Indiana Palladium, Volume 1, Number 40, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 7 October 1825 — Page 1

Equality of rights is nature's flan And following nature is the march of man. Burlaw, Volume I.J LAWRENCEBURGH, INDIANA; FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1325. Number 40.

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New-York, Sept. 12. EUROPEAN PAPERS.

The Crisis, from London, arrived last night, bringing papers from that capital to

the 9th of August.

Col. Berkeley, lately the paramour of

Iviiss roote, has been mulcted in X500 dam ages, f3r horsewhipping Mr. Judd, the edi tor of the Cheltenham Journal.

The Enterprise .Mia Steam Packet is on the eve of sailing. She takes 320 chaldrons ci coal, which it is supposed will last to the

Cape of Good Iiope, where a fresh stock iiil be suppled. It is presumed the entire voyage will be made in eleven weeks. A dreadful riot took place in the NewRoad, Mary-Ic-Bonnc, on the 2d of August. Near 700 persons, Irish and English, were engaged. It was commenced by the former, who began smashing windows, and were opposed by the latter. The battle was furious, with varied success, until the military were called in. The Irishmen, liowevcr had previously been taunted by (he English. Several persons, among whom were some women and children, were severely, if not mortally, wounded. The progress of a hearse, on its way to England, had been arrested at Springfield znd Annan, and on examination, the cofRn vas found to contain a living spirit, in the shnpc of 30 gallons of good old Scotch whiskey. An additional 30 gallons was also seized the same day, concealed in a hearse, where there was actually the body of a drowned man. A wild man has lately been found in the woods of Bohemia, where he must have been from his infancy. Ife cannot articulate a word, but bellows and howls much like a dog. He was taken, but no efforts to civilize him have yet been found of any avail. He runs on a!l fours., and climbs a tree, and

springe from branch to branch with the agility of d menkey. He has been brought to Prague Lord Cochrane is yet in London. It is uncertain whether he will return to Brazil. His ship would be ready for sea shortly, and upwards of 250 of his crew had re-entered. Tbs Earl of Dalhousie, Covernor General of the Canadas, with his family and suit, had embarked on board of the Herald Yacht, at Greenock, in order to resume his government. A public dinner was given to his Excellency previously to his departure. The heat has been so great, that one day

at Tamn ton, a carpenter dined otf a beef

steak which he broiled on his hand-saw in

the sud!! The Yankee fish story is not quite

up to tins.

An encampment for ten battalions of

troops is about to be tormed at Perpignan

as a Corps of Observation, borne sensation

has been produced in Catalonia by this move

ment ot h rauce, and the oanitan Cordon is

referred to as an evidence that more may

be meant than meets the eye.

On the 20th of July, a tire broke out in

Berleberg, (Germany) which consumed 154 houses, and 89 adjacent buildings. Portugal requires one bill of lading to every shipment with a consular certificate to each. Accounts from Calcutta were to March 13. A new campaign against the Burmese had commenced. A British force had been repulsed in an attack on one stockade. Gen. CarrnbelPs force appears to be very smalb

Isle of Two, July 6. The Egyptian fleet

is cruizing near Modon. 1 he Greeks are on the coast near Calamata. Paris, Aug. 5. After sixty days uninterrupted drought, and an extraordinary heat for our climate, we had a gentle rain yesterday noon, which cooled the earth. A second fight has taken place in England

between a lion and six dogs. The dogs

fought in couples, and were all easily disa-

abled, except one who could not be induced to attack the lion.

The results of their perilous attempt, aie said to be of the highest importance, both with regard to settling many interesting points in the geography of that hitherto im

perfectly know continent, and the state of

civilization in which they found the natives of several populous kingdoms, inhabiting walled towns and cities, actually situated where the present maps of Africa represent immense deserts. The public, and particularly the intelligent and scientific part of it, look forward with great anxiety and expectation for the information their journals will afford them. Although five months on their return from Bornon, in frequent danger from marauding tribes, merely accompanying the caravan, as travellers, without any escort, and always travelling as Christians, and Englishmen; yet we are happy to learn that the papers, as well as every thing they had collected during their long residence in the interior, arrived safely with them, and were embarked at Leghorn for England. We have much pleasure in adding, that the health of these interesting; travellers has

gradually improved since their return to Eu

rope. I he proverbial liberality of England

towards those who, by their labors, add to her stock of knowledge, and, consequently national glory, will ensure these gentlemen

ihc rewards and honors they have so hardily

earned. A resident Englishman, in the per

son of Mr. Tyrwhitt, is now established in

the very centre of the continent of Afi ica, in perfect security, and with permission to hoist his flag as British consul.

' POMPEII. The destiny of the P omnei-

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ans must nave ueen dreadful. It was not a stream of fire that encompassed their abodes.

Ihey could then have sought refuge in flight. Neither did an earthquake swallow

them up; sudden suffocation would then have spared them the pangs of a lingering

death. Ji rain oj ashes buried them, by de grees! We will copy a delineation by Pli

ny: "A darkness suddenly overspread the

country; not like the darkness of a moonles

night; but like that of a closed room, the

light in which is of a sudden extinguished.

Women screamed, children moaned, men

cried. Here children are anxiously calling

their parents; and there, parents were seek

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ing tneir cinidren, or husbands their wives:

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ail recognised each other only by their cries.

j. uu iui inci lamented uieir own late, and the

latter that ot those dearest to them. Many

wished for death from the fear of dying.

iJany called on the gods for assistance. Oth

ers despaired of the existence of the gods,

and thought this the last eternal night of the

world. Actual dangers were magnified by

unreal terrors. I he earth continued to shake, and men half distracted, to reel about

From a London paper.

Africa. Major Dcnham, and lieutenant Clappcrton, the survivors of the expedition

which 'eft England in 1821, under the direc

ncneiraiing into llie interor of Airica, o)

war cf Tripoli and Fezzen, arrived in Paris on iu2 2 1st May, on their return to England.

ner their destiny was less dreadful, seeing that death suddenly converted them into

motionless statutes, and thus was stripped of ii. i i ? j. i. . i i .i

all the norrors wnn wnicii the fears of the

sufferers had clothed him in imagination.

But what then must have been the pitiable

condition of those who had taken refuge m

the buildings, and cellars? Buried in the

thickest darkness, they were secluded from

every thing but lingering torments; and

who can paint to himself without shuddering

a slow dissolution approaching, amid all the

igonies of body and mind? 'lhe soul re

coils from the contemplation of such images.

THE IRISH

Notwithstanding the faults of this people,

which are entirely owing to their native

warmth of feeling, they are the most faith

ful, the most devoted friends in the world. The rebellion which so often agitates the

peaceful abodes of Erin, arises from the a-

buse of authority, from oppression, and not

from a vicious disposition; grant him the

demand of reason, of policy, and of humani

ty, and tiie Irishman is as loyal as his neigh

bors, and vastly more sincere. Their fidel

ity in all cases of trust and secrecy is invio lable. History affords many illustrious ex

amples of the fact. During the late discus

of the Catholic question, Dr. Doyle in one

of his examinations, discoursed with great candor and frankness on an historical expo

sition of the highest interest. It was un

known before, that, until the death of the

last of the Stuarts, the pretender had at

ways nominated to the vacant sees in Ire-

land. The British Government with all its gold, had never been able to get at this se

cret; which perhaps was in the keeping of

ten thousand individuals, bo admirable an

example of gaurded fidelity towards the le

gitimate sovereign, reminds us of another fact; the only general of Maria Theresa, whom the king of Prussia despaired of being able to corrupt, 7vas an Irishman; and Louis

XVI. had no more faithful defenders than

the Irish attached to his service. Masonic Mirror

others by terrifying predictions."

buch is the frightful but true picture which Pliny gives us of the horrors of those who were, however, far from the extremity of their misery. But what must have been

the feeling of the Pompeians, when the roar

ing of the mountain, and the quaking of the earth, awakened them from their first sleep!

They also attempting to escape the wrath of

the gods; and, seizing the most valuable things they could lay their hands upon in the darkness and confusion, to seek their safety

in night. In this street, and in front of the

house marked with the friendly salutation

on its thresh-hold, seven skeletons were found: the first carried a lamp, and the rest had still between the bones of their fingers

something they wished to save. On a sud

den they were overtaken by the storm de

scended from heaven, and buried in the grave thus made for them. Before the above mentioned country-house was still a male skeleton, standing with a dish in his

hand; and as he wore on his finger one of

those rings which were allowed to be worn by Roman knights only, he is supposed to have been the master of the house, who had

just opened the back-garden gate with the

intent of flying, when the shower overwhelmed him. Several skeletons were found in the very posture in which they breathed their last, without being forced by the agonies of death to drop the things they had in their hands. This leads to a conjecture, that the thick mass of ashes must have

weather, the straw will keep the tender

imbs, and even the young fruit of the fig,

rom injury. In the spring, after all danger

rom irosi is over, remove the covering the ittle fruit will immediately begin to row.

and before the expiration of the month of

June, and from that to the first of October, you will be sure to have that sacred fruit

wnicn our xieaveniy ramer planted in Par

idise, as fine as the hg of Judea.

Adulteration of Bread. The practice of

adulterating bread appears, by the London

papers, to have been earned on there to an extent far beyond any thing that could be

conceived. Complaints having been made . 1 1 W -

at the Mansion House on the subiect, a long

investigation took place, which resulted in the conviction of a flour dealer, who was

lined 10, 000, sterling. A professional gentleman stated that he had been enframed in

cessantly, from the 5th of September till the

ztJtn oireuruary, ty direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, in analyzing- 14G7 sacks

of flour, which were lying in warehouses at W T l -a .

Mull, and such pernicious stuff he had never seen in the whole course of his experi

ence. He had been 22 years in Apotheca4 mil r W - -

ries' iiaii.j ue had taken a sample from each sack, and in some he found that upwards of a third was plaster of Paris and

ground hones, two of the most abominable ingredients, and which the stomach neither

of man nor beast is capable of digesting

He had sent samples of this hopeful flour (which had in it very little flour) to the Lords of the Admiralty, baked, and in several of its processes, and never was seen any thing more frightful, It was, as a loaf, almost as black as jet, and to cut it in pieces would require a hatchet. The same gen tleman informed the Mayor that he had

lately analyzed some bouchong tea, and found that there was 25 per cent, of lead ore iu it. K. Y. E. Post.

Fruit Trees. The new. method of raising

fruit trees by planting the Scions, is a grea

desideratum in the art of obtaining choice

fruit. It has many advantages over graft ing, because it is more expeditious, and re

quires no stalk or tree. They may be plant

ed where they are required to stand; and

the labor of a man for one day will be sutli

cient to plant out enough for a large orchard

after the scions are obtained. The method of preparing the plant is as follows: Take the scions as for engrafting, and at any time after the first of February, and till the buds

begin to grow considerably, and dip each

exaggerating their own fears, and those of of the shoots in melted pitch or wax, rosin

come down all at once, in such immense

tionof the carl Bathurst. for the purpose of quantities, as instantly to cover them. It

ncne'rating' Into the interor of Africa, by connot otherwise be imagined he

ined how the fugi

tives could all have been fixed, as it were by a charm, in their position; and in this mun-

and tallow, and bury it in the ground, the

buds uppermost, whilst the body lies in a

horizontal position, and at a depth of two or

three inches. We are informed that trees

obtained in this way will bear in three or

four years from the time of planting. e have no doubt of the practicability of this method of raising fruit. Dr. Paige, of this

village, planted about twenty scions of dif

ferent kinds of pears, the middle of las month, two of which are now in blossom a

the surface of the ground, and appear flour ishing! The composition he used, was melt

ed shoemakers wax. Oswego paper

The Fig. The following paragragh, from the Warrington, N. C. Reporter, contains

information relative to the culture of this

delicious fruit, which may be useful to ma

ny of our readers.

The Fig may be seen in perfection in more than one garden in Warringtpn. It is

a delicious fruit, wholesome and nutricious

The Fig, with us, grows upon a bush, which will be larger or smaller according to care

or situation. Even here, in a favorable year

like the present, it begins to ripen before

the peach, and continues to bear until frost

In Florida it becomes a tree larger than the Damson. An intelligent gentleman from Georgia, observes, that there it comes to great

perfection, and with the same, or perhaps, a little more attention, it might be brought to equal maturity here. It is a great bearer, but a slight frost not only destroys the young fruit and the leaves, but a large portion of the wood. A few fig bushes will afford enough for a family. Before the approach of frost, make of rails a pen around the bush and cover it well with straw during the cold

The celebrated Mademoiselle Lecouvreur,of the Theatre Francais, passing thro' the streets at a very late hour, on a cold raw night, was accosted by a poor woman with 4 little children on her back, who, in a tone of bitter suffering, beseeched the actress to take pity on her destitute condition. Mademoiselle Lecouvreur searched in herpockets, and finding nothing; 'Wait,' said she, my good woman, I will give you more than you could have hoped for;' and instantly throwing off her mantle, she began to recite the inprecations of Camilla, with a vehemence and superior talent which collected a crowd around her, notwithstanding the inclemency of the season. She then made a collection among the auditors, and with the fruits of her charitable exertions, gave the poor woman a sufficient sum to provide led gings and clothes for her infants.

The Brazilians have a curious idea of the black race. At the time, say they, of the creation of Adam. Satan looked on and formed a man of clay, but every thing he touch ed becoming black, he determined to wash him white in the Jordan. On his approach the river retired, and he had only time tc push the black man on the wet sand, which touching the soles of his feet, and the palms of his hands, accounts for the whiteness of these parts. The devil, in a state of irritation, struck his creation on the nose, by which the flatness of that organ was accom plished. The negro then begged for mercy and humbly represented that no blame could be attached to him, upon which the other? somewhat pacified, patted him on the head, and by the heat of his hands, curled his hair in the way it is seen at the present day.

Unprofitable speculation. The Cazenovi Monitor states, that some persons who have undertaken to run dozen the Chenango bank, sent about 2000 dollars in specie, not long since, to be exchanged for Chenango bills at the Cherry Valley bank. Hating got the needful in his hands, the trusty messenger set his face to the west, and the first information the runner had of him, he was fairly under wav for Indiana. He had not been overtaken" by the last accounts. We are not certain that such a member would advantage our society much, should he lose the cash before he gets here; but with 2000 about him, tho' great sticklers for honesty, we would not object very much to ltakc hint zVi' upon trial."