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SEWS OF THIS WEEK. 07ITPIIL.NT1CB At.TIIOS. P. MOORE. p.2 fallowing is an account of the difficulty be- ... t- r j i l -it - ....,.-

;..aO). D. Frentice's Louisvillo Journal.

h is with unfeigned reluctance and even

re-unce 'that we agian allude, even for a moment to theoccurrences between ourselcves

& T.l Moore. Y e are fully aware that such thin"? have no interest for the public. The

Hv and miserable comments, however, in

the Advertiser of Friday, which were evidenlr written at Moore's instigation, if not by liis dictation, induce us to add a few words upon the subject before we dismiss it forever.

The Lx-Minisler, about the time of the

August election, as he himself acknowledged

first blackguard communication to us.

w3in the habit of proclaiming in the presence

of our political friends, that we-dared not, for

fearof him 'leave Louisiillc retinoid a guard

and, that he was uresolvcdto punish us whenever

h should find us tn a country tchcre he could lire a fair opportunity." In making these boasts, he did not mean, that, if he ever caught us at a distance from this city, without our bo-ik-p;iiaril, lie would challenge us to a regular

duel and permit us to tight or not as wc thought proper: his meaning was that he

would attack us unceremoniously, and avenge

himself in his own way, and with whatever

weapons he saw fit to employ. He was a-

vowedlv a seeker after our blood. His threats

md his taunts came to our ears; and we re-

ponded to them. We stalcd,in our paper.that t . i i- i ii. i i -

t lie ixMicvca uiai we were imnrioncu in

ui;ville by any dread of him, or (he likeofj

;ini.he had but to say the word and he might

ecus when and where he pleased. We hud ot the most distant allusion to the rerenwnciand formalities of "an alTUirof honor": our

oaninjj was, that, if he would but hint when

where he supposed us nfraid to encounter

im, he should see us at the place and time

jtwe intended to go after our own fashion d1 to let him como in his. We merely deg ied to give him an opportunity of catching

tawny from home and trj-ing whether he oulJ "punish"'' us or not. We were willing

lAihc ?Hol d'moAt if he pleased, with a

irtvlour pounder, a hand-grenade, or a befmb-

icl!; and weintended to comfort him, if w e

loalJdeem it proper, with no ether weapon inn Mr. lirows's horse-whip. If he'had wishd.(r.a meeting the very meeting he had . 1 J" . 1 It ft

roicssee io long ior ne wouiii nave had a ilht to time and place according to our

iedc. He chose, however, after two months oliheration, to challenge us to a regular and .lii)nab!e duel, to appoint friends for the ar-

recede from our terms. ' Supposing, as

he might, that this resolution of ours was unalterable, he thought that he might suggest whatever i iv terms he pleased by way of saving appearances.. He therefore "proposed to meet us with rifles "if we would, allow him his

l-own distance and a "rest ' for his tv,.-t,

Upon a little reflection, we conceded him those extraordinary privileges. His next proposition was, that we should give him a rest for his shot-gun. We promptly conceded

that too. Finding himself in danger of ImviiKr

alt his demands granted no matter how preposterous and interminable

they might be, he suddenly and uncere

moniously broke otF the correspondence and

betook himself to flight, and now attempts to

excuse himself, through his miserrlde pander of the Advertiser, by pretendinc that we did

not oflfer him such a rest as he desired. We

gave him permission to use a cord threefourths of an inch in circumference, as ticht

as he chose to make it. Before pronoeincr this

rest, wc ourselves, to test its entire fairness.

madciepeated experiments with it in the

presence olour two friends and another gentleman of this city, all of whom saw, that we

could fire thus with full as much quickness and precision as when we held our weapon at arms' length, if not more. We would have used the rest had we come to actual contort.

What sort of rest did the Ex-minister want? He spoke of "a pin driven in a tree". No doubt that would have pleased him well. If he

could have planted himself by a big" oak, ready to wriggle aside and ensconce his Lillipu

tian body behind it whenever he saw a rifle

or a musket looking him in the eye, he would have felt eminently secure against bullets and

buckshot. The only wonder is, that he did

not propose to perforate a huge tree with an anger and shoot through the hole, or else to

bend his gun and let slip round a hill. His friends need not think to excuse him by talk

ing of a rest. Other matters troubled him more. It appears, from the correspondence

of his own seconds, as well as from their offi

cial statement, that he was resolved to the

last never to allow the contest, under any circumstances, to be finished with knives." He felt a horror for the weapons. He had previously taunted us through the Advertiser for saying that we . dared "cut oifhis cars," and he felt a fearful apprehension that we were disposed to turn our words into things. He consequently battened Home, glad totiud himself unrobbed of his pair of precious jewls. All the honorable, even of his own political friends, laugh him to scorn. We hope we are

violating no confidence w hen we say that we have the authority of as respectable a Jackson man as any'in this city for stating that ten or twelve influential members of the party have

addressed a joint letter to the Ex-minisicr. as

suring him that he must extricate himself from

his position or his disgrace will outlive him

We have nothing more to do with him or his. Ilr 1 t 1 T-

ve wan our nanus oi mm. we snail never

molest him again, but leave him uto foast qui etly upon his own heart if such food is no

riiiement of preliminaries, and still to claim,

:Uhe aliedgcd authority, of our publication,

e appointment of time and place, as one of poison to the poisoner."

$ exclusive privileges. A privilege which 'ehad conceded forone kind of meeting he

nimcd for another and a fardifierent kind.

ile wasafraid to meet us in one mode and a-

aid to meet us in another; and hence he jum-

natever he could in both.

Extraordinary as this course of the Ex-Min

cer was, we at o:ice determined to gratify i? pretended longincs for a meetinir. We

nought it best to afford him a prompt oppor-

inuy to iniiict his long threatened and much

ranted Dtnishmnl.,, Immediately aftpr

xeiving his challenge, we despatched an

cceptanceof if, conceding to him time and

"in apprizing mm mat we insisted on the other rights of a cliallencrpd n.irtv.

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'tone in which he had abused us in a for-

'-rcomm!inicalion,thathe desired a desper-

mounier the more desperate the bct-r-Me had no objection to gratifying his ionand his taste. We-wished to trive

pe man, who had publicly offered a reward

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irs In trr.t us t!:rtv r!-!!r-

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uisMiie, a chance to render, a good ount of us when he got" us there "Oiir L1ijd5, agreeably to our suggestion, proposed at lie and ourselves should meet at a short -i'lnre with rifles, and, that the parties, afr l.e first fire, should charge upon each oth-

. 111 "Winie-barrcled buck-shot guns and

' e couhlnot dream, that- n man. so

V and so bent on Venionre would

to the terms. We expected him to ,Jr;-'- t!i?m wilh his n-hnlo hr.irf. AVp

x-iin ciii-ni? i Iirt frvn r

w rate us word that lie was too lame

flt with rifles and tno inferior to us in

n;l s'rength to meet us with the knife. , ln!' ited bravo, who had so often rag--oaiui fro in t)e i;lM j m se-,i-ch of us and '-ratty biuck.i.t.wl ho.

.". -i-at once too feeble to meet us with an

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ht, . swa:!ow a regiment, sunk sudden-

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. .wnvuru lor us: Lieeming uiai a

. im! addressed us inasivie like

pro(ossC(I a desire to take our life

?-en t!ie forms of honor, bad no risrht

I , . -.1.1 r w Vltll,,llHlV' .1.1. vhi alledged imbecilities, of which

never he fi-irr hnrd. irprf no business

0Jr5;and, (Imt we could not and would notj

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From the Baptist Weekly Journal. '.MIAMI UJrtrERSlfr, OXFORD, O.

' We have received a copy of the Annual

Catalogue, published in July, IS3t. " The

rricnuy and Instructors are Rev. R. II. Bihop, D. D., President, Professor of History, and of the Philosophy of Social Relations':

Rev. W. H. M'Guffey, ,V. M. Proflssor of

Mental I'hilosoyhy, Philology, and General Criticism; Rev, J. W. Scott, A. M., Professor of Natural Philosophy, Chiinistry, and Astronomy, and Teacher of Political Economv;

Rev. 1 nomas Armstrong, A. D. Professor of

Latin, Creek, and Hebrew; Samuel M'Crackne A. D.,Professor of Mathematics; W.F. Ferguson, A. M., Master of the G rammar School : D. JrrorA, Assistant to the Professor of Chimistr y, R. II. Bishop jr., A. D. Greek Tutor; T. E. Thomas, Cihin Millar. S.J. Mmreh"adi Mathematical Tutors," W. W. Robertson. Assistant Teacher in Grammar School; J. .'.I. Stevenson, Audreys Ross, Latin Tutors. In all. 1 4 instructors. In the College Proper, the numbers are Resident Graduates, 9; Seniors, 22; Juniors. 36; Sophomores, 28; Freshmen, 14; 139: In the English Scientific Department, 19: In the Grammar School, 52: Total in the University, 210. They belong to different States as follows; vi2: to Ohio 11C, Kentucky 31, Mississippi 11, Indiana 0, Alabama 8, Louisiana 7, Virginia G, Pennsylvania 5, South Carolina 5, Georgia 3, Massachusetts 2, North Carolina 1, New York 1, Tennessee, I, Missouri 1." - r - - The usual Grammar School course of studyembraces two years. The College course.four years. "The general principle of the whole course is, that every y oung man shall be fully and profitably employed, while he continues; and thai particular exercises shall be continued, or changed, as the circumstances of any individual, or of any particular class," may demand ; and no one shall be encouraged to com tinue in altendance,who does not afford promise of becoming in due' time, -a. respectable

sclrolar, ana useiui man. - In order to guard against the ensnaring iiduccments held out to students by "a" few individuals in Oxford to incurr "unnecessary and destructive expences," parents are advised "to require of all their sons, to w horn they may intrust money, a strict and regular ac

count of all their expenditures."

The Celiege year is dividicd into two sess-i

ions of five months each; the winter session commencing on the first Monday in November, and ending on the Jat Wruncsdav .in March; and the summer session commencing on the first Monday in May, and ending oil the last Wednesday in September. Tuition, in the Grammar School. $10,50, and in the College classes, 12.50, per . sessjon. Boarding, from 1,00 to 1,50, per week. Commencement occurs annually on the l;i Wednesday in Sept. - - , " '" As a peculiarity, distinguishing the Catalogue before us from any that we have ever noticed, we observe the following: Attached to the names of a few students in the catalogue, are exprcssions.like these "Lost time unavoidably" "Not faithful to himself" "A promising boy; but not old enough for the class" "I)ragingv "Has done no good." We are decidedly in favor of bringing students in our school? and colleges up closely to the w ork, and of bringing nil proper influences to bear upon them, in order to effect this object. If any are incapable of improvement, he ought certainly to quit; and if any one has a propensity to mischief or idleness so strong, that the recorded result of a, suitable season of trial would be, "He has done no good," the parent or guardian, being apprised of it, should take hirn away; but of the utility and expediency .of printing and publishing to the world such facts as these, wc have our doubts. . -

We note the follow ing facts in the History

of Miami University. It was founda'd on a

township of land, granted by Congress to John Cleves Symmes, or rather perhapi re

served by Congress in Symmes" pun base. A

law of Ohio, to provide for locating the township, was passed in April 1S03. An act establithing the "Miami University' and se

lecting the I rustees, was passed bytheUhio Legislature, Feb. 1800, which required the

: meeting cf the " rustees to be heid at

Lebanon, in April folic wing. An Ordi

nance of the Trustees fixed the 4th Tuesday

in May, IS10, at Hamilton, fof the first sale of leases of College lauds. An Ordinance of

the Truslees for building a school-house, to

cost SLiO, was passed, leu. loll. 1 he

Faculty of the University was organized by

the Trustees in July, 182-1. at which time Dr.

Bishop was elected to the Presidential chair,!

which lie still occupies. Under his cojuuuet,

and that of (he other members of the Faculty,

who have, frcm time to time, been added, the

Institution has gradually risen to its present

prosperity.

Oxford township, the seat of the University,

is situated in the north w est part of Butler

intv, Ohio, some 40 miles northwest from

Cincinnati.. It occupies the highest eleva

tion between (he Miami and Whitewater rivers, has a fertile soil, good water, a clear atmosphere, and is healthy.-'.- ' The annual income to the University from the township lands, which nre permanently leased, is upwards of five thousand dollars. This in.c,me, together with the proceeds from tuition fees, will enable the Trustees to support an able and sufficiently numerous Faculty, and to enlarge the accommodations of the University as fast as necessary; and taken in connexion with its local advantages, having as it docs, a rich, enterprising and populous

country around, give it the means of taking

rank, when it comes to maturity, witn the best institutions in our country. There arc two literary Societies in the University, composed of under graduates, each having a library of about 1000 select volume;. -

VARIETY.

BETTCn -DAYS. .-The prospect of belter ..times, of more prosperous days, however remote-or dim the prospective, has a tendency to buoy np the heart which-would otherwise despond, tokeepalive (hat .hope So essential ..to the" existence and happiness of man. AII grades and conditions of the human family, live in the hope of better times when they shall hav.e fewer cares. ;nd more enjoyment less trouble and anxiety after the good things of this world, and an increased portion of its inheritance. Even the wealthy and prosperous-with all their envied glitter and apparent enjoyment,. have numerous wishes 3-et unsatisfied --hopes not fully realized they, even they, look forward for a greater consignation of earth! v hanniness

to better day If those, therefore, abounding in the comforts and I usuries of life arc indebted to the future forn portion of their blessings, how much greater must the hope and prospect of belter days affect - those whose means of subsistence are sole confined to their daily exertions. When cares corrode the heart, and poverty with iron hand gripes sorely and glo- m and- despondency, like thick mist, hovers all around hope, with a guardian angel's voice, whispers the reviving accents of better days; thus the gloom is measureably dispelled, a light breaks through the dark vista of wo,nnl yet somewhat of life remains worth preserving, and " worthy of existence. The desolate widow, with her unproviding orphans, clinging around her for their daily nourishment, would sink beneath the weight of accumulated ills, the scanty charities of this world would chill and dry up,, the current of life did ' not , hope revive within her. In anticipation, she - beholds a kind providence watching over her 'children., for", good; they arrive to maturity with health and vigor,and by the labor of their hands provide comfortably-; for. themselves and supply " her own wants. Again she livcs-Ashe. breathes in this hope and belter days dance before her. She feels resigned to her lot she toils on, buffeting her wayward fortune with renew

ed strengh. He who wears galling chains of

bondage, riveted on him by the power and . : i- it i- ... 1

oppression oi 01s lenow man, lives witn a hope

however distant, that one day he shall be free.

His hope : sha1l?not forsake him,- beyond the

grave he shall be lrce. .

I he man who toils .with industrious hands,

and'eats his frugal mealsin pbvcrtv.yct strug

gles with adverse fate, contending against 1 ... v -.,.;

trounie nnu misfortune, would tmd his sorrows insupportable, did .not the hope of betlcrdays

entwine around his heart. The idea of better days brightens his labors, softens his rug

ged pillow, and dispels the'visions of sadness from his mind. For years and years this prospectkeeps the cords of life from .'sundering, yet no change or variation takes place in his condition he lives the same and dies the same,at .an advanced age. The christain lives in the hope of belter das; if indeed on earth his condition is not ameliorated, he points toward the skies and exclaims, there, there is my trust for better fdays.--U skm-Shieltl.

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sue 111 her turn replied a negative. 'What is the meaning of all this?' said the clergvman exidenlly displeased at the foolish trifling of the parlies. 'O, naethingava.'said the blushing damsel, tossing her head with -an air of resentment, 'only Fve just ta'en a scvnnrr nt him!' The two again retired tothcir lonclv pillows; and lonely it would seem fhev had found them, for the reverend gentleman, on coining out of his house lhe"Xollowing morning met the foolish coupleoncc more on their war to solicit his services. 'It's a made up noo," said the smiling fair one. 40 yes,' said her intended, it's a settled noo, nd we want you to marry us as soon as possible.' T will do no such thing,' was the grave and startling reply to the impalie.nt.Kequest. 'What for?' cried the fickle pair, speaking together in a tone of . ! I.. .1 : ;. .

milieu surprise ana disappointment. HJ naething ava,said his reverence, passing on liis: wn v. hut hist 7Y hVn n v.i. t .

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Great Printing Establishment. In looking

over a file of late London "papers, welfind an

iiiieiesung uescripnon 01 ttie printing establishment of Mr. Clawcs, w here the publications of the celebrated 'publisher, Charles Knight, and of the Society for the Diffusion

of Useful Knowledge, 'are printed. There

are employed type founders, 6 stereotype

RHuruei, 4 men uamping,-janu iuu compositors. The principal composing room, where lift type is set, is 270 eet long, and is filled from end to end with a double row of frames. Two steam engines are employed in driving the printing machines; of which there are

eight that can throwofffrom 790to 1,000 im

pressions per hour, ihere are 15 common presses for fine work, and 5 hydraulic presses, of 2G0 horse power each, for pressing paper. There are in;the establishment about 1,000

works in stereotype, pf which 75 are Bibles.

The first coot of these plates would amount to 400,000; the weight is about 3,000 tons, and

if melted andsofd tor. old metal, would be

worth XTO.COO. The average quantity of paper printed amounts"weekly to about 2,000 reams. When the paper makers and other tradesmen are taken into account,.the men to which this establishment gives employment must amount to several thousand.

"I thought you told me that.

had gone off," said a gentleman.

but forgot to tell you that he

with it.77

fever

"I did so.

went off along

'Congress will meet on the first Monday in December, and continue in session till the 4th of March, at 'which time the ferm of service of the present House and cne third of the Senale will expire. '

Picture of a Bacaklor. Iu th vast flower-field of humanaffection, the old bachelor is- the very scarecrow of happiness who drives away the little birds of love that ccme to steal the hemlock seeds of loneliness and despair. Where is there a more pitiable ob-

h'ecth the world than a man who has no ami

able woman interested in his welfare! , Howdismal dors hlsi desolate room appear when he comes home at night, wet and hungry, and finds a cold hearth, a barren table, and a loncly, pillow that looks like the while ur;i of every earthly enjoyment! See the sick old bachelor in .the dark aftcrnoonfof life, when his heart is sinking to its sundown! Not solitary star of memory gleams over the du.k of his opening 'grave no weeping wife, to bend, like a blessing, over his dying bed no fond daughter, to 'draw his chilly hand into the soft pressure of hers, and warm his iccing blood with the revivingTircsof unfailing affection no manly boys, to ljnk his breaking name with the gold chain of honorable' society and bind his history in the vast volume of the world he isjjleavirrg for cver.Tile Las eat, and drank, and died! Clarke.'

Sef-FurgtffulncNt. We see an anecdote going the rounds, of a man who went to the post office, and. forgot his own name. The case is not so strong a one as we remember at die east, of a Mrs. Fa mum. who' was. always inquiring Hie way home when she walked out; asked occasionally to be introduced to her husband; made acquaintance every week or two with her children; and at lenrth, one day, upon returning home from a wnlk.knockd at her own door and asked if Afrs. Farmim lived there; "certainly, Ma'am," replied the servant, some what thunder-struck "and p.rav" said Madame Farmim, "is the. lady in V The maid took her bundle and mr.de tracks at once as to living with a double woman, one half of whom came to inquire for the other it was more than she c ould do." " "

- A HORSE THIEF ARRESTED: A "man calling himself Elijah M. tz, was ar

rested by Mcssi-s. A. Estep, A. L. Connable,

and I). . Crockett, at the Bath Springs, 111 this county, on Wednesday, October 29i.li, on the suspicion of horse stealing. He had in his possession five horses when apprehended.

He was immediately taken to New Calisle,

Clarke ty, Ohio, in the neighborhood of

which place three of the. horses were known to have been stolen. He was the re arraigned before a Justice of the Peace, and committed to jail on charga of stcaliivg 3 horse:?. The other two horses were ascertained .to have been stolen in Pickaway county, eleven miles South of Columbus, and were delivered by the above named gentlemen to their pro;vef owners. The thief had also in his possession two saddles, five bridles, a .martingale, a great coat and a cloak, all of which werc.deiivered to their respective owners, except one saddle, bridle and martingale, which we are requested to say, are now in the possesion of Mr. Es'ep, and w hich he is anxious the right owner should have so soon as he can be found. It is stated, that it has been ascertained to some degree of certainty, that this same scoundrel has stolen thirty-six horses within the lasl

twev years. He has rendered the state of

Ohio upwards of five years service in her Penitentiary, from whence he made an escape about two years agor . Messrs. Est, p. Com nable, and Crockett, certainly deserves the thanks of the public, for their exertions in arresting and bringing to justice this almost unparalleled villain. Since writing the above, we have understood that the same man resided in Fair

field, Franklin count v, Indiana, some months,! ing declared that he had got over his olqccrion

at the shoe making business, and ; the ceremony Was again commenced, and pro-

icceded without interruption, till a question

Coquetting Extraordinary' -Some little time ago, a pair of turtles, who seemed anxious to become united in the silken bonds of wedlock made their appearance before one of the clergyman in Glassgow, who, finding the requisite certificates all right, proceeded with the ceremony till he came to the part of it where the question is put to the bridegroom, jf he "is willing to take this , woman to be his wife?" To this necessary query, the man, after considerable hesitation, answered "No f . ''No!' said the minister, with a look of surprise, "for what reason?" Must,' said the poor embarrassed simpleton, looking round for the door, "because Fve la'en a scunner (disgust) at her.' On Ibis, the ceremony, to the evident mortification of the fair one was broken off, and the parties retired. A few days after, however, they again presented themselves before his

reverence, and the fastidious bridegroom hav

Coohixo Potatoes. Of all'thc ocd tilings which nature-produces, through lh patientihduslry of farmers, there is nothing which is so agreeable to the'palate as the polatoc, nor any one' vegetable so universally esteemed; yet this is so frequently rendered unpalatable by the manner of cooking it,thatbut comparatively few are acquainted with the real fla-1 vorofthis esculent root. Lovers of mealy potatoes will do well to attend, to the following method communicated to us by lady of this town, whereby potatoesa year oldjmay -be rendered as delicious as new ones boiled

the common manner. Peel them, rrut

in

them into cold water, and let them remain two or three hours; then boil them in water which'has been salted, observing that it boils when they are put in; pour off the wafer when, they are done, shake them well for a short time, put (hem.;on the fire agaimjand at 'the' expiration of ten'or fifteen - minutesMhey will be ready for the table. Lancaster Gaz.

passed bv the name of Wilson .

Liberty Rrpubiican.

j similar to the above was put to the biidc, when

Vinegar in Cream. -The difficulty and labor frequently attending the churning of butter,Jed me to try a variety of experiments to ascertain if a method could be discovered for making butter come quicker, than the-usual mode. After frying several things I found that by adding a tablespoon full of good vine--gar to four gallons of cream, when ,. put into fhe churn, 1 obtained butter in front seven to eight minutes. If this information will be of any service to your subscribers, you nre at liberty to publishit. Farnt. and'JSIcch.

' AnialgamatiojirThe Albany papers notice the marriage of a man named Greeny a black gentleman, to Miss Mary Aim Billings, a while lady, though sheis rather Green now. If Mary Ann be Satisfied with her fate, no onewill grumble at her colorable choice; there ara some folks fond" of groping in the dark,:

CoX f.NDRCM. What to captivate a young or-tune.

tune is most likely lady? Answer iv