Indiana Palladium, Volume 11, Number 24, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 27 June 1835 — Page 2

LETTER FROM MR- VAX BUREjY To A. Stevenson and other, (officers of the Baltimore convention,) accepting the nomination for thepresidency. Washington, May 29, 1835. Gestmmen: I have the honor to acknowledge the nf vour letter of the 23d instant. The

nomination you have been deputed to announce to me presents the only contingency, upon the occurrence of which, I could consent to become a candidate for the high office of President of the United States.: When my name was first associated with the question of General Jackson's successor, more through the ill will of opponents than the partiality of friends. I determined to wait for the development of the views of the Republicans of the Union, and to pursue that course only which their unbiassed iudcrment should finally recommend. I deemed that course to be due to the Administration, of which I was a member to the best interests of the country and to the indivisibility of a political party, by the original organization of which, the overthrow of Republican principles in the United States was prevented, and upon the ascendancy of which we can alone depend for their preservation. To the offers of support which were at that period occasionally made to me from different quarters of the Union, I respectfully replied, that the public good, in my opinion, required the services of Gen. Jackson for a second term that the agitation of the question of his successor, at that early period, must of necessity embarrass the administration and that it was my desire that my name should not be connected with the subject. From that time to the present, I have neither solicited the aid nor sought the support of any man in reference to the high office for which I have been nominated; unless my replies to interrogatories from my fellow citizens upon public questions, and my sincere endeavors to make myself worthy of the respect and confidence of the American People, are liable to that construction. For the truth of this declaration, I can safely appeal to the hundreds of honorable men who composed the recent Convention to the numerous editors, and politicians throughout the Union, who have distinguished me by their preference, and to my private correspondents and intimate friends, not excepting the considerable number of persons, once my friends and associates, whom the fluctuations of political lite have converted into opponents. In none of these classes, or in any other of our community, is there a man who can truly say, that I have solicited his political support, or that I have entered or sought to enter with him into any arrangement, to bnn about thenomination which. I have now received, or to secure my elevation to the Chief Magistracy of my country. The liberal men of all parties, I trnst, and you and those you represent, I am sure, will pardon me for having thus spoken of my own conduct in reference to a point upon which I have been the silent object of attack, as causeless as it has been violent and unremitted; especially, as I alone can answer for it in relation to ell my countrymen, although thousands maybe ready to answer in relation to themselvesUnder these circumstances, the Democracy of the nation, in Convention assembled, having, as you inform me, with a degree of unanimity that I cannot too highly appreciate, pronounced ui.e worthy of so great a trust, I cannot hesitate in making their wishes the rule of my conduct. I do, therefore, with a deep, and, I hope, abiding sense of the honor conferred upon me by their preference, accept the nomination which has been tendered to me by the Convention. I am not aware that there is any point of interest in the general policy of the Federal Government, in respect to which, my opinions have not been made known by my official acts by my own public avowals, and by the authorized explanations of my friends. If there beany such, however, you may rest assured of my ready disposition to comply, on all suitable occasions, with the wishes of my fellow citizens in this regard. I content myself, on this occasion, with saying, that I consider myself the honored instrument, selected by the friends of the j;icbcui ouiuiuisuaiiuii, iu uurry uui us principles ana policy; and that, as well fom inclination as from duty; I shall, if honored with the choice of the Arnercan People, endeavor to tread geuerally in the footsteps of President Jackson- happy, if I shall be able to perfect the work which he has bo gloriously begun. it cannot oe denied, that there is no country in tliownrM hooK.-to., M ,n . a their civil and religious rights, and mVr n Wo 0.. -J J - snare oi prosperity and happiness, as the people of the United States. For this, thev are in debted less to salubrity of climate and fertility of soil, than to our excellent system of Government; by which, more than any other, every man is protected in the application of his powers and faculties to Jus own benefit. That dissatisfaction should nevertheless occasionally arise, even under the best administration, of a system capable cf producing euch happy results, is not to. be wondered at. Until the wit of man shall be able to devise some plan cf Representative Government, by which all who think themselves qualified, may be, at the same time, admitted to a participation in the administration of its -affairs, we must not expect to be relieved from the spirit of complaint, or even surprised to find it most vehement at a period of the greatest prosperity. But between partisan complaints as to the management of our Government, or even diversities of opinion in relation to the wisdom of supposed improvements, in the details of its construction, and a desire to undermine and overthrow it, there is an immeasurable difference. Whilst the one can, at worst, but produce partial and temporary obstructions in the public service, success in the other, would inevitably plunge our country, from its present lofty eminence, into an abyss of anarchy and ruin. We hold an immense stake for the weal or woof mankind, to'the importance of which we should not be insensible. The intense interest manifested abroad in every movement here, that threatens the stability of our system, shows the deep conviction which pervades the world, that upon its fate depends the cause of Republican Government. The advocates of monarchical systems have not been slow in perceiving danger to such institutions in the permanency of our Constitution, nor backward in seizing upon every passing event by which their predictions of its speedy destruction could be in any degree justified. Thus far, they have been disappointed in their anticipations, and the circumstances by which they were encouraged, however alarming at the time, have in the end only tended to show forth the depth of that devotion to the Union, which is vet. thank God! the master passion of the American bosom. Thoroughly convinced that the overthrow of our present Constitution and the consequent destruction of the confederacy which it binds together, would be the greatest sacrifice of human happiness and hopes that has ever been made at the shrine of personal ambition, I do not hesitate to promise you, that every effort in my. power, whether in public or private life, shall be made for their preservation. The Father of his Country, foreseeing this danger, warned us to cherish the Union as the palladium of our safety; and the great exemplar of our political faith, Thomas Jefferson, has taught us, that to preserve that common sympathy between the States, out of which the Union sprang, and which, constitutes its surest foundation, we should exercise the power which of right belong to the General Government, in a spirit of moderation and brotherly love, and religiously abstain from the assumption of such as have act been delegated by the Constitution. Accept, gentlemen, my thanks, for the kind manner in which you have performed the duty assigned to you, and believe me to be, very sincerely, your friend sal obedient servant, M. VAN BUR EN. lo Andrew Stevenson, Esq. president, j 4MU Fennbr, and others, vice presidents of tho National Convention.

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. Has the time arrived for Indiana to commence a general system of Internal Improvements! We have supposed this question capable of none other than an affirmative answer, and are astonished at its frequent reiteration. To convince every un-

prejudiced mind upon a suoject, aoout wnicn tnere should be so little diversity of sentiment, it is only necessary to compare our own with the condition and prospects of other 6tates. When New Yoik in 1810, proposed that system of artificial naviga tion which has since connected the waters of Lake Erie with the atlantic, the board of commissioners appointed to investigate the subject, reported it to be a work of immense utility "too great for individuals or private companies." Application for assistance was consequently made to Congress and to such of the State Legislatures as were supposed to be interested in its construction. Every 6uch effort, however, was unavailing, and the war of 1812 put a stop to its progress; after the peace of 181o she renewed the enterprise, relying alone upon her own energy and resources, and associated with this mammoutn work the canal which connects the waters of the Hudson with Lake Champlain. These projects met with an opposition unanticipated and equally unadvised and illiberal with that which would now check the onward progress of our own 6tate, and would have been, no doubt, abandoned, had not the industry, energy and perseverance of Ue Wit Clinton aroused the dormant spirit of the people and convinced them of their nesessity. 1 hey were begun in 1817 at the expense of the State, and in 1823 the city of INew lork, for the first time, greeted the arrival of a canal boat full freighted with the productious of western industry. These works, the former of which is 353 miles in length and the latter 61, created a canal debt of $9,G29,U00. To these have been since added an immense number of other canals and rail roads, which have created an in ternal improvement debt of about $32,000,000. Has this debt thrown over the energy and industry of New York an ennui a nightmare? Has it lessened her resources and crippled her enterprise? . Far from it. Within one week, ending on the 21st of May, she received in the tolls from her canals alone, the sum of $32,695,88, and her canal fund commissioners report a balance in their hands applicable to the canal debt of $2,009,575, 00. tremity of the Erie and Hudson canal the tolls received in one meek amount to &7.19G.SG. From the whole of her canals she received for one year, 18:34, in tolls, the sum of $1,340,106,76. Add to this the immense income from her rail roads and other works of Internal Improvement, and her debt will be speedily extinguished; after which the profits can be applied by the Legislature to such objects and purposes as require protection and promotion. What effect has this expenditure had upon the resources and wealth of New York! It has brought into use and given value to an extensive and ferula region of country, that otherwise might have remained until now, thinly inhabited by a few graziers. The wilderness has been made to smile, and flourishing cities, tovvng and villages have sprung into existence within a few years. From 1800 to 1330 the population of the whole state increased from 850,130 to 1,913,508. The city of New York, under the stimulating influence of foreign and most extensive inland commerce, increased its population since 1520, from 123,706 to about 240,000. In 1790 its population was 33,131 being 9,389 less than Philadelphia at the time, liefore the construction of the Erie and Hudson canal the value of real estate in that city, was stationary at an average of $52,000,000. "The moment the waters of the lake touched those of the ocean it received a new impulse," and it now exceeds $114,000,000, having increased more than 100 per cent in ten years. We have offered these examples, and shall hereafter lay before our Teadersthe result of similar enterprise in Pennsylvania, Ohio and other states of the Union, because they are facts, which the timid politician will ever evade but dare not deny; they are too stubborn for his purpose and cannot be removed to suit his chamelion policy. Let us then, make a common sense application of these to Indiana. First, however, let us enquire what is the condition of Indiana In 1S00, while yet a territory, she had a population of only 4,075. In 1810 this population had increased to 24,520(upwaruB in ouu percent. in isvro rour years alter ?!? 'admission into the Union it, amounted to 147, ItS fan increase of more than 500 ner rent, for trn years and in 1830 it amounted to 343,31 still an increase of about 100,33 per ceut. Suppose this increase to have continued till now, her population will exceed 500,000, and extend it to 1840 it will not fall far short of 1,000.000 of inhabitants. Who that has witnessed this unexampled increase of numerical strength; from the helpless infancy of Indiana to her present proud and elevated maturity, is prepared to say that she does not demand a more rapid development of her energies and her internal resources! Let every candid man, cast back his imagination to the time when the pruning hook and V1 laiuiur, iuuk uie piace or tne savage tomahawk and scalping knife, and view the rapid expansion of her yet unexpended resources; let him reflect Jupon the enern-y, the industry and the necessities of her, present population; let him notice her position upon the map, her productive soil, let him do all this and ilnd, if he can, a pretext for his opposition to Internal Improvements. Let him stop short of these and his opinion is the result of infatuation and unworthy of notice. But, suppose Indiana were now to commence a well regulated system of Improvement what would be its pratical results! We must only iudsre of the present and the future by the past. Look then elsewhere to any other states of the Union. Whereever works have been begun and completed, the value of all property has men in an aggregate proportion with the importance of the work. "Suppose uie completion ot the road from New Albany through the County of Lawrence to Crawfordsville, the survey of which is now in progress) and that moment every portion of property, both real and personal approximating it as near as 40 or 50 mile-? would rise from 50 to 100 per cent in value lands now worth 4 or 5 dollars per acre, would sell for 10, 15 or 20. And every species of industry would be encouraged. Many individuals who now labour for 37i or 50 cents per day, and many who are unable to procure employment at all, would find increased wages, and every article raised by the farmer would meet with a home market and an advanced price. It is the interest of the farmer therefore to encourage Internal Improvement, and no less so, the interest of the merchant and the manufacturer. The wealth, prosperity, happiness and importance of these, constitute the living pillars, upon which our government is based, and they should enjoy its priviledgcs without connection. To these, then we say, in perfect sincerity, that 3our industry will be promoted, your commerce extended and your wants mutually supplied by a well regulated system of Internal Improvements. Western Spy. Boyd, the person who attempted to kill Mr. Attree, Reporter of the Courier and Enq. was arrested at Hoboken, and held to bail to answer for the assault himself in the sum of 1500 and two sureties in $1,000 each. The New York Courier of yesterday states that Mr. A. was still living, and hopes are entertained of his recovery. Marvin Marcy. The Barnstable Journal, after mentioning the result of the late trials at Concord, makes this remark: "Young Marcy, now suffering imprisonment for the same offence, will receive executive clemency forthwith, if numbers of citizens will accomplish any thing. Petitions have been sent to the Governor with nearly 10,000 names for his release."

French Relations. By a reference to the foreign intelligence received since our last, it will be seen that the difficulties attending the state of our relations with France arc by no means yet surmounted or removed; and that there is much apparent danger, either that the adjustment will not be effected; at

all, or that the temporary misunoersianamg wm leave behind it a state of embittered and irritated feeling on either side, extremely unpropitious to the mutual interests of the two nations, and adverse to the preservation of that harmony which the re membrance of cherished associations and long continued amity and intercourse would seem naturally calculated to ensure. There is a soreness of feeling on the part of a great portion of the French people an erroneous conviction that they have been outwitted by our negociators or betrayed by their own Ministers which will require to be treated with respect if not deference to be met with candor and truth, rather than misrepresentation and ridicule, in order to secure what we teel must be the hearty desire of the great mass of both nations a mutually honorable, satisfactory and lasting peace. If there be one circumstance which more than another should have excited the indignation and disgust of the reflecting portion of our countrymen, at home as well as abroad, it is the bullying, swaggering tone assumed by a portion happily, a small portion of the American press since the commencement of this unpleasant difference. Not only have they acted as though France were the very nation to ba dragooned or frightened into the performance ot an act of national justice, but as though their own doughty display of spirit and resolution were peculiarly calculated to daunt and dishearten her. As if the language of insult and of impotent defiance were not rather calculated to rouse than to prostrate the spirit of the most abject and inferior toe much less of a nation so eminent for its resources, its prowess, and its extreme sensitiveness in regard to the slightest impeachment of its honor, as is France. But now, when the money has been voted, and only fair words are needed to make-fair weath er, to indulge in intemperance, vituperation of our rival, or unmanly exultation over her, is a course worthy the lazzaroni of Naples or the rabble of Morocco. Nothing could more clearly betray an utter destitution of all true courage, as well as enlightened policy and a decent regard for the feelings of others. That there exists, and will continue to exist, a dfffcrence of opinion with regard to the branch of our Government to which the credit ot the suspi cious result anticipated is more especially to be attributed whetherto the manly firmness of the President, the dignified and conciliatory moderation of the Senate, or the judicious mingling of the two which characterized the course of the House is neither remarkable nor important. There is room here for every one to enjoy his own opinion. But when we see it emphatically and tauntingly boasted that we have frightened France into common honesty from the dread of our arms, we could only regard the boast as irresistibly ludicrous, were it not that it may prove incalculably mischievious. A nation which has shrunk not from the array of a million bayonets, and only succumbed when they were pointed at her throat, while the flower of her own sons lay in death on the soil which thoy had gallantly defended, is not likely to quail before the untried arm of a nation numerically one-third as potent as herself and separated by three thousand miles of ocean. Away, then, with such miserable oblation to our national vanity! To suspect another nation cf a spirit so craven, a conduct so unprincipled, is well nigh to acknowledge ourselves capable of like depravity. 13ut we hear much of the impossible 'apology' which is required of our Government before the money will be paid over. We have already exposed the absurdity of the request; but while we regard it as a matter of supererogation, we are not the less certain that a compliance with it will be alike feasible and productive of happy results. There is no 'apology required: our Government is simply asked for an 'explanation of certain expressions which have been deemed derogatory to the honor and good faith of France. The explanation, we humbly conceive, may be given in the very language of the document alluded to. At any rate, our advices from Washington assure us that the requisition is there deemed of no moment or at least as presenting no insuperable difficulty. And who will presume that the President is inclined to disregard the dictates of national honor in this matter! Tho presumption has no semblance of possibility. We conclude, then, in the full assurance that the explanation will be tendered and accepted, -the cash ditto ditto; and that both parties will have quite as much national honor when the affair is happily settled as ever they had. At to Yorker. Calamitous Fire. A most disastrous conflagration broke out about three o'clock on Monday morning in a stable in the upper part of Elizabeth-street, rear of 207, which in the course of a short time destroyed upwards of forty tenements, and unhoused, it is estimated, nearly two hundred families, nor will this computation be considered as exaggerated when it is known that in one house, No. 2'M 3Iott-street, not less than sixteen families resided. Nine houses fronting on Prince-street, and five on Eli zabeth-street, are totally destroyed exclusive of about that number of tenements situated in the rear of them. The loss cannot be estimated with any degree of certainty; but the amount of insurance must be merely nominal, and the actual distress occasioned beyond computation. Except for the clemency cf tho season, there never was a more urgent appeal to the sympathies of the affluent and philanthropic. JVew Yorker, We have a word of advice for those who are opposed to a system of internal improvements Take a journey; go somewhere the distance of one or two hundred miles go immediately, before the mud dries up, or the waters tall; and after wallowing through the mud; swimming streams, and sympathizing with the enterprising emigrants, whose families are exposed to fatigue, disease and danger when you get home, and count up the many carriages you have helped to pull out cf the mud; and the persons you have aided in crossing streams, and rescued, or seen rescued from them, then ask if good roads and good bridges would not be very comfortable at best! If so, ask yourself if those states that have constructed such works are not in a way to be amply reimbursed for making them! and then ask yourself why you are opposed to adopting a similar policy in Indiana! Plough Boy. Another I reach mended. Miss Mary A. Tubbs, of Troy, has recovered five hundred dollars of Mr. David Harris, for a breach of promise of marriage. It appeared from the evidence, that Jlr. H. had visited Miss T. for about three years during the latter part of which time he had become so intimate as to extend his visits from two to three o'clock in the afternoon to ten at night, and to address Miss T. as "Mary," instead of "Miss Tubbs." Colonization in Mexico. Benjamin Lundy formerly editor of the Genius of Universal Emancipation, has obtained an extensive grant of land in the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, in fee simple, on conditon of introducing 250 settlers within a stipulated period. Pennsylvania. After next year it is said, her canals and rail roads will pay for themselves, and all the taxes raised for them may be removed. A Fact worthy of notice. The stock of every finished Rail-road is, at this timo above par.

THE ALLEGHENY ARSENAL. tlii A l.nv !

territories one of the finest arsenals in the IJaion; a ruiiai i aiiiu v. j ii lujii iia i mi 1 1 j ti iiiini ijui i .. probably for neatness and symmetrical arrange tnent the neatest in the world. I mean that militiry establishment recently named after the beautiful river Allegheny,1 and more extensively known as the United States Arsenal near Pittsburg. This ordnance depot occupies a pi it of ground containing thirty one acres one rod and thirty three perches, and 132 feet from the river above men tioned, to the rhilauelphia turnpike road, and entirely surrounded by a handsome, well built wall. The order in which the grouud is divided is as follows: 1st. The lower park, comprising a military store, built of freestone, three stores high; two carriage houses and three timber sheds with brick pilasters a river wall of massive stone, containing 1720 perches. 2d. The Arsenal yard, a square with the following buildings: The main arsenal of arms, three stories, with a pediment or tower 120 feet by 40; upon the second floor the arms are arranged in nrla nnd nrPPnt lr tho rmin mililnirH , i splendid sight; it is in fact a military museum.! Here are deposited the relics of former time?; revolutionary trophies, taken at Saratogo, Yorktown, and St. John, present themselves at the entrance and remind the visiter of Washington, Lafjyctte, Gates, and other worthies of past days. At ihe end of the room mny be seen with the marks of U. S. Philadelphia, 1703, an intimate friend of 'old Mad Anthony,1 and a most destructive enemy to the aborigines. The total number of small arms falls not short of seventy seven thousand. The other buildings are: OUicers' quarters, barracks, armory, smithy, carriage shop, machine shop, i wun an engine oi iwcive uorse power, paini enops. lead and brass foundries, tin shop, accoutrement shop, and offices. The last named buildings are of brick, with shingle roofs. Tho yard, with its gravel pathways and locust trees, is not unlike the garden of tho Tuilleries in miniature. In the centre is a cistern or reservoir, intended, for the fire engine, to convey water to any part of the fabric. 3d. The front park presents in view the outside of the main arsenal, with the riyht and left wings of the commandant's and subalterns' quarters, and is chiefly designed, cs a grove, to add to the iout ensemble.' This park is enclosed with iron railings similar to those around or in front of tho President's House, at Washington. After crossing the Butler road, it leads us forth into the upper park, surrounded, likewise with a pcrmaneut wall of stone. In its inclosure are the public stables, (nf brick;) three small frame buildings, separated about SO yards from each other, denominated as the composition, drawing, and preparation rooms, arc sren in the rear. About two hundred yards in the rear of these building3 is the magazine of powder, designed to contain (environs) one thousand three hundred barrels. The topographical scenery is not surpassed by any west of i::e Allegheny moun-J tains, and the climate is salubrious and fruulul. Tho Allegheny Arsenal wa3 commenced in ISM. The site selected and the greater part of the works erected by Majors Woolly and Wade, late of the army. The remainder of the improvements, filling up an extensive ravine, building timber shed3, erecting tvalls, were finished under, the superintendence of tho senior captain of the present ordnance corps. There are at present stationed at this post enc Brevet Maj-ir, two Lieutenants, one store keeper, thirty five enlisted ordnance men, and fourteen citizens employed as mechanics. As an arsenal of construction and of the fitst class, the situation of the country offers every facility, both as icjjards the commodities and the mechanical operations; and there is not probably a site which would present more favorable resulis as an ordnance depot, than the one so judiciously selected by thu geuUemen whoso names are almve quoted. Military $ Nacal Magazine, for May, 1S3. There his been considerable excitement in Philadelphia for some time pas:, caused by a pretty general turnout of the laborers and Journeymen mechanics, in fivor of fixing ten hours as a clay's labor. Tho proposition, we believe, is, to commence at G o'clock, and work till 8, then have one hour for breakfast- commence at nine and work till one, then have an hour for dinner, and quit at 0. These to be the hours from tho 1st of May till the first of September and for the remainder of the year, from sunrise to sunset, with one hour each for breakfast and dinner. 'J 'he corporation officers of the City and some of the adjoining Districts have already agreed lo the measure, and, so far as we can judge, there appears to be no doubt that it will become general. We think it highly probable that an industrious man will perform more labor in the course of a week under the ten hour system, than is now usual by working 12 or 11 hours a day. Rep. Compiler. New Alhanv, June 19. Last Sunday evening, we witnessed ono of the most extraordinary Phenomena of nature. About G o'clock P. M. a dark and dismal cloud settled in the horizon, south east of this dace, between us and which, a whirlwind, or water spout formed resembling a light stripe upon a dark surface. We never have witnessed a spectacle so truly sublime. Having formed below JtfFersonville it preceded with great rapidity through tint place, doing considerable injury to several persons whom it cither swept along in i's course or dashed to the earth. Several houses also were materially d imaged by it. It passed on through the town to the river. When it came in contact with the water, it received an immense body of that clement into its tremendous whirl, and conveyed it into the heavens. The i '-r. i - " some 25 or 30 foot in circumference and extended voinrno rt tvntrr msinn iinu:irij ivta nt limoa upwaras some nunureus ci ieei u iving passed over to the Kentucky side of the river and sported there awhile, it returned to the water, soon after which it dispersed or subsided. The timo of its duration was something like 5 or 7 rninut. Gazette. Melancholy Accident- We learn from a gentleman who was on the ground a short time after the accident, that a man by the name of Ira Smith was nstantly killed by the tall ofa tree on Saturday hst 13th instant) in Amherst. The particulars of the I sad event as near as we can learn were as follows. ! He with others, was at work during the forenoon digging the earth from the roots ofa large dead tree, in the highway. After having removed the earth, they left the tree standing; and when returning after dinner, just as he came within reach of the tree, it fell, crushing the miserable man in a most shocking manner. He removed to thi country from Vermont last year, arid has left a large fimily to deplore his death. Ohio Atlas. Pittsburg, Penn., the American Birmingham. contains 33,000 inhabitants, and 400 new houses are being crested thero this year.

Xoul appearand of Frogs. Wh have htcly ob.se tvnl nn inn urnerablu hoBt of these tinv crea-

tures leaping their way instinctively from the low grounds towards the hills, all going the same course, - - and so thronged that one could not 6tcp without destroying one or more of them. Their Appearance in such numbers has excited some surprise, us the like was never seen hero before. It fcems that tliis is the season of the year when the tadpole assumes the shape of a quadruped, by being supplied with legs, and immediately thereafter relinquishes i'stail, when its fondness for zn aquatic abode appears to cease. At this time they htc not much larger than a common house fly, and so intent are they on making to the hills, that whenever nn obstruction presents itself, they arc found clustered about it in heaps, and nothing can induco them to change their course. Tho frog is perhaps the most prolific of all quadrupeds; naturalists have ascertained that the female will produce at a single ppawning eleven hundred eggs; wcro it not for the great fondness that many other'unimals have for them as food, and tho conse quent destruction they occasion, we might expect to t)fi Chanted mOSl llU'lOtllOUSl V lV tllO T3Mankerousv creatures. Manchester MUs. Aile. Wa arc indebted to Fanny IvrmMe for this. word. Colonel Richard M. Johnson. This exemplary christian, distinguished statesman, w a trior, and philanthrophisi, after thirty years' uninterrupted service of his country, in tho field of battU and in the Halls of Congress, is now brought forward with great unanimity by tho democratic party of the United Slates, us their candidate for the Vice Presidency. And who is Bichard M. Johnson? aplanterof Keniucky, a civilian, and soldier. What lias he done? In early life, yielding to tho great laws of nature, which, in the warm and genial regions of the earth, vindicate and accomplish in the superior grace and attractions of the sVble female nee the inevitable destiny of tho colored population sooner or l iter to triumph in full domination over sultry gl'-be and sunny clime; but abhorring the licentious lives of fucIi men as Clay and Poindcxtcr, lliclrird M. Johnson turned to tho sacred volume, which his been his guide and trust through life, and finding that "Clod made of ono tlcsh ull the nations of the earth,'' ho took a Creole for a wife. Ha is now a widower, lining lived inhonvst wedlock with the wotinn ofhis choice, and raised and educated a family of children, the heirs of his estate, intelligent mid respectable, but slightly tinged with their African origin. So much fur his domestic relations. Kastcrn Republican, Catholics. A new, pplrndid chapel is about to he built in Cincinnati, by this sect of prnfissors. They are becoming quite numerous, gaining strength daily nnd will in a few years bo aide to cope with the other professing christians in tho country. We are informed that a neat little church has recently been built, by them, in Dearborn county. Tho pretesting christians, tdl over the United States, appear to bo in much trouble; splitting and dividing into numerous little bands, for the meat trifling causes. Some quarreling ubout their funds tho preachers tbout their stipend, and the member, about their worldly flairs; each trying to overreac.i the other. WccUy MCMngcr. M.vmsov, June IP, our painful duty to nnCkolera. It becomes nouiite tho existence and progress of tho Cholera in Mi'dison. It made its appearance on Wcdnrs by last, when Mr. and Mrs. Met k, two of our eldest citins, were attacked; they died on Thursday. Ou Friday, Mrs. BI.kU was attacked, and died on Sunday. Oa Saturday, John Casllen was attacked, and died in about eight houia. No enscs occurred on Sunday and Monday, and we flittered ourselves that this tcrriblo disease had censed its ravages- But on Monday night it appeared in a more malignant form than it had ever visited us bofore. No dcdihs occurred until Tuesday morning, since which time up to t o clock Wednesday mornin there have been 11 deaths. The following, we believe, is a correct list of those who have died since its first appearance. On Thursday, Mr. atd Mrs. Meek. On Saturd iy, John Ca&tlcn, and Mrs. Black. On Tuesday, up to seven o'clock Wednesday morning, Mrs. ( Wm.) White, Archibald Causby and daughter, Sa.-Miel Wells, Mrs. Richards, Miss Shannon, James II. Wallace, two children of John Cofimntfs, Wm. Smith, Jus. W. Guthrie, Mrs. davit, Mrs. Uo-rgen and sou, aghl at J. Cj. MooruV, name unknown, making tho number who have died since its first appearance, nineteen. Since writing the above, wo have hcaid of two deaths, Mrs. (Sam'!,) Wells, nnd a child of Mrs. Ilurnum. There are now (Thursday morning,) but one or two cases which, it is feared will terminato fatally. Runner. Fire. About i o'clock on Friday morning hsf, 10th ir.st. durin? a severe thunder storm, tho citi0 - . - J - I zens of this town were aroused by tho cry of fire. wmcu was lound to proceed lroma stable belonging to Mr. John Jamison. The stable was struck, by the lightning which, immediately tr o fire, and was entirely consumed, together with a considerable portion of grain; fortunately there were no horses in tho stablo at the time. Through the praise worthy exertions of a portion of our citizens, and particularly tha Vouug men, tho firo was arrested without doing further damage. Rataria Ohio Sun. A pretty severe hail storm occurred in this county ou Saturday list (i:th inst.) In tho northern part f f the county it did toniderablo damage. The young corn was greatly injured and some fields ,f small grain mv.tlv, if not i I mm... i... . . . ; juiiw uisniih u, lie iiesiruciiou oi w indows va3 (great. A gentleman informs us tint iuhnhou?! , Uq mu windows of l.p lights in which c v. rv pane cf uj3 uruKcn. ue saw inn ptones neaily 84 large as hens eggs. Conr.cnrille Watchman. At the closing of tho subscription booki of tho new lUnl: at Charle.-to, S. C, nearly seventy millions of stock had been taken. Many of the individual suLs:riptions w ere a million c.ich, and some of them two millions the entire capital of the Bank. Lou. Journal. We learn from a gentleman, who has just returned from the upper part of Vermont, that the bad crops of the last three years, has produced eo much disv " www -w j Cilia J'! wvtuwv 4 couragement that a number of families I iavo sold their farms, and removed to the far Wct. A great many more arc preparing to follow them. Vice President Van Buret) is to make the apology to France. Ho is tho only man w ho can make ail parties believe thoy have get tho wind of cch other. Mail Stages. Wc aro pleased to hear lhatarlangcmcnts are being made to run Post coaches on tho stato road, between Wvny and Napoleon through Mountstorling; Cyntliiana, Cross Plains, and Versailles twice a week.

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