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-"With sweetest flowers cnrich'd,
From various gardens man] with care."
TIMM ARE SOUNDS OF MIRTH.
There arc sounds of mirth in the night-air ringing,
And lamps from every casement shown:
While voices blithe within are singing,
That seem to say "Come" in every tone.
Ah! once how light in life's young season,
My heart bath bounded at that sweet lay,
Nor paused to ask of grey-beard Reason
If I should the syren call obey.
And sec—the lamps still livelier glitter,
The syren lips more fondly sound—
No, seek, ye nymph, some victim fitter
To sink in your rosy bondage bound,
Shall a bard, whom not the world in arms
Could bend to tyranny's rude control,
Thus quail at sight of woman's charms,
And yield to a smile his frco born soul?
Thus says the sage, while, slyly stealing,
The nymphs their fetters around him cast,
And, their laughing eyes the while concealing,
Lcd Liberty's bard their slave at last.
For the poet's heart, still prone to roving,
Was like that rock of the Druid race,
Which the gentlest touch at once set moving,
But all earth's power could'nt shako from its base
ORIGIN AL.
For the Getlysburg Star and Republican Banner
ON THE VARIETIES or THE
HUIVIAN RACE.
No subject, perhaps, has afforded a more
fertile theme tbr speculation, and a more
prolific source oferror, than the origin and
cause of the different varieties of the human
race. The most distinguished naturalists,
both of Europe and America, have devoted
much time and attention to the subject,with
out, however coming to a satisfactory con
clusion. Many ingenious hypotheses have
been advanced, supported by profound learn
ing and argument; hut every one, however
plausible its aspect, is liable to serious ob
jections.
It is now almost universally conceded,that
there is but one distinct species, and that
the great diversity of flint) and features that
is to be found on various parts of the globe,
are just so many varieties of the same spe
cies. It is maintained by some writers of
celebrity, that the Mosaic account furnishes
us with evidence, that the several pi ominent
divisions have had so many d istinct origins
from various sources. In confirmation of
their hypotheses, they refer to that creation
of man that occupied a portion of the sixth
day, and to the creation of Edam and Eve
the immediate progenitors of the Hebrews,
which is subsequently related in another
chapter of Genesis. Other passages in re
lation to Cain, they contend necessarily pre
suppose the existence of human beings an
terior to Adam and Eve, or he could not
have obtained those implements of husband
ry of which Moses gives an account; they
also confess the difficulty of conceiving why
ho should betray symptoms of fear upon
leaving his father's house, that any one find
ing him might slay ,him, or that he should
go into another country and marry a wife
and build a city, if the descendants of his
ancestors were the only human inhabitants
on the lace of the earth.
However lucid and ingenious the argu
ments, a careful perusal of . the Mosaic writ
ings cannot fail incontestibly to prove, that
those various relations refer to one and the
same species. It is presumed by a cele
brated English writer, whose opinions are
entitled to much attentiori, that those pas
sages in reference to Cain, are not inconsis
tent with a single creation only. Food,
climate, mode of living, with a combination
of other causes, are considered amply suffi
cient to account satisfactorily for the differ
ent varieties of our race. Those causes,
either individually or collectively consider
ed, are totally insufficient to account for the
diversities of color, form, features and ex
pression that are to be found among man
kind."
The European, who inhabits a temperate
climate, undergoes no change, either in color
or features, during a protracted residence in
the tropical regions, the temporary change
effected upon the color of the skin, by the
scorch;ng rays of a vertical sun, excepted,
the dark tinge immediately disappearing as
soon as he returns to his native clime. Hut
the offspring of those Europeans, who have
long been resident in the West Indies or oth
er Equatorial regions, are in form and color
precisely similar to those born in the tem
perate climate of France orEngland. Neith
or do those children born in hot climates,
whose ancestors 'emigrated thence from a
mild climate, differ in the smallest degree
from those from whom their ancestors origi
nated.
The same observation applies to the Mon
golion variety; the Chinese, who inhabit a
warm count ry,are no darker than the Green
landers, who belong to the same variety, in.
babiting the seventieth and even the seven
ty-sixth degree of North Latitude. The
Greenlander, who, in consequence of the
extreme cold, is obliged to spend a great
portion of the year under grouirtl, is as dark
_colored as the Chinese; and those parts of
the bodies of the African and other dark
varieties, protected by clothing, are as dark
as those immediately exposed to the influence
of the sun's rays.
The color, then, appears to' be dependent
upon some inherent peculiarity of the varie
ty, without regard to climate. The white
and the black man are promiscuously scat
tered over the thee of the globe,independent.
ly either of climate, food or manner of liv•
tkii white man in one place subsisting
wholly upon vegetables, in another upon ani
" I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION."--.SHAKS.
mal (Odd; in one country in a state of mill.
zation, in another in a state of barbarism,in
the torrid, temperate and frigid zones. The
same is true of the black nmn.
The form of the skull, also varies mate- I
rially in the different varieties, without re
gard either to climate, food or any of those
causes already recited. In the European or
Caucasian vuriety,the forehead is prominent,
and the superior portion of the skull much
more expanded laterally, than in the other
varieties. It is upon the greater expansion
of those parts, and the consequently greater
development of the brain, that the superior
intellectual capacities of the European,
(which no one scarcely any longer doubts,)
depend. From man downward, as the scale
of intelligence lowers, we also observe a cor
responding retrocession in the forehead.—
The ancients were well aware of the fact,
that a prominent forehead was almost uni
formly an indication ofsuperior intelligence;
hence the Statues of their favored gods, re
nowned for their wisdom, all exhibita bold
and projecting forehead. It is true,that we
occasionally hear of highly intelligent indi
viduals among the sable sons of Africa, but
such instances are extremely rare ; excel).
tions,only,Which prove the general rule. The
Ethiopian, in physical conformation, does
obviously approach nearer to the inferior
animals than the European. The narrow
receding forehead and other physical pecu•
liarities, which it would be unnecessary to
particularize,evidently indicate,that the dif
ference does not depend merely upon food,
climate or inede of living.
View the Ethiopian recently imported
from the burning climes of Africa, and him
who was horn in the temperate regions of
North America; in firm and color, they are
still the same. In point of intellect, the Eu
ropean is vastly his superior. No Athens
or Rome ever flourished amongst them. It
is the European variety to which the world
is indebted for a Cicero and Demosthenes;
and in more recent times, for a Pitt, a Fox,
a Washington and Franklin, and a galaxy
of others who have shone with such brillian
cy in the firmament of literature, science
and the arts. It is to the superior intelli
gence of the European, that the children of
Africa are indebted for the blessings of civ
ilization, science and the arts; and judging
from the progress they have made in the
latter two, we here very little to anticipate•
from their acquisitions. Whilst they are
dependent upon the European for the great
est blessings they enjoy, they are also de
pendent upon him, (to his eternal disgrace,)
for their greatest sufferings and misery.—
The want of opportunity may perhaps be
urged in their defence; they were no more
destitute of knowledge originally, than that
variety of the human fiimily which has made
such rapid progress in every species of im
provement. We are of necessity obliged
to refer the general ignorance that prevails
amongst them, to some original cause of a
mental character. Far be it from the inten
tion ofthe writer, to justify the severity with
which those unfortunate creatures are too
frequently treated, uporithe principle of their
ignorance; instead of that being a justifica
tion, it should be the strongest incentive to
enlist our sympathy and commiseration in
their behalf. It is noble anti magnanimous
to treat inferiors with lenity.
The causes of the different varieties of
the human race, yet remain to be explained.
The subject is shrouded in darkness, and we
have not obtained the means necessary to
dispel it; until then, we will be obliged to
grope in the dark, and amuse ourselves with
such theories as we may chance to stumble
upon. One of the most plausible theories
in relation to the cause of the different va
rieties of our race is by Laurence, an Eng
lish writer of deserved celebrity. He'sug
gests that a distinct and permanent variety
may be produced by accidental deviations
from the original species, and that byahe
union of those anomalies, without intermix
ture with the original, the offspring would
after several generations be radically chang
ed, with perhaps scarcely a feature remain
in common with the original. Thus he
thinks a permanent variety may be estab
lished. It is like all others, liable to objec
tions; for if varieties were thus formed, it is
probable that we or our ancestors should
have witnessed the formation of one at least
of those numerous tribes of varieties of the
human race. Not a single instance, how
ever, of this kind is to be found on record.
In a recent popular work, by an individual
who stands high in public estimation for the
profundity of his learning, It is observed by
the author, that a thousand or more years
are requisite, before the influence of climate,
and of the other causes enumerated, is exer
ted; and that the same period would be re
quired for the residence of the African in a
different climate, before every vestige of his
peculiarity would be effaced. He states,that
he does not doubt, that the African would
become entirely white among us in five or
ten centuries.
From the facts already stated, it is obvi
ous that climate, and the other causes men
tioned, are insufficient to account for the
striking peculiarities manifested in the'va
rieties of the human race. But even ad
mitting it as a fact that climate does exert
a great influence,it is not reasonable t?FtUfer
that the African would become white a
mongst us after a lapse of five or ten or even
more centuries; because it is well known
that the native Americans, or Indians, are
of a red or copper color—consequently, if
climate have the tendency to change the
native hue of the African, he would in all
probability turn red. The" African would
not, as the author referred to would have it,
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watiriwavartKace,, infamazatzt o aLtaratzt e. acme.
turn white—but, on the contrary, the white
man,as well as the black,would turn red.
The cause of the numerous varieties of
the human race, is enveloped in mystery ;
and he who modestly confesses ignorance,
is perhaps nearer the truth than ho who has
spent years in searching for the cause; for
ofientimes when we are in ssarch of truth,
our favorite theories carry us further from
the goal, than we were when we set out.
The African differs from the European,both
mentally and physically, whether he inha
bit the torrid, temperate or frigid zone.
Reasoning analogically from the inferior
animals up to man, we are able to satisfy
ourselves that there is but one species, hay
hg but one origin—and that the numerous
varieties we observe,'are but so many varie
ties of the same species. F.
The following is a passage from a Poem on enthusi
asm, by JOHN . L. Lewis, of Pen Yan, N. Y. which
received the premium offered by the publishers of
the New England'Galaxy, for the boat Poem.
Extracts from the Life and Treason of Bendict Ar
nold, by Jared Sparks.
OAPTURE OP MAT. ANDRE.
It happened that, the same morning on
which Andre crossed Pine's Bridge, seven
persons, who resided near Hudson's River,
on the neutral ground, agreed voluntarily to
go out in company armed, watch the road,
and intercept any suspicious stragglers, or
droves of cattle that might be seen passing
towards N. York. Four of this party were
stationen a . hill, where . they had a view
of the roa a considerable distance. The
three othe awed John Paulding, David
l ot
Williams, and Isaac Van Wart, were con..
scaled in-the Wishes at ififoiner - place • iin - fil
very near the road.
About half a mile north of the village of
Tarrytown, and a few hundred yards from
the bank of Hudson's River, the road cross
ed a small brook, from each aide of which
the ground rises into a hill, and it was at
that time covered over with trees and under
bush. Eight or ten rods south of this brook,
and on the west aide of the road, these men
were hidden; and at that point Andre was
stopped, after having travelled from Pine's
Bridge without interruption.
The particulars of this event I shall here
introduce as they o are narrated in the testi
mony given by Paulding and Williams at
Smith's trial, written down at the time by
the judge advocate; and preserved in manu
script among the other papers. This testi
mony having been taken only eleven days
after the capture of Andre, when every cir
cumstance must have . been fresh in the re
collection of his captors, it may be regarded.
as exhibiting a greater exactness in its de
tails, than any account hitherto published.
In answer to the question of the court,Paul
ding said:
" Myself, Isaac Van Wart, and David
Williams,were lying by the side of the road
about half a mile above Tarrytown, and a
bout fifteen miles above Kingsbridge,on Sa
turday morning, between nine and ten o'-
clock, the 23d September. We had lain
there about an hour and a half, as near as I
can recollect, and saw several persons we
were acquainted with, whom we let pass.
Presently one of the young men who were
with me said, "There comes a gentleman
like looking man, who appears to be well
dressed,and has boots on,and whom you had
better step out and stop, if you don't know
him." On that I got up, and presented my
flrelock at the breast of the person, and told
him to stand; and then 1 asked him which
way he was going. "Gentlemen," said he,
"I hope you beloog to our party." I asked
him what party. He said "The lower par
ty " Upon that 1 told him I did. Then
he said, "I am a British officer out of the
country on particular business, and I hope 1
you will not detain me a minute; and to show
that he was a British officer he pulled out
his watch. Upon which I told him to dis
mount. He then said, "My God, I must do
any thing to get along," and seemed to make
a kind of laugh of it, and pulled out General
Arnold's pass,which was to John Anderson,
to pass all guards to White Plains and below.
Upon that he dismounted. Said he, "Gen
tlemen, you had best let me go, or you will
bring yourselves into trouble, for your stop
ping me will detain the General's business;"
and said ho was going to Dobb's Ferry to
meet a person there and get intelligence for
General Arnold. Upon that I told him I
hope he would not be offended, that we did.
not mean to take any thing from him; and
I told him there were many bad people,who
were going along the road, and I did not
know but perhaps he might be one."
When further questioned, Paulding repli
ed, that he asked the person his name, who
told hint ,it was John Anderson; and that
when Anderson produced General Arnold's
pass, he should have let him go, if he had
MISCELLANEOUS.
WOMAN'S LOVE.
But Woman's Love, a treasure richer far,
Than all the trophies of the victor are;
Oh' let the heartless, selfish worldling deem,
That 'tis the fancy of an idler's dream;
The frigid Platonist may preach in vain,
'Tis but the fiction of iftie Poet's brain;
His frozen heart could never taste the bliss
Of mother's love, or gentle sister's kiss.
Sweet as the moss-rose in its earliest blush,
Is her affection in its first warm gush;
Like sparkling , ruby, is its crimson glow,
Or silver founts which in the sunbeam flow.
'Tis like the snow upon an Alpine height,
As pure, as stainless, and as dazzling bright,
A talisman of virtues rich and rare,
The brightest jewel happy man can wear.
Its clinging fondness never is estranged,
It ever burns unchangeable, unchanged.
Nor chilled by time, nor overcome by fear,
It soothes the soul, and dries the falling tear,
So mild and beauteous, ardent, yet so calm,
Purer than air, more healing than a•babu,
Enthusiasm tests its lasting truth,
In woman's heart it reigns in age and youth.
In every changing circumstance of life,
Child of Enthusiasm, mother, maid or wife
not before called himself a British officer.
Paulding - atso - said, that when the person
pulled out his watch, he understood it as a
signal that he was a British officer, and not
that he meant to offer it to him as a present.
All these particulars were substantially
confirmed by David Williams, whose testi-
mony in regard to the searching of Andre,
being more minute than Paulding's, is here
inserted.
"We took him in the bushes," said Wil
liams, and "ordered him to pull off his
clothes, which he did; but on searching him
narrowly we could not find any sort of writ
ings. We told him to pull off his boots,
which he seemed to be indifferent about;
but we got one boot off; and searched in
that boot, and could find nothing. But we
found there were some papers in the bottom
of his stocking next to his foot; on which
we made him pull his stocking off, and found
three papers wrapped up. Mr. Paulding
looked at the contents and said he was a
spy. We then made him pull off his other
boot, and there we found three more papers
at the bottom of his foot, within his stocking.
" Upon this we made him dress himself,
and I asked him what ho would give us to
let him go. He said he would give us any
sum of money. I asked hire whether he
would give us his horse,saddle,bridle,watch
and one hundred guineas. He, said 'Ves,"
and told us he would direct them to any
place, even if it was that very spot, so that
we could get them. I asked him whether
he would give us more. He said he would
give us anyquantity of dry goods, or any
sum of inoney,and bring it to any place that
we might pitch upon so that we might get
it. ' Mr. Paulding answered, "No, if you
were to give us ten thousand guineas, you
should not stir one step." I then asked the
person who called himself John Anderson
if lie would not get away if it lay in his
power. He answered, "Yes, I would." I
told him I did not intend that he should.—
While taking him along, we asked him a
few questiOns,and we stopped under a shade.
He begged us not to ask him questions, and
said when- he came to any commander he
would reveal all.
"He was dressed in a blue over-coat, and
a tight body coat, that was of a kind of cla
ret color, though a rather deeper red than
claret. The button-holes were laced with
gold tinsel,and the buttons drawn over with
the same kind of lace. He had on a round
hat,. and nankeen waistcoat and breeches,
g anne t and drawers, boots,
The nearest military post was NortilfAti
tle,where Lieutenant Colonel ClAstesoN was
stationed with a part of Sheldon's regiment
of dragoons. To that place it was resolved
to take the prisoner; and within a few hours
lie was delivered up to Jameson,with all the
papers that had been taken from his boots.
LOVE AND !MIEN DSFIIP.
The birds, when winter shades the sky,
Fly o'er the sea away,
Where laughing isles in sunshine lie,
Aud summer breezes play.
And thus the friends that flutter near,
While fortune's sun is warm,
Are Startled if a clould appear,
And fly before the storm.
But when from winter's howling plains
- Each other warbler's past,
The little snow-bird still' remains,
And cherups 'mid the blast. •
Love, like that bird, when friendship's throng
With fortune's sun depart,
Still lingers with its cheerful song,
And nestles on the heart.
It was among the loveliest customs of the
ancients to bury the young at the morning
twilight—for, as they strove to give the soft
est interpretation to death so they poetically
imagined that Aurora, who loved the young,
had stolen them to her embrace.
In marriage, prefer the person before
wealth, virtue before beauty, and the mind
before the body—then you have a friend and
a companion.
MILTON was asked if he intended to in
struct his daughter in thedifferent languages,
to which he replied, "No, sir, one tongue is
sufficient for a woman."
In Sweden there is a strange supersition,
that the nobility and great men possess on
Christmas a temporary power of self-trans
formation into wolves, when they devour
sheep, empty the beer cellars! &c.
A New South Wales native thus describes
a parson.—"He white feller—belong to
Sunday—gets up top o' waddy,pile long cor
robbera all about debbill, debbill—and wear
skirt over transit."
An old lady was apt to be troubled in her
dreams, and rather superstitious withal, in•
formed the Parson of the parish that on the
night previous she dreamed she saw her
grandfather who bad been dead for ten years.
The clergyman asked her what she had been
eating. "Oh, only half of a mince pie!"—
“Well," says he, •'it you had devoured the
other half you might probably have seen
your grandmother."
HORT SPIDERS MARE BRIDGES.—SODIe of
the most distinguished naturalists in the
world believe that spiders have the art of
crossing streams of water on bridges of their
own making. Mr. Spencer relates the fol
lowing curious fact.
"Having placed a large full grown ,spider
on a cane planted upright in the midst of a
stream of water, he saw it descend the cane
several times, and .remount when it had ar
rived at the surface of the water. Sudden
ly he lost sight of it, wholly; but a few min
utes afterwards, to his great astonishment
he perceived it quietly pursuing its awn way
on the other side of the stream. Having
spun two threads along it
the Cane,had Cut
one of them, which carried by the wind had
become attached to some object on the bank,
and so served the spider as a bridge across
the water."
VARIOUS MATTERS.
According to the report on Executive
Pittronage, by Mr. Calhoun, there are 100,-
000 persons red with Treasury pup, in the.
United States!
LEGISLATION EXTRAORDINARY.-- M is-
Souri Legislature, Jan. 1. The Speaker
laid before the House a communication from
His Excellency the Governor, inviting the
members to take a glass of wino with him at
3 o'clock--whereupon the House adjourned.
The Selrct Committee of the Virginia
Legislature, appointed on the subject of in•
creasing the Banking capital of that State,
have reported in favor of the establishment
of a new Bank at Richmond, with .a capital
of 82,750,000, with several branches in dif
ferent parts of the state.
The Richmond Compiler says—We.hear
of a distressing affair, which occurred lately
in . Nottoway county, Va. Dr. Grisham
and Dr. Jackson had some altercation on
the subject of the political movements of
the day, when the former shot the latter
through the body, of which wound he died
in a few minutes. We cannot detail the
particulars with precision.
MIssIssIPPI.—A bill is before the Legis
lature to establish a Bank to be located at
the town of Jackson, of Five Millions of
Dollars! Also, for another Bank to be es
tablished at Rodney. Although this beau
tiful Jackson administration is for a gold
currency and for putting down all Banks,
there will be ten where there was one, be
fore their crusade commenced. -
Major PETER MUISLENTIERG Of this place,
says the Reading Chronicle, has beer. nomi•
nated by the President, and confirmed by
the Senate, as Paymaster of the U: States
Army.
Legislatures of the Uniom
From the Boston Courier.
Maine Muse of Representatives,. not less
than 100 members, nor more than 200. Se
nate, not teas than 20 nor more than 31.
-:Massachusettel Senators,4o. Represen
tatives, 605.
New-Hampshire. Representatives, one
for every 150 polls, and over that, one for
every 300 rateable polls. Senate, 12 mem
bers.
Vermont. Every town sends one Repre
sentative. The Council consists of 12 mem
bers.
Rhode Island. Representatives, 72. Se.
nate, 10.
Connecticut. Representatives, 208. Se
nate, not less than 16, not more than 24.
New York. Representatives, 128. Se
nate, 32.
New Jersey. pcpresentatives,so.•
cil 14.
Pennsylvania. Representatives, 109. Se-
nators, 33.
Delaware. Representatives, 21. Sena
tors, 9.
Maryland. Delegates, 80. Senate, 15.
Virginia. Delegates, 134. Senate, 32.
Delegates never to exceed 150. Senators,36.
North Carolina. House of Cominons,l24.
Senators, 62.
South Carolina. Representatives, 124.
Senators, 45.
Alabama. Delegates, whole number not
to exceed 100, nor less than 60.
Mississippi. Delegates, never more than
100, nor less than 38. Senate, not less than
one quarter, nor more than one third the
number of Representatives.
Louisiana. Representatives,not less than
25, not more than 50. Senate,l6.
Tennessee. Representatives. 60. Sena
tors, not less than one third, 20, nor more
than one half, 30.
Kentucky. Representatives, not more
than 100, nor less than 68. Senators, not
more than 38, nor less than 24.
Ohio. Representatives, not less than 86,
nor more than 72. Senators, not less than
one third nor more than half the number of
Representatives.
Indiana. Representatives, not less than
36, nor more than 100. Senators, not leas
than one third nor more than half the Repre
sentatives.
Illinois. Representatives, not less than
27,n0r more than 36. Senators as in Indiana.
Missouri. Representatives, never more
than 100; every county one. Senators, nev
er less than 14, never more than 33.
Michigan Territory. Legislative Coun
cil, 13.
Arkansas Territory. Legislative Coun
cil, 5. House of Representatives, 28.
Georgia. Each County sends one Sena
tor, each County sends . one . Representative,
but none exceed more than four:
Congress of the United States. House of
Representatives, 240. Oenators, 48.
YORK, Pa. Feb. 18.
A NEW IaGAL A tattoarr v.--W hen King
Philip, of Spain, seeing a man at a distance
indulging in the most extravagant expres
sions of mirth, observed that "he must be
either a fool, or reading Don Quixotte," he
little thought that that profound work would
ever be quoted in a court of justice as a legal
authority. But on a late occasion is this
.plase, that 'event actually occurred, and 4th
[WHOLE NO. 256.-
Don Quixotte, 182, London edition; 1820;
was produced by.n . learned counsel and taken
down by the preSiding judge; with a moat
amusing and amused gravity, as an appahte
maxim of law, the gentleman who brought ,
it forward . Observing that the adventures of
the famous "knight, of the rueful counte-,
nanco" would survive when ail the lumbei
end rubbish of the books of the profession
shall have perished. What is also rather
nut of the commof order of judicial pro-,
ceedings is, that this novel authority was,
cited not to throw around the subject the,
mists of technical obscurity, but to Menai—
nate it with the too-much neglected light oC
common sense. When this old-fashioned,
criterion of justice is introduced into our
courts, we cannot but think that the gentle!,
man of the green bag will tremble for flew
fees, and the uninstructed multitude will
have just cause to suppose that the milleni•
um has commenced.—Republi+:
MURDER.—The Newburg (N. Y.).Gai.
gives the details of another horrible niurder,,
of a wife by her husband, In the domestic,
sanctuary—the direct result of drunkenness"!
Our only purpose, in recording such atroci ;
ties, is to aid the cause of TEMPERANCE, bv,
the awful lessons which they convey. T 1 e
Newburg paper says:
The murderer is named Peter Crines.—
He returned home drunk from a wood frolic ,
sent one of his children for a whip, with,
which he beat his wife till it.was worn out.;
he then went himself for others, and tea:
her till he had worn out seven whips. He,
also kicked and stamped Upon her, threw
her upon the tire and dragged her out again;
until she had become almost senseress. He
then placed her upon , th 4 bed and lay beside,
her. In a short time inconsequence of her,
groaning the unfeeling wretch kicked hei
upon the floor. After leaving her there a
while he arose, and again laid her on the,
bed, saying to his little girl that her mother,
was dying, but refuseA to let the.alarm
given to the neighbors until about an hour
after her death. This brutal murder wad
committed in the presence of his family, the
oldest .4 girl of 13 years of age, who were de.,
terred from giving the alarm,hy to threats,
of the father to kill them likewise. The,
mother was the daughter of a respectable
'lnhabitant of Minisink and has left five"ohil:
dna. Critics is now in Goshen j a il.
, 7:he following statement of , a cgrrman
aetit or tne Boston Sentinel, is Vouched for t
by the editor of that journal:—Aaron and.
Ratiert; two brothers, who lived in the town
of S. in the county of Worcester, and whoa
died near the close of the last century,
.itaif .
each born,o him twenty children,each bri4h
er had two wives, each wife of each husband:
had ten chi4ittp i and each of the four wives
had seven sons and three daughters, One
fact more--one e—onc,ofeach family only survive?"
and that one in both cases the youngest bor n
REFUSAL TO BE PARDONED.---A. Very Cu-;
rious bit of personal news has arrived this
week from Sweden. Captain Laidiberg,',
wtio had been pardoned by the.king, after
being convicted of treason, persists in repu-,
dieting the tavor.iritended him,and declares,
his resolution of dying by the hands of the
executioner. He will die, he says, in pre ! .
fereicer on his birthday the sth November,',
believing "that his head falling under the
executioner's. axe will cle more Service t'o'
his country than if it remained on his she*
ders." The authorities have been attempt
ing to reason with him, but he is quite
exorable!
•
, An OLD Musnmr.—A musket bas been
recently found at Gum Swamp, near
,Cam
den,'S. C.; which was identified as being ;
once the.property Of a French negro ‘ 'namnd,
Levi, who accompanied Gen: Lafayettn to,
this country, on . hid first arrival here, and:
who continued in the service to the end of
the war. The musket was hidden by him
after the defeat of General Gates, being too
cumbrous to carry. The barrel was eaten
through the centre by, rust, and noteith:
standing its long burial in a damp soil; yet
the powder with which it was loaded;explo
ded by application afire:
•
CHESAPEAKE ANH OHIO
regret to have to state the fftiture,yestei
day, in the House of Delegates of Virginia,:
by a majority of nine; of the bill giving
guaranty' of the State to the payment of iri c.
terest upon a loan for the use of this Com 7
palm The danger of the precedent of the
State's becoming endorser fqr cornknies,
seemed to be the principal influence operat
ing upon those who voted against the bith
though some members indicated their qppo-,
sition to in ,on account of the Canals being
what they termed a border work: We are ;
inclined to think anadditional approplatton
on the part of the State would Save met with,
more favor; and been less liable ttiplausible -
objections. But for the late period of thf
session, we should think such an applicathin
might yet be presented with success. Vir.
ginia having "put her hand , to the plough,
will not look back." She will not leave ,s,
company, in which she is a partner, to lan.
guish for, want of a helping hand at a
cal moment.---Richmond Compiler.
The Legislature of Canada have three`;'
regular salaried reporters, and pay fouttistp__
pars for the official publication of tba
bates. This liberal policy secures correct
reports, and avoids much of the tuthiraee•
and misrepresentation of which parties COw -
plain in this country.