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FUlPAYi SEPTEMBER 2S, 1820
JVb. 85.
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BIGH, (N. C)
bk.lt, ftt & HA.BTKT.fcprioe of home eonuoditiet. deprives the
wi nuH'WHwijm jivjpaopii'ti many eDioTiueaii ariiing irom
t - j i
Hwu uicr w4
Ihoreof ihMl Wive boen girao. , 1
annarpmi urn mtiiyw nnar. xifi wirtn"-
.rMMNtit meadJbr 14 Imei, are in
arta rreoir on aomr ior wmiwitm. . aave t bem five, an it it inTigor
"I :rI s" r
lithanfou-ieen. The cut must Mcorapanyfr "MtiBg ihe-eipeDe3 or an
, thoie from petaons ueknown to tha editor. jinertaied eoniomptitn, that every nation
rryNo subscription' einirt any eae be receiverijrpgiiiing it wilt have the advantage', in
witbeut paymmc o n least fii au ia tavtnce
ndnodiiconvinuaaoe wiuwut payment ot arf.i,;-v j nt i ,t,-i- f, ,.lth
r.. .mlew at th ontion of thi id.r. Iwhuh do not. Ia atiogglefl fr weallo
Domcstfo.
FnaBKBiaKSBuae, (Vir.) Aug. 0.
Jtaiional Industry At a united roset
d Merchants) iaieiat
; f' ti.. -,io !.,sf
alteration of tbe Unst
tug of Farmere and
ed,.in tbe proposed
ou importation, at tbe Tuva Hall, in this
nlace, on the lSh last, the rollewing Me
uiarisl te Congress wee &reeenled and
rend by Col. Jttbn Taylor, of CareliceJ
nnu unanimously adopted by the Meeting
To the Heoate and House of Keprssenta.
fives of the United Slates of Aseriea
in Coograaj auembled
THE MEMQR1AL
Of the. Merehauls. Agriculturists, and
others, of the town of Frederieksburd
and adjacent eouDtyregpeetfuIlj shew
th
Taat being eonviaeei that the protect
ing Duty Crsiem has been, and would
etiutiuue to be, pernieious to the United
States, your Memorialists respestfnm
submit to the cunsideration of yoitr hooo
ralile body the following observations io
relation to it.
W hstLer a freedom of exchanges er
" r-jomuiereial restriet iena will most ad ran eel
iLb prosperity ef Nations; whether an
urroueous poliey by one nation rciguires
au erroneous polioy by another f wlietherjdlA or frourish in oonjonotion. The agri
o.couumy or avarice enjrifists the idea ol
transferring capital fioiu rauny eeonpa
tinns te one : whether justiee decides the
a portion of the labor of tha poor ought
to be appropriated by laws to the use. ofiaud the wages whieh narture the naval
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lue nou 1 woeiuer tne umiieu powerswcoTipaiian, rear aoaineo, aau pioviue too
over persons and property delegated tu
the federal government embrace the in
ternal power. of regulating tho interests
ttt maatttaetures and agriculturists 1 and
whether such a construction of the fede
ral constitution would not include an in
ternal power over all occupations, and
subvert all the rcstristione designed to!
itablisa a division of powers between
the federal nd state governments; arc
questions too extensive for tho limits of a
memorial, but sufficiently important to be
suggested to the wisdom of Congress.
The preseut tariff was modelled by the
mingled considerations of raining revenue
cud encouraging manufactures. The re-
11 tie it produces goes into tbe yuhlie
treasury ; and the bounties it bestows in
to she pockets of capitalist manufacturers.
J.itber cs public revenue or private boun
ties, it is a tox upon tbe national ability,
'i'l e Congress which imposed the tax, oo'
doubtedly estimated this ability ; "hut
Vli.oe it v at imposed, one half ef the na-
ttGual ability to ,psy taxes bas been de
stroyed by the doubled valde ef money,
end a redaction to the same amount in
the value of prodoet and property
Thereforf1, the burden of taxation has
heen doubled by eircumiitanees, withoutjbranch of eommeree will become
'he nid of legislation, and if one half the
untie were taken oil. it would require the
("lilts of ns inueb eapilal to pav theJ
Hlier. half, as sufficed to pay the whole
when tbe duties were inflicted Que ef-
ivit nf this diminution ia the ability to
I'tjy, mnst be a diminution in the reveime ;
because, if the whole doty ie continued,
ft will compel the payers to1 retrench
their consumptions and the yalne of the
liounties bestowed upon manafactnrers,
lieme doubled by tbe double value of mo
sty, they would, under the present tariff,
receive a pecuniary enonuragemenl worth
((vice as much as that which was original
ly bestowed. If, therefore, one half "nf
he duties imposed by the existing tarifflpoor of ,all other ocenpatious gneV 'to the
were taken off, the other half would con
etitute the same real burden open the na
tiou, and the same real bounty to maou
factnrers, intended to Le established by
tue representatives or the people. .
To this eventful augmentation of taxa
:on. without the concurrence of eoogrcss,
uio public distress is owing ia a great
tioqree : aud the question w, whether the
evils inflicted by unforeseen cireatnstan
ces, ought te be alleviated or increased
.by the representatives of' the United
btates.-v-In iaat, whether Cbe bounty to
manufaeturers ought to be quadrupled by
law, because it has been doublet! without
law-
The protective duty system, in its ex
Iftiug degree, has been already felt by the
i;eopie ami ay me treasury; Uy diminish
ing the importation of commodities it. has
already chilled commerce, and redocsd
tbe prices of our native productions
Joraoiodiaies are a uiiivsroal eurrocy :
their plenty or scarcity will, therefore,
lave the sane inQuetvae upon prices, as
rthc plenty or soarcity of snoney. An en i
' baaeement of homo oemmoditiei, by the
uunaanee or jarciga commodities or cur
touay brought to purchase them, is both 1
, xjjinifiiirseiwent
Uimjnirseiwont for tha, consumption ofjof this ideals also denied: xVo capital
ftiehjc.ettoiittejj jond'alsj) fur-Jis lost r the purchase of gktgnaaB-
"t-; ' f ''-",. ; -'...'''' '. '.'"-'' ' -rj' . '- . "' ' r
'ni'ihci a foid for reTenaC j trhereti the!
Jexpulsionof Ihii esrreoej dimioishei the
hub iiBTUirui ma i LnKfra.
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Th enjoyment! of eoasamptia are the
- jluod ol muuatry; dimmisa them, ana it
"-ated c and tin iavisorattaD it a reouree
.100mmereiel eoupetitioai, t orer thoee
indnstry will gain the victory and a re-j
taxation of i.ts sioaws is like earrying on
a war wi hitut mnmtiAtrfc
Tme economy eonsuU in a free em-,
lion' th bMt mo,,e of making it pro -
dncti ve ) Mse eeonomy, in legfelative ee-
v... . A.- .- l. i
wriionvoi capiiai into oiuor onauunit, oe-
oause it cannot be employed with the
sime skill in nef as in habitual occuDa-'one
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lions, diminish also the public prosperity,
Legal disleeations of oapiial, besides i
nredaeinc the lowe. sua'.aiued bv drivine
individuals from one occupation to
thor. are mureovar uaiversallv the mode
reeorted to for imnoeina? burdens en a!
great majority of nations, to fester some
exclusive interest. They eonstitate an
olm.osjoary system for enforcing the
poor to eivo alms to the riebc and in tt-
governments are made oppressive.
'i lia maratnh nttti ini im mi inn
oe npations. are all diieoaraprad by re
V riatiens 0:i eomnicree. and rr.nst dwin
enltural supplies the basis of commerce ;
the mercantile imports the commodities
which ineroase tbe valae of those for ex
portation; and both supply the -freights
means for maritime defence' In the uni
ted prosperity of tbeae oeeopations con
sists national prosperity itself ; and I heir
tree eBorts are an ample equivalent lor
the exnense of eonsnmntion.
Re-exportationa ought not to ue forgot-
teo. lhcy extend eommeree, mcrea.e
teamen and shipping, and produce a mer -
eon tile profit. bingle towns have often
acquired opulence by being depots of fo-
reign manufactures, and tbe mora prcj-
ttons. - Drive a raerebaot to the pleogh, flostry in an its Dranenee, eauanee all our
era ploagLman to the counting heose'eonnneditis, and spare annuslly a sn:v
snd the nnskilfuloess of both will eanse plua to meet the expensis of goveratnnl
motnal slot h, vexation and misfortune Tha small eonsamable cepiial can freed
and by diminishing a resoureS to meet tbe but a fow of.oor want-, diheonrafe indus
expeness of ensumpiion, fentained inthe try in all Its brahchs but one, depreciate
knetvlcdge and skilTof habitual ooecpa- all oor cr-mmoditieH, and can spare no-
perous this branch of oonnjerce is lbe;ef trie ame apeeies, nf an inferior amount
more the capital or every CHmmunity i
augmented. Mercantile itrtelligensc. pro
fitting by commercial fluctuations and
oiraumttanecs- frequently derives profit
from circuitous exchanges, aod ometirues
oan undersell the fabricators 'themselves.
It ia insuflleicnt to urge that prohib:.tery
or protecting dutiee will not destroy this
branch of our commeroe, beeante they
are not paid on re-exported commodities
The fast is. that no considerable surplus
of these commodities are ever impouted.
except from the irfduseruent of a double
market; that they are invited by a free
dom of trade, and repelled bv loeal re
strictions; and that the freer the port
tho more ex'teosive and profitable this
A free commerce is like a free govern
mentweither isolated amidst commercial
estrietions or political oppressions, flon-
risbes beyond its neighbors by forbearing,
to imitate their errors. 1 he llanse town,
jut one period almost absorbed tbe trade
and wealth of Europe, because commerce
was every where else Suhjocted to prohi
bitions and restrictions.
From all these sources of national
wealth, (he protecting drity system makes
deductions wbieh fall chiefly opon the
poor; because tbe coarse and necessary
articles of domestic manufacture are eou
Isomed principally by thorn. Bat it is
aid, that the tax thus inflicted upon the
relief of poor manufacturers The fact
would not he a justification of the policy ;
but even that is denied. The price of la
bor is regulated by circumstance,, which,
hniintiss cannot control If a b-runtv was
given to seamen navigating mercantile
vessels, their employers would computo
khe bounty as a portion of ( wages, and
continue to regulate thra hy a eompan
sen with the priee of labor in other occu
pations.,. In like manner, a bounty to the
workmen, or oavigato7snTlaauufaeteries
aiust settle in tbe pockets of their employ
ers- even if it was paid to the workmen
themselves ; but when it is attached to
die goods sold by the employers, the
chance or tbe workmen to receive any
portion cf it is very feeble that no
symptom or such an event bee ever been casset, in the sum of 23,00Q, on the charge
observed !;n England. And. thus the pro-!0f manslaughter. The fads which ap
teetihg duty system imposes Ja tux upou peared in evidenc, as we understand
the poor of all other oceupalioas. which :t horn, are as follows:-Oii Tuesday 'tha
tyill be received by the rich of the man
ufacturing occupation. - '
It has been supposed, that io a , borne
(trade between ' manufacturers and agri-
flulturists, twouiespitals are retained ;
whereas one is exported by .the purchase,
lof foreign m&nufaeturos- BuUhe truth
faetures j it ie odIt eiehangod, and both;
parties itoay pr(Qt by ' the exehange.
Withon: exabanges eoatamable eeplial
enb nerer be increased j ,. but it Wot be
diminished, for the same reasons that an1
individual, who shonid o'rfly oic what be
fabricates weald peseess less eoiisnniaoie
caoital than if he avails himself of bene-
fleial eichanges DurfcuDgn eonsint f
consumable articles, if eousnmpt ion de
stroys wbat we rreeivi, it dsntreys also
what tre pay. Ho permanent capital ii
prodaeed either by eummeree or muug-
faetares, vxeept by
cousins; an improve
merit, of land and bnildiygi. Neitber
commerce nor roannfaetui inj, canieait
'and embalm a eapital against eonsunip-
tion. wealth, in cbniomable enniial.' is
constituted by the plenty of commodities ;
ehanfs and eapitaliate offer te supjiy the!
eotnmnniiy with eonsumakle eanital
ia,-i.:.i. , aii s..a.i
" ui?u w nci, m iiuui uauun cunna'iii-
file eapnai, or a large one t 1 be large
eaa feed all oar wants, enepurass io
' :-f.
thine fer government
B"y sopposiag that the I at ( f e consumable
capital could utterly exclude the ereat
ano-iooe, and contemplatmir the protecting du
tr policy in its utmost iaecsa. exaetlv ae
we have felt it occasionally in the cases
of tears and embargoes, wo may calculate
its gradations, a large consumable cap-:
its! is sn essentially connected with Dii-
tionai weaitn, tnst povernm.nts, where
(gani; out, wnerever tno small one only
'Hn . wflitn minniiMiirM ithniit a.
meree can prodnee, they must 09 frngal.
The difference lies between a mercantile
profit, by uniting foreign' ex-hans, and
mamng no euc" prooi. ; rruat g ivern-
raeot, united with a free eiaierre. by
lent, uniipa wnn a iree vmniere. bv
paving t. the nation that pLrtioo of ca
le
sureable eapitaj. .whicli oppmaive gov-
ernmenU tnke from irtn piun:
sive-privilcs, woujd pmbnbiy pursue
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m iiiym cut'i'iuui puiizy ror feuvaiicitig
the tvuslth, ; coun'ort atd hdppini ss of the
people.- A graai annua! eomunnble cap j
itul cn 11 . t rsia f I r a 1? tA. Ka on..m
the good thing of this world, that it' is
tho very thing whicli all exclusive iuter
eits are in pumuit of.- The protecting du-
jty system propones to deprive the comma
"ly ef a great, mass of this sjiecies of
wealth, the outy kind really valuable to
txan; and to give it, iu return, a supply
...
saddled with a tax forthe beneflt of a few
rich men, and attended with a necessity
of rescriimcioeotiie-new mode of taxation
for the supporfof government.
, It has been fairly tried, by a gradual
it.. ra m j 'Ty. m il . ' la.. .
. . . ,V
.8.T,MH1f,. ; buu living iu
treasury in time of peace, ecntrtbuti'd to Prmit rr.e through this medium, to of
a ruinous redaction iu the prices cf our;ferto the Aruenean community tbe fol
commodities, and caused, io no small de-. lowing vindication.pf my character and
gree, the general ditres--ar.other dose conduct, "acaiuat the. uudeserved odium
. r . l . j . . v .
of the drug which has produecd such cou
summations is proposed.
Might it not be wiser to giro a short
trial to the rival policy, by repealing the
'present tantr, imposing dunes exclusively
with an eye to revenue, and reestablishing
me iigcuoDi ui cunimcrce, man to prrse
vere any longer P If one hulf tbe duties
were taken off, it is probable that the r-
venue would not be diminished, as en
sumible capital might be doubled, and an
increase of valne by an increase of our
rency, brought to paiehase onr oramndi
tiesmightj-ecover and establish the fact,
that the greater are our comforts and enjoyment-3
the easier we can pay our tax''8.
We think it a question between the
nourishment of a monopoly by a tax to
enrich the rich, and the nouribhrnent ol
all useful occupations by equ il las) i
which a very few individuals ojacupy oup
interest, and all the rest ot tbir eomfliuni
ty. with the government i.sclf, aauiher
and therefore we respectfully submit thse
remarks to the wisdom of Co gress, with
a conVit'lioii that the subieet will receive
i the attention winch its .importance re
quires and that the distresses under
which we are laboring will not be aggra
vated. And your memorialists, as in dutv
bound, 'will ever pray, &e.
VROU THK POB.TLA.RI 0-A2ETTS.
The case of Lieutenaut Hobmit, a
which we hint'd in our last, cuntr on for
examination on Tuesdav, before Judze
Parris ; and after a patient investigation !
ot the tacts, which occupied a djy h
n .j
att half, he was ordered te recognize fur
hie appenraaco at the circuit court ol the
United States next to be bolden at Vv is.
22a ui t io thb afternoon, the s ldiors o:
Forf Preble were ordered on fjttitue du
ty, to discharge a vsiel Iadi-d with
wood for the f irt." M'D'nal.l, the de-
eeased, a soldier in tie company, was in-
toxicated, and declined euuir out to work.
and made some disturbance in the bar-
racKj laicut Itobart, ot Major Brooks
j-Jcorps, the ofiicur of the day, went ia jsj
t:" '--.'' ' ' ... '; . . .
ordered hini eotto werkf ho tas Insolear
and still refused ; the obeer then struck
him, as one witness testified, witti the fist1
oo the side as he lay ia his bunk. And af
terwards sirack him several times in his
own rom with a cane, The man went
down to tfte wharf to tvork. A new diffi
enity here arose from the obsiinaoy of the
eeldier I the effiecr again flogged htm with
his cane ; but not beij able to overcome
his insolence and perverseness, be ordain
t-d him t bo lakxm into the water and
duckod ; he wis ducked three times be
fore he was brought eat; after J.hjs pro
ees ho was tnt to the black hole, and
confined there nntil tbe next day. Wvd
neaday Iia was niwcll, and in the doctor's
wandt; Thursday be xrae on doty -and
egiin drunk Friday morning bo was on
rxarQJe, and apparently intoxicated, ano
at 8 o'eloek k whs placed on guard, and
so ki nt uatii- '1 o'ctoi-k, wbeo lie died
Bkiriuif the rooming he made no ent
uiaiiit of pain, but appeared half drunk
and eray ; no serious bruises were dis
covered on hi body after ueatn. j the
witnesses generally agreed-that "iha "de-
ceaasil vrax a hard nrinter, and had been
inMxicaied moBt of the time for tbe fort
night preeeediug Eia 'tleitki',':" fnil'tlog-giug-by
the officer .was nnjusti&able and
illegal, at:d the facts in this aS'air east
no sma! I degree of blame upon the oKoe;
of the garrison, for the unwarrantable
aud continued drunkenness which this
case developed
His death may be as
l'tiination of eanses ; bis
cribd tu a co
n
drunkenness would not probably have
carried him t.9' so soon, nor was the flog-
g'5 uuwieoi ir iubi purpose.
But these, with the confinement in wet
clothes, and without renewing the stimu
laut to w inch he was accustomed, operat-iwbich
e" iog-mer m p ouueo tne eaiasiropnp,:i,uii int , g,auiai meiurwr.
w u icu a aB uceii inc chuii; oi no muc ii (i-
eitemeni, auaeo ueepiy wounuea ine reiia-eas Oi,.onr coueoi mnitary law. Jt nerai
tunoo of the implicated officer, 'a'ls'i'sirlie . inconsisleucy in ourIawa
p 'blic mind has been too much inflamedr;'gf'nfnt?af yrhich wc wcrb not Ontiii
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these tho examii.ation Las materially ca.-
ui.i-anuu uiim. ,j K?f
'reeled i but the iDfloruee of the wfto-
ue ooee i:w esienu aa sar as in inju'-y 01 ;
Maiu to Georgia while truth is pulling
l.a kurkt n.
11.:... 1.. n..a a,i.:i. . : . 1 r: !
i wm
Culunf I William fng.Thl gentle
nittn, imeij nn vtitcer 01 toe army of the
United Siett-a. and who had been suspend
edfrom oomuAndfor five years, by the
sentence of a Cot rt martial, has appealed
to tho People nf the United States, frum
the judgment of the Court, in a Pamphlet
of 39 pagee, whieh we have just sesn.
This1 "pHmnMet consists of a preface,
I. "... A 1 1
a . ni 1 1 s tt a
dressed to the President of the United
wlta. at U' .V k'a.1. ... I
which is suoiomeu, ana two teuers bu-ii..
'see, the object of which wa, to hewloVer the atl,ortaBntp voung aM wbo haJ
that the sentence pronounced o him was Mb of e
u(,t justified by the faets 10 evidence or in momttkt -,0 UB t0 ntom,, 8r
reality. (suffocated in the falling clay.. An account
'Wr m fin nnn nv s at-. w vn -rt art.1 . .
ju.iuia fr.uri.ft up i ii ui
cant upon them by the sentence of a Ge-
nerul Court Martial, suspending me from
all command Ja the army of the United
States, t.ir the jpjnod or Uve years, roi -
jjoned a the public mind has been towards
me !.y the machioaliens of 0116 or two un-
principled scoundrels.' 1 cannot flatter
myself that uiy vindication" will have
that general weight to which it is jnstly
entitled : out with those who are person
ally Acquainted with the character that I
hive sustained daring a period or twelve -
years of public sarvice, I confidently he-
lieve no duubr will remain or the purity
and propriety of my coifduct, or the
of the intijixity of tho tribunal before
which I "a:i "t.J,
Afler lmv: for IS months seen my
name held vm r th public s an object
in cxorraH'Xi, ueraiiNe i oaieu ui uu
what I fonscc. ti iottbly believed to b my
I. t w . .t a . .1 ..
. jdutyV Iw? no Hpology for appearing
hi'fiiie t'lem n the ,prcseiit occasion;
innrei especially when - it is recollected
that I have forborne to trespass upon
their time Ui.tii all hope of obtaining
.. a ... ;a. K.t .
jus icc ii'otn tne cin8tifnTird amaoriues
had ceased. JNntbu will I oner an apo
logy for the homely garb in whirli my
justification appears. Writing is not
wy trade ; and nothing but the most
dire necessity could have induced me to
undertake a task for which neither edu
cation, habits, nor "pursuits.' have fitted
tne. My public life is ended, and, in
appealing to thejftghest tribunal of the
; nation public opinion I have no other
object thnn to redeem my name from the
unmerited, obloquy Utat has been heaped
upon it. '
WILLIAM XING.
Mmtpclkr, (J3.) Jug. 1820. A
We have cursorily read over the let
ter, fn matters entirely military we
are too little versed to pretend to, judse
f them ; and, the pamphlet being be
fore, the vwld, if wilUifl in the power
of any- one. to procure., it and . tudge for
himself. - For tho earb in which the
worlj appears, Colonel Ktug bad no oc-
cadion to Dcepeak nluwauce: iLlis a
512.' 18)'. a' m'rftih:
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injured, and feeb wliatie is sayiog
when ia ' utters . th verba ardchtia.
There are i some things in , this . tract
which have anrnrlsed t as. ana sobjp
which have given us pain as well as sar
prizeu Aalong the first is the fact ,sta-
tea oy Svoionei Jung inai, wi iuc wum
officers comnofiine the Court, ihrtet oi
ides. a supernumerary riietnber who
was not entitled to a vote, were of bpi-3
nion that his conduct vras not censurable!
Ahiong the latter is thdonequivocal sv
ecrlion of Colonel Kine thaw if U io-
iictirg corKHeal puniahmebt 6n lhr
soldiers heated any law, -he did in:
common wayJhe whole army, which hej
ilil alfva ajiA tafts'aauvo TJ O
was 'not an officer oa the Court by
whicli he was tried who had not in
dulecd in the Infliction of corporeal pan
ishment to an extent far be? ond wha
had been laid to his charge. ' And, addsjj
Colonel King nniil tho Congress ofi
tne utiiieu otaios, ,in meir proiuunu
wisdom, shall.deviso BbmeTsj stem i for,
improving the morals of tha class of thoJ
comoiunity from which tne ranks of tho
irmy are filled; it is folly ii the extreme,1
to think of enforcing discipline withpt,
tho fear of corDoreal nunUbihent.''
, If our readers desire to know more'U
what Colonel Jawing says, we must reiv
them to tho pampniuc iwu. ti h d
fair to sav. that we arc not of opinio
that convenience'' 'hit .necessdy jusuEV
tlie transirfesaion bfa law against cof
poreal punighment'Of soldiers, or againlf
flfiv tliinlBcr sVe ran. however rotti.
ceive of case3utnynf jr exatnpi ifi'
soldiors: mato commanded to
ur oincm ibu in ciicvu in uauni IIIIIU
lately 8warf-wjHCh aUllloriZOS corpu-,
gi, avy,- whilst It i
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tit inet. a young married man,
in the vicnity of Xenia, Green county,
after having dug SO feet for water, Goal
ly despaired of obtaining Ins object, re
vived to dig in another place; unwillios
to loe his labor, be determined to raisvt
the framing lie had fixed for bis safety
while engaged in digging, lie descended
tbe well fur that purpose, aud, after re
moving a small post the whole cave way
above him ; the framing, together with a
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0r the melancholy circumstance wasim
mediately conveyed to Xenia, and flew
with great velocity through its vicinity
and in a short lime the village was eva
cuated of its male inhabitants, aiid aboat
200 persons sorrounded the mouth of the
deep, dreary repository of the. body of
;"jhat unfortunate man.
j After some time spent in devising the
jmost expeditious plan to ellect the abuvo-
'purpose, th
e fallowing Tnss. adopted ?
Ropes were
fastened round the bodies of
some young men, who put their lives at
stake, descended the dreary mansion,,
while ethers held the'ropes above to
draw them np should the well erurablc V,
fill irr. They had not proceeded far in the;.
business, before one of the yuaug men sup
posed he heard a voice from below ; bev
immediately applied his ear to the cUy
under his feet, and asserted with eonfi-
denc-e be Heard his voice. This gtve A
j gleam of Lope to their distressed, des-
ponding minds, and inspired tlieai witU
iP?wr0P topless oa toward the onjict
of their pursuit.
After progressing some distance, ft
small hole opened through tbe clay,
through which they could converse, nhd,
to their great astonishment, he answered
them he was unhurt, and in g icd health.
tuai nis oouy was eioseiy eouriDeu ia
one corner of the well, that the falling
timber had miraculously formed n arch
over his head, the well beintr eomph tsly
filled all round bis hVdy vviih tiuiler and
clay3!" The preservation of his life, fsow
became an Object of deep concern ; great
precaution was necessary, for feaf tbe-
arch above should be disturbed, and let
down'the remaining earth and destroy his
life so wonderfally preserved.
After removiunr the clay with care, on
til they came to the timber over his head,
they were afraid to use an ae or even a
saw, and finally opened a bole by bo r ins;
with au?ers. suniientl larare to let Iw I
a ' t i , . ..
body through, then let down topes, whica
He lasteneu roanu uis ooqy, oy wmcn, a.r
ter a confinement, of near six hours, .he
was raised from that terrific pl.ee of in .
earceratioD. Shall I attempt to describe) 'r
the scene which now takes place? ,1 can-;
aot. ' It baffles deseriptin. Imaginafiopi --n
its highest stjrttch, falls i. firitely be-f
low a full relation of thejoy wbteh was .
evidently manifested jn this youog iu.ua
And bis affectionate companion, who were; 7
nce more permitted to take each othoi1
nto. taeir toad em bracts, ana ma joy pi
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