Indiana Palladium, Volume 11, Number 47, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 5 December 1835 — Page 2

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! I, AW It K N c K BURG II, tti MfHINlNU. DISC. ", 133f. .1 A I I HI' - FOR rUESIDKMT: WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, GENERA I. or oino. TO THE PUBLIC. t . .irint recess of some years from the toils, trou ,"n,c,cllv d.rn into, ho .f imt p ' u.-.if transferred from the In, nana i anauium. ..v11. .1. ii ' it i nil"--the qriieti-dc of rural pursuit to the boisterous and troubled sea of p liticsin a situation. where, though laurels , I vry he won, they are seldom worn. 7n resuming the duties of an Editor, he ., fully aware of their maenitude an impartance; and he enten, uPo the, di-'iar, not without a lively apprehension that ho UI ftilw perform the task, in a manner calculated to do eredit to himself, or benefit the party in whose cause he may Hbor He knows that he shall not be ablc to bring into the -.rvic- of the public, talents and experience equal to their Pertations and their deserts. Indeed, hi, avocations for the Ut four or five years have been such, as were but illy calculated to fit him for the duties of a public writer ; and it may be consider by many (and Justly sc .perhaps ) at K,nf11P, of thonlouch and otber impie dry, tu the use of which he has acquired some " ciency, would better become him at this time, than the pen of the political essayist. We are, however, placed in a community, who are generous as well as, just, and who well know how to appreciate the., things: and he feels assured that whatever may be his imperfec;n regard them with an indulgent Hons, asawmn,iu.j o- . nf lh.:r ye, and cover them all with the broad mantle of their hirtUnor about eleven years since the present writer in conjunction with Mr. Cully, commenced the PMf ,hi. paper. During the last six years of which time ( m th the exception of the last five months) ,! has been unc the able and efficient management of the latter. Unde direction it has acquired no little degree of popularity vm the friend, of the present administration, whose cause it s uniformly supported, with a zeal and fidelity seUlom a TK. cmerset which it is now about to make in politics, will therefore be rega . v.. Mncnf rhncf who have .urpnsMrw. ....... .WuMinMofK- . i i, t nntmnized it, and grci, v j ..ni.u-hi'.B the change will . no nave iwiig . have accorded witn u in m m..." be hailed with pleasure by many more who have deprecated its political course, but at the same time generously o ntributedto its support. And we trust there at. hundred, of others who will take an early opportunity of evincing their approbation by enrolling their names among the list of our patrons. In reference to this change, though it may be nPleaut to the friends of the present administration, they should exercise more philosophy, than to indulge in any unnecessary regrets. They should reflect that this world full of changes, and that every day's experience proves the mutability all things. The heavens with all its g ones mu t pas, away, and thi.earth, now teeming with life and an -P ;l:n1ve itself into utter chaos. The noblest ZZfrni:; towering and splendid monuments of hia greatness and pride, which now seem imperishable win L,hed bv the corroding finger of Time, and anon crumnr own happy form of government, now ,he glory of every American, and the admiration of all the : m:1 .-rirt m:,vere lone, fall in anarchy and ruin, .d become a standing reproach to all the free nation, of the earth. On the other hand we are daily wi messing change, for the better. Our country is rapidly changing from a wild state of nature, to a densely populated region : .i i,h hi.hlv cultivated farms, and beautihed with cities, towns, canals and Rail Roads, ic ic. Our n AW chan-instfrom their rude and vulgar ha- . .w- ,.finrm,nt of civilized life. Even the pohli Ull.9. V - . . r cian, however much he may prate aoom u.c : ' ... . a OhV. n III 1 (1 SI principle, has been knourn to change . -, P F V , ,A . wic newspaper, .the frailest all these changes, should rmutong th fratl Inventions of man, Claim an r-i . from ihee nrevailihr mutations 1 It should not be maryellc d at. And indeed gentle reader, we are not without hope, that even you, who have so long contributed to build up and sustain a system dangerous to the peace of our citterns, and the permanency of our free institutions, will soon chanse from the error of your ways, and nobly come to the ait! of the people in rescuing the government from the hands of those who are using the public treasure of the nation for the promotion of their own unhallowed ambition that you will aid in bringing it back toits former purity and simplicity, uhen party spirit shall be merged in the public good and the only test required of a man's fitness for office, shall be, his honesty, his capacity, and his unyielding davotion to the Constitution nnd laws of his country. From the foregoing remarks, it may be justly inferred, that the writer of this article is neither a friend to the present administration, nor a supporter of the claims of .Martin fan Buren, to the next Presidency. We were opposed to the prt s-nt administration when it first came into powr, and so few have been its redeeming virtues since, according to our political faith, that we have neveryet been able to reconcile it to a ttrict sense of our duty to yield it our

- :i r r- Von 1 anu luipaiwai nt....b . o - In looking around us for a suitable person to succeed the present incumbent of the Presidential chair, one in whose political honesty and integrity the people can place, implicit confidence one w no wu. ,.,.. Union, as the sheet anchor of our national safety one who will restore the government to its proper equilibrium, and inthc exercise of Executive power, will be better calculated than any other man to reconcile conflicting interests, nnd pour oil upon the troubled waters of party strife we re not at a loss to find such a man. We seek him not in the hallsof the rich and great. He is not to be found awon the oroud aristocracy of the land, the titled heirs of . . i ...III ...it. r.tfhr. (nnciifntiAi. nfnur nr..iiic. ...rmim.le.1 bv thenomn and neeeantry of wealth, and public honors. No, bat we find him as the Kornans did their own beloved countryman, when they besought him a second time to resume the reins of government, and restore order and tranquility to the Roman Empire. As they fuund the good and unambitious Cincinnatus at the plough, so we find our own brave, generous, and patriotic . Haurisom. We find him engaged iu the humble but honorable pursuits of agriculture, on his farm at North Dead tnjrossed with the eslres, and blessed w ith the tomforts of domestic life. SiH man cannot fail to enter into the futtiwfS swl tntreu of t't. common pepl", and on all OC1 - j 1

feeble support. To the permcous couni, ... . . f he United States to maintain the most judging from the fruits of the past, we have very little of, and more particularly with that of the I rench; but rood to hope from the future, should the star of his de.tiny j if that friendship is to be purchased only at the saccoatinus in-th ecndant. If elected, he stands pledged to i rjfice of American honor, tke price will be infinitecarry out the principles and follow up the measures of Pre- j y too jear and the American people will never sident Jackson, among the most prominent of which, stands cotlsent to make the sacrifice. We hope to see the doctrine of universal proscription, for opinion's sake, ongrcss take such a review of the subject, as that, and indiscriminate distribution of public patronage among wlujc jt may provc conciliatory to the Frrnch, shall political favoiites, without regard to merit ; and a wanton j manifeEt nQ di!,p0Sition on our part, to truckle to their and dictatorial exercise of the veto power. Such a man j we can never consent to support, for the highest office in j P , the gift of ti e people. Put while we thus frankly avow j The pauadilIini wji be forwarded to the subscriour opposi iotto that distinguished individual, we promise Ders 0f thc iate Cincinnati Courier, by its late editor, who to act towards him, nnd towards his political friends, for j js now the publisher and proprietor of this paper, and he m:ny of whom we entertain a high personal regard, with j fjattcr, himself with thc hope that many, if not all of them, all beet tning liberality. They shall always be entitled to, w;nbe willing to receive it in lieu of that paper. Those who and receive, in common with our political friends, a fair ipCt;ne receiving it, will please return the paper to

The election or, allay party SUif.

casiou u ill propeilr appreciate um i:,n. Harrison will be better calculated to alia than anr other man now lefore the puonc; i.ur uie pvuF

i hare taken him up without regard to former party Ststincj tion. Among his warmest advocates, we find many who I have long stood enrolled with die friends and supporters I . . TK npnrJr. tilt HTCat VCO-

s of the present anmiuisii.iiiun. , o . 1 1 .. . .. - l ...j i...k.mMt immuiro. J pr. are rising tn tneir sirengui, u " -- - cal manner are declaring their preterence lor we - i fsoim nenn : nuu ins name j - - - .. t. j i u: kt. heon Tpppivwi in cverv pan i : r .k with the most uerfect enthusiasm. His pop i Ul fcilC .w j i ularitv, says a Van Buren writer, has burst upon the conn, try, like a clap of thunder in a clear sky. Yes, and we may add that its revererations will not. cease till i hey are heard and felt in the remotest parts of the Union. 'I hey ! .... Mm of his waf nopumay now attempt tu nu,.u.. - - lanty if they choose, out iei .c - - - - is not far distant when they will stand perfectly aghast at its unparalleled strides. He is endeared to the people oy along life devoted to their services, not only in the field but in the councils of the nation, and his name neert only be mentioned in connection with the high office to wHch he aspires to find a favorable response in the bosom of every true American. It is true, his enemies have endeavored to cast reproach and contumely on his military fame; but . i-.i.. k, tended to exhibit his chareverv enort 01 me nvin ..o. ter in a lavoraoie ngnu libly engraven in the warm affections of his countrymen, be ever obliterated or sullied by the foul breath of slann a frorable lieht. His name, is engraven - Civ. iv, a - j del der- and whatever they may say against the hero of lipnecanoe,the impartial verdict of his peers will always b- ... .reat in arms, wise in council, and just, and generous in the exercise of Executive power the people will delight to honor. Such a man Omo.-The Legislature of this State will aoon meet. Application will no doubt be agaia made by Indiana, for pertnisaion to pass through a portion of the county of Hamilton, with the White W atcr Canal. We trust the application will not be rejected. To reject it, would be unworthy the charac- ... 1 . " liat ter of a noble State, and, we nurnDjy c onci-, not Cincinnati lose, almost entirely, ana longer, the trade of the White Water country? , Is it not better that Ohio should permit us to pass through her border witn tne canai '' it, by Turnpike or Rail Road at Harrison or Lawrenceburgh? What would our Ohio friends say, if Kentucky should throw obstructions in the way ox uie con f . i templated Rail Road, from Cincinnati to Charleston nVhile they desire Kentucky to permit and to aid in the construction through her limits of this Work, which will place Cincinnati, on the vantage ground of western cities, and perhaps turn much of the trade of Louisville and Maysville, into the bo- , of an already too formidable rival, nave inoy fear that Kentucky will imitate the example of som selfishness, which the Ohio Legislature, exnioi e, last winter, in relation to the White Water canal! no We hope the Ohio Legislature will, at tne earnest period of its session, grant to Indiana the favor she has asked, and thus not give to Kentucky, if she has any inclination to obstruct the contemplated Rail Road, the apology of her own bad example, A State as 11 as an individual, should remember when it denies a boon, that it may ere long, become its turn to ask one. Srj,TE Legislature. The Legislature of our State will convene at Indianapolis on Monday nexL There will no doubt be much important business blocked out for legislative action, during the ensuing session, among the most prominent;of which will be a bill contemplating a general and extensive system of State internal improvement a bill apportioning the senators and representatives in the State legislature and the ad-valorem law of last session. We shall endeavor to keep pace with the current of events in that body so far as the limits of our paper will justify. Congress. This body will also meet on Monday next. We look for a stormy session. Among the most exciting questions which will probably come before that body, will be the French question whether it is consistent with the honor and interest of this nation, to make further explanations to the French government, in reference to the Message of President Jackson, which seems to have so woun ded their exquisite sensibilities. It is no doubt the the lost oilice, noiiiyins me i osi .unsiri ui ..it. ...... ...... will confer a favor by sending them back to this oflico w ith as little delay as possible. ' Our friends, who subscribed to our prospectus for the in .. . 11 .1 - If,... , rfiJrtrt ijuncr, will receive tne i aiiauium in n mci. j ng piirchased the Palladium Office, we have concluded to contmuethe paper under its old name. It has acquired a j goo.standjllg under the auspices of Messrs. Culley &, Cole, j we ,OMC jt wiU not detsrtorate in our hands. j j Thf illtor having to be absent .luring the session of the ! Legislature, w ill entrust the editorial management of the paper to competent hand, w ho will no doubt discharge the trust with fidelity and care. In the meantime wo bespeak forthero tern the indulgence of the public. Pleasure for .Measure. In looking over the subscription books of the Palladium, we find that a great portion of the patrons of this paper with whom we are personally acquainted, were opposed to the politics of its late editors, notwithstanding which they hare generously contributed to its support. Will the friends of the perseut administration whom we now find upon the list manifest the same liberal feeling, towards the present proprietor by continuing their upport? Or will they adopt a mors selfish and illibsr-

it would be contrary to her interest also, ii e ! mation leads u9 to believe, that the prices of ail ne proare not permitted to pass through that portion of duce ofthecountry are, through the year, as high, if not Oliio with the Canal, we can terminate it at Brook- higher Jn LawreilcebuTgh than in Cincinnati. It is better ville ' and a Rail Road, of a few miles, will unite however, tohave two markets in the vicinity of each otner, Brookville to the Rail Road from Lawrenceburgh than only one. The competition of tho markets, will then ritulnapolisvhichisnowin progres, If this k prices Mr Z

al,oy, Uy o Wk of U,ir U-d, j in?, -we bold no fellowsh.p w.th Nay, w. V1

better things to expect from them. v- A tlm inciinn rtf Congress and the State Legisla...J7f.u - hnn.. to receive an accession ' w. .wpareraanv very ' to our suascription nsi. c " - a , -ti- . newsDaoer. who : m. manv.wno ate aounaanuy auie w io , i . . . - . r nhie all I . who do not do it. who do not do it. Uutn-hysay m " ( are ablc to tate a newspaper, and is it not worm u.c . sum 01 iwo uoaars Dei veai i r i .k'.th lap'py country, every j it is the duty, thete- j man is a nwrl of the government, and fore, of every man, to inform himself of the course 01 public evv-ats and the conduct of the public servants. The mai-. who reads no newspaper, must form his judgment of pr.blic affairs very mueh from the information of others, tvr.fnr. liable to be deceived. We do not intend to 1 --0 . urge it as the duty of all who may chance to read these lines, to take the Palladium, though of course, we should prefer that they would take this paper. There are many good papers in the country-one other, our readersknow n. tvlet each man take the paper he likes best, but let every man take Borne newspaper. We 'shall endeavor n.n.j;..m intristinir as anr other paper, to maKe tne 1 ana.iu - and we hope our friends will use their exertions to extend its circulation. If such exertions were used, us patronage mi-Vit easily be much increased. LAWRENCEDURGH MARKET. We understand from Maj. J. P Dnnn, that our Fork Merchants are offering the following price, for PorkPork weighing less than 150 Ibn. $- weighing from 150 to 1751b. J f J weighing from 175 to 225 lbs. weighing from 225 to 250 ibs, e weighing 250 lbs. or upwards, uu Flour is selling at $1 ou per uairci The prices of all other produce of the country are, w ... , t. t.. latA number of th we believe proportionally nigu. Rnshville Herald, we see the question incidently mentioned, whether, if certain contemplated improvements shall divert a part of the trade of this portion of the State, from Cincinnati, a market could be found at Lawrenceburgh or Madison. It seems to us, no one could complain of pree , orice. in the Lawrenceburgh iuaret, .u r Cnl Cameron. For the benefit of your patrons ana. tne puSk generin; will you please publish so much of the lc t of Congress,' as relates to the postage of newspape , l the nenalties to PostMasters for ovcrchragtng of postare. Your compliance may co rrect abuses which no doubt nailv transpire in that useful department. S. S. In answer to the above, we state "that newspapers carried not over 100 miles or any distance within the State where they are mailed, are chargeable with a postage , of one cent each-if carried over 100 miles and out of the State where they are mailed, they are chargeable . with a , i uji-nt. .arh See Act lo2o ec. postage ot one ana a. ...w... 30 The Post office Law also ptovides "that if any person employed in any Department of the Post office, shall improperly detain, delay, embezzle or destroy any newspaper, or permit any other person to do the like, or shall open or permit any other to open any mail or packet of newspapers not directed to the office where he is employed, such offender shall on conviction thereof, forfeit a sum not exceeding $50 for every such offence." CINCINNATI AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD. The citizens of Charleston act with spirit, enthu. siasm, and effect in whatever they undertake Thev are now deeply engaged in an enterpnze ever'y way worthy of them, of the country, and of the are,-we mean that of effecting a communication by railroad from the Ohio to the southern Atlaniick coast. At a Uto meeting, of which gen. Hayno was chairman, a long and masterly report was adopted, in which the advantages of the enterprize ro fully pointed out and the speedy and efficient co-operation of the people of South Carolina with those of other states interested in the scheme, earnestly solicited. They appointed a committee of correspondence with powers to make explanations and surveys, in conjunction with committees appointed from other states. They asked an appropriation of 5000 dollars from the common council to defray the expenses of the committee, which was immediately granted. The committee appointed consists of Messrs. gen. Hay ne, gov. Hamilton, Edmonston, Colcock, Bennet, Boyce and Black. . . . Tl, r.nnrf. besides urffinL' the commercial adntaoes of the interchange of the cotton and rice, vantages oi ino iniercnii and foreign commodities of the south, with the cruo to tho country,hy surmounting the barrier that has hitherto shut out the north and the south from an acquaintance wih each other, but which being now overcome, will bring them into constant intercourse, remove tho prejudices existing between slave and non-slaveholding states, and thus cultivating a feeling of social and moral sympathy, and of brotherly lovo that will cement together, by indissoluble ties, our happy union. It i3 calculated that the annual amount of shipwrecks around the gulf of Florid, besides iho deInnlinn r.f t llfl nVn(ie from New Orleans to Europe, as compared to Charleston, is half a million of dollars, which would more than pay the interest oi the railroad. - A great portion of tho road, if tho route through Tennessee by the Muscle Shoals is taken (which : mnp) r.r. dl9 lll 1 Willi Id ha almost without any obstruction Tho committee in their report, siy : l.',nm tl, mouth of the Tennrsseo river to Flor- ., ;.t hptnw the Muscle Shoals, where iho steamboat navigation now terminates, tho ascendin- voyage consumes from two to three days, f. r .i, m,;n M-sinni .. .1. ..r .1.- cpirrnlv onp. to ino mourn iiiu t""-' . i 1-Vnm Florence a railroad of three hundred anu LrtmileTwW I havin " td encounter any interposin" mounuR formidable streams, will reach Augusta. From Augusta, Savannah is distant ono hundred and twenty Charleston one hundred and forty miles. Thus then, the pro - ducts of the western country, whether descendinc the White river, ot tho mighty stream of the Missouri whether floating along the current of the Mississippi, or its tributary branch's, many 01 llicm ( noble rivers, and like the Illinois, flowing through j territories of exuberant and inexhaustible fertility ;, tvhPthpr descending along the Ohio itself, or any of ils secondary waters, will only have to pause in their descending progress, turn against the current of the Tennessee for two or three days, and then in forty or sixty hours, according to the rate at which carriages shall he mado to travi l, may be placed in Augusta, on navigable water flowing info the Atlintick, or in another day, on continued railroads, may bo delivered in Chat lesion or Savannah, in Atlantick ports, possessing every advantage that mercantile enterprize m3y require. Six day, therefore, of uninterupted travelling, may lak

meat, and grain, and minerals, and manuiactures of the vast west and north, points out the pobVtcal dv.nnn,TPq of vital importance, which wl'.'t thus ac-

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five days, or m no ni " a return cargo may v? - ;; - . f or TM. ailtrni will be immense. lie ..-0Ql8"esOI una in' -y ProoDS. and munitions 01 cybij ... , , , . tiown lo ,he southern coast in r. . nnrCec.L certainty ami stcuruy. iuw ua, i f cnrwiln insurreclion will be greauy nc uimywi i ' , nt..i .. i3 r,; i 4 far overwhelming ana lesscneu, uh tin- - exterminating wiu y"" ..... nccessily, will be greatly increased. W e seo tli lhe pcopieof Colnmbia and of several others plac es in South Carolina are deeply ongageu n Rt the elTortsof the citizens of Charleston, and the people and authorities of Georgia will be no lMjnima-!-. ...k;Qt . V have verv iitllc doubt that tea on m auui. . . . f . mi K urrterrnted to speedy tlie worK win g llt Mw t"w and successful Completion. There are so many slates interested in the scheme, that it must succeed. Among the slates dire ly interested in its success are Ohio, Indiana, M cliigan,Illino;s, northwestern Virg.nia,Kentuck, ennessee, Norm ana oouui wiuuui per Mississippi; nearly half the population of the Union are thus urged by the strongest motires of interest to take hold of, and cany through tins great enterprise. From the New York Gazette. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Extract from IoxcninSville Family Correspondence . I found my "four year old" had already preceded me, and taken his accustomed etana m i yard, approaching which I heard the two diatinSed individuals, uncle Joshua and Seth, engag. ed in an animated conversation involving mat ers of no less importance than the all-absorbing subject of "Executive Patronage." I instinctively stopped nr. . i ,i.,m- T hut T mar sret something from this unsofisticated confab, that may not oniy HO KIIUWS, lliuugim , . i rum tins ' i Gil a page in my journal, but turn as a tke Government itself; the source and fountain of pa- . 1 1 turn ns n miiuo T.O I Thfs ia a Republican Government, thought I. in which public officers are public servants; and, as acorns produce oaks, who knows but th.s identical event may lead equally to glorious results. I felt reluctant to interrupt, by my presence, the dialogue, and contented myself by taking a position on the side of an old board fence, which ProJeKc itself between the barn and the shed, and, with the aid of sundry crevices, not only had the scene entirely before me, but heard distinctly thc whole conThe day being warm, both Uncle Joshua and Seth were in their shirt sleeeves, each nau a k u, ,.i ... hand, "whittling" the former a piece of shingle, and the latter a twig; and as they would approach any difficult part of argument, it was indicated b a creater care and nicety in chipping or! the tragments. It was evident that the main object was to get an honest conclusion, which in these days is not always the case. "I don't know," says Uncle Joshua, "that the notion of living the spiles to the victors aint politically right, though, like many other things in natur, it don't always work right in practice." "I don't know why it should not," answered the pedagogue, "for history tells us, from one end to tother, that was always the way, from Ccesar to Stark." "Well, well," rejoined Uncle Joshua, "that may be in war, but not in time of peace. Our folks should remember, that the natur of our country and Ha government, is to live in harmouy together; and it we differ in opinion upon some things, so long as we hirh wo have made, and slick to the Union, whicn is ueyona an iw, iua' v & , . ; : ... I .11 .nil anilf. In misnPl I itself, then, I think every man lias a rigni, nccuruni to his ability and his good character, to have as good a claim to patronage as his neighbor, although he may not have voted for the men in office. !Now (says heU made a trial of this tother day with my pigs. I sh and squealed, and knocked noses. Some I see got a few bites more than others, but upon the hull, day in and day out, they all get a pretty fair share, and laid down together arter eating, and all got along considerable well. Then I tried nn experiment, and I run a partition fence right through the pen, and put 11 pigs on one side and 9 on tother; and when I come to feed 'em,! shelled corn outside the pen in sight, and then I threw the cobs in the pen of o o,cra. and out the corn in the pen of 11 pigs and thencame trouble, and such a squeeling you never heard in your born days; and do you know Seth, (says Uncle Joshua) if I had continued that practice one day longer, them 9 critters who only got thc cobs, and who could sea their neighbors goblin down the clear corn in tother pen, and not understanding the rights of a majority, would have had the audacity not only to squeel like all natur, but actually to root up the posts of the partition fence, and break up the hull plan of my experiment. It won't do," continued Uucle Joshua, (making the shavings from his shingle fiy offlike the leaves from a tree in October,) "it is agin natur." Seth suspended for a moment the process of whittling his twig, and there seemed a crisis in the argumenta silent pause interrupted only by the twittering of the swallows retiring to their nestlings in the angle of the old timbers of the shed, and tho cooing of tho pigeons basking in the sunshine, on the roof of the old barn contiguous. Uncle Joshua maintaing his silence, and waitining for a rejoinder, continued whittling his shingle till he had reduced it, as he had his argument, to point, beyond which no remedy could apply, except to change ends; and being evidently a generous man, as well as a fair politician, was on the eve of doing so, and thus enable his friend Seth to avail himself of all the advantage tho subject admitted, when a shrill voice from the front gate adjourned the meeting instanler it was the voice of aunt Nabby herseff, breathing authority and hospitality; "Joshua come lo dinner, and bring the Folks along- with you. Characteristic Anecdote, of the battle of lake keif.-To thoso unskilled in naval aff.irs and naval language, tho history of naval bailies is not always perfectly intelligible, and even to tne skillful there ,s a degree of sameness m a suc es s.on of descriptions, which detracts from the inter est which semratclv they would not bo apt to ex cite: but traits of character are intelligible to all --.t' 11.:.-:.. . -nrlm him anu us 10 man auu ma t"tu...3u,.u We have given a description and a biography of lU hero of the battle: wo append a fewebaracistic anecdotes. j A chain-shot having passed through thc bulwark, j struck iho second Lieutenant of the Lawrence in i IhC breasf, knocked him down and lodged in his j bosom; Perry, who was standing near him, flew to his assistance, raised him up, and seeing no marks 01 .1 wouna ioiu mm ne was not injureu. "ury well, sir," said the Lieutenant corning to himself, "but this is my shot;" and coolly put it in his pocket. The character of lieutenant Yarnell, of the Lawrence, in the attitudes in which it his been presented to u?, if it is not heroic it is something more. He seems to hive considered lhe fighting of a battle, to be a piece of business, which has to be do and must bo dono well.- At tho batilo of ErieTic had equipped himself in n "won sailors dress. He had received one wound in head, and another in tho neck, each of which ho had hastily bound up in a bandana handkerchief; his nose had likewise been pierced by a apVoiefof dimensions.

ut up twenty on 'urn, as line enoais as you ever

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ghastly apnearance, no . J'1"'." rerry, ana unmm" ...... division wero killed. 1 necn niain inerejHjn oraered others in their- places. In a short time Yarnell returned with a similar account, and n request for more officers. To this request. Perry could only answer, "I have no more." Two davs after the' battle, a couple,kof Indians found concealed oil uoaru oi uic ui-iiuiu J ... i r .t. T.a wero where they had remsinrd wilhout ealing during lhe time. Captain IVrry being informed of ir,ordered tliem to be brought on deck. As iney uau oeen stationed in the top as sharp-shooters, Ihey expected no mercy; and had screwed trwir feelings and their countenances, to the point of puttering as becama them, like Indians. Their surprise must ho guested at for their countenances inaicaxeu nine, wnen Perry addressed them with mildness and kindly ordered them to be fed. When Captain Perry was getting into the boat, in order lo piss from Lawrence lo the Niagara, his pilot who had been ordered on that perilous enlarprise, jumped into the bont declaring that "h would stick.by his commander to the last." The fate of the engaging and handsome Lieutenant Brookes, of the marines was truly affecting. In th midst of the engagements h'S thigh whs dread fully shattered by a cannon ball, the forco of which threw him to the opposite side of the deck. With tho most piercing cries of agony he entreated Captain Perry to shoot him and put an end to his misery. A little mullalo hoy belonging to Lieutenant Brookes, on seeing his master fall, burst into tho most unappetising cries. Brookes was carried below, and gradually died away; requesting that his boy might be kindly taken care of. Lieutenant Turner, commanderof the brig Cal edonia, resolved to bring this vessel into action. ... reanired Hll its canvass, rather than lot go . .... 1 I .!. n I .1 Ithe Foresail wrncnsioou in ni8sway,(iiB iireu mruugii it; and in this manner procured for himself a share in the engagement. NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED Itf THE WORLD. A German papers says: In Spain thero are 12 newspapers; in Portugal, 17;in Switzerland, 30;in Belgium, 92; in Denmark, 80; in Austria, 82; in Russia and Poland, 81 ; in Holland, 150; in Groat Britian,21l ;in Prussia, 288; in the other Germanic States, 335; in Australia, 9; in Arica, 12; in Asia, 2; and in America, 1,138; from which it will bo seen that there are moro than half as many newspapers published in America (with the exception of France, which the writer has left out, and well ho may, for she has so completely muzzled the press, that there might as well bo none, and cast a stain on her escutcheon which it will be difficult to wipo off,) than there is in the whole wourld put together, and with not one-fortieth of the population. It h? no wonder then that this country bears the reputation abroad of being not only tho happiest but lhe freest nation of the earth, when the pres?, which wc consider to be the "sentinel on the waich-tower," is left free, not only to guard us against all encroachments on our rights (if it acts up to its profession,) but to diffuse information fr and wide over tho country, for wherever knowledge is thero wilV freedom also bo found. REVOLUTIONARY BATTLES. The following table may be useful for ccciaioni references. Battle of Concord, April 20, 1775. Battle of Old Hampton, Virginia, where tho Americans took five deck vessels, November, 1775. Bntile of Great Bridge, Va., December, 19, 1775. Battle of Fort Lee, Nov. 19, 1775. Bittle of Trenton, where Washington and his irmy took, 1,000 Hessians, December 26, 1770. Batile of Princeton, Jan. 2, 1777. Battle of Brandy wine, Sept. 11, 1777. Battle of Gcrmaniown, Oct. 4, 1777. Burgoyne'a army taken near Sarawgo, Oct. 17, 1777. Battle of the Red Banks, Oct. 22, 1777. Batile of Monmouth June 18, 1779. Battle of Stony Point, July, 15, 1779. Battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1779. Cornwallis and his army taken at York Town, Va. Oct. 1781. Batile of GuilhVd, North Corolins, March, 1781 Mabiojt, Ala., Sept. 10. MUREL'3 ATTEMPTED RESCUE. Wo have boeh shown a letter from a highly respectable gentleman of Tennessee, whicli states that a daring attempt had been made to liberate Murel from the State Pententiary. The letter cays that four or five hundred strangers, gradually, and seemingly without concert, appeared in Nashville, but that the influx was so great as to excite suspicion, and eventunllyj public opinion selteled down into lhe belief that they were confederates of that arch fiend, Murel, which suspicion was soon confirmed by an unsuccessful attempt at his liberation. Theletter states that about four hundred wero under arrest and undergoing , trial for participation in iho matter, and that a number had already been sentenced for various eriods to the penitentiary. Qualifications of a Wife. An anecdote preserved by the historians of Britany, acquaints us with the character of iho Princess, and the opinions of John, surnamed the Good and Wise, as to tho quaifications of a wife. On requiring from his ambassadors, immediately after their return from Scotland, their opinion regarding the lady, ho received for answer, that she was beautiful , elegantly formed, and in the bloom and vigor of health; hut remarkably silent not so much, a? ttappcp;crj l0 them, from discretion, from extreme simplicity. "Dear friends.1' s,ajd J0bn tho Good and Wise, "return sp-euiiy and bring her to me. She ig tho vCry woman I have been loner in Rnarch of. Rv wji. it it.wwi.is; u who seems 10 my tnwa suuicienily acute, if she can tell the difference between her husband's shirt and his shirt rufile." A few days since a Jonathan from the country who hdtakcn lodgings at tho American Houss Boston, was somewhat surprised when he camo to tho dinner table to see thero was nothing on it What will you have? asked the waiter. Jonathan stared about him, J dun know. Would you like a bill of the five, Sir? Thank ye, I dont caro if I slo take a small piece! A lady requested a friend to tell her to what order of natural history man was usually assignee ? He answered her philosophically, and desired her to give him woman's location. "Oh," replied abo with a srnile,"inan embraces woman." "May I be married, ma?" asked a pretty brunetto of sixteen. "What do you want to bo married foi V inquired her mother. "Why, ma, you know th children have never soen any body married I thittir,llt If n.rh nln.an a IiIiIa " ' "V u a t. . . . MlWt I'lbABU 1.111 U