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tangible difference in value between
property and life. This policy re
minds us of the reply of Judge Burnet,
to the horse-stealer, who upon being
asked what he had to say, why judg
ment of death should not be passed up
on him, and. answering, “that it was
hard to hang a man for only stealing a
horse,” was told by the Judge, ‘Man,
thou art not only to be hanged for
stealing a horse, but that horses may
not be stolen.’ That punishments
should be proportioned to offences is
just and politic we' admit, but that
there is a lamentable deficiency in the
justice and morality of this new coun
try overlooking the alieni appetens
which is so manifestly a nuisance to
their neighbors and strangers, is equal
ly notorious.
We have frequently heard of this pony
club.—It is said by a Traveller who passed
this place some time since directly from Car-
roll, that this stealing association has be
come so dexterious in its profession, that if
the d 1 had been in the shape of a pony,
he would ere this have fallen a prey to its
agility. “Pony club” is but a limited name
and will by no means give a correct idea of
this neighboring combination—“cow club,”
“hog club,” 8c,c. may properly be added.
The Canadas.—We do not believe,
says the N. Y. Daily Advertiser, there
is any serious wish in this country to
have the British provinces annexed to
the Union. At the south, such an event
would be deprecated,because it would
pave the way for the establishment ol
at least four new States at the north,
which would not be likely to be relish
ed at the south. To this Slate, &. more
especially to this city,the incorporation
of tlic Canadas, and particularly the
lower province into the union, would
be an evil.If the U. S. owned the St.
Lawrence to its mouth, it would ne-
cessaiily draw away from this market,
a large quantity of produce, which is
now brought here, and a proportiona
ble supply of merchandize would be
derived to the upper parts of this
State, and other contiguous regions,
from Montreal and Quebec, to the in
jury of the trade of Nevv-York. That
the Canadas will, first or last, be de
tached from Great Britain, there is a
strong probability. Whether they
will, in that event, be/annexed to the
United States, or be established un
der an independent government, the
future will determine.
few minutes, returned to the court a
verdict of $4000 damages. The lar
gest verdiet ever rendered in the coun
ty in similar case. A motion for a new
trial was submitted to the court by
the Defendant’s Counsel, on the
ground of excessive Damages, but
was promptly rejected.
Harvard University.—The com
mencement at Harvard University
was on Wednesday, 29th ult. The
Governor and Lt. Governor of the
Commonwealth, and members of the
Council, were escorted from Boston to
Cambridge at an early hour by the
Boston Company of Light Dragoons.
Among the gentlemen invited to attend
the performances, and the dinner in
the hall, were the President of the U-
nited States, Mr Stevenson, Speaker
of the House of Representatives, Gov
ernor Coles, of Illinois; Mr Tucker,
Principal of the University of Virgin
ia, Professor M’Vickar, of Columbia
College; Senor Viaauree, of Peru;
Professor de la Luz, of St Carlos Col
lege, Havana, and many others.
The number of young gentle
men who received the degree of A. B.
was fifty two; and the degree of A. M.
was conferred on twenty-six. The
degree of Doctowin Medicine was con
ferred on nine.
No honorary degrees were confcr-
ed. We were particularly pleased,
says the Christian Register, with this
deviation from the former course.—
The profusion with which the small
colleges have recently scattered round
their title honours, makes modest men
qshamed. '
Jlncient cannon raised from the sea.—
A fisherman of Calais drew up a can
non of very ancient form, from the bot
tom of the sea, by means of his nets.—
M de Rheims has since removed the
rust from it, and on taking off the
breech, was much surprised to find
the piece still charged. Specimens
of the powder have been taken, from
which, of course, all the saltpetre has
disappeared, after a submersion of
three centuries. The ball was of
lead, and was not oxidized to a depth
greater than that of a line.—Journal
des Debats.
H.iRRISBURG, Aug. 9, 1828.
Caution to Seducers.—$4000 ver
dict. The case of Peter Bowlinger,
against George Kallor for the Seduc
tion of the Plaintiff’s daughter, was
tried in our county court, during the
August Term which has just closed its
session. The Jury after retiring a
Gipsies in England.—About sixty
years ago, the number of Gipsies in
England was calculated at forty thou
sand; and I have no doubt, that
they are now more than double that
number. Indeed, I should be inclined
to call them above one hundred t hou
sand: and all these jieccssarily living
by means of fraud, theft, robbery, or
some species of crime and imposture.
1 say necessarily, because, whatever
their disposition may be, they haVe ac
tually no alternative: they must prac
tice, crimes to support existence. For
such is the prejudice against them,
that they cannot procure any respect
able occupation, and they are betray
ed by their very faces; the counte
nance of a gipsy is recognized in Eng
land almost as readily as that of a ne
gro. Perhaps the English gipsies are
the only people in the world who are
born under cruel doom of perdition.—
Enviable indeed is the condition of the
naked savage, compared with that of
our gipsies.
It is a curious fact for which I
pledge myself, that a tribute precisely
the same as was paid to Rob Roy
M’Gregor, and other freebooters in
the wildest parts of the Hi hlands
Scotland, a century ago, under the
name of black mail, is, at this day.
actually paid by farmers within ten
miles of Loudon to Hie gipsies for pro
tection; or, in other words for not
stealing their property.—(Ves. Meth.
J\tug.
A HEROINE.
A distressing accident occurred at
Temple, N. H. near the farm-house
of Gen. Mile, on the 11th ult. The
stage passing from Nashua to Peter-
boro, having two men uesides the dri
ver on the driver’s seat, the seat sud
denly gave way and the three men fell
to the ground, the wheels of the car
riage passing over the two outside
men. One of them, Ohadiah Perry, of
Temple, was so severely injured, that
he died in two days after. The oth
er was much bruised, but is expected
to recover. The driver was not se
verely injured. The horses took
fright from the falling of the seat and
men, and sat out upon the run; and
the particulars which follow, copied
from the Amiier^ Cabinet, relate to
an event which cannot but excite gen
eral admiration, exhibiting a degree
of presence of mind in a female, and
a fortitude and magnanimity rarely
equalled by any of the male sex, un
der similar circumstances:
“There was but one passenger in
side the stage, Miss Abigail R.
Brown, ot Peterborough, who was
reading at the time of the fall of the
seat, and'did not perceive the acci
dent, till the stage, coining in
contact with the branches of the
trees, roused her attention; when she
discovered her danger, the horses be
ing in full speed. Although alarmed,
she did not scream, nor attempt to
jump out without consideration. Feel
ing deeply her perilous situation, she
considered the best method of her res
cue, or preparation for ihe probable
event. She began with speaking gen
tly and soothingly to the horses, and
felt encouraged by its apparent effect
in checking their speed. She open
cd the door of the stage, let down the
steps, adjusted her clothes to prevent
their being entangled, and stood on
the steps while the horses ran the
distance of near a mile, over several
hills and by several houses. In the
course of the race she discovered a
head a load of hay in the road, and
beckoning to the driver to turn out,
he was enabled to do so, in season not
to come in contaek with the stage, and
he used his exertions to stop the hor
ses in vain, as did others who were
met. She continued on the steps of
the carriage until nearing a hill of
some extent, when she increased her
endeavors to check the horses by her
voice, hoping thereby, with the natu
ral effect of raising the eminence, so
far to lesson their vilocity as to be a-
ble to jump off with safety, which she
happily effected. On alighting to the
ground, she started forward at the
risk of her life, still speaking soothing
ly to the horses, till she was enabled
to seize some part of the harness, turn
the horses, stop them, and hold them
in suspension till assistance came up
to relieve heir from her anxious and
perilous situation, exhibiting a forti
tude and presence of mind bordering
on heroism, which not one man in a
thousand would have manifested on so
alarming and.trying an occasion.
John Tanner.—Many of our rea
ders will remember that this person
passed through Detroit, about eight
years ago, on his way to Kentucky,
to join his relatives from whom he had
been separated for thirty years, du
ring which he had beer, among the In
dians ol the northwest. Mr. Tanner
is now in this city. He has with him a
narrative of his life and adventures,
written by Dr. James of the United
States Army, vvhuh will probably be
published in New York or Philadel
phia, in the courss of a few months.—
A gentleman well qualified to decide
upon the merits cf the work, in a let
ter to the editor >f this paper, dated
Fort Brady, May 15, says:—“Being
a man of a strong, unbending, and nat
urally discriminating mind, he (Tan
ner) has been converted by his editor
into one of the nost fruitful channels,
through which hformation respecting
the manners, modes of thinking, &c. of
the Red Man, has flowed into our sea
of Indian literature.” At the age of
nine years, Tanner was seized near
his father’s house in the vicinity of the
mouth the Great Miami, by a party
of six Indians from Saginaw, under
the father of the notorious Kishkanko,
who was also of the party and quite
young warrior. The object of seiz
ing him, was to supply the place of a
young son of the wife of old Kishkau-
ko, who had died of disease, and for
whose loss the mother was inconsola
ble. The party succeeded in getting
this captive to Saginaw, where he re
mained, about two years, when be was
sold to the widow of a distinguished
chief who lived near Mackinac,
It was known to the traders that he
was a captive child, and some had
threatened to take steps to have him
restored to his parents—and in conse
quence of these threats, the Indians
removed him to the distant country
near the head waters of Red River.
Here he remained until after. Lord
Selkirk had abandoned his project of
making a settlement. He became
acquainted with Lord S. and was of
ten of essential service to him. He
beeame a chief-took a wife, by whom
he had several children, and was re
spected and feared by the Indians of
the tribe by whom he had been adopt
ed. During his residence with the
Indians Mr. Tanner lost all knowledge
of the English language; but by per
severance, and with the assistance of
kind individuals, he has acquired the
means of communicating his ideas in
his native language with considerable
facility.—Detroit Gar.
N. B. Mr. Tanner, the subject of
the above notice, called on us this
morning. He has the manuscript ac
count of his own adventures among the
Indians, which he intends publishing
immediately. It will make about 400
octavo pages. Full confidence . may
be reposed in the talents and charac
ter of Dr. James, who has prepared
the w'ork for the press. The public
will look with a lively interest to the
publication of this volume.—JV’. York
Statesman.
VALUABLE SUGGESTION.
“If there be a qualification in which
a female ought to excel, it is a tho
rough and practical acquaintance with
the arts hnd duties of domestic life.
She may be ignorant of other branch
es of human knowledge, and deficient
in more refined attainments with com
parative impunity, hut embellishments
cannot supply her deficiency in these.
These constitute her peculiar and ap
propriate employment, and far from
being beneath her regard, they adorn
and beautify the most distinguished of
her sex.
“The sentiment may not exactly
accord with the opinions of the pres
ent age, but it is one that ought to be
inscribed on the heart of every female,
that industry and economy are her
true glory. There is no apology for
a slothful woman. A slothful woman
is more fit for a domestic drudge, or
the slave of an eastern despot, than
for the elevated station which free
dom, civilization, and Christianity
have assigned her. A woman who is
occupied in little else than receiving
the courtesies of the other sex, having
every want supplied by obsequious at
tendants, if she does not become tor
pid by inaction,, is almost always the
victim of that morbid sensibility,
which, while it can weep over the
ideal scenes of a novel or a tragedy,
has no interest in the affecting realities
of human life, and.passes through the
world without communicating happi
ness (or feeling responsibility.
“Few appreciate the obligations*
cares and labors, of an industrious fe
male; and few, I fear, are sensible of
the perpetual self-denial which she
is called jto» exercise in the perform
ance of her laborious and reiterated
duties. Her eye must be every where
in her own proper sphere; her author
ity .every where in her own retired
dominion; her hand on every spring in
all the departments of domestic labor;
and c3ieerfulness and care constitute
the prominent excellencies of her
character. A female that has been
induced to believe that she was made
for nothing but to be beloved & admir
ed, & who is never pleased but by alie
nations of idleness and dissipation, has
never learned to estimate her true
worth and excellence, and is a stran
ger to the high destination of a wo
man.”
'EARLY RISING.
There is nothing that contributes
more to the maintainance of health
and elasticity of muscle than early ri
sing. To breathe the fresh air of the
morning before the freshness of the
dew has passed, not only tends to a
joyous lightness of spirits, but imparts
to the animal powers a tone that noth
ing else can produce. The late riser,
after lying in a close room for hours,
comes down to his breakfast with his
senses benumbed from the effects of
his slumbers, and partakes of his re
past, more as a thing of course than
in obedience to the demands of nature,
and when he has finished his meal, goes
forth to business oppressed with lassi
tude and want of general energy. The
early riser, on the contrary, so soon as
the quantity of rest which the body
requires has been indulged in, comes
forth in the early morning, when eve
ry thing breathes freshness. The
flowers, as if invigorated by the dews
of the preceding night, exhale' their
richest hues. Animated nature wa
kens in obedience to the God of Day,
and the beasts of the field go forth to
enjoy the verdue whilG moist and un
touched by the glowing kisses of the
sun. There is a sprightliness upon
the face of creation that infuses itself
imperceptibly into his feelings, and
enables him to enter on his daily du
ties with animation and confidence.—
When he goes to his first meal, it is
not with carelessness or loathing, but
with appetite and relish; the body
calls for food, and the organs ready
to receive, draw from it nourishment,
while in their turn they transmit it to
every part of the system. The mus
cular fibres are braced up, and instead
of lassitude or weariness, there is a
sensation of activity throughout the sys
tem. But independently of the health-
fulness produced by early rising, those
who practice it not only experience
the earliest beauties of the day, when
creation, unwrapping itself from the
sable mantle of night, stands forth ar
rayed in charms of a new being, but
they add much to the term of their
actual existence. Sleep is the coun
terfeit of death; our energies, lulled
into a state of inactivity, we lie in
sensible, whilst Tiirte, hurrying .on
ward, hears us to the portals of eter
nity. It is worthy of notice, but
which few attend to, that he who
sleeps eight hours out of four,and
twenty, is cut off from the great end
of being useful to his fellow men for
one third of his time in life, and that
every moment rescued from this state
of oblivion, is so much added to our
mortal existence.
CHEAP RECIPES TO INSURE
HEALTH.
1. Rise Early. Walk or ride an
hour or two, then eat a substanstial
breakfast. Let your ether meals
be moderate, and use exercise freely
before going to bed. ' This recipe has
lately been recommended, in strong
terms, by Sir Astley Cooper, and ma
ny others of the most eminent physi
cians in London. Its first direction is
consistent with Frankiin’s well known
maxim:
Early to bed and early to rise
Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Its last direction equally agrees with
the well known couplet:
After dinner sit a while;
After supper walk a mile.
2. Keep your feet warm, (i. e. by
exercise,) your head cool, (i. e. by
temperance;) and your body open, (i.
e. take care to avoid costiveness.)—
This was the golden rule of Boerhave,
the greatest physician in modern tfr
probably in.ancient times; who con
cluded his advice by saying something
to this effect—“If people would only
observe these plain simple rules, and
would avoid a current of air as they
would nu arrow, physicians would he
altogether useless.”
3. For Children.—“Give them
plenty of milk, plenty of flannel, plen
ty of air, and let them have plenty of
sleep, and they will seldom, if ever,
ail any thing.” That is, niilk is their
best diet; they should he warmly
clothed; permitted lobe much out of
doors; and should be allowed always
to sleep till they wake of their own
accord. These are the deliberate re
commendations of the ablest of men;
and tiiey are the obvious dictates of
nature.
PROBLEM-TO THE CURIOUS.
An Eagle, at the North Pole, on
looking towards the South, espied a
Dove, which was immoveably fixed
directly over tire point in which
the meridian of Cape Horn and the
parallel of GO decrees, South latitude,
intersected each other. Urged by
his natural rapacity, he started in
stantly for the Dove, and flew in the
direction which the meridian of the
Cape indicated at the moment of
starting, (without regard to the diur
nal motion of the earth) at the follow
ing rate, to wit: In the first hour 320
miles: Second hour, 315, and so on,
continuing to decrease 5 miles each
till he reached the Dove. How ma
ny revolutions will the earth have per
formed, ,in the interval, between the
Eagle’s starting, and that of pouncing
on the Dove? What Empires, King
doms, Principalities, Dukedoms,
Dutchies, States, Rivers, Lakes,
Bays, Seas, and Oceans did lie pass
in his flight? What was the nature of
the curve, described by his shadow,
on the surface of land and water? and
at what point did the curve cut the
several Empires, Kingdoms, Prin
cipalities, &c. passed over? also at
what points did the curve cut the par
allel of every ten-h degree of latitude
between the Pole and the point over
which the Dove was suspended?
Not. Intelligencer.
Ealing one's self.—As one of our
Hudson River steam-boats was about
leaving the wharf on Saturday, two
sturdy fellows were seen hustling
through the crowd, with as much im
patience as if they feared she would
fly before they could reach her. Too
eager to wait till he had fairly reach
ed her, one of them, to the infinite a-
musement of the passengers and by
standers, vociferated, an application in
his broad just-come-over dialect, as
follows: ‘Captain! Captain! or are
you the mate? (and not W'ait for an
answer,) What will you ask to sail us
to Albany—an’ you to ate us! or what
will you ask and we to ate ourselves?
JV*. Y. paper.
lellow Fever.—The Yellow Fever'
has made its appearance in Charles
ton, S. C. It is there called the
Strangers Fever.
POCKET BOOK LOST.
A BOUT the middle of July last was
stolen out of my Pocket at'my house,
a large Washed Leather Pocket-Book,
containing one note on the State Bank of
Georgia lor $10, one note of hand on Eli
jah Hicks for §85, payable sometime in
October next; a receipt of Henry Megyr of
the State of New York, for two notes on
John Byers of the said State, and some
other papers not recollected. To any per
son getting &. delivering said Book, papers
and money to me; 1 will give ten dollars,
and five for the apprehension of the rogue,
I do hereby forwarn all persons from tra
ding for said note of Elijah Hicks. And
I also forwarn Elijah-Hicks from paying
said note to anyperson excepting myself.
GEORGE HARL1N-
Coosewaytee Cherokee Nation, August
13. 1828.—24-tf.
NOTICE.
I N accordance with the resolution of the
National Committee and Council, pass
ed October 24th, 1827, requiring the Treas
urer of the Cherokee Nation to call in all
the money loaned out under the provisions
of a previous act, on or before the first Mon
day of October next, I hereby give notice
to all such as are indebted to the Treasury,
to come and redeem their bonds by paying
principal and interest, on the day that they
become due, as such bonds cannot be re
newed after the first Monday of October
next. No indulgence will be given, and
those who do not comply with the above re
quisition must expect to find their bonds in
the hands of Officers.
JOHN MARTIN,
Treas. of the Cb- Nat-
New EchWa, July 2J, 1829.
