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ren to If it'e despot ism, and Id give
his government tin nir oflm d m f I i
murl was uM'hool ui urbaimv, w hero
pen,. I fl m mtit or fj tii i 4! that ilili
cary of tnsle, that elevation of .senti
ment, and that puriiy rf expression,
which ihurueiene the wiilers of his
' '
lime, he honored men of learning.
TJii? ceil
I he re foie useless lo mcve
ing was coiuingdown upon us in large
flakes, and Iho fall of n largo mirro
at llie moment, which we look Jo he
par! of the house, added (o the dhtrni.
It was indeed nppslling neverV'nevcr
halt 1 forget it. It passed, having
lasted 40 seconds. We then went in
to the street, where crowds were on
wft,;u,t ii.. n. i.. n.i.lo. i iwl wjifc tlu ir knees Dm v insr fervenltvV A
bountiful to thrni. ( general rush was made for the square
It veuld he painful to follow the j in which the palace is. There' we
decline u the line am in Home io j found, thousands collecting and col
il.eir total txi if p tt ion. t lie tyranny f lectcd. . Women and men just ns they
of I ibcrtu, end of subsequent cm pe had .pimpotf out ot bed) u itlMlte ad
rors, broke nl lust the eicvuieu anu
'independent spirit of the hruve Uo
urnns, reduced them (o abject slavery,
und left not ;. spark of genius. The
ncieneo of law is the only exception,
us it flourished even in the worst of
times.: the lawyer were a respectable
tiody, and less iho objecf.of jealousy
than mm -of power iind extensive
landed property. Among the (J reeks,
also, a conquered people, the fine arm
decayed; but not o rupidly at at
Hume; the Creeks, Jartber removed
from the tent tf of government, were
lens within the reach of a lioaian ly
rani, During their depression, they
weteguihy ot the most puerile con
ceits: witness verse composed in the
form of ax, an egg, wins; and suctt
Amei-iciD paJridges, a variety un ,' 'Horatio Gczcni, Kmj. a (?h!..:.
kuolvn in Kurop?; aud of terrapins, 'guiahed member of the bar of 8.1 . l.t;u
two orlH of novelty which 1 would. was aasinaled in that plnco oi.
like first to nurse at the farm, then to ; 'he 13th iunt. by-Mr. French Siruihei.
uaturah3 oti my grounds. The The Editor of this paper, who was
splendid boiling steam machine given : thero at the lime, understood the cir
to me by Mr. Morill, has be n much euinstances ti he as f Jlowa: Mr. Co
admired: drafts have been takon, and zens was engaged as counsel agaiust
it shall he in u few days placed in u :Mr. S rother; and the latter lioJing
ouildiog 1 hive made on purpose to ' the cause was going against him, uk-
receive if. mi si.'i that mv iiulli-: eu me lormer to siep asiac. as ua
the rcin of he cmiMTor AdriaTj, i
iiui ro'iJ, , ob,( urc, tiff, and allVeted
Luct:i. is the only exti piion thai muy
be nie.de.
W e .need not name r.nv other eause
hui f! 'pfism, to account for the de
c!ii:( ' ietamnry and paiDting in
fi tee. 'I'licKC arts had arrived at
their utm's! perfection, about the
time of A?exander the (reat; and from
tlffti lime, they declined, gradnall),
wii ii o vitfor of n free people: for
ti'.Tv was now enslaved bv the Ala
he uhu'rvfd.Uiat when a nation be-feartfiufiltorhWjIsay t hat tin shock
eomen stationary in that degree of
poer, whie'i it acquires Irom it9
ditioii i of a blanket thrown around
them moihers in the agony of crifcf
and apprehension clasping their cliil-
morean iarmitig obligations liaeuol
been lost upon me- And since you
allow me to uttr all mv wishes. 1
will add that ono or two couple A
mcrican rabils would also be a new
introduction on this side of the Atlan
tic. At to the iustlv celebrated can
wiltJ to fcjit-ak to him. Mr. Cozens
complied with his request, and Mr.
S. stabbed him two or three limes in
ihe hi east, and once in the neck with
a dirk, and killed him iustaully. Mr.
ti oilier vva coiriuiitted to prittou.
Is it out tune to put a stop to this
dren to their bosoms fathers and'vass ba k.t!iey only cn be njoyed in j Kiud of assasiniion, by inakiog it
brothers endeaviug to pro ide th?m ' l lie vicinity of the Susque'.aun and
with covering groupes of femaje in the Patomac, a condition to which
every direction calling eaeh others non more heartily lhau myself would
names to be assured that all were safe.' Itk to subniit. '
Dismsv and desnair were ceAerat. I receive three times a montb, ac-
No one would return' home, andihou-counts frun the United States by ihe
sands passed the vvhole night fflRhrliavro packets, ah iniulVtcient conl-
pensation lor aosencc; mey are now-
v,..
;y-
ftnuare
T4iree o'clockji P. Mfr' "avejusl
returned from making a found of the
ever, very precious io Die. livery
particular of public and personal na
town lo observe the extent of dama- Hire, are eagerly looked for, and when
ge. Several houses are Ihrown emlynu are pleased to write, 1 beg you to
tirely down muny are rent assunder, let me know as much as you can of
from top to bottom. The Cathedral,' my Baltimorean friends. Present me
tt, spi-Vidid rd ihce; has one nf ifglrigs; very all rctiontety to tbem.
scarcely a ijousc in uie i iiyf; is wuI.U'lrIlcK, u irgnimo, uu tcuumi;
out injury-miue has every one of its lis known tiiyou, as well as the pluugh
principal walls split in several places! which lias been presented to the vx
-diniri'? room in ruins i!ib narti
ilinioj? room in rums the partition
of my bed-room has fallen in, and had
I been io bed I should at least have
been- severely bruiied. A sey.ercr
shock has not been felt here until now
since the1 year 1805." About six years
ago, it is said, tlicro wfts a slight one;
but no injury was done. It appears
miraculous that only three lives have
heen lost. Many who are here, and
nmination of the Agricultural Society
in Paris." You will learn the favoriv
bie opinion that has been expressed.
Most cordially, I am your affection
ate friend,
LAFAYETTE.
; highly penal to carry u dirk, or any
Hung of the kmdr Lui rona.)
Last Sunday, a convict in I ho Pen
iteutiaiy, odnied Edmund Jphnsoo,
was slabbed to the heart by a U Uuw
cdivict, named Thomas Bradley.
The latter suspected the former 0f
having communicated lo the board a
plan he had devised for making bis
escape He was a blaekkuttth, and
had made the weapon himself. On
Monday the grand jury ' was calfed,
and hr was tried and found guilty
yesterday: ' '- -- ..-.-.r,:.:. ..
scenes, mutdorers would find little'
encouragement to prosecute their
bloody designs. Hut a fell, uneom
prisiug spirit seems'to be stalking
through this Commonwealth, wliicli
nothing can check but an inflexible
execution of the laws. Kij. Paper.
Fire The warehouse of Messrs.
Campfield and Bjt wick, lately
known as Burton's in Augusta' was
consumed by tire on tho night of the
eonstiution and situation, the nation- l,eeiJ 'esg'
was much more severe; but the houses
being better built here the injury has
nl spirit subsides, and men of talents
.bejioiue rare. It is utill vv orse with
a tmi'jin that is sunk below its former
power and pre'-einineno; and worst of
all, when it is reduced to slavery.
Other causes concurred to acceler
ate the downfall of ;the arts mention
ed. Crreec. in the days of Alexan
der, was filled with statues of excel
Jedt workmanship; and Ihere being
litte d in und for more the laMcr sia
li.t s hup reduced (o Jieuds and busts.
At !ai Ihe Ucmans put a total end,
hifh lo sintuaiy lind painting, in
GiceCi, hy plundering it of its finest
pi.-c.s; und the. (ireeta, exposed to
the i vtiice of the cumjui rors, . bes
towed no I'Utger any o'oney on l!'e
llu uMs
Tie decline of tin fit" it-ts in to me
is.:.. l'tro;.ius Arbiter, a writer of
tan. r d ;leguncer scribed lo a cause j C'ajsf . Macy lias been pleased to take
Half past five 1 bore been taking
ianothcr survey, and was surprised to
find that hundreds of families are
sending beds anil bedding into the
plain, and erecting booths there , for
the night All fear another shock
19th, 12 o'clock, nonn The night
has passed quietly, and the alarm is
subsiding.
The New-Yoik Statesman gives
tho following letter from -en. La
Fayettk, addressed lo Mr. Skinner,
of the American Farmer.
la orange, May 28th. 1826.
My dear Sir: I have, with much
gratification, received the 7(h volume
of ihe American Farmer, and hope,
early in June, by Capt. Allyn, lo hear
from y , and to know how you all
fare in the beloved oily of Baltimore.
Scenes ofAgfs-Alrao9t every
mail from the west, brings some tale
of horror. The following atrocious
IlllC last IIIUUlll. W4t nAminliniPHIoil ti'
i j n nt
Mo re horrors,. We have to add to which, from the rapidity with which
the list of the many murders that the whole builhing was inflamed,
have been committed In .Kentucky, j must have first struck the ba.gs of
that, of Michael Cottman and Grorge Cotton one bale of which was per-
W Courtney, who were shot willi ri
fte guns on friday evening the liih
. m m U -
rinst these meni- it-is staled, were
returjiina; hoiue, from the house of
Thus. James, l-'.sq near the Beach
fork, in this couo'v. It is supposed
they were way laid by some two
or in 'j re persons, and shot. . They.
veo found on Sunday morning the
ICth instant: A coroner's Inquest was
held over the bidiespf hedeceased
persons, who fou d a verdiet of mur
der, by Rome uirsons nnki
man was shot in theA.breast.andi fell
d d , i i i s s u p p o sedtini IiTKoadjbii
bdy had been removed about twenty-
n, 1. 1 . I .' i s:Ll '' li -
live yarns, anu inrowu upoiuu a large
dift'r fr ;t, hl bove mentioned, a j on hoard a couple of shepherd's dogs
lor jon: Mr. Worthington, son lo
Ihe former Gov. of Ohio, took charge
Vfti'f; and thst is opulence, joinedUf them ut Paris they are of the best
. C . f I - I. I ..
caue mat ov rttiinmi uitmuuoii, a
Wei. i3 i line arts, wherever i 1"
vvitb i'.s i'aithful attendunts, avarice
Hind luxury . In England, tin fine
arts n? ( far froii.' uch perfection us
Jov.IV,: by opulence They are in a
; prm e!.. indeed, towaidn maturity
but th y proceed at a very slaw pace
E.vi i met from a letter tinted IJngotdi
June in.
W e are all here h stale of creal i importations
excitement and nntioti . Lasl Jiight ful, and while 1 keep some individu
breed, and well trained. But I fear
the-American method of keeping ft
floek will not give so much scope and
usefulness to their instinct as when
they arc under erpctual admonition
from their master. And since 1 have
entered on farming topics I must tell
you, my dear sir, 1 am making? great
improvements, founded cu American
Your hos;s are beauti
wns l! e i!'si aw ful one I ever passed.
-Ve were silting at whist a the
eloi 1; eLimed n quarter to eleven:
als of pure breed, I generally eross it
with Auglo-Chincse animals of the
kind.. But yours are . better
same
ot that moment we were all sensible j shaped, and I have arranged a pig-
8th, with upwards ot 2000 bags oi
' ' . . , :,,. . - .. . ' -
ftrated with a black hole, from one
end to the other, : and vas smoking
through its wbole extent, when rol
led from the ware house. Others
think, the electric fluid exploded some
spirits, which were stored there, and
thus sent the blazing fragments of Iho
building' to some distance round on
ihe adjacent houses Such flashes of
Lightning,., und peals of Thunder
scarcely ever dazzled mortals. A
'&fSS.,j',W.fl?. u "truck in Ham
burg, un4 ft pott in the lower cud of
this city shivered to splinters, at the
same time. A light breeze favored
the houses most exposed; and to ihe
torrents of rain which Ml during the
more than to our own exertions, the
preservation of a considerable part of
our eitv. - Damatro estimated at
log. Courtney w as shot in the ba,CKvj whole continuance of the fire, we owe,
supposed to have run from the road
into the woods, where he was found.
We forbear to make any comments
upon this murder, or the circtiuistan- ; $75,000.
ces that have led to the apprehension
of five persons viz. James Watson,
William .Walton, Isaac Watson, Doc
tor Watson, and John Watson; who
were charged with the murder, and
committed lo jail for examination and
trial. SI. Louis (Jaz.
THE LADIES' OAKLAND
Is a paper containing miscellane
ous literature, and, as its title pur
ports, dedicated to the ladies. Con
tains, however, matter of interest tp
; the general reader. It is published
The Editor of the Louisana Ga- at U'Pr fl rj
zctte says, under date of July lllh- (a T eaob
Ye conversed last evening wUJi a "o" '0 of small
genueman .rem ttyou oar.o, wu.cu The advance prices only
place he left or hunday. h mm him! ' 11 1 . Y !t.
1 , , ,,,, ' , . , one dollar and twenty-live cents per
we learn, inat on lnursuav last, a
personalrcjiconire took place between
two young gentlemen, Mr. 'Owens and
Mr. Bradshcar, in the town of St.
Prancisville, in which the latter was
killed. Wrc feeL gratified in beiorf
per
annum, which makes it the cheapest
publication of the kind in the United
states. It will bo furnished, bound
in boards, for one dollar seventy-five
cents. Post-masters or others whofor-
.,f.h, iM k of an ear.l.qnake, not. gery niter your own principles. Of ; tf hat b jiiricullie, be! ard, Iree of p .stage, live . ollars, lor
hiu.r. si, lent enough :o make any j the handsome II0lka.11 cows, given : . e 1drlies, did not arise from T er.f will he en 1 led to un
atra.nlu.iwy impression, and we pur-1 tne by Mr, Pat ersoU, three are lve . , coi;iJerttlion. extra number for the .rouble,
sued,.,, ijame. About two minutes and ih.iving, the younger bull, and J , . durin: tllc Lop.es of he first u:d second vol-
. . . I I . ,i 11 "I HB niauit unit 1 uu.uut. t.b. v.
i lnp.e,!, when we experienced n inost , tw.. females- Of the wild turkeys,; WCf ft persona, rcI,Contre took
an I'u I n n(iiion. 1 lie walls ol llie . oniy enc.iiai ueen preserveu; i jiar j oelwc;n tvv0
h'ousv v. ire dreadfully " ncitatcd, out neuiariy regrei me giani uuKey
J . U . . . I I I ! I I . . I'll .
eitndl -a w ere overturned, chairs und
I ables thrown from one side of the
loom lo the olhei-vvt'ould ourselves
tfoicely luaintaiii our erect ponitions,
oik? w er so perfectly paralysed. iIihi
uVBTtr thouglil "bTgelTiMitol ttie
iiotiM; !.;! d 10 v own belief was ll-M
vfliieh my friend hud so kinkly provi
ded for me, und if such a one could
he obtained, it would he u hew con
ferred obligation. The" surviving
n u e I h u s 111 i xv d w i t h t he hen s 0 f t h e
tii u n 1 r y j ami "1 h a v c go t a 11 u in be r o f
eossed opt;' but h lew wild ones 61
young men at
Woodville, Mississ ppi, in which one
of them was killed. .
'' i'hese are melancholy articles for
a newspaper, atid should only he told
because lhey.ure true.c. i ,
HTe?viTrol -Crii((neinea
of the 27lh ull. gives the follow ing !soiial)l5 ttil'ms at this OiVlCf
times can be had on application. Tho
third volume will commence imme
diately. 4
Harpers Ferry, May. 18 182G.
A Blanks and all kinds of
Prihtinsr done on the short-
s
l.DUe must la I helote.. w . ' '
f "xcs w ould be very '.'.welcome
a c co u ntvi ILfl u. jasiassjjiaJUiia
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