Indiana Palladium, Volume 2, Number 49, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 16 December 1826 — Page 4

MISCELLANY.

A Sailor's Funeral at Sea, He is not were bis father lie, He sleeps not where they sleep His name a wreck 'of memory, His dwelling place the deep Down mid unfathom'd gulfs be lief, And ocean's unveil'd mysteries. lTor be is gone where care and ball With coral garnished, And darkness for their funeral pall, Receive the ocean dead; Where the sea monsters have there borne. But men and sun beams naver come. Gray was the dawn, and not a braid, Curld on the billow 'a brow, While on the deck the prayer was said, And he cast below, fnto the wav-lf(s g listening sea, That closed above bim tranquilly We watched the circle on the wav The dreary plunge had given, And saw it widen o'er his grave, And pass away, wher heaven Met th smooth waters darker blue, And blended their elherial hue. They wrapp'd no shroud his limbs around, No bier sustain'd his form; About the corse its bed they bound, Which, oft in calm and storm, The slumben-r and the dreamer bore, Who now shall dream and wake no more. Sicken 3 and sad we turn'd away, From the sad sight of gloom: The solitude of sea that day Seem'd hut one mighty tomb. Burying all thoughts but thoughts of wo Asking who next should plunge belew! FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN THE A JVC 110 RITE, A Tale of the nineteenth century. Xt was on a delightful evening in the

month of June m the year of 1817, tlmt!restJa,ltH the mon,t Jhea , ,, give

two young men were exploring the north em part of the now state of Illinois, were proceeding slowly up the meandering ankofa small stream: when suddenly

emerging from the thick underwood, and a half or two miles in length, they -toond themselves , ,n most delight-Jand froln 8 quarter lo" a half a mile in ful little valley. Continuing their course jbreadth Xne coUage was fi(ualed near up the stream, at n short distance theylthe centr on ab geru!e eminence, discovered a neat little cottage, situated , i 1 -i ? . i ... . . r i . While on either side fountains sweetly in a most pictensqe part of the va lev.' i- i u a .

II . I . , , , - i 1IUI HIIL llilUUCII 111' rivJo OU" II nun environed on all sides with handsomeir . r a-. ....

shade trees. Orlando,"' said the younger of the youths, -whose name was Orville, "Orlando, in all human probability we have intruded into the retreat of some misanthropic recluse." uIt seem o indeed' replied Orlando, for considering the time that has elapsed since we hft the settlements, I should suppose that we were one hundred miles! or further, from any whites: yet from the .. . 7 , . skill in architecture exhibited in that hut, I am apt to conclude, that if its inmate, if it has one, is a civilized being, or at least one who has lived in society." By this lime the explorators had arrived nearly opposite the hut. "Shall-we"' said Orville, gazing with intense anxiety at the cottage, "shall we intrude yet further upon this recluse and if practicable, get a detail of the causes which impelled him to retire thus far from the haunts of man." "We shall," was the reply. "Then,"said the former, "let us proceed directly for the cottage." So saying he, turned his horse in the direction of the cottage; the other fol lowed. Having arrived at the door the cottagp, they alighted ; but no hu man being was to be seen. After a short time, thev observed the recloSe

coming from behind the cottage, with ailself into the before named stream, abw melancholy tread; who, when hejThe neck of land formed by the junction observed the young rriC3ri? recoiled with'of those two streams, formed a most de-

surpnse. 1 ne momentary perturbation in the hermit's mi; d, (caused bv thesud den appearance of two white men) having subsided, the youths approaching him with a salutation said: as you see from the interior of Kentuck) 1 - - i -i . ii on an exploring tour; we accidentally in truded into your retreat. It it be not obtrusive, we wish to pass the coming night with you. The hermit remained silent and motionless some moments, his eyes fixed steadily on the ground; at length heaving a deep sigh, he said: "Yong men, you are the first of the human family that have found their way hither, since here I took up my abode: I retired to these unfrequented wilds, for the purpose of avoiding the society and Converse of human beings, yet I cannot refuse you the poor shelter my hut affords." Saying which he invited his guests in and bid them be seated, and he would turn their horses into the garden spot to graze. The youths were delighted with the simple neatness of the apartments. In one corner wa a neat bed, if indeed it merits the appellation, made of the skins of beasts; while round the room hu-ig his different articles of clothing, Some of cloth, others of skins. Above the door hung his gun, bow and arrows. These, with a rough table, and one or two stools, were the only articles cxpectca 10 oe iouna in tne dwelling of a hermit. But they were struck with surprise on discovering io one corner a neat

but small library; attracted by the novelty of the scene, they ventured to take down some of the volumes, when to the astonishment of them both, the first taken

down proved to be an approved medical author. Continuing the examination of the books, they found amongst tnem several other medical authors, a few philosophical works, in most of which was written "W. Somerville, Philadelphia.", "Without a doubt," said Orlando, 4this; is no common personage. "So I perceive," replied Orville; UI presume from the appearance of this li

brary, that in the early part of his life he'felicitv, was united in the bands of mat-

had nro;nrts as hloomin.or 9 a Ma V morn-

ing; but some untoward event has, no'santly. The first ear I was the father

doubt, driven him from the society corrupt, venal man. Scarcelv had he finished, when th a . t nrkvmir a ri t n v n -f An c n u I i i Ct c.Mr.cu u.. him, the young men recoiled, as it conscious o? having been too inquisitive. Neither of

them spoke for some moments: when,to its mother earth. Two or three i

me younger one 01 inem saiu:

"Aged friend, it I anticipate rightly,;me to take a trip to the West Indies. I

you were once a professor of the healingjCrnbarked on board a vessel bound direct-

art." The hermit hung his head, while a deep gloom mantled over his high rece ding forehead. "1 hope sir," continued the youth, "you will not deem me impertinently curious, by requesting of you a detail of the circumstances which impelled you a disciple of Hippocratts, to take up your aborle in the wilds ot America." A momentary silence pervaded the cottage; the ejes of the youths were rivited in silence upon the time-worn countenance of the hermit; at length he said: "My young friends, the rehearsal of my story will be tedious and painful; but f will favour you with it, and as the nights are short I will prepare a repast for you, after which you may retire to my tale of sorrow." While the hermit was preparing sup per, the young men took the opportuniTh i,lLt amarynms ana vioieis, lormea in various places, baths as pure and clear as crystal. A thousaud flowers enamelled the verdant carpels with which tin cottage was surrounded. There were scattered over the valley trees of beautiful foilag, whose broad leaves and expanded 'branches formed a shade almost irnpervious to the darting rays of the summer sun. mere noming was neara nui me fi ri V u the gentle murmuring of the stream, that bordered the valley on its eastern side. In short it was a place where "Raral sweets and sylvan shades Conspire to raise delight." Immediately opposite the valley, the elilFs of the stream rose to an astonishing height, which being tinged over with the rays of the setting 6un, formed a scene indiscribably grand ; it was indeed "Rocks on rocks piled as if by magic spell, Here scorched with lightning, there with ivy green ' In vain might the eye search along' this impenetrable bulwark of nature, for one object to relieve it; it seemed as if

0ri"Racbs mounds, and knolls, confue1ly burPd

The fragments of an earlier world." The valley on the north was only ter minated by a small creek, which emptied lichtful landscape; alone the banks of whtrh stood ,Tbe m?jestic oak, rurally large, Meandering to the skies ." Orlando and Orville were interrupted l!n the mi(3st of tnis sccn while descant-, illf linnn thf hpmitipa ni this !lnr rinrl

ing upon the beauties of this place, andJ0U our unfeigned thanks for the hospithe romantic scenery with which it is table manner in which you have enter-

sarrounded, by the hermit, who came to conduct them to the cottage for the purpose of partaking of the repast which he had prepared. Having satiated their appetites, the hermit gave them his bed, upon which they retired to rest; he reassuring them that he would gratify them in the morning with the recital of iiis adventures. The night glided away on the ever rolling wheels of time without any acci dents occurring worth relating. When the young men arose, the hermit had his homely board spread. After partaking of what may, in that part of America, be justly called a sumptuous repast, tne young men pressed the hermit to enter upon his promised narrative; which, after he had adjusted his cottage, he did in the manner following: "Know my young friends, that 1 was born in the county of Philadelphia, state of Pennsylvania. My parents were respectable, and in good circumstances. The first years of my childhood and youth I shall pass over in silence. Ai the age of twenty, my education being completed, I was placed under a celebrated physician in the city, whose name I deem it unnecessary to mention, under whose friendly instruction I was in two

years prepared to engage in the practice of medicine. My father furnished me wifh every thing necessary, and 1 entered into the practice, with feelings as buoyant as the summer breeze. In a

short time my practice became lucrative r r J lYPAIIflhrr titorl n f iht rplihif trtf I I began to search for a compamon-a w)te I had not searched long before I met with one, in the person of Miss Jane Beaufort, in whom I thought every per fection centered. Io short, 4,To see her was to love her." I paid my addresses, and to crown my rimnnv. We nassed otf the time nlea-

ofofa lovely babe. But alas! how short

WA -r tli Jnvc vxm nlfH5iirn nf thi:Pner,C a,r

IHV.U (III Mil' "1" "u w.v, ..w v. . .J w ...j world! In a short time my intant child I was seized with a disease which batiled 45 stiu yv u, . u.sc nmiu all skill, and in the short space ol three .days, 1 consigned my first and only child , months more ana it necame necessary lor ly for my destined port. But by a train of bad luck, the recital of which would take up too much time, l did not arrive at the place of destination for near three months. When I had my business in a train for completion, I was seized with a malignant fever, which had nearly finish-

cu i.y ,u u" 14 comes in contact with wftter, it takes theoxywas nearly tifteen months before I return-igen from and the hydrojen beipg Mt fre0 ed, as I thought, to the arms of an atlec- ;jDCreaaes the combustion. The simple esplationate wife. But fate had decreed oth-jnation tnSD ig tni5. dry a8i,M WDen fir8t burntt ervvise; my Jane had never received jContain in them a metallic substance which is a line frm me, although I had written jbigrhly inflammable, and which is set on fire by repeatedly. Despairing of ever seeing moisture. Quick lime and water produce heat me, she having heard many rumours of.' sufficient in some instances to set wood on fire, the vessel having been shipwrcckod, and but ashes and water produce a much more inof my having been killedon the Island of twee beat In adding water to lime, much c i f . j : : : rihat is evolved, hut no ral r.nnrihtistinn is

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negroes, a lew weeks oeiore 1 arrived 7 1 - " . , . , f -r 1 ,a real combustion of the metal contained m the she was married, to George Vancamp!; , . .... . ,. , . 1 1 t p -i . . . 1 , ashes: the metal heme a combustible substance. Language would fail were I to attempt ... , c . - . f3,, r . . 1 , 'renninng nothing but tae oxygen of the water describe the emotions ot my pnreuzied' t-tz n re

soul, upon receiving this intelligence! In a fit of despair I challenged Vancamp he accepted it we met on the Jersey shore, fought, and he fell mortally wounded. The tidings flew with many exag geration?, to my Jane, who swooned

away; restoratives were used, but injspot; but the place not suiting a formal declavain; the crimson current had ceased its ration, the exigency of the case suggested the motion; Death, with his icy arm had following plan: grasped her; her spirit had fled to "that He politely handed his fair neighbor a Bible, bourne from whence there is no return. "'open, with a pin stuck in the following rxl Judge of my consternation when I 2d epistle, of John, verse 5th: "And now I came to myself! Oh my God! to havejbespecn thee, lady not as though I wrote a cornbeen the foul assassin of a fellow being,! mandment unta tbee, but that which we bad and of my dear companion, was more !froni tbe beginning, that we lovfa on another." than I could bear. For some weeks I':She "turned it pointing ta tbe following-2d

was confined, not conscious of any thing that passed. So soon as I got able to go about, I came to the determination to dispose of every thing I possessed, and retire to some wild, unfrequented spot, there to fix my habitation far, far, from human society. Having arrargd my business, and, provided nvyself with such articles as I thought necessary 1 left the place of my nativity and bent my course westward. Having arrived in this section of country, I selected the spot where we arc, and reared my little cottage. This was in the year 1801, since which time I have lived undisturbed and even unknown, until you were Jed hither. My only sport is the chase, my only exercise the culture of my garden, my only companions my hooks and my dogs, I have done: you have a concise history of my life; to have been more elaborate would have wearied you.;' So saying, he arose and proceeded with an unsteady step to the garden. "Unhappy old man," said Orville, "how I sympathize with you!" "His cup of sorrow has been filled to overflowing," said Orlando, "and I presume our presence is painful; so we will leave him." They both proceeded to the garden, and accosted the hermit thus: "Aged sire, it is time we should depart, ' YOU ( and in so doing we wish to return tained us." When mounting their steeds, they bade him an hearty adieu, and proceeded slowly to the north. glenalvox. Guillotine. Joseph Samson, the celebrated Frencti executioner before and during the revolution, died last month in Paris. It was he who guillotined Louis XV7I. Marie Antoinette, and, by singular retributiveness, Coutnon, Brissot Robespierre, and other chiefs of the revolution. MrMcier once called him tbe Presi- . dent of the Grand Hutdury of the Human Race. i For the twenty-five years he enjoyed a pension from government, and led a very exemplary life. He was sixty years old when he died. The character and conduct of this man is a fit subject for rfr flection. He spilt more aristocratic blood than any other human being. Like Death himself, whose prime minister he was. all ranks and ages were alike to him. I he king and the be gger, the cotvard and the hero, were alike to him. Youth, beauty, virtue, talents, as well as age, vice, ugliness and stupidity, fell prostrate and heedlesi before him. If the French people bad possessed but one neck, he would have been its Caligula. There was a time when he might have feared that he would be left 'he last man in Paris. The guillotine spared him only because be was a part of it Vet his conscience was at ease He went to the opera regularly, and slept each night well JV. York Enq.

Fire from a&es. The following explanation of (he cau9e of o m3ny accidents resulting from ashes being placed in wooden vessels, is by Professor Smith, New Haven, Conn, and contains information which should be generally diffused. Perhaps there are few people who are ac-

tbat ashes made by as oak, walnut, maple, taken up dry, are ca - rjj bsrd wood such in fire.pace and pable of producing spontaneous combustion simply by receiving a degree of moisture, or by coming in contact with a wet board or stare, or being exposed to a very damp atmosphere It is generally believed where fire is kindled by ashes, that it is caused by coa!s being put away with the ashi s while on fire, but this '6 a mistake. The coals, if they were on fire, turning in asne. exciuaea iroaiBimoa would scon be extinguished, or if , , .. ,, - . J . . . ' . , a hre waen the air was excluded The spontaneous combust.on of ashes proceeds from a very d,ffcrent i r: i Hard woot ashf 9 whea fi.3t maJe. and ,?bije th P iront ,irc mnhin mptii railed rmt. a9sjum rchich is the basis of poJash. This metal is very combustible, and has so strong n affinity or attraction foroxjgen, the supporter ;and cause of comburtion, that it tak.-s ihe ox - , ycn from water the moment it touches it, and wu "" UM- r,UlJUL;wu ut

tnis comoustionispoiasn, mat is, potasn is poi District of Ohio; also, in the county ol Dearassiurn saturated with oxygen, or what may be: aQj in the s me courl ol lbe btats called the oxydd of potassium. It should be no- Indiana

ticed too, that wster is a compound of oygen and hydrogen, and that when the potassium lrpnftnr..H. hut m AA no- irat.,r tn ash- tlrA Religious Cmtrtship. A young gentleman hanneninff to sit at church in a ntMv adioiniae' u:i ... 1 j i l

uue tit iiicii shi a younp rtuv iar uuoiu uCji

conceireo a most sudden and violent passion,! 'was desirous of entering into a courtship on the chapter of Ruth. 10th verse: kTben she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldst take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?" He returned tho bonk, pointing to the 12th verse of tbe 3d epistle of John Having many things to write unto you I would not write with paper and ink; but I trust to come unto you and speak face to j face." From the above interview, ihe mar riage took place the ensuing week. Alex. Gax. Pacha Tbe words packet, pasha, and hashaio, which sooftpn occur in the accounts from Greece and l urkev. are Ihe same in siniSca- ------ tion, being all derived form a word ud by me 1 uriis ior governor or viceroy. I nre are two orders of pachas or bishaws; the first are called pachas with three tails, because three horse tails wave on their standards; their authority in their resprctiro districts is almjst as unlimited as that of the fiiand Seiner. Pachas of the second order are allow? d but two horse tails to their standards, and their power ? t a. l' Wt - a is soniewuai iimuea. tne captain pacha is governor of the islands of the Archipelago, and the first admiral of the Turkish navy. A province governed by a pacha is called a pachslie. of which there are seventeen in Asiatic Turkey The whole of Palestine is included in the pachalic of Demascus. with the exception of Giiilee which belongs to tbe pachalic of Acre The distant pachu yield a very dubious homage to thi Grand Signnr. Hampshire Gazette. A HINT TO OLD BACHELORS. The Committee appointed by the Rockingham Agricultural Society, in New Hampshire, to examine the farms in that country, in their report of the condition of one owned and cultivated by an OM Bachelor, have the following! paragraph: "This farm appears to he cultivated with great care, and much good judgment in agriculture; but the committee are of opinion, that the owner is in fault in one essential particular; and they hope that an indirect allusion to it will he sufficient for him to correct the error. There is no commodity, on a farm so useful, or so pleasing to the farmer nothing in this life, on which he can so safely rest his hopes, of comfort in future years, as a company of healthy robust and promising boys. A farmer rarely succeeds well without a wife. A solitary journey is always a tiresome and cheerless one." The following is a specimen of editorial courtesy in Alabama "Now, Sir, you o!d Bog Trotter, Robbert VV. Brigg9, editor of the Tuscumbian, produce your man or men, who will unequivocally say that he or they ever raised a cow hide towards me, or rectnsile it to yourself to wear the jacket of abase LIAR? unworthy of a dog's notice, '

MUSEUM or FOREIGX LITERATURE AtfD SCIEXCE, Ts just published by -E. LITTELLf PHILADELPHIA. From the National Banner, JVashville, "The 'MusitM f FoHEieN l.i tiraturk ad Suikcs,' published at i'hiladt iphu, hs the strotigest eUinis upon the rotice and patron -ge of i he publit:. We know of no periodical woik which we can mure cheerfully and confidently recommend to those who wish to proi ure, at a reasonable price, a quantity of interesting' urii valuable read r. lc contains the best parts of the be3i turopean publications, judiciously arranged and hs-ndsorcely p inttd. "It is adapted to all tastes and capacities.

rmhraces a much lirger quantity of matter than ny other magazine in our country, and each umber is acconudiiied with a portrait of some one of our dot d.siinguisticd public characters. We are coi.hJent that no one vtlm wishes to procure a periodical woik ol a miscellaneous haracter, could make a more appropriate or satisfactory selection " DANIEL J. CASWELL, COUNStLLOR AT LAW. Ofiice on Fi cut Street, Cincinnati, ntur the Hotel. - ---R nra(.ti,e in tll e coun,je.s of HamHj H d n , ,and u. tLe District nd circuit courts of the United Stales lor th April 15, 1825. lb N. G. HOWARD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW, iwreneebureh, Indiana, will Unhfullv atI. J tend to pnfessional husu.rss innusied to his cre. lie will attend Uu courts in ihr 3d c ;rcuit, also the Supreme and V Stus courts at Jr.dianapohs Office on H.gh Street, opposite the Clr k s OB r. Feb. 25, 1826. 8tf. DOCTOR PIH'JKilRB ;a!U"t p-OteS.u,.d I StrvictS .u lie v 1 tZ i.s of Lawrencebuigh nd Daiborn tc-uniy, Indiana, and to t'Uose ol B one county, Ky a. d Hamilton tounty, Ohio. Residence Law renct bui gli, at Mr. Hunt's H itel. Uthie on High strteiOctoT the M at ket house. Lawrenceburgh, May 1 1 1826 91-tf BOCTOll H. J. BOWERS ,i "r ,fc,K lltb UiutcbSIO.nl S ViCfc lO UiJ ClUzens of Lawrtnctburgh and 113 vicinity, to rUYSIC, SURGERY, AND MIDWIFERY. y Colts iU the line of ln protcSi .n w.li be punctually attended 10. Office oa High S rret, oppo6iie the 1'illsdium Priming' Ofhtt. October 28, 18.6 42-tf TO THE PUBLIC. JVTbertas a certain report has been put in WW circulation by Matthias S Paii., ot Li.gatj owrship, Dearborn County: in. cckuUitd to in jure my Character, as well as the character of Lunice C backet, a ycuog Ludy of sud township j which rtport has no fuunduuoi. tunh,, but hs 00 douot its origin in enmity am. muc e against me. And, whereas the sid Pn b. i.g a man devoid of property or an upwrigm c har-o-ier, I have thought u adviBolc 10 publish him to the world as a dangerous mania aociciy, particularly w here he is not knywn be-ing all the satisfaction I can or could receive by h couiseof iav,is ha is not worth the costs of Prosnuion, Poverty is a strong castle which in this c-se protects Mr. Pain. I have in my possesion certificates confirming what lhdve slated above which will 0c shown to any person interested, JOHN M'KIEKN AJJ, Nov. 11. 18.6. NOTICE. HEREBY G1VK , u.t the partnership ' 5 a her, totore eaistiPf; b u-ten U'aiev and M'Nzxz.w, is this dh dissolved b nm udconsen'. those mdebtrd to ihe said turn will take notice that unless they come forward within two weeks and $-tth thnr accounts ly note or othorwisc they tappet to put to costs without Distinction, If ai y om should have cl ir,.a ajainst the firm, we invite them to rail on ur. WALUEN & &1NRM.Y. Novexbkh Jl 18:6. 46 -3aSTRAY HORSE. TAKEN up by Chabllj G. lUwso?r, jo Losn tovvnsD.p l.iehPNorn ot.untv, h.ate ef Indian., one SORItKL. HOUSE, 14, r I S hands hin, supposed o br f.iur or five years old; with a blaze lace and a white spot on the right side of the ne Lr; gallfd on the hack, supposed by the saddle, no other marks perceivable. The owner is requ st. ed to come forward, prove property, pay charges and take him away. Appraised to30 dollars by Spencer Lehew, Jcsge Whitehead, -nd Martin Woldroff, before m this 8th Nov. 18- 6 WM, URUNDRIUGK. J p. ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE. THE undersigned having been ppomirfi Administrators of the estate of Andhew Armstr'c, late of Dc-arhorn county deceased, b. et.v givb notice tn all persons indebted to sid es.itt, to make immediate pajroent. Th se having demands against said estate will present then properly authenticated for seithnrur.t, as the said deceased will probably be insolvent. EZRA FERHIS, DAN L, HA-- KM Nr. .idmniilrater?December 2, 1S26. 47 3 w RAGS! RAGS! THE highest price in CASH or writing paper given for clean Linen and Cotton R A (JS at this office. TERMS OF PUBLICATION. The Pailaotum is printed wtekly, on super royal paper, at THREE DOLL RS per annum, paid at the pnd of the year; which mav br discharged by the payment of TWO DOLLARS in advance, or by paying TWO DOLLARS & FIFTY LENTS t the expiration of Six months. Those who receive their papers through the Post-OrFice, or by the mail carrier, must pay lUn carriage, otherwise it will be charged on their subscription. ADVERTISEMENTS Containing 12 lints, three insertions or less, oredollar; twenty-five cents for eich addition! insertion larger advertisements ia theshme proportion. , Letters to the editors roust be post-paid otherwise tbey will aot be attended tc.