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Scene of tlie Iterlnt"en.
THE BATTLE OF THE COWPENS ,
ik of the 'American Revolution was the
contest more unequal, or the victory more
tignal and complete, than that of the Cow
pen. The B.itish army was superior in
numbers, in discipline, in arms, andin
every thing that can constitute nn army,
save tlio soul and spirit of the Soldier, and
ihe noble daring of the officer. ' la infantry
thev were as five to four, and in cavalry as
three to one ! The American army under
Gen. Margin, was a retreating detachment,
without artillery, without proper arms, anJ
without baggage or provisions. In the lan
guaee of a distinguished historian of that
period the earth was their bed, tho hen.
yens their covering, and the rivulets .which
ihP crossed, their only drink. .. '
The battle-ground of the Cowpcns is in
SjTsrtanburgh District, about seventeen
miles north of tho court-house, and four or
five miles from tho iNortn Laroiina line.
The surrounding country is a beautiful and
almost perfect plain, with a fine surround,
in growth of tall pines, oak and chestnut. ;
Oa the memorable 17ih of January, 1781,
the cntiro country for miles around the bat
llc ground, was one vast untouched forest
The inhabitants of tho lower part of the
District, had been in tho habit of driving
their cattle into this part of the country for
tho purpose of grazing, and had erected
pens in tho neighborhood for the purposo of
salting and marking them. Hcnco the
originof thenamo of the battle-ground.
The field of battle, however, is about two
miles distant from tho cowpens; but inas.
much as there was no other or nearer known
place in tho neighborhood, it was called
" The Battle of the Cowpens." The night
previous to the battle, the American army
had encamped on tho ground. , The posi.
tion was a favorablo one, and lay immedi.
ntcly between tho head waters of " Suck
Cree,"a branch of " Duck Creek," which
. 'nni mnm than two or three hundred
yards apart. The forces under General
Mnrfnn were drawn up, about day-Ught, on
the ridge extent ing from one of these spring
brunches to the other. These branches, at
that .imc, were well lined with cano and
small feeds, wmcn maaq it mcituih8ij
difficult to cross over them. Gen. Morgan
n rptrcatins into North Carolina, nod
had determined to give battle on the other
aide of tho Broad River, but General Pick,
ens informed him that if they crossed the
river tho militia could not bo kept tognthcr,
A lor nortion of them had joined the ar.
-iny theay-priivious. and wcreundcr no
regular discipline. This determlncdHthe
Commanding General to wait for Tarleton,
whose forces had been marching all night
to overtake tho American army, before
they could get over Broad River. The
North and South Carolina militia, under
tho command of General Pickens, were
posted one hundred and fifty or two hun
drcd yard in advance of the continental
troops under Colonel Howard. Colonel
Brondon's regiment was placed on tho left
of the road leading-from the Union Jia
trict into North Carolina : and the regl
ments of Colonels Thomas and Roebuck on
tho right." They were ordered to stand tho
fire of the enemy as long as possibje, and
then retreat and form again on tho right
ond left of the continental troops. ,
About sunriso the British army appear.
cd in sight and marched within ono or two
huudred yards of tho American lines, and
then displayed to the right and left, with a
corps of cavalry on each wing. ". General
iickens ordered the militia not to tire, until
tKe enemy came within thirty paces of them.
They were also permitted to shelter them.
- el behind treee, which , was at least a
prudent, if not a scientific mode of fight,
ing. At the celebration of the anniversary
of this battle", in 1835, the writer of the
sketches was shown, bv several of the old
wiuiers, ine lacmicai irecs ironr Deuirxj
which they fired during the engagement-.
lite uritish, when formed, rushed loxward
with a shout and huzza, as if in anticipation
of an easy victory. The horse of Colonel
1 aVnrunn urn . atn rlMn unrlrti aViim n rtA Kia
.VM U9 01JU UUfTil UIIUV. I 11 I I J J HIII4 Hl
regiment immediately fired on tho enemy,
in violation of their orders to wait, until he
had approached within thirty paces. The
regiments of Colonels Thomas and Roe.
buck soon commenced also a brisk and de.
structive fire. Tho enemy now made o
charge with fixed bayonets, and the fcnilitia
gave way. The brunt of the battle was
now bravely borne by the regular troops,
whilst tho militia rallied in the rear and re.
newed the engagement. Three hundred of
the British were killed and wounded, and
fivo hundred taken' prisoners. The rem
nantof Tarletou's cavalry was. pursued by
Colonel Washington fifteen or twenty miles
to GoudelockV, where he was informed the
British were out of his reach. This, how.
ever, was a false statement, made by Mrs.
Goudclock in order to savn th i;r r W
husband, whom Tarleton had just pressed j
uiU service, to pilot him across the Pa.
colct. This god lady supposed that if Co.
lonel Washington overtook the British) an
engagement woalj, necessarily ensue, and
her husband mightbe killed in the action.
She therefore suffered the feelings of a wife
to prevail over those of patriotism and mo.
rality. For the far was, that Tarleton had
just got .out of Big t as Washington rode
up. Had the Ame ican cavalry continued
their pursuit fifteei minutes longer, the
remnant of the Brpsh troops would have
been either capture I -or killed. ;.' i
Tho next day a the battle, a portion
of tho militia was despatched to bury the
dead. Three pla js of burying are now
to bo distinctly eccVi The largest is near
the chimney of n cabin sotne hundred yards
above the battle ground. The second is
fifty or-orie hundred jards distant and the
third on the spot wncre tho battle took
placo One of the soldiers who assisted at
the burying, observed, at the cejebration
before alluded to, that tho dcad.werTfound
in straight lines across tho battle ground,
end'hat it give them a most singular np.
pen ranee when seen at a distance. The
vnly vestiges of the battle, now to be seen
are the trees which have been cut for bul
lets. Some of these chops are twenty or
thirty feet high an evidence of bad shoot,
ing by one or the other of the parties. A
great many of the bullets are yet to be found
.in the trees, Tho writer saw several which
were pewter, and had no doubt been mould,
cd from a spoon or plato Lead being
scarco, some good whig had made the best
substitute in his power, at the expense of
his table, nnd no convenience of his family.
At tho time the battle was fought, there was
no undergrowth on tho ground, and objects
might be seen at a great distance through
the woods; but since that timo bushes and
saplings have sprung up ond destroyed, in
a great measure, the beauty of the forest.
Spirit of war.
. The following narrative freezes the blood
in rending; still it gives but a faint idea of
the horrors of war ; and we -insert in the
Journal, not from any gratification it has
given us, or cun give to others, but to teach
our young readers, who are usually pleased
with the sound of the fife'and the drum,
and tho show of the muster field, to abhor
the spirit of war, which inflicts such wrongs
and creates such suffering. What must be
the feelings of the widowed mother and the
fatherless children on tho day which wit.
nessed tho death-scene of tho husband and
father? Have the years which have claps,
cd since, been able toeffuco the impressions
of that day, or to bind up those broken
Wuarls 7 WUl .a desolate -house iJl dl'SO-
lato world to thoso mourners f The sun
can noverJook, bright; nor tho earth gay ;
the recollection of that tragic day will fol
low them down to the grave. Cong. Jour.
EXECUTION T t REENBDSH.
In 1814, 1 was stationed with a detach,
mcnt of United States at Grcenbush, in the
State of New.York. One morning, scve.
ral prisoners, confined in the provost-guard
house, wcrff brought to hear the sentence
which a court-martial had annexed to their
delinquencies rvad on parade. Their ap
pcarance indicated that their tot had already
been sufltcntly hard. Some wore marks
of ioflg confinement , and a all the severity
of tho prison-house had stamped its imprcs.
ston. They looked dejected at this public
exposure, and anxious to learn their fate.
I had never seen the fuco of any of them
before, and only knew that a single one of
them had been adjudged to death, .boon as
their names were called and their sentences
announced, I discerned by his agony and
gestures the miserable man on whom the
sentonco had to fall ; a man in the bloom
of youth and tho fulness of health and vi
gor.
Prompted by feelings of sympathy. I
called next morning to sec hirri in prison.-
There chained by the leg to the beam of
the guard-housc ho was reading tho Bible,
Irying to prepare himself, as he said, for
tho fatal hour. I learned from him the
circumstances of Ins case." He was the
father of a family ; having a wife and three
young children thirty or forty miles distant
from tho camp. His crime was desertion,
of which ho had been three times guilty.
His only object in leaving tho camp in the
first instance, was to visit his wife and
children. -. Having seen that nil was well,
his intention was foHTetTjrnr" But whatereracene-cbangesv The? wbolo-band struck
was his intention, ho was a disserter, and
as such, taken and brought into the camp;
manacled, and under-the guard of his fel.
low.soldiers. .Tho limehetwecn .iheien?l
tence and theexecutI6nrwas DrTef t the
authority in wham alone was invested the
power of reprieve or pardon, distant. Thus
he had no hope, and only requested the at
tendance of a minister of the Gospel, and
permission to see his wife and children.
The first part of this request was granted,
but whether he was permitted or not. to see
his family, I do not now remember.
Dreading the hour of execution, I re.
solvcdjjf possible, to avoid being pVescnt
at thC scene. . But the commander of the
post, Col.
sent me an express order
to attend, that agreeably to the usages of
the army, I might, in my official capacity of
surgeon, see the sentence fully executed.
i no poor leiiow was taken trom me
guard-house to be escorted to the fatal spot
Before him was his coffin a box of rough
pine boards, borne on the shoulders of two
men. The prisoner stood with his arms
pinioned, between two clergyman ; a white
cotton gown, or winding sheet f reached to
his feet. It was trimmed with black, and
had Attached to it, over the real heart, the
black image of a heart ; the mark at which
the executioners were to aim. On his head
was a cap of white, also trimmed with I
black. " Ilia countenance was blanched to
the hue of the winding sheet,' and his frame
trembled with agony. He seemed resolved,
however, to sutler like a soldier. Behind
him were a number of prisoners, confined
for various offences. Next to them was a
strong guard of soldiers, with fixed bnyo.
nets and loaded muskets. My station was
in the rear of the whole.
Our procession formed, and with much
fueling, andin low voices on the part of the
officers, we moved forward with slow and
measured Meps to tho tune of the nVothv
march (Roslin Castle) played with niuf..
fled drums and mourning fifes. ; Tho scene
was solemn, beyond the powers of descrip.
tlon. A man in the vigor of lifo walking
to his era ve ; to the tunc of his death march ,
clothed in his burial robes, surrounded by
friends assembled to perform the last sad
offices of affection, and to weep over him
in tha sad hour ; no, not by those, but by
soldiers with bristling bayonets, and loaded
muskets, urged by stern command to do the
violence of death to a fellow.soldier ; as he
surveys the multitude, ho beholds no look
of tenderness, no tear of sensibility; ho
hears no plaint of grief; all, all is stern as
the iron rigor of the law which decrees his
death.
Amid reflections like these, wo arrived
at the place of execution, a large open field,
in whose centre a heap of fresh earth,
freshly thrown up marked the spot of the
deserters grave. On this field, the whole
force then at the cantonment, amounting to
many hundred men, was drawn in up tho
form of a hoUpw.squarepvith tho side beyond
tho grave vacant. The executioners, eight
in number, had been drawn by lot. No
soldier would volunteer for such a duty.
Their muskets had been charged by the offi.
cer of the day; seven of them with ball,
the eighth with powder alone. Thus pre.
pared, they were placed together, and each
executioner takes his choice. Thus each
may believe he has the blank cartridge,
and therefore has no hand in the death of
his brother soldier; striking indications of
the nature of tho service
The coffin was placed parallel with tho
grave, about two feet distant. In the in.
tervening space tho prisoner was directed
to stand. lie desired permission to Bay a
word to his fellow-soldiers ; and thus stand
ing between his coffin and his grave, warn
ed them against desertion, continuing to
speak until tho officer on duty, with his
watch in hand, announced to him in a low
voice, "Two o'clock, your last moment is
nt hand ; you must kneel upon your coffin."
This done,' the officer Brewoown ma wmte
cap, so as to cover the eyes and most of the
prisoner who still continued to speak in a
hurriedly - loud, and agitated voice. .. The
kneeling was the signal for the executioners
to advance. I hey had before, to avoid
being distinguished by the prisoner, stood
intermingled with tho soldiers who formed
tho lino. They now came forward, march-
cd abreast, and took their stand a little on
the left, about two rods distant from their
living mark. Tho officer now raised his
sword. At this signal the executioners
took aim. He then gave a blow on the
drum which was at hand : tho executioners
all fired at the same instant. The misera
ble man, with a horrid scream, ienpeeffrom
tho earth, and fell beneath his coffin and his
grave. The sergeant of the guard, a mo.
mcnt after, shot him through the head with
a musket reserved for this purpose, in case
the executioners failed to produco instant
death. Tho sergeant, from motives sf hu
manity, held tho muzzle of the musket near
tho hendf to near, the cap took fire : and
therelhe body lay upon the facoj jho head
emitting the mingled fumes of burning cot
ton, and burning hair. O, war, dreadful
even in thy tenderness ; horrible, even in
thy compassion I
I was desired to perform my part of the
ceremony: and placing my hand where
just befoje, the pulse beat full, and the- life
flowed warm, and finding no symptom ol
either, I affirmed, he is dead. 1 he lino
then marched by the body ; as it lay upon
the earth, the dead still smoking ; that every
man might behold for himself, the fate of a
deserter.
Thus far, all had been dreadful indeed,
but solemn, as it became the sending of a
spirit to its dread account; but now the
UD. and with uncommon animation, our na
tional air (Yankee Doodle) and to its lively
measured we were hurried back to our pa.
rado ground. -Having -been dismissed, the
commander of the post sent an invitation to
all the officers to meet at his quarters,
whither we repaired, and were treated to a
glass of gin and water. Thus this melan.
choly tragedy ended in what seemed little
better than a farce; a fair specimen, the
former, of the dread severity, the latter, of
tho moral sensibility which prevails in the
i
Federalism...." He who is how against
domestic manufactures must be for reducing
us either to a dependence on that nation,
(England) or to be clothed in skins and live
ike wild beasts, in dens and caverns. 1 am
proud to say, I am not one of them. Ex.
pcrience has taught me that manufactures
are now as necessary to our independence
as to our comfort" Jefferson.
Was Jefierson a Federalist 1
The, Mother's Fride..& girl of fifteen,
who knows bow to make a noise on the pi.
ano, who wears more on her back than she
earned, and who; has a bustle as big as a
dromedary hump. Uncle Sam.
From tha Youth. Cabinet.
The last Scgnror the Kcsolre.
V t. A. BUNT AN.
Tobacco, 'ti. a filthy weed, . ' ''
. .
It drain, the pocket, .cent, the clothe,
And makes a chimney of the noe."
; Old Rhtms.
Mr Youro Readers -.--The .tory I am about
to relate i. one in which I have a double object
The first to prove to you the folly of tbe expenaive,
umlcs. and injur ioui practice of using tobacco.
The second, to induce you; by relating my own
au experience though not eighteen year. r age
to quit, if any of you have fallen a victim to a
habit, which Thcn oiimi fontuM, can only bn bro.
ken lv llic s!ruin.rcjt pcrnoveruufK', i.nd iikijL . ii'.
denial. When you read thin .tory, you hove the
tatiafaction if aatiifaclion it be of knowing it
is true. i ..
It waa a cold rainy evening in the month of
March, a. I waa hurrying np Broadway, with my
eyca- intently-fired on ar-bnlliant light gleaming
from H ' window of a not-far-distant .cgar .tore,
that I was accosted by a poor, but neatly clad girl,
about nine year, old, who asked in a pitiful but
commanding tone, for "Some bread." I had of
ten been called npon by unworthy-looking per.
sons for aid, and had as often turned a deaf ear to
their wants excusing myself by aaying " there
are so many unworthy one. calling upon our ehari.
ty, that were we disposed to be charitable, we
know not upon whom to bestow our gifts."
Hut I could not think so in the case of tbi. little
girl, She stood with her bare feet on the cold,
wet pavements ; her dress km I could see by the
light shining from the shop window though
somewhat " the worse for wear," was clean, and
her whole person displayed that unaasumed, natu
ral appearance, uncharacteristic of that unfortu
nate elass of which she was a member.
Dciirous of knowing more of her history, I com
mencbd a conversation by asking her which she
wouU rather have, bread, or money f
HUt looked at me hesitatingly, and laid, " Sir,
I want bread ; I have a sick mother and two .mall,
er sisters"
Here she stopped, chokod, with emotion, and
tbe tear eame to her eye.
Have you no father ?" said I.
I have," she said hesitatingly, u but he drinktj
he dots not live at home."
The story was told I was satisfied. I put my
hand in my pocket but alas ! a military sixpence
wa. it. only occupant I hesitated, and thought
of the expected luxury from the aegar .tore. I
thought, too, that the sixpence would buy a loaf
of bread, and thus ameliorate the wants of a Buf
fering family ; but the strong propensity of a still
stronger segar, got liie better of my good inten
tion, and I told her " I was sorry, but I had no
money to spare i if Iliad, I would willingly give
it to her."
She left mo with look of sadness, ond I turn
ed my eye. from her, disgusted with my own act,
and pursued my wnj to the segar store. I would
have directed her t my home, but the distance
rendored it impructcable-, .
I purchased my rgar and went homo smok
ing ; but I could nftnelp thinking of the poor lit
tle girl. Strange tioughta ran through my mind.
I would ask my scV from which I would derivo the
most pleasure, seeing myself making use of an
unnatural subjtince, tobacco ; or in seeing the
suffering poor uiC the natural staff of life, bread 1
Then I would wonder if tho little girl met with
any on,yore liberal than myself hoping that
she did. I finally reached my uonio, and as I en
tered the,room tho clock struck nine.
;Tbe fitaily had retired ; I took a scat near the
firo. and feat in a quiet mood, while the smoke as
cended from my lighted segar. The only noise
that disturbed my cars was the ticking of the
clock, and the occasional snapping of the half
burned ember, in tho firo. The lamp had .grown
dim for want of re-trimming.
Thus I sat, half-inclined to sleep, till the fire had
reached that part of my srgur that wa wet by
the moisture of my lips, nf which I was warned
by the continual hissing it occasioned. I louked
up, the room was blue with smoke ; I cast my eye
upon the clock, it wa. half past nine ; another half
hour had gone aoss fo.evkr ! And what had I
accomplished ? This started a new train of ideas.
I laid the segar on tho table, took from my pock
et a pencil, and made the following note and
calculations :
Commenced smoking when nino year old :
(through the influence of other boys under the
mistaken idea of making a man of mytelfi) at tho
age of ten, I cculd smoke the airongest icgar
without feeling that dizziness it first produced,
and at the early a.'o of eleven, I found myself a
confirmed votary to that odious, 'vicious habit,
smoking !
From ele ven years to my present age (seventeen
years and lour months; l know two sugars a day
would be a moderate estimate many was the
day for the last twoyearsrthat six would nnt,ri.
c use me.
Counting two a day from my eleventh year, and
not including all that I had smoked the two year,
previous, would be four thousand ix hundred and
twenty scgars !
-Allowing each segar to bo, en an average, three
and a half inches in length would be one thousand
three hundred and fortv-nine feet two inches, of
n emetic that I consumed, which, had I swallow
ed a piece the size of a pea, would havo thrown me
into horrid convulsion. !
Each segar cost at least one cent, and some
cost more ; this would amount to forty-six dollar.
and twenty ent., without interest.
I never - smoked a aegar in less than half an
hour and never did anything else while smoking.
This would be two thousand three hundred and
ten hours, or about three month. !
My time wa. worth at a moderate estimate,
three cent an hour. Thi would amount to ix-ty-nine
dollars thirty cents 1 ....
When I looked over the result, and found that
I bad spent ninety-five dollars and fifty cents,
took threa, months inv consuming that which de
stroyed my health, ruined my breath, and which
would in iim?naBoewroyeg mrnriroui systemr
and all this at the age of ..stbistmm and when
f thnntrhi hnw- minv loaves of bread the fnonev
rt -- j -
would have bought that I had worse than wasted,
and how much useful learning I could have ac
quired in this Ihreo months, I took my.segar from
the table and cast it in the fire not accompanied
with- solemn affirmation but as I did it the
words involuntarily flowed from my heart, " I am
RESOLVED 'TIS XV LAST .EGA.."
Posing a Pedagogue...." Sally Joncs,have
you done the sum 1 set you !"
" JNo thir, I can't do it."
" Can't do it ! I'm ashamed of you; why
at your ago I could do any sum that was set
me. I hate that word can't ! For there is
no sum that can't bo done, I tell you.?'
" I think, thir, that I knawth a thum that
you can't thifer out." j
" 11a ! well, well, Sally r let a Jicar it.
" It ilh thith, thir: If one apple cauthed
the ruin of the whole human rath, how
many thutch will it take to make a barrel
of thweet thider, thirt"
Miss Sally Jopes you may turn to your
parsing lesson."
Vein, trur."
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Comptroller's Report. I
' The following recapitulation of Reqeipts
and Disbursements, is taken from the (imp.
trailer's Report, and presents a aynopfeis of
tho state of tho North Carolina Treu ury :
Public Fund. . ''
Received from the following sources.
1 ubhe tax received front she.
-rif& for 1841, ' -" 79,094 40
Additional return by .heriffof
public tax, .16 41
William Thompson, (balance
note for land,) 33 43
Batik dividends. Bank of Capo
Fear, . 25 00
Cjiik in.r, "nnk of the State, 2.2.i!)
" " C'tipe Fmr, a,ad3 0J
" Merchants' Bank,
Newbern, 5C3 SO
Rich'd P. Finch, Clerk of
Wake Superior Court, 923 94
ILW. Athlon, agent to collect 7 j J
claims due tbe State, 658 25
85,951 96
Deduct bal. duo Fub.Treas.Nov.1, 1841, If, 304 50
647 46
Deduct disbursement, from
1841, to 1st Nov., 1843,
Oct.
Balance duo Fub. Fund 1st Nov.l842.$2 ,003 66
Lite baby Fund.
Recapitulation of Receipts since November
1,1841.
Entries of vacant lands, 3,338 83
Intersot on loans by Lit. Board, 7,893 00
Frinc.ori loans by Lit. Board, 33,404 41
Interest on loans by the Inter- -
nal Improvement Board, 2,496 39
Interest on bonds of the Wil.
mington and Raleigh Kail
Rood Co. 2,630 00
Interest on Bonds of the Ra
leigh and Gaston Rail road '
Co. ' 4,200 00
Bank dividends, ' 41,555 00
Auction tax, 4H9 24
Roanoke Navigation Co. Div.
idends, B75 W
Retailers of spirituous liquor.
(by sheriffs,) 3,451 52
Add balance due Litcr'y fund,
1st Nov. 1841, 106,964 41
$208,287 891
Deduct disbursements since
1st Nov. 1841, 150,288 59
.7,998 30
Recapitulation of Disbursements ince No-
vember 1, 1841.
Purchase by Lit. B'rd
of W. and It. Rail
Road Co. 1,800 00
Purchuee by Lit. B'rd -
bonds of R.&G. R.
R.Co. 22,764 34
Expenses of Literary
Board, 1,412 07
Common Schools, .. 65,297 24
Swamp Lands, 49,945 04
Loans made by Lit'ry
Board, 9,070 90
$150,289 59
Internal Improvement Fond,
Rctapitulalion of Receipts since fimmler
1, 1841.
Balnncn duo Fund for
Int. Imp. since 1st '
Nov. 1841, 13,354 96 j
Cherokee Bonds, sole . .i
or 1830, and previ
ous, Cherokee Bonds, salo
of 1838, -Prineipnl
on loans by
Int. Imp. Board,
Bunk dividends, Bank
"'of Capo Fair;
470 00
3,806 07
3,759 10
280 09
$21,730 13
Deduct disbursements
since Nov. 1841, " 1,300 47
$20,429 6 0 20,429 60
RecapUulalion-ef-Dishurseme.nissincNji
vernier 1, 1841.
Commis'ncrs of Road
Irom Blue Ridgi
00 OG
144 47
Fxpenses of the Board,
S. Birdsall, rlerk to
Board of Internal Im.
provemcnts,
156 00
$1,300 47
Balance in tho handsof tho Pub.
Trcas. on 1st Nov. 1842, 8107,120 62
' OO" The foregoing statement is a true
exhibit of returns and vouchers on file in the
Comptroller's Office, November 1st, 1842.
WM. F. COLLINS, Compt.
Comptroller's Department, Nov. 1
A Uulversalist Silenced.
A :eorrespodent-f lho-wYorkJDbiicr?cr
ays, I can vouch for the authenticity and cor.
rectness of the following incident, as I received it
in the place where thefciroumsUnce. occurred,
and Irorji (he lip. of one who wa. acquainted
with the facts.
After Jtfr. Haync, tlrt colored preachef of Ver
mont, wa dismissed from his charge in Kulland,
which leTiaiTneld more than twenty year, he
wa employed about two year a a itatcd supply
to the Congregati onal church in Manchester. In
this town was a Universalis! society, which wa
supplied with only occasional preaching ; but. as
in most other ca.es, it. adherent were very fond
of diitcnssing their sentiment, with other denomi.
nation.. One of these took frequent occasion to
dispute with Afr. Ilaynes ; and though he general,
ly not to say at way, came off second beat, he
seemed determined to renew the controversy on
every convenient occasion. ' "
At the close of one of these interview, apparent,
ly under the full conviction of hi own inferiority,
lie laid, " Afr. Haync yon are a learned man. and
I cannot areue with you ; but 1 expeci one oa our
mimslcrii hero before long, and I intend to bring
hint to we yod ; he will be able to defend our doc.
triie Afr. Hayne. replied in his usual good na.
lured way, M O ! well ; bring him along, I dull
be pleased to talk with him."
Soma week afterwards, the UniTemlurt min
ter jirrivcd; and the parishioner embraced the
first lrisure hour to take bun up to the village to
we AftJilaym. On their way, they were nut
by one of. tbe brethren of ther own faith, who, af
ter learning whither they Were bound, advised
them to torn back ; " for," aaid h, w an old
fox, and you can't pet tho windward of bun."
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They, however, persisted in their purpose, and
soon arrived at the parsomige. '
Afr. Hayne wa called from his study to re ceivo
tho visitors, without knowing or receiving the
least intimation who ther were. A be entered
the room, the parishioner, after exchanging com
pliment, said, " Mr. Haync, this is Air. X ,
my minister, whom I promised to bring to seo
you." " How d' do how d do ! said Mr. .Hayne
taking the minister familiarly by the hand ; ' well,
you are the man, then, who prcacbet that men
may swear, and lie, and get drunk, and commit,
adultry, and all other abominations, and yet goto
heaven after all, ain't you t" "No, no," aid tho
Universalist minister, ' I don't preach any such
thing." '"Well," said Father Ilaynes, "you be.
Here go, don't ynu T" ,.
I Tt;h wa a blow that completely nnni'iiluW nil
desire fur theological dii-cusxion, and we'l ji -;! i
took away thn power of utterance from both nmi.
later and laynmn. Aftrr a few remark on the
Itate of the weather, and the pleasant situation of
the villi gc, the minister said to hi attendant,
'Aisitnot time for us tobe going ?" and both with,
draw, apparently satisfied to dispense with aH far-"""
ther intercourse.
Temperance items.
Of tho 500,000 confirmed intemperate,
(band and the worst cases) it is now believ
ed 250,000, or one half, havo within the
hist year, been reformed. Ohio has 100,.
000 already enlisted, and double tho num.
b:r are confidently calculated on before tho
close of this year. At Sag Harbor, L. I.,
209 signed tho podge recently at a singlo
meeting. Since Messrs. Johnson and Eddy
arrived at New Orleans, from Boston, as
Temperance Missionaries, 28 grogshops
have rolled their liquor out of doors," and
the pledge has already been administered
to 2500.
The members of the bar in Erie county,
Petm., have formed a temperance society.
Within six weeks 070 have been enrolled
in Portland, Me. In 28 towns in Chemung
county, N. Y., 8500. There are 15,000
in a circle of 5 miles from Pittsburg, Penn.
100 in tho city of Bath. In Cincinnntl,
43,000. Louisville, 3000 : St. Lonis, 500.
In Kentucky, 200,000. . The reformntion
h rapidly extending to every State, crJunty
town, and village in tho Union. Fifty .two
temperance meetings, all crowded, are held
wecky in the great city of New.York, and
2500 pledges taken weekly. All the (lis
tillerics in Philadelphia aro now closed.
We have credit, we perceivo in Kocne,
for only 800. It should be 1400 mora
than one half of the whole number of in
habitants. Charlcstown has 500, and there
are but few towns going ahead better than.
Walpolo.
The amount of good resulting from this
astonishing reformation can be estimated -when
it is considered that, according to the
late returns of ccusus estimates, (taken be
fore the revolution,) tho total amount of
distilled spirits, and wine, strong beer, and
porter, consumed in tho United States an.
nually, was 71,000,000 of gallons! more
than four gallons to each individual. Tho
quantity is probably reduced at least one.
third if not ono half, this year. This sav
ing alone would soon-pay ull tho State
debts! Quarreling, crime and pauperism
will bo reduced 50 per cent. , j
Fibm resolution. Ono of our old re.
formers, who had been for many years th
reat soaker, was a few years ago brought
to death's door by a most violent attackf
ihe cholera morbus. A highly respectable
physician wits' called in to see him. lie im.
mediately prescribed French brandy. The
old man anxiously-inqui redf iHthing"eIso
would answer tho purpose, and "was an.
swered negatively. ' '
" Then," said he, with the utmost resig.
notion and firmness, " I must die. J am
determined that living or dying, I will drink
no intoxicating liquor."
jn spitq of til remonstrance from pliysi.
eiauand kiifd friends, ho remaned firm in
his resolution. Wo met our old friend in
the-fltreet-this morningrWQfl ds"ever, and
anxious to promote tho glorious cause of
temperance publicly and privately, as ho
has dono before. lie assured us that ho
would not have purchased a feeble remnant
of days at so great a cost as n glass of
brandy. " When," said he, "it became
necessary to keep my soul ond body togo.
ther by drinking bluo ruin, then they must
part." While some may condemn Jiis
course, all must admire his firmness. It
will require a violent attack at the citadel
of life before 'such a soul will surrender.
The old man thinks notwithstanding, that
tlieprtscription of tho physician cured him,
fjr tho animated discussion that grew out of
it excited the perspiration, and tho discoso
was thereby tLrrcml.Morhing"Siar.
Death-led of Human Grca!ness....Ccmcnt
V. during his fccblo" and profligate reign,
amassed, enormous riches by lho BitloDf.ee.
clesiastical benefices, and by other 6canda.
lous means. lie hud enriched his relations "
and his descendants, but he had not secured
their gratitude. The moment after his death
was announced in the papal palace, all ItH
inmates rushed upon hist reasures a if they
had been their lawful booty. Among his
numerous household, not a single servant
remained to watch tho dead body of their
mnstor. Tho wax candles that lighted his
bed of slate fell upon the bed-clothes- and
set them on fir. The flames spread over
the whole apartment ; but the palace and
wardrobe were so plundered, that only a
miserable cloth could bo found tc cover tho
half remains of one of ho richest popes
who had ever governed the church. Camp
bells Petrarch." - ;
A lady in Boston expresses herself decl.
dedly in favor of a " homo'Ieaguo" and
hopes her husband will join it. " It is well
known," said she, " that ho has not been
home three nights in a week for nine year.
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