Indiana Palladium, Volume 4, Number 44, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 8 November 1828 — Page 2

Tin Antarctic Expedition. Ii, th

H Hi.e of R-or'sentaives on the 25ih of March, M. Ripelev from the committee on naval nfT urs m i W a report on the subj.ct of the expedition to the South Seas, recommending an appropriation for the purpose. T.us report contains a letter from !Vlr.J Revnolds in answer to a rail from fh committee for a statement of the advantage which commerce might expect from the expedition. Mr. Reynolds furnished the committee . . y ft a with a lull ana satisfactory statement; the appropriation was made, and he is now in this city, fitting out the vessel of explorr tion. Mr. Reynold', in his statement, inform? the corrrnittee that he had examined the following subjects Firstly, the nature and extent of the whale fisbery,

and its importance to the welfare of ourfcircurnstance which occurred in the rivcountry Secondly, the extent and char-jer near the town of Harpswell. A shoal acter of the sea-otter skin trade Third- of large fish, of the grampus species, had ly, the fur seal-skin trade Fourthly, thejentered the river, and. by their pulling sa id il wood trade Fifthly, the ivory 'and blowing attracted the attention of

eca-elephnnt tooth trade Sixthly, the Jand animal fur trade Seventhly, the feather trade. From Mr. Reynold's statement we learn that there are now engaged in the whale fishery about 150 American vessel, each capable of carrying, on an average 2,000 barrels of oil. Allowing 1800 barrels to each, with the proportion of candle matter, and 2 years for each voyage, we hive 135,000 barrels a year, and the spermaceti candles amount to 837 tons. The whale fishery is decreasing in the places now frequented, and others must be found. Oil, of a less pure quality than that of the whale, for gas light, is increasing in demand, and the shoals and isles of the ocean must be explored for the porpoiso and sea elephant. Oiher fisheries in high latitudes may be enlarged, such as the salmon and the cod, and a market will for many years be found in the Suth American provinces. The sea otter trade is verv profitable. These animals have hitherto been found only between latitude 44 and CO north. Naturalists can assign no reason why! they should not exist in yet undiscovered laud in the south. This can only be determined by an exploration. The sandal-wood trade am mot to nearly half a million per year. When this wood becomes scarce, the nations of th few isles where it is found must be taught to cultivate if, or new groves must be sought in other regions. The demand for fur seal-skins is increasing in this country, and tne supply from the Pacific is diminishing. New islands must be found, where the animal has not yet been disturbed. The Ivory trade is already important and will become more extensive when the sea elephant is hunted for oil to supply the increasing demaod for gas manufactures. The feather trade has has not yet been followed in the S ufhern seas, where the immense quantity of sea fowl ensures an ample supply. The articles exported for the south sea trade are all within ourselves, such as rice, tobacco, rum, whiskey, blankets, cocoa, woolieu, cotton, trivial jewelry, In the Southern Pilar Region, there are a million and a half of square miles entirely unknown. A coast extends more than 300 deg. in which the antarctic has never been approached, and thTe are immense regions within latitudes comparatively temperate, which are but partially known. From these facts it will be seen that this expedition is closely connected with the interests of our country, while it cannot but add to its glory and fame. N. Y. Courier, EXTRACT OF A LETTER From a gentleman attached to the board of commissioners engaged -J - -'- engaged in locating toe Wabash Canal, dated Spy Run, Oct. 14ffe, 1828. "Col. Asa M re, Assistant Civil U. S. Engineer, died about the first of Oc tober, near the rapids of the Maumee, while finishing the survey ofthis Canal, through Ohio, to the Lake. He had aboul 17 miles to run, and the line would have been completed. Mr. Moore's estimates of the expense of the Canal, from the state line to Tippecanoe, at something less than 1,000,. 000. The lands are more than half the exnense of the canal. Gen. Tipton purchased at the Potta wattamie treaty, ou the St. Joseph's of the Like, held on the 15th of S.-ptem her last, the whole of the North East cor ner of the state, containing not less than 100,000 acres of land. It is said to he the largest body of good land in the state, computing an me JUk Heart country, which for U fertility, is unequaled any where, J "The public is really not apprised of the great services of this entornrUIn., gentleman; his influence with all the lo dians of Indiana, is unbounded General Tipton was not one of the commissioners, they were Gov. Cas and Col. Menard Indian Agent at St. L uis, but he obtained leave from the Cfmrnissioners totreas with the Indians, I do not know the precise sum paid for the land, but it does

not amount to more than one tenth of

former purchases, and very few reserva lions, and none of them larger than one section. "Our Engineer has been unwel! since the 6th of September, yet the commissioners are making every exertion, to lo cate the middle section of the canal, viz: from the summit, to the forks of the WTabash. They have been as busily employed as the sickness of the hands and assistants would permit. 1 ney may not be able to la before the Legislature as much information as they may expect, but a sufficiency will be laid before them to enable them at the next session to act decisively on the subject, if ever," From the Boston Bulletin. A Whale Story.. An Eastern paper contains an animated account of a novel the fishermen along shore, many of whom immediately assembled, arid bv dint of muskets and other weapons succeeded in driving the visiters up in shoal water. Here a battle royal took place the fishermen, 22 in number, stimulated by the prospect of such rare booty, dashed in among the afFnghtened fry, armed with all sorts of deadly instruments, which they plied in every direction with such efFect,'that in the course of a short time they had captured, sunk or destroyed the whole of the enemy's squadron, amounting to 7 1 taken, besides divers others sunk in the river. Some of these marine animals were upwards of 20 feet in length; and the product ofthe whole is estimated at about seventy five barrels of oil, worth 6 or 700 dollars. It is not precisely settled among the Harpswell ichthyologists, whether these creatures that live in the ocean and occasion1 ally resort to the elements above it for re-! spiration, are, or are not, fishes, accor - ding to the celebrated definition of Dr. Mitchell. Some call them Blackfish, others rtjih, cm others a sort ot u rum-

pus. J ney are described as naving one advertisement, wnicn is in the lolteeth, a dorsal fin, a fin on each side, lowing words: kAdv ertisement Two

and a horizontal tail; no gills, a heart, lungs, and warm blood; and a large; spiracle in the upper part ofthe head through which they spout like the whale. From the relation given of the achievements of these fishers, and of the zal with which they assaulted their prey, the scene must have been worthy of celebration both hy pen y pencil. 1 he van of the attack was led hy the worthy representative of the town, who, armed with a broad axe, sprang from his boat upon the back of the biggest monster amo:ig them , and thus seated astride, like Arion, or Sinbad the sailor, rod a his strange steed a number of rods, cutting and hacking most industriously the whale, until at length both "the horse and his rider' reached the strand, where the finishing blow was given. Another adventurer, after several unsuccessful efforts by his brethren to secure an unmanageable grarrrpus, waded forth to the giant, who lay lloundering formidable in his rage, and seized him by the head; but the enemy, with a huge lurch, capsised his assailant, who was fain to make good his retreat to theshore. Anoth - er, drove two large nsti to the beach,. where he fastened them by ropes to some trees. And another, who had come in contact with one of the largest, thrust his fist into the spouting hole, expecting thus to stop his breath, and cause him comemore buoyant; but the experiment failed, and the adventurer came near be ing blown up by the monsters next sigh. A Whaler. The number of miles traversed by many of the Nantucket Whalemen, in their daring pursuit, is almost incredible. There is one nerson ki : 4i,n j.. i A iir i c ' in iiiciL iiriiiiv isiinii I t r rrrct : Wahinn-tnn (Inrdlnr whrt hoc cV Washington Gardiner, who has passed over a million of miles of the ocean, and taken one thousand and sixty-four whales. The whalemen keep their! memoranda, by sketching in their journals, the formofa whale, whenever they have succeeded in capturing one; and it would be considered the basest of forge ry to make false entry ofthis kind. Prow Am. Singular Circumstance. We under stand that a short time since, a little chi'd, between one and two years of age, at Llrnir, in this county, crept out ofthe house unnoticed by its parents" and sat down upon the ground a short distance from it, and while playing with a pair of shears, the little speechless innocent had its attention arrested by the appearance of a Rattlesnake, and not aware of any danger, the child struck the animal with the shears he coiled and sprung by the infant's side the child gazed with the greatest intensity upon the beautiful though venomous reptile and for along time, as the child repeated the strokes, the serpent would hiss and rattle, without attempting in the least to injure the child. The snake was between 4 and 5 feet in length Tioga paper. Jew ork, Oct. 20. A deputation of Winnebago Indians, under the charge of m r- ,. .... o i Jiessrs. rorsytn and Kiuzie, arrived in

1 this city last evening. We understand

thev are on a visit to the seat of Govern ment, upon business connected with the cession of an important district of countrv. This is the tribe who have been so restless and disaffected for many years; and we have b en informed they are more savage in their character, and more dangerous to the frontier, than any of the other Indians. Independent, therefore, of any purchase wc may wish to make of them, we think the policy of thus exhibiting the strength of the country to them, is a wise one; it may save an expenditure of blood and treasure hereafter. Thev will remain in the city a few days, to visit the forts and ships ofj war,and other works ot the wnite people. J"e7v sniper Antiquities. The firstnewspaperever published in the British colonies, which are now the United States, was t4The Boston News Letter, from Monday, April 17, to Mondav, April 24, . . . ii-iii it 1704. It was punnsnea ny jotin

Campbell, bookseller, who styled himself mediate surrender of the occupants. Afi.Pntmnster of New England, at Bos- t'T many stout resolutions to resist to the

- - i . ton. l his iooks as ii oosion was men the only post oflice in New England; but it is probable that there were two or three more, altho' we cannot ascertain that there was any regular mail in the country at that time. The paper was printed in "Pudding Lane." The first mi I 1 " l" j j number conrainea oniy o e aaveruse

ment, which was the publishers ovn;(l,),te a commodious apartment, regularwork. It was printed on half a sheet of!1)' excavated in the bank, and prepared

not paper, with a small pica type, folio Some of the succeeding numbers con

tained a number of advertisements of!a,)d salted pork, several bushels of pota

two, three or four lines each, filling up a part of the column at the end of the paper. Such as "Goods for sale, bv A V , at No 2, Newbery street" Five shillings will be paid by J T , near the Post Oflice, to any one that will return his apprentice, E B , a runaWav" "P W has fresh goods for J v. sale at his shop near the market," &c. &c. The News Letter published for the week from May 22 to May 29, 1710, printed

on an open sheet about one-third Mr Robert Saunders in Princess Anm large as this paper, contains butlCountJ- They confessed that they had

part as large as tins paper .Negro Women, one aged about 25, and the other about 30 years old, to be sold hv Mr. Win. Clark, junior, merchant, to! be seen at his house in Common street,! .... .. .

Boston." It is in -cresting to learn, in "J,u ,aK n n 10e fom "e pack's ol this land and time of freedom, that the woman of colour. first and only newspaper printed in New England, 11 8 years ago, contained a sol- Aerostation Extraordinary. On Tuesitary advertisement, otfering two humanity afternoon Mr. Green ascended on beings for sale! (horse back, in his balloon, from the citv The above facts are taken partly from , oad London. Thomas's History of Printing, and part- Mr. Green, giving an account of his ly from oilier sources. It would be but ascent, states, that when he was releasthe gratification of a natural and lauda- ed from the earth, the horse made sever-

ble curiosity for some of the Boston edi - tors ofthis day. to search out and ascertain the exact site of the original News Letter oflice in Pudding Lane. Having referred them to the "name," we shouldiin be glad to see a description of the "local habitation." Brattlehorough ( Ft.) Mcs3. Nkw York, Oct. 23. From JIaderia. vVe learn by the passengers in the schooner Midas arrived this forenoon, that on the 23d August,

Don Miguel's squadron, consisting of oneform olFiis perpendicular, and consider

74, 3 lngales, and o transports with 7 or.

800 troops had landed and taken pos-, f resumed my seat, and discharged a litsession of the island of Madeira. The tie ballast, and attained the elevation of Governor and Don Pedro's troops revolt ; about a mile and a quarter. Here I w as

led and t'irew down their arms; the Gov j tobe-jernor made the best ol his way on board of a British sloop of war for protection. Don Miguel had taken most of the no bility, put them in irons, and sent them on board of his ships fr Lisbon, He had appointed all new officers for the island. From 2 to 3,000 of the inhabitants had left f r the western island and foreign ports. Don M. allowed the people from the country to come down and rob and strip the inhabitantsof every thing they were possessed of. The lleet was bound to Tei era, to force alle giance to Don Miguel; and when the Midas sailed, (16th Sept.) he was still in pos ?ession of the island Statesman. From the Forfollc Beacon of Friday 17. Banditti routed. A gentlemen residing upon Broad Creek, in this county, about three miles from town, having a few da since, given an intimation to Capt. J. N. Gibbons, Inspector of this B -rough, that a number of Runaway N -groes wen? concealed in a covert in the woods of that neighborhood, whence thev sallied forth during the night, and committed depredations on the corn fields, potatoe-palches, hog-pens, &c. ofthe farmers in the vicinity, he determined to explore their haunts and bring them to justice. Accordingly, yesterday morn ing, attended by several of our police officers, among whom the Messrs. Cherry, Gu), and three others, Capt. Gibbons proceeded to the suspected place, and dividing his party into squads, diligently examined the recesses of tin woods. The squad composed of Mr. Guy &Mr.Domeranville, upon arriving at th extreme end of Nimmon's Point, discov ered the ends of two pieces of scantling projecting out of the ground, at the toj of a bank several feet above the level oi ihe Beach, which was covered with

leaveg. Upon striking the bank with a stick, the liollowness ol the sound indicated the want of solidity, and upon closer examination, and removing the leaves, they discovered a scuttle or door which evidently led to an apartment in the bank. This unexpected invasion of their retreat, aroused the tenants, who in a boisterous tone, forbade the entrance ot

their unwelcome visitors, on pain of death, &, of one them fiercely brandishing a long knife lo deter ofikers from ihtir purpose. Mr. Guy presented his musket and threatened to fire upon the negro who had the knife, if he at tempted resistance. The fellow then dropped the knife and seized a large piece of wood, reiterating his threats of violence if they persisted in entering. Unapprised of the number of the inmates, Mr. Guy awaited the arrival ofthe whole puity, for whom he made a signal. The whole ofthe officers having come up, surrounded the entrance of the cave and demanded the imlas?, appalled by the numbers opposed to them, and seeing them in the very act of tiring, they, very prudently, determined to-give themselves up, and both (for there were only two tenants to this subterraneous abode) were secured and conducted to the Borough Jail. Upon entering the cave, they found lor an anode ol some permanence, being ceiled within, and stored with fresh toes and corn, some green peppers and other articles of sustenance. The apartment wa also furnished with some rooking utensils and crockery-ware, and two sleeping bunks. These were removed to a house iti the neighborhood. Oie ofthe negroes named Jim, is the property of Mr. William A. Lacoste, ot this town, who acknowledged that he had been a tenant of this cave since March last. The other had lived with lived by pillaging the neighorhood during the night, never venturirg out in the day. Il is believed they had other associates, but they would not admit it. Several female dresses were also found in lne -'"ve, which they confessed thev t. i j l : r At i al plunges, backwards and forwards and trembled v iolently, alarmed at the shouts which he distinctly heard till he had passed the Tnames. The horse, however. a few seconds regained his w onted se7 renity, and became quite passive, eating some beans from his hand, which by leaning forward, he could easily give him. M'. Green then hung out a grapple to be prepared for a decent, and he goes on to state I then dismounted to arrange some ballast, but tindn p tha my weight on one side threw the platably discomposed mv little companion visited by a fall of miow of the finest lex-

lure, which had, from the reflection of

the direct rays ofthe sun from above, and the oblique rays from the clouds be neath, the appearance of a shower of silver dust. Oi descending a little the snow appeared changed to rain; but oi a still further def-cent, neither rain noi now was to be felt or seen, a circumstance not to me unusual. During these gradations the little animal appeared quite at home, and finished his bag of beans. Having been in the air upwards of half an hour, I began to prepare for a descent, and which I elll cted at Beckenham, in Kent." The weight taken up in the balloon was as follows. The balloon and appendages, (including grapple, platform, cables, ballast, &c,) 500 lbs. Weight of pony, 253 Weight of myself, 148 Total, 906 lbs. The next day he made another ascent from Beckenham with the remainder of the gas, auu defended on Jiromley Common. . Trespass. A verdict of $5000 has been obtained in New York city hy John A. Sturtevant against Zera Waterbury and others, for a trespass in entering plantifTs store removing his property and ruining htm in his business, under pretext of securing a debt of 200. Washington Pa. Nov. 1. A most cruel and cold blooded murder is said to have been perpetrated in Pike Run township in this county, on Saturday last, the particulars of which so far as we have hrard, are the following; Miss MCrory of that townshin. h.id

agreed

to meet a young man of the

name of Nixon ot Fallowheld township, also in this county, for the purpose of paying a visit to one of her relations on the Fayette side of the Monongahela river, and the day above-mentioned had left home with this view. Oil last monday she was found on or near the high road in the former township, dead, with her throat cut from ear to ear, a knife laying in her hand, and the hand cut also. Nixon was missing, and suspicion was immediately fastened upon him; after search he was found, apprehended, and we understand is in custody. What increases the afiliction and enormity of this case is, that the unhappy girl, it is said, had been seduced b) Nixon, aud was pregnant at the time. Examiner.

Murder. The Lt. Governor of Upper Canada has offered a reward of 100 for the apprehension of a fugitive named John Christie, a native of Ireland, who is charged with the murder and robbery of a young man named Isaac James of "Oxbridge, in the Home District, U. C James was found dead behind a log heap near the road side in the Township of Whiteehurch,on the 30th ult. and from several gun-shots and other wounds inflicted on his person, no doubt exists of his having been barbarously murdered. suspicion fastened on the lugitive inristie in consequence ofthe deceased hav ing left home for the purpose ot conveying C. and family to York in a wagon; and the latter having absconded with horses and wagon. The fugitive John Christie, the murderer of Isaac James, a young man of Uxbridge Canada, and for whose apprehension the lieut. governor of that province has otfered a reward of jClOO, was apprehended with his wife and family, on Friday last, by Mr. Allen, of Troy, and lodged in the gaol of that city. The African Colony. The African Repository contains letters from Liberia as late as the 22 J July. The new sel ilement at Millsburg is doing well ; every man has a good farm of great fertility, on which a plentiful crop is growing, and most of them have finished building their houses. A gun house has been built at Caldwell, another new settle ment, and the houses at Half Way Farms a third are completed. The missionaries who had been sick are recovered and out of danger. A schooner which had previously been seen in company with two brigs of a suspicious appear ance, cast anchor in the Roads on the 25th of June. I he rev. Lott Carey diiected fort Norris Battery to be man ned, and ordered out the two Volunteer companies, also the artillery to support the guns and protect the beach. A sliot fired at a Utile distance from the schooner, brought a boat to the shore with the capt. and interpreter, who reported the schooner to be the Joseph from ihe Havanna which had been three months on the coast trading, but not for slaves that stie had been chased by a patriotic brig Sc had taken shelter under the guns of the fort, and that they vvanted a supply -fwood and water. Mr. Carey told the apt. that he knew he was engaged in the slave trade, and th.it he would not aid him; and that moreover he gave him one hour and one only, toget out of reach ofthe guns of the fort, a privilege of which he immediately availed himself. An additional number of buildings are to be erected at Millsburg for the reception of from one hundred and fifty to two hundred emigrants, and for the purpose of strengthening the settlement. Boring fjr Water. An agent of Mr. Disbrow has been boring for water at Providence, R. I. with complete sucess. In one place, at the end ofa wharf some hundred yards from the shore, the workmen penetrated through the "made land," then through 20 feet of mud, then a bog meadow, from which excellent peat was brought up, then a stratum of sand, pebbles, and quartz gravel, and plenty of water impregnated with copperas and arsnic: and lastlv,3or4 feet further, and 35 feet below the bed of the river, a "vineyard," furnishing vines, grapes, grape seeds, acorns, hazel nuts, pine burs, and the seeds of a variety of unknown fruits, aud a spring of pure water. Much speculation is excited among the curious by these discoveries. A number of state prisoners arc env rloved on Blackweli's Island. New York. . v - T They sleep in a temporary building and n frinnl r.nfuc ImTM-rt x-rwl A rr r On the night of the Gth inst. a black men named Smith rushed out, and on being called to stop, he threw two stones the guard: when about to throw a third the guard fired upon him and badly wounded his left arm, On the morning of the 3d inst a prisoner named Terry M'Dermont was seen sculling the only boat they had from the Island. He desisted when observed; but was not found until several mornings alter, when his body was seen floating on the opposite shore with his prison clothes and a chain on. These unsuccessful attempts did not deter another prisoner from taking his chance on the 9 ih inst. and he e

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