President Jackson has long suffered from a musket-ball received during
the last war, which broke the bone of his arm and afterwards lodged in the muscles. A short time ago, Dr. Harris, an eminent surgeon of Philadelphia, happened casually to be at Washington; and the President availed himself of the skill of this gentleman to get rid of his troublesome companion. When the surgeon attended, the Pre- sident was immersed in business with gentlemen in his office, to whom he politely excused himself. In a few hours afterwards, he appeared among his friends, at dinner, with his arm in a sling. The next day he was at work again in his office. Dr. Harris displayed much skill in performing the operation, and particularly in disengaging the bullet (which was rendered very ragged in passing through the bone) from the muscle to which it was attached. The incision was necessarily considerable, the ball being large and flattened.
On Wednesday, the annual meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Society took place at Montpelier House, Pentonville. Nearly a thou- sand persons sat down to dinner. More children, it appears, have been admitted into the school within the last year, than in any previous one since its establishment. An address was spoken by two of the senior boys, and a hymn sung by the children.
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