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% st flpgg‘ n S® s ^ e evef had. I’ll rhip you,” said he, “as long as l can, nd leave breath in your body.” The irl told a woman who lived in anoth- .artefthe house, that “she should ather die than live, for she did not elieve her punishment would be so reat in another world as it was in his.” Before 10 o’clock, she had rocurcd the laudanum and placed ersplf beyond the reach of cruel and .nnatural father. We are told by me of the women who assisted in lay- ng her out, that marks of excessive :fuelty were plainly discoverable a- iout her person, and several spots ap- leared as if a large knot in a rope had :aused them. It is also said, that hose bruises must have been made a veek before, as her father had not eaten her since the previous Sabbath. Murder.—On Sunday last we had melancholy comment on the evils of ntemperance and Sabbath breaking. ~’eorge Chapman, a tailor by trade, ad a quarrel with Daniel Wright, la- ourer, (both excessively intemperate rinkers,) and happening to meet a- out the middle of the day at Nares,’ ust over the line between this vil- age and Fayette, in Seneca ctunty, hey “talked it over” and were ap- arently reconciled. According to a ulgar custom, however, they must atify their treaty of amity over a bot- le of whiskey, and here the smother- d flame of resentment again burst orth. Chapman swore he would kill right. To escape danger Wright ,vent into the granary and lay down on he oat bin. Chapman followed a while afterwards, seized a spade, and repeated the threat. Wright attempt ed to get up, but received a blow on the head which prostrated him, and which was followed by others in quick ^succession. Chapman went to the Jhouse, avowed what he had done and ilwas taken into custody. Wright died 1 about an hour afterwards. After the frenzy of the liquor subsided the mind of the wretched murderer 'awakened to a sense of the horrid deed he had perpetrated and to the inevitable doom which awaits him .-^Geneva Gaz. A.young maw by the name of John Cox, a seaman, on board the ship Con stitution, has received $40 for his grog money, and I have been credibly in formed that he has not drank any li quor on board the ship.—Philanthro pist. — State of Education in Lower Canada. —The petitions presented to parlia ment from the Canadas complaining of the Administration of the Earl of Dalhousie, contained the names of 18,000 persons, of which only nine thousand are signatures, the other 69,- 000 having his X mark attached to them. The population of Loiver Can ada is 450,000 French to 80,000 Bri tish. Only one in eight of the former are taught to write.—Plymouth Jour. New York, August 4. Yale College.—We are sorry to learn that a serious misunderstanding has arisen between the principals of this respectable institution and a por tion of the pupils, which has resulted in an open rupture, and the withdraw al of nearly one third of the scholars. The circumstances of this unfortunate occurrence, w*e hear, were these:— The scholars had become dissatisfied with their fare at commons, and seve ral times petitioned for afr improve ment. At length some of them refus ed any longer to partake, and in viola tion of the rules, withdrew from the public table. Four of these delin quents were expelled. This being deemed an act of injustice, a remon strance was got up, and signed by one hundred and forty-four of the scholars, demanding the reinstatement of their fellows, and threatening, in case of re fusal, to withdraw' in a body from the College. The Faculty could not, without a relaxation of their laws, comply w'ith this demand, and the re solution of the scholars w r as carried into effect on Saturday. About forty of them arrived here yesterday morn ing on their way to their homes. A great deal of excitement prevails at New Haven on this subject. Moral Effect of Dress.—It is ah ob servation, says Sir J. Barrington, I Have always made—although it may, perhaps, be considered a perilous one —that dress has a moral effect upon the conduct of mankind. Let any gentle man find himself with dirty boots, old surtout, soiled neckcloth, and a gene ral negligence of dress he will in all probability find a correspondent dispo sition to negligence of address. He may speak roughly, & think roughly: but put the same man into full dress; powder him well, clap a sword by his side, and give him an evening coat, fine pantaloons,& silk stockings, he will feel himself quite another person. To use the language of a low fellow would then be quite out of character. He will talk smoothly, affect politeness, if he has it not, pique himself upon good manners, and respect the women. Liv. Mer. Self-sharpening Plough.—An enter prising mechanic has been here during the past week, exhibiting an improved cast-iron plough, for winch a patent has been obtained. The advantage of this kind of plough is, that the share or point, being separate pieces from the mould-iron which have their up per and under surfaces similar, may be turned whenever one side begins to ar away, so as to wear less fast, and keep constantly sharp. This plough is much used where it has be come known, and is approved by far mers who have examined it here.— The making costs no more than that of the common kind.—Saratoga paper. crowded to the plank, and staggered upon the deck. He was half drunk and was ordered to leave the boat, & immeately helped off’by 2 men. ,He begged hard for a passage to N. V drk, offering money. It was all in vaii— he was drunk, and should not go. \ I stood by the gang-way. lie reached me a small roll of bank bills, saying, “1 will give you $50, if you will take me to New-York,” I refu sed telling him to put his money in his pocet. lie still persisted, and stretch ed out his hand with the money as the boat slowly moved from the dock.— He was held from falling by strangers to w’hom ho still offered money for his passage. The boat moved swiftly dow r n the stream, mill saw'no more of him—Probably lit reached some resting place, till waking from his dream he found himself moneyless. The scene made a deep impression on my mind, I thougkt: 1. The drunkard is despised and his company rejected, even by tempe rate drinkers.—lie is welcome only in the grocery or dram-shop and by those made delirous with the poison ous draught. 2. The drunkard destroys his prop erty.—In his derangement he offers all his money to strangers for trifles.— Perhaps he has a wife and children in w'ant and distress. Perhaps for want of this very money bis goods may be seized, and his estate ruined forever. 3. The drunkard is rendered inca-. pable of examining the truth, conse quently cannot know the word of God. His senses are blunted—his affections are destroyed—his mind is deranged, he renders his life a sceneIff sinking brutality; at last he may wish for a conveyance to the heavenly world, and offer all that he has for the favor. But alas! he is deranged—he offers to, he knows not whom—he is reject ed, and his soul is cast off forever. ' VIATOR. honour: the question will not then be, how you have discharged your duties towards your fellow men, but how you have discharged your duties towards God. Now man’s blindness to these principles forms one ingredient of that vital disease ♦vliich is so general in the world. We tread upon the earth with as certain footsteps as if we were to be its everlasting lords, nor do the ter rors of the grave shake this opinion, nor is it altered by the terrors of judg ment. The prospect of the arrival of that day, w r hen the wmrld shall be dis solved, when the trumpet shall be sounded, and man shall awake to eter nity, when this earth and these heav ens shall be involved in ruin, now that it is only seen through the vista of suc cessive ages, has no more effect upon the natural mi ld, than the display of beauty has on the dimness of natural sight; mysterious as it is, it is never theless certain, man can travel omvard both to death and judgement, and say peace, peace, when there is no peace. DR. FRANKLIN AND THOMAS PAINE. Good.—A member of the Common Council in Boston, has been recognized in the sum of $500 to answer at the next Term of the Municipal Court, for having beaten, bruised, and spit liponjiis wife, leaving the marks of outrage distinctly visible on her per son. A meteoric stone fell near Richmond on the 4th ult. The statement is, that between eight and nine o’clock, the sky being clear, a whizzing noise was heard by a party hoeing corn in a field. A stroke, as of a hard body on the ground, a short distance from the la borers, led to a search, which ended in the discovery of a stone newly cm bedded, about 12 inches in the ground. Before any part of it was broken off it was said to weigh something up wards of four pounds. It now weighs three pounds three ounces. Its form l in its first unbroken state was speroi- dal—flattened here and there, produc ing irregularities of surface, which, except where it has bjeen rubbed off, i6 covered with a thin black crust.— The fractured surfaoe exhibits a gran- ual appearance, showing small cavi ties, varying in size from a small pin to a mustard seed, its color grey, with metallic particles showing themselves regularly dispersed through the mass When first broken it emitted a pecu liar sulphurous odour. Death of Dugald Stewart.—The Ed inburg Evening Post announces the death of this distinguished philosophe He has left a name that must endure as long as. English literature is culti vated. The Dengue.—This very disagreea ble epidemic exists at this time (says the Charleston, S. C. Courier) in our city, to an extraordinary extent—we think we are perfectly within bounds when we say, one fourth of our popu lation have had, or now have it—and every hour appears to be adding to the number. It rilade its appearance a- mong us about two weeks ago, and should it continue to spread much longer as rapidly as it has done the last two weeks, not an individual will have escaped. It has not in any in stance proved fatal; but the pain is often very acute, and from its frequent ly attacking a hale brawny man of 6 feet in heignt and 200 pounds weight, in the little finger or great toe, with a severity that almost makes him cry out, affords much merriment to those who have recovered from or not yet taken it. There appears but little sympathy for the sufferer. Its dura tion is from six hours to three days.— It is treated mildly—a little salts and snake root and warm lemonade, to produce perspiration, appears to be the most common prescription, though in some cases it is permitted to come and go without anjb thing being given to check or relieve the pain. At the time we are writing, about half a doz en persons employed in this office are down with it. From the New York Observer. THE DRUNKARD IS CAST OFF. It was nearly 5 o’clock when I reached tho Pier at Albany. The broad flag of the steamboat was float ing in breeze,*and passengers were pressing on board. The signal for starting was given. A few were pushing through the crowd of specta tors. Among the rest, a man of do cent appearance and iirgood apparel, THE TWO GREAT DIVISION A MONG MEN. From a sermon of Dr. Chalmers. The line of demarcation betwist the Christian and the man of the world, is very different from that line of demar cation usually drawn, and it is neces sary to bring this forgetfulness of God, [of which he had been speaking.] be fore us, in order that we may ascertain our true character. You will observe the great difficulty of a Gospel Minis ter lies in convincing men of this fact; having performed the relative duties of this life, and attaching a meagre and supericial meaning to the term guilt, they cannot understand how any sin of theirs should have lighted up those fires which shall burn for ever lasting. They will admit they have failings, but they are not as bad as others, and because you cannot assim ilate their guilt with that of the dar ing outcasts from society, who pass through life utterly regardless of all its duties, they cannot imagine how their conduct should bring down upon, them the burden of an endless con demnation. To effect this, they think that a man must have been a monster in society, that he must outraged all the duties of that relationship in which he stands to his fellow men* Now of all this they may acquit themselves in the most honorable way, and yet there is another relationship, the pe culiar duties of which they may have altogether neglected, we mean the relationship in which they stand to God. A man may discharge himself of all he owes to his fellows upon earth, and yet be utterly regardless of what he owes to his God in heaven; he may feel the force of all those mo ral obligations which bind men togetlv er in a community, and yet feel none of those obligations in which he stands to Him who is the protector and pre server of the human family. There may be many reciprocal acts of mutu al esteem of mutual tenderness, &good nature among ourselves, and yet the whole of this society be in a state of total neglect of Him who is the source and centre of the universe. Like stray planet which retains its laws of motion after it has been separated from its great system, they perform all their relative obligations t6 men, while they are in a state of awful de parture from God. They may be brought to the bar of civil or criminal law, they may be brought to the bar of public opinion, and may be most fully and justly acquitted; yet when brought to the bar of God, they may be laid under the righteous burden of over whelming condemnation: it isthenjthat the Being who made you will take up his own cause, and support his # own When Paine was writing his attacks on the Ciiristian Religion, he submitted a part of his manuscript to Dr. Franklin, for his inspection and opinion. The following is the answer of that philosopher: Dear Sir:—I have read your man uscript with some attention. By the argument it contains against a particu- ar providence, though you allow a eneral providence, you strike at the oundation of all religion. For vvitli- (ut the belief of a providence that tikes cognizance of, guards and guides md favours particular persons, there s no motive to worship a Deity, to ear its displeasure, or to pray for its frotection. 1 will not enter into any discussions of your principles, though /ou seem to desire it. At present, I shall only give you my opinion, that though your reasonings are subtle, and may prevail with some readers, you will not succeed so as to change the genera! sentiments of mankind on that subject; and the consequence of prin ting this piece will be, a great deal of odium drawn upon yourself, mischief to you, and no benefit to others.—He that spits against the wind, spits in his own face. But were you to succeed do you imagine any good will be done by ;it? Y ou yourself may find it easy to live a virtuous life, without the as sistance afforded by religion; you have clear perception of the advantages of virtue, & possess a strength of religion sufficient to resist common tempta tions. But think how great a portion of mankind consists of weak and ignor- flnt men and women, and of inexperi enced, inconsiderate youth, of both sexes, who have need of the motives (if religion to restrain them from vice, lo support their virtue, and retain them in the practice of it, till it be comes habitual, which is' the. great point for its security. And perhaps you are indebted to her originally, that is, to your reli gious education, for the hab.its of vir tue upon which you now justly value [ourself. You might easily display your excellent talents of reasoning upon a less hazardous subject, and thereby obtain a rank with our most distinguished authors. For among us it is not necessary, as among the Hot tentots, that a youth, to be raised in to the company of men, should prove his manhood by beating his mother. I would advise you; therefore, not to attempt unchaining tiger, but to burn this piece before it is seen by any oth er person, whereby you will save yourself a great deal of mortification from the enemies it may raise against you, and perhaps a great deal of re gret and repentance. If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be without it? I intend this let ter as a proof of my friendship, and therefore add no profession to it: but simply subscribe yours, B. FRANKLIN. in a manner suitable to partake, arf- inosl indiscriminately, of whatever is agreeable to his palate; and the in jurious effects of many articles of di et are to be attributed not so much their peculiar nature, as to the refine ments in cookery. Although the roast beef of England has become the magnum bonum of a good dinner in this country, the too great freedom and frequency with which it is used, already aflect the constitutions of the opulent, by those peculiar disorders which have been entailed on the de scendants of the high bred families of Great-Britain. The gout was once a stranger in New-England; but the luxury of modern days is preparing the way fora train of constutional ir regularities, which future generations can only regret, while they suffer its inflictions. To live long, live simply. It is true, that animal food contains a greater portion of nutriment, in a given quantity, than vegetables, and in a proper state of preparation it is best adapted for the immediate action of the absorbents of the chyle-poetic viscera; but the digestive functions of the human system become premature ly exhausted by-constant action, and the whole system eventually sinks un der great or uninterrupted excitement. If plain animal food were taken onco a day, and men would substitute for the various ragouts with which modern tables are so abundantly furnished, wholesome vegetables and pure wa ter,—or a weak, fermented beverage for the more deleterious potations of distilled liquors, we should see health walking in the paths that are now crowded with the bloated victims of appetite. Millions of Gcntoos have lived to an advanced age without hav ing tasted of any thing that ever pos sessed life, and been wholly free from a chain of maladies which have scour ged every civilized nation on th® globe; the wandering Arabs, who have traversed the barren desert of Sahara, subsisting on the scanty pittance of milk from the half famished camel that carried them, have seen two hun dred years roll round without a day of sickness. The temperature of our food is an exceedingly important consideration. We are accustomed to take it too warm, forgetful of the fact, that arti ficial heat destroys the muscular lone of the stomach, vitiates its secretion* and its physical powers, and induces painful and dangerous diseases of the liver. Let us take then another hint from the children of nature, who sub sist on aliment of a temperature no higher than that of their own bodies, and who are generally hardy and long lived, until the simplicity of their hab its is interrupted by the adoption of the vices brought among them by the civilized invaders of their native for ests,—Boston Med. Ini. FOOD. -Among those objects which ifttme- diafely relate to health, there is no one more important, and less regard ed by individuals, than their aliment. It ii a mistaken notion, that one" per son requires an animal diet, and anoth er, whose avocation and habits are different, a'vegetable. regimen; many of the diseases originating in dyspep sia, the great endemic of the Northern States, are induced by a habit of liv- irtg too exclusively upon a few articles of food, most of which are animal.— Nature intended that man should sub sist upon the variety of bounties with which she has so liberelly replenished A paper printed in the Slate of Ala bama speaks of a most deplorable and alarming scarcity of young ladies.— Every respectable female, native or stranger, found there, is, as soon as possible, hurried to the bymenial al tar. The young men are as 100 to one of the young ladies! Prodigious!! POCKET BOOK LOST. A BOUT the middle of July last was stolen out of my Pocket at my house, a large Washed Leather Pockkt-Book, containing one note on the Slate Bank of Georgia for $10, one note of hand on Eli jah Ilicks for $85, payable sometime in October next; a receipt of Henry Megyrof the State of New York, for two notes on John Byers of the said State, and some other papers not recollected. To any per son getting &. delivering said Book, papers and money to me; 1 will give ten dollars, and five for the apprehension of the rogue, I do herehy forwarn all persons fromtra- ding for said note of Eli jali Hicks. And 1 also forwarn Elijah Hicks from paying said note to anyperson excepting myself. GEORGE HARLIN. Coosewavtee Cherokee Nation, August 13. 1828.—24-tf. the earth, and constituted hit system [ NOTICE. I N accordance with the resolution of the National Committee and Council, pass- . ed October 24th, 1827, requiring the Treas urer of the Cherokee Nation to call in all the money loaned out under the provisions of a previous act, on or before the first Mon day of October next, 1 hereby give notice to all such as are indebted, to the Treasury, to come and redeem their bonds by paying principal and interest, on the day that they become due, as such bonds cannot he re newed after the first Monday of October next. No indulgence wifPfee given, and those who do not comply with the above re quisition must expect to find their bonds in the hands of Officers. JOHN MARTIN, Tros. of the Ch. NatT New Ecliota, July 23, 1828.