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POETIC ALS ELECTIONS.
APOLLO AND DAPHNE.
The Abbe Regnicr Desmarais, who lived in
the time of Louis XIV. wrote several small
poems in the Latin and Spanish Languages—
and in the Italian, besides a version of part of
Anacreon, and several small pieces, a transla
tion of the eight first books of the Iliad. His
knowledge of that Language, in addition to
his literary celebrity on other accounts, was the
occasion of his being elected a member of the
Academy I)eia Grusca. a distinguished ho
nor for a foreigner. The following is an imi
tation, not of the verse but of thoughts of one
of his Italian sonnets.
Anthology,
• Stop,’ cried Apollo, • Stop lpray.’
To pretty Daphne, flying,
‘ I am,’ said she, but ran away,
Heedless of all his sighing.
He still pufsu d with many a prayer,
Which hardly caught her ear,
So light, so swiftly through the air
The darn el sped with fear
‘ I ’mi master of the sounding lyre.
I wak its vocal string’
Onward she ran, nor felt desire
To charm the Pythian king.
■ By poets I their prince am hailed,
The muses join my train.’
But ere this boast her ear assailed,
She hurried on again.
• 1 am a doctor, and my art
Effects most easy cures :
But she with palpitating heart
Still fled the god’s allures.
The thought did not her coldness me!:,
But seemed to speed her heel,
The throbs of love she ne’er had felt,
And did not wish to feel.
Luckless Apollo ! all yon said
Impeded your intention ;
It only served to fright the maid,
And shew’dbut poor invention.
Vainly your heavenly gifts you told,
Your cause they did not aid :
If you had lisp’d, ‘ / ’m god of gold,*
I’m sure you'd stop’d the maid
From the Western World.
Extract of a letter from Dr, Gaither,
of Washington County , Ken, to the
Editor of the Western IVorld, dated f
SpiunsmEld, April 26, 1809.
Intra muscular abdominal monsters.
BELIEVING it the uuty of profes
sional men, and particularly ot the henl
ine; art, to lay before the public such
occurrences in their practice, as from
their singularity, may either awaken
useful enquiry, or promote substantial
ly the happiness of man, by increasing
the catalogue of facts whence a know
ledge of the animal economy is derived.
I who am a yotrng and diffident practi
tioner in the science of medicine, beg
leave to submit to the public a fiet of
that description. It is so contrary to
the common course of nature, and to
the prevailing and generally received
opinions of the learned in the science
of physiology, as to justify the conjec
ture that nature has yet many myste
ries in reserve of great importance to
the human family. When or in what
manner she may please to disclose
them; whether she will surrender them
voluntarily and in connection, or whe
. ther they are to be unfolded singly, and
by seeming accident, at distant and ir
regular intervals, remains equally a
mystery. Possibly the learned may
avail themselves of the instance I am
about to relate, either to elicit or extort
from her many valuable secrets—lt is
with that view and hope, it is submitted
to them. It will he faithfully and accu
rately related, and can be in all its ma
terial parts substantiated by many per
sons of unquestionable veracity.
On the 7th of April, in the county
of Washington, I was called to visit a
female child, the daughter of John Mil
bourn, jun. The child was two years
and nine months old, and was supposed
to be affected with the ascites or dropsy
of the belly. She died about three
hours after my arrival.
Her parents gave me a detailed ac
count of her case, and its various symp
toms. I was by no means satisfied that
it was a real dropsy, though there was
great tumefaction and tenseness of the
abdomen, and fluctuations evidently
felt when prest by the hand. But as
the symptoms were some of them in
appropriate to that disease, and others
so equivocal, I could not but suspect
that her disease had been either un
known ov misconceived, I prevailed on
1 her parents to permit an instrumental
examination. The operation was per
formed in the usual way, by a longitu
dinal incision, passing from below the
sternum and reaching near the pubis ;
a and a transverse one passing through
" the epigastre region sides. A cavity
“ was opened to about half the distance
t between the abdominal cavity and the
s exterior surface that discharged be
o tween three quarts and a gallon of yel
« low water, which smelled like rotten
e eggs. Within the cavity was found a
’■ monster, or imperfect child, and also
e an animal substance cf a whitish color.
The monster weighed one pound and
fourteen ounces—the substance weigh
ed 2 ounces, was rather of an oval fi
gure, and was connected to the child
from which it was taken by a cord that
had some faint resemblance to the um
bilical. On one extremity of the sub
stance is a small teat or protuberance
about half an inch long, and between
one-fourth and one-half of an inch in
diameter, and immediately by it is hair
of a darkish or auburn color, about an
inch and one-fourth long. The only
analogy it bears to the human is, that
is covered by the epidermis.
The monster occupied part of the
epigastric and the umbilical regions. It
was not connected to the inner surface
of its cavity by a cord or any visible
medium. Whether a cord or other
medium of connection had existed and
been destroyed by putrefaction (which
from the smell of the fluid and other
appearances had commenced) could not
positively be ascertained. That there
must have been seme medium of con
nection I am confirmed as well by the
universal course of nature and analogy
on this subject, as by an appearance at
the articulation of the cervical and dor
sal vertebra, resembling faintly the di
vided tunis.
The position of the monstet in its en
velope was awkward ; its thighs drawn
up to its abdomen and attached to it in
places. The left resting on the shoul
der and reaching as far as the back part
of the head. The right resting or
pressing on the back of the right hand.
The bones of each thigh have perfora
ted the flesh at the knee, and are about
half an inch out. The left leg is im
perfect, lies back along the thigh to
which it has grown. The right leg is
also imperfect, its foot is suspended
over the head. On one foot are three
toes ; on the other a small appearance
of two. From the knees to the shoul
ders there is considerable perfection of
form. Its sex is indistinctly marked—
The indications are of the feminine.—
The left arm should rather be called a
stump than an arm, it has no hand—
at the end of the stamp is a nail. The
right arm is large and long, it has three
fingers and the thumb. The head is
very imperfect—it rests upon the breast
between the knees. It has neither ears
nor eyes, or appearance of any substi
tute for either—no mouth nor any thing
that has a near resemblance to it.—
There is on the left side of the face, or
rather that region of the head which the
face should occupy, a small prominen
cy which contains three teeth, the ca
nine and two incisores—they are about
the size of the teeth of a child of two
years old. This prominency or mouth,
if it may he so called, has no aperture.
On the back part of the head was hair
of a dark or rather of an auburn color,
tight or nine inches long. The body
of the monster was 7 inches long and
10 inches in circumference. The
thighs 6, 8 in circumference. The
arm 5 inches long—the stump not quite
4 inches in length.
The interior of the cavity which con
tained the monsters resembled the
mtmbrana decidua. This appearance
was assumed, for upon examination
there was not any vestige of membrane
peculiar to the monster discovered.—
Having explored this cavity and dis
lodged its contents, I extended the in
cision through the muscular partition
into the abdominal cavity, and examin
ed the viscera. They \v*re rather pale,
otherwise natural.
The little girl that those monsters
were taken from for about nine months
was healthy. Her parents discovered
when she was only a month or two old
something hard within the abdomen
which continued to increase. After
this time she became less healthy; but
her complaints were those incident to
all children. About nine months prior
to her death, she began to decline and
i became emaciated ; her appetite con
i tinned strong; her longings and desire
for ardent spirits were great; she would
i become intoxicated if indulged in the
free use of them ; it took a considerable
quantity to affect her ; she drank freely
an hour before her death. I believe it
was the use of spirits in part that sup
ported her so long. She was of the or
t Inary size of children at her age, had ,
dark hair and eyes, and would have j
been handsome, but for a gloom and
melancholy that sat upon her counte
nance, which made her appearance pe
culiarly interesting—Site looked like
the thdd of grief. Her countenance
exhibited evidences of a good under
standing, and her little tongue confir
med it.
EDWARD B. GAITHER.
I certify, that I examined with anxie
ty and attention the monster above des
cribed, and also the substance and be
lieve the description to be accurate. I
also conversed with the young gentle
man who was present and assisted at
the operation—his statements were
correspondent with the above narration
of fjets and circumstances. In the ve
racity of the Doctor and young gentle
man with whom I conversed, I have
most absolute confidence.
JMO. ROW AM.
April 26, 1809.
I, TIIOS. J. COCKE, do certify that
I have examined the above described
monster, and that it answers to the des
cription given ; and that I have the ful
lest belief of the whole of the facts as re
lated.
April 28, 1809.
I do certify that I have particularly
examined the monster above described
and it corresponds with the above state
ment ; and I have the fullest confidence
that all the circumstances as stated are
connect.
JOILY CALIIGOjY.
April 28, 1809.
Remarkable Funeral.—On Sun
day, the 19th of March, was inter
red in the burial ground of St. Martin
in-the-Fields, (England) the remains of
Hugh llawson, who died at the ad
vanced age of S 3. The deceased was
a man of no mean celebrity, though no
funeral escutcheons adorned his hearse,
or heir apparent graced his obsequies.
He was no less a personage than the
identical Hugh Strap, whom Dr. Smol
let has rendered so conspicuously in
teresting in his life and adventures of
Roderick Random ; and for upwards of
forty years had kept a hair-dresser’s
shop in the above parish. The deceas
ed was a very intelligent man, and took
delight in recounting the adventures of
his early life. He spoke with pleasure
of the time he passed in the service of
the Doctor, and it was his pride, as well
as boast, to say that he had been edu
cated in the same Seminary with so
learned and distinguished a character.
His shop was hung round with Latin
quotations, and he would frequently
point out to his customers and ac
quaintances, the several scenes in Rod
eric Random, pertaining to himself,
which had their foundation, not in the
Doctor’s. Inventive fancy, but in truth
and reality. The meeting in a bar
ber’s shop at Newcastle-upon-Tine, the
subsequent mistake at the Inn, their
arrival together in London, and the as
sistance they experienced from Strap’s
friend, were all of that description. We
understand the deceased has left be
hind him, an interlined copy of Roder
ick Random, pointing out these facts,
shewing how far they were indebted to
the genius’of the Doctor, and to what
extent they were bottomed on reality.
The deceased could never succeed in
gaining more than a respectable sub
sistence by his trade, but he possessed
an independence ot mind superior to
his humble condition. Os late years he
was employed as a keeper of the Pro
menade in Vallier’s Walk, Aclelplu, Sc
was much noticed and respected by the
inhabitants who frequented that place.
g—i nr iithw—
G. S. Houston,
Has Just Received, & For Sale,
Two New r & Convenient,
Newark made Gigs,
With Plated Harness Complete
Cheap for Cash.
May 13. 95
B. Hall, & Co.
Have Just Received,
Two Handsome & Convenient
Newark made Gigs,
With Plated Harness Complete,
which they offer for Sale.
May 13. 95
At lent ion!
r Subsciibtrs, had the rr.isfor-
X lune of bting swindled, out of a
quantity of Cotton, some time ago, at
a store in the city of Charleston, which
was made public in South-Carolina and
Georgia, by advertisements, in differtn-
Newapapers. They have had the great
er misfortune, in their anxiety and zeal
to discover the swindler, unjustly, and
rashly, to form a suspicion, that Doc
tor George A. Brown, of Wrightsbo
rough, in Columbia county, and State
of Georgia, was the person, who com- f
mitted the fraud ; and at a religious
congregation of citizens, at the house
of VVm. Halbert, Esq. in Pendleton:
District, S. C. publicly charged him
with the act.
Dr. Brown, like a man of honor and
integrity, fully convinced us of our
great mistake, and error, and in con
sideration of our being uoor men, that
we had been actuated by mistake, and
not malevolent motives, has charitably
and generously forgiven us. While
we acknowledge, that Dr. Brown has
it in bis power to ruin every individual
of us, and distress our families; we vo ]
luntaiily come forward and do solemn
ly declare in open Court, at Pendleton
Court-house, and to all the world, our
mistaken and erroneous conduct, to
wards the said Dr. George A. Brown.
We testify his innocence, we thank him
for his honorable and gentlemanly con
duct, and we declare our regret and sor
row, for the injuries his feelings may
have sustained; we are fully satisfied,
that Doctor George A. Brown, is a
man of the first respectability, of an
excellent character, and that his con
duct in life from childhood has been ir
reproachable. We can neither say or
do, too much to redreas the feeling of
Dr. Brown, or to vindicate bis name and
character. We never will forget his
honor and generosity in forgiving us
for the wrong we have inadvertantly
done him, which we believe arose from
the similarity of features, between the
person who swindled and cheated us
out of our property, and the features of
the said Dr. George A. Brown.
We desire that this declaration may
be. made public in the Newspapers of
Charleston, S. C. and Augusta, in
Georgia, at our expence, for the space
of three months; and recorded in the
Clerks Office, in Pendleton District,
S. C. and Columbia county, in the state
of Georgia.
Given under our hands and seals this
31 st March, 1809.
his
John Crump,
mark.
Wm. Mitchell,
George Mitchell,
Wm. Dodson.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged in the
presence of
Wm. Brown,
John B. Bempsv,
Wm. Harris,
Daniel Massengalc.
April 22. 92
TOE SUBSCRIBER
WHO lately came from Encc
w B o
land, and is now in this town, would be
thankful for information of the place of
residence of John Gordon, who left
England about sixteen years ago with
his wife Nancy Rice. He was a weaver
by trade, and about six years ago was
living in Georgia. If any person can
give infoimation of tin.* svid John Gor
don, they will please direct their letter
to William M l Cre‘ight,in Winsbcrough.
JOHN RICE.
Wihnsborough, South Carolina, ?
April 20th, 1809. $
30 Dollars Reward.
RUN away from the subscriber in
February, 180&-, a country born
Negro'Woman, about twenty five years
of age, very smart and bandy about any
house business, and very likely—her
name is SALLY, but I expect she will
change it, so as not to be apprehended,
as she once before, when runaway, call
ed herself Harriot. I expect she is on
the river between Augusta and Savan
nah, being informed a few weeks past
that she v/as in the neighborhood of a
Mrs. Scott, on Savannah River. Any
person bringing said negro to me in
Green county, near Greensborough, or
lodge her in any jail so that I get her.
shall be entitled to the above reward by
me. MATTHEW COLEMAN.
May 13, 1809. 3m 95
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For Snle at this Office.