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‘3’ Excessive Pantominoâ€"kiok- in; 8 man whcn down. A drunken man got into 3 school house in San Jose, 031., on New Year’s eve, and in trying to get out through the window, was caught by his leg and hung head downward until morning, when he was found dead. in its worst form, with all the agony dis- tilled to its most excrutiating degree, use Dr. J. Briggs’ Allemtor, sad in a trice, your nennlgls, with all his demons has de- parted, sud once again you will know how to live without it. Sold in Durham by Findlay Show. Dr. J. Briggs 00., 208 Brosdwoy, N. Y., sud No. 6 King St. . West, Toronto. 3 pear, to. ; i9 shaft if jog bye nefinlgjé N manau.â€"â€"I‘f your nerves seem to snap I and crack, jerk and jump, and play ail sorts,‘ of pranks. from the too of your head to ,3 the tips of your toes, now shooting forth 5 1fire lightning along one unfortunate nerve, 4 and now trying to tie another into a thon- f and knots, then attempting to make a' bowstring of another, sometimes in the region _of the heart, again in‘the face, head, i The King of Prussia has ordered all priests to take this oath : “I swear be- fore God and by His word to he always faithful to my gracious King and to my mighty BishOp. I will always defend the throne, and will denounce all that reaches me through the confessional that may be harmful to his royal majesty,his government and his well-beloved fam- hf.” The Dominion Parliament meets on fine-15th February for the despazch of the remix-Iii of a recent census, is km} 3,234. TERRIBLE ACCIDINT.â€"On the 30th ult., an old man named Henry Spears, aged about 60 years, was engaged in putting a belt on a pulley in Warnock . Co.’s woollen factory, at Plattsrille, when the shirt sleeve of his right arm was caught by the shaft, and his arm quickly wound around it. His body also revolved with it until the arm gave way at the elbow, and he fell to the floor. A workman ran to the spot and found poor Spears in a kneeling posi- tion, with his arm torn 011' at the elbow, and the bone bare to within a few inches of the shoulder joint. The mangled arm was firmly attached to the shaft and from it hung a tendon about a foot in . length which had been torn from the} body. The poor man lies in a critical! condition. The employees of the factory l have subscribed over $200 for his bene- -' fit- 50 says the Reformer. i Gan.” Sstr ENTERPRISEâ€"we clip the following from the Goderich Szlqnal: A gentleman in this town,whose veracity is above reproach, informs us that he is authorized by an English capitalist to give out contracts immediately for the construction of works capable of turn- ing out seven hundred barrels of salt per day. The site, we understand, will be what is known as the Longworth farmâ€"about half a mile out of town.â€" The enterprise, it is estimated, will in~ volve an immediate expenditure of 875,- AAA The popllgtien of Owen Sound, by Bosnian: Masswu AT Fm.-â€"The Melbourne Argus reports a horrible massaere at Fiji. A Mr. Lattin, who, it is said, was formerly a storekeeper in M elbonrne,hatl shipped about 280 natives on board the French bark Mona. Their ultimate destination was, it is believed, ' Queensland; but it seems that the islanders rose en maaso and mercilessly killed every white man on board with ?l)d exception of the mate. They then jumped overboard with the intention of swimming ashore; but only about thirty reached the land, 2553 having, it is sup- ;‘oscd, been drowned. : i: is the largest town in tl Kingdom, after London, ha people than Liverpool tod growing more rapidly than will soon have its million. Sq sanguine Scotch predict. that outstrip the British metropoli Glasgow is an extremely prosperous and bus! place. It has grown faster than any city in Great Britain, having increased its population from about 300,000 in 1861 to 5%),000 at the proâ€" neot time. Its citizens now claim that [3" Beltimore is excited at the evil deeds of body-watchers, and the are horrified by the report that, ply of dead bodies being source, heart- less gang of men occasionally seize dark men in the streets‘ on derk nights, take them into dark rooms, and there savage- ly kill them. negroes - ‘0' JVIIUW|US I ‘u.‘ “w cheques were granted tor Non-resident stone I school taxes 2â€"Section No. 9; $4.62; outrag Section No. 3. $2.59; Section No. 4, : "OOPS 826.48. The Clerk was instructed toithe crc ndvertise for tender: for the ofice of } parsed Assessor. Time was extended to John rations xes against i now in their property. The Returning 05- eluding one were allowed 84 each, and the arrived Clerk 82, for holding the nomination. teries ( '1‘ he Trustees of 8. Sec. No. l, Mic and L police 1 Norris, Wm. Purdy. and S. B. Chafl'ey, i creased were allowed #2 each for polling places. 1 will da Then Council then adjourned to meet A’ ance. at the same place, on Monday 3lst ilk? The etaut. claration of qualification and afloaâ€"I The minutes of last meeting were read PA] and confirmed. The Reeve nominated greatl‘ J. W. McDonnell, and the Council dintan Alex. McKenzie, ”Auditor: tor the no seni current year. A Bylaw Ina mbse. were! queutly passed confirming them nppoint- ' one In menta. Robert Hutton was exomptedltempti from take for 1869. The followingfiatrato cheques were granted for Non-resident f atone I - v ." rapi'filg than elvér, and zxuillion. Some ef the predict that it will yet sh metropolis itself. On the opening of the (Ecumenical Council on December 8, Monsignor Gan. dofi was preparing to enter the Vatican, when two strange priests aeaiated him to dress. He afterwards discovered that the strangers had taken a magnifi- cent golden crosa net with diamonds which the Pope had presented to him. ‘ l ‘ Canaanâ€"If your head, nose and throat are filled with s burdensome mess of mucus, ‘ either dry or moist, thin or thick, white or yellow, and vour eyes swollen end heavy, your hand feeling unusually large, with 3 constant, dull, heavy pain all through it, resulting from Catarrh, use Dr. J. Briggs’ Allevantor. The mucus will be immediate- ly dischsrged from the head, nose end throat, the eyes brighten, end sperkle with delight; the head feels nature! ngtin, all, pain has fled, end life once more desirable. ‘ Sold in Duh-m by Findley Shaw. f c The Annual Meeting of the above iSociety was held at Middsughs Hotel, iDurham, on Tuesday, 18th inst. The following are the ofiicers elected for the current year: --Henry Wakefield, Presi dent; Jae. Edge, lst Vice- President; Joseph Maxwell, 2nd V cs- President; 8. E. Legato, Secretary-m areesurer; Directors: Messrs. 8. Edge, Join Trev erse, Jas. Hopkins, David McNicol, J. A. Lanprsy, Joe. MeArdle, Geo. Jack- son, Adam Cochraue. W. B Ron bough, J. MeGhee. ,‘ South Grey Agricultural Society. The Coupd’Etat of Dec. 2, placed the Prince in a delicate position, inas- much as he had promised so earnestly to stand by the constitution. He now retired to private life. His life since then has been an uneventful one, passed mostly at his country house. His impetuous character has brought him into many dificulties, of which the last is not, perhaps, the'least. : - On the outburst of the revolution of 5 1848, he hastened to Paris, and receiv- fed command of a squadron of the ' Foreign Legion. He was sent to the ; Assembly by the electors of Corsica, and was placed on the War Committee. He usually voted on the extreme Left. In 1849 he went to Algeira, and assist- ; ed at the seige of Zaatehes, but just be- ; fore the assault on the town, returned to Paris without permission. M. D’Hautponl, the Minister of War, dis- missed him on this breach of duty, and his action received the express approba- bation of the Assembly. It involved Prince Pierre in a duel with a member of_t_he Right. dispute with the natives, which ended in another bloody struggle. At the in- tercession of the English Government he again escaped, but was compelled to leave Italy and Greece entirely. He now ofl'ered his services to the French powers, and to Mahomet Ali, Viceroy of Egypt, and on their being rejected by both, took a trip to London. Biography of Pierre Bonaparte I ~__â€" â€". out] I“ URUG- MADRID, Jan. l3.-â€"In the Cortes to- day Senor Castellar introduced a propo- poaition excluding forever the Bourbon family and all its branches from the throne of Spain. Debate on this pro- posal takes place on Tuesday next. sis; 'l‘heURepublicans introduced a re- eolution expressing dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Government. With- 0 in the past few days 1,009 have sailed to reinforce the Spanish army in Cuba. MADRID, J an._‘13.fâ€"In the Cortes to- j___ C! This divisioh of Opinion may soon lead to important changes in the consti- tution of the Blinjgtry._ l.f.__ " “ ‘JJ"'J° Rocbefort, in a leading editorial, says :â€"â€"“Tbe demonstration yesterday was a cry for justice; to-morrow a cry may come for vengeance.” ”IT- _‘ -â€".---5 UV “3’. Monday has {been appointed the day for opening discussion on the arraign- ment of Rochefort. It is rumored, however, that the Government will The city in still much ngitnted our the recent homicide. Troops are held in readinesato act, though no display has been made. The Emperor to-day visited the bar- rncks and military schools. Henri Rochefort was present at I; lit- ting of the Corps Legislatif 3.0:(18’. 7 11--.]--- L -7 | The Marcezllatle appears today no newt}. The tone of its nrticlel in very The city is Itill mnch ngitnted our the recent homicide. Troops are held in readineeato act, though no dilploy has been made. teriea of artillery from film-1:35;: police force has also been lax-gel creased. It is not. supposed the p willdaro make my further di: auce. out; 3 EXCITEMENT IN PARIS CONTINUES. been . lgrgely in; fled, except when agitated by the fever of I delirium. At an early stage of the malady ' Dr. Gun, of Durham. was called in,who, it ' appears, after a series of professional visits, ' i advised that the patient should be removed to the hospital in Toronto. Thither her husband proceeded with her. The con- 1 diticns of admission to the hospital was, on application to the Mayor, found to be, on payment of 812 a month, and a guarantee from the Beers of the Township of Glen- elg, that all demands would be satisfied.â€" Not being-prepared to meet these require- ments in every particulu'. the husband of the invalid called upon Dr. Newcome, to whom he was recommended, as a man wielding influence at the hospital. The doctor encouraged him to expect admission for his wife on more favorable terms than were ofl'ered by the Mayor, gave him a note to the Surgeon of the hospital, charged him a fee of”, which was 'd, and promised ‘ tomeethimandhis 'eat thehospitaleâ€"J They went. but there was no Dr. Newcome. 'The resident medical superintendent of the hospital refused her admission on the 1 ground of unfitness and recommended that she should be taken to the lunatic asylum I To the asylum she was taken, but the saw ‘ lum being filled efien beyond its proper sani-' ‘ my capacity, she‘ could not be reesived.â€" p “ The wife of a settler in the Township of Glenelg, sometime within the last four months, presented her husband with child l number eight, which, with all its predeces- Esors, is stout and healthy. The woman’s medical attendant was Dr. Burns, of Price- ville. Shortly after her confinement the doctor left three pills, mth directions as to the manner of being administered, and a caution to her husband not to be alarmed if they produced the appearance of madness. The doctor prOperly estimated their effect. Madam ensued, but unfortunately it was not temporary, for to-day the poor woman is a raving maniac, and her body prostrat- The question for the consideration of the Jury, as Mr. Cameron told them, was whether the insanity of Mrs. Flowers re- sulted from imprOper medical treatment or a visitation of Providence. The case for their consideration, he said, was forcibly put in the concluding paragraph of the article itself, the:â€" The witnesses for the Plaintiffâ€"except the medical gentlemen who spoke of the qualities of morphine, ipecacuanha, and saltpetreâ€"were the Plaintiff, his Attorney, and Mr. E. B. McMillan. The latter can, perhaps, explain how the Doctor could lose his practice, in Grey, in consequence of an article which appeared in the Chronicle several weeks after he had left the County. Mr. Barrett may have written on the brief 1 of the Plaintifl‘ “if the witnesses fail to prove all these facts, call me.” We don’t know that he did, but we think he made a slight mistake in going into the witness box at all. On reading the evidence of Attor- ney and client, a vision of George Albert Mason and Deacon Boardman flitted before The It never was our purpose to injure Dr. ‘Bnrne. His only employment, profeeeion- ally, of which we ever heard, was in the cue of Mrs. Flowers, and which we con- ceived it to be our duty to report. If it was m, The action brought by Dr. Burns, late of Priceville, but now, or recently, of Lis- towel, in the County of Perth, against the .y publishers and proprietors of this Journal, ” lbas resulted 1n a verdict for the Plaintifi‘, ll damages $100. We are indebted to the w Toronto papers of the 13th instant, for a d report of the trial. It will be remembered I, that at the Fall Assizes of 1869 our Coun- y sel, after an examination of the witnesses y to the facts narrated in the alleged libel, oadvised that application should be made to r 0the Court for permission to add another ‘ plea to the one of not guilty, in order to ; enable us to get the evidence before the : Court. This application resulted in our ' being obliged to pay what is termed the J costs of the day, and to be prepared {or ¢ . trial at the Assizes now being held 1n the Lt- plea of “ not guilty "â€"as advised by our Attorney, Mr Harperâ€"that a verdict would N apprentice wanted 1t this office; im mediately. One who has some knowledge of the business preferred. Durban, Jan; 12:11, 1870. flj-All those indebted to this office for (1:)- Sobscriptiono, Advertising and Job 0:)- Work, are requested to settle the same 33- without further notice, otherwise we (I? shall resort to more stringent means to 0:)- enforce payment” DURHAM CHRONICLE. NOTICE TO DELINQUEIâ€"qsl THURSDAY nerin which we have performed 1d preserved the other, is known dere, and unless we are greatly the evidence produced in Court, I, sustains all the facts and justi- Apprentice Wanted. BURNS VS. ’. JAN. JOHNSON. 20, 1870. 53' James Doyle, a cooper of Mt. Forest, was found dead in one of the rooms of his own house, on Tuesday morning, 11th inst. He had been in very wank health for some months pm. 03' A clergymn in Ohio has sued his congregation for 895 back salary. 631 large mercantilo house in Lon- don has prohibited its clerks from wear- ing monataches and the young women nre indignant. 53' Prim is said to nave fortune of 153009000 out of t 53' An English lady has left a legacy of 810,000 to Mr. Jeff. Davis. Q" Rev. Dr. Cooker de‘ verygiMereeting address to e 1 dience, in the Orange Hall, on evening last. The above Fair was held on Tuesday last, and, though not as large-so far as the number of cattle goesâ€"as many of four previous Fairs, yet on the whole, it was a decided success. In point of buyers, and the quality of the stock sold, it may be said to be ahead of any of our previous Fairs. We understand that Mr. Archibald Park, of Bentinck,1 netted the snug little sum of 8145 for} a yoke of oxen. This, of course, was an exception, but generally, prices ruled high. The following are about the quotations:â€" Uxen per yoke---... $100 to 8120 Costs ..... ... ..... - 25 to 35. The indefatigable Mr. Geo. Laidlaw and others, of the class of Railway pros- pectors from Toronto, have failed to induce the people of the County of Norfolk that it would be to their inter- for est to give $200,000 as a bonus to a the Narrow Gauge road. We don’t pre- tif sums to dictate to the people of Nor-J ple folk or to sit in judgment upon Mr.‘ 3“,. Laidlaw’s advocacy of the scheme, but as Mr. Laidlaw and his coadjutors suc- “ld ceeded in preventing our getting a .â€" Railway into the County of Grey, by a in- counter agitation, in favor of the Nar- 1h row Gauge, under the auspices of an in- dependent Company, we cannot be ac- ent cused of meddling in other men’s mat- to ters by reviewing some of the incidents of its history. The projectors com- ' to the our the Few, if any, persons cared todi'epute these pretensions, but many peeple oh- jected to the avowed dertermination on ' the part of these people, to construct ‘ just such a Railway, and at the peoples’ expense too, as would leave them with- 1 out an option as to the choice of a 1 market. The three feet six gauge was 1 just the thing, they supposed, for that I .e purpose. In the expectation that Tc- 1 . rento was to be the distributing centre for the produce of Grey and Bruce, the ‘8 City of Torontoâ€"in its corporate ca. g pacityâ€"contributed $250,000, which ,. $250,000, however, as we stated in a I previous issue, the Directors fives-eb- t: tained power to expend between Toron- t! l' to and Arthurâ€"a district, the greater V‘ ,- part of which is already tributary to 3% Toronto. ‘ l We presume that Arthur will, for r; l the present at least, be regarded as the h: and Bruce Railway Company. The E" i vascillation and finessing of the Toron- 4‘ to, Grey and Bruce Company is damag- ing its reputation. One day they make a survey from Orangeville to Mount Forest, wi‘h a view of making a descent into the pockets of the Arthur ratepay- ers, and the next they instruct their or- W‘- gans to say that a handsome bonus has WE been ofi'ered to induce them to start from Orangeville to Owen Sound for the ca same purpose. Seeing that they have th: secured the Toronto contribution, and he: all the intermediate levies for the first "ll section, they ought to set to work and 1“. construct it before asking other people pa. to involve the Municipalities in a novel and possibly unsuitable medium of comâ€" munication. From present appearan- ces, we conclude that the municipalities me on each side of the Garafraxa Road, in V8! Grey, will act in unison. This is sound D." policy; indeed, separated, they would be powerless. The intention, we be-l lieve, is to keep clear of all liabilities whf until the first section of the Road is on built and in operation. This decision cea: is a wise one. Indeed we can scarcely inflp imagine that, in the present aspect of 11“" afi'airs, any Municipality in the County gel: of Grey would commit itself to either Seun of the projects which we have named, for while there is some doubt of one iii; being built, and the capability of the the other for the work, the County of Grey did will wait further developements. 3° P tion to make to the Doctor. The Doctor claims 812 from Mr. Flowers forvieite, i-morphine, tic. Hie agent has inflmoted that if it is not paid forthwith, ‘the account will be put into Court. Now the sugges- tion is this, that if the Doctor will cancel this debt, and give half the amount of the verdictâ€" 850â€"to Flowers, we will add $50 to it. Durham Monthly Fair. i It is probable that- we have nov done with Dr. Burns. If 1t should be our privi- ! lege to meet him‘ again, he will ham older and we hope a wiser man. He was a bold man to swear that he gave Mrs. Bowers “ 1 grain of morphia, 15 grains of ilecacuo subs, and 6 grains of nitrate of pdash, ” when it was proved that he mixed the medi- cine on the spot, as Mr. Scott said,“ by guess work. ” We have a parting manna. i, The Jury, after taking two hours to de ‘ liberate, arrived at s decision on tie pro position, which we venture to say would tax intellects of the highest order. ‘Foole rush in where Angels fear to tread.” The penalty for our scepticism wag 3PM Our doubts are not yet removeti, for thesimple reason, we presume, that our faith isfonnd~ at} on evidence. mother of about 35 years of age, reft of I reason and of health, a veung fa reu- rdered worae than motherleaa, and home 'of an induetnoua settler come :into a scene of penury and sorrow. It h; been found convenient to assign occurreq'e I like this to the inscrutable decree: of‘ all- wise Providence. In the case so come» latory doctrine will scarcely apply, or the i question whether the women is th victiml Of medical quackery, or of 3 discs; which l no known remedy can ameliorate, rennin l to be settled.” ' BAILWAYS. a parting magen- small au- 1 Tuesday 0f a discus which Lmeliorate, remain made a Dr. Workman was next called- He de- posed that he was Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum : he had been in the pro. fession since 1825, and had considerable experience in insanity; he knew Annie Flowers, the woman referred to; she was now insane ; he had heard the prescription given by Dr. Burns, and thought it would not produce insanity ; it was ridiculous to suppose that such would have the effect, ‘that being the medicine and the quantity; Re-exnminedâ€"He did not know the author of the article ; he knew that one of the doctors in Lietowel had used the article to his detriment. a student: .he Jid racialâ€"gag; Tire ‘t’rgaT meat at 9.11; ha did not know the defen- By Hon. Mr. Cameronâ€"He did not keep a visiting list book. but kept a list of his patients in his day back ; the efl‘ect had been to injure him in getting new patients; his prescription was prepared from his bdt- tles ; he had several other articles in his chest; when the messenger called, he ascer- tained that she was raving ; he did not re- member the conversation; he gave most of the directions to the husband - he found her very wild and violent ; Dr. orter was a physician at Durham, and had been there two years ; he was a young man ; the relatives wished for Dr. Crawford, who ' was since dead ; they then wished to have Dr. Gunn. who was an older practitioner ; he called in Dr. Porter, because that gen- tleman had called him in, and he returned the compliment ; he had only known of one case of puerperal mania, when he was â€" -wvv-J \A'uullCu , ; Dr.'Porter was called in, and until he came ’ witness continued to give her opium ; Dr. ' Porter approved of the treatment and l advised its continuance ; she became some- what quieter before they left; he saw her on Saturday, and the raving had then “3354, and her condition was then much improved ; he told Mr. Flowers to call on him the following day, whether she was better or worse, as she might have a relapse; instead of sending or calling on Sunday, he believed 3313 Gun}! was called in ; a message was 19.‘ for him to see her at a neighbor’s after 3.16 had. been under the care of Dr. Gunn a tortnight, b1“? he did not go and see her as it 318 contrary 1 to professional etiquette for him M d0 805 he saw the paper containing the fit.)" 8}th cle in the same week that it was publish‘.’ ed ; it was sent to him by a triend ; he was then living in Listowel, the reason of his removal being that the latter place was larger; the article had been injurious to him in Listowel by keeping patients from him ; it had been very much talked of by the people at Listowel ; he understood that the article made a charge of malpractice against him ; this was the charge the peo- ple made who read the paper ; his practice was better before this was published than it has been since ; there was no other rea- son to account for the change. vâ€"v-vu “U su'c - “ 7 one, and left directions 5that the others 7 the above was a common prescription, and he had frequently given it ; the effect of it was slightly to stimulate at first, and after. lwards to quiet; it was not calculated by ' any means to produce madness; he caution- ed the husband not to be alarmed if she be- came giddy ; he called to see her again on the morning of Good Friday, and he found 1 her in a state of mania ; she was in a state which might be styled puerperal mania, having violent delirium, high and rapid pulse, and being apparently insensible to all questions asked her ; her skin was dry and hot, and in a feverish condition ; after his second visit be advised a consultation ; these effects were not the result of his medicine, and the patient was naturally very weak, having been lately confined; nermus condition ; he prescribed for her ; he gave her a powder composed of qulphate of morphine, combined with ipecacnanha and nitrate of potash ; there were three powders made ; the prOportion was about a 5 grain of morphia, 15 grains of ipecacuanha, and 6 grains of nitrate of potash ; he gave nnn ant. In“. A:....;,. lamined. He got his diploma from tlle University of Toronto in 1865, and his teaching inoladad midwifiary ; he first prae- tised in Neustadf, and removed to Price- ville in the winter of 1869; he attended Mrs. Flowers the day before Good Friday, about seven or eight days after her de- livery; shenvgas then in a restless and practice before. In cross examinationâ€"Mr. Flowers, the husband of deceased, told him that he thought it was irnproper medicine. Mr. McMillan was again examine: thought that the articles were very inj to the doctor, because it charged hia giving wrong medlcine ; the article looked upon generally as it was by self ; he thought the doctor had a practice before. l to offer as evidence in this respect. , Witness then stood down, and Mr. Bar- ratt, the plaintiff’s Attorney, was called, l and deposed that he received and knew that the defendants were the pro whether the paper counties. Perth, before the latter was about 40 miles distance ; he sup- excellent practice ; as a matter of fact he did not know of any person in the County of Perth that had doctor no consequence of that article ; he ‘ was consulted in reference to bringing this action after the publication of the first article ; he believed that the article stated the faccs, but he did not know them of his own personal knowledge ; to him that the object of tn to quiet the woman, but that it possibly might bring on delirium ; he thouoht that the article was right when it stated that she was “a raving maniac ;” so far as his limited knowledge of medicine went, he did not think that the pills would have caused the delirium. for libel, as our readers are was brought. against the publish- ers of this journal, by Dr. Barns of Listowel, article under the caption of “A Sad Case” published in our columns on the 15th of last July, came before the Assize Court at .Toronto on the 12th inst. Mr. Harrison, Q. C., to r plaintiff, and Hon. Mr. Cameron, Q. C., and Dr. McMichael, Q. C., for l ! .Mr. Harrison, h which the libel was founded, called E. B. McMillan, who deposed that he resided. in Priceville, and was a subscriber to the Durham Chronicl. ' ly paper, and the cepy produced was read by him ; he had read the article headed “A Sad Case." . $5,000 Bamages 0|aimed ! REPORT OF THE TRIAL. JUSTICE WI 1.80! aw mxles distanca ; he sup- »aper was circulated in the and not in the County of ved that Dr. Burns had an 5. were very injurious 1t chprged him with PRESIDING. "dvvv 'v _V.uu6vuavuv. Samuel Seott, examined by Hon. Mr. Cameron, deposed that he was brother- in-law of the unfortunate woman; he saw the medicines "prepared, and they were-done by guesswork; there were no mean: to weigh or measure them ; he Examined by Mr. Harrison :â€"â€"He did not say to any one that his wife‘s madness was the result of improper treat- meet; his wife was over eighteen when she was married; she was now past 33 and at the time of her last birth was about 32; he had six children living and two dead; Dr. Burns did not say that she would become “mad,” but either “delirious” or light-headed ;” she get better a little on the Saturday, but in I the afternoon she was taken worse and had not get better since; her condition varied on the Thursday and Friday; Dr. Gnnn treated her some seven or eight weeks, and she got better bodily, al-1 though ‘she remained in the same con-3 dition mentally; witness sent for a doc- tor because she did not seem well; the . confinement was get over so far as usual; she was assisted by a neighbor as at previous confinements; he contradicted the statement that his wife or some of her friends were subject to derangement. anâ€"---‘ o-â€"“ l I he came, and seeing her condition, said _ he would give her a sleeping powder; , he did not describe the first medicine as L being given with that intention; ad- L ditional advice was called in after the . sleeping medicine had been given; Dr. ' Porter was sent for on the suggestion of ' Dr. Burns; he treated his wife for three days, and he changed him because he did not think. that the result justified the remarks he had made to witness; his wife said her teeth were loose and her flesh quite numb. Mr. Harrison said the woman was in? Have, and her statement could not there- lfore be received. V w. â€" w." uvuv LUL ’ l Examination resumedâ€"He then sent for Dr. Guns, and afterwards tried to obtain admission into an hospital, but failed; he spoke about the matter be- fore the account was published in the paper; he could read but not write; be had read the article in the paper, and it set forth substantially what he stated‘ with the exception of the ward “pillS’” in place of “powders,” and “madness” in place of “light-headedness,” or "deifo rium”; he made the statement to per-g sons in the district before it was pub" lished in the paper. l he rious while taking these powders, that he was not to become alarmed ; Mr. Scott administered the next dose; he could see no change in her; after the second dose there was a great change, her eyes looking wild and glaring; she got worse till the time that the third dose was ad- --_-.. any way lull-Alu- Hon. Mr. Cameron then called the insane condition; she was confined on the 19th of March, and Dr. Burns came on the 25th of the same month; she had had seven children previously, and had only a midwife with the exception of the I first child; had not seen anything the! matter with her previously; had been married 15 years; he sent. for Dr. Burns, and when he came he examined her; she did not appear nervous and excited; gafter the examination he prescribed the three powders, and left instructions as to the manner in which they were to be administered; witness’ brother-in-Iaw, Samuel Scott, was present, and was left in charge of the medicine, witness driv- ing the Doctor home in consequence of his horse being sick; the time of the Doctor’s calling was about mid-day; the Doctor told him if his wife became deli- I l -wv-w v5 vuv P“ Cl. Mr. Hnrrieen said it had been sworn to by the witness Barratt. The learn- ed counsel was not listening at the time. [I‘_ If n u - use will). Cross-examinedâ€"If the woman he- came excited after the taking of medi- cine, the medicine would partly cause it, but it would not therefore wholly ao- oount for it. This closed the case for the plaintiff. Hon. Mr. Cameron said that there had been no proof that the defendants were the publishers of the paper. ML. TY _ ‘ Dr. Kennedy, who was for 65 years clinical assistant in the Lunatic Asylum, and had been practising for himself 4 years, was also called and gave similar evidence to the previous witness. Dr. OldWright also gave some testi- mony with regard to the medical hear- ing of the doses administered; he said morphia in small doses might produce delirium, which would pass oil“, but would not cause insanity; if there were no ap- pearances of insanity, the dose was prgper. 7 Re-examinedâ€"Puerperal mania put a woman in a raving and excited condition, and in that case the proner remedy was to ' send her to the Asylum (laughter) ; he did not think that medicine was of much use ; puerperal mania was not common ; he had cases before he went to the Asylum, and had seen many cases since ; he doubted all proofs against hereditary insanity, but it could not be in a state of incubation for a generation ; it might come out in the collaterals ; it would be very difficult to fix upon it. Hon Mr. Cameronâ€"There was nothing to indicate that her insanity was the result of puerperal mania or not; there was no- thing to lead him to judge that she had not had puerperal mania ; these indications re- mained sometimes for months ; he was not aware of any kind of medicine that would cause insanity; medicine would act upon the nervous system and it might act injuri-I ously, and therefore might produce insanity; people had told him that there might have I been drugs used in cases sometimes, hntl he had always been able to find a cause for insanity in the patient irrespective of this ; he could sometimes tell from the condition of a patient the cause of insanity; he did not mean that the medicine would have an effect upon insanity if it was in a state of incubation ; he would not offer an opinion; if the symptoms were more vio- lent after the medicine was taken, it might benascribed to the medicine. Witness’s examination continuedâ€"He was hOpeful of her recovery; her mens sana would improve with her corpora sana; the account in the paper was in. correct. ‘ Hob. Mr: Cameronâ€"Of course he does not think that we are so bad as that. . 7 fiâ€"â€" 0 ' Mr. Harrisonâ€"W3 should have soon to increase our Asylum if that were the case. (Laughtiew J ___ _ ___-_._ .Wit'nessâ€"You confouid me', I think, mg}: a 113319 famineuimapâ€"Lprgi Brougham. -â€".- “v uuvulu ‘1.er that this was not thee 188. Witness asked how he would do it. Hon. Mr. Cameron understood that wit- ness was of opinion that every one was more or less insane. Witnessâ€"“Did I think so ?” Hon. Mr. Cameronâ€"I think that you have given that as your Opinion. V- - _ â€"â€" -â€""r- -- was developed by sudden action or other- wise; she came under his charge on the 17th September last, and still remained under his care ; he had, therefore, OppOb tunity of examining her, and his Opinion was that her Insanity was partlv to be ac- counted for by the fact that she had had eight children, and was only 32 years of age :: he thought it might be hereditary. Hon. Mr. Cameron said he should prove casa ;' it would pass off, and would not produce permanent insanity ; the dose, if it erred at all, was too small 5 if taken by a sane person it would have aquieting ef- fect, but the idiosyncracies sometimes altar-r ed the effect of medicine; and ii the in- man had been insane during the process of incubation, the dose was too small; this insanity was seldom discovered except it _A- 3â€"â€" there might be atemporary delirium} re- sulting .from i_t,. but this_ might not be the -â€" wv *V‘V to, and in not availing himself of the opportunity of publicity offered to him in the CHRONICLE, as taken advantage of by others. Of the two writers of the article, one had only been introduced to Dr. Burnslately, and the other did not know him at all. "Was it likely that the articles were malicious, or simply statements of truth. If the latter, the jury were bound to give a verdict for ,,___ h --....g in Pricevrlle. Not because the people did not get sick there, but because they were not able to pay large fees. The doctor had moved about from place to The cause was more likely to be int-p tributed to the fact that he had practiced ‘ in places where other doctors had been established before him, and he was un- able to obtain a footing in the places he had tried. It would have been much better for him if he had gone to some place where he would meet no rival, than to try to establish a repu- tation; by bringing in this suit. Dr. Gunn, who had given evidence in this case, had denounced his brethern who were not Aliopaths as quacks. Now, were all the members of the profession qnacks? Were all the branches of the profession, and was the science of medi- cine nothing but quaekery ? He (Mr. Cameron) did net think so. He be lieved it was a progressive science. It ’ was being improved every year. He ' had been called an old woman for de- claring himself a believer in the Hom- . oeopathie school of medicine but lately } nevertheless, both the Ho Electics had been incorporated with - the AIIOpaths. However ' the intention of injuring him, then he ‘ certainly was entitled to damages. But (1 there was no such fact established. The t 5 article was simply an item of news very t 'cleverly writwn, and presenting the case as it really stood. Doctors had h some queer °T0t0.h0tI-_' One of them was fl that disease was Inherited. If so, where did it originate, and was this a case of it? It had been asserted that every- !ene was mad to a certain extent, and i there was no doubt that in some respect I: 'each individual was; but most men 81 would say that if a certain medicine were given, and it was stated that a certain result would follow, and if that ll: result did follow, that it was from the medicine given; Yet it had been as- serted in this case that medicine could tc not produce insanity, and this in the face of well ascertained facts, for many instances had occurred in which poisons or had produced insanity. tie thought the N doctor was wrong if he wanted to bring fit an action, in not bringing it in his own county, instead of bringing it to Toron- L- __.J‘ . ed, and was the kind which shouldâ€"have been used. in the case. However, the fact remained that after taking it the patient became insane and had continued so ever since. The doctor said When he gave the medicine she was restless and excited, and he gave her a sedative. The evidence of the friends of the patient, however, contradicted the doctor’s statement. The treatment ‘may have been skillful, but there was not a doubt that the question of the, CHRONICLE remained whether the in» sanity was caused by wrong treatment, or by the act of Providence. Dr. Burns had made a great mistake in bringing this case into court to re- establish his reputation. It had snf-l fered before this article appeared, for he had found it difiicult to obtain a living, ll] PflOCVllle. Not henanqn tho nonnlul 1:, friend, in opening the case, very much :n. over-estimated the influence of the to DURHAM CHRONICLE, which, respectable :e. though it was,was of limited circulation' nor can much be made out of the head: ing, which was not sensational, but {6 simply true, as it was indeed “a sad as case,” and the article does not accuse re the Doctor of malpractice, but simply 3- says that it wasa matter to decide whether it was the act of Providence or [lg the fault of the medical man; the jury t _ . . 1 0‘ was aware of the necessxty of defending. ,t the liberty of the Press, which had!1 3. rightly been termed the palladium of )t the people’s liberty, and it must not be d mnzzled, for if such were so, the liber- P ties of the peeple would only too soon 1: be trampled on. It was the interest of E”the peeple to keep the Press unmuz-I t'zled. Dr. Burns will never make his' 3 medical reputation by an action against t the CHRONICLE, for if he were to bring 3 forward a thousand doctors he couldl ; never convince Flower’s neighbors that l he had treated his wife properly. The l article on which this suit was founded E was either a malicious one, or simply an , item of news which had occurred in the county. The jury had absolute . control in a case of this kind. They were to deal not only with the facts, I ' but also with the intent with which 1 they were published. The jury would“ observe that the article in question was gt simply a statement of the facts as they} 1 occurred. There was an admission on t the part of the doctor that the medicine e which he prescribed would result in t temporary madness. The result, how- i ever, was permanent insanity. In that f. case, would anyone imagine that the a madness was caused by anything else h than the medicine? It was for the t jury to'determine this question. Was it it the result of ignorance or mistake ; c the Doctor had fourteen phials with a him; may there not have been wrong a medicine administered? These were 0 88 a mistake, but when be administered 51 the medicine, he was aware that it was p very powerful and told those who at- a tended the patient not to be alarmed if w the patient should rave after taking it. ft Now, the question to be decided, was t] the question contained in the paper at --was the insanity of the patient caused a: by medical quaclrery, or was it the re- tl sult of the elements of lunacy lurkingiJ in her. It was true another doctorpai had expressed his opinion that the'st medicine had_been properly administer- This closed the case for ants. Dr. Oldright was re-eiamined, and said the chill might have indicated fever, or pus in the blood, or something wrong in lactation ; it usually, however, indicated a febrile condition ; excessive flooding sometimes produced a coldness With extreme weakness. ‘ Cross-examinedLHe had never said to any one that the medicine had made her mad, but that was his own opinion ; he did not know whether it was the re- sult of the medicine or not, but he had said that it followed; he expected that his sister would be light-headed, but he was surprised when she became so. ____.‘ _______.. . .___.._._-_ â€"â€"_â€"_â€"â€"-â€"_.__-â€"‘__ _ _ ____. â€"â€" â€"--â€"___,__ - gave him instructions when to give the the defendants; if the former, ' medicine. Witness then gave similarifor them to decide the amount of th. evidence as to the treatment of the wo~ injury sustained by the Doctor. I! L. man, as already given; he thalght that had come here Ind said that all he madness was caused by the powder; he wanted was an epportunity of vindicate did not believe that-there was any in- ing his We“, he com-Id have under- sanity in" the‘fgmily.'__ r" ,stcod it: but no. he use»: .A ......L.- the defendâ€" Queen Victoria has received as pru‘ entsgfrom the chief of tne Benson, 0" x oshesh, in South Africa, a magnificent tlgél‘gand 9. box of d1monds,ulned 0 31,000. ‘ Only give us our brand I camonally forgive us our debts,” New Orleans editor, “ and we at fled.” murdered {11.9 Kitiék vamil'yluhu sentenced to death. Mr. Geo. Morrison has Mayor of Hamilton. The Jury then retired, and after hours’ consultation, returned a van for the plaintiff- with $100 damages. . such an intention, then they vwould find a contrary verdict. The immense num- ber of newspapers published each year when compared with the small number of cases of libel, which were brought for- matter as reasonable men, and give a verdict according to their construction of the motive of the writer. The plninâ€" tiff was anxious to be set right beforo the public. - l a... truth of his assertion, but if he I washed to avan hlmeclf of this he must plead it. But in this case this tion, and left the truth of the libel u a question of fact. If it was a libel they must find it. The question of damage was a different thing. If the libel °et against the defendants, for there was no quen- tion with regard to that before the court. With regard to the ‘ lart-icle, “ A Sad Case," he did not think it a heading inappropriate. If it had teen “ Au Outrageous Case,” or “Gross I Professional Misconduct,” it might have been held to be libellous. clusione as reasonable men-then they would find a verdict for the plaintifi'; but if they thought that there did not appear in the article any evidence of such an intention, then they would find a contrary verdict. The immune num- be? of DEWflnannl-g hn lxl;t.L_ J n â€"â€"-‘ navy" tor. 'What husband would allow the Doctor into his house, of whom it we... stated that he knew so little about his profession, that he made a woman mad, and mad for ever! He had stated, when this case was before the Court be- fore, that he did not want one cent, if the paper would apologize; but the statement was repeated and the state- ment made that it was true. He left the doctor’s case in the hands of the Jury, who would vindicate his client, and they had the discretion of giving sung damages as they thought prOper. ;. 1...-.J_L:__ .u ‘ correspondent at 8!“ 3' M r. Harrison endeavored to follow It. : arguments of his learned friend. Hg i had said that it was impossible to say ' whether the insanity arose from the medieine or from natural cause, why ' then did the paper undertake to answer l this. There may not barebeen actual ’malice in the article; but if rt was a wrongful not, the malice is understood. The plaintifl" was a truthful young man, speaking truth himself, and If only truth had been spoken of him, he had never appeared here; he was a young man living on his reputation, and if he were deprived of that or injured that, they were robbing him of what could not be rega'ned, or only regained With very great difficulty. He agreed with his friend that the liberty of the Press, .when used properly, should be most carefully guarded ; and while he admit- ted it was a power, it was not a power above the law. The Press had a pro. tection, by the law that gave them the liberty of apologizing, if the article Sui not been inserted through malice or gross negligence; but the CHRONCLI would not apologise, notwithstanding their statement that the insanity was the result of the medicine. Mr. Harri~ son then detailed the particulars of the- case, and said that all the doctors had justified the medicines administnrnr‘ i ,mained for the jury to decide whetho: the evidenceof Dr. Burns or the evi- deuce of the other witnesses was to be accepted. There could be no mistah which was the more Mickie, and he was convinced trbe'j'ury would not rem der arerdict against a newapaper for simply publishing an item of newe. roppmaun, the villain who JLL '7' ‘ 8d bishops as a bed aitb supposes the resemble a bed of Rome describe: been Gloom! cad oc- P.“ 'Worth 0f 9‘0“". 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