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THURSDAY MORXIXG, OCTOBER. 15, >B2O.
The rumor that Mr. Ruh had failed in his at
tempt to negotiate ioan for $1 000.000, for the
corporation of Washington, is contradicted in the
New-Yoik Courier It is said he will be able to
• obtain it of English capitalists at 6 per cent, hut
is waiting to ascertain if it cannot be obtained
from Holland on better terms.
We perceive by the Mobile Register, that the
schooner Walter E. Hycr, Capt. Seaward, which
cleared at New Orleans 10th Sept for Savannah,
put into that port on the 28th, in distress, having
sprung a leak. Her cargo consists of lead and
molasses. ...
Mr. Crockett, of Tennessee, somewhat cele
brated daring the last session of Congress, has
been re-elected a member by m large majority.
ELECTION RETURNS.
Counties. Congress.
Gilmer. Crawford. Lamar. L'hariton
Baldwin, 486 It’ 272 282
Bnts, 560 89 193 293
Crawford, 345 252 323 257
Effingham, 22 97 104 9
fiber*, &>7 57 563 254
ranklin, 961 117 199 893
roene, 743 21 6(55 20
Houston, ~ 327 187 251 . 256
Jasper, 714 319 _..565 300
Jetforson, ih-7 240 3/3 10
Jones, 518 403 631 3^o
Lincoln, . 43J 15 172
Monroe, 242 481 640 307
Morgan, 599 52 209 219
Newton, 450 689 611 319
Putnam, 677 245 86 642
Upson, 429 “267 - 560 167
- - r - ■ ■
Whole total, 10234 8613 13065 8345
State Legislature.
The gentlemen first named in the County rep
resentation, are Senators. i
Morgan —Nisbet.Penrman. Wade, Leonard. j
Baldwin— Watson. Worsham, Hepburn.
.Yncton —Lnckre. Neal, Teirv.
Greene —Stocks, Cone, Rea, Lewis.
Putts —Hendricks, B dley.
Jasper— Hardeman, Loyal!, McLendon, Price.
Cm irford — Everett. Wor nor.
Jlovston —Cobb, Killen . -
Jones —Clow ers, Jordan, Iverson, Stevens, No
thorn.
Up son —Turner, Greene.
Fmuklin —Anderson, Ash, Beall. Patrick.
£;brrt —Tate, Oliver. Allen. Hern* g.
Lincoln —Be dl, Currv, Barksdale.
Jrjf Gamble, Cowart, Stapleton.
Washington— Tennille. Hicklin, Curry, Safv/iJ.
Montgomery —Me Kca. Ryals.
M >nroe —haitle, Phillips, Smith, Simmons.
rikt —Firgor, Adams
The Boston Patriot says, that at a late review
m Filchbuig, in that State, a company from one
town was among the missing. The reason was,
every individual who had been chosen an officer,
declined ‘he honor. It was oifered to the minis
ter ; but he, not being of the church militant, re
fused. -
Through the politeness of Sears, of the
brig Progress, arrived last evening, we have been
favored with Boston papers to the 6th instant;
thev convey, however, littlo intelligence of in
terest. The following is extracted from a Price
Current of that city, of the sth:
Cotton —The market has been quite inactive
during the week, and the sales are of little im
portance *, about 150 bags Upland changed hands,
at 9} a 10J cents, 6 mo. The quotations Ft# :d
thus: Up’and, 81 a 101 ; Alabama, 9a 11 ; New
Orleans, 10 a 12; do. superior, 12| a 13 1-2; S.
Island, 22 a 30; Marar.haru, 15 a 17; Surinam,
15 a 17.
Rice. —Seles of ordinary quality at 2 1-2 a 2 5-8,
and good at 3 cts per lb. We quote it at $2,75
a $3,12 1-2, per 100 lbs.
Rumors from Washington say with great
confidence that JVI -jor Eaton has tendered
to the President his resignation of the War
Department —that it will be accepted, and
that as an equivalent for a resignation which
is not supposed to bo entirely a matter of
choice, Major Eaton will be sent Minister
Plenipotentiary to in place of Mr.
Middleton, who to serve the turn, is to-be
recalled. From all accounts, ihe Cabinet
is in a state of no small uproar. General
Jackson says he never knew what trouble
was before—a fact which we can readily
believe ; for to read all the certificates, let
ters and recommendations addressed to him
bv the innumerable host of applicants and
ih< ir friends, most of itseli be a task c * an
irou frame and an angel’s patience. There
i* h shrewd guess afloat, that the retire
ment of Major Eaton will lead to the re
signation of the President himself—and
then aliens for Mr. Calhoun.
Richmond Whig,
Piracy . —The sch. Perry. Cap*. Hood
ley, from B irracoa, just arrived at this
poll, was brought to, lat. 30, lon. 69, on
lire outward bound passage, by a piratical
schooner, which hoisted Columbian colors,
and ordered Capt. Hoodless to get not his
boat, and come on board. Capt. 11. told j
him he could not, but the captain of the |
schooner compelled him to do it ; the pi* ’
rates then hoarded the Perry, and took, out j
part of her cargo ; they then let Capt. H. I
and his vessel go, and he proceeded on his
voyage. The S< liooner was painted black,
with a white streak, about 6l) tons burthen,
and manned principally with Spf*'ards.
S\ Y. Gaz. Octi,
Ventilation. —Avery effectual mode of
ventilating a close room, is to open the
window, and then move the door quickly
backwards and forwards Let tu.y one try
it in a bed room, and he will see by the
waving of the curtains both of the windows
and the bed, how forcibly this pumping of
air acts. The nonsense about making peo
ple hardy by exposing them to cold air,
ought to meet with no quarter —for com*
fntable sensations are necessary to health
—but every one ought to inculcate the
free use of ifirsh air ; and by the pumping
proc* ss wo have described, fresh air may
be sent into every hole and corner of a
house in two or three.ininut>s. It is es
peci lly productive of comfort in & dining
room, when the cloth is removed, by dissi
pating the fumes of the meat, and restoring
a cool and pleasant temperature.
[London paper.
Ofal! lha ahamotecs mWpres*ntationa
which have boon Grade to jusri r V the ptp
scription ofj*bK wtid faithful public office**,
ibat contained in ihe Louisville Public
Advertiser, in the following words, is the
climax :
“.It i9 notorious that Ms. Bradley hud
become superannuated • and that the infir
mities incident to extreme old age Tendered
1 him JUBCjunipeUiiit-to prompt and sucoss*
! (id discharge of tire accumulating duties fhqit
devolved upon the Assistant Post Master
General. Ag© had deprived/him of the
bodily vigor and menu*! energy required in
such a station ; and the public interest de
manded that her should be made to give
j phee to an individual who is in the full
possession of those attributes.’
Thw statement is notoriously untrue and
without the slightest foundation. Mr. A*
braham Bradley, who is here referred to,
was proverbially one of the most efficient
as well as faithful public officers that ever
lived. We very much donbt whether he
has now his superior in the United S'ates,
in all the requisi’os for j*uch a station as that
which ho lately Riled ; and, so far from
being superannuated, he is in the lull vi
gor of mental and manual energy, and can
perlorm, himself, the work of half a dozen
common men.
The United States and Sweden.—The
particulars of the late correspondence be
tween the Swedl-h Charge des AfTaiViS, and
i our Secietary of Ssate, on the subject of the
I condemnation of the vessel cut out of the
j harbor of St. Bartholomew, we are now in
clined to think were stated in
the New York letter, of which we some
days ago published u extract. We hear
that the Representative of Sweden is far
from entertaining any feeling on tht? subject,
and that the affair is Dot likely to be the
subject of misunderstanding between the
two Governments.. We learn from a
j source that wo confide in, that Baron
■ Stackrfberg bid protest against tho'decis
• ion of Judge Br-ickeoridge in the case,
and especially -gains) the language of fits
‘decree towards the Swedish authorities;
and that Jhs protest was properly and res
pectfully leceived. We hoard a different
account of the matter ourselves some weeks
arid are not tiieref ue at nil surprised
[that the writer of-the.Ntjw. York loiter
• should have mistaken the f tc'is.
f i\at. Intelligencer.
A netv article in market. —A gentleman
some iLy id-st week applied to one of ,our
most respectable merchants for the purpose
of disposing ok-11 barrels of Potash. He
bad been off, red a handsome advance on
the artich , 8 barrels of wnich had been for
some time lyieg in our village store houses,
but he declined it, wishing, vis he said, to
realize the full value of the ashes. An of
fer was made ; l thought it 100 low and
i talked ab ut taking it to New York, but
upon mature consideration, be mg rather
pressed for cash, ho determined to sell it
here, and the bargain was concluded——the
weight of his ashes carefully ascertained,
and an order given to open one of the bar
rels. This was the work of a few minutes
■ —the article was examined, and instead of
Potash it was discovered to be uothing
more than lime stone ; another barrel was
| opened and again nothing but lime stonb
was f-'Utsd. Tin* fellow, no doubt affected
by the disagreeable sound of opening *he
j barrels, immediately quit the premises and
! has not yet appeared to claim his pay for
his new and improved article of Potash.-
Iln called his name Clark, but it is proba
ble that his cognomen .was assumed only
for the occasion, and that when he again
attempts to sell Potash, he will discaid it
for one with which he may hope to prove
more successful in ap aitemut at fraud.—
The whole eleven barrels were filled with
*
Lime stone.— Utica Observer.
Jamaica.— -Wc understand it po be the
intention r f the Lords #f the Admiralty Jo
join the North American and West India
N val Station, under the command of ‘a
Rear Admiral—Bermuda to he the head
quarters; but as the Dock Yard there writs
not be ready until next year, it is reported
that Admiral Fleeming has had the option
of remaining for twelve months longer, but j
has declined. The command of this sta- :
tioir was i ff. rj and to two drstingurslied Ad
mirals- both of whom declined ; the princi
pal objection made by these officers was the
ruinous state of the Admiral’s Pen, which
induced the Lord High Admiral to direct
that the prescut N .val Commander in
Chief should nni make a permanent resi
dence in any particular island, so that the
benr.fi , which Jamaica has hitherto exclu
sively derived by the residence of an Ad
miral, will now be shaied bv the"*other
islands.— Jam Courant and Advertiser
Great Batik Robbery. —The following
particulars of ihe robbery of the L<uisvilia j
Branch of the B ink of the Commonwealth, j
on ’he evening of the 17th nit. are given in
the Kentucky Commentator :
The front door ol the Bank was observed ;
to be open by Isaac 11. Tyler, E*q. and
his sister in law*, as they returned from a
visit to his brother’s house, on tho same lot ;
w ith the B.ink, about 9 o clock in the eve- ‘
ning. Mr Tyler knocked anil called at
j the door; but finding there was nobody i
within, he procured a light, and had Mi.
Buckles, who lives in the same house in
winch the Bank is kept, called .tip. They ;
entered the B tnk together, and found the
iron chest open, with the key in the lock ;
the front door open ; the side door, from a
passage in the house, lucked inside, with
one, of a bunch of five kevs, in the door,—
■ * ‘
A parcel ot change tickets, some in bun
dles, some loose, somo promissory notes,
and others papers, were lying upon a settee
and on the floor. They sent immediately
for ‘he clerk of the bank, (Mi. Clark,) who
came with the proper key of the side*deor
in his pocket, and examined, with them,
into what had happened, after which they
closed the bank, aud gave notice to tin
watch and such others as they deemed ne
cessary.
Tho cashier, Mr. Payne, lives in the
1 country. When he came into town, in the
morning, he made an examination *s to the
extent of the loss. All the money, except
two or three hundred dollars in change
tickets, was taken. The amount, he stales,
was about $25,085, consisting of gsf>o, in
U. S. Bank notes, of S2O each ; 220 in
notes of live Illinois Bank ; 100 in notes of
the Commercial Bank of Louisville ; the
remainder in notes of the Bank of Cotn
’ mmiwealth and Branches, of SIOO, 50, 20,
I 10, 5,3, and 1, principally tied up in
* -bundles of a handl ed notes —i U. S. Bank
i note of SSO, belonging to an individual,
was also taken, and a bundle of papers was
missing.
The door leading Into the street was a
strong double door, fastened by two iron
bars inside, which were removed. The
side door into the passage was locked with
a common knob lock, which one of the five
keys (a new our) fitted. The key of the
iroo chest, -containing the notes, was left,
where it had long been kept, in a case with
pigeon holes, hid under the papers; here
the thief fmi&d it, with little trouble, by re
moving the papers from only two pigeon
holes. There was certainly a great want
of care and caution in this mode of secu
ring the bank and disposing of the keys.
Ordination. —On Thursday of last week,
the Presbytery of Newburyport met in
Boston for the purpose of ordaining as mis
isinmries and evangelists, sixteen young
men who had recently completed their the
ologoal studies. Messrs. C. M. Putnam,
P. v v '. Warriner, C. W . B bbi*t, H. Shedd,
J IV. VVead, J M Rowland, H. O. Hig
ley, A. H Reed, and M. M. Post, who are
expected to become missionaries in the
; Western States, under the patronage of
The American Missionary Society; Messrs.
Harrison Allen, William Hervey, Cutting,
Marsh, aim Hollis Reed, as missionaries to
the heathen, under the direction of The
j Aineiican Burnt! of Foreign Missions ; and
Messrs. A. R. CLik, H. Little, and J K.
Y expected to become agents of The
American Education Society. Messrs.
Allep-and Marsh are expected to join some
of the Indian missions among the Indians
of this continent. Messrs Hervey and
will probably join the mission
I to Bombay.
! Tha public services on the occasion were
iin Park street Church. The introductory
! prayer was by the Rev. Dr. Spring, of the
icitv of New York ; the sermon by the Rev.
Dr. M’DowoH, f Ei.z bethtown, N J.
from Luke xiv 21, 23 ; the consecrating
prayer by the R-*v. Mr. Perry, of Bradford;
the chaigo bv the Rev. D.. Dana, cl New
buryport ; the ligfil hand of fellowship by
the Rev. Mr. Proudfi;, of Newburyport;
and the concluding prajer by tiie R v.
Mr. White of John’s Island S. Carolina.
I ‘ N. E. Palladium.
Boston, Sept. f9.
Besides the burning of u>e chimney uear
Wuinesimmet ferry ou Sundfiy afternoon,
the alarm of fire was given from three dif
ferent quarters about the same lime. One
was the roof of the old stable attached to
tho house of Wm. Parsons, Esq. Summer
street, ihe other from the roof of a small
wooden budding next above the house of
Perrin May, Esq. Washington near Hollis
street, both occasioned by sparks from bur
ning chimnies. The weather being cold
and windy on Sunday caused many parlour
fires to be lighted ou that day, and many
chiumiesdicing foul, took fire. Some cau
tion, should be observed on this head. The
Bakery of Mr. Simpson, MyTtle Court,
look fire, it is believed from a flaw in the
chimney. In each case there was but tri
fling damage*.
| Lightning. —On Friday afternoon, sev
eral buddings in towns to tiie east .**f us
: were struck with lightning. In B xford, a
laree barn was struck, set on fire, and v*iih
■ iis vatu ible covitems tutally destroyed. In
Marblehead, the rof of a dwelling house
jvrs shattered. In Gloucester, the bridge
fvas Stiuck, and one ol its posts shattered.
The lightning then passed to the toll house,
destroyed the cliimney ami knocked down
two? of six men who sheltered there. It
I next knocked down an ox and the driver
of a, team. A bun in that lowu was also
considerably injured
New-Orleans, Sept. 19.
FROM MEXICO.
By the brit William, which arrived this
■ morning from VVra Cfuz, where she left
on the 3d ins-, we have received the fol
lowing inter/ sting news:
Seat of War. —On the 19th instant I
arrived at my bead quarters in this village,
where I heard that the enemy was march
ing against Ahamira with new forces. Not
wii tiding the scarcity of my troops I re
| solved to go and surprise their head quar
j tors at Tampico de Tamauiipas, where
they had left a garrison 600 men strong.
Tims, on the night of the 20th, payi g no
i attention the Spanish armed boats lay-
ing there, l crossed tire river with 400 men
of the line and a few civicos , (militia,) who
:at the distance of a guu shot fired a few
; guns, and thus prevented the best calcula
ted surprise.
f Btn at that moment no other means were
left but to march forward, and at 2 in the
| morning we entered the city amidst a heavy
i firing directed against us. The enemy was
successively 7 dislodged from all the posi
tions they occupied, and were obliged to
take refuge in two fortified points, protect
ed by an armed boat lying in the river.—
The firing lasted until two in the afternoon, 11
at which hour the enemy hoisted a white
flag, and manifested a dtsiio to capitulate
and lay down their arms.
YV e were about to conclude the capitu
lation, when Gen, Bar rad as appeared with
the whole of the Spanish army, and not
withstanding the superiority of his forces,
be under-ham! manifested tho desire that I
should retreat to my Imad quarters, from
w hence we would be able to commence ne
gotiations.
Mv situation at this time wu critical,
u and I got out of it gloriously, Concedim; as
a flivor wh t necessity Imperiously tMiged
me to do, and taking advantage of that con
juncture, 1 came out of the city , diums
beating and colors flying, passing through
the Spaniards.
If the Gen. La Garza hid harassed the
enemy dinitg this retrograding march, the
22d of August might have been the last day
of existence of the pretended vanguard of
rhe Spanish army. But it has not been so,
and I could only do what I did.
The loss of the enemy was 82 killed and
wounded ; and ours 54 wounded and 1/
killed. ‘
The advantages which are the result of
tVrs glorious victory are incalculable. Fhe
enemy have learned what is tho Mexican
valor ; they have lost forever AUaniira,
and wo have reduced them to the only
point which they now occupy, and from
which they can get out only by surrender
ing themselves.
God and Liberty.—Head Quarters at
Puoblo Viejo of Tampico, August 24ih,
1829. SANTA ANNA.
From the Raleigh Register.
Plumbago or Black Lead. —ln Profes
sor Olmsted’s Geological Report, he states,
that he has never read of any Mine ot
Plumbago which can compare in extent,
with that discovered in this county. It is
not only of very great extent, but the ore
itself is of a superior quality. It is, howe
ver, comparatively, but of small value, ow
ing to the limited, use made of it.—
We trust, however, that sooner or later, it
may he found advantageous to manufacture
this article among ourselves. Every fresh
instance, therefore, of the uses to which it
may be applied, should be made known for
the benefit of the public. It is stated in a
late London paper, that the application of
it to the works of clocks and watches, is
likely to supersede oil. Tho plumbago is
prepared by repeatedly griuding and wash
ing it over, by which means, the gritty par
ticles that occur, even in the best black
lead, are roihoved, and which, ts allowed
to remain, would neutralize every advan
tage tHe pure plumbago is found to give.—
This done,-the prepared substance is ap
plied with a 1 camel hair pencil, either in
the stale of powder or mixeJ up with a
drop or two of pure, spirit of wine. It
readily adheres to the surface ot a steel
pivot, as well as to the inside of the hole
in which it runs, so that the rubbing sur
faces are no longer one metal upon another,
but plumb igo upon plumbago These sur
faces, by their mutual action, speedily ac
quire a polish only inferior to that of the
diamond, and then the retardation of the
machine from friction is reduced almost to,
nothing, and wear and tenr from this cause
is totally prevented. An astronomical
clock, made by Mr Herbeit, of which the
pivot and holes, and teeth of the escape
wheel, had been covered on their rubbing
parts with fine plumbago fourteen years be
fore, was not long ago taken to pieces by
a Committee of the Society of Arts and
examined ; the surfjeos of plumbago were
found to be for the most part unbroken and
highly polished, aud neither the pivots nor
sockets appeared, on examination with;
high magnifiers, to have undergone the
slightest degree of wear.
A gentleman who lives in tiie lower part j
of this State informed us, a few days since,-
that he has used plumbago altogether on 1
the axles of his carriage, for several years, j
It is said, that if the axles and bushes of;
the wheel be true, a carriage may safely be ,
run one hundred and fifty miles with once!
using a composition of black lead mixed with |
lard or Uliuw. The same gentleman says,
it is used in nearly all the mills and ma
chines in the lower country, where there is
much friction. It may also be used advan
tageously for painting tiie roofs of houses,
by mixing it with rosin and oil, aud then j
applying it. Three coats of it thus prepar- ;
td, will render wood almost fire proof.
Prom the Cumberland Civilian.
The Execution. —We have detained our
paper beyond the usual hour of publication,
to day, in order to give some account of the
execution of tho ill-fated George Swearin
gen, which took place this day on the west
bank of Will's creek, in the vicintiy of the
town.
At ten o’clock precisely, Swearingen was
taken from the jail, from whence he pro
ceeded on foot to the place of execution, es
corted by six different companies ot infan
try, five of which were from the neighbor
ing counties of Bedford and Somerset ; who
attended at the special invitation of Sheriff
Beall.
When arrived at the place of execution,
Sweat ingen ascended the scaffold, attended
by the Sheriff', the Rev. John Miller, Rev.
C. B. Young, Rev. N. B. Little, Rev. L.
I. Johns, and Rev. H. Haverstick. The
Rov. Mr. Miller then commenced the ce
remonies by singing a hymn and offering
up a prayer ; after which he delivered a
very feeling and able address to the multi
tude of people who had assembled to wit
ness the execution. When he concluded,
the Rev. Mr. Young addressed the Tin one
of Grace in a feeling and appropriate prayer.
Another hymn was then sung, and an ap
propriate prayer was offered by the Rev.
Mr. Johns. After singing another hymn,
and the Clergymen severally shaking hands
and bidding the unfortunate man a “ God’s
help,” the rope was adjusted, qnd the cap
drawn over his face by the Sheriff
Tasevcinl questions then put by the
Rev. Mr. Little, relative to his prospects
of future salvation, he observed that he
4 ‘ died in peace with all the world, with his
God, and with an unshaken hope of a glo
rious resurrection.” A few moments be
fore the fall of the platform, he stated to
the Sheriff and the Rev. Mr Little, in re
lation to some particulars previously givep
by him to them, that they were true, and
declared them to be so, in the presence of
the‘Judge of ail the earth.’ The Rev.
Mr. Little then continued to exhort and
comfort him with the declarations and pro
misrs of the Saviour, until 20
fore 12 o’clock, who ,U„
his lest moment had arrived Jii" 11 "’
plailnrm drop from under him l <!t l ' 1 “
The R*v. Mr. Little, aim i ,
Iftl his lasil moment, understood bil i*
(as he had previously Sa j,| ‘*•**,
Cod be merciful to me a , {')-
Jesus receive mv spir.ii !” an and he ( |,,ul ‘"'" l
ou. much struggling or appu.em
The perncular. comrnunic ,ted 1 ,
firmed m h.s hs. momems, we me £ f
to procure, l,p, understand the, a ‘T
facts in relation to the deed for hicl i*
had to pay the forfeit of his life . V' 9
confession, however, (n,! e ~**'*>l
Mr. Little,) is to he published
weeks, every fact and circua, B ta 11C e ,1,
m tin, murder, &c. will he given
The multitude that assembled to wii„
the last moments of tins unfortunate bein’ 5
has been variously estimated ai f lom 4fk ;’
to 6000 souls ; we should conclude |, °
ver, that there were between 4and'ooo?’
From the Albany Argus.
Singular subject of suit.— Amongst iU
various suits tried at the late Circuit Cos. *
held iu this county, before Judge
there was one, of which the subject matu’
of action was so peculiarly carious and s
vel, that it attracted much interest i n i n ’
investigation, and speculation as to the r
suit. •
It was an action of trover, brought bv
Messrs; Curtis, Brighton and Thorn I
gainst a Mr. M* # ***, and seven other per.*
sons, for tho recovery of the v-ilue of an E*
gyptian Mummy. On the triul u appear.’
ed that the plaintiffs had advertised the
mummv for exhibition at a public house in
the. village of Ronsselaerville, in this coun
ty. about about a year ago, and the defeud,
ants, being young Corinthians of the vicini
ty* and two or thiee of them students ih
doctor's simp, hid determined to dissect
this wonder of the ancient arts with greater’
scrutiny than any of the ancient Magi h a( L
yet done, since it left the catacombs.
a word, it was clear the young disciples „f
Esculapius were bent upon a familiar inter
view and frolic with Miss Mummy, without
regard to her age or dignity or rank. Ac
cordingly, about midnight, they unde a
lodgment s<*me hurst open doors and ex
tinguished lights—others were busy hi se-*.
curing the attendant with no easy haud—
while the remainder disencasod the object
of their search from her bed of ages, with
ut waiting to examine whether she w. t *
enclosed in sycamore, or what insiruintnis
the Egyptians in forming the hiero
glyphics on tle lid, or search for Osiris or
the beetle. Indeed they hurried her Minn
myship down stairs with more haste than
the gravity of the occasion could at all jus
tify, without considering whether it whs a
Cleopatra or a Pharoah. From that night
to the present day, the mummy could oat
bo heard of
The claimants of these precious relicts
of preserved morlali v, naturally enough
thought this proceeding a violation not only
of courtesy to the unknown stranger, but as
somehow interfering with their interest,
and a shabby return for the trouble of
bringing the skinny Egyptian all the way
from tho city of Thebes, on the Nile, for
the'gratification of the inhabitants of the
new world, and they had recoorse to the
ultima ratio of tho peaceful citizen —the
power of the law—f r their redress.
The defendants* counsel said their rij*
ents had been disposed to believe an impo
sition was intended to be practised, and
thev entertained honest doubts of the gent*
uineness of the mummy. They heard
that such articles had been manufactured to
dupe the credulous, and it was strongly in*
time ted that as a leather whale had been
exhibited in the neighborhood a short time
before, which had been discovered at Rn*
chostor, where an auto da fe h id been ruada
of the natural monster, and the discoverer*
had obtained considerable celebrity, their
clients believed this might be a lealhtt
mummy ; and having been actuated by mo
tives purely for the public good, they oitftld
not to be judged harshly or hastily. But
whether it was a genuine mummy or not,
they argued that it was an article in which
thero could be no properly. It was against
natural feeling, and contrary to the laws of
the whole civilized world,fto pursuo a traf
fic in human bodies. Besides, the plain
tiff* could not be the legal owners, as t^ e >’
admitted in their opening they had obtained
it fiom Grand Cairo, in Egypt where they
must have stolen it. Tiie last lineal des
cendant was the only ono wh* could with
propriety claim tho body of his ancestor,
and he had the right, for any thing that ap
peared to ihe contrary, to take it wherever
it tv;s found ; and as the plaintiffs, ai: ‘
those under whom they claimed title, * er!?
wrong doers, and even iniquitous actors, a
conscientious court and jury ooghl o° l
help them to that which they hnd origin Y
obtained against all right. At all events,
they observed, the article having no i ntr ’ 0 ’
sic worth, nothing could bo recoverec or
The plaintiffs’ counsel resisted the
gestion of the defendants, as tothe n-utt
mv not being genuine, and alleged ‘
was a wanton attempt to injure the
still farther, and challenged thodefe° * n
to produce the leas? proofs to raise a
on that subject. They stated they
able to show the importance of ‘ha .
by Mr. Kearney, Consul at Trieste
its transmission to a most respect ive a *
cantile house in New York, with
ginal certificates, the purchase t v xUl ’ -
Pealp, ofthe New York Museum, the op
dng of the sarcophagus, and the* cu,Jf)
the bandages from the fact*, iu 1 *' t } ’ e ’ A,
of more than 300 intelligent P?°° 8
city, and the certificates of 3C^ r s 1
tlemen who were present, whose
would obtain implicit confidence* . g3
not only an article of property ,
could not be replaced, >nti 1 1 (;trfJ er
It was an article <*f commerce. 1 ” ‘j oo>
was as much entided to this P r [ s ’[
although of a. human bod**- ‘*