Weekly Messenger, Volume 4, Number 186, Vevay, Switzerland County, 18 July 1835 — Page 1
t x 53. PRINTER'S RETREAT, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JULY IS, 1835, YOIi. IV. XO 186.
PJlLYTEf) .LVD PfBUSIIED, BY Willhnn Keen. TERMS For fif'v-iv o numbers, xuur.i. iviMiU",it not paid until tin expira.ion of the year two ior.,rcs and nm cknts, if paid within the vcar and two dollars, paid i.i advance. X siibs-ri tion n reived for less than six in tnths.n !e-s paid in advance. Subscribers, w!io receive their papers by private post, to pay "2.") cents postage. No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, aad notice to slop it sent to the office in writing. Advertisements inserted, at the uual rate-. Except persons advertising eloped -companions, when ;." will be demanded for a female, and S3 for a male. t"cj Approved produce, delivered at this office, or such other place as may he agreed up--on, taken in payment.
Ait Ancient (I reek Prince, who wished to motives Man ally a mesaghe dared not trust to paper, is said to have written the communi c ition with an indelible -.lain upon the shaved head of a (rusty hlave, w ho, when his hair Vas nutficieutl v grown to hid ; t!ic letter--, was forthwith despatched on his embassy.
A man by the name of Ilia'. Draper has been recently tried at I'tica, and sentenced to three months imprisonment and a fine ol !;, for thro a ing a dead cat into his neighbor's well. luooKviu.r.. (la.) June "23. IVvttiN-o Roiiiietiy. very daring robbery was committed near this place, on Saturday evening last, bv two individuals who lived in this vicinity. A man by the name of John G. Jones a travelling stranger, slopped at one of our public house on Saturday afternoon last, and intended to wait here until Sunday afternoon, to take a passage in the Connersville Stage. In the evening mr. Jones walked out; called atone of our stores and purchased some tobacco, and handed a live dollars bill to the merchant to make change. After this he fell in company with Andrew Lyons nad laac Griner, several of the citzions having s?en him with them. During the evening he visted the groceries with, and treating them. About nine o'clock they decoyed him, on some pretence, out of town, and as he deposes, when they got him near the mouth of Butlers tan, they knocked him down and robbed him of Gt dollars and some ccnts,and left him,
as he thinks they con-i lered, dead.. Mr. Jones
laid in the woods all night. When he gi
back to town the next morning, and related
the circumstances, a warrant was issued im
mediately, and the fellows were broug
betore the magistrate instaiuer. A ncy were
put into a room among a crowd, and mr, Jones picked them out, and swore to them
Mr. Lyons h id 111 it morning passed some
money which was identities by mr. Jone:
and the merchant of whom he purchased the tobacco, and several others, to be the same monev mr. Jones received in change for the
five d llar bill. These, with a thousand other
circumstances, made the case so plain, that thev were (bcingunable to find bail.) committ
ed to jail to an ait a final decision. American
Tin at. of Dk. Deeciieu. His Acquittal. We learn from tlie Cincinnati Journal, that die specific chargesof Dr. Wilson, against Dr. ileccher. at the late trial of the latter before the Cincinnati Presbyter)', were as follows: 4il. Heresy on the subject of ability, original sin, and christian perfection. 2, Hypocrisy, in Dr. lieechcr's saying he believed the confession of faith. 3, Slander, in Dr. Beecher's asserting that his opinions had been the opinionsof the evangelical church in all ages." The trial occupied the presbytery 9 days; and so important was it deemed by the prcs-
byterian denomination, that the publishers of
the .New lork Observer, sent Mr, Stanbury, (a stenographer of eminence,) from Washington city', to take notes of the proceedings. 'For sustaining the charges against Dr. IJcecher's doctrines, 12; negatives 23; On the other specifications the majority against .ustaining was still greater." Thus has Dr. Bcccher again emerged with honor, from the charges so pertinaciously urged against him. The Journal also informs us, that, "At the commencement of the trial Dr. Wilson, according to the rules of our church,
was buly warned that if he failed to make out his charges, he himself should be censured as
a slanderer of the gospel ministry." Gen. Ashley, the late very respectable representative in congress from Missouri, and a candidate for re-election, says, in an address to his constituents; that he voted for continuing the public money in the Bank of the United Slates, because he considered it safe there, and because he believed it for the interest and convenience of the nation that it should remain in that general establishment and the secretary of the treasury acknowledged his faith in it3 security: "and I feel assured (adds
'the General) that two-thirds of both houses of
'congress were, and still are, of that opinion; and would not at any time have voted for the
removal of thedepositcs; but, as they had been removed by the president, through the secre
tary, to sustain these officers they voted against
ic restoration.
Kittlh Carolina state Con-cntion. Sevefal
mportant questions have been determined by
this body in relation to their new constitution.
W e barn from the Kaleigh Register, that On
Monday last it was determined by a vote of leaving to the charity and protection of his
The Richmond Compiler, speaking of the
present crops ot v irgiiua, savs: in some
part of the State, sri per bushel has been
offered for seed wheat. From what we hear from various quarters, the crop in Virginia will not be more than sufficient for home
consumption.''
To Tanners, A very important invention
or improvement, in the art ol 1 aiming Am
snal Skins has been made by Edward J. & Daniel Bell, which must be of incalculable
benefit to the Tanners, and the public gen
.erally. It consists in converting hides and
skins into leather, in the sho.it period of two,
!four, and eight weeks. The process is based
upon the principle of compression &. expansion
Ucavv hides are subjected to pressure once in
21 or 36 hours. The intervals for lighter
skins arc shorter. Rollers arc used to effect
this pressure. The object of pressure is to force from the hides all useless, free matter that fills their pores, and prevents the ingress of tan. It is recommended that the hides and
skins be pressed a little under the surface of
ooze, then passed on to vats, when they are
susnended. Expansion or swelling to their
Natural bulk. And as expansion takes place the doze must necessarily enter or be imbibed
the tan combines with the gelatin (of whic
the are in a great measure conmosed
and leaves the liquor cxhastcd, or deprived of
its tan in the pores. 1 Ins is pressed out as the hides are again passed through the Roll- . crs, and leaves them free for a fresh charge. Thisalternate compression and expansion continues until the hides are tanned. The liquor to be renewed from time to time, as occasion requires. Either cold or warm ooze maybe
tlsed. Ooze 'warmed 'to the temperature of
the animal system is recommended, as it facilitates expansion and the union of the tan with the g.lpUou,
their effects were left on thi b"an and cucumber vines, ytt no injury of consequence appears to have been done, in this quarter. In Litchfield, in this state, however, they had a white frost three nights in succession, and ice formed the thickness of a cent, and considerable damage was done, especially on the low grounds, to the young beans, cucumbers, and corn. Middlctoxcn Sentinel,
tncK-y JJisti ict, closed its spring term on the ! upon (he philosophical principle of the refra--lbth i.s. 1 he principal , o lion of the term !tion of the ravs of light upon humid air, a: d was occupica wUh the trial of Thomas Trip- , the consequent efli ct produced; bv which the ett, I,sq., upon four indictments, charging 'apparent distances and dimensions were inhiror with perjury, forgery, subornation of per- creased.
jury, making false panes &c. for the pur- .Xulural Ph.n,,i.nn iV ,nw fmm .,r f.
pose of defrauding the United States of lar-elice windows .,,..,,.1,,. : .-.v..
f. . n j-.Miiuui lljuillt ML rl MLitiL mnnnr n I m - I. ..! t t. , ,. . J . h' .
.. j ii.uiiua ui viju. JUiill wiiicil, 1K1C1 we Jive Bailey and Capt. Thomas Triplctt. He was of our ancestors, w(
Troubles in Alabama. A letter from gov. Gayle to the secretary of war,dated May 27th, represents that serious troubles exist in the counties of Macon and Russell in that state; that the white population are less numerous than the Indians, and that constant altercation is taking place between them that several white travellers have been murdered that many of the Indians arc starving, and that the cause of the mischief lies in the frauds committed upon the Indians by land speculators, who have failed to pay for their purchases and that the introduction of rum among the natives has been another principal source of the difficulties. The governor says, the white and Indian population cannot live happily together, and there is no other remedy but for the Latter to migrate. Singular circumstance. O-- Sunday evening last, says the Albany Journal, within a short distance of Hudson, on the Claverack road, about an acre of ground sunk suddenly more than 20 feet perpendicularly. The fruit trees, kitchen garden, &c. of the owner arc as flourishing as in their old location. About onethird, of the turnpike is embraced in the portion sunk. We understand that this is the third occurrence of the kind that has taken
place in the vicinity. The creek being with
in a short distance, it is supposed that its waters have been gradually undermining the portion which fell. The head of the creek, it is understood, is raised.
red and seen it in the das
r , , .vn.c mi y, liKIUt Ulll tl loiinrl fiilll V n imn nnn 1 1 .,1 , ,1 )..,,. .! 1 .... i i . t . . J
-j r.... ,ulli,uu, ,mu ujn- huh m.uiu on enu wan terror. It was air
ecu to ne years imprisonment m I he i;n f
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the iai
I ayetfe county. Upon two indictments he was acquitted, and the fourth was dismissed iy the United States Attorney. The case excited considerable interest.
THE EXPLANATION'. "We presume that most of our readers have
before this perused with care and attention
the long and able letter fr
om mr. Livington.
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vessel, under a press of canvass, apparently sailing in the air at an elevation of not less than a hundred feet from the water, directly across the mouth of our harbor. Knowing, however, how to ac count for it on natural principles, it filled our mind only with delight. The sun was shining very b rigidly at the ti;ne the image of the vessel reflected in the mist above her, was perfect, and as he passed
n;. . i i "'"'-'" su;imy i.y, coursing through the air'-like a ince snM.; 0 ofW "e thought it one of the most r,s me Pth J; , TV St;i t!mt -bc;U' 'AM I'kluro w "cr behcld.-GWcS-lias met the cnt;re approbation cf the presi- lcr Tel.
(.Cat. f? adhere to I he nninlnn .Tnr...c! I
esterdav llinf tli. InM.-.i. .. ..1 I . ' t-
i,, ii ii tnahiiici tie- I
under the head American
pcech of the Hon. Henry
to ,,cl"ca,cu,I'n our view .before the India Gazette, of Scptemto S.lllslV ttlC iTi'HC I fnvrrntr.mi :iml snni Ii K...- I ; l 1 v" i . i . . . .1. .
the w,,ml,..l r..,t;.,, ...i . . . i" i " l f'""1 ;u aiciiua, in niruio
-v.u ilv.iiii? UI I ll- ULU t C ( ' .1 in- H Jl'i filn I -i 1 1. . .. ,r !
than any preceding paper upon the subject Eloquence, the s
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,.vl.,, , ..... ,. . i J - , iij i uu u . o. oenaie en iiu: explanation or apology ,n dself. firm, dignih-; President's Protest. Such a notice of him in ed and respectful, and we should not he sur- !a pauer en the mh.-r ;.!,. ni',!,. ,r,.i ,.,,t
I)e a IllCtl ninil:hmnnt i A t r.
j ill . . O i. ii ail.
i.. ..i 3H17UIU wii.ii great unnmtniiy trike out the offen-ive c!au;-e of gen. Ve! iz -md thus terminate the IrouUe at once. Mr.
Livingston, well and Inrrihle nlnpriT-
"Earnestly desirous of reslorinir the wod
understanding between the two nations as
soon as a dissatisfaction with the president's
message was shown. S suppressed every feeling which the mod,e expressing that dissatisfaction was calculated to produce, and without waitingfor instructions, I hastened, on my own responsibility, to make a communication
In the course of a notice of Dr. "William McCaffrey, who was recently mnrdcred in N. York. The Courier and Enuuirer savs. "A
short time before he expired he was asked if
he could identify his murderer; he replied that
he knew theni, but it should never be said of
him that the last act oMifc was one of venge
ance and he died, carrying to the grave with him the evidence against his murderers, and
SI to 10. that in all future elections of officers
by the General assembly, the members shall vote viva voce.
On Tuesday, the convention decided that
biennial elections for members of the legisla
ture, shall hereafter be held, by a vote of 85 to 33. It was stated however, in the discussion which took place on this question, that
this arrangement would not necessarily put an end to annual sessions The constitution as it now stands, gives to the legislature the power of "adjourning to any future day." The
general assembly is not divested of this power
by the adoption ol this provision, but can, as
lerctoforc, adjourn lor a less interval than two
years, if the public convenience requires, or
the people so will it.
On Thursday, the convention determined,
by a vote of 3 to o'J, to abolish Borough rep
rescntation entirely. The majority was much
arger than could have been expected from
previous indications. The debate on this ques
tion was highly interesting, and when publish ed, will richly repay those who read it.
But the debate which in interest has lar
surpassed all others, is that which is now in
progress on the "Vatholic question, as it is termed; that is, whether the rcligiods test now
existing in our constitution shall be modified
or obliterated, or whether it shall remain un
touched. This debate commenced on l'riday
and had not terminated on Monday.
fellow-patriots, a wife and eight helpless and
destitute children 7
i7
e a Ingti compliment to Mr. Clay. "We.
Knew that the speeches of American statesmen attracted much attention in Europe, but we were not prepared to believe, un!il the. reception of the p; per, that any of the millions in Southern Asia t ver read at their homes what was said in an American congress.Who of us reads speeches delivered fn India on any subject but what our own missionaries send home ol their own doings or sayings? erily, to be known as a' statesman throughout one continent, is no small honor indeed but to be quoted some IlUJiJO miles olfia the ; way of a speech requiring hours to read it. is
nrcsideiit -:i unh 'm,!. .-.! . !.;. I. u. r.. . "...
could not be called on for ;m cxn ;inn(i,.n. !m i m -i ....
DID IN FAL I GI E ONE. that 1 tho.i-ht r.. ... ... I. ,: . - . .
ii i 1.. . . . -a- .m-'h-v. iu us 11 LiuiiCis uisur.cuoii on Oir
...Vu.v.ic...u,uuuiajiriousimprc-siotis. c-jmmon country. .V. i'. CW. 4- En Again, '
"I can easily conceive that the communica-! . r. , T ... , , tion of which I sneak, made as Irvi.r.lvl iwungton, Ik-I. June IG. A. e had a
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mil .orilr. frr.,.. f:. i"l lV uiunuei siu.ni ia uus
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to your predecessor in office on the subject.In this, under the reserve that the proidei
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tated without previou
crnment. mi'dit not have h:id il,."i.ii:.,i !.:..!, fl',;ltc 0:1
its mailer wn inli.n.Ir .1 tn ,,r ,l. 1...1 : 1... . iatrt c'1 belon
-.-.u..t..wui.,i.utlLIIUS' . 1 I .11-1. - since fas I have nmv in;frm , i-,,n . i'ruck by the hg.diiii.g; a
- - " - - - - iiiivti ill vtil J JAI I. liC.ll
nv evening. A house in liii
inir to Mr. John I Gilnin. was
loon in the bar
Mrs. Hemans. Of this sweet minstrel re
cently deceased, Athnajum gives the following
biographical sketch:
Felicia Dorothea Urownewas born in Liv
erpool, in a small, quaint-looking house in St.
Anne-street, now standing, old lashioned and
desolate, in the midst of the newer buildings
by which it is surrounded. Her father was a native of Ireland, her mother a German la
dy, a miss Wagner, but descended from or
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connected with some cnetian lamily, acir
cumstance which she would playfully mention,
as accountiug for the strong tinge ot romance and poetry which pervaded her character from her earliest childhood. Our abstaining from any attempt minutely to trace her history requires no apology; it is enough to say, that when she was very young her family re
moved from Liverpool to the neighborhood of
St. Asaph in North Wales; that she married at a very early age, that her married life, af
ter the birth ot five sons, was clouded by the estrangement of her husband; that, on the death of her mother, wit'i whom she had resided, she broke up her establishment in Wales, and removed to Wavertrec, in the neighbor
hood of Livernool. from whence, after a resi
dence of about three years, she again removed to Dublin, her last resting place.
Asinsrular fact. The Virginia Free Press V . 1 . 111 ..
saj's It is, pernaps, not generally Known that
the Mattapony river, in the lower part ol tins state, is formed by the confluence of four
branches, called the Mat, the ia, the Po, and
the ,Vy. Thus the names, us well as the wa
ters, oi these lour small streams unite 111 ma
king the Mat-ta-po-nyi SEA SERPENT ON LAKE ONTARIO
By the following extract from the Kingston Whig, of the lGth instant, it will be observed that the great water serpent, which was "not seen" lately at Detroit, is on his way to visit us. We do not sec why we have not as good a right to tell snake stories in Canada, as our friends "down cast." Our office has been favoured with a visit from Capt Abijah Kellogg, of the schooner Polyphemus, of Sackett's arrived this morning from Rochester. This gentleman has related to us such a tale of wonder, a tale so incredible, that we scruple some, as the Yankees say, in laying his narrative before our readers,
lest they might think itbut the creation of our
imaginatiorti Capti Kellogg slates that ) cstcrday evening, June 15th, about 7 o'clock, as he was making
for Kingston harbor, the "Ducks ' bearing Nw by W. distant 2 miles, he saw something lying still on the weather bow, that looked like the mast ol a vessel Observing it more attentively, he was surprised and alarmed to see it in motion, and steering towards the schooner. Singing out to his hands to lake care of themselves he put the schooner up to the wind, lashed the helm a lee, and ran up the main rigging, waiting for the monster to approach. The serpent, for it was no other than an immense snake, nearcd the vessel fast, and passed immediately under the stern, taking no notice whatever of the schooner or those on
board, but affording to every body an ample opportunity to observe and note his monstrous dimensions. In length he was about In feet, of a dark blue colour, spotted with brown, toward either end he tapered off, but about the
middle, his body was of the circumference of
a flour barrel; his head was peculiarly small, and could not be distinguished but from the direction in which he moved. He swam with an undulating movement, keeping the best part of his body under water, but occasionally showing his entire length. He was insight full fifteen minutes, and when last seen, was making the best of his way down the St. Lawrence. On board the schooner were two young men, the vessel's crew, together with three passengers, who arc all willing to be qualified to the truth of what has been here stated.
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cy) received from the president hii fall and aiS " lCr. ,r"'151 :ai,-l cU "f 'r unqualified approbation, bat it is ncccs-arv to l" ' tIlC IamJ Pos,f- V" V'" ' I" " ,'G add that this was given before he had asi in-;C,ini't,ai,i, was dciiioli:ic-d.--.Sf,-c Jvnrnat. timation of an intention to attach it sua con-' dition to the payment of the Indemnity due Li:c vi.. Lulc Dcciti'jn of the Judge Ljach, by the treaty; given not only when he wa.j: e rt;a 1:1 ;1 lale number of a Baton ignorant of any such intent, but v. hen he was Rouge paper that a poor i'eilow, itpcil! tf informed by France that she intended to exe-l!l intention to rob the mail, was treated i 1 cute the treaty a.:J saw by the law which : following manner by the mail, assisted v,.;i, inlrr Jih tint it vas not to be fettered parsengcrs. by any such vendition. Thus lhat is alread. ! ''They hailed and pocccded to secure the. done, bv a voluntary act. which r,.tt!.l t..i prisoner to a tree, and told him to stale hi-
ucchned; about twenty
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wh'ah he
have been done when required as a ri"ht.till intention
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less wnen mnue, wnat will unuucslionablv in lasues were wen administer wn.i the n
the United States be considered degrading, n der's whip, when he promised that if they a conditio!:." would cease, they should know all about it. At our last dates from France, the Indom- l'e however equivocated, and received about nit y bill had not been called up for discussion l',e quantify before answering any quesin the chamber of peers, and even suppos- He then stated he had just left theca!ing that the peers will refuse to strike out the :,bose in New Orleans, where lie had beta
Lollensive amendment may we not cherish the I 'or 0l"v time confined, but had no bad in-
Iiope that the explanation of inr Livingston, tenuous towards liieim As nothing further will be considered perfectly satisfactory to the touU be obtained from him, they administcrDuc de ESroglie -".nd his colleagues? Indeed, Ct' twenty or thirty lashes more, and considis it hot possible that the letter in question was oringhiui su!hVien'ly castigated, he v. ;.s aliowsubmitted to approved by Louij Philip and ,0 d part.'' his Cabinet, before mr. L. left France?
ine national micuigcnccr ot yesterday Astronomy. f Saturn. The most
"ine leuer 01 ir. i,ivmglon to the extraordinary
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Astronomy. Rings
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in uui?.'- e, colli let leu v. na
Frost in June. On Saturday and Sunday nights, the iWth and 21st June, there were
frosts, by which,, although, slight traces of'
ljuc uc wrognc is not oniy in aide paper, do- tins planet, is the pheim.enon of the Jo-uhic
ingtreiiitlouie writer,nui it places inastrong ring, which surrounds its ,0dv but nowhere, light the views taken by theexerutue, or his ; touches it, being thirty thousand miles distant advisers, in this matter. If it existed by itself.' from any part of the plamu-t, and is carried we should say it was, or ought to be, on whatjalong C 'uh the planet in its circuit around is now the interesting point of (his controver-'ihe sun. This is the most singular and aUm-
sy (the exception taken by S iance to the lan
guage 01 tlie president s message) satisfactory.
I lie tone ol it appears to us to be commen
dable.''
pKm-
Sla lighter
whose
e
of thr Kind's EnHsJi. A person
cacology exceeds m rersiucu.t v thai' ...e
of a gentleman w ho built a him., wfil. .
"abutment story,"' and a "p irtico in front," made the following plea in hi, defci.ee, when
sued lor a mi htarv tine:
"May it please your honor, I understand the law to be this suppose 1 go fo the stuigeon
and get a spec if irate, and goto flu
ishiitg object in the whi.le range of the
etar' sslcm; no other planet being found environed with so wonderful an appendage; and as the planets w hich may belong to other system. s are placed beyond the reach ef eur observation, no idea can be firmed t,f the in -
r apparatus with which anv ol t'lem mav
ring consist?
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furnished. This double
two concentric rings detached h e rn each o
or: the i:nermost ed v. hieli is Ihree lirres ,s luoad as the outermost. The outsider diameter of tlie cxl lior ring i Ji? I.KH) miles; and, conseinientl v. its circ iMnfi-reiice wilt ii.---.ivi
iieinaiioing
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i.".ji..er 01 me company, 1 consider it lmmaliciM lar w hether the demanding ofiicer does, or does not. put his significant to it ou can't neglect a find of me for non-existence.-
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In thuusand ;;;., or eighty
times the diameter of our globe. Its brcadia is 7,-00 miles or nearly the diaine!-r of tlie earth.- -Were fi.ur l-undred and fifty glebes, oil the .-i.e ed the earth, nlaced !..s.. 1.1 c,ne
a iother on H plane, this imirnse ring would hircdnfr. A few weeks, ago, an enclose the whole of them, together w ith all
emigrant ship arrived at Perth Amboy, N. J.. the interstW es,or open spaces between the diffrom the '-sweet little ishind of green;" and fereht globes. Tiie out-ide diameter of the the morning roilwing, the Captain was nc-; innermost ring is ISl.tHH) miles, a;nl its costed by one of his passengers 4,Capting ; breadth Iw cnty thousand miles, or about -i Capting sure and did'nt 1 pay my passage ' times bro-der th;iu the diameter of the earth, fill Air.eri1.v,and why the. divil will ye be alter The dark spare or inli rval between the two drapping me away 011 th? Jaries.- .lings including the thnk spare between them lis tliirlv th.visaiid miles, whit h H funtf fo tie
The following phenomenon mul have he-ui distance of the iniuiiiiit ring from lhel.dy
TRIAL OF T. TRIPLETT, ESQ.
TbcUnitcdi States' circuit court for Ken- as curious as beautiful. It is readily expl lined of Saturn.