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On his replying that he did not, she desired him to look into the w e l t e t e # 1 K i « « V rW ' « S fo^ 1,e- S | ^ ' lugtoflft^i at. flifmotUcr, iri thc iM'ao tlmfe, hail' followed^ him*, and made a violent attempt to plunge him ifito the same place, —he, however, fortunately pfo* ved too strong, and after a des* perate struggle, succeeded in overpowering and escaping from her. His first thought was to rescue his young brother from the horrible effect o f his mother’s insanity ; and with extraordina ry prrsence of mind although exhausted from his recent strug- a n u »m u _ - j ___ 88 k® raU8t k a v e been, be to which the fellow awkwardly' snatched up the child, fled, and r e D l i e d “ 1 don’t know, I epose' succeeded in reaching the resi- Hwob M o set” “ His answer gen- j dence o f a neighbor about a mile I think is sufficient to!distant. To him he communtca- that what 1 have! ted the recent transaction,—with y a N& e e c l o w n . ^ I ^ t i e ^ o f thfe courts of jndica- ; 'M > M a c M lts some 10 o j S l o years ago|^»» ufj^uth jpW k . felloe dfthtfliigc o&8 * as ^{ro&ucecl into the* court as ■* ifrfnaw for tbe plaintiff—upon which the defendant arose and objected to his being admitted as a witness “ for (said be) he does not know enough to-under- stand the nature of an oath ; therefore he bad W rought to lie allowed bis evidence in this court—and to convince you gen** tlemen, that this is the ease, 1 will ask him a fe* questions.” H e then turned to tbe young fel low and said “ who made you ?” tlemen, convince you srid rapectfng him is true with-! a» haste they proceeded to and the habitation of M r. Brock, and there beheld tbe wretched and out any further evidence s a t down again. The young fel . r , , , low by this time began to scratch I unfortunate creature suspended h i. bead, and feel somewhat Irom a plank m the upper floor, bagrined (bat he nboold be thus and lifeless! They rushed to the M e n off, jwd begged leave of » e l l - t h e cl,.Id in it was drown the court to ask the gentleman u p - b u t its spirit loo had fled who had just interrogated him, forever. a few questions. “ W bomadel Just at this moment the bus- vou sir To carry on the joke band was seen approaching by still further upon the awkward the crowd at this time collected, lad, h e r e p l i e s , « I don’t k n o w , , Little did tbe wretched man spo,e HwasAavonr “ Well (says dream of the woe that awaited the fellow,') we read in the good him *or seemed to be more book, that Aaron made a Co//,, than usually cheerful. A few mo- but I did ’n t know the darn'd fool meats sufficed to inform him of M b horrible misfortune!—it was too much for human nature to bear—be fell prostrate and senseless!! We will conclude the melan choly account by observing, that Mr. Brock, is a worthy and much esteemed man, and that he made moBt affectionate and indul gent husband. of governteettii priests? If the Irately Irish tbwjie we?e j broken up, it wolftd? ^fford* many tjmes more rejfeC 4 t | 4 h e ‘ *“ ° “ e ’ \(ill <j° fo* thejtft jn^o cen tu r y .' In‘leeId’ lt1 appears\ to be rathe t doubtful whether it is real charity to re- le^e* a people* permitting sucb injustice, unless perfectly assu red that they cannot redress hetnselves of i t by an united ef- b r t ; ‘ peaceably if they can, vi olently if they tfcUst.’ This arch- >isbop i s ‘ appalled at the con viction that many must die of actual hunger1— be ought to be appalled at the conviction that ie himself is plundering the wretched people of the little that they have. T h e occasion is proper to mention, that the archbishop of Canterbury, who, with his trbe of hangerjon, receives about 600,000 dollars a year, has most generously given the enor mous sum of 100i to relieve the distresses of Ireland, and tbe samot has been published in all the njewspapers, as evidence of his great Christian liberality and kindness? W bat an excellent man—so modest and so good ! proportioned. In the tnidst of this square which u called the P laia Masor, are the Cathedjral and-the g^ace p f the viceroy, both buildings a* ancjent the age o f C o rtez, thfcconaueror offland. Mexico,J^b}i^h both embe.lhshed agf e& hadgot here. »**< Th* King's Marriage.—The belief that it is the intention of his Majesty to marry the daugh- teroftbe KingofDenmark, gains ground in almost pH circles in the metropolis, and is hailed with peculiar satisfaction by ma ny who think that the British Court is robbed of half its splen dour in the absence of a Queen. How far these remarks are founded in probability we bavej been unable to discover. The Morning Chronicle, however, speaks so confidently on the sub ject as lo slate, that, during tbe last week, the King inspected tbe Palace at Kew, preparatory to its becoming the occasional residence of our future Queen There is no doubt that such an alliance with the Court of Den- ronrk, at the present crisis of affairs in Europe, would be of great political importance to this country.— London Pap. Augusta, ( Geo ) July 17. Melancholy and horrible conae quevces of Intanitij- —We have just heard o( a most tragical af fair that occurred in the upper part of South Caiolina—the ef fect probably of insanity. Mrs. Brock, the perpetralress of what we are about to relate, is repre, aented to have been, (abou eight years since,) a lady of un common understanding and en dowed with more than ordinary abilities; since that period time she became very melan choly and appeared to be ntucb depressed in spirits, until within tbe last twelve or fifteen months, when her disposition assumec an entire change, and her mel ancholy gave way to extraordi nary cheerfulness. A few days since, h e r husband, Mr. Andrew Brock, proposed (as was usual to go to church. She declinec gtingf. and strenuously resisted tbe partnasioas that were usee to* induce her to alter her mind riched b y 'tvcryiucceedin* viceroy £ ’The beauty and magnificence o f this greatly augmented by the de- country in which it is situated.— M ermaid, whose existence harbeiaj! erally held to be fabulous. is proceeding to Europe, and\£ soon expect to h tar of his arrW From Bell’s Weekly JUesfenger. T r a d e and C o m m e r c e — M e x i c o . Xhe kingdom of Mexico is the most important of all the imrnense domains of South America. This will appear from the tbost brief consideration. The con sequence of any empire must consist in the several circumstances of its extent, it* population, its revenue, its exporta tion, its importation, its trade, and its commerce. B a t in al! these features the kingdom of Mexico exceeds almost any ) terntory in the old or new world. First, its extent exceeds that of the Russian city are u lijjhtful country Nothing, indeed, can exceed in beauty and fin e l y the picture which this city presents, when, on a summer’s rooming, beneath a cloudless a o d deeply azured sky, the spectator looks down upon it from one of the towers of the cathedral, or from the verd&at a n d romantic hill or Chapaltepec. T lie richest vegetation invests the sides and feet of this emi nence. A thick foliage of ancient cy presses raise their heads above an aro- mantic wood of shrubs immediately be neath them. From the bosom of this sol itude the eye com m ands a boundless* prospect over woods, valleys, plains and mountain sides, ovei maize fields, corn fields, medows, and vineyards, unequal led in variety, in any part of the globe At a little distance is seen the city, with all its busy hums, its varied-colored inhabitants, its beautiful arcades, its in terspersed gardens, and its fanciful fountains* T h e scene is still further embellished by the magnificent and gor geous train which always surrounds the vice regal palace, as this officer lives in a state far exceeding that of any Europe an king. Long and wide avenues of trees, beeches, and oaks and elms and chesnuts. conduct the traveller on every side to the metropolis, whilst the coun try, is thickly studded all around with villages, hamlets, villas, and farm hou ses. To the north of the spectator arises, beneath embowering groves, the magnificent convent of our Lady of Guadeloupe. T o the south, all the val ley ot St. Angelo, St. Augustin, and Ta- cubala, appears an immense garden of orange trees, peach trees, apple orchards, cherry and plum trees. This most beau tiful scene of calture is singularly con trasted by tbe wild and romantic air of the montains, which close the valley of Mexico in the d istance; the taps of which, beneath a tropical «un, are cover, ed with eternal snows, whilst their sides afford scenes of the greatest rural beautj From Niles’ Weekly Register. P ra y in g and D oing .— An En jjlish paper, in reference to the distresses uf Ireland, says—“ A etter from the archbishop of Tu am, to the secretaries at Liverpool says, * I PRAY the relief of your lenevolent committee to tbe per ishing population of this town and immediate neighbourhood. Our distressed state is truly deplorable, and I have tbe same to report of almost the whole of tbe province of Connaght, over which, as Me- ropolitan, 1 preside. 1 am appal- ed at the conviction that many must die from actual hunger, and many more from tbe effects of bad, scanty, unwholesome, annutri- tious food.” Now, we are of those odd fel- lows, who, if an ox or an ass was in a ditch, would be more grateful to one man lhat could take bold of the rope and help us to pull it out than to fifty others who would •taad by and pray that the animal might be got out. Praying is well —but doing is belter. This 1 most reverend father in God,*as he is queerly called, wonld do more good to the people of Ire land by one honest act, than will come of all tbe prayers that be can ever make. H e receives about 60.000 dollars per annum of poor and oppressed Irishmen, in the shape of tytbes—lor, perhaps, rea ding one or two sermons in a year. Let him give op this ‘ living’ to the needy and go to work to earn his own bread, and then we shall have respect for his prayers, in a full belief that they wxll be availa ble. This viperous race and brotherhood of leeches, the priests in Ireland of tbe national chnrcb, grind the people out of morfe than 8.400.000 dollars a year in tythes alone—though they are not hated and despisedy;tbey are at least un listened toby tonr ftflhstif ihote who are compelled, i t j&e point of the bayonet togttzsfo theai fftth (be Most costly wines, and Md to their ro- by tba most delicate and empire in Asia^ and the whole extent of in woods, groves, flowers and corn, of the 17 united provinces of America every hoe, taste, a n d smell. 2dly, its population is equal to what was I the city of Mexico is, moreover, just- that of Great Bntaiu betore the peace of ly celebra^sd for its excellent police, and Amiens, thirdly, its revenue exceeds i fur its c leanlinessand order. Thestreets twenty millions of dollars, or five millions are well paved and have foot pavements of pounds sterling .- 4thty, its mines pro- as in Loudon. I hey are well lighted, duce annually twenty-three nil lions of likewise, with reverberating lamps.— dotlars in gold and silver, being half (he ^he city is supplied with water by aque- reason ProP e r l y p r e p a r e d ^ H e . d e p a r t e d a- lo n e , a n d sd o n 'a A e r s h e - s e n t h e r s o n a w a y o n » o w « * n * i > d ; - T h e b 0 y ( 1 2 y w r l ^ r t t u r t ^ s h o r t l y * an<* ol* , ^ t e n % ; % ___ __________________ _ hou*e» was footK ‘ W h en is aankiml a» gid- h_ n- • ' — ~.r if h« knew * b « « h* «j.l»ir»r.ii:|/.lkiieii.v.Uof(he«>n,M).r.h,0(l» amount ot the whole produce of the pre cious metals from all the mines in the world, America included : 5thly, its im portation exceeds 20 millions of dollars. Its exportation in agricultural manufac turing and mineral produce, is sixteen millions, about half the total export of G reat uritian. The above, therefore, amply proves the immense importance of tnts boundless tern tor j. The face of tlie country affords a spec tacle without a parallel. It resembles in every reipect d h a t ; the man land of Mexico being the crown, and the sea shore the rim. It is a fast fountain, or table land, with a narrow slip of coast around his foot. The ci ty of Mexico is situated at a greater height than the heighest mountain in Europe, and the whole couutry exceeds the heights of the Alps. A person travelling in Mexico, Bays Mr. Humboldt, is not aware that he is living at a greater height in the air than any European balloon ever ascend ed. This is the cause, he adds of its de lightful climate, a climate unequalled in any region in the world. Nothing can exceed the beauty and singularity of the images which the city of Mexico afiords to an European travel ler. Upon a first entrance into this ci ty, the eye is caught by an immense num ber of spires, columns, and minarets, which rise from the richest foliage of trop ical trees. W ith the exception of Pe- tersburgh and London there exists no city of the saiiae extent, which will bear any comparison with Mexico fjr the reg ularity and breadth of its streets, and grandeur of its public places, and above all, for its neatness, freshness and activ ity. The domestic architecture-^ pure, and elegant, uniting the finish ana tom- pactness of English houke-building .with the airiness of the Italian in its arcades and piazzas. Tlie houses almost all built of stone and are adorned with pil lars ot porphry; no such thing any where as those wooden balustrades which disfigure the best house in our W tst-In- dian colonies. A ll the railing and trel- liswork are of the utmost delicacy, and always of iron or brass, and almost every where gilt. Instead of roofs, the houses have flat terrrace*, court-jards^fcehind, and with arcades gardens in the Moor- ish style, only with moi e space and more taste. In the great square, there are Awn beautiful buildir.gs, the school of mines and spacious and magnificent inner ho tel, both built at the public expense.— Nothing, indeed, can exceed tbe beauty aod magnificence of this great square.— *t equals in size Rimill*»t|uare m Lon don, and exceed* 4ay square in Paris, or » y other city und is surrounded on a s « ugco * imunjtt H Tbe Newark Eagle mimliow’Uijj are now confined in the comatiijii that coonty— 1 lawyer ; 1 sin|ii»]j ter ; 1 dancing m a s ter/ 1 fcn tH ter ; 1 w riting m a s ter; 1 b r i c j ^ 1 1 c o tton spinnet; 1 tailor ; l fanners ; and 9 shoe»aker»,^L whom a r e confined in tbrec ssitifi menta for the ctima of dtbt bout 25 person! of different ^ strongly suspected of being in- have th e gloriois and iheatiaafcj^ lege o f traversing about ttfro aad ' acres oi this mundane tp h trt, U the nam e of tbe jail liberties.,^,, seems to be wanting to cbm p k w | tablishm e n t but temale society,.* more lawyer, a justice o f th* —* a constable for the sake o f h: V w u tti F rom the City Advoctffijjfi A n o t h e r L o a n im W e understand that Charles McKenzie, of Hi Vt. a farmer of tbe fimt,i’,f5 bility, and a matt highly wherever be is known; igj qnence of the death of aif is likely to be Lord Me Allen Ross-shire, in It is bat a few weeks siries? gentleman of Roxbury wiii _ med of a similar kibd oflr* being tbe eldest lineal desd now living of ancient fsii parliamentary dignity in J^j| T h e laws of primogenit 9 i$jj sionally excite our aston particularly when we tes!, brought from the mosf^jf stations of life, and from ikq tions of the globe, to tbeJ consequential men in anotbajfj dom, of whom perhaps tbcyii before heard. 4$ “ I wish” said old Shi one day to his son Tom, you would take a wife.” no objection, Sir,” replietM rev#»rpnflv. *< b u t tcho8t% reverently, shall 1 take.” ducts, and excellent roads lead rnto the country from all the principal streets.— The principal public buildings are as follows ; the cathedial, built in the goth ic style, maasy, rich and venerable ; the mint, which joins the palace of the vice roys, and from whence, reckoning Irom the conquest of Mexico to- the present year, four thousand millions of gold and silver jointly have been coined and seat to Europe; the convents, all in the style of the same buildings in France and Spain, only m o re richly decorated, and particularly with gold and silver; the military and naval asylums, like those of Greenwich and Chelsea ; the public prisons, built all in one establishment, and containing on an average 12,000 prisoners, mostly smugglers ; tho school of m ines; the botanic garden, being the garden of the vice-regal palace ; the uni versity, the public library, the academy of sciences and fine arts, and the vice regal palace, bnilt on the ruins of the palace of M ontezuma. From th* Boston Evening Gaztttt, A M E R M Alli An American shipmaster from this port became the fortunate purchaser, some months ago, in the Island of Java, of a preserved M ermaid, which has been bro't to fiatavia by a Japanese, and was supposed to have been caught on the coast,of one of the Japan isles. The fish had become perfectly dry, and was ori ginally, it is thought, about four feet in length. From a gentleman who lately saw the specim en, we learn that the des cription given in old books of natural his. tory, and the representations frequently seen in old drawings of the mermaid are fully confirmed by the appearance of this rare and perhaps unexampled pre paration. The head is covered with light colour ed hair, coarser than human hair. Tho upper part of the face resembles a man’s, but the lower part approaches a monk ey's. The nose is fiat like that of an African negro. From the upper jaw of a very wide m outh descends two tusks pas sing over the lower lip ; but the rest on both jaw* are very like human teeth. __ The cheeks are wrinkled from the dissi- cated state of tke skin, aod the eye* are fleetly sunk in the sockets. The shape of the boat is precisely like the eon&nir- ation of a woman, below which the body gradually becomes scaly, and taperinn by degrees, terminates in a tfsh’s u i l J : 1 here are four fins on (he lower part of fork d ' cxtr,,n‘ty the tail is This coriosify was exhibited at the Cape oi Good Hope, and submitted to the inspection of several naturalists from | England, who entirely concurred in the opinion that this is an example of the Law and Equity, are two 1 which God bath joined,^ which man bath put asundjT T h e following toast wss| in Georgia on the 4th T h e Emperor pf Russia perhaps manage a Tsr let him beware how pfi with an Eagle. M W tforetfftf GREECE amo T U B U r g l L e ttres from C o n itantiaa^M rT 25th M ay, detail one of-Owisf transactions' which tind n * r ’J contem porary barbarity, aa would require the strongest^ evidence to support as a real o f the most savage a g e s. TSI^il nary deed is nothing else i capitation, by the governmestjj P o rte, of 72 Greek merchants,!\ them the moxfreipectable id and all of them of coasequMci j th e ir countrymen— without: i i cri&K— without the form of trial^ o a t an -insinuation of miscaadi m erely b&iaute, out of comp their brethren in the isle offered themselves aa hostages f o j good behaviour, and interposed bsfcr them and the Turkish scimet«r.|jf islanders, driven, at length, to r t f # tlie intolerable cruelties and b u n iw l to which they were s u b j e c t e d , ^ ! m assacred and exterminated j^“ * barbarous despot, not satisfied^ blood and torture of the princip^M rebelled, has sacrificed \ a t o m swoop,” likewise their generowjf fending sureties. E v e ry drop (rJ tian blood boils at the atrocity^ spark oi humanity- is kindled talli tion a t such authorised assassinaW W h a t effect these fresh mordaiH have on *lie state of the ufifimslieiyj tiation between tba power* ofw jj| E u rope and this barbarous govgifjf w e cannot say; but if we caO.r statem e n ts in a letter i f sub date, orders have been sent lot kigh ..frontier to delay the nxtc^ troops towards th# centre till ^ m g which such conduct m&jMfSjj liuHsin is ascertained. T h e r e in som e ol the victims o l this bloadj^ reside in London, and receivttl? of their t|«cea»ed trieuds, their execution. Constantinople, The^overntnent has caused m o st respectable G ieek mercfij lives of acio, to be beheaded
