Indiana American, Volume 4, Number 7, Brookville, Franklin County, 12 February 1836 — Page 1

EMDEAMA AMIEIBIKDAW

OUR COUNTRY OUR COUNTRY'S INTEREST AND OUR COUNTRY'S FRIENDS. BY C. F. CLAUKSO.. BROOKllLLG, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVEXIXG, FEBRUARY 12, IS 36. VOL. IV. IVo. 7.

TERMS OP THE AM ERIC AX.

main dirision of tho Potuvlv

$2 in advance $2,50 in six months; or $3,00 at from Philadelphia, which canal passes through

lUeexpiranon 01 me jcai. narnsburgh, and follows the Juniata branch of the Advertisements. 1 welve lines, or less, will be Susquehanna. The cost of the rail road was three inserted once or three times, for one dollar, and 2o and a half millions. Its greatest altitude above the cents will be charged for each additional insertion waters of the Delaware is 555 feet. The next is

IVEWS OF THE WEEK.

the canal 172 miles long, having 18 dams, 33

aqueducts, ana 111 locks, to near the Allehany mountain, w hich is ascended by five inclined planes of nearly a mile in length each and descended by live more. It nnssos a tunnel il.r.Mi,Tl. .,!;.! n.t.-

At a Urge and respectable meeting of the citi- feT0 feet, having an arch of heavy masonry 20 feet M, held at the College Ldihce, on Thursday ,)iffh. The length of the road over the Alleo-hanv

is 06 miles, overcoming an aggregate, height of 3570 feet and having four extensive viaducts. At Johnstown, on the Conemaugh, it meets the canal, which is 104 miles long to Pittsburgh, and has 64 locks, 9dams, 2 tunnels, 16 culverts, 162 bridges.

and passes through a tunnel perforating a hill 250

it appears trom the account that cars

From the Cincinnati Gazelle. WHITE WATER CAXAL. MEETING.

wns

evening-, the ;:tii inst., M. Williams, F.sq., was appointed Chairman, and R- Buchanan, F.sq., Secretary. The object for which the meeting was convened beins stated, C. Fox, Esq., then introduced the following preamble and resolutions, and after a dis

cussion of some length, in which C. Fox, Judge feet y-.,

Burnet, lien. Harrison, J. uiiams, J. Jones, Juilje Wright, and Dr. Bedinger took part, they were unanimously adopted. Whereas, the Legidature of the State of Indiana, at its present session has provided by law for tie construction, among other works of Internal Improvement, of general and national importance,

are drawn by horses over the Alleghany part of the road, except at the inclined planes. I have no notes of the time required to pass the whole distance, nor of ihe speed in any part of it.

short years ago, and adorned the saloons of Wash

ington the one as the accomplished and lovely Miss Livingston the other, the splendid and facinating Miss Lewis. They are now separated perhaps forever; and their respective countries the one by birth, and the other by adoption are rushing, not like them, into an affectionate embrace, but into a bloody war. If the Ladies could negotiate, we are persuided they would do it better than their "liege lords." .V. Y. Herald. W AsiiiNGTON City. According to a statement furnished to papers of Washington City, by ,Mr. Sessford, there have been built in that city! during the year 1835, 60 new houses, of various des-ciiptions.

Total number of Dwellings in the city, " Public Buildings, " Shops, " Buildings of every description Supposed population, 21,007. Running feet of pavements, 115,547.

3630

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345 4045

From Ann Royal'' s Paul Prv

From all we can learn. Mr. Van Buren's friends

of the While Water C anal, from the point of its I at Washington begin to doubt his success. Indiintersection with the national road, to Lawrence- cations in the South are very unfavorable. It is barr and has by said law manifested the high not impossible but his friends in all the South may confidence she feels that the public spirit and lib- urge his being withdrawn from the field, so that crality of the Legislature of Ohio, will induce an they may go with the great mass of the South for immediate grant of authority to locate and con- Judge VYhito. Had the Anti-Van Buren party in struct a few miles of said Canal, which, in pursuing the South shownsigns ofdivision among themselves, the valley of the White Water river, is necessarily the friends of Van Buren would have had courage thrown within the Territory of this State; and to persevere; but seeing no hopes of a division in whereas, to withhold the said grant to Indiana, that quarter, and knowing that the South never did

would, in the opinion of this meeting, be derogato- vote for a man for President who lived north of the ry to the high character of Ohio for public spirit Potomack, they are unwilling to hazzardthe chance and liberality, and might tend to repress the noble of Van Buren's election. ardor evinced by the people of Indiana in the cause Should the South retire in a body from the New

of puoiic improemeni,in w men our wnoie country ork candidate, it seems to us he will be with

is deeply interested, and would als ev.nce a spirit drawn; and in that event, it is not certain whether

on the part of Ohio,not only at warjwitb the obliga- hie friends in New York, New Jersey,Connecticut

tons of courtesy due from one State to a neighbor- Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine, will ics State, but altogether unworthy of the pioneer U-o for White. Harrison, or Webcter. It is verv

Sate in the cause of Internal Improvement in the probable, however, that the Van Buren men will

Western Country; 1 herefnre, Kesolved, divide, some preferring one and some another of

1st. lhat our legislature ought promptly to the above named gentlemen. Should thev unite as

grant the authority asked for on thia subject by a party upon Judge YVhite.his election by thepeople

Indiana

2d. That the Senators and Representatives from this county be respectfully, but urgently requested to give to this measure their zealous and active lupport. 3d. That a Cammittee of Five persons be appointed to prepare and cause to be circulated, a

A proposition has been made in the Legislature of Massachusetts, for the chartering of a Bank with

a. capital ot iu,uuu,uuu.

The Steamboat 'William Gibbons,' from Charles

ton burst her boiler recently, in entering the harbour of New York; a number of passangers

scalded.

A great London Bank has established an agen

cy in Boston, under the care of F. J. Oliver.

A New Invention. We were shown a few davs since, a writing pen, invented by Jacob D.

Custer, of this borough, which we think cannot fail to be highly useful and convenient to stenographers

and others. In appearance it resembles an everpointed pencil, it is filled with ink, and the necessity of having recourse continually to the ink stank, as with the common fen, is entirely obviated, as a legible hand can be written till the whole supply is consumed. It may be carried in the pocket as readily as a pencil, as it is so constructed that the ink flows only when writing. Jorris Press.

till it becomes almost reduced to a cinder then put it into a clean rag, and squeeze it until moisture is expressed which must be dropped into the car as hot as the patient can bear it. Pathetic Appeal. "Don't strike! Do be a clever man once" said a little ragged dirty looking urchin, who was detected by Farmer H. stealing apples "Do be a clever man once, for you know you never was!" The following resolution wns unanimously adop

ted at a late Internal Improvement celebration at

Covington, Indiana.

Resolved, That David Wallace, our present

Lieutenant Governor, deserves our warmest gratitude for the untiring and unceasing exertions he

always manifested in behalf of our system of Internal Improvements. In truth, it may be said,

that he was its 'eloquent' advocate both at home and in the Legislature (whilst others intent onlv

upon their popularity at home at the expense of our

interests abroad,; he met its enemies upon the ros

trum at home and in the forum of the councils of!

the State, and there plead its cause till it won the day. Long may he live to enjoy the fruits of his

labor, and receive the just reward of a grateful

people.

Tiger Fight. Some time last week, while an

Indian was hunting in the night, in the rear of

Jlr. van Alhan s plantatition, in est Baton Rogue, he perceived an enormous tiger rapidly advancing towards him. He attempted to fire at him repeatedly, but his gun as often snapped. The ti

ger having approached sufficiently near made a

spring at the Indian who with great presence of

mind seized his tomahawk, and made a blow at his

assailant, which struck him on the shoulder, while

with his left hand he seized him by the throat. He repeated his blows so rapidly and effectually that

the tiger in a lew seconds lay dead at his feet.

I he shoulders and sides of the Indian are much

lacerated by the claws of the tiger, which was a bout seven feet long. Lou. Reg.

would be certain. Judge Whites friends must press

upon the minority of the party in earnest, the necessity of Mr. Van Buren's being withdrawn. He

should be withdrawn at once, and this would prevent the election from going to the House.

Investigation of Masonry. On Friday eve-

memorial to the Legislature, urging in respectful ning last, after a discussion of two days, during

and strong terms, the propriety of an immediate which time the late Gov. olf, George M. Dallas, grant of authority to Indiana, to locate and con- nd about twenty others, members of the Grand ttruct that part'of the said White Water Canal Lodge of Freemasons of Pennsylvania, having been which passes through the territory of Ohio, and to arraigned at the bar of the House of Representatal;e such other measures as they may deem nroD- tves for refusing to give testimony before the com

er to carry into effect the object of these reso- mittee to examine into the evils of Freemasonry l-tions and other secret societies, were discharged. The

The following Committee were then appointed debate created great interest in the public mind

to carry the same into effect: Hon, J. C. Wright, senate aojournea, ana me uouse was crowueu

to overnowmg wmi spectators, i ne rccusa.ui

witnesses although it was not required, were seat-

R. Foster, E. S. Haines and C.

J. Jones, Win. Schultz.

Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting

bt published in the daily papers of this city. M. T. WILLIAMS, CK'n. Robert Buchanan, Sec'y.

IN OHIO LEGISLATURE. Saturday, Jan. SO. TThilexcater Canal. Mr. Morse presented a petition from sundry citizens of Hamilton country, in

favor of the passage of a law granting the privilege I To

lithe state of Indiana to construct a portion of the Whitewater rCanal within the limits of this State. Mr. Vance (Speaker) took the floor, and opposed the printing of the petition in some remarks; he

was willing that it should be laid on the table, and Se treated as other petitions were, he denied the necessity of printing it, and expressed himself as opposed to the policy embraced in its prayer. Mr. Morse followed, at considerable length, in reply; he advocated the policy of granting to Ini;ana the privilege which was sought for, and enforced his desire to have the memorial printed, in order that the views of many of the leading citizens of Hamilton county might be spread before the members of both branches. After some further discussion, in which Mr. McMechan and Mr. Newell participated, on division the motion for printing was adopted ayes 20,noes not counted.

ed in the open space before the Speaker's chair.

They were discharged by the House, not in justifi

cation of their course, but on the ground of expedi

ency. It was thought best by the majority , to hold

them up to the people, as men who hold their obli

gations to the masonic institution, above the laws

of the country. Penn. Intelligencer.

K Perpettal Motion. Mr. Morse, of Bloomfield, in our own State, it is said, has constructed machine that is now in successful operation in Concert Hall, Boston, that is capable of sustaining itself in a Perpetual Motion, so long as the machine will last and the elements of nature continue. About two years since, says the Morning Post, s he informs me, he became convinced that ma

chinery might be propelled by the expansion and contraction of air produced by tho ordinary changes f atmospheric temperature. His attention to the subject has resulted in the completion of a mach.ne, by which he has successfully applied that Power to producing a constant and uniform motion. The machine also possesses the novel capability of reneWiniT its tl ctr.i .1 nr. I, e in tMArf.)lli tho

Possibility of exhaustion. The dilation and contraction of the fluid confin- . ,n ln air-chest causes a corresponding rise and ill Of a niston. This mnllnn is miil tn turn 1

THE APOLOGY.

His Majesty, Louis Phillippe, King of the

J- rench.

I have a small apology. It grieves me much to make it; But in whatever shape it be, I hope, kind sir, you'll take it! I'll own I'am not quite so wise, I'm very, very sorry But sir, I will apologize, I see you're in a hurry. Well, then, we have some yankee tars, Most spoiled for want of fighting. Marked up with honorable tears. Who will set these things a righting, Old Ironsides will tend to ye, She never winced at all And thunder our apology With powder, bomb, aad ball! Or if he choose it on the land, As more befits your nation, We'll not object to try a hand In strict New Orleans fashion; We'll take a few Kentucky boys With their well loaded rifles, And then, sir, we'll apoligize, Don't tremble, these are trifles. I see you don't admire our taste, Then please to plank the rhino, Or we we'll cross the watery waste. To try your silks and wine O! So then, pay up's the word, d'ye see, Or certainly we'll make ye. .Vctc Fort, Abe., 1835.

A Swindler among the Shakers. The follow ing from the Zanesville (Ohio) Gazette,presents the industrious and frugal, though fanatical Shakers in a new and disagreeable light:

".Nathan Miarp, the great head of the Shaker es

A melancholy accident occurred a short time

since on the Charleston Rail Road, by which two engineers were killed, and another man had his leg

broken. The accident was occasioned by the

reaking of the axle-tree of the Locomotive. The

two engineers killed were young men and broth-

rs.

A fracas took place in New York, on the 20th

nst. between the redoubtable Colonel Webb, of the

Courier and Enquirer, and General Bennct (as he dubs himself) of the Herald. The latter was

knocked down by vvebb with a cane. e think the General has forfeited his title.

Fashion. The fashion that the ladies of our

cities have of walking upon their toes, is said to have grown out of the custom of combing the hair up behind and turning St over the forehead. A lady who was considered a model of fashion, on a certain occasion, combined her hair so firmly for

ward, that her heels could not touch the ground, and in this way made her appearance in public. The next Sabbath morning, all the female tribe

might be seen mincing to church upon the tip end of their toes.

We were informed, two or three days ago, that

the weather-wi6C folks in this neighborhood were

predicting a very cold winter. We understand,

that they found their prediction upon the extraor

dinary number of old bachelors, that are getting

married. Lou. Jour.

New.Ccriosity in Natural History. In the

last No. of the Family 3Iagazincthe editor tells a story of an insect which somewhat staggers our

credulity. An insect is said to have been lound in

North Carolina, resembling the beetle in appear

ance, about an inch in length; which when arrived

at maturity, creeps into the earth and dies. 1 here

upon, its posterior legs vegetate, producing shoots bearing both branches, and leaves, on whose extre-, mities and buds containing simple embryo insects

exactly similar to the parent these gradually

come to perfection, when they in turn descend intd

the ground, vejretate, produce other shoots and

buds containing other insects, embryo, and thus the process is continued and the race perpetuated. An!

engraving is given of this lusus nalurr, looking to

all the world like the representation ot a born Dugi

with two potatoe sprouts six inches long attache)

to its bodvl Did not the narrator of the story

vouch for its correctness by the evidence of hisowi

eves, we should questicn its truth as it is, wet

give it as a specimen of the marvelous. A gentle

men in Philadelphia is stated to De engaged lift

raising a crop for the museums.

St. Louis Hotel. The people of St. Louis Misi

souii, are abort to erect a spledid new Hotel, oil

the corner of First and Lpurel streets, by a stock

company. It is to be two hundred feet front, anl

one hundred and fifty feet back, four stories higl The cost is'estimated at $150,000 upwards f $80.

000 of which was taken up on one day by the citd

zens. Bost. Post.

The house of R. W. Thompson, Esq. of Mays-

vine, was destroyed by hre in tlx? night of I' ndiy

last, together with several Other framed buildings of little comparative value. Mr. T.'s los6between

5 and 6000 dollars. No insurance. Lexington Intelligencer.

The number of convicts in Maryland, which had

a population of 44,000 in lwi(), was on the 1st

December, 18.55, 404 in irguua, with a popula

tion of 1,211,0(10 in 1830, the numberon the same

day was only 150. The extraordinary disparity is to be accounted for from the fact, that Virginia is lessmaratime and possessesnolargecity, and there

fore fewer crimes. Baltimore alone furnished 90 out of the above number.

A Useful Article. A minister who -has been la-

boringatthe west, in forms us that he lately spent a night witha family which within a year had settled

in Illinois; and Irom wrong information abouttransportinjr and purchasing household jjoods, had come

out without the means of comfort. The good wo

man of the house baked their bread in a common bakepan, then boiled their coffee in the same vessel, then stewed them some pork in the same; then dipped out some of the fat with a cup, on the inner side of w hich she put a piece of rag to make a lamp by which they might see to eat supper; and then the minister's horse eat his mess of oats out of the same omnibus of cookery.

from the 55th decree of South latitude, to the

G5th degree of North latitude; 2d. That

trom 0lh degree ot iNorth latitude to the47th of South latitude, there are found evident traces of the abode of animated beings; 3d. And finally that some of the signs of the existance of lunar inhabitants are so apparent, traced in different directions, and in particular a co!os?a! edifice, situated nearly under the equator of the planet. The w hole presents the appearance of a considerable city, near which mav be distingushed a construc

tion exactly similar to what we call a starred redoubt, or a work with horns. Phil. Times. THE PRESIDENCY INTHE HOUSE. The question is sometimes asked, whether

or not, in the event of the election of Presi

dent going to the House, thirteen States would cast their vote for Mr. Van Buren. As things stand at present, Mr. Van Buren cannot receive the votes of thirteen Slates, as will appear from the follow ing table of the

political character of the members;

In Maine a majority of lhe members of thft

House are in favour of Mr. Van Buren; the

ameis the case in New Hampshire, Connec

ticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, Illinois. and

Indiana II. In Massachusetts the majority of the members of the House are Anti-Van Buren. the

same is the cae in Vermont, Delew are Maryland, North Carolina, Alabama. Louisana. Tennessee, Ken lucky and Ohio 11.

In Mississippi, there is one an Buren and

one .nti-an Luien member. Air. Clai

borne, the Van Burenile pledged himself in his address to the people of the State before the election, to give his vote in the House of Representatives to the Presidential candidate who should receive the electoral vote. The vote of Mississippi will go against Mr. Van Buren. Missouri has also one Van Buren and ono Anti-Van Buren member both pledged lo go

according to the popular vote.

Pennsylvania we have set down to Mr. Van Buren; but Ihe probability is that the majority ol members from that state will follow the

course indicated by the popular will in the

vote tor the Llectoral licket. The members

for Indiana and Illinois will probably be influ

enced by the same considerations; and the

people of those States in the Electoral vole, will be found, we presume, on the same side with their bretheren of the other Western and South Western States. Under these con

siderations, it is obviously out of the question

that Air. an liuren should be elected if the

decision of the question as appearances now

indicate, should devolve on the members of the House. Boston Atlas.

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. In regard to this great measure of Stale

I i : i:c. J i . r; j j i

Burying Alive. A young man fell in . d.' 1 - i;- io n lllc F,Fm. love with the daughter of a rich citizen ofUlns State w,th one accord (almost) spcak-,.g

Fa."ls, ulM ins auecuon was returned. I ill!.1! .7: i!,i,i:,.. J

,n Jt- jivat niii

wel always in the same direction, and to wind tablishment near Lebanon, has taken one of the

' j s ' wl"ch would be several days in run- 6isteis to wife, & pocketing a large sum of monev, -ng down, and which operates with the same (SOme sav $UX),000,) has put out.leavingthe broth1"a Ti" a"y machincr-v ta hich it may be ap- ers anj sisters buzzing about like a swarm of Bees t irf . T, inUie a winding up, as a any other which have lost their Uueen. Poor fellows! they tion r I power of ,he expansion and contrac- have found the truth of Burns' remark, 'mankind n ol the confined fluid being more than sufficient .re unco weak, and little to be trusted.' It is said

ratee? e weiSl,t wound up, :s shifted, by the op- aiso triat Sharp mortgaged the Shaker property to wT8 i the macl,ine as soon as that office is the Trust Company at Cincinnati, and that a law Led' and made to work a forcing pump or sl,it will grow out of the transaction." "mienssr; the object of which is to supply any deft-

of fluid in the air-chest, occasioned bv the Lotistili.e. The Louisville Jour.ial of the 19th

v-"uie escape ot the

Cuff, you see dem two ladies of color cross dfc

streets dare! Yes, I see de dear angels Pompey. Well, dontthey look mazinglv like one anoder!

Dattrue. Pompey, I ffib you credit for your nice

pendumtration; dey do mazinly zemble each odor-J-

specialiy deoneon ais 6iue.

ir I I.i...wtI. I.a rvnroe rf i h I Mnt.ina . clitamdllt rf tho hi 1 C 1 11 C trinR9ptpil in

'etal, or its casnnl iivtinntn f.m . n nthnrl T-suiei.-il1 hirinr th nisr lfS. frnm whirh it nn-

tha56' ase t,ierc 6,'ould be more air in the chest pears that it amounted to $24,837,000. The Rumn lS n?cessary to ensure the proper operations of ber of steamboats that traded with Louisville, mactunery, the excess would be instantly dis- 2So, that passed the Portland Canal, 1250; and

. '-""o" aive prepared lor ttie purpose, tne numoer inai nrritcii uie run ui uuuisiun;, of" m that ease, would be opened by the mot ion 1790. In 1800 the population of Louisville was o 'Plston-and effectually closed again by the 600; in 1820, 4,012; in 1830, 10,336; and in 18:15,

"Station of a lever

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.Maine Wesleyan Journal,

SS4GK OP fur. . . . . e- 1 1

tmd Jnl ? Philadelphia and Pittsburgh rail edoYPr ,k i' lsiven by a gentleman who past tri u ast May- This is perhaps the greatWv!h ,-ver natural obstacles that has been a;ed m this country. the 5sjf.,WJ!01,? .d,sUnce 15 a9S miles. It crosses

10,967. 18howiriff an increase of 93 per cent, in the

last five years! 'J he population is supposed to be, at this time, not less than 22.0(H) souls.

endn '"I ,eet above lbe w&ter rv Incl.,n'l Plane of 209 feet by

Gambia o k cends another of 1720 feet to n the Susquehanna, where it joins the

JVbt a diplomatic. Meeting

last. Mr. Barton and Lady arri

their way to AVashington. On Thursday morning, M. Pageot and Lady also arrived at Baltimore, on their wav to this city and Paris. A brief interview

feet lonr, 41 ', took place at Barnum s between the two .x-cnar-

Attorney General of .Veto York. Samchl Beardsi.ey, Esq. now a Representative in Congress from that state has been chosen, by the Leg jfelature, Attorney General of New York,in plajje ofGreeneC. Bronson, appointed Judge of the Supreme Court. Horrible. A schooner, called the Mary drilled into the harbour of Brooklyn, Maine, during the late severe weather, and sad to tell, all hands twenty-eight in "number, were frozen to death. "The people of Danville, says the Richmond Chronicle, are not only opposed to abolition but amalgamation. They tarred and feathered a black man and a white woman a few days since, for intermarrying with each other." It is said that nine of the sovereigns of Europe, are aver sixty years of age. According to seniority

OnNVednedaT tiiffht' they as follows king of taxony, who is frtf; i ved at Bakimore on I king of Swede.., Bernadotte, 71; the pope, 70; the ived at Baltimore, on ,. rn. fit- Prlls;. v

King oi E.ngiiiuu, iv. - .-ww. , Holland 63; and France 62.

ges he of France, and he of the United States. It

was cold and distant. I heir two L.aaies,we learn, rushed into each other's arms and wept freely. Both ladies had been intimate acquaintances a few

The New York Star says: "A drove of 20 fat sheepsold yesterday at from f IS to $20 a head.

Indian Cure for the Ear Ache. Take a piece of

the lean of mutton, about the size ot a large walnut; put it into the fire and burn it for some time,

fJither ofthe lady obliged her. however, tore

lounce her love and to marry another. A

'short time after her nuptials:, the younc wife .-1-11 ! 1 . o

leu in anu aiea. cne was buried at Paris 21 hours after her decease. Her first lover incapable of resisting the desire he felt of seeing her for the last time succeeded in gaining the sexton, who consented to open the tomb the same nicht. The

young man threatened the latter to kill him, if

ne committed the smallest indiscretion, after which he carried ofTthc body, conveyed it to a neighboring house, placed' it near the fire, rubbed it with w arm cloths, and tried all possible means of restoring to life the woman he adored. After some hours he had the happiness to discov er signs of life appear: she first emitated gentle signs, and at last returned entirely to herself. As soon as she was entirely reestablished in health, the lovers thus re-united by death set out for England, whence they did not dare to return tiil several years had elapsed. At first a stand was made against recognizing the young female for the" pretended defunct; but her new husband found means lo prove that she was really the same as had been interred, and demand restitution for the fortune which belonged to her. The consequence was a most extraordinary law-suit. The first husband presisted in saying that she belonged to him, while the second affirmed she was dead as far as he was concerned, and that without his measures and exertions she would never have been restored to life. The parliament, hnwprer, nppcerd w l.... towards the title of the first husband; and this circumstance .urged them to return to England, without awaiting the decision of the law-suit. The particulars of this remarkable

process are yet to be found in the journals of . i: - ii- r -

ine pan.amem. ncsiern luminary. European Discoveries in the Moon. Wc find the following information in a late Faris paper. Professor Gruithausen, of Munich, declared

publicly, sometime since, tht he had discov

ered indisputable proofs that the jUoon,UKe the Earth, is inhabited. All Europe replied

by raillery to the declarations of the Bavarian astronomer, but his firmness was not shaken bv it. The German journals have published

the result of Professor Gruithausen's observa

tions combined with those of his learned fel

low laborer, the astronomer Schroeter. Their

common conclusions arc 1st. lhat vegeta

tion on the superficies on the moon extends

tai

cle

n important duty, and a high rcsponsi-

0;ity now devolves on the conductors of public journals, in seconding the efforts ofthe lislature to piomote the permanent and fare prosperity of the Slate. They should as a matter of consciencious jur', labor to scatter light among the people on his important subject, and to give tone ..nt popularity to the measure.

i i - ii i 1. .i ,

ernaps no one is exactly suaeu in tneaeof the act; but as the popular has most rly indicaicd the present as the proper

tiny fr begining this great work, as it has ufime the law and a part of the policy of

fjlcState, editors, inour opinionjshould labor tQ produce as much harmony of feeling and un.fiimity of co-operation in this matter as

lble. It is important to the character ot

tjleiSlate and the success ofthe enterprize.

fct the Indiana press then take a bold, and

independent stand. Let it speak out on this

suJect. And if demagogues shall mount tj)e'slump, and try to elevate themselves at

the expense ot the public weal; then let the vrciS do its duty, and aspiring worlhlessness wilsooa sink to its proper level of insignifi-

nce , , Vre respect the feelings and interests of

thoje members of the Legislature, and others, whjsc views wc re not nict by the provisions 0 tjie act, some of these we hope yet to see

,C(kmmcdated. c respect, too. the mo-

tive 1IIU leeiuigs o inose nnu nau uouuis ui the poh'cy of entering into so extensive a system f internal improvements; but for-those wi.o are quiet until the passage of tho hill, and

now raise a clamor against it, but too evidently selfish, we have no sympathy; and against such we declare war! Aye, a war, in which ink will be spilt, and goose-quill daggers be blunted! Indiana Aurora. Characters JUade Whole. At a late term ofthe common pleas in Monroe county, a Miss Hudson, a girl in indigent circumstances, and also an orphan, recovered a verdict of $100 of a man by the name of Dcwell on an action for slander. It appeared that the defendant, who, we believe, is a widower, had made overtures of matrimony to the fair plantiff, which she chose to decline whereupon the jilted lover all at once discovered that the grapes which were beyond his reach, were so'jur, very sour insomuch that he fell to defaming them publiciy, lest peradventure, some of his goodly neighbors should unwittingly have their teeth set on edge, by pertaking thereof. The libellous imputation consisted in charging the plantiff with theft which he did not attempt to substantiate on trial. At a late sale of Durham cattle in Ken. a 3 year old cow brought 300; a 9 month heifer 200; a nine year cow 200; and a bull calf 243.