A Weekly Family Newspaper, devoted to Christianity, . Political Science Agricultnre and General Intelligence.
VOL. IV. . ..NUMBER 5
ASHEVILLE, K C- SEPTEMBER lr 1843.
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Destruction of the Inquisition
i ?l.t Madrid.
The .followifi'r.'" extracted ; from the
"Western Citizen,'' may be read with in.
terest. commsr as it does Irom such a re
spectable source. Col.Jehmanousky was
an officer tinder the command of Napoleon
Bonaparte. Fortwenty-three years be
served with him in stations of trust, which
rendered the most intimate relnuonsjicces
sary,end it was onfy-wheit Napoleon was
confined on the island ol &Iba, that Lot.
Lehmanousky retired from tho service."
Of his lectares almost every one has heard,
Col. L. " has hud means such ps perhaps
no other man. living has had, certainly none
in this country, of knowing the men and
things of which ho speaks. 1 he doscrip.
lion below is as near tho language of the
Colonel as tho correspondent's memory
served him.r-Frthcelon Whig.
, " In tho year 1&09,." said .Col. "LehmaTI
nousky, " being then at Madrid, my alten.
tion was direglpd to the Inquisition in the
neighborhood of that city. Napoleon had
previously issued a decree for tho suppres
sion of this institution, wherever his victo.
rious troops should extend their" arms. 'I
reminded Marshal Soult, then governor of
tttuuria, oi mis uucree, wuo uircciuu tub
to proceed to destroy it. I informed him
that my regiment, tho 9ih of-tho Polish
f 1 J ".! .1... ...1 .1 . .1
but that it ho would give meTtwo audition
nl regiments, I would .underUike the work.
He accordingly javo mu two required reg
iments, one of which, ltytfi, was under
thecominnnd of Col. Du Lifle, who is now,
liko myself,' a' minister of the aspe"!? r He
is pastor of one of tliu evangelical churches
in Marseilles. With those troops I pro.
ceeded forth with to the Inquisition, which
was situated about five miles from the city.
Tho Inquisition was Surrounded with a
wall of great strength, and defended by
about four hundrcdsoldiers. When wo ar
rived at tho walls I addressed ono of the
sentinels, and summdned the holy father to
surrender to tho imperial army, and open'
the gates of tho Inquisition. The sentinel
ukuivmi a)n itlinrr An tin vvn 1 1 nnnpnrpfl til
. or ii
enter into conven&tion lor a fow moments
with some ono within, at the close of which"
lie presented las musket and shot one-T my
' men.'' This was tho signal forattack, and
I ordered my troops to firoimtm those who
appeared on jtnc wulls-''
" rIt'wats5pn obvious-that it was an unc
qual warfare,'T)e walls of tho Inquisition
were covecof wifh soldiers of the holy of
ficc, therc,was also a breastwork upon the
Vail, behind which they kept continually,
only as7 they partially exposed themselves
as they" discharged their muskets. Our
troops were in an open plain, and exposed
to a destructive fire. . We had no cannon,
pot could we seal tho walls, and the gates
'successfully resisted all attempt at forcing
them. I saw it was necessary to cnange
lhc . mode of attack, and directed some
trees to be cut down and trimmed and
brought on the ground, to ba used as batter
ing-rams. Two of these were taken up-4
by detachments of men, ns numerous as
could work to advantage, ana urougni 10
bear upon the walls with nil the power
which they could exert, regardless of the
firewhich was poured upon them from the
walls. Presently the walls began to trem
ble, and under tho well-directed and perse
Wring application of the ram, a breach
was made, and the imperial troops rushed
into the Inquisition., Here wo met with
an incident which nothing but Jesuitical cf
frontory is equal to. The Inquisition gen
eral, followed hy the father confessors jn
their priestly robes, all came out of their
rooms, as we were making our way into
the Interior-of the Inquisition, and with
long faces and their arms crossed over their
breasts, their fingers resting on their shoul
tiers, as though they had been deaf to nil the
hoiso of the attack and defence, and had
just heard what was going on ; they ad
dressed themselves with tho language-of
rebuke , to their own soldiers, saying,
"Why do you fight our friends, the
French?" '
Their intention apparently was to. make
uhik that this defence was wholly unau
thorized by them, hoping if they could pro.
duco in Our minds a belief that they were
friendly, they should have a bolter oppor
tunity in the confusion and 'plunder of the
Inquisition to escape; Their artifice was
too shallow, and did not succeedcjjuscd
them to be placed under guard, and all the
-soldicrs of the Inquisition ttrbe secured as
prisoners. - We then proceeded to examine
ilhia. prison house of-hcll S'e. proceedud
Ihrough . room -after room ; . found-altars
and crucifixes and wax candles in nbund.
nce. but could discover no evidence of
inauitv bp.imr nracliscd there, nothing of
those neculiar features which wo expected
to find in an inauisition. Hero was beau-
ly and splendor in the roosf perfect order,
on which mv eves had "cVef1 rested." The
architecturetheproportiSns were perfect.
The ceiling and floors of wood wero scour--fid
and highly polished. " The marble floors
ere i arranged with a strict, regard to or.
dr. There was every Jhing to please the eye
,and gratify cultivated taste ; but where
ttere those horrid inslimcnts of torture of
which we had boon told, and where those
dungeons in which human beings were
said to bo buried alive 1 We searched in
vain. The holy fathers assured us that
they had been belied. .That we had suen
all, and I prepared to give; up the search,
convinced that this Inquisition was different
irom others ot which 1 had heard.
But Col. De Lite was not so readv as mv
self to give up tho search, and said to mo,
' Col you are commander to day, and as
you say so it it must be, but if you will only
Do advised by me, let this floor be exnmm
ed more. Let some water be brought ii
and poured upon it, and we will watch and
sue if thero is any placo through which it
passes more freely than others. I replied
to him ' do ns you please, Col.' and order,
cd water to bo brought accordingly. The
slabs of marblo were lari?e and beautiful.
polished. When the water had been pour
ed over tho floor, much to the dissatisfac
tion of the Inquisitors a careful examina.
tion was made of every seam in tho floor
to see if tjio water passed through. Pres.
ently Col. De Lite exclaimed that he,JlaH
foun i it. By tlie side of one of these mar
ble slabs the water passed through fast, as
though there was an opening beneath. All
hands now were at work for further discov
ery. I he officers with their swords, and
the soldiers with their bayonets, seeking to
clear out the seam and pry up the slab.
Uthcrs .with thotutts ot their muskets
striking the slab with all their might to
break it, while" the priests remonstrated
against our desecrating their holy and beau,
til til house. . While thus engaged, a soldier
who was striking with the butt of his mus.
t,strucka spring and the marble slab
flew up. Then the faces of the. Inquisi.
tors grew pate, and as Belshazzar, when
the Jiand. appeared - w ritLng-on-.lhwallT-so
did these' men of Belie! shake and quake
in every bone, joint and sinew. We look
ed beneath tho marblo-slab now partly up,
and we saw a staircase. I stepped .to the
candlestick . and took pne of . the cjmdles
four feet iii length, which was burning that
might explore what was before us, as I
was doing this I was are&ttd by ono of the
Inritiisitors. who laid his hand srentlv on mvi
arm, and with a very demure andholvjook,
aid, ' My son you must not take thut with
your protano and bloody hunu; it is holy.
Well, well,' 1 said, 'lwunt something
that is holy to see ififwill not shed light
on iniquity; 1 vyjll bear tho responsibility.
took the candle and proceeded dowtf the
staircases 1 now discovered why the water
revealed to us this passage. The trap-door
uld not be rendered close ; hence the
success of Col. Do Lite's experiment. As
wo readied the foot of tho stairs, we en-
tered a largo room which was called tlie
Hall of Judgment. In the centre of it was
a block, and a chain fastened to it. On this
they had been accustomed to place tho ac-
cused, chained to his seat. . On this side of
the room was one elavated seat, called the
Phroneof ludfiment. This the Inquisitor
General occupied and on either side were
seats less elevated, lor the holy fathers
when engaged- in tho solemn business ot
the Holy Inquisition. From this room we
proceeded to the right, and obtained access
to small cells, extending the entire length
of the edifice ; and here, what a sight met
our eyes ! , How has the benevolent reli
gion of Jesu been abused ' and slandered
by its professed JYionds.
Ihcsc cells were places ot, solitary con.
fincment, where tho wretched objects of
nouisitorial hate were confined 'year after
yeurWeath released th'e'rh oTlhcir SuT-
lenngs and mere tlioir uoqies were suuereu
to remain uqtii they were entirely decayed,
and the rooms become fit tor others to oc-
.... .. v r
cupy. To prevent inis,pracuce ocmg oi-
fensive to those who-joccupiea tne inquisi.
tion, there were flues or tubes extending to
tho open oir, sufficiently capacious to carry
off the odor from those decaying bodies.
Li the cells we found some who had paid
the debt of nature ; some of them had been'
dead apparently but a short time,, while . of.
others nothing remainea out men Dones,
still chained 10 tho floor of their dungeon.
n others wo found the jiving sufferers of
every age ana oi ootn -sexes, irom mo
young man and maiden to thoso of three
score arid, ten years, all as naned as wncn
they were born into the world. Our sol
diers immediately applied themselves to re
leasing these captives of their chains, stript
themselves in part of their own clothing to
covr these wretched beings, and were ex
ceedinsty anxious to bring them up to
the light of. day. But aware ot .-aac-
eer1. I insisted on their wants being sup-
plied, and being orougni graouany 10 me
light as they could "bear it
When wo had explored these cells, and
opened the prison doors cJhoso who yet
.survived, we orooeedoi to explore another
rnnm on fie leftT Here we found nhe in
struments of torture; of every kind which
tho ingenuity of men or devils could invent.
At the sight of them the fury of our sol.
diers refused.ny longcr-woe-resu-iniiu
They declared that every inquisitor, monk
and soldier of the establishment deserved
to be put to the torture. We did not at
tempt any longer to restrain them. They
commenced at once the work of torture
with the Holy Fathers. I remained till JL
saw four Uifferentindsof torture Spplied,
and then retired from the awlul scene,
which terminated hot while one individual
remained of .the former guilty inmates of
thisjtntichamber of hell, on whom they
could wreak revenge. As soon as the poor
sufferers from the cells of the Inquisition
coild with safety be brought out of their
prison to the light of day, (news havin
been spread far and near, that numbers
had been rescued fromthe .Inquisition) all
who had been deprived of friends by the
holy office, came to inquire if theirs were
among tho number.
O, what a meeting was there ! about n
hundred who had been buried alive for
many years, were now restored to the ac
tive world, and many of them found here
a son and there a daughter, here u sister
and there a brother, and some, nlas ! could
recognize no friends. 1 tio sccno was such
that no tongue can describe When this
work of. recognition was over, to comnlutfi
the business in which I had engaged, I went
to Madrid and obtained a largo quantity of I
gun powder which 1 placed underneath the
edifice, and its vaults, and as we applied
the slow match, there was a joyful sight to
thousands of admiring eyes. Oh! it would
have done your heart good to see it ; the
wall and massive tcrrets of that proud edi
fice, were raised towards the heavens, and
the Inquisition of Madrid was no more."
II. II. K.
An appeal to North Carolina.
On the 4th of October, 1777, the battle
of Germantown was fought. Gen Francis
Nash, of North Carolina, commanded tho
reserve euard, which was brought into ac
tion and distinguished itself at the close of
the battle in covering the American retreat
and resisting the attack of Gen..Jjrry.
General Nash was motally wounded, it
is said, by thosamo shot which killed Maj.
Witherspoon, of the JNew Jersey brigade.
The point where this last and most severe
truggle occurred is yet pointed out. uen.
Nash was carried off the field and removed
to the neighborhood of the American camp,'
where, in a few days, he died. Geuera! I
rvusttmgTon, iirnis aespaicne8,menuons
his death with expressions ofdecp regret;
and, on the 4th of November, 1777, Con
gress passed the follovviifg resolution:
' liesolvcd, J hat his kxcullency, (jrov
ernor CaswclL, of ..North Carolina,. bore
qucstedjc-crect a monument ot live hun
dred dollars, at the expense of the United
ftatcs, in honor of the memory rjf Briga
dier General Nash, who full in the battle of
Germantown bravely contending for the
independency of his country."
On the 3d of August, 1843, sixty-six
years after this event, two gentlemen from
Philadelphia, being in theneighborhood ol
the encampment held by the American army
after tho retreat from Germantown, and
taking active interests in sueh subjects were
induced to ascertain the place of interment
of this galiant soldier" of the revolution.
They had no difficulty in doing' so. In the
bunaL ground, attached to tho Methodist
meeting house, about half a mile above
Kulpsville. in Towemensing township,
Montgomery county, there are fourgmves,
(three in good preservation.) with
ith head
and loot stones, placed there by tho neign
bors, by whom the tradition of the place is
affectionately cherished. The largest and
most narthwardlv srac is that of General
Nash ;"nhe others are those of Major White
of New Jersey, an aid of Gen. Sullivan,
Col. Boyd, nfid the other is unknown.
fhey were ail officers of rank, who died
of wounds received at Germantown, There
are yet living more than one with whom we
conversed who.distinclyrcc.
Nasfi'a" funeral, and are positive as to his
grave.
The burial eround Is entirely secluded,
though quite accessible, at tlie distance of
. 1 r c ni.:l. J..
aoout iweniy-iour mncs iroiq ijhiuuuijhuu,
an ja spot of as much plGturesquenieauty,
as can be found in that neighborhood.
The object of this communication is re-,
spectfully to call the attention of North Car.
ouna to the almost forgotten burial place oi
her 1 heroic sorf. I ho resolution of Con
gress, passed when gratitude was fresh and
active, has never been acted on. And how
could it more appropriately be carried into
eftbet than through the activity and liberal
ity of North Carolinians-, to build an ap-propriate-TOonumeutoa-Uespat-whereai'i
most within sound of tho battle whore-his
mortal wounds were received the soldier of
the revolution lies T " . .
It is not believed the nei ghbors will con-
sent to part with these j-eriiains. The in
terest the plain German tarmers ot anotner
generation, seemed to take in - thorn, was
one of the most agreeable exhibitions which
pur inquiries observed.
Tho name of the writer of this commu
nication, ono of tho gentlemen'" who made
the examination, is left with the Editors of
the Intcltigoncer. "It is made-to tho sur.
v vine rc atives oi jcn. nusii. nim. u-i.io
those it fails, then to his native State.
- OLD MORTALITY.
FnKsinENTUi, PiiRst'trs. The Richmond Whig
ays, " tliore ia aomething in tho chaac by a weak
jianjf a dignity like that of tlie I'retiduncy,
whirh irresistiblv n-minda one of that ancient
amusemcnUamong tho kittens the trjir.g to
overtake their tail. The litlo creature apina
round forever in the aame place, caoh moment
nrrsuaded that it ia on tlie point of fraspmir its
object, while every TerTurTil niukea acrvea only to
whisk what it runs after farther out of its reach.
Such ia pretty much the grave piece of folly upon
which tlie country haa been condemned to look
ever aince our present eagacioua ruler caught a
sight of his own tail and took it lor tne t resiucn
cy, which waa following him about."
'An aired and venerable divine, who discovered
that a mischievous ion of hia had been racing bis
nlrf mrc. scolded the votinir rogue in very severe
terras, and exhausted all his powers of reproof
and reprobation, but in conclusion could not re.
sist the temptation to inquire how the race ter.
m,,u " She beat 'em," waa the answer
Ah i" mid tho old irentleman, " she's a fine crea
luri. Jim : when I rode her, nothing ould pass
hor on the road." Button Pott;
Irishmen In America.
Several papers have appeared in the
New M irror, from an Irish correspondent,
wnicti turnisii some very amusing as well
as instructive traits of character. We sub.
join an extract.
One morning I was busily engaged writ,
ing injlie counting-house, when in came a
little boyyctlrrying a basket on his arm,
filled withsix penny almanacs, penny tapes,
pupers of piils, and all such valuable mer.
chandizo in a small way, forming the stock
in tradoof this yoithful itinerant pedlar.
Uemg very much occupied, I merely shook
my head nd said, "Don't want any:"
still the boy remained, and when I looked
at him again he very modestly said, with a
true Mile sian brogue, " Haven't you a ves-
sel bound to Derrv.sirT
" Yes, my little fellow, do you want to
send a letter by her 7 '
" Why yes, sir; only if -you please to
tell mo what u the passage of a small girl
from Derry ?" , -,"
Twenty dollars," said I ; " but why do
von arU ?n ' - -- V
' Because myself was thinking of sen
ing for a shister of mine, if you honor
plases !
" You send for. her;" exclaimed I
'"Your father sends, you mean."
" l have no father, sir.
" Your mother, then," said I.
" Mo poor mother 'a dead and gone, too,
sir."' '
" Pray, how old .a recoil 1" asked I, get
ting deeply interested.
-"Just pastVfycars, sir."
" But, my little man, she's too young
to bring out from Ireland, and yon are too
Wmg to take care of her."
" Oh, sir, don't disthract mo by saying
stf; shuro her old grandfather is almost
bTind" ahd dbafTandcatTive long, and oini
able to bring her up for he's poor hisself;
and when hp dies what will the crutur do
without any body to look tifther at all !"
" But where will you get money?" said
I, morejurpriscd,....-ii-.r . . ......
" Why, your honor sees me little lash,
kcl, and the neighbors filled it first for me,
so I begun to sell them thrifles ;.and all the
Sligo people and Donegal people that knows
me people at home give me a help.; and
with the blessing of God, shuro I've-saved
over twenty dollars, thinking of the poor
shinier at home all the time; and, whin
she comes, there's more than one will givo
her a bit and a sup, and soon she'U bo able
to go to service. 1 -
Whilst this conversation was going on,
one of my Sijgo acquaintances carne in,
and affor listening for awhile, he said,
" You may believe all the boy tells you,
sir. I know (um well, it s an mrue ; ana
the money he has is honestly come by;
he made it himself out of his little thrade ;
Uud don't you fear him in regard to his sis-J
tor; ho It take good care oi ner, ana i u
see to it meself, for he's the 'smartest boy
that ever left the county of Shgo !"
I gave the order for Ins bister a passage
wjthout any further hesitation. She ar
rived safely. Her, affectionate brother re.
ceived her with open arms. The neigh.
bors took a general oversight over them
both, and they went on prosperously
it
eitlier or boUWof. Jthem should ever read
and recognize this true narrative, they
may.ceLass.ured,Uiat.onajof,jlieir country
men still feels proud of their pure unadul
teratcd youthful devotion to each other.
He was shrewd beyond his"- years, and in
J .. . ... , .1'. . !
making a bargain mignt almost do irusieu
with a native of New England Lo,fbisjwn I
age. In riper years, of course,-he must
yield the palm to the " universal Yankee."
Soon alter 1 had mushed my business tor
mv Slice lad, a tall, strapping hod-carrier,
fresh from, the mortar, entered the office,
and making a bow, enquired, rather bash
fully "
Might 1 make bould to ax it your hon
or is busily encased just now?"
Why, pretty much so, said l, " but
why do you inquiro 1
VVliyr your-honoi:.seosjflave a.ieiwier-
to sind by ship, and it was'nt written, by i
meself for a rio 1 have -not, ttnowing
how but a friend of mine1, who is a grate
scholard, wrote it for mo, and I shuppose
its all richt. May be vou would lust look
over it, and tell me if there's no mistakes."
The letter had such a tempting appear
ance about it, I agreed to oblige him, and
commenced reading.
" Why, said I, your friend has made
one mistake, I see, already.
" What s that sur 7" asked ho.
"Ho has dated it the twenty-sixth of
January , whilst this is only the eighteenth.
" Oh. that s al richt. vou honor, i oia
him do so."
"For what, pray?" said I. '
"-Why, your honor knows the ship islto
unit mi the, Iwcnlti-aixlh . and I itanted to
give them the latest news, for they're mighty
.... a .wi lt all
proud of the latest dates in lrewnu aiways :
Look within. Yes, friend, that's the place for
wonders. Yoti'H find-enough for contemplation
thero. So do not gaze ujwn outward show and
things of'-sense. Shut op the' eaf tipon the noisy
worloVof steam and politics and cease to strain so
anxiously the vision after comets and eventful
signs. Repress that strong Athenian desiro for
"some new thing," that urges on flic gaping mul
titude. Close your senses to the. world without,
nni eontemolato" tho world Within, look in to' the
depth of ytnrown tout, and you'll find mysterious;
things anawonacr cnougu iu mm mmui contin
ually. Reflect upofT fearful energies, its mighty
capabilities of pleasure am 6f , pain ; Consider its
eternal destiny its abasing aervit ude in sin and
ila-redcmptioti thence ; reitember that your bliss
I all your gaxing aftef'strange' phenomena, do not
nr miserv VOW (ill IS suikco in ll lorever ; iui
f,.r.rPt to turn tho eyo within
' . ,
. Self Itlado Men.
Soma ten or twelve years ago, when we
were studying law in Jefferson county,
New York, a young man by the.namo of
John retit came to tho same olhoe to com
mence the study. He was apparently
about 22 or 23 years of age and a mason
by trade. He was a raw, awkward, cross
eyed fellow .with little knoweldge of the
worluVjndiwith none buts. fireside educa
tiott obtained between ihtTintorvals of me
chanical lubor. He was, howevor, ambi
tious. ' He possessed good strong common
sense and was a shrewd observer of what
passed around him. '. lit was a member of
our village lyceum, and was one of the
poorest speakers In It, but because he .was
unpractised. We recollect on one occa,
sian. when all the members of the society
were required to read or speak seihiwjf
original, ho took the floor and surprised us
an witn an original prayer whjch, distin.
guished him at onco as a singular genius.
After studying law a yearof two, he left the
office, with no wealth but hit mind and a
good heart, to seek' his fort uno in the great
,wqt,;;Thisjwas the lost we heard of him
till lately " .
Sorrie time since we saw the name of
hJolin Petit upon the democratic committee
ot Indiana, appointed to correspond with
the democratic candidates for the Presiden
cy. Soon afterwards we observed the La.
fayette Eagle assailing John Petit as a sort
of political dictator ' in northern Indiana,
and who was aspiring for the democratic
nomination for Congress in his district.
We kept our eye on the political move
ments in that quarter, and sure enough,
we found that John Petit did receive the
nomination of the Convention by a deci
ded majority over all the candidates. Dur
ing the whole time';, we felt a great curios
ity to know if this John Petit was not our
old fellow student. A day or two since,
we met a gentleman. from Lafayette, who
informs us that he is the same genius the
very identical cross-eyed John Petit who
made tliat prayer, lle-is-now considered
one of the ablest and soundest lawyers in
Indiana, and was, we believe, U. S. Dis
trict Attorney under Mr. Van Buren's ad-
-ministration.
Again : In the fall of 1836, a tall youth
from the Granite State, presented us a let
ter of introduction from an acquaintance
at the East, as Mr. John Wentworth. He
was worth nothing but the clothes he wore,
and about $30 in money. Like most Yan
kees who leave New England to seek their
fortunes elsewhere, he wanted to get a
school, and so he advertised in the Free
Press as a school toachcr. Not succeed
ing in getting a place, and finding his little
sum of money last growing smaller, he
started off for the interior. Wc gave .him
a. loiter of introduction to Lieut. Governor
."MtHidayyof-Arin Arbor, to which pluco he
put oft on foot, enquiring along the way,
but without success, for an opening to teach
school. He went to Ann Arbor, present
ed his letter to Lieut. Gov. Munday, but
failed in his object. From Gov. Munday
he took a letter back to Dr. Morse, of
Ypsilanti. He was unsuccessful there too,
and so he posted back on foot , to ' Detroit.
After deliberating hero awhile, ho con-
eluded to go direct to Chicago, and he start,
ed off for that place with a pack upon' his
hack" andlravelcdho'wholc distance," on
foot. Soon after ho arrived there ho was
taken sick and remained ill for several
weeks. As soon as he was able to use his
pen, ho began to writo for. the Chicago,
UemoerftUJUua-4uuuiy teO-to-wrngoaatiirei
ment by"which"hB-te"camethe Editor of
that paper, a relation which he sustained to
it until he succeeded in buying outthees.
tablishment, which he now owns free from
encumbrance, and which, as Editor and
proprietor, he has made one of the most
able, efficient and prominent Democratic
journals of the west. And as we have be
fore had fho pleasure ot an announcing,
ho has lately been nominated almost unan
imously fer Congress, by the democratic
convention of the Chicago XMsrnct. 'Pe
frott Free Frets. " -
A upraiMd trmtr.K neata recentl itnted at
a meeting in Alexander, Genneaaoe Co., N. Y.,
that tbe aestructive contiagration Dy woicn mo.
bile waa nearly destroyed in le.w, waa causud oy
about one hundred slaves, of which he was one of
tbe leaders, who had conspired to burn the city
and drive' oft" the white," and thus effect their free
dom. Before, howevor, tlie meditated period ar
rived, they were informed by some abolitionists
residing in the city, that if they succeeded in this
attempt they, they would afterward1 be taken by
the authorities of oilier place. The scheme, upon
this representation, was consequently abandoned.
They then determined to burn the city. The con
flagration waa to.have been a general one, and the
time set waa 12 o'clock at night, but some within
tho city commenced the work at B o'clock in the
evening, and thus Irustrated the intended purpose
of tho greater number.
" Gen. Saunders and Mr. Daniel have been tri
umphantly re-elected." Standard.'
" Triumphantly," you say. Well this is do
cidedly the xuecrest sort of a triuveph we ever
read of. Gen. Saunders triumphed from a majo.
rity of 745 down i 16 14trand MrTianiet tri
umphed from 855 to 155! " Olorieux triamplie ."
Where will the "unterrificd democracy" find itself
after another tueh triumph 1 Press on, noblo pa.
triota ! go it, chivalrous democracy ! yoa fixed the
thing at the last AsVenibly exactly to suit your
exalted purposes; and now you have " triumpant
lv" beirun to reap to reap the fruits of your hottest
i jabors .Oreenubmo'' Patriot.
"Echo answers, WjierxI" Tho Madisoniun
has the following perfectly charactcristicand Hire
assertion, and interrogatory. Wo defy any body
to read it, and not laugh. ,
" We believe ho (Tyler) hasthousandb and tens
of thousands of frienJs in the county, and ire
with to know icho they are, and where they art ."'
From the Augusta Washingtoniun. -
. ' Old Jones' Talks.
I do- cordially halo Alcohol i-he's so cruel.
Perhaps you never ho.ard how he narred one of
his faithful subjects with the glass bottle and the
tnappinfi turtle. Well, the tale runs ihus : After
uieiciic-w mo. got so oor that he was compelled
w i g u'mot- ns n vu ns ins brend, he was tol
oy some oi Alcohol's Oilier that lie should haVe
nomoro anocK-Kncert wlmkey unless hoWould '
danoo bnrefootH on broken glass botllcfor one
hour. The poor fellow must either have it or die,
as ho thought. So the bottles were broken up',
tho danco began'; and demons, m the slmpc of
men. yelled horribly a Jietmh. laugh, while tho
blood streamed fromjho victim's feel. A tem
perance man, (n good, Samaritan, ((Missing by,
rescued- him frorti his tormentors for this time,
took him tnxfx inn, and had his wounds dressed.
On anofhor occasion, the sumo individual waa
dry ff wont of a drain. His uppotilo was hurn
inglik tho fires of hell, and must be satixlicd.
Ills Sataric Majesty's 1st Lieiilenant, the Grocer,
awore hoshould not have a drop more ur.h-ss ho
would first kiss a Snapping turtle which was at.
hand. , This proposition was cheerfully assented
to, as ho was to have afull half pint us a reward.
The turtlo was brought out but not baing used
to salutations from such unimuls. ho
intuit, seized tho fellow hy his lip, and bit out n
considerable piece. To finish tho show one of his
brother drunkards attempted to sew up the wound
win, a nagging neeoie, winch greatly augmented
the sufferings of the poor mortal. This time, also,
he w as rescued by a temperance man.
My hero waa destined to other evils still. At
another time he was under command of one of his
Sutanic Majesty's Heiitenunls, who refused to let
him have a half pint unless ho would submit to
39 Jashos. As thero was no alternative, he took
off his coat, received the whipping, and then tho
liquor. Ho, soon wanted another half pint on tho
same terms, and then another, until the inhuman
Groceirhnd luid on 3!) lushes three times, success
ively. Finally, he vowed by all that was sacred,
that his customer should . have no more unless ho
would agroo to be hang. Ha ugrci d to do this al
to, provided ho should be allowed lo drink tho
liquor first. The gallows was pieparcd by fusion
ing a rope to a slooping tree alter drinking his
half pint, he was swung oil'; and must have died,
but was cut down by a sober man, whom . Iro i
dcnr.e directed that way.
These things happened in our own (lenfgla, not
many years since; as can bo proven ! ,i ,,n
living witnesses. Old Junes ir-pnu tint In-m
a Ueoigian but cannot adniiro sueh " Georgia
Scenes" as theso, and someUmes others desenbed
by Judge Longslreet."
The above poor,dr,uukal wns reformed, through
the blessing of God, by tho temperance men ; was
converted to tlie scrvico of tlie LntA, and died, ub
is hoped, a Christain. ( L,D JOS Eri.
A Curious' Circumstance. The St.
Clair County Banner says thut a " Mr. J.
M. Gcel, of Port Huron, in that county,
commenced near his house berin'g for wu
ter, and having sunk a shaft to tho depth of
115 feet, he suddenly beared u hissing noiso
which ho supposed to be water rising whero
ho had bored. He immediately commenced
taking up his shaft, which. as .soon as ho
had done, was followed bya noise as loud
and resembling that .made by tho largest
steamboat letting off steam, and a rush of
gas, throwing stones, sind, ecc., to tho
'height of 100 feet, and with such force as
to tnrow stones weighing from 5 to 10
ounds, when placed in tho orifice, to tlio
lit of several fett. A lar-io tube has
boeu inserted over the hole, and up to the
present time it has continued, ultliougli not
as stronj? as tit first, to emit a strom? cur.
rent of gas, of nn inflainmublu nature, supt,
possd to be hydrogen. Wo yesterday vis.,
itcd tho. spot, and saw the g.i.s lighted. ' It :
burnt freely; producing a bright Same- and
slightly impregnated w.iili a sulphuric smell
but when burning or otherwise,, not the least
oiTciuivo.".
CliicKitniicomico.
Don't you recollect this terribly long
word, in good old Noah 1 Webster's good
old SnolliU!? book, whera ' It atnnd in lhi '
jaw crackers' Caiiujoharie and Michilimac-
mack f It wasa proud day of your, school
boy life an epoch in yocr literary pur
suitswhen you got to Chickaniicomico !
' Baker,' ' Crucifix, ''Ambiguity,' the pi'c
turs, ' big A, little a ron, Aaron,' and oth
er stopping places oi note, triumphantly
left behind Chickaniicomico was tho .last
stage beforo "grammar" tho' nc plus ultra
at human learning!
. Wolf, whaTsTuTlvTicrc is Chicknmico.
rriicb'? We pauieTor a rt-pTy." Can ono
in ten thousand among the millions who
have studied Webster's spelling book, an
swer the question ?!
Chickainicomico is nn Island on the coast
of North Carolina, 23 miles north of Capo
HaUeras.-Z-frVceiiWo' J'ntnot.
There is a bny in New ( Irleans so lazv
that ho writes Andrew Jackson thus iru
Jaksn.
That's equal to the way tlie fellow spelt
Psalm Hooks. It was liius Sum Mux,' .
Lowell Courier.
- But-it is nort-qml to the way a chap
spel'. funds. rl wns thus l'liunz. New
Bedford Mercury.
And that is not more oulJmidish than to
spell the word lisic,riVi Walker, phthisick.
Some genius o'lcc-.imuVrtook to spell cof
fee without one of th --If Iters Ueloiioini; to
the word, thv kauphy. Frrd. llernhl.
It wns Isaac Jacobs who ha I a 'genius
for spelling; he spelt his own name- viih
out dnd of the lelfiirs pfopeiTy TMJnaing to
it thus; Ku'ck Gckvps. l'lmm. Fiepo's.
Candor. The Canton Demorrat mentinou i',
case of an honest Hibernian, who'jbaviiii.r trhed
rather long ut the "whiskey," wandered into u
grave.ynril, and bring linosed to murahzi- on tho
vanity of earthly things, commenced readin g tliu
epitaphs on the tombs. The following attracted
his attention : " 1 am not dead but sh ejieth."
' Will," said Taddy so!il6quising, " when 1 die,
by thv powers I'll own it."
RF.siuYvnov The Augusta Constitutionalist
states lhat Mr. J, H. t,ainar, sleeted liistrear a,
.member of Congress, from Georgia, hasresigno
his scat in that u'.xiv.