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Cl I T MISTER
SAVANNAH
THURSDAY r.YF.NING, September 23,1824.
, HOARD OP HEALTH
Tire Board has the satisfaction to state, that
the city is,still in a heklthv condition. From the
rt'poijs of the WardUqmmitfees, ^appears that
!l; . cases of rnterm'ittctt and Remittent Fevers,
i „ve increased a littlei as is usual at this season
of tils year, bu( the type is mild and manages-
:>lu. No sase bearing featuh* distinct from the
cornmoh hillntts fewr, has occurred this season , . , . „
A letter h,vs been ceceived from the Hoard ofjfi hlng, doc .vered the wreck, of a vessel rfl
cea Miff tree9 to the city, and the place present*
a most gloomy prospect.
Some considerable, damage was done to the
Steam Saw Mill, but it had been speedily re
paired, and it was expected the works would be
putin operationagain on the 19th.
The sloop Favorite wjiMhdven uo some dis
tance into Mr Nephew’s eottdn field, where sTu
rtow lies. The sloop TWo Friend?, went to
pieces. The vhoonfcr Thorn was carried up on
the wharf, but was got off without damage.
la addition iu the above, we learn Horn Rapt.
Vernai-d, that the crop and most of the buildings
on Colonels Island »re destroyed: ,
Mr. Spalding’s plantation o^ Black Island is*
also laid complete 1 y bare.
At St Catherine's (s'and, a^hoat belonging
to he Thsrr, which went round the south side
gratia, Was conferred oh the Bev, Joseph jffrm and strong liy^competent nn^l expe-f rimwKi. Why he hid not appear * 4 v
ii avis. .
The degree of Doctor in Divinity was al
an conferred on the Rev. Wrtu 11. Burr, of
Abbcrville, 8. C.aml the degree of Doctor
of Law* tvaa conferred uni the Hon. Wtm
H. Crntvford of Washington City. The
president of the University then delivered
a suitable address to the young gentleman
who hail received foe first degree! With
which the public exercUos of the day* were
concluded.
It is believed that on noformer occasion
wa? there ever bo larsjo and respectable on
assemblageofpersonsin the town of Athens;
ami also, that the performances of the.Stu- fearing a refusal would be alike d<
dents were never regarded as more.tfimora* to him, consented. The rest of
-rpinUm l^fr^led^un^t^MnctlororthiI or sloop. Saw on tire belch a pumber ofdead
Altdica) S 'cieiy of South Carolina, thatif w not|caulp and a boat belonging to Mr Cooper i f
contugeour .«• |8t Simons . ,, ,
Jtcuri of Ji'tnhi in Savannah,for the «befr end. We have tfeaht .of an me farther damn;* in
in? Hu September, 1824. -our vicinity. At jJona Halle. the plantation of
ODied of Bilious Fever, 3 Capt. R. Flournoy, ut 6 m’iltys from town
lihiUt Bed, 4 1 about one half of Vie cotton crup is destroyed
j the cottor\ house u nropfed^ and otherwise ma-
j terially injured t one u gro house’bluwn down
Toihing,
•Convulsions#
dpasnu,
— and,three nogrocs killed, besides other da-
v Total
One loader Uvear of jiffo-Aifte 9—fout.be
-3U . en '-0 mill 30 -and one 63. Four of which
Were residents, and thre’* non residents
By order of the Crimr- an,
I K TEFFT, Sec’ry.
Savannah, Sgpt. JJ2d, 1824.
* \ p.isjvoger on board ahip*Lou»a Matilda;
at Cockspur. ^ .
grt7» In O'dci *topi'esr«t Mm SavahnX^
RaruBU^AB In its patrons in a ne.w dress
and enlarged size, we are compelled to
•omit issuing the paper again until Tues
day next. •
A communication '•»&' bnen received an.
AlounchTg two new candidates for tlie Legisla
tor.—ime of the gentlemen we know vwilnut
serve if elected, we tfierffore decline publish
ing i 1 . "in its present sMap&T ,, *
THE MAILS.— In Tuesday night last 8. let-
ter mails were* received from the north, and
J. •wiling three paper mails fl-om'th^ north
iknd’one western mail. There a re now due, 5
V riheni nuils, 0 western mails,,and 2 southern
mail* r ^
TUP. FRF.SjlRT.in nur river has now risen
♦trsttcli h height tlmfthere is little prospect o£
<civi .g any of tiie crops, winch came’ unde? its
Influence, Hutshinsort’? Island, and dp; other
Um lands »ar the city are covered at high wa.
ter, and we learn thatabout eight mites up Hie
liver, the bsi -as wpic‘1 surijjiind the rice fields
Are from three to tour feet under water,
CORN.—'Tiuttarticle,which was selling in our
market thiee days since at 45 to 50 cents per
husiicl, has now advanced to 75 cents, in conse
Queues- of ihe total instruction of the crops on
flie river by the freshet.
* Y nuge. f At Cedar Gro^e, also belonging to eapt
F. a-kitchen icid-dotton house Were blown
down, several negro houses unrdoiedl the fen
ces much injured, and the crop partially des
troyed.
The ship Emperor, hr'g Governor Hopkins,
sdhr.Jane, of New Vork, and alftop Cynthia,
have all got on,'generally- without damage, and
arc noW floating in the river. .*
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
■•Athens, Sepiember 11.
, The public exerCKf* which usually clohe
the literary year ip Franklin College, corn
nienced on Tdestlny, the G7’th July*; when
the pupils in the preparatory Academy at
tached tp the College, #vere .exSminld in
the presence of the ProsideuF of tlie Uni
versity and the Trostoss who attended.
iVedaeeday, tlie 28th, was devoted to
the examination of the Freshman class be
longing to College, on the studies to which
they had devote 1 '] tlieii-aiteiiitiondurinjf the
session which w then abmit to exr-re.
Thuisday and Friday, the 29tii and 30ih,
were assiduousl y binptoyedin the examin
ation of the Snpitunioro ^laSs off -the stud
ies in whiph they hju’bee'n^cngaged since
the proceeding vacation
On Saturday- the 81 »t. tw ( dnjy threp i ff
ered themselve»as xaiididttes for admis
sion into College, of whom’ fiftcfln'.wen.-
fiom the Academy in Athens itfi^d eight
other Seminaries; oil of jg'iom wi re ad
mitted to'enler the, Ffeghiniin^Uss.
On Monday, 2d August, tin- Junior class
Svaspublicly examined on Navigation, Sur
veying and Natural .Philosophy, in the pre
sence of his Excellency the Governor, the
Board of Trustees and a large number -f
respectable strangers-wiro auei ded. On
that evening, the T'Ustees of- the Unirerai
ty.we. econstitutedlor deliberating on tlip
intefeut of ihe iost'-tutton, ahd continued
thdir sessions, by adjuumment, Thurs
" ‘In
1 regarded i
ble to themaqlvaft, their instructors Atid
die literary reputation ofthe Universityv
The institution now consists of one hMn-
dred and two Students in the four classes,
viz. twenty seven Seniors, thirty_two Juu*
1C (-.sixteen Supliomoros and twenty, ae’v’en
Fresh men; besides forty seven in the pr^
ua'Otory Ac«demy./which is a branch aujt-
diary to the College, _ .
Columbian CentiheL
A gentleman by the nagie of Conk, isa-
boot taking out a patent at Washington
for a new invention in Steam enginery.
It s stated.that he is ab ut making an ap
plication of his maehine.y to lond-carriag-
es. This invention is mentioned wah
commendation. *
Mediterranean'—A company is now for
ming in New T-*i k. for the purpose of sup
plying the several important ports in the
Mediterranean with Bt.earo vessels, which,
il is ascertained, wilf not only realize a
valuable return, but lead to very important
mercantile result*, and will, at’ the same
time, add to the weight and importance uf
the country-
fenced workmen. Let us guard again
all accidents as much as in us lie*.
Extract of a letter dated Balixe Ben
dwas, July G.—-The pirate- nro very nu
merausan the Maine, and have committed
many depredations, Just before our arri
val, they talk tf schooner belonging to thi
pliicOj imd enquired of the captain if h<
would joio them ?«j On replying that he
could nqt, as ho liaq u wife and family, th>-
pirates knoWned him down, and then blew
hin grains out! They then put tneqiies-
tion to one of th* crew, a black man, who
destructive
tho Crew
Marrota Escape—Mr John M. Jarvis,
who has lately been In estate of partial de
rangement, on Sunday night last, arose
froip, his hed in the 4th story of the City
HoVel^in the rear of the building, and sup-
p'.'eitig himself to be in danger from per
sons who gought his life, opened the win
dow, and cot out, hanging by Ids hands
to sills. '* The noise he made brought a
nurse, who was in an adjoining room, to
hif assistance, who drageed him into the
room. lie must inevitably fallen, and of
couaBe hem killed, but for her timely aid,
as (T was impossible that he could have
raised himself sufficiently to enterthe win.
flow again. On Monday night about 1 o’
clock. he was found on the top of the Por
tierf, lying unable to hedp himself having
much or-,','-*'’ or sprained his ancles.
Hi had been removed from where he
slept on Suiiday night, to a rObm on the
gt uund llnor, but he must liaveqitvdr his wav
into '
from one »-Fihe front.windows to theporti
ait—Georgian.
jumped overboard and made for the shore
a part of whom were shot before they
reached it. The vessel hoi answering
th^l^ purpose, the pirate abandoned her and
iandeded on Miwquiio Sliort-~frcmi whence
they despatched the negro *nd one of their
cre w In quest of a vessel. They had not
proceeded t«s however, before the forme*:
told his companion he should proceed m>
further with him.. The negro hovever fold
him, “ you, are a,.frenchman and J am a
blacxman-—you have a sWord and pistol,
and so have I." , This language convinced
the pirate that the better part of value wu*
discretion,and immediatelyseparati-dJ-vlieD
the black man,made known the facts to a
body of Carabs or Mosquito Indians near
that place, who seized and retained the
pirates until a vessel was despatched from
this place to carry them to Jamaica for trial
and execution. * •
General Lafayette, according to tho
Seletn Gazette, was born the Grh pf 'Sep
tember, 1756; so that on M"hfioy last hj
was sixty-seven years,of age;
The next visit of the General, it is sup
posed, after reposing a few duys at New
Yofk, will be to Albany, lie has inform
ed the Alayor of that city, of his inten
tion to be there a few days after th^.Gth
instant.—hit.
The Supreme Court < ftlie Sstte ol Mwj
sissippihave decided the Replevin or Prop
erty Law of that Slate to be unconstiiu «
tionali
TH»HU liRldANE.
B> the arrival ofthe scfir^Thorn, Capt 3 er- f)o Tuesday,a selection »f six mUtnbors
Hard,fr m Darien, Tetter* hive been receiver ft ,u.
day evening followin'*.
(Flltt TUB BAVAS»*U SKPDUUCAll'.)
TO ROBERT VV. POOLER,
Sin: A few words with you, and then I
have doue. 1 have nQVred you (tie choice
of two alte, nalives—you have ilecliueil
them both. I now make you tiro third and
last, Will you agree to abide a Verdict ut
•« the Sovereign People”? If you . will, in
form me through the same Organ that 1 now
speak to you, and my speciiicatiotiH with
the evidence to support the same shall
without delay be laid before the same tri-
ii>-iiuur, »ui ne inusi iiaveuiaiiir m» nay, , lt . < . . ,
the third or fourth story, anti dropped ban . a ' 1 ?” a 'K nei y oU '
«oe »-fihe front.windows to theporti- , gn vo ? ;f a Pt lc * r
to you, yet it is comprehensible to atiiers.
You will oblige me by disproving ffhe aoli-
lary fact that I have stated. You may a
buseme as much as you please, it cun do
you no service, nor me no'
MIUHA
A
i plena
i dal'iti
W)\|
ill and di
quest'd
givhig a most mel ncholly and disastrous accouotj
ofthe tos» of lives and destruction ol property
£jn that vicinity, by the late gale,
ofthe Junior class, from the Demosthenian
, and an 'equal number ^frtnn the
nil. Kappa society, delivered speeches ol
ijnthat vicinity, by the late gale, tehiroWn composifim-, to a large anil rex
One letters say*: "To attempt to describe the p ec ^bj e audience, who'give unequivocal
effects of the gale with us, woulfl be uodertak. - » -■ '* - * - • • 1
i ng a task which I am bold to say no man can
Pirates Killed.—-By the lirig Francis
captain Wolf, arrived at New York, from
Havana, We learn that a piratical eatab
tneni at Key Blanco, was broken up on the
21st of August, by the boats of a British
sloop or War. Six of the pirates were kil
led. and the residue escaped to the woods.
4mong the vessels found in their posses*
*ion, whs the brig Henry, Rhodes, of Hart
foul, wtpeh was captured tin the 6th, on a
v.pyageTrom St. Jago (Gulf of Mexico) to
Aatanzas, with a ctfrgo of .oules.
do justice to: T I w;li not pretend to say any
tiring of it further than tliat it has been with us
#ipd hat passed, desolating and miking bare eve-
ty thing iu it passage —Th’e danjage to proper-
.ty is bej "tid calculation, ,the ln»8 of lives im-
metise—t suppose in our county not short of
one hundred persons ffave been destroyed,
eorne oj,the most Jteaft rending and melancholy
■Cases—whole families, separated and crushed a-
mid tho ruins of the holdings, or drowned in tpe
Water thrown up frotn the sea. I look upon it
death to all our Tprospects. I do not know
What is to become^oftpe county
The loss of eighty three Vmt has already been
ascertained among: whom are fou. teen whites.
Among the distressing scenes we have
Jieard of is that of the family of Mr Snow, Yost-
master »f Darifen, who Were at the time at
plantation near the city A letter of the 18th
Inst, says, “ out of ten which composed Mr,
Snow’s family when the gale commenced, on-
, Jy himself his wife and a little negro were sav-
fcd: Among the whites lost was Miss Harrison,
(a sister of Mrs. Snows,*) her two little brothers,
arid Mr Rufus R. Merrill, of Darien, who was
there on ft visit.”
v ’ Mrk.Vafpnde, (a widow lady on Patterson’s
Island,) and Cjie whole of her negroes are drown-
ed
At Creighto^i Island, M r Thomas Miller, aged
abrfuf'seventeeVi, son of Mr John Miller, of this
Idity, and a person of ihe name of Miller, employ -
ed on the plantation, were both, killed by the
fall ofthe dwelling house. Two negroes are
missing and the whole crop destroyed.
The negroes of Mr James White, near Darien
■Werp all lost but one and the crop destroyed.
On St. Simon’s Island, nil tbe property is des-
ft-oved But only one Hfe as yet known to be
Tost
On Sapelo Island, Mr. flpalding lost all his
out buildings and crop, and one negro. ■ The
Overseer’s father, and two sons, perished, and
fiVe cifhisnegmey.
In Darien, Mr. King’s store under the Bluff"
1k blown down, and also two stores of Mr G At.
Ttinson’s, and one of H. T, Hall’s, besides a num
proofs of the entertainment and satisfac
tion which they derived froni the eserej.
sea of the youthful competitors. .On the
same even-ng, both tlm College buildings
were elegantly and fancifully itlciininated
at eight o'clock, which attracted the alien,
lion of a large concourse of ladies and
gentlemen, who assembled in ■ the campus
to witness, the splendid scene.
On Wednesday, the 4th, at an early hour,
the College Chapel was crowded with a
very large assemblage of ladiesand gentle
men. At ten o,clock/A., M. the procos.-
aion was formed at the Philosophical Hal)
under the direction of George W. Meri
wether, Exq Sheriff of Clark county , who
by request,’acted as Marshal on -the occa
sion. The Students of the College, wyjL-
ked in front, followed by the Professor!
and tutors, the T/usffies and their Secre
tary.the President of the University and
the Governor of the state.'
W()en arrived and seated in the Chapel
after prayer by the President, nine youog
gentleman of the Senior class, delivered
speeches in the following; order, viz:
Hn hNeister,of Clark county,Salutatory
Greek Oration.
John D Beck, Porrysburg, S. C.
Abraham B. Dale, Jasper county.
Benjamin Franklin, Athens.
Hines Holt, Baldwin f county.
John Morton/Clark county.
James O. Scriven, Sunbury.
Oliver Wylie. Cabarrus county, N.C,
Richard K. Hines, Mifiedgeville, Vaf
dictnry.
The degree of Bachelor of Art* was
then publicly, conferred on the abve na
med candidates, also on Thqmas A. Wat
kins, of Greensboro* a member of the Sen
ior class, in (821, who was absent from the
eommencement in that year.
The degree of .Master of Arts was also
conferred on the R^v. Alexander Hr Web:
ster, Nathan Warner, and Jame-i Rymbert,
Esqrs. Alumni of Union College, General
Jephtha V Harris Wylie W. Mason, Eu-
genius A. Nisbertand William C. Dawson,
* Esqrs Alumni ofF-anklin College, and oh
*1 Alfred Iverson,E.q. Alomnusof Princeton
At the request ofthe Richmond Commit
tee, Chief Justice Marshall has under-
*aken to prepare and deliver an ajidress to
General La FAier-re, on his arrival at the
Metropolis of Virginia. The Governor of
the Commonwealth has tendered to the
Comnjiltee the use of apartments in the
Government House tor the ahcommndaYiQn
of the Guneral, during his-visit there; and
the Committee have invited tjie venerable
Ex-Pie*idi*nts Jeffiyson and Madison to
meet’theGeneral at Richmond They have to the scrutiny of the public, and justice to
also been invited to honor the celebration you as well as to those who are thus called
A a tr M.I.Ia ■. . b. . 4 t, a. m a a * HPL . a ’
i injury,
lEL BROWN,
.[roii thk nsi’UuticAa )
To Mordecai Sheftall, SenV. Esq.
Sir; In mv last communication *1 xvas
under the impressiou, thuL I hud plainly
develi ned tulUciqnt grounds, upon which
your effoi t to bi-comd tho Senator of this
County shuuld be repelled. 1 believed diat
plain truths, fhus fairly and candidly sub
mitted would have had their due influence
in deterring you from a course uffuq3iv0 to
an intelligent people.^
You continue »candidate for the suffra
ges of your follow Citizens for iiu impor
tant trust, and have voluntary brought
forward tlie grounds of your pretcnsi/ihs
anil attempted to repel objucliuos which
have unfavorably preoccupied the publi<-
ind lo your advancement, you’ have by
ese means freely Submitted .your conduct
together tdiU ^Inaoet, all the fen-J^CoUege. Also, tbe same degree, honoris
at Yoi-ktowh with their presence. ‘ Thus,
our-fellow citizens, South as well asNorth,
study to render to the .illustrious Guest
every honor compatitde with self respect.
I •» Mat. tnt.
Philadelphia, Sept. 7.—A very serious
riot, took place about 10 o’clock this fore-
nuonjtnear the county Coprt House, sixth
and Chesntit street. A negro was brought
oefure Judge Levy'oh a charge of being a
runaway slatve. The judge remanded the
prisouec to Jail. In the custody of the
deputy Sheriff* add some ofthe SherilPs of
ficers, he was on his way to Arch Street
Prison; when near the Theatre, about 150
negroes, eprhe apned with large cord wood
clubs, set or, the sheriff's officers to effect a
rescue. They bpat back the officers, who
however, held on to their prisoner. So
great Was tbe. noise, and clamor that the
M jyorshi court was emptied and adjourned
The Magistrates, Constables, and all the
officers of the court, promptly went to the
assistance of the Sheriff*’-, officers who re-
turned with their prisofior to the Court-
House- Seven pf the ringleaderg of the
blocks were arrested, and With thesla.e,
have been committed to prison—.Press.
Some idea of tlm feelings and expectations
entertained in fnjfcity as to the opproach-
jpg reception of the great and good La
Fayette, may be derived from the fact, that
'one Balcony io a good situation, ssy Ches-
nut street, opposite the State House, is let
at the rate of, Five Dollars' a head We
would suggest that all places on which pen
pie are expected to stand or sit on the Day,
upon in the excercise of the valued right
of the elective franchise, requires and a]
lea st justifies tne declaration of reason
which still jnflueYice the mind of the peo
pie to your prejudice. Iu their expositL-m
let th em be striped of all delusive colours
& exhibited hi the saverity of naked truth
A disjointed reputation is not easily .set,
“ a character that has been vindicated is
something worse than it stood before, un
questioned and unquestionable.” Butsince
the beet of men have sometimes been Ihe
objects of unjustifiable attack, it is u source
of satisfaction to (hfe innoceut to know,
that virtue like metal disclose its purity bj
the chymical analysis to which it is subjec
ted, and of yet greater satisfaction that * the
crucible.is conveniently at hand in which
the process of investigation and refinement
may be had,
From your professional commentary up
on the documentary evidence exhibited by
you in your cause, you aryive at the con
clusive that you ar^ not only entitled to
your verdict of acquital, but even from a
remaining shade of suspicion.—If a map
Wiser thanyourself had arrived atthe same
conclusion, I should have considered it in
dicative of his guill. But when you tliu>
attempt to sport with the public judgement
1 will not say that you have manifested
either impudence, ignorance or depravity;
but you will excuse me, if poradventure,
" with all the politeness imaginable” 1
sfialf unfortunately prove all tlfose in the
course of (bis investigation.
Prom the documents adduced by you it
, . , , is conceded that Mr Duke, your witness
should bo examined and ascertained to be: did not appear before the Coflrt to prove
ft te conj cure, Unieas we udont tV
I his mdispos tion which is very uruMe,
foal since your statement upon whe,
1 >»o that fact rests does not advance, *'
» fact known to you with sny kind oft,
lanty but as understood bv you. The
needing* upon the will had so advance,,
this time that your reputation had becJ
concerned and why under such circun%
ces you should have contented yourself*:
having merely understood the indmpoiji
of Mr D ike seems tome only siiscept,
of explanation upon the hypothesis, j
the fact was much more easily umf erS j
tnsn proved. Why ifcapabloofpr, )0 f
no application made to the Court for f,
ther time to procure his attendance « r
take the necessary affidavit at his \ m
Surely ni» Court would have refused
reasonable «n application.
Bqt Sir you rrquest your fellowciti;
■ ’o l-.uk to the will itself, the oatli tht
annexed and the order of ihe Cotfl
Does M<- Sheftall mean to induce hit 1
low citizens to believe that theoathag
n-xed f" th • will ran-fos with it the i.
tion and efficacy of an oath? Lnni t,
t" ".i« was ftover "«u6scribed qr sworn
by Duke, lt is no oiith.’ji* but thelmg
the oath prescribed by the law and
'he wifuu*. never took. What wastbwi
def ofthe Court—That the witnaea refwi
’. fi f 'l and prove the m
terms, of the law, find here I submiti« am
•Hung-‘-re .a:ii> to toe ion appenance
t> ke, than his supposed indispositi
Y'te further enquire "if he had been;
could he have contradicted his own
•ate statement contained in his answer
th* interrogatories.”—1 turn to that drill
■ ate 'Uafenient.
Mr- Duke in his aimVei- to the intin
rjes s»y« “tie was in the rrtom five or i
minute- -that he read over tbe wi|/ ( ,
sked Dcks ifjlie wished to give his n
■party to Mv Sheftall to which th*
was ye»:”—tint Dfrks was very i
bilitated. It-then'answers the
a" to his sinity iti the cautious phrmi
gy that uiie was as much m hits senui
sick i»eopl|generally are who areva jfill
—M JJuke seems to have formed hit
-rinjowaji he -say- "from t|te iftlonalilj
Darks’ answer yes’* and -jpeoks of mil
ther conversation with him. In opposili
to which conclusion, we have the restii
ny of Mr Foy who says in hi* direct
svvers that after the'morning certainly
ter twelve o’clock Derk-* <v,t4 Liatii,si
tor that neither lie or Morton flrhd
innvjtef ofthe house could get anft
utofhimafte that time. That cl
.ewis who saw him on Sattfrday or
day anil that he supposed him inCatpab]i
making s will,—and the testimony of
Parker (and 1 have always been indi
**• believe tne opinion ofthe attending
•ocian the be9t in sue a case) who
that hc^Uited him avioe on Ihe £Olhof|
obor the day ihe will purports t" lure
nade, ana rnrirt lx, w»B mcopab'e.on
day” The will was made at two e’e 1
How- the minds ot sick men generally
who are very ill depends upon such u
■y ut circumstatflies as the nature and
fe he disease, constitution of the patient|
o’hor causes,'that there can be no standi
Torn which an opinion migh' b« dedui
fr- in' li'u source. Aud why «hat ambigui
mode of answering tlie que^ian *ho»l
•iave been udo- tod want- illustration ui
loss perhaps it may be toun<j by referent
t p.tlie ciise of the witness who up»nh» “
.uniniition in Coutt swore <f that life
in the man when he made ‘he Will”
further answer could be gotten out of hi
until being hardly pressed by thpCuur
confessed that the uinn was II cad, and *
"toy nut a live fly in his mouth while
hapd was made to sign the paper,
* it ff»s perh'aps a matter of peculiar
vWtineoce or of circumstance /mly,(I
not pretend to.say which) that cauieii
will to be subscribed when the in««»l**
the House were absent from the room:
Permit*me to sympathise with J
ynurnegret that some of ; <-ur iw*
witnesses •* have gone to that bourn..
whence no weary traveller returns,"I
the same time let me enquire, where
they at the time this will whs inveeti?* 1
The exam in.i tion of al) the mritnessesM 1
to have been perpetuated aife furnish
good evidence now as then, ami U
exercising end will continue to t‘X* rCISI
sriutary influence upon the public ff
when-the authors from whom- it tnM*
shall have passed away in the progreM
time.
You have alluded th the poverty “
estate, and the little necessity you st
time had for money, and are at a Iwt
to perceive the imiuceinent by whit"
could then have been influenced.
not anpear that the amount of the *
was known at the time the will was
for had it been you would not p r
have taken the trouble to draw tne i
ment unless perhaps you had re«
•the saving cupidity of the lawyer«
only supped upon the oyster but P®
the shell in tfie bargain. And wi»J
toyour inducement let it be ret> ‘ m
that jnterest ib'sometimes mere P
than reason, and as it used ro^ , ,
the lustre of gold w^b capable ot u
a lawyer out ot his conscience,b*
prised if in truth it only dazjele 11 ^
of ypur reason. But really _. -
immediate want of money, « n ® . j,
comforts are very uncertain: I n, !“ „
supposed there wore other
which might tempt a mantotafc
a small estate, (JHATlii^
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