The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-08-10 00:00:00

AMERIC4ON PAPA

Ost Sendai ;Wein% last, a seas Ikea !gamic,
Had, 4 Orogen, Took's* googly, attempted to kill
himself in the following novel and most horrid
see: After having spent the merging la apparegt
rationality, he went into a carding-machine, where he
had been previoesly at work, sad with a two Inellt
r.liigsl succeeded In cutting off all of his eocl4 *i-
molai/ the bone and arteries. Ile then tore up a
plank in the door of the carding-cackle*, and brook-
let a bolo through the liniag under, let hitneri
down into the water, with tint 'wattles it is supposed,
of drowning himself. From some cause or other,
Pulver, he did not succeed, and returned to dill
machine-room, in which place ►e was first discovered.
•111urgistal tetesianse was procured in a short time; ►et
the feet of his having est off both the wind and MPS
pipes, rendered sta►vation inevitable, in ease the
'wetted ',self shield nut prove mortal.—(Western
Courier.)
ILIITSACT Of A I.IIITIS DAVID PENSACOLA, APIIII. 27.)
" Bet little regard is paid to the Sabbath here, by
the natives ; dewing, playing, billiards, Sec. are the
common amusements ow that day. The mealier
burying the dead here is rather singular.
They very seldom dig graves, but place the rolls
en the surface of the ground, and build au arch over
it with bricks. In.many instances the arches hare
decayed, and walls and other human hones, are scat.
tered over the burying round. The ladies of Peas.-
cola are tolerably 11411)0111111 and dress with much
taste. They are generally very partial to the Assert
tans.—kfost of them are of dark complexions, and
sense of them are as dark as mulattoes. The tabs
tants of Pensacola. although meetly Spaniards, speak
or pretend to speak the French language, bat it is con-
siderably intermixed with Spanish.—(Dens. Prem.)
Beta.arox re, (Pug.) Jugs L.—Locusts in great
, abamlauce have made their appearance in the neigh-
bourhood of this place, within a few weeks.
NORWICH, (Cows.) Jays 20.—The Nerwich chan-
nel company are at present engaged in deepening the
*house' of the Thames ; and we are happy to state,
that it is expected, in a few weeks, there will be a sof-
Aciency of water for the Steam-boat and packets at all
times of tide.
ROCMIIIITES. Jung s.—We are informed that the
Canal Commissioners are expected in the village to-
morrow, and will contract for building the aqueduct

Is the tienesee River—also for rutting the
the river to the Canal, and for excavating

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Wiles on the lime west of the river.
SHAD 1,1 TUX 01110.—Rome really pod shull
were caught a few days Mace in the Uhi at Strube&
title, sad pronounced by judges to be of the first
quality.
Polly Coleslaw, a coloured woman, living near
Goorgeteww, Delaware, advertises the public that her
daughter, a free born mulatto, an apprensice q June
Jew; near that place, had been sold u a slave, for 0
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4of being taken to a southern muket. la KY
ream also, as she declares, a free hers black bey,
an apprentice to Aathosy Ingrain. has been sold as a
slave ; and both are kept secreted, with others, until
an opportunity offers to ship thew for the south.—
(?ept. r. AIL)

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[FROM • SCOIIIII 'Arta.]
The parochial schoolmasters of Scotland am won
known to be an intelligent and most awful body of
anti we WI sorry to learn that several of them In MS
ing up the population returns bare ran a great risk
losing their popularity, in their semitone ealtavours
ascertain the exact ages of ininureritif persone, especially
of such as, in a anitrineeslal point of view, may be de-
nominated the " forlorn hope." In toiletry parishes.
any little anachronism of thin kind might easily have
been corrected by a reference to the first leaf of the fa-
mily Bible ; or, in extreme cases, to the session books:
bat. somehow, the parties interested were always on the
alert, and in various in:names the approach of the inno-
cent schoolmaster was as sure a signal for the disap-
pearance of the " big ha' Bible," as the approach of die
gnager is a signal for the Aiding of a whiskey still, with
ail its „precious appurtenances of wash. wort. and worms.
in towns, the diarists, of making any such reference
was, of course, mightily iscreased, sad we conlJ detail
many amusing anecdotes of the obstacles tans throw*
in the way of the hulutrieus cessus-taker. One, how-
ever, must suffice :—ln a pretty tarp town—sitnateil NO
matter where—the aforesaid penalise, who for
vity's sake we shall *all the Inspector, metered the rani
of a spruce old bachelor, who had still thoughts, w
pressing, of forraweeriag the state of single blessed
sod who regulartrat age plums an additional wrinkle
on his brow. endeavours to conceal the assaults of tin
silent enemy by as increased attention to his dress and
appearance.
inspector—Hoed day. lit. Stith a Thing.
Baskelur—Good day, Sir.
I mritor —Well/ bow assay pospbbniablt this
meet
Bachelor—lnhabit this apartismit ? What have veil
to do with that, Sir.
The Inspector here explained the nature and object
his visit.
Baebeher—Umpli ! then I suppose you have a right
token?
impostor —Certai al y:
Pilidbelor—Thep. Sir. nobody inhabits this sparring*
foot we.
Inspector—What !lime you seiehor wife, nor servant
nor son, nor daughter
Bachelor—No. Sir; nor ox, nor 'as, nor cattle,
stranger.
Inspector (laughing)—Very well. Will you now tell
me how you ipitt your livelihood?
Ilachnkr--Do you suppose I live by aloaliag ?
Inspector—Not at alt, Sir; but it is seceseary 1
sbonld know whether yen ire in agriesitare
or itimmerte. or st some haudicemployed ralt, or whatever glee k
inactelor—And wlsat wadi you say if I be
rein aim of all these. and have you to guess
Inspector.--Well, I am glad I cao.ladulge you Imelda
point ; sad now I come to the mot hisperUmt heating
of *bat aro yen, Sir?
On this Inestionlielog pat. the baelielee. who
• all the while slowly trimming Ile bras* sae
rooted, and eyed the Impeder wilb iterate:est
t. The effect of this movenist, added le
astaeally leak:rim appeamaco of a perms wader
operation of shavi. were too sorb thr the
grovity, who,. aveVng his 111C11
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