The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-23 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.
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*The Battimore Patriot saps, the stoats lost Beaver, Ps-
.quay, while &seemlier the Red River, from Natelsitotches.
burst het boiler, on the 17th inst. four miles below Alex-
andria, and scalded one man to such a degree, that his life
is 'freaked of. The captain as% a eegroservant were also'
severely scalded, but not dangerously.
Died at Hadley (Mass.), on the 15th 'lest., Mr. (home
Hibbard, formerly from Windham (Cetus.). aged 77—bay-I
• ing had" 16 children, 109 grand children, and 31 great '1
grand ehildreo—l4 of his children, 20 of his greed chit-
siren, and 1 of his great grand children are nsarried, and
almost all of them have llonrishiog familiee. A few years
since. Mr. Hibbard and his wife made a public profession
of religion in Hadley, together with 17 of his descendants,
including io the number those who were his children byl
merrier. • He was the 'peogenitor of the greater part oil
the neighbourhood called Upper Mills, in Hadley; and
dieing alone life, has been to them in a happy degree an
example of that wisdom, which is first pore, then peace-
stile, gentle. eaaytn be entreated, full of mercy. and good
fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy."
A grass imitation Leghorn bat, manufactured by Misses
Pike and Andrews, tinder the direction of Mrs. St. Martin,
of this ciiy, loss lately been forwsule:'. bt Colonel It. Patter-
son, of Philadelphia, as a present to Mrs. Jackson, the lady
of General Jackson. The Frank& Gazette contains the,
letters of Colonel Patterson to General Jackson, and his
lady, and also the answer reamed by each. Colonel
Patterson reqnested that the present might not only be
accepted lout rcbra. The General nays, “ Mrs. Jackson
will wear with pride a hat made by American hands, and
made of American materials; its workmanship, reflecting
the highest credit upon the authors, will be regarded as
an evidence of the perfection which our domeatie mane-
facture may hereafter acquire, if properly fostered and
hroteeted.--ITpon the success of our manufactures. as the
andmaid, of agriculture and commerce. depends In a
treat measure, the independence of our country; and 1 as-
litre you that none can feel more sensibly than I do the Ise
ceslity of encouraging them."
Mrs. Jackson says--" 1 accept the bonnet, Sir, as a jail
problem of the sphere in whirl, my sex should more, aed be
useful to their country. 1 shall wear it with pride as a
distinguished honour to the public services of General Jack-
son. For the complimentary manner in which yon have
• noticed my dear bud:land, he pleased to -take my warmest
thanks, and let me add my prayers, that the labours of
bli‘ses Pike and Andrews may he Justly appreciated, while
they should always be imitated by the rest of their sex."

SUPPOSIW Srteine.—Oonsiderahle horror wag yesterday
- eicited by the discovery of the body. of a female t% ire enders
coal barge near to the Old Swats Stairs, in Thames-street.—
The tide being out it was impossible to remove the corpse till
the barge floated, and therefore the melancholy spectacle was
witnessed by thousands from London-bridge and the adjoining
mime* during the whole of the forenoon. •At length. the barge
haling hosted, the body was removed on shore. It appeared
to he that of a young woman about two or three rod twenty
year; of age, and was very genteelly dressed in a white satin
bonnet and green silk pease, or high dress. The other gar-
ments were equally good. The remains were conveyed to the
engine boas* attached to• Abchurch. in Abchurch-lane, where
they remain to be owned. and a Coroner's Inquest has been
summoned to investigate the cause ofdeath. There was nothing
found about the nerson from whence to collect the natne of the
unfortunate deceased.

Swum:mom—A singular and somewhat novel case of
swindling .has recently been successfully practised in this
-town (Birmingham.) A man and woman, who stated their
ratites to be Mr. and Mrs. 8011, and of decent exterior, late-
ly took the lodgings of a Mrs. Smith. residing at !sling•
ton How,in this town, to whom they introduced themselves
as being in the fancy shoe-line; dot alley had just arrived
from Bristol, butt were originally from Lyndon. where they
tad a house, and moreover, that they carried oq a flourishing
business in the above lige in Atnehesteri• 'The female
mentioned to Mrs. Smith that their luggage had not arrived
' • front London, and begged of her to lend them linen requi-
sites for their use, until their boxes reached them, which
were daily expected by the waggon. 'They had with them
a large box, which 'teemed to contain nothing but a few
shoes and some working implement,. On the following
'• Alonday, a very pompous advertisement appeared, pur-
porting to teach young ladies a very lucrative and ad-
, vartageons business id a very short time. This seemed
to take with the ladies aferupteards of 100 in the course of
the tuetk male application into the nature of the employ-
rrer t,and a considerable number of them engaged to learothe
' Eusiness; different sums of money were exacted from them as
the terms of their initiation, according to the nature of their
agreemeats ; those who wished to obtain the knowledge.of
tl:e art in a very short period, paid down 2f. each; others
paid It.; and some, Who agreed to continue at the employ-
vent foe i Month, were to pay but 15s. No leas than 15
were set datin to work in Mrs.-Sittith's house, for which
purpose the parlour and bed rooms were put in requisition.
end turned Into workshops, to the great annoyance of the
dintlledy, who, observing all this note of preparation, and
finding her staid house all at once turned into a tnanufam
tory, became alarmed for the safety of her furniture, which
she foudde was suffering considerable spoliation from these'
new settlers, and made a serious complaint to her lodgers,'
ho assured her that the cause of grievance would not be
aoy lung continuance, as they had taken a house. and
-intended to remove i. a very short time. Those females, we
enderatand, who were fortunate enough not to find room on
the premises, were obliged, in addition to the sum paid for
learning the business, to leave a handsome deposit for the
work which they took out. All went on very smoothly
until Satorday last, when, on the ladies coming as usual to
their revile, employment, they had the uneelcome intelll
pence dolen out to them, that their employers had decamped
the eyeni ng before, oo one knew whither.—(Birmingham
Chroniete.)
ME LA NCHOLY Oceuearrecc—On the night of the fair
day of Ballirakil!, Qaren's County, (the 12th instant.) a
very inelaneVoly occurrence took Owe. In the course of
the evening of that day, a number of constables front the
adjoining of Ahheykix, reached the town r itb the
' s avowed ptlrprler of assisting the party stationed there. to
' preserve the pesee and trenqtrillity of the place. Aboot the
Ito :r of .ten o'clock, the 'constables proceeded to clear the
• eliffermt public Houses of their visitors ;in the performance
of this-duty, some delay having occurred on the part Of three
'.eountremes, (the remainder of the house being cleared and
• -••ted "of the constables preseat at the momeht,) one ,of, the
• .-•nnfortunate .countrymen, named Richard 111'Daniel, a
emdfortable farmer occupying sixty urea of land, a man of
• most excellent character, of pesfectly sober and remarkably
quiet habits. received front the party twelve bayonet and
sabre wounds on the head, and a number on the body,
a' bayonet wound through the orbit of the eye, that
reached the brain, is sepOsed to have caused the
poor man's death. The Coroner having held on Inquest
nom; used of some of the most respectable and intelligent ,
• . •Illeiatletnen of the neighbourhood, the result has been, that
- WS of the Constables are committed to Maryborough gaol
to abide their teas at'the next Assizes fur the murder of
the deceased. It is 'a remarkable feature in this dreadful
' transaction, (end admitted on all sides) that the house
wherein it happened. wasterfeetly quiet prior to the en-
trance of the Constables, anti that the melancholy catas-
. trophe took place in less than ten minutes after. The
, country people had no weapons of any description. The
Magistracy have been Intadaly occupied in iuvestigating
this business. The friends of the deceased, and the people
of the neighbourhood. appear seogied with the proceedings
Lad npun it, so far as they have goue. Under all the cir•
cemstances of so very distresdag a case, it is gratifying to
lrarn, that party bad nothing whatsoever to do with the
affair.