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From the Utica ?uJ Patrol. - -EXECUTION CXF TUhlh On Friday- last ptysuant to the sentence of the law, the punishment of death was inflicted on Jubn Tu bty who at the Ian Court of Oyer and'Terminer, was convicted of the murder of his Brother. ? The me lanchol'jr duty ot executing that sen tence vya? ?performed by Appollos Cooper, E q. sheriff of this county, wkh^ mingled dignity and>fee1incj;. ? q 1 he prisoner was taken from the goal in y?httesbotough, dressed in white, and conveyed in a cart to the ? place near the village of Utica, signed for thcfxtrurioni 1 hrshr riff was accompanied by xlii^ depti ClCft and a tiuop of cavalry feortirnand r cii by Capt Camp. .The proces sion was formed ik W htte^opough^ and including the spectators, was very . long.. Near the line of Utica, it , was joined by i company of itr^ famry under the orders of Captain Smith, and pV-bcecded sfowly thro* Utica, attended by a band of music, ? >? ' ' V s A a * ^ ^ * " playing a dead march, to the gallows. After a very appropriate prayer by the Revd, Mr. Coe, of New-Hart lord, and at about halt after one o'clock, the:exec4jtion wis perfofrh td. The bod v hung somdKng jftore than half an boor, and was then cut down and delivered to some ^.^ftSihe friends of the deceased, to be. carried to Brothertown for luter Of the' mind of tjjte prisoner it is "ad'fficult t<? give any Satisfactory atr ?Sik>unt, reports concerning it are so inconsistent^ After his condtmnauoh he wds in soroe mea sure, attentive to Hisj#A|ation. tho* "he seems to have cherished the hope that he should be reprieved. The sheriff informed him, as soon as the fact *ras ascertained, that ihefe was no hope of it, and that he mOst ex pect to suffer the punishinent award ' the crime of which he bad been nd guilty. After receiving that information he seemed inore afflicted and more concerned about ' his future welfare. - He had many visits from clergymen atnd other re ligious person, which .*ere fafe* proved to give mm instruction re lative to, the doctrines of th*gos~ pel and the necessity of repentance, . {What effect? these :0 riendly, efforts aftt^ wiA; what ternj safffohe left the world, it is impos sible tq-say. For^rnt tinie after his ?pi^?mnatton, - he manifested a malignant and rcvengful disposi itioAiiAo^a^ds .thosrf . w?, testified ug^inst him For some of the la? t days of his life, his feeling towards them appeared to be different. Hie seemed not to harbor 3ny ha tF^d or, desire of revenge. A*W he was taken from the prison and dressed (or execution, he requested permission to see his fellow prison ers, Sod took a very affectionate and imere&tihg leavr of them. He was very deeply affected, and manifested the Most keen' and poignant feel ings. A clergyman 'fend some - of his fi iendstbcfe in the cart with him, and the opportunity was improvfcd ? for religious conversation. He Said very littte, became JUore tran quil a" he approached the scene of with steadiness. He was indulged by the sheriff with a chair clurtng the religious services, after which he rose and stood with consider able firmness and composure. The sheriff informed him that he might still live till near two o'clock if he desired it, and aked him if he felt ready. He replied that hfc was probably as ready as he should be and did not wihh the execution deferred. Me never denied that he killed his brother, but said some things stated in the testimoi.y on hi> trial were not exactly true. The la t words he uticjed (ex cept answer* to a few questions) v-vie to implore die Lord 44 to have mercy on my soui." A a are of the exigence of an ex r?sMve desire to witness the scene, the sheriff in J judiciously selected the spacious, open ground back of the village of Uiica for the execu tion. 1 here was no attempt to pre vent the enforcement of the law, nor to do any tiling but merely to sire the prisoner and \vitness theex ecuriort ; yet the military farce had repeatedly to make ? very uigorous exertions ro prevent the rpada from being thronged as the procession passed, and to keep the people from crowding upon ? the gallows. A large proportion of the mulitude were females, many of whom Were at the place of execution by eight or nine o'clock, remote from .any btiilding, without shelter ' or i any ? thing to defend them from the ex cessive heat, and there ? remained, scorching in the sun for six- hours, ; rather than relinquish the design, or to be deprived of the opporru^ **ity (&hall we say pleasure- and gratification) of seeing^ >r^fc|fcd i tnalefactor sent with violence ancl igftoroiny, to eternity. I \ Some estimate may be fortned, of the number that attendedthe < ecutfehi from the fact, that in re.-, turning 615 waggons and odier carriages, all full, passed one road from Uticato Whitesborough, be fore six o'clock, and also, that in three r hours, * (between four and seven(there passed through- J^ew Hartford, five thousand and forty , four persons. All the other roads appeared * to be equally crowded, ' though no attempt, that mc have heard of, was made to cdunc those who passed. Taking these fU data, the wfcolc number 96?^ not have been less than fifteen thousand, and those who formed their opinions from a view 6T tfv multitude on the ground, believed pe number to have exceeded this Estimation. ? [ , ^ * ? "r Melancholy and fatal occurrence* , Ashore time since, n a than Whjtaker,- and hv^wife tfncJ grand child, all of'S&fF vd iuCon nccdcut, wjcre descending a hill m a one horse wagg'op. From sowV: lu^hown cause^lie i^e became, rffrigfitt&i and tkri With v violence; Ail three were thrown from the wag?',n- Mrs. Whitakrr wa? (Udnd en a sharp atone which had piented T?Ht|lde, and hail broken two or .three of, her fibs. She was rtsino. h?use ?? t!ie vi'cimty and, dttd in about two hours, i'he child expired the n^xt morning, af ter having passed the night in ex jflR*#*. Cai)C- Whitaker wdii found at a short distant from the Others, hi* face. fliangM in" a shocking rtiaririer? *h? was light lest and lensekss. He was Remo ved to a neighboring house,' fchefc he"femained in the fame i.ituartoflR about ten days- He then reiovi'r ed his senses in a considerable de gree?could open-hfcurycs, but dis cern no light. He is row recruits ing sJbwly, but can give no accoonr of his misfortune. From the.Lferpttl ^ j iy*.y 31. Methodist Mitsion.?-Yestef^iy, at a o'clock in the ate moon, a very jTspcctabfe meeting Wa4 held in Brunswick Chapel, London' road, For the purpose of forming a socie ty to i up port the Methodist Missiim for'ttie" West Indie*, Canada* Nova Scotio, Newfoundland, .Sierra Le one, the Cape 6( Good Vbpc. Or Ion, Benfcal, MaiHriss, Thc^ Rev. J. Reece, President of the , late Conference, in the chrfir.-~-At this meetkig a society was formed, and a liberal subscription entered into, in aid of the missionary fund. A number of Gentlemen addressed the meeting, and explained the na ture and objects of the institution. Force of 1 Libit / ? It is said of a . Rath physician, rh.it he would not prescribe, even for himself, with out a fee ; and therefore when un well, he took a guinea out of one pocket, and | ut it into ?ric other. Hints to IViycs and Bad Hi: 5 bands. '?The purity of the motives conMi ules : the value oi the action." iV good woman, who lived in hacfe&rickt>1 husband. He very frrqupgtjjr* .came home from - the cavern flfifcfat eight, m a state of inroxication,vgtjrjpg her much trou ~ble B"y his unreasonable requirc One night his pot companions were expatiating on die t mo its and faults of their .wives ? alHiaJ much fault to find, except the hus L band of the good woman... ..-K candid to give her a good char: ?nd abqye.all that she him; let him require the'inost vm rrasonablg thing imaginable. To prove this, he would lay them five gallons of beer that if they would ? go home with him, though it was 'rj>ast twelve o'clock at night, she' I would w ith his biJdi ng, r Uejaiyi cook agood sUppei for therewith F out j grumblings or even a sulky 1 look. : The proposal was accepted, ' and considered as fine sport. . , ? *jfr . ' I _ r When they c$me into, the house, he told her she must rise $nd copk a supper for him and his fivt friends. 1 This she did as he had stated, wjth as prjch despatch and cheerfulness,^ as.il it had been a pleading fca&k.? .They were all much surprized, $s well they .mi^1irv, 10 see h^r conduct, and to very different from what they * would have been treated if they had clone so at their own homes. w'- ?? v> v i<- ? ' "j'rt^T.ir - f> y y While they were thus regaling themselves, though at the expanse of the good woman's rest and com fort} ^ey ventured to ask her how it jtr*b jshc . coqpplkfd with l|er htis ! bands requirements, at so late an I hmir) Without murmuring ? ' forlr tb^. .Hid; done so they sh^uk} have had their heads weH ^pmed, and gon? to bed supperless !? *She re piicvi, \vi(h inildness and seriousness, that io hcttfof was painful but she was desiioiis of making her husband comfortable as ii was in her powr er, while Itfty lived in i&s world, Cot she *aV Vvcil. convinced, from IhW manner of living, he would be miserable in the wcrld 1c ftme Ar** /this ^ns.wer surprized them as much a$ her amiable cojffmfct. Though his worthy friends won iher wager> they los,t toeir mirth, and returned to thtir h^mss, at lea&t, for once, with some -iHpiight#. But Pthe word was ble(>i.cd t5 hrr hus band, Arid &c received the fruit* of her " labours of love," in his v??l reformation. As he was thereby fed to stick for that happiness on '^ ^ppndcd in tbk world to come, JMgH I *' t \ fnoiAMA, Pen May 9, f?i i,EJttraordina>j.-^A cow of ttfr. D. Sample, who fives near this bo rough, had a calf a few days since, | witfwW heads if our eyes , ibfH ears, nut legs, ( f but- before and two be hind) and iwo tails. It is now liy* ingrV ? '% : Su : HIGHLAND CHlEKTAIN'S FUNERAl. Invrmeta. $>iay 26r 1 he Chtsholm's (Mr. Chrholm, of t^tmbolm) funeral, which look plate 6rt the 16th itisu was Conducted wrtn a degife of splendor, Which rivalled (foe usages of nifctent time* in the U?*i ??( homage and leaped to the* remains of dtceast?i chief*. Invitations Were very general throughout Inverness and the neighboring coutfties, and nearly 340 guests sat down to a sumptttOus en* terunnment provided at Beauly. Upward* of 100 dozen, ct claret were drank on this occasion I the com mynafty f of whith a ver j large assembly w ?Ve in attendance, had not been forgotten? bread and clieese ?ft ample abundance, and 20 inkers of whWfc?f , were dislrtbuted among them?* anil they maite so very free, that a man ' and two women died of the effect oi in toxicftion. Many battles with sticks and fists, and stones were (bright, and many ciacked crowns were given and received? but beyond the foregoing melanchdy cir cumstance^ no furthet fatal effects ensued. Various depredations, howevet, were com* mitted and among others, some of the ri? tfers discovered nr.rf morning, thfet tliey had come home witnout their saddle-flaps, the well dressed leather of Which it had bern discovered, would make, superior broy;ue soals. Tetc*ci#r% H.Ut DISTRESS IN' EUR011 Letters from respect ble private vidua;s residing on the Coitnuuu jf I ? ape, reprt scut Ibe U?siie*s tmton^ peasantry of France* luiy and S^i'^r. land, a? pievailing to an extent uiirq lulled at any former period. Added to the ^ic it and unusual scarcity ?4 provisions, the i.trqutiii dtub^ndtn^ of the military corps was thi owing thousand* of person* upon *ncn?ty who wgrg entirely diMUuti uf itic" means of mi honorable subsistence. M ny brave men, win* had borne arms for their country, and shown wi?h a brilliant lustre on the ficUl ol ^lory ; in despair, haJ -either pal mi end to intir o w n lives, or sought a precarious livelihood by uniting themselves with some of the desperate bands of assassins that infest the g|<ai h^hways of Italy and Switzerland. Not* L ^ ^ Hiding the humane efluria of the res Ujrinqcnts, numbers of the p?'.?e l4?*y,wuli hunger. In some div ttxu, j-hm othei&? ilieijjr the extreme* :>v v Petersburg Intelligence/. Mitcriea if frchnd.-m An Irish Gentle man in writingto life friendio ttils cuy? says, * We have had tettersfrom Uerry to the lOih of. May* and have seen sever xal passengers, >( fcoth concur in descri bing the miserable condition of unfortunate Ireland. ?vJ?rovision$ are, not *o very dear as they have- be|ti fn^ former times, but there is aintt8P5| total ^ant of money^ fhe nun Who should .receive lOOOi. a year with difficulty can obtain 100/.; and be who should receive 100*. can scarcely get f1 1 W. Thousands of families _. are coniinu* ally wandering from .village to village J n search of food ; and those tarmfcrs who lived in pomfqrt,4)*te, been reduced to thort CQmtfion*% tuid^canitot c\df chore than g i v e a single potato* to Ofceh beggiug fa* mily or tbey would be reduced to beggary themselves. Notwithstanding this . e*r irtmc distress, Government is very un> willing to permit emigration to. America, and none can now come but.vhosc who can ps^ten guineas for thefcpQgitpe. None therefore can copte, but what triay j* cal> led the better, sort of the middling class.'* ' RaUigh(K C ) Ucgirttr. wretch^Dnes^6P fr/cnqe, The following deplorable picttKe of the state of France, is from the pen of a gen- ? tie man weil known in the tiithed States, Land whose virtues are not test distinguish* i ed tW? his talents Aurora. ? " THe death of Of, Mnhlgnhmft. Mr. HamUtooi Mr* Wrifouand Mr. Barton, are indeed deep wounds to science, pai li* cularly the latter. But, my dear sir, our fine country is at pieat{S??;jfevirerf tojlttl great firlnvfdc* of UfUimc^ and In Suth a , miserable situation that very little can be spared for mere existence, while Franca at the same time' labors underlie great* est scarcity ; thousands and thousand! *re forced to eat grass stuT roots procured by d^lng .the fields and woods ; women and children aire (ouncL'ffcftd from fioni want of food ; such is bur miserable situation, and Switzerland and Savoy am not bttUsr," t ?- . >w it--. ^ n ? ? y. . >? ? - ? V ? . On Thursday cventavg IM, Mr*. Bare l Milbmk*. ? of Bethlehem. Mr. VV.Uer MUb.nk,, w.? .afcly <WW Sf?5rt35?JS^ JS5"& i*?&' jji*V ?? :ntccniH in every work of thy hand, .iruit of thy body, and the fruit of I thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land for r good.? *flbdny Gazette. An old gentleman of the name of GouI%, lately married a girl scarcely nineteen year* of age? 'After the wedding tlp^E* vrnilv bridegroom add retted to hie friend Dr. G' ?? 1 the following couplet to inform Ljtim of the happy ivcat L^' ?'/ 44 So you see, my dtaf fity (ho4 eightf' years wit A girl of nineteen faU'ift lore with old ' Qoti/d." j - T 6 which the Doctor replied ? , M A girl of nineteen may love GOULD, ?f% w true / tff1 But believe w*e,~ dear sir, It tt QM without u/' 4 ?( V' i. i -? ? ?* ?? v ^ ? Baltimore, Jugunt 5. H&BVXftT ?W fttltf tYfif'AplA. A correspondent of a Philadelphia pa per s?y?, <* f hare jn*t returned from a long tony through PennsylfMrta, and I can truly xay - 1 never uw such crop* of Wteif, ryyaod - oats, or ? greater prospect for bockvflieaU The Indian com* except in a few solitary instances, looks delightful, and the pro* peels tfne.'* V> * - ' Lexington ) Ky . July 22. AUTVL OCCUaRtNCK. On Sunday Itfct two respectable lidleA Were kilted by lightning in the Presbyte rian meeting hiaise In this town ? Mrs. Jane Hieunor At'CuSaugh and Mrs. Jane JLucket* , This tiulp *ftiicting dispensation of Providence happened during divine worship : the scene of distress and con fusion among the congregation ct n scc?? ly be .