Indiana Palladium, Volume 7, Number 12, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 26 March 1831 — Page 4

MSSCESX AMY. From the Mobile Hegisitr . I enclose you a copy of a letter lately received by our president from his majesty William tlie Fourth. The source from which I received the document, is confidential, but you may rest perfectly assure'd ofits authenticity V. B 'JLIic Ki:a" to tin; President. To letyo'u know that George ii dead, And I am reigning in his stead, This brief despatch I send : Assuring you there ne'er shall ba Dispute or war 'twixt you and me, My democratic friend. I am just somewhat in the blues,

From Franco I have unpleasant news. Things are in sad confusion. There's been, I hear a famous stir, The rebels, (beg your pardon, sir,) Have made a revolution. To say how far 'twill reach is vain, It has already entered Spain, And spreads in every quarter; Naples must yield perhaps the ppsf tint still my friend, I have a hops It will not cross the water. Ilut mobs are changeful as the moon, We kings can never tell how soon, Our heads or crowns may tro : For should my "faithful commons' say, I must be vlT, you know. IVowshau'd the radicals prevail And think that I had better sail, (Ilut tills is confidential ;) Can you my worthy friend provide, A mansion where I might reside? The terms are nut essential. Perlnps King Joe would like to sell, His place would suit rne very well. There where he last resided ; If lie consents have the deed dtv.wn For money you can call on Vaugh.au, f He's always well provided. And then, a king without a crown, In rural ease I'll set me down, Aloof from Europe's riot; And when with me, my friend you din?, We'll crack our jokes and sip our v.h.e, In calm domestic quiet. Joseph Bonaparte who naw resides in Kew Jersey. f Uritish minister to the United States. From the Iioston Eeveninj? Gazette. I smoked twelve boxes of cigars, Oris nothing hut the truth ;) I chewed tobacco full a pound, To soothe my aching tooth. I fill'd it up with opium, I cut not any fod, I swallowed quarts of aue drop?, But ache my grinder would. At list I swore I'd have it out, And to the Dentist went ! But when I sat me in his chair, My vow 1 did repent . And when his bloody instruments, Were ranged be'ore my sight, Ijumped full five feet from the floor, And yelled with all rny might. lMy friend" said he, "I'll draw your i:oth With less degree of pain. Than any dentist in the to f. n," I sat me down again. He took hold with his savage things, I uttered a loud cry, 'Dear sir,' said he, "i'll hurt you not V "Dear sir," said I, "you lie !" He gave a most infernal wrench, I wished that I was dead, "For all the torments in the world Seemed centered in my head. He pulled and tugged then out it came, That horrid tooth of mine The monster nearly broke my jaw; An d charged me six and-ninj. From the Jordan Courier. Travelling through the beautiful village of A , in another county, some two or three years since, fatigue compelled me to stop for the next stage; the busy hum of the village, as I sauntered through the principal street, seemed for a moment to transport me in imagination to the metropolis, where I had for years resided. The streets were crowded with teams, and the side-walks presented bustle and activity in the persons who passed and repassed my eye caught a crowd in the busiest part of the street, where a red flag was displayed, bearing the label "Auction this day." 1 SCon mingled with the mass that had gathered together, and stood listningto the volubility of the Auctioneer, admiring the smoothness of his tongue as he decanted in prabe of the abides winch he exposed for sale, when suddenly I was attracted by the conversation of two youths who stood near me. 4iO, if it does not bring enough, what will our poor mother doT sorrowfully, and in a soft tone, said one of them. , "I hope it will! see brother, our Yister stands by the corner anxiously wailing," replied the other. Hurried my eyes in the direction of theirs and saw an interesting girl, neatly clad, impatiently valkinf backwards and forwards, every now and then anx- . iously looking towards the crowd, whieh her modesty prevented from drawing nearer. Soon my attention was drawn to the youths again, by one of them exclaiming i40 there it is," and his face brightened with smiling and eager looks. 1 turned towards the Auctioneer he held in his hand a repeating watch, and the bidding began from the crowd. . 1 watched the countenances of the youths;- As the bids rose, they were lighted up with joy; hut, as the Auctioneer dwelt, and appeared several times on the pcint of striking it off, their countenances fell, aad i cculd

perceive the tear? start in their eve?. I became - unusually wtcrestrd in the sale of this article, and noticed one particular bidder, a young man who stood near: he waited with caution until just as the hammer was descending, and then raised upon the price repeatedly. At every rise the youths clapped their little hands with joy. and strained their eves with iatenseness

w nnoo the Auctioneer, while occasional ly they turned with joyful looks towards their sister down the street. Soon however, a gentleman on horse-back came trotting nast the crowd and stopped a moment. At this instant I turned to look down the street towards where the vl had stood, but she was gone. The bids on the repeater had then risen to sixty dollars, and it was just on the point of being struck off, when the horseman requested to look at it. I watched him as it passed the crowd and was handed to him. As he received it he pressed tlie repeater the sound of the bell seemed to be familiar to him, he opened the case, and his countenance underwent a change. "One hundred dollars," said he , and handed it back to the Auctioneer, it stood at that price a moment, when the voting man over-bid him the horseman appeared astonished; but raised on the price. Alternately they bid until one hundred and iiy dollars, the last bid, was named it was struck oil'. "Who's the bidder?" said the Auctioneer. ' 'I am,' said the gentleman on horseback handing the money, and with evident joy pictured on his countenance received the watch. He was about moving from the crowd, when the young man who had bid against him approached; and there was an earnestness in his looks that spoke volumes. I was not near enough to hear their conversation, bat saw them move together down the street. 1 then looked for the two youths but they were gone. The interest 1 had taken in this sale had been raised to the highest pitch, and the next day I learnt the following: The watch belonged to an interesting widow woman, whose husband was an otlicer in the army of the late war. He fell bravely defending his country, leaving her with two sons and one daughter. The soldier's glory the honor and a few valuable trinkets, with this repeater, was all he left. Soon penury pressed hard upon the widow. In vain she and her daughter, by tlie industry of their needles tried to keen up appearances and live comfortable ; one trinket after the other had been sold, until all was gone. The school bill for the little boys the landlord's bill for rent the butcher, baker and grocer's bill had become due, and poverty and distress stared them in the face. In the mean time the interesting daughter of the widow had drawn around her several suitors, one in particular it was the young man who had with such perseverance bid for the watch. lie had overheard, in one of his visits, a dialogue between the mother and daughter respecting their situation, and the resolution to expose the repeater to sale. It was with pain he heard their regrets at being compelled to part with this article, and he resolved to become the purchaser, and present it, - with the price, to them. His modesty forbid his offering them assistance, or at that time to become the purchaser he therefore waited for its exposure to sale. His disappointment was extreme when he found tlie gentleman had thwarted his plans; but he resolved to state the case, pay the stranger his price, and still be the instrument of gladdening the hearts of thoss he loved. Mrs. M was sitting with her children, sorrowful in heart at the parting with the repeater, which her deceased, husband had, with his dying breath, consigned to a brother olhcer, to be conveyed to her. It was nowgone from her into the hands of a stranger, as she thought; for the children had, with the rapidity of the wind, conveyed her the intelligence. Soon a rap was heard at the door, and Alfred, the young man, accompanied with the gentleman who had purchased the watch, entered the house. The widow recognized him at a glance. 'Madam," said he, ''I once had thj melancholy pleasure of fuhllling the dying request of your husband, in delivering you this watch accept it again the auctioneer has his price for it." Language would fail to describe the scene that took place. This gentlman now, is father to her children, Alfred, the husband of her daughter and money could not now again buy the Rrpeuter. Jhnanzcr. ABBREVIATIONS INITIALS. j 13 Apt to blunder. A M Aot to n:ictak. L.U I) L.tcenseu u u e juimnamy. . - M D Maker ct Ueaa men. D D D imnM Drunk. F R S Fouls RuuliD- Scoundrel

Mll'Uib of St. Joseph at Vienna, there lived, some forty years ago, a poor man of the name of Ruttler, who earned a precarious livelihood for himself and a numerous family,hy dealing in a miscellaneous assortment of curiosities and b:ic a brae. Should any of our readers know half as much of our eccentric friend, John Howell, tlie literary ex ! .Janitor of the Edinburgh Academy, as docs tlie learned warucn oi tne Gower-street University, he will have I intolerable idea of the taste which I presided over the collection of the poor but honest and industrious Rut tler. His prohts, I have said, were olten scarcely suOieieut tor the support of a wife, yet young, and fourteen children, the eldest of whom was not more than sixteen years of ge. Ruttler, however, was not so far depressed by the frowns of fortune as to allow his disposition to be soured by adversity. Uniformly well disposed and obliging, a neighbour or traveller never applied to him for assistance, in vain. A man apparently in the last stage of decline, but whose grave and interesting physiognomy inspired at once attention and respect, was observed every day to pass peor Ruttler's shop. From the eeneral cast of his couutenance, it appeared as if nature had lost a!I charms for him; but when passing the group of children, some engaged at work and others at play, in front of Iluttler's shop, a momentary smile would kindle in his eye as he acknowledged their passing salute, the blood would ilow for an instant into his colourless lips, and looking towards he a ven, he luld seem to wish that the fate ofv je poor children might be happier than his. Ruttler also had observed the stranger; and as he was ever on the watch for the smallest opportunity of being useful, he did not neglect to offer a seat to the valetudinarian on his return from his accustomed walk. The offer was gratefully accepted, the stranger became speedily a favorite with the children, who disputed with each other for the pleasure of brhmnjf out the stool for their guest. On a particular occasion it happened to be White Monday tlie stranger returned from his walk rather sooner than usual; the children surrounded him, as they were accustomed to do, and told him that their mother had iven them, the night before, a pretty little sister. The stranger leaning on the arm of the eldest of the childi en, then went as far as the threshold of the shot to ineuire of Ruttler as to the progress of his life's recovery. The worthy dealer in nicknacks went out to his visiter, and after confirming the intelligence he had received from the children, and thanking him for his inquiries, concluded by saying. ''Yes, sir, this is the fifteenth which heaven has sent us." 4,My brave fellow," exclaimed th.e stranger, in a lone of tenderness and commiseration, "how small a portion of the treasures which are lavished on tlie courtiers of Schoebrum would jlll your household with comfort and happiness! In this age of iron, honesty and virtue, talents and genius, are honored only in the tomb. But, tell me, have you no godfather for your litile giil?'' "When ir man is poor, sir" said Ruttler, godfathers are not easily found; those of my other children have been travellers, or neighbors as poor as myself." "Let me give her a name," n joined the stranger, "and let it be Gabrielle. Here are a hundred florins for the entertainment, at which I shall not fail to be present;" and as Ruttler hesitated to take them, he said, "You w ill oblige me, and when you know me better you will see that 1 am not unworthy to share your troubles. But do me one service I see a violin hanging in your shop bring it to me to this table; 1 have some ideas at this moment which 1 wish to commit to paper." Rattler hastened to unhook the violin, and to place it in the hands of the stranger, who instantly drew from it such cxtraoidinarv sounds that the street was speedily filled with crowds ol the curious; and several persons of rank, who reccgnizsd in what they heard the hand. of a master,cauaed their carriages to halt in front of poor Ruttier's thop, The stranger, however, was &o much uncrossed with his own iJeas, l h i t he seemed lo pay no attention to what was passing arour.U him. II iviiHT completed his task, ha r.ut what he had written in hisjjotket, and I leaving ins address utui tlie snop deeper, iivi begged that notice might be sent to him ol the time when ihe baptifin would take place. Three days elapsed, but the unknown stranger did not make his appearance, although the stool was regu larly claci'd lor h'm at iiUitler' fchjndoor. Oil the eiei i'!g ol li e third day, some individuals dressed in mcurttini:, and aormrenti v in tears were oberved tostou in front v. tne snon, and K) k at ihe hu.nnle teat with aii'airol j nii l-tneindy. A. leuih, Rulwwr resolved lo go in

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person to inquire after his unknown visiter. He umt to the place appointed, but the door was hung with black. On entering the porch, he found a cctllnlaid out, and as is the custom in Catholic countries, a number of w ax tapers burning around it. A croud ol artists and grandees, men of letters and of science, were already assembled, and were heard to lament the sudden and unexpected death of him to whom they we're about to pay the last sad duties. Ruttler now learned with surprise that his visiter and benefactor, and the intended godfather of his infant, was no other than Mozart, and that it was his cbsf quies which were nw abjut to be celebrated. It was at the house of poor Ruttler that MtZtrt exhaled Ins last musical sigh; it was seated on the stool in front of his shop that he composed that magnificient requiem, the dj ii g of the swan of German) . Ruttler after paying his last homage to the man whom without knowing him

by name he had honored and respected, returned home, and uas astonished to tind his quiet abode already invaded by an idle, but fashionable crowd who came to view the scene which had thus become classical, and gave themselves up to admiration of what were regarded relics, now that the olject ci their worship no longer existed. The notoriety thus excited proved a source of fortune to our holiest dealer incuriosities, which did not end until lie was able to retire from business, after establishing in life his fifteen children, with a comfortable independence. He named his youngest daughter Gabriellc, in deference to the wish expresI sed by 31ozart ; and, when sixteen ears oi age, the violin which this great master had used a few days before his death, became her dowry. It was sold fur four thousand florins ; but as to the stool on which he had been accustomed to sit in returning from his walks, Ruttler would never part with it, in spite of the brilliant cfilrs which were made to him; keeping it at once as a monument of his former poverty, and of the source ot his good fortune. ''jwyw .- mwrf ''-'tf.ru "iTrmjf "3 nnilE Recorder's cilice, of Dearborn jfj county, is kept in a room adjoining the rL-sidencs of col. Joha Spencer, in the town of L:vrenceburgli. The undersigned proposes executing all manner of writing, such as Bcknowledtnents on deeds & mortgages, conveyances cf land, pGwers of attorney, !ease3, articles of agreement, &.c. fyc. for thosa vtho may think proper to employ Lira, oa moderate terms. THOMAS PORTER, Feb'y ID, 1S31. 7-tf Recorder. JPexsion cznd if?) j r ? v .7 g i WAR DEPARTMENT, IVcishingloii Suvc?nber 17, 1C00. T n M1E many impositions which are at-i

JL tempted in relation to Pension end j down the same to the place of beginning; ccnbounty Land Claims, has caused the De- I tainicg one hundred and twenty three acres . ,.e i u:.i ,. f i . .

paiuueui. oi vtaru csuiuimi a irguiduon, ami nsoety Ihre and one hail poles, beinwhich declares that no attention will, in fu the lower part cf said fractional section, lure, be given to applications from persons TOHT M'PPvF who act as Agents, unless they aro known &t ioTm nrpu-rn f the Department, or arc vouched for as respec- irrvr cnrvnni ( -

table persons by some cne who is known. Notice of this regulation is hereby given; and that all may be informed thereof, it is requested thai publishers cf the Jaws of the United States, in the respective States will insert the same, on the front pgo of their respective papers, for three months. Uy orJercf the Secretary of War: J. L. EDWARDS, First C.W Fcns:o:i OJJice. WILLIAM GORDON, First Citrk Fuiuity Land Oice. Februarv5, 5 oa. Regimental Order. 55th Regiment of Indiana Jlilitia; Lnwrenceburgtj, Feb'y 2G, 1C31.) of companies will muster their compa anies agreeably to law in the months cf April, May and Octcber, 1 S3 1. Those belonging to the 1st battalion, at Oliver Heustis's 0:1 the SOtaofMay, to perform battalion duty. These belonging to the 2d battalion, at the public square in the town of LawrencQburgh, ca the 51st of M3y, to perform battalion duty. I hose belonging to the 55th regiment will meet at Jacob Dils's, cn the 6(h nay cf October, to be mustered, reviewed ami inspected. 11 y order cf the brigadier general. Those whose duly it is to perform regimental drill, wiil meet at Jacob DiU's cn the 2d and 31 days cf September. The court cf assessment of Hoes, will be he! J at the same place on the 1st Momlav in i November, 1S31 Court of Appeals same place, on ths 1st Monday in December, 1S3I ' In consequence tf the court of appeals fur 1850 having ccgLcted or faih.d to meet and hold said court at the time pointed out by law, all concerned are hereby notified and directed to meet at the said UiVs cn the 1st Menday in December mst. Tkc fivIJ cflleers, capfaln3 ami commandants cf companies, nre hereby directed to meet at the house of Jacob Dds, on the ID h day cf March next, to alter company heme".-, set til new cv-m pantos, utJach I'gnt euu parties, and to peijjnj ml u'Jr business LvCcsZT tu Lu iltiii By ord-r of Cua,?dt :-5:h R I. M.

.:V-0l!L.KANS MAI.Kr.l'- I'd). 26. Extracts f om IVilie's Ccninicrci.il Atrf. Genera! Jtc marks. The Mississippi has risen since our last, and was yesterday ioon at five leet below ordinary high water inutk. The weather, during- tl.a fore part of the vvek, was wet and unfavorable for cut door business; since when, it became dry, c?er and p easant; so much so as to indicuie the breaking up ot winter, in which the western tiaders and many interested have much at st .ke, as re-gards tea s and hopes respecting- their consigtwr.ents and speculations for this end of the mai ket iitt; the outiet'of the grand canal of nature, (di Mississippi and us tributary streams ;) and particularly so at the present moment, uheu m a lew days it is expected, that all tne boats of every description, detained by ice in the Ohio river will be liberated, and arrive, in a short time with full cargoes of produce. The market generally, wah the exception of a decline in Fiour, has. met with but few variations since our last . Sugar by the crop (on plantation) of ordinary i..erchantabie, quality, 1 nut in mat good re quet it was at tlie opening of the market, and cont nues to be dull at five cents, the asking1 price. Sales aie occasionally made at the landing at r.r.d under our rates. JloUiiSts by the quantity is equally dull, and

;frrds but few trai. actions to notice ; and those hae rather a downward terdency as regards prices. Oa plantation 13 1-2 to 14. Tobacco. The sales of the week were limited to 61 hhds v. z : 40 crossed, 20 scnds and 4 first at 2 1-4 3 1-4 a 4 .-4 cents. The present askirg rates of freights me unfavorable, and continue to have their s.iit:ci on the sale of thUi article. Fiaur. Arrived since the 20th September last, a little ever me hundred thousand bhls 1 he sales of the week have been considerable at 4 74, and principally for exportation, say near twelve thousand bbl. We lour.d the article yesteidy plenty und dull at the Jaove Quotation. hard of merchantable quality in jrood small kegs is scarce, and .n demand at 7 1 2 cents per lbWhiskey, though not over plenty , is not briik at'. G cents per gallon. JJeer sliha and Hides are in fair request at our ioi-mer quotations, which, are coiitiu ued. Lead (p'g;) 13 becoming scarce ; the last sales we neaid of were at 3 50 at which mo quote. F. eiglis. Arrived this week, 7 ships, 19 brigs, and 14 schooners r cleared, 5 ship;;, It bi is 14 schoonei s ; icavinfr in port 3 i ships, 60 biings, 47 schooners and 5 slocps; nearly al. of whicu aie taken up at cur former price Those unengaged ai e holding out Jbr higher rates, and may probably obtain them, CoJTee, Havana grcea 11 1-2 to 1C, liio 10 to lu 2'ork, Mess, inspected bbl. prime 10 53 11 ; Cargo 7 oO . Land for. Btile. 1TJ Y virtue cf a decree of the Dearborn cirQ cuil court, wiii be offered for sale at tha court Louja doer, cm the 9th of ?pril next, between 19 and 11 o'clock on said day, in the town of Lawrcccehurgh, Indiana, to tha highest bidder for cash in hand, all that certain tract efhrnd situate on thevOhio river, cbcut iiro milts bcloiv Lawrenceburg, in ihe ccunty of Dearborn, bounded as follows, begicing at the lotver I.v.q of fractional seelicn number 4, town 4, range one west, where tho same strikes the Ohio river, thence with said line to the south w est corner of said section, two hundred end ninety seven pcles, thence with the west side of said fraction to the desisicu line between Ilorsley and Swing, as agreed upon end Surveyed by Jesse L. Holms:), thence with the said division line north j seventy fivo degxees east, one hundred and fifty-seven rohs to the. Ol. in riwr. ti,Pr.p January 21, 1831. 3-sS on the Ohio &; Eric viinizl. V fj 1I1E subscriber (residing at Portsmouth, cn the Ohio, 115 miles above Cincinnati,) wishes to employ a large number of laboring hands, to whom he will give good wages and constant employment during tho season. He also wishes to engage for the season, to whom he will ive SIS per moiitli, ni:d fco::rd. In all cases it is exprcied tUat hands engaging for the season, either as teamsters or common laborers, will faithfully fulfil their engagements to entitle them to the highest rates cf wages. LEMUEL MOSS. March 5, 1831 9 tf. A LL persons indebted to the estate of ELEJJVOll II I G GUYS, deceased, late of Craig township, Switzerland county, U. are requested to make immediate pymenf; and all persons having claims agirst the same will present thtm for cxamimticn, tCT" '1 ha estaio is solvent. JOHN JUGGINS, Administrator. Printer's Retreat, March 2, 1S31. 10 ZlD7 n TT A A VTTtn7 VRIXTZD A XL) I UnLISIIED LY Publisher if the Liizis of (he United Staler. The Palladium is printed v.'r.k v. un surfer rova! nunfr. nt Tm.'vv Hit! I - Viii, per aniunn paid at the end of the 3 ear ; 1 k11 vtio! m.ty be uiichared by the payment ! nt V O DOLf.AUS in advance, or by o.tymtTWO uULL Vlo lii ! Fii- TV CLN ib'ut 1 he i exp:r -.ti:.n ('t'o','.r ?::c:iths i : v. a r.er.w; then- papers by the mail cui .r, r.-.u.ii p-iy ij.e carria-c, o'htnvise it will Szc. iur tale at this Office.