‘.- A
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‘my benefit.
, fact well known that many
;._ .and open
Two hundred dollars were likewise
collected for the relief of the old woman at the
cottage, and about two hundred more previously
in Monte Video, a_nd sent down to her. ‘
I remained some months in Buenos Ayres on
account of lameness, and sailed from thence, Ju-
ly l2th, 1818, and arrived at Baltimore, on the
12th of September. On Sunday morning Oc-
tober 4th, I arrived in Boston after an absence
of two years and five months. '
‘ --ct--its--It-—
FROM LONDON PAPERS.
Utility of climbing bays.—-Humanity li-as often
Ievolted at the sufferings of the unfortunate cliil-
dren who are driven by necessity, or, the unnatu-
ral cupidity of,their parents, to adopt the wretcli-
ed life of a chimney-sweeper. It is, however, a
boys pursue this mis-
erable avocation as a matter of choice, and seem
in the general scale of society l.0“8I3’jDy as miich
happiness as those of their own age -who obtain a
livelihood by other, and less disagreeable means.
The cunfeeling and thoughtless_ have often appli-
ed to this ha‘pless"class, in allusion to the uniform
blackness of their costume, and in derision, the
epithet of clergyman; but. a recent occurrence
3,, {ha city seems to give fair ground fora change
in this term, and to justify the transfer of these
sooty beings from the clizirc/1 to the law. The
occurrence to which we allude is this : About
a fortnight ago, Mi‘. V\(etherley, a silversmith
in the Poultry, who is tlievproprietor of ii“ house
in King-street‘,‘_Cloth Fair, having repeatedly ap-
plied to his tel.‘-.1‘.‘,T‘ll? (Mr. “fans, a grocer and
cheescmonger) fo"r"lialf a yean's rent without suc-
cess, thought it expedient to direct his upholster-
er, a man of great respectability in Fore-street,
Cripplegate, to levy a distress for the amount.-
The upholster-er, although a broker, had not
been accustomed to this unpleasant i>a\'t Of his
profession, and would have declined the coiiimis-
sion, did he not feel that by so doing he should
disoblige a customer. Having undertaken to ex-
ecute a‘ warrant of distress, he proceeded to the
house of the tenant, accompained by one of his
porters, whom he left in possession. llpon in-
qiiiry, however, he found th_at*the family could
not accommodate his man with abed, unless un-
der circumstances of great personal iucoiiven-
fence; and observing an abundaiice of proper-
ty on the premises, and thinking, too, that the
proceeding was rather ha.rsh,lie determined to re-
move his iiiaii, and tci‘r2=fl§i..u‘poii the honesty ofihe
which they
t. In defi-
n breach of
due to the
it by moori-
the gi'eatei*
suing morn-
iiise, he had
shut up, and
ilonc with the
Hill} was more
.he possession
ny K.ing’s tax-
er would have
ate the premis-
es, he instantly went to him, uuping to be able to
avail himself of his assistance. Mrs. VVatts,
however, was as well advised as Mr. Broker, for
she had just been to pay the taxes, avid now bid
defiance to him and her landlord. The broker
was irritated at this ungenerous return for his in-
dulgence, and determined if possible, to turn the
tables upon the lady. i-faring ascertained that
the stock in trade and some other property still
remained on the premises, he set his eniissaries
to work, if possible, to gain admission by strata-
gem. Mrs. \’Vatts was still his match. She
got into the house with her daughter, and from
the window bid Mr. Broker and his friends de-
fiance ; and,'in fact, threatened, if they came too
near, to salute them in a manner not likely to
he very agreeable to their olfactory nerves. The
"broker went to Mr. VVetherley, and stated to
him the case, supposing that Mr. ‘W’. would have
exonerated him from all further responsibility.
Mr. W. however, acted under the advice of his
attorney and said he was sorry that the broker,
by the negligence of his servants, or by his own
illtimed humanity, had been thus made answera-
ble for the rent. The broker retired not a little
mortified at the issue of this unpleasant business,
but resolved, if possible, to outwit the fair cause
of his discomliture. Accordingly he placed
watches so as to prevent the removalof any part
of the property during the nig'rit- '1 he l‘l‘;m3m'
der of his plan was developed in the mornlng-"'
At five o'clock he rose from M5 bed» and P"°°eed'
ed to the neighborhood 4‘ '~h_e_b°5ieg°d §3f1'lS0ni
into which, it se,.,,,.s, provisions had been con-
veyed the p,.e§,...a'ng night, by means of the win-
(law on we l1l'St floor. It now occurred to his
mind, ,,.c.all in _the aid of a sweep and through
},i5.neans to gain legal possession of the premi.
uses. To this end he called up a master cliimiicy
sweep in the neighborhood, and by the promise
of halfa guinea soon enlisted him under his ban-
ners. One of the sooty battallion was called
from his truckle, by glrie familiar epithet of‘ Ban-
dy Bob,’ and told ti. . there was a_job to be done.
Bandy Bob at first grumbled a little at his early
rising, but upon being proniised a shilling for
his part of the business, he moved with addi-
tional alacrity, and on being further informed
that he was to go down, and not up a cliiriiiiey,
the novelty of the operation, as well as the good-
ness of the joke, rendered him a warm coadju-
tor. He thought it was a ‘ prime piece of a 1-ark,’
and that more especially as he owed old mother
YVatts a grudge, in consequence of her having
refused to give him his accustomed perquisite of
a penny and a slice of bread and butter, when be
last had the honor of waiting upon her in the or-
dinary course of his profession. - The prelimin-
---I.. want on 1-«L.-. I.nv-3|) rlui n~nn.l.
pOwci u- .
-aries of attack being now arranged, Bandy Bob
was now furnished with the writ of possession, ,
and instructed to descend the chimney of Mrs.
~VVatts’ house, and, upon reaching the parlor, to
produce his writ, declare himself’ in possession,
the door to his employers. Bob nev-
ok an affair with g-_re,ater zdacrity. .,_He,
got upon the top of the house through the per-.
mission of a kiiid_ and considerate neighbor, and
soon scrambled along the parapet wall to the de-
sired spot. VVhile matters were thus going on
above, Mrs. Watts arose from her sltimbers, and
approached the window, where she saw the bro-
ker and his satellites still on the watch. -She in-
stantly tlirew up the easement, and in the pleni-
tude of fancied security, ‘ wished them a good
morning’—-‘ hoped their early rising would not
disagree with them ;’ but at the same time advi-
sed them to waste no more time, as she was ‘ too
deep for a- score of such niniiies.’ She then
launched out in a variety‘ of pleasantries after
her own manner, and in very obliging terms re-
commended the broker ‘ to go home and study
the law——-or teach his mammy to milk ducks.’--
VVhile thus indulging in her apparent triumph,
she was suddenly alarmed by a loud shout of ex-
ultation from below stairs, she instantly ran off to
ascertain the cause, and to her surprize and dis-
may found Bandy Bob in full possession of hen‘
parlor with his writ in his hand. She screamed
for the assistance of her daughter ; but Bandy
‘Bob, true to his instructions, advanced to the
door, opened it, and admitted the besiegei-s,ivliose
cheers soon alarmed the neighborhood, and sunk
the extiltation of poor Mrs. Watts to humble sup-
plications for mercy. The due forms of law.
were then observed, and thus Bandy Bob obtain-
ed the credit of being a most important agent
in a law affair. Such an entry having beer-. gain-
ed without force, or the removal of a single bar-
rier, is perfectly legal : and a sweep with a writ
in his hand, In such a case, is as valid an oflicer
as the sheriff of London himself. ‘The subject’
caused a good deal of bustle in the street, great
crowds were assembled, and much laughter was
excited at the expense of poor Mrs. VVatts, who
was considered as deservedly punished for a
gross breach of faith. The broker in future will,
no doubt, remember the old adage,‘ Possession
is nine-tentlis of the law.’
—. Q
.E.-nz'gratz'on.—-Tlie emigrations from this coun-
try to Anierica, are not confined to the lower or-
der of society; on the contrary, great iiutiib-ers
of families, not only possessing wealth, but also
a knowledge of the mechanical profession.-=., are
quitting England, from the disgust they feel at
the enormous taxations with which we are at
present burdened. "We understand that a “ >.:»-.3:-l
is now buildiiig, for the express purpose hf iV.:l;- .
ing out several respectable faniili-cs to the i;ill‘i{)lS
territory, where there are upwards of 9000 acres
of land preparing for cultivatioi;. Some of ‘.i‘.C
pgiriies, who will sail in the above vessel, are cit-
izcns of great opulence and intelligence.
iiniiiher of men, ‘women, and cliildren, amount
to one hundred; they take with them all thenc-
cessary implements of agriculture, &c. and the
amount of money amongst those families, is up-
wards of l00,000l. It seems to be their inten-
tion to form an English settlement among them-
selves, under the American government, and
from the prospects held out, there is no doubt «.2:
will be a flourishing concern.
An association has been formed at Treves, for
the establishment of a settlement in the United
States. Great numbers are ready to embark.
"--‘K3--3l'.~‘1--—
New-Yonzt, f\.i'¢ll‘Ci’l 2.”.
flge of Ea:/ierz'mcn:.——-1‘Zy an advertisemi:ii‘.'”in
this day’s paper, it will be seen that the new and
elegant Steam S/iijz SA’v’ANNAH,lS to leave our
harbor to-morrow. \Vho would have had cour-
age, 20 years ago, to hazarcl a prediction, that
in the year 1819, a ship of three hundred tons
burden, would be built in the port of New-York,
to navigate the Atlantic, fifoflflled by Steam .1’---
Sucli, however, is the fact. ”vVith admiring huii-
dreds liave we repeatedly viewed this prodigy;
and can also bear witness to the wonderful celer-
ity with which she is moved through the water.
On Monday last a trial was made of her speed,
and although there was at no time more than an
inch of steam upon her, and for the greatest part
not half an inch,'witli a strong wind and tide a-
head, she went ‘within’ a mile of the aiicborin_g
ground at Staten-«island and returned to Fly-maiw
ket wharf in oneliotir andfifty minutes. V'Vhen
it is considcretftliat sheis calculated to bear 20
inches of steam, and that her machinery is en-
tirely new, it must be evident that she will, with
ease, pass any of the steamboats upon our rivers.
Her cabinis‘ finished in an elegant style and lit-
ted up in the most tasty manner. There are
thirty-tvro births, all pf which are state rooms.
The cabin for ladies is entirely distinct from that
intended for gentlemen, and is admirably calcu-
lated to afford that perfect retirement which is
so rarely found on board passenger ships. For
beauty of model, the Savannah has seldom been
exceeded. She is commanded by Capt. Moses
Rodgers, an experienced engineer, and belongs
to a company of enterprising gentlemen in Sa-
vannah, who have spared no expence in render-
ing her an object worthy of public admiration
and public patronage. . She is so constructed as
to be navigable in the usual way, with sails,
whenever the weather shall be such as to ren-
der the use of her wheels in any degree dan-
gerous. ~
This vessel is intended as a ‘ Savannah and
Liverpool Packet,’ and we- siricerely hope the
liberal-minded proprietors may be abundant.-
ly rewarded for their efforts to facilitate the
coiiiinuriicaiion between Great Britain and A-
merica.
.d[2rz'l 3.—\_’Ve learn by Captain Slocum from
Aux Cayes, that General M’Gregor’s expedition
sailed from that place on the 10th ult. for Car-
tliagena.
A letter from Aux Cayes to a gentleman in
Baltimore, says-—‘ This coast swarms with pica-
roon pirates, which have escaped out of this and
the neighboring ports; and as no other punish-
ment than a few day’s imprisonment is inflicted
by this government for that or any other‘ crime,
(passing counterfeit money, and being detected
as afspy, only excepted,) their rigmbei's are. daily
T h e S
unarmed merchant vessel to enter and clear with-
and I am decidedlyiof opinion, that if the Amer-
ican government does not send out some fast sail-
ing armed vessels to protect the commerce to
this lslaiid, the merchants will soon have to aban-
don it.’ '
An armed brig and schooner under the flag of
Artigas, have been captured in the harbor of Port
l-‘raya, St. J-ago, and the crews imprisoned in
irons. It was supposed they would be sent to
Rio Janeiro for trial.
Owy/ice, Aug. 20.--There has lately been a pi-
ratical ship here, which was a patriot, taken from
the officers by the crew, and gold, silver, and
‘ goods, passed to the natives, to a very large a-
mount, at less than would cost to freight them
from Europe to America. A 34 gun vessel, be-
longing to the Patriots, has just arrived in pur-
suit of her, and has already obtained the ship and
part of the men. The pirate mounted about 9.0
guns, and was sold to the old king, for about 750
picals of sandal wood ; but he smelling a rat, de-
tained the whole, and the business will be amica-
bly settled, be keeping the cargo, in which was
supposed to be at least 15,000 dollarsin cash-.
A letter from tlie~Bay of Honduras, says’ the
Norfolk Herald of March 27, dated October, 1818
says—-‘ Mitchell, a character whom you remem-
ber to have heard as a pirate, is off the coast and
committing havoc with the little trade here. He
has a boat which rows 24 cars and about 40 feet
long, and has captured several vessels.-’
Late Bermuda papers mention, that an epi-
deniic had raged to a great degree among the
troops in the garrison at Tobago; but according
to the latest accounts, it was ab-ating.
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Pi'r'i‘sBUr.G, March ‘19.
Jl'Ielanc/ioly ./1ccz'dcnt.——On Wednesday night
last, about 1 t o’clock, a distressing accident oc-
curred, at the rendezvous of Capt. Pelham, in
the suburbs of this city. A soldier had been out
contrary to orders. In returning, he attempted
_ to pass the centinel on guard. The ceutinel or-
dered him to stand but he refused, with opprobri-
-ous language. The centinel fired, agreeably to
orders. ‘He missed the man and the ball passed
through the boards of an adjoining wooden build-
if-g, where another soldier was lying in bed with
; his wife. The ball glanced along a camp kettle,
ly and finally lodged in the unfortunate man,‘-.vho was
‘lying in the front of the bed. It entered at his
back, and passed through his body, raising the
skin, on his breast, opposite where the ball en-
tered. The man expired about three hours af-
ter the accident. Surgeons were immediately
fortunate sufferer. The soldier who attempted
to pass the guard, is under arrest.
LEXINGTON, (Ken.) March 17.
A letter dated at l"t':iIiklin, V-low-.u‘d county,
Tiilissouri, to the editor, st:.i-.-~_ g+,:~:."’ ' tint} sales
' which took place last month "A, .::;'i- "xi about sev-
en millions to the goveriimeni--tlzif it\ erage price
per acre, liverdollars. The fI0[)ul;;tlOn of this
county, according to a late‘ census, amounts to
8000 sq,-Souls. The crowd of emigrants and pur-
’ ctiasers at the sales, was wholly unexpected and
uiiexatnpled. Keel boats already descend the
Missouri with produce from Franklin to New-
Orleans.
SAVANNAH, March 20.
On Thursday evening last, the jewelry store
of Mr. D. B. Nichols, was entered by means of
a false key it is supposed, and pilfered of about
one thousand dollars worth of watches and jew-
elry. A suspicious person has been arrested,
and instruments found in his trunk wlilcli he says
was made expressly for the purpose of picking
locks. He was committed to prison. Mr. N’s
shop was robbed the last summer of about the
same amount, but no discovery of the thief was
made.
Coxconn, (N. March’ 13.
Warning to Cancer Doctor-s.—At a late meet-
ing of the court at Portsmouth, a certain Doct.
Evans, of Canada, was sentenced to the state pris-
on for two years. The story, we understand, is
simply this. He undertook to remove a tumor
from a lady's breast—‘ no cure, no pay.’ The
lady suffered several month's‘ torture from his
caustic, and was dismissed as cured, with a large
open ulcer and her constitution ruined. The
Doctor sued for his fee—contending it was a per-
fect cure. The demand being unjust, rendered
it necessary for him to resort to dishonest means
to support it. He swore roundly to every thing
he thought necessary to substantiate his claim ;
“but unfortunately for the Doctor, he swore to
too znuc/i. He was convicted of perjury, and sen-
tenced as -above.
It was a copartner of the Doctor, . as we are
informed, that was fined a short time since, three
hundred dollars, with costs of court, for mal-
practice, in applying caustic to a lady's ancle, by
which the joint was destroyed.
It is a subject of congratulation that our
courts of law begin to take cognizance of this
species of crime—-tliat a check is about to be put
to a class of men that are’ pests to society, who
are daily endangering the lives of the people,
imposing their secret nostru ms upon the ignor-
ant and credulous, and are as ignorant of the
nature of disease, and the use of suitable reme-
dies, as the beasts they ride.
Pedro Molina has been tried and convicted at
New-Orleans of murdering a man named James
King, by stabbing with a knife. The murder
was one of the most cruel and cowardly ever
heard of, and resulted from the madness of in-
toxication. ‘
Martin Tookey, the murderer of James Gads-
den, esq. lately made his escape from the prison
in Charl_eston,_S. C; by the agency of theturn-‘
key. _Bot_li were retaken and lotigedin
increasing. It is now almost impossible for an.‘
out being overhauled and plundered by them—‘- .
sent for, but nothing could be done for the un- T
I d'uroy,_
From the Niztional Intelligcizecr,
The PRE WASHINGTON, March 31.
terday. in Srnniwr departed from this city yes-
_ J ‘C Steam boat, for Norfolk, with an‘-
intention to proceed by Pasquotank, the Albe-‘
II}al'1e and Pamlico Sound, to Wilmington,
(-ha"l“3l0“> and _SaVanl'tah, having in view, in re-'
f°""“°° ‘°_ Publltf defence, a careful inspection
of all the inlets from the ocean. The reports
of the Board of Commissioners consisting of
Officefs of ,the CGVPS Of Engin,eers and of the
Navy. rplatlve to a naval depot, dock-yards and
1°l'f1fiC3-110115: P0lnt out the objects peculiarly de-
serving his attention. From Savannah his course
will probably depend upon circumstances. The
season, it is expected, will be too for advanced
to admit his passage by land to New-Orleans, if
indefidi it were proper, to take that route before’
the late treaty with Spain is carried imo cffcct
Should he not continue his journey towards New V
Orleans, it is said that he will proceed westward
bl’ Augusta; 1hl'0Ug‘h Tennessee and Kentucky,
to the new States, or to some of them,
section of the Union, many objects of the high-
est Interest present themselves to view, a correct
knowledge of which, it is believed, would be use-'
ful to all employed in the public councils. Our-
relations with the Inclian n~'il~..-,¢. .....i—— --
mence cessions of ’
by the treaties of
actor. The gr
ly relied her
with a sub‘
ry to ci
must l~
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the v
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at,‘
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to 'ive ti.
amfvigor. .
perils of that me.
tin’ of our coast, tn».
thy great number of or . ~,
eil,cveri from the must i
rio ,to its defence, and
tlisizase, which followed.
titled, one-tenth of the f
more adequate to its de
nine-tenths of our citizens - ‘
would have been saved fl'(
all recollect the ability and 1
citizen, then at the his-lm. e -. .
and his persevering
the severest t" ..
der him, in the Dot‘
witnessed the Girl’ 0,“, , ,.
thinks it incumbent on him to exert every nil.-,;,,S,
in his power to carry into effect the salutary fht-g
and provisions of Congress, since adopted it‘;
iastrbeeii fez‘-
’d have beau
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In that ‘~
vert like calamities, in the event of another -.i,, , .
Such, obviously, are the motives and tiiefili
jects that, in the opinion of the President,’im
pose upon him this arduous duty, which he com.
menced soon after the national concerts \vcr*fi
confided to his hands, and which he is now prosci
cufing. ‘
The Secretary of Vt7ar sat out with the Prei-*, I
dent, and will accompany him until he leaves the: ’ '
coast for the interior.
-——-I:--‘-K-$41:-vr-—— . »
About a year since, a merchant in one of our
v
sea ports, on fitting out a ship for India, told the ' I
ll.
Captain, -at the time of making the contract for
the voyage, that there must be no swearing a-
mong the oflicers and crew : that lie, (the Capt.)
must engage not to swear himself, nor to permit
others to be profane: that he must do as he pleas-
ed, with respect to taking the command of the
ship on these terms ; but, iflie accepted the em-
ployinent, it would be expected, that he should
rigidly "adhere to the stipulation, and that it
should be known as the law of the ship, that no
profaneness was to be indulged. The captain
seemed to have no objection to reforming, but in-
quired, ‘ How can I suddenly break off an invet-
erate habit ?’ '-I will take care that you be re-
minded of your duty,’ said the owner. ‘ VVeai'
the ring that I will give you, and-let the law of
the vessel be made known.’ Accordingly be
procured a ring for the captain with this mom,
engraved uponit; ‘ SWEAR No-1’ A?’ ALL.’ 'l‘l~.r:
vessel soon sailed, and, after performing the vo_r- ‘
age, returned a few weeks ago. On being inqui-
red of, respecting the subject, the supercargo de-
clared that there had been no profaneness mi
board, except alittle within the first twenty days
after sailing. At the close of this short period,
/if
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the old habit was entirely destroyed ; and, (ln-~ .
ring the remainder of the voyage both at sea and
in port, the success of the experinieiit was com-
\
plete. This single fact is of iriestimable value, '
as it shows how groundless are the common pal-
liations ofprofaiieness, and how easy it is -to, do
good, when a person is seriously engage it, ;
influenced by principle, and acts with d» — ion.
EPanojilz'st.
Lake 0n!arz'o.—There are now 51 vessels em-
ployed in the coasting trade of Lake Ontario,
owned in that state, the aggregate tonnage of
which is 2531 tons. ‘
On the night of the 27th ult. a person junip-
ed out of the third story of a boarding house at
Boston, in his sleep, and broke a leg, Ste. V
4
_r’
. 4
A quantity of stolen or smuggled _gocds_se-jg if
creted in a barn at Elizabetlitown, N. J. was late-
lydiscovered, and secured. Among the agile-
les, were 9'.’ plated castors, and 3'.’ pieces of;cor-
\.
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