Bloomington Post, Volume 2, Number 21, Bloomington, Monroe County, 7 April 1837 — Page 2

Friday, tpril 7, 137. G. L.Throop,K. M. Farmer, Wm. Smith, and J. G. rattersoo were elected Constables of this township on Monday last. Our readers will perceive by a small article in another part of to-day 'a paper, that Gen. Santa Anna, has been defeated for President of the Republic of Mexico; he having received only 2 votes. General Bustamente, was elected to that office by a large majority. ; SNOW STORM. On the 3d inst. snow fell here to the depth of 12 inches, and, had the ground been frozen we have "no doubt it would -have been two feet deep. tVe learn by the Indiana Journal,! that Gen. Morgan, has declined running for Governor at the coming Au. gust election. This is just as it should be, and the Whigs of this State should never forget the motto unitedirt stand, divided toe Jul!.' On Wednesday evening the 29lh ult. we had the pleasure of attending the Exhibition of the Junior Class ol Indiana College. The evening was favorable, and the -lTge Hall was onusally crowded with spectators from different parts. The Voung Speakers, generally, did credit to themselves and the Institution to which iKot, hilnf. hirh hr(n ri.nrlu.ico. ' ly-, that the energy and weH known abilities of their Instructors, are not permitted to lay dormant, and the young mind left to wing its way alone to literary distinction, or fall by the way. Mjroe County Female. Seminary, The examination of the pupils of; this flourishing Institution, tock place (hiring the past week. Owini; to a 1 press of business, wc did not attend the examination, but .we lcrn from persons present, thai the Young LiUies underwent the esminatoa with nn ease and readiness which evinces 'the superior ability and industry of Mr. Peat .vo, the cendscter of the Institu lion. We have no hesitancy in spying it is one of the best fern tie Institu tions in the West. We recommend it to all parents wishing to give their daughters a thorough, and cheap education. For terms of tuition &x. we refer the public to an advertisement on our first page. Communicated. For the Bloomington Pott. Ma. Editor: On Wednesday evening last, I had the honor of attending the exhibition of the Junior Class of Indiana College; the evening was delightful, and consequently there was a large and respectable audience; & from the good attention paid by the heaters, it seemed they were well pleased. As for myself, I have not attended a more intellectual feast in the Western country. The young gentlemen who took part acquitted themselves with honor and credit. Their composition, their eloquence, r.d in line the whole performance, was such as would have done honor to any Institution. This confirms my opinion that young men may obtain as good an Education in Indiana, as any other State, and at less expense, and without foregoing those pleasures of honor, and of kindred, consequent to attend Colleges out of the btate. I have been informed, that Indiana Col lee Dow proffers every advantage of fered br other Colleges in the West or even in the North. It has an ac tive and efficient Faculty if I may judge from that part of the examina tion which I attended, ihe young men bore a very good examination And f am persuaded that Indiana Col lege may well claim public patronage Will lodiaaians sustain berf W. LINES ADDRESSED TO SEN EX Oh! while along the classic stream thy name Expanded flies and gathers all its fame, f!v shall my envi'd bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph and partake the galef TThile dolta in classic lore henceforth renose From envious strife, and blush they were our foes, Say, shall this verte to future timet portend That Junior1! victor was the writer's friend t Atticus. Bloomington, April 3d, 1817. VERY LATE FROM MEXICO. latalllgeact from this country has at Issgth keen received by the arrival I New Orlfacs, on the e2th inst. of

the sceooner Creole, in six days from Tampico. We learn by her that a fleet consisting of 4 brigs and 3 schooners of war had sailed from Vera Cruz for Metamoras, destained to operate a gainst Texas. Every thing was tranquil in Tampico. There were about 800 troops there in garrison. Santa ASna arrived at Vera Cruz

on the 21st of February, where he was rather coolly received, and with no more honors than were due to a common Mexican General. He left immediately for his estate, Mango de Chvo. The election returns for President were- " Anastacio Bustamente, 75 votes. Manual Gomez rudruzi, G Nicholas Bravo. ... 3 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, l2 M Gen. Bi'stamexte, we are inform eJ, by private letter, had arrived at the Kio del Norte, where the army is now elatiooed, n..d takes the com rn'ixl'in conjuncii.ui with Bravo. Santa Anna, mi his arrival at Vera Cruz, addressed People, and assured them that hi liberation was not owing to bribery, :r to any tiling derogatory to the M.-xican People, but purely to lh goodness of Gen. Houston. .A at. I nit I, BRADY'S LEAP. Captain Brady secmes to have been a3 much the Daniel Boon of the north east part of the valley of the Ohio, as the other was of the 6outh west, mid the country is equally full of tradi lionary legends of tits hardy ndven lures and hair breadlh escapes al though he bun lacked a Flint, to chronicle his f.tme and transmit it to posleiity in the glowing and beautiful language of tint distinguished annalist ol,l,ewc!l rom undoubted author ,l.r ll 8eems the following incident ar. tu illy transinred in thij vicinity. J ratty residence wu Charter's creek, on the south side of the Ohio, as before not'jd in thU diary ; nd be ing a man of Herculean strength, activity nnd courage, he wa g-.ier.ili) selected as the leader of the hard borderer? in all tbeir tncumotis into LeJian territory not lit ul iln riv.r. Oil litis O' r:isioti, winch was hint I the year 1C80, a htrg prty of war riors irom the ltlls i the . it vahit t and the nclj icent country haJ in.iJe ui itro,d on the south side of th. O bio river, in the lowest prt -of vh:tt is now Washington rtntntj, but which whs then known us the" settlement o! 'CiUtih Camp,' alter an old Indian ol that name, who lived there when the j wnnes itrsi came into me country, en i the Monongahela river. This part) had murdeied several families, and with the 'plunder' had recrossc-d the! Ohio before effectual pursuit could be made. By Brady a party was directly summoned of his chosen followers, who hastened on after them, but the Indians having one or two d.tts the start, he could not overtake litem in time to arrest their return to their vil lages. Near the spot where the town of Kaven now stand;, the lit dians sep trated into two parties, one of which went to the north, and the other wesi to the falls of Ihe Cuyahogt. Hrad)'e men alo divided; a part with their commander to the Indian village, lying on the river in the present township of Northampton, in rorlage country. Although Drady made his np f touches with the utmost caution, the ndians expecting a pursuit were on the lookout, and ready to receive htm. with numbers fourfold to those ol Brady's party, whose only safety was in a nasty retreat, which Irom the or der of the pursuit soon became a perfect flight. Brady directed his men to separate, and each one take care of htmselljbut the Indians knew Brady and having a most inveterate hatred and dread of him, from the numerous chastisement which he had inflicted upon them, left all the others, and with united strensth pursued him a lone. The Cuyahogn here makes a bend to the south iucluding, a large tract of several miles surface, in the form of a peninsula; within this tract the pursuit was holly contested . The Indians by extending their line to the right and left forced him on the bank of the stream. Having, in peaceable times, often hunted over this ground, with the Indians, and knowing every turn of the Cuyaho ga as familiarly as the villager knows the streets of his own hamlet, Brady directed his course te the river, at a spot where the whole stream is compressed by the rocky cliffs, into a narrow channel of only twenty two feet across the top of the chasm, although it is considerably wider beneath, near the water, and in height more than twice the number of feet above the current. Through this pass the water rushed like a race-borse chafing and roaring at the confinement of its current by the rocky channel, while a short dis tance above, the stream is at least fifty yards wide.

As he approached the chasm, Bra

dy, knowing that life or death was in the ettort, concentrated bis mighty powers and leaped the stream at a single bonnti. It so happened that on the opposite cliff, the leap was favored by a low place, into which he dropped, and grasping Ih e bushes, he thus helped himself to ascend to the top of the cliff. The Indians for a few moments were lost in wonder and admiration and before they had recovered their recollection, be was half way up the side oi the opposite hill, but still within reech of their rifles. They could easily have shot him any moment before; but beiug bent on ta king hwn alive, for torture, and to lut their long delayed revenge, they lorebore the use of the rifle; but now seeing him likely to escape, they all fired upon him-; one bullet wounded him severely, in the thigh, but not bo badly as to prevent his progress. The Indians having to make a considerable circuit before they could cross the stream, Brady advanced a good dis tance ahead. His limb Was growing sUtrfrom the wound, and as the Indians gained on him, he made for the pond which bears his name, and plunging in, swam under water n considerable distance, and came ap under the dunk of a large oak, which had fallen into the pond. This, although leaving only a small breathing place to support life, itill completely shel tered him from their sight. The In dians tracing him by the blood to the wnt'-r, made diligent seated all around the pond, but Gudine no signs ol hi twt, hnally came to the conclusion i thai he had sunk nnd was drowned As they were at one time standing on the very tree beneath whtch he was concealed, Brady understanding their Janaage, was very glad to hear lite result of their deliberations and after they had gone, weary, and hun gray, he nude good his retreat to hi? own home. His followers also all re turned in safely. This chasm across which he lc tped, is in sight of the bridge where we crossed the Cuya ho t, and is known in all that region h) lite name of 'Brady's Leap.' ('Yo:i ihe Saturday Courier. llAMtO.M SKETCHES FROM THE WEST. The fjiiccr Lawyer .1 fact. Several years since there came a ynuti Virginian into one of the villages of iheWest the countyseat of a county and announced himself to be u lawyer, who intended pitching his tent among them. It was but a short time before the sitting of the court, and our young debutant had the mortification to enter upon this legal patsover without a tingle case. 1 his state ol things would have been rather discouraging tinder any circumstances, but it was still more so, since it was accompanied with an alarming emptiness in the region of his pocket. But our hero was not a man given to despondence; and he began forthwith to cast about htm for the purpose of bettering his condition . Right over the way from his lodgings, there stood what is called, in the western parlance, a grocery,' aliler a grogshop. I need not say that it had its full allowance of worshippers. From this delightful purlieu, amidst the babel-like concord of drunken jargon, the ears of the brieflness lawyer were struck with the iotas of a violin. He sauntered carelessly overj nnd entered this scene of rude joviality. To possess himself of the fiddle, Which was in the hands of a lusty woodchopper, was the work of a moment; and it was but another moment be fore the. throng were crowding around to listed. They perceivtd at Di.ce that the instrument wns played by a mnster,and they all voted instantly, that the Orpheus of the grog-shop was perfectly eclipsed. They were delighted ; but when the unknown visiter added his voice to the notes, and burst into a comical negro song, the whole company were uprorious in their raptures. t must eacept the musical wood cutter the took it in high dudgeon that any one should presume to compete with him on his own dunghill. 'Harkee, sirrah,' said he, going up to our hero in a threaten ing manner, 'you may beat me on the fiddle, but I'll bed d if I

can't oui-jump, our-wrestle, or, if

you come to that, out-fight you.' 'I accept the challenge,' said the lawyer; and throwing down the violin, the company repaired to the front of the grocery. There, at the first effort, he distanced his antagonist some six inches. 'He jumps like a greyhound,' said he of the axe, scratching his head, and somewhat mortified; 'but if 1 canH throw iiim, I'll be shot.' But the success of the poor wood-chopper was as bad in this second -trial ns the first. He was perfectly enraged by his discomfitures, and stripping off his coat, swore he 'would flog him at any rate. But the company, who had taken quite an affection for our hero, interfered, and they all adjourned to the grogshop, to drink each other's healths, and to smoke the calumet. The lawyer in the meanwhile kept cracking his joke?, and singing his songs, and telling his stories to the great diversion of the company. It was not long before some of the toners beean verv naturalily to talk about their cases in i court. The lawyer then com menced giving them advice, and spoke very learnedly on the subiJfCt. l ou must be a lawyer,1 said au old gentleman, who had been listening to him very intently. lie answered in the affirmative. 'Then I'll be- if you shant plead my case to-morrow! 'And mine,' said another. 'And mine, said a third. The lees were forthwith put into his hands and our hero went to bed that nilit fifty dollars richer than he. was in the morning. The event proved that the confidence of his clients was not misplaced. The cases entrusted to him were mastered in a masterly manner: and be rose from that moment with rapid stride to the head of the bar. He afterwards filled many important ofiiees in the state, and v as in a lair way to have attained the highest in lite fiift of the people; but his unfortunate habits of dissipation undermined his constitution, and cut him off in the. midst of bis career. Such was the beginning and end of II. II M. STBAM BOAT DISASTERS. On Wednesday, the 22d inst., the steam boat 'Texas,1 bonnd for this port, collapsed a flue, when about three miles below this place. The Principal En gineer, Mr. Ci.emmons, was badly scalded, but will recover with proper attention. Some three or four of the hands were slightly scalded, but not so badly as to disqualify them from business. The Texas is now lying at our Wharf, having been towed up by the Concord. On the ifth inst., the steam boat Shoal-Water' sunk in the Ohio river, near Troy, Indiana. The boat was insured in the sum of four thousand dollars; the freight was likewise principally insured. The boat will be raised. The freight all damaged, and a portion lost. The ShoalWater was bound for Logansporl nnd was principally ladened for Messrs. Pollard and Johnson of that place, and Mr. Jonas Trenv bly of Georgetown, Illinois, fof merly of this place. Messrs. Trembly and Pollard and John son, we are informed; had their goods insured. We are informed by a gentleman who wad on board the Shoal-Water when she sunk. mat an praise is due Badger, Mister of ihe boat !and other officers, both for their con duct in landing the boat and rescuing the passengers, at well as for their gentlemanly deportment in general. The boat went down in about five minutes after the passengers were landed. The assigned

cause of her sinking". leaka ge. Free Press.

Murder at Sea. The New Orleans correspondent of the New York Express gives Ihe following information, under date of Ihe 1 1th inst: The Texian armed scooner Tom Toby, which cleared here some three weeks since has returned, ber crew having -mutinied and murdered the toctorand Pimer but in the attempt to murder the Captain they were overpowered by him, rind with the assistance of the mate and some passengers, he succeeded in having the ringleaders made fast to the ring bolts in the deck; they are now in jail. TTie captain had a friend among the crew, who told him of their intentions, and was to cough three times when he fotind they were coming aft, for the purpose of murdering him. Accordingly when all was ;eady, he coughed, and the captain repared to meet them, first taking avray the cabin steps, Jfcc. One of the murderers had four loaded . pistols, oi,e of which he had at full cock in his hand, under his blanket coat, when he fell down the cabin doer; another had a pistol and a knife. Do you want to buy a raal prim? lot of butter' said a ynnkee i otroii dealer, who had picked up a load at fifty different places to a Boston merchant. . What kind of butter is t?Tsltc( the buyer. 'The clear quill; all made by niy wife from a dairy cf 40 cows; only tvira cnurr.ings.' Bui h:t m ikes it so m.iny d?irr ent calcrsT said the inrcbant. 'Darnalicn! hear that now. gney you woulJ'nt b thai question i youfsee my cows, for they are a dart'di sight spcckleder than the butter is. Insurrection ct Ilnyti. Br a pror I tmaiim of President Boyer, iue under date of the 31st Janary, it np pear th .t an insurrection had broktitx out in the city of Cape Hay tien, hf-ad-fd ly Col- liidor Gabriel, and stjp-lirtt-d hy a portion of the troops, h appear that Gabri-.l, with l,i injurgent lorces, had attacked MnJ gained )orStr?rion of the arsenal, tot it was. quickly "re t..ker, at the point of the bajonei, and the traitor Kid.r iin-L his a'ccoulicea tvtl'id eafcty only im The proclamation 6ay 'the rebell ion ;i3 .Mifled the moment it wnsseen," advi.es the llaytiens to be contiditiit in ihe vidom nnd energy of the government of liberty anJ order. Southern Convention. Thtr New Orleans Bulletin says: "LeL the Convention, we say, be called and called soon, Let the Le gislature urge the matter upon the attention of the other Slave States, and propose, a time and. place for the assembly to be held let provisions be made for the appointment of delegates, and. lastly, if the measure be approv ed by the other Stales interested;, and this meeting be held letsuch an exposition of our right! and feelings be made as will ' compel ihe Abolitionists to choos between the destruction of theUnion, or Ilia undisturbed continuance of the present happy;, and prosperous condition bf things." QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONCirtES. 'Why do you not presetot ybiirself as a candidate for Congress ? said a lady to her husband who was confined to his chair, by ihe gout. am not qualified fb ihe station,' was the reply. 4 think you are,' returned the rife, .'yonr language and actions are truly parliamentary. When bills are presented, yoii either order them laid on ihe table or make a motion to rise, though often out of order, you D.re still supported by the chair; and you often poke your nose in measures which are calculated to dustrory the riohitlitiiion. STATISTICS. Our globe contains 146 millions square miles of wdleri nd 50 of land. In America there i. re about 16 millions of square miles of land, in Asia 16, in Africa 11, in Europe S, la Australasia 1-2 million, The population upon the earth is variously estimated, but is probably not far from 700 millions; In Europe 10 millions, in Asia 349 millions, in Africa 70 millions, in America 40 millions, in Abstrainsia 30 millions. The number o'f language spoken upon the globe i4 about S,000.