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FIFE AM) DEATH OF AN EDITOR.
An inquisition was held on the body
of Samuel Terry,. Fsq. a gentleman
who was formerly connected with the
public press, both as proprietor arid
editor, and who was well known in
the political circles. ‘1 he deceased
had lately become reduced in circum
stances; but, although very consideia
b!v in debt, his creditors entertained
tin* highest opinion of him ; lie had
been in the S\ hitecross street pris
on; and while he remained there,
bis allairs were put in away ol settle
incnt, and on i uesdav last lie was or
dered to attend in the Insolvent Debt
ors’ Court. On his way to \\ cst mi li
ster for that purpose, the turnkey who
accompanied him consented to allow
him to call on his wife, living in South -
nmpton street, lilootnsbury, where the
deceased had occupied a house twen
ty two years. Having taken somere-j
fieshinent, he proceeded to the Court,
and no opposing creditor appearing,
he was declared entitled to his dis
charge. lie returned from the Court
to Southampton street merely to din
ner, as the officer who accompanied
him was under the necessity of taking
him back to the prison, from whence
he would have been discharged on
“\\ ednesday, had he lived. Mrs. Per
ry had prepai cd some dinner, to which
he sat down, laughing and making
some humorous observation ; but at
the moment he was com eying part of
a lamb chop to his mouth, he fell back
in his chair, exclaiming “ Lord have
mercy on us!” and instantly expired.
Surgeons were sent for, but of no ]
avail—the vital spark had fleet; and |
on a surgical examination of the body,;
it was discovered that his death was,
caused by the sudden rupture of the ;
main artery of the heart He was se- \
venty-eight years of age ; and a gen-]
tlemari stated to the Jury that the de
ceiwd’s lite was full of vicissitudes ;:
lie bad been opulent and extremely i
floor, lie had frier.ds, and was sudden
ly bereft of them, and had many nar
row escapes with his life in situations (
orfb>minrnt peril, and times of great)
danger, one of which the gentleman re-’
lated : Mr. Perry w as, during the |
French Revolution, no less than nine j
times in French prisons, and was con- 1
fined, durii.gthe reign of Robespiere, j
w ith I homas Paine,and was condemn
ed to death by the ferocious assassin,
without the then thought unnecessary
form of trial. He escaped this dread-j
ful doom, by ihe following most sin-!
gularly fortunate circumstance. His!
prison door was hung upon a swivel, |
and could by the least motion be turn- 1
ed round. The custom was to mark ‘
with red chalk the doors of,the cells;
of those who were condemned to die.!
This course was adopted in his case;
hut the gaoler, when leaving the cell j
on the morning appointed for execu- :
tion, accidentally let the door turn]
round ; lie took no notice that the
“mark of death” was turned inside,
instead of being out; and before lie had
noticed the circumstance, the officers
of execution arrived in the prison, and
took from every cell marked with the’
chalk the victims of revolutionary fu
ry; and perceiving Mr. Perry’s cell
not marked, they passed it; and, when (
the gaoler again came round, he was
thunderstruck, on examining the door,
1o frnd the mistake he had made, but
before he bad time to apprise any body
of the circumstance, the infuriated
mob bad burst the prison doors in
searc h ofllobeipierre ; not finding him
there, they shot the gaoler, released j
the captives, who, in a short period, j
saw Robespierre bleeding Ic'd ;< the
block, and there with his life, in some
measure, offer retribution for bis
crimes. The Jury remarked on this
most extraordinary escape, and la
mented that a gentleman like him
should have been reduced to such mis
fortune, and subsequen ly be so aw
fully summoned into eternity. They
returned a verdict of — Died by the vi
sitation of (1011.
OSSIFICATION OF MAN.
In the museum at Dublin is the skel
eton ol one Clark, a native of Cork,
who it is said was a young man of
surprising strength and agility ; but
having rnce laid all night iu a field,
after indulging in great dissipation,
the left parted his body began to ossify,
[turn into bone,3 and the process con
tinued, by slow degress, until everv
part giew into a bony substance, ex
cepting bis skin, eyes and entrails.—
His joints became stiffened,so that lie
could neither bend bis body, lie down
not rise up without assistance ; when
placed Upright, like a statue, be could
stand ; but could move no more than
if dead. Ilis teeth w ere joined, and
formed into one entire bone, so that it
became necessary to break a hole
through them to convey liquid sub
stances,to preserve a miserable life.—
Ilis tongue lost its use, and his sight
left him sometime before he expired.
This preparation shows the ’progress
of this singular instance of disease, a
i a.all* Ito which is not perhaps to be
found in any oth- r collection.
Profitable Mice. —A person in Scot
land is said to have invented a small
machine for spinning thread, which is
put and kept in motion by a rotatory
wire cage, in which one or two mice
are kept, and cause the gyrations.—
One person states the profit on two
mice at sd. per day; and another pro
poses to have an establishment in
which 10,000 mice shall be employed.
The little animal in the labor or amuse
ment of a day. in his tread mill, trav
els about 10 miles and a half. If some
profit can be made in this way from
mite how much more could be made
from rats and squirrels ?
Preservation of Grain, Av. from Mice.
Mi. Macdonald, of Scalpa, in
the Hebrides having some years
ago suffered considerably by mice,
put at the bottom, near the centre,
i and at the top of each stack, or mow
as it was raised, three or four stalks
of wild mint, with the leaves on,
gathered near a brook in the neigh
bouring field, and never after had i
any of his grain consumed. He ]
then tried the same experiment w ith
liis cheese and other articles kept
in store, and often injured by mice ;
and with equal effect, by laying a
few leaves, green or dry, on the ar
ticles to he preserved.*
Pk i l oso phi red Mag az i ne.
Cure for the Cancer.—Sheep sorrel
[leaf like that of the clover,] ex* i
press the juice on a pewter plate ; j
expose it to the sun until it assumes 1
the consistency of salve, apply this :
as a plaister to the cancer and \
change it occasional!’ as necessity j
may require. It will fully and en
tirely extract the cancel. If the dis- i
ease he really the cancer the appli- 1
cation will cause pain ; if not, no
pain will ensue.
Charcoal is very highly recommend
ed, as a preventive to billious fevers,
and that it is a perfect cure for ague
and fever. A table spoon lul of pulve
rised charcoal, in a cup of sweet milk
taken night and morning, is the usual
quantity for grown persons, for chil
dren in proportion.
The following handsome compli- j
ment to the free institutions of our ;
country is from Bell’s (London) j
Weekly Messenger;
“ We earnestly hope to live to see 1
the time when the European contin-!
cut will become as free as the United :
States of America are at the present]
instant, it’s amazing to us, that the
common sense of the continental na
tions should so long remain the dupe
of the ignorance and absurdity of tiie
O . ill ‘ •
feudal systems ; and should have ima
gined, and still continue to imagine,
that such bodies and such institutions,
such a mob of nobility, and such
princes, suili diets, ami ‘■iich chamber
lains and courts, in an mfinate num
ber, should be necessary t<> manage
the concerns of nations ;or should be
enabled to manage them better and
wiser than Councils and Presidents
selected more immediately amongst
themeselves.
r l he mischief of this folly, we have
often had occasion to say, is not that
it promotes or occasions any actual
tyranny, but that, by the means of tax
ation, it takes two parts out of three
of every man’s subsistence, and im
poverishes whole nations lor the bene
fit of the few. Almost die whole pol
ice service in America is performed
by an unpaid militia, instead of hav
ing those vast standing armies which
Austria, and Russia are compelled to
keep up in order to control the people.
\\ ho can reflect upon the recent
events in Portugal, for example, with
out the most painful feeling ? The an
cient despotism, fully triumphant.—
Again, we say we hope to see these
things at an end.”
A cavern has been discovered in
Herkimer county, New-York, the
depth of which lias not yet been ascer
tained. A number of trials have been
made to descend to the bot tom. At
the depth of thirty feet, there was
great difficulty of breathing, produced
bv the carbonic gas, and all matches
and candles were extinguished—bu f
below the depth of thirty feet, the
air was pure. A Mr. Brown was late
ly letdown by a rope to the distance
of one hundred and si.rty Jive feet,
which being the whole length ol the
rope, he %as pulled out. At that
depth there w ere no signs of a bottom.
‘The Kditor of the Little Falls paper
observes,‘MV ho knows but this cav
ern may prove to be only a trap door
to Capt. Synur.es inner world.”
Jinecdute of i aron Steuben —After
General Arnold treacherously desert
ed his post at ’Wesl-P* lot, the Baron
never tailed to manifest his indignation
and abhorrence of his name and char
acter, and while inspecting Col. Shel
don’s regiment of light horse, the name
of Arnold struck his ear. The soldier
was ordered to the front—lie was a
fine looking fellow, his herse and
equipments ill excellent order.
“ Change your name, brother soldier,
you are too respectable to bear the
name of a traitor.” “ What name
shall 1 take, General ?’’ “ fake any
other name, mine is at your service.”
Most cheerful y w'as the otter accept
ed, and his name was entered on the
roll as Steuben. He or his children!
now enjoy land given to him in the]
town of Steuben by the Baron.
This brave soldier met him after]
the war. “I am well settled, general,
said lie, and have a wife and son : 1|
have called my son after you, Sir.”— :
“ 1 thank you, my friend, what name
have you given the boy ?” “ I called
him Baron,what eise could I call him?”
Charles Thompson. —This vener
able patriot, who was Secratary ol (
the old Continental Congress, is]
now 95 years old, and is living, in ,
good health, about ten miles from
i Philadelphia.
London, bept. 5. i
Up to a late hour last night no
intelligence more recent than what
Tuesday’s French papers contain
had reached us, and any thing im
portant in those papers we had an
ticipated in our colums yesterday.
! No accounts had reached town of
j the meditated attack on the Isle of
: Leone and Cadiz. The deepest
! anxiety universally exists on the
j subject.—Any thing know non that
• head we shall have immediate in
jtelligence of by private express,
~ ive, if necessary, in a second
edition, ihe.French we do believe
had attacked, as asserted, the fort
of Matagorda, before which they
had pushed their approaches with- |
in pistol shot. Reports were pre- I
valent yesterday, that they had been ,
repulsed both in the attack on the ]
I Trocadero and an attempt to land j
on the Isle of Leone, with great
loss.
Accounts from Bayonne to the
23d, represent Madrid with the ex
‘ ception of some passing acts of ven
geance against the Constitutional
jists,as tolerably tranquil. Ballas
|teros ancl his army still remain in
I the positions assigned them by Mo
] litor. The Regency were increas
j ing their efforts to form a Roval ar
my, but ihev had no funds whatev
er to meet the expenses. In Ar-
Tagon and Navarre the French
; troops were insecurely scatttered
thiough the different towns, ‘i’he
; immense preparations for the siege
] of Pampeluna were said to be com
pleted ; and it was asserted, that
.on the festal-da) of old Louis, the
i French would fire with their heavy
| artillery on the place. The corps
of the Spanish Col. Amor and of
Lopez Banos, were said to be in
strength in Estremadura, and car
rying alarm through that province,
j A heavy firing was heard on the
i 21st, in the direction of St. Sebas
] tia.n, supposed to proceed from a
I new sally of the garrison. Ac
counts from Perpignan to ihe 23d,
! state that the troops which set out
ja few days before for Montlouis
land Arles, to prevent a violation of
the French territory, w ere again re
turning. The Constitutionalists,
it is asserted, had retired from Ba
gau, and the neighbouring posi
tions occupied by him : they had
moved, it was supposed, on Lerida.
;Ti amelin and d’E roles, still affect
led to watch their movements. —;
Old Moncey himself, with a col
umn, also aided in the chase. It
is imagined that the large convoy
ol cattle which Milans had with
j him was intended fur the supply of
I Figueras. Reports were circula
ted at Perpignan, on the 23d, that
Figueras had surrendered, which
i were considered utterly destitute
jof likelihood or authority. Public
.attention is now, however, exclu
sively directed to Cadiz. It is said,!
that on the French Ministry being
apprised that Angouleme’s propo- 1
sitions were rejected, instructions’
were transmitted to him to attack j
the place with all his force, a toute |
hazard. If he has been repulsed, I
the game with h'qn is completely
. up ; he must retreat immediately.
‘Flic Mediterranean Packet having
been ordered on her borne ward voyage ■
to touch at Cadiz to land and receive!
letters, attempted to do so, but was
fi, C (] upon by *“c Frctu • !L ci, and oj- i
h-ed to come to anchor in the midst ol .
them, where she lay all night, they ha
ving sent no boat on board till next
morning. ‘I he C aptmn then entered
bis protest against the act oi hostility,
and sailed for England.
A letter from Lisbon, dated Au
gust 14, says u 1 am sorry to
tell you,-that since I wrote you by
the Mentor, nothing but prosecu
tions have taken place. Respecta
ble men have been put in dungeons
for the crime of receiving letters
from abroad, which aliude to the
politics of this country; in fact,
one cannot open his mouth. It
was for this reason I said in my
last, I did not wish to trust to the
casuali ties of letters. 1 repeat, do
not write any politics nor send any
news papers. J hope ere long to he
able to write and express my mind at
large.”
The Arabian merchants in London,
are, it is said, engaged in publishing
an extensive edition of the Koran, to
bo disturbed amongst the Mahometan
tribes, in the same manner that the
Christian scriptures are circulated by
the British Bible Society.
Progress of Light, —The famous
IT niversity of Gottingen, in Germany,
has been dossed for one year, and the
students expel led from the city—not
for their good conduct, we are to pres
ume, unless the propagation o‘ liberal
principles, which we suspect to be the
cause, may be so termed.
FROM GREECE
Some accounts from Smyrna to the
25th July, are received at Boston.—
Flie Turks it is stated in these pa
pers, have commenced the campaign
in the Morea with 6(1,000 men ; and
the Smyrna Spectator says “ We are
of opinion that the fatal hour of the,
Greeks is near at hand.” The Greeks
are said to be greatly divided among
themselves. It is even said that
Ulysses, (Odysseus) had offered to join
the Turks—all which is directly con
tradicted by later intelligence from
other sources. The Turks are said
to hold in the Morea, the fortified
places of Coron, Morion and the cita
del of Cm inth. On the 4th of July,
according to their accounts, the Turks
were within sor 4 leagues of Athens
—from which the Greeks had fled,
with the exception of 300 who had shut
themselves up in the citadel with a
year's provisions. On the other side
some previous accounts, state that
Odysseus had defeated the Turks at
Thermopylae, and in a letter from
Fiieste of tin’ 2(jth July, it is staled,
that a considerable number of Turk
ish troops, recently landed at Causto
by the Captain Pacha, had been at
tacked and completely defeated by
the Greeks and the fleet of the latter,
consisting of 15t; sail, was in pursuit;
of the Captain Pacha,
A letter from Missolonghi of the |
30th July, states also, that the defeat!
of the 1 urks at Thermopylae and at!
Salona had decided the third expedi
tion of the Turks and that the people
are united and enthusiastic, and the
Senate determined to perish rather
than to live again under the Mussul
man dominion. The Greeks are said
to pe negociating a loan with Eng
land.
From Smyrna. —Smyrna papers
to the 14th August, inclusive, have )
been received at Baltimore. F.ve
ry thing there, was perfectly tran-i
quil. Daily reports were in cir- 1
culation there in lavor of both
Greeks and Turks. The Greeks!
were in entire possession of the
Morea, excepting the strong for-’
tress ol Patras, in t,he gulf of Le- j
panto, where there is at present a*
numerous. Turkish fleet. The!
Greeks fleets were at Ipsara and i
i Hydra—at this latter island they]
were to meet on the 22d August,
where great preparations were said
to be making to form a desperate
attack on the Turkish fleet, ancl it
was supposed that a great number
of boats were to be sent in along
with fire ships. ’1 here is no doubt
that thtf Greeks are much more for
ward in their cause than ever
There was a report at Smyrna that
a 74, two frigates and a sloop (Eng
jlish) had arrived at Corfu with
three of the chief Greeks on board,
| Irom whence it is said they were
] going up to the Turkish fleet,
j An article from Constantinople
lof the sth August: says —“ “We
i continue to experience complete
tranquility, notwithstanding the
mutinous spirit which exists among
a certain class of the Janissaries.—
But the Aga of the Janissaries,
why, having been created a Pacha
i with three tails, is consequently
invested with great power, cxcer
ases a most rigorous police 3t ,i
causing the guilty to be public’
executed, he spreads a salutary
ror among those who might |,
tempted to imitate them and ta £
a part in their studious plots.”
Lima, June Ist,
“ The whole force of the Sp; m
lards is concentrated at Xauxa’ ,
amounts to 9000 infantry and Kxjq
cavalrv, under the command i>
Hordez and Canterac. The
counts of yesterday state th f 0)
mer to have resumed his march
back to the Coast, which hud bee,
left vvholv unprotected.—'l he libe r .
ating expediting to the
diate ports, which sailed 10 dav
since, is composed of 5000 mir
under command of Gen. SantaCru
— 2500 more from Chili to joi,,
them, and boih divisions will j r .
rive about the same time at their
place of destination. Bolivaristo
assume the command ol the uni to;
army here, immediately upon his
arrival, which is expected hourly,
and will march to Xauxa with bOco
troops accustomed to service.
The government is very popu.
larand uncommonly active. Rivj
Aguero, the President, is a man of
abilities, and the utmost confidence
is reposed in him by all classes of
people. An Agent has arrived on
account of the loan effected in Eng
land; with authority to draw for
three millions of dollars. The
rest'of the amount is expected in
specie.”
Accounts from Rio Janeiro of
the 12th Aug. received at Salem,
represent that government as not
yet being a settled state. “The
laws of the Cortes are dictated by
the Emperor and his ministers.—
He is a favorite with the people,
but they view, with a jealous eye,
any attempts to render him absc.
lute. Ihe troops are generally
well paid, and are often regaled
with wine, &c. bvhim, at his resi
dence, which is a few miles from
the city. A short time since, he
injured himself by a fall from his
horse, and his first entrance to the
city since his recovery, was made
a few days ago. The rain fell in
torrents. He and the Empress
were on horseback, and I hope our
American ladies would not think
I told a trav eller’s story if I assur
ed them that she rode ccnime un
homme. Her dress was ordinary,
her complexion very dark. You
will recollect that she is a sister to
the Empress Maria Louisa Bona
parte. He is a decent looking man,
but was distinguished only by his
badges ol royalty. Thev were es
corted by the military, who joined
with a large number of negroes,it
can scarcely be said, rent the air
with “ Vivas.” At the entranced
the city, his reception was said to
be different, the inhabitants join
ing in the usual acclamations. On
Sabbath evening he visited the
theatre which was crowded to over
flowing—and was received with
the waving of handkerchiefs, and
with shouts. Ilis wife is consid
ered a woman of much informa
icn”
From Fayal. —Capt. Kidder, arri
ved at New-York, 25 days from Faya!,
informs that the government of the
Western Islands had acceded very re
luctantly to the recent change in For
tugal, the officers ami inhabitants ol
the islands deing almost unanimous!.’
in favor of the Constitutional sys
tem.
At Terceira, on the governor and
daring the change of government th
the troops rose and dispersed the ©fli*
cers, and it was said the governor “ a>
killed. Three exiles from Lisbon were
received with open arms.
Destructive Gale —On the Bth a' l ”
9th of Juno a most tremendous g ;llt
was experienced at Valparaiso, and”
ring which seventeen sail (nine sl'.ips
five brigs,two schooners and one slo'T
of vessels were driven ashore and ei*
tircly lost—-not a vestige of fourl^' 1 ’
of them remained after the gale. *
O'Cain, and brig Canada,and the Gnu
ian ships of war the O’lliggins, I ,al
tara, and Dahlia, ami Peruvian .sle”! 1
of war Congresso, were all the vessel
that rode out the gale. The war Vl ’
sels all lost more or less of then >1 2 !
and were much injured in their h UI
The only American vessels that ■
sered were, the following:
Charles,Swain, oil, was driven <>”
beach, her bottom beat out and P a [, !
the cargo washed into the town-’"'*
, Lion, Green of Providence, • ‘
ashore, nearly beat to pieces, soiia
I her cargo saved, but all damage* ■
’ Brig Hatton, Crocker of Boston, ‘-ho