Western Times, Volume 2, Number 4, Richmond, Wayne County, 26 September 1829 — Page 1
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Tin: i.urn cam., or. i it r iMMLi'isnt' r..noN. t"; m '.iVvl :i I ar-on, a ve'ro told, T ;t v. i.cn it 1 r" nf kr.ow not, "1 , i :t 1 i sii-,rire i!1! k would hoIJ, . ! re at'ri-v it the to heaven iliouM go not, : :t r;ithrr down l hell he l.url'd, I; t' fj vrcuM not nt jurr the worlJ, ricc-:.tai J:v-ut C'.thj CDnnnutn, g U.
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lie said mthing; but shortly afterwards by the rock?, their clothes torn, and their
the country dealer sent him an order for a feet and limbs lacerated, and stained with
quantity of tea. The tea w as put into the blood. To heighten their misery, one of
nail cak, the whole w as w eighed, and the the savages began to make lore to Miss
tare w as deducted ns per bill of nail. The , (the intended ot Major Smith) and
merchant was soon notified, by his custom- while goading her along with a pointed er, that the tea fell short, in weight, ta-ehe stick, promised in recompense for her suf-
poumis. I have sent hack your own cask tenng, to make her h;s squaw. This at at your own weight,"' said the merchant once roused all the energies of her mind, "the cheat is ours, and you are perfectly and called its powers into action. la the
welcome to jour shared the profit.. hope that her friends would soon pursue
Pantucktt Chronicle. them, she broke the twies as she passed a-
lonff. nnil Hflf I'fwl tiio nnrtu ja rrmrli no
From a paper printed in lston, in May, ib,e , anblundcrinp steps -., by Kogersfc towle.we extract the n,lt Kv .. ' ,Ko M,ai,' r
me ,u.fe.....v o-v.il- iaii.i l Ihpcoc'it-ir-r.? T ,n, .i n fwc.ei
everc, but was no doubt sanctioned ly and another dav of a-onv bad nearly roll
ed over the heads of these afflicted females,
when their conductors halted to cook a
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ncth, t!.i joodly wi;ht,
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V-.o '':'.iv t -lU-t.tttic christian iigni.
ri'..crc rroivrd a hwicr rill'.
V.s it !'vi. :h ttc tipuid w.u a friV more .-
r r.' ' o placed in wru'.U. to little ?torc, TV; hr.d " !. i-ht you know, a;.' Tw h r.ct t. fj-'-ioh! r.
r; tvra,,the Ixrl conim !rd"
- 1 th'".;h 'tw3 T-ito co away, rr t ht rrni'c the Lri" t' 0V7, i t a r.u Jc rrvant hrinJt 1 N:, 'jrc 53 l.c iun: 0. T-' -irtir1; Sahtntli now nrnv'd, A ! 'I hi Mm; le Cock contrivM T ! car their j ncif f.irewcl' : ! ! M thm lor j in rihtioa strain, .' , thm frra I'arUn m.i rcfrniD, A: I in t cm-ord dwf 11 : - , ;,Ht.- th- 5rl !, in holj wt be Ik!-?,
T!.c ".r icp o'rr, lUi'-ff the doer T!'. ; ri'h. centry gathrrrd ronn'! : -, tL- r'od aiat came tinionc; ttcid, . ! oa thr ir of.VrM l.an !, atnl rung them. , ,".t on t 3-."i," t'.ie gratniic cried, .. r I'. d ti.nr 1 jrtall up,nnJ ij;h,J, ' .!-( p? M their farewell curtMCJ tj the IV! md t'.r re t, 7'!il the pficit good hje. In r i'i'eV iootj jacket dre t, 1 tai?.r raffic-- w.vc, nuJ nulg'.t A ;n:,tv.e t: -k rft'K-.y recan - ,,, xT.'h the wctU dcj nunc man ' h iw pool maa paron dol i. ; . -P hr fcner.im bcrrj well.' A- .;.( rr, well, sn l !,ow;!i youl'' 1 v' ' ru f ar hnnllj te ll ; --.:.- -c t tcntj- year, W; ! jn-i 1 e worhip here, r. r-rei3rrj frarc you ft--ck yourc.1 V. '. . nrt f 1 -ar, y i it tnut be to, t Vn ?ry, ton, "Tf.&t I arafjrctd aw,nj lF then, yo'i know, HwomM i.-.t: do, Th.: Lri-i 1-AcalU fot me t J i'.iJObej.'' 'A'ho? mn-a, who, yen ny ? lDe l.rd rail yd awiy ? ! M" -, hnw many pniti a year, ; piy f T ;tter'iin here V . . ... ... 1 1 1 .
1 1 ',!. .re 1 irv.er J 1 in p;iii nnj u.arp ''.. - r.T'r ye, I tSxnk they o.Ter r ira." "' ' si-to, e..y he 'tis d' I.or I w!ir call, ' " .t i!"'t y u ih.ii.k cert lo-id y i let him h .!, ' r ill r3 tdl all 1)0 M!( 'F r r- , i j h ick from f ur to 1 ' i ' n I. !, he hr'dn till he dan.n, F ' e n.T'i j arnn v.h r rrmo."
public opinion in those days:
ANroLis, (Md.) April 13.
At the Ajhzm in Baltimore County, last re t of R ff , , '
..vt r, in- irtiir i .iui, tin uiu l,icy litavitru Sinner, w as tried for blasphemy . His a-
oorn
The ladies were soon missed from the
garrison. I he natural courage and s.ia-
heighlened by love,
gave him the wings of the w ind and the
The lifrht traces of
ar-
tain
a
unable wicked expression (too vile and L;fv n c' ,,u nnnt
horrid to repeat; was fully prov d "P ga've him the wings lltm. Mnil the .Inrv snnn finim htm fiiillt - ... .
and he was sentenced to be bored through female fepUed hlmto tbe.,lace of cml, the toncTiie. rinil in nn v f irrnl v rtmirwlc cf or. 1 1 . . i . .
V . J . . ' nation me canoe was traced to the oppo
sing; me nrst part ol his sentence t.e.ng site shore-thc deep print of moccasins in immediately put into execution, and he the iand told the rest: and the agonized committed to the thrritl 8 cu.tody 'till he Snuth, accompanicd by a few of his best paid the fine. woodsmen, pursued 'the spoil encumbered
J.y,fl5ef .-The English alphabet con- - ,in acK once o.,coverec, iney tins f twenty four letters; to which, if we kept it with unerring sagacity o peculiai ,h i -.nv mncnn,ie , ..;n to our hunters. T he bended grass, the d is
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twentv-s.x, the French contains twenty- -- '- - -' ' "r-'-1 three; the Ilebtew, Chaldee, Fvriac, and ;ed the only but to them the certain m-intan, twenty-two each; the Arab .c, Tvu , i n- r0Ut? f -Tl twmty -e.ght; the Tersian th.rtv-one; the W hen hatl .cntly ascertained the Turkish thirtv three; the Georgian thirty- ""al course of the Indian,Smth quitted . . .- .J the frarp nunnnir hia rnmn-ininn that tripv
tiir- tfil nr.lic fhirtt.lirn. Iha lincruifn I " ' S " -
. ' llltK-k.lu. 1 1 1 . ' 1 V J VILLI " .
forty three; the Greek twenty-four; tllP "ould tall in with them at the pass ot a
I -it in ttienfr-tivn fho Sr nrflnir twenlv. I .v.. .....v..
fun, the Italian twenty, the Spanish
twenty-seven, the Kthiopic and Tartarian
each two hundred and t wo, the Indians of
Hengal twenty-one, the Burmese nineteen.
the Chinese have, properly speaking, no
alphabet, except we call their language by flint nnme I tioi r lol fro a r ivrvnta rr t-ith
er hierollnhirs. amounting to abut e.ht .h? Rav"-?cs 5eatel by a f. re, and with a
thou-ind deliberate aim shot him through the heart
The fatal moment arrived. The young widow, with tranquil visage, and a mind fixed Upon her project, arose from the ground, went several times round the pile scattering flowers to the multitude who were eajer to receive something from her. and then ascended the pile. During all this time she sang, accompanied with the shouts of the multitude and the discordant notes of drums and Hindoo pipes. Having reached the summit, the sat
down near the centre, and the corpse of her dead husband, already swelled with purification, was carefully placed on her knees. A piece of cow-clung lighted and enveloped in a wisp of straw, was given to her fater-in-law, who went round the pile
houtingand brandishing the blazing straw.
whilst the victim continued nevertheless
to clap her hands, and apparently to re
oice at the destiny that awaited her.
i lie faggots were so kindled in several
laces, and were not slow in producing a
daze which a hot and strong wind render
ed majestic and terrible . When the flames
reached the victim, I saw her make a movement as if to lie down, that the struggle might be sooner ended : but what was my surprise and delight to see her spring
from the pile, casting from her lap, as if by
i convulsive movement, the body of her
husband. Scarcely had she reached the charge this office,''
iuuiiu, nut ii a uiauim stu.cu iici, one
free immediately such as are over forty live to have some prov ision made for their support out of his estate and those of the younger class are to be free, the mnles at twenty eight years of age, and the females at twenty-five.
struck a direct course, thus gaining on the
foe, who had taken the mot difficult paths
Arrived at the stream, he traced its course
until they discovered the water newly
thrown upon the rocks. Smith, leaving his party, now crept forward upon his
hands and feet, until he discovered one o
MARVELLOUS CONTRAST! Scarcely were the remains of the lata philanthropist, Gen. I'idgely, cold in his
grave; scarcely had the enchanting note of
admirationpraise which had ascended and to the heavens echoed from the vaulted skies, in commemoration of his last '-glo
rious1' act, ceased to vibrate on the ear, when our eves were at raeted to the following'.! It appeared as an advertisement, in a newspaper. It ha3 a volume of com
ment in ltselt. ' e shall, therefore, say nothing further now, than that we under
stand this is a son cf Gtn. Chirks Ridgehj!U (r. U. Errxnicipatinn. "CASH FOK NEGKOES. The subscriber wishes to purchase twenty or thirty SLAV ES for his own use Persons disposed to sell, will please to call on him in Faltimore, or at his residence at Hampton. John RmGEi.v. The National Intelligencer w.ll insert the above to the amount of one dollar, and
was so exhausted that she fell; but had it ' p a T7yTF.RV n CP ART ME NT.
noi necn ior our prompt intenerence. snei
The women rushed towards their deliv
Whoever found himelf sufficiently pre- "er, and recognized Smith, clung to him
pared for misfortune? Wo till it came ln l"e trantorts of newly awakened joy
ever ceased to hope that it might not anl gratitude, while asecond Indian sprang
comet Who v.aen it comes, can s.iv. 1 towards mm wim nn tomanawK. cmiiri
have watched for you so long with a troub- disengaged himself from the ladies, aimet
led heart, that now vou find me without a a "lo'v at ,us antagonist with his rule
tear to shed, or a sigh to breathe ? Alas! pv,,ich llie ravage avoided by springing a
the stern reality has a pane-of its own tin- eu,c r,n at the same moment the latter re
like that w e feel in the most vivid antici- ceived a mortal wound from another hand .
rations. Does the child vou love, the M'ie other and only remaining Indian fell,
nmtregs jou adore, the parent you vener- in attempting to escape. Smith, with his ate, lie on the bed of death! What though interesting charge, returned in triumph to
vou have whispered this fatal secret to lne I0", where his gillantry, no dount, was
yourself, again, and again, and again? repaid by the sweetest of all rewards the
What thoiiP-h voursnirit has mourner nver hand Ot one he rescued
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the dvinc obiect. in all the antmiih of in.
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evitable bereavement? Ah me! wait till I ransiaiea jor tne huiltlm J
the eye is closed, and the tongue mute Efcayeof a JVUoxv from the funeral Pile
t,,ever tarry tin the soul is departed-- Extract of a letter from Mirzapore, Dec.
uii uie wiing yuu ureameu is uie ining you i 1828
h ci-and then yoj will know the diner- VhPn wc ri?acbC(l the spot we found
aembled to
pectacle, and waiting
vith much anxiety for a watrant from the
magistrates, permitting the sacrifice. A considerable time elapsed bef ire the police officers arrived, tinder all the restrictions prescribed by custom.
During this interval every possible ef-
would have been thrown back into the
dimes.
A scene of confusion followed a9 may
well be supposed , but no tr.ore violence was used. A passage was soon opened through the crowd and we had the satis
faction of conducting this poor victim of
branunical superstition to her village
where she now resides, and is, I believe, very greatful for her escape. Her back and arms were burned in a dreadful man
ner, arid this w ith the exhaustion produced
by the hunger, fatigue and anxiety she suf
fered three days previous to the ceremony,
make her recovery almost miraculous. As far as I can discover, no intoxicating drug had been administered tostupify her. Her heroic and resolute courage from the commencement of the ceremony till the moment of trial, was worthy of a better cause, and would hav e done honor to a christian martyr.
ence i-et ween the fear of losing, ay, and e- reni cpnc0Urse of people von between what constitutes mere man's w-tneM the horrid spectacle,
certainty ot losing, and the miserable cer tainty that you imveIcsL
wi:sti:iiv ADVF.NTUHKS.
Br inE nox. jidce n.ur..
Among the adventurers whom Hocn des-
ctibed as having reinforced his little colo- fort w as made to induce the w retched vie
ny, w.-n a young gentleman named Smith, tim of deception and fanaticism to abandon
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who had heen a major in the militia of ir- her dreadful resolution. She was young, ginia, and poesed a full share of the gal- and aid and protection were promised to
ant ry and noble pint of his native state, herself and her whole family it she would
In the alienee of Loon, he was chosen, nr. relinquish her design of self destruction.
V it k nkrd a Jirn-ary who was a account ol his military rank and talents, to She rejected every proposal with disdain,
t -on" i.t" irishman, 'wliat watln ir , command the rude citadel, which contain- but at the same time with mildness, and
showed an obstinate determination to per
MISCELLANEOUS.
. -t in vi-itin Ephe-us ?' 'To view tint ; ed all the w ealth of this patriarchal band
S p nf rubbi-h,' ho anwcit 1, p suiting t j their wivea, their children, and their tv- 'fV'nplf. 'Are th r- nnf, aid the ' herds It held abo an olject patticularly 7 :m with a nu!c, tone rr,.u?li about dear to this young soldier a lady, the c) in i n i t'v their rii i-ty daugliter of one of the settlers, to whom he ... I had pledged his affections. It came to Th making of n from cotton srH. is j upon a certain day, when the siege K-rnm- n .n., n,tn--t .i.inr at the w;ls vrr trrmquilitr restored, and the emS 'ih. In Virpir.n, mvlnnp has br en .dovmenU nf Imdn n A rict,mn,1 thaftK;.
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"i young lady, with a female companion,
r.vrntcd to hasten and a'i't the prore-s
f'tainme the od. Hy a careful calcula
t it r'tiinitr d th tt there is annually r '.:;'irieiit ntpln-- kf d in the V. S. to make as i.m'h mI a will, at .V) cents a gallon, .0'ie to 0, 100.000 dolbm.
f 'c:nrv r, f'e Chunh. A man who had
p lied f r admieion to the church, was ,W i ved by the pastor, a day or two tter, ia a s'-ite of gb.'tious mtoxicatmn, leaning o'j a b r..i in fp rit of the nieeting houe. I am apiiM d to see ) oil in this conditiHi.'Viid t'ue mitii-ter '! thought 'u were calculating to join the church." The vr.vcithv a j p'.i-' ml look (I ip with a wandrir.tr rt.ire, and replied: "Tine, I did think -.Silt it and I'm rather a ning that It?', '.!' W.
A iVW.n- for ci tilixtr. A country
tier iu mil-, ''old a c ak of the article to
n.c rt h int in town. The merchant dis
.r -Hd d the nail, arifl, on weighing the i-li, found it hea if r, by twelve pounds,
j '.n ".neurit tire allowed in the bill.
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strolled cut, as young ladies in love are apt to do, along the banks o' the Kentucky river. Having rambled fir some time, they espied a canoe ly ing by the shore, and in a frolic stepped into it, w ith a determination of visiting a neighbor on the opposite bank. It seems that they were not so well skilled
in the navigation as the 'Lady of the Lake,1 who paddled her own canoe very dexter
ously ; for instead of gliding to the point of
nesmauon, iney were whirled about bv the stream, and at length were thrown on a sand bar, from which they were obliged to w ade ashore. Full of mirth, cicitcd by their wild adventure, they hatily arranged
their dresses, and were proceeding to
climb the hanks, when three Indians lush
ed from a neighboring covert, seized the fair wanderers, ami forced them away.
I heir savage captors, evincing no gympa
thy for their distress, nor allowing them time for rest or reflection, hurried them
along during the whole day by rugged am
thorny paths. Their shoes were worn off
severe.
She manifested a lively satisfaction when
the permit arrived, and with a firm step and an intrepid countenance, 6he advanced
to the bank of the Gange3, where the fu
neral pile was prepared. A crowd of dev
otees followed her, and showed as much
eagerness to witness the dreadful sight as
is in England to witness a boxing match
Having reached the bank, the w idow per
formed the ceremony of hathing w ith the corpse of her deceased husband, changed
her garments, distributed her ornaments to
her female friends, and received, in re
turn, from the Hramins who surrounded
her, garlands of flow ers, and perfumed oils,
with which she annointed herself. After this purification, she sat upon the ground, close to the funeral pile, surrounded by a crowd of old women and Hramins, whose lengthened and strongly marked features expicssed the pleasure they derived from the courage and fortitude of (heir victim. Just then an unexpected delay occurred. There was not wood enough, and while some were gone after it, new attempts were made to ilissuade this woman from her cruel design, but phe preserved her firmness, smiled and sung; whilst the old w omen clapped their hands and shouted in
unison. The pile was soon completed and :
urrounded with faggots, that her sufferings might be as short as possible.
Tin: Di ki: or oulfans.
In the hiitory of this ditmguihed prince, at present with his son, the Duke
of Chartress, on a visit in London, there i
one circumstance of deep ar.d touching interest which will supply a curious page in the future history of this country. During the period of t he troubles in France
he w as of course oue of the proscribed of
the house of Ilourbon. In (he year 1893, he wandered an emigrant among-t the mountains of the Alps, in personal danger, and suffering extreme privation. Horn to
a splendid patrimony, and heir to one of the greatest monarchies in the world, he found himself destitute of friends or fuc cour, broken in frtune, and exiled from
his native land. In this exigency he appli
ed to a college near Coire, in Switzerland,
for the situation of teacher cf mathemat
ics, and, after a competition against several rival candidates, he obtained th ap
pointment by force ot merit, for his rank was unknown, and discharged its duties with distinguished ability for eight months. When he was afterwards residing at Twickenham, in the year ItMv. he was in
vited to dine at the anniversary of the so ciety of schoolmasters, on which occasion
he w rote to the treasurer regretting his in
ability to attend, but enclosing a liberal do nation to the charity. I lis roal high
ness1 letter concluded by observing:
'That amng the motives which made him feel an attachment to schoolmasters was that of having been himself once a
member of the profession. It was one of
the many vicissitudes of fortune w hich had fallen to his lot; that at a period of severe distress and perserution, he had the good luck of being admitted as teacher in a college, where he gave lessons regularly for the space of eight months. lie hoped,
therefore, that the society for the relief of
distressed schoolmasters, would permit him to tender his mite as a fellow schoolmaster." There was magnanimity in the avowal. He was not ashamed of his necessities -he had reason to be proud of the merits they developed. At seventeen he was a general in the French army, and rallied his troops three tiraes at (5enappe; at twenty, he was a professor of geometry, tnd executed his labours as if his whole life had been devoted to the science. It has been well said of hir.i that every where, and in all circumstances, he appeared as if born for the station he filled Frcich Paper.
From the American Advocate. Milk and Milking. The prnctice of milking 3 times a day, especially when cowb are in good pasture, is recommended. Nearly aa much milk will be obtained at each rrilking as when it 19 done but twice; (or when the udder ia full the body of the animal begins to absorb the milk. Milk should be pour
ed into pan? as soon a9 possible; fir if carried far or much shaken it will yield
but little cream. Milk pans should never be above 3 inches deep. The milk gradually increases in richness from tho first to the last drop of a milking. They who carelessly leave half a pint of milk in the udder, not only loe as much cream as the first 5 pints afford, but losc that part of the cream which gives richness and flavor to the butter; arid leaving it dries up the cow into the bargain. Winter's milk, although Ies3 abui-dant, will bs fouud to be richer thau sum
mer s. To boil nice. The Charleston Courier gives the follow irga3 the southern method of boih.g rice, which give3 the kernah the crawling appearance which they consider evidence of its bciri properly cooked. Put your rice in an open pot, covering it with water, and put it on the fire to boil. When it has boiled so as to become soft, take it off
the fire, drain off the water and cover
the pot so as to retain the heat; thru put it on coals or hot ashes for 15 or "0 minutes, to throw off the steam; aod it is ready for the table.
If is Htatrd that the late (i.iwrriorUidge-
ly,of Maryland, has, by bin will, emanci
pated all his siavf 3 to the number ot upwards of 400. Those who have attained
th fge of twenty eigid jean, are to be
SILK. Mr. Gideon B. Smith, of Baltimore, who professes to have some t xperietxe in the management of bilk worms, say s, that one million of them would require the constant attention of at Itast twenty persons, young and old, during the Iat v eeks of their existence. The first wrt k one person would not have enough to do: the second, two would be required: the third, four: the fouith, eight or ten: and the fiith, at
least twenty, if the worms are properly attended to. A million would make 3;'
pounds of rw silk, and it u a good d.iv3 work for a skilful reeler to reel one pound per day. The business, he savs is profitable, and will yield about $W for ten weeks labor for two hands.
Elder Juice Will destroy skippers in cheese, bacon, &c. Some say that an infusion or decoration of elder is a remedy against bugs and other insects which infest cucumber vines, Sec. Try and see.
Preserving Bacon by Charcoal. Take a tierce or bt x and cover the bottom with charcoal, reduced to small pieces, but not to dust; cover the legs or pieces of meat with stout round paper, sewed round so as to exclude all dust ly them in compact ordpr then cover the layer with coal, and soon till your business is done, and cover the top with a good thickness of coal. The use of charcoal, properly prepared in boxt's, is of great benefit in preserving fresh provisions, butter and fruit in warm weather; aho in recovering meat of any kind when partially damaged, by revering tho same a few hours in the coals JVcv Etigland urmer.