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BLOOmXGTOX, INDIANA, FltfOAY JUNE 23, 1837.

I umber 31.,

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dy, either dead or alive. The boat stopped on her re

turn, at the same spot. The hartley tenant of the hut

was summoned, who now displayed an aspect which had not been noticed under the meanness of his former garb with a countenance which bespoke a much higher

condition than that of ordinary woodcutters, and teat tires that seemed lighted up, as if by the consciousness of

some recent good fortune. hen asked by the eargcr

captain it he could civeanv tulmssot the lost nassen-

ger, lie answered iu the neeative. And though he

spoke in a manner that seemed to believe his assertion,

yet everv cross inquiry and every search, both in the

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From the Western Mirror. TIIC WOODCUTTKll A TALE OF THE MISSISSIPPI. BY JAMES KCGGLES. "Uut whate'er jou arc, That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, " Lose and neglect the creeding hours of timo If ever you have looked on better days " Shaksjxore.

Thosi otilv. who have floated on the waters of that

noble stream which meanders through the extensive forest or scattering plantations of the southern and

western sections of our growing country, will have their

mind snilab v impressed with the matestic extent atid

iiovvni-fu! nsoti ros of tbo I'iiiTPiI States.

The steamboat navigation of the Mississippi and her

tributary rivers, lias recently arrived at such a degree

of improvement, us to rival in many respects the commerce of the atlantic states, and open a channel for the emigration of the hardy and enterprising sons of the more thickly populated states of the eastern section ot our union. The mississippi valley, including the country lying

on the river of that name and its branches, is becoming

saw himsclfatonee an outcast, s.urnod by his former patron and his family, to one of whom ho had antici paled to ha in a few days, united by the tender ties of wedlock. In vain did he write both to Mr. Moreton and his daughter, attesting Lis innocence his letters wore returned unopened. Finding nis reputation and p. -ospects entirely blasted in Cincinnati, he threw him - !f carelesMv on board of a steamboat bound for New

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mediate attendance at the residence of'i

relative on business of importance. Winover, art iving soon after sent for, was conduet're! f- .the p:v rte apartment, where he was no.Lrl petrified in suddenly finding himself in the company of two persons who he had supposed, O. hoped, were in their graves, bothuf whom he was conscious of having wronged. Alter Ceing restored to sufficient sell" possession to: real the papers that Lad lock had procured in evidence of his guiltj he shrunk like a condemned criminal into a corner, and did not hesitate to give his immediate signature to a

paper .Moreton hud already prepare J, by means of which, Wiiiover, after receiving h'us just proportion cf

, and was no more heard of until si x months af-

er. when Wiiiover, stating that he had received information of his death, hastened to communicate the news so L'niily, who ever since his absence had asserted her

water and out of it resulted in a belief that the unibr- doubts of his -:ilt: had retired from all aiv soeietv

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u'pmaoiy ueau. apirn. interest in the mercantile house of which he had been On the arrival of the steamboat at Cincinnati, the Ladlock was now entirely forgotten, & the business an unworthy partner.

ie lueucc 01 tne late passenger, nis mtsiorumaio was m Uie mercantile house of.Moreton and V nover. went The 1st timo wo -w Cnnnm T.n.llo-L- h u.in

announced in all the papers and leaving his bereaved on as usual for another year, and nothing extraordina- company with his wife and father-in-law. on a nleasant

family to attend to the accustomed ceremony and re- ry occu ,ed, till the sad announcement of Moreton be- trip to N.Orleans. Emily's health and spirits were tiremcnts, we shall relate some interesting particulars ing drowned, as related, above. At the news of the entirely restore.! On nr ,v,ssod tl inf!!

m the history of the deceased and his household, who death of the principal of the mercantile house, business hut of the woodcutter on the 'lonely bank of the Mis. are now clad m mourning and receiving the condol- w as carried on by Wiiiover alone, and week after week sisaippi, pointed out to us bv its former tenant, and ance of their numerous friends. passed in which few things worfhy of rekning occurcd gazed at with no little interest by Emily and her faMr. Samuel Moreton. whose sudden tlnd deplorable in the bereaved family, except some particulars res- ther. death, was now announced in the papers through the peeling Miss Emily. This lovely flower which had ' country, was a native of Pennsylvania. lie had at an bee 1 doomed to receive another shock from news of tlie From Hie ston Courier, May 18.

early period in the settlement of Ohio, emigrated to death of her beloved father, was fast declining in that state, and in the lucky purchase of a small piece ot health, and was seldom seen from home. nd near the spot where Cincinnati now stands had In- About thjee mouths after the loss of her father, she creased his fortune. The great advance in the price of was sitting peniveiv one evening in her retired room. I ... J 1 .n .t -i i .i .i ,rt . . . - - .

miiu uceasioueu oy tne rapid anu unexpected growin oi nen a m-iant relative, and friend of her late father, this yelpod 'queen of the west,' enabled him with good who lived iu a retired part of the city, called to see monagemeiit, soon to become the owner of an extensive her, and requeued she should accompany him home. i. i.i: . i. . r i. i . . . ...' , .

nun-.-an; c3i.iuiiMm;m, uu a ituuiucr ui nuusus ami i u ui-s earnest entreaties, she at last consenteu alter - it. ili . .. . .. ...

iois, me income ana reins oi w men enaoieo nun to en- ueuig tola tlvat something ot the utmost importance to

u- ate his lamily in a very liberal manner, and intro- her and her family, required her to accompany him

uuee tliem into the most genteel circles. Alter rein uuinir a few minutes at the hon.ie of this

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ma ibuiuiuiv u.i"iiifi,wiumw; uii'j niiiiiv, uj in uhu, sue was conducted to a oacK room, ana nail no

say the least of them, and without going into a minute sooner raised her eyes to perceive to what company

detail ot the various accomplishments, which adorn the she was about to he introduced, than with a sudden

female character, would have been no disparagement

to the nr.st polite circles of the older cities of Phila

delphia and New York. Hut as to the virtues of the

heart, thev exhibited as is often the cae, a striking

contrast. Caroline although pos:?essed of beautiful fen

turc, was haughty, and often insolent; while Emily

with non Inferior personal accomplishments, was ex

tremely modest compassionate, condescending and

kind.

hriek she fell to the floor: and no sooner were her a-

tonished senses restored from her momentary swoon

of unutterable amazement, than she found herself in

the warm embrace of whom her own fond Hither

whom she had entertained no doubt was in his watery grave. How was her astonishment increased, when

she beheld that the person who now stood beside her

and extended his welcome hand, was one long fondly

cherished iu her recollections, though also supposed to

Connected with Mr. Moretoa's business in,his count- have lieen in his silent tomb- her formerly beloved

ing house, wa a gentleman whom we shall call Mr

REVOLUTION POSTPONEP.

Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, our sober city

seemed to be on the point of a revolution; The ex

citement produced by the measures adopted by the Gov

ernment, in regard to the Luetom-house and Post Office,

was tremendous and fearful. One spirit ofresistenco

and war seemed to pervade the city, and nothing, was

pokcu oi but opposition to the tvranical edicts ot the

Cabinet. The immediate tonic of excitement was the

o derof the Postmaster General, directing the Post

master of the city to receive postages in specie only.Tlie proceedings of a spontaneous meeting at the Mer

chants 11, ill on i uesuav evening were published in

the Courier of ye-terday. At 9 o'clock 4anueil j Ha!j to which the meeting stood adjourned, vtp- fi'i'tO wi h

people, anxiously waiting tojhear the report of the

committee appointed at the incipient meeting. We

lelt a relief when the question was adopted bv the

oceting a feeling, iu which, if we read countenances

aright, was the common sentiment of nine-tenths cf the

meeting. The speech of Mr. Bond was eloquent and well-timed, and Mr. 1). is entitled to the thanks of the

whole community for thus appeasing the storm that

agitated the meeting. The remarks of Mr. Lawrence.

Lad lock.

mover. He had first leen employed in the capacity As the reader is now almost as much astonished as

of a clerk or assistant, but iu a short time, bv the aid was Emily, at what has been related, he shall be kept

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ol a conciliatory manner, and an lnsm.ia mg address, in suspense no longer than is necessary to lmd an ex

so gained the esteem of his patron, as to become a conh- planation; (or which purpose his attention is recalled

dent and a partner; while by the advantage ol a m- to the hut ol the solitary wood-cutter, on the lonely

teel oersoll he had famed the nMrel ions ol his eldest banks of the Mississimii. It will not remiirn nn ovlrn-

dau'htor. and loo.i..io bis sou-i.i-l.iu-. ordinary ilo.rroe of snu.-iritv to nntioi.i.ito f.o... vi-lmt certain important adjudications which have lately been

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The increase business of this mercantile house mace has been already related, that the woodcutter will mace "I0" . ,aw niercnant D.v le Miprenic Court ot

the employment of an additional clerk necesary. A prove to lie no other than George Ladlock himself In- '"V f,alP' m. "'iallo;n to negotiable paper and partner

too, had great effect in restoring some of the agitated elements to quiet and rcKsc.

: : w From the Xeic York Seating S:ar. IMPORTANT DECISION. The mercantile eouinmunitv should be arr.rised c(

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p Vimnrf m:in. Into v Inun r if r:it. wn-4 MUmiI lor I HIS Slcad tt txnrifr n(i. i hn lwrn ninmrp.l tn rt I v lv rlo. I 01,1 r n u

more and more known to eastern enterprise and is rap- " whose attention to business, and pronrietv of sign, to allay the agitated mind of Emilv. he "left the tribunal, and which a

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conduct soon rendered bun a lavorite . ol .Mr. Moreton boat on board ol which he had departed from Cincinna

and his family. As this person will occupy a conspieu- ti, on arriving at the wood yard of his predecessor, ous place in this tale, a brief, description of his chaiac- without anj tut ice being taken of the circumstance,

ter will not here lie improper. j except by theclerk, with whom he settled his passage

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,ur. oeorge iiadix;K was a nauveoiine ciaie oi i-ero wun spirits mucii ueprcsseu by Ins late Uisai)-

Ilampshire. lie had received a good education, and pointment and disgrace, ho assumed the woodcutter :

idly improving in agriculture and the civilization of its inhabitants. The cities of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis; and a number of neat little 'villages which owe their growth to steamboat navigation, begin to rival the finest Atlantic towns, while the

surrounding countrv in many iilaccs: is rapidly im

proving from the exertions of tho agriculturalist and the wood cutter.

two ca-es brought before that

arc to be found in ihe I4th Vol. cj

Wendell's Reports, just published, it has. been expressly decided, that where goods are sold for the boJeyiance or endorsement of a partnership lirni, .an nctiyn

me laun oi wnicn tne properly is ueiivered, tr e prtncrs not privy to the transaction are,not boundasrie

partner using the name of the firm ids no -! e ity ;n

when they choose to stop and replenish their exhausted

supply.

During a pleasant day in autumn, but a few years airo. a fine boat carrvinu numerous nassensers, was

- ' pleasantly pursuing its rapid course down the river, a-

bout half way between the Chickasaw bluffs, and the

continued his hardy occupation, had it aiier, vv uere gooi s arc soiu jor ci y aeceptances or er.o catastrophe of Mr. Moreton in falling uorscments, it will be necessary that the person taking ic steam-boat, as above related, to res- fl,ch PaPer have thc assent of all the. meinfccrj ofltb nluned into the water, but could not house whose names are pledged. OtMerWiis let. dt'c

the necessary accomnlishmcnts for entering into rev carb. habituated his athletic limbs to use the axC nnd Sl,c cae to Dln,J "is copartners. J he propriely of

nectnhlo business? but finm tho numerous family em- determino.l lor :i limo nt loiit to o.obnn.To ib:ii -lotv M'"3 decision it may not become US to question; but

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Uie annual overltowing ot tne .Mississippi river, mine barrassments of his parents, he a. rived at the are of with which he had become dismisted. for n life ne.irlvPv,,cn ine piactice anu oene. among our ois" cc"niin

countries far to the southwest, presents, howcver.a se- mniliMMi nnrtionless. With stron.r atbletie. limbs, ner- resemt.lin tli.it .,f ii bom, it llo hA ;.i lo thnn has been so widely different from the lawasnbove 1'd

nous obstacle to the cultivation ot its banks; and in a sonul inanilU!;.Si geiUecl apjiearance a mind well stor- year, becomo the owner of the little cottage which he uown' lt secms proper to put them on their gaurd, and number of places, for hundreds of miles, is presented j whh informatiol, ailj a enternrising disposition, he first entered as a helpmate: and we know not how lomr enablc the,n lo escape future losses. -In all cases herer

the appearance of interminable forests, broken here )eft hl3 n;llive roof m , ()ursuit Qf j,is fortune,, took a he might have continued his hardy occupation, had it afler' whcre.Soc? f arc s"'d for city acceptances or er.

anu mere, uy me solitary uui ui me .u-uiau, w istern direction, cross(!d the huge Alleghany moun- not Ih,'cii for the

selected a comlortable eminence, lor the purpose ot ue- t.lin, unjari ived at Cincimiaii ; when, as his slender overboard of the

positing his cordwood, ready tor tne use oi , sieamuoats iesource3 wcre nearv exliousted, he was glad to pro cue whom he plunged into the water, but could not

cure the humble situation allon'ed in thc employment succeed in finding until after the boat had departed.

of Moreton and WinOvCr. Here, after gaining thc con- It had scarcely got out of sight, however, when the

hilence of Moreton, he was admitted as a constant vi.-i- body was found, apparently dead, but being conveyed

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lor in ins liimii y , n uuii; uu1 swiuiv ui unc muiion-i iu imu urc uui, umi uuer ueui" 1 uuocu luiu ciiaicu, nav-1 in me crursc 01 nis remarKs against t rrrrrt" en

particular became agreeable to him. Miss Emily ing received the application of such remedies as the to repeal the duties on foreign coals, when the. subiart t . ...... ..... ?.i 1 :.: ..r 1 1.1... . 1 fi ...11.1 .. 1 . 1.. .. . j I .' - . . ? . ... ... . 7

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moumoiinc 1 as?oo, vvnere icw oojecis occurreu iu re- sjslePj anj 0f Winover , her husband, promised to give to animation and health, lt will be impossible to de- said:

neve me unvariegaueu scenery, wneii me aueiuion her hand to Ladlock. And, overlooking his want ot scribe the astonishment, ds well as gratitude of Mo rathe passengers was attracted by huge piles of woxl cortune) 1(;r fat)er was S() ..(.j w, his steady np- ton, after recovering his senses, in finding himself in

oiaiiumg immcuiaiciy un me uauiv, in m hu.mi; ui uu plication to business and regular deportment, mat no me nanus 01 nis lormeriy discarded clerk, who was

nuinuie col, tne residence 01 mo woodcutter, nose in- ,naiie no objection i and aday was accordingly tixed up- bestowing on turn every kind ofhee and attention in his

dustry was so conspicuously displayed, me boat i- on for thc solemnization of their marriage ceremonies, power. Jieing entirely restored, and finding little

ter coming to, was speedily replenished oy me assis- Hut as one among a thousand instances ot the tickle- else to pass away his time than to converse with the

is liable who has signed the partnership name.

PROTECTION OF LABOR.

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The true way to protect tho poor was to prefect their

labor. Give them work to protect their earnings: that

was tho way to benefit the poor. ,Our artisans, he re

peated it, were the first to be pro'ected by the conslitu-.

tion. 1 he protection extended under our laws to can-

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xhibiting papdrs this grounu I ave retained the same position, and, itial correspond- tcrc n?etin to stand. The free labor of the United

tance of a number of hardy dock passengers, while ncss Dfthe capricious little god; all these prepcrations preserver of his life, an explanation ensued bv which lliU was othing to that which was given to labor; and

those more comfortably situated in the cabin, had been anj j-onj anticipations were interrupted by the follow- Ladlock entirely eradicated every suspicion as to the so. il '"orlld Since, in the year 1831, I stood upon

amusing themselves some by stepping on snore, anu hog circumstances. charge ol his previous crime. Alter exh

Some bv notlCins the movements ol the lest from the Winnver hointronrrnfToil In rolleetinfr n sum of moncv he had latelv liroCUipd from n mnfidenti.il eorresnond

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side gangway of the boat. Of this latter class, was an lo senj to their correspondent at NewOrleane, depos'- ent, by means of a post office at the nearest settlement 7'uliwri( s vc proiccieu, ana so jar as any ejects

r-lderlv rent email who had been carelessly leaning t,.,i nn,L.r of k-mL- noto in n sen.irntr! it ace in the to his so itarv residence, it was made to nnoe.-ir most 'i """""" S") " " ue- i e gentleman from Corf-

AvrtP tho atom rnilimr. nmsiiiff on the obiccts thc shore Ln,,t;n mnm in oukKkh in n Ictinr tn his nirent. but uneouivncallv. that tho fiftv dolhirnntn he b.idhiid mil uecticui tells us that coal is a bounty ot Providence:

proclaimed at the tailor's thoughon the same bank ofthe one he had u,ttlul,r "u"'"s are iun oi it; mat we nope only 'o t Cincinil a- been accused of stealing was a flifTorent numlior nnd take hold of what God has given us. Well. sir. I am"

elin Cuming tinJcr the power of steam, his attention wa3 mi?sinr. communicating this fact to his partner, one he had received some time previous, in a manner or protecting tne man w no does take hold of Hi who

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snampfl strriifonlv nttrsictcd bv the appearance ot the wn to Uy nvnnr.ind. he irnve out some hints ofsuspi- to be satisfactorilv accounted for: and that his hite dia- uu.lus tuck, wno penciraies me mountain, wl.o ex-

Wood cutter, who had stationed himsclt cn thc bank lor cjOIl as to lne honesty ol their clerk, Ladlock, towards

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tlv t:iL-ni(T little interest in anv tlium I .. i,:t i..,.t.:.,

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he observed, until, as the boat was 'shoving off, and a- thilt a fifty-dollar note on the branch bank at Cincinna- been accused of stealin

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the purpose of loscning the rope which had attached whom he had often previously manifested many symp

them to thc land. As the boat receded from the shore, toms 0T d isliko. Among other particulars to which such was thc intensity ofthe old gentleman's gaze, as jr Moreton's attention was called by his oHicious partif attracted by marks of recognition in the axeman's ncr, was the circumstance of his young protogce's havfacc, that not sufficiently attending to the firmness of ing the very day previous, purchased, some new clothes his hold, while in this leaning posture, he aedfdently Qr a neighboring tailor; and it was proposed that they lost his ballance as the wheels quickened their motion", should go there together and enquire what sort of moiiand plunged headlong overboard, immerged beneath ey Ladlock had giv.i in payment, whereupon, who thc agitated waters. can describe the f' dn. . s of .Moreton when he found The patient reader, having followed this tale thus that a fifty dollar note, - i the same bank and ofthe far, fearing, perhaps, it is to turn out a mere narrative, same appearance ofthe one now missing, had been and beginning to despair of seeing any plot or striking paid there the day previous, by the man he had conincident, will now feel his alternation arouised by iin- sented should in a few days become his son-m-law. agining thc mingled horror and consternation ofthe To proceed legally against the criminal, was a step passengers and crew, on beholding one of their number which the benevolent disposition of his patron, and the precipitated into thc watery element. kind feelings which the previous good conduct of the Although a censurable indifference is often manifest- thief had implanted in his breast, would not suffer him cd on board steamboats ofthe western waters, to acci- to do. Mr. Moreton therefore determined on a more dent of this kind; vet, on account ofthe known respect- leminent course, and addressed a letter to Ladlock, inability of ihe person who had met with the sad accident forming him of the discovery of his crime; of his disnlmvn related, man v. but fruitless efforts, wrm made to mission from his service, and giving him to understand

that the onlv return he expected for his lenity, in not

times, seemingly regardless, of his own safety; but the instituting a criminal process against him, was the lalost gentleman could not be found. The boat at length vor, that neither himself nor his family might hereatItllo ttm rnntnln Affororl I t Ko troflhlfid With hlS DrCSenCe.

arge reward to thc man ofthe woodpile, to be paid on The feelings of young Ladlock on the reception of

his return from New Orleans, if he would find the bo this letter, can be better imagmca man aescriDeu.

crrneeand exnulsion from business in Cincinnnti wns cavtttes the mine, and, by his assiduous labor, puts US

caused by the designing Winovcr, the son-in-law and ml U)e practical possession of this bounty ol Pro-i-

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paitner of Moreton. who had himself displaced the " . . il ,s "Ul wtail w ucs in me mountain;

bank note for thc purpose of bringing suspicion on their 11 Is'jumarn ,abo,r which brings it out and makos it

olork.nnd tborohv nrovnntincr n mn rrin.ro to wliioh he wea,ln- 1 am J0' Protecting trial V(Mr laborer WhOSC

nnd hi, wifo b.id nllvv boon nnnood. brawny arms thus enrich the slate: lam for providing

The woodcutter, aain metamorphosed into George wncneapjuei, tnaine may warm himsclj, his tnfe

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to Cincinnati and receive the hand of nmilv. lovlu v

acceeded to the oroDosal. But as it was necessary first It has been questioned, in. conversation, whether

to send confidential letters lo a distant relative and congress, convening hereon tho first Monday in Sep..

wait their answer in order to make suitable arrange- temuer, win consent 10 sit uu ring tne three autumnal ments, it was thought best not to undeceive the family month?, which precede the time fixed by law for tho in the supposition of his death until they had taken the annual meething of congress. We do no ourselves be-

steps necessary for removing the villainous Winover, Jieve mat tney win. It cannot be expected of their.,

who had now usurped all the allairs ot the mercantile maeeu, mat mev snouiu. i hey vvill probably assem-

house,- and wasdevising plans for his own aggrandize- "1, organise, appoint committees to consider what lementat the expense ofthe heirs of the supposed de- gislation is immediately necessary, and despatch that ceased. This object being accomplished, Mr. Moreton necessary business as speedily as practicable, and then and Ladlock took bearths privately on board of a steam adjourn to meet again at the usual time, the first Monboat bound for Cincinnati, and landing a few days af- day in December, for the discharge of their more la ter in the city, retired unobserved, to the house ofthe borious and onerous duties. By such an arrHnjpmeht', confidential relative, where Emily was persuaded to the middle of the eastern members, and" the jess remote make the visit which restored hei to her lather and be- western and southern, could return to their families

frothed husband.

The next day presented a scene of equal astonish

ment and more consternation. A message was des

patched to the intriguing Winover requesting his inl

and business for a couple of months; vvhich time the

members from a greater distance might spend agreeably in visiting parts ofthe country eadt of us hereto

fore unknown to them. JMat. IiUeiltgciicer.