The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-08-21
THE GALLANTRY OF AN EX.PRESl-
DENT

! THE GALLANTRY OF AN EX-PRESl.
DENT.
Our venerable Ex President J. @. Adams is
certainly growing gallant in his old age.
The bingham Patriot gives an interesting
sketch OF proceedings at the Pic Mic celebration
in behalf of the ladies' by Thomas Loring, in a
neat and appropriate speech. The following is
the outline of the reply.
"He said the faculty of speech was affected by
circumstances. He had found no difficulty in
addressing two hundred and forty men in an as
semhly TO which aIlusion had been made by his
friend, but his emotions struggled for utterance
under the circumstances in which he there stood
before them. Grateful to his heart was it TO be
thus welcomed Ivy his constituents, for, said he
L consider the Ladies' of this Congressional Dis
trict as much my constituents, their relatives by
whose votes | was elected. know, said he
that ii is Asserted that women lInve no political
rights. Their petitions had been treated in the
body Of which he was Il member, ms it they had
none. But all history refiIted this POSITION
They had political righs-but he would not say
it was their duty exercise them, except in ca.
SEES of great, preSsing public emergency. Their
petitions, however, which he had presented to
Congress, were all on The side OF kindness, In,
manly and hencyolence. lie would say of the
Ladies', whit WIS once said 10y Senator in Con-
gresS, now no more, that in relation To his do
mesfic affairs, his wife was the Committee OF
VuyS ana he was me COlntnlllee OF creams.
In relation 10 his own efforts, which had been
spoken OF in terms OF such undesCrvea approba
ton, lie said he claimed the right TO be heard IN
Congress for fifteen successive days the great
question OF human rights-the right of petition
the right of woman to he heard by the govern
merit. But he would not weary them hy giving
AN account of the tii;inner in which he had dis
charged his duties. Treasury and sub treasury
would not be interesting to them. He would
say, however, to the ladies' that their rights he
was determined ever to defend, and he trusted
they wonld be maintained in Massachusetts, if
no where else.
Without OBTAINING the company longer, he
said, after thanking them for their kindness and
appreciation, an apology for his brevity might be
found in this large collection of Ladies' lie bad
found in the course of his life that it was AN easy
matter 10 address two hundred and forty men,
but it had been TO him sufficiently arduous task
to address, successfully one iComdn,"
BLACK HAWK. We learn from the Fort Mad
ison w. r. Patriot, the celebration of the fourth
of July at that place, the old Indian Chiettaln,
Black Hawk, was present as an invited guest. In
the course of the festivities, the following tocst
was given by J. G. Edwards
Our HuSiriouS Guest, Black Hack May his
declining years he as calm and serene as his pre-
vous lite has been bosterous and full OF war
like Incidents. His attachments and present
friendship to his white brethren, fully entite him
After this toast drank, Black Hawk arose
and made tire following remarkS:-
sit has pleased the Great Spirit that | am
here to day have eaten with my white friends
The earth is our molher-we are now on it
with the Great Spirit above us-lt Is good.
hope we are all friends here. a few winters ago
was fighting against you-l did wrong, per-
haps, but that is past-t is buried-et it he for
gotten
Rock river was beautiful country--I liked
my towns, my cornfeds and the home of my
people. fought for it. 1t is now yours
keep it as we dd-t will produce you good.
crops.
thank the Great Spirit that am now friend
w with my white brethren--we here togeih-
er-yve have eaten together-we are friends it is
his wish and mine. For yoJr friendship thank
you. 81 5s
| was once a great warror-l am now poor.
Ke o -kuk has been the cause of my present stu
ation-hut do not attach blame to him. ] an
now old. | have looked upca The the MISSISSIPPI
ri sinceI have been child. love the Great
River. [ have dwelt upon its banks from the
time was an infant. look upon il now. /
shake hands with you, and as il is my wishI }ope
you are my friends.
SINGULAR FATALIrY.-Mr B. Smith Of Wool
ford Co. Kentucky furnishes the editor oil The
franklin Farmer with the particulars ofan EXTRA
ordinary case OF fatality which happened few
days since in his neighbofhood. ltappears that
poor man, by the name of Francis Nave, had
tn misfortune 10 lose the only cow he had, ny
death from ttmor swelling in the throat.
DESTROYS TO save all of her that was valuable lie
skinned her and took the hide to The tanner on
the only horse he possessed soon after his return,
his horse was taken with swelling of the throat
and died immediately, and the hogs that ate of
the dead body of the cow. which were all he
had, died also in the same manner; and some of
his neighbors' that also ate of the dead carcase
also died; and lastly 10 close the tragedy, the