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The following beautifuleffusion has not been,
and we will venture to say, will. not be.sur-
passed by any thing written on the sub ects
connected with the ‘ National Guest.’ . The
initial-signature, ifit did not contain inter-
nal evidence sufficient for the establislini_ei_it
of the fact, would seem to indicate that itis
from the pen of Sclleck Osborn.—Balt. Pat.
From the Jlforiting Chrum'c!e.
-LA FAYETTE, '
IN THE TENT OI" WASHINGTON.
I will rest in the war-liouse, that slielter’d the
form A
Ofiiiy hero, my friend, and his couiitry’s
pre-server-
That guarded his care-stricken head from the
, storm-— - _ .
That caught the warm sighs of the patriot’s
fervor.
I will count, by the threads that I find in its
_ woof, -
The throbs, in his head and his heart that
i were beating, ..
While ltis thoughts were, when midnight en-
slirouded its roof, _
Retrieving defeat, or a victory greeting.
I will sleep in the home ofthe’soldier,and view
In my dreams, his achievements, unequalljd
in story ;
My visions the hopes of my youth Shall Tehe-‘V:
Till I wake to the real fruition of glory.
STEAM-BOA'l‘ EXCURSION T0 ALBANY.
../In extract from the Commercial ./Idvcrtiser.
* =1‘ * On looking round we found our-
selves surrounded by nearly 500 passengers,
inostly new travellers, availing themselves, as
we htive before intimated, of the low.prices,
though loudly coiideiiniiiig the same as like-
ly to encourage vulgar people to obtrude
tlieniselves at the springs, Lake George,,Leb-
anon, and other fashionable places. Fatigued
with our exertions, and quietly seated, we fell
iitto a little doze——waking just intinie to hear
a little dapper vendcr of ,rat-traps, [hats]
schooling two young ladies, (his sisters no
doubt) asto the manner they were to conduct
tltenisclvcs in public places. “ I have watch-
ed the quality folks,” said he, with a pompous
toss ofthe ltc:id,——“ I know them well. You
must do as they do: Be very iinptident-—-stand
upon no ceremony——lielp yoiirself—care noth-
ing for the convenience of otliers-——aud you’ll
do well cnougli.” During the day we were
mticli amused with the woiild-be ultra-gem
teels, playing off their fashionable touches ;
but with so awkward a niaiiuer that it rcu<lBr-
ctl their pretensions perceptible to every Oh-
server, and furnished a hearty laagli to many
plain, unaffected country gentlemen on board.
The auniiiiciaiion of the dinner was the
commencement of as great a scene of confu-
sion as was ever before seen on a similar oc-
casion. After being squeezed into‘ a multi-
tude of forms, and almost melted with the
heat, we arrived, exhausted, at the dinner ta-
ble——liappy in having breath enough left to
ask for a cut of roast-beef which graced the
head of the table. A scene of devastation
now commenced which bafiies description.-—
Never‘ did we see a plentiful dinner devoured
in so short a tiiite. Many ofthe two dollar
passengers ate as ifthey would never get c-
nougb; but having finished, and drawing a
little breath after such active service, they
coiiititenccd such a itliillippic against hot cab-
ins,comfortless quarters, and poor dinners,
that on__e would have believed them to have
been in the daily habit of dining in saloons
with forty covers on their tables at least. Most
of these ephemeral gentry. after devouring
the destrt, crept silently off, and left a few
who were disposed to enjoy a cheerful glass
of wine in comparative coin_fort-—tlie cabin
being cleared. Having ordered a bottle of
Madeira, and being engaged in congersation
with a gentleman at our left for a moment,tlie
bottle was no sooner deposited than a young
buck seized it by the neck, and twice helped
himself, ‘ saris ceremonie.’ On the filling of
the third, we thought it time to interrupt his
libations, and politely offered to take a glass
with him. Pertinaciously retaining his bold
ofthe bottle, he helped us sparin’gly, and liiin-
self to a bumper—then coolly finished the
bottle, complained ofthe licat,and walked off.
'We‘at first imagined him one ofthe disciples
ofthe rat-trap gentleman,and were preparing
to make him sensible of his breach of good
manners; when we were informed that.he
was a green horn, on his first trip, and thatliis
co_iiduct was the result of ignorance, and not
ofintention. * * ’ * *
Ten o’clock“ arrived, and the busy note of
preparation for lied imparted fresh activity to
the passengers. Btit, alas! it was soon dis-
covered that after filling both of the ladies’
cabins,thei'e were fifty ladies who had not pla-
ces to lay. their heads. This was no sooner
known than a gallant gentleman moved that
those gentlemen who had births and settees
in the gcu!lemen’s dining cabin, should relin-
quish them to the ladies, and take standees,
tipon deck. Never was a more bitter pill,
excepting the Electoral bill to the Crawford
ites, gircn men to swallow. Bin, like them,
(when the bill first came up last winter,)’ they
feared for their popularity, and they were o-
bliged to swallow it—and so the vote passed,
item. con.-although there was much reluctant
gallantry and half suppressed grumbling.--—
The arrangement was completed, and all that
cotild, retired to repose in the several cabins
below, while the gentlenien (excepting those
in the forward cabin) bundled themselves tip
in their cloaks and great coats, and encanipeil
oti deck, like Indians in the woods. About
ll o'clock, not being able to sleep, we took a
peep into the forward cabin——every inch of
which was covered with groaning human bod-
ies—thetliermouicter at 86, with a probable
increase of ten degrees from the heat of the
boiler. As we were preparing to return
upon" deck, a dashing young fellow wriggled
up to us, and in a fashionable Tom and Jerry
drawl'mg' tone, made us an offer of his birth,
which we promptly accepted for a friend.
But as he turned from us, perceiving some-
thing in the manner and suppressed laugh of
‘riisconipariions, we were‘ induced to suspect
that all was not ri~gltt—that the offer miglit be
a hoax. The merry blades walked aft, where
it was quite dark, and we took the liberty of
doing the same unperceivcd. One of these
obsei-ved—-“ Why, Tom, have you a right to
the birth you just offered Kl}-Z ’gemmcn‘f-”’ “ 0'
yes, (replied the first,) and if he occupies it he
will have a dry time ofii, for he will lie with
his back to the boiler,’ and if he holds
. on through the night, he will be stewed to a
jelley in the morning.” Thank you, gentle-
man, thought we, for the kindness intended,
but you will miss the mark this time. Then
descending to the cabin again, and exaniining
the birth, we discovered that what the worthy
lioaxing gentleman had mistaken for the roar-
ing of the boiler, was only the foaming of the
crisplng waves, asthe boat was proudly stem-
ining the torrent. So our friend turned in,
antl welaughed at the silly fool wliose iinagi-
nation had deprived him ofa good bed and a
night’s rest-.
We returned‘ again to the deck, when the
discordant‘ elements were in some degree
composed to harmony. Being seated upon
the top ofthe sky-light, we were awoke from
a dismal dose by the‘-Captain’s well-known
cry of—“ On deck there !” “Pougbkeepsie
baggage.” “ Aye, aye, Sir,” was the answer;
and along cameone oftliehalfsleeping bands,
who unfortunately caught his toe in the capes
of a cloak, and tuiiiblerl headlong ove_r half, a
score oi‘-passengers. “Uuiph,” groaned forth
a drowsy old gentleman with a gouty toe——-
“these rlieiitiiatics will be the death of rue.”
“Gall darn ye, said a long limbed yankee,
you desarve fo be nibbled to death by ducks ;”
“ Och thunder!” says Pat, “ ifye can’: be a-
sy,be as asy as ye can l” while an old German
who was sitting against the capstan with his
pipe in his mouth, grumbled oiit—“ Dunder
and blixum, you’ve broke mine pipe mit your
nonsense!” ’
Taking another ttirn in the cabin, our at-
tention was attracted by a passenger who was
turning and twisting and complaining of his
contracted lodgings, as being totally unfit for
a _man six feet two. His soliliquies were fre-
quent and animated, and the owners, captain,
and builders came in for a ftill share of his in-
verted bles-tings. The birth on the other side
was occupied by a little testv Frenchnian,wlio
worried with the beat and hiscontracted lodg-
ings, opened his little sliding window in a pet,
with a jerk quite unsuitable to the occasion ;
for unfortun=.‘tely he pushed it beyond the
reach of his fiiigei's. The cool airrnow pour-
ed in and checked his perspiration, so that he
soon found himself in a worse situation than
before. After miiclt grumbling, and many
vain efforts to restore the sash to its place, he
called in it very loud tone-—“ Vaitare, vaitzire
Isay; vy vere the «liable is the vaitare who
shall come and fix dis dam window.” A rest-
less occupant ofa settee, in a broad Irish ac-
cent,replied—“ Don’t be after bothering your-
selfabout the waiter honey ; he has been inel-
ted down some time ago; besides, you'will
wake the passengers that are trying to get a-
slape.” “ Veil,” replied the other, “ I must‘
not help dat by gar. I will be killed in mv_
hack wisde cold, and nobody shall help me.”
The long gentleman here renewed his coni-
plaints, which seemed to he a signal to those
on the settees, who had borne their troubles
in silence. One swore he had as lief lay on
the edge of a board, and another mumbled
out something about covering himself with a
piece of tape. A player’ 0,, his way to the
Alhany theatre, not forgetting his profession.
exclaimed in the language of .Vlalvoli0—“'Are
you mad, my masters? or what are you ?-
Have you not wit, manners, nor honesty, but
to gabble like tinkers at this time o’ iiiglit.”
In short, so many were the evils complained
of, one would have supposed himself in the
ward ofotir hg_s_pital,..fillcd with patients from
arecent battle, ratlier than in the. cabin of :1
steani-boat,wiih sound and healthy passengers
on an excursion of pleasure!
FROM THE TRENTON EMPORIUM.
The tnarriage supper was spread in the large
room ofthe fine mansion of De Bergs, on
Laurel Ilill. and amid the bristle ofthe guests,
the merry gleewliich swelled around the smo-
king feast,the half-heared whispers ofthe well-
paircd gticsts, full of jociilarity, and blended
with winks, and nods and smiles and the dash-
ing of sparkling eyes, and the high heating of
riierry hearts giving promise of future festivals
on like occasions, with the confusion ofanx-
ious servants. and loud couiinands oftlieglee-
fiil host, who had just accouiplished a union
long planned anti clterished in his paternal
-bosom, between his son Edward and the rich
and beautifulLaiira C|ifi‘ord—amid this scene,
I say, small space was left for sober contem-
plation, or speculative dreaming. But the
eye that wandered to the new ntade bride,
might through all the pomp and outward gai-
ety, even then in that inoinent of consumma-
ted destiny, have discovered a secret on her
brow that told ofsometliing unrevcaled in the
deep recesses ofthe unfathomable mind, and
might have discovered it with less than com-
mon power of penetration.—A souietliing iii-
definab|e,tl_iat would have brought to mind the
tales of blighted love, and the heart’s'idola-
trous affection I. sacrificed on the heartless zil-
tar of this world’s idol, Gold.
Edward De Berg had just returned front his
travels in the east, and Laura from a boarding
school in Philadelphia. They were both
young; and but that Lau‘ra’s calm and pens-
ive air had awakened doubt, it might have
been deemed a happy match—it was so, in all
that related to outward interests, but the in-
ward heart moves in another sphere, and is,
in youth. often controlled by other laws.
That Laura was unhappy, was soon written
in characters too legible to be niistaken,on her
once blooming cheek ; but that she was kind
and conscientious in her duties to her hus-
band——that she labored day by day to make
liiui happy was perceptible to all.-—Slie strove
to smooth her sorrows with the same care that
she labored to smooth his brow from all dis-
quietude. Her heart was too gentle, too full
oftcnderness to allow her to be cven thc inno-
cent cause of pain to others, and she would
‘have buried her griefforever if she had had
the power ; she tried to be happy, not for her
own sake, but for his whose peace site had
prized. "But who can pluck the canker that
preys on the bosotn’s inmost core, or stay the
_depar_ting lustre ofthe cheek, when the heart
s_upplies it no longer with health and anima
tion ? She faded; and the aged and experi-
enced said her siin would go down before its
meridian. Her life. in one great and leading
point of view, had already been Unfortunate,
but it was destined to be filled up by misfor-
tunes of a still deeper and more romantic.
cast. Edward engaged in business . that re-
quired the assistance of a clerk. A young
geiitlemanwho it was said ltad arrived re-
cently in the neighborhood. from Virginia,was
rc_couimended to him, and he took him hm;
his employ. He was a pretty, drtlicate yom|,_
but about seventeen, and ofa serious and pren-
sive disposition, silent, retiring and attentive
to the (ll5ClJi2l'g,B of his duties; becoming an
intimate ofthe liouse,'hé' grew in the ésléem
of Mr. De Berg, and gained his most unlim-
ited confidence; but through almost halfa
year it was noticed that he never spoke to‘
Laura; that be avoided being in her presence
as mubh as possible, and seemed sinking un-
der aslow and withering disease ofa kind uti-
knowii and unsearcliable. He complained
not ; but kept his secret locked up in his bo-
som, and remained t'tS he was found——a com-
panlonless, solitary straoger.——Though Laura
regarded the friendless boy with a thousand
little marks of silent kindness, she relaxed
tione oflier habitual calm and tranquil tlio’t-
fuliiess.——-—Tliiis matters stood, when one
night the store of Edward was robbed ofiiio-
ney to a considerable amount. De Berg’s fa-
ther loved not the contemplative, incommun-
icative boy ; and Edward inticli under the in-
fluence and naturally suspicious,at his parent’s
suggestions, charged the unfortunate youth
with the robbery. Henry denied it, but took
no pains to establish his innocence ; he total-
ly declined giving any account of his parent-
age or relatives, or place of birth, and this a-
lone was deemed suflicient ground for his
commitment.——He bowed to the authority
which arrested him aitd wore the same brow
of subdued reserve to the gloomy vault ofthe
criminals attlie county town. The Gaoler
would have allowed him privileges, but he
would accept of none at all. It was early in
autuinu now, and night after night he was
seen at the window of his cell gazing on the
pale moon as she rose over the seared foliage
ofthe forest, and watching the stars as they
follow each other through the clear blue sky.
One night he was missed from the window,
and in the morning he was found with his
hand reclining on his head in a corner of the
cell——his spirit had depai'ted—-he was pale
and cold. A pencil and paper lay beside
him, on which was written “ Have you forgot
poor Anthony Dunbar ?”
It was sent to Aylesbury. It was shown to
Laura. His fate excited interest, but his char-
acter remained inexplicable—for a few weeks
after the real robber was discovered, and ma-
ny tears shed over the memory ofpoor Au-
thony, for that was now supposed to be his
name. The white?‘ season now rapidly
approached, and Laura was destined to go
down to the clods ofthe valley, before spring
returned to spread life and beauty over the
cold inhabitants of decay atid death. She
sunk hour by hour, the victim of a fevered
mind in its action too powerful for her weak
and delicate frame, till at length from the
fond arms ofari adoring husband, from the
anxious and uiiceasing assiduiiies ofaffection-
ate parents‘ relatives and friends, and from the
lap of wealth where kindness ministered to
each little waiit—slie sunk into the grave. I
saw her a week before she died ; the paleness
sat upon her check, but her fair form had not
lost its angelic symmetry ; she was an object
full ofiiiterest. But even then, coinplaiiied
not, she sat in her little parlour among her
more liealtliy flowers and looked as calm, re-
signed, and patient as ever.
Before the spring time arrived, it was as-
certained that the sad, and nielancholy, and
iiiiforttinate Henry, whose real name was An-
thony Dunbar, was the son of a wealthy citi-
zen of Pliiladelphia, whose romantic love for
Laura began in that city, had led him to leave-
clandestinely his family and locateliimselfin
A ylet=I)ur_3', wlw-nee anaielent. u:ii1sfenr.nc1-him--
to De Berg’s own house. Here he had pined
away in the siglit ofwhat he could not hope
to enjoy, until ‘intense suffering had led him
to throw away this life. And Laura’s passion
for him and her gricfforliis tnisfortunes,while
out ofregard to the feelings of her‘ husband,
she concealed both from every huiiiau eye,
had thus ruined her happiness and bro’t her to.
an early grave. And thus it is with young
fervent and fearful love, the more strong its
power, the more careful is, generally, its con-
cealment. It retires within the heart from all
outward parade and show, and there burns
and burns, still stronger as hope perishes~—-
still fiercer as time flows on, until it wears out
the feeble strings oflife, and perishes, amid
the ruiusofits last and iiiostpowerful struggles.
Description ofa Contest between a Guanche on
Iiorsebucliz and a Tiger. From‘ ./1rago’s
.N‘o.rrati've of Cqptatn Freyci'net’.s' Voyage
roimd the World ,
“ From his yoiitl the Guanclie is nursed in
ideas of independe cc and activity. The ex-
ercise which he loves best is riding ; and he
piques himself on is skill in breaking his
steed. The plains trough which he wanders
feed an immense qu, ntity of wild horses and
uiules. Along witb’_lie favorite weapon, fa-
iliers give their son lessons ofskill and intre-
pidity. Mounted do their well trained cour-
scrs, they dart on al troop of wild horses, the
lasso is thown, anti one is caught; the other
gallops oh‘, and tliegcaptive, fullofimpatieuce,
turns to recover his liberty, which is lost for-
ever. The Guanclje is already dismounted ;
whirls another lass? round him, which serves
to strengthen the first, and throws it with skill
round the legs of the captive, who falls and
must hear his conqueror. VVitliout stirrups
or bridle,merely with spurs atid words ofcom-
maiid, the Guauche masters the impatient
animal, which paws the ground. and darts a-
way like a flash ofliglitning. He soon stops;
indignant at his burthcu, he prances and rolls
in the dust, and the Guzinche rolls along with
him. Deceived in his expectation, he gets
tip fiercely, darts off again, and feels the mer-
ciless spur till he is quite furious. I-Ie stops
again, and looks rguind for some danger, to
terify his adversary; he hastens to'it, traverses
rocks, clears precipices.aiid swims the streams.
At length, worn out with fatigue, he falls and
submits to the bridle.’ But it is not enough
that he becomes obedient, and transports his
master from one country to another, he must
also brave the same dangers with him, and
second hint in his -'-oldest attacks. ,
Almost everyaiiimal takes to flight at the
mere sight ofa tiger»; and his appearance has
soniethiug in it peculiarly terrific for the
horse. Yet is this animal here brought to
look his foe in the face, and not to run off till
a certain signal is given. ’
The Guanclie sets out without the smallest
supply of provisions; immense barren plains
are before him, which only produce a few
stalks. that serve for the nourishment of cat-
tle. When the Guanclie isliungry, he sets
offend soon finds innui'nerable' herds of wild
horses; he catches one of these animals,
t.hr0ws him down, cuts ofl"a piece of his flesh
with a- knife, and restores him to liberty. He
quenches his thirst at a spring, and then be-
gins his chase after wild beasts. He calls a-
the irioiister -he It1iei)tI'Sf'0f‘a victim; The
hoarse roar of‘, the’-tiger is lieard—-there he
stands, and aterrible couibat begins. It is
‘not force but skill tliat conquers. The Gantr-
che whirls his lasso; lie speaks, he calls aloud,
he is ready for his enemy. His terrible ene-
my;witli his belly almost touching the ground,
is astonished to see any being awaiting his
approach, and provoking hint; his eyes roll
furiously, he opens his vast jaws still red with
the blood ofhis last victim; and, indignant at
finding an opponent, he seeks with his eye
for a place on which he means to spring. The
Guaiiche is all ilie time tranquil, firm and
prudent, governing his astonished, but obedi-
ent courser‘ with his feet; he makes him re-
treat without turning his face from the tiger,
who follows biui step by step, watching for a
false movement. The Giiaiiclie knows this;
he makes his horse rear ; the tiger darts for-
ward and is caught, the horse springs away
on his hind legs with all his power, dragging
the ferocious‘ beast after him. The G-uanche
turns round attimes,and ifliis lasso has caught
only the neck, he fiings a second,wliicli binds
the legs ; he is now the conqueror. He dis-
mounts, arms hiitiself with the two kitives
from his boots,* and his victim expires. Hav-
ing finished his day’s v'vork,he returns to Mori-
ta-Video ; sells the skin ofthe animal he has
killed ; caresses his horse, and hastens to seek
new danger.
You may easily suppose, however skillful
these astonishing people piay be, that the ir-
regular springs of silch aiieneniy as the tiger,
may often enable him to escape the lasso, and
compel the Gtianche toengagé in anoilter
species of combat more ‘daiigerous than the
former. - In such cases the horse*plays the
principal part, though the‘ man makes-tlie at-
tack. When it happens ‘that the lasso has
rnissed,whicli I can assure you is very seldom,
the Guanche arms liiinselfwith his 92 knives,
and defends hiinselfvery courageously. The
horse sees the danger of his master, and in
place ofgalloping off, presents his chest to the
enemy. He knows that if he turns away he-
ivill have no defender. -
His bloods flows, but his courage never for
one minute fails ;he knows also that his iiias-
ter will not forsake him. Iftlie tiger,exliaus-
red by fatigue, allows the horseman a single
inotiient’s respite, it is all over with him ; the
lasso,whicli is always ready at the saddle-bow,
is again laid hold of; and for a Guanche twice
to uiiss his aim, is almost uiiexaiiipled.”
“ The boats ofa Guanche are made of a
skin of a horse’s leg, turned inside out. His
toes, never covered by this skin, are always
free ;and he fixes only his great we in the lit-
tle stirrups he uses. The spurs are enormous-
ly large.”
The following is the address of Judge Per-
kins to Mrs. Thirza Mansfield, of North-
Haveu, upon passing sentence on her for
the murder oflier husband :
PrtisoN1-:it,—-Before I proceed to pro
nouuce the sentence ofthe law against you,
my own sense of propriety, and the usage of
my predecessors, make it my painful duty to
remind you of the awful situation in which
you are placed, and to address you as a fel-
low creaiitre, and a fellow passenger ‘ to that
country from whose bourne no traveller re-
turns.’ A Grand Jury of your country have
*~*-°-==~1—:~*u*>Ffl1c gs.-u...“ o(ilHf§ which attri-
man being is capable ofcuminilting—-a critiie
alike forbidden by the laws ofGod and man-—
a crime at which liuuian nature sliudders——of
Muitni-‘.it. You were charged, not with the
murder of an enerny,iior a stranger—but with
murdering the partner ofyour youth, the bus-
band of your bosom, the father of your chil-
drcn-the man wliotii in the presence ofyour
Maker, you solemnly engaged to love, “cher-
ish and obey.” In answer to this dreadful
accusation, you have been patiently heard,
and in your defence have been assisted by able
counsel. Iftaleiits, learning and eloquence,
could have arrested the progress of justice,
the avenger of blood would not have overta-
ken you. But an impartial jury have pro-
nounced you guilty : from an earthly tribunal
you have nothing new to expect, but the sen-
tence of death. Reflect,I entreat you reflect,
upon your past life, upon the talent you have
not only neglected, but abused——upon the ex-
ample you have set to your children, and a-
bove all, upon the account you iiiitst soon reti-
der to your Creator. Since your ,days are
niimhered, and the help of man is vain, fly to
him, who alone is able to forgive and to" save,
to him whose “ mercy enduretlt forever.”-—
The ininisters of religion will point out the
way ; to their pra_yers and benedictioiis,anil to
the mercy of your eternal Judge, I couitnend
you.
,‘ It now remains,tliatI pronounce the solemn
sentence ofthe law, which is as follows.
You are to be taken to the gaol from
whence you came, and from thence, on the
third VVednesday ofJuly next, to the place of
executioii,and between the hours oft0.o’clock
in the morning, and four o'clock in the after-
noon, you are. to be suspended by the neck,
iiittil you are dead, dead, dead! And may
God Almighty have mercy on your soul.
[The Herald states,that the delay ofexecii-
tion to this distant period is in consequence of
a question arising out of a motion for a new
trial, which is reserved for the decision ofthe
Court ofErrurs, to beheld in that city in Ju-
ly, 1825.]
THE W I-IISKEYI SURRIICTION.
The friends of Messrs’. Crawford and Gal-
latiu have recently been striving to prove that
there never has been any such thing, in fact,
as the wIu's/rc_y t'nsui:recti'on, or,if there lias,tliat
it was confined to a “ Few deluded creatures
in the western part of Pennsylvania,’'' who
were engaged in it “ only for a day or tzm-.”—
The expressions here quoted are from the
Nat. Intelligencer, and are remarked upon as
follows by the N. York American: I
The western insui‘i'ection in Peniisylvaiiia
reduced to the “intentions ofa few deluded
creatures,” and those “only entertained for a
day or two”!!! Really these editors have no
conscience in the diauglits they make on the
ignorance or the forgetfulness or the prejudi-
ces of their readers.
An insurrection which had been breifing
for many years,,in which all modes of concili-
ation had been tried and exhausted‘; when
the marsliall of the district had been shot at
and driven front the county, his house burnt,
his papers seized ; when a judge ofthe U. S.
court had certified that the civil authority
could not cause the laws to be executed ;—
when coinrnissioners appointed by proclaiiia-
loud for them and spurs on his horse towards .iiou of the President had failed in bringing
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the'_ii'isurgents to any terms : such an ittsiirx
rection at this time of day and for a base pur-
P959 <=,h3_.1’30l€{'IZed by a paper, which would
stillwillingly iuiposeitselt upon the public as
a governnient paper, as the ephemeral dninrrg
ofa few deluded creatures. Wliat said Wash-
same insurrection?-_—In his speech toCongress
of the 19th Noveiriber l794,aftcr enurnerating
all the efforts he had made to'couciliate the
insurgents, in vain, he adds :-- r s
_ “Titus the painful alternative could not be
discarded. I ordered: the militia to march,
after once ntore adnionishing the insurgents,
In my proclamation ofthe 925th Sept‘..last.' ‘
“ Itiwas a task too7difi"icult to asoertaiu,witlt
precision, the lowest degree, of f,,.-ce"¢';’o..,per-
cut to the quelling oftlte jiisurrection. Front
3 l‘°5,P°°la Itideed, to economy and tliecase of
my lellow-citizens belonging to the militia, it
would havegifatified me to accoritplisli such
an estimate. My very Ireluctance to ascribe
too mllull importance to the opposition,had its
extent been accurately seen, would in... been
a decided induccinent to the stnallestwefiicieiit
numbers. In this uncertainty, therefore, I
put into motion fil'teep_ thousand inert, as be-
ing an army, which, according to all litiiiiaii
calculation, would be prompt, and adequate in
every view, and might perhaps, by rendering
resistance desperate, prevent the effusion ‘of
blood.”
Thus’ we see Vfasliington, whose judgment
may perhaps be preferred by Americans, to
that ofthe English editor of the National In-
MEN, as the smallest efficient force to put
only entertained for a few days ll”
We are not at all surprised, after such lan-
guagein the Iiitelligencer, to find in the col-
uuins of its worthy compeer and coadjntor in
the Crawford cause,tlie Washington City Ga-
zette, the following pluinper: ,
“It is said, however, that Albert Gallatin
was couceriied in what is familiarly called the
“ whiskey insurrection.” Men ofiiitelligeiice
well know that this imputation is not true.”
Now this is bold and manly. It makes no
jesuitical paraphrase of an historical truth,but
absolutely denies it. Such a witness is inval-
uable for such a cause; and worth all ilie e-
quivocators that ever, wrote in the Intell.
Sticking Hands.—At a late duel in’ Ken-
tucky the parly discharged llieir pistols with-
out effect ;wliereupou, one ofthe seconds iii-
terfered, and proposed that the combatants
should shake hands. To this the other sec-
ond objected as uimecessary, for said lie,tlieir
liauds have been shaking this half an hour.
iS'ir'Isaa.c JVewlon.—Tlie late Dr. Stukely’
says, that one day, by appointment, visiting;
Sir Isaac Newton, the servant told him he was
in his study. No one was permitted to disturb
hint there; but, as it was near dinner tiitie, the’
visitor sat down to wait for him. After a tiine,
dinner was brought in—a boiled chicken under
a cover. An hour passed, and Sir Isaac did
not appear. The Doctor ate the fowl,and,-
covering up the empty dish, bid them tlress
their master another. Before that was ready,-
tlie pliilosoplier came down; he apologized
for his delay, and added, “ give-me but leave
to take my short dinner, .I shall be at your ser-'
vice : I am fatigued and faint.” «Saying this,
he lifted tip the cover, and without any emo-
tion, turned about to Sttikely with a smile :-
“ See,” says be, “what we studious people
are : I forgot I had dined.” A
We give the. following a‘ place in the Ga-
zette for the gratification ofa “ THINKING
MAN,” who traiiscribed it from the writing;
of Bishop VVatsou.
ed by human authority; though I do not dis-'
like them as summaries of what the compilers
believe to be true, either in natural or revealed
religion. As to revealed religion, though all
such a diversity of iuterpretatioiis have been
given to the same passages of scripturt-., that
not only individuals, but whole churches, have
formed to themselves different creetls, and in-
troduced them itito their forms of \\0ralllp.—a
Those creeds,wliicli are of human fabrication,
ohlige conscience as far as they are conform-
able to scripture, and of that conformity ev-
ery man niustjudge, for himself. The chris-
Testament, but men have interpreted that
book in various ways, and hence have sprung
up a variety of christian churclics, differing
from each other in doctrine and discipline,
whilst they all agree in the fundamental prin-
ciple ofthe christian religion,ihatJesusChrist
is the Saviour of the ‘World. ‘ .
I have been informed on the best nutliority
that an imputed want of orthodoxy had been
objected to me, when the archbisliopric ofAr-
magli was given to Stuart. Vfhzitistliis thing;
called orthodoxy, which wars the fortunes of
honest men, misleads the judgment of prin-
ces, and occasionally endangers the stability
of thrones? In the true meaning of the term
it is a sacred thing to which every denomina-
tion of christians lays an arrogant and exclu-
sive claim, but to which no man, no‘ assembly
ofiiieii since the apostolic age, can prove atl-
tle. It is frequently, among individuals ofthe
same sect, nothing better titan self-stifficieiicy
of opinion and pliaricaical pride, by which
each man esteems himself better titan his
nei-_:libour. It may, perhaps, serve to cement
whzit is called the alliance of church and state,
but if such alliance obstructs candid discus-
siou, it-‘it invades the right of private judg-
ment, ifit generates bigotry in churchmen, or
sisteut with the- protestant religion, am‘. im-
pedes the progress of_tlie kingdom of Christ."
PUBLIC ACT.
An Act to correct cei'-tain mistakes in the re-
vised Slatijtes.
BE it enacted,-‘f’;'c. That in the revised
Stat-ute Book, in page £01, line 12th from the
bottom, next after the words “by the said
Court of Probate,” shall be read thewords‘-
“ shall deliver and pay unto such person or"
persons respectively ;—-—that in page 235, at
the conimeuceinent of the 2d line from the
bottnui, the word “ for” instead of -the word‘
“ or”-—-tliat in page 408, line 2d from the but-
read the words “ and clerks”—tliat-after the
word “ full” where it occurs page 182, in the
fourth line front the top shall be read the we
“ satisfaction.” Or.ivi~:i't WOLCOT
l‘>.I:iy28,1824-:‘ipprot‘et.l. - 4 J
l"€l°§1»0lh‘ 0\‘rn..our gtative. Our unequalled .
and immortal Washiugtén, respecting this
telligencer, estimated I-‘Ii-‘TEEN riioosiuvn -
down the projects “ ofa few deluded creatures,
“ I dislike the imposition of all creeds form. ‘
its doctrines are expressed in one Book, _vct,,.
tian relivion is wholly comprised in the New-.
intolerance in statesmen, it becomes incon- ~
tom, next after the word “judges.” shall he/
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