Vincennes Gazette, Volume 6, Number 5, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 July 1836 — Page 1

VINCENNES, INDIANA, JUI-Y 2, 1S36. NUMBER 5.

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.;!. A SUMMKR fKK ecu. JiV KI.1ZA COOIv. Tir June, ti- merry smiling Jiin- ; '"Pi hlmhin' summer now: Tlir rn:e i-rcl the I loom is dead Tim fiuit is en the bough. The bird caire linn;8 upon the wall, AmnJ the dust i i;ir vine; Theiii-tnt spat is in tlie porch, Wiicie honev f Mi k Ics twine. The rosy ra'.'Pil urchins p'ny Beneath t..e tlnwiuj -l..v; They -coop the or gaily chase Tim bee thai buzzes by The Iiouc'inM cp'ioir-1 (liii;0 his lcritli '1imi; t lit stoiit'-t 'lived The i:iiitin!; sheep-dot; 'i i ks the spot Wtit-re If nfy shii.io, s full. The petted kitten fri-U ainotijTin' lean ill : tv i-r i ra '.'i ;i nt mnrr: Or. ha--It it nr. tbiuH P. r .ia i i ltd for ra To court (l.e warmest rays. TIip opro'i! rsa-r p: t, fi;i;'-ii:g wile, Gcrrnri'iim- i.ivi t v. : ; Wi li cboirii-t initio rui" ! h'tvvcen, .'rtiil wet u itli in.iriiioir ia iv. Tb" rr.ower ub'-ti,.i o', r !.'- '"'I, lilt' 1 1 " I "i b I era in n-1 ii hi; Tin' til - i- in', t ti" i . 1 1 is down, l liere's im i n?n in the (j. Id. ; t! Oli! how I love 'o i -ilndv inuo la in-li an lionr a- U.i; To nui-t t lie .1 i v orfutoiii j;:vc, In puri'v and bli-. w imi. I" J .mi li . I Limi Hi I1 g i:eii.e ii r. r.i sox Extract o t a le 1 1 e f f i umi Cum ion a! i. "I was w a I k int" on t he i vt e a lewmnrrings since, mi vev intr ll.e hu'v iiond -the lh'et ff sleiifii le.a's a -I ml rimj ihe hold sweep of Ibe Ohio, and won : ii .l' when it Moiilii bep!nn'll b a We-i'Oi'i-Fter or l'i'.ar U 1 1 In ; ami low m;in t I a r -would elajse Ixtnre lie tir,. l "O . iii! hills, around the ieen City of the Wi wijiihl he dotted wi'li whi'p iUa-. wl to t he e jchi m i I p'li 'There's (iene,al Mmli'on'."1 struck m eara. Turniny. I -an a gentleman w ra pped mm i a ra i e!y in a hi O wn cam Ide I comI, a hload hummed while hat, mifli worn, encircled by crape an I good tuoul seivj,pat lp lnnt. His hands wete earned brdind him a- he walked slowly ah ng; now pan-jog to watch the progress of some s'eam bo.t 'passing up the river: bowing, ncca-i nal Jy, witli conitem and difraitv to hi- fel'o citizens, who pas-ed l.ir'i. hv who he resides the most of his tup," in the ci'v. he seemed to be genera IU know n, s:i:l is 1 am told, univeisally pkiepm' d. So pr ominent an I nd u idipi I. in the r lie eye, I ot ontir-p observe ivith "nine attention His lieii;ht is aiooi! five tt-M nine inches, whl' h is le-srrip.l by a ha! -i! of slightly inrlinip.i; its .,uv torwai lahe walk. aa ll in ihoiii-bt. lie had all the a ppe a ra tic p of a I: i!e nr.d heaPhv gent'em in, in ibe n r n '.

Id e. II I I a' e w as -i ro., o ! ,,. , , . i . t ' i the fleep line per n j,ir men x: -: ' f T y I'n ts to the h ar ,;. i.i ; s ot a n:i: P . r v ' ; Ide 111 eon, p, xi in js hi oivne I . I i ! - a- 'i lures stl t g I ut not hani!s..n,o lir. -islieavy and ii leotibir, hi- 1 1 : s -q t r e ' fleshy, and when la r e j o-e f x I ' e--; v e o ! ' decision, which Irom the fne ot In- imp. w l.l h I huge, I. i i'li; and peneira1;. j. when tiKe:l Pill n o n Ibe individual l.e is nddre--ioa mu-l copstmre the ba-s ol his I character. llis apiearar.ee is t v no means striking, .15 he moves imassn 1. ioir- "

Iv about the stiff's mo, .rh,.. ..nl,

felbm townsmen; but when iinatp who iJ to subvert and destroy one ot theltmhe 1. his I ice (s one uhich you will at d 1 n. ntal che( ks, and that the mnsl salii once decide a icrnu kable h'.r it mlel. i- tuy, of the cot.-t 1 in 1 ion. Perpet n .1 1 mis gence. and be., o 1 jr to no common man. "f pu'dic tiusts, in I lie same hand, a 1 e I have since called on him wnh a Pea adverse to ihe theory "I government. ton fiiend Hp lodged at a -econd ra'e -'"d dangerous lo its best aiimimdr.ihotel, chospn for js contigtiily to the ' : -

Court pM!-e. hIh ie hts fliitie.. as(;i,.,k of the Court, an i-llp-p he h i' held many years, employ mo-t of hi timo Hi residence is on the tiglit bank of the Obi", tivpnty mile- below in city, on an ex'en-ive farm, raped X -rib lb nd. from the iml.ii rnive of t be r 1 v e 1 w h 11 h , here s w ee j s a 1 oimd 1! . The lou-p is very plain. I w ti -t ir ie , and painted wbi-e, with wings. ll Iron's the titer, and is visible In all passing by 1 n st ,a m boats. The loom in hi hotel, lo which we were u-heied. was iUo ali else ussnr ni'c.l yv it h tbiflisi,;ri:siHl m in. ch ar a t t eiised by Its plain and republican simplicity.--ILs son, whom as.ist.mt in 'hp (Tnk's Ollice. rofe lo receive n, Genet .1 11 ir lisonwasoiit when we culled. We le'i cur cardsantl took leave. The next (lav, he called on n at the hotel, and iass(.( hail an hour in one room with 11. lie w a vert sori n. j related lo us the history of hi pio;, -h, visit to the West, and some of hi- adventures. H- tol I several a' f! o'es. with Ditirh hl-n r: l.e left us wi'h f yTb!e impression- nf his m 1 e 1! igem e , a m 1 1 1 : i : v . and rteilit: rom inm st n-e. i ia. man rer he i polished and com -iier-like : atT.i He and ajfieeeible in the piiva.le circle

dignified nod commanding respect in jlpctoral voles? Maine 10; New Ilamp the w orld. When in conversation, hi? shire 8; Mar land 3. Tenty-one votes, huge clpardark eyes spaikle with anima jand Mr. Van Buren's reasonable certaint inn; and the play of hi mouth is most j tips are Mt an end. Next let us count hi

tnkingly expressive of his feelings. NEW JEKSEY. A convention of the citizens of thi state ! assembled at Trenton, on the 1st inst.and : rn ni.nated Gt-n. Il.arnson for 1'ie-ident. i ami Mr fioiner (or Vice Pre-ident. ! .V'out 200 delciratee were in attendance ! ;t"Tiatl paiis ol' the S'ate. There is a pi.pr I'lbli-hed in Tieriton, called the i' E. rnpoi iiirn ami Tiue American. " Some : ear s ac.-o, h e del ived nmch pleasure li om readme the -Enip rill in,' when it c.ntined its column to literary matters f xlusive :h, and did not attempt todaMde in i he rrn-fldy w a ie r s of i,,d i i ical suife. l.'nfoi-nr-ately tor it- own lepiilaiion and u-e fulnp'-s, it haslatfeily been Hurler the edi ! o r in I -u :e 1 1 iioo ol as complete a hlaf k - iMiffd a- ever disgraced ibe collar pre.-s. 1 i r a r w ha I t h is s y cophant nni! tool of Martin Van I'linen say sot General Ilairisr.n, who had ti-en ifcently nominated for the lib het i Hi e in ihe na'ion, hv a most res pi a le con v f ut p ii of the cit i.ens i f h iow ii State. A mm who has been entius 'f .f by hiscniHitiy wi'ii some of Ihe nmsl !P ( 1 1 a n t ai'fi li "tin a hi P d u ! i i but h c l 1 1 a-: I nali'aiy--a man "ho has eijiyed the i oi tiri. pee of a Jflei-on, a M;u!ison, a I a M'iihiip. We will iju te the tellowol I: t ica I la f.gna je. S Hi1? In some 1 1 (ti a t ks e altlng in lelermule by Colonel S HI, pre-ident ot the a !e C"n. en I inn in wliuti he had calh i; Gen. iiairison. hii.gton of the We-l, the editor p,r- s : J "Ah-'-, for ihep, our depnrted Faiher! j A ( OZi flri ati imti ale, an I a I o 1 1 P .11- 1 V I'l in mi, us mail, loi niiU 11111.11-"! is to l.e called bylhv name, and , iires made to emulate lh vir'ues. ' ll wiild be well f.r 'he hide of I ii is j torv ednor, that hp h abusive epithets, I :s he has. in one eii!erir e. heaped on Gen. I Il.rrison, shaibl not be tillered m the pnsfore nl any of Ihe brave fellows, w ho ; . I their bho d, under ihe C"m-iiano of hi- gallant ollirer, in defending 0111 fmri- ! 1-, liming the last war, Irom the sav- . io- We will syo security., that at least , i.- aiiii.le of Judoe L.uoii,n code would e ;ii i.iiril in his caae lie mitiht be nlnv ed to re'urn to 'he 'Jaises 1 well 'aried and leathered alter he-: l y soinp I our II .0 s lei " f 1 leu'l 1 he other side he river. Jlt. Carmel Scut. P l !'S I D ENTI L PIIOSIECTS. i !n the presplenl lal canvass, as jl now x si . foie the pooj.lp. the fjist great ill- 1 -nu ot patties, is. between I ll 1 se who. . . ..11;- 1 1. :-a -e J'.jsi..,..ii in ij..iu; riii'i.. inri.15 10 I act in concert to 1 e l a i n them. & I hose J w 1 ' aie cx Inded from public ernploymi'n's and would gel pos-es-inn ot (lien In other words, we hive a Coulrnversy briween LN S and OL' IS. I do not propose to touch 'he prnfcse'l pr.n. iplfs o! ei'her party. For any ihn g th-.t I a 111 ahoti! to pr e-ent, I miv a. 'mi' 1 h- m In be i ('i illv in' el i 'gout, and 1 ipi 1 1hoist I m 1 y ad mil too. t oa : . ll h i.v o! bands, a main knaves mty be fel : the one sole rts ,ii Ihe oilier. It 1. I a c ' " 1 1-: ; c 1. 1 m n t o abuse power lor o-.v ti a I v an ' a P 11 i v m -! ti c ! u 1 1- ' o j.!' v. lit 'hi- a V'U -e. an i Co in je i i!ii il a .-1 1 in i I s t o p.- i lor m their i . ilp" I -i I ; i i.s w 1 1 1, an eve to the Com'!) i: goo,! s th great ilcsotera'um .t poli'o .1 "tirp. The terms of holding ll'p e l-i .''it const I ' u ' ion--, were detiseil I -r s puipi-e. I'eiiilical elfiipos are endi d t prevent, as w ell in to correct 1-. s t is the tight and the duty of I hit i it ns lo call for radi 'al changes 1 . j.ouer to preserve ihe., places, is I, I, - mi. lie set v.tnts A coinmnaiion oi ino-e It i e pr t-he tisiblp , inasmuch as 1 is I en d en o I he prpspnt presidential canvass. on ,,p ''' l!" '',,;l onp -ide. is (lirtmclly avnvyed to he e.l on to pre-ervp their pi ices to in power. Mr. Van Pon en is their .' a : o i t I a . e. If elee'ed. he l Iheir Pie-i-i!enl--the ciea'tl'e o their ciea'mn, delp I - Iv pledged lo it 1 1 1 III HT-'Cling iheir o! j-cts '('he pari" lhal support hi'ii conli.d ihe swonl ant1 the pnt-enl the conut r v I hey command millions ol money, which they can dispose lo cupidity or necessity, ihioiigh 'he medium ol innume. ril'e ptl h! c e 1. ploy men is- olhees CI eated i-V i.iv. ami ngencie created lor ' he occa--l.iti. mill f-otilrict with legal sanctions. pel hi..ksH.,d lleuben W hi I net's with n s i.o't'on at e l and -Up 1 he canvass. l,n !ic!intp.l. h 1 le it fill advantage on lis side, against any an I every opponent. D ies it leally eijiy a good sh ire ol pub'ic confi !pn. e ? are ll caii lpla'ehebi 111 high estimation a honorable citizen-, anil lair minded poll p i. in-? Then tild ll si eoi a h ipeless thing to contend g i.n-l llirm, iy lii-s ipip .n.iliie coticbllei u- laves' igate n hat are the pros1 .ec; in if, ptfsi nt canvass. ! hi how m m v . af,d w h 1 1 s' atps, can il bp siim-d. wnh all reatona'de rertamlv. ; Jihal iMr. Van Burea w pi receive the e

strong probabilities. New Yoi k 42 ; Connectirii! C; I'. Island 4. .r;4: making an aggregate of 75 votes. Seventy more electoral votes must he obtained to elect i.irn Hi pip are they to lip counted? What States mav he numbered isrert

opahlv reitnin for Gen. Harrison? Vtrmoot 3 : M aachueM 14; I'ennM 1 vania 30; Delaware 3; Maryland 7; Kent ncky 1 : S. Carolina 11. :) all . -8 vo'es Gfn !- n ison's strong p robh hi 1 1 lies a re. Ohio 21: Indiana 0: making 123 ntes. Only 17 more electoral vo.'es are required to elect him. Let us how con, pare probali li t ies in t he nt he r States. In Iew Jersey, the pro! nudities are a fa vorable to Gen HaiiUnn as to Mr. Vn!i : I'oiren. la Virsrinia Gen. II ar rion's pi ns!pecti are safest. These two States give j 31 lotes. That of Vngiiua i more than sufficient to elect him, if 'he votes as previously slated he cast to him. Noilh Carolina, Georgia, Alahma. Louisiana, Mississippi. Tf imes'ee, Illinois and Mis-onri, remain to hp considered These S'afp- conn' 5.J elec'ornl voles In ih'em all. Ihe canva-s will be diif tt between Mr. Van liorcn and Judge While The whole opposition vote wpl rd'v '' Jiid-je White, and the Mroi g pnha' ilit is, that theentiip electoial vote will le given lor him. The pr n-peot is cer la in i y j oioat iivriili'P to li i in , in i Laroiur. Alabama, L'U's,a . Mi'-ipr, leaving to Mr. Van Jliiien nnd I ni!',-i , till1 le'fei,,, chance only in GsmfM, Illinois at:.'! M son r ! t h a ' t' ! v- 2(1 I ec ! .'i a I votes . w I ic I added to Mr Van Linen's y o;es pre. j.t). ' ly conceded to him, m.kean aggregate electoial ya.es ,,, will contend I h a I I h a v e r;. nee . i e d too mu'li W ' v P g ; '.that, even upon the cf.t.cesi.ir I have 1

made, a r p no' Mr Van Puicu's prospects ni-hedlhem with food for refl.'d ion, and t very doul tlul character ? jgivenlhemagMier.il, nhlnugh peihaps Hi frierio'j. h.. w e v e r r la im i or hi tn. j a t,, ,lP , t)c h, knowlen'ge of almost every Peril, sy ani.i at ii V i 1 gn. ia . Ohm and r j m;' ject t The newspaper: that despised I n .1. He may ohtain those S'ales. jand seemingly insignificant messenger. There is 10 be a sharp contet f..r themi rir--itig eveiv flay some new fact or some

all. On tb- "ihi-r I...I. I, il.t-K i :o t n -h.rp cm. 'et lor New V.'ik.and ', bod e ! l-lanil, and Connect icut . and Mr Vhh Luren may lose even Ins own empire State ' 1 1 is Ce r!a in I v ihere. is ns qo.e-i p.iiablp as! 'hat nf G fne 1 al 1 1 a r r ison, in Ohio, or In diaoa. 1 I'i.e reftilt of lhi I'rief view is. that theie is a prevalence of pi;1 he sentiment and feeling among the maj'iity of th" natmn. ag int the a'tempt of the INS, in lippp themselves in, and a strong dilike to their candidate. The rau-e doe not commPnd ihe man. nor the man the can e. ;o cu teal totn, r equ i res om v a Ppr energy l 111. ..Ill 1, I l I. Ik f 1 O 1' OOf I ' O 1

ever w as achieved . , , . I . . . , , i ,, i in the L pr ess v. noils in the ret-r ot the A' 'hi moment, there is a dead iip ilhv . - ' , . , , ! , , , . i ii-.' icitv. anil would have remained in secret. in the Ad tii'tn-1 rai ion pa I i y , ( an k and fie. - i . , .- ' ... , . I were it rot tor ihe clepi edation lliey i 'hrotl 'tpoit Ihe courtiv. Ihe leaden. ' . . . , - i ' . have committed in the vicmi'v of their had r dii.p nil lo sm nil a snitit ol aOvi- , . , . . , covert. We are informed that a ntiotfi tv iliieis riotbin"' in the contlii mn or ; , , . , , ,

character of a fat Placeman lo exci'p( s li) !-- a i' w v or a r oue rornmi'-g bT ' t rn nr. I n i ii io. there! a V"u-!g M en's Van : ! u-en (. ovenl-.on." which drags heavily. iiriri.it'.o ai, H.'.n nnvtr. .. it. ..a ... I!. . t , I I... a 1. ,b l.cor. on fil foil at organi. liion, commencei , . . d without -: in;, and conducted . ss and in ! Ips.nC! latigoir A ki'id n! gk'vanic battery' rn .ie men! is now on . ot to reanimate the; I-ai'v. Ti ere s to be a great Carthage C U ity m-sptiog. on the 10 h day cf this; month. An! we hue an 1 : poi ng a rray ot n-i mes pu: ,! , tied , m itppiotottioo of it i Si'ov' infoe.s feeling '.n I hcnty approha-l lion recpiue 11. "IP h SI uooiants. Stwasj not thus that the people vwre rallied in' sii pport of G en J-n U-oi 'i'ii" enihu-i -ism ; il...f ...11. ...1 ,,l l.t. 1..'.... ,1 I,.- li.o r.JI 11 10.it iii-i, LO.iir.i .. 1 1 11 i in-. ! ot mi inoe r-, e v en 1 tP'Og ii 1 a u i I 1 esiuen; j m .p. a aM( f)r l!l..H,(l,iil, uime9 Pi psiden!" are employed for the puipo-s. Wherever w e lo .!, whatever wfi see t h mug 'iUCes clear ami d 1 s ; i 1 u medium, conIhe 1 le are not iviil) tlie nfTioe holders. Vi united and a spirited effort must de feat theui, 'horse,1 to t an ' drag n-n. Liberty Hall anil Cm. (jaz. From the Loutvillp Ci'y Gazette HOOSlElt MONEY. L'nde r I In (p 1 m t h e Indiana hn nk notes aie known in Ken u kv. We havp been -urpiised lhal ;hi- money i not taken in. Ihe course of l.u-:nes al par value; the condition of their S'ate bank and brant hes is per lecilv sound ami healthy. Tiiei r capital is now more than a million; gov - e 1 ri men t d epos n eg . moi e ( h in a mi I lion , 1 1 1 1 i : v 1 1 i 11 il deposilps. J1H)0.U00 and up wards; discounts, iuclil nig f X hange less tlinn two millions r ii rulai ion nol !,,,,.; n-iliioo; specie near a million salptv Itinil hanks of New Voik run- , ,ln, fn,n,,'i;f XV!, ,,pf, Indeed, liom the cutsorv view of the statements made in ihe different S'ate of the Uni 'ti dm pig the last winter, we d..u''t very much wheiher atiy Stale nn show " clpar a bill of heallh. as our oo-ifr neighbor Can :o relntion Io its niomenliry system, and it most improve: every thmsr tends that way strongly. Iler public lands are a gteat source of wealth, they areol the first rate, and en' p ing ra pid I v : she has ciow, sav ten nnllioti of acres, and Irom - 1 the rate they are telling oil, her public

domain will soon hs reduced to a less number of acres, than in Iipt sister State, j

Ohio. Upwards of a half million was raised in Indiana, in the month of January alone, from the sales of public lands; in Fehiuary, probaMv rs much: in March nearly as much. The cntiies were not kept up to the same tension dnrinc: April. The work" of improvement will go on as fast as laborers can he obtained. The expenditures on the projected rai roads and can a Is. made ft om foi eign loans ! must cause a jreat int.ux o money The seaon will be one of pieat production for evciv article of subsi-ience and export. We repeat, her I at k ii'Mes should pas from hand to hand at par: h ur of her branches are on the liver, where lliPie is h specjp dollar for eiery note issued: t hp notes f.f these hr am lies we learn pass fr ec! , I u! I be notes of I lie interior hi anrhes . ai e taken lo hp sha veil by r-nr Main st reel Kicka poos, and we tear some times most unreasonably. UTILITY OF A NEWSPAPER. The newspaper is the great ins'rurnen' of civilization. AU the htioks ever written are but as a feather in the scale compared wi'h newspapers, as a means o! a(feclmg the mass. What is ihe circulation even of a popular novel, to that ol a paragraph w Inch inn t!ie roundel the , piess. The one is lead t y Ihcu'arids. the other I v miliini s 1 1 i almost t ninelv t i ( )p influence of newspaper, that the 'l erior m;el!igfnc rf to? middle c 1 .-. -- s ; j (,e attn1 u'ed. co:i 1 1 ni 1 1 1 1 e as mav t c rr, l ll.O ITllilOT.1' lf.ll lit t U"l-ll i I iil'l ! 'hi source. Ilo-.v few are the tra li --:.iri.; i r een merchants. y h i have tnp.e or in i r ;n , ,,,n , t . k - up a phil '-oph t,.p. ard make (hem-elves ma-; n al I teller s o ( its con ! Pn ! s I Vet we linow that there aij ; lp m j, , ) P ca rnil;. , intellect. ses many men of h'g'. What has rh:. ll v furlei, t..i tl, Hi,tuiK by liiile nod , t , ip lo ite,r mental stores, until they ,;lve HcctimuUted loan xlent lor which pause wouhj have appeared at firs! 101; leq iitp. A fj'ini to voJump, containing j the same quantity of inloi (nation, wouid never have been opened London paper. NEGP.O HOSTILITIES. We are not now calling the attention of the public or the public authorities, to scene dista-it from us, but lo thoe thai occur in our immediate neighbor hood ll has lately been a-ce r ! a med I hit I a iiuuiI... r l' r .. . wty -. I I- a 1. . . I . L- C, ,i T f O .r or ijporers emtuoveti on ins new i mini unniiifi'ip'l to go and ferret thern o - Af'er having tnetratecl the reces-es oi ,r ...... the wmids tor a consii erab'e I'-rgt h. I hey al ijsi. ca.tne to a numner m nm. n.i- . ri ing c n ;e reu ctie 01 ' p. e n. nicy w r 1 e immi- - . , 6 , . . " , , .- (Jialciy tired noon ny Kip cent eaic 1 :ui ! I lives, .to; expecting smli a recepiion.i the laborers (i; I not go fully prepared! vvilh arms arid ammunition, and believing 1 the number ol the former to ex;e.-d then-,) thev thought il more prudent todcsii-'.i Yesterday morning about 7 0YI01 k, a ! number of the bandit'i attacked th" hoipe i of a vvidotv woman by ibe name ot Shea. I on the new canal, who bei-.g at that time absent from home, having left the house in charge of a negro girl, they easily ikceeded m plundering it of its content. ?! breaking open trunk, armories. S:c. The girl ran out to o dam assistance, nnd in j t hp a 1 tem pt to do so, oneofiiie clepreda- ' 1 'tor fl ing an axe at her, winch wounded her badly in the leg. Her cries hr-iight some of Ihe laborer from Iop opposi'p side of the canal, 00 which the marinictf is imnsetl 1 1 1 e I v irtreatcdto the wooti.i It is a!mn.-t unnecessary tor u to call the at'entp n ol" ihe public authorities to it Immediate measures should be erjleied into. Louiiimi A 'v. IlYDilAPIIOniA. Dr. A- L. Ilolgate states, "tlnrty .f.-oir years ago a famine family deg became , rabid, ran through the nursery, bit'i glhp j trees, bit being ol a v ei y play In I ius- ! posi ' inn. the real cause was not ohse r veil j till about four o'clock in t bp a f lei noon, w hen became to a g 1 1!" seized m y arm near ihe e!ho vv . and, vv it ii a ink. r i p ped it very haiily down to ihe wril. so hat it hied very freely, saturating the sleeve. which wa covered wph troth from the mouth. He then sunk his teeth into the tle-hv part of rnv thigh, so that I rnuld put mv finger in'o 'he hole, ihe mark of which I vet carrv. M v hi oilier then came :o my relief, and tliPfJ'-g pu' of. We were about a ptjarter a mtle Irom 10n.e we hastened ho.ne nod gave the alarm, which cau-pd a great excitement in the neighborhood. My wou'id wera wahpd with vinegar and salt. A stranger by the name of Benjamin Devease, had just moved into the neighborhood. On being itifoimed of my cae, he and hi- old lady came up about dusk io the evening, to iu-

form my parents that, if they would give me a table spoonful cf the juice of t Ii n

common 010 ad l.-nf plantain, once a day lor fifteen days, they rr.ijfht rest asfured it would ne.er hurt mp any more. Thev ppjoined it with preat force, and their respectable appearance caued us to trv it. I took it lor al out three weeks, and I hive never fell ant ill eiTectj from it. Yrt the fi. g was caught and kppt until the next day, atid w a pronounce.) by many witnesses to he in the highest ita?e of hy i draphohia." We thank our friends for suh facts We can nsure the public that the broad leafed plantain isrnp of the best antidote tn pnis.-n, i:i the vegetable kn gdom, tin! what is ni'MP, onp of the mo-t ir, noxious to animal l.fe. To id-, have been seen t: tight spiders and euoinoo snakes, and when htlter;. to cure thrir.pie4 inirnedia'.c ly hv biting I his p!)int, and ! hf n return and renewhe utPx k. A ger.tlf P'an having observed one fijth'ii.g a lame spider f.r a long time, frequently teavirg him L gung a liltle way and bitii ga plantain leal, took the opportunity when the combatants were engaged, to rerr."Ve all the leaves; Ihe load, having- received a w ound soon icturned: but, finding no I hi I a in. he j rescntly swelled up and died, learmsr no doubt that the counter act i?."- vir'ues cf the plantain had I i'herlo reacted I, irn. 7':iornsoui.ut llc:orJtr. l A yot:rg Ivly c'risypd in mp.le alt;r la'el v started on hint from Ve; merit in order to see her ur.i Ism IVt-h irgh, Penn , ! r ihe purpose of asking l is astt;tnc! tor Iipt latiier, who wag formerly in afii ienl rirciiin-t,uice, but who having rr.et w ith mis rtutie, was at the tune Iv mg in ei niopt jail for another man's debt. 1 1 a vii'g a 1 r 1 vert at Newcasile Penn-viva-nia.she was informed shit her uncle was a poor as her faiher. and conhl render her no assistance. Disappoint!! pind .'ij(O'lfaged, she turned her stpps) homeward, and her purse hecomii g exhausted, a hru'e of a landlord on the road seized part of her clothing in pntmcnt of a night's lodging. She afterwaids shopped at a pti'.lio hn-sp in Mear'ville, and her si x becoming know n, c w us kindly fur-rii-heo with pioper rlothing &: the means f prosprnl teg her j urney home. Such an example o fihal atTechon in a yoimg ami ileticiite li rn ile, nseij to all tne retitimcn's ot socie'v, cannot 1 e too nuci admired. Iler clisuire whs a-sumed for the purpose of sei imng her personal safely during her journey n j nirney of jnniPthing like 000 miles, nrnl, rloiven solely with the hope of liberating a father fioui prison A". Y. C'cnr S,- llntj. Thc rr.rnis cf Engia7.3. Tlie fain.? p'e itgulaiiv la 1 cut in sqii.ies and parall' I j'r ares o' liotn tw io forty acres; a"d in gpneral the v are laid down a sm.'l'.e an t level as 'he roller cam make tftn. Mere is h I ixuii ant wheat tie I ). end there n mi d vr. and next A rich pa-'urp. and tht-rp bn-v pr ep i r at ions for t.'.ittiii-' in i.'b'i'fi or ... .a .i . .i iinii'ips; anu mere pariev or cat i i.isf bK.. nt,, tr up from the dark and I r jrih soil. Port scarcely a rod nl jaicr, lurh ns wp met with every where in Ihe I ni;e! "rtates or .America, cto yen fC in your two hundred mile ide ficm Livt rpnol lo t'.iP nieti'i -p oils. b s ,,;-- !,(,) n; and these hedge-, which are, f. 1 the most part, kept tieaily 1 1 1 m rued, about the gtrdens and tirm h Uses, and by the load side, add more to the beauty of the country than any d'scuplion had pp-tii-ed upon any mmd. The common nethod cf making Ihe hedges is tints : tir't a ridp 19 thrown up, perhaps a foot Irom the !ey of the ri--fjs which are to be fenced off. then Ihe young thorn is jihinU :i in twr pa ral !f I lows a bout ft foot or eighteen inr lies apart. 'I he growth is pot very repid; but when it hi attained the height ot" Im! r or ft ve fee ' , i 11 a hot: ! as many y i r s , 1! become? so dense that no domestic animals would think of btChking tbinogh it. The leaf i small, deeply verdent. tint! lUllfilllt su t ra ted l 111 on'h of i ,11 iv ih sp hedges are clothed wi-!i n while i tiegment blossom, very much resembling i lhal "f ihe thorn of ru; r own r.-un ' r ; tit d It i then that the1 bone vsiirkle. and ot.r wild ( iwrrs iinlold Iheir I right hues nod mingle Iheir sty op Inr s wild f he haw (horn, hi the hedges. Iiee, such as the nk. lha j elm , and the horse rhesn:i, are l .nted, i sometimes in rows, near t pettier, but eltener far apart, so lhal each one ii-e and tvatc" ilelt over t'.'e ht:mble but not b ... inirg growih belotv. Single tree of a great age, and very h.ige, are spiinkled here and ihere thrie 111 every .1 1 ipcl ion, and eveiy now and then you calf h a glimpse in the distance, ol i gtote or c ii ulai clump ' it h adtts not a lillle to the beauty ci the la ndsf a jie. Humphrey's Tow. The N;i'ifinr.! Icie'ligrncer of the 15th ' say : "The reader w ill perceiv, Item veste'day priteetiiig in f."orgres. t hat ihere is no ten'-'ti now to do:;i.( th.it the piespnt Sestior. '! C or gr?, will termirmtsJ on the 4th of next month. hstever indtis'ty rr.av c't-f irg-nsh 'he rei''i f the; session, it is ha-div possible I ut that much oi the busine? now beore the !wolJoucB must lemaio ur firnshed, for v. art of time to act upon n ." Louisville Journal.