The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-14 00:00:00

VARIETIES.

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A FORGER CAPTURED.-011 Friday, Billy Cooke, of ..rO, 0
note notoriety, accused of resetting a large sum of the Nationi,
Bank-notes, stolen some time ago trom the bank of Alessts•!„
and R. Watson, Glasgow, for the robbery of which Heath fu'o,
feited his life, and of vending forged notes at a sum greater tk..n.
their nominal value, was apprehended on the High-street, D
dee.—Edinburgh Observer.
SINGULAR CIRCUBISTANCE.—The citizens of Allentown ire
very much startled and surprised a few Sundays ago,lo
strange occurrence which happened in the Lutherat chur%is.
that place. While the Rev. Mr. Yeager was 'about anal' 0.0
tering the sacrament, and had just left the pulpit to'come
to the altar for that purpose, two large black snakes einern,o.
from the wall, and unseen by the congregation below colv.,„' 4.
ced gambling and chasing each other on the top of the 07,3,
ing board, (as it is called,) which projects over the Pu'r
Those persons who were in the gallery had a fair view of they
and observed that they did not retire until the communion 7.1
over. After service, the place was examined, and a hole fota„,
which to judge from its size, must apparently have caused r°,
siderable compression before it admitted of the animals' r„0,,`"0.
sage. How the snakes could make their way through a ceuri.
paratively new wall to such a height, remains still a inYst
—Easton Pa. Centinel.

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TIDE OW
E LANTERN--It is, perhaps, not generally all Of k
that we are indebted to Alfred the Great for the invention s'
that useful article, the Lantern. In the Life of Alfred, by co
serius, we have the following account : " Before the invent' ,
of clocks, Alfred caused six tapers to be made for his daily ucee
each taper contained twelve penny-weights of wax, was Ile
llt la
inches long, and of proportionate breadth. The whole kegs is
was divided into twelve parts, or inches, of which three %wet it
burn for one hour, so that each taper would be consumed
wi
four hours ; and the six tapers being lighted one after an°lli,"; I
lasted for twenty-four hours. But the wind, blowing throe',
the windows and doors, and chinks of the walls of the chapel,
or through the cloth of his tent, in which they where burner':, is
wasted three tapers, and consequently they burnt with no rein, Iv,
larity ; he therefore designed a lantern, made of ox or cow ilSies
cut into thin plates, in which he enclosed the tapers, and .
protected them from the wind, the period of their burning h e
Io
came a matter of comparative certainty. to
MONSTROUS DEPRAVITY.--A young woman of Blaye ham
Clementine Prat, and a baker of the same town named Peise
had formed an intimacy and attachment for each other.
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lover, however, not. only resolved to defer their union auto ttl,,
could bring him a dower equal to his own property, but
order to attain this object induced the girl to attempt W rhi 1;
rid of her father, her mother, her sisters, and her uncle,tse
family property. This base and horrible plan failed n, tie means of poison, in order to become the sole inheritor doe
execution, 'detection followed, the guilty pair were plaTse ;t,
the hands of justice, and on the 2sth ult. they were boar
reigned before the Court of Assizes for the department .91,, the
Marne. The trial lasted till one o'clock in the morning °I ced
29th, when both the culprits were found guilty, and seat°
to hard labour for life.—French paper.
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they discovered a hut, in which a young Indian wonialla.s°o-
- alone. She had lived for the last eight moons -ell' ‘(
lute solitude, and recounted with affecting simplicity the c:
cumstances by which she, had beendriven from her own Peegaless
she belonged, she said, to the tribe of the Dog-ribbed inu'er
and in an inroad of the Athabasca nation, in the sula°l- to N)
1770, had been taken prisoner. The savages, according ht, oEc
their invariable practice, stole upon the tents in the odd, r,41
and murdered before her face her tather, mother, and hususieal
whilst she and three other young women were reserved 'abs
the slaughter, and made captive. Her .child, four or ;r4ig
months old, she contrived to carry with her, concealed aID rte if
some clothing; but on arriving at the place where the P, the ttq
had left their wives, her precieus bundle was examined ether, 1!14,
Athabasca womeo, one of whom tore the infant from its weoulat 1';
and killed on the spot. In Europe, an act so inhuman s
in all probability, have been iuetautly followed by the ins3ol Lati•
of the parant; but in North America, thotaglimaterual kilict so gel
is equally intense, the nerves are more steruly strung- ,0 pa.
horrid a cruelty, however, determined her, itioUg4, tiler her, l'!'t
whose property she had become-was kind and careful °t
to take the first opportunity of escaping, .with the intcht:aeoo ar
returning to her own nation ; but the aistance, and the t° a
wro winding rivers and creeks she had to pass, „weed b.
this
lose her way, and winter coming on, she had built a hut !usreil
secluded spot. When discovered she was in good health,
fed, and in the opinion of Hearne one of the finest duole 2)a
women he had ever seen. Five or six inches of 11001).48,0i r'e
into a knife, and the iron shank of an arrow-head whicah welt
as an awl, were the only implement.s\the possessed; !due ob• i,ttr
these she made snow-shoes and other useful articles. k (I'd had Itle
sistance she snared partridges,
.rabbits, and squirrels, she
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killed two or three beavers and some porcupines. Aled in
makingfew
sheawdinbgrohuegrht
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swheeres4perileelidd
totbgeeit Qel
place with the sinews of iabbits' legs, which she,twT'e niv
ther with great dexterity. 'Thus occupied, she ti?.' °ll-ci 610, 01(
came reconciled to her desolate situation, but had „oval lk
to amuse herself by manufacturieg little pieces 01 P-ed .1,14
ornament. Her clothing was formed of rabbit-skins se* °sea, "04
gether; the materials, though stale, being tastefully disllt,bre.d
so as to make her garb assume a pteasing though cleselhe
appearance. 'I he singular circumstances under which
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found, her beauty and useful accomptishmente, ocell"i° Of° kill
contest among the Indians, as to whom should have her to
wife; and the matter being decided she accompanied theme
their jour
—1 ney.
TowNs.he,claims of the country ,to
poetry are and !
t o
been universally allowed. Few have ever thought, rl,' st) ,‘
would even admit, that the. town could have any, and yet ta.';
share. Putting out of the queetion the dear and ronlagloiere
sociations which,belong to these -time-hallowed places, vet?
every strcethas its history and every house is decoratelaoli
armorial bearings—where tlie ancient fountain, the ii
statute, the grey- towe.r, and the church fail of moriunleuivio,!, +77'l
inerchant,princes and their wives and children, .take the oat
baele,at once to the rare times of old ;--puttieg.all
.the: question, there are sights arid sounds; to be senll all to:1d Ise!
daiiy, in ever y town., which have a meaning and a vaieeolon,
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hearts of all those who aze open to receive deeper
than are entertained by the cummon-pace oseitree
port, for instance, where great ships come und 0, rther tri
families send out their hopes to fereign luds, ulieu-s!f,
the gallant daring boy, or the experienced 'frugal °
net the thoughts which the mere consciousness.of tact'„ the est
such a place must at aimes awaken, full of peetrY3 k'ueoe--tiso t
atreetea—sthe .strange iateat faces Which you uncau,l3'd aegli4
stranger figures—the, bronzed Lascar—the 'heavy liLlwea Gity .t
=we. hrig;it7e,p:(l .rosy-cheaked,country child to ivhoud.,,aerati
a pgrfeet bewilde.rutent of delight and . glory-411e IlkitsTteor
nausicien,grinding from his organ, oapinehing out of the v. k 4,71
leas vielle, trainse that breathe of far mountain landsi
vovard witiabia tray of images and his seadyeatile—ul",ease
sailor with his parrot—there is sotatiiing more than /:itheitrl
all these. Town clocks, too ; who has Lin awake av'salert, ;.o)4.
the honrs
.announced in succession by their inanY.a
tongaes, wlthout a,d;;Tper, thought than the mere auituu'vritea_ 12i;
fulaess that mornitig was so much nearer? Hog'. SOIL
ers•are listening for the same sound l—sotne,hy tVal
too Lull of joy, to sleep. 110;v often in times Of tree tosigdleh s
secret assemblies been caked together by the same
1t n%, seNes.
anti conspirators have crept from remote quarters to":"Oftiuits
Wil it: 11 they durst not speak of by, day ! and at, the lun,l'iuss, Old ft'
nie,-ht, the last hour of the year, can there •Lc any 111,;001„ar
.sutilime than to sit alone and listen to their toil troll 'tior Y'4s Olt
belfry, gng token thet another year is at hand—an,oosAillt
a to
*aught with change and importance to paeli. of the;dilig,,
of Litman beings who are esusterecl around .us, '-spoosiad
nine,. the • knell and the birthspeal—surely ;WS 'iS
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414r,frIR Lacid. I{llkl
Wnic. fallowing* a papy.,of tsg- ti 4
fitted , week at .I.ltid..:erstiejd ; ..counitus I'l4
tot, tp,
;pointaly told :--
treue39' diari Conditkns of-accepting Offiee,—flerortn,
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311,44 -ektee. yard
" Reform.—Creating rotten boroughs ; k‘td
under-liie,,Gateshead, &e. &C..to.wit, • .• pep„
" Bibrg his rein, a .1;,,!..,s
. oer,.as,n, of to
from 'l'4ooo.to ...e7000.--Cr. 13. 'Mae:n/ler hoh!in; siaecul, 13., -01. Ikt' I
year, his father 0110 of i!l800, and liii•brothei'Xlotio.,—fg•
•1:r
for superintendinii; oharities! to°
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" Widg itf -ivssueing Peace and reikeing ell
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; anainerease the. national debt:" • edati"-iir I.(in
el' tlit'rss ali;Eljtl;s7.TfbroenhßiPernBiirhkill'!°).‘s,h\rcdh: I:)Vl.liti Igsrlenive.rt,,r
July. The eaptain, after bebig a few days at so. %, a•-;ho said eit 4.,
find, tbat a man had•stowed hitaself among tho earV, ; 0," yti'e
his name was;Jolia Tooke:es •the he was a :zenticnin shla run ,',120 4,;
he. had gone oat one of.' the Companyis anal ' „too' 4,11 L
-frorti his mister isaeonaesinenee of leaete. aften? .), .4ter3.- kis, in
0-kW. he .btloavtl to the hand of ;the .$4-hr""i‘gijuo' 11,e
ruydl itegarnent of foot,, a,not that he onl;:steil in Feo• *..
14" 3.6
clarel, that no one hOard knew of Inth eg.„;ape.
•borouth