Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1860-05-10

              ,..H,l(.t,l , ,; f- v .V f' !''.'.-'r''"' '0 jilt yffvrv oil) mil noIS 0CV lit wi VOL VI. -:;;':;;;;;:- MOUIS'T VJGRNOX, OHIO, THURSDAY MOKNING, MAY 10, 1800. m27. Kll'JUO". .1 I'- mim r i m i r i m it m m ill -JLJLVJ -LLfl '.1..3. ' f 1' i 1 I I I 1 111 K ! I 1M M l t 1 i i I I I ' J I i ! I I Mill I I II VI fill. ... ... I 3L, I I II., I. 1 I J , t t ( - - ' - - - ' - -1 j 1 1 , "V: REVOLUTIONARY ANIXDOTES. From one of the most valuable and inter-7, sting"' historical volumes that has recently appeared from the press, we make the follow In6 extracts. The work II entitled "ttiary of the American Revolution. From News papers and Original Documents. By Prank Moore." The materials ol these two bulky Volumes are taken from Whig and Tory newspapers, published during the American Revo-. tition, private diaries, btid other contempora neous writings. They present to the student jj'ol thia day the same view the readers of the revolutionary period possessed the manners and cuBtdttis Of the people, and the moral and religious, ks well as political features of the time. The work is puolished by Charles ' Borlbner, New York. Definition or a Tory. 3ome gentlemen were dining together at bouse in New Yoik, and in the course of the conversation, one of the company frequently used the word Tory; the gentleman at whose house they dined, asked him, "fray, Mr. ' , what is a To. pi" He replied, "A Tory is a thing whose head Is In fingldnd, and its body in America, and its neck plight to be stretched.'.' ;,i., ',' A TaTfeidfib MInisteb. Some time ago a iresbyterlan minister, not far distant from North Haven, Coh'tiePticut, applied to a lieutenant of the militia , to step into the market fhd give him the words of command, in order o iiis performing the manual exercise; the officer declined it, but being repeatedly pressed to a compliance, consented. The mlnistorde-clared he had practised the military exercises with an intention of going to Boston against the King's troops, if there should be occasion for his service. Having taken post in the market, he shouldered, faced, marched, and performed all the motions with much exactness, to, the great delight; of a tutbulent Hibernian, who was about eighteen years ago Bold in tbi8part of the world, (this probably refers' to the' custom of selling a man for the Commission of a ciime,) and on all occasions insults the name and government of our most gracious, sovereign, and bids defiance to the law. This republican thanked the divine for his fine' performance, applauded his gallant resolutions, and conducted him to enjoy a mug of flip, at bis own house. A gentle-Iran passing by, whilst the puritan wan exhibiting a la mililairt, asked him if he had tjuite, forsaken his spiritual for a soldier's profession, on which the crowd menaced him with' the discipline; of tar and leathers, but the former secured himself by a precipitate retreat. ' Old Womrn's Petition "The Petition of divers Old Women of the city sr Philadelphia, humbly shewetb: That your petitioners, as well spinsters as married, having been long accustomed to the drinking of tea, fear it will be utterly impossible for them to exhibit so much patriotism as wholly to disuse it 4Yonr petitioneri beg leave to observe, that, having already done all possible injury to their nerves and health with this delectable' herb, tbey shall think it extremely hard not to enjoy it for the remainder of their lives Your petitioners would further represent that coffee and chocolate, or any other sub stitute hitherto proposed, they humbly apprehend, from their heaviness, must destroy mat brilliancy ol fancy, and flu 'ncy of ex. pression, usually found at tea-tables, when tbev are handling the conduct or character of tbel .absent acquaintances. Your petitions are also informed, there ate several old women of the other sex, laboring under the like difficulties, whu apprehend the above restric tion will be wholly insupportable; and that it 19 a sacrifice infinitely too great to be made to lave the lives, liberties, and privileges of any country' whatever. 1 Your petitioners, therefore, . 'humbly pray the premises may be taken into serious consideration, and that they fflay be excepted from the resolution adopted by the "late Congress, therein your petitioners conceive they were not represented; more especially as your petitioners only pray for in indulgence to those spinters, whom age or Ugliness have rendered desperate in the ex flotation of husbands;' those of the married where infirmities and ill behavior have made their husbands long since tired of them, and those old town 6f Ihe male gender'who will most natural! v be found In tfiicuj cdmpanyji. Ana your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray, etc." ' ! '; ' .. ' ' " BiLL-PosTiK(j r New YoK.-.The,meth. od lately n In New York to post up inflammatory band-bills, was the same used in-England at the time of the Pretender. It was done by a man who carried a little; boy In a box like a aagl Wtem: an While he leaned against the wall, as if id rest himself,' the boy jd'cew back the slide, pasted on the" paper, and ahuttina himself np again, the man took the proper occasion to walk off to another reating-pface. . ' , i I' Fate or a Bmeoties Makes. On Mansfield, a breeches maker in Boston, who went out with the troop yesterday,kwa in the kirmish fired at bjr the- 'regulars through miaiw-way taking. Bint to be one of the provincials. The ball entered his neck' and came out of, bjs ,mouth. Wretches like him Olten meet thtirjost reward; " ' ' , a kodle juatbow. A genttemati who travelled lately tbrough'Conbeoticut, informs us tnat D6 met With an old' woman who told lira that ahe bad fitted oat and sent five sons' nd eleveoi gnndsonfl tw Boston, when she beard of the engagomont betwwn. the prorlh.' cials and' regulars.' The gentleman . asked her if he dld not shed a tear at parting, with them?' "No," laid she, 'I nevef,' parted- with them. With more pleasure." "But sup pose," said the gentlemen, "tbey had all been killed?" "I had rather fid' the noble ; ma-tron) this bad been' the case, than that. of them had xtomt back coward." Obiqim ofthb woib "YaiikFE." When the New England Colonies were first settled the inhabitants Were obliged to fight their way against ttiany nations of Indians. They found, but little difficulty in subduing them atlt except one tribe who were known by the name of Yankoos, which signifies invincible After much waste of blood and treasure, the Yankoos were at last subdued by the New England men. The remains of this nation (agreeably to the Indian custom) transferred tbeir name to their conquerors. For a while they were called Yankoos, but from a corrup tion, common to names in all languages, hey got through time the name of Yankees'. name which we hope will soon b'e eqilal to that of a Roman, or ait ancient Englishman QBRKttAt, PuTsaM General Putnam who commanded the Connecticut troops, is veteran sblJier of great experience. He served d tiring the whole of the last war against the French, and was wounded fifteen different times in the service of bis country. He was once taken prisoner by the Indians, who first scalped him, then tied him to tree, and were about to make a stroke at his head, which would have put an end to his ex tstence, when a French officer happening at the instant to pass by, saved his life. When he heard of the battle of Lexington, he was following his plough. As soon as he was satisfied of the truth of the news, he took one of his horses out of the plough, and bid his servant take the. other and follow him with his arms to Boston. Should the boast ing General Burgoyne ridicule the simplicity of our American Cincinnatus, and be asked at the same time where his master's orders found Aw when, he was commanded to repair, to, Boston, the answer would most prob ably be, "In a gambling-house or brothel." Female Infantrv. At East Hartford, Connecticut, rallied from Lyon Tavern and its dependencies, a corps of female infantry, of twenty rank and file, with a flank guard of three chosen spirits of the male line, and marching westward about one mile In martial array and excellont order, saving stride and gabble; these attacked and carried, without opposition from jowder, law, or conscience) Mr. Pitkin's ston, In which was lodged a quantity of sugar designed for the army, of which they plundered and bore away in tri umph two hundred and eighteen pounds. A travelling gentltman fulling in with the rear, whom they mistook for the owner of the spoils, was attacked and drove with great fury; but being well mounted, made bis escape The whole was completed in two hours, and without loss of blood, except from a few accidental scratches of aide arms, underslung without s-abbards. The so unexaifipled a spirit of heroism may not want due notice and encouragement, it is proposed that tins crpi bo augmented by voluntary enlistment to a battalion, for the ranging service in the northern department, to be in the uniform ol rifle frocks, and the snug Scotch kilt, and allowed, besides peaqoisitcsand plunder, a generous bounty on. scalps, and a fine new standard with an elegant device of a lady inverted, and to be commanded by the celebrated Madame de la Moll Hobb Grey Scratch. A Slap at "Old Put." Lost, an old black dog, of the American breed; answers to the name of Putnam; had on a yellow collar with the following Inscription, "Uli bhavino, which he had began oil the face of Captain John Croser, commander of the Em press of Russia, one of his Majesty's trans ports, no lying In the fiver; but triost fortu nately and providentially was informed of the Identity of the gentleman's person when be bad about halffinished the job. It is most devoutly to be wished that alt gentlemen of the razor will follow this wise, prudent, in ter'esting and praisoworihy example, so stead ily, that every person who pays due allegi ance to his Majesty, and wishes peace, happi ness, and unanimity to the colonies, may have his beard to grow as long as ever was King Nebuchadnezzar's. . ' A BAPTissi.This morning, the sixth daughter ef Captain Bancroft, of Dunstable, Massachusetts, was baptized by the name of Martha Dandridge, the maiden name ol bis Kxcellency General .Washington's lady The child was dressed in buff and blue, with sprig, of evergreen on its hoad, emblematic of bis Excellence's glory and provincial af fection. . Entebtainmeht to Washington Thia afternoon, the Provincial Congress of New York gave an elegant entertainment to Gen eral Washington and his suite; the general and staff officers, and commanding officer o the different regiments in and near the city, Jfany patiiotio toas's were offered and drank with the greatest pleasure and decency. Af ter the toasts, little Phil, of the Guard, was brought in to sing H -'s new campaign song, and was joiced by all the under officers, who seemed much animated by the accom panying of Clute's drumsticks and Aaron's fife. Our good General Putnam got sick and went to his quarters before dinner was over, and we missed him a marvel, as there is not a chap in the camp who can lead him in the Maggie Lauder song. Tab and Feathes. So early as the reign of Charles the Sixth, of France, (the time of our Henry the Fourth,) the French king (Charles) gave a masquerade, in which himself and five courtiers disguised their persons to imitate satyrs, by Covering their bodies with close linen habits, which habits were then to be besmeared with rosin, on which down was stuck all over. One of the com pany, in a frolic, touched one of these satyrs with alighted torch, as they were dancing in ring; the consequence was, all the six masques or satyrs were enveloped in flames instantaneously. Four pt the six died imme diately, and the King never recovered the fright and disorder occasioned by the acci dent. Joon Street TrtEATOfl. The little thea tre in John Street, in New York, was opened with' the celebrated burlesque entertainment of Tom, Thumb, written by the late Mr Fielding to ridicule the bathos of several dra matic pieces that at his time, to the d'Sgrace of the llritish stage, had engrossed both the London theatres. The characters were performed by gentlemen of the navy and army The spirit with which this favorite piece was imported by the performers, proves their taste and strong' conception of the humor. The performance convinces us that a good ed ucatiun and knowledge of polite life are es sentially necessary to constitute a good actor. The play was introduced by a prologue writ ten and spoken by Captain Stanly. We have collated by one of the banditti. Young Slo- cum1 clenched with him, and would soon have made bird repent his rashness, bad it not been for the interference of the rest of the gang. His father, seeing thu scuffle, came out of the house (o interfere in behalf of bis eon, when the Infamous Babcock discharged a pistol at him. The ball entered a little below his heart, and he died in about three hours. Not content with the misery he bad already occasioned to this unhappy family, they took both his sons and dragged the m before their assembly, who, in their clemency, permitted them to return under a strong guard to attend the funeral of their murdered father. The mourn" ing itlatives were accordingly escorted to the grave by this unfeeling clan, who immediately upon their return, home, carried both the young men off to Providence jail. This un paralleled barbarity is said to be occasioned by the information of some villain that has escaped from Newport. Every breast bus-pectible of the miseries of Its fellow-creatures must feel for this Unhappy family a husband murdered! a number of orphan children deprived of him to whom they were wont to look up for support; and to complete the trag ic scene, two sons, whose presence at home might in some measure have alleviated the loss of tbeir parent, are likewise torn from ih-tir wives, expecting soon to share the same cruel fate. -Gaines' Mercury. The Reason. An officer in General Gage's army says: "The reason that so many more of the King's troops were wounded than killed in the late action in New England, Is, that the Ameritaps use bud shot, which is much small er than the soldier's bullets.", i - CURIOSITIES OF JUSTICE. Jtierta ibi patria, 17761 'Long Island:" an old domestic animal, barks very much at the name of N(ort)h, and has a remarkable howl at that of Howe. Was seen in Long Island some time ago, but is supposed to have been alarmed at some British troops who were exercising there and ran off toward Hbllgate. As he was a great favorite of the Washington family, they are fearful some ac cident has happened to him. Hancocr'8 Mabbiaoe Married, at the seat of Tbaddous Burr, Esq., at Fairfield, Connecticut, by Rev. Mr. Elliott, Hon. John ITancock, Esq.. President of the Continental Congress, to Miss Dorothy Qutncy, daughter o' Edmund Qulncy, Esq., of Boston. Florus informs us that, "in the second Punio war when Hannibal besieged Rome, and was very near ma king himself master of it, a field upon which part of his army lay, was offered for sile, ard was immediately purchased by Roman, in a strong assurance that the Roman valor and courago would soon raise the siege." Equal to the conduct of that illustrious cit zen was the marriage of the Honorable John Hancock, Esq., who, with his amiable lady, has paid as great compliment lo American valor, and discovered equal patriotism, by marrying now while all the colonies are as much convulsed as Rome when Hannibal was at her gates. :AmiB at Kisderiiook. The following droll affair lately happened at Einderhook, Njiw Yoik:--A young fellow, an enemy to the liberties ef America, going to a quilting frolisky where a number of young women were collected, and he the only man In com pany, began bia aspursions on Congress, aa usual, andr Held forth tome time on the sub ject, till the girls; exasperated at bis impu dence, laid hold of him, striped him naked to the waist, and Instead of tar.eoveMd bim with molasses, and for feathers tovk th4owy tops of flags, which" prow io- the meadows, and coaOd- him well, and then let bin, go He has prosecuted every one of them, and the matter baa beea'tried belore Justice S " t We have not es yet beard bis worship's J uJg-menu It is said Parson Bucl's daughter is concerned iiflhe affair. Ybidenbdhob the BaXbxb, Tbe tbatfkt of the worthy New York Sons of Liberty, in solemn eongress assembled, were thia night voted, and unanimously allowed to be justly due to Mr, Jacob ' Yredjnborgb, barber for his firm, spirited and patriotie conduct in re-fasin(to oom'ploU an operation vulgarly sailed great pleusure in applauding this first effrl of his infant muse, as replete with true poetic genius. The scenes, paiated by Captain De Lancey, have great merit, and would not dis grace a. theatre, though under tbi management of a Garrick. The house was crouded with company, and the ladies made a brilliant appearance. -, , , , A. Bon Mot. Lord Stormnnt, whose time is chiefly employed in circulating reports to discredit the Americans, having in a very serious manner lately told a French nobleman, that six battalions in Washington's army had laid down their arms, the nobleman applied to Dr. Franklin, to know whether the story was a truth, (un verite,) to which tha Doctor an swered, "A'on, monsieur, ee n'est pat verite. e'est seulement un Slormonl. . No sir, it is not truth, it is only a Stormont." This answer was afterward handed . about amongst the wits o: fans, ana tne woru stormont Das since bocome the Cant phrase or a lie. Fbecott'8 Babbabitt. It may be relied on as a matter oi tact, tna? wnen tne enemy took possession of Newport, In Rhode Inland a person who lived' on the Island, and bad been a lieutenant of a privateer, was taken up and carried before t-ord Percy, Sir Peter Par ker, and Colonel (or, as some people called him, Generil) Prescott. Says Prescott What are you?' ' "I have been a lieutenant of a privateer." ','A nontenant of a privateer ha! D n your blood, one of the d d thieves," and immediately made up to bim and hit him a knock in the laws, and said be should be hanged. ' He told tbe colonel ho, too, had ' had ' prisoners in his power,, and always bad used them well; and even when be himself bad short allowance the prisoners had a full - allowance of provisions. "Yes. n you, I have been a prisoner among you, and know bow I was treated' and bit him another krwek. Lord Percy desired tbe colonel not to proceed In that way, as be was a prisoner, - Tbe colonel told the prison- er he should be chained peck and heels, and be fad with nothing but oat-meal and wetel, and while ha lived, bis life should' bt miserable, and bit bim another knock, which Lord Percy again disapproved of, end ordered bim to be pot into prison, which be (aid was enough without blowa or irons.' , ' Avtais At Nobth Kraorrbif.-A' parry ef rebels, tinder the command' of one George Babeoek, cam into tbe boose of Mr. Charles Slocntnt at North Kingston Rhode Island. Bit M0;tining to the door, wai Immediately Pbbssino to death. In the good old times, when "wretches swung that jurymen might dine," the Judges in England not frequently resorted to what the aw aptly termed the peine fort et dure name ly, "pressing to death" for refusing to plead. Phis system continued in vogue till 1772, when an act was passed by which any refu sing to plead should be deemed guilty, tbe same as though by verdict of a Jury. The press yard" at Newgate, and perhaps at other prisons, yet, we believe retains its name albeit it is no longer used for its original pur pose., , We have before us a curious print representing a erimlnnl in the act of being pressed to death. He is extended flat on his back, his arms and feet drawn apart at foil stretch, and secured to staples in the floor: a piece of - plank on his body, and a number ol heavy weights. There seem to have . been two kinds of criminals who formerly lefused to plead lo their indictments; the o.ie, men of property, who, by suffeiinir death by pressure instead of hinging preserved their landed estates to their children or heirs, which would hot have been the case had they pleaded and been found guilty by rhj jury, The other class wars ignorant determined men. who foolishly imagined that, by obstinately refusing to plead, they should eventually escape the punish- pient due to their offenses. When no argument 'could Induce a man to plead, the Judgment of tbe hw was read over to bim at the bar. It was thus worded: "That fhe prisoner shall be sent to the prison whence he came, and put into a mean room, stopped from the light, and shall there be laid on tbe bare ground, without any litter, straw or other covering. He shall lie upon his back, bis head shall be covered, and bis, feet shall be bare. One of his arms shall be drawn with a cord to one side of the room, and the other arm to the other side; and bis legs shall be served in tbe like manner.' Then there shall be laid upon bis body as much Iron or stone as he can bear, and morel And tbe first day after, he shall have three morels of barley bread without any drink; and tbe second day be snail be allowed to drum as mucn as be can at three times of tbe wnter that is next the prison door, except running water, without any bread; and this shall be bia diet till he dies; ind he against whom this judgment shall be given forfeits bis goods to the king. - The last time that this punishment was in dieted wis, we believe, upon a shipmaster charged-with piracy, who, to save bis landed property to bis family, remained mute when called upon to plead. .. -: ,-:;.. In January, 1720, two highwaymen, nam ed 8piggot and Philips, refused to plead, un less the effects taken from their persons when tbey were apprehended were restored to them. This was refused, and they, on tbeir part, ad hered to their resolution.' . Thereupon they were sentenced to be pressed to death; but when taken into tbe press room at Newgate, Philips was terrified, and begged to be taken back to plead, which, as a mdtcy, be was per aitted to do, although in strict law he could have been denied tbs request. His compan ion, however, was pressed, and bore the ama zing weight of three hundred and fifty pounds for the space of half an hour, but when an additional filty pounds was added; his lorti-tude gave way, and he also begged to be al lowed to plead. The evidence on the trial wai conclusive, and the two men, both of whom were very hardened robbers, were duly banged at Tyburn.' M ' r, Tbr following year another highwayman, named Uamea, likewise refused to plead te nia indkrtmtDt, alleging as' ( reason that "the people who apprehended me seized a suit of fine clothes which I Intended to havt gone to tbe gallows in; unless they are returned will not pliad; for no one shall say that I was hanged in dirty shirt and ragged coat" In vain was the dreadful alternative explained to him, he continued stubbornly, vote, and was taken to the press room, and bore the weight of two hundred and fifty pounds for seven minutes, when he cried out to be taken back to the court. He there pleaded "not guilty," but was convicted and hanged. A far more remarkable and more cruel case than the preceeding occurred at Nottingham assizes, in the year 1735. A poor creature commonly reputed to have been deaf and dumb from infancy, waa arraigned on an ac cusation of tnurUer. Two witnesses, who were subsequently known to have borne bim Ill-will, swore positively that they had heard him speak; be was therelore called upon to plead guilty or not guilty. "A lawyer represented his case most feelingly to the judge) but the law on tbe subject being supposed to be imperative, he was taken into an adjoiuing room, and actually pressed to death, contin uing," says a register of tbe times, "obsti nately dumb to the last " The latter fact, we think, incontestibly proves that tbe wretched being was naturally dumb. ' In another instance and it is the last we shall cite on the subject a man was pressed to death, who assuredly was an imposter, so far as his pretended dumbness was concerned His name was Matthew Ryan, and he was tried, or should have been tried, for highway robbery, at tbe Kilkenny assizes, in 1740.' When in prison he aflected to be a lunatic, and in court counterfeited dumbness. The judges impanneled a jury to try "whether ho was mute and lunatic by tbe band of God or willfully so." Tbs Jury returned in a shert time and brought in a verdict of "willful and affected dumbness and lunacy." The judges on this, desired the prisoner to plead; but he still pretended to be insensible to all that was said him. The law now called lor the peine forte et dure but the Judges compassionately deterred awarding it to another day, in the hope that he might in tbe meantime acquiro just sense of his situation, But their delay had not the Intended effect. He refused to plead when next brought up. and was pressed to death two days after in Kilkenny market place. As the weights were heaping on tbe wretched roan he earnestly supplicated to be hanged; but it being beyond the power of the Sheriff to deviate irom the mode of punish ment prescribed ' in the sentence, even this was an indulgence which could no longer be granted to him! HANGING BY WHOLESALE. During the whole of the eighteenth century the gallows bore profuse crop of awful fruit, and the hangman had incessant occupation. Now-a-days, one can hardly realize the faol that within the memory of many yet living, six, ten, fifteen and even mors men, were hsngtd at one time and one placet In a book priuted about fifty years ago, we have an en- graving, "an exact representation," it is called, of the "new scaffold" at Newgate, with ten men hanainc at once! On the 23d ol April, 1795, nineteen men were executed to gether, and not one for minder! Most were bung for robberies aud burglaries, and n less than three for returning from transportation belore tbeir time had expired. On the 13ih of November, the same year, eigUeen were hanged in front of Newgate, and not one for murder; and on December 1st, sine more were hanged, all for robberies. The bodies of m tr-derers, we may remark, were almost invaria bly given to the surgeons for dissection un less ordered to be hung in chains and tbey were publicly exposed to tbe gaze of young and old ou the dissecting table of the Surgeons' Hall, Old Baily. It was a very ancient custom for the bellman of tbe parish of St. Sepulchre's to go be neath the walls of Newgate on night prior to the execution of condemned convicts, and ringing his bell, to recite these admonitory lines: . All jo that In the eondomned hold do lie, I'roparejrou for to-morrow you ihall die. Watch all, and pray; the hour U drawing near ' That yon before th' Almighty must appear. Examine well yoaraolrei; In timo repent ' That you may not t' eteraal flamoa be sent. And when St. Sopnloure'i bell to-morrow tolls) Tha Lord bare mercy on your aoulal ' ' . Past twolre o'clock. St. Sepulchre's bell tolled on the morning of exeootion, and the cart used to stop before the church, whilst the bellman again did his office by ringing his bell and repeating several lines. It would appear, however, that a cler gyman ought to have been, and originally was, the reciter of tbe verses.' 1 It was also customary for the cart to stop on its wsy to Tyburn, that the malefactors might be presented with a bowl of ale their last draught on earth. This custom prevail ed in the county ol York later than any where else; and a curious anecdote is told ol a saddler at Bawtry, who lost bis life in conse quence of declining tbe refreshment; as, had be stopped,M nsnal, bis1 reprieve, which was actually on the road, would have arrived tine enough to bare saved him; Hence arose the saying that the Saddler of Bawtry was hang ed for having bis alo. . ' '. l " execution or ion aw obioinal method or .. t . BBJfOBH, '.. ..c r '-.-.! It is startling to read of mere boys being hanged for ofienses which, now a days, would probably be a few months imprisonment, or by seolusion in a reformatory. Peter M 'Cloud, aged sixteen, was hsnged for murder, at Wis, beach, July 13, 1807, and' we notice his case on account of the very erftraordleary expedi ent nsed to render him penitent prior to his execution.' This boy had cotritolttcd a most atrocious mnrder at Whittlesea, by killing a child aged twelve, In mange' for the child's mother having acddently thrown some water over Dim. The Hardened young- Wretch threatened'to murd:the dairyman attending the Jil, and anyone else who dared ap proach himfaod'so ferocious was his conduct that it waa neoeisary to chain bim down, baud and foot, la hit dungeon, tad tren than ha behaved in a frightful manner. We will quote what followed in tbe woidsof the narrative before ns: "At length, to prevent tbe termination of his existence in this depraved state, the expedient was devised of procuring a child about the site of the one murderct and similar In feature and dress, whom two clergy-Men unexpectedly led between them by th hands into bis cell, rbere he lay, sulkily chained to the ground; but on their approach he started, and seemed so completely terrified tbat he trembled in every limb, cold drops ol sweat profusely falling from him', and was almost Momentarily in such a dreadful state of agitation, that he entreated the clergymen to continue with hint, and from that instant became as contrite a penitent as be had been before callous and insensible." Waat would be tbe comments of the press on such an affair aa this, bad it occurred at the present day? , .. (...;;.- PRfSOJf WSCtrXINB. .. : The manner irt which the piisoners, both before and after conviction, were allowed to conduct themselves in prison was disgraceful in tho extreme. Those who had money seemod tohavo lived about the same as though they were at a tavern, treating tbeir fellow prisoners and the friends who came to visit them with dinners and suppers drink being supplied to any extent often sufficient to intoxicate the wholo fnriy. Wo could give many orious anecdotes of the actions which various doomed maleftctors were permitted to perform. One Avorshaw, after be ing sentenced to death which be richly mer itedno sooner got back to prison than he procured some black cherries, and divei ted himself by using their juice to paint on the white walls of the room in which he was confined a number pf sketches of higftway robberies he had committed: "One repre senting him running up to fSfl horses' heads of a post-chaise, presenting the pistol at tbe driver? another where he was firing at the tha ce; a thiid where the parties had quitted the arriage, and another in which he was described in the act of taking tbe motley from tbe pesscngers, and being fired at while his companion was shot dead." We are not surprised to learn that thia man died impenitent, "laughing and nodding" to his acquaintances in the crowd on his way to Tyburn. . A high-wayman somewhat resembling him in char-astor, actually shot dead Mr. Spurling, the head turnkey oi the court at the Old Baily, in the presence of the court! He did this because Spurting would not let. bim speak to a woman, an acquaintance of his, then on ber trial for coining. The woman encouraged him to the deed, and the horror-stricken court instantly arraigned fhera both for the murder, of which they wet e of course convicted on the spot, every body presont being witness or the deed. They died desperately wicked A robber named, Hartley who was convict ed, of robbing, in open fields, a poor tailor of twopence and his clotbes whom they na-a stripped oil, and bound to a tree adopt-ed a most extraordinary expedient to save his neck. "He procured six young women dressed in white to go to St. James', and present a petition in his behalf. Tbe singularity of their appearance gained tbem admission, when tbey told the King, that if he extended the royal mercy to the offender, MJ Would cast lata which should be his wife but bis majesty said he was more deserving of the gallows than a wife, and accordingly refu&ed their request He was hanged at Tyburn, May 3, 1722. THE HALF HAHOED niOHWATMAtf. One would riatiirally suppose that a msn who had suffered all tbe horrors of hanging just short of actual death, would never rixk the gallow again but such in one case at least, was not the result. A housebreaker named Smith was hanged at Tyburn, December 2, 1705, and when be hung nearly fifteen minutes, the people shouted, "A reprieve!" He was cut down, bled, and recovered, , When asked what his feeling had been, be replied in substance, tbat "when he was turned off, he for some time was sensible of very great pain, occasioned by the weight of his body, and felt his spirits in a strange commotion: violently pressing-upwards; that hav ing forced their way to' his head, be, as it wero.saw a groat blaze that seemed to go outor the eyes with a fiash,and then he lost all sense of pain; that after be was Cut down, and be. Ran to coma to himself, the blocd and spirits 'orcing themselves into their former chanels, put him, by a sort of pricking or shooting, to such intolerable pain, ' tbat he could bare wished these banged who had cut him doWa." Ever afterwards, he went by the name of 'halt hanged Smith.'' This fellow soon returned to hia former evil'bab'its.and was again tried at the Old Bailey for house-breaking; but the jury brought in a special verdict, leaving the affair , to the decision of the twelve judges, who decided in favor, of the prisoner. . X,ven this second wonderful escape did not deter bim from resuming-his mal practices, and' the third time he. was to have been brought to trial, bat the prosecutor died before the day appointed, and thus be once more got free. Nothing is known of his sub sequent history, -j - v.. -;T : : -. c HOW TIHX DEAL WITH WrTCfflSS A BUKDRED ' tfo lata -as the year 1751, a man named Col ley was executed and bung in chains for being a ringleader of a mob Whodncked a poor old woman to death' for being a "witch,'" at Trln, la- Hertfordshire. jHer husband was dusked' at' the same time, but be sur- vlrfed.' ;The curious part of this affair if thai the leader of the mob on this' occasion acted W( openly Wd ftAelibe'ratciyVtbat they previously employed1 ths'erier of' Httaol Hempstead to givs notice, paying blur' four- penos for the Job, and giving bim paper to ,11 ftom, f Which this it eopy : i J "This is to give notice that, on Monday next, a man and weroan axe to be publicly ducked st Tring. in this country, for their wicked crimes," Tbs notice was also give at two other towns on thair market days, and the overseer of Trinjf removed" the two help, less old people to tbi work-boose, ia th first instance, and subqaent!y,to the. vestry U the church, to protect tbem from tbeir threatened fate." On the day appointed flre thousand people assembled, and almost tors' down the work house ere they were convinced their Intended vjfjtJmB; were elsewhere. searched every part of the house, Vexaminiosj thesclosets, boxes, trunks, and even the salt bo,? and "swore they would puU down tho bouse, and set fire to the whole town ot Tring, unless Osborne and his wife were p'roM duced."; They ai length .learned where tho. old people were, sfid the result has boen told 1 M i. . pBiirriso Orrios uLEs.-0ntlemeri' trar Sling, and all others ia ;the,habit of vialtin j' aewspapor.ssUblishments, would do well to pocket this scrap, as it might be useful to all concerned,, as it has been , adopted, by tbs crau," ana aiso. at tb ."Editor's Banquet,' and it is expected "the rales" will be vmiveri allj observed - , . ' ; .. t Eater softly.; .. ; '.' ' T Sit down cietiyV 1 3. Subscribe for the parter. r ' ' 4. Don't touch the poker. : 5. Say notbina inlertmtinff .' .... 8. Kngage in no controversy. 7. Don't smoke. '; 8. Keep six" feet from the table! 9. Don't talk to the workmen. au. nanason tbe papers , ;- 11. Eyes off the manuscript. ' ' 12. Touch not! ..:. ' r ' 13.. Let "devil" alone. j ;V?-" ' Gentleman, observing these rules' wien en' tering a printing office, wfll greatly fcblige tho proprietor, and need no fear .th'e devil."-Jf Iboy should always, however, give him (tho 'dsvij") his due. . ' ,- ' The ladies, who sometimes Mess us "for I few moments with tbeir presence, are not ex pected to keep the rules strictly, and, Indeed, it, will be agreeable to u.to bavs them break)'' the ntnth rule aa often is convenient.." J" ' ' ' " r Boys, unaccompanied by their, fathers, areT particularly requested to keep thoir hands ii ' their pockets Printer. ' ! " ' . -' -. , J'erae reran , -v Demostheneso, that poor stuttering nl osi . butler, become the most famous orator of .' ancient times., Virgil, the,, son of a baker was the rjost celebrated Latin poets.' jEsop,' Z tha son of a slave, and almost a Slavs himself. managod to acquire imperishable fame. Thorn V as V'olsey, the. son of a;butcher. became Carv . dina" to the Church of liome, and next to tho ' King, in his day, the most powerful person In the Engjish , dominion, , William Shakes. ' peartj, aiso the, son of a butcher, yet ,0ns of tho most famous poets the world has eyer beheld. Olliver Cromwell rose from a' cbrn'paiatively humble station to be ProfecWof tbe English Commonwealth. Benjamin FnkUn ,a : journeyman printer ia his sarly days; he stV wrwaras wcamn one or the most celebrated'-philosophers and statesmen. William, (juild- ' ford, the editor of tbe Quarterly $jyiewv wV in youth an hnrablo shoemaker's apprentice. and, for want of paper, was obi igenVtoV work his algebraic problems upon leather with ait awl. Robert Burns. Dlowman nf i'ln.i, Scotland, Was' afterwards the greatest of ' Scotch poets. James Ccoft,' hi a Jong timo a common sailor, but afterwards on vovama' Of discovery, sailed three times round ,th world. Jeremy fay for was a barbar'iy and afterwards a D. D. . Thomas Tedfbrd. tha' great cirri ongtbol' waa once a shepherd's" boy. "Inlige Jones was first a journeyman carpenter, and afterwards the phjflfarohiteot of bis age. ; Halley, tbe a&rmh$f; vrasj'thV' ' son of a. poor sosp boiler, llayden, tbs oboW o poser, was the son of a poor wheel wright . tieory, tbe chemist, waa tbe eon of a wearer. Smeaton and Rennie, both emigrant encineertV - were both of them, at one liatb merelr mab era of mathematical instruments. And whan yoa have read the lives pf all these; ask your- ..trL..t. . - ' ' . . sen wumucr perseverance bap: pot, as much tat do in making-, thesmen great, atf.any other i quality'which they possessed; : ,.. Lord Ljraaharai, ' ' w The Illustrated- London Newsi'of January .' 28, say&t , ; , ' ' '' - ' '' 1 "The Father" of the Ilonso of Tofdi Itf , England, ia the .s&d'cif aB Aeflcap who can to England, painted portraits sod hiatorical . pieces, gained money, put his son to the law.- and died, foreseeing; what, his son watffo be . not Lord Chatfeellor, as be had been, but tho first speaker, by position and by1 talent, in tbr. House nf anfa: Thi WilW-1. T t.i ' , . " u-um M VIUU. f . . . hurst. Our American' bretBrtirJ whvn 'lr . J!.- V.'l :!'' um W9 uopo not oon,; win or course erecr statues to his" memory.' He well deserves1 every: hon6r of the peersge of Jfngland, and? the filial admiration of tha United States.'1 John Singleton Copley Caren Lrndburnt . thus flatteringly mentioned, was bora In Bosv ton, in April or afar, 1772, and Consequently ' ; , hsa now nes'rly completed his eighty-eighth , year, jus aocompamtd Dtt lathery the cele-breUd"paintar, to England; In li7u,'but has,' visited this country once or twice s).'cs 1795; If we art not mistaken, He is the oi.i tuttlvar of this eourtry who has been treated a peer' of Great Britain. 1 a'Bccmt SirarniaKb' ts JafAJr A'tkl-' are on Japan says: Going aali'ure", we wtV met by many, etrpecially small elilJrerJ," wher toy ." Ofiio, litito," meaning "Uood' rrw log;" end,' nppropw of this, a jss is' t :I ef one-of thacTnetraof rheJ a.- Co !s. iting the'short tot ttf fhtt tis,' ? si sainted whh "Ohio, Ohio," Tfcy." s-d be. - " how did these gfeod'peopls'ktie'ff tfHt If ir,r,UT" : l-t -t O'la -Mil ' .if I'r :i ril - id Id . aa I. P: i'