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distance “ t<i be cured and when I a*»keil
her what was her complaint, she replied i
"As to that in»tter, I believe there is uoi a,
single complaint under the sun which I
have not g Hare was a tine
of disorders ! I asked her if she were mar
ried or single ? •' Single,’’ was the answer,
i then told her (hat so many complaints as
she seemed to have, could only be cured by
a husband !---at which observation she was
exceedingly exasperated ; but her anger
tumiimted in a proposal to marry me 1 I
never was more surprised in my life, and
looked stupid.
[Hardy' i Travels in Mexico,
IMAMNKi BKNKVOI..KNCE. (
Win studded the blue arch of heaver,
will glittering lights? What formed the |
own depths of the ocean, and stored
th innumerable creeping things? What
ed this fair world of brightness and
ty ? What cloths the fields with 1
,i, and our vallies with corn? What;
s i
Phrough all life, extends through all extent,
read l * undivided, operates unspent !”
e lore of God—deep, unfalhorn’d limitous love!
is this which speaks in the wild warb
)f the feathered choir—-we hear it in
iartly rivulet and gushing stream--we
in the bright /lower of the valley,
e hear it in the howling of the mid
storm, and in the summer breathings
: gentle zcphry, We see it in llicj
t beams of the king of day, in the mild
>rv of the queen of night,
hou art, O God, the life and light
)f all this wond’rous world we see !
{low by day, its smile by night,
ire but reflections caught from thee,
icre’cr we turn, thy glories shine,
i all things fair agd bright are thine.”
Washington, April 27, 1830.
r ie Editor of the Upland Union.
j a letter from Mr. J effekson to my!
;r; has partially been made public, 11
you a copy of the original, in my pog
on. Will you be pleased to give it an
rtion in your paper.
In haste, I am, very respectfully, J 1
Your obedient serv’t, 1
GEORGE G. LEI PER.
Washington, Jan. 21, 1809. ■
)tur Sir : Your letter «1 the 15th, was 1
1 received, and before that Towers’
k, which you had been so kind as to lend
had come to hand, for which I pray you
•eceive my thank*. You judge rightly '
t, here, I have no time to read. A cur
y view of the book, shows me that the au- I
ris a man ol much learning in his line. I
avo heard of some other late writer ( he 1
ne 1 forgot,) who has undertaken to prove *
iti ary events trom the same sources; and
■ticularly, that England is not to be put
■vn; and that this is the favorite author in
t country. As to myself, my religious
ding lias long been confined to the moral 1
inch ot religion, which is the same in all
igions; while in that branch which cun
ts of dogmas, all differ, ail have a difter
t sect-the former instructs us how (o
e wetland worthily in society; the latter,
s made to interest our minds, in the sup
rt of the teachers who inculcate them;
nee lor one sermon on a moral subject,
u hear ten on the dogmas of the sect,
iwever, religion is not the subject for you
d me; neither of us know the religious
in tuns of the other, that is a matter be
ecn our Maker and ourselves; we under
■nd one another better in poli'ics, to
licit, therefore, I will proceed. The House
U. prcsentatives passed lust night, a bill
a meeting of Congress on the 221 of
ay* this substantially decides the course
■y mean to pursue, that is, to let the em
rgo continue till then, when it will cease,
d letters of marque and reprisal be issued
ainst such nations as shall not then have
jealed their obnoxious edicts; the great
•j'H'ity seem to have made up their minds;
this, while there is considerable diversity
opinion on the details of reparation, to
t, naval force, volunteers, aimy, non-in
course, &r. 1 write freely to you, be
jse 1 know that in stating facts, you will
t quote names. You know that every
table uttered in my name, b comes a
for the federalists to torment the pub
mind on. by their paraphrases and per
rsions. i have lately inculcated the en
urugemci.t of manufactures, to the extent
our own consumption, at least in all ur
des of which we raise the raw material,
n this the Federal papers and meetings
tve sounded the alarm of Chinese policy,
sstreutiun of commerce, Sec. that is to say,
ie iron which we make must not be wrought
.■re into ploughs, axes, ln.es, &n. in order
iat the ship owner may have the profit ol
irrying it to Europe and bringing it back
i a manufactured form, as if after manu
icturiog our own raw materials for our own
se, there would not be a surplus produce
j Hicient to employ adue proportion of navi
ation in carrying it to market, and ex
hanging it for those articles of which we
ave not the raw material; yet this absurd
ue and cry has contributed much to fede
alize New England; their doctrine goes to
he sacrificing agriculture and manufactures
0 commerce; to tnc culling all our people
torn the interior country to .the sea-shore to)
urn merchants; and to convert this great
igricultural country into a city of Amster-'
lain. Hut I trust the good sense of our!
:ountry w.ll see. that its greatest p.ospeiity
lepetuls on a due balance between agricul
;ute, manufactures, and commerce; and not
n this protuberant navigation, which hasl|
•sept us in hot water from the commence- ,
ment of our government, and is now en- 1
gag.ngus.n a war. That this maybe'
iavoided, if it can be done, without a sur-i
render of rights, is my sincere prayer.
: Accept the assurances of in/ constant ,
esteem and respect.
(Signed) TH: JEFFERSON.
Mr, Leiter.
The . de Lafayette..- In the '
second volume of the ” Diplomatic Corns- c
pondcnce ol the American Revolution,” s
IK.W ,n th. course of publication by Mr. *
. FAUKS, is a very interesting letter from the t
M irchmess dk Lafayette to Count ue <
V ehoenne,, then Minister of Foreign At- *
■nrs in trance. It is known that Henry
Laurens, when on his passage as Minister .
1 11 the U'l’lod States to Holland, was t
captured, carried to London, and imprison
ed in the Tower. The letter here alluded
to, ia on the subject of his release, and is
’highly indicative of the amiable feelings
;and excellent mind of the writer. She was
(then twenty-mie years old* Mr. Spaiks
introduces the letter with the following re
marks :
“ This letter was written to Count df
Vekoknnks by the Marchioness de Lafay
ette, wife of the Marquis de Lafayette,
immediately after she heard the news of
the capture of Mr. Laurens. It is trans
lated from the original, which I found a
im,,nSs the American papers in the Archives
| of Foreign Affairs in Paris. It should be
; premised that, after the Marquis de Lafay
ette was wounded at the buttle of Brandy
wine, Mr. Laurens, then at Philadelphia,
took him in his carriage to Bethlehem, and
provided fur him a sale and comfortable re
treat, where he remained until his wound
(was healed. This letter to the Count de
Vcrgennes is equally a proof of the grati
tude and tenderness of the fair author,”
THE LETTER.
" Paius, October 18;h, 1780
Pardon, I pray you sir, my importuni
ty, and permit me to address you with the
confidence with which your kindnesses to
M. de Lafayette have inspired me, and
Ito speak to you of an affair which interests
| me deeply. The capture and detention of
Mr, Laurens in England, have sensibly
atil'cted me. He is the intimate friend of
M. de Lafayette, and took care of him
during the time of . his wound, in a manner
truly touching. His misfortune seems to
me overwhelming, and- when we consider
the high station lie has held in America, it
is probable that it may become still more so.
I know not it any means can be found to
prevent it, nr even to soften the actual ri
gors of bis captivity ; but I am persuaded,
sir, if there are any such, that they will be
known to you. Should it be possible, let
me entreat you earnestly to put them in use.
“ Permit me also to speak to you of an
idea, which has occurred to me, and which
is not, perhaps, entirely Unworthy of con
sideration. M. de Lafayette has friends
that are on intimate terms wiih Mr. Fitz
patrick, who is himself well known. A
mnng the ladies of my acquaintance are
some who are the confidential friends of la
dy Stormont. May not something be
done through these parties for Mr. Lau
rens ? And what must be said to them ?
1 beg you a thousand times to pardon my
importunities, and give me in this affair your
kind interest and counsels. You will per
haps think me very ridiculous, and vety un
reasonable ; hut the hope, however ill fun
ded, of rendering some good service to the
unfortunate fiiend of M. de Lafayette,
has prompted me to run this risk, and rnajte
this experiment upon your indulgence, which
at least. I must desire you to accord to me.
Plus will add yet more to the lively and
sincere acknowledgment, with which t have
the honor to be, sir, yuur very humble and
very obedient servant,
MOAILLES DE LAFAYETTE.”
■ ■
The following touching anecdote is related
in a letter from Washington, written by
one of the editors of the Boston Bulletin:
“ A circumstance occurred in the Senate
onW<dnesday last, which demonstrates
most touchingly the generous feelings of that
body towards the lingering survivors of our
revolutionary army. A time-worn veteran,
who had been waiting upon Congress for
some months, had seated himself upon a
sofa in the rear of the senators, and the
hour for commencing upon the orders of the
day bad arrived, when Mr. M'Kmley, of
Alabama, begged the - idulgence of the Sen
uie fur a few moments, merely for the con
sideration of a subject of interest, which he
said might be dispatched without delay.
The members generally manifested some
impatience to pioceedupon theregulai busi
ness of the day. “ Look,” said Mr. M'lCin
ley, “ upon that venerable officer of ihe
revolutionary army. He was a captain in
the continental line 5 was taken prisoner
by the fortune of war, carried captive to
| England, and, after countless
[was restored to his native land. His claim
■upon the justice of his country has already
been acknowledged by the other House ;
and he is only waiting the decision of this
body for the consummation of his hopes.
At this late hour of his life, at the age of 80.
.every day is (o him a period of importance.
I I beg therefore that the Senate may waive,
for a lew moments, the consideration of oth
er business.” The effect of this brief ap
peal was electric ; almost every member
responded or manifested an amei ; and the
bill in behalf of the old soldier passed in
stantaneously through its several stages,
without a dissenting voice. The war-broken
pat 1 iot showed upon his countenance a feel
ing of happy gratification, and went his way
rejoicing.
—<*oo—
Pedagogue's Run.— As young gentle
men, about the time they take their final
leave of the scholastic birch, often troubled
with the cacoethes matrimoni, it may be
well to commend to their consideration the
following pun :
“ A youth, who had not long been emerg
ed from scholastic trammels, having been
smittenwitii a pretty face, consulted his for
mer preceptor whether he would advise him
to conjugate ? •« No,” replied the pedago
guc, *• I should say , by all means, decline." j
Ihe Russian Govcmncnt has purchased]
the beautiful frigate built at Philadelphia for;
the Mexicans-
-| Boston, May 6.
J j THE SALEM MURDER.
• Yesterday afternoon, we understand,
(Richard Crowninshield, Jr. and George;
8 Crowninshield, both of Danvers, Benjamin 1
s Sloman, of Marblehead, and Daniel Chase,
late resident of Salem, were brought from
the Salem Prison before (he Supreme Court
K now hoi fieri at Ipswich by the Honorable'
Samuel Putnam, Associate Judge, and were
’ put to the bar, and an indictment, charging
the said Richard as principal, and the others
as accessaries, in the murder of Joseph
White, Esq. at Salem on the sixth of April
B ;last, was read to them. In the fust count
e |mortal wounds are alleged to have been in
' flicted on the head of the deceased with a
hatchet by Richard Crowninshield, Jr. the
’ other prisoners being present aiding and a
betting him. The second count alleged that
j said Richard made several mortal wounds
in the breast and near the heart of the de
e ceased with a dirk, the other prisoners be
ing present, &c. &c. The arraignment
(says our correspondent) was conducted by
Mr. Prince, the Clerk, in the most correct
and impressive manner, and the scene was
■ most solemn and effecting. The prisoners
a seem to be very young men, and behaved
»i with great decorum. They severally plead-
Ijed not guilty, and said they would be tried
s1 by God and their country. At their re-
I quest Mr. Walsh and Mr. Sbillaber, of Sa-
Pjeni, were assigned as their Counsel. The
1 day of trial cannot yet be appointed, the en
gagement of the Judges preventing a full
r Court at present.
‘ [Commercial Gazette.
r
1 Salem Murder. —lt seems probable that!
‘ the horrible and mysterious murder of Jos.!
White Esq. of Salem, will be explained by‘
, the investigations going on before the Grand
’ Jury of Essex county, who have returned
t two bills to the Supreme Court, now sitting
in Ipswich, against individuals who have
, been before them. The Boston Commer
t cial Gazette says ;
" We have been told that after the Court
9 had received those indictments, Mr. Attor
ney General Morton moved the Court that
a writ of Hebeas Corpus should issue to re
; move certain persons, now in confinement
' in Salem gaol, tor examination, into Court
5 for arraignment, which writ was granted,
' from which we infer the Grand Jury have
p indicted the persons confined in Salem by
f Justice Savage.”
“We have just b-en informed, that four
persons arc charged as principals, or acces
saries, and that Crowninshield is the name of
two of them, and Selman & Chase, the names
,of the other two. Whether the evidence
against them be positive or merely presump
’ live, wc do not know, nor whether it comes
, wholly from an unpolluted source. After
the arraignment, counsel will be assigned
j to the prisoners, and some future day, riot
earlier than July, will be appointed for their
j trial. It is said they will be arraigned this
day at Ipswich.”
The Salem Gazette of Tuesday after
mentioning the arrest of several persons sus
, pected of the murder of Mr. White, says ;
We do not feel at liberty, while the case
I is before a jury, to detail the circumstances
: which led to the arrest of these individuals,
u They are such as will lead to the finding of
8 a bill of indictment against them, and ought
t not to come before the public in such a form
,• as to diminish at all the chance of the pris :
, oner for a fair trial.
r The Boston Patriot of yesterday says :
a—A gentleman from Salem, reported last
> evening, that the Grand Jury at Ispswich,
? had found a bill against Richard Crownin
( shield as principal, in the murder of Mr
. White, and against the other Crowninshield,
. Selman and Chase, as accessaries. Hatch,
e it is said, was the principal evidence.
e Mobile, May 8.
; » TRIAL OF TUSKINA.
Yesterday, May 7th—came on the trial
-,!of the Indian Chief Tuskina, arraigned be
fore the District Court of the United States,
„’nn a charge of stopping and detaining the
''United States mail.
rij It appeared from (he testimony, that on
y'l ha Ist February last, while the mail stage
. was passing through the Creek nation, about
8,4 or 5 miles to the east ot Line Cfieek, wiih
Jlhe Messrs. Clines anu another passenger,
j Tuskina hailed the driver in broken Eng
lish, requiring him to stop, and as it after
wards appeared, wished him to take a mes
- sage to Capt. Walker, on the subject jit
. tolls due the nation for passing through their
r lands. Tuskina was very much intoxicated,
e ;and the driver did not understand him, or
. attend to his wishes. The passengers spoke
, roughly to him, and he taking advantage of
, a turn in the road, crossed so as to head
.[the stage, and placed himself before if. He
f attempted to take hold of the reins, and
made a pass at the driver with a common
Jack-knife, though he was not near enough
• !to reach him. The passengers became a
-I,lannbtl and advised the driver to stop. One
I of the witnesses testified, that there were a
? number of Indians in sight and some pre
• [ sent, but that they all condemned (he conduct
|oi Tuskina : He also declared that the stage
- was not detained by (lie “prisoner, but tne
1 extraordinary terrors and apprehensions of
■ the passengers. After a detention of about)
1 an hour and had, the stage proceeded on its;
■ route without further molestation.
’i A Bill ol indictment was preferred con-!
jtaining two counts, one fir feloniously at
ij'empting to stop the Mail—the other lor
•[knowingly and wiifudy obstructing its pas
sage- The Grand Jury ignored the first
[court, and found a true Bill on the second.
|On this a conviction was had, and the pris
oner was fined by the Court in the sum ot
hone hunderd dollars.
i Thus has - ended an affair, trilling and
'{unimportant in itself, but which, by the ri
jdiculous exaggerations of two or three lei ri
fled travellers, and the peculiar aspect of our
Indian relations, has thrown, the whole
'Country into commotion, drawn out the
troops of the Government, and occasioned
| ,1 parade and show of authority that, as the
tunes are, would hardly be exceeded were the
dissolution of the Union to be attempted.
From the turn the matter had taken it
was highly necessa'y and proper tor the
( sake of example, that the prisoner should be
, punished, but we confess we could not re
ipress a feeling of mortified pride in reflcct
t|ing, that a single Indian, in a whiskey frol
! ic, should be able to stir up the government
to such an exhibition of its. power, Had
the driver possessed a particle of intrepidi
t ty, or had the passengers been governed by
, the ordinary firmness of men, the stage
t would have kept on its way, and the public
. ear would not have been abused by exag
, gerated tales of Indian interposition. — We
I must not be understood in these remarks, as
bestowing censure on the government, or
I its agents, for their conduct in this unfor
tunate affair; on the contrary, we are a
ware that the course they have pursued, was
, rendered necessary by circumstance which.
’ they could not control. [Register.
Charleston, May 14.
ABDUCTION.
I It has been reported in town for two or three
[days, that on Sunday evening last, Mr. Ja
xob Lazarus, of this city, was either forci
bly taken, or decoyed on board the schooner
|Ohio, Captain Heald, which vessel soon af
jter left the wharf, and has since sailed for
iNew-York with Mr, L. on board. We did
i not learn the circumstances in so authentic,
a shape as to warrant any allusion to the af
fair yesterday; but we have no doubt that
Mr, Lazarus has been removed from ihe ju
risdiction of this State, although we cannot
learn that any force was employed to get
him on board the vessel,
Mr. L. was sometime since held to bail
in New-York, for debt, and this course is
said to have been adopted by his security, to I
insure his appearance in that city. He left I
the Eagle Tavern about 11 o’clock in the I
evening; in company with the persons who I
are supposed to have been concerned in his I
abduction, one of whom is said to be an un
der sheriff of New-York. Complaint has
been made to the city authorities, and wa
undcistand measures have been taken to
vindicate our laws, and to obtain redress
For this supposed violation of the rights and
llfier'y of the citizen. We have also heard it.
mentioned, that high legal advice had been
obtained by the officer from New-York, be
ifore taking any steps in (his affair.
[ Courier .
Richmond, (Va.) May 10
Another and another ! —Steam-boat dis
asters have crowded so thickly upon us, (hat
they are calculated to excite amazement and
alarm. We have scarcely recorded the
melancholy accident of the Caledonia, in
the Mississippi, when the less destructive'
disaster on board the steam boat Tally-ho,
in the Cumberland river, reaches us. Wc
1 have the particu'ars in the Nashville Re
publican of the 27th ultimo. It states that
on the 23d, as the Tally-Ho was proceed
; ing down the river near Dover, one of the
I boilers bursted, killing a sailor and a negro,
• and is terribly scalding the engineer, Mr.
Sturdevant, that he died a few hours after
wards. It seems that "the boat had just re
i ceived a supply of wood, was in the act of
1 putting off, and the engineer about to tet the
steam upon the engine, when the cap of the
boiler, which appears to have been imper
fectly made, was forced off, projecting (he
boiler to the rear where it confined the en
gineer, burning him fatally. The accident
I appears to have been entirely caused by an.
original defect in a part of the boiler; and
> that no blame can be attached to any mana
• ger. flie I’ally-Ho is a new boat, the pro
perty of Messrs. Nichol & Hill, and is not
i, materially injured by this accident. Tbn
: engineer was a citizen of Nashville, a worthy
t man, and has left a family which will not
Ih e forgotten by those in whose employment
> he was unfortunately killed.
The Boston Gazette has a good idea up
■ on the subject of Convicts from State Pris
Hons, which, perhaps, may deserve to be
1 more generally entertained.
• _ [National Gazette.
41 The repetition of crimes and robberies,
' and the roaming about of State Prison Con
victs, being the topics of conversation, a
I gentleman distinguished for the reach of his
-| mind, observed that the subject was of suf-
Ijficient importance to engage the attention of
b 'he nation ; and he suggested the expedi
ency ol negotiating with Great Britain for
■'the privilege of transporting our rogues to
1 Bo lan j Buy, and sending an annual frig
l(ate ,'i‘it to land them there. The project is
•.wonky ot consideration, and we should
.ithus be effectually, permanently and ecu
innmicallj relieved (mm the depredations
,of (iie iucon igible desperadoes who infest
our slates,”
j The Courierdu Pas B iys announces that a
ichild has been lately born at Brussels, whose.
ri.,’ht shoufler bears the impression of the in
imls, "i ■ P.” 1 his phenomenon is explain
e>l by the tart ot the mother having witness
ed the branding of an individual condemned
to hard labor for life. —Traveaux Perpctuc.h
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