The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 1, Number 40, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 May 1824 — Page 8

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Mi«s SEVVAUD'S RIDD».E.

The la-t Bratfleboro' Messenger contains the foiiowing article

Mr Putnam—The newspapers inform us that the Hre celebrated English poetess, Miss Aw SM'.'ARO, loft a riddle in tier will, with a premium of fifty pounds sterling to the person who should solve it. Here is the riddle

The nob'-st objccts in the works of ^rt The brightest gemj&at nature. dulh im- ess

peace,

The ploughman's prompter when lie drives the plough. The solder's duty and the lover's vow. The planet .seen between the earth and ^un, The prize which merit never yet has won The miser's treasure, and the bal^e of

The ile's ambition, and the parson's dues. ^ovv if your noble spirit can divine, A corresponding word for every hne, JBy all these lessons clemly will be .shewn An ancient city of no small renewn.

All Europe has tried in vain for several years to obtain the r»"i/° -'i'nu pro lit am! nonor of the discovery have been reserved for the jVnv World and for a little corner of Vermont Vou "will be furnished with the solution for your paper in the course of the next

Sarin.•, end the proper measures have aiready been taken to obtain the reward from the executors of Miss Seward'? "ivill in England.

By the particular request of the author, we insert the following supposed solution of the above riddle

Frvni rah American S VTINCL. A marble I enus* long 1ms stood, The noblest work of art. A ''Us is the brightest £*o:rij

I it nature does impart. A l'rnn$ the essential point To adorn a law vers ca«e •The wed known signal, fe,itu3i3

To all in time o! peace. ius7 the ploughman protrtpt-* delights, C/ho^f(ul lo drive his plough, The soldier for a l\nm lights, f'or I aus overs vow. And cnus is the planet seen, iietween the earth and Sun. Thou j! wort the I euw prize and queen.

IV ieh merit never won. In Venter Shvlock's treasures lay IM i-er the badge of 'ews. 7 lie wife of a uouiiis Venus siisji*. Ambitious then to see her rise, \nd bring the pars ui's dues, 31 IM1* n!' er spirit eirarlv eau define, liiat Venus, correspond* with ever\ line. Adieu lair-pirit of the .skies, 1 fiough worlds revolve (ween us 1 hv lessons lead trie to the prize, 'I by City must be l'c.nice.

•'he efins

3Fdit'i.

Miss Seward

IvXKCUi loN OK

At hii early hour th morning, th people b»t»an to assemble in the Park Jor ihe purpose of patching a he.k aJohnson v*hen he should b« brought fort and also to accompau him to the plac of evecufion Tlie whole police estab ish me fit, except in jr one justice and n. marshal, together with, from 50 to 8 special constables, were upon dsit and tl.e troops under the command of Col Spicer, paraded at 9o'clock. The crowcontinued t« assemble in the Park, and in Hioadwav, u.riti 1 twelve o'clock which time, the whole of Hroadw'av. from iMiifray street, to Canal Street and one half of Park in rear, an.' 'rout, was fi'lrd to a degree thai wa never before witnessed. presented as il were, a solid mass of living flesh— men, women and children, of all colors and description The crowd, however, an two it. .lot.,/.ii jipp'Unted, for Johnson was taken out in rear. number of gentlemen, including, some ollh ers, #c. on the invi tation id' n,r Sheriff, were in Rridwell. and as Johnson was taken into the hack yard from the cell, went thither win.

Jum. Johnson w«sclad in a white How ing dre*-, dg.*l with black, with' a cap of the same hen he entered tl)e yard, he appeared perlctly unconcerned and the only time that'lie had been Seen trembling was when the ha'tei .as adjusted upon hia neck just beioi

The «-'sentiai in a lawyer's ease, followed, Johnson once or twice «vinXhc well known signal iii the time of

leaving prison. Johnson had repeat edly lequested that no address should be made bv any of the clergv. either a the prison or at the place of execution. he venerable Dr. 5*tanlord, howver, chaplain of the prison, considered it to be his duty, on graying with the unhappy man for the lait tinu, to make a few remark* and liis^ldress was just. plain and forcible. ljie reverend gentleman dealt plainlj' with

"mi. the nor ol his remarks, ev/lent'* she iha he had little hope ol-y ^Vai ac ... oii-iin. IMl rl llr tuk i/uhtig hi and the fervant praver yhicli

emotion, but he soo// ral-

jlied himself, shook it off, and looked as before.

1 he military arrangement wis not fortunate, (or it took them at Itast an hour after the'appointed time fir moving, to clear a street to

passa thro*, to the

Il the

the prison, and to the ^f'tes

tue pi isofi yard. Indeed from tie immense crowd and from the grea number of carmen who had been suffered tocrowilin with their horses an cart. filled with people, we at one tiin feared that many would inevitably bebrush ed to death.— I he shrieking of t!^ silly females, some of them with inf'aijts, on the approac! i'i'

of the light hor^rnen.

•Vnd who cuuld not move urdessiborne along by the crowd was disinliug Jluwevcr tiie (I!ftiro11wcrej iri a measure sm mounted by a oua.-tel past 13, when the Sheriff, and h'

vie, and the JUv. Mr. the two selected for the himself.

stah aAil

•he procession moied off for the\)lace of esecu.ion. In the wa»»n with |o!.nn, were a number of the clenA\ ainong whom wore the Rov. hrjj. -iidei occ^ioi

t.j k, »b

'i'he procession moved up P,roadway to liohdstrref

the'e.-T^

Ot the multitude, that they were.one hour ni pet formingthi- distance. «iri ived at the place-of oecutioii at 13 iniueufes past one o'clock- Alter ^ei^ ung out f. «un the Jnhii^u

iowd at tiie steps of'jhi* ^ttiiows. wlipn ine a[proj»fj..it service wns read by t\, ev. .Mr. O.iderdonk, and ari ex eu\)nranuou$ piajcr oll'eiad hv the P.ev dr. (J^ilVie. lie tiien asc. de tlie steps. cconipai.it by-% the Sherijf & Mr. .iounde.s, vsUiv,whoiji be-spoke tome nin. ufes,— After the adjn^me-it id'the ope, he kissed both of thir hamN arou^h his, c-p when the tlrop fell. iid at a quarter-before two o'clock, was launcued into eteinitv, ami

M'-d with scarcely a struggle. ad that we have seen and •een able ascertain, Johnson was p?r"Ctly steeled against every feeiinr'id •niteiice or contution to the last.^le ^as a ery ignorant, and w- s. i- uio ik ra'her a stup.d man. His Ian ajy,e ias been strangely unfeeling -ind •mi11 adictotv. lo some he has coussed tin murder over and over a^ain. others, lor the last few weeks, ami veil up to the time ot his death, In as maintained that he was only at* oessary to the crime, and that tin eed was perpi-trated by Jern, bile to others still, he has grasped tin ible, and solemnly attested that he as not guilty of the mu.der. Bu iere are many, many circumstanceshow that he was t.ot alone in guil' -and 'hat it was not Jerry hut anther, assisted him, and whom he was eterminrd to screen. When Dr. fanford went in to sec him last eve iing, Johnson looked up with total un concern, and said—"Well old Dad. 'on you think I stand it very w» ll. lo 'lie sherill he said this morning— •'Mr. endovcr. I hope you won't have 'his job to do over again, you are too '-•eling a m,iii!

We note these expies

••ions as specimens of his general deportment, and as evincing the callousness of his feelings. Indeed his lami'y

'"'in to be much like him. VN -any a letter from his wife and daughter, recivcd from New burg, on Tiesday, which was of a piece with his whole conduct. In this letter tliev both talked with a business like unconcern, about their larining opera "»n ., O

The foil wing substance of (he tei as nearly as we can reccdlect H'ig perusal, but it is notma'•'nally iiu'Oi reef excepting that Wl mended the urthogrphy. 1 have written you to to ler, hut have not received any from you can, I w^|, you to wi ite me or get some oue'io write for vou, want to receive a letter from you before you die. The children

well and so the cattle. We

,e all

dragged the stones iiom the field near

Vfr. T.— hnVe sowed the field with clove and rnotln and we have made the fei.i_c ourselves.—1 have boogl-t the plough as I wrote you for g7—the barn will be up upon Monday next— my dear husband. I love you as well as ever I did—1 want to see you before vou die, but it is so far that 1 do not feel able to come, pray night and morning and every day, that God would have mercy on your poor soul. Farewell Amen —Amen. Then the .laughter writes in her'ow i. name, .Mother is almost sicl: witSi crying Mi

A. ii. C. &c. talk of going down to see you. I hope you wont let them see vou. They say, up here, you ate going to make a speech. Vou don't know what folks siv about you. when thev eome here. 1 hope you will not make any dying speeches, to be printed in books when you are dead, for there is enough now printed in tlie papers, to take hall a nay to read.~I hope you will keep a close month you have said foo much. P. and D. the children all send their love to you, arid pray for vou night and morning."

Inis letter was Signed by the daug'i the letter continues in the same hand writing, as from the mother, which l-oes on to request him to pray to (iod and die innocent, as 1 believe you ^re—and keep your mouth shut.

Rptifitclx'y 1'rodncis.—Tf is estimated that the export of Mock alone from Kentucky, during the past year a mounts to ft 1.4 14.0^-J p: incipa!I in horses, mules, hogs, and beef cattle.

Mr. Waterman, of Washington ci rv, advertises an invention by which a man may walk upon 'lie water twelve miles an hour! t)h dear.

Jlartfnvd Convention.—The Hon G. Oris, is at'emnting in a srriesoi numbers now publishing ill tl.e Boston Centinel, to wipe from that bodv tlie odium that so justly attaches to it.— ain attempt be might as well endeavor to obliterate the slijjina from the character ol Arnold—or make the con luet of Hull appear honorable, as to prove that the Hartford Convention was an assemblage of just men made eifect I'he advice to Mancho, is. in our opinion, well applied by one of •he I'oston editors to this prominent member of that infamous body—" The more you stir

La Fayette,— The Paris Journal clu dommerce asserts, that M. La Fayette will not-come to tin U. States, unless ill hopes of freedom for Fiance shall first become extinct.

AMERICAN' COTTONS—Tlie Providence journal states, that brown cotton sheetings and shirtings, of fine thread, but poor stock, are imported into this country, where they are bleached, and thus obtain the stamps of American bleachers Ihe goods arc then brought into the markets as American, and, on account of the superior durability of American cloths obtain the preference. Purchaser* may distinguish between the superior cloths bv observing, that the former are al ways stamped with the names of the maker and bleacher, while the latter are only stumped with that ol tin bleacher.

The LT.-S. brig Spark, Captain Newton, was r.t Mantan/.as, about'24th ult. Ihe S. had run down along all the Islands and through the old Bahama Channel, touching at St. Thomas and the Island ol Mona—at the latter place aptain Newton destroyed an establishment, that no dobut has once been the rendezvous of pirates—a strict search was indue for the inhabitant, but without success—a number of articles were found, such as charts, ike and all the papers of the brig Willliam

medicine chest full of medicine, supposed to belong to said brig—the boats that were found, together, with thw house were destroyed.

The bolivar, aud another rojombi-

1 he last paragraph l*y way of a Pre fern their having hunt ihe'tencc round the barn and beloietiie door.

0 »r»..

OLD .Miff S.

Cnw Pn.v.—In Kussia no* person can be admitted into a school, be bound an apprentice to a trade, nor be married. who has not had the cow pox or -mall po\. ^iicli regulations have driven the small-pox from the kingdom l,£{)0 (#)0 were vacmuted in a few yeaVs.

an ship of warhave recentf£totich ^wt. Thomas it wag, stated 'foat lud rescued an I?rtglish bifg an French brig .from Mona Passage. he Col. brig Gen. Soublette, was spoken 26th ult. off the DodhU Head-* ed Shot Keys had recency mad» prizes. it is stated that a great number ot coioui have arrived atv 1 bom as from *'Martinique, sent from

oluUun. a'eariuga re-

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^unt» fro*

c.o, we \9arn that there.has bee^ ce.itly a tumult tWere, commence^ vjtn. Lnjito, with a to induce congress^to change the ministry put tae hur(.)peat:s out of office, having found his er or, subniitte otnei refused to succumb, and two officers of the army were apj||vfi -, ded, tried, and condemnd to death, pan o-ierl ihe next (lav.

For ..Safe.

enty

E O I

Jlnd two thirds of the

STEAM DIS I ILLERY

the Still two^^ears, they are botn~-~ operation The above property wil be sold at a reduced price for cash^. for part of the purchase money par and approved security for 'he balance^ for further information enquire of

bafe'

JOHN 51ALKN. on the premises.

Jnn. IS 18^3. 'J V'

Ilciiiy 'Ma3*rick,

(ATTORNEY AT LAW) V-

Continues to practice in the sever al courts ol the first Judicial circuit—lie keeps his office at Washington, $ Daviess county, wherehe he may at all times be found excepting when absent at court.

Conveyancing punctually attend-

il lo and corrcctly executed on moderate er

THE public arc liereby notifto,] the Subscriber continues to can 'he

Hulling Business

At! lis old stand in the Borough of W'ashngton Daviess County.— Where he keeps a constant supply of Ladies Fur Hon nets and Ladies and Gentlernens Hats in assortment.

Those who wish, can be accommodated with such articles bv applying as ahove. Furs, or Cash will. Lt umv in payment.

so. tf.

that '»n

JAMES CALIIOON.

Jan. 18^. N. A lad from the conntry who well recommended, will be an apprentice to the above

can come taken as business.

Ji Great Bargain I

A 2 AJL.W

TDK undersigned offers for sale nVO TRAC TS OF FIRST RATE

LAND,

lying in the forks of White River Daviess County Indiana, One Tract ef

160 ACRES

with 50 Acres improved 100 bearing Applotrres, good Springs.—'Tiie other Tract, has about £0 ACRES under cultivation, good MILL SEAT, and well Timbered—both lying- about six miles from Washington. Tiie price will be in con fortuity with the times— A W aggoti and llorses will be received in part payment and the terms otherwise made easy.

JOHN FLINTS

NOTICE TO MANUFACTURERS

II. I). W HEELER, of Vincennes, respectfully informs the citizens of Vigo and the adjacent counties that he bason hand Wool Carding Machines of

Cotton Carding and Spinning Machines ol Ihe best quality on very low terms— Also, all kinds of turned and finished I Iron work. Mill Irons &c.

Ter»«-1 laute April 2T

1824—3rm3.