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JULIA BRACK.
7'lte Deaf, fxenrb, and tillnd Girl.
After this she
iUing to wear clothes, and even
eried for new ones. She has ever
since been fond of dress. At nine
dined to meet him And was prevail- J countrymen may have saved his life j icy which began with Washington nn<}
*«! upon to do so by lu» importunity.; by lus wit and courage. Ami «. UVraUCo/l^
that it was his intent only to vin- slioui.l not a person select a harpoon oI>vrrv succeetlinc a«lmii.i- tr ,,U„' m
or
dicate his reputation;
every succeeding admihixlration
or
. . t i’ t years of nee she was taught to sew,
T i.e pnvrtTon ol hearing, ""'J ‘ , ;„ fI , ilice that time has learned to
consequent loss t f speech, is lt*lt to i>e
,tlf * rthVsl rtn'T^hi^! Juli-isnw twenty-five years of'
few .stances are on record n wl.icl'; c . S|lo bcen jUi,lenl for sev-
the calamity wns rendered moie dis- \ j-> t
t. essittg. hy the loss of sight
iasie, the smell and the touch, were - • _r
\hc only avenues of knowledge left. A part bv the voluntary contr.bution of
Irci.i ” Hius deprived of the ordinary '-'^, a mini part by or
means of receiving, as well as cotri-; b«", tn sewing nnd U.tt.o.
,n nicflling ideas, is a highly interes- * l,a S® ® J m P n ' e ^ " n
* ’ “ J — t —« nicatis ol commutii*
and the rra ^ veats.in the American Asylum at
Hart ford, where she is supported in
, that he as well as n pistol, for his weapon?— t
meant not to kill, hut only to disarm j there is the pica of antiquity in favor I advocated in the South, and strretiy <•
his adversary. He has deliberately i of it—it is nearly the same ns the * *
e R gag€‘d in J, n net highly unlawful, [javelin, with which Achilles, Hector
amt he must abide flic consequences’ | and Alexander fought,—one party to
Such is the law of England, but it ( a duel may b* as ignorant of a skilful
does not prevent duels; and the par-I use of the latter as the other can be
ii«o r , nnft>riiPfl 111 f ilCIIl ollPU CUiriC of t
own la-
nnd knitting. A lan-
earlv
, . * . < . | si- i 1 established, as a means ol com mum*
ii, lg M.b^ol examination ;.nd M.cb- «^ , vl|h ,, rr friOT1 d.. This lias
ell tfce dc..f and bl.nd boy «f Scotland, hc{ , n R lmlcll im ,, rove d by *— —
her irter
course with the donf and dumb, and
now sufficient for all necessary
tv s considered worthy of careful oh
m-nation, by the celebrated ineta-
idnsician, Stewart. Another imper
ial! being of the snrue kind, not 1» ss
worthy of attention is Julia Bractv ., _ . . ,
. . . .. » rvuleticn ol nil acl'cc HlMirt
\\ to is now an inmate ol the American , r i(l . , . ,
V . , ,, ,c , \in*rhrnrtn will.in; and thoughts
Asylum at Hartford, in Conned.- ( ^ lo ni , ncross j,,,kc the
John and lla- 1 <' ,0 "! ,s *» a SUI,ir "r^ *H' A sha ' lft ° f
“.Some years sinrr, captain Smith
of the brig , ol Newbury port,
who had been on many a whaling voy
age. being in Surinam, was playing
of the former; in things of this so»t,
off with impunity. In the United j it is pretended that the combatants
States, there m is a very considerable j arc; to meet on equal grounds. The
diversity in the iar*s of the dtffYient story is as follows;
spates on this subject, at the time
ol writing this article;, in 1830. in
Maine, the punishment lor challeng
ing, fighting a due l, or acting a* see-
ond, is solitary imprisonment not o- j bilianls with some other Auioiiean
ir. confinement to hard labor j Captain at a public house, whfu.
ver a year, confinement
as she I not more than 20 years, and riis- j some
English officers came to the
{aimed tiie table. A Brit
is
j«*.••«« ,<>,■^,•«*.>;.!.»,.=...d«;«*
and a feel■ ; for accepting a challenge, imprison- ; ish captain td regulars luioirntd rap
inrnt not exceeding a year, and dis- j thin Smith, that the Ani«ricans must
m for office tivr. years; in | give up the table immediat* iy; winch
nd
cli
.t
She is the daughter of
■1 Drain, natives of Hartford, and
iv is horn iu t at tow n, June 13 180 c.
Jit four iftare (j age. she was Mizcv
with tin; Typhus Fever, while on a
vi^it ol Cllaeti nhuiy. a few mills from
Hartford. She was taken f»uk on
Monday evening, Nov. 33 1811, and
on fi'c Saturday morning lot lowing,
sli • be. 'line blind and deaf. Sin* re-
m.n. od tlangc* oufely ill loi lour or live
wcibs. and did not return to nei in>.-
t It: ■. until the oe.vl Jomiary.
L).j ing llie following cummer, sue
w . f» again 1 w ice sic k; but the next
winiei h»*r health became e>lah»ish(Ml
and lias continued excellent ever
s;uce. I
Before her illness, she had not only J
!<•.■«• iied to speak, but to repeat her ‘
liit: “i** and i o sp. il words ol three or »
j.jji sv i I aides; an 1 f r some tune after j
the I *ns of her sight and hearing, she
w is fo?»J of taking a hook ami spelling
words, and the mines o : her acquain
tances .Stic retained her sncuch
jiietlv well lor about a
t*j adual 1 v lo?i it, ail.1 sec'ms no v con-
<lemueJ to perpetual silence. Pot
three wais she could still ulirr a faiv
wo. ds Oiic of thv last of these was
A tin r.l'i.*..
qualification
Nlll UM|ivw»»w«» a-ri — j , i 9 \ l I
Xermont lor killing in a duel, death, j being refused rather uncivilly, the
” - . .. In , i. ii I Ci.lil him
for sending or accepting a challenge, j
n hno of irom bU doilais to iOUO dol
Inis, ami absolute uisC|iiahhcaUon loi
ollie: in Massachuseiis,
lor liziiting,
prnsiveness, will be (ollowcd hy a
cloud of anxiety or gloom; a peaceful
look wil* perhaps succeed; and not
unfiequentIv, a smile lights upon her .
countenance, which seems to make in c ase death does not ensue, m ciia,-
ene forge* her misfortunes. But no ! ien&mg, aeeepimg a challenge, oi ;.r*
one has penetrated the darkness of j mg second, i he same as m Manic; in
her prison house, or bcen able to find Rhode Island, lor fighting, Ui« ug«%
for intellectt, H or moral j ueatli docs not ensue, carting to the
‘gallows, with a rope about the net k,
anting oil tb*e gallows an hour, a..d
p rison
an avenue
in-
|i;r»q. Her m»ud seems thus lar
accessible fa all bill her ,J/rtAc»*.
We have oueeeded our !imi'• s. nnri
must defer a more I • *i 1 neeomst ot
11>• <4 inieresliog (oTiwk* to .a future
number —flducalion Reporter.
Briton challenged Smith to fight him
next morning at 3 o'clock; offering
at the same; lime his choice ol wea
pons, which was immediately ngit*e<;
io by the yankee. Smith then went
on boaid his brig, cnd informed
mate that lie had to fight a dued
the
The doctrine of Nur.nrirat«m N .
it • • i ^
tenanceo by nigh dignitaries «n nthf-r
of the United State?, is belief ^
treason in its most dangerous form, n, lf |
ftliould arouse the indignation of every
i iend to the union of the Stales.
He has seen with legret, the recent at
tempt made to prostrate the Bank of th^
aUnitcd Stales; an institution which, tfo,
wisdom and experience of forty years h; U >
devised, as the only instrument, CJ nec^ a l
ry and proper,” for the accomplishment
i of that momentous object—the cerfolntv nf
a SOUND currekc v. The Editor will su r .
]>ort the re-character of’ that Bank, anj
oppose the present scheme of a Treasvrt
Bank designed to supply its place.
The intelligence of ihe people is^thy
rest foundation upou which a Rcpubli r
can rot deeply impressed w ith that be
lief, ihe Editor will advocate a generally*,
tem of Education.
And finally, lie will use every exertion
to give variety lo his paper, and'to make it
not only interesting, hut also useful-
TEIIMS.
The Knoxville Republican will !*>
printed on an imperial sheet, Avith
some type; and will he issued every We ( '.
uesday norning, at Three Dollars per an
num.
Anv person obtaimrng ten subscribers
morning,
his
next
or dci ing him uf 11 1 *' same
time to grind the harpoon, and n;t.ke
it sharp: next m u mug .^mnb ap
peared at tin* place appointed, ae-
unpi isoumcbt not txicuiiing a year, { rnmpanted by bis mate, carrying the
hher or hoth: in Coenci licut, for j harpoon, and sevi ral Anmiicnn < ap-
arri becoming resporasible for the
Pap,
i*r or
binding or accepting a
Kioto tli^ K. neve In 'nr J ia Atner;cana.
DU ELLI Ni-i.
lin» : A»i 3,iKti) (loi* * &,
bebav lour dui uig iilc
cation ir*i lor
challenge ihe s-tfiif
i hull edge, n
bonds ‘«n gootl
nmi disqurlifi-
tno’s; where th \ !*.u J the English
men r»ncl l 1 fsecoud with a crowd o!
j spe totors., Smith feel g the Eng-
| lishmau muM'd with swurd and pis-
cx< « p mg Jicitolj abrumh told b.im that his wenp
deh\ ci iug a
Wi
New Jeisey, ;oi challeng-
Dueiling sprung uj? as a branch ol : ; onus
the chivalrous spirit of the niiddli j in*., ui heai mg a v ii;.tio.ugc, or aiding,
ages: ami the o( that sj.irit, ! a lino uol ovei 6u0 dollais, c.r impi is,
which hnd mnvivrd to our own t imes. . umiieut uji moie than vuo>ca:s. or
and nil ell makes an insult, or i*n in- .i both; loi ol In iie s sc v ond.
oi ,.iolu h . «. tine not over 1 ,UUU, and
iu ha id labor not more
on o ;.p u harpoo?
erph* p»* i s. 11 e
and
lien b■
jury to linnor, insuppoi talde. bn*, pi t
served this custom, in eppoi'ton to i»npi isonrneui ... . . c
ini ions 1 * hen ya-*ii'5: in I e.nu*\Ivauia, loi
< hailcngii.g, o» bcaim
• i.ot over bl>0 ihi
isutiinent of
year; bal i lUf ' 4 exhortations and
of the teacher? of k
prohibitions and penult i
which have been leveled
in all civilized reunifies
provoked from a spirit <
drum «
■it; iorb i»rul itit 4
L 5 « I t he In"
ng. inst »t
A duel,
t teveugr
his dis slice
■ epped hack
to his place, and seizin*, the harpoon,
trdil his r.uiogoifisl to dele.nd himself
ui the same time i istng his harj oew
over his sbouldt r. in the act of throw
ing. nud ordering hit* mate
»*y to haul the fellow in. ;
Jo ft* nno
The En-
r.hall be cnt.tlad to a copy gratis, one
J' rar -
The publication w ill commencp as soon
as a sumicient number of sul*scribers can
he olilained.
Communications to lli^f Editor must be
pest paid.
Advei tisc-iucnts inserted at the usual
rates.
Knoxville, August 13,1831.
PROPCSAES
For publishing in Franklin, Tennessee )
A PERIODICAL WORK
ENTITLED THE
Tennessee JSfonihly Museum.
ripHE object of this work will \v>, ^
b
w are.
Mother. f
l.Hi » w i'* fit fw.<l, unconscious of m '^ 1 hnst ol hlootl,
pi sense, nmi excites ihe horroi of
ho- ks the m
her »n suit tine. She steined loim-
that a l >ng night had come up
on the
manki ;g, lit tie let> thAn n cold-blood- f
j ed iiftsa«sinafion. But. wlirr n iu»n ■
b a sense uf atrocioua insul r . !
laws can iciire^s, ;-ml re- | tor « liree,
tue duel, not f* oni t* 6pi»e i a uui I, or
hut as the only means j shail die within a
„ ( tht
honor
burn? wi-
lo
revenge.
world, and of’cn said; *‘it i il!
re* be da if. 1 Mie would call upon
ihe family to 1 light a lamp." and w as n ‘‘icti ,lu
irnp iti ,;ut cl their seeming neglect, ,
ev.Mi to give l cr an answ er. At ! . , . , ..
K'-i ili, in ttas.itig u ,vuJo*v. •l.«r..l ; •uppl. r d nhu-l. ho oontiJ.M. »o be coi.linro.. m u.
tl, ,hlm.. ? *va.m npo her Iwod;: »*'«« V v "" ,K ; at . ,fl S h '* T' .
!) ii-Jia:<-ly li"hl .. jt her han.l, ! al'l'ou S h thi., it n.edjr is m-r so mac
0 ,, l d it'h delis 1 :! lo indicate *’<ioate. and c-v.n id sord, him ill
From the Janua- ' f hnugii it is liable to so great abuse
still, iu sur !i
vi.* r ' year: in Dein
itr iig'Wmg tt duel, oj sttuiiug.
bearing or act cpting a « halle* ge,
oi - j or aiding ilu ieiu, a line e 4 1,000 no!*
* 4 ''l..is, iiupi i&onmeul lor three months.
,.»id absuliue disqc. ilifc a? mil iv»r vl-
ficc: ,: t Mi.iyiaiid. Ku se. a ing or «e-
c't*j>iif;g *i cimllengt'. iiisqualilicati 'U
flice; ior kitting an antng« n*si n.
him b ' tli.il lie
war and a day.
i t mi * ill i.«i v no*
£ a * ^iisimen's seooml seeing toe desti ne- ! a; . (, answer
ollais and im-I * inn of his ftiinoipM oe‘tain, eall«d to ; some degree, -. . .
V ended , he !> quires mw-h persevermp .ndu, try, ml
Smith lo hold, ©btf
\v ouuding
History “Would you
•sk‘*d -ni Indian Uazique, "”uiv * j
would hove !uv children instructed! l '^, 1
i i f 1 a, * ,!
in t lie whis ol men <
‘ L«i(>k r<* 'his handful of dins* q^th-
cie.l from the golden !*ed of the hilvei
fl'wvii‘2 A roc am. ^ hat on infinite
number of collides—vo*. h.wv ft;\\
1 ;n«kc* it n repository of that kiial of
matter which is usually embraced in pah*
!icati'*ns» of this s nt, and though nunvnoiw
ir oilier states, the experiment is vet to iw
♦ j i* 1, whether one will take root in the soil
oi Tennessee.
To conduct a periodica: of this kind so
the purpose isttend**;!!, and, iu
to meet public expectatiuu s
liud t oFt* j B p * t | je aux q ar y that can he derived
j from gentlemen of talents, w ho may Uayn
! leisure an-t .nclination to contribute to its
Lon av r l i >age?. 'Ihat there is talenr surticv'nt in
\ • make tl>e Tenj^sEE JSIonth-
hovv If- 3. -v L -m worth:' Bie irame it beats,
}j will be proffered willingly
’ r under w av, I have
The reason that
this [.o 1- " is..that
ortion of iu!
(a.-'s
t ln» ct{-;ih»s i?f or© wJib b \v e prize
its? Bum live, nor more th.»u eighteen 1 llmv great the toil which is wri essa*
ye.rs: in \ irgmin, lor kdlit-g in u j »v to si ; t o’t and separate them t’oni i l [, !l t ] *'
duet, death; lor eliallengiiig^ or ac-j tiie w nrtldu*s heap iu w hicb they are: j of read,-isf
sun shone
lit; t * n
i > a ft be her i*!n.*ss, nntil the fir'.wv-
1:u A ig ist, she tv i 11 i.i sleep dm ing
1 i» .* *>- ami be awake through Hk»
mgb‘ . ; 15*1 it as not until autumn,
b* laki iz‘pea* fiains to keep her a-
tv.ike d uiug the day, tn.at she was set
right. 8 ie is now r as regular in tiiis
Vi-spe.ct as other pmsotis From *hc
po. 1 iod of he*- recovery, she seemed to
pctceive the return of l!:e Sabbath; . .
and on Sun-lay innr.iim;, would grl '*>« pn«.*h..i. ..t >'l dca.l..
i n, ftC ** n: has feebb •lifluenrc w»‘h
(hey ex post- their ] iv< s
bat. il^e!:, in order to
they considci a greatr
dea*h 'Khis < \ d is one
many instance's, by lb*:
and depends on the
in Sin n a cose, the goner. ;
'Sentiment, in spite ol all laws to the
I contrary, regards a challenge with
: told .‘.ip c; and il is these instances
that sustain the practice e! duelling.
' and defeat, in
cxc« 4 uti'in of the laws
As far as men arc impel!
bat by these motives
! marked to Hentv n
' ceptmg a
lor i ffloi;:
challenge, disqualification ! coticealed!
in Louisana for an insult,
wiio intent to provikt; a challcug**
a fhu; o' ot> dollars to 3000 dollars,
and close imp!isyiimcnl lioin 5 to 30
for giving oi accepting a clul-
degree, the i lerge, impi isonrnuit In /n 2 to G
m nibs, and suspension of political
t d to c« m-j righlfc (or 4 years; for lighting, with-
as Suli) i e- ! out
the threat r i 1
Ev
fTtu.
u henevt**'* it
ua*i tic- viitallest ct>.
I ia\ so much stress on
l wish to have a very large ^
w ork composed of original MAT>y lt ' -a . ,3 j i
without wliicb, no publication ever «••»**
r..*r. prrliaps, ever will, have a reputation
-uffu*i«*nt t«» insure it^ success, or entitle it
in much re^j-.ect either abroad or at nouie.
ison is obvious, 'i’he first claso
oi those who have taste anil oi>
i pcrtunil v to ''keep up w ith the times,” no
cu so.
rm fricinl, is it with the ! ;; ct ui.-li to par for reading xchut they have
git0‘ ... ^
against duels.
of
her own dean clothes, and those o:
the other children. If her mother
tv.is reading, she would find n book,
a d endeavor to do ?.). The interven- i
ti •!» -f a day of fasting,
giving. Vv in tuiliu,.; ir*.. D
by the law
ihi in, since
in the com-
avi id w h I
i evil than
inflietcd, in
public opin-
customs ol
history of tht* generations of men.
from the crention dow awards. In
vents have passed which no tongue
can number; but the event which
mark the character of huinau nature,
ond which ate wot thv ol being treas
ured up in our memories, are but lew,
and only hv the eye of wisdom to be
distinguished.
. “Let my children flien be taugbl
wlint these few events are: lot them
bodily disability, * be spared the life's lab or ol turning
j pertieular s*>. • dies. 1
; Spain and l'niv, a blow
Thus, in France*.
with the ham!
or thunks-
will confuse her reckoning
even now; un i some time elapses be- j ,v,, »
far-* she *“gets right*”
Un ihlc as she w as, to lift, or pen- I *T* ,,n
the veil nf darkness and silence , - , - , , * »• nn ;..; ftn
s'MXTulcd her from tl.« « oriel, j •» -aUcr n^roly of |.«b m. «P ■ on,
tiie |r. iv.ilio.!3 .he endured, *vitl.uu< ; ‘"f m feugland and the A mU d Stairs,
ns. iousness of the cause, might I i, ' ls ,s ) ^ 1> no nleans so
like a g™ce. But, ui . . .
» iiif.sa ,.wi countries, a stroke \ri»h a whip is,
wounding, imprisonment from G
to 12 months, and suspension from
political i ignis G years; for wound
ing. but not mortally, or so as lo oc
cr.siou a permanent
imprisonment from 12 to 18 months,-1 ovei the mountain
ami suspension from political rights . timo has heaped up,
8 years; fur killing in a duel, impris
scattered gems
of dross which
ill search of * he
which are
to lighten
onuient from two to lour years, and their path through the world; conduct
absolute torfeilurc of certain politic-! them at once into the only treasury
al rights. In many of the states, of of h ue knowledge—ihat tieasury
w hich the statutes make no special ] w hich philosophy has gleaned from
' vend before: and those, m no arc not favor,
eh w ith a like opportunity, but arcsfill id-
clmCii to embrace such as they have*
would rather rc-*i a piece nrilten in tlicir
tuvn state, county or town, by som^ one
that they know, than to read one falthough
it might be nexo t'i them) wriltea by some
person that they knew nothing about. Se
lections tfo:ri ni her periodicals, shall hou*
ever, find a place in the Mvseitm; anil, tilt
we can lira v a sufilcicnt supply from our
own fountain, n e will have to depend, in»
great decree, upon the resources ot oth
ers.
The kind of matter which will compose
the d/csEUM, will embrace almost ever)
teveety but parly politics. It will, how-
liovr, be open to any well written pi^ c
•» 1 »•*» . • : O fit ics as a science: for tn£,
wo consider, as coming with.n the scoy*
ofour design—“to enlighten the mind, and
not to inflame the passions. ,r The TojW'
graphy of the western states, particularly
shall have that
i iiuu i <! > v. <* wiv<> .......... . , - . . . i i r __ I that oi I enessce, shall have that atent mn
nnMtal n iuiy; and that it is so provisions lor the case cd killing m a . fho cxpenenc «; o ousam s t • j which the inporlance of the sub-
J 44 dutd, it is either murder or man- afioiis. 5 —tlnnals oj rAfuccitwn ana in | j c ct deserves. Literature, science, agri-
burning a tl is -
both of the latter
any cor
very uiluv By, appear to her
'•rod panisiim-ni. which those around j; - ■ .. . . „ i n ,._.i ov
her tv<*re infi'urli ig h w-ns probably j by 1 oe public opinion. r< '*
fr-mi some feeling like this, during the j * o<*dinc,ly go. mg. - !(1 ‘ '
ovir, parties in the Imat of resent-
first winter aba.* tier recovery, she
aeemed in it ah! ♦* almost to madness, |
would exhibit the luost violent pas
sion, ami use the most profane lan-
Afler all, how
resen
the high excitement of
and 0
their sensibilities, arc apt
lo overrate the importance of the
of their re
nt;
slaughter, i^y the general low. The • strnrtitm
laws of Illinois, and some other states
require certain officers of the state
PROPOS
to make Vatii" either'that they have j For publishing injhe
not, within a certain time, been, or
will not be, concerned in a duel.
f Knox-
From Niles’ Register.
Duelling —Hamilton and Decatur
LS
/'own
oille, Tennessee.
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
r.NTlTt.LD THF.
KNOXVILLE REPUBLICAN.
TO UF. FT>ITI n
by JACOB HARDING*
Having assumed the responsibility
guige 'The next summer, she be- supposed disparagement
oanip ealmor; and her mother could [ putation; and the frivolity o( l ie
both died in duels, protesting against
the practice of lighting then! Net- ;
tiler of these ‘distinguished men weie ^ pni , min ier. and much
of
govt n» Iier lo some e xtent
her, and stamping on the tloor
by shaking ! occasion would frequently mob
jor in sirni iels subjo(*ts of ridicule, i* Ibty
palliate them, iu extreme cafes, still
the laws very properly prohibit the would ha\e been \ciy
make du-
were
of ilisapprohatiort, and stroking oi | not cases of life and death. And
patting her hnnd, when she conducted I though the public are disposed to
well. She is now habitually mild and *'“ ,,: '* 1 *
obedient, and a fifed ionale.
I) iring the first summer after her
illness, she was very unwilling to
we n < lollies, and would puli them
ofiT violently. At length her mother
to *k one of her frocks, and tried it on
her sister, with a view of altering tl
fjpr her. Julia had always been re
markable for her sense of justice in
regard to property This see sued to
be awakened, and she took the frock,
of doubted courage—the latter es
pecially was brave to temerity; yet
wanted firmness enough to yield to
the voice of reason, and a fiord an ex-
hich he must have known
beneficial in
ample w!
practice of duelling, in lolo. Ac
cordingly, the laws of England make
killing in a duel, after lime for re
flection and deliberation, muidei.
“A party,” says Mr. Russell, in his
treatise on crimes, “Tilling another
in a deliberate duel, is guilty of mur
der, aud cannot help himself by al
leging that he was first struck by the
deceased; or. that he had often dc-
at resting a procedure, which, in gen
eral. can be productive only of mis
chief. When will mankind become
many difficulties
to encounter, and much labor to undergo.
1 But if the public should receive any ben
efit from his feeble efforts, and he, in re
turn, patronage enough to keep the press
in operation, without pecuniary embar
rassment, be will be fully compensated
for his trouble. Here, lie dooms it only
necessary to state, compendiously, some of
the leading measures, to the support ol
which, the Republican shall be dedicat-
Intlknal Improvement by the General
truly honest, and do what they believe ! government, ami the protection of Do-
, n \ H . , i»ht? is ‘tyrants custom' for- j ME stic .Manufactures, are believed, by
* - 11! a ! .. -IO ! i 1. L' 1 , L < v 4 lip tnrflinrp*; of tllC utmost
«o master llic intelligent mind? the Editor, t» be measures of the utmost
\ bile on the subject ol duelling, j | Jf . ^nd Ik hepitites not in declaring
following ancolote , (an old stcuy, j a * his conviction, that these are powers
evt?r
While
the v
’Its true, bul ii is very good one,) i Within the pale of th* Constitution
lullV, by which one of our ! ,u!! aaafat i’u the of-hat poWj option of the .d,t«r.
cullurc—in fine, every admixture that we
deem necessary to form an agreeable me
ntal treat to our readers, shall be used in
composing our monthly' course of intellect*
ual entertainment. An epitome of lb*
most important news of the day will
given in every number; and manages and
deaths will help to make up our re
cord. ^ . .
With this brief outline of my views,*
subjoin belotv the terms of the
ami a«k, with confidence and respect ai*
public which is seldom called on in ra.iu
for sufficient patronage to enable n*c ^
commence Its publication.
JOHN WESTCOn
TERMS.
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