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And wakes the morning hour.
A Siiigiilar Case.
We find in the Boston .Medical and Surgical
Journal, the following account of the anomalous
case of Miss Sarah Burbeck of Salem, who is rep-
icscntcd not to have slept for a moment, nor been '
free from pain, for fifteen years. Her body and '
limbs are in perpetual motion and almost all the j
joints in her body have been dislocated ilTousands
of times. "Wh-n I entered her room, she was j
siting up in her bed and her right arm, and fingers I
were twisting about in every direction ; presently;
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she leaned forward and threw herself back against ;
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the headboard, as if determined to break her head. !
The headboard was within an inch or two of the j
wall, and though a large, well stufTed pillow was j
placed against it, whem her head struck the pillow J
it was with such force that the beadstead struck 1
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uic wan, causing we wiioiu uuuie to ireniuie.
During the ten minutes that I sat there, she was
thrown back in that manner over 30 times. It ap
peared to me that each blow of lier head against
the pillow, board and wall, was sufficient to slun
j fommnn nerson. vet she hardlv anneared to nd-
ticeit. During the intervals between these spasms
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her riuht arm, hands and fingers were twisting
about, and her right shoulder and under jaw were
drawn out of joint and in continually, the bones
rattling and grinding together with a noise that
could be heard in other rooms, as I was told by
several present. Ueing deaf I could not hear
them, but by placing one hand on her cheek and
the other on her shoulder, I could feel the grind
ing and cracking as the muscles kept them in con-
stnt motion Sometimes her jaws are locked
several hours and even days: and at one time, if
I remember right, they were locked twenty-five
days, when all the nourishment she took was thro'
the aperture caused by the loss of a tooth. Her
jaws have been o often dislocated, she can eat
nothing except when ,thc contraction of the mus
cles throws her teeth together, and then her tongue
is often caught between her teeth and-severely
bitten She takes no nourishment except in a
liquid state, and that with the greatest difficulty,
as it causes strangulation, spasms and severe dis
tress. These spasms sometimes throw her from
her bed to the plastetirfg over head and sometimes
on the floor, and any attempt to hold her increases
her agony. Her liand is sometimes thrown up in
to her face with such fbrce as to bruise her face
and break the skin, and one of her eyes has thus
been destroyed. WTliile conversing with her, her
jaw was thrown out of joint, and drawn in a most
shocking manner, and she was thrown back with
such force as caused the whole house to shake,
and the moment the spasm ceased, she finished
her sentence, commencing at the very word where
- the fit had interrupted her, and with so Calm a
voice, that I asked her, in astonishment, if she felt
- no pain when thus attacked. She said the pain
was so excruciating, if she would give way to her
Jcelings, her screams might be heard half a mile ;
rixX as that would only distress others, she had
learned to be quiet. Her father is over i)0 years
of age, and had a stroke of the palsy, from yvhich
lie had partially recovered when I saw him. Her
mother is over 70 and has had the care of this suf
fering child until prevented by sickness within a
year and a half. At the time of my visit she was
.confined in ihe same room in a very feeble state-'
Miss Ilailey. of 'Alexandria V&4 h'as4 died
iiOfli a bjte In the foot by a caU " a t
STROUDSBURG.
Kemjukawlc Adventure of Captain
Jsseisrie.
When the two scouting panics under M
jors.Doriand and baines weru captured by the
Mexican forces under Gen. Minon, on the 23d
January, about sixty miles from Sahillo, ihere
were taken with ihem a Texan, Captain D
D. Hemic, and a Mexicen guide who had been
compelled to act as Mich. Before ihe Ameri
cans surrendered, Gen. Minon pledged his
'honor thai Captain Henrie should be treated
as a prisoner nf war, and should have a fair
trial. Soon afterwards the Mexican guide was
shot down, by order of ihe Mexican General
a circumstance which indicated eleaily to
ihe captain what his fate was lobe. The .sub
sequent occurrences connected with his escape
are thus narrated by himself:
Tho whole party remained at incarnation
that day. The next morning, the 2fith, the
prisoners were started under a guard of 200
men, lor San Luis Potosi. Majors Gaines and
Borland were permitted to retain their .horses
iai.-l arms ; the rest of the prisoners were strip-
pell of both. Capt. Clay and Dun ley and oth
er rommisMoned officers, were furnished with
mustang ponies the remainder marched on
foot .
The treatment of ihe Mexican.guide induced
Captain Henrie U:-helieve that he might share
file same. fa'c. lie jiad no confidence what
eer in the word of Gen. Minon. lie recog-
luzed llenrie, and riding up to him said
Well, sir, 1 suppose you will visit the city of
Mexico a second time." Thai jVvcrv doubt-
'"I ' replied llenrie
In the afternoon an
express came in with a letter. Some nets of
the officer who received it aroused Henrie?
suspicions further, and turning short round where
the ()jlcer wasj Jeaaing ,i,e e,ler, he found a
numher appart.nlIv walchiu -lim. ue believed
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i hey designed to murder htm, and he determined
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to make his escape ti possible and advised some
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of lhe prisoners 'of .
By same accident, during the evening he found
himself on Major Gaines' mare, one of the best
blooded nags m Kentucky and the Major's pis-
i it -tit mi
iois sum reinaiuinn in t ftc Holsters, i no nrl-
sorters had became considerably scattered near
sunset, and Capt. llenrie set himself busily to
work to make them close together.
To do this he rode back, within ten files 4of
.,nc rear m ,ne m,e neM "'-overmg a .man
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interval in the lines. The :uard immediatelv
wheeled in pur.tuii, but their ponies were no
match for a Kentucky blood horse, and before
a gun could be fairly levelled at him he had
darted out of reach. lie had three ranchos to
pass. A he passed these he found that the
Mexicans in pursuit nave the alarm to-iho
cheros, who followed him with fresh horses,
hc ouiMripped them all. After passing the
last raucho he had pulled up his rnare, to rest
her, when a single Mexican came up, stippos-!
mg him io be unarmed. He waited until he
came within thirty steps, when cocking the
Major's duelling pistol, he fired and the Mexi
can rolled off.
fe
Ill a short time another came near : he like
wise permitted him to approach still nearer,
when he wheeled and shot him down. He
loaded his pistol, and after going some di.siance
another started up from behind some bushes
near the road, and rode at him ; he shot at him
with what success he could not tell, but was
not pursued by that Mexican any farther.
When he came to Eucarnaciou he found the
camp had been alarmed, as he supposes by
some one who had passed him when he had
left tho road. Diverging from this straight
course, lie crossed several roads and evaded a
number of parties w ho were in pursuit of him.
At length he came to a plain where there
w as no place to hide. The moon, was shining,
and he could see .a number of men in pursuit.
Putting spurs to his now jaded mare, he made
for a mountain valley, and following it to the east
he at length eluded his pursuers. He trav
elled up the va'ley fortv miles, as he' supposed,
hoping to find an on'let towards Palomap, 'but
in this he was disappointed. He was unable
to find water for himself or his famished ni tre,
and the next morning after his escape the: noble
animal expired, more from the want of water
lhan from fatigue. r , " ,
''Capt. Herifiif niw$iad to'uaakelit orV foot. 1
He watTdered abovi oJUIay.JryjniptiKlpth
MONROE COUNTY, PA, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1847.
across the mountain. In the eveninn he found
some water to quench his thirst. lie then de
termined to retrace his steps down the valley,
and did so, marching without water or food
During the 26!h, 27th and 2S!h,' ho Walked
along through the chapparel and prickly peirs,
without food or water, frequently seeing partiey
of Mexicans, whom he had to avoid. On the
28ih he killed a rat with a club part of which
he ate and put the balance in liKjiocket for an
other meal.
On the night of the 28'h he reached the road,
and followed it until an hour after sunset, when
he dicovred a party of horsemen approaching
Not knowing whether they wero friends or en
emies, he concealed himself until they, came
near, when he discovered they were a picket
guard of the Arkansas troops. He gave one
hout and gave up -nature was exhausted!---His
nerves which had been strung up to the
highest degree of tension, became unstrung,
and he was almost hflpless. They put hini
on a horc and took him to Agua Nueva, where
Capt. Pike commanded an outpost.
Capt. Pil;c informed mo that when Capt.
Henrie came in he was the most miserable
looking being he ever saw. His shoes were
worn out, his pantaloons cut in rags, his head
was bare, and his hair and beard were matted ;
his hands, feet and legs were filled with thorns
from the prickly pear, and his &kin was parched
and withered with privation, exposure and ex
ertion. He had lasted no water, for four days,
and seemed almost farnisihed for want of it.
The soldiers gathered round him, and all that
w as in their wallets was at his sen ice, and as
they had recently had a new outfit of clothing,
Capt. H. was soon newly fitted out. After
resting awhile, and getting soino food, he
was able to ride to this place. He says that
during the pursuit -there were more than one
hundred shots fired at hitn, one of which pass
ed through his hair. .
The noetical Editor of the Reading Journal has
been grinding out music in honor of the victory, at
Buena Vista and Vera Cruz, and produces the, fol
lowing : , ...
"Old Zack's at Monterey,
Bring out your Santa' Anner. j ,
. For every time he points a gun .
. Down goes a Mexicancr. . ;
"And Scott's at Vera Cruz, ' I:
' In spite of Jimmy Polker, ' '
And every time he. makes a move .
Down goes a Locofocer.V
DrcKdfnl Catastrophe ! ASenost.
An English paper says that, at Wom&ells Men-
ngerie, a short time since, i fashionable dressed J
ran-jlaGV ,v!lill, stantiing near the den of a 'royal Ben
gal tiger,1 turned suddenly round, and was seized
ueuinu oy me icroctous urute. Amutsiiue snrteus
of the belle and bystanders, he lore off. as he ex-
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pected, a luxurious meal, but the next moment the
poor dupe found that he had been nicely taken in,
being half suffocated with bran; the stuffing of
the lady's bustle !" . " -
TLT:s5sjcSty Fa use.
A country actor peiforming-ihe pari of 'Rich
mond' the other day, in the tragedy of ' Richard
I II, ' hid the misfortune to find his memory com
pletely fail when ho had reached the words,
" Thus far into the'botvels of the land have w e
marched without impediment." After haiug
repeated these words several times, the audi
ence testified their displeasure by a general hiss
when, coming forward, ho ihtts addressed
the::i : " Ladies and gentlemen, 4 thus far into
the bowel's of the 'laud we have 1 marched on
without impediment,' and curse me if I can get
any further."
A Ts'iilSaiisl Wcnsasi. -
" My wife tells the truth three times a day."
remarked a jocose old fellow, at lhe same time
casting a mischievous glance at her. Before
rising in the morning, she says, 0 dear, I must
get up, b.ufl don't want to.' .After breakfast,
she adds Well, I suppose I -must' go io work,
buul don't want to,' and she goes to.bed,4say-
ing,. ' There, I have been passing all i tic day
and hav'nt done anything.'"
In giving geography leisons, a school master'
tlowu cast, asked a boy : 4 What state do you
liVo jnX "jhjcjj '1C. hoybrawieI through
his nosc in reply, i A state of sin and misery!1
SOB
ofHBmm!Eilism.
Lord Monboddo, in his Ancient Metaphysics,
has recorded a curious case of somnainbuliMh',
which may be interesting to many of ottr read
ers w ho take an interest in lhe progress of Mes
merism, one of the most curious and mysterious
of modern scientific pursuits:
" It was," says his Lordhip, " the case of a
young girl, in the neighborhood of my house in
the country, who had a disease that is pretty
well known in the country where I live, under
the name of ihe louping, that is, ihe jumping
ague, and which is no other than a kind of
frenzy which seizes the patients in their sleep,
and makes them jump and run like persons pos
sessed. The girl was attacked by thb disease
three years ago, in the spring, when she was
about sixteen years of age, and it lasted some
thing more than three months. The fit always
seized her in the day-time, commonly about
seven or eight o'clock in the morning, after she
had "been out of bed two or three hours. It be
gan with a heaviness or drowsiness, which end
ed ill. sleep, at least what had the appearance
of sleep, fur her eyes were close shtt. In this
condition, she would leap upon stools and ta
bles w ith surprising agility, then she would get
out of the cottage w here she lived with her fa
ther, mother and brother, and run with great
violence, and much faster than she could when
well, but always whhsa certain destination to
some one place in the neighborhood ; and to
which place she often said, when she found the
fit coming upon her, that she was to go; and
after she had gone lo lhe place of destination,
if she did not there awake, she came back
in the same directior, though she did not al
ways keep the high-road, but frequently went
a nearer way across .he fields; and though her
road, for this reason, was often very rough, she
never fell, notwithstanding the violence with
which she ran. But all the while she ran, her
eyes were quite shut, as her brother atteM, who
often ran with her to jake care of her; amKnho,
though he was much older, Mronger, and clev
erer than she, was hardly able to keep tip with
her. When she told, before the fit came on,
to what place she was lo run, she said she
dreamed the night before that she was to run to
that place ; and though they sometimes dissua
ded her from going to a particular place, as to
my house, for example, where, they said, the
dogs would bite her, she said she would run
that way, and no other. When she awaked,
and came out of her delirium, she found herself
extremely weak, but soon recovered her Mrength,
and was nothing tne worse for it, but on the
contrary, was much worse for being restrained
from running. When she awakened, and. came
to herself, she had not tho least remembrance
of what had passed whilst she was asleep.
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Sometimes the woni'd'run upon the top of the
earthen fence which surrounded her father's
little garden ; and, though tho fence was of an
irregular figure, aftd very narrow at the lop, yet
she never fell from it, nor from the top of the
house, upon which , she would, sometimes get
by the assistance of this fence, though her eyes
were then likewise shut. Some time before her
disorder left her, she dreamed, as she said, that
the water of a well in the neighborhood, called
the Dripping Well, would hure her, and accord
ingly she drank of it very plentifully, both when
she was well and when she was ill. Once,
when she was ill, she expressed, by signs, a
violent desire to dririk of it ; (for she did hot,
while in the fit, speak so as to bo intelligible ;)
and they having brought her other water, she
would not let it come near hor, hut rejected it
with signs of great aversion; but when they
brought her the water of ibis well, she drank it
greedily, her eyes being all the while shut. Be
fore her last fit came upon her, she said thai
she had just three leaps to make, and she would
neither leap nor run more. And accordingly,
having fallen asleep as usual, she leaped upon
ihe stone at the back of the chimney, and down
again ; and having done this three times, she
kept her word, and never leaped nor ran more.
She is now in perfect health."
Having given these details of this very in
teresting case, his Lordship justly observes,
' What I have said of this girl rcinembejinc
'nothing of what passed whilst she was in the
jit, is t.he case of all nighi-walkers- It is by
tlii?, chiefly, Ahatjiight-walking is distinguished
from dreaming; and it prove iq me that ihe.
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muni la ttiou miit ui3tutfj:u j.oiji i ii e iiooy
than it i even in dreaming, for it i- not onl.v
without the use uf the senses, but Aii!un?t
memory. " v:1
A Sentinel' SoIIIoMy. x
The Xeuia Torch Light published a letter
from a returned volunteer who belonijed to tlio
St. Louis Legion, from which we extract ?ih"e
following anecdote : '
The locos claim that their defeat in Ohiu
arose in pan from the fact that the vulmnecrs
were mostly uYmocrnts. "We are grea'ly "nTts
laken if they ha'd not more to fear from iheirYe'
turn, than from i hrir atterm-e. The sovereign
cure for locofoeoinm now known is a pe-p at
the Mexican war tho elephant, as-the voluii'
leers call it. . , j,
One night during the four days' rain, I was
standing sentinel half leu deep in the water... h
was a night not easily forgotten such sheets
of livid lightning, such hoots of loud thunder,
such ro:irtu groans of wind and rain, I iwwr
before experienced. It was as daik as a retfe-s
in Green river cave. About J o'clock iii thii
morning, I heard a sp'.a-htng ahi m iherA9
terand hailed. It proved to be Capt Salisbu
ry, officer of the day, and Lieut. West, ollk-er
of the guard, the grand rounds.. After passing"
me, they found the next seiiMnel but one en
gaged in earnest conversation with himself., ty
which he appeared so much in eres'ed that he
did not hear them approach. They hadtl'V
curiosity to listen to the soliloquy. Ye,,7ai.I
he 'when! voted for James K. Polk, had l"
known it would have Iedio thts, I'd have s.ce.u
him io the d 1 anil Texas sunk firSt' IJut
after ihe war was brottght on I was ahame"d ttr
let the. Whigs do the Huhiing, atfd s'ay at home
and be taunted by them. 1 was obliged to come
for consistency's sake; Inn if J had you hern
James K. Polk,' here he uttered an "awful im
precation on him I'd blow you through,' and
he brought up his. musket to take aim, si if he
would shoot sure enough. At this mnmenMlur
rand rounds made a noise and were ,hai fed, '
sternly with-- r"
Who conies there V v " " !
James K. Polk,' was the reply. '
Adance, you cus, and give the cou'nVei;'
sign, or I'll blow your brains out!' ' "
'I he officers told the anecdote the next tdav
to th
e company
T
IGJoqiieasee at a Premium.,
"May ii please the Court," said a Yankee,
lawyer, before a Dutch Justice, the other d.ij,
"this is a case of the greatest imptmanee.
While the American Eagle, whose sleejdfiss.
eye watches over tho welfare of this. fn:ny
Republic, and whose, wings extend from the
Alieghanies to the rocky Chain of the Vesc
was rejoicing in his pride of place" 3
" Shttip dare ! Shtop I say, vat- h:$s !: suit
to do mil eagles ? Dis has nottiu to u miudu
wild bird. It ish von sheep," exybimeduihe
J. -: 'Jyr '
iistu-e; -
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" True, your honor, but, my. client jias rights
It ' i
nere : - .
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1 ief gltent ha no right mn de eagreIr
" Of course not, but by the laws , of lan
guage
What cares I for de laws of do lanfiuac.
I undcrstant de laws of de State, and dat is,h
enough for mo. Confine your talk to the case."
' Well then, my client, the defendant in this
case, is charged with stealing a sheep, and"-
11 Dai will do! That will do ! Your glf.!ut
is charged mil shtealing a sheep.jusi nine lul
lm. De gourt will adjourn to Bill Vergusoji'a
to urinu :
The SiorUi Polo.
Sir J. Ross; tho celebrated navigator, InV
written to the Astronomical Society of London,
informing that body that he has submitredplfin;
io the Admiralty, for carrying into rxtujon;
the double and de.Mrable objects of w.Ntsrn"
an arc of the meridian, and reaching the'Niflh
Polo. His plan is to w inter at ' Spitzbrgerifc
and" employ his officers and crew' Vndof tUtt di
rection of the son of ihe celebrated Sehuma'cher.
whom ho has engaged Tor the purpmefeaftc!&i
the proper season, attempt to. reach ihu ivnrjtii
Polo on sledjjes drawn by Swedish horeW-
ing a modification of ihe plan proposed .Ssj'
Scoresby. ,
i . Drinking -
,We reasoned with an inebriate a feTvvdlys
since on the vile habit of drinking" spirit'
" Why," he sahl in reply, " wa'ier is ilaugpr
ous very dangerousit drowns people ; pets
into their cheats and ino tlieir heads, 'ami, then,
too, it makes ihatKihfurnraT'steaiti tlfat a 'always,
blowing a feller up ' r " "