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inind, and corrode and eucrvate his body ;'
and so many oth'et' fruits of the earth, which
are wolilsomc. if eaten when ripe, and
which become‘-umvoiilsome and pernicious,
when converted into spiritous liquors.
\Ve see soineifiltlry animals of the brute
species, btit no drunken ones. The hog
tIt:it“wallo‘ws in the mire, has still this ad-
vaiitagc, ‘-over the unfortunate miserable
driinkard.,'-tliat he" can get out ofit and vwasli»
liimself off, ‘whenever he pleases ; wltere-as
the liumztn biped, who falls in a fit of intox-
ication, into.a~mud hole, mus_t wallow till
begets sober, unless some frietidly hand
come to his aid; and ifhe be not sniotliei-;_-d—
to death, tnay thank the mercy ‘of .'i)ivine
i’rovidnce, and [lot lIis.0W2’i ‘prudence. It
is not correct, tlierefmfiv, to say tltat mail is
beastly drunk, or mait is driiuk us it beast,
since every animal but man is it sober ani-
ni.-il; and strictly speaking, a meinbei' -of
the pure and wltolsorzie water society.
What ll'l(lCCf.’. would become of some far-
mers. if their horses and oxc-i-t wire to get
drunk as oftcii as tlienrse'lve‘s.- 'I'-hey would:
find tlietnselves in a dilema, :'titda\"ery se't'i0‘ttS
one too. \Vlien tl‘i'e l‘l(IC"l' or driver was so-
her, the horse or the ox might ‘be drunk;
so between mait and beas-t the ‘farm might
reniaiu uncultivated, and become a waste of
wceds—- there would be neither plougliiug
no.» sowing, nor i‘ei_tpi‘i'ig, nor gatlicring in
of‘t‘lie harvest. _
It is indeed lucky for some folks that
there is tio such thing as a drunken beast I
Think of this my friend, and reader if yoti
liappen to love wine or rum better than
wisdom or reason ; and change at once the
object of your affectioiis.
In short, let the beasts of ‘the field, and
the briites'tliat wear bristles and wallow in
the mire ofoiir streets, tench you a lesson
of tempemiiec and sclfdi-nial, ifyou will not
look to a higher source, for a lesson so ne-
cessary to your temporal and eternal hap-
piness.
Account of tire c.rfraoi'dinar_i/ IS’liCf1)C}’1‘
i‘§.'r1mu;l Cliillon, of fl'z'ns/iztry.—Siimuel
Cliilton, an inhabitant of the village of
Tiiisbury, near Bath, was a laborer of ti
robust li:tbit of body, though not eorpuleut,
and had reached the i35tli year of ltis age.
\Vlien apparently in ..perfect health he fell
into a ‘profouiid sleep ‘on the 1 3th of May,
169-3, and every nicthod which was tried to
reuse hint proved uiisticcessful. His mother
ascribed his conduct to sullenness of temper,
and fearing that he would die of liunger,
place-d'withiit his reaclt bread and cheese,
and small beer; though no person saw him
eat or drink during a whole moiuli, yet the
food set before him was daily consiimcd.'
At the end of the month, he rose of his own
accord, put on his clothes, and l‘CStll1lCLllllS'
tisiial labors in the field.
After the lapse of nearly two yeai's,name-
ly, on the 19th of April, 1007, he vi as again
overtaken with excessive sleep. lie was
now bled, blistercd, cupped and scarified,
and the most irritating medicines applied
externally, but they were unable to rouse or
even irritate him, and during it whole fort-
night, he was never seen "to open his eyes.
He ate lto_\ve‘ve=r as licfore, of the food
which was placed near him, and pci’i'o'r’it-ted
o_tlier functions which were required ; ‘but
no person ever saw any of these acts,
though he was found sometimes fast asleep,
with his mouth full of blood. In this coit-
ditioit. he lay ten weeks.
A singular change in his constitution took
place. Ile lost entirely the power of eat-
ing; his jaws were set, and his teeth so
closely clenched, that every attempt to force
open his mouth with iiistrunients, failed.
Ilaving accidentally observed an opening in
his teeth made by the action of the tobacco
pipe, us- usual with most great SlllOl(.C.l'S,l.llC)'
succeeded in pouring some tent wine into
ltis throat through a quill. During forty-six
days, he subsistcd on about 3 pints or 9
quarts of tent.
At the end of seventeen weeks, viz. about
the 7th of August, he awoke, dressed him-
self, and walked about the room, beingper-
fectly unconscious that he had slept more
than one night. Nothing, indeed, could
make him believe that he had sleptso long,
tillupon going to the fields, he saw crops of
barley and oats, ready for the sickle, which
lie reineiiibcredwcrc only sown when be last
visited tlietp.
Although his flesh was soiiicwliat dimiit-
iehed by so long a fast, yet he was said to
look brisker than he had ever done before.
He felt no inconvenience wliatever front his
long" coiifiiiemcnt, and he had not the
smallest recollection of any. thiiigtliat hap-
pened. l‘Ie. accordingly entered agctin upon
his rural occtipiitioiis and continued toen-
joy good health till the morning of the 17th
of August, 1697, when he experienced it
coldness and sliiveriitg in the back; and
after vomiting once or’ twice, "he again fell
into his former state of somnolcricy.
I)r. \-Villiam Oliver, to whom we owe the
preservation of these remarkable facts, hap-
pened to be at Bath, and hearing of so sin-
pgular it case, set out on the 523d of August
-to inquire into its history. On his arrival
at Tiiisbiiry, he found Chilton asleep, with
bread rind §.3ii8'c:-6; and a cup of beer, plug-
ed on a stool within his reach. Ilis pulse
was regular, though alittle too strong, and
his respiration free. He was in a “brcat-h-
ing sweat,’ with an agreeable warmth over
the body. Dr. Oliver bawled into his car,
pulled his slioulder,piticlied his nose, stoped
- his nose and mouth together, but iiotwitli—
staitidiiig this rude treattnciit, he evinced no
indications ofsensibility. Impressed with
tl belief that the wliolc-was.“u cheat,” Dr.
Oliver lifted up his eyelids and found the
eyizlialls drawn tip under the eyebrows and
perfectly inutiotiless. He held a phinl cott-
taining spirits‘ of S’.1l'2llYllnt_)llli'.lC under one
nostril a considerable time; -but thou"-h the
doctor could not bear it fora mt)ll’Icnf‘I|||t_lcr
his own nose without making his eyes water,
the sleeping patient was inscnsible to its
gitnigeiicy. The aiumoniaeal spirits was then
throwi,i,Iip his nostrels, to the amount of
aliriiit lia_!'t' aii,oiiiJe; but though it was “as
stroiigaltnost: as fire itself',’’ it only made
-ihc patieiit’is eyelids slijyer ziiiil tremble.
-Thus ‘bzifllcd iii__eviery fllfcfyflt to reuse
him; 011.1’ l't.’lhl.t:ss iidoeitor c_i'tiitiiti,'cel,t,lie same
,l,’1‘JSl:l:l".l with tlic';;_o'.vder of wliite llL|llt:,l)flllt3 ;
* he was, he replied, “very wrll, thank God.”
~ She then asked hint wlicthcrliclikcd bread
~
and finding this equally inactive, he was turning the fire as we passe‘<.|',“raked' the
perfectly convinced that no impostc-i'~eould Raiiili-.i,— who. had. bore ‘up two or three
have reiiiained Il'iSCI'ISIl)_IC to such applica- points, ran along side to wiiidivard, aiid
tions, and that Chilton was really too ovc-r- boarded with all hands. . _
powered with sleep. The -enemy di_d not resist our lioarding,
In the state in which Dr. Oliver-left, vari- which was-, liowever, accomplished with
ous gentlemen from Bath went to see liiiti, difiiculiy, bitt they ‘defended the quarter
but his irio'tlier would not permit the -1’epetl- deck with" great spirit; arid,"-' -I am sorry to
tion of any experimeiits. say.-, we -snfl'ei'ed severely. Capt. RCe\‘.C.S.
On the 53d of September, Mr. \Vooliner, of this ship, -the second in ,cr_tintna_iid-, and
an cxperieiicedapothecary, went to see him, Capt. Cliarles, my Aid C-amp, were, .I
and finding his pulse pretty high, he took 14 believe, (the f'oriiier received three woniids,
ounces of blood front his unit; but neither one severe; the latter five;) they were
at the opening of the‘ vein, iio-r during the closely followed by myself and oflic-MS: “ltd
flow of the blood, did he make l.‘I'l0 sniallest a few seamen. -Capt. George‘, who was
mcveniciit. = - scrviiig as it volunteer, _and Lt. \Vooldri:lge
In consequence of his mother removing were killed. Lt. I:itlttll]ll'.lS, and Mr. “in-
to another house, Chilton was carried (lU\\‘ll tcr, my clerk,was se\«‘ei'ely wounded. Licut.
stairs when in his fit ‘of somi'iolene.y. Ills Lost, CUlllS,'t1l](Ilt1_YSell, were the only ones
head accidentally struck against a stone, that escaped. As the men got on board,
and received ‘su"eli a severe blow, that it was they rnslied aft to support us, and in about
much cut; but he gave no iiidicatioiis wliat- five minutes the Rtllllllil was our own.
ever of having felt the blow. Dr. Oliver ly this time the l)oii Pedro ranged tip
zigairi visited him in this new house ;.and toleeward ‘to boilftla [Wt I dl”-‘°t‘-“l ("ll"-
after trying agaiii some ofhis f'orn'ierstimu- Goblet to follow the I)oii John _who had
lants, he saw :1 gentleinaii who aeconip:t- made off-—aiid I. ant sorry to say, in the act
nicd liiui, run a large pin into the arm of of speaking to me, be was lllOl'IflllV.\t’PllIl(l~
Chilton, to the very hone, witliotit his being ed by a inuskct bull fi'om the Iutinha s
sensible of it. During the whole of this lower deck poits. ‘
long fit he was never sec-ii to eat or drink, Lieut. ‘Lost and a party were left to take
though generally once a day, or sometimes Clltll‘g,"(3-Ol the pi'ize, andtiie flag ship slicer-
once in two days, the food wliicli stoo-J by ed ufi in pursuit of the I)()n..IOl1lt. . .
him d-,S,,P,,e,,,.ed_ \'Ve are mucli cut up in Sfl.llS‘i|llLl l'l;){g'.lt.1g‘,
Such wits the condition of our patienttill but by the great exertions of Capt. I liilips
the 19th of"Novc.itiber, when hisniotltcrh:tv- (Master of the flcet,) who now look the
ing heard it noise, ran tip to ‘his room and direction of the Ilttiiilta, the foretopsail. was
{bum} him eutini-;, Upon askiiig him how shifted, the rigging knotted, ropes spaced,
I doc. and we were fast closing on the Don
John, the Pedro being it little ahead, when
the Commodore struck his colors, without
tiring 11 single shot, the ofliecrs and sliip’s
company i'efnsiiig to fight; the three cor-
veites and two brigs put before the wtiid,
and I assiirc you it was not in my power to
prevent them. _
During the time I was taken tip with the.
Rainlia, the Doiina Maria, Capt. Ilenry,
carried the Princess Royal, by boarding, in
gallant style. Capt. I.'It)lll‘y speaks in high
terms of his oflicers and crew. I am sorry
to say his sailiitg Lieutenant, Mr. Moore,
was killed.
The lllartins do Fi'eitas,\vns too strong
for the Villa Flor aitd Portuciisc; and, .al-
though they l<liOCltt-Btl---ttwtly lzer fore-to'p-
mast, and otlierwise greatly disabled her,
she kept her colors up, and went before the
wind.
I left the Don Pedro to take charge of the
Don John, and chased the disabled ship,
which Sttl‘l'Clltlel‘C(l before sunset.
I have the honor to be, my lord, your
Exct-lleuc.y’s obedient servant, A
C.iiii.os DE l’ou7..t,,
and butter or bread and cheese best. He
then answered bread and cheese. She ini-
mediately left the room to convey the agree-
able intelligence to his brother, but, upon
their returiiing to his bed room, they found
him fast asleep as ever, and incapable of be-
ing mused by any of the means which they‘
applied.
Fl‘()l1l this time his sleep sceitis to have
been less profound ; for though he cont'inu-
ed in a state of somiioleiiey, till the end of
January or the beginning of I"elii'iiar_Va Yet
he seemed to hear when they called him by_
his name; and tlioiigli he was incapable of
i'ctui'iiing an answer, yet they considered
hint as sensible to what was said. His eyes
were less closely shut, and fi"eqiient ti'eitioI‘s
were seen in his eyelids. About the begin-
tiing of February, Chilton awoke in perfect
health, liaving no recollection tvlzatever'(if
any thing that had happeiied to hint during
his long sleep. The only complaint that’
he made was, that the cold pinched liini
uiore than usual. Ile returned,lflCC0¥_dl"g'
lv to his labors in the ficld,v~ am so ar as . . _
can learn, was not agttiii attacked with Vice Admiral and IlI21_]0l' Gciieral.
this singular di;-'ease.—1"razeI’s illug. I’0LAT“«'D- ,
' .. ])cc'larati'on of tlie I3/'iti's/L Parliament.
Fggggggg, Ninety-five members of the IIOUS3 of
Commons agreed cit Tuesday night, Iuly
Bib, to an address to the King of Great
Britain, praying that “His l‘vIajesty. wil be
gi'aci‘o:.isly pleased not to i'ec<igiiize, (r in
any way to give the sanction of his Gov-
oritntotit tn, the pi-i-sent state or condition
of I’oland, the saute being brought abaiitiii
vi‘ulatioiI of the treaty of Vienna, to uliicli
Great Britain was a party 5” and 177 them-
bers, who divided against the address, fully
cone'uri'ed in the principle which it involv-
ed. Tlie ntinistei'ial inajoi'ity against the
adoption of Mr. Fergusoii’s resolution went
even further than the resolution itself, for
Lord Faltuerston and his colleagues stated
that they had protested against, or had ex-
pressed their descent front, the cottduct of
the llussiait Goveriiment in -overthrowing
the iiationality of Poland, wliereas the reso-
lutioii merely demanded their passive re-
sistance to the conduct of Russia, or t.l:c
iiou-recoguitioii of its legality. The only
reason why this expression of opinion was
not fornially and unttiiimously adopted by
the House is, that the Comnious of Eng-
land should never declare any of its treaties
violated without following tip the motion
with an 1ltl(.ll'().‘.‘-S to the Crown, dcmaiidiiig
reparation or iiiviting hostilities. ‘
i _ RIJSSIA.
The St. I’etersl'mrglt Gazette mentions a
plot against. tlielifc ‘of the Euiperor of Rus-
sia on the part of some Polish exiles _wlio
left Paris it SliOl‘lL time ago, and bound tlicm-
selves byan oath to effect his assassination.
It was first made public by a journal, which
gave an accuiint of the reception of a dep-
utation which waitcdupon the Emperor in
I“inland, to coiigmtiilatc him on the frus-
trzition of the conspiracy. ‘The Russian
autliorities did not wish the inatter made
public, but on this account appea‘iin_«_-, deem-
ed it right to allude to it in the Gazette.
The sciisiitioii ereatcd’tlit'otigh‘out Russia is
very gre:_tt,‘ and all sorts of precaittions are
einployt-fl to protect the lilmperor in his va-
rious visits to the frontier towns.
' ' GREECE.
It appears certain that Athens will be-
eotnc the "capital of Greece and the resi-
dence of the Men arch. Itiiis also in coit-
teitiplatioii to found at Hexaniili, on the
lstlimtis of Corinth, a new sea-port town,
which by its being situate between two seats,
may bccoi_iic_ very itttpoitiiiit to trade.
'I‘URIf._EY AND EGYPT‘.
Our l‘t‘tItlt.'l'S will probably like to read
Ibraliim I’.-tclia’s letter to the Sultan, in
which lie tlianks lllttl’l‘0l' the iiivcstittire of
the Goveriiincnt of Adaita, and declares his
siiltinissioiiaiid devotediicss :-— ‘
“My $lll_)lit1]t',. iiiagii:ti‘iiiiiiiiis, awe inspir.
ing, iiiiglity, great sovei'eiirii, ourf_ bctiefac-
I."l'Uln the N.'{. Observer.
By arrivals at this port, London papers
have been received to the 15th, and Paris
l\.'I'[1(‘ll’S to the lfitli of July lllClUSl\'_C.
I hey bring accounts o -.1 great naval bat ,
tle off Cape St. Vincent, betwecit l)oii
Miguel’s flcct, consisting of ‘.2 ships of the
liiie,2 frigates, 3 corvettcs, and 1 smaller
vessel, and the sqiiadi'on of Don Pedro,
under Admiral Napier, consisting ‘of only
3fi'igates, I corvette, I brig, and 1 small
schooner. The fleet of Doti Miguel was
captured, aftcra short but bloody contest.
The ofiieial account will be found below.
I’i'evious to this naval victory, the cause
of Doit Pedro was making rapid progress
in the South of Portugal, and his army
had.bcen strengtheiied by the accession of
several tlioiisand desertcrs, and was on its
ttl‘.ll‘(.'lt for Lisbon, nearly 10,000 strong.
liittledoubt can now be eiitertaincd, we pre-
sume, of the entire success of Don I"edro,
and it is not iiriprobablc that the flag of
the young queen is this inoiiictit waving over
the walls of Lisbon.
_ l’0I{'I‘UGAL-.
Ojicial account of pie capture Don
]lIz'gucl’sflcI:t.
Lfcr Jlfost Failli_/’iil1lI({jrsl_i/’s Sliip
Rain/ta dc l’0rti/gc.'l, in Lagos
Bay, July 6, I833.
My Lord-—It has pleased .God to grant
to the sqiiadron of II. M. It‘. hlzijiesty, ii
gi'eat and glorious victory over the enemy,
whom I fell in with on the iiioriiiiig of the
2d inst. off Cape St. Vincent, my squadron
having left Lagos Bay the evening before.
Tlieirs consisted of two line of battle ship.-7,
two friguti;-s, three coi'vet.tes, two l)i'igs, and
one xebec; mine of three frigiites, one cor-
vcttc, one brig, and one siitall schooner.
I iiiiniediately despsztclied the Villa Flor
to Lagos fur t.lie.steuiiiers, which vessels
joined me in the evening. Duriiig the 3d
and 4th, there was too ttiucli swell to lay
the enemy on board, the mode of attack on
which I had decided, and on the foi'eiiooii
of the -5th it fell calm. , ;
I-liad reckoned much on the steamers
great and good assistaiice, but, with the ex-
ception of tlie_ \Villiam the Fourtli, these
vessels sliowed no disposition to i'ei'iilei'siip-
port, and the engineers amlcrcxvs :-ibsolute-
ly refused to approach the ei‘ieitiy_—tlie for-
mer dcniiiiiding £3,000 each before they
went to work. I iiitist, liowcver, do justice
to Mr. Bell, who did all in his power to iii-
diiee them to act. A
‘During the discussion a heavy breeze
sprung tip, placing my sqiiadroii to wind-
ward of the eiieiiiy, wlioliad now foriiied
in line of battle under easy sail, thus—tlic
two line of battle ships ahead, the two
frigates astcrii,- the three corvettes and two
brigs a litt.le to leeward in iitlie open spaces.
I now explained to the Captaiiis my iii-
l
n o O .
tor-—the benefactor of niankiiid.
“i‘«'Iay Grl)(l’gl':ll1t to yourSublimity a life
witliont end, and initke the august’ shadow
of your Subliniity a,'pi'ot'i-etioii for all itieii
- of the siiblinie, magtianimous,
-to this destructionof life, for in Cootehill
teittions, which were of attacking tlie_Rain-
ha with the flag ship mid the Don Pedro,
the Donna Maria was assigned to the Prin-
cess Real, and the Portucnse and the Villa
Flor to the Martins de I"i'eitas, leaving the
Don .I()lll}‘ (beariiig a comiiiodoi'e’s pc}iidant)
and the small craft uuoccupieil.-
At ‘2, the squadroii being in close ordei°,
as we came within miiski.-t shot, it most tre-
werc a good deal cut ll[)._t_1'IIt.I lost men, but,
and especially for my liumble lic:_i:l.
Sublin‘iity,tlie durtition of my
_ shall be wholly devoted to pi-ayimr to God
edged away to their respective stations, and ,-for t-he pi'oloirgatioi'i of your life 'iiid 1'
As my heart ‘
the whole line, with the exception of the no wish but to net
D011 Joltii, wlinse guns would itot bear. \Vc (
llCV(£l'Ll_l,(..‘_l,L:,-'.~', pi.ii'su_ed_ it steady Ct)Ltl'l;".‘, i‘e- vice.
“Your iiie.\'liausti_ble googliiiiss has iiiduc-
ed you,’ most gracious sov'ei:eigu,_to_ gt-iiiit
me the govei'nti'iei'it of Adaiia, as maliassi-
lik, (in farm.) ” '
i. - . ‘
Animated by this new fzivoifiof your
frail existi-iiee
__ cign.
I5 [H3l'ViI(Il3(I Ily a
|110tNl0ttSlll't3 was opened on the ships from liappiiie.-ts, I entertain, (God is my tvitiiiiss)
so as to obtain the g'rfn,ci-
ins approbatioii of your Siiblitxtity, and to
find occasioit to devote iuyself to"y'oui' ser-
I"u,t' the purptisc of expitessiiiig my
7
‘states, and that [)t‘C\’l0ttS_l0 his ttty.S,e,.;o,,S
"been called foi_‘.'-'I'[urIfor(l Review.
gratitudeto your Stiblimity, atid to express
mymost humble thanks, I venture to lay
this humble petition at the foot oftlie throne
awe-inspii°-
ing, mighty great Padiscliah, our august
sovereign and benefactor, the _benefa'ctor
of all men.”
This letter is written by Ibraliim Paclia-,
with his own liu-ud,and_sealed with his seal-.
IRELAND.
Orange /ltrocilics.-—Iii Killilea, as we
stated in Moiiday.-’s publication, a poor we‘-
man has been shot: by the Orangemen.
Their atrocities, liowevcr, were not confined
four Roman Catholics have been made the
victims of their brutal violence. It appears
that a small party of fpolicea “N107 ll"? ‘mm’
maud of a chief coiistable, attempted to pro"-
vent a body of Orange assassins from going
itito the fair of Cootcliill, which was held
on Friday last; determined upon murder,
these wretclies proceeded into the fair, play-
ing the most offensive tuiies.—\Vliat they
.wislicd f'or—a conflict took place; four
Catholics were shot dead, several others
were wounded, and it is said that sotne of
the Orangcmcn lost their lives in the reit-
contre they had provoked. An investiga-
tion into all the circiinistances ofthis dread-
ful ti-aiisaction has been ordered by gov-
eriinient.——I’il0t.
SUIVIMARY.
The report that the mills at Patterson
had stopped work oit account of the liigli
price of cotton, is almost true, but not quite.
It is quite true that two or three have stop-
ped, wholly or in part, making repairs and
for other piirposes. The owners have the
iuore readily chosen this time to stop, oti
3lCC.'_illllt of the high price of cotton. The
itiills at PilllCl'S0l'l are in general of the best
class, and conducted in the best manner; so
that tht—,y will probably go over the present
bar without sti‘iitiiEg_- tlwugli 10 llc SUI“ the
Profits are quite :5l1ttll0W.="v,{"‘r' "f (“W”-
C'/iiolera at 1Ifa‘ine.—'l_'lte_ following is an
extract of a letter to Il’IC‘_?illt0l‘ of the Bus-
ton Mercaiitile Journal, dated Augusta.
Aug. I7. " ~ - - - ' - ‘
Yoit will, perhaps, have heard by this
time of the reported existence of the clio-
lera on the Kenuebec—'I‘liere ltas certainly
been, and probably still is, something very
similar to that disease. Every body who
has travelled in Maine rccollects Mustard
Tavern in Ilowdoinliatn. The proprietor
died on Moirday last, after ait illness of only
six lionrs, with many symptoms of cholera
upon him. The physicians, I am told,
considered it that disease. I am not able.
to give any betterhiitliority. Mr. .M. you
will recollect, was’ very remarkable for his
‘aequisitivcness.’ He had coittrived, it is
said, to amass from $60,000 to $80,000, in-
that little country village. ‘Ills physician,
seeing his conditioii, as sooti as called, had
the good sense to tell him the truth, and he
made his will on his death bed.
The cholera ,1‘1ln‘.0l' is somewhat con-
lll'm‘C(l, since my arrival in this place-, by
the deceasc of a .pei_'soii under very similar
circumstaiices-, thought by niost of the phy-
siciansto iiidicaite the itiflucuct-. of that dis-
case. It is not unlikely that you will soon
hear of more cases. The premonatory
symptoms are, or are supposed to be, quite
prcvaleiit.
I:2_faziiic2'¢lc—-Aliiiost!—Late in the eve-
ningia few days since, the cry of ”Stop
Tlieif !” “Stop Theif!” was heard in one
ofthe streets of Brooklyn New York. The
people saliled out aitd secured _tlte fleeting
culpi'it-—\\=lieit he declared be was no thief,
and called for his accuser to appear. , His
pursuer was at hand, and stated that: the
accused had been following atsonie distance
whilst he was walking towards one of the
docks—that he was suspicious of him and
ran tewardsltiiii, when the fellow turned
and ran from him with all speed—that this
was suflicient evidence to him that the fel-
low was a rogue, and he accordingly cried
out “stop tlieif!” The supposed culprit rc-
T/ic OregonExpcdition.—VVe learii b_Y
the Daily Troy Press, that the I’i'ofcssor
Eatoii conimiinicated at 8. meeting of the
’l‘ro_v Lyceunt on l"riday evening, a letter
from John Ball, Esq., a mcmberof the ex-
pedition which was fitted out nioi'e than a
year ago, to explore the region of the Co-
lumbia river. The party ai'riv‘cd safe, and
have ti'avei'scd the country from the Rocky
Mountains west to the Pacific. The sub-
ject of his communication to Professor Ea-
ton was almost wholly of a scientific cha-
racter, embracing a series of meteorologi-
cal observations, as well as other facts and
experiments, which the Professor remarked,
Itlr. Ball was well qualified and prepared to
make. The main fact disclosed, as to the
geology of the country \Vest of the Rocky
Mountains and along the Colun'i'nia, was,
that it was evidently of volcanic forn'iation,
the . rocks presenting the appearance _of
whole pciitagoiis, like the palisadoes along
the Hudson. l‘iIr..I3all is a young man of
t’.(fllllCt\i.lOll, and fornierly pursued the science
0 aw.
C'mitmozlore Bciia/)i'izlgc.—ln a notice ‘of
this gallent officer, in the National Intelli-
geiicer, is the following cliaracteristic aiiec-
dotc, which we believe now first appears :
\Vhilst he was in captivity, and the A-
merican General Eaton was advancing tip-
on Tripoli, in I804 the Pacha sent word to
Captain Bullll)l‘l(lg(’, in no doubtful terms,
that he had the means, which in case of ex-
tremity he sliotild use, of injuring the A-
mericans in the most tender point, by pitt-
ting his prisoners to death, &c.—thus liop-
ing to intimidate the captain and induce him
to write to tlicCommodore or to Mr. Eaton.
Capt. Bainbridge’s reply was, that he and
his oflicers were in the power of the Pacliti,
and that he mignt do with them as he pleas-
ed ; tliattlie United States had many other
oflicers and seamen, and that, consequently
they should be no loss to the country. It
may readily be conceived that, after this
reply, he was importtiiied no f'urtliei'.
Upon the cofliii which contained the re-
mains of Commodore Bainbridge, were
placed, with his inilitaryhat the sword pre-
sentedto him by Gov. I-Iislop, (who was a
passengerintliaJavawlieii she wascaptured,)
in tckcg of his high admiration of the chiv-
alry, bravery, liumaiiity, and gciit.lt:niaiily
courtesy of the victorious oflicer.
C'mi_fcs.s-i'm'i of Illiizcr.-—Ruinors are in
circulation in .llebrou, that Amos Miner,
the person under the sentence of death at
Providciice, has ‘confessed his knowledge
and agency in the perpetrntinii oftwo mur-
ders, one in that town and the other in
Coliimbia.-—-'I‘lic first is said to have been
coitimitted twelve or fifteen years ago, on
tltc body of a strtinger 'who was pedliug in
Columbia, with a horse and wagon. IIe
states that the murder wascommitted at n
coal-pit, in it retired place in the west part
oftlie town, know by the uanie of ‘Veils
‘vVoods. '.I‘lic coal-pit was taken down,
and the body -put in and consumed with
the pit. ~ In this traiisactioit he says he was
assisted by two men of bad eliaracter, then
living in I'Iel.)l'()ll. It is said that a pcdler
oftliat discriptioii was travelling in Ilebron
about the time he refers to, and that he sud-
denly disappcured under circumstances to
excite suspicion that he had been murder-
ed.
The other imirdcr he says was commit-
ted_ on a trunk pedlar, about six or eight
years since, on or near the well known Jolni
Tom Ilill, iii the nortli-west part of Ilebrnn
about thirteen‘ miles from this City.- He
furtlier says he was present at the time, but
hadvnothing to do with the afliiir,-that the
pcdlai‘ was miii'dercd by two men, whom
he designates by name,both of some Iprop-‘
crty and _cliatacter, still living in that region.
He describes _tlic place where the body was
buried, and sttys, if he is l.irought to Ifebron
under keepers he will point it out, and that;
the bones‘ may still be fotiittl. ’It is also
said in Hebron, that a pedlar of. that des-
oriptioii was missing, about the time he
disapp'eai'aiice he c’ai“i‘ié(l a’ piece of elotlt
to a clotliier in Glttiilicllllllfy, which has not
The jail, of Fayette County, (Ky.) wits
broken. open on the night of the lflth iiist.,
plied, “I took you for a villain and a inur-
,_:o.i'ei‘. You had a bundle, front which is-
sued [,"_‘;. cries of a new bor_n infant ; I fol-
lowed V0,,’ _;_utl you threw it into the wiiter
at the 11,0; of..--_‘St. ; you then tiirtied fu-
riously about upon 'i‘n€,' “ml ‘Wt l‘"°“’”‘l='
but your next step would be .3.“ d_“lf}"°Y ‘me
-.vit::ess ofyour crime, I ran.” .* -‘C ~"t ‘er
‘ ;The following ‘article from a Vermont paper.
published some 30 years since, purports tobe an
address to printers. We wish it might reach
every retiderfas well as printer in- these V-United
States.
should be addressed to rcadcrflas well, at prin-
ters, for what printer is there who wishes to rack
It speaks forth the words of truth. < It «
his 'brain§"in— raitsifckiitg“ some“ ' s‘c‘oi'e‘s""of p‘i"t‘pe’rs‘
to find a little of the wonderful, when abundance
of useful and instructive matter, is nl~.httnd? It
is not the choice of.tlie printer—.be is, driven to‘
it byiho demand of his readers. If a paper is
not filled witlt eveutsuliiclt scent, (if they are
not in|rcality,)Eincrediblif, ii is in'dig-nziittly thrown
aside as -‘stale, flit and tittprotitaible.” '.’It n ust’
be apparent to eve-_r.y one that crime is on the in-
crease in" our.|a_nd. Murders, suicides, robber’-
quarter. ~.- .. -, ..
made to suit the market, as much as any"
other. The’ starers, and \\'0Il(lel'(‘l's, and
gapers, engross it -my large share of the at-’
tentioii of all the sons of the type.. Extra-'
ordinary events multiply upon us surpris-
ingly. _ Gazettes; it is iserioiisly to he _fettr-
ed will not long allow room .for any tltiiigi
that is not loathsome or 'sliocking.' A news-’
p:_tpe_r_ is prpitouiiced to be very ‘lean and‘
destitute ofmatte'r‘; if it cotitains no aeceuiitl .
of mtird'ers, suicides, prodigies, or moristreus”
britlis. __ - - . . ,
Some of thesetales excite horror, .and
others disgust; yetthe fashion reigns like
i
isli notliiug Ielsc. Is this it Fctisoiiiiljle
taste? Is ‘the history of Newgate the only
one wortlrrcadiiig? Are oddities only to
be limited’! ‘Pray tell us, men ‘of ink‘; if
our free presses are to dill.'use i'iif't'irhi‘t1tii)'it,- I
and’ we the poor ignorant people, can get it
no other way than by tiewspape_rs, _whttt'
dering lies, or the tiresome truths about
tluiuder storms, tlial, stratigegto tell, kill
oxen or burn barns; and cuts, ‘that bring‘
two-licaded kittens, and S()\\'S,‘tI’]{[(’ca’t ihgig‘
own pigs ? It seems really as if our news-'-
papers were busy to spread superstition.-—-~
Omens and dreauis, and pmdigies are re-
corded,as if they were worth ntinding.—
One would tltinkour gazette-.s were intend,-,3
for Roman readers who were silly enough:
to make account of suelt things.‘ VVe,ridi'-
Stilt. “that he wits qiiietly procccdiiig‘ to C.’.‘."'
wharf with a small bundle of kittens, which
were worse than useless in his family, and
seeing this man following liiiu from street
to street, supposed he was a villain who had
some evil designs upon him, and having
tlirowti the infants overboard, he gave cliaso
to him.” On further explanatioiis as to
names and residences; it was found that
both the murderer and tlieif were hottest
nieii—and the _peoplc’s court gave a hearty
shout and adjourned.
C0usinz'ng.—A poor country minister
lately arrived at Boston, (Mass.) and im-
‘mcdiately repaired to the boiisc of a rela-
tive, zi lady who had married a merchant
ofthat city. 'I‘lie. parties were glad to see
him, and invited liitn to make their house
his home (as he declared his intention of re-
niaiiziiig in the city but a day or two.) The
husband of the lady, anxious to show atten-
tion to a relative and friend of his wife, took
the gentlemait‘s horse to-tlie livery stable
in Hanover street, and had the horse put
up there. Fiiially, the visit became it vis-
itatioii, and the (merchant after a lapse of
eleven days, found that beside lodging and
boarding the gentleman, a'pi'etty consider-
able bill had run upnt the livery stable-.—
Accordingly he went to the man who kept
the stable, and told him, when the gentle-
ttiait took his horse he would pay the bill.
‘Very good,’ said the stable keeper, ‘I nii-
derstaiid you.’ Accordingly, in u sl1‘.:i't
time, the country gentleman went to the
stable, and oi'dci'ed his llOl'Se to to "got ready.
"The bill ‘of course was presented. ‘Oh,’
siud the gentleman, ‘Mr.'so and so, my re-
lation, will pay this.’ ‘Very good, sir,’
said the stable keeper, ‘please to get an or-
der from Mr. ; it will be the same as
money.’ The horse was put tip again, and
dowti went the country gentleman to the
wliarf, wlierc the geiitlcmarz kept. ‘\Vell,’
said he, ‘I am geitig‘ now.’ ‘A re you,’ said
the mercliant. ‘well, good bye sir.’ ‘\Vell,
be paid for his keeping, ‘\Vell, I suppose
that’s all right sir.’ ‘Yes-—-_w,e_ll—but—_—yoii
know that l’ni your wife's cousin.’ ‘Yes,’
said the incrcliant, ‘I know that you are,’-
but I'll be (I cl zf_1/our /iorsc is.’
Cape dc Vcrdcs.—Capt. Mari'iitai', of the
brig Zipporali, who left these‘ Islands oit
the 23d tilt, states seven cargoes of provis-
ions had been received there from the U.
States for the ,sufl'ering inliabitaiits, and one
cargo of cent from Africa.
Mr. Martain, a mercltaiit at Ilouavista,
informed him that about 18,000 was the
number that had died by starvation in the
whole Islands’ and not 40,000, as has been
stated. Mr. Martain was of opinion that
iftlic rain should fall as usual this month,
(Aug) they would do very well; otherwise,
they would againiieetl assistance from the
United states. They are very grateful to
the people of this coitntry for their goodness
lieretofure towards them. ‘
Illrs. Royal! and the 07:20 Sim.--—'I'lieI
Editorof the Olfo Suit, speaking of the
distiitgiiislicd E<fifI'€s$ of Paul Pry, says:
“\’Ve wish the Ciiiciitnati ‘Republican,_ and
Pennsylvanian,woul(l let Mrs. Royall-alone
—-we have lmtlliei. put by this month past for
our own use.” In reference to this remark
Mrs. Royall says: .“\Ve hope the gentle-.
niatt doii’t mean to make it barbecue of us.
about my horse, the man says the bill mtist 4
cule some people for their _'eredulity ;. yer-,,
gfhil -the triiinpvry of ottr papers is believed ;
we 1,,,ve,';'_‘*le right to lauglt at any set of’
why is it printed? _ _ g
Stirely, extraordiiiary_ct‘eii‘fs 'lmv'e‘-not the‘
best title to our studious attcnitioii. To
study nature or man, we oiigltt to know
things that are in ordinary _cc_urs_e, ‘not the
unaccountable tliiugs that happen out of it.
This country is said to measurei seven
liuittlredhiillioiis of acres, and is inhabited
by almost six millions of people. \Vlio cait
‘doubt, then, that agreat many strange things
will happen every seven years’! There
tough white oak trces;'and hail storms,
tliatwill cost some farmers the full amount
(lows; there will be taverns, and boxing
matclies, and elections, and gouging, and»
drinking, and love, an murder, and running
in debt, and running away, and suicide.——
Now, if a man supposes eight, ten, or.
tventy dozen-ofthese amusing events will
happen in-a siii__;le year, is he not justras
wise as-anotlier matt, who reads fifty col.-_
aunts" of amiizing particulars,.'and.~of course
kinws that they have happened’! I
This state has almost one hundred dwell-
ing houses; it would be strange if all of
them should escape fire for twelve iuoittlis.-
Yet is it very profitable fora man to become-
a deep student of all the accidents by which
they are consumed. Ile sliotild take good
care of his chimney corner, and put a feti-
der bcforethc back log before he goes to
bed. Having dotie this, he may let his
mint or grandmutlicr read by day, and ined-
itate by itiglit, the terrible newspaper arti-
cles of fire; how (1 maid dropped asleep
-reading a romance, .and the bed clothes
took ‘fire; liow ti boy, searching in the gar-
ret for a board of tttits, kindled some flax ;-
and ltow a mouse, warming his tail, caught
it on fire & carried it into his hole in theflonrr;
Seine of the shocking articles in the pa-
pers raise simple, and very simple wonder
-—'some tcrror—and some horror and dis-
gust. Now what. iiistruction is there llf,
these endless wonders? VVlio is the wise?
or happier for reading the accounts of
them? On the contrary, do they not shock
tender minds, and addle -shollow brains;
they make a thousand old maids, and eight
or ten tlioiisaud booby boys afraid to go to
bed -alone. »\Vor-so than this happens;
for some eccentric‘ minds -are turned to
mischief by such accounts -as they ‘re-
ceive of troops of iiicenduries burning our.
cities; The spirit of itititation is contagious
aitd- boys are found bent to do unaccou_ta-
lily as men do- .When the man flew from
the stepleiof the North -Chiirch fifty years
ago, every-iiii-lucky boy thought of nothing
but flying from a.sign;post. . ' .
It was once.a fashion to stab heretics;
and Ravaille, -who stabbed Henry the
Fourth of France, the assassin ofthe Duke
of Guise, and of the Duke of Bu.¢l£l_tIg.llant,
witl‘. ‘many others, only follow ed the fashion,
isit not in the power -of newspitpeits to:
spread fasliioiis; and by dinning bu'i=ning_s-'
and miirdersin every budy’s~ears, t'o‘d’et’t_liri;‘
all rash and ttiiseltievous tempers on Sllcli‘
sulijects,‘.,l'ong enough to went: out the first?
impressiott of horror, andprepare them to-'
actwltat they so familiarly contemplate?‘
He will find us ratlter tough !” \Ve do not
think she appears remarkably tettder .to-
wards liiiti.—Bustim Gazette.
The Troy Press of Saturday states that
oti the night previous, the prisoners confin-
ed in the jail of that county for crimes,
eleven in number, made their escape. It
appeiirs that by the aid and coniv,-mce of
sortie villain orvillititis fjom without, they
had been ftiriiislied \\',llIl a false key, which
enabled them I0 galii access to the passage
way lending ‘to the yard. A.reward bf
and time prisoiiers escaped thei'efi‘oin.
two lItlll(Il'€,'¢.’I dollars is OlI"el‘t?CI"f01".tlicig-gap-
pl‘CllenS"Qg:1"',
W0fl¢l9.fSs and the strongest and most IL0,T|’l1“
ble crimes. The taste will multiplyi. .pr0dl--
gies. The superstitious Romans used to for’-
bid reports of newprodigies,.wliile they We’l‘l9
performing sacrifices on such account 5
Every horrid story in a’ newspaper pro‘-'
duces a shock; but, afte',r"some ‘time, this"
shock l’esst)iis.=. ~A’t‘ Iehglli, suclt stories are
so far from giving pain", that Htheyiirntlier 3
rais,e!cu_r'iosit_=,', and we desire nothing so..‘«
much,‘ as the purtictil‘ai's of terrible trage-
dies. The wonder' is- as‘. easy as to stare ;‘ "
and vacant'mind_is need :_slt(:l.’I resources as
cost n.0__ troubie of Scttttiiiy or rcfl.cctioiI.__; is
.r
if.-
Yetthere set-ms towbe’ ‘a sort of _,riv‘alsliip *
"among printers, who shall have-the most '
It seems as if tlienewspaper wares were.
knowledge are we to glean from the "li'liin- _
of twenty shillings to mend their glass win- -
atyrant, to relisli woirdel‘ and almost to rel- -
people on earth; I‘.‘1(llf it.i.s 110! l)0l‘3t‘\’-Ml‘. *
I
ies and thefts, are crowding upon us f.-gm every .1‘
s
l,
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will be _'tliundeiusliowers,‘ that will split .
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