Richmond Weekly Intelligencer, Volume 1, Number 16, Richmond, Wayne County, 1 May 1822 — Page 4

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Poetry

3ivc;iioict-a N'lEE. I n-k not beauty 'tis agSeain That tint? the morning sky!

k no learning 'tis a stream

occurred hefore. The left another

man, and departed, wishing him bet-

ter luck. "You need not be afraid,'

said the man with warmth, "I shall fixed upon it, and as it was now with

la

That glides unheeded by !

lak not wit it is a flash That 'oft blinds reason eye, a-' not gold 'tis glittering trash That causes many a sigh. I ask good sense, a fast refinM, Candor with pleasuie blended; A fooling hear, a virtuous mind. With charity attended. 31. Sin?iit'ir chrntttre rf a British Soldicr in a Campaign inJVirth AmcrIn tm? roar 1779, when the war

not desert."

The relief company returned to the guard-house. The sentinels were replaced every four hour?, and, at the appointed time, the guard again

marched In relieve the nost. lo

their inexpressible astonishment, the

man was cone! The searched round

the spot, but no traces could be found of his disappearance. Tt was

uccesarv that the station, from a

stronger motive than ever, should not remain unoccupied: they were

comnelled to leave another man, &

returned to the guard-house. The

wakened and terror ran through

tlc regiment. The colonel being

pnsige,vfrr a thick fopplce lm-have in vain looked for them to take perienced not the stichtet 1 tiately behind my post. I there- their old stations. It is to be sin- of its return. He is now

oU

mediately

. ...

fore kept my eye more constantly

in a few yards of the coppice, hesitated whether I should not fire. My

comrade?, thought I, will laugh at

me for shooting a pig; 1 had almost resolved to let it alone, but just as it approached the thicket, I thougt it avc an unusual spring. I no longer

hesitated: I took my aim ; discharged my piece, and the animal was instantly stretched before me with a groan

which I conceived to be that of a hu

man creature. I went up to it, and judge mv astonishment w hen 1 found I had killed an Indian! He had en

veloped himself with the'skin of one

of these animals, so completely, his hand and feet w ere so entirely con

cealed in it, and his trait and ap-

ccrely hoped, that the honorable the

corporation of this city, who have day driving a cart in

prised of the occurrence, signified poarance were so exactly correspon

ds intention to accompany the dent to that of the animal, that lm

had this subject under consideration

'will lose no time in erecting a few of these mill, that those amongst us who are under the influence of certain habits, both pernicions to them

and to the public, may be improved by this healthful and salutary exer

cise which has the twofold effect, -of)

learning a man to dance, and to

grind his own corn.

ib.

healthy man, and may be

this city.

guard when they relieved the senti

nel they had lft. At the appointed time thev all marched together: and

perfectly as they are always seen through the tree?, the disguise could

not he penetrated at a distance, and

agai to tVir unutterable wonderjscarcely discovered upon the nearest

thev found the post vacant, and the

man gone:

TTmJor fbcf circumstances, the

colonel hesitated whether he should

aspect. He was armed with a dagger and tomahawk." Si j7?i was the substance of this man's relation. Thus the cause of

again suhnvt the nost to a single the disappearance of the other senti

sentinel. The cause of the ropet-inel wa now apparent. The Indi

ed disappearance of men. whose courage and honestv were never suspect

ed, must he discovered : and it seemed not likely that tins discovers

wi'h America wa conducted "w ith could be obtained by persisting on

at spirit upon that continent, a di-fn the old method. Three brave

vision of the British army was en-jmen were now lost to the regiment.

camped on the bank of of a river, and and to aicn the post to a fourth

in a position so favored by nature.

that it was difficult for any military art to surprise it. War in America was rather aspecies of hunting than a regular campaign. 4,If you fight with art" said rr7.Amgfm to his sol

dier "von are defeated. Acquire diripline enough for retreat, and u-

ceemed nothing l ss than giving him

up to destruction. The poor f?l

low whose turn it was to take the

station, though a man of inrompara

hie resolution trembled from head

to foot.

lit ml f. 1 .

i musr ao mv outv. saia ne io

the ofllcer, "hut f should like to lose

ELEGANT EXTRACTS. "Religion has planted itself in

the purity of its image, and suffi

ciency of its strength, at the thres

hold of human misery; and is empow

ered to rccal the wanderers from their pilgrimage of woe, and direct them in the paths to heaven It has

diffused a sacredjoy in the abodes of poverty and wretchedness; it has illuminated the dungeon f the cap

tive; it has effaced the wrinkles from the brow of care shed a gleam

ofs-acred and tranquil joy in the

chamber of death, gladdened the countenance of the dving with a

triumphant enthusiasm, and diffused

throughout 'he earth a faint fore

ans sheltered in this disguise, secre- lasc off jJC 1, cf futurity. It ted themselves in the coppice: watch- IS benign as the liirht of heaveii. and

rirrmitv of combined attack, and mv life with more credit."

our cintrv will nrove the best cnci- uj -ill leave no m n," said the r.e-'rs.M S. t ; C 'vas the maxim oficolonel, "against bis will."

th American general, that the Ei!rlh soldiers had to contend with littl 1.. Thev sallied out of their impenetrable forests ard jurigle, : wiS thdr arrows and tomahawks, c emitted lailv waste upon the

A man amediatelv strpt from the ranks, and desired to take the

post. Every mouh commedod his

resoluti.-n. 'l will not be taken ahve.v said he, uand voti diall hear fn.in me on the lo:ltt nlrm. At all

ing the moment when thev could

throw it off; burst upon the sentinels without previous alarm, and, too quick to give them an opportunity to discharge their pieces, either stabbed or scalped them, and bore their bodies awav, which thev correal

ed at some distance in the leaves. MM ,

natcver circumstances oi wonuerK.ry onjcct w5th its rav withoul being may appear in the relation there nrcjrfjJninSshed in its lustre or shorn of its

CUnPTTVP crvxt

ue jealousy;

fT-f T-S rf I r

4 om a

... M.c.tv.i v c-nn.j to his fr

A shocking outrage wasr.- '

in this place the night before k

o jkjxa ivnun ouiuc oi me par cerned I will endeavour to the particulars. Some tirrie.1 an improper intimacy was,!;," to exist between Hr-n-m-.j

- . w iii a i ir,A

claircisement took plac e, andl

and His wite again lived (t

vyn Mvimay mglll WlnlCiVjr J , was asleep, her husband tV.3 rope round her neck, and tra-

i .1 ji i . "L N

u ujr.i urnggca ner up stairs

me uarrei, ana suspended her

one oi int- loisrs; after whirl.

went to the house of Haa J

with a pair of pistols loadtj )

double buIIcis-enteredthchouK some mean?, with an intention murder IJaag. who with his wife out of bed and went toward

room door, Haag enquired whJ

there? When Lecher fired both

tois. i ne ioaa irora one of v.L grazed the forehead of Haa, tV ther entered the breast of MrsJlh who instantly expired. She was

the last state ot pregnancy, V

Leclier was stated to he in uV J

many now alive who can attest it authenticity.

power.

w nwert km yiifriculfira!.

t :,t . ) . .n .

r in;n, s'irjni-n nu'n vmi-iovius win nro nv mere 1 near r b. cutties oftboir stragglers; and fh leisf rn?r. f arrow chatters.

fv"i when the alarm was uiven. and 1.1 j1 1 1 1

j-enir commnccii, me lica wun a j iOtievs that the vpced of cavalry c Id not or rtake. into rocks and ,'t:' 'ssf : whither it was dangerous t fallow tbern.

la order to limit as far a TJesiblo

tois o"cic s of war. in which there

v-- s niucli lost and so little honor, if 'vas the cftoni of everv regiment

to extend rts ont pot- to a great di

tace bevond the encampments : to

st itian sentinels some miles in th

wood-, and keep a constant guard

round the main body.

A regiment of foot was at this time

Rationed upon the confines of a bound-

b --savannah. Its particular office was fo cuard everv avenue of approach to the main bodv: the sentiTjr If, whose posts penetrated into the woods were supplied from the ranks, and the service of this regiment was thus rn"re hazardous than that of any ober. Tts loss was likewise great. The sentinels were perpetuallv stir priced upon their posts by the Indianc. a'ul were born off their stations withotit communicating any alarm. Or being heard of after Not a trace was lef of the manner in which thev had been conveyed a-

wav, except that on one or two oc

casions, a few drops of blood appear

ed on the leaves which covered the

ground. Many imputed this unac

countable disappearance to treache

tv. and suggested as an unanswera

ble argument, that men thu surprised might at least have fired their

musvers ana communicatee! me a-

arm to the contiguous posts. O thers, who ronld not be brought U

f.nsior it as treachery, were con-

tntefj to rrceive it as a mysten wdncb time would unravel. One morning the sentinel bavin'

heen ttationed as uual over night, the gtiard went at sun-rise to relieve

a post which extended a considera

oisrance inro Tne. woort. i ie

sentinel was gone! The surprise Vas great; but the circumstance had

or n leaf falls, ron shall hear mv mtic?iet. Vou mav be alarmed when nothing is the matter; but von must take the chance as the condition of the discovery. The colonel applauded bis cour'ige, and told him he would be right

to tire upon the least noise that was nmbigou. His comrades shook band with him, and left him with a melancholy foreboding. The company inarched back and waited the event in the guard-bouse. An hour elapsed, and everv ear was on the rack for the discharge

of a musket, when on a sudden, the report was heard. The guard immediately marched, accompanied as

before, by the colonel and some of

the most experienced officers of the regiment. As thev approached the

post, the saw the man advancing

towards them, dragging another man on the ground by the hair ofids head.

When thev came up tolnm. it ap-

peared to no nn!nnar. whom lie

had shot. An explanation was im

mediately required. "I told your honor said the man

"that I should fire if! heard the least

noise. The resolution I had taken has saved mv life. I had not been long on mv post when I bean! a rushing at a short distance from me; 1

looked, and av an American hog, such as are common in the woods, crawling along on the ground, and serrningly looking for nuts under he tree and among the leaves. As these ai imal are so very common, I ceased to consider it for some minites; but being on the constant alarm and expectation of attack, and -carcely knowing what was to be 'onsidered a real cause ofapprchen--ion, I kept mv eves vigilantly fixed upon it, and marked its progres amongthe trees; still there was no

need of giving the alarm, and mv

r.NCO U K AG 1-1 M 1 1 S T TO RAISE FLAX.

The following is copied from the

(Goshen (Orange County, N. Y.)

Patriot.

Mr. Silas Newman, of the town of

Goshen, sawed last spring, thirty

one quarts ot I lax-ecd, on an .acre and a quarter ot ground from w hich he raised 5fU pounds of Flax, and M bushels and quarts of Seed.' Thi at the present price of tlax and seed n oubl am unt to (JO dollars the acre. The expense of seed, cultivation, and

cleaning according to the usual tedious mode, could not be more than :i0 dollars; here then would be a clear gain of 30 dollars an .".ere of land: in one vcar: and when the new ma-

chines get into use, ten dollars ot

' t expense will be saved on 6G0 pounds; which would leave a profit about eqml to the value of the acre

comprehensive as its span. An iris in the sky of the Christian, it quickens perseverance with the promise of reward reanimates the drooping spirit invigorates the decripitsple of age and directs, with a

pro pneuc Ken. to tne region oi eter- c.;t,,ntinn. Thus bnc th;s .oa

inal felicity. Like the Min, it gilds ev- trScrnc terminated, we mav Tr

the destruction of fcur human ing. Lecher has made his escape, is sunnoscd hv some lie will nvl-,-.

. .T . 1 . . .1 I II "

-itisLiangerousto tntte upon tne vollr ciu. Vou know him- WJ

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nor.iers oi virtue, uy learning us.jt no, j,e weI to?ivc Ij0tice to y that it may insensibly be blended!0fr,rrr. There i' a reward nfi

with vice, that their respective lim-J0fl;,rMi f rhisappreh n icn.He

. .f r V'. ' ia grev norse. ana lias taken his w;

certain, our veneration tor it is diminished. Its chief safeguard is a

jealous sensibility, that startles at the colour or shadow of deceit. When this barrior has been insulted, can -tile rs be opened at which conscience will arise and proclaim, thus far. and no farther, shalt thou adrancc ?"'

clothes, with which he probably

tends to disguise himself.

rni .

of land. 1 ins it is true, is an

traordinary yield, in the present

neglected state of tin: articles, but if

our farmers would turn their attentions to the subject, and make themselves acquainted with, and pursue the best mode of, cultivating tlax, we venture to say, that the yield would not be considered so large. , Till: NEW DANCING STRP. It appears, by the late Knglish papers, that since the iutroduction!

of the the new fashion corn mill in

that country, the most salutary ef

fects have been produced in lessening crimes these machines are

erected on the premie of the houses of correction, and are so con

structed, that rogues are compelled

io grind ineir own meat, lv a process that keeps them in constant labor, in a stepping or dancing attitude. The machinery, it is stated is so arranged, that during certain revolutions, it infficts a blow upon the culprit if he stop for a moment

thus leaving him but two alternatives, cither to continue the dance or to receive hard knocks. A great

mumher of persons who had infested

bJactricr s road, and certain places

in and about London, for a long period, after taking a few M.ep in thU

lIt is by hope that we truly exist

one only enjoyment is the expecta

tion of something which we do not possess-; the recollection of the past serves us but to direct and regulate those expectations; the present i employed in contemplating them:

it is therefore only tin? future which wcmay.be properly said to enjoy.'

From the Montreal Herald, March C. KING'S EVIL. We have latchheard from a person who stated herself tobc personally acquainted with the fact, of a cure for this afflicting

disease, the particlars of which we conceive it our duty to communicate to the public, without venturing an

opinion whether the complaint was!

genuine or pseudal, or if the former its cure attributable to the supposed remedy or some other cause. About

ten years ago, a young man aged a-

bout 28 years and afflicted with the

lisease to a great degree, arrived

here from Scotland. He had in'cock and pull triger, and he left

vain employed the best -nliv.iciaps'nossession of a simnle -run to W

. i. 'i 1 " i in great Britian and on the continent jand fire single charges like anyotm: none of whom could cure him; a; bgun, with the advantage of its prir. on hi; arrival in this citv. had ; ing itself.-Tlie cavalry may ne

ictually nine running sores in hisjiishod with holster pistols, contatf

JNENTNG'S GUN.

A curious invention in fir e ;r

has lately been accomplished U

ingenious mechanic of this pkre.

filename of kaiah Jenning; arc

point of importance both for vy.

and private use. is probably wt

qualed by any invention n the

sent age. It is a single barH

lock, stor ked in the ugual ?tle.:

is perfectly simple, safe Sc convcic The number of charges may be tended to fifteen, or even two;

each charge, being under as c:

plcte control as a single ch.iny an ordinary gun; and miy be fired

the space of two seconds to a cl.ara

or at longer intervals at the opa

of the possessor, with the Fame a curacy and force as any other i' The principle can be applied tor

musket, ride, fowling piece or p:?t.

and can be made to fire from two:

twelve times, without addinc nr thing to the incurr.hr.incc of the rice

except five or six ounces to i

weirht. Thus the soldier is rut

possession of a pin out of which fc can throw twelve or fifteen char: at his enemy, at the commerced

of an engagement, as fast as he rrJ

neck, so that bis existence had hecome hurthensome to him. It so happened the person with whom he lodged , had one evening brought

from town some pitch for a dome-tic!

inrr Civn nr ;i v londs ".vbicb CIl I'C t"

sed on horse back, with the same cor

venience as ordinary pistols. I "er;

vy can be furnished with mu-kebH

thoughts w ere directed to danger """i nave on their liberation, hcconif

from another quarter. It struck me. however, as somewhat sirgular, to

sec this animal making by a circuity

such adepts in this new dance, and so muc h under the influence, of a loco

motive power, that the authorities

purpose, and either reasoning fromjboarding pistols, unequalled ny a., its medical properties in other ca-Uhing in naval warf ire. In defn-r

-cs, or (as our informant thinks but a breach, the .power cf ten mcn. as appears to us very improbable) concentrated in oik, and in arrn

through merriment, told the man a

pich plaster would certainly cure him. The latter consented; the planter was applied; and the consequence was excruciatingpain during 24 hours, and so close an adhesion of

it that it was impossible to remove il !

without torture approaching to that of martrdom. But in 9 days, it spontaneously dropped off; the sores healed up; and since then he has cx-

cur small garrisons on uifrontiers' their ' power might creased fourfold at an incoasidern exnense. and as a defence 3gr

the pirates that n;v. throng ater.?. two or n,rL

,ifin .Ti,n. on board a merer-3'

t t Jt I, 111 lilt 111" rm , men. would be able ro cut efl'a 1

boats crew, before they could r-' cccd in boarding a vessel.