The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-12-22
Addison ProIAsa.

Addison a PropAal.
| A writer IN the Kentucky Commouwsalsh qusAe,
the following from paper Of Addison 10 he 6peo
h'or. II was written nearly one hundred and a.
~ Year, ago How much doss this sallv a a.
imagination dhser rum the reality Of u maGns6s
j telegraph
"Strada, in ox Of his .Pro,uaions' rive N -
count Of q chemical correspondepcs hetuee> tvo
friends by the help Of n certain losdssope. vhicA
had such virtue IN ii that Il it touched tvo seve
raj needles. when one Of the needles No tcuchsA
began TO move, the other though 1t ueyw -
great distance, moved at tie some time IA a
| the same manner. -
de tells US that the two friends, being cnrA or.
tnem possessed CT one Of these needles, made a
KIND OF dial plate. inscribing il with the four and
twenty letters, in the same manner ne the hour,
o.. TIE day are marked on the ordinary dial plate
They then fixed enc Of the needles, on eneh Of
these plates, IN such manner that il could move
round without impeachment, so MS to touch any Of
me four and twenty letters. Upca thrir separa.
ung irom each other into distant countries. thew
"Greed TO withdraw themselves pnctnally into
u'eir closets certain hour Of the dav and 10 cop-
verse With each other by means Of this new ipycp-
ton.
Accordingly, wien some hundred miles assun.
Ger, each Of them shut himself up in his closet A
the time appointed, and immediately cast b;s ava
upon the dial plate. IF be had mind 70 write
anything to his friend, he directed his needle 10
every letter that formed the words which he had
occasion for making little pause at the end Of
every word or sentence. TO svoid confusion.
The friend, In the meanwhile saw his own svr,.
pa'henc needle moving itself to every letter which
tha' OF his correspondent pointed at By thi.
means they talked across whole continents end
conveyed their thoughts to one another over ci.ies
or mountains, seas or deserts"
Destruction Of a Mnsrrfto Town BY Ame,
ricans.
We extract the fjlIowing'tle,ailed accoun, Of N.
destruction Of the village of Quam.We,ln, in the
Mosquito territory, Central America from the New.
York Herald. AS this Mosquito kingdom has q
late been taken under the protecting paw of the Bril-
tih Lion, another gro,ol NAV be expected from &c.
ross the water nj this new yankee outrage, and likely
enough it may give Mr.. Clayton q chance to ge,u p
another sharp correspondence"
BAtizr, HovDuRAs, Oct. %, ls4a
As events on The Mosquito coast have assumed
rather a warlile aspect. hasten IN Law before
You the following facts anticipating the misrepre.
sentation which is sure to find its way via England
After soourn az one wear on the copet. | have
herone perfact'v familiar with the miscellaneous
found in the Tnalish papers, respecting affairs
here. On the Goth of August last, the American
brig IN c. Draper" was wrecked on the bar ~
the Prinzopalka River Tone hundred miles NORTH
of San 1ranl through the villainv Of the pilot
who made false statement rs to the depth Ct
water on the bar She was abandoned; and cv.
cry effort WIS made to save her by the captain
and passengers famongst whom was your CORES.
yODTpnt tbn ccn1s yo1 sod
hands canned on the beach, under the sails for
covering. In this emergency volunteered Il.
proceed to Wara Rire, thirty miles TO the north
ward, To get the only vessel on the const. belong
ing to Mr.. Halv. After remaining there few
days, news came that our camp had been attncte,,
by the Indians. aH' robbo1 Of provisions, CLOTHING
Dc. ! haSteneA down the coost. md found tie
report corroboratcd and tho CHEF Admiral sacol
prisoner but he soon efrased hi, escape. Cant.
Draper, Of tho brig N. C. Draper sent despatch
10 "Qunmwatll." their settlement that if restitr
ton was not made in three days, he would attac)
the village His demon1 was UNDECIDED. md. cr.
the expiration Of three days dnrie Tor long boa-j
was manned by indians friendly 10 us. and tla
passengers, AIMED with reviewers and other defen
sive wcanons, took passage for Quamwatla distan-
thirty miles in the interior When the land.piratei
for such they were-saw va approaching up
lhc HigoOn, lleN td'lcsed, wei knowing the CT
rand we were on. Upon making lanfiing, we
discovered the village nearly deserted a few
shots were fred without effect. as far Ms ascerta
ned The houses were then fired and scene tf
confusion ensued The Indians of our party did
not desist ill every house was consumed. and the
once beautiful village Of Qunmwatla was no morn,
Tie party then returned to the beach. and no 9th
or attack was made on the camp; and after TWEEN.
ty-two days of extreme suffering the passengers
and crew were picked up and taken to this place,
BIZ thSFhchooncr Sarah Anne, of Belize Upon
this ncws Of the sacking of Quamwatla being
conveyed to San Juan de Nicaragua the Mosoui.
to king and his commissioner, tNIr Croates.) pro.
c'eded up the coast 10 prinanpalka to ret the ev.
idenca in the case lie obtained from Mr.. II. (thc
same individual who acted as pilot, and lured the
brig to her destruction false account of the
whole affair. screening himself and making fa,se
sta'ementsin almost every rarticular Rebuttng
evidence was aAdurcA and here the affair rests
Evidence exists in abundance that the real facts
are rs above stated, and can be produced at any
time have been IN eve. witness and an uDwill.
ing participant in all the unfortunate occurrence,
since the wreck, and rs an net Of Justice to all,
make the above statement Of the case ] have no
doubt the atflir will be exaggerated, md capital
made Of it to nure the Americans on the coast.
AZ Can't Draper md myself sail in the Marion
Gage for New York, to-day. YOU will have an Cd.
portunity Of more full detail of the whole mat
ter. Yours truly RD.P.