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«W B BINGHAMTON COUfilER, PU B L ISH E D EVERY THURSDAY- W O DOLLARS A YEAR, IN ADVANCE 0* Office at 3 # R . O r t o n ’s Bookstore. ■'s . ' RATES OF ADVERTISING. ' On# squat e- one week; 3. « year, - - H a lf oolnroa 1 y ear, - - - • Wkole column 1 year, - - - Professional Cards not exceeding 10 lines, $00 50 1 00 - 8 00 15 00 30 00 5 00 Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law . - O R T G A G E SA L E .—M o rtgagors, -M athusa-. lem H a sbrouck a n d M a ry h is wife ^ M o rtga gee, Samufel H a sbrouck; M o rtgage, dated Februa ry 15.1810—recorded in Broome county' clerks of fice in Book of M o rtgage No. 9, p a g e 93 &\c; A- m o u n t claimed to b e due a t the first publication of this notice, $2,701,94; Description .of M ortgaged prem ises, as contained in said m o rtgage. \A ll that certain piece o r parcel o f land lying and being in the county of Brooine in the state aforesaid, on the east side o f the.Chenango river, and being the p rem ises now owned andvoccupied by the said p a rty of the first p a r t, (the said Mortgagor.?,) Beginning at a Stake standing on the h a n k of the Chenango riv er,thence n o rth 89 degrees 15 minutes east 24 chains 50 links to a stake standing on the west side of the road that leads from Binghamton up the river, thence, south 8 degrees 45 m inutes west 2 c h a ins 19 links to a stake standing by the said road, thence south 8 9 degrees 15 minutes west toa stakestatiding on the bank of said river, thence up said riv e r to th e p lace of b eginning. Also one other piece or parcel ofland. lying on tlie east side of the aforesaid road, beginning at a stake, thence n o rth 12 degrees •'east S c h a ins and 78 links, thence north 89 degrees 15 minutes e ast 5 c h a ins and 90 links to a swamp, th e n c e tothe place of beginning, containing in the ■whole seven a c res. Also that o ther p iece or parcel ■ofland, bounded as follows : B e g inning at a stake ^standingat the northeast bounds of those lots form erly belonging to A b raham D u Bois J u n . deceased on the west aide o f th e road that leads from Bing ham ton up the said rive», thence running south 89 degrees 15 m inutes west 24 chains 75 links ^ to the C h e n a n g o river, thence up along said r iv e r as it winds and turns twenty three chains and fifteen lipks to a stake and stones standing two rods from the c e n tre of the highway, thence along the high w a y south 8 degrees a n d ’30 minutes west 8 chains and 90 lin k s to the place of beginning, containing fifteen a c res and a half, be the same more or less. A lso all that certain lot piece or parcel ofland known * distinguished by being the southerly p a rt, o f lot n o .5 as laid clown on a m ap hy Charles'Clin- ton in the town o f C henango and county o f Broome, to w its B e g inningat the north west corner of no. 4, thence easterly along said line no. 4. 42 c h a ins and 50 links to the north east corner of no. 4, thence a long the east line of no. 5 northerly 25 chains and SOlinks, thence westerly to a brook, join in g lands of Sam uel B e v ier, thence so u t h e r n ' and * “ Equal Protection to all Classes.”— J a m e s K. P o l k . v o n . V I I . N O . 3 .] BINGHAMTON, N. Y., THURSDAY, APRIL, 10, 1846. [WHOLE NO. 707. westerly following the course easterly line ofsa d lot, thence of the brook to the along the westerly line of said lot to the place of beginning, containing N inety acres of Land; Excepting h rwever one half acre heretofore sold lo Byron and Stephen Bunnell, and excepting also one quarter of an acre of Land heretofore sold-to-Asahel Fairchild.” Said mort gage will be foreclosed by a sale of the said mort gaged premises, at public auction at the Phenix Hotel in Binghamton, onthe lf>th d ayof Maj next, at'lO a’clock A. M. Dated February 20th i845. D. S & J . R . D IC K I N S O N , A ti’ys .48 tds for Mortgagee. O RTGAGE SALE.—Mortgagor Josiah W est Moitgagee Ammi Doubleday, Mortgage- da- led the 8 lh day of April A. D. 1835 —Recorded in Boome county Clerks office April 13, 1S35 at 9 A. M . in Book o f mortgages No 6 , pages 433 and 434 Amount claimed to be due at the first publication this notice twenty-eight dollars, amount to be come due one hundred dollars with interest from the eighth' day o f April 1844. Description of mort gaged pr.-mises, “ All that parcel ofland this day conve 3 ’ed to said W est by Dimick and Sandford at request o f said Doubleday and for the purchase mo ney o f which this mortgage is executed—described as felloWs, beginning at the northeast corner of lot No. one hundred and sixteen ( 11 G) in the Grand di vision, o fthe Boston purchase, thence running- soiuli F9 degrees 40 seconds, west along a line of marks tw e n ty-nine c h a ins and tw enty-nine lin k s to a stake affd stones sixlinksw est of a hemlock tree; thence Jsouthiifteen m inutes e a st s e v e n c h a ins and'fLfty 'fwo lin k s to a stake a n d s tones near a w h ite m aple t r e e ; I hence north 89 degrees 45 minutes east-,twenty-nine ch a in s and tw e n ty-nine lin k s to a s m a ll siigar-m a - ple'marked; thence north-fifteen seconds weston the^ast line o f the lot, seven chains, and fifty two links to the place oi beginning containing Iwonty- T'vo acre? more or less.” Said mortgage is a- eo®- paniedby a Bond of the same dale, signed and seal ed by fhe said mortgagor, conditioned for the pay ment of‘‘one hundred doilarsin ten years with the annual interest aud in default thereof shall be rea dy and offer t j convey the premises this day convey ed to said W est by Dimmiclr and Sandford, so as to give said Doubleday the same title without t ost to him.” Said m rtgaged premises will be sold at public auction on the 26th day of April next at 12 o’clock at noon at the Court \House in Bingham ton in thecoUntVof Broome. Dated Jan. 27th 1845. JNO. H. H. PA R K , A lt'. A . D oubleday , Mortgagee. 45 S H E R IF F ’S SALE.—By virtue ofone execution issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Broom >, and to me directed and deliverge ed; against the goads and chattels, lands and tene ments ofLcsler'Leadbetter and Pamela-Scoville, in m 3 ' bailiwick, I have levied on and shall expose to sale at public auction as the law directs, at the Phenix hotel now kept and occupied b\- Isaac B Gere in the village of Binghamton, County of B room e and S tate o f N . Y o rk, on S a turday the 12th day of April, in the year ot our Lord one thou sandeight hundred and forty five, at 10 o’c’ock in the forenoon o f that day, all the right, title, interest, claim and demand of tbe said Lester Leadbetter and P amela Seoville of in and tothe following de scribed premises to wit:—All that certain pie :e or S H E R I F F ’S S A L E . —By virtue of one execu tion issued out o f fhe Court o f Common Pleas of the County o f Broome, and to me directed and delivered, against the goodaand chatties lands and tenements of John Luscomb in my bailwiek, I have levied on and shall expose for sale at public auction as the law directs, at the store o f John Pe ters, jr., in the town of Sanford, countyof Broome, and state o f New-York; on Saturday the 12th day of April, in-_ the y ta r of our Lord, one thou sand eight hundred, and forty-five, at 9.o’clock in the forenoon of that day, all the right, title, interest, claim and demand o f the said John Luscomb o f in and to the following described premises, to wit. All that certain piece or parcel o f Land being part of Lot No. 11 —in the Fisher &■ Norton Patent agreeable to survey made by Wm: McClure— Be ginning at the north-east corn er of said Lot No. 11, and running from, thence north 87 degrees, west twenty-seven chains and sixty links, thence south three degrees, west twenty-five chains and twenty- five links, thence, south eighty-seven degrees and twenty-seven chains and sixty links, thence north three degrees, east twenty-five chains and twenty- five links to the place of beginning, coii tain ing six ty-nine acres and sixty-eight hundredths oi an acre, be the samem o re or less, reserving five acres sold to Pinney in the south-east corner; together with all and singular the hereditaments and appur tenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appur- teining. Also, all that certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in the south-east quarter of the. township of W arren, now Broome county and state of New-York, being part o f Lot No. eleven in said quarter township, and is bounded as follows: North and west by the lines ofsaid lot number elev en, east by lands sold to James P. Aplington, and south by land conveyed to W m . Tappan by the said parties of the first part—containing fprty acres and one-third of an'acre of land, be the samemore or less: together with all and singular the heredita ments and appurtenances thereunto belonging dr in any wise appertaining.—Dated at Binghamton, this 19ih day o fFebruary, in the y ear of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-five. JOSEPH B A R T L E T T , Sheriff. By J ames D emander , Deputy. ■ 48 S H E R IFF’S SALE.—By virtue of one execution issued out of the clerk’s office of the county of Broome and to me directed and delivered, against the goods and chatties lands and tenementsot Dan iel Purdy, I have lex'iccl on and shall expose for sale a t public auction as the law directs, at the house now kept and occupied by Isaac B. Gere iin the village of Binghamton, county of Broome anid State of New York, on Saturday the 22d day of February A. D. 1845, at iO o’clock ih the forenoon o f th a td a 3 r,—All the right title interest claim or demand of the said Daniel Purdy, of in and to tbe lollowing described premises to \wit: being eighty acres, p art of great-lot No. seven in the north di vision of fourth tract in Sidney, in the county of Broome, being the same premises on which the said Daniel Purdy ncAV resides, together with all and singular the heraditam entsand appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining. Dated at Binghamton this 9th day of January A. D. 1845. 42 JO S E P H B A R T L E T T , Sheriff. P o s t p o n e m e n t . — T h e sale pfthe above d e s c r ib e d premises is hereby postponed until' Monday the 12th day of May, 1845, at the same place and time of day as above mentioned. 49 JO S E P H B A R T L E T T , Sheriff. S h e r if f ’s P r o c l a m a t i o n . B Y virtue of a precept issued outofLhe Supreme court o fthe State o fNew York, to me directed and delivered, Proclamation is hereby made that a Circuit O u r t and Court of Oyer and Term iner w ill be held cn the 28ch daj> of A p r il next, a t 10 o ’- clock in the forenoon of that day, al the Court House in the v illage of B ingham ton, in and io r the counity of B room e ; andm ll-prisonora-then b e i n g i n the j&iT e f said county, or who are bound by recognizance or o therw ise are hereby notified a n d required to be then there in their pfope.r person to prosecute as sball be ju s t; and all justices ofthe peace, coroners and other officers within my bailiwick who have taken any recognizance for the appearance of any person or persons at such court, or who may have taken any inquisition, or the examination of any prisoner or witness, to return such recognizance, inquisition and examination to said court, at the o- pening thereof, on the first day of its sitting. Dated April 2d 1845. JO S E P H B A R T L E T T , Sheriff, From the N. Y. Evening Post. M E S M E R I S M . Some time since, vve extracted from a Geor gia newspaper, a brief account of an operation performed upon a Mrs. Clark, while in the mes meric sleep. A .more authentic and minute des cription of this opeiation appears in the last num ber ofthe Southern Medical and Surgical J o u r nal, written hy Dr. L. A. Ducas, Professor of Physiology in fhe Medical College of Georgia, w h o perform e d the operation iri the presence of several em inent physicians. T h i s operation, it will be seen, was a complete extirpation of the mamma of the patient :— On the 3d of January, 1845, Mrs. Clark, (wife of Mr. Jesse Clark, of Columbia county, Georgia,) carpe to this city, for the purpose of getting me to remove a schirrous tumor of her right mamma, which had heen gradually in creasing for the last three years, and which had no w attained the size -of a turkey’s egg. The tumor had never caused any painofconsequence, was not adherent to the skin, nor did-it impli cate' any of the auxiliary glands. Mrs. C. isa- bout 47 years of age, has never borne a child, and her health, though by no means robust, was pretty good, and had not been impaired by the evolution of the tumor. T h e operation having 'been determined upon for the following day, Mrs C. rerntn ked to me tHat she had been ad vised by Mr. Kenrick to be mesmerised, but as she knew no’hing about it, she would like to have my advice, and would abideby it, to. which I replied that there were several well authenti cated cases on record, in which surgical opera tions had been performed, under mesmeric influ ence, without the consciousness of the patient, that I would be happy to test the subject in her case, and that I would endeavor to mesmerise her, instead of operating as had been proposed, on the day following. On the 4lh January, at 11 o’clock, A. M. I called on Mrs. C , and was informed that on the preceding evening she bad been put to sleep by Mr. B. F. K*»nrick (at whose house she resided.) I then mesmerised her myself, and induced sleep in about fifteen minutes. Finding my patient susceptible to the mesmeric influence, and re flecting that it would not be convenient for the same person to maintain this influence and to perform a surgical operation at the same lime, I requested Mr Ken rick to mesmerise Mrs C. morning and evening, at stated hours, until in sensibility could be induced. This was regularly done, with gradually in. creasing effect, when, on theeveningof the 6th T N CHANCE11Y- JL the 6 th Circuit. parcel ofland, situate lying and being in the town o f Union, in the countyof Broome and State ofN . York, being a part of L ot No. seventy nine (79) in the Nanticoke Tow n ship in th e Boston purchase. T h e said piece or parcel ofland intended lo be de scribed is situated in the north east c o rner of said Lot No. seventy nine (79); commencing at the n o r th e a s t corner of said lot No. seventy nir.e, thence running forty rods south, thence running w e s ton alin e parallel with the north line ofsaid lot so far as to include twenty eight a c res ofland: together w ith all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise a p p e rtaining—Also, a ll that certain piece dr parcel of land tying in the town of Union, County o f Brooine and State of New York, b eing fifty acres undivided in lot No. seventy nine (79) in the Tow n ship of N a n ticoke in the M assachusetts ten T o w n ships, so called. Dated at Bingham ton this 24th day ofFebruary, in the y e a r of o u r L o rd one thou sand e ight h u n d red and forty five. 49 JO S E P H B A R T L E T T , S h e riff t H E R I F F ’S S A L E .—By v irtue o fone execution issued o u t o f the clerks office o f the county of Broom e, a n d to me directed a n d delivered, a g a inst thegoods and chattels lands an d tenements Of W il liam Newby, m my bailiw ick, I have levied on and s h a ll expose for sale at public auction as the la w directs, a t the Public H o u se now kept and oc- cupiedby Edw in N o rthrup in the v illage o fH a rpers- ville, county of Broome and state ot New Y o rk on S a tu rd a y the 3d day of M a y next, in the )-ear of o u r lord, one thousand eight h u n d red a n d forty £ve ia* 1 o’clock in the afternoon of that day, ali the lig h t, title, interest, c la im andclem and of the said W illiam Newby, of is and . to the following de scribed p rem ises, to w i t : A ll that c e rtain lot piece or p a rcel of lan d situate in the town oi Sanford ana in the countyof Broom e a n a State o fN . York, and. bounded as follows: A ll that certain lot oi land being lot No. two in sub division No. three of the second tract in \W arren township beginning a t the n o rth west c o rner of lot No. one at a s take and -stones n e a r a beech tree cornered and m arked No. (one_&nd two W L C running thence n o rth three de- 'grees east 21 chains and 80 links to a h e m lock sap ling m arked No. 2. a n d 3, thence s o u th 87 degrees ’east 58 chains and n inety links to a stake a n d stones ’m arked N o 2, 3 , 8 and 9, thence south 3 degrees 'west- 2 L chains and 59 linksto a hem lock stake and ?■ones t m arked No. 1, 2, 7 and 8 , thence north 87 idegreesand 12 m inutes west 58 c h a ins a n d 90 links ’to th e . p lace ot beginning containing one h u n d red and tw e n ty seven acres and 81-100 acre of land be Ihe “Sarne m o re or l e s s ; together w ith a ll and singular 'the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, o r in any w ise appertaining. Dated at Bingham ton this 10th day of M a rch, in the year oi our Lord one thousand eight h u n ir e d and fprty five. JO S E P H B A R T L E T T , Sheriff. * B y B- T t i r i i l , Deputy. _______ 51 'ALL Has a lot of molasses, Teas, Coff e and Sugar which h e w ill sell by Hogshead, Ghest or Bag. If Groceries a r e wan ted cheap look for M a rch l , 1845, S, H. P. H A L L S Store. ■Before the Vice Char.celler of Slehpen Atwood, Jun. vs, George Pierce 3d. In pursuance of a decree of tbe Court of Chan- cer 3 ’-m ade in the above entitled cause by the V ice Chancellor of the sitxth circuit bearing date the •25th da}-ol March A. D 18-15, the following descri bed premises will be sold at public auction for Cash by or under the direction ofthe subscriber one of the masters of the court of Chanceiy at the house of Mr. L. Moor.e_Inn keeper in Union Vill a in the town of Lisle in the Comity oi’Broosne on the 21st day of May next at one o’clock in the afternoon, the prem ises are described i n said d ecree as iollows, to wit: “All that certain piece or par cel of land situated in the town o f Lisle in the coun ty of Broome, being p art of Lot number four hun dred andeighty (480) of the Grand Divisicn of the Boston Purchase, so called, Botnded as follows: — Beginning at the south east corner of said Lot, and running fromthenc: n orth on the west line of said lot fifty rods; thence east on the line of lands formerly owned by Joseph Edminsler and James Edminster to fhe centre ofsaid Jot;' thence south :fif- , ty rods to the south line of said lot; thence west on said south line ofsaid lotto the place of beginning, tho whole containing fifty acres ofland more or Ies?.”'\ Dated March 27th 1845. 2 H. Bai.i.ard, \ J. DE PUY FREER, Sol’r. for Com p t.j M asterin Chancery. ROOME COUNTY SS:—Notice is hereby gi ven that distribu ion of the money arising from the sale ofthe Real estate ot Diadama Yan Ness deceased, will bs made among her creditors by the undersigned at his office in Binghamton on the 2d day of May next at 10 o’clock A. M. at which time and place the creditors of the said deceased who have not hereto foreestablished their demands, will present and prove the same. J.R . DICKIN S O N , Surrogate. , M arch 18 . 1845. ________ 52w6 D M IN ISTR A T O R S NOTICE.—In pursu- ance o f an Order of John R. Dickinson, Sur rogate of the County of Broome, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against Samuel W\. Hinckley, late of Chenango in said County de ceased. to present the same with the vouchers thereof, to the undersigned, at the house of Mrs. Eunice Hinckley, in Chenango aforesaid, on or before the 14th day of June next. Dated Dec. 10, 1844. E L K A N A II HINCKLEY, • 38-6m Administrator. B T h a subscriber continues! to D e n t i s t r y . perform every operation vtyCfikie accor ding [fie inost moficHi and improved principles of the art. Those who axe desirous of repleting the vacancies caused by the loss of their original teeth are respectfully invited to call. Term s reasonable. Office airectZy over M r. Sawders Crockei y store. Door opposite the entranceinto the Wasl.i-igtonian HaZi J.C . ROBIE. N. B. Dentists supplied with full setts o f instru ments. Turnkeys and other surgical instruments kept constantly on hand and for sale. J. C. R. HO! FOR ’45! O C A R Y & CO., e v er ready to d o a good deed, have taken this opportunity to inform their customers, friends and the public in general, that they h a v e a full supply of D ry Goods, Groceries, Crockery, H a rdw a re &c.> em b racing almost every article u sually e a lledfor. Please call and examine our goods before p u rchasing elsewhere, as we a re determined n o t to be undersold. January 1,1845, ^ _ _________ Ladies! Ladies! Ladies!, L O T S of'N e w and desirable Goods to b e seem this w e e k 'a t F o rd & C o ’s. Now opening, a large loV o f Silks, Alpacas, Cashm eres, Affghan Satins and C rapes. Calicoes, shawls, cravats, January, sleep was induced in five minutes, and the prick of a pin was cttended with no manifes tation of pain. The sittings were continued,and the patient daily tes'ed by myself and others in various ways. On the 9ih January, I invited Professor Ford, to be present, and afier pricking, and pinching strongly the patient without evidence of pain, the tnesmeris&r was requested to leave the room, w her. wo^x-poaed-breast, hand I ed it'Tough I y in examining the tumor, and readjusted the dress, without tho conciousness of the patient.— We then held to her nostrils, a vial of strong spirits of Hartshorn, whieh she breathed freely for a minute or tuo, without the least indication of sensation, unless the fact that she swallowed once be regarded as such, instead of a mere re flex action O.i the llih of January, in pres ence of P.ofessors Ford and Means, in addition to the usual te.^s, I madp, with my pocket knife, an incision about two inches in length, and half an inch in depth, into the patient’s leg, without indication of sensa ion. Fully sati-ficd notv of our power to induce to tal insensib'lilv, I determined lo operate on her the next d ty at noon, but carefully concealed any such design from the patient and her friends, who did not expect its performance until several days later. On the 12th January, at twenty minutes past 11 A. M., Mrs. C was put to sleep in forty five seconds, without touch or pass of any kind, the facility with which the mesmeric influence was produced having gradually increased at each sitting. At 12 o’clock, M., in presence of Pro fessors Ford, Means, Garvin and Newton, and Dr Halsee, the patient being in a profound sleep T prepared her diess for the operation, and requested my professional brethren to note her pulse, respiration, complexion, countenance, &c., before, during, and after the amputation, in order to detect any evidence of pain, or modifi cation ofthe functions. As Mr. Kenrick had never witnessed a surgical operation, he feared he might loose his self-possession, and requested to be blindfolded, which was done. He now seated himself on the couch near the patient and held her hand in his during the operation.— This was accomplished by two eliptical incis ions about eight inches in length, comprehend ing between them the nipple and a considerable portion of skin, after which the integuments were dissected up in the usual manner, and the entire mamma removed. It weighed sixteen ounces. The-wound was-then left open about three quarters ofari hour, in order to secure the bleeding vessels, six of which were ligated — The ordinary dressing was applied, and all ap pearances of blood carefully removed, so that they might not be seen by the patient when aroused. The amount of hemorrhage was rather more than is usual in such cases. D u ring the ctperalion the patient gave no indi cation whatever* of sensibility, r.OV- was any of (‘JwC'lcr.; Ooserved by those present, modi fied in the least degree. ’ She remained in the same sound and quiet sleep as before the use of the knife. Subsequently tha pectoral muscle, which had been laid bare, was twice or thrice seen to contract when touched with the sponge in removing the blood. About fifteen minutes, after the operation, a tremulous action, was per ceived in her lower jaw, which was instantane ously arrested by the application of the mesme- rizer’s hand to thte patient5* head. ^ This phe nomenon recurred in about ten minutes after, and was again in the same manner quieted.— Professor Ford, who counted the pulse and res piration, statesThat before- any preparation was -_'J whole process, that she continued in the same profound and quiet sleep, in which she was be fore noted, and Ihat had they not been aware of what was being done, they could not have sus pected it from any indications furnished by the patient’s condition. The'patient having been permitted to sleep on about half an. hour after the final arrangement of her dress, the mesmeriser made passes over the seal of the operation in order to lessen its sensibility, and aroused her in the usual man ner, when she ingaged in oheerfql conversation with Mr. Kenrick and mysellj as though she had no suipiclon of what had taken place. I then introduced to her the gentlemen, who had placed themselves so as not to be seen by her on awakening, and observed that I had invited them to Come in duringher sleep, in order that we might fully lest her insensibility,, preparato ry to the operation. After afew minutesofcon- versation, I asked her whea she would like to have the operation performed ? To which she replied the sooner ihe better, as she was anxious to get home. I added, “Do you really think that I could remove your entiie breast whqn asleep, without your knowledge?” Answer, “Why,.Doctor, the fact is, that front the vari ous experiments I am told you have made on me, I really do not know what to think of it.”-— “Well, Madam, suppose I were to perform the operation one of these days, and to inform you of it when you would awake, would you bt-lieve me,and could you control your feelings, on finding that it had been done ?” Ans— “I could not suppose that you would deceive me, and of course I would be very glad, but would try not to give away to my feelings.” “Have you perceived, since your arrival here, or do you notv perceive, any change in the ordinary sensations of the affected breast?” “No-sir, it feels about as it has done for some time back.” About a quarter of an hour having elapsed since she awoke, I then told her that as we found her in a proper state for the operation, I had performed it, and that the breast was now re moved. She expressed her incredulity—said I was certainly jesting, as it was impossible that it could have been done without her knowing it, at the time, or feeling anything of it now. She became convinced only on carrying her hand to the part and finding that the breast was no longer there. She remained apparently unmoved for a few moments, when her friends, approaching to congratulate her, her face became flushed, and she wept unaffectedly for some time. The wound healed by the first intention. In laying the above narrative before the pro fession, il is due to the cause of truth to state, that it has been submitted to all the physicians pres- enlat the operation, and that I am authorised by them lo say that it accords in every particular with their own observations so lar as they were present. I should also add that, having no oth er object' in view than the establishment of the fact that a -su r g ical o p e ration m a y be perfotm e d under s u s fejijrcum s 'a n c e s without th e concio.us- ness of the patient, I have designedly avoided any mention of the various and interesting mes meric phenomena manifested prior and subse quently to the operation. These have been carefully and judiciously recorded by Mr. Ken- rickj whose well directed zeal has enabled him to collect a body of h ighly im portant facts from a field unfortunately explored too exclusively in ignorance and charlaladism. F e m a l e H e r o is m —When the Indians en- defivored to ascend the stairs at Mh Hunting’s tavern in Andes to seize Steele and Parker, who had taken refuge inrtbe .garret, they were resis ted by Mr. H. for a lime, but he was finally com pelled to give way, when the “Indians” found a more formidable foe in the person, of Mrs. Hun ting, who seized the “Chief” by the collar, and wielding a-large butcher knife which she held in her-hand, threatened to pierde it to his heart if he did not retreat; declaring that neither he npr. his clan should pass her as long as there was a drop of blood in her veins, and if they did so it would |be over her dead body! And thus aimed she kept them at bay, and guarded the ingress to the room where Steele and Park er were secreted, we believe,.most if not all night and doubtless prevented their seizure by the In dians —[Delhi Express. A P u n f r o m t h e b e n c h . —The Phil. Ga- P e r i L ous A p y e n t c r e in t h e M a m m o t h ^Y E .^T fie following is ah ifieidcnt related of a party whb visited the Mammoth Cave )a«i spring!; ' - ' “A we zette tells us that Judge Halliburton, author of Sam Slick, was holding a the witty Court the other day, and in the commencement of the pro ceedings, it became necessary to empannel a j u ry. One worthy burger upon^being called, re quested the Court to excuse him, on the ground that he was afflicted wiih the tick,, ai the same time holdingout his hand tothe Judge and dis playing the evidence of his cutaneous affliction. The Judge after closely inspecting- the hands of the juror, directed, the clerlr as follows: “The court decides that the juror’s excuse is a valid one, and therefore directs that he be ‘ scratched off.” ' - bag T h e A r t o f P a c k i n g . — A carpet should be packed by placing the clean linen in first, including the trilled shirts--after which stuff in the coats and boots; garnish with sha ving tackle, and ram down with hair brush.— If the packing is not then successful, insert your foot into the bag, and pull fiercely at the han dles. It does not matter about the carpet bag being wide open at both sides, SO as it is closed with a padlock in the middle. A u g u s ta, G a ., 1st Feb.; 1845. A correspondent of the London Times says Few visitors of the poor are, 1 apprehend, a- ware that two sheets of double imperial brown paper, pasted at the edge lo form one (and at a c ist of less than six cents,) if laid over a bed with one blanket under, will produce more warmth than three ordinary blankets, or over a single coverlid, will be warmer than one blanket only, and will last' w ith a little care, a whole winter.” M r . W e b s t e r ’ s “R e n t .” — T h e Louis ville Democrat and other papers correct their first statement o f a donation of $100,000 having been given to Mr. Webster, thinking it a hoax. But verily it is not a hoax. The Bostonians and Eastern manufacturers generally have rais ed, or are raising this sum to hire the senatorial services o fthe “gretU constitutional lawyer.”— it-wr deg?gnfted»lo'~iinatil,‘ ’Jt.Hrtd' secui-e to. Mr: W . and his wife it& interest during their lives, and at their death it is lo revert to the doners or their heirs.— [Morn. News. R e m a r k a b l e Esc a p e . — 1 may be pardoned for relating an anecdote of a remarkable escape which was told me by several individuals who knew the fact—A young man from Stonington, vvho visited the South Sheltlands on a sealing voyage, was anxious to explore one of the gla ciers; as he could not induce his comrades to ac company him, he started alone.—While walk ing on the surface ofthe glacier, which was then covered with snow, he fell into a fissure, to the depth, as was supposed, of a hundred feet. He was so much bruised and injured by the fall, that he remained senseless, it was supposed for sonif hours.— Upon reviving, he found himself wed ged between the walls of the narrow chasm — His first feeling was regret that he had not been instantly killed, as there appeared no mode of es cape. But as he thought of dying in such a manner that his friends would never knosv of the place or manner of his death he determined to make an effort to save his life. Taking his jacknife, he began to cut steps for his feet in one sideoflhe wall while he pushed himself with his back. He continued cutting until his fingers were completely lacerated by hard sharp ice, and until the chasm became so wide that he could just reach the ice wiih his knife. However, he at length reached the surface, and was found by his comrades crawling along the glacier, twen ty- four hours after he had faiien. Although he thus wonderfully escaped with his life, he was so lacerated and bruised that he was unfit for labor for several months. As my informant said, no one but a man of remarkable spirit and strength would have had the energy to save him self under such circumstances. A S a r c o p h a g u s — Com. Elliott has presen ted to the National Institute a Sarcophagus, ob tained a t the Island of M a lta, and su g g e s ts th a t it be retained in the Institute until it should be required as the receptacle of the remains of ex- Presi^nt Jackson. Tbi3 Sarcophagus Is sup posed to have contained the remains ol the Ro man Emperor, Alexander Severus. It would be a fit resting-place for “the old Roman.” w party went t© tfilVcave to _ r__ the honey-moon. While there they went to. vis it those beautiful portions of the cave which 1m beyond the river “Jordan.” ‘ Iff oriler to do this, a person has to sail down the river nearly a tnile, before reaching the avenue which leads off frotn the river to the opposite side for there Is nesbors or landing place between the point that is below on the other, for the river fills the whole width of one avenue of the cave, and is several feet deep where the side walls descend into the- water.-t- This party had descended the river, visited the cave beyond, and had again embarked on the water for their return homeward. After they had ascended the river about half wav, someoif the party-, who .were in high.glee, got into a frolic find overturned the boat, The lights were all extinguished,-their matches w.et, the boat fil led with Water and sunk immediately, and there they were “in blackness of dark ness,” up to their chins in water.. “ N o doubt th e y w o u ld have a ll been lost, had it.not have been for the guide’s great presence of mind. He charged them to remain perfect ly still, for if they moved a single step they might get out of their depth in water, and swim- ming vvouJd not avail them, for they could no! see'ivhere to swim to. He knew that if they, could bear the coldness ofthe water a sufficient length of time they could be safe, for another guide would be sent from the cave house to see what had become of them. And in this peril-* ous condition, up'to thoir mouths in water, in the midst of darkness more than night,-, four miles under ground, they remained for upwards of five- hours, at the end of which time another guide came lo their relief. Mathew or Mat, the guide who rescued them, told me that when be got where they were, his fellow guide, Stephen, the Columbus of the Gave, was swimming around the rest of the party, cheering them, and direct ing his movements, while swimming, by the sound of their voices, which were Taised one and all, in prayer and supplication for deliverance. Two M e x i c a n G ir l s - c a p t u r e d hY TiiM I n d ia n s .- - A correspondent of the*Picayune gives some interesting intelligence in relation to the inroads recently made by the dreaded. Ca- manches into the States of Chihuahua and Du rango, and of the ravages they have committed during these predatory incursions. Thousands and thousands of horses and cattle have beett driven off, women and children have been, led inlo captivity, and ranchos and haciendas merable have been made desolate; nor i i flare force enough to make headway against and rid the country successfully ofthe invaders. To show the daring of the Indians, and tho extent to which they go in their maraudings, a party cf some two hundred and fifty recently clashed boldly into Cuencame, a town of several thousand-in habitants, near the southern line of the State of Durango, and carried off a large number of valuable horses, besides many pris* oners-^the panic-stricken inhabitants hardly ma» Wing a show of resistance. Among the prison* ers were two young, pretty, and well-informed girls, the daughters ofa wealthy Spanish mer* chant'of the place. The girls were at a small country seat of their father’s near the edge of tho town, were among the first taken, and were car** ried off by their captors to the North. The half frantic parent offered a heavy a* mount for their laiisom or re-capture* but all his efforts had been ineffectual up to last accounts. P o s t O f f i c e C o n t r a c t s .— T h e W ashing ton Constitution says that the Postmaster Gener al has decided not to make the contracts for c a r rying the mail for the northern portion ofthe Union, till after the 1st of July, when the new post-office bill goes inlo operation. The con1 tracts were, ac c o r d in g to usuage, to be given out this spring, which would have compelled him to let them for three years uuder the pres ent law. His object for the delay is to make them come under the new post-office law, and thus give it a fair chance for effectual operation. D omestic H a p p in e s s .— T he great end o f prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendor cannot gild, and accumulation cannot exhilerate. Those soft intervals of un bended amusements, in which a man shrinks to his natural dimensions, and throws aside the or naments and disguises which he feels in privacy to.be useless incumbrances, and lo lose all effect when they become familiar. To be happy at home, is the ultimate result o fall ambition* the end to which every enterprise and labor tends* and of which every desire prompt the execution. It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would have a just estimate of his virtue or felicity r for smiles and embroi dery are alike occasional, and the mind is often* er dressed for show in painted honour and ficti* tious benevolence. — [Johnson. The N. Y . Courier, a prominent whig pa per in N. Y. city, occasionally forgets itseiflong enough to say an honest thing. Read what it says about the new administration : “That we expected but little from Col. Polk, it is scarcely necessary to say; but we are hap py to add, that all the 'signs of the times,’ since his election, give us reason to anticipate a, far better administration of the affairs of the govern ment than any whig had a right to suppose.” gloves a n d hosiery, Ribons and Laces, and a ll the new styles o f worsted f oOdsi wool p laid Ac* a t low-, er p r ic e s than, eifefc. Liffies w ,ll find almost any at this estahlishinent, andalw a y s cheaper than the made for the operation, the pulse was 96, and the respiration 16 per minute; that after mov ing the patient lo arrange her dress for the ope- ration, and just before Ibis was -commenced, the pvilse 'VUS 98 and the respiration 17 ; that im mediately after the detachment.-of the breast the pulse vvas96—respiration not counted j and lhat after the final adjustment of the bandages and dress, which required the patient to be raised and moved about* the pulse was 98, and the fes- piration iff All present concur in stating that neither tbe placid countenance of th e - patient, nor the peculiar natural Wueh of tha eheeks, **- perienced any change w hateeer ^ D is t r e s s i n g C a l a m it y a t D e e r I s l e , M e — fhe schooner Mary,, of Deer Isle, Capt. Rufus-York, was at anchor in that harbor, on the night ofthe 12ih inst. The cabin bning damp, a large -fire m t kept IS ine stove, and left oufriip,g ;Vnen Capt. Y o rk, his son about 18 years old. and Mr. Benjamin Colej all of Deer Isle, retired to rest at a late hour. About 2 o’ clock next morning they awoke enveloped in flames, the vessel having probably caught fire from the funnel. They rush'ed through the fire upon deck, and attempted to swim to the shore, five or six rods distant. Capt. Y., although a good swimmer, sunk before he could teach the shore,- probably from having' been severely burnt. The others landed on a hig h bluff of broken ledges, thickly covered with ferns arid shrubs, and half a mile from any dwelling.— The night was. dark, they Wfere nearly naked, the skin burnt from the faces, hands and feet of both, and from the arms, legs, and a great part of the body of young York. 1’hey reached the house, blood marking their path at every step. Young York died on the 14th, at 6, p. m . On the 18th, Cple was supposed to be oh the recov ery. The body of Capt. Y. bad not then been found. He has left a sickly wife and a large number of children. The vessel, of which he was the owner, was nearly destroyed, and tvas not insured. T e m p e r a n c e in E a t i n g a n d D r i n k i n g . — Grant Thorburn, Esq., of Astoria, Long Is land, now in his seventy-third year, writing lo the Editor of the Bosloa Courier says: “Seeing me as active, lively, and young, in appearance, as I was forty years ago, l a m ask ed by my friends, how I live? I never was drunk m my life, and I never eat enough: I seldom sit ten minutes at table, and could!eat as much more, were I lo sit till my appetite was cloyed.” - F r e e d . —A negro giri, the property of Mr. Thomas Marshall, was killed a few days since neiir Benton, Mi«s., by th« falling of a tree, which crushed her to instant death.:—fPicayane, 14tb, A remarkable case of the mesmeric influence is recorded of Mrs. Clark, of Columbia county, Georgia. H aving a cancer onthe breast, the entire breast was removed, and when sbp wa* restored to the usual stale, she did not know that ar.y operation had been performed. We Again say that if these facts are true, an immense a* mount ot suffering may be saved, and every physician and surgeon vvho does not candidly examine the subject is unworthy of the name of a man. • T h e humble current of little kindnesses which though but a creeping streamlet, incessantly flow?; although it glides in silent secrecy with in the domestic walls, and along the walks of private life and makes neither noise nor appear ance in the world— pours, in the end, a more bountiful tribute into the store of human comfort and felicity than any sudden and transient flood of despatched bounty, however ample that may rush -inlo it with a mighty sound.— [J. C. Neal» C o n d e n s e d A r g u m e n t . — A very celebrated utvine s a y s ,\T h e world we inhabit must have id.an origin ; that origin must have consist in a cause; th a t cause m u st have been intelli- m t ; that intelligence must have been efficient; that efficiency must have been ultimate; that ultim a te power must have been supreme; and that which always was and is supreme, we know by the narrte of God. ' W o n d e r s in t h e M o o n — E x p e c t e d D i s c o v e r i e s . —JLord Rosse’s great Irish Tele scope is, nearly finished, and the next steamer m iy bring us accounts of some of the observa tions made by it. Speculation's as to the prob able discoveries in the moon is already rife in England, and many look for a confirmation of the celebrated moon story, originally published at the Sun office in 1835. T h e planets of some ofthe systems dearest o u r Owti, will no doubt be brought to view in this great instrument: and in anticipation of such a wonderful event. Sir Johta Herschel has already called attention to minute pointlike stars around several of the larger fix ed stars. S h o c k i n g D e s t i t u t i o n ! —It is sialed in some of the papers, that there are no less than 120 towns in Massachusetts utterly destitute of a g rog shop! The story ihat there is a chap; d o w n east, so cross eyed tffat he courts two gtrJs at once, is con tradicted by one o f the girls. In one of his . epistles to Arthur Young1* Washington uses the following beautiful Ian* guage:— “ T h e more I am acquainted with ftg* ricultural affairs, the better I am pleased with them ; insomuch that I can no where find so great satisfaction as in their innocent and useful pursuits. In indulging these feeling's I am led to reflect how much more delightful to an unde bauched mindvis the task of making improve ments on the. earth, than nil the vain glory which can be acquired from ravaging it by the most uninterrupted [Maine Cul. carreer of conquest.”— T h e S lavery Q jjestio n in K e n t u c k y . .— T h e Kentuckians are debating the question of emancipating the negroes. Governor Met calfe has published a letter on the subject, in which he maintains that the only proper roelh- ed of extirpating slavery is by deportation. The existence of a large number of blacks in any community, he holds to bea worse state of things for the happiness and morals of a people than if the two races stood to each other in the rela tion of master and slave. ~ He is, therefore, in favor of making emanci pation depend upon colonization, though he admits that the process of colonization ii a very slow remedy for-the evil. In- reference to the ■ views of C. M.; Clay and his associates in the scheme of gradual emancipatiori, h.e says: UI differ Tadicalryin oplnidn withHho*e of^>Uf countrymen, who maintain that Kentucky ji at no distant day to become a non-sIavehoJding state.- I assume the ground that Kentucky nev er will emancipate her slaves, if at all, except upon the condition of their immediate depar^r* o r b a n is h m e n t from the state. “ I t is a great error lo suppose that those ttf our countrym en w h o ow n no slaves Krill ever go for em a n c ipation 'and the retention of the emancipated within our borders.” ~ Y ^
