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Alt’ b Id Mm *■ lie wi
■ white oltild, but he.]lmu carried away i
w|*. ii! very M:nll cirl.
She ruali only r< member that In i name
w . {Uncut i, thaiwi.e lived in a little hoMsu j
■hi ihe !nuk* of ffi s'im.*ul, sin! hmv I
many there w ere in her father’a lamtlv, and
ill order of their Ag'i! Inn the name of
the till’ <1 f ile ( Ollltl mil I emtllllicr. • >ll
n aching hi* hiinie tin ‘i;;rnt “'el|iiolieil the
story to ln mother, She u; ■;■! and pres
sed Miii to write ami print the account.
AtcmV.iugly lit wrote and sent it U> Lau
ra -:or of ii |e, requeiiting that it might
!*r putillsh ■l tty norite, to me, unaccoun
table hint. In’ it lay in the olfiee two year*,
he fort it w .i.i jo title <l. lint la at summer it
HMi |tu)4i*)ioii. in if’ w day- it fell into
the bands of Mr. Miocum, of
who wI- ‘ "itt little two and a half year old
y win tl ii mre wax token. In a few
. avs he v a* off to eek hia sister, taking;
will. Jitnr hioM"t isicrfibe one who atd
id itini to i keape) awl writing to a brother
who notv live* in Ohio, Sind wh >, I hclieve
was horn aftef the eafi'ititv, to nteetand ,rn
w ith him.
The two hi'Othefn mid sjstcrs arc now
(is |h) on theh way to seek little b'r “lines, 1
just •••i*ljr j ear* after her captivity. After
unveiling more thaw JJOdwiilm* tltrou.di the
wilderness, they readied the indent i nin-
try, the home of tlu* Miami Indian. >'inc
mil's limn the nearc: l white they find iho
little nig watt). “J shall know my >■ ur,”
said the civilized sister, “because he loxt
the nail of her first firmer, You. brother,
hammered it ofT iri ilic blacksmith's shop
when he was only four j euro old.” They
go ti l i the cabin, and bml u’i Indian wo
man hnvitta the njipeaiartee ol m venty-fne.
She! j .inteil ‘mil je a nleil oil", imd and rest
ed like an Indian in all respects.- -Nothing
Init hei hair anil covered akin, would indi*
c ite lier orim. They get an interpreter,
ml begin to cofivr rrc. Mho till* them
tvhe . •he v.ii! burn, her nntne, <Ve>, with
the order of her tother’s htiriily. “Jlow
came yotil nail “me !” said the oldest sis
ter. “My elder brother pound'd It oil
when Inas a little child in the shop !” In
n word, they were satisfied that this was
1 1 tuccs, the*# lung lost sister ! They as
ked In i what her (It'risihtu name was.
Hhe could nut lentutuhcr. Was It ['ran
cif Hhu smiled and said, “yes.” It was
the first time die li.nl heard it pronounced
for 00 years. Here, thru, they wore met
two brothers end two sisters! They
were all satisfied they wore brothers and
sisters, llut what n contrast ! The broth
ers were walking thi cabin unable In spa nk,
the oldc t sister was weeping, but tin: poor
Indian sister sal lilof. nilfi s uil.l passion
less, ns indili'erctu is a speciaUir. There
was no throbbing, it” fine chords in her bo
som to be touched.
When Mr. Ml. rum wa giving me this
bitory, I said to jinn “itul eouhl she not
speak English ?” “Not i wind.” “I)id
she know her age ’ ‘ “No- had no i.icn
of it,” “Ftut was she entirely ignorant f
“Sir, fhr tilin'l Jrrwm trim Sunday crnni a.”
This w . indeed n eoiisutnaljon of ijjno-
rmioc In a sri nil ait of the Puritan*!
Rut wl l -11 a picture An u Painter would
the Inside of tlmt cabin have afforded.
Hero wire the children of civilization,
respectable, tempi rate, intelligent utul
wealthy, able to overcome mountains to.
recover tin ir sister. There was the child
liftin’ forest, not aide to tell the day of the
week, whose views ami feeing* wc’ro all
confuted to that cabin, Her whole history
might he told in a word. Hlie lived with
the Dcluwnrics who carried her off, till
grown up, and then married a Delaware.
He either died or ran away, and she mar
ried a Min mi Indian, a chief as I believe.
Hhe has two bttughfetrs, both of whom are
tnnrried afttl who live in nil glory of an In
dian cabin, tleir skin clothes and euw skin
head die- e•. No one of the family can
speak a word of English. They have hor
ses in abundance, and When the Indian
ter wanted to nrcontpany her new relatives,
she whipped out, bridled her horse, and
tin n, a Id Turk, mounted astride and was
oil. At night she rotdd throw u blanket
mound her, down upon the floor ; and ut
otter be asl cep.
The brothers ami sisters tried to persuade
their lost sister to return with them* and if
she desired it, bring hoi eliilhreii. They
would transplant her <*. fn to the banks of
the Hpsqvienaimah, and of tlnir wealth
j^.tkeher home liapju but no,—she had
always lived with the Indians —they had j
always berm mind to lief. 1 and she bid
pronpsVuT her late husband on hTslPWrhrd,
that si would never leave the Indians.
And there they left her. wild and daikened
‘heathen.*, thoueb spi ting from a pious race.
You can hardly imnginb liotv much this
hi other is interested for her. He intends
this nutnmn to go again that long journey
te seelii tow ny sister—to carry her some
pre i'ids w’d go and petition Congress,
that if er r these Miaous are driven off,
there lure be a tract of land reset t ed foi his I
Hs'er and deseendents ! His heart yearns
with in ir.ib erihable tenderness for the
helpless one, who f>i ye are ago was
t in from the arms of her mother. Mys
terious Providence ! How wonderful the
tii w hich can thus bind n family tageilnr
with a chain so sti ong that nothing can
break its links!
ft will only add, that nothing has ever
been heard Os the boy Kingsdy. The prob
ability certainly if. that he is not living.
This account hastily umi imperfectlv given,
1 had from the lips of Mr. Slocum, the
brother, and the fame who was two and n
Half years old when little Frances was car
ried away. I belie* o dim I have altered
nothing, though I have omitted enough to
ln-kv the good part of an interesting vol
ume.
From the Texas Telegraph
CIIIY VI,RY VNIHihOHY.
•It would be an indelible stain upon the I
r/iiro.Yy ir.'iJ glory of the Mexican nation,:
were Wr nut 10 redeem to subjection, that
rebellious province.’ (Texas.)—Ruvta
tnvnte’s speech to ihe congress of Mexico.
Tbs‘chivalry and glory, ot Mexico, in
deed ! ‘Vc can relate a well authenticated
assurance which w ill give a pretty good
idea of the value of Mexican ‘chivalry and !
Mexican glur* !’
Previous to the year IKK, the Mexicans
we! e in the habit of buying the friendship I
ot the *'oic inches, amt tiwv used feioe
4‘iwii t imii Antonio in patties ot from
Line iu tv>u.’ huaii:r<-J in number t<> r* ■< efvc
j theft annual tfihnte. In JMT2, n party ol
1 live hundred of them came into Him Antonio
| fir that purpose: the rity was at that time
, i arri-oiicd by I*2oo Mexican troops. A
j recite of riot Srul confusion, as was always
j tile rase during a t‘ .Blanche visit, ensued.
The wives and daughters of the best citi
zens were insulted, and husbands and fath
ers had to become the silent spectators of .
Iltcir wives laud daughters shame—tho mil- 1
itary of this ‘chivalrous’ nearly three times ;
llld number of the C imam lies, looked <*n
in silence nft uni to risks battle with this
furmitlahli f They remained in tin
city four days, committing every depreda
tion that tice and infamy could suggest. .
There happened at that time to be iu th”
cily a Hhnw'tiee Indian Woman : the wife ol .
f.i'iis, tin 2d chief of that tribe. One of
the l‘oin:>nrhe chiels caiight her by lb<
nrm and ••■itleuvored to force her off to his
) camp. She ho*.vevi*r sticrecded in ffctfuig i
away from him, and secreted hersclt in the ,
city until night during which time she ns- i
eertai.ii and what time the Ibinianche would i
i leave, and their destination. Her husband i
..t .Ui it lime eiieoiopeil do miles from
S .rfimtonio, with twenty-five warrios. Hhe
| left Taffy in the night, and reached heV hus
band's c imp before morning, arid narrated |
: to him nltat hid oceurred, tilling him at
j the suin'’ line, that she would pilot him to j
c J.:e it) On- hills that the (loirioivchcs would !
go through the following day.
Linia i ist mtly made up his,mind and ere
the to .\t niorniii” had downed, he, at the
head of Ids *25 warriors, war securely se
creted in tin thick hummock which skirled
the narrow pa- >. fnle s limn two hours
tin) whole (bjmanelic force, with 175 pack
males, loaded with the ill-got plunder the) ‘
hud received from the citizens of Han An- ‘
tonio, made their apj.cn .nee and comment:- ,
ed unloading it a stream of water which
happened to lie hard by.
The Hhawnices lay secure in tlmir hiding
places until tile packs had been taken oil
the mules am] laid upon the ground, when
at n signal given by their chief, the keen
crack of the rides was heard and 2t| do
munches full to the ground. The Cornua- ,
riles fled in l every iwoction from their
rump, which Was instantly taken possession
of by the HhuivmriS. The Hbawnes* threw
their pack i together, forming it kind of
hreastwork their protection. The llo
munehes, i.fi.tr same time, seeing the iusig
liificanie of ike Hhawnec force, rallied and
attempted to retake their camp—but anoth
er fire front the Shawuess dispersed them
suddenly as before. They ngain rallied
again charged, and were again dispersed.
This was kept up until the domurirftes left
175 dead upon the field Thu Hhawm es
bud not lost u man.
The (.'umaniehn chief now called off his for
ces, and returned to Han Antonio, and railed !
on the comiriAiidiml of the Mexican garrison
to send out a loree lo ussfst him in retaking
Ids properly from the twenty six Hlinwuresy
and ihreiiloncd in easo of refusal to destroy die
city. Here “Mexican chivalry nml Mexican
branny” showed itself, and five hundred Mex
lean troops were despatched tonid their lialiiral
enemies, against n tribe who had novel injured
llicm.
Hut I.lnla, watchful of w lmt *vna going on,
scalped till) dead, collected the horses and
mules of the Conntnehos together mid adjusted
the packs upon them nnd drove off, ten miles
in (lie prairie, without the loss of u man.
Neither the Mexicans nor ('omaarhes had
‘‘chivalry” und bravery enough to follow them.
I-ilua declared afterwards, that had it not have
Imen for the interference of the Mexicans, ho
would have destroyed the whole faithless
baud.
FA 811 ION A RLE ( II All IT Y.
lly the late tiro in New York, Mr NVul
lack, the manager, or proprietor, or both,
of that distinguished, “school ot morals”
the National Theatre, has suffered a con
siderable loss. Among those, however,
who lost every thing, were several poor j
families, whose residences, with all their I
furniture, wore consumed by a lire which
originated in that theatre. Now for the
charity, l’athotir appeals are made through j
the papers to all the lovers of the tine arts
ill favor of the unfortunate Mr. Wullaek.
A “large and highly respectable nice tin a”
of the lovers of theatricals is hohfen at a
hotel. Sundry very touching speeches nro
made, abounding inquotaUous froth Uu**
distinguished ethical writer, Mr.rilulwei,
interspersed withs #Wv Hr.er from Don j
Jiwti; ft'siniseriptiou is got up, and it is j
resolved that the good of the eotnniunitv :
requires that immediate steps he taken to
erect anew theatre on Itroadway, when
all who will pay tire dollars shall receive j
one night's iustrncioii in all the science)
which enn he acquired from “the living:
leaps” and postteulg ofu half-dressed opera j
dancer. \ letter of eomlolence, which j
might draw tears from a grind-stone, is l
drawn up l>v a committee and duly handed]
over to Mr. AVallack. It is answered by a 1
note in tlio tragedy-puff style, attended
with high compiijjH'iii? on the discernrtjc.il 1
of the enlightened and virtuous citizens of’
the. great Emporium, who have propeily
appreciait and the immense advantages to lie ]
derived from the stage in sustaining the
cause ot “rational religion ami pure mor- j
als. Hut what becomes of the poor tarn- i
ilies who have been burnt out ’ Where
are the appeals in their favor ? Wh.it edi- i
tor pleads their cause.’ Vlas! they have
no frt v fiVI, /s’ for thelienefit of their friends. ■
No one ol them can “strut and fret an hour” i
on tiie stage ; no honor will result from
an* attempt to aid them in their distress. :
aud then tore, instead of dinners got up in j
their t.nor, whero beef-steak is piled in mm- !
tain high and champaign (lows in torrents, t
they may be thankful if thev can secure a
dinner ol potatoes. - Such is the wot Id—j
! those who really need its charities must j
I receive nothing, while others, whose avo- !
cations in life are positively injurious t<*
| the best interests of mankind, font all hearts
; and hands open when they suffer the sligh- i
1 eat calamities.
GOOSE WHEAT.
liis said that anew kind ot grain is
growing into favor in New York, called
“Goose Wheat.” It is remarkably pro-
I doctive, often yicidiug 75 bushels t<< the
acre, ami not untrequenVlv IS) grains may i
|be counted on a single stalk. It is mill to
[ have grown and derived its name from a
1 t “ .’r-iiiw ihat wer* f <mwl in the crop of a
wild roe O’ he* a few year- a; . i#a, Lake
Ehaoi;,! in
THE MCI NT OSH OO.tJNTT IIKRAM?.
#VS IK- l‘h ■ iJntf'Uo G-iMb fh>t: Krrnint;.
HUHIIKiLE TKAtiUDV.
A tier]) and most painftd sensation was ox-1
elt I it. iho coininumty.lbis atoroiiie by the
rumor of a deed ofpluQd. which it was stn
’ crl% hoped at firt was but a rmtior— but
widen, after inquiry, proved, nliu 1 too true.
Tho.o who hat e been accustomed to walk
m Chestnut street in the neighborhood of m-
I dependence Square, fn point, perhaps, with the
‘ exception of the Exchange, where I Kith at day
i and . veiling our oilmen<i most do congregate)
must have 7rer|uently stepped into the confec
tionary store and refreshment rooms of Mr.
Wood, opposit# ths Hlntc house. They must
j also rsoieinlMr his baud so me and aileuilvc
; daughlei, wlioae chief care was to attend to
1 the more elegant ministrations of the establish
meal. —Hhe was a faithful and dutiful girl, just
i blushing into womanhood. Among her many
admirers wa a youh’gmaii in Sixth street, na
med Peak, who succeeded in securing her af
f*"tio;is. About two weeks since, we under
! tland, they’ Were privately matned, nod on
Thursday’evening !!* voung woman left the
j . ,t#.m.hmsiit of Iter father, art .’ ‘oiut'.J her hiw
bnud. On Saturday she returned, an ! tie
1 eireiiinsbote.-s were made known lo ihe for
: in<-r. He instantly dosed his shop, much lo i
| tin; surprise <f the public, moro than purlieu
! lar attraction I eiug now iu the Indies’ appnrl
; incut- a striking likeness of Queen Victoria,
|by n young artist of tins city*, (raving been
piuevdllii re for exhibition.
ThdUainesnorofihc faihcr to his daughter
| whs morose and mnreconeiling, altln ugh be had ]
previously muled her home ; but she strove
j by every tm.aos to avert ids ill feeling, w hieh,
i so far as it wus likely lo end in any tiling des
perate,he ingeniously concealed. Tilts morn
ing however, at about ten o’clock as the daugh
ter was wiling in the room with her father
and we believe with some oilier member- of I
the.lrtitiily, he walked deliberately up toiler,
and drawing a pistol from his hosoiu or lux j
1 pocket, placed it almost against her forehead, |
] -md shot her entirely through the brain. The 1
ball, wo learn, passed through the skull, and
fell m another part of the room.
Tin, murder.;:!- weapon was at once thrown
from the hands Os the duspi:r!>lt man, m the
presence of his dying child, mid himself se
emed. The shauffoftherity was sitting in
In - ofiee, andrsu^phimmediately aware that
something nuu tn! had occurred. He crossed
! the,street instantly; and aseemlina to the
j apartment where the deed was done, found the
iruirdficr standing, pale and terribly agitated,
with Ins buck lo the firo place and his daugh
ter lying prostrate and bleeding on the floor,
with Her head near his feet. Ouc child, n
promising I id, was clasping his knot, mid ave r
ring with tearful eyes and laugungauf implor
ing passion, that ‘‘father did not, father could
liot do it ‘” while other memls is of the family
were sobbing and shrieking over the dying
sister ami child. On the entrance of the shcr
ilf. Wood lifted his arms as if in the act of firing •
a pistol, and exclaimed—“l am the man-1 \
shot her—l shot her!” While, righting this!
j article, we learn that the father, alter so. It an
1 net, is sound ns/er/i, with a gunrd of officers
over him. An inimense crowd gathering around
Ihe place, yet none were admitted hut certain
members of the medical facility, nu.J tlm coro
ner’s jury of inquest, who will delay their ver
dict until H o’clock this evening. The girl
was lingering in great agony toward the close
of the forenoon but not the slightest hopes of
her recovery were entertained.
Mr Wood is an Englishman, who may be
remembered as a fruit seller for many years in
the Chestnut street theatre, and the keeper of
n little shop in the Arcade, which his daugh
ter and himself attended. He has several other
children, who with their mother, are thrown
into inconceivable distress by this dread act of
murder and of blond.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The coroner remained in the room until the
victim drew her last breath. He then exam
ined the head and the room, but was unable to
discover the ball.—.Some tune after the dread
ful ilecd, Mr. Wood fell asleep and slept for
half an our. 11c said on awaking, that his
daughter was in heaven, mid he hoped soon
to meet her there. No Jess than four pistols
were found in the room, and one pair is stated
to have been purchased by him on Saturday.
The wife was not present at the time, hut has
tened instantly to the room, on heuring the
I report. Mr. Peak, (the husband of the de
ceased) was also their very early, and was ap
parently much excited. He exclaimed—‘‘You
are a villain and a murderer. You have shot
! my w ife.” He was led out of the room b)g sever
al persons present. The offender was taken to
Moya incusing prison about 12 o'clock. Ho
said on his Way thither— “l wish I had shot
iiiy.sell or taken poison}” aud was very nhx
ions on leavirijf itliu house tdmee his daughter.
did not utter a sylahllc a Her stir fell.
Mr. Wood was habitually temperate, mild
and affable m manners. Very successful in
lu> business, lie some years since purchased
i the house in Chestnut street, ami titled it tip in
| a most splendid manner. His children, in ail,
were three sons, and the daughter whose Uii
; timely death we have just record ‘d. She was
! about ‘i'i years of age—a mild nnd modest
girl, with fine eyes, and tolerable share of per
| somd beauty. Stic whs constantly in utlen
: datum at the store, or engaged in some matter
I ol business connected with the establishment ;
] and apparently mingled but little, if tiny, in fe
i male society. Mr. Peak is a boot maker, in
< Sixth street, above Chestnut.
On Friday evening, ns we are informed, the
daughter become so much alarmed—probably
; tt* her fathers manner—that she escaped
,thvomdt the tr.io door in the roof ot t|iy house.
, and descended through a neighbor’s house,
into the street. Bhe fled to her husband, or
to the house of one of his friends with hiscon
sent. On Sunday evening, some ladies in the
neighborhood called on Mr. Wood, with the
kind intention of effecting a reconciliation, if
I possible. He wished his daughter to return,
and when she came homo, would not consent
| to her leaving luin again, as (he said) he wan
ted to talk with her on the subject of her late
, improper step. She remained, therefore, with
) her taiher. never more to leave the house, un
less to he earned out a corpse—and to till an
i untimely grave.
\ lady who visitedt ho establishment ofMr.
Wood about a month ago, at once declared
■ that Mr. \V. must be insane, on reading the ac
count of the tragedy yesterday. When on a
recent brief * i*n to Philadelphia, a short time,
since, the history of Mr. Wood's and of his re
; markable success, from u very small beginning.
was related to us by Mr. Sanderson. (Jreal
I praise was awarded to the family for their in
j d'ustry, and for ilieir perfect and most offer
i tinnate muon, to which was ascribed, in a :
I great measure, then success iu business. — Com. :
.life.
i Curiosity. —A gentleman informed us
a few days since, that a short time previous. ■
w hile in pursuit of wild turkeys, in Kurt j
1 county, Kentucky, in company with a:
j friend, they discover*! on the summit of a •
i knoll or elevation a large hole that would
admii a man's body with out much difficul- 1
ty. Curiosity led them to make preparations ‘
a off T*v atr accession the* emerd this mys
terious place. At the doth of about 50
j feet tin y found lie lU'ciye n.• suhtenaue
ous r ive or room apparently rut out of
. solid rock, through which they had paiocd
many feet, which appeard to be (ixteen to
, cigbt.en f.-cl square. Our informent was.
I the first titol enterd the room, and he was
1 tint a little surprised tnat the first object i
which met his eyes was a human skill) with
all the teeth entire, upon further exam- ‘
inution it was found that the whole place
was tilled with skeletons of men, women,
aud children.
Under the small aperture through which
they descended the place was perfectly dry,
and the house in a state of preservation, j
They Uoneladcd to examine how deep
the hones laid, and penetrated through ’
them in one place between four and seven
feci, but found them equally plentiful as
!on the lop ; but there seemed to rise an j
effluvia as they approrhed where it was
a little damp. There was no outlet to the 1
room, and a large snake which they found ,
I there appeared to be perfectly dorile passed
! round the room several times while they
, were in it. This discovery is a subject
for the speculation of philosophers with
j icgard lo the period ami circumstances at
tending this ancient charnel-house.
Central Wntchtoicer.
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THE LATE Ml MM WOOD.
Persons in considerable numbers, were
Attracted on Wednesday to Konaldson’s
cemetery, to sec the ucwmade grave, where
the r< mains of this hapless young woman
repose. The body is deposited, as we learn, I
in the lot of Mr. LftADBKATTr.R, a friend of
Mr. Peak : a neat iron enclosure is around <
. it ; and the spot, like most other graves in
; that beautiful place of sepulture, is sur
! rounded with shrubbery, ami leaves and
flowers A man might say of Romai.dson’s,
with troth, ns Hiif.li.ey is said to have 1
remarked of the Protestant burial-ground 1
at Home—“it might almost make ouc in
love with Death to be buffed in so sweet a
place.— I’hil. (jus.
Lint i. Heir. —The editor of the Ken- i
ncbec ( Vngusta) Journal ha* been mulcted
in the sum of 811,(57, and costs, which
amount to several hundred dollars, ,on an
appeal to the Supreme Court, for an alleged
libel on Samuel Usher Postmaster at King
field, Me. by noticing the fact of his arrest
for robbing the mail of a >9500 bill sent
from Huston to Charles Pike, Esq. of King
’ field. The case has been before a jury
; twice before in the Court of Common Pleas.
(Jailer sued for £3OOO damages. The first
|ury disagreed ; the second awarded him
j £OO damages. The case will be carried
before the full Court which sits in June
next, or n motion will be made for anew
trial-—The suit was commenced nearly five
year* ago. Huston Cent.
Moatia Mclticai i.is Sale. — The fol
: lowing lias been sent us for publication;
Philadelphia, Sept. 16, lKfih
Dear Sir—Physic’s sale passed off to
day nt prices beyond the expectation of
the most sanguine. The whole lot adver
tised, viz: 250,000, are sold principally to
Mississippi nnd lllinoise, nt an average of
30c. per tree. The lot will not average
over three feet, nnd not one in twenty has
a single lateral biauch.
Yours, J. J. W.
PER CONTRA.
Sales have been made here this week as
follows:—At Word’s auction store, a lot
or two were knocked down at 1 a 41-2 cents !
per foot for the tree. At f’lcland’s a lot
was knocked down on Thursday at 3 cents
per foot for the tree. The trees were finer
than those specified iu rah aiiovc at Phil
adelphia. — {Richmond Compiler.
LIGHT READING.
Bucks hare at ye all. —Mr. Eli Ruck ad
vertises in the Sehorie Advocate, a caution
against one David Sandy, who has runaway |
with bis throe daughters.
.1 son of tho Emerald Isle, having tnled too
much of the ‘striped pig,’ at Pawtucket, (HI)
on tne Itit, prßWtmied, ‘bad luck foyour fourth
of July, h'o was never so good a man as St.
Patrick !’
‘How the deuee do donkeys live here?’ said
a man ton friend in South America. T see no
gra**.’ ‘We put green spectacles on them
and feed them onshaveings.
The editor of the Picayune is ast range com
pound of heterogeneous qualities. He is the
very best judge of genius and the very worst
judge of beauty that we have ever seen in all
our lives. Lo the proof!— Prentice.
Hi'flections o f a Dull Day.—-We dislike a
dull day, a dull razor, a dull sermon, a dull ex
change paper, and dull city. Wc likca live
ly glass of champaigns, a bright and lively eye
lit woman, n bright and lively paced horse, a
lively. # ell-told tale, a lively dance—not one
of your slow gomotive quadriiles— and wc like,
at particular limes, a lively song. We like ail
things that are bright and beautiful, and we
dislike all things that are ugly, save Prentice.
He, notwithstanding his superlatively ugly
countenance, has got a genius bright as the
noonday sun, and n miud beautiful as the
dwelling ofhouries.
HEALTH OF NATCHEZ
The Free Trader, .of the 25th-. states
that neither the sickness nor mortality has
abated. On the 21th there were seven
interments. Several of the physicians are
down with the fever. Five at least, (says
the Free Trader,) are or have been dan
gerously sick, and not yet recovered, Du
ring twenty-three days of the month of
October, (from the Ist to the 21th.) there
were one hundred interments in the city
burving-groimd. The proportion of deaths
is appalling. hat must have been
the number of cases: or are there more
deaths than recoveries!
Counting Chickens, Jf-c. — Mr. Philip
Physick, of Germantown. Pa. calculates to
clear by the silk business, year after next,
from sixty acres of land, the snug sum of
*45,000, ’
The people of Massachusetts have carried
the temperanae business so far that many
have determined to cat no pork that lias
ever been corned.
To be Re me inhered. —Persons who bor
row books, the leaves of which are not rut
by the binder, should never sever them
w:’h thvir ringers. We should as soon
tIi.UK :*! opening oysitr.- with a ftuot.
rvi tux tatßxUi,
Mr. Editor:
There arc certain principles based upon nn
! thorily that few wiildeny, which ought to be ;
’ borne in mind, in ail our connections with Ho- •
eiety, viz. “Thou sliouldst love thy neigh
bour as thy self"—“all things whatever ye
I would that men should do to you. do ye even
to them.” The propriety, and wisdom of
1 these principles, coinmend themselves tn the
good sense of every man. And the principles
j themselves, form the standard, by which we
xve are to judge of our ow n, and ihe influence
each man exerts, on the happiness arid destiny
of those around him :
Taking theac things for granted, let us bring
‘ to their tribunal the traffic in anlrnt xpiritt.--
I The man engaged in this business it is true,
. disjKcs ofhis own property—that which cost
j him money. But the question arises, to what
etui, did he invest his capital, in stock of this
! kind 7 Was it to promote the well being of
- the community, in which it was to be distrib
uled ? Was it because the real wants of that
j community, demanded such an article in the
! market 7 Was it, because he, for a moment,
, imagined, that it would minister in the slight
i cst degree, to the happiness, respectability or
wealth of those, who should consume it 7 fan
it be pretended, that he purchases his casks of
spirits, from a kind regard, to Ins neighbours
. welfare 1 Was it not rather, because he ex
pected to realize a large profit, on the sale of
an article, intended to pander to the eorrupt
habits, of the basest appetites of men? An ar
ticle, which, it would be a libel upon his un
derstanding, to suppose he did not know, was
| not needful, seldom, or never useful, al
| ways hazardous, and in a vast majority of
1 cases when habitually used, fatal to peace
happiness and life. Is that man then, “doing
as lie would be done by,” who employs Ins
capital tn furnishing Ins neighbours with an
article, which is nerer necessary as a drink,
always injurious, and very generally destruc
tive ?
Let the spirits vender lie asked—if he would
be w illing to have all the evils, w hich lie is
the instrument of introducing into other fami
lies entailed upon Ins torn 1 I have no doubt
if he could follow the liquor he has sold, to the
place, where it lias been drawn—and could
count every instance where it has created an
intemperate appetite, and led to beastly drank
J enness.—where it ins begotten wretchedness
unutterable, and clowded fair prospects—
w here it has produced disease, and paved the
way to [loverly and crime, where it has shor
’ tened human life, destroyed domestic hopes,
and extorted groans and tears of anguish,
: from worse than widowed wives, I have no
doubt i say, he could answer the question
w tih emphasis. —Erl him be asked, whether
he would be w illing that other retailers should
be instrumental iu inflicting those or the like
evil on his friends ? He ntay reply, that he is
willing to run the risk.—lt’s a fearful risk —
But it does not exempt him, from responsibil
ity. He know* that his traffic carries ruin a
mong Ins neighbours children— Is lie willing
that the same truffle by another, should bring
I ruin upon his own 1 If not the above prince
1 pies forbid him to be accessory to the bringing
of it, upon other families.
Is it denied that the retail of ardent spirits
is injurious to Society ?—I shall not attempt
to prove it —Becntise I deem it self evident
that no man can pursue the traffic , and not
injure his neighbour. It is slated in your pa
] per of the first, Mr. Editor ilfet there ate twen
! four [daces in Darien, where ardent spirits are
sold. I suppose the white population never
exceeds sixteen-bundled—Here *vg have then,
one spirits vender k'[ c'gfy twenty fir? pers;
I sons—beduet the number of men wfrtftr n and
J enildten who never drink spirits! atm the num
ber is reduced at least oftc half. So that we
have places where spirits are sold, to the per
sons who call for it—as one to t witve —l know
that much, that is sold, is sold to non residents
nnd negroes—a great part of which is proba
bly drank within the limits of the city.
And I ask, what must lie the inevitable re
sult of 24 venders of ardent spirits, quartered
in a vdlageof fiOO white inhabitants, in winter
and 100 in summer ? If they find it profitable
vvliat must be the effect of such a quantity of
this destructive material, sent abroad to do its
work on community ? Could we expect less,
than that our negroes would be vicious or dis
orderly tu our streets, the scenes of disgrace
sometimes bloody quarrels—the grave annually
enclosing some five or six, carried thither by
spirit drinking—and habits and appetites cre
ated in others, which will'shortly lay them
aside in the same way ! Spirit vender, not
responsible for these Evils ? Let no mansay
it, who has ever heard of abettors and acces
sories, as well as principals, in crime.
Allow me to present the traffic in another
view. It violates the principles alluded to
inasmuch, as it is unjust to individuals and to
communities. Justice requires, that a valta
bia consideration, be rendered for that which
is received. If the seller gives in return for his
neighbors cash, an article not only vortlless
but positively hurtful, knowing the fact, can we
denominate the transaction by a softer lame
than injustice or dishonesty ! Let me not be
understood, as imputing dishonest intentions to
ail spirit venders—They may not see .he evil
tendency of their traffic—they may not be ap
prised of its consequenses—or they may never
have been led to examine their responsibilities
as members of the human family—with my
knowledge of the necessary evils of their use.
I could uot sell anient spirits to my neighbour
to be used as a drink, and lie ail honest man.
But others, who have not examiied the sub
ject, nor thought of auy thing, bvt the gain
connected with it. may be guilty if the sin of
ignorance —but I do not charge them with
dishonest motives, in the traffic. But the traf
fic in its operation, is unjust to individuals, i
The seller, do'es not render, a ‘air equivalent 1
to the buyer, for value received That which !
the spirit cost, is a dead !o*s to die const:: ter.
K k is th:? all. h-2 lo^cs. —he .oses the tiniv.
consumed in going for it, an*! in drinking it—
he k)“e* vigor of body and vigor of mind, by
using it—and his family loses, many domestic
j comforts, which the cost of the spirit would
! have procured. If after he had bought his
gallon of sj.irits, he had poured it into the Al
tainaha —instead of drinking it. he would have
been a gainer, —he would have saved the lime
which this gallon wasts —and he w ould have
prevented tlicdcleteriouseffects upon his lx*dy,
mind, and family, which drinking it produces.
Is this then a fair and just equivalent which
the seller render* ! I hold the principle to be
incontrovertible—that the man who sells a gal
lonof intoxicating liquor to his neighbour as a
drink—doeshim a positive injury. If this bo
denied—let the retailer point to one item of
good, which he confers upon the buyer for the
money received. Sot one ! ‘llic consump
tion of what he gives is evil, and only evil —ln
all other things the abuse of w hich is disas
trous to mankind-there is usually some redeem
ing quality—in the use of ardent spirit, there is
none !
The first plausible argument for its use, as
drink has yet lo be show n. It is not necessary
to health happiness or longlife. It any one
is disposed to demur at this assertion—the
fact stands out broadly, prominent to every
one who will open his eyes—that in every
community, every climate, every season, and
in all employments, inen who us*’ no artificial
stimulants, live as long, and enjoy as good
health while they live, and live in far greater
perfection, than those who “tarry long at the
wine,” and daily “mingle strong drinks.”
“I have kaown.” nays. Doc.. Hush, ‘persons
who followed the most laborious employments
for many years, in the open air, and in warm
and cold weather, who never drank any thing
but water, and enjoyed uninterrupted good
health.” “It is the sacred duty of every one,”
says: Duel. Chapman, “exercising the pro
fession of medicine, to unite with the moralist,
the divine, and the economist—in discouraging
the consumption of these banefid articles—
Chained by a species of infatuation to the use
of intoxicating beverages ns fast a Promethe
us to his rook, mankind have hitherto wanted
equally heedless to the admotliUoUsof the wise,
and the suggestions of their own understand
ings. hto great is the extent of these mitchie
rotor effects, in evny ran, that the emptying
of Pandoras box. was hut the type, of what has
since happened, in the diffusion of rtint, bran
dy, gin and whiskey, among the human spe
cies.”—
Nor Mr. Editor can the popular reasoning,
lie admitted as applicable here —“that the
iibuic of a thing, is no argument against its
use,’’ If the nsr is nil, (and the contrary,
never has been, and never can be proved.)—
then nil ine of ardent spirits, as a drink, is an
nbnir —we ntay endeavor to screen the start
ling features of this subject from publiek view,
by classing ardent spirits, with gnn|>owder,
steam or lire, hut the covering is too thin, for
the purpose intended. For though there may
be some analogy, between the ert7 resulting
rum those vices, it brings the candid reader to
a pause, when he sees the benefit! of spirit
drinking classed with those, resulting from the
use of lire, powder and steam ill the various
arts of life.
M e may profess to deplore the ctil* of in
temperance, hut. Mr. Editor, while we find
an apology for them, in the doctrine, that Cod,
has so constructed poor, erring human nature,
that moral perfection is more to be desired,
than even to lie that ‘there is a
healthy mudiot ity in the gratification of all our
desires or passions,” it may well he doubted—
whether our j>ri>fr;<*iont or our thi-.nlnpy
or our tTahdard of morn!*, will ever effect <*
ettre
The truth is Mr. Editor the day has gone
by, when a man can publicly advocate the pro
priety and bene fit of drying ardent spirits,
and be considered as advocating the welfare of
his species -the manifest and manifold evils
of the practice, have keen so thoroughly
guaged, that we are not to be deceived— Physi
cians, Chemists and lovers of strong drink, have
sought an apology for the practice, and have
found none—their investigation and their ex
perience as well as the experience of thousands
testify that ardent spirits, U not only nttltt*
but injurious.
The injustice of this traffic to consumers, I
cannot now trace—l have trespassed too long
Mr. Editor, ] thank you for your indulgence
—the subject is one, of very grave moment,
and worthy of very serious and honest atten
tion—l would, that i were better able to do it
justice. Towards those engaged in thkrtraffic,
I entertain no feelings other than those of good
will—l wish them a better and more honoura
ble calling-and the only motive which prompts
me, in this communication, is, the hope, that it
may meet their eyes, and lead them to exam
ine the subject—for I feel assured, that it needs
only an impartial investigation, to produce
entire conviction, that the traffic is vrang—
and beyond measure deleterious to the best in
terests of man. REFORM.
A paper of St. Petersdurg gives an ac
count of a village ealled Fedorouka, at the
loot of a mountain on the banks of the Wol
’ ga, the inhabitants of which ou the night-of
the 15th June were awakened by a noise
resembling that of an earthquake; and on
rushing out found that a giait part of the vil
liage had becomo detached from the moun
tain, and was moreing towards the river.-
Tbe motion was similar to that of an im
mense raft floating on an agitated sea The
undulations continued for three successive
days and then subsided; no more than seven
houses were destroyed or rendered unin
habitable. Many ponds and other pieces
of water were covered with mosrnds of
earth, and where no water had been small
pools were formed. No lives were lost.
The circumstance is accounted for by
the village having been built upon an allu
vial soil, and the river having undermined
the soft earth, had, it is supposed, at length
rendered it parlial’.v hollow, sc as to give
wav under its own weight.
Paper.