Indiana Palladium, Volume 7, Number 1, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 8 January 1831 — Page 4

BT WALT KB SCOTT. Oft' jn the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light . Of other days around me ; The smiles, the tears V:Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken:

The eyes that shone JJow dinVed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken. Thas in the stilly night, .Ere slumber's chain hath bound me, Sad memory bring3 the light Of other days around me. When I remember all The friends, so linked together, I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all, but me, departed? Thus in the stil'y night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me. Sad memory brings the light Of other days around me. From the New York Mentor. THE X.ONELY A TALE OF ALARM. "Bad quarters are better than no quarters at all," said Rufus Rider, as he urged his horse into a trot towards a lonely inn, that stood some distance back from the public road, along which he was riding, with the vain hope of reaching the town of before night fall. b It was a wild and desolate looking place, and to add to the misery of the moment, a tempest which had been ga thering since sundown, began now to rage most bitterly. A mixture of rain and hail driven by a fierce wind, in the traveller's face, placed him in no very enviable plight, and it was with great glee, on turning an angle of the road, he discovered the inn above mentioned. It was indeed no very promising place, in its outward aspect. It was large, ruinous, and old fashioned. MI wish for a lodging here to night," said Rufus. "Well I believe you wish for what you can't get here," replied the Host, as forbidding in his looks as the place itself. "How is it, Dame? We have but one bed beside our own, and that hostler Jem sleeps in." "But," interrupted his considerate wife, tcEuppo?c Jem slept in the stable for one night, it would do him no great harm, and custom is not so plentiful that we should turn any away." "Hollo! hostler Jem! what say you to it, man?" bawled the host in a deep rough bass voice; and a strange-looking being, whom the traveller had not observed before, yawning and rubbing his eyes, issued from a dark nook beside the fire-place. "Are you agreeable to sleep in the hay-loft to night, to 'commodate this gentleman?" continued the host. Hostler Jem opened his eyes somewhat wider at this as though to see who it was he was to 'commodate , and forthwith agreed to the arrangement. After taking a solitary meal, the traveller was shown up a flight of crazy stairs, into a spacious gloomy looking chamber, of which a low bedstead, and a broken one-armed chair, were the sole occupant?. Left tohimself, his imagination soon became pretty busy. The twinkling of a miserable little taper only added to the gloom cf the room. "Surely, 'tis a strange place," thought Rufus, "little calculated for an inn; how can the folks manage to get a living here? Not by their customers, unless 'A dreadful supposition dashed on the traveller's mind. "I'll fasten the door, at any rate," he eaid tohimself; but on examination, to his utter, dismay, found the door had neither lock, latch, nor bolt. His first impression on this discovery, was, that inspite of the hour of night, and the bad weather, he would get his horse from the stable and pursue his imirnpv. On further consideration, however, he thought that if he had fallen into bad hands, to leave the house might not be to. escape them; and having placed the the one-arm chair as a sort of sentinel against the door, he retired to bed. For some time his apprehensions prevented him from sleeping, but at last the fatigue of the day's travel overcame his fears, and he fell asleep. It was not surprizing that his dreams partook of his waking feelings and ideas. Such was the case. He imagined himself still in the same inn, but thought, that a sleeping draught had been mixed with his drink; he felt its deadly influence already stealing over him; yet even now could he escape to the next town, he might get some assistance and save his life; and he was trying with all his might to force the door, when he was suddenly awakened from this scene of imaginary horror, to one as terrific in reality, by the overturning of the one-aimed sentry at the door. He would have jumped from his bed, hut a sight of the awful figure, which had now ordered, deprived him of the power to move a

limb. It wa? a "tit" Ky mnn, with a red cap on his bead, and dres.d in a country man's frock, covered with stains of blood, in his left hand he held a lantern, and in his right a large knife. The traveller was petrified at the sight ; escape was hopeless, nor had he the power; his very tongue seemed tied, so that he could neither cry out for help, nor beg for mercy; he did all he could do, he shut his eyes, determining to feign sleep. "If money be his only object, perhaps by so doing I may save mv life," thought Rufus. The man advarUrfed with heavy steps

across the room; every step proclaim ed him nearer; bv the bedside he Dtit down the lantern, and grasping his knife in one hand, with the other seized on the traveller's shoulders, and shook him violently; for some time Rufus persisted in counterfeiting sleep, but to no purpose; the man continued to shake him, and he opened his eyes on the dreadful object before him. When the man saw that his eyes were open, he ceased to shake him, but with a significant motion, drew the knife across his own throat, then point ed down, as if to the room below ; after doing this several times, retired to a little distance, took up the lantern, repeated once more the same mysterious signs, and beckoning earnestly' to the traveller to lollow hun, retired from the room. What can it mean? Would the wretch have me partake in his horrid deed; surely by his pointing below he would have me join him in murdering the host and hii wife? What am I to do? It is evident he has no ill design against myself? Shall I alarm the house, or shall I " The traveller, who had Iain trembling and wondering, and considering what he should do, was suddenly prevented from pursuing his deliberations further by the reappearance of the awful figure. With quick and angry steps he crossed the room; again he shook the traveler by the shoulders, and went throu!i precisely the same motions as before drew the knife across his throat, and pointed down but with greater vehemence, at the same time pointing to the casement, through which the grey light of the approaching morning appeared, as though to signify the time for his diabolical purpose was passing. Poor Rufus knew not what he should do; but waving his hand, as though in compliance, the man again retired, motioning and beckoning. No sooner had he left the room, than Rufus, with the resolution of despair, hastily' putting on a portion of his dress, ran down the stairs, and with the most tremendous knockings aroused the host, and informed him of his impending fate. Before Rufus had got half through his tale, the host was roaring with laughter, in which his spouse joined. The mystery explained was simply thus. The traveller, as we have related, occupied the hostler's bed. Tiie dreadful figure who occasioned the alarm, was no other than a deaf and dumb butcher, employed by the worthy host of the inn to kill his pigs. It being usual for him to have the assistance of the hostler, he had proceeded, as he thought to wake him, and the awfullymysterious motions he went through, were merely significant of the purpose for which he wanted him; his return the second time was in consequence of his not being as quick in his attendance as he thought he should be. . In conclusion I would observe, that many a tale of terror told to frighten the foolish, would turn out, properly explained, as harmless as this of the lonely Inn, and the deaf and dumb pigbalcher. From the N. York Constellation. MARRYING FOR MONEY. Tom. Well, Joe, you have been married a twelve month pray, how does matrimony use you? Is Mrs. Joseph Sparediet as fair and facinalingas Miss Angelina Doubloon that was? Does she look, my dear fellow, as she did on the night you married her, when you swore that in the whole caravan of living animals, there was not so beautiful a creature as your wife? Joe. Come! come! Tom don't be jo king upon facts the time has gone by when I could relish a jest. Tom Poor fellow ! 1 see how 'tis just the same as with half the married men in town the honey moon over, 'tis all over. But cheer un make a con fession I promise to keep daik about the matter. Joe. For your sake, Tom, I have half a mind to let you into my family secrets you are yet on the bachelor's list the story of my connubial miseries may perhaps be of service to you Tom, Oh! never fear my ccmmilting matrimony ! have too much at stake among the ladies for that the chaim would be broken were 1 10 marry one cf ihern, but as long ;is I remain single, I receive the attention of all. But come, out with your confession. Joe. Shall 1 begin v i ( h my courting days those which Addicn, or some

other old bachelor, says are ihe happiest of our life? Tom. Oh! spare me your courting sc'crcs they are too affecting for my nerves. Joe. Well then, my father you know, just as 1 came of age, died, leaving me a handsome fortune, which by horses, theatres, gambling and tailor's bills, I soon managed to make a considerable hole in. Turn, Yes, Joe, I know all that. Joe. Accordingly I made love to my present wife, whose fortune J anticipated, would repair the breaches in mine. Tom. Quite a natural anticipation,

pen honoi ! that your wife should reI pair vour breeches but don't let me in ? terrupt the thread of your story. Joe. You know with what success my suit was crowned you were the first to congratulate me on the m5s-for-tune you said I had married. Tom. Bat did your marriage troubles commence so early? Joe. Aye, the morning after our nuptials, instead of a draft for thirty thousand, on her father's banker, which I expected to find under my breakfast plate, the old curmugeon informed me, that hearing I was somewhat involved, i he had taken the precaution to securj j hrs daughters portion by a deed of I forget the name what lom. A deed without a name: as Shakespeare says Horrible! but this is news to me. Joe. Yes, pride prevented my saying a'word on the subject, except to my creditors, and them I invariably referred to my father-in-law, and he has referred them to the devil or some Wall street broker to be shaved, Tom. That was- the unkindest cut of all not even to pay your honorable debts but what followed?' Joe. The old skin-flint made a thousand apologies, with professions of regard for his son-in-law and as a proof of it, promised every quarter to settle M W9 ft . 1 j my family expenses provided they did not exceed his own. Tom. Ha! ha! ha! That was liberality, indeed but your furniture horses carriage, and other vA ceteras of a fashionable house keeper they were at your disposal, I presume? Joe. Oh yes under a certain mortgage to my prudent father-in-law. In short J was put under as complete restriction, as the veriest non compos in the city. All 1 wondered at, is, that he did not get himself appointed my guardian. To?n. Or have appointed your wife she would then have been yourwardian angel, with a vengeance. Bui how did she conduct herself, like a prudent and affectionate rib? Jos. Why, yes; for a time, she was all sweetness and good humor. At the spring?, where we went immediately on our nuptials, she was as discreet as a nun, and never lounged, except under the arm cf her husband. Tom. That was conjugal, indeed ! Joe. Her papa's eye was ever upon us, and his tongue perpetually chanting ; our praise but my old acquaintances shrugged their shoulders when they passed and looked askance if I remember right, Tom, you were of the number. Tom. At the springs, did you say? Oh! I have a faint recollection of the fact a new married couple was there they told me it was my old friend Joe, but he looked so altered, I did'nl know him, blow me! if! did. Joe. After we came from the springs, we took a house in the city a second rate establishment of my wife's father, which for a six month before, had been unoccupied, except by a pair of Dutch rats and their family. Tom. That was to rnt-'ity the marriage contract 1 suppose but what then? Joe. Then came the parties on my wife's account, made by a score of her female acquaintance, lor no other purpose but to catch some unwary fellow in the same trap with myself. Tom But every body admired the grace with which you acquitted yourself on these occasion?, and pronounced you the happiest and prettiest couple in the city you were all the rage tilMhe Siamese twins came along. Joe. But the worst was yet to come. After I had been trotted out among my wife's aunts, uncks and cousin?, she insisted upon going the round among my relations. 'Tom. And did you not gratify so reasonable a request? Joe. Once 1 took her, one pleasant afternoon, to my grand-mother's at Bloomingdale and' there we promenaded through her delightful garden. Tom. Quite Adam and Evish, pon honor! Joe. The ground being soft and muddy, we left the print of our footsteps on the clean white floor of my grand-rnoth-er's best parlour. The old lady read us a sound lecture on neatness, end the reputation of my Dutch ancestors for that immaculate virtup. This specimen of my relations sufficed for my wife, and 1 heard no more of visitirg them. Tom, Quite 'sufficient for a moderate wemar, 1 should judge but hw did"

thing? go rn in Ihe fanr.iir circle.' Joe. Ah! Tom, spare me the recital of my domestic afflictions I always endeavor to put on n cheerful countenance when company come in, but as soon as they are gone, I kill time as I am able. Tom. I take -I take you raise 'a matrimonial breeze just to break the monotory of the scene and drive cfflhe blues. Joe. You hit it there, Tom, though the storm is generally of my wife's own brewing. If I say a word without perfacing it with "my dear'r or "my .In-

Icef-ina" as I was wont to call her before our marriage, she taKes me to task for my unkindness and want of conjugal eliection that puts me out of humor, you know. Tom. Why, what would the woman want? But you do not retort, I trust. Joe. Not exactly but 1 always feel confoundly vexed and think what a fool I was for marrying her, and then as if she read my thoughts on these occasions, she always thrusts in a word j about the large fortune and respeeta- ; ble connexions she brought me. Tom. You join issue then, as the ; Pine-street lawyers say? I Joe. No no not a brnt of an issue i have we had yet, nor shall have, I trust I for that is the only reason, f begin j to suspect, that the old Nabob consentj ed to my marrying. Pom. You mistake me, Joe I m- ! tended to make no alia ision to your want j , ,r jm .1 fi . II I aiu an i ; oi an neir mow me: it l uic an i j meant to ask, was, how ycu conduct j yourself, when your wife throws her i money into your teeth. Joe. Then I blow, blow like a stagehorn ! Tom. And your belter half, does eha blow too? Joe. Not at at! she falls to crying and acts over Andromache. Tom. Well, ihut's natural After a blow, comes a rain what then? Joe. I make myself scarce till the rain js over I cant stand a woman in tears although she is my wife. Tom. Thai's true heroism, Joe real Connecticut magnanimity of the first wafer. Joe. I hope now you are satisfied olj my matrimonial miseries; though the ! half is not told and that the once j Li f iC. ... i ; bIoominKJosephSparediet--now,alas! manied is blooming no longer. j A Yankee Trick. It is well known that in the good old days of cur lathers, when New i England was trufy the land of steady habits, there would occasionally spring up a volatile and fun-loving character, whose dispositions i i u . .i . i and habits w:th the upriirnt cor.scientiousjbear - upngnt conscientious oearing ot the puritans lornied a str. king contrast. M.p . r .... u i i 1 iiere were two farmers ot this cast who nved . c cry rear eacu ou;er; o: c was u.c owner oi . ' ...... aui;ig uui.cu itiy iiiic slice J, nnu itdviiii; a V..C , ,. ; ' . o ' . . ,b culed antipathy to confinement, w U;d some;nPK ti-pcii'iwj tin tl.f pr.r nsnr.J8 fit t!-.f mu. ters neighbor. The other having caught them in one of" these tvart acts determined to inflict ! summary vengeance on them and their owner. With this intention he proceeded to catch! t!iern, and running his kmie through one of their ! hind legs, between the tendon and the bor.e.immediately above the knee joint, put the other i leg through the hole. In this condition the ; whole riock decamped, leaving one quarter less i tracks than when they came. The feeder of ! sheep kept his own councel ; and soon after his ! neighbour's hogs having broken or dog into his i enclosures, he toi k advantage of this opDortunity for retaliation, by y cutting their mouths t from ear tj ear. In this way the loretooted grunters rati er chvp fallen made their way to their own quarters. The owner of the swine soon made his appearance in a great rage, de- J daring that h:s hugs weie ruined, and that he I vou!d have redress; His neighbour made an-j swer that it was he who) ruined them, "For"' I says he, "the fact is friend, I d.d'nt cut open tnem are hogs' mou hs, but seeing mv sheen ranir!' on the three legs they spilt their tnouthj a laugtnnV Fr.t.burg Gazette Sometime since a hlack woman went to a magistrate and wanted to warrant a knight of ebon lute (a hewer of wood, by the way) on the following bill: To Skeenng mi child Uomeo into htts, 100 00; To Kefiin for ditto 75! 100 Baltimore Minerva, 4 O Female Beauty. To sum the whole . u i j i ii being beloved, may be possessed by every one who is not personally, or mentally, or morally deiormed. Let US enumerate them. Firstly an eye, whether black, blue, : or gray, that has the spirit of kindness j in Us expression. Secondly a mouth that is able to say a good deal, and that sincerely. lis teeth, kept as clean as possible, must he very good natured to servants, and I friends that come m unexpectedly to dinner. Thirdly a fi gure that shall pre?eive itself not by neglecting any of its du ties, but by good taste , exercise, and a j dislike of gross living. A woman may ' be fond of almo5t any pleasures under the sun except those of tattling al the table, and ostentation. Fourthly the art of being happy at home, and making that home the abode of peace. Where can peace divt il if there be no piety ? These qualities will sway the souls of men. when Iht shallow perfrctians enumerated bv ll.i I article woud cea?e to charm. A jog-S t heart is the best beaulilier.

MEDICAL COLLEGE, "TplY and with the advice and consent of lhe JChteforraed Medical Society cf the United States, the New Reformed Medical Institution hs been located in Worthington, an interesting and flourishing town on the Whetstone river, eight miles north cf Columbus, on tie northern tun pike. Thi3 scite has bten chosen because it presenat the greatest adanta. tres to facilitate the researches of the llotahical student the country around it abounding with every variety of medical plants ; and Le sit nation being the most hkaitht and delightul in the Western country and because the occupancy of the large College Edifice, to gether with ground cf every variety ct so. I for an extensive liounical Can' en has been presented to us by the Board of Trustees of Wcrthington College. m m There will be attached to the Institution, Dispensary for nalying and prt paring Vtg"etable medicines; and an li firmaty, where persons from the neighborhood or a distance, labouring under Fevers, Consumptions, Dyspepsia, Liver complaints, Gr-vel. Ulcers, FistuUs, Cancers, fcc Sec. will be successfully treated, withcut BiKiPie, MincuuY, or the Kkifb, nd from which the student will acquire a correct know ledge of the nature, operation, and soperior efficacy of vtgeUble ageuts in tcmovirgdisease. . . The necessity for an Institution of this bindr in the West, to be under the direction of cornpeient Professors isstnkiigly evident. It U an institution that is designed to csncentrste. and disseminate, all the knowledge and discoveries of Doctors of Medicine and empyncs, sages and s.vsgesjand that will demonstrate to the student and he sick that Vegetables alone, afFord the only rational, safe, and etectual means of removing disease, without iropainrg the constitution, cr endangering life or limb-

That the present system of treats diseases o! every form, with Metali lhf, Ls4ncet or lhe Knife. is dang tuce, wnuu Metalic min- . . or lhe Kmfe, ia dimerous. j hnd 'jntiTfcient ihe lamentable facts which every day present too tully illustrate, iur is this truth more clearly exhibited, than th& fact, that Vegetable substances alone, are voic! of danger, and powerfully efficient when properly administered ; a reference to the success of our New York Infirmary, and the success of ignorant Botanical physicians, prove this f-ct. The College and lr tirmary will be opened the first wetk in December, where student from ail parts mty enter and con plete their Medictd education, and where persons labouring under every specit s cf disease shall receiva pion.pt and faithful attention. The course of study to be pursued, snd which v it I be taught according to the OLD and the 1iftkiih fysttms, by Lectures, liecitations, Hx ruinations and suitable text bnrks, is, 1 Auatcmy and Physiology. 2. Cld and lleformtd Surgery 3. Theory and Prac tice cf Medicine. 4- The old and an improwomen ar,d,cl,ildren. 5.iteria Medica. with practical aV.d general Potany. 6. Medical U. botanical Chemistry and Pharmacy. 7. Stated Lectures an collateral Science Moral il Ju risprudence Comparative Anatomy Medical HUtory, &x. &.C. Hy attending this Institution, the Student will Bcouirs a correct knowltdge of the Pres- ! ent practice cf physicians a knowledge of ! Qos(tf r; k Ko-ctts i.nd ; , ' V cdera ct a new and Imp i & , the use, and abuse, ot Minerals, the L.ancci, nd the Knife, and a know I nrnvpd svstem. that Stlj . .. .. '-.u .... Ia n,rfP c,piw 1 , -t ' n l. rn cr-;fifa tim ; and success, ihere will be no speonea iimj t , f e,liri . ' i ,.P hf to complete a course ot study; vi.entver ue . . - , r , , .tj1,.1ip T. r( student is qu u.fied he my graduate and reI 1 . mi ceive a Dipli-m some will 1 , .-,r pass in cat )car, i i KLQUiSi nONS FOit ADMISSION. 1. A certificate of crood moral character. 2 A good Ei ?!is.h education. Txums Thep'ise of qualifying a person to practice, i.':;:ludirg a Diplrma, ;nd acctss to ell the advantages cf the Institution, will fe $150 in advtnce, or $75 in advance, and $100 at the close of his studies. Every advantage given, and some allowance made to those in indigent circumstances P.oard will be hsd at &l 03 per ;vctk, and Bocks at the western city prices. (T?Everv ptudent on entering Worthinjrton College, will become an honorary member of the I'rfcrn.td Medical Society of the U. h. from which he will receive a Diploma, ard an Annual ttepnrt cf all the doings and discovericsof its diflerrr.t members, ar.d be entitled to tdl its cor.stiiutioml privileges and berehtg. V Those wishing further information will plese address a letter (post paid) to Col. G. H. Griswcld, or the undersigned, and il &balt receive prorcpt attfntirn. Students .nd others, had better beware of the slanders of the present physiciers, who know no. more about our institution, than they do about UoUnical Medicine. J.J. STEELE President Worthingtcn. Ohio, Oct. 1. 133. 46-lyr. ad:.vu2Cisthatos.,s xtotzczl. f H IE subscriber hereby gives notice that j he has been appointed administrator for the estate of DJJVIEL DJVIS, deceased, late of Cincinnati, and has bad his authority as such recorded in the probate court of Dearborn county. All persons oivm; eaid deceased are required to niaLe payment to the subscriber; and all persons having &c counts against said deceased, will present tbem du aulhenticated wi(hia tbe lira e. bribed by Uw, at the subscriber's place of residence in Cincinnati, or by depositing theui ; (Le cIeiks 0ce of the Dearborn probata COart. k is believed that said estate will b& solvent. Israel Wilson,. Administrator of the cstala of Daniel Davis, deed. December 9, 1833, 49-3 INDIANA PALLADIUM, rRINTKU AND f'UBLlSUED KY Publisher vf the Laves of the United Stnfrr. " The Palladium is printed wetkly, on super royal p: per, at TIlrtKK DOLLAR'S, per annum paiil at the end of tbe) ear; but which niav hi- discharged by the panent of TWO DOl.LA'iS in i:r.ivce, or b pmgTUO DOLLAKSan l 1TKTV CtNTS at the exp. ration i.f sLv vicntLa Those who recede their papers by the mail cair.er, must pay the carriage, otherwise it v.ll oe .dv.td to the.r suL Osc: iUl. j NYU! be received atlLU UfUcc .a cuL-cvipv.