Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, April 10, 1841, Image 1

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STOJBIIKY AMERICAN.
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL:
"'."T" inkCi!i!!!' L0!"" .n"'J0,i'y "' " ' rri"CiP'e f R"pub'ic'' f,om Wh'cl lhorels no "PPral Lut viurPrinriro and Immediate parent of dc.p,,.im.-jrSo,.
Hy Manner & Elscly.
SunlMirj, Kortliumbcrland Co. la. Saliinlay, .iirli lo, IS 11.
Tol. I o. XXIX.
Anecdote of the Revolution.
Almost every one is acquainted with
ie circumstances of the taking of Gen.
rescott, the then commanding officer
' the British forces on llhodc Island,
r Captain Barton of Providence, lie
as exchanged for General Lee, who
as previously captured by the British.
Shortly after his exchange lie return
to Rhode Island, and was invited to
ie on board the .Admiral's vessel, with
iny other ofiicers of the highest
..de. General Trescolt was naturally
haughty, imperious man, and as a
mmander was. very unpopular with
officers and soldiers, and with the el
ms of Newport, but was a brave and
I ml olhcer.
it was often the case that boys as
II as men were sent from tho town
board the admiral's ship for any of
cc, ond confined there for some time,
the arbitrary authority of those in
ver. Martial law was the law of the
sc. A small lad about thirteen years
ge was placed in this situation pre
cis to General l'rescott's return, and
. on board with many others at the
j the General dined there. He did
know General Prescott.
liter dinner the wine circulated free
ind a toast and song was repeatedly
ed for. In the course of the even-,
the first lieutenant observed to the
liral, who was a real jolly son of
.tunc, that there was a Yankee lad
board who would shame all their
Bring him up here," said Prescott.
5 boy was accordingly brought into
cabin. The admiral called on him
jive them a song. The little fellow
ig somewhat intimidated by gold
d coats, cpauletts, fcc, replied, "I
't sing any songs but Yankee songs."
Admiral perceiving that he was
iarrassed, ordered the steward to
i him a glass of w ine, saying, "come
fellow, don't be freightened, give us
of your Yankee songs." General
jcott spoke in his usual haughty im
ous manner, "you d d young
I, give us a song, or I'll give you a
iv" The Admiral interfered, and
red the lad that he should be set at
i ty the next day if he would give
Ai a song, anyone he could recollect.
T yic following doggerel, written by a
ic t of Newport was given, to the
cut amusement of the company.
JTwas on n daik an J stormy n'ght
The winds anJ waves did roar,
Bold Daiton then with twen'y men
Weill down unto the thore.
An in a while boat they act off
To RhoJe Island fair.
To catch a red-coat General
That then resided thete.
Through British fleet and guari laoats strong,
They held their dangerous way,
Till they arrived unto their poit,
And then diJ not delay.
A tawny son of Afric's race
Them through the ravine led,
Anil -entering then the Overing housef
They fouud him in tiU bed.
But lo get in they had no means,
Except poor CufTeu' he.id,
Who b.'ut the door do n then tu-Led in,
And seized him in his bed.
Stop, let me put my breeches on,
The General theii did pray,
Your breeches, Mas.a, I will take,
Fur dress ne cannot stay.
Then through ','ne rye stubble hira they led,
fchocs and breeches none,
.nJ placed him in their boat quite snug,
And then from thoro were gone.
Boon the alarm was sounded loud,
The Yankee's they have come,
And taken Prescott from his bed,
And hiax they've carried home.
The drums were beat, sky rockets flew,
The soldiers shouldered arms,
And marched around the ground they knew,
Filled with most dire -a!. una.
into his pocket, he handed the boy a
guinea, saying, "here you young dog is
a guinea for you." The boy was set at
liberty the next morning.
1 his anecdote is olten related bv an
aged gentleman, now living in Newport
There is a deep ravine leading from the shore
to the house which was occupied by General Pre-
eott.
f Mr. Overing was a tory, and owned the house
in which General Prescott resided.
t He was landed on Narragaosct shore, near
Warwick.
Recovery of a Female after Exe
cution.
The following account of the case of
a poor girl w ho w as unjustly executed
in 17C0, is given by a celebrated
French author, as an instance of the in
justice which was often committed by.
cause his crime, though manifested to
the eyes of two individual witnesses,
was not so clear to the eyes of the ma
gistrates and of the laws. The people
subsequently became acquainted with
the resurrection of this girl, and loaded
with reproaches tho execrable author
of her misery ; but, in this immense ci
ty his offence was soon forgotten, and
the monster perhaps still breathes; at
least, ho lias not publicly suilered the
punishment which he deserves.
"A book should be published, con
taining a collection of cases in which
innocent persons have been punished,
in order, by showing the causes of er
ror, to avoid them for the future. Per
haps some man of the law may under
take this important work."
Arrest "of ttall Road Robbers.
T'iic robbers who ' have rt.eh. lone
the equivocal mode of trial uscd'hrH preying upon travellers on the. Syracuse
France :
"About seventeen years since a . young
peasant girl, possessed of a very agree
able figure, was placed at Pans in the
service of a man depraved by all the
vices consequent on the corruption of
great cities. Smitten with her charms
he tried every method to seduce her:
but she was virtuous, and resisted. The
prudence of the girl only irritated the
passion of her master, who no.f! being
able to make her submit to Lis wishes,
determined on the most black and hor
rible revenge. He secretly conveyed
into her box many things "belonging to
him, marked with his name. lie then
exclaimed that he was robbed, called in
a commissairc, (a ministerial officer of
justice.) and made his deposition. The
girl s box was searched, and the things
were discovered. The unhappy ser
vant was imprisoned. She defended
herself only by her tears; she had no
evidence to prove that she did not put
the .property in her box; and tho only
answer to the interrogatories was, that
she was innocent. The judges had no
suspicion of the depravitv of the accu-
ser, wnose station was respeciauie, ana
they administered the law-m all its ri
gor; a rigor undoubtedly excessive,
which ousrht to disappear irom our
code to give place to a.,jsimplc but cer
tain penalty, which would leave lewcr
crimes unpunished. The innocent .'ill
was condemned to be hanged. i ne
dreadful office was ineffectually per
formed, as it was the first attempt ol
the son of the reat executioner. t
surrreon had purchased the body for
and Auburn -Kail Road, are at. length
arrested. This was accomplished bv
the prompt and determined action of
three gentlemen, who were robbed, on
Saturday.
Upon the arrival of the Cars m this
city on Saturday afternoon, Col. Wil
kie of New York, found that a package
of money which Mr. G. B. Hart had
handed him at Rochester, had been sto
len from his valise. -
William K. Strong, Tsi. of Geneva,
found that his trunk had been opened,
and 8112 stolen from it.
tainqd, subsequently, that Graves chrtn.
gecVa .!( bill on Saturday. . A
(From Wall's confession to WU. Clark,
i( is quite certain that ho stole a large
number of silver spoons from Mr. Bust
some months since. He also confessed
to the robbery of a Merchant Tailor at
Utica. Ho said that lie had long kept
his eye on Mr. Humphrey, the Bank
Agent, but could not get at his trunk. .
Graves returned from Auburn with
Mr. Strong a few minutes alter the mo
ney w as found, and on being shown the
package on which his name appeared,
lie lost his assurance, and sunk confoun
ded in the chair.
Wall is nn old offender, having been
tw ice in the State Prison. lie had been
suspected and discharged, but kept a
round the Depot in temporary employ
ment. "Dick Graves" is extensively known
at South and North. lie has led a ro
ving life, aVti has been more or less sus
pected for several years. But his viva
city and wit commended him to favor.
He was an agreeable companion, and
every body tried to think that "Dick"
honest, but we regret to be compelled
to say that his guilt is now but too clear
ly revealed. X. Y. Amer.
The city of Paris has at length suc
ceeded in procuring water from an
Artesian well, which has for several
years been in progress at Grccnelle, at
an expense ef 1 (.0,000 francs. The
boring instrument, after having reached
ts under the green
chalk strata which forms the bed of the
environs of Paris.
But through the fleet with mufll.J oars,
They held their devious way,
AnJ landed him on U.naett shores,
Where Britain held their sway.
When unto the land they came
Where rescue there was none,
4i j buldpufh," the General said,
ofprlntrtlum one!"
rT-u ,.... n rrrnera. shout of all the
company during the whole son-i, und at
tho close, one who was a prwoner on
i i t tin-vf. observed, he thought
LMjui 14 1vvs . i
jhe deck would come through with the
stamping and cheering.
General Prescott joined most heartily
in the merrifucut. Thrubiing lus hand
dissection, and it was conveyed to his
house. On that evening, being about
to open the head, he perceived a gentle
warmth about the body, lue dibscct-ing-knife
fell from his hand, and he pla
ced in his bed her whom he was about
to dissccK His efforts to restore her
life were effectual j and at the same
time he sent for a priest, on whose dis
cretion and experience he could depend,
in order to consult With him on this
strange event, as well as to have him
for a Witness to his conduct. The mo
ment the unfortunate girl opened her
eyes she believed herself in the other
world, and perceiving the figure of the
priest, w ho had a marked and majestic
countenance, (for 1 know him, and it is
from him that I have this lact.) she join
ed her hands tremblingly, and exclaim
ed ' Eternal Father, you know my in
nocence, have pity on me !' In this
manner she continued to invoke the ec
clesiastic, believing, in her simplicity,
that she beheld her God. 1 hey were
Ioiit in persuading her that she was
not dead so mucli naa me iaca 01
punishment and death possesed her im
agination. j.ollimg couiu oo tnoit;
touching and more expressive than the
cry of an innocent being, w ho thus ap-
proachcd.towards him w horn she regar
ded as the Supreme Judge : ana inue
pendently of her affecting beauty, this
sin"le spectacle was sufficient to create
the most lively interest in the breast of
.1 ' I M 1 'l.
an ouscrvini anu sensiuio man. nwi
A 1 .
a scene for a painter ! bat a mora
for a philosopher ! What a lesson for a
lesrislator !
... i ....... i
" l lie process was not suomuieu to a
new revision, as was siaiea in ino jour
nul de Paris. '1 he servant having re
turned to life, recognised a man in him
whom she had adored, and Who, direc
ting her prayers towards the only ado
TV rl t li rn 1 . i 1
rrccn anum, i.sq., casmer oi me t,e enormous depth of 5tSO metres,
Orleans Lank, discovered that his trunk (1837 E ,ish fccl ) rcachcd tfie ,vater,
had been opened, and 1100 stolen from ufiich mmediately sprang up in abun-
lt , , " dance to the top of the boret This ope-
The three gentlcn.cn on comparing raUu0 Jias solvcd a rvlJy interesting
recollections, became satisfied that the Geological problem, and proves that a
ruuoencswcic .comnimca in uic : uag. l(,av watcr ex
gage car, betwn Auburn and Syra
cuse, ihey tlierctorc returned to that
place on Sunday, accompanied by
Messrs. Young and Williams, Rail
Itoad superintendents, by whom, ns
well as by the other agents of the Com
panies, and by Mr. Rustpf tho Syracutu
House and General Wood of the Ame
rican at Auburn, every assistance in
the pursuit was rendered.
Suspicion fell so strongly upon Ri
chard Graves, Collector on the A. & S.
Road, and George Wall, porter to the
S. U. Road, that they were both arres
ted. An examination failed to elicit
any facts again. t Graves, who was dis
charged. Mr. Strong, However, weni
with Graves to Auburn, keeping an eye
on bis movements.
Mr. Clark took Wall into a room at
the Syracuse House, and after locking
Taxation In Ki.glaiid.
Wo can inform uio'lier J.nut'ian wh.it are
the inevil.ib'o consrquenrcs of tx'inj to f.iiiJ of
(iory : Taxes Unn every articlo ulreh cr.tirs the
mouth or covers the b.ick, or is 1 1 iced u ruler the
foot; tax-s upon every tliii g which is l.a.ant to
see, hear, feil, smell or taste; taxes u;ori warmth,
I glit and loiMino.iJii ; tuxes on every thinsj 0:1
earth, and lit the waters under Hie cirri; cn every
thing lint comes from a' roid. or is jmo-.vii at home;
tjxes on the raw muteri il, and on every fresh v ilu
that is aJJeil lo it hv the indtitty of ir.an; t ies on
tho eauie uhieh pampers man's appetite, and on th
diug wh'eh restores him u health; on the ermine
whiih lUcuratcs the judge, and thn ri e whiih
hares the criuiini'; on the iinor man's ca t ar.d the
rich mull's t,iiic: on the lira s nails of the coliin
und the lihhons of the l riile; at b. d or h.iard, couch
s.V. or lear;t, c tiicst pay. The .chool ly wliij s
the door, commenced a conversation
i i I !,.-... -
WHICH COn.lllUCll M-.-U u. c-.-r.i ..uu ,.,.,.... ,,.--..., vnl!, mm,,-, his t,ed
resulted in a full confession ol the ... ,
and
robberies and the recovery of the mo-
nev.
'Mr. Clark drew Wall by degrees in
to familiar conversation, and in underta
king to account for various sums of mo
ney which had been traced to him, he
got entangled in a labyrinth of contra
dictions. "While thus "embarrassed and
alarmed, Mr. C. informed him that a
mysterious box w hich had been made
fur him had been found, and lhatfcDOO
had been found at his boarding house.
lie then confessed that this 8fJ00 was
art of a package of 81700 belonging
to' Messrs. White & Williams, of Uuf-
Palo, which he had stolen from K. Nor
ton, last fall, and that the box referred
TI.KMS OF THE "AMEIUc.
HENRY D. MASSER,? PcausHEa. ad
JUEPH EI4ELY. Pao.aiKTOHs.
ernct it suttr STnr.KT, xtia Dtta. I
THE" AMEKICAN" I published every Satur
day at TWO DOLLARS per annum lo he
paid half yearly 'n advance. No paper discontin
ued till a tt, arrearages are paid.
No suhseriptions received for a less period tlinit
sis months. All communications or letlers on
business relating to the ollicc, to insure attention,
must be POST PAID.
From 7 iie Viu'dd Statu Gazette,
Vice and Misery,
lie who looks only at the suif.ee of society, sees
but little to induce hi.n to Wlicve that man is born
to evil. Ho 110 seaiches tho IowpM stratum only,
finds nothing but wretchedness and vice. The truth
es helMtforf.. 'And ho who would judge of man as
he i, t n ilf Uic.i's ill true ei and exp ri. nee as they
arc, must examine cLs.-ly nud pi n,o ially, not by
cldc-, a: d by inference, but indiv. dually, and by
sample.
Mr. Cost, w ho took thf census of the city pf Cin
cinnati, has jm'.ilislieJ, o;n n! other inti.rr ir.g
slsment -', some occ.rui.t of the siluil'n n and Vhrirnc-
ter of those whom he saw, and tho f.llowiug is uu
exintt:
Few per pie sro awore of the ups and downs in
society beyond the prewnt moment We see the
man rise ly some foitnnale conjuncture of even's.
t ) honor, pon cr, or fortune, whose descendants, per-
.p, whose children, may be rteeped in poverty or
infimy to the very lips, but the same feneration
in this esse, rarely witne-st s thn ascent arnl descent
f the l.ulder it is only by inquiry, or recorded his
tory, that we ore called lo contrast the affluence or
the dignity of the past, with the destitution or insig
ficince of the present.
In the course of my census travels, I found an old
IjJv the widow of a distinguished professor i:i one
of our eastern cities in such abject poverty, that a
broad board stretched across an old barrel was all the
table she posesc.t; the chairs were in keeping with
the tuble, beint; sawed billets of wood. I discovered
m.in, who had been proprietor in a birge foundry.
on tho rivrr Carron, in Scotland, reduerd In the
condition of a dnv Inlmrer at iron works here, I
found a dcscend.int of a di-tingui-ed Governor in one
of the e.srern States, and cousin of a late Governor
of New Jcrsev, mnkin:? llieir subsistence at washing
by the day. What impressive rebukes to pride mnv
be fnund in such les. n-! Iri all thes." cn-c, t'.-.o
iinllvidu-!s .ippearrj to hear their reversal of fortune
with a KiiitaMi". ond becoming spirit, and some of
them with such dignity and philosophy a crriuian
did not only my ymp-thy, hut my respect.
But I fuinJ decpir gr.ides of wretchedness than
thtne. '-The .pirit of man shall sustain his infir
mity," but degrad ition and infamy, who can bear 1
Yes, some sro so far sunk as to filory in their shame.
The daugtitor of a respect jlile clergym.n In,
A Dreadful and Cowardly Stasaacre.
A letter t the S(. Louis Republican, from Fort
Leavenworth, give an account of a moct cowardly
and bloody massacre, committed by soma Kansas
upon some Pawnees.
The dastardly Kansas 65 in number tiok ad
vantige of the ab eurss r.f the Pawnee warriors
from their tncampmenl, and massscred all but 11
of the women and children found in it.
One woman s.ild her life dcnrlj. She sprang
upon one of the Kansas warriors liko a tigress
clutched his throat, and would have strangled hint
if hi r arms had not been hewn from her boJy,
Tho Pawnee prisoners were reached by a detach
ment of the A morion force rtalioncJ at Fort Lea
venworth, and had been brought int B llevicu.
This massacre will l o a signal for fierce war be
tween the Pawnees and the Kansas.
dii e Euli-hman. pou:iu his medicine, lor which
h.is rniJ seven t.er cent, into a -iivrr snooti, which
1 a
hs pa d fif.et n per it., Il ng. I.imsilf baik vpoa h
cl.int- ld, which has paid twentytwo per cn. and
expires i.i the arms of a taxcJ iipoiln cary, who hj
i aid a license of 101) sterling, for the pivi'cg.- of
practising his calling ! Hi whole property is then
Uxed fr. m two to ten per cm', and bis dis Ihe
probate, large fees arc demand' d for buiying him in
thochanrel, his virtues are humhd down to p. stir-
iiy on laxt d marble, and beii at tut s;hi reJ lo his
fathers to be taxed no more ! English paper
Comparative I-obs on Gold and Pan., as n
C liculutlon.
money.
Mr. Page, a dUm-gui-hed English writer, ha-,
to contained SoOU more of the same Mromthe leportsoftheEnslUhnnd Amerirsn minis.
a-cer:uined that there is a los on iia emit ny wear
Wall, finding himself cornered, be- and tear of 1.61 per cent. o a century , wlneh isle
. ii ii i I i).-.. 1 "rut. r rriil. tiT annum, and SO that of eC-
came anxious to ten an unuer u jmuuiis- i
that he should not be SC.lt to his old r, IU0 coined in any paitieula, yc.r. there would
...:.,l...1 l--:.-,... Wr I'nrt reniiin over JLUo 7s. 1U.I. lu re.l v.nue at me cnu
CMJiiriCI S 111 II1U I-IUIO i I l-Oll, .iiuvlmi.
' .. ...... . .1 I I nn .. . . A...- i j nort intil., (if IliA
tuonused to "stand by him" te con- u" -
I ... . ' , 1 . ..1 "1 ..o
fessed all and gave up all the money, expenso ot a paper .-.,,.
He then said that he and U raves were asstaiej i.y .Mr. merman, is i.,u .u ....,-iu.
incomnnmv; that on the night ol the time, greuur tin... me u.s .y cr o . s ...
last KobbeiV, he Started from Auburn, rei.ey. If tho expense of a paper cur.ccy be 2J
locked alone in the car next to the bag- per cent. ,,c, annum, this o,. a sum of 20,000 000
"arret that after the engine started he will hmu m iujca.aW
w cl.t into the bagga3e car with a dark the lo by wear of . g,dJ .u.renr. f 50,000,000.
r.nilmrn. and bv means Of false keys, during tUo snue period, is only X'JOS.OuO. 1 ho
J,.l,l en,.orof Trunks, takin-' packa- dilV-utice 1 therefore 10,078.000,
11 1 1 1 l. V V . V. t . - ' -i.
and a niece of a member of Congress from New
Yoik, is a public prostitute in this city, whom no re
moristr.inces can roiue, nor recollection shnme.
The grands n of a goner . 1 ofnV.rof ihe revolution,
a Ji.-t:!.gi:Uhed sn cfFenusylTania, U now a vnga-
tonJ in ourcity ; now, and not Lt the fust time, on
the chuiti gu g, appircntly one of tho most hopcle.s
of the lost. IasjistcJtol.fi out of the cutler, in
which he by drunk, n man whom I knew years be
fore in Pittsburgh, worth even in those d.iv, when
mini's ncahli was counted by only tens of thou
sands, os much in teal ennte and warehouse as filly
iho.Hji d dollars. I found, in anothei c ise, a in in
ofmyownnge I had bfl Mm in Phil.idrlphia
twenty-five years ai;f, a youth of Ihe highest pro
mise the priJe ur.d j y of his paren's, urid the dcii;hl
and favorite i.f female society ; he was so di-ftjund
ly intemperance, that not vestige by which I could
recall him to memory, urn-iined, and nothin? but
ei rtain tour s of his onrc musical voice, and the nar
ration of eariy eicnl, which a stranger could not
have kno-.vn, i'i.l ut bst iudoeo me to bo'.icvo him
any thing else than uu impostor. He was so com
pletely run. cd, that it was itnpossil.lo to render dim
.ny fcrvi.e. lie stnee lias Eur.e uown me nvcr to
Texas
" I'exas. t!:c needy outcast'! jeneral hme."
Sui h is human life.
Let it be rcmsrkid, that what Cincinnati presents
by tens, Philadelphia possesses by tnousanJ. And
no who .-.hiiiiM descend into the depth of wre'ehed
iiess, piver'y and vice, (iac!i ahernately the cause
and 1I10 1 II ct.) iniht present a sceno of fearful,
painful interest to the philanthropist. Let it bo
uiuli r .'.ood, thst in nine times out of ten this mise
ry is the consequence an uneducated will.
The teacher of the Africans has furnhhed us
with a copy of a letter that Ka-Ie the African boy
addressed to the Hon. J- Q. Adums, after his visit
lo the Africans on his way to Washing!.-), and in
view of his hau'ig been engaged as one of their
counsel : AntiSluvery lleportir.
New Have, Jan. 4. 1811.
Dear fiicnd Mr. Adams,
I want to write a letter to you because you love
Mcndi people and you tall: to the grand court, we
nnt lo tell you one thing Jose Ruiz ssy we
born in Havana, he tell lie. We stay in Havana
10 d;iys and 10 ni;hls, we stay no more. Wo oil
born in Mcndi we no understand tho Spanish lan
guage, Mcndi people been in America 17 moons.
We talk America language little, not very good;
wo write every d.iy j wo write plenty letters; we
read most all time ; we read all Matthew, and
Maik and Luke, and John, and plenty of little
bonks. We love books very much. We want
you ask the court what we have done wrong.
What for Americans keep us in prison. Some peo
ple say Mendi people crazy ; Mendi people dolt,
because we no ta'k America language. Merici
people no talk Mendi language Merica people dolt.
They tell bad ihings about Mendi people, and wo
no understand. Soma men say Mcndi peoplo
very happy, because they laugh and have plenty to
eat. Mr. Pendleton come and Mcndi peoplo all
look sorry because they think about Mendi Land
and fiicnds we no seo now. Mr. Pendleton say
Mendi people ancry ; white men afraid of Mcndi
people. Then Mcndi people no look sorry again
that why we laugh, llut Mendi peoplo feci sor
ry ; O we can't tell how srry. Sme people eiy
Mendi people got no souls. Why we feel bad wo
no got souls ? Wo want lo be fiee very much.
Dear fiicnd Mr. AJams, you have children, ynu
ltavn friend-", you love them, you feel very sorry if
Mendi people c:irry ihsm all t Africa. We feel
bid for friends, and our f iends nil feel bad for 1.
Americans no lake us in ship. Wo on shoro at. 1
Americans le'l us slave ship catch us. Tl.ey my
we make you free. If they make Ui free t'.ey tell
(rue, if they no make us free they tell lie.
If America people give us free we glsd, if they
no give us free we sorry we sorry far Mcndi pcy
p'c little, we sorry for American great deal, becau.-o
tiod puni.li liars. We want you to tell court th t
Mcndi people 110 want to go back to Havana, wo
no want lo be killed. Dour friend, we wint o:i
to know how we f.el. Mendi p. oplc "lr, .', .')..'.,
t'tiiik. Nobody know what me ihiiik ; leac'icr v. a
know, we toll htm some. Menui Dave got s..i:N.
We think we know Gjd puni.h us if wo 1. 1! i;e.
We never tell lio wo speak truth. "l.t fr
Mi ndi people cfiaidl Uecau.e they fj"l soul .
Cook say he kill, he cat Me-.di opl we afraid,
we kill cook. Trin cu plain kill one man wi.lt
knife, and cut Mendi people plenty. Wc never kit
captain, he no kill u. If court aV who I r.n gt
Mendi people to America 1 Wo bring ourselves.
Ceci hold tho rudder. All we want is uwkj us
free.
ges of money from those of .Messrs.
M:rL-. Siron.'r and Wilkic 5 that after
limir arrival at Syracuse, he divided the
money with Craves (who came in the
same train os collector,) and alter ar
ranging it in such a manner as to pre
serve it, they secreted it in the base
ment wall ol the Presbyterian L liurcii,
rable Ile'n quitted the house of the sur- w here, on examination, it was lound,
ceon, who was unquiet on her nc J one of the packages having -U. Cra ves
n.,nt nnrl l,;, nu n. She retired to hide on it. and the other being marked, U
rniint nnd his own. Sue retired
herself in a distant village, tearing 10
meet the judges or the othcers, w ho,
with the dreadful tree, incessantly
haunted her imagination. The villa
nous accuser remaihed unpunishoJ.bc.
Wall."
On being aied if any of the money
had been spent. Wall said that ha tooli
one 20 bill from Col. Wilkie's package,
and gave it to Graves. It was ascer-
A Ilrokcu Iltr.rl.
Ayeuug s'"' a flcrinan, died late'y at Baltimore,
under circumstances dee. ly alTcing. Hie was en
giged lo be married to a young man of Plu'.ailc'phis,
who, f.T isasoiis best known to biuiilf. coin.nuniea
led to her a short lime since, bis intent on of idan-
douing he r. On receiving thW i. f-imation she became
the child of sjifow end do-pair lor ten days, when
reason lefl its seat, uud ahe became an awful niauiuo
unceasingly calling on her lover t ''coilo lo her.
Jut bifore her death, sho ordered her ' wedding
giimciit to be pr. j areJ," saying that she"wUhed U
he dressd in white," and that sl 'was to be n.an'ud
at un a'eloik," the pieeise lime of lu r dcpaiture to
a woiU of sj kits ! imcri 't1'
A Gooil Wife.
Sl-.c loves her home, believing with Milton, that
The wife-, where danger and di. honor luik,
Sjf. st ond sen.lie-l by her husband slays,
Who guards her, or with her the worst endure'
The place of woman is cuiii.enlly, at the Cre
side. It is at hume you must see her to know wnut
she is. It is hss material what she is abroad 5 but
what she is in the family ciicle is all impoitant. It
is bad iniTchjndi-e in any department r.f trade, to
pay a premium for other men's opinions. In ma
trimony, who selects a wifa for the applause or
wi nder of his neighbors, is in a fair way t .ward
domestic bankruptcy. Having gut a wife there is
but one rule ftuiiur uiidlme her. Seek lo improve
her underslandmg and her heart. Strive to make her
more and more such alone as you cordial'y respect.
Shame on the brute, in mm' sh.pe, who can af
f.ont or vex. not lo s.y neglect, the woman whom
he has embarked with him fr life, "for M er foi
wor.c," 011J whose happiness, if served lorn his
smiles, must be unnatural and rnon-trous. In ftuo.
I am proud or nothing in America sj much as our
American wives.
To tlte Ladles.
The following true anccdoio is repe cifully da "i
catcd lo the ladies, being a practicable and frci"!u
illu-tration of their ccltbtutcd faculty of keepii j
crtts. P. is a little, pretty, ucl.l.vs I rur.c'.te : l'..u
idol of he: father, and the spoiled chilJ of her i.nlV
er. Every body scolds at her qniixical and odd
sayings, and all love her far her frankness ami o.
teu heart. One day she wn wnlki.ig wilii allied
nrm in arm. and alie was teasiim bcr fru nd to t'
her soitelhiug, which was nal proper 10 be uu
sally circulated. Her fricu 1 eosweicj her.
you. P., no indeed. I shsll do r.o such lhi ,e Vr
never kept any thiiig twenty-four hoar t - lin
lire." She flung her arms around her f,iempa )K
in a very coiivmcmg manner, BnJ ci.olaiin. .
"O! Miss X, lean keep a sec.t.( j,, 1 CJ
There was Miss A, told mo si nuVjA so, il.
she was engage J to be united, a-jQ ueVer told 6:
one of it, aud I never ui'j.
It was not until he. t,urttintiJ filt of lau,.
t. r, that she wan avVire Vr secret was out. iVo
Juuruat.
Professor Jamiesnn of Edinburg, in a loiter re
cently published, remarked that tho American D c
liorary of Dr. Webster i as great an improvement
on Johnson's Dictionary, as the latter was on tbo
I of his predecessors.
V ' - -
PitriroEO T1IE L41.1SS is Lssr Yaam.
curu n rtglo-Saxon law, wfiicn tun remui
1 Uforee, ( ciiacted:
Alb h a ofien as Lespe Yeare d-slhe occur
the w,omi holJf.h ihe prerogative over tho 11.011:
In nutter of rourtshlppe, 1 'V' and nistriuionie ; .
'tat whe', the laJe proposath, it ahall not be lav
foe -menus 10 say her nue ; but shall receive h.r p
pokl in all xhI courtesie."