Standard, Volume 5, Number 7, Madison, Jefferson County, 26 November 1835 — Page 4

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LoRr. rr.0VGH.:-i"s Ahvment. The argument

of Lord r.cughani, in pvoofof the immorality and j immateriality cl lue .ir.lhv of snl ; ,;.rmV,1 nnn ! phy.--oiOg:eal consideration of thc'gradual decay and redintegration ofthe ho-,' Tlic ho lies which we hud, savrtwi -jitv vcars ago, have been resolved re-organi into new and entirely distinct co , ! linations: whib the mi;v.l ftili remains the same i no corresponding change having taken place j "s tipon it. i-ccause the mind exists independent- I iy oi t.ie uecayoa !::ri.or.as ot waic:t our i-ouie? to.j.-is4ea iwen.v year- since, i.oim j,. inters tun ; immatcriah'y a::d also'uie inder-o;ider,ce of mind j on matter, i.efore examining; the argument in t'.e abstract, U bo p '.Yio'.iod lor cxnminc a matter cf fac that the learned Prima; It is quite remarkable was r.ot interrupted in his reasoning bv classical reminiscenceSiirclv t tn.e (iuestion ettiie identity ot t lie body if ie question ofthe identity of the body is as diifi- j . . - lit M ;0tcn:iino' 35 '' 01 iho iai,i0US Ph,r. w'!uch died annually to the Island Polo., till, having i sat so often undergone repairs, no particle of the ori- ; ginal hulk was left in her. Were we disposed therefore, to be captious, we would call on Lord V. t.-k ttin l,o,- t. l: I J ' "-.ii , i.iiii u.ikt. hit: Ptiillt' L'UUK'S; which, we had twenty years ago. Admit demontary changes, may not cur bodies le called the t amc! ' i iehiing this j-oint, however, there is this falla cy in tiK reasoning, j he mind, so far as o! serva-! tion goes, and remember, the question is debated : a ;, at HO mnxinit rxUts vUhoitt a hothi. What."cr may l e t e Ciianrt taking jdace in the jhy- ; -ica! structure, tue mind etill lias for its habitation ' p. pr-rb ct 1 ody, r.nd tliere is no moment, in this life, when it is independent of the 1 ody. Take a case . -TO'.!? to a:-, reoo.tect.ng tn it l .... .muviio wi ument, ii may -vcv perfect. With Lord r.V arc ; e proved t hat cur i ? t i n dei e n d entl v c i sul stances, which we sica! organization may exi r.utrition. Th nutritious lingered a year ago ' have undergone their scve .1 changes, nnd have I entered into con.e-inr.tsor.s. to that wi.at wa then our a.imentarv sustenance, is peinap operating poison o wiio.esome a.iment. on some ! otner i n ntcture. J.ut our l.o..ios Fti ex- . .d are robur-t and healthful: therefore our bore no; dependent upon nutritious matter tvro does net discover the fallacy of this rea 1. :CS Wh soiling! Pitt, v utatis m id a .-;.'., this precisely the rd-gumcp.t of Lord P. A gain, ""with regard to the imiar.'.c; ilitv of the ; fcui. the argument a-sum settled. The reasoning i the very point to be 1 this, the lodv bring ' ma'crial, is undergoing certain changes, and at ! last, is entirely renewed, while the mind remains ! inchangcd, therefore the soul is not material and . is independent of the body. Put must not the im- j materiality ofthe soul l-c first made out. before we j decide that no changes are taking: place in the j li.ind! Ii is su ly a sophism 10 assume the point j

of de'.-a'e to make out the argument to prove that . the h-tter according to punctuation, and according point. It is by no means certain, that the mind to the laws of thought. We are gratified that the undergoes no changes correspondent to iliose of writer has marked oil" the sentences with the apthe body. Neither of these changes are matters oi' propriate points. Otherwise the defect above consciousness, and aside from anatomical and phy- mentioned w ould have made this a e'ilficult mat-

siological facts, we would be just as likely to conclude that our refil ls are not the same which we had twenty years ago, as that our l,o li are noi I 'ihe same. The whole argument therefore, is ut- ' tc-rly chimerical Thc truth is. when men enter j into mc'aphvsicai disquisition? to;-orr the iphy?

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tonality cf the mind, they plunge nto the 'dark j unknown that lies beyond the limits ofascertaina- j hie truth. It is comparatively easy to prove that ! ihe mird is not a st r,c or a block oftc-v,;. but this j is far from proving that the mind is not in essence ; a material substance, foi the very plain reason j that we know abso!utely nothing at all, either o-' the essence of mind or matter. Consequently we i can have not! ling from which to frame an an-u- ! C mi :.t. How much wiser it is to let this matter rest on the basis on which the liblc places it. "A yni.iL I nstinct. On Monday, being near he north nan ofthe Ci'v. we noticed a iidsfliiovou- nam, tied six inches in d 1 - - ...v.to an apple tree some live or meter, which, after attempting! in vain by ruU " x;m 1M."-"-r h:a h'' a :lllM,ti,c ,, Je ,0 .nocii of! the frmt, stepped backward the length d his rope, and after making a numb.-r of f,l--o 1 o iiiO'ions at tue l.odv of the tree, finally sprang I agan.s, it wiiu such lorce as to knock the bark o'.i j im' tie'-, ar.e. shaKO iro.ni it a ....... v.. uu itji large .juantity of ap'succes'lu, experimenuunid pies. When he had e ii-tii.;;, in- i iiH-a.ieii 11 s stirres no e iiei-niont tlie m e was relieved of its fruit, and a good -.onion i "i I", in i cf its bulk. Hartford 77mm We quesiion very much whether any man, accustomed to think, can read the above notice, and refrain from smiling not at the philosophy ofthe ram. but at the philosophy ofthe writer. Were we called on to decide the merits of each, as philosophers, he ofthe horns would certainly win the laurel. It would seem that the animal homo, jealous of his prerogatives, was determined to monopolize that which we call rta,,,,, and whenever any inferior animal gives indication of as?crtinclaims to the same indefinite someihing, he exclaims in a tumu'l of a I arm, 'yiror;.-, Oh! jirovvl, cstc jmnm-,' at the same pouring forth the mos lavish ejaculations, laudatory ot lhtl-nns 1 I n -! :-, f ; i;-v rd 'nuiitttil iulint! 1 'animal instill v. as FalstaiT's ii , re course much more philosophical to 'animal instinct,' when he was lairs tht cmnhtit, by i of Piinee lie nry. 'l.'ut !. Stinct is a great, matter. o ah human experience ii ie unceremonious facts ware of instinct. Jn1 wa.f a cow a ni on j.-t-stiwt. S o s.ty we, Tastmed, is a great mailer, n t.-.ught. and we si ill i ( sp-c et the We have t.i precept, vex to ii a distinction wuere there is no i d'i-roi' re. the son of tin- ! the very limit d' If two I ovs, ti one as rude as and t. other instructed to int ecf eaparity, w tie roam ing through an orchard, a id mid strikn, with clubs, a.i;a'i"! the i :, s .!' two app'... t)-,M S; or. der to knock off ihe fruit, we should not think of ascribing the aenmis in the one case to mtional intelligence, nnd in the other, to instinct. j.,u IUiin ii:: a- w II as animals. Now change 'he conditions ((f i !i-; case, and uppO:-e the hoy oi

intelligence knocks for tlic Fame purpose with a j recurring season."5, full of these golden opportuniclub. a i.! a -am knocks for the same luirnoso with ! tios!- arc tl,U5 0l,fn io5t aml worse than lost; for they

his head, why shall we consider the one instinc tivo' anJ. the 0,her "tioaal, i. c. why shall wo milKC a uiMUiiuu.i du IHOfC Ulan 111 .lit? ii.m cac; Man has instinct, a;id why is there not, a priori. precisely the same reason to conclude that the untutored hoy struck the tree instinctively, as there is to say, that the effort of the ram was instinctive! . Will some of our philosophical readers he cood CI10!'1 10 answcr tlic ai.ove liiquines i , I " a SoricaI deftnition of the word itiuct! : -MF.--SKS huitor oi tlie standard Having seen a 1 i a publication of the death of Campbell ism in your j ni,or n.i !,.- t .,; j ij'M vi m nii vvti in- i t ci-7 n u iu uu, i in iosity to enquire what kind of an ism that was that I mi

quies Pleas inform the public through the medi- i All this may be regarded by some frugal houscuin of your next paper what it is. That you have - wife, or some calculating man of business, avari-

so cerimonious.v anounced tie death ot. Uamb- ... . ... belt ism ; And who the young ladv is; That is in i poFfcs.ioa of tlie pkatfi hlow, to any animal I ' nvncninn enn n cph binhii h'ic n nuni.-tnrnd cst.i -u"" U"R V nasam. ini.ieied some Antinonnan colomel to some animal that may pos-! sibly bring about its dissolution. I hope no vio- ! lence is intended bv a Crist ian editor and as vou ! t"0 F0 tnuch in the habit giving the public Initials tor real names I hone you will mve this to the nub lick without my real name I will then know whether you are afraid of the light or not Omega or the last letter ovr Oth 1035 Tlr.x auks. None but an editor can know or apnreciatethe diffleuhies and nrrnte il ie? which at tend the discharge of his profei ional duties. We had supposed, previously to the receipt ofthe above letter, and we had some complacency in the fsuanir-inn. that we irnro lionrlv romnns in n.I. jtornl experience-. Put our self-complacency, alas! for it. is niterlv nullified hv the almro nrluilA,, Such perplexity and inextricable difficulty we have never met with. The most prominent point ui p-ei ,Me.ii , as our reauers win perceive, is to know which ofthe excellencies ofthe above elfuj sion is most deserving of our admiration. We have devoteJ to it a proper degree of attention. and yet we are utterly at a loss to know what we .ought to admire most; whether the grammatical precision and accuracy of the composition, its rhetorical embellishments, or its sublimity, and almnst limitWa vni-io-o nCthmUTaking these excellencies into view, the production merits a place n our literary department, as a literary curiosity, and we shall thank the author of "elegant extracts" to remember that the copy-right of this article belongs to us. Our reader? will appreciate 1 .7 : lit i. . 1 1 . t . ii , uui t.iiiicuiij. ui aiiiiii.' exceuencies o; composi'ion, it wants only some nine or ten, or so, which 10 , c 'ro, in reference to this production, are of 'itlle consequence. The abundance of its other good qualities, will, no doubt, atone for its utter want of sense. Perhaps we ought not to single out this iriiling fault, but we do for the sake of apologizing readers will for il, in behalf of its author. Our pardon this defect, remembering, that if the writer has but a very Utile sense, we ought not to expect much. They will, therefore, read tor. T! ie request ofthe writer we shall comply with, which, no doubt, he will consider an act of grace, as we are under no so;t of obligation to do so The request is, that we will tell what kind ef an "Campbellism" is. We do this, no doubt to his own satisfaction, by saying that Cambellism," ie just his "ism." We are willing to stand committed on this explanation. If he has any ,:is:.i" that "ist is -'Cambf lli.-.m.'' If he has no "ism," then the converse of our proposition will hold , viz: Campbellism is nothing at all. "e have no idea who the writer is but we should do him i; justice, if we d id not t!i-L- I.;... in behalf of 1 lie amalrur m fiol- l.,, ' .-..,v.v, lwl llli7l-.IUlll-1 ation ofthe word "Omega."' "Omega, or the Iat letter." says the writer. That is.Vr-a in cans i"the last," and "o," putting them together, as j a!'ovc'we have "Omega," "the. last letter." Will not our readers call this a beautiful analysis? j The Family State. The suggestions of the fnl- ! lowing extract, from "The Every Day Christian " j. npv T',r r n i . i , 3 II. Oallaudet, deserve the serious consideration ot all who desire the happiness and improvement o! their tamihes. Unless home have . t " uu . o uuiiii; iiitVl attractions, unless the douiestic circle ia rendered ijyOUS and ,cliSt'tl'1 l he youthful heart, by pall'n,a' care, parents must not be surprised if their children seek for gratification and pleasure in scenes of revelry and haunts of dissipation, and if their habits consequently become irregular and intemp3rate. "To render the family state what it should lie, pains must be taken, constant and unwearied, by the head of the family, to make it the scene not only of subordination and good order, but of improvement in interesting, useful knowledge, and of rational, innocent enjoyment. Home, to be an attractive spot to tlie buoyancy and cheerful vivacity of youih, must bo made pleasant and delightful. It must have a hallowed charm shed over it: so that, even amidst Ihe novelties and fascinations of the fresh, ami fair, and beautiful world around him. the son, the clerk, the apprentice, may turn to it in all hours with fond anticipations of his quiet joys. Are effectual means used by parents ami heads of families to make iiso? "The table may be spread with wholesome and agreeable food, dealt out in liberal abundance to thofe who surround it. I!ut it not unfrcquontly happens, that during lhe whole meal there is a profound and demure silence; no kindly greetiiv ol interest, no smiles of countenance, no pleasant" lones of voice to welcome the inmates of the household; no cheerful and improving conversation; no remarks or inquiries to draw- il forth, on the part o the difhdent; no innocen'. sporii venrs, at proper limes and occasions. Such seasons recurring tin ice daily, and more than a thousand times a year, might be made greatly subservient to the improvement and rational enjoyment of the family, o the cultivation ofthe kind offices of courtesy among its members; a subject surely not to he neglected in the education of youth; to the inculcation of ihe important lesson that our happiness is best promoted when we make common slock of n, and to the entwining round the hearts of all the ties of domestic affection, but such frequently

will he regarded as seasons of constraint and gloom, and made as short and hurried as the demand of appetite cr the gratifications of palate will permit.

And so thev arc made to a very great extent; and . in , uiim ' iu omii mi i:.iriii, iiicii ii lias uvtuiiiL' a, national characteristic and reproach. In inenn in? this re proach, we sacrifice the domestic advantages and enjoyments that have hern mentioned: the oceatflon OI teaenmg our cniiiiren many useiul lessons ji-'iiiv in--. , vij ituiii, k riiiii;, aim in iiiiuoi ncu : a!s, the benefits by no nieans to be overlooked , of j i that more healthful ext rcise of the disestive orcans, which slower and a more deliberate eating would produce and those agreeable associations, not of an animal but an intellectual kind, which might h-j sued atound the tamily board, and which would lend no ineffectual aid in rendering home cious oi time, as a smau aiiair. J-ut the allecuons I 0i a group ot cuiiitren and youth, and ot clerks and i . . . .... . ; apprentices, n mis win ai l in securing them to . 1 ..II i .. i . 1 " sonuthing nn trilling as the seem, let it he me parents aim neaus ot the lamiiv, are worth ; something more than dollars and cents and as uleaus employed in doing this may rpmnmiifii-nil tliif 1 i to i.i-nln i, t uuie unugs, arm mat many smau and delicate: links must be put togethei to form the golden chain ! of domestic lore. " .. . -i . ... . . ii . . .. ' For the Standard. THEMES OF THOUGHT. The sunless sky of autumn, shedding gloom Upon the wasted field; the leatless tree. Py cokl winds shaken, sighing o'er the tomb Of one forgotten; the rude harmony Of awful tempests; and the storm-lash'd sea, Heaving iis roaring billows to the shore, In everlasting thunder, are to me A thousand times more dear than mirth'slongroar Of boist'rous jollity, or Mammon's glitt'ring store. To trace the steps of Deity; to scan His workings in the terrible and vast; To look upon the destinies of man, Py Heaven illumined, and by sin o'ercast; To gaze on that ONE WONDER unsurpass'd, Uncquall'd, and unspeakable, when He, The uncreated Fiust, creation's Last, Its Maker, and its End, hung on the tree, The sinner's Substitute, a Sacrifice for me! To meditate upon the lapse of time, Till time, and earth, and skies, shall be no more, Till dread eternity shall roll, sublime, Its ocean-tide, unbounded by a shore: These are the themes of thought, which often pour Their mighty inlluence on my throbbing heart: Earth melts before them, as the wax before The wasting flame: and human pride, pow'r, art, And folly, all.dike night-friends at the morn, depart, p. I mm tlie !obtm Recorder. DKATII. "Death is the night of that day which is given us to work in. Happy the soul whom Death findeth rich, not in gold, furniture, learning, reputation, or barren purposes, ami desires; but in good works." Jf'dson's Sacra Privata. Chili'd by the piercing blast, Or faint with verlic heat. The weary laborer hails the night, And finds its slumber sweet; Hut they whom idie years Of luxury impair, Toss on the lesiless couch, or meet The dreams of terror there. The rich man moves in pomp, The alluring world is dear, And every terror twists a tie To bind him stronger here; hut he, whoso only gold Is in the conscience slor'd, Is richer at the hour of death Than with lhe miser's hoard. When the short day of life, With all its work is done, Tiie faithful servant ofthe cross Doth hail the setting sun; Iiut they who waste their breath, Dread the accusing tomb. And the time-killer flies from death, As from a murderer's doom. Ko give us. Lord, to lind, When lime shall pass awav, That Sabbath-evening of the mind, Which crowns a well-spent day; That entering io thy rest, When toils ami cares are o'er, We, with the myriads of lhe blest, -day praise thee eveamore. L. II. ft. Hartford, August Sfith, 10.J. Jli-ssns Epitous: You will probably remember that on Saturday last, in your Court-room, on the left ofthe Judges, a man appeared and was sworn to answer truly such questions as the Court should put to him touching his application for a license to sell ardent spirits. I understood him to pledge himself under oath, with his hand on that Book which declares, that "No drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of (iod," to keep an orderly bouse, "c. Having satisfied the Court he received his license paid down his ten dollars and was off to his business. During all this time there was a man standing on tfio light of the same bulges wiio had plead guilty to some small offence committed (as it was said) in a spree. It was proved that when sober, he was an honest, industrious man that he had parents living and a wife and children that he had already been one month in jail, waiting his trial, and that his wife was then sick. He wa? evidently guilty, and was sent to the dungeon for th.ee days to be fed on bread and water. Now I could not but join these two cases together, in my own mind. Two men before the same Judges administering to each the law ofthe land a law to makedrunkards and a law to punish them when made. Admirable consistency! It is true, the price of (he license was something towards the expenses of (lovernment, but is there no other way of supporting (iovernment than by sacrificing the peace and happiness of parents wife and children! I could not bin wish in my heart that the ten dollars might be handed over to ihe poor wife. I am a passing stranger and only happened in, hut should I happen in one year hence, I suppose I might learn that this new commissioned, orderly retailerof ardent spirits has prepared more work for the Court and the jailor O. Temp. . Idc. Tiip.ee (J rhat riivsi. iANs Desuiotil i n ,a celebra -ted French physician, when on his death bed. having called around him tlie most distinguished physicians of Paris, "(ientlemen," says he, "I leave behind me three great physicians,'' on their urging him to mention them, expecting probably to hear their own names, he hriHlv added , "WaTKK, F.XKIU JSK AM, DlKT."

TIIE MYSTERIOUS TURKEY. J Story n Olden Time in the "Backieoods." Many years ago, a stockade fort, enclosing a few hastily constructed cabins, occupied partV the

v,., which is now iui.ll the hustlim a ik! nomismng citv of V. heeling The - t J : i J lie i n i ,1 .i, I - , ing under tue immediate au-niri...;-' . , , ' ; '.'" a i ! ;ur ac I - ; lency governor Hamilton of Detroit, seven! time hesieac.i iliis fort will, a legion ol flood ilnVsiv va-es, and was oiien repaired, without the"acqii'i- i smon ol any mvmcihle .juantity of ia.udslMa,n " 11 "ade l.y tlie Indians ,0 ! r,!t"css ,ll0:p. works, all of which proving abortive. ! u.e magnammously resorted to the extremis lying in ambush ia places con. i.1!n,: ,'. ! y ; ...in means several ot the settlers were den and killed. The hi use of n i- i t oved i a lew yeais. bou-ovo-brought with it many changes ,n the le'itures of th I west; many expeditions were sent out a-.in, j Indians, and these "lords of the soil,"' at" the tin e I ot our story, were supposed to have Leon exti, 1. ! . , ---..-". iiu-iuik I priori V rnn i,1.t. i . . .i . - " -t -uiuy. ine nunters once i . '-"ui-snrring voca- ' Hill, atl! I ll1 Vflll'iir in.l Nr..; I t'. r . 1 ' . i r . - -i i ' - , . .". . -' ,:," icauessiy ventured I! V ,,cu no"s' without the leas, anprehen-i sion of danier. lhe in nter ; singly, for lie j.urpose of avoiding as'n men noise H I S P as linseili n ., .1-.. .- I . , ,. 1 .' J" a a nunier heard '. he cri0? ot a wild turkey, while hunting on the ,ot thp creek, in the vicinity of the fort and w mm be nnlo,i.ni.ii,. . "... . I . , u" "'S 'o ascertain us location, j he was fired upon and wounded by an unseen l hand. Several others weie .leluded'and decoyed ! by the same agent, and tradition saiHi that the rille mi.- iintiui ions tiirKev has e nt it h,,,l,. ill j .linn- man one or the sturdy pioneers. The suspicion that an Indian or a renegado lurked in the neighborhood, soon insinuated'' itself into tl e acute comprehension of the settlers, who in a twinkling determined to dispatch him, and in about the same length of time abandoned their resolution. Under the concomitant i .: of danger from the much dreaded turkey! 'the range ot the hunters was materially abridged; so much so, that the unusual scarchy of accustomed I provisions began to be severely fell; for be it known, iiai .ii inose nays, the backwoodsman depended almost entirely upon his success in the chase for aliment, both for the mind and body About this time there ,1 web, wherever there was a prospect of danger, a hard - veteran of Tend . 'i,l r " -, V Ot the Old school jeleped Lewis V. etzel. a hunter and warnor whose deeds have been recorded in the chronicles of the west, ns being of a nature and ch tracter which will forever entitle him to the gratitude n" I 1 1 C it i I I I t r it i' ... 1. 1 . . : . ' . . . w.v iii.iimmi.t v uu on wie jrround wliirh fie ueiemieu- v uon rumors and surmises about the mysterious turky were the constant theme of colloquy, and gossiping among the good dames and the sprightly maidens, and the unvarying object of threats and dread with the hunters, Lewis Yv'et.ei mane nis appearance at W heeling. "It's nothing hut a lazy, skulking Indian,""our veteran replied, alter listening patiently to his informants. "1 know something about that hole myself Lewis Wetzel has fished many a red skin in his days, anil reaiy i leel oblig 11(11 can l lee Ob Iged to V e for let ti n - nie In ,-, e name of hooking this LlT. Fo 711 ved as much in the woods as 1 have, and camped ut as often with no other kivering than these, here th li out oui iiianiseis l rather su ppose yeu'd know a little more about these red skins than you do. hut never fear: there is any faith in my old ride here boys, that red skin never sees thesim rise a'-ain!" Altho' the words grated awfully in the earshot" the young and tenderhearted damsels, yet all felt a pleasmg sensation in contemplating the exit of the mysterious turkey. "I know something about that ho!-," was altogether unintelligible "to the hunters, and as tl.ey could make nothing of ii, philosopher like they permitted the matter to rest there without further inquiry. On the following morning, shortly aliei the Wheeling folks had vacated their snug and comfortable beds, which might have l.een'tbe nei.rhI 1 mrbrif-1,1 tiC A -i i-1 t.r 1 1 , 1 1. r. i . , i , , "".'"s"-, hi: n i - t ii ii ti.-ii ai sou mi winch I saluted their ears, was tlie rep.on of a rille. This, however, was nothing extraordinary in the IcekI 1 . "V-. I T . uoous, .im io iner. Lewis W el ze e n to i-.i I b 'Here the i tort, and wit i oei h-i-t i n.l ; n", . ..... . . ' ,. , .. ,n i.-iiee v. iiiKt -.1 .ue canm, av; res;:,,;,- his rilie agai: 1st a door, li irely egail to wind a niece n!" ti- iro.e1 .1,,, rod for the purpose of cleaning his gun. Some one enquired "What. Wetzel, wa that you that fired!" "Vcs!" "What did vou kili!" -A,, I,1(1j an' "An Indian! what, the'turkev.'" "I reckon so." Huzza! huzza boys! the tnrkc'i's dcad" shouted one and all, with such a tremendous din, that all the salted venison ofthe goo i housewives turned black! After Lewis had taken much pains and consumed a groat deal of time in getting his rille in order, he yielded to the importunities ofthe bystanders, and conducted them to the death-bed "of the mysterious turkey. A rapid walk brought the party to the bank of the creek. A gigantic elm torn from its roots, by the rage ofthe tempest, had fallen into lhe stream. 'Now,' saiii Lewis Wetzel, 'you sop I come here last night ami scrouged myself ti p in the Irtish of that there tree in the creek," with my rifle ready cocked. When day broke, the first tiling I see'il was a ride glistening in that there hole over the creek, in that rock. Right behind it was an old redskin fast and snug asleep, setting flat down with his old black head dowsing upon his shoulders; so I look a dead aim and hanged away, and if any of you will wade over and climb up' to the hole, you'll find him in his last sleep." Accordingly, the 'hole' was quickly entered, and the mysterious turkey was found to be a lifeless corpse, surrounded by various trophies of his victories and murder. The cavity can be seen to this day, in nearly its original state. It is a ledge of rocks of probably 25 or 30 feet from the base. Part ofthe aperture has decayed and mouldered away, but sufficient yet remains to assure the visitant that the 'hole,' (now appellate,! 'the I ndian Rock,') was a comfortable and secluded retreat for the last ofthe -old residenters.' II.vm.kv's comf.t. ( )ne ofthe most si rik hi" proofs of '.lie advance in modern science, is the accurate piedicf ion ofthe return, both as to lime and place in the heavens, of I alley's Comet. This orrafe stranger lias come when and where it was looked lor, after its long course inlo tlic distant regions of sp ice. The following- remarks on this comet tire exlracled from SirJ. lleischeFs treatise on astronomy ; "A comet which should describe an elliptic path however long iisaxis, must have visited the sun beore, and must again return (unless disturbed) in some determinate period; but should ilaoihil hoof the hypeiholic character, when once it has p issed its perihelion, it could nevermore return within liie sphere of our observation, but must run oil" to visil oilier systems, or he lost ii. (lie immensity of space. A very few comets have been ascertained Io move in hyperbolas, hut many more in ellipses. Thus hey, in so Cir an llmir orbits can remain unallcrc.l hy'iiie allraclions of iIk: planets, must he regarded as permanent members of our system. 'Fin; most remarkable of these is the comet ofllalley, so called from ihe celebrated Mdnuiiid Ihilley, who on calculating its elemenls from ils pei ifelion p-nsioe in K'sVj, when it appeireil in great spiendor, wuh a tail IU) degrees in length. wa led to conclude its i-

centilj with the groat cornels of 1531, and 1007, h-se elements he ,.ui ;i!s ascertained. Tjie in. icrvals of ll.rse nice, sue 5in,arilioi:s being 75 and -VCllr?- II:1!''.V was em-our.aed predict its re-ap-

i ' " ii.y.K M remarks!) p n 1'iniinioii coum no; to attract the attention of i- .: .. i i . , -. "" "' ' """ "i"- appro.iched. it ,e1 1 ;i 1 n ! HI "I" ! ,'Mr""M '? ''itoiesimg to ;i.0... l.,1(.r , r. .t. "! ;!,:' l;J!'-''r l,ls,!' tiuuli not ii.teifcre w,,!,,!s ;:1 ""' - Tii- roirj nt ::t ion of their ",t''"',r !'!,::" New Ionian law .f gravity, a rnot "''cnii ;!,. inMie Ue piece ol oalculiitioii, was un'l'it. .ken ami accoi'.t.'.islictl hv (Tiiraut wlir. f,,nn,r lhal tw a,ii r h., , . . ... . , ""U'V ,c,ar" 1,3 "X ju'.i i iys, and ih.t of Jupiter by no less than 51S. makii!" in .-ill (SIS 1.,v I..- .. i.:..i. .i. , . - - re!"rn Il;ll'l,en ,;,,,-r Iln"' " le supposition of ".S roi'l:"l,r :"' "tialiered period; and iliat in short tl,e Umc of liic "P' fled perihelion passage would ,;ike "'"'''" month, one way r other, if the......v.. . .-. x h actuaiiv ripnened on t i l.l.t i , i . " :I -iarcn m th.it year. Its next return to tlu V- Hiieii-.n h ,s been c ilml ited hv Mer l),r,..; ... - ... i... J'llllt.lo 'i u!u i iit.ir r :iiii ivr hv in em ami J' nni ,,! I' . . . I the f Mirth ;,,H,. ,!. .,,,... '. V. ": ' .' r . ' . - '" ro veu, her I -.,,, :.,i,t n month t p;x weeks before winch time it may he expected to become visible in our liem.sphe.e; and as it will approach preliv near the earth, u II very pioi.ahly exhibit a brilliant appearance; though to judge from the successive degradations of its app.irentsize and the length of its lull in its several r. turns since ils first anoeat m. r on re cord (in 1 K)o, 1 I.-f,. we are not now tr. any of those vast and awful nhcunnr.,., ..;i. ii ' our remote ancestors of lhe middle agrs into armies of supersltiious terror, and caused public j.ravers to he put up m ;10 diurclits against lhe comet and its m-ihgnaiit agencies.'''' :nbs'-riliei ia-. ve just n-c.'ived a verv lane a..H cral as-onmcnt of I'msn F.w.,. am', IV'.vtv. m.. Il uunr-, H.ns. S"Ks, e u's, Z A'r As ,hey l':,V1' inrmancntj, in the tow,, of MAmflnone riirrt'ir fmi i ! iON'',1 " u"'r ,',on.aii.1 t k. r,, a ,,., nil hanfi as , ; a" a'?on""',,t i,s c:'" l'e sl-.cw., in thi, mark, t; and i regard ' """'"' " ,s "'""'s-y "' sv tl-v an- low, h.-raiKe all ! &."l,rl"'s ''--P; bu .Lev u iU sav, that ''"V"", "Pre!,aSed o.r,a.,. ,1,,-v are determined tr, offer them at fuel, prices as will p'eme. 411 tliev ak i ' ,h,t wl.,.'esV,e and ii p,rd,aS,rs will ca!i and exam" e' far 1 ti,.-mfBlve before thev buv. j As lvou!l b impossible to pnumerate within i p. us.ia' i limil-i adienisenicnt, alt the articles of which their a.nt.mint eoi.ihli ila .- ..'.) 1 1. r ' n i...,uc a i,-w to5tvc an idea ci the r.i li nt of their tork. -.Hi piei es nine, H:ai'k and Fancy Colored CLO TH, ?!,)?. of which are veiy superior; 30 pieces Sattink.ts, some very fine ; :7 do Single ami Double M Merinos, a c mice selection of f;i thioi, able col.us; 21 pieces la . stk,m.s,(.i;o I'K Swiss, and fancy colored ( il'.OlM A! s ; .'.- pair Hi.WKCTs of ihe?e a part are called Whitney, a superior article man'il'ictiire.l of 0,-autifoi line white wol ; A ery large lot of trilled an I plain Calicos. ) i r "-.-- o..t.wu.,i-t.i i,in T,? 0,.ber -.'.', s.T,-h ' ' ' r.- . ii a i ' n m an Sc aw on MSTnivr, SCOUIHNti- iV IILNOVATINC. rWlUK sulifciiher wo.;l l renin, thanks to liia ciiizctu of JlL Hanover for lhe !i!einl Mipport liial ha h thrrto been exti.-n-ifil to him, an I w on! ! inform then, tlmt i.e sliil f,,!loivs s business of SCOl'UINtJ an I J! 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