Indiana Palladium, Volume 6, Number 42, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 23 October 1830 — Page 4

From tbt P iriUnd Courier. BOUSDABT II SIS OF THE UITED STATES From the couse of St. Croix, these states todtfie, Dae north to the Highlands first draw a right line; Then westward along the said Highlands ex tend it, To south of what streams with St. Lawrence are blended. Thus let it proceed till it meet in its course Connecticut rivet's northwesern most source; Then down the said river until it arrive At degrees of north latitude forty and fire. Due west in a line now its course it must uke And strike a great stream from Ontario's lake ; This cold, rapid stream Cataraqui tbey call, Which loses its name at the town Montreal The line in its course fr westwtrdly mkes Through four rery famous and fresh water taken; These lakes with each other by straits are connecte-d, AH which by the line must be duly dissected ; OnUrio, Erie and Huron by name, And wide sptead Superior w it of ihe samt. The last mentioned lake this line passes through To north of isle Royalle and Phillipaux too, Proceeding still farther the same must be tr c'd. Through Long Lake and Wood Lake that lie to northwest. Still wt-siward it goes, Mississippi to find; Then dnwn its great stream far to south let it wind. To latitude thirty and one it extends. Then leaving this nver to eastward it bends, Till ApU hicola meeting it winds To 'the north, till the head of Flint river it finds Thence e ist to the river St. Mry by nam?, And winds as it winds to the mouth of the sme Next through the Atlantic northeastward it goes, All isles sixty miles from the coast to enclose. The fi at named St. Croix now pointg out its course, From the threat bay of Fundy, to eaid rivei'j s uirs e Twa islands in Lake Superior

THREE WISHES. At a small fishing vill.ig in Dutch Flanders, there is s ill the? scite of a hut which was an object of much attention while it stood, on account of a singular kgnrid which relates to i f p first inhabitant, a kind hearted fellow who depended on hia beat -for subsistence, and on his own happy disposition for cheerfulness during every hardship and privation. Thus the glory goes: 01 e dark and stoimy night in winter, as Jnn Sralkiu was sitting with his good nalured btiX'm wife by the fire, he was awakened from a transient doze by a knocking at the door of his hut. lie started up, drew back the bolt, a stranger entered. H-' was a tall man, but little could be distinguished either of his face or figure, as he wore a daik cloak which he contrived lo pull over his head in the fashion of a cowl. 'I am a poor traveller," says the fltiang jr, "and want a uighirs lodging Will you grant it ov Aye, to be sure,' replied Scalken, 6bui 1 am afraid your cheer will be but Sorry, Hid you cone sooner, your fare might have been better. Sit down, however, and eat of what is lef;.' Tbe traveller took him at his word, and in a short lime afterwards retired to his humble sleepit g place. In the morning, as he was about to depart, he advanced towards S dken, and giving him his hand, thus addressed him: 'It is needless for you, my good friend, to know who I am, but of thisbe assured, I m and will be grateful; for when the rich and the powerful turned me last night from their gates, you welcomed me as man shoula welcome mat), and looked with an eye of pity on the d-solate traveller in the ntorm. I grant thee three wishes be they what they may, those wishes shall be gratified.' Now Scalken did not put much faith in this premise perhaps he looked upon it as Southerners do upon a Nhw E .gland tiiek it might be a scheme to deceive him; but at all events he thought like a prudent Dutchman, it wa heat to comply, and accordingly b g in to, co sid t r how he should fix his withes. Jan was a man who had few or no ambitious views; and was contented with the way of life in which he. had been bru't up had he lived in these times and in this country, he would probablv, havft askd for the privileges of striking into existence at big canal, or he might have asked for an improvement iu rail road, or the steam ermine, or some such matter; but as it a-, he tho't of nothing of the kind, li fact, he was so well satisfied tvith hi? hf-, that he was net inclined to loose a single day of his laborious existence, but on the contrary had a Eincere wish to finis!) jft as he had begun itf unl:i;r.tui?and even to add a few mote year; t his existence. Ln my wife ;md myself live fiftv Jear9 longer than nature has destined I1 'It shall be d me,' said the stranger. YViiiUt Scalken was pus ling his brain f -r.a sec-'tid wish, he betheught himfelf of a pear tree, in his little garden, and whiih had been frequentlv despoiled of its frui, to the no email detriment of the suid tree, and to the giiu-

vcjs disnppointment'of the owner. 'For my second wish grant that w hoever climbs my pear tree, shall not have power to leave it until my permission is given.' This was also assented to. Scalken was a sober man, and liked to sit down and chat with his wife of an evening; but she was a bustling lady, and often jumped up in the midst of a conversaiion when she had only heard ten or twelve lines, to scrub the table, or put their clay platters in order. Nothing disturbed him so rrrjch as this, .-nd he determined, if possible, to prevent a recurrence of the nuisance. With Ibis obj ct in view, he approached the stranger, and in a lew whimper told him his third and last wish that whoever sat in a particular chair in hia hut, should not be able to move cut of it until it pleased him so to order. The wish was agreed to by the traveller, who, after many greetings, departed on his j )urney. Years pa;-St d on, and hi4 two Ust wishes had been fully giati fied by often detaining thieves in his tree and his wife in her chair. It happened that the birth day of the fisherman and his wife were the same. The time was approaching when the promise cf longevity would be falsified or made manifest. They were setting together on the evening of the day that made him seventy-nine years, ai.d Mfiije seventy-three years of age, when the moon, that was shining through the hut, and the stars, rushed down the dark clouds and lay glaring on the face ol the ocean, over which wa spread an unnatural calmness, although the nkies appeared to be mastered by the winds, and were heaving onward with their mighty waves of cloud. Birds dropped dead frorn the clouds9saud the foilage ol the trees turned to a pale red. Ail seemed to prognosticate the approach of death; sad in a few minutes alterwards sure enough he came. He was, however, very different from all the worthy couple had heard or fancied of him. IIo was certainly very thie, and had little colour, but he was well dressed, and his deportment waa thai ol a gentleman. Bowing very poliuly to ihe ancient pair, he told them that he merely came lo give notice that by right they belonged to him that day, out fifty years respite was granted, and when that period expired he should visit them again. lie then walked away, and the moon, and the stars, and the wa'er, regained their nalural up pearance. For Ihe nest fifty years every thing passed on as quietly as before; but the time drew nigh for the appointed advent of death. Jan became thoughtful, and he felt no pleasure at the idea of the intended visit. The day arrived, and deaih came preceded by the samts horrors as on a former occasion. 'Well, good folks,' and be made a low bow, fcyou can have no obj ctiou to accompany me, for assuredly you have hitherto been highly privileged, and have lived long enough.' The old dame wept and clung feebly to her husband, as if she feared they were to be divided, atter passing away from the earth on whi h they had dwell so long and go happily together. Poor Scalken also looked very downcast, and moved after death bm slowly. As he passed by the garden he turned to t ike a last look at it, when a sudden thought struck him. He called to death and said, lSir, allow me to propose something

to y ou our journey is a long one, and j we have no provisions; I am too infirm i or 1 would climb yonder pear tree and take a stock of its best fruits with us; ou are active and obliging, and will, Jam sure, get it for us.' lXath, with great condescension, complied, and ascending the tree gathered a great number of pears, w-hich he threw down to Scalken i.)d his wife. At length he determine upon descending, but to his surprise and apparent consternation, discovered that he was immoveable ; nor would Jan allow him to leave the tree until he had given him a promise of living another half century. They j gged on in the good old way fifty years more, and death came to the day. He was by no means so polite as he had formerly been, lor the trick that Scalken had put upon him, ofiended his dignity and hurt his. pride not a little. 'Coine, Jan,' said he, 'y ou used me very scurvily the other day, (death thinks very little of fifty year?!) lam determined to loose no time come. Jan was sitting at a little table, busily employed in writing when dealb entered. Ke raised his head sorrowfully, and the pen trembled as he thus addressed him 3 confess that my former conduct towards you merits blame, but I have done with such knaveries now, and have learned to know thai life is of but little worth, and that I have seen enough of it. Still bpfore I quit this world I should like to do all the good lean, and was engaged when you ar rived in making a will, that a poor lad who has been always kind to us, may receive this hut and my boat. pfay

$U down, as in a fetf moments my ta?k will be ee;dei.' Death thus .tpit aled to could refuse no longer, and seated himielf in a chair from which he found it as difficult lo rise as it had formerly been to descend from the tree. His liberation was bought at the expense of an additional liiiy years, at the end of whch period and exactly on their birth day, Jan Scalkin and his wife died quietly in their ned, and the salt water timed freely in the village in which they had lived almost long enough to be parents to its whole inhabitants. First ProoJ Powder. A fellow from the Pine Swamp having lately had occasion to visit a village a few miles distant, and wishing to "make a speck? in some w ay or other, by the w ay of in demnifying the expenses of the journey, bought a keg of powder, and took i home to sell. It had not been manyday a in his house, before a coapie of hunters called for a supply of it, to whom its virtues were recommended by the retailer, in the following terms: ''The night arter I'd brought it home, our Sal opened the kag, and some how or notlier havin to leave awhile, she stuck the candle into it like she would into a candlestick. I goes into the room a while arter, and the candle havin burnt down to the top o' the powder, it caught afire, and darn me if it womt

neerly nil burnt up before J could letch a bucket o water lo throw cn it!" Children's hair. The Journal of Health that excellent work which should be in every family recommends, in a late number, ihi the hair should be frequei t'y cut, until children are ten years old. The idea of its making hair coarse to keep it cut, in childhood, is stated to be a mere prejudice. A too luxurious head of hair is apt to produce paleness of complexion, weak eyes, headache, dropsy in the brain, &r. The habit of frizzing the hair, and of forming it into braids, is very injurious to its beauty. The frequent use of an ivory comb is objected to; but no matter how frequently the brush is used. If you wish for g!osy and abundant hair, it must in early life.be kept thoroughly disentangled and perfectly clean. Bfany years since, some gentlemen setup nn assembly for dancing, and desiring to make a distinction and assume a rank above the mechanics, they at first proposed this among the rules for regulating the assembly: "That no mechanic or mechanic's nife or daughter should be. admitted on any terms " These rules being shown by a manager to Dr. Franklin, for his opinion, lie remarked, that one of them excluded God Almighty! "How so," said the manager. "Because,'" replied the friend, "he is notoriously the greatest mechanic in the universe, having as the scripture testifies made all iliings, and that by rceight and measure." The mtfnded new gentlemen became ashamed of their rule, struck it out, and no distinction has ever since been mr.de, A Damper. A oung city fop, in companv with some belles of fashion, wa3 riding into the country a pleasuring. when thpy saw a poor rustic looking country lad at work by the road's side. Thinking it a fine opportunity to show his 7cit to the damsel? by sporting with the poor hoy's ignorance, he thus accosted him: "Can you tell me, Mr. Zebedee, how far it is to where J am going, and which is the most direct road?" Poor Z-bby, not at all daunted , but with the most pnber and composed countenance, replied: "If you are going to the gallows it is hut h short distance; if to the jail, it staods a few rods this side; but if ooly to poverty and disgrace, you are now approachi-.j your j,.urn-Vs end. A for the most direct road to either, you are now in it, and cannot miss the wav." Dandv dropped his head and drove on. The experimental Apple Tree of Goeltniiz. Tnis apple tree, at present is in a healthv state, nnd GO Years nf nnrn has been engrafted with no lessthan 330 ! varieties ol apples e nice the y ear 1 804 . The first year 175 varieties were engrafted on the; body of the tree without any order being followed. The fertility of the tree, thus laden, with so many sorts of apples, has always been considerable; in 1813, it y ielded 12 Allenburg bushels. In 1313 it was respected by the numerous troops who encamped around it, and regarded it with a sort of superstitious admiration. When covered with fruit, the appearance of this tree is enchanting; and furnished a subject of study to the horticulturist and the physiologist ; it Js frr. quetitlv visited by the curious. Julv 4, 182fJ. J Accident. -The Baltimore Emerald states that a gentleman walking to the rail road, a few days since, perspired to such a degree, tnt hetloal'd out of bis boUj -ml has not been heard of since.

A horse crawling through a pc-sf. A story is told ol the late li v. Mr. Sprague, of Dublin, N. II . which shows the remarkable simplicity of the learned parson in a very ludicrous light. Paving a visit to one of his parishoners he threw the bridle of his horse over the post of a rail fence near the house. During his stay the animal contrived to disengage the briule from the post and getit under his fi et seeing which, a servant girl drew the rein through one of ihe mortises and over the post in the firm of a noose. The parson took his leav ,and going lo untie his horse, was indescribably astonished to find the bridle which he threw over the post, thus past through one of the holes. "This beats all" j tculaled he to him If: k,l never saw ihe like of it befor ! T be sure, we read of a camel going through the eye ol a nee dle but that was in the day s of miracles. N , no, I never saw jhe like of this before; he examined it anew, he tried to get the bridle out; but it surpassed his ing'MHiit) : "Y s it mu?t be, said hr? "the horse has actually crawled through the post hole, there's no other way to account for iiV" Full of the impression, and despairing of making ihe animal retrace his steps, he whipped out his knife and was cutting the trine, when the sam girl, preceivieg his quandary, reh-ast'd the horse and xplained the tmsterv. F"it if the simple parson had been astonished before, he was no less so now, to fi id his own penetration stir panned by that of the st-rvant girl. "H", girl said he, 1 believe you're right; but how m the name of w oeder Mhould a girl tike you know more than a man of m learning. ?s astonishing! astonishing? miracnlnu ! miraculous!" JV. Y. Constellation.

Original Anecdote. A young man in M-iryland, thn ugl the ii.fluence of bad company, beet-me much addicted to xtravagant drinking. He would frequently absent hims'-lf from his father's house on a spree, and not return for several weeks. A! lrgihhe was absent longer ihan usual: his ai xious father enquired after him with tears in his -es: and at last heard i f him in Lin- ( oln. H-' saddled up his corn fed poney,and away he went under whip and srur: H at last found him rich, happy and drunk, in a siillfn.nse. 4Vhy, sou,'1 said the old man, hail pleased and altogether quite entirely wxed, "what are y u doing here?" "Oh dad," sa be, "Pm making monev like llugen!" "Ah, how ?" -aid the old'man. "Why" said he, "m Person county, they made me give forty cents a gallon for whiskey, and here they let a body have it for t went ! ST II P II E 17 C. STEVENS AND EZEEIEE WJULSIim, "ITjjTAVlNG mured into par n-i?lip in H q ttie Dearborn circuit court, o.Of-r ttinr se rvices to the puMic in ihe practice- of taw. Their office is K nt a fw iioors Est of the C'rrka otlico ;n wrenci burh, the snn3 that wa9 formerly occupied by Arthur St. Clair Ss'q All proft-asioml btisiness entrusted to tliir care will recyiva their joint and nur.ctu-il attention. Lawrenceburgh, Aprli 1830. 17KHS. SAEAH SUTTON, k KT lbt KS to inform the citizens cf Vi.1 Lawrenccburgh and its vicinity, that she ha9 opened a XOZXiL-XHEXlY SHOP on the rignt hand side of Hih Street, a few boors below the market house, in the brick building formerly occupied by William V. Cheek; where she will carry on the business in all i's venous branches making Silk or .at:;n Bonnets, or trioring Leghorn fl its, all tering S trimming old ones. From her cxperiance in the business tbo hopes to give general satisfaction to all who may favor her with their custom. All orders in her line of business will be punctually attended to in the most fashionable manner, hs she has an opportunity of receiving the newest from Cincinnati weekly. August 23, 1S30. S4-tf. GENERAL LAND OFFICE 23d August, 1 S30. JYOTiCE IS HEREBY GllTEX fTTM-lA I" the sale of the Fubhc Lands, j directed by the Present's proclamation of the fifteenth of June last, to take place at the Land Office at Crawfordsvilie, in the state of Indiana, on the first Monday ic October nxt, is hearby postponed untd the f rs! Monday in November nes' ; and the sale directed by the same proclamation to take place at the Land Office at Fort Wayn?, in the same state, on the third Monday in October nat, is hereby postponed untiV the third Monday in November next. JOHN M MOORE, $ Acfg. Com of the Gen. Ln I OsEca BLANK Deeds, Mortgages, Executions, u " Summonses, &c. for sale at this Oilicc.

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the President of the United States. IN pursuance of law, I, Andrew Jacssojt, President cf the United States of America, do hereby dt-clnre end make known, that public sales will be held nt the Land Orhcet at Crawfordsville and Fort Wayne, in the State of Indiana, at the periods hereinafter designated, to wit: At the Land Olnce at GiUiXVTORDEVZEEE, on the first Monday in October next, for the disposal of the public lands withio the limits of the undermentioned township! and fractional townships, viz: Townships ticenty eight thirty seven, and thirty eig'it, of range one, East of the second principal meridian; Fraction of township ticerty rnvn, end townships JttVj seven end thirty eight, cf ranpe one, West of the eeconU pnocipal meridian; Fraction of township twenty six and townships twenty seven, thirty seven, and thirtyeight, of rang riro, West of the second pno cipal meridian; Fraction of township twenty Jive , and townships twenty six twenty seven, thirtyseven, and thirty eight, of rane three, West of the second principal rnendnn; Fractional township thirty eight, of rang four West of the second prmc i?l meridian; Fractional township thirty eight of range f.cs West of the second principal meridian; Ihe fractions of towi.shipt twenty-fjve, twenty sis, twenty seven, nsd (enty eight, above designated, exclude the bnds reserved to the State of Indiiina, for Canal purposes, under the provisions of th act of c: jress, apprated on the 2d dy of March. 1827. The townships designated as numbri thirty-seten and thirty-eight, ere in the vicinity of Lake Michigan. At the Land Offic at TOUT WAY2TIT,, on the third Monday m October nexi. foe the disposal of the public lands within tha limits of ihe undermentioned township Bnti fraction! townships in the viom'y of lha Elkhart River, lying East of the second principal meridian, v 2: Town ship? thirty 9 even and thrty eight, of ranges tivot three and four. Township thirty five thirty six end thirty seven, of range eight. Tomisbips thirty three, thirty fevr thirtyfit's, thirty-sis, and tuiity-sevtn, of raugs nine. Township thirty-two, thirty-three, end thirty-four, of rane ten. Townships thirty-three and thirty-four, of range elpveo. Township thirty-three of ran 5 twelce. The townships will be otYered in the order above designated, beginning with the lowest number of section in each. The lands reserved by law for the usp ol schools or fur other purposes, are to be excluded from sale. t Given umb rmy bond at the Ci'y of Washington, this fifth day of June, A . L) 1SS0. A ft DREW JACKSON. GsoriGE Gkaham, Commissioner of the General Land OfSce Junt 7, 18S0. 24- IB. MAIL STAGE. Lawrenceburgii and IndianJ apolis Line. j The subscriber rf sppetfuily informs tha ; public that his Mail Stagr cn the nbove nvml ad route- is now in actiie operation It leaver Indiinapohs on Mondy morning and arrives at L Arenct-burgh on Tuesday ever.ing; departs next morning C o'clock end arrives at Indianapolis on 1 hureday evening. J ho accommodations on the line are good, and fare moderate. For passage, applj at the post office, Law renceburgb. James Johnson. July 17, 1830. 27-tf. Collectors Notice "TOTICE is hereby given to all persons concerned, that I have received the duplicates of 1 ass fcr the year 1330, also a precept accon panj ing; th-m, to me directed j froci the Clerk's Office cf the Dearborn cirj cutt court, commanding rre of the goods, J ch'tles, lands atd tenements of each 4 eVl ry ! person charged thereon to levy and exposa j to sale so much thereof as will satisfy the same. Notice ia also further given that I et a' I n pose to sle at the Court House door ia lbs Town of Lawrncf burgh, on the 2nd Moniny in JYoxrmber iiezt9 ol rJcn-Rsidens, Lands, Town lots, acd oT ahbers, who fail to pay their taxes on or be fore said day. John Spencer. Sept 23 150 INDIANA FiVLLADIUK, PRINT KD AND PUBLISHED BY Publisher of the Laws of the United States TERMS. The Faii. ii'irM is pnn'ed -veefc'y, on sw per royM pper, t THltKb 1MJLLAUS, per annum psui at the end of the yenr; but vhich my be discharged ty the paymfr.l of TWO DOUj:S in uhance or by paying TWO DOLL A'.tS nd FIK'l V CfcNTS t iheexpiration of six ir.c-i.ths. Those who recev their papers by the ma! carrier, in'.ist pay the earnsgr;', otherwise it wiil he charged on their subscription. Rags! licigs! Two cents er pwtvU in CASH ci!l by' p iiu for any quantity oj clean Linen and Cotton RAGS, a! this- cjics.

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