Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-11-20

my exposed almost naked to the rigor of a
winter sky. and marking the frozen ground
over which thew marched, with the blood
of their unshod feet; where was the man,
he said, who had an American heart in his
bosom who would not have thrown open his
fields, his barns, his cellars, the doors of
his house, the portals of his breast, to have
received with open arms, the mca nest SOL
der in that little band of famished patriots
Where is the mani There he stands-but)
whether the heart OF an American beats in
his bosom, you, gentlemen, are TO Judge
He then carried the jury by the pewers of
his Imagination, to the plains around York,
the surrender of which had followed short
v after the act complained of; he depicted
the surrender in the most glowing and no.
BILE colors Of his eloquence-the audience
saw before their ewes the humiliation and
detection of the British as they marched
out of their trenches-they saw the triumph
which lighted up every patriot face, and
heard the shouts Of victory, and the cry of
Washington and liberty, as it rung and
choed through the American ranks, and
vas reverberated from the hills and shores
of the neighboring rlver--but bark what
notes of discord are these which disturb
the general Joy, and silence the acclama-
Hook, hoarselv bawing through The Amer
lean camp, beef! BEEF! beefm--ib.
Hydr0phobia neutrality-suspicious.
terday, queer iooking fellow, who gave
his nam John Henderson, was brought
np IN the custody Of a police constable,
u"der the following charge.
1t appeared, from the evidence Of
John Legg, 149 ID, that on the same
morning, about 2o'cIock. as he was on
duty it HYDE park place, he found the
prisoner sleeping on the step of door
and, after much difficulty, awoke him.
when, greatly to his surprise L. alarm.he
began TO bark and growl in the most ter
rifle manner, showing at the same time
IA formidable set OF teeth. The neigh
bors were so frightened at this unusual
noise, that many Of them threw up their
windows to ascertain what was the mat
ter. As soon as the frs, fiji of barking
and bowling had subsidized the constable
proceeded with due caution, to convey
this ugly customer TO the station house
hut while he was taking him along he
suddenly burst out in new fiji Of bark
ing and bowling, much loudor and more
hedious than before, IN the course of
which. he initiated. with great exactness
the whole Of the canine race. from the
shrill ard piercing notes of the terrier
to the hoarse. deep mantled bark of the
'nastiff aud hull dog. Swapping at the
same time at the constable and passen.
gers. who. thinking that he was reall,
under the dreadful influence of h,dro.
phobia, scamPered out of his way with
all possible CELEBRITY. He was al length.
with much difficulty, lodged in the sta.
ton house, and placed on the Hosr; but
AS the fit continued, a pail Of water WIS
thrown over him b, way of cooler.-|
TIE only dislike he showed to that Gle
'nent was by throwing out his legs ard
arms as it in the act Of swimming. He
afterwards seized poker and threaten
ed to annihilale all be ore him; at length
he became quiet and vent into sound
sleep.
The prisoner in his defence, said that
ne was some time ago, bitten by mad
dog; and whenever he got drop too
much which was the case that night, he
always labored under symptoms of nv.
trcphobia, and conducted himself IN the
manner described. He was ordered Ia
find bail.-E"gl,sh pa per.
Punishment for bnbery.--In evidence
that political contests IN England are oc.
OCCASIONALLY productive of ipstances of nv