Miscellaneous
DEFENCE OF HOE-CAKES.
Dinah, in her kitchen seated
By the oven's vapor fann'd,
To herself these words repealed,
Suinbo's letter in her hand:
"Hanu; de fellow! dis is no cake,
Lorry marcy what I say?
He has sent me dis here hoc-cake,
To eat upon de weddin day !"
Then she sigh'd and mix'd the flour,
RoUd the stubborn dough, and
then
Nothing said for ner.r an hour.
Save Heigho dem men dem
men!"
Fiddle notes the watchman's mis
sion Fun and frolic hopes and fears
Crowded on her mental vision.
Till pots and plates dissolved in
tears!
Supple girl! but see she raises
Her greas'd face all's moonshine;
Marvel not she loves like blazes,
Gaze upon that sable brow.
Now she pulls her knotted tresses.
Smiles, and turns the hoe-cake o'er,
To the smoke her love confesses,
Which she ne'er has done before.
flush! she speaks again! oh, hear
her,
'Sam')o, I am all yer own!
Tink my 'fection more since rer,
For hoe-cake and you alone!"
Sambo sought the dusky maiden,
Pressed her to his heart for life
And with love and hoe-cake laden.
They became like .nan and wife!
Do my readers ask, "Sir poet,
Wherefore spin a yarn so long?"
To instruct you and I'll show it;
Mark me well, ye wooing throng:
Don't send your fair a sugar show
cake,
If you truly, fondly feel;
Send your love real hoe-cake
Made o' the verv best of meal.
OH HO!
Tair women win the hearts of men,
Men, the hearts of women too;
It has been so, the Lord knows
when
What can the poor things do
Their blue eyes will be blue eyes
still,
Will have fire, and lips will warm,
Lips will be lips, say what they will,
And to kiss them, where's the
harm?
To church, to marry, fair one go,
Bells in belfries toll ding, dotig,
If your mother did not so,
Then vour mother, child, was
wrong.
Jl College for Ladies. The
Legislature of Kentucky has made
itself ridiculous by incorporating
an Institution under the euphoni
ous title of "Van Doren's College
for Young Ladies;" and has gran
ted the Trustees and Faculty the
power to confer a Diploma and
the honorary degree of M. P. L.!
(Mistress of Polite Literature," or
as some say, Mistress of Petticoat
Law, alias government) upon such
young ladies as complete the pre
scribed course of study, and upon
other distinguished literary ladies
in the country. Also the degrees
ofM. M. (Mistress of Music) and
JM. I. (iMistress of Instruction)
upon suitable candidates. We
would propose an amendment to
the charter, viz. that the said
Trustees and Faculty have pow
er to confer the degree of M.F.
(Master of Folly,) and that the
first recipient be Mr. Van Doren
himself.
Texas. A project has been
introduced into the Mexican
Congress, to separate the Prov
ince of Texas from the State ol
Coahuila, and erect it into a Mil
itary Commandanry. The object
seems to be, to prevent too free
an exercise of the popular will,
which has manifested itself of late
iji a manner displeasing to the
Mexican government.
Celebrated Horses. We learn
the following facts respecting
some celebrated hnglish horses
recently imported,) from the
Philadelphia Inquirer:
Messrs. Avery & Merritt, of
Virginia, have imported the cele
brated horses Tranby, by Mack
Jock, and Whale, by Whalebone.
The two first and the last are of
the highest distinction, and Whale
is a runner of fair character.
Tranby is one of the horses that
was ridden by Mr. Osbaldistone,
in his great match against time,)
in which he did two hundred j
mjles in eight hours and 42 min-
utrs, having 10 hours allowed
hii!V- Tranby was the greatest
performer of the day, in point ol
time and distance! He ran six
teen miles, and the third heat ol
4 miles in S minutes, carrying
157 pounds. This was equal to
the running of Eclipse ana iion
ry, in their great race. The a
bove gentlemen have, within the
last three years, imported the fol
lowing horses, viz: W. Oodol-
phm, Luzborough, Fylde, Master
Henry, Sarpedon, Lhateau Mar
giux, Claret, Tranby and Whale.
They lost on the passage, Godol
nhin and Master Henry. Chateau
Margiux cost 12,000, and is a
hor?e ol the highest reputation.
Kach of these horses is producing
to the spirited owners at least
S5,000 per year, and some of
them nearly double that sum.
ftTA boy at Providence, a
short time since crept under
a planing machine to get some
shavings, and raising his head
incautiously, it was shaved clean
ofl'just above the ears.
Virginia. Under the law of
Virginia, making appropriations
for the removal of the free people
of color, it appears that during the
year 1834, only 11 males and 9
females have left that State for
Liberia. The expense of their
transportation was $5S0..Poulson.
Tuscaloosa, Feb. 2G.
The Late Murderers. The
negro man who murdered his mas
ter, Mr. Trussels, in Greene
county, a short time since, died
in jail a few days ago at Erie; he
was to have been executed to
morrow. His crime w-as of a
most enormous character. The
account, which we published of
the horrid transaction 2 weeks
ago was imperfect. We have
since learned that he murdered 5
persons. He first killed his Ma
ter, then wounded his Mistress,
of which wound she has since
i I, .i i i
(lieu, ne men murueren a ne
jrro woman; he then set fire to the
houc, and in the conflagration,
the infant child of Mr. TrusseN
and a small Negro were destroy
ed. We have been told that it is
more than probable, this infuriated
demon was concerned in the
Southampton insurrection, two
years ago.
I he three negroes who mur
dered their young master, Mr.
Svearingen, in rayeite county,
have been tried and convicted.
They were to have been executed
yesterday. Flag of the Union.
More Kail Road Disturban
ces. tin Friday, about 11 o'
clock, an express arrived in this
city, not to inform the President
of the United States that the
French had commenced hostili
ties, but to inform Gen. Hunter,
the Marshal of the District, that
a serious disturbance had broken
out amongst the Dutch Laborers
on the Washington and lialtimore
Rail Uoad, about four miles from
this city, not far from Bladens
burg. The Marshal with his
deputy, Mr. T. Woodward, and
Samuel Stettinius, Esq. promptly
repaired to the seat of war, ac
companied by the following of
ficers of police: U. R. Burr, L.
S. Neck, M. Tippett, M. JefTers,
II. 13. Robertson, C. F. Buexes
tine, II. Sengstack. Thomas liar
ret, M. Reardon, D. S. Waters,
and L. Ashton. On the arrival
of the Marshal and his officers,
they found themselves in the
midst of the refractory laborers,
who had been engaged in a very
serious affray with muskets and
other deadly weapons. Five or
ix Dutchmen were wounded
with shot, one or two severely,
but none (it is thought by Dr. li.
Miller, who attended the wound
ed men) mortally.
The Marshal acted with great
promplitude and energy. He
succeeded, notwithstanding the
great excitement which prevailed
among the large body of laboreis
all along the road, in securing 12
prisoners, to wit: 11 Dutchmen
and 1 Frenchman, and in taking
from them about a dozen muskets!
The prisoners were marched, un
der an escort consisting of the
Marshal, his Deputy, and the
officers above mentioned, & safely
lodged in jail about 5 o'clock. W'
were present while the prisoner-,
were under examination before
S. Stettinius and J. N. Moulder,
F,sqVs. Two of the men we saw,
were wounded with shot, though
not severely. We understand
that one of the wounded men can
swear positively to the person
who fired at him. The prisoners
will undergo a further examina
tion on Monday next. It ap
pears that this riot originated in a
determination on the part of a
considerable number of the Dutch
laborers to obtain higher wages,
or have a tight about it. Anoth
er party, who, though not averse
to higher wages, refused to make
war upon the contractors, were
themselves attacked by the war
party. Hence the blows and
wounds that followed. We con
sider the Marshal's promptitude
and energy, aided as he was, by
an efficient magistrate and police
officers, has probably prevented
murder or the loss of lives. It is
much to be desired, that the real
offenders and ringleaders may be
brought to condign punishment.
Washington Mirror.
Barbarity. A mercantile
house in this city has received a
letter from a gentleman in St.
Mary's, a border town in Georgia,
on the river St. Mary, which sep
arates Georgia fiom Florida. It
is a shocking picture ol the state
of society in a certain class.
.SY. Mary's Geo. 'Saturday,
215 Feb. On Wednesday night
the most brutal, cowardly and
horrible murders, were commit
ted by Tom King, 3d, and his
sons, on Nancy Casey and young
James Scott, and it is presumed
by this time, Baldwin Casey is
also dead. Mr. Demot and old
Mrs. Casey, both dangerously
wounded.
It appears that on Wednesday
night, after tea, King's oldest
unmarried daughter, about IS
years old, let his flat adrilt, so he
could not follow, and jumped into
the boat, and paddled over the
river, and met William Casey, to
whom she was married. King
mustered his sons, John, George,
Hiram and Josiah, and crossed
the river at my place (which is
one mile below him,) where he
was joined by William &. Simeon
Rouse. They had sworn ven
geance whenever this marriage,
which they expected, should lake
place. They all proceeded to
John Casey's house, the door
of which W3s shut. John King,
burst open the door, and said
'there the way is clear.' He,
with the two Rouses, remained at
the door. King and his other
sons entered, and the old man
went up to Mrs. Casey, cursed
and stabbed at her. Demot and
Scott had just accidently stepped
in to warm themselves. Demot
partly caught the blow on his
own arm, which was aimed at
Mrs. Casey, and it severed her
breast through, 3nd King caught
Demot by the waist and stabbed
him in the back. Scott attempt
ed to pull King off of Demot,
when Hiram stabbed him. Scotf
retreated and Hiram pursued
cut his bowels through in several
places. He staggered about SO
feet, and fell to rise no more.
King then went up to Nancy
Casey, she begged lor her life;
said she had done him no harm,
and to have compassion on a de
fenceless woman, with a child at
her breast. He stabbed her twice,
I believe she ran a little away,
fell and expired. The next day,
her child was found, vainly en
deavoringto extraet nourishment
from the breast of a corpse
Baldwin Casey had been a Utile
frost bitten. George King went
to his bed, and slabbed and cut
him as he lay, three times; his
bowels completely cut through in
several places; and Dr. Holland
who sewed them up, and gave the
loregoing relation, says he cannot
possibly live. From their con
duct and threads it is supposed
their design was, to kill all they
found at Casey's, and thus destroy
all evidence. The young couple,
it appears, happened to go to
Muzzle's, about three miles off,
instead of to Casey's, and thus
escaped the fate which awaited
them. They have not even the
miserable excuse of drunkenness.
All the murderers were sober at
Mut particular time. King hud
been drinking a day or two be
fore. All of them fled, except
John King and the two Routes,
who, as they did not use knives,
thought nothing could be dotle to
them. They are now in jail at
Jefferson, but the old man and his
other sons have fled.... S. Gaz.
Richmond, Fredericksburg,
and Potomac Rail-way. We
understand from the Engineer,
that about 700 hands are now
employed upon the line of this
Rail-way, between Richmond and
the North Anna River, and that
the buildings are about to be com
menced in this city, upon the
ground purchased as a site for the
depot. An agent will shortly
be sent to England, to procure
Iron for the 27 miles of road irow
under contract, and also to pro
cure two Locomotives and Ten
ders. During the summer and
fall, the Cars for passengers will
be obtained; and in the course of
next Winter, it is expected that
the portion of road now under
contract will be in use.
Richmond Enquirer.
Shocking. A respectable wid
ow My "of Philadelphia, Mrs.
Rachel Quaries, residing alone in
an apartment in Middle street,
was found dead on Friday morn
ing in the back-yard of the house;
her clothes nearly all consumed
by fire. It is supposed that her
clothes took fire by accident, and
that she ran out of doors to alarm
the neighborhood and fell down
suffocated by the flames, and
expired.
ffThe Mormons of South
Hadley, Mass. were lately dis
turbed by a gang of idle fellows,
who interrupted their devotions
by violence and noise. The sect
is extending in the Bay State.
The religious exercises consist of
dances and exhortations.
ttThe bill for the suppres
sion of Bank Notes of a less de
nomination than five dollars, has
possed both branches of the Le
gislature of New Jersey, and has
become a law.
(IT A car on the Am boy and
Camden rail-road caught fire on
the 4th inst, as is supposed, from
the locomotive engine. A part
of the baggage, and a considera
ble portion of two bags of newspa
pers for the south were destroyed.
The contents of the newspaper
bags were separated at the Phil
adephia post office, and what
ever was legible was forwarded
according to the directions; and
the balance returned to N. York
same evening.
Washington Globe.
GTWc learn that the stage
with the second mail from Balti
more, due at this city on the af-
ternoon ot tne tutu inst. was
overset in the Bladensburg
branch. Ihe following letter on
the subject is from the Postmaster
at Bladensburg.
"I wrote you late this evening
a hasty note by one of the stage
drivers, informing you of the
serious disaster that happened to
the mail from Baltimore. W
saved the only two mail bags on
the coach, viz. the way and the
heavy mail from Baltimore with
letters and papers for the District
as also a quantity of paper pack
ages tor the bouth, many of w bich
however, are entirely washed to
pieces, having been under water
upwards of two hours. I have at
this time, 10 o'clock at night
nearly finished the drying of your
letter and paper packages, and
hope to get through with the
bouth to-morrow; the former vou
. ...
will receive with the way mail to
morrow. I he papers for the
South I shall have to envelope
anew.
itni .i
-liiree gentlemen and two
ladies were with great difficulty
r- I r. ,1 ' , J
otivt-u ii din uruH iiuig, ana were
taken out nearly exhausted. The
body of the stage came against
the bridge, and sunk entirely,
trom whence it has since been
drawn by a cable." b.
(Q I he prisoners confined in
the Baltimore jail made an attempt
lo free themselves some da)
ago. They had nearly acrom
plivlied their olnect, bavin" A
iady -aincd passage to the yard
of the jail, but were frustrated by
the self possesion and prompti
tude of the vvile of the keeper ol
the prison, who gave timely a
lurm. Horrors of the sea. The brig
Caroline arrived lately at Helloid,
from America, after a long and
tempestious passage. After bavin-
been about a week on her voy
age, the man at the wheel cried
out, "a rock ahead." The cap
tain ran forward, and discovered
a boat. It containing six living
men, bul in the last stale of wretch
edness, and one man dead, lying
at the bottom of Ihe boat, whose
blood they had drank, and a part
of whose flesh they had fed on in
the morning! These sufferer
were the only survivors of a crew
of 14. They had been about 9
days in the boat, driving about,
suffering what no tongue can de
scribe, from hunger, and particu
larly from thirst. Two that had
died could bear the pangs of thirst
no longer, and in th-j bitterness
of agony, drank salt water; the
consequence was, they became
deranged and died. The first
victim had been thrown over
board; the second remained in
the boat, whose mangled body
manifested the irresistable crav
ings of the hunger that his barely
surviving shipmates were suffering
under. Welsh paper.
Seventy Years Hence. The
Long Island Farmer, looking for
ward to the close of the present
century when the times that
now are shall have become times
that are long past, and but here
and there an old man shall sur
vive, who was a child in the hard
winter of ?35 quite prophetically
describes a scene like the follow
ing: "When the little urchins come
in shivering with the cold, the
patriarch will say, 'Oh, boys, this
is nothing to the winter of '35,
when I teas a little fellow. Ah I
we have had no such winters since.
It was a cold time I assure you.
Why, the quicksilver in the ther
mometers froze. Horses were
frozen to death in the stables.
Wells, 82 feet deep, were cover
ed with a thick surface of ice."
fl Prayer Answered. We are
credibly informed that abeut two
weeks since, a Drover stopped lor
the night to a farmer s house be
tween this place and Somerset,
ra., and in the morning upon
counting the hogs, found several
missing. Diligent search being
made without success, suspicion
led the Drover and Landlord to
take out a search warrant for
suspicious neighbor's premises.
I hey went to and asked the
suspected man if he knew any
thing of the lost Hogs, and re
ceived for answer, "No." They
insisted upon and commenced a
search, and whilst in the act of
examining the house, the suspi
cious individual became irritated
and alarmed, and with a view to
deter them from further search,
declared before his maker that he
knew nothing of them that it he
did, he hoped that "God would
strike Aim dead and the devil
might take him." Not with
"landing this, they continued
th eir search, and finally found the
Hogs salted away in the barn, se
creted beneath some bay.
After legally proving property,
they seized the man to take him
to the Somerset jail. They had
not proceeded more than two
miles, when he was heard to utter
a cry and seen to fall to the
ground a dead man.
The person in company with
him returned his body to his
friends, whilst his guilty soul went
to appear before the bar of an
angry God.
Maryland Advertiser.
Extraordinary discovery of
an ancient Printing Press in
India. When Warren Hastings
was Gov. General in India lie
observed that in the district of
Hen ares, a little below the surface
of the earth, is to be found a
stratum of a kind of fibrous woody
substance, of various thickness, in
horizontal layers. Major Robuck
informed of this, went out with a
party of scientific fiiends to a spot
where an excavation had been
made, displaying this singular
menomcnon. In digging some-
what deeper for ihe r,, r.
further reeaich, tiny t 11
a vault which on .Xlrr
proved to he of some si,,
their astonishment, ,tf.V '
kind of printing pres n , '
vault, and on it niov(M(,e
as if ready for printing
enquiry w.ts ct o fJJ o
tain the probable peiiod
such an instrument (.,,tJ j'j '
been placed there for it u
detilly not of modem oii., ":
from all the Major coij(",":
it appeared probable
place had remained
it was found for at e )N't ";.
years. We believe the ur
Major, on his return miTif
sented one of our learned ai',"
lions with a memoir cj,,,
many curious fpeculatiu,,'
subject. Paper we Uowiu ,
been manufactured in il,e i
many centuries before
any knowledge of it; :Ul(j tte '
many reasons to think r
Chinese have been arq
with the mode of printing,
they now employ, centunV,
fore Faust invented it in Kur
II certainly does no credit ir
inventive geniu of the Uori,
know that ihey ajpr0jicl,tV
near as to ingmve iu a m-,'
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the taking of impies,.,.
them, that they shatdj ,av
mained ignorant of the am
has bestowed so many ,;c,
on mankind. Portfolio.
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(pAnley Copper .M;S:
the vicinity of Aliueml p
near Galena lead mines, it i,.
now promises a profitable rt
to their owner, wlm, U i jr
ber of years, h:s expende,
dil
pas
of I
and money in working th-: cor
without ever bavin: been -a adv
reap the rewards of hi? j,e:-: the
ance and industry. sun
The Galenian rays: ' y
time in October tat two e its
enced English miners -&h PP
examination of the ground : w'l
specimens of ore which liaj ,0
found, proposed to Mr. Par
work upon it and lake L: .
labor one third oi the o::.' 11
might find. of
The proposal was accept :. 5U
the miners profitably en ,: .
in lead ore digging, forsook :
and commenced working e:
Conner srround. Thev fjf.
wil
fon
of
j in"
at the depth of about five let'..
since the 10th c.f November. cqu
hare raised about 70,000 p:: an(j
which from experiment'' a- qQ
made, it is believed wi,i;
about 50 per cent. Thi
of ore h is been raided by !.
bor of two men who i'.J-:
been constantly employe
lost several days work inf
ing their cabin, &c. for "
tun
por
tim
tun
mai
ter
and in do instance have tJ- rej
lo a greater depth 1 hnn ajw
The have however diccvr
parts of the diggings the- Con
of ore lakes downward ii'rr
and it is believed thai a
of it will be found i)' sic
the crevices of the rock-
the place where the n;
now at work; this
tempted in the coute ol ''
ter. It is expected I"
miners will have one 1;
ron
ing
per
put
1
prh
53i
S3;
lirsi
thousand pounds of ore rc3-. en
the furnace by the firt cl ed;
next. iir a. ami mu?c
with him, we learn are &
arrangements to have iher
ore melted here, and thC'.
Ihe expense of lran?polU ;
some of our Atlantic ciiie
success crown i lint tfl-c
which has already demons
that as onr inviting ciun,:
known to be 4,ihe half I"
been told."
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Wonderful Family--
as it may appear, it i eV;r'
true, that there lives in t''e'
Free
and '
few i
offer
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of New Bedford a family -J;
ing of 5 brothers and 0
(11 in number) w,,ose :
weierht is tventv-mur
f the laditvl
nearly three hundred... '
rr?Mr Grumes. yolt?
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cise 1
ciatic
sent i
the si
or Et
man,
mat I
B. H.
Price
to kill the Speaker of il 1
iana Assembly, oy '
with a pistol ball, on t'ie
was, by order of the Houe
manded by said Spear
discharged. Quite coo
easy. JVoa A.