Newspaper Page Text
RECORDER.
HY (iltAN'TLWI) & ORME.
MIEUEDGEVIULE, OEOlGIA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1825.
VOL. VI.—No. 1.
u r rill* fUroitm r is published wt-i'Uv, on
M.mincX street, In’tivei n VVavneiiitil Jcifei sou, nt
rill •• D.ill.us l» i ionium. pie.'iiMr in iiilvnnn', or
[\mr DhIIho. it u n pniit licl'ore tin: cud nf they rnr.
(Tlnisi' chargee “ ill in fm ni'i' lie uniformly untile.)
AtiVi nr ist s sisO'ltis^iriiotislv inir'l tel 'll till’
itliiil t nt'-s. f vim* s.Mit without A specification of
tin* notiilx'r of iimortimiif, will In* published until
oril I out, uinl clitnr *il accordingly.
S' ,1,-s ,,i‘inni iiutl near.ies, by Vdiuitiistintoi:■
F.*t ini'., nr (iiuintimis, .iri* required by law, to
bi* !ii*1 I o 11in* first T o'sil iv in tin* ninntli, between
ti*i* iioiti t of ti'ii iii I'ti* fovi’uooti tiurl thcei: ill the
nfti* noun, ill tbi* eniirt-hnuse of tin* enmity in
n liirb I in* properly is situate.—Notice ut’tin* still*
of 1 in I must ti** cisi* i i i it public ttnrt'l te six ri
il 'vs, ami negroes, Kimrv days, previous to tlx*
il.tv of sale.
s' oil* - of the sale of personal proports* must be
gh *n i*i lik * un loi-i, fon r r days provions to the
*i.'V of salt*. Also, notice to tile debtors and eredl*
11* * of an est it tr must In* published for roKTY days.
N otee that application w ill be mode t** the
t’,**a t of U liu.ary f.tr leave to tell land, must lit*
published for SINK nostrils.
Ml business, ia the line of Printing, ss ill meet,
with jo *wn it atlent* sn at tlu* Rv.coarti'ti O* t ter.
IiKrrr. 's (on business) must tie post-paid.
inns Tit*: cot.i'MMA Tstrscorr.
.*2 S'i'ii'h nf Chan Ten nf Ministry and Par
ties in England.
Titr* author of Consolidation lias given
a short view of parlies in this country ut
u ni a little previous to the formation of
our present eonstitntinn. As there is some
e miieetinn lietween the parties in Eng-
1 in 1, and the parties in this country, and
as one of the parties of that nation is in
no small degree based on the suoress of
Mill* American revolution, the enquiry will
not lie without interest, whieli have been
tin* pnlitieal divisions of the partiztuns of
the mother country ?
At the accession of the house of Bruns
wick in 1715, the nation was divided into
the adherents of the indefensible right of
kings, and the advocates of right of resis
tance to monarchical oppression. These
parties were afterwards known under the
names of Jacobites or Tories on the one
side, and the supporters of the new dynas
ty- railed Hanoverians and Whigs on the
other. Whig, or Wltiggamore, is a word
hf Scotch derivation, of which the history
many be found in Bishop Burnet’s me
moirs of his own times. The Whigs an
swer to the present Liberals of the Euro-
pean continent, and the Tories to the Le
gitimates, the supporters of the indefeasi
ble rights of kings, or as the poet express
es it,
“ The eight divine of kings to govern wrong."
The Brunswick family, brought in hy
tin* Whigs, have shewn a manifest disposi
tion from tlioir first assent on the throne to
the present day, to favor the principles of
the Tory party, as indeed is obviously
tlioir interest; for in every struggle for
power they can safely count on that party;
the Wings leaning lor the most nart to the
popular side.
During the whole oftho period from the
fte cession of George I. to the first year of
George III. the contending political par
ties were, the court and the country, the
tory and whig tile ministry and tho oppo
sition : appellations nearly tantamount to
each other. In this continual conflict, tho
country or whig party, were usually sup
ported Ivy the leaders of the great and nn-
tient families of the English nobility ; who
did not interfere much, but formed a stea
dy body of opposition to the encroach
ments of the court, whenever the privile
ge-' of the aristocracy were threatened.—
Tito people, were occasionally appealed
to, but they bad comparatively little
weight. The great Whig opposition rest
ed on the steady phalanx of the titled aris
tocracy—the influential leaders among tho
hereditary nobility. Knowledge was too
little disseminated among the great mass
oftho people to give them much prepon
derance in tin* scale of party.
. One oftho first nets of George III. was to
introduce into the privy council, his tutor
the Earl of Bute, whose influence in the
royal family was not confined to his rovnl
pupil. Mr. Pitt , M as prime minister nt the
accession el George III. He resigned in
Ddl, mid iv as created Earl of Chatham.
Lord Egremont succeeded him. In 1702
tin* manifest influence of the Earl of Iliite,
drove tint Duke of Now Castle, the Duke
of Devonshire, and Lord Hardwicke, from
the ministry. To this infiunneo was then
given the name of favoritism: it after
ward received the appellation of back slain
injluenre, and a new party now arose ; the
party of the private closet, the party of the
kimrs friends ; n party perfectly separate
from the ministry for the lime being, arid
M ho Mi re the private personal advisers of
the monarch, and the strenuous support
ers nt royal prerogative, even M’heu the
ministry hesitated to go the required length,
ibis party was humourously characteriz
ed in a satirical print, long a favorite in
London. The ministry were depicted as
meeting at the privy council chamber
At fin* Back ot the chamber is a small pri
vate room, witli back stairs leading to it.
1 ho king i.s represented as sitting in this
closer, anil several portraits of the obnox
ious party are privately ascending the
stairs toward ’lie closet. The print is en
titled back stairs iijluence : and at tile bot
tom ol the print was this passage front
Shakespeare “ IVhnt shall dr honest man do
in my closet l l icill have no honest man in
my closet." This party M as in full opera
tion from the time of Lord Bute, to the
confinement ofthekhig; and operated ns a
deadweight pressing on every lionest pro
posal of each succeeding ministry.
Lord Bute succeeded the Duke of New
Castle; but his unpopularity drove him
from the ministry in April, 1703, without
lessening in the smallest degree his influ
ence over the king’s mind.
Lord Grenville, and Lord Halifax eatne
in. The hack stair influence drove them
out in July, 17(15, u hen they M'ere sueeoed-
0(1 by the Karl of Rockingham, the Duke
ot Gralton, and Mr. Conway. These
v. er<* too much inclined to the country, or
W big party, to he pleasing to the Mon
arch ; mid they M'ere compelled to re-
Gan in July, 1700. The elder Pitt, Graf-
Uu,. Shelburne, and O’otndcn then came in.
Li I7l!8, Pitt and Shelburne, resigned.—
Mr. Charles Vorlt was appointed Premier,
who lived afterwards hut three days.—
Lord North was appointed in his place ;
and things went on in the itsugl way, un
der the secret guidance of the back stairs
party, during tin* m hole of the American
War; whieli, although supported by Lord
North, was by no means a measure of his
choice. In the debate on Gen. Conway’s
motion, in February, 1782. he strongly in
timated as if that war was to bo consider
ed, not as bis war, but ns the King’s.
Lord North soon nftcru'nrd resigned,
and Lord Rockingham, Shelburne, Fox,
and other members of the opposition suc
ceeded. In this year, William Pitt tin*
younger, first opened his career, hy an able
speech in favor of a reform in Parliament.
A measure which bail been popular in a
very high degree, from the date of the Sep
tennial Bill, brought in through fear oftho
Jeeohites, in 171ti, and which the people
very justly regarded ns an infringement
on their rights, although proposed by tin*
party then dc* rued the most popular. The
Rockingham administration, (particularly
obnoxious to tile reigning monarch,) were
driven from their posts in about a twelve
month ; and voting William Pitt succeed
ed them as Prime Minister. From that
time to his death, in ItstlO, he became the
decided opponent to that measure, which
in tin* honesty of youth, lie took up and de
fended, as the basis of his political opin
ions.
Freni the year 1783, to 1801, Mr. Pitt
conducted the affairs of the nation with
sufficient energy, but with a profusion per
fectly unexampled in the annuls of tin*
world : and by an accumulation of nation
al debt, that will bear so heavy on the re
sources of that country as to sink lirr at
last. For to say it olF, no adequate mea
sure ran be provided ; and the resources
of wealth by whieli it is borne now, Mill
gradually be distribt ' *d among other na
tions, as their know ledge, their energy,
their manufactures, commerce, and popu
lation increase. Europe is now nearly as
much shut against British goods, as under
the operation of Bonaparte’s system ; mid
the new avenue of trade promised by the
South continent of America, are almost
the only counterbalance that England can
look for, against the prohibiting system
now operating against her, over almost all
Europe.
In 1801, Mr. Pitt resigned Ins post; and
Ids friend, Mr. Addington, (now Lord Sid-
inontli, a weak and contemptible bigot,)
succeeded to tin*, post of prime minister.—
His puny talents were unequal to the exi
gency, and in 1803, Mr. Pitt again resumed
the reins of government.
Mr. Pitt continued minister from the
succession of Mr. Addington, to .Mr. Pitt’s
death in 18l)ti. His decease ' v, ’s nwin«>**
the pdinpUcouiil oiVo.-t m’tlje Gout, I’ott-
M tiio, and Bonaparte's success. (I a was a
staunch prerogative minister, and deserv
edly a favorite with the monarch, while
lie lived ; and u*ith the regent, till the close
of his ministerial and mortal career; un
doubtedly a very aide man ; an admirable
dchator ; firm and fearless, and above all
temptation of rank, title, or wealth, lie
lived poor, and lie died poor ; content with
the honors and reputation that his own
great talents and incessant labours had
earned for him. As a statesman, lie whs
not more than equal to his antagonist, .Mr.
Fox: ami neither the one or the other
had a mind stored with the useful knowl
edge, appertaining to the profession of a
statesman, in an equal degree to Air. Can
ning, Lord Liverpool, Mr. liuskinson, and
the reigning ministry of Great Britain ; al
though it may ho conceded, that the* natu
ral talent and energy of character of Pitt
and Fox wero upon a nine'll higher scale.
To .Mr. Bin, succeeded Fox, Windham,
Gray, and Grenville. In that tear, lHijtj,
Mr. Fox also died. Gray and Grenville
remained but a short time alter tlioir lea
der's death. In 1807, Pcrceival, Canning
and Castlereigh came in. This adminis
tration, by no means un nble one at that
time, for want of tile experience subse
quently ncijttired, lasted till the assassina
tion of Pcroival in 1812. To him succeed
ed Castlereigh ; who destroyed himself.—.
To that daring,energetic, but wicked min
ister, Canning has succeeded, and upon
the whole, he seems to tno the best minis
ter Great Britain lias had for this century
past, lie is a political adventurer, xvi111-
out rank or fortune, compelled to rely on
bis own exertions; he has had sufficient
drilling in the school of politics : he is a
man of considerable talent naturally; it
good speaker; a mail of profound courage;
and who hits read more and thought more
on subjects connected with his station,
than any minister who has ever preceded
him in that country. .Something might he
nllowed, for the impossibility of attacking
so much public abuses, as have grown up
before his time, to a strength too formida
ble for theefl'ortsof any minister whatever
to overcome : but he gi.es v* ry fairly as
far ns he can in harmony, with the liberal
spirit of the times.
During the reign of George 111, the par
ties until the close of the American w ar,
M’ere
1. The King’s friends: 2. The ministry
for the time being, who were always eon-
trolled bv the former : !f. The opposition
—this latter consisted of the old Whig a
ristoeraey, and the men of talents, (politi
cal adventurers) whom they put into the
boroughs under their control. During the
time of Lord North’s administration, and
for sonic years after, the borough interest
was divided between the ministry us bo
rough proprietors, the It hig aristocracy ns
borough proprietors, and individuals who
held boroughs usually on speculation.—
Tho price of a sent in the bouse of com
mons, during the session, wits usually from
4000 to 5000£. Mr. Duller (brother to the
judge) was a borough monger hy trade, a
dealer in seats in parliament. To he sure,
it is a farce to talk of the representatives
of these rotten boroughs being the repre
sentatives of the people ; but they arc usu
ally tilled by tbc nten of great talents and
small fortune, brought forward by the ttvo
prevailine parties. Mr. Pitt
brought in by these means, so
Canning. When a person wishes to pur
chase a sent in the house of commons, the
borough monger asks at least 1000.G, more
if it be an open borough; that is, when tbc
member chosen is allowed by the proprie
tor to vote ns lie (the member) pleases.—
Generally, the bargain is, on nil ministeri
al or opposition questions, the member en
gages to vote with his party. The house
of commons now consists of (158 members,
of whom 487 are returned hy 144 peers A*
‘48 commoners: The reoPLR return 171.
So that the representation of the people is
really confined to 171 out of 058 ; the o-
tlinrs are, in fact, representatives of the
ministry, oftho whig aristocracy, or they
purchase their seats from session to ses
sion, according to the terms of voting pre
viously agreed on. At one time, the .Na
bob of At * it, actually had 14 representa
tives in parliament; members put in by
borough interest, which his agents brought
up.
This inadequate representation of (hr
people, lms been brought f irwanl in pir-
linment almost every year, from the setes-
sion of Lord North from the mini-t v to
the present time: lint it has never yet sir-
ceederl ; the last motions in its favor by
Lord John Russel, have bail more suppir-
ters than ut any other time ; sn that I (•in
sider it ns gradually gaining ground vvili-
in doors its well as out of doors. Mr. I'tt,
Mr. Grey, Mr. Flood, Sir Francis Burdttt,
and Lord John Russel, have nt vnriqis
times brought forward this great qitestitn.
Mr. Pitt before lie was minister, brought it
forward in Mav 1782, and in .May 1783.8-
Mr. Flood in 1784, 1785, and 1730. Mr.
Grey, (now Lord Ilowick) in 1738. Until
within these few years it has been almost
laughed out of the house : but the friends
to this measure will ultimately succeed.
The American and French Revolutions
introduced a holder tone of opposition-po
litics into Great Britain. By degrees, thr
younger men of talent of the opposition
party became necessary to that opposition,
and tlieo/rf whig aristocracy. Mr. Burke’s
favorite party, by degrees have been su
perceded by the novi homines, the nr ip
wltigs : men who went a few steps father
on the road toward a general reformation
of abuses than the old vvliigs either vetitui*
ed or approved. Of this party Mr. Fox
was the lender. Naturally a very ardent,
energetic, rlcnr headed, well educated, A.
honest man. Compelled very often to de
viate from political rectitude, and to pi
over much gross political delinquency, thut
he might he. enabled to do, not nil the good
that he wished but all that was in bis pen*
or. Besides, lie Mas kept in cheek by
the old whigs, by Windham, Grcv, &
who did not want to go the whole length
of reform.
As the principles of the revolution in
this country & in France, eatne hy means
ot constant discussion to be better under
stood—and tar more than all, ns tin* mass
of the people in England became gradual
ly a reading people, and much better in
formed, the new wltigs were encroached
upon by a fresh party of more decided en
ergy of character, & who separating from
the aristocracy, entered more into the feel
ings and views of the great mass of the
people.
Fox, Grey, Whitbread, Sheridan, Fran
cis, Tierney, were till open advocates for
a parliamentary reform. The best and
most authentic view of that subject was
brought forward by Grey in the house of
ominous. But none of these men bail
that measure at heart. Grey, to whom the
shew of reform was committed by the new
Whigs, has joined the old Whig aristocra
cy, as Lord llnivick.
Lord Holland is non* the dinner party
lender, the Amphytrion of the new Whigs,
and Brougham and tie* Edinburgh Review
talk the politics of that party. They are
ready to expose all delinquencies, that will
lend to bring the ministry into disgrace;
ive owe to them the exposure of the enor
mous abuses and peculations in the Jiicrar-
hy, in charitable corporations, in the law
Ac. but none of them advocate the favo
rite measure of the people, n parliamenta
ry reform. The writings of Bailie, of Bar-
low, of MTntosh, and other reformists, to
gether with the enormity ns well as the
number of governmental abuses in that
otintry, the multiplied expos * es of them
that have taken place, and the dread of the
pretended friends of the people, of the on
ly measure, the people consider as efii-
cient. have persuaded at least4 out of 5 of
the people of Great Britain, that they can
place reliance on no merely opposition
party ; nncl that the only efficient means of
getting rid of the fraudulent burthens un
der which they are overloaded nnd pres
sed down to the earth, is a reform in the
representation oftlie people, by Which the
house of commons shall he no longer the
hired servants oftlie ministry or ol’the op
position, but of the nation.
This party was at first strongly inclined
to republicanism, particularly in the begin
ning of 1732: hut the excesses of the
French revolution have satisfied all minds,
thut a total change oftlie aektiowled prin
ciples of the constitution, is neither expe
dient or likely to he permanent; and I am
fully persuaded, tluit nine tenths oftlie par
ty now deemed the nn st violent in that
country, look no further than a reform in
tho constitution of the house of commons,
and desire no more.
This party, at the head of whom may
now he considered Sir Francis Burden iv
Lord John Russel, is of course the bn oriii*
party with the populace. The nristoc rn
ry of the country, whi ther consisting of
old whigs or new wliigs, they regard us
merely contenders for the power w Inch the
ministry for the time being pcsst ssrs ; mid
ns not entering into the feelings of the
great mass of the nation, the eotninnii p-co-
ple, the lower classes, the populace, the
rubble. Vet this is in fact the only Buffer-
ing class, for ns the old poet has it,
Quicquid drlirant regrs, plectuntur Aehivi,
It is the rablde who pay for the madness
of Kings and ITinres.
iicnce, unavoidably, the mob-orators,
was first! tho demagogues, the furious partisan* of
i was Mr. tin* people, tile men who are viotem, some
from cunning, nnd some from principle,
seme from knowledge of existing abuses
nit,I strut;? feelings, nnd some vociferous
fro a ignorance, endeavor to associate the
real well informed u td prudent Iriends ot
the tteoplo in the house of commons with
tlieijseli es. Thejmrnsure of parliaineilta
ry rtf irm is regarded as the only measure
cnpible of laying the axe to tlu* root ol the
cvih complained of, and in good truth it is
so. Anil it is dreaded by the half measur
ed, (iristorratie reformists, because it i.s so.
Tluir opponents, the friends of all existing
nbiKcs, together with the old aristocracy,
ami the new aristocracy, combine in affix
ingto this party the inline of 'tailical as »
sneering term of reproach. The people
hate adopted it as a compliment; and con
sidering all reform of separate evils, ns
partial and insignificant efforts however
well meaning, and ns endless even it suc
cessful, they confine themselves to the one
great efficient & radical measure, a change
the representation that shall give the
people, the nation, a chance of being heard
within the walls of St. Stephens’ chapel.
The voice oftlie nation has not been heard
ithin those w alls for many centuries.—
There is no doubt but such a reform would
indeed be a radical reform; no man who
lias honestly studied the politics of that
ountrv, but must lie satisfied, that this is
Tim om: thing .*>•►:r.i>fri.. The tories and
the half tory aristocracy know’ it. Their
impudent contempt oftlie nation, has led
them to give this appellation to the parlia
mentary reformists as an opprobrious nick
name, and till* good sense ot the people has
turned the edge of the weapon, by adopt
ing it.
Sneh are the llndieals of Great Britain
men belonging chiefly to the class called
thepeoplc: men who suffer, who complain
and who pray for the only remedy that pan
he considered as applying to the root of
the disease, and who are dying hy inches
under the paltry paliutives of their pro
tended friends.
In this country, the admirers and imita
tors of British aristocracy, have thought
tit to use this appellation as a term i
abuse, here ; and apply it.
To all who deny thut the framers of t!
constitution meant to have a national go
vernment in this country, one and indii tsi
Ide :
Who assert the separate stales haw
state rights remain? to them :
Who contain! tluit our federation, is a
confederation of states ;
Who regard the general welfare as lmv
ing been sufficient It consulted in the pow
ers specifically conceded by our eonstitu
tion :
Who believe that an attempt to assume
oiWvrnn.t greater powers i.s an at
usurpation :
That the more frugally our government
is administered, the better:
That there is such an evil as governing
too much.
And when they exclaim against unwiehl-
iy patronage, great expenses, power as
sumed by implication, and lucrative jobs
created lor the adherents of government,
by means of whieli the purity of the na
tional representation may he (if it has m.t
been) contaminated, they are content fin*
these enormous offences, to undergo the
obloquy ol all fashionable worshippers at
the shrine of power, and to be nick-mimed
•is RADICALS.
A LIVING VA MPYRE.
[Fixm the London Courier.]
IIoRRini.r Narrative.—The following
account is given in the private correspon
dence of a .Morning Paper. It seems too
horribly inhuman to be true.
On the 23d of this mouth, will ho tried
before the Assize t.’ourt of Versailles, u
man, or rathor a demon, named Lcger, ac
cused of having violated and murdered,
with circumstances ot' the most foul mid
atrocious nature, a girl aged 12 years and
a half. Tho principal facts of tlie ease,
which will hear telling, are tts follow:—On
the 10th’of last August, Aime Constance
de Bully, a girl aged 12 years nnd a half,
residing in the Commons of lNtervillc,
went to work at 4 o’clock in the evening,
in a vineyard belonging to her father, about
a quarter of a leugtio from the village,
on the borders of tbe wood of Burdion.-
On her not returning at tho usual hour,!
her family berume alm ined, and made a
long and useless search in tin* vineyard
and neighboring w ood during the night.-
On the circumstance being made known
to the police, the next day, a general search
was ordered to be made in the environs,
hut which produced nothing, unless the
finding of a blue mid white striped hand-
chief, near the place where the unfortu
nate girl had been working in the vine
yard, but which handkerchief was recog
nised not to have belonged to her. At
length,on the 16th of August, during a fur
ther search, there was discovered in a rock,
called dc In Charbonniere, n cavern, the
mouth of which was designedly eoneenled
with hay, straw, and brunches and leaves
of trees. On descending into the cavern,
there were lbuml tragim tits of artichokes,
onions, peapods, and ears of wheat, whieli
proved that it had served as a habitation
to some human being. A strong smell of
putrefaction which struck those who first
entered, induced a further search. Lights
w ere procured, and on proceeding to the
further extremity oftlie cavern, there was
found buried under 2 feet of sand, a large
mid heavy bundle, which living brought
out and opened, was found to contain tin*
body of n young girl already in a state of
dissolution, the legs doubled upon the
trunk, which was most shockingly mutila
ted; the whole was enveloped in a shift
and petticoat, and firmly kept together bv
a handkerchief nnd an oaken twig. The
body was instantly recognised by the pa
rents as thut of their ill-fated daughter.—
On the body being examined by a surgeon,
it was found tbut it bad been laid open In
means of some v r n sharp instnijiieut,ii*ciii
the vv uist to the chest; portions of tho ho
ly had boon entirely cut nvvny ; minieroit*
it in I deep wounds inflicted ; the head and
neck gorged with blood, but the teiirt and
blood-vessels completely dry. Shortly af
ter the finding oftlie body, a vvooil-rmiger
saw a man, to him unknown, of a rutlior
xtrnordinary face and appearance, uinl
who fled on his approaching him. His
suspicions were awakened, and tlu* n**xt
day, being on the look-out again, he suc-
ded in seizing him as he wits drinking
it a fountain. Not being able to give a
ntisfnetory account of himself, and hav
ing no passport, In* wiM committed to pri
son. He had not been long in confine
ment, when lie told two of his fellow-pri
soners that lie had been wandering for the
last fifteen days in the woods; tlrai he bail
slept in a cavern oftlie rock, and lived up
on artichokes, onions, and wheat, whieli
lie stole from the neighboring fields and
nrdens. This was an important avowal,
when it was recollected that the fragments
of these eatables were found in the cavern
hem tbe body wus discovered. The blue
mid white handkerchief also, which was
found in the vineyard, on being compared
with one whieli the prisoner (named l.e-
g< y* wore, proved to be ofexactly the same
pattern nnd texture. Two knives were
found on Ids person, one of whieli, with a
wooden handle, was exceedingly sharp,
and whieli on being applied to the wounds
on the body oftlie girl (exhumed for tin
purpose) corresponded so exactly with
them, a-to !eav e little doubt ofthis being the
instrument with vvliieb they were inflicted.
Logcr, who had hitherto denied all knowl
edge oftlie murder, could no longer resist
the force of these eireiunstanees, and on
being led to the spot where the body was
found, and which latter was placed belbn
him, he confessed himself the perpetrator,
and entered into till the horrible details of
the crime. According to his confession,
he had hern from his infancy of u sombre
and savage disposition, hating the society
of women nnd persons of his own age.
A\ isliing to live in complete solitude, he
had, on St, John's day, quitted hi*-* father’s
house under pretence of going into ser
vice. lie brought aw ay with him only 50
iVtines and the clothes which he wore.—
He took up lii^ residence in the wood of
Montmiraux, where he lived for several
days, upon wild roots, sorrel, uml occasi
onally artichokes, wheat, A c. which he
-tole from the neighboring farmers. One
evening lie surprised a rabbit, which he
tore in pieces nnd devoured. Shortly af
ter, pressed by hunger, he entered ti vil
lage. and purchased some bread & cheese.
This was corroborated by those who sold
him the above articles, lie t! on wont on
to stnte, that he heenm'' tormented with
the desire of getting possession of n wo
man, mid eating her flesh and drinking
her blond. This demoniac project be was
enabled to put in execution; for, on see
ing tlu* young Constance de Bully, in a
lone vineyard, la * away from any succor,
he stole unawares upon her, tied a hand
kerchief around her neck and mouth,
threw her on his shoulder, mid fled into
the woods. Being at length obliged to
•dop from fatigue, he perceived that his
bunion no longer breathed, he laid her up
on the .ground, and found tlmt she was
(lead. He then delivered himself up to
the most incredible excess of unnatural
depravity and ferocity—after which lie
cut off portions oftlie body, which lie de
voured—he then ripped open the trunk,
and, stooping down, drank with avidity
the blood from the heart and veins. lie
then disposed of the body in the manner
which bus been nlreudv stated, lie tore
oil’the collar mid wristbands of his shirt,
which were stained with blood, and buried
them. All the horrific details given by
the horrid wretch, have been fully corrobo
rated b * the state of the body, the finding
oftlie bloody collar, mid by his pointing
out the oak from which lie cut the twig to
bind the body.
I.engndty.—.T. Gordon, who died near
Turiil’. Binitlhhire, some time ago, had at
tained the remarkable ago of 132 years.—
All tho travellers who chanced to call at
the neighboring inn of Turitf, were uni-
formlt directed by the landlady, Mrs. Wul
lace, to the cottage oftho patriarch, "where
they would see (she used to snv ) the oldest
man in Bmitlshirc—aye, or in the world.”
Among the visitors one day, at tho close of
the harvest, was u young Englishman,
who coming up to the door oftlie cottage,
accosted a venerable looking man, em
ployed in knitting lio.-e, w ith “ So, my old
friend,can you see to knit at your advanc-
d period of life ? One hundred mid thir
ty-two is truly a rare age.” “ lleil’s i’ the
nmn ; it vviil he my grand-father ye’re seek
ing— I’m only 73—ye'll find him round the
corner o’ the house.” On turning round
the corner, the (tiger encountered a
debilitated old man, whose whitened locks
liiit'o testimony of ins hav ing lung passed
the meridian of life, nnd vv hum the strati-
gcr nt nncf* cniielui't (1 to he Jehu Gordon
himself. ” Yei, serin wonderfully fresh,
my good sir, for so old a man ; 1 doubt not
but von have experienced ninny vicissi
tudes in your longlife.” “ What’s your
wall, sirr ’ inquired the person addressed,
whose sense of hearing was somewhat im
paired. The observation was repeated.—
“ O, \ e’ll be wanting my father 1 reckon—
lie'si’ the yard there.” The stranger now
entered the garden, where he found the
venerable old man busily emplowd in dig
ging potatoes, mid humming the ballad of
the “ Battle of Hnrlnvv.” “ 1 have had
some difficulty in finding you, friend, as 1
successiv ely enci uiitcred your grandson
and son, both of whom Fmistook for jou ;
indeed, they scorn ns old r.s yimru lf.—
Your labor is rather hard for von at jour
advanced age.” “ It is, (replied John) but
hurypnrt IT' -a/d, bv Cttpt. Frederick Film-
tnerfotd, who made a voyage to the Co
lumbia River, in 1821 ;—
rite seasons here are very regular. Tho
summer is usually pleasant, with little or
no ruin. Throughout the winter, it rains
the greater part of the time. Between
September A* March, tin* prevailing wind
is from the west, which renders the river
for the most part of the time, almost inac-
esrible.
The residents have it in their power to
ve very comfortably’. Game of all kinds
is in abundance—as are fish, consisting
particularly ofsulmon nnd sturgeon. The
iilirioti are particularly important, and are
entirely superior to those obtained at tbe
northward.
To the North-West Company, the post
on the Columbia river is of great conse
quence. All the supplies for their exten
sive chain of posts west of the Rocky
Mountain, are brought into this place, and
from it are exported all the collections from
them.
From every description of the river la
my power to obtain, I am led to believe*
that it is navigable for vessels of 300 tons,
as high as Vaneover’s Point, about 30 miles
from the mouth.
From nil personal observations, I should
judge iluti the most practicable and expe
dient place to form a settlement, would bo
on it Bay, which is formed by a curve of*
the hank above Tongue Point. In thi®
Bay a vessel may lie in if and 10 fathom®
vv iiter, without being exposed to die tidei
or the heavy westerly winds.
The stnte of Kentucky has hepn for ft.
!o:ig time past, agitated hy two parties*
under which the citizens have been very
generally nnaiiged. Those parties deriv
ed their origin from sundry laws, passed
l»v the Legislature of that State, termed re-
lief-lavvs, which were intended to afford
relief to the people, from the embarrass
ment and depression under which the w est
Iras labored in common with a great part
oftlie I'nion, alter the vv nr, in consequent*©
oftho suspension of specie payments, by
the Banks, ami an unfavorable state of ex-
eliangfi with the east and other causes.—
The principal of these acts, vvus the incor
poration of a Bank, under the title of tlift
Commonwealth Bank, for the redemption
of vvh* so notes, in place of specie, the pub
lic la.’ds oftlie state were pledged. Laws
staving i xectitions, Ac. were also passed.
These, according to our recollection, or
measures having the same effect, were »e-
clarod unconstitutional by tin* skate Judi
ciary, os impairing the obligation of con
tracts. The Legislature, however, wero
determined to hold the ground they hud
taken, nml the contention has been conti
nued for two or three years past, during
which the Judges, notwithstanding the ef
forts made to displace them, have also suc
cessfully held their ground. It appears,
however, that, at lust the Legislature Itavt*
obtained the victory. Tins was effected
hy the passage cf a bill, entitled “ a bill to
repeal the law organizing the Courts of
Appeals, and to reorganize a Court of Ap
peals.” This hill not only deprives tho
Judges of their seats, but sweeps away c-
very vestige oftlie Court, depriving even
the Clerk and Sergeant of the Court, (held
hy an old soldier, Col. Taylor,) of their of
fices, notwithstanding every effort in their
lkvor.
During flic discussion, w e lenrn front tho
Kentucky papers, Mr. Mark lltyden mov
ed so to amend the hill, as to authorise tho
appointment of a fourth Judge oftlie Court
of Appeals, with the same salary as the
present Judges have; and to require the
concurrence of all four to decide any act of
the Legislature unconstitutional, (instead
of removing the present Judges, by a re
peal oftlie luiv organizing the Court.)
But this effort to save the Judges was
vain. The Legislature were deternib rd
to destroy the < ’uni t root and branch. On
litis motion ti debate ensued, whieli on tt-
pied the remainder of the day (Tuesday
21st ult.) until after dark, the vv hole of ti.©
following day, and an hour or two oftho
night, the whole of Thursday, and until
late tit night, when tlie question was taken
and the amendment rejected—Ayes 41,
Noes 53.
The question was then upon reading the
hill ft third time voir. After seme motions
were made to adjourn the House bv n nn
and nays, Ac. the question was decided in
the affirmative—Yeas 54. A motion was
then made to dispense with tho third read
ing, to which there w as little or no oppo
sition, nnd the question shall the bill pas - ?
was decided in the affirmative, Ayes 54,
Noes 44.
It was half past 'll o’clock at night when
the hill passed.
During t he discussion, the previous ques
tion was twice moved; but tbe motions
were withdrawn, nt tbe solicitation of
members.
The hill was enrolled, signed by Mr.
Speaker, nnd laid before the Governor,
who before twelve o'clock on Friday, inform
ed tlra Senate thut he had approved and
signed the same. So the Court of Appeals
vv as rendered liors dti combat.
The hill which bus passed does not Ct
or | roi'ide any salaries for the new jtidees;
that mutter vv ill bo the subject of another
hill.
What is to lie the result of this mea
sure, vve cannot predict. It i.s n singular
stale of affairs, and i- likely to be render* 4
more, so hy the opposition of the Judges
who appear to object altogether to this
mode of legislating them out of rfhre.—
The Lexington Reporter of the 27tl) tilt,
asserts, tluit “ the low, lei'isltiting the
Jlitlj*' of the Court of Appeals out of et
ui the fie*, of the Constitution—•
.’in thankful that I’m able tor’t, as the lad- , r ’ 111 , , ,
dies, puir things, me no verastout now.”— , ^"‘- v ' ould he ’■^emoted on y
The united ages of the worthy trio, amount
ed to upwards oi'three hundred years.
COLUMBIA RIVER.
The following is extracted from a Mn
nuFcript furnished the Editor oftho ,Vc«- i at th> point oftho laygr.ti '
|icnrhim;i:t, or address: that tiny do not
mum to submit, that therefore,’ hefeio
long, we mat expert toltbar efn resort ta
■ . and that it Will bet# brilliant u-
i hi,-lenient for the ti J tin < I 'Kentucky, to
put down their tuqn n c in jjmm tribunal.