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Westera Emigrants.
a * » » We have already suggested that
although every part of the Western country i 3 .
pood and some of it surpassingly excellent, a j
large portion of our people are continually .00*- ,
ing abroad for better land. A person of Pan ,
guine temperament :s ever lasting :r, emigration j
upon soma anticipated pmis tre.wnc. 1- sji-.en ,
cr to. a!I the jovs that w 6 are in possession o:, so |
we have some Eden in prospect, wntch is more 1
desirable than tha prolific fields around us L lie 1
whole land is on the quivive— wale a wane and
watching intelligence from some newly discov
ered El Dorado, which would be a good place
to move to. Sometimes one place is cneu tin,
sometimes another —and then a rush tor it. One
yeyr it is A1 ibama, another, Jac son’s purchase, 1
end then it is the Sangamon country; and _ no
sooner decs rumor thus invest a lamed region 1
with imaginary charms, than hundreds of far
niers mount their horses unit rl.l» off to explore
it* and hundred of others, who are too in. r «n cn r
to’ look before they leap, gear up thetr teams,
and move t way to the land o! promise. 'I It ?do
lirrhtful season at which wc are writ 112, brings
these scenes forcibly to our recollection. The
weather is dry, the sky serene, and the atmos
phere mild; the roads are excellent, the corn is
ripe, the cattle and hogs far. and ihe land teem
ing with abundance. U is the season in which
the emigrant may travel with the greatest facility
mid cheapness. We have s< en them at-.tins
time of the year strung along the roads ot li 1.
nois, in such numbers that there seemed 10 he
no end to llie long cavalcade. Here is a 1> ie
tram of wagons, loaded with furniture, and (arm
trig tools; tlie owner, a stout sunburnt mm.'
walks b< fore—the wife and children are slowed
among the baggage*—the tall girls, and the<>reai
muscular boys,ea< h of the latter with a rifle on |
his shoulder, are strolling in the rear. ’I hey are
from Tennessee. At night they bait by a spring
or on the b ink of a stream, a great tire is kin
dled, the beds and pallets are spread up m the
ground, and after a hearty supper, the whole
party rep ise comfortable in the open air.
There is another party, the men ride on horT
back, the females are in carnages or on horses,
and there is a train of negroes are going
to Missouri—lime is a family from Kentucky—
they are very much like those ill it have just
passed, except that they are bet er “fixed’’ they
<a ry more household goods, an ! a c a gride
further advanced in their notions of comfort.
Ail these that we have described are re.sps.ii
hie farmers, who will enrich themselves an I do
credit til the state. There is a band o a differ
ent character. Several iamdtes are 1
not because misery loves company-—lor wreten j
ed astiiey seem,they sre as happy us tlie others, j
They are all on foot, except a decrepit! mat ton. ,
who ts mounted on a lean ponev, with a t hsld tn |
her lap, and a hail naked wicked hoy. oeniiid.
Their ‘plunder’ is carried in an ox cart. They
carry axes, guns and knives, and are a hall clad,
hungry, ferocious looking set, w! 10, in Europe,
if not taken up for robbers or gypsies, would be
taken up lor the crime o', poverty. Net, except
their poverty , and the indolence which produced
it. there is no harm in them. Among them is a
widow with nine children, all barefooted and
•bareheaded—she lost ‘her man’ lately, and find
ing it hard to get alone in the world, is going to
trv a new country. These are from Noith C.t
--• rolina. A little covered wagon is seen, a ere dt.
ing crazy afl.ur almost worn out, drawn by one
horso WllOfiC I A SI 11-lU I • n t'v.< - 111
nearly due. —Within ore seated a young man
and woman;they arc man and wife, and are as
like each other as two peas; they have had me
ague regularly every year and arc as sal oiv as a
dried com stalk. They have no properly along,
nor any baggage—nothing but the horse, the
v, wagon, and their two selves, and they seem to
have reached the part o' the journey ol lile which
the justice of Lite peace who married them al
luded to when ho 5..; 1 ‘lot belter, for worse
They meet a gentleman who happens to be a
lawyer in his circuit—-tne man inils him, and
slops his lean ponv, who straightway pokes dawn
his head, and falls to c ropping the tall grass.
•Stranger, can you tell me ot a good place to
settle* ’
•Oh yes, it is all good here, you can’t go a
miss,’
‘I want to find a good piece of land ihat be
longs to congress.’
‘Then you have come to the right place, tor
the government owns nearly all the land tint
you see unimproved.’
‘Well, I reckon, strangor.it would bo no harm
to settle down almost any where, and build a ca
bin !’
•‘None in tha world—where did you come
from.’
•From North Carolina.’
‘How long have you been coming ?’
‘Three weeks.’
% 'Where did you intend to go when you started?’
‘No where in partic'iat. Me a.id my wife
thought we’d hunt a place to settle. We’ve no
money, nor no plunder—nothing but ourseivev
and this nag,—-and we thought we’d try our Kick
in a new country.”
’ ‘You are riglu.’said the lawyer, ‘go ahead,you
ere just the man for a new country. Take p is.
session of tne first good track that you find va- j
cant, and fall to work.’
Sometimes a dozen or twenty of these eompn. j
Hies collect 111 the evening at the same camp us j
ground; they kindle their separate fires, and
circle around them. Whole acres are covered
with beds, tent«, wagons, horses and cattle Tlie
men mix together, the women interchange civil
ities, and the whole scene is one ot lively and
picturesque interest. While the weather is open,
there are few hardships to encounter in such
journeys, bin occasionally it rains. The sun
sets behind a cloud, the wind changes, and cold
driving showers pelt the delenclcss travellers
They cannot travel in such a storm. Some
crawl into their carragea and wagons—some
make siieitt rs by suspending sheets and coyer- '
lids upon poles and some tare no better than the ;
domestic animals who turn their backs to tlie 1
wind, droop tiieir lie uU, and stun i in patient sub
mission, while tlie rain is dropping trotn iheir
shivering sides.
In the meanwhile, all the taverns ami houses
of entertainment are crowded wit!) strangers ot j
another class—gentlemen travelling on horse
back, families who are not accu>tomed to “camp
ing out;” merchants, lawyers, and wealthy fir- i
mers—all floating along in toe stream of emi. i
gration. They are mostly trom the south am! j
west. But where is Jonathan all this while ? I
He is on his way—no mistake about him; wherev- j
• r there is money to Its made bv hard labor, i
Jonathan will find out the place. But he has no 1
notion ot ‘camping out.” a: > travelling bv land j
is expensive to those who stop at laverns.
He counted the cost before be came forth to
this warfare. He traced the various routes up.
on the map. road all the books touching the sub i
jeci that he could borrow, and wrote to divers j
postmasters in the west, with «lioni i*> could cor 1
respond without tne expense of postage. He j
even strained a point, and paid the post ice on a I
few letters of inquiry ? We co ,1 i show some j
that afford specimens of Jo.iatirm’s inquisitive j
nature anc prudent foresight—me in particular,
which contained, it we remember right, seventy
six distinct queries, the answer to v.rch would
have filled a volume ;;s large r.s a dictionary.
Jonathan, therefore, not only knows where be is '
going, but has ('ascertained the cheapest route j
and the most eligible conveyance, lie n- float- |
tag quietly along the lake, or patiently meander- 1
ing the Ohio. To look at him you will not sun. ■
pose him to be worth a eei t —nor does be cure :
what yon think about the matter —iie has Nicho. i
las Biddle’s passport in his pocket, and knows:
that no man can slop him. Ho ht.s j. iid om all i
that he hud. and ; hole educe*
purse.— He might ride in a coach and four if be
choose hot lie hvs tak-n a deck passage in a ■
steamboat. He is a small, active, grave man ’
and rnosi probably hath been a cle.iecn. Tha; cle- ,
* iß3 h neat old ladv m spectacles is his wife, and t
k
a worthy lady she is. But she is terribly sacred.
Wtth what earnestness she btgs the captain not
to go too fist, nor to let the boiler explode—and ■
with what interest she inquires about-nags alli
gators, fevers, wolves and In 'inns! Poor lady,
she will never become morally aec.iin it’d, and
never like the west a whit better ha:; slut doe* |
now. She is too o!u to degenerate, and :««»gt«*d
i■ o- oetier. '1 ,e-e is move hope ot louse ro.
s»V a iris. 'i h clean close bonnet«, and 1 rgc- ; ra
ve- ling baskets i.i their laps. They have come
t the west to do good, and they will succeed ;
tiicv will teach eckool lor six months, vvb.ch is
a very good thing, and then they will gel m ir.
ried, wiiich is better—(or t icm. Those slim
young men, ‘so melancholy and gentlemanlike,’
are going to be lawyers and doctors. They are i
graduates, and their conversation is on the mo I
rat depravity of ignorance and the intellactml 1
destitution of the west. They are going to sup.
ply some of the waste places. The difference
between them and the worthy deacon aforesaid,
is, that he is diligently try og to learn, what they
are zealously trying to teach. The contrasty
is, between youth and age, between the young
scholar and tlie old farmer.
Tims they are tiding up the west from abroad,
and thus they are moving, and circulating, and
changing places within the west. But our broad
v.dleyis not wile enough for the operation of tins
enterprising spirit, and there are Alexanders
among us, who, having overrun every known )
field of ambition, are sighing lor new words to :
conquer. Tlie thousands ot square miles ihai are I
yet unbroken by the (dough, and the league after ;
league of forests wiiich rema n nnvio’mt* d by the ;
ti.ro ot the backwoodsman, are insufficient. Our j
steamboats have asc* n led the Mtsfiiss 1 opi to tlie i
t.ills ot St. Anthony; they have traced the mean. !
ders ol tli o Missouri to a still more distant ro ,
g I. n; our traders pass annually over vast deserts j
to Santa Fe, and the adventurous trapper has ■
sought ttie iiiiiinis ot the beaver beyond die |
Rocky Mountains; and yet the Inst for newer i
I mds, and for 11 >vi 1 scenes of commerci d enter |
pr ze, is undimimslied. The limns of the U i
niii ii States have been found to • narrow to afford j
>cope for the gen us of her so is. and a hardy few
i.a.e penetrated into the territory of our south
ern neighbors.
[F/oai the Natchez Courier and Journal.]
t.'hicr I rifin Madisoo,
Madison Cuu.VTY, July 12. h, 1535.
W.-n P. Me lien. Esq.
Sir; You mn.-t ere tins have heard of tlie great
exe teiner.t. which lias pervaded tli s county for
I the last two weeks, on account o! (lie discovery
ol a contemplated insurrection of the negroes,
ol this, and the udj lining counties, which waste
be headed by while men, mi ! to take jiiaee on
the 4ih ifist. And doubtless many ex’ravagant
and false reports, have reached vou concerning
tlie insurrection, and ihe steps taken to suppress
if, in tins county. In justice to the conniv, I
think an unbiassed and e and id statement of Ili ••
whole natter from the beginning np to this time,
should belaid before the public.
Having taken no part in 1 ho executive proceed
mgs, I sit,ait 1r > and give you a brief history, so
far as it has come within my observation : About
the 2 nil or 2(sth nil., a 1 onversaljon was over
heard at B aile’s Bluff, between two negroes ay j
their mistress. This having been made known,
created considerable alarm, ihe , negroes were
I immediately taken into custody. Th«y conicssed
| they kne w if was to take place but would not d;s
--j close, who were concerned. Severn! in the mean
! int»c were taken up On suspicion at Beatie’s
| Bluff.—One of the Planters m tlie neighborhood,
having heard of it. thought lie could find it out
by .-tramgem. He had a boy, in whom he had
confidence; and he instructed him, to go to an
old negro on his plantation, (who he expected
would know something about if.) and to try and
get some powder .111! shot *rom him and to tel!
what he wanted with it, &e. In pursuance of 1
his instructions, hetlppiicd for this article. Ihe
old negro said, “he had none himself but could
j get it from an old negro in Livingston, who bad
j plenty hid out tor i lie occasion” The old negro
| was taken np, and confessed he Was in the plo:,
I and implicated several negroes, among the rest
I the old negro whoefl o ed to furnish him whli the
j pow'aer io.-l „i,.*i. lt„ ...-.j immediately taken
{ up and whipped, confessed something, but sai l
: ! “his master (Buel Blake) had told him something
j which lie never would reveal,” and he never
1 did.
Th 'se facts being made known, the next day,
■! (Ist July.) there was a general meeting ol the
•i citizens o( ike emm.y in L vingston, who then
j and there “Resolved to organize a comin.ttee 01
■ ■ 1 3 m-m, with fall power to try n’t persons sus
| peered ol being m the conspiracy. Mack or
i while, nn 1 to sentence them to such pnhi>.i
j merit ns they night deem prudent, lor the safety
; of the coinmnni'y— ven Death.” The coin
; mntee was immediately organized, which com
prised some of the oldest, weakliest, and respect
able citizens ofihe county. The citiz- 113 pledged
tbems< Ivvs to protect them from all personal in
jury and indemnify them from all pecuniary liubi
1i! ia s.
The committee expecting to obtain farther
testimony, nejournet! until lhe2d. On tlie even .
ingot the Is*, the people became so enraged at
the ohstinaev of the old negroes, that they im
mediately, without the sanction of the committee,
hung them. The ex imidc was billowed by the
citizens of Be.atie’s Bluff—*hree negroes suspect,
ed were hung the next day. Previous to tins
execution tliev divulged their plain, and con
j tensed their guilt, and likewise implicated several
j while men as their Leaders. Their plan “ was
i to murder all the men, old women ami children,
on th- plantations, to rob and burn the small
t iwns in this County, goon to Chnion, Jackson,
Vicksburg, and Natch- 7. then to make head
qn irters in the “Devil’s Punch Bowls”—a fine
retreal lor such gen' ry. One Dr. Joshua Cotton
(Steam Doctor) and a Rnel Blake, the owner of
the negro previously noticed, were to be iheir
Generals, Blake had left Livingston previous to
j these devclopements, through fear of being shot
j for attempting to release his negro, when under
i arrest. Dr. Cotton and another Steam Doctor
i William Saunders, who was tn custody wish
Cofou. were put on they trial, before tiieCorn
mittee on the 4ihinst. From the multiplicity of
evidence obtained from the negroes, and oilier
testimony obtained from Saunders, he was comic,
mned to he hanged in an hour after sentence was
passed. Saunders was condemned to die at the
same time;and a cordmg'y but were executed,
in order that the news might spread throngh the
country hetore night. Dr. Cotton confessed lie
was n he one of the leaders ot the rebellion—
Blake Ihe other leader; that he was one of Mur
rclV, Striker-', had been for two years past ; had
I c iiutsefied with die clan in one ol the Grand
i Councils held at Columbus last year. “That lie j
1 was ghing to carry into eff ct Mnrril’s plan, as j
explained in Stewart’s pamphlet.” ‘That he had i
to anticipate the time for the revolt, on account
of the time originally fixed upon by Mnrril (rtie I
25ili of Dec. j being di a clos«„d, and therefore lie |
j had determined to commence operations on the j
i 4ih hist.’ He gave ths names of some twenty- (
live or thirty persons connected with him in the |
j conspiracy—some wherein Wilkson county. He j
t said two Rawssu’s ot Finds county—had a list i
j of iSO who were in the conspiracy in tee state. ■
li • was asked, “what he thought his feelings |
i would be in witnessing the butchery of women j
i and children,” ho said, “perhaps his heart night
j jail him,” and to cap the climax, laughed. His ;
i list words to the people were “take care of your j
selves to-night and to marrow night,” meaning I
the tits. h*s of the 4th and sth in*t. Such Sir, )
was the fiend who letmmated his earthly career, |
i in L‘v ogston at 5 o’, lock P. M. of ibe 4ih. He
1 is last from tiie western district ot Tennessee, ■
i he was a native of Indiana. Dr. Saunders was i
i likewise from Tennessee. A man by,the name I
1 of Dr. Alba Dean ami Angus L. D.miran from 1
! Kentucky,—who .were implicated by Dr. Cotton, |
| were put on their trial on the 7t!i, the evideu. e
against them being about the same as adduced
on the irial of Cotton and Saunders.
They were sentenced to be hanged on the 8:h.
—They made no confessions anil were executed
: in pursuance of the sentence. Reel Blake who
; had absconded some time since, was caught at
Vickshurgh, and brought hack on tlie 9ih, was
immediately put <*n his Hal. The evidence a
-1 gains: him was more conclusive than against anv
; of tlie others 1 rely executed; Cotton said he was
: superior in rank to him. Fie was Irani Connec
j ticut —lived in this county tor several years past,
was executed on the 1 fltii inst. He was the last
per.- n executed in the county. We have a vert
i vigilant patnd. This ought to be a lesson to
S ri.u is. Tlie excitement is abating. It is to
' he hoped this will be the las: time ouar country
vri;; be the scene of such a ito.-’id drama.
Vours, &c- ——.- 1
TEXAS.
A late nnmber of the Xenia (Ohio) Press, can
•nins some interesting information in relation to
Texas Ir ssriiisiift ear v last Spring, Mr.
G orge To'vnley, hi contu-x on with a Mr. Ho
It igsumr-.1, was depiifed f*v a number (>t ill
citizen* of Greene county. Ohio. t < v.s 1 Tt-.x is.
it tii3 (•»;.; >se of 00 anung Jtif.irr.rttion 0:1.
cen.i :g th- quality o* its soil, its law*, religion.
Ac They ticeOrttinglv set on in c<>mpa tv on
die 23d of March, a 4ai 1 at Matingador,
in a exa-, on the F;:n oi April. Alter tracers
mg the jir.ivince in d ft rent directions for thirty
one days, m the course of which time lie travel
led seven hundred miles, Mr. Townley cres
scii tlte river Sabine 10 Natchitoches, La.,
which place lie reached 0.1 the 21st of May.—
He subsequently returned to Ohio, and puhiish
; ed a retort of his observations in the Xen.a
Press, The following are exiracts Ironi this
report.
“The face of the country is level from the j
Cuif to the distance offittv or sixty miles north,
where it becomes toiling or undulated, and I
continues so to t’.ie mountains; springs are very \
scarce on the table iands, but the rolling lands j
are belter furnished with sptings and streams \
for machinery. The water generally is of a 1
muddy appearance. Vet when ills stagnant and j
warm u tastes- pleasant and sweet; and what is ;
worthy of nmice, it never his the green slime I
j upon ihe surface which covers stagnant water in ;
| ‘a arm weather with us. The products of the |
• sou are cotton, corn, rvc, oats, and sweet pnta
; ten. Cotton is Ihe principal article of export.
I and is produced very abundantly, and of a qtial
i'v superior peril a (is ip any that is grown in the
United States, The soil though rich, produces
11 hut ib >ut thirty imshel? of corn to the acre, and
that 1- verv much injured bv the wevil. Sweet
potatoes of a superior quality are produced in
1 gr at quantities ; slock-horses, mules, cattle,
j sh< ep and hogs are raised in any quantities, and
j wriinut grain or sah ; the cattle being very
i large, fat and beautiful, and deriving tiieir fool
I oniv a'nm the grass which grows luxuriantly on
j thVp-arhs.
“i’iie rivers Sabine, Notches, Trinity Bras
so*. Color id 1 and (vatiduloupe, with some ini
pro-enif-nls, tn 1 y ha navigated with keel or
small steamboats during a part of the year ; one
an i some ot them perhaps, two hundred miles
up trom thetr mouths.
: “The Government of the country is in a very
unsettle 1 condition, the re he ng continual broils
'and disturbances, and not merely of words as
.' in the United thao s, lint ol blows ; and the
victors hear rule. When !le t Texas there had
been a requisition of men bv tlie Governor to
sustain himself anil the Congress in some act
respecting the distribution of lands; but the
people would not go, saying that the act was
uiVconsiiniiion.il, and as they were not compel,
led to go, they rclused to lake any part in the
mat er.
“Slavery is actually prohibited, yet slaves are
bought and sold there with the same freedom
and as openly as in any of the Unfed States
The grown slave is held by. indenture (hiring life,
and the younger one's, alter arriving at twenty
one year of age, are charged with tiieir main,
tainance and clothing during the wlfple time
of their minoriy, by their masters : and while
they are working out this debt, n >'h< ris con
tracted, wiiich likewise must be worked out, and
so or-; 11 ey bf-ing in fact slaves all their lives,
though noiuinailiy free at 21. Tlie same is true
of the Spaniards, and tlu-y are held by iheir
brethren in as abject slavery as any negro in the
United Slates.
“As to religion—the constitution establishes
the Catholic as the religion of the country —
though by a recent law other religions denomin
aliens ,-.rc protected and allowed to worship
God in their own way. Elections are, by law.
Held on the Sabbath, and new laws on that day
are published to tile people a-semhled for the
purp se ; and tln ir public sales apd festivities
are on th,it day.
“There is noperson authorized to solemnize
marriages but a Driest of the established reii.
gu»n. In the Eastern part ol Texas there is no
r> s ib'tit Driest, but ilie circuit of tlie Province
is made once or twice a year by* one from an
“'(joining Piovlnti-, »h» marries folks in squads
according-to jthe laws of the land. But the law
provides that parties may, in the absence of the
Driest, agree to marrv, and enterin' l iiro Bomls
to that . five I which are filed with the proper
officer for s ife keeping, they live together ns
man and wile, and upon tlie arrival of ihe priest
the marriage is duly solemnized. Should the
pmties however become tired of the niatnmd
nod state, they may go forw -r i, and lifting their
B mds, the connexion and the contract are both
dissolved at once.
"As (o hinds —each man having n family oh.
tains a league of land, w hich is 41-14 acres, pro. j
vided tiie E nprcss.med an 1 a (-o.nmissioner
(both officers of govennnenicertify as to Ids
character and intentions ofMiecoiH’OiJ a cinz n.
This certificate is carried to the sm veyor, who
is also a piil.-lu; nfficer, and it is then fits duly
to lav of} to the applicant the land t 1 wh-ich his
I certificate emities him, for which land the up-
I p icattt, at the end ol six years, must pay to go
<-eminent Iron) 30 to 40 dollars, never exceeding
50. A single man on the like ccr ficnle obtains
cne-fonrth of a league. \\ high is ) I I 1 aeres ; and
provided he marries he gets the remaining three
fourths Marrying a native Mexican entitles
one to a greater quantity than a league of land,
but how much more I do not now remember.
Every one obtaining land from the Government is
obliged to take an oath 11 support the constitu
tion of the country, must reside within its.limits
six years, and must make some small improve
ment in on die land, (budding a lint and planting
a crop however small.) before Ins t tie is peHect
ed. 1 believe, however, that bind mav he had
of a settler, without being obliged to take the
oath; but the onth must be tak; nto entitle one
to the privileges oi citizenship.”
in Debt.
From 'u Father's Confess on.' in n late number
of Frazer's Magazine.
“Believe the, mv son, that of all the kinds of
tyranny by which the spirit of man is bowed
down an 1 ciushed, and all his energies, moral
and physical, are par; lysed and withered, there
is none so active in its oppression, an 1 so bitter
in its torture, as that which a creditor exercises
over his debtor. It is a tyranny wiiich can even
quell the springing elasticity of youth's sanguine
ambition. Observe, too, that its existence does
not merely depend 11 (ion the disposition or acts of
the master. The latter may be the mildest and
most long suffering man upon earth ; and so far
from endeavouring roughly to enforce his claims,
may even refrain from asserting them, Stili by
the very nature of the relation which subsists
between the parties, is the debtor reduced to the
condition of Ins bondsman or serf; for tlie real
intensity of tlie tyranny consists in this—'hat (he
creditor has ever in his service an officious and
indefatigable agent, who ac s not only without
Ins orders, but often in spite of his expressed
wishes, and that agent is the memory of the in
debted party. The master may he willing to
give lime in his slave, —he may even desire aim
not to be disquieted by the apprehension of vio
ience ; but can the latter forget the existence of
an obligation which may he forced upon bts nia.
more bv the slightest circumstance of the pass,
ing moment?—Gan he forget, too, that, however
humane his present lord may be, his rights anJ
maims may, after his death, pass to another of an
imperious and violent temper. Such are some
of the considerations which make the inert exis
tence of a debt, without any other aggravating
cirvumstanees, in itself tyranny of the most
loathsome description. The parish pauper, lies
pieahle as his lot may appear, enjoys a higher,
degree of liberty and independence than the man
who has put it into the power of another to come
np to him and say, ‘ pay tne what thou owest.’
I hink not that my desorption is overcharged.
1 ne fool and the profligate would laugh at the
picture which I have displayed to you—the one,
owing to his mental infirmity, not being able to
understand true liberty—the oiher, from ihe base
ness ot his nature, being dead to the degradation
ot servitude. But the man of an ingenious and
sensitive disposition, will it-nd.dy allow that there
are-fetters lor tlie mind as well as the body ; and
that, in order to be apprised of a subjection to
bondage, tli - not necessary that one should ac
tually hear the clank of the ironchain.
“ A tother circumstance which tends to make
the debtor’s constraint stii! more intolerable, is, j.
that in most cases the .nflicth n of ii is either ov j
caskmedor expedited by b s own weakness and |
folly. A weak submission to tlie imperious yet
trifling mandates of fashion, a vain competition j
in the race of extravagance with more wealthy 1
i ompeers, and a shameful compliance with the I
suggest ions qf unhealthy and artificial appetites. 1
—these are sortie of the principal causes which. I
sometimes separately, but more Ifiqienily i n
e'ojp league together, entangle the young mao
tn the toils of debt
| Fiom the M!, Ip Mr.-mil He Ai’vrrtis’r. July 3!).
J*;i Irairentin \i «£' ;i CliD*l
This common tv haw perhans never been
more excited or outraged than it was the day be
lore yesteiday. fjy the intelligence th v a child o(
one of our citizen*. Dr. Gi an ted, had been ear
ned. oft, and that too hy an own brother. The
circumstances o 4 the abduction were not gene,
rally attd fairly known until about eleven o’clock
in the rimming of that day- About that time an
alarm of fire had been given, which bad called
out the several (ire companies, and a considera
ble number of the citizens of tin place. The
fire w hich had caused the alarm was easily and
speedily extinguished. Information was then
communicated to one of the (ire companies that
I a child of Dr. Geanard, five or six years of age,
i littj been stolen by one of bis (Dr G— T s) broth-
I ers—that this inhuman depredator had lelt in’ef
ftgenee behind in a fetter, with another brother.
| that for ihitiy thousand dollars the child would
j hr restored to it* parents, and unless this ransom
I should he paid, they should never see it more.
i It was further s ated lha.’. tlieagomsed father had
j consented to redeem his boy in the m inner pro
posed. first having offered 515.000, which was
I refused, and that the brother who was acting as
mediator, was at that moment til the Mobile Bank
feceii ng a part of the ransom money. Ihs
company to which these facts were made known
immediately repaired in a body to the Hank, sei
[ y.e l the brother they found there and bore him
away to a nbtec ol secret confinement for exam
ination. This one secured, it was next resolved
to make sure bl two other brothers, who it not
actually in the [dot. it was feared would commu
nicate intelligence of the movemer ts that were
gong on to the man that was absent with the
child, and ibns thwart ail further efforts for us
recovery. The citizens of the [dace had by this
time become generally informed ot the facts, and
l ie excitement.vvh cit was very great,hail become
universal. In a short time and at short intervals
the other two brothers were found and taken into
custody* In the meantime su -h measures had
been taken with the firsi that was seized ns ex
torted Irma him a confession of bis knowledge
of the biding'plaee of the absent brother and
cluld. He solemnly promised, on condition of
his life’s being sp ired hint, that he would use all
the means in lus power to rescue the child alive,
which he believed con d be done by allowing
the brother who had borne him off to escape al
so with bis life, after surrendering up the child;
alib i’ he had been assured t he brought any oth
er persons with him, the life of the boy should
bo sacrificed on the instant.
The necessarv. arrangemen's were soon made
for the pursuit, but by tills time the populace,ex
asperated at the unnat-raf act of bnrbarly which
had been committed, had assembled in such great
numbers around the city prison, man Testing, too,
su it a spirit of veng -anee and indignation at the
outrage, that it w is considered tins tie to take tile
individual, who had promised to act as their
guide, out from his confinement until the crowd
could bo dispersed. As the first step to aecom
plislt this end, the City Troop and the Guards,
who had be ncdled our short!v after the excite
ment began, were dismissed, and the assembled
citizens were requested, by the commander of
tlie cavalry company, in an au lible v dee, to t o
immediately to their homes and leave all firiber
proceedings to a patty of citizens that had taken
the matter for the present into ilk ir ow n hands.
Tito request was complied with', though not with
out some apparent reluctance* While the crowd
was dispersing, in prosecution of the plan prono
i sed, the Don Juan, a small low pressure boat
1 that runs remarkably still, was eharteted, and
goi in rendim-ss for iho expedition. Just after
night fall, tiie party with their guide, embarked
m the boat and lull the city, lor the pi ice de.sig
mated, which was some sis ecu or twenty miles
! up the Mobile river.
I Yesterday morning at sun r sp, the boat return
-1 f-d—ir.d j n fill to relate! with ihfe stolen clnlil—
-1 in safety! The joy of the parents; especial y
I of the father, who was awaiting anxi msiy ihe
j return ol the b >at. Can be better imagined than
1 painted. As ibe bo;,» reached the wiiari, the
I child was held tip to the v ew of the father, wliei
iin the nipt tire.«!. bis feelings he fell on Ins knees
j and gave th ink* to G >d. To those who on I wit.
I Hessen Idsngonv the day previous, this set tle ol
a father, embracing uis lost b >y. was really aI.
fectiig beyond ad description. Whether the
brother that acted as m -'iliat.ir and gn dt; on lids
occasion, and the one who committed this
strange and atrocious tin ft were adowed to es.
cape, or what «as or is to fie llieirffafe, ts more
than we can fully ascertain. Certain it is, they
were not !>roiigbt m the city by the return boat,
and they Were ponniited logo at
large, on condition of their leaving the country
to return no moke.
PK ri * s.
f From the Medical if- Surgical Journal ]
Wo are familiarly acquainted iv.tli thep~ejn .
dice existing agi n-t the free use of our lottu-slic
Irnits. Inil vet v nim-li question vvh -liter tliev It ive I
ever operated so unfavorably ns is generally he- j
lieved. ft would be q dte a* pltil tsrt dfical to dis |
cart! bread siuff’<, the various leguminous pro. i
dnctions of the garden, and the meats "(Tered in |
the market, as to interdict the rich fruits which |
nature has scattered around it*. It a careful re- I
gister were made of all the deaths arising from
excess ineaiint these t »•« am ci**s of food, it is
quite jtrohnh e as many wntiM he found atlrihu
table to one cause ns the < t-er. Eiting and
drink ng have hi come altogether t >o artificial;
people consult their hooks oftener to discover
how, when, and what sort of a meal shoo'd he
taken, than they do so ascertain Mie stale of their
finances. Life is thus reduced to an unnatural
scale, and the capn-ilv of the stomach measur
ed as a tide Waiter won!,l gunge the dimensions
of a hogshead, instead of following the simple
indications of hunger, wlii.-h nmk-s no dangerous
mistakes under ord mry circumstnnces. in well
regulated society. Tin re is a vast difference
between gorging beyond the abdi'y oft he stomach
to relieve itself, and satisfying the cravings of
the appetite. Were an individual never guilty
of any excesses, he would he exempt fr >m the
penally invariably imposed on the breach of any
law of the animal economy.
Instead, therefore, of standing in anv fear of
a generous consumption of ripe fruit*, we regard
( them ns positively conductive to health, The
very maladies commonly assumed to have their
or gin in a free use of apples, peaches, cherries,
melons, and wild berries, have been quite sis pre
valent, il not equally destructive, in seasons of
scarcity. All naturalists will testify to the im
portance of the fruit season to the lower animals,
particularly to birds. When three is a failure* nr
I an insufficient supply, the feathered tribes are
less musical, les* numerous, and commence their
migrations much earlier, titan when amply sup
pled with the delicate nutrition designed for
them at certa it periods of the revolving year.
Ift the scheme of created wisdom, the indica
tions are clearly manifested, that man is omnivor
ous; and it was nil until muzzled by the opinions
of one, and perplexed by the ridiculous hypo
theses of another, touching the subject of his
food, of which he ts himse’f better qualified to
ju Ipe titan the most learn d physician in Chris
tendom, that he re! qirshed the faculty of dts I
crimina'ion implanted in his nature, to become j
the foot hall of those who raise themselves into j
a short lived notoriety by giving to unfounded (
theories the character only belonging to well :
es'nblisltetl facts.
There are so many erroneous notions en- j
fertiiined of the bad effects of fruit, that it is ;
quite time a counteracting impression should be
■ promulgated having its foundation in common
sense, and based on the common observation
of tlie intelligent. We have no patience in
reading the endless rules to be observed in this
particular department of physical e imfort. No
one, we imagine, ever lived longer or freer from
the paroxysms of d sense, by discarding the delici
ous fruits of the land in which he finds a home.
On the contrary, they are necessary to the pre
servation of health, and are therefore caused to
make their appearance at the very time >vhef> the
condition of the body, operated upon by deteriora
ting causes not always understood, requires their
giatetul, renovating influence.
f From the Boston Gazette.’
RELIC OF A \TIQ.c!TV.
Yesterday the Mansion House ot the late ,
Hon. Wm. Phillips, who was for many years (
Lieut. Gcv. of the State, was tiirowu open te the ,
public, and was fished, we will venture to say,
hv hundreds, nay by thousands, attracted ahk
bv cu-iosity and 'he antiquity of the place, wh
had never, in the course of a long senes o
vear *. set their feet over that time honored
threshold before. This venerable re.ui of
wi-ds a cenury, although located jl M,n 1 Vt<
s kirs «>f 'be battle, happens unf*rl tm-.'e .y «■
I,'- situated w thin the all absorbing it fim nee <•
which hke a true, storm s
swallowing up every tbrngrhat cotl.es wiihm > >
r.. : „ h, and i i now. old with years and honors,
about to be engulpbed within it* vneex.
Nearly two thousarid bottles if eim.ee old
Madeira and other valuable wtrfes, which had
been bottled from 15 to 2-> years, were offered
l()r sale on this occasiotl. and attracted the a na
tear members oh the temperance net My fro.
nit sections of the country. lerem.ght be s. en
their heads silver, d o’er with age. many o( the
ancient patriarchs of the city. wh. had in at.bl
king svne, full many a time and sir. cracked a
bottle and a joke under this hosptuhle roof, and
who had now assembled, not so much with a
view of repleni-hing their cellars, is to talk and
think over reminiscences afforded by the occa
sion. .......
Every tiling in this ancient domicile is in per
fect keeping. The furniture, the tapestry, the
books composing the library, the finish of the
house, are all antique; or il tlieie is now ami
then a peice of more modern tale detected
among the rest, it appears like g.ld and tinsel
among the ancient Greeks, entirefr o n of place
There ts something to us extrentdy interesting
in looking far the last rme upon objects that
have for so long a period been awoctaied, and
which are now about to be torn down, scattered
'o the (our winds of heaven, and separate.l for
ever. Here lor instance stands the old dock,
u here it has stood, lime out of mind. There
upon the very same hook, hangs the old family
bootjack, which judging from appearances, has
descended like an h-ir loom from father to s m
for npwaids of a century.
If these old wills could be endowed with
speech, what a valuable history ofby-gone times
w >uld be unfolded! Bntwe have no leisure to
write an episode or even, a* Jnques savs. to fob
1 tw our imagination, wlich would hurry us on
into a thousand siutiltes. Suffice it to say—the
wine brought high pricey every body tasted, lew
bottghr, and all admired
This day the furniture Will be disposed of and
in the course of a we?k or two, ibis ancient
landmark, one of .he Italy feWremaining links
connecting the present with the past, will be le.
veiled with the ground and thn places that now
know it, will know it taa more forever !
[Prom the CuasviCe Georgia Pioneer ]
Indiun Ouirotrc,
tn Flovd county, neir Dirt Town, on the 7 h
nit. a party of Indians assembled no doubt with
a design of murdering'a family of white citizens
by tlie name of Moore. As lortune would have
it, however, their aefarious intentions were
overheard by an Itdian worn in. who being
friendly tit the family, communicated them, just
in nine for 'he r intended victim* to escape. Af
ter the Squaw load made known their designs,
and tlr t they "vre the* on their way to execute
them, the lamily bad scarcely hastened front
lh- ir premises, before he Indians arrived ; and
on finding that they bad fled, mortified Irobi
disappointment, they tore and broke tip every
article of furniture about the house. These
Indians were ail of the Ros» party. We think
that every tndivi tual, free from prejudice, will
admit that the Governor ha* acted advisedly in
establishing a guard for the protection of our
pet Ce thle citizens against such daring outrages.
Even if a guard were not essentiall v necessa
ry, the fad that the Governor has ordered it, in
obedience t . a resolution ol the Inst Legislature,
and on jibe Solicitation of the ciiiz-ma of this
county, should not subject him tn the slightest
animadversions. If fault is imputable many, it is
t « the last Legislature, and Hilt to the Governor.
What else could he have done, n hell autlmi zed
bv Hie last Legislature to eider n guard, and
now requested by the cortsliiuents of those U ho
ait'lt >r zed him, and bv some of the members
Items. Ives to do so ? He Would h-.vc been to
(•remit in duty, had he not have extended ever
the citizens of this county, ifuil protection which
lie is empo iered and aitth irized m do. when
existing circumstances lo i mperiously p qu'rc
if. Weal possible state ol ssh rs that Hie fast
Legislature con'd havn foreseen would exist n
lies eoiiurv, winch would have renderi d acorn,
plyattce bv the Governor will ilteir resolution,
an Imr zing him to order a guard, more neeessa.
rv, than that which now exists? We answer
hone. Ourwlti'e cit ze«s need protection; In
dia.ns (riendlv to the pol cv of ihe State, need
pniteciioii; and the GoV'rnor had no other al
terri itiVe, wltetlier he c>n*id red it nei essarv
or not. hit' to afi ird it tons, ft is well known
that nothing would have such n tendency to
keep ho-tile Imli-ms under such awe and re*,
stram. as a standing and fegubir guard : and we
a-c c inscious r>f neediit • theirproiedtion ; though
t' i Nii 11 1 fie rs s y that wi h them tlie case is
il ff rent. They can and do shield themselves
j from mole«lation very effectually we know, bv
| their close connection an I intimacy will* John
| Ross and Lis friend*, and it is somewhat nn
! generous in them to abuse us, because we do
| not choose to purchase on*own safety by such
| an alliance. They are rather degenerating* we
I (etr. from that noble during and warlike spirit,
; which < haracterized them in the davs of yore.
I such as ihe chivalrous ppearanee an I threaten.
I ing aspect Which tliev presented in Smith Caro
linn, a t ear or two since, and which now re
minds us ol the renowned feat of Don Q iixotf
when he al'acked the lion. Those days have
passed, however, and they now prefer pea e.
The bare mention of a guard in arms and war
like preparations, much less the sight of orte* is
let rift- !
[From the New Bedford Mercury .]
Soul!) Stiu Isian U,
It is a source of wonder to many people, that
so many American citizens, claimirtg the protec
tion of our Government, who have been ship
wrecked on the Souilt Sea Islands, and are at
tilts moment, suffering the horrors of slavery,
wi emit a single effort being made by onr Gov.
eminent to rel 'nse them. When the mutiny hap
pened on board the ship (,'lobe, of Nantucket, du
ring the administration of Mr. Monroe, a vessel
was immediately despatched to (he iMulgrave
Islands for suclt of the crew as remained alive,
two of whom were taken off and restored to their
friends. We have a squadron in the Pacific, and
why is it that orders are not given to the comman
der to despatch a sloop of war to visit the Fejee,
Caroline and Pelew Islands, to ascertain how
many of onr countrymen are now Buffering
captivity* arid restore I Lein to their friends. I*
is well known that several of the crew of the
Mentor are s'ill alive, and held in bondage on
the Pelew Islands. A brigr, belonging to Provi
dence. which left the Sandwich Islands in 1831
for Canton via the Fejee Islands, is missing, and
there can be Out little d mbt she was wrecked on
some of the coral reefs of tiiat cluster. Mer
chants arid whale ships are very camions in vis
iting any of the above islands, knowing as tliev
do, that most ol the natives are extremely
Lostile to foreigners, and their ships unarmed,
they are riot in a situation to make any defence
against flic attacks of the natives. It cannot be
doubted that many Americans are at this moment
oil the different South Sen Islands ivho have
been considered lost for years, aacl anxiously
waiting for some opportunity to return home.
This subject has frequently been brought to
the notice of onr Government. There i* noth
ingin the situation of our commerce, at the pre
sent moment, on the co tsts Os Chili and Pern,
which demands the whole an- ntionof the squad
ron in those seas. The British government are
not so tardy in rendering relief to their citizens
in distress. The appearance of an American
man of war among the tieople of these Islands,
would have a saltfafy effect, in striking terror to
their minds, and consequently in de'errmg them
from future acts of harbinty to such as fall in
to their hands. This is a subject which de
mands,, and we cannot tut hope will receive, the
attention of the government. It is true our
men of war frequently visit the Sandwich Isl
amis, when hound borne by the wav of the Cape
of Good Hope; and the frigate Potomac touched
ibere, after the affair at QuaMo Biftno. on her
passage to the Const of South America. Tip*
is well, ns f„ras it regards assisting merchants
■it collecting their debts of the natives, and
giving them an idea of the strength of onr nave:
hilt there are no cases of distressor difficulty a
ihese inlands. >uch is the estimation in whid
our countrymen are held, and the advanced stait
of civilization, that Americans, ere received with
open arms by the islanders-
Ball iii a Madhouse.—' The French certainly
carry their treatment of the insane to a far high
er pitch of refinement than we do. The idea of
giving a ball to the inmales of a lunatic asylum
mnv startle some of our mad doctors; but v hat
mink ttiev ol the following precedent 7 On the
7'lt nil. the female p limits of I lie S-ilpetriere
w ere trea'eii ui-a grand ball. Ibe insane ladies
ibemselves were entrusted with the celling up
of the entertainment ; lltev adorned the ball
room wit it fesoons, garlands, and devices ; and
in the midst, they cfowned with immortelles the <
bust of Ptr.el, the liberator of the insane from
the old system of cruelty and terror. The dan
cing, it is said, went olf with a charming effect ;
the students intern and extern, did the honors;
and the festivity was kept up to an hour suffici
ently advanced for the satisfaction of al! the par.
ties—who, to do them justice, were indefaiiga
ble it) their cxerlibns to please end to be pleased.
It should he added, that the gay scene (which
was appointed and arranged with the most seri
ous object) has been generally attended with
good effects ; it served admirably to fix and
arriuse the minds ot the patients ; and several
who labored under melancholia were much di
verted for the lime from their imaginary woe#.
M. Esqniroi some years ago, it seems, tried this
method with success; but it is to M. Pariset,
the physician of (he Salpelrierc, tlnrf the ergdit
is due ol having so happily ventured on its repe.
tition in the present instance. —Medical Gazette.
A Feat. —The proverbial recklessness of sai
-1 rs was singularly illustrated by an occurrence
which look place at the wharf north of Market
st. yesterday. A sailor, finding the heat of the
weather uncomfortable, determined to take d bath.
Me accordingly prepared himself, taking off his
shoes and outer garment (, and binding up his
trowsers in such a manner that they did not itn
pede his motions.—He then commenced a#
, rending the rigging of a brig lying at the wharf- •
H# continued to ciimhup, until he had reached
an elevation to dive from; which was a feat so th?s
perate that no one supposed be would venture it
, .lack, however, looking down for a moment, said
be was not high enough, and re-commenced
climbing. He at i engflt attained the greate-t
elevation, and standing on the round block that
raps the highest mast, he balanced himself on
his fearful perch and prepared for his desperate
leap. A crowd had by this time collected ; and
Jack gratified his vanity by shouting forth, with
stentorian lung*, a speech. “Men,” said he,
“ I’m a going to do a teat—a great feat. I’ve
done it afore in Baltimore and Boston, but not in
Philadelohy. Men, I’m a going to dive from
this here mast; them what thinks it’s a leaf,
ought to give me what they can spare, to encou
rage native talenr, as the laridsfolk say. fso
here goes!”—and he did go. He leaped from
his height, head foremast down. A thrill and
cry ot horror ran through the crowd, as his form
darted through the air, am! fell, with a lord con
cussion in the water. He was under the water
hut n short time; and rising on tho surface and
shaking the water from his hair, he returned to
his vessel and Itis work.— Phil. Gnz
1 ML. IMM KB— 1 BflWß KWJWm«UUiI»I«eaM»aMI
AUGUSTA, GA.
Friday Morniit", August "J, 1835
O” We received yesterday I ruin the publish
ers the eightv-eightli number of the North
American R. view, for July. 1835. A table of
its contents; which are very interesting, will he
found in our advertising columns this morning.
Mr. Thomas Richards, is the Agent for this
city, at whose store the work can be bad.
IVe would asit of our City Authorities, if it is
not the doty of the Marshals to patrol! the street*
I after bell ring, and take Up all negroes found
parading the streets after that hour, without a
ticket. The reason we ask the qnesno-, is, that
f>r several evenings pas; we have had occasion
to he out after ten o’clock, arid fuve on every
occasion met with numbers walking and ( laying
about the streets. If our paiicfr is not numerous
enough to rigidly eniorco rhr? city ordinances,
our council should tiicrghse the number, and
it litis c.inn >i lie done, we would recommend our
etizuis Vo form I herds Ives into patro ls, for the
purpose of enforcing the city ordinance in relatio
to slaves, and (a# the city LtvVs we utidersta 1 .
do not author se the Marshals to do it,) take up
all negroes loun 1 off of their master’s premises,
without a written ticket, and lodge them in the
guard house.
T\v > day > lii or Li-.tu.i Praurc.
By (lie ship Chon non, arrived at New-York
tin the 29th nit, the editors of lie E-enntg Star
received the Jutirnn! du Havre of Jo ts 17.
Bdboa is rep >rte I to It-ve fallen into the
hands of the C.trltsts; —!t it Burgos Ins pro
claimed a republic;—ml that a serious itisttr
rectum had taken place in Arragou in favor ol
the revolution of 1813. The fun is experienced
j in eonscq tence a slight abatement.
Colonel St. You, sen; a year since by the
French government on a mission to the Gene
r;tls ol Queen Christine, has returned to Paris.
Chateaubriand, it appears, has now turned re
publican. In declining an iiivtuion to dine With
one of the counsel of the L/orts prisoners, he
says that “ though legitim nist at hem, lie f>re.
sees the adv nt of the republic —'he figure
j qu ;en of the world.”
! The trials before the Chamber of Peers go on,
i but it is tit night will soon be abandoned. Some
of the prisoners, especially Carrier, turns out to
be men of unexceptionable probity and great
| bravery and humanity.
| It is a fact that the Duke of Orleans Ins ma le
' all the preliminary arrangements for a union
with the Princess of Wurteinburgh. Her hand,
however, lias not yet been officially demanded.
The number of illegitim tie children in Great
Britain, it appears by a report, was, in 1810,
over 23,000 — a proportion of I to 18, compared
with tlte legitimate, an I wh it is remarkable, the
ratio was less, it is said, in London.
M. Rothschild, of Paris, also M. Lafitte, are
on a visit to England.
I The National says, the young Q teen Donna
Maria has actually demanded the hand o! the
Duke de Nemours.
Marshal Mason has issue i a g-tteral order,
summoning before a council of war the lieuten
ant colonel of a regiment lor challenging his su
perior. The latter, for accepting, is cashiered.
I,afcr from Liverpool.
By the steam packet 5V in. Gibbons, arrived
! at Charleston, we received last ( vetting from ;
' our correspondents, the editors oi tne Courier,
| a tiles of New Yfitrk and Liverpool papers.
The Win. Gibbous arrived at Charleston on
i Tuesday night last, bat in consequence of an ar.
(■angement made by the committee ol citizens
with the Postmaster; she was anchored below
town, and did not come up until G o’clock on
Wednesday morning, when toe coinm*ttee took
charge of the mail and escorted it to the past
office, where it underwent a strict examination.
The packet ship Roscoe, had arrived at New
York from Liverpool, bringing accounts to the
2lthJune. The political intelligence is not ol
much importance.
•j he celebrated Win. Cobbett, died at Ins farm
in Surry, on the 18th June, in the 75tit year ol
his age.
Exchange for the Liverpool packet of the Is'
ms:., was sold at New \ ork at 3j alO per cent, i
premium. :
Fopulanuu m Spain.
The following particulars of the population o
Spain ar- copied from Marshall’s statistical tu
hies. Population of Spain, 1793, 10,351,07.5; i
1825, 13,953,953 ; increase 3b per cent. Po I
■ palatior. of the Caeque provincesj’Biscay 1-14,875, (
Quipnscoa, 135,838; Alava, 92,807; Navarr*.
288,244 —total, 661,764. Os the kingdom of
Arragon, 656,219; Catalonia, 1,116,461, th #
Castiles, 1,583,140. The whole of the intur.
grnt provinces bear thus a proportion of only
one sixth ol the amount of tlte neighbouring pro
vtnees.
Ohio and Michigan.
Tire editors of tlte Philadelphia United State*
Gazette, have received an extra from the office
of the Toled > (Ohio) Gazette, from which w*
are sorry to iearn that fresh disturbance* have
arisen on the subject of the disputed Territory,
and that hostilities have been carried to an a.
farming extent. By the account from Toledo,
it appears that a body of citizens of Michigan,
to the number of two hundred and fifty, regu.
fitrly afined and equipped with muskets, bayo.
nets, vVc. entered the town for the purpose of
serving some legal process upon a number of
citizens of Toledo. After securing seven or
eight individuals, they proceeded to the office
of the Toledo Gazette; which they broke open,
and Commenced die destruction of presses,
types, (Jkc. which will prevent the issuing of a
paper froth the office for some time. The edi
tor says,that after coinmilling these depredations,
they proceeded to Monroe with their prisoners,
who, were upon order of the acting governor,
thrown into prison; Our Toledo correspon
dence says—“ The orders given to this armed
mob, or posse, were, according to the state
ments of its leaders, to proceed to Toledo, and
i take as prisoners all who were in any manner
implicated in opposing the jurisdiction of the
Territory, a.id it! case any resistance was made,
to immediately burn and destroy the town, and
to fire upon the first man who should attempt to
oppose them ; and judging from what we saw of
the materials that composed this band of ties,
peradocs, we should think there was every dis.
position to obey this order."
Another account that we iiave seen, written
by a correspondent of (he New York Times ot
Detriot, under dale of July Ibth, gives the fol
lowing version of the affair ;
“ A deputy sheriff by the name of Wood,
was sent to serve a warrant on a young man by
the name of Sdckney, a sou of Major Stickney,
an old inhabitant and trader, residing at Toledo,
which is part of the disputed territory. It is
said that Gov. Lucas lias assured all those re
siding within these limits, of his protection in
case of their getting into difficulty from resist,
anceof the laws of Michigan. Be that as it
may,—Wood, on attempting to arrest Stickney,
was notified by the latter, that if lie laid lianda
on him Ito would dirk him, and accordingly on
the moment of his touching him he was as good
as his word. The dirk entered Ins left side but
striking in a rib it is suppo-ed it will not prove
mortal. I saw Wood the next morning. He
W is, although naturally a remarkable athletic
man, entirely prostrated and looked very ill.
An express was immediately sent to the acting
Governor Mason, who forthwith repaired to
M mroe, and under his direction the Sheriff of
that county somrn nted a posse of 203 men arm
ed,an I with orders to arrest a number who are
alleged to lie the aiders and abettors of there. J
sistance of the territorial authority.” I
BJL.K. I
We are glad to see that the culture and man- I
tifitciure of this profitable article is beginning
to engage the aitenimrl of tile people of this
country. There are al present more edk man- |
uftciori rs in New England tliali can be supplied 1
with stock of domestic growth. A factory at I
Dedham, (Mass.) is almost wholly dependent I
da foreign eitlttt risls fora M.pply; add the game I
remark applies to two or three otlW faci(lries 4 m
Ai o tipatiy, with a capital of -3-)3,GI)G, bus tfdtti- I
ntenced the erection of a factory for the mdHU. I
factitre of sdk at Northampton, and this edrtipa- ’
ny intends to s tpn'y the raw materia! from a "
Mulberry plantation of their own. A new fac
tory ha s also just been erected at Hartford, and
another is g dug into operation at Gonconl—the
latte r company has cotnrneKced the culiivafiori I
of the mulberry. The cultivation of this arti.
cle ought to etg ige tlte attention of tlte South;
it is well calculated for rearing the worm, and j
the mulberiy ‘loon sites i t this section of conn- .
try ; a srn ill capital invested in the culture ands;.
rearing of mulberry trees, would produce 4
ltd tdsoute income in a lew year?. We c.tni^f,
across the following article in the Baltimorflf
Farmer and Gtrdener; tire example is certain
ly a good one, and goes very iar to show tltC i
perseverance and ingcriuity of the fair sex ir®
overcoming apparent difficulties. We recon* f (
mend a trial of it to the young ladies of this
State —tlte task is a delightful otte, and will A
prove not only amusing, but highly instructive, a A
[From the Funner and Gardener j *
H aving been invited by a friend a few day*! I
since, to witness tlte operation of reeling silk# W
by a lady of tins city, we availed ourself of hi# I
politeness and were more than gratified by th# f
vis.t. It was to he sure silk.making on a small! t
scale ; but s'ill it was a most successful cxeeM I
rimentonthe part of a lady, who with very tri 1m I
Aug lights upon the subject, went to work, with* |
that indomitable spirit of her sex, which no diffl *
Acuities can overcome. A friend last year gav if 1
her a few worms, which she fed, and made abo* S’ J
two hundred cocoons from. Tire labor of I® ’lll*
worms at an end, the next thing to be d-mo v»* I• ■
r.i reel it, ami make it into sew ng sdk. ho ? 4fl
ha I no s !k-rect—none of the usual np(dia£ ea m
necessary for the purpose. What was t< h? W
done ? Should site quail before the dulfiori*’# I
that beset her 7 No, that would not coport J I
with her views. In the garret there was' l an-•, *■
cient heir loom of the family, which huheen ' 2 | ; *
carefully stowed away among the rubbis* l ft he
good old days when thread stockings a/ large
silver buckles were worn. Ah ! hut l/t was m
» thread reel. Trite, it was a thread-#! ; but
then could not the ingenuity of a lad supply
whatever might be deficient in its conduction 7
If it would reel flaxen thread, why it silk ?*
Having (ireconceived the possibility
and determined that nothing should b wanting- *
to deserve, it, tlte ca«e was a clea one, and'
down from i s ante deluvian retreat tl reel was
brought, furbished up. and made to /ok almost
as good as new—and in a very she tune, aid
ed by the genius and tact of the iir artist, it
performed its office exceedingly \v4 ; and as a
proof of it we were shown a spgmen of the f
sewing sdk made from the gossapr web reel
ed on it, winch lor evenness, beMy of twist, j
glossiness of appearance, was eqd to most of *
the imported kind# The lidy hi just finished
reeling the silk made the presen Reason, which
was still on the reel, when we ere there. It
was beautiful in tex ure, and reaets great ere. , .
d.t upon her good taste, persevrance and skill, B
as without any of the necessa/ conveniences, flu
she has made an article no ess excellent in fl\
quality, than the example she-tas set, will, we fll
sincerely trust, prove fi tlutan and wholesome I
in i's incitement of others to tread in her lau- I
dab!e footsteps.
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I’ojt.OJiicc Ifbbcry.
1 lie Boston papers statejhat the Post Office
a 1 - Portsmouth, was enterel on the 22d ult. and f j .
ro < >ed ot the principal prt of the letters, and I /ij
about .$l3O in money, ’"lie entire Southern p A
Mail was in the office, it /aving not arrived in i
season to be forwarded, aid was carried off with I hS
its contents. The entrance was effected by
boring bo as to slip the-boli which fastened the
door.
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