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About The Democrat. (Columbus, Ga.) 1830-18?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1831)
<U*ncc, would supply the want of military tactics. “ After having appointed another con ference at eleven o’clock the following night, and arranged various preparations, and the better to myself for so great an eutcrpri/.c, 1 received after conies gion, the holy sacrament from the* A bite Meier, and then joined him in fervent supplication to God, to bless our patriotic undertaking’. “At the* appointed hour of eleven at night, l went to meet iny friends at tile barracks, and gave them final instructions to be on the* alert all night, and to apprize all their adherents to be in readiness to repair to their posts at the report of the first cannon, after which all the fire-hells i (he city were to ring up the entire population. The lancers of the royal guard had arrived that day in Warsaw. Tliev knew nothing of the intended insur rection, hut I was enabled hv God’s mer cy* to obtain their hearty co-operation in our sacred cause, as will presently ap pear. i\ot having u sufficiency of horses for the artillery, 1 gave orders to my friends to have a hundred and fifty cart horses in readiness for this purpose. 1 then concealed six thousand hall • irtridg es and as many Hints in my own cart, and proceeded homeward. On my way I met a body of lancers of the guard, taking the nightly round through the ci‘v. Know ing the fine i to he true Poles, and right willing to aid an attack upon the snvage & lawless Russians, I got out of my car, ad dressed the commanding officer, aid beg ged Inm to give me a hearing in a tavern close at hand. He consented, and there, although 1 knew him not, l revealed to bun oar intention and our resources. He was a true Pole, his eyes flashed as he ]isfi#ied, and lie swore to assist our great purpose hy every means in his power. In short, this brave man promised his best endeavors to bring over the whole regi ment, and assured me of his gratitude for the trust I had reposed in lus honor and patriotism. “After my return home 1 made ray will, and placed it under the pillow of my wife, who was fast asleep, and Imd no kuo.vlodge of the impending struggle.! Two hundred of iny adherents, for whom I b id room in mv house and workshops, no" •nceessively arrived, and 1 provided the i With ball cartridges and flints. Fol ding up the remaining flints aud cartridg es in two napkins, 1 carried them to the soldo rs of the city-guard, who were as yet ignorant of the intended rise. These brave fellows i istautly and joyfully prom ised 'heir assistance, thankfully accepting iny oiler of ammunition, mid promising streets." 1 ,!l * ""'emi'i* into oncofthe main “During the night, however, a subal tern of the city-guard, who had been pan ic-struck when lie heard that a struggle with our savage oppressors was close at hand, hastened to the president of the citv, and betrayed ah he knew. The pres ident proceeded instantly to the king, who despatched an aid-de-eampto Gen. lglcs tro a, and thus our purnose was revealed to one who lost no tune hi preparing for resistance aiul aggression. Happily*, how ever, this intelligence did not reach him untd within an hoar of the time appoint ed f»r the signal gun, and the Asiatic slowness of the Russian sold: ry was greatly m favor of the city. While my fri:* ids and 1 were arming for the strife, th * r port of artillery p nh.d over the city, and I rushed out, armed with a musket and a short huntsman’s sword given to me by the Abbe Meier. A Russian cap taui was passing at the moment; I levelled and shot him dead. A Cossack then at tacked mi with his long pike; i succeed ed, however, iu parrying Ins thrust, closed upon In u and despatched him also. My wife, o i'Ci! by the cannon, had from her window seen me kill these men, and nn im d,ateK* ran out into the street. ‘Dear est husband,’ die exclaimed in breathless terror, ‘Why expose your own precious life by killing these Russians'? Ah, Kil inski! remember our children!’ in vain l hesauglit her to return into the house. ‘lf you are determined,’ she said, ‘to die for our country, l will die with you.’ Her presence in this scene . f peril, and her refusal ti> leave it were really embarras sing. Instead of attacking the common cm nv, 1 had to contend with one who was dearer to me than life, who was the mot tier of my six chilrden, and again ad vancing in pregnancy. For a moment mv he-.rt failed me; reollecting, however, the urgency of the occasion, I compelled lier to retire into the house, locked her up in her bed-room, and left her sinking and half dead with apprehension for inv safe ty.” Here follows a description of the battle which lusted the whole dav. The details are very interesting, but they exceed our limits, and are also intelligible only to those well acquainted with the streets of Warsaw. It is enough to state that our coble shoemaker and h s followers were everywhere victorious; that the remnant of the Russian troops were compelled to make a precipitate retreat, and that Igle strom himself was only saved from cap ture bv a treacherous manoeuvre of King Stanislaus Augustus. Kdinski led on and directed the at tacks of the indignant Poles, with signal intelligence and bravery ; and when the strife was done, this Polish Y\ ashington immediately resigned the m litary com mand of Vi irsaw to (■on. Norkrorioski, who has hastened to join him: then af ter rc-e-* dj.ihing the popular constitution of the fiord nr May, lie ri signed the pres idency of the city into the hands of Zar 7ew*kr, VAHIKTY. A Tkmu b Maid. —Sir William Gar j row, when at the bar, was endeavoring j (hv the examination of an old woman) to | prove the tender of a debt before theac- ; tton was brought, which would have been fatal to the plaintiif. The old lady, how ever, was too vvnrv, & nothing satisfacto ry could be elicited from her. The Mas ter Jelkv—observed the wordy wai, and taking a strip of paper, wrote upon it and j handed it to Ganow, who immediately - i sat down, laughing immoderately at the j | lines on the paper, which were as fol- j lows:— | “ Garrow* forbear, that tough old jade j “ AVill never prove a ti n ler made." A SACK BET FOR BOTH PARTIES. Two ; bloods recently* entered a tavern, where they bad frequently resorted, aud calling tor a supper and two bottles ofchampu'gnc,! informed their host that they had laid a i wager, of such a repast as tin v had j ordered, hut as it was not decided, they wished him to wait for his pay until the decision, and then charge the amount to the loser. The landlord assented, and ! they sat down to a hearty supper. When j they Imd finished, mine host had the cur ! riositv to ask what was the nature of the i bet, and lie was not a little chagrined | when lie received for answer that itorigin [ atejJ m a dispute ns to the direction the ! Brick Meeting Steeple would take, should lit ever fall. The one bet it would fall ! East and the other Y\ est. THE FOX AM) THE LEOP VRD. A fox was one day sitting, absorbed in a brown study, at 1 lie entrance to Ins hole. * What new crotclict have you got j into your head now?’ asked his w ife. ‘Why i who should pass by, just now, but the | leopard: he gave me such a friendly non, J and what is more he absolutely nodded to me first. I’m thinking what all this may portend.’ ‘And pray, wli.rt should it por j tend simpleton.’—‘Doubtless, some secret ! service or other at couit.’ ‘A fine idea, | truly, you must have of the leopard tribe, if you suppose that they ever how first for ] nothing.’ * * * * Let such he the conviction of every | honest poor man whenever a nobleman, especially one of high descent, bows to i him first. I fVfioM ax. —The following beautiful sen | fence is extracted from the '•'Sketch j Hook." The sentiment is most ten j der. “ As the vine, which has long twined j its graceful foliage around the oak, and I been lifted by it into sunshine, will when | fJWfi*Wl!?g nl "'.' l . *7 the tliuiider j i ds,and bind up its shattered is beautifully ordered by Providence that. ’ woman, who is the mere dependant orna ! meat ot man in his happier hours, should he his stay and solace, winding herself in lo the rugged recesses of his nature, ten ; derly supporting the drooping head, and | binding up the broken heart.” Composition fop. preserving Farmers ! I rENsiLs.—\V ith three fourth of a pound j of rosin in an iron kettle, melt three gal ; lons of train oil, and three or four rolls of brimst me; when they are melted and be come thin, add as much Spanish brown i or any other color you choose, ground up ! in oil the usual way, as will give the color you desire. Then lay on a thin coat with I a brush, and when dry lay on another. I his will preserve harrows, ploughs, carts wagons, yokes, gate posts, weather hoards shingles, Ac. Ac., many years from the effect of tiie weather. It Vdl also prevent the rain from injuring hrieh walls. -V. /v. Farmer. Cure for Sprain or a liruisc of the Flesh —Take of clay commonly known by the name of Fuller’s Earth, mix it with good vinegar to the consistency of thick paste 1 or common mortar; lay it thick upon a i hnen cloth, apply to the wound and renew it as it becomes dry. The worst of cases may be cured by the above application in a few days. 1 An old woman who lived near the I frontier during the late disturbance with Great Britain, and possessed a marvel lons I propensity to learn the news, used frequen tly to make inquiries of the soldiers. On one occasion, she called to one of those defenders of our rights vv horn she had trcquently saluted before: ‘what’s the news'?” ‘wliv, good woman (says he) the Indians have fixed a lever under Lake Erie, and are going to turn it over and drown the world!’—‘O, massy? massy’ what shall I do?’ and a wav she ran to tell her neighbors of the danger, and enquire of her minister liovv such a calamity might he averted.—-‘W hv, (says he) vou need not Ik* alarmed we have our Maker’s promise that lie will not again destroy the world bv water.’ ‘I know that,’ returned the old lady hastily, ’but he’s nothing to do with it; its them are plaguv Indians.’ A barber in Washington being pressed verv hard totell whether he was for .lack son or for Clay answered, “Sir, I shaves both sides." A student of the Va. University has made a calculation, “founded on data, de rived from the most accurate tables of mortality.” that tin* chances were more than 1721 millions to one, that Jefferson and Adam’s would not die on the dav tluy did. Whitfield.—Doctor Franklin, in his men mr*, l tears v duos to the » fieri* pro duced hy \\ lin field m America. “1 hap- pened,” said be, “to attend one of Ins ser mons, m the course of which i perceived that he intended to finish with a collection, and 1 silently resolved that he should get nothing from me. 1 had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four ; silver dollars, and four or five pistoles in j gold. As he proceeded 1 began to soften, : and concluded to give the copper. Ano- i flier effort of his oratory, made me usliam- j ed of that, and determined me to give the j silver; —and lie finished so admirable,] that 1 emptied my pocket wholly in the j collector’s dish, gold and all.” i In Portsmouth, a drunken woman was I ItP'lv taken to the alnis-lionse, having been found intoxicated after a night’s rest. Her infant lay dead by her side, having been “overlaid’,’ 1 v its mother, and after wards pushed out of bed. Feantics of 1 Yhiskey , Ao. 927—A man named (ides stabbed Ins son, in I ticu, on Saturday night last, whilst the* 1 itte was endeavoring to save his mother from the* t brutal attacks of his father, who was in- j toxicated. The Utica Sentinel says it ! has not heard whether the wounds are dangerous. Dreadful Shipwreck.— The Halifax Journal gives the following particulars of a melancholy event, which took place at Cape Ray, on the coast of Newfoundland, on the I9tli July. The ship Lady Sherbrooke, 377 tons burthen, Henry Gambles, master, from Londonderry, bound to Quebec, with 285 passengers, and a crew of 15 persons, sailed on the stli June from Londonderry, , nothing occurred until the night of the I Dili July, when at 12 o’clock, one the seamen called out from the forecastle that there were rocks on the lea how. instant ly all was confusion on board, those below rushed upon deck—an attempt w as made jto tack the ship, the wind was so light, ■uid the ground swell so great, thet it tail ed—the ship backed on the rocks, and in less than ten minutes was completely ! broken up. A scene of the most harrow ing description then took place. Three hundred human brings vv.re struggling for existance. The boats, filled with people, were upset in the surf and and the few saved, the captain, mate, 8 seamen, j and 27 passengers, clung to part of the l wreck, or were fortunately cnstj>y the ] waves on some cliffs. At 12 o’clock next | day they were discovered by some fislier i men, who went to their relief, and convev ]ed them to Bass llarhor, from whence j they were brought to this port in thesclir. j Pomona, Cupt. Munro. i . _ __ l)r* King, of N. Curol'uin, a philosopher lof considerable repute, .maintain* anew ! theory respecting lighting rods ; he says j that they should not be smooth, but rough ■ and jagged, so that eae.li small point may detach its portion of electric fluid. It is said that the rod upon the State House Boston, is altered iu this manner. Asa proof that literature ivas better ro l warded among the ancients, even centu ! rics before the art of printing was known, ; than it lias been since, it is recorded that 1 Yristotle received from Alexander lor his | “History of Animals,” no leas than 800 t dents, being equal to 150,000/. of our money. FOBEIGXr TEN DATS LATER FROM EUROPE. The packet ship (leorge Canning, at N. Aork, brings London and Liverpool papers to the 23d July, inclusive. The annexed items are contained in the New York Courier, Journal of Commerce, Mcrcantle and Daily Advertiser. I in* news is not of vast importune e. ] Little has been done in l'oland, on either [ side, since the da*e of our last accounts ; | but in general, the patnot couse appears Ito be gaining ground. “The Foies are ! increasing their regular forces, not only in the vicinity ot Warsaw, hut m Lithuania, where the new levies are being organized with great spirit and alacrity. A few days more will most likely bring us some j accounts of an important nature, for the Roles were on the eve of taking decisive j measures. Asa proof that the insurrec tion in \ albynia and Rodnlin prospers, ; two thousand well-armed Rodolian caval -1 ry have arrived at Zamosc to assist the ! Roles.” ’Flic Reform Bill still hung by the rye lid in the House of Commons. I,oo<i 0n, ./«/// 2-5. Leo] >oh! has been re ceived with cuthunsm in Belgium and i inaugurated King amidst the rejoicings “t Am Ityple. He has iiMiouuccd his j intention not to draw his pension from Eiijrlam! while King of the Belgians. 1 he Berlin State Gazette mentions that j the cholera morbus at Cracow*, where if | had been concealed when it first broke out, i makes great havoc, especially among the Jews. Ip to July 7,5<K1 Jews and 209 i Christians had died of it. The St. Fctershurgh Journals confirm the account of the death of the Grand ! Duke Constantine by cholera. They I Stive also very afflicting accounts of the rav ages of that dreadful malady in tiie Rus ! sian capital. According to these ac counts, the disease was increasing rapid ly- Ih* th* 2d of July, the nutnher of ca ( >es was only 61, and on the sth 301. Iu Poland no events of importance have taken place, though the Russians sci m to he preparing for all attempt to cross the \ istiila. The statements concerning Li thuania in the Polish papers are favorable; they are to tin 20ih of June. As proof that the insurection in Volhynia and Fo ! dolia prosjw rs, 2000 well a run and Fodoliun cavalry bad arrived at Zamosc to assist j the Pules. Later news-irons Konigsbcrg, in Prussia, which is near the scene of| Gen. Gielgud’* ojierations, state that he is surrounded and besciged by the Russians ] in Rosiennn. The French papers state that the re- i port of war still continues in the Rhenish i provinces, aud the preparations making: there seem to confirm it. Already the! banks, of the Rhine arc crowded with Austrian troops. A train of 50 pieces ot \ cannon has passed the Vadim to proceed to Bnrrclouis. The 4ih corps of the | Prussians have passed the Rhine at May dice: also 241 pieces of artillery. Air. Rives has stipulated on behalf of j our government, the payment of one mil- i lion live hundred thousand francs, in! settlement of the Beaumarchais claims, j That wines, (while and red) shall be; admitted iu our country on the following; t< ruts. \) incs in bottle shall pny 29 ets, in place | of 30 in casks It) iu place? <>f 15. All other wines now paying 10 cents, shall In: admitted at G cents duty. The French government, on their part, stipulate to relinquish all the Louisiana claims. That American long staple cot ton shall be admitted at 20 francs per 100 k’*l.(tlie same duty as short staple pays) in pi ice of 40 francs as now charged. YVe 1. aveno postive information ns to | the classes of claims that are admitted,! and therefore prefer not to touch upon I the subject, though we are well aware! 11 **tt mucli anxiety prevails on this head. Mr. Draper proceeds to Washington with , his despatches this morning, and m few ! dnvs the whole particulars of tiie treaty ; will doubtles he published. FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Disturb ances at Rio J aneiro. Baltimore, Sept. 1. The intelligence of the reported distur bances iu Rio Janeiro, is confirmed. The advices by the lVrrefta came to hand yesterday morning, (’apt. Foster reports that the troops n H o de Janeiro revelled j | on the night of the 14th July, and in the j confusion that ensued thirty of the mhnb ! itnnts were killed. The citizens were ! living for protection to the interior and to * the shipping in the harbor; every Eng j lish and American vessel was full. The j Sardinian Consul and faniilv took refuge j on board the lirig Arctic of Baltimore. — Several of the shops were broken open !>v tire troops, who were still iu a state of re volt on tnc 19th, and it was thought that this was but the commencement of hos tilities, — American. Extract of a h ttc r dated, xtio de Janeiro, July IS. “Nothing is doing in sales. The bttsi ] ness of the place is rumed by political m ] trigues , general distrust, difficulty of col lcctingilebts, and stagnation of all business , throughout the country. For several ibr s | business lias been suspended, stores closed i and people flying on board of vessels and | to places of safely with their families, iu ] consequence of insubordination among the troops. To-day things are more qui et, hut nil is yet iu uncertainty. The writer lias just had a conversation with one of the first men of the country, who says that we shall yet have more of this ami worse. The government is too weak to prevent it.” Tin* Editors of the American have fa vored with the annexed extract of a letter dated ‘Rio de Janeiro, July 18, 1831. On the 14th there was a revolt among the soldiers, and the disturbance still con tinues. I went ashore on the 11th, as u sual, quite unaware of any tiling that was going on, but it was not long before I was made acquainted with the difficulties, j Musket halls were living in every direc tion, and the cries of the soldiery were hear. lin different quarters. | returned to the vessel immediately, and was now wit ness to a most distressing scene of confu s-’on—men, women, and children, were ] earnestly imploring an nsvluiu. There j are three oi the first families of the place 1 on Ikiiuil this vessel with all their retinue, which is no small number. On shore it remains very unsettled. All the l’ulice guarde have been disarmed and imprisoned, they having, it is said, acen sioued tin disturbance. A number of in habitants have been shot in the contest. All the men of war are under arms all night: their boats manned, and a caron ade in each. You may judge of the state of the place without a government, ex change, money, produce, ar any iliing el.-e o( value. The two Chambers of Deputies were sitting all night w ith closed mors, and an immense throng of people n waiting the result of their deliberations,! the soldiery* having demanded :■* change of Ministry, and the banishment of 170 per sons named by them. After sitting 3(5 hours, the result of their labors was an nounced in n proclamation ofhoth houses; calling on the people to lay aside their arms and preserve tin* public peace ! The state of nflairs here is wretched in the ex treme, no one will pay bis debts, and there is no law to compel payment; all the' wealthy people are desirous of leaving the ! place. The black troops are being re- j moved from the city.” The history of Poland, which forms! the 24th number of Harper's Family, Li-' lirarv is a concise, and as far as we have read an interesting and authentic Record.| The sitaution of that country at present, j makes this publication particularly ih sir-I able and opportune. It contains n fine! engraved Jflutu/-s of J'had dins h’rsci- ' uth o. COAIM L N IC'ATIO.% S. Mr. Editor; In your paper of the lfith in*t. I observe several question- peopoun tied to me, the ans wers to which t pre sume are to be Used against me in Lit, approaching election; aud us i nave no desire to receive votes which lam not entitled to 1 hasten fi> answer. The wri ter appears to think that when it is known Uiat the fractions north of ('<«. iumlius nre joint properly, that tin* elec tion is ‘sale fin* his friend.’' .Sow sir, | beg leave to differ with the gentleman; 1 have too logo an opinion ot myself at least, to believe that my inter**-. would induce me to attempt any tiling in the. legislature winch would disgrace mens a representative. i have owned .i,i s property ever since lbt-*>i, and I have been twice in the legislature since that time, why have I not done something to benefit this property before? Keeniise sir it never was desired, 1 speafi the sentiments of both the gentlemen ns* »- tinned by that writer, us well as mv own wlit n 1 say we ask no legislative aid nor do we desire any. Anil it* lam returned lo the legislature mj conduct will be as it has been heretofore, and no partial legislation shall tarnish my rep utation. Accompanying this is the Ferry and Wharf bill which has made such *,t stir. I passed it through Ine Semite at the re quest of (tie Rev. Air. Hodges at that j tune one of the commissioners, and I \ presume be had his ins’ructions from the hoard. The bill was passed through j the senate—l have just levievvcd it mul believe us 1 always have, that it would i have been a good law. You will find ] sir, that there is not one word about ] selling the Ferry, but vesting it in the 1 commissioners, who alone should have 1 die. control of it. J 1 admit that the fractions spoken of { nre joint property, and believe at some lutu.e day they wilt be valuable for lots, j I udmit that I attend barbecues when 1 given by my friends, but I deny ever ! having been at one where I had to pay* | for it myself. In this country it is usu i :.l fi>r candidates ta meet at barbecues, ] ands stale without any reservation, ibat i every annulate now before the pen le I of Muscogee, except General Retnuue, ! lias paid ills money on ibis account. I j admit that I gave a frie dos iiiiue a bur ; rel of superior whiskey, some time a ; go, but i deny sending ‘whoie barrels ] of '* hiskey in the country to electioneer ! upon.” I deny ever having attempted ] to remove the Ferry - ! deny* i*ny ar j rangernents ever having been mude by John YYoollblk, ISeaborn Jones !!& my ; seif (brine to rim for Senate last year; ; for 1 was a candidate about the Ist of ; and John Wooli'olk only came here about the middle of October, and after he came the arrangement was ; made. ! deny having been a candidate j for Intend..nl—l was elected by the eit iwens almost unanimously and the up town interest w as then brought out with j all tiie deformities now attempted to. be [ thrown upon it. ] I deny having paid ofi' claims against i the commissioners of the Town in Flor | idn money, and refer to the Treasurer. who will satisfy any person who may , wish to be informed on this subject, j ; never solicited any body to get up ape tition requesting me to offer; 1 w ithdrew my name at one time aud afterwards j permitted my friends to announce it, for j good reasons und in consistency w ith I every political act of my life,‘and if i these reasons are called for they will be i iriveil. J hat word and honor pledge so much spoken of was never made. 1 hat 1 said whilst oil the review and whilst standing near the Mulberry Tree, that that part of the town would make a good race track is not recollected by my self or my aid whow as with me. I t is possible however that 1 made tiie re mark. And now in conclusion, after having answered all the questions which I con sider of uey importance, permit me to say to the voters of the county, that my conduct shall be in accordance "itli my* former lit:*; ihnt 1 have no personal in terest ’ hieli shall affect me; that the pro perty in Columbus is as sale as il ever wasin my hands. And ns there is no man above suspicion, let no more lie heard of private interests, hut let men judge for themselves, ami whilst conven tions are assembling, perhaps to adopt resolutions which may demand all the talent and firmness of the stale in her legislative rapacity, let “uptown and do in tou ii,' the most simple of all op positions, cease * ith men, k. be return ed to the boys of the street from whence they sprang. I am, Sir, very respectfully, SOW ELL W OOLI’OLK. “Mr. Wonlfolk on leave granted, iulimlucml insd.mtn a bill to give lli<* Intendaii! mid ci m n is.- inner* ol the town of ( iduiul us, m.d llieir successors in office, I lie Control and benefit of I lie present furry and lorry landing, in llie town <>f> oluinlnis, and to allow them t<* sell or lease, any lots on the liver bunk, f r tli ! pu. pose of wliai ves only, nod to receive the benefit of Urn same, tor the use of (raid town VV hick was read llie first time.” TO THE PUBLIC, As many reports have gone the cler tioneering round. I feel obliged to ••(! in the Corner” for connecting my name w ith Gen. Wool folk’s in his communi cation, and avail myself of the opportu nity*, to lay the facts so far as I am con cerned, before the public. Air. Joint Wooli'olk, Genl. Wot.(folk k I did en ter into an agreement to lay ofi'onrlnnd above the town iutolots ‘k oiler them for salts whenever it might be doom ed they would sell advantageously; but. this arrangement was not made till last* October, and was never (bought of (at least by me) till some time after Genl. Woolfoik was a candidate and alter he was elected for the .Senate last year. Ever since I purchased (lie (Vactious I have estimated them highly for the wa ter privileges attached to them, and would not part with them unless fin* a high price: hut no such sum us 812,00 ft was ever spoken of or offered by auy person. I did tint engage on m.v part to write to Col. John \V. F real nun for
