Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-09-01
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was arrested, by the tale OF Horror which
we shall copy below; and after having read it.,
we resolved to place it on the face OF OUR pa
ural curiosity" The editor Of the paper, from
which We extracted it, we suppose swallowed
the thing as real /" Simon Pure" story; but
if any man who inhabits this round world, can
believe such hum gushers, ''as friend of ours
denoIninates such stories, he ought TO "bhck
his main-topsail, heave the lead" and "lay
too awhile" whilst the world rewards him for
his marvellous crcdulity:
We have another prime horror, with which
to regale our readers-and would TO heaven
the details Of the transac ction were matter of
question. But alas! for shuman nature they
are established by the decision ola court Of JUS
ticc, and Of the truth of the story there can be
no possible doubt. We heard the particulars
some time since. trom highly respectable and
meritorous officer. of the United States Ma
Wy, who was ut the time on the coast Of Cuba,
and we have now before US letter confirming
the story Of our friend, from another gentleman
Of the navy, who was in Havana at the time
the affair transpired. From recollection Of the
statement of our friend, as well as from the
letter, we shall present to our readers a brief
account Of the heart-sicKening 8 ory.
In the summer Of 1924, several Of tho citi-
zens of Havana missed many Of their little
negro children, and the impression was gener-
al that they had been kidnapped, and sent TO
the plantations in the interior. The attention
of the police was called to the subject, but the
vigilance of the constituted authorities was not
able to effect a discovery.
A ,,xto i'll a h, har ,,,.t
to cook sLop, at which were sold meat pies,
sausages, Sc. remarkable for their decaey.-
the shop had no rival in the city it was patron
iscd by all classes of people from the Governor
down to the soldier.
The alarm was given on finding the little
girl did not return in due time-she was trac-
ed to the shop alluded to-and some gentle
man who had seen her enter deposed that she
had not come out guard was ordered to
search the shop, and hopes were entertained
that nest of kidnsppers were about to be dis
covered. In searching the house, trap door
was found, through which the party descended
into long and gloomy vault, strewed with
human bones. In this subterranean Golgotha,
a miserable old negro was discovered chained
to post, and employed in choppng with
cleavers the flesh Of the unfortunate girl, pre-
paratory to its being served up IN the pastry,
which had acquired FOR the shop SO distinguish
ed a reputation. The old man stated, that he
had been confined, and thus employed for three
years, in which time many Of his fellow creat-
ures had passed through his hands. The shop
keepers were Immediately arrested, tried, and
four of them executed--a fifth being condemn
ed to perpetual Imprisonment.
What a race Of cannibals and mnce pie ca
| tiers, those wret ches at Cuba must be-what
delicate appettes, what digestive powers they
must possess! Only think Of fit-mince pies
made of dead negro! This shocking hum
bug of story, reminds rs Of another, Though
not exactly similar, or shalagous, has the same
bearing on the digestive organs.
| One of those wizards, known by the appel
lation of a " German Doctor" title that is
worth more, among the credulous and igno-
rant, than Diploma from the British Col
Iege Of fPhysicians, was called upon to attend
the husband Of poor woman, who lay sick
with the consumption. After consulting the
unfortunate mans case, the Doctor directed
the old lady, to make him broth consisting
of six grains of salamoniac, and six young pop
pies. The matron, not exactly recogniz ng tho
broken English Of the Doctor, understood hnn
20 say, six old nlmanacs, and six young pup
PIES, and accordingly threw into the pot, those
very delicious articles, which she boiled and
boiled,tl cary Of ever forming an admxture,
she gave the precious porridge, to the patient
.9ho vas hardly capable of swallowing il.
When the Doctor returned, she informed him,
that the patient cat the puppies, but that she
found it impossible, to make him swallow,
even one Of the almanacks. Whether old al
manacks and boiled puppies, are more pala-
table than m'nec pics, made out Of dead ne
sres, is a question which We refer to the
rorm1nd for his decision. TIE one story is
- --rhabio &C INC other.
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