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our cotiNTnv orn country's interest Axn oi:r country's friends. KKOOKVILLE, FRAXKLEtf COOTY, 3DIAA, FIIIDAY, OCT. 11, 183G. VOL.IV. Io. 42.

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;n advance $2,50 in six months; or $3,00 at ,J eviration Ot Uie vear. "". I'nhscription at Ir.s vKRTisEMESTS. Twelve lines, or less, will be . !L,1 nnce or three times, for one dollar, ami 25 u-ill be charged for each additional insertion KVS OF Til F, IVKKIt, jJkotiieu Ixdeeii. i nere lives anoui . ' e from this village, a Mr. Austen, who f,beon much alHicted in body for several ars- so much so that he has not been able fwalk about the house. In his best state of health be bad but little property; and tiis !tate of health has been the means of rcdu- '.' tiiat little to scarce enough for the famif to subsist on. To add to the afflictions of Mr. Austen, one of his sons a very fine young 1,1', few months past, by accident, had one , rill 1 t . of his legs shot off. Mr. Austen's neighbors haJ consulted on tne suujeti oi proviuiug iome measures for the support of this family. Mr. ustcn had a brother whom he had BoU'en for twenty-one years. This brother few days past happened to pass through ftis country, and called on the alllicted famiv, just time enough to witness the death of tii'conlv horse the unfortunate Mr. Austen had. Tl.e brother who called to see the dislressI family, in his long absence, lias hecome immensely rich! He had about $1100 with him, for travelling money, inc nnji oi which hecavs to bis unhappy brother, with the promise of more assistance in a lew inonm. The voung Mr. Austen who had his leg f'wtoiT,V;.s "named after his absent uncle, who had made his will before he knew of the ,f ted slate of the family, and had left a lewvof $t!0,(M)0 to this unfortunate young man'.' Tills gentleman owned a valuable ;. tl.,. virinitv of New Madison this Mill) i - - J firm he gave to two of his brother s sons. This man is a nrotner inueeu : .vt-ij .rnf h.im.initv will call him blessed! Such noble acts bespeak a noble soul ! fliilomnth Union-Co. Ia. Encyclopedia. "Charily gms al Home." A respectable rabinet maker of this city, who is famous for old saying, and whose shop is not more than a mile from Stevenson's hotel, whilst standing asjainst the post office the other day, in a lather melancholy mood, was addressed by a friend with, "What's the word this mornins;!'' '0li! I don't know, (with a long sigh) I lave just bought a barrel of flour for a poor toman." "Well" said his friend, '-I wish the whole town was lined with such charitable men as you are; you are always g.ving away more or k always giing something to the poor. Who is made'happy this morning by your charity?"' Judge of his friend's surprise, when, with a Ions; sigh, the benevolent man replied, "My wife!' Portland Advertiser. From the Richmond Palladium TT A OT vriQir f1. Ah. Laoi i -J - Mr. Editor, It is with pleasure I have viewed the interest which the people lake in the proposed Canal between Richmond and Brookvillc. In examining all the proposed improvements I have come clearly to tiic coi dwon that this is the only available project and I likewise have no doubt of its being the most advantageous improvement possible lor us to make. This work would be of vast importance to the farming interest as well as the towns located on the route, by bringing the best of markets to all of our doors in White Water valley and vicinity, without injuring any class of citizens. I have heard it said, by some, that the w ater was not sufficient; the water has been three times measured by competent judges and supposed to be plenty to answer well. After conversing much with cxpciicnced individuals, who have spent years in canaling, lam still of the first opinion I before advanced, that the cost of this project would be about p)0.000. Some say that a single lock will cost ,$10,000. this idea may do where slonc is far to haul. Engineers say that the cost of a lock in the immediate neighborhood of rock quarries is generally estimated at $5.100. And surh is the fact, that at every point "here a lock, a protection wall, r culvert is needed on this route, stone in abundance is hard by. Some again say there is so much fall in our fiver the lockage would, be loo costly an undertaking. What arc the fact? 1 suppose ll'ere is not more fail on this route than on the west fork route, and if it is, what of it? Our nost experienced mechanics, who have been fwyei.rs engaged in machinery propelled by canal water power at the locks, say, that the .iter created at each lock is worth as much fte cost of the lock to the man who improves Kid power. I would like for some of our seacres to say how much those mills and chines would be worth to the neighborhoods where located. Nor need the mills be spoiled by this improvement, because with the exception of about six or eight weeks in 'he year there is water enough for both canal ard mills, and these few weeks happen at time when there is the least produce to nd olf, consequently the mills now running tight have the use of the water to a very cnsiderable amount without interfering with l"e canal. M.

necessary to mix lime with ashes in soap making? The. answer to this question will

explain the reason why the process often laih, and suggest a remedy fcr the evil. Common soap is a compound chemically united of alkali, or ley from potash, and grease, fat, or tallow. The alkali is naturally coml)ireil with carbonic acid, tor which it has a strong fhnily than it has for grease; hence while it continues united with the acid, it will not unite with the grease, and produce soap. But lime having a stronger affinity for the acid than the alkali' has, extracts it from the ley, and the alkali readily unites with the grease and forms soap. From this it will be seen that the lime should be spread over the bottom of the leach tub in order that the ley may filter through it; and also that the lime be fresh burnt, m it then has a greater capacity for the acid. Albany Cultivator. Preserving Cheese. For the benefit of the cheese-making sisterhood, please to insert in your valuable paper, the following receipt, to prevent new made cheese becoming flyblown and maggoty. Take common gar den peppers, let them be well dried and pul verized, then simmered in bacon fat od or 40 minutes. Strain the fat off through a thin cloth, and it will be lit for use. When a cheese comes new from the press to the shelf, rub it all over w ith this preparation, and repeat it every lime the cheese is turned, and DO in a hundred will be preserved free from skippers. Dark rooms and screens are use less appendages, if this preparation be faithfully and constantly applied. A cheese, room should have a window partly open day and night, and if a fly attempts to deposite its.eggs in a cheese that has been well prepared in this way; it will 'surely die' immedi ately. Yankee Farmer. Education. Education is a companion which no fortune can depress no clime destroy no enemy alienate no despotism enslave. At home a friend abroad an introduction in solitude a solace in society an ornament, it shortens vice it guides virtue it gives-atoncc grace and government to genius. Without it what is man! A splendid slave! a reasoning savage! vassalating be tween the dignity of an intelligent derived from God, and the degradation of brutal passion. German 15i;iuino. The Germans think it conducive to health, that the upper bed cloths should never be so long as to hi.ider protrusion of the feet thev sleep between two beds. The following anecdote is told of an Irish travtler who, upon finding a feathered bed thus laid over him, tooK it in his head that people slept ; ... ..n.i tl.n other, and said to tho attendant. "will von be jrood enough to tell the gen n. - . ' .. . tlcman or lady that'is to lie upon me, to make haste, as I want to go to bleep," ARKANSAS. The first Legislature of the &7e of Aakansas assembled at Little Rock, on the Pith ult. when Sam. C Jtoane Esq., of Jefferson County was eiected President of the Senate, and John Wilson of Clark Countyi Speaker of the House of representatives. A bill was immediately introduced to provide for the Electors of President of the U. States. Jlis Excellency Wm. Fulton, Govcrner of the Territory, then sent in his valedictory address. After the address was read, the returns for Governor of the State were opened, which on being counted, gave the following result For James Conway, elected 4bo5 for Absalom Fowler, Shortly after tha returns were counted, Governor Conway "appeared before the Legislature, delivered his Inaugural address, and took the oath of office. Thk Chinchilla Cask. Eliza Sargent, alias the Chinchilla, was tried this morning in the Mu nicipal court for stealing a horse from Simpson & co. The jury returned a veroict oi guuy. oi. was sentenced to five days solitary conlinemen and two years hard labor in the House of correction. She made quite a splendid speech to the Judo-e while the Jury were out, and lor a maiaeii si.....-li. it. wasniiite a hit; had it been made Jury, we know not what might have boca the result. Boston Transcript. Michigan. News has been received from Michigan establishing Veyond doubt that she rejects the conditions prescribed by Congress for heradmission into the Union. She therefore still remains a Territory ,and of course will not vote upon the 1 residential Uuestion. She has all along been conceded to Van Huron, but such has been the revolution in public sentiment that there appears to bo little doubt but that Gen. Harrison has now a decided majority of her cOizem his favor. A Well stocedW alk.no SxArr.-A walking stick recently presented to a survey ui pSd in the dimension of an ordinary cane materials for writing and lias nit; a , .,l. ;r,. : inUstsnds. pens, penknilc ivory folde .Tucifer matches, sealing and wafers a wafer stamp, wax taper, several sheets of post letter paper anS card paper, a complete 7 -ed set of drawing instruments, ivory rule and Sales, lead and Lair pencil-, Indan rubber, nd.an ink a thermometer, and a beautiful and well po.sed magnetic compass. The whole are so arrange as to admit of any of the instruments used w.th great facililyA I ivernool paper announces the act, that a .toam vcSel of 1 tons, with engines of 400 power TbmUlfnin that city for the ..American and ColonS iteam Navigation Company wr t h the Joof may ea be'brought within 12 days d.stance from each other. v rIir.r noass. Mr. Hinton, of Lambeth A vAi.UABi.K noK Tniner. that he has tins a horse vvnic. - " A-fatui hmie(: t0"f , Mr I desires to ride, he has nothing to ll,n barn uoor auu wi!, open the b.e - ... he HIS ,.,,, I,!,, .rtiifh. come f T o-ord, canes back to saddle ana oriuie,

comb in his mouth, curies such parts as he can, then hangs it up, and rubs himself against it. The Duke of IJuckleugh has offered Mr. Ilinton a thousand guineas for tl.e horse. Livtrpool .Mircury. 1 lie following is one of the premiums offered by the Tioga Phoenix: for the best Comical Story of not less than three columns, one hautidred acres of wild land, avvay beyond Pii;c Creek vv hera he tun don't rise till noon; where cascjdes are beautiful, mountains sublime, and solitude eternal.

Mr. Patterson, the American consul general in Relgium, died at Antewcrp on the 4th of July, at the age of 68 years He had resided many years at Antwerp, and was much respected by the com mercial classes of that city. The Antwerp jour nals say, it was remarked as a curious coincidence that he died on the very day on which his countrymen were celebrating the anniversary of the Independence of the American Union. Death of Aaron limit. Further inquiry has satisfied us of the entire accuracy of the statement made is this paper on I uesdoy, respecting the last moments of this individual. He breathed his last in the presence of, and his eyes closed by, a stranger no relative, friend or clergyman, being in the room at the time. The Times can ascertain this, and some other particulars, at the oflice of "The Jersey Ulue," at Jlobokeu. V. Y. Amer. The grog dealers in Staggersville, in order to avoid the license laws, retail liquor by the yard, in long tin tubes instead of the glass! It is calculated that a yard and a half of brandy will lay any man in the gutter. Mobile, Alabama. The Mobile Advertiser fur nishes the following list of market prices for some of the luxuries of the table. Peaches, at last begin to come prelty plentifully into market. The people of Mobile have been get ting sixteen of them for a dollar for some time; now they get fifty. Potatoes, particularly Irish, are very high; four dollars and a half a bushel, or one hundred, of medium size, for a dollar. Turkiss, at six dollars a piece, are too high, vet the Mobilans have to give it, sometimes. Milk is uniformly a dollar a gallrn; and yet there is excellent feed all about Mobile. A man keeping 100 hundred cows, a mile or two out of the city, might clear a fortune worth enjoying, in a short time. TERMINATION OF THE CREEK WAR We find the following in the Norfolk Beacon of Wednesday. The whole of the regular force employed in the Creek war will now doubtless be concentrated in Florida: ORDER NO. b3. Head Quarters, Army of the South, Tuskegee, JllaLaina, bth Sept. ll'U. The Major General Commanding has the satisfaction to announce to the army the entireccssation of hostilities, ana the movement westward of the principal part ofthe Creek -Nation. lie congratulates both Oiiiccrs and .Soldiers, on the complete success which hasattendcdtheiropenUionsthruughout the campaign. More than Xt.Mt hostile lu- , .,- i r ......... , n Ulan? among mem upuiuo ui vu nciiuvir, - cantured by the Alabama troops and Iriemiiy in dians all of whom have besa removed Jo Arkan sas, or arc in the custody of the civil authorities, waiting their trial for olJences against the laws ol Georsria and Alabama. Several hundred Indians whocscaped from Echo Hadjo's Camp, in this neighborhood, and attemptted to force their way into Florida, were attacked in the most callant manner by the Georgia Troops, aud with few exceptions, were destroyed, captured, or driven back to their sw amps. The greater part of Georgia and Alabama Troops called cut for three months, have already been discharged those that remain in service, with the exception of Major Nelson's hatsllioii and Capt. Ileatz's Company of Georgia Volunteers, will he mustered, discharged and paid as soon as arrangemnnti for that nuruose can be made. The services of General Officers of Volunteers being no longer required, Major General Sandford, and the officers of his statf, ot Georgia, and 31ajor General Patterson and ISrigadier Genera! Moors, with the officers of their respective Staffs of Alabama, are hereby honorably discharged. In Separating officially from those gentlemen and the others and troops that compose their commands, the e Major General would do injustice .to ins own itVliiwrs. were he to omit the expression of the h.gl (sense which he entertains for their good conduct and soldierly deportment. They have its entire approbation ana acseric mai j. wui """J ' , Armstrong, deserve the lngnest commenuaiioii for the prompt, and effective manner in which they have performed the duties that devolved upon them, while they were detained in the Creek country. They are now on their march to Florida, where a determined and active enemy awaits them. The same promptnessand attention to duty which distinguished them here will ensure them victory tliTn'e Regular troops, except Major Mcintosh's company, will proceed to Florida in the course o! this month or early in October. The order, discipline and good conduct that they have displayed throughout this campaign and the ,o.,,lim'Ra with which every duty has beenperformed by Officers aud Soldiers do them the highest honor. The Marines will be necessariany oeiaineu some time longer in this country. Uotn otticers and nif n have acted in the best manner, and have performed every duty which has devolved upon them with a promptness and correctness, creditiblc to themselv ess and characteristic of the corps. The galantry which prompted them 10 voiuiueer ior servicu in the field, will long be remembered by the army, and by none more gratefully than the Major General Commanding. 15v order of Major Gen. Jessup. y HENRY STAUNTON. Lt. Col. and Adjt, Gen. Army of the South. . Absence of Mio. The first Lord Littleton was very absent in company, and when he fell into a river, by the oversetting of a boat, at Hagley, it was said of him that he had "sunk twice before he recollected that he could swim." SuoEMAKiNo - At a shoe store in Boston, may be seen 100 pairs of men's heavy Rrogans, which were made by an individual in llolliston, in one week. Thev are put together with nails instead of wooden pers", and an s r.mg and stout article. 1 hey are made of what is called Russet Leather, and are calculated for the use of the colored people of the south. Accustomed as we hare been, to notice t ho rapidity with which shoes is manufactured, this fact has almost stopped our credulity. Uvocalc.

MAN AND WOMAN. BY WASHINGTON IRVING. It is a common practice with all those who have outlived the susceptibility of early feeling, or have boon brought up in the heartlessness of dissipated life, to laugh at love stories, and to treat the tales ot" romantic passion as mere fictions of novelists and poets. My observations on human nature have induced me to think otherwise. They have convinced me, however, that the surface of the character may be chilled and frozen by the cares of the world, or cultivated into mere smiles by thc.vrls of society, still there

are dormant fires lurking in the depths of the coldest bosom, which when once enkiirdled. become impetuous and arc sometimes deso lating in their effects. Indeed 1 am a true believer in the blind deitv, and go to the full extent of his doctiines, I confess it! I be lieve in broken hearts, and the possibility of dying of disappointed love. I do not hew-J ever consider it a malady often fatal to my own sex; but I firmly believe that it withers down many a woman to an early grave. Man is the creature of interest and ambition. His nature leads him forth into the struggle and bustle of the world. I.ove is but the embellishment of his earlv life, or a song piped in the interval of the acts. He seeks for fame, for fortune, for space in the world's thought, and dominion over his fellow men. Eui a woman's life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world ; it is there her ambition strives for empire, it is there her avarice seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adventure; she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection; and if shipwrecked her case is hopeless for it is a bankruptcy of the heart. To a man the disappointment of love may occasion seme bitter pangs; it wounds some feeling of tenderness it blasts some prospects of felicity, but lie is an active being; he may dissipate his thoughts in the whirl of varied occupation or may plunge info tide of pleasure; or, it the scene of disappointment be too full of painful assorhilions he can shift abode at will, lint woman's is comparative ly a fixed, a secluded, ami a medilMivc life. She is more the campanion of her thoughts ana icciings: and it thev turned to ministers of sorrow, where shall she look for consola tion! If unhappy it, her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured and left desolate. With her the desire of her heart has laiictf. 1 he great charm of existence is at an end. She neglects nil (he cheerful exercise which gladden the spirits, quicken the pulses and send (he tide of life in healthful currents through the veins. Her rest is broken the sweet refreshment of sleep is poisoned by melancholy dreams sorrow drinks her blued, until her enfeebled frame sinks under the slightest external injury. Look for her after a little while and you find friendship weeping over her untimely grave, and wondering that one who but lately glowed with all the radiance of health and beauty, should so speedily be brought down to dark ness and the worm. You may be told of some wintry chill, some casual indisposition that laid her low; but few know of the mental malady that previously sapped her strength, and made her. so easy a prey to the spoiler. IIowr many bright ryes grow dim! how many soft c heeks grow pale! how many lovely forms fade away into the tomb. victims ot i lasted hopes and withered jf,ys Woman is like some lender tree, the pride and beauty of (he grove; graceful in its form, bright in its foliage, but with the worm prcying at its heart. We find it suddenly withering when it should be most fresh and luxuriant. We see it dropping its branches to the earth, and shedding leaf by leaf, until w asted and perished away, it falls even in the stillness of the forest; and as we move over the beautiful ruin, w e strive in vain to recollect the blast or thunder bolt that could have smitten it with decay. 1 have seen many instonces of women thus disappearing gradually from the earth, and have repeatedly fancied that I could trace their death through the various declensions of consumption, cold, debility, languor and melancholy, until I readied the first symptom of disappointed love. The canker worm of grief preys slowly, but alas! too surely upon the heart of its devoted victim. Its ravages are unnoticed by the casual observer, but the keen and discerning eye of the human mind the most mysterious emanation from the creative powers of the Almighty discovers in the halfchecked sigh, the oft-starting tears, the heavy cloud of sorrow casting its shadow s upon the brow, the occasional lapse into melancholy, and anon, the forced and unnatural bursts of apparently high spirits sure tokens of the mental consumption which bids defiance to life reving powers of medicine, to the utmost care and skill of the ablest physicians. Wo, then, he to that man who trifles with the human heart as it were a thing of light import who having sought till he obtained the answering look of love, from woman's eve that undeniable proof of her return of his affections casts aside, as valueless, the j heart he then knew to be his own. jo word of reproach from the injured one may ! assail his ear, and this absence of reproof ! from without may lull the accusations of his inward monitor, but he may rest assured that ' in the eye of God, he is regarded as a murj derer! His strict tables of justice admit not ' of the palliations that man w ill conjure up to

clear him in his own eyes; and this he will feel when reason, asserting her sway over her passions, convinces him of the cruelty and injustice of his conduct. lie will then seek to hide his head for very shame. But his remorse is now in vain for her whom death has already secured as his prize; no earthly power can reanimate the heart now cold in the grave; and the conviction that she, whom his neglect and unkindness sent to her tomb, is now beyond the reach of all reparation,

embitters reflection to the last moment of ex istence. I'rvm the j't tc York Star. Excursions to the Radii M,ni,-'n Wo have occasionally notireil s,,mn iJ.nniilv written sketches in the Armv A- Y.n-r f'hmn. icle of a military expedition oer the Prairies to the Rocky Mountains. One of the last numbers says, aflei crossing the forks of the Matte, the route layover a level plain of coarse brow n sand without woou ana nothing hut a species of wild sarm growing upon it. For tv.-0 hundred miles cf t.ie 1 Jatte, marching up f hat liver towards (he Rockv Mountains, the stream that emptied into it. July 15th, saw the snow on the tops of the mountains the highest peak called CacheMe IV,w,I, r o stream of that name which rises (here and runs into (he I'Jafte. -Approachinc (he moun tains the country is nirre hmL-cn i, hanks of the river fimheieH i,,.,. r i a cluster of beautiful natural springs, the first they had met with for 500 miles since leaving the Otto village. Also immense plains covered with salt, (no doubt Salmes where theBulLlocs resort) in some places the snlt "was several inches deep! Marched with difficulty thrmndi a drove of 8 to 10.000 buffiilo! Killed adozen for use line fat delicious beef. The first range of mo'mfains, appeared covered w ith low pines. a deep valley divides this range from (hat above. Tlic latter rises in awful grandeur to the clouds. On one day the c fiiccrs estimated thev had passed 50.000 buffalo both brinks of the river swarming with them, and j.he atmosphere clouded with the dust they raised. Timber on the river, cotton wood and box elder and good grazing the country back a sandy barren. Passed in ascending thr V) -,nn i, it issues from the mountains the beds of a number of dry stream?, which on following it up contained running water. The water is supposed to- be absorbed info the sand. Besides t ic buffalo and wild horse, arc found the elk, mountain sheep, antelope, deer and beaver. Leaving the I'latte, having followed it COO miles from its mouth on the Missouri. Deer abound, and buffalo are scarce the nearer you come to the mountains. The heaiilifui scenery 'S, here compared to Switzerland. The Rocky Mountains rise up in pointed spires, sleep precipices and sometimes beautiful natural arches. Streams come tumbling down from the melting of the snow above. The temperature of the mountains is near the freezing point all summer. Passed July 2G, near the ridge which divides the head waters' of the Platte from those of the Arkansas, the latter emptying info (he Mississippi, 000 miles f.-om St. Louis. The space that divides the Aikansas r.nd Plaid-' .-.i il,- ir r; - ' illV.ll I Kly i J only fifty yards. Pttiicoats fur bi o Jl'hn r, ine anitcs arc doing (heir utmost to give publicity to some slander about a petticoat in relation to Gen. Harrison. Have they forgotton (he petticoat (hat was sent to Gen. Jackson through the Post Office, and the one the Mobile ladies made for his adherent in Alabama ? A'aUh: : Courier. Fire in LiVERrooi On the 2:'d of August, an extensive fire occurred at Liverpool in the ware house of .Messrs. Sands, Hodgson A: C6. An adjoining building filled with rum, belonging to Messrs. Evvart, Myers fc Co. was in grentdanger. 1,000 bales of cotton, valued at FJl-V'OO, was consumed. The property was all ensured. Military. Feller ossifers and gentle men sogers," said a Connecticut Jonathan who had jus heen appointed to the honorable'stat ion of a ctrpo rdl in a company of militia invincihles "I'm tarnally obliged to ye, by gauley, for 'pinting me a korperal, for I'll be darned to darnation if I cant cut out Jo Gawky now, and git Poll Iliggins in spite of broomstiks and pumpkins." The Differ epi'ce. When Lord Chancellor Uacon was on the bench, a criminal by the name of Hog, craved his lordship's mercy, as being nearly related. "You are mistaken," replied the chancellor, a Hog is not Racon till hung up, which operation will soon be performed. A recent and important change has taken place in Spain; liberal principles have triumphed the Clueen has accepted the constitution of J812 and ordered it to be proclaimed and the Cortes summoed to attend. A New IT. S. Senator to comb from Maine. Hon. Ether Shepley, now V . S. Senator, has been nominated by the Governor of Maine, as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of that State, vice Albion K. Farris, now a comptroller of the U. S. Treasury. Mr. Shepley will make an excellent judge; as a politician he was altogether out of hi8 element. It is now twenty-one years since the battle of Waterloo gave peace to Europe a longer term of peace than England has experienced for several centuries, probably since the Norman conquest. The longest peace before the present was of twenty years duration, in the reign of James I. Ratiibcx Railed. We learn from the Buffalo papers, that Rathbun has been held to bail in the sum of $60,000. Mr. Ratbun's personal attention to the settlement of his affairs was deemed so necessary as to induce his New Yorker creditors to petition for his release. Cli relniol Tfrra1.

Chemistry in the Kitchen. Why is it