t^)K I UV.
iHUM TIIL LM IKII HTATI s l.tTlIIAIlY UAZLTTl..
TO A (
Bcaiiliritl clijiiill folils so soft |in'.l f^ir,
Sv\ ill 1 111'’p.wi‘1.' liir!
Tli\ flci n s l)ii1l». (l in Fiiiiliijhi, v Ik-Iow
'J'liy sliatlow o’l rtli'- \;ik ii.ovts ^Iom ;
"VN ln.ro, *mi(l't tlu i- pause i!h ivaper trulii
As (°ool il (iiii' s uloii!,'' t*ic p’ain.
Briuilil’ul i(ui-l ' 1 uoiiJd I 'vtie vsiUi tlice
In thy V. :iv o\ v l:i>id and si ii;
To rist on tliy unrollinj; skirts, anti look
On I :.nil ••I'l ontliij opi n book ;
On stv ;«ni-> tic her rt alms \/ilh silver band*,
Ai.il the i'jii},^ uays tliut scam ber laiuls;
\!i(l lii :irlu r hiinmiing' cities, anil tin* sonnil
Of v^a\cs that cluusi llu’ir rock} iiound.
(\vf—I V (Mi’id sail iijioii tliv air-liorne car
To hlo'tnnn}^ rcjrions dislant far,
To wh' rr thp sun ol' Andalusia shin'.'s
On his own olive j^roves ami vinc%
Or the .soft lijfhls of lt;d\ \s liri}^lit skjr
In smiles upon her ruin lie.
Hut I would woo tin- winds to lot tu rc.st
O'or (Irecrc lonjr Hi i-i d.and oppri st,
'W'Jiosc sons at Impjlh iia\ e lieard the (.all that
c o!n s
T'roni tin old l)attlc fichts nnd tombs,
And risen -ind drawn tin sword, and, on tlic foe,
II (ve dealt tlie sw ift aiwl dcs[)i rate blow.
And the Otlimaii ]:o\\ ( r is elovi n, and the stroke
lias tonciud its (iiains, and tliej are iiroke.
Ayt , w^e would liie^ertiil tiu; sun set there
SiiouM «I'Mie, to purple all tlic aii‘,
And tiiou ri llei t, ujioii tiie s,ier'd f^round.
Tile nidd\ radiancc stn annn.if round.
IJrijrlit nx tcor! for tliy summer noontide made !
'rli«\ jH crli ss beauty \ i t shall fade.
Tlie sun,"that fills v\ ith light ea( Ii glistening" fold,
Shall Si t, and leave thee dark and cold :
The blast shall rend tliy skirts, or thou niayV.t
fioun
In the dark heaven wlu ti storms comc down,
And wei |)in rain, till man’s iiujuiring eye
Miss thee, forever, from the sky. 11.
ins^roKiCAi.;
HATTI.E A'r KAMSOUU.S.
rorciiT ON THE iiOTii junk, 1780.
An account of the buttle at lianisoiii-’s
Alill, was published several years since in
the puj)ersof this slate ; but as it contain
ed several errors, tlic author of a manu-
si'.ripi, £cc. has transmitted to us a cor-
I’CCtotl copy, for publication in the Jour
nal. Some oilier of the more interesting
events in the history of the revoltiiionary
var ill this state, will bo furnished here
after.
The unsuccessful atlrmpt made by [^cn-
rrul Lincoln to take Suvaiinuh, and the
«^i!)sccjuont capture of the army tiiulor
his command, at Charleston, inspired the
rovalists with hope, and induced hir Ili’U-
ry Clinton to re^Mid the slate of (.i('orj;ia
and Sotith-Carolina us reunnexed to the
crown. The sotilh v as Icl't (ieslitnlc of
any lepfiilar military force lo supj)ort the
cause of the revohtiion; there wen* no
rejrtilar troops scntih of I’ennsyhatiia to
opj)osc the Ili ilish or keep the lories in
awe ; uiid vithiiia few weeks after I he
jiuriender of Chai Icston, detai hmcnls ol'
liritibh lroo])s occii])ie(l the prii)ci|)al
po'.ts of Cieor^'-ia and Soiith-Caroliiia.
IJnitf iiant coloni I Urown murrhed iij)
the Savannah ri\cr am! occii])ii'cl '\ui,ats-
ta : lientenant colonel Haifoiii- look pus-
ses'-ion of Ninet\-Six on ihe Walei'ee,
011(1 h)’-(l Cornwallis ])iislncl foiwui'd to
C' liiden. 'I'he obji'cl of this last move-
ivci't w as three-luld ; otu', to inter( epi
the retreat* of colonel liiiford, wlio had
been iKistenini; viili a few coiiiiiicntal
troo[)S to the relief uf j.-ctu'i al I.iiicolp. al
Charlest.'in ; the sei (.)ti(l, to oju'fi an ca^^}
c (Miimimication \\ ilh t!u* Soitish setlic-
75\ttUs on tlie I’ee Dee, ni()'\Miiii”- rreck,
and Cape l'e..r : anti the third, to kecj) in
( hcik the \\ hii;s of the \\ axliaw svlllr-
inent on th(- ('atjwlia, and of tin soiitli
A\estern ('(umlies of Norih-C’;;i idin.t. 'l'I)r
w hicli tiicse iiKJVi irt'iils v\ tre al-
rulated to iirodtice upoti tl.e ])iil)!i( mind,
.is Lnmased iiy tiie (iefeal if coloiicl
iJ'iiot'd and 111!' shiu;.;lUer (;f hi-, ntfii.
Tlie '•■tales of Suuth-Carolina and (icoi-
i;ia \ iclded su!)niission lo ru\ al ;‘Uth'iriiy,
:ind I'.ie cuiiiiiKitul( r in chief. ^Jil' !!eiiry
t 'iintdn, eiiilKuked V, ilh l!ie main anuy
i'lr Ntu-^()^k, leaving m.lv I'oi,;' tliou-
.s;mk1 trooiis fur the sdiilhcrn sc'i \ ic^’. 'I'he
romiiiand (levdhrd on hud f'oi-uuallis.
V !io immedu.'.t In vep.iired lo C li;;rli's'.i,u,
ti> ( >;aldish sticli ((inr.m'rcial
;is tin: i,e\V st.ae (if t!,lii;-> i c(jiui( (i, and
loarraii;,e the mil a'-lniinis’ratimi of! lie
le.tvint;- lotd iJ.iv.f’.o!) in r'mriU'iid
«)t'('■■rnden. Ni)i lh-C';i' (diu;i liud itoi yet
been imaderl, aiid tl'.e oi' ch" revo-
lu'ioii in tlie suir.li ;-ei !ii(‘d u> n sl mi llie
t'iloi •(•• Iiich thal state '-Ir.raM 'Uoke.
Cl..;' i' 'Ion SMvi'fMid Of. ilif IJ'.ly 1'
Tdav, 1 rivj. On ,'Mh oftiiat iii'Miih
ten defeated liul'uid oti ilu- \\ ;t\ha'.v
t>etlh-ni''nt. fortv niiles s(/'.,ih (■i’(vharlotte.
in Xorth-C..roiini!. lli i .:.rlie! (•c'liei al
I^iiiltei lord ord'-i't 1 ;:it ilie militia i/i
and by tlie ni ( .I'iiit’, nearly ni)e
h'iudred ii!eii as-^einlded near C‘lKii'!(.lie.
On iliat-day in’eUi i ace v..,s ree' i\ed
tli.a 'I'aidi'Uvn was lii;' re'uiu to .iin-
di II, and on the U( \i diiv the iniliti i. ■ r
;i’r l.ai;'n^'-'i'' l !\v ihe lie.. I.)r. M-
■»Vhortcr, picsident of tlic collotjc at
( harlottc, were di-imissed by jjeneral
iSiitherford. with ordeis to have theii
arms in J^ood rej)air and be in readiness
for another call. Major Davie* havin;j
r(!covcred from the woiinds received by
him al Stono, attain took the I'leld, and
part of his ca- al: y w ere ordei-ed to re-
connoilre.l)CtwTen Charlotte and C^aiiKlen.
On the 8th of Jiine ijeneral I’niiu rford
was infort«ed of the advaii “ of part (jf
the troops under lord Kawdon to \N'a.'C-
haw cr('ek,t tliirly miles south of Char
lotte, and issued ordei’s for th»t militia to
rende/.vo»;s on tin* KHh al I'ees’ |)lanta-
tion, eii;l.leeii miles north easl of ('luir-
lolte. Tiie militia, lo the nwmlx'r ol’
•'ic^hl hundred, prom])tly assemi)led ; and
on the 12tb, havini^ heard thal lord IJaw-
doti had rclif(’d t( IIaii,i,^in,Lc Hock, i!^ene-
ral Kulhcrford adv:oi(,('d teit miles lo
Mallard ( re(d;. On the 14lh tlu' troops
tinder his coinmaiul weie ort^anized. Tlie
cavalry, sixly-iive in number, under ma
jor Davie, were e(iuij)t as ilrat;’ons, and
formed into two troops under ca])tains
Simmons i*nd Marlin: a battalion of three
hundred li!;h’t infantry was placed under
the comiiuind (d‘colonel Wm. L. David
son,! a re},;tilar (jnieer, why could noljoin
his' reLijiment in Charleston after 'hat
plaft! was in\esled, and now joined the
militia. l'i\e hinuli’e(l remained iinder
the immediate command of i^en. iiuliier-
ford. In the evenii:;.;; of the 11th he re
ceived intellii'aiice thal lh( lories were
emijodyin.i^ in urms beyond lh(r Catawba
river, in i't yon county,§ al)oul forty miles
to the noi lh wcsL of his then position. He
issued orders to col. Franc is l.ockc of
Houaii, and major David Vv'ilson, of
Mec{;lenl)uri,% to eai)tains I'alls and liran-
don, and also lo olher ollicers lo make
e\ery (dTorl u> i-ai.se men lo disjjerse the
lories, il ijcin^ deemed imjjolilic by g-en-
eral Rtiliicrfurd to weaken his own force,
until the oi)ject of l()rd Rawdon’s expeili-
tion was belter ascertained.
On the Ijlh general Rutherford ad
vanced two miles to liic south of C’har-
lolte. On ihe 17lh he w as infoi'med that
lord Rawd(^i had relired towards Cam
den, and the torit'si.i were assembled in
iorce at Uaniiour’s Viiill, near the south
fol k of ihe Calaw !)a. A man by the name
of .bihn Moore, whose father and family
resided aljotit six miles from Hatnsour's
mill, had joined the British army the
precedint;- winter, and leavinf^-lhe delach-
menl under Cornwallis on the march from
Charlest(jj) lo Camden, he arrived al his
father’s on the 7i!i of June, weariuj.^ a
sw oi’d tind an old tattered suit of rec' imen-
uis. He anttounced himself as a lieuleu:
anl colonel of the regiment of Xorih-Car-
olina loyalists commutuled by colonel
John Hamillon of Halifax cotinly. He
i^ave to the |)eo|)le of the nei;^hbor-
hood the first particular account they had
received of the sie,q;c and ca])lure of
Charleston, and the advancc of the Brit
ish trooj)s to Camden. lie ap|)oinled the
loth ol .Iniie for an assrmblin;.; of the
pe(jple in i!»e woods, oji Indian creek,
seven miles IV(mi Ramsour's. I'orly men
assembled, and Moore told them it was
not the w ish of lord Cornwallis thal ihev
should emhody at that time, but lhal
they, wiih all other loyal stibjecls siioiild
hold (heuiseives in readiness, and in the
tneati time i^et in tin ir har\csl: lhal be
fore the iveltin,'; in of the harvest, it would
be (lillu ull to procure |)rovisions for the
British army : atid thal as soon as the
country eoidd furnish sui)sislence to the
aiiny. il would advasiee into North-Car-
oiina and };-i\e su]>port to the royalists.
Before this md'iin;^ broke up, an ex-
pr( ‘ s arrived to iulbmi them that major
.b>seph M‘Dowell, of Ibirke county, with
twenty men, was witliin eiti^lil miles of
them in scjp'c'.h of some of liie j)i inei])ul
p(.'rs(jns of their j)arty. (^onlidetil of
iheir stieni‘;lh, they resolv( d lo attack
M‘i)o\veIl ; l)ul s(iine |)reparfttions bein.u-
necessary, they could not march utilil the
iie\l i-,ii): iiin;^f ; w hen findini; tiiat he had
relired, they pm-sued him lo the iedc^-e ol'
mouniains uhii h separate the (ounties
of Lincoln and Biiike, aiid not beint; ai)Ie
■ Sinr(', la! I)avi(>.
[ riie day aft (I- hird Itawdon rr.-ieliod M’a\-
Iriw , lit. W illi a hte-.n'uard of t« eiitv ea\ alrv,
\i-,ied liie • ala\v ba I iidiaii tow us, si x or ( ;};'iil
n.iU s (li.-t;,nl (ii.m h;s i iieamp i,ent. 'I'lit se
t(A\ ns are situate :'bu\ e the mouth of Twi, h e
MiK- civek, oil th. (ast bank of the Catawba
ri^ er. 'l lie warrior-, headed by tlitir f;-eiu ral,
\i \' I'ivi r, hail h*t their tin> iis on tin.’ jiuee-
din;;- evimii,u- to ioin tlie troops under ,trt iu ral
li'itlierfori!. ('urio>ii_\ alone ;.eeiiied (o ha\r
iii'luetd lord I’aw dun to \i>it thi' tow ns; but
his api.ro.'Th fri.uhteiied the Indians, who lied
from tlu ir house> Hi- lordship di.'^eoveri d t wo
vvli’.tc nu n aiifl fuiir or live Indii.iis arru d, iiio-
\ i lie; brisk !y down the left bank of ll,(.'ri\ir,
and tb:nkii]j,^ i* td be a n'w\eitu'n1 to interri pt
bis iTlurn, III' Iroti iii il full his i n-
eainjiui' nt.
,\ft( vw ards bri”-ailior p-en-‘ra! Dav id'(m. w lio
tell ill tIu action al Cowan’s ford, on the Ca-
ta wlia.
Since di\ided iiito tlic counties cf i.incolr.
and li’utlicrford.
' III till' year 1771, }^ov( rnov '| r\ on lia\in};-
ihfialtil the r( ^'u latoi s at the battle of.Mle-
maiiC,', d( t aclul }; ni ral W addle w ith a bri,j;'ade
to the V. i-iU rn c(,mit: ,s and rlin cted him to
laiisi Ihe ))eo|d to asM nible at ct rtain stations
and t,d;e the oath of alh ij:.ance to his nia i-.st\
III. ,\ pari of N\ addh's eonimanii hall
h.ihi il ;ii tlaiiisour’s, and most .l the men in the
adieii'.ir.,;- ( (iiiiitiy bad takili tlie (nth. ’I'lusr
nil n tluaiichl tlut tliis calli illl]iOM-d ii|)0!i tin ill
an o(dii;-itiC)ii that m iIIk ribe cl.anj^" nf e:rcu:ii-
■.■■'aiii'i ■. iKi;- 1 he condii' t of his maj' •! \'s i.ae, i ni-
II It I ~eon'.I I iiii]iair. Till y atllieieil io tltr- rc,\ .-I
I II. u- ils.ni conscit ntious motiv t 'I'ht re w t rt
) thi ;ii w h'l lia l ‘ iiiiicit nt 'fiironiii 1 o i
I ii !(i r t'l iimIi i,r ( .'’ he *:'U' ^■ri..;r,'!
‘1 U,g (;oiit.Lj'
lO ovei take him, oireeled ll.rrA lo
return home aiul meet him on the 13ili al
Kainsour’s. On that duy two hundred
men met Moore, and they Vtcre joined on
the next day i>v many others, anionij
whom was Nicholas Wel' h, a major in
tlie rej^iment commanded by col. Hamil
ton. He had lived in lhal i-.eiKhborhood,
aiul had joined the Jirilish army eii^hleen
ino'nlbs before. He was direcily irom
ll'.e army ol hjrd ('ornw allis, and i^’ave in
formation of col. iiutord s defeat. He
wore a rich suil of reHimenlals. and ex
hibited a consideralde numl)er of (guineas,
hv v\ hich he soui;;hl lo allure sotue, w liilsl
lie eii(i“avored lo intimidate ollu'rs by an
account of the success (d ihe British army
in all Ih'; oijeralions of the south, and the
total inaiiility of lh(‘ whites lo make lar-
llier opposition. His conduct had the
desired efiecl. and much more confulenc^"
was placed in him than in col. Moore.
I'hcy retnaitied e!i' am[)('(l until the 20th,
durini^ which timer a delachiuenl com
manded by col. Moore made an unsuc
cessful attempt lo caj)ture col. llu!,di Jire-
vard atul major Jose])h M‘Do\veIl, each
of w hf^n, w ith a mtmber of whigs, came
into the r.eij^hborho(M.l to harrass the lo
ries v«fho were assem!)lini.^.
By the 20lh nearly thirteen liunc’.red
men had assembled at Ramsour’s, o'le
fourth of whom were w ilhotil arms. Cien.
Uulherford resoi\ed to concentrale his
force aiul attack them, as sooii as he lerirn-
ed that lord iiawdon had relirecl lo Cam
den. ^\’ilh this v'iew' he marched, on
Sunday the IHth, from his camp soulh of
Chariotle, lo the 'I'uckasei^e ford on the
Catawi)a river, twelve miles nearer lo
Hamsour’s.* In the cvenini^ of Unit day,
lie despatched an exju-ess t(> col. Locke,
advisiiii^ him (jf his movement and of the
enemy’s slreii'^lh, and orderini; Locke lo
join him on the lyth in the evenint^^ or on
ine J()lh in tin; m>'.i’nin.L;-, ;i few tniles in
advance of the 'ruekase).,>-e ford. 'I'ln;
express v\as nep^lecled and did not reach
col. Locke, 'i’lie morninc;; of the 191 h
was wet, and the arms of n. Rniht-r-
ford’s men were out (f order. At mid
nay tlu'. weather cleared up, and orders
were i^iven lo the men to dischari^e theii-
}^uns. This flischari^e jirodticed an alarm
in the nei|:^hi)orhood, and the iieople
ihinkincj the lories were allemplini; to
cross'the river, many of them came in
with arms atul joiiu'd Rutherford. In
the evenint^ he crossed the river and en
camped, sixteen miles from Hanisour’s.
Wl’.en Rutherford crossed the river, it
was believed lhal he would inarch in the
nit-ht and attack ihc torics on the next
morninf^; but expoeiing that his exjiress
had reached col. Locke, he waited for
Locke’s arrival, thal he mit,^hl on the
next day march in full Jbrcc to the attack.
Al 10 o’clock at ni.e^hl col. James John
ston, of Tryon county, reached Ruther
ford’s camp. He had been despalchei.
by col. Locke, to f;;ive noticc of his in
tention lo attack the lories, at sunrise the
ttexl morning-, and reciuesiini^: Ruther
ford’s co-o])eralion. Rutherford, in con
fident expeclalion thal his ex{;ress had
reachf'd col. Locke shortly after colonel
Johnston had left hitn, made no move
ment imlil the next mornin;.^.
* 'I'lie lords referred to in this n.'irrativn, nrc,
1. 'rnckasei,'-e, lowest on the river, twenty
miles from IJamsoiirs.
'2. Tool’s, ten miles hi},dicr up, lwen*y-two
miles from Uamsour’s.
lU attie’.s, elj.,'-lit miles above Tool’s, eigh-
leen miles from Han.sour's.
4. .NPKwen’s, four miles above IJeuUic’s,
twi lily miles from I? im^our’s.
Sherrill's, six miles above M'liw eii’s, twcn-
t} -five miles from Hanisour’s.
[to iti; ((INTIS rr.n.]
TIIK K\(;i.lSH.MAN A.VJ) THE SKUNK.
.\ book has recently !;een publishi.'d in
l.ni;;land, entitled an excursion in lh('. Uni
ted States. I he author is an I'lU^lishman:
and, w hat is very uncomrnon in lrav(dlers
fV(jm lhal country, he speaks favnrnhh/ of
oiir instluitions, c-isioms and manners.
We lui\e not seen the book hut fivym ex-
irai is published in the pajx'i's, wc dis
cover a i!;ood deal of lil)eralilv in the wri
ter : he !,peaks (.{ this country as it is,
not as oilier r.rlt.ish travfdiers have re
presented it lo be ; gives credit wli.'re il
is due, and makes ih;- neressarv allowan-
(cs for those lhi:r;s in which we are de-
licient. On oik> subject, thal of nhrrri/,
he treats us witli immeriled severity; but
iiowe\er ( tilpaliie we i,uiy be in tlds res-
pect, it little becomes an I'.ii-lishman, a
native of that coiiiitry, which entailed
this c\il upon us, and Vvliicli now liolds
milli.ins in b()nda!.-;e in her Wesl-India
possi'ssions, to become our iiccuser, and
ty'.inl us a!)oul tiie inconslsleiicy (,f oui-
lii-ofessioiis w i:h our praclic(>. Oiir slaves
are in .•'•enerid weil-trealed, widi-fed, and
w(dl-cl(iihed : and let tlios(> wlin are dis
posed to condemn tr , fn-si devise a plan
liy whii h they can lie ( niancii',ate 1 v. itii
s;dVly to uurselves, and Iii r.cni to tlu m ;
at'i i il we refuse to l..ke advantage of it,
i; Viill tlun l.u' time (:',() 11 fi'h lovini I’aeii'
I'eproaijhcs.
JJul we l.ave h st si!.ht, in Hil., dir;res-
sioii. ij[ our m„in (.'pjcct, which was loin-
irodiice U> (;iir I'e.ider., a advi ii-
t'lre t!’ ;he Lr."i " ;;un , '
IlHL a cv, what
the .soulh is l-rmed a polc-cn!. By the
bv, it is the Hrsi time wc ever heat'cl ihe
A-called ‘•beautifulbut there is no
accountin;^^ for lusies; and lo the eyeoi
the I'.m^iishman, the dark coarse hair^
w-Ilh “ion,^^itudillal white slripes,” the
sneakint; look, and clumsy form of the
all combined, mi.k'hi have been
beatiiiful. It w:.s foriunaie for him, as
the sc(|uel showed, that he so fur rcslraitt-
ed his admiration ('f the - beautiful liule
animal,” as “lo content himself with
simi)ly (ulmirinf; it.” "1 be follow inf.? is
the Kitglishmau's account of his adven
ture :
“About, forty milos from Carmi, I
had a most curious adventure, and one
that, caused me for some time altorwards
a great deal of vexation. Wliile rross-
in'p; a small ]>rairie, 1 observed cuniiii2:
towards mo in the middle of the jnilh, a
beautiful lit lie animal, about, two feet
loll};-, of a (Inrk color, witli lon«itiic!inaI
white strij)cs down its back, a bushy tail,
and v^ry short Ie2;s. Intending to cateh
it, 1 immediately |r:illoj)C(l forwanl to
jirevent its ('seape. To my astoiiish-
inent, hov.ever, if did not atfemj>t to
run away, hut sf0j)pi.'d in tlie miihile of
the road, as if it !iad been lame. 1 eame
close up lo it, so that iny horse's lore
feet almost toueluMl it, when it drc'w.iip
its back and looked at me, but still did
not oiler to escape. 1 at first iiili'nded
to (lismount and cateli it ; hut eonsiiler-
inglhat 1 eotiltl do nothing with il, ami
that perliaps it might, bite me, 1 deler-
ntined lo leave il ahine, and eontcnt my
self wit!) admiring il.
‘‘It would have been well for me if 1
had done so ; but after lia\ ing finished
looking at it, a sjiirit oi' miseiiii-f, (I can
attribute it to nothing else) prompted
Die lo lean forwa.rd on my horse, and
strike it over flu; back ^vIth a small
whip I had in my haml. Scarcely had
the whij) touched the animal's back,
when, turning its jiosteriors towards
me, and lifting up its hind-leg, it drs-
charged a Stygian li(inor, the otior of
which I sliall recolieet to my dying day.
In an instant, the whole praii ie seemed
to be filled with a stench, that is beyond
all desorij)tion. It was so powerful,
pungent, and sickening, that at fir.st.it
nearly made me faint, and I gallojied
away from the hiute with ail j)ossible
exi)edition.
“I had previously sujiposed, that I
had, in the course of my life, smelt very
bad odors ; but they were* all })erfumes
compared to this. No one who has nol
experienced it can form any idea of such
a hoi rid stench. Most fortmialely, iVom
the position in which I was, my horse
had received the whole of this ’infernal
.valer on his breast, and nc)ne of it had
touched my clothes. Jf it had 1 should
have been obliged to destroy them ; lor
[ was afterwards informed that no pro
cess, or length of time, will rcinove the
■inell from woollen cloth.
“ 1 his adventure hajijiened early in
the morning, and made me so .sick t!int
1 could not eat any breakfa'st. Indeed,
1 wTis ashamed to go into any house,
well knowing iiow ollensive I and mv
horse must be. 1 lode ni} horse info
the luers, liad'hii,! washed with soa|)
atul water, kc.-, hut nothing would
do. I'ora week iifi.-rwards 1 could ne
ver get i;pon him, wi(!i(uit jjerreivinL^
in a most disagrcicable degree, the slem'h
of my little enemy. 'n,e man of the
house, at which 1 stoj)ped in the even
ing, immediately observed the oireiisive
odor with which I was infected. When
1 told him my adventure,-and how 1
tended to have got ofi' niy horse to cateh
the aiiin'.al, he laughed 'ni(yM. jie.ntily ;
i'ud ir,formed me that it was called the
Skunk; and was common in thal p;irt of
the ccjuntry.”
OX tmt: tri'.a'I'mkn r f)i' ciiii.drf.x.
r..\tr:'ct from an Address h hv. re.l befoiv
the Worcester Ar;r;. uitnr.d Sochly, by the
Hon. Oi.ivrii 1’ism.,
On insjioctiiig i!ie biils of mortalilv.
it IS found that a gn.-at proporlioii ol'
our rae.e are cut off in infancv and eliild-
I'ood. Is this the n('eess;,rv's{;,ieofour
:-:!stenee? Has our wise'( n a1(u- lelt,
the noblest of his work to j;r i'l,>h, before
Ihe iiitelleet, which is his inia''-e Ire-
(•';i)anded to er.nf(Mupl;.!e his gmdnesV.
nnd to adore his iK i-feriioiis ?' ihs he
licslowed (m ihe brute ere:ilio;i better
orgrins and powers for cxisiene,., and
rras.n, in
I'ciring their young? The Mipposiiio,,
IS botn impious ;,,u| absurd. Man i^
theenrmy ofhis race. 1 ie is iim „nlv
'■'•‘•'''■1 bnngen,lowed vilb reason and
l!;(' P-vverof reneetion, and li.. ..hme
^ lolates the di()ate> of nature in H;,
ni,'n,M>;enur,l ol (i!]',}priiif;‘.
'i’h:' wants of iJ.e ii.iani; at its intrn-
u.lo iiu., hkeihi.s,. oflI,r!,nii,
'■i c.Tlmn. are nu rely cnirnc/. X,,in'-
iMiinent and r, .,t een.uri.-e the fn'vt ,'■
.r To the irdivrnei
mrinngomrnt of children, .as I'f .-j
kiiul and (piantity of their food, is.
great measure, to be ascribed their
iy frames, and jvremature death.
early infancy they are commonly
ed to repletion. If kind nature
feres to throw oO’the oflending .suiplu/
it is interj)reted into an indication th t
too much acid of the stomach has (o',t
taminated the food. Instead of
caution, and a little abstinence, recoiiist
is had to medicinp to corrcct and ri'ni *
dy what does not exist, liy the
tion of this error, and the means tocoim'
teract it, the tender organs of thestom!
ach are deranged. .Hy debility, the
necessary consequence of distension, ii
soon becomes irritable, and unfit to ro.
tain and digest what, otherwise, woiiil
coiuluee to health and growth, Acrj.
mony is now in fact generated : therD^s^
j)a.ssages are disordered, and cholcra
morl'.us or dysentery cnsue.s. Jf
child survives infancy, the same. indi^.
cn'ct course awaits it. Instead of a sim
ple and nutritiotisdiet in restricted nicaL
ure, it surfeits on every thing it can see.
whieli a vitiated apjntie can crave.-I
Its restlessness and flushes arc as(’ril)Pii
to teething ; and its cries and slaris, to
worms. Sonu' injudious appliealiou jj
made ; it dies in lits, or a fever termi;;.
nits its life. Hy m7, tlu; other priniarr
requirement of nature, I mean still
(jtiiet n'jiose. The cradle has so lonf
been considered such an essi'utial, it’nJt
the first ref|uisit(* in housekeej)iiifr. that
1 may be thought to ha\x* (‘iitereil ir.y
second childhood, by deiiouneiii[f jt.
But I V('nture to assert, that its u^. jij
unnntural, and th:'t it is not feu'id a./a-
hour rii(U'Ji!)ic. Xaiiire iv.
(|uires. total, ujil)ritken n st; 'ri.nt !m>
is second nature, is \cry strlkiiii;'v i\.
empliti(“d by the introduclion ui' ti:is
appeiulage to the nurserv. 'IT.c ir,fiH,i
is not only l('arn('d to sleep by iinint.
iiral motion, but, in process oftime, w II
not sle(^j) w itliout ; and, instead of st !1-
ness, ni:ty be made to refjuirc a st^r^-
iK'de in ilu* vocif'erous lull;ihv of the
nurs(\ If it stirs, it'is the hiiir.f'«s i.f
some one to “ give the cradle a jos:.’’
l>y file ordinaiy noise and business of
the family, its nap is rendered sliort
and interruj)te(l : it awakes fretful: it
must'be caressed atid nursed until it a*
gain falls asleep ; when, on tiptoe, it is
again deposited in the cradle, te 1«
watched ami joggec'. 'I'his is trouble
enouirh, but it i.s only the beginning cf
it. Tlie child has i)een so acciistnnicd
to rocking and singing, that the mother
must spend a restless night, in bed, ap-
plying some substitute, or endurinc its
cries. I say nothing of the luckless fa
ther, who, fatigued by the labour of the
day, is uriied from liis perturbcil sliim-
her by his now impatient niate;ar',
in gro))ing for a candle or a c.'uuile,
comes in contact with some angle or
])ro)ection t,if this \'erjirofruding Itirn;-
fure ; and, in his .igony, execrates the
cradle and all its concerns, and i-^half
tempted to wish himself the icnrsl (J
aU vis/ict, tliat he had reirtaiiicd i
RArHKI.OIl !
Having banished the cradle, the I.n-
dies will rer|uire me to furnish a siih'ti-
tute. A pillow, securcdv plared ii) »
darkened room—or a bed, is all that i^
rcfpiired. Ben'in earlv \vith the busi
ness. Let not the infant he hushed to
rest in its nurse's arms. At tlio fit-'-t^i-
son tor sleep, (l( [)osit it in the jilaccpri'
],are(l, and leave it to itsf'lf'. Sht'ulil
cry, as it may at first, let not maternal
fondness lead vou to iis side.
struggle, 1 kiunv, will be hanl to a
iuoIIk r ; iuit liei- (ii.-eretion will inoi:!''’
her to p( rseveri>. A lew repctitioPi"
thf' task, and it will beeomt' as ple.i'.i’
as any (dher eiuii'aring service.
wc(dv’s diseijdine of imdher and rnii'"
will h'sson, h\- al least one hall, the lioi.-
bl(! of reariiui: (Hir ('llsprln":. I 1
witnessed this proc!"'S and its ellei' i-
two laniilifs, by the mo'>t tendii', I-;"
resolute mothers. 'Mieir children. >■
Infancy, were of little mere troul’I*^ '
them, than at an advanced pcru’-^
hen Ihev ceased to ref|ulrc ‘
the f!;>y-time, th.ey wen* (’^'■'■‘">'',''1
their remote ;',])artment, by day-!i.-“;;■
in the (lark, to them no matter win'
:u'id laid by for liie night. ''''
course, the p.eriod ;'s well as the
(d infanev and idiihlliiMid are ai)i n
and'he i r.er^iies and nieiit^d
youth and niaidiood arc; inoi’C t-.ii''.'
V( lo])C(l.
M()I?AI..
He wlio, af'cr a less, i..iiiici-i''
'\ilhoiit slayii'j‘to lameni it. sets ii '" .
I'epaiiiiig it, has tiiat within hii'^' "
\\ iiu h e.m controi foi tune.
'I'he yotrih lio sneers at
tue, ni e 1 not VC,■lit for age and evpeiif'!*'-
to eomi;.ei;ce a eoti^umtnate kiia''‘'-
'I’o render -rood f,>r ( vil. is '
lo I'eiiili'r '_;oo(l. lor !.‘Ood is iii:iii-nk‘ • ^
'e;iiler( \ i! loi' evil, is h(M't-i‘i''’‘
lo J ( ,i(h'r ‘ vi! for ;-ood. dovii-^