Carlisle herald and expositor. (Carlisle, Pa.) 1837-1845, January 01, 1838, Image 1

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tIAI.D• AND EXTOSITOT.,!
will be issued at TWO .DOLLOS per annum;
:Co he paid. half yearly in advance. .
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- • • ' A.CtENTS. •
The -11A° wnig'-p'ettobil bait , tntird'
nernia nna Exposit or
to whom payment tor subscription and itdrertise
. miinta - can be mnde: • •
13.1SirEccr, 'Esq. Shiremanstown, Cumb. Co.
SCOTT Covr.r, Esq-Newcille, _ I do. •
P.RoosTzeEsq. NewbUrg„.__. , ._do.__:. .
W: HI HES, Esq. Shippensburg, do.
JOLIN WONIUM Taint. Esq. • dn. .
J. MATs - .lin, Esq.. Hogtiestown, . - do.
R. Vir.sox,.Esq. Mechanicsburg, do.
Wii.cr•nt RC ; Esq Hopewell, du.
R. S•runcr,opt, Esq. Clitircbtown, dei. .
Dr,,Asie Wityrsl,,New Cumberland, do.
T-Hos. RticK,.Esq. - Bloomtield,:Pcrry county
•A. BLA CIE - Egg, Landisburg, . do.'
eilC ettriarp.
If nL sweeteetflower..3enriclecl,
From various gardettA cull'4l with care:"
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Bark! what noise isNtivit I he:lr,
That comes-6om yfindei:
It is ciiid winter's storm
It cloill.mv vitals chill:- - -
ThokttOilling - windS that round us play;
How sitstt they ore ,to nie... -
No fektal - 1 have 'w ith .to stay—.
An orplionlmorl
But hatit,tict God in mercy saidi'
- _A futhct will I-be
tint( its
n late. posterity:.
Then froth this, courage I 'will take ;
/ I cannot, will not-cloulkt,:f. 7 ._
And unto illlll my vows I'll
He will - oii ( cast niC-6i't
Ins armour then' I will put on, '
"- It is to me .a shiclo--
It. w ill pl otect me. from the storm--
T o none buthirn
VV: K. D.
Slrippensburg, Pa. • ' - •
0 1 11 1. 1e,t1 - 71.‘w0
Fur the Heiald Zi Expositor.
46 Ku 15 13 g .”
4 11 mo sum kumani rill a me alienum puto:'
Man byAlattire is a rational and intelli•
gent being. ' -"The object of man's exist
ence is to live agreeably to the ptirpose of
bis , creation. Whatever arts a oat eat - ores
ive - tivay — tursuine,--he-cannot- deteriorate l
from the stamp of humanity. human
character is exhibited in a varied. form and
aspect. The principles of oar moral na
ture, inculcate the pre-eminence Of virtue
and subdue - the.ebuililions of - Passion. Our
passicins,are_theAudeAlnaterials_of_nur_v
toes which heaven, has given us to fashion,
._polish, - and refine into 'a
divine workman-'
ship.
"Virtue's Imre charm the mind from passjorqures;
And erring. thought; though &lien, Te4 . 4fes."
. I his is not only •confirmed
turlal ithpliss of virtue. but by, the . potent
word of inspired instruction: lye.do not
- believe
incarnation of selfiihness,ncl'• essentially
a vicious and-contemptible being. if-leaven
- breathed the "h'reath of life : int . ) man and
's
he - becani s ,
a transcript .of,diyinity.., The image of
virtue is so -strongly--engravercupon-the
human heart, that .eirery_deviation
its principle - soiS in
,oppOsition to the * pre. -
scribed lawsADF-moral nature. Truth,,
candor and justice of
. ,
the. soul, .and 'the villian Steeped in-vice,
cannot help but lovesic . admire',thern;
arc these invariable truths evinced. hi ;he
iriodertivalia of society? '=
-D o the charms
4fifirtne4hdribe detestation , th e.
hUld
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prominent plates iri:the affections of man
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has leen Said. bY ‘• a w rit etc :that. good
63 so' intimately and invisibliblendeiy4i
evil; that it requires,not only .a right feel,
iri to love and erribrace it, when found;
but;the,' eerdise,,of every faculty tn.sepa.,
rate thernetal from the ore in , which h'is'
e:mberied„:„This,septiMent might accptri
_ ith.the Anctrini_of. tile ancient eclectic.
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livip*,_,:iotiipticq_,-,Edarisilig.74 l o2ll . F., THE SCIE.71 I ',ICE,S; 4G11.1C
_I7.I4 : tURE.,4iNUS-EallEel T,
:The distinction tietwe'ewvirtue and
vice now requires no very discriMinating
eye to discover. To judge of others,_ is
rather a'delicate point. But fastidiousneds
ought always give way to duty: . What
ever has a-tendency to retard the promo
tion of public morals or the social virtues,
demands the resisting energies of every
Well affected citizen. ' '
1:11e meed of praise. Is 111;P overy man
for the , 'good he does: we approve th‘
good, but condemn the bad. ;Mari O f
the frailties pf IMtinnitty admit,6l‘,l6Alial
:ion, but-The preponderaringinflueriCel of
vice does not. In the plain garb of nature
the temple of 'virtue maintains a•suprema-
Cy over the suggestions oferring thought. -
11 — Corrupfed, anit
'deluded - by the Sy'ren voice of plea Sure,
we live obedient to / our. appetites, and -pas
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The aspect7of society in tome 'of.the
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pristine ages; presented Lyman-character
:itl.'o,:',Muc,h'more:favarable light, than the
1 - .Car Y characretstics of the pres - e - tirage.•
implicity of manners, pority of morals,.
and'eorrectness of principle, were then the
simple dictates of • nature.. Altficiugh. the
Merediari of _Civilization had not. thrown
the mantle - of refinement upon the he
flighted ages-0f .. 4106y and itnorantei
-ihe—ingentiousness--of—the--'humanrheart
,was appreciated.... Artifice then gave place
to sititPlicity,and'truth flowed unsophi9ti•
ewer' from the open and generous impulse
-of tpe_soui,: The glimmering•-twilight;o.f
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teligion,.altbotfgh scarcely perceptible,
yet the feelings of benevolencramongst
thO ancients•Nvere without selfishness.
o'4 ittfoll e (Nita; t yfrie
from ostentation and pompous-assurance.
--- INte.do- not -wis hr -to .cl raw- i nqd ious-d
unction in favor . of the past,-and make one
wish, he had. lied in the age of chivalry;
tint as man Is a Creature Or irnitation, , let
him model his principles and muuld_his.
-character_ from a sourceiwortliy.Of iniita
tion, and not be 'a slave_ to the finesse_and
glittering tinsel of European Trillion, and
the corruptions of a litentious caurt.
,We hear much about the amelioration
of the condition of mankind--his intel
lectual and. moral improvement, and the,
general stiread of Christian moralityt
avenues are open to all the truths of reli
gion and moral science --the general voice
- also --- etTricurs in the acknowledgMent of
their benefit and aptitude to our condition.
.But that the principleS inculcated by these
truths, are .practically 'exhibited in, our .
public individual spheres: of .action, the
present suit.; of rciety falsifies. ,
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It: would - be supposed, in 'proportion to.,
le,p rpgressivej Inprovement_of_sa'Ciety_a_
nreecpondingesult_would_be±exi ntectlin
the illustrations-of our principles and con
duct: - The age in which we live. is cer
tainly one of improVementi...z We, have
improved essentially in theory annspecti
lattee philosophy. System has'succeeded
lystem.. it 'appears as though th . e . flood
gatei of learning haie been unbarred, and
the of the nineteenth Century has
eclipsed all agesof.the wortd,. The char
acter.and tendency' of this literary apirit;
we will hereafter endeavor to. canvass:.
But the- great object of our inquiry is to
ascertain the improvement which has been
wrought upon otlr social fabric. We are
lidteonstillitedraohiled — extstences:_ - Thit
ppssessing,every faculty
. necessary.for the
enjoyment - of the social relations. Society
without . moral-and politidal virtue,.wkotlld
beliket hr7warfinrelements.7--The-great
link of human society consists in thebb
servance of-the-moral duties, and-in qty
countenancing -vice in every shape. put
iti:our t gulden age,' the rule is reversed:
We discountenance
_virtue and encourage
,P . rinciple is now
. derided--virtue
trampled Upon, and the, whole Charatter
moulded in an artificial form. The disin
,wbith form s o .st ro n g 'a
in` supporting
. •huinan society, are
usurped by sordid selfishness, and almost'
every sympathetic emotion-is repressed
under the 'absorbing influence of the cor
ruption d( the 'age.. - Theirs now ar;ppa+S
to twogreatf beacons ; estiiblishecl • iwthe
horizon-of human hopes, and the - general
matchwo . risare lifld I)l . 4Stir ' e ‘ w "
*‘":ei rodtils ; required,h4onttibute his
giiiita Of 'l:All'tn the great scale a:Publie.
benefit, .the _Dutchman,
every *an is for 'himself._ All_eAll ;
to duties, but'iti-eyareto-belin.,
eatiged only so far as not hurt'oiviolate
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z • Prinled'and Published, freckly, lig Geo. al i t Plpiflips 4s ll Geo. W. - Veazey, in Carlisle, Cantherlang County,-,Pa.
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ohligationi — d - u — e - Fo - ritie r public condietkini. - ,and..inexorable justice, was. imprinted on
This is acting by. / thCguiclatice arid control hii-majestic features. - -A glittering pby.
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of common sense. . - . - . . ' lactery encircled his head upon which_
We find thelnduigence'nf Private good was written in letters of fire;AgTbeFaith
in moclFrp, ommunities, overcomes every ful One.'.',. , Under one aim he bore two
consider, ion of,-Fiublic benefit; or henevo- volumes, and in his hand held l a pen.
lent feeling. /Those disinterested paisions, rinstantly Issievy,the recording angel—
wh4have elicited the praise of the world, the secretary of the 'terrible tribunal of
ar,‘;n 7 ow rejected,. unless 'necessary to heaven; 'With:-a- trembling- ypich_con
now only. vulsed my..frame, I -liear"rhis unearthly leasUre Or inte'rpo. - Prioro.anip
exlits in the pocket, and when that is accents.s tiMortal," he ,said, 41 " thou 'west
empty, 'friendship, loses its - charm. 0 lcinging . to recall-the events of ihepist
friendship!-'delusive name!, the . gilded year,---thou Art .permitted to gale upon
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strains of poetic exhuberance aml.the livid - the record of . the -bor.& .sif God... Pekose
"eloquence - of - the — rostrum; have 6ified . and-be-wise."- , --. _,_ _ .'.: _'' .
thee as a heaven-born gift. But the knVI
Of thy,departhre hai been tolled long ago
The -whole - . superstructure - of - Society ap
pears to be reared uporlain prtificial basis,
and all the finer feelings of: the soul ren•
dered subservient to the , . ticirdid passions.
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Prejudice has assurnedihe'gOvernment of
reason, friendshipis the mantle or perfidy,
and religion . a cloak - for - villainy and hy
.ocri ,sy-7-411-fact-m-im-appearsltr-have-los
of his existence. A, mechanical system
rules-our-actiomtrthoughti mid speectr.---
-We-see - some - stare_their eyes with kfiow . -
ing wisdom,' _endeavoring to :evince the
capability of their heads, when their
ing forward as well as backwards and anti-
cipating that fearful tribunal at- -which no
occurrence-shall be forgotten; whilst my
imagination penetrated into the. distant
destinies 'which shall bedependant .on its
, • •
clectsiOns.
At, my u a hour I relined to rest, but
the of-meditathirli Thad pursued wis
so important and appropriate,--that-im
agination continuedl it after ' sense ”had
slumbered. "In thoughts from thevisinris
of the night, when deersleep falleth upon
•Man,•"'fitias:mentally concerned in the
the following scene of interest. _ •
I. imagined'inysalf 'stilt. adding link
after link; toi,,:the chain 'of teneciio
_progress-of--Which,, -the time-for t repose
had interrupted; and Oit thus engaged;
-twas--aware-there temained--4-but a few
moments to complete the day.' I ~, i reard,
The . cloCk as it"tolled'the - ktiell - orabOtbere
tyear;.as it rung-slowly the appointed num
ber, each notewait - followed by a sting of
conscience bitterly reproaching Me for
my neglect of precious time : —Tbe last
.strove was ringingin': my4trsA-painful,
as the groan annatiiiting th epariure . or
a valuable friend—when, notwithstanding
the meditative posture in which I Was
ling, I perceived that the dininess'of the
apartMent suddenly became , brighter; and
on n lifting my•ey,gl3 , ,,to discover the cause,
waaterriteck at discovering,that another`
being Was 4with:rne.'m .my •I ,
saioone before•me whose form indeed Wag'
h u mini; ibitt:thetokht glance: of
'lda eye, l and'
hcame 4 d forth rtom, every Tait
'ti his beau
ifullyiptapo,FtlPPY.o, torM, convinced me :
at-a',glance,th - at it was no morial being_
that` 1 fiari.w. , he, , 'elevation of 'hitt btoWT
ghi'e of- the highest order to hia'
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countenance; u n - a ser‘a-,
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the sense of his nature and limited periot
We scallion walk : with all the liatt' teur and
dignity of nabohs, and beat tine earth as if
crept-ion-v -too-infer-jot-to su"stain_tlictn,
mouths catinot giveutteranCe — to an °rig).
nal sentiment: and even the-knouth cannot
be openeq - wittiot a punctilious pucker,
or- affected - rnincing..- 01 what,a glorious
era is Allis! an age of conaistencyl_ an
100 - t'tor-To (ioct an
IEIE3
, Subsequently we - will examine the likes
and inMavations-Whielt - infesccomtnunity,-
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together , with' a full stricture upon the
prevailing ..ehratterNi;rl.s.44l.lhase—sooa
time 'denominated-angels ) but -nio '''' 'll - m 7
perly the , butterflies ofi, , ,4)ciety. _ _ ,
• MESHACI - 1, GALBLA,STER—
r cnd-i'xpositor.
si singol.
On the evening of one thirty-first of
December, I had been . cherishin g the' lin.
miliating - rind solem n reflections *hie
are peculiarly suitable to the•close of the
year, and 'endeavoring to bring my mind'
to that:view of the i past, best calculated to
influerte - the : future. I had attempted to
re the • prominent incidents of the
twelve_months which' had elapsed; and in•
this endeavor, I led. frequently to re.
gret, liow little my . rnemory could retain
even of . that which was most important
to be remembered: • •
I could not avoid, at such-a period, look.
• al o x ,; siet ;4r u , 't:s a s.
As he sPbke thu'a,.he'opened before me
one_ of theLV 91umes which he had brought.
fearfuElailoprelienApni . I -. tead'in it
- MY OWN NAnar j ,and.recogoiseti the. histo , .
t y of my own life during 'the past, year;
With all ifs mitiutest pai.tidulars. .11 - timing
- words were those which that volume con
tained,. all the actions and circumstances
of were registered in that dreadful
bookT.:each-tinder-itt-respe.ciile—heach--4
was first struck with .the'tirle , of "Mer.
* cies received.!t.
reinemb - ratice 7 iok retained
- more were recalled; after having
been forgotten--butltlie far greater inum
.berJad flever___been T noticed
what - a derail of Jfreservatlont'and
eraneei, ancl . avititions,s.ond warnings,
and privileges, und,beitotvmenist.
I" ember-tliat "Sabbaths" stood
oum 'very . prominent characters,' as if
they
. had - been . among the greatest ben - e-;
fits.
„"In;OliseriVing the_jr_cOpitulation,
cupid not but be .sAriick
Lance-it was, tat mapY., , divensations,
which I hid considered . , calamities, were
enumerated here as - G sings; ,Many--a
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iii) Whi - cli had riven tho heart—many ti
:) w . bitterness_seerned to designate
it as a poison, was there verifying the
language of The poet:.
"t'en-crosses from - Ilia sovereign - hand;ve Wets
ipgs•in disguize." •
_ Another catalogue
_was there-4i was
....__________
the enumeration :of "Transgressions."!'
My 'heart . trembles whet; I remember
them: What an immense varie / t of
:classes: Inditerencethoughtlessness- r '
f rMality—ingratitude—unbelie!!sins A,
ainst the world—against the , church--
,
against the Father -= against , the Saviour•
- against - the — Sanctifier—itdad - attire head
of their crowded . hattaliOns, as if for the
Rurpose of driving me to.despair. ,.
. Not One sin was forgotten there—neg
lected Sabbaths—abused ordinances—mis
imp' oved timeencouragecl temptations
:—there they stood, with' no excuse, no
extenuation: . There was one very long
- class — l — remerriber -7 well: -- "ldle—wordset:
and - rilre — picssage ili - h - Fd - litelightning
acoss my mind--" For every idle word
thaiiiian ,. speak, they. shall give an Account
in the dui of judgment."
..._My_supernaturill visitant_here addressed,
ine—"Dest thou observe how small a pre.
7.portion7 - thisi is-of.- . cnin Mission -belt.
se__o fLo m issicm.M __A s __h e
pointed toinatanceslntlit,Oge.diker
r.
the. lone:Wing: ",f was: hungry and thou
gavest. in& no .meat"--"I was thirsty` and'
thou gayest me no was sick
and' thou didst not visit Me." I was con
science st ricken. •. •...
. In another part,of the jeCorcij .dread „
111iltitle_,__-_±' Duties : ,-Performed)A- 7 -:-Alast i
•.hoW small was their number! Humble
~
as ' 7 U
-had been aocistomed- to-think-the
estimate of . My goCeworks, I - was gratitli
Ldisapp_ointedAp_ [kernel ye that _ .Ma ny._. per.
iorrnances Ott'- which. 1 , had looked 'with.
pride; were ontlitte,d,•: 46 becatise," - my visit=-
or informed mci"thcmotive was inipure:7 l
It' Was, howe'ver, - .with feelin . gsof_ the micist
-sec:air4 gratification, ireati beneath-this
.
record, small as it was, the .following-pas.
sage: . "Whosoeier...shall give , a,cup ,of
cold water only in the name of a disciple;
he'shall in ,no wi s e" los'e:his • reward,"4-
Whilst 1 gazed .•on •Marir : other 'similar
iiMilar . ,
records,'such was ,the . 'McnSe , feeling : /
which seemed tt
to be w,..a1,t, ned withine I
c
thatiny. braia•grew..- dizz,ad,"• and 11ny 'ey.e
became-dim:. :;:Oia s aw4ened-from this'
state ;by' the touch ,of lily- supernatural'
irtsikictor; . i , hc:i.pointoil ni'to' ihe . iiOltiln`
in; svflif.h ., I: had "keOcr . oik ovn,terrible: iis.,l
riiry, now sloselb' 4illd 4Fing ,a 364 . 11 * °P'j
Which,.., Wit h.a : sickening fut,tv I -t.va..ttliq. ,
insti i 1 tion:-:: 4 ,6llesefvetl:Miit , thu.: day ; of
; Udell en t - '-iiMit.4 s aid6e -an ki.l;_
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'ed to man before. What thinkest thou
of the record! `Dom. thou novjustly
tremble? : :How many. a 'line is 'here,.
which, "dying, thOtiCotildsvivislito blot."
see thee already ihtiddering, at the
thought of , the disclosure of this volume,
tit'the day of judgmeht, when:an assem
bled world 4hall listen tolts:contents..:-
But 11 4 auch__he the record of one year, ,
what must be the'guilt of 411)17phole life?
_ 9.eek, - then, an interest in the . blood of
Christ, justified by which, thou shalt
in
deed_.-hear, but not to • condemnation.
Pray, that when Other bpoks are openCd,
thy name may be found in
, the book of
life And see,, the volume prepared for
the iS , %!ry_of another 'year; yet its p a ge
is uns Time ii-beicire—theeek
,
to improve it—privileges -are before thee
,tnay._they--___proVe the gate of heaven!
- Judgment is - before: thee==prepare to meet
thy-Giid"--110-turned tO depart, - and-as.
1 seemed - to hear the rustling - which-jtii
pounced:- his- flight,-I -awoe,- --Was it all
Whateyer passes'as a cloud between
•::The mental eye of filth and thinks . uoseen,-
--LCausink-thabrightei'workl-to - disappeari - ‘,
Or seem less lovely, or its hope less dfear;_
This is our world; our idol, though it bear .
Affection's impress; or devotion's air'"
Fromt hc 7 Fiiiits:ylvartielnquirer; . -
• illobberies
- .
By slips from our attentive friends of
we have the particulars of
Some daring robberies_ of the i .mail, while
-on its passage . between New Orleans,
- Nashville and Cincinnati/and of th,edis-,,
covery and arrest of the.partie's concern , .
'ed—the primhry..agpdts being - the-mail
-rife rs t e Gincinnati
Post Says . :: “The / EXpress Mail haS been
robbed at a .place between Louisville
-a it d-Na ej;Lbyt. h ecairieTsi- - tit - Drttf
ird, toTtlie amount of nearly
seventy fA'otaalui - dollars a n.ti shout
three thousgaddollarsig ; Bank, notes:
Two'oftthe riders (b4s) were yesterday
taken/ up and comrnitted; on one of
- found', a hundred. - dollars of
tet money. Also,. was yesterday taken.
/ up acid committed, a - man,. resident of.
-this-city-withwhom the : robberr3 depos
ited the Most•of their ready money. 7—
The terrier's of 'justice. are on the track;
,and in hot pursuit of a fourth,.. whom
there is little di-hi - UN:Mt they will over
take." The following • more detailed
account is from the Cincinnati Gaiette:
.ROBBERY OF THE EXPRESS
About the first of this- , month/it was
ascertained that frequent losses" had oc.;
cured with letters sent by the .'Ex
press Mail," from-New-Grleans-and-
NashVille.• , --Gen. Armstrong, postmas
ter at Nashville, Tenp.,:and S. M.
Canipbell; poStmaster it Louis
and'Judge- Burke,
Esq.
ter here, and George Plitt, Esq. pOst
office a
_cnt wer - e - ih - c - orres ondence--to:.
ferret out the 'cause.
Some weeks -since, , p,.. boy - by the
name of.Henryl..Crosgrove, who was
carrying the ; "Express Mail,", near the
"Three Forks," ICy. on - the route be
_tween-.LOuisv illei-Ky., :and 7N - a - sh -, i1116, -
T'enn., sent to his mother in this'city
a check, drawn - in . New arleatis - , .on a
Ba . nk in New York for „51.506—with
a j .request that She . Woul d -sen d- -it orr for
collectioni . that it. had been . given to bier)
by .a mae,.. who told; .hire if he._.would
collect,--the airtount of the. cheek • he
should hav, ssoo.eut cif . the , proCeeds..
His mother sent it , on-avnd her friend
at New .York,., wrote back to.her that:it
could not be liaid''without. thesatit.hori ,
ty oof Air:lairfeilliiikif;77l.. -- , - tii - whose;
ordeirtcwas.made 'payable. • • - : ,
. This letter Was received here on the
14th inst. Itire - Crosgrove - - called • on -
Mr.' HickS, 'and then found, it vtia . ,.ii
check
.that had been.senf to hiM.,frorri .
- New - Orleansi---bot--:.yliieb----the- 1 11ad-:ilot'
received:. The day before,:the.l2th, •
young:Cioagro.ve ;60407,.b0me.:,And ;oni
the .10th, immediatelf,,after the, faelsi,
`above - statedi - ,aVout l thei check._,Ware :
known, : kr -was . :arrested - 4y - - - me. - Et; . 1 ) ::
Langcicirt - ' - ar'assistantlrostmasteri , and ,
committed 'by . Col,;''Sam`l.''''W...DaV,is,.
Mayor . 6f the city, to jail foetriaL'• 7 '
' He' would .make - no confession the'
time o rres , . b utslated that.anothet
boy !ii.ifiej nathe'Of George W.,:;Vlarsh
o(4s-city ; 'Whet . hattbeen riding . , Ex-.
press at the same place,, 1a45059 ; .d0m.c:
.up wit h, riltt 77 4,hat- Marsh ;was .o
.have
half PC . th .(O 4P ( ?.. j`r' -• '. --,' '. l'. I
The,nexti . mernipg, -11 - 1 - 4:.Ma 1 4 - 1 ",:w i! - 8 ',
arrested. by Mr , fa'qobq . Deputy Mari4hal
and ,also , coMMtlled,. by the. Arlayor,:,'r ,I
dl s
• :Marsh made,a ' erent. slat emen t: froth':
Itiat thaqt by . .Cr " grovti;k ,, l' t tip:;:•;Stay,or- I
f ; ailltl:''lli Thil
.:giii)., it.pin . _.% 7 4 , h il'iO. , :t lic..i ai I
an'd. hatl"4 .fit Ili 11 er i-ni'6ti4oii.p!''Willti!
' C i•eS`.i. a I'. - whi ' 'ill 2 - iVaile : di , Ve'ssk . Cll . ''
, t ., ", ~ '.: ... 1 i NI
; I tilr !" 11, ,seIT‘iiiiii- Mat ) 1 1IlitV",robt: - .4-1-I'?et ,
1 - P4ifeAS - - 14AL4ititt l ' ' - ', : e:144144: - 141'A - ii, l
, , - ~ • —oj- --44„.44,,, .4, 1
amount,..had.bseett i y±4 . n.s i frotp I be, rfp),l,l
1 .;;;
the
-
and
h l e t ! ' i p n P t
h 9 ,: i t se vt' s,a i ln l, n l - clime,
the detail. Marsh's trunk waslnarne
diately examineeby M. Langdon and
Ira A: Butterfield, DeputY Marshal,
and cheeks post.notes ' and drafts-fou
aTounting to upvtiards of. $70,000;
- Which are in the hands of: the , Mayor. -
Shortly after, Mr, John:W., ReileY.
Noeks and W. Moody, city Constables,
succeeded in. finding, about' sl9oo_in
bank niates which had been held. by
'Marsh. -
Peter Vanaden, who , had receivern
part of the money from'Crosgroye / and
Marsh; has, , also been committed t He
had $7OO, in, notes,- which is- Bemired.
'_Another person is said:tckbe e6rreerned
in receiving:- money lrom - the- boy
The persons above named arid "John
-McLeau:and_jesse Con Stables ,
have aided in these/disclosures, and
used every vigilana to ferret out the
persons concerned/
%The riedessity / o / f - a - dherrng - to - the - law, -
:
in - prohibitin,g i -ba nk-notes s -- from _ being
Bent in the- 'fr'Expess—Mail r '' l tnuat-lie_
apparent to/every person; it ought riot
to be- violated -without penalty. The
-cks - irtd - notis -- so far as—found-a-re-in
safe lte ( eping.
•
•
+4 • •
A LONG YARN, 'uNrew:i_gra.:Eb. n
T i nesday morning last,-soon after three
-masons had gained the top of a 'chimney,
(upwards of sixty yards, high,) now
, being-finished-it-the-ne ill;
.some_misfartune_:_the rope connected_
with. the blocks, by which the materhils
were raised to: the workmen; breke;
and= as--it was
. help of the
same tope that the workmen .could be
enabled to 'descend from their.perilouS
•
.
-eminence; it be conceived' that
theiriituatien was by 416 ineana - an 'en=
ou s. eans _tv.ere: tie& to
get a line within their .reach, by .the
help of a knife•••and hy! . • other
4 t len gtit-three-Okke.,lo . olfita - - ,
had-arri trea t anckhe_ . -itireepOor_!fellow_s_-;
were still roosting aftheir=atvful .eleva
tion, When a distressed woman, wife of
one of the unfortunates, - - had thejoyful
Telicity-to-remein her-that -her--husband
had on-a neW pair of -knit---stoeltings
"Well," the reader' will probably say,
"and what was the advantage to be
expected - from the stockings being knit
rather than woven?" Oh! a Woman's
wit united with a woman's love has of-
ten overcome much greater difficulties
than that of communicating with the ob
ject Of their - affection seventy : ' yards
apart, whether - the seperation - might he
by height or width; and so. it was that .
the knit stocking was to lae made - the
happy• medium. - "Hie
she ,cried out, "and cut the toe of-your.
- stocking . ; continue the ra' veling
you get a length sufficient to reach' the
.1 -- tri.h;•then attach - a small stonefcTit - to•
sink it here." The man otteyed the
oracle,"as many (perhaps too' many) be
fore him hate done, and in a short time
iheltad.a leng_thef worsted long.enough
to reach theground, which e•letdown.
- _ell„_:thnext:L_b — tr4inT , qtr - w'tq - to - tie - ,4 -
worsted to a thin cord; which the man
dreiv up, and then the ori , ;itial rope for
the bleek . •havingbeen 'fastened to the
cord, it was also drawn. up, : ancl• by the
_me n_accadjusted„as-to-enabletheM-Wi
safety to descend on terra (Irina:, - We
are sure that great. credit wait due to the
IN
woman for the wayin which she im
proved-aLlucky-thOught4-an& thwe.-per
sons who my perchance he - subjected
to a•similar ,disaster to 'the one •which
befel these three-luen,-shoubl-take..-.eare
above all_ things never: to forget the.
ue of knit- stockings in such: an. enter- -
gency,7•77Preston.-.(EnglandyPaltiol.
learn thatilaiLTtiesdaoakt,' (says the
Darien Telegiqiph` of the 12th nstarit,)
the Darien stage-met'With.' . a-deplerable
accident ar - Kling',s Bridge, abou't, 'eight
miles from. thi9 - eiff,76 - r - i'
road. • The carriage was One'
gentiemam from 'PaWyelier,.g.„l:,..was
threWn. otit!.apd - iconsiaerably--(though
by_. no means. dangerously).wounded,..;,;
The allyer'.passengqrs,.A:.whi.,,e_hlysre_
- Were . t hreev-d tujory..
The.eause::'of..thia,..aecideAt,j#st;ptireiy
.awing to the wrelehastatel. , o,f d'eeay
vhieh.the'Bridge ha>klong been' Oertnit- .
ted to lie and the driver has, often; sta;.
ted . that . he . expeeted One'.4ay'oi.other
ari - ei;,ent- Of .the `'kind,:'"
of iNriii.#46„.4,"B'ef.o . the . pat ! '
tonal jiis torv,of ttiis;l,caitjifµl
bints'was'known, trayelleisfphtMlMr,
wonderful B,torres , „ in rAilarc!9o, t0i 11 149 1 .
I,t xas .alleged;fll4:l .
Were : ever:on,
.the
!hem with,: feet, .an(F thatlllPY 4,4ifilgA:
entirely' on: , : air: :
I)6W-they. could r
their powttitiderA 1' 81 "
f..1`11 i
r;:u on` 6 I': il
-,,0t! g ,are/led veil,' '
•
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=NI
.74 11 E11 ;S.E.ItiTES 7 .91I'l-41,7Vi1.
...Intere,stinOwlid 1007 rtani:: r' • •
.
A .highiy, intere‘tinidebathlank.p . faie
i the Senate or tie 7tjfi.RWS,9oo ?ili.k. -,ii
londay,.nri tvinntion to.-I;ny*the' : 4ble ,
t i
a ,petition - pktying-foi. ihelabolition . :)ir ' --'
slaveryin-,the Distrie,t - aCtiliiinbia.' , : , : , ''i!'
Ma. . CLAN', of
.K.y.,'; b': 'ed iltat - ,itio'
motidyhe 'Withdrawn; '' e••niotion-:.wik- , --
-wit! irawn. ' Mr: C .y-ttink!the flooi arid: - .
sa he , Was aux' u4' icy - learn froni: thi.P..
.S.inttors' , representing- the -- free-Siateo--'- ,
i i
/What;were the causes -, ,and• what . .the - ez."'. - - ' '
tint 'of the -Anti-Slatieryleellngi in . . the -- T.,,,
North? ' Was it upon - , the increase or ttp, .
„:
on the decrease? , ;Was; not the:increase. -
caused:-by. the.,suppositinn : -on- the part
of Ihe.petitioners, : t hat ,the... Fight, of peti- : - ---
tiOn had been .invaded,hy'a.refusal . on•the
part of Cimgress to-,receive and refer.pe-, .
fitions?.. Would not the petitions.. dq- ,- ,
crease if they Were referred to a commit- - -.
! . ‘ee - ; -- a - itit - a --- c - eport, a calinolispaastona
',t ranquil, reasoning - report, be prese nted .? - '.
lot the consideration OP - the Ainerican , '
People? . Stich was the . pu . ?port of:„l t tie : r __
- qt - Tesitons pCesenteitlif . - Mr. CliK7. -- ;
Messrs.-W-all, of.Ne . iv-Jersey,-Fl&qts&-i,-
, - -aud.-.Swift,---Of--:Verniontiles, of.CO'h.e. ,-
1 ne,ctieut, and other.N.OrtheenSenatom alllN.
responded .affirmativelY to, the 'questions.. o
of Al r. CI. 9 y.... - .- - A ,Yi thout
.ext.ei-5q.01.1..01reY7`4
:--
said that they . beliet.a. referrente..
of the petitiOns.,svoit,..agitatinn,-,-
check discusSion, heal the public :.
and in a measure end,the getting up.,and
reception Torpetitions:. .-• ' • ..-.
~ . ..NO. ,
-The discussion branched.out—rth- :
'ern -and Southein feeling _both bedarne.,_
-enlisted, - and the discifiSion finally seem." ; .
cct to rest s_v_i th_Mr.__C lay_and_M r...•_,cat.,.._
houti.,_ The South .Carblina: and Iten.,
tuck) , Senators both addressed the Sen- t •
Ate.ihree or fox timesi: and with much - -•
w.armtli of feeling... Mr. Calhoun:pet.-
ststed .in his deterinination againit the.- --
- recepii.in of petitions--=against Offerer . , -:
ence..all reper,ti\ancl all discussion.," - ',.
; -- M - N - Clay - as - warpnly - pershted - itravor-if:
of a reception - , reference, ' consideration,,
and-a report from the Committee.ag inat
the prayer of the - petltiOners'. The eit-'
.• * out . -aro t to quW
-tion-0f.1.1-nlot ant htlisuitin hntt g --- _,400n-='
t he cespli.:.:Mr.'Clay answered -
that.l,le.
believed no such Thing. Ile:felt' cnnyin - - ..
ted,:he Said,ithat the - people *Old' iisti;F
en te'reason; . to'arguinent:and' to till,4lS-;
ffiiii - On - ate_._ ap peal, i Lmost-willinglyi - and --
vith universal respect.- Dia - Uninti he did..
net fear, and- he wished theSenaicoirfroin.. '
South Carolina would, iptead.Of.:OpeOs- '
ing , thereception of petitions; bring, itt a,,
Joint Resolution' that everY - 'membe'r: Of '•
Congress - should' be called' to' Order; by;
the' presiding Officer when he even snide'
allusion to: disunion.' -'For liiinselthe. ,
'
vould jOin.heart and hand in thedupport,
of such measure. .. . .
,•
• 'chits the discussion continued , , until
. ,
4 o'clock when the petition w as laid-uP•
on' the table by ayes and.nois:- • - 4Yes 25,
Previous to the discussion on this sub
ject, Mr. Preston - gave notice that he
should, at an early day, introduce mea
sures-for the annexation ofTeXaitothe
Union. •
THE PEOPLE ARE COMING.
The Collowink is taken from.i/Ifissou--
riuno leading paper
ent -I-Of-the--
Union to the other, the' people are -
clarini for HARRISON. 'Vermont'
has said she warits'no . other; Pennsyl.: -
vania, New. Jersey and Maryland,__alL___
- whig -- state - S - a - nd: decidedly prefer .
Tim to any other , candidate.' Erelong,
the balioy Igyeze„ti_o_Lthe._.__ehitfalrikus--
south will Waft to every part , A).l,4lo,
Urrion - the - expres - sion — ciriti — Slippprt.iif
rio man who numbers the .people, the,
rank and 'file, of all Parties, among , ,his
supporters;
.. , FLAG• OF THE PEOPLE:m,
' , f o r .i i .. "r,i" ....t.{ ... ~,I
'a::::rA sii.gle tprtrk t, e resjoien.. %
Cs, and the offiCo' eilkiiirti . itre4 ger ; the
_wlieleeoieie_attd-tiOt,for;-a_Pii:Oy.- - ---i
• gior.A - sound,-um '
orm an -,,---conve
....-
nient National Currency. adopted. Jo
the wants of the whnltt country, instead
of the Shin, Plaitertt brought,about..byt
present rulers.
Economy; Retrenchment and Reform
he_Atiministration-offpubliaaff:aits.—
ICrTi red of Experiments ‘amf4Ext:
perimenteret,republidan grafittitie,"" l 4lll
reward unobtrusive Merit, 4 1)$%killevit
ting ilte , subilterit of, NVOshingtOCiair
the of Jefferson and resutnlitg' •-
the iafi'and beat'eti;Fagh 4r„otii rstiftefi.
On; Fit ES /DEZI 7 t
11 .7 14 r . 4 , 24II'VEAFRY , 444fSOAT At
- or. 4u11;.
the iiii,r4Prd, iat-daef;itY iniurettila - t
dier,whoYaS tcNgh_t. mare, i battles t1 1 ,,a9t !
any other American'tironera,l,`an4nap..-;
cr q victory!
The upright\Fitizen and
who has fi qed almost eY973 % e r flei '614 ,
public station, , both 'andA
wiih xcal prebit3' , :thit
him p 001 .4 614 with sit) g1:010rs'
timic rpb Se % littdeci4AFe
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