Indiana Palladium, Volume 10, Number 6, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 22 February 1834 — Page 1

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1LAW1RMC13BTOCHHI, (HA.) ATHJMIDAY, FEBHUJAIRY S3, 1834. itleman from Pennsylvania, (Mr. Denny,) in his alone to defend themselves against the public ene-1 unfortunate and ill-conceived bantling. Notwith-1 larks upon the conduct of General Arthur St. my and at the same time bv their own labor and standing this neclect of the natural protector, how- dj

TvETir-irniRD congress.

SPEECH OF MR. HANNEGAN, op Indiana. House of Representatives Jan. 30, 1834. The order of the day was then declared to be the resolution of Mr. Chilton, to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into the expediency of so extending the general pension law, as to embrace within its provisions those persons who were engaged in the Indian wars, down to the year 1794, and the amendment of it by Mr. Bouldin, to appoint a committee to inquire into the moral affects of the pension system upon the community, and how far it ought to be abolished or repealed. Mr. Hanneoan said, he did not wish to intrude upon the time of the House, but the present question was one in which he felt a more than ordinary anxiety, arising not alone from the fact that some few of those who would be benefited by the resolution under consideration were his immediate constituents but he had a higher interest, an interest springing from another and a broader source; a wish to see some slight public recognition, some token of national gratitude to those who in youth and vigorous manhood had devoted themselves exclusively to the Bervice of their country. In the fulfilment of this obligation, he was not, like the gentleman from South Carolina, (Mr. Pinckney,) deterred by constitutional scruples. Those who framed the constitution, it would seem, had not such scruples, for the pension system was established at least as far back as 1789, and he, Mr. II. was willing to take for his text on all constitutional questions, the acts and opinions of those who framed the instrument. It would seem too that South Carolina herself did not formerly regard it as unconstitutional, for by a reference to the journals it will be found that in the year 1804 her pensioners were placed upon the roll of the United States, without any apparent objection on her part. It was not, however, to argue the constitutionality cf the matter that he had risen. His main object was by a brief review of the history of the times to show that the honorable gentleman from Rhode Island, (Mr. Burges,) had, he would not say wilfully, misrepresented, but that he must have forgotten the real facts, when he spoke of these wars as "mere petty feuds, predatory excursions, waged by way of retaliation for purposes of robbery and plunder." He, (Mr. H.) estimated the years, the character, and the standing of that gentleman too highly to suppose for a moment that he would wilfully and unjustly defame the acts, and reputation of any, far less those of the time-worn soldier and patriot, who in defence of his country had stained her soil with his blood. Unwilling to believe such things of that honorable gentleman, he was bound to presume he had forgotten. The version given to the House by the honorable member would be found to be widely different from what he, (Mr. H.) had learned alike from history and tradition. Of tradition, however, he would not speak, but refer to history to sustain his remarks. The honorable gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Denny,) both the honorable members from Tennessee, (Messrs. Dickenson and Peyton,) had stated to the House the atrocious character of this war on the part of the savages throughout the revolutionary struggle. At that period it had raged in the most horrid manner, and if the honorable gentleman from Rhode Island was still not satisfied of the fact, he would refer him for confirmation of the fact, and also for the character of the war, to Marshall's life of Washington, representing in the year 1778, that whilst various "diplomatic concerns employed the American Cabinet, and whilst the war seemed to languish on the Atlantic, it raged to the west in its most 6avage form." Would this appear to speak imply of some petty fuedl He thought not. But, said Mr. H., as the honorable gentleman from Rhode Island has disavowed all knowledge of the existence of such a war as had been spoken of by the honorable gentleman from Tennessee, (Mr. Diakenson,) he would ask the honorable gentleman from Rhode Island if there could be found any general treaty of peace, or suspension of the struggle with the hostile Indian? at the conclusion of the struggle with Great Britain? That gentleman could not. Upon the contrary, although various treaties had been occasionally formed with separate tribes at Fort Stanwix, Fort Mcintosh, at Hopet?tll on the Kcowee, and at the mouth of the Great Miami on the Ohio, they had proved entirely ineffectual. In pursuance of all these, however, a new treaty had been made at Fort Harmer in the year 1789, with numerous tribes, and almost the same stipulations adopted that had been agreed upon at the four places just named. At this last treaty, ( said Mr. H.) the Wabash and Miami Indians, though specially urged, had refused to attend. They were bent upon war alone. But, sir, to show how far this last treaty accomplished its object, it is only necessary to refer to a communication made to Congress by General Washington, in the year 1790, in which he informed that body that he had been compelled to call out the militia in the western country in aid of the regular troops against the increasing depredations of the . savage enemy. This force was composed of 1000 men from Virginia and Kentucky, and 500 from four counties in Western Pennsylvania. Sir, (said Mr. H.) the pay could not have been the oliect with these men. What was it? Con trast it with the pay that has been given in later times. It was $22 per month to a lieutenant, $5 per month to a sergeant, $3 per month to a private And they were to receive this only in time cf actual service, when required by imminent peril. Mr. H. said he believed he used the very words of the instructions given to the commanding general. The aocumems were wiium me reacn oi tne nouse, showing that up to the period just mentioned, savage outrages had increased with even greater violence, and the whole frontier was stained with a repetition of themost shocking barbarities. - florly afterCSsemen were raised, the melancholy campaigns of Harmer and St. Clair followed in quick succession. They surely did not head mere predatory bands, they were each followed by a strong and organized force, at the direction and under the auspices of the Government. The bare recollection of the names of those who fell on these fields, would certainly destroy any impression as to the character of the war, that might have been Droduced on a portion of the HouBe, by the remarks of the honorable gentleman trom it node Island. For years after, their loss had been deplored as a public calamity all over the Union. The Father of hi9 Country, on receiving the news of St. Clair's defeat, was represented to have shed tears; bitter and scalding they must have been, for numbered with the dead was many a revolutionary comrade. Sir, (tajd Mr. H.) I concur with the honorable

gentleman from Pennsylvania, (Mr. Denny,) in his remarks upon the conduct of General Arthur St. Clair. Injustice has been done to his memory, not

withstanding a complete vindication at the hands of those who best knew, and whose province it was to judge of the facts. He was sorry that the honorable gentleman from Kentucky, (Mr. Hardin,) had, in the course of his remarks on a former day, joined in the censure of that man whom he considered amongst the most meritorious this country had ever produced. His disasters on that campaign were caused entirely by circumstances beyond control. Their introduction, however, at this time, he, (Mr. H.) considered as unnecessary, perhaps unbecoming the present discussion. He hoped, however, that history would finally do justice to the memory of this gallant soldier and accomplished gentleman, whose name stood so intimately blended with some of our proudest national recollections. But, said Mr. II., to return to the subject; in September, 1791, a report from the Secretary of War, to which he had before alluded, would be found to contain, amongst many other statements, a representation that "a strong coercive force" would be required to carry into effect the object then contemplated by the campaign. And the same report clearly explained the principles of justice and of policy which dictated a most vigorous prosecution of this war. It was not for success against the Indians alone that we were contending. Would the honorable gentleman from Rhode Island, (Mr. Burges,) or any other gentleman on that floor, hazard an assertion to the contrary! They could not: for an object which all must admit to have been of the highest importance, was still further to be attained. It was the possession and subjugation of the British posts on Lake Michigan, and of Niagara and Detroit, withheld from us contrary to the treaty with Great Britain. From these points the hostile Indians were constantly furnished with arms and munitions, and excited to continue their career of indiscriminate butchery and massacre, to such an extent that the frontiers were made desolate from Georgia to Canada. From this state of things the country had been redeemed by the successful engagement of General Anthony Wayne, with the combined Indian force, and a large auxiliary body of Canadian volunteers, on the 20th of August, 1794. Yes, a body of Cana dian volunteers, drawn from around the British post of Detroit, and encouraged by Col. McKee, the British agent at that place, together with Capt. Elliott and others of the British army, who were actually in view amongst the Indians at the commencement of the engagement, which was fought within sight of a British post and garrison. But, said Mr. H., still further to show how little this war deserves the unkind description given of it by the honorable gentleman from Rhode Island, (Mr. Burges,) let any gentleman look at the report of General Wayne, shortly after taking command of the army, then composed of 2,600 regular officers and soldiers, and o60 mounted volunteers from Kentucky, under the command of Gen. Charles Scott. This force he reported at the time as utterly inadequate to the difficulties of the enterprise, and the formidable enemy against whom he was to act. To supply the requisite force, a draft of the militia was deemed indispensable. This officer had, as was known to all, succeeded in the end, and the treaty of Greenville, made on the 3d day of August, in the vear 1795, had constituted the basis of all subsequent treaties held with the Indians northwest of the Ohio river, and it wa3 the first and only sincere peace made by them with this republic, having, he, (Mr. H.) believed, remained unbroken until within a short period anterior to the late war with Great Britain. Throughout the whole of this war, it would be found, upon examination, that instructions had been uniformly given by the Department to the Com manding General to procure, by all means, the services of some influential and intelligent gentleman resident in the west. A Logan, a Shelby, a Hardin, or a Spencer, were uniformly found with their little bands around thsm, opening the way, and directing the march of the advancing army. To the temporising policy of the Government, the valuable life of ColonelJohn Hardin had been finally sacrifi ced; he having, at the request ot the Government, undertaken a mission to the Wabash and Miami Indians, accompanied only by an interpreter, for the purpose, if possible, of effecting a reconciliation. Shortly after entering their country, he was seized as a prisoner, and, regardless of the character in which" he came, he was burnt at the stake with every circumstance of savage cruelty. Are the survivors of these men, when now ask ing for some little pecuniary aid to cheer their de clining existence, to be treated only with con tumely? After having served for years, armed at their own expense, carrying their provisions in their wallets, without tents, with no shelter from the piercing night save a single blanket, their hum ble request is to be rejected even without an in quiry, whilst those who fought on this side the mountains havobeen so freely provided for. It could not bo that greater devotion to their country had characterized the soldiers of the East and the North, than those of the West; a more striking instanco of genuine patriotism could not any be found either in the history of this country or other, than that displayed by some early settlers, (intruders as they were termed,) upon the vacant lands in East Tennessee. J hey were removed in a large body by a military force despatched for the purpose, under Major Bradly, some short time previous to me aeieai oi uenerai ot. viair. oir these very men, although they had just beheld their families in the most distressing possible situation, naked, houseless, and starving, were among the first to volunteer in the expedition then con templating, and met their fate in the ensuing cam paign, gallantly fighting for the very Government that had just driven them from their cabins. Sir, from the briefhistory of facts I have given, it will be seen that down to the year 1795, no gen eral cessation of hostilities had occurred, and that the savages were continually urged by the British emissaries, to the commission of the most brutal outrages. I have given this sketch to satisfy the honorable member from Rhode Island, and the House, that in no point of view can this long and protracted war be deserving of the character he has seen proper to bestow upon it. If at any period it had assumed a predatory character, the fault was in the government, and not the inhabitants of the frontier. They were left

my, and at the same time by their own labor and

exertions to procure the necessaries of life for the subsistence of their families. It is well known that after the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain in 1783 the government could control neither men nor means, and consequently these people were compelled for some years to defend the lives and property of all around them, as they best could from their own resources. I have aimed in my remarks, sir, atjnothing more than the performance of an act of simple justice to the surviving representatives of former days, so unjustly and unfeelingly denounced as robbers and plunderers! Whether the resolution shall ultimately prevail or not, I hope their services at least may be regarded in a proper light. By their valor, their constancy, their unshrinking fortitude, a title to the whole wide-spread country of the VVest was secured. In giving protection to an extensive frontier, of which they constituted the only means of succor and defence, every danger, every privation, every toil was encountered without murmur or complaint. Year after year they freely suffered their only reward, the warm and heartfelt prayer of the lonely woman and her offspring, acknowledging their preservation from captivity, violation, and death. I have (said Mr. II.) in my possession the peti tion of John Ritchc, one of these men, now upwards af 64 years old, who, from the age of 1G was constantly engaged in the services of his country; he went throughout the whole campaign, with Col. Logan; he fought in, and was one of the few who fortunately escaped from the disasterous action at the junction of the St. Mary's and St. Joseph's, generally known as the defeat of General Harmer; he was with the five hundred picked men who performed one of the boldest tours on record, against the Indians, under the command of General Charles Scott, that chivalric hero of almost a hundred fields, with whose name history at least associttcs no ideas of robbery and plunder. This same individual was afterwards with the first force that ever penetrated to the upper Wabash underGcneral Wilkinsson, and was present at the destruction of the Weatowns; and, sir, he finally followed the steps of Anthony Wayne throughout the whole of his memorable and glorious campaign, concluded by the treaty of Greenville in 1795. Years afterwards when the government required the services of her citizens in the field, this man, although advanced in life was among the first of the gallant and patriotic Kenluckians who so freely flocked to her standard; he was at the siege of Fort Meigs, and if my recollection of the events of his life serves me right, al though it is not stated in his petition; an honorable and highly distinguished gentleman on this floor from Kentucky (Col. Richard M. Johnson) one distinguished alike by his pre-eminent, civil and military services on every occasion so cheerfully and efficiently rendered his country, can bear individual testimony to the gallant conduct of my old friend in that field, where, by the defeat and death of the most justly celebrated man of all their warriors, the Indian power in the West was finally and forever broken. I allude to the battle of the Thames. In declining age he now finds himself a prey to poverty; a constitution broken, and health enfee bled by early hardships, disalla him from ordinary agricultural labor. Sir, should such a man, as life wanes lower and lower in the socket, bo left alone to the "cold charity of the world?" His youth and manhood, that vigorous portion of existence which in these times men devote to hoarding up for age, were by him passed in the constant and arduous service of his country. It may be said that this is but a single instance, and that the provisions of the resolution are gener al. Sir, this brief sketch would represent the claims of a majority of those benefited by the ul timate success ot the principle contained in the resolution. The instance 1 have given is far from being solitary. It is in reality the history of a peculiar body of men, whoso services cannot be obliterated by time, who regardless of personal peril, seeking no individual advantage, dared eve ry thing in a most hazardous cause. Mr. Speaker. did they effect nothing? They fought amid a wil derness; boundless in extent; they fought for a wilderness, they succeeded; the result is known to all. 1 he wilderness is now peopled by more than five millions of rational and intelligent beings, as happy, as free, as generous, and as brave, as the sun ever shone down upon. The eye is every where greeted with smiling and beautiful farms, with flourishing villages; in the midst cities have risen; and overall, law and order, the lights of revealed religion and the blessings of civil liberty prevail. Sir, it is for the surviving patriarch whose toils have bought so rich a harvest to others, that some little memento of national gratitude is now asked. It is not sought for robbers or plunderers. The gentleman from Rhode Island knows them not; from nothing on earth could they be more remote. Wanton aggression and unlicensed pillage stain not the history of their lives. Their devotional love of liberty was united to a singleness of heart and a simplicity of manner that might vie with the shepherd of old "watching his flocks onChaldea's hills." Mr. H. said that before concluding ho wished to bestow a few observations on the amendment offered by the honorable gentleman from Virginia, (Mr.Bouldin,) proposing to abolish all pension laws. Throughout the entire discussion of tho question. this amendment, in reality tho legitimate snbject of debate, had been totally overlooked, until the gentleman from South Carolina, (Mr. Pinckney,) had raised it from the condition of deep apathy, to wmcn common consent had apparently consigned it. To the Hon. gentleman, (Mr. Pinckney,) it was indebted for at least f the active portion of its existence. For at the moment of its first appearance "in this breathing world," it had seemingly fallen still born into the hands of tho clerk, without, so far as he (Mr. H.,) recollected, even a show of fatherly fondness frorri the honorable mover for his

standing this neglect of the natural protector, how

ever, the imp has been so tar resuscitated, as to chirp in the fostering arms of its late fond nurse. The policy or the justice of that amendment are alike beyond my comprehension. Even a well founded reason for its adoption, is more than I can imagine; no suggestion of necessary economy can be brought in aid of the proposition. No national debt hangs over us, no national pecuniary embarrassment of any nature or character whatsoever. Is the Government then so poor that she cannot pay this slight acknowledgment of gratitude for services rendered in a cause that has been sanctified beyond all others, by its result upon the happiness and the liberties ofmankind. We have thousands to give annually for the improvement and repairs of Pennsylvania avenue; wo havo thousands to give for trimming the bushes, and turning the walks around this building; thousands to make "Goose Creek once, the Tiber now," flow in a direction something different from what nature intended it. Thousands to give for innumerable other purposes of about equal importance to the country, but not one cent to thoso who fought to make that country free. What, sir, strike out tho pension act? When you do so, when you efface it from thestatuto book, blot out at the samo time from the history of your country the namo of every consecrated field on which these veterans fought, whether of victoiy or disaster. Do it sir! erase tho one, but leave no vestige of the other. Let not posterity bo left to blush, that wo sedulously preserved the record of thoso glorious fields, but consigned to poverty and misery the individuals who had rendered them immortal. Shall we tell the galbnt mariner who has borne our flag in triumph over every sea, that hereafter, when worn down and unfit for service, ho will be cast aside unnoticed unregarded; the country he has so fondly loved, so proudly defend ed, with millions in her lreasury, will leave him, the neglected victim of age, disease, and poverty combined. For myself, I cannot concur in such sentiments: patriotism alone forbids the thought and it is to be hoped that the justice and the generosity of this House will forever preclude it. My voto shall never deny to him who aided cither in establishing or defending the Union and the liberties of this republic, a just reward, sufficient to render easy his declining years. He had no fear, however, that the amendment of tho gentleman from Virginia would prevail, and sincerely hoped that a law would be passed pursuant io me principle proposeu uy inc resolution. The Mormon mystery developed. Doct. T. IIulbert, of Kirtland, Ohio, who has been engaged for some time in different parts of this state, but chief1 "II I l i I n ii iy in mis neignuornoou, on uenau oi nis iciiow townsmen, in the pursuit of facts and information concerning the origin and design of the Book of Mormon, which to the surprise of all in this region who knew the character of the leaders in the bungling imposition, seems already to have gained multitudes of believers in various parts of the country, requests us to siy, tint he has succeeded in accomplishing the obje ct of his mission, and that an authentic history of the whole affair will shortly be given to the public. Tho original manuscript of the Book was written some thirty years since by a respectable clergyman, now deceased, whose name we are not permitted to give. It was designed to bo published as a romance, but the au thor died soon after it was written; and hence the plan failed. The pretended religious character of the work has been superadded by some modern hand believed to bo the notorious Rigdon. These particulars have been derived by Dr.IIulbcrt from tho widow of the author of the original manuscript. Wayne Sentinel. THE GUILLOTINE. This instrument of judicial punishment in France derives its name from Dr. Guillotin, one of the most distinguished physicians in Paris and a person who embraced with ardor tho cause of the Revolution, and was selected one of the Deputies to the National Assembly. It is supposed by many that Guillotin was one of the first sufferers by the instrument which bears his name; but it seems this was not the case. The following notice of him has been translated from the Biographe Univcrstllc by a writer in a London newspaper: "Guillotin conducted himself with moderation in the National Assembly: he directed his attention there to different objects of public utility among others, to the plan for the organization of the Faculty of Medicine; and he took a part in the most remarkable resolutions of that body when it became the Constituent Assembly. After it had decided that crimes were personal, Guillotin proposed to substitute decapitation for other punishments, on the ground that, in the opinion of Frenchmen, that species of death did not attach infamy to the family of the criminal. The proposition was adopted; its author then pointed out a machine, which had been long known, as proper for the infliction of death, without giving any pain to the sufferer. Men of best charac ter at that time applauded the humane motives of the philanthropic Deputy in selecting this instrument of punishment. Unfortunately for Guillotin, some wags gave his name to the machine, of which he was not the inventor, and which he had only brought into notice. Still more unfortunately this machine became in the hands of the ruffians who were masters of France during two years the duration of which was equivalent to more than two centuriesthe instrument of the most horrible vengeance, of the most odious crimes; and Guillotin, who was himself imprisoned, and ready to figure as a victim in the daily scenes of carnage with which our infamous tyrants glutted themselves, had a thousand times to grieve at seeing his name attached to the devasting axe with which the cannibals had armp(l their executioners. One feels astonished that Gulliton had not solicited permission from the Government to relinquish a name which from that time must have been unsupportable to him. After the termination of his political career, Gullotin resumed the functions of a physician, which it would have been perhaps better for his own repose if he had never quitted. He enjoyed, up to his last moments, the esteem of all who knew him. Dr. Gullotin died on the 2Gth of May, 1914, aged seventy-six.'

Evils and Remedies. I. Evil Corn. Ilrm.

dy Soft Shoes. 2. Evil Love. Remedy Mar riage, ii. Evil A small hat. Kemedy Stretch it. 4. Lvil to fall over the tongue of a wmron 40 feet long, in a dark night. Kemedy Speak to tho owner about it. S. Evil No appetite. Kemedy Hard work. G. Evil A dunning letter. Ke medy Owe nothing.' 7. Evil Togo into a public room to see the latest newsnaner. and find it in tho hands of a man who has begun the first column and is spelling his wav clear through. Kemedv Cry fire. 8. Evil A thing out of place. Kcme uy .Never nave a place tor anything. Staunton Whig. The Last Tub and best. Tho authors and authoresses of Tales, from Miss Fdgcworth's Ho'h 1 ales, will blush to hear their inventions outdone by an ingenious 6on of the west, who, a few days since, auer uisposmg oi jus siock ot hams, bowcu pigtails to shoulders, and 60on disposed of his btock in trade as hams. A Curious Combat. Two gentlemen of high birth, the one a Spaniard and the other a German, having rendered Maximilian II. many great services, they each for a recompense demanded his natural daughter, Helena Scharsequina, in marriage. The Prince, who entertained equal respect for thcta both, could not give cither tho preference, and after much delay, ho told them, that from tho claims they had both to his attention and regard, he could not give his assent for cither of them to iu;irry his daughter, and they must decide it' by their own power and address; but as he did not wish to riU tlm loss of either, or both by suffering them to fight with offensive weapons, he had ordered a large bag to be brought, and he who was successful enough tu put his rival in it, should obtain his daughter. This strango combat, between two gentlemen, was in presence of the whole imperial court, and lasted near an hour. At length the Spaniard yielded, and the Gorman, Andre Eberhard, baron of Tuther, when ho had him in the bag, took him on his back nnd plaood him at the Emperor's fret, and on tho following day he married tho beautiful Helena. An Experiment on Oats. Having sown the eanx oats for several years without changing the nvd. my crops became fullor and fuller every year of tho black dust head or blast, until the loss from this cause, amounted to one halt the crop; and when thra.'hcd out, the black dust was so suffocating that the laborers were made sick by it. I determined in 1932, to change tho seed, and got one hundred bushels of the purest Feed that could bo procured in Kichmond; they did not otiito hold out to sow all the land intended and I had to use some of my own impure seed which 1 washed effectually in very strong lime water, and allowed them to remain in the lime water the night before sowing. It proved an effectual remedy: the product was decidedly more clean on harvesting, than that from the seed procured in Kichmond, although that was tolerably pure. Farmer's Register. From an English Pajcr. Marlbouoicu street. The handsome wife and the admiring eowds. Three men were charged with having created a riot before the house of Mr. Hubert, tobacconist, in KupurUtroct, Haymarkct. Some time back Mr. Hubert resided iu'llank street, Kcgcnt street, and the beauty of his wife, who attended in the shop, becoming known, a great number of persons assembled around tho thop to catch a glimpse of tho lady. In consequence of this annoyance, .Mr. Hubert changed hid residence to Kupert street, but the retreat of the handsome tobacconist was soon discovered, and the result was a congregation, as usual, before tho fchop, which became more numerous every succeeding cveniiv. During the last fortnight the crowd has at timM consisted of 3(H) persons. The police havo had iiiuL-u uuucuuy m dispersing tnein, and m the endeavor to do so on Friday night the defendants assaulted them. Tho defendants, who etated they were intoxicated at the time, were lined 5s. each. Wreck of the L'oynr. Mr. Abbinctt has carried into effect his plan for blowing up tho wreck of the Koyne. Upwards of fifty boats collected around the spot. The quantity of Hinder (20(iU)S.) was placed under the stem in a leaden tank, cased with wood, communication being by a lead pipe forty feet long. At tho moment of explosion tho water immediately over, rose several feet and presented a very extraordinary appearance. There was not tho least smoke visible, but the water for a considerable distance was perfectly black. Several fish, chiefly whiting and whiting pout, were killed by the shock, and rose to tho surface. The affects on the water were confined to a very small space, and wcro scarcely felt by tho boats within forty feet, but distinctly felt on tho beach a mile distance. The leaden pipo was supported by two small casks one on tho surface of tho water, the other about four feet below. Tho latter was blown to pieces by tho explosion. A considerable part of tho stem of tho vessel was detached by tho shock, and large quantities ot copper and wood havo since been brought up, but wc arc not aware that any treasure has been disa Lovcreu. tungUsh paper. According to the German Pedagogic Magazine, there died lately in Suabia, a schoolmaster w ho for "1 years had superintended an institution with old fashioned severity. From an average, inferred by means of recorded observations, one of the ushers has calculated, that in tho course of his exertion, he had given 01 1,500 caning, 121,000 Hoggings, 209,000 custodes, lHG.OOO tips with the ruler, 10,200 boxes on the car, and 22,700 tasks to get by heart. It was further calculated that he had made 700 boys fctand on peas, 000 kneel on a sharp edge of wood, 5000 wear the fuol's cap, and 170S hold the rod. Some of the Philadelphia papers state that a hoax has been played upon the people of that city, by a report thai Ex-Lt. Randolph had shot the President. A delicate hiut to a desperado, in tho "sitne Brutus" strain. Boston Statesman. A Qualification. A merchant lately advertising for a clerk "who could bear confinement, received an answer from ono who had been seven years in jail! A fog has lately Bcttled on London and its vicinity, which it ia said, might have nearly been cut in elicet.