The Greensborough patriot [February 11, 1840]

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VOLUME I.
GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, FEBRUARY 11, 1S40.
NUMBER 5ft
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RETRENCHMENT.
•• Many different eauics ire assigned
by politician* and political economists,
.. .„..„„,.i r,,p ihn nresent diltrcaa of tin
< nlir. ly owing to an erroneous system of
JOMII at 10 milling| '"id the mischief li a.
IIIIK mm a in ton, been wrought by the
mother. Bba hia permitted ibi-m to
know that the display of wealth waa her
chief eon'em, lier idol: ibis lus inadi
her MM dandies and spendthrift*, anil
In r daughter* coquettes and worshippers
of fashion.
" Win ii the fortune, which impaited
this soll'-consupienc,, lia« been upen-ded
aa it often i» to aupport n,these
gaudy, superficial, useless fine ladies ami
i i .,„,,. M, g. nlli-nu-ii, are iho DMWt insignifi'-ai.-,
acd, when like the simple Indian w..«. « a „ being, in OU.
giving not only our producttona, bui oui »"l"" •
" But still, if our citizens, by their la.
bof in the cultivation ol cotton and oih. r
agr.cullural products, and raw mat, rials,
could realise a sufficient profit to pay the
foreign manufacturer of gauzes, muslins,
silks, Ac, for their products, there would
be no good reason why we should not coi •
ridel ihe purchasing and wearing such
-iipoifluitns in loalny affording cncoiir-igcment
to our own produellw industry,
and thus adding to national w-aitli a>
will an affoidmg individual gratification.
" But when suavh profiu are not re-ali-
•lie
to account for the present distrc
commercial part of the community in
particular, and wbicb through ihem cm-bar
rasa all cla.aea in our country, except
perhapa, the farmers. We hear it aacri-bed
to the hanks, the government, the
failure of the crops in Europe, the flop
page of the trade with China, die. If..,
till the people bewildered by so many
causes, which they are told conspire to
ruin them, scarcely think it worlh inqui-ring
whether, as individuals, they haw
bad any share in their own undoing.
" The limit—the hard limit," etTecl
all the mischief. Not a man is ruin, d
by hi« own folly ; nor docs a woman dress
beraclf, or arraiigo her cstablishinei a
atyle beyond what she is absolutely obli-ged
to do, to maintain her elation in MCl
etv. All have done the best they possi-bly
could, but the times—the hard times.
"What nonsense! The times in oui
own country were never better, if peace,
health, and abundance of all things, (ex-cept
money,) would satisfy us- The
•hole, or certainly the great part of tins
otonev pressure, so loudly complained of. anil me
ia the effect of the vanity and e*Ua»a- niaraea.
gance of our people. Almost every man
knows he Ins, for the last few years, In-ed
beyond his actual income, anil women
—they are too Uu'tf- with the eipendi-turea
to tioublc themaclvce about the re-ceipts.
'• Self-aceusation is always an unpleas-ant
taak, yet there ia a crisis whin self-flattery
provce fatal- If Americana are
net convinced that most of the embarrass-menu
ihey now suffer.are the effect of
their own foolish mm wicked haste to be
•ich, or of their pride and oatnTBganc*,
they will never apply the only run. dy
which can effectually remove the evils
oow peeasing on the community. It is
Dot that laliamanio word ' Economy,' that
trill do it. The wildest extravagances,
aa well a» the mosl paltry meannesses
•re practised under the lime of economy.
Aa it i* commonly Underaood, it only
mean* the art of eaving appearances, sub-sunning
one extravagance for another
leas obnoxioua to the public censure; or
at beat it ia only thought a DftCSSMr) vir-tue
for the poor 10 precliao, or thoie who
wish to amass a fortune.
" Economy is not a pleasant ward to
one, eiceplinga politician or philosopher;
and a* ladiea are not permitted lohtcome
politicians, and rarely encouraged si tin-atudy
of philosophy, how can they re ad-mirers
of economy I
'••They have not, 'or but few unhrig
■ them have, enjoyed the advantage of a
rational education,and a romantic econo-mist
ia usually the moat extravagant wo-loan
in society.
i- It would, therefore, be useless lo
urge on the attention of the ladies any
rigid system of economy as ncccssa'y,
oven under the riiiharrassmcuis so lend-ly
complained of. Few would altenpt
to practise it, and fewer atill would ie
benefilted by it. But yet it is, in my o-pinion,
within the power of ouraccon-plished
womca to check, in a very great
d.-grco, the present ruinous cniravngarrc
which pervadca all classes. They nay
do more; they may gain to themselves a
pcnnaiir ut influence and a respect, which
the distinction of leading In the present
frippery can never ronfer. Ltt thi.il Iz-mir
to give a neie diversion lo fashioui-
He taste.
" There is no ambition in our repunlir
so mischievous as that of personal lis-play—
tlio display of dress; becausi it
cannot, for the present, be expensively
indulgeil, without fostering tho industry
and prosperity of foreign countries to lie
detriment.of our o*n.
•' It ia often urged that the rich, by
expending their income in the luxiines
which taste and fashions prescribe, en-courage
ingenuity and the arls, and thus
tender a greater benefit to society than
they could do by any other method of
disbursement.
'•This may he true, or partly so, in tin-rich
and over peopled portions of the old
world, where wealth ia chiefly in lie
hands of a i w—but the reasoning dots
uot apply lo us. The cosily andeuriot*
fabrics and stuffs, with which our ladiel
form their fashionable dresses, arc not
wrought in America ; oonaeqoeuilv, all
that is paid for such articles, bevoud the
prico of the original material, guci lo fo-j dunce.
Tjigri ortirSnJsr. 1 " Now
prod
"■1Mb for bead* and baubles, (it is calcu-lated
that American mere hauls now owe
sixty millions lor foreign manufactures,)
ia ii not high tune to consider whether
we cannot betterdispenae with the finery
than with the means of living?
"Thia revolution in fashionable senti-ment
can be brought ahoui by the ladies.
Indeed it must be done by them, if it be
accomplished at all; for they are the ar-biters
ol taste, and in a great measure ol
public opinion. Arid it has been they
who have been the patrons and purcha-s.
ra ol all showy luxuries, and thus have
Ie coinr the accessaries of mere, ants who
introduce a love for these silly superflui-ties
among us.
" No one doubts the patriotism of our
women. They would were Ihe ri public
in danger from a for) ign fon, submit
cheerfully, as Ihey did in the wai of 'In
ii. volution, lo any privation or auffi ring
which the public good revjuirod. Bui to
give up their cosily ji wi Is and rich silks.
merely because tile country is riot rich
ugh 10 afford such expi lisive anay
is horrid vulgar.
•• Mike it genteel, and the difficulty
is vanquish, d. And if our laaliionablcs,
our In lies. Would uuly appear in simple
costume, such would be considered moil
genteel. They 1,-ai, it they would du
Una, that ihe differ! nee botwi ell the r.eh
ami Ihe poor would not lie aufncienllj
Almost , .ery fi male eould al
lord to follow such n lashion.
country. Such reverses are not only
probable in theory, but 'hey are «f v. n
c i n occurrence. One WOnld think
f at ihe f ar of such misfortune would be
sufticient to check the pride winch *s
fns'sted merely by weallb ; and would
fill the heart of every inoiher capable ol
n flection, with anxn ly for In r children
In proportion to the temptations lo ex-
•ravagnnce and indolence by winch Ihey
mav be surrounded.
" Let ihe mother, then, train her off-spring
lo feel 'hat ll'ey can claim Its
first stalion in Met) ly, only because Ifealf.
Wealth gives ihem grester advantages lo
acquire know bilge, and more leisure lo
cultivate and refine their taste ; that,con-sequently,
tbev, will be espeetod to ex-cel
in intellectual pursuits as well as in
ihe graces of In liaviour; and thai the uu
diocrily in science and gen. ral inlelli-genee,
which »nnM be excusable in those
I. as favoird. Bill be a deep and indclli-
1,1. reproach lo ihi m- Teach lining per.
sons in feel and reason thus, and tin re is
huh- dang- r that riches will corrupt
ihem-"
For the Greentborovgh Patriot,
SKETCHES nr WESTERN CITIES.
Continutd.
Hand) Ihe differ, nee now
Many of the factory girls wear gold
watches, and an imitation at least, ol all
ihe omamenta winch grace the daughters
of our most opub nt ciii/.ens. And it is
elm-fly the exlrav.igince of ihose who
K-ill, iii, our country, whatever is lh.-ir
station or eniplovuieut, follow the fash-ions,
which inaki s the dangi r of inlroilu-ring
an expi ntl'o style of dm ss. and Ihe
luxury of cosily furniture, as llie stand :II!
of fasinon ami neee-sary concomitant ol
wealth, taste, and resp. cl.ibilny.
•• It is not lo be i xpeeied nor even
Wished, that Ihe rich should lor. go iln
advantages which wealth, honestly ac
quired or inherited, afford)—thai liny
should praciicc ihe self denial which pov
erty imposes, while the im ens lor graii-lication
of every wish is at their coin-m.
ind.
" They ought not 'o he r< quired, even
bv the most rigid iiilerpii'tatiou ol repiili-lican
principles, lo do this. Hut ihey
should be censured when their influence,
the inan..<r in which they expend then
weallb, operates lo introduce among us
the love of idle extravagance in dress,
eX|K-iisive luxuries in living, and that i f-feminacy
in mind ami manners which al
ways follows in the Irani of sensual in-dulgences.
u Let the rich, and those who sffeej to
he rich, (inueh llm largest number,) and
who would, therefore, be the ditltngMeM
of society, raiee ilien ambitron to a high
er display than this outward slum which
mav so easily be iuutatid. tat-iliem
make re-fined and exalted iute/l*>cliril at-tainments
the standard of rank, if they
with for a distinction permanent as well
aa conspicuous. They have the means
of collecting libraries, leisure for rend-ing,
opportunities of travel, and a thous-and
oilier advantages of menial Culture
and refinement winch those who must la-bor
for a living cannot command. \\ hal
a pity they do not improve these advan-tages
!
•'Ilia a truth well kunwn and deeply
lo be lamented, that ihe children of rich
parents, though furnished with every fa-cility
for learning, nri r..r< ly among Ihe
best scholars al our schools ami g s.
This does mil happen because tiny arc
naturally dull ; it is because lln-v have
received wrung impressions of the valu'
of an education. They have not bei n
taught to consider it abaoluti ly 'necessa-ry
10 their character and BUCC'*sa in ihe
world, but chit fly as an auooinpliahiiien'
which it was best lo possess, but whiell
could be dispensed uilh by those who
had wealth sufficient to lead the fashions
in dress and luxurious living.
The vonlh who has
lalion, if In- r*e s bis pa
about the display ami importance ol |
wealth, will not think it essential ih.it he
should loll in his studies, like the poor!
II who mUSl live by his profes I
ALTON.—The p»mi from which Alton
is lir-i seen when approaching by ilu
river is'nboiii Ihe mouth of Missouri,
iwelve nr-fifloen imbs north ol Si, IJHI
IS. I'Vorii this place i' IS still some tin
or six milt s distant.— While mentioning
Up moth ol Missouri," il may In; ol
interest to describe il more minutely!—
The Missouri connects itseli with ihe
Mississippi by* several mOUlhS, the prut
eipal or upper, of which comes in very
nearly at light angles ami tweepa il.
muddy water entirely across ihe .Missis
sippi, mingling with and tinging its deal
wai, rs with a brownish hue. The chan-nel
lure is of great depth,and owing to
the immense body of ma:, r rushing out
nt lb- Missouri, when flooded, Iho oppo-site,
Illinois,shore ha* already lo-t iuan\
acres of land. A house wh eh-BOW
pteiMiS perhaps thill) or forty yards flack
from Ihe shore was formerly situated
where now is the main channel of 11*.
river The owner has tlnice been com-pelled
lo move back in consequence of
these encroachments mad ■ upon Ins farm
bv I lie river. The entire distance he
■ ween the moiiih of Missouri and Si,
Louis is Ion and marshy,
Alton is binlt upon a very im-besuiiful
spot of ground, In i Ig In Iween IWO high
hills, or blulls, with a narrow opening lo
ihe country in Ihe rcari—iheriverslso ia
In r, playing n sad IVl . k upon Ihem by
forming <■ sand bar in front of the Town.
There is quite a lespccteblo show of hu
sums lore - generally, and along the
Wharf there are several blocks of large
■lone IHMMI B. One or two hotels and si-v-eial
chunhrs show conspicuously fiom
ih- river. There is also the Stale peni-tentiary—
a dirty, confined, and, I think,
badly managed concern
Tim inhabit nils are in trptrlation ol
having ihe "National Road cross tin-
Mississippi at ibis place, but Ihere are
many other pointa in like suspense.
I'toiu tins point several railroad lines,
radiating into ihe interior, arc to be built
s day or oilier.
Much capnal from 'his plane ia invest-ed
'ii lln/iur/ trad- j—'"it upon the whole,
Alton is too n-ar Si. Louis lo flourish
largi Iv, Its population at presint may
he about eight thousand.
There is a steam ferry here—and a
regular pnckel boal plies daily to Si. Lou-is
mid back.
In Alton arc issued several' weekly
and one or more mon'hly publications, ah
ol which are respc-iable.
CAIRO—ol ihe Mouth of Ohio.—The
iinlunil advantages id tins location must
he apparent lo all, by glancing fur one
uiiMiiciit on tin- map;—and there is tilth-doiilil
hut a oily will soon spring up here.
It mutt 1 nine a/ylace ol business, and
a money making place loo)—and wher-ever
such places are lo be found, thither
and large warehouses line Ihe wharf.—
Ihe wharl itself ia a miserable, dirty,
confined aflair.
Th. re ia one theatre here, occupied
in ihe winter season by pan of Scott &
Thortii 's company fiom Cincinnati.—
Several churches also embellish -.he town.
Two papers are published here. The
•• Whig" is prelly fan, bul the "Seiitl-ml"
(lory,) like ihe town in the summer
season, is railu r a sickly concern.
The opposite shore (in Louisiana) is
low and marshy;—a steam ferry-boat
plies back arid forth. Population of tin
town, about 10,000 or 13,000.
NATTHBI —IL re is •' Naichez under
the hill," and Natchez pnqicr, or " Nat-elu
•/. on the bili," which taller is not seen
from ihe river. Natchez proper is situ-ated
upon a heaulilul, level, high blufl;
—a neat, airy town, boasting of one of
ihe largest and best conducted holds in
the country) a railroad branching out in-to
the interior, anil as gondnocictv as is
lobe found in ihe Weal. Naichez under
the hill was formerly ihe abode only of
blacklegs, robbers, prostitutes, negroes,
and all manner ol low-lived animals, ho1
has of lale somewhat improved. It yet
baiks very suspicious, however.
l.'pon Ihe verge of Ihe blufl' is a li^hl
house for the aid of boats stopping in llu
night to see how IO approach the misera-ble
wharves and wharf-boats, and lo a-roid
Ihe wilderness of ruft« and flat-boats
mini gem rally lo be found directly
in froni ol the. town—also, I imagine,
more prop, rly as a kind of beacon light
or " laud mark," a> it may he seen a
great dislSlice, owing to Ihe town's be-ing
situated at ihe point of a long and
abiiipl hi ml in the river.
Population of the whole town, about
18,000 or 15,000.
The Natchez theatre is open during
ihe winter to pvvrformancos by part ol
Scott and ThurneV company from Cincin-nati.
Natch, z ia 100 miles In low Viclts
burg 300 noli s above New Oil. an*:
.VI:.TI//I —in our lo.i.-oiue* progresi
we crossed Mount labor, where ■ xperi
now, and, being disinterred, walked
home as lively as pigs usually are.
Aneedote of a favorite Dog.—The on-ly
approach lo bad lei lilies which I ever
discovered in Rover, was a alight dispo-sition
to jealousy ; bul this in him ap-peared
more a virtue than a vice ; fur it
spumg entirely from afl'ecuon, and had
nothing mean or malicious in it. A sin-gle
instance will suffice lo show the man-iiel
III winch ho expressed Ibis feeling.
One day a little SllWIge dog allacln d
him* Il to me, ami followed me home.—
I look him into the house, and h id him
fed, intending to keep him till I could
discuvirthe owner. For ibis act of kind-ness
the dog expressed bis gratitude- in
i lie usual way. Aover, although he us d
lo play the Iruant, from the moment the
lilllc stranger entered Ihe premiere, nev-er
qui'led us till lie saw him fairly off.
Ilia maiiiii r towards us became more in-gratiating
than usual, and he seemed de-sirous,
by bis assiduities and ut ten lions,
to show us thai we stood in no need ol
any oilier favorite- or companion- line,
at Ihe same line, he displayed no aniiu-o-
ily towards his snpposul rival. Here
WHS reason and ri tineuienl too.
II- li ul formed an attachment lo my
gardncr, ami would frequently follow bun
Id Ins homo where ho was caressed by
III': wife ami children. It happened thai
ihe poor Wife was taken ill, and died.—
The husband was seriously afflicted, and
showed a feeling above the common.—
At this time, I observed thai (lover had
quite lo-t Ins spirits, and appeared io
pine. Seeing hun in this stale, one day.
in company wuh the widuwer, and think-ing,
in sonic measure, to divert the pooi
fellow's thoughts Iroiu his own sorrow, I
remarked lo him the slate that Uimrw.'S
in, and asked him if he could guess the
cause, ••lie is fretting after poor Peg-gy,"
was Iho reply, giving rent al ilu
same Uine to a flood of tears, lie Ihen
went on lo t'-ll III- thai, while his wifi
was ih, Hover wai constant in his visits
lo lie collage, n hen he would get upon
hi r bed. He by In r and lick In r face ; and
when the was borne lo ihe grave, be waa
loreinint in ihe fui.i ial procession, Il
vv is soiiiHtunc befoic lie entirely recover-ed
his spirits.
Like inOSl lilllc dogs Rover hail a
gri at soul ; y< t, as must have been ex-ence
laughl uo wti.it .-hall be bleasedness
of Ihe promise—•• \ luleiice shall no more-he
heard vulliiu thy land,"—Isaiah, Ix.
I". Wo had reached the foot i.iiher
late in the day. Fearing then lore, that I peeled, he was no match for Ihe general
we migl.t lose ihe magnificent view ity id lus species. Hut what he wauled
from Iho summit if wo did uuj u»u all lie physical strength, he- mads up fur in
speed, we did not go roiiiul by ills* regular [policy, lie wisi ly employed a portion
,i.,tii, |,li| pica.,, ii op through boslll s ami \ of Ins riches in subsidizing his (morer,
rucks with great difficult) to ihe top.
W • had llllle lo see whole CbriSl, hid
from the eyes of sll others, is believed
10 be Iran-liguri d In lore bis ihicc deci-pies,
and to look down on the vast and
splendid plain ol Esdrai Ion, where Un-to,
s nl Israel sV ol Clod arc yul lobe gath-ered
to the »l lughier—bul snnsi I forci d
■lie lo hasten down, without .making ihe
circuit of the hill. At the foot, on llu
other side, we came upon a company of
villagers, who vv, re watching their heaps
of corn; ami from ih-in wo learned, thai
-imply in eons, nuance ol our taking a
liacku ss path, and tin n lia.i. ning down,
we had escaped a band of Arabs, who
Were linking on Ihe hill, aid had plun-dered
and killed several persons iln- day
In lore. On reaching the Village. Debo-rah,
where our baggage was, we found
our servants, who had gniie lit fore us,
ih spairing of our safely. But he (hal
keepetb Israel preserved us, end put a
soi.g of praise into our lips. Wo tell a
lutlc of the force of I'salin xxvii., 0,
when safe again in our tent, praising iln
land. Next day, a similar peril and de-liverance
awaited us. We reached Naz-areth
early, and having surveyed the ci-ty
wl ere lb- Ih deeiner lived,,-.as a root
nut of dry ground,' proceeded onwards
by Sophia.—Missionary Kieord.
fortune in expec.|will people flock as is ihe ensi in New
renlsoiily anxious Oilcans and oiler places. Sickness
v ill not deter people from venturing
where gain is to be i ipected.
Several steam saw.mills are now in
mans sou tviio must oy nis proios-1 operation herei some Iwelve or fifteen
lion, I buildings, besides one hotol, erected; and
-The miss, who is sent to school Ion* I many boats are already in Ihe h-ihii ol
dell with ornaments, fancies herself a "laving up" hero during the season of
voting l.ailv, and her vanity is so flattered low water and -caul business,
iiv outshining b«»r companions in dross, YICMBCRO—•This is a tidy, good Inok-llial
she cares little for being called a ' ing sort of a town, built upon a hillside,
ami show ing to great advantage from t'1
these faults of i he children arc | river- Many of lbs buidingsaro of brick land, was buried iwcnly-swo days
An Eml'ltm of the man who gains the
world, and loses his soul.—Il is said that
\i rxes, having Athens, came, lo a city
Callid Lion,on the banks of ihe Strymoii.
Hence he procei i\e<\ no farther by the
l.iiiit: hul entrusting the conduct of bis
forces lo ll.danics, with orders to march
them to the Hi llespoul, he went on board
- I'M mnician vessel to cross over into
Asia. After he had embarked, a heavy
and tempi stiions wind set in from the
lake, which, on account ol the great
number ol Persian! on board aiu udaui
on Xcrsoe. made the situation of the
vesst I extremely dangerous. The king,
in an i ninlion ol terror, inquired aloud
of Ihe pilot if be thought Ihey were sale.
'■ BV rio means," Was ihe answer, ll un-less
we cuiihl be rid of some of this iiiul-liiiide."
On this Xerxes exclaimed,
•' Persians, let me now see which of you
h is an affection for Ins Princi; my sale-ly
ll sei in- depends on you." As soon
as In- hud HlUI spoken, lluy first bowed
themselves before him, and li aped into
Ihe sea. The vessel having been thus
lightened, Xerxes was safely landed in
Asia. As soon as he got on shore, he
o warihil the pilot with a golden crown
for preserving the lite of llu- king; but
.is he had caiisid so many PersiauS to
perish, he cur oil'bis bead.
A bog, residing n-ar Frederick, Mary-daya
uj the
hut stronger neighbors, anil thus iicqui-red
a weight and importance among lus
iwn nee in the tillage, to which hecould
pol Otherwise lay claim. In plain lan-guage,
Uover kept a dog in pay lo light
his battles for him. Thia I discovered,
bv observing lhal whenever he got a bone
which he could not compass, he iuimcdi
atoly hid it, and Ihen went off in search
of the baker's mastiff, whose more po-tent
jaws soon demolished ilu- provision.
This I al first set down to g-nerositv, or
a natural Iota of patrunago, till I a set r-lairied
the true motive, bv observing that,
whenever he was attacked by a larger
dog than himself, he forthwith aelofl'in
search of bis Swiss, the said maalill, lo
whom he delegated the viol k of thrashing
his opponent.
A Misappnhenaion. —Wo recollect
once being very much amused al the re-lation
of the following anecdote, from
Ihe lips ola very amiable, ami withal a
very IIUMIISI widow lady in Ni w Jersey.
Soon alii r her husband paid Ihe debt of
Nature, leaving her bis sole legatee, a
claim was brought against Iho estate by
his brother, and a process was served up-on
her by Iheshcrifl'of the courtly, who
happened In be a widower, of middle age.
Being unuaed at thai lime to the forms
of law —though ill the protracted law
suit which followed she hud ample op-portunity
of acquiring experience—she
was much alarmed; and meeting, just a I -
ler the departure- of Ihe sheriff, with a
female friend, she exclaimed, with much
agitation," What do you thinkl Sheriff
Price has lien alter mo!" " Moll," said
ihe-considerate lady, with perfect cool-ness,
" be is a very fine man." " But,
he savs he has an altachmciit fur me," re*
pin t the widow-. '• Well, I have long
suspected he was altached to you, my
dear." M But you dm.'i understand—be
says I must go lo couit." "Oh! Dial's
quilc another affair, my child: dnu'i you
gu -olar as thai; it is his place to come
lu cuurl you!"
widow's dwelling, in ihe character■• we.
suppose, of a boarder He had remark-ed
to boinc of Ins friends, two or llirc"
months ago, that if this woman icfuscd
lo wed bun, ho would drop dead at her
feet. This prophetic assertion was liter-ally
fulfilled. On Sunday evening last,
about 8 o'clock, be made proposals in duo
form, and war reiectod, when he iminc-dialrly
foil dead! By direction of tho
coroner, the body was opei.i d by a phj-'
sician, and the sudden decease of Mr.
lilack was found lo have been caused by
the rupture nl a large bloodvessel near
the heart. Powerful emotion may ac-count
fur this singular event.—Ledger.
T.'ic Amitlad east.—Judge Judsou-has,
at length di cided on the case of Iho
blacks of the Amistad, who murdered tho
captain and other pcriona on board tho
schooner. He aeis them free- Had
they been whiles they would have been
tried and excculi d as pirates. The fol-low
ing are the grounds of tbo decision 9
1. 'Thai llie! district court for Connce-ticul
has jurisdiction, ihe schooner hav-ing
been taken poaacssion of. in a legal
Sense, on the " high seas."
2. Thai Ihe libel of Thomas B, God-ncy
and others, is properly filed in tho
dlatriol court of Connecticut.
:i. That the Misers are entitled lo sal-vage,
aTaTaii appraisement will he order-ed,
and one-third of that amount and
cost will be decreed just and reasona-ble.
4. Thai Orceri A; Fordhamof Sag Har-bor,
who claim lo hive taken original
possession ■>( the vessel and cargo, can-not
sustain their claim, and the-reforo
tin ir lib, I is dismissed.
5. Thai Ruiz and Monies, thiough
the- Spanish minister, have established
no title 10 the Africans, as they are un-doubtedly
llozal negroes, nr negroes rc-ci
inly imported from Afiica, in violation
of the laws of Spain.
li. That the ilim II t! of restoration, l«*
have llu- qiicst:o i tried in Cuba,made bv
i !i, ."- i.w.i-ti minis-or, cannot be complied
with, ns by their own laws it is certain
ihey cannot enslave. Ihe Africans, and
then fore cannot properly demand them
fur trial.
7. Thai Antoriia, being a Creole, aufl
li gaily a slave, and expressing a strong
wi.-h lo be ii im in il lo Havana, a resto-ration
will be decreed under llic treaty
of 1708,
S. That these Africans he delivered
to the Prasldonl of the United Slates,,
under the 2d section of the act ol March
:l. lrtlt),still in force, lo bo transported to
Africa, there lobe delivered lo Ihe agent
appointed lo n ceive mid conduct loom
home-.—Journal of Commerce.
I'hilaihlphia, Jan. 36,
Sudden and I'.j-traorthnary Death.—
III a letter Irom one on whose- statement
a perfect reliance may be placed, Ihe
following account baa been transmitted
In the publishers oftho Ledger: A -Mr.
Illack, residing in Ontario counly, Slate
of New York, had been observed for
some tune to live on ii tins ol disagree-ment
with liis it lie. giving liie in ighhors
ie reason lo suspect that he had fixed
his affections on another woman, viz, a
widow who dwell m the aamo village.
Some lime in last autumn Mrs. Illack died.
Mr. II. often visited Ihe widow's both
In lore and uftcr the dcnlh of his »i
mid re■■ iitly lie becjuje M irjuptcvl'
The Charleston Courier slates lhat
the Court of Equity in lhat city has been
engaged in the trial ola case of deep in-terest,
arising out of a anil instituted be
Iween llu-reprcsenltitivea of ihe lato II.
S. Rill and lady, of that city, two of tho
unfortunate victims in Ihe explosion and
wn c- of the steam packet 1'ulatki, in o:-
der lo settle the question of survivoiship
hoiween the husband and wife, who shar-ed
an ocean grave on lhat appalling oc.
c.i.-inn. All Ihe hariowiiig incide-rita of
the dreadful calasiropho were disclosed
by the evidence, ro far ai they could bo
collected from the sufferers; and a beau-,
liful model of Ihe boal was placed before
the Chancelor, to illustrate the ovidencc
and the argum-nt.
^ Electricity,—In u Icolurs at Tauuton,
England, Mr. A. Crossu illuminated 400
feel of iron chain, hung in I'tsloons about
llie room ; the Whole extent being bril-liantly
lighted at 'the same Instant, by
llie passage through it of ihe spaik from
the battery, and several feel of wire were
nulled. .Mr. Crosse gave Ihe results of
many experiments on thunder clouds,
and mists. By means of a wire appara-tus
suspended in his park, he had dis-covered
that a driving fogswieps in mas-ses,
alternately, negatively,and positive-ly
electrified j and once, the accumula-tion
of ihe electric fluid in a fog was so
greal, lhat there waa an incessant stream
from Ins conductor, of .-parks, each one
of which would have struck an elephant
dead.
Kentucky.—A resolution was recently
passed in ihe legislature of this State,
that the Government should order a na-tional
saline io bo fired on the Blh of
January, in commemoration of the hauls
ol New Orb ana. The resolution was
passed, and passed with this Inti resting
amendment: •• Resolved, That the can.
lion captured faorn tho British on theSth
if Ociobor, 1813, at tin: bailie of tho
Thames, by General W. II. Harrison.
mil his brave Companions in arms, be
alone used bv his Excellency, in filing tho
foregoing salulc."
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