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MILEEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1829.
No. 4 of Vol. X.
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YIt >4 THE TEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
A l.ETTER OF AL>\ IC E
p r „ m Miss Vcdnra Trevilum at l\utun, to Mils Am-
iambi I'tua-our in London.
" Eiilin. Monsieur, un ltotntnc atiiinble:
VuiUi poarquoi j- tic saursis 1’uimer."
Scribe.
y . , tell me von’re promi-tod n lover,
\|v iivii Vrnmaita, next week ;
Why eminot in. 1 unity discover
The me of hit rial an 1 bis check 1
Ai I«! Il Uf look like another,
\ vicar, a banker, a beau,
!>,. draf to your fa!her and mother,
My o.vii A.aniiatn, «ay " No !"
Mi-Line, nt her Temple of Fashion,
Taught us both how to sint; and to speak,
An ! lie 1 .ee l one .... titer with passion,
!’, ,-iiju^a-i heei-there a week;
i lor >i b .ken,
it vt!
I .it it you a eliniit,— : s it broken t
My own Aramiiitj, say “ No l' 1
Oil think of our fitvo trite* mUngo,
\ml think of our dear Lulla Rnokli ;
)I w we slinred with the iriilkiuai Is their pottaye,
Ami drank of the stream from the brook;
II„W fon ilV oar lov ing lips falter'd,
i “ W'liat inrthereaii eruiide'ir bestow ?"
J[y bean is the same,—1* yours alter'd 1
My ou n Ai'uininta, say " No !"
Uememher the thrilling RomanceA
We read oil the I sink in the glen;
Remember tiin suitors our '.anries
Would pie11,re for lnl i of ll'then ;
Tne) wore tin* red cross on their ilionlder,
They had vmi.j lish’d and pard. hi d i heir toe—■
{■went frieinl. are you il her or ronler >—
Mv ott n Araminla, say " No 1”
You know, when Lord Rigmarole's carriage
I Iron: off vi itli your t.'ou.in Justine,
You wept, dearest girl, at the marriage,
And whi'nei d " How base she has been!"
Mto'.i said t oil were sure it would kill you
tf everyour husband look'd so ;
And you will not apostatise,—will you ?—
My o w a Arainlntn, say " No!"
Wiu'ii I heard I was going nbroad, Love,
l thoUL'ht l was goi g t■ •' 1 i.• :
We walk'd arindn-arin to the ronil, Love,
We look'd anri-in-ann to the sky :
And I «aid, " When a foreign postilion
11ns hurried me oil'to the I’o,
r.irei t nut MeilomTrcviliiui;—
My own Aramiiita, stiy “ No!"
We parleil! but sytupiitliy's fetters
Jteaeii fur over valley mid hill;
I muse o'er \ our exquisite 1. ■ ‘ I tars,
And feel that your heart is mine still.
And lie who Would daire it wit.i me, Love,
The richest of treasui os below,—
If lie's u it vt lut ()rlnudo should 1", Lov e,
.My own A.aiuiiita, say " No !”
If he wears a top-boot in hi- tv,, dug,
.!. i:e '-ontes lo vou ridine a eo!i,
FROM THE SALEM GAZETTE.
DEATH OF COL. BICKERING. I nag the lute Wur, when apprehensions
“ Know ye that there, is a great man fallen were entertained that the enemy coutcm-
this day in Israel! i I'lntcd assailing our towns mid cities, lie
Though he has died as full of years as I Wl,s chosen a member ol the Board ot W ur
of hunors, the departure of u character »o *° r tbu deletion ot the State. Ii^ l he
much celebrated, respected, and esteem- ' vas chosen u Representative in Congress,
edbv the public, and so much beloved and and held Ins seat till March, 181 <.
admired in the circles of private friend- 111 his retirement lie enjoyed the re-
ship and of domestic life, will create uo) s P < ? c t u»i<.t esteem ot Ins contemporaries;
ordinary sensation of unteigned grief.— I,is devotion to Ins favorite rural pursuits,
He has left no one of ins associate patri- Ins extensive correspondence with eminent
ots surviving, except the illustrious and 1 ulu worthy men iu various parts ol our
venerable John Jay, whose life is so much i country, his love ot literature and his zeal
idem,lied with the whole of our national 1 1,1 promotion of the interests of our best
history. From live peace of 1763 till a institutions, lurruslied Ins mind with ae-
verv recent period, he was a zealous, stre-' tive employment.
minus, intrepid, and influential uctor in nil 1 “ e u^livit) ut liis life a»hi the nia^ni-
the scenes ami vicissitudes through which an ^ varictv ot his public labors lett
our country has passed; he participated in . llH,e leisulc lor solitary ami eontinu-
I the discussions and troubles arising front Iapplication to the pursuits id sc-tiiec
the Stamp .Vet, was one of the most nr- j ^ literature; lie made no pretentions to ei-
dent and zealous Whigs, and when the Co- : ther,—vet lew public men possessed lvnoiv-
lonies were menaced with hostilities from l ; ,J k r ° ^ '»\rious and extensive. The |iro-
tltc mother countrv, lie was the foremost & dticiious ot his pen hear testimony to his
most mdcfaimilile in arousing his country- t»Gilily% power, cleg nice, and vigor ns n
men to resistance, and devoted Ins time ' V1 "- Ul '- Tl '« «harms mid the variety of
and exerted his iiilluence to array and dis- l,ls powere m conversation were unrivaled,
i cinliuc our military forces for the defence'* l'“« “ biv.mte id the social circle.
member of the Executive Council, and du- thanks of his “Great Father,” and sat ments found ourselves beyond the gloomy
down to cultivate his fields and pursue the i and tangled forests of the creek,
clmse as in times gone by.
Although di
tiiiguished iu war and iu council, lie was! rnoiw the baliimori; amchtcapt.
still young, eA devoting himself to his one J IR18H EMANCIPATION SOCIETIES,
wife, a lovely Indian girl, he seemed con-1 take occasion, trom the communi-
tenled and happy. 'cation of a correspondent on this subject,
About this time, the resmnuion of trail* 1 10 U1U ^° “ ‘«;w remarks on the object and
•piility and the opening 0 f the rich lands| P rocuduru °‘ tl,u8u societies iu the United
just ceded to the United States on the up-i ^ . . .
per waters of the Alabama, begun to at- . l>'^r object is certainly not to excite
tract numerous emigrants from the Atl.t.i-! the P.* io P lu of lrclnm ! t0 Ull >' ""constttu-
lie setlk'inents, and the military road was
! tionul or unwarrantable nets. At the i.
soon thronged w ith caravans, hastening to| lim, ‘» that the mlvo-
tl.osc fertile cmmlnus ut H„ west. The I e 1 a "‘ s ln » b rj g ht » Ireland know what
coutitrv, from the t)akmulgee to the settle-1 1 arc abou '» ,,u 7 ul ''; d, ‘ sl >; ous lo nal
nients" on the Mississippi, was still onei 1 le, “ HI l ‘ ,e constitutional vmd.cutjon ol
howling wilderness, und iniiiiv discontent-1 ,, ' sh 1 ,r “• th,s mn - v b ‘ ; dollc
ed spirits among the emupn red tribes still I w " h ,l!ti « wc,tl0 bct ''' e,!n
meditated a hostile stroke uginnst them tvv0 ‘ i ° ver,un ? nl# - I hey have adopt-
white oppressors. Trundling vv as of course I ed 1 " (n,,on,,B lo " ns ,>nd * brs, ‘ tl,c «*!»« ■-
hazardous ami insecure, nail persons wlio
were notable lo associate in parties strong
enough for mutual defence, were fain to
procure the guiilimee and protection of
some well known wart ior or chief, whose
name and presence might ensure a safe I
passage through tlio-e troubled countries.!
Of this class was I, . ( knew
siou of their sympathy with their distres
ses; und secondly, the contribution of
such incuns, as may be requisite for for
warding the object of the Catholic asso
ciation in Ireland ; ns money, it seems,
is not only the sinew of war, but is neces
sary, and that iu some quantity, to procure
the establishment of rights, and even a law
! of our liberties. When the struggle came, j Thc and the gay, the old and the I him formerly, and had In
_ 1 to make a rail-road, from the British par-
I liamont. We see nothing in either of those
, .1 snail
he shrunk not from tho encounter ; ut the I . vo,ln IN were delighted with his colloquial | mote allusion to his late. Though his; . t .
sis of the Re- | eloquence, and instructed by Ins wisdom. | misfortunes and embarrassments laid tin- l )roc(,dl,l cs u ,uch violates the Iuwh or even
In public life he was distinguished for i m , him to seek n distant asvh.m, n warm- i lho ^ ,n ‘ ,ty ol ,mtl0as ;. 'Il»«Lmanc.pn-
snergy, hdclity, firmness, promptitude, pur-1 ,. r heart beat not in a human bosom.— ;! 101 ' i, ° ,;1,,lleh «rc jusiitiud m them, notun-
! Frank and n.anh, open to kindness, and ! ? lbu « rcut law natare uad maa *
I. .. i , , , } | kind, hut as our correspondent observes,
j by the practice of the British people.
It was not without reason that Mr. Can-
ledge them with admiration. This vo- ! ...ip il.i 1. i i ■... ,t 1 nmg, in the speech which excited so much
been p lid to his clia*
darkest and most gloomy cri
volution, lie led a Regiment of Volunteers,
consisting of the flower of the young men
of tins town, to re-inforce the feeble force
of Washington in the Jerseys, in mid-win-
scvcranco and disintcrestedncj
I'runk and inanlv, open to kindness, n
Of his private virtues there is no differ- J to meet Vrien.lslnp, he w as lov
ter, will ll the army was without pav, with- l eucc ot opinion. All men ol all parties j hy ail who knew him, and “eyes iimis-
outn commissariat, without tents, or alios- s l ,( ' uk them vvitli rupture, ami ncknovv- ,.,1 to weep” glistened In bidding “God
njtal Tho discerning and sagacious eye ) ^' d K c them with admiration. Ibis vo- speed!” to their old associate. I, had
of Washington selected him for an houo-1 1 " ,,! ‘' I 'T horn,'.go lias been p ud to his clia- , | )c0 „ u companion
arms with Rile
a hie and arduous station in the staff of ri,ctor al "kl nil the vicissituues ot party.— . and knew lu< sngncitv, Ids courage, and ft
the
our patriot forces t.ll the pu
His constancy, fortitude, toils,
entitle him to the affection, and
Yrmy ; he shared in all the scene': of ! [ :l ad tbo .I? ri .' ate
hardship, peril, and suffering etidrred bv j honest, fmt.itul at
our patriot forces till the peace of 1*83.— vt '. r Hnpouclied Ins nitegritv w.tli any color
and services ™ justice. Lone, of iiii//i,and lutegritv
endear him )'bat could not be shaken, were his clmrac-
to the memory of all who glory in our In-, “ ^\ bl rt ' ' ud t! “'' wa . v ’ bc
dependence, and exult in the enjovmeni d'dhot leartolollovv. 11,s manners n ere
of our free institution?, und Republican P lal11 aad simple, bis morals pure and mi
re lations of life
lie was | dclity. Tinder lus direction lie led
small family of slaves towards the spot
which lie had fixed for In- future home,
and traversed the wild and dangerous path: , ■ , , ... ,
I, ■ , it is the great advantage which the cause
ill satotv imu peace. Like most men ot Ins , n , , ■ ,r , ,
attention from certain crowned heads,
spoke of “opinion” as one part of the
force which he could enlist in the sup
port of his policy, liis “ liberal policy.”—
It is this sort of force which the friends
of Ireland in this country desire to wield.
liberty.
Col. Pickering was born in this town on
die 17th July, 1716, and was descended
from a respectable family, who w ere among
die earliest emigrants. He received a
liberal education, and graduated at Har
vard University iu 1763, at the moment
when the peace between Great Britain and
France had liberated the Colonies from
a harrussing war, and left them leisure
to investigate and ascertain their Rights
blemished, and Ids belief and profession
of the Christian Religion wore through a
long life accompanied with practice and
conduct in accordance with iu divine pre
cepts.
I KOll THE I.VOEMPARV.
TI1K MURDERER'S GRAY
| eager and sanguine temperament, E j
j was easilv e.xc.teil to unger, and though
j ready to atone for the iujiiiv done in the
| warmth of feeling, ih.l not ulwtn s control I
liis passions before they outburst. Some |
I slight cause of (ilten ition produced a
quarrel with liis guide, and a blow from
die hand of L , was treasured up by
J Riley, vvilli deep threats of vengeance.—
(On the banks of yonder creek In: watched
I liis time, and tin
of liberty has obtained from the freedom
and diffusiveness of the Press, that neither
tyranny nor vicious policy can find nul’e-
I tv in the obscurity of its transaction*.
There is a national as well as a personal
I pride, winch seeks esteem arid avoids rc-
jprtmcli; and to address ourselves to tins
| sentiment is certainly a more quiet, as it is
| a more effectual mode of redressing the
J wrongs vvhieli humanity sutlers at the
A few hundred yards from the sintd!; closed the career nt
tream which, known bv the whin
the appellation of ‘Line Creek,’ divides
, . . , , i hand ot bad or ufiwise rulers, titan any
■ Indict too truly anned,l ,, ,,,, . J
, , .-M | other imaginable one. tins is a great
it one who little dreamed ,, .. . , ..
i , » , i , , r . , . ... gain to the cause ol lrecdom, and there
under ol dentil at the moment. His slaves territi- . ,
'"•oil, , . .. ,. seems to fie no reason in the world why it
cd, at tin death ot their master, fled in vo- 1 - J
relation to the mother country. The | ihc territory of the Muscogces or Creek rio* 1 * directions
Confederacy from the state of Alabama, j 1,is »«ur«lei- to the nearest settlements,
slands, or rather stood, a ruined cottage ol' Thcstorvof L—*-’sunlmppv end soon
logs. Travelling through the wilderness, reached his family, and his nearest rein-
several years ago, I passed ilii« desolate I tives took immediate measures to bring
spot. The walls, hluckened bv the smoke the murderer to justice. Riley knew
of many fires, and in part already decay- that punishment would speed'llv follow lik
ed, stood tottering to their fall; the rool'l crime, hut took no step? to evade or pre-
wns entirely gone ; ti part only of the chim- vent liis doom. The l aws of retaliation
severe but sim-
tnd he “ might
to re d in the nisi.i.' with mud. The fences j run vvlm read I hem.” On t lie first notice
had I tllen around a small field, which ; of a demand, he boldly avowed his deed,
showed traces ol former cultivation, and \ and g ive himself up for trial. No thought
t tri al of peace with the western Indians : j "'as fast filling up with briers, plum liislies, : seemed to enter liis mind of denial or es-
{And in 1794, lie was appointed the sole and sedge grass, where the still evident | cape. A deep and n tiled remorse had
controversy that soon arose, engrossed his
feelings and enlisted all the powerful fa
culties of his mind on the side of his coun
try. He soon became the champion and
leader of the vvliigs in this vicinity.
• * * #
From the year 1790 to 1794, Col. Pick
ering was charged, bv Gen. Wushing-
1
. . i . i should not be made use ot at least as free
imd carried the news ol,, , , ■ , ■ ,
L as in England, which is never slow to
(then President of the United States.) uev was left, built in the custom of the ; among his countrymen ari
several negotiations with the Indian i country, cd split sticks, and thickly phis- pie—“ blood for blood*’-—
with
i nations on our frontiers: In 1793, in a
I foifit commission with Gen. Lincoln and
j Bern rly Randolph, Esq. of Virginia, to
h
If h
:• 't'
tie
1 in!.- p'ut ai’ti r ilium r,
I: !:is. iir.i-.v or liis I>ivpiHii(; is law,
It' lu* chIIs liiin*i'lf " Thompson.” or “ Skinner,’’
•My own Armni.ita, sny " No !"
li li'* studies the news in the ji ijm.ts.
While \ on ire preparing the tea,
i‘. he talk • ol the damps ami the v.ixiurs,
While ;a :on'i;;lit lies soil on the sea,
I. he's sl.‘c| s while you ure enpriciuus,
it he lj e no; ,j ni,i ieal “ l til 1
li he dues mit i all Werter del; icu^ —
My own Armnaitu, say " No ! ’
ii he evi r sol* foot in the city.
.Among l he tocklirohera mui Jew
L he Ims mu n heart i..ll of pity,
Il I ’ ri.in’t stand sis feet in las shoe?,
L hi* lip? are not o i lerthan ro-es,
It his Inud, are not whiler limn snow,
lie I U15 nol (lie motiul of nose*.—
My ou r AiaGjiiita, sjy “ So !”
f Lo spent;, gf a *iiv or a duty.
li he dors not K K ^B rjini ^ k ,iee -S
It h?i*» blind to a lail.i^Rpc! of beauty,
lUIfs. valleys, rooks, voters and trees,
■1: l.’f* oates pot 0 |1 desolate towers,
Ik In* likes tint to hear the blast blow,
if he |j,lows no* thelh.' ,<,UJ 2r t o1 " ""m'?,—
Hy own Ammintu, stly " ..u ’
Uemtit: walk !U-e a God of old sfrttT
L" one (low n Irma the home of his rest;
- Ik must smile, l.ik- the snu iu his glory,
tt* the buds pe loves even tile lie 1 !;
And ol,, from his ivory portid, ,
Like mnsie his tuft .speech mils! (low !
j* be speak, smile, or walk, like il mortal,—
own Aramiiita, say “ No!"
Don't listen to tales of his bnvtn'.v,
ttga'l hoar what they tell uf hit l.irtlj,
t? m't took at his seat in dm country.
Don't v.riwuiule what he is worth ;
Lut f him a theme lo vv rite verse on.
Ami see if he turns out liis toe
E I"- S only an exrellont person,—
Hy own Araminta, say " No
MELODY—bv vv. legoktt,
li von height «tnrs which gem the night,
tie each It blissful dwelling sphere,
Where, kindred spirits reunite.
Whom death has torn asunder here ;
How sweet It were nt once to die,
And leave this blighted orb afar!
giis soul and soul to cleave the sky?
And soar away from star to star!
■Cut oh 1 how dark, how drear and lone.
Would see in the brightest world of bliss,
If windering through each radiant one,
We failed to find the. loved of this !
If there no more the ties shall twine,
_ That death’s cold hand alone can 'ever,
Ah! then, those stars in mockery shine.
More beautiful, as they shine forever!
U mnnot bn : each hope and fear,
'I hat lights the eye, or clouds the brow,
lV'ielaim? there i“ a happier sphere
Than this bleak world that holds us now.
There is r voice which sorrow hears,
When heaviest weighs life's gulfing chain—
!Tis heaven that whlsp»rs—“ dry up thy tears
The pure in Ijeurt shatl meet again.
I uifeut to adjust all <mr.disputes with the six I marks uf the hoc and the corn ti Id
unions: which were terminated by a salts- i |uonf that lutnrin beings hnd once found conduct,
actorv trenlv. there a homo. The mists of night
In tin? year 1791, General Washington closing around us tins dark ningnoh
ppoiiifed him Post Master General. In est which frowned on the secluded
and the thick and gloomy swamp of Line
Creek, vv liich stn tidied its unhealthl'ul mo
rass almost to tlic door, gave to the whole
scene the stillness and horror of death.—
Although habituated during a journal ol
speak its opinion of the vices of other
governments.
As to the sums which are raised hero
with a like purpose, they may bo as pro
perly transmitted from America to the lead
ers of the Catholic Association, as from
England to Ireland itself. They are sent,
not with a hostile hut it benevolent intent;
they are committed to the hands of pru
dent persons', whose avowed object is the
establishment of lnsh rights by moderate
and penceubie measures. Those contrlki
butions are certainly not less praiseworthy
than if they were made as they have been
heretofore, to relieve the Irish people from
MAJOR LAING.
One of the most remarkable instances of
enthusiastic devotion to the cause of science
on record, is afforded by the life of the late
distinguished British traveller Maj. Laing.
Previous to his departure for the journey
into the inttrior of AfricH, in which he lost
Ids life, hut after all his arrangements for it
hnd been completed, liis affections were
engaged to a young Indy, the accomplished
daughter of the British Consul ut Tripoli.
The partii N were utter strangers to each oth
er but a few weeks before. There was tu>
time to waste in protracted courtship, and on
the Mdi July 18*25, Maj. Lning wus marri
ed to Miss Emma Maria Warrington. But
the eve of their marriage was also the eve
of his departure upon thut mission from
which he wus doomed never to return.
The second tiny after the nuptials he set out
for those vnllies of death wherein nil pre
ceding adventurers had found n grave.
This is no fiction: it is indeed romance';
hut it is the romance tif reality. Alter his
departure, frequent letters were received
from Ititn for five or six months. After that,
a long period elapsed, with nothing bfft vague
rumours, till not long since such intelli
gence was received ns to leave little doubt
tlint he hud fallen a victim to the political
jealously of an African Chief, about the 21st
of September 1K26 Boston PutriuL
Mr. Walsh has repotilishcd n very singu
lar purugrapli from an English, or perhap*
Irish print. Without the aid of the dead*
it seems impossible to ascertain and to re
lieve the maladies of the living. The ana
tomist tnuHt have the subject before him, to
understand the wonderful workmanship of
man. And such are the strong prejudice*
entertained against the dissection of the
dead, that the student must have recourse
to the Resurrectionists, to rob the grave of
its prey. These prejudiced are felt not only
about the dead bodies of our friends, but a-
.rotil our own remains. There are few who
are willing to bequeath themselves tn the
anatomist's knife. It is said that Miss
Owenson, now Lady Morgan, has made
such a disposition of her remains ; hut we
do not recollect ever to faavo heord of a vo
luntary association of tho living, for so sin
gular u purpose. Such is the substauceof
the following statement:
Bodies for dissection.— In the apartment
appropriated in Trinity College. Dublin, to
the reception of tho splendid Collection gi
ven to that institution by Dr. Macartney of
that city, tliero is de|msited a scroll contain
ing tho names of some hundred gentlemen
und scholars, who have agreed to give their
bodies, after death, tor public dissection.—-
One of the medical geutlemen who signetF
the agreement, is since dead, and his body
has been, according to his wish, subjected
to ihe process to which, iu his life, lie deenf^
ed it useful to devote it.
The Bible.— It is stated in the English pa
pers tlmt a very interesting discovery htia
been made in Persia, of the Book of Jaslier,
mentioned in Joshua 10, which lias been
procured at a very great expense, having
been preserved in that country since the re
turn of the Jews from tiie Babylonish cap
tivity. It is in this book where we shall find
ibe particulars of commanding the sun ta
stand still upon Gideon. jV. Y. Jtinq.
A Gentleman on his way from Boston Co
Vermont, stopped at a tavern where he met
an inquisitive fellow, who said to him,
“ where have you come from, if I may be si>
buhl ? Not hold at all, I catne from Boston,
possessed Ip? though!?, and influcuci'il his the pressure of physical want. No tm- (Where are you goitre, if 1 may be so hold ?
He had
ii to shun the n
tli
office lie continued until the close of
the year 1791 ; when, on the resignation
ot' General Knox, he was appointed Se
cretary of War. In August, 1796, Mr.
Edmund Randolph huv uig resigned the of
fice of Secretary of State, Gen. Washing-
ion gave Col. P. the temporary charge of
that department also. Some time before
tiie meeting of Congress, vvhieli was in
j December following, lie also tendered to
Colonel Pickering the office of Secretary
of State, which was nt once declined, hut
is soon its Congress lUisenibied, without
speaking to Col. P. again, Vv ashington
nominated him to the Senate lo be Secre
tary of Stale : and the Senate approved
the nomination- He continued in this of
fice until Mnv, lSOU : when he was re
moved by the late President Adams.
At tiie close of the year 1801, Colonel
Pickering returned to live in Massachu-
?eU?. In 1S03, the Legislature appointed
him it Senator to represent the State in
for-
?|IOt, '
tionul comity forbids our lints lending our
"ihutiori "Inch lie knew was required.—t pecuniary aid, till the violence or impru-
Wh.'ii hi? judges were assembled in the I dimce of" the Irish leaders shall incur our
Coune lai the public square, he stood up j disapprobation, and subject ustotliocliurge
of assisting a had cause, or giving our
countenance to an unjustifiable mode of
supporting it.
and addressed them :
“ Fiqhcrs," said he, “ I have killed my
brother—inylVb iul. He struck me, and I
slew him. That honor which forbade mt
I , I, , , »■ to i * lilb ' r n bn>w without inflicting ieu-i The following melancholy case of pau-
nnui lays toe . olitude ate gu.uin of genuee, lorlnds uw to deny the deed, or to pcr j sn) j s noticed in a paper published at
lu: wi den cs,, I vv a? MiwA vt nil the pen- j attempt to escape the punishment you may Chkstku, England. The rejiorter adds,
burly lugubrious aspect «>i the scene; aad j decree. Fathers! 1 have no vv ish to live. | tJmt tho poor man is known to he great
Mi l an mdi finable tedmgot melancholy,, My hie is (orleited to ;.nur law, and 1 offer llt>p |, ew to the poet Poim. Au elderly
1 stopped nty horse to sun ey it more at | j t ,i 3 ilin sole return for the life I have tn- 1 11
leisure. Mv companion who had ridden ken. All I usk lor is to die a warrior’s
a few yards in advance, not hearing the I ,j e otli. Let me not die the death of a dog,
Collgm
for the residue of the term of
accustomed sound of my horse’s tramp,
turned lus head to hnru the cause of iriv
lingering, and rode hack to the spot where
I had halted.
“Her.?,” said lie, “is Riley’s grave.
Remark that small mound of earth resem
bling the heap of soil accumulated from n
fallen tree, &, which is in truth, thccffect of
the trunk to which those rlccavifig pine
knots once belonged ; there the murderer
fell, and there he lies buried.”
man, with long grey hair, and the scanty
remains of acoat that had once been black;
with a careworn epuntenuce und a palsied
out: out it line a brave man vv ho j baud,had ujiproached the Bench, and milk
ing a very respectful obeisance, intimated
tie. Ido not tear it. I shall not shrink j tliut he was forced by hard necessity tocome
from it now. Fathers! bury me where j l0 BWOar |,is settlement. He stated that
I full, und let no one mourn man j his nnnic was Rnchctt, and lie was 68 years
of .age. He entered the navy at the age of
but hold]
fears it not.
who murdered hi? friend.—lie had fought
hy my side—Im trusted me. I loved lmn
and had sworn to protect him.”
Arrayed in his splendid dress of cere-
16, in the capacity of Midshipman, served
in America, throughout all tiie fust war, and
was reduced nt the peace of 1814, lifter
. t Not being rq familiar with the legends ,
Dwight rostt’.ff Lsq. "h° uttu l'* 6 !",leu.- j of this wild region as to remember the stn-. deeds of prowess. Seating himself m
In 1866, the Legtsivff'DC ugaai elected him ry of the man whose crimes and death! front of the assembled tribe upon yonder
euatur, and fur the term of six years. had given a name to this lonely scene of fallen tree, and facing the declining sun, lie
desolation, I inquired into his history, and opened the ruffle of his embroidered shirt,
listened with deep and silent interest to a I and, crossing his hands iijion his breast,
tale of revenge ami remorse, strongly illus-j gave-witli bis own voice the signal of
trative of the aboriginal character. i death, unmoved and ttnappaffed. Six
Barney Rilcv, ns lie was termed by the | hulls passed through Imtti liis hands anil
whites—his Indian appellation is now for-) lus bosom, and he (elf backwards so
moiiy, ho walked slowly and gravely to the j having served 38 years without promotion.
place of execution, ('haunting iu a steady! Being only « petty officer be wnsnotenti-
voiee bis death song, find recounting his I tied to any half-pny; bq that he wasubso
Being in debt for new lands pnrehas-
! ed some \ ears before, and by the appreei-
1 ation of which he had hoped to have made
j an eventual provision for Ins eight survi
ving children; and having no other re-
l sources—a.? soon as ho was removed from
otliee, in 1806, he carried his family from 1 gotten—was a petty chieftain belonging; composedly ns not to lilt Ins feet from the
Philadelphia into tiie country; and with to the confederacy of the Upper Creeks, grass on which they rested. He was bu-
onC of his sons went into the back woods of | Being “ n half breed,” and, like most <»l i ried where he fell, and that small mound
Pennsy Ivunia, where, with the aid of some t lie mixed race, more intelligent than the marks the scene of his punishment ; that
labour rs.they cleared a few acres of laud, |t' u j| blooded Indians, lie acquired a strong! hillock is the murderer’s grave ; that lio-
, they
sowed wheat, and built a log hu', into which J influence among Ins native tribe. Re
lic meant the next year To remove his fa- ) garding the people, his father allied to him
mil v. From this condition he was drawn j in blood and friendship, betook very ear
in' the kindness of liis friend? in Massa- [y u decided part in favor of the. United
States in the dissections among the Creek
nation, and after the breaking out of the
~j, war in 1812, joined the American forces
tilled to pay his debts, return ! with his small band of warriors. Brave
and hardy, accustomed to confront danger
cimsctts. By the spontaneous liberality
of those friends iu taking a transfer of new
lands iu exchange for money, Col. Bick
ering wn , .
to his native .State, and finally to purchase
a small farm in this County, on-which lie
lived manv years, cultivating it with his
own hands, and literally with the sweat
of his brow.
Cob Pickering continued to sustain the
office of a Senator in Congress till 1811,
when he devoted himself entirely to the
1 ilimire o( agriealture. Soon after he was
chosen by the Legislature of tins State n
and conquer difficulties, he led his men to
battle, and in many instances proved by
his activity of material service to the ar
my. His gallantly and abilities attracted
the notice of the commander in chief, and
Riley’s untne was coupled with applause
in many of the dcspatehot'rluring the cam
paign. On tho restoration of peace, he
returned to lus people, honored with the
yel whoso ruins mark the spot, was erect
ed for his widow, who lingered a few sea
sons in sorrow, supporting a wretched ex
istence by cultivating yonder little field.—
She was never seen to smile, orto mingle
with her trilie ; she held no more inter-
hrtely worse off’ titan a man before the
mast. The poor fellow answered with
great modesty the questions put to him
from the Bench, respecting the engage
ments he had been in, by which it appear
ed, tlmt although left to pine in Indigence
and neglect, “ he bad done the State some
service.” A brother, who was also in the
navy, perished in Alexandria. lie proved
bis settlement to be in New ton, a towrisbif
ad joining this city, where be was born, and
bis father formerly owned considerable
I tun going to Vermont.—-Who lire you
going to see there, il l limy he so bold ? I
um going to see the widow M . Arw
you u married man, if 1 nmy be so hold ? I
am a widower. Are you going to marry-
tho widow M——, if 1 may bo bo bold W
That’s too bold!
TIT FOR TAT.
The passengers on hoard an Aberdeen
smack were most grievously annoyed by
the nocturnal visitations of myriads of hun
gry lings. These little blood-suckers were
so incessant in their attacks, that to close an
eye was utterly out of the question ; nay,
so severely did some suffer, that in the morn
ing, when all hands were mustered in the
cabin, their physiognomies were to be re
cognised with considerable difficulty! One
night their agonic* became so intolerable,
that they bellowed out to the master of the
vessel " O, tnHister! maister ! they’re bi
ting ns !” “ What the deiFs biting ye
cries the master. “O, sir, the—bogs." Tiie
response of the rnnster, if not consolatory,
was admirably laconic—“ Wcel, carefellye,
caaiitt ye bite them again ?”
[London Literary Gazette.
AGE OF TREES.
In consequence of the slow decay of the
heurtivood of tho oak and chesnut, those
trees, under favorable circumstances, attain
nn age, which cannot be much short of 1000
years. The beech, the ash, and tha syca
more, most brobably never live half so long.
The duration of the apple tree is not proba
bly much more than 200 years; but the
pear tree, according to Mr. Kuighl, JivBB
through double that period.
CURIOUS FACTS.
The Jews suffered themselves to be at
tacked on the Sabbath day, without repel-
course with her fellows than wus unavoid- j feet in circumference, nine inches in length,
aide and accidental, and now sleeps by weighed twenty-one pounds with the top,
the sido of her husband. The Indian
shuns the spot, 'or he drcauis that the spir
it of the murderer inhabits it. The tra
veller views the scene with curiosity nnd
horror, on account of its story, and paus
ing for a few moments to survey this lone
ly nnd desolate glade, hastens on to more
cheerful and happy regions, With this
short narrative we put spurs to our horses,
a»tl hurrying ajong U* road, ui a few rno-
property. He, together with a wife and ling the assault. The Romans took ad;
vantage of these scruples.
The law of Constantine, passed if
the year 321, forbids working on Siu
to people of Mechanical emplimj||g^_^
large towns, but allows
to follow their usual ~occur~
du .y- , ^^ncil of Orleans
In the year \jffopU should abstain
decided, that coun/f^ n tbat d ay __but lhi*
from ordinaixj^ b{ j erS f <MK i j 0 extend to
should nojdea^vwj or carriages, as such
travelhtofa would savour too much of that
a stjiifuiou to which the heathtns war*
leted. ’
two children, was committed to the care
of the Overseer.
A Mammoth ! The larccst turnip we
have ever heard of, was exhibited on the
23d Tier, at the house of the Rev.W. Davis,
in Wilkes county in Virginia. It was three
and sixteen pounds without. It was perfect
ly solid. There are witnesses to certify the
fact, and if the Rev. Father be as successful
in hi# vocation, us he has been in the turnip
patch, his ministration will he truly blessed
among the sons of men.—Rich. Compiler.
M t a nuGR.—Ta kiugn y oke-fellow,
mnv lighten the burden of existenc
pull together, or render it insuij
yqu drag different wavs.
r Tho Receipt of the Ladies'Fair in Sun-
C if jnali on Tuesday last, for the benefit of tha
Female Asylum, amounted to about $2,11)0.