Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-09-02
Colonel Haskell. of South Carotna.-Ths task


If Tho gentleman to travel 1000 miles 10 70 days,
" ith no other food than bread and water, Will De
finished. a. we understand, towards the latter
end Of September. On Saturday last ne was
200 miles in advance Of his undertaking. on
saturday last he delivered at Dedham, Lecture
on the Influence Of LUXURY, and its enects on
the digestive system. During the present week,
the Col. will visit Worcester. and deliver Lee
ture in that place. We are informed that ne
proposes to Lecture also IN this City immediate
" after the close Of his seventy days.
Col. Haskell is not confined, as we. hear. TO
,nv nar,icuIar number Of miles day, though ne
prescribes forty, as being a convenient distance
He travels on any Of the public post roads, but
ia not Obliged, by the terms Of his undertaking.
to travel on continuously in any particular direc-
ton.
We are inclined to believe that there is no
charlatinism 10 this exploit The Col. proposes,
after his task is completed. to submit himseif,un'
der similar process, to the scrutiny OF any re-
spec table gentlemen Of our own community, who
NAV be induced, BY an enlightened curiosity, TO
put his pedestrian powers, and habits OF aDst''
hence, to the test He will undertake, while
among Us. to travel 40 miles day, tor ohe week,
with no other sustenahce whatever than bread
and water, and will submit TO be watched in eve
ry step Of his progress IN any way mat may DC
prescribed by those who will institute The inqu'-
ry. The experiment need not be attended ny
any wager. 49,, t.. ,o,, ,,;.. If mo co,o
mel neither affects nor diminishes his muscular
strength, or powers Of endurance. His health
is good in every respect, and, though Of light
sinewv form, his flesh exhibits the firmness OF
gladiator. The efficacy Of his present system ct
regimen IN protecting him against disease, IL prov
ed In striking manner by an adventure OF his
in Jersey CITY, some time since. The Cholera
prevailed in the County Poor House there, to
such an extent, that 4 or 5 Of the inmates died
daily, and at last, the disorder carried oh IN one
da y the whole family Of the superintendent, con-
sistine of nine persons. The alarm was SO great,
that food aas gwen the inmates OF the house al
the end of pitchforks. During the CONSERVATION.
Col. Haskell undertook the charge OF the suffer
ers, cooked for them, and attended them Tor Sc
venteen days, and actual, put some OF the dead
into their collins. Although confined to bread
and water, and using no medical present'Ves or
remedies whatever, he suffered not the least H.
COW enirnce, observed no premontory symptoms,
and was never in better general health. he had
been previously cautioned By two respectable
pby sicians at home who were apprized OF his 10
tended regimen, not TO expose himself to the
him under such an exhausted condition OF the
system.
The services rendered at the Poor House by
Col Haskell. were gratefully acknowledged at
a bile ting Of citizen. interested in the wei
fare Of that institution Boston GLOBE.
A Boston paper. Of the eth inst, contains an
interesting letter Of the Hon. Harrison u. o"''
with the following preface.
About the time OF the Southampton massacre
and afterwards. a newspaper entitled the LIbera-
tor, created great sensation in the Southern
States. A fear was sincerely felt by some and
probab, ieisned by others, that the sPeculatIons
in that paper expressed the general sentiment OF
Boston aud eveu Of Massachusetts,, and they
we're quoted famiiiarly in aii Of the cause OF null
LITIGATION as proofs OF a prevalent temper Of hos
tiity to the South At this time a letter was
addressed to Mr.. Otis. then May"rDf this city,
| by an eminent Counsellor Of the'State Of South
Carolina the object Of which was to ascertain the
state of public opinion in Boston and the expedl'
ency of insttutius legal process against the Lib.
orator To this letter the following reply was
made BY the Mayor.
We have room for the subjoined passage only,
of the letter.
"For my own part have never doubted that
the States Of this Union are inhibited by the Fed
eral compact from interfering with the PIauta
ton States IN the management of their own
slaves. The letter and the spirit of the const-
tuition are opposed to it. The clauses which BY
implication permitted the importation OF slaves
for ten years, and which provide for the deliver
ing up of fugitive slaves, are nugatory and treach.
! erous provisions, il it can be lawful to annul
them by exciting those who were thus introduced
or surrendered to their masters. to break their
bonds or to compel the latter by fear or any other
means to release them. The existence Of slave
~ is deplorable evil, not less felt nor less can
didly admitted by your own intelligent and
respectable citizens than By others. II was
known to be an evil when the States confedera,
ted, and at the epoch Of the adoption Of the Fed
erai Constitution. Over the remedy for this evil
hangs curtain too dark for my eye to penetrate.
Our compact was made With a knowledge Of all
circumstances. and it is our duty and our interest
to adhere to it. All efforts by these unfortunate
persons to change their condition by force, would
in all mn MAJ DrObabiIity recoii unon themseIyes