Wabash Herald, Volume 1, Number 35, Rockville, Parke County, 10 December 1831 — Page 3

Rockvlllc, Dec. 10, 1831. We have been compelled to lay asidc several communications this week, partly for want of loom. & principally those-who present us with articles for publication, to be a little mmc particu lar in preparing them, lest we should present them to the public verbatim ct literatim Sx ' ; f " Ot t 1 1 to " t No account of the rroceedinrr of the Saturday's mail will probably furnish os with the Message of the Governor, which we shall haste to present to our reader. Wc expect to give our patrons a correct detail of all that may be in any manner interesting to them, whether local or national in character. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. A question is mooted whether electors for President and Vice President, ere to be chosen, in 1S3 J, according to the present ratio of reprasentation in the present Congress, or according to the ratio of representation under the census of 1838. Itis, I preceivc,gravefy maintained, by some, that the number of electors mast be regulated, by the present ratio. This is undoubtedly an error. The same case occurred, in 1813, when Mr. Madison's re-elect-J ion was opposed by Mr. Clinton No question' wes then nrad but that the new census, and the ratio of representation under it, determined the number of electors. They were chozen, in every State. i on this basis. Ohio elected eight electors, when, otherwise, she MroulJ hy.ve been entitled to but three. These saelhs to be the age of strange doctrines vAobody started this notion in 1812. , Gazette. ::oFrom the Lafavctto Free Pros? COMMERCE OF LAFAYETTE. We are indebted to the politeness fa fiiend, for the subjoined statement of the imports into -Lafayette during the years 1830 and 183 L This statement is the result of con?;derable labor Sir.d research, and may he relied n, being pretty neatly correct. It exhibits in strong language, the present &, rap idly increasing importarice both of town and county. . It speaks volumes in favor oT the growing wealth, the onterpriz and public spirit of our citifins. It was but vestcrdav, that the t ot on which stands the flourishing town of lafayette, was a wilderness row it contains a healthy and thriving population of 8(50 sonl. We have ll dry good and 3 drug stores,1 one wholesale and G or 7 retail groceries, 4 taverns and inec hunics of all kind, in proportion. Seven years ago, the county of Tippecanoe was uninhabited, fcave by tht untamed and ruthless save': Now she numbers a population of between Sand 9000.- The arts of! civilization have succeeded to the.chase -the orizon of Christianity to the barbartous rites aud ceremonies of the Indians. -. ' IMPORTATIONS. . " ISM. . T. cwt.qr.lbs, Arn't cf Merchandize trough t tot. a layette, 110 11 0 Am't bt ol into other parlsofthe county, 5 Liq-uors L:ot to Lafa'e 10 iq-uors i Bait do. do. 174 2 0 10 2J9 57. 13 18 ,1 I 13 10 Consignments Total am't of imports ' 1831. Am't of Merchandize bro't to Lafayette Amt brot into other , parts of the county, Liquors brot to Lar 357 11 2 23 115 1G 124 G fayettc 35 8 30G ii do do 15 3 J'H VIA Salt 20 502 SO 2 0 2 I Consignments Total amt of inports 582 4 1 13 The amount of Liquors and Bacon here gien, only has reference to vrhat was imported in Steamboats. " THE CITY OF ANTWERP. Citif."? have a3 characteristic and T l . C I " 1 - . . isuucwv i?:uuit-s as men; l or in stance, on landing, as our travellers did, at Antwerp, they must have felt not n!y that they bad entered auoth-

er country,-but another ac of the world j every thing speaks of the foregone. The lower windows of many of the noblest houses are yet barred with stroug iron gratings, as if tumult and i iot, accompanied with political copartnership, were yet necessary to be guarded against. You are reminded every where, not of the places of princes, but of princely merchants, "ledgerman,M whose "ventures'1 brought home wealth from all quarters of the globe. There is a pomp and circumstance about every thing that recalls those limes. when its mei chants had their coffers of gold, their heaped up piles of rich silks when they were obliged to hoard their accumulated wealth in ropes of pearls.

Bags of fiery opals, sapphires, atscthysts Infinite rich-s in a littls spacewhen individuals as the present writer mentions, could throw into the fire bonds for two millions of ducats, when their kingly debtor condesended to dine with them. Every thing about Antwerp recalls those ages; and as the people are accustomed to be much in the open air, sitting in parties of half dozen before their doors in the open streets, there is always towards evening.a great deal of noise and confusion; and what, with the seeming wealth and the seeming riot, every uni-sual occurrence suggests a night brawl: you expect to hear the town bell summoning the burghers, and to see the city assembling its wisdom in council, while men in suitsof velvct,slifif with its own richness as suits of armor, are heading the brown bills of the city guard. All the cities of the Netherlands have something of this character; but only at Antwerp is the illusion perfect. . Bruges is full of religious suggestions, and runs back to convents and cloisters, nuns, and friars, '-black, white and grey, with all their trumpery j" you expect to be imapled, or suffer "blessed martyrdom,r' for spitting in a puddle which turns out to be a holy water font. Ghent is loss uniform in its appearance; every where there is some reality of yesterday that breaks in upon the imagination; but at Antwerp, unless you seek for it, there is not a house, a street, or a stone that is not mellowed down with pas', centuries, or does not retail the ago when its citizens rivalled princes in the splendor of their inhabitants and feasting?, and exceeded them in wealth. Aifrnatm. BLACKSTOXE. Yoang writers may study with ad vantage the nervous and lucid style of lm work its entire freedom from all superfluous words and meretricious ornaments. Style is one's peculiar man ner ol relating his thoushts. That of some authors is striking and quite their own; of others, is less perceptibly different from ordinary narratives. The Hist is easily imitated; the latter is by far preferable and more difiicuit of attainment when its peculiarity does not consist in. any unnatural disposition of sentences, or the selection of uncom mon words, butvin the plain clear, and artless way in which the treasures of an .pb.scrving and intelligent mind are displayed to the easy comprehension of the .reader. This is the snacies which the erudite commentator has chosen. The stvle of Philips, the ora tor, is of the former description. Full of broad and dazzling metaphors, sud den antitheses, broken exclamations and bursts of pasion. You conceive the man to be always in a fury; and although many of his studied displays arc calculated to arouse attention and animate the spirit ofan assembly predisposed to believe with him, yt they are often turgid when they should be serene, and frequently address the passion before they j have convinced the reason. . ' r Dr. Johnson affords another xamf le of style, studied. nd pompous. ?ut it conveys profound wisdom, pure morals, aud a wonderful knowledge of all the inmost recesses of the human character. It heaves and swells like the billows of the ocean but, likethe ocean, it is deep and powerful. ,V -, Lady's Book. WinterIts prospects are chilling, if there is any sign in the state of the thermome ter at this time. , Our corporeal realities we may soon expect to be subject to a participation in its chilliness, in despite of blanket coals, plaids, and an hundred others that the whims of Fashion have made of invaluable acquisition to one's ward robe. ISotwithstandme its inconve nience and chilliness, it is the season of mirth, fun and frolic. The poets may weep over the 'sear and yellow leaf,' and eigh over the decay of naturc-rlt is all nonsense. . It is the season oi joy and of life, of Christras Pies and New Year, Address Balls, Corn s Shuckinns the tinkling of Bells Sleighing, Who can't feel a pleasure wher. sitting by the bricht blazinff fire with a tank ard of Shaffher's Beer along side of him Is there not comfort in ii t more

especially when one has d few eon ferial souls, to echo him in , the smack of one'elips at each draught of the beverage. This is the season for long yarns, dry jokes, and merry songs. : it is the

season o social fellowship thevcins ' f sociability are not dried up by the scorching rays of an August sun., . This, too, is the season of love, and the time for wedding3.- The lads and lassies have such good opportunities 6f coming together. Sentimental people always fatten in winter weather: Squeeze of the hand, arch glances, worth more than words as an avowal of the grand passion. Love ripens best in frosty weather, notwithstanding the Poets tell ns it is a plant of Heavenly growth, and will not bear the cold of wintry winds. Give me winter I would not exchange its merry meetings, its rosy cheeked girls, weddings, and the noise of the sleigh bells, and (not forgetting) the tankard of beer, for all the enjoyments that were ever found under the sultry influence of the Dog Star, since our first parents quit the gardea of Eden. Ftxe Pre? s. CEMETERVS. Two cemeterys for the dead, have heen erected in the suburbs of NewYork, one of which contains two hundred and eighty-eight marble vaults all of which have been disposed of. The other cemetery is not quite finished, but is much larger. The whole is surrounded by a solid stone wall, sunk ten feel below the surface of the earth, and rising twelve feet above it. The vaults raiigc from cast to west, are eight feet by eleven, about eight and built entirely of marble. The Courier and Enquirer says, on entering the enclosure nothing meets the eye but the tabletures in the walls, designating the owners of the vaults, and long avenues covered with gravel extending from east to west. Under these walls, about four feet below the surface, arc the different entrances to the Vaults, which arc covered by large marble slabs. Each aperture gives access to two vaults, placed opposite; and each vault having a solid 6tone door, and being totally unconnected with any other. The proprietor intends to plant the surface, except the walks, with shrubbery and evergreens; and with this viewi, has imported a large supply of the yew tree, which has in all ages been considered peculiarly appropriate to places consecrated to the dead. TO A JEWESS OF ALTOXA. BT THOMAS CAMPEEM. The following fragment has never appeared in print, except in the pages of the South African Journal, a magazine of which only one or two numbers appeared. Edinburgh Literary Journal. Oli Judith! had our Idt been eat - In that remote and simple time, Whprt, shepherd swains, thy fathers pass'd From dreary wilds and descrta vast, To Judah's happy clime; yty son upon, thenmountain rocks, Had echoed oft thy rural charm?, And I had fod thy father's flooks, Oh Judith of the raven locks, To win thee to my arms! Our tent beside the murmur ealn Of Jordan's grassy -vested shore", Had sought the shadow of the palm, ; And blest with Gilaad's holy bairn Our hospitable door. At falling night, or ruby dawn, Or yellow moonlight's welcome cool, With health and gladness we had drawn, From silver fountains on the lawn, Our pitcher brimming full. How sweet to us at sober hours The bird of Sakm would have sung', In Orange or in Almond bowers, Fresh Witn the bloom of many flowers', Like thee, forever young! - But ah, my love! .thy father's It It sheda no.morea ipicy bloci. For fills with fruit the reaper's hand! But wide its silent wildsexpand, A desert and a tomb! Vet, by the good and golden hours That dawn'd those rosy fields emoisg, By Zioa's'palm-encircled towers, By Salem's far-forsaken bowers, And long-forgotten song iFrom the Ariel. V !Tliet Dew Drop. The brightest gem' cannot surpass The dew drop on a blade of grass: ' Thus nature's smallest works combine To herald forth a hand divine.' Shall man, the noblest work of all, i With reason blessed, a sceptic fall! Behold thy form of wondrous skill. With faculties that move at will, . How perfect and how rarely fit, . And all in all so exquisite ' That reason's eye but with a caa Proclaims a God created man! ...... .V Ohio six per cent, stock is quoted in New York at 121. The Mohawk Rail Road stock at 111. Caw Co. Times.,

VlttfJINIA G6m We were shewn yesterday (says the Frcdericksburtr Horald) a beautiful

piece of pu e gold, weighing upwards ofan ounce, found on the land of AVm. II. Fitzhurgh, Esq. about two miles west of the post road leading from Aquia to Chapawaysic. We saw at the same time other specimens of a very promising appearance. Vc arc informed that the external indications at the above place encourage the hope that there may be a rich deposit of this attractive metal. Ball Pat HYMENEAL. MiuRiEn- On Thursday iasr. bv Charles Grant, Esq. Aaron Griftin to Miss Margaret l'richard, both of this county. Dissolution. OTniHE co-partnership hereto(K7 U fore existing between the subscribers, is this day dissolved by mu tual consent; the business will be con tinued by CHARLES JONES, who is duly authorized to settle all accounts. IIAS. VVIL.SUIN, Chas. JONES. Montezuma, Nov. 31, 1831. 35-3 Administrator's Sale. Pursuant to an order of the Probate Court of Vermillion County, Indiana, I will expose to sale at public auction ! on the Jlst of December next, at 1 o'clock, P. M. on the premises, in the town of Clinton, County aforesaid, the real estate ot David D. ratton, late of said County, deceased. Consisting of Lot Jo. y, in block JNo. 4 and Lot No. 5, in block No. 6 in said Town, subject to the widowfs dower. The above described Lots are handsomely situated on Water Street, and one ot them has on it (lot no. 9) a large and elegant framed building, suitable for a store or dwelling house, the other a good hewed log house. The terms will be one half cash in hand, the other half payable in three months from the day of sale the purchaser pivinir erood security. JOHN PORTER, Adm. of David D. Patton d'ed. Clinton, Nov. SJUth 1831. 35-4w TAKEN UP bv Samuel Duree of Union Township, Parke County la. A GRAY MARE, Four years old, some Bay spots mixed with the white, shaved with the gears, about 14 hands high, appraised to $25 by Samuel Harlan and WiU'am Aydelott, before me this 28th of Nov. 1S31 A true copy from my estray. Book. J. McDONOLD, J. P. 35-3 TAKEN up by Joseph Hillis, in Monroe township, Putnam co., Indiana, a sorrel mare colt, one year old next spring, with a snip on its nose, two hind hoofs whit, no other marks appraised by Robert N. Allen and Elisha Heady to be worth $11 00 before me this 15th day of Noternber, 1831. THOS. HEADY, J. P. Nov. 2C, 1831. 33-3t . NOTICE. ITS Hereby given, that AdministraJJ. tion of the Goods chattels. rieht. moneys and effects, which were of rrosper A. f oot, late of Jfarke county, deceased ; has this day been granted to us: therefore, all persons having claims against said estate, are requestto present them legally authenticated within twelve months from the date hereof and all indebted to make immediate payment. The estate is probably solvent. CLARINDA FOOT, & MOSES ROBBINS. Administratrix A Administrator, " Nov. 25, 1831. 33-4t NOTICE. WILL be sold on Saturday, the 24th day of December next; at the late residence r( l'm:nr k , J. lm Foot, deceased; in Wabash township, uini iuuuij ui lauu; me IOllOWUlg property viz: household and kitchen furniture,horses,cattle,corn and wheat. togetner wun a large quantity of other property, not here enumerated. A iva;uiiuic ncuu win De given. CLARINDA FOOT, & MOSES ROBBINS, Administratrix A Administrator, Nov. 25, 1831. , 33-4t JUSTXCZ3' BLAXTSS ; Jr Sat at thi Office. '

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hbi l Tiiviuu vi ii uruer IFOBSr the Probate Court, at. its No. vembr term, A. D. 1831 1 vrill expose to sale, on Saturday the 24th day of December next, at the Court house door, in Rockvillej the' North East quarter of section thirty-three, in townships thirty-eighty North of range one, west, in the State of Indiana; being the real estate of Susan Chcvalle,' formerly Susan Isaacs, deceased. CHRISTMAS DAUEflJSTT, Administrator. Nor. 23d, 1831. 33-4t STATE OF INDIANA,) SS. PARKE COUNTYX TAKEN UP BY WM CO ATE, of Adams township, one Sorrel mare, 3 years old, a small bell, with a buckle on- the col lar, tied on with a leather stringy with a star in the forehead, and white hairs mixed on the rump: appraised to dollars by John Jones, and John Marshall, before me the I5th of November 1831. Attest copy. M. NOEL, J. P. Nov. 2G, 1831. , 33-3t WILL be sold on the 24th December next, at the late residence of John Vandyne, deceased, all the personal property belonging to hit estate. . - A credit of nine months will be giv en on all sums over three dollars. J. NESMITII, Adm'r. Nov. 2fl, 1831. 34-3t TT n A E taken out letters of Adii. ministration on the estate of J6ha Vandyne, late of Parke County, deceased. All persons having claimsagainst said estate, are requestedto present tnem legally authenticated ior adjustment; and those indebted to make immediate pat ment. The estate is supposed to be insolvent. JAMES NESMITH, A Mr. Nov. 26th, 1831. 34-3t tmVJ GOODS' TTUST received and for sale, a genqJ eral assortment of Goons suited to the season, which together with our other goods render our assortment complete; all of which we will sell low lor CASH, Pork, and many otner kinds of produce. SILLIMAN & HARRIS. Not; 8th, 1S3I. 31-3t STATE OF INDIANA ) VERMILLION COUNTY TAKEN up by Jabes Ot rrian, Living in Colmans Prairie Vermillion Township VermillionCmty 1n. a dark brown horse with sVitch tail six or seven years old, shod before and about 14 and a hand high appraised to 25 dollars by John WT Rush & Benjamin Asbury. Newport Oct. 21st 1831. A true copy from my estray book. WM. H. H. SCOTT, J. JOHN T7ILLXArxS 1T1 eppicikvlly informs Lis friends ansj MM the public generally, that he has manently located himself in ROCKVILLE PARKE Co. Ia. Where he int ends carrying ou a CABINET SHOP. H4VINQ purchased a' quantity of goo4 Lumber, I expect td be able Vj fur nish the neatest and best quality of work, upon the shortest notice. tgrS- iooi journeyman, of moral and industrious aabittf would meet with constant employment and liberal wages by applying immediately, itockville, Nov. 1351. 3u-7i ETtaee. ALL Persons indebted to us, nrei requested to make payment on or before the 25th of December next, and those that cannot pay, must close their accounts by note as we are determined to have our books balanced by cash or notes. ! SILLIMAN & HARRIS. Not. 8th, 1831. 31-31 -- ALL Pereons Indebted to the Sub 6criber, are requested to call and. 6ettle their accounts by note or other-, wise, on or before the first of Jannary hext as 1 am fully determined to hav my books balanced. Red and Blue Deer Skins, Rag Fur Skins, Tallow and Flax-Seed wii be taken in payment. JOHN SUNDERLAND. Rockville, Nov. 24, 1831. 33-to EBflannUi EPeecSa FOR SALS AT THIS OFFICE