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r,x. ir. *U*Lt5RXi> WSESCV : j hr JOHN HODGE. < CONDITIONS. IfU T? e Annual Subscription will be three, u llahb, half in sulvaultc. * 2d Subscribers living oat of the Stare will p*jr the whole subscription upon the delivery of thql first number, ‘53. fTo Subscriptions will fee received for less than One year; and no paper shall be UU continuetl until arrearages are paid. r C3i. Advertisements will be iuserted at the ouatoidary ratet. t ( , i fcO** Letters addressed to the Rdii*ok musS be^pcstpuid. (Concluded from our last.) , ; Gentlemen, [ come, armed with the«e •tr.boritie*, in the case of Tullidge v« ‘Wa4«* My Lord it appeared the per* non seduced was thirty years of «#e, tnri long absent from home ? yet, on motion to aet a *ide the. verdict for e*-’ oessive damages, what was the •j Chief Justice Wilmot 1 «• I regret,*', ••id he, “ that they*Wefe not greater; though the plaintiff s loss did not amout twenty shillings, the jury yrere right In giving ample damages / because, •uch actions should be encouraged, for ©xaoinle's sake. Justice Clive wished •hey lad given twice the sum ; and in •his opinion the.whale Bsnch concurred. There was a case where the girl Was of mature age, and living apart from her , parents Here, the victim is almost a child, and was neyer for a moment.sep arated, from her jjjlfbme* Jfgata, in the case nF u Bennett against yilcott,** on u similar motion, grounded on fche appa-. sently overwhelming fact, that the mo ther of the girl bad actually ssnt the deleftdattt into her daughters bed Cham* her, where the criminality’ occurred. Justice Builer declared, ** he thought shepureni*s indiscretion no. excuse lot* She culpability” There was a case ufjiteral connivance—here will they have |ihe hardihood t , to hint <jvehbt« suspicion l Vou all must re member, Gentlemen, the case of our own countrymen, Gore, against •whom, only lhe other day, an English jury gave * verdict of aiooi. damages, •hough it was proved, that tffe person alleged to have been seduced was her self the seducer,go »ng even so far as to *hrow gravel up at the windows’ of the 4ef#ndant ; yet Lord Elenborlugh re - fined td disturb the verdict. Thus you ■nay see I rest not on my o«n pr jofless •nd unsupported dictum l rely gupon grave decisions and venerable authori ties ; not only on the indignant denun ciation of the moment, but on the delib erate toncurcnce of the enlightened and t&c dispassionate, I see my learned opponent smile, if tell him, l would not care if the books ver|#n absoiute|blank upon the Sub jpfet. t would §then make the Jluman Jfeearf’my authority-.! would appeal tb the bosom of everygman who hears tne, whether such a crime should Jgrow unpunished intd a innocence should bo of a brutal speculation. What dama rs should you give here, wkpre there nothin to excuse—where there is ev . ery thing to aggravate 1 the seduction ■was deliberate, tt was three'months in progress,ate victim Was almost a child it ivas committed under tfcfc most al luring promises 4 it was followed by a deed of the most dreadful cruelly ; bin *bove all. it was the actot,a|mau com missioned by h»a own cbuUtry# and paid by this for the enforcement of the laws and the preservation of No man more respects than Jdo, the well , earned reputation of the Brifcsh army* “ It ts a school Where every principle tending to 1 : honor. ‘ ‘ V, . / l Is taught—il followed ” feut in the name of that distinguished jfevmy, 1 here solemnly appeal against «n act which would blight |its’ greenest |aurds, lane leave their troph-.es pros trate in the c ist. Let them war, but V e it nqt on domestic happiness ; ‘tet ahe/n invade,’ but be their ‘limits LivicliU; let thr> achieve ATHENS ATHENS, 7HURSDA7 APRIL 10. 1817 ; ’ .U* v i *-• ? ;■ v«,:*4 y,} -* * A* ■ - -t ***** „■ ’^-><*l.■ fif* lint b: o?Veip moralv innocence, and virtue.—l know not by what pallia* tion the defendant /means to mitigate th’.s enormity—will he plead her youth it should |have been her protection.— Will,he p ! ea i her levity! l-.-deriy the Act ; bat even werfi it true, what is it to him ! What right has any man to speculate on the temperature of your wives and your daughters, that he may defile your bed, or desolate vour habita tion ! Will he plead poverty ! I never* knew a seducer* or adulterer, that did not, What 1 shall the seal of filial obedience upon which*ltie almigh ty Pareut has affixed his eternal fiat, be violated witri impunity by blasphemous and selfish libertinism. Gentlemen, if the cases I have quoted palliated as they were have been hu manely marked by ample damages, Ire should hive considered that before. .But is poverty an excuse for crime! Our law says he who has not a purse to pay for it, must suffer in person’ It is a most wise declaration ; and for never hear such a person plead poverty, dhat ray first emotion is not a thanksgiving,that providence has denied at least the instrumentalliy of wealth to the accomplishment of his purpose. Gentlemen, I see you agree with me. I wave the topic, and lagain tell you that if what I know will he his chief defence, were true it should avail hipa nothing* He bad no right to spe culate on this wretched creatures levity to ruin her, and still less to ruin her family* Remember however, gentle* men. that even wretched child been indiscreet *t is not in her name we ask the reparation ; no, it is in the name of the parents, her seducer bear, broken ; it is in the Jname of that misery whose sanctuary he has violated it u in the name of taw, virtue, and mo rality / it is in the name of that coun v try, whose fair fame foreign envy will make responsible for this crime ; it is in the name of nature’s dearest, tender est, sympathies , it is Jin the name of all that gives your toil an object, and your ease a charm, and youi\age a hope* I ask from you the value of the poor man’s child. When Phillips had conctiided, a burst of applause proceeded from the the auditory, in whiph the Bar and Court warmly joined* CATJM&ivitS Creighton, the Plain tiffs daughter, was 16 years of age on the sth of this month j she was the fe male seduced, and was the only witness examined Tor the prosecution; The plaintiff* was a slate merchant, he had lately been in embarrassed circumstan ces. his family consisted of nine child* ren. The defendant was about So years of age, and a lieutenant in the 41st regiment, quartered in George’s street barracks, |Dublin* ./he witness wits walking with her little sister, of four years old, on the bank of the ca nal, beyond Portobello in June last; and, let: the first time, met lieutenant Townsend, who rccosted her, and asked permission to see her home* This she refused, parted from him. and returned home ; she saw him about a week af terwards in Nassau street ; they saluted but md no further onamun cation at that time. .Between this period and the month ol August, Miss Creighton scarcely|e%er went 6iit without meeting and walking with the defendant ; and she swore, thht at these interviews he constantly spoke of marriage, and ex pressed a determination to make her his wife* On the evening of Sunday, the I st of Sept* last between spven and eignt o’clock, she was goiug to Abbey street, in company with the little sister already mentioned, to borrow fome books, sfe tset the defendant who caught her hatidj asked where she was going, and, on being informed said he could g,ve her books and tfiathe wish ed her to see his apartments, which , were to be fear’s that she might ascer tain whether they would answer for then* residence when they should be married* Having satisfied herscrup es anuTnduced ber to place firm “reliance on his honor, he finally prevailed upon her to accofgtjpany hi :> to his rooms io -silent barracks* where the GAZETT E. She returned home that: night, bus left it the next, as the solicitation of the defendant, with whom she remained until tht following Thursday, when ber father having dis covered where she was (for he had been kept ignorant all along of her intimacy with lieutenant Townsend; applied to the commander, of the forces, lord For bes. Ihe defendent becoming alarmed jn consequence of that application at a late hour in the evening, turned her out into the street, and abandoned her. His apology for thus |cruelly treating was, that his lawyers informed him he had acted wrong. When her Reducer informed her of b’s pnrpose she remonstrated, but in vain ; in an agony qf distress she be sought his mercy ,* she reminded him that she was his victim g that under a promise of marriage, which she believ '■ ed he had seduced her from her fathers house ; and she could now only look to her seducer for protection- To this appeal to the defendant’s compassion, he by an oath saying By J. s she should continue no longer in His apartments'* It was then past nine o'clock, i-tne drums had beaten, sbe wept bitterly, she became distil ? she had no alternative left- A captain Hill, of the same regiment saw her cut of the barracks and threw a 51- note into her lap—-She proceeded from George's street to her fathers house, but was afraid to ask admission ; she i returned again to the barracks to im- ! plore the defendants protection until morning. She prevailed on one of the soldiers on guard to deliver the defend ant a message telling him she was at the gate and praying him to shelterher for that night only—he refused her so licitation- , Injthis extremity of suffering she pray ed to the almighty to direct her, and she again went back to her father’s house, where an old woman, who was preparing to go to bed, opened the door and let her in- From that period she continued to live- -under the protection of her mother- Her father had never seen her since. * , The Defendant set up a defence, in which he attempted to prove, that the unhappy girl had been g ui | tjr of acts of levity previous to her seduction ; but in this he failed, notwithstanding - she underwent a cross examination of at least two hours, during most of which time she wasin tears, and excited great pity and compassion, : Verdict for the plaintiff— Damages 7501 and cost*. | : , ‘.,: Extract of a letter from colonel Rtch ifdM. Johnson to his friend in Scott county, dated January ,9th. “ Dear Sir—We have receiv ed in Kentucky, that one of our citizen soldiers has lately return ed from Indian captivity, and has given information that a number of oUr fellow-citizens re mam behind in the same situa tion, captives to the Indians, and that our neighbour Fant, the musician, was near Quebec, held as the property of an /ndian in the British service, as a musi cian* 1 have seen the president and secretary and most of the members from Kentucky, who have taken an interest in this thing. Col. Monr oehas made a communication of these facts to Mr. Bagot, who will fovthwijth furnish, ail the facilities in his power to release Fant and oth ers from their present condition by calling on the loqjd authors, ties in Canada. Besides this the president will employ a special messenger totraverse, the wili- those un-. fbrmnate captives who are depri yed of liberty’ by riJsHafcja«g lives la defence of their coun* »y. Argus, MEW MrmST&R TO E MQL -f.VO.; It is reported that the United •States sloop of war Hornet, cap tain ZfaUar l,is now making pre parations to carry out anew min ister to the court of Sv Jtmes, and to bring home Mr. Adams, who has been appointed secre tary of state. The New York Gazette states, that 3 young gen deman, bearer of dispatches for Mr. Adams, had arrived in that city, and was to take palsage in the>'H3rnet. We Understand, from another source, that the bearer above alluded to is Mr. Daniel Pope Cook, •>. ~ « • % UaXiimort Patriot. ; rui. The honorable Augustus Stanhope, lieuten 1 tof the 1 2 1 h dragoons,, was tried before a court martial at Cftambray, Sep tember 523 1816, for ganblirg with lord Beauchamp 1.1 youth ) whom he enticed and overreach ed, winning 80001 of him at cprds~he was found guilty, and sentenced to be discharged iron* the army, wh c!i sentence was ap proved of by the prince regent, and carried into effect. e \Lnquircri A chimney-sweepar'a bpjr had swept the chimneyata barbir’s sh xp tn L. bn don, and wh»le he was tying uji the f »ot some of the j.ou_rnfeym.en who , were at work in the shop* being. inclined to ex* ercise their wit on tne poor huh amoifg other questions asked him, What trad* his father followed ? to which the, bo y very archly replied—What trade ? wny my father was a barber, and I might have been a barber io<yj biit. tb tell yoa the.truth, / did not like such a black* guard business. a Spanish Poet, describing his passion says, that in thinkiqg of his mistress, he. fell into a river, where the heat of his passion had inch an effect on the water, that it bubbled up, and boiled live fish, iasomuch that those who came to t ke him out, were diverted from their ol* ject by the delicacy of the fish, which were swimming about.ready cooked. A Porter going to a Mr. Blast's houi* one day with a load upon his back, said to a gentleman he met in the Haymar- Pray, your honour, can you tell me where Mr. Blast lives l * ** Mr. Blast J Blast did you say,” replfed the mar.. “ \ti* Blast your honour says the porter : thu odd connection of words thoug It not intended to give any offence, so irritated the gentleman, that he no* only give the porter inform alien -bu£ rage gave him a hearty h»s cape. i Norfolk, March 18 An officer of the United States’ Mavy, Who was on the spot when me affair took place, auiho riles us to lay, that the ac. cottnt of the “ t racasbettveen the British and Americans at Mefii. na,” which took place on the 16th September tali; copied in* to pur paper a ay or two fines, is£* w« then believed stio be, no 5 .