Vincennes Gazette, Volume 7, Number 52, Vincennes, Knox County, 26 May 1838 — Page 1

'TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR.

VOLUME Vll. J

LCENMvS, SATURDAY MOKM.NG, MAY -C, I SIM.

NUMBER 52

From the Philadelphia .Xeus. BSRBV HUCKEL:-TIIE FLESHY ONE BV JOSEPH C. NUM.. "f was t.it. not tut.'. by which Xjpoleon full. There is a liule man iu this city there are Utile men in most cities but the one now on the lapis is a peculiar little man a fat little nun. He is just five feel each way five feet high -and live feel thick, and bears much resemblance to a huge New England pumpkin, stuck upon a pair of pins. When he lies down to sleep, w ere it not for his nose at one extremity, and his toe al the other the spectators would naturally suppose that he was standing upTight under the cover. When lie descends the stairs, he might as well roll on his aide, as fatigue himself with walking; and, at for tumbling down, as other people tumble down, that i out of the question -with Berry Huckel, or Huckel Berry, as he is sometimes called, because of his roundness. Should he tumble, which he i apt to do, not being able to reconnoitre

ihe ground in the vicinity of his feet, before he achieves a fair start from the perpendicular, his coiporosity touches the

ground which his hands in vain attempt

lo reach, and he remains until Helped up, in the position of a school-boy stretching himself over a cotton bale. Had he been the elder Brutus, in vain woul 1 the Pythia have advised him to kiss his mother earth. He eannot fall on his nose that privilege of mortality is cruelly denied to Berry lluckel. These fleshy attributes' worry Mr. Unekel. He reioieea not in his dunen-

I'hew!" said Berrv, "My hat will be

ruinationed to all intents and purposes.

Oh if I vvas'nt so fat, I might be snoozing

oil' at the rale of nine knots like other

people, instead of tiring myself to death. Fat ain't of no use. but on the contrary. Fat hoies, and fit cows, and fat sheep, is

respected according; but fat men is res

pected dis-according. L oiks laugh; tne gals turns un their noses, and Miss Sriggius punches my feelings with a personal

insinuation. Its tiresome, to be sure, to

I ..I I....1

jump over tins ere; tun us a goou uu.ii

liresomer to be so jolly you eau t jump

over nothing, and can ijump into a young woman's atfeodiins. So here goes agin. Warn'ee wunst! warn'ee twy'sl warn'ee three times! all the way home!" Berry stooped low, swinging his arms at each exclamation, and was about assuming the salient attitude of the pound of butter, which Hawkins, for wntit of a heavier missile, threw at his wife, when he was suddenly checked by the watchman, who had no taste for the line arts. "Don't baulk, good man I say, don't baulk but now ou have done it, can vou iuum over that 'ere hat, fair standing

jump, will

from (he yew Jersey State Journal. We were soon after associated in the Gen. Harrison's opinions. general stall" of the army, and for the The following interesting letter has greyer pari of two years, we shared the been handed to s for publication, by same tent or barrack room, and often Hie aron B. Howell, Esq. of Nottingham. ame pallet. I had tlierelore an opporluIr will be read with peculiar interest at nity of seeing the agony he olten ielt this time, and cannot but suggest to all, when his mmd recurred to the event wlush how striking is the contrast between Had deprived society of a worthy member its author and Gen. Jackson. The for- and himself of an esteemed and cherished mer has endeavored to diminish the hor- acquaintance. Like the unhappy hermit

r,.r nf wnr. rind humanize the men oi i. "Sc"j "uSia, .... ..rl

has ma

1 none ol Kin von

sions, and, . ontrarv to all rules in physical science, believes that what he gains in weight, he loses in importance. It must, however, be confessed that he has some reason for discontent. He cannot wear hoes, for he must have assistance to tie mem, and other fingers than his own to null them up at heel. Boon are not with

out their vexation, although he has a pair

..r i..rr lim!; constructed expressly for

h'n own use, and should a musquito bite hi knee which musquitoes are apt to do, ,t him -x nerifiv to hire a bov to scratch

i? Berry is addicted to literature, and

i i :.. ...!....1.1

n tune con o w rut: minnic

tinee upon

i t . I ' i.i cit c

ifri.K ivhptl IIP w a I 1 11 Cliuuiiu i' "

near a table as to he able to write upon it. But this is not the easu at present. His body is too large, and his arms too short, lor such achievement. In o-eneral, the mind oi" man accommodates Hself to circumstance?. We become accustomed to that which is beyond remedy, and, at length, scarcely bestow a thought upon subjects, which when new vrtre" sources of much disquietude and annoyance. Berry Hitelul himself, might nroh-ihlv not have' been troubled by the

eircumstantial fat by which he "is envelop

ed, were iie, in other respects, in ordinary condition. But unluckily for him, he it in love. How he got into that melancholy situation has not been precisely ascertained. It is evident from what has been said before, that he could not easily

fall in love, and the only inference let l is,

h,, ka into it lor in love lie is

ill.U lit tun. . over head and ears the object of his nt-

taehment being Miss Seraphim prig-

rins. That obdurate fair scorr.ni

i.:...,;, ,.i,Ipi!v bo--..use his hgiire is

too round to square with her ideas oi man ly beauty. In vain he pleads the consu ;.r r.-.in. which, like the purest a !

thraeite with the blower on, dames in his

osom, and bakes his vitals. Miss Sprignns sees no sijns of spontaneous com-

h,,,t.on in his lollv torm. and Miss prig-

ho is '-as tall and as stratgui as

" .bid ires that she can never

w no win ii in" u in

a brick in each hauc

your long runi and hop over

do it? answer me that; queried !erp

as he blew in his hands, and then con

menced flapping his arms, a la woodsav yer.

I'prhans I murht: but It W0I1 t Ui) lor

us to be cutting rustics here at this lime o' night. You'd better sing mighty small, I

tell vou."

"Pooh! pooh! don't be redicalis; the dotor says it' I dont exercise I'll be smothered, and Miss Spriggins says she wont have me. I'm jumping for my life and for my wife too." "Why don't you go prentice to Jeams Crow, and learn the rale scientific'." "Why! cause I'd laugh, and that won't do for uie; you may laugh and grow fat, but I can't afford it. I've jumped six lire plugs this very night, and I'll jump over that 'ere hat afore I go home, I'm be blowed ont higger if I don't. Now squat, Charley, and see if I go fair. Warn'ee wo tin si'. " "You're tuck up'." roared the Charley,

losm" all patience. "loure either a

noncompusser, or else you re as oiue as a

razor. I never seed a more queerer feller

since Zachv in ihe meal bag detuncted,

nd I can't take the 'sponsibility of letting

rn run at large.

"That's what I oompluiti ot 1 ran t

run anv other way than at large; out n

iot ,,. nlnne. 1 1 trv to lump ray-

if .,. Pr So clear out. skiiiuv. auu

let me nractvse. V am ee wunst.

- . 1

You d better come along, and maKc no

H.Mii :!inill II.

"Bones! I a n't got any. 1 m a honed

irkev. If vou iIj take me up, you can i l t ... 1 ' i. n ppn the

say you ntineu inc. ... - -

article, but I never had any bones myself."

This was, to all appearance, true enough, Ithouodi the watchman did not take the 1

oke. Berrv, is in a certain sense, gmu

lock. He would'vield a fat dividend; hut

thou.'h so well incorporated, no 'bone us

for the privilege is fortVi-'"i"S- , 1 1 .1 - ,-r,ii rp f:lt

hl.md: the latter, on the contrary.

always cherished and nourished the fjrious passions w hich war engenders. COIlRKSrONDF.NCE. Trenton, N. J.. March 15, 1838.

Dear Sir The history of. statesmen and

heroes presents a vestige, ot which some

of the placemen have availed themselves

to tarnish the lustre of their valorous achievements, whenever reason could lint decide the contest. From a nation's 1 escutcheon the mark of dishonor should be effected, and that true honor which is . the watch word of the chivalrous and brave, i in national deft nee, be sustained by pub-1 li,- nmnimi ;ind illustrious exam pies. a-

sleep, to "lioid dialogues wun uie

ghost of the victin: of his superior skill in the use of arms, or more perfect selfpossession; and a witness to them might have adopted the opinion of the youthful Norval, that ihe happier lot was his who had fallen. Taking the rules which govern such matters, as the criterion, my

liing wherewith to accuse iiiiarrul was indeed "fast-

friend had no himself. Th;'

ened on him." (.icnerous as brave, he had done every thins in his power to induce a withdrawal of tiie challenge, and when, by a first lire, his adversary was wounded,

Providential interference, until he had accomplished all that he hud been, sen.i lo perform. He then received a ball through his body and fell; and a faithful corporal came to his assistance, and with his aid he reached the fort; and those two were the last of the retreating party that entered it, Drake making it a point of honor that it should be so. Mr. Drake was tendered unlit for duty, for a length of time by his own wound. He had not, indeed, recovor from it, in the summer of 171)15. when he was my guest, when in command at Fort Washington (Cincinnati) on his way, on furlough, to visit his native State, Connecticut.' His fiiends, however enjoyed his prese'nee but a short timejhaviiig, as I understood, taken the yellow fever, in passing through Philadelphia, he died in a few davs after he readied his home'. I have yet another reminiscence, the relation of which may serve the cause you have so much at heart. An Ollicer of the Army had so often and unnecessai ily wounded the feelings of another of the same corps, the duties of which made their association indispensable, that he considered himself bound to

demand satisfaction in the usual way.

of -

he anxiously desired that the alfair might there terminate. His proposition rejected, his second shot was fatal. What an intrusive lesson does this story present to

nous are the pains m w ni( u iiouoi is p.u-1 U1 w!l() wul:j r(.sort lo i,ls niode of They met, and the injured man Is

sued. Some "plueK nrignt no.ior n ,.m ; enyu, a 1H.rSl1;1l dithcultv. and who ills, ., mrtal woiinil, as it was anlic-ipaied the palefaeed moon," while others court , p((SS(,sses common sensibility, and the he would from the superior skill of" his an-

it "in the imminently ueaui m.-j principles ot humanity and honor. 1 lit others atn'm wear the laurel who po'"t ' s,ul alternatives, his own death, or a sub i .t. - i : I i . . ...

againsrtneir irienas tue miriiisocu senuent lile of bitter regret and sorrow.

m personal combat. W bile the National i.pmsI lture debates the point called honor,

and ihe eminent men there embodied, call

for the ponderous influence ot their talents T1 0 v , , mstauces ()f duds, and desperate pressei a desire to sec

lousr it uv men wno wouiu

vou

sel

cms, w

p-plar trr

marrv a man.

arm like a bucket to a pump. That he l

n.t :i (rrena iier m "us"1'

fonnve, but to be short and

Miss NpriLr''in

she might per

haps

ly" at the will faint!

rolvpo

Miss

same turn

But what is life withot;

m .. 1. nmct ho t ll I M !lfr

Spriggins.' 1 lliumi m- i , 1 ii i .;l, in the attempt. W ith

ne win in-, -ii i'v-" - invf. to nr.rpi him on, what will not Ih

burning soul of Berry Huckel attempt to

accomplish?

.mm 'iu-ns in :i crowd. (trace

fullv glided the dancers; merrily twinkled their feet,and joyously squeaked the fiddle, as Berrv Huckel, panting with his previous Terpsichorean exertions, solicited the (air hand of Miss Spriggins, for ihe next set.

Miss, said nerry.

to conversation,

and dancing makes U

sequent life of biuer it

A short experience in the army convinced me, also, that fighting a duel was not an

undoubted test of true courage. I had

Well It 1 UlUSl, l llliiv, - perplexitv and dont get Miss Spriggins, i si! your fault. You won't let me slide

on a subject so eventful in settling the

lews ot statesmen, I had thought that our long experience as a statesman and

soldier, and particularly from your connection with ihe north-western army, ample evidence might be furnished in con

currence with theirs, for the amelioration

of our countrymen, on a point which m sometimes at least no honorable point this mis-called honor. Contemplating the em

ployment of S'ime reminiscences ol your

eventful life to illustrate this subject for

the benefit of my fellow citizens, therelore repeetfullv request your opinion of the

code of honor which decides controversies

by a resort to the duel. Most r-'peetfully yours. A.UtON B. HOWELL. Gen W. II. Harrison. NiiPTir n t.i. v-:'. "- Dear Sir You ask my opinion "of ihe rode of honor which decides controver

sies bv a resort to the duel." I comply

w ith vour request, and would do so more

rn,lilV. if I could suppose that any thing

that I could say would have any influence

ia putting an end to a practice which is iliomiso of so much individual distress,

,! i.-vlntp so many obligations of ihe

most sacted character.

The arguments which tnav bo used

against duelling are so obvious, and have been so often urged by persons much

more able to do them justice than 1 am tht I shall content mv""

.h. ...v ne termed my experience

...uttnrs nf' this kind. And as this cer

tmidv does not exhibit the praetiee in

, fWimitinor lisrht. it mav perhaps have

i,.',itnr PiTWt ili an anv oilier mode of

treating the subject that I could adopt.

I believe that there were more duels in

il, nnrtVi-wrstern armv betw een the years

! it'll nod 17'.)."). inclusive, than overtook

ucls, ticing tougtil nv men wnt won

not have been selected by olhcers who

knew thpm, to lead a forluru hope. (Jn

the eonttarv, I possessed the most posi

tive testimony to prove, that sums ol me

bravest of men would not be encaged in

an affair of that kind under any circum

stances.

Yes," said the inariey, -jou

enough; and vou re sassy enougn. sassy is n rename for you. You must go to the

watch'us." ., ,

Well if I must, I must; but it I get

the

, it. i ,nn i pi mi mum Place in

on the cenar vioui , .! . , , , .. vnu wont let me do nothing, amongst so

... . I 1 ,i, ,..,,m'li-n

..-1 . t l,o ...l ttin rram fr in, n'n ' -

V ilV, l i-aii i i "i-""lu - , . ' .- ...;.l,i ,,,,,,1 I 'iinirUr ilV. t'lllHT

tend tne eusiouieis, Mimu. -

th side of the house out; but what dO:COunii,

and now, you re going to lock By drat! I would'nt wonder if

I was to be ten pounds heavier in uie morning, cocked up over the market nosing the beef. If I am. in the first place, 1'lfcharge the corporation for widening me and'spoilinj my clothes, and then,

t have

tagoiiist in the use of the weapon which

thev used. Being possessed of a high grade of talents and an amiable character.

he had the sympathy ol all the olhcers.

With others, I visited him after he had

been removed to his quarters. He ex-

the officer wall

whom he had fought, and I was present

at the interview. I wish I could describe

it merits, this interesting scene. The

nreumstances attending it were an deeply

impressed upon niv mind, that they never

can be effaced, as lon as memory hold its seat.

In the tent, were some half dozen offi

cers, the friends of the dying man, (for, as

I have said, he had, from his amiable qual

exhibiting

to a personal combat. To the determination which I had previously made to offer no insult or inflict any injury to givo occasion t any one to call upon me in this way, (for after witnessing the scene which I last described, the wealth and honors of the world would not hate tempted me to level a pistol at the breast of a man whom I had injured,) I was resolved to disregard all remarks upon my conduct which could not be construed into ajdeliberate intuit, or any injury which did not effect my repulation or the happiness and peace of ray family. When I had the honor to be called upon to command the North-Western Army, recollecting the number of gallant men that had fallen in the former war, in personal combat, I determined to use all the authority and all the influence of my station to prevent their recutrence. And to take away tbe principal source from

which they spring, in an address to the Pennsylvania birgade, at Sandusky, I de

clared it to be my determiation to prevent, bv all ihe means that the military laws

placed in my hand, any injury or eren insult which should be offered by the uperior

to the inferior officers. I cannot say what . .1- . . m r no t m ' V

lntluence tins course, ujjuu mj

haveprodueedln theresult. Bnt I statewith pleasure, that there was not a single duel, nor as far as I know a challenge given, whilst I retained the command. The activity in which the army was constantly kept', may, however, have been the principal cause' of this uncommon harmony. In r. f.itiuii to my preterit entirnnt, a ni of hi-her obligations than Hummn U t, r human opinions, can impose, ha determined me neTer, on anv occasion, to accept a ctiallen-e or aeek redr--:for a personal injury, by reiort to the Uwa which compote the code of honor. I am very respectfully, Vour fellow citizen, W. H. HARRISON. To Aahon B. llowui, Knp

Conformably to my plan as stated in

the commencement of niv letter, to give

vou facts rather than arguments,! present r.ies, many and warm ones.

on with another reminiscence ot my equivocal evidences ol their sorrow-

early military life. I introduce it not Cousoieuous above the rest, and near the

only to sustain mv position, but from the head of the rude couch, was the comman

respect I entertain for the memory of a d mtof the corps, to w hich both the dueloallanl brother officer, long since called to ists belonged, (the beau ideal of ehivalious

receive, in another world, his reward for mlur, and the Chevalier de Hayard of the

having preferred "the praise of Cod to ,) invuring to stille, as best he

,h,,,r, n innn " n the'"'""' " -'' m lors w ll ir-.'i a.ritale l his ho-

. ' ,,,. r: n,..,L-.,. of the in- som. At a liule. distance, and in tun view

uie veai l incui. iur. , ,

.i . ., i ....i. i...., received a ot the victim oi ins nassmus, um

iriiPil insult from another officer. Man- sensible : but I must retain the indig-

ifesihif no disposition lo cull him to ac- nation which I still feci. lie was my

'.. .. 11 I I , .1 .V - .1 1 ,.h.. tha

count, some ol those wno wisneu iiim oriiiner ouicer--ve mi.uvu mguirui

well, amongst whom I was one, spoke to perils of a dithcult war and in battle, 1

him tm the subicct. expressing our fears know that he did his duty and whatever

Kij r.nni oi, in as -.in nllii-pr would i n 10 ! 1 1 h a ve bee ii h is conduct to others!

u-reailv suffer, if he permitted stn-h an in- iitver had anv reason to complain ot him

salt lo pass unnoticed. The answei he 1 But there he sat apparently, at least un

pave me was. that he cared not wiiai opm

" . . .. , i .

ion the othceis might form ot mm; ne was

ileiiTinindd to oursuti his own course.

. ... ... -d in the

1 iiai course was . . .... th:,t it lost for him, as I had sup

posed it would, the respect of nearly all '. rhi' fiisnino-summer nave

uO iluut) Ut a man who

.invtii-u t

hnrvinor in an untimely grave

bad never injured him, whose arm might

ie needed in the pending decisive name

w ith the niinerio iiiuin huui cunyirs m

country, and . whose intellect might

at sour' futute time havi

been usefully The seven

same length of nail a body ol iik

A merica,

vou care.

me up.

time, and n as com-

ol'icers ol the

or any other

at least ill nmuern iiuirs. i i-

came an officer in the fust mentioned year, at soeariv an ag--, that it i- not wonderful thai I iiniili'-itly adopted the opinions of

the older otli.-ers, most ol" w hom were veterans of the Revolution, upon tins as well as upon other subjects connected

;,i .,,,1'K.t :iml i niv in l ie protcs-

1 ll 1 111 V It VI . I

therefore.

sion I had chosen. I believe,

in common with the large portion of the

r.., if I .rot f nt.T Miss Soniririus won

un ii .tv.. - i , I . .1 l. .. ,.'. r.

. . ...i i M i niiir . I . n ti " i i ii'mt - .. ,

cder man uo . . . . . . .,, r,i ,(,.,. bU ricrhts or

! U (' I'U' 111 " " I ' . '

Mr l)ril.i :ui nmiortunitv o vimlicaiing. einploveii in n count hj

1 ii - . i . : . - ... . i i i

,n,t irimnh:milv. his com! u ct ami p rut - bod li v pam w h ie li the dying omcer nau

. ii i i i l . iii-illlr ..t.i tin-in cntl'Mrpil. bail reused: and

ciples. lie nau ihtii si.hhhii.-ii m a c-...u.. .-..n.v ....... , ii r. l.i t 1 ... ......,...! ,1 . 1, i h

r,.rir,.c a ni' i had ippn erected nv uenc- tnat caiin auu rwc nau .nn i . uni. u, m.

r,l U'-.iviiP. durini' the winter, upon the is the unequivocal harbinger of approach

i'.;u i,.,. I l... on romlprpd remarkable. iitT death, and which a (Jracimm l'rovi-

SIKH ttllllll IIJ'lui-ii' I..-....- - .( 1 . . . i ... . 1 I 1 . I . .. . 1 , 1 . .. I . , . , I i n . , . . r 1 , ti- ill 11

hv i u i final o l.enera rtl. viair s .n- urnre na nuom i" i"- .'

. .. -i ,o i,i',.ru r in carrison i pi so i her. to enaiiie nun lo otii r a last

mv, uncc u.iio i.iwn-. - , , i

consisted of a single rifle company , anu prayer l-r ni i-isiani iamn. .. ..

ihiriv mfanirv, and of the latter Drake one. or b.,-i!.e pardon ol ius own sn

... wi!,.. imnwdiate commander. In the Tumms his pe upon his iae aui:'gom

i... ,r .,f li.lv. 1 "Ml t. a detachment ol he mild -v

wtfe a . - . .. i i 1.....1

the armv. cousistinir ol several iiuimn

.., .,". I,.,- i'ip p.immand of Major McMa-

lll-ll,l'll..v.i...-'

hon, hem. encamped near the fort, in

which thev had the previous uavdeposit-

r .,.-i.,'i.i iv iir i thev

ed a quantiiv m imi, i.-i..i - .

had escorted from me cantonment ol the

armv. at t,reeiiwue, v. en- .in.n r,.

in the morning, by upwards of 3 thousand

l,l,,nC rbi trnons made a sraliani ri-

: u... i...;...r iiirnoil mi both llanks. I c itit'ipd that what I have said

s si aiii-r. i v in 1 1 . ii .v. . ... v. - . .

..,,! in ilaii.rpr of beiiiiT surroundei

that inn"

lie

ill Ul i-iriin

why then I'll sue the M ayor and the Con;

lis and the Charleys

nromise ot .viarnatf.

Mo -is mis warm

bv way of a piggot

"mons'ous warm inons'ouser."

'Verv nionsns, repliei

He stay

seek lib-

! Miss Sprig-

Sins, glancing at mm irom top n Ha'nd'nt yon better try a little punch! It will agree with your figure." .iit.,li''' riaculaied he, in dismay.

Oh, Judy'.' Berry rushed birth. i u.,, nhtnin his hat, ac d to

eral encouragement from the cogniac p vided for the gentlemen and departed. " "

r. .... r.,i,v hours afterwards that

ll was in" in nrrrr his love undiminished, and hi

knowledge refreshed that gymnastics are remedy acrainsf exuberance of t.esh

was sreri wttli his hat upon a stepping

tone, in front of a house in v nenims...

laboring with diligence at jumping over c.,- r.nd chapeau. But the

t-...;-oa -r I , heart seemed to rob his

:.-i f tliP.r Pb.sticitv. He failed at

u ,nA Lipkpd his hat into the

eacn Biiun, o'm ... middle of the street

for the bread

had been trespassed upon. I must

Com" a on:T. 1 here ;

stropul'.'.s people as you is thinned oil."

"Thai's iist exactly

,i-w i vnu com lillll Uie on.

i, wa!';pd to Muod; he was

" ' . : vt.-o siinliini contiues

in lac morning, .'i-- , i

bdurate, for her worst f.-ars are realized.

He still grows latter, anno piacusmy;

warn'ee w unst, at ad convenient op

portunities.

t. f ','. nrrnnrc for I fur.

l cell

I ....r.. tii .t I iv:w not alio.retlier free

, flHl It? ? KM., .1... . " - ... i r it,., nniiiimi that pven honor might be

too iiniiv sum iioui mi-.'(

oiliflll iHli'l. 1 oiiun.iic

. will! tne li' ivnr to

the

has s. ,

id desired to see

ismii ing him of

that lie wishei

ul ami tuat, as

!n i ecu ui mend

H.n.-critv of a d in

ir;ra!ii the violence i;ii!ii'"'iice of which

i p, who had never

i '

thev

the

b. nmp vnu acouired bv awe'

Iv. however, before I

u n .r-i .rpf I 111 A

" " . Urn in lake tb.

-1 i i r L'A...iniL nicn 1 ' ,-. i

what I want, 1 duel, cuner as ..m..p... I. 1,1,,J) anJ a portion ol tne ruic.-.

I o, ibi nneii rround arov.nd

It llldviu i" ... .-j r, fort. Froiii this, too, they were soon dilodg-,-d bv the overpowering force of the rnemv'in the retreat uianv wounded men were in danger ol" being left, which being i r I... r...t tlw commandant.

. loiserveu irom me

Cant. Gibson, directed his own i.ieinr,.-

mlantrv ' DraUe s particular

him. I n t:;e his sincere I

him happlne

the means

to him

man lo en

(i his passions.

bad deprived one of

injured him in thought or deed."

above does not finitely meet your inqui

and that vou will expect me to state what effect the scenes I have de.ieiibed, had in

formiti'1 mv own principles, and govern

;,,,f i, iv own conduct. I have a'readv

stated an entire change in my sentiment:

on the subject of duelling, Irom Iho-

which I entertained upon my first entering the army; and for which no excuse can

I, nt mv evtrrme youth, and tne

COMMON SSN3. We have placed the above heading to the following extracts from an article of Grant Thorburn's, in the last New York .Mirror. "Were one-tenth of the money that is spent in buying and tuning piano fortes, laid out in knitting neadlw, and one-fturth of the time that is loiit in jfingliug the machine, employed in makinif stockings. I verily believe ihe balance of trade would be in our favor, and you would not see so much upler.did misery walking up Broadway. I uo nol think, Mr. Editor, you ever saw - r:-nr in this - f b Friends, nor did you ever seo any tphndid misery there." "But to return to the system of stocking knitting. I verily believe Mr. Editor, that if the women in lov.-n and in the coun

try were to commence Vmiuug, oeioroao-

veil months the uaiance oi krauc

nr favor. At, nrM.nl SLn.,.

reverse; Dins on iiiuuuu r-. cent, above par. Now I think the suspen

sion of stocking knitting iie aeep ai uie

root of this evil. la the f l oic times

w hen Washington .. i l'resiaeut, his lady was not too proud to k..it stockings for her general. Then we had only one hosiery store; now we have upwards of two thousand stocking shops. Then the mother

and girls knit stockings Ir All me lamnv;

now it is computed mat iwo immun.

dollars are sent to Europe every yi, o

loihe the feet and ankle bones l iiib

New Yorkers alone. I h:s one arlicid is

fficient to kick both the beam sou Lai- .... nf trade in our faces. Then our flour

went to Europe by ihe hundred thousand barrels per annum; now we beg from the hungry Hessian a bushel of wheat .and

chaldren of rye. You know, .nr. sailor,

that whether they are rigm or wrong, my heed or my pen are always ready to de

fend the weaker sex. 1 ipei nisui. blame; it is that greatest of ail tyrant.

fashion, that ha driven inaustry the door."-Sentlntl.

I became:

sal

on thei"1".1

' rt1 ii eel P.

and none j-

sobbed Ber- terminated fatally to any one.

fined convinced that all my opinion

Knbiect were founded in error.

of them more so than

r ......cl'iil ilniilist. as

tne situation oi , . ,, i. ..ui.. i .nhi manu

A..i. hrtiinn i in nr h i i. i. . ......

Ul UH 1 l ' ' ' 1 1 " ' " not he honorable

t,on nf that class of mankind whose gooi

Jra.P

.i .. i:.,r 'l'.. il.i

y out to tneir irnn.

I and claimed the light to eommaio

: . . - . 1 1 1 is iiflipi-

. . , i , i his own men, aiuU as semoi u. ...k that which deputed ' , ( , , whlle r,)Itl.

i , ii'u it ii .ii 1 1 - - ,i

I v..rv we . Sir. S.1U1 Hie rj '-

i ii. i. .1 manu. v,

or desiraoie. n c.n.m ;,., xvish take it." "H

because the greater poi-im. wj.

is m v ioi ,. ,,

..i...,.r to .hi it. now and at an units,

- -

o an individual cmneis in. in., , , )nke. lie ac-

. i i i i - iv : s i e 1 1 1 1 1 u i -t . ' t j '

' ii-i i ... i tn it no i nau i --i.- n ... ...

On Cane od. as 511,111 ,s 11 )"""? r1 cordmgiv sauicu om, . yin v. ajit. - . a., i,.,., . , loni-p lo be teve that, in the,1 . " - , . . ,l, rpirpalmit

to be married, sne suners i.e. . .,- in. fnn. Ins detachmeni -

so that in case she; grave ol uie laiieu ..urn,-, ..... ........ ... , , 1)C(,llfmV; opened upon i.u-..

.. i ir n bnr U- bm-ipr! the neare and Happiness ui ino; ' . i ...I ibrir advance, am

ii-. i.Taii iii i ri w iilii ii ..v.. .. - r ..... . tiottirp: ynu iiu' ,, u

v.i.i.v. - , , i.-. i. ,tr.-f,t t ri nn

the survivor; tne act w.nni urr ' !.... onnortuniiv io

of thu other, w!

cnrxaiTPi

cer nails to trrow Ions,

should be oblig

, i i ....... .i m n

rc.crrsi ric US. S B 111.1 , .... v

scratch with some prospect of success

T.t Col. Fowle, killed in the Moselle,

w as reccnily promoted, and on his way lo join the Gth'infanlry in Florida. Thomas Bradford. Esq. successor to Doctor Franklin, and the oldest Printer -n.l TMiinr in the Union, died on Monday

at Philadelphia, in the ninety-fourth year

of his age. .Y. Y. Star.

wounded to

.... ",! tn the broken and

t.wt tun r isr;i n . d "

,,-h would continue ioj . ,anie8 of our troops, to re-

rankle and fester there to the end ot ('ls.f aail to f;ire the enemy. davs. The conviction that such was the,!" ; t",e whole affair, Drake's ac i c frto Mure ornl nnn- 1 1,1 r . 1 if a .

case, wun men n s""" '" " 17 v l;i' and extraoicmarv cii-.i

nrni irru i hit

1 ij.it, - 1 - th mpntal sufferintrs ol an in

(! vainri rontintialt v helon1 me. in

inrv inhprrasf. nossrsspd f the

h-libprate opinions of a man you mig safelv conclude that hi conduct won

Bui such, alas

111

- , , sion'. were most conspicuous. 1 ne euei.iN , ,male a.'u! i ' " rse. observed it. as well as his friends.

valued friend, bv whose band a wormy man had fallen. Several years had elapsed from the date of this affair, before 1 became acquainted with him-

III tuuia.i , . . , . .

Thenumerousshotsdirecicuain.m. erlike the arrows of Tcurer. aimed at the heart of Hector, were turned aside by

he in conformity to them.

i ti.it tlo e.-ise with men o

relation to the laws which form "the cod

nf honor." Abstractedly considered

thev all condemn them, whilst 111 practice

ihe'v adopt them. In all other cases

iten'endent men act from their own convie

tion,-. but in this case, upon the opinions

of others, or rather from what they fer

iv be the opinions ot others.

that the chance of

mv opinions, "which I have admitted in

relation lo duelling, had no other intluenc

on mv conduct than to determine me ncv

pr in be the anffressor. But, allhotigii re

solved to oflr no insult nor inflict any

injury, I was determined to suffer none. When I left the armv, however, and retired to civil life, I considered myself authorised rreatlv to narrow the ground

upon which I would be willing to resort

The chief cause of the blockade of the Mexican coast by the French flset... ac

cording to the New Orleans Am.ric.B u.

nril 30. the relusal 10 give "'r ' r .. 1 ...1.: t. t-ikan and killed in

two i rencu ""j'-i." "

,hc Tampico affair. Mow ur rau n g,D.i-

er cause have we to eiaci remouuou

the hands of Mexico! We learn from a private letter that two

official persons have bet: sent from im-

p.co to Vera Cru to er.-ea.-ur ... French demand, which is stated to amouat now to a milKon and a half of dollars. j . . Ev. Star, Shameful outrage.-Th, Wh..li-t Gazette of the 30th ult.. gives the following particular, of a most disgraceful occurrence which took place on the 28th inst. "The steamers Ontario and Pioneer it coming up the river, came together mb.nil 130 miles this side of Cincinnati. 1 former, in attempting to P I,U-r' as we learn, ran into her without doing ,nv material injury. A short time sfterwa'rds in attempting again to pass, tne pilot, of the Pioneer, in order to return the compliment, ran into the Ontario, striking her neai the stern, m'shing i u,. KILLING ONE PER

SON (a girl of about 12 and DANGEROUSLY WOUMHNf. TWO OTHERS, a lady and hil.--The piUt we understand, is named . Bell,