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Tii“i rat uixt'DßU gazstt*.
Artie, Yoy .gc.
Two narratives of the voyage made to the
tforti, H'/iar Sen, in lil9 .and 182 j by the
ship* Heel* am! Griper, have been publish
e;| by one Lieut. Parry the commander, and
the other by Alexander Fuller, a surgeon.
Flora the latter of these works we now
make a few extracts.* The two ships sailed
from the Thames May 10, 1819, made Cape
Farewell, tin* southern extremity of Green-
Jand June 15, reached Frobisher’s Straits
June 29, and the entrance of the western
passage, called on the chart Barrows Straits,
July 31. The entrance of this strait is in
about N. lat. 74, W. long. 78. September
4, by . which they carried the reward of
f.SMO offered by the British government, and
it was not until September stli, after hav
ing passed the 110th degree of longitude,
although their progress had been very of
ten impeded by ice, that they let go the
first anchor after leaving Kngland. On the
18tti of September after having reached as
far west as 112 15, they found it necessary
to turn back and seek a harbor for the
winter. They succeeded in gettiflg into a
very safe and commodious hay which they
called Winter Harbor, where they passed
the winter. This harbour is situated on the
north shore of what is denominated the I’o
lur Sea, in lat. 74, 47, and W. long. HO 48.
It is in very nearly the same longitude with
the mouth of Coppermine river, discovered
by Mr. llearne, in the year 1771 and five nr
six degrees farther north. Here they re
ni.uned until \ugust 1, 1820, when they
made another attempt to proceed westward.
They reached west long. 113 <l6, where
their further progre.s was impeded by ice,
and on the 18th they began to retrace their
course.— I hnir return voyage was successful
ly accomplished—they readied the en
trance of the straits on the 31st of August,
and arrived on the coast of Scotland at the
end ol October.
The following i x'racts are from that part
of'he Journal which relates to the period
of their residence at Winter I lat bor.
“ Saturday, October 9.—Although the sun
has not yet entirely left us, we receive now
hut little benefit Irom it, either in the way
of In at or light; for ever since the hous
ing has been put over the ships, we have
been obliged to ttse candles the whole day,
or properly speaking, as long as our allow
auce of these necessary articles last, which,
1 am sorry to sav, is very ina<liquate, being
only one candle (ten of which go the !b.)
every six clays ; to cadi officer, ora little
more than ao inch of cam!'/ a day. p. 149
-*■l4B.
“ Sunday 10 th. —Seven deer were seen
to day one of which we killed, and another
was severely wounded, but owing to the
night coining on, lie got sway, after being
pursued lor several miles. The ardour with
which he was followed very nearly led the
party that went after him into a serious pre
dicament, for they were so loath to give up
the chase that, before they thought ol re
turning, the day was so far spent th»t they
lost their way coming back. Two of them
returned about six o'clock, in so exhausted
a state, and so much affected by the col I,
that we began to entertain serious appre
hensions for the safety of the two remaining
persons of the party, who were yet absent.
As it was now evident, from the report of
those that returned, that the others had lost
their wav, we coinmem d immediately to
r&iiY&WK?
ships About a quarter past seven one of
them returned—but ho was in such a state
ot insensibility that we ceil'd not obtain any
correct information from him respecting the
other man, any furtlii r than that they part
ed about an hour before lie cone on board.
One ol ms lun Is is very much frost-bitten,
and lie was altogether in such a state of
pain, stupor and confusion, that his an
swers to the questions that were put to him
were, us I hate just said, so incoherent that
nothing could he learnt from him. It may
easily be conceived then, that it-we were
apprehensive before, we had double reason
to be so now ; for even the first two of the
party that returned were very much ex
hausted, and, as to the person just mention
oil, it IS very clear that l»e i miM not have
l.eid out much long.tr, for both Ins body
and mind had, as I above described, suffer
ed very considerin') from the seventy of
the weather. Unsuspicious, however as
these cin’um.tanc.es wee, we had stro g
hopes that, as the person who last returned
had only | arted vnth him who was yet ab
sent about an hour before, that he could not
be far off; and, in order that no means
might be lett mitred that could be deemed
likely to direct him tow ards the -.hips, poles
were set up, with luuthorns on their top,
at d.UVraiu places, on the highest part ol
the laud about the harbor, ami tin firing ot
gum, -citing of rockets, and bur. .. g of
bate lights were continued on board a- be
fore At length our endeavors were crown
ed with success ; for at hall j-n-i 11 o’c ock
the stray person returnod and very much
to our pleasure and surprise, had not suf
fered tin* least from the cold, notwithstand
ing lie had been upwards ed tour hours
longer than any of the rest.’* p. 143-145.
“ F/iuidny, JteccuiOcr Jin'.— fins being
our shortest day, or, move properly speak
ing the day on whicn the -u» is tart hist
from us, sver.fi of the officers went oui on
the ice at noon with bo .as to determine
whether it was possible to read by the twi
light, ami surprising as it may appear, yet
v c tuund that tile smallest print could be
read oy it." -
Saturday, January let, 133 d The new
year was then ushered in without any re
markable event to distinguish it particular
iy : the culd na- not, as we expected, been
at ah severe; tor the thermometer at mid
night last, (that is at the moment of the
commencement of the year) was only 50.
Admit eleven o’clock this forenoon av, ry
beaut.t.il halo, -45 deg. in diameter, was
observed round the moon. It was inter- |
seated by two luminous columns of aye I- j
low oh white colour, which crossed each j
other at right angles over the moons d-se. ;
The breadth el this cross, or rather the col- ;
vjnns that foimed it, were equal lo ttie
malm’s diameter, in her immediate v.cmity ; j
but as they l ei-tied Irom her they became |
narrow tr, so that at the place where they
touched the halo, this bad tapered to such J
a small pood mat the} were scarcely vis:- j
l> *. 1» those points ol the halo, where
the) terminated were luminous snots or
paraseleuce : the two h.-mutual ones, or i
those situated m that part of the circle !
where the bin ,annul c hmm of fight end
i*i. cxh.bill'd in the prismatic cth ur- ven
beautifully, and each ol them had a long tail
n * •'v of this work ls received at the
*» At. niam
I proceeding trrm them similar to that *hich
I d* scribe d on a former occasion, when
mentioning the appearance of a phenome
non rd me same kind. '1 he luminous spot,
or paraseline, in that part of the halo imme
diately above the moon, was of a very faint
colour, v fieri compared w ith the two just
mentioned, and the fourth one, that is to
say, if it existed was hid from us, owiig to
its being (as well as a segment of the halo)
he!- w the horizon, the moon’s attitude be
ing only about 18 dig. The halo itself was
not equally bright all rouiyd, for in those
parts which were equidistant, that is 45 deg.
from the paraselene, it was of a very faint
colour, and fttmi these points towards the
paraselanx it became gradually brighter,
i.ilce the Aurora Borealis, its intervention
did not obstruct the fight of the stars that
it chanced to pass over, for the planet Mars
happened to he si'i.atftd in the brightest
part ot the horizontal luminous column, and
yet it appeared as bright as usual; its red
dish colour seemed, to be a hltie increased
in its brilliancy. This h.uo, as well as that
described last month, happened about the
time of moon p. 167-168,
“ Wednesday, 12/A.—l was out walking
this atlenioon when the thermometer was 51
deg. below uro, and owing to the weather
being calm at the time, I felt no more incon
venience from it than if it had been at Zero
in a breeze of wind. A small quantity of
strong brandy was exposed in the open air
this afterno n for the purpose of experi
ment. It had not been above ten minutes
on deck, when it b‘*gan to congeal, and in
the course of half an hour it became of the
consistence of honey, and nnt unlike it in
d.-ed in appearance. It never became har
der than this, although left n the d--rk for
upwards of an hour ; it was tried again in
the evening, and after being exposed to the
same temperature, we found the only differ
ence it pr -iluced was, that it became dryer,
being in c insistence and appearance some
what like brown moist sugar, file freez- j
ing did not appear to alter either its taste j
or strength in the least ; we tasted it in its
proper state, without suffering any incon
venience Irom it, except a little smarting of
the tongue.” p. 162-70.
Thursday, February 3d.—Nothing of an
imp irtnnce occurred for this forthniglit
past ; the weather has been for most pari of !
th<* time more boisterous than we have usu
ally had it during the first part of the win
ter, the thermometer lias never therefore
been very low ; for from the 20th of last
momh, until two o’clock this afternoon, it
had never been below 40 deg. this evening
however, it c une on a Calm, and the ther
mometer before midnight fell as low a. 44
deg, For same days pist we have had so
much light about noon, that both officer,
and men generally went to the mast head |
to look out fur the sun ; for although we j
wen- perfectly aware, of the time in which
it ought to re appear, according to its de
clination, yet as the Dutch navigator, Ba
rents, saw it at Nova Zembla several days ,
before it ought t-o be seen, in the latitude in !
finch w.t wintered, we had reason to gup. I
pose that whatever effect refraction might 1
have there, the same might be expected .to
take p ace bore. Notwithstanding our vi- j
gtlance, we always found, however, that at- t
though it must have been very n’gli the ho- ;
rizan for some days past, that it never ap
p ar. d above it Until to-ilay. As the fore
noon w as very fine and clear, we made sure
of seeing it ; several of us were therefore
in the maintop ah ml half past eleven to
wtdfiome it* return, and at twelve or rather
a lew rmmitrs after, we nan the pleJSire of
seeing tin glorious limiiiary again, after an
absence ot n.iiety two days. It is more easy
to conceive than describe the pleasure that
cvpry person felt on tins occasion, at again
seeing that heavenly agent, which is to set
us free from cor.fi letnenl. But I consider
that to d justice to this subject, and to the
sen.ations excited by so su dime ami joyful
a sight, would inquire my enUoiii.g into
rhapsodies more suitable to the effusions of
a poetical imagination, than tile unadorned
language ot a plain narrator; 1 shall there
s re avoid saying any tin g more about the
matter. During the time the sun was above
! tin* horizon,* a vertic.fi c-dumn ol a beauti
ful red colour extended from it towards the
zenith, the color of it was most brilliant
near the sun, and diminished gradually as it
went upwards. It was obsern U also, that it
was not always of ihe same brilliancy, but
that it twinkled so thut the upper part of it
vanished altogether for a moment, it then
instantaneously br glnened up as splendid
as before ; this twinkling went on in quick
siicce-sion, during the whole tune the co
lumn appeared. Its breadth teas about c
qual lu tile sun’s diameter, anil its height, or
altitude, when in the greatest splendor, *as
between tour and five degrees. ” p. 172 174.
“ Thursday, ASny 4th.— An order lias been
issued to day , slating that the officers and
men of both ships are lo be reduced to two
thirds allowance of all sor’s ot provisions,
except “ meat, sugar and cuoua" on the 3lh
tost. Whether th.s regulation's m con.e
qttence of any deficiency that has bean
tolled by the late sun ey nr not, l am una
ble lo say, as the order did not state the tea
son l lie weather is now improving daily ;
the thermometer, about midnight, generally
fa I- as low as zero, but during the day it is,
for the m si pail of the time, from 10 to
15 above it ; and on the doth of last month
it rose to 35, which is the greatest heat that
w e tiave expericnoedsn.ee w e came to IViu
t. r Harbor.” pp. 188-189,
*• IFeUntstluy, 10/4—Nothing has occurred
tor tin week past exetpi the gradual im
provement of tlie weather, and that indeed
in very slow, tor the thermometer, even
now, fell at midnight to zero ; the p-ogte-s
ot vegetation is, however, beginning to be
very perceptible. File people h:.ve been
employed in cutting the U*-* round the ships.
Flic average thickness of it ,s about seven
feet, which I think may be presumed to be :
the general -hickness ot all the ice on ibis
lurbor, and perhaps, indeed', of a'l the ice
1 that haibts* turned off this coast during
the last winter." pp. 190.
At tne close cf the volume is a regular
; thermon.ciiacal a.id barometrical journal,
; winch was kept during the voyage. Far
enheit’s thermometer is used, and it is re
i m.ukubie that there is no mode of dixtin
| guishing he resalts of observations which
are above zero, from those which are be-
I low*.
In June a detachment of the party made
j an excursion by laud, on which they were
j * t here was a little thin haze in the hori
-eon, so that the sun's disc, vai not well de
fined ; from tins circumstance one or two
persons, who were inclined to be sceptical
doubted even the sun being above the hori
zon at all; but charaeters of tins sort will
always -appear in subjects that admit of a
duubt.
employed fifteen days. Eat this excursion
was not attended by any very remarkable
incidents. We observe that the work lus
reached a third edition.
vko.h tuf. tr iTioxat iNTEi.ucixcr.n.
AmeTican Senliments *
M e have pleasure in placing before our
reade rs the loilowing truly nationai etius'on,
called for by the occasion of the celebration
of the 4*h July, by a company in Chester
county, in the state of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Charles Miner has been a uniform Fe
deralist in his politics, but distinguished
more by the truth and sweet simplicity of
his moral illsstrations, than by party zeal.
He is the Editor of a newspaper, called the
Village Record, and was, at the last election,
the unsuccestftd candidate for Congress in
opposition to oar worthy Republican triend,
Dr. Darlington. It is Mr. Miner who utters
the noble sentiments below. Would that
every unsuccessful candidate for office, and
every party editor, would display the same
temper and inculcate as sound d-ctrine!
Then might we indeed say—“ We have
called by' different names brethren of the
| same principle. We are ail Republicans ;
| we are all Federalists.”
( [After the ~th Toast the President called
j on Mr. Miner for a Volunteer. Mr. Miaei
prefaced the sentiment by the following ob
servations, which, at the request of the Pre
sident, has furnished for publication.]
Mr. PsisiiiFXT: I shall obey your call
i with pleasure; and if it will not too much
interrupt the flow of tiilaroy w.lieu prevails,
I will offer you some reasons for the senti
ment which l give.
It cannot have escaped you, that, in the
discussions giowing out of the Missouri
controversy, a dissolution of the Union was
adverted to by zealous partisans on both
sides ot the question. 1 confess to you, sir,
that 1 cannot hear this sunject spoken of
without feelings of horror and dismay. It
sounds in my tar like a proposition of pa
tricide. Such a measure, it is manifest,
could not he effected without the most de
solating civil wars; aid should it be accom
plished, would be followed by eternal con.
| tests between the neighboring tribes; (tor
! they would no longer deserve the name of
; sta es or nations.) Standing armies—op.
i presaive taxes—the violation of public
; rights, and private security—and fi mlly the
! subjugation of the whole by some military
j adventurer, would be the Inevitable result.
| 1 tremble to look down this dark abyss of
j misery and ruin. Despotism throughout
; the earth would exult at tlie is.,ue ; while ;
; wise and patriotic men, to lie latest genera- !
j tin ns, would hold our name in pity and in !
I acorn.
1 do not make these remarks because 1 1
apprehend that on any side there is a dispo
sition deliberately to bring about a jepara
lion. I’hc man who should propo eit Would
be driven by public indignation from socie
j ty. Hut rash and ambitious men—in mo
ments of great excitement—inflamed by
1 passion, and reckless of consequences, may
j hereafter attempt the measure, if the minds
j of die people are not effectually guarded
1 against it. 1 lie union of the States should
i be considered like freedom of conscience,
i or die right of self defence, not for a mo.
j ment b> be* brought in question. The Law
of our Union should be impressed upon our
| children as of the most sacred and para
mount obligation. Habits are more power
fill than laws—sentiment is more operative,
tn«u r.uji,. I think, therefore, that |-,w
and reason should be fori,fled by habit and i
sentimeut. And the doctrine should be in
cukated m one schools—from the press,
and in our public assemblies; so that suc
cessive generations i .ay' grow up with the
impression indelibly fixed m their minds—
that the Union of the State* is the funds
men ai law on winch our freedom is based,
and the only sure foundation of our pros
perity and glory. 1
I shall no.t attempt to reason this matter,
bn 1 beg leave t ■ repeat to you an old sto
ry : An Indian-Sachem, finding his life draw
irg to a close, called his children around
um, and bidding out a bundle of rods
bnund firmly-together, toid his sons to break
them. latch tried in his lurn, but was u.ia
b!e fie then separated, them, and broke
cash rod, luroseil, with ease. “ , hus ”
said he, “ will it be widi you, my children.
In union you wui hud safety-divided, your
enemies wilt easily overpower vou—These
rotls, firmly united; the efforts of strong
men could not break ; but, when separated,
a feeble old man cutiltl destr v them.”
Alter the late collision, m which we dif
fered so widely and so warmly from our
southern friends, it may possibly be thought
that something ot prejudice again-t them
may rein in in our breasts. Throughout
Pennsylvania; lam bold u, say, that what
ever diti'eience_ot opinion may exist on some
subjecs j there IS no other general senti
ment prevailing toWarda them than that of
enure good will.
We ire not only bound' to the south bv
the cords of interest, hut bv the strongest
j ties ot affection. We not only feel a satis
faction in the productiveness of her rice,
I sugar, cotton, and tobacco plantations, which
- ««•»*• lhule *° '"'Rely to tlic national re«our
j i Lt:! participate in the pride of her
chivalric character, and exult in the tri
umphs of in r elnqueifee and her arms Her
history and the fame of her heroes are the
objects of nur respect ami veneration. The
southern are a high spirited, mercurial peo
ple distinguished by quickness of percep
tion, rapidity of tnought, and celerity of
j movement; nice in their notions of honor,
jealous of their rights, quick as lightning,
t they rladi uhen in collision—but “ ijke the
i flint they shew a hasty spark and straight
| are cold again.”—Withal they are frank,
j generous brave, and hospitable, and in
I truth combine within themselves all the ele
| menu of a noble character. ’1 heir fathers
and ur fathers fought many a well contest -
j Cl! he Id, side by sale, for "independence.—
j Unr tt ay ue. the gallant soldiers of the
i Pennsylvania hue, gathered laurel*, which
! shad be evergreen, in the same bloody con
! flxts which immoriali.-.-d Monroe, Lee,
j Morgan, Pickins, Campbell, Pinckney)
. Suiiipier, awl Marion,
i And what Pennsylvanian, nsy, what Ame
i r e in, is not proud to claim Laurens as lus
{ countryman ' What bosom so cold as not
■ to throb with rapture when the historian
j pot-rtrays the eloquence of Henry and of
j Randolph ? American literature "exhibits,
j tmh conseioHi prate, the works of Ramtav,
| Marshall, ct Hart. And, w hile old nations
boast of the;? licroes and statesmen, we tnav
point to a phalanx in \ uginia, with n Wash
ington at her head, and boldly challenge a
comparison.
Southern statesmen, soldiers, anti orators,
crowtl so fa.-; on the rccolL t.cn, that it is
iicj'.'t-sibie to name them, hut their 11. He
is our common inheritance ; and while the ,
memorials of oor nations shall endure, it
will not be forgotten that at Yorktown, in
Virginia, Cornwallis surrendered a numer
ous and weli appointed army to \V ashingtun
and his comrades in arms ; or that at New-
Orleans Packenhain a'd his vaunted vete
rans were signally overthrown by Jackson
and his gallant followers, our brethren ol
the West and South.
As the result of diese views, I beg leave
to give you—
” The United States—and the Citizens oi
the South—May our union be everlasting a
our bills ; and may mutual good will, tree
dom, and prosperity, like our rivers, flow
through the land in perpetual streams.”
(From the New-York Daily Advertiser.]
July Tern—-Veto l’oi b Sessions.
feeateiiGv.a.
SaTwuuAT, July 14.
Phfsext—
l ne Hon. Richard Hiker, Recorder,
John Jiingkam, and
Hubert .U'Qudtn, Esqs. Aldermen.
The number of cases tried during the
two weeks ot the term, about -511,30 oi
more ot wjucli resulted in convict,on ; and
t*‘is day being hv usage ol tne Court assign- •
ed to the tendering ot se- tences, anu uie
hearing of special matters, the jury was
disiiu-sed yesterday. Hie court having as
sembled about l‘J o’clock, the offenders
were arraigned and received sentence —as j
follows—
Hannah Conner, alias Curran—Felony— !
having in her possession witli intent to pass j
them, forged bank bills, knowing them to ;
be such. A principal agent pi the mischief j
ot corrupting our currency tbi .several years, j
is fortunately ut last brought to justice, and ;
a barrier, winch we nope tne infatuation ot
executive mercy will never remove, placed !
between her and the multiplied under-agents i
and instruments of her criminality.
Ihe gazettes o! the day have already giv* !
en some account oi the detection, s.-.? i.e,
trial and conviction of this woman. A., ex
perienced justice ot the police gave it as
Ins opinion on the trial, that ninety-nine in a
hundred of the* counterfeit notes in circuia- ! ,
tion in tins city, camo.through her hands.
lwooi her confederate.-,, or toois rather ! ,
received tiimr sentences tor tlie like Offence,
imiiKtlu en as er tne Recorder had pro
nounced her sentence ; and his lion, re
marked to her of her guilt :
tliat several young men wnoin she had to
tier ruin employed as agents, would have to
fuller,
file circumstances which had led to her !
detection at ia,t, were such, lus honor re-
I marked to her, a . couid scarce leave g oil.id
| toi a possible doubt of a directing FroVi- j
dence the .ugh the whom.—
His honor s.ilt lurther to impress her with
a sense ol her guilt, remarked on the dis- 1
t. essmg condition to which sue had brought
her laii.iit. Ah of them he said, with tlie
excepu > , ot one son, who was a worthy ;
young man, she bad brought to the pemten- i
tiaiy already—that sue tier.el. had otvee !
been conv.cted of lorgery heretofore, and
K on parooued, nqt only to renew her Orac
le. s. ty tlie same providential circum
stances, continued his ii nor winch have
‘.ought you to justice, lias an innocent wo
man, . is. Murphy, been rescued from tlie
destruction you and your confederates had
plotted agamst her. You prevailed on her
mete.y to keep lor you a roll of forged
I room’ V ,or ' * e “ uril - v ° l )Ul 'be m inner
I n)vo;.r VO “ ,orl " JyoUnff,na, '> Wltl * whom
| )? >UU • S ,"* ,ne > ol ‘ CO-llabil, iiiiined.ately m
lutmetl the police against her, had her uk
h r C r Cile ‘ 4 a " Ullle bids being found
on Her, sue was committed to Bridewell
Iu "‘" “npnsonineiit u occurred la her that
you must have been the means ot In-run
just suticnng aud-she exposed the transac
1 11 1 4 ,ruts hght, and along with it,
your previous offe rs «o her of selling liei
torged notes, and the terms on which ton
were wt bog t ° deal with her. Here, pro
vukntullj too, new evidence comes up to
destroy you, while it confirms lief r, nre
scnlatitm-a man and his wilt, whu happen
ed at that moment to heat Mrs. Murplit’s
to mrr a room of hei hve with decent
people, support her in the statement, that
you, yourself, delivered to her, onto h-rt,
me ulcnucul notes, winch you would I a*.
mane it believed, she had about her with *
lelomous intention, t hey heardyour win,
permg, and saw y,, u deliver them But it
we are rigntiy inlonm d, it is not new
you, to sacrifice others, to screen yourseii
tio.n justice. Tue circumstances of the
case, lu, honor finally remarked, mould be
a solemn admonition to all, that no guilt ca
be so disguised, « to be sure ag, ,st detec
non, in tue kind providence t Hod ; ami
that virtue, though it may tor a season b
oppressed, may confidently hope for rent,
and at all eveiva, w.li be cheered by thesu*
tain in g powers of a good conscie.ice.
Hannan Curran, w-ts sentenced to haul
labour tu the state pAson, for the period ot
her natural hie ! 1
John 1 « it, a confederate in the association
above ailtided to, was sentenced to the slat,
prison for 7 years, with an intimation how
ever b om the judge, that if he should render
1 ,e Mate those services, which as an inn
mate ot tne gang of counterfeiters, it was , ,
lus power to do, a mitigation ol his semenc.
might 'ake place.
. Thomas Ireland, also convicted of having
m possession banknotes with intent to pa.)
Ireland was from Egg Harbour. H ing dt
tected througli the age,.cy of a Mr. ILI
whom he had consulted as lo tlie validity
cur cnunterleil gj, which he directly afier
wards attempted to pass, and demanded
whether he had no more ; he denied that
he had and exhibited his purse, which con
tained only Is. 9d. in change. On lurther
search, however, sir other counterfeit fives
were found in his hat He had been much j
■frills company ot a confirmed v.llain <.f the I
name ot I'hurby or Thurdy, whom lie knew i
to be a dealer in fb.-ged notes, and sometime
; sine • in fact to h*Ve bought a vessel for
j 83,0dd and paid the whole in such paper.
| fins Fhurhy it lurther appeared was so
complete a rnasier of the pen as to have iin
; posed some of bis signatures on one of the
j banks. Ireland stattd when taken up that
; he had received the hiiig in question in uari
j p. y for a sloop load of wooti. Tlie jury !
| bom all circumstances bad recommended :
him to tufrry, which his iionor remarked 1
! would be communicated to tlie governor, i
I ant. ifrlie behaved with propriety would pro
bably after a time procure his pardon; though I
! it wns very clear, he thought, that be was j
. rightly convicted. State prison 7 years. j
Mary Bou.ly a woman to appearance a
J bout thirty.T.ve, was indicted for mau-slaugh- >
, frein killing her little child of the age of 6or
; 7 y ens. \\ lira askc'l in usual form by tf|e
1 Recorder, what the had to say why sentence '
ohouid not be pronounced upon her? she
answered, with a good deal of emotion,
thai, at the lime of the unhappy affair, she
had been to market, and when she return
ed, found the child mischietously engaged
in cutting a chest, and that in a passion the
threw the large knife at it, which produced
he wound tnat occasioned its death, 'i he
itecorder checked her, and gave her to un
derstand she was destroying the only
ground which had been taken in her favour
by tbe grand jury, or which could palliate
her deed before the world, that she had
done it in the course of what she intended
as correction. She having no mot eto offer
—the Itecorder proceeded, alter some ad
monitions, to pronounce her sentence. H#
remarked with feeling and solemnity 04
the shocking consequences which otlett re
sulted from the unrestrained indulgence of
the passion of anger, and represented the
present as one of the most outrageous cases,
Tiie child it seemed had suffered extreme*
iv during the few hours it lingered in life,
and its pitiable words while it retained the
power of speech, and every thing connect,
ed with the event, were such, his honour
observed to the culprit, as must liaunt-her
r. collection tlnough life,' and make her case
less to be envied than perhaps even that
1 the victim of her rage itself. The grand
jury, he further told her, had seen fit, and
no doubt had proceeded very propeily on
the evidence before them, to find a bill fop
manslaughter only against her, and that she
might consider heiseif happy in that cir
cumstance, as it exempted her from a trial
for murder, which might have resulted fa,
tally for her ; that, as it was, she 9toud cleft p,
ly convicted of the crime charged, the us,
most penalty of which was Slute Prison fop
life ; and lie was by no means certain llifs
court had not erred in the lenity they were
shew mg her. Her sentence was, jcytr ytar»
imprisonment at hard labour, in the State
Prison of the Southern District of tli#
State of Nevv-York.
[From theNew-Y, ,k Daily Advertiser.]
Synopsis of Miscellaneous liemi
FUOX ENGLISH FAPKHS
D •:ring the ga es a singular circum3tftnc#
to k p ace. An hour a.iU a hall at 0 tide
water be,,a to t bb, it returned again, and rose
about two leet at bur quays. We regret tp
State that several fields of oats along the ft isft
of Clyde have been almost wholly descovs
edby Ahall white snails. .ttror/icis.— An
act has recently passed for allow ing > eisons
who have taken the degree of Ihtchelor cf
Arts orofLutv.in the U Diversities of Oxford,
Cambridge or Dublin, to be admitted as at
torneys, after a clerkship of three years.,——
Amongst the numerous' written applications
tor appointments under the population act,
| the following were handed in:—“ Sir, }
1 propos to tak the Censures of the Enhabytans
I of this City myself”—Sir, i offer myselvc fp
! take the rinses' of the people under t|)e Act
i of t’ariiai.u nt.— —The Third and last lour
! of Doctor Syntax lias just made its appear,
i ance. The author, now in his eightieth
| year, has presented to the world this exam
| pie ot rare and delightful intellect. 4
abounds in admirable and impressive-iporftl.
arising oilt ot a narrative replete witli wit,
humour, gaiety, and nature : nor will it b#
saying too much, if it is represented as
j possessing a character which will give it &
favoured place in the Eritish library. Wp
! understand that the Novel just published,
under the title of Precaution; or, The ,1/ii
trimoniul /ialunce, which promises to bceuute
so grt tu a favourite among all classes of tea,
ders is the production of a distinguished
American, YV hoeVer may be lire writer, wtS
have to congratulate the public on the ac
cession ot a new Novelist, possessing, ft
: peculiar lelicily ot iiileut lor this species of
composition. Zoolegs/.—A tew days ago,
a woodcock’s nest, containing four eggs,
was found in a w ood upon one of the Dufc#
ot Devonshire’s estates in the East Hiding of
Yorkshire. The old bird was taken, smith#
eggs were brought home by the game.kecp.
er, and deposited in a cupboard bv the fire
- ide. Ihe nest morning' three young wood
cocks Were found to have broken theiV shells,
1,1111 a,e since dead. As the w-oodcock is
considered a bird of passage, this must be ft
circumstance worthy Hie notice ot natural
i'ts. A Bta; ue in honor of the hue presi
dent West is to be erected in St. Paul’s
cathedral. Eighty five new churches are
nnv building, and to be built, which are to
contam sittings for 150,000 persons, at ap
xpence of one million sterling. Theft;©
■ t a shoemaker, lit ld r.g a commission in ft
volunteer corps, took occasion to reprove,
very arrogantly, one of the privates, while#
exercise, on the awkwardness of his walk. ,
•• It is no wonder,” replied tie private, “ass
die last pair of shoes your father made me, '
pinch so confoundedly, that t find it difficult:
to walk at all.” A man named Smith, of
Saudon, in a fit of Insanity, shot himself
lirmgli «he head with a pistol. After cont
i.i.tiing toe rash act, he walked deliberately
into the house, and cooly exclaimed, “I have
,tust been in a m re desperate battle than
that of Waterloo!” The ba.l lodged in bis *
head, and has not yet been extracted, no? is
he expected to survive but a short time: he
•us been married to his second wife only
■ bout two weeks. A dreadful riot took
nice lately, at St. Giles’s London, arising
it ot a brawl among the low Irish.—Stones'
1,1 in ’ s ' i;! 2s *'crc employed, and 20 men
"ere conveyed to hospitals, 4of whom are
ti' * 1 aVe 1 *’e P r;ic e officers were
obliged to rush upon them with drawn swords,
and succeeded in apprehending several <tS
'be ringleader,. .IngUttg,— \ f tv ( | J 9
I s.ri.e, as 3 gent,email was fishing in the river
. e.g.,, he hooked a salmon, which could not
tiave weighed less than twentv-five pounds.
| Viter playing the fish for nearly an hour
I Wl . ,bout able to land him, another.
I » ,T , o’(t tbe same size seized the other
: it, ana broken the line,—They swam w ith
| Rr ‘" at ve l° cit y down the stream, and tile line
: go entangled m a stake. The gentleman
nnisedlately p| un g e d latu the water, which
nearly reached Ins chin, and, after a short
came up with, and captured both the
, 1 lo4l f? rt •»* t without some resistance
mi i*e pan ot the latter. Wust is more
jJ, »*/'>• th « second fish that wax
tha t ” ■?'; tu , H ® ww * *ti« other closely from
the Uhad been in jeopard-.
dissolution.
np HE . Copartnership heretofore
j zi_ existing under I lie firm of Kus
sell N Kdri.nqton, is this (Jny dis
, solved by mutiiu! consent. The bu
i siae ** ° r t,!e concern will be settled
by James Uusseli.
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dtDlioj ihllt!i,
JiKgustn. July ia