'.
I No If, or And, raises a
.¢t
FRAGMENT-_ _
Yon cloud! 'tis bright and b_68l111fU1-11fl°m3
Alone in God's horizt_:m—-0r_1 "5 e‘l8°
The stars are hung like pearls—it looks as pure
As it were an angel's shroud-—the white cymar
Of purity, just peeping through its folds,
To give a pityirig look on‘ this sad world.
Go visit i:—and find that all is false sf
Its glories are but joys-—.and its while Ofm
Is plighted to some coming t_hund_er gush .
The rains, the wind, the lightning have their
source
In such bright meetings. Gaze noton the clouds, '
However beautiful. Gaze at the sky—-
The clear, blue, tranquil, fix’d and glorious $k_')’-
————-.-.-*-'—“"*
Front the N. Y. American.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ‘PUZZLE.
All money collected for Government clues.
Mat can cause to be placed in what hands he
may choose; _ .
doubt in him yet, .
Of a clear right to tiarne fgr its keeping, Hts PC1-
But should the prevailinrr distress of the day,
Intreat, in collecting those dues, for delay,
Tho’ anxious to grant it, he scruplesghis power,
To yield to the sufferers the tithe Qt all hour!
COMMEN T.
\Ve are told of an odd structur'd ‘throat-pipe,
friend Mat, _ '
Thatgulps down a camel, but strains at a goat .
HOPE, YOUTH AND AGE.
Hopes, what are they? Beads of morning,
Strting on tender blad_es of grass;
Q: a spider’s web adorning
_In a strait and trcaclxerous pass.
\Vlmi is youth? A dancing billow,
Winds behind and rocks uelorc;
Ave? A drooping tott'riug willow,
‘On a flat and hazy shore.
.‘\Vhene'er you marry‘—to his son
A prudent father said,
eclioosc for your lovitig helpmate one
Rich widow or rich maid".
For any ttiji: may turn out ill, '
But then the money never will.’
TROUBLESOME '1‘!-.\lEi._
‘ Those who have caslt,
Have trouble about it;
Those who have none,
Have trouble without it.’
ODDS AND ENDS.
An Arrterican .Mz'nt's!cr.—-'I‘l1e Grand Duke
of Florence, who is rather an unsociable per-
sonage, was, not long since. told that the Ameri-
can Minister had scat up his card and waited
an audience. The Duke went immediately to
receive the illustrious stranger, and indulged
liim with a very long interview. \Vhat was
his rage, on learning that his visitor was only
_an itinerant Yankee clergyman, who, by adding
the words ‘American Minister,’ to his Down
East cognomcn, thus forced liimself whenever
be pleased, oti the petty Princes and small
Dukes of Italy!
The banking capital of this State on the Ist
,of October last, was $8,67"J,30'/',-'30, and distrib-
uted as follows, viz:
,5 Banksin Hartfortl County,
$250,000 of which is cm- $3,463,150
ployed at a braticli in Litcli-
field County,)
5 Banks in New-llaven Co. 1,981,760
I0 Banks in i\'ew-London Co.
-1 Banks and 2 branclics in Fair-
lield County,
1.52.3757‘ 50
606.530
3 Banks in \Vindliam County 72-11,990
3 Banks in Midtllcscx County U9-1.090
1 Bank in Tolland County 60,000
$.i8,67‘.l,.';‘07 50
I-Vtinl 0/'Ptr.rentttl control and 41 clearly /l0_I)lc
41 ctrusery'crime.—'l‘lie Chaplain of thc Con-
necticut Prison, in his last report, says;
‘One half of those cotiintlttcil to this prison
last year, were deprived of parental control be-
fore they were 15 years old. 40 outof 66 lived
roving lives. Away from home, they were
exposed to peculiar temptations to do e',_'i_l, and
being without control, and free to choose what-
ever cniploymcut suited tlicrrr best, they gener-
ally engaged in such bursirtess as caused least
uneasiness to the body, arpl the highest llgw _of.
animal spirits by day, and left them at liberty
and in a mood for carousing grtiiiglit. Ont ofb'6
40 had no wives, 15 had been sailors, 4 are for-
cigncrs, 26 from the other states, _antl sixty—scv—
cu followed no regular trade.’ '
' Do you call that a. good picture?’ asked Ly-
star of Beaufort. pointing to the portraitof Miss
Murray in the British artists cxliibltion. ‘No,’
replied his Grace, ‘no good painter coultl have
i made a lady look so wicked.’
0
":_a. pound of common plug.
_ ' It is no use to mourn for spilt mill;,’ said a
follow to Bass, while the latter was laboring
under a melancholy bereavement. ‘ Ay,’ re-
turned Bass, but that means when milk wason-
ly four cents a quart.’ -
Tobacco an tmledqtc to arsem'c.—\Vc have
seen repeated notices of the efficacy of tobacco
in counteracting this deadly poison, \Vc had
the curiosity to call on a lady who at the age of
17 ate enough arsenic to kill three men, which
had been left in the pantry to poison rats. To-
bacco was given of the coarsest and strongest
kind, to produce vomiting. She ate it freely,
and drank adecoction, in all about as much as
She felt no incon-
veniences afterwards either from tobacco or ar-
senic, Could we mention her name no one
would doubt her intelligence or credibility.-—
This remedy is so easily obtained that, if it is
effectual, it ‘is invaluable in similar cascs.——N.
Y. State Joyraral, ' ' i
The hens in Rockville, Md. since the pres-
sure has commenced, have increased their dis-
counts and now lay three eggs :1 day.-Boston
a er. .
find Sundays they lay four. —Penns3/lvanian.
This is not equal to the famous hen of Kanis-
phatka, immortalized in the nautical yarn, which
‘lays a large and small egg every secular day,
and on Sundays a nutmeg.—P/lilatlelphia Ga-
zelte.
Cr'eee7fulnes.r.-,—A woman may be a great as-
sistanc to her husband in business. by wearing
a’ cheer I smile continually upon her counte-
nance. A man's perplexities and gloominess
are increased an hundred fold when’ his better
'half moves about with a continual scowl upon
licrbrow.
Evil Spea7c1'.ng.—They that will observe
nothing in a wise man, but his oversights and
follies; nothing in a good but his failings audio-
firmities, may render both despicable. Should
we heap together all the passionate speeches, all
the imprudent actions, of the best man, and pre-
sent them at one view, concealing his wisdom‘
and virtues; hctin this disguise, would l_o_ok
like a madman or a.fury_. And yet, if his life
were fairly represented _in the rpannler it was
led, he would appear .to all the world to be an
admirable and excellent person. But how nu-
merous soever any man’s illqualities are, it is
just that-he should have the due praise of his
few real virtues.
VOL. 20.
G-o.s°s2'p.—\Ve are of opinion that the best safe-
guard of private morality, is the gossippi_n_g”pro-
pensity. It is the dread of being tried in the
high court of public opinion that keeps many a
man in the paths of honesty and virtue. Hence
in great cities, where he can bury himself from
the inspection of gossips, there is more vice than
in small villages, where every old lady is watch-
ing pver the affairs of her neighbor. The evil
which arises from the gossiping propensity, is
the great quantity of falsehood that is mingled
with scandalous tizuth. Yet this circumstance
gives origin to the virtue of prudence. People
re thereby led to pay regard to appearance as
well as to virtue itself. They are taught to
avoid those appearances wliich lead to the sus-
picion ofevil. Moreover, as gossips are of dif-
ferent parties, it is generally half the business of
one to investigate the truths of the reports of the
stile!-
Irziportetrgl Trial-— The 'rz'g'ltl of a city lo de-
3l'r0_?/ property lo ]7rCt'c71l the .sy7rcaa’- of c/iscrzsc.
An important case was recently tried in Charles-
ton. The actiorrwas brought by Charles Jar-
vis, as salvor, in behalfof all concerned, against
Henry L. Pinckney, ai:d \V. K. Knight, to
recover the value of the portion of the cargo of
brig Amelia, saved from the wreck stranded in
1832, and set fire ‘.0 and destroyed under the
authority of the city of Charleston, with a view
to prevent the spread of the cholera. Mr.
Pinckney, Intcndant of the city, gave the or-
der for the destruction of the property, and Lt.
Kniglit was the officer of the city Guards, who
‘executed it, under the authority of the corpora-
tion who are the real defendants. The Jury re-
turned a verdict of seven thosand dollars in fa-
vor of the plaintiff.
S/tort Ditzlogue.——Czcsar bring me my horse.’
‘ \Vliich one. Massa ?’ ‘ Olympus. Don’t you
know what the poet says of High Olympus?’
‘Don't know nottin’ ’bout hio, illassa, but he
linipus ’null'that’s sartin, he, he 1’ _
A little too lalc.—No less than twenty vessels
arrived on Thursday last from foreign ports, ha-
ving on boardnpwards of two l]UIltIl‘Ct_I thou-
sand bushels of wliea‘. and rye,
A (‘Il(l‘7l_¢\’ft,3.-—i7.I.1il(‘.‘ name of the village of Sil-
ver Mills has been changed into Paperiowu, and
(lold llarbor is lierealier to be called Port Rags.
Captain Benton Giltcdgc is to be appointed col-
lector ofthelatter place, and has declared his in-
lCll_lI__0l,l to i'g;ccive;tntl pay riotliing but purcniint
drops. ' ' '
Tlrc Intlepcndence has not yet sailed. Mr.
Dallas and family iiave been on board more
than a week, what can be the cause of the de-
la_v?—Bo_slon Atlas.
"The ship cannot sail before the government
lind gold to pay Mr. Dallas. They dou’t take
any tliingclsc in Russia.—New Era.
The Boston Ccntincl of Saturday, says:
The United States Ship Independence, ' wcntto
sea this forcnoop, with a fine breeze front the
South-wc.s_t._
A Sepulcltral .S'0uml.—Tlicrc is a new pa-
pcrstartcd in Massachusetts. which bears the
litful coguon_1_ci_i_ of ‘A Voice fiom Holmes
1,11/lc.’
Awlcwarrl Cangrrrlitlatiorz. A banker, who
had recently failed, was met by asullcrer, walk-
iug totown instead of using the gay equipage
in which he formerly rode there. ‘I’ am glad.’
said the creditor, to see you on your legs
again.’
Talma’s egtravagance frequently called forth
the rernonstrance of his wife. ‘he said to him
one day, somewhat angrily—‘ Suppose I want-
ed diamonds, boxes at the theatres, and ’
‘ \Vcll my dear,’ observed Talma, with the most
pipovoltingsangfloicl, ‘in that case we should
only have more debts.’
One of the most distinguished medical prac-
titioners used to say, that he considered a fee so
necessary to give weight to an opinion, thatwherr
he looked at his ‘own tongue in the glass, he
slipped a guinea from one pocket to another.
The following is an amusing and singular in-
stance of the prevalence of the influenza in Pa-
ris. At the Duke do Mortemarte’s the whole of
the inmates of his extensive mansion were con-
fined to their bed. So in;-apable were they of
tnoving on one particular day, that the Dutch-
ess, being the only person preserving the use of
lierlitnbs, was obliged to take upon herself the
office of porter and_ open the door. The old
Duke who ‘had called in vain several days,
when be recognised Madame de Mortemart, ex-
claimed, ‘at least to day the porlicre will not
say that the Dutchess is not at home.’ ‘ I am
not so sure ofthat,’answered the belle porlcire
-‘for I scarce know where I am.’ ‘ Nor I,’ rejoined
the witty Duke, ‘ unless it be at the gate of Par-
arlise, for there is anangcl at the door.’
NATIONAL VIIITUE,
The following significant and glowing para-
graph. is extracted from an oration delivered on
the Fourth of July 1806, by the Rev. Dr. Par-
so.v. It needs no comments ;
éTliat virtue, both in those who command and
those who obey, is absolutely essential to the
existence of republics. is a maxim, and a most
important one, in political science. Wlictlier
we retain asnlficientshare ofthis virtue to promise
ourselves a long duration, you, my friends,
must decide. But, should the period ever arrive,
when luxury and intemperance shall corrtiptonr
towns, while ignorance a_nd vice pervade the
country; when the press shall become the com-
mon sewer of falsehood and slander ; when
talents andintegrity shall be no recommendation,
and open dereliction of all principle no obstacle
to preferment ; when we shall intrust our liber-
ties to men with whom we should not dare to
t-rust our property; when the chief seats of hon-
or a_nd responsibilityin our government shall be
filled by characters of whom the most malicious
ingenuity can invent nothing worse than the
truth; when we shall see the members of our
national councils, in defiance of the laws of God
and their country, throwing away their lives in
defence of reputations, wliicli, ifthey evcrexistcd
had long been lost ; when the slanderers of
Wasliington and the blaspheincrs of ottr God
shall be thought useful laborers in our political
vineyard ; when, in fine, we see our legislators
“ noN"r GIVE UP. zttrrrz snip.”
sacrificing their senses, their reason, their oaths,
and their consciences at the altar of party ; then
we may say, that virtue has departed, and that
the end of our liberty tlrawetli nigh.
From the l«l’0'rl¢l.
GA STRON OIVIY.
A sxi:'1'cn.
By I)C‘7‘Cg7‘l7lC Pickle, Jr.
‘ Oh lwbatan excellent genius must that man
have had who first invented eating and drink-
ing !’ Castle .S}2ectrc-—L1:w1s.
The quiant benediction of Sancho Panza pro-
nounccd upon the mati who contrived the bloss-
ing sleep, ‘which covcreth us as a blanket,’ is
rather pleasantly caricatured in the acclamation
of the worthy friar, which, with an author’s li-
ccnsc, I have placed at the head of my chapter.
The sentence is not an incorrect text ‘ for the
foundation of some brief remarks’ upon eating
and drinking in general, and eating and drinking
in particular. I might pcu some more sage and
philosophical reflections upon the devouring and
guzzling propensities of both biped and quadru-
pcd. I will write a dissertation upon each sys-
tem. In the lirst place. as one of the first
magnitude, I would touch upon the pill eating
system ofthc immortal Dcctorlirandretli, V. I’.
S. LL. D. I should endeavor to bring him in-
to notice. A man of such singular modesty as
his, cannot expect to take the world by storm,_ex-
cept by opening abattery of his pills, which_p1lls,
in order to ellect a cure, are to be taken ‘ inter-
nally, cxterually, and (ilC’I")l(tlf"l/.’
I should after properly dilating upon his
‘ Vegetable U2ti'cc'r.sal Pills,’ proceed to ana-
lyze the scheme of Doctor Sylvester Graham.
He, be it known, is a; principle of the man, who
made an cxpcrit11CDl. upon a valuable horse. He
had just learned the animals to exist upon saw-
tlusl‘ and water, when unfortunately the poor
beast died, He had, however, gone far enough
to render it certain that his unique system miglit
be brought to absolute perfection. Graham has
improved upon the trial, and the wonderful
spectacle is now presented of thousands upon
thousands ‘in a high state of preservation,’
through the virtues of that divine alimcnt, satc-
dust.’
I am credibly informed that Graham was one
of the most extensive speculators in Maine lands,
and that he has in operation, in different parts of
that. State. a large number of newly invented
machines for nianufactaring srtzt;-tlttsl ; and that
marvellous quantities are prepared for exporta-
tion, as well as home consumption. Mr. Graham
personally supcrintcnds the whole establishment,
and in order to clear himself of the iria‘.it:ious
slandcrs that he has endcavoretl to make this
commodity (l lu.1.-ur_y, he has issued positive orders
that none shall be made finer than common
musket balls ! The necessity of this order will
be perfectly apparent.
The pitcli—pine sa\v—dust is said to make the
best puddings. It is sweetened with a spurious
substance lILliICLif'l'C(/.13./,0, and seasoned with (does,
the quantities of which materially assist in di-
gcstiou. The report that the profits of the estab-
lishment are greatly lessened incouscqucnce of
the large qtiantity of this pudding eaten by Mr.
Graham himself. is utterly false.
But reader, I humbly crave thy pardon. It
was my purpose to relate a short gastronoiuical
anecdote, but I have been inscusibly led to favor
thee with a brief historical sketch. \Vitl1 thy
permission, I will now relate my tale, and retire
siinply promising that its truth is unquestioned.
° I tell inc talc as ’twas told to me.’
A short time since the door of a country inn
was darkened by a well dressed man of iuodest
and unassuming mein, who reqtiestcd food for his
horse, ar.d the extra services ofthc hostlcr, inas-
much as his beast had been hardly driven. The
stranger had m_ucli the appearance of an intelli-
gent farmer of moderate means, and who, though
liberal, perhaps, was never profuse. After at-
tending to the welfare of his horselic entered the
bar-room.
‘You may give,’ me said lie to the landlord,
‘something to eat, but merely a cold bite. My
businessis very urgent, therefore any thing will
answer my turn for the present.’
Scarcely a moment had elapsed afterhis order
was issued, crc thejingling ofasmall bcll sum-
moned him to the ‘ dining room,’ which in ordi-
nary places would have been termed nothing
more than a ‘bed-room.’ The fare placed be-
fore him, although ‘ a cold bite‘ as he had ordered,
in the strictest sense of the term, was yet meagre
in the extreme. The remains ofa dish of boiled
pork and potatoes, and a glass of \ 'ater, were all
that had been appropriated to his use.
Swallowing a few hasty morsels, he again pre-
sented himself at; the bar and demanded his bill.
‘Halfa dollar for your dinner,’ said Boniface.
‘Half a dollar! Is_eld_oni dispute a tavern
bill, sir, but for such a one as I have had, the
charge is an imposition.’
‘A meal is a meal,’ answered
‘ and that is our regular price.’
‘ It is a small su_m to quarrel about,’ observed
the traveler, ‘ but I prefer to bcpilfcrcd in ai1'ian-
ly mariner.’
‘ A _71I.C(ll is a meal’ sir,’ again returned the
landlord in a surly manner. ‘ we always charge
that, whether a man cats more or less, good or
bad.
I’erceiving altercation to be useless, the stran-
gcr paid the bill, called for his horse and rode
away, with the muttering cxclamatioti that he
would sometime have an adequate revenge.
His destination was about liftecn miles distant.
After transacting his business, he was about
starting the following day, upon his return. He
had mentioned to a friend the circumstance we
have recorded, and that person answered that
the tavern was notorious for its extravagant
charges, but that he could find him a rnau who
would put the landlord’s maxim, ‘ a meal is a
meal,’ to a thorough test. Accordingly before
setting out, our traveler was introduced to his
companion who had abstairied from eatingin
order to do justice to the entertainment of his
employer. He was to be paid the expenses of
his dinner and journey. 'I‘h_e new adventurer
was _a burly, good lrumorcd fellow, something of
a wag, and extremely shrewd. He was withal,
a most iricorrigible glutton. Eating and telling
large stories were his chief employments. He
was fortunately an entire stranger to the inn-
kccpcr.
‘ Landlord,’ said the traveler, ‘ I owe this
man, Mr. Jones, a dinner, which 1 lost by a very
the landlord,
O .
NOI£VVALE§l, CONN. VVEQBNESBAY, ELK? 31., 1837.
foolisli bet. Furiiisli him one, and I will pay for
it.’
‘\Vhat’ll you have '1' asked the landlord of
Jones.
‘ A roast turkey, sir.’
The landlord stared. but issued his orders to
the occupatits of the kitchen. As it. required
some little time to comply with the orders, the
landlord and Jones soon made tlicuisclvcs ‘ old
acquaintances.’ .
‘Rathcra red face that ofyours. landlord,’ said
Jones. ‘I havcn‘t seen any thing that looked
like spring before; line blossoms, sir.’
‘ You are rather a crooked character. Mr.
Jones.’
‘Ilatlier, sir; but not quite so crooked as a
tree I once knew. I: was the tallest butternut I
ever saw. Standing close to it one day
thunder storiu, I saw a squirrel on one of the
topmost branches. The lightning struck the
same branclz, about three feet above him, and
the squirrelstartcd. The liglrttiiug had to follow
the. grain, ofcoursc, and the sqtiirrcl went strziiglit
down. So confounded ('I'ookt:d waslliat trcc, sir,
that the squirrel, by riiy watch got to the bottom
prccise‘iy three irinutcs before the liglituiiig.’
‘Thz‘,t’s a lie, I. svlcar 1’ cxclaiuicd the land-
lord. ' ' '
‘ A lic ! trtic, sir, true as any story ever was.
I afterwards saw that tree cut down and niadc
into rails for a hog pasture. The hogs would
crawl through twenty times in a day, and so
tliunderin’ crooked were them are rails that
every time the hogs got out they found tlicin-
sclvcs back in the pasture agaiii !’
Iicforc Qfones had titiic to relate another story,
the bell r‘aiiglbr dinner. Thctablc wasfurnisli-
ed in a plentiful but homely style. The turkey
was there, flanked on one side by a, huge dish of
potatoes, and on the other by condiments of vari-
ous l~;inds.
‘I will thank you, Miss,’ said Jones to the
damsel in waiting, ‘to cook me a few slices of
beef, I am afraid I shall not make out it diuricr
on this.’
The girl witlidrcw in amazement, while .Iont_3S
iuadc a most vigo.jo.us ztssaitlt upon the fowl,
which rapidly disappeared before his advances.
\Vings, legs, and body, were soon. transformed
into a skeleton, and licapcd into a large pile be-
side his plate. The vegetables too, had sensi-
bly diminished, and he liatljust laid his hands
upon an apple pic of uncommon dimcrsions,
\vhcn the girl made her appearance with the
beef
‘ Thank yc,’ said Jones, ‘have the goodness
now to cook some pork steaks, rzttlict‘ rare, and
bring a plate of pickles. 1 have a strong appe-
titc.’ _
The girl disappeared, and Jones full to again,
but with less alacrity than L-cfore. Ile inanagcd,
however, to devour the bccfjust asthe girl came
in with the pork, the pickles in the meantime,
had been c.atcri.
. ‘Now, Miss, I’ll trouble you for sotnc fresh
fish. Have you got any ?’
\Vhile the girl hadgonc to inquire for this, the
landlord, who had been appri'/.cd of the sad
havoc which had been made aiiiong his viaud.~:,.
entered the room. At tlrisjttiicturcofallairs, the
girl came back with the iiitclligencg; that they
had nothing but pickled salmon.
‘ Give me half a dozen pounds of that then.’
Jones had already slullcd liimsclfto rcplction,
and to have saved his life, could scarcely have
swallowcd another morsel. The landlord, hav-
ing heard the last order, thought best to fill up as
chea ) as possible.
‘ \ out you have some cider, Mr. Jones?’
‘ No, sir, no, I thank you. I always make it
a rule in eating, never to zlrlnlc t'l7I_7/. t/ring‘ till I
g'eljusl about /uzl/‘throng’/L .”
‘ Good God, sir! you’ll cat us out of house and
home. Quit now and you are welcome to what
you have eaten.’
‘ XVcll, amcttl is a meal, btitI presume we
can obtain more at the next tavern. Tcll ’cm
they need not cook the salmon, and l’ll take you
at your offer.’
It is almost needless to add, that the landlord
soon ca me to a knowledge ofall the circumstances
connected with the case, and that cvcraftcrwards
he was particularly careful in selecting ob_iccts
upon whom to exercise his shaving propensities.
AFFEC'I"KNG _NARRA'I‘I‘ii'r‘..
\Ve do not know when we have read arty
thing more painfully allbctiiig, than the sub_join-
ed account of a murder, deliberately committed
by a father upon his four children. The dread-
ful decd was perpetrated in March, at the parish
of Basford, near Nottingham, in England. The
children were aged IO, 8. 5 and 2 years respect-
ively. Thcir mother was dead. The father-
murdercr is a man of a laborer, described as
:1 man of kind disposition and good character, and
noted for his attachment to his chiltlrcn. The
fcarfuiidccd appcarstoliave been coniiiiittcd un-
der the influence of a morbid feeling of misery,
occasioned by pecuniary distress; yet Greeti-
smith was in constant employment and receiv-
ing 13 shillings a week. The little sullercrs
were fine healthy children, and much liked by
their neighbors.
Thomas Giccnsiiiitli of Ilasford, (the murder-
er) having becii cautioned by the coroner, said:
I live in a yard next to this house, and M r. Mark
\Voodward is my landlord. I went on Lllouday
morning last to hedge on the farm of Mr. U.
Brown, at Bcstwood Park; I remained there all
day, and returned home in the evening about 7
o’clock. \Vbcu Igot home, took something
to eat, staid in the house abouthalf an hour, and
then went to the Seven Stars public house, near
the Leather Bottle, Nottiiigliaiii, where I had a
cup of ale. I then returned home. I walked
alone the whole of the way, and reached Basford
between 11 and 12 tliat night. I met Mr. Jo-
sep_li \_Voo.'lward (who is the fath_er'of Mr. Mark
‘—,sVoodward, rriy landlord) in the yard he asked
me about the rent, and Itold nirn I had arrang-
ed with his son to pay it the next’ VVednesday
but one; lte told me he would have itncxt m_orn-
ing; _I told him it was impossible for me to give
it him the next morning,btit thathe should have
it in the course of the next week; he said he
would not be put offin that way, and if I didn’t
gctit ready in the morning, he would take my
goods. Itliought ‘if he took my goods, that I
should have no housc—no where to go—uo ho_me,
nor notliirig-—and that before my Ci'lIi_(il‘Cl1 should
be turned into the street, and be separated from
me, I would stiller what the law would please
to clap on me. (The prisoner licrc paused, and
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it was very apparent that great emotion was
passing within his bosom, bitt. after he had ari-
swcrcd two or three qttcsliotts, he resumed and
described to thcjury in the most initiutc detail,
and with the greatest composure, as follows :)
Coroner. I)id you turn your housekeeper
away that night?
Prisoner. l told her she mu.-_'t go; and iii-
tcrltlcd her to go out and not stay there llrzit
night.
Coroner. Did you go upstairs as sii_o_ii a_s_:;_hc
was gone? '
I’i'isoncr. No; Iwas not xvillliig to p:1_rt with
my cliildrcn, so I made up my rriind to strangle
them, and [did it with my lia'ritlltcrt_:,lii_ef.
Coroner. \\’licr_i tlitltliat idca first conic into
your ntiinl? ' ' I
I"risoiicr. No: till that night; after talking to
Mr. \Voo_tl_ivar<l. did_ not p’ru_,ccctl upstairs ini-
mctliatcly after my liuiisc.lteepcr left. I staid in
the bousc—placc alioiit. an ll(.)l_tl,'Z I then went up
stairs, and vrciit ilircctly into the cli_il'.lreri’s room.
I think some of tlicin '\t_'cr'c atvakc, but I don't
know partictilttrly. l'.l‘illt.’lllll‘t,)IJl Ilial.l\lr. \Vood-
ward gave me t:ausctl me to do what I did.
There were two in one lied and two in the otlier.
ltliink I took_ my liaiulkcrcliicfoiit of my pock-
ct when I got tip stairs, but don’t know \\ here. I
went to the bed where the two youngcstoncs
were lying (dlark and .-‘.un ;) I Iliirik they were
not awake at the time. I. kissed Ilictn all, shook
hands and badcthcni good byc,bcfore l destroy-
cd them. In less that: :1‘ minute after I got into
tltc room I bcgrtii; I took the yoiingost ('i\'Iark)
first, I twisted my lr:iiitlkert;liicl' it hit and put it
i'oitud its neck, and tied it in a fast single knot.
I drew it tight but ilit] not pull it at all afterward ;
I then left hold of the },a,,,1'pem1,;e1~_ [rphe pri-
SUUCF. there is little doubt, in his agitation, drew
the knot of tlic liztmlleercliilcf in the first instance
across its mouth, as itbcars marks on its lip, {lfltl
its tongue is bittcn.l I had a candle with me
in the cliauibcr; I siood in the cliaiiibcr, but do
not lgriotv that I. looked at it while it. was .51 rang-
ling; I believe I did not look at it. liepl
the handkerchicfon its ri_e,cl_c five m_inutc.~;. Ithcn
took it off, and the child appeared to be dead. I
did not see that it bled at the mouth. asI did not
look at it it; the face. It did not scream. Ne-
vcraone of tbciii cvcr wim:ed_. I wcntto Ann
next, and tied the liaridkcrcliiof round her throat
in the some way. \Vlicu I had tlirottlcd Ann,
I went down stairs and staid against the lire for
:1 few minutes. I stood considering :- and
thought I might as well sulli.-r for them all asfor
two.
I then went up stairs again, nod was goingrip
to the bed where tlieotlicr two lay (the bed tiri-
der’ the window in which dull!) and \Villiain, thr-
two oldest boys were,) when VVilliamjuzripcd
out of bt-d, ran across the floor, and got into the
bed where Ann and Mark lay. which the
cause they are all in one bed. I tliouglrt he had
seen me straiiglc the other two. AI; he ran
across the floor, he said, "Pray, fatlicr, don't do
me so.” 1 then tied the liandkcrcl.-ief round
the biggest lioy’sncck (.Iolin’s;) I did not look-
to see if John struggled. but went and sat down
on the bed side against. \Villiam and said to him,
“My lad, we'll all share our fate; when I've
done you I shall have nobody to think of btit
myself, and it will be my turn next,” and he
never spoke more. Tlicy tione of tlicn_i cvur
wiricctl. and I will take my oath never cricil out.
Itlicri tvc-.iit and took the ltand_kci'chicfoll' Joliu.
and tied it rotiiid \Vllliam’s neck. \Vlien'l
took the handkerchiefo[’fJoliii’s neck lic appear-
cd to be qtiitc dead. \Vi_lliam t_i_ia_d_c .iio resist-
ance; if he did it was the least ip the world. as
I gave him no chance, and he never S(‘l‘Call‘lCtI
out atall. As soon as I had tied the liandkcr-
chief on \Villian'i’s t2cck,I went down stairs,
where I staid for ll'lt)l'§3 than an ltour; I then
went up stairs again, and sat on the bed side,
where \Villiam, Ann, and Mark lay, till about 5
o'clock. I then took the liandkei'cliief°oll ‘Wil-
liatri’s ncck, andput it in my hot; this is it (tak-
ing a cotton liaritlltcr_clii_cf out of his hat, and
lioldiug it up to sliow"the coroner.) I shook
hands with them all, as I tliouglit it w_oiild be
the last time I should see them, and started.
Coroner. \Vlicn you destroyed the cliildrcn,
had you any idea of -.lt-stroying yourself?
Prisoner‘. N); I knew I should be taken in
a day or two. 1 know Ishall have to suffer
what the law will inflict upon me.
Cororicr. How old are you, Grccosmitli?
I’risoncr. Tliirty-lire. '
This closed the case, and the jury immediate-
ly returned a verdict of fwilful murder against
Thomas (?‘rrecns_miili.’ '
The prisoner was not in the lca,s“t'all'cctc_tl by
this verdict, but. on the contrary, as soon as he
had delivered his tcstiniony, his countenance
lrriglitcucd up, and he appcarcil more clicerful
than during the cxaiiiitiation oftlie witricsscs,
Front I/re ZVezc-()rlea71,~' .I>’e-e, of ]lIu_7/ 111/r.
I~I()R{§.lBLE CA'l‘A.“'1‘ROPIIE-
One oftliosc terrible accidents but too coiniiioo
on the western rivers occurred on Tuesday at
one o’clock in the morning. by which about one
hundred and fifty lives were lost. The steamer
Ben Shcrrod, Captain Castlcman, left this place
oii Sunday morning, bound to Louisville, and
at the tiine._just mentioned, when about 30 miles
below Natcliez, she was found to be enveloped
in flames, and out of near 200 persons on boa rd.
only 50 or 60 were saved. The fire is believed
to liaveorigi__uatcd frI..iii the wood used as fuel be.
ing piled up near the boiler. The story of the
disaster was relgtcd to us by a }’()l1rlg‘_."ttat)‘}\’lt_Q
was a cabiii passenger, and it awfully interest-
ing, and his oj.vii cscapc rt1ii‘a'cpl<>iis. ‘.§Vhcn lie
awoke he put on liis ctlptlies, "and leaped into the
yawl, which tvris hanging at the stern, and was
liillowcd by about 40 other men, one of whom
cut the rope contracting the stern of the steamer
to 'the bow ofthc yawl, and the latter canted
over and hung in a perpendicular position, the
bow towards the _watcr. All ouiboard were pre-
cipitated into the water, and are _believed to have
been drowned. with the exception ofthc narrator,
and he saved himself by clinging to the thwarts.
In a few riiiiiuI_es about twenty of the crew
made their way to the stern of the _steamer, and
placed themselves in the boat. suspended as she
was One of them impriideritly took out his
knife and cut the rope wh_ich attaclied the s_tear_n-
or to the st_crn of the yawl, and she plunged,‘ as
might have been expected full twenty feet under
water. All that had been hanging to her were
missing, except four and the individual wlio rc-
lates the story ; he says, when he rose to the sur-
‘----——:
face, he found himself under the yawl, and she
was lying bottom up; Being strong, active and
expert at swimming, he worked his way froiii:
underneath and mounted on her bottom ' where
he ‘V35 500" .l0l0¢d. by the four other mien-' who
had saved themselves, and in this situation they
floated twelve miles down the river befor-g p,
were picked up by the Columbus. ‘ '"" A792‘
Captain Castleman, by vigorous exertions sav-
ed his wife and two children ; one of his ,,i,;i,i,',,'- ’
and his father were lost. A Mr, smut, 5150 ha
the luck to save his wifeiarrd or;e.cl1ild . “,,,,d'w’¢-‘
add with pain that one of his children istmissing.
quantity we know oot—-but the knowledge that
it was there seemed to, have paralyzed the eflbrts
ofthe crew and its explosion aiddcd to iho deep’
horrors ofthe scene. \Ve are informed that there
were nine ladies oi_i board, only two. of 'wl'ioi'1i'
were rescued. S i W ' ' ' ' "
The survivors of this appalling disaster?-, unaui-
mously concur in expressions of t_ e warmegt
Smlllude l0 Cillllfiuu Jones. of the Columbus, for
‘"5 ’1°‘‘-‘.’,‘‘.}_’ ‘,3. l"‘?l‘l.1’g'l.l.1.§=I.11‘ up. and for his kind-,
ness while on board his steamer. The steam.-
boat Alton passctl do_v,'nwa_;;_ls 1391 1'91’; g afief
accident o,cci_irre_d,_ when many unfcrt , natgs were
stillstruggliiiglorlrfe iritbe ware . - hi; gm-viq-
ors are not quite so eloqueiit irit eir expressions
ofgratitudc to the commander ofthc Alton as they
are towartls Capt. Jones. ' ' ‘T
Allllo-".1-’.l| this has been o_ne of the most seri-
tlie M_ississippi stearnboats ; there being at least
one hundred and fifty families Ide.prived' by if
ol'soiue dear and beloved niemb'eis14ov'er'oné
hundred beings hurried by it out of time into
eternity, with scarce a moment's warning. And‘
a“’9.l'..£}~°d 0,105?-‘ it'll? 8F¢ saved. {harry are said to
be severely burnt ; some so rnucli'sp,“t'hrrt lhgig
recovery is very doubtful. ‘ '
‘ \Ve understand that eight dillerent explosions
took place on board the boat, whilst burning -
I -» . . . _ , ‘ - _ _ ‘ '
II fpla bdllcib OI. \Villal\_ey, br§[]Gy! then‘ [ha
l’°'l°’5 b.l"‘."' ‘.‘.’l'«ll =1 fearful explosion, and lastly."
tlrirly-ttiue barrclsofgunpowdor exploded whicli
Sll‘t.‘\.-\_\it'(I. the surface ofthc river with fragments.
_ -. (".116 ttutrrrtiryr pf spccre was to the bga; on
"5 WHY I0 I to '-Pcnncssee banks, this was Iosi 7
- :i . . - . .
‘o’.""0_t‘;!<’-"l.l,t_~’I,!,l_=1II Plilctill his pocket book containing
.,.,3_b.i_l(ltl iriitler his pillow, arid alrliough he egcap-
cd with htslifc, lie l_ost li‘i‘;,"m“u_'¢§,_' - - - '.
"rItu'rit SJ’AN(‘rER nus r-'rc'rto-.1.’
g \V5?.\vitn‘ess_ctl the iriost tragic scene at Yancy
Superior Court, that has ever been acted in any
CW" ill NONI! Carolina. The facts were as
follows: About two years since. a man by the
"we of Juhn \V’iI-rm; n,izirrie'ti Elizabeth ‘Rey
ofihnt county. Tliey lived'togcili,e‘r aboutsev;
8" ‘Vi-‘<—'liS. \,\_-'lrcu some disturbance took place
which caused" their separation. Six months
ago the linshand filed a ‘petition foridivorce, set-
ting forth various causes—declaring that h};
was young and inexperienced when he married
her, and was not acquainted with her true char-
actcr, tliat her ggriitliict during llre time tlreylliyp
ed together was rrisupportalilc, and by iiirffcoul
not be endured. She answered, that they "were
raised in the some neigliborhood,and had known.
each other frt in their infancy up; that he knew
her cliaracter and circtimstanccs in life perfect-
ly_well when he married her, and had itakenilier,
with his eyes open to her frailtics; site per 'i‘tive-
ly dcnicd ever having bcerrguilly of any "mtg-
condiict, during the ttme they lived together,
and that she ac_l,ed towards him the part ofan af-
fcmioltate Wife. She further asserted that when
he was “Iwill 10 l‘-‘ZIYG 11.81‘. be Illzldfi no charges
against her but gave as his reason for sepaml
tion, that he did not nor had never loved her ;
that his l'ricn,t.ls had induced him to marry her
merely for her property, and rliat he had ascer-
tained that he co_ul_tl rro_t enjoy life with a ‘“‘,-(;.I
man he did not love.
At the last Court an issue was made up and
subntiuctl to __a jury. The petition and apsw
having been read, cvidence was ‘then ‘introduced
wlzicli proved decidedly in favoriof the petition;
er. On the part pf the plainlill, the cause was
sulririitted without any a'rguuig'_{n, _b_u_t we 39,;
sel forthe defendant resisted the divorce it
long and feelnig speech, in which he alluded to
1119 Solenmlty of ill‘! marriage vow, the mutual
duties irnpusm up the parties, and the want of
suilicient cause in that case to dissolve the hoods
of matrimony, " " ‘ '
' During the investigation the parties were both
in Court. The husband was apparently youn
and simple, and in facta mere boy. and theta
was nothing in the least prepossessing in his ap-
pearance. The wife seemed something older
and altogether the superior. She a fine look-
ing woman, witli hlack hair, dark eyes, and 3
very expressive i31_?§'::-Silfi _nia_nit'esi_ed greatin-_
retest is the trial: " '
’I‘lie jtiry after retiring a few moments re-
turned a verdict for the plaintiff. The parties
were still in their seats behind the bar, some
six or eight feet distance from each other: the
wife asked a gentleman by whom she was sitting,
for his knife, as if to trim her finger nails; slid
felt of the edge, rose to her feet, patis',e_rl',a mo-
mcnt,tiirned pale, her eyes flashed fire. and
then suddenly sprang forward with the drawn
knife and airiicd at her husband _a deadly blow.
But fortunately a latly who sat by and saw her
get the knife, andpc-rcciving from her ‘counte-
tiauce tliatshe was nieditating sorntillllpg 01‘ 3
desperate character, "watched her until she stir?
the blow alpigtl at the unsuspecting'liusband‘.
and instant yscigzed the arm of the infuriaiétl
wife and diverted the weapon from the object at
which it .was aimed; butdetermined on her
liellisli purpose, she threw the knife with great
violence at her husband and turning, made at
most furious attack on her whose hand had at‘-1
rcsted the blow and thwarted her wicked desigia:
The Court ordered her into cpsgodyfi 'she was
arrested and borne out of the calm, rnaking the
most wild and frantic ext-|a';riations-_—"c,al'ling on
her liusbaud in the most tender and passigfnatie
language, and seemed to be entirely ‘deranged.
Ilcr conduct was st range and unaccouiiiable;
btit all who witnessed the scene pgrpéd that
she must have lpv_ed her husband. ‘She had
'wl1.<{l.e matter, heard the pathetic speech of her
nouiicing the final separation, she felt that she
loved him above all others, and the idea that
lie was then at liberty to marry again (for that
was said to be his object) was rn_or_e than she
cppltlendure. Her heart was devoted to him,
and sooner than see him pledged to apotlierfislie
would see liinitlie—th'at ‘too by herown h"and—'-i
in the presence of the Court and the multitude
that surrounded her. Of the consequences to
herself she never thought, nor for the_m cared;
they pould not have been greater than death.
and no doubt shefelt at tlrat moment, that she
would gladly take refuge in tire arms of death.
She remained in jail until the next morning;
when she was brought befqrp the Court, and af-
ter being severely repritrianded, was sentenced
to five days imprison'r_n'ent, for contempt of thé
Court. and required to give bonds and security
for her good behavior for the next twenty-months.
Vi
Rtullrer/brrl Gazelle.
The Governor has issued a writ, command-
ing the Sherill of the City and Countyof pair;
adelphia to hold an election for me_r_nber'_of Con.
gress, to fill the vacancy caused bytho death of
the late Francis J. Harper, ofthc House or R9.
presentatives at
Gazelle.
\Vashingtou.g-fltilatleéplzifii
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Tli_cre was some powder on board, in what.
§
W5 ‘ll5",5“?i$. l.l.t,3.l has l"'PPened. in the annals of ._
limit!-:4 .=4‘t.<=.it'ii'v'e‘ly I0 the im'cs'ig.=ititin‘of ‘I115
counsel, and then the verdict of the jury pro-‘
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