Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-01-20

Servant es whuperlng, and begging permission
leave their places; while the black trenbe with
fear, aud the wickedest them turn pale Some fee
without leave, and others engaged
friends and relatives disregard the wholesome advice
intelligent employers. and fly from the oityalthough the
retreat was last evening rendered unnecessary by ad
ton TO the deful tale, that the city of New York
10 suffer alone that the whole world be shaken to
pieces by an earthquake,
we need not Of state, that the story imnr
comment of the watchmcu equally untrue with the rest
OF the absurdi,ieS How it originated is no, known; but
whoever the malicious hoaxer was, he must ere this per-
cere that his sport has caused anxiety and trouble
especially on the of family vino have left
e places before their employers could procure substitutes.
Much distress may also bc experienced Ivy weak and poor
families whose terror has driven them of the city
ths season II rs astonishing that stony partakns
mucbboh of the ridiculous aud absurd should have
so much and actually witness the
Tact TO believe It. Com .1dr.
Death IF Captain Cook-A volume has jus, been
published IN Boston under the title of tour around the
Island OF Owhl he, performed by / number OF the mis-
SONAR les at that island In this of the
party visited the where the body Of Capt. Cook
was deposited, first being taken from the beach,
The natives, several of whom that witnessed the
a. stu living, relate the circumstances of his death
follows:
60 aptain Cook ana King Taraiopu walking to-
gcthcr towards the shore, when people thrungGd
ronnd the King, and objected TO his going any farther
W bile he was iesitating, running from the other
side o! the bay, entered the crowd almost brcathess
ana exclaimed at is war. The foreigners have com
meme 81 hostliiitcS. have fired from OF
their boats, and killed chien This cnraeed some OF
our people and alarmed the chief, they feared he
would Kill the king. The pcore armed themselves
with stones, clubs, ana spears. Ramona entrcatcd her
husband not 10 GO All The chiefs did the same. The
| KING sat down. The foreigner seemed agated and
started for his boat Then our men attacked HIN
with spear but he turned and with his double bar
relied gun, shot the man who struck him. Some of our
people then threw stones AT him, which being seen bv
ms men they fired on us. Captain Cook turned and
tried To stop his from firing, but lie could not ON
account of the noise. lie turning again to speak
10 us, when he stabbed in his back with raloa-
spear was at the same instant driven through his BODY
lie tel! INTO the water and spale more. After lie
was dead we all walled. His bones were separated and
his flesh scraped off and burnt was the practice and
regard to our own chiefs when they died We thouoh,
he was our God RoNo worsIpped him as such and re-
vercnced his bones" On previous OCCASION Mr.
Goodrich mad visited the spot where his body was cut
TO pieces, and e flesh burnt. is small enclosure
anou hL!een feet square, surroun ed by wall five feet
hgh. Within, is kind of hearth about eighteen inch
es hIgh encircled by of rude stones Here the
nre was kidied on the above mentioned OCCASION
The place is still strcwed with charcoa.u