The National Register. — London, England, 1818-12-27 00:00:00

AMEUIC.IN PAPERS. MILI.F.DOVILIF., Nov. S. TaniAs i'IIILANTHROPT.—We oreneinnally meet with Unita of (what) charaeter, an ilirintere.red and a/abloom hu mane and grooms's, as to prothee in th civilised mind mingled cinotionar4f an onighttient anti delight. We till re member how Prichaliontiet, when Captain Smith, oar of the first nettlets of Vtrcinia, cam, cal4livc , A:Ili about 50 hr sacrificed, magmtninitimly tendered her own life te• a peace ntfering to the wrath nt her otren•led father, the win fictive Powliatan ; and how she at length, by aamtlie.itian stud rut" treaty, camed him to /pair 1111 C P.JOlleile i , of his devne. d Vie. liin. We alto recol;ect, wilco Ctotaits Smith was afterwartl• damned to tall by the hand of ireiwierry, that of thr dead hour of the night •Ite t.e hint ituns of the itinientliiir slats gt'r, And at the omit instilment 1147.5ril rtreeted his rwalie. Nor hare we forgotten the still more revel's, but no less commeitilatilc conduct of the railliftil Atlaknllakulla. Aftet rho perfidious massacre by the Chin okrrs of the gait-ham of Fort Loo.lnn , sitniitell near the AluAelendiodls on the Ten 111' 11 %OP river. this nettle Chief, al wly• It, I'oll'llll of peter noel of white melt, no stainer heard that Caputin Stewart (enlist ry tiently 411111;11'M agent of Indian affairs, sin, ing the exieleuer of the eoloffial government) had escaped tle•th, than he has tened Si' the ,11:11, and pill chased him firms the India') oho took him, giving by *ay of 11111 , 0111.11 k rifle, V 10111.4. and all that lie could command. l'he of Captain Stewart bei l ,g w.tain menaced, Inc refusing to aid the savages in their meth fated redoctiott nt hill George, Artakullakolla resolved to rescue his friend Weil the perilous situation in which he was placed, tape' ish in the attempt. He fiecortlingly signified to his countrymen that lie intended to go Istintine, and take his poisoner with him to eat v (insole Hilving arrange:l every thing, they set out on their journey —the il.statice to the ft entier settlements was great, and sus picion of their design beiug soon excited, the utmost expedition was necessary fo prevent being overtaken by thou. in pursuit of them. Nine days and 1601114 did they travel through a dreary wilderness, ' l ev e e bee.tr e traver-eil but by savages and wild beasts, shop. ing their , onr.e by the sun and moil, and subsisting on what ehance placed in their way, till they fell in with a party of tisteers sent oust fnr tits protection of the frontier, who con- dueled thefts in safety to the settlements. The incident we ate a bont to reline, (an imperfect account of whielt has heretofore been gisc.n), equally with the titeego ing. deserve% to be recorded. Duncan resi dent of this town, was a Georgia militia man, in the service of the United Siate•, during the late Seminole-an war. While sta tioned at Fort Gadsden, on the Appalachieola, he one morn ing went fishing, and in attempting to return missed his wily, and was several days lost in the stitromiling wilderness.— After watelerilig about in various directions he was espied and captined by a party of hostile Indians, headed by the prophet Francis, who had an elegaut 'militia', a line brace of pistols, and it British commission of Brigadier General, which he exultingly showed to tlie prisoner. Having obtained 'the satisfaction they wanted respecting the strength and po sition of the American army, they begall to prepao 5- for the intended sacrifice. 311-Krimmon was played at a slake, and itheviithless savages haring shaved his head, and reduced his body to a state ef nudity, formed themselves into a circle, and &need !round him seine hours, Yelling all the while mast horrilds. The .youngest daughter of the prophet, who is to years of age, and represented by officers of the army we have .Conversed 111111, to be a wnnian very superior to her associ ales, was sail 41111 silent the whole time—she. participated not in the general joy, hut was evidently, even to the affrighted prisoner, unfelt pained at the savage scene 61IP was compelled to witness. When the fatal tomahawk was raised to termi nate for ever the mortal existence of the unfortunate ldcKrimmon. at that critical, that awful moment, Milly Fran cis, like all angel of mercy, placed herself between it and death, resolmely bidding the astonished .executioner, if he thirsted for human blood, to shed hers ; being determined, she said, not to survive the prisoner's death. A momentary passe was produced by this unexpected occurrence, and she took ad vantege of the eireninstance to leiplere the pity of her ferocious.father--who finally yielded to her wishes ; with the intention, litswee er, it is believed, of murdering them both. Hite could not sell ltleKrimision in the Spaniards, which was luckily effected in a few days after, at St. Marks, fur seven gallons 0,14110W' af rum. As long as he 'retained a prisoner, McKtimmon's benefac tiess continued to sllaa , him acts of kindness. Now the for tune of war has placed her in the power of the white peo. pee; she arrived at Fort G idsilen not long since, with a member of others that had surrendered, in a starving condi tion. We are gratified to learn, that a proper respect for her virtues induced the commanding officer, Colonel Arbuckle, to relieve her immediate wants. 31eKrimmon appears to have a due sense of the obligation lie owes the woman who saved his life at the hazard of her own—he left town last week to see her, and, as far as may be in his power, to alle viate her inisfortnues. It is also his firm determination, we nisderstand, if she will consent, to make her his wife, and re side, provided lie ran prevail upon her to ale so, within the settled parts of Georgia. It thus appears, that rude and uncultivated minds are stisceptible of the finest sensibility, of the warmest attach ments, of the must inviolable friendship ; and that they .un„•tintes practise virtues which would do credit to a peo ple the most refined and enlightened.—Journal. A general Rill of all the Christening• and Burials, from Dee. la. 1817, to nee. 15. 1818 ; 77 _ Christened in the 97 ;rumbas within the walls, 1,048; buried Christened in the 17 parlehes without the walls, 5417; buried, 4,078. .... ; _ . Christened in the ?S out-parishes in Middlesex and Surrey, 13.410 ; buried, 10,0 , 39. Christened in the in parishes in the City and Liberties of West • ounster, 4,45 g ; buried, 4,344. Christ- f Ma:e5...12,430j In all vied t Fern/dealt:lo3 24,233. Whereof have died, Under two years of age 5,381 Sixty and seventy 1.585 lietween two and five 1,815 Seventy and eighty 1.271 !nye and ten ROtt Eigitty and ninety 722 Ten and twenty 7O; Ninety and a hundred... 173 Twenty and thirty 1,453 A hundred 1 Thirty and forty 1.884 A hundred and one 1 Forty and fitly •-, oto A hundred and two 1 Fifty and sixty 1,8G4 A hundred and eight... 1 Decreased in the burials this year, 463. Buried { M a t e....9 ,88 Z ) In all Femaler 9,5• A market gardener of the Haute of Fuller, re,itling in the City ro.stl, took to Ncwewe-market, on Wednesday morning. a fan of horseradish, eon•.wung thirty sticks, of only one ►ears growth. welghLig, when 'flannel for sale, 971 b., being nearly the weight of one pond each suck *Tint VATIONAT. ItrATSI7.II VEs'I'MINSTER ELECTION. A meeting of the inhabitants of the perish of St. George, Hanover —opiate, was .it the (into Tavern, Pluislien, at seven o'clock on Mon my evening; it was very 1111 l iertnisly anti roo•peo !ably. 4111'1141111. Mr. Puller , in the aftspotett of Mr. lie 'ice, who ae• pervented Irma presiding as he had pro. nei•ed, by a severe domestic affliction (ne understood the of his r ire) was called to the chair; and, ;thee tea rt•• soltitioos lied hero lead over ;mil pot to the assembly, Mt.. Rohliontsr came foro 4111 and spoke to the 1001100 hog tfeo: :— He 11 11:; 11 a 11141 it ryas indent room 11141 lie first had the happy oppoi twiny or meeting the Electors of . Weal. noinooler, als'eu load been pito io tioneleotion.; and that it was allot arra, pliaSllll' he saw in it ins the preseed occasion many of the same Lees vehicle he had tai ei seen, together with a yeti n4'l'llolll a inn of new and honourable out S. Sallee that welly iiiii inentutis events foe the Elector* of Westanih. stir had happened. Tole first Vi s a`, 1114111 w prospect of di. vi•ioie among the Ii lends of freedom, which appeared on the day of iiiii Was no longer the object of alarm and ap prehension; the emote 1141Nr Wilie:l 11411 then been brought forwae el was now pi itelettely andwisely' withile owe. Heil it been his fete to e contended with so honest, and accoonsplisheol it 111411 :is the individual who poos.cssed It, he •lootolol have had one consideratime with which to sensfy 11i111- self in ease of wintery. and that on., then hi' sh , eild net have drive n Lord ;folio linescli into sea 'Oat and rt fireweed ; Lord Ku s I wes already to Vat Hater lit, ;method disSinguished hint. self there in eicfreice of flit peu,iiey and by retie mg limn the picseot contest, had ac;ed ;di hie usual good sense, 41111 114 1 1 COIIOIIIICII those filvt/Ille which England and Englishmen have a right to expert from the house at' Russell. The second event air that might be called an event which was only a notion') to which he alluded Will, 11141 ametlies gentleman, whose noose seas truly Meisel ions, lied also elot hat d to inter. rapt the general union. It was hard to say that lie had with drawn who had Ilevec come forward; but stiil 1112 (Mr. Hob tion.e ) must toongrattolnle the meeting that they had not to Indeold ill array aitaiev t them the 1141111114 ea., a 1141111' which never could he totenta, led without exerting esteem cod geatittitle in the mind and nos 111 1 l mf es ery lo os e s t liogii,!,111411. At 01' same time loo• wooold not coin v o on n i be the eat ,,, e which he hat motet taken to sii,opout, neither %mild lie ever resign s it 11111eSs it were into better bands. One tobjee tioio ageinst hint was, that Westeiiiii.ter weeded a score rational reformer ; it was hard to soy w let aas 'nations. in such e subject ; ('or himself, he was A mode. ale be cause he would not step beyond monk i.tonio in ally fling. They too were moderate refereeires, !premise, when they lied found the remedy for their goievionees, they were a illittg to apply 1L— Stilt'. Burdett bad told a meeting at Liverpool .that the Whigs had promised tit du every thing needled in the case of reform; they were aiding to Make loallielinptits triennial, and to exteifd the right of suffrage to householders.; and that be. ing the ease, he called the-refOrrners flailed, 411 expression which had been much cavilled at. A sort of manifesto of their opponents had appeared the other day in a public paper, under the title of Westietinsteriene, which was a very long, hard, unintelligible word. It negate, '' It is not the least of modern wonders to have seen that the eurrull(ise means curate) cheer of C. Fox should be aspired to by candidates ad vci Mg their pretensions in ist9ken Ev!:sh." lie scarcely knew what the welter of 'his pelage e v il 1111'1111t, 111111 . 3* it *ere a sarcasm on Sir M. \les.% tit, whose answer to the request fiat) lately addressed to him was (*else, incorrect, and broken En. glieh. The writer then went on to say, that "it was his duet will, Mr. Pool, and not his polities, which first indite !sir F. Burden Member tor Westminster. This wee all aben:ule tie ; it was his loug tried services ill defence of their rights tie.t in tee the electors of Wesimitester return the nest of men as • adieu- representative.. lie then proceeded.s e “ Tory bat offend Welt lungs in calltiting their weight in Wt unaccompanied by fleet onn,thing, in the foul lb day of the conflict mode euoilifest elle inepotenco of Joconin. ism, when left to itself even in its supposed empo iota." The hireling means that you were bribed to du your duty ; it was hardly requisite to contradict so base, so foolish, Allllllll illSI• 1 11011 S an assertion. Cello:rine de Niedicis had said, that "a lie for three weeks wee as gala!, as truth," and their advent-t -ries acted upon such a principle ; but lie would nee this lie to lien fur more than three days, but would give it an early and positive contrattictitm. It .is then butted, that " before Candlemas, lie, Mr. Hoblionse, would be bowl iiistrueted 111 ell'etiol) proceedings." Unfortimate ly, if it %vas meant Blot by.th it tome lie should learn to employ brine. ,he imist saver, that lie had neither the poser nal the inctination to do it; besides, if lie lied, nu elector Ur WeStlllillslel would 41111 W bon to exert either-the sae or the other. lie last paragre e li of this notable writer, on which he should commend, contain ed this extraordinary and impudent assertion—Beal " his elec tion for Westminster, under all tile circumstances of the pre sent juncture, would be nut a step merely, but a stride"—to what ?—to revolution. If by revulutioei were arcane change, he hoped that it would ; that it would dead to a change Olt man like Sir M. Maxwell, for one who would act and speak according to their directions ; but if' by revolution were meant the disorganization of civil society, the hireling scribe has said that which is not merely (*else, but that which lie knew to be so ; it' there were any men lends to social older, it was the meeting which he was addressing; they w ere de sirous of correcting the abuses of the present system, which, 'inlets they were corrected, would end in a total dislocation order system, amid that rein and bloodshed, and carnage, which was witnessed in Ireland; for he recollected fleet the blood-stained orange riband was hoisted in Loudon dining ihe lest election ; and he knew that there was one moths idiom Wait wished to see it 'nipping with blond in this country a.so. He then quitted this subject, and resumed his attack on Sir Nlarray lAsizwell, who. he said, was determined that the elect ors of Westminster should have him. " It would indeed be a forced marriage ; but lie seems resolved, notwithstanding to ding you to the altar, and to find a parson when he gets you there. You, however, thtuk that you have no nerd of him. and es lie is very kind,thinek hien as mach as if you bad." Mr. Houbhouse then obsei veil, that lie had that day seceiveu a letter from a naval officer, tOr the truth of whose conieuis lie could not himself speak, stating that " air M. lilaxaell had held a lucrative sinecure during the whole war, viz. the Harbour Mastership of Surientin, which, atter payment of a deputy and other expences, was tstimaled at 1„5001. a.year. His friends say test it was given hies as a reward for his services in the capture. of that colony ; but fa reply it ought to lie stated, that many older and d:s. tin gnished officers who were then there, gut nothing of the sort, whilst he was shoe toy afterwards Appointed to the com mand of a very fine frigate." 'flits intelligence was beset to him (Mr. Hublionse).es a positive fact; whether it was so he hail not yet had limp to itlipire; they might look into that most lemons of ell hooks to know mole accurately, and if they found it then., he would uut forget to tell that truth also Dr(' . on the hustings. It is also intimated, shoot the gallant C twain Is on hereditary claim an a sisteenre place, his lather Laving held our of 50)1. a sear ; even if tt;at were the ease, he dirt 11.1 wish toe isit the site of the father Upon the child, but wily &sores tleAVt that le t would be cmittent with hi s 1 , 3001 . e ye„,,, WithOlit Pil V , Oting to gain 4or 5.009 of 'their votes. Sir M. ,Maxwell may have INilil4lell the applause of a 1 1 1 '1114'412. room for the applaiisr of the 'invite of Westininste l hiss the lessoa %4 filch lie ri.ccived at the last electlori outg!it to have ruled bill 01' ?taci t fdly. u hen lie starred Ruc h favour:Ode circumstances as disunion ninon!! thefrittnls of the co;tle, he oas stilt imai t le, with all i l ic G.,vet inisetst HI. &mice, to gt t himself ruts rued ; 114 e eau he expiot n ow, whl4l the I;rientle of freedom are Milled, :111t1 1501 can he expected ttr him which is not extorted by fusee aryl violenceP Mr. liiblifi..st4e then cosieltPhal by eV 1101 tin 4 shee t s toexeeti tu , mei ;!d i.f q them to employ that activity, whie!:, if it ili , l art wears them victory, would at least show shut they were deses vitog of it The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the Cha r . man. after which the assembly dispersed in a quiet and °Melly manner. C.IPIT.IL PUNISIIMENTS AND FORGERIES OF DANK NOTES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER. always reluctant to intrude on public at lemma, I think that I should be•eulpahlytimid or indolent, ' it' I did not announce a eircsionstance emit 11111 l ncoted to me by an authority on ci hich I Call rely. I►'oll4lll Weiler W:l* hanged in the 01;1 Bailey, with Cash -111411 and 1)1 isvoll, on Tuesday, the 15111 inst. hum rim culdthig Gorged Bank poles. ()11 the prosaic of hia guilt, or the ex pedience of ids execution, Idu not pi tlanne in le mar k ; b ut alter the execution ha corpse was ololivered for 1:111.1111ellt In to. tciendst and flow the very roots, inwhiek nes 1.1 eel the coffin xi ith thal.corpsc,and tiering its contitnianoe Lt Ihat moth some forged Pack notes bevy been intend by hie eonfedrates, and three persona 11 , 11/e been appiehended for issuing notes, probably obtai ne d at Th at p l ace, and are committed for fu r . Cher e%illliillNlloll 'fin shat (silence. On this statement it non Id he abatird to dilate. Thec a ". olnainus ;lire as (skit ions as irresistible. Nets demonstrate the total inefficacy of the punishment of death 14 the sup. preys ion of such ciiinea. in all future and approaching discussions they should not be forgot. ro.y may mock aid the efforts of the wise and good to prevail on the I.cgislatnre to abolish a punishment so saiigninary and unavailing ; and to compel the Hank of England to resunie cash payments, an d to snake such improvements in their 11011.11 as will render forgery more difficult and detection more certain, and as tv rn protect the coomunisity from frond, and preserve the union inmate from temptation and liom guilt. riusbuty Place, Dec. 24. JOHN' WILKS. Tits: Foc.-I'nesday evening. about half past Apven o'clock, Mt...lido' JOOlll4 Ilinttress, of No. 21, Wmid Sheet, fields, was attacked in the Hackney Road by a di apurate gang of thiev e., about SO in number, with ca rried tote lie', and pr e tended to be following a mail bnll ; he was knocked Inn I/ and robbed of his until' and its appendages. About s•lthe 111 , 111'. Mr. Bray, of Roseniary St. t leek en wel',was at tacked at the Corner of Felton Court, City Road. Ii tires who robbed him of his watch, with vi hich they escaped. The saute evening a gentleman's eari iiige was blocked with many others, at Whitehall, and a gang of th eves with' torches coining round, under the pretence of giving assistance, the carria -2e glasses. and a rich Spanish cloak whit It lay on the seat, and got off with it. On Tuesday night, one of the Windsor Coaches, which comes to the Fleet -street, wrs robbed. It seams that the thieves, during the intense fog, had made an opening in the boot behind, and stole every parcel it contained. A carrier also, well known in ultra, in coining from Windsor, in attempting to cross Datchers-bridge, missedthe wall, and drove his cart and horse into t' e Thames. His horse was drowned, and his cart lost.; but .he himself, by sonic acci, dent which he cannot explain, was preserved, .and is at present in town. Several of the North coaches were upwards of four hours be yond their usual time of arriving. Tuesday evening, during die fog, some d ar i ng villains enured the public house, the sign of the Barking lloa", corner of North- str e et , City-mad. The thieves ente re d the chamber window by a ladder; they broke open a Benefit Society's box, from which they stile 151., likewise two silver watches, .two silver punch ladles, and a great quantity of wearing apparel belonging to Mrs. Talbot, tile lanethi4 The villains have as yet escaped justice. A FE 3IA LE MAN (AC.—ln the greater part of our last week's im• pression we alluded to a melancholy instance of self-destruction, ac companied by circumstances of a peculiar nature. The case now being too geaerally known to require further secrecy on o ur part , an d a Coroner's inque,t having taken place on the bodies, there is no reason for withholding the particulars any longer from o.ir reader,. It appeared on the inquest, which was held last 'aturday week, at Anthony-passage-house, by Mr. Evans, Coroter o.' S;iltash. before a respectable jury, that Mrs. Snowden (the t:eceased) !ired a wateiman on the preceding Thursday, to take her, her sea, about seven years old, and an infant in arms, up the river to the mills near Anthony passage, where she occasionally resided. On arriving rear vie mills she expressed a wish to be landed, and this being complied with, she discharged him. This was in the vicinity of Ince-castle. As soon as the Waterman was out of sight, she deliberately walked backwards into the water with he r i n f ant , an d on her son s inquiring why she did so, and her replying that, if lie did not go with her, he would be burned by fire and brimstone, seised his arm and threw him into the water, at the same time wading deeper and deeper until she and her infant were swallowed up in the depth. Tne son recovered him self and got ashore, in a state of distraction which may be mare easily conceived than described ; and being discovered by a woman ho was near the spot, he communi cate d to her the event in tearful a:cents.— Some workmen were instantly dispatched to the spot with the forlorn hope of rescuing the deceased, but they came too late. The infant was found dead not far distant front the land, and shortly after e• unhappy mother, whose b o dy t h e rece di ng t i de had left on he shore. Theiury. after receiving this and some other evidence, brought in their verdict—Lunacy. On Wednesday last the bodies were interred in one coffin, in th e burying ground of the Rev. Mr. Mends's Meet ing House, at Plymouth.—Pl.amouth paper. -On Sunday lust, tbe clerk of a pari s h in Olon. cester.liire had to announce, that on such a day the !sweet. betel world be ready to receive the tithes of the said parish; and all persons then neglecting to pay their several rottiasii futions would forthwith be c.rchequered. But honest AlolkN held out a still more threaluntlig menace—" that if they neitqeeted their competitions they would all rot thwith be executed." SY RATIIFIE LOSAY.—Orders are gone down to expedite the arrangeutrnt• for building the palace for the lliike of We:- 'Moon. The groped has been mar ked, and the topping of the trees and removal of other inciimlnances will co iiiiii CIIII`I. immediately. In less than ten days the purchase•money Ica be paid into the hands of the Earl ef Rivers. We are ninth pleased to add, that never was there a bargain eusnplcatcd so witch to the 4atislacttou of all the parties cunerrnetl.