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(Jeucral Ititeiiigt'nce. Kroai Gen. Keen's Weekly Messenger. St ill'LUS RCVE.M E. Should the legislature of our Slate, nrul of which 1 have no doubt, accept the loan of her quota of the surplus fund under the net passed ly the hist Congress, about . 1 .500,000 will be coming to Indiana. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars have already been deposited at Indianapolis, of this money. What shall be done with it? It will be remembered th.it this money is loaned (not donated) to the State, without interest, anJ to be refunded or paid back, whenever needed by the general government. And when it shall be called, it will have to be raised by taxing the Pc-jplc! Let the People, then, have the immediate and sole benefit of the loan, and then, when )ou call it in from them, to pay it back again, they w ill fiot murmur nor grumble. If the loan be divided among the people, according to representation, Switzerland county will be entitled to about two thou-

sand live hundred dollars, out of the money already deposited: ana a hue sum for every succeeding ,s 150 ,000 I he quota coming to Indiana, within the next year, in all probability, will amouiit to one million and a half of dol lars, of which Switzerland will be enti lied to about fifteen thousand dollar .Aow Jet cue half of this sum be placed :n toe common school fund ot our connt !. .. j .7 ; . . i ! i i . i su mat au our cnnuieu may oe etiu let the balance be expended on our public lngnways, and then we will all have good roads through our plantations. .Many politicians are m favor of giving this money to the mammoth internal improvement speculators, to pay the interest on the money already borrowed by them. Citizens of S witzerland, will you submit to such a disposition of it? i trust not : you will not consent to pay ... .ii. tribute to sonic halt a dozen favorite

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towns, wno are isnecicd wuti a mania, that has entailed burdens upon you and your children for live generations to come. . . ... . . . snowier crass want it expended in ... i .... .. i making a splendid turnpike across the county. hi you consent to that dis i le u .. .. position of it? I think not; for that road can be of no earthly benefit to eight-tenths of you; and you may be called upon to refund the money, by taxation too, long before that road is I completed. The legislature cannot ohjecl to Switzerland county appropriating her snare cf the money in her own way. As every man who uses cotJee, c. contributes to make this surplus fund, so let him insist on having an immediate share in the benefits arising therefrom. Tiirf.e per cent. Fc .nd. Tim Trea surer of State gave notice, on the 11th November, that he had received a furIhcrsumof S155 12 1-2 cents for each county, which was ready for distribu tion, in addition to the surn received in June and September last. Aoout b-K-'OO of this fund, added to (he -S7500, iuc one nan el the surplus revenue run, w;.l secure to our farmers cood rocii. e recommend that the inhab itants of each congressional township, meet on therr respective school section. u,i a u.iy nereaiter to ba named, and appoint committees to superintend the disbursement of their respective quo ta-, ivoiv is the time to be up and doing let this money slip from von. you will be slaves to afac, for the balance ot your lives. ib. lost, ii i s; open taken to St. Johns to be tncljur his hfr, and that circumstance iw..-.. ...... I. i ! Ilr t-t:i nun. ne are un der the impres-ion that the laws of En' land are much more severe than those of our country, unoo remiss nr ;.-.r.. hie engineers, to whom the lives of so many thousands of people are entirely entrusted, and the severity we much an prove. Infernal improvements have - ' i . j " i t ....iIi,ii uiijM u ements have t i. .. oeeo.ne so general in tins country, and natural cli tnnels are so numerous, for f-ieamooai navclim". mount r f travel is performed by steam , i. i.i t t " re i pr a. i t e . i , than by hors.; power. Bnhwav lm their dangers, and accurate calculatinn shows that ia the ag.nepafe. ihP im,,-.. .li;iii.r.d In ( .. ..II, .1. ' . " - . . 1 , iiiiui i l me injury in the two vvays , . .,. ' ' ' - 'J ti H M I f. i 3 a ooi.it enuahb'tt in ste.nm tr.ivr.lli.. scie,,r2 ha given man t.be almost entire control, while he is unable to control accider.fs tiiat happen in stages or ships. Therefore, all, or nrarly all, the arci-.t.-.t.(j t!i- ;.. .., . I.. --..u , .j, ,,, sie am travelling, are a arecj to me inrannr Ir iUo,n ar ridepf, U. . rA ' " the-:e arridepfa llsen rind roh.. I

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the Engineer of (he steamboat Royal ; uead Voters of the Texas Tar, lately burnt between Portland ard n5'' V?P, L;U:lca SeP- G 1 86: St. John?, by which several lives were , . fat.'ur: When 1 ,eft New Or-

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boats, should be properly educated for the station they attempt to fill, should be perfectly temperate, ever watchful, and attentive to their duties. If they attempt to perform such without these requisites they should be, by law, severely punished for their presumption. Some states hae enactment? relative to tins, but the severity of the law is not adequate to the crime, nor are the laws sufficiently general. Fines for such neglect or unskilfulncss are not adequate punishments, w here clearly proved that the case was one of neglect or incapacity, and the loss of lives the consequence, the crime should be considered capital. Wheeling Times.

COUSTERFEITS. counterfeit bills on (he Bank of Kentucky, of the denomination of .$'20, have been passed in this city, which are not described in either iJickncll's or Sylvester's Detector. The one before us is payable at Louisville, letter A., No. 3324, payable R. S. Todd. G. C. Gwathmv. CashV. .Too. .1. PJacobs, Prcst., dated June 1 2th, 1835 the engraving very badly executed, ink much paler than in the genuine notes, and are nearly a quarter of an inch shorter. Cincinnati Gazette. ritOM TEXAS. The New Oilcans Bulletin, of the Gth 2ovember says: By the arrival ot the schooner Cora, Capt. Dclaville I -it. .i .i i . irom .uatamoras, tne 30U1 int., we learn that the long agitated and talked of invasion of Texas by the Mexican troops, which ha e been concentrating for seeral months at Matamoras, is, for the present at least, abandoned. The invading army, of 4,000 men being reduced to about as many hun drcd,by the constant desertion of the troops, w ho, independent of their want of clothing, could not procure sufficient 1 . provisions for their necessary subsis tenco. Vn h.ir all al,mr -.ntirin-.ted Ihis result The Cora cleared from Matamoras for TTnvnnn. Imf in r mi:nmiDn nfuorI sprinsrilisr her fore, (on matt, nnri rnrrv. - . . v J ing away her topsail vard. rame mtn our port for repairs. - J exs. According to the last advices thence, the Texian Congress has authorized scrip to be issued, for the sale ot public lands, in order to obtain lojins. In pursuance of this measure, :is we learn from the Louisville Jourrial, Thomas Toby, Esq. of New Or leans, is empowered to issue scrip for a million of acres, and he has the bonds f individuals to the amount of fsl 20, 000 in addition; for both of these, the faith of the Texian Government is pledged Texas. P; issengers in the steamboat Levant arrived yesterday morning ro.m tchiloches, report that several OIUCer5 l!;ld ar"vcd the day previous to the departure of the Levant who stated that the Texian Government were about to disband the volunteers, the greater part of whom would return to the United States. It rs the intention of the Government to retain only the regular army, consisting of about six hundred men. Phe expedition to Matamoras. was not spoken of when the officers left the camp, the soldiers were in good health and the country quiet. .V. O. I rue SJmencan, A or. 12. We copy the following from ih In dianapolis Demnrr.it i mu ..It 1 w ' 1 Ulll Ull. We are indebted to the nol ileness of Charles I. Hand, for the following extract of a letter from his son in Texas, . ,!,.t r " . ' o PTnrc uiti.nni.iuuilOl COinST to 1 eitaa .-is n soldier: but not having ipr.i,IO,i wer, I left New Orleans on lhr r'liK r -uay,ar;d have been here ever since rr i .... i 'it; leims uuon whir l I lr xa?' are 513 hdlows: for three moi Scrvi' 320 :,cres of land; for m?,ull? G 10 acres, and a head right .3.U l citiz'P. iexas. are as fnllmrc- i , .i. six eni hold a commission as first Lieuten ant in Capt. Pratt's comnanv of Mu.i. ciftni ' . . i 'i t" twiniciTP. in i.eti i:i..'- i.: ?. , , are "Iulcr ,he command o . ... ... c. u a m i V... jamop iuilroy, son of Gen. John ' .y 01 l,,dla- He is a voting man of ,lne ,;lets. The army U about - nf,n . .. r "" s nuuui Ui ? !,g' a" Clt,zes of (he United I States. n,,, , . i - There U no doulit il.nf ...:n e aamitted into tlm IT. IX P. HAND. Gold Medal. A sorietv . rr.. hem, has offered a Gold Medal, of 400 r. i i u 'giisnca, or not, a " , as an e-

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From the Cincinnati Gazette. ADVANCE OF THE WEST. The Cincinnati Farmer and Mechanic, of October 19, contains a full account of the doings by, and before, the annual meeting of Hamilton Agricul-

turai society. Among tnese is an ora tion delivered by Daniel Vanmetre, Lsq. This oration abounds insugges tions full of plain practical good sense, unobsciued bv pretensions of any sort. One extract i"s given as a specimen of the whole. " It cannot be expected of me to stand up here and give practical lessons in agriculture in the presence of hoary headed farmers. When you were kind enough, gentlemen, to appoint tne to the duty of addressing the society on this occasion, it must have been with different expectations from that. Not being engaged myself in such pursuits, I cannot be expected to communicate the results of my experiments. But am peculiarly nappy to say that 1 am the son of a farmer; and if I should im l i i .i prove, as a man, the knowledge which 1 imperfectly acquired as a boy, I should not despair of obtaining a living in that way. JIow often of late years, amidst the noise and bustle of a city, amidst the strife and contention of the legal profession to which I have been devo ted, has memory carried me back to the earlier scenes of my days: those scenes of peace, mnoc ence and ioy. So lot) f as memory does not f.de a :.v. I never can lorgct one spot of earth near J Ji i-Kiiii!siei, in mis oiaie. i can never I J . . 1 r . . forget the oaks of a thousand years, the rich variety of fruits grow-in: spontane ously from the earth, the gentle decliv ity of land, the noble fountain of wa ter and the lowing of cattle. I shall tlways consider it my highest honor. matin early youth 1 assisted with my ...4o uu.uui; nit; son. isv iif ... 12(11 uust-iii ui maiiKinu the Hon est cultivation of the soil has been al lowed a place of honor. He who (ill, his own land, in a country governed by laws or ins own enacting, who obey Ihnco l-if7c .1 f..ll.l. it... l ii- . mju luiuis me moral oo liga tion of a mat, may stand tin in sciousness of Lis own dignify before the great and powerful of (he earth, in whatsoever torrp they may be arravi;u. i nose wno nave snem r n 0-,, r., .i t.i : -1 - " . j part of theirlives in the generally agree with me. Hint nmn,d firesides of tte farmers, there is Iranquility and litppiness peculiar to that situation ana surpassing all others. But, at the same time, farmers n class of men rmst be reminded, tlmf r.l. though they and their children may have in these particulars the advnn. tage,yet there are in the wor ld a variety of occupations, and in a well regulatea community, the labors of each conrnhnlA rt 1 1. r a . r .1 .mult; iu me eotiiiori 01 me whole. 1 lie laborer in every different occuna tion and profession, which is in itself necessary or useful, has a deep interest in the success of every other. It is not only he who ploughs the field who has an interest in the grain. The inhabi tantsof the towns and cities, who no daily to the market to supply (heir fam ilies with bread, will fare the better or the worse according to the abund of the harvest. Large bodies of neonle crowded together in a city, must see that their own interest is blended n it! that of the surrounding mm.irv Wh.,t i. r , . . . ",,n:n:i ujaH.es au acre or ranrr in their vicinity produce more, makes their provisions cheaper and better neither on the other hand can (he far mer expect much comfort, unless l,e nave the conveniences about him which . , come out of the mechanic shops. He mias need every day of the blacksmith, the wagon maker and the saddler. It true he can eat at his own table the productions of his own farm: but how much better are provisions he thus enwneri seasoned with an article of commerce, common salf, used every ere and bv rvei v hndv. Vol ti;c article which every one uses, requires "l'ii.ii,bKiii,and a diflerent kind of l a "-' to make it abund int. And here. :'S we are western people, I cannot a'"u mentioning a curious fact in tela "on to that article which has struck HIV nwn rniwl r . j uiiuu wiiiiciuioiTe, About nir... . -ii J vv '''- iiiv.-n.ii.ims WHO , Lil I I d :i l enn ... r.., 1 1 I L','ir .V ennwt m.vivr. ...... "u stores rn li e western part of Vir -1 ' "v-ii. iii mi- n.ioit oi nrin'Mi i' goous. on pack horses from the -Mern side of the mountains, and an"ng other things this article, as I have oeen nersnn-.ll. ;.,. i , j iiiiui iiieu iiy intun, was '"ported for sale in the Carrie man-ncr-How amazing (he difference bel"ecri that time and (he present.' The fact narrated, by Mr. Vanmefre, or the fvn.i.. i r . .. ' moii c.u i . . o v iikiuc or iransiiortmir -,i. ii, tempts me to give a more full l-unio, tl.atmodeof doing business t-atiy llmos a1j thli :lf.coull, jg jvcii I'om my ,mn personal knowledge? Jot only as late 1785, but as late as Jo, ai even later, the conductor of uop ot pack horses, was quite a an im

porlant personage, on the roads from Philadelphia and Baltimore, to the Ohio River. It w as not unusual for an individual to own a caravan of thirty or forty horses, the driving of w hich, he personally, superintended, with the assistance of two or three hands. A saddle, adapted to the business, constructed of crotches of small timbers, w ith

boards for side pieces, and padded with 1)ear skins, or coarse linen, stulfed with straw-, "as girthed upon the horse, up on which his burthen was packed. inward, the pack was dr essed flax linen, ginseng, and pellr ies. estward,it was dry good-, iron, salt, powder, lead, and not unfrequcntly rum and brandy. Besides these extended concerns there were small, single packers. A man with his three or four horses with whomdriving pack-horses was his only business. Nor was this all. In the j fall season after their crops were seenred, the farmers made up small parties of eight or ten horses, of which one man and two lads would take charge, and proceed to some point east of the mountains, to procure salt and iron. In the year 1702, I was myself an un derstrapper, in one of these adventures My superiors were two men. Our! charge was nine horses, of w hi. h ... father owned two. We set out, cur horses laden with food for them, and provisions cooked for ourselves, hard ()'5Cuit ariJ jerked beef and vonUon. . -ii. - ,, ,. "tm mu,u mI,e lll;'h would pur chase our return loads. From time to time, wc deposited portions of our provisions, at public places, to use on our return. These deposits were well received; a glass of liquor, a few hour's pasturage, or a hundred weight of hay iH,r,.l,.....l : .. 1 . . ' - niiLiiH3Lu, yJ"ig anu returning, was regarded as satisfactory compensation l...v. . . . mihfi s lUMom w as deemed worth having. Our expedition pro rend.,! f.-..r. IV I i:.. . . .i iiini in ,n 1 1 iiceiuig, jo me eastern foot of the Cove mountain, on uie road to IJ.iltimore. I lit re we pur chased alum salt, at the price of oni dollar and fifty cents for GO pounds. i-.acn horse was laden with a bag con taining iuu pounds. 1 liree or four of the strongest had liffv pounds or irmrf of iron or steel added. Two wee were consumed in this enterprise, and it was esteemed a successful one Could the present population, on i! l)an's of the Ohio, subsist, in such cir 1C cumstances? And this was 41 yean ago I 1 low amazing, indeed, the advance of the iccst in that period! I have travrrsnl ( 1 1 . ,. ... . . 1 V..0W1 inu B.um: ioau ouen since, on often since. horseback and in coaches, but never with more satisfaction, than on th-.f nr. casitm although every step homeward "as trU(ISc,J on foot. Alleged Violation of the Ameri can Flag The following extract is from a London naner rerr.;. nd , I I -v-v-i estmmsler: Constantinoi' i E, Sept. 2d. A circumstance has occurred at Smvrna w hich which may disturb a little the renewed harmony between France and America. On the 14th, the American brig Banian, loaded with Turkish nm duce for Boston, set sail, and got beyond the Castle, when she was forcibly hoarded by a I rench man of-wars' boat. An officer and several men, armed, said they were in search of fun ilpS,.rin,.c ... 1 ,t. ... . 1 wnom tncy suspected to be on bo.,,d and notwithstanding tli.it r'atw-.;,. i.. ...,,,,, IIIassured them on his word of hmi. our that (here were no such men in l.i ship, the French commenced a strict search, and not succeeding in findinme deserters, the officer ordered (he American Captain to return to Smyrna ( 1.. 1 1. ; , . i. .. i . . . J " American hauled down his llaS' ''handoned the vessel, and the rc'"CM "'"ought her to anchor belw-em l"e "nd the town. Captain lne Kn ,VPI)l on s!lore and made hi l""'cst. 1 hus the affair remained when (he risl arrnnnU IA t: Mr. Olllev. the United si..(...- c 'my rna onsul, j 1 v-t I . . - 1 I . i i.i iii . nowm oo his f ti v. fmm l.;.i. ne won i not i mr . : I. i i.i. . . j,..-iii ..I1IV1I "" "leautn n were his consulale rattled about us ears. I le is another Lord I ' ""'ii "v, Midi this diflerenee, that he wil ceriai: ly he more nrnmniN i uppoilcd IV hi.. nvii I ... . .. a Ik .' viin t:i iiiiient. 1 eon e r:in qle , i .... i : i . . t . . . ni in-iiii tne stripes and star with i tri punity. Mn-mcjAx From (he returns con i-; l : .. . i . i , . . v . iii i ue latest ijeinut n:nw.rc i ippears probable that tlie Mibmission party n;lme f.jvi, lo ,R)se UK tie willing to accept the boundary nreseiiiieu mine act ot I ongress for the ! I .1 admission of Michigan into the Unionhave succeeded in securing a niajoiily in the next Legislature. As nothing is said about an election for Flectors of President and Vice President by the citizens, we presume that they will he chosen by the Asssembly, should (his quasi S(a(e acquire (be right of voting before the question is finally decided. "tto ztate Journal. '

Hardened in Crime. A gang of counterfeit coiners were lately arested in Liverpool who were living in great style. The daughter of the principal individual concerned was at her piano in the parlor, when taken by the officers. She was a gay off-hand girl, and before leaving her splendid apartment, insisted upon another tune on the piano. She seated herself, and with the utmost carelessness of manner, but with great skill, played "Over the water to Charlie," in allusion to her transportation.

Cincinnati, Nov. 29. Our Produce market is very unsettled. Flocr Has been on the rise for the last two months. Sales were made yesterday at SG to ,$C, 25; very little arriving. Whiskey Hangs rather heavy. Sales at 34 to 34 1-2 cts. from wagons. Fi:vTiiF.i:s Are scarce, and sell as fast as offered at 50 cts. Pork The principal purchasers of this great staple decline to make contracts at prices which have ruled the last week, viz. .s7,00. Only a few hun dred hog have been slaughtered, and 'hose have been packed to fill special orders. A decline is confidently looked for. Guot r.itir:s. Some few lots Sugar, Coffee etc., have arrived, hut have not changed the price except for the former, w hich in anticipation of the new crop, has declined about a cent per Ib. project is on foot at IS'ew Orleans to ask the United Slates for an approprialion of 300,000 dollars to close up all the passes at the mouth of the Mississippi except one, in order to deepen the navigation. A sensible writer on the subject of duelling has said, that this practice ought to be encouraged, on the ground that in most duels the world may get lid t'foi.c fool, and perhaps two! There are seven establishments in the United Slates for educating the Deaf and Dumb. It appears, by accounts in the London papers that the slave trade is carried on will) increased activity on the coast of Africa. At the latest accounts, there were about bO Spanish slave vessels to the Southward, chiefly American built, engaged in the fraflic. The silver mines of Mexico have, it is said, averaged 10,000,001 dollars per annum for three hundred years. Pati:.nt cow milker. A milking siphon, as it is termed, has been patented in Finland. On its introduction into the teats of the cow, the milk flows freely without any manuel labor. This is claimed to have been first invented by a Yankee. United States. AH the United Slates cover a surface of ne;nlv -r millions and a half square miles, capable of susfaining a population of live hundred millions of human hcinns. Caution. A man was last week convicted in (he Circuit Court, and senleneeu to iturty clays imprisonment for singing an indecent song in a public street of Chicago, III. Fni'CATio.Y. A better safeguard for liberty (hana standing army. If we retrenched (he wages of (he school master, we must raise the wagesof the recruiting sergeant. A bsf.xce of Mixp. The last rase is that of a ship carpenter, who bit off I he end of a copper spike, and drove a lug of tobacco in a vessel s bottom. The Delaware Watchman gives an count of a girl 19 Vcais of ih'o. tvho Jeats the Chinchilla. She borrowed a lorsc and wagon of a neighbor, a pock. et full of money front her intended, and then run awav with her sUfei's hueoand, Combs were invented in the fifteenth, century, consequently Adam nevercombed his hair. The probable expense of the Charleston and Ohio Hail oad has been estimated by the surveyors at 1 0,8 M,0 1 tf.. This estimate is based on the supposition of a double trac k the w hole way. A black man was brought up for stealing a dog from (he establishment of a trainer of that animal, at the corner of Amity street and Sixth Avenue, New Voi k. The dog was valued at $b00. Among (he ;,(est inventions Mown. east, is a patent India rubber steamboat, with a white oak boiler. One hundred million yards of calico. were manufactured in H.p lT,.i....i states last vear. j W hen a man finds nol rennse in him. self, it is vain for him to seek if dnwhere. He cannot esrane bv rbaiifR . of place from the anxiety which is lodged within its bosom.