Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-11-12

chanicaIy aud awkwardiy. When menaeed, 1t
crouches, as if to implore mercy, but does not'n
consequence obey. 1t, on the contrary, utters
cries which nothing can repress, similar to those
Of young uneducated dog, whose in'e''ect
undeveloptd. lteats with great voracity, and Is
in good health. watched it attentiveiy Tor Inc
remainder of this and for the first fifteen days OF
the succeeding month. 1t enjoyed the perfect
use of its external senses. BY a kind OF instinct
of imitation, it walked when it saw any one else
walk, following the individual wherever ne went
It's wants Of dOcity was remarkable; when cav ~.
ed, it did not come, but lay down anu waSSca i.S
tail with on air Of stupidity. When we utea 10
lead it, it resisted, rolled upon the ground ana
cried, but at last walked, again stopped, drew
back, and cried anew. When confined, 1t cried
continually, IN spite of all correction. ltaPpear-
ed asonished at every thing; and its air OF stuPi-
dity was remarked by all those who were not
aware of the operation which had been perform
ed, and strangers tophysioIogical observations
1t was easi y.alarmed; and when menaces were
succeeded by blows, in place OF flying OF actlhg
so as to avoid them, it merely lay down IN sup
plicatins po.tu re, and cried. 1t did not caress
us on our return, although absent Tor many Gays.
1t lived with another dog, which 1t frequently
licked, bu, never played with; nor did it resent
the bites which it's companion, witness. SO 70
sneak. of idiocy, rarely Jailed to nflict when 1t
approached. It did not keep itself clean, and
became singularly cat. 1t had strong ncina'
tion 10 remain m the kitchen; we pretended to
chase it from thence, but it always returned. It's
voracity. as we have already said, was extreme:
its maintenance became expensive. 1t applied
itself op one occasion, for instance. to eating the
boiling fiitters, overturned the frying pan: ana
scaded its muzzle, lips, and feet severely. 1t d'd
not want cunning, when urged, tn OBTAIN !oou; !.
was ften observed 10 watch the raDoi's that
ran about the court, aud to approach the pace
where thew concealed themselves. 1t often anu
sed itself in the same way as other dogs, IN snap
ping at the flies that flew about, but was exceed.
nrv awkward in this as in every other KIND Of
exercise. one day carried it into wood in the
vicinity of the couniry-house which then inhab.
tied. and left it there in order to ascertain 1t it
could retrace the road but It could not do SO,
nor did 1t return until went for 1t. Some days
afterwards, led it to the river, and, regardless
of its terror. threw il on this occasion It quick
~ swan on shore, and returned to the house.
sometimes put it out at the door, tnenacing to
make it 90 away, but it remained, or it il did 60,
it was onlv for few steps, when il returned, ut.
terins slight cries, as if entreatins us to reopen
the door. 1t looked at strangers with dull STU
hid air, sometimes went to them, especially chill
dren; but when they caressed 1t or wished to
NAV with il, it merely lay down and wagged its
tail. 1t did not bark, either to testify its alice
ton, or to prevent strangers from approaching
the house; upon one occasion only did II attempt
to bark. cannot say that it actually did bark, at
some one passing. All its docility consisted IN
coming when. after caressing 1t, we called upon
it in tone of kindness; or, If we had menaced,
beat. or called upon it in vain, in going away,
holding down its mead and tail, and in crouching
down as il N the act Of supplication. Its eyes
became animated. its ears were erected on the
slightest noise, but it still preserved look OF I'M
becility. 1t was sacrificed, Aug. IS. in the per-
forrnance Of a new experlmet."
We will not waste line in holding up the pub
icaton of such vilanies to the adherence they
excite. If the art of refining torments be neces-
sary to science, which VIZ deny, prudence at least
might suggest to scientific enquirers by such
means, the expedency of not rendering their pur-
suits oil ious, by exposing them to the vulgar eye.
1t is the depraved appetite tor dwelling on all
manner of unnatural guilt. and hcastiy details OF
heinous crimes. and prurlent circumstances OF
in6delties and seductions, and sanguInary exc
cutlons,-it is the rage for Cutting the public
with minute descriptions such as these, that
makes the press Of England so injurious to the
morals, ana 50 W 'hS W VIZ
people We have been 50 accustomed to II now
that il does not strike US with the astonishment.
nor appal US with the horror, rs SO eminent
ly calculated 10 inspire. Yet If we look abroad.
we can discover no such continual sapping OF the
feelings Of country, no such everlasting famIli-
arity With scenes Of criminaiity & blood. murder
Of Fualdes lasted France for years: in Germany,
we scarcely remember an afr city since the story
of Sand In England they are our daily and hour,
" diet; every journal teens with them in all
their vile particulars. from the ripping up Of preg-
nant women at Newtonburry. to the severing OF
the dead limbs of Mrs. Holloway at Brighton.
LADY Macbeth only supped full of horrors, we
have them before US in the morning papers at our
breakfast tables, in the evening papers for our
desert. every day of the week. and in the Sunday
papers for our Sabbath edl6cation The stream
Of pollution flows or for ever; and rIbaldry. coca.
sionally sedtion, appeals to the worst passions OF
the multitude; and those literary scandals MOTTO
ed in the outse, Of these remarks ate. throughout,
far too great proportion of the press, the only
varieties Of the shameless course. The engine Is
indeed powerful: would that it were equally re-
,.ot,h.' Ire perfpct liberty is the shee t-anchOr