Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-11-14
[NEW SERIES VOL. I.-No. XXaTv


inteiilgent, and humane citizen. But n,t;,.r
WIN some losses by fire, and having enarsa5
largely Tor his friends, fortune began to ooI so,
nm His friends became insoIvent-b was
caileu upon--and finally had to stop paynet
His creditors thronged around him ike row
enlng Wolves Mserably calculated to sst,;,
ne SHOCKS OF adversely, he was driven aim, r.
ne vortex oil desperation; and to heiobto b;s
caiamities, the yellow fever entered his dwflinrs
no tore from his fond and frantic bosom tl,aa of
ais beloVed offspring, two sons and dam liter +
'se, howeVerl alter a lung and painful slt3syle
S"cceeaed In efiecting what was deemed /, hon
faple compromise with his creditors, to Mon, he
lau gwen hisname as security for hsieuds.
ga MS other creditors accepted of whatb, could
pare without distressing his family. aid aggeed
. Wait upon him Tor The residue of Their de,,s
' ~ 0"'''S' f7'iieVe MS iusses- II, s,n,p ~, -
VT, anu cohVenientil1payh them their demands
=" ''''nis purpose 'iey advised him to reu,ve
~ go new ii,u'sSiihg village in the country
re nun NAha handsome assortment
III Ae NY Pfelty "eii for two wears. when
luckily having purchase a laroe ,ro','',' "a
3roduce, which took sudde falj bo 49,, u
came involved and meeting abn, ,ha aal', DC.
with oihcr severe losses, he had ~
shipn give up inc
Ilvingham, the lawyer, happened t.ho;. NJ.
York when the news first arrived, and. Nv NV
70 get into business, represented Mr.. Til,
IS knaVe, who had purposey stopped pa ,t.an.
70 deiraud his creditors. A number of creditor
'ent their demands to him to be prosecuted. and
lmong the rest Mr.. Jackson, to whom Mr.
Thompson owed more than to all the others On
hearing The statement, however, of Mr.. Thornp-
son, which was well authenticated, they had or.
cred lIylngham 10 withdraw his suits; bu he.
Tore this reached him, SO he said, be had taken
Judgment bonds OF Ihompson-entered hem up,
md had swept all his property from him, 10 the
ast cent, and confined his body in JAIL
Tie had been coi.fined for some months-bad
been sick, but was now on the recovery; but still
without hopes of release His situation and that
of his family was most deplorabe.
The minister Of the parish, truly pious and
benevolent man, had that afternoon been to visit
HIM, and poured into his wounded SOUL the conso-
iations Of religious faith, He had attended him
through all his sickness and troules. but Mr..
Thompson had never Jeen so susceptible of pio,s
resignation, as he had been on that dav. IFS
Ices for let any man fall iuto trouble, ia he
will always find enough ready and wiling to be-
lieve the worst of him-had succeeded so far a.
,gains Mr.. Thompson as TO deprive him the pri-
vi!ege OF the yard, and to see him locked in close
prison; but the humanity OF the Her let hia. cut
lon parole, and during his illness hehad been very
NJ! Z ~ - ~ ~ GNt' "pa' '''ens'-
ON HE Ell, ~ '''ino''a'eiy
,|nod 1f IL ha..;ll. d,sa, ~ - holpie men
nened and bs taJ !; a,sas'o's Which nau nap
r :, 49,, al ~. L"e'''eis''e un'' ne
liz Nv. haJ y 49, ""s no. iohg' iot
~ ".'i''a' on',e'y reco'sreu' ana ,ney
c'.u '"'nu 'iie diiiic'eu parent. Inc
ii.ss,iVN y, 'n9i' 'i'iser'es appeared now 70 ne
~ '',el rouo not Ut rejpice and thank
Gu 'i"' 'n-ir ives were spared lhey were
~ ~ ~ lF'nSha',' haa 'aken robher,
tInu :, o7pnid nou s'uhce al NM ana knew Il to
~ ''e su""s' w w" were extremely ANXIOUS 10
l.'eu' ns lesu'' niust 'hefeiofe return 10 me
'ou whefe we 'ei' 'he Whoie sroure,
mas oee, n'ehuoneo' 'ha' 10 ne attack OF the
stranger IN 'ae pine woods, by two men, he shot
one OF mem down; ou' his fall was more the Ell
,ect o' snaoen anriSn, 'han OF severe INJURY, tor
ne IcceiVeu oh.y s''gnt wound ~ tue fiesh, the
PAL JUST grazing she sac q MS mead. Ihese
wefs aie wv" men nrst mehtioheG AZ me cottage
"A. ne 'l'ne uia oher Two men hrei at the stran-
ne "a' x .e ~, u "neeeihs ms rrse ro''nu'
~ o'ue' u my W 'l.G ii'e =, MS Two hfs assam,
ans ana mls Sqse mem all an aoyan'agi over
nun III o''iei~'se ~ 'p'sh, nave escaped,
LA s'n Ip,sa' n,rpusn ms v'i'ase' md,
po'u uasH'ns s"as ioooFl was cauSin' any
~ ~ ~ ~ eo''' "neo'' "n'o" u 's"'
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