Vincennes Gazette, Volume 7, Number 27, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 December 1837 — Page 1

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lort the vi( i:nm:s oazkttf. niSSJONARY HYMN. Van .47. LooHull hv.vm, deaiest tie lli.it 1 in Js, O it nl.iivnn heaits in out-; II. ill sacred Lope tli it tunes oar minds. To harmony divine. It i- the hope, the hli-t'ul 1: ope, liirh Jesus era. i" h 11 L,ivon; Tin' hope when d.tvs an I yens are H e al! shall nod in ilea-en.

Whit thonsh the norlh-tn him';;. h-j-t. t!ull howl around our col, Wh.it ttnusjH l 'neath an eastern sun Po east our c.i l.r.il ha: Yet tlilt wo share that I .h"f,d hope, A,'. From Hirnah's hor. front A fit. ' strand. Fi.un bulla's buriiiriL; pl.ua; From Europe, from t'ohunl ia's Wo hope to moot ajaiu. It is the hoop, o. No U-Ioii:t look, no partii:". i;!i, (lor futuro mooting knows; There fiicndship beams from every e o. Arid hope immortal clov-. ( ) sacred hope. ( Hi. !i'is-';, . Wlnoli Jesus ra -p his !:ivo:i; TI10 hope when tliysaal v ears are p.e C all field 1110. til lii'aVi'il. We nil meet in 1pivii at Jj.,t. Wo all s'i .ll 1110. t io II. -axon; The ho;.- when d iv s an 1 vea:s aio past We -all shall meet in Heaven. From the lJ'ilkc'arre Farmir u,i.l Tho Lost Found. Among the m -my thrilling ami tragic uveitis coitncrlt'd with t!ie historv v AV voining, tlierc is fmo of ihe most t.iuc'ii:ig an.! aiici'iing ch:ir.t(".t r. iH,h.ips, tnat o u r was ever known m trie histoi v ot ra-e. It Ins awakened all w ho are ae p.iainted ui the , bosom; ol w llil lis d'.'PPiV 1, traflic character, the ml. cs'. svmn.ithv ami the most painful renvois. Tip 1 )-e ii". irest coiinee'i'i, wr.ti tne sutiject to w hie.i 1, we. allude, never ceard to mour;i with the deepest sorrow until their wounded feelings were soothed in ihe quiet of the grave. In fact, no person with the common sensibilities of our nature, acquainted with the heart rending circumstances, could swanen its recollection wituout lec-luis that th tenderest chord of human svmpaihv was touched. savai; 1 sions to this devoted va'.lev, surpris. family by the name of Shu uni. rush on the eastern confines of the vidapa Wilkesoarre shot a man rii-died into the house, wat th; ;oor fount th. e v only the mot r ol t! .e l.imiiv wi;li laree 1. of her infant ehiidren clinging to Iot knees, plundered the house of :di which atir.ved their attention, then seized a lit tin 1 r.ne boy whom the mother hi! kept with her on account of his disabled condition 'the father and oilier brothtus being away) to bear him awav. The mother in an agony known only to a mother, implored tin release of her poor boy, pointing to us wounded limb to signify l at hi could he of l.ttle use to them. As though to tantalize all earthly ad'ections and t. ar s under the lenderest ties that hind the heart of a mother to her offspring, the monster released the boy, and with a most diabolical smile seized a dear helpless little girl about live years old, and bt ars the. poor little victim off to a fate, to her forever unknown. The father was soon alter id a in by a band of the same relentless foe. The brothers of the lost one, with the most laudable enterprise, sought again to trace the poor little unfortunate, whose fate was totally unknown. Journey alter journey and search after search was made, and no expense within their ability was spared to penetrate the veil which hung over the melancholy fate of the poor little taptive. All, was in vain disappointment seemed to mock a!l these noble efforts of the generous brothers. The poor bereaved mother, forever haun'ed with the last terrified and hopeless look from her lost babe, as it was borne away by the grizley savage, r.evcr ceased to mourn until Heaven, in piiv of her anguish, soothed her sufferings on the pillo w of death. Years rolled away a new rare had tilled the places of most of the actors in the fearful scenes of th eardice ly history of the valley the lion of this sad story, except w ith ihos most nearly and dearly interested, had passed away, or was only at long inter-! vals adverted to as to a dream, or a romance. All w-as silence, ami the fate of the object of so much interest, and so much feelings, was wrapt in the veil of impenetrable mystery. All had bid farewell to her as dead, hope of again f-eeing or hearing aught of htr this side of the grave, had vanished. But how inscrutable are the ways of Providence. A voice from the far west, as from the grave, rends the mystery of her fate, and pro claims that she yet lives. Yes, borne away by the ruthless sons of the forest, -he is brought up by them in their Indian habits, concealed with the most iub;lc cau-

u iitics, oio.h'imI 'I I 0 :k' is in.'in 111 iwo-c : 1 en hotii !l,T h rl.ihii-.nat :il! t :r of iirrotimh 1! Iv at !.i-t v. 'n il v tho V. hi'.L'S i ml 0 r.vl ,1 h.n! iMj.ro !i ;io;l :-sOl swav, n-P.ds the to ml Io I'usiies sii k, ami j ir :-.n''ro:u h i f !i ath, I n'ne pallet in ati In .'.1 ill l.oiloe, lie r. iials to an otiici r of the oncin11. at, w hma eii.moe had hroirht to In r .m vie, Iter name r.ml hi r siorv n i.iiiii th l.u-ts ct la r c '.pture, ami to's and condition of her l'anii most surnri-ino aeeur;'.ev. eircimstai lv wi'Ji tin Two of .cr hi 'others, the other hiino;i1' dea l, !,:ie i -i 1 1 1 her, and known to them, idcntit'iet! the e her i"!';o:i. tind tl.e reah'.v of mai , 1 T'.an all op! tile :! v ol t'nesi. v tli . ow I i::icre::i;o; j'aet - pea I mli'in tongue, H)o w Ik uatie lanH.'.a'Ti r Pictevvic Shovcr. A correspoiuleiit ol'tlie New Voik Cotnmeicial Advertiser furnishes the follow ing dt'scnption of the meteoric display exhib ited on Momlav e enip.o; hist: The extraordinary brightness of the moon concealed, douhiless, many of the fainter metr ors, and detracted from t 1. lor of th linl.iant ip' ei li r less, toe writer ol tins counted hetweeii fi 'fly and fifty, w liic'i occurred between 'J and ( o'clock in the moniiiio; most of them having after them trains of beautv. .Many one.!. ha:f p. lirt on

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tilers, very faint, were not reck- j independence.' Metier had it been to have I'l'teV were most lrequenl from ! remained i!ie sulqecis of a foreign governt three till half past four. Ti.o jinent, whi.-h would have scenic. 1 to eacli which was observed, of verv un-! the protection of .'e tmj har, than to

common splendor, ten eastward!-, between lie I u i-l 11 ' Dene!) in the lad ol t.u planet jupiter in its pre Lion, and the nt jiosition all about '2') minutes before lour. 1 l.e Mngiitest ol ail, and the most lieaulift: I one the observer recollects ever to have seen, occurred just about live o'clock hdupg eastwardiV also near net 11 l.r - 14 is. Its brightness was dazzling like 1 ih.it ol the sun, and r.s size two or three times that of Jupiter. It left a magnificent r.i'.'i. at Two or three the same tmm. af US' r w ally fell nearly h it'll there gen '1 iv occurred an interval of from ivc to tilteei minutes, 111 w htcli none were ohser 1, I'he display continued until all the stars were swallowed up in the broad day light. Ail the meteors trace. I back by the eye seemed to proceed from a radiatit point due north of iV g'.s- and between .'In ami '.','.! .'.). is. The times ami the directions of the most remarkable were u P.e.l dow n. Timv moved in all directions, hut mostly on tht; east side of a meridian passing through the radiant point. To the w est however, 1 tie iinoutness u, tne such as to extinguish nearly a moon wa 1 the tixeil st.-.rs. Mut one nvtior out of the win h; number w as observed to be an exception to the general law ol radiation; ami mat appar- , 1. the Oivat Hear, rosscd the hiits of the radii ti) the east. On the w hole, the exhibition, though not of astonishing brilliancy, was on 3 of yer v satistactory nature to t.'.c p.u-osoj bu observer. It was .-in h as to eoiilirm. in a very remarkable manner, the general inferences of i'roft'ssor Olmsiead. regarding t'c.e meteors of November; and whether we admit or not tin: theory of thai gentleman, in its full extent, to prove licit these bodii s have their origin beyond the atmosphere, and that the source from which thev spring is periodically near to us on tht: morning of Nov. I.'!. All .Mr. Olmsted's observations, regarding the distinctive appearances of these meteors to the eve, were abundantly corroborated by the exhibition of yesterday morning. 1 am, sir, yours, A. c. F. A. P. 15 A UN A ill). New Voik, Nov. 11, pdl?. For 'A.-. X?2scrta of Ar.-.bia. f.vssAot: rKl.i:. The line ship Makhn Van llisiix. built at Kimh-rhook, Andrew J ieksm commander. Thomas 11. Mcnton sailing master, will leave for the Deserts of Arabia wind and weather permitting, on the J'Jud iust. Iij has been lately have out her bottom well scraped has had a complete overhauling, am! is in fine order for the voyage. The cusiuc, it is supposed will bo excellent, as the whole Kitchen Cabinet will lie onboard. Loco 1'oco-', and all others dissatisfied with the recnt flection, arc requested to be on board eailv, ami to take with them a supply of the precious metals, as hickory leaves called siiin-plast, rs will not pa current among the Arab?. As batiks and tliti ircdit system arj unknown in the Deserts, thev w ill not bo aide to trade on ion-owed cap ' and will have to break. It is a "perish commerce perish credit" kind of a country; and it is considered adii. visaoie to put passengers m possession ol (acts, tliat they maybe prepared. Tin pious David, it was at one time supposed would have taken passage in her; but since the election lie has declared for the Whig steamboat Constitution, and is determined that his consistency shall square with his interest. Arrangements were

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it w ua'i tlicre is room li-li for the (Jlolie, or the Lvi.-niii2 l'ot. A pvli'iitions for s-aoo nnv l-c maile to the I Irmocra: io Iiiu-1, at th ir oilioe in M isot.io Ilali, m the cay of .Now 'l ink, wlierc tho way lio-v f".o thii.os is a caution or at the 1 1 cr mi to t!ie ioiarn;.' 1,1011, The Alton nob, The rumors oiven in a msievipt in the last J,'oister are painful y eonliimeil. Alton, which we have lookeii iijion as the emhrvo of the commercial capital of our stoic, is thus eailv stinrmJcreii hv her police into the hands el the mo ih. Hrute loree is troi'.'er t! an the law , and the late I. This opinion is jusof the cit v is M'.i'.m and .s-ust. lined ! tne statement ot lib iiniur, oiien below, whiih is tl.e acco'.inl of the ontrapes that has reai li 1!', ed lis tliat can lie relied on. We have heard tl.e name party w ho dele ol si iino the oal.ant they are the men who, for the last three years, by their 1 hristian philantluophy and public and private enterprise, have aiven to Alton ihe hmh character which the entire west has awarded to her. The floating population which 1,'u tj had invited thiiht r to w hom they had oiven cnijdo ment have bceom the assassins ol t.ie char-acti-r of the city, and the nu'.rtcrcrs ot one of h'T ci',p.Pi:s! j e cannot use smooth phrases in speakiug of these enormities. Is human life to h held merely at tho caprice of the rabble:

H as it I-a- this our lathers perileil loeir.whoh: km 2 th of the body, a muicral trem-

lives and lorkuus to 1 licet our nat'.on.d ' lae lcit these dearest rio'its 1 man to 1 a O le:t ill Cse dt1: I est rii'! th tender nu reies of a ; Tho murdered I.ovtiov 1 tuitions I done moo' these ru !!.. inno injury. lie had even ti uottung citecting ., ; 11 th, ir i..'bts: md ii 1, had, weru thev to i:r-!,r him I hey thing canmu e en pieadlli.it thev had an to resent. Itissan that one of the mob who wa.s killed was a ini'ti 1 soiovimrr , ,1 ( A iton, who interna d 1! secudiiig tin; river the next iv; but hearing that there was b at night, he said lit' would d in it, as lie wanted a little he wa nt. Hundreds, we have to bo a m hai r a l.a Ian tu'loi'i no doubt, acted under similar impulses. They had discovered that the 1 i 1! authorises had 110 more spirit than so many sheep, and that they might riot to their hearts' content. What is such a police gotnl for w hat such a magistracy, from owest to tli e highest' The fe men of character who built ihe city, a!ld w ould have given it a proud pre-eminence in our state, arc trodden down, snd the '"baser herd" are hc.ietforth to assimilate it to their own infamy. e have heard some timid persons remark that the press should have been given up when its owmis saw tnat the m-ib were determined to proceed to extremities. V, e dub r litim them. The ot-.lv bright spot in the tLrk history of ihe transaction, is ihe nooie ceicuee made nv li.e ant little saw the .'and. They fought till they h.nii to,.l tlieo made good their retreat. Alton is unworthy of such men. They should shake ti e dust from oii' tlieir ft ot. and retire to ' 1 - ' " " ......... s ed ami their virtues emulated. 1 -not 11 :e !-i To. or i n , 1 1- trim P l.e t' cuei'ishIt is Iv to connect alio onism with us tragedy our readers know tliat in 1 hav e expressed ourself as decidedly ag liust the doctrines and practices of the aboit-lioni-is as any press in the state. W e are at this moment a slave-owner, possessing that species of property in another state, and mean to keep it: and would visit with the utmost severity of the i.Awanv man, in a slave state, w ho should assail ihe propriety of our doing so. iiut man ill a free state, in the absence of any law to the contrary, may write and publish against slavery until Ids mint) and lortune are exhausted, without any hindrance from us. llstabli.-li the principle that the trio'i is the law. and we shall have as many different enactments, and as many modes ol eX' cutPig them, as there are varieties ol opinion in the majority. In one town. where the abolitionists are the strongest. we shall have the pro-slavery men murdered off to avenge the blood of the Alton martyr; in another, where the infideis are strongest, we shall have ( bundles demol ished and a periodical unto da ; in ano ther, where the temperance star is m the ascendent, the liceucensed codec house will he torn down and the distillers burnt in their own fires; in another, where pu1 danism prevails, the theatres will be lazwl and the actors assassinated. And in o'Jct towns tl.e reverse of all this. Wo cannot 'pursue the subject for want of time. Allow men to break through ihe restraints of law and go unpunished, and the insecurity of life ami property. the flow of rime ol every sci iptionw ill be as the leuipg out of water. Fcorin lltiiln: fS Galvanic Ejc:. imonts nt Ilia Louisville riclio.il Institute. Some very striking experiments were performed on Friday last, inth? Laboratory of the Medical Institute, by Professor 1 amU . be ore tne medical class and a number of citizens, on the body of Mich al .Shriiij) alias Micliad Shiestan, who was executed for the murder of Dorothia

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lU o'clock m th'j moniiii;;, ami in an hour ami ton niirmK s after the scaifohl foil, the loiily of the ci'uninal, still warm, was rt'movtil to the i!s!itu:e. Dr. Donm: intnlo

the nt rcssttrv ill sections preparatory to Hie application t!ie lvalue hatter v, which occupied some uvcntv minutes, ami in that time the extremities bpoan to OI-i'W O11I1I '!'!' lUii-liu jivrx.s.wl ( irr learn from .m (-xperieneed suroeon, for we know little ot these thiiios ourselves ; were the i!;r(hic, the inirtui dtura anil the. si-'ird orbi'ur the diaohraoni and t'inal eonl 111 tne neck were also laid bare, and incisions were made in the upper, in ipp and low er extremities. ISv applying the I posnive pole of the battel v a powerful 1 instruinen exeited hv dilute nitric acid to the spin:. I cord or the phrenic, nerve, and the negative pole to the diaphragm, both in cop.t.it t with tin foil, all the muscles of respiration were thrown into prompt and vigorous action, producing the appearance of a violent effort to breathe. The nick was bent, the head partly raided from the table the arms were quickly thrown up, and the chest at the same time heaving ami sinking, the subject seemed to cough, and nothing V;is wanting but tho sour: and the lustre of the iivinr eve. to render the illusion complete. The negative pole of the instrument touehins: ihe nerve of the great top, w hile the positive pole was in contact with the spin.de oni the tl ii ill thus traversing the 1 or of the muscular sv-tem ensued the arms v.eie elevated and the lingers forcibly clenched the lejjys were suddenly drawn up. and again extended the head 1 look, and the respiratory muscles were com ulsei (;i passing the galvanic fluid through the nerve of the lace, every strong passion which tne human countenance rati ex press was exhibited in quick succession and fearful intensity. Ilage, indignation, scorn, horror, remorse, by turns distorted 'the features of the face as the contact of . . . f the The battery was broken and subject as he lav convulder tho il. tin t .1 ti-ii, nt" - t..,renewed. seem il 1111 niic dream a prey to intense anguish or remorse or engaged in some desperate mental contest, and unable to speak. The movements of life were mimicked with a truth which tendered the effect not only striking hut horrible and the spectator, while be looked upon the contracted and agonized brow the lip turned up as if in scorn or ?i!ei ision ihe uplifted arm aud heaving chest, might almost fancied the subject to be in a have 1 deep, distui bed sleep, and glared upon by the ghost of his unhappy victim. It was a study for the painter, or the tragic actor, and might have suggested to a poet a passage as thrilling as the ghost t-ene in Macbeth in which the murdered iianquo rises and '-shakes his gory locks" al the aiiiighled king. Lnii. Jour. . I'roii thr :li.xmi eiim. I'yt"f of the I'i Oftle . itnu'ir term jor iiir 1 re; rie,' the (''i r it.!ni,t,re.l J-r the fe Piioi'i.K (tuil )i"t fnr a Par 1 v. ""A Sound, I'nifonn ami Convenient .MitiOmd I of the w !u 'A iter 1 ulcrs. ne:; adapti tl to the wants 1 ile Country instead of the S:i,t brought about by our present o?'m?y. iVetrenehiWu! and liehe administration of public aSf irm in : fails. Tired of experiments and Ilxperimcnters, Uopublicun gratitude will reward miobtrm-iv e merit, by elevating the subaltern of It ufihin n'ton and disciple of Je'' rs'in. and resuming the safe and beaten track of our Fathers. tl?! rill.sIDlIM s u.dft.d I ii -. 1. ! li l.j-ioe.u'J Jl J or on jo. The intripid, yet deeply injure. 1 sol Her, w ho has fought mere battles than any other American Cei-eral, atr.l never lot! it Vl i n ij! Til:' upright ci;izn rmd cieiUirt 1. who w ho has ti'.l.-d almost every grade of puli te ation, both civil and Military, with a zeal and -probity that has made htm poor, hut with a singleness of patriotic purpose, and a degree of public usefulness, which comm' nils him above all others as the rcsni '..,0 ol 1 n'oPio' lost :on fro i e roil s ti, ;- !- & ----- "Tl.e 1 lur .ls which calumny has withered, sorrow ins justice now waters with her tears, and they shall bloom afresh." "Our ranks have been broken this year but another year mav repair the breech." " .. J". ;. '.;. You will find vonr Lrtccfiet torn faster than you can maud them. Leu. Jour. - 9 TORY (i KUANS. The character of the Cincinnati llepublican as one of the oldest and sturdiest ol tiie Administration's supporters in the West is well known. That paper however sees and virtually confesses at last, that it is all over with Mr. Van litircn. In itc enrolments unnn the astounding results in New York, it says "There is no use of wasting words now upon this subject 'or being incaly-inotthcd about it; if there is not a change of poliey in the admin; s-

iia:i"ti ami a clianoe of cuiiii' il too, the otherwise 111 all respects like other terrttre administration cannot sustain itself. men. In politics I am moderate: in relit'triain iullueneps arc becomiiiir more ' ion a free thinker. I occasionally drink

'ami more iiitoierbable i hi: OX JlOJiltll 1 ox 'I'he Van IhiiPn keejier of the Capitol at Albam". -N . Y., Iiunj himself on the dav alter the

election. Didn't we predictiAny age between 20 and 35, if a widow.

.that the Ky. staple would find a first-rate market 111 rsew lork: Lou. Jour. - J.r7"A an Ilurtii man shot himself in Xew York city on the lgth inst. That was outrageous. We protest agaiust'any Tory's following the example. We want all me powder in ine countrv to ceieoraie the big victories, ami the 1 ones have no business to waste the precious stuff in blowing the breath out of their carcasses for their defeat. Will thy have the consideration to choose some other mode hereafter of shiilHing off their mortal coil? Louisville Jour. a jtUYfiat hoc fun we shall have during the next session of Congress in recording the somersets of the Van Buren mem bers! We hear, that about three-fourths of them are already dieting themselves upon frogs thai they may be ready to jump w ith greater dexterity. Lou. Jaur. The Post Office clique esepecially Kendall and his assistants will not soon recover from their depression -and stuperfaetion, on account of the N. Y. elections. It is their last chance! And the concentrated spite of balfied mischief and despair was thus emphatically expressed last night by one of the assistants when he heard the news " 1'vrk has zone to hur Bui Fed. The assistant was mistaken. New York has not "gone to h 11."' IShe lias only sent the administration there. Lou. Jour. srt'f IMUNS Of Tltr. "DOWS EAST WOMEN." jt the late fair in Itoston was prepented a very large carpet, manufactured from odds and ends, bits of old cloths, flannels and stockings, in short from every thing in the shape of woolen rags, from raveled thread up to a bed blanket, the work of Mrs. Abigail Welsh, of N'ewburyport. At the distance of live feet, which is near enough for well sized people to look, it has the appearance of a rich Turkey carpet of a handsome pattern, ami it will last for years a beautiful cat pet. The value of this kind of work mav be perceived bv the following estimate of tost which we find in the Hostoti Transei ipt: Cost of tow cloth for foundation. Dyeing the rags and old stockings, Thrums placed at Lowell to make border, - 1 07 2 OU 2 Ot) !?6 (57 The carpet was made during the odd .hours, alter the labor of the familv was performed, in four months, am! for the trilling sum above sla'ed, with the toil saved from the hour6 of idleness, an elegant and almost everlasting carpet produced. 77'ic Iheeeie' inu. On Friday the 17th inst. Micheal Schempt was executed, according to the sentence of the law. He has appeared to us in the light of one suffering under the effects of mono mania, proil m uhtfnmi a sincere unrequitted lov e for Dorothy Markla the victim of his revenge hi fixing the drop an accident occurred which preci -itated him to the ground, and but for this circumstance we would not have seen llie last struggle of this infatuated man. He appeared perfectly icsigned, rmd we have understood, death instead of being a terror to him. that he solicited the time to be shortened as much as possible, ami hailed its approach as something greatly to be desired. He looked emaciated and haggard, and w hilst the sheriff was adjusting the rope, he looked round upon tne auuimice, assem d, which were very few but we could not observe a muscle move. Quarter past ten he was hung; nineteen minutes past there appeared considerable motion in his legs, which continued at intervals for a few seconds, until he gasp- ... , ? .. 1 .1. led his last. lie was cac.-uicu near uie place where he committed the murder, and hundreds of tho people were disappointed in seeing il, having repaired to the common where Love it and Jones, and Jones and Thompson were hanged. Lou. Jhul -it. AX OKFltU NOT TO 11 F. SNF.F.ZED AT A far west Co lobs, w ho advertises that he will give a thousand hard dollars for a suitable match, thus describes himself: ' I was born in the year 1801,, (which makes mc3I,)in the N. W. part of this contrv. 1 have been in five Indian campaigns . ta!:mi tlirr cpr.loq. nni 1 been promised ""- -s...t , to marry seven times. I have a property of si? mm fin emits, ten of which is in land, and 7tl00 in cash. My defects are a mole 0:1 mv right cheek, and a speck in i..i th. third fm?er on mv left itiv oii . , v - hand cripple d in a duel, which I like to iave forgotten to'mention, and a very rapid gate in mv walking, which I have in vain endeavored to break mystif of. I am

wine hate cold weather, and moderately

worship the creatures of my fancy. I can put up with almost any partner of tha other sex, provided she is devoutly mine, and endeavors supremely to please me. the better. ISo flirt, party-going, teadrinking, always-talking, never thinking, young girl, old maid, or widow, need appply. All such are out of my books entirely. She must have a taste for a fine garden, und must agree not to rise too early more than once a week. Morning is unhealthy, if foggy. I shall expect her to write her own letters, and do her own shopping." PATHOS. An English paper, describing the effects of the last storm, observed that it shattered up mountains, tore up oaks, dismantled churches, and laid wdiole villages to waste, and ovf.rti rnkd a hay-stack. This heats a British officer's description of a broadside fire by the Constitution into the Currier, and which was the following: "It dismounted all the guns on the weather quarter, knocked four ports into one, killed ten men and wounded seventeen, carried the mizen mast by the board and cracked the handle of the grog pitcher on the ward room table." Fublic Ledger, BLUNDERS. The IriJi blunder is sui generis; and is not only of a class by itself, but it is of the l ct cls. It nlwayjs nuzzles w hich mere clowiiuhnes tloca not; tnit it always by its oddity, its novelty and its humor. Of this order was thr exclamation of tho Itish irrnt'emau who. on (jetliner a ton-pound prize in ihe lottery, and lirijnuj that the prize was less than the money which he hail paid for it, cried out. " lint Ini k it was that I tli J not tret the X-d.OOO: I must have been entiir lv ruined'." An orator in the Irish House of commons was los. ribiiij the inordinate love of praise which hara toriscil an opponent: "The honorable Mem ber." saitl he, " is so fond of beinjr praised, that I really believe he would be content to give up the qhtist, if it were not to look up and read tho stone-cutlers pull on his crave.'' Cuiiteuq.t of money!' was the expruisioij of another. '-The honorable Member professes tu play the philosopher. I ran assure you, Mrspeaker, that if Ihero is any one offiee that glitter in the eyes of the honorable Member, it is that of a purse-bearer: a pension is a compendium of all the cardinal virtues. All his statesmanship is comprehended ill the art of taxiu; and for cood, better ami best in th m a! of human n. lure, he invariably reads pence, shillings, and1 pounds. I verily believe," claimed the orator risirnrto the liei.dit of his conception, "tliat if thn honorable gentleman were an undertaker, it would be the delight of liis heart to see mankind siczed with a common mortality, that he mij;h( have thn benefit of the freneral Initial, and j-ruvile bcurf and hatbands for the survivors." The answer of one of the I3ritinli bri'jjru'.e h the French Kins afler an notion, was long a source of amusement in France, and is still on leoor.l as an instance of the eritiar:t bru.'n,.rrir. of the sons of St. Piitri, k. The Kin?, in portionhi"? out his royal praise, observed that one of the regiments had behaved with threat gallantrv as was evident from the number of its wounded." "i es, your Majesty;" said the impatient and gallant Major, j.-alous for the honor of his own battali on. -tirx behaved well; they miht have had iiciuv wounded, and no blame fo them, but tee vireull kill,;tr This talent q.irs through sll ranks. We remember to have heard a woman, who was sroljini; her brats for some pranks, exclaim, "Well you two liltle illcius if I can make nothing of you, as sure as I he I w ill tell I, nth if rir ftittim '.Mv Lord." said a follow condemned to be handed for sheep-stoalimr, 'all I nk of yoar Lordship is. that I shall not be hanged on Friday. 'Why!" a.-ked the jutijo, in surprise. Jieoause,' was thn answer, -it is always counted a mijbty unlucky dav ', Never be critical tipon the !adic.,' was thn maxim of an Irish peer, remarkable far his homa;o to tho pe; 'the only way in the world that a true gt nlloman evir wiil attempt to look at the faults of a pretty woman i.v in ft.ut tii.i eirx.' (hi the Into importation of colored mid f:iured From h nightcaps, an Irish baronet, who made a purcliae of half-a-dozen of different patterns ill Uoud-st rt-et, was asked what he meant to do with so many? ' Why, to be sure, w ear them all till I sec which I like best,' 'What! in the dark?' No; I sloop with alijjht in the room.' Dot how does that clear up tl.e matter, if you are one aslei' Oh. the ilearost thirnr in the world: from the cradle I had a habit of sleeping with my ev es open.' Is there any ford here!" nskerl an En nihil tourist who tame suddenly to a fill stop before one "f too little mountain torrents of the west of In 1 oid. h, to be sure, your honor, there was a ford,' said a peasant standing at the brink and maki 'ij a hundred crimaces of civility. Vhen wa it:' s.dd too tourist, 'fit fore the bridge was built,' tni 1 the poasent; 'but when man ami lior.-e went over the bridpe, the ford r;ot out of the habit. Well, now that the brithe is broken down I suppose the ford may have got into the hulat asain. Is it salt ? To be sure, your honor, albut in the middle, but that is nothing; if you can swim, there is no better ford in the country. Hut I cannot swi.n. Then, your honor, the only salo wa, that I know of is, as soon as you get out ol your depth, to walk back a-ain. f we ko to law; said a vveahhy land holder to his tenant, we fro into chancery ; anil out of chancer rv utither of us will ever pet till we ?et to out Craves. I em of the same opinion; 1 want to gi t into neither t!i one or the other; so let us go of a reference, saitl the tenant; anil if the referent e does not satisfv us, let Ihe matter be settled, a usual bv an umpire. Veil, be it so, but on this condition, said the man of wealth, that, if hn cannot make a dt:ciion, we hail have umpires on both --ides. Ulaikwowd The Carmnche Indians are said to have robbed the Texians of one thousand hnrscs. Ihe Can of the I'"''::?:. J he aniancrifj ar lJr ,rue Cgs