omissions cffj 5 y he fchowitig d flicks hare in me not altogether unlntercfting been tut although old thy from he new york ewcmng pofl sin it appears from an article in your p- rr nf i cvc ing rrni a enquiry into the infes of the fpotted fever i about to jake pace uo iubject of more micrcil has v engaged the attention of the medical pr feitionj if i am comly informed by fcv r iiitdiigent medical ftadents from the t- iv n aas of this late ir is a general 01 inion among the phyiicians theie that the fitted fwer i cao d by the ufe of irend 01 whifkey made of ergot or fpurrcd rye the evil effects of thtf mi bole fome abnent have long been kowu on the contr ol france and in gcrma- nent of europe tij particularly dmirulive epi ernies have ften cv dtiunctly haced to this fnirce iii the 177 tv tfrer o of the iscmber of the royal society of medicine in prri- war deputed to trav1 through the province of sologne in order fo acquire in formation cm thi tij it appears from ius enquiries that the ergot is found in othei i1ait bolide rye viz barley ots and wheat but in fmailer quantity schmeider attn- bi d the format n of ergot ton villous iubftauce that peneratd he grain with the jew and then oc tinned a fort of frmen- tati iri by which a fungus fhot forth that hardened into ergots other phyfician and eoeeinlly tillet finding ftaiu inkers in the difcafcd gan attributed to them the for mation of ergot- and all are agreed that this difeafe of the itain was grety favoured by fteviiiry a moift and leiile foil and wet fea- fyns in order to prevent the difenfe in tire grain dr read phyfician of the military hofj ttal of mcntz advifes that all the dif- eafed ftsks fbould be carefully gleaned afur the harveft and horned and that no grain fhoud be railed from feci which i not per fectly healihv or if this cannot be done tht the gram be writhed in km water in order to dcilroy any infects that may be lodged in it in 1596 the faculty of me dici e of marbourg published a treate on a convulfive epidemic which they declared arofe from the life of ergot many patients remained hispid until death thofe who efcoped recovered imperfectly and were particularly ill during the month of janu ary 3d february the diftafe appeared contar loaf and affecd armfes many of wv d in a flte of lefhajfl 6j throughout fereral cantons of germany many lerfotvj were hved with a kind ct in- toxcaon head ache vertigo con ian t nau- fea and confiderabl fweliinr o the face fymptom which were attributed to the ufe of brad made of ereoty grain the difafe wrv fero-e- ergotifra about the beginning f he jail century a convnlfive ejiidemic ra vaged feveral cintons f saxony and sweden at 01 e f the feafons in which it prevailed wit the preatet violence the rye contained one third of er t tlie villages firuad in rrrfy ground fared word and there wa3 conartivlv little ficknefs in laroe towns the patients were attacked with fpafms convnhions rnd inexpreftible pain fnch as vouhd be produced by atcempts to diflcate a bone which came on by paroxyfms in the ilterva- they con id atrend to their bu- finefs atter the paroxyfm fome had a voracious appetite which led to acts of in- temperace that were quickly fata others fell into a lethargy which if it d not prove fatal was fucceeded by vertigo ex treme veaknefs and flirtncfs in the kmbs on iltecrion blood was found extravafoted on the chert and there were traces of in- fkmmaton of the lungs the heart was re- maikably flaccid and it ventricles empty the bloodvcltcls appeared to be filled with bile fome gangrenous fpota were ken on the liver and fpleen the tfftimony of dr3 thnier and dodat fufficiently eitablifhes the fr6r that the erjct is capable of pro- drmjr malignant typings fever and gangrene cf the extremities upon the whole there en be no doubt rhrit it is a very deleterious i lance and that it effects upon the hu man fyrm are modified by varion circom fiances which perhaps the prefent fate f our knnv lede dc not ptrnut us to apore- crat if is an cbjecl of v terefling enqniry bw far r powers of ergot may be modi fied by oiflillation and ccrrbimtion with al- cboic liquor and whether this or any cthcr ranfe fuftkicrtly explain why the ufe of ogor in europe produces a convnlfive ertdmtc termirating in typhus ard in ohr inftargfs the dry gangrene dfcribed bv paron boycr while in america it caufe9 a cifa e m many refpecis unlike either t u iindrdood that the medical infritu- tori or this cty are alvnt to rfffr a prize for tv bell differtation on this fubjecl s pire of this village the coroner who totk the inqnifition of the dead bodies and u- mchefney who was one of the jurors- their knowledge is derived from their c animation of the bodies the coufeftion gf the murderer and the evidence adduced be fore thejny on sunday the 18th inrtant mr michael scarborouirh of louisville cr ted the si lawrence river to cornwall whence he was to proceed on monday to montreal leaving at home his wife aged twenty four years a lovely girl of two years an infant of three month and lean baptise macuc a french fervent boy of fourteen yea s old yb mt 12 oclock on the fame djvs jean baptifte giiteau a little blxck looking- canadian freixhman left maft- a village under pretence of going to quebec but went immediately t mr scarboroughs boufe about two mile- where he maid fxing his plac of operations for tlie nih from the ho ufe he went to the wood- tlaid till dark went into the barn of mr scarbotouh fipt till 4015 oclock in the morning went to the h ule entered a back door into an en try wny pafied into a cellar ate a harty bicikfall came up took an axe from thf entry way went into a large rom where the ferv it boy was fleping by a hove warmed himfclf went into the adjoining room where mrs s with the infuit on her arm and iuile ghi by her 6de were afleep ibod feveral minwtea locking at mrs s and then at the trunk which contained the cfh at length he determined for ids own fecurity to add murder to roobery he levelled the axe twice at the neck of mrs s which fevered the bone and artenis and altrot fevered the head from the body she died without a ftrnggle the head of tin- axe wa let into the infants head from the fore head to lie crown the child lived about four hours the little girl has three moka of the axe on her head and one on her boul der her head is much fwheait u not i ascertained whether the ftcull is fractured fomr hov of fisr rcooveiy from the btrfiroorn hs rdiirncd to the erven boy gave him a blow and cut hi- throat h wai brother to the murdirers wile tin n re- turned to the bedroom opened a trim tool out a barkercbief containing tweitytwo dollars and eighty iitf cents in pecie li expeclcd ftvehundrel dollars a quantity of gold remained in- the trunk u idifc -vr-red- on monday morning mr field of muffennj went to the ho ufe on an errand d mndc tb- difenvery he immediately gave the alarm the firfl who arrived were the father mother and brother of the fervant boy it fnowecj during the nrdt mr ovvis and other gentlemen of maftena on horfeback took iheffacko the nnifderer arid puriocd him about twelve nules when they came up and took him within two- miles of st retts village he afferted in innocence while his blood rained hands and clothes declared his guilt until brought into the room where the bodies were when he confeffedthe whole and rcouefted that his pricfta catholicmight be fent for to pardon him he is now in the county gaol v fee u red in irons he hfroffi st anne lower canada as he fays where his father brother and filter livs mr s was immediately informed of the fit nation of his family and returned it is not in the power of language to defcribe his diftrefs it would be mockery to attempt it m y ap- frm the pats flow gfzfffe of february 24 ate jii r jre indtltecl to caleb hough llf- it rjc a uiuifirri kvrznie uj r cur nary 24 fr u jcr and bofdcry f r the folic wing jcu t mm dzr hoxrid bvyi nd eerip- died at his refidence near oneida castle on monday the i ith olt skfnanbon the eel- ebrated oneida chief aged i io years in his youth he was a brave and intrepid warrior and in his riper years one of the a- blest counfellors among the north american tribes he poffeited a strong- and vigorous mind and thouoh terrible as the tornado in war he was bland and mild a the zephyr in peace with the cunning of the fox the hungry perfeverancc of the wolf and the a- gility of the mountain cat he watched and repelled canadian invafions his vigilance once preferven from maffacre the inhabitants of the infant fettlement of germanfl t3 kis influence brought his tribe to our afhstance it the war of the revohuion the number of the living and the dead that have been fa- ved from the tomahawk and leal ping knife by his friendly aid is not known but indi viduals and villages have expreted gratkude for his bent volent interpolations and among the indian tribes he was distinguished by the appellation of the white mans fiiend although he could fpeak but little eng lihh and in his extreme old age was blind yet his company was fought jn cnveifati on he was highly decorous evincing tint h had profited by feeing civilized and polihed fociety and by mingling with good company in his better day to a friend who called on him a fhort time fince he thus exprcited himfclf by an interpreter 1 am an aged hemlock the winds of an hundred winters has whirled through my branches i am dead at the top the gen eration to which i belonged have run away and left me why i live the great good spirit only knows tuy to my jefis that a i may have the patience to wait tor pointed time to die from a london paper the following are fome further particu lars refpeing the lad moments of msrfhal nev when the judgment was announced to him he faid it would have a more mi- litary to have jduu you nre to bite the drift at the execution he endeavoured to protcll igainft the iniquity of the ientence and ap pealed to god and poflerity the officer commanding the veterans attempting to give the word appeared ft ruck dumb iefpi- nofs the commander of the military divi- fion then faid officer if you cannot com mand i wili the latter remaining fiunt the mar thai himfelf faid foldicrs do your duty upon which the platoon ordered for the purpofe tired at random only five out o balls fired truck the marfhal who fell upon his knees and died inftantly the officer recovering himfelf faid ic there h fc a platoon let them foot me alfo the ciheer is put under an arreft marfhal ney was vefterdav buried at the cimetery of la chalfe madame ney was accompanied to the 1 nuilleries bv her four children and fif- tcr he remained in the salon de la fiaix fome time before the due de dtlras came to inform her that me could not be received by the king and leading her down the grand ftaircafe acquainted her with the mournful execution he fainted and with difficulty removed to her carriage a mid ft the cries of her children and the lamentations of the fpeators of the diftreiiing fcene she had feveral times endeavoured to fee the duchefs dangooleme near whofe perfon fhe had bee brought up when a child the duchefs hovver as well as the princes conftamly rsfufed to fee her mnlame auguie madame mevs mother was in the femce of marie antoinette her grier at whofe death wis fo fevere that in a moment of diftrdi n civ threw lierfelf out of a window aid died upon the fpot when the titles of ney were enumerated in his fentence he obnrved t4 what is the ufe of all this now michel ney pr y a handful of dull thats all bonaparte a letterfiom st helena fay booaparte is at prefent roft narrowly watched and on parole not to go bey md the limits of the little rarden sic firrnindiut the cottage he inh ibirs he his akvay- about his txrfon ib oiler ahd at leail fcw8 ttr ihiee cijehts nuwithftandingal tills he is never heard to compl un but feems perfectly calm and re- figned to hi fare he ftill keep up his dignity with thofe about him and hey nev er approach him covered nor do they wear their hats in his prefence i remarked the day i dined with the admiral during our outward bound paflage that he bad a plate of each dim on the table put before him by his fervant and fane he pprtodk of others was removed wh hoot his eating any the fame ceremony was observed in handing round wine a glafs teach fort on a lalvcr was occafionauy orefented arid if inclined he drank one if not the fairer wan remo ved without hi- fpeak fug he always pro- ferved a greu degree of ftatelinefs he nev er alked bow he was to be difpofed of and was perfectly pafiive in every traitaclion london dec 9 the fatlorp of the northumberland obli- gd bonaparte to pay the tribute to neptune on pamg the line for the firfl time as well as all the perfons of his fnit bonaparte fubmitted to the ceremony with a very good rrace and paid roo napoleons to old nep tune paris dec rrj a letter from bruitels announces that on the 14th there a- rived from paris a convoy of precious ettecrs be longing to the king of spain which joieph brought away at the time of his retreat th value of them is incalculable they are to be conveyed to antwerp guarded by a w detachment of euglifh cavalry where they ill be embarked for spain the king of spain has juft created two new military orders that of st ferdinand and st hermcnegilde and a third order of knighthood under the name of royal american order of lfabella the catholic all the britiih troops have now with drawn from paris on saturday aft at live in the morning colonel kkinnon com manding the rear guard delivered up the heights of montmartre to the french troops this was the laft pott delivered up from the troy post of feb 6 the duke of wellingim has received from lnnis xviii the order of the con- t bleu his majefty alfo prefentcd his grace with the eftate of groi b ois and con- fferred on him the title of due de bra no is jl- is faid marfhal maftena has been arrefted t the frontivj hi health is fo bid that jhis life is defpaired of ktnoston may 25 1816 i fo the kingston gazette fuch a niqgilhnefs in enforcing 1 1 j mr miles sir it is a fubje6t of deep regret to many that the executive or raagittfacy houlj hiv the hw6 of tiw frovmce ii is particularly t bedtpweil for far as thofe laws relate to perfons calliur themfclvcs doctors not only our fortunes but our lives are in the hands of thofe defpica- beqroacks how does if happen thaa aft ot the feflion of 1s15 is not acted upon 5 i it becaufe that a5l is unvvife or is it be- caufe the executive does not thick trof nf ftcient importance to put it in operation if the firft why not expunge it from the laws of the province i if the latter what h the- ufe of a lioofe of affembly at all perhaps mr editor j you and other ref- pecbblc gentlemen living iri town wbo- hve accefs to and knowledge to- value the mciits or thofe pracl ifmg medicine may not fee fo much as i do the miferable fitnation of the country but fir if the health of the fuhiect is not a matter of fufficient importance to roufe the morbid fallibility of thofe whofe duty it is to adminilter the laws i fboum imagine that in a political point of view it would be a matter of great importance to look after thofe quack foies who are daily inundating the province thofe men mod brutal generally fpeaking in their manner and in their conduct immoral is the highelt degree go from lioufr to honfe like pevl- rars dealing out their poffonous pi is and herbs ami holding ont to the gaping ignor ant the advantages of a republican govern- ment but to give you an in fiance of the contemptible conduct of one of thofe anim als nearer yoorfclf during the laft ieition of the peace i had ocenfou to be in kings ton and althoigh i lodged in a private houfe i had occafion to call one morning at a t iv era while fpeaking to the landlady in the bar in comes a drct r and called for a gill of brandy he drank it in the coirrfe of which he put a great many quclliois to her about the health of her cuftomcrs and final ly faid he would leave fome fecr powders- a it wai likely the country people would be getting drunk as he termed it and would require medicine tlie lady thanked him and faid if fhe wanted any medical aid he knew where to fend for it to conclude mr editor the eonfequen- vf te kk fjffom w fee he ftri place to prevent native merit entering inro the profeffion fecondly thole few iefpecta- ble and regularly educated meji whom we will either leave the pro v ince or get a miferable fubiiftence if they re main and billy though not the feaft ihe province will be in fome decree cevolutloni zed by thofe emfharies oi a licentious bt 11c veritas ddolphusloivrt may 14 1 8 6 have amorwft us re- london march 9 briiijh fhtpi hi the mediterranean- we have aiiihorfty for afteriing that the impor tant fubjedt of the abufes of tlie ritifh flig by beiagaitumed by all defcriptmns of for eign veails has been taken up by govern ment with a promptitude much to its honor and with a fpiiit which will be efficacious in its redrefs orders have been fent of amoft preempto ry nature to the britifh confuls and vie confuls in all the ports within the streiglits of gibraltar that no veflels are to be eoniid- ered entitled to the britifo meditterranean paites except fuch as are actually built ia the united kingdom or in his majcftys foreign governments or which actually be longs to the town of gibraltar and that the confuls and vice confuls fliould alfo dif- coiitinue the indif oiminae grant of britifh pioteftions to foreign veflels of all defciip- tions we cannot forbear teftifying our higlr fat- isfacton at this decilive ftep it is of biftill ftamp and does the government much ii nor this will authorize the britifh admiral on that llatioa to oblige every vtftj which has notaj5ritifh meditterranean pats of a date pollerior to the prefent to ftrike the flagi malta alone within the streights will be en titled to the privilege and we truft tha his excellency general maitland the governor of that iflaud will be fufficient ly a friend to his country to fee with rigid eyes that none but veffels really owned by native maltefe or at lead by con ft ant relidents in ia ha ever have a pafs or ho ill the biitiih nion the pniis paper contains the following from madrid dated fe 17 all ihe fubjc1i of his catholic majely are invited to arm against theeorfair of the infurents of america the depredations of the ivbary corfaii6 along the cgaft of italy continue they lately made a de fee at with a foice of coo men at marfan phmdeied the churches and hoitfc and carried off a atx number of captives i