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ble to pardon something to the frenzy j
that seizes upon mortal means to accom
plish ends that have no remedy in hu
man aid, as it is surely natural to be
merciful to such as have been robbed of
all claim to the consideration of society,
except that which pity exacts for the for
lorn and bruised daughters of sin ?
Since writing the above, we iearnthat
Petti way wa# still alive, although in much
pain, last evening, and that there was
some reason to believe he would finally
recover. The girl is confined in a room
at the watchhouse in Baronne street.—
Should Pettiway be pronounced out of
danger she will probably be allowed to
go out on bail at once. Much sympa
thy is manifested for her in all quarters,
and we have understood that any amount
of bail could be made for her immedi
ately.
The Tropic says: Os the causes which
led to this affair, it is painful to write.
The story is soon told. It is a tale of se
duction and desertion. We are informed
that the young woman came to this city
about four years ago from New York, and
that she has since resided in the family
of her brother in-law in l'hilippa-street.
Pettiway resided next door; the families
visited and an intimacy sprung up be
tween him and the young woman. It
ripened, on her part at least, into an at
tachment. Pettiway promised to marry
her, and on the faith of that promise, he
seduced her; the fruit of their intercourse
was a child, which is since dead. Pre
vious to the birth of her child, he aban
doned her; she has repeatedly demanded
the fulfilment of his promise; he refused,
endeavored to blast her reputation, and
offered her a large sum of money to re
lease him from his engagement and to
leave the city, but she scorned his offer
as she defied his slander, demanded, for
the sake of her honor the fulfilment of his
promise; and, finding all means of ob
taining reparation unavailing, she, under
the influence of wounded feelinjis, resol v
cd to sacrifice the man who had trifled
with her affections, blasted her fair fame
and cruelly deserted her. How far she
succeeded in her object our readers al
ready know. In this community, where
cases of seduction are so very rare, we
hardly need say that the sympathies of
the people are with the victim of seduc
tion—none care for the fate of the sedu
cer—the universal opinion seems to be,
that he deserves no pity. The foregoing
are the leading features in the painful
history of this affair, as it has been told to
us, and, if it be true, as there is little
doubt, we cannot but express the opinion,
that if there is a case where justification
may bealleged fora deed of violence, this
is such a one, and so it is considered here
by all we have heard speak of it. The
young woman is confined in the Second
Municipality Police Prison, but is not
locked up in a cell, Capt. Winter, with a
consideration that does him infinite credit,
having given orders to allow her all the
liberty she can enjoy within the enclo
sure of the prison walls.
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Noble Action. —While the packet ship
New York, Capt. Hull, for New York,
was lying in the stream, opposite to Yen
due Range, on Saturday last, Mrs. P. A.
Scranton, of Augusta, (Ga.) one of the
passengers, in the act of descending from
the prominade deck, fell overboard.
James Booth, one of the seamen, who was
in the top, at the time, perceiving the oc
currence, promptly glided down by the
stays to the rail, and plunged into the
water after the lady. lie succeeded in
grasping and sustaining her in the water,
until they had drifted near a quarter of a
mile. In the mean time a boqt was low
ered, and despatched after them, ahd for
tunately rescued them from their perilous
condition. The act of this gallant tar
commends itself to the warm approval
of every generous heart, and does honor
to his hardy and useful calling. Let it
serve as a practical appeal to our citizens
to continue a liberal and sustaining aid
to the Sailor’s Cause, the Sailor’s Bethel,
and the Sailor’s Home—tor that calling
is eminently worthy of the kind regards
of all, which numbers in its ranks sons
capable of such daring and noble philan
thropy.—Charleston Courier.
From Sears’ Family Magazine
Hints for preserving Health.
1. Habitual cheerfulness and compo
sure of mind, arising from peace of con
science, constant reliance on the good
ness of God, and the exercise of kindly
feelings toward men. Pence of mind is
as essential to health us it is to happi
ness.
2. Strict control over the appetites
and passions, with a fixed abhorrence of
all excess, and all unlawful gratifications
whatsoever. He that would enjoy good
health must be “ temperate in all things,”
and habitually exercise the most rigid
self-government; for every sort of vi
cious indulgence is highly injurious to
health; first, directly , in its immediate
j effects on the body ; and next, indirectly ,
| in the perpetual dissatisfaction and anx-
I iety of mind which it invariably occa
sions.
3. Early rising; and in order to this,
take no supper, or if any, a very slight
one and go early to bed. The hour be
fore bed-lime should be spent in agreea
ble relaxation, or in such exercises only
as tend to compose the mind and pro
mote inward peace and cheerfulness.
4. Simplicity, moderation, and regu
larity, with respect to diet. A judicious
selection of the articles of food, the
careful avoiding of unwholesome dain
ties, and whatever has proved hurtful to
the constitution. The quantity of food
should be in proportion to the amount of
exercise a person undergoes. Sedenta
ry people should be rather abstemious;
their food should be nutricious, easy of
digestion, and moderate in quantity.—
Seldom eat any thing between meals.
5. To abstain from the use of wine
and other stimulants. They may some
times be employed to advantage in cases
of extreme debility or extraordinary la
bor ; but, under any circumstances, if
too frequently indulged in, they will most
certainly impair your health and shorten
your life.
6. Eat very slowly, with a view to the
mastication of your food : rather forego
a meal, or take half the needful quantity,
than eat too fast.
7. Refrain from both mental and bod
ily exertion for a short time after the
principal meal. If immediate exertion
be required, only a slight repast should
be taken instead of the usual meal.—
Never eat a full meal when the body is
heated or much fatigued with exercise.
Wait till you are somewhat refreshed by
a short interval of repose.
8. Occasional abstinence. Whenever
the system is feeble or disordered, di
minish the quantity of your food, and
allow yourself more time for exercise.—
In cases of slight indisposition, a partial
or a total fast will often be found the best
restorative.
9. Take no physic unless it be abso
lutely necessary. Learn, if possible,
how to keep well without it. In case of
1 real indisposition, consult a competent
medical adviser withoiV delay, and im
plicitly attend to his dsjctions, so far as
you think he is fully {acquainted with
your constitution, and With the best
means of treating your disorder. Nev.
er risk your health aril life either bv
neglecting serious illness or by tamper
ing with quack remedies.
10. Gentle exercises shoild be taken
regularly two hours a djay at least; and
it must never be forgptten that cheer
fulness is an essential iing-edient in all
beneficial exercise. Mental relaxation
in agreeable society, too, should be
sought as often as due attention to bu
siness and other importai t affairs will
permit.
That’s Right, Latlies.
A female correspondent of the Albany
Argus is determined to retaliate upon
Mr. Caudle, and expose some of the
beauties on the other side. Here is her
first chapter, and well it is recorded :
“Mr. Grump returns from a journey His wife
meets him at the / rout door. I
Eh ! Susan—You are here, j All well,
I suppose. What! Children dick with
the measles? Little Ton had tj bad fall?*
Well, its always so I t link. A man
need not expect to set f -ot in his own
house, without being greeted with evil
tidings. Don’t keep in i hero in the
draft. I’ve a shocking cold. Want
good nursing. Suppose;l cant get it
now, since children all finder the woa
ther. They will be attended to, no
doubt, whatever becomes of me. Give
me some tea, as soon as you can, with a
little toast, Susan—not too brown, re
member, but just my mother’s toast, (if
you can,) with a pickled oyster or two,
after my journey. Mind the tea is hot.
No slops (or me. Will I see the chil
dren? Not now. After I’ve had my
tea. Can’t bear any thing more at pres
ent. Ileigh ho! ‘ A bachelor leads an
easy life.’ Pity one cant know when
they’re well oil'! Tea not ready yet?
Well, heaven grant me patience! It
was never so at my mother’s, before I
was noosed. She had always an oyster
pie, or something of that sort, if one
come homo unexpectedly, or brought a
friend to dinner. What do you say? I
desired you to economise as closely as
possible, on account of that heavy en
dorsement that is likely to ruin me? If
I did, economy is one thing, and mean
ness another, and saving about your use
less trumpery, is a different matter from
starving a man in his own house. There
now! tears, I declare! Well, its al
ways so—l can’t say a kind word by
way of advice, (which heaven knows ev
ery one needs) but you must fall to
weeping. I’m thankful that I’m a pa
tient man—that I can’t be disturbed by
trifles, no, nor by great events either.—
Had that been possible, I should have
been a dead man long ago. Then you
might have cried indeed, for you would
have been left a lonely widow, to the
end of your days, I’ll take rny oath on
it. I am glad if any thing stops your
tears, but I thought sucli an idea would
make them flow the faster. Tea ready;
you say ? Well, I’ll see if you have any
thing fit to eat, and you can stay in the
room in case any thing should be wanted.
It would be a wonder indeed if nothing
wa3 forgotten.
Mr. Grump seats himself at the table,
and after swallowing a plate full of but
tered toast, four dozen of pickled oysters,
and sixteen cups of tea, falls asleep in
his chair, to the great relief of his wife,
who quietly glides up stairs to her sick
children.’
New Way of Raisin; tile Wind.
Two ingenius rogues being in Florida
lately, and hard up for cash, hit upon an
expedient by which they “raised the
wind,” and replenished their purses.
They announced that they would exhibit
an extraordinary animal hitherto un
known, which had been found on the
prairies", at the foot of the Rocky Moun
tains, called the “Iloosier killemall.” It
was agreed among the scrapegraces that
one of them should represent the new an
imal and the other should act as show
man. The hour announced for the ex
hibition arrived—the room was drowded
to excess, so great were the curiosity of
the natives to see what they had never
seen before. Behind the curtain, horri
ble growlings were heard. After a little
time, the exhibitor stepped before the cur
tain, which was raised about a foot, and
which discovered the legs of the auknal—
the hands and feet of the confederate en
cased in a bear’s skin.
‘■Ladies and gentlemen,” said the ex.
hibitor, “the animal I shall have
the pleasure of introducing to you is a
wonderful curiosity. It is the first time
that the ‘Hoosier killemall’ was ever ex
hibited. It is a most ferocious creature,
and, in all probability, untameahle.”
[Here the confederate moved back
wards and forwards very rapidly, and
howled in as unearthly tone as possible.]
“He would tear you all to pieces, if he
could get at you ; but don’t ]>e alarmed,
he is securely chained to floor, and
j cannot harm you. You hear him roar,
hut that is nothing to the dreadful noise
he makes when in pain. Before exhibit
| ing him, I will go behind, and prick him
with the spike you perceive at the end of
i fl*> B pole, and you will than hear him
jhowl?”
The exhibitor stepped behind the cur
tain. A horrible noise was heard, to
gether with the clanking of a chain.
Immediately afterwards he rushed before
the curtain, his hair and dress in disorder,
and, with fright and terror depicted in his
countenance, exclaimed—
‘■Run for your lives! The ‘lloosier
killemall’ has broken his chain !”
It was sufficient. The room was
cleared, as Lord Duberly would say, “in
the twinkling of a bed post.” Tiie ani
mal escaped by the back door, and has
not been seen or heard of since.
An Eg? older than the World 11
Tire Editor of the Boston Atlas has
been presented with a Penguin’s Egg, ta
ken trom the Island of Ichaboe, rn I)e
comber 1844, /fifty eight feet below the
surface of Guano, and allowing the ac
cumulation to he one-eighth of an inch
per annum, (the island being a quarter
ot a mile wide and and half a mile long)
it must be 6,408 years old.
It has been ascertained that the vital
powers of this calcareous oval prison
birth plnce of what if it would have
been hatched in time might have been
an antideluvian sea bird—have been pre
served by an unaccountable process of
nature; and we understand that Miss
Fuller, the Editor of the Atlas, the au
thor of Vestiges of Creation, and Gran
ny 1 alf’rey, have been appointed a com
mittee by the Natural Historv Society of
Massachusetts, to superintend its incuba
tion, and as that State found South Car
olina rather a hot place last winter—they
have asked leave to place their nest on
Sullivan’s Island, where all the necessa
ry precautions to secure the comfort of
the old— young—mighty feathered bi
ped of Ichaboe—will be’ taken. It has
been manured so long by Guano, that
we look for a perfect monster.— South
Carolinian.
Wild Pigeous.
As a curious incident in natural histo
ry, we state that wild pigeons have rear
ed broods in lage numbers, on the waters
of Congaree Creek and Edisto River, in
Lexington District, during the present
season. We believe it is tho first in
stance of their breeding in this State
since the settlement of the country.—
South Carolinian.
Disadvantage of not knowing a Lan
guage Perfectly. —Wo hear that on the
first night of tho French opera. Md’lle.
Calve was in a private box at the Park
Theatre. She left th? box door open no
doubt for the sake of tne air. On of the
male species, well dressed,entered —prob-
ably mistaking the location, and fancying
that he was little higher in the world.—
He eyed the sweet vocalist, and admired
the syren. Calve with all a Frenchwo
man’s tact, saw the error, and making
use of the little English she could de
mand, in the emergency, indignantly, as
•she thosght, told him to “Go ahead!”
The man took her literally, and decend
ing the benches, embraced her. Her
exclamations caused an officer to enter
and remove the nuisance. Calve made
a great mistake, she intended to say “Go
away!” and all unintentionally used the
term “go ahead”—a phrase of very dif
ferent signification.-— N. Y. Adv.
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