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'COM. T>' WNi.S AND THE FRIGATE V >TOMAC. '
W publish, lio<m me Now Ymk Cummer- !
* A d vet user, a sunemei*' by “a correspon-
< nt” <»f inc *'.ff.ir of QuilLih Itattood'\.p\-
f iio direction of Com. Downes of the ’fri-
Fotomic. 2t rejoices its to assist in cir
cuia'ing a defence of tins gallant officer, and in
re-'otdmg toe spirit and enterprise of his noble
c ;m. We regretted the attacks that have
b< a m ute on Com. Downes, tor his alleged
. .oxfiic.t towards the natives io that affair. We
>w this officer too well to believe him capa
of .t,i act th t does not comport with his
tv’s bonor. On, gallant officers glory
’ ■ m humanity to a for, than in a triumph,
i' v’ : di.s feeling that wow 'heir fadeless latn
t;e Lne war. We mover believed that
’’’.Liai D twites had given any ordet, or sanc
■">. :;v act that would deprive him ol that
> itisfaclion which the humane, con
q ■ or v can feel. Evrty body will be
, ii the following statement of the
, . ■'.tiurcal I Rea d.
. i, Ajw-York Commercial Advertiser.
Lima Fee, 16, 1833.
’?■/ n fa.v .i we have received a number
of i> ip, iand I m so, iv to see < he abuse that
I;: ?■'! i p i ii ( . >:) Com. Downes and ollj-
if-ou.; ill .flan of Qnallah Ballou,
’.i lie vc, absent from their country
a.', i ii ’ • ;<t i•. P ; : lieniseives, been iitdd up
to me cens'i: c of dieir coumrvmen, ;• n«l the in-
• iign d’ a t:l . u>hi as 'vain boast rs, plan
dears. an savage murderers of i<e.i’pkss women
a.td i ‘ ■ ‘,- n " I have been nii'oimeu by an
at,. ■ in tiie scene, that 'he
I ’ s'.. sco'tititmed m the hiflicial return are
a■ ■|y tni Hat, etc is not a vain boast
: i ieJ r; liial r was a most perilous enter*
.'/rase; and would liav« been attended with the
most dis.is ions i< suits, had there b en the
w.iiit ot fi.iuiiHss or prudence. A
great tie dh is been smd about the number that
w< ,e killed; old an attempt has been made to
i’b| I’ess the public mind wnh a belief that they
were murdered in the dead of the night, naked
and unarmed. Many, nis 'rue, were killed,
in open day an<t with arms in their hands.—
.1 lie « fit - ers engaged in lie expedition aie no
doubt : - ueeply impressed-with the sacred char
acter o| hum itiit v and arc as much under its
br uiyn it fluence as those who have raised so
great an outcry against theci). They were
placed however, in a critical situation; they had
•wo alternatives to choose between—-to kill
th, ir opponents, or to In killed themselves.—
I hey chose the fist, nnd so would any one but
a niauman. They were not quite so quixotic
as to be killed r ither th .n defend themselves.
II :< sordid passion for plunder h id pl iced (hem
in . in■■ situation, then hum initv might have en-
• iuie<! » doubt as to the propriety of defenil
iog themselves at xponstuifthe attacking
p uty. Lit their sordid parsions did not place
liiem in mis perilous sibiation. They were
oiiii rcd ’at re j ;1 t :. o execution of their duty—
a painful ,md a dangerous duty, it is true—but
not the less imperative on that account. 1
live understood their Government ordered
u ni to land and .surround the fort and town,
1,1 I cm md restitution o f [| io property plun-
' 1 Itom one of (heirships, and the puuisb-
t,,p murderers. They did so, and
"‘testili: The first fort that was iip-
P '•' ll d nJ surrounded for this purpose,
‘•f. J ••* n-•• upon the officer and. bis men,
m n.le i.- «us n>;.king |)is demand, in as inlelli-
K' 1 ' in,inner ,ts his imperfect knowledge of
‘hi ' iangu.q,,. vnidd permit.
'■ w is a rude and violent stop pul io any
"■'v Ke pat ley nogotiaiioti, the murderous
? 11,1 ' !l muskets s . u ke in I mguage not to
" m stakeii, “we will giv(> you nositisf ctiou— ’
,l> " 'mtiity f l>r || H , i O b| H » lv ni f i || l( > murdois .
O''" < omni,ued upon you.' defenceless I
• otmti v men.” This langu'ge was uudeis ood ;
•t‘i< i.»."pei|v appreci ,u d by the office's com- 1
P 's tig 'lie expedition, and they without hesita-
• ioi. pu sued dm only prop« t cotiise. They *
r ' " "uh punished the piratic I band, but they I
<• p »ed tlu'm ot ih>‘ me ms >f ,g tin mnrderiiig '
•i< fenceless trader by destroying their arms |
•m heir strong holds. 1' is my candid belief '
lo.nwhit I litivt? heaid from various sources,!
’•i' •'•’! om> w >m m was killed, knowing her '
to m sticji One, how ever, was wnmtded, but !
1 ‘ "'•'’dom. i ;! disarming her alter s!m bid fi ed |
>a lliiougb tip. | l<( | o f on( , o f || ( e m> n, woun- '
•* 1 , i'i» tn the head with a j ivtdih, and almost )
fill i.s tlmhi b off with a s ibte. J'nis i< a proof I
° ’'‘h’ bvsng o f a mild, inoffensive race of
pyplc il X f Otabritaus, mure sinned against \
- si'-iiing. It uII n|a, confi nt m a signal *
nn< nios' coijcliisi e manner die statement of a ;
''i'.e; in a Boston piper whufigns lemself "An i
j " ,e| i<an,” wherein lie says “that with a ;
""i»h s crew a few marines, be cm Id stir
round the town and dictate his own terms with- j
II the shedding of n drop of blood.” lie
, ”” SI have studied military tactics under a ccr-
T >m renowned Captain Bodadil, so celebrated
,n ihr story book, who defeated in his own
'•diant person, by detail, a whole army ol some
thousands of mm). It is a pity that he is so ,
Naming i (l patriotism ns not to have written j
over hisown proper name, for so long as his i
ntodr'sty k< ops him unknown, his country will
oe deprived o| his knowledge ami wotideiful
con age. Such men ought to he known and
cherishr'tl by the government. It is a base and
inf imous f d.M'hood, that a single child was kil
led, or injured, or harmed, in any way, and 1
there :s no quest ion that those who have given (
ffltriilitien to »he report, did so with tile con- j
victtoe strongly impressed on their minds that
they were circulaltng the basest calatnnv.
I' ha'surprised me not a liitle to find that
• here >re $ >me among oil' - resp<*ctable editors of
, ' v ’ i v, nors, who bare allowed themselves to
be ’nfl'i utced bv u ex parte” statements, and
n i le com uotits upon the affair highly in
to t|, o characters of those concerned. .
r ’“v hay* no' waited for access to a
m ite Mottrce for information, but have hastily!
seized upon the ridiculous and always over
wrought letters of the honest but illiterate
Jack. T will again repeat tfiat I atu surprised
nt th s, for that truly respectable class of men,
.n our country, have always been remarked sot '
rhe honesty of their inten ions, an d a determin- ’
ntion to preserve the purity of the press sacred
from the pen of die cabi'nniator a tri-slanderer. !
Dy a reference to the history of the late war, it i
will be seen that the gallantry and patriotic’
zeal of Commodore Downes is too impel isha- >
bly recoroed, for him to suffer any injury from
anonymous publications, equally as dishonora
ble to the writers as the publishers. The
Commodore may have deviated from the
strict letter of his instructions, but there is no
question that be his conformed to the very
spirit of them. He could not himself land with
out committing an impiopriety, and violating
the usage of tlie service; be therefore had to del
egate his power to another. His orders. 1 take
it for granted, we?e to land, surround the town
and forts, and demand indemnity for the outrage
that had been committed, & (he punishment of
those concerned in the b-u bartons and horrid
Friendship’s crew? massacre of the
The landing was effactod just before the dawn
of day, about one and a half mile to the north
ward of the town. It took some time to laud
and form the men, and to march this mile and
a half in deep heavy sand; and by the time the
different divisions reached their fotts, it was
i broad and pct feet day light. Consequently it
; was not a ‘‘cold-blooded massacre committed
jnt the derid of night.” Soon after the march
j commenced, a Malay was discovered on the
bead', who immediately fled, lie could have
been killed on the spot; but humanity, not pol
icy, spared him, as bloodshed and » deviation
from orders were, if possible, to be avoided.
1 When : n the neighborhood of the first fort, a
division was detached and ordered to surround
it. By the time the division reached the rem
of the fort, and while the officer, Lieut. Hoff,
1 was trying to enter into a parley with (ho pn -
5 , «:tes, die main body of ow force had gained the
' front of the fort, and were passing it on their
‘ way io the others, w hen tin* fort opened its
whole fire upon Lieut. Hofl', and also the main
body. Lieut. H<>ff then commenced the at
! ; tack, and succeeded, after a most desperate re
- isisi.mce, in carrying it by storm. The other
1 [divisions proceeded on to the town for the pnr
’ pose of surrounding the other forts. They
' did not wait to receive the first fire, for several
I treasons. Ist, At the principal fort they were
> ' seen in die act of firing a cannon, “not a rusty
musket that would not go off,” which would
• ; have destroyed many of them, and perhaps
[caused the defeat of the expedition, in which
• j event ill bands would h ive been massacred.
' 21. They had already been fired upon by the
• fust fort, consequently, by anticipating them in
1 , ibis ins ance, they could not bo accused offlr-
I: mg the fi st shot. 3d. It was very evident,
• j fipm what had taken place at the first fort,
dial all attempts to enter into a negotiation
would be more than madness; there were,
therefore, but two alternatives for the officer in
charge ol the expedition to choose between,
viz: either disgracefully to retreat at a great sa
crifice of the lives of those entrusted to his
judgment or firmness, and report to his Com
[ modorc that he had been fired upon, and driven
on board, or push on ami destroy the piratical
I barbarians, who had not only murdered his in-
I offensive countrymen when trading with them,
but had dared to- fire upon those who came
iwt Ivo mon hs afterwards to demand satisfac
tion for their ruthless murders and piracy.
From the above statement, I think it will
be evident tb it the officer in charge of the ex
pedition could have pursued no other course
without bringing disgrace upon himself and
country. Although he had to determine upon
the course proper to pm sue under circumstan
ces peculiarly trying, and on the spur of the
moment, surrounded by a fierce and cruel ene
my, who neither gave nor would receive quar
ter, yet, notwithstani.ing a twclve-monlh has
elapsed, and he has had ample time to reflect
upon all the circumstances of the case, to view
[it in the different eolms it) which party spirit
, and a squeamish humanity has presented it to
i the public, and his also hid the advantage of
. i Fading the opinions of those doughty heroes,
who have calmnly dissected the transaction in
[ their closets, only ton thousand miles from the J
scene of action, still /have not a question but
i what he would act precis'dy in the same wav i
to-morrow, it placed in a similar situation.
It is proper io state, that the division ofsea- .
' men and m trines which were ordered to sur
round the forts in the rear, had to proceed
[through the town to gain this station—a move
: ineut whi'-b they executed without committing
j any act of hostility. The division of seamen
i was nnable to find the fort it was in search of,
[ and rejoined iho main body aficr the latter had
[commenced the attack tipo’n the principal fort,
on the beach, in front of the town, and* which,
i from its great strength, could not be reduced
• without the co-operation of all iho divisions.
[The division of marines was mure fortunate:
I when tiny had readied the gate of the enclo
jsure that surrounded the fort, and while in the
[act of forcing the gate, before they had fired a
[single shot, they were very unexpectedly fired
upon from the thick jungle in which the forts
are situited; the juogle was so thick that they!
could not discover the persons of their enemy ■
but it led to a discovery of«an unfinished pan,
which had been commenced in anticipation of
i a visit from some of our vessels of war. It
[ought also to lie stated, that when the marines, [
I with great difficulty, had forced the gate of the '
| enclosure with their axes and crowbars, they!
found several women and children, the men re
tiring to the fort, who were much terrified; and
it was with great difficulty that they were sooth
ed and pacified, and carefully put into a place
[of safety until the action was over, when, I
i need hardly state, they were kindly tlismiss
[ ed.
Before concluding this article, it may be as
well to describe one of the forts, difluring in no
material respect from die others. You fi st
approach a breast work of earth, about forty
yards wide and fifty long—four feet high, seven
thick, surrounded by palisades about cig ht feet
■ high, and thickly inlet woven with bamboos’
.at the south is n date fastened with a huge lock- I
jat the northwest corner, about sixty feet frum !
1 it, is a mound, or citadel of earth, about fifteen [
, feet high and rbout thirty feet square, serruimd
ied with embrasures and cannon mounted—i
This wasconnected with the first enclosure by
[ a bridge, consisting of three planks about I
i twenty fuel long the one next to the mound be
l ing used as a draw, which nude it impossible
to gm into the fort without a scaling ladder, or
! a substitute
The very eironcoas accounts tiie officers
had received of these People, and the contemp
tible light in which their fortifications bad been
described, and the’tr courage spoken of, led
them into the onfortnatc and almost fatal error
of not being provided with’-scaling ladders.—
This error was discovered at a late period,
and at a critical moment, but it was happily
remedied by the gallantry aud fortitude of those
engaged. Lieut-Hoff, under the severe fire of
the enemy, was obliged,to tear off the palisades
which surrounded the .fort, anil from them to
make a ladder tu assist in storming it. Lieui.
( Cdson was reduced to an almost similar neces
sity—having been forced to hunt up something
as a substitute for a ladder. The above facts,
which may be relied on, will, 1 hope, be suffi
cient to correct the erroneous statements that
[ have been made, and the false conclusions
drawn thetefrom in many of the papers of tiie
United Stales.
; The following biting satire is from the excel
lent weekly Journal, the New-York Constella
tion :
[Scene: a Drawing Room in New-York.
Present sundry fashionable ladies, together j
with Black Hawk md his party.]
Belinda Smugg. Oil! wh.it a noble figure [
Young Hawk is !
Arabefia Skugg. Noble! that he is 1 What
a chest he’s got 1 what a muscular frame ! [with
i a deepsigh] how different lit tu the diminutive,
I i slender, bean-pole looking creatures among our
white gentlemen Fie !'• I never want to
, ! look nfS.ni a while man again.
■ | Amelia Simpkins. Nor r Ou.
; ' white men are like a satyr to Hyperion compar
r i ed with him.
5 B- iiuda, [sighing.]- “Oh that heaven had
! made me such a man,” as Shakespeare says.
. Arabella. And me two, Belinda.
Amelia. And me three, Arabella. Only
• see him walk—what a majestic gait he has 1
. [ how enlarged he moves ! as Homer says—
’ | What a noble Roman nose he’s got on his face!
I [sighing.] Oh that he was civilized an < un
j dmstood English better, then [ tside]
r i that I could make a him.
I 1 Arabella. He istiuiy a divine man, if there
5 was ever one. I wish he was a shade whiter,
i Belinda. Do you ? Well n>w I think his
. complexion is beautiful What can be hund-
• somer than a charming'bronze 1 It is a color
i that wi'l wear well and was’h well.
Amelia. True Belinda, it will nevei wash
. out « o' . •
, j Arabella. How elegant those beads do look
i in his ears ! I wonder if those long holes in the
, rim were made by art, or whether he wis born
with them.
Belinda. I dare say he was born with them.
It would be barbarous to pierce the gristle ol
i - the poor creature’s ears in that manner. What
•: a beautiful red spot he has pi in td on the lop
i of his head 1 Ido think they show a great
deal of taste in their dress and ornaments. But
Major Garland ought to allow them cleaner
, shirts.
Ajuelia. I wish I’de brought along some of
brother Ned’s. I’m sure they’d be an accep
table present. .. .
Arabella. I should like abov ? all things, to
be able to speak Indian. It must be delight
ful to converse to so charming a man. How
fresh his ideas must be, just coming from (he
romantic forest. J’m sure such a pleasant, no
ble looking young men could’nt feel in bis
heart to kill poor defenceless women and chil
fdron. It must have been ih it cross looking
old Prophet, and the savage Napope that did
j all the murders.
[ Belinda. I think so too. It couldn’t have
. been these pleasant looking young Indians.
I There’s the Prophet’s son—l understand that
jheis a great wit, and very gallant withal. I
should like to speak to them. Addressing
i Powe-shick, the Prophet’s sou. Mr. Powe
shiek, how did you like the play last night ?
) Powe-shick. Me! Ale no much under- [
stand.
I Arabella. Hive you seen Miss Kemble?
Powe-shick. Miss Kemble? who she?
I White Squaw ?
Arabella. She’s the celebrated English ac
tress.
Powe-shick. [Showing his teeth gallantly.]
White squaw very good—much good. Met
like’em very much. Me take one, home to be
my squaw.
Belinda. Oh ! how witty and gallant he is !
Whit a difference between him and the white
gentlemen. They’ll hardly offer to take one t
let alone two or three.
Amelin [To Na-slio-askuck, Hawk’s son.]
Are you fond of botany ?
Na-she-askuck. Bottle ! mo no fond of bot
tle ? Pale face fond ot bottle—me no touch
’em—no get drunk—no stagger"liko pale face.
Arabella. What divine sentiments! how [
noble I how umophiscaied 1 Mr. Ne-sbe
askui k who is your favorite author, Pope or
Byron ?
Na-she-askuck. Na pope ! you want to see
him ? He in toiher room.
Arabella. How elegantly he puns 1 I’ve a .
i great rtriiid to put him in a conundrum. Why
is a wo nan’s face like —
Na-she-askuck. Like! yes mo like squaws
lace—white squaw —very much handsome.
Atabella. Oh ! sir, you flatter me now.
Belinda, [aside.] How I should like to
kiss the dear man. I’m sine there’s no harm in
it. I would’nt kiss an odious white-man—in
public—for all die woilJ. But a child ol na- i
[ lure like this—la! I’m sure nobody can take
any exception to it. I’d kiss him, [-uiling the
action to the word] if I die fur it.
N i-she-ask'Jck. [Sm prised.] You buss me!
Wlii’e squ iw buss Indian ?
B linda. Excuse me, Air. Na-she-askuck
I know you’ll think I’m rude and forward
but reallv, .AL . Na-she-.askuck, you are so irre
' sistable that—
Amelia. A’nt you.assumed, Belinda ?
j B' linda. Ashamed 14io ; where’s the harm !
in sahiling a noble son of die fores; ?
' Amelia. But before all the folks, Belinda—
Oh, fie !
Belinda. Oh, fie !—Ob, fudge ! You’re
mightv squeamish all at once. Miss Simpkins. j
Amelia. Bat only think wh it the people [
will say. Why it .will get into the newspaper,
and go all over the world,
Belinda. Well let it go then. It wont I
ti ouble me any.
Arabella. Nor me neither, Belinda; l’lf[
keep you in countenance. [Saluting Young
Hawk in her turn.] There !
Na-she-askuck. You buss me too!
Powe-shick. You lucky dog, Na-she-as
kuck, you get all the buss.
Na-she-askuck. White squaw very much
kood—very kind—lip very sweet.
Powe-shick. I try ’em then [salutig Ame-
Amela. Oh! how gallant.
Belinda. Fie! fie! Amelia.
Amelia. Don’t yon say any thing, Miss Be
linda—l don’t kiss the Indian, but he kissed me.
[Aside.] Oh! what a difference between him I
and the white beaus !
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF EX
CESSIVE HUNGER.
We abridge the following remarkable narra
tive from a hospital report communicated by
Doctor Descuret, transited in the London
Medical and Physical Journal for'May :—Aline
Denise L’Hermina, born at Noyion, July 23,
I 1786, from the first moment of her life was re-
■ markable tor her voracity, exhausting Iter nurs
[ cs, and sucking more than four children of her
I age. Towards her seventh year, all the attn- '
i bates ot puberty were developed. Vs she ad
vanced to her tenth year her gluttony kept
pace with her age, and obliged her twice to quit
her foster parent, because she ate the bread of i
all tiie children in the school. After a variety j
of vicissitudes and troubles, during which she
• -prrnwd thrtnrgti site.. iliod jn_
■ ' 1821. She had three sorts of hunger; —1 the
[ hunger which <’rom 1820 to 1822, was appeased
I ' by 12 pounds of aliments in 34 hours ; 2, that
■ hunger which took place three or four times a
I mouth, mure frequently still on the hast con ra
’ j diction and during which she ate from 30 o 24
! pounds of broad ; 3, her great hunger, which
■ occurred on the 9 h of Febtuary for five years
! in succession, and once on Good Friday, be-
. cause she thought of fas'ing. It was then she
| devoured, in 24 hours, from 33 to 32 pounds
of aliments, as much bread as soup; eating and
j vomiting blood ahenately—until she was cotn
. [ pletcly exhausted. One year being in the kitch
-5 en of the Marchioness de Latour de Pur on the
■ 9l't of Febru iry. Denise was seized with her
greaf Zupqgcr. and swallowed up, in a few min-
! utes, the soup destined for ten guOs s. and twelve
I [pounds of bread. On being taken home she
1 continued eating a great part of the night and
t I almost all the next day. To resume, we might
: [ assert that this woman lived entirely for diges
) [ tion. During the first month of her life she ex
j hansted several nurses ; as a child she devoured
. 1 the bread of her school fellows ; as an adult she
1 i ate day and night ; becoming less voracious,
t j she was continually in a stale sis di unkenness,
> struck with death she wished to recover only to
I eat ; —at last some moments before death, being
t no longer able to eat bread, because said she,
: \ le pain proditi salt mal du ccßnr t — she forced
her sister to eat near her, almost in her mouth,
f and died saying, since the good God wishes
• that I should no longer ear, at least I may have
the pleasure of seeing eating.
CERTAIN CURE FoRTHC TOOTH-ACHE.
It is with (lie greates. pleasure wo announce
■ to our readers (hat we are in possession of one
of the greatest desiderata in the whole matoria
med tea. The remedy is simple, easily procured
I easily applied and eflecu il. We do not speak
i unadvisedly, for we have tried it on our own
' masticators and those of our friends, and we
are therefore enabled to speak with confidence
and certainty. The recipe is as follows:
Taka a lump of tinslacked ’hue about the size
j of a hickory nut, and dissolve or slack it in two
I 'birds or thiee fourths of a tumble:’ of waler.
, Hold the time water in the mouth contiguous
to the aching tooth, and certain relief will en
sue. We never knew it to fail. If the relief
’ is not permanent, repeat the application as of-
I ten as the pain returns, if the pain is stubborn
and refuses to yield, the limo water may be made
thicker and stronger.
I Having experienced the delightful effects of
this application not only once, but frequently,
j when the Fire King’s. Elixir, and every thing
, else failed, we cannot refrain from makin" it
1 known.
DESPERATE UNDERTAKING.
Yesterday afternoon, on his return to his res
idence No. 7 State street G. G. Howland,
esq. was informed that some person was on the
roof of his house. Proceeding upstairs to as
certain the fact, lie threw open the scuttle on
the roof when Lie perceived a man wtih a quan
tity of lead .upon his shoulder, which he had
stripped from a dormar w : ndow. lie was called
upon to desist, and foi the purpose of enforcing
I the order, Mr. Howland imprudently advanced
towards him when the m in struck him a violent
blow which deprived him of recollection for the
moment, and very nearly knocked him off the
roof, recovering himself however, and fearful
1 of slipping from his uncertain foothold, he re- 1
i turned to the scuttle, the man rapidly pursuing
him, with every indication of a deicrmm ition
'to throw him off. Ho had scarcely time to de
scend before the scuttle door was thrown down
j violently upon his head, /n a few moments
however, Mr. H. re-ascended the roofand dis
covered (he man retreating over tin odjoining
; building, into which he entered by forcing the
scuttle. Mr. H. pursued him down the ladder
and garret stairs, at the foot of which he grap
pled with him, his further egress hiving been
prevented by a door v hich was locked, and
which he was unable wiih all his strength to
force. Zu a short time it was opened by some
member of the family, who heard the uproar’
above, and the man was led down to ajywjr
apartment, where he was detuned umiT <tl]
could be procured from the police office, to
which he was soon after conducted by Messrs.
lloman and Corm 11. . .’ ;
His name is William Williams, a slater by
occupation and ills residence is at the corner of
Barrow and Washington st?. He admitted at
the office that his motive in going upon the roof ]
Mr. Howland’s house wis to steal the lead, and
that being detected it was solemnly his deter
mination to have thrown his pursuer from the
roof at the cost of his life. His character has
ipther to stood fair,, and his pieseat gross mis-
conduct is what ex-css to chari-
ty wo know not, to alienation of mind. The
desperation of his avowed purposes however, 1
indicated recklessness that should exclude him
from society, und confine him in the abodes of
seclnston, if nut of guilt.- iV , T.
/lawcrfiscr.
HORRORS of tiie cholera.
Lev. George Brown, writing from Wheeling
to t ih editors ol the Methodist Correspondent,
under date June 11, states that the Rev. Mr.
Aimstiong had just returned from Bridgeport,
a small town opposite Wheeling, where he wit
nessed a lather, cold to the* elbows and the
kneas, and evidently in a state of collapse, dig
a grave and bury his three children who lay
dead at the once beside it, and .then lie down
and die himself.
DR. WEBSTt R’S LETTER TO THE
EDITORS OF THE TROY PRESS.
New-Haven, May 22, 1833.
Massrs. Yates and Richards; . . .
Gentleman—l have received the Daily.
Troy Press of the 18th inst. I have read-the *
remarks on my proposed ameirdmenis to rite
language ol the common version of the scrip*
.tore. lam glad to see candor . and just views s
[ of the subject, united with talent, in those, rc-
marks. Many editors of papers manifest a want • •
of both or of all the qualities which should char*
] acietize criticisms on such an undertaking.—
| Very few men have ever given much attention'
I to tho subject; and for want of sufficient knowl
edge make hasty remarks untl draw conclusions.
—lLix_Uiave_liy<!d too long_and seen 100 much of
the world, to Uq startlod at tfie TastyeHusTonF
ol even well-meaning men; much less at the
ravings of petulence. 1 have undertaken this
work widi good advice, and with a full belief
lof its importance, nor am I insensible to tho
risk / have run of meeting opposition and a
. busu I have been long prepated for the firey
ordeal, —I shall meet it with calmness.
[ Some of our best scholars here have seen
I the part of the work which is printed and ex*
, press favorable opinion respecting the perform*
! ance.
I I should hope that a long life devoted to tha
best interests of my country would exempt me
from tiie suspicion ot altering the sense ofthe
[ scriptures for party or sectarian purposes. But
: this hope mly be vain. At atty rate, it is ex
tremely improper for the editors of public
! ' prints to censure the design, before they seq
1 [ lite work, i nuiu .it to be a ditiy for every
. man to wititbold censure, til) he knows or has
i sat isfac'.oty evidence, that a projec) is wrong.
[ The precipitate manner in which many con*
I ; ductors of papers condemn men and measures
' ; upon slight evidence, or even without anv evi
i [ deuce, is one of the prevailing evils or rather
' i sins ot this country. The conductors of public
[ j papers occupy a very responsible station in so*
i j ciety, many of them are men of talents; but
' party spirit has so pervertyd the proper use of
| the press, that it has been'seriously questioned
jby sensible men, whether on tho whole, - tho
Ipi ess selves most to enlighten public opoinion
with truth, or to prevent it will) error.
You have probably seen my project connec*
ted very closely with an account of the “falsi
fication of the scriptures”’from an English
writer. This is an insidious attempt to ex
cite odium against my scheme. “But none
jof these things move me.” j would, how*
i ever, remark that the representations made on
this subject of alterations, of he version in
- England, must be extremely' .incorrect. I am
constantly in the practice of comparing (ho
I present version with the originals and with
other translations, andean assure you that tho
version now generally us d in the United
States, is, with few exceptions, a correct
j translation. Almost ul| ihe obscurities and
deviations from the originals proceed from
those changes in the use of words which al
ways take place in a living language.
Accept the respects of,
Gentlemen, your ob’tsorv’t
N. WEBSTER.
Some punningly disposed person of Pitts
burg, has communicated to the editor of the
Mercury, of (hat place, the following conyei>
sation between Mr. Webster and a gentle
man in the shop trade. It is scarcely awl.
true as (he editor remarks, but the wit is
• pungent and pointed.
i Panning Conversation.— While Air. Web
ster was in company the other day with a
i number of gentlemen, Mr. D remarked t«
him, “the day Wuxeth warm Mt. Webster.”
, “Yes sir, very. 1 presume from your ob
servation, that you me in the shoe trade."
This observation excited much I tnghler. Air,
W. (hen inquired, “Is that awl, Mr." D.?
‘'Yes, sir, that is my last."
“I hope you will excuse this cut at your lw
stness, 1 beg for quarters, and I hope if your
feelings aic hurt, that they may be easily /reef-
i “Never mind Mr. W. I never get my bris*
lies up in the way of trade."
“I am happy to fmd your temper keeps its ’
scat', I feared you might have occasswu to be
displeased.
Not at all, sir, you cannot star up my tem
per when I understand the thread ofyour dis
course.”
“I am pleased to find Mr. D. though your
work may be run down, still you seem in good
humor.”
Wiih you, sir by awl means, for I am con
vinced that your whole sole, and every thin r
(u boot, is favorable to mechanics.”
“You are right M-. D. 1 ford myself bound
■ Um? be so by ties of sfrongest friendship.” -
“Weil, I deed ire Mr. W. you / £ to trade
like wa<; 1 think-, however, our punning is
ne.n a close, and I beheCe we could not mend
it much by repeating it again.”
A < 1,, mi, j acknowledge, that I am nearly
worn out, and to Uning onje- discernse to m end
at we wdi i >ke another glass of wine and
say we are sew’jd up.”
A new Society has been l.itclv cstaCTimeTTn’r—-
, Boston, according io the Tr.uxci ip?. Tim So
cie y is called the “Youug-m in ted-wmnen’s-
Amiforgvtiing-to-put.fhe-mot-ou-thc-fiii
o Society 4*’ • • • •
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