Indiana Palladium, Volume 10, Number 26, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 12 July 1834 — Page 1
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fflf& OF TIME IT. STATES. BY AUTHORITY. X.AW8 OF THE UNITFD STATES, PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Public, JVo. 18.) AN ACT for the continuation and repair of the Cumberland Road.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rejtresenlativcs of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, lhat the sum of two hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of continuing the Cumberland Road in the State of Ohio; also, that the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for continuing the Cumberland Road in the State of Indiana; and that the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be appropriated for continuing said road in
the Slate of Illinois; which sums shall be paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated, and replaced out of the fund reserved for laying out and making roads under the direction of Congress, by the several acts passed for the admission of the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That an officer of the corps of engineers, to be selected by the Department of War, shall be charged with the disbursements cf the moneys appropriated for the construction of the Cumberland Road through the States of Indiana and Illinois; and that said officer f.hall have, under the direction of the engineer department, a general control over the operations of said road, and over all persons employed thereon: Provided, That no per centage shall be allowed to such officer for disbursing moneys appropriated for the construction of said road. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the
entire completion of repairs of the Cumberland road, east of the Ohio river, and other needful improvements on said road, to carry into effect the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, entitled "An act for the preservation and repair of the Cumberland Road," passed the fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one; and of an act of the General As
sembly of the State of Maryland, entitled "An act for the preservation and repair of that part of the United States road, within the limits of the State of Maryland," passed the twenty-third day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; also, an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, entitled "An act concerning the Cumberland load," passed February the seventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; tho sum of three hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
be expended under the direction of Secretary of
'War: the money to be drawn out of the Treasury in such sums, and at such times as may be required br the performance of the work . Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the sum by this act appropriated, or so much thereof as is necessary, shall be expended in the repair of said road, agreeably to the provisions of this act, the same shall be surrendered to the States respectively, through which said road passes: and tho United States shall not thereafter be subject to any expense for repairing said road. JNO. BELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. m. Van buren, Vice President of- the United States and President of the Senate. Aitroved, June 24th, 1834. ANDREW JACKSON.
month, commencing on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War, be, and he hereby is. authorized and directed to place the name of John Allen, of the State of Maine, on the list of invalid pensioners, and to pay him a pension at the rate of four dollars a month, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty, and to continue during his natural life; and that he also cause the name of Joseph Prescott,ofthe State of Maine, to be placed on the invalid pension list, and that he pay him a pension at the rate of four dollars a month, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and to continue during his natural life. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That said sums be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
ArrnovED, June 25lh, 1834.
EXTRACT FROM AN OLD 3IANUSCUIPT. " We have lived, and loved together, Thro1 many a changing year.' Harry Long and myself were both inmates of the same school, and were still closer related, by both being in the same class. We did not spend more than half of our time at the Btudy, making it a rule to help one another in all our undertakings and as we studied together, idled together, made mischief, slept and robbed orchards together, it will not seem strange that we came in jointly for the punishment consequent on our misbehaviour. On account of equality in our ages, and perfect similarity of temper, we became remarkably fond of one
another, and we never put a snake in the master's
Seduction. An application was made to Mr. Justice Wyman, on Saturday, by a lady who resides at Governor's Island, for the admission into the alms house hospital of a very pretty and interesting girl, aged IT, named Elizabeth Brown. The girl, it appears, lived about a twelvemonth back, with Alderman Banks, of the Fifth Ward, and met, one evening in Chatham street Chapel, with a genteel looking man, who fat in the same pew with her, and handed her his hymn book, and ultimately requested the pleasure of seeing her home. Before leaving her, he ea;d his name was Van Ness, and requested permission to call on her, she complied, and his visits from that time were almost daily. One Sunday evening, after attending her to the
ti. Chapel, as usual, on returning he solicited her to
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butter, and dirty faces, and when at length we I v U1"1 lu vaiua V CV. M,u ""l"'". 11 1U
threw aside the "bib and tucker' and assuming the
Public JVo. 20.) AN ACT regulating the value of certain Foreign Silver Coins within the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, the following silver coins shall
be of the legal value, and shall pass current as money within tho United States, by tale, for the payment of all debts and demands, at the rate of one hundred cents the dollar, that is to say, the dollars
noble attitude of freedom and of man," we, by a mar
vellous stroke of fortune, both fell in love with the same young lady! Here was a pickle! I did not like to resign my hold, and Harry swore he would
bold on to his; things every day began to assume a I more formidable appearance, and our continued '
he took her to a house in Broom street where he
introduced to her a young female ns his sitter; suppor was brought in, atler which she partook of some wine negus, in which it appears he had infused a powerful narcotic; she complained soon after of intenso headache and indisposition, and it coming on to iJiiit hnd, the was persuaded to share the pre-
tencleu sister s bed tor the muht. he
frlpmUhin imnftnrfid to bo on the eve of an nrnntmn. lt"UtU S UtU IOr UMS mSm Iie Promising 10
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uo woutu iouk us Mjur as luuimci, anu u a irut mcru , . - . . . ' n nui rout h' t 1 1 'i I iifirw'."
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Tf T ivnnM nr nnd find ITarrv with tho vnnnrr U,v Ku uiiu 10 "tT iiiaMt-r s, una ucquami mom lliai
but went not near her
she retired to ret, and soon fell into a lcep, from which she did not awake un-
blooming til very late the next morning, when to her astonishs c. f ment and misery she discovered that Van Nets
to resign his claim, knowing that a pert young dam- P0'ountJ
sel of eighteen, "graceful as the cedar,
as the rose, teeth like ivory, well shaped neck," &c, "e i . i w . i was not be found every day. Things continued iu ! bt5rPn l-cr coinpanion during the mght, instead
S pretty much the same state with occasional Hashes "x "r agony may uc ot-mr imagmcu ' of ill-humor for some short time. One day we met han dcscbe f,uln"J it to say that ho promised
io marry ntr on mo ioi lowing ounuay, aim accompanied her to her master's late the same evening, she being too unwell to stir out before; he left her at the door, promising to call on the morrow, but she has neither seen nor heard trace ofliim sincarfrrad-
of Mexico, Peru, Chile, and Central America, of
noi less weigni man iour nunarea anu imeen grains 0f ill-humor for some short time. Una day we met each, and those re-stamped in Brazil of the like j in sight of her house, Harry broke the ice thus: (and
weight, of not lessineness than ten ounces fifteen j almost fell in the hole,) Jerry! says he; Harry! says pennyweights of pure silver in the troy pound of, I there we were fast enoughat length Harry
twelve ounces of standard silver: and the five franc saYs again we have long known each other! Jerry
almost long enough, says I :another pause sup
pose we part? Bays Harry with all my heart, says
t vi,.n .;n IT.. tn c,r "uutrs jioiu uiu pnvsicui in juries t-ii- ricuvcu on 1 W here will you go to! says llarry to see Jlary, . , r. . ... ., , , oo,.a iA L;n t i no J.l tho occasion alluded to, she h-tt the Alderman's and
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pieces of France, when of not less finenesstli3n ten ounces and sixteen pennyweights in twelve ounces troy weight of standard silver, and weighing not
less than three hundred and eighty-four grains each, j are to part, you of course must not go with meif i
at me me oi nineiy-uiree cenis eacn. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause assays of the aforesaid silvercoins, made curr rent by this act, to be had at the Mint of the United States at least once in every year ant to make
report ot the result thereoi to Congress, ArrRovED, June 25th, 1834 ,
A 'Whaler. The nowspTpers recently recorded a ra3rriage at thcSandwick Islands, between Cspt. Spooney of a Newport whahbhip, and tho "beautiful'1 Miss Kingatau fcomeihing. A rhihdelphu editor pretends to have rrccivrd a lettci from Olaheite, containing tho annexed statement of the attain "The bride is the daughter of DnuctrfrgtromUamity r, one of the chief of llie island, nnd is connected with tho most noble of the Kingdom. Sho is about U years of age, and of a bri;;!it mahogany color, with her checks tattooed in tho most lovely mmnerand her cars slit iu u Lt)lo pctuliaily facinating. ller e)cs are l irpo and of a greenish color, llcr lovely form, which was almost six fort six inches tall, was gracefully enveloped in an old, blanket, nnd during tho performance of tho matrimonial rites, the fair brido stood before her happy
lover modestly engaged m mas ticating apugarcanc. The young lady is eaid to be Accomplished; and delighted the company assembled on tho occasion, by an exhibition of her superior skill iu swimming. Tho bridegroom is a hearty mariner of Newport, llo was elegantly dressed for tho occasion in a. blue j xket and white irowscr. lie Mvore that tho lovely lvingatara alone was fit to share the hummock of a Yankee sailor; and said that if the masters
I complained that he was unskilful in his business,
whaling, they could notdny that his wile, at least, is a whaler. A ltrifaction.A late Madrid paper gives an account of a petrified giant, said to have boen bro't to light accidentally by tho workmen engaged in digging a canal. The whole story is marvel lous. ' That, a canal should be thought of, much more commenced, in Spain, is a matter of great wonder: we should never suppose, from the relation
ually getting worse, and unable to perform her daily i 0f travellers, that there was enough energy in tho
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Public, JVo. 31. AN ACT to change the boundary between the southeastern and the western land district in the Territory of Michigan, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRcprc
you go to see Mary, I'll be
ry and as we had been matches at running, we came to the conclusion on the subject , by agreeing to run for her. We were so pleased with this plan, and convinced of each gaining it, that we made no allowance for stumping toes and other accidents, but the best fellow foremost, and whoever arrived at door first was to be conqueror. Every thing prepared for starting together, off we set each doing his best, knowing that all was at stake, and so even was tho race, that we both had our hands on the knocker of the door at the same time. Out comes Mary; what's the mattorl says she neither were able to 6peak for a good while;
at length, having recruited myself with the wind,
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niuont, sa)biiar-, Al .;n nn body is said to be upwards of ei"hteen Ject long,
tlcman is in itself, perfectly marvellous.
nnnliratinn tr Ir. Wvmnn. Still rrpttirifr 11 n lifftrr.
her case v. as investigated by one ortwo phvsiciana, witha head two feet in width, and a thtst of a yard.
and she being an orphan, an admission to the Ilos- j The bones are said to resemble a whilish-gray
pital was recommended by them, where fhe is now stone. The
sentatives of the United States of America in Con- j I begin to tell her about our situation, and came to ercss Assembled, That all public lands of the Uni- i where we had just left off; and who beat says she.
ted States within the limits ot the counties of Ual- tenner can ciaim victory, anu it remains 10 uu ue
houn and Branch, in the Territory of Michigan, which are now subject to sale at the land office at Monroe, shall, from and after tho passage of this act, be set off to, and form a part of the western
land district in said Territory; and all that part of said Territory lying east of the aforesaid counties, and south of the base line and west of the principal meridian, and, also, all the country east of the principal meridian and south of the line between townships numbered three and four south, except so much thereof as lies north of the river Huron of Lake Erie, shall continue to belong to, and form a part of the southeastern land district in said Territory, the land office for which is now located at Monroe, but shall be subject to be removed from time to time to such place as the President of the United States may order and direct. Afproved, June 25th, 1S31.
cided. Who, said she, whould have either of you! There was a stumper we were not at all prepared
nl.lPPil- I'siinfiil n rorit;ilj .-I thin l.-uwi urn wrt I
- - - " w waa. wxiift v. .aav m.v, feel bound to communicate them, not only to caution young and confiding creatures against such villanous artifices, but in the hope that should this meet the eyes of the seducer, the common feelings of humanity may impel him to come forward and mako his victim the only reparation that lies in his pow er, Y. Y. Transcript, Singular Will and Funeral. Among curious wills, that of Louis Cartusius, a judge of Padua, deserves to be mentioned. Here are some of the principal articles. 1st, I forbid my house being hung with black after my death; and I desire that all those
wno attend my luneral may be dressed in green
account goes on to state that a physi
can anu surgqon nave cxnmmcu mo peiniacuon, and given their certificate of its being a genuino man no imitation. As to tho phec where, the time when, nnd tho particulars how this amszing discovery was made, tho papers are silent; and therefore, among other reasons, wo tskn lcavo to doubt altogether. V. Y. Mirror,
Scarcity of trives. It is said that in New South Wales ami old maid is a rarer animal than n black swan. It is asserted that tho fair emigrants from England receive offers of marriage through Fpcak inc-trumpets, before they land from tho ship. In
this country, however, it requires something lou-
for; Harry hung his head; I bit my lips, and could 2d. I require that there be collected all the violins, tJer than speaking-trumpet to make them Keen
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Public JVo. 19.) AN ACT granting pensions to certain persons therein named. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, lhat the Secretary ot War, Ik?, and he is hereby, directed to place on the invalid pension roll of the United States, the names of tho following persons; whereupon they, and each of them, shall be entitled to receive the pensions severally set against their names, respectively, during life; that is to say: Joseph Webb, jr., at the rate of six dollars per month, commencing January first, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. John Kincaid, at the rate of six dollars per month, commencing January first, ono thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. John Moody, at the rate ofsix dollars per month, commencing March fourth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. David A. Ames, at the rate of four dollars per month, commencing on the first day of January, . eighteen hundred and thirty. Robert Milligan, at four dollars a month, commencing January first, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three. Jeremiah Jveyes, at six dollars a month, cominencing on the third December, one thousand .eight hundred and thirty-two.
INeliemiah Ward, at four dollars a month.com - T t '
Marriages in Lapland. It is death in Lapland to marry a maid without the consent of her parents or friends. When a young man has formed an attachment to a female, the fashion is to appoint their friends to meet, to behold the two young parties run a race together. The maid is allowed in starting the third part of the race, so that it is impossible, except voluntary, that she be overtaken. If the maid out-run her suiter, the matter is ended; he must never have her, it being penal for the man
to renew the proposal of marriage. But if the maid has an affection for him, though at first she runs hard, to try the truth of his love, she will (without Atalanta's golden balls to retard her speed) pretend some casualty, and make a voluntary halt before she comes to the mark or end of the race. Thus
none are compelled to marry against their will; and this is the cause that in Lapland the married people are richer in their contentment than in other lands, where so many forced maiches make feigned love; and cause real unlv3ppiness. Among the ancient Assyreans, it was, it is said, a usual custom to assemble together every year, the girls who were marriageable; when the public crier put up for sale one after the other. The most amiable and attractive were first set up at public vendue and were bought off by the rich at a high price; and the money lhat accrued from the sales was divided among the girls whose, persons wrere disagreeable; and men in destitute circumstances, or possessing but small property, took the last mentioned class of girls, together with their portions.
have sunk into the earth with shame. It was a ma
terial part of the business that she should express her opinion; but in our suspicion of one another, that was a point accidentally overlooked. She kept on saying I was married last night to Tommy Rosebud!! That capp'd the climax, and both started back for a few minutes completely dumb, while she enjoyed a hearty laugh at our expense. The first thing spoken was by Harry; Jerry, said he, are we not foolish! I think we are a good deal so, said I; we were so jealous of each other, that we did not see another stealing away the prize. She invited us in to drink some wine, we went in, drank to the
I health and happiness of tho new married couple, and
a bumper to the continuation of our own friendship. We both go together since that; we are both old bachelors together; we both live together, and it is most likely will both die together, but certain it is, we often laugh together, when we think of our both running a race after another man's wife.
all the flutes, and all the drums in the city, in orde r
that they may accompany me to my last home, ltd. 1 name for my heir the person who chall laugh most at my interment. Never did funeral present a more singular appearance. There were all the relations of the deceased striving to laugh, with as much sincerity as under the usual circumstances, they would have endeavored to cry. The will was disputed by a near relative, as the production of a madman: but the lawyer who was retained to de
fend it, maintained that a iudrrc could never be
charged with madness, and upon this conclusive reasoning the will was pronounced valid.
Balloon Ascension. Mr. Eugene Robertson made his first ascension from Castle Garden this season at 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening, and it is universally spoken of as one of the most splendid and satisfactory ever witnessed by our citizens. About 4,000 persons assembled in the Garden to enjoy and reward the magnificent spectacle, while
the multitude which thronged the JJaltery must
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nave amounted to ten times mat number, ins
rnencing January first, one thousand eight bun- j ascension was not so perpendicular as the last of
dred and twenty-one.
Abncr Merrell, at the rale of four dollars per month, commencing January first, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. John Cuch, jr. an arrearage of pension at the rate of four dollars per month, from the nineteenth ' day of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, to the nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. Daniel Fuller, at the rate of eight dollars per ntonth, commencing on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. Benjamin Burlingarae, at the rate of eight dolk2?er month, to commence on the twelfth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and jthirty-one. . William Tozier, at the rale of six dollars per
Mr. Durant; but before he had become invisible to
the anxious gazers of our city, he had attained a greater elevation, we believe, than that of the latter.
iIr. iLOherfsmi tinnllv locrnrlrr1 nn tho PStatP
. ui:uuica unci HIS USCCIlSlOn. Ill WHICH lilllt, n, Rhnf him fK,,,,!,
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uuu swept over a aistance ot clleen mites, ins greatest altitude was 7,030 feet, or nearly a mile and a half. Had he remained in the air five minutes longer, he would have been careering over the bosom of the broad Atlantic. New Yorker.
The vacancy in the South Carolina delegation, occasioned by the death of General James Blair, has been filled by the election of Col. Richard Manning, a leading member of th- Union party. Louisville Adv.
From the Fort Wayne Sentinel. AFFAIR OF HONOR. uThe heroes fought their seconds charged their pistols for attack, Timmy Ticisfs with cotton balls, and Billy BooCs with cobler wax; With their jeers and jokes, a fanny hoax, their powder priming and their paces, Tho" theifd courage in their hearts, they'd the dishcloth in their faces. Whack, row dc dow," 6,-c. A duel, or as it is more correctly termed, an affair of honor, took place in this town on Saturday evening last, between Capt. Long, late of the U. States army, and Mr. Rufus Osborne, a citizen of this place, in consequence of the former's having applied the epithet of 4 boot-black" to the latter. This insult was too gross to be passed over by Mr. Osborne, and as he was too infirm to receive the satisfaction for which his soul panted, in any other way, he resolved to challenge the valiant Captain to meet him in a mortal combat, with pistols; consoling himself with the patriotic reflection that if he fell,. his death would save the country from any further expense, and on the other hand, if the God of Battles
should decree that the life of the Captain should be sacrificed to the manes of the departed honor, it would be but a "small loss." The ground selected for the affray was on the bank of the St. Mary's river, in the rear of Donevan's Hotel: The parties were placed back to back, and by agreement were to step four paces, and then wheel and fire; but so eager was Mr. O. to avenge his wrongs, that at the second step he wheeled and fired. The Captain, who is an old soldier, having seen service under Gen. Wayne, when this was a military post, of course could not be afraid of the smell of powder, but in his eagerness to return the fire, he placed his finger on the guard of his pistol, and tho' he pulled with all his might, he could not get it to go off: he says, he felt his adversary's ball graze his shin, and saw it strike tho ground near his feet. The seconds now prepared the pistols for another shot, while the principals wiped off the perspiration which stood in large drops on their blanched visages. This time Mr. O. got hold of the guard instead of the trigger, &; his pistol would not go-off; the Captain
napped his pistol, the percussion cap ot which ex-
and he anxiously watchfeeling confident that he
heart. Mr. O. acknowl
edged that it was a narrow escape, as' he heard the ball whistle close past his ears. The seconds now interfered, declaring that enough had been done to satisfy the injured honor of Mr. Osborne, and that both had behaved like gentlemen, and displayed as much courage as is usual on such occasions. It may perhaps be as well to state that the seconds very prudently omitted to put any ball into the pistols.
Our imperfect ly constructed language is the occasion of many ludicrous blunders by most foreigners who attempt to learn it. The Frenchman who meant to describe a pain in his chest, and did so by putting his hand to his breast, and exclaimed M I have one bad pain in my Portmanteau made no
ARNOLD, THE TRAITOR. Every body knows, we presume, that Benedict Arnold was an object of scorn and contempt in England, after his treachery, and that ho was often grossly insulted in that country. Shortly after the peace of V5, Arnold was presented at Court, While the King wns conversing with him, Lord Belcarras, a styled old nobleman, who had fought under General Burgoyno in tho campaign cf America, was presented. The King introduced thorn with 'Lord Bilcarras Gen. Arnold." "What, Sire," said the haughty old Eatl, drawing up his lofty form, "The traitor Arnold V and refused to givo him his hand. The consequence ns may be anticipated, was a challenge from Arnold. They met, and it was ar-
Erreater blunder than ono of his countrymen in this
city, a short time since, who purchased a very lanre ranged that tho parties should fire together. At
load of wood. The landlady on seeing it dropped tho signal Arnold fired; but Lord Balcavras throwat the door, desired to know the number of feet eon- in down his pistol, turned on his heel, and was
tained in it. lie answered, "I buy him for ono rope, but I do not believe dare be more than three quarters." "A rope," said the astonished landlady, "you probably mean a cord," 'Ah! dat is it I mistake tho word."
There have been several deaths by cholera in Portsmouth, Ohio, within a few weeks.
Desperate Ajftay.iohn Nelson, the editor of a paper at Knoxville entitled "Uncle Sam," was shot recently at Nashville by Gen. Mabry, delegate from Knoxville in the State Convention now in session. Nelson had been previously at varianco withJMabry, and had come on from Knoxville to rebut or impeach the tcstimouy of the latter in a suit which was pending. Ho was informed that Mabry, assisted by a bully named Lanier, were on the watch to attack him, and had armed himself accordingly. The account proceeds as follows: Nelson went into Gowdey's, thinking they would not follow hira, for an assault in the house but while he was drinking a glass of soda, both came into the room, passed him, and went into the
hquor bar, an inner apartment. Nelscn had one
walking away when Arnold exclaimed, "why don't you fire, my Lord ?' "Sir," said Lord B., looking over his tihoulikr, "I leave you to the executioner,"
At ! o- ncS.uhllc'dn Haks of a hdy nn. rncd Hannah feimpkms, aged 08 ycai-, who a fevr Jays since left home on her twenty third tour io the state of Ohio, where some of her children reside. .Sho has visited them annually for the hat twenty years, end in two instances has visited them twice in a year, making forty four times that sha has crossed the Alleghany mountains. Within tho last twenty ycais she has travelled thirty-one thousand miles, and what is more singular, all tho journeys have been travelled on foot; and she has subsisted principally by tho ehnrity of thoso benevolont people she has met with, on her journeys. In the course of a conversation with tho venerable Aiixlij Lacock, of Beaver county, it was men-
uoncej to us ly that eminent man, that ho had
pistol cocked in his pantaloons pocket, which, while I crosscd tI10 Alleghany mountains forty times be he was paying for his soda, accidently exploded, ' ftJ,c lhcr0 was an' ,,iln likc a carriugo track upoi ejecting the ball into the floor within an inch I tlicn1, He was Lorn west of the ridge.
or two of his feet. Both the ruffians immediately
lusntu upun mm wan urawn pisiois, accusing him of firing upon them. His protestations lhat it was an accidental discharge, together with those of the person who attended the soda fount, were of no avail. They both attempted to fire upon him. One pistol cap exploded, rendering the shot of no avail. I have not yet learned whether the other shot took effect or not. Nelson, nothing daunted, drew another pistol and made for Mabry, who ran and received the lire while upon the full gallop into the back apartment. The ball grazed tho gentleman delegate's coat and pantaloons, but did not trespass upon his flesh and blood. Finding Nelson now without a change, both of his assailants returned with their loaded pistols, and Mabry, as it is said deliberately shot him through the body, while the other tried his head, and shot away a peice of his nose. Tho wounded man was then dragged into an adjoining store, by a humane citizen andhe battle ceased." It is hardly expected that Nelson will survive Mabry was immediately arrested and held to baii in the sum of $10,000, which he procured, and resumed, his seat in the Convention. There was a strong excitement against him. New Yorker
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Sat. Eve. Post.
There is no part of the world lhat has carried on the slave trafic for the last ten years with so much avidity, and to so nrcat an extent as Brazil. Wc are happy to perceive that tho attention of tho gov. eminent, and of tho ministers of justice is awakened to the subject, and that measures are taking for its arrest and extirpation.
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"We discover that Henry Clay's "onl
levins, "is being" severely criticised for I ad grammar in his Post Ofiico ieiort. Never mind 3ns grammar, w hile his wilful and deliberate falsehood, and base misrepresentations have disgusted even those w ho were willing to go agninet Mr. Barry. His report has been proven maliciously false in a dozen instances! Ohio Sun,
h Carolina In another part of this paper found a Proclamation oi the Governor of
It is stated in an eastern paper, on report, that King William of England, has sunk into a state of
mental insanity.
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South Carolina, in which ho recommends that (ha citizens of that State conform to the lato decision oftho Appeal Court relative to tho Test Oath "until the Constituliou shall be amended, or the decision reversed." N. C. Star.
A Sign. It is said that out of seventy-five democratic Journals of Pennsylvania, only three advocate a recharter of the Bank; and these three hava been kicked out of the ranks, "unwept, unjionorcd, and unsung," Qhiv Sun.