The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-06-15


The jury retired for forms saka, and instantly
returned with verdict for the defendant. Nor did
the effect of Mr.. Henry's speech stop here. The
people were so highly excited by the tory audacity
of such suit that Hook began to hear around him
cry mere terrible than that Of beef; it the cry
of tar and feathers; from the application of which
is said, that nothing saved him but preoipitale
! fight and the speed of his horso.-Wi,ts Life Of
Patrick Henry
SHIP WILLIAM BROWN-FURTHER PAR
TICDLARs.
Havre, May IS.
| The American chip Crescent, Capt. Ball, arrived
here yesterday evening with the remainder of the
passengers of the William Brown who were saved
in the long boat. The arrival of this vessel has
confirmed all the horrid details gwen of the dread
ful which took place during the night of the
Goth and 2Ist of April. Ofrhe sixteen passengers
who thrown into the fourteen were men
and two women, of the seventeen saved fifteen are
women and two are men.-One of these was
seized for the purpose FLEEING thrown owe Fhpard
by the ofthe beat He cried the mate to save
him * tear him from his wife. The mate told
them not to separate man and wife # it possi-
BILE to help 1t. He fell into the bottom, and
| saved. A boy l2 years old was thrown overheard.
lie caught hold Of the boat, and favored by the
darkness of night, crouched under the bows and
was saved. All the women saved are young ,except
the mother os Scotch family from Duu,frieshire,
who, with her five daughters and n servant girl
was saved; her name is Edgar. Her husband and
son settled in Germantown near Philade phia.
A young woman with her husband; they are a.
mongst the survivors. His is Patrick from
Cook town, county Tyrone, the property fColo.
mel Stewart Several persons from that gentle
mans estate neig hborhood have met with u
watery grave. One family of the name of Leydep
Sixteen in ally sunk with the VESSEL another nam;
ed Corr father, mother and Eve chidren-sunk
at the time; the little boy who was thrown
from The boat one of that family He had NOT
a soul left belonging to him. They were also from
Colonel Stewards property. A Mrs. Anderson,
with three children, who going TO join her
husband medical gentleman settled at Cincinna-
| ii, sunk with the ship. Miss Anderson and Miss
Bradley were thrown into the sea from the long
boat The tales WHICH the survivors relate are
piteous, horriying. The and passengers
were examined by the British and American Con-
suls this morning, and the impression is that Tho
dreadful act of throwing their fellow creatures o.
verboard was of imperious necessity; but it is 10
be hoped that the two consus will give publicity
| to the examination, in order that the public mind
may be satisfied on this point
DlyoRcE-A singular last week decid-
cd in The supreme Court of NJ massachusetts,, at Bos.
ton. 1t was a libel for divorce. The facts as
stated in the Boston papers these. More than
half dozen years ago tho husband of the Libei-
Ian. forsook her. Having been absent for several
years without being heard from, his wife was in g
formed that he was dead; and supposing herseif q
widow, she did not consider il all necessary 10 60
through n tedious process of ceremonial mourning
for the departed, but in short time exchanged the
sable weed (if indeed, she had ever put it on) for
the bridal white. Soon after her second marriage,
! her first husband made his experimentation 70
claim his wife or disturb her quiet The good
man finding herself provided with double portion
of husbands, applied the law for relief and pray
ed Thu her first lord and master might be rejected
as mere surplusage. The Court granted her re-
quest aud decreed divorce-Exeter Ncaos Letter
KEEPING A SECRET. The following from "Lec
! lures the Sphere and Duties of Woman lately
published in Baltimore, is evidently the produce
ton Of one who 1--WE wish not to perpetrate liboI
on the sex) has obviously been close observer of
! the female character: a'
"Some women appear to be incapable OF keeping
| a secret. It seems TO. burn upon their lips till
they have uiteredit. Let woman Of this descrp
ton come in possession of secret, Affecting tho
p of whole families, and which every tie ofhu>
mainly would pc, suade her to bury in utter obliy-
ion and what does she do? Stay at home and forget
it by pursuing her accustomed avocatons' An: no,
wet or dry cold hot, Out she must go at the ear
lies. hour that il is decent to visit. She calls on
her most intimate friend, without perhaps any
| definite intention of unburdenng her mind. But
when she arrives, she can think of nothing else
One topic after another is started but all immsdi>
ately flag. strange air OF mystery and constraint
comes her, which bgings the conversation
,ireIy to stand "What is the matter? Has any
thing happened" DO tell me what has happened.
1t is adj over. Out itm,st come, il 1t costs her her
life But then she quiets her conscience by ey-
actinga promise OF inviolable secrecy. That prom
se of secrecy however means that she will tell it
only to those Of her immediate acquaintance, whom
she trust; so in about two days il is all over
town II is a profound until il is found that
ever. body kn3ws it. Thus it is in the power OF
some two or three women. who are so disposed,
to keep any community in perpetual strife. nave
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