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SOUTHERN RECORDER. VOL. I. MILLEDGEVILLfe, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1821. No. 49. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, (ox TDESnArs) BY S. GIMYTLANI) tf R. M. ORME, AT TIIHKK DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE, OR FOUR DOLLARS AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE YEAR. (£T Advertisements conspicuously inserted at the customary rotes PROSPECTUS 'YA\c, YAn\fttkA\\\\\a Journal TI1F. MEDICAL&.PHYSICAL SCIENCES. Edited by X CHAV MAX M. D. PROFESSOR OF THE INSTITUTES AND RRACTICE Or HEOICINF. AND CLINICAL PRACTICE, ANU ROBERTM PATTERS OX, M. 1). PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, ilC. &1C IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. To be published by M. Cary if Son, Philadelphia. In the four quarters of Hie globe, who rends an American hook ? or goes to hii American play ? or looks nt nn American picture or stn- toe ? What does the world yet owe lo American Physicians or Surt'tont ? r Edinburgh Review, No. LXV. Next lo the invention of the art of print- iiig, periodical publications probably exercise the must beneficial influence in awakening literary curiosity, and diffusing knowledge. Of their utility in these respects, we have conclusive evidence, in the extent of their multiplication, and the eagerness with which ilicy arc sought after and encouraged, in ly adapted ft* the end, and which in the treatment of disease confers vigour and effi ciency, we are unrivalled. , doubts as to the soundness of this posi tion, will at once he dissipated, by reference to the periodical and other recent publica tions of Europe, in which may be traced doctrines and inodes of practice, long pre valent among us, now eagerly adopted and very generally approved. llis not dillicult to assign some of the cau ses of this superiority. Necessity is the strongest incentive to exertion, and in all its tendencies, is Original and inventive. It is the late, as previously intimated, of a large proportion of tlin.-e who toil at the profession 1 ^ 1. The work slia',1 ho issued in quarterly every enlightened country. De Wiving their materials from many $z dif ferent sources, they are accommodated more readily than any oilier species of writing to the varieties of taste, and the several conditi ons of intellectual capacity, and improve ment. To the United Slates, productions of this nature would seem to he singularly adapted. An inquisitive and reading people, we are, however, so widely dispersed, as to render access, for the most part, exceedingly dilli- cult to libraries, and other auxiliaries of learn- To these inconveniences, which the me dical profession, in common with the rest ot the community, experience, others, more pe culiarly incidental to it, may he added.— Engaged in Me discharge of duties incon ceivably oppressive, and with a penurious, and wholly inadequate reward, hot a few of our practitioners have neither the means to .collect, nur thu leisure to pursue elaborate works, or to pursue with regularity, any course of systematic study. Expedients, therefore, cannot IVil to prove acceptable, in their arduous and perplexing avocations, which are calculated, in uny measure, to les sen expense, economise time, or abridge la bor. No scheme, in relation to these purposes obviously combines so many advantages, as a well conducted Journal. Being afforded at a moderate price, it conics within the competency of every une, und conveys, in a condensed shape, over the widest expanse of country, the earliest intelligence of the dis coveries and improvements in science, pene trating into places, from which more ponde rous tomes, and literary vehicles, arc entire ly excluded. Nor in another view, is it scarcely less suited to I be existing condition of the pro fession. Destitute of liberal leisure, aod with too little of that sort of discipline so es sential to the greater and more complicated literary performances, wc have the talent abundantly distributed, which excels in short and miscellaneous compositions. The preceding consideration!/, have had no Small share in the promotion of the present undertaking. But weighty as they are, we confess the operation of other incitements, not less cogent and impressive. Ever since the establishment otaur Indepen dence, it has become the habit ot Europe, ve ry wantonly to traduce our national charac ter, our institutions, und achievements.— Calumnies from tins source, have been so long tacitly endured,, that they really seem now to he raised, as it were, under the sanc tion of prescriptive privileges, and on each repetition, to be marked by fresh acrimony and insolence. , Even allowing that we are as deficient as is alleged, in literary and other polite attain ments, it does not at all militate against our gust from whatever partakes of narrowness and favouritism. We look to the profession at large, for countenance mid support of a selieme that deeply concerns the whole, and which wc are sensible, can only succeed by general approval and cordial co-operation. An enterprise, sueli as we meditate, vigor ously sustained by the various ability which' ive hope to enlist in ilH service, is eminently suited, in our deliberate opinion, to promote the best interest of medicine, and in the illus tration of its character, to conduce in no slight degree to the moral ascendancy and intellectual glory of the country. CONDITION'S. pretensions to genius, or to generous views, and dispositions. Candidly examined, our spositions. history will show, that in whatever the energies of our people have been direct ed, there we are eminently distinguished. It would be alien to the occasion, and not compatible with our limits, to prosecute, ’ any detail, the discussion of this very in teresting subject. Enough, perhaps, will he contained, to answer our immediate object, ill the. simple affirmation, that the more ele gant occupations of Ihe mind, are the last to a rest the attention of a people, and as expe rience teaches, have alone flourished in the maturest state of society. Cast on a deso late shore, our first care was to provide fur the. proximate necessities of life, and next to lay those solid Inundations, on which, may be perceived, through the vista of no distant futurity, to arise the most splendid edifice of national happiness, prosperity and glory. Be the charge renewed, it may he more distinctly replied, that we are still in the state in which the useful is preferred to the orna mental, k that as in the case of manufactures, bring readily supplied from abroad, we have taken no pains to force the culture of litera ture or the fine artB hy the warmth of indp yjdual patronage, or legislative provisions. No part of the reproaches to w.iich we have alluded, ran, with a shadow of justice, be extended to the profession of medicine. Emphatically, we have done our duly, it may he safely said, that in no country is mu- Sicme strictly defined, better understood, or more successfully practised than in the U. States. European physicians do surpass ns, m classical education, and in variety, depth and But in acuteness of pe- uinoug us, to he so situated, hs lo command few of the ordinary advantages, and lienee they are driven mainly on their o wn’resourccs. Neither perverted hy prejudice, nor enfee bled by any undue reverence for authority, the medical mind of the country was every Wlu re open to the reception of new Impres sions, when thirty years ago, the pestilence which has since wasted our cities, made its appearance in a guise so anomalous and vio lent, as to render the. existing principles of the science inapplicable, and to engage us in- tensly in a wide scope of observation and re search. As new lights were elicited, correspondent changes took place, and the spirit of refor mation continuing to move on, eventually led to one of those revolutions, .incident to the history of medicine, in which views were established, more pertinent to the. condition of the diseases of our climate, anil in stricter conformity to the general advances of iiuninn knowledge, during a season of sueli active exertion. It may he collected from the foregoing observations, that aiming our leading aims, will he to trace the progress of medicine in the U. States, to vindicate our claims to cer tain improvements, to preserve these, as well as wliat may hereafter be done, lioni foreign usurpation, and lastly to evolve, and stimulate the genius of the country to invi- goruted efforts, by holding out a respectable and more permanent re posit orv for its pro dnetions. Connected intimately with otic of flic sell mils, from which lias emanated a largo share of these improvements, and where medicine is still most ardently culti vated, we shall have peculiar futilities in tile execution of this part of our plan, though, at the same time, we are sensible, that much has been uCeomfilishcd elsewhere, and is therefore to he drawn from other sources, Sl hy the help of such as arc friendly to our undertaking. There is no section of the Union without able and intelligent medical men, or which does not present the amplest field for the dis play of talent, the extension of knowledge, and tile consequent acquisition of fame.— Confessedly, the indigenous medicinal vege tables have hitherto been imperfectly inves tigated, and much remains to he performed in rclution to medical topography,—in the history of cpiue.inics, or more common dis eases, as modified hy climate, the seasons, the state of weather, the habits of society, and other localities, and peculiar circumstan ces, appertaining to tile infinite diversities ol our widely spread territories. Communications on these points, so curi ous in themselves, and of such high practical import, as well as on subjects, which more commonly enter into the constitution of mis cellanies (if this description, are earnestly so licited. Nor do wc confine our views exclusively to mere technical mtdicine. Contemplated in a shape so limited, whatever may be its lioasted usefulness, our profession loses hall its elevation and dignity. The physical sciences, or at least the branches having the closest affinity to medi cine, shall share our attention. Exuberant in objects of curiosity, the United Slates most unquestionably afford tile finest opportuni ties fur the cultivation of this species of know ledge. Contributions, which tend to eluci dale any part of our natural history, in the widest sense of the term, wc shall always gladly receive. . Criticism will regularly occupy a part of our space. As our wish, however, is to m struct, and not to censure, or gratify our own vanity by wantonly wounding the sensibili ty of another, we shall restrict the exercise of it to those works only, which have indis putable claims to notice, hy tiio-value of their matter, or the merit of execution, and there by be spared the pain of contending with unresisting feebhnessl* Native medical li terature, bv which wc now mean, the art of elaborate writing, is still pretty much in its infancy, and we are persuaded tnay he more promoted hy tile language of tenderness and encouragement, tjian by any severity of ani madversion, or harsh exposure of its defects. Deviations fiom the rule of conduct we have presented to ourselves, vvill only he found in eases of obtrusive impertinence, or empirical pretensions, and under such cir cumstances, vve shall ever he mindful of the legal maxim, “ that the judge is condemned when the criminal escapes.” To complete our design, we mean at stat ed intervals, to give an analysis of the Fo il Journals, so copious as to embrace the most interesting of their contents, and to ex hibit trie progress abroad, of medicine, and the collateral brandies of science. Distinct from Ihe obvious ad vantages ofsueli a synop sis, it is especially demanded by the cost und difficulty of procuring the workstheinselvcs. Extraordinary too, as it may appear, il can, perhaps, be here only executed with fidelity. Controlled hy hostile feelings, and the meanest jealousies, the most enlightened na tions of Europe, and with whose literary proceedings wu are chiefly conversant, per petually offer proof of a mutual spirit ot in justice, in the suppression or depreciation of each others merits, and more particularly, in relation to medical improvements. Too neutral in our position, to be warped or in fluenced by such consideration*, wc are in this case, tho best prepared to Institute a can did inquiry, and pronounce a just and im partial decision. After so ample an exposition of our mo tive? and views, we might, perhaps, be saved the declaration that in conducting this Jour nal not races of local partialities, or sectional numbers, each to contnin about two hundred pages, handsomely printed in fine paper. 4 °2 The price will he six dollars per annum, payable on delivery of the second number. Gentlemen at a distance who wish to receive the work, will have it sent by mail or other wise, ns they may direct, 011 enclosing to the publishers one year’s subscription. ;t. No subscription to he discontinued ex cept at the end of a year. •1. The first number will appear in No vember. IP* Subscriptions received by l)r. T. J. Wray ami IVm. J. Ilobby, of Augusta, ami ll'iltiuin T. Williams, Savunnuli. From Ihe Monthly Magazine, Sepl. 1820. * MARSHAL BRUNE. We present our readers with the following affecting details, on the best author'd;, a* a melancholy example of the mischiefs too often resulting from t he abuse of the press. Were those who make a trade of slander susceptible of any feeling of honor, this dreadful catastrophe might serve to warn them of their atrocious practice:— After marshal Rrunc had submitted to tho royal government, hn resigned the command of Marseilles and of the Clh mi litary division, about the end of July 1815, to '.lie marquis »!c Riviere, the present ambassador of France to the Ot toman Forte, who furnished him with passports to return to Paris. A certain presentiment, which men of high spirjt are often too proud to follow, determin ed the marshal to embark at Toulon for some port in Bretagne, and thence to pro ceed to the capital, llis effects had al- Tcady been conveyed on board, as well as those of M. Liclos, the chief of Ids staff. False shame, and the fear lest he should he thought to betray some weak ness by those who urged him to travel hv laud, and who described the road as perfectly safe, induced the marshal to change his mind. Escorted by a squad ron of horse, he pursued Ids way through Provence, follow ed by his aids-de-camp. M. liclos embarked accordin ' to the ori ginal plan, and the sequel hut too well justified his caution. O11 reaching the Durance, the marshal, impelled by a kind of fatality, dismissed liis escort. On Tuesday, the 2d of Au gust, 1815, aboutUn in the morning, he arrived at Avignon, never to leave it ,1- gain alive, lie alighted at the pitl.iis royal hotel, where he and his aids-de- eamp breakfasted in a room by them selves. One hour, one unfortunate hour, had elapsed. The marshal was just go ing to remount his carriage, when lie was recognized; a soldier, standing with some other persons at the dour of a cof fee house on the opposite side of the street, mentioned his name. The ap pearance of the veteran officer excited among the spectators a respectful curi osity, which was converted hy a word into a very different feeling. A wretch, who joined the populace, assembled a- rouud the carriage, exclaimed, “ admire the murderer of the princess Lambelle!” At these words, legions of banditti seemed to spring up, as if by enchant ment. Confused cries were heard. The carriage proceeded, but w as detained at the gate, where a post of (lie national guard assumed an air of no small impor tance at having to examine the passport of a marshal of France. The o/liceron duty insisted that tiiis passport, which was wholly in the hand writing of the Marquis de Riviere, ought to be submit ted to major Lnrribol, the provisional commandant of the department of V au- cluse. Every moment’s delay augment ed the danger ; an infuriated multitude, obstructed the way ; a shower of stones wits thrown at the carriage, which.had already passed the gate, when some of tho maddened mob seized the reins, and conducted the Marquis back to the hotel which lie had just quitted, the doors ot which were immediately closed. The dauntless soldier endeavored to cheer his aids-de-camp, who trembled for his safety alone ; they were parted from him, and he was kept by himself iri a room, whore, with the firmness of a he ro, be awaited the edastroph® which he foresaw. The inhabitants of the whole city were assembled bulure tho house: the atrocious calumny first broached in the infamous publication of Lewis Gold smith, passed from mouth to nioutli.— Persons, whose names are unknown, were seen running about among the populace, repealing and commenting upon the slan derous report. A cry was soon raised, demanding the death of the veteran, whose blood had so often flowed for France, though it is hut justice to ob w ho w as then at Aix :—“ You know our engagements ; 1 uin a prisoner at Avig non, und trust that you will hasten tq re lease me.” What became of the note is not known.” M. de Saint Chamans, the nCw Prefect of V'aur.luse, had arrived in the prece ding night, and was incognito, at the same hotel. Roused by the tremend ous noise, tie rose, and showed himself to the people. His authority was not re cognised, and one of the ringleaders of the tumult had even the effrontery to declare that he was invested with the function of prefect. The generate .was beaten ;—the mayor, the worthy and spirited fll. Vuy, assisted hy a company of tho national guard and some gens it' urines, repulsed the furious populace for u moment ; lie went to the marshal, and sought in vain to favor his flight. He again addressed the rabble, but the lat ter endeavored to force their way through the national guard, who opposed the most determined resistance. The may or at their Lo id, cried out to the rioters, “ Wretches ! it is only over my lifeless body that ye can reach the marshal 1" arid placed himself in the midst of the bayonets, hy which the iloor of the house was defended. In the mean time, others of the ban ditti scaled the wails in the rear, and penetrated into the hotel. The marshal heard them approaching, and desired the sentinels before his door to return him his arms; they were denied him, and in vain he offered one of the soldiers a purse of gold for his musket. Some of Hie assassins forcibly entered the apart ment. 'The marshal, who was standing before the fire place, uncovered his brekst, without uttering a word. A voice reptntedin his presence the calumnious nccu-uitian, which served usu pretext for the rage of the depraved populace. “My blood has flowed for my country,” re plied he, to his executioners, “ 1 hnv grown old under the banners of honor. I was sixty leagues from Paris, when the crime of which I am accused, perpetrated.” “ You must die,” dfied one of the villians, interrupting him. “ I have learned to brave death,” replied the general 1 " and would f.iin spare you n crime ; give tne arms and allow me five minutes to make my will.”-—“ Death !” shouted the murderer, discharging a pis tol at him ; the ball grazed his forehead, and bore off a lock of hair. The un daunted Prune folded his arms, and u- iv ailed the second shot. 'The pistol hung lire. “ Y ou have missed,” said a- nollier of the assassins; “make room, his my turn now,” and with a carbine the a retdi extended on the floor a warrior, wh«m glory hail accompanied in twenty battles, and crowned with the laurels of Mincto, Verona, and T.tvernclle It was two o’clock. The murderers burst into the apartment ami plundered the effects of their victim ; they found, among other tilings, a sabre of great 1.1- loc, which the grand siguior had present ed to the marshal. After the comple ■ion of tile bloody deed, one of tho mur derers appeared in the balcony, adorn ed with the white feathers from the go neral’s hat. The savages under the window set up a hideous shout ; and de manded that the booty should he thrown to them.—The corpse was, neverthe less, placed upon a bier, and carried to wards the church yard : hut the fury of the mob was not yet appeased ; twenty paces from the hotel, they seized the bo dy and drugged it by Ihe heels, with heat of drum, to the ninth arch of the bridge, where they threw it into the Rhone, ha ving first horribly mangled it with all kinds of weapons. The general’s aids- de-camp were withdrawn hy tho master ot the hotel and another person, from the rage of the populace, and they worn kept concealed far several days, till they could leave the town in safely. All the horrors of tins infernal deed are. not yet related. Females, not be longing to the lowest class, danced the farandohi in tho public square that was yet stained with blood ; and a bring in human shape composed a sons of triumph in the impular sty lo, in the niiJ-t oflhosc MegaMus. It is said that a proses verbal was drawn up, attesting th it maishu! Brnne committed tuicide. If one of the principal actors in this atrocious scene were not yet bidding defiance to justice, we might almost believe that Providence itself bad undertaken to punish them: for tho first instigator of tiie crime expired a few days afterwards iu'thn most agon izing tortures of remorse and despair. The Rhone carried tho corpse of lliu hero to a spot between Tarasr.un and Arles, and there threw it upon the sandy shore; but such was the terror which the murderers of Avignon had spread a round, that no one dmst consign the mutilated body tn the earth. For sev eral days it was left a prey to ravens, til! at length humane persons removed it by night,and covered it with quicklime. A citizen who had takeD a long and dan extent of erudition- ... narration, and promptness of remedial ru- aource, in k^w?edgeS^[F^dto^aU lie dicer.,cd. Cbaructcrix- c:l only by liberality, science turns with dis- serve, that some of the officers of the gcrous journey to rescue ihe mangled national guard exerted themselv es to the remains of a general of the old French utmost to prevent violence. lariny from the birds of prey, collected In the first moments of the uproar, the j them with religious care, and returned to Marshal wrote a note in the following 1 Baris to deliver to bis finally the mourn terms (9 the Austrian general. Nugent, fill present. GENERAL DAVIE. Within the present month, wfe an nounced to our readers the death of this distinguished soldier, statesman and pa triot. For the few latter years of his life, he had rcsigued every kind of public employment, and lived retired in the state of South-Covolinn. The following brief biographical sketch of the General, we feel assured will be read with iuter- est by every mie who reveres the prin ciples of the Revolution, or who feels glowing within his bosom, n sparkofgra- tituile towards the sages and heroes who achieved the independence of America. It is extracted from “ Lee's Memoirs of the liar in the Southern Department." Wiu.rAM Richardson Davie, ofN. Carolina, was born in the village of Eg- rcinont, near White Haven, in England, 011 the 20th of June 1750. His father visiting Sonth-Curolinn soon nflcr the peace of 17G3-, brought with him this son ; mid returning to England, confided him tn Ihe care of the Rev. William Richardsons his maternal uncle ; who, becoming much attached lo his nephew, not only took charge oThis edu cation, but adopted him as llis son and heir. At the proper ago William wr.is sent to an academy in North-Carolinu ; from wheuce lie wns after 11 few years, removed to thn college of Nnssau-llali in Princeton, New Jersey, then becoming the resort of most of the southern youth, under the auspices of the learned und re spectable doctor Witherspoon,—-Here he finished ins education, graduating in tire autumn of 1770, a year mnmorublu in our military as well as civil anuals. Returning home, young Davie found himself shut out for a time from the ar my, us the commissions lor the troops just levied had issued. He went to Salisbury, where he commenced the study of the law. The war continuing, contrary to the expectations which gen ernlly prevailed when it began, Davie could no longer resist his ardent wish to plant himself mnong Hie defenders of his country. Inducing a worthy and popular friend rather too old for military service, to raise a troop ofdragoons, as the readiest mode of accomplishing his wish, Da via obtained a lieutenancy in this troop.—Without delay, the captain joined the Southern nr my, & soon after wards returned home on furlough. The command of the troops devolving on lieu tenant Davie, it wns at his request an nexed to the legion of count Pulaski where captain Davie continued until pro moled by major general Lincoln to ihe station of brigade major of cavalry this office Davie served until the affair of Stono, devoting his leisure to the ac qniremeut of professional knowledge, and rising fast in the esteem of tho general mid army. Lincoln attempted to dis lodge lieutenant colonel Maitland from bis entrenched camp on the Stono; Davie received a severe wound, and was ru moved from camp to the hospital Cbm lesion, were he was confined fo live months. Soon after his recovery he wns cm powered by the government of North Carolina to raise a small legionary corps consisting of one troop of dragoons and two companies of mounted infantry ; nt the head of which lie was placed with the rank of major. (Quickly succeeding in completing his corps, in whose equipment he expended the last reimiing shilling of an estate he queathed lo him hy Ins uncle, he took the field, and wns sedulously engaged in protecting the country between Char lotte and Camden, from the enemy’s pre datory incursions. On the fatal 6th of August, he wns hastening with liis corps to join our army, when he met our dis persed and living troops. He neverthe less continued lo advance towards live conqueror ; and by his prudence, zeal and vigilance, caved a few of our wagons and many of our stragglers. Acquainted with thu movement of Sumpter, and just ly apprehending that he would be des troyed unless speedily advised of the de- ent of Gates, lie despatched instantly a courier to that officer, communicating what had happened, performing, in (lie midst of distress and confusion, the purl of an experienced captain. So much was his conduct respected by the govern ment of North-Carolinu, that he was in tho course of September, promoted lo the rank of colonel commandant of the cavalry of the state. In this station he wus found by gener al Greene, on assuming the command of the Southern army :—Whose attention had boon occupied from his entrance, in to North-Carolina, in remedying the dis order in the quarter master and commis sary departments. To the first Carring ton iiad been called ; and Davie, wns now induced to take upon himself the last, much as he preferred the station he then possessed. At the head of this de partment Col. Davie remained through out the trying campaign which followed ; contributing greatly by his talents, his ■eal, his knowledge, and his influence, to the muinlainance of the difficult and suc cessful operations which followed.— While before Ninety-Six, Greene fore seeing the difficulties again to be encoun teped, in consequence of the accession of force to the enemv by the errisal of three regiments of infantry fropi Ireland, determined to send a confidential officer to the legislature of North-Carolinu, then in session, to represent to them his ft- lative condition, and to urge their adop tion of effectual measures without delajr, fur the collection of magazines of provi sions, and the Reinforcing of his army.— Colonel Davie was selected by Greene for this important mission, and immedi ately repaired to tho seat of government, where he ably and faithfully exerted himself to give effect to the views of hie general. The events of the autumn assuring the quick approach of peace, col, Davi* returned home ; and having shortly af terwards intermarried with Miss Sarah Jones, daughter of general Allen Jones of North-Carolina, he selected the tows of Halifax, on the Roanoke, for his resi dence ; where he resumed the profes sion with the practice ef law. FROM THE AMERICAS FaHMES. First management of ragged Wounds• It often happens that workmen and others are severely wounded at - places whore hours, and even days elapse, be fore medical aid can be obtained, and in case of much laceration, or ragged .rounds, the danger of lock-jaw is very much increased by improper applica tions, and more especially by insufficient covering. The object of this paper is to inform such as may bS unfortunate, how they are to proceed. Let the parte be laid together in the most ample man ner, a poultice of bread and milk applied —and renew it every 24 hours. Tha poultice must be very thick, and made to cover every part, aad exclude the sir completely. The author of this saw a man that wns partly ground in a mill, and no medical uid being at band, the patient was fairly wrapped in a poultice; and so neat was the wound, when opened, that the physician continued the applica tion many days i^itaS (ft The East Indians have a like method of excluding the air, by earth or plaster' moulds, t.e. when legs are brobnn to piece* ny shot or otherwise—and tha testimo ny of some of the British physicians i* unequivocal in its favor : These nssertf that limbs are saved by. it, that they would instantly have amputated. The common method of applying a lit tle salve or lint, is had, when compared to a complete poultice, which instantly soothes the irritated fibres, and exclude* tho air. After a few days dressing withi this, if there is any danger of mortifica tion, let tho poultice he one hitlf of cha momile, previously stewed in alittl* wa ter ; and when the suppuration is fairly established, then use salves and lint—bo sure to exclude the nccess of air. 1’HILANTHROPOS. CincLmviLLK, (Ohio,) Dec. 8. In our hist we briefly noticed the trial, conviction and sentence of Ash* Duncan, for horse stunting. On Sunday morning last, the mother of tin* com ict came to town to visit her son, previous to his departure for his lodgings at Columbus—and by the indulgence of the gaoler was admitted into the* dreary coll’ of the prison, where the bosom of the fond mo ther was Ailed with horror at beholding file darling oflwr dtyiiiwig years fettered'and chained to the floor I After this heart ren ding interview was closed, and the parent was about to take * a long farewell’ of the child, the gaoler whs summoned to release thu sorrow stricken dame from the cold darnpof thu dungeon. His sympathetic heart was moved with pity [what heart of flesh would not have been thus moved ?] for the grief of tin: disconsolate mother—on retur ning from the prison, some refreshment*' were kindly offered to tho sorrowful visitant ivbo declined accepting them and departed from the house with tears and loud lamen tations. Ail remained in perfect harmony untilMon- day morning, wlieu the gaoler, on visiting the prison, wus itiforpivd, with an airxif exulta tion, that “there had been a change of pris oners there, on the night bufore J u Wnen on more strict examination, he found, to hi* great surprise and extreme chagrin, that he hud tlie mother of Duncan safely secured thut the culprit John bad deliberately his may, in her habiliments ! This is the second time, w ithin a few weeks, that this malefactor lias effected his escape from tbit jail, which is considered inferior to none in the state. It may not be amiss fov persons owning horses to keep a good look out YVHAT MEANS THIS f One of the physicians who was in consuls tation on the body of the Princess Charlottes after her death, has arrived in the United States, snd is going to communicate, from this country, to the British nation, the par ticulars which caused the unexpected and unaccountable death of that amiable woman, who would, had she lived, hav# removed from office the present British ministerial ty rants, and have given freedom to the British, people.—New- York Nut. Mv, 9 bi% it he i ■% •eeks7q| •cape ~ The Poland Oaf—The following is th* result of an experiment made this yqa* by Mr. George Farley, on his fi^rm in Chesterfield county, contiguous to this town. Produce from on# grabs- of th% Poland Oat—16 branches, or stalks ji j.® feet iu length—longest tieai 23 1-3 i*^ j ches, shortest ditto 221-2 ditto—averag*# number of grains out of each head 301— yielding the prodigious increase of graina.-*^Pcfrr»iMrj MtUigemcer^ ItRi • *—to