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RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1825.

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Mr. Dillas was intimately acquainted

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i witti many subjects literary, politcal, and

scientific. We cannot pronounce him to I have been a person of profound knowledge ; ' but he was more than a man of general in-

j formation: he possessed more ingenuity

,man genius, which made him fertile in ex

pedients. His unweared application to business gave him considerable advantage

over many of his contemporaries; and, bv

a peculiar dexterity of wit, he was enabled,

tor the most part, to baflle his opponents.

-Vire to notify a discontinuance at the exPira-j He will not rank with those sages who ic t:;in' subscribed lor, will be considered nn : e 1 t n i' tl u ; give society an impress of their own char- , HI --Airciii. III. , t..Ai -11 l .

uncrs; uui ne win oe long remembered

as a man of uncommon powers of mind, of

much usefulness to his fellow-citizens, of

rehned taste, and of the most hospitable

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AMERICAN PORTRAITS. From th National Journal.

I'ORTRAIT NO. IX. ALEXANDER J. DALLAS. This ntleman arrived upon our shores iriP.out cither fortune or patronage. He -,Vt his celebrity entirely to his talents, sKTi were useful and brilliant. Ilis inNtrvwas remarkable, and he justly earn-

tiine reput ation which he acquired. He

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trrjie vma ine t uiai hi a miiui.h ; itnu i i.: L w i i i r harmonv of his periods, in po-1 ;:,.'. composition, was so singularly felici- j

;;iNt;i:it it was ditiicult for him to elude

i:.? detection of authorship under a fu.ti-

:, -ji signature, tie was lond or the drama.

:A conceived the dramatic corps, with i

t.zie proper exclusions, um not occupy 1

place in society to which their intel- i ial merits entitled them. His mind

and social feelings.

HENRY CLAY. On the 13th inst. in Cincinnati, a public dinner was given to the Hon. Henry Clay, by his fi iends, in testimony of their respect for his talents, integrity and eminent

jl public services. After dinner the follow

ing, among other toasts, was given: Our distinguished guest, IIe.nry Clay An illustrious Statemnn nnd incorruptible. Patriot: frank, fearless, aatl devoted to his country. After the applause with which it was received had subsided, .Mr. Clav addressed the company. 4 In rising to present, as I beg permission to do, my respectful thanks for the sentiment just expressed, I feel in a situation at once gratif ing and embarrassing. The number, and respectability, the worth and intelligence of the gentlemen here assem-

)Ied, the place, the occasion, and the pre-

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7i? welUtored with belles-lettres learning ; i sence of the distinguished gentlemen who

i his manners, at once dignified and honor us with their attendance, would

j ip:iv iting. vre thofe of the most accorn- j serve to explain, as thev had oroduced, the

j'irrJ ger.tlem'in. fi mingled sensations which I now feed. Whilst 'Ait i t!ie exception of Hamilton and jj I am sensible of not meriting the high com ilui:!. no foreigner who has taken up jj pliment which has been oifered, I can but niu.ient residence in the United j! be extremely gratified with the friendh te.-. has been so successful as Dallas ; sentiments which are here entertaii.ed to-::v-i:t the -t'M'm of the commutiity. jj wards ne-. and which have hern impresCouten!itis of ) irty, lie was nut a ivel evinced by the enthusiastic recepi i;p S!"J to remain neutral or inactive. !; tion of the toast. If indeed I have an

;ted hnn-elt to the re-.ublican part : - claim on account of my public services, to

our favorable consideration of me, it rests mainly upon some of those great national measures, in which I had the happiness to concur with my fellow citizens of Ohio.

With respect to one of those measures, the

; a;( au'e co-ndiutnr. as a writer and iker. in all its efirt- to obtain supremat:.d hvel t'tenjny the fruits of the Jef-

tnunip!;, t.-r o;i l ! i

in 1 i-01 . So conspicu

stage of politic s, would

v ir-t, attr.e, t moie than common oh- j ; ( an.-c of internal Improvement, in which

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a. d tall forth acrimoiib us ani- : arid he had, with other dis-

all pans oi tne union are so deeply concerned, and in which the West has ever

d leaders of the du , to encour-j; taken so lively an interest. 1 am glad " ; h of undefined obloquy and person- j; to be able t oiler you my hearty conjratlive. I 1 1 1 his mind was elastic : jj illations, on its success in the national countn'; assaults of hi adversaries ordy j; cils. The power of the General Governi ' to t r ite him to renewed exertions. j ment, long ardently, and perseveringly iVr.iviviiiiri, atone period, he exerci- it contested, has been finally maintained by ''' aim 'it unbounded influence, which he ! repeated majorities in Congress, and has

jat hist obtained the support of the Presijdent. The argument honestly and sinicerely pressed on both sides, has been completely exhausted, and henCefoi ward, we ! have nothing to do but stand by our arms! j tiiose arms, the spade and pickaxe, I which were so gloriously exercised by i two of your guests, (Governors Clinton and Morrow) on a recent and auspicious occa

sion. Hereafter we may conhdently hope that the beneficent power, thus successfully upheld, and the application of which has already commenced in the East and in the West, by the extension of the Cumberland road into the State of Ohio, will advance with no other restraints than the character the object and the convenience of the public treasury, until every geographical tendency to disunion shail be subdued, and made to bend to the power, the durability and the prosperity of our confederacy. Ismd and long continued applause." The satisfaction which we. must now feel in the vindication o i is truly national interest is much increased by the presence among us of one of its mot enlightened and efficient supporters. Pointing to Governor Clinton. "The success which attendsanother national concern not less important than that to which he had just adverted, and intimately alied with it, was in a high degree cheering and animating. The progress of the arts, under the wise policy of the General Government, is such as already to leave no-doubt of their attainment at no distant day in America, of all the perfection at which they had arrived in any other country. If all the opponents of the Arneriran Svstcm could have witnessed that gratifying collection of specimens of A-

. .uu u lT - llll'llllll (lillj IK.Iirill tlil jU ::. oi lii abilities to her interests, h'.v.i- Mr. Madison, who is no ordinary

' nbe talents of men, that called Mr. U-llx fr.,m the erno of District Attorney, ;J Tr- head (.t the Treasury Department. j; M::it oiiice he performed his duty with jrr?i; e?s, 'kill and address. He tranklv 'H loped to the Representatives of tin 'ti the condition of the finances; pointj; J ' tlie means necessary to redeem them J t ;e confusion into which they had ar,( succeeded in establishing the -Ji k.fih,. United States, which was the f lh h( ius. measure? for arresting the -"a! appieciation of money, and the r-d ('' picciation of the vaitie of property, '- r :cd bv the flood of spurious paper

.-tccy which inundated the several! i tsd which was a virtual infraction!

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;- federal Cunatitution, and 'i?itlCm llw rw.r.r.h.

gross

''r, and it w;4s favorably

known as a

!J ;,r d adjudicated eaes. His read- - was varnujji and xlensive; and his :'Ur;:! 1 1( 'dties were cultivated to the de--J perfection of which they were susi '1'. lie was a faithful friend a lib- '" ' ' I'P,J -eat; and the political contests . ; ' a l e wa? engaged never aUectcd ;';5t"t:.rtivith malignity." He could searce- (; lf -garded as arnoitious, since he vol-

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v.eaith (Vom lie generosity ofi

mericau skill and ingenuity, hastily made

and exhibited during the late session of congress, their number would be greatly

diminished. I hope that we shall not be

diverted from the steady pursuit oi that policy by the recent alledgcd departure from the restrictive system by a nation which exerts a most powerful influence o-

ver the moral and physical interests over

the world. The object ol the prohibition to which Great Britain has longer and

more rigorously adhered than any other

nation, was by an exclusion of all foreign fabrics from British consumption, to secure the uncontested home market to British industry : and her ultimate aim was the

perfection of the arts by the operation of

that great stimilus. Her policy has accomplished its purpose, and British skill and industry have conducted them to a

state of improvement which is equalled by that of no other nation. Now when she can any and every where enter into successful competition in foreign countries, with foreigners, she proposes, under certain modifications of her Tariff, to allow them a competition with her at home, which she knows they cannot sustain. She has cautiously retained restriction, where the superiority was on the side of the foreigner, and removed them ordy where it was incontestibly with her. British ability to put down all competition is frankly avowed, and proclaimed in Parliament. Her policy in both instances in the adoption and in the partial removal of restrictions, has been precisely the same; that is to secure and enlarge the sphere of the consumption of British produce. If she can by her example prevail upon foreign nations to abolish their restrictions, and thus open new markets to her, she knows perfectly well, that she will throw a much greater

amount of her produce into their consumption, than the can of theirs into her conI sumption. Great Britain ought to be condemned for thus endeavouring to advance tier own interests. But those nations would j justly excite surprise, who, seduced by her I nominal liberality, should abandon the cast and protection of their own industry. Iii passing from those subjects on which ; I had the satisfaction to coincide with most ; of you, I approach one respecting which it j was not my fortune to concur with a majorj it v of the citizens of Cincinnati. But I should have no pretension to some of the I characteristics which you. have done me

honor to assign me, if 1 did not here, and on all other proper occcasions, freely avow and vindicate my opinion. The alternative prescribed to my choice, during this last session of the House of Representatives, w as that of a Soldier, covered it is true with never fading laurels won on the glorious field of Orleans, but still a Soldier: and a distinguished citizen, eminently endowed, experienced in the public affairs of the country at home and abroad,a practised Statesman. The qualifications required were those adapted to civil administration. Whilst I respected the motives, and shared in the grateful emotions of those with whom I differed, my deliberate judgment pointed too clearly to my duty, to allow me to act on the conviction of others. I claimed only for myself the independence and the integrity which 1 never disputed in them. 1 had a right to the uncontrolled exercise of my sulfragc the enjoyment of which I never censured in them. Yes, Gentlemen, I felt, on the memorable occasion to which I am alluding, strongly impressed with a sentiment which you have just drank; I believe that the eyes of all nations are upon us, closely observing our examples. The great trustee of human liberty, one portion of mankind is ever ready to chuckle at the indiscretions of our country ; whilst another is encouraged and rejoiced at instances of her prudence and wisdom. With the friends of liberty and liberal principles throughout the world anxiously gazing at us; with the new republics of the South turning to us with filial affection, and gathering seeds from our institutions to plant in their own free and fertile land; with all our responsibility to present and after generations, I did not think it became me to assist in setting an example which, if unattended with present,! believed productive of future danger. I was aware that, like every other public functionary, 1 was under the moral cognizance of the whole American people; but I recognized an official responsibility only to my immediate constituents. Those to whom I was almost a stranger, have allowed themselves, in the transports of their zeal, and in the

chariies of their natture, to arraign me at the bar of the Republic. If there be any who yet doubt as to this alien accusation, I would refer them to the high minded people of that State which I have just left, and of which I am proud to be a humble citizen. I would entreat them to go amongthess affectionate, generous, and enlightened constituents, who have known me from my earliest youth. They will there witness the general concurrence that prevails in the sanction and ratification of my vote, and hear the unanimous verdict pronounced in a tone as enthusiastic as authoritative. General bursts of ap plause. "I am sensible gentlemen, that I have been too prominent a figure, and have engrossed too much of your time in this address, which your politeness alone has tolerated. Allow me to call your attention, to a subject more congenial with my feelings, and which must be more acceptable to yours: I beg leave to offer a toast. 'The states of J"ew York and Ohio. One has executed, and the other projected, a public work worthy of a nation's enterprize and energies."

SWEATING DOCTORS. The public do not seem to be sufficiently aware of the dangers which may arise from tolerating that noxious tribe of ignorant pretenders, the Sweating Doctors, as they are familiarly called. Cayenne pepper and lobelia are the principal internal remedies employed, to which is added a steam bath of prodigious power. It matters not what the disease may be, the prescription is precisely the same in every instance. There is no mistake in this practice, because there is but one course to pursue; and hence the recoveries bear no proportio i to the numbers who have probably fallen v ictims to a species of quackery, unrivalled in any preceding age. The strong tincture of lobelia and cayenne are given to great extent, even in common cases, where there is no danger to be apprehended from the condition of the patient, who is moreover subjected to the operating of having the body enveloped in the folds of a rose blanket, while the temperature is raised to a degree that would ruin the constitution of the strongest man in Christendom. Such is the outline of the sweating practice, which is substantially true, and jet there have been marvellous instances of strong faith, where the unhappy sutferer has voluntarily repeated the bath and the vomits, till death terminated their unaccountable infatuation. In illustration of the statement that sweating is invariably resorted to by these hraten-fa-ced charlatans, the following case is iclated. About two years since the brkk wall of an old building in Union-street, bv some unforeseen accident, fell down, and hesides crushing one person instantaneously to death, severely injured several laborers, among whom one man had his thigh fractured. At his earnest solicitation, a steam doctor was called, who actually made his appearance with a back-load of sweating apparatus, just as a surgeon had finished dressing the limb ! What adds considerably to heighten the spleen against such stupidity is the fact, that he assured the unhappy patient that "he might be relieved if he chose'' Has the government a right to grant a patent for a particular medical preparation which is attended with such manifest in jury? The tincture of lobelia is a patent medicine, and confidence is inspired from this circumstance, together with the false accounts usually given at the time of the incalculable benefits which have resulted from submitting to a thorough trial under the care of one who has purhased the skill. There are five or six of these despicable mountebanks in th state of New-York, several in Vermont and New-Hampshire, m-iny in Maine, one or two in Connecticut, and three in Boston, in the full career of business, and if well informed people can suffer such cruel imposition to be practised, upon the less informed part of the community, they at once show a want of feeling for the miseries of their fellow-beings. Humanity demands an energetic measure against every sort of impiricism, but the activity which should be manifested in suppressing the quackery of Sweating Doctors, would he an act which injustice requires and the law of liberty imposed. Boston Med. Intelligencer.

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