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From the Hunton Courier, of June 21.
RECONCILIATION WITH THC SOUTH.
Souih-Garolina., Georgia and Massachusetts
sat down' together jan Wednesday evening, in
tite Old South Chapel, to a table of no ordina
ry fare. The spirits drank on the occasion,
were from the Champagne founts of Southern
eloquence. The topics were Union, Educa
tion and Religion. A number of gentlemen
bad assembled by invitation, “to consider-the
best means of promoting the moral and religions
interests of the Southern States, especially, of
the slave population.*’ Tito meeting was or
pan’zed by the choice of Rev. B. B. Wisner as
Chairman, and William G. Lambert, esq.!
Secretary, and addresses were delivered by the
Rev. Messrs. Chester and Davis, Agents of the [
Theological Seminary of the Synod of South I
Carolina and Georgia, Col. Lumpkin of Gem- .
gia, brother of the Governor, and by the
Chairman and John Tappan, esq. At the
close of the meeting, upwards of $2400 were j
subscribed by the gentlemen present, to aid the i
objects of the Theological School located at |
Columbia, South-Carolina—thus affording a.
substantial argument, that the people oi the;
north are ready, on all proper occasions, to tes
tify their attachment to their brethren at the .
south.
The remarks of our southern fi’tends, were 1
characterized by gentlemanly and Christian!
feelings, aud we felt proud that we were teliow-
Citizpws. -
The Rev. Mr. Wisner, on a recent tour
through the Southern Slates, had invited the
government 'of the institution at Columbia, to
test the feelings of New-England by au appeal ,
in behalf of their seminary.
The Rev. Mr. Davis stated, that this was
the first timo that -the people of his section of
the country had crossed their waters for a simi
lar object, and it would form an era in their an
nals. . They wanted to educate their own sons
on their own soil, for tho work oi the minis
try—and why t Because they could endure
the climate, and were acquainted'with the pe
culiarities and idioms of the country, and be
cause’(here was a prejudice against northern
ministers, who could not have free access to
the slave population. He alluded to the re
cent attitude of South Carolina, that many of ‘
tho people thought New-England men were i
only actuated by sordid interest, in their con- ,
nection.wiih the south, that we htid now an op
port unify to falsify’ tho charge. This .was the .
only Theological Institution, situated in a cli
mate similar to that of the great field of missions
in Southern Asia, &c. One student' born and '
cducateil at the south, would be of more v?due
than tive from the temperate or northern re'<j
{’ions, as a Missionary to Aft ica or Asin. , I
Colonel Lumpkin, who spoke with much en-|
thusiasm, stated, that bis clerical friends whom |
be had accidentally met in this ci'y, had soli- ,
cited hint to address tho meeting; he did so, '
knowing-the responsibility he and his friends i
assumed* in making this appeal. There were
strong feelings at the south against the north,
and he and others had striven to disabuse the
public mind. Tim Union had been in danger,
and this meeting formed a strange contrast to
‘be notcs.of defiance, which had iccently been
sounded in his own state and the state of South-
Carolina.
Rev. Mr. Chester addressed the meeting ■
biiefly at. the close, remarking that the lime ;
bad neatly- elapsed. which would prevent him I
from saying what Im had intended—lie would
simply call their attention to the precise object 1
of the meeting, i. e.' to procure funds to sup- '
port a Theological Professor at the Seminary. [
Rev. Mr. Wisner was exceedingly pertinent
und happy in summing up the claims of the in- ,
btitution, phich he had personally examined, 1
and was ready to declare,as the ddibeiate con
viction of ids understanding,, that there was not [
n more worthy and pressing object to be aided, ,
than the one now piesented. Mr. Tappan was-j
willing to remain until midnight remarks
upon this subject, but as the only difficulty was
;□ singling out motives, not in multiplying them,
ho moved ‘that the meeting immediately pro
ceed to the business of subscription.
The meeting thus terminated, producing
emotions of a pleasurable .cbuMcier—■tiiriniug.ji
bright spot in our country’s history, and the in
fluence we trtist will be felt in a more kind and
fra.ernal feclihg among .the citizens of the A-
Uierican Republic. ' C. C. -
And the -A-th-ertisefsn<fPa-
triot, of the 22d, con'ains the following remarks
od the same subject.
“We wish, to make one or two remarks on
the gentlemanly and proper expressions used
by Col. Lumpkin in reference to the state of
feeling which has existed in certain portions of
the South in Reference to the Northern states.
It is undoubtedly true that efforts have been
not unfreqoenily made by some leading individ
uals at the South, probably for political purpos
es, to excite an unfriendly feeling towards
New-England; and it is-equally 'cei tain, that
other persons, of high and libera! feeling of
character, but less influenced by prejudice, have
labored to counteract these effoits. It is on
such persons, that we must rely to disabuse the
minds of our Southern brethren. W’e are not
aware of the existence of any corresponding
feeling here. We believe that these gentle*
men might traverse any or every portion
i\’ow England, without hearing an expression,
uttered in reference to his own State, which it
ought to give him pain to hear.—Ho would
(jud the policy of his State Government can
vassed with freedom, and perhaps in some in
stances, disapproved; but there is a wide differ
ence between such comment, and the harshness
expression, which can only spring f.om lo
cal prejudice or personal antipathy; and we
think, that we wmuld labor in vain tu find anv
evidence of these'feelings among ’he people of
New-England, lie would find them ieadv
on till occasions to*hear testimony to the gener
ous qualities of rtteir Southern brediren; and
should any projeci'be suggested for the benefit
—should any wide spreading Ctrl unity befall
thein—he would find them not only readv, but
solicitous, to atl<>rd the still stronger testimony
of earnest and active etlmi to promote their in
terest or relieve their suffering. It is time, in
deed, for the persuasion to become- universal,
that the interest of tho several, that portions of
our great community are not so opposite, as
sume would represent them; on the coutijary,
we have up hesitation, in expressing!-tour r Con
viction, that their real interest aid precisely!
i the same; and that any evil which befaUsi
I one," must be felt sooner or later and pet-'
haps with equal severi'y by every other,— :
You cannot strike one planet’ from the sphere,
without distutbing the harmonious niu.liqn tho
rest.
From the Pine Bureau. » •
PQPBAM THE FISHERMAN.
On the seaboard of one of the Southern
1 States, there lies a small village, pne of the old
| esi daughters .of her parent stipe that was
[ a port of entry in her colonial days, was burnt
t in the war of the revolution, was rebuilt and
1 nearly swept away again by the hurricane of
i 1804, but though the superstructure yielded to
the elements its foundation of living green
scarcely bears a trace of by gone injuries. It
is now inhabited by a few planters as a summer
retreat where under their own vine-and fig tree,
they enjoy each others society with “none tb
molest! or make afraid.” During the late
war however this little town was marked not
for destruction but annoyance, it is built upon
a hill and its pretty white houses and lofty
green poplars struck the admiring optics of the
English Admiral whose majestic looking Frigate
with her barges floating around her swining
gracefully to the tide in the outer harbor—The
old admiral took his ‘siesta’ as quietly as though
his ship was under easy sail in the English
Channel, but not so in the Village, a pragmat
ical old buck of a Lord Mayor issued a non in
tercourse act among the inhabitants and strict
orders to have no lights at night to induce the
enemy to believe the place was deserted, the
old mothers took turns to spy at the vessels out
of their garret .windows, tho girls said they
would like to s;e the young red coats and the.
more discreet sort of people thought they would
rather see the devil than admiral John Bull; one
old fisherman named Popham, regularly de-
SCGiruvn he says from sir John Popham, lhe
astonishment and dismay of the whole-village,
and in the very face of my lord mayor, made
Ins appearance on the public dock irnd swore by |
(he beard of Neptune he’d have his fish and !
oysters if he had to get them, under tho vety ,
gups of the .Lacedemonian , his boat was soon j
ready and with a fool-hardy olil Sancho in the I
stern; away they paddled to the fishing-ground; ,
they no’sooner left the village in one direction, j
than waggon*, loaded with tables, chairs, pots,
pans ancLchildren were making all despatch in
the other, the roads to the country were .alive
old women and young, horses dogs and negroes,
all raising a hue and cry against the reckless
ness of Don Pophaoi and Sancho, and wished
the British.might take them and keep them.—
Tho planters and the parson met in committee
of the whole, the parson in the chair, though he
could’nt sikstill, and without any preamble re
solved, unanimously resolved to follow their
families, and leave the fishermen to the fate of
his own temerity—in less than an hour every
living thing was gone, the poultry had long been
cooped for an emergency, the cattle bellowed i
and run aftertheir runaway owners, the dogs !
had all curled their tails and trotted after their
masters, and every Jiorse was saddled or driven
before the<retreating villagers, Popham’s old .
blind grey excepted, he kicked at every tiling -
that came near him and ci opped the'grass on.'
the bank of the river, .waiting the splash of his ,
masters paddle. That night fotind the deserters
on tlier different neighbors plantations gazing
anxiously in the direction of the village expect
ing to see die „.Heavens lighted with its blaze,
but the morning
two ling days more elapstd and no news either
from lhe enemy'or .old Popham-Wliom they
called an old pirate and more justly than they ►
were even alter wards tfware. .
The Don and SanF.lm had neared tho frigate
about a quarter of a mile when a stream of fire
blinded thfeir eyesand a shot came skipping and
dancing across the 'bow of their little canoe,
Rancho exclaimed eh! eh! and I’opliam re
turned the salute, but it was not heard on board
' (he frigate, paddle,away says he, let’s board ’em
j I’lrtVlTrheni a yarn and they-wont rare for
' we, they were soon along side
and the.o'lficw of- rhe deck ordered.them to
■come on board; who the .devil are you, and
■ where do you come from? Wo are two poor
iTrsltemrcn and come from yonder village, the
people have all'gone ;ind carried every thine
wiih them ; we live by fishing and oystering
and have comp. peaceably to follow our trade
and get something to eat, if we had remained
t in the village wfe should have starved and there
,is nothing loft there but the houses and streets.
I The officer gave orders to have them well fed
| and sent about their business; they did ample
! justice"to the baef biscuit and beer that was
’ placed before them, and with many thanks left
I the ship and wcie soon aucliored at their fishing
' •
1 The next mo r uing there was no fiigateor
barge to he seen upon tho smooth surface of die
! sound, the fishermen returned and on their ap
i proach to the shore were astonished at the lone
ly appearance*[of.the s’reets and houses, and on
thwtr landing were welcomed only by die wick
•flog of old grfey who stood bead and (ail up
gripping on thedi’dl, they mado their boat fast
I a.nd carried their fish and oysters home without
| encountet ing a human face; Ropham was si
! lent and thoughtful, at length he said to Sancho,
L’H make ’em pay for running away—how now
mass RoplianK never do you mind Sancho, just
come along with mo and/’II put you up to get
ting our liquor remarkably cheap; you wont
s'eal it mass Poph tm I no, but we’ll just lake
a little something from the Old Buck’s cellar
and charge ii to the palate of the admiral ; he’ll
he very.glad io get off at that, I can make up a
story—-well go ahead mass Popham if you’ll
cutJ’U accordingly relieve I mv
i getitlerrnn of a quarter cask of the spaikling, a
<lemajohn of mountain-dew, no 'temperance so
cieties in those da»s, a b.urel of the foaming,
and several dozen of crack-panieular which the
mayor valued at a bale ot cotten to the bottle ;
Saddle rolled out a barrel of potatoes and a bar
i r*d ot beef by mistake, but concluded afterwards
that the admiral might like a bite as well as a
drink, supplies being safely stowed aww,
’I Popham left Sancho in charge and mounting
old grey, repaired to lhe mayor’s plantation who
mpssvugvrti-.fi>-all hi®:-neighbors.—
Pop'Lain told bis (honor., that the same'day he
i left, sent up a barge and fifty men
’■ flSr’supplies, and finding the town deserted
threatened to bum the houses, and- was only
appeased by fits furnishing a few articles which
lie would find missing from his cellar, the ad
miral spared the houses in consequence and leh
the harbor with a request that you should all
return to lhe village.— Darien Tel.
■ -
'From ffis Arkansas Gazette.
ITREATY WITH THE QUAPAWS,&c.
We (fender our acknowledgements to major
Hanum,' sub-agent for lhe Q inpaw Indians for
the interesting information contained in the fol
lowing Communication, in relation to /ndian af
fairs. lYe had previously heard of the treaty
recently concluded with the Q iapaws, residing
in Jefferson county, sixty miles bylpw this
place, but inadvertently forgot to mention it.
i s Pine BluFps, May 27, 1833.
Dear Sir— It gives me pleasure to inform
you, thaj Schermerhorn, bn the pdrt of the
United States, fias entered into a supplementary
treaty with the Quapaw tribe of Indians.—
They will be removed into the Indian country
after’the ratification of the treaty, or so soon
thereafter as may suit the convenience of the
government. Mr. Schermerhorn has pursu
ed that liberal and enlightened policy always
observed by the present administration,’ in its
intercourse with all lhe Indian tribes, and lias
partially remunerated them for the injury they
have heretofore sustained. Indeed there was
no alternative left between their extinction and
their removal into the Indian country. He has
given lhem-such terms as has fully satisfied tho
nation. They ; have a blight prospect in ad-t
vance, and I doubt not, at no distant day, they
will become a respectable portion of the In
dian population., ,s
The Ind ui,ii .business is one of great perplexi
ty. At : the time the (treaties were made with
the Cbdciawst, Creeksand Cherokees, tlife go
vernment vs tjs. not in full possession of the topo
graphy of.tlifi country. • There was no good
f map of its extent. -The consequence was, that I
,in lhe allotment of the land to the different j
) tribes, the lines frequently interlocked wi<h j
each other.. Os course great confusion and dis
' sattsfactioiT prevailed, among lhe Indians of
' those, tribes interested. It was a delicate mat
terto fix the lines in such a manner as to satisfy
1 all the parties concerned. Indeed it was al
most a hopeless matter ; yet lhe commissioners
by pursuing that decisive and just course of po
licy, that has governed them in all their trans
actions with the Indians, have succeeded in per
manently fixing the lines so as to be satisfactory
to each tribe.
Governor Cass, in his very ablo and satis
factory report of February; 16, 1832, advanced
a proposition as true, as any ever solved, viz :
that the plan of emigration offers to this race
the only hope of ultimate secmity and imptove
raent, is a truth which lhe experience of every ;
1 day renders'more and more obvious. I doubt i
not, if his-advice-is rigidly observed, butthat'
the happiest consequences will not only result
Ito the Indians, but id the citizens of the United
I States.
The Indians aro rapidly advancing to a slate
'of civilization Indeed in many of their fami
l lies, you will find as much good economy and
I order, as isobsorved in a well regulated white
j family. They aro giving up the chase, and I
I turning their attention to tho cultivation of the
j earth—a much more certain and sure method
of procuring a support, for their families, than
to rely on the precarious chance of taking
garnet . ' ' r . \ •
The Indiana have greatly improved their
condition in moving west* - They have a de
! liglitfnl country of gobdlands, with salines more
i than sufficient to produce salt for the entire In
-1 dian population, and'white population of the
i Arkansas tcri.itory- There are six salt estab
lishments nowih operation in the Cherokee
country, vij’: Rbger’s, Brown’s aud Vann’s, on I
' the Webber’s, Mackey’s and !
i Guess's, oil thedllinoisk. b have been inform
i ed thaf'govefrftei* Houston has a very valuable
. saline on the Neosho, which if pul.in complete
I operation, would produce an immense quantity
{ofsalt. It lies .about twenty-five miles from
' fort Gibson, aijff has every advantage of .water j
; communication with the lower country.
i The waters-of the Neosho and Illinois are i
I very transparent, and afford great quantities of
I the best kinds of fish. The country inhabited ;
by rite ChoctawS,- Greeks, Cherokees, Osages, I
j Senecas, Kaskaskias, itjliashaws, Weas,
Peorias, Kansas and Delawares,
with the country.yet to bo given to the Indians
cast of the Mississippi, is greater in extent, and
comprises more band, than the state of New-
York, New-Jersey and all d* o eastern states
together. r
The Indian boundary extends from longitude ’
17 west, fromtlw City of Washington to longi
tude 23 or the lOOtn degree from London.—
The Choctaws have about sixteen millions
acres of land ; the Creeks about thirteen mil- i
lions acres of land and the Cherokees about
thiitcen millions five hundred thousand acres.
The Osages have a country about fifty miles
wide and one hundred and fifty in extent. The
Senecas h ive about one hundred thousand i
acres. _ • , ,
Mr. Scbermcrfipm, in three. liours after the
treaty with the Quapaws was signed, set off for
i fort Lavenworth, to meet a delegation ofPota
]watamies. Colonel Stambaugh was quite un
lwell when he arrived hero; indeed, so much
so, that Mr. Schc.rm^iborn advised him to pro
icced on in the bout.*. Yours, &e.
Ricn.v.tD M« Hannum. )
j POSTAGE—Let FEES—editors.
As this is a. ..time when all political feeling
• is subsidiitg, and <me can be*lieaid for his argit
smenls, and trvt-for his partizinship, we are in
duced ,to recommend to tl»e consideration of
'our Legislature, and our brethren of the corps
the subject of letter postage.
Wo waive all argument upop ilie ptopriety
of abolishing newspaj^er',postage, or letter pos
tage in general, though all agree in acknowledg
ing that the- charges upon what are termed
! double and treble letters, aro absurd and unjust
—for we do not hope to make impresoiou open
the public on subjects in which <d)are concern
ed. • 'But\ve will recommend to the public the
means of ameliorating the burden of postage,
so that the public may be generally benelitted,
and that the income of the Post Office Depart
ment be but slightly affected.
—Whatever aids the newspapers in ob
taining information, is of great advantage to the
public in general—an advantage not only to
the merchant in furnishing him with “Prices
Current,” “the state of trade,” commercial
letter.” &c. &c. but 'to the newsmongers in
''geneful;
Second,*—A. -serious burden and a heavy
clog upon editors of newspapers, desirous of
.furnishing their readers with lhe earliest and
best news, is the heavy tax upon letters. Pro
| bably all of the ptinciple newspapers would
have correspondents in all oi the larger cities,
were it not for the heavy tax upon letter!?.
Third— Exchange newspapers <pannot be
depended upon jts certain communicators of in
telligence, for the mail carriers, very often in
bad going, and often in good going, are in the
habit of leaving the newspaper bags behind,
and taking only the letter mail.
Fourth- Correspondence is mote interest
ing, more valuable, more minute, as more cer
tain.
Wo propose then to recommend that Editors
of newspapers be alldtved to receive letters free '
of postage. W‘e cat) imagine no serious ob
jections to' this plan; and wo 1 seo no serious a
btrses of which they can be guilty. If they re* l
ceivc subscription letters thus, is it not an ad
vantage to ibo subscribe!? For the subscriber >
always does, or always ought to pay the post
age. Thus tho public is benefited. They
can bo guilty of no great abuse for the franking ;
postage is not allowed them, but simply tho
privilege of receiving letters sent.
Newspapers are established for the public
good. They aro indispensably necessary' to !
every man of business—in short, they must be j
classed as among the necessaries of life in a freo
country. If tho people encourage- them, the
enterprise of tho present day is such that lhe
encouragement will bo returned in their supe
rior value. It is an axiom in our system, (hat
whatever aids the rapid transmission of news,
and its wide dissemination, is an advautage to
the whole system. , > *■
Editors of newspapers have as ifntch right to
receive free letters as members of Congress. ,
Whatever arguments they can urge in’their be
half, wo can urge with redoubled force. Wo
aro workers for the public as well as they.
Copgress gave us the privilege of receiving
free newspapers. Thus this project is no new
one—and now Congress will be liberal; just,
and consistent, if to newspapers, it adds let
ters.
We suggest these brief arguments to our
brethren of the quill. There are many more
at hand, which their good sense will call up.
This is no party question. We are all inter
ested; the public are interested: and let us
give it a fair discussion.
We received the following account of a shock
ing murder from Mr. McLaren, P. M. dated
AbbeViLle, C« U. S. C. July 2, 1833.
Dear Sir:
J have just received by last night’s mail
an account of a most atrocious murder that was
committed on the body of William Patton, late
merchant of this District, the same Gentleman,
that was a candidate for the Legislature of this
District, supported by tho Union party; he was
a good citizen likewise; a true Union man.—
He has left a large young family to deplore his
untimely death. For further particular, I re
fer you to the copy of the letter below, as re
ceived by me.
Jasper, Marion County, Tenn. )
Juno 14, 1833. J
To the post-Master, Abbevill, S. C.
Sir— A most horrible murder has been com
mitted in the vicinity of this place, on the 10th
ins’, as supposed from the circumstances. ’ The
deceased is supposed to be of the name of Wm»
Patton from your District on his way to the
Western country, as appears fiom letters
and papers found near whore he
was concealed. The circumstances of the
case are these as far as ascertained: < On
Sunday night lie stayed at Col. Oalts, a few
miles from this place in company with a man
by' the name of Bennett Dooly. They left
Col. Oaks’ together, and called at Mr. A. Rel- •
ly’s, where Mr. Patton, as we suppose his name
to be, endeavored to get some change; he
seemed to have a large amount; they were
seen at other places passing along the road.
Two miles from this place they would have to
ascend the Cumberland Mountain, near the
top of which he, Patton, was discovered yes
terday by some young men among the rocks;
they were attracted to the place by the buz
zards; his face was shockingly mangled, hav
ing been beat to death. Patton was well
dressed, riding a good bay horse. Dooly
his been pursued by otir deputy Sheriff and
other citizens, ho lives in an adjoining coun
ty, and we have just heard that he went
home the same day, Monday, and left early
Tuesday morning. Were he is, is yet un
known. Our citizens are greatly excited, and
will do every thing that can -be done to ap
prehend the villain. Ilis horse and all his
money is missing. Dooly was seen on bis
horse the same day. Should you know any
thing of Pation, you will please give his
friends information of his fate.
Respectfully, 4
W. J. STAN DEFER.
We perceive an account of die murder men
tioned in our last i:i the Tuscaloosa Inquirer.
Lustend of Mr. Paiton, if is 'these stated to
have been a Dr. Henderson from near Cha’les
ton, S. C. The murderer has the same' name,
Bennett Doola. The following is the,account;
. A MURDERER AT'LARGE. c
z\ letter has been put into our hands, from a
gentleman in Tennessee, to his friend in 'this
place, contain’-ng substantially the following in
formation : In the week previous to the 16th of
die present month, ths dead body of a man was
found within a mi'.c and a half of the town of
Jasper, Tennessee, and between that and ?.]•-
I , ‘
Miiiville, in a bucket of bushes, near a little
spring on the road side, by some persons wlTOt
were travelling. The body of the deceased ex- 7
hibiied such m >rks of violence about the head
as left no doubt of his having been killed by y
fellow being. Inquiry was t-hen awakened oy
the subject, which resulted in tlie.cjonclusive-he—
i lief that the deceased was a Dr. ’Henderso’u"
; I from South-Carolina, near Charleston; and
i that he had been murdered and 'robbed by
tnun by the name of Bennett Doola,. a-resident'/
of Franklin county, Tennessee.' Doola'fijcT’l
been to the Gold region in Georgia, and ou
. his return fell in company with Dr., Henderson,
who was on his way to Missouri * and other •
Northern Stales. After they had
geilier for some distance, Dooh beguiled bi®—
fellow-traveller from the right road, under the- .
pretence that the way in which he was taking
! bitn was the nearest and best, to enable him to*
j touch at certain places in Tennessee, which' ho
' had expressed a desire to do. When they got
i to thejittle spring, mentioned above, it is sup—
‘ posed that Doola watched an opportunity while- ,
> the -Doctor was stooping down to drink, there -.
being no cup and he having to kneel down and.
bend over to the water, and knocked him on th3
head with a large loaded whip, which he cur
ried. Here, it is supposed, be rebbed him ofa.
large sum of money.
. Doola is discribed to be a mm of five sees
ten or eleven inches high; genteel in appear
ance. He stated that he was going to south Al
abama; snd he has been seen pn his way.tu
Huntsville. He was ridittg a largo bob-tailed,
chesnut sorrel horse. It would bo well for tho
■citizens of this State to keep a look out for ther
villian. The safety of lhe community requires
that such men should not be permitted .to go gs
large
MURDER, MOST FOUL, BLOOptf. AND. HOaBIRLV.
i Among the sickehing details of outrage and
crime which crowd upon us from all quarters of
the country tho following case of cold, bloody
aud brutal murder, is the most revolting and,
horrible which has long mot our eye. It is,
with reluctance that we present these details-w
--staiued as they are with all that is black in de
pravity, and tiger-spirited in mi]ice-—to th®
readers of the Intelligencer. No-one can hear.*
•the particulars of this fiendish act without 4.
shudder of horrot— no ono can regard its cow*
ardly and brutal perpetrator as a member of oUi.
race—“nor blush to think himself a man.”
It is by no moans the first case of cruel and.
deliberate femicide in this vicinity. In othef
instances the murderer escaped. Tim crimcj.
passed by unpunished; The following details
1 are the best comment on tho prudence of mer»
I c\> so bestowed.
In Front above Oller street; a poor family bf
j the name.of Sparks, and consisting of a man, his.
wife and several children, have for some timu
resided. On Monday evening Thomas Sparks,
the father, whois represented as a man of tho
worst passion, returned homo in a partial state#
of intoxicatign. The fiend in his bosom was
wholly untouched—the evil passion of bis na
ture careered in freedom, and having no other
being near upon whom to vent his rage—r-bu
struck, the wife of bis bosom—the mother of his
one of-whom, an infant, was clinging,
to her breast at the time. Ono blow was in- •
j sufficient; and procuring a heavy stick, he coin*
j menced the task of murder with renewed deter*
mination and Vigor. Ho struck lor with thia
1 chib, until at length with a heavy blow upon
I the head, he felled her to the earth. lie then
dragged her in tho house. Hero, while her
lifeless and bloody corpse lay upon (he floor -
before him, the infant longing al her breast,
and the larger children clinging silently anj
pale, ground her ; the deamon threw himself up
on the couch and slep I Tho, night passed
away with the honiblo witness of his crime iu
tho same room, and within a few feet of
yet ho slept on as if murder were a sport—as if '
blood—the blood of his wife could be spilled
upon his pwn bearthstpno, without exciting re
i g:et or apprehension. ...
’ Even in the morning when the fumes of pas
! sion had passed off, he arose front his bed and
, leaving the body of his victim to remain un
touched and almost unnoticcil, repaired as usual
to his work. Whent4m neighbors chine in they
. foumkthe body extended on the floor, with one
1 child laying asleep beside it, and the infant upon
j its murdered mother’s breast seeking nnrtur
■ from that source which its unnatural and fiend
ish father had forever closed. The wretch
was--apprehended and taken before Aldcrmay-
Huchinson and committed. A coroner’s juty
wi« convened, the corpse examined Ly
physicians, and a verdict returned that she cam©
to death by blows inflicted by her
Philadelphia Daily Intcliigcucr,
THE ARMY.
By an order of the War Department no
ficer is permitted to visit the seat of Govern*’
linen 1 , unless necessary for tho public sei vice,
1 or for any just right of the individual concerned*
1 Reasonable indulgence for the gratifi< ation of
■ laudable curiosity will not bo refused, whero
the circumstances of applicants make it proper
| and where the public interest will not
of all of which the Commander-in-Chief is ta
be the judge, and from whom permission must
be* obtained.. An officer may pass through
Washington, if on duty or leave of absence,
provided it be rhe most direct route to his place
-j of destination; but in such case he wiH report
■ to the Adjutant-General, and not rennin moro
than 2-| hours. We cannot account for thisar*
fangemcnt, of which the officers complon very
much. Perhaps .the Government is wearied
with appl cations for favors, which are some*
times grunted on personal request. We recol
lect that many of tlieofllceis who were xiUnined
in the servme at the derangement of the army
; alter the las*, war, were those who had spent
sohre few preceding months al the seat
ernmen’. It is to be regretted that rrieu o'her- ’
wise honorable in feeling and jirac ticc, should
stoop to beg for favors which oueht to be-tha
reward of merit only ; mid still.more to-be re
gretted that a free government slioubl Lcstow
promotion on those who intrn le upon its no
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