The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1831-12-06
From the Philadelphia Chronicle I

GFrom the Philadelphia Chronicle.l
I'm Unjseling Fdthr- Let all who come
under this denomination blush with shame
as they read the details Of the following un-
fortunate case:-A A female about twenty-five
yenrs fage, care worn aud emaciatcd, who
gave her name as Mary applied be
fore one of the magistrates for relief and ad.
vice, to prevent her aetna starvation in the
streets!-r a situation to which she had been
reduced by the unieeling and brutal conduct
of her own father exercised towards her from
infancy almost 10 the present time; father
now in affiuence, while his innocent and in.
jured daughter is turned, destitute and shel
'erless. upon tho mercy of pitiless world
compelled TO solicit the means OF subsistence
from the cold hand of charity. For the truth
of her assertions she appealed to person
who was perfectly conversant with her sad
history; who stated that, while yet in her in.
fancy, Mary had the misfortune to lose her
mother--a misfortune sl,e would never have
known, but that. her father soon procured
her q stepmother, " no possessed neither the
natural ties Of a parent towards her, nor the
moral requisites Of friend. Thus her morn
oflife commenced under the most unfavora.
BILE auspices. She was the only child, and
being naturally ofs willing e. peaceabe dis
position, when she reached an age at which
manual labor could be imposed upon her, she
was subjected to the most calling and debas-
ing servitude; and while her Younger step.
sisters received their friends in the parlor
and were strumrning . niano, and jabhcrinq
French like parrots, Mary was Kept in the
wash. house, or. brusi'.ip. hand. was scrubbing
tho pavement in front Of her fathers house.
At length her step brother. growing indig
nant at the ungcnerous treatment she receiv.
ed from his parents. resolved, if possible TO
better her condition. He stated to his faith
er that the humbing question had often been
asked him by the neighbors, "whether Mary
was daughter in the house, or hired scul
lions" and insisted that she should be releas
cd from such abject humiliation. BY persc
vering in this good feeling, the brother sue
ceeded in meiorating her situation for short
time, till on one occasion, her fathers ioife or
dered her, in very imperative manner to
leave her sewing to perform some menial Of
fee, when she mildly demonstrated, and re.
minded her that she had been promised OK
emption from such duties. The mother be-
came conyulscd with passion at this object
ion, and laid violent hands upon Mary, who
retreated from the house, followed by the en-.
ragged woman; when. finding it impossible to
escape, she turned on her pursuer, and nerv.
ed BY her numerous wrongs, soon gave her
cause to repent that she had made the onset
Foiled thus Of satisfaction, and coming off
considerably worsted, she instantly laid an
exaggerated and partial complaint before her
husband, who made immediate preparation
for HORSE. WHIPPING HIS DAUGHTER! His
son here in,crtered, solemnly declaring. that
if his father struck Mary with horse whip,
he would raise the cry of murder till he a
armed the whole neighborhood; and they
well knew he would put his threat into exc.
cution, so il had the desired effect, procuring
her forgiveness for the time.
Thus she attained her eighteenth year |;
aud on the very morning TINT completed it,,
sHE HAp NO HOME !--Considering it impos.
sibc to alter her situation for the worse by
matrimony she accepted Tho addresses of
young man who had MOI been The most pro-
verbal for sobriety, yetin whose habits she
place. Alas vain hope. He soon embraced
| his former habits with two. .feidsrdct; and in
few short years every article Of household
comfort followed each other to the pawnbrok
er's ill her last dress disappeared; when
brokrn.hearted she was icompeled to throw
herself upon public charity TO proIong her
These facts were so amply sustained by
the most respectable testimony, that an order
was ~ once obtained for hor to receive as
sis,ance from the proper authorities without
any unnecessary delay.
Pelnnd-,The New York Commercial Ad.
vertiser remarks that Before the close of the
revolutionary struggle, the Polish cause
seems to have been stained by treachery and
cowardice. The Russisn Bulletins, giving an
account Of the operations at Warsaw, assert
positively that the army was included in the
cspiiulaiion. According 10 the London Morn.
ing Herald. the corps ofRy binski, one OF those
which marched out OF WARSAW, is said TO have
rcvoltcd--,o have murdered ts commander
and TO have turned out mere troop Of brig.
snds. Besides disunion. treachery 10 thought
to have had a share in the base surrender Of
the capital, or, IL not trcachcry downright
cowsrdico. The Russian bulletins which
ti,cse papers contain OF great length. admit
that when kruckowiecki saw the squad ons
advancing for the last time, he wss seized
with "panic terror" which deprived him OF
oil solf possession, and he Immediately struck
his eolcrs Tho following 10 the begging let