Indiana American, Volume 4, Number 33, Brookville, Franklin County, 12 August 1836 — Page 1
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ovn. country oru country's interest AND OCR country's friknds.
BY C. F.CIiAKUSOX.
BIIOOKYILLE, FRAXKLIX COU3TTY, IADIAIVA, FRIDAY, AlWST 12, 1S3G.
VOL.IV. Ko. 33.
pumps; Stoneham for children's fine shoes; Woburn for ladies' shoes, for Hoston market. Apbil 8, lftT.G. Dear Sir: This abstract may inform you of the most important Shoe Towns in the State. Those towns w hich manufacture less than 11KT,000 doll
ars, 1 have omitted, and there are many. 31y es
TERMS OF TIIK AMKUICAX. then, in which lo Kf. H,.., -
. . i . j- ik hi civ iimntho i-m- tr 1 riii - I I J
I''1" Tr :::: '-V : V,r,"1 Y I:" U1S ll,e "n,e gme in the Creek country that
!;;X;t,h;;o;;;: - - the Siminolc and that it made his dvbbtisemksts. Twelve lines, or loss, will be l,lood hort to witness the murders he did, and i)jertod once or throe times, for one dollar, and 25 he restrained by Scott from acting! This LnUwiH be charged for each additional insertion, letter, doubtless by desire of Jesscp' was ta-
Ken tO the 1 resident. Who frr!orspd nnnn tllliatc of the amnunt of Pacb tnwn. ii mni1f!Pntiri.
it, "let him be recalled forthwith, to answer P-v. from Persotlal acquaintance, and from a knowl-
"j1- ic puvcrai inuiiui;ii:iurt'rs uu&iness. ll cannot be deemed accurate, but will fall short rather than exceed. Massachusetts will export upwards of 20,000,000 dollars of shoes this year, and her trade is rapidlv increasing.
We received lust year from New York and the
ports south of that city 700,'JOOO sides of sole leather to make into shoes, beside?, a great quauti-
tity is tanned in this State, and we receive thou-
m:ys of tiiu yye:i:k.
lor his failure in Florida, and his tardv pro
cedure in the Creek country."
In roof iminti.in .f" iUn l.lt...... .,ril. ..lYM.-
we quote Irom a letter to the U.S. Gazette:!
'Uu the arrival of General Scelt at Wash-
I'rom the Lexington Intelligencer. PtBLIC DINNER, Tt Meters. Cluy. Jlorchiad, Crittenden and A!!an,ii Woodford Coutitu, Ay.
This manifestation of popular approbation inSu,n hc at 0,,ce repaired to the War De-
.r !. idililir rnnr-Jp nf Innr nl nnr mncl I 1"" "n.n i, aim
-mil v:llil:i hli niin. fnoL- uln o rvn Tno
Dill1 ' 7 " . ir
entering the audience
room.
asked ' ho represents the secretary of
lav last. The day was cloudy and there steppcu iur. Harris, w no irom emus oi siues irom .tioany , iew Hampshire, and
' V forest field -i miU bi a subordinate cleric, lias rapidly passed thro 1 -aine. ii 110 r,H11, a loresi ntid ,i mile ims side . . ' -. 1 Racked hv such rrt ti.. , .
suiiui transactions, until ne lias oecome torn- ... . .-. r . . ." n .. . .. . . I at the ramd increase nf nnniihilion am iln il.-m.-inrl
here preparation had been made in a style m,?SIOMei" ol ,U1 lnJliU! "urcau, and acting for lots in the Metropo:,. of New Inland, nor that
nd with a profusion highly creditable to the . c, claiT o1 ar, and replied that he w as the attention of capitalist and speculators is turned
t,c and liberality of our fellow citizens of Ule reprcsentatire ol the great lunctior.ary. to that quarter for inve.t.nent
Woodford county, for the accommodation of general bcott then demanded a sight of the ccvend thousand" ladies and gentleman. letter of General Jcsup, to which 1 haye re- ' As on such occasions it is expected that cireIf from the files of the department. .i. iniPlWtn.iL rtnlos lb,., it, lhc 't--s were accordingly produced and
UJV. . ....... HIV. S '"J 34 V H HI' I I 1 , tV ' I I
v.iiiiuivu uiu 1 1 v. viiitiicm v iv titi nacumnii
forth with the still more oflensivc endorse
ment, and laid before the General, w ho took a copy, and in an hour or two left Washine-
ton again, in search it is presumed, of the
t,.oLa ! i iimni'- i c t rtT i i . r
t . n- oecreiarv or v nr. wiio nns pone to some oi
son. iuesrs. .Alien, iuoreiieao, Crittenden ., . , ?;, , ' .
ad Clav, addressed the assembly in order of " A;or "er" P."ng. " " a ueierm.i.atbeir names, at considerable length. We tl0" mand immediately a Lourt of IninSnsiir. . nufV to examine into the causes which led to
. , the unsatisfactory issue ot the war. borne
to aucinpi c tii a siveicu oi iiieir remarKS or a ,r . . i i- .i i jA..AntU.nnfthrn. persons affect to believe that the discovery
UV.v...r . The usual fearlessness in the assertion and
petite shall be provided for, the assembled
multitude were not doomed to disappouitRU"llt
lu response to an address made to each of
0e four distinguished guests by Mr.Thomp-
Georuia Dialog ve. 'What's cotton in Ausms
tal' inquired a waggoner with a load, of another, returning empty. Cotton! why it' Cotton in Augusta, and every where.' Hut does it fetch any thing V No my team fetched t7' 'I mean what does it come ioV Why to the loom to be sure.' 'Zounds! how high is it.' Three tiers at Morrison's.' I say stranger, you're a leetle too cute for me.' The same to yourself and all your family.
by Gen. Scott, of the letter of Gen. Jessup,
was
from the Richmond Enquirer, THE WHEAT HARVEST.
l he crop generally turns out even worse thin
expected. 1 here is straw enough; but the
age, either by filling the soil with water, or entire
ly overtlowuiir u3 surface. On high land, the usual estimates of crops expected, vary from one fourth to three-fourths of an average. In some few cases, they are worse and better than these extraordinary extremes, varying from nothitig worth reaping, to nearly a fair product. Of the latter cases, very few have been heard of and those not very lately. From the newspapers, we learn that in Buckingham and the nearest adjacent counties, the wheat was tolerably fair, and near Wheeling still better; if so, these are the on'y parts of Virginia as much favored, of which we have heard. Hut the rich bottgm laud on our rivers have suffer
ed most. They have nil been covered by freshets, and to very unusual depths. The Roanoke boHoni
lands have suffered most. The wheat there, is almost entirely destroyed, as well as other crops, &c
I wo more days (the 2oth and 20th) have passed
since the foiegoing remarks were written, and on
Doth, rain lias lallon profusely and heavily: the con
sequent increase of damage to the w heat will be necessarily great. Where ready for the sythe it
must be much beaten down and tangled by the
heavy rain of last niirht: and where still irreen
there is danger of the rust coining to destroy much of the quantity and value of the small product pre
viously expected."
v e cannot quote anv definitive nrices for wheat.
In this unparalleled state of the crop, the milters
are unwilling to bid too high, as the farmers are to
asK too little. V e have heard of fi'i bemr offered ... . . .... ... . e .
ill I'eiersuurgh. 1 lie millers talk of sending to
Europe for .-implies.
The only advice we could give to each family is to economise to make as much within themselves
as thej can to run as little in debt as possible
SfC, iS c. The farmers should seize this opportui.;-
ty to improve their estates, by marling, manuring
ivc. iVc. and to lay down a many turnips, ruta
baga, Sc. S-c. , to tave the consumption of their
corn.
away whiskey w hile those who disdained to stoop to such measures were left at home.
I have seen a brainless fop marrv a fine trirl and
break her heart before the end of the first vear
though her hand had been solicited in vain by the
weaiuiy, me wise, ana tne honorable.
I have seen stupid creatures w ho scarcely knew
the top of a tobacco hill from the bottom; plod on and get rich w hile men of real intellect and industry have pined in poverty.
Did you never see a nart or nil nf thin thm?
If you did not I congratulate vou on vour nrosoect
of Jjood luck; for VOU nosscus tliPo nlinlitioa tt.
which it is promised bv the adae.
defence of truth, in the exposure rebuke of
political error, corruption, hypocris', and
governmental tyranny, and in defence of
juit principles and practices founded on and iti accordance with them may be declared predicable of nil the addresses. Being delivered to an auditory of friends, on an occa-
lion partaking of the character of social hilarity, the jest, and the anecdote illustrative
of the l i licrous, inconsistent, and peurile, as found in the men and the measures of the National Administration, served to amuse all. wc hope, without ofTendinsr any of the
will lead to a personal collision between the heads are withered, and yield comparatively few
two Generals. 1 will not pretend t decide
upon the probabilily of this conjecture
grams. e aro assured that some of the r armere
will not make seed wheat others have ploughed
up their fields without reaping many will not
make half a crop others, not a third or fourth. The ravages from various causes, the fly, the wet, strut, freshet, &c. &c, are more or less felt by al
most all. The complaint extends to both sides of
the mountains in Virginia. Hut the corn looks well.
Illinois State Bank We understand from
Springfield, that the additional stock of this institution, amounting to one million of dollars, was disposed of on the 20th inst. nt 110 dollars per
share, being an advance of 10 dollars on each share. The house of Nkvi.ns, Tow nshkab, iVCo. of New York, were the purchasers of upwards of r00 ,000 dollars of the amount. The excess upon each share iroes. we believe, to pviiMfrnUli ti.e
Wiggins loan" to the State. Vo. Repuhlican.
it a rumor that
consequence ot his
The Mctrapoliian stales Maj. Gen. Scott has, in t
recall from the South, applied for a Court of
inquiry into Ins conduct, and that his request will probably be acceded to.
from the Jeu York Courier. MANUFACTURERS. Every year new branches of business are developing, new manufactures are established, and
new modes of living and occupations are discovered and the oats are very fine.
as the source of the prosperity of towns and villages i he last uaitimore American contains a synop in various parts of the country, which are really sis of the wheat crop, as gathered by an enterpri
astonishing. The recent advertisements for the sing and intelligent citizen, who took the trouble
sale of lots at East Hoston, has 'turned the atten- of addressing a Circular to each of the I'ostmastion of the public for a few days past to that quar- ters in the various counties and towns of the grain ' . . J : c. n-i l. :.
tvr. and newsnaners comcieniinir on u nave niveii biuwiudowict. i uc rrtuu is;
Axxb Rovai.i.. This lady, editress of the Paul
I'ry, at the close of each Session of Congress gives
a short sketch of the members of Congress in eacl
State. In her last number she disposes of Indiana
and her members in short metre. She says:
Indiana. This is another State that may as
well change her Representatives. Her Senators are the same, Messrs. Hendricks and Tipton. They voted for the harbor bill, and the surplus bill.
I he Representatives all voted for the surplus bill. We find but one vote on the harbor bill. tlcn.McCarty resists the collar manfully, as yet; but there is no trusting members of Congress.
Mr. ilannegan is quite independent. 1 he rest are chained to the car. We cannot say we wish
luein god speed.
friends of the administration w ho happened I us a good deal of information which would other
to be in the audience. Mr. Clay in commencing his remarks was !0 overcome by the intensity of his emotions
s to be compelled to resume his seat for a moment before he could proceed. Uvit rallying a minute after, he continued for an hour in strain of solemn eloquence, not often sur
passed even by hi i self, to defend the po-
wise not tirobablv have been so crenerally diffused.
Such, it appears, is the progress of manufactures and the arts, that the population of Boston, increasing at the rate of 4&t per cent, in ten years, is bursting the natural limits of the city. Its foreign
clearances have more than doubled in five years; and its coasting vessels, w hich but lately sailed in ballast are new loaded with domestic goods, earning as good freights out as home. It has been sta-
commuuicBtions that the uusi-
That in 10 of the countie? of New York, the
crop is indifferent in 7, it is an average in two it is good. The Rye is an average in 12 counties good in 2, in 4 others inditferent. The Oats good in almost all and the Corn indifferent in most of the 22 counties promising in Schcnectaday, Yates and Steuben not very good, in very few. Jw Jersey 3 counties (tiloucester, Bergen and Burlington') the wheat inditferent in two,
Horses. There are many hundreds of these valuable animals killed every fiimtner in the United States, by giving them water when they are heated. It is a must absurd and destructive .practice of stage drivers and others, giving their horses water every live or six miles when travelling, fanners who work horses at a plough, harrow, or cart never give them water from the time they go to work after breakfast, until they break off work
at dinner, a period of not less than four hours, and
tml in cntnA nt tli
litical principles which it has been the labor neE5 jolie ,n Massachusetts annually in leather as of his public life to advance, showing their the chief material, amounted to the surprising sum
connection with the interests and happiness oi $ou,uw,iju. nui u.e enquiry
' t . l . . .i
good in one rye very bad in two, average in one the same in the afternoon until they quit work at
the oats good corn lndillereut in two, average . sundown and it seldom happens that horses is kill
in one.
Pennsylvania 13 counties the wheat, average
only in Westmoreland, Tioga and Centre rye,
average only in hve oats, good in six corn, prom
ising in four, uncertain in others.
Delaware (returns only from Kent and Sustex)
into the details
. 1 ....I ,n of l.mtt if i
of his countrymen. The tariir, the late dis- eBB lo "f' ?v"-'v " " " T j , i M-nrmtited in Giim)oEinr that its oevelopement
tributing bill, yc, underwent a review. j8 M j,reat in other branches as that of boots and The latter he showed to be, so far as it goes, ehoe. wi.ich the fellowins letter, furnished us by a
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111 all US Valuable OOieclS ana purpose, uom- gentleman in uosion, io wuoiu u, uumv-i?.cu, wneai, oau in ui former, none hi ine laner
. . . . . . , . , i - . 1 1 . ? . ; .. , u.Uf ilmiIi .... i . : .. : - i .u
1 1 1 C 1 1 11 I irom ail intelligent auu wiuioivd "." oau vecj guuu; tuni, iMumisinj; ni uu,uaii . ih'ij
srreat particularity po.uts out. Besides the author- (n the other
itv of the writer, the letter contains internal evi
dence of truth in its details of the various kinds of
articles which arc made in the different towns.
i.videutly written hastily, and not for publication,
the writer shows an intimate knowledge oi nis
subject, and teaches us the cause of the very unusual increase of Lynn from 6,000 inhabitants in
18;H1 to t,000 at the present time. Lvnn lies about 6 miles from East Boston, and
deuce on the part of a vindictive, unprinti- tiie Eastern Rail Road which passes from one I'led and inconsistent incumbent of the Pies- place to another, will form so intimate a counnunlential chair against its author while forget- 'tX
inc; les than the public land bill, wl
had been made his duty, by the Senate at a previous session of Concress. w ith no love
for him, to prepare. Chairman of the Com
mittee en M.iiiufacturies: a duty which he
wd conscientiously performed.
He spoke of the executive opposition to
the land bill, as history w ill ?pcak of it; as the offering of personal hatred and ma lev-
ting that
ness.it Bppears, that Lynn does one tenth part of j average in Js'ar.scmorul.
.Maryland counties) v heat very bad in
four, less than one-fourth of a crop in one, and half
a crop in another rye, average in three counties,! bad in most of the other oat.', good in three counties, very good in three, promising in two corn, promising in three, not good in three, &c. firginia Returns from four counties only ,viz: Dinwiddio, I'owhattan, Chesterfield and Nansemond. Wheat very bad in the two first, about
the seed in Chesiertield, and inditioreni in isansemound. Oats very good in three, and the "best
in the world" in Chesiertield. And the Corn, un
certain in two, indifferent in Dinwiddie,
cd that are workeo upon farms. The same bad
practice exists in England. We were once ridin
,,i . 'f,:iflt Irnm llri rrtitnti tn I .nnilmi .it, a i.n n, i..nt.i .
day, when the driver stopped, wa'.ered his horses.
and set out again upon a fast trot, in a few minutes
all four of them died upon the spot. They manage these things better in France
They never water their horses only when they are fed. We recollect on a very warm and dusty day,
travelling in a stage over the hills of Normandy,
the horses foaming with sweat and covered will,
I dust. The driver stopped at an inn, and we expec
ted toseehun with his bucket, giving water to
each, he brought from the house a bottle, and pour
ing out into his hands some of its contents, he washed each horse's nose and threw a little upon them. On enquiring, we found it was Vinegar, and although thpy had travelled a long stage, they went off as fresh as the first starting. Selected.
A Remedy for the Jl,, in 7rhea1. The following remedy against" this distinctive insect, is recommended in a communication, which appears in the Baltimore Republican of the 2Sth inst. "An intelligent farmer in Loudon county, (Va.) having understood that soma of his neighbors w ith the aid of a microscope, haa discovered a glutinous matter on the surface of the wheat which they believed to be the egg of the fly.detcrmii.ed to try an experiment
tor its uestruction. and succeeded n the crop
but unloitunately it was not followed up, and whether "U w ill be an effectual remedy in' all
seasons, remains vet to tie tested. 1 he plan
which he followed, and whiqh it is the object of this communication to recommend to the notice of the farmer, is simply to pass the seed wheat through a strong brinc'of pickle, washing it well, and then rolling it in slackened limc,(similarto rolling it in plaster of paris,) not preparing nt one time more, than adiy's
sowing. ashing the wheat in brine, and rolling it in lime, is done primarily for the purpose of destroying the egg, but it answers another good purpose, that of preventing the smut. The lime will nlso be found to act as a powerful stimulant to the groth of the wheat
ind superior to that of the plaister. This remedy being so simple, and as I firm
ly believe so eflicatiou?, 1 hope there will be
many farmers disposed to make a trial of it, and thereby full v test its correctness. Ifl
should be "instrumental in arresting this direful enemy of the farmer, I shall be amply compensated in the reflection that 1 have discharged my duty to the community."
Allegany
1111 I1VSO, It ai'lTCaia, j r A rose by any other name would smell as all lhe e,ioe i,usiness j u,e State, although its et;'1 the substantial and beneficial pro- tention is directed solely to women's and childre
bill, under another name, and I shoes
!weet
VKlAne .T ll.f
rWc; 'to-.,;!,- wrrivrd his olli- hill, and Randolph, manufacturing each different
; "'" 1" J , ;, tlf articles, are fast approaching to the same result, cial, if not his hasty approval 1 tilling sell knjw , ow many Ulfferent kimi8 of boots out of consideration, and gratified if the con- anJ ehoes were Wcrn, till our attention was called trelof the people's money could by any law- lo ti,e different varieties to which the attention of f,.i i . ' i 1 1 . .k i....! .a n li. mii ii n..,mi'niiiirpa in the several towns is chiefly
melius dc resu icu to u.c ... . v - - - - ' . . rllrillSltv wiu isC0v- nlouhed up. Orleans county, not more than two
ii nrmirm nni nwmirfiiit nt iii3i.iv uv.iu"u .. .... 1.1- j.r
, , . ; c.hcia'n er as he reads the list the letter lurnisneu. Mr. I lay had voted for a measure sabsUn- - . e exclusively ladies,' miss
tially fiaught with some of the same good re-eBa,1d children's morocco and cloth shoes of every mli. ... i. 1.....1 i.;ii iimnirti nmlpr another i diiwt fur lier own citizens, are
.i , i i-l.Illl I i... i i i.n.i.unii She nroduces one 1
"iime; tne ueposue anu aisuiuuuuu vm. 8unpn;u vy omv.i r---But we forsret our implied promise not to 0f all the shoes made in
,c, lest we should depreciate the ad-":
at-1 Ohio f ccuntiesl ery good in three; good
children'6 j in one; indifferent in three. Oats and Corn proin-
But it also appears that Danvers, Haver-I ising, good, or very good.
Illinois one county, aiam.j v neat mainerent. JWtp IVrJt Miscellaneous returns. In Alleghany county, a fair crop of Wheat. West Chester, prospect of a good crop of Wheat, Rye and Oats. Steuben county, large fields of Wheat
Singular Discovery. Extract of a letter from
and an i the Hon. Judge WiJkins, of Tecumseh, Miss.) da
ted June X.M, to Ihe Secretary ot the 1 ennsylvania
She produces one tenth
and their value,
of whom Kentucky
dcjcribe
dresses of the orators
may justly be proud.
1 here were present Irom inree to ioui thousand people; and the good order and uniformly polite and gentlemanly bearing of all concerned were such as arc calculated to imfcn a stranger with the feeling of just pride id being considered one of such a community.
mainly,
children's shoes
and in the winter months, say $loO,WU.
GEN. SCOTT AND G EN. JESSUP. From the annexed article, which we find in tin- n.lilr.rlal rnlillllUS of the NcW Ork
Courier and Knquirer, it would seem that
r.Mr.,i sc..... i. ,..,.,.11 I'lWlcd by means
discreditable, in the last degree, to a high of ficer of the armv. , From the w York Courier S,- Enquirer.--The manner in which Gen. Scott s rccal was rtV... t.l hv an intritrue of Gen. JESstr
-himself :moiicer of hi shrank and reputa-
tion is nlil- diTraccful tothatothcer
the parties concerned in it. It would appear :.. i fivnr with l5l.tR. toe
Ch;rr .1... xruu n.l as soon as he Ion ml
a., i. i i -.l-M-.d to conduct the
iav. oioxT OitU ut:t:ii ! - war tu r,,-.rZ. he determined
use hislcavenger friend to procure the recall ofhis superior officer. He accordingly addrpQ.i lMnr n,uV. commencing with,
- - ' . v . U IL- I .v? ' T - ' . , If., n. r.-..-jv mm liulinfr with ttlC
Ajjur r ncnu, cn n
.ndest regards to Mrs. bhur, and vm-
thirds of an average
"Penn I'atin. This is probably one of the best
district for wheat in the Union, and I think crops will bo abundant, but more from the quantity of mound occupied. Wheat is, in this section, the grain crop. The yield of wheat is put down at about two-thirds of a good crop. ".lubiirn. The wheat crop in this section of the State east of a line drawn north and south through
V" - ' i.-.,fo,,,r. ni-n'n coarse slioes and Cavuza Lake, is not likely to produce more than
jjanvere . .-.1011011011 I tu.ii.iJi nf thn usual ouantitv. West of that
bootee, mainly. w-K w,,eatcrop itinuA bette'r, and Wlll proba.
.. b bly amount to an average. 000. , . noo.l t Wl.Piil in verv much winter kill
ipswil-u , Unroh.,hltf
tMs I " I
RowleyMen's and boy s coarse ooois, 1 q ,- -thowicj .- tJtMi.iHH). I "Bixehamvton
and shoes, are tne .un.B . . - lch kineu. The crons will be hardlv
leaiiiur ii. i: ntu -..ww , , , , . .
I .....Mllnrr
$206,001. .,,. women's low priced " Suraeuse,Onandago County. Wheat will pro-
I I arorill I . II CII B puiui- " - 1. - . . 1 - 1 1
nn tl')0 000. duce less than one lourin 01 iat.1 jear a crupi.mu eather and morocco shoes, v. . enolltr. for brC(ld and eeed. Last year thiscoun
n.nu,.i 1 1 1 vf 1 111 1 1 k." n it m. " - - - -
oppu.. . - - ,,i,i nrnhnl.lv! TilKl.000 bushe s
IJ 1 J .
there will not be over two-thirds of
Broome County. Wheat and
-Women's leather peg shoes, $206,-
Bradford,
100,000. Methuen-
Grafton Men's tine peg booi-
200,000.
Westboro' Same, s-t.,oov.. 1 i'JTltl.000.
un rnarsu neir uuuk-" -
1., hi --" j
coarse
boots and bootees,
-Men's fine' and
and boy's kid bootees and
Holli
CU.-iO.OOO.
Me J way Jicu
$156,060.
North urooKneiu $:y0,006. Randolph Men
shoes, 1,500,000 dollars. Uuincy Men's calf sewed boots, dollars. , .1 Maii'a calf shoes, nno
ej iiiuui.ii ....... iolll7: tU. calf shoes, 106,006 dollars.
ii,;,i,viir. Hineman, Nc
lirainiruv, w s
towns in the vicinity. AAnrn2
chil-1 Reading ib celebrated ior -
This is the
first year since 12, that our wheat crop has failed, "it beintr known early in the season, that the
wheat was killied, our farmers turned their atten
;r.,i mnrii vicrorouslv towards coarse grains, of
which it is nrettv safe to anticipate a large yield
Wheat, however, is our staple, but in all the coun
ties east of Cayuaga Lake, the harvest must be ex
reedmtrlv small
Tim last "Farmers' Register" gives the follow
of letters. tVc. touching the vt heat
Lyceum. "I had almost forgotten to tell you of the won
derfid discovery lately made in the neighborhood of this place, and which promises to set philosophy
all agog, urn .101m i.nvcll, ho resides about a
nv.le from this village, digging a well lately about
hfteen leet below the surface of the earth, came a
cross a skeleton of nrodurious size, and which
mu?t have been in the earth many ages. Dr. Sturgis and Dr. I'atterson both pronounced it a human skeleton of gigantic proportions, and necessarily
of genus long since extinct and corresponding with
the niastauon or mammoth in the brute.
Ilis thigh bone is two feet and three inches in
ength, and the skull is frightful. I cannot des
cribe it otherwise, than by comparing it in size and
appearance to a large wash bowl. One of the teeth, which the doctors call a grinder, is enor
mous, and in a complete state of preservation. It is as large as the cork of a porter bottle, with two
prongs; and indented exactly like a human tooth.
1 he workmen have not yet completed the extrac
tion nfall the bones, and great excitement pre
vails. Two medical men from New York, have
offered the owner of the larm $106 for the skele
ton, which our doctors have advised hirn to refuse.
From the comparison ef the hones procured from
the pit, it must have composed a frame when filled
with flesh, united and clothed with appropriate
muscles of at least twenty-five feet in erect height!
Just think of it, and what a world there must have
been in creation before the flood! How puny man and man's elephant to the powerful beings of those
Unfatiicm Am.K Wem.s. The
Magazine published in rennsylvania slates thnt a well was dug, some years since, in the great valley between the North and South mountains in Franklin count- Pennsylvania,
md another 0 or forty rods, distant, in Cum
berland county, the bottom of w hich, at the
depth of ?G feet deep in each suddenly gave
way and a torrent ot water llowcd up, a lead with fifty fathoms of line was sunk without
finding any obstruction, & the wells remain in the same state at present. The presumption, says the writei is, that there is a subterranean lake in that quarter, extending under the base of the vast primitive ranges of mountains between Susquehannah and Fittsburg on the Ohio.
ing synopsis
riurta work. I croos in irtrinia.
Thr Season ana sl-iie or me trops. r rom an
the accounts before us, public and private, it is in
ferred that the wheat crop throughout irginia
will Tall short of half of an average crop and that the whole wheat crop of the United States will be not much better than that of Virginia alone. The
great source of injury to the wheat, and which was anticipated as far back as last October, and expect
ed then to be very destructive, was the tlessian
Flv. In addition to this, and to other minor evils
the very wet season latterly has done great dam-1 the legislature who
1,600,000
1 ,060,000
ollars. , are shoe
Axcient TniAi-s. In the year 10CG, persons who were accused of robbery were put to trial by a pieca of barley bread, on which mass had been said, and if they could not swallow it, they were declared guilty. This mode of trial was improved by adding to the bread cheese; and such was the credulity tt firm dependence on heaven in these rediculous trials that they were very particular in the compostion oflhisholy bread and cheese. The bread was to be of unlevened barley &. the cheese made of ewes milk in the month of May, no other of the 12 months having any power to detect a criminal. It is observed by I u Gang, that the expression we have long employed 'May this piece of bread choke me!' comes from this custom. It is recorded in our history that Earl Godwin died in making this asservation while swallowing a
piece of bread. If the anecdote is true, we can only say, the Fail was singularly unfortunate. Review.
davs
Laborers Wasted. Lieut. Stockton advertises
in the Columbus la., papers, for 1,506 able bedied men. 206 good two, four, and six horse teams, and
100 one horse carts, to be employed between Co
lumbus and the 21th mile west. The teams will
haul by the rod M.5 cubic feet. Pay, for men each
llS MI C,lllc- for nno ..rt iM .Ml- find
per day for two horse carts. Application to be made to Lieut. Stockton, in Columbus.
The Rigger Foot, the Better Lcck. I have seen men merely by noise and fluency lead the conversation of companies where there was taste, talent, and learning, though they possessed neither of the three. I have known lawyers to gain their causes by impudence and vociferation, when neither themselves nor the jury knew precisely the drift. . . .... .
1 nave irequentiy seen men tsite their seats in
b?gged suffrages and gave
Fhom Caixotta. The ship Wm. Gray brings Calcutta papers to March 4, for the loan of which we are indebted to Mr. ToplifH The British ship of war Jupiter arrived at . Calcutta on the 3d, having on board Lord Auckland, the new Governor General and family. The Jupiter left Spithcad Oct. 3. Madcria on the 13th, Rio Janeiro Nov. 16, and the Cape of Good Hope, Dec. 14. It is proposed to abolish the use of the Per
sian language, which it seems, has ncen maintained in the Courts of India, and to substitute the popular languages of the respective provinces. It is stated that the English language is rapidly spreading among the native population of India, and that there ia a general inclination among the Hindoos to send their boys to the English schools for cduca1 tion. Boston Daily Advertiser.