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TUVtlDAY I'ttDUL'AttY 23, 143,
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aJ a., a . i . .
"Jk tilary if ttaal
- ciur. i.
! ilit raily pw f Njttt.lr eren
jug af the fttr m3.rhea yiiing o&.
tvrs. ad t tJ ia Uit fretn tubd at eta
ftheir e-tiir amf-wto, appraectied an
ntj ahined hi l roomy btulJisg on rb
Jrey btak of be Delaware. Th
cadJ kWof uir had already changed
m4 scattered lb Itset of lb forest, iht
nartS waal sight-l eiourafwl tbinogb
ib Meet, end it raiorand rjei tend!,.
tJ f.rrybif without MI end dretry.
trivial their Mt el !' (fore
i ibt r4 hicbhJ u ibt builJinj, ihrj
wlia!jr ppiMHe it il ontl
lhO I J'Ui-S'(l BBn.an tee
bat l' 'b4 fir bfteert, pacirMiaf t
4fittt fxiriie in fiwt, l,KW.kd
n;it rirc ff''nt hJ in mmcnri
at e!ief Umm iht ietnni of ih ttarm
be ficie mtr bl canmrnrrj it
iif . Si Jibj lin tneiyti heituf
m tt c i In' iiunl ?
f ie il innipli'tino'iitj fWijrt
l il.r I f.fi
!,! r. rf ljilr i.i ilicniMi le
in; that f"tTtt r UUet taffl. Cttti g
lIirnH ih b!l lfan r4ruin( rrrrr
ft iheir Mt etttung inpri ii.Mis urn
at iiitrr ivnfue nf pn c deriib.
Thrv a capetorir Md fjin.
lurt of a t.die ha copViior iIrr -a
Ur('tiIbn!hatiifircbU(rJ on il.ehi
an I a i agJ inlitlua, (pa ibmnril ti
iittj lock pprrify ht mg ilie pii
6) wimrri ocr llitai. mat kneltnf ,i
fit aftaadtf ol 4tutinaf, aceomani-U. i
Ibt iaat niitiin., by at ai-il mirB
tad ia yo'Jntf if . h ynanf
afli'wra mm n jI aid liitnin-' AmiI
ab F'ier in litaen,f ioiai( aha? t.ir.
if it ihott'd p!et I'itt uiukt ar bfl..
rj aa i t'lyarlf ,lul e.tnii-n'li;; li
Ittsbautt anil ihaatotm, !iy itl ttdoiit
but oh Father, p irt the in apare tSam
gal prtra W t'lit torMvin; land'
laiif war tonal ean-inue, il biodahl
anT blight aauai stilt paaa over and
tmtinJ at, h make aar cbiMrrn Worihy
af ibt holy eaa in whieii ihy are en
ja;e.I. Itara thrnt la rally around and in
-tweitfthea Ilia brtied chief whom r
lrutthoa ht appoimrd. in thy mtty,
li ma our country in lead onr ?ing
mm Id aurct(ul lruffl-and if Iht t
erifiet anl cone, l.ilirr if again r
are rilled apn to an-iuro at w haa
lnmirnd. e boar In thy ai! (the M
foan'a braj brnt ttill nne lo-lr aa he
fattrrrd Ihia, and auj.bleaub w bran!
from iie famaUa.) iul, nil, Fa'her, I iru
bf the hrartt f ihoe wirbed mm.
th iit vli-i em, the hireling for f ..
buiu l Undi'r an I datroy us, an I aa
line didi amiie tka Mxl antra of old, an
iUe the opprraaor and hit erui I allies
ar, turn iheir heirtt to peace. . G.4 be
tacrciful, and larn at m vsrUirn in tin
eemy, ihy will, oh Fiher, ihy ii!.
not mint, bn done," Bleat ua a
tleep Ihit aighl, aid ta-tHra thall h tht
pfine forever. Tt IbU in a bold and
fcreot m inner ai ike uiual rerpmaa
Ameo." s
The cam pny then r aa from iheir
kneet.indaoifhtnttfTlheeyetof iheyounc
man which enuld never be e&Ved Oi
the rrHirrg women, une wa aoma io aril
twenty ytarinf agf.theo hertliree or four
yer youngnr. A heariy radinre
teemed to illume their countenance, and
.'the very ideal of beauty tt upon t'teir
braw. A heavinrt of tpitti teemed t
gtt'ier oter one of the young offirera,
tpparenily the tupeiior of the ihiee, aa
he gaifd and Itateiied he abruptly turn
ed a t'l departed, while the ntlri, titent
ana wnndertne. vel rcaneeltfelv, foil iw
ed. i:.mi..n,n ....i i... 9nr thev i
had proceeded a abort ditiace. I can !
not enter that hone there aeems to be
tboly clurni perrad.ng il, and I h-ve
heard that nhtch weigh me lo theeaitb.
Ok absence may crea'e uiica.ine-i, let!
ut return tol lie camp."
IV. . i. . .i ..." l.. ... it,.'
llJ Willi Mill- OI"itT " (
Count Wolburv. hn.li.i a comuiiaaion;
in the II, a.... n,.,-
ing, toward the spot wbete hi eout.tr) -
men, where quartered, he fell into a deep
atite of dej-rtion. ."Am I then." he
miJi.' ...!. .i - - . .tun.
d ree I,,.. I l.n ... !.,... inv .
eonnlri .m I 1 . . t ...I...; i.. ail
In 0.iptein a brave i oi)!r? They
(old me I wa about to embaikin a litfh
troua cauae, bm, ula, every .tbttijr -I se
n l bear le-ad me, 1 fear, tvi a JilT;reiil
cuiflui .n."
-n a "
The ancestor of Mr. Winmaer, them
'ble putri n nbu ih,n bell poeseaaioti of
the inherilmce which had bcenbequeaih
d 1 1 him. arrived in the 1631 at Nieu
Amalerdun. fnnw New York.) and emi-
rr.ted. on the cetaion of that city to the
Kaglish iu 1561. to the southern part of
Na. I I
! Jertev. where he cunnnenced nn
proving ihe wildernct. and i i the pro
fe o ume erected the maniton now
P"etd by 'the family.
Mr. Wi unaer, the present ocenpan',
rne to adliirnce and honor, but took e
y little pari in tbe political, movement
"f he day. He manied one of the niOi
ejetuble ladies iu the ne'ghb uh od,
1 'aU fci.W. .te f.a.
tf w Im f.t'irra. tat ffnrfro1 b$
w.it M birkViti't eVWJifa in iht AsU
uja long-. f iirb !t Lad arm
n'KIIN. El Baaia r. u ..iln.. .....
Need !it tiaa-fj f t.ir touauy. (JM
an lurm K.j at iii.i P BrauLJ a, in.
P.'1-,1? ln.t-i fct.
tar fell, a ja.. caj cWrmtd ji4
h a4.ct ukca ap t.tt rtitfrar
i:h ler fiLtr-ia-law. aaJ hw W Rat
af the .af women hMnkUiCiai
had beheld Lneeliog at the lia3yeJ.af
Oaa if tbe d.vghtraf jf ye'ar or taw t re-tw-a,
had be lorn by the Land of
ilraih, f ie a beau Uuljtid bonoiirig Com
r, fr iheVp-reat aifi. and had twee
atttaded to ih- t'fub b ff.e teaie and h.
aarf.fion o Hr yungfri4igrd for ma
aToutof i.xr an ma aont were
Wht i.B mi h WathlnguHr. on ibe
ron1vaiti ai leof H e !)! are, br.
JngAntbe $ if-fa and drprtttinnt of thai
! gl r-iray period. reiui0Tug for a "nm
meni oeainlly ty ttealib. iabebold
ad hi erroftrge the friend titer to ilear
ly loeJ. . Ur jo rt (era the Cotnt. af
let liaiening a lrri liiaa (for it waa aj.ia
the peflol f eaentng pr.jei) to a tijran
ZX???
mehHli!knorkeo at the dr, whieli we
Ajteneiby Mr. Winn.aer, and although,
Iran l.iaumloim. ante welcome gaett,
hi in wl tHculd Mihtraee admii ed.
Saed by the enmfnf uble fite.idr, ad
happy lo be, une more, wlre hit naiirf J
iHeue rttfM te amlfrataoa aig tlia
(rly cirrle, the G-wnl poured for-li bit
whole ht art. Hi noble brow and gallant
bearfwf, won ap.m biehearera tct ach'i l
ciajil through fiat ataembly the Count,
a utfr. toil at turb, ro t no tyro
pvth. a aid iha ton sad d.ugbthert of
struggling Ajeiic. t '
Miami.
Wbn ihtj know the wnrkingt of the
haman heart earaereuTM fir the appa
rently impoatib( change which betel il
where prejudice yield to love, and
hat. at firtt teems tepuhme and unpleat
anuiaolteiitimea Uken into favor and held
a an idol to it inmost core. This it one
of the happy ordinances rf nature, and it
oltVntimre ebterved in the ordinary aa
welP a the deeply important eeote of
life. . . -
I'wo or three evenings afef the t ma
wa have reiki d. Count Wolburg Irft htajcuuntenance pourtraying a mire beautiful
eompunion. and wanilerrd be teemed un ) glow than tbe freth gathered rote which
eon.cinua and lmoi leganllr n hitber. ' her adoring loe placed in her band .he
Call and elegantly proportioned, hie form
and f.ce weie tplrnili lly set off by the
becoming uniform uf hi prfennn. lie
aun-ercrl eari)ely aloi g, Ina armafold
ed.l itneli pointed inhrc touching theeirih
a it hung d.nglmg by bis side, and his
plume falling unhet ded b'ncricefi.Il v over
ins braw.ss if the owner w ere scarce con
vciuutuf power of animation. Pictures of
iha pat and of the pieteni floated before
him hen he waa the idol of In fa her
princely pl.c in hi native Germany.
whre each knee bowed, and every heart
acknowledged wiili gratitude hit approach
nhera Hie young and tba old bleated
the hand that adiainittered to their necee
titer, but now, oh how tbe tcenejt ebanj
ed when the wnrdtof the agid pnt'iot
still ting in his eatt luin bck the
IiCjiM of thote ho come but for pi tin
tier, lo detecraieourt eitb and hnine"
and oh find, he exclaimed in agony, is
it really eo i tuch lbs woik my aoe
reign Ins ppoin:ed for a subject - hose
anceMnre never knew atam or dishonnr
ami . hireling my employ merit o in
jure tbe oppretted to as;itin destroy
mg a brave and noble people ala. I tear
it ia ik true and the Count groaned
from the innuiit recceses of his heart.
On lookine un. he found that he had im-
perceptibly euayed lo the viciniiy of the
mamion where but an ee ning or two be
fore l a lud heard the voice i f euppliealion
and prater, beheld that aged couple who
teemed like tba chosen one of the Eter
ni, ,nJ lh, ,,,el)' form, ,!mI
whir.li seemed tihu uiitiil liille less than
-
"hcri.l. A. -he ly st.te l, the clwrm
of beauty wa not new to the young
t'o'in k olburg. I ne idol alike i f the
b.ll-rnm and tbe social cucle, all the
'enchantment that gy and brilliant life
could iiretent, had been lamihar in bun
anlnhere waa something indefiuable in .
that ancient mansion, anil hede erinmcd,1
wh ever might be the hazard, to intro
duce himtell.
CHAP Illi '
It wa they rosy mom!) of June. The
sun sho'ne in ui'clonde.l tplendor Nature
poured forth hei itcbet tleasing; the win
ter had downed the arms nf America with
victory, an I hope and j V once more be
gan In 'cnli'cn the bonome ol her rlnldren.
Two of the tons of Mr. Winnmer had
been home for some weiks recovering
from
ihe rlTecit of severe wound, but had
, aCnn joined their commander an mninu
u, ii i oatnoti8in nu n ic, " k-"k
conquering and to conquer, ,1 lie voting
ladiea, af er tbe performance ol f .mdy de
votion, had seated lh melet on the pi
azz g izmg on the placid botoro ol tlie
I) Unare, on whoe waters the moon-i.-.i.
,ia.iril I.Le Kirexnt of cold, and
i.: i. .i ..r. u .in..) nhirci. ib Uit c son ol
iPfirg iv is " j " w
Em jlia, the bereaved pun. widow now
im.itttr -fUic.JJfIBrt aitretly
etel.h Wat ferest t kJ iHora '
u aneu w jna aa f fletty mlmm bin a. j are-e aha g iM.al. ei jtie fcilt, tjtith
t peaeedu bav long wLifrel4 i.&''ir.pe(t by fr!eli4Jt. and wub
1 .rue, be t-wd. in greet oa again, tuain.it adorned aitSa t eawifful gre.
b.t J f ona an. aa. bHote. Iteer an A Oaibewiif r.UV iWhaiibClM.ieacMoc
inrgifcib'fteJigliiaT wbiehj bad ltn. nhich o-fra waved ia uXSr
emefttl )fr abodr"it tae tftea ppar lia eat beauty. " .1 . '
ed lo re, aay 6elrd aie. I ka iwajv Every thing wfthi and araal tta
of heaven, fua whea 1 had been o 1I4 ettanjiroeni aerra.d fitted in inapir
hep. andjLe eioraa and fraipeft were eontsmmrnt nJtfl'',, alvriiyg
af-u!Me.- YourjJar1y1iuaM.rdfaUttr and e vemr.f ,tje ru: a of tietuftoa w.
rema. k'dio e. the ltu men eCe itfat "ftxhttti afuaiiJ,- ' . '., , w -
I hn.td tei ba t Icooit.. yout b trde,
pro i Jed 1 caiae as totaJ i j Ur conn
"J- I fh aowTat.cJjir iha
prorbiteaV bao4 flying.-al my re- . waaf Ully looked by jbe venerable
inra to ajy naiite lnJ, in lb (ee of lay'pjtrHrrh ad .L All ereular mil en
ipverrien, arked, to be "letted not oi.ly .ded with Saiofday tttting tun; ijd rrgu
Irvm ihe'hated aak aged roe. bultha rtjr an I'm S.bbaih ta tbe nulk-whije
I tetglil repair In Franca ai.iT j in the etred uoted n wilH luotl detotional
iatr.a gUtout apiii a about in eo&ik intiep fo "the tillage ehureh. ll.ppy fa
toppori of yrwr (aimed, chief. II per- ind! Wan fan wiahla cat into uch
rtft3 one. bm-wAul.l not grant tfce oth circle, tred or ruiJ But even
er, YieMing to the prayer of my. fatrr- "arrtMo)l tin enclosure, thiha;.pr fifeaiJe,
tr anil of t-oTJm2 I urrn trA Vniiimi il . rtf.l.i. l...im tViil. ..It ,i.. ....
iin jOerirjiny, obtained, lurioi.gh. t
the.m.gHfPeep4. M.t
ihejn? le.rt o.utt car lore. .taank
ibt aa tot hrai toar, after ioimw
my n'.lede..aotryaeninAeric..w.a
M t . yoo. Ifcmd d.li ha e...bled
me itm.v,...,B. ' hf
a--; jv,. "-.it,. Umer irr tl.a reined vale, r.r r.bj
bai.irvie . V lionahle emplotmeni, and the bualmg
A ftw e.emege fpa i.et wrhara , of tbe village.-.Ti.eBofcVen n-.J
detenbed. an ea.ne.u- ad. in y..uc it ef, ( ,lrtmef ,d miI1.,rd ,'B
thoulJ be aiated. n .t an unwelc-rne .ati- heecene.l.ietTii;idiiipaiio. nhirh
or... atthefcetofhi. oW'Tii.tunih aff..rded. And nnw.h.w
e.eeUaaloe4Juleae. fn, dj s.nf litter In- hie eje
cbiin fd. -to beenme o,H.efo4ever.- Icen lfe' h nfl , tl ,,h f,t intJ
ofir7ag, in my native latd. tula, honor, hef 1l4?neyed acemajnin b.a ear.
weal.li.aodaha.rl rlevoe-bly yourt-my,, ,P e.ert.1urn. nd
i.T .r, .no aanincr airaaay aavrs ou in i .
-... .,.-. , -- rrT.V . ic""' ; ienio of tbe. deurojer. For a liiaJh
you aa indeed i Moved qh.Id." fU" m veaiaai the paternal roof, but a fe
ai.lerl.keyoo.aelf.bMut.M. vrhn . will UntVe9 d.etent.nd frooi them received a
cumn.nion. in Leu uf our dear Emrlia.
or lei her go with us; how shn.IJ 1 rj.i ce
that anti ynnrdear parents, and tlinse
brave brotheri whose gallant ,deed bare
hcen so loudly praiied br their noble
commander, should accompany nt. Oh
cor.eem, my beln.ed one. to be mine-
m;ne forever." The maiden blushed, hr
thought ol he brothers ber country, ber
self, and a tear of gratitude bedewed her
et e. At this moment her motherentered
the room, and Julia sought her cl.an.ber,
wheia sh wept, in her happineta, on
the boenm uf her tis'.er and frie.id. Af
ter earn sl solicitatiuns on :he put of the
Count, it wa finally decided that in a
te.r from that time, il he held t the
same diepoiition. and nothing ui uu.I
orcarred, he might claim the gentle Ju
lia as his bru'e. In vain he urged ' an
earlier day, the hazard of war, the dan.
get lo which hi beloved one would be
exposed the fiat had gone foith. and
could not be changed.
At the dreedlo! ba'tle Uln in Germany,
toward the close rf 1805, among ti e du
tinguiahed commanders of diitnn, was
the Count Wolbt rg. Although past the
prime of life, he fnighl gallantly at the
hi ad'ol hi commend, and fell, covered)
ith wounds, during a fearful Charge.
Fur some time his life was despaired ol.
but a good constitution obtained the rail
lery. The following year saw tbe Count,
with his lady, tons, daughters, and aev
eral affect onate dependants, in the my
of New Yoik. lie had yielded In jhe
wishes of his countess and his own incli
nation! abjured t'rt lie. and the vain honor
which it bring purchated the old home
rteal nn the Delaware in which his noble
heart firtt brat with emotions of hope
and le, and there, at the close of a good
rid age, and surrounded by their children
and their children's childitn, they laid
down to rcs, 1 1 aw akin when the trump
I , . ... . .. a
j of joy h,ll sound, and the good come
lonn to ear-mating npe a. BM....r
The mansion house i still in pnaseesi-n
of the family, modernized and renewed.
and the inm-trs oft tt-II the j-y and sor-
row of ihoe whom they eo tenderly lov
ed, and whoe precepts and viriues will
ever te fondly cherished and legardtd.
From the Worcester Magazine.
The Prodigal Rclurnvtl.
A TEMPERANCE SKETCH.
" For this my son was dead, and ia alive a
gain, w loat, and ia found.''
In a beautiful quiet town in the sntiih
west part of New England." lived the
young in m. a portion ol whoae bittory is
hcre'ketched. His lather was a farmer
of independent estite, of unimpeHrliable
integrity, of industrious habits, and uf
devotrd piety. His mother a of kin
dred tpiri'. a help meet indeed. By their
united rffortii, they reared a laigefain ly,
and spread around ihe in a noble farm.
which jieided it annual product-in great
afiitt,itla.fA-
Ti. ...hsiooiiJ farm house stood on a
inodrrate elevation, commanding a roost
deligbtltiprosj tel. At .it front w.s a
f iLt 'actt4rva fl, &4ftf a iaaa
Miet Um ti.t f.!If iaa. -i aaVwug
r r
I - Tl,a !J-fMbioacd BMa tbal Ufii
! ja J J. ?y.
JHnJ the God of hl (aidx of the
the
rth
pent .ubrjeje, wh.ch,: fc
-ttiUuvi .eebWvc,jaW
. , '
-t-.u- - ri
h,nB,milw. ,h.f- ,.. , A.mttm
, (h, of f , wA
fail,.fuI,e.., and "ibe Iwalf.rut.l.ho.t ol
rav,y f hi, font,n, n,lwr;,bna W Uvti
he'lihfi. ebeki'7.:
tie grew up tf manhood, and thus far
Miad kepl the enemy wtlliin hia eootrnl.
, In appesir-ince: pe was a model robott.
"V V ".,nu,,ou,e:- cru7
- l wd .M Papered. He
manly, liantieotoe.., Ua sucreeded t. a
married an accomplished Udy,i and for ii
time no data cloud wa even to lower, in
lie hr zoo of their attbly prosp ci, "
It was not until sha, was iha mo'thcr of
two lovely children, thst the indeecnb.hly
sortnaful truth flatbed clearly upon her,
thst iheir f.ihc r ta a drwnktr'. Whit
unuterable anguirh '-does ibe wife let I.
hen the ftl truth pre'tse itself upon
her mind, tl at her , companion, the cber
iahed one of her p.itle and hopea, and on
whote protecting aim ehe leana for a up
port, and to wlmm through every -scene
and change she had clung as die ivy clings
to the atJlrty oak, haa Mien' a victim in
the artful wile of the d4ilhett of I umjfn
foes. Then there enter into her dwell,
ing inv gloom Ol .Cpli, agonj, tun ivmiw
the besrw that rende the spirt; wo. thai
cannot be alleviated, that will not be com
forted. - '
For some time ha!f-aiippresed ul
rinna had robbed her of peift cl tetl. Ilia
; .1 l r l . .1... . . . I
long abtencea had been excuted by a hct
Hating indefinitene, aid hi uteres! in i
hi idol family seemed diiiiinifhed. Al :
host, ihe aecret came ou. and all ii;athTpt. That during the confinement ol
threaded proceis w.s ex o.d. " He is
a drunkard!" aobbrd the broken-hearted
wife; the agoniz-d paient exclaimed
" Attempt not l- comfort u. we ill go
down with aorrow to the gr-ive.' IIhd
been first enticed lo itrink in the fehi.n j
able puny; next he occasionally culled at '
iti n.iifi.hl. Ii.opI, and ai len'ir h. s.oei I '
his hour at the Eilded s i ion, ami Irom
...... r -
lhat, hedeacentled lo thecoininoncsthaunl
of ihtsipaiion thaMuiks in the wnll. He
was now regtrded us a miserable, ruined
man, and his history fnra few year Wa
the hitory of a drunkard, a disgrace In
hit friend, a rnrse to bit family, and a
nuince tr eocieiy
Ilia piopfriy -was
mp dly warned, bit hn.n- w deflate.
He Dued not in Kits career, till he found
himself within the eloomy wall of a pit-
ion. .There he beiaii to meil
lime on bis
ndi ioo; the
pattltfe, and h:a pieem con
wrong, which his witeand childien, and
his parent, had endured at Ms liantl.
enme up in sad review before -hi mind.
The siicf of conscience were awakened,
and renioite gnataed at hi heart.' The
last event was too much for his lather; hi
heart was br ken. and he 1 it upon ihe bed
of death. He had one requeii; he pnyed
that God would spare In Me nil he could
see his son-once more. The pr.yer was
answered. The ton leinrnnl; be entered
tbe sick room; ihe old man still biewhed,
and ita he -saw him, 'hi eve 'brightened,
and his couinenanre was lit up a with
new Me. I have prayed for this hour,"
sid be, " and now I stfe you to make one
solemn promise;-it is, iht you will lte
a sober man." "1 will." he answered,
and the icara flowed thick and fast. Tin-
father died: hi spirit passed neacefuHy
i up lo him whogaveit. The history of
the on from that hoiir..fotma a bright
' P'- He ihe Wah.ngtontan
rJlJi,e, borne in the handt f one v,ho
hai hn I ia.l tt. On ih'f, a
it.n Ufa af af ike l iprrkednirar.
beal kiejitel f tad t ad TM
UttceVbiaiMMt nf b lb d.t f mm av
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caiiiii'W, language cannot derbej ha
ntfe, O.'ti fLi-reaif Uia ghe t th-yt
tear. ! "5-7 wa. all tie nwita MitnBnief W t fTIrert.anA lake. roteka
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OflOM Or THEC!tttTf JXQVI-T
yV have at fensitt rereived the Iwk
lo"win documcut ihroujk an anelpecied jl'" J privtstra. 'm unler lf cI
t,nj r .n.n. n,.t .ind lake command cfsr.e bvz. "
perted iu publication by a direct emairv
.v. r .
uoa Trots, Ue riavy UepartinetiG
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From ih Kewfetk lleM af ft b 8-1P. M
Wa have received from our special
correspondem at Washington a eoiwcj,
copy of the ta.uten Opinion
of Inquiry m Uia ra of Commarider
Marlu.e. and we haaten to prt u to
Wee"w
ilia as liule" delay ai'pos.i-
United Stathip Nortji Ca ratine,
... . 4ij(anafiM 184
. Present. Comroodofi Charles Stewart.
Commodore Jacob Jones, Commodate
Alexander J. Dallas, and Ogilcn HoflT-
man. Judge Advocate,
Tho Court, aftei due deliberation, re
volt e lo report the facts and circumstan
ces of the case submitted to them, and to
deftver. their opinion upon tho facu as
follows;".'' Sfv'C. "
" In vKb exeruftan of the order of the
lion
with
.Secretary of lhe,N'aj, ll.e Court. I thehr duty w tho erv,ra aadjheir coun
.the'exceptton of ten of the, ' - ' 0 .
who are in conunemenk examined averr
hfficer,se aman.'and apprentice belonging
to'the United States brig Sotom in her
late cruise, and .nnanimously report the
facts, at proved lihe satisfaction of the
Court .bjr, the testimony, the record T
wlncn they hare the honor nerewtin to
submit. .'. t-' ' ' vr -' ""
That on the 27th Noveinheft 1842,
latitude 13 24 16, and longituder 41 l
45, Commander Mackenzie discovered
that a mining had been organized on board
the Somcrs.' ; . . V . - ' -ae
The Court further findf tljai such mu
tiny did exist, anil-.that Midshipman
IMiilip Spencer, boetsjrain's mate Samuel, when, a. say, this wis krowa, tha v
Cromwell, , and seaman Elishe Small Whig then keaoughi thirj-co 1 per
were, j-inglcaders jn it. and that othersf . mil tbee micbieous seototiannto'ka -
.1 a 1 t I.I . . I i : 1 ' 1 . . I .' ' i. 1 . - I
the crew hnd knowledge of iu exialence
and participated in its guilt "
That on the 27U INuvemher Aliuship-
man S.pettcer was arrested .and confined j demands of iha statt;' 'Dy . thia ihvUina
irt iron tht oi ihe atibaequent tlav boat- of tune, much good might, prob-bly, ha
awstl..a mate Crnmwsll and seaman Small ( been a flVcied; but the J-co eee fnex- ,
were also confined in. irons ; and, at the.oikble, and kpt the retolu iont, morn-
time the? were so confined, -it was
is the in-
tention of Commander Mackenzie to hrintr
them to. the United States to be Iried by -
ihe laws of their country, and lhat to ef- j
feet this desired object Commander Mac-!
kenzie adopted every measure ihal a,hae they, or will they acromplielil I
brave, prudent, and skilful officer could' there a man. woman or child, in the Siat.
the prisoners, sullenness, ilincontent, in-
attention lo ditty, disobedience to orders,
often, as seamen know, and naval records
prove, the sole precursors to open acts of
violence and hloo I. were manifested by -
the crew, and justly excited the belief in
the Commander and the 'Officers that . an
attmnnt would he made to rescue thetiri
r - . - , ... , .,
soners and take me orti irom inoee io,
whom she had been entrusted by Uej
HAvimmpni. i
The Court further find lhat there -was
no place on board-the brig which would
have given greater assurance of protectinir,
Ihe prisoners from arescuethan ihequar-,
ter deck, on which Ihey were confined,
Thai Commtmdei Mackenzie, tit the :
responsible situation in which he was
placed, aottgal, as it was lits uoty to uo.
the ndviee and counsel of his officers, and
lhat the unanimous advice and opinion of
those
officers. '.after an. examination of
someof the crew.and careful delilieralion.
was that the safety of the brig Sotnersi unwameileU, and n tny oi aii iiwviea
depended upon the immediate execution ol propriety to tote on all ihe subjects
of Midshipman Spencer, Boatswain's embraced in he re solu i-n. as duected.
mate Comwell, and senman S nail. j Iu-nucb an event, would he be bound io
That Commander Mackenzie, in pnr-1 re.iun. or is aueh aieponly experte of
suanceoftlMi advice of his officers, and Wig enai i! . Il" ihe Locos abouldet
in obedience to the dictates of his own tr.cmlve inm such a d leivnia. alier l ,
judgment, did execute, by hanging. Mid- iheir pain, who would not ay, that tl ey
shrpman Spencer, Boatswain's mate richly dC.eiv.d ill. .
Cromwell, and seaman Ismail. , '
That such execntum took place on the rl,e .. Wlla, can .a.mnn do!'
4t of Deccntb r, 1842, in latttuUe 17 de- ke(, a gwfl OH vejy, .. wnen lne
giees 31 minutes 28 seconds, and lonn- sieriff is seen coinms: to him with a writ
Hide 41 d grees 24 minutes 45 seconds ; jn hi, ,, , .. App,y ,he WU1PUV;
ami that the bridal the lime of the exectt-MW moatrr m3 rufflr. Remedy 1
lio:i.was,by theirrg.istantrromSt. rho-, Whatkindof aiemedTr'' HrrVng ie
mas five hundred and twenty five and a med . g0ie nut like.lhe devil.
Ivilf miles, at which place she arrived on; ' ' . - , .- -
the Sih December. 1812. ' , . , , .
The Court'further find that the conduct 1 Ephraim says that if men s jaws were
of Commander Mackenzie had been kind intended for lubacco presses they would
, to hit crew., atteuUvt ta their wants and ' hat a serevr in thatn. Jittlimond. i.or.
itktlfi-tftmf'Wt i thai an ei.t&.jn to 1
pmmoit tf r if pefralw, and i! i aop.
ai.hiarma ere tnfficledgTra'j'r than nr
rra!errd oetry by lie ir t!l a.
luraf ife cre'w aoj the proper L-e
of a man. of war -
The t'eart fwriher t ni tl.al the fmu rt
lnf 4oeaantJr Mackenzie, Lice ier ar t
Gaatnoort, aid iheoCF.ce re of the bri.
van, curing the - trying erenea lhnia,
whirh Uiev ped,rllef!rj. nahv and'
brat e. aodf f.e-! dsn erniu'eatr repn4,
ii tJsa by lleir-uatt.
, orixio.H.-
I ke Cent t vt, the-efoe, rinl!n
c'Thai i mutiiry 4tadnttiizrd
board the y rated ie orij t. n.era
,,B MiJpmin FliiHa Ppen-ei
Coatewaia'a mate smuel Crom wall,
jiMm EliilaSmrt vrr concerned i
w-4
and guilty of aucfe, ajuiiny m i
fUat, had not the; iee uiMiniakrnplarf,
aa attempt would havtlrtt-n itiat'e tu rf..
(Hceit.v
. . . . :.". .
i iii ruin inciiipt, i.iu t irrn miuii
in the night, oi during aaiqa'l, would, in
the juilgtAent of h t.'irft, ruru ili
number and character of the crew, the' an J
email size of therig.and t!te daily 4!wrra-, v
sinj phyaicnl atrenjih f the r nirr, ore. ,
nioned br alinoet -conatant waHing and
oruta.tourtjt.mben alumlem, have lrrn aurretaful. ,
these circumstance, -was . not bound li aft
rikrieyafViy of bin vessel, and jeopard
the lt -'H of tlieyoungoCr ret and the ovI '
of hi ere wvin order to secure to the guil J g
the forms of irul, andahataha immetliu.
etecation of die prUoneia waa demanded .
fty ,Juy an4jueliBea'hyhenfMit,
The t'ourt are further wfopi ion, li st..
..-.. a i a a a
tliroucboul all these painful ocTorreitre
ao well calru ated j ilintiuh t' e judgment
and -try lire 'energa of the bravest vmd
most experienced iffi-er, the eundrtct of .
Cominnoder Klar'kenxie and his. ofiV-
firer was prudent, culm, and firm, and
that he and ilher hnrtorahly perfortaca
uaiuibii u a. nit ,
,r.i'lt. . I i CoUlt.
OCDEW J10FF,IAN, . r
, g JgAavcatc.!
..-.-if, 5
Frnm tba Rataifh'Segntev- ' i.
the instruction' resolctionIi. '
When, tba Whig, in thi teeent IrftT-',
itlamre. Uum l thl ihry eould not aiaa
oS tif ifebats on the Instruction lifsolu- '
lions when, theyitenvered ih'at iha in
pnrtanl public buffet j?v fore ibe Legis
Uinee. was but a minutn jgraji of and m -the
baliiVre, when in the ojipoaite acale
note plat ed.peraenal and np.rty leelinga-
iii'Cumcu in mr vjicrnvun ai aiinn, ica .
ing the morning, with i coot and calm
deliberation, in bt deoeiUo ihe.petiing
iag, noon and nigbt.jon the l.egi'latie
anvil, hammering away, aa if il.a alra-
4ion of tha people depended opnn their
adoption. And now no tcHieh iine was
spent in their einideration what 'food
rial win oe oeuen teo o uieir paas.gM
viuiey raise me piece oi coikmi -ohw
cent in the pund. or n.cree ibe ..n-ui t
ol money in rireuUtmn one dolUr AVil
they fid the mouth ol an almo-i starving
. popuiai n. in the R.sirrn pari iba
'ataie, or alfoid the tliithtevi relief to inn
j purch-srrs of Cherokee Land, in iha
('Went If ihev will do Bn nf 4he
.1 . ... '..i .-a
imngv, ny. wp. -.nr n.rj .r-T..
Mb acn periinai-it I Ua it.are a war,
w h voted l-r tlim. ho 'belie -ed. 'for
a inou.ifnt.that our arnaiora would renard
thaw iimny t.iber I ghithan as a roeia
expitusi n of o;nnin by th legislature,
not ata'l inwlaiorj-in nefhuvcei? Wan
iheiea m.n who ...ted lor ibnn, liodid
not bilie.e m t.t Dean. u.ai. uy n.t aci.
he was doing -i.dence t the popular feel-
ing oi i4n Miprioio.au .r...
in trying hi intr
of th-or eai. the)
irori f tit ir riu.r-i out
oiv nut bate laid a
nre f.r iheir mw Drinnrratie senator.
II declares thai he ge to ihe.feea-.ta
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