Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 14, Number 46, Vincennes, Knox County, 13 December 1823 — Page 3

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'A Editor fifth Western Sun. Sir This communication, together with

conchis-ice answer, but several circumstances go f ir towards furnishing one that I thiak, will at least appear reasonable. The jirl is now 13 or 14 years of age, a period which in a female is often attended with a great change in the constitution. Although her

th. io -loipaming letter from Dr. Thomp- age alone, will not justify the opinion, that ron, I end you,t make such use of, as you this change might now be looked fort yet. m v think proper. To allay, and satisfy when we consider, that she is a healthy, rojeiblic curiosity, excited so much by the pub- bust girl of full habit ; that ten months since 1m . lion of gen. H M. Evans, is my onlv apo- she had a slight hemorrhage from the ear, :- for obtruding myself upon your iictice. ' s it unreasonable to conclude, that this extraJ :'ted, in company with Dr. Decker, the j ordinary case owes its origin remotely, to an

cnl whose excited such uncommon attention. I irregular catamcrial action. Hemorrhages

liuiii -.ins iiuac di v; 1 1 1 ijucui , auv.i ciiiiiwai v-

verv part of the system, has been the seat ot

them. The hermorrhage from the car, several months previous to that from the cheek,

justifies the idea, and it easily follows, that an

increased action of the vessels of the lace from this cause, might be followed by an increased action of another kind ; one more correspondent to the nature of small arteries; the formation and deposition of bony matter. Much more might be said, respecting this singular case, but I fear that I have already trespassed upon your patience, by sending you a communication, that properly belongs to the medical world, I shall close, hoping that if mv opinion be viewed as incor

rect, by my medical brethren; that some one at least will offer to the public a more satis

factory solution. ours respecttullv, L. S. SHULER.

hi the evening of the 27th Nov. and the fr.l

l'i -vi-'g- morning witnessed one of the appear-nn-i'- mentioned. She was pursuing her ordinary business about the house, and I had just time to rise from my seat, and examine her f.tre, after she said, to use her own expression, that " one was coming," before I saw p i.s f'-om between the lid and ball of the eve, near the outer corner, a small semi-tran-spa'vnt cartilage, half the size of a large grain of corn water was trickling from both eyes, apparently caused by the irritation of this c artil ip-ous body. Upon examining the inner surface of the eve lid, with a small in ivrMi'i ing glass, its vessels were slightly turgid, fKhbv. bearing the appearance of having been distended no other uncommon appearance was observable. Upon enquiry the statement of gen. Evans, published in the Evansville Gazette, and the facts detailed to im in the letter from Dr. Thompson, were substantiated by several persons of rcspectabi'ity. The only additional fact that I could collect relative to this extraordinary case, is, that about ten months previous, a slight herTnorrlnge took place from the ear, preceded by a few drops from the eye. That this case, which must certainly be ter med extraordinarv, should excite public curiosity, is not surprising; nor is it surprising that thrtse who witnessed it, should call upon the " sons of Esculapius" to " solve the

nr. sterv ;" but to those acquainted with the

mt".'-e and oner ttions of the human system,

I t i:ik it will not appear mysterious

none has been formed in almost every part of the human system, in parts the most vital, as -cll as those whose functions are not so important. The heart, the large arteries, th stomach, the lungs and the brain, have ra'h been -hstinguished by bony formations. Whv then mav there not he, as in this case, a Tegular formation of bone exterior to the skin ' the c ilc.arous phosphat of which bone

Princeton, Nov. 25, 1823. Doctor Siulcr, Sir A case has fallen under

my observation in the neighborhood of this

place, which in its character, is certainly ex

traordinary, and has, to a very considerable degree, excited the public curiosity with a brief statement of which 1 take the liberty of troubling you. Miss M. S. aged 13 years, a member of the family of the hon. Win. Prince, a robust, healthy girl, of a full, plethoric habit, was on Friday the 7th inst. attacked with a hemorrhage from the cheek, immediately under the left eye, from a surface of from four to six inches in circumference, of a very florid arterial colour, and in such quantity as in a few minutes to cover the whole surface of the cheek. This continued at short interv als of from ten minutes, to two hours, until the evening of Friday the 1 1th ; and on the morning of Wednesday the 12th, in addition to the

hemorrhage, pieces of completely formed,

ceosisTs is deposited trom arteries; out pi e- . and ann:irntiv i... ,itiiv iumP. trrther with

vio-.is to the deposition, the arteries arc dis- , lumps or masscs of flo'shf of rrarious sizes, (in tr 1 -d : and those which before did not car- i weightfrom 2 grains to a drachm & a haif,) vv red hlaod, are now ' visible from their con- aa(l iit strUcture completely f.brions, and also t;miag th-.s fund. I his is particularly ap- apparently healthy, made 'their appearance jihc vAv to the case of the girl. 1 he cxhalent at cltinct intervals, on the external surface art Ties throw out "florid arterial blood; (,f the cuticle ; generally about half an inch and m a short time thev deposit osseous mat- frm.dm immediately below the inner comic r upon the surface of the skm. So far it cr of thc eve sometimes, however above, rcvombles the regular process of nature. But ! ,1IHi nccsi on av rthmmh v,l,lnn imn.rii.

ately in the inner corner. I he pieces ot bone

hov is it tormod exterior to the skm r By the same means, the same s stem of vessels, and bv the same laws that forms bone upon any i f the internal membranes, instances of which nave been frequently observed. It is true, the usual formation is in some part, which p"i t is ibsorbed, and bone deposited in its pi r 'nit when we consider th .t thc particle s of bone arc completely formed, and circol te in the arteries, that they are even discoerable to the edge of the knife floating in the blood is it at all mysterious that thev

committee has been appointed to report upon it. There seciu to be a stri disposition in thc house to icduce l. taxes by some means or other. Th probate system will no doubt be altete as also the present system ofconductin

county business. The governor in Ins

message lias recommended a loan l he message lias not as yet been printed, as soon as it is I will forward it to you " Indiana Legislature. IN SENATE Monday Dec. I. The senate met and proceeded to elect James Dill secretary. John F Farnbam assistant secretary and Roliin Dewey enrolling elk. And John M -dcan door keeper. STANDING COMMITTERS. Of Election. Messrs. Grass, John son, Craig and CI ray ll'aus and Means Messrs. Chambe s Montgomery an ' Gregoiy Judiciary. Messrs Ray, Thompson, and Ra-iden. Education. Mcssis Messrs. Milroy, Thompson, Ray and Grayham. Military Messrs. Stapp, Milroy. Sholts and Harrison HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday. Dec I. The house met and proceeded to elec. David H. Maxwell speaker. Heniy P

; hornton principal clerk, and J.-mes F.

D Lanier assistant, and Jnmes M Ra enroling clerk, and John Moor Door keeper. STANDING COMMITTERS. Ways Isf Means Messs Evans, Hn dricks, Oliver, Hillis. Law, hilds, Armstrong and C'lendenin. Judiciary Messrs. Rl ke. Law. Bullock. Nf Ison, Stevens aid Read. Education Messrs Ev rfs, Mcfall, Palmer, N dson and ' hilds. Military. Messrs. Burnett. Marshall,

Pax'on, Jellv. Oli or. Evans h Williams.

E'ertions. Pennington, Mutdock,

Wright, Huston and Hill. Enrolled Bills. Avion and Xclson. Tfrom nilk's wkeki.y register "I

Greece. n Anc-.na arcnunt savs

We have h ai ot, by le'tcrs horn Tripolit za, that thc Geeks have fought a san

guinary battle between Thebes and Zei-

tounv in which the Turks lost four thou

sand killed or wounded, and four bun

dled prisoners. Some days after theie

was an engagement at Marashia, near

Voto, in whirh the Turks b id 400 kil

led -md lost 200 prisoners. In the fiistof

these, battles there was 15,000 Turks a

gainst 7 500 Greeks Capts. Cornari aw

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"ardwnre f Cut enjn QUEENSUAKR. nanisii Fivt ,nt & ! 't i:. ; ! VI)IG Morocco & Le tth r U !:., STRAW HON NT. ITS, t'OTTON YARN. 1V)A T r.BLEs,fxc. 5;r.

WJuch, added to his ! n his assoi tmtrr cornpi . .

at the lowest prices also Forty barnIs S. I ' 7',

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Mi-viui pass ran or uie eiuai gen cmkucui a. - , den an(l instantaneous as that the closest and tenes to the surface of the skm ; and :hat .the j most niillute dbservation could not discover

jnst oit those particles pass tin mouths ot tne vessels, they should unite, and form ore solid iiv. ss, bv the same povver, bv which all hard

were of a ragged, or fractured appearance, ana were always Pttended with, and net unfrequently enveloj)ed in amass of black grumous blood ; thc masses of tlesh were unattended with any thing of the kind. The intervals between the apperaneis were vari ous, from ten minutes, to two, three or four hours, and sometimes longer, and no regularity was observed in the order of succession

betwa en thc pieces of bone, and masses of ! Caracaisco who were ordered to pursue

flesh. I htse tiischarees were so very sud-

homogeneous bodies unite and are held together. If the vessels of the skin exhale blood, so mav they exh de bony particles as thc fov er occurs frequently, it produces little surprise ; the latter is rarely seen, and our wonder is excited. If there had been any JioV or aperture, or soreness, or other diseased appearance, it would then have been an unai countable Case ; but on the contrary, thc

their commencement. These appearances continual until Wednesday the 21st, after vvlra h time, until Sunday the l;5th, nc thing of the kind uppeari d. On the morning of the 25th, pieces ot clear, transparent, cartilaginous like substances, of v arious sizes, (from tin. smallest particle, to that of an ouhnarv sized grain of corn) in rapid succession, made their appearance, immediately in the inner corner of the eye, producing at the moment of their passage, a slight degree of pain, in i i r it r .i

conhec utnee om ri uu nicssure unon int

p ii ts being sound and healthy, show conclu- . tv c at the instant of their passage.

SP . , uiai ll is a nauu ai, ' mi iinsjuak t u - to : that nature is carrying on her usual op-

c tions, of forming from the blood, 7r.s7z, Cur'Hazc and boric ; but that she does not deposit those formations in their proper places. Such' v ariations are common, though not often so extensiv e. or so rapid. As it would be difficult to conceive how this calcarious mat ter could circulate without Hoating in some fluid, so we find that each piece of bone is attended bv a quantity of black grumous blood; showing that the phosphate of lime, of which bone is principally formed, hail united, leaving the blood to envelope it.

The different sizes, and fractured appear-

Thcsc dischargi s or appearances w ere also

at no regular intervals, and were unattended with, or accompanied by, either the lumps of fksh.or masses of clotted blood before mentioned. During the whole of this time (which embraced a period of about thn c w eeks) the girl enjoyed pel feet good health, free from either soreness, pain, swelling, or depression of the cheek, discolouration of thc skm, or any unusual appearance whatever, but pursued without the least inconvenience, her usu.il avocations. Thus 1 have given you, in as brief a man

ner as possible, the principal characteristic

ance of the bones, depend on the quantity ot c the case which has excited so much curi-

osseous matter emitted suddenly from the osity in this countv and would be glad, if mouths of the vessels, and as some vessels e- convenient, you would visit the patient. 1 rnitted greater quantities, & with more force am yours with respect, than others, so would the bone have more or j ' THOs. H. THOMPSON, less of a broken texture. No time was ne-i

cess -try tor tneir iormauon , un u.- FWtract ot a ettcr tmm John Law. F..n.

readv formed, though existing in very small particles. No action of vessels, access of air or flaids was necessary to harden ; its primmdi il p articles were already hard. Hut a moment of time was necessary for those bny particles to form a solid union ; they were homogeneous ; they united by the genera! Jaws of attraction, assisted by the f ree by which, thev were propelled ;the moment they passed, the mouths of the vessels in which they irctdated. Those emissions were mere or less instantaneous, in proportion m the arteries wore more or less active ; and as in acte hemorrhage, no observable period of time could be noticed, in the throwing out upon tlu skin, a quantity of blood the size of a grain of corn, so no particular period could b marked, as distinguishing thc bony formation. It will be asktd, why is blo.nl, nYsh,

and cartilage throve a oat bv the sm !s

to the Editor, datt d

"cohtdon, Dec. 3, 1823. .Sir - Y e house formed a quorum on MotuLv. David H. Maxwell vvasclecteil speak' r. Thc votes stood thus: Maxwell 24, Make 9, Pennington 2 A resolu'on has been introduced app intin a committee to enquire into ihe expediency of repealing thc second, thhd and fourth section of the act of last session 'regulating executions and for other purposes " embracing what is called thc hundred dollar act There is no doubt the law will be repealed in the lowcr house There w ill probably be sonic objections 'or in tle senate but 1 think

it vviii be tpaud Ihe governor this

the enemy, drove them back into Thcss?-

lv, and forced them to seek refuge in La rissa. COLOMBIA. Theconpress has decreed an annua pension of 30.000 dollars to Bolivar -

Thev justify this bv saving, that, at the

tunc v hen he commenced the immorta work of liberating bis coont'V. and found

inp thc republic of Colombia, be was young and rich; and now that he lias the

glorv of having completed this heroic un

dertaking, he fi; himself after having

Henry

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'VTO TH E is h'-rcbv lpmi k'vv ado

nestic at.aciiment has b-.c .

at . suit ot lie: y Kite our. an

tne estate of And ew Correli.

unless the said Aodrtvv Cone!:

pear on or before the first day '

March te'-m by himself or a o -

give special bail, and ansu r sm that judgn ent will (here be cut

trainst bio. by defuh, and that tha t?icl.ed, shall be bold for the p debt and costs.

R BUNTIV. S. Judah, A'y

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CO U supposed to be ;nt . e years old, m it h a small white s; : n the forehead, a smooth nop ll e righ car. and a hole, ur d a svul.uv. ! .k in the left no other brands .i ina-ks pei ceivey.blc. ppr. i-. d u five dot.ars. JOHN DELI l.K. Dec. 1C, 13-23.--46. 3t KHIFF'S SALES. BY vinue of an execution ?o me directed fiom thc Cleiks otiice of the Knox Circuit court, I will expose to public sale on Friday the 26th inst. at the court house in Vh cenr.es, the STE.JM MILL and lor of r',und win teoi. it stands, .-.nil now in possession and occ upation t Willis Fellows a square lot boundid on all sides b streets, on a cicdit payable on the 28th ujy of Jure 1824, the puicbasir entering into rephxirj bond and secuiiiy. Sale to con nu nco between thc hours of '0 o'clotk A M. and 2 r M as the property o' lUnjaman Park, Na.i-aiuel Ewin, J ,, D. Hav, Willis Fellows. Gei.it Kwinf Williaio Hat low ? d Wi.-on Lau.u.sur-

his life, bereft of the patrimony which he ! Vlvm parti.t:r? of C i a.les Smrhs .. cn

inherited from his ancestors, in conse- i quenceof having consecrated hi- life and fortune to the sacred cause of liberty and i

independence; th.at it is the duty of the

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nes team r.uu comjiariy, at ti e : it John M'Dontld

JOHN DE KBU, S! ff December 13, 1823. 46-

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republic to provide a suitable and decrnt

maintenance for one who has iven i being, and from whom it rcasonal)l expects to be exalted to that height of,

greatness and perfection to which its destinies call it " It is most likely that thc "Washington of the south" will decline to receive this pension. S far his course has been glorious md this, as an additicnal example of his disinteresK dn - , v ill be of ten thousand times ni.tifvr-.l;,";i i is countr, than the pension Cv.u be useful to him Niks.

Y virtue of . Vtnditioni Ex;

directed 1; om the cl. t k

cf tbv face? To this, it is net easy toivc da bubruittcd hit rcviacd code. A joint J July 73 162?.

q fBlWlT Tit EES. ' JloEibscribcr having a large nurU yoi young APPLE TREES, situate iir Walnut lhairie, Clark county, Illinois, three miles south of darwin, invites thc citizens of the Wabash country adjacent, to give him a call He will sell at six dollars ficr hundred and take in payment, Crrc, Cattle, Cotton, Whe.it, and almost any other good trade, but the above articles will he preferred, and al low a liberal trade firice for the panic The purchaser -hn!l have the liij-ht to choose thc trees ; none need be. affiaid of not bciri supplied, as there are at least 40 noo fit to set out.

W. D. ARCHKH.

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1 1 s te t e X - so St .:t i'c ho

t the KnoA c ii c l it tour , I vi to public sale i. Fnd.-y tn 26 thc coutt houst in Vinctunts,

simple of a ceitait; ict or pat eel f y and, being the one half of the entiic io: m. inhered cn thc plan at d survey of the ti wn of Vincennes one hundred anu hii -eisj:ht. On a ct dit pa) able on tie 22-d day of June 1824, the purchaser ctrii' into replevin bond with approved sec :- ty taken as the property of Th-na- H. Ulackburn, at thc suit of Wiihan- clton Sale to commence bttwcn t ho hours of 10 o'clock A. M and 3 V M. J( HN DECKER, Shft k c. December, 13th 1823. 4f-3t

Y virtue of a Vidhioni Exr.oras to nr diicced ftom the etik fl-ro

ot the Knox circuit court, I wi i , p ;e to public sale on Friday the 2:t. i.t. the court house in Vinccnus, a,,y term of time not execcdiog scen v a:if one half lot of giotind in thc U'n up;! .f V'incenncs with a house thereon 1 akt n us the property of William L iid .ev funr. . at the suit of Jacob Kuykem!.'l. Sub to comnunce bi twtcn ti e be uti.t lo 0v clock A. M aiul .1 P M JOHN DECKEH, Slit; k. c.