Indiana Palladium, Volume 6, Number 3, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 23 January 1830 — Page 4

As (be line following' the attached stanza, may excite eome curiosity io the minds of our readers, we would observe that tbe writer is at present under judicial restraint in this place, oo a charge ratber disreputable to a votary of tbe Mutes. To poor is tbe too

common lot of men of genius; but to be dishonest is a crime rarely laid to tbeir charge

We are sorry to say that our bard is ooe of

those rare befogs who labors under the ira

putation of inbentiog both those misfortunes

if we may 60 class and couple Ifrem.

A young Lady's address to her Robin on

releasing him from his cage in the spring

Poor little bird, thy mournful 0Dg With pity moves my heart, Tbv sorrow here will not be Jong, For you and I shall part. So now, robin, for fl'ght prepare, To taste the jjys of spring, I've fed thee long with tender care, And pleasing thou didst sing. But now I see tbou'rt drooping fast, Thy notes are mournful sad; I see thy pleasures here are past, With joy I'll make thee glad. Away! sad bird range ev'ry field Of nature o'er and o'er, And taste tbe sweets that pleasures yield, But be thou caught no more. Lawrenceburgh Jail, Jan. 3lh, 1 830.

From the Ma. Intelligencer, Nov. 1829.

The history of Mike Shuck, was originally

published in the Missouri Intelligencer, in

1822. Presuming that many at a distance, as

well s in our immediate vicinity would be grat ifiod in seeing it, we now republish it. iIIKE SHUCK.

There appears in the character of the inhabitants who reside immediately on a A ? A 1 1 I J .

ironuer, certain doubtful features that

render it difficult to determine to what side of the boundary they belong. Thus it is with our borderers of Missouri, who have taken up their residence in the neighborhood of the Indian lands, and in m.ny instances have adopted the habits, manners arfd eostume of the nati ves.

Michael Shuck-well, or, as he has been more familiarly denominated, Mike

Shuck, may be presented as a sample of

tnose voluntary barbarians. Amongst the early settlers of Kentucky, Mike Shuck was known a wite headed hardy tlrehin, whom nobody claimed kin to, an l who disclaimed conutxion with all mankind. He was inured to danger in the course of the Indian wars of that period; and when the celebrated Colonel Boon mi

grated4 to this country, Mike was one of

his numerous followers. Advancing as the settlements progressed, for the convenience of hunting, he has at last found

himself pushed beyond the boundary of

tnat tract ot country to which the Indian title has been extinguished. At present Mike Shuck claims a portable citizenship, or a floating title to a residence that he lecates for the time being, wherever he may chance to lay himself down for the night. His subsistence he draws

from nature'?" grand storehouse, by means of an old rusfy rifle, that has been his

constant companion since his first cam

paign undr Gen. George Rogers Clark.

He possesses in an eminent degree, a knowledge of all the minutiae of trapping, and he appropriates his autumns,

the proper seasons for this branch of his business, in exploring the simll creeks

that put into the Missouri above the settlements. He is frequently discovered "at the peep of dawn," bare headed and bare-footed, pursuing the meandering3 of these water courses, bending under a load of traps, to learn whether or not his bait has attracted the cautious victim ; or for the purpose of locating his traps more advantageously. Such is the accuracy of his skill, that Mike Shuck can make up a pack of beaver, where an Indian, with all his rude knowledge of natural history, would esteem the prospect hopeless. A gentleman who was in the pursuit of elk, about the middle of November last, discovered this modern Crusoe at evening, laden with his effects, that by great good fortune at this time amounted to about a pack horse load. He proposed to encamp with hmv for the nrght. Mike muttered a kind of a grumbling assent, and led the way, first through an extensive hazle thicket, thence descending in to a ravine, he proceeded by a devious

route through a compact grove of swamp-

asti, ana at length arrived at a cheerful

fire that had previously been lighted up by our hero; but for which the place would have b een as Hrpnrv as mi rcr: inrv

e 'J r" lb""" J The owls themselves, however pressing

ineir necessities, could scarcely have flapped their way into this dismal labyrinth. But Mike and his plunder, as he very properly termed it in this in. stance, (for it was the legitimate proper-

ij oune inaians; was sale. Mike Shuck threw down his burden, and turned to

hi follower with a malicious smile or rather a hysteric grin, and desired him to he seatfd. The hospitality of his board, if a bear skin spread on the ground deserves the name, was tendered with very little ceremony, and consisted of a beaver tail and an elk inarrow bone, -both ef which were prepared on the

coals by mine host in Ins own proper person. Mike, as I have before remarked, claims no family connexions; and if he ever had, aiy, he has outlived ihcm: he is therefore muking no provisions lor legacy hunters. But he is always, when he deigns to make use of his tongue, ffrumblinp about his arrangements for an

easv. iudeDendent old age, and speaks

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of it as It it was very far distant, auuougii

he has attained almost lour score. When the trapping season is over, he be

takes himself to his craft, as he is pleased to term a cotton wood canoe, and proceeds to market with his usual indifference towards the elements. On one occasion, when his cargo was fairly afloat on the angry current of the Missouri, and !like had extended his vfeather worn limbs upon the shore for repose, his bowfast (a grapevine) parted, and his frail

bark put to sea without a pilot. On

making this discovery in tbe morning, he wa? chagrined, but not discouraged

by the event. He lost no time, but in

stantly set off in pursuit of his fortune, and having coasted down the river, on

the third day discovered his cratt selt-

moored under the lee of a raft of drift wood, without having sustained the

smallest injury in hull, rigging or cargo.

Michael was so much re piced, that, by

inspiration or instinct, he was induced to

offer a hasty prayer of thanksgiving; but whether it was directed to God, man or

the Devil, I have not been informed. As

old Michael disdains to decorate his pericranium with the beaver he may entrap,

bis haii has been suffered to gro into a

matted gristly substance, and at present

very much resembles the borrowed wig

ofa strolling player. His features too

are worn bv time and the storms of near-

y eighty winters into the inflexibility of

a barber s block. With all these evidences to the contrary, he professes

to be exceedingly happy. He insists that he relishes his meals infinitely better than a profecscd epicure; and he con

ends that Madeira can by no means

bear a comparison with spring water.

I do not envy him his happiness, nor

would I recommend copying his piir-

suits, yet I believe most religiously that

such a life of active exertion, by giving to the blood a vigorous circulation, will ensure health and cheerfulness to the

monical shcuts and crie?, rushing from

among the trees, formed themselves in a circle round the fire , singing and dancing in wild disorder! sometimes bursting out into the most passionate exclamations,

and then solemnly joining in the song

and dar.ee. Having thus passed an

Smith to their houses, where as soon as

entered he was tormented worse than ever by these wood nymphs, who crowded and hung about him, most importunately crying, don't you love me? don't

you love me: mis saiutauon neing finished, thefeat was set,consUlingof all the savage dainties they could get; some

waited on the guests: others sung and

danced; after which they conducted hirn to his lodging by the light of blazing

sticks of pine.

The next mention ot I'ocanontas, is

her protecting Wyffin bearing despatches from Smith. He lodged with Pow

hatan. From circumstances fearing misdiief, he was concealed by Pocahontas, who directed his pursuers in a wrr.ng course. Even when Smith and Powhatan were at war, Pocahontas visited Jamestown ; and by her interposition their quarrels were reconciled, and the wants of a famishing colony supplied. Smith says: 44 Whether it was the policie of her father thus to employ her or the ordinance of God, or thro1 extraordinarie affection to ojt nation, I know not" but

that of this he was sure, when her father, with all his cunning force sought to sur

prise him when attended by only 18 of

his men, she came thro7 a rough forest in the darkness ot night to warn him of his danger with tears in her eyes, and to advise him how to escape his fury; which had Powhatan known, he had certainly slain her. Pet. Times.

hour, they retired; and after making key herself for fear cf intruders. How iUfi nrnrntiMis thev pravelv invited ever, in some few hours after, the moth

er neara some noise iumuciui "iui:uc sharply reprimanded them, aud retired

him across tbe Shannon to tbe counly of.liberfy, my eyes if he didn't turn upon

Tipperary, where they lodged him at a friend's house for the night. So anxious was the woman of the house for his safety, that she had a bed made up for the supposed girl and her only daughter, in which she locked both up and kept the

How-

spirits, while an inert,- sedentary life, MIL f ; i. . 1 t 1 . i 1

win De iruiciui oniv in niue aeviis.

POCAHONTAS.

Every one has heard of the famous Pi incess Pocahontas, who saved Captain Smith's life. This happened in 1607:

222 years ago. Pocahontas wa at that

time but a mere child, twelve or thir

teen years of age. bmltli was 28

years old. Great preparation were

made for his death a consultation was

held; at length two large stones were

brought in, Smith was seized and dragged to them his head laid on them his

executioners stood over him with clubs upraised to beat him to death: at tlmt

moment, Pocahontas the king's beloved

daughter, having failed in her entreat

les tor his lite, flew to him, claspod his

head in her arm, and interposed her

pwn to prevent the hrtal blows. Smith

was pardoned and sent back to James

town, on condition that he should send

Powhatan two pieces of cannon and a grindstone, Powhatan promised in return to give him the couiury of Capahowosick, and even to esteem him as his son. On Smith's return, he found the colony, 33 in number, in a miserable condition, so that many would have perish ed of famine, had not Pocahontas wih

her attendants regularly supplied them

DETECTING ROGUES. Our once famous Mr. M rr head is aid to have declared in his pulpit, that he knew of a man in the congregation who stole his neighbour's wood, and that he was determined to throw his bible at the suspected thief; whereupon a certain man immediately dodged his head to avoid the blow. There is also a story

of Nathaniel Ames, of Dedham, the

for the night.

On the discovery of the affair the next .1 . 1 I -

morning, me momer retains annual frantic, and avowed all sorts of des

truction for the delinquent ; but by the;

interference of the daughter, it was hushed up, aud the happiness of the couple crowned by the arrival of the Priest who married them; by which lucky circumstance the fellow came in for a good fortune, which otherwise he never could have aspired to; and all damage was healed, to the satisfaction of the careful mother. Limerick Chronicle,

LOST IN THE MUD. Seem one of the principal streets of New York. Mother. With a stick poking in the mud. Ah, me ! I'm sure he's here abouts some where, the dear cratur, and if I only had a longer stick, so that I could poke down a little grain deeper, I should

find the darling!

Walker. What have you lost good woman? Lending the aid of his cans to

assist in the search.

Mother. Och, bless you kind soul! it's

my swate little child, my darling Jem

my, that's lost in tbe mud.

Ualker. A child lost in the mud, in

the city ol Nw York? impossible! The woman's crzy.

Mother. Ah, I'm sure be must be here

jist here abouts, where I saw him try-

ing to cross a minute ago u'.ii, me

darling! Jemmy! Jemmy! elevating

her voiced Jemmy, my darling, it you ;e

under th mud, spake! putting down her

ear to listen. Walker. How old was your boy? Mother. Och, indeed, he was but five years ouldjist come next Michaelmas, tha is to be. Walker. And do you thir.k a child

the men, and Pm blnss'd if he didn't let

fly in bang among Vm til) he flooicd Vm all. laughter. So my lord, I frys to him, come, come, gays I this hens improper behaviour in a genthman. Act! sa)5 he; and he says no more, but just as I was viping my spectacles, he ca;i hes me such a voper right under the eur that I couldn't keep my body up by nr. mean.-, and so down 1 falls. So, my lord, ven he had us all floored, he runs to the door, for I suppose he vanted to go out, but here ve had him, for he could find no key; and so ve gets up and ve bundled him into the black hole, and so ve brought him afore vour lordship to pun

ish him according to law. As soon as the laughter occasioned b this oration had subsided, the lord mayor asked tbe defendant what he had to say in his defence? The defendant: It is all a cursed lie, I no strike no vnch, but de vach strike me, & vent to kill me. Con Stable;' fcNo such thing, my lord; we never wishes to kill nobody, particularly a poor ccetur of a foreigner.1 The lord mayor said it was necessary to have some security for the future good conduct of the defendent, aud remanded him for a few days. A schoolmaster, at a village near London, advertised that he intended to keep a Sunday School twice a week. And a Mayor ofa place in the west of Eogland declared, on his election, that he was determined to hold his quarter session monthly. Choose a sword by its bfade and not by its scabbard, and reppect a man for his worth, but not for apparel.

CINCINNATI PRICKS CURRENT. corrected weekly.

An-rictts.

well known almanac maker. It is said, "five years old could be lost in the mud

hut we do not vouch for the truth of the story, that in a joval company of his

neighbours, one of them declared he lus

a small sum of money, and believed that

some one of the persons present had

stolen it. Ames told him he could iden

tify the thief, if he was present, without

searching the puckets. He ordered the

large kitchen pot to be brought into the

'mom, the old cock to be brought Irom

the hen roost and placed in it with the

lid on. The room wa3 then made pe

fectiy dark and each person was directed to rub his hands on the bottom of the pot. If any one was guilty of the theft, when he touched the vessel, Ames said the cock would crow- The ceremony was finished, but the cock gave no token ot

the approach of the criminal. Come,

said the astrologer, here must be some

mistake, there is no thief among us; but

let us look at your hands. On exami

nation with a light, it was found that one

person present had not rubbed his hand

on the pot. I he mlerence was too

strong to be resisted, and the culprit

pleaded guilty to the charge. Boston Courier.

A country editor. In one who reads

newspapers, seleets miscellany, writes

articles on all subjcu, ?ets types, reads

proof, works at pres, folds newspapers,

and sometimes carrie3 them, prints jobs,

runs on errands, cuts wood, works in thf

with prov ision. A worthy instance of gar.den taiks aIl nis patrons who call,

Indian kindness and humanity! When afterwards war broke out, Smith having captured several of the natives, Powhatan sent his messenger and his daughter Pocahontas to Jamestown to obtain their release. When Smith delivered them, he told her that it was on her account that he gave them their liberty. At another time, Smith having gone

on an embassy to Powhatan, found him absent: While he waa sent for, Poca

hontas and her female attendants entertained him with a fantastic dance. Smith and his men had made a fire on a smooth field and were seated before it on a mat: when suddenly the most terrific shouts and shrieks burst from a neighboring wood! The English were so startled, that they snatched up their arm?, and seized two or thren old Indians that sat by them fearing that Powhatan with all his force had come upon them; but Pocahontas approaching them, pledged her life that no injtiry was intended. On thie thirty Indian girls issned from the woods; they were naked except a girdle of green leaves; their bodies were painted in various colors; their leader wore a pair of white buck-horns o-i her

head and an otter's skin at her girdle,

Kim another on her arm; over her shoulder was hung a quiver of arrows, and in hard she held a bow and an arrow. The next of the company held in her hand a sword another a club ; another t pot-stick, all wearing horns. The rest ofthismotly chorus, were decked out iu different ways. These furies with de

patiently receives blame for a thousand

things that never were and never can be done, gets little money, has scarcely

time or materials to satisfy his hunger

or to enjoy the quiet of natures grand

restorer, sleep, and esteems himself pe

culiarly happy, if he is not assaulted and battered by some unprincipled demagogue who loves puppet-shows and

hires the rabbl with a treat of cider

brandy to vote him into some petty of

fice. A man who does all this, and as much more not recorded you well know must be rather a busy animal; and as he performs the work of so many different persons, he may justly be considered their representative, and to have

an indisputable right, when speaking of

himself, to use tbe plural number and to say We, on all occasions and in all places.

here?

Mother. Ah, what ia there to hinder sure? And if you'll jist stick your cane down here, won't you light upon him? Aisy, aisy, bless your heart, or may be you'll hurt the darling. Voice. From beloxo somewhat smothi 1-.- .T A I . .. 1 a i

ereac maisunct a nine tower tture

9 there a grain lower, and 1 cau reach it. Mother. Och, the darling! there he is, suie enough ; Dont try to tall:, Jemmy, or may be you'll get your awate little mouth lull o'mud. Voice. Like one talking zvith a mouthful. There, now, I've got hold of tbe st it k, now ! pull ! Mother. Yes bless your heart, do pull! Voice. Uts! my hand has slipped a little lower there, 1 guess I can hold on with bouth hands, Now pull! Mother. Ay now pull! Voice. Aisy ! Aisy ! Mother. Hold fast , Jemmy ! Och, my darling, there he comes! Spet the mud out o' your mouth, Jemmy, and then thank the jontleman for ht lping ye out. Lord love your swate soul, Mister, who

ever you are, for saving my child. And

Jemmy, my dear Jemmy, listen to your

mother, and never try again to cross the

streets of this blessed city, till you're big enough to help youself out o' the mud,

jist, my darling.

J. i. Constellation.

lb lb !b

per ton

9 11 75

14 12

23 Z7h

A MISTAKE. A few nights since, a young man intended to carry off a farmer's daughter, who resides in the neighborhood of Portums, and to whom he was paying his addresses. A few hours before the appointed time, one of the party who was

to assist the food lover in carrying off

his fair one, mentioned it to the young girl's brother, and advised him to have her put out of the way. The young man took the hint, and immediately attired himself in his sister's apparel, (to whom he bore a strong likeness) and was in the act of making up some caps, when the

party came into the house and, without

LIFE IN A WATCH HOUSE. A Spaniard who had seen eome mili

tary service was brought before the Lord

Mayor, on Wednesday charged first with having, io a state of madness from intoxi

cation ; smashed a hair dresser's window in order to demolish a waxen ficore

which offended his sight; secondly, with

resisting the police so violently in their

attempt to interrapt his mischievous

career, that they were compelled to bind

him hand and foot, and convey him in a

cart to the watch-house: and thirdly,

with the still more heinous offence of

beating a numerous body of watchmen

in their sanctum sanctorum, i he constable of the nighi declared he never be

fore met with so obstropuloos a man, as this here Spaniard Why, my lord,' continued he 4he made nothing on us; he thought no more of me than if I was a common individual.' Laughter. The lord mayor asked him to describe what passed in the watch-house, and the worthy constable thus proceeded with his narrative, suiting the action to the word so appropriately, that parts of the story were almost inaudible from the roars of laughter it escited; 4Vy, myj lord you see I was sitting in my chair, and giving orders to the men, ven there! was a rdw nnd a scrummage at the door, and in valks this foreign gentleman. Indeed, I can't say he valked, because he could'nt, for his legs and hands were tied together, and he was nil in a lump:

so I speak kind to him, and orders him

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Ashes, pot, ton, Pearl " Bees' wx Candles, dipcd Mould Castings

Cigars, Amer. 1st qual 1003

Spanish " 8 Coffee best qual per lb Cotton per lb Coal, bushel, Corn, do. Meal do.

Cotton Yrn, No3. 5 to 10 lb Frathers live gets & ducks lb Fiixseed bushel

Flour sup. fresh from wagons bbl Fine Ginseng per lb 15 Gunpowder Lexington Ky keg 5 50 Dupont's

Hemp per lb

Lekd pig" and bar lb Leather sole, Eastern tan lb do Cincinnati Calfskins dozen Upper do Ircn, Juniata hammered ton Tudled Hoop 6, 8 & lOd " Nail rods Mackerel No 1 per bbl

Molassss, New Orleans Nails, owens4d&10d Juuiatta Pittsburgh common

Oil, Tanners, per bbl Linseed gal Paials, White lead, in oil, keg Do do dry lb

Red do do Spanish Drown

Whiting 4 Porter, Pittsburgh, bbl 6 Cincinnati Provisions, Pork Mesa bbl Prirae " Lard in barrels lb in kegs Hams, city smoked lb

liutler 1st qua! Cheese 1st qual Rags, lb.

hoi per hag 25 lbs. Salt, Turks island Kenhawa best Conemaugh Sugar, N Orleans Havana white Loaf and Lump

Spirits, Ctg.braricy 4tr- p'f gal Peach do do American do do Jamaica Hum do Holland Gin do Whiskey new do

Teas, Gunpowder Imperial Youi'g Hyson

Tobacco, Ken. manufacture d$ lb Cincinnati do " Tallcw, tried lb Note For h add one Half.

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Rags! Rags! Two cents and one half per pond in CAS 13 will be paid for any quantity of clean Cotton and Linen RAUS, at this Office. 23lank Deeds, Mortgages, for sate at this Office.

ceremony, look bira away ad carricdjto be unloosed. I st the minnle he wasatj

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