Southern planter., 1832-05-26

II Concord. last week, Lille Eaton, Of Wobum
charged with nalicionsy setting IRE TO store, wal
found BY the Jury not guilty by reason Of insanity
Eaton being asked By Tho Court fhe wished 70 Sag
any thing 10 his defence, began 70 read from .
manuscript some very noisy rhymes, which hs
christianed poetry, and which be averrad that he
had composed himself since ne had been confined
10 goal Il being minated to him that this waI
not exactly to tho purpose, be talked very vehem
emily about his being put under guardianship, ,say
ing that the object was 10 get tho control Of his pro
perty ;that his propetyihad been sacnhcod that hi'
guardian was Universalist; that he was Baptist
that he had been turned out ofthe visible church thai
he did not care for that that the UnveTsalsis said
that their doctrine would SOON be embraced BY eveJ
body--that they were going to have glorious tmeI
that they believed that the very Devils were to b,
purged and purified by FIRE and birthstone and 90 L
heaven At lust--that he believed no such thing
that he Get the store on fro to manifest the justice
Of Divine Providence---that the good King David
thought il night 10 kill and destroy his enemy's store
THAT Il was true ho meant 10 burn iil-that be val
glad il was not burn--tbat there Was no other wa,
Tor him 10 execute the divine uBiice--ihat at lonF
as he had had a chance to be heard before The
Court, and 10 speak hio mind upon things in gener
al, he did not care what was done with him--h'
was willing 70 60 10 the State Prison for tho glor,
Of God--all this and much more was said in sucl
violent, rambling, and incoherent manner ss fllY
70 justify the verdict Of jury
Hcroism Of flial a6ectiOn.--In the course o.
last winter, Eve Dutch gentlemen sei out from Rot
ieFdam to travel on skates TO Amsterdam. They
had passed over about twelve miles of the waste d
inland waters, which extends between The two cit.
les, and were with the exception Of one OF the par
y who kept aparl sksling with great velocity, Ia
close files, and hands linked in the Dutch manner
and were striking out far from the shore when, 81
once, tho whole fle were precipiiated through the
lee, and two out Of tho four were hardly seen TO
rise again. The other two were father and son,
both remarkably fine men, and the father au expert
swimmer, which enabled him 70 support himself
and his son for considerable time, during which
he was so collected as TO give directions TO the on
ly one Of the party who had not fallen in :, how he
should conduct himself 70 afford assistance; but a.
length he gave ut,ennce to the though, that his
sons continuing 20 bold him would be the death
ofboth. The son Immediately kissed his father,
and, with the familiar and cndearing expression he
was accustomed 10. babe him "good night" loos-
ID his hold and deliberately resigned himself to
father lives, and the name, at least,
Of Henry Hook, the son, must hive also. liverpool
Courier.
ScANDALoUs AEYAm 1T is stated n the War.
zen (Ohio.) Newsletter, that a number Of persons,
Iay twenty FIVE or thirty, disguised with colored
aces, entered The rooms in Hiram, where the two
eadern nf the nlorDoniies Sssiab ard Hgdon, slept
md Jared and teafkered them.
Il said that the Mormonites had previously de.
aTed in anticipation of such an event, that such an
Ct could not Be dOne--that God would not sug
crit.
.MetaHehoty Cdsudlty,-A young woman enpaQ-
q IN one Of the cotton mills at Lowell, Mass was
hoaked to death on Wednesday last by drawing into
er windppe piece ofthread, while in the act Of
hcking II through the eye ocR shuttle.
SmEggling.-The following ingenious method
as been practiced with considerable success. A
OK is sent TO one port wfh gloves, oh for one
and numbered in the inside. Then at another
lace or time, another box, with the fellow gloves,
lso numbered; If they are seized the parties are
ire to have them for the duty, as no one will bid
or them.
Easy method Of. fne-eding a rasos On the
ough side ofa strap ofleather, rub piece of tin or
ewter spoon for half minute, or till the leather.
ecomes glossy with the metal. II the razor be
'assed over the leather about half dozen times.
will acquire very fine edge.
A southern lawyer has given the following de-
lvation Of the word Cufiee. "Our community.
says he) is divided into two great cIasses,--the
whites, who are Cutters, and the blacks who are
Cgfees." Wv
r,o SAVANNAH, May Q.
HhE!-The cotton on board tho steam boat
rendieton, from Daren, lying at Bottoms wharf.
'ook nre this morning about o'clock, which topeth
or with the boat was entirely DESTROYED. Assoon
y the hre was discovered, the boat was cut loose
ne passengers and crew, so rapid wasits progress,
llaylng barely time TO escape to the shore. She
ini,ed with the rising tide, then half Good, along
no line OF vessels from the wharves, from which
he was showed off, with poles, about half a mile up
ne nver, on the other side, when, by the exertion
# Capt Peck, she was made fast 10 tree. but the
ope burning, she swung of, ard was again secured
y the anchor dropping from its fastening She
g. a.