and a breach of
trust iu any way is said to be regarded by
them as a more damming offence than mur
der, fornication, aud adultery combined.—
It is, no doubt, this peculiar tenet, added
to their notion of defilement from strangers,
aud the constant intermarriage of their sons
and daughters with each other, which keeps
them together.
The heads of the few families of Subbees
here are mostly mechanics and handicrafts,
more particularly as smiths and workers iu
metals: and even in the towns enumerated,
where tiieir community is more extensive,
they generally confiine themselves to the
•exercise of these and similar trades, tvith.
out attaching themselves to agriculture or
the profession ol arms; m which particular
they resemble the Jews of Europe, where
•the profession of the stock-broker, or loau
laiacr, the art-as rhe gold-smith or jeweller,
and the occupation of a pedlar, are those
mostly followed, rilher than the Jews of
Asia, who confine themselves to dealing in ,
general merchandize, and are seldom seen
as mechanics or handicrafts in any way”
Remarkable Projjhecy.— “ The ablest
commentators on the Fiopltccies ol Daniel
aud Si. John, were Sir Isaac Newton,
Bishop Newton, Dr. Zouch, Father Holmes,
&c. Though they differ occasionally in
the prophetic symbols, yet ail agree at least
iu one conclusion; that the Eastern or Ma
hometan apostacy should last for 1260 years,;
and then its downfall commences. When ,
Daniel wrote, the Jews reckoned only 360
days in the year, an alteration to the Ca
lendar, making the year 366, did not lake j
place til! 5 or 600 years afterwards; conse
quently, Daniel must have meant 360 duvs
each.
“If this reasoning is correct, last year !
(1828,) was the prophecy complete: for the
Tuikish date for the last year, is 1243.
Now, the Turks reckon their years as we
do, 365 days. If, then, we reduce 1243
years, of 365 days each, into years of 360
•lays each, sve shall find that the Mahome
tan religion had lasted 1260 years, w ith 95
days over.’ — Paulson's Daily Advertiser
MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT OF SAVANNAH.
ARRIVED,
Sloop Delight, Lanneau, 2 days from Charles
ton, to madame Truchelut and nador Hamilton.
Sloop Mill Maid, Marccllin, from Scriven’s
plantation, with 1200 bushels rougli rice.
SAILED,
Sloop Swallow, , Ogcchee.
DEPARTED,
Backet steam boat John David Mongin, Dubois,
for Charleston.
Packet steam boat George \\ ashinirton, Currv,
for Augusta. s
Steam boat Georgia, Noiris, with tow boats, for
Augusta.
The ship Active, for Liverpool, was towed down
yesterday to Long island, by the steam boat Geor
gia.
[from our correspondents.]
Offices of the Courier, Mercury and Gazette, {
Cha rleston, April 4 — 7 p. m. }
Arrived, steam boat Augusta, Brooks, Augusta,
via Savannah, 1 day.
SHERIFF S SALE.
(CONTINUED.)
On the first Tuesday in May next ,
WILL be sold before the Court House in the
city ot Savannah, between the usual hours
of sale—
Also, Lot No five (5) New Leeds, now* known
in the plan oi the city as Oglethorpe ward, bound
ed east by Lot No 4, south by Oak street, west by
Lot No 6, and north by New street—Levied on as
the properly of William Richardson to satisfy an
execution in favor of Henry Tines.
All that tract ot Land, containing two hundred
and forteen acres and a half acre, situated, lying
and being in the county ©f Chatham.in the state of
Georgia, in the vicinity of the city of Savannah,
originally the property of Phillip Milledge, late
tax collector for siid county—bounded on the
north by five acre lots, on the south by lands of
John Smith, on the east by lands ofßichard Willy
and Hampton Lillibridge, and on tho west bv
lands of Ann Hunter and Burnsides, together
with all the house*, outhouses, and improve
ments on the s lid tract—levied on under and by
virtue ot an execution on foreclosure of mortgage;
issued out of the superior court of Chatham coun
ty? hi favour of the state of Georgia, against tire
administrator and heirs o f William Stephens.
GEORGE MILLEN, s. c. c.
april 8
ton new York
1 lAK tlip STaß V slled Li *e.l
„ lHbre i?K r packet sliming,
I next, lor freight of 00 lij, 9 ?! f* *'Kll) AV
or passage, apply to Capt. M on , 011 4ck
upper wharf, or to ‘ jUur( J at J onojj J
Hall Shunter tV
april 8 1 typer.
SWAIM S PANACEA
Price Two Dollars per Hutti
TO THE PUBLIP
P —l-ncc „f lhe !™ ut
j A unpoMtiuu. practised m reference, M
cine, I am again induced to chan„ Vt “*> ®ii.
Imy BOTTLES. J u f„, uro , tIT
bo put up in round bottle, tinted i ol * Um
I ‘ vl . Ul ll ‘°. Words blown
| ‘bv*aim s Panacea, Phil* da ” i
• , The ; c bott,Cs an> much stronger it.
heretofore used, and will l, ave “but ‘ lli0 *
j vlllch f ovtjr * die cork, with my O , Vu • i*bel
; it, so that Lie cork cannot bo drawn
troy ing the signature, without win,.! 01:1
, irenume. The medicine may consent
i * nown ,w be genuine when my sir ilai , ‘ trit; . v !*
i hie; to counterfeit which, uill be\ u ,0 ? ?i
-forgery. r ni! >nahU
j r l he increasing demand for this r \
’ medicine Ins enabled me to reduce 11. C ‘ ,sbr *ted
, TWO DOI.LABS per buttle, P r !'W
! within the reach of the indigent. Ui git
1 . My Panacea requires no cnconiunr it
lMimg efleets and wonderful operation hi aston *
both from Patients and Medical Prarlv
the highest respectability, the , IUISf u,o, iers 0 f
, approbation, and established for it •> ‘T a!!fi *<i
which envy s pen, though dipped i ft r^r
ver tarnish. ° Cu| ine.
The laJse reports concerniu<* this r i
medicine, which have beau so dih 2en ilv /
od by certain Physicians, luve their orL rCUlt ’
in ENVY, or in the imschievous^eff^. 11
SPURIOUS IMITATIONS. of
i The proprietor pledges himself to th*n.kv
and gives them the most solemn a* B uraiu:e P T*’
this medicine contains neither mercur,. s ’
other deleterious drug. Dur an 7
The public are cautioned not to purcl-5
Panacea except front myself, my unedited “.!?
or persons of known respectability; and 7 *
will consequently bo vviUioat excuse w j J
purchase from any other persons. ’ “ s ‘ la
WAI. SWAIM.
September, 3828.
The following certificate gives the historvfP
the introduction of the Panacea into the
phia Abus House Infirmary. Tlmae
ili be convinced tb.it Urn proprietor h “2’
feared the investigation of physicians, or cm.?
vpred to administer the medicine in secret h
also evinces the prejudices of the faculty*
those who were so anxious orrgmally toex.C
the medicine from this institution, wsald uc.M
mtZ^d'.‘ Uy ° f eXf ’ U,i "' g WV2
From Willi,™ Duane, F.n
Ones ike MU, men of the cu,j of PkilaielpU,.
,• P™P r *f ’ Medical coufJ.
turn ca.,e4 Swaim s Panacea, applied to
quest, „g me to stale what 1 know about ttn’ST
troducliou ,J “ I£ * fnudHune it,to llto Aims inuise—
and 1 consider it a duty to comply wtih kb
request.
f Being President of the Board of Managers of
tne Aims House in the year 1820, Mr. Swaim
expressed to mo a wish to urfflbrtakc the cure of
! some persons then in the house, whose cases were
given up as incurable by the medical gentlemen,
that he was confident of curing, by his medicine,
those eases, and would undertake some of the
. most desperate—and would require no other coin*
pensaUou than the satisfaction to be derived from
the service rendered.
I promised to consult the other managers, and
did so; but I found that some of the medical
gentlemen in the house had labored to prejudice
them, an some of them attempted to preposses me
against what they denominated quackery; soma
of the managers felt inclined to the trial, consid
ering that as they were cases abandoned by tlw
medical men which were to be operated upon, no
harm at least would be done, and if cure was
practicable, the opportunity ought to be afforded;
but they expressed a reluctance to take any re-
upon them; by which I understood
that they did not like to put themselves in opposi
tion to the physicians. Others opposed it altoge
ther. 1 therefore ottered and took uponnijseif
whatever responsibility there was in the case,and
notified mr. Swaim that I would accompany him,
and did so. The first case selected was thatofa
woman, whose appearance was horrible, and vvhosfl
condition was so deplorable that the patient!’ in
the same room wished to have her removed, and
the evidence of my own senses justified their
complaint; she w r as a woman of about 30 or 32
years ot age, her right eye was already destroyed,
the left eye protruded more than half an inch out
of Lhe socket, the flesh of the left cheek was one
complete ulcer, the flesh of the nose had disap
peared and left the nostrils two naked holes, the
upper lip on the lelt side was destroyed, and the
teeth and gums bare, and the whole face, as it
appeared to mo, in a state of dissolution; her ap
petite had left her; the represented a living skel
eton frightful to behold—mr. Swaim said he could
cure her; he could not restore the lost eye,no/
restore the nose, but he could restore the left ey
and the mouth.
He undertook the case, and I frequently attend
ed him in his visits to the poor woman, and she
Was cured; and 1 have frequently seen her sinse*
going about her ordinary business with the ah*
crity usual to a person of that age; the deformity
of course remained, but all that remained beside*
appeared healthful. 1 have confined myself U
this case, upon which it was impossible to be mb
taken, and forborne to introduce any other ck
cumstancs than what belong immediately to it.
VVm. I>c*x£.
Philadelphia, March 11, 1628.
Certificate of Dr. Edwin A. Altrte ,
Member of the Philadelphia Medical floc#J*
The case detailed in the above certifi r * tC C n„.
under my observation, and I believe alderman *
ane’s statement to be strictly correct. Mr W,T *
showed me two other cases nearly similar. 1
were cured by his Panacea, after every °^ iel ”
medy had failed.
Averse as lam to quackery, J hope ® ver T
preserved from unjust and selfish prejudice. *
therefore, do not hesitate to give my
confirmation of the efficacy and safety *
Swaim’s medicine. Edwin A- Ai TR£
Philadelphia , Nov. 5, 1826.
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