The people's press, and Addison County Democrat. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1838-1841, 1838-09-18

A London paper states that on the night of
the Sd August an inquest was held on the body
of William Blake, an American merchant, who
was found drowned in the Thames, with such
severe marks of violence on his person as TO
lead to a strong suspicion that he had come to
his death by unfair means. The deceased be-
longed to the house of Heart & Co. of New
ork.--Boston Daily Times.
A NUT SHELL, BUT FULL OF NEAT" The
liberty of the Press is mockery, if the truth
may not be told of every mans occupation.--
Wo be TO that community, where the laws are
such, while the real criminal can often hide be-
hind Them, the exposer of his evil practices
shall be placed at the mercy of unprincipled
men," -Cheeuer's Defence.
CALLING FOR LIGHr.-A few days ago,
STAKEHOLDER from Mississippi called at the Anil
Sal cry Office in this city, and purchased three
or four dollars worth of books, pamphlets. pic
lures, &c. lie said that he had heard the
news from The. W.aae Indies, and was determin.
ed to examine for hipiself the doctrines and
measures of the abolitionsts. He was SO well
pleased with MIR. Garrison's portrait, that ne
bought copy Of it to carry home with him
Pointing to pictorial representation of the
manner in which slaves are logged at the South,
he said with much earnestness-' That's a true
| bill. '-.Liberator.
BENEFIT OF NEwSPAPERs.-lt is a fact that
there are mutitudes of the American people,
who believe this story about Emancipation IN
the West Indies is all hoaX--an abolition lie !;
and they do not scruple to say SO because they
have seen nothing like it in the papers. Thus
is it that the blind lead the blInd.--PhilGn.
| At an early hour yesterday morning,
woman calling herself Mary Davis, came
TO the police office and told most pitt
full story of her haying been robbed the
preceding night of 10 dollars, at board
ing house kept by John Fallou. Her af
hdavit of the robbery was scarcely COM
mitted to writing, when John Bedel, of
Newtown, came into the office and com
planned that the night before, while he
and his family were at church, his servant
girl, young woman named Mary Winnie
had absconded from his house and rob-
bed him Of about so dollars in money and
large portion of his wife's wearing APP
parel. While he was making his CON-
plant, he happened to cast his eyes round
the office, and to his no little establishment
beheld his faithless servant in the person
Of Mary Davis, who was at that very mo-
ment habited in some OF the clothing she
had stoleE from his wife, the night before.
She was consequently committed to Pris-
on for robblng her master. The man
! who robbed her was also arrested and
committed. Jour. Com.
/ AFFECTING Under our obituary head
is recorded the death, by drowning, of a
young child Of Alexander Rice, residing at
Squam. The circumstances under which
this almost infant (being only four years
old,) lost lis life, are both singular and
affecting. She had followed a small boy
to the river, weeping bitterly because he
was going 10 drown kitten for which she
had formed strong attachment ; and no
sooner was it tossed into the water than
the agonized child took off its shoes, and.
raising its clothes, waded into the river
with firm step towards the object of its
during and affection. Just before reach
ing ii, she suddenly sunk into deep water
and Was drowned The tear will start, tc
think that there WIS no one near to res
cue the little sufferer who so learlessl,
periled and sacrificed her own life, tc
save q comparatively valueless one, but
upon which she had set her Young affec-
tons. Gloucester Tel.
i We were lately shown specimens O
apples grown on tree in Walpale, fol
: thee successive ears. The oldest spe
cimen was in good state of preservation
) and looked as though i: might last to be
eaten by wiser and better generation
(Bost. Times.
GA friend of Gen. Dickerson' in a
communication to the Newark Daily Ad
vertiser, shrewdly enough remarks, thai
the Globe is the Government and seems
to exercise all the prerogatves of sover-
eighty. The Globe and Mr. Blair, say
the writer, are undoubtedly the Govern.
ment with power to dismiss and discharge
al pleasure, even The heads ofDepartmcnts
; AS witness the case of Dickinson, who
writes as follows :-'' The Editor of the
Globe, in announcing my retirement from
office, very civilly dismissed me the service
during my natural life; as this was done,
however, with expressions of great kind
ness, was disposed to consider it in the