Indiana Palladium, Volume 2, Number 8, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 25 February 1826 — Page 2
event. A bob-tailed coat upon a polite gentleman is a very pretty thing any where bat in a Printing office; it acts upon the principle of the lever, as we -hail an opportunity of experiencing not long since; for while a particular friend of ours was making a particular bow to lis in front, the mischievous bob-tailed coat was making sad work in the rear:
An armed interference on the part of Constantino, (and he is prepared to use It, if he should interfere at all in the affairs of Turkey), will very probably cause, the breaking out of a general quarrel in Europe. No one of the great powers will be content that Russia should occupy the present country oftheMusslernans for its means would enable her
emperor to take a front rank in eom-
f'orO sad to c, the general assembly and mCrcc and naval aiihirs, and materially of common pleaie in the slate ofcheck the commerce and mean of EngR.' Island, were hooted from their s(at?,iami prance ami Austria. !W whnl
the actions on the civil ducket, by shortican eIt;)cr of Ul0R1 tlo (o ,)revcrt lhe yrocas, disposed of. and chants ' crush of Turkev, if Constantine wills it ? lawyers all sent out of the court with Aml the matter seems resolved in this, the most marvellous despatch. I nee j tj1:tt Turj;ey mu,t hccrusl;ed or Greece are but shghi sketches ot the incident;nx(iuis!ie(j Wc wish the former: and. and awful calamities whica are iiinc-hf war sIia1 .rnny 0.lt()fit? lrive the ccm. cently caused by our visitors; ;md those j5oI;itio?) to tmU in th(J roRtc-u
wno nave a proper u.uu .ci. 'the people of Europe may regain some weighty characters, and brnhant co:.-j orliori of their long lost libcrtv. or at
ceptions as are scaucreu ..u u tne P'u-ji, ,J(J ena!)!ctl to arrcst a colir6C n,
i i o ; s c.i a printing omce, will be carevji
A Paris peper of Dec, CO, says About a year ago it was reported, that an important interview had taken place between the emperor Alexander and his brother Constantine. The latter had
long since declared himself in favor of
the Greeks, and thought the Russian armies ought to march to Constantinople. Constantine maintained that Alexander sulicred the fairest opportunity to escape him that had yet odered to make himself master oV the Bosphorus; he re
proached him with abandoning the national policy, and sacrificing the inter-
TLe second roiiit to be cor.sideicd.levcn to 00 MrccsplierM with perfect s?fetf.
Mr Vk ikins then proce ded to tii n-msirau 'he
rapidity wilh which n-usket balls ii.ihi It pro-
regarded t he agricultural and commercial interest of the State and the United
States, in extinguishing the title to tile jcttd by its ager.cy. Totfiect this he mticwresidue of Indian lands m Indiana. tl en to (he j;un barrel a tube fi.lled v.il, balls, Hitherto the enterprise of the citizens w,,ich- U ,!own l? tl M! nfil,, CfM.. 1,m.I u rn rnnf.ro.l tn tb,. ,he b;:rre? wrp Wted,Cle ly one, nith
. . a' i i i . such exiracirhnsry velocity as to demons'r3ta margin oi the , abash, by tne exlm-,.. . ,.a -...
guishmcnt of the title of the Indians. the I would be relieved from the diilicultv.j
that, by means cf a succession of tubes l!!ed with L;d!s, fixed in a wheel (i model of v. liich iv pliiiii:f-r) r.PHilr nrift thousand h.ih's ner
and in a commercial view, free commerce 'n.iriUte mipht he uiJhary;' d. In subn-qucnt with the St; tes. by an out let till ough d.schaies or volleys, the barrel, to which is the Lake Michigan and the straits at h.eh(d a aovehlle joint, was given a Intend Detroit, to Like Kl ie. W0llld be the le- liin rtinn ar,.l i!ip lulls rinr.ifitHl a i.li-.t nrar-
csts of Russia, to the self gratification ofjsuit, as well as a port of entry, at the ly twelve ft e t in length. Thus, if opposed to .i being the chief of the confederation ofimargin of Lake Tdichigan. The benehts 'n ghi t i.t in lino, the steam pun iiiijrh: be made kings. Tiiese reproaches hurt Alcxan-jfrom obtaining these lands, would not j to act fru one cfits tstrrrcetirs to the other. des. Constantine added, that -as heir to'cease here: it would put a c hctk to for-; A s'c'' -r P!"'k w?s al'terwaids placed in a the throne, he had a rinht to see the no-ieiirners emlarkinp and narticiratii," jn; perpendicular piritlm, and. in I ke manner,
litical directions of theWernmer.t. the valuable Air trade with the aboi i-!tUle W5S :i sl:e"ru hoi hovs fru,n ,PP
From ih? QuoWHcnne.-t appears -incs of the conntrv. The fact is. at this to U,e hoito:D- t iKs proved that the. steam i r ; ; ii ,i , i i g'.n I a not cmy tbe lorce of ;unroutitT, hut certain that the internal allairs oi itus- tune, said he, those trailers who are en-, p, ... . , 1 . . . .,, . . . . . i i j ' , . ., . . , ,. . i-i ,alo iilmtts ol any directicn leingoiv-cn to it. sia will not be lor an instant troubled, iaced m the lur trade lrom abroad, wit . , , , . ,,, . ' ... . . 'T T- r . i l5ut ivhrtt fecmed to create mcst &irpri5e, uas
T . I , . I .
b-ct t'ir.v VrPil ' - y-- ,4 . . . .j " - -wv,. . - ..uwi tu? ,..e f frfcts 0p a vollev of halls dlfcharcd a
a rK of matter and rr-i-'i r-fi .-. -...wi i. ...vmv. .4M,i .v,., ....v. ... v..-.- .... 15..V ... ...v..-, rn.uu -air.?t (f.c t r.ck wall by the uie ol target. A wreci. ji - nuaciiiu a morc M'hey have been counted like o Poland of Roland, calm for several otherwise, by ascending the river St. i' p,y at, olutdy du-a hele of considerable diworlds ' u('!c .V U1t 5(lUcCZ,J -apt. ;)enj of rattle arxl disposed of like hogs, years, and personally attached to its so- Joseph's or the Lake to the head of the 'mn.sior.s in thevalf and henetrated almost one byrnmcs Licory in o !)v the b.ead. to dilferent masters. To vereign through hi? consort (a Polish same river, and then corn ering them to Ldf through its ihickm -ss. We licr.rd secral
hesitate in yielding submis-ion to such jprincess.) The vast empire cf Russia, i the river Ivankakee, a portage cf six ' od'eers daclare thtir belief, that, had the halls
iTcUj.l iij h. arrangements, was accounted treasona-though com:)o?ed of so manv different
The Emperor of all the Russian the hie, and to imagine that they had rights, ielements, received from the hand of
soul of the "holy alliance," and directorjvas a deadly sin against the "holy alii-: Alexander a regular administration; the of the continent, has paid the great dobt mice' These things may be partially jbonds that unite the different states have
el nature, lie died at Ta"-anrocl: eariv juoae away, or, at least, the barbanan-.been strengthened, and, lrom the iron-
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owation be retarded, by a state of war ; tiers ot China to those ot Uermany, the aifcf in Spain and Italy, perhaps, the UL'c.ucz find an easv and absolute obedi-
loss ol hie by war, will not be greater enco." It we exceot the wondering pas
in December last, after a few days ill
ne.. Vv iicn tlic immense nowcr that Alex
1
dor immediately possessed, Sc the migh- than it now is by law and the want ofjtora! tribes which are subjected to inde-
ty imluence which he exerted over ihe iivv by which these countries are tilled j pent!
affairs oflvirone, are considered, it mav ea-ily be expected that tha most import;mt canfc.juences will follow his death: especially v'ien the more rede and im)erious, thou perhaps, not less hones!, character of his successor, is taken into calculation. If it was the genius or disposition of Nap deon to orgf chains lor mankind: Alexander was no less an atk'nt to a m're humble work of rrjrlthem. The former, in numerous cases, showed himself to be a hot-headed tyrant but the latter ever was a
dent chief-, a ssiem of municiple or-
with royal executioners and religious iganization, and a strong and obedient liangmen, of the one party, and by bands 'gradation of ranks, facilitate the movcot rob'ersand assassins of the other op-'ments of the adirnustraiion throughout posed in every thing, except to do all; the vast empire of the Czars. Besides the mischief tint they can. j Alexander had disseminated in diiierThe death of Alexander is an exceed-ient provinces, military colonies, a sort of ingly important event. We shall add 'armies alwavs exercised and always sub-
some of the speculations of different Lu-;iect to the laws of dic'mline, while thes
miles, thence down the latter river to iheen radc of iion instead of lead, they would
the mouth of Yellow liier, thence upjhave actually n.n a I reach through it the
tr.e same to a point, crossing over thejva" was lj( Jr,c,;ls thiek.
line and bold river Tippacance, a por
tage of onlv twelve miles. The fur trade
is commerce, to all intents and purposes.!
is highly valuable, and should (ernhrac
ing self-defence and preservation) belong
AVixrnr.TKR ('V..) J ax. " 1 . Cavght a T(.rte:i A few davs since, a wngoner having tniigcil and toiled throughout the. day, halted' at one of t!ie numercus
to the citizens of the State and the Uni-T 1 veiicr s i.csts, with a IucJl the ted States. Bv the extinguishment of, "rcat thoroughfare between this ami
Baltimore is so abundantly iupplied, and having watered and fed his horses, snug-
the Indian title to the lands in the State, commerce and agriculture will be promoted, and tlouf U accordingly. Mr. IIolmks thought there was another point in which the resolution might be viewed it was that it was a naked proposition to appropriate 00,000 dollars
out of the Treasury : and although Mr.
ropean editors upon it. A lev ci ish ex- were at the same time fashioned in the ! 1 J. said he knew that the Consitutiun
n-
pectation ot great changes in the re la- arts of civilization. jiy restricted 1 13 Senate from originating lions of the continent, is every where 4,The Ilnssian population is religious' revenue bills, yet it was not customary evinced. We shall wait with impa- even to superstition. The remem-i for this body to originate appropriation
tiencc lor further advices. I! is not pro-brance of Czars lives in tlicir hearts and: bills, and it would be a well not to de-
ned classes 'part from the Usage of the Senate i:i thus
resj;ect. Mr. 2oni.r. replied, that whatev er the
i particular species of civilization. No-! practice of the Senate; was. in origina-
bk s and peasants inhabit vast territo-jting apjropriat:Gn hills, there was no irn-
Col i-calculaung de?pot; particularly ac-,bable that the new emperor will be long their memories: the cnlighte
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'p.n: i.?g oovver unuer me semaiance or1'1 ui-ciuu upon me t;uisv: mai i.e win eomoiae wun uie general liiummauou m deration, and gathering to himst If in-! pueuf, to the Greeks ami tiie Turks.-! of the age, something which belongs to
tiiiei.ee while pretending that he ha'i j 'ii tl ni? policy shall lie opposed to that no desire to extend it: and, upon thept tie "hhp ones, he u ill run the riak of
whole, perhaps, he was the most danger-j Assassination. He is, however, the idcl ; ries; and scrfi following the will of j propriety in doing so, as the Consliiulton ous mm of modern times. It was het the army : and recelLeiiug t!e fate ot"! their masters, are called to a more or! prohibited it only in regard to revenue
wn ) advanced the doctrine that the people have no rights that even the enjoyment of life itself was an act of grace on the part of "ligitimate sovereigns' it was he who was alwavs ready to sustain this doctrine with a tnillioa of bayonets, in the hands of his ignorant and semi-barbarian slaves. He was at the head of the most foul and m st dangerous conspiracy that ever was formed against the rights of human nature he was continually adding power to power; and the mighty means that he possessed, while it checked the ambition oi his brother kings ; reduced their people into mere machine?, without will to do except as lie himself permitted them. From the frozen regions of the north to
his father, will be upon his guard.
One account iys that tiie emperor! t
less enjoyment of the rights of civil liber-! bills: hut Mr. 2s. said the present reso-
The. emperor Alexander had pro-llution did not even propose a direct ap-
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oieci oi tne bullous lever, en tne 1st o! jtecied the erdianchiseinent ci slaves : propnatieri it simply directed an i December. I' appears to have been kept Uhis was with respect to the crown, anjquiry into the expediency of making r
a secret ior some
a vs.
courier wa
;aet once polotic arid generous.
despatched from War-T'V with the. i
on the 9th. It u
in
s li.jt u 'ow n a.t X ic-i-
m-
an
appropriation for a certain object, and
he hoped it would not be relused.
The resolution was then agreed to.
ganrock is situated on
rri,
lilac k
o;ju leagues lrom i
St. i--!
nart. con.
4i We are still ingnorant of the attitude hieh Jl'.i ia will take in her foreign po-
na on the 11th. He v.a aware of hisjlities. Constantine hates the rcvolusituation b.is wife was with him. T-' !ion more, perhans, than Ids brother did :
;".:.! imt pa :.icu lar aiiections, remembrances
1 nc emperor, Constantino, le.-t v aivawjtions, impel him towards ideas which! Mr. Perkins' safety steam engine manufactory
on the Cth December, was p' r. c laimed ; Alexander had with difficulty restrained i near the Regent's Park, was on Tuesday thrown at St. t'etersburg on the lei'.i, and'among the ilussians, and which mayjinto great consternation by some tremeudous waited on by (he civil and military ofii-j render the poli'ical situation of Europe j repoits, aris.n from the discharge cf his steam cers on the IGth, When lie was "born,: more comidicated with reference to':Sun Since a fatal accident, which oc cured
From the London Times. FcrVins1 Steam Gun. The neighborhood of
several months ago, uhere a lady threw her
self from a gig. in consequence, as it was t the
jjtimc incorrectly supposed, of her horse having
his grand-mother car.set! a medal to be ! Greece. Considerations of a high poli struck with the inscr iption, "Conf'mfhiJ, ileal nature, wiil no doubt restrain A
the sh. ;! ; at' t!ie Mi'diterrnnonn. m nd ' A 'in. .:r ot 7k? Onc.s.J lie was with Sn-1 l.v.i"ibr'!- snrre-or. ni I he v ret r;i nni
lrom the Atlantic to the Pacific, hekarrow in the cameai-n of 1730 a- onstj Alexander himself. He will not scpa-!ns !aken 3t lhf P'o' noise made sirehod forth his gigantic arm- !;iiprj France, and at the battle r.f Au-terlitz, rate the cause and interests of Russia 7 ,e Slea?' Uiat "' enfin?.of,,,' . , .. , P. , .'. r7 i, c ,.-! !i' j- ri i jStruction had not heen permitted to be dicharyteided to his- ammunition, and tin-ir de-ja well as in the campaigns of i b i 2,: from the cause and interests of the otherl,re( hy (he jmihhials beKmn.' to Mr Per pendent armies marched when he gave 1013 and 1 G 1 , and at Paiis. Ai! ac-: cabinets. In the present day, it is of;, conccrn.' ( 'Tuesday rromin- hoei i.i .1 i ii r t . i ' . - a : j li j j .. It a ' a J " '
tne word mat they suonnt. no pomteUjCoums agree m reprebennng mm ;o ;.a e;iess importance to aggrandize territory,; VPr S03n af(cr epyJlt 0Ylock patrols were ob
to Italy a ad Spain, and despotism pre-! mi impetious disjiosition. lie has ap-; than to strengthen thrones which have
vailed he desired Greece, and wouldj pointed his brother Nicholas to Uu? eorn-:bren hi'-ihcn by revolution. We wait have possessed himself of all Turkey in'mand of the royal g ;:ird, whicli sew?1 ' -ten ;iih impatience the first acts of iv trope; but the time h:vd not yet arri-.that they arc on good terms vvi- i one 'the ?ew cmpeior. It is said that lie will ved wliOii he could be expected to retain! another. visit in person the vast provinces of the them bv iinwj.zcment, and he was fear-j There is a report that Alexa't : : vaiemjjirc, ;trd will iu-pect the colonies to ful of disturbing that rrpose. of s!-:tjrn. assassinated ; but it does not ;;: . vvor-hveeive their oatli of allegiance.''
which so w ell suited his own ovcrvvhel-, Ihy ot credit, as his illness w - -v.. .: at
ming and ambitious views. He aspired to gain by cunning, what Napoleon sought by the sword the actual domin-
several places before his dca-.a was an
nc u :ee
In Covgre??, February 2.
1. The Senate took' up the following rc-
BcWs Jlcckh Mcssrnrrrr, in speaking of solution, olfered yesterday by Air. No-
ion of i'btnipc. We cannot regret his.; the consequences of this event and thejrLE: death. All was doing by him, and his'. succession of Constantine, remark-: Rcso!vJ That the Committee on In-
. , . '. J.i ... .... , . . . . .-. 1 hear.!. the group ot eminent persons tnen . er lorm by the name of Imiuenza, to have
ue uoae, 10 leiurn sociei) into a M.ne opu,u u.uu wm ou .ui u.Maiuawuui ...-,,.10 1 ic expeaiencj 01 maKmg an au-. b, d cnns:s.e,i of (;raCe th? Master ' I,,.,--, vorv ovfo W-.o yu
barbarism; and the fuiet that had been tack upon the Turkish empire, and (rial ; propriation of 50,000 dollars, or such ! (;ener:ti 0f the Ordinance and his Staff, the!
served stationed on all the roads leading towards the manufactory, accompanied hy men with placards on board?, warning ail passengers on hursebatdc or in cruries to through the itRnt's Iark, instead of proceeding ly iLe
ihih road h-adin in front of the manufactory.
Soon after nine, numbers of military olTjcer ir: c?rrir.cs and on horsehaclf, alighted at the manuficfory. They wers son fuilowed by the I:!;e tf YVcliifgJon, and immediately afterwards tho discharro of ste&tn, which had been previously occasional, and of comparatively slight tore', comnienccd with a continued ror.r resembling: the loudest thunder we ever
ly fe.'iteil himself bv a blazing fire with a pipe in his mouth, forgetful of his past fatigues, and disregarding these which w ere to come. ly and by, a rogue passing by, discovered n box in the wagon, which he could not resist the. desire cf examining, and accordingly shouldered it, and carried it to an adjacent held, where the contents were speedily bro't to view. IJut instead of finding a comfortable piece of broadcloth or costlv sillrs, a iicma:; sk; lf.tox w;;s displayed to the bewildered vision of the midnight prow ler. Need more be said? A snow having just fallen, it was discovered that the thief had jumped about ten feet from the box. and as far as he could be tracked his iieetuess by 1.0 means ilaggcd. It was now ascertained that a medical student at Baltimore had carefully boxed up a skeleton, which he was sending home, and had proceeded thus far safe, until so unceremoniously disturbed bv the affrighted rogue. Gaz.
Canal Spirit. Three thousand men are advertised for, to labor, at good wages, on that part of the Delaware and Hudson Canal which is now under contract, commencing at the Hudson River, near the village of Kingston, CO miles be low the citv of Albany, ar.l 30 miles above New York, extending through the counties of Ulster, Sullivan, and Orange in the State of New York, to the Delaware Uiver, a line of Go miles of Canal, together with all locks, aqueducts, culverts bridges, fencing, to be comnleted during the present year. On the Gth ult. between G and 700 people assembled on the bridge of Nienburg, to greet the Duke and Duchess of Anhaii, when half the bridge sunk into the river, and upwards of 00 persons peris lied. On the of October, a dreadful storm was experienced at Moscow, in Russia, the roofs of maty houses were blown elf. In the Black Sea, three ships were stranded : one, with all the crew, perished. Lond p :per. Accounts from the South represent the ravages of disease, known here in a miid-
vv noi
lamslits
It'O fi i f ft w 1 ?' if nn.'l nvinv !'iff i?irw!
tiv (rV'wktk4..,V I ? 1L lilltt .11111 I im iu liit VI
forced upon the people oi the oal wor.ld,;me wtioie lace ot Europe, in mat pari:otlier sum as may be considered tor tiie j Mrq-Jts of Salisbury, Mr. Pell, Sir . Ilard-jnf- ;t in .n,of tb, m ',f- t ti - i ji ,1 ii i i i. 1 . -t- ,i i r 1 "i Hi iiisoinetiiiiepaiistitsinjiii wis m re detrimental to tliem than a;Oi the world, wnl be lmtnediately aher-1 purpose oi extinguishing the residue otjin, Lord I itzroy Somerset, the Judj;e Ad- pi,,.oe,fl ,,., , T, ,!f:f.I1i.iri..
season oi war. ir is ueneveu tnaiine't' is not ons in: w eo know n luieu-; i:.uian uue to lanus in ine oiaic oi inui- vocatc t.enerai. anu many military omcers d ) r i r -v , ... ., . i-ii 4- c x .i-i.i i to the people oi Color. In one vihag?, mo v a hance now stands tis dissolved J tton oi Constantine to adopt tins course, ana. the Inchest rank: together with a committee , r , , - ,A ,- , c 5? ' i" i .i h i i- r , - u t -i , n. , , , i is' (t i . wc have heard, eig.it persons died of toe and suonoed that Constantine, the new' but it is ins immediate interest. It is Mr. Noble said, in support ot his re- of Artillery and hr.rn."er othcers, who it ap- ,. . T , ? ryt-4. 4- r ! ! il, xitiII r-iil .! f !)i n:i ! - rr o' f a In tehipfi 1 1 r r'in rAnrii!-' cnlnt in th-if tlin -ii)rvTt inn it mi'rhf Ln: nf TH h:t iOfT CiiCtAv ntin I n f P. lir tlif " 4 ' w ' 4 n '
il .4 l t)L I . i 1 til till l.ltj 11 'i "ll ) 111 I 4 I I i U I 1 1 ' " UiV.ttll ly IV IIICII V-tU , CUlUilUlU tiillLLllWtl-A'l'IIWJ. II lllllll UL I - 1 v 'u," v mj
.ihyw himself in t!ie character of a sol-ate Ids enormous and savage army. A 11 'considered in two points of view: i'irst.Du of Wellington to examine into the mer-
dier thaa tl.at of a Jesuit. Jie is fond accounts agree, that it is only bv his ar- whether the Indians, wilhm Indiana, had;,lso1 ui:s "onaeriui specimen ot human inge
of hi
military pomn and parade, rou"-ii in ir,y that he can hope to reign in safety.: given any evidence that thev were vil-jnu,,-v aR'J (-fSlricnve power. I he. discharge manners, and called over-bearing and he must therefore, at once ernplo'v ling to sell the residue of their lands. jof s.t?arn 1bc"n,c almost mcess.mt for 2 hours.
l nrutal; and tne nrooat-iltty is, that;inem insomeooiect comtormaleto tneiri liis object m introducing the resolution!. ,. - . ' . ,. , . ,, . ,
o t! to roughly a Russian, as to be! wishes. The eiTect of such a step by! was, to enable the Committee on Indian ' " T "'.::' '
" irnir iijc ii i auj au Lull J litJiJ III ah uitorui. :ii
a ie,
he is s
disposed at once to take "the road to Constantine would be an immediate agi- Affairs to inquire at the War Depar tlh:an!i:in and fulfil the great desire taticn of all those elements on the conti-l ment to ascertain that fact. It would of his grand-m .itiier, and the celebrated nent cf Europe, which have lately been j be found, upon inquiry, that abundant Catharine, lie is not of a temper likely' kept tolerably quiet by the priuciplesjevidence was in the Department, obtainto wait pat-ientiy for the event it would of the holy alliance. If Constantine ed through Governor Cass, who had been appear m.,re compatible with his ideas' should lake the part of the Greeks, a- engaged for many years as a Super inof glory to fcrco them, and possess him- g linst the Turks, it would be impossible lendent of Indian Affairs in the Northself of C-mstantiuople by tiie power of for Austria to remain neuter. The lire western country, that the Indians were his arms, than to acquire it peaceably.', would be immediately kindled in the willij-g to sell the lands in question : and And, indeed, we hope that he may for, centre, and hurnonwards to the remotest the information, coming through Goverif some movement is not made for the.corner of Europe. What the result might nor Cass, would be, as it ought to b, l'cliei ot the Greek?, we must expect to be, it is diiiicult to say. But, we trust, sati: factory on this point: for no man hear either oi their extermination, or should such an event occur, as a genera! had excelled him as yet in point ofinforrednction to a state of slavery and degra- continental war, that Great Briton will mation as to the Indian affairs, or in in-
dation worse than death itself. It a p- perform a part worthy of her; by pro-' tegrhv, on such subjects, when and wher-i
pears impossinie to us that thev can tectmg irorn Slavery and subjugation,! ever he had been entrusted, ir. .
scarctdy strong enoug'n to represent the.
distress on seme of the plantations, where white or black, there is not one individual able to help another. Aat. Int.
withstand the lorces now arrayed against; hiose illustrious states, which are cntithem, discipline 1 and led by the Ciri tied, no less from ancient fame and recoltltnt chieuy Frenchmen and Au-j lection-, to her assistance and support. trials; and the death of Alexander mayjthan from the brave and glorious strug-pros-Tvo the life of a nation. If so. we'gles which tliey have recently made, to shall, indeed, rejoice at it. escape from the most brutal bondage."
aiu. he had the same information from
Mr. John Conner, who was entitled to credit wherever he was known; w ho for manv years had resided with the Indians, on the Kankakee river, and spoke the language of several tribes of Indians.
first the ha!!s were discharged at short intervals, in imitation of ariilbry firing, agiinst an iron target, at the distance of 35 yards. Mrcb was the force with which they were driven, that they were corrqilctcly shattered to ato:ii3 In the next experiment the ha!i3 were tlischaried at a frame of wood, and th?y actually passed throrrh eleven one inch j-Ianks of the hardest dtal, pl iced at a distance cf an inch from each othtr. Afterwards th,y w re prnpc -lh d against an iron pi de one fourth of an inch thici:, .nd at the v?ry iirst trial the ball passed through it. I n all hands this was declared to be the utmost etTect of force that gunpowder could exert. Indeed we understand that this p!te h;vl hecn brought specially from Woolwich, for the purpose of ascertaining the comparative f -rce of steam and gunpower. The pressure of steam employed to eflct this won
derful force, we learn, on enquiry, did not at
We are requested by Mr. R. Bates, Postmaster at Troy, Indiana, to state, that on the c2Cth ult. a number of barrels of pork, kegs of lard, &c. were afloat in the Ohio River, and the citizens on each side were employed in taking them up. It was not known to whom the property belonged. Troy is about 130 miles below Louisville. Louis-: ilk Advcnhcr, Feb. 1.
Great Solar Kelipse. On the Zth of Fbnair; loot, there ndll he. a great eclipse ff ihc sun. risible h hs. .-It 1 lh. 20;?;. ci. M. a s;:nrili hluch dent ivill appear vn the si c of the sun, xrhich vill increase to the middle of the eelipsi', n-h en only a small cfcr. of ii-ht extended beautiful la el arm on each side. :riil be visible. The 7:ho!c dura
tion v:ill be ?h. m. The darkness rid 11 be
first exceed 63 atmospheres, or 900 lbs. to the great thai the large -:i stars vdll appear.
square inch; aad it was repeatedly stated hxund obs'.uri'y v:i'l shaur. terrestrial things. Mr. Perkins that the pressure might be carried' Geneva Gazette
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