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The following communication, on the subject of our Ca- 1 nalaml Rail Road, appears in the last number of the Rising Sun Times. Ve copy it into our paper, net for its argumentative properties, or its character tor truth, but as a specimen of the kind of trash, v.hich the Editor of the Time aivl his correspondents arc endeavoring to force 0o n the necks of the people, for jyolitical affect. It is easy to perceive, through the who!eof this communication, that the writer's objection to these improvements, originates from an inveterate hatred to iAitcrenceburgh because, for sooth, the works are to terminate at this place, and Lavv-

renceburi;. will receive, in proportion with ether places and the country generally, her share of the benefits result ing from them and not from any real injury he prognos ticates will result to the people from the comple tion of these works. That the writer of this article, or the Editor of the Times, really and religiously desire the defeat of these improvements, we cannot for a moment believe. They are not disposed to make so great sacrifice of interest to themselves and neighbors, for the sake otpunishing their "old enemy." No. Rut they have other objects to effect uy ue agnation oi mis subject, at ints lime, nie ensuing election, it is understood, is to determine the county seat piertion the people are to say, through the ballot box, whether it shall remain at Wilmington or be removed to a more central, a more convenient place a place where the people will be willing for it to remain. On thereof merits of this question the Times and its advisers are afraid to ruk the issue ; and hence the promulgation of these 4thum-bugM stories of the "taxes," ruin and misery which must follow the commencement of a wholesome system of internal improvement. They desire by these manoeuvres to add strength to their ticket, which they represent as pledged to oppose the "mammoth bill,M the ad valorem system of taxation, (by which the poor man will be relieved of an exorbitant tax,) and all other points but Wilmington, for the future seat of justice, more than the defeat if the measures they seem so zealously to oppose. We took upon such conduct such under-handed, horse-jockev-ing means to settle a question to public satisfaction, as tinlair and migentlemanly, if not bordering on contempt ; nnd entirely unworthy of the Editor's boasted reputation lor truth ami fair-dealing. It the L.riitor and his correspondents have no desire, as they say, to control public opinion, and to take the management of the affairs of the county into their own hands, why do they labor so hard to prevent a fair expression of the people's w ishes on a question which has been left to their decision? Why interfere with rail roads and canals at this time? The question now before the people is, where shall the seat of justice be ! When this is disposed of w ill be time, and lime plenty, for the investigation of the merits or demerits f the proposed improvements. But we, arc digressing. Here follows the communication: Mr. Editor I have something more to say in relation to Lawrenccburgh, and her rail roads and canals. I want the people to inquire into and tinilersland thoroughly the great scheme on foot at that place to aggrandize themselves, to the injury of every other section of the county. lhave been for a long time, an eye witness of the wrongs and the evils which have been borne by the people of the middle and lower sections of the county, while they patiently bore the yoke, and submitted to the management and misrule of the people of Lawrenceburgh and I went with them heart and hand last August, when they so nobly stood together contending for their right?. And I am one of those who are not now willing to think themselves secure, although the enemy has once been driven across the Rubicon. I do not believe that wo should now sleep upon our posts. Kach voter Isa. sentinel, placed upon the threshold of Ins liberties, and it he is not vigihntand active, he may loose that which is a freeman's proudest io35t the privilege of doing and acting for himclf. And if we are not up and doing if we arc not on the alert, wo may find, when it is too laic, that we have been reposing in falsa security. We deny that the people of the middle or lower end of county have sustained any injury from the management and misrule of the people of Lawrenceburgh and agk xw w riier to name the time when the people of LawrenceLurph have done or attempted to do any thing prejudicial to the interests of cither or any section of the county. It has been said that the contemplated improvements, (the Rail Road and the Canal,) will benefit no other portion of the county, except the town of Lawrenccburgh. This is an assertion worthy of greit consideration and yet the people of that town have not yet ventured to contradict it. This ingle (act carries with it "condemnation strong as proof of Holy Writ." If the whole people of our County were to derive benefits from these improvements if it were to enhance the value of real state if it were to increase their wealth and multiply the facilities of a conveyance of their surplus products to a foreign market, would not these facts be noised abroad? Would they not reach the habitation of every citizen? Ifnll these benefits are to be the result of this splendid and magnificent scheme of Internal Improvement?, why U tho Indiana Palladium so silent on the subject ? Whv dose not that print send forth tho light to the people, that they may come up to the support of the measure? Why 13 it that all these things are io? We may ask, trhyl and Echo will answer, whyl We have thought till now, that the tendency of improvements of this kind to increase the wealth of the country through which they pas, was too w ell known to leax e a doubt upon the mind of any one; and this, we trust, will serve as an apology for the Palladium's silence on the subject. The important question to be settled, as w e underHand it, is to what extent will the ace and resources of the ijtate enable u to engage in internal improvement? We feel no hesitation m saying that both the objects alluded to above, when completed, w ill be of "benefit" of great and lasting benefit to etcry and all pans of our productive county. They will not only have a tendency to enhance the value of "real estate," but give increased demand fr labor iuvite emigration cause our refuse lands to be purchased, and changed from a wild and uncultivated wa'te, to rich and productive farms give business to mechanic, and an out let and market to the surplus produce of the farmer change tow ns to cities, and the humble cott age-man from penury and want, to the wealth and opulence of a nabob and, in fine, all kinds of business will receive an impetus in proportion "V the importance of the work. Will this sumco for the present I When w e have time wc will give you the reason. But all these matters arc easily seen through. ! . I 1 . . ...t 1 t t I 1 . " . 1 line n;i3 hik u jilojuu couiu oo ueceivctl by film?' artfice and cunning intrigue. That time, however, was the darker ages. We have now an enlightened and an intelligent people, and he who would attempt to deceive them is marked both as a knave rfnd a fool. And it may be asked with wonder and surprise why it is that the people of Lawrenccburgh act as they do? and hundreds will nnswer that they are ready to resort to any means for the aggrandizement of their own town: No matter what the consequences may be with them their town is their Alpha and their Omega; and if they can get a Rail Road or Canal ;nade to terminate there, they will do so, if it brings bankruptcy and ruin upon the whole slate. What is on foot now? A glorious celebration and a splendid parade ! It is rumored that they are to bate a great lime a great show about the 25th of this month, at tho commencmcnt of tho Rail Road, h is said that they will invite the Governors ol Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, to be present, and a great many languished individuals of tho three late?.

They are to have a great time of it just on the

eve of the election. Mark it will thev chose this time in order to carry their point by pomp and splendor. They calculate that the people will convene there, and hear great speeches and see mighty wonders, and go home prejudiced in favor of Internal Improvements and then they will vole the Manchester Convention ticket. This is their dernier resort: having been foiled in all other attempts to carry their point having found that the Sovereign People are too intellgent to be longer leu away by designing demagogues they now re sort to pomp, splendor and parade. Fellow citizens, mark this conduct well, and see ye to it. I know full well that you arc firm friends to a liberal and equitable system of Internal Improvements, but are you to be thus made will you Lawrenccburgh? No! rather see her sink upon her miry foundation, than support measures which will aggrandize her, and impoverish you. feo ' 1 i J i i Wo want good Common roads through our State We Want roads that all can travel on free of expense and yet We cannot net them. Hail I C? Roads and canals must be made first and when t they arc completed it will be time enough, I suppose, to make roads which are of vastly more importance to an agricultural people. If wc want common roads where are wc to get the money to make them? The Rail Roads and canals are to cost twenty millions a sum which it will require an enormous tax to nav the interest on. But Rail Roads and Canals will aggrandize and enrich the fete who want to have the whole management of the State; while good common roads will benefit and accommodate all. Had this assertion, that "wc w ant common roads and can't pet Uiem,' came from any other Quarter than through the columns ot the I lines, w e should have believed it sincere; but when we remember that no longer ago than last spring this self-same paper teemed with relentless abuse to the persons who advocated the passage of a bill for making a turnpike road from this place to the Sun, we ran look upon it in no other light, than as a trap to ensnare the credulous and unguarded into the support of their ticket. None arc more w illing to advocate the "common road' doctrine than we are. We like common roads, and the only objection we can raise to them is that they are becoming most too common ; at least the farmer finds them so, when he has to haul his pork and grain 23 or 30 miles on them to market, at a bad season of the -car. We want better common roads and w ill have them, unless the nrofound reasoning of the Times, shall cause the people to btheve them in a state of perjeclion. But I will say this much more: If any friend of these improvements will point out to me any single advatage which we, as a people, or as a county are to derive from these great works, I will willingly agree to become their advocate. Can any individual ask for a fairer or more candid propo sition? Take into consideration the situation of our county. We have the beautiful Ohio on our border we have the Miami on our Northern boundary, and wc have Laughcry, Hogan, and Tanners creeks, nearly equal distance?, emptying into the Ohio. Thesestrcams bear off the productions of our county to the best market of the world. We need no Rail Road, no Canal, to bear away our commodities, and to take otV our hardearned profits, to keep them in repair. Yet with all these facts before us, I am ready to become their submissive friend and advocate, so soon as one single advantage to be derived from them by our county, sh ill be pointed out. Admitting the fact that the people of the county have all these facilities lor carrying their produce to market ; and admitting, further, that all these streams are navigable for a considerable distance, (which is not the fact) with the beautiful Ohio in our front, it AOnId be no reason that the people oil from these streams should be deprived of similar advantages, w hen procured at their own expense and by the labor cr vir own hands. If there be a common thoroughfare which connects the western w aters with the Atlantic Ocean, its benefsvs would be but poorly appreciated by thoe at a distance nR cither side, were they deprived of all facilities to it. We acUjt that these streams will answ er the purpose of those who iWe immediately on their banks ; and the Ohio will answer all purples when w e get to it, and that is just what we want ofthi9load and canal, to place those w ho are destitute of these natural facilities on an ei;ual footing with their more fortunate uejhbors. And while this will be done to the detriment of no one, but to the infinite advantage of all, w e can see no just ground for complaint. But I again assert, and I doso without the fear of successful contradiction, that these works will of themselves be an injury, without taking into con sideration the enormous taxes which will be levied upon the people to construct them, when they are once commenced, under the direction of our Slate government. Willi all these facts then before us when it is made evident as the noondiy sun, that it is the intention of our old and ancient enemy to involve us in insolvency and ruin where is tho man tho real lover of his country who can suppoit their Ticket ? No Republican can lend his aid to elect men who will thus sell his rights and his freedom on the other hand, they will come up against them, in their might, and in their strength, determined to sustain the State from ruin, and to keep the public purse from xhosofew who wish to aggrandize themselves to the injury of the many. Fellow citizens, all is now with you. You have all to do. But I, for one, am not now willing the enemy should gain the vantage ground. WtThave beaten them once we must beat them again, both on their Rail Road and Canal system, and on ihe County Seat question: and by so doing we will maintain our rights in the county, and secure ourselves and our posterity (as citizens of the State.) from bankruptcy, ruin and disgrace. TRUTH. An Angel caught. The Magazine and Advocate savs, that while the Mormon Prophet, Joe Smith, was in Ohio, engaged in proselyting people to the faith of the "Golden Bible," he sought to give additional solemnity to the baptismal rite, by affirming that on each occasion an angel would appear on the opposite side of the stream, and there remain till the conclusion of the ceremony. The rite was administered in the evening, in Grand River, near Painesville, not by the Prophet in person, but by his disciples. In agreement with the prediction of tho Prophet, on each occasion a figure in white was seen on the opposite bank, and the faith of the faithful was thereby greatly increased. Suspicions, as to the incorporeal nature of the reputed angel, at length induced a compan" of youn;mcn (unbeliev ers of course) to examine ie quality of the ghost, and, bavin? secreted themselves, they awaited its arrival. Their expectations were soon realized by its appearance in its customary position, and, rushing from their lair, they succeeded in forcing it into tho stream, and although its efforts to escape were powerful, they succeeded in bringing it in triumph to the opposite side oFthe stream, when, who faut thQ xmon prophct him6em liochcttcr Republican.

The Typographical Association of the City of New York celebrated its Fourth Anniversary by a Dinner at Tatmnanv Hall on Saturday evening last (20th ult.) II. D. 'Bristol, President of the Association in the chair, assisted by Messrs. W. II. M'Cartney, A. Hill, and M. Bates, as Vice Presidents. Hon. C. W. Lawrence, Mayor of the City, was among the invited guests in attendance, and letters of apology for unavoidable absence were received from Samuel Woodworth, and John

Cano, Esqrs. The late hour at which we receiv ed the proceedings prevents our publishing more than the regular I oasts: Aeu Yorker. 1. The day tee celebrate The fourth volume of a regular work. Pearl to its friends cannon to its foes. 2. The Invention of Printing "God said,' Let BT okeenley. Lono slumbered the world in the darkness of Error, prance brooded o'er Earth like a pall : the Mitre and Crown men about them in terror, Though galling the bondage and bitter the thrall : Whn a voice like the Earthquake's revealed the dishonor; A flash like the lightning ensealed every eye, A 1 111 1 . 1 - . 1 T ! 1 i xvu-f m"T a" 1 6 .u , : 5 " ' While round it men gathered to conquer or die Twas the voice of The Tress on the startled ear breaking, In giant-born prowess, like Pallas of old: 'Twas the flash of Intelligence, gloriously waking A glow on the cheek of the noble and bold : And Tyranny's minions, overawed and affrighted Sought a lasting retreat with the cloister and cowl; And the spells which bound nations in ages benighted, Were cast to the haunts of the bat and the owl. Then hail to The Prf.ss! chosen guardian of Freedom! Strong Sword-arm of Justice ! bright Sunbeam of Truth! We pledge to her cause, (and she has but to need them,) The strength of our Manhood, the fire of our Youth: Should Despot e'er dare to impede her free soaring, Or lligot to fetter her flight w ith his chain, e swear that the earth shall close o'er our denlorins. -r view ner in giauness and treedom again But no! to the day-dawn of Knowledge and Glory, A far brighter noontide refulgence succeeds; And our Art shall embalm, through all ages, in story, Her champion who triumphs her martyr who bleels: And proudly our sons thall recall their devotion, While millions shall listen, to honor and bless, Till there bursts a response from the heart's strong emotion, And the earth echoes deep with Lgno Life to the Press ! 3. Benjamin Franklin The Printer and Philosopher. His full title to the admiration of the world will ever be kept standing. 4. The Union of the Revolution A full duodecimo and one page over. The make-up has been passing until the sheet is now complete. May it ever be a standing form for the admiration of the world. r TV. Tt : I t ..!. rr...'i. I r. G. The State of .Vew JorA- The fount-case of tiie union. .nay its sorts never run short. 7. Universal Education A token of the impres sion of the fjreat lever. 8. The 1'rt ss Ever ready to lake on the form cf Liberty. 31 a v it never etanu while correcting the impositions of Alanks and Friars. 4Tliou art the rock, 'fore whom the Virtues stand The Press the guardian of our native land." ODE. BY J. GRAHAM. Darksome and chill was that era of gloom, When Wisdom and Virtue had sunk in the tombWhen the labors of Art and of Science were gone, And Ignorance reigned, undisputed, alone : EVn Nature seemed sinking iu Death's fatal throes, When the day-star of Intellect brightly arose. 'Twas that Art which arose like the monarch of day, And Darkness was lost in its heavenly ray; Then Knowledge and Freedom their banners unfurl'd, And Hope premised ages of peace to the world. Fond Xature, reviving smiled Jor through her tears Froud Science awoke from her slumber of years Sage Reason asserted his reign o'er the mind And the standard of Liberty waved in the wind: While the soul, disenthralled from the bondage it wore. !Now basked in the noon-tide of knowledge once more. Then hail to tho Art, &.c. Sublime was that hour which saw it on high, Reflecting its glories o'er ocean and sky; Its ray was the token of promises bright, And the delude of Mind is succeeded by Light: May it still on the world its benefits pour, A nd shine on the soul until Time ino more. Then hall to the Art which arose like the da', When darkness was lost in its heavenly ray ; Then Knowledge and Freedom their banners unfur'd, And Hope promised ages of Joy to the world. 0. Trades Union Goodly volumes, furnishing genial aliment to long-suffering mechanics, but adamantine bars to the proud oppressor. 10. The Two Eras, (Bunker Hill, and 17th June 18iH) While the balls of the one gave proof to our enemies that we wero not easily thrown in pi, may the oilier so revise its composition, as to contain nothing but solid matter. 11. Our Fellow Craftsmen throughout the country May they stick to their stands in defence of their ricrhts while there is a space left for them, and never suffer an imposition until their cannon is all locked-up. 12. Our Departed Brethren sorts run out Although cojjincd, yet registered in the pages of our memory. 13. The Fair "The loveliest gems That decorate the page of Nature Man's solace and his pride." From the Military and Naval Magazine. The Challenge Some twelve years ago, the following was related to me by a soldier of the Second Artillery, who had served in the Peinsular war. imdor Sir Arthur Welleslev. Being struck with the recital, I wroto it down in the words of the old dragoon: "On the eve of the engagement at Victoria, our company of cavalry, (chietly composed of raw recruits) took the field for the first time, and was assigned to a station on the right flank, immediately in front of a company of French hussars, who were equipped for battle. Our captain, Lord D. although a youth, was an elegant swordsman; active and brave, as was afterwards known in the field of Corunna: hut as he had just joined us, and had never uerore raceti tne enemy, he was easily intimidated. Amidst the most breathless susoense. the French commander rode instantly up and challenged our captain to a personal combat, which was refused. 1VT t t I.! .ut. a uorscmaa cui vieweu tiie retusal as a stigma, ana an were mortified at the apparent disgrace, and wished the hour at hand to retrieve the honour forieited by the non acceptance of the aud acdoii?t hus sar challenge. At my side was Sergeant Gordon, who had more than once struck the hilt of his sword, and exclaimed with deep mortified feelings: By St. George, I'll srive you battle let the challenge be sounded, and I'll try your metal.' The bugle no sooner announced thatj all things were readyfthan the athletic Sergeant rushed forward with the intrepidity of a lion upon its prey and soon gave vent to his exasperated excitement, in attacking the captain of hussara with impetuous force. Being early

wounded in my left arm, I had an opportunity of witnessing at two different times the combat. Ne

ver was there two horsemen more furiously engaged in righting; they appeared equal in strength and dex terity and they fought with rage; each maintaining his ground to the last. 1 he cause or excitement was visible; the one, no doubt, at seeing himselt assaulted by an inferior in rank, and the other from the recollection of the refusal of the challenge. I saw them slabbing each other, until the mist of smoke hid from my eyes the bloody scene. i he next day, being so lar recovered from my wound, and being anxious to ascertain the fate of these brave horsemen, I was fortunately detailed as one of a party to gather the spoils, and assist in burying the dead. Walking near a pond of water, I leisurely examined every lifeless victim, until I discovered the French captain and our sergeant grasped in each other's arms-dead, and sunk up to their shoul ders in the mire. Thus they fell, and never have I forgotten the impression made upon my mind by the challenge the encounter, and the fatal but chivalrous end of these modern Bayards, who died without fear or re proach." Serious Accident. A lad about 13 years of age, on a visil to the Menagerie, yesterday mornino approached within a few inches of the Leopard's cage, one of the bars of which had been left for a moment down. The Leopard instantly seized his arm and drew it into the cage, lacerating it in a shocking manner. His cries alarmed the keep ers, three of whom seized the Leopard by the head to prevent his retreating to the back of the cage, and after much difficulty the lad was extricated from his perilous situation The prompt and judicious action of tho keepers, happily saved his life; in an instant longer his head would have been crushed to atoms by the infuriated animal. The boy was taken home, and Dr. Hornans call ed. He is not considered dangerously injured. though his arms were dreadfully torn and biilcn by the animal. The accident should cerve as a caution, and prevent spectators approaching too near the cases, or irritating the animals, when the keepers are not in attendance; whilst the keepers themselves should be taught by it never to leave the bars of a cage down, even for "a moment." Boston Transcript. Aateriiscment extraordinary. JNo one, we think, will deny, that the writer of the subjoined advertisement, copied from a Tuscaloosa (AlaA paper, is gifted in a remarkable degree with a genius for writing advertisements. Persons indebted to the Tuscaloosa Book store, are respeciiuuy requested to tay ihoir last year's accounts forthwith. It is no use to honey the matter; payments must be made, at least once year, or I shall run down at the heel. Every body says, how well that man VVoodrulI is gettino; on in the world; when the fact is I have not positively i i . ... spare cnange cnougn to ouy a smrt or a pair of breeches. My wile is now actually engaged in turning an old pair wrong side out, and in trying to make a new shirt out of two old ones. She declares that in "Virginia," where she was raised, they never do such things, and that it is moreover, a drownright vulgar yankee piece of business altogether. Come, come, pay up! pay up, friends, keep peace in the family, and enable me to wear my breeches right side out. You can hardly ima gine how much it will oblige, dear sirs, the public's most obedient, most obliged, and most humble servant, D. WOODRUFF. From the Boston Gazette. Austria. A dying Emperors advice to his Son. Accounts from the Danube state that the following autograph letter had been addressed by the late Em peror Francis, at the last moment of his life, to his successor: "My well-beloved Son Ferdinand I conceive it my duty still to give counsel to you the last that 1 6hall jrive here below. Do not neglect it, I implore you. Derange not the basis of the political edifice; reign, and alter nothing; be taithtul to the princi pies, bv the aid of which I have maintained the monarchy in the midst cf storms, and have secured it an imposing attitude in the eyes of nations. Re spect acnuired ricrhts as you would have the rights of sovereignty respected. See that concord con stantly reigns in your family, and consider that us the most precious of all possessions. Lend not your ear to inexperienced cct :iseIiors, and weigh mature ly the smallest of your actions. Conhde entirely in Prince de Mctternich my best friend, and my most faithful servant. Undertake nothing without consulting him, and I hope that he will serve you with a devotion equal to that of which he has given me so many proofs. (Signed) ''FRANCIS." Our Virginia friends, although late in starting in the competition for the trade of the West, are determined to make up for lost time by putting forth extraordinary efforts in furtherance of their great scheme 6T internal improvement. It is stated in the Lynchburg Virginian, "that it is determined to enter upon the James River and Kanawha improvement forthwith, and with all possible energy. The line between Richmond and Lynchburg will be immediately surveyed and laid off into sections, and it is expected that the whole will be put under contract by the next winter." Baltimore American. From the N. O. True American. Draining Company. We are glad to see the course the directors of this company have taken: thev have resolved not to re-open the books of sub scription until a section of the swamp is drained, and the feasibility of the enterprise they have in view, is'practically proved. They will begin their operations immediately. We look upon the accom plishment of their resolution with the greatest confidence; and we expect to see it realize our most extravagant anticipations of the future greatness of our risinocity. The only thing now wanting to make New Orleans, in a tew years, the great city it nas been predicted it will be, is to make it a healthy place. This is the end towards which the most strenuous exertions of our city authorities should tend; for the moment it is proclaimed that New Orionr,o n healthv citv. throughout the year, its pop ulation and its commerce will be increased in a ten fold ratio. The draining company, will, perhaps, by itself effect this. It seems to us, that as soon as the thick forest which exists between the city and the lake is cleared away, that the fresh breezes and currents of air we will thereby continue to enjoy, will work wonders towards increasing the earn brity of the city. What gratitude and praise will not be owing then to the enterprising and high-minded originators of the project. Wr. Itpninmin Buisson. a gentleman of great ex perience and ability, has been appointed civil engineer to this institution. Under his direction, there can be no doubt of tho proper prosecution of

the proposed work.

The Future. "It will be all the same a hundred

years hence," is a saying which has lately found iavor in more tnan one print. We cannot concur with our friends, the Editors, in this respect. "It will" not "be the same a hundred years hence." True philosophy teaches us the negative not the affirmative proposition: the conduct of governments and nations, the actions ot individuals, are all of vast importance, not only in themselves but in their consequences; not only to tho generation that is passing away, but to succeeding, perhaps to many generations. To take an examnla or two: Does not the battle of Marathon exert to this hour an influence favorable to humanity. That conflict was the beginning of a series of struo-o-les. whoso event was to determine whether the mild and enightencd sway of Europe should wave its scentm over a large part of mankind, or the coarse and bru tal nature of Asian Despotism should exercise un bounded power. To the end of time the name of Leonidas will be uttered with love and honor: n. voice from Thermopylae will loudly proclaim, (to borrow the words of a fine writer) "glory and free dom to all who dare to die." Have the actions of Alexander entirely spent themselves! Look at the city he built, which, after languishing for many cen turies, yet survives to attest some part or Jus glory ? 1- I t T I- .! 1 in ins enngntenea ueneuceiice. xjook. ac nis neroic career recorded in a language more deathless, if possible, than his fame; a career which, lamentably for the world, finds now and then in the lapse of time, which has found even in our day, an imitator. To multiply instances of the unsoundness of tho above common saying, would be endless: what we have given will suffice. Baltimore Chronicle. Statistics by an Observer. Out of a population of 32 millions in Fiance, 5 million are in a stale of abject poverty, 130,000 desolate the country by ail sorts of depredations, and about 30,000 aro taken up annually and punished. Iljcosts about 4,000,000fr. annually for the safely of the roads, cities, and the like. About y,UUU,000lrs. worth of proper ty is stolen annually. There are about 150,000 in the civil and military prisons, or who are alternately in the hospitals, houses of refuge and the like. About 00,000 children are deserted by their parents, who have no homes but the forests, caves of smugglers, ect., where thoy can hide themselves; and ihe greatest part of these G0,000 are in a destitute state, and lo what precedes 3 millions of individuals whose means of exsislence are not secured to them a month beforehand. Anecdote. A man in Ohio, well mounted, urging forward a drove of fat hogs towards Detroit, met a charming lot of little girls as they vre returning from school, when one of them, as sho passed the 'swinish multitude,' made a very pretty courtsey. "What, my liitle gal, said the man, "do you curchy to a whole drove of hogs?" "No," said she, with a most provoking smile, 'onTy to the one on horseback.' Detroit paper. Arrival of the U. States Frigate Constitution, The New York papers announce the arrival at that port of the U. S. frigate Constitution, Commodore Elliott, having on board Mr. Livingston, our Miniser to France, and his family. She left Plymouth May 17. On coming into the North River, on Tuesday morning, she fired a salute which was returned from Castle William. The Journal of CornCommerce says "Mr. Livingston and family came ashore in a lieutenant's barge under a second salute, and landed on the steps at Castle Garden. A great crown had assembled on tho Battery, who gave the Minister a very cordial reception, and accompanied himao the house of a friend at tho lower end of GiSenwich street. From the steps Mr. Livingston addressed his fellow citizens in a brief speech, which was answered by hearty cheers. "lie expressed the satisfaction ho felt at tho cordial reception which had been given him, and assured his countrymen that during his absence it had been his constant desire to secure tho rights and maintain the honor of the United States. He then withdrew lo a window in the chamber, and a friend announced that in consequence of fatigue it would be impossible for Mr. L. at that time to receive his fellow-citizens individually, but it was expected that the corporation of the city would make a spccdy arrangement for that purpose. "We are glad to learn from tho conversation of Mr. Livingston that his return to the United States is not to be taken as an ewl omen. Among tht reason for it is a desire to put the President in pos session of his views more fully than he could well do by letter. He has not perceived among tho people or in the Government of France, any hostile disposition towards us. On the whole, we find nothing to shake our often expressed confidence lhat our affairs with France will be brouoht to a satisfactory and friendly issue. Mr. Livingston will soon repair lo Washington, and no dcubt Government will in some way put tho people in possession of the impressions made by his state ments. ISalt. Fatnot. Fatal Pugilism. Wc learn from the Pottsville. (Pa.) Journal, that a pugilistic encounter took place in that neighborhood a tew days since, between two miners, named John Simons and Ldward Thomas. which resulted in the death of the former, in conse quence of a blow inflicted on him which ruptured the jugular vein. Previous to this catastrophe, which took place on the lDth round, the deceased had knocked down his opponent eleven times. Thera had been some difference between the parties, and the fight, which terminated thus fatally, was agreed upon, to ascertain which was "the better man.'' The survivor had been committed to jail, to await his trial. A Stray Ostrich. Persons on the way between Belchertown and Wart on Tuesday, last week, al a particular moment, witnessed an occurrence which probably never took place upon American soil before an Ostrich at the very top of his speed, out stripping in velocity, as those who saw it say, the fleetest horse. Macomber's caravan was coming fiom the east, and the stage from the west had turned out to let them pass, when just as the Ostrich was in the act of passing, a gU3t of wind struck if, and from its great height, upset it, and broke the teamster's leg. The Ostrich made his escape, bu,t was recovered, we know not ho but probably, according to the habits of the bird, he hid his head in the leaves, and imagined his whole body out of sight. The stage horses took fright, turned suddenly.round,and upset the passengers, but we do not understand than any one was seriously injured. IlampsMre Gattc.