Indiana Palladium, Volume 11, Number 26, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 11 July 1835 — Page 2
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3Iessrs. Editors Aiier wi ucmi3 " tionoftbe 4th instant, it would Seem an act .of su
pererogation to remum uu - -i--cv of making some permanent provision for their future supply of music, on this and other similar festival occasions. There can be no doubt of an abundance of materiel among- us: for a sufficient number of young men have already volunteered to encounter the trouble and expense of lime at least of preparing themselves for the organization of a full and complete band of music. Such a band, constituted from among our citizens of high character, and acting from no mercenary motives, would be not only an ornament to our village, but of great public utility. The expense of procuring, such a band (as we should then have, always at command on public occasions) for two celebrations of the 4th, would be Eufficient to furnish this volunteer corps with a com
plete set of instruments. The instruments and the special services of the band would always be the properly of the citizens of the town: and knowing and appreciating the spirit and independence of our citizens, we feel assured of their wonted prompt liberality on this subject. G.
CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH. A numerous concourse of our citizens and friends from the country, assembled on the 4th to commemorate the birthday of these United States. At sun rise the "Star Spanjrled Banner" was un
furled to the breeze, and a national salute of 24 guns fired. At 8 o'clock the new Ferry Boat, appropriately decorated, and having on board a deputation from the committee of arrangements and citizens, to whose service she had twjgn politely tendered by her patriotic owner Capt. Thomas Porter,
proceeded up the Ohio to the boundary of the State, where Gen. Harrison, an invited guest, was received on board and brought to the town. At 10 o'clock the procession formed and proceeded to the Presbyterian church where the exercises of the day were performed, interspersed with appropriate music, among which was an original Ode, for the occasion, from
the pen of T. II. Shreve, Esq. The declaration of
Independence was read with a clear and full enunciation, by Mr. G. W. Lane; and a succint and lucid exposition of the unrighteous grievances the causes to which that sacred instrument owes its production which impelled our patriot fathers to ac
tion was appropriately set forth by the orator of
the day, Dr. H.zra f erris. At the conclusion of the
services, the ladies, to whose patriotism we were in
debted for a very general attendance, were escorted
jn procession to a collation provided at Mr. Cable
Hotel. An interesting scene here occurred as the
ladies were nbout retiring. Gen. Harrison was in
troduced by a member of the committee, and after expressing his pleasure at meeting them, related the
following anecdote as illustrative of the spirit of our "Hooshier" ladies: While commanding the troops of Indiana, during the late war, it became necessary to make an appeal to the wives of those under his command. The appeal was not in vain the supplies were furnished with this "Spartan" message to their husbands: "We love you, we love you dearly, and are deeply solicitous for your safety; but we would rather be widows of Lrave soldiers than the wives of cowardly husbands At 2 o'clock the citizens sat down to a well furnished table, "spread by Mr. Cable, and (as usual with us patriots) proved their unequivocal devotion to the goo d things of their country. After the cloth was removed the following regular and volunteer toasts were offered and drank with enthusiasm. Gen. Harrison, upon being toasted expressed his satisfaction at the friendly reception given to him by the citizens of a State with whose early history his own was identified, and concluded a speech of some length by offering the following sentiment. Nothing occurred to mar the festivities of the dav.
and the perfect unanimity the harmonious interchange of good feeling, and association of all classes of citizens the absence of the illiberal feelings - of partywhile they reflect much"credit on our village, are cheering proofs to the true lover of his country, that the simple recurrence to the principles which established to the bloody sacrifices which cemented to the scenes which consecrated onr republican institutions, is alone sufficient to calm the angry waters of party strife, though their surges may have rolled even to that butrcss of our liberties the Constitution. REGULAR TOASTS. The day we celebrate Sacred to the memory of . Americans the wonder of the world. The President and Vice President of the United Stales. The Heads of Departments. Gen. JFilliam Henry Harrison. The Army and Wavy of the United Slates In peace scarcely known in war where are they Let Bunker Hill, Erie and New Orleans unswer. To the memory of Gen. George Washington. (Drank standing.) Seventeen hundred and seventy-six. Its glories are imperishable its effects everlasting. The Constitution of the United Slates The terror of tyrants. For near half a century it has stood the 1 1. - C t A . .1 I
fciiociv vi puny rugu may us sirengin never oe lm-
From the Boston Statesman. MARTIN VAN BUR EN. It is often said by the enemies of Mr. Van Buren, that he is ambitious. Admitting thi3 to be
true, such is the varying import of the term, that
it is after all a bad qualified censure. More frequently its application to political men, is a term of abuse, than of honorable reprehension. In the Roman Government, the term ambitious was one of fearful import, and embodied in its definitions treachery, usurpation, and tyranny Rome was a military power, and its military power was engrafted on its civil constitution. After the establishment of a Consular government, the access to he highest military command was through civil offices. In the critical period of ihe Republic, men
were elected consuls for their military talents, or for their peculiar fitness for some particular enterprize Marius was made consul for the pretended
purpose of finishing the war with Jugurtha lliia office he obtained by courting the people. He succeeded by supplanting one of the ablest commanders of the age He was in turn supplanted by Sylhi, and both alternately turned their arms against their country. Our government, in its
organic construction, has no military features, and its powers, subdivided into many independent
sovereignties, is less within the grasp of any popular individual: we have nothing to invite us to make
conquests, and are in no danger of invasion from a foreign power. Ambition, then, with us , can enjoy
only a civic reward, and exert a civil agency. If successful, it must, be crowned with the Oak and not the Laurel. It is not denied that in any free government, the popular suffrage may at times and for a short season be managed by artful individuals.
But it can be only for a time, where the press is free, and free it must be, where there is no military power to control it. The odium attached to the
term "ambitious ' is, I conceive, wholly derived
from the habit we have of associating it with the
history of the ancient republics. We are continual
ly recurring to that history for tho purpose ot
showing the comparative excellence ot our own government, as well as to obtain lights to aid us in conducting it. We ought to be the last people on earth who would suffer ourselves to be deluded by the abuse or misapplication of terms. It is evident that the term ambition implies in a despotic government one thing: in a free government something very
different that is. it becomes ouite harmless. If
Washington, Franklin, Jefferson and Adams, had
not been ambitious to establish a free independent government, founded on the will of the people, the
term would in all probability have retained it3 odium
to the present hour.
Censure then can justly attach only to the man, in a free government, who makes use of the power
given him by the people to exert an undue influence
over those who have plased him in authority, or who abuses that authority to purposes foreign to
his official duties. To apply these remarks to the case before us. The opposers of Mr. Van Buren must first porve that he has abused the authority with which the people have clothed him, before they can claim he comes justly under the charge of being ambitious. I siyprore, for I do not admit that charges made, however imposing, by men who had every motive to destroy reputation, amount to proof. In fine, there is an honorable ambit ion which animates every sincere patriot, an ambition to deserve the approbation of his countrymen, which forms the greatest, I had almost said our only hope of perpetuating our free institutions. If Mr. Van Buren had not a share of this proportioned to his talents it
would be tohi3 fnends, at least, a painful consideration. LEON.
Representatives and their Constituent. It is a
frequent subject of controversy, whether a repre
sentative ought to adopt his own principles or uiosc of his constituents as the rule of his political conduct? We think that the principles of a representative and those of his constituents ought never to be substantially different. No man should suffer himself to be elected to office by a party whose prin
ciples are materially opposed to his own. Under
these circumstances he proves nimseu oisnonust oy
accepting office since it he abides by tho will ot his constituents he violates his own principles, and if he abides by his own principles he violates his own faith and honor. When a man is elevated to office, he becomes tacitly pledged to support the general principles of his constituents so far as they are consistent with the rights of others. There are manv matters which may be subjects of legislation,
concerning which the representative must act without previously knowing the will of the people. In legislating upon such matters, he must act consistently wtth those general principles, which he was Dleded to maintain by his acceptance of of
fice, and no man can honorably continue to hold
his office after he has abandoned them. Boston Statesman.
ir;,.P ofUteraru Men. Sir Thomas Moore waa 1
united to a woman of the harshest temper, and the
most sordid manners. To sotten tho moroseuess oi her disposition, he persuaded her to play on the rlute, viol, and other instruments, every day. Whether it was that she had no car for music, she herself never became harmonious as the instrument bho touched. The lady of Samuel Clarke, the great compiler of books in 100, whose name was ananil rrfiam alluililll? to his illdc-
f,.ti.raMa labors in suckinff the cream ot every au
thor3, without having any cream himself, is describ
ed by her husband as having the most suuiuno con centions of his illustrious compilations. This ap
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npnrs bv her beiiavior. lie savs, -urai miu nur
rose from the tame wunoui maiung mm , nnr drank to him without bowing, and that his word
was a law to her. The wife of Kohault, when her
husband nave lectures on tho philosophy of Descar
tes, used to seat herself on these days at the door,
and refused admittance to every oncsnaDDiiy urcsed, or who did not discover a genteel air so convinced was she, that to bo worthy cf hearing the lnr.tures of her husband, it was proper to be fashion
able. In vain our good lecturer exhausted himself
in telling her that fortune docs not always give tine clothes to Philosophers. Gloucester Hem.
Eaton, Ohio, July 2. Another Melancholy Event. The Steam sarr
..riVm n.irkwa in liralis iowiisihp
destroyed by firo on tho morning of Tuesday lh -s :23d ult.and melancholy to ruble, lus brother, Lev,
s, a young man about 'SZ years old, usmu i.i
the 11 uncs. Tho untortunatt: young in i iuu one apartment of the mill, and from circumstances., was aroused from his slumbers in tunc to savn
himself by leaping from a window in a second siow ..tit itC whir b h threw somo of bis clothing, but
it is presumed he attempted to save himself by pas
sin from his room to an outlet on mo huh . sidoof the mill; but,alasl it wjs otherwise ordered. When discovered, he by near the center of the Mill his head ami feet entirely burned ofl, and 1m
body measurably consumed. A part ot ins remain was, however, rescued from tho "destroying clement' llegistcr.
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Effect of Ihe Temperance reform. The counties of Plymouth, Bristol, and Barnstable, Massachusetts, comprising what is called the "Old Colony," and containing one hundred and twenty thousand
inhabitants, have granted no licenses for the sale of ardent spirits for the last three years. The pro
hibition has been rigidly enforced, even in the large towns of New Bedford, Plymouth, &c. Mark the
consequence. At the recent session ot the Courts
in those counties, after a vacation of three, four, and seven months, there were found but two indict' menls in the whole of them, and these for petty lar
cenies of small amount not a single felony, breach
of the peace, or any State Prison offence in the whole of them! Legislators of America! would you
choose to punish crime or to prevent it. JNeio York
We learn, that Mr. Iadd tho editor nnd publishrofthe Indianian, ntCorydon, Harrison County Ind. on Thursday the Uath ult., attempted to kill his wife.
Afierstabbing her several times, sho kii ; anu suppo
sing her death immediate and certain, ho atabbca himself, tho dirk passing through his heart. After he had fillcn ho discovered his wife st'H alive, and
endeavoring to rise, ho made another piss at her with the diik, and exclaimed, "I bclievo I shall dio first." Tho blow was warded off by throwing up her arm, which received a severe wound. Ho survived but a few moments ; and his wife, from tho last
accounts, was still alive, though lew hopes Oi ucr recovery were entertained.
er.
Curious Coincidence. Aaron and Robert Fay,
who lived in the town of Somers, in the county of
Worcester, and who died near the close of the last century, had each born to him twenty children, each
brother had two wive3, each wite ot each husband had ten children, and each of the four wives had seven sons and three daughters. One fact more.
One of each family only survives, and that one in both cases the youngest born.
Number of Churches and meeting Houses in the
The name of Deity. Among the Israelites the
nnmonf the Sunrciiie lieinir, was one oi the ms-
torln tho interior of the temple. The High
Priest pronounced it only once a year on tho day oi
atonement, and while no was m inc aci oi pro
nouncing it, the Levitc3 mado a noise that the mui Mm.lft should not hear it. Enoch, according to tin
sacred writings, was the first that invoked Uod by
his name. Some of the ancient fathers have written very learnedly upon the pronunciation and etymology ".TF.IIOVA " Some conceited that
they had discovered in it a demonstration of the 0 a method of preventing the attack of Latcrpii,mIctr ftf ii.n Tnnltv. One of the most smffuUr At tho Etiisoii of the voir, savs Mr. Brown of
f thco Qvstomn wns written in the twelfth century Pincfichl. when catermlbrs ironerally attack trim
by a Jew who was converted to mo unrisiian unit, trees and busucs, tno following ineuiou u i'vl.u11c says the trinity was proved by the name Je-uo- ng their attacks may not provo uudceerving of no-
va; which combination came from threo words that ticc. Let a hole be bored in tho t-tcm oi a tree as
signify essence only. From these three being uni- far as tho heart in a direction sloping downward
. 1 .t. t ivr I -I 4 - i -.4 4 1.i 1 tlna lnill nni''"
ICU in Ollt:, rvsuila UlU i llULii .n I uUUlll il HJi.l liwm inu "luuuu. am ' - . V ... ll . . I - .
The veneration paid by the Jews to tno sacrcu a little mercury. Uloso up the hole wmi a pi-g - . . .i , I ......... ... .1 ..!.. ......
city of New York: Presbyterians, 35 Episcopalians, 2G Methodist, 20 Baptist, 17 Reformed Dutch, 15 Roman Catholic, G Friends, 5 Lutheran, 2
Universalist Unitarian, Independent, Jews, Moravian, Miscellaneous, Total,
4 141
name of tho Deitv. in doubtless carried to an ex
w . . . .
trcmc it this bo possible at all events it is tuictur
not very tightly fitted in. Cut the top of tho peg smnntli with thn liirk nf llui tfOO or bllaih, and
with snnnrstition. It arose ocrhans trom what thrn nut n liitln tar m-nr it tn nnnrnt water !iet
miffhtbe called an overscrupulous regard ot the coin- t in? in tho hole. This 1 have found a ealo anu
rnandmcnt. "Thou shall not take the name of the sljrc method of not only preventing attacks of eater-
Lord thy Cod in vain."- But if the Jews had gone pillars, but of the driving them otl'tho treo.aml it is
to one extreme, we blush to say, that those calling
themselves Christians, have g.me to the other ex
treme. It behooves the latter to pluck the the beam
out of their own eyes, befure they condemn tho for
mer. Schenectady licjicttor.
not yet I believe, publicly known,
fjMur. Journal tf.'Jgricnimrc.
TJic Gorernor of Alabama has offered a reward of eight hundred dollars for the apprehension of Wm. P. McGrew and Wm. McGrew, two persons
who recently murdered, in the most shocking manner, a lid about 1G or 17 years of, age, and his brother about 11 or 12. The boys were peaceably at work earning a subsistence for the indigent family to which they belonged, having given no offence or provocation whatever, when they were cruelly short down, at the same time, in the very wantonness of deliberate and coldblooded murder. In addition to the above sum, three thousand dollars has been subscribed by the citizens of Marengo and Sumter counties, which will doubtless be paid to whoever may apprehend he murderers, as soon as they are lodged in Sumter jail. Mad River and Lake Erie Rail-road. This important link in the communication of Ohio, is now about to be undertaken in earnest. James II. Bell, of this city, a young and acomplislied engineer, has been appointed Chief Engineer, for the cconstruction of the work, with directions to
pared, nor its beauties marred by the pJtant hand of; enlcr at once npo" his duty IIe wiU leave here
the Demajroirue.
The American Eagle Like the people of her country too proud to be enslaved. High over the Battlements of American Liberty may she continue to soar until tyrants shall shrink from her gaze, as the Lion cowered at her screams. ' The Heroes of the revolution and late war Their names are immortal in etory. (Standing.) The Slate of Indiana Rich in soil, patriotism and enterprise, she bids fair to be one among the foremost of her sister States. Our Country "For it right or wrong." 'The American .Fair While they are for union, recreant is he who would be a nuUifer. VOLUNTEER TOASTS. By D. S. Major. Our Farmers and .Mechanics The safeguard of our count ry in peace our pride and our glory in war tyrants are made to respect them. By John Test, jr. Our own Hooshier State. She may be equalled in wealth, but in enlcrpise and industry she has no superior. By John P. Dunn. Our enterprising fellow-citizen and late townsman, Capt. Thomas Porter That he is a friend to union is clearly proven by his floating bridge between Dearborn and Boon. By Gen. W. H. Harrison. The County of Dcarborn The region of patriotism, hardy industry and enterprise. May the accomplishment of all their
contemplated works ot internal improvements anticipate their warmest hopes. By Capt. T. Porter. Our worthy host, Mr. Cable Ilia anchor has this day taken good hold. Law of Printers. We learn, says the N. Y. Journal of Commerce, from a gentleman who was present, that in the case of Arnolds vs. Clifford, tried at Newport last week, Judge Story, upon an incidental point, stated that a promise on the part ofa writer of ajibel to indemnify the printer of it against any damage he might sustain for printing, could not be enforced; even if UnnJ ot
that would be void.
as we understand, in a few days, to commence the
undertaking. The rail-road, as some of our readers miy know, is to connect Dayton where the Miami Canal from the Ohio at Cincinnati, terminates with lake Erie at Sundusky. The length of the line is about 150 miles the country through which it passes is a fine and fertile one. - American.
New York, June 20.
Destructive Tornado. We learn from New
Jersey that a destructive tornado occurred in tha
state yesterday afternoon, by which great damage was occasioned. We have been politely favoured
with the following letter from a highly respectable inhabitant of New Brunswick, who was on his passage from this city to that place when the tornado commenced. New Brunswick, June 20, 19:35. As no doubt various and highly exaggerated accounts of the awful disaster that has befallen our city will he circulated in New York, I deem it proper to give the particulars ag far as I have learned them. The passengers on board the boat while passing up the river yesterday were attracted by the peculiar appearance and movement of the clouds, near the direction of New Brunswick, finally, a portion of cloud seemed to separate itself, form a pillar, one end of which appeared to rest on the earth, and the other terminated in the clouds. After rem aining, stationary for about fifteen minutes, it moved with great rapidity to the north, evidently carrying along or destroying every thing with which it came in contact. We however sup
posed our city had escaped its desolating visit; but upon reaching the wharf we learned that the tornado had passed directly through the centre of the city, prostrating nearly level with the earth or carrying off, about two hundred houses and barns and other buildings, including one church, the Methodist,
which was built of brick one half was taknn nff
as if by a skilful mechanic. A child was carried nearly a quarter of a mile without sustaining any other injury than the spraining of the wrist. Three of our citizens have been killed, about fifly injured, some severely. The amount of property destroyed is very considerable, and in most cases the poor are the greatest, sufferers. The street in which I reside escaped, for which preservation I desire to render unceasing praises to Almighty God. Rev. Dr. Howe, who resided several years at Savannah, Georgia, informed me that he" had witnessed the effect of a Southern tornado, but that it did not compare in its power and destructive character to this. We learn from other sources that the tornado commenced at' four o'clock yesterday afternoon, about four miles from New Brunswick, at a place called Middlebush. The destruction in New Brunswick, was confined chiefly to Church, Nelson, and Schureman streets. The tornado then passed over to Piscataway, destroying every thing in its desolating progress. We have heard no particulars of the damages, but fear that, besides a large amount of property, a number of lives are lost. Of the three who were killed, one, we learn, was a widow, named Van Grsilale, another a young gentleman named Boerum, formerly a midshipman in the Na
vy, and the third, a boy, named Bayard.
A correspondent of the Army and Navy Chroni
cle furnishes tho following information respecting
tho movements of the United States Dragoons on our western frontier.
Fout Liuvr.NWORTii, 21)! Ii May, 18.13.
Dear Sir: For tho information of your m'litury
"Republican Hotel." "Ann . Johnson" ad
vertises in the Albany papers that she has opened
a Public House near South .Market fetreet in that
citv. which she denominates the 'Republican Ho-
tel." If the ladies are coming out on our side we
shall carry the Baltimore Nominations "with all the readers, as well as thoso who have relatives nnd
mrace in uis wouu. x ruu jjuuuu. menus amonnsi tno aracoons at tins nos. voti can.
if you think proper, say in your next Chronicle,
Bible Depositor u. So great is said to bo the that Captain Hunter, with hi3 company "D," about
number of bibles at the London depository, that if forty men, and wife, left hero yesterday for his placed one agains another as bricklayers construct summer's tramp as directed by the general order
a wall, they would rcich a distance ot IJtHJ miles, ror ,tlQ f;,,nosition flf i.n drarrnnn rrviimnnf - Mr a
and two of the largest ships in the British navy u ,)jg a S2d(1Q , anJ f u J , dcarbor would not be sufhcient to contain those now ready f. , i . i .i for distribution. Fifty-nine tone had been shipped for ,cr? and in ends passing the summer off to Attigua and Jamaica; and in order that eve- m the field with her husband; sho is an amiabio ry negro should possess a copy, it was requisite to a,JJ charming lady, and, as you may well conceive,
ship one hundred tons more. Y hat a dinerence be- J gooa soldier.
tween the present and the ago of Ldward I, when
the jiiDic was so scarce mat a countryman gave a
load of hay for one leaf of the Epistle of St. John!
JV. 1. Transcript.
Texas. The Mexican authorities of Texas have addressed an official remonstrance to the War Department at Washington against the removal of our Indian tribes to the West, in such a manner that they soon become residents, and of course trespassers, on tho territory of Mexico. It appears that mmy hundreds of tho Choctaws recently pushed across the Mississippi have taken up their quarters within twenty-five miles of Nacogdoches, and avow their determination to remain there, while many others are about to follow the example. Col. Bean, the commandant at that post, considers this intrusion, if connived at by our authorities, a violation of the existing treaty stipulations and of the laws of nations, and demands that it be promptly redressed. It further appears that some scoundrelly speculators have been selling the emigrant Indians largo tracts of land in Texas, to which lliey had no sort of title, and of course coul.d give none. The hidians are thus swindled out of the pittance ihey had received from our Government for their lands, and left utterly distituto among strangers and enemies. JS'cw Yorker.
The Great Thunderstorm. We continue to receive additional evidences of the extent and
violence of the storm of Friday evening las!. It New York, June 23.
appears that there were two other tornadoes in Arrival of the Constitution. The United States New-Jersey, beside the great one of which we have Frigate, Constitution, arrived off the bar yesterday given a circumstantial account. One of them afternoon where she came to anchor, the wind beswept over Little Fal!?, about five miles west of 1 " unfavorable to comG int0 port. Our news boat Paterson. about 8 o'clock in ih nVPnnn ! boarded her, and reports that Mr. Livingston, our
' - - HIIU I l 1 n,n(n. . 1.' .l II
jiiuioiti iu i' lantu, aim laijmy U.TG all Weil On board. The Constitution left Plymouth, England, on the JGth of May, and of course has brought no later news from Europe than before received"
Important Fact. It is slated in a late eastern
paper, that of nine persons who have died ofsmal
pox since the recent introduction of tint disease
into the towns of Candia and Raymond, N. II. al
were intemperate but one, and that many others
who drank no rum were attacked, but recovered
The attending physician is said to have declared
that whenever he smelt the fumes of rum from any
ol his patients who were attacked by that disease he considered their fate as scaled.
destroyed several buildings. Two dwelling-houses
were struck by lightning in that vicinity. The other occurred in Warren county, and only a ftuv minutes later than the great one at New-Brunswick. It swept over a space of half a dozen miles in length by less than one in breadth, destroyed out-houses, fences, ccc. besides tearing up whole fields of grain and more than two thousand forest
trees The storm extended quite across Pennsyl
vania, and near the village ot Westminster,
"Ob, matrimony! tliou art like
To Jeremiah's fitrs;
The good, are very good indeed, The bad, too sour for pigs." "All forlorn." Jlrs. HouraHunl, ofBroadalbin, Mont, co., srives notice through the Amstpr.
in Ad-1 dam Intelligencer, to the public that her husband
ams county, the electric fluid descended upon a i Mr. Josiah Hunt, has left her bed and board with
drove of sixty-five hogs which a Mr. Wells was j out any just cause or provocation, and stiayed awav
Anecdote. At a court, down east, there happened to be four jurors, whose respective names were R. Cook, J. Call, C. Calvin, and T. Hotchkiss; and the clerk.in calling the jury to be sworn read the names thus; "Cook, Call, Calvin. Hotchkiss. "I will, your honor," says Cook, and bawled out at the top of his voice, "Calvin Hotchkiss.
driving to market, and killed sixty-three of them.
jS cw i orkcr. Wheat Crop in Dutchess JS". Y. We have taken some pains to ascertain, by observation and inquiry, the prospect of the approaching wheat crop in this county, and we are much gratified to say, that it is generally very good. A month since, the wheat fields promised little to the farmers, but now their appearance is entirely changed for the better. If the season continues favorable an abundant harvest may be expected. Pough. Eagle.
to parts unknown, ana tnat sne strictly charges 'all girls, old maids, and widows not to meddle with him
j or marry him, on pain of being dealt with according
to law. "Editors throughout the world" are requested to confer a favor on a disconsolate and broken hearted woman by laying the foregoing information before their readers. Mohawk Courier. Terry boat. It is with pleasure that we call the attention of the travelling public to an excellent Horse Ferry Boat across the Ohio River at LaicrcnceburIiy which lias lately been built bv Capt.
1 nomas Porter. Drovers nave long felt the neces
The Govcrner of Mississippi has appointed Ro-. sity of a good ferry boat at that point on the river. bert J. Walker United Slates Senator, to fill the ! He has now every thing prepared to accommodate vacancy occasioned by the expiration of Mr. Poin-1 them. On our iournev into Kentucky, on last
dexter's term. The appointment is temporary, and J Monday, we crossed at this ferry, and from the will only continue until a successor to Mr. P. is! facility" and safety in crossing, we could recom-
chosen by the Legislature at its ensuing session.
Louisville Advertiser.
mend it'to drovers and travellers generally.
Ind. American.
A RightcCH Verdict. The Springfield Gazette
ot Wednesday, contains notices of several inter
csting cases decided at tho recent term of the
Supreme Court in that county; among which is
the following:
Contract for Labor. William Fowler Ys
Henry hliss. J his was an action brought to
recover wages for five or six months labor, done by
the plaintiff for the defendant, at so much per
month. 1 he defence set up was, that there wns a special contract between tho parties for a year's
service, and therefore that the plaintiff could have no claim for wages for a less limo unless he
fulfiled the whole contract. Such being the evi
dencc, and such the instruction of ihe Court, the
jury gave a verdict for the defendant.
J he principle involved in this ense is ot great
importance, especially in reference to contracts of
labor, and accords perfectly with the dictates of
equity and common sense, as well as with the decisions of our Courts It is too apt to be the
casf, that persons employed by others, feel and act as if they were at liberty to leave their employment whenever they please no matter what tho contract may be, or what the damage to their employers; but it ought to be known &, remembered, that whenever there is a contract to labor for a man for any specific time, say a year, the laborer can recover nothing for any portion of his work, if he does not continue in his service tho whole time, unless indeed the contract has been waived. It was decided last week, at Dedham, in a case of trespass for attaching and carrying away ihe manure of a tenant made in the ordinary way, that such manure rests upon the soil of iho firm, and U not liable to attachment. So of fence, intended to be permanent at the lime it becomes a part of the reality.
Tho ofiiccrs with Captain Hunter aro Lieuten
ants Mooro and Ury, tho latter acting commissary of subsistence, foe; a citizen, Doctor Wood, is employed for this company. Colonel Dodgo with iho remaining threo companies "A,,n'C," and "(J," consisting of about HK men, in all, marched to-day. Tho oflicerj with him aro Lieutenants Kingsbury, Acting Adiutant; Terrell, Assistant Commissary of Subsistence; Lieutenant Slccn, Ordnance Officers, in charge of two swivels mounted on wheels; and Assistant Surgeon B. F. Fcllowcs, U. S. Army; Captains Ford and Duncan, and Lieutenant Lupton, commanding companies; and Lieut. Wheelock, doing duty in company 'C." Colonel Dodged route will probably bo by the way of the Otto village, near the Hattc river and Council Blufls to tho "Pawnees" and "Aurickarecsfand fromthenco tho colonel intend to penetrate, as fir as the season will admit of, into tho "BlarkfootP country, to tho north; and, ifpwajiblo, obtain an interview with thi so Indians. Ho will also seek a meeting with iho "Crows who inhabit tho region to iho southwest of iho Bbckfoot, in tho vicinity of the Rocky Mountains, near tha head waters of the Yellowstone river. Colonel Dodgo takes with him, on pick mules, provisions for sixty days, and about twenty head of beef cattle. Two ox teams, loaded with Hour.
uiso go wiin mo command as Ur as tho Pawneo villages, when tho flour will bo distributed amongst the packs, and the teams discharged. Major Dougherty, Indian Agent, who is intimately acquainted with tho country over which the troops will march, and favorably known for his acquaintance with the Indians, has voluntceted hi3 services to Colonel Dodgo, and will accompany the dragoons on their expedition. The horses arc in good order, the men in fines spirits, and all the officer anticipate an interesting tramp.
lirookrille Paper .V. The loud peals of tho cannon announced on Wednesday l ist, 1st inst. the successful commencement of the Paper Mill in thia place, which has just been erected by the enterprising proprietors, Messrs. Phillip & Spccr. Tho Paper Mill, in conjunction with tho Fplcndid flouring Mill attached to tt, adds considerable to tho business of our thriving village. When they utq entirely finished, we expect that these two Mills will he equal, if not far superior, to any other establishment of the kind within the limits of the State. Tho proprietors have spared no expense or labor in procuring the host material, and in having their work done iii the most substantial and durable manner InJ. American. Splendid Balloon Arcension. Mr. Cla vf on took
his departure in his .lial Shin lor tho Atlantic
sea-board, on the lth, in very gallant sty!f U'o have never witnessed a more "beautiful ascension.
orono which promised to bo rnoro successful. Mr. Clayton when last heard from was seen n littlo
South of Maysville sixty miles distant, having gone that distance in about two hour.
1 . S. We learn from vestcrdav evenings Post
that Capt. Clayton was seen about I miles this Fido
of Guyandottc, at 11 oVlock on Saturday tiiihf.
five hours after his departure. (luyandotto U 155 miles from this place. Cincinnati Rep.
Death of Mrs. 1ft viani. Tho highly gittcd anJ
accomplished, tho patient, meek, nnd long.utlrinr Felicia Homans is no more She died on tho l'u May, at Dublin, and met her fato with nil tho ' im resignation of a christian, concious that her,m.r.
was winging its flight to another and a bettr xYorV'
where tha wicked ccaso from troubling atl(1 weary aro at rcet.
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