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Brussels, to present
i victuals at then meeting on Friday
la*t: he went there with the unfortunate
mrtg people on whom he bestowed his
.—Tj^t- members of the Commission
examined them all respectively, and were
convinced of the goodness of the operations
performed by Mr. Newbourgh, and the ex-
been often r
body would n
notice, nor would it probably have excited
much attcntiJpR the time, but for the-sin
gularity of the costume ; and this, notice is
the more necessary, as the dress no longer
exists* having been buried with the body,
an instance of thoughtlessness of which the
animation proved that all finer had acquired j better informed in Ireland are ashamed.
hearing and speech, of Which they fiad been
destitute from birth. Dr. De Newbourgh
examined the instrument with winch he per
formed his operation, and by the examina
tion of the parts operated upon, he proved
that the cure would be durable.
Care for Drunk enness.—A medical cor-
respout of the Enquirer states the following
to be Mr. Loiseau’s remedy for drunken
ness, and adds his testimony as to its bene
ficial result:
Receipt.—Tincture Assafoetida; Tart
Antimony; Ipecacuanha.
Mix these with the particular spirit or li
quor which you want to shun, and drink a
wine glass full every morning, lasting, for a
week, when I will insure a voluntary ab
stinence for one year. An infusion of the
leaves of tobacco, will prove a very valuable
auxiliary. As soon as any inclination is
felt to resume the cup, the remedy must be
promptly applied, or there will be a relapse.
Perhaps some may think the above reme
dy worse than the disease, and may not feel
disposed to subject themselves to the regi
men prescribed. I allow it is a hard case—
on the one hand, disgrace, poverty, disease,
(bodily and mental) and premature death
on the other, assafoetida, ipecacuanha, tar
tar emetic, and tobacco—Momentary suf
fering and effectual purgation.
The antiquity of these remains is shown by
the great depth of bog under which they
lay; but as the growth of bog must de
pend on various circumstances, as situation,
humidity, soil, &c. that fact alone can give
us no certain criterion of its age.' On this
point, perhaps, the rude dress in which the
body was clothed, is more likely to afford
more satisfactory ground for conjecture.
That it belonged to a period antecedent to
the arrival of the English, may be conclu-
deed from the evidence of Girald Bury,
who says, the Irish were but thinly clad in
woollen garments, barbarously shaped, and
for the most part black, because the sheep
of that country were usually of that colour;
and, from the spirit of that author’s work,
we have little reason to suppose, that if any
finding'of this J haviug%!ken the rebel general, as they term-
mre particular j cd me, and hid mo ask for quarters. I felt
—" J that I deserved . n >t so opprobious an epi
thet, and determined to die as I had lived,
an honoured soldier, in a just and righteous
cause ; .and without begging my life or ma
king a reply, I lunged with my sword at the
nearest man. They then bayonetted and
left.me.” . , '
While the "Surgeons' were dressing his
wounds, of whiclt^jy^ad received thirteen,
the general, who. was-himself a regularly
bred and eminent surgeon, remarked, ‘never
mind those; they are mere scratches. Look
under my arm, and there )Uu will find a fel
low that will soon do my business.’
We shall here publish an anecdote, which
we havo given in another work, of the
noble and disinterested devotion of the
lamented Mercer, to that “ just and righ
teous cause,” which he sealed with his
blood on the field of Princeton.
When the southern-troops were first or
ganized for the army of independence, nu
merous applications for commissions were
made to the -house of burgesses of Virginia.
They were mostly from young men of for-
through a direct challenge, but bears so tier
the stamp of authenticity that we venture to
give it, not merely as report. A man, of
whose name we are Hot informed, had taken
up his residence with his family, consisting
of a wife arid four or five children, beyond
the Flint river, opposite Pike county. A
few days since, in his absence, his child
ren were all murdered by the Indians, in a
most barbarous manner. Splinters of light-
W«od (according to their most refined man
ner of torturing victims,) were stuck into
their flesh and then set on fire, by which
means they were burnt to death. Their mo
ther was attempted to be murdered in a man
ner equally horrid and probably left for
dead. Her husband soon after returned,
found her alive, and conveyed her across the
river, into Pike county, where she was living
at the date of our information, but without
hope of recovering. We have not obtained
any further particulars, or heard of any rea-
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vi.
letter when'he could’nt do b
bring to life without any strifi
Tom cat that worried the rats t
off their hats and joined the clan 1
lowed the man as sly as a moi
gilded the house that Clay built.
V- ’ ■ ■$ '
Mor$. u Opposition."—The
of the State of Maine, in the Senate by a
majority, anc! in the House of Representa
tives by a unanimous vote, has ■ elected
Thomas Todd, editor ofthe;Eastern Argus*
public printer df the State. The a
few days before had been removed from the
office of printer of laws ofthe United State
by a mandate from the palace at Washing
ton for ailedged opposition or want ofsub-
serviency to Messrs Adams, Clay, andWeb-
ster. The Argus has long been, and we
trust will long continue to be, the organ of
the Republican party in Maine : it was es-
portion of the Irish in his time had been tunes ahd family interest, and seldom ask-
clothed in skins, he would have failed to
notice it From these circumstances, it is
conjectured, that the body was that of one
of the Belgic inhabitants of Ireland, as it
was in a district which they unquestionably
inhabited, and the close skin dress was
generally used by them.
Fifty thousarid pounds worth of gold and
silver are said to be annually employed at j pointed.”
Birmingham in gilding arid plating, and of with,
course forever lost as bullion.
ed for less than a field officer’s rank. Mer
cer, a veteran associate of Washington in
the war ’66, and deservedly high in his con
fidence and esteem, pressed not in the
crowd, urged no solicitations, sought no
patronage, but Wrote on a scrap of paper
and handed it to the speaker, with following
words :—“ Hugh, Mercer will serve his
country in any rank to which he may be ap-
He received a regiment forth-
Magnelism by percussion.-—Mr. Scoresby
has instituted a series of experiments to de-
magnetism by percussion, with
; and some of his results de-
u!!w*i en „* of soft steel,detected with contraband goods in her pos-
a half long, and a quarter of Mssioll- This ci(cum3tan * e caused „ £ en .
A Mr. A. of London, a young-gentleman
possessed of a most delicate complexion,
undertook last week, for a considerable wa
ger, to cross from Dover to CalaL, and
pass the custom house as a lady ! Unlucki
ly a real female on board the packet was
f liameter, held vertically, and res-
ree stone, was struck seventeen
t a hammer, it acquired the power
fp and a half grains; twenty-two
augment the force. When
L Vertically upon a parlour po-
Hrevionsly deprived of magnetism, forty
two Whjvg gave it the power of lifting eighty
,,jtnd ninety blows, with alar-
, augmented the lifting power tp j
onoJmpdrftd and thirty grains.- _
rendered Amagnetk. - > Farther
^increased
iverting theKar, a single
lestroyed the magnetism ; two
Hammering the bar in
le magnetic equator also des-
olarity. The magnetism by
’percussion was augmented, when the length
of the bar was increased.
... ... gen
eral search among the ladies, and, in the
course of it, “ Mon Dieu, c*est an homme !"
was shrieked out by one of the astounded
matrons employed in the scrutiny. The
unfortunate masquerader found a very dif
ferent reception from what he would have
experienced at the Argyle Rooms.—He
was consigned, sans ceremonie, to the town
goal; and, instead of Mr. Charles Wright’s
“ sparkling Chbrnnagne,” was accommo
dated with as much water as he chose to
drink, and the usual gaol allowanced bread,
til! the interference of some friends in the
towri explained the circumstance to the
local authorities, and procured his release.
The petticoats, however, appear to have
been confiscated, or, at least abandoned by
the wearer, who returned en-cavalier.
He lies buried in Philadelphia, where a
plain slab, with the initials H. M. denotes
the last earthly dwelling ofthe patriot brave,
“ Who sank to rest,
“ With all hia country’s wishes blest,”
Gen. Morgan's test of a good Soldier.—
It was our good fortune, in conversation
with the late Genu Daniel Morgan, to elicit
from that distinguished veteran, most inter
esting narratives of many of the most pro
minent events-in the Revolutionary War.
tablished in 1802, and in 1805 was appoin-
son assigned for the outrage, or by what I ted by Mr. Madjsori, under the admiri.stra- v4
tion of Mr. Jefferson, to prinfc. the laws of
Indians it was committed.—M. Messenger.
Mr. Calhoun.—There is a mystery a-
bout the Enquiry (touching this gentleman)
which we seek in vain to penetrate. The
members ofthe Committee are said-Ao be ds fphanged.”—JV.
silent as the grave. Various suggestions
are made ; nothing definitive can be dis
covered. The only fact seems to be, that
the committee are, iritently, day after day,
engaged in the Investigation ; and that va
rious witnesses are from time to time called
before them. But, to what object the En
quiry is directed; whether confined to the
Mix affair, or extended to others; whether
in defence or offence, investigating the acts
of Mr. Calhoun, or those of others ; the
sagest soothsayer from'the East will in vain
pretend to guess. We look of course to the-
denouement with no little anxiety.
Richmond Enquirer.
the United States. Its editor remarked,
when the printing of the laws was removed
from his to a federal paper of recent \
** times had changed, but his
WUmjSBBim H. Patriot, m
Never were the forturies of any party
more on the wane than are those of the ad
ministration. We do not say this as an op
ponent, but as mere chroniclers of the
events of the times.—Look at Kentucky in 1
the recent election of Mr.“ Bibb, a3 Chief
While listening to the tale of the hardships 1 Justice, and the triumph of the New Court
and privations of our suffering soldiery, as
to a tale of wonder, we asked the Gen.
which of the men, of the various nations
composing the American armies, in his ex
cellent judgment, possessed the best natu
ral requisites for making good soldiers ?
Party; look at Illinois in the recent deter
mination of the legislature that the electors
of President should he chosen by general
ticket; at Virginia in the choice of a Sena
tor known to he friendly to Gen. Jackson;
at Pennsylvania in her triumphant refutation
Morgan replied ; As to the fighting part of of the foul slander that she was in favour of
the matter, the men of all nations are pretty the Coalition ; at Georgia, at Delaware,
much alike; They fight as much as they and at South Carolina, and say if the star
find necessary; and no more. But, sir, that presides over the birth and fortunes
for the grand essential in the composition of of Jackson be not clearly in the ascendant,
the good soldier, give me the Dutchman; he There is nothing but a cool spirit of cal-
\ starves veil. {
It is not a little remarkable, that the last
survivor of the celebrated rifle corps, which
culation in the prediction that not a third of
the electoral votes of these States can be
induced to vote for Mr. Adams at the next
Morgan led across the wintry wilderness of election. He must be abandoned, so weak
general Washington's Works.
r satisfaction that we have
Jared Sparks, Editor of
American Review, has made
with Judge Washington for
entire edition of “ General
Works,” to consist of his letters to
emor pf Virginia during the Fr
his State Papers, Official Cortes _
both military and civil, and such of his pri
vate lette'rs as may he deemed suited for
publication ; the whole to be comprised in a
series of volumes, with notes and illustra
tions by the esteemed editor. It is well
known, that General Washington pt
ed. with scrupulous care, copies of his
letters, as well as the prodigious num?
of originals, which he received from 'oii
persons. In addition to a full use of these
papers, which are now at Mount
Mr. Sparks will profit by a mass of n
als for Revolutionary History, which he has
gathered by a personal inspection of sever* - J
al public offices in the old States, as we8<nj||
from various private sources. The records,,
correspondence, and other papers off the o!tf
Congress, are preserved in the Department
of State, to which he will also have acce§
With these advantages and resources,
aid of the editor, it may be
the work will possess a nation al ii
constitute a most valuable
political
Chief JustkS
the plan, andWill
as may he inffik
cution.—Mat. hit.
-t;:.
%■
Ren. Edvard Irvinsr on the prophecies.—
Mr. Irving, the celebrated preacher in the
% Calfdonian Chapel, at London, supposes
'the 1260 years ought to be reckoned from
/ A. I). 633, at which f ae the Justinian
Code . which greatly enlarged and strength
ened the Papal power, was promulgated
The period would then terminate^in 1793,
She era of the French revolution. The
two witnesses,” the Old and New Testa
ments, were slain when infidelity was es
tablished in France 1793; and their “ res-
surrection” took place in 1797, in which
year religious worship was restored in that
country, the missionaries were sent to Ota-
heite, and the Serampore translations were
commenced. In 1823, the “ 1290 days,”
mentioned in Daniel 12, 11, closed. The
scarlet coloured beast” is the spirit of infi-
ity personified in Napoleon, and destin-
yet to re-appear, and to fall in the battle
ageddon, in the Holy Land. Daniel’s
2300 days,” (2400 according to Mr. I.
following the Septuagint,) will terminate in
1847; in which year, he says, “ true worship
~ be restored in Jerusalem.”—The“ 1335
8,” (Daniel 12:12) are to close in 1867,
when the, Millennium is to commence.
The world is now on the eve of most terri
ble convulsions, in which England will have
.her full share. Such is the outline of Ir-
yhufs theory. He specifies .many events
that are soon to happen, and on the correct
ness of these predictions, stakes his credit,
as an interpreter of Prophecy.
Natural Mummy.—The body of a man
has been found in a bog on the lands off
GaDagh, in the county of Galway, Ireland.
' ^^Cbe bog was about ten feet and a half deep,
. and, body lay about nine feet below its
n?.;^^5uffb It had all the appearance of a
Scarcity of Ugly Women.—A very ec
centric gentleman was once complaining
that after a great deal of trouble he had not
been able to meet with an ugly woman; so
that he much doubted whether, after all,
such a being existed. * For my part,’ con
tinued he. ‘ I almost believe such a crea
ture to be a mere chimera of the imagina
tion, and to be classed, with those fictitious
beings whose heads are said to grow be
neath their shoulders. Some years ago I
made the following experiment:—I caused
two advertisements to be inserted in the
papers for a house-kc eper; one was for a
lady who should not only be competent for
such an office, but qualified also for a com
panion, and be a woman of elegant man
ners ; the other required nothing of these;
it only stipulated as a sine qua non, that the
applicant should be ugly. In answer to the
former advertisement I was overwhelmed
with letters from so many accomplished ele
gant lad'es, that I congratulated both the
present age and my own country on pos
sessing so much female excellence. But,
would you believe it! to the latter I received
not a single reply; and I have since, more
than once inserted the same advertisement,
with exactly the same success.”
of the Kennebec in 1775, and which corps
suffered an extremity of famine and hard
ships almost beyond belief, is a highly res
pectable German^ a Mr. Lank, now resi
dent, at a very advanced age, in Washington,
Virginia/"*
a?
t death when first discovered, except-
that the abdomen was quite collapsed *,
but, on exposure to the atmosphere, it de
cayed rapidly. The face was that of a
man of handsome features and fo-
aspect; and his hair, which was long
lack, hung loosely over his shoulders
ead, legs, and feet were without cov-
also the limbs as far as the knees
^elbows. This dress was composed of
n of some animal, laced in front with
of the same material, and having
iry side inwards ; and it is not ira-
it might have been that of , the
Vi?rl no: weapon ; but
of the body, was
or poll*, which, it was
the purpose of
nf and as the
near a rivulet, it was fur-
:tured by the peasantry, that the
met his death accidentally in
manner. The antiseptic power
is well known, and the^ frequent
:overy of human bodies in a high degree
nervation, in those of Ireland, has
Athens, Feb. 16,1827.
REVOLUTIONARY ANECDOTES.
From Curtis' Recollections of Washington.
Death of Gen. Mercer.—Our work will
contain memoirs of many distinguished wor
thies, who shared with their chief the per*
ils and glories of the days of trial. Their
virtues and heroic actions can no where be
The proceedings of Congress as detailed in the
papers we have received through the week do not
seem to be particulei3y interesting, except in the
incident of the Bankrupt biH having been rejected in
the Senate by a considerable majority on the at
tempt to pass it to a third reading. The vote, how
ever was reconsidered, and it is again under discus
sion, but with doubtful prospects
We receive from time to time from our members
in Congress voluminous documents, for which we
are thankful.—Abstracts from most of them have
been inserted.
A Philadelphia paper states, a rumour prevailed
there, that orders had been received to expedite the
equipment of the vessels of war at the navy yard,
i and that similar orders had been sent to other places.
It is said in New York papers, that the appearance
. of a ship off the harbour, supposed in a short passage j
are hi9 prospects, nor shall we be surprised
if, in a single month, the question should be
broached in the enemy’s camp, “ who shall
be supported in his room.”
His declining popularity and frustrated
pretensions will be a useful warning to fu
ture aspirants to power, that they consult
the wishes of the people, and never attempt
to seize the reins of government when they
will ft otherwise. Mr. Adams came into
the executive chair under great and striking
disadvantages. He had before him evidence
which he could not misunderstand, that he
was not the choice of the people, but of a
cabal. He knew that the people preferred
another man, one who wa9 not like the
Childe Harold of Byron’s prophetic brain,
“ Among them, but not of them.”
but one who entered into their views and
feelings, could defend them against enemies,
waa simple and unostentatious in his man
ners, a Roman in his virtues, and above
intrigue and corruption. He never could
bring his mind to regard himself as chosen
by the people, he felt no gratitude to them,
and hence has never endeavoured to gain
their favour, but has been solely intent onre-
warding those to whom he owed his eleva
tion. National Palladium.
New-Orleatw.-
States, consisted of i
ses and hovels, and
thousand inhabitant
“ The House that Clay built."
A PARODY. ,
We are indebted for the following hu
morous Parody, to a gentleman from Rich
mond, in which city it was pretty freely
circulated in manuscript It was written
by a member of the Virginia Legislature.
The palpable hits it contains will no doubt
better commemorated, than in “ recollec- from England, had excited a oouaideraWe spirit of I amuse our readers.—Virginian.
tions” of him who was at once their revered
commander, father and friend.
The'historical registers of the war of the
speculation.
The Bridges and' Ferries on Oakmulga
revolution are all in error, in their naratives 1 and Flint Rivers, are deriving a profitable
ofthe death of Gen. Mercer. We offer I business from the passage of emigrants to
the homage of our veneration for his mar- the New Purchase. AH the roads leading
tyred memory, in giving to his country and I in that direction are literally lined with pil-
the world authentic details of the heroism
and devotion which attended his fall. Our
authority is derived from the late Major
George Lewis, nephew of the commander
grims, bound to the Land of Promise, w th
their flocks and herds, dogs, cats, &c. foi-
cibly putting one in mind of the departure
ofthe Children of Israel from Egypt. If I
in chief, captain of his guard, and who was other roads present as moving an aspect as
sent in with a flag to afford to the wounded
general every possible comfort and assis-
i the one through Macon, the Chatahoochy
country will soon be filled to overflowing.
lies pass through this place for that region.
Macon Tel.
tance, and ia whose arms the lamented hero On some days, not less than 20 or 30 fapii-
expired. % " J1 ’ '* f * <•-.*.-• -
Lewis expressed the extreme indignation
which prevailed m the American army, to
gether with threats of retaliation at the inhu
man treatment it was supposed the General
had received from the enemy viz: that he
had been bayoneted after haying surrender
ed and asked for quarters" : When th® mag
nanimous Mercer observed,. “The tale
you have heard, George is untrue. My death
is owing to myself. I was on foot, endcav
As an instance of Jthe “ exuberant pros
perity” of our infant town, three stalls in
the market, which rented last year for six,
seven and ten dollars* have rented for the
sums of fifty-onei fifty-two and sixty-five
dollars! And a small garden spot, belong
ing to the corporation, which rented last
year for twelve dollars, now brings twonty-
ouring to rally men. who had 'given way be- two. * Another, which last year brought
fore the superior discipline, ofthe enemy, forty, now rents for eighty dollars. Ib.
More Indian outrages.—The intelligence
when I was broi
from a musket.
•blow |
momont the I
i- - >».•> Jk
I
enemy discovered my rank, exulted n their which we give below, has not come to us
Adams.—This is the house that Clay built.
Webster.—This is the man as sly as i
mouse that gilded the house that Clay
built.
Congress.—This is the clan, that followed
the man, as sly as a mouse that gildec,
the house that Clay built.
Cabinet.—These are the rats, that pulled
off their hats, md joined the clan, that
followed the man, as sly as a mouse that
gilded the house that Clay built.
Roanoke.—This is the cat that worried the
rats, that pulled off their hats, and joined
the clan, that followed the man, as sly as
a mouse that gilded the house that Clay
built.
Jno. Tyler.—This is the dog that killed
the cat, that worried the rats that pulled
off their hats, and joined the clan, that
followed the man as sly as a mouse, that
gilded the house that Clay built.
Dr. Crvnnp.—This is the man who wrote
' a letter, when he could’nt dc better, to
bring to life without any strife, the old
Tom cat that worried the rats that pulled
off their hats and joined the clan that fol
lowed the man as sly as a mouse that
lived in the house that Clay built.
Thos. Ritchie.—This is the man who stated
so plump that Doct. Crump, in knowing
his fate, had saved the State, in writing
romote
Jded to the U.
te thousand hon
ied eight tMjb?
! now cor
nearly six tho^and hbusdji, most ojfthem
spacious, and is peopled by upwards of fifty
thousand souls. It is estimated that its ex
ports, during the presejrt' year, will amount
to three hundred thoykand hides of cotton;
* of flour, forty
, twenty thou,
sand hogsheads of tobacco, four millions
pounds lead and many other articles of great
value, and in large quantities.
The Editor ofthe Utica Sentinel says, a
respectable inhabitant of the Town of
Frankford, called at this Office last week,
and stated to him the following facts :
As several labourers were working in a
field belonging to Mr. James Browning, on
turning up the earth they discovered a large
quantity of feathers. On further examin
ation they found it to be a solid and compact
bed of 14 feet long and 10 in breadth, com
posed of nothing but feathers, part of them
somewhat decayed, but a considerable quan
tity quite perfect and in a good state of pre
servation. The depth ofthe bed is not pre
cisely ascertained, but it found by w
. Hour
they came there is conjecture. The facts
are vouched for by several highly^>espocta
ble meb^andwe Jeatfe the subject to the
speculations of jthe curious in such matters.
A singular disease exists among the cattle
in Kentucky. A beast apparently in per
fect health, will be suddenly seized with a
trembling and sickness, which will carry it
off in a few hours. Dogs, hogs, or any
other animals, that eat the flesh, are im
mediately taken with a violent vomiting,
after which they fall into a stupor, and die
in an hour and a half or two hours. Per
sons drinking the milk of a cow that is
infected, are taken in the same manner, /
and immediately die.—Large sums have-
been lost in stock by this disease by the
citizens, and petitions have been presented
to the Legislature to offer a reward to dis
cover a remedy for it.
The bill regulating the sale of Lottery
Tickets, now before the legislature of this
state, has passed the senate with a single
dissenting vote, and gone to the house of
assembly for their concurrence. We hope
and trust it will be carried with a strong
hand in that body. It is high time that this
matter should be attended to, and a check
be put to the extravagant system of gam
bling now carried on. The speech of the
Hon. Mr. Spencer ofthe senate, contains a
view of the subject, which cannot fail to
make a deep impression upon the com
munity at large. No person can pass
through the streets of this city without be
ing astonished at the multiplication of offi
ces for the sale of Lottery Tickets. Lp.