The Athenian. (Athens, Ga.) 1827-1832, November 09, 1827, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPQ2TST. I.INES on the Death of John Howard, Lt. Col. during the Revolution, of the 55th Regiment, Ma ryland tiihe. He died not when the martial smoke Of battle hung around him— lie fell not by the uabre’s stroke, Nor has the torn flag bound him.— War’s sulphury cloud away was driven, While his spirit held its course to heaven. When the drum gave forth its stirring roll, The trumpet its brazen clang, He flew, like a steed for the distant goal,— Where the din of the warfare rang. 7 te perill’d his life, and his blood was shed, s '.Vherc the Maryland line its banners spread, lie died in peace at his own fire-side, In the fulness of years and honor, In the land which enjoy’d in the height of pride, The rights which his arm had won her. The graven stone to the great may rise, But his prouder trophies are weeping eyes. A BROKEN VOWS. And. this is alt I have left now— Siinnce and solitude and tears: The memory of a broken vow, My Righted hopes, my wasted years. Ihere li$jtgs yo'ur lute: the wandering wind yVili hence its only master be; B tf; never may its numbers find More wandering master than in thee. ' Mv falcon it has slipped its band— Afar your faithless gift has flown; The bird which fed from my own hand, Alas, its stay is like your own! Vou swore to me, yon starry ranks Should sooner leave their homes above; Yon river change its native banks, Than you forget your early love. Each starry world its station keeps In night’s blue empire as before; The same our native river sweeps— In vai’n—for I am loved no more. 1 will go weep till rose and blue Alike from cheek and eye depart, A faded,flower—and then adieu My o^vn false hopes and thy false heart. [The ensuing extract from a Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Spring, cjf New-York, we insert as much with our own approbation as, if possible, desire to gratify the wishes/of several ladies who have requested it.] Neatness and taste. a Christian woman ought to be distin- fishable by her simplicity, her neatness. Ver economy, her faithful and becoming at tire, but never by her stiffness and precision Now does the gospel proscribe all ornaS ment in the article of clothing? lt does, in deed, prohibit that profusion of ornament which consists in a studied display of per sonal decorations and costly array. But no where does it interdict that decent regard to external appearance, which gives respecta bility to the female character. A woman without respectability is without influence ; and without influence she is without the power of doing good. Nor do 1 hesitate to say, that it is no part of the religion of the gospel for a female to be very scrupulous in avoiding the common modes of apparel. 1 believe there is much more anxiety, and more attention to dress, and much more sin in studiously avoiding them, than in natural ly falling in with them. Fashions, which characterize a gay and worldly circle, a Christian woman will avoid. But how ridi culous would she appear to disregard the spirit of the age, and cleave to the habila- ments of her ancestors, while the prevalent inodes if dress among persons of her own class, are not inconsistent with modesty and decorum. And let it not be forgotten, that there is no intrinsic evil in mere dress of any kind. So long as the heart is not cor rupted, nor the best interests of men injured by the garments they wear, they are of lit tle account in the sight of God.—And is there no reason to believe that vaniiy may insinuate itself into the mind from the love of plainne-is and singularity ? Do we not all know enough of human nature to he sa tisfied, that a woman who is habitually well dressed, thinks less of her apparel than the woman who is well dressed only occasional ly, and whose thoughts are incessantly oc cupied about the dress of her neighbours ! An Indian may be as vain of her blanket, and a Quaker of her bonnet and cap. as a coxcomb is of the newest fashion, or a cour tier of his splendid retinue. And what would become of the interests of society, if you proscribe all the ornaments and con veniences of dress ? To what untold mul titudes do these give useful employment? How many benevolent institutions are main tained in existence by the industry of fe males, in forming articles of mere ornament and fancy ? And how many streams of charity do they fill, which without them would be dry ? “ I should be lothe to have these sugges tions misunderstood or perverted. I plead not for profusion of apparel. Extravagance and finery in dress, I would censure and condemn. A fop or a belle I would hold in steady contempt. All attention to per sonal appearance which excludes higher and more important objeots from the mind, is in consistent with a pure religion.—Against the splendour, gaiety, and fickleness of fashions, the pure and unassuming influence of Christian piety is natively arrayed. And vanity, splendor and"extravagance in clo thing, are the result of a vitiated taste, never "DecMM the person half bo Wgty as beautiful simplicity and neatnessBut while l say this, I cannot believe the relig of the gospel requires that fre djifad k no regard to the feelings and opinion- society, or that wo should divest oursel of that self-respect, which renders.us re spected and useful in the world, L, '*■ It is possible these tiioughts may offend. But sure am I, they present no cause of offence to the most self-denying mind. There is a spirit in some of our most excel lent females in relation to the article of dress, thnt requires a more prayerful self- examination than it has received. For myself I do not believe there is any thing praise-worthy in that spirit of female curiosi ty, which interferes with the dress of her fellow-chr stians, and would reduce the taste of the community to one standard. And I have always found that those females who are the most officious in these matters, are, with few exceptions, the very persons who would lead the fashions, if it were in their power. To such I would'say, the Spi rit of God affirms of a virtuous woman, that “all her household are clothed in scarlet; that she maketh herself coverings of tapestry, and that her clothing is silk and purple.” 'j Maiden Speeches.—“ There are ma instances of individuals who have had t greatest difficulty in overcoming the tern which men naturally feel in addressing a large and enlightened audience. Addison, we believe, never ventured upon more than one speech in Parliament, and bungled sad ly even in that. It is even said that he was the unfortunate member who conceived three times, and after all brought forth no thing. The throes which Smglespeech Hamilton experienced in the delivery of the celebrated oration which gave him his agno men, were so great as to deter him from all subsequent pursuit after oratorical distinc tion. Lord Erskine broke down in the first speech of importance which he attempted in the House of Commons—At the com mencement of his harangue, Mr. Pitt took a few notes, bur threw them aside shortly afterwards, on finding that there was nothing either new or striking in the arguments he was advancing. Erskine was so discon certed by this slight circumstance, that he first hesitated, then stammered out a few incoherent sentences, and finally sat down without making any conclusion to his speech, under the plea of sudden and violent indis position. The regular frequenters of the House of Commons see many failures of this kiud ; and sometimes, even when a fail ure does not take place, can see, from the agony of the speaker, that he will not run the risk of exposing himself a second time to the criticism of the House. The most extraordinary single speech in the whole range ct Parliamentary debates, whether we look to the effects which it produced, or the speech itself, is that spoken in the reign of Charles 11. by the Earl of Carnarvon, on e proposed commitment of Lord Danby. he Duke of Buckingham, who was the in stigator of the impeachment against the no bleman, first made the Earl half tipsy, and then persuaded him into a high opinion of his great talents for public speaking. The Duke was well aware that the Earl of Car narvon was a sworn friend to Lord Danby, and expected that if he could once get the Earl to speak in his behalf, he would be guilty of some folly, which would equally commit both his friend and himself. He therefore urged the Earl to undertake Lord D’s defence, “not from any favor to the Lord Treasurer,” as the Parliamentry his torian says, “ but only from ridicule.” The Earl consented, and stood up in his place, and delivered himself to this effect; “ My Lords, 1 understand but little of Latin, but a good deal of English, and not a little of the English history, from which I have learnt the mischief of such kind of prosecu tions as these, and the ill fate of the prosecu tors. 1 could bring many instances, and those very ancient, but, my Lords, I shall go no farther back than the latter end of Queen Elizabeth’s reign: at which time the Earl of Essex was run down by Sir Walter Raleigh. My Lord Bacon he run down Sir W. Raleigh, and your Lordships know what became of my Lord Bacon. The Duke of Buckingham he run down my Lord Bacon, and your Lordships know what hap pened to the Duke of Buckingham. Sir T. Wentworth,, afterwards Earl of Stafford, run down the Duke of Buckingham, and you all know what became of him. Sir Harry Yane, he run downtheEarl of Stafford and your Lordships all know what became of Sir H. Yane. Chancellor Hyde, he run down Sir H. Yane, and your Lordships know what became of the Chancellor. Sir Thomas Osborn, now Earl of Danby, run down Chancellor Hyde: but what will be come of the Earl of Danby, your Lordships can best tell. But let me see that man that dare run the Earl of Danby down, and we shall soon see what will become of’ him.” The Parliamentary historian adds, that this speech being pronounced with a remarkable humour and tone, both surprised and disap pointed the Duke of Buckingham, who after his way cried out, “ The man is inspired— claret has done the business.” The House divided—and their Lordships, frightened by the fate which had regularly befallen the prominent movers in all former impeach ments, decided against the commitment of the Earl of Danby. The Commons com plained that in so doing, the Lords denied them justice. 7 Power Looms.—The power loom, vented by the Rev. Mr. Cartwright, a gyman of Refit, is one of the most ’ ous, efficient, and we win add, super-eminent ly useful machines that has ever been tructed. Mr. Cartwright states, in a ifovAoHrirv latfav L! i. in- cler- ingeni- con- nterestimg letter at matyne, of Glass him to idea of con- Mr. Cartwright replied, that tuist. in that wise, set bis *' work to invent a weaving mill. The Man chester gentleman all declared that was im practicable ;butMr. Cartwright denied that there could be ahy greater difficulty in in venting a machine to weave cotton than to spin it; and meditating afterwards on the subject of this conversation, he Succeeded in constructing a loom, all the movements of which were performed by the means of machinery! Mr. Cartwright took out a pa tent for his invention in 1787. The pro gress of power loom weaving was not at first so rapid as might have been expected. This arose partly from imperfections that originally attached to the machine, but chiefly loMhe circumstance of its being ne cessary to dress the web from time to time aftei* they were put into the looms, which made itnmpossible for one person to do more than attend to one loom. But a beautiful machine invented by Mr, Thomas Johnson, of Bradbury, for warping and dressing the yarn used as warps, has completely obvi ated this difficulty; and, at this moment, a boy or girl, of from 12 to 14 years of age, can with ease attend to two power looms— and can, by their means, produce three times as much well woven cloth as could be pro duced by the best hand weaver! During the last ten years, the number of power looms increased with astonishing rapidity. Accor ding to Mr, Baines, there were, in 1818, in Manchester, Stockport, and immediate vi cinity about 2000 power looms; in 1821, they had increased to 13732; and in 1825, in the parish of Manchester, alone, they amounted to upwards of 20,000 ! There are now, probably, about 45,00G power looms in Great Britain, employed in the weaving of wool; of these there are supposed to be about 8000 in Scotland.—Edin. Review. ifA Luminous Bottle.—The following , is a method of preparing a lurainons bottle which will give sufficient light during the nijght to admit of the hour being easily told on the dial of a watch. A phial of clear white glass, of a long form must be chosen, and sWie fine olive oil, heated to ebullition in another vessel. A piece of phosphurus of the size of a pea must be put into the phial, and the boiling oil carefully poured over it, till the phial is one third filled. The phial must be then unstopped to admit the exter nal air, and when it is to be used, it must be carefully corked again. The empty space of the phial will then appear luminous, and will give as much light as a dull ordinary lamp. Each time the light disappears, on removing the stopper it will instantly re-ap- pear. In cold weather the bottle must be warmed in the hands before the stopper is removed. A phial prepared in this way may be used every night for six months with success.—Mechanics’ Magazine. The Enchanted Gun.—It happened some sixty or seventy years since, in the land of pumpkins, that an honest old simpleton who had been “to training” had made money enough by throwing stones at a “ training cake” to get very comfortably fuddled, even without any draft upon his purse or the “ four-pence-ha’-penay piece” laid by for that purpose several months before. Some wags who had kept more sober upon the occasion than oufhero, not having had so good luck at gingerbread gambling, loaded his gun to the ver) muzzle, with alternate charges of excellent “double battle” and touchwood; starting him home ward,, took care to put a red hot nail rod upon the top most piece of touchwood. Uncle lchabod, honest old soul; shouldered fire-lock and took up his * line of march’ for home. He had not gone far, however, before pop goes the first charge from his gun—rather singu lar, thought uncle lchabod, but a mere acci dent doubtless; a charge being, left there carelessly. A few rods further, bang! goes the second charge, “ Lord a mercy, says lchabod, “this is tamal strange, I swaggers, but 1 guess it did’nt all go off the first time, or else ’twould’nt go off again, would it though ?” He had hardly finished this dialogue with himself before off goes his repeater again—“ My gracious!” exclaimed our terrified militia man, f * the old boy is in the gun. I never haird of sich a thing in mv bom days”—an exclamation which he had hardly concluded before his everlasting mus ket struck four; and lchabod, having no longer any fellowship for a weapon possess ing such fearful continuity ofexplosion, very prudently threw it over the fence, and made rapid strides for the house of tbq clergyman, having now no doubt thatjie or his gun was bewitched. The clergyman"himself was not without his doubts on the subject, after Ich- abod had testified t*o the whole story, the truth of which was Corroborated by several distinct discharges from ttte gun in the place where he had thrown it, which was within plain hearing of the parties. -However, while the matter remained subjudice, the mischievous caitiffs, w)io had caused all the alarm, arrived with the offending musket, which made its last discharge in. the clergy man’s presence, and refused further service till re-loaded. If was never fairly settled, however, between him and lchabod, wheth er or not it was a case of real witchcraft-—a matter which we are the first to put fairly at rest, by detailing these particulars. At the Court of Cassation of Paris, a point of jurisprudence has just been decided, which, it is hdped, may tend to check , the practice of duelling, at least as fu]r as marri ed meq and fathers of families are^oueprn- cd. A Mr* Lellorrian tried for the mur der of a Mr. Garel id a duel. Lellorrian was acquitted of the rnWder, but was sen- a.t *he suit of the widpw, to,the pay- t of damages to the amount of 20,000 francs to her, and 4000 francs to her r.hjjL dren, to be paid when they come of age, with interest until that period. The Toll of an Ass.—When the late Lord Kaimes went to Aberdeen, as a judge upon the circuit, he took up his quarters at a good tavern; and being fatigued and pensive after dinner he inquired of the landlord if there were any learned man in the neighbourhood who could favour him with his company over a glass of wine. The landlord answered, that the professor of mathematics lived close by, and the Lord of Session sent his com pliments. The professor was not only emi nent in science, but of various and lively conversation, though he had the defect of La Fontaine and Thompson, both great poets—that of a*stupid and dull appearance, before it became enlivened by wine or com pany. After a respectful bow, he took his seat, and looked at the fire, quite immersed in some problem he had left. Two glasses of wine were filled and drank in complete silence. Lord Kaimes, to begin the con versation, said, “ I have just passed your new bridge, wholly constructed of white granite. What may have been the cost ?” “ Can’t say,” was the dry answer of the mathematician, who still looked at the fire. My Lord, surprised and piqued, said, “ I saw a board put up of all the tolls to be paid by carriages and animals ; will .you be so good as to inform me what is the toll of an ass ?” The professor, as if awakening from a dream, quickly retorted—“ I do not pre tend to know, but when your Lordship re passes, the toll gatherer cannot fail to inform yon.” Our learned judge started Up, and, taking him by the hand, exclaimed, “You are my man!” and they began a long and animated conversation.—JYew Lit. Gaz. Remarkable Coincidence.—Died lately, in Twinsbnrg, Portage county, Ohio, Moses and Aaron Wilcox, aged about 50 years. They, as we are informed, were twin broth ers, born in Connecticut; they married on the same day, their wives being sisters: they hoped to have experienced religion on the same day, and attached themselves to the same church; and on the same day they engaged in mercantile business together at Middletown, and failed together: from thence they removed and settled themselves together, in this State, at a place which from them derived the name of Twinsburg; they were taken sick on the same day, and were buried in the same grave, and have left to their bereaved children the same rich in heritance of an unsullied moral and Chris tian character. The singular identity which pervaded the character of these men, and the events of their lives, manifested itself no less in their persons. During their youth and middle age, so nearly did they resemble each other as to challenge the most discriminat ing eye to distinguish them. Employed, in the early part of their lives, in the neigh bourhood of each other, as school teachers, they were wont occasionally to change schools, and always without detection on the part of the scholars, of the change. W hat reader of this, as he passes through Twinsburg will not think of the twins?— Cleaveland Herald. Curious Punishment.—The following col lection of a few of the many curious punish ments, inflicted for various offences, is copied from the old records of Massachu setts, between the years 1630 and 1650. “ Sir Richard Saltonstall, fined four bush els of malt, for his absence from court. “Josias Plastow shall, for stealing 4 baskets of corn from the Indians, return them 8 baskets again, be fined 51. and here after be called Josias, and not Mr. as he used to be. “Joyce Bradwick shall give unto Alex ander Beek 2s. for promising him marriage without her friends’ consent, and now re fusing to perform the same. “ Thomas Peter for suspicion of slander, idleness and stubborness, is to b.e severely whipt and kept in hold. “ Richard Turner, for being notoriously drunk was fined 21. “ Edward Palmer, for his extortion, ta king 33s. 7d. for the plank of Boston Stocks, is fined 51. and censured to be set one hour in the stocks.' “ John White is bound in 101. to be of good behaviour, and not to come into the company of his neighbour Thomas Bull’s wife alone.” PROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. SURRENDER OF TWO OF THE PRAIRIE DU CHIEN MURDERERS. Extract of a letter from Col. M’Kenney, to his friend in Washington City. ‘ “ You are already informed of our arrival at this place, on the 31st ultimo, and that no movement was made to capture the two murderers, who were reported to us to be at the village nine miles above, on account of an order received by Major Whistler from General Atkinson, directing him to wait his arrival, and meantime to make no move ment of any kind. We were, therefore, after the necessary arrangements for de fence and security, &c. idly, but anxiously waiting his arrival, when, at about one o’ clock to-day we descried, coming in the di rection of the encampment, and across the Portage, a body of Indians, some mounted and some on foot. They were, when first discerned, on a mound, and descending it; and, by the aid of a glass, we could discern three flags; two appeared to be American, and one white. We had received informa tion the day before, of the intention of the band at the village to come in with the mur- •derers to-day, and therefore expected theqf, and concluded this party to be on its way to folfilthat intention. * In half an hour they were near the 4tvcr, and MNMtfinuL place,*when we heard singing; it was an* nounced by those who knew the notes, to be a iptfhsong; when presently, the river being* only about a hundred yards across, and %e Indians approaching it, those who knew him said*" it,is the Red Bird singing Iris. Heath Song*” On the moment of their arrival at the landing, two scalp yells were given, and th'ese were also by the Red Bird. The Menominies'who had accompanied us, were lying after the Indian fashion, in dif ferent directions all over the hill, eyeing, with a careless indifferehce, this scene ; but the moment the yells were given, they bounded from the ground as if they had been shot out of it, and rounding in every direc tion each to his gon, seized it, and throwing back the pan, blacked the touch-hole, and rallied. They knew well that the yells were scalp yells ,* but they did not know whether they were given to indicate two scalps to be taken or two to be given; but in ferred the first. Barges were sent across when they came over; the Red Bird carry ing the white flag, and We-kaw by his side- ************By this time the murderers were landed accompanied by one hundred and fourteen of their principal men. They were preceded and represented by Cara- minis, a chief, who earnestly begged that the prisoners migh| Teceive good treatment, and, und£r no circumstances, be put in irons. ************Th e murderers were march ed up in front of the centre of the line— some ten or fifteen paces from which, seats were arranged, which were occupied by the principal officers attached to the command, myself, &c.; in front of which, at about ten paces, the Red Bird was halted,' with his miserable looking companion, We-kaw, by his side, whilst his band formed a kind of semi-circle to their right and left. All eyes were fixed on the Red Bird; and well they might be ; for of all the Indians I ever saw, he is decidedly the most perfect in form, and face, and motion. In height he is about six feet, straight, but without restraint; m proportion, exact and perfect from his feet to his head, and thence to the very ends of ' his fingers, whilst his face is full of expres sion and of every sort to interest the feel ings, and without a single, even accidental glacp, that would justify the suspicion that a purpose of murder could by any possible means conceal itself there. There is in it a happy blending of dignity and grace; great firmness and decision, mixed with mildness and mercy. I could but ask myself, can this be the murderer, the chief who could V shoot, scalp, and cut the throat of Gagnier ? jj His head too; nothing was ever so well ** formed. There was no ornamenting of the hair after the Indian fashion; no clubbing up in blocks and rollers of lead or silver; no loose or straggling parts ; but it was ctttaf- ter the best fashion of the most refined, civilized taste.********In one hand he held the white flag, and in the other the pipe of peace. There he stood : he moved not a nerve, nor once changed the expression of his face. They were told to sit down: He sat down with q. grace not less captivating than he walked and stood. At this moment the band on our right struck up and played Pleyel’s Hymn. Every thing was still. The Red Bird, looking toward the band, and eyeing it with an expression of interest ; and as if those pensive notes were falling softly and agreeably on his heart. When the Hymn was played, he t^ok up his pouch, and taking from it some kinnakanic and to bacco, cut the latter after the Indian fashion, then rubbed the two together, fiHed the bowl of his beautiful peace pipe, struck fire with his steel and flint, into a bit of spunk, and lighted it, and smoked. All this was done with a grace no les?s captivating than that which had characterized his other move ments. He sat with his legs crossed. If you think there was any thing of affec tation in all this, you are mistaken.—There was just the manner and appearance you would expect to see in a nobly built man of the finest intelligence, who had been es corted by his armies to a throne, where the diadem was to be placed upo:i his head. There is but one opinion of the man, and that is just such as I have formed myself,^'' and attempted to impart to you. I could but speculate a little on his dress. His white jacket, with but one piece of red upon it, appeared to indicate the purity of his past life, stained with, but a single crime ; for all agree that the Red Bird had never before soiled his fingers with the blood of the white man, or committed a bad action. His war pipe, bound close to his heart, appeared to indicate his love of war, which was no longer now to be gratified. Perhaps the red, or scarlet cloth, may have been indica tive of his name-the Red Bird. All sat except their speakers, whose ad dresses I took down, but indeed I have not time to insert them here. I will now pass on, and describe, as wenf as I can, We-kaw, the miserable, butcher looking being, who sat by his side. He is, in all respects, the opposite of the Red Bird; and you will make out the points of com parison by this rule; Never was there be fore two human beings brought together for the same crime; who looked so totally un like each other. Red Bird looked like a prince, and fit to command and worthy to be obeyed; We-kaw looked as if he was bora to be hanged. Meagre, cold, dirty in his , dress and person, and crooked in hjs form : like the starved wolf, gaunt and hungry, and blood thirsty—his whole appearance indi cates the existence of a spirit, waiy, cruel and treacherous; and there is no room left after looking at him, for pity. This is fee man who could scalp a child no more than eleven months old, and cut it across the back of its neck to the bone, and leave it, bearing off its fine locks, to suffer and die upon the floor, near its murdered father! But his hands, and crooked and miserable looking fingers, had been wet often with blood before. The Red Bird docs not appear to be over thirty—yet he is said to be over forty. We- kaw looked to be lorty-five, and is perhaps that old " . jBfflfE* V ; 7.

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The Athenian. (Athens, Ga.) 1827-1832, November 09, 1827, Image 4