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11
Month
September
Year
1847
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Horrible! - The Boston Courier, alluding to the statement recentk publisheci, that a young man rramed Hoyington as recently hanged in Alábanla, for a morder, which lie ne.ver committed, adds llie following : "U'o have since !eirned sorae ckcumslanr.es which occurred at the execution ' of Boyington, not very creditable to the i charaoter of the people for humnnity, among h hom il was etiacteci. Thcre are two young men iti this viciniíy who were present at the p.xpcuiioii of the unhappy Coyinglon. When on the scaflbld, he ■ protesed his ignorance of die murder,and callad on God 11 the most solemn mannerl to witness his innocence. When the hangrnan was placing the rope about his ntck, he broke away, jumped from the scaffold, and ran with al most superhiijtnan speed. Me was overtaken and carried back, and as soon as the rope was fixed on hia neck, several of the spectators sprong forward and laid hold of his legs, I pulling with brutal ferocity to break the! tinfortunnte wrelch's neck! Such a?cenei would have disgraced the barbarism of the n.ost barbarous age. Would it not be botter ihrii the gnllows should be taken down, lh.in that such another exhibitim ' of inhumanity should be endured ? On '■ whose head is the innocent blood of poor Boyington ?" Tuk Turks diner from us even in their most trifling habits. The barber pushes his razor from him ; the carpenter, on the contrary, draws the saw to him, fur nll the teeth are set in ; ours pushes it froni him, for nll the teeth are set out : the mason sits while he laj's the stone. ours always stand ; the acribe writes on his hand, and from riglit to left; ours always on a desk, and ffom lolt to righl : but the most ridiculous difierence eens is ts in the mnnner of building a house, we begin at the bottom and finish at tho top ; the Turks begin at the top, and the upper rooms are finished and inhabited while all below is liko a lantern. A Fool at the Fai.ls. - On VVednesday a little exciioment was createH at the Cntaract House Niágara Falls, in wliicli a young Southerner acied the ninny. On entering the dinine; room he was about seating himself at the breakfast table with his ladies, in ciiairs resarved for other?. The waiter very polilely informed him that such wes the fact, and offered him another place, when th'e Southerner drew his knife wilh the intention of stabbing tho waiter! After a few minutes of disttirbance, the young blood paid his bill, and notwithstanding the rain was pouring down in torrents, left with his ladies fui another house - Ror.h. Dein. A Pleet of Pelicans. - It is a pleasant sigbt to see a flock of pelicans fishinjr. dozen or more are flying on heavy, flngging wing over sea, the long neck doubled on the back, so that the beak soems to proirude from the breast. Suckienly, a ruílling of tho water arreste iheir attention ; and with wings half closed down each plungos wilh a resounding plash, and in an instant emerges to the surface wkh a fish. The beak is held aloft, a snap or two is made, tho hnge pouch is seen for a moment distended, then collopses as before ; and heavily the bird pises to wmg, and again beats over the snrface with its follows. It is worthy of observation that the pelican invariably, performs a somerset under t!ie suiAice; for descenáing, as he always dies, diagonally, not perpendicularly, the head emeiges looking in the opposite direction o that in which it was lookmg before. When the morning appetito is sated, they sit calmly on the heaving surface, looking much like a miniature fleet. - Gosse's Birds of Jamaica. ttr=A son of Mr. Daniel Pifctbets, of Bath, Me., aged about six year.--, was poisoned on Tuesday, 17th, bv cating a pree paration of cobalt and molasses, so that ho died in nbout two hours. The jioison was preparcd to kil! flics. Russian DesPötism.' - According to a recent act of the Empero N cholas, ns pUblished in a St. Pelprsburgh Journal, nny pcrson abjuring ihe (Ircco-ilussian religión, is t Le placed at the disposa] of the ecclesiasiicnl authorities, his properly coniiscalod, and il' lie doei not re-enter tin estabtished ehurch witliin a given period, he is to bo confined för lile. Any individua] who sliould adviso anothor to abjure the Icnets of that religión, shall forfehall his prerogativeSairf civil rights, and be banishcd forever to Western Siberi.i. Persons preaching or publishing in iiiiv way doctrines calcula'cd to shake the faith of the true believers, incur a similar penalty when guilty of the offence for the thinl time. Futhers and mothers professing ihe Groco-Russian religión, who cause their childrcr. to be baptized by the ministers of any otber Christian sect, are to be punished by two year's irnprisonmcnt. John B. Gough lectured at the Tromont Temple in Boston, on Sunday evening. In reference to the üddrees, the Bee says : In alludingto himse!f, Mr. (lougl) said thatso littleconfidence had he in his power to resist temptaüon, and so fearful lest at any time he sliould again fa!l, that p.o suflfi of money houcver large, no prospect of worldly advantage would induce liim to pass a night in a room with no companion hut a bottle of brandy. Tuk Death Pknaltv. - The Legislalure of Louisiana have declared itoptional with the jury to have tlie persons who are convicled of murdor, either capilally punished in tlio old way, or iinprisoned for life. The jurv, in the only ca.se that has occuried since the passage of the now law, decidcd on imjirisonment in p reference to hanging. We have seen some receipts for keeping awny toothache by using charcoal powder for washiug tl.em. &c. We know of no substanee to equal charcoal dust for a (ooth-powder, but if the stomach be disordered nothing can provent its effect upon the teetb. The only lrue preventaiive of tothncl;e, are simple dict, plenty of exercise in the open air( and cleanliness inevery respect. Though the Democrals made this war, the Whig.s do al! the greatest fighling and rhyining. For example, John H. Warland, formerly editor of tl.e Manchester American, has written a "Song of the New Eng!and Regiment,,' which. lirs rather the smoothest and brettiest iloiv of all the war-poelry we have seen. The sentiment is quite anollier aflair. lt starts offthus: Oh liold and fcee o'er the boundingsea, Take we our glarlsoiüe ua", To spread our glrrioua banner out, And ming'e in the fray ; Al bent of drum, we come, wc come, Armed inen and prancing steed, And oh w.''ll bear the stripès and stars Where Pterae and Ransom lead. Chorus - And oh, &c. Tliongh it mr:}' he such a benut ful thing togo into the "fray," wo fnncy that those who come out wil! find the etlect ■ üke those of ;ill olher frayc, nnd wili ! then, if iliey sing, sing snother gort of' s-mg. beginning somethrng likö this: Oh lèan and lapk, with .1 singlo shank, The soldier limps aay ; For grub and grog nol fit For a hog, To spend h;s little py ; Tb díe a sol ana be forgot By the mot) thnt resp the ppoils, While Pierce nnd Kansam fake thë stars. Ile tak.es the stripesand toils. Cironotyp?. The New York Sunday Dispatch has ' an amusing paragrapli about a chap by j the nano of Solt--a "ginoowine" live '; Yankee, dwolling in "tiie Jarseys," when "tcw hum" - who was dragged befóte the Chief Pólice in Gotlmin, cbarged vi:h ihe simple ael of kooking a bracelet. Being questioned about his dslinquennv, he aflirmed witli a most piteou, winning ! uountenance, his entire innocence, dej claring nn his honor, so he did, that lie I was innocent as a Baritan catñh of any; thirig like such rasealiiy whatever : - "Oh, no, squire, I never did steal the darned thing - I swear to me, I didn't. I lnve took watermil! cowoumbeM, ar.d wince in a whiie, hooked peaches and apples, bul 1 never thought of stealing thol lireast pin ! "Dangit! ifyou'll only let me scud this time Squire, I'll go straight hum way up in the mountains of old Sussex, and if you ever catch rne in York again, lock me u;i in the wustjaU you gol! Oh dear; whai u;i( Sally Thompson say ! 1 ain't got but seven and tixpence and a Plainfield dollur, but Squire, let a feller run now - l'm iunersent sniting! and you shalltake the entire huil." Mr. Setl was. lmwever, sent up to the Tombs, where Justice Drinker, we presume, gavo him exact juslice. Anti-Slavery' Wokk. - The Atlas hopos, 'iliat hen Congress assembles, one of its first acts may be a repeal of the law by which tho United States Government is made a traliickor in slaves. nnd the price of men and women is placed on deposite in the treasury of the Republic.' So wc hope. And we hope that then Congress wil] fui'bid the nse of our pris ons for the safe keeping of slaves ; vill put an end lo slave auctions in the District of Columbia ; break up the dömestic coastwise slave trade ; nnd resol ve to icmit the exisience of slavory in no new territory. - Sandwich Obx. " During the la!c war willi Great Brtnin, Gen. Harrison'i army had to bc suppüed willi provisions fíoin the interior of Oliio. These at one tirne were ent off, and tin army was in great distress. A cali was inadc for volunlcers, wlio were to bo chargrd wilii the rcsponsibility of conducting thiough the fearful and uninhabited portions of Northern Oliio, wagons laden with supplies for the army. - As you may suppose, few volunteers appeared for this hnzardous nnd comparatively inglorious service, but among ihose who did appear, was " Tom Corwin," then quite a lad. lie drova hts team through - and from tliat day to this, he has beon known as ' To.u Corwix, the Boy." The Brazüian Slavcs. - The -Springüi-Jd Gazclte states tb.it these slaves arrived in tliat town a few days sincè by the ' uftderground Railrond,' and proceeded the same route next morning on their way to the land of liberty. Au Anti Slavery friend who informed the Gazet. e of the facf, stated tliat this road ran directly umler the prison in New York, and tliat tbc slaves let themselvps down tlirough a trap-door intoone of the peculiar cars which regularly pass over this mysterious ihorougfare. - Eue. Journal. CRAxiiiiitniES. - Mr." William Hall, of Norway, Me., has succeeded in raising cranberries on a patch of boggy land. - He sowed the berries in the spring on the snow and ice. The seed took wel!, and ho rooted out the wceds. Lastyear, he gathered six bushels f om a patch of land about three rods square, which, a few years since was entirely use'ess. If this Lerry, which commando so high a price, can be so casily cultivated as this, it certninly is an object for farmers to try t! e experiment on their boggy lanJs. Tauaeotiüs OütdonE. - The Birm'inghnm Journal relates that recently a fight look place between sorae workmen who were drinking in a public house in Bilston, arid one of tliem had his nnse bitten off. He was taken iminediately to a surgeor, and the wounded parta wera dressed to the salisfaction of all present. The su fie re r, ho wever, on return ing home, began to reflect on the unpiclUresque effect which a countenaiice berefl of the nasal appendnge woiild produce On a consultaron wíth bis friends, the loccil'red to them that 'possibly thelopped feature might be resto red to Is original post of honor. Accordingly, tbey returned to the fcenc of action, and, afer searching for npariy an bour, they at length discovered tlie object of their desire lving in a durk con:er of the room,, bpgrimmed with diit. Having secdred' their prizp, they set off to the surgeon of thetown, tj wlioni they stated the cas%. and who vcry care:"u!!y unitcd the pnrls togethcr, ;md in a marmer whu.-h com-pietely restorèd the main element of cía] U3au!y to üs iunner sha pe and pnsilion ; and a hnppy unión of parís having ensued, ilie yonng man a p pe ars lrtle tlie forte Ibr his singular misforturie.' - Loadon Paper. LihsRAX. Sai.ary.- Dr. [Iawk's salaarv as pastor oí Christ's Churcb, n N. rjs, ig #5,000, wilh a promised increbso, besiue.s tLe usual perquisitcs of his Ma:ion. The solnry of the Professorship i tlio Universiiy of Louisiana, to whioli he hasb?en elected, has nol yet hern fixed, but t will no doubt, be a libornl one, and the dut 68 of it will in no way intRifere wilh those of his pastoral charge. His wlnle e nolumenís will not bo less than 10,000 per nnnum. Pretiy fair f'or a minister of [Iim who had not where to l;iy his hp.ad. - Tribune. Drainage of IIarle.m Lake. - We learn, frora a source on whirh we can rely, that the drainngeof Haarlem Laker in Holland progresses satiïfactorily ; nnd that other engines, with improveinents,. are now construc'.ing at Cornwall, to basten the completion of thai great Work. U hen linished it is umlerstood that thesewerageof all the cities and great towns,. bordetlng on the lake will, by the sameengines, be conveyed to and over thesurface of the bed of the lake to irrígate it ; so thai, in all human probabihty,. iifty-six ihousand acres now covercd with water, and the waste land ad]oiningr will within the next seven years, be furnishing corn an-i cattle to the Dutch and London markets - the result of science,. combined with p i-actioe. We learn, al so, that the same porties who are engaged in this mngnificent undertaking, are in coir.munication with the Egyptian (overnment, on the subject of employing similar engines to irrígate the Nile, for the purpose of growing cotton, flax, &c. - Ijondon Paper. I.ND1CTMENT FOR A StEAMBOAT ' Accident.' - Our readers .will remember ihat the steamboat Chcsapeake was sunk on Lake Ene not long since, by which occurrence several lives were lost. The Captain, Mates, and Clerk of the boat been indicted for manslaughter, and an indictment bas also been found agninst the owners for nut providing the boat with yawls. The Cork Examiner mentions thePailure óf si. housés in the corn trade, at Limerick, whose unitcd liabilities am.Qnot to L300,000.
Thomas W . Dorr, wcll remevnbered in connection with the effort of the llhode Islandfcrs to acliieve a republican form of governvnent, died in Providcncc lalelyv 05=Tlio Moxicar.sat Jdlapa are getting into the way of patsoning niill;, umi then selling itto the Americens We do not know why poisoning a man is not as Christian a mode of killing liim as to stick bayoneis inio him. The Montpelier Watohman annoencesthedcath of Ilon. Jolin Mattocks, formeily Govornor of Vermont. He died at Peacham,on the 14th ir.s!. at the age of 71. What Orecon-can do. - A memorial to Congre.-s lias been prepare'! by ihe Oregonian, which s'.ates that Oregon can already furnish at a short notice, five thousand barrels of flur forlhe use of our Pacific Squadror, tliree thousand barrels of beef and two thousand barrels of pork. A Dr. Knock of Germany, a áisciple of Ronge, U in Washington, endeavoring to establish n Catholic Church, in !ependent of the see of Rome.

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