Bloomington Post, Volume 2, Number 38, Bloomington, Monroe County, 11 August 1837 — Page 4

Poetical.

From the Louisville Journal' TO I've sung the song you bade me ping, And treasured up its every tonp, Till round my heart it seemed to fling The charm it Hung around thine own; I know not why that simple strain Should be so reft, so sweet to in?, Yrt eti'l I eing it o'er again, And, as I eing, I think of theo. They eay when first my voice you heard, It thrilled like music to thy heart, 'Till thro' thy breast emotions stirred Too deep tor language to impart; I never knew 'twas sweet before, Buttince 'tis full of melody, It softest tones I still will pour In wild and witching song tar thee. AMELIA.

'Well done llarry Preston, shouted the spectators,

'you have tried hard for the acres and homestead. Harry also laughed and swore he only 'jumped for the fun of the thing. Henry was a rattle-brained follow, hut never thought of matrimony. He loved to walk and talk, and laugh and romp with Annette, but sober marriage never came

Hnto his head. He only 'jumped for the fun of the tiling.'

lie woviu not have said so, u ne was sure ot win

ning. 'Charles Simins, fifteen feet and a half.' 'Hurrah for Chariest Charley'll win!' cried the-crowd good h u mo redly. Charley Simms was the cleverest fellow in the world. Ilis mother had advised him to stay at home, and told him if he ever won a wife, she would fall in love with his good temper, rather than his legs. Charley however made trial of the latter's capabilities and lost. Many refused to outer the list altogether. Others made the trial, and only one of the leapers had yet cleared twenty feet. 'Now,' cried the villagers, Mot's see Henry Carroll. He ought to beat this,1 and every one appeared, as they called to mind the mutual love of the least competitor and the sweet Annette, a3 if they heartly wished him success. Ilenrv stepped to his post with a firm tread. ,IIis

eye glanced with confidence around upon the villagers

LINKS EV CEOIUJE pexisox ritr.NTirE . I am alone! The guardians of my ycung And sinless years havo gone, and left me hero, A solitary wanderer. Their low tones Of love, oft swell upon the twilight winds, Or wander sweetly down through mist and dews, At evening's calm and melancholy hour. I will not mourn Life's shrouded memories. I can etill drink in The unshadowed beauties of the universe Gaze with a swelling soul upon the blue Magnificence above and hear the hymn Of heaven in every Mnrlight ray and till Cilen, vale, and wood, and mountain, with the bright And glorious visions pour'd from the deep homo Of an immortal mimf. TI i s v e I I a 11 c o u .

tidrse, rode forward to meet and escort to his house She distinguished guest; whom he had never yet seen, although serving in the same widely extended army. That evening at the table. Annette, now become the dignified matronly and still handsome Mrs. Carroll, could not keep her eyes from the fare of her illustrious visiter. Every moment or two she would steal a glance at his commanding features. And half doubtingly, half assuredly, shake her head and look again, to be still more puzzled. Her absence of mind and embarrassment at length became evident to her husband, who enquired affectionately if she were ill? 'I suspect, Colonel,' said the General, who had been some time with a quiet, meaning smile, observing the ladys curious and puzzled survey of his features "that Mrs. Carroll thinks she recognizes in me an old acquaintance." And he smiled with a mysterious air, as he gazed upon her alternately. The Colonel started, and a faint memory of the past seemed to be revived as he gazed, while the lady rose repulsively from her chair and bending eagerly forward over the tea urn,

with clasped hands and an eye of intense anxious en- j quiry, fixed upon him. stood lor a moment with her lips ( i'rentonsvdle. parted as if she would speak. j n 'Pardon me my dear madam pardon me Colonel, I j must put an end to this scene. 1 have become, by camp- ,,

tare and hard usage, too unwieldy to leap again twen

School Commissioiter's Sale. will offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Court House in Spencer, Owen county, Indiana, on Satur-

day the 19th of August next; the following described Delinquent Town Lots, for the tax of 1333.

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and rested, before he bounded forward, upon the face of I ty-two feet one inch, even for so fare a bride as one 1

Annette, as u to eaten therefrom that spirit ami assurance which the occasion cat hid for. Kelurning the encouraging glance with which she met his own, with a proud smile upon his lip, he hounded forward. 'Twenty-one feet and a half! shouted the multitude,

repeating the announcement of one of the judges 'tweu-1

wot of.'

The rccogniza'.ion, with the surprise delight ec happiness that followed, are left to the imagination of the readers. General Washington was indeed the handsome vounir 'leaner,1 whose mvstei ions upncarauco in the.

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ty-one feet and a half. Henry Carroll forever. An- native village of the lovers, is still traditionary, and

nette and Harry.' Hands, caps, and handkerchief:

waved over the heads of the spectators, and the eyes of the delighted Annette sparkled with joy. When Henry Carroll moved to his station to strive for his prize, a tall, gentlemanly young man in a military undress frockcoat, who had rode up to the inn, dismounted and joined the spectators, utiperecived.

Tin: yill.agi; ruizi:.

In oncjof the loveliest villages of old Yirginia.'there tion was assented to bv a ceneral murmur. l-.l-.i- - ll I 1 I. I . . - - c

nvoi in mo year iiio an oiu man, w nose uaunnier was declared, by universal consent, to bo the loveliest maiden in all the country round. The veteran, in his youth, had been athletic and muscular abovcall his fellows; and his breast, where he always wore their, co'tldjfdiowjthe adornment of thee medals, received for his victories in gymnastic feats when a young man. Ilis daughter was now eighteen and had been sought iitjiiarriago by many suitors. Une brought wealthanother, a fine person another, this, and another that. Hut thev were all refused bv the old man, who became nt last a by-word for his obstinacy among young men if the village and neighborhood. At length, the nineteenth birth day of Annette his charming daughter, who was as amiable and molest as ho was beautiful, arrived. The morning, of that dav, her f-i'her invitea all the youth of the country to a haymaking frolick. Seventeen handsome and industrious young men assembled. They came not only to make hay, but also to make hue to the fair Annette. In three hours thev had filled the father's ha rns with the newly dried grass, and their own hearts with love. Annette, by her father's command, had brought the mali liquor of her own brewing, which she presented to each enamoured swain with her own fair hands. Now; my boys,' said the old keeper of the jewel they all coveted, fls leaning on their pitchforks thev

assembled round Ins door in the cool of the

whose claim to a substantia! body of i.ona fide flesh &

blood, was stoubtly contested by the village storytellers until the happy heot:emi-.nt which took place at the hospitable mansion of Col. Carroll. II jrrible encounter trilh a Bear. On Monday, the 5th inst. near the mouth of White river, teien llar-

while the contest was going on, stepped suddenly for- ris, (the keeper of a public house on the river.) went

ward, and with a knowing eve, measured deliberately lout with a friend. Mr. J. r. Ken on a hear hu It

i the space accomplished by the last leaper. Ho was a

His handsome lace and cusv

maidens, and

j liis manly and sinew frame, in which symetry and j strength were happily united, called forth the admiration of the young men. J 'Mayhap, sir stranger you think you can bf:at that, said one of the bystanders, remarking the manner in i which the eye of the stranger scanned the arena. 'If , you can leap beyond Henry Carroll, you'll beat the

uesi man in me colonics.' l ne trutit ot tins ouserva-

Duc attention will be given y me, JAMES A. STEELE, School Com' r. O.

similiter in tlif vi himv

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; address attracted the eves of the village

was not loutr after thev were out until Harris encountered one of the largest and fiercest bears in the forest. He fired on his !... two or three times, wounding

him badlv, but not mortally for the nionvi.t; Feeing

his antagonist s ill struggling, and making fight, he determined to close in nit him with his large knife, in pre

terenee to shooting bun again nt the ri.su ol ki.hng j some of his dog-, w ho were surrounding the bear; but j

School Commissioner's Stile. will offer for sale io the highest bidder, at the Coart House in Spencer, Owen countv, Indiana, the School '

j Sec. ion in Congressional township S, North of Range 4 i Wist. Friday the first day cf September next. Said I land is of the first quality, lying in the lo!tom of the ! Wert Fork of White river, containing eligible situation ! for settlement.-, with several first rate springs, the r'vt-r i and Ccntrvl Canal runniag through said section; hce n1 bcuit one hundred and fifty or t-i.vty ucrea of laud improv- ; ed and row i:i a high st;.e of cultivation. Said L::J i'.vill l e r-old according: to the sub divi.-ion made by th

trustees oi faiii townsii.p. a.e to commence lctwet-:

and

n ' hrx lin..r e.t'to-l f:"rt'-rl 4 . AT. an.) npr- rSnlrtr L- It T

to continue from dav to dav until sold.

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liis kilo taking

udvanced pretty close,

be found he bad lost

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)ae attention iriven bv me, JAMES A. STEELE, School Com'r. O. C. Jun- IS !7. 31-3 v

, an l in this posturo ins enemy snra.-g at nun,

out a portion of the bowels, almost at the first

trraso. In a few seconds he tore loose and parted the

'Is it tor mere amusement you are pursuing this f, moral artery, and bled to death instantly, only having pastime?" inquired the youthful stranger, 'or is there a 'time to exclaim, '! am killed." His companion came prize for the winner?' j Up at the time, but all efiorts to save him were in vain. 'Annette, the loveliest and wealthiest of our village ! This is trulv a mi laneholv end to one of our oldest hun-

'I never yet did know a philosopher Who ci-iili bear the Tooth-Ache patiently.1 Jlifch ado abnut lmlii rIoiita2,ues Balm.

maidens, is to be the reward of the victor;' cried one of ters! He has been one of the hardy sturdy pioneers

'.of this wilderness, and heretofore has always made these denizens of the forest cower to him, having slain

inejujges. 'Is the list open to all?1

All, young sir; replied the father of Anne'te with his thousands in liis days. Little Hock Gazelle. interest, liis vuthful ardor rising as he surveyed the! '

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Now my lads, you have nearly all of you made proposals for my Annette- Now yon see, I don't care anything about money or talents, book learning not soldier larnmg, I can doas well by my gal as any man in the country. Hut I want her to marry a man of my own grit. .Now, you know, or ought to know, when I was a youngster, 1 could leat any thing in all irginuv, in tho way o'leaping. I got my old woman by boating the smartest mun on the Castern Shore, and I have took the oath nn 1 sworn i:, that no man bhall marry my daughter without jumping for it. Vou understand me, boy?, There's the green, and heies Annettce,' lie t.dded, taking his daughter, who stood timidly behind him, by the hand. "Now, the one that jumps the furthest on a dead level shall marry Annette this verv Light." This unique address was received by the young men with applause. And many a youth as he bounded gaily forward to the arena of trial, cast a glance of anticipated victory back upon the lovely object of village chivalry. The maidens left their looms and quilling frames, the children their noisy sports the slaves their l ib k-:, and the old men their armchair and long pipes, to witness and triumph in the success of victory. All prophesied and isuny wished that it would lie" young Carioll. He was the handsomest. and best humored y outh in the country, and all knew that a strong and mutual attachment existed between him and the fair AiivjHi. Carroll had won the reputation of being the 'be si leaper,' and in a country where such athletic aehievements were the siart qua turn of a man's cleverness, this was no ordinary honor. In a contest like the present, be had therefore every advantage over his ft Slow a'hl::v. The arena allotted fjr this hymcnial contest, was a level sp ice in the front of the village inn, and near the centre of a grass plat, reserved in the midst of the village, denominated the 'green.' The verdure was quite wornoirat this place by previous exercises of a similar kind, an a hard surface of sand more befitting for the purpose to which it was to bo used supplied its place. The father of the lovely, blushiiig.and withal happy prize (for she well knew who would win) with three other patriarchal villagers were tho judges appointed lo decide upon the claims of the several competitors. The last time Carroll tried his skill in this exercise, he 'cleared' tj use the leapcr's phraseology twenty-one feet one inch. The signal was givcn and by lot the young men stepped into the arena. 'Edward Grayson, seventeen feet," cried one of the judges. The youth had done his utmost. He was a pale, intellectual student. Hul what had intellect to do in such an arena? Without a look at the maiden he left the ground. "Dick Houldcn, nineteen feat." Dick with a laugh

turned nwny, and replaced Inscoat

proportions ol the straight limited young stranger, is the bride of him who out-leaps Henry Carroll.

you will try we are freo to toll you, Henry Carroll has

no wile in irgmia. Here is my daughter, sir look at her, and make your trial.' The young otlieer glanced upon the treml.l.ng maiden about to be offered on the altar of her father's unconquerable monomania with an adorning eye. The poor girl looked at llarry, who stood near with a troubled brow and angry eye: and then cast upon the competitor an imploring glance. Placing his coat in the hand of one of the judges, he drew a sash lie wore beneath it tighter around his waist, and taking the appointed stand, apparently without cirort,took the bound that was to decide th ; happiness or misery of Henry and Annette.

' 1 wenty-two feet one inch I shouted the judge. Th

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4 sovf rtign and infallible remedy for the Tooth-AcL

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and an elfectual preservation lor the teeth.

PlilCE $XK) PER BOTTLE. Tn offering this invaluable Halm to to the public many certificates of its efficiency might be given, which t:ie limits of a newspaper forbid publishing and which rns" be seen by calling at the agents but as every spc-cit-B of medicine has been thus thrust into notice, we invite trie

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:c i,i the Kitchen: I lie w asnmgion correspona-1 pud. ic io a more convincing nroot ol its ataion nuracii-

lf cut of the Cha rleston Courier, (a Van Huron paper, be i lous powers to relieve this worst of all aches, the Tooih

it understood.) gives the imiurtant rumor, that "there cne. "nr.ii.-v nu.u., being carom

has been a inherence of opinion txuw

on the one side, and Messrs. Woodbury

the other, concerning th best mod

currency to a sound condition. Mr. Whitney is have declared his conviction that a National Hank is the only way to retrieve the public wants, and p.evci.t a recurrence of embarrassiii ;nts. t hi the other hand, Messrs. Woodbury and Kendall declare that the t.ue and only constitutional mode is the e- 'ablishment of a Treasury Bank, and the issue therefrom of notes which

shall constitute a currency suppose it matters very litt! the Parlor Cabinet think on

ween Mr. Wiitnry strict to the directions giver, en each Lott'e and ry and Kahili on i or UP ITS tnvx MEniT.S. Suffice it to e of restoring th- ' ,,oaaild- ni " -: la-led ia a single i -s .1- . 1 1 1 !'. l! . .- l 1

to fliftif-e-

let it rise

iay mat

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instance.

anrr all operations. lueeJinj ani

fr the public use. We what Mr. Van Huron and he siibi -el. The culinarv

ie 1 department ''take the responsibility. It a treasury i

announcement was repeated with surprise by the spec- !;uik be established, however, with power M isue j tators, who crowded around the victor, filling the air 1 for the public use, what become, of Con. Jackson".

with congratulations, not uummglcd, however, with j "humb'c eli'-its to restore the constitutional eun-uov of

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sore teeth, scurvv A-c: And is decidedly

the bo t Tooth w i. h ever yet discovered, it frlne'-l be used with a I. rufdi, instead ofany powder, or sulstanco conMiining, or that can contain, the fine.-t partielt, of grit. The Ladies speak of it with unmeasured prai?3 and ad who havo used it have hud as-ide all remedies ofitr.d as clen-ors of the mouth, and purifier of the teth.For sale ;:t licorri: II. Johnson Store, Pdooiuineton.

n and village in the United States, by

21 12 mo.

and ovt rv to.

proper Agents. "May 2nd, U;;J7.

uiu i inn i a iiDui iiniu niiuniiu moruueiiiiY imcrcsicu t irobl ami silvcrf will "i.ie successor oi iieneta

in the happiness of the lovers. Jackson" and the "author of the letter to She rod WillThe old man approached a. id grasped his hand exul-! jams' dare thus to deviate from the footsteps of his "iltingly calling him his son, and said he felt prouder id, histriuiis predecessor" Aon rxrons.-Lynchburg Yir-

mm man n ne was a prince, l nysieai activity ami strength were the old leaper's true patents of nobility.

Kesuimng his coat the victor sought with Ins eye j Stick a pin here. Tho 10 years embracing the ofli-

the lair prize he had, although nameless and unknown. Vial terms o f Washim'ton, Adams, Jefferson. Madison,

She leaned upon her lather's arm, pale ; Monroe, and J. ti. Adams, gave to the United States

ginuin.

so fairly won

and distressed

Her lover stood aloof, gloomy and mortified; admiring tho superiority of the stranger in an exercise in which he prided himself as unrivaled, w hich be hated him for his success. "Annette, myr pretty prize, said the victor, taking her passive hand '1 have won yon fairly.' Annette's cheek became paler than marble; she trembled like an aspen leaf, ami clung closer to her father, while her drooping eye sought the form of her lover. Her brow grew dark at the stranger's language. 'I have won you, my pretty llowcr, to make you a bride! tremble not so violently I mean not myself, however proud 1 might be,' he added with gallantry, to wear so fair a rein next mv heart. Perhaps,' and

three bundled and twenty banks. bile the eight years' term of Andrew Jackson, the pretended opponent of a Paper currency, gave us three hundred and forty additional Banks 'Phis is the result of his eight years war upon Hanks and paper currency! And yet we now hear bis friends talk of their opposition to all Hanks'. Ci'i. HVii'.

Since our paper lias been made up for the press, vc learn that a Covernmcnt Agent has arrived in town w ith a large quantity id goods, with w hich to pay the Indians in this country, the yearly annuity due them in cash, by treaty stipulation. c are further informed that it is determined that the Indians shall take the

a.t t . .t. i.: .1.. . i i .s

vjl IjD iniorin lue puuiie i.rai ue lias commenced

the above business in tr.e frame building, first

do;-r north of Pr. Max well's, belonging to Jesse Ihandoa 5r recently occupied a? a printingefiice, where he is pre- ! nared to execute work in a neat and durable manner on

phort notice. He earnestly foliciis a share of public patronage, particularly from those who knew his unfortunate situation. It is h:s intention to keep a supply ofsho-s constantly on hands which he will sell on reasonable terms. Btoomir.gtun, June P:h, 1U37. i .fOZLY mTCHELL, Receiving and Forwarding Merchant, rUONT STREET, Third dor cast of the Indiana Hotel. BETWEEN FIRST AND MULBEKRV, Jefferson ville, Indiana.

ESPECri LLIA nilorms the merchants in the in-

(Lterior, that he has opened a house for the purpose of

receiving aim .orwaiuir.ggoous o! an uescriptione. June 1G, 1G3T. 31 timo.

trniiili nr nntliinrr. This strikes US ns 11 mens'iin

he cast his eyes round inquiringly, while the current of j fraught with the'sreatest injustice, not only to the Indii : r i 1 . ..i ii.. i . . t . . i ts o J ....

life, leaped joyfully to her brow, and a murmur of sur

prise ran through the crowd 'perhaps there is some favored youth among the competitors, who has a higher claim to the jewel. YotWg sir,' he continued, turning to the surprised Henry, 'methinks you were victor in the list before me, 1 strive not for the maiden, though one could not strive for fairer but from a love for the manly sport in which I saw you engaged. You are the victor, and as such with the permission of this worthy assembly, receive from my hand the prize you have so well and honorably won.' The youth sprung forward and grasped his hand, with gratitude, and the next moment, Annette was weeping from pure joy upon Ins shoulders. The welkin rang with the acclamations of the delighted villagers; and amid the temporary excitement produced by this act the stranger withdrew from the crowd, mounted his horse, and spurred at a brisk trot through tho village. That night, Henry and Annette were married; and the health of iho mysterious and noble hearted stranger, was drunk in overflowing bumpers of rustic beverage. In process of time, Henr Carroll, had become Col. Henry Carroll, of the revolutionary army. One eavening, having just returned home after a hard campaign, he was sitting with his family on th'e gallery of his handsome country house, when an advanced courier rode up and announced the approach of Gen. Washington and suite, informing him that he

siiouiu crave nis nospuamy lor me nignt. i he necessary directions were given in reference to the house-

Hat Manufactory.

ans, but to the country at large. The Indians are iu-j debtcd to tho merchants and others, in this country, for

their supplies for the last year, and wcredepending on ' their annuity for tho liquidation of the debt. How is! this to be done if goods, and they nt a thousand perl cent, profit to some government favorite, are forced up- j

on them. V o admonish this government Agent of injustice, or any other, as he values his personal safety, to beware how he moves in this matter. The Miami nation of Indians contains men who know their rights and they may defend them. Ft. Wayne Sentinel.

LATEST

PASHION.S.-

S. If. Chipman, J 71 EELS grateful to his former customers for thtir former liber.d support and respectfully irfoirr.s' them and the public generally, that he has purchased of Philip Murphy, the hat shop formerly occupied by F. T ttuilcr, where he is now carrying on the ahnvf. I lllNilif-w. ff. intf-lsrla ii -r.,-.i n rr rnntantlir mi

Candid Confession. It is refreshing, in the midst of j hdm,s a era, asi0r(meilt tf hals 6Uch as finc ,ack a party perversity, to SCo an occasional ex ubifation of B.avcr ha,s drab B;aver and 0ucrf fir)e m(J ccmm(iU candor. I tic following paragraph from the C.ncmna- Roranif chi!J,Cns hats f all colors, wool hats Sec. Ii Republican, a leading an Huron journal in Ohio, is Uis ork b, done jn a oeMf fashionable and copied lor us rarity as well as for its truth : dumb'e maimer, not inferior to any manufactured in "We are not a whole hog experimentalist. YY c are , he wes:ern ccun.y. The public are respectfully inrp.nl v tn pononilp. nntwitvtnnrlinrr tlio rislf tin mav incur . . -. j . .. . r .

. , ...0 .. vrca to can tmu exunmc ur tnemseivts.

D!ftfnrmjion, IS37.

'Harry IVcston, nineteen feet and three inches,' hold preparations, and Colonel Carroll, ordering his ! die too P'

of drawing down upon us the blessings of this or that official, that there has been rather too' much tinkering with the currency."

SrtrNK. A man in Castleton. Vt. was bitten bv a.'

rattlesnake, and with considerable effort, succeeded in killing his enemy. Tho limb bitteu became so swollen before he could reach homo and procure a physician,

that his life wasdespaired of, but he was cured bv large 3 doses of new rum and arsenic. When asked w hy he j Fre"ch Itch Ointment, stopped to kill the snake, ho replied,"! 'spectcd I'd got Just '"eived and for sa

to die, and I was determined the tarnal snake should : EIoomin ?on J(lv l0t, ,837

Rawantl's Tonic Mixture, or Vegetable FEBREFUGE. A specific and lasting cure for the Fever and Ague. DIL SXOW'S SPECIFIC FOR THE RHEUMATISM.

Isighlnlnsr Tooth Ache. Broo.

and nerve and bone Linament,

for sale by

G. H. JOHNSTON. 3t-tf