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st flpgg‘ n S® s ^ e evef had. I’ll
rhip you,” said he, “as long as l can,
nd leave breath in your body.” The
irl told a woman who lived in anoth-
.artefthe house, that “she should
ather die than live, for she did not
elieve her punishment would be so
reat in another world as it was in
his.” Before 10 o’clock, she had
rocurcd the laudanum and placed
ersplf beyond the reach of cruel and
.nnatural father. We are told by
me of the women who assisted in lay-
ng her out, that marks of excessive
:fuelty were plainly discoverable a-
iout her person, and several spots ap-
leared as if a large knot in a rope had
:aused them. It is also said, that
hose bruises must have been made a
veek before, as her father had not
eaten her since the previous Sabbath.
Murder.—On Sunday last we had
melancholy comment on the evils of
ntemperance and Sabbath breaking.
~’eorge Chapman, a tailor by trade,
ad a quarrel with Daniel Wright, la-
ourer, (both excessively intemperate
rinkers,) and happening to meet a-
out the middle of the day at Nares,’
ust over the line between this vil-
age and Fayette, in Seneca ctunty,
hey “talked it over” and were ap-
arently reconciled. According to a
ulgar custom, however, they must
atify their treaty of amity over a bot-
le of whiskey, and here the smother-
d flame of resentment again burst
orth. Chapman swore he would kill
right. To escape danger Wright
,vent into the granary and lay down on
he oat bin. Chapman followed a
while afterwards, seized a spade, and
repeated the threat. Wright attempt
ed to get up, but received a blow on
the head which prostrated him, and
which was followed by others in quick
^succession. Chapman went to the
Jhouse, avowed what he had done and
ilwas taken into custody. Wright died
1 about an hour afterwards. After the
frenzy of the liquor subsided the mind
of the wretched murderer 'awakened
to a sense of the horrid deed he had
perpetrated and to the inevitable
doom which awaits him .-^Geneva
Gaz.
A.young maw by the name of John
Cox, a seaman, on board the ship Con
stitution, has received $40 for his grog
money, and I have been credibly in
formed that he has not drank any li
quor on board the ship.—Philanthro
pist. —
State of Education in Lower Canada.
—The petitions presented to parlia
ment from the Canadas complaining of
the Administration of the Earl of
Dalhousie, contained the names of
18,000 persons, of which only nine
thousand are signatures, the other 69,-
000 having his X mark attached to
them. The population of Loiver Can
ada is 450,000 French to 80,000 Bri
tish. Only one in eight of the former
are taught to write.—Plymouth Jour.
New York, August 4.
Yale College.—We are sorry to
learn that a serious misunderstanding
has arisen between the principals of
this respectable institution and a por
tion of the pupils, which has resulted
in an open rupture, and the withdraw
al of nearly one third of the scholars.
The circumstances of this unfortunate
occurrence, w*e hear, were these:—
The scholars had become dissatisfied
with their fare at commons, and seve
ral times petitioned for afr improve
ment. At length some of them refus
ed any longer to partake, and in viola
tion of the rules, withdrew from the
public table. Four of these delin
quents were expelled. This being
deemed an act of injustice, a remon
strance was got up, and signed by one
hundred and forty-four of the scholars,
demanding the reinstatement of their
fellows, and threatening, in case of re
fusal, to withdraw' in a body from the
College. The Faculty could not,
without a relaxation of their laws,
comply w'ith this demand, and the re
solution of the scholars w r as carried
into effect on Saturday. About forty
of them arrived here yesterday morn
ing on their way to their homes. A
great deal of excitement prevails at
New Haven on this subject.
Moral Effect of Dress.—It is ah ob
servation, says Sir J. Barrington, I
Have always made—although it may,
perhaps, be considered a perilous one
—that dress has a moral effect upon the
conduct of mankind. Let any gentle
man find himself with dirty boots, old
surtout, soiled neckcloth, and a gene
ral negligence of dress he will in all
probability find a correspondent dispo
sition to negligence of address. He
may speak roughly, & think roughly:
but put the same man into full dress;
powder him well, clap a sword by his
side, and give him an evening coat, fine
pantaloons,& silk stockings, he will feel
himself quite another person. To use
the language of a low fellow would
then be quite out of character. He
will talk smoothly, affect politeness,
if he has it not, pique himself upon
good manners, and respect the women.
Liv. Mer.
Self-sharpening Plough.—An enter
prising mechanic has been here during
the past week, exhibiting an improved
cast-iron plough, for winch a patent
has been obtained. The advantage
of this kind of plough is, that the share
or point, being separate pieces from
the mould-iron which have their up
per and under surfaces similar, may
be turned whenever one side begins to
ar away, so as to wear less fast,
and keep constantly sharp. This
plough is much used where it has be
come known, and is approved by far
mers who have examined it here.—
The making costs no more than that
of the common kind.—Saratoga paper.
crowded to the plank, and staggered
upon the deck. He was half drunk
and was ordered to leave the boat, &
immeately helped off’by 2 men. ,He
begged hard for a passage to N. V drk,
offering money. It was all in vaii—
he was drunk, and should not go. \
I stood by the gang-way. lie
reached me a small roll of bank bills,
saying, “1 will give you $50, if you
will take me to New-York,” I refu
sed telling him to put his money in his
pocet. lie still persisted, and stretch
ed out his hand with the money as the
boat slowly moved from the dock.—
He was held from falling by strangers
to w’hom ho still offered money for his
passage. The boat moved swiftly
dow r n the stream, mill saw'no more
of him—Probably lit reached some
resting place, till waking from his
dream he found himself moneyless.
The scene made a deep impression
on my mind, I thougkt:
1. The drunkard is despised and
his company rejected, even by tempe
rate drinkers.—lie is welcome only
in the grocery or dram-shop and by
those made delirous with the poison
ous draught.
2. The drunkard destroys his prop
erty.—In his derangement he offers all
his money to strangers for trifles.—
Perhaps he has a wife and children in
w'ant and distress. Perhaps for want
of this very money bis goods may be
seized, and his estate ruined forever.
3. The drunkard is rendered inca-.
pable of examining the truth, conse
quently cannot know the word of God.
His senses are blunted—his affections
are destroyed—his mind is deranged,
he renders his life a sceneIff sinking
brutality; at last he may wish for a
conveyance to the heavenly world,
and offer all that he has for the favor.
But alas! he is deranged—he offers
to, he knows not whom—he is reject
ed, and his soul is cast off forever.
' VIATOR.
honour: the question will not then be,
how you have discharged your duties
towards your fellow men, but how you
have discharged your duties towards
God. Now man’s blindness to these
principles forms one ingredient of that
vital disease ♦vliich is so general in the
world. We tread upon the earth with
as certain footsteps as if we were to
be its everlasting lords, nor do the ter
rors of the grave shake this opinion,
nor is it altered by the terrors of judg
ment. The prospect of the arrival of
that day, w r hen the wmrld shall be dis
solved, when the trumpet shall be
sounded, and man shall awake to eter
nity, when this earth and these heav
ens shall be involved in ruin, now that
it is only seen through the vista of suc
cessive ages, has no more effect upon
the natural mi ld, than the display of
beauty has on the dimness of natural
sight; mysterious as it is, it is never
theless certain, man can travel omvard
both to death and judgement, and say
peace, peace, when there is no peace.
DR.
FRANKLIN AND THOMAS
PAINE.
Good.—A member of the Common
Council in Boston, has been recognized
in the sum of $500 to answer at the
next Term of the Municipal Court,
for having beaten, bruised, and spit
liponjiis wife, leaving the marks of
outrage distinctly visible on her per
son.
A meteoric stone fell near Richmond
on the 4th ult. The statement is, that
between eight and nine o’clock, the
sky being clear, a whizzing noise was
heard by a party hoeing corn in a field.
A stroke, as of a hard body on the
ground, a short distance from the la
borers, led to a search, which ended
in the discovery of a stone newly cm
bedded, about 12 inches in the ground.
Before any part of it was broken
off it was said to weigh something up
wards of four pounds. It now weighs
three pounds three ounces. Its form
l in its first unbroken state was speroi-
dal—flattened here and there, produc
ing irregularities of surface, which,
except where it has bjeen rubbed off,
i6 covered with a thin black crust.—
The fractured surfaoe exhibits a gran-
ual appearance, showing small cavi
ties, varying in size from a small pin
to a mustard seed, its color grey, with
metallic particles showing themselves
regularly dispersed through the mass
When first broken it emitted a pecu
liar sulphurous odour.
Death of Dugald Stewart.—The Ed
inburg Evening Post announces the
death of this distinguished philosophe
He has left a name that must endure
as long as. English literature is culti
vated.
The Dengue.—This very disagreea
ble epidemic exists at this time (says
the Charleston, S. C. Courier) in our
city, to an extraordinary extent—we
think we are perfectly within bounds
when we say, one fourth of our popu
lation have had, or now have it—and
every hour appears to be adding to the
number. It rilade its appearance a-
mong us about two weeks ago, and
should it continue to spread much
longer as rapidly as it has done the
last two weeks, not an individual will
have escaped. It has not in any in
stance proved fatal; but the pain is
often very acute, and from its frequent
ly attacking a hale brawny man of 6
feet in heignt and 200 pounds weight,
in the little finger or great toe, with a
severity that almost makes him cry
out, affords much merriment to those
who have recovered from or not yet
taken it. There appears but little
sympathy for the sufferer. Its dura
tion is from six hours to three days.—
It is treated mildly—a little salts and
snake root and warm lemonade, to
produce perspiration, appears to be
the most common prescription, though
in some cases it is permitted to come
and go without anjb thing being given
to check or relieve the pain. At the
time we are writing, about half a doz
en persons employed in this office are
down with it.
From the New York Observer.
THE DRUNKARD IS CAST OFF.
It was nearly 5 o’clock when I
reached tho Pier at Albany. The
broad flag of the steamboat was float
ing in breeze,*and passengers were
pressing on board. The signal for
starting was given. A few were
pushing through the crowd of specta
tors. Among the rest, a man of do
cent appearance and iirgood apparel,
THE TWO GREAT DIVISION A
MONG MEN.
From a sermon of Dr. Chalmers.
The line of demarcation betwist the
Christian and the man of the world, is
very different from that line of demar
cation usually drawn, and it is neces
sary to bring this forgetfulness of God,
[of which he had been speaking.] be
fore us, in order that we may ascertain
our true character. You will observe
the great difficulty of a Gospel Minis
ter lies in convincing men of this fact;
having performed the relative duties
of this life, and attaching a meagre
and supericial meaning to the term
guilt, they cannot understand how any
sin of theirs should have lighted up
those fires which shall burn for ever
lasting. They will admit they have
failings, but they are not as bad as
others, and because you cannot assim
ilate their guilt with that of the dar
ing outcasts from society, who pass
through life utterly regardless of all
its duties, they cannot imagine how
their conduct should bring down upon,
them the burden of an endless con
demnation. To effect this, they think
that a man must have been a monster
in society, that he must outraged all
the duties of that relationship in which
he stands to his fellow men* Now of
all this they may acquit themselves
in the most honorable way, and yet
there is another relationship, the pe
culiar duties of which they may have
altogether neglected, we mean the
relationship in which they stand to
God. A man may discharge himself
of all he owes to his fellows upon
earth, and yet be utterly regardless of
what he owes to his God in heaven;
he may feel the force of all those mo
ral obligations which bind men togetlv
er in a community, and yet feel none
of those obligations in which he stands
to Him who is the protector and pre
server of the human family. There
may be many reciprocal acts of mutu
al esteem of mutual tenderness, &good
nature among ourselves, and yet
the whole of this society be in a state of
total neglect of Him who is the source
and centre of the universe. Like
stray planet which retains its laws of
motion after it has been separated
from its great system, they perform
all their relative obligations t6 men,
while they are in a state of awful de
parture from God. They may be
brought to the bar of civil or criminal
law, they may be brought to the bar of
public opinion, and may be most fully
and justly acquitted; yet when brought
to the bar of God, they may be laid
under the righteous burden of over
whelming condemnation: it isthenjthat
the Being who made you will take up
his own cause, and support his # own
When Paine was writing his attacks on
the Ciiristian Religion, he submitted a part
of his manuscript to Dr. Franklin, for his
inspection and opinion. The following is
the answer of that philosopher:
Dear Sir:—I have read your man
uscript with some attention. By the
argument it contains against a particu-
ar providence, though you allow a
eneral providence, you strike at the
oundation of all religion. For vvitli-
(ut the belief of a providence that
tikes cognizance of, guards and guides
md favours particular persons, there
s no motive to worship a Deity, to
ear its displeasure, or to pray for its
frotection. 1 will not enter into any
discussions of your principles, though
/ou seem to desire it. At present, I
shall only give you my opinion, that
though your reasonings are subtle, and
may prevail with some readers, you
will not succeed so as to change the
genera! sentiments of mankind on that
subject; and the consequence of prin
ting this piece will be, a great deal of
odium drawn upon yourself, mischief
to you, and no benefit to others.—He
that spits against the wind, spits in his
own face. But were you to succeed
do you imagine any good will be done
by ;it? Y ou yourself may find it easy
to live a virtuous life, without the as
sistance afforded by religion; you have
clear perception of the advantages of
virtue, & possess a strength of religion
sufficient to resist common tempta
tions. But think how great a portion
of mankind consists of weak and ignor-
flnt men and women, and of inexperi
enced, inconsiderate youth, of both
sexes, who have need of the motives
(if religion to restrain them from vice,
lo support their virtue, and retain
them in the practice of it, till it be
comes habitual, which is' the. great
point for its security.
And perhaps you are indebted to
her originally, that is, to your reli
gious education, for the hab.its of vir
tue upon which you now justly value
[ourself. You might easily display
your excellent talents of reasoning
upon a less hazardous subject, and
thereby obtain a rank with our most
distinguished authors. For among us
it is not necessary, as among the Hot
tentots, that a youth, to be raised in
to the company of men, should prove
his manhood by beating his mother. I
would advise you; therefore, not to
attempt unchaining tiger, but to burn
this piece before it is seen by any oth
er person, whereby you will save
yourself a great deal of mortification
from the enemies it may raise against
you, and perhaps a great deal of re
gret and repentance. If men are so
wicked with religion, what would
they be without it? I intend this let
ter as a proof of my friendship, and
therefore add no profession to it: but
simply subscribe yours,
B. FRANKLIN.
in a manner suitable to partake, arf-
inosl indiscriminately, of whatever is
agreeable to his palate; and the in
jurious effects of many articles of di
et are to be attributed not so much
their peculiar nature, as to the refine
ments in cookery. Although the
roast beef of England has become the
magnum bonum of a good dinner in
this country, the too great freedom
and frequency with which it is used,
already aflect the constitutions of the
opulent, by those peculiar disorders
which have been entailed on the de
scendants of the high bred families of
Great-Britain. The gout was once
a stranger in New-England; but the
luxury of modern days is preparing
the way fora train of constutional ir
regularities, which future generations
can only regret, while they suffer its
inflictions. To live long, live simply.
It is true, that animal food contains
a greater portion of nutriment, in a
given quantity, than vegetables, and
in a proper state of preparation it is
best adapted for the immediate action
of the absorbents of the chyle-poetic
viscera; but the digestive functions of
the human system become premature
ly exhausted by-constant action, and
the whole system eventually sinks un
der great or uninterrupted excitement.
If plain animal food were taken onco
a day, and men would substitute for
the various ragouts with which modern
tables are so abundantly furnished,
wholesome vegetables and pure wa
ter,—or a weak, fermented beverage
for the more deleterious potations of
distilled liquors, we should see health
walking in the paths that are now
crowded with the bloated victims of
appetite. Millions of Gcntoos have
lived to an advanced age without hav
ing tasted of any thing that ever pos
sessed life, and been wholly free from
a chain of maladies which have scour
ged every civilized nation on th®
globe; the wandering Arabs, who have
traversed the barren desert of Sahara,
subsisting on the scanty pittance of
milk from the half famished camel
that carried them, have seen two hun
dred years roll round without a day of
sickness.
The temperature of our food is an
exceedingly important consideration.
We are accustomed to take it too
warm, forgetful of the fact, that arti
ficial heat destroys the muscular lone
of the stomach, vitiates its secretion*
and its physical powers, and induces
painful and dangerous diseases of the
liver. Let us take then another hint
from the children of nature, who sub
sist on aliment of a temperature no
higher than that of their own bodies,
and who are generally hardy and long
lived, until the simplicity of their hab
its is interrupted by the adoption of
the vices brought among them by the
civilized invaders of their native for
ests,—Boston Med. Ini.
FOOD.
-Among those objects which ifttme-
diafely relate to health, there is no
one more important, and less regard
ed by individuals, than their aliment.
It ii a mistaken notion, that one" per
son requires an animal diet, and anoth
er, whose avocation and habits are
different, a'vegetable. regimen; many
of the diseases originating in dyspep
sia, the great endemic of the Northern
States, are induced by a habit of liv-
irtg too exclusively upon a few articles
of food, most of which are animal.—
Nature intended that man should sub
sist upon the variety of bounties with
which she has so liberelly replenished
A paper printed in the Slate of Ala
bama speaks of a most deplorable and
alarming scarcity of young ladies.—
Every respectable female, native or
stranger, found there, is, as soon as
possible, hurried to the bymenial al
tar. The young men are as 100 to one
of the young ladies! Prodigious!!
POCKET BOOK LOST.
A BOUT the middle of July last was
stolen out of my Pocket at my house,
a large Washed Leather Pockkt-Book,
containing one note on the Slate Bank of
Georgia for $10, one note of hand on Eli
jah Ilicks for $85, payable sometime in
October next; a receipt of Henry Megyrof
the State of New York, for two notes on
John Byers of the said State, and some
other papers not recollected. To any per
son getting &. delivering said Book, papers
and money to me; 1 will give ten dollars,
and five for the apprehension of the rogue,
I do herehy forwarn all persons fromtra-
ding for said note of Eli jali Hicks. And
1 also forwarn Elijah Hicks from paying
said note to anyperson excepting myself.
GEORGE HARLIN.
Coosewavtee Cherokee Nation, August
13. 1828.—24-tf.
the earth, and constituted hit system [
NOTICE.
I N accordance with the resolution of the
National Committee and Council, pass- .
ed October 24th, 1827, requiring the Treas
urer of the Cherokee Nation to call in all
the money loaned out under the provisions
of a previous act, on or before the first Mon
day of October next, 1 hereby give notice
to all such as are indebted, to the Treasury,
to come and redeem their bonds by paying
principal and interest, on the day that they
become due, as such bonds cannot he re
newed after the first Monday of October
next. No indulgence wifPfee given, and
those who do not comply with the above re
quisition must expect to find their bonds in
the hands of Officers.
JOHN MARTIN,
Tros. of the Ch. NatT
New Ecliota, July 23, 1828.
