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The following article from the Louisville
Iournal of the 21st August, in our opinion,
takes a very judicious and fair view of the sub-
ject of the Lexington disturbances. We com-
mend the article to the attention of those who
feel, as we do, an interest in the subject,
The Lexington Distur-5anccs.——The sup-
pression of the ‘True American’ by the peo-
ple of Lexington and the surrounding coun-
try, and the manner in which it was effec-
ted, are acts of which we are compelled to
disapprove. \Ve never will sanction in the
exercise of mob power in any instance.
Ours is a country of laws. Freedom of
speech and action are to be restrained on-
ly by law. \Vhenevcr the safe exercise of
these priviliges is made to depend upon
the sulferance of the populace, their value
becomes insignificant, the majesty of the
law degraded, and sooner or later lincen-
tiousness will supplant sound morals. lf,
on account of the abscence oflegal rcstric-'
tlon, an individual chosen to pursue a
course of action annoying to the commu-
nity in which he (ltvel.-2,‘. we think it is bet-
ter, temporarily, to suffer the evil, than to
set the bad example oftakiug its summary
punishment into hands eiitiled to no legal
power of restraint. The Lexington case,
we know, is marked by great peculiarity,
tucky. We are at no loss ,to determine
the effect of the disturbance at Lexington
In Kentucky. Few will go farther than to
disapprove, as we do, a few will openly
and violently denounce the Fayette people
under all the circumstances of the case;
and a few will fully approve of all that was
done. But the rational and temperate dis-
cussion of ultimate emancipation will not
be checked even by this popular outbreak.
Many of the best minds of the State are
engaged with the question, and they wzll
express freely their opinions, and act free-
ly upon them. We must make up our minds
to meet! I/mt question, for no /iuman power
can slop it. VVe hope earnestly that the
discussion will be conducted everywhere
temperately, that every plan to rid Ken-
tucky of slavery will be examined catt-
tiously and with judgment, that public
opinion will be fairly elicited so as best to
promote the public good. \Ve do not be-
lievc that Kentucky can yet have reached
that print at which men should be afraid
to speak, write, and publish during the dis-
position of our slave population. VVe
have ever looked forward to a day when
Kentucky should hold within her boundary
no bondinan, and we hope to live to see
the light of such a day. lf we have fallen
upon times when the freedom of speech
yet, we think, some other course would .
have been preferable to that which was dc-l
tei'mined upon and persued, and, that the‘
last hand bill ofMr. Clay and the assurance
of his friends, should have induced tbe«peo-
ple to withhold their hands‘ from an unau-
thorized control of his private property.
The mana{jr':‘i.‘nt of lllt‘. Clay’s paper has
been 1 «‘:rv\i::r.‘...s-creet. He has inflicted in-
:'-.i;''; -.-.-'2.-ere‘ i.s».': designed to do good. His
' I -“arded a movement which
."~.=,= Lu accelerate. His hasty tem-
has involved him in personal quarrels,
conducted through his paper, and embaras-
sing the question with which he had ‘con-
nected liis publication. He did’ not as-
sume the tone in which to address the peo-
ple with effect, or to awaken them to a
sense of their true interests upon the sub-
jecthe proposed to discuss. He seemed to
have forgotten that slavery did not appear
to every one as a sin to be atoned for, and
tzorbe abandoned at any and every sacri-
fice. He became impatient at what he
considered the perverseness of the people,
and suffered his temper to master all dis-
cretion in-his use of language. VVethink
the editorial article in the ‘last American,
which spread such alarm and created such
indignation in the bosoms of the citizens,
was, to say the least of it, a -foolish flour-
ish of rhetorical fire among combustbles
easy to be ignited by the applicatim of
just such means as Mr. Clay was thus
recklessly using. That he meant to ex-
cite insurrection, or to invite a servile war,
we do not, we cannot believe. \Ve believe
him to be incapable of baseness, and in all
manly qualities, far to exceed some who are
most‘ busy in denouncing him. But while
ws givecredit to~Mr. Clay by imputing to
vi-I.‘-iv: 1, Q',’|-.' l!‘s 7;-
aiid of the press should be shackled lest
servile war ensue, the sooner we adopt
measures to remove an evil which disturbs
our peace, destroys confidence in our se-
curity, and awakens to arms, the better
for ourselves, our children, and our Com-
on the subject of gradual emancipation
and a desire to bring it prominently before
the State among the political questions de-
serving attention. VVe expect to dis zuss
it and to admit to our colums well writ-
ten communicatious upon it on-both sides.
Ve depreeate all incendlarism, dema-
goguism, and radicalism, and we hope the
Legislature will provide some remedy to
guard against wanton and incendiary pub-
lications, designed to stir our slaves to
mutiny; butwe favor now and shall always
ways favor every to ameliorate our social
condition, to add to the prosperity of the
State, and to knit the bonds ofthe Nation-
al Union more closely, when such attempts
are made with dignity and moderation.
IVIORE OUTRAGES IN LEXINGTON.
The mob spirit is up in Kentucky and the
leaders now will find hard work to stay its pro-
gress. The Lexington Enquirer, which ap-
proves oftlie outrage upon the freedom of the
press, recites the following doings of another
“respectable mob” in that city. Great country
this, and famous as a land of liberty. The Eu-
quirer sa_vs:—- '
Brutal 0utmge.—After the yicaceil-le
and orderly termination on Mondaylast, of
the excitment growing out of the removal
of the press and types used in the printing
of an 9 'ci3lg:iiii"'t‘o ‘Z-.'Ei'i‘i‘g"r-.il'lliJd1.1'5...‘£l.§Y.a_ ll}?
the .*.....i...:i‘mi..‘§ss§;i;.‘i*:.,+‘é.a‘t“i.-t‘ai -
to have changed since the. publication of
the True American. W’:-. ha.-ml, {vhile at
Lexington, that the slaves in the factories
andon the farms had refrains to words,
which they were singing daily to the praise
of Cassius M. Clay, boasting that he was
about to break the chains of their bond-
age, and would, by the force of his char-
acter and influence, elevate them to an
equality with their masters. It was said,
that under this feeling, the slaves had be-
come idle and insolent,-and, in some in-—
stanc-es, had refused to labor.‘ The peo-
ple were alarmed for their security. The
mother feared for the lives of their chil-
dren, and the safety of her own person
from negro violence. Such we know to
have been the general feeling pervading
the community of Fayette, ex cusing in
their opinion, an immediate interference
with the business of Mr. Clay, and the sup-
pression ofa publication which they con-
sidered the source of the evil, the effects
of which they so much dreaded. The
people were led to believe that the contin-
uance of the True American would involve
the commucity in perils which, though
foreseen, could not be avoided.
VVe are disposed to believe that the
meeting passed their resolutions and acted
under the sense of "great and imminent
danger. The leaders were cool, deter-
mined, and deliberate in the formation and
execution of their purposes. There was
noresistance offered to them, and there-
fore-no wanton mischief was perpetrated.
The people acted through a committee,
who entered the office, packed up the press
and materials and shipped the property to
Cincinnati. That no blood was shed in
the execution oftlie will of this meeting
was, without doubt, owing‘ to- the illness
of Mr. Clay, who was confined to his— bed
by a fever,'.and pronounced by his physi-
cians in danger of losing his life. Had he
been in health, we have no idea he would,
unresistingly,.bave suffered his property
to be removed without his consent, and his
attempt to protect it would probably have
cost the lives of many: Thus, by the in-
terposition of Frovidcnce only, is our State
saved from the disgrace of having blood
spilt by the hands of a popular assembly!
Reflecting men will disapprove ofthe tem-
per of Mr. Clay and the toneof‘ the Amer-
can; but they will? say that his conces-
sions and promise of-a better temper and
spirit should have d-isarmed the commit-
tee, and especially, when it was asserted
that, if the meeting would permit the prop-
erty to remain untouched, the publication
should cease.
This- meeting set a precedent which we
hope we may not live to see imitated here
or elsewhere. To exhibit the error com-
mitted, let us look for a niomeut at the ef-
fect. In the free States, interested dema-
gogues will seize upon this transaction to
inflame the minds of the multitude against
slave holders. Political’ abolition will
make capital from this occurrence. to
swell the number of its infatuated sup-
porters. We shall bear the right of dis-
cussion proclaimed, and this affair held up
ittzens
“lipon the" restoration of peace and quicz in
the city, and the prospect ofita epntinlljng —-
so. But they were doomed‘ to disappoint-___
merit, for on Tuesday night our streets
'ere the scenes of several most brutal and
dz'sg7*acefz1.l outrages. A few of the choice
spirits of the city, occupying a position in
society not the most enviable, and not be-
ing satisfied with the peaceable termina-
tion of l\.londay’s work, made an attack,
during the night, upon several free negroes
and beat them in a most cruel and inhu.
man manner, tariug and feathering one of
them on the public square!
I/Vithin :1 few days past several forgeries
on the Union Bank of this city, have come
to light without the detection oftlie guilty
parties, and indeed it has been a matter of
surprise how the original signature could
be obtained aurl so accurately counterfeit-
ed. Messrs. Rawdon 8? Groesbeck, bro-
kers, of No. 44 \Vall street, on Monday
suspected that certain checks on the Union
Bank, given by them in payment of drafts
from their Philadelphia correspondent from
time to time, had been thus copied by a
forger, from the fact that these drafts were
invariably made payable to the bearer.—
Yesterday morning a well dressed man
presented at the counter of Jacob Little 8:.
Co. a draft from their Philadelphia corres-
donded for $2100, payable to Z/2.8 liearer,
and being aware ofl\’Iessrs. Rawdon dc Co's
suspicion on this point one of the Clerks
left the office and informed these gentle-
men ofthe fact who immediately caused
the arrest of the holder of the draft, and
he proves to be a well known State Prison
bird. Another person has subsequently
been arrested upon suspicion, and the
whole affair will undergo a full examina-
tion.——.N'. Y. Tribune.
From the Newport R/rode Islander.
New LTotel.s~.——At a stock-liolder’s meet-
ing of the Ocean House Corporation, it
was voted to rebuild said house, and a
committee was appointed to superintend
the building. It is reported that it will be
rebuilt on an enlarged scale.
A New York Company, for whom Capt.
J. .1. Comstock,.of- the steamer Massachu-
setts,and Mr. Ho(lges,oftlie Carlton House,
New York, were-the negociators, have pur-
chased five or. six acres ofland for the pur-
pose-of erecting thereon a very large and
splendid hotel.
The new Trinity church will be opened
for public worship on the 25th December
next, (Christmas day.)
The True Sun says: It is rumored that
St. Paul’s Church in this city, is to be pul-
led down, and that a magnificent structure
resembling Trinity, but on a smaller scale,
and in better proportion,is tobe erected on
the same site.
Zll'ons.’ers of tire Deep.——-The new steam-
er Oregon is three hundred and forty feet
long; or ten feet longer than the Great
Britain.
The Pittsburgh Aiiferi-can says that all
tlie.‘{b,-ricts made iii.tliat'ncighborhood, are
as an evidence of its suppression. in Ken-
buiint"‘with stone coal:
m0nWealtl1- In this Particular C0mm“nllY_.,-Express to some part of Massachusetts.
we lmow that there is considerable feeling"
Charge qfprocu_r2'ng an Abom'on.—ll'Iad-
ame Costello, alias Maxwell, who has been
already tried and found .guilty on a charge
of the above natu_re,w_as on.VVednesday a-
gain taken into custody as was also her hus-
band and a man named Mason, ‘charged
with procuring an abortion on the person
of a young girl. The three accused
have been committed to prison.
_ ‘ Jomf. Com.‘ ‘
From the New York Express, August 27th.
It appears that sometime since, Mason,
who has a dry goods store in Avenue D.,
had in his employ a girl about 17 years of
age, whom he debauched; evidence of
their criminal intercourse appearing by
signs not to he inistakeu, he took the un-
fortunate girl to Madam Costello’s where
he engaged board for her; being :1 mar-
From the Washington Union, Thursday night. parts of the red are joined by large books which '»
We l“1Vé been Pfirmmmed t0 make the and which every scientific man declares an un-
r°“°“""‘g extrac‘ f‘"°'f‘ “ l‘?“e",d"“f3d Pen‘ safe mode of fastening; there is nothing placed
Sacola’ Aug‘ 20’ recewed m thls (my last between the rod and the building; to complete
evemngfmm a gentleman who left Arkam the whole, and as itwere to take away the best
gas Inlet on the 13th: chance the electric fluid might have ofgetting to
“Gen. Arista, of the Mexican forces,was _ _ _ , h
at llrfulgmoms, with afo,-Ce variously stated the ground without entering the building, t e
‘from [000 to 3 or 4,000 men, and at the - lower end rests loosely on the surface oftlie dry
last account was fortifying his position.—— earth, or as may be, upon some stone where
Gem Paredes was said to be at San Louis it was laid by the last boy that handled
P°l°5ls Willi 3 lalg? force’ 333’ 3“ ‘1“'l""’l it. This is not left thus, as one might suppose,
frggy before {left it’ Jfstelzlh it a plflsoll (S: for a single night, because day light failed before
frbnlellligatlllltflflriflflbfllllillltffi0111:: folilce ii could be properly secured: but it has been
there was no more than a thousand men. thus situated for almost 12 rnonths, and yet the
. . . ' havinrr recentl under-
N0 ncws—all quiet, with the exception of house 153‘ Va]uab1e,°ne 5 Y _
gone thorough repairs, and a large congregation
ried man, it soon occurred to him that
Madam C’s. professional Services . ‘ v‘ ‘-
valuable to him if they r-:‘-2:7?! I '
the case of his victin: A“ 2 .
were, therefore made, and yrs»: _-
man was forced to underl ~ .'...;l.ct"lc'i.blC_
and tormenting operation. She says that
go what they forcibly compelled her t
submit to, and the result was an abortion.
has been discovered that some time in Feb--
ruary last, (we believe the 15th,) a };:..-i.
woman who was in the hands of 3'1.-*...i._
Costello, sunk, and finally died undo
operation. Her body wasput 2'.-zto . . .«':‘:
and taken to New Jersey, where it was
packed in a box and sent by Adam «St. Co’s
She is described as being a very interes-
ting girl, small in stature and a brunette.
THE DELAVVARE DIS'.l.‘URBANCES--l{EG.Ul-
SITIONS FOR. TROOPS.
VVe learn, upon enquiry at the Adjutan_L
Geiieral’s oflice that the Governor has or-
dered iiito the service of the State, in Del-
eware county, :1 company of Light Infant-
ry from Unadilla, Ostego county, and two
companies of Light Infantry recently fortn-
ed in Delewaie county; that it is expected
the companies will be filled up to 1002,
men each; and that the Battalion thus
. r;~‘~.,,\, .:,._._,,,.,._. .. . :__., .:,,lnl,,g ground that them perhaps, unconscious of the situation of
.,, f ‘-1.9. Ii-ia:.r.ic.;i; 2‘: ~ 2- as --onsiderably exag- things, and the fearful danger to which they are
5.'.«'-.-‘ct:--:.’:». £“'..~~.:;- suppose that it will scarce- exposed, every time a thundersliowcr approach-
she protested and utterly refused IO UXl(lel‘-lrn-S7 lt Vvould appear as If he expected an lyeur, than from sleambggt explosions, }Ious(=s
But the disclosures do not end here. ltl
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.A;1eSldCrlt llo-plains Of College i human life, vi‘/ho shall we blame '9
it uarrel betvn--.-.n 1';:z-_~. Cain-anches and a
maqil-ll;-..-l...,. «,r,.~, _ ‘ gather there from Sabbath to Sabbath, many of
-Jute to approach the Rio Bi‘aV0, mU0l1.cs. Now we state onihe authority of Professor
1935 attempt to cross it U Ansm be ‘3m'lOlmstead, that there were more deaths from
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Ployed "1 e"t'9"°*l‘".—7 mmsclf at Mmamo lliglitning reported by the newspapers the last
tt - .2 - medita-- . . .
;t“‘3y"’l‘ “tom ii” ‘Wells’ mthrr than 'Of\VO!'Sl1lp from their mode of construction are
. - ' I‘. ‘ ' .
e an a M” 0 common marks for the celestial battery, and the
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;.»‘__W,.,.,» ,,__. 3, ,,,-'=_..,,, \~,_,»,l-SSmnS__The amm_ §llumlJ(13l'S collcctgd there, make the stroke pecul
- .,, .;:,,, ¥".l_..¢,~,-d mlgps place on tllegiarly t.read.ul. Iliat such an-accident may hap-
I _..,.,' -.;7;_, fm-ooklyn, N_ Y, I-Ion, pen totlie house we speak of, is by no means im-
: .'-:itn_r_rliiiysen will preside‘, and f probable, and should it end in the destruction of
will deliver the annual sermon. It ‘is ex-l N01 lo incul-the elm,-ge Ofbeing personal, we
_l3'~3_°l9d lhat ‘1 lilfge °°“°““_"~"e Oil (|3l""'¥_Y leave the rcadcrto answer that question, merely
“Ill be llresentt to meet whlcht He _l°Sl“' : reminding him that it is easy to make any build-
tality of the people of Brooklyn will be
readily cxtetided. _ , , _
H The Receipts ofthis Society for the past iuot, according to the distinguished gentleman
year have amounted to $255,000, It lmsjmentioned above, a single well autlieiiticated
now about 90 stations, occupied as so jinstance, where the simple Franklin rod, con-
many important radiating‘ points of CbrlS- ' structed in every respectaccording to wellknown
tain light and influence on the surrounding_ rules, lms, not aflbrded cr)n3P,7c[g 7;;-azcmgn to
m‘_ll°"5a “Pd S“-‘°'“‘l“5 185 clerical M’55l°_“‘,l the building and its occupants. \Ve would ask,
lanes! beS'd,c 22,0 male, and fcnmle aSS,'S‘lliowever, if every man who choses to hazard the
tantsl making m an‘ In connecuon wlthllives ofliis family rather than pay ‘the paltry
native Assistants, 4~94«, with their iiumer-. . . . .
Q . ) - - ~ iprice ofa good conductor, will not by this time
ous ».CllOOlS, Churclies, and l rinting Es-
. . . ' ' “ " .' ' 2 ‘ .’”
tablishments, sustained by the Board. "gig? Wm’ us that I”//,m§i '5 "0 “alder _
___________ _______ \v iltoii, A ugust 21st, 184;). Va’.
iing entirely secure in this respect, for there is
composed is placed under the command
of Major Thomas Marvin of Delaware Co.l
Of this force, I00 men are to be mountedl
at once, with orders to inoimt another 1001
in case the officer in command, and thel
Sheriff, shall think the services requires it-,
Two Regiments oflnfantry are put underi
orders to be in instant readiness to marcli,l
in case their commanders shall receive no-:
tice that a further force is wanted.
These steps, taken promptly upon the»
publication oftlic Governor’s Procla .nalion':
we are assured will be followed bv such:
others as shall prove to be necessary to cm’
sure the execution of the law, and the ser-ll
inal, in that county. lt is confidently be-I,
lieved, however, that the force now placed‘
under the command of Major ll-larvin, will!
prove fully adequate to that object. ‘Q
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LAW AND l(‘g~‘i‘:‘i'}..$."'§ \ "_1_.
\Vc have learned’ that ti;-ea‘
probability of peace once more being re-
storedin this county. Owing to tlie un-3
pleasant state of things now eitisting in the
south part of this county, and a wish mani-'
fested by soiue of the leading men to rem-
edy this evil, it was deemed advisable by
the authorities and the people at Gilboa to
make a proposition to the anti-renters, and
in accordance with that proposition, corri-
I
I
for the
matters.
B-adglcy, of North Bleiilieiin, yesterday
waited upon the Sheriff and informed him
of the new aspect of affairs. ‘We saw -.1
copy of the proposition made by the peo-
ple of Gilboa, and if we rcollect rightly
the conditions were nearly as follows:
1st. Certain men ofiiifluencé among the
anti-renters, named in the writing, were to
use their influence in causing all dis-
3
ties. l
Sud. They were to use their influcncel
in preventing any persons appearing inl
disguise, and were to pledge themselves to‘
assist the officers in arresting all persons
3rd. They were to use their influence
laws. ,
those now in custody, disbaiid the posse,
zindjrefrain from arresting any more 0
suspicion of appearing in disguise. The
examination of persons now in custody has
been suspended until the result oftlic con-
ference is known.
\Ve learn from the Springfield Repub-
lican, that an attempt was made to break
Jail, by setting it on fire, was made at
Tolland in this State on Sunday night,17th
inst. The priso1iers—two in number—had
broken through the lathing overliead,fi'om
which they made a quantity of coals on an
old stove door, and these they applied to
the woodwork until it took fire. It was
discovered and distinguished before it had
done much damage. When the cell of
the prisoners was opened, it was found
densely filled with smoke, and they stan-
ding near the door, evidently prepared to
escape in themidst ofthe confusion that
might ensue. The principal rogue in the
affair answers to the name of Smith——he
is about 30 years old,and has spent sixteen
years of hislife in prison. On searcliinn
hin'i,a butcher knife .was found in hisbootcs
and his pockets were filled with provisions.
C'om'an[,
Boating to .N'ew Yorlc.—Considerable
steam is up on the route between this cit
and New York. Every other day there
are four boats down, and alternate days
the same number up from New York. A
reduction of fare follows and consequently
the number of passengers has been greatly
atig.iriented.—Pal[az1ium.
V199 of legal l""’°‘-*5: both clvll and Cl'lm",='as London fog, that the criminal was insane. _l_,,,,, ;.,.,,
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‘l ‘f’ ‘ U"9’l'“““é‘ ‘Ville-l-1 5°‘-‘llsnol pacelvllh we” own 3 li iiest man, he finds it very convcnicm, to was
lI'OUIl(l the earth in one second) they would stilll
mittees are being appointed by the tenantsiiiust te spurred to his uiiiiost spced,——evcu tiilj um-,cl'._.m__;,ml ycu shall yet be enlanglcd, in
and by the people Of Gilboa to meet to-clay The snort with pain, and leaves the stormy wind this web, ofyoiir own weaving. I
l"”'P°Se Of ‘““l°flbl.‘/ '<‘1'l""1n{Ill’1g:bi-liirid. To talk to this people of danger, is likel
Mr‘ John Milyhamimtl Ml’-Geofshouting to drown the tliunders of Niagara.
gulses to be_.del"’ered “P to oxthe m‘l'“°"l"l9ain by their extra rapid.iv. New and then it is. he ceriaiiilv iiiti"/zialc-Mllill Where We i1l’L’lm0\Vfll . . - .
"’ ‘ I ‘ crawl out in this way. Rather a small hole this
in disguise or guilty ofany breach ofpeacel
throughout the county to restore peucc._:doubt-to be trustworthy men ; the thought that
good order and a proper respect for tlic-lthey were negligcntis not to be entcrtainezl; and just as they gush ‘pure, from CaSlalli1’S foul“-’
If these condltlons “'e"e_i°°ml’ll°d Wllllal ly innocent, for itis sclfevident that they would ' ,,
the people of Grilboa promised to releasel ‘
Miss Virgina, daughter of Major Gen-
eral Winfield Scott, U. S. Arin_v, died on
Tuesday evening, August Qtith, at the Con-
vent of the Visitation, B. V. M. George-
town, D. C. in the 2-l«th year of her age.
For the Gazette.
“But as some muskcts so contrive it,
As oft to miss the mark the ' drive at
. 3 t
And though well aimed at duck or plover,
Bearwid - and kick their owners over,
So far’d our squire, whose reasoning toil,
Would often on liimselfrccoil.”~—M’F1Nc.\.t..
For the Gazette.
KILLING NO MUIlDER.
Start not gentle reader at such a terrific pro-
position; suffer no visions of blood-stained as-
Mit. EDITOR :—It seems to me. that Br. I-Iaw-
!ey’s ‘fuzee,’ has fairly ‘kicked its owner over.’
For, bear in mind, we charge him with false
sassins to terrify vour wakinrr hours, or gloomy SllllelllenlS_.u”g?mlenm"l3i mSm”C.mO”S—-'an.d
' _ ° ' ,' the \HlllllUlt.llllfl important informtiiiou. If CV1-,
l""’e5"‘S5‘5 of “0"'“”“‘ll b“lCl1€‘l”Y 10 593”? Y0’-1 1“ deuce ofthe iriitli of these, were wanting, his‘
midiiight dreams. \Ve intend to plead for the , last comniuiiication,furnishes it in abundance.—l
lawfulness of no such deeds, unless some “ limb ' And ll“? R0“ gt-‘mlefllflna Will Pleas“ 3909!“ ml’
thanks, for his assistance, so yiro-mptly rendered.
And relative to the first, viz: false slalcnicnts,——
tj‘/,'e‘-a l,/ll,4;;,l'_glll,p,ttj,i_rig m:iiiiier—p-at in
ofthc law”shoultl prove by demonstration clear
his facc--
same statement, in the followinrr way—Said the
person referred to-—‘l\’Ir. Hawley prayed-‘—“0
Latest from the Seat of 0peraf2ons.——- may or may not be in contact at any given time, Lord, help us to look, upon our opponents‘ as
thou dost, upon an ungodly world ’-r-Now, said
be, ‘how does God look upon an ungodly world '5’
\Vhy, as ‘ lying in the wicked one’,-—sait'l Christ
‘ye are of your father the Devil ’—And if the
devil be our father, we must be young devils,
there.-fore Mr. H. kindly prayed for -us ‘poor
Methodist Devils.’ And reader, this is the
whole upshot, of that wonderful ‘prayer.’ A
trifling gossip, which I thought unworthy of se-
rious notice.———And yet Mr. Hawley has seen fit
to parade a garbled statementof this trivial cir'
cumstance, which occurred in conversation in
one of our factories, and make in ilie touch-
stone of our credibility,‘ and says, ‘it is a,
fair specimen of the materials from which the’
Dr’s communication was composed.-’ And at
the same time, passing untouched and unanswer-
ed, the most important points, in this controver-
sy. Who is the ‘hero’ now? Where is Br.
I-Iawley, amid all this (lost? Redoubtable
champion! Still another specir'nen—‘I .vviih-
stood liim to the face. ’ ‘ These words, he wrests
from their connexion, and presents ‘a subject
worthy the pencil ofa Hogarth. ’—-The following
is the way, in which I use them.—‘ Then indeed-‘
do I feel, as St. Paul fe I, when he said with re-
spect to Peter, 1 withstood hirii to his face.’-—-‘
This, I call ‘tvitliliolding information, necessary
tea correct understaiiding ofihe case’——this, Mr.
H. has done, in both, the above named cases, as?
have SllO‘-\ n. . And now, who appears iiiost ‘lu-'
dicrous ?’ O ! .Br. I-Iawley, that old ‘fuzce’ ‘bears
wide.’
But he has endeavored, to fasten this same
charge on me, because, in publisliiiig his last. let-‘
ter, ldid not alter one thing, which hesa\'s,‘was‘
explninedto me,’ ‘by stating its connexibn, am?
that too, by one, wlio‘I aiu proud to number a-'
mong my friends’—-(with respect to that frientf
I would say, that what grieves me most ofall is‘
that/ie wit/1. oI..‘ic7's, should feel themselves obli-
gated to believe all the statements of their min-
ister, which iftrue, must inevitably fasten upon
us the character of liypocrites, and rascals, and
as a matter ofcourse, sever the bond offriendshipi
hitherto existing between us.) But to the case,-
-\Ve accused Mr. H. ofsayiug tliatour ‘Minis-
ters had their hands in the peoplc’s pockets, up‘
to ilieir elbows.’ The t-xplaiiation was as fol-’
lows, ‘Mr. ll. saitl—Dr. Peck accused the Epis-
copal clergy, of having their hands in the, pco-'
ple’s pockets, now, said Mr. H. ifihe Episcopal’
clergy, have their hands, in the people's pockets,
the Methodistministers, have theirs in, up to‘
their elbows ’—’l‘liis, is the explanation. And
now, it may be asked, why did you not altcrit ?
Ianswer, for one of the best of re:isons——l\'lr.
Hawley, had my m-igfrzul letter containing the
cli2irge—lliat letter was, and is 1nmnswerer1,——
The copy, I retained, and alihougliltim perfect-
ly willing to give him the full be efit ofiliis ex-
planation, ycl I did not feel .'11llll0l‘lZ(:'(.llO alter it,‘
inasmuch as Mr. ll. himself, wassileiit upon the
subjcct. And beside, l conversetl with a num-
ber ofindividuals will) respect to it, and they
could recollect no such ‘connexion.’ And I very
mu;-li doubt, whether Dr. Peck said any such‘
thing. So much, for this great matter. 1 he
reader will perceive, ll()\\'t'V€I‘, that the above
charge, is one oftliosc spt-ciflcaiioiis in my first
letter, which Mr. Hawlcy pl't)l10t]i‘iC€(l before the
community, to be ‘false and caluiiinious’—aiid
"ct here, licvirtunlly owns it. llere is another’
‘kick’ from that old ‘fuzee.’
1-lis remarks on the Rev. J. \Vesley, I deem‘
unworthy of iiotice.——'I‘lie undying fame of that.
All that we contend for, has almost l)ecouit: an I e ‘O “acme we 513;-ve OtJ[M’.lil‘llftlllllf‘.\_lt0dlS_t
CNS 1 ) have couiitlcssl
aiixiom in this age of wonders. Everybody, 1113‘ ‘ their clercv__,hey (me clergy
is ever)’ "alive: “Sells ‘hm this is a grmkcuuni l lll0l‘lSE1ll(l:l‘lt their comma_nd; lo sup.:»lf lhc de-
,,,.,_l _._.,,__,,.,_. _-.,,..,_..,,,._ c5pec,'.‘ally' at this sea-,ficienc,.,__-phis w.e.conSl(ltlel‘ a ~lll’)£'l, op «lip
st.-., .? ’l‘t_' rcrrr, :..«..‘:n.=.i:.s. that thwe 3“: “ 3"““t'cliar..cter of our !1ll!llSlel'S/ll grms Umm=’e,
. " _ , _ «busy p(.‘OPl(-’s,",“"r'~'-lil{_‘. '“”“‘ *9‘-e community. And how (Jute
.- -.-----—'=-‘ye’-¥“: .._.'..eucé oi"~ “ F- H-'wu_irI.r‘i12_cct this ? "like a man of honor’?
)1 no! -‘”5'€"-"J 0‘ iutflxing it’. in tho £1CD,1lkC an
afdclli «'l¢’=31"'5- OW mlgl” “I-"-’ll SUPPOSC lb‘-‘Hit over in (fig/"ll:/I611 silence. And after citing
if they could propel their various engines ofisome few cases ofstreet gossip, he boldly palms
them off, as my ‘reporters” and makes 1/ic/n the
touch S10’-C of the credibility ofall who have re-
_ _ _ _ _ _ lported his lectures, ‘including Dr. II.’ Bravo-
tirc of their slowness. As it is, in all their move-;I bl-_ }l‘awlL._Vl This manoeuvre, has more lnge-
-yments, swifiness of motion, seems to be the first I nuity, than fairness about it ——But_ this pitiable
'5;inostimportantconsideration. Noniatter what‘ llmlc-T“ 5h‘:‘” be lake? 3W"l'_‘l"S, lh”? gauze
‘ lcm-'eriiig Stlall be stripped off—tliis l'DlSCl‘2ll)lG
may be ll“? f’“C° Ofllle ‘md llmbt ‘he “'0” llmse I subterfuge, shall be like ‘.loiiali’s gourd’ frail and l
_lt‘t:Unl0llOD wiili the speed of light (eight times
Again—we charge him with ‘low, and un-
lgeiitlonianly iiisinuations.’ Now, for the proof,,.
W‘ _ _ 3-—-and waiving all other testimony for the pres-l
1119 World “”'l 7'0‘ l’°¢‘d“5°me /-"~"~‘¢’ l’355‘-‘d mleiit, we take his last cmninunicatiou. Plcascl
What m itter is it 3' notice the followiug—-‘ \Vliere the facts, and;
‘safety, and that is sufllcient. ‘ _
then, that boilers burst from press of steam, or l""_”ie5 are l""0“’"v no“? 01 ll”? lme“d°d ‘'m‘°‘Stl
,’ . _. _ . lwill result from that article. ’ Now who are the;
ltliat a slight obstruc ion upon the track may in- l p:,,,,(s-2 cmflinly I am we p,.im,ip,,], and MM
istantaiicousl_v,u itlitliefrightful momentum ofthel Wilcox, who has voluntarily endorsed m_v state-E
lfl\’lll£I train, hurl scores ofthem to destruction ? 5 mews: is ?1“0‘l|01"- And l"-‘ l5 ml’ l“'““3ll’3l "9'l
I ”-, _, - - _ - _§ portcr—f-or lielicanl all Mr Hawley’s lt-cturcs,§
;_'llie risk they run '18 considered of small impor Save One’ and that One’ I had me honor OfhS[en_.
itance compared with the few minutes they may mg l0_ He does not call us liars’ ll is true, Bul
I
'1 . ~ ., * ' -
true, a boat dashes under full headway upon a‘ we “"lf “E” be f"[’e'““1;, b°w’1slhal’.a -Jamie I
manly insiiiuation? .ut iftlie foregoing,be not
rock, the shore, or against another vessel, and Smisl.-actor)“ take anmher instance. In his post
for a moment the whole country is satldeiietl, by Sc,-lpl, Mr, _H,,w1ey 5,,yS_ 1 Ifme public could bell
ltlie fearful distress and waste oflife thus caused favored with the productions of some of your:
' . I
correspondents, verbatim et literatim et punctu-l
atim, they would bcregartlcd as rare specimens;
in American literature, especially if we could:
have them unadulterated by any fr2'en(Il_i/ ]2en,l
But who's to bl zine? The passengers declare
the captain is not ; the pilots are proved pastall
, , __ . . .
surely the passengers must be considered entire-, l:‘°“' “'l’.’”,.d".‘;° “"5. mean i I Wm ‘ell Y0“ 5”‘
~ '-..CVCi‘.'1lln(.ilVl{il17llSl[l town, who are eager to do
ze injury, have industriously circulated the fol-
not consent to have the boat incur danger by lowing staicnicrit. ‘ Dr. Hill, is such a misera-
lstriving to surpass a rival. Of course 11,9“ ll,e' ble scholar, that lie dare not_ trust his MS. with
lconclusion is irrcsistable, that it is all right, a. lac lilillllerj um” ll ‘.'V_“s "eV1Sed' am’ corrected
lthino‘ that was to be——'t catastro the tliatl u l O-F 1 18 Webs’ ‘this was done by —_- a
l 2: ‘ ‘ r l ‘ 1 mlm,-friendly /iruul. In the first place the story is a
{foresight could as little prevent, as the yawning 5 gross f.ilsehood——and I simply refer to it, to can-
,of an earthquake, or ilie eruptions of a volcano. 72173? M"-_Hi*"Vle'>'a 01.51 70%’ and u"g"“l"7”“”f.’/
The captain and crew were passiveiiistrurnents,i'"”"”at’°”' Bl" Suppose were 50 u”.f°”“'
, _ , , , ”{iiate as to require the services of ‘a friendly
and thercfore,iu this case, “killiugis no murder. -lmmlg 7 would the Rev_ Mr_ H-dwley, sloop,
V The sameis true on railroads. In our boyish ' from his dignified calling—and position before
‘days’ we used to ll,;,,l( i, would be ,1 gloriousi the cpmniuiiity, LI) taunt :1 spear Met/zoclist bond.
si lit to see a con le of owerful locoin tivr ‘man ‘Who has been bowed down 10’ these
g P P A 0 ‘S; eighteen years’ and more? An-'l is this, that
rush against each other, like two wild bulls, at ! -gem ofpurest ray serene’? Or is it, (as the old
the top of their speed; but now-a-days, this is ‘darkcy’ said)
no uncommon thing, and the interest oftlie scene the ‘rose’ that Was ‘born I0 blush Unseen.
- - . . ' — I
,5 greatly helglllened by the lmwy mums of cars ‘And waste its sweetness, all about do country?
which add weight to the shock, and the fearful But as he desires to have a specimen of ‘A
risk of human life, which is thus madly jeop- mO"IlC‘1‘)‘i llllefa§l1r§f—heredials—‘un_adul!c2:a1led.:
C .
: d~‘ _ - ( . ur eiean ia its——an azaroni princip es
11‘ Wed Butin all such cases, as also, in those _(mf-enmg to the people of [ms coum,,y__
of almost daily occurrence, where single indi- \Vhat a gush that is ‘from Castalia’s fount !’._
viduals are crushed upon the track, the strictest What a ‘gem ." And there is yet another In the
investigation of-cw,-I am;,0,.,-‘Y’ and m,_wSp,,pe,. gentleman’s com_niunication, wli_icli if _I had
r Q d‘ 1 . . I . 1 space. I would give to the public——-which for
cor e-pon an s unite in ex ionorating a l parties Singular Verbosily, is hardly excelled’ by the m-
fiom the slightcstblame. Here, too, then,‘killing imitable ‘Joe Smith.’ Butl must pass on. I
is no murder) suppose nothing like ribaldry, or blackguafda
- .. ' can come from his pen oh no! But notice the
Take anothe.case, (and between ourselves, fi:u0wing__,(/“.3 f0m_;€en’m Ap03,,e_;s__1 gm,
Mr. Editor, it is one that a part of your readers up b,0,l,e,. H,,wley___tlf you will not’ shoot, ]
know to be true.) While some are ignorant willcomedoWn’—l have never covetedtlieehar-
that some situations are much more exposed to 30*” which Viol‘ _l'?l'(;’e E0 f3”'lIY ‘Vonadimd 5;: rich’
. . . . _ , t a m an - a e
the strokes oflightmng than others, it is gener- I-V degerve ‘we e p ’ m my
/iumblest bow. ‘But once more: . _
“HY known that _1'°d5 7"'0/"9"lZ/ °0"‘Vu€l€d and We charge him with ‘withholding important
attached to buildings are great safe guards, and
information.’ His last article, shall prove it.—
yet may easily be so contrived as to increase ten He Says he 15 accused: bl’ “"8 Of 113)’ TGPOTIGTS.
foldthe danger they were intended to avert. In :’vflll’y"‘:,l‘f(i]'l['f‘=r(’nf‘1)\l,‘[fillfiglifilé-yN;?:,l:3°:lf:t l3Ve,:'gl:
tlte instance we speak of, a conductorisattachcd men,’ of the person who thus accuses him ?_
great and good man, will freshen with each suc-
ry t')‘i”tr.=ze,iic-rzitioii, when the names, and memo-_'
awund llim [1l;‘e;~v-nonenis, who have gathered‘
“A hungry swarm ofs"uiii.~.-..
shall perish from the earth.
'-».. 2:
lf‘.\"lr. I-Iawley understands Meiliodism ‘like a-‘
book’ he must know, that Dr. Wliiicliead; has"
other ~*"*"""°.““" “'.°"é'JJJ.u_oh1ectioiis to him than
the fact of lllS having been ‘ti Qual.‘Dr.’_ gyjs
biography of\-Vcsli.-y, is objectionable for other
important reasons. I never heard this objection
made to him, and c.’cn_t/ that l\’Ir.l-Imvley hasthe"
‘proof,’——‘ that this objection was made by my
two leading reporters. ’ But ‘ Arnold recanted,
after he had fought and bled, for the principles
of 76.’ \Vould Mr. H. or any other man, settle,
a delicate. and disputed point, in the history of
\Vasliington, by referring to the statements of
Benedict Arnold? especially when other and
undoubted te~tiinonv wasathand? Or would he
chase tlie"l‘ory’s of Nova Scoiia’ in procuring,
evidence, to condemn the American revolution ?
So much then for the "l‘or_v’s and Traiior’s.—-By,
the way, most of Mr. Hawley’s authority cited"
against us, has been of this stamp.
l have the proof, that Mr. Hawley, did not
write,all he said in his lectures. And I think
his refusal to answer some plain questions I put
to him on that subject will satisfy a thinking?
community, that his attempt to evade (.llSCUSSl0n'
by an appeal to his written lectures, is as weak
and puerile. as it is unfair, and dishonest. But_
“instead of meeting” me. ‘like a man of honor”
and “disc-issing ‘actual facts,” he attempts to
—Br. Hawley. A. HILL.
Norwulk, Aug. 28, 1945.
P. S. By the way Mr I'7ditor——do notlet your
“Devil” spoil my coinposition—forl wish to fa-
vor Mr. I-Iawley, and some of his interesting
minions, with a ‘pure gush from Castalia’s fount.’
And ifthe above, will not satisfy their burning
thirst, I will put on the ‘suction,’ and try the
old machiueagain-—for, I have a few more cores‘
to crack in this empty bladder.’
For the Gazette.
IS IT RIGHT ?
Is it in accordance with the principles of kind-
ness,g'Jod neigliborhood, or honor, for the own-
srs of swine and geese, to allow them to run at,-
large, in disregard of the prohibition of the law:
and totlie great annoyance of their neighbors’.
who, if they own any of these animals, are care-
ful to keep them confined; thus placing them in
the unpleasant alternative, either of sacrificing
oleiice to the kinder feelings, by resorting to the"
only remedy provided by law? Let conscience-‘
decide. A CITIZEN or SOUTH NORVVALK»
:—L
For the Norwalk Gazette.
A CAR
-Mn. EDITOR:-AS Mr. Wilcox has felt him-—‘
self called upon to puhlisli his views of the’
Rev. Mr. .Hawley’s lectures, I feel that it is due‘
to Mr. I-Iawley and the public (having heard all
those lectures) to state that those specifications
ofA. Hill, are not “true in their entire substance”
“and much of their form.” And that they are
not “a correct report of his delivered" lectures.”
Mr. Hawley has said“ publicly, that he holds
‘himself responsible for all thathis lectures do
contain,both written andunivritten, and it is gen-
erallybelieved‘-by thosethat heard them (Iknow
not an-instance tovtlze‘ contrary‘:-'among his own
congregation,)7 that they contain nothing but
truth, and-nothing but what has been or can be
well substantiated by proof.‘ J. BOUTON.
South Norwalk, Aug. 22, I845. .
P. S. This communication was written in tim
mistake, did not reach the oflice in time.
I heard the
to the spire ofa house of worship. The several Now what is the whole story?
September 1st,~ 1845. ‘
decency about their own premises or ofdoing vi--
for your last -week’s,: paper, but through some"
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