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.KV SEKIIvS AO. 0. PRLWER'S RETREAT, INDIANA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1SS3. VOli. IV. KO 190,

prlyped .i.yd published, by William C. Kecuu

2 Li l"r nfy-lwo numbers, mitEh poll if nj' paid uitil the expiration of the V tr r.vo do:.-i..vk.s aiid vinrv CKXTSk y paid within the year and two dollars, paid n advance. N subscription n reived for less than six m -ntlis, unless paid in advance. - Subscribers, who receive their papers by private post, to pay So cents postage. paper discontinued until all arrearage are paid, a id notice to stop it sent to the oftu t- n writing. AJvei tisements inserted, at the usual rite?. Except persons advertising eloped ompaiiion-, when x. will he demanded for a t 'finale, and .So for a male. Approved produce, delivered at this of fice, or such other place as may be agreed upm, taseii in vmeut. THE THOMSON I ANS. -MaT .Noah, in the following article, gives thti I'homsonians a severe hackling, (by the u;iv. a much milder process than some of these ignorant and presumptuous quacks de--:re to undergo.) Tiiere is no subject upon which the people -!H rai!v, are so uninformed, or so little qualified to di-tect imposition, or distinguish the genuine from the "spurious article," as the practice of medicine, and the character or qualifications of those whoassume the delicate and intricate task ofcoiulucting our "frail mortality" through the pains and perils of disease and death, ft is tc this cause, no doubt, that we may justly scribe the progress of this absurd and dangerous system in this country. Dangerous, because, with few exceptions, it is committed to ignorant hands, who acquire all their stock ot learning and information upon the subject, (which, to be thoroughly and properly understood, requires the labor and study of an age.) tor a fee of ten dollors, to the Patentee, without one hour's study, practice, or experience. Can any problem in Euclid be mure clearly demonstrated by the laws of m it.ien itics, than the fact, that with such ignoramuses, the practice of m dicine, must be a reckless, blindfold game of chance? There is nothing new in the doctrine c.f the Tiiemsoiii.ins. It is that which empirics, ;tu 1 quacks, and impostors, in all parts of the world, have constantly pursued. It is the cruJe doguvis of bold and impudent preten-sio-i, winch these ignorant and barbarian cAartaians substitute for the matured results or severe study, and extensive and profound knuwle J ve and experience in those numerous branches of science, an intimate acquaintance with which is absolutely indespensable to him, who ventures upon the perilous and responsible office of exploring the tezra incognita which lies between life and death. The Thamsonijsn quacks, therefore, stand, in an inverse ratio to civilization and commun sense, and always arc found hovering on the confines of new countries and new settlements, and in the narrow lanes, and about the wharves of denseIv populated cities, where, like carrion crows or turkey buzzards, they prey and feed upon the offscourings and offals of the population, who. as grossly ignorant and superstitious as themselves, become; ready victims and dupes to the vile tricks and nostrums upon therm lint looking at Thomsouianism, or the administration of their famous new emetic panacea, Lobelia, (an old and well known remedy, by the bvA in the most favorable light, these panders to human folly and credulity, yho 50 unmercifully ileecethe miserable victims of their cupidity, forget in their outcry against mercury and arsenic, and other mineral medicines, to which we, in great part, fully respond, that the most dangerous medicines known, and those most immediately destructive of life, are. alas! from the '-vegetable kingdom.." Take Morphine, for example, qrtrychinc, or emetine, or the well known Croton oil, Qrelaterium, or hen-banc,or hellebore, orhelladqn. na, and a thousand other vegetable poisons, and poisonous plants, and flowers, and seeds, and roots used in medicine, and which annually destroy, by being improperly administered, or eaten bv mistake or design, so many lives. Now, we are fully persuaded, that it is bad enough to be murdered secundum artum, by licensed practitioners, as a certain portion of us must be content to be, by the swarms of inexperienced ty roes with which our country is annually inundated from medical colleges, and who, (or want of bedside knowledge and close application to dissection, to pathological and surgical anatomy, must necessarily kill their way into practice, lik. Baron Weiizel, who destroyed, he confessed, a hatfull of eyes before he could operate! This is bad enough, and we must put up with it, but to have your regular murderers to butcher us, zans ccrernonie, with their steam and Lobelia, we raise onr humble voice against it, and cry aloud down with quackery! down with im postors! We hone the full force of the law will be brought to bear upon the wretch who lias been guilty of the murder in question, GENERAL COURT. Richmond, Va. July 21. John. Randolph's If'ill, On Friday, the ar

gument on the will was continued mr. John

M. Patton, appeared as counsel for the com mittee of Henry St. Gecrge Randolph, the nephew of John Randolph Mr. Patton's ob ject was to set a side all the wills which had been offered for probat. General Walter Jon.es closed the argument on Friday, in opposition to the will ot January 1st. ISoVJ. Un Satur day, mr. Chajjuaan Johnson, concluded the argument in support of the Will. 11 ,i . . lesreraay, me court proceeded to pro nounce their opinion on the validity of the Will of 1832 but without assigning their reason. The following judges decided in favor of the ill, viz: J udges Saunders, Parker, Field, May, Dun can, and Lstell. The following judges decided against the Will, viz: Judges Smith, Lomax, Sott, lhompson.and Clopton. The will has, therefore, been admitted to probat by a majority ot one. lut a,n appeal has been taken to the court of appeals. m the will ot ISJtMhe eldest son of mr. Bryant, who married a neiceof mr. Randolph's, is appointed his principal heir. It supersedes the provisions of the will of 1832, which had emancipated his slaves, and appointed Bishop .ueau, hiiu iur. r. r rvey, ine i ruscees lor their benefit., A very elaborate argument may be expected, before the court of appeals, on a question, which has called forth more testimony, and excited more interest, than anyother will perhaps which, was ever offered ior prooat in tins commonweaun. The general court, having eone through their business, adjourned yesterday after an unexampled session o( three weeks. From the .V; Y. Transcript, THE DUTCHMAN & HIS THOUSAND DOLLAR BILL. Away back in the state of New York lives a dutch farmer, well to do in the world, who always keeps about him a thousand dollar bill. With this bill in his pocket, and i shabby coat on his back, he prides himself in playing tricks yvith strangers; particularly such country merchants as have recently commenced business in the neighborhood, and are not acquainted with his pecuniary circumstances. As an instance of this kind, he went lately to a new merchant, with his clothes all in rags, his toes sticking out through his shoes, his hat without a crown, and his beard a fo.rtt night old, and ordered a few dollars worth of goods. The rn.erch.ant stared at him, but as there cquld he no great hazard in laying out the articles for him, none of which were to be cut, he executed the command. When the goods were ready, the merchant stared still more to hear his scurvy looking customer a,sk him to charge them, .Charge them!' exclaimed the man of merchandize lha,ha, ha! we're not in the habit of chargingour goods to every body. We keep a sharp look out lor breakers.' 'Won't you charge 'em den?' -Not to you, I thank you. You must have a better coat on your back to expect credit from, us!' 'Den if you won't charge 'em,' said the Duchman, yvith great moderation, must dry and hay for 'em down, if so besupposin I can muster nyiney enough,' then taking a thousand dollar hill from his pocket, he extended it to the merchant, with a sly leer on, his face and said -'will you change dat?' VThat, what! a thousand dollar bill! Is it possible that that a man, of ypu,r appearance ' 'Wat, mislher, be's you scar't, ha! Did you nefer seen a thousand dollar bill a.fare?' A man of your appearance!' continued the merchant, in astonishment, -with a thousand dollar bill! I coqld have sworn ' 'None of your tam'dt shwearin here, if you please mislher but give me mine change' dat I m;y be off to naine farm again,' Oil to your farm! A thousand dollar bill! Who are you if I may be so bold?' 'W ho be s I! Wy, don't you know voir own neighbors, man! My name is Fritz Van Vogler a poor man mitno more as one thousand acres of landt' anddisshmall bill in mine pocket, dat was so if you'll change it, and let me begone I'll dank you.' 'Change it! Lord, sir! where should I get money, of a morning to change a thousand dollar bill. Den what shall I do, misther! You wont drust me, nor you woa't change mine thousand dollar bill.' Trutyou! Mr. Van Vogler -that I will, to the amount of a thousand dollars, if you wish. You did'nt suppose I was afraid to trust you, did you! said the merchant, groyving very complaisant, 'Haw, haw, haw,' roared the Dutchman, as loud as he could laugh 'you begins to haul in your horns a little, does you! Shtrange wat I 1 II I I J. II LMI -II wonders a shmall thousand dollar bill will work in a man's goot opinion! So, you'll drust me now will you?'' 'Certainly, certainly, sir.! 'No, I'll be dam'dt ifyou shall if so be supposin I can find silfer enough in mine pocket to bay you.' As he said this the Dutchman hauled out an old stocking full of dollars, paid

for the goods, and giving another heacty haw, haw, haw, at the astonishment and sudden change of opinion of the merchant departed.

CAPTAIN READ'S OUTRAGE. The New York Evening Post gives. th,e followingsummary of what was. provea against this despotic ofgeer at his late trial. If any man can read it, without feeling his indignation mount and his blood warm, at the idea that such Turkish and overbearing tyrranny can be and has been practised on an American citizen, by any one, least of Ml by one who is himself a foreigner,his frozen feelings commands none of our respect. Let it be remembered toothat this is Read's second offence of that nature: and that the first was committed on the person of a grandson of dr. rrankhn, the preaect lieutenant liarwood ol the navy. Read has been tried by his f eers by Post Captains, and Commandants, nutmated by the etprit da corps, conscious possibly, some ol them, ot smwia,r sins unwhipt of jus tice and of al them, from the nature of things, eaning to the wish, to sustain their own pow ers and authority. That he should, be acquitted or nominally punished cjdy, will surprise none, for the public mit:d is not more thoroughy, satisfied of Read's guilt, than of the, ioitenress. of the existing system of Courts Martial. Perhaps it mav be well that Read hould be acquitted, and the people thus prac tically taught the truth, that the most auda cious, kiyyess a,nd oppressive tyranny can be perpetrated tntpus arm of the public service: that the offender may be tried, his offences preyed and confessed by himself, andj he. yet escape wiui pcrieci impunity, wnue me -men tion ol the American people was rivelted on the proceeding, and public opinion almost without dissent, calling for the punishment of the tyrant, who thus dared to outrage and degrade the person of an American citizen, bearing the commission of the American Repubic. When so extraordinary and disgraceful a fact occurs, the corruptions of the navy will require no elucidation, and if Congress be not equally corrupt, radical reform will take place. S'l i 1 ... lucre are various nonoraoie exceptions, oui recent disclosures prove the Post Captains of the American Wavy, to be the most insolent, yra-inical, and spoilt body ot men in the Union. From the JVew York Evening Post, Midshipman Wilson, the officer who bro't. the charges against captain Read on which that individual has recently been tried, is. a 'oung gentleman twenty-two years of age, in telligent, anq in every way entitled to respect t was clearly proved on the trial that his con duct on board the Constellation (the ve??cl Read commanded) had been correctand even exaniplary. The circumstances which led to his being punished in the extraordinary way that formed the ground of the charges against Captain Read, were the following: Wilson was master's-mate of the birth-deck of the Constellation, and had been ordered to send all the men on deck from helow. On perform ing this piece ofduty he himself wenton deck, to report to Ihe omcer of the watch that the order was fulfilled. Captain Read called to him "Mr. Wilson have yoq turned all the men up?" To this Mr. Wilson replied 'I have, sir," Read then exclaimed. "You have not, sir; you. have disobedience in your eye ; go. aioft, sir, go aloft, sir, and look out lor land ! According to the testimony of some of the witnesses Captain Read's phrase was, 'Vyoq look insolent," instead of "you have djaohedience in your eye." This discrepance, however, is not material. To this command Wilson re plied by asking if it was intended for punishment. Rend answered in the affirmative, and repeated the order. M.r. Wilson said he could not comply with it, Read then ordered Wilson to he seized by two of the seamen and carried forward to the forecastle, whither he himself followed. He then addressed the wondering sailors, saying, 'my lads, here is a young man who refuses to obey my orders. Any one who refuses to obey the orders ol Ins commander is'nt Gt for the service, and - mean to make him obey theip,'f IJe then ordered the ISoatswaintnpassaboyvIine round Wilson, and have men take hold of the rope for the purpose of hoisting him up. Midshipman Wilson, seeing what was about to. be done, sprang into the rigging, when the men began to hpjst, an4 in this way he was triced nboqt half way up the topmast rigging, The ship, at the time, was midway of the ocean, a thousand miles from the nearest (and, sailing under close-reeff d topsails, the weather being exceedingly boisterous, On, Mr. Wilson's coming down, from aloft, he vyas placed under charge of an armed sentinel on the gun deck, with orders that no one shonld be allowed to speak to him; and he was kept in that situation, without a hammock, until eight o'clock the the next morning, when he again was order led to duty. It was proyed by several officers .1 ..I m r - I . 1 "! that the reply of Mr. Wilson to Capt. Read, when asked by the latter il he had sent all the men on deck, was perfectly respectful, that they observed nothing like insolence in his demeanor or "disobedience in, his eye," No attempt was made by Captain Read to estab lish the contrary. These are some of the 'facts proYedoa the recent trial of Capt. Head

ind are derived from a source on the accuracy of vhich the fullest reliance may be plac

ed. north Carolina, The convention adjourned on Saturday last. The Register represents the dosing scene as deeply impressive. A yote of thanks to the venerable president (mr. Macon) having been proposed, a member expressed a hope "that this mark of well deserved respect to their venerabre friend, for probably the last public act of his life, would be testified by the mem bers of the convention standing. The word was &q sooner spoken than every man in the convention was. on. his feet." Mr. Macon returned his ackno.wldgement in a few appropriate remarks; and on his descending from the chair every member took an affectionate leave of him (says the Register) under an impression that most of them would never see him again. The new Constitution has not yet been published,, but the Raliegh Register furnishes the following synopsis of the amendments which were adopted by the Convention: 1 Equalizing representation in both houses. 2. Changing the sessions of the legislature from annual to biennial. 3. Taking the election of Governor from the legislature, and giving it to the peopleand making it biennial instead of annual. 4. Altering the term of office of the attorney general fromconlinu ance dunnggood behaviour to4 years. 5. Excluding Borough members in, future.' 0, Abolishing the right of free persons of color to vote. 7. Requiring the General Assembly, in the election of all officers, to vote viva voce.' S. Amending the thirty-second article of the old Constitution so aa to admit Roman Catholics to a participation in the offices, of the State government. 9. Providing for future Amendments of the Constitution. 10. Providing a mode for the impeachment of Judges, for mental or physical disability. 12. Providing against unnecessary private legislation. These amendments are to be submitted to ine peopie ior meir ratincaiion or rejeclioi:, on the second Monday in November next. Petersburg Com. From the JVbrth River Times. Extraordinary Circumstance, and Providential escape from death. On Monday of last . I g -1 .- . . . week, the hands employed in the quarry of iur. liarman Lydacker, situated under the high range of mountains, below Slaughter Landing, in this county, were alarmed by the cry ot murder! proceeding frcm a female voice, but were totally unable to discover the source from whence it came. At the moment the crew, of the sloop Henry Edward which was passiRg down the river, saw something suspended at the side of the mountain, resembling a female form. With commendable promptitude, they immediately put about, dropt anchor and jumped into the small boat and rowed to !he shore. On arriving at the foot of the mountain, they found it to be a young girl, aged about 16, hanging by one foot Ina cedar bush, about 100 net from the hasp, and GU feet Irom the top of tne perpendicular rock, To reach her from Ihe bottom was impossible, and providing themselves with a rone, ther hastened around to the top. from

which they lowered it, The unfortunate giilj'1? m3 wm vp.t nhlp to fix it nmnnH hfr trn5f. .. n ,1 ; illdi vid lial

by this means, was druwn from her perilous situation, aim rescued irom unpenqjng ana almost certain death, She proved to be Miss Phebe Wells, a niece of Mr. Benedict Wei's, who had left his residence without the knowledge of his family, with a view of going to New York to see her friends. Unacquainted vith the passage of the mountains, it is supposed she was unaware of the danger, until she found herself descending the precipice and the rock being nearly pendicular, her fill could only hayc been broken by the slight shruhhery which projects from the side of the cliff, until luckily for her, she struck the cedar bush, in which her foot fortunately caught, IJer situation here may be imagined, it cannot be described hanging by one foot to a slender bush, and a yawning gulf of rocks and stones 100 feet below unable to extri cate herself, and for aught ?he knew, fir be yond the reach of human call. It is not at all probable that m fiye hundred thousand cases, one could have passed the cliff she did, and hot have been dashed to pieces long belore reaching the bottom, She was not materially injured, and was conveyed to her friends in New Yprk by the sloop Henry EJwards, the Captain. and crew of which are entitled to the highest commendations for thefr promptitude and humanity. Qreat destruction of the late rain. The Woodbury Herald informs us, that the follow ing mill-dams were swept away by the ram of the 15,lh instant; On Mantua Creek, John Drivers, Joseph Clark's (giist anq saw,) I ho mas Carpenter' t, James Jessup's, and John Pine's." On Raccoon Creek, Joseph Droon's at Mullica Hill, the late Nathan 1 olwell s, Ellis' and Gosling's. On 1 imber Creek Jotin Turner's, Peter Chcesmau s and Uenj. lorn linson's; Win. Huggs, near Haddonfield. O. Oldman's Creek, Jos. Stretch's; and those ai Sharptowa and Woodstown. vvuuenai nrpuoiican.

Righteous Judgment" Hirrm En.ik, of Broom was on Friday last comnr.it ted t," the county jail for ' maliciously woandir.g -.." killing an ox." We learn that the ozz was

truck wiih an axe, upon the back, with such force as to sovcr the s.Jine. It is said tiiat tr.e offence was in some degree unintentional, ar 1 he moment the blow had been given tin: k w;ig sorry for what he had done. He was scntsnctd to six months imprisonn e it and to pay a une oi 50. cnonaric nv. The Limerick Chronicle gives the following melancholy particulars of an au A.l shipwreck. A passenger, who was ore of the fifteen saved from the wreck of the Monarch, of Liverpool, Captain .Jackson, states that th-r -werc 210 soub on board, and that they v,--j o ix days on their way to New York, when '..; -truck about midnight, on Thursday the 2th ult. being then in charge of the mate, who was intoxicated. Tzuo hundred and iweMy-fize souls perished. The captain, three failrsj uid eleven passengers, were picked up by the Frances Mary, Flynn,and brought to Dubhrv T! e passengers were mostly from ths coi:nty of Limerick; being only a few from Tippcrary, among whom were persons of the name of Kenchan and Maher, nei-'liborhooi t.' Ca3hel. Fro m the ? York Evening Star. i here is no making our very unlettered emigrants believe that Gen. Jackson is not an Iri-hman, Cobbeti's life of the cli Chief, for which he was r.o doubt paid, settled all doubts on that subject. Two iaboiers in a sU-re in Washington-street, ucie dis cussing politics. " WasV.t it lucky for us, Tern ," said orc4 " that Gineral Jackson v.f.3 an Irishman?"' " Oh! very lucky; but, b the power?, what are we to do, Brian? He sarves his lime out in two years. "Well, honey, and what then? Dr.es'ni L , ua fatnek an Uuren come in arter bun, ur.a si u ia un til The owner of the itire interrupted them bv saiag that Mr. Van Burcn is of Dutcii decent and a native of this state. "No such thing, honey," said ere, 'Vire the Van Burens u an cold Irish family galong with yen. 1 knew the family i:i Carrickfergus myself. The Van Burens c-:ik from the Irish pisantry, arid there was one iould Kings of Connaught, called Biicu Vaii Burcn, sure!'' From the Boston Pott. Th-re is no fun stirring about these dvys. is duil as dog-days John tcils a good slo: once in a while, however, cf which the allowing is a sauij-te: A couple of resurrectionists starfr-J for : subject one coll night, ina small cw.ercc wagon, and succeeded in finding on wh.-i they had disinterred the body, they dres it up in a frock coal, hat, ect tween . thcrn in their waggoi home. The weather being Coming In sight of a tavern, placed t !- and str.r'ed very coI-J. ; they concI'H to stop and "iake a drink," whxh ti. :y tiiJ, leaving their inanimate companion siiiing ercct cpon his seat, with the horse:s reiiras i--Jap. I he ostler observing ' irr in the wirion when it was tliivc juP an( noticing ihat but two went into (he house, thought he would inquire of the third why he did'nt follow his companions; so he walked up to the wagon and asked the reason for his remaining behind no answer was returned. After questioning the dumb g-iitV-man some lime, he took hold of him and found that his hand was upon a dead man! Alt.'io1 terrified at first his mind soon solved the inv-:-tery, by recollecting that one cfthe inJii(: uals who was sipping ted ly at the bar, wa -medical student - So," savs the osu. r, "1" I have some fun with those larks." lie ! i st . the body from the waggon, and carried it iw-i the stable, where he took oil its cloth.--, ; them on tc him:clf and then phu ed hlnis' i; ; the waggon. After a short time, (Ir; st,i.!. -r i rcturucd, one c.f them jumped op bri ' as he supposed, his dead man, r,nd in inern.-v.fi;S struck him upon his knee, exclaiming. "!m ' would you like some flip, my old fallow ?" The moment the y-rds had passed his ! p-, he observed to hjj compnnion, in r. iow and trembling voice, " Ben, he's warm!" T':i-; Started Ben, but he recovered his self possesion in a moment, and after reprwing i.ij friend for frightening himunrecessaiin, stepped up and touched the csller himself; in a:instant, choaking with fenr, he repeated v' t his companion had j-.;st said " He is wan. -heavens TV-" And so would you he," if : 1 i .'. the ostler, in a measured and ghouly i -. if you had just been stolen fro-.M h 1. : I have," The students took to their hec! 1 never returned to claim their tierce or w .. . 'Father! father have you got a nine -about you? the great Zclog.cal Avc v Circuit is coming here to day they've some new things father a great Boy (. structor, and AfiicanLion rig'it from A with fortv stripes on his hack and nary r n 'j alike children under ten years half pric mayn't I go father?" "YVhy certaiul' Dcdham Patriot.