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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. __ 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.