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fl<o prodigies of hrs performances, a
quarto! raw ruu assumed the air of
numeration; nor was there aught too
iiu ri-iiible (or belief or too fanciful for
cxpi-rtaiioii, when the world yaw a
minder ot ohl shoes, drink three
q ; <*.r ,*• without a stagger. All the
Ui iw- tuts of antiquity became Ilea
bites tu his ronteuiplution;
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s*;'! he disposed of gallons* and
<) i -t u, and pints, and gills, and mugs,
i<> l they were invisible measures of
lue Lilliputian*}.
•Such is a faint and feeble picture
of Boraeliio bibler, the first (and it is
to he hoped the last) emperor of
di UnKurds.
From the Winchester [ Vtr. J / ie/jublican #
fcWKARI NGEN Hlld Ills IhUMMOUK.
We have verbally heard through
Various channels, in a manner which
goes to render Ihe fact very probable
ti-at George Van Swearingen, who is
charged with having murdered his
wife, in Allegany county, Md. in
September last, was men tiy taken
near the Red River, in Kwiitm ky, to
gether with Rachael Cunningham, Ins
suspected partner in the crime. It is
said they were apprehended by a ta
vern keeper, (who w also a post mas
ter,) at whose house they had passed
the night. !o an hour after their de
parture, the inhil arriving with Go
vernor Kent’s proclamation, describ
ing Swearingen and his Paramour,
suspicion was directed towards them,
and the postmaster collecting a few
neighbors, went in pm suit and over
took them in two or three horns.
Kmm another source we have heard
the following history of Hat had Cun
ningham, to whom Lille’s Millwood ,
in the tragedy of George Barnwell,
cannot hold a candle.
She was brought up at Bedford, Pa.
where she was probably early initiat
ed into the corruptions of that (dur
ing the. watering season) fashionable
and licentious place. Os her early
history however, we have heard no
thing exceps that her person was per
fe< tty lovely, and that her counte
nance was a mirror in which each
Winning grace strove ’ for pre-cini
Bence. Possessing, perhaps, as great
a share of personal beauty as was ev
er lavished on a woman in the most
w anton freaks of nature’s workman
slop—rivalling perhaps the fabled
ny uijihs of Cyprus; she visited Frank
1 >;<mty, Pa. where the first at of
t drama may be said to have open
sue there ensnared the affections
of Mr. L , one of the most we.d
tl y hi and thitherto respectable mer
chants of that county, and effected a
separation between himself ami wife.
Stung at length with remorse, he
SMC >;ned suflii lent courage to break
the spell w)d h bound him, by a sic
resflful stratagem, ffe’ ted through
the aid df one of his clerks, he suc
ceeded in extricating himself.
The scene now shifts to Pittsburg,
Where the heroine of the drama soon
Captivated a wealthy blacksmith, the
proprietor also of an extensive livery
stable, whose infidelity also threw his
Wife into a frenzy, ami caused her, in
a moment of revenge and desperation,
to set fire to her husbands possessions
by which bis extensive stables and
forty burses were consumed* This
effected the wife’s desires, and the mo
dern Millwood was again cast upon
the world. The scene next shifts to
.Jtarrishnrg, the capital of IVnnsylva
lira, where she soon contracted an-a
motir with , a name foremost in
the list of debauchees and profligates
in that said aiul exemplary stair.
The consequence of which was anoth
er matrimonial separation. Her rea
son for leaving him we do not remem
ber, nor is it material.
The fourth act finds her in Hagers
town, Md. where she speedily en
trapped in her toils the sheriff of the
County, George Van Swearingen, who
has frequently been heard to say that
he never knew or felt the raptures of
love until lie looked upon this svren.
that U? 5 never could gaze upon
her without his whole frame being;
wrought up to the highest state of be-I
wildermg excitement.—To her lie
mficcd every thing—furtune, honor,
time, for her he became a felon—anni
fur her lie will probably die a felon's I
death.
The fifth &, last ret is yo to b * p r
formed. The matcriels are at hand— j
the dungeon scene—the gallows—the!
executioner—the assembled multitude!
—tho dying speech and the slow but|
certain triumph of justice.
This history is brief,* hut what a
tale does it unfold! We question
whether, if w ritten but at length, the
life of any other woman in this or any
other country would present a foiilei
pi tore of seif polution, lust and loath
someness, with a more lamentable
conquest over connubial honor or do
mestic peace.—The desire of gain
may induce some hireling writer arid
more sordid publisher to collect the
|iarticuiars of her life, and spread
tin in b( fore the world, professedly as
a beacon light to guard tho morals of
our country women from similar exces
ses. But we trust not. Such a book,
hy presenting in captivating language
her career of crime, would do infinite
mischief, and be the means of bright
ing many a fair flower, that but for it
would have expanded its chaste and
glowing beauties of virtuous inno.
cence. and cast a fragrant odour upon
the circle of its admirers.
cabiNetT
irjittUHJS'TOX , JM. 3. IB2y.
On the ushering in of the
New Year, we tender to our
friends and patrons, the compli
ments of the season. Peace is
in all our borders—and we
hail, with pleasing anticipation,
the ensuing fourth of March, as i
the era of renovation and re
form. May the spirit of Wash
ington and Jefferson preside in
the councils of Jackson, and the
republican Institution of our
country nourish like the ver
dent and stately pine of our
forest.
Governor Forsyth has issued
his proclamation, (which will be
seen in this days paper,) direc
ting that an election should he
holden on the first Monday in |
October, 1829, lbr a member
to represent this State in the
House of Kept esentatives of the
United States, for two years,
from and after the 3d March,
1829, in place of George If
Gilmer, Esq who had failed to
notify his acceptance, fyc. with
in the time prescribed by law.
This day, throughout the
state, the people meet in their
several districts, in order to e
lect two Justices of the Peace,
for each district, to serve dui ing
the ensuing tour years. On
Monday next, the Justices of
the Inferior Court, Pax Col
lector and Receiver of Tax
Returns, are to he elected.
And on Tuesday the election
for colonel of the 12th Regi
ment, Georgia Militia, takes
place, to supply the vacancy oc
casioned by the promotion of
col. Grier.
An old man and his wife,
pays the Georgia Courier,pass
jed through A up;: is! a a few days
j since., from o;:c of tho lower
('counties of state, on Ins
|Wuy4o visit ids irituulsi.i North
(Carolina. lie liar n.it been
| long in Georgia, and was going
jback U> peisiu le his relations
|to ‘move’ to that part of the
j state, where in; resides. The;
| old woman had tilled a small l
hag with Sugar which they had
made last season and intended;
to exhibit it to her friends as;
an inducement, and as an evi-
dence that Georgia, if it did not
‘flow with milk and honey,'\
might at least he made to flow
with milk and molasses. They
planted one acre and a half of
pine land in cane, from which
the old man and his son manu
factured upwards of a hogs
head of sugar. They pounded
the cane in a trough, and must
of course have lost nearly one
third of the juice, ‘fhe latter
was boiled and manufactured j
into sugar under the old lady’s
directions, who for kettles bor
rowed all the pots she could
get in the neighborhood.
Fellow citizens of the Piney
j
*
woods, go and do likewise—
it will he better than making
cotton, or hauling coal and pine
knots to market.
The Methodists’ Printing
Office in N. York city, employs
between t and 200 persons—
land its expenditures for paper,
types, labour are probably
three or four thousand dollars
•weekly. About 25,0(30 copies
of the Methodist paper are orbi
ted— t tooo of their Magazines
for adults— 8,000 of their Ju
venile Magazines;—besides e
diliou of hibles, tracts, §c.
dimensions of Mali's Jlrk .
An ancient record says, the
I length of the Ark was to*
! miles, breadth t7miies, heigluh
to miles!—How much larger
was it than the top of Mount
Arraraton which it vested?
Fur the CABINET.
CHURCH POLITY, No. If.
Iu my first number, 1 made some
expose ofTte in stand, as
sumed by the itinereut preachers, in
the Methodist Ejrisrep il Clmrc'ii—no
ticed a few of their legislative acts,
which had a tendency to involve the
civel'& religions it t- rests of that- com- I
inanity,—tout lied on the causes which 1
led to such h form of rlnirch p .I?ry
ami (joestioned, whether. such a f.’rtn
of government in the Christian
churches is Authorized by tin* s.u ped
writings.—ln this number, I d<*
sign to show, I Vow the New Testa- i
merit writings, that the Lily, in the 1
primitive church wen* possessed ui re
spe< li-.btc privileges; and that the} ;
were no>t consideird as mere ciphers,!
without either talent or witegiily,!
and of course, unu< rlhv, ar t} unfit, i
to participate in the administe4ion of!
church matters. In the first chapter’
of the acta of the Apostles, we have!
the important sot je< t of the appoint
ment of mi rposfie, to supply the va-i
caticy oeehnioned by tho transgres
sion, and fell of Judas, ‘And in those
days l’cler,utood op in the midst ofi
‘th ? dic.iiplcs, end saitl (; in nfluibce of
names •(‘gtihic were ab;.uf n hundred
arid twenty.) men and bretiiereu,*.--
here pt. rmit me ?o ask, !* what object
did J’eo r invite lire, attention of (j,{?
nbled * nor- U ? was i* to j
them mat ti.c apisdes, who had re.
cc:veil i.<ir aj {'ointment inimertktely
lioiti the 11j’H <■< him, who spake as
n ver man sjmke, were now about f.
< x rt ise iheir divine prerogative, hy
! use aj)|)'dnt!iii‘Mt of an ajMisUc, sc.l
i’hai too without l!ie concurrence (!’
■he < iiue< !.? we think not: we under
sinro! him to have addr ssed the whole
; asseorbly, liu* designated number of
about an hundred and twentv, on the
propriety of such an appoitUment,.
‘ Anri the. 7 appointed two’ ( i uomina-
Ifioo V,-r for!her selection)” ami they
j gave I dli their lots, in order to as
ceria i wuieh and tlie two should be
number'd with the apostles. It mav
be bbj(‘( j< and, that the final issue- in this
ease, did not depend mi the will or
choice of the church, but on lots,
which tiicy submited to the over ru 1 -
i:.g hand ot the great searcher of
hearts; let this be granted, ansi wo
still contend that as far as human e
conomy wks employed in giving forth
hosCjlots, so fai (he assembled church
participated. If the impracticability
f convincing the great body of Me
thodists on any occasion, should be
urged, I answer that an increase of
population need rot deprive any pco
r'w of their right of suffrage, as this
right ran he exercised in marry con
venient and practicable ways, even iu
the Methodist Episcopal Church,*
Then let Methodist demand the resto
ration 01-that civil and religions-rights
possess’d by other denominations iu
this land of freedom.
Truth* no Slander.
imm —r, ..
uEUhUI A.
Ey his Excellency John For
syth, Governor and Commander in
Chief of tho Army and Navy
this State ami of the Militia
‘thereof.
lO the Honorable Justices of the Inferior
Court, or a majority of them, of tho
seven! Counties throughout the State.
W HERE VS at the election held ns*
Monday the Gjh day of October, 1823,
! •-even members to represent this State
tn the House ot Representatives of the
Congress of the United States, for two
•year-i, from and after the third day of
; !a,(h next, the Honorable George U.
Gihncr was duly elected one of.said Rep
resentatives.
And wherea- his Excellency the Gover
nor, s directed in and by an act of the
General Assembly, passed February trie
1 Ith, 1793, to ‘regulate the General
Mec?io;,s in this State, and to appoint the
ti ne of the meeting of the General As
sembly,’ issued on the 28th day of-Octob r
List his proclamation announcing the re
sult, and declaring the names of the. per
sons elected, and requiring a notification
from each to the Executive Department of
his acceptance with the necessary proofs
of his-eligrbditv,
And wfiorrn? the net above referred to
declares that in case any person duly e
looted, being in ti;a SiHta and notified
thereof in manner therein directed, shall
jmt within 50 days, and, if cut of this
withm 40 days, after such notifica
tion, s gnity his acceptance, or shall depart
thi'’ * he, the Governor and Commander in
( lire! idiall onit'r anew Ejection to be
• held in Idee manner therein pointed out.
| And whereas 40 days have elapsed
‘'net* the publication of the proclamation
j aforesaid, and the said George It. Gilmer
has failed Jotcomplv with the provisions
of tie said art i.f the 4 Ith of Feb
ruary, 1799, I have though t proper
to Esiie (Iris my VVEi f OF EUCPTION,
to (ill the v;?r.a-.ry .occasioned <bv th-e non*
Gum Ii nre of the said G.<rjt< U. -Giliner.
i ‘ <i a: e ih rt fore hereby authorized.and
| I’- rjuired. al r i r g\ in* public and duo
j rod ce. , ‘’cause an elecJinn to he b#ld on
;t!.e fir ! Mot day in Oct. Wr, UU.S, at the.
■ coni-t. iiiu.se or other place or places of
’ hoid ng elec tiojis 1 r m<uiibt'i? of the State
F.egishtu;e and representatives in Con
br a member to lepresent this
! Soi-e in t fo* 1 louse of Rcprescnlotivs
‘■ t tim Congress of the Cnif-;d Stales, for
■ two years, from ant] after the 3d day of
dauh next, to ft!l the varnr.rv of ibe *:iij
George R. Gilmer, occasioned as afore
-ahl.
Given under my hard am! the scr.! •'*