Tt PUBUC GOOD SHOULD EVER BE PREFERRED TO PRIVATE ADVANTAGE,
OLUME 5.
Lincolnton, North Carolina, Saturday Iobn in g, September 15. 1840.
Number 26.
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T&e Men of old.
J know not that the men of old
Were better men than now,
Of heart mote kind of hand more bold,
Of more ingenuous brow j
J heed not those who pine for force
A ghost of time to raise,
As if they thus could check the course
Of these appointed days.
Still is it true, and over true,
That I delight to close
This book of life, self-wise and new.
And let my thoughts repose
On all that humble happiness
The world has since foregone
The daylight of comentededness
That on those faces shone!
W ith rights, though not too closely scanned,
Enjoyed, as far as known
With will, by no reserve unmanned
Vith pulse of even tone
They from to day and Irom to night
Expected nothing more.
Than yesterday and yester night
f Had proffered them before.
To them was life a simple art,
Of duties to be done.
A game where each man took his part,
A race wheie all must run;
A battle whose great scheme and scpe,
They little carad to know.
Content, as nen at arms, to cope
Each with his fronting foe,
Man dow hi3 virtue's diadem,
Puts on, and proudly w eats-
Great thoughts, great feelings, cam e to them
LaitR rnatiuetj unawares;
Blending their souls' sublimest needs
With tasks of every day,
They weDt about their gravest deeds,
As noble boys at play.
Ji man's best things are nearest him,
Lie close about hisjeet,
It is the distant and the dim
That we are sick to greet;
For flcwers that grow our hands beneath
e struggle and aspire
C. hearts must die, except they breathe
. The air of fresh desire.
Cut, brothers, who up reason's hill
Advance with hopeful cheer
0 ( loiter not, those heights are chill,
As chill as they are clear;
And still restrain your haughty gaze,
The loftier that ye go,
Remembering distance leaves a haze
On all that lies below.
MONSTER.
Some Weeks or perhaps months since
1 gave you the particulars ot the woun
ding Miid arrest of a sergeant of the 74th
Regiment of 'he French army, stationed
at Parts. The man's name was tier
trand, and you may recollect that he
was charged with digging up the graves
of youtg females buried in the cemeiery
ot Mount Parnasse, and with the com
rnission of the most horrible and un
fieard ol acts upon their lifeless bodies,
livery attempt lo arrest this monster,
you may -further recollect, proved un
availing for a long time, owing to his
surprising strength and agility ; but at
length a spring gun, loaned with slugs
placed upon a newly made grave, fortu
nately exploded while he was in the set
of committing one of hi atrocious dese
crations, wounding him so badly thut
. that he was finally airested and secured
By the last Paris papers 1 see n at he
has recently been tried, his wound hav-
, ing so far healed that he was brought in- L
to court, tie is described as a young
man with a singularly mild expression
of countenance. He answered all ques-
lion and otherwise conducted himself
before the coutt with the greatest calm
Dess. As an account ol his trial my
j not be uninteresting, 1 send you an
abridged report. Alter Ihe mdiciment
..was read, the prisoner unhes.tatingly
admitted bis guilt, and said that he nad
' first committed a violation of a cemetery
SI lilaro no.. T.. . IJ. I o . .
... .vn,,ntai vu in reoruary, io;
next at the cemetary ol Pere La Chaise;
in July and August in the cemetery oi
Mont Pa masse; in August at the ceme
tery of Ivry; in September and Decern.
serin Mont Parnasse. When h had
dug the bodies from the graves he
hacked them in 'he most fnghilul man
ner, cutting "ffthe flesh, separating the
limbs, in some cases ripping ihe bowels,
and taking out the liver. Sometimes,
he said, he mutilated as many as from
ten to filteen corpses in a night, and af.
terwards buried them again. His only
motive, he declared, was to gratify a
sort of rage which he felt, and which he
could not possibly control. He gener
ally employed his sabre or his knife to
mutilate the bodies. Ho cug opn the
grave with his Hands, or any instrument
that fell in his way ; sometimes his
hands were covered with blood, but he
felt no pain till the day after. The
marks of teeth appeared on one corpse,
but he denied that he ever made use of
his teeth. His rge for destruction did
not, he said extend the living; it was
exclusively confined to the dead. He
knew that traps were set for him and
thai he risked his Me by going into the
cemeteries, but when the rage took him
he could not resist. His malady came
on once a fortnight and commenced by
headaches. Since he had been in
ihe hospital he had not felt any renewal
of hi frightful desires. 'Some of my
comrades died by my side,' su d he,
'and having seen them die, I am cured,
and 1 am afraid ot a corpse.' Dr Alar
chat (de Calvi,)" surgeon innjor ot the
military hospital of the Val-de-G'ace,
who attended the prio:er when he
was brought in wounded, read a full
confession, which Bert rand had made to
him, and had authorized him to make
public. In this he declared, that, at an
early age he had i-een . fflicled with a
sort ol madness, bin it d:d not cause him
to commit any excess, fie, however,
was accustomed lo go to the darkest
wood, and some'imeB pass whole days
in a siate ol profound sadness. It was
only the 23d or 25tl. Februnry. 1847,
thai his malady broke out: having en
rered a cemetery with a comrade, he
saw a grave only partially fiiled up.
1 his gave him what he called dark idea-
his hean beat violently he wjb no Ion
U'.r himself. He subsequently returned
to the cemetery, dug up the body, nd
beat it furiously w iii a spade. He then
buried ihe bdy eyain. VV en he. had
do p this he tell into a cold perspiration
aod notwithstanding it raining violently
he wen! and lay down in a wood, where
he remained senseless for several hours
lie was seized in the same way afte
his other violations in cemeteries ; at
first he only mutilated woman's bodies
but subsequently a new and horrible
passion with respect to them seized him
Or Marrhel declured that in his opinion
the prisoner hid been t 01 c ed with a
dreadful monomania, which made Inm
not responsible for his acts. 1 believe,
added the witness, 'that BertrMid was
under ihe empire of a power which dom
mated him m the ancient timrs it would
have been called a demon and which
drove him in spite of himself, o com
mit acts of which our science offers no
example.' The witr.ess further said
that liertrand, after seeing some people
die, said, 'J arn cured now? 1 have seen
men die!' After hearing tW prisoner's
counsel, who argued that after the evi
deuce of the medical man he ought to
be acquitted, the court-martial declared
him guilty of a violation of tombs, and
condemned him to a year's imprisonment
the maximum ot the punishment fixed
by law. KendalVs Letter from Paris.
The Comforts of an Editor if he
does not fill bis paper with news of im
portance, whether there be any or not,
it is condemned for not being what it
purports to be a newspnpei.
If he does not at least fill one column
every week with something laughable,
his folio is pronounced uninteresting.
If a public nuisance should exist, no
tire ol it would 'jflynd; and notlo notice
it would be censured.
1 1 he does not publish all ihe mar-
naves and ceiths that occur "in the
world or twenty miles around," whether
he hears of iheui or not, he is not fit lor
an editor.
it every paper does not contain a
goodiy number ol "Suicides, Horrible
Muiders, and Melancholy Accidents,"
it is a dull and unwelcome eheet.
If half the glorious transactions which
occur are recorded, it is spurned as a
vehicle of calamities.
It his paper contains advertisements,
the general redder murmurs, if it dues
not the man of business will not patro
nize it.
If a d zen friends call on him while
he is Correcting his proof sheet, and one
error esoapes detection, he is the biggest
blunderhead in the wor d.
The Schoolmaster could never make
John Wright write ritt right.
The Mexican Difficulty. The Na
tional Intelligencer of Thursday con
tains a correspondence between the
Mexican Envoy at Washington and ihe
Secretary of State relattive to outrages
committed by parties of armed Apieri
cans passing through Mexico lor Cali
fornia. Senor de la Rosa says, that at
Paso, in the State of Chihuahua, nume
rous parties have entered the country
without passports, destroying the fields
of grain ot the peaceful inhabitants, and
insulted the Mexican officer so far as
to oblige them to place guards lor the
protection ol lh-ir houses. In some
cases thpse aHv-nturers have fird uin
the people, under pretence that they
have been robbed ot beasts of burden.
In consequence the Mexican Govern
ment has given orders for arming the
people of the settlements, and in future,
unless such parties submit to the laws of
the counirv, they will be pursued like
the highway robbers, and, if apprehen
ded, duly tried lor the offences. It a
bloody encounter should ensue in con
sequence, Mexico will have done no
more than use her legitimate light ot
resilience to aggression. Ihe bnvoy,
however,- hopes ihat the United States
will order such measures as wilt prevent
ihe?e excesses, and obviate the danger
of conflict.
Mr Clayton, in reply, snys he has
handed ihe Envoy's letter to ihe Secre
tary of War, wuh a lecumniendation
thai orucisiu meet the case should be
issued. Mr Crawford, in a letter to Mr
Clay ion, says that the t) S. Govern
mem cannot interfere in Ihe matter.. It
has encouraged and must still encourage
an armeO emigration to the l'auific, and
it the emigrants go across the Mexican
iiomier lo do m schief, Mexico must
treat them hke any other cnunoais that
she crttciic.-j they must aside the Conse
quences ol their rashness and violence.
Mr Crawford suggests finally that it
Mexico objects io armed parties cros
Miig her icrri ory, she shouid give dub
notice lo thai eflect. Scott's Weekly
t'oper.
Rumored refusal of the French Go
vernment io reittve the A.nieric4uA-4
Vueainr. 1 n Uobtoti i raveler, ot
baiuiu.y, suits, on ihe authority oi a
fnva'e letter, that ihe French Govern
ment will not receive Air. KiVts, our
new Ambassador o Paris. The Ldnor
supposes the reatou will be drawn from
certain dispatches sent home by Six.
Rives, during his former envoy ship in
France and published by our govern
ment. '1 hey related to the dithcuilies
concerning the French indemnity, and,
going back to France helped io heighten
the in nation which existed there on the
theinitter. Mr Kiveasaileu lroniftew
York in a recem steamer for Liveipooi,
ou his way to Paris. In the event ol
his not being teceived by the French
government, the ouues ol the mission
will devolve upon the newly appointed
Secretary ol Legation, Mr onu;oid, oj
Connecticut.
iiul on all such reports as lhee,and
from private sources, iiiim reliance can
be placed. Mo doubt though, Mr Kives'
uppouiimeut is dispiensiiig lo the Fiencu
people.
by the Law of Nations "one Court
may reluse to receive a particular indi
vidual as Minis. er irom dnotner Court,
alleging the motives on tchich such re-
fusat is grounaea.
Mexico. A correspondent of ihe Del
ta writes from the city ot Mexico res
pecting the present condition of that
country. He says the temporary calm
into which Mexicati affairs subsided af
ter Ihe late war, and ot extraordinary.
duration (or that country, will oon be
disturbed by another revolution, the
result oi the combination between Pa
reoes and Samanistas. '1 he Delta sanc
tions its correspondent's assertion, and
declares that there are now in New Or
leans some Mexican gentlemen, who are
on their way to Jamaica to pay General
fcama Ann a visit, with a view ol tudu
cing him to return to the country. It
is not probable that he will require
very urgent bohcitations, as his exile
has already become quite wearisome to
him. The insurrection of the Sierranos,
(or Mountaineers.) hu h has giveii the
government so much trouble, waa caused
by the government refusing cenaiu
rights to the Peons, w ho seem, since
the invasion of the country by the armies
of tne United States, to have some idea
of freedom. Under the n.fljence ot this
enlightenment, they mustered up cour
age enough to ask the masters (the ow
ners oi haciendas) mat Jieu wages
shouid be paid tit money, instead ol
goods at exorbitant prices, from the
stores of the haciendas. By this later
device, the Peons never being able to
pay lor the goods required by them,
were doomed lo perpetual slavery.
Others ot th Peons petitioned for the
right of carrying their little products,
vegetables, wood and coal into town,
without paying Ihe Alcabala or internal
x, which waa abolished by our array.
There were other grievances which they
prayed to have removed. These rea
sonable demands were all rejected, and
the Government immediately called out
Ihe iroops to prevent ihe slightest man
ifestation of dissatisfaction at the rclusal.
Thereupon the Peons fled to jhe moun
tains and now number 3000 fightin"
men.: Ibid,
A Wonderful deformity. A crowd
of pejsoos were gathered around a coun
try wagon which was standing in front
of the Farmers' Bank on Monday alter
noon, to look upon one of the most re
pulsive and remarkable instances of hu
man malformation probably in exig
ence. 'J tie unloriynate person is a
young man from Rowan County, N. C,
apparently about 21 or 22 years of age.
We ate unable to describe the deformi
ties anatomically, and words can hardly
convey an adequate idea of (hem. In
stead of hands, the bones of Ins aims
have Uxked out at the wrist, making a
malformation at the termination ot each
arm reseublmg the letter V, on the ends
of which we ihe usual appendages to
finger. W& will not attempt to des
cribe his nether limbs, as it would be
both a d fhcult and revolting underta
king. The young man stated that his
health was very good. W hat his mo
tive was, in coming so tar Irom home,
we are unable to say. Richmond Re
publican.
A Fimale Swimming Match. -The
dead-alive remnant ot lasluon which yet
remains in Paris was aroused io as much
interest as could be compatible with the
state of the thermometer by a singular
wager which had been .concocted by
twoot our most fashionable lionnes.
This was no other than a swimming
match between the renowned Madam
de C ' and the bold Mujqu.se ite
B - ; who undertook lo accomplish
the distance between ihe Pout XHeul and
the Pont Notre Dame in a given tune,
v-v. .iiv(,tu ,: tiScf ki tan t(ana
only, the other to be occupied in holding
a gieeii parasol, to scieeu the visage
ot trie fair swimmer Irom the rays ot
the suii, which darted uuwn upon the
Wdters like a furnace.
At the summons the fair Naiads
plunged most resolutely over either side
ot ihe boat, and were sooo beheld gli
ding as rapidly as the stream. ihe
iauies were bom attired in loose wide
trousers ol fine cashmere, white s riptd
with blue, the waist bound with a scar
let bel', a shirt of the finest cambric,
with short sleeves. The Marquise de
is of a dark Mooiish complexion,
and her jet black tre0ses were confined
by a net ot scarlet silk, adorned wuh
braid uod labels, wmie the golden locks
ol htr c nipaiuou were secured upon a
rjlier, aud shuned around ner neck a la
ganin de Paris. Aeitner ot tne lair
champion wuxed taint or weary tor a
single moment, but conducted themselves
mn biavely tne winner being the
dark eyed Maiquiee, who won ihe vic
tory but by an arm length. Alter the
match, ihe company tuieresied tnerein,
and winch consisted oi alt the notabili
ties ot luatjioo and literature yet spared,
adjourned lo a magnificent entertainment
given at ihe ladies' swimming bath at
tne Hotel Lambert, where dancing and
lansqueet were kepi up ml a ute hour.
runt.
A Fearful Adventure.- "That ere
may uo veiy wen tor you, sttanger, but
'lauii u circumstance to a scare 1 u'
once wheu i was out arter titer."
'Let's have it" "Give us the par
ticulars," exclaimed a uozeu voices iu a
bieaih.
"Well, you see, slracgers, 'twas ou
the day when 1 didn't nave nothing par
ticular to do, and as the old woman
thought she'd sulo' fancy a litlie lie-n
deer meat, and 1 nad a Kino o hanker
lug mat way mysell, 1 just tnouiceitd
oid 1 rusty (that's my rtlej aud started
off one iiiorni. g bright and airly to lay
iu a supply.
"Hail, 1 roted along wimout seem
the first stht, and the farther 1 travelled
t:ie scarcer inty goi,u. I w as just about
lo gin it up, wneti i come to a creek
what signs war purly plenty ; so 1 got
down to wait till the craters came town
to dnnk. As my dog had beeu mot
unintrcilully ued up a week before, 1
was ail alone. Lyme by a hoe tnree
rear oid buck came down to drink, and
I Grew a bead on him, which just natu
rally meant mat the animal was my
meat.
"Wall I b'gan to load again, when I
found the bottom ol luy horn had started
out and I -haojost about halt s cbar&e
ten. Fei naps stratigtis, didn't 1 cuss
sotue, howsomever, 'twaut uo uie to cry
aboui it, so I just put in what I had.iook
what meat 1 wanted, and started tor
home thinking ail the time what a
consarned fix I should be in, it some old
he bar should take it in his head to feel
neighborly. 4No matter, say s I here's
old rib tickler left, (that's my knife,"
strangers,) and 1 trudged along with one
eye in front and the other over my shoul
der, till just as I got where the canes
were so thick the sun couldn't see which
side was doing the lickm' so I crawled
up a litile nearer, and there 1 saw
"A panther fight !" said one of the
company.
"Ao old she bear V suggested a sec
ond.
"No! 'lwatnt neither, si, angers
't wasn't nuihin but a cussed old stick
that was so darned crooked it couldnt
lay still.
Housing Manures. There are prob
ably lew investments which wouid pay
a better er rentage than the amount
necessary to protect manure from the
suu, the dew, and the rains. W hile
exposed, many of the most nutritious
substances are wasted. A part ol this
waste is by evaporation. Every farm
er knows the power which this agent
has.. If you permit a heavy dew to fall
upon your hay, after it is partially made,
the color of n will be changed, although
not a drop of water has fallen upon it.
it permuted to lie spread fo' a few clear
days and clear nights, it will be ruined ;
its soluble matter being carried off by
evaporation. Now this soluble matter
is valuble, as nutriment for vegetable
lite, it, therefore, a series ot evapora
tion be carried on, as the vegetable ma
nures decompose, almost every thing
valuable will be carried off. But anoth
er and more direct source of loss, ac
cording to common opinion, is to be
found in the washing produced by rains,
saturating the manure with water, and
then pasMiig off. This is, indeed, the
only source ot loss, in view of many, but
we d. ubt whether it is much greater
than that by evaporation.
Lut .when manure is sheltered, there
is probably an absorption ol valuable in
greaients, io some extent, irom the at-
from under any old building is txaui.iu d,
it is found rich in mirate oi potasn, ibali
peire,) one of the moat valuable inor
ganic substances for vegetable nutrition.
If then, instead ot loss from wasn ana
evaporation, we can get an accuaiuiaiion
ol valuable ingredients, itie subject is
surely worthy ot aiteirion.
Cure of Heat es in Horses. Pick or
gather ihe buds or sprouts ot the while
pine, in the spring; say m nlay, in most
parts of the U. States. They should
be gatheted when young and ieiider.be
ing from lour to eight inches long.
They can be cured or dried, and ure
then in readiness at all turns, I used
Irom two to three quarts ot the buds
when green, to about three gallons of
water, and let iliem simmer and oouun
til I thought their strength ws mostly
in the liquid. W hen coot, 1 gave the
horse neaiiy a quart daily, lor leu days,
which proved a perlect cure. k lie
librae was unable to work bttore aoumi
isiering ihe above, and at present ttiero
is not a better horse in tne und lor
business. The cute was effected m
June, 1845. 1 torther recommend lo
an peisuns troubled wuh pain in tne
chest or side; to Uie the above hqu'd,
sweetened with loaf tugar. 1 have had
more lien eti l irom this medicine, fur pain
in the side and breast, thju any ihuig 1
have ever used. Boston Lultizuior.
The Happy Girl Ay, she is a hap
and bouyatu spirits. Day in and day
oul she has something to no, and he
takes bold ot word as if she did not tear
tosoil her hands or duty ner apron
Sucn girl we love and respect them
wherever we find them in a palace or
a hovel. Always pleasant and aiways
kind, they never torn up their noses ie.
tore your i'uee, or slander you behind
your back. They have much mute
good sense and better employ ment
IV bat are flirts and bustie-bouud girls m
companion with these? Good lor noiii
ing but to look at; and thai is raU.tr dis
gusting. Give us the industrious and
nappy girl, and we care not wtio wor
ships fashionable and idle simpteiunj.
The Bri'tsh Colonies. Our colo
uie, sas the London idoeci-jior. ra
mo?tiy m a tale that men tatks ol aep
aiariou,'' Canada murmurs ond moves
with an insurrection dekrreo; the tVee!
Indus rtseui the ariugani tiitlmg n the
Colonial office, and alsu cast about lor
some plan which will reouei loe.n in tic
pendent ot that office, the Cape co.oaists
talk oi resisiftig the proceedings ol the
Imperial Executive net urmis; and our
colonies beyoud the Cape cry out With
every sort of grievance.