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peared in a “ newspaper,” at the request
ol the individual, whose change of senti
ments it pourtrays, contains wholesome
and unden.able doctrines. The tenets of
those men, who are fierce in their oppo
sition, to the principles and requisitions
of revealed religion, must inevitably re
coil on themselves and their hopeless
cause. However for a while, there may
be a seeming determination to persevere
in a belief so inconsistent, yet ultimately
and that perhaps in the last gasp of agon
ized nature and when the portals of the
tomb are opened for their deposit, the as-
CA'Tarto* must be made.
EDI roit.
ii n„w, say they, came this roan so sud
denly to change his principles, and from a
fierce defender of deism, instantly become
an apparent zealot in the cause of Christiani
ty >•’ To this 1 answer, that the change
was by no means so sudden as they may im
agine ; for l had doubts long before I knew
their meaning, and when I did, t kept them
within mv own breast; and 1 candidly con
fess that I was determined not to part with
favorite principles on slight or flimsy proof;
espectal'y as 1 saw that a recantation would
bring upon me every species of imputed in
famy that malice could invent; but doubt
succeeded doubt, and circumstance after
circumstance occurred, until at last I was re
solved fully and freely to investigate the
two opposite systems, and bring them both
to that touchstone by which all professions,
sll religions, all men and systems must he
tried and fully proved viz ” tty their
fruits ye shall know them."
Che result of my enquiries then, take as
follows. . ,
Ist. That l never saw, heard, or read of
any man, woman or child that was reformed,
either in whole or in purt, by embracing the
principles of deism.
2d. That i have known hundreds, and
heard of thousands who have been reformed
by embracing Christianity.
3d. That I have known industrious, sober
men, who, imbibing the principles of deism,
almost instantly became desperately wicked,
ami in many instances dangerous members
of civil society.
4ll). That I have known some dents, and
many scoffers at all religion, speedily, and
effectually turned from the most abandoned
prac'icea, by the pretuUug of the Gospel, \ a *
life of righ eousness which ahe wed itself by
sobriety, charity, brotherly kindness and uni
verbal philanthropy.
sth. That t do not reeoHeet ever bearing j
but one deist profess really to believe m a j
future state of reward* and punishments.
fi n. That 1 never met with a man who J
professed u> be a real Christian, but »hat
butt' iu» principal hopes upon the reality of
a future state.
7th. That 1 cannot, in all the dcisbcal i
writings, find any laws to prevent wicked- j
ness, or encourage virtue, with rewards and ;
punishments annexed thereto.
ata. That in the scriptures all the crimes I
that man can possibly commit, are, under the
severest penalties, forbidden, and every po
sib virtue inculcated and encouraged, by
promises of eternal anil exceeding gi eat re
wards. .
9th. That I have known some deis’s, and
read of many, who, at the apparent point of
death, Wt-re seized with the most horrible
desouir. uttering the most bitter reflections
agam-t themselves lor ibis total neglect of
those duties commanded in the Gospel. But
who ever heard »f a Christian at the hour
of death, despa ring of the mercy of God,
because he had a'l Ins life-time rejected de
ism, and shunned the company of us pr»-
fesaurs f nr even when long and fieice dis
eases lud shaken the nt rv mis system, and
rag ig fevera inflamed the biooJ, have they
ever bei n so far deranged, as to wish they
had never tven born, for not rejecting the
Bible, as a wicked and mischievous imposi
tion upon the human race ?
Fi -rn die above then, what reflections
must arise, but that deism is essentially bud,
and naturally produces wickedness, by tak
ing aw iv the foundation of all virtue, viz,:
the love and far of Hod ? for what man call
ei'lier love or tear God, who realiy believes
he intends to annihilate him, body soul and
spirit, or blend him with the common mass
of inanimate matter, or send Inin after all
his toil and rare, bodily pain and mental sor
row. to vegetate in common grass ; or be
rs-animated, as chance directs, into reptiles,
insects or bcasiial forms ? With such un
manly, doghke faith aatnis, away fly all l ive,
regard and fear of Clod; laborious virtue,
b> this faith, is transformed into the extreme
lit madness ; vice and •pleasurable wicked
ness, into the most just and rational pur
suits of man ; nay, crime* of eTery magni-'
tude may be committed with impunity, for
if man be nut immortal Clod it not tntnipotent
to punish his delinquency: —therefore, when
he lias become obnoxious to the law * of man, !
he may, by the fa'al ball, the suffocating |
stream, or piosonous draught, put himself :
out ol the power of laws, moral or divine, .
and thus completely escape both temporal j
a d eternal justice.
And now, my old deistical friends I ask
you in the name of your boasted reason, i
are these notions calculated to reform, or
corrupt mankind —to create, or to destroy I
s. cist order, concord, harmony and civil li- i
ber<y ?—Are they not in their very nature, j
calculated to sap tlie foundation of virtues
produce immorality, breed confusions, and
totally destroy all confidence between man
and man r a id whether that very system I
you so aisle- y oppose, is not tire only
means of curbing the futiout pr> gre-s> of
your pernicious tenets, which would, if mice
been ne universal, turn this earth into a Hell,
and involve even yourselves in such unex
pected m »ery, as would make you sincere y
pray for the return of that religion, which
you would then »••?, can only stein the tor
rent ot lawless villainy, by humanizing the
obdurate heart—and which alone can bend
the stubborn w ill of man into humble obe
dience, and strict conformity to the law s of
heaven.
1 conclude, by asserting that the forego
ing is the effect of cool and del berate re
flection—that the sole end l have in view
by the public* ion thereof, is, ij possible, to
undo what l a lid others /u.ve dine, towards the
propagation */ deism. 1 have herein suited
ta'-t* and advanced opinions, and for the
tiuih of the one, aid the sincerity of the
odier, Ids in the most solemn imuter’ u • ,- u '
to the Cod of my eaister.ee —and as such, I re-,
quest ati the editors of newspapers.-wlio are
not enemies to Christianity, to give it one
insertion, that the fathers and pious heads
of families, may hold it up as a w arning to the
young grady; that neighbours may gna d each
other again.*! the prevailing poison, and that
deists, especially, may be inclined tu pause
a moment, and, if possible—consider.
FLORIDA,
Signifies flowery, choice, select, excel
lent.— the discoverers and first settlers of
this, our newly acquired Territory, must
have found something very delightful in its
climate, to h ive induced them to have given
it the significant name which it bears.
’the narrow Peninsula of East Florida runs
in southerly direction from Georgia down to
the Tropical Line. The extremity of the
Tape is separated from the Island of Cuba by
the Gulf of Florida, about a day’s sail.' —Then
when it is considered that E. F. i» so nearly
approximated to Cuka, end that it i« ventilat
ed by the southern trade winds, it is very
reasonable to conclude that many of the pro
ductions of the W. I. Islands, can and doubt
less will, at no very distant period be suc
cessfully cultivated there.— It is well known
that blue grapes of a superior flavor Jgrowr
abundantly in St. AttgusLne, and that a rare
light-colored transparent grape, similar, to
the umlaga, is also in perfection there,
though not in such profusion as the other.
The orange in all its varieties, the lemon,
lime, citron Ac. are in the most flourishing
slate i the orange may he almo3t considered
as the spontaneous production of the coun
try—with some care, the olive, plantain; j
pine-app'e, &c, may be reared. At new .
Smyrna, a place now in ruins, about one de- i
gree south of St. Augustine. One of the i
indigenous fruit bearing plants of the An- I
tiles, “ Icaco" a species, of small plumb, .
grows spontaneously. The Sea Island Cot
ton of East, Florida is of superior quality.
The Sugar cane must naturally flourish more
luxuriantly than in New-Oi-leaus —and the 1
coflee will in ill probability be cultivated in
the most southern parts of the peninsula.
There cannot be much said in favor of the
soil generally, the greater part consisting of
pine-barren, and some parts rocky. Rut
there are fine alluvial lands on the margin of
rivers, and hammock lauds near the sea
board ; these, when first under cultivation,
will, by the genial influence of the climate,
recompense the husbandman abundantly for
his labor. The coast and inlets of Florida
übouud in fish—the mui'et is, to Florida, i
wliat the mackerel is to Cape Cod ; there is,
besides, a great variety of other fish, slop
head, black fish, Sac. Fisheries may therefore
be established to s i nc advantage.
West Florida tan only be assimilated in
its climate to New Orleans; cotton and su
gar will be its principal staple articles. It i
however, pos*e*>es a very great advantage I
over East F o. ida, in a commercial point of
view ; in it, several very extensive rivers
disembogue themselves into the Gulf of
M xico, at whose mouths there must, neces
sarily, be established considerable sea-port
tow ns.
Independent of the very great national
advantage which the United States attains
by the possession of the Florida?, in form
! mg an unin’ciTupted cordon of sia coast
I from Maine to New-Ortean*. Other advau-
I tage*, equally great, will, in time, be der ved
j from the climate and the cultivation of its
soil. FLORIDIAN.
(Savannah Georgian. j
The following rrfacti are selected fom the
tied Hirer City Gazette of 2819.
By the Steam Bc./oon Fly in the Water, now
flying between Red River City and Torn it a
back too, formerly Tombuctoo, we have re- ,
ceived intelligence That tire newly acquired
territory of comsea-ipaw, called the Moon,
before its conquest by the Columbians, lias |
ceased to light their cities with gass—as lor- |
merly ; and the government intend con
tracting with us for (ire flies. We wonder
that prejudice should so long have prevent
ed the adoption of this now universal me
thod of illuminating our country.
We have the melancholy task of stating
that a female passenger in the above baloon,
in lightning her Tea pipe by a flash of j
lightning, let a spark fall upon a plantation J
of Dandies, which completely destroyed j
them.—This is more to be regretted, as they
bid fair to become the staple commodity.—
An eminent agriculturalist has favored us
with a curious statement respecting their
design and improvement. If our cortes
pondent wtd favor us with his name, we
will announce the communication as authen
tic, but we cannot commit ourselves by the
insertion of anonymous writings that involve
the tender character of such a numerous
body as the no body’s, and take the responsi
bility upon our editorial selves.
Ed. K. H. Gazette.
The dandy is an exotic, a species of the
ancient daffy-down ilil/y ; hut Laimcelet
Longstaff who next to Linens, was perhaps
the smartest Botanist in history, has classi
cally classed it as a non-descript, &c.
For sale, a pair of prime Sea Serpents, late
ly attached to the Diving Bell Miilf Machine,
swimming between the lake of the Woods
and Pekin-sound.
N. 11. I'h* Diving Bell will plunge every
1 Monday from Sy mine’s Island, that delight
ful summer residence situated in the 3004th
j degree west longitude of the 10th conceit
! trie circle, and coming up at Gape Briton,
w ill land passengers at Pickling Palace—
from thence up the St. Lawrence —over the
I Falls of Niagara, .xml so on to the floating
City on Lake Superior—and leap back a
!gain on Wednesday.— Ihe least the proprie
tor* can sav of tins establishment is that it
excels every other of tin- same kind. That
enterprising trmvcllor, Gapt- Quiz, has dis
covered an Is'aud ; which, from the montt
] meuts found, i* supposed to be the rerna ns
of the long lost city of London, so often
| mentioned by the ancients.
Political. — We hear that 16 steam Forts
; are tio..t.ng in the South Pacific, fitted out
, by hi* Mandingo Majesty— l'his looks odd.
MAIL AND ACCOMMODATION STAGE.
We learn with much satisfaction, that a
stage for accommodation of passengers, is to
commence running between this place and
Georgia early in next month. Major John
ston and Mr. Calticy, the mail contractors,
are abunl making tne necessary preparations.
Such an establishment has long becu want
ed ; it will greatly faciiiate the tiavelling
between the Atlantic and southwestern
S ate*, and will, we have tio doubt, liberally
compensate the enterprising proprietors.
The rates, we understand wili be similar
to those in Georgia, South and Norlh-Csro
lina.
[.hfonigr-. -: ii liepublican, Marchs.
Highland Anecdote?.
Extracted hum the Culleilen papers,’' con
tinued from our paper of Saturday.
Mac Donald of Keppoch, having’ been
called upon by an English gentleman to ad
mire two massive silver chandeliers of un
common beauty and workmanship, under
took a bet that when the owner should visit'
him in the highlands be would show him a
pair of super.'r value. When summoned
to keep his word, he exhibited two tall
highlanders, completely equipped and arm
ed, each holding in his right hand a blazing
torch made of bog-fir. 1 he tame chief, be
ing asked by some strangers, before whom
he had placed a very handsome entertain
ment, what might be the rent of the estate
winch furnished such expenditure, answer
ed the blunt question with equal bluntness,
‘ I can raise five hundred men.’ Such wan ;
the ancient mode of computing the value of
a highland estate.
When the chief of Clanronahl died, his 1
eldest son was residing, according to this I
highland custom, as a foster-son in the fatui- i
ly ot Lord Lovat, chief of the Frasers.
When the young man arrived at Castle Ty
rim, to take possession of his estate, his at
tention was caught by a very profuse quan
tity of slaughtered cattle. He asked the
meaning of this preparation, and was inform
ed that these provisions had been made to
solemnize a festival on his being first pro
duced to his people in the character ofthe ; r
chief, ‘think,’ answered the youth, wiio
had apparently contracted some economical
ideas by residing so near the lowlands, * 1
think a few hens would have made ail ade
quate entertainment for the occasion.’ This
unhappy expression flew through the clan
like wildfire, and excited a general senti
ment of indignation- * We Will have no
thing to do,’ they said, * with a hen-chi*/.’
and, dismissing the rightful heir witn scorn,
they called one of his brother’s sons to the
estate of the departed chief. The Teasers,
according to custom, took arms to compel
the Mac Donalds to do justice to their foster
child. A battle ensued-—'he Frasers were
defeated with much s'augnter, and the un
lucky hen-ctriej being killed, as a miserable
warning to ah untimely economists, li s ne
phew was established in the rights and pow
er ot the family. But a veil was thrown o
ver these deviations as soon as possible; and
the existing chief was always held up and
maintained to be the lineal” representative
ot the founder ot the family and common
father of the clan.
Even to this day a highlander sometimes
considers that, upon changing his residence,
a change of his name to tliai of his new land
lord is at once a point of civility, and a
means of ohtaimng favor. A friend of ours
was shooting in the North, and as the face
of the highlander, who acted is his guide,
was familiar to him, lie a.ked if his name
was not Mac Pherson— * No ; (Jordon is my
name,’ replied the gtnd-*. ‘ 1 was snooting
a few years ago at some distance from this
place; youthen guided me, and I remem
ber v u called yourself Mac Pherson.’ —
‘ Yes,’ answered the highlander, composed
! ly, ‘ but that was when I lived on the other
side ot the hill.’
There yet remained ano'hi'r source of
accession. In ancient times, the high landers,
like the Indians, adopted prisoners of war
into their tribes. Thus w hen the .Marquis
of Huntley and the Laird of Grant made a
tremendous loray along Dee side, laying
waste the whoie dale, they carried off a
great number of children wlvo.se parents
. they had put to death. About a year after
wards the Laird of Grant, being oil a visit to
Castle Huntlvy, saw these children receive
i their food ; —a kitchen trough was filled
I with the rehques of the provisions on winch
j the sevants had dined, and at the summons
of a whistle from the master cook, tins n oh
of half naked orphans rushed in to scram
! hie for the fragments. Shocked at the sight,
1 Grant obtained permission to carry them in-
I tn his country, where he adopted them into
; his own tribe, and gave them Ins name,
which they still bear ; bin their descendants
are distinguished from other Grants, being
called’ ‘ Children of the trough.’
In the year 1539, a party of Vl’Gregors,
belonging to a tribe called GuA Ihiil a
('bench, i. e. the Children of Dugahi
; <d 'he Mist, (an appropriate term for
| such a character) met with John Drhm
mund of Drtiniivonderiiocli, a rsrgei ol the
royal forest of Gleiiartnev, as he was seek
ing venison for the king’s" use. It chanced
that Drummondcmoch had, in his capacity of
steward-depute, or provincial magistrate,
of Strath-earn, tried and executed two or
three of these M'Gregurs tor depredations
committed on his chief Lord Drummond's
lands. The children of the Mist seized the
opportunity ot vengeance, slew the unfor
tunate huntsman, and cut off his head : thev
then went to the house of Suart of Ard
roirlicb, whose wife was sister of the mur
dered Drummondernoch. The laird was
absent; but the lady received the unhid Jed
and probably unwelcome guests with hos
pitality, and, according to the highland cus
tom and phras placed before them bread and
cheese till better food could be made ready.
She left the room to superintend the pre
parations, and wne u she returned, beheld,
displayed upon the table, the ghastly head
of her brother with a iiKir.sel of bread and
cheese in its mouth. The terrified lady rush
ed out of the house with a tearful shriek
and could not be found, though her detract
ed husband caused all the woods and wil
derness around to be diligently searched.
To augment the misery ot Ardvoirhch, his
unfortunate wife was with child when she
disappeared. She did not, however, perish.
It was the harvest season, and in the woods
and moors the maniac wanderer prohably
found berries and other subst voces capable
of sustaining life; though the vulgar, fond
of the marvellous, suppose that the wild
deer had pity on her misery, and submitted
to be milked bv her. At length some train
us former ideas and habits began to revive
in her mind. She had formerly been very
attentive to her domestic duties, and used
commonly to oversee the milking of the
cows —and now the women employed in that
oiiice, in the remote upland grazings, ob
served, with terror, that they were regular
llv watched, during the milking, by an ema
ciated miserable-looking female figure, who
appeared from among the bushes, but retir
ed with great swiftness when any one ap.
preached her. The story was told to Ard
vmrlicli, who, conjecturing the truth, took
measures for intercepting and recovering the
unfortunate fugitive. She regained her
senses after the birth of her child; but it
was remarkable that the son whom she
borne seemed affected by the consequence
of her terror. He was of great strength,
but of violent passions, under the influence
of which he killed his friend and comman
der, lord Kilpont, in a manner which the
reader will find detailed ill WUhart’a Mem
oirs cf Montrose,
AUGUSTA HERALD.
FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1821.
- f " _ _ ~
“ A friend of P. Censor,” is inform
ed, that his bickering is entirely una
vailing, and as we are not anxious to
ascertain the author of “ Philo-Ctn
sor,” we will content ourselves by be
lieving him (on the word of others) a
very “ cunning wight,” and very lauda
ble in all his dealings We are not in
tent upon editorial disputes, and by at
j tending to our own business, we are
j certain, that we will meet the wishes ol
I our patrons; and remark to him that
we will conduct our press as we deem
proper. With all due deference for his
friendly hints, we will manage our af
fairs as best suit our interests, for they
are our own.
WE have remarked, and again re
peat that we have no inclination to en- !
ter into any Editorial bickering with
the Chronicle—but lest we should again
be charged with refusing a friendly
communication, we give place with
pleasure to the piece signed “ Equity”
as a proper companion for “ Justice,”
both of whom we are willing to be ac
cused of having amongst our friends.
At a meeting of the Directors of the
Office of the Bank of the United States
9 I
held this morning, John Cumming, ;
Esq. was unanimously elected Presi
dent. Suv. liepub. UUh inst.
AMERICAN CURRENCY.
The Disme is a silver currency of our
country, and worth 10 cents, and no more !
but for years pa6t it has been taken, in the
Southern States, in company with the old
fashioned nine penny pieces, at tile rate of
eight for a dollar. This is giving them an
exchange premium of 25 per cent, and the
small brokers of the Middle States have
trafficked to advantage in shipping them to
the south, where they now principally cen
tre. A Norfolk paper, thus illustrates the
course of this trafic :
“ It may amuse our readers to shew them
bv figures the enormous profits which this
traffic was susceptible of yielding in the
run of a year—admitting that there were
12 investments of capital and profit in that
time —which could easily be effected bv
means of the packets which make about that
number of trips to New-York every year.
“ Suppose a hundred dollars invested at
the beginning; the first trip would make
it, say—(throwing aside fraction) —
Ist, - - g 125 00 7th, - {§476 *8
2d, - - 156 25 8-b, . 506 09
3d, - - 195 31 9th, . . 745 11
4th, - - - 244 14 10th, - - 931 40
sth, - - - 305 IS 11th, - - 1164 25
6th, - - - 3SI 50 12th, - 1455 31
“ Thus, with only gIOO to start with, a
careful speculator might, in only 12 months,
realize a profit of §13551! !—No wonder
then that we have had dismes showered
down, upon us as profusely as if Jupiter had
paid another visit to Madam Dans.
“ To exemplify the abuse of the public
credulity by this kind of speculation, w<-
will relate a fact which occurred a short
tim« since :—A gentleman purchased a sal
mon, on board of a northern vessel, for one
dollar ; having no smaller money, he ten
dered the seller a g2O note, and received as
his change §l9 in dismes, at the rate of
eight to the dollar ; in doing which, he ac
tually paid four dollars and eighty cents
for his fish !”
A Court of Inquiry, we understand,
is ordered to investigate the conduct of
Commodore Barron, in relation to
certain matters which have been allesr
ed against him. The court is to be
composed of Commodores Murray and
Stewart, and Captain Morris, and
will assemble at N. York early in the
ensuing month of May.
o j
Hubuaiid and lnvixo (the Counterfeiters)
were brought to the bar of an examining
Court on Friday last ; and testimony being
beard, were ordered for trial at the Spring
term of the Petersburg Superior Court to
commence in the month of May.
There is a debt due from the Emperor of
Austria, to the British government, of
NiXK MILLIONS NINE HUNDRED AXI» FOURTEEN
THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED AND TWLNTI-SJSY EX
FOUNDS TEN SHILLINGS.
The London Gazette of January 26th states,
that on the day before “ Richard Kush, Esq.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni
potentiary (torn the United States of Ameri
ca, had a private audience of tiis Majesty
George l \ . to deliver letters from'the Uni
ted States.
From Part-au-Frince. —Captain Aldrich,
arrived at New-York, who left Port-au Prince
on the Bth ult. informs that on the 4th ult
one general, two colonels and oi>e major
were shot at Port-au-Prince, being the prin
cipals in the late revolt at St. Marks and
Cape Henry. President Boyer had regained
quiet posscasioa of St. Marks.
FOR THE IIEBALD.
■*““ •
Mr. Bcscs,
YOU seem to receive so much
attention from the Chronicle Scribblers,
their Philo’s, and friends of Philo’s, and the
editors themselves, that if their own words
were not at variance w ith their actions, they
wuuldbe supposed at all events to feel, how
ever they might be unwilling to acknowl
edge some littie respect for you. The edi
tor of the paper himseif had almost forgotten
the intimation of “ Justice’* relative to the
“ favors” rendered the “ Chronicle Office”—
hut he is hojiest enough not to deny the fa
vors themselves, which evidences some de
gree of candour, though the obligations he
thinks have been balanced by a reciproca
tion of kindnesses—Of this you and he are
the best judges—l should think however
from what is pretty well known of the two
offices that however many favors you have
granted, you have asked very few, and con
sequently received not many—not but what
the Cbroi icle Editors would if in their power
reciprocate favors, but the pl easure of these
engagements often no doubt prevents the
generosity of their natures from appearing
to advantage—indeed too many avocations
sometimes bear down a man’s talents so as
to prevent hi* writing or playing to advan
tage.
But some of whose publications
adorn the Chronicle columns, seem to make
a very serious charge against you—they
charge you with having friends who occa
: sionally assist you, either with advice or
: some other way—'l his in such a world as
the one in which we live, and in such times
I as the present is a pretty serious charge—
j That a man should not,only have friends, but
! conduct so as to retain them, is a matter of
! no small moment, but 1 could easily recorn,
mend to your imitation the example of some
of your neighbors, by which this charge
could not be truly made in future—l should
suppose however that you would have uo
wish to deny that you had friends—and I
hope jou may ever conduct so as to secure
you friends that will esteem you, and res
pect and patronize your establishment—how -
ever reproachful it may be thought by those
wtio have little experience with these ad
; vantages. lam not convinced however that
| jour paper will acquire much addition-
I al interest from a controversy witii the
Chronicle association—public opinion will
not 1 expect be much changed by it with
respect to them, and whatever that opinion
| may be, 1 expect you wilt not envy them the
| enjoyment of it. Yet while you are charged
| wan having friends it might not perhaps be
civil in you to retort the charge lest you might
be required to prove it—Stiff if they had some
friends whose advice they could take before
inserting much of the matter which blackens
their columns, their paper would not per
haps become less valuable than it now is
but they are not the only persons in the
I world who would be saved from much con
j tempt, if the counsel of a judicious friend
j could be resorted to. But ‘l hope as one of
your subscribers you will when necessary,'
consult those friends you seern from the
charges of your opponents to have, when
ever circumstances shal|| render it expedi
ent to do so—or whenever you want accu
rate information as to facts ot which j’ou are
! oot in complete possession, it would be bet
ter for you to do this, than to have the credit
of being independent both in eiror and folly ,
EQUITY.
Gij 'ote by a friend. —1 add a word mere-’
i.v 1° jou, if you have any doubt on
the subject that this production is entirely
my own—-a note added by » friend may
a sort ot Chronicle evidence that a writer
has ho assistance, as jou are charged w ith'
having—and if you should not ..ke lilts note
jou tan add oi.c j'ourseib to shew that you
add nothing to the communications of j our
correspondents.
(Sfp .Yote by another friend. —I have no
predilection lor signatures, but as” Equity
&. Justice” ought tube associated,! hope
jou will find place for tiiis article in smite
spare column of your useful paper.
PITEOUS CASE.
London—lnsolvent Debtors' Court.
Edward Cockerton, late an officer of ex
cise, was opposed 'of* a poor looking woman
of the name ot Mary Ann Weldon, on the
ground or his havn g induced her to give
up to him money to the amount of / >ool. un
der a promise otinariiage. The unfortun
ate woman staled, that tire insolvent had
persuaded her to live with him as his wife,
and that she had but borne him eight chil
dren. The money he had taken from Her
was the amount ol a legacy bequeathed to
by her grandfather, of whose will the in
solvent was, an executor. After she had
consented to live with him as his wife, and
had been introduced in that capacity by the
prisoner to his friends and relations, she
discovered that he had been married, and
turned off his wife. This fate she herself
subsequently experienced. She was literal
ly turned into the streets by the prisoner,
with her children, and was compelled to
seek from the parish the means of subsis
tance. lhe story was sufficiently distress
ing, but the commissioners observed, that
it did not come within the operation of any
clause in the act of parliament ; and, con
sequiAitly, after ordering that the claim of
Mary Ann Weldon, to the sum of SUOJ.
should be inserted in the insolvent’s sche
dule, the commissioners declared him en
titled to the benefit of the act, and ordered
him to he discharged forthwith.
[London paper .
The Ruling Russian, in Death.
In Ireland the ceremony, of wakes and fun
erals is most punctually attended to, audit
requires some scavuir fuire to carry through
the arrangement in a masterly manner. A
great adept at the business, who had been
the prime manager at all the wakes in the
neighborhood for many years, was at last
called away from the death beds of his friends,
to his own. Shortly before he died, he ga\ e
minute directions, to hi* people as to the
mode of waking him in proper style, “lie
collect,” says he, “to put three candles at
the head of the bed, after you lay me out,
and two at the foot and one at each side!
I Mind now, and nut a plate with the salt on
| just a-top of my breast. And do you hear,
j have plenty ot tobacco, and pipes' enough’
I And remember to make the punch strong,
j And—but what the devil is the use of talking
i to you ; sure. I know, you’ll he sure to
botch it j as 1 wont be there myself.”
[lbid.
The Herculina, capt. Gaza, (or Ganlz,)
arrived at Havana on the 13th instant, with
three hundred and ninety slaves, f rom the coast
i of Africa.
