Public Leger, Volume 3, Number 152, Richmond, Wayne County, 28 April 1827 — Page 1
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FRIENDLY TO THE BEST PURSUITS OF MAN, FRIENDLY TO TIIOUO
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rtl) vNi) PCBLISIIED EVKRY SATVIlDAY BY BI SAMUEL B. WALLING. f o il street opposite Faughans Hotel. w "thk Vrick or this r ai f.r nnc l),ll:irai Fifty CVnt for fifty two nnro1 ' t0 benrti'Hn mUaiice; Two Dollars it puui the year, or Tw o Dollar ami Fifty Cents, ,-, u nai 1 before the expiration of the yeur: -f '-tieut in a-Uance bomc t the mutual interest Kith r :.rtic, that tm-Ie t ohc ited.
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RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 28,
Uieirown. tudttt up lor sab uv.r l x head, what wouldst thou think of it!" "Why--why - why, (replied Charles,) I must confess, I should think it a piece ol sre.it impudence in them." Well, then, how canst thou, a Christian noi Christian Prince too. do that which thou so utterly condemnest in th sep ,ple whom thou callest savage? YVs, friend Charles, and suppose again that these Ind ianp, on thy refuel to give up thy Island
uiurtMi uruaiti, were to make
war nn
thee, and havit g weapons more destructive than thine, were to destrev tnanv of thv
rr AlllAHrst th rriT-m mxtst hatt the po$tagt j subjects and to drive the rest away idt.thtyuillnotbtatttnitdto. h Wold$t tlou ,lot think it horrihlv rmf" '
The king assenting to this with strong j marks f conviction, William proceeded jMWII, then, friil Charles, how can I, who ! call myself a Christian, do what 1 should
TERMS OF ADVERTISING. r ."tw! lines or , f r thr e ii u rtious One Del- ' "i r f i -h cntHuiMrci twi.t -u" crnts. v--r r a 1 s rcenlf in the wmo proportion.
From the Friend tf Pence. CHARLES II. AND WILLIAM PKNN. Vh mi William IV nn w as about to sail Vni r.nular.u to Vt r.t Uai ia, lie went to tile his leave of the king, and the followconversation ( ( urrt d. WdUiieiid William" said Charts 4I v,q sold vi a a r. ble province ir North America; hni -till 1 suppose you have i;u u"iht ot C'dnc ti.iiu r yours ll.? Yes I hae,v v '-pli. d William, aivJ I zx jn-t come lo bid V.j e facwclL", What! venture our;ell among the savins ol Nurtii Auu rica! Vi -. o, ,, wjjjit iecuritvhaveyouth.ity.ou wil i tbein'biir r ki ttle in two hours after ?ettug foot 'T-;. best security in the world," re--i i it , , p. a i i (.nil. "I d u!t that, friend William; I have no iJea of any becurity against tho.-e canib U.butin a regiment of t:ood soldiers, nU tut ir mask ts and bavonets. And mi'
n 1 I tell you before hand, with Jill mv C- .' will f r you and your f mily , to whom
t ,m unacr o'Miiuon, i win noi genu.
a ohei even in heathens ? No I will not do it. But I will buy the right of the pr oper owners, even of the Indians them s Ives. By doing this I shall imitate God himself, in his justice and mercy, and thereby insure his blessings on my colonx if I should ever live to plant one in North America.
1827.
hid to m re'( No, they all replied we have enough of your pudding. But what means this? Why, replied the doctor, it means to tell you that these two puddings cost two pence, and fifteen friends says they have enough. Know then, that as long as Benjamin Franfclin can satisfy fifteen friends with two pence, he never will sacrice the independence of his paper.
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' want none of thy soldier.'' answered j "vYi'aam,"! depend on something belter s
Treatment of u vife, In the cafe of lad) Wi stmeatii against the marquis of Westmeath, for separation and divorce, on the. I ilHiril f S- ! ! tr.uilm.w.t -.-. I V II
i; in the arches court, .(England), lately dec iJj ded in favor of the wife' demand. He !; observed ta delivering his opinion
"Ifc u dty had been inflicted, the repe-
liti in of which would endanger the life of
t the wife.'tliere could be no doubt that the j t h utre of lejzal ct uelt) had been established. Not only the natural, but the acquij red ft eli gs ft lie parties, were also to be taken into consideration. In a low raid; i of life, pe rons of different sens might exJ change blows, williout its causing an j ieat degree of it jury to the feelings: y et even ii this rank, as well as others, it had ( been eoniidered unmatdy to stnke ; woman; but m a higher rank, where a noble 1 m,;n or a gentleman, in who?e mind fero-
Jfohlemen! The legal heirs of thirtyfour titles in England, to most of which are attached immense estates, and of six large estates without titles, are supposed to he in the United States, and ins nsible as well of their nobility as of the property to which they are entitled. Niks. Women. We 'were much amused with
ti e reply of oceof capt. Head's compan
ions on the summit of the Cordillerns. when
all around was a surface of snow theerles, wild and inhospitable as the view was ! still it was sublime,'' he observed to one whose honest hear t and thoughts clung to Old England "what a magnificent view, what thing can he more beautiful?" Af ter smiling for some seconds, thp Cornish ; lad replied, "them things, sdr, that do wear I caps and aprons."
Inventions. A monk invented grinpowd r; a bishop invented bombs; a benedictine, artillery ; and a capuchine, (Father Joseph), first suggested the introduction of paid spies in the police and letters des-cachct.
Hi thv fOliliers. Il riK mi"hf ln uinnnsi-il tn he softened h
Tnc ku. wished to know what that was. j education, was proved to inflict personal
my!iv i depend upon themselves on J violence on hi? wif, the crime became
tl e r nun moral sense even on that grace
cf Gjd which bringeth salvation, and hath appeared to all men." 'I fear, friend William, ttiat grace has ncwr appeared lo the h dians of North Asn -n en." lVhy ftot to them as well as others?1 h it had appeared unto them," said the "--Z. "thev W( old hrudlv have treated m sj r 't so barbarou-flv a they have done.
''Fait is no proof to the contraty , friend -j C uiiit-s. 1 tv subiects were the ai;crt:- i
When thy sufjects first went to N. A a ri. i, thry tomaj these poor peoph: h: f.u: ie-t nnd kindest creature in the nor! j Every day they would watch for ta( in to come ashore, and hasten to rne( t t! m, and feast th-ni on their best fish and Vt ni,,r and corn, which was all they had. h re turn fot this hospitality of the ?fnn s . we c dl them, thy subjects, termed ehris?r'iZ' d on their country and rich "'ding irivaitid-, (or farms for themselves! ro-v if iuo he woi dered at, that these n''5 ! i'jured people should have been "'Hn to desperation by such injustice; fii that burning with revenue, they should hue rnjnnntted some excesses?" "Well, tben, I hope, friend William, you ill not complain w hen they come to treat Jl,u in the same manner." l4J -m not afraid of it," said Penn. Aw! how will you av id it? You to get their hunting grounds too, I
much mors aggrava
ted."
lie I iff of the. Greeks. There was collected at Pitis-buig, Pa. 1 1 82 43 for the re lief ofthe Greek, as follows: in the churches 301 71 ; in the manufactories 4o0 05 by committees 798 98; from adjacent places aid various. 171 GO. This account goes up to March 9th. Clu ster county contributed the handsome sum of 2092.
minimal longevity. A correspondent of the Nw York l)aily Advertiser sa)s: There i now at Greenwich village, town
il of Horse Neck, two geese, both of the age j of C2 x ars one is now setting. Tie y
hav both laid regularly tor 81 yeai. Thy now belong to Mr Jared Mead, and were hatched on his father's place."
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but not hv diivinrr these poor
V:(r an) from them." ".No indeed! How then will ou get die h:i,(? f UI mean to buy their lauds of them." , "bnv their laimVof them! why man, you v"iv" already bought them ot me." N 1 know 1 have, and at a dear rate iJ" !ut I did it ot ly to c f thy good will. ' ( 1 thouj-ht thou u.o'st any right to lu"ir hi:,dC u ;uis, man! no right to their lands?" k'-N... ft it-nil Charles, no right at all: " ' ' u I i hat thou to their lands?" ,;vvby. the right of disf every; the rigid b tls- P(1m. :.1l f dirUti.in KintIS
iieed to oive one another."
A rijlit of tlisnr.m! a stra: L'e kind
i.'d.ed. Now 11 "m Uio caiaie load
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suppose, trteiioj of these Indians.'
1 u,e - a. ;.na cliscovr.i n-g u-v ! n jeut-in wen- - 7 " dGiv:t Britain, were to claim it as!j Friends, says the doctor, will ycu be lie I
and discovciing tl v 11
Anecdote of doctor Franklin. The doctor was walking one day on Front strict, nearCh8uut street, in the city of Philadelphia, at the dawn of our revolution when lie was thus acco-ted by a tar: "Is your name Ben Franklin?" Yes. "Are you the man who invented the sawdust pudding?" Yes, replied the doctor. "Then" said the sailor, "for God's sake don't give the receipt to make it to old F our merchant, as he will feed all his crew on it." The story ofthe saw dust pudding, alitcr dictum wheat bran pudding, arose in this manner. The doctor had co ducted an independent paper in Philadelphia, which pave offence to a class who wanted to rule
j every body in their own way ; and the heads ! ofthispartv, some 15 . r 20, informed the j doctor that they would frown him down, I unless he would submit to the curb. The
doctor proposed to explain, and lixed tintime at his own house, where the gentlemen were invited to dine. He requested hi lady to employ two pence in the pur chase of a peck fwhat bran, and to make tv?o puddings of it one for each end of the table, as he was to have fiften or twenty fevnrls to dine with him. The company rm t-the two pudd rigs were served up on the table, '.without a y other di.he the company sat down, and each friend wag served with his slice of pudding. Their curiosity led tiiem to trv it they xamined each other's countenance and M , . - i . l 1 :
th were satiated wit.t tue puuuie.
Doctrinal disputes. The Burmans arc slaves ofthe emperor, and it is viewed as a
j mark ( I treason to dissent in this respect, j (religion), from his will. Tims when the keen reasoners and disputants among j their doctors could not gainsay the zeal, talents and Christian doctrine of Mr. Jud- ! son, and applied to the liberal minded ' Maywoon Miaday-mid, to interfere and
send him away, asserting that, by means of
i Muting-ohway -quong, a convert, every en
deavor was making "to turn the priest s rice pot bottom upward," he calmly repli ed, 44 What consequence? L-t the priests turn it back again." Happy had it been
j for tnaukiud, for Europe in all ages, for
V ranee and Ireland in the present, if all rulers had been as wise as Maywoon Miaday-mid, and had left the clergy to take care of their own provision, which no doubt they would have done without the aid ofthe civil or military arm. Let us add one short maxim to the wisdom of the Burmese vicero : "rice pots are never so
! apt to turn bottom upwards as when they j are over full and flowing over."
The slave trade is dreadfully destructive of human life, ns well in its prosecution as the means used to arrest its progress. The Britisn sloop of uar Redwing, of 18 guns wa for two years employ ed AT the eoast of Africa f r the latter purpose during which she lost nine officers and nearly fif ty men. Of the five officers who went out in her gun-room mess, and thirteen in her midshipmen's, only one in each has returned; the rest (except two promoted) having either died from the effects of cli mate, been lost on board detained slave vessels, or obliged to leave the coast from ill health. JVilcs.
Constitutions. Doctor Polifz. a celehra ted German political economist, calculates that within 40 years, 1 13 constitutions have been adopted and published in Europe and America. Of this number 31 are extinct, and C2 are maintained, and secure rights more or less extensive to a population of more than 100 millions ofsouls. Johonnisbnrrr. An estate of print Metternich, was presented to him by the emperor of Austria, under a reserve of one tenth ofthe wine which it produced The wine made on this estate has long been famous for its excellent quality. The quantity is about 56 000 bottles, each of which is scaled with the arms ofthe prince and other means are taken to warrant its genuineness. "It sell on the spot for 12 francs per bottle, that is, about two dollars and twenty five cents; at .which rate the product ofthe estate in wine only, is about 125.000 dollars a vear.
British game lows. A late English paper sa s--last week, a poulterer in Oxford was convicted in penalties .amounting to 190 for having in his possession 28 pheas
ants, 7 lures and 3 partnagee.
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THE RUINS OF BABYLON. The total circumference has been found to be two thousand two hundred and eighty six fee!, which gives to the -ruins a much greater extent of base than to the original building. The surplus is very great, when one considers the quantity that must have been removed by the Macedonian soldiers, and how much, in the course of ages, must have been taken by the workmen employed in digging for bricks. The elevation ofthe mound is irregular: to the west it is one hundred and ninety eight feet high. On the top is that which looked like a castle in the distance; it is a solid mass of kiln burnt bricks, 37 feet high, and twenty-eight broad. The bricks, which are of an excellent description, aie laid in with a fine and scarcely perceptible cement. At regular intervals, some bricks are omit I --d so as to leave square apartures
tnrough the mass; these may possibly have been intended to prorure a free current of air. that should prevent the admission of damp into the brickwork. The summit of the mass is much broken, and the fractures are so made as to carry conviction that violenc e has been used to reduce it to this state. Distant from the pile of bricks just described, and lower down on the north face ofthe large maund, is another mass exactly similar. Pieces of marble, stones, and broken bricks, he scattered over t.e ruin. The most curious of the fragments art several mis shapen masses of bru kwork quite black, except in a few places where regular layers of kiln burnt lath ks are discernible: these have cerlairdy been subjected to some fierce heat, as they are complete
ly molten a strong presumption that fire
was used m the destruction ot the tower, which in parts, resembles what the St riptures, prophesied it should become, "a burnt mountain.71 Travellers who have visited this spot, have been struck with the curious appearance of these fragments, and, having only seen the black surface, have altogether rejected the idea of their being bricks. In the denunciation respecting Baby lon, fire is particularly mentioited as an agent a'ainst it. To this Jeremiah evidently al1 ded, when he say s that it should be "as when G d overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah," on which cities, it is said, "the Lord rained brimstone and fire." Again, "I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all around about him;" and in another place "her high gates shall be burned with fire, and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary." Taking into calculation the brick mass on the top ofthe large mound, the ruins are two hundred and thirty five feet high which gives nearly half the height of the tower in its perfect state. Rich thought he could trace four stages, or stories of this building; and the united observations of our party induce the same conviction. Wild beasts appeared to be as numerous here as at Mujillebe. Mr. Lamb cave up his examination, from seeing an animal crouched in one ofthe square apartures. I saw another in a similar situation, nnd the large foot-print of a lion w as so fresh, that the beast must have stolen away on our approach. From the summit we had a view ofthe vast heaps which constitute all that now remains of ancient Baby lon, a more complete picture of desolation could not well he imagined. The eye wandered over a barren deert, in which the ruins were nearly the only indication that it had ever been inhabited. , It was impossible to heboid this scene, and not to be reminded how exactly the prediction of Isaiah and Jeremiah have been fulfilled, even in the appearance Babylon was doomed to present; that "she should never be inhabited;" that the Arabian should not pi'ch his tent there;" that she should "become
! heaps;" that hr cities should be 'a deso
lation, a dry land and wilderness. 7 KrppePs .Vatralive.
BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, BLANKS., HORSE BILLS, CARDS, LABELS, &c. &c. Neatly executed at this office on reasonable terms, and on the shortest notice. RJlGS! RAGS!! Tzco and a half cents per pound, in cash, will He vive n hr clean linen and cotton Hags, at this Oflice.
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