Newspaper Page Text
SIZE ARggS.
THURSDAY MOK.WG, AUGUST'27, !*?.
r - .!io s*cmi 1; ‘Ht, George Washington wo re*
<v;.v! f the Charlcaw Wi papers of Monday morning.
It appears oviao'it thut the contest between
C i-vlWd and Gjl u.n* will bo carried on with a
full blnro of bittornesi. Principle, which it is
o t \ lias so long bound the party together, bo*
c sir s a rope of sand, when subjected to tno in*u
cru-c of soil interest. Tiio whole party is thrown
i i c nifiision to gratiiy the ambition ot two
f\-'\ ■:;? ih-*; electioneering tricks resorted to by
tlic pa.tisatis of Mr. Gilmer, we notice their ef
ibits to circulate the report tbit tiic Clark party
will fiivv-r his election. This report is altogether
with, ut foundation. Tlio Clark it tlicy
have no candidate of their own. (except, perhaps,
in Mr. Gilmer's own immediate neighborhood,
*herc local feelings may prevail,) will gn for the
best man. The ‘‘extract gi a letter from the
west/ 5 published ia tho Georgian of yesterday
norninj, has been got up, we doubt not, by a
par Isaa of xVIr. Gilmer. There is l>nt one man,
*} lk , aas lately been attached to ih* Clark party,
u s an, iuliuciice, vvho would have wniton such a
cutter. And that individual has. latterly forffciloi
tbs confidence of his own party, without gaining
oven the nominal support of the other. Hut the
trick is easily detected. Individuals of tiio Clark
paity ill this i*cctiou ol the when called oil
to vote, will exercise their sound discretion, in
-Ucr disregard of such shallow devices.
To us it seems impossible that any individual
0 c .k e Clark party, who possesses the least relfrc-
or retains any recollection oi the events of
♦ho last five years, can give a vote to Mr. Gilmer,
lib selfish and unprincipled course, his if, tolerant
persecuting spirit, and the mean and nngeiie
jous system of revenge which he urged against
liia political opponents in the moment ot victory,
ought forever to jflpiirivc him of the support of
♦hat party. Ilis narrow prejudices, too, which
confine aii his ideas ol patriotism to his or, n comi
ty, or particular district,peculiarly unfit him for
tho dutio3 of a Cdiicl Magistrate.
There are, indeed, many men in the Slat: 1 whom
\vo should prefer to Mr. Crawford. Hut compared
r~i:h Mr. Gil.Uar , we could not for a moment doubt
:o our choice. His talents are very respectable ;
and his views are liberal and comprehensive, lie
has not the “gift of the gab,” in such gioat per
ihelion as M.. Gilmer; yot he exhibits much,
mere extensive information., a maturcr judgment,
tmi above all, has common sense enough to shut j
his mouth, when he has nothing more to say
Mr Gilmer, on the contrary, never speaks so .
£ iciitly, so fiercely, and loudly, as when he is
umloondly ignorant oi tho subject lie is siouis-
Mr. Crawford is not a of popular man
; hfis stiff, grave and formal, and rather
conceited ; but he possesses high notions of honor,
and genuine feelings n. bottom*
The Jackson delegates have tidm.ftMdJ ATT&r. t
Tlw.npson, of WduiiugUm, as a candidate loi !
Governor oi Delaware.
Tiio Boston Courier siys, thftttbc StcoUings
roatiufhctored at thb Newbury port Factory, in
-Jtlaqs.ichosetts, are quite equal to the imported,
C)t strength and durability, and can be afforded
gruallv ai cheap. The factory employs a capital
.-f about three thousand rio!!ar3 only ; it has thirty
frames for weaving stockings, all of which are
wrought bv females The enterprising proprie
tor has orders as last as he can sapply them The
flocking spoken of are made of t3ea Island Cot
ton, thi ec-thrcadcd, and can be retailed for about
eiVy Coots; they are said to be actually worth
* third more than imported hose, at theft price.
COMMVXJCATED.
‘ZIr. Editor— City elections usually call foi th
) ulo interest; but the approaching election for
lourtecn Aldermen involves in it as deep interest
as any election possibly can have, which has for
iM object the choice of men calculated to fill the
highest o.lice in the gill of a sovereign people to
if ’stow. It calls, Sir, loudly upon every inde
pendent man in our city, for unity of action, unity
of'concert, and-firmwess of purpose Jealous ought
ro to boos every right which we possess, but
none more so than in relation to the freedom of
election and the freedom of choice. When these
rights are attempted to be invaded and trampled
upon, no matter under what garb, it is the duty
of the people to rise in the majesty of their own
strength, and with one firm but unanimous effort
crush so uuhalitfwed a purpose in its beginning.
£\lr. Editor, I hivo perused a communication
some few days since, signed “ Civilis,’ and in your
last paper its prop, signed “ Sencx ” The old
Tvnn seems quite at a loss (whether it is from loss
of memory or loss of intellect I know* not) to con
osjive how the communication of Civilis’ should
have produced buc!i a sensation in nur city. Pro-
UiHU’ if he know v/hen and whore that communi
ration liad its and wiial was its real object.”
lie-would have been at no loss to have ascertained
tLat an attempt is making, which is to be carried
into execution at the approaching election, to de
stroy the freedom ot choice which as a people we
r f right possc?3 From frets too wollascertained,
and too well known to the people, he could have ;
been informed that a combination of u*eo, wedded
t ; a certain religious inßiitution in our city, which
institution was formed for far nobler purposes—
r.dioso object, vve wore bat a short time since told
by its President, was to win men to do good by
example, and not drive them by force—that this
institution hid determined to interfere in our ap
proaching City Election. From the same facts
jie could have been informed (if he was not pre
vioustv apprised of it) that a committee of that
institution find been appointed, whose duty it was
to ascertain fiotn candidates what their opinions
v-fMc ;! relation to a question wliich has lately
plated our city, before those candidate* shall
have had an oppcitunity fairly to have examined
>r discussed merit*, i Rave rcfoxencc to the
repeal of the existing ordinance of cur city, nu
t’v rzh* the fJtops to be kept open witil nine
fwV.nek oc tlie-Sakbatl; morning. And from the
f-aiii ‘ l’ictr, lie might have been further informed,
(•* Jo- was not previously.) tßit this roligirus in
rtitut:* n had unanimouyly resolved to v te lor no
<•-o-’ifutc who would not y.'rdje himself to £*atity
wssn qs in shutting up the shops; tJieieby
•’ nng ; jijt. secretly and imlirecily, which tlie no
i>!oi ol;erU ot that institution would not justify
i1 e and o openly and .avoweulv. Had Mr. “Se
- i - v I’C.'D aw’a:o <d these it rr.piaoi to me
J:’- ’Vp.*C uct have Lcen *o much ala less to ty
thorn the rci3oU3 why the communication of “ t i
vilis” sliould havo produced such a sensation in
our city
And, Mr. Editor, has it come to this, that, any
religious institution in our city shall be permittee
to bo turned into a political engine, to trample in
tire dust the free independent rights of our fellow
citizens?—that any rc’igious institution in Onr
city ahull be allowed to combine its united power
| and influence, and dictate to us not only who skull
1 he tiur rulers , but how those rulers shrill vote f—
i sch-ts it come to this, that any body ot rnen who
may think themselves more hly and sanctimoni
ous than their neighbors, shall be allowed to cram
down tho throats of independent men, their no
tions of whut is right and wrong —their notions
of who is a. man of virtue, morality and order
—and what arc the ft. qualifications of a,i Alder
wan ?
Mr Editor, whatever respect T may have for
tho holy Sabbath, and I have as much as any man
in the community—whatever respect I may have
for those institutions in our city which have a
tendency to make men better—yet as one of this
community I protest against such in tor bronco
and invasion of our rights ; 1 protest against such
holy a Vances; and if there is one particle of in
dependence left in our city—if there is still a re
deeming spirit which can be called forth—l trust
and hope it will be called forth with energy and
effect at the approaching election. Mr Editor,
the object as well as the attempt thus to deprive
our felluw.citizeus of t.ie freedom of choice) is too
well known not to be mot with firmness, decision
and energy ; for it recalls to the recollection of
every reflecting mind, too strikingly, t.hc old fa
ble of the fox wit h his tail cut off
A Friend to Liberal Principles , Morality
.und Religion , in their proper place.
- COMMUNICATED.
Fellow Citizens,
a he election of Aldermen to presido over your
fity is fist, approaching It becomes yonr duty
to be watchful, and to select such men as you are
sure will forward j’our interests—that ol the most
elevated, as well as the most humble individual ;
men who will use their utmost exertions to keep
tho city free from the interference of one or ano
thoi sect; and maintain the good order of our re
public as established by our ancestors.
S.oruo of you will bo earnestly solicited to vote
for a ticket made up for the puipose of crushing
your independence: it will bo stated to you, that
it is necessary to support it, to keep up morality
and decency —to keep up religion in our city.—
Bui can tins be the object ? I say no. Where is
the vib wretch who would not all Ills iudu
ence to preserve tho people's morality, and add
to their earthly bibs the happiness of religion;
Mo, fallow thanks to Heaven) xmr com
in unity is not so depraved. We may be of UaTer
e.i, sects, our worship may be different; but we
arc children of ihe same family, and are not to
he cast off. Wc will follow the creed we were
v- bj # ifcvUUUEjf r G.i.t-’ U.J. ...>
tcryi to make us hypocrites, and at tiie same time
follow tiio wise precepts of the found rs of our
republic, in abhorring principles that may become
loathsome to cur existence.
Let us return to the existing divisions of our
community in rega-d to the next election, and
let us calmly and dispassionately cXami'ffc the mo
tives that led to this unpleasant contest.
A highly respectable clas3 of our citizens ha v e
endeavored to mingle religion with politics ; a
questvm that’ has occupied the City Coun il du
ring several sessions, and has ultimately been left
to you to be decided through this electron. But
will you patiently submit? Will you suffer that
the dearest, the greatest blossing of your country,
Liberty of thought, should be wrested from you r
Would you willingly submit to bp the .slaves of a
code of religion, framed by ono sect for its own
benefit—its own interest ? As you will not, you
will prove to the State, you will prove to the
world, that you would not lend your hand in pro
moting a cause that ultimately wi|l destroy civil
liberty, and must Gause the people to use ener
getic means to restore what you hare uncau
tiously deprived them of. If your opinions coin
cide with mine, unite on the first Monday in next
month, and support men worthy of your trust and
confidence. PHILO-REI PUBLICS.
PEOPLE'S TICKET.
W. T WILLI VMS, J B GAUDRY,
Dr. WARING. B R CCJYLRR,
GEO. W OWENS, F, H. WEL MAN,
Cr W. ANDERSON, CIIAR-LES GILDON,
J P. WILLIAMSON, HEZEKIAH LORD,
THOMAS CLARKE, L. S IVLYON,
MjGIIAES BROWN, JACOB SHAFFER.
Tb*’ Postmaster General has, ns we see
it stated in various p ipers, authorized the
official j iarn tU *t Washington to declare,
that upon satisfactory evidence hr irtg pro
duced to him that any deputy Postmaster
uses his official station for political purpo
ses cither ou one side or the other, such
deputy shall forthwith ba discharged.—
Without cavilling about what under cfriain
circumstances would or would/lot be deem
ed satisfactory or sufficient pretbf, c can
not but admire the coolness and intrepidity
of the Postmaster general in thus publicly
denouncing penalties against any deputy 1
who might pervert his office to political pur*
poses, at the very moment when, as the
Chief of the whole Post Office Ivstihlish
mejp, ho himself is displacing by the hun
dred subordinate officers whose only of
fence for the most part i*, that they are not
of prevailing faith—and filling theit
places wjth men whose greatest aud indis*
jpetisable recommendation is the part they
have taken, uci will—the notice in the of
ficial to the contrary notwithstanding—
continue to take in politics. They uiM do
as their Chief does, no? cs ho says—and
will find their account in if. —wV. York yl-,
mcricaji.
A passerger in the steamboat Commerce,
has furnished us with the following infor
mation:—The ship John Wells, Captain
Curtis, is ashore on the Joe Flugge*. Site
got ashore about midnight, on Tuesday
night She has forty-five steerage passen
gers. The steamboat Commerce, yester
day on hur cay from Capo May, went se
veral miles out of her course in consequence
of seeing a Hit of
be living ©n board the John WsJls. She
U with ciry goods, salt and hardware,
she has boon 51 days on her psssage from
Liverpool* Shu was tight when the steam
boat was alongside, and took from her a
nother Pi nt named Marshal. The C<ipt.,
Curtis said the Meernge passengers wero
short of provisions, and from the length ol
the voyage he was hut til supplied bimsOif.
Before i he-steuui bout got out of sight, the
passengers saw a shallop nearing the John
VVeIH, and as tho Captain hud expressed a
dalnrnimntion to throw ovgr board, or put
on hoard a shallop, some part of his cargo in
tho hope of getting off rtoxt tide, we
may hope that she is now afloat We re
gret however, to add that the Pilot express
ed strong apprehensions for the safety of
the ship.— Phil, Dcm. Press.
Failures, wo- understand, are going on
briskly Boston; and the remark may be
applied to New England generally. Tim
diversion of capital to manufactures s, and
the manner of its employment therein, have
been the approximate causes of these dis
asters. Expensive sites, expensive build
ings, expensive labour, bad machinery and
had management, will sufficiently account
for nil that has happened, and ail that will
and must inevitably happen The origin 4 *)
manufacturers have nut felt the extreme of
the pressure,at*J Those only will avoid these
evifr who warily buy in ?:t reduced prices,
and with a full determination to lessen the
expenses of manageurrrrt. The salaries of
agents must, in many cases, be reduced,
and the wages of labour diminished. If a
surplus number of hands exists in the com
munity, let them bo turned over to Facto
ries. where they may e;irn more than idle
ness can give them: and let a home qiuiket
he supplied so far as commerce will not be
impoveiished and ruined.
’J Newburyport llerald.
Proper Resentment. —A young gentle*
man of this city, reluming home, at a cur
tain time, found his father with a gun at ihe
cellar stairs, and was toid tiiat the family
dog exhibited symtpms of hydrophobia.—
The news was extremely painful to the
■young m in, for ills attachment to the dog
very strong. Poor Ttay was soon
observed near a window, and a rope being
passed around his neck., he was dragged out
and thrown into tho dock, where it was
-upposed ho would of course per
ish. A sow days afterwards to his sui prise,
me young gentleman noticed his.old friend
fi'tuig in a tailor’s shop at some distance,
ia good health, and of sane mind. „Thc
dog, however, did not recognize the ec*
quaiitiance, nor would he ever take the leas!
notice of any cue of the family, but main
tained, at el! tiroes, an indignant reserve.
[New York Courier.
Amusin*.- The New York Coicrnercial
relates the following droll incident which
occurred at the Albany theatre on the even
ing of the 4th, while the battle of Now Chi
leans “was being” performed. The lidc
nun who shot General Packenham got
upon tiio couoii bags, and made a conside
rable preliminary fl tuiish, calling upon a
bye-stindor to see how he would hit tho
white plume; but his rdlo flashed in the
pan, and he was obliged to ask a cen4lem;i
on the other side, who must have been one
of tho enemy, of course, to accommodate
him with a “fresh primingl” On account
<>f this flash in the pat}, wo suppose tho
the situation of General Packenham, for u
few minutes, ‘may be more casdy imagin
ed than describe and.
From the Arkansas Gazette, July 15*
Removal of Troops. —The troops here
tofore stationed n Cantonment T.nvson,
on Rod River, at the mouth of the Kiame
nu, left that post on the 28th ult. fur Can
tonment Jesup, La. The foi trier post, it
will he rocollected, is to he abandoned, un
def a late order from the Department of
War, which leaves the Southern section of
our territory entirely destitute of protection,
except such as our own Miliiia can afford.
Destruction of Cantonment Towson. —
We had scarcely done penning tne above
paragraph, when we were informed, by a
loiter, a fr.\v after the United States
troops had taken their departure, a number
of desperate villians in a frolic , set fire to
the Barracks at Cantonment Towson, and
burnt them to the ground. The destruc
tion, we understand, t\ us complete, though
wo hud nut received any fmther particu
lars.—We presume that the names of the
duel'actors in this infamous trausactio/) are
known in Miller county, and we hope that
the proper steps will betaken to snake them
pay dearly tor iheii frolic.
Dari;?* Villainy. —The dwelling house
of Mr s;;ter # in Dudley, was entered on ■
Friday night last, by a band of villains* A !
young lady of the house hearing a noise
jelovy, went down stairs, and on arriving at
the foot of the stairs, was seized and beat
in so shameful a manner, that her recovery
was considered doubtful. Yesterday, we j
understood, there were more hopes of her i
recovery. After bluing her they made
fhoir escape fiom the house. Mr. Slater
as absent. It is expected they were after
a large sum of money which had been sent
to Mr. Slater tbo day previous, but luckily
the agent had it in his possession.
[S outhbridge Register.
Tragical Occurrence. —Yesterday morn
ing, between 5 and (3 o’clock, Mr. Joseph
L. Hays, accompanied by the owner of a
runaway slave, found him standing in Han
ove*. square in front of Mr. Reinsen’s store.
The colored man, whose name is Guineas,
who is at least jS feet high, and proportion
ately stout, refused to go with his owner
.uid the uificer; and when Mr. Hays was*
about to take him by the arm, Gaines drew
a knife, and warned them not to touch him.
Mr. Hays, however made a second and
third attempt to seise him, and received
two severe cuts across the wrists After
this lie commanded assistance when a gen
eral scuffle took place, and Gaines aimed
a thrust at Mr. Hay’s body, who in ward
jug it off received a severe cut in one cvf his
thighs. Notwithstanding’ the loss of blood
and the danger lie was in, ho moM coura
geously continued his exertions until he had
Gaines secured, put upon a cart, and then
rode up to Bridewell, with his prisoner, co
vered with blood. Gaines also made an
attempt to stab his master, but he warded
off the blow with bis cane, which he broke
over his slave's head. Some of the bye
stauders say, that the owner snapped n pis
tol at Gaines, but we did not ioe it It v.as
owing to a tiiiht built, but small cartman,
that Gaines was thrown, and his knife tak
en from him, otherwise, no man can tell
what furiher injury be might have done.—
jy. York Gazette.
One of the cle.k?. in a respectable Mer
cantile bouse in South st was sent yester
day morning to the bank with nearly I,G ‘G
dollars in checks and bills to deposit On
his way to the hank, he had occasion to
stop in an office in Walls!, and, to his ut
ter dismay, fomu! that all bis money
gone. He forthwith returned to his em
ployers and informed them of his
They immediately despatched u messenger
to the several banks on which they were
drawn, and stopped the payment ol ti;cai.
A notice was then prepared and sent to onr
office, to be placed on the bulletin, when
we had the giabdication of informing the
hearer of it that tlioro was no occasion for
such a step, as the checks and money were
in the possession of a respectable merchant
in Pearl st. vvhp liad picked them up near
Coentiesslip, and immediately gave us no
tice of the fact. It appears that tho young
man carried his bank book loosely in lus
hand, and that the checks &r. dropped out.
This will be a lesson to him and to others
to be more cautious in future.- Ib.
New York, August 14,.
Serious Affair ■—Yesterday morning a
black fellow was brought before the magis
trates, on tho charge of wounding Joseph
L. Hays, one of the City Police Officers,
witli an evident intention to k*il brut. It
appears that Hays went with a gentleman
from tho South, to arrest the prisoner as a
fugitive slave, named Gaines. They found
htm in Hanover Square, and on Toing ar
rested be brandished a large knife and
stabbed at the officer so as to cut through
his pautolouns on tho right leg, and differ
ent parts of his coat, without hitting the
ffrsb. He succeeded, however, in inflict
ing u very serious wound in the left leg,
laying the flesh open to the bone, and we
boliove, severing the fenjer.il artery; tho
kurfo struck tho bo;je and glanced uff on
tho outside, burifit had sttuck half an inch
nearer tho body, or if it had taken an in
ward direction, instant death would have
been the consequeuce. The right wrist of
Mr. Hays wis also cut to the bone nearly
all round, fie did not let tiie prisoner go,
however, but held on till someone assisted
i.ioi, and until ha in fact, fainted from loss
of blood. A large stick was broken over
tho fellow's head before ho was secured,
uud both prisoner and officer were taken to
the Court at the samePmo.
Mr. Hays continued in a very weak and
low state all day, and it was not until after
noon, that he was well enough to h‘, * mo
■ved to his own bemso. He is a good oificer,
and has n wife and family. Gaines was
and will probalfly take his trial
at the next term of the Court of General
Sessions.
From the Albany Argus.
Perpetual Motion. —We were much gra*
lified yesterday \vi,h the result of a self
moving machine, which may be seen at
Bowlsby’s Merchant's H td, in State sr.
and which the inventor culls a perpetual
mu (ion.
And wo have no doubts of its being near
er a perpetual self-moving principle than
any invention that has proceeded it, and as
Qoar as any wo ever shall sop. Its great
niuiit, aside from its practical uses, is its
simplicity, and the certainly and readiness
with v Inch you perceive that it covers no
tripk or deception. li is little else than an
i!!psiruliou of one of the most ob/jous l aws
of nature. The agent is the atmospheric
air, bearing directly, by means of perpen
dicular boxes and oblique tubes, upon the
buckets of a wheel which is propelled with
proatHi or less velocity ; but which is con
stantly propelled, and “will continue to run,
without the possibility of cessation, whilst
the materials of which it is formed last, and
ihe present laws of nature continue.”
The inventor is Mr Richard Van
of Q. leans county, in this State, who gives
it as the result of five six years’ applica
tion to the subject. Ho is n venerable man,
communicative and intelligent, ai>d describe
ed as highly respectable by several citizens
of the west, oo v*hso representations''en
tire reliance r, y bo He affects no
mystery; but cieatly and sitisfactei ily ex
plains the arcana of the machine.
It ought to be looked at by the curious
in such matters, at least as a novel and in
| geni ms invention, which may ho applied to
many usefql purposes.
Iu (he Supreme Court. —At rccont ,
session of this Court, a case was determin* j
ed of sonac interest (o merchants and the j
profession.
The defendants were co-partners, doing j
business in Alabama, and in Now York, un- j
dor distinct names. One of the firm resi
ding in that State, tho others in New York.
A lull of Exchange drawn i)V ono branch
of the house on the ether, and accepted*
had been tV.liy secured, and payment there
of provided for by assignment of cc-part
nership propufty. But assignee
wishing tn put the payment cf i! Li debt off
un the private property of one oi the part
ners resiiiing in Now York, refused to pay
this bill of exchange to the holders'until
ihov should institute a suit thereon, against
such partner, recover judgment oguinst him,
and assign it to tho assignee, who might
thus levy on such partner's private moans.
Accordingly, a suit was comuienced in Al
abama oh iho bills by the nMJers,
*“ IC , vu \ r . .
” a ‘ n ". which V
• V: "° “* cmcr i<u.-u s Y7 ’
paiiner* 0.11 of ihe Si-,ie v “ 1 *! n
H there be no retem w,d/„/,?
service upon either partner Hi, ri “
covered the pHMn. n
a™ York, of*hum !,„) , ‘S,
tu Ala bam a. Ut Ver {j tfj
Upon .his judgment so recov r ,
“ m ‘ w:,s Uougm in the SuG, Cl ,# c.
and the defendant ai.ne.l at L| ’ , C <W
in suhsimice, that he lud never s' 1 ,
nay ol (lefeiiiliog himselfut ih e ,
at Alabama, *„.„„**,in,
tor up judgments against aii Sl .„. ‘°tn.
present partners. And the nrir/ T ri| t
tion on tho pleadings, was, on’ ‘ i‘ P? ’ qae ’
ot that statute, and dieeiloct ofs | Vi * l^it y
men! under tho act of Congress /Hi
that judgments, recovered in either'/^
would have the same effect in 't l ,le .
in that where it,h. old he rec t
The iudfces Ol the Superior C<H, r ,\ .
od in f .v-.r of the defendant, a„d l
the judgment in Alabama, WM ~f ‘^t
in tho State of Now York .. t8 ct
defendant, who had not eh n „J’
defending himself in the origin,') suT"-’ ‘ f
ing the constitutional right c! eve, ’" bl1,
h ,v * PP®rtunity of con,;/://
plainnft. title to recover in a civil,,, i “ B
fore ho should be subjected to l oss , ’be
perty or liberty, by judgment of C u W ' P "”
Upon tins principle, t 1 ,9 courts „r ,l.
State may be obliged to set aside thei.
jjutfemeaii in like cases, where
under an act of assembly, empower!,
courts to enter up judgments against ,L„
j joint debtors, thought not served with D ,
’cess. P ro *
Counsel for Plaintiffs, Mr. . .
Mr. Strong. For Defendant, Mr.sulliv ar
Ifarrisburgh , (Penn.) Aug \\
distressing- On Thursday | as ,*HcL
; Shubert, son of Mr. lienry Shubert
j Lykens Valley, in this county, eged about
j3 years, who bad been playing about hi*
1 fat bet's mill dam, wns suddenly missin?-
! The mill which had been in operation, w a *
| immediately stopped, a.nd search made kr
j the cbilJ, whose body was at length disco
jv: rod under the gate of tho fore bay, and
; notwithstanding the gtcaieel exertions were
! made, it was nearly an hour before the gate,
I which was tightly jamed between the body
and the floor of the mill, could be opened
I nd the body returned to the bereaved pa?
i rents.
Frqm the Dover Inquirer.
Abdallah Hamed, the Turk.—Tills
noted personage at length proves to be a
plain Yankee boy. He has been travelling
the country, for two or three years in ik*
character of an Asiatic Turk, whom mil
fortune had cast among us, and enLsiing not
n small share of lire sympathies of many
who saw him, —more particularly of those,
whose knowledge of the Latin Language
enabled thorn to converse with hi®, and
understand the tale of Lia morfortune, as lie
spoke no other.
The first late accounts we have had of
him, was from Saco, Maine, where he gave
his genealogy and history and palmed him*
sell oft'for f; genuine Turk without enccun*
tei ing suspicion. Ills father, he said, was
at tho bead of a literary Seminary in Asia,
ami former!) an officer in the armyofibo
Sultan. He had a brother u merchant at
Damasoas w ho traded by caravans to Smyr
na, at which latter place he had been a
clmk, diiii from whence she sailed for St.
W. f in a vessel commanded bv a
Greek, jo the capacity of a clerk. Tiiii
part of iho story was confirmed by nismeu*
.'ioning the* name of the merchant to wliom
the carg?> was consigned, a Greek, who w*
known to a gentleman residing in S co, who
had frequently been in that Island, as a ret*
pectablo merchant who traded to Smyrna.
On this voyage, the vessel was taken ty
the pirates and he, with another youth, pul
into an open beat and sent adrift; were w*
ken up bv an English vessel and carried to
Quebec, where lie arrived about eigty
months since. His companion diedsoult
after their arrival. * •
With the above account of himself, tl
appears that he had been travelling in
Maine, hoaxing most intolerably the good
citizens of that state; he arrived in
town on Tuesday, tas-t, with letters and
other papers fium respectable and literary
men, to show that he was the sauie unkJ*
lunate foreigner he represented hiir.sei ®
be. The second day after his arrival
n letter was received in town from a e-”
tic man in Portsmouth, wh&reheHa P
viously been, stating that he was so
ter, and that evidence
had been obtained to convict hf®- * ® fcj>
immediately arrested and carrier “V-isit i
mouth, when, for some time, he P‘ ,! *
in asserting the truth of his naiTa!N c >
the fear of incarceration, wliich ’’ as
uttsly threatened, induced bin? !0
for the timm his TuikLb charade* an
come a real Yankee, ? n which charac*“^
1 gave the following account oi
i hisadventmesatnong iho ; ‘wi 3 e vit ,L U J
| —which we cupy from lha * Ol J ‘
VlirV ber3
j “I am frcm r. * cw ,
!my parents now live. My Either ‘
j and like many other P ar ® Dts ,
| strange prejudices ng.upst ail wo* •
! lie was always uneasy when he
in my hand, and I was always u..- c j
out. When very young, some *„ Jf|} .
making L ; ‘tin into my baiuJ.
dying this and a few ether GOh * ( -jf f*‘
frequent practice, I have made n '^ J f
miliHr with tlx? use olthai Ungn*-6 C * .
never received any tegular educ
understand no other cX '’. •
lish. And even my Latin 1S * / >r I
good as t-)at of Livy dnn „ < rr j, s tero#
quemly find tv.y tenses n tne .
My declension of the nouns t ‘ . f fl
and I often make a sUauge nii-J ffl y
the genders. did not reco
tenanca of Gen. j, A tr^ *
tho cikCumstaiiCA o*
the 3 a lj In Vit-s, *i *'* W