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The folly of dabbling it. Medicine is thus
pleasantly hit oflf in the following humorous
piece—Pope’s famous maxim of—
“ jJ little learning is a dangerous thing.
is no where so completely versified as on
the subject of Medicine. Let a person in
good health but unacquainted with the study,
take up a medical book, and lie will be apt
to imagine, as he reads, that lie certainly has
some one or all of the diseases there descri
bed. Nor is this all ; these imaginary com
flainls are in the next place to be cured.—
f they could be removed by imaginary re
medies, no great it jury would be. likely to
ensue. But the worst ot it is, tii..se who
are suftenng under ihese imaginary diseases,
undertake to cure them with real medicines
—and like Don Quixote in ms attack upon
the wind mills, are overthrown for their
lolly.
Doctors' Bills. —About four years ago, 1
was happily married to a very prudent lady,
and being of the -same dlsposiliy# l my sell,
we made a very prudent couple. Sometime
after our my wile told me that
Doctors’ Bills were very high, and that, as,
we cpuhl not always expect to be free from
disease, she thought it best to purchase some
Doctor’s books, and thus, said she, with a
smile, “ we can steal their trade at once.”
This I agreed to, and made it my particular
business to attend atl auctions of books, in
order to buy medical books at tne lowest
rate. In fine, in less than twelve months,
I hud bougiit a couple of dispensatories. —
Buchans Family Fnysician, two or three
treatises on the art ol preserving health, by
ditterent authors ; seven treaties on the dis
eases of children, and divers of the greatest,
note. My wife spent all the time she could j
spare from the economy ol her household,
in studying them, and as soon as my store. j
was shut up in the evening I edified myself
with a few receipts from my New-L mdon
Dispensatory I
As soon as spring arrived, my dear vvile i
informed me. that she found it positively
*njoined by some of our writers, that we|
must all be purged with cream of tartar and'
brimstone, to be taken every evening forj
three weeks, in molasses; this, the whole
family had to comply with; first 1 myself,
who being the head of the family, I reckon j
first, my wife, my brother Dick, who lives]
with me, my son, and my daughter, w»y ne-,'
groboy, and the servant maid. This cured
we all went through to the entire satisfac-j
tinn of my wife, who had the pie-sure to I
find her medicine had the desired effect. ji
Soon after this, the contagion of reading i
medical books spread through all my fami- I
lv, and scarce a day passed but some of •
them made use of some medicine or other.— ’
My poor brother Dick, alter lie had per-!,
mission to read my books, bad acquired a
- countenance, the cause ot which 1 <
could not conceive. At last be broke si- $
lence— “ Brother,” said he, (supposing 1:
had read more than himself,) “ feel my I
pulse; I think 1 have too much blood ; had i
L not better get bled ? you know that if too s
much blood gets into the. Head it produces
appoplexy :—the symptoms of its appear- 1
ancc, says Buchan, is a remarkable ledness (
in the face, and you see that it is exactly i
the case with me.” 1 could not but laugli \
atliim; he was indeed red in the face, but i
such a redness as indicated the offspring of *■
health. Our maid, from an education at a i
country school, hud learned to read ; she <
earnestly requested her mistress to lend i
her a Doctor book to read on a Sunday as- |
ternooo. This reasonable request was I
granted; but poor creature! being not ot (
the fairest complexion in the world, she in a I
little time became quite low spin ed, and i
finding my wife and me alone one evening, t
she came in, and ventured to express herself -
thus: La mistress; lam concerned, and t
afraid 1 shall get the yellow j.iumlets, as I 1
bi gin to louk quite yellow in she lace. De- i
coney prevented my laughter for a while, ; i
but when she had left the room I could bull
enjoy a comfortable laugh. My negro boy jt
is always eating roasted onions for a cold,N
but as he cannot read he has luckily esca-|i
ped every other disorder. One night as we i
were about going to bed, my wile desired | l
me in the most serious manner that d die |
should ever be taken with the locked jaw, i
that I should rubber jaw with musk, as she i
was convinced, by comparing the arguments >
of a variety of authors, that this was the besi i
remedy. 1 told her there was no danger of i
such an event, as 1 had Dr. Cullen's word 1
for it that it seldom attacked females; in- 1
deed lam convinced that a locked jawed
lady is ti rara avis in terns. i
Hitherto nui family nn-dicines w ere used |
■with c uifidence and satisfaction on all sides .
till 1 considered one day that our family, .
without a Doctor, had consumed more medi -
cine in one year, than my father’s family
used to do with the advice of a physician ii
six years. But one day, when my wife told
me she thought it would be well to weigi.
our food before we ate it, lest we should eai
• too much or too little, and that Sanctoriom
advised it for good reasons ; I got such a
r disgust to our scheme that 1 resolved grad
- ually to abandon it. lam now convinced
of the truth of a saying, of a rational med
ical writer, “ that one or more of four things
must happen to every human body—to live
r temperately, to take exercise, to take phy
sic, or be sick.” And I am pretty certain,
that it I and my family persevere in the
two former courses we should never be in
danger of the two last.
The following description of a City, in the
heart of Africa, is from “ Recent Dis
coveries in Africa, in 1833—4, by Major
Denham, Captain Clappcrtun, and the
late Doctor Dudley:”
On the 20th January our traveller reach
ed the city of Kano, the great emporium of
the kingdom of Houssa.
• The city is of an irregular oval shape,
about fifteen miles in circumference, and
surrounded by a clay wall thirty feet high,
with a dry ditch along the inside, and
another on the outside. There arc fifteen
gates, including one lately built up. The
gales are of wood, covered with sheet iron,
and are regularly opened and shut at sun
rise and sunset.’— ‘ Not more than one
fourth of the ground within the walls is occu
pied by houses; the vacant space is laid out
in fields and gardens.’ ‘ The houses are
built of clay, and are mostly of a square
form, in the Moorish fashion, with a central
room, the roof of which is supported by the
trunks of palm trees, where visitors and
strangers are received.’ * The governor’s
residence covers a large space, and resem
bles a walled village. It even contains a
mosque, and seven! towers three or four
stories high, with windows in the European
style, but without glass or frame-work. It is
necessary to pass through two of these
towers in order to gain the suite of inner
apartments occupied by tlie governor.’—pp.
50, 51.
Exclusive of the numerous caravans and
sti angers who Hock in crowds from all parts
of Alnca, from the Mediterranean to the
Mountains of the Muon, and from Sennar to
Ashantee, Kano is supposed to contain from
3t ,000 to 40,000 resident inhabitants. The
market appears to be well regulated.
‘ Particular quarters are appropriated to
distinct articles ; the smaller wares being
| set out in booths in the middle, and cattle
land bolt. ii Mini idi ties be * exposed to sale
ji die oui kh: ■) of the in ii i«. plate; wood,
d .. grass, b,'an (CU«f*r P* <■ vender, beans,
Guinea corn, I ltd , V.opnbea'. &c. are in
Inn -piilrter ; the bullocks,
j h.«i-es, and mels, Iri’i'A- ihcr; earthen
■ Hi' and i 1 o third ; vug.. ; ables and
i. all of aii desci ipiions, such as yams, sweet
1 potatoes, water and musk melons, pappaw
fruit limes, cashew nuts, plums, mangoes,
shaddocks, dates, &c. in a fourth and so on.
Wheaten flour is baked into bread of three
ditterent kinds; one like muffins, another
| like our twists, and the third a light putty
cuk#, with honey and melted butter poured
over it. Rice is also made into little cakes.
Beef and mutton are daily killed Camel
llesb is occasionally to be bad, but is often
meagre ; the animal being commonly killed,
as an Irish grazier might say, to save his
life : if is esteemed a great delicacy, how
ever, by the Arabs, when the carcass is fat.
Tiie native butchers are fully as knowing as
our own, for they make a few slashes to
show the fat, blow up meat, and sometimes
even stick a little sheep’s wool on a leg of
goat’s Hesh, to make it piss with the ignor
ant for mutton. When a fat bull is brought
to market to be killed, its horns are dyed
red with henna ; drummers attend, a mob
soon collects, the news of the animal’s size
and fatness spreads, and all run to buy.
Near the -hambles there is a number of
cook-shops in (In- open air; each consisting
meiely of a wood fire, stuck round wiih
wooden skewers, on which small bits of fat
and lean meat, alternately mixed, and
scarcely larger than a penny piece each, are
roasting. Every .thing looks very clean and
comfortable ; and the woman does the hon
ours of the (able, with a mat dish cover
placed on her knees from which she serves
her guests, who are squatted around her.
Ground gussub water is retailed at hand, to
those who can afford this beverage at their
repast: the price, at most, does not exceed
twenty cowries, or about two farthings and
4-10 of a farthing E iglish money, estimating
the dollar at five sin.lings. Those who have
houses eat at h one ; women never resort to
cook shops, and even at home eat apart from
men,
‘ The interior of the market is filled with
stalls nf bamb m, lai I out in regular streets ;
where the more costly wareg are sold, and
articles of dress, ami other little nutters of
use or ornament made and repaired. B .nds
of musicians parade up and down to attract
pu chasers to par icular booths, lice are
displayed coarse writing paper, ol French
manufacture, brought from Barbsry ; scis
sors and knives, of native workmanship ;
crude antimony and tin, both the produce
of the country ; un wrought silk of red colour,
which they mak« into bells and slings, or
weave it stripes into the finest cotton robes ;
armlets and bracelets of briss; beads of
glass, coral and amber; finger rings < f
pewter, and a few silver trinkets, bin none
of gold; tubes, turkadeea, an I tuiban shawls;
coarse woollen cloths of all colours; coarse
calico; Moorish dresses; the cast-olf gaudy
y garbs of the Mamelukes of Barbary ; pieces
ii -if Egyptian linen, checked or striped with
d gold; sword blades from Malta, &c. &c.
i. The market is crowded from sunrise to sun
i >et every day, not excepting their Sabbath,
*■ which is kept on Friday. The merchants
a understand the benefits of monopoly as well
• as any people in the world ; they take good
d care never to overstock the market, and if
- any thing falls in price, it is immediately
s withdrawn for a few days. The market is
e regulated with the greatest fairness, and the
- regulations are strictly and impartially en
i, forced. If a tube or turkadee, purchased
e here, is carried to Bornou or any other dis
n tant place, without being opened, and is
there discovered to be of inferior quality, it
is immediately sent back, as a matter of
e course—the name of the dylala, or broker,
. being written inside every parcel. In this
~ case the dylala must find out the seller, who,
e by the laws of Kano, is forthwith obliged to
refund the purchase money.’—pp. 52, 53.
f In 1823, a deputation composed of five in
dividuals was sent by the Missionaries to
, explore Hawaii (O-why-ee) the largest of
the Sandwich Isles, and the scene as our
] Readers will remember of the death of
, the celebrated Captain Cook. The dis
e coveries and observations made during
« the tour are embodied in a small volume
which forms, the subject of an interesting
article in the North American Review for
t April last. We were Shuck among other
i things, with a description of the great
j Cratei of Kirauea, situate about twenty
miles in the interior:—
j ‘ Immediately before us yawned an im
s tnense gulf, in the form of a crescent, up
. wards of two miles in length, about a mile
, across, and“apparently eight hundred bet 1
. deep. The bottom was filled with lava, and
, the south west and northern parts of it were
4 one vast flood of liquid Are, in a slate of
. terrific ebulition, rolling to and fro its “ fie
, ry surge” aiid flaming billows. Fifty-one
craters, of varied form and size, rose, like
so many conical islands, from the surface of;
j the burning lake. Twenty-two constantly
s emitted Columns of.grey smoke, or pyra- 1
a "lids of brilliant‘flame, and many of them, 1
j at the same time, vomited from their ignited 1
, iiouths streams of 11 .rid lava, which rolled
; •" blazing torrents, down their black inden- 1
tod sides, into the boiling muss below, 1
, ‘1 he sides of the gulf before us, were 1
r perpendicular, for about four hundred feet
’ when there was a wide, horizontal lodge of
. M)lid black Uva, of irregular bnad'h, but
extending completely round. Beneath this l
black ledge, the sides sloped towards the
, pent re, wjiich was, as nearly as we could 1
j .Nge. three bundled or four hundred fret
’ lower. It was evident, that the crater hud 1
been recently filled with liquid lava up to '
[ l his black and had, by some subter- 1
, ranean canal, emptied itself into the sea, or 1
inundated the low land on the shore. The 1
’ grey, and, in some places apparently cal- '
> cined, aides ol the great crater before us ; 1
. the fissures, which intersected the surface
of the plain, on which we were standing, the
I long banks of sulphur, on the opposite side ; !
the numerous columns of vapor and smoke,
that rose at the north and south end of the 1
plain, together with the ridge of steep rocks 1
by which it was surrounded, rising probably, 1
in some places, f ur hundred feet in perpen- '
dicular height, presented an immense vol- t
came panorama, the effect of which was <
greatly augmented by the constant roaring (
,of the vast furnaces below.’ pp. 130 l3l. t
‘ Between nine and ten, the dark clouds i
• and heavy fog, that, since the setting of the t
sun, had hung over the volcano, gradually |
cleared away, and die fires of Kirauea, dar- t
tig their fierce light athwart the midnight f
, gloom, unfolded a sight terrible and sublime '
beyond all we had yet seen. s
‘ The agitated mass of liquid lava, like a s
1100(101 melted metal, raged with tumultu I
ous whii I The live y flame that danced over
its undulating surface, tinged with sulphure- I
ous blue, or glowing with mineral red, cast t
a broad glare of dazzling light on the inden- 1
ted sides of the insulated craters, whose i
bellowing mouths, amidst rising flames, and i
eddying streams of fire, shot up, at frequent <
intervals, with loud detonations, spherical '
masses of fusing lava, or bright ignited
stones. !
‘ The dark, bold outline of the perpendi- I
cular and jutting rocks around, formed a
striking contrast with the luminous lake be- I
low, whose vivid rays thrown on the rugged i
promontories, and reflected by the over
oanging clouds, combined to complete the
awful grandeur of the imposing scene.’ p.I3G. t
It is a striking feature of this volcano, (
that it iloes not opting out of a mountain, or i
hill, as is toe case we believe in all other i
parts of world, but is seated in a compara
tively plain country, or rather at the base i
‘of the stupendous mountain Mouna Roa.— i
, I. never overt! avs i.s margin, like other i
volcanoes, hut the lava seeks a sobteraneous I
, passage, bur ting out occasionally at a dis- ]
i 'auce from the crater, and finding its way i
. in he lower country, and even to the sea. i
; The dimensions of this enormous gulf have i
. been more accurately ascertained by Mr. i
li >odrich and Mr. Chamberlain, who havej
• made a recent vi-it to it. By actual mea-jl
\ *urement 'hey found the upper edge of the!j
crater to bo seven ami a half miles in cir- ]
> utuference ; and at tlie depth of live bun- i
> I,e l they satisfied themselves that ts
; eiivumfen nc was at least five and a half .
• dies. Tn.y judged the depth to be oueji
’ thousand feet.
I FROM THE SAVANNAH GEORGIAN.
I
Tyio \*ater.
By the arrival at rNew-York on the Bth
J inst. of the packet ship Canada London
I papers of the 29th of April and Liverpool
I of the Ist of May are received.—They con
i' tain no intelligence from the continent of
. Europe ; but are principally filled with ac
, counts of the disturbances which have taken
| place in the manufacturing districts. We
, copy the following from the Evening Post of
the above date.
It is stated in a London paper of the eve*
, ning of the 29th, that an express had arrived
at Manchester from Hyde, when it was im
r mediately reported that in an engagement
with the military, twenty-five lives had been
| lost, and the rioters were travelling the
country in whole families, men, women and
| children.
To such a degree had the alarm arisen
for fear of an attack upon Liverpool by an
infuriated mob from the interior, that a writer
in the Liverpool Albion, of May Ist, pro*
poses (o raise a wall around the town, of
: bales and bags of cotton. He adds, the use
of cotton in forming walls of defence was
■ tried at New-Orleans during the late war
and was found of most essential service in
defending that city against the assaults of
the British troops. The holders of the cot
ton will, of course, expect to be paid for the
use of it : but as they are not likely to dis
pose of it for some time to come, they would
let it out fur a very small consideration.
The number of Workmen out of employ in
the west of Scotland was estimated at 60,0U0.
All was quiet at Glasgow.
ML
FROM THE LIVERPOOL ALBION,
Addingham, May 1.
We regret to see it stated in the Wake
field paper of Friday, that the system of
outrage has extended to Yorkshire; and
that the looms in the factory of Mr. Je
remiah Horsfall, at Addiogliam, were bro
ken on Thursday ; but the statement is not
accompanied by any particulars which en
able us to judge of its authenticity.
Bolton. — We have the gra ification of
stating a fac* so highly creditable to the
inhabiants of Bolion, a- they have continu
ed perfectly tranquil.—Some small groups
of idle peop'e were collecting in the streets
on Friday afternoon, but they excited no
apprehension. As a measure of precaution,
the Bolton yeomanry mustered on Wednes
day, almost to a man, and have been Under
arms ever si ire.
From the third edition of the Blackbourn
Mail. —Mail Office, Thursday afternoon—
Finding that a misapprehension has arisen
from our account of t>e proem-dings at
lirim-ltaw P irk, on tonday afternoon, in
consequence of our having used somewhat
ton strong an expression, »iz : that the sol
diers were overpowered by die mob, which is
not correct in the full sense of that word :
we are anxious to set the public right upon
the subject. Our meaning was, not that the
soldiers were driven off, but (as the fact
really was,) that the mob being so numerous,
effected an entrance into the factory at
three or four places at once, which it was
utterly impossible from the nature of the
ground for the soldiers to pi event.
We have received accounts of the pro
ceedings of the mob, or rather various par
ties of the mob, at other places, viz : Long
Holme, near Rawtemstall, E tenfield, Chad
derton, & Bacup, at each of which the pow
er looms in the factories there were destroy
ed. At Bacup we understand, there were
four factories which shared this fate, and it
thus appears that in the course of yesterday
no less than'eight factories were entered by
the mob. and the power looms in them com
pletely destroyed. We are sorry to add
that at the attack on the Chadderton facto
ry eleven of the mob (ten men and a woman,)
were shot dead, and that one of the dragoons
stationed there, together with his horse and
also one of a party of riflemen, were likewise
killed.
A gentleman who came by the mail from
Manchester last night, also informed us that
the lanes between here and Bolton were
literally filled with people, who were appa
rently coming across the country from the
neighborhood where the above riots were
committed, & that the yeomanry and caval
were mustered.
We have just received information that
similar proceedings to the above have been
begun at Ashton under Lyne and Oldham.
At the former places, we learn that an attack
has been made on one of the factories there,
and that in the attempt thirty-five lives
were lost.
Half pud six, P. M. —We stop the press
to announce that the soldiers are just re
turned, the mob having, previous to their
arrival in Cltorley, destroyed all the looms,
amounting to about ninety.
The three men who were said in our se
cond edition to be then under examination
at the session’s room were fully committed
to Lancaster castle, and conveyed there
last night. The six men who were first ap
prehended were brought from Preston this
moyning, and again examined at the session’s
room, when two of them were fully commit
ted to Lancaster castle. The others were
remanded.
'This morning another, man was appre
hended at Uarwen, and brought here soon;
(afterwards, who it appears was one of the
party that entered the factory at Chadder
ton. — He has not yet been examined.
M'sr alarming intelligence from the
Manufacturing Districts. —The following'
.is a short summary of news received in
'London up to a late hour :
From Bury. —The accounts are up to
8 o’clock on Thursday evening; all the
power looms in this neighborhood were de
stroyed.
Charley, —Helton’s factory entirely de
stroyed.
Stockport. —Howard’s factory partially
destroyed.
Manchester, April 27, 1826.
Aware from my last you will be anxious
to hear how things are going on in this
neighborhood, [ give you a hasty sketch.
Yesterday a serious, affair took place at
Chadderton. Col. Kearney of the Queen’s
Bays, was assaulted by a brick bat being
thrown at his head ; a rifleman immediately
shot the man dead, and a general enjage
nient took place ; 6 killed, 80 wounded, and
17 taken prisoners ; and report this day
states three more are dead. w
An affray took place here last evening at
Kennedy factories; one man dead.
Manchester, April 27.
A very large assemblage of people took
place at, St. George’s Fields to-day, and
they formed a procession with loaves of
bread in a coffin, carried on men’s shoulders.
Thus far they have been orderly here ; but
from the conduct of mobs in the neighbor
hood of Bury, Clithero and Blackburn, a
gainst power-loorn factories, all having simi
lar establishments in other places feel them
selves exposed to outrage, and fear it.
About 10,000 congregated this forenoon,
and it is probable we may not get over the
night without disturbances’here.”
Another letter, same date—“ As I am
closing my letters, I see what I have no
doubt are two factories, blazing.”
vmw«> Hi v *»* v iuv v»> ivu| wiuauia>^>
*» The accounts from the Districts from
Rochdale to Hyde, containing the most
~ dense population and the must extensive
are looked for with the deepest
interest ; if the rioters proceed in that di
•lrection, the greatness of the English manu
*,factories may be destroyed in a few hours.
* “Manches'l-br, Friday morning 9 o’clock.
—Yesterday night there was a considera-
P ble assemblage in St. George’s Fields.”
“ The mill of Mr. Hugh Beaver was at
e tacked, and all the looms in it destroyed.—
The mob attempted to set fire to the build
-8 ing, but it was fire-proof, and only the books
8 in the counting house and some matters of
less moment were destroyed.
Nothing but the most vigorous exertions
and great force will save the manufactories
of ) ancashire from destruction, and the
j population from a vast increase of even its
present misery.
t Such was the description of the mob at
t Chad lerton, that after the loss of lives, a
part of the machinery not having been de
t stroyed, they returned and completed the
work of ruin. Mr. Hutchinson’s mill, with
s in a mile of Bury, was destroyed before the
military from Bury Could come up.
rj Alarming Distress in Dublin. — A meet
e ing was held in Dublin on Tuesday last,
t the Lord Mayor presiding, for the consid
t eration of the disastrous state to which the
t poor of the liberties have been reduced ;
g when it appeared from a paper read by the
b Rev. Mr. Groves, that in the Dublin silk
trade there are at present unemployed
. 1,860 looms, which had giv*»n employment
to 6,280 individuals ; in the wollen trade
r toe idle looms are 850, which had employ
. ed 11,110 individuals; and in the cotton
bade (comparatively new in Dublin) 443
looms are idle, which throw 3,960 indivi
. duals out of work—altogether the number
t of people unemployed is 21,356. But let
it be remembered, in respect of each of the
■ persons thus consigned to idleness, how
. man others may have depended for their
i daily bread !
1 Rrasoable People. —The following sin
-1 gular marriage has recently taken place at
A baker, J—, married in
‘ 1810, and was soon afterwards obliged to
join the army. He was made prisoner in
one of the first encounters with the enemy
and sent 300 leagues from the field of bat
: tie. In 1817, his wife, not receiving any
intelligence from him, supposed be was
1 dead, and applied to the tribunal for per*
1 mission to marry again. This was granted
1 to her, and she married Mr. B But the
honeymoon was scarcely over, when the
■ long lost baker, J—— reappeared.—How- -
1 ever, instead of finding fault with what his
wife had done, he approved it, and obtained
‘ consent that he himself should take another
> wife. This he accordingly did, and lived
1 very happily with his second wife until the
month of June, 1825, when she died in giv
ing birth to a seventh child. Fifteen days
‘ after, Mr. B ~ the husband ofj ,»s
first wife, thought proper to bid adieu to
1 this world ; and on the 26th of last Decem
ber, J and his first wife married each
’ other for a second time.
J [ Boston Daily Adv.
' FOOTE'S PRCI~/tN'SITY TO JESTING, AND DE
FENCE OF IT.
Foote, at times, spared neither friend nor
i foe ; he suffered no opportunity of saying a
witty thing to escape him. If he ever en^“
: tertained a serious regard for any one, it
was for Holland the actor. The latter was
the son of a baker, and died young. Foote
attended as one of the mourners ; and the
friend, from whom I had this account, de
clared that his eyes were swollen with
tears ; yet, when this gentleman said to
him afterwards, “So, Foote, you have just
’attended the funeral of our dear friend,”
■he repllsd, “ Yes, we have just shoved the
little baker into his oven.”