Brookville Inquirer, Volume 1, Number 14, Brookville, Franklin County, 5 April 1833 — Page 2

Foreign Intelligence.

FOREIGN NEWS. From London papers of the 19th January the following items are extracted: The King of Holland has opened the Scheldt to the flags of all nations those of Great Britain. France, and Belgium excepted. The British commissioner or envoy in Portugal Lord Hervey, is negotiating for the peace of the country by the retirement of Miguel from the kingdom, and installation of Pedro's daughter as queen, with a regency. Ireland was more and more disturled the

most horrible outrages were frequently committed. Lord An gle6ea was speedily to leave the viccroyalty. Parliament was to meet on the 29th January, to elect a speaker but would not commence business" for a week after. Mount Vesuvius was in a violent commotion. Continued explosions were heard in Naples. A large reduction of French army is expected 100,000 infantry, and 26,000 cavalry. The king of Spain has associated his wife4with him in the government of his kingdom which was in a state of tranquility. There is a report that Ibrahim Pacha had made a retrograde movement and a general battle with him was expected. The grand vizier was at the head of 60,000 men. IMPORTANT. By the arrival at New York of the regular packet ship Silas Richards, Capt. Bursley, from Liverpool, whence she sailed on the 24th Jan. the Editors of the Commercial Advertiser have received Iondon papers to the 23d, and Liverpool to the 2itb, inclusive. IRISH NATIONAL COUNCIL. O'Connell's National Council met at Dublin,

17th January. Twenty-nine Irish members of

Parliament were present, including four by the

the name of O'Connell. The Hon. Col. Butler,

M. P. for the county of Kilkenny, was called to the chair. Mr. Thomas Steele attended as O'-

Connell's private secretary, and Maurice O'Con

nell, acted as Secretary to the meeting. The Convention was expected to continue in session for several days. On the 19th Jan. the Convention was chiefly occupied in the discussion of four resolutions on the abolition of tithes, which had been previously agreed on at London last session, by a meeting of Irish members, viz: "That it is essential

to the people of England that the system of

tithes in that country should be extinguished not in name only, but in substance and reality."

The London Times of the 21st, contains a

long letter from Mr. O'Connell to the people of

Ireland, it is much spoken ol in London. FRANCE.

The French Government have ordered the Polish Committee to leave Paris. It is said that very extensive intrigues have been discovered against the Government of Louis Philip, in which the Polish Committee, together with certain

Italian refugees, were concerned.

The Chamber of Peers have adopted without restriction or exception, the bill of Deputies for abolishing the legal or compulsory observance of the 21st day of January, as a day of mourning for the execution of Louis XVI. As a propitiation to the Carlist and ultra Royal party, the

liberal consented to prefix to its abolition, a

preamble designating it as "the fatal and ever-to-be-deplored day of January 21."

CAPE DE VERD. Extracts from two letters dated on board of the U. S

Schooner Porpoise, lying at Port PrayaSt. Jago one

ot the (Jape de V ere Isles, Jan. 3, 103.1.

We arrived her yesterday after a passage of 26

hours from Sm. Vincent, where we lay long e

nough to wood, water and, paint the vessel, (five

days.) How long we will remain here, is impos

sible lor me to say, but 1 tlunk we shall sail about

the bth or 8th mst. for Sierre Leone and along the

coast ol Africa. 1 hoaccounts you see in the pa

pers respecting the wretchedness and want of the inhabitants of these Islands, are by no means exaggerated as regards the poorer classes. I have frequently witnessed such scenes among them, as I never wish to see again. From the vessel we can see hundreds of half starved men, women and cildren, at the custom house, receiving their portion of soup from Mr. Merril, the American Consul at this port, who had humanely volunteered his services in this benevolent vocation. He assured us that he had not a moment to spare for himself, as all his time is consumed in attending to these poor creatures. They flock in here from Mayo,Fogo, and Brava, to receive their pittance of the contributions. In a sort of calaboose, before which the American consul shares out the provisions brought from the United States, there are a number of poor wretches of all ages and sexes, who are too weak to stand. When I first went in, I absolutely sickened at the sight. In one corner, lay an old woman dead and in the middle of the room lay a girl about 16, to all appearances in the same condition. I inqired of a Portuguese who had gone in with us, whether she was dead. He said no, and going up to her, pushed her with his foot, saying, arise, arise as he would to a dog.

THE THAMES AND THE MISSISSIPPI. The London Athenaum introduces a review of Tim othy Flirt's History and Geography of the Mississippi valley with the following comparison of the two celebrated rivers. The vale of the Thames and the vale of the Mississippi are famous in England and America: they are, however, a little different in limits as well as in looks. The former is a small portion of a smalll island: the latter a vast province of a m,ghty, and all but boundless country: the stream which gives a name to the British vale runs a course of two hundred and eighteen miles, and many measures in width some six or eight hundred yards: the river which leads a name to the Transatlantic valley runs a course of three thousand five hundred and thirty-six miles, and measures thirty miles and odd wide where it unites with the ocean. The one is increased by a few

small streams, and runs through the cultivated country inhabited by a highly civilized people ; the other collects and scarcely appears augmen

ted by the waters of a hundred rivers, some of

which, the Ohio, for instance, ol itsell an inland sea, running through a vast tract of country, part cultivated, part wild reflect on their bosoms the wig-wam and the city, the painted savage and the educated American.

St. Andrews, N. B. March 4. We have never witnessed such intense cold,

or such a depth of snow, at the beginning of

March, since our earliest recollection. SSt. An

drews harbor continues frozen over, and persons

are hourly crossing to and from the island, and

between the vessels and shore. A dreadful slaughter is taking place among the red deer in the

country the poor auimals are literary buried in

the snow, and their pursuer overtakes them with

ease on snow shoes, and cuts their throats.

Intelligencer, FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. We have received, in the Columbia Telescope

the account of the re-assemblage of the South Carolina Convention, on Monday the 11th inst. On that occasion, Ex-Governor Hamilton, Presdent of the Convention, delivered a short ad

dress, recapitulating the Mission from Virginia, the modification of the Tariff, and the new Col

lection Bill, in terms not unbecoming, consider-

mg mai uc ucuiw u auinority oi ine umteu States to make laws at all, or what is the same

thing, to make laws that shall be imperative.

Alter his Address, delicately suggesting that he

owed his present station to the fact of his having

been Governor ot the Mate at the time when chosen to it, Gen. Hamilton then resigned the chair of the Convention, and Gov. HAYNE

was elected to preside in his stead. Nothing

lurther was done on the hrst day ot the Convention.

It is earnestly to be hoped that the language

of the Telescope is no criterion of the feeling of

tne majority oi me convention; lorit is vindic

tive, violent, and even outrageously presumptu

ous. We refer to such language, for instance, as the following:

(KT"This little State, in the mere panoply of

courage ana high principles, has foiled the swaggering giant of the Union! Thirty thousand Car

olinians have not only AWL11 the wild West into respect COMPELLED Pennsylvania STODILITY into something like sense New York

CORRUPTION into something like decency-

Yankee RAPACITY into a sort of image of

honesty; but AL.L. THIS has been done LOFTILY and STEADILY in the face of 17,000 what shall we call them? What epithet is of a shame, lasting, and deep enough, for the betrayers of the liberties of their country the instigators of merciless slaughter the contrivers of irretrievable servitude against their own struggling State."0 The "seventeen thousand" referred to are

those who have manfully stood for the Union

and the laws, in opposition to a wild and desper ate misrule. Mat. Intel.

THE TEST OATH.

Mr. John C. West, who was recently elected

Sheriff, in Kershaw District, S. C. has been re

quired by Uov. 11AYJME to take the Nullification Test Oath before any of his acts will be considered "legal." He refused to do it, and

has published an address to his constituents giving his reasons for refusal at length. He as signs, amoner other constitutional and mnsrien.

- ' t j tous objections, that he cannot swear "to enforce laws which an irresponsible association has the power to suspend at pleasure," meaning, we pre-

sume, me ruiuncation uiub in Charleston. Mr. West will doubtless be superseded, and be again a candidate, and the Camden Journal promises that he will be sustained bva triumnh-

ant majority in the District. This process may

oe repeated perpetually, and all legal proceedinirs be thus arrested in the Dish-irk hv rh

peaceful action of the Unionists in their elective

cnaracier. -inus, says tne Charleston city Gazette, "it will be seen that the reign of proscription has begun in good earnest." And the Courier says that Mr. West's example will be

ionowea Dy tne union party throughout the state. Extract of a letter dated "Richmond, Feb. 23, 1833

"I give you an item of intelligence which pos-

siDiy you may not receive irom any other quarter: one eroincr fullv to demonstrate. I think, rhp

low ebb tide of Nullification in the Capitol of

tnis fttate. i he Governor ot Virginia, 1 understand, had, at some trouble and expense, caused a superb State flag to be prepared and painted, with the intention of having it hoisted at the quarters of the State Guard, on Friday morning

last, ine zza inst. knowledge ol its existence and his intention, some how or other w,as obtained on Thursday, the 21st, and a goodtdeal of excitement manifested itself amnn a fho Panrown.

tatives and the DeoDle. Either dissuaded hv his

party friends, or prompted by his own fears of

ine consequences mat would ensue Irom displaying the Flag, his Excellency determined to let !l j 1 . . i .

ii remain snug in ine painter's snop; and lortunate it was that he did so for had the banner been unfurled to the breeze, and exposed to public gaze, it would unquestionably have been torn down and prostrated by the people, and in all probability with some bloodshed. Scarce a

voice was heard in favor of raising it; and num

bers were heard to express their determintion to rally under the Star-spangled Banner of the Union. It was supposed by some that had the State Flag have been hoisted on that day, the Flag of the Union would not have been, at least by order of the Commanding Chief. As it was, the Union Flag, fixed on a pole, was poked out at a hole at the Southern end of the Capitol loft, and in this half erect and awkward situation, flapping on the end of the ridge of the building, and repeatedly hooked on the end of one of the ligktning rods, it was torn in many places, and pieces thereof were flying in every direction over the heads of the military and citizens assembled on the public square."

BREEDING OF BLOODED HORSES. In no particular matters do our farmers ap

pear to mistaken their true interest so much as

on the breed of horses they are in the custom of

raising. 1 hroughout this State, as well as the greater part of Ohio, no attention of any importance is paid to fine blooded horses. But particularly in the immediate vicinity of Pittsburgh, is the negligence (if we may so term it) most apparent. Here the common road and plough horse seems to command higher attention than any other, and in general you may travel over twenty miles in and direction from this city, without observing one horse of good blood or elegant action. Such a fact speaks very little in commendation of our farmers, either ns men of enterprize or good judgment, as relates to pecuniary matters. The fact wc think is notorious, that a fine blooded horse may be reared at the same cost (or at

most at the merest trine more,) which the rearing

of the meanest scrub horse will incur. Yet the

former when reared, will command even in this

county from 500 to one thousand dollars, while

the latter will not bring fifty. We have now before us a Nashville naner. in which five blood

horses are advertised for the benefit of breeders. The first called Leviathan, for whom for insure-

ance is 100 dollars, or for the season 75 dollars. The second Stockholder, at sixty dollars the season. The third, Virginia at twenty the fourth Pacific, at forty and the last, Crusader, at seventy-five. The blood and performances of all these animals how deservedly high they should be estimated. The latter horse Crusader, is owned by a preacher, the Rev. H. M. Cryer, and we have authority of a respectable friend at our elbow for saying, that the Rev. Mr. Cryer adorns the pulpit as much as he does the turf, and is highly esteemed in each character. So much for liberality of sentiment, and we are sorry for the sake of our farmer's interests, we have not such gentlemen as Mr. Cryer among us. Yet we hope to see our farmers ere long awake to the importance of fine horses. Let them give encouragement to fine blooded animals, when the sorvices of such may offer, and our word for it they will soon realize their profits. Besides, it is quite a mistake to suppose that the blooded horse is fit for no service but the turf He is more hardy, more healthy, and more useful animal in any capacity you place him than the mere common blood. Put beauty and value out of sight and he is then the best horse for the farmer or the roadsman. We never could account for the course of farmers generally in rearing horses; but now hope as farming is becoming a science of much importance, that this matter will meet with the first attention. The worth of five such horses as we cited in this article, and such can be raised in short of twenty-five thousand dollars; a sum that would purchase five hundred of the common horses raised about Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Manufacturer.

A Mares Egg. The following anecdote we find in a work lately published in London, entitled "Wild sports of the West," by the author of "Stories of Waterloo." It is really the best version of an old story, we have heard 'ever since we were knee high to a frog,' that we have met with. "An islander was once obliged to eo into the

town of Castlebar upon business: and among other marvellous things which there met his sight

ne was particularly struck with the appearance

of an earthan jar in a shop window. He inqui

red what this unknown article might be, and was

informed toatit was a mare s egg, which if pla ced beside the fire during the winter, would in-

fallibly produce a foal the ensning spring. The prioe was moderate and the Achils man determined to DOSS ess the treasure. and thus Kprnmp

M. - 7 HwVU.v master of a horse. Having effected the purchase

ne sei out on nis way rejoicing and belore evening fall came within view of his own house, and

sat down on a heathy bank to rest himself. He placed his recent acquisition beside him but alas, from its spherical form, it rolled down the hill, and striking against the rock at the bottom 1 1 1 , 11 a .....

was emverea Dy tne diow. A hare, which had couched beneath the stone, startled at the crash spruner from her form and wpnt nflT nt uuuul

0 ffVU The unhappy Achils man gazed in an agony of

ue&pair, auer wnai ne Deiieved the emancipated quadruped and then exclaimed with a hittpr

groan, Mono, mon diaoul 'What a horse he wouldH i i i

nave Deen."

For the information of Travellers, we are re-

quesiea 10 state tnat mere has not been a day since the opening of Camden and Amboy Rail Road, that the Philadelphia and New-York passengers have not been taken over the road each wav. with the exeention of Satnrnv Ar.

last, notwithstanding the recent heavy falls of

snow ; on uiose aays mere were no passengers from Philadelphia, owing to the company's not being able to procure coaches to convey passenC 111 .1 ill- i j 1 -r- -r- m.

gers irom rnuaaeipma 10 ine nail Koad. 1 he Dassenerers that left New-York th ahnvn men

tioned days, were taken over the Rail Road in cars and forwarded to Philadelphia the same evenine in sleierhs. The staee arranp-empnts he-ina

now completed, passengers will be conveyed from il T ! Tl 1 a Ti i i

me nan noaa to rnnadeipftia in coaches until the river Delaware ODens. JV. Y. Adv. and

Journal.

The tower oe London. An entert.iininor

English writer, thus describes the tower of London.

"It is as miscellaneous as a Dedlar's box. A

Norman tower, artillery stores on the ground floor, and records in the upper stories. Stores for soldiers below and lawvers ahnvp. TtaHon

of stone without cannon. Mints for coining mo

ney, ana prisoners lor coming groans. A large modern town hall looking building, not filled with feastine corporationers. but muskets swords

and pistols. All the Kings of England in a row

clothed in the armour which they actually wore of which fsavs Dr. Mavrickl not one niere is ol

der than the time of Henry the 8th. A menagerie of wild beasts, and a cunboard for the. rrnwn

jewels. Dashing modern house?, with fine .sash

windows and antiquated towers. A phtf battery of cannon, with no command of spaceb? fore it. In short a most extraordinary jumll being an arsenal, a mint, a state prison, a record office, a jewel office, a menagerie, an old cas(l a modern fortress, a wharf, a ware house, ' town; all stuffed like the goods inawaecon a small artificial Island. . bb 'into HAZARDS OF THE SEA. The following ia from an article in Tait'l Muieum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art: "Every day a skip is lost. From an examina tion of Lloyd's Lists, from the year 1793 to the commencement of 1829, it has appeared that the number of British vessels alone, lost during that period amounted, on an average, to no less than one and a half daily. We learn from Morcau'i tables, that the number of merchant vessels employed at one time in the navigation of England and Scotland, amounts to about 20,008, having one with another, a burden of 120 tons. Out of 550 ships of the royal navy of England, lost to the country during the period above mentioned, only 160 were taken or destroyed by the enemy; the rest having either stranded or foundered, or hareing been burnt by accident a striking proof that the dangers of naval warfare however great may be far exceeded by the storm, the hurricane the shoal, and all other perils of the deep. During the last great war in Europe, 32 British ships of the line went down to the bottom in the space of 22 years, besides seven 50 gun ships, 86 frig, ates, and a multitude of smaller vessels. The navies of the other European powers, France, Hoiland, Spain, and Denmark, were almost annihilated during the same period, so that the agjregate of their losses must have many tiroes exceeded that of Great Britain. These numbers, we believe, very far exceeded what most people would have supposed. To this immense loss o( ships of war and commerce, the imagination must be left to supply the incalculable amount of wealth swallowed up with them, and the thousands of human beings who thus found watery grave. More strength in the building might save half of this suffering. The following account of loss and accidents of British vessels is extracted from Lloyd's List of 1829. On foreign voyages, 157 wrecked; 281 driven on shore, of which 224 are known to have been got off, and probably more;P21 foundered or sunk; 1 run down; 35 abandoned at sea, and 8 of them afterwards carried into port; 12 condemned as unseaworthy; 6 upset, one of them righted; 27 missing, one of them a packet, to doubt foundered. Coasters and colliers: 109 wrecked, 297 driven on shore, of which 121 known to have been got off, and probably many more; 67 foundered or sunk, four of them raised 6 run down; 13 abandoned, 5 of them afterwarda carried in ; 3 upset, 2 of them righted ; 16 missing no doubt foundered. During the year, 4 steam vessels were wrecked; 4 driven on shore but got off; and two sunk." We find the following extract circulating the newspapers without credit to any one. We are ignorant, therefore, of the source of it. But no

one who has read the Arabian Nights can fail to

perceive at once the aptness and felicity of its iIlustration...JVa. Int.

"The real Lamp of Aladdin' is that on the Merchant's Desk. All the genii, white, olive

or black, who people the atmosphere of earth, it puts in motion at the antipodes. It Hilds palaces in the wilderness, and cities in the for est, and collects every splendor and every refinement of luxury from the fingers of subservient toil. Kings of the East are slaves of the lamp. The winds blow, the seas roll, only to work the behest of its master."

Hereditary Deformity. A French lady (Mad. D.) has had twelve children, nine boys and three girls. One of the boys had a supernumerary toe on the left foot; another had six toes on each foot. The eldest brother who has no superabundant toes, has six children, one of whom has the additional toe. One of the daughters had a supernatuary finger on the hand ; it was amputated when he was an infant. A sister of Mad. D. had several children ; one of them had a supernumerary toe, she (the mother) being free from it.

Singular Event. The following very siugular event occurred in the town of Madison in thii county, abouthree weeks since. Mr. Benjamin Smith had a place on his farm where he baited foxes for the purpose of shooting them. One moT' ning soon after daybreak, he started for this purpose, when on reaching his covert or bough house, he discovered a large animal near the fox bait. He at first took it for a large dog belongin g to one of his neighbors, but a shift of position by

the animal satisfied him at once that it was not 3 dog, but an enormous black Wolf; whereupon he discharged his gun at him, which was loaded with large shot, immediately the wolf fell with his legs under him and appeared as if dead, which

Mr. Smith supposed to be the case, and laying down his gun, advanced towards him. irWben he had approached within ten or fifteen feet of him the wolf rose and sprang upon him, seizing him by the leg near his ancle. Immediately a sort of "rough and tumble" commenced, each one striving to get the other under, the wolf all the time retaining his grip on Mr. Smith's leg. At length Mr. S. succeeded in throwing the wolf upon bi

side, and holding him in this position with one

hand and his knee, he got out his knife which ne fortunately had with him. and clunked it into

the throat of his ferocious assailant, who continued his hold upon Mr. Smith's leg, biting and growling, until he bled to death. Mr. S. received but very little injury in the conflict his thick boot protecting his leg from the wolf who was only able just to scratch the skin a little. The wolf was full grown and very large? measuring nearly five feet from snout to tailw

Somerset (Maine) Journal.

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ted States, completed his eighty-third year on the 5th of TUarrh