Ohio State journal and Columbus gazette (Columbus, Ohio : 1825). (Columbus, OH), 1832-12-01

              OTA PRINTED AND PUBLISHED 3 Oil1? IIJLIIAIACIYE i -wl.t T. .v r-r -tm - r X-NJ . .. . - - - ASS If VULi U ItIxJ U GAZETTE. Two Dollars Fifty Cents in Advance; Three Dollars at the cud'of the year. New Serics....No. 19, Vol. II. COLUMBUS, SATURDAY, 1PECEMBER I, 1832, Whole Number, 1212. MINCfcXliAN EOUS. i'rom llw t liUadelpliit Saturday Courier. THE WF BRUTE. Avoid the cup uf cunts, ere too late. And profit, 1 conjure you, by my fair. . P(- Mauiunipt 1'ociti). I was born in Philadelphia, not long prior to the adoption of the federal Constitution. Air parents, notwithstanding they hod suffered greatly during "the war of the revolution, were still possessed of wealth beyond their wants. They justly considered that morality and knowledge constitute tho only titles to distinction or eminence in a republican country; and therefore rcsulvod to spare no pains to instill into my mind the soundest principles of the one, and storo it with the elements of the other. Never can I forget those precepts which an affectionate mother taught me in the artless days of childhood. Nothing less than the cursed cause, of ail my wuus ever iiu impair ills iiitm rirfcuu, -wouiu tl heaven they had always possessed over my aberrant mind. Had she lived, how much misery I might have been spared; hut iier spirit was loo chaste for this sublunary world, and era 1 had reached my eighth year, she was called by the mandate of the Almighty, to join kindred angels in the mansions of eternal bliss, .My father now put me to school in the country, believing that I would there be less liable to contract evil habits than in tho cily. Here, under tho charge of a worthy teacher, I made rapid progress; and at tho age of seventeen, 1 hud ucquired an education almost collegiate. I then re turned to Philadelphia, where, shortly after, my father, who was extensively engaged in the mercantile business, put me into his counting house, in which I was soon ini tiated into the arcana of commercial affairs. Doing of a social disposition, I soon greatly extended the circle of my acrjiiani-lance; and was seldom absent from convi vial parties, which are, unfortunately, too common amongst the clerks of our great cities, many of whom waste means in this way which, with economy, would cnuolo them in due time, to commence business for themselves, instead of torever remain' ing hirelings, and living, as it were, from hand to mouth, or, what is worse, acquiring habits of dissipation winch render them unfit for any employment, and a burden to themselves and mends, It was at these parties I first imbibed the conns of a vico which, in its maturity, has hurled me on the brink of a volcano. Gradually I contracted a rooted fondness for the intoxicating draught, and, from long habit, the morning bitters, the 11 o'clock, and the night cap, became, as I thought, objects necessary to my existence. v Although 1 drank excessively, yet, for a time, I had sufficient self command to avoid laying my foible open to exposure But the enying is true that he who drinks at all is olwavs liable to become a drunkard. At sVngih. I lost that self control, which 1 llinntrlil 1 ahnwld ever nnSRPjui. nnd oftnr re turned from an evening carousal, reeling world are powerless to de;iiij; and oh! it is that they, who possess all the goods of life which the world has power to bestow, will sacrifice their felicity here, and risk their bliss hereafter, fur tho enjoyment, if enjoyment it can be called, of a bestial appetite! Can they be of sane mind! or are they not rather under the inllueiite of some evil genius that walks the earth unseen, ivhose power is irresistible! I had now every thing that could please the mind cr gratify the heart wealth, reputation, and a lovely counterpart; yet strange are the elements of human nature! I did not appreciate the enviable gifts of the Almighty; I relapsed into my habits; I drank again of tho fatal cup; 1 returned to my former haunts, where I found that my quondam associates continued their dissipated rounds, with a thirst unquenchable; but 1 transcended them all, and could swallow tho accursed spirits as a temperate mail would waters from the crystal fountains. It urtiti arimo i in... infnru mv amrclic wife i Uncovered, my derangement ; but she chid mo not. ho endeavored by an uio win ning arts of woman, to draw me back to myself. 1 he consciousness 1 telt ol the nanus my conduct raised m her gentle bo som, smote me, but reclaimed me not. Show mo a drunkard, and 1 will point to you a man, whosu heart is callous to tho nicer feelings of our nature. Habitual intoxication lias tho effect to sour the mind, and work it up to phrenzy. Such became the state of mine. I now haunted the taverns, and seldom spent my nights at home, which, but for debasing propensities, might have been a paradise; and often, when 1 saw what was but too visible, the agony ot my Julia, at my es tranged affections, I upbraided her tor not repressing sentiments which were irresisti ble. She had tho tenderest feelings, and her countenance, like that ot all the virtu ous and lovely, was the faithful index of her heart. 1 hen, to stifle them was to an' nihilate sensation. Wretch that I was to wring h'r soul with anguish Stimulating draughts eventually stir up all the evil passions, which if there be any truth in tho originality of sin, exist from the natal hour, more or less repressed or controlled in every bosom. No wonder, then, that a lit of jealousy seized me. Stu-pitied, degraded, and debased by tho most loathsome vices, 1 lost all faith in human virtue. I taxed my wife with indifference to me, because she could not smile as she had been wont to do. I accused her of preference fur another: and, gracious hea vens! do I still livo to make the damning confession; one night of horror when my brain was on tire, and I raved in wild delirium,! stabbed my innocent, faithful, angelic consort to the heart, and her chaste spirit, and that of my unborn infant, lied to an eternity I shudder to think of. Age on age may roll, and 1, like the wandering Jew, still roam the earth under the crime at which humanity stands aghast, yet never, oh! never, can my lost peace of mi no bo restored. 1 he agonies of my soul harrowing remorse, the languages of the n mv blood, I know not, but when I awoke to sensation, I found myself borno away on a litter, by two men, and. in about an hour afterwards, they reached a superb mansion, built upon an elevation, iu the midst of a considerable plain. Here, at the house of Don Jose de Liana, I experienced every attention, and rapidly recovered, as it were, from the brink of the grave. Don Jose,. when I became convu- esccnt, delicately inquired of tne the ob ject of iny journey, aim the circumstance of my disaster. 1 related to hiiu in wnat manner, and descriDcu la In in the persons by whom I bad beeu attacked. I assured him of my eternal estesm my eternal grn-titudu for his kind hospitulity ; "but scnor," said I, "you saved from the jawi of death a wretch without a name one whom the earth groans to bear on her polluted bosom. 1 am an American by birth, and have passed fur a Spaniard, only to secure iny safety from " ingeout tj Msiico.' "I seek tout," he "replied, "to know what you would conceal, and, of whatever errors you may have been guilty, I pray Hod may forgive you. I am much attached to the institutions of your republic, und contemplate its aggrandizement with sincere pleasure, believing, as I do, that its prosperity will have great influence on our own, and that of the continent at large." This conversation continued an hour, and indeed, in conversing with (bis liberal Mexican, my ideas wero elevated above the abject state, in which I hud been plunged during the last two years. I remained with Don Jose about three months longer, and every day added to the high estimation in which I held him; but nt length I resolved to depart, notwithstanding bis pressing en treaties for me to remain, und be generous ly furnished mo with money to tho amount of thirty doubloons, for which I forced him to take a draft on my agent at New Orleans, whither, lie said, ha shortly intended to go and pass the remainder of his days. In December, 1811, I arrived at Vera Cruz, and there took passage to New Or leans, where, after tarrying two weeks, which was as long as I durst, I ascended m the steamboat Orleans, to the mouth ofKcd River, whero I took passage in a keel, and proceeded to Alexandria, and thence, by land, to Natchitoches, so called from two Choctaw words, nacu, Indian flax, and to chi to bind, because there they formerly bound great quantities of this flax into sheaves. At Natchitoches I met with one Jose Dcrnando Uuitteroz, who had travelled in Europe and tho United States, with a view to sccuro support in a project to revolutionize Mexico. He urged me to join his party, and spoke with confidence of its final success. "If I but take San Antoitia de Bex ar," said he, "the republican flag will wave over my oppressed country and Mexico be free." He even stated that the heads of the American Government at Washington connived at bis undertaking, and would have rendered him great assistance, if it nnt ban (at the interference of Foster, and staggering to my chamber It is pain- ',lero be a man, so lost in every vice one the British Minister. He hud Wu in Mit- M for a feeling man to contemplate the wsoin no crnnos can blacken with whom sissippi, Louisiana, and Kentucky, where frailties of hia fellows; but oh! how agoni- tht arch fiends of hell disdain to associate ,e hud received assurance of support; but ling to contemplate his own! The perni- t orn whom they would lice noy recoil i thought his projeot a wild one, and would cious draught may Buspend, but it cannot will horror that man must be a harmed not, therefore, embark in it. Amongst his annihilate reflection. Often wero my eyes dblnraud. . , officers, was one Col. w",,,1 who opened to the frightful abysses belore me, J" ignominious ueain now siareu mo in ,Mei to mc , tt conversation we had, ream! as oaen I promised myself to abstain the face, and the horriblo phantasm sober- ,p(.ctjnK ji,irri, project, that Wilkinson was from the dissipation into which I was my maddened brain. 1 hastily tooH Us deep in the mud as Burr in the mire plunged; but 1 wanted the moral courage uunma, n. uu umo, uui m colonel Burr, he said, hud sent him with to fly from the evil, and, oaen to drown tho ,nf ane " repaired to my stable, sad- dispntchc to Wilkinson, who was then witli horrors ot soil bottle or bar' jure to meet many of those spungers who, ly halted till I reached Ilurnsburg, now the pnlc,0Si rcaj tncnl) ttnj rCseuliug, told him having poured their fortunes down their cipuai ui my native onue, wmre i to tuko them to tho Spunish commander .throats, too weak to resist the vice which vul about ten o'clocK tho lollowing morn- On representing Ihe impossibility of cutur-Jiad ruined their prospects and blighted inj. Hero 1 rested about two hours, und ilg tll CUIIIp uf Herraru, lie cvvts gavo lisiu ineir lame, oaiiy came as u to worsnip tne uiiunin.-ii mj lupin lugm, i.i i ti,0 countersign, and he went and Ueliverud liquors which had hurried them into irro- csctpe the horrors of a guilty conscience, tlie dispatches, to the Spaniard, who short-mediable ruin. I could not, solitarily, pour At Urecnsburgh, my horse gavo out, and I ;y Bru,r wit,drcw his whole force. out my libations to Bacchus, and therefore hind another to tuko mo to the end of my i wnI Bllt vut clIrol f tho uocurscd pas- liivilcd, by dozens, those who knelt or ra- journey, ut which l arrived on tho third ,;,, ,mt ha, lim(0 nle vgnbond, mid nt her reeled at hia shrine, to drink to my cveiing after the night uf my departure. Mtrhitnhin n. full i.nnn to mv beustlv health, and damage their own. .My futher Tnis was in the spring of 1M09. steam- propensities. I wished to nuiiihilule thought iravu me HLU.H3U uuuwmicu tur my services uun. uiu uui run in uiu wuvui t ui mu isiuu, yet live ; I hurried fruni plitco tu plitue elf introspection, 1 flow to the ana my fleetest horse, and lied witn lear- nrniy of llou UCI1) in t10 neighborhood r-room. In the fatter 1 was '"I"""! w"s 1 a"8". " 0f Hcrrara; the General opened the dis abut by my extravagance (from which none till ;vo years after, ullhough tho neglected who arinK are ireei i soon lound inysuii riidi hail plied ono irom rmiadcipiua to in the vain attempt to fly from my wretched guilty self. Often in drunken broils, I would deeply plunged in dobt, of which no small Bonentown, more than twenty-five years outage in violcntquurrels,notulw.iysblood-jwrtion was for my drunken carousals. before. I was, therefore, compelled to cm- cls and now in one of these, I received a I had need of consummate art to keep bark, in a keel-boat, in which I descended ,evero stab, which confined mc till the spring iny pernicious habits a secret from my fa- to New Orleans. In this city, which, in the 0f 1813. Being recovered, I sat off with thor, and I cannot but believe that ho some- licentiousness of its morals, says an eminent !om0 traders for tho Indian nations nenr times thought I overstepped the bounds of geographer, rivals tho corruptions of the l(0d river.' It was four years before I rc- modorauon; out ne idolized me; and as not old world, 1 could have indulged without turned. From this expedition I derived a Whisper 0! my lauil ever readied nis car, stirma, in scenes or debauchery, winch advantages. I was nearly cured of the l.n Bp;hiif Ail anif fl.talia.l nt.n..b nti.l knot! . I.I .1 1. .1 , r . . S n v... ..u uu......s wjiu inuca. mo ruiu. ui ucourum, iu iinui- ba.U:lui habit which had been my ruin, and hands to little fevers, of winch I oAon com- ly observed in my own native city ; but I bad made ,evera t1011iad dollars. juamea, originating in omei causes, in- Wi,lcl to avoid tho just punishment due to i now dosconded to New Orleans, where loed, some times on pretence of business, my ,m,eard of crime, and therefore, hnv- r met 0u frienj Don j0Se, who welcotn- j c,KeU u.yae. uuuecussur uy ra mo iui- lug ,llv8tcd my money in the UanH, under cd me to hi, house, Aftr remaining hero ling showors, and by this, and various oth- the fictitious name of Benson, I proceeded nbout a month, I sat off with ten thousand or artifices, was always provided with some with ,olno adventurer, to Texas. dollar, worth of goods, and n party of f.f- fictitious causes for any indisposition of Much has been said nbout this country locn , on tiding expedition to Mexi- '1 hiiii in Z "'7 MM " n "1"";"': There, in the course of a year, I more il n .in nf jo-ait " paraui.o ; uui than quadrupled my capital, but on my re-,1110 sin oi ucceil. thoso who go thcro with any such expectn- trn .,. ii1B United States line, a nartv ol ...LA 'fla? ,nrrj I--. -I' wufull, disappointed-Better Z!ZZJiTi :.w.?JrEE. i i..j ; "k:k' 7. k . .; m,"u" "m'cr."r .ow" hlW Bnit, off -hai ,10t tm lovell of u. Wl killed and v.uw.- . vu ".. tvnero man enjoys Ins every privilege, than th, wnnnilril n m In n nnm mA nun u lUnnrin in .. ... ' . p 1 mree WOUnUCU ., , i i '"" v i -!- uicro 10 livo a perjured hypocrilo a sworn jiarent was taken from the world by a stroke tif apoplexy. I mourned, and oh, how doop- ily! my distressing bereavement. It awoke tino ta a sonso of my misconduct, and I re solved to reform. 1 abandoned my usual fn INIll. 1 Mirnin nrrivfil nt tllfi oitv of supporter of a religious mummery which Now Orleans. Ten yonrs had rolled away every freeman must contemn. yean of airony since I had fled from tho Iroin loxas I bent my way to Mexico, thouter of my atrocity. I believed that I and iu 1810, entered the great city of Mon- now might remain pormonontly in iny own tciuma, which, not long after, was thrown dear nutive country, and moro especially ns j,nmi. nl diaaination and devoted mvsol """"""-' y ... i..- lin.er 1 had procured, with inhiuto uiincuity, auunts o dissipation,, ana aevotcu mysol, mcnt of luM Tni, niimary rielt ,,,.,,.,.. . for U h,l Inn wa? "!Pr"c"!l' to be Rd"'1 incamato; year in wlich i had committed tho foul ma an amnla fortune of liftv thousand dol- ""'"I1 . ' .. . deed, I discovered no mention ot It. At "hS.tnffito vrnKfir.t Vnlotinghi.n,dMoribclthUoWefM a eventl I resolved to run the risk, and circhS b.!r'"f A',U.?"')r.VW"L7.,:Cr1' P-chase a plantation in Louisiana. I go, 1 involved in my mind the propriety of V U'B found one to my liking, forty miles above, uniling myself to some amiable girl, whose Z 'aPl ., P . ' T'l New Orleans, for which, including ono hun- ..nn,I.V,;t 1 Kliu,l Lm I,vo had, at one time, more than one hundred .r.d and nfty slaves, leave one hundred great influence , preventing me from ever 'uoa or, h". '!WBd:. . "I,d thousand dollar.; half of which 1 was ln.inr intr, m. n,l!n,i. I,h,t. " l'l!u ueiuru tne euy, witn mis t0 .. dowll. 1 j..t.. 2 r-... !..... 1 I... I tremendous force, it would have fallen with i ion. nn Ion rli.,1. Inavimr an onlv iietoiuiiiniy, low uioiitua uuui i iiau . , i , ., ., .. . , . , i , o - consigned theT remain, of my parent to tho M fblow, but the tune had not arrived dau lltcr in ,lor nlllUl ,eur) of whom ho .. .. J 1 . for tho oinn icimitinn nf Atinlumf . ........i i- n . tomb, 1 paid my addresses to a daughter ot ,. . nan coiuimueu ij guuruiuu, n .Mr Johnson, an intimate friend of my fa- . . ,,' ' . ; , . liter. Julia, for that was her name, was all that I could wish, sonaiblo. and virtu ous. she possessed charms of no ordinary naturo, and was formed lo render happy tho lavorod man who might honor and appreciate her worth. I was received with evory nvu.nln, nf lli inilllLMISA f...,tn. 1 nhlCed roinain in tho eapital till tho followinir l , n,. i,vuiit nf llrmlln-i. nt Now spTing, when 1 proceeded towards Vera Orleans, aud providod her with tho best Cruz. I spoko tho Castiliati so fluently muster.. inni i cumy puHi-u iu. i opuuiaru, wnicti i wal n0w a sugar plnntcr of tho first or- iiiveit moiruiii SII-PIO...II, mucu was uione dcr d controlled wealth beyond my will siillicient, at Ibis lime, 10 incarcerate it. oh- , .. nr nhn.ai vut I wns unhannv. attention by the family, and at length alio Jlcl ulm uvc" J 'S""011"'- There i. uo euro to a wounded couicioiice; . - - .... i .. .. nvi.cn mv rnmi in vnrii I r.ia I I ' . ll..l....l 1. ........ ...n;..nn nl,A nr ...I...... . .-. . . '. . . .' . . .. . consented to bo mine. The doy of our un- Kn,v0, l"1 ro'1". 10 ' m V ' money oannot purchase poaco of mind, else on was fixed, and a twelvo-iuonlh aaor my wl" nuucneu uy inrco ruuiai.s, one o. wnom ,ho rioh mi-lt ,ndcod bo envied. Hut 1 bereavement, I led tho lovely inaidon to the 1 klllci1 011 the llrsl fire ; tho other two, how- kcpt jf buliy employed in tho affairs ullar of Hymen. It was tho happiest mo- cvcri uccecded in Inkiiig iroia mo twenty of BIJ. plantation, and in doing all tho good inonl of my liia, but 1 thon thought it only which mi um money um., C0Ud t0 my runow mortali, and thus oi the commencement of mv folicity. ami my horse, urur leaving mu on the ground le,!), suooeeded in procuring for my ngo- . . .... - . . I i..k .I.....I i.n ..n .1.. I I.. r ii.n:i .. ... ... lo, who liavo studied the Boerut springs"" "-j nized mind a Kind oi irnuiuii misery Vf huiuaa action, toll mo, if you can, why "" " ""'3 reiuuuicu weiicnugi ycur, runud , und blunted, yet eradica ted not the stings of conscience. All a-round attributed to me virtue: I alone felt the consciousness of my vices and my crimes. In the summer of 1823, I brought Henri etta, my charming ward, from New Oilcans to my plantation, there to spend soveral months. Tho exquisito Creole form the regular features of this lovely brunette, would have inoyed mv soul again to love: but in her chusto embrace, tho remembrance of my murdered wife would be ever present u blood stained skeleton iny consort the nriuul bed a couch of thistles, thorns and briers. I had waited thus far, when an event oc curred, through the mercy of tho Almighty, which resiureu mo lo my long lost peace ol mind, and nwoko my wounded soul to a prospect of future happiness on earth, which a month before I would have given tyarlds to urcam or. I was on the leveo when tho steam bout Narcissus stopped to take iu wood from u wood yard which I hud established. Many of the passengers took this opportunity tu indulge iu a short walk on the shore, and amongst thoso who wero proceeding on the staging to reach the shore, wero a lady and gentleman, who, by a sudden motion of the boat, from 1 know not what cause, were precipitated together with tho staging, into tho river. Tho current, rendered stronger by the resistance ofl'ercd by tho boat, swept them rapidly towards the main chunucl ; the yawl of tho steam boat had been Bent a half a mile nbovo fur baggage belonging to a passenger who wus going up to Natchez on im portant business, with the respectable house of Wilkins nnd Linton ; the lady wus therefore in imminent danger of drowning. I hesitated not a moment, but throwing off my coat, vest, and .hoes, plunged into the river, and seizing hold of one of the broken planks, rapidly swum towards the unfortunates. The young mnii'hud been considerably hurt iu tho fall, and was scarcely uble to keep above water, and could therefore render the lady no assistance, though he en denvorcd so to do. Tho moment ho saw me coming to their aid, bu conjured uio to use every effort, as the lady bad sunk the second time. 1 soon reached the place near which sho had disappeared, and seized her as she rose, und holding her by ono band, having interposed tho plank between us, for feur of her struggles forcing us both under water, I paddled towards the levee; the young man supporting himself on another plank of the staging, which he had stopped as it floated down. The men from the steam boat, meanwhile, had hastened tu our assistance, iiuiL ut length wo reached the shore, about half u nolo below my plantation. 1 caused tne lady to bo curried to the house, where she received from Henrietta, every attention ; nnd the young man soon followed, who, on my pressing invitation, us well on account j of his bruises, as lor tho benefit of the health of the lady, who was his mother, consented to remain at my house several days. Accordingly I dispatched two servants for their baggage, with u mite to tho Captain, informing him that they would prububly b' v.ell e-nnugh to uccompuny him in hisuet ruyuge up to Natchez. Ihero was something in the couutcnanco of this young man which excited an uude- hnable interest in my bosom, und made my heart beat rcspousivo to strange impulses: but I suppressed emotion, which lunguugu i feeblo to describe. The lady had quite recovered by evening, und the youth, after his right arm, which had been much bruised by ono of the planks of the staging, iu his full, had been bound up, withdrew to bed. 1 he next morning, all were in a situatiuii to appear at the breakfast table, when the ludy, whoso brow was overcast with the shades of melancholy, commenced the de tail of tho objects ol her travels. Sho was from l'hiladclphiu, she said, and I shuddered at the word ; and bad set out for the south, some mouths before, iu company with her sou, as well for the benefit of her health, as to find, if possible, a husband who had left her ill a statu ol derangement, twenty years belore. 1 ireiuuicu ami, in unut terable ugitatioll, demanded bis name. "Molvin," she replied in an ultered voice. "Oh, righteous Heaven!" I exclaimed, and fell senseless on the floor. When 1 recover ed my faculties, 1 found myself in bed, and reader, your anticipation must tellyuo, lliu wife and child 1 had long thought inhabit nnt. of another and u better world, togcth' or with the artless Henrietta, stood with un speakable uffectiun over iny now reanimated body. "My Julia," I exclaimed, "can you for give the foul author of all your wuct; the mnnino who stained hi. guilty hands with your innocent blood f Oh, no! you can' not. It i. impious in mc to ask the boon. I li li il i to mercy would withhold it." I raved uttored I know not what ; but my angol-ia wifo used every art to sooth my corroded feelinrs. Henry, my new found ion, con jured me to calm my perturbed spirits, and Henrietta seconded his ctforts, with filial and socinl tonderncss. At length the horrible impressions infused in my mind by remorse fur a crime 1 bad so long thought of, oro nwny, and I lived with tho pruspect of happiness before mc, far boyond my deserts infinitely transcending my expectations. It was settled that wo should spcml the summers in fhiladclphia, and the winters in Louisiana. Accordingly, hastily making preparation, we ull tuok passage nt New Orleans, in the fust running stoain bontTu-cuinseh, commanded hy captain Tyson, and, in eight day. and two hours, arrived nt Lou isville; thence wo proceeded over land to Philadelphia. Here, my reader., 1 need not tell you that Henry and Henrietta united their fortune!!, fame, and name. Your own nctivo imasinittinns, my fair ones, can rca- 1 1 ly supply tho details 1 omit, nnd easily invent ull the ingenious combinations ol lovo, necessary to conduct this charming puir to the altar or Hymen. Whiloin I'hiladclphitt, curiosity prompt ed mo to inquire respecting my nnciuiit bot tle companions. Ol twonty, wnom I mny truly cull such, two only relorined and ho-ciiiue useful citizens ; four died ofinanin-u-potu ; two had been killed in duels, occasioned by word, .poken in moments of ine briatinn i three had comniiilcu suiento ; lour wore in tho mad house; two had been hung for murder; two wero in tho Penitentiary for forgory, and ono for highway robbery. Readers, my object was not to writo a book, although the subject is well worth one. i must thereforo hu.teu to close this narrative, which I publish to the world in hopes that it may rescue soma deluded being from the most ubomiiiiiblu of vices. It is true Hint I now enjoy it tlegrro of happiness, to which my bosom has for many long yours been a stranger; and I hope through tho mercy of un all-wise Providence, 1 may live to alone for the evil I have done; yet I can never feel those sensations which attend the consciousness of having fulfilled the duties of this life, and being prepared fur a transition to one belter and eternal. If you, be wives, permit not, I conjure you, ono drop of the pence-destroying liquor to pass your thrcshhold. If you are parents, tremble lest your darling tons imbibe this accursed habit, and brimr your gruy hairs with sorrow to tho crave. If vou bo dam sels, whoso hearts ure still free from the touches of tho tender pnssion, spurn from your society every admirer who indulges in uiu beastly pructice of dram drinking. If you bo a young man, desirous of health, wealth, and happiness in this world, I con jure you, by tho love you hear tho authors oi jour being; by your munition for purity of character and unsullied fume; by all that is dear on earth and precious in heaven, 1 conjure you beware of tho baleful draught. It destroys ull distinction between vico and virtue; it dims the eye that beams with intelligence; it bloats the ruddy check of health ; it brings the rich to poverty, and the pour lo tho gallows. In fine, it is the most insidious foe to happiness un earth, and (ho most potent instrument to plunge mankind into the abysses of endlessdamnation. IMOlilt AI'IIlC.U.. LIFE OF DIl. ADAM CLARKE. Dr. Aiiam Claiike, though a native of Ireland, wns parentally of English extraction. His father, who was on eminent schoolmaster, descenuod from a family originally of England, in which country his ancestors were of high respectability. ... .ii-'tiiui u iviiiiituii name was oiaciean, ot Mull. Her progenitors were Scotch, and of some consequence; their pedigree iiaving ocen traceu DacK to a remote period. Doctor Adam Clarko was born neor Ma. ghorafelt, in the county of Londonderry, in tho north of Ireland, about tho year 1701, but tho exict lime we have not been able to learn. His porents being serious, it was his lot to enjoy tho advantages of a religious e lucalion, and from the pious instructions received, particulorly from his mother, he saw in early lif'o the necessity of devoting himself to God. Having sought and fuund a senso of Divine favor, ho becamo a decided character, and his moral career has been spent in promoting the interests of the gospel. On enloring lifu bo was designed for trade, and pursuant to this intention, was lor some time placed under tho chargo ol a .Mr uennet, an extensive linen manutac lump hill lll.lil.inrt an.n k.,nnl.na nf ll.A .u.t. w,i. ui.imnij suiiiu vimiiviiuo ui un. n i . -.- business, he left tint gentleman, yet on such c'lai f10 ""I"''"01' honorable terms, that their mulual friend- Cornwall. The room was so completely tilled, that he was obliged to enter through tho window, and literally crept on his hands and knees over the heads and shoulders of the people, to reach tho pulpit. This tide of popularity continued to follow him, without any abatement, until it pleased the Head of the Church to call his servant to eternal reward. During severol years prior to 1815, Dr. Clarke resided in London, and devoted the greater part of his time to his Commentary; but the duties of his station as a preacher, and those of various committees and associations, of a benevolent, literary and scientific nature, his friends saw, with sorrow, imposed a task which human nature could not long support. By their importunity, he was prevailed on, in Id 1 5, to quit London and retire to Millbrook, a country residence in Lancashire, about leu miles from Liverpool, Dr. Clarko remained at Millbrook until his Commentary was nearly finished, when he again removed to the vicinity of London; but on finding the enjoyment of country air necessary to his heulth, he purchased a large and delightful mansion, garden and premises, called Haydon Hall, near tho village of Eastcott, in the parish of Ruislip, about seventeen miles from the metropolis; and this abode he continued to occupy until the time of his death. At this tranquil retreat is an excellent library, comprising lomo thousands of volumes in various languages, among which are many ancient, exceedingly scarce, and highly valuable. These, having been arranged undor his own eye, are in such exquisito order, that he could at all times put his hand on a given volume, at a minute's notice. Uf manuscripts, both ancient and oriental, there is also a large collection, of which only himself and men like himself, knew the value. To curiosities, both natural and artificial, Dr. Clarke was strongly attached; and no opportunity was ever neglected, that promised to enrich his stores. These, which taken in tho aggregate, afford specimens coeval with almost every aire, have been transmitted from various parts of the world: and, if they wore arranged in a commodious gallery for inspection, the cabinet would excito tho admiration ot amateurs. To several branches of natural and experimental philosophy Dr. Clarke had paid great attention; and, connected with each department, ho had a suitable apparatus, in which arc some instruments of the first description and excellence. The books, manuscripts, philosophical instruments, and cabinet of curiosities, which Dr. Clarko had collected, excited the attention of the nobility, aud men of science, who resided in his neighborhood, and from many among them, he received visits. More than once his Highness tho Duko of Sussex honored him with his presence. When the Scriptures were about being translated into some ol Uio Uncntai inn gunges, Dr. Clarke's acquirements wore This opened a cor to preserve a life so important to the religious body, of which, for more than half a century, he was one of tho brightest ornaments, and to the community at large. Tho funeral of this veneruble servant of God took place on the burying ground behind the Wesleyan chapel, City Road, London, on Wednesday, the 29th of August. X'.'spondcnco Willi some oi me n-aicnarac- ship continued without interruption, until i m the nation ana brought Vn-Mr riennoiVibaih. Ur with tha dignitaries of tho established Blessed with natural talents of tho firir V,! 18 w,,'" bis '.earning ornamental order, bis ability and acquirements attract' ed Ihe attention of many who visited his father's house. Among these was a preacher intimately acquainted with the lute venerable and reverend John Weslev, with whom he kept up a regular correspondence. In one of his letters, Iiaving given a favorable report of Admn Clarke, who, though young, had alrendy begun to call sinners to repentance, Mr Wesley was so ploased with iho representation, that an intercourse was opened between him and his young friend. The event was. that he was called irom Ireland, and placed, lor about a month, in Kingswood School. Here his reception was inr less lavorame than ho had antici patcd; but having already learned to over come evil with good, his putron.ee and talents soon raised him tu the estimation of the master, und of all his associates, and ulti mately prepared him for that important sta- iion winch he was subsequently called to fill iu the Church of Christ. 1 rior to his comim? to Kingswood. he had acquired some elementary principles of classic knowledge, but his active mind still thirsted for moro. Hence, while here, although his finances wero low, ho conlri- vcu to purchase a Hebrew grammar. Tins was an important acquisition, as it became rciude lo Ins knowledge of oriental liter- able attire. Doctor Clarko hail nut been long iu Iho Kingswood seminary, beforo Mr. Wesley paiu ti a visit: und when the lads were brought before him, he inquired for the young man Irom Ireland. Adam Clarke was soon pointed out, when Mr. Wesley questioned him as to his experience, views ot redemption, doctrines, mode ofnrcacli- ing, etc.; and, being satisfied with Ins re plies, requested him to sit down. This was accordingly done, and a profound silence ensuen. Mr. Wesley then asked if he should bn willing to bocouie an itinerant preacher? and was answered with "I should bo willing if you thought me worthy." This fiillowod by the scene which Or. Clarke thus describes: "We all sat in profound silence, but my eye was fixed on .Mr Wesley, who appeared motionless, with his eyes closed, but a heavenly smile played on Ins countenance, winch seemed to furnish indications of something moro than human. At length awakening from his enraptur.d meditation, no aroso from Ins seat, and came to tho pl.tco where I was sitting. There, with a solemnity winch lean never forgot, ha laid his hand on my head, whilo ho utlorod these memorable words: '.May bod Almigh ty, out of Heaven, bless thee, my dear lad, and I'nko thee uselul m thy day and gen eration. Hold thyself in readiness, and in a few weeks I hope lo appoint Iheo to a circuit. Such is Dr. Clarke s own account of his introduction to the itinorant ministry, to the duties of which, in conjunction with literary avocations, he dovolcd the subsequent years of his life. f rom tne commencement oi in. career. Dr. Clarke was every where exceedingly popular, and in most places his labor was crowned with great succoss. Though not much abovo l'J when he entered on his first circuit multitudes who scarcely evor visilod the .Methodist chapels on any other occa sion, flocked to near nun; and at limes the places were so thronged, that it was with dimculiy lie coutu urge his way through tho concentrated mass. One instunca of this fell under iho writer's notice, it was at tho towu of St. Austell iu tho county ul aciirenientii tw-j;-Tsi5r-f.-t-",'"ry known, and by whom Ins services in uie important work wero duly appreciated, Abont tho year ISO."), Dr. Clarke was made M. A.; and in the following year he received the honorary degree of L.L.D. These titles of distinction were conferred as a Iributo of respect due to his learning and talents. Since Ihe above period, ho has been elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy; and uf tho Koyal Antiqua rian Society in London, he had been a leU. low. He was also a member of the AavSti- can Literary Societies: his name has also been enrolled, and their journals luvo bean enriched by Ihe communications of his pen. Among the Mcthoc'ists, he .has prcsidod three times in tho English Conference, and three limes in that of Ireland. During the last few years of his life, his health had been evidently in a declining state, w hich, from Ins steady habits, Ire-quontly alfected his bowels, and, in all pro bability, predisposed his constitution to re- ceivo that fatal malady to which he became a victim. In consequence ol this rciaxcu state, his proaching was less frequent than in lormer years. J Jo, however, iu general, preached onco or twico every woek, and, of late, his pulpit services hovo rather increased than diminished. Of the Shetland Islands, Dr. Clarko might have been called the apostle. The spiritual interests nf the inhabitants lay near his heart. Ho twice honored them with his presence, and encouraged them by his discourse. Through his exertions, funds wero raised for supporting the gos-nol ainon? them: and under In. fostoriug care, it lias obtainod an establishment, which is at present in no danger oldissolution. Ireland, also, was an object ever dear to this indefatigable man In its northern parts he laid the foundation ot many schools, which now contain multitudes ol children, for several of whom he provided clothing and procured money to pay tho teachers nd the current expenses attendant on sucn charitable institutions. A few mouths since, ho went to Ireland in order to visit these schuols; but being taken seriously ill soon after his landing, ho was obliged to desist, and hasten his return. At the late English Conference hi visited Liverpool in which town il was held, end prior to its conclusion, proceeded to Eroine, where his youngest son resides as a Clergyman, to attend a meeting devised for improving the morals and promoting temperance, sobriety, aud industry, among the inhabitants. Tho design being made known, several of the neighboring nobility and rontrv. in conjunction with a lit. ltev. .'ra fale, countenanced the meeting wilh their presence nnd approbation. In the proceedings of the day, Dr. Clarke took an activo part, and spoke with a power and feeling which will long bo remembered. From Fromo he repaired to Ilristol, to visit his uumerous friends in that city. His last sermon was delivered in Westbury, near Bristol, and very long will this circumstance cause it t be remembered by all who heard him. Un returning to hia home, to assume his accustomed labors, an appointment called him to preach el Bayswater, on the 2b'th ol August, whero, at the house of a friend, ho expired on tho 2tith of August, ISJ-i, in his seventy-second year. It will bo consolatory to his Humorous friends to learn that no means, cither or dinary or extraordinary, ncro left untried, ODE TO RELIGION, EV REV. E.C. BEACH. The world moy coll thee what Ihcy will, And brand with scorn thy hallowed name; Vcl I will clasp theo closer still, And fondlier fan thy sacred flame; For when the tears of sorrow flow, 'Tis thou canst calm this aching breast- And from this dark, dark world of woe, 1 oint to a paradise ot rest. t was a sad, a lonely one, And doom d ihe f.9rn ol iprtune i play; For friendship's ficklu light was geno, And boyhood's smiles iust died away: Then shone tho evening star in vain, The morning song of mirth was dead-Life's brightest bliss had turn'd to pain, And an her loveliest gems Had fled, Yet once in days of thoughtless rest, I loved the twilight's fragrant hour; I loved the morning's diamond crest, begun il by fancy s transient power And bask'd in smiles to friendship true, Till disappointment's withering warn'. Blasted each prospect's heavenlicst view And bade me stoop to her command. She led mo where the nightwind sung i ne dirge o! days misspent and lost; Where memory pain'd and sorrow rung The last glad thrill my heart could boasti Then was the flame of transport dead, The evening smiled no more for me; Fur dark uncertainty had spread Her sackcloth o'er futurity. U 'twas a dark, distressing maze: And is it thus ! thou son ol pleasure.' Where is tho light of life that plays ro sweetly round thy tondesl treasure? When each delight Ihou hop'st to find, And each fond wavering gleam is o'er', A wilderness of pain behind, A dark uncertainty before. There in tho desert maze I trod, The darkest desert still within; Tho poison of my own heart's blood Had spread tho. inlectious stain of sin; Then dead to earth I thought of Heaven, But deem'd mysolf an outcast there; Tho star of hope to mortals given, Becamo the herald of despair. Woe worn, and lost, I raised above One sad one penitential look, Instant I met his eye nf love, And then the inad'uing spell was broke! Tho gloom that gaijuer'd round was gone! The howl of misery died away! The radiant zone which Heaven put on, Shone like the fucc of endless day ! 0! 'twas a vision so divine, So fair so full of mercy too. That nnt a thrill or joy was mine Which did notliiiid'e ui the view. Ainoz'd stood looli'd on ailor'd, And wept for who that could forbear, When .-'Hi',! - , f.ard'iiing the Wd, Iispiuu iisSa4A.. j , Cer. 'Twas He Heaven's own eternal son, That taught my soul lo look and livo; That taught tne what himself had done, And bade my wandering heart believe. Then, thou, Religion ! in.-ck and mild, Came on an embassy of love: The seraph's joyVond Heaven's own child, . uru-wr.u uio lire mat glows above. they may call thee what ihev will. And brand with scorn Ihv ImlloiveJ numn- Yet my full heart shall love thee .till, And fondly fun thy sacred flame; For thou canst make my grov'ling aoul A temple of that God alflne, Whose hands the wheeling worlds control, And makes the Heaven of Heavens hi. everlasting throne. DEjXTAL surgery. DR3. MEACI1AM & SMITH, offer their sendees lo Ihe cilizeus of Culumhin and it. vicinity, in the modern improved utTAi. ounnLiir, embracing a united mcdi-ciil and mechanical treatment of the diseases of the teeth, gums and mouth. If tho gums be much diseased, they deem it indispensable to restore them to a healthy condition, before any important operation be performed on the leeth. 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