Indiana American, Volume 4, Number 10, Brookville, Franklin County, 4 March 1836 — Page 1

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Ol'R COUNTRY OUR COUNTRY'S INTEREST AND OUR COUNTRY'S FRIENDS. F.CE. ARKSOH.

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FlIoMiTLORII)A. i:mtoks caiiisi sroMit.vcc UlINtY, (I'LOKIOA,) I nn. ' insftiteot t!.e greatest excitement, in conseruMue of the war now waging with the Seniinoles. r.ist Florida is entirely in possession of the sav-ar,-s: the whole country is laid waste. All the p intations are deserted, itud most of them totally li.troyed. The men are under arms, and the wom mi ami children in temporary forts, and must he hy this time in a starving condition. In a few iliys there will be f,0 militia men in the field from thi? 1st brigade, which is nearly eual to one-third of the eiF'etive force. Those are already organized, an.! are now only waiting for the arms" and ammunition which were ordered from Augusta a short t,:o sinec. Nothing has occurred at the seat of ir.ir since you heard. A few days ago, 12 friendly IaJians, who wore sent for from Tampa Bay, by G.vi. C.U.T.. to guide our army through the nation, arrived in Tallahassee. They say that -i hostile Intl. ins, who wore in the battle at the Wythlacooehce. had lately deserted their chief, and surrendered themselves, at Tampa; and stated that there were ll'J Indians killed at that battle, and a great iiumber wounded, and imong the latter wasl'owell. National Int. .V Sharp, whom all the papers, and our own a111011 the number, ha ve accused of running awav with the funds ef the Lebanon (Ohio) Shakers, anil tsk n g aw.ty with him also one of th3 trembliinr sisterhood, has authorised the editor of the Cin" cinnati Gazette to make an investigation of the whole affair and the editor says, Sharp was the bu-finess-agent of the Shaker community, and has separated from it, to he sure, & that there is "some difference of a pecuniary character about some ten or twelve thousand dollars, which the parties expert to adjust amicably, though it may lead to litigation. As to the amount of the one hundred thousand dollars, which we took from the ZanesviUe Gazet te, as we did all the rest of the statement, it was only so much moonshine. The Shaker property is not mortgaged to the trust company for a cent and papers which have circulated the imputation against "N. Sharp" are requested to republish this response, for the correctness of which the editor of the Cincinnati Gazette is responsible. We arc gratified to perceive that Mr. N. Sharp does not deny that iie married the fair Shakerese, and we hope he will be able to place both his pecuniary and inatrimnnial operations upon a good footing or, as sonn of the Buckeyes would express it, that lie has given the community a "fair shake." V. 1'. Courier. The editor of the Mobile Chronicle savs he is authoiized to say that a bounty of FIFTY" DOLLARS will be advanced to such individual who will enrol h.mself as a volunteer for immediate service in Florida, and that rl the necessary equipments will be furnished. V. 1". Courier. .Vnterial for a turn .Ibolitiaa Tract. A couple of families, one of them named Numbers, were dining together last week near Kenton Del., w hen the whole party, consisting of seventeen individuals, heca ne suddenly and alarmingly sick, and it soon became apparent that they were'all poisoned. Medical assistance was promptly obtained, however, and the whole number recovered except Mr. Joseph Moore, who died in great agony. A negress, named Rachel Saunders, was the cook who prepared me meat, ami she is lodged in Kent jail to take oer trial lor the otlence. .V. 1 . Cour. We are informed by Mr. Poulson, of the Phila delphia Advertiser, that the Washington Monu ment ib actually to he six hundred and forty feet high, and the Editor gives his authority for that ait time .Mr. Alexander Ray, the Collector of reutrioutions who says tl.e'nionument is intended i menu siupendousness w ith elegance unparalled 111 tl... t....-l .1 . I .. ..11 I f r mum, in w men we oeneve Air. Kay is crit ically correct. 1 he monument will be more than a Lundred feet higher than the pyramid of Cheops. A. I'. Cour. Jackson Cuv. A correspondent of the New lork. Commercial says, that the new city of Jacksn, w ill take the lead of every thing that has ever been known in this country. Every expectant of office is i xperted to purchase a lot of ground in winch case the supply of lots will, of course, be Unexhausted. The building will not go on exactly so rapidly. Hut according to this letter writer, it is confidently spoken of and believed that ten years the new city 'will rival Bladensburg." From the Cincinnati Gazelle. JOHN U. ADAMS: There is much speculation, at this time, respec tmg the political course of 3Ir. John Uuincy Ad ams. I lie following brief narrative of the principal political events of his life may not be uninter Cst;n, Mr. J. H. il ams was United States' Minister Henm, (Prussia.) when Mr. Jefferson, in December, 1-00, was elected President, in opposition Mr. John Adams. In September, li01, Mr. J. H. Adams returned to the United States, to his na-ul"-stitol Masaclnisotts. That state was then Wulodly adverse to the administration of Mr. JefJson. At the April state election, .Mr. J. Adams was elected a Senator, in the State I.eC 'litare, by the Federal party. In the spring srT!,.f ,"0J- Mr- J" Adams, still being a ate s"'nat ir, it became necessary to elect a Sen'T of the United States. The Federal party, constituting a ma jority of the Massachusetts Legislaare select. -.1 Timothy Pickering as their candidate, the Republican party selected Thompson Kinnor. A dissenting partv of the Federalists P'it forward Mr. J. U- Adam's. On the third balJt. the Republican party dropped Skinner, and vo"r J. li. Adams. Thus i as he elected to the enate of the United States, in which bodv he took n-sseat,i,i December, He was considered s of the Federal party, but did not act uniformly " in Jin, or w , . '.iii uit; iiiuilllllMI.HII'in T "i nine, ana up i .pru, i-uu, ine erson, or Republican party, obtained the comascendancy, in the United States. Fven -ac.msetts became Jclfersonian, and at the , rng elections of 1-07, elected their Governor, tj Ll-"1J,-r. l-n.Mr. .lellerson recommended Ad general cmhirgo. Mr. John i - t - ;,ll!ls.l.00'; "''s occasion to put in a partial adhe- . j ,' , r- Jefferson. He advocated the embargo,! that" debate, in the Senate of the U. S..' j' . "Pan the high rerormnendntion of the Pre ti- J v ie c nue a tntes, lit; OULD AC 1 in

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la February, lOS, the Republican Concessional v,..o ..,rt, iuai iioniinmeu Air. Mai ison for 1 resilient. Air. J (J a.i.u n.....i.i :. ceived one vote for Vice President, which he was accused of giving for himself! At the time, this

! unu a siuiject o! controversy, an.ono- the poIlitical Quidnuncs, especially il.e Wash in "'ton letter writers. The better opinion seemed to Le, that , -Mr. Adams was unjustly accused. I. ! The Pllllmrirn rm.ir-,,.l . 1 -I r

- ."i'.iti.nniiiiiMiin-i:if-iinnfTi.Mir, Timothv Picker ing was then a Senator in Congress, the colleo o-ue of Mr. Adams. Pickering addressed letter to Governor Sullivan, denunciatory of the embargo, and of the administration. Adams addressed a letter to Harrison Grey Otis, in vindication of Loth, At the polls the people declared against Adams. 1 1 is tprm nf cfprina -... .1 . . - . . ... I """ "wio. iu f.pire in t'ie senate ol wic L imcu states. 1 he newly ejected legislature, in June, ISO'S, proceeded to elect, in regular anticipation of the vacancy, and chose James Floyd. W hereupon Mr. Adams resigned the balance of his term, to March 4, lMi), and during the summer of that year, 1 );, was appointed, hy President Madison, Minister to Russia. lie remained in Furope, in public employ, until appointed Secretary of State, liy President Monroe, in 1S17. In l'o, J. t. Adams, was chosen President of the United States. Since that period his public course is well known, lie has, been elected to Congress, by the opposition party, has courted antimasonry , battled here, and therestruck forcibly at friends and foes, until he has finally cast himself upon the party, who drove him from office, and denounced him as unworthy of confidence. The movements of 3Ir. Adams.in 18:55, lSSG,are altogether in character with his line of conduct, in 1;07, 1S0S. I impeach neither bis motives nor his patriotism. The love of popular applause and 0f high public office seems to have been his besettinoappetite through life. Acting apparently with political party, whilst he has affected one side, he has courted the other. The result of identification with him, unless w hen he was used as a subordinate, has been the political downfall of his coadjutors, and in consequence of this his denunciation of them' as undeserving. Pickering U'.IS to him, what Mordecai was to Hainan. So IS Webster. Stronin natural and cultivated talents, p-treli American in his feelings. Mr. .Uams is weak in his thirst for distinction, and actually malignant, in personal rivalry Few men are great, in both great and little things. John Q. ,j dams, riry great in tome things, is very small in others. Life of Gen. Harrison. We have found time to peruse some considerable portion of the I?io"ranhv of Gen. Win. II. Harrison, from the pen of Judge Hall, of Cincinnati, the well known author of several creditable works in allustration of Western character, scenery and manners. Our previous acquaintance with the writings of Mr. Hall had led us to anticipate a faultless execution of the task which it was given out he had undertaken; and we need hardly add that we have not been disappointed. There is the same quiet felicity of expression and unpretending yet facinating manner which has already rendered the Judge a pleasing fireside companion to many; and, though he never attempts to elevate his hero by stilted sentences or by lasiiim' into profound political disquisitions altogether foreign from his subject, yet he does better: he convinces the reader of the earnestness if not the cor rectness of the conviction he seeks to enforce, and if said reader does not rise from the perusal of this little volume with a full conviction that (Jen. Harrison is an eminent Patriot, a Hero, and a Statesman, as well as an honest and a much injured man the 'Washington of the West,' and the very man best calculated to fill with ability and honor the Presidential chair we say if the reader do not believe all this, and much more of the sort, it will be no fault of the biographer. (For sale by Wiley and Long, 1G1 Broadway.) .Vim Yorker. Twenty-Second of Febkvary at CoLty.urs. (ireat preparations ore making in Columbus, to entertain the patriotic Delegates to the Convention in elegant sty le. Among the luxuries that arc to be provided, is one of the noblest animals ever known to the world. The great "Scioto Ox," weighing nearly Foi r Thoisani) Poi nts has been purchased for the occasion, at an expense ot .!;)(), and will be on that day slaughtered A: virepared for the Anti-Van Buren banqueting table in the most superior style. It will afford a characteristic and delicious dish for Patriotic Whk; farreks. Retort covrtf.ois. During the delivery of ins speccn, upon i ne recolution ot Mr. Adams, in the lower House of Congress, Mr. Wise of Virginia alluded to the situation of the House of Representatives upon the last night of the last session. He charged some of the members with having been drunk'. Mr. Lane of Indiana called upon him to point out the individual members who rccrc drunk. lo which Mr. lse replied that "If he were to do so he might hurt the gentleman's feeling's." We wonder where the young lieutenant, who upon another occasion attacked a member of Congress for words spoken in debate, now is! Will he call Mr. lse to account for this thrust at the morals of his daddy! No, never. One glance from the eye of the fearless Virginian would put. to route a regiment of such fellows. Hcdford Spy. Get voi r Life Ixsircd! 'Wherefore!' savs one 'it will not save it. Isaac Davega, one of the victims of the explosion on board the v m. Gib bons had his life insured for SlOJU't'; mid what good did it do him!' It did him no good: but it will do his heirs ten thousand dollars worth of good. Hy the payment of an inconsiderable premium, a handsome sum is secured to those who might have been left destitute by the awful catastrophe whicli destroyed the life of the insured person. I his is a consideration which should not be neglected: especially by those who venture on board a steamboat. If they have not children, they may have brothers, or sisters, or an aged father, or a w idowed mother, who may be benefited by their generous foresight. Few people are so destitute of relat ions, of some degree or o'her, and those not over rich but that they may get their lives insured, in the full coiiSdence of be ing serviceable to their kindred, even in death. .. 1" Tmnsrriirf. .advice to ioi xc i AUi'Nis. i'o not uecoraie your children with expensive tinerv. This is the grand foible ntowhich most young parents fall; and I hence the adage, that ' Where you behold a father, j a mother and one child, you generally discover three fools in the house. It is a satire upon human na J lure to reflect, that the cradle and the coitin, our entrance and our exit, should be the scene of fantastic foppery, of which neither subject can be con scions. The seeds of vanity are sometimes sown in the cradle, by parents, w ho afterwards complain I how difficult it is to weed them out.

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-i iu iatt session of the there were passed '.jSi ,.cts tiuns anil At Indiana Legislature, and 27 Joint Resoluing local a 'V. PfrC)nrtio,lof,l'ei',l)CACTS. A An act for the representatives in state. ,ie :.: 01 senators and the general assembly of th fopA" pCt-t0 TCiT in '1Rrt' t,iea entitle,! "an act , V . ' d fort,tl't,r purposes. U-u"sofS:tr uilU" of levying offh" "iS iff thC PP-tmcnt of a keeper An act to amend the act foropenino- am rODa-.r .public roads and h i g h w a y s , p p ro v c d Feb .1 1 An act to amend an act entitled "an act to rreAn act supplemental to an act entitled to regulate the practice in suits at law " January yj, ' 'an act op; rjved An act to allow additional compensation to officers of elections. n A" ftCt VV;me:,(1 the 6eral laws relative to Domestic and Foreign attachment ciaCrntVCtriZetheaPi,0intniei:t tfa fromice.113 a"h of fugitives An act to authorize the service of subpoenas bv copy. 1 An act to amend an act entitled "an act incorporating Congressional Townships, and providing for public schools therein," approved Feb. 2, 18Sa An act to provide for the election of a justic tlie I'eace m or noHr !f;ir, ; i?..i J. ----- -.Niji i.i imeii county. At, act to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the W av-iie and Union Turnpike company," approved le 7, 1S33 and to mcorparate the Rh and Fayette Inrnpike Company. An act to incorporate the Franklin, Fayette and Kush 1 umpike Comnanv. Joint Resolutions & JJemohiai.b. -v jo.ni resolution and memorial of the Wabash and E rio Canal on the subject A joint resolution on the subject of survey of the state. a geological A joint resolution to extend the time of the public printing for 103") G. A joint resolution on the subject of revising the School laws. A joint resolution on the subject of a survey of a Rail Road route from Charleston. South Carolina to some suitable point on the Ohio river, in Ohio or Indiana. A joint resolution relative to the payment of postage. ' A joint resolution on the subject of the admission of Michigan Territory into the Fxiion. A memorial of the General Assembly cfthe state of Indiana, praying for an appropriation for the construction of a harbor at or near the mouth of 1 rail Creek. A joint resolution au'horizing the reception of the State House from the contractor. A mcmoriul and joint resolution to the Congress of the United States, on the subject of granting a UV...UJT U1 mnu to me organized militia men, mounted militia men and rangers of the last war. OLDEN TIME IN MASSACHUSETTS. In 10?7, there were bu: thirty nlniin-tc in 11 Massachusetts, and the use of these norieultural implements was not familiar to all the planters. r rom the annals of Salem, it mmears in that vear. it was agreed by the town to grant Kichard Hutchinson 20 acres of land in addition to his shnre. on condition "he set up plouirhinrr." 10.5U. A sumptuary act of the General Court prohibited short sleeves, and required the garments to be lengthened ro as to cover the nrms il.o wrists, and required reformations '"in immoderate great breeches, knots of ribbon, broad shoulder bands and taylee, silk lases, double cuffs and ruffs." 10.... "I or prevent in? miscarriage of letters, it is ordered that notice be iriven that Kichard Eairbank, his house in Ilo&ton, is the place appointed for all letters, which are brought from bevond the sea or to be sent thither, are to be brought untn l.im and he is allowed for every such letter Id., rnd init answer all miscarriages through his own neglect in his kind, provided that no man shall be obligedto bring his letterthither, unless he pleases." 1017. The Court order, that if anv voiimr mai. attempts to address a young woman without" consent of her parents, or in case of their absence of the County Court, he shall be lined -1. for the first offence, 10. for the second, and be imprisoned for the third. 1040. Matthew Stanley was tried for drawing in the affections of John Tarbox's dauriter without the consent of her parents, convicted and fined lf., fees :?. Gd. Thre married women were fined 5s. each for scolding. lfi."n. Jonas Fairbanks, was tried for wearinegreat boots but was acquitted. JS'ational .T.gis. When a young tradesman in Holland or Germany goes a courting, the first question the young woman asks of him is, 'can you pay the charges?' that is to say, in English, can you keep a wife if you get her! What a world of misery would be prevented if the young women in all countries would stick to the wisdom of that question. Executions. It is stated, in the English papers, that there has been no execution in London for 2 years and a half. There has been none in Philadelphia since 1S;0 and but 3 since 1"1G. The Expcnokrs. The Constitution of the United States says that the Senate of the IT. S. "shall keep a Journal." Gen. Jackson and the expungers say, it shall not. Which authority is to he obeyed! ASigx. Harrison in IT'eslern SS'e w York. The call for the young men's Harrison Convention in Steuben County, says the Geneva Courier, is signed among others, by 50 Jackson men. Axothe Dcki,. The Globe of yesterday, contains the following notice of manslaughter "We have seen a letter. givinga brief account of a duel between Samuel tiwin, r.sq. an officer of the Land otlice in .Mississippi and Isaac Caldwell, of that State, formerly a partner of lV.ndexter, in tlie practice of law. From the letter, it appears, that at a partv given by Gov. Lynch, Poindexter .... . r . i i-ii had puhliclv aouse Mr. iivvin, w men ueing resen-I ted by the latter, Caldwell took the quarrel off of Poindexter's hands. The parties fought, each arm - ed with four pistols, taking their positions 19 paces apart, with the right of advancing. Mr. Owin advanced, receiving the tire from four of his antago-" . . '. . , - , 1. ,i- ,r.. -i ! . ist nicto ruin had Tib nT pll.ct in lu nro,cl The wound "is considered bv'his physicians mortal. When Mr. Gwin, discharged his third pistol, Mr. Caldwell fell, and soon after expired.

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...A,,-in ieniioMc,ontlio 4th ult. Air. T . . mr...-ii ,1. GRANGER, tO 3IlSS XaXCT ClIILDI.ES ss. c approve oi the lady's determination no longer Childless. to remain in isethlehem.Conn. Air. Chaencv .Miss Maui- A -m T." . it ... Strong, to ... ..... ujMiij, uy this connection, he becomes the son of his sister, brother to his uncle, nephew to his brothers and cousin to his nephew, .she becomes sister to her aunt, aunt to her cousmg, mece to her brother and cousin to her niece. A cold concern. Married, on Thursd .y last m Cumberland, Md. Mr Jacob Iceheart, to AlisJ L.LIZABET1I W IMER. The Senators of the Pennsylvania Legislature, Uuri.cn and Penrose, have both been burnt in effigy by their constituents. The Pennsylvania savsA procession passed through the city vesterdav consisting of a number of citizens from 'the county, winch attracted much attention, especially i the vicinity of the Fxhcangeand the Hunk. It'was accompanied hy music, and high on a car was upreared a grotrsqe image, strangely attired, a label on the breast informing the public that it was intended to represent Dr. I! , a Senator from the county accused of having betrayed his constituents to the Hank. e learn that it was burnt lust evening in presence of several thousand persons. Ssali. Notes. The bill to prohibit the circulaivi. v, OI1,au nn.es , ui passed the fouse of pr,sentat,;cs on Wc.nK.day ,ast, by a vote, of , , ci 'tneieniispljere, "makes it uiilaw.ul, for any persons or corporation, within his State, after the 4th day of July next, to circulate as money, any bill, or note, of a loss denomination than t!,n e dollars; and, after the 4th day of July, any bill or note of.i hs r'enr.;ot. Jire dollars, or of a denomination between live and ten dollars, under penalty of live times the nominal value of any such bill or note, to be recovered in any court of justice having cognizance thereof." New Orleans, February 3, 1;X). 1 he military forces embodied in this city for th war against the Indians in Florida, are to leave tlr day for the scene of hostilities. We have not as certaincd the precise number of men to be employ ie s asl""5 e.xpeuiuon, hut helieve it will full little short of 7;. Resides the United States troops and the volunteers enlisted in this citv, a company of (.0 men arrived here yesterday, from Hayou Sara, and have formed a jounction with the others. The whole will present a very formidable and efficient corps, and with the forces who may be expected to join mem, irom me Mates bordering on Florida. and the other troops already in the Territory, will soon be enabled to turn the tide or war airaist our savage foes, and redeem our soil forever from them. Me sincerely Lid our patriotic countrymen God speed. Me understand they are to be escorted on their way to the place of embarkation by the Washington Guards, undercommmand of Captain Hozey. Gen. Smith has the command of the expedition. ' To VurxG Mi:ciiamc When you are obligeil to oMnin a credit for your stock, be very careful to whom you applV, as a creditor who is himself in the screws' may ruin vou. Never get credit for small sums nor foanv sum in different places; better owe what you are obliged (o, at one place, and to oue man. Lycry man to whom you owe five dollars, will trouble you as much, if not more, than the one to whom you owe a hundred. It is easier to satisfy one man than twenty. Give to your best customers only short credit; and when it has expired, collect promptly. I5e diligent in your business faithful to your wordmoderate in your expenditures temperate in your habits just in your dealings moral in y0iir principles get married to a good girl and you mavdefy lawyers, sheriffs, duns, and the blue devils. The Lawyer and Quaker. A Quaker was called into court to give in his testimony ' a case at law. On being repu ested to hold up his hand, to be sworn, he replied that his bible faurhthim to "swear not at all." "Well " said tl ie limb ofthe law, "do v ou expect to arrive at heaven any sooner, by being so scrupulously exact V' "1 cannot tell thee,'' said the Quaker, "but if I should'nl, I wish to do what seemeth me right." "Cut, did you ever h-ar of a Quaker going to heaven?'' inquired the lawyer, quizzingly. "Yes," "Well, how in (he world did he get there? Did he have no ditlUulf p ?' said the lawyer, heaping question upon question: "Why" yes," said the Quaker "if thee wishes to know, I will tell thee. lie arrived at the gate, and there was some dispute about admitting him, but they looked all around for a lazcyir, and could find none, to decide upon the case, and he was forthwith admitted. Passage of the U. S. Bank Bile. The llarrisburg Intelligencer of Monday announces the passage ofthe Bank bill through the Pennsylvania Senate as follows: The bill to repeal the state tax, to make appropriations for internal improvement, and to charter the United Slates bank, has just pas?cd the Senate bv the follow in" vote. Yeas. Messrs Burden, Darragh. Dickev. I ore. I ullerlon, Harper of Leb. Hibsman Hopkins. Irvin, James, Mitchler, Middlecoff, iMHIcr, 1 aul, I'cnrose, fmith,Strohin,Toland Cunningham, Speaker 19. Nays Messrs. Baker, Carpenter, Geieer. Harper of I hi la. Kelly. Krebs, Leet, M'Cullock, Acwliard,Kcad,Kogers, Sangston. 12, U insKEY Purchase. It is said by the St. iouis lvepublican, that there is a piece of land in Missouri now worth half a million ofdoUan which was purchased, by an individual now ! living, of the Indians for too barrels of zehiskey. j ; ! Iit G Hoes. We have had almost every . thing to boast of this season, in our Cincinnaj ti market. On Friday four hos, in pork ,.,.i.,c11j i... v .f'l-... n . 1.-1" 1 hcic purclinseu in iatlian warn, at eiHit r J I s tifty cents per hundred. They were raised ami latted by;Mr. A. J. iJromble, near j Madison, in this county. Their aggregate

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weight pounds, was eighteen hundred sixty-eight an average of 407 to each h0. CY incumciti Ga:. The Governor of New York, V,'. S. Margin his Message to both houses of the Leg.slature of that Slate, says-'-Notices have been already published of intended application for mnety three new banks, with capitals ".eluding the increase to those- nfi!,n,vi,(; ban! to the amount of more than .saOOO,0it is said, and I ilnnt,i ... I n' 000, i i. , 7 v ..,. Jim, LiLiitraiiv cheved, that the present banks arc unable to allord the necessary accommodations which the increased and rapidly increasing commerce and business of the country demand." CnvrnxPE. A very poor aged man,busi- - i-i I'lauung anu grading apple trees, was riu iddv interrupted by this interrogation : " no you p.ant trees, who cannot hope lo eat the fruit of themf JjV raised himself up, and lean. ng upon his spade, he replied, "Someone planted trees forme before I was born, and I have eaten the fruit: I now plant forotl.ers, that the moral gratitude mav exist when I am dead and gone. Szriss Retort. A Frenc h officer, quarrelling with a Swiss, reproached him with his country s vice ot lighting on either sit for .mH.cj. "wiiiic we Frenchmen, said mien, said he, "figtit for honor. ' - es, ir," renlied the Swiss, ' every wants." A man in black snake. tme fights bu- tliat he most Oh wo was pursued l.ilclv 1..- i All at once it occurred to him. just as the reptile was preparing to jump at ins tnroat, to run aroui d a small birch tree, which stood in his path as tight as he could spring; he did so, till he'd got the creature in a snail, when stopping suddenly, he threw a back somerset, and the snake trVingto follow mm. ueu inmsell in a hard not. Can swallow that? you Pei Rsoxal Levity. A recent ivi-w,r eludes on the means to be adopted to procure beauty of person, in these words: Lvt then the ladies observe the following rules. In the morning use pure water as a preparatory ablution; after which they must abstain from all sudden gusts of passion, particularly envy, as that gives the skin a sallow paleness. It may seem trilling to talk of temperance, yet this must be attended to, both in eating and drinking, if they would avoid those pimples for which advertised washes are a cure. Instead of rouge, let them use moderate exercise, which will raise a natural bloom in their cheeks, inimitable by art. Ingenious candor, and nnallectod good humor, will give an openness to their countenance that will make them universally agreeable. A desire of pleating will add lire to theireyes, and breathing the morning air at sunrise will give them a Vermillion hue. That amiable vivacity which they now possess mav ...... nij;uieiieu anu preserved, it they avoid lnfr linnr-i ..-.l ..I-. - . . ' . ,lll(J C1WU puling, as 'well as ..w... .,u,s U) cantiie ngnt, but not otherwise: for the fust gives a drowsy, disagreeable aspect to the face; and the second i the mother of wrinkles, and the third is a f,;tf,,l source of weak eyes and sallow complexion. T?4T.Tnnv A tr-F.-x t:.. ir. -i ceieoraieu r.ronaut, made another elegant ascension with his Balloon, from Ncw Or11 . vui .----..iu:i. . i r. .miitnti "iii iicmisuu uiL-iiiiiuit. He was afloat in the air about three quarters of an hour, nnrl t one time reached an elevation of two mile He landed in a thick marsh on a sm.nll ;.l-,n,l called Patit Coquilke. near Fort Wood, and uinL-o jiuiii icw Orleans. At his landing place the Cane Brakes were so high that he could see but a verv shm-f a; tance in a horizontal direction, and for the want of assistance, was compelled to lie in hiscar all night. In the moraine he succccdr-d in attracting the attention of the officers of the Fort, who relieved him from his unpleasant situation. He returned in safety to New Orleans on the 'Jlst. Cin. Jf'ti" " Maine Legislation Extraordinary. The Kennebec Journal states that Mr. ITlmo of Alfred introduced an order in the ITouso of Delegates of Maine, directing H-nnr.i,. of a bible and a dictionary for the use ofmcmuer. .ur. iiofmes said that, "when members are sitting here, doing nothing but looking at each other,it might be well to look at the Bible a little. A Dictionary was always necessary." A motion was made that the order he on the tabic, which was lost; and an amendment was then offered so as to make the order read, '-two Bibles" and "two Dictionaries," in which shape it passed. Bait. Patriot. Late and Important from Venezuela. by the Schooner Di US CV Sal v. f, rri..-' i. - . ;!,,vui ""-"; c nave intelligence from the Spanish main, as late as the 28lh December. General Peaz had gained a complete victory over the rebels, and taken Pedro Cnrujo their leader, and the whole of his army prisoners, inc battle was fought nn rhrutm.,. .1... rpii . , . B"- "i.-iums Ui(y, I hf Vl(nr y.... I . 1 - I he victorious general took immediate possesswn of Porto Cabello, and the restoration of tranquility was hourly expected with confidence. 1 he blockade of Porto Cabello, was, no doubt, broken up and the vessels imployed in maintaining it withdrawn to act against Maricaibo. V. J. Commercial.