The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-02-19

daughters be the "sons aud daughters of
Tie Lord Almighty" and strengthen the
stakes OF Their country. Madam. God
! bless you.
Mr.. Wise then gave 10 Mrs. Harris
the Vase aud the Bible, and he and the
chaplain, and officers Of the Columbia
and Preble, cordially shook her by the
hand. Upon Mr.. Wise leaving the Co
lumbia, the gallant tars Of the Columbia
aud Preble manned the rigging of their
respective vessels aud gave him three
hearty cheers, which were heard miles
distant, even INFO The palace halls Of the
Emperor.
NoTE.-To understand the application
of Mr.. Wise's remarks. j: must be known
that, shortly before this baptism, the out
rage had been perperaled upon Lieut..
Davis and three U. States seamen Vt the
sloop of war Saratogs. They had sought
redress in vain. That though Mr.. Wise,
by very decided steps, had obtained the
release of Lieut.. Davis and the three in
nocent seamen, yet II was obtained so un.
graclously from the Brazilian govern
men. as TO add insult TO injury, and To
cause great excitement against both the
United States Minister and Commander.
That, IN consequence of no apology for
insult and no redress for wrong, Com.
IL Il Il
instant, when the baptism Of the Princess
of Brazil was celebrated. And the Pre-
bic also refused TO salute the city when
she arrived in the harhor of Rio Janeiro.
which added fuel to The fire, and threw
tie Emperor aud his Court, and Cabinet
and Council Of State into ligh il,me
The rumor was, that t was threatened to
Offer Mr.. Wise his passports, aud to or.
del the Commodore out OF the harbor.
Shocking Jiurder.-'rhe Sullivan
County Wing detail, the particulars oi
most horrid double murder near Gra-
Evansville, IN that couoly, namely the
killing of a young girl by her s,ep.molh-
er, and the latter by her own hand. 1t
appeared i , evidence before the caroner's
jury that the wife Of Mr.. Harmon Bar
clay. in the town Of Neversink, had i'm
bibed spirit of hatred towards her step
child, the daughter OF Barclay. aged about
eleven years. and had ill.lres,ed her ac-
cordingly Tut of late had suffered under
remorse Of conscience, and belief that
she must herself despair Of mercy she
had withheld from others. She told her
husband that she must make away with
herself, but he believed she said so onl,
TO disturb his peace The child too, was
apprehensive Of evil, and in the absence
of her mother, came to her father in tears
and said, Father ] am afraid Of mother
believe she intends TO kill me- On the
morning Of the 10Th ul,., Mr.. Barclay
left his house 10 60 to neighbours. On
his return, when near his house, he heard
his little boy. six years old, scream. say.
ing. 'Mo,her has killed Amy and her
self lie came into the house and found
his wife and daughter lying on The floor
with their throais cut.
The boy stated tina, Amy arose, and
dressed herself and went to the corner of
the room 10 &c, her mittens; her mother
Immediately seized her by the throat with
one hand, and choked her-lhe girl
screamed; his mother with the other
then took a razor from a shelf, opened
the case, took the razor therefrom, and
with her teeth opened it; the boy 81 rang
for the razor, his mother pushed him back
and drew the razor across the ihroa, OF
Amy. The boy then seized The young.
es, child IA babe) in his arms, ant wen,
toward the outward door; his mother
babe him stop. and sprang towards him
he told her tina. his father was coming
She looked out of the window. saw him,
and then stepped back and Gu, her own
throat. She fell upon the floor lileless.
Serenading Extraordinary. -
Upon certain evening during the
holidays, gentleman in nameless
city, not thousand miles from that
in which VIM. Johnson, Esq, has
been appointed Judge, was after the
festivities and fatigues of the eve
ming. vending his way homeward,
quietly remarking the irregularities
of the roAoire, and the superabun-
dance of locomotive lamp posts, his
soul filled with the genius Of melody
and his heart impatient to pour forth
itself in song, when the novel idea
of serenading his own wife, whom
he very naturally supposed was anx-
iously waiting his return, took his
determination by storm.-Accor-
dinghy, as he nearcd his domicil, he
turned his cloak wrong side out,
stack his hat jauntily upon one side
of lis head, and passing into the
ward, took his place under lis wife's
window. 1t had occurred to him
/ that after the sefeoade, he would
( ,erv iopocentH walk INTO t.p honsr