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Newspaper Page TextSEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. $ D . g4* . COTXIWG, Mian or. No. 22. -NEW SERIES.] NEWS & PLANTERS 6ALETTE. - terms: Published weekly at Three Dollars per annum ‘f paid at the time of subscribing; or Three V Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid t ill the expi ration of six months. No paper to be discontinued, unless ai the option of the Editor, without the settlement of all arrearages. O’ Letters, on business, must he. post paid,to insure attention. A r o communication shall he published, tinless tie are made acquainted with the name of the author. COTTING & BUTLER, ATTORNIES, HAVE taken an OFFICE in the rear of Willis &. Hester’s Store. January, 1843. 28 TUe Subscriber* to close business,offers at lledu * * ced Prices, his present STOCK, consist ing in part, of the following : gjpj Ladies’ Kid and Calf walking % | Shoes, just received. Misses Calf and Seal do. do. • Miib Children’s Shoes,of various kinds Boy’s Caif and Kip, sewed and peg’d. Shoes, Men’s Shoes, sewed and peg’d. a variety, Women’s sewed and peg’d. Kips, Women’s fine Leather Bootees, Gentlemen’s line Calf Boots, Coarse Brogans, meu’s and boys, best quality, l)o. do. extra size, Men’s Leather Slippers, Men’s Calf and Seal Pumps. ALSO, Ladies’ Kid Buskin Ties, and a case of Gentle lven’s sewed Shoes, soon to arrive. Also, Factory Oznaburgs, at 9 cents per yard, and woolen Linseys, nearly a yard wide, at 28 to 30 cents, which article was sent invoiced at 45 cents, and cannot be bought at the Factory now at much less than 40 cts. by the quantity. 33’ Persons wishing any of the above articles, will do well to call at the SHOE STORE of A. L. LEWIS. N. B.—Persons indebted on account will please call and settle at tiio earliest possible date. January 12, 1843. A. L. 1.. Removal* THE Subscriber informs the public that ho has removed from Tyrone to Crawford viile, where he has permanently located himself, and will carry on the business of manufacturing (iOTTON-GINS, and will deliver Gins to any part of Georgia or South Carolina, to order.— Persons wishing any correspondence with the Subscriber, will please direct to Crawfordville, Taliaferro county, Ga., where ail orders in my line oi business will be thankfully received and will be promptly attended to by the Subscriber. T return my thanks tu Old Wilkes for her pat ronage, and yet hope not to be forgotten by her, believing as I do that I can do as well by the Planters in furnishing them with Cotton-Gins as any man in the Southern States. S. R. CRENSHAW. January 5, 1843. 19 Tailoring Establishment Removed over H. S. Belcher’s Store. rjMIE Subscriber begs leave to inform the pub lie and his former customers, that in conse quence of the present Hard Times, he will make up Work in a Superior Style of Fashion, at a reduced price for Cash. Cotton, Hog-meatv Lard, Meal, Flour, or Irish Potatoes. Persons wishing to patronize a TAILOR that is willing to comply with the Times, can do so by applying to the Subscriber. WILLIAM F. SOI IAN. October 13, 1842. 7 ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Mary Hughes, deceased, late of Wilkes county, are hereby notified to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and those having demands a gainst the same vvi'l present them in terms of the law. BARNARD 11. HUGHES, AdmT. January 5, 1843. 6t 19 JYotice* ALL persons having demands against the Es tate of Larkin Clark, late of Elbert county, deceased, will present them as the law requires; and those indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to ROBERT McMILLAN, Executor. Elberton, January 4,1843. 20 JfMallorysville ,Icaridity. hitherto given in the discharge of her duties, to gether with the remarkably good health of the Village, we feel assured, are sufficient to induce such as wish their daughters thoroughly instruc ted in any of the various branches comprised in a good English education, to extend their patron age. O’ Board can be obtained at Bedford Cade’s and Reuben Smith’s, who reside in the village, as low as it can be obtained at any other Board ing School in the county. THE TRUSTEES. January 12, 1842. 3t 20 GEORGIA, I Wnereas, James Harris ap- Wilkes countu. £ plies to me for Letters of Dis misßion as Guardian for Barbary J. Watkins, Roxalina Watkins, and Martha Watkins. These are therefore to cite, summon, and ad monish, all and singular the kindred and creditors of said Minors, to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause (if any they have,) why said letters should not be granted Given under my hand at office, this 13th day of far January, 1843. / /, JOHN 10 DYSON, c. c. o. 4 January 19- fjßm 21 DltY GOODS Cheap Cor Cash. Has on hand and is now opening, a large assortment of Staple and Fancy lii’j Which he will sell very low for CASH. AMONG WHICH ARE : Black, blue, invisible-green, mulberry, drab and mix’d Broadcloths Black and blue plain Cassimeres Do. do. figured do. Fancy, diamond and diagonel do. Black, blue, mix’d, and drab Sattinets Kentucky Jeans, Kerseys and Linseys Red, white, green and yellow Flannels ‘ Plain and diamond Beaver Cloths, for O vercoats Pilot Cloth, Tweeds and Cable Cassimeres French and English Merinocs Plain and figured Muslin do Laines Plain and twilled Alpaca’s A large assortment of French, English and American Calicoes Plain black Challv, fine article Plain, figured and watered black Silks Chine, plaid and figured fancy Silks Black and white Satins, for Dresses Do. do. for Vestings Black silk Velvets, lor do. A large assortment of Winter Shawls Irish Linens and Scotch Ginghams Silk, cotton and worsted Hosiery. ALSO, A General Assortment of Hats, Boots, Shoes, and Saddlery, Hardware and Cutlery, Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Giass, (iueensware, and nearly every article usually kept in a Dry Good Store, which he is determined to sell low, believing a “ nimble six-pence is better than a slow shilling ” OCT People from the conn:'v w ould do well to call and examine for iw elves Washington, Ga., Nov 1842. 13 JYotice* k The Subscriber wishes to dispose •RvSR of his Village Property ai Liiico;:.- ton, consisting oi three settlements 1 i.i m the village, with Offices on each suitamc lor ProfessionalGen'l -niee—with Tim bered Lands adjacent :o the Village, connected with each. On one of the Lots I•; . ore-house well fixed, Blacksmith's and Wood-shop com plete—ail of which wall be sold on accommoda ting terms, and prices, in accordance to the times PETER L'-MAR. Lincolnton, Nov. 3, 1842. 3m 10 JLOSty ON Wednesday the lltli instant, between Washington and Mr.- Wellborn’s, (> miles below Raysvitie, by way of Griffin’s Mills, a small vest Pocket Bo >k, containing one hundred and twenty-three ‘dollars—one SIOO hill, one ten, and one live, on the State Bank ; one five on the Brunswick Bank ; one dollar Georgia Kail Road, and one two dollar Dili South Carolina, in two pieces, two Railroad receipts for five bales Cotton each, and a receipt from Mos ely & Elling ton for one hide, and some other papers not re collected. Any person finding the same and de- j livering it to me, shall receive as a reward the twenty-three dollars. W. F. BAKER. CP The Augusta Chronicle will please give the above three insertions in the weekly paper, I and forward their account to this office. Washington, January 19,1843. 21 S3O Reward. hOSty On the 24th day of Decomber 1842, between my house and Lincolnton, Lincoln County, a common size leather pocßet-book tied with a blue string, and containing about three hundred and twenty dollars in Bank Bills on different Banks, and one dollar mid fifty cents in silver; also the following Notes and Receipts, viz : One note on Cash Willingham, for six hun dred and fifty five dollars fifty cents ; one on Pe ter Lamar, for one hundred dollars, one on Thos. J. Murray, for S4O, one on Benjamin Samuels, for $32, one on Watson, for S2OO, two fi. fas. one against Tilinan Alvey, the other against William Reynolds, amounts not recollected. Two due bills on B. B. Moore, for sls each.— Three notes on Tilman Alvey, one for $75 one for SBOO the other amount not recollected. One on Thomas Tillery, for $6, one receipt on Rob ert F. Curry for $220, one receipt on Jas. Lamp kin for $339, one receipt for four bales cotton in Augusta at Green & Andrews warehouse, left there in Dec. 1842. Also many other notes and receipts, the names and amounts not recollected. All persons are warned against trading for the above named notes and receipts. Any person finding the Pocket Book and con tents, and delivering the same to Isaac Willing ham at his residence three miles from Lincolnton on the Petersburg Road, or to Milus M. Camp bell at Lincolnton, shall be entitled to the above reward of thirty dollars. ISAAC WILLINGHAM. Lincolnton Jan. 4,1843. 19 months afterdate application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Wilkes county, while sitting for Ordinary pur poses, for leave to sell two-thirds of a certain Tract of Land lying in the counties of Warren and Taliaferro, situated on the waters of Beaver dam Creek, belonging to the minors of Joseph YV. Luckett, late of VVilkes county, deceased— to-wit: Patrick H. Luckett and Robert E. Luck*, ett. HUGH WARD, Guardian. January 5,1843. m4m 19 ~ <©aa EXECUTED AT THIS © IF IF 0 © II „ WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) JANUARY 26, 1813. ffitlsstcUffttcottg. THE USE AND ABUSE QF CALO MEL. [Communicated for the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.] The life of a physician is generally, and especially in the country, attended by an a mount ofcare, anxiety, self-denial and vex ation, of which few, out of the profession, have any idea. This, measurably, arises from the nature of the employment, the va rious sympathies which are called into ac tion in his intercourse with his patients, and much from the ingratitude of those for whom he labors. It is a matter of indifference to them whether he rides in his barouche up on McAdamized turnpikes, or on horse back over the rail roads of days gone by ; he may grow pale over the last drop of midnight oil, toqtialify himselffor the faith ful and efficient discharge of his duty, and who regards it? He may contend with j darkness and buffet the storms, and then ho j denied or reluctantly paid the pittance for i which he toils. However unpleasant ail this may be, it is not so humiliating and annoying as, when life and health are de pending on some particular prescription, to be compelled to contend with and combat the prejudices entertained by his employer against different articles ofthe materia mc dica. Among these there are none that meet him so often, or come in for so large a share ofobloquy and reproach, as mercu rials. That all active medicines should be used with prudence, caution and skill, is very proper, and whether these have been so used is immaterial ; one thing will bo readily admitted, that they have been less a bused in their use than they have been slan dered in their effects ; and all the injury that has ever resulted from their excessive use would never have given them the char acter they now possess With a laT'ge portion I of our employers, had it not been aided by I contrivers of patients, pediars of nostrums, Thomsonians, Reformers, Homasopaths, hy dit.paths, and even regular physicians.— Why the former are so zealous in their hos- ! tilitv, can be readily understood ; but why the last named should, by unqualified de nunciations, lend iheir aid to decry such valuable and indispensable preparations, is not so readily perceived, except it be to build themselves up upon the ruins of some poor wight, who has unfortunately saliva ted a patient, and who by his industry and talents is iikely to stand in their way.— Tha‘ unprincipled quacks and ignorant pre- H ini is. can take any course, for the sake of popularity, is very certain—but how lit erary, scientific, intelligent and honorable men can lend their names to promote and strengthen these prejudices,is truly incom prehensible. We are led to these remarks by a para graph which is now going the rounds of the political journals, purporting to be an ex tract from a lecture lately delivered by Pro fessor Chapman, of Philadelphia ; which for its severity, indiscretion and misrepre sentation, exceeds anything that the most violent enemy of calomel would dare to put forth. It out-llerod’s Herod himself.— Coining from one occupying the elevated station which.he does, it will be seized upon with avidity by the nostrum venders, refor mers and pretenders throughout the land, and heralded fortli as proof positive of the truth of the numerous slanders which they have so long and so zealously propagated. If no other injury would result from this paragraph, than to furnish a weapon by which unprincipled men might combat the regular practice of medicine, and render it unpopyftir, we would permit it to pass un noticed ; but, as it comes from “powers in high places,” its errors deserve to be ex posed, lest some, adopting the views of the Professor, might jeopardize the health and livesof those entrusted to their care. Here is the paragraph, as published in tlie “Baltimore Patriot” of the 19th of Oc tober:—“Gentlemen, ifyou could see whal I almost daily see in my private practice in this city, persons from the Soutli in the very last stages of wretched existence, emacia ted to a skeleton ; with both tables of the skull almost completely perforated in ma ny places ; the nose half gone, with rotten jaws, ulcerated throats, breath more pestife rous, more intolerable tiian the poisonous upas, limbs racked with the pains of the in quisition, minds as imbecile as the puling babe, a grevous burden to themselves and a disgusting spectacle to others, you would exclaim, as I have often done, O! the la mentable want of science that dictates the abuse of that noxious drug, calomel, in the Southern States. Gentlemen, it is a dis graceful reproach to the profession ofmedi cine ; it is quackery, horrid, unwarranta ble, murderous quackery. • YV hat merit do gentlemen of the South flatter themselves they possess by being able to salivate a pa tient? Cannot the veriest fool in Christen domsalivate—give calomel? But I will ask another question. Who is it that can slop the career of mercury at will, after he has taken the reins in his own destructive and ungovernable hands? He who, for an ordinary cause, resigns the fate of his pa tients to mercury, is a vile enemy to the sick ; and if he is tolerably popular, will, in one successful season, have paved the way for the business of life ; for be has enough to do ever afterwards to stop the mercurial breach ofthe constitution of his dilapidated patients. He has thrown himself in fearful proximity to death, and has now to fight him at arm’s length as long as the patient maintains a miserable existence.” If such a horrible condition was truly the PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. I consequence ofsalvation, there are few who would “resign the fate of their patients to mercury for an ordinary,” or even an ex traordinary ‘cause,’ since the use of any re medy, that is worse than the disease, could never bo countenanced by a benevolent mind, in this paragraph it was evidently the intention ofthe Professor to convey the idea that these symptoms are thetegitirnate and usual consequence of the exhibition of calomel, as practised in the common en demics of the South, and without qualfiea tionlie leads us to attribute the above state ofthe patient to his having been salivated ; for says he, “what merit do gentlemen of the South flatter themselves they possess by being able to salivate a patient?” &c.—as if salivation simply, or the ordinary consti tutional effect of calomel, was the particu lar matter against which he would direct his anathema. The whole tenor of the ar ticle seems to be to impress upon the mind of the reader that tlie constitutional effect of mercurials does almost uniformly pro duce the state he has so graphically des cribed. And from the last two sentences it is very manifest lie intended to apply his remarks to the use of calomel in the disea ses of the South generally, without refer ence to any one particular disease. Lest there should be any error in the construc tion given to the Professor’s language, it was submitted to a number of non-profes sional individuals, who uniformly receiv ed from it tlie above impression. Now we are as much opposed to an im prudent, uncalled-for or ultra use of calo mel in the diseases ofthe Soutli and West as the Professor possibly can be, and would at all times protest against it. YVeare not of those who believe tliat, in these endem ics, salivation, in any case, insures tlie safe ty of the patient ; but on tlie contrary we are satisfied that many are injured where this opinion has been carried out in prac tice by the medical attendant ; yet, not to the extent either in kind, magnitude, or du ration, which is urged in tlie above quota tion. Although we are not and never have been the apologist or defender of the ultra mercurialist—and do now most solemnly protest against being so classed— vet, we are constrained to say, that in thirty years’ uninterrupted practice in the great YVes tern Valley, where we have seen tlie ulti matum of ultraisin in tlie use of this drug, we have never seen the state, described by tlie professor, produced by calomel in any case, when prescribed for the cure of any of our endemics—and we unhesitatingly give it as our deliberate opinion that calomel a lone never did produce that state in any case whatever. This is broad ground, but we trust tve shall be able to maintain it by incontrovertible testimony. There are a number of practitioners in j the YY’est, and probably in the South, too, who believe, and practice upon that belief, that the existence of any disease is incom patible with mercurial action ; that when the patient is salivated, his safety is certain. With persons entertaining this opinion, it is natural to suppose, if an ordinary amount of calomel does not produce this effect an extraordinary will, or death must follow. Holding such an opinion, acting upon it, and having unbounded confidence in this drug, we might naturally conclude that large quantities would be used. But as “a large quantity” is rather indefinite, we will be more particular, and state, that we are now acquainted with a practitioner who in a rather sparse country practice, cover ing a territory of ten by twenty miles, in his individual prescriptions, uses twenty six poundsof calomel annually. This, ad mitting he had sixteen patients a week, which is a large average, would give to each the small amount of two hundred and forty grains per week—or sixteen doses of fifteen grains each—making four heroic doses for bad cases. “The lamentable want of science ai the ! South” could not, certainly, practice with j a more liberal hand than this ; yet, we will , pledge our professional reputation—wheth- s or this be great or small is immaterial, for to us it is valuable, being our living—that no one case, such as is described by the Pro fessor, can be found in the whole range of a practice in which this regular allopath has been engaged for more than eight years. It may be here observed that the inhabi, tants of this region are as healthy and have as strong constitutions as those residing in other localities where they have professed ly much more theory and science. Some few years since, we were called to see a patient, whom we found as he said with “ very unpleasant and singular feel ings.” He compared his sensations to “ one packed full of dry bran,” stating that he had just taken the eighth of ten doses which had been left for him by a regular physician, a specimen of which he present ed. Upon examination it proved to be cal omel ; and, submitted to the balance, it weighed sixty grains, the whole of which eight doses was then in his stomach, as no action had taken place from that organ or the bowels. This patient perfectly recov ered, without ulceration, loss of jaw bones or any other disfigurement. Although such prescriptions are shamefully unpardonable and unjustifiable, and richly deserve the unqualified reprobation of every regular member ofthe profession ; yet they “show that calomel has been grossly slandered by its enemies, and not esteemed very high ly by some of its friends ; for it has, no doubt, been many times blamed for produ cing symptoms which were justly attribu table to the disease for which it was pre j scribed. 1 YVe were once in consultation in a case of some three years standing. The patient exhibited the following symptoms : extreme emaciation, protuberances, thickened and perforation of the frontal and pariental bones ulcerations over the frontal sinuses, in the throat and nose, the latter of which was greatly disfigured ; “ rotten jaws,” foul breath, enlargement of the joints, intolera ble pain and perfect mental prostration.— The history of the case developed these facts :—that he had contracted n disease for which he had been twice salivated; the first time with some amelioration of his symptoms —the last, more than a year since without benefit, and with an aggravation of all liis sufferings. For the last six months he had been under a course of iodine and sarsaparilla, for mercurial disease, but without benefit; his disease was steadily progressing. He was now put upon a course of proto-iodide of mercury with sar. sap,ai ilia,-which was perseveringly contin ued ; in ten weeks his ulcers w ere nearly healed, and in ten months the thickening and enlargement of the bones bad disap peared, leaving nothing but the sears and deformity of the nose to testify of his recent “dilipidated condition.” This patient was manifestly of a scrofulous diathesis. lie now enjoys good health. Is not this case sufficiently well characterized to entitle it to a place among the diseases which are produced by those southern prescriptions, that indicate “ the lamentable want of sci ence ’ which prevails in that region? If this be a correct classification, how shall we explain the rationale ofilie cure, except by the homoeopathic aphorism, “similia similibus curantur,” which, rendered into the vernacular, means neither more nor less than that “ the hair of the same dog that made the tvound will cure the bite.” The effects of mercurials, exhibited in large doses or long continued, have been re peatedly observed, frequently described, and are well understood. YVe are told bv those who have had experience in this mat- j ter that large doses produce “a peculiar taste, increased moisture, redness and tu mefaction of the gums, an augmented flow of saliva, tender & swollen salivary glands, and a disagreeable odor of the breath.” If a larger quantity has been taken, or the medicine be long continued, we have “ pain and tumefaction of the gums, tongue and parts adjacent, difficulty of swallowing, a peculiar fetor of the mouth, and a flow of saliva, amounting in some cases to several pints in the course of a day, attended by debility and emaciation. If the mercury be still persevered in, the mouth becomes ulcerated, the teeth loosened, and alarming symptoms indicating a peculiar affection of the nervous system ensue; and to these may be added nausea, vomiting, perspira tion and increased flow of urine.” In these symptoms we have the immediate effects of excessive doses of mercury ; but they are seldom seen except in neglected, cases, or in individuals possessing some peculia r con stitutional idiosyncrasy. “ There are per sons in whom mercury, incautiously used, will produce a ‘dysenteric affection, with tenesmus, feeble pulse, and intestinal ul ceration. There are others who cannot bear mercury in any form ; as soon as pty alisrn shows itself, there is a great prostra tion of strength and pulse, with fainting— followed occasionally by an ague, in which I the cold stage predominates, the pulse is small and quick, the stomach and bowels disordered, the countenance fallen, with | great disinclination to motion, in which sit- | nation some have, from quick exertion, sud denly expired.” In this whole catalogue j of ills, if lues and scrofula be absent, “ tlie tables of the skull jtre” not “ perforated,” the nose is uninjured; no ulcerations of the throat, nor is there any resemblance to ! that “disgusting spectacle” which Profes sor Chapman has exhibited to us. Yet these are the symptoms attributable, by tlie first men in the profession, to over doses of mercury. Among the remote effects of this drug, Dr. Christison mentions a vesicular erup tion (eczema mercuriale,) w hich is attend ed by fever, congh, some difficulty of brea thing, and has terminated fatally. In the worst cases a copious discharge ensues ; the epidermis, together with the hair and nails, falls off'. “ The effects which follow a long-continued application of mercurials may be seen in miners, gilders, looking-glass and barometer makers, chemicalmanufactur ers, &e. In them it produces a kind of shaking palsy, gradual in its progress, be ginning with tremors and convulsions, which generally attack the arms, with loss of memory, great restlessness, dry and brown skin, pulse slow, the patient becomes delirious, and sinks if not removed from the source of his malady. The miners of Al maden and of Idria furnish frequent speci mens of this form of mercurial poisoning ; their teeth loosen, the salivary glands swell, pustular eruptions and tremors ensue.” In a note appended to Hunter’s work on Syphilis, we find the following. Speaking of the injurious or poisonous effects of mer cury, he says, “ there are two forms, acute and chronic—the first we have already de scribed.,” Os the chronic, he holds the fol lowing language : “ In the second form, the derangement may be less immediately dan gerous, but it more extensively pervades the whole system, and is more permanent. There shall be no palpitation ofthe heart, but the pulse shall be small and accelera ted ; there shall be loss of sleep and of ap petite, a sallow paleness of the counte nance, often a loaded tongue, and always great debility and emaciation. The gen eral aspect shall be that of extreme ill ! health. If this state bo allowed to contin- M. J. KAPPEA,, Printer. ue, oilier symptoms indicative of general cachexia will supervene. There will be scrofulous enlargements of the glands, rheumatic pains in the limbs, or languid inflammation of the joints, having some thing of a scrofulous character. Tlie ul cerative will everywhere supersede tlie ad hesive process. This state of constitution, if once fully established, is not easily cor rected. Y ears frequently pass before all traces of it are removed, it is the result, not so often of an inordinate dose of mercury continued only for a short period, as of a long and obstinate perseverance in tlie ex hibition of moderate doses, notwithstanding evident signs of deterioiated health and di minished powers.” Dr. Coles corroborates this opinion, and states, of small doses, that “ what w as considered an indulgence to the scrofulous habit, ultimately proved to be the source of the principal mischiefs which have been observed when mercury was ad ministered to scrofulous patients,” for the cure of syphilis. • John Hunter, in his work on Syphilis, makes the suggestion that meicury would develope nodes, scrofula and rheumatism, and from this the profession were averse to the use of this article in scrofulous habits. That this suggestion is incorrect, we infer from the fact, that some of the best writers of the present day treat both scrofula and rheumatism, successfully, with mercurials. Dr. Coles says he has never seen nodes pro duced by this article, and we are more than half inclined to believe that most of the symptoms above enumerated, as tiie conse quence of an excessive or improper use of mercury, are never developed except sy philis be present, for it is manifest that lit tle of this danger is apprehended fiom the use of mercury in other diseases, or wri ters would not have passed over so impor tant a matter, and only mentioned the poi sonous effects of this drug when treating of syphilis alone. YY’hat physician ofthe pre sent day hesitates to give mercury in any cas’ where it is indicated? Does lie stop !o inquire win tlier scrofula be present ? No, . veil in those cases where the existence, o; scrofula is obvious, yea, well developed they have no reluctance to prescribe this powerful remedy ifthe disease require ils use ; and it is well understood that syphili tic patfents may be safely and speedily cured by mercurials, without prejudice-to any scrofulous symptoms with .which they may happen to be affected. From these views, taken from others, as well as our own observation, .ve are satis fied that tiie symptoms described by tlie Professor are the legitimate conseqi.o .ice of syphilis or scrofula ; and in case ofthe lat ter, sqch symptoms will seldom he sren, ex cept developed or aggravated by tnc form er, or in cases where mercurials have been withheld or sparingly given for tlie cure of lues. Can any one read Hunter, Ricord, Coles, or any other writer, on syphilis, of recent date, and doubt for one moment where to place the professor’s case ? If so, it is high time some ofthe “magnates” of the profession should give us the charac teristics by which we may make a correct diagnosis between mercurial and syphili tic disease. We now appeal to the physicians of tlie South io say il these cases are as numerous ia that legion as the Professor would inti mate. If daily patients can wend their way to Philadelphia to consult Professor Chap man, in the locality from whence they came, this form ofdisease must be inon as intermittent in a misasmatio region. If this be the case, we opine that the dete rioration of morals among that people would call for longer and louder lamentations than the “want of science” in tiie profes sion. A few more compliments, of this character, bestowed on the profession and people of tiie South, will in a short time pro duce a state of feeling towards tlie Profes sor and the honorable and ancient school with which lie is connected, which will not be envied by other professors and institu tions located around her. The motives which have influenced the Professor to permit this paragraph to go forth without qualification or explanation, are truly inconceivable. YY'o cannot for one moment suppose Professor Chapman to be unacquainted with the symptoms, prog ress and treatment of syphilis or scrofula ; and itcannofbe possible that one, occupy ing the elevated station in the profession he does, can desire the unenviable reputation of “expelling mercury from the bones,” by which he may monopolize the chronic dis eases of the South, and secure to himself a lucrative practice among the nabobs of that region. His long occupation of the chair of Theory and Practice forbids the former conclusion, while his standing, hispraelice, his income, and his views opon the modus 1 operandi of medicines, as certainly repudi ate the latter. YVe arc therefore reluctant ly compelled to the conclusion that he is entirely regardless of the character, credit and prosperity of tiie medical profession.— YVe are justified in this opinion by the fact that this is not the first instance in which he has manifested this feeling. Swaim's Panacea is a standing monument of his want of propriety, and of his perfect disregard to the honor ofthe profession and the rights of his brethren. Arf.ta.us. Portsmouth, Ohio, Dec. 7, 1842. Awful. —There is said to bo (wo passa ges in the scripture which go to prove that females do not go to Heaven ! First ‘And there appeared in Heaven, lo! a woman.— (Rev. xii. 1.) Second—‘There was silence in Heaven about the space of lialfan hour (Ibid. viii. 1.) [VOLUME XXVIII.