Indiana American, Volume 4, Number 43, Brookville, Franklin County, 21 October 1836 — Page 1

IIAWA AMIIEIRIKDAW OUR COC7VTRV OUR COUNTRY'S INTEREST AND OUR COUNTRY'S FRIENDS. BY C. F. CIiAISKSOrV. BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, IIVDIAIVA, FRIDAY, OCT. 21, 1S30. VOL.IV. Io. 43.

r. n k : CIV T I J At ro iriv continue subscription at his option. dvk8TISEMESTS. Twelve lines, or loss, will be jerted once or three times, for one dollar, anil 25 wnts will be charged for each additional insertion. XEWS OF THE WEEK. 'row Me Teri Telegraph, .itigvsl 23. RESCUE OF SANTA ANNA. On the lGth the schooner Passaic, Hughes, mater, of about forty tons arrived at Marion. Columbia landing) frcm New Orleans, bavin first discharged most of her cargo at Brazoria and brought up the balance, tonsi.ting principally of iiquors and provisions, belong'nrlo Don Bartolomc Pages, a native of Catalonia in Spain, who commenced disposing of them by retail, on board of the vessel. Her crew, seven men before the mast, was composed of part foreigners and part native ..,!,. mericar.s: a number usually larger, "a" . .. ' t .1... :.. ' I I considering me size ti me i .ism. mu her destination to ports ol short passages. t..tnn rim! been received from New i"""v" . r , leans that she Vas leaving for exas under judicious circumstances, immediately on her arrival, Pages proceeded up the river in a boat, had an inti rvic v with one of the prisoners, and subsequently delivered a bottle, scaled with green wax. of what he called bitters, but which, on examination, was found to contain opium in a considerable quantity. This deleterious liquor was to be administered to the Captain and guard placed over Santa Anna and the other prisoners, and then, dumid nrobablv intended eterllllg H"- - j , r j m nal sleep of the former, the escape of the lat ter was to be ettecteci. t,. iKo Tcvmns nrp lint to be lulled into Dili, LMt' - I npclprt of their duties and abandonment .r ii,;. r;i;l..nr(. Susnicions beinsrthusex cited, inquiries were instituted and anndve i Ul 111." -- f . . -liiiui i 1 I id. or rather a principal agent in the A p. His nDoearancc in the person I ' i. r. . rnrvrnril in irivo unlirp Q " " ' IIU . liV. Vi va v- - -I rT-rT WHO CIllIlC IU1 (U U KKf fi1- v rf the riot and to produce in confirmation of of the plot ana to , pr VI MV- I i.;.ri,i.nr a document, in Spanish, written Ul VUUViivw . 1 - and signed by Don Francisco Pizarro Martinez, Mexican Consul at New Orleans, to the following purport: "That inasmuch as it is well known to. him (the Consul) that Don Barlolome Pages, a native of Catalonia, whose signature appears in the margin, is charged with a secret mission of the. highest importance, for the fiulfilmcnt of which it is indispensably necessary that he should freely tnter and leave the ports of Texas, w h.ch t.y law, are closed to foreign ;trade, therefore the commanders of Mexican vessels of war or privateers, to whom lie, Pages, may exhibit the document, arc requested and supplicated not to throw impediments or obstacles in the way of his voyage to Brazoria, on the American schooner Passaic, but to listen to what he may have to state respecting the affairs of Texas, and to aid, protect and assist him, because the service of the nation so requires it. Giveu at New Orleans the 29th day of July, 13J, and sealed with the seal of this Consulate. Frvn. Pizrro Martixez. Such in substance arc Tlhe contents of the passport. Upon this evidence, joined to he suspicious cincuir.slancc before mentioned. W- II. Patton, captain of the guard over Santa Anna, proceeded to take measures for securing the parties in the transaction, and accordingly, came to the landing on the 16th, wbeic he seized in the name of the Republic of Texas, the vessel, placed the crew and other individuals under arrest, searched their persons, without, however, finding then any papers of importance, and finally, he confined the principal agent in the plot, Don Bartulome Pages, and one of the c rew, a native Spaniard both of thm were put in irons, in which situation they still remain. The vessel and cargo arc now under examination, and we will publish the mult when known. But further testimony will be forth-tcming from the source alluded to, showing that the plan of escape was formed w hen Pages left Velasco for New Orleans, and it is inferred that others were to assist, for ramifications have been discovered including several subaltern agents. Suspicions are entertained that the vessel has Mexican owners with her cargo, she cost in New Orleans $1500. Extraordinary measures of precaution have been taken with the prisoners, and Santa Anna and .Almonte have been put in irons; free communication with them is also interdicted. In the flight of the distinguished prisoner, a cation's harvest would have been blighted. The captive President made an effort to destroy himself, by taking a large dose of opium, which produced, however, only nausea. B.U.OON ASSENSIOS SlIOCKINO CASUALTY. As advertised, Laurtat made an asconsion from our ity on Saturday afternoon. He was cut loose afcout five o'clock, and passed off towards the east with a pleasant, though a semewhat fresh breeze. But the melancholy casuahy which took place, marfed the interest of the scene. The novelty of the occasion, had as usual, collected an immense throns- who r.ithrnd iii "Tounes upon the various dwelling and workshops in the vicinity of the aten. U was fearful to see the recklessness eyindby many of those in these dangerous positions nd w heard only what we had been expecting, j lien those workshops, covered by more than an j hundred human beings, fell in, with a tremendous crash, made horribly teritic by the fearful screams of those unon it. I We hastened to the scene of ruin, and behold : one of the most heart-sickening sights that ever crossed our vision. Fifteen or twenty men and 1

f. V . v m. mm -m . l t in advance $2,50 in six months; or $3,00 at ii-o pvoiration of the year. The Editor will dis

. !. -iiw lii illicit iiuiui-r--, wicr , and groaning tnost piteously, of ten had some of their limbs broken, .1 J A . 1 1 .. .. wliom at 'east while others were dreadfully mansled We have seen several of those who have been injured. One of them had an axe-handle forced directly through his leg; another had his back broken, and several their legs and arms. V e have not time for further particulars. The horror evinced by the van multitude, and particu larly by the parents who knew their children were present, can be more easily imagined than descrillOll- W I npVCr Karnro M itno.afu! o mnra i nf .1 1 1 17 exciting scene, and most devoutly hope we never may again. It is rumored that two cr three of those iniured have died. We have not heard so from any compe tent authority, and hope it is not true.' One ef the sufferers, and the only one whom we know, was Mr. Tindell, of Mr. Kemtshall's mill. This accident should induce our citizens to disftiMlrttoninrn c 1 1 r li v 1. i Ki t ; r!l o TliOIT n r nllVAVK attended with more or less mischief, and never do any goou Rochester Daily .ide. Sept. 0 Three of the Mexagekie Men nrsc Iloyt, Chambelin, and Church, three individuals emilmofl art Va1iIi A Mannmkar'a mananorit U'PfP

boys lay helpless among the tallen timbers, rA iii'll. Mrt,l ... .1 . .

I' -i V wu l it (.iu auu iiiatoiuuLi uivi.ugvi i ;- n" executed at Montreal on Wednesday last for murv Or- der. The first two were stage drivers, and the lat

ter, HJliurch. was a truckman lie was a very powerful man, and had twice been sent to South Amer:ca by his employers, to assist in the capture of wild beasts. The facts in the murder case were these.- Some idle persons undertook to cut holes in the canvass of the caravan, aud an affray ensued in which these three persons killed a man. The jury that tried them brought in a verdict of wilful cuurder, and they were doomed t die. Siwt. A Floating Farm Yard. The following sketch of a family floating down the Ohio, on a raft, is at once highly graphic and characteristic of our inland navigation.fts. Inshed tosreth- ! e, by whicli ample conveyance several families thpmselves tl.olr nmnorto in tlio land of Dromise in the unu f J ( ' -J - western wood. Each raft was SO or 90 feet long, Willi a smau nouse ii-ticu uu n, iiv v .. -- a Ktnr-L- nf lmv. mnnil which several horses ano f - ... ...1 :: !.- nlinl,iina in ft tt fjirm vr1 tiA nlniitrlis. ivsTons. d.T8. children and - icorn ippnin.r. u in i i i it nai iquiiuiiuiiu v nnurv. nnrplppslvdiKtributed. crave to the whole UUICI.. , 1.UIVIVLUIJ ,0-- - more the ippearance of a permanent residence, ItKHC HJ3 U fp to. i aui c ,-.-.. . than of a caravan of adventurers seeking a home A re cclable lookin? mJ !afly, WIth spectacles on mom tiiA fni.p.irnr of a nermancut res set on a chair at the floor oi oneoi me tuuiiie, cmployed in knitting; another female was at the washtub, the men were chewing their tobacco with as mtch complacency as if they had been in the land of steady babits, and the various avocations seemed to go on with the steadiness of clockwork. In this manner our western emigrants travel at slight expense. They carry with them their own pro.1 it An.iii m-itli tlin rnrrent: and honVISIUIIt, 1IICII ...... est Jonathan, surrounded with scolding, Fqualling, . . . 1 J & U,nn grunting, lowing and neighing aepenoeuit., num. i. the point proposed, without leaving his own fire side; and on his arrival there, may go on shore with his household, an commence business witu as little ceremony as a grave personage, who on his marriage with a rich widow, said that he had "nothinto do but walk, in and hangup his hat. ' Ind. Farmer: The field of Waterloo is now converted into a a larre manufactory of sugar from the beet root, several ltelgian capitalists having established works on the spot. The soil in that neighborhood is said to be excellent II has been well manured with human gore, and mutt produce no other than the blood beet. " "One of the' rooms in the basement story of the Mariner's Church in Portland, Me. has been rented and is used as a grog shop. This is strange indeed; a house erected for the worship of tod devoted in part to the worship of Bacchus." 1 Eastern Paper. Co. Cichard .V. Johnson is now traveling through the State of Kentucky, and addressing his fellow-citizens. Hon . II. Shepherd, N. C. nas been required to say whether he will conform his vote to hat of his immediate constituents, incase the election of President? devolves on Congress. Jn renlv he assures the interogators that, in any such contingency, he will vote as the State votes in the election by the people. - A I'ct.oGY on the Life ani Character of James Madison was delivered in Faneuhill Hall, Boston, on Tuesday of this week by John Uuincy Adams. The services were at once appropriate and imposing, and were numeously attended. An original Ode by Park l.enjamin, was sung on the occasion. Hon. Franklin E. Pli m.mer is the White candidate for Congress in Mississippi, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Gen. David Dickson. Jd4 Trotter and Maj. Edwards are spoken of by the Van Buren party, and one of them will be selected. P. S. Judge Trotter has declined, and Maj. Edwards is the candidate. The last Lexington (Va.) Gazette says: "It is rumored that Col. Benton will shortly retire from public life." The Gazette is published m the vicinity of Col. Benton's "summer quarters, and there may be some ground for the rumor. He has been promising for a long while to relieve the people of .Missouri of hi services. St. Louts Kip. A company of vol.mtesrs for Texas, from Y ash inoton, Pa. under the command of 1 . Jefferson Morgan, arrived iu this city yesterday evening, and will proceed to the south immediately. 1 hey are tine looking young ...en, and we understand, hic-hlv respectable in fact just such men as we should select to oppose the aggression of tyranny. Our best wishes for their success and prosperity attend them. Wheeling Gazitle. Two more new States are already talked o.. Iowa and Wisconsin, at present corapnu .. ....... thenely formed Territory of Wisconsin. 1 hi tract by the flood of emigration which is pouring in there, already amounts to 50.000. of which the 'countr contain- 23 to S0.W0. 1 In. lies we.tot the Mississippi river, and is 4.j0 miles n length, including the head of the Missi.sippi. EXASIPLEAND PRECEPT. EY J. K. PAVLDING. fashionable mother, one beautiful spring A line morning ,1,1 forth into the city, leading me nioriungwa.Keu.u.. ... x,lC for ll"n in'aU the fanvastic finery of the mcr was dressed in an

ii iiirc, mic nitu a piiiK uoiuiei. uniiiiiieiiii;i. wi... a bird of Paiadise, shaded with huge bows of wide ribbon; sleeves which caused her taper waist to ap1:K 1 r - : . 1 I.,t overgrown plenty; her gown was of such rodundan IT nl' ll.:... nn.l ll ,1 !. n ti-l.nla Ol 1 1 V 1 I tT 1 1 I'cai iikb iuhii lainine supporieu mi ciiuc. cmc u i . . i , . i .. .i j v. ('.fins auu iu.uc, ma. c. , in'i lumnj have been clothed from its suDerfluitics; and while with one hand the led the little girl along, in the otner she held a cambric haiiokerchief worked with various devices, and bordered with rich lace, reported to have cost fifty dollars. The little child was dressed as tine as ils mother, for she unfortunately had light curley hair, and was reckoned a beauty. They passed a toy-shop, and the chilJ insisted on going in v here she laid out all the money she had, in the various purchases that were of no use whatever, in spite of the advice of her mother, who alternately scolded and lausrhed at her for thus waistinor her allowance on thinffs eo useless. The child seemed to reficct a few moments, and thus addressed her mother."MotLer, w hat is the usa of those great sleeves , ,, you wear; The mother was silent, for the question puzzled her. "Mother, what is the use of that fine bird on your hat!" The mother was ttiil mre at a loss Tor a reply. "Mother, what is the use of having a worked handkerchief, bordered with lace, to wine your nose!" Come alonrr." cried the mother somewhat rousrhlv. as she dragged the little girl tut of the toy-shop, "come along, and don't ask so many foolish questions. Sii.vm-i. Siiwivr. Yf i.ni!rrtand that a great many indiv iduals are being most shamefully imposed upon by a gang of shavers, at Crawfordsvillc. Persons who are ignorrnt of the late arrangements about land office money, and who go ith five ilollar notes, are fre quently compelled to give ten per cent, to-get larger bills on the same Banns, neioro iuey mam; meir o-t-too '!"!.;, inn hid' The wrrtoh who can lllW Ml I -J J thus grind his feliow, without any consideration, except an exchange of articles precisely of the ..I.,. ,,M nnt l.ocitnt.1 in pat the last nonnd SOIII. ...:, ,,1U.U IIU ..--. .- - . of flesh on his bones, if it exactly suited his sordid appetite. Rockville In.) Intelligencer. XFrom the JVoWA Carolina Watchman. . I WILL TRUST IS PROVIDENCE ONE DA. lubuik; A SHORT TALE. On John's river, in the county of Derke, there lived a worthy old gentleman, by the name of Corpening. lie was a man, well at ease, in point of wordlv substance, and w as known far and near for his charity and uospitamy. j nere nnppcucu, in the year a remarkable scarcity of provisions, especially grain: Money, also, was scarce, and times every way .hard. Hunger! aching, I,..-...- -n fplt hv a few in every neighborhood, and in some cases, we have heard of . . :.,..! lint tnllio linn.ir nf our country, and to the honor of human nature, be U said, these cases w ere extremely rare. In these difficult times, however, old Mr. Corpening happened to have a large and well filled Corn crib, which, for a long time, he would not open; grain became scarcer, the price rose higher and higher, and still the old man held up hiscorn, as some supposed, for a higher price. At length, Mr. Corpcnmr be-ran to let hiscorn go but money could not buy it to those who had money, lie would say, you can et somethirg to preserve life, for you; but there are many who have no money, and being without rood, they must perish, unless thoee who are blessed with the means shall feed them, Ot course, the number that came without money, and put uppiteoua tale, i great. Thi wii foreseen, and before he ppened hia crib, Corpening had taken pains to find out who were really objecti requiring his assistance. One safe rule lie dopud against imposition, was, vot to let ht chvnltf go too far fram home. If this ru la wo. no w -r . ted, much more reai goou uu.u ". ,, i. the amount annually contributed by us of the South. This rule, however, like all general rule., will sometimes work wrong, and so it d.d with our A ere (and he better deserves that name than thousands who have gained it, by ho number they have slaughtered in the human family.) A man, bring-inwaba-r with him, came to Mr. Corpening, from a distant neighborhood, and told the usual story, of wife and children being without bread, and be-ino-sorely wrought with hunger, &c., but no corn wSsto be had, and the disappointed man, with a heavy heart, turned his steps home-ward, ano, for a time, was no more thought o.-. in the afternoon, however, worucamo ou,u .... y.- : .i... . vopvsiiet.icious tonkin? stranirer, with a bar on his shoulder, was seen lurking about his &. e 1 o ra miiro entilstip.l l.itnthnt premises; a iew iamui... ......v. w.v...-- ...... -- this was the 'applicant lor charity, who had visited him that morning, and that he had a design to roo his crib, that night; accordingly, himself and another of his family, secreted themselves, and waiteo events. But they diet not wan ung y.ui . tranrcr, with the bag on his suouiuer was seen u.a- . . : r,u iKp crih: the cri b was opened , not"-, dog was heard to bark, or the least difficulty opposed his purpose: ne uuuui, ... : ..iu. hositstion. that surprised the observe! s,' he proceeded to fill the bag, he tied it, and unlike such visitors gener.ni,, ... the spot, with his hand still on the bag, apparently in -reat mental agony; at length, he rose suddenly untied the bag, poured out the corn, and said- I u:,ll trust to Providence one day longer'. He departed in peace, but he did not trust to Providence in vain; old Mr. Corpening being eatished, irom hig own observation, that this man was indeed in a state of extreme suffering; moreover, that he was of an honest heart, sent his son on the next mor. inr with a full bag of com, with a message, M,at when that w as out, to lot him know it.and he should have corn whenever ho wished it. Old 31 r. Corpening, we think, has been several y ears dead, ins wnoie me, c im . ..a ... j ...- with this act oi neni.uieiic. .o u ... but he bestowed judiciously, and still, at his death, he left a fine estate to a most worthy family. They, it is hoped, will imitate his charities, and if they are in want of a family motto, we commend the words that grace his head 'tci. trust to ProvidI f , ..' enceone uay Rutter is now selling in the Hoston marnei ior 40 cents per pound; anil other provisions in about the same proportion. t- nnirm tlnvG at Darien. named Tom Scudder, who had" bought himself a wife having j ! .1 m'Ml.l t tm not irl.hnrincr tavern keener for her,! paiu si." i'j , -- lately had her sold again ui.der the hammer ror 7.-0 he having had a quarrel with her. He h.m- .!:. .i .ri off"..! Dentin?: and thoiisrh he is fullv able to purc hase his own freedom, and have a handsome sum besides, refuses to do so. He is a shoe-maker, and pays his master $2 per day for hid j time.

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A Chapter For Farmers.

From the Genesee Farmer. FRMEU B. OR THE MAN THAT WORKS IT RIGHT. It was during the s;ime tour in which I met with farmer A. whose svstem and its results. I linve given in a former number of thi. journnl. that I mnde an acquaintance with another individual who I shall call farmer B. and if I rould convey to the readers of the Farmer hut a small degree of the pleasure, which a sight of what industry and good order can nccomnlifh, has afforded me in the remembrance of the incidents, I should feel mv-fdf amnlv xert arded. fr V.. m"wi1I as Mr. A. was a native ofj " " one of the eastern slates, and when he removed to western New-York, he look care to secure a faim containing as many natural advantages as possible, though in this respect I think his farm was inferior to farmer A. When he had made his choice, however, he considered it for life, and immediately set himself at work to effect a thorough and permanent arrangement of his premises, previous to the course of improvement he intended to adopt. A large farm and great wealth formed no part of his plans a farm of ordinary size, contentment and competence, were the extent of his ambition, and these things he speedily accomphshr d. Tanner B.'s house is one of the most per fect specimens of that picture of rural neatness, elegance and comfort, an English cottage, that I have seen in this country. Standing at a little distance from the public highwav, unassuming in its altitude and dimensions, embowered in trees, and half hidden in vines and shrubbery, it seems as you approach it the chosen retreat of farming taste and comfort. The neatly painted pickets of the different enclosures were as tirm and and perfect as if put on hut yesterday. The gates to the different avenues were ready for use without creaking or grating. The avenues themselves were well graveled, hard and clean the grass was cut close, and free from all dirt or rubbish, and it was evident the work done here had not been injuriously subtracted from labor required elsewhere; every thing had been done in order and in lime, and a. glance showed that the whole secret consisted in these words good manage men t. On entering the home, as might have been expected, the same order and neatness was f.mnd nrrvadinsr everv spot. Mrs. B. was a . . .. 1 i -ii rmA r.. m dd e aged, sensible woman, a good tar"llu b . . . ...,-. . I .l. irrlf .licnlai-

mcrs w. e,iT..i..ui ,c - -'Jhc remarked in reid.,that farmers, or their

or osieniauoii, uu. .... &v i 1 i ! .. !.... rr nMil 1 I Wr T 1 1 0 CtT'lTHKir with a welcome and frankness that gave ad ditional value to w hatever obligation she conferred. Two daughters, the one eight, and the other perhaps fifteen, with their mother, constituted the female part of the family. I know of no sight on earth to me more pleasing, or so conducive of delightful emotions, o beautiful little girl, such as the playful Mnrv B. They are the rose buds of human) nnlure. pure themselves, ana ignorant oi .m il"i?wrong in others, they only aciigm in seeing olhers happy, overflowing with affection which .the hae not yet learned to hoard for n single favored individual, and unacquainted with those deeper and mysterious influences which startle the young girl, and manlle her check with blushes, when she first acknowledges their existence and powerthere is a fearlessness and frankness about the innocent creatures, difficult to relain in after life, but w hich, w hen combined wilh purity of heart, forms the great charm of female character. Farmer B. was at home when I arrived, and as we walked ever his well managed farm, he seemed to feel a rational pleasure in recounting the steps by which he had br t' it to sucir.u state of fertility and productive-. nes, and of w hich ample proof was found in the fact, that h had that day received six hundred dol'ais for a crop of wheat grown on twenty acre?. Two of his eldest sons were at work in the field, the youngest being at school; Mr. B. remarking, that, as he intended his children for farmers, or the wives of farmers, they were kept at school until they were able to aid in the business of the farm, the girls bv assisting their motherland (he boys in the field, when the summer schoolin was discontinued, but resumed in the whiter, oi at an academy, as long as was desirableit being his opinion, that a due regard to health, and an ample acquaintance with the operations of husbandry, demanded that course. Mr. B. said he was a strict utilitarian, and while he admitted as uselul to bis children, and required in their course of studies, much that others would consider as unnecessary, he would not allow them to conMime their time upon courses purely ornamental, and for which in all probability they would find little or no use for in their after -pherc of active life. Farmer B. was not a visionary or enthusiast in farming; but he loved experiment, and never rejected a pro- .. !u...nr ri irrn nnsilion because it was new it was enuut... that it commended itself to his leason, and was able to bear the close and rigid scrutiny to which he was accustomed to submit all farming spec ulator. There arc few passages in life more dei:.,. r.,i .K. .. on ..vf-nitiff sucnt in such a 1amll"lllli.l inc.. - i . i..ii;,.,i nmiab e. and unaffected in lit. IIH-III-"'! ' i their manners, their cheerful courtesy makes one feel at home, and places him at once on -.i r,,l thnt are here and one oi most; -- . thcrc found in the needlessly broad desert

human life. In the room to which we were introduced for the evening, were a fire, lamps, sofa, carpet, chairs, anil what I particularly noticed, a table on which lay 1 or 2 of the latest newspapers, a magazine or review, and an agricultural journal of established celebrity. There w as an assortment of books, not large, but well selected, consisting of voyages, travels, history, and a number of theological volumes, wilh one of the popular commentators on the Bible. The family were soon grouped around, and nil, even to little Iiarv, were busv, the bovs with their books the girls w ith their sew ing. "You will excuse us.';, said Mr. B. to mc,

I'Miul w e have in our family long since adopt ed a piacltce which we do not like to relinquish: for one hour in the evening, after the usual labors of the day are closed, some one of us, and we intend to do it in rotation, reads aloud for the benefit of the others, and as we have just received a work unusually interesting, my children would feel deprived of a privilege were this custom omitted this evening." I of course begged I might not be a hindrance to their happiness, and young Mellon, the second son, a lad of sixteen, was called upon to read. John Ncal, I remember, says he knew of but tbree good readers in the United Stales, and spite of his modesty, I presume he would include himself in that number; certain it is, the number is but few who enter into the spirit of an author, and understand giving his words and sentime.its their proper value and effect. Mellen however far exceeded my expectations, and w hen he named Lamartinc's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, as the work they were reading, I was not surprised lhy were anxious for its continuation ; and when the hour had expired, so deeply interesting had we all become in the narration of the eloquent Frenchman, that by an unanimous vote, the book was handed to the eldest daughter, and another hour glided quickly away in listening to her sweet toned voice, and the glowing thoughts of the poetic writer. After what I had seen and heard, I was not surprised to find Mr. B. a man of deep religious feeling, or disposed to wonder at the profound feeling of humanitv and thankfulness with which he closed the evening by commending us all to the caic of a beneficent Creator. After the children had retiied, I could not help congratulating Mr. B. on the excellent course he had adopted in his family of accul j- i i i i .i i or l muiai ng Know icuge, auu mc oeauinui ciieci . , . . . . . . lis influence alrcailv exercised. It is said IS . t. . na . as the children of the professional men or mechanics, and it may be partly true, yet I am convinced the plea which farmers so often urge as an excuse for their ignorance, that they have no time to read, arises more frequently from disinclination to rend, than from any other cause. Few men. arc sensible how many valuable books are gone thro' in a year by the reading of one hour a day; and by having lhem read aloud in the family, all arc inleicsted, and all instructed. As 1 have accustomed my children to ask questions on what is read, and to the correcting of errors in the reading, the attention even of the youngest rarely flags during the hour. 1 went t j bed reflecting on the contrast between farmers A. and B. and the different probable result, their influence and that of their families would have on thoir own happiness, and that of the society around them. With farmer A. every thing was at sevens and sixes: nothing in doors or out, in the house or on the farm, as it should be, or as it ought to have been; and this state of things evidently had its effect on the minds of tho family, rendering them morose, illtempered, I may almost say, immoral; as well as continually restless and dissatisfied with every thing around them, without inducing the necessary steps to cure the evils of w hich they were so ready to complain. On the contrary-, at farmer B.s every thing moved like clock-work, and it was evident the success as a farmer arose frcm having his work dono in season, and from "having a place for everv thing, and every thing in its place.'' Its effect on the family we have seen, and one thi.ig is certain Mr. B. will not go to the west in starch of competence or happiness. A Traveler. Law Point. A butler and a house maid were brought before Mr. Chambers, a police officer, for making a disturbance in the house of Tollemanche. The butler had civen the maid a kick, and upon being asked by .Mr. Chambers why he had kicked her, replied as follows: "M.e called me a siupm fellow and a hignorant hass,so I had an undoubted right to kick her; but mind, I took good caro that I would not commit an assault upon her." Mr. O. "Don't you call kicking a person an assault!" Uutler. "With the shoe on. it is; but I took my shoe hofT, and then I was justified in kickin her, for 6aying I was a "hignorant hass." Iveii, Aug. lllth. A writ Coition to Hi.asphemkrs. On Friday latt an awful dispensation of Providence occurred in this parish. A man who was employed as an Excavator on a portion of the line of the great Western Railway, w hile swearing in the most revolting manner, was suddently and instantaneously deprived of his speech, and now, although in the full possession of all his other faculties, he is wholly unable to communicate his ideas otherwise than by writing. Penu. Paper. Thilip Duval, formerly editor of the Richmond Compiler, and iate a member of the Legislature of Mississiimi. was killed in a duel with a Mr. CunofiDingham, on the 1-th ult. opposite Vicksburg.