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EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IS NATURE'S PLAN AND FOLLOWING NATURE IS THE MARCH OF MAN. Barlow. Volume IV. LAWRENCEBURGH, INDIANA; SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1823. Number 46,

FOREIGN jYEWS. London papers to 3d ult. have been received in New York, from which we learn that the grand vizier, with an army of 40,000 men had reached Choumla. Reports add, that the emperor will p A pone his grand object of taking possession until the next campaign and will return to St. Petersburg! to spend the winter and strengthen his army. The hospitals of fheempeior are paid to contain from 20,000 to 25,000 invalids. There were reports in London that

the Ku-Fians had ordered the blockade of the Dardanells; and the Courier of the 1st says, "the report has at length assumed a more decided character and, if we are not misinformed, the discussion which have taken place upon the subject, have terminated it; tho following manner: A formal notification of his imperial majesty's intention to blockade fhe Dardanelles will be made forthwith to the British and French governments. The blockade, however, will be very limited in its operations; and, at all events, we understand, his majesty's government will exert itself to protect, as far as possible, the interests of British trade." The stocks had declined in consequence of this report, but were again on the rise at the last dates, when it was believed the measure had been agreed to by the British government, as being likely to conduce to the more speedy execution of the Greek treaty. An official announcement of the blockade was hourly expected, with the understanding that it is only to relate to munitions of war and provisions. The oilier events detailed in the papers last received, have been before noticed; nothing of importance has recent!) taken place. Portuguese Prisoyis and their Tenants. The following is an extract of a letter from Lisbon: '-Much has been said about the great misery existing in the prisons of the city. I lately visited two of them. In the Lemoira there are about 1471 prisionen, of whom 8G0 are confined for political offences. Numbers of these unfortunate people really do not know for what they are confined, or who their accusers are ; some have been imprisoned for a length of time for whistling the constitutional tune as they walked the street. Among the prisoners are a great number of magistrates and gentlemen of family and fortune. From this prison I went to the Castle of St. George, which I found no difficulty in getting into, as I spoke Spanish. I a-ked if I could be allowed to see the otli ers who had capitulated at the fortress of Almeida, but was informed no one was allowed to see or speak to them not even their wives or children. Forty-one had been confined in a small room, but as there was not space enough for them to Vie down, ten were removed to another a)artment the next day. On looking into the common rooms, I observed the same wretchedness as in the Lemoira many of them appeared starving to death. There was a man confined for having committed eighteen murder?, seven of them only he confessed to; says he will kill three more, and give the tithe to the parson. About three years since, he Jose dos Reis was told he was to be executed. There was a poor man standing by the name of Ferro iron, he went up to him and said, 'You are iron: I will try if steel will not enter iron,' and stabbed him to the heart; he then sat on the body, took a cigar and smoked it, and, according to law, a new dial took place, and he could not be executed. He says, whenever he is told again he is to be executed, he will kill another, and so prolong his life a few years more, and so on for perhaps, in the mean time, something may turn up, and he shall be liberated. He says, he thinks if he was out he should not kill any more, but he is not certain. It would be tedious to mention all this diabolical wretch relates of himself. Strange as it may appear, no person imprisoned in this kingdom receives any prison allowance, except those confined in dungeon?, where none but the goaler visits; all others rely on the charity of public parochials, who beg for them, by which they generally provide those who have no other subsistence with beans and cut abbage leaves, of which they get a certain proportion." Gibraltar, An appalling fever prevails at Gibraltar, like that which destroyed 150 persons a day in 1813 and fS 1 1. Most of the troops and nearly all "tho better class of inhabitants, had been removed or fled, the former were encamped a the neutral ground The Span

iards had placed a cordon of troops, which en no account was allowed to be passed. Antarctic Expedition. The N. York American states, that the discovery ship is already rigged and waiting only for her officers and men : but that the former had not yet been designated by the secretary ot the navy. The following description of the vessel is copied from the Statesman. kShe bears the name of the old Peacock, repaired, but is, in reality, in every

respect, a new ship, prepared expressly foi the intended expedition. Her length is one hundred and eighty feet; breadth, thirty-two feet six inches with a spar deck of several feet, and measuring about five hundred and twelve tons. The frame is very strong, and of the best seasoned live oak. Her timbers are entirely solid, bolted one into the other, and caulked, as high as the birth deck, before planking, so that she might have been launched, and crossed the Atlantic, without planking or sheathing inside or out. In addition to what is common in sloops of war, she is provided with a spar deck, which will afford shelter and com fort to the men in bad weather. Her bulwarks, above the spar deck, are the same as in merchant vessels, The naval architect, Mr. Samuel Hartt, has superintended the construction of the vessel under commodore Chauncey, in accor dance with the model sent from the navy department, and the manner in which he has executed his task, leflects the highest credit on his professional skill The vessel will he lightly armed with twelve instead of twenty-two guns; her spars and rigging will not be so heavy as in common sloops of war, so that she may be sailed with a smaller complement of men, an object of primary importance on a voyage of such duration." SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. Tbe following will, perhaps, be interesting to the reader, as well as useful; by showing the difference of one's own zal for Christianity and that of the Israelites for their religion; 'for by theii fruits ye shall know them.' I was indeed, astonished at the incredible ex peuse of the building of king Solomon', temple, and have no doubt many others will be likewise, when they see the estimate: in making which, 1 have followed chiefly the computation of Villelpandus. Dimensions of the Ark and Temple. L Tigth of the ark 300 cubits; (equal to 450 feet,) breadth fifty cabits,(75 leel) height 30 cubits, (45 feet). Length of the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, 60 cubits (90 feet,) nrtadlh 20 cubits (30 feet,) height 30 cubits (45 feet,) length of the port h 20 cubits (30 feet,) height 120 cubits (180 feet.) Computation of cos!, vessels, vestment, cyv. of the Temple. By Villelpandus' computation of the talents of gold, silver and brass, laid out upon the temple the sum amounts to 9904,822,350. sterling, and the jewels! are reckoned to exceed this sum, but will estimate them at the same amount. The vessels of gold consecrated to the use of the temple, are reckoned by Josephus 140,000 talents, which according to Capel's reduction of the tables contained in them, amounts to 545,296,203. sterling. The vessels of silver 1,340,000, computed at 439,344,009. sterling. Priests vestments of silk, 10,000. ster-, ling. Purple vestments for singers, 2, 000,000. Trumpets, 200,000. O ner musical instruments, 40,000. Bjsides these expenses, there were thos - of the other materials, viz. timber and stones, hewn and costly, and of 10,000 men per' month in Lebanon to hew down timber!; 70,000 to bear burthen! 20,000 to hew stones, and 3,300 overseers, who were all employed for 7 years! to whom besides their wages and diet Solomon bestowed 6,733,977. sterling. Now if we estimate the wages and diet of thesr men, at 4s. 6d. sterling per diem the sum will be 93,S77,088. The costly stones and the timber in the rough, I will count equal to one third of the gold, or at about 2,545,296,000. The several estimates will then amount to 17,442,442,268. sterling, which is equal to $77,521,965,636., In order to give those who are not well skilled in numbers, an idea of the val ue of this sum, I will illustrate it by one example; suppose the city of Philadelphia to contain 15,000 houses, (the precise number I have no means of ascertaining at present) and each house to be worth 30,000, the value of all the bou-

ses will be 450,000,000, now divide!

the cost of the temple, 17,521,905,636 by this 450,000,000, the quotient is 171 1-4 nearly which is the number of cities, equal to Philadelphia, that might be built for the money laid out upon the temple! Or if we conceive the city to be extended from N. E. to S. V. allowing Philadelphia to extend 4 1-4 miles along the Delaware we shall then have one continued city 775 miles, (and equal in breadth to Philadelphia) sufficient to reach from Maine to Virginia along the coast. J. HOLT. Rand's Solar Microscope. We shall never eat another fig. The Microstope has shown us that the fig is nothing but a combination of snapping turtles, belligerent, pugnacious and fraught with the old Adam. Reader, perchance you are in the habit of pouring vinegar on your oysters. Do you know what you are about? ion are about to swallow snakes five feet long, armed and equip ped as the law of nature directs, with all sorts of offensive weapons. Peradventure you are fond of peaches: pause ere you apply to your lips the deceitful fiuit, with its covering of down, you are about to masticate some thousands 1 many legged monsters, or e of which ought to furnbh a breakfast for a file of Kentucky militiamen. 4Fleas are not ' rtrrs! d n their M'Ul;" exclaimed ;ir Joseph Banks, (autoritate P. Pindai) in mil gled wrath nd mortification. Sir Joseph never saw Rand's solar microscrpe, or he would not have been so angry on the occasion. A Ichster is a mere pigmy compared with the collossal flea. All that the latter u ants is a nose, and he would present a head equal to that of lofty man. We examined one ) esterday phrenolcgicnlly and found to our satisfaction, the organs of combaliveness and destructiveiiess inott fully developed. We have been bitten by many a mufquito this fall, hut we had no idea of our actual suffering; at each individual bite we have had a small sword, three feet in bigth, run into our hotly corporate. Even nowr there is one of these pestilent wamors making a passado at our nose. Yesterday morning we should have only thought it necessary to blow him aay; bu cur eyes have since been opened, and we shall set about a serious defence with a sword cane. Who ever expected (o see the blood flow through the veins of a (1 ? Yesterday we saw a fly, apparently juvenile, the "crimson tido'' coursing through his frame, and his heart beating like a mountain in commotion. Ho was evidently suffering from love or disappoin ted ambition; and to judge fiom the passionate expiessinn of his face, he was a fly of high wrought feelings, dissatisfied with the order of thing?, and, like Hamlet, determined upon questioning with his destiny . "Natum est maxima in minnimtis" ("Nature is greatest in her smallest works") said Pliny ; and we are prepared to agree with him, when this microscope shows nzjfeas as big as elephants, and mites possessed of the size and activity of race-horses, with the simple substitution of claws for legs. If Mr. R ind goes on in this way, he will soon make invisibility visible. JY. Y. Morn. Courier. Jl Ball. I was pinned by dire necessity to one pin, namely, to the chair between Mrs. Pry and her youngest daughter; and having "no delight to pass away the hours," I s -tight amusement in playing the eavesdropper, and picking up such passages of polite conversation as the following; uWilI ou dance the next hnit with me, Miss?1' kio Sir, thank ye, no more huits for me, I am too hot as it is," replied a f it and frowsy spinster, as she soused with her whole weight into the centre of an arm chair. "O don't say so, Miss," rejoins the persevering swain, lkbut let me mix you a tumbler of lemonade, which will "make you as cool as covcumber." "O dear," take away the hmoneed, it always gives me the belly-eeke. uPray Sir," asked a gentleman in a fine coat at a genieman in a green one, "who might yonder young leedyhe thai'saAri'n to Mr. Bumberry?" "Pon my honour, Sir," res ponded he, "I don't know, not to give you an ill answer, neither do I care. But I never seen such a face of confirmthery in my life." Waithur," growled a green-grocer from Grange Cormlane. who had lodgings near the Spa for the benefit of his health, "Waithur, says he. as he took his seat at the supper table in front of a leah of patridges,1 4iwhatdo

you main by setting a butterboat full of!

stirabout alongside of these little pul lets. "Stirabout, SirP cried the wait er, "that is bread sauce for the Datridges, Sir." "Patridgesi" quoth the vender of vegetables I thought the were chickens, Mrs Kooney ; I have the buzzom of patheridge smothered in bread sauce, at your sarvice, Ma'am,'' 4iNo. much obleetched to vou. Mr. Parslev," said the agreeable and accomplished Widow Rooney, pointing to a bowl of whipt cream that stood in the middle of the table, "1 think I'll try a bit of that thine that looks so like suds." London Monthly .Magazine, Power of Gunpowder. On Wednesday last the Messrs. Boyntons of Wot btockbridge, while engaged in uncov ering a body ot marble, discovered a hole in the rock, which upon examina tion proved to be about 15 feet deep, penetrating in nearly a perpendicular direction. Its diameter at top was about 18 inches, narrowing towaids the bottom to about 4 inches. This hole they determined to charge with gun powder, in order to raise up ihe strata of marble. They according!) poured int( the hole 204 lbs. of powder, ard secured it in the manner usually practised in blasting. Upon firing it the effect pro duced wa? truly as'onishing. The earth trembled as though shaken by an earth quake. The trees in the immediate vi cinity of the powder semed to rise seveial feet in the air, bowing giacefully fiom side to side as if tossed upon a billow. The mass of maible which was rai-id, is about 50 or 60 feet square, on the surface, &. 8 feet thick, weighing b) measurement up'.vard of 2000 tons. This was probably the greatest effect ever produced by gunpowder in this vicinity. Berkshire Star. Indian Trials. At a late special term of the United States' court, held at Prai rie des Chien, by the honorable Judge Doty, of Michigan, came on the trials of Wan-i-ga at d Chic-hou-sic, as aceom puces oi trie eeieoiaicu iv u dhh, in the aiurd r of Reistre Gi gniei. Both I . . 1 .1 T"" 1 T- 1 were convicted, and sentenced to be hmiff on the 36th of December next. v - No bills have been fount! a- ainst the other Indians, suppos( d to have been concerned in the murder of Methode and Tami.y, ard the attack on the keel boat last summer, they were discharged. John Scott, Esq. of Missouii, ap peared on the ran of the United State?, and C. S. Ileampstead, Esq. was as signed by the court as counsel fir the Indians. JVest. Sim. Simplicitn in Preaching. uWith the increased experience of a long life and varied observation, I have become more and more, convinied, that the more nearly a preacher approaches to simplicity in his sermons, the more nearly does he approximate to that standard of excellence held out to us in Holy Sciiptures. 1; is very evident that rehnrion in all its vi-vs and in all its bearings, embraces elements of thought capable of engaging the most powerful energies of the most gigantic mind and extensive imagination. But it oii'ghi never to be forgotten," that the woild does not wholly consist of philosophers or of po ets, and that, on the contrary, the great majority are humble, sober minded followers of the cross, who have an equally important interest at stake in the discussion of this most important ofall subjects. It is to them chiefly that the preacher oirjiht to address himself, and in doing so, he ought to choose the simplest method and tbe plainest language. It is unquestionable too, that in this way he will reach the bosom of the learned, and in a much more effectual manner than by imitating them in their scholastic and metaphysical disquisitions." College Anecdote. Many years since, when the late Lieut. Gov. Phillips, of Andover, Mass. was a student at Harvard College", owing to some boyish freak, he quit the University and went hotfe. His father was a grave man, of sound mind and strict judgment, and f. few words. He inquired into the business, but deferred expressing any opinion until the next day. At breakfast he said, speaking to his wife, "My dear, have you any tow cloth in the house suitable to make Sam a frock and trowsers?'" She replied, yes. Well, raid the old gentleman, follow me, my eon. Samuel kept with his father as he i'Msurcly walked near the common, Si at length ventured toask, "what are you going to do with me, father?" 4,I am going to bind you an apprentice to that blac ksmith," replied Mr. Phillins. Take your

choice; return to your college, or "you must work." "I had rather return,"

said the son. He did return, confessed his fault, was a good scholar, and became a respectable man. If all parents were like Mr. Phillips, the students of our colleges would prove better students or the nation would have a plentiful gupply of blacksmiths. Gale on Lake Erie. The gale on Lake Erie, oc the 13th ult., drove the schooner Louisa on shore at Grard riv er. The vessel escaped, but the cargo was damaged to the amount of 1000, owned in this city. I he schooner Columbus went ashore at the same place; lost par of her cargo and vessel injured considerably. 1 he schooner Young .Lion, v?ent ashore at Otter Creek, but received no damage. The schooner Susan went ashore at the same pla e, little or no damage. The schooner Lady V ashington, wes wrecked off Sturgeon Point, and will, with her cargo, value from 10 to 15,000 dollars, be lost. This look place on the 19th ult. The gales on Lake Erie, during tho months ot October and November, are so frequent and severe, that out commercial founds will consult their interests by ahas effecting insurance cn theif goi ds, whiih are to cross the lake during that period. ISo portion of the cargoes of these vessels, was, we believe, insured 5. a ChronicU. Fire in JY. V. State Prison.-- Between 12 and 1 o'clock on Friday morn ing, the State Prison in Auburn village was discovered to be on fin Tho flames issued from the Paint Snopjintb North )ard, it is believed to have ori ginated from accident. 1 he large quantity of fine Cooper's ware, paints, and other combustible materials in the shop, gave great rapidity to the progress of the destroying element. A pile of near l) 400 cord9 of wood, contiguous to the building was toon on fire; the cells ot - the .North win, in which the cenvicta were sleeping, were eoon so heated and filled w ith smoke as to render it difficult to extricate them. CTne of the c.rlicera ot ihe prison, in describing the scene to us remaiked that it was impossible to give an idea of the confusion and horror that prevailed till th prisoners were safely out of the wing. The shrieks of .aarly GOO men, threatened with suffocation and death, were inconceivably appalling. Owing to the praiseworthy exertion of the tire companies and citU zens, in addition to the vigorous, in some cases d ii ing and well directed, efforts if the cciiviciSj the fire was subdued with out the caLtei'Sive uquiy to the rnscu building at one time apprehended, Twer nf Babel. -Tie tower ofabe says a recent traveller in the east, now presents the appeaiance of a large mound or hill, with a castk on the tcp, in mounting to which, the travtlli r now and then discovers, though the light sandy soil, that he is trcadirg on a vast heap of bricks. The total cirtumfeiV ence of the ruin is 2236 feet, though the building itself was only 2000, allowing o00 to the stadia, which Herodorus assigns the tide of its squareThe elevation of the west side is 198 feet. What set ms to be a castle at a distance, when examined, proves to be a solid mass of kiln burnt buckt, 37 feeS high and 2 broad. If the following ancient looking, quaint and time-honored paragraph, which is now afloat on the newspaper element be correct, the translation of a few words in the book of Genesis cannot be cor rect: Origin of AVwno'. "Some Trojans thrtt escaped in the sacking of Troy took such ships as they found in the Haven and putting to ?ra, were, driven by tho wiiides to a part of Tuscany, near that place n here Rome now stands, and the men being gone on huntin-r, the, women having been very sea-sick, the noblest of them called Roma, pers waded ths other women to set their ships on fire, that so they might go to sea rio more; the men at their retiirre, finding their ships burnt, were exceeding argry with their wive, whereupon to paiine ihcm thev went and kissed them on their mouth?, whence that custon.e was taken up, which continues till this day of ealullng by a kisse. Mr. Murray of London has unasked added five hundred pounds to Ihe slar ofMr. Lockartv editor 0f the Quantity Review,