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acknowledge ihe indrprmfciic*
*^“frasSi»SS“
hid mnirtfiili" '* H*' ir independence^—
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hnd been punun
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title to mak
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The
tion not of tinofTiiial character were now j victories of Salamanca. of Valor ■
if Tale-1 of Mother name* from nWrb he will l i.idest sister went, in tUn fnll.ir’c «l.«erci, tent. AftrrUiry were gor. 1 cr j *■
‘ “ I oi Aioiner nnmre, i. i , , ,i.. ,,,-rvun ,.f fi. ilir.a- turn, tlur <niDh.V< u hrrw lf m • u .
produced, it mu«t be a mere dead Irth r nti
tar t hie of the house. He hoped, tin' t. re,
tile house would lint countt lianco tine | re
sumptions lipfk'ornMe to the foreign |«iw-
ers, oar inlim 'tf with whom tonld not be
strengthened by there tapnc insinuations ;
•antlhe would caution the lion, gentleman a-
liaa ocen ".j"' i a destroyed their eauvt throw ins out rep roaches as.oust what
t^i'lenwnaU jny remonstrance agiinst such he tailed the Holy Alliance, against synch
' ‘ as no ground for that spirit of dts-
.WU ration if it w ere made- hy this coun- j there was no ground foi
i L The lion and learned luemiier tiien 1 tmM ai d hostility whicli had been di*p!ajed
„ l'. ,o arguej that w hen colonies email- J by lh> honorable member ; he could pro>i
inited thcm«elvc9 andsiVceeded lor a mini-1 that the government or this country had its
iLfvun in maintaining their ii*iep< n- full share of influence at this time in the emm-
bfr of years in maintaining tneir iielepi
deuce, it was nothing more than a question
other states on (be continent; and he
protested against any observations which
listnist among fliose powers,
Iflhis were not the case, the t ultra riwn-i nou soase "Hit unanimity which had *>> uta-
i and the United States of America, might terix'ly contributed to the safety of Europe. If
«r policy with any other slate, whether it pretested again-
would recognize such independence or not. j might spread <1.
If this were not the case, the United I’rnsin-J and shake that t
have remained to this hour uuacknewledg
•d. He contended that though at present
wc had a Consul at Busnos Avres, still as
the law stood w* were compellable to treat
these cruisers as pirates, ami there was at
this moment a js oceeding pending in out ol
tiie courts of this country, instituted at the
ra. nl the l’yrenci with all there-tht r glo- j cjjocse ten to coni} lele tlie Junta. '1 here
rious achievements of the illustrious VMlingr Jjhj, y PCn formed n Couipiittre of
was so vaguu airtl reuiotei that his lioii; j p ub , ic Sflfc , y f( , r ,| lP Hty of Naples.—
I low e tor. tio one iIkikIi troubles, and
particiHurlv no danger is qpprcbcndetl
ar.it learned fi .end wild caR the assistance
wli’ch England had rendered to Spain, a
‘‘little” mi Mary awl ? Left to itself, the cause
of Spain must hate been hopeless. Nothing
could have saved her but the celebrated
man h of our illustrious Command* r. Now.,
however, all this was to he railed a “ little”
military aid, and was to he sunk, focaiiM
to tl.O rot al fnrnilt."
Claud States and France.— ihe lul-
boa in had lad a revolotioii, and ihe heitet:t*i > ({MV j n „ j IJSt observation* on tlie merits of
ota revolution mutt he tadcd of. !V'f* , he cotua ^rcUl differences lteitveen the
Harm a trifiio ti» tnc s :on f*l Inn*!*} , , n iiirtn uitli
and on,be,«lmsliti.ti.M.stl,rf.t. t l,oueEun.re : 1 ^'‘.tes and I ranee-a-n.it on tt.lit
as his honorable and leari.id Jnend : hut lie
neverwas disposed to prefer nett i solutions
because they were new,and to di-lr>t «s .di-
li'hed iustit .tiona bccausi they ttt rtesUib-
lishtj. He retained the same wishes with
there was any thing in the transaction allu
ded to by the honorable men.hi r. whir h
went to shake tbe system on which the great JP .
Powers of Europe had acted ; ibe ptesent j demand motion, •ennstotriog it
was the first time he (Lord Cn*tlen*agh) gether williotit^fitiunfL
it l.om tt t tt i*li to lint e nothing but It iend-
ly rcl.i1ior.>-—arc from the -Southern Pat-
riat :—“On tlie whole, we are sorry
to see a spirit of this hind carried into
, . . >h«swi •N nM j e between mttiona tuherwise iriond-
res, wet to South Amenta, as formerly; butj )y We ^ bfcn forlM!nring . tthen
he must oppose tla 1 hoo. and lestmcti gf
J ’ ’* * be *l^>-
kucw ofsuch a thing ; for lie could truly sat
that the honor of etcry }viwer connected
instigation of Spain for tlie purpose of taking with the holy- alliance was in»ok«-d in a
from Spanish crutoers proper tv belonging to pledge, as well as a desire to promote tb
-Spanish ,
them, and the proceeding ttargrounded on
the law as it notv stood. The treaty of Pa
ris, agreed to in the year 1814, did not b.ud
the country' down to any particular course
of proceeding otherwise than ti iiat we should
be at liberty to adopt, according tu tlie law
of nations, if no such treaty existed, lie
wished to put it to the bouse what the con
sequences matt he, if a Prince ol ihe House
of Bourbon were Vo be placed on the Throne
of a nctv kingdom in th« extensive regions
of couth America, Could any man mter-
tain a doubt Hut, in such a case', the most ri
gid hires respecting commercial monopoly
O'.Lild be es a hushed and acted upou, ar.d
that these would operate m-ast injuriously a-
g.iiuat the interests of G- Britain? If Spain
was so weak as tube unable to regard the
possessions of her South American colonies,
G.-eat-Britain was undoubtedly free to re
cognize their independence ; and as we had
a strong interest in tueir freedom, we were
bound to notice a transaction which, in ail
probability, was one of the results arising ou;
of the Holy Albany. Wth respect to the
conduct of France on this occasion, hexouki
not express bis feelings too strongly. This
was the way her government paid the debt
of gratitude" they owed us, for the efforts we
had been making, and the quantity of blood
and treasure which we had expended during
the last 30 years to restore the House of j
Bourbon. Scarcely was the wax dry which
sealed the treaty that placed the sceptre in
their feeble hands, when the members of that
house and their advisers began to form pro
jects honiie to the interest of their benefac
tors. We were ibe best benefactors of that
family; and as such, we had aright to de-
man J from the French government, a con
duct the Tery retem- of this which was most
-treacherous and perfidious. He did not know
whether he should say that tve ought to pro
ceed to the recognition of the independence
of the South American provinces: but he
must observe that the United States of Ame
rica were continually on the watch, and had
neglected nothing by which they could cul
tivate tueir friendship : and with that view
Nad sent commissioners thither to enquire
into their situation. They had two great ob-
^cts in Tiew : first to obtain possession of
the FkmdoS ; and after that, to acknow ledge
the independence of the South American
States. He would ask then if it was wise
or prudent to allow the United States to take
the start of us in this importaot business -—
to allow them to retain exclusively the friend
ship of South-American Spaniards, and thus
open a wide market for the produce of their
industry to the exclusion of the mar.ufitctures
of Great Britaio ? Any thinr like delay in
this business would be highly prejudicial to
ns. And why, he asked, should we not avail
ourselves of the opportui.ity which Provi
dence placed in our hands, ami cultivate the
friendship of twenty millions of people with
whom we might carry on a commercial in
tercourse of unbounded benefit to us ? Here
the hun. gentleman entered into several
Statements to shew how extensively i.izrma
ll ifactures were sought after in South-Ame
rica ; and he observed that this trade was
hkeiy to be carried on to the greatest extent,
aid in a way likely to fee highly advantage-
o .s to both countries. Jfe anxi -usly hoped
that his Majesty’s minister* would lake the
Subject into their most serious consideration:
»nd that they would have the fatislartion of
reflecting that they had acknowledged, and
were instrumental in producing that triumph
of liberty and reason, over higotrv and in jus
tice, which was gaining ground in the new
world. He concluded with moving an hum-
Me address to his Majesty that he would be
graciously pteesed to give directions, that
there lie laid beiore the house copies of all
official communications received by bis Ma
jesty'* government, relative to a negoebtion
tarried on between the French government
and the agent of any government at Buenos
Ayres, relative to the establishment of a Mo
narchy in South-America, under a Prince of
"the House of Bourbon.
Lord CatUeremrh said, it would place his
Majesty's government in embarrassment if
be were to accede to the present motion: for
tne facts already knnwj, tn the government
sycre so imperfect, that it would be impos-
C.ble to enter into anv discussion on such
material*; and if these'were laid before the
■House they could produce no other effect
than that of XRtscenceptio* rt home and a-
broad. On a former day, a gallant officer
on the. other side of tlie house bad put a
question tv him on this sid.jtct; and the an
swer which he (Lord C.) gate. was. that he
was not :n possession of such information as
ought properly to be laid before the house,
nor such as would -wren be intelligible to the
house: nor such as the house could art n
The Let was, tint several printed papers had
been transmitted to his Majesty’s gavern-
vnent-by the officer who had' the command
of the naval station at Buenos Ayres ; these
papers related rhiedy to certain criminal
prnceedmgs, which were carried on there n-
K*inst some persons concerned in the trans
actions just alluded to. The relations, how
ever, iielween this country and the govern-
mentof Buenos Ayres, were not of such an
official nature, as would warrant his Males
♦v’s government in acting o 0 those docu
ments. which could not bo consider'd as offi
cial. Besides, many wtlicr communications
were ret to be made, which it would be ne-
ee*sary to look at before the house could
take a view of tbe subject in question. In
deed, with the information he then possess
ed, be was incapable *Tariteriaginto anv ex
planation on the subject: and to take it up
in its present state, could not he attended
with any practical utility ; particularly so.
when the object of the hon. gentleman seem
ed to be to review the whole of the policy
which England had acted upon, with regard
to Sonth-Airierica. Whatever the hon. gen
tleman might think as to the propriety of
calling for this information at some future
period, he must surely feel, that if jnform*-
gencral interest* of the whole. lie licqied
then that the house would vii=pe»d itsjudg
nient on the whole of the transactions i
question, and nut call for information which
could not lie given.
Sir Jamt* JIactnioeh contend'd that re
time was m-cefit for bringing forward and
discussing a motion oftfc's I i dtliau thetiim
tt lien fortigi Powers were making encroac h-
ments of a clandestine and treacherous ra-
ture on the national interests of this country.
He thought the Noble Lord should bate do
objection to produce such documents a>
were in his possession. He wished the
House particularly to observe tbnt ihe neg'»-
ciation respecting the establishment of a
monarchy at Iluenos Ayrts, was earned on
in the month of May Ibl9. just at the lime
when that House was employed in passirg a
Bill to prohibit Er'ri-h subjects from ' ntrrinc
Into the rirvircof the Americans—a
Bill, tbe effect of winch tr : g! t en-.b!-* Spain
tore.'otcr pos-ression of those provinces.—
The Continental Powers were privy to tlie
plan of forming the New Monarchy in these
extensive regions; while England, kept in
ignorance on the subject, it;.' discttssti g thv
measure to which ire just alluded, if ihi
British Gavermnet.t hail known of the exist
ence «f such a ncg' ciation, the P.irhamwi'
Si* Xacintotk iu egplarialMiD'snid,
his nieani :g irus that tin* Spaniards ha.l de
livered iltemselttswilh little military rid o :
Ihi ir own: and nothing could be furtbe*
from bis itlras than that of dispart ging flic
inestiniable lienelits resulting from the h»il-
li.aut exploits of the Duke of Wellington.
Mr. tlliict roueuiv.vd. that uotlung maid
he wtorr important tLitre that of cullivathi^
the most ftii mily inti rcomsc with tin South
American Ptot irters, ou account of the vast
importance th< y would i-e of to ourcoin-
niercial inUTesis. He did not think the new
state of things in f*pain would make ary
material dif.< r> nee in the state of those colo
nies, should they now fall under the domin
ion rtf the mother country. Jt wasot the
greatest Kiiportauce that tinve colonies
>hoiiid be indepctjdcr t ';nd frvoraMe to us;
for tl.e revival of om declining trade and
manufactures would in a great measure de
pend on such a s‘ate a nldi positior. hi those
extensive provinces.—We fliould maiuly
lock to hiintli America as a source for the
coo.suinplion of our c*>nimnditn - s.
StR OvT.'inncv opposed the i>»-.)tion.
Dr. Luchintrtoti s; i.i reply. Under
al! the circumstances, he would he very un
willing to press tbe motion, and altiiough
hiso; inioii of its in pertat.ee was tint les-
M iied. lie would, with the leave ol the house,,
wiUidiaw his motion. Motion withdrawn.
we consuiec tliat Atnertcatv cotlon, im
ported ii.to France, is *uhject to u duty
of 4 dollars per JtX) pound*. hti nvore
than cotton imported from 1 urkey, and
I dollar n.nie than that brought from In
dia, which is equal to 20 per cent- ad
valorem. whilst England imposes ^inly
six. Cur rive pay* 2 dollars per 100.
whilst the same article from India is on
ly charged with the duty of 1 dollar.—
Her PitnofacWres were receit ed by us
with no higher duties than those charged
on tlie goods cf other European nations,
iuit were her sliips subject io greater
disadvantages. She is therefore the ag
gressor in this « as of commercial restric
tion, and she should he the first to evince
a disposition to coLclude a treaty of
peace in the spir-it of peace.”
STRr.NT.TH -or THF. CNtOV.
Com| iled fiom ti e general abstract
of returns of the Militia of the U. Stales
made to the House of Represerflatives on
the COth March. I CFO, by the President.
Ywuilrrr of .Militia.
REVOLUTION IN NAPLES.
I Aivis, July 2.1.
Na-
sureiy would never -be eaib-d on to pas* ; j
measure so hostile to its Mttrrert. lie tho’t j F.y,r<ict of a private Utter, dated “
it wax of tlw utmost imprwtsvxre that th< j J in.% July iO ”
House 'houifi hate this itiform«itK>n, in or-1 ..ret , V ' .. i : i o
der to show to foreign nations that this rour- j Wa . y u [ da - v, ‘ I,lc ' ‘ he
try wjli not to th^r pror^ifrntrs. ■ J’ 1 * *>> v irn in 1:I5 !)»>t f roc lama-
By agreeing to tins measure, the House j l) oa ot the moi^'tung of the 6th, to [ roposc
strengthen tbe hands of bis Majesty’s and ptihli-li the Fundamentnl Articles of
Government in every negoc: tion whic!
might be had on this subject. The relations
of South America and Spain were certainly,
at this time, in a very peculiar situation : be
cause the recent transactions in Spain had
materially changed the whole asjvect of
things in South America. He must say that
a return of those provinces, to the yoke of
aD odious d.-'jiotism, was a thing wWh he
had ever objectvd to: but when a nation be
came free, ar.d was capable of governing its
elf, as Spain now appeared to be, it was po«-‘
sihle that a junction, mutually advantageous
to both parlies, might now take j'bce be
tween Spain and the American colonic*. He
was not very sanemne on ibis jvoint : but ii
might happen. Spain had already perforin-'
ed two of the greatest services that ever
were conferred by a,it nation on mankind.
The first was the expetting, with a small mi- 1
litiry force, an ambitions inrad* r from her
terriiOfT. The other important service ^ns
that of her having recovered Iter liberty
without the effusion of Wood. Indeed, the
time was arrited w lien the spirit of reforma
tion, in all political institution*, was loti pow -
erful to ire resisted : and he tvlievedthe on
ly dangers to be apprehended were tbo*e
that arose nut of the passions of political
leaders- The progress in reformation char
acterized lire present age, and r ny govern
ment thaj resisted it was s lm . t„ be defeated.
—{Hear, hear.) The Spanish nation had
formerly evinced great virtues and wisdom :
and he trusted they would profit by the ex
perience which the world had had on the
subject of liberty. Ha trusted they w-tuud
discover from th;it experience, that nothing
was so easy as to overshoot liberty; and
that a free constitution was iwjurally sire-
roanded'by various kind* of tyrannies, into
some one of which, if pushed too far, it mint
inevitably b« precipitated. He trusted that
they would engraft their reformation on the
ancient principles of tiieir Constitution—th.it
they would connect their new liberties with
all Ihe classesirrto which society was div id-
ed—that *hey would attach every great ho.
dy of people in the State to the ptesermtiou
of those liberties—and that they would not
add anotlierto the unfortunate list of nations,
who, in the first delirium of their jov on e-
mancipation from thraldom, had inflicted
vvonndson freedom, with ages could not heal.
—(Hear, htar.) *
Mr. Cartnin/r conceived that enough had
been stated to show that •papers of this kind
ought not to be produced in their present
imperfect state. I; might be honorable and
beneficial for Gentlemen who had no ostensi
ble situations to express their sentiments as
the two honorable Gentlemen had just done;
but would it he fit for the government to
give any expression of sentiment, or to lay
before the House a detail of farts which
were not sufficiently fttli and authentic to act
upon, and thus to hokl out to this country
the ConMit'itioti, appeared too lun;r for
ihe impatience of ihe army, or rather ol
Nose who direct it. Hence the Insur
gents of Avellino hastened to sen ! De
putation*, while here even tin ir friends,
tiieir associates, formed Comniilttt l, mid
supported their demands, i hey wished
to hate adopted without delay the Con
stitution of the Cortes of 1812, mid b
have it signed by the King in 21 hours.
Negociations took place with thorn on
the morning of the 7th, and about mid
day appeared a Rescript from the King
addressed to the Duke of Calabria, it
which his Majesty alleged that the state
of hie health did not |serniit him to un
dergo the fatigue the duties of his royal
ty exacted, and named his Royal High
ness his'Vicar-General in the Kingdom
of the two Sicilies, with all the right 3 at
tached to what is culled here the After
ego.
41 Soon afterwards there was publish
ed a Proclamation from the Prince Vi
car General, promising the Spanish Con
stitution, such as it was demanded. But
tuts did not appear sufficient to the In
surgents. They demanded that .the
King should prooiise it, and sign it him
self Towards evening there appeared
a new Proclamation, by which tne King
confirmed the promise of the Prince, his
son ; and bound himself upon his faith of
a King, to swear to the Constitution be
fore the Provisional Junta which was a-
hout to be formed, till he could swear to
it before the General Parliament lawful
ly assembled. To this proclamation tins
affixed a Decree of the Prince Vicar Ge
neral, which promulgated the establish
ment of the Constitution, reserving such
modifications as the National Iwpresen-
tation might introduce into it.
“ The same evening, several regiment*
returned to Naples tu good order. All
the inhabitants exerted themselves to
maintain tranquility. It tvas only threat
ened by the effervescence cf a'crowd of
young people, w ho dent mded arms with
loud cries, and who in part were sati-li-
ed. The lower people took no part in
the different movements; they showed
themselves so passive that one might be
lieve them dissatisfied with wlmt had ta
ken place.
“ Yesterday tlie Pth, Gen. Pope en
tered Naples with a part of Ires army,
which is called the Constitutional Array.
New-Hnmj shire,
.
20,203
'lass, and Maine,
-
7-1,088
Vermont,
-
20,731
Khode-Island,
-
C,5G7
Connecticut,
-
23,346
New-York,
-
121,553
New-Jdrsey,
-
35,240
Pennsylvania,
-
115,231
Delaware,
-
7,451
Maryland,
-
32;189
Virginia, -
-
€5,967
Nortli-C'arolina,
-
-49,782
Soulh-CaroJinn,
-
33,720
Georgia,
-
26,591
Alabama,
-
10,315
Lohisiana,
-
9.894
Mississippi,
-
5,291
Tdnnossee,
-
4u.000
Kentucky,
-
52,883
illinori,
-
2,031
Indiana* *
-
4 4,990
Ohio,
Tcffii.
76,890
€75,912
ami to Europe, an imbecility of councils, | rhese forces, composed of troops of the
highly'detrimental to the interests of the j line, of national tnrhtia, and armed pea-
country ? As to what hi* Learned Friend
said of this negoriaton being carried on at
ihe time when that House tvas passing the
Foreign Enlistment Bill, lie would say that
although other countries might art treacher
ously totts, it tvas most 'satisfactory to us to
think that we had not done, any thing with
which tve rouid reproach ourselves; although
other nations pursued a different course. Fie
entertained a different o|>inioii from his lion,
and Learned Friend, as to the reconciliation
tt hich he supposed miglw he advantageously
made between Spain in her present reform
ed state, and the South American Provin
ces: for Provinces were always worse treat
ed by countries that had their popular as
semblies, than by .those which were govern
ed by an absolute monarchy. He wu- sur
prised tn hear the learned gentleman say, in
defiance of history so universally know n, that
the Spaniards had driven away tiieir inta*
ders by the aid of a small military force;
for what could they have done tv itfvout the
Duke of Wellington arid his army? As to
this country acknowledging the government
of Buenos Ayres ; he tvishtd to know, while
one government was driving another out,
which of them was ttfchc acknowledged. It
was true that tlie Spanish people had subse
quently made great efforts ; but when his
honorable and learned friend talked of their
having*uj)y a “little” regular military aid,
he w,i»htd to whether the liistory of the
antry, filed off before the Prince \ teat
General, and all his family, who were in
the balcony ofthe Palace. The General
afterwards ascended to-offer his homage
to the Prince, who received him very
well, and conducted him to the King.—
For three days his Majesty had not quit
ted his apartments. He suffers, it is said,
frown rheumatic pains.
“ Since the t»th a tri-colored ffng, (red,
black and blue.) has waved from the
guard-house of the Civic Guard. The
troops of the line still preserved the red
cockade ; but the arrival of the Consti
tutional Army decided the adoption ol
three colors. The Prince himself as
sumed them yesterday, and causetLall
the military to wear them. Gen. Pepe
has boon named commander in chief of
the Neapolitan army. He announced that
he w ould keep that post as long as the
public safety exacted it.
The Provisional Junta announced in
the last Proclamation of the King, w;i<
formed yesterday, at least partially. It
tvas to he cotnpo't-d of 15 persons, and
five have only yet been named. There
will present to the Vjcar-Gencral a list
{A*. E. JaUadium.]
Ar.EXASDHiA. (Lon.) July 29.
?<rme Spaniards, "ho recently came
from J*?. Antonio to Nachitocbes, state
that all the Americans, taken prisoner;
in the province rf Texas, and detained
at tire former j-L ce, have been liberated.
They fiate al-o, that a free trade will be
opened between the United States and
that province. A liberal and enlighten
ed policy pursued by the Spanish nation
.< ill r.ot only benefit her ow n commerce,
give population arid life to her proviu
ces, but be advantageous to the kradinj
community generally.
ItYDLLY HOSTILITY.
Nin" Indians, of the Park nation, came tn
the house of a Mr. Mocklrwec, fiting'H
mile? above the Ford of Fishing river, in this
county, on the 23d insf. Three of them
drove ofl'a part of Mr. Al tic k!e wee’s horses,
and the remaining six made the family go
into the house, and barred op tlie dour and
kept them from getting out in the night: one
of then), however, made his escape out of
the cliitnney, anti alarmed the i.eighbors :
ten men wpre instantly collected, headed by
Capt. Martin Palmer, and proce< d>d to this
house of Muclewee, whe.e they found the
Indians. The whites demanded a surren
der, w hen two of Ihe Indians pulled off their
shot bags and presented them, and four of
them levelled their gun*—Capt. Pnhtn r'
then ordered his men to fire, and livp ofthe
Indians were killed ; the sixth advanced in
to the house, with his gen in his hand, and
his tomahawk draw n, and cut offthc hand iff
the child thiff stood near th-' dror : he then
wheeled, and was in the act of discharging
Iris musket at one of tlie inrn. when lie was
shot through tl-e head and fell dead.
[ BoonV Lick paper.]
to the ti*i r« I, lor the purpose <>! ft i riir.g him,
in atleinpting to do which, he jnm| til i p N
bit her ; nuking a small incision with his
teeth,(of "bull the sear is slightly visible)
but which they toiicctilt d from tiieir parents
ni the time, lor fear of Uring punished. The
wound, however,.dill not heal un so os to ci
catrize., ’till some time in the Intier end of
November, ICItt, hut continued to be a very
small running sore, resembling an issue, be
ing occasionally covered by a little scab,
which was easily and often robind off. Ear
ly in December last, she felt an uneasiness
in the region of the stomach, which gradual
ly increased for about throe wet t*, when she
was attack'd with a tingling pain in the scar
on her artn. shooting upwards into lier neck,
throat ant! shoulder, ami extending to her
left side anil stomach ; accompanied with a
glandular swelling in the left arm-pit, whirh
in a short time inc reused to the size uf a small
lien’s egg.
On Saturday the ICth, she bit generally
unwell; had a hot fiffer, and complained to
her mother of being sick.
On Sunday morning she arose qnita ill,
having passtd a sleepless restless night, w ith
her fever unabated : and at 9 -o’clock, was
seiz-d with dt lirittm, in w hich rite , fancied
she was beset by a black dog ; crying aloud
that a black dog was coming at tier. Dr.
Gedney bring oust sent for, came and admi
nistered an emetic, t» hi' h oj crated " ell, but
tiith 4io perceptible good effect. About tlie
middle of the afternoon she had a convul.-km
fit, which lasted 5 or 7 minutes. A blister
was then applied by Iris »>r<ler> !o her left
side and another to her arm, of ho li which
she complained very much. At dusk she
tvas attacked with so violent a pain in the
head a* seemed to threaten the loss of rea
son and even life itseif. She leapt from the
bed, tore her hair from her head y hand*
fulls, and attempted'to dndi her brain* out
by running against the wall, screaming amt
entreating the by-sUmders to kill her eiul
her torments. This scene of misery conti
nued till 9 o’clock the next morning, when it
was succeeded by a fit of ravingxnadr.es*:’
in which she attempted to tear Iter own Pesl
with her teeth, and to hito those who laid
her hands; frothing and slab’oe.ring at the
mouth during live " hole time it lasted: which
<t as, w ith intermissions nl about 10 minute^
till one-o'clock the next day.
On "Monday evening the -inth, Dr. Benton
war, sent fur to-see brr in consultation, with
Dr. Gilney. They tv-re at a loss what tin
disease W Rt, hut concluded it to be a c*«e of
hysteria; yet, it svsui observed by them both,,
if she. bad been bitten by a mad dog (of
which there had yet hern no evidence,) they
should pronounce itdrddtdly hydrophobia.
On Tuesday 21«t, at the suggestion of a
friend, half a spoonful of water w as <lrnpq>etl
into her mouth liy way of experiment, and
it immediately produced <b« must frightful
spasms mid deprived her altogether of tbe
puivei of swallowing. From this time until
about 3 o'clock the next morning she wasat-
tacked with these spasms, in succession,whh
short intervals, during which she -barked,
snarled and snapped alternately like a dog; 1
seized the bed clothes with her teeth, growl
ing and shaking (hum in her mouth, with a
quick toolkit) from side to side, as that ani
mal doe*, when he gets smaller one into his
mouth and intends to kill it. Phe jumped
up and run round the room on all lours, in
creasing in rapidity,arid yelping like a whif
fet, tiiat was In pursuit of some game of
which it appeared on the track ; and she be
came more and more violent, until it tvas
found necessary to confine her on a bed.
This day, in a lucid interval, she, for the
first time, told hi r parents of the circum
stance that she had been bitten last year in
the arm, by the little dog in the barrel, as
she tvas attempting to feed him, and that the
reason >!ie had not told of it before, was be
cause she tvas afraid her father would whip
her, as he had promised he would if she
went t<> the stable.
In the evening, Dr*. Barr-es and Cooper,
of Poughkeepsie, and T>r. Heaton, of Platle-
kill, were sent fur to hold a ciii-iiltation up
on hcrca«c. Tln-y fount the patient in the
most deplorable situat’ou : ?n -••gi' I on of
1 tlie whole frame, perpetual rt stle-sness, hur
ried and laborious re-spirale m.d face,
contracted features, e\«sen” • d with Mood
and staring wild, and ’he | '.ye- of stvallow
ing entirely gone. To s*c;-rtniri whether :!k
disease was hydrophobia, they look an emp
ty bowl ami a pitcher of water, went unob
served inlo an adjoining room, am! opening
softly a dot r near thr n«ad ot lift bul. but
unpcrceivi d by hei, t mired it ;'•■<> the bowl,
*o that she coiri I hear the muse, fc no soon-
• r did the sound reach tier car, than it in-
stnntly threw Iter into tl>e mmt violent onn-
! vONimis. Tlrix experiment was repeated by
Dr. Ilcatnn, tlie next day, in the same man
ner, and tv itii the same effect, at a time xvht n
Iter mind vvasint n ly engros-cd w ilha hymn
l ook she tvas reading aioiid, in the presence
of several neighbors: thr moniAnt she heard
the noise of tt ater, uncontrol.ible sp: sins sei
zed her whole franre. Warm teas she could
hold in her mouth witheut apparent difficul
ty, but cold water site could not endure to
toudh, to look at, nor even to hear the natnc
nffiM r*tr. *r.tv-voRK rrExtxo ro«T.
It may be recollected, that some time last
winter, I more than o.vce alluded to an extra
ordinary case of hydrophobia in the. county
of Ulster, which would, in my judgment, de
monstrate the curative quality ofthe Scutel
laria, in that direful disease; and that I ven
tured to promise the details of the case ;
which I did on the assurance that I should
lie furnished w ith them for such purpose, hy
some one ofthe physicians who visited the
patient. After waiting and writing repeat
edly in vain, I, the week before last, made a
iuuniey to the place of her residence, saw
the family and the attending physician, and
in his presence drew up a report of the par
ticulars of the case, then visited each of the
consulting physicians, living remote from
each other, and at the end of seven day* ac
complished my purpose. The reader will
now see the result in tlie following statement
and document, which are submitted to the
impartial judgment ofthe public, and parti
cularly tn the reflections of the faciiltv. I
sliail only observe that in the consciousness
of having been actuated, in this affair, by
pure and philanthropies! motives, I lY-el en
tirely indifferent to the sneers and sarcasms
of self-conceit's! party zealots, from whate
ver quarter they may proceed.
CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.
Mare Tice, or Milton, in the county ofL'I-
rtpr. in the fourteenth year of her age. and a
girl of robust make, was bitten iu March,
1818, in her left arm, just above her elbow,
by a small black dog. which her father, sus
pecting him of madness, had confined in an
empty barrel in his stable, fmbidding any of
his children to go near hint on pain of se% i re
punishment, and which, hisdiso-der inert as-
ing, he afterwards ktiled. But Alary and her
liter rmpli.jcd brrsclf in sit!'.: g l extt nd
tiiakit „ up her illioud, it, llic i -1 n lai a u
that her dutlh was speedily sj p:i m a fc-
tlmi i.othirg remained litre, ji.fi,», the
Iasi sad 1111 cb to her «bi.d.
While t) e rv.esr-et gi r tvas gtn.e fur the
scull-cap, Dr. Gilney, ihe nth t.dinp jhjsici-
an, nrriv- tl, ct d ore';: n ii that « piece u| Imtn
should lie folded, i.i - thoroughly wetted
with r‘.her, then laid ncrtiss hrr throat, and
kept Ihi tc inakit g wet- Inal out hell an
hour the power » rwallr tt ing n turm d, t tid
to the utrprife erd j: y ef I er mi:Her, sho
heard her daughter ;>U in r* Imv whisper lor
a tea-spoonlu! uf v ine ; which, with no lit
tle difficulty t lie gi t d< wn, at.d »• sk« d for an
other ami then mother, which weu’ given
her with the r: me suret ts. By this time,
the icull-cap con e. ol width nstmrgtea was
imir*' diately pirjinred. by pt.uring a quart
of boilii g water upon l-2out.ee of the pul-
vcristfL' herb, and as soon as it was ready it
was prevented to her; hut after attempting
once or twice to swallow it, site declared she
could not. At this critical moment, itdiurtu-
nalrly occuri i d to her mother It. mix a large
spoonful of tin tea with ait equal quantity of
the wine, which she offered her ; and found
it set well. Her drink was then repented
every 10 or 15 minutes during the night, les
sening gradually tin* quantity of the wine,
and increasing that of tire tea until she wai
able to take the latter clone, and actually
took a quart mug full before morning. As
ahe haa tasted nothing solid since tne day
before at noun, she asked for something to
eat, end mentioned jniuipkin |<ie, as what
ahe should like ; of which a large piece was
procureetf and she ate it without experienc
ing the le;usl h,convenience.
From this time she made the tra her only
drink, Accompanied with the sulphur ns di
rect' d in tlie reexj e, and was going on grad
ually mending, w lien, strange to relate, her
|)*rents,-w ith a Latuitous credulity, suffered
hemsoltes to lis.ten tn a wandering impos-
teY who engaged, if they would lay aside aM
iht ir tea* and trust in ii m alone, to cure her
in les* limn a w eek ; at.d they actually dis
continued the ute of .he scull-cap forratl.tr
more thanUrtl hoar*, t ut ihty’were round
fron ti eir rit lesion l>J’ the ri ost alarming
*t mpt<K, s of reiuiiiir g kyditq l.ebia. They
iMin.tii.ai' Ij iec« n.fnerced the use of lha
tea, end gave it in strong and often r» peered
doses, ante e-vety 15 minutes or oftei.er, an
she ci ulti luar it.’ It brppei.ed to he in lime,
and proved effectual ini' astering the disease;
hut "a* followed liy thv' loss of tl r use of
her lower limbs, acre n penied with tidal
blindness, for nearly ttM-tsy.*.} 1<> use her
mother's e\j leseioc, *• >b. I. ad i o Litiep fits
after 1111“ which was a forti ight fre n :he
time, ofthe first Attack. Tbo iftpostor who
had nearly bier, tin is,.s< ot her death was,
on the n.n plaint id' si me ofthe neighbors,
arrested .-u,g carried In-fore a justice of th*.
pieace upon a warrant under the vagrant act,
hut di-4'hargtd, on his c.xprcsffng his con
trition u it h-i pdomisc of ABiei.dmuit and de—
jiartnre.
Although the curalire tffect* of the scull-
cap continued tu -manifest themselves daily
in the removal of the j'rincipa! disease, 3d,
she complained much of a pain in the wound,
attended with gre. t swelling in the arm ; sh»
was btiil tormented with excruciating pan,*
in (ho head, aCcon.junu'd by an indescriba
ble beat in tlie pit of her stomach, which she
said burnt berup; nor had the tumor in har
arm j>it ever subsided. Dr. Gedney took,
from her amt, 1C ounces of blood, which
w as found to be in a'dissolved state : hut o-
milting tor some reason, to repeat the opera
tion, it a Corded only a temporary i elitf, and
at the end of a week her-head ache returned
with its fornu-r violence; nature, how ever,
stepjied in to her assistance, and by a »poi-.«
tanenus and ccpiotts blwdirg at the rose ev«-
cry day or oftener, freed her from this 0 *-
tresfing sjmptom. For tlie burning in her
stomach he ordered a glass of lime water, ta
be taken three times a day. And for tbe
glandular swelling under heraitn, 75 grains
of calomel to be divided in five equal part* ;
of these three of 15 grains each, to be given,
one every other morning, with a fever jiow.
der to lie given on Ihe days the celotnel w as
omitted ; nnotherpart to be divided in two,
and given at twice, and one to be divided in*-
to four equal parts hi.d given eteiy morning;
tlie sulphur to lie wholly suspend.d during
the time of taking the rtunmel, but the scull-
tap to be continued in somewhat diminished
dosis. In a little more than a week the
glandular swelling in her arm pit entirely
disapjteared: the burning in her stomach
left her; the wound in Fur arm suppurated,
broke and discharged in about tin days,
when it entirely liea-td : and .at ihe exj)ir«-
tion ef six weeks no vestige of disease was
to be perceiv'd; nor lias tlie least symptom
of byarnj hohia shew d itself.silica.
The following r< rtificate by the respecta-
ble physicians w lio attended the patient, or
saw her in consultation, will form a proper
and satisfartf'ty conclusion.
‘* e, the siibscribers, whose names are
mentioned in the above report of the case of
Mnrv Tice, do hereby ceititiy, that so far as
it relates to 11* individually, it is correct. And
urthi-r, wetio give it as our opinion : First;
f water mentioned. During their stay, up- ihat Mary Tice was s< ized willi hydropho-
tvards of an hour, sht rose from tier 1)<-d,. - Ida, in consequence of the bite of a mad doj>
she before had done in the presence of I)r.
Benton, on Monday evening, and commen
red a kiiid of trot in a circle round Ihe
r >onj* frolliing and keepirg lip tt constant
yelping, resembling that of a small dog up
on the scent,4 a copin is and viscid saliva tne
v hole time running from her open mouth.—
She continued this action with increasing
locity, until becoming exhausted, slip fainted
into the arms of somebody w ho stood ready
to catch her. Similar paroxisms occurred
often every day and night throughout her
illness. The nature of the disease could no
longer lie mistaken. The three physicians
agreed in recommending a trial of tlie scull-
rap, to lie administered while the impossibi
lity of swallowing continued, ns an enema,
with half an ounce of laud an urn ; and to be
repented till the desired effect should be pro
duced; but as soon ns the power of stvniiotv-
ing returned, to give a strong decoction of
the plant as often ns she could drink it. And
there hring no seullcap to be found in the vi
cinity, they promised to - send some on tiieir
return home to Poughkeepsie, * miles dis-
* A person who witnessed this singular
symptom, mentioned that lie once had 8
sheep lilt by a mad dog, and that they were
every one affected in precisely a similar man
ner.
4 I am aware that this barking has been
ridiculed by some tucdioal writers, but the
witnesses all unite ns tn this fart, and fidelity
tu the truth did not allow me to suppress ii.
The resjiertable Dr. Heaton told me that had
he been riding past the house am! heard the
noise, he should haveno idea hut that it pro
ceeded from a small dog. That this feature
ofthe disease is not mentioned or observed
by some respectable authors, may be aepoun.
re d I13 adverting to the fact, that scarcely ti
ny two cases'o'f hydrophobia resembl* each
other in all tlmir symptom* tUr9agh<mt,
as stated in said report; Sironrily, that she
recovered from the disease, as there like,
wise stated ; ami Lastly, that the plant, cal
led scvlellana lateriflora', or scull-cap, tve*
successfully employed in the cure of said dis.
case.
August 17, U20.
avm. gednty.
JOHN BARNES,
JOHN COOPER,
BARNABAS BENTON,
ADVA HEATON.”
I may row hr permitted to remark that it
is hardly probable that there will etrr occur
another case so decidedly di monstrative of
the medical jirojier.ties of tbe seut'lUtria as
the above. Indeed, the imagination could
scarcely fancy a tissue of facts better calcu
lated lor suelt purpose. The disease was*
compleatly formed, and dissolution, with
sure and rapid strides, approaching, whei (
this humble plant interposed ar.d arrest* J
its progress ; a -strong and unexjieeted rsr,.
ctirrenre suspended its use ; the disease r ?-
Mimed its sway ; at (Iris critical moment t>e
plant was again resorted to, and again t rat
the disease obstructed in its course, and c-
venttially, mastered. How irres’istahli.
the conclusion that forces itself vpnn evt-rv
mind not warped and poisoned hy prejudice?
This ease also shews how essential it H to
have a judicious physician at 'hand to aid the
operation of the scull-cap, o',,d lend assistance
in any exigence that may occur in thee curse
of the disease. The tir.jcly interfere)! re of
Dr. Gedney in the la'tter stage of it, n rflects
t The great powvrsofthis plant were men-
tioned to dm- hy two persons whocscR lock
too large a dose 0 f as a preventive in rn>e
they had been endangered from her : a it a,
the nee a physician and the other an an.? j,.
rary ; who both were mueh alarmed oj 'ff,.
violence «f it* effects. - '
