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ORNAMENTAL Tm-:1-:s.—Every farmer of taste
and judgement borders his front yard and garden
with ornamental shade trees; and it is ol' im por-
tance that he select such as combine beauty with
usefulness. Forty years ago the Lombardy
poplar, was introduced into this country and it
was, for "a time, supposed to be indispensable to
the beauty and pleasantness of a farm house.-
In some places, streets for miles in length, were
lined with this worse than useless tree. Their
growth was rapid, and their form handsome ;
but it was soon discovered that they were, not
only worthless for timber or fuel, but infested
an insect of the most poisonous nature. These
discoveries soon caused their destruction and
now there are but comparatively few left stand-
ing. Had farmers set out the white mulberry,
instead of the poplar, they would have, by this
time, added to the value of their farms from $5
to $10 a piece, without taking into the account
the value of the silk that might have been made
from them. But experience, is said to be the
best schoolmaster, and it is to be hoped that
farmers hereafter will plant their grounds with
trees, which are both ornamental and useful.-—
Such are several species of the mulberry, and
especially Chinese or morbus multicaulis.—Silk
Culturist.
Tm: Tam: or HEAVEN is the singular name
of a native of China, introduced to our notice by
a writer in the N. Y. American, as combining
all the useful qualities requisite in shade and or-
namental trees. It is said to endure heat and
cold equally well. A number are now growing
before the buildings in Lafayette Place. The
writer says---“The ornamental characteristics of
the tree is not surpassed, if equalled, by any in
the summer, when its fine glossy leaves of beau-
tiful green, continue to very late in the season,
which fully justifies its emphatic name, tree of
Heaven. In the winter, the tree is the most
cleanly in nature and appearance, of any we
have in the streets. The habit of the tree is
particularly appropriate, as it is of a spreading
nature and moderate stature, seldom, it is pre-
sumed, reaching above the second story of hous-
es, but growing in such a manner as perfectly
to shade the side-walks and lower ‘apartments,
so requisite in sultry weather. To this it may
be added, the tree is of rapid growth for three or
four years after planting, and contains a proper-
ty in its juices that defies the attacks of worms
and other insects, so detrimental and unsightly
in many trees. Hence, all the requisite proper-
ties are contained in this beautiful trceas a street
ornament.---Poulson’s Daily Adv.
AWKWARD M1s'rAttr~:.—In the Irish Court. of
Chancery recently, Mr. Woulfe, the barrister,
by some extraordinary mistake took up the brief
of the opposing counsel, and advocated the
cause against his own client. As soon as the
mistake was discovered the court was convulsed
with laughter, when the Lord Chancellor obser-
ved, that he had once committed a similar mis-
take in England, and advocated the case against
his client so successfully, that he lost his cause.
A story, his lordship also observed, was told of
Lord Mansfield, that having stated a case very
strongly for a party, and when about to conclude,
discovering that he was speaking on the wrong
side, he t-ontinued:——“This, my Lord, is the
case that will, no doubt, be stated on the other
side; but now let me state my client’s case.”
GRANNY VVmTr'..—Mr. Loyall, a member of
Congress from Virginia, and a candidate for re-
election, in addressing the voters ofNansemond,
was called upon to say explicitly, whether he
was in favor of Mr Van Buren for the Presiden-
cy or not. After some hesitation he avowed his
preference for Van Buren over any other candi-
date now in the field; and after paying a com-
pliment to the honesty of Judge VVhite, he ex-
pressed an opinion, drawn from a personal
knowledge of the man, that he (Judge VV.) had
not sufiicient "calibre” for the station of Chief
Magistrate of the United States. This has long
been our opinion. But the southern people,
with that peculiar liberality and disintcrestedness
which characterises them as politicians, would
sooner vote for a confirmed idiot than for a nor-
thern man for President. The northern people
are not much in the habit of imitating this libe-
rality, but we should like to see them do it for
once. Let the next President be a northern
man—“calibre” or no calibre—-principles or no
principles.—Boston B ulletiu.
A New S'r.vrr~:.---A German paper contains
the information, that some scattered tribes of
Jews, who maintained a sort of independence for
a long time, about the southern coasts of.-‘trabia,
have lately been visited by Capt Owen. He
discovered that an Irealite, of the name of Ma-
homet Bin-Akil, has founded among them a
new sovereignty ; and raised himself to the rank
of Stilton of Morbat and Dsehofli-2r. By means
of his wealth, he has purchased a thousand Nu-
bians, whom he has formed into an army, and
with this imposing force he has conquerhd the
wholde coast from Feutar to Gauew and Hadra-
mon .
One part of the London and Greenwich Rail-
road, which is now advancing towards comple-
tion, will go over three thousand arches; and it
is intended to make these arches to serve the
purposes of cottages, and that they shall be in-
habitcd. This is certainly a novelty, and one
of an agreeable character, that. carriages full of
passengers and goods will go over the tops Qf hu-
man habitations at great speed, with the most
perfect security and convenience to all parties.
To get clear of all smoke arising out ofthese res-
idcnces of men and women, which would be a
great annoyance on the Railroad, the apartments
or arches will be warmed by gas stoves, which
will yield light and heat without impregnating
the atmosphere with any noxious impurit .---
Lon. paper.
Tut. I-INT]-ZRING w1=:nor:.—-Mr. Ewart, of Liv-
erpool, will bring before parliament a law to
create peers for life only. The very mention of
such a daring innovation in the feudal oligarchy
nfEngland, will cause her sepulchred barons to
start from their searmcnts, and the living occu-
pants of the old time-worn palaces of her lords
to think that the world is coming to an end. A
blow like this would uproot the accumulated
parchments and emblazomneuts ofcenturies and
more than any other event shake the British
empire to its foundations. But unless that blow
be struck she never can be free.
A novel machine was a few days ago exhibited
in the Kensington and Clapham roads. It con-
sistcd of a sort of carriage-wheel which carries a
Railroad for itself. upon’ which the carriage trav-
el: with great facility and quickness. It was
composed ofa jointed square instead of a circle,
and has four rollers, not touching the road, and
four feet which alternately come to the ground,
producing a kind of walking and escaping ob-
stacles. We understand it is the invention of
Lows Gompcrtz, Esq. Should these machines
be adopted, probsdaly common Railroarls may
be partially or Witoll)’ dispensed with.-—-London
paper.
Zumalacarrcguy has at last: been forced to
abandon his murderous practice of shooting pris-
oners and peasants supplying provisions to the
Christians. The peasants have threatened, if
not indulged in this trade, to go over to Mina.
Meanwhile, the insurgent provinces are interes-
ted in prolonging war, as both contending par-
ties have plenty of gold, which is a rare thing in
those sterile regions.
\Ve understand on good authority that the in-
vestigation of the committee of the French
Chamber of Deputies had at the last dates pass-
ed unanimously upon variousitcms ofthe Amer-
ican claims as not liable to any objection, which
items, amounts to over twenty-seven millions of
francs.-N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Action of Heat upon Razors.—lt has been ask-
ed why, in time of frost, a razor, unless it be
warmed, will not cut withoutirritating the skirt ?
It is because when it freezes, the edge of a razor,
examined by a microscope, is like a saw, and as
"goon as warmed becomes smooth. ’
NORWALK GAZETTE.
TUESDAY APRIL 28. 1835.
0?’ There is a legalized maxim in England
which, in the present state of public opinion
there, it would be a mark of raslmess and folly
to quote——it is this :-—“The King can do no
wrong.” All liberal minded men, no matter
under what kind of government they live, scout
the impious and ridiculous declaration, as the
mark of a dark, barbarous and slavish age, long
since passed away; and, in that majesty of
mind which is alone the true mark of greatness
in citizen or king, held every man responsible
for his actions at the bar of ,public opinion.-
The King of England and his prime minister
are equally the objects of popular jealousy and
suspicion, and no faction, however powerful in
name or eminent in station, can dazzle the sight
of the people with the meretricious glare of roy-
ality. It has been left for General Jackson and
his cabinet—whicl1 he has declared to be the
mere instruments for executing his will—to re-
CUIVC from a servilc, debased and ignorantfaction
the homage which the subjects of a foreign
prince dare not ofi‘er—the praise of infallibility.
In the Ninth \Vard of the city of New York—a
city which boasts of its democracy and a popu-
latiou of fifty thousand emigrant catholics—at
a public meeting, it was resolved, in view of the
successful measures of this administration, that
“the President can do no wronrr.
\Vho will now say that we are not under the
government of an irresponsible 1nonarchy——and
none the less a monarchy because it is suppor-
ted by a majority of voters’! A monarchy the
most odious of all others, because it purports to
derive its existence from the sufirages of a ma-
jority of the people—a blind, devoted and mis-
guided majority—a mass directed by one in-
stinct, animated by one mind, led by one name,
moved by one impulse—dignified with the title
of virtuous and wise, to sanctify its decision——yet
the instrument, the mere tool, of faction. Such
is our republic, with a President exercising all
the functions of a monarch, and a people fulfil-
ling all the offices of subjects.
MARRIAGE ala Mode.—\Ve see by our French
exchanges,that Madame Malibran, better known
as the Garcia, of the French and Italian Opera
in Paris and late a member of the Italian troupe
in the city of New York, has procured from the
Tribunal de Premiere Instance, a decision pro-
nouncing her marriage in this country to Mr.
M alibran null and void, and loading this gentle-
man, in addition to the disappointment, with the
costs of suit.
\Ve gave, in this paper, a few weeks since, an
anecdote of Madame’s adventure among the bri-
gand (lilcttanli of Arczzo, in company with de
Beriot, hcr paramour. Madame, while the Gar-
cia, was an unfailing source ofdelight to the am-
ateurs of Italian music in our commercial me‘
tropolis, and united to surprisingjrichness and
compass of voice, the most perfect execution.-
As an actress she was no less successful--be-
sides, she was handsome and--But having mar-
ried and gone to Paris, her adorers of the com-
mercial metropolis heard little of her beside the
customary puffs and scandal which usually at-
tend these pritna (lo7mc,until her liaison with De
Beriot, the first violinist of the age, gave a new
direction to enquiry and interest. Poor Mali-
bran was then thrown aside, like an old shoe,
and De’ Beriot established in the hotel of the di-
vine Garcia. These things, however, in Paris,
are taken with an unaccountable degree of song
froicl by our mercurial friends, and De Beriot
for a long time enjoyed the treble honors of pri-
/no tviolino at the opera, of clircctcur of the hotel
and maitrc of its distinguished and beautiful mis-
tress. Had Monsieur Malibran’s heart been
made of anthracite coal and his flesh of Indian
rubber, he would have been nimble to withstand
the loss of all these honors and enioymcnts,
without evincing some feeling of disappoint-
ed love and ambition. And we according-
ly find lnm, one afternoon, established in a vel-
vet fauteuil in madame’s bondoir, patiently
awaiting her return from the rehearsal ; and sur-
veying. we may suppose, with the eye of an
ejected, jealous, bilious, discontented husband,
the many evidences of De Bcriot’s happiness
scattered about the elegant apartment. Ma-
dame cnters, and salutes the unhappy husband
with a
“Parbleu ! Monsieur, is it you !”
“Madame,” and he rises, “this is my house,
and I command it.”
“Pcutetre,” responds Madame, with a sig-
nificant spreading her palms, “Anll what then?”
“I am your husband.”
“Mort de ma vie, it is too true,” cxclaims Ma-
dame.
“And I claim—”
“Arretz la! Monsieur! no more than I choose
give.”
“Madame, there is a law in Paris.”
“Sans cloutc, and men to administer it.”
“Therefore, I shall remain here and exercise
the authority of a husband over both the house
and yourself.”
“Ben! and I shall leave it!"
Here Monsieur appears disconcerted, he pa-
ces the boudoir, and after a few moments of
perplexing thought, tries another course of argu-
merit.
“Madame, to what can I attribute this unac-
countable conduct '1”
“I don’t like you.”
“\Vhy'! Wliat have I done’!
crime can you charge me ?”
“Crime ! Le crime enorme—the crime of old
age 1”
“But, is that deserving ofyour hatred ?”
“\Vhy not, if I love sortie one else better?”
This was the “knock down argument” to poor
Malibran. The woman was too much for him.
M-alibran being an American citizen, the mat-
ter was referred to Lafayette ; and the old gener-
al very prudently advised Malibran to arrange the
With what
difficulty to Madame’s satisfaction. We here
see the end of it. Madame will probably revisit
America with De Beriot, and the modest audi-
ences of the commercial metropolis will receive
them with open arms.
THE Roman CATHOLICS.-—Tl1e religious
newspapers of the United States have entered
warmly into a discussion respecting the influ-
ence of popery upon the civil institutions of the
country, in which, with much force and truth,
they contend that catholicism is inimical in
its spirit and form of worship to political free-
dom. They, however, propose no remedy for
the evil they deprecate, but the impracticable
one—impracticable in the present state of pub-
lic opinion-of religious education. Few Amer-
icans are catholics, and few can become so,
while our present excellent system of common
schools and the freedom of religious worship and
discussion continue. The intelligence ofthe age
is an insuperable barrier to its progress in that
direction. But these means can never effect the
ignorant, degraded and bigoted slaves of a for-
eign mitred prince, to whom rcligiousinstruction
is forbidden. If we desire to protect our civil
institutions from destruction by these subjects of
his holiness the Pope, we must turn our atten-
tion to measures of a more direct influence.-
These measures must be of a legislative and po-
litical character. We must restrict the right of
suffrage to our native fellow citizens, or so mod-
ify it as to extend it only to such foreigners as
have resided in this country long etrottglfto be-
come acquainted with and interested in the per-
petuity of our present form of government.-
This will strike at once at the root of the evil ;
and there is no other way in which we can ef-
fect it. The necessity is urgent, and it should
impel all true friends of their country to unite in
one great American party for the protection of
their civil and religious liberties. The restric-
tions under which the press labor, wisely impo-
sed no doubt, forbid interference in any mat-
ters of a religious sectarian cast, and render its
labours in this respect liable to the charge of in-
tollerance. It can. therefore, only unite upon
a plan strictly civil and political, with religious
efforts in other quarters, directed at once by fer-
vent pietv and patriotism in a common cause.
The present party in power, by deprecating
any reference to moral and religious qualifica-
tion, have contrived to enlist a brute force in
their favor fron1 motives of a pseudo rcligio_us_na-
ture; and, in the artful diplomacy of their lea-
der, who hopes to attain to the Presidency from
majorities made up by these foreigners, have
invited, not merely spontaneous emigration, but
held out inducements of a political kind for the
propagation of the Roman Catholic tenets and
the establishment of Roman Catholic institu-
tions in the country. The thingis cordially em-
braced, but the name must. not be pronounced.-—
The spirit of this party is fullof this kind of char-
ity so long as it administers to its own cupidity.
It forbids our looking at the sacrifices wfshall
soon be called upon to make to sustain this cul-
pable disregard and contempt ofall that is valu-
able in life and liberty.
In disregard of these opinions,,we would take
the ground that, if it be not an attempt 1;; “units
church and state” for political purposesgcm con-
ciliate certain religious sects by the_ promise of
immunities for partizan support," it cannot be so
considered when we oppose certain rcli;:1'~.n1s_ sects,
to preserve our institutions from pollution and
our liberties from destruction. The doctrine is
as applicable to this proposition as to that.
If we are to have in this country a mass of
voters able to give the preponderance to any
party in a political contest, and animated by no
feeling in common with our native citizens, but
guided by the direction of a foreign power, to
whom they profess to owe implicit obedcncc;
and who are without education, debased in char-
acter, and of doubtful moral honesty; and if the
intolerent and blind bigotry of these men is to be
defended from reproach ; if they are to be cour-
ted for their ballots, and their national prejudices
and antipathies magnified into virtues, their
power flattered, their psssions excited, and their
fury directed upon their political opponents,—if,
we say, these things are to continue much lon-
ger, the high minded, the virtuous, the religious
ofall sects, the honorable politician and the pa-
triot, must unite in the cause of moral and politi-
cal freedom, as a great American party. And
we say, let it be done now. Let it be done to
day. The evil is hourly augmenting Call it
prejudice—call it what you will—you cannot
lessen the danger with which we are threatened,
you cannot diminish the necessity of an early
union and a long, vigorous resistencc.
Tun SILK CUL'rUn1s'r is the name ofa pa-
per established at Hartford, in this State, by the
Hartford County Silk Society. It will be pub-
lished once a month at fifty cents a year. The
cultivation of the Mulberry tree, the raising of
worms and the manufacture of silk, from a few
very successful examples, are‘-rrmv becoming
general in this State. The profits are large——
the management easy—the soil is favorable-
the population shrewd and inrlustrious—and by
care, perseverance,and the necessary knowledge,
which this periodical proposes to supply, we
doubt not that the culture may soon become a
national honor and blessing. ‘
The quantity of silk at present imported into
this country from France, Italy and India, in
thread and cloth, must amount to many millions
of dollars; and without any increase in tariff
upon these importations, our native manufactur-
ers may successfully compete with the foreign,
and produce at once a better and a cheaper arti-
cle. It is hardly worth while, at this time, to
go into a speculation respecting the future ope-
rations of silk culturists in this country, although
we cannot but indulge the expectation of seeing
them, in a few years, producing their glossy, rich
and durable fabrics, in an abundance, cheapucss
and variety, hardly surpassed by our present
printed cottons. Ifsilk should then cease to be a
luxury, it would not, like most luxuries, become
less valuable, if less fashionable. Our fine la-
dies, to be sure, might be a little puzzled to con-
trive how to distinguish themselves. Perhaps
the emergency would tempt them to look at the
garniture of their heads and the cxcellencies of
houscwilcry.
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“Dcatl Men tell no Talcs.”—During a dark
night last week the barque Silas E. Burrows ran
foul.of a schooner In the North River, and sunk
her with all her sails set. Nothing as yet is
known of the vessel or the crew.
P I .
I
ifi?’ The VVhigs' have derived ‘considerable
force from the assertion, that Gen. Jackson has
been governed and directed in his various overt
acts of unconstitutional and arbitrary govern-
ment, by a faction; and that the responsibility
should attach to this faction rather than to him,
from the fact that, he being more arbitrary than
civil, in his education and habits, must neces-
sarily be in a degree ignorant of the duties and
deportmeut suitable to his station. Besides, it
has been urged that Gen. Jackson was deficient
in penetration and firmness, notwithstanding the
faro’city of his temper. Indeed, occasion has
been taken of this representation of the man, to
claim for his government the character of an oli-
garchy, in which the functions of the President
were merged in those of an irresponsible few,
whose mouth piece and champion he merely
was. New admitting all these assertions to be
true, how shall we avoid like causes for com-
plaint iu our future presidents? By electing
Judge VVhite '!
It appears to us that, aside from the fact that
this gentleman has sustained Gen. Jackson in
all those acts of which the \Vhigs complain, that
he is precisely the kind of man whom it would
be necessary to assist in the administration of
the government; and who, from his feeble char-
acter and doubtful principlct. wcultl be most
vulnerable [0 the charge of l)P.lll.tJ the rirnsilletit
I
ofa faction and the tool
There is another pl
- 3:-izrt-*
\.‘UV.,_.. ;.. .‘ fig .,
comparison will appear -qr-...: :~::.-”-.:.n:-
the defeat of \Villiam Ii. Cr'uwibi'u lll L0,:-.t, tile la
present party in power united upon General _ :«
Jackson for precisely the same reasons whic7
the \Vhigs give for their support of Judge VVH .
now; and those reasons were—not his per
fitness, nor his democratic principles, ‘uti-
which were unsparingly censured by l‘ - ;- - -:'~t'.‘ -
supportcrs—but because he was the ~'- -:6 - .
able candidate, by the aid of wt. .~
glory the party were to be resusciatcd. ..ce
how this expedient has succeeded, and what kind
of a President the country has received from its
operation. The Whigs are pursuing precisely
the same policy and invoking the same evils.-
They are endeavoring to hit upon an available
candidate for the purpose of defeating one evil
with a greater one. Nothing can be more im-
politic, if the good of the country be their object,
nothing more contradictory if principles be their
guide.
We say, if we are to be governed by a suc-
cession of rulers of the same character, let us re-
main in the minority, and leave the possibility
of electing them to the present dominant powers.
Let us not go with them. Let the \Vhi{vs hold
fast to their principles, so that in any future
emergency, they may constitute the chosen few
who shall come to the rescue of their country.-
Let them continue to be the unpolluted deposi-
tories of sound constitutional doctrinc—-—tl1c fear-
less advocates of those measures which the exi-
gencies of the times demand, without regard to
their popularity. Let them assume a higher
stand and act upon the suggestion of purer mo-
tives.
Tm-2 VICE Pnxsinnxcv.-—Sargeant Joel
Downing declines a nomination by the people
for the Viciz Presidency, in the Downingville
Gazette, in this wise :—
“All I have to say about it now, is, I shan’t
stan no how, without 1’m notninr;:.ed long with
Mr. Van Buren at the Baltimore Convention.”
Sargeant Joel has no mind to share the fate
of Tecumseh, so he keeps clear of a certain he-
ro of the Thames.
Major Jack Downing, we auderstand from
private sources, intends, on his way home from
France, to stop at St. Domingo to get him a
black wife, so that, in the event ofhis being nom-
inated for the Presidency, he may keep the next
Vice President in countenance.
{E13 The United States Telegraph, in reply
to an article in the Boston Atlas, says
The only hope of saving the Government
from an early dissolution, is in the disinterested
and patriotic devotion of the South and \Vest, to
the Country and its institutions.
Our reply would be, then let the South and
the “fest show their disinterestedness and pa-
triotism by supporting an eflicient man from the
North. They can be shown in no other way.
Q3?’ The National Gazetts, in reply to seine
remarks in the same paper, observes, in its usu-
al forcible and prompt manner :—
Now, we assert that we belicve‘Mr. \Vebstcr
to be “a very available” as well as the prefera-
ble candidate. Let the \Vhigs north of the Po-
tomac, and of some of the \Vcstern States where
they are strong, cling to him universally, and his
success will be more likely than that of any oth-
or candidate. The Anti-Kitchen party in the
South though they may first lend their aid to
Judge \Vhite, will not hesitate to elect Mr.
Webster, in case the choice should ulitmately
be restricted to the two Nothern candidates.—
The \Vhigs cannot adopt Judge \Vhite without
rcnouncing all pretentious to consistency, and
indeed without losing their indentity. Their
whole poltical creed, distinct merit and vital
power are at stake. Mr. \Vebster not only rep-
resents their principles and has been one of their
special master-champions, but towers far above
the other candidates in general qualifications
and services. If they carry him their triumph
will be noble in proportion to his merits and re-
nown, and the good they will have achieved for
their country: Ifthey fail, the conciousness and
the honor will remain to them of having been
steadfastly true to their own creed and cause,
and having attempted the best for the national
wealth.
_______________________
fit’ A newspaper which takes no part in pol-
itics, says, with great simplicity,-—
A National Convention is to assemble at_Bal-
timorc next month, for the purpose of nou‘unat-
ing the Hon. Martin Van Buren as a candidate
for the President of the United States.
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.-—In the city of De-
troit, Michigan, the number of vot.es polled at
an election was 1433, of these only 450 are
Americans. The 983 are Catholic emigrants,
and, consequently, true Jackson-Van Buren
D1611.
93> The elections in Virginia are, we believe,
still going on. Hence, the reports we are daily
receiving from that quarter, are entitled to no
confidence, Local successes are received as in-
dications of the general result by both parties,aud
published accordingly. ‘
Among the new applications of caoutchouc,
we now see advertised in the English papers,
“India rubber coffins.” Being water tight, they
are recommended on sea voyages.
{)?We feel satisfied that the editor of the
Litchfield Sun and ourself will not agree respec-
ting the policy of the small hill restriction. \Ve
doubt that the withdrawal of small bills will cre-
ate specie. \Ve doubt that "almost every one
who writes, can counterfeit” paper money. If
almost every such one could, the argument would
be good againstlarge as well as small bills. \Ve
doubt that specie is better than bills as a current
sign of value, so long as the latter circulate at
par. \Ve doubt that those who are claimed as
the persons to be benefitted, are competent
judges of the financial operation of this meas-
ure. But, we do not doubt that the whole excite-
ment upon the subject, is the ollspring of politi-
cal management.
PIIILOLOGICAL. A correspondent of the N.
York Mirror thinks, that “all the benefit that
Dr. \Vebster has rendered toliterature, is far in-
sufflcient to compensate for the evils he Thas
brought on our orthography ;” and the editor of
that elegant and entertaining periodical, to cor-
rect these evils, sets himself to work to restore
our orthography to its original beauty and sim-
plicity, by spelling bivouac, bivouack ; emperor,
emperour; governor. governour, &c. dcc. Ifthe
present age be not prepared to adopt Dr. \Veb-
stcr’s analogies, it certainly is not disposed to
s..xw: 1:
lVIA'r'rmAs THE Pr.orn1~:'r.—-']‘he trial of this
rank impostor and impious wretch was had 'at
\Vhite Plains, in the state of New York, week
before last, and was terminated, much to the re-
gret of every honest man, in his acquittal on a
charge of having caused the death of Mr. Pier-0
son by poison ; and by the sentence of the court ‘
to three months imprisonment for an assault up-‘
on his daughter. \Ve have taken the evidence
of Mrs. Folgcr, as given on that trial, as pmbra-
cing a general epitome of that scouudre_l’s con- ., A
duct and opinions, from which may be gat_hered 1
every important particular respecting his doc-
trines and a fair insight into his character, distin-
guished for its cruelty, presumption, intrepidity
and rapacity. '
Matthias is, by trade, a carpenter; a man of’ ‘
a shrewd mind, much low cunning, without ed-
ucation and ofincrediblc impudence. Mrs. 1701- ~
ger, on the contrary, is a lady of good education,'\
elegant manners, pleasing vivicacy and good
sense. The same may be said of her husband, '
who is a young man ofgreat enterprise, success- -,.
ful in business, ofa candid unsupecting temper;
and, from the intercourse we have had with in},
we should say ofpcnctration, sagacity atflgund I _
judgment. That Matthias shoul;l"'have _ mis-H
lead the impotent Pierson, is poi so much a
matter ofsurprise; but that lie"'should have so
9
a. . . .
revive tbér ‘_,c0ulh and laborious barbarisms of
-1 . ,
. 1.‘-IUUISUI Dr. W ebstcr, because he has,
American work, given his readers
.:E-» of spelling a few words in two ways,
1. »,.i: a man who should cut off his nose to
i '.-V." his dislike to pocket handkerchicfs.
I’ut this is not the whole amount of the evil.
(nose who are disposed to reinstate the 7.: and
the u in their old situations, should ‘be content
with simply so doing, and not permit their love
of antiquity to lead them into the perpetratiou of
as many gratuitous corrections as they at pre-
sent complain of in “Icbster.
\Ve would maintain a middle course, such as
usage has rendered facile to the pen, agreeable
to the sense, and pleasing to the sight.
The Editor of the Hartford Patriot 6; Demo-
crat cannot be serious in charging us with igno-
rance respecting the movements of some leading
members of the \Vhigpart.y in relation to J udgc
VVhite. VVC are fully aware of the novelty of
our situation. B in the worthy editor must know,
that when we entered upon our editorial career,
it was not with the intention of supporting any
party "right or wrong.” \Vhilc we feel pledged
to sustain \Vl1ig12ri7zc2'plcs, we do not acknowl-
edge the obligation to extend to every individu-
al who may be recognized as the pseudo repre-
sentative of those principles. \Vc are not insen-
sible to the degree ofcoucert which policy must
always dictate in regard to party organization ;
nor to the wisdom of cndcavoring 10 propitiutc
the majority ; neither, indeed, are we inscnsible
to the impructicubility of the monstrous anomaly
proposed of rallying the \Vhig forces under 21
Jackson leader. \Ve would not court victory
under such auspices; for in the cvcntof obtain-
ing it, aside from the bare posses;-‘ion of the
“spoils,” we could see no moral good or political
reform achieved.
fl?Thc Hartford Times complains that we
have misconstrued the quality of the spirit in
which is exulted over the discomfittcd whigs.—
Perhaps we have. But such was the impression
we received from a persual ofits articles upon that
subject, at the time; and, right. or wrong, we are
willing to give the Times the benefit of its pre-
sent disavowal. At the same time, the editor of
that paper must be aware, that we are not, in
any way, responsible for what many have ap-
peared in the Norwalk Gazette, a year ago.
\Ve are not insensible to the fact, that the Ed-
itor ofthe Times has been assailed in his person
as well as in his politics, by 1.110 whig press, in
a manner which the courtcsics ofcditorial inter-
course do, in our estimate of them, condemn.-
\Vc suffer from the same causes ourself. But,
instead ofdescending to handy personal ribal-dry,
we have treated them with the “silentcontempt.”
which such conduct most justly deserves. \Ve
once entered our formal protest against the
practice; and we confidently trust, that before a
great while, every editor in this State, who en-
tertains the smallest share of self respect, will
concur in our decision, and regard it as the sug-
gestion of sound policy.
Colcl 7t‘lIIlC7‘S clone 0L'(3I‘.—-A German Profes-
sor Strave, has published a pamphlet. to prove
there will not to be any severe winter for the next
100 years!
The Pope is to visite Ireland on the 7th
June next.’ This will be 21 favorable time for
those who admit his temporial sovcrignty, to slip
over and kiss his toe.
A poor laboring man near Holbcton, Eng. has
by the death of an uncle in India come sudden-
ly in possession of £30,000. The news did not
make him mad. He worked as usual, and re-
marked that he “had only heard of it, but had
not got it.”
“Reducerl Incomcs.”——Tl1e new scheme of
Church Reform in England, ‘reduces the income
of certain Church dignitaries to the following
scanty pittances: the archbishop of Canterbury
$50,000 per ann.; the archbishop of York $40,-
000; and each of the bishops $20,000!
By the Salem (Massachusetts) Commercial
Advertiser, we learn that the citizens of Dan-
vers, propose to erect in their town, agranitc mo-
nument, 25 feet in height, in memory of the bat.-
tle of Lexington. The corner stone to be laid
April :20, by Gen. Gideon Foster, a survivor who
was in that battle.
The Toronto (L. C.) Patriot says, “the ac-
count for burning the Ursuline Convent in Mas-
sachusetts is by no means settled. The fanat-
ics have wantonly and deeply injured and in-
suited the Catholics, and the Catholics will have
revenge.” .
Jlforbicl Ta.stc.——The Salem Landmark truly
observes that “on whatever subject a man eithcr
speaks or writes,” at the present day, “if be ex-
pects to be heard or read, he feels it to be almost
essential to deal in hyperbole, personality, accu-
sation or extravagance of some kind.
I-.{or7'ors of Italian I«Vm_‘/‘m'c.—At the last ac-
counts from Chili, the American Indians of the
interior had taken the tmvn of A)‘tll‘lCt) by sur-
prise in the night time, murdered 500 people,
and carried oll'an immense booty.
A shoemaker of Brussels has just been mar-
ried to a fifth wife, although only forty years of
age. He married successively, and a few months
after the death of each, three sisters. He took
his fourth wife very soon after the death of the
third sister, and it is not long since he followed
his fourth wife to the grave, ~
cllcctuallv Sl]lj)tltu_-4.L.:_ill s..'-_:_:—~-
. _ . ‘Ii’ J I I I ' I
t...: - 4 wt“ ~ .~:‘ .\1t.~~w.l ran
cord. W llll so slender means and in such atf
age, the success of this fellow almost exceeds be-
lief. .-
The following is the testimony of Mrs. F 01- ‘;
ger :-— '
Mus. ANN FOLGI-tn.-—I am the wife of Bcnj.
II. Folger. In July and August of last sum-
mcr I lived in New-York and Sing Sing. I ar-; '6
rived at the latter place on the Saturday prev-
ious to Mr. Picrson’s, sickness; he was taken
ill on Tuesday, Matthias, Mr. Pierson, Isabella,
the black servant, Mr. Folgcr. Catharine Galla-
way, Lewis Basil the coaclunun, a hired Du‘
man, who could not speak English, M"
son, two sons of Matthias, James
daughter of Mrs. Galloway, tn
my own, the eldest 11 years of up
six, and myself, were all there a
first heard of him and received
through Mr. Pierson, who was a
lievcr in them as cvcr was. I
believer in his doctrines and bccam
and confirmed in them. My husbu
came a believer in them, but was mo .
t.o doubt than Mr. Pierson or myself.
for as I could judge, Catharine Gallaway .
ed in them, and acted as a believer. To\
his believers he stood in the doctrinal relation
afathcr—l1c was our father. \Ve consider
him as God the Father posscsssing the E.
Ghgist, and the power of bestowing on othe-
power also of executing wrath on whom I
would. '\Vc regarded him as the last truinpt
answering to all the angels of wrath spoke
the Ii.(:\'Clilll()l); that is the exec-ut.ii.~g augc ..
\Ve indeed thought he did cast evil spiritsblitr
us. \Vc were to ohcyull his commands, and xx
shoxvcd our ()lJ(.'tllt.'ll(2C to him in all things. Vt
looked to him [hr directions how to act, and}
would tell us the spirit would direct us, Wlllt
we considered he had a right to command. I‘
had the couunund of all thing.-1 in the house.
would sometimes go to him to direct us, antljh
szunc-times had or.-c.'L-ion to 1't—.-primand us. an
tell us we lunl not his spirit, but a spirit-wvliic
did nor plr=.:isc him. which he would cast unit
It: would sometimes be very violent. in liislman
nor, of which we had 11 small specimen yr.-_stc
day in court. llis anger would last along tirnt
and become xcry tedious, and he would curse u
awfully, and tlircateu us, until we consitlcrc
our.-:c-lvcs lost creatures unless he saved us. If
told us he would save us, but we must get I'll
ofthe evil spirits within us, and if we asked lii
bcttcr spirits within us, and if we asked for bet
tcr spirits and deliverance from him, he \‘VOUl(
give them to us. Our obedience extended to al
the temporal alliiirs ofthe house, and he told u.
we stood responsible to him for every thing.
He claimed the house in which we lived, flllt
he always (‘itllctl it “my lmu.-:c.
Q. Db you know of any difficulty between
him and Mr. Pierson shortly bclbrc his death.’
A. Ycs,fsir, the ill-will commenced when Mut-
thias went av.'.'t_v from Sing Sing to New York.
Shortly before Mr. l’icrson’s death]. heard tli_ci'n
conversing, and know that he ccnsurcd him for
some things—somc inisumnageiru-nt in tilling/
the ground. He claimed the first fruitsofeve
thing—the fruits of the fields and ofthe tr
—zuid we would not use them until he ca -
if he went from home. He claimed
every thing on the table—-the chickc
ry thing. There was :1 coach and
scs exclusively his. I remember thr
stance mentioned by Mr. Bishop this ..:t-:..
about Mr. Pierson and Matthias go‘ v = .
other with horses. .
They let their horses drink at the brook ; and -
Mr. Picrson’s horse wanted to lie down, and did
so; but Mr. P. escaped from getting wet from
a dry piece ofland which was in the middle of
the brook. Mr. Pierson died between 1 and 2
o’clock on \Vcdncsday morning, the (5th August.
On Monday afternoon,‘ one week before his
death, Matthias went int! 3. : ".~ with his-
voungcst son to pick bl." -% A . -.
sorne home. which were :-.--;». .«-
lsabclla. He took suptd '' - _
light. Matthias wasthcre aa..,.: I 1 =4.
ions. Mr. Pierson, Matthias, myself and L}a.;.~
urine were atisupper together. The ‘reason ' ._
why supper was so late, was because it w..=
haying time, and we waited for Mr. Pierson I..-
come in. -
Matthias helped Mr. P. to some blackberrs-~ \
asmall butteror tea plate full. Mr. P-xcatth <
and had another plate full. Catharine had sc .- ' _-"
also; but I eat only two berries. Matthias ~ ,
none. He had been preaching at thetable seq
time, and I said——“Fatlier you have cater: -.,;t
blackberries,” and I then discovered there "
no plate before him, although one was a litt‘;.—
one side. I said——“Father you have no p‘: A
and he said : “The Father is not honored _
though his sons were, and the daughters ' . :7-
tlresstlieIr1sel\'cs, and therefore he had lcv
(Matthi:1s’s) blessing and the enjoyment : .
ing blackberries.” He preached on thiss -
niitil 12, o'clock or alter. He told Mr. P .~ “
that he would be the subject ofcensure that =:._~“
inasmuch as Mr. P. had two plates ofblz --
rics whilst he had none, andthat it was 1;-
considcred a great favor that he picker. 1.5-
himsolf. But no blackberries were can,-::
what he helped us to, as he always did'tl “.3
and butter and every thing on the tab";>
said they were Juduses who dipped in *h-..
with him. There was nothing nnust«.:l';
morning, and Mr. P. went into the. field-.
four o'clock P. \I. on Tuesday he cut :-
and went into the barn. My son Edwc .
to me and said Mr. Pierson was in :1 fr, . ..
sent for Matthias, for we did not dare
him without being exposed to censure A. ~:
said by touching him we injured his spi "-.
Pierson was subject to fits, and Matti i
to command him to get up antlwalk I»-.
lit was broken. VVhen in fitshe wass :;
laid on a couch in the parlour, and - .:..:.-’.-
would go in and command him to rise. .. 4-: n
P. manifested great pleasure when - .,: -:3,-it
obeyed him. Mr. Pierson lay on ll]el::'«.'~. E,» '
born on this occasion, until Matthias .--E
man named Anthony took him up an -1
him between them till they came to ten; 2- .
steps, where he fell down. He’ soon ret:ovr_~t«.
r
1
from the fall, and sat up strait, butdid not rca~:.=_
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