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From the Colombian Register. 4
[A correspondent at Kenyon College,
Gambia, Ohio, has sent us the following
very interesting communication, respecting
the opening of an Indian mound :] ,
The opening of an Indian lllound, near
Kcnz/on College, Ohio.
The mounds or fortifications so widely
and so numerously scattered through the
‘Vest, bearing the marks of great antiquity,
are among the most interesting of its ob-
jects. Their ‘origin and pujfpose have 1 '
all times attracted the attention of antiqua-
riaus and literary men, and are now rapidly
becoming objects of very general and curi-
ous speculation. Like a thousand other
things, in estimation auiongus, useful only
as sources of pleasure, they'are certainly
objects of very innocent and pleasing cori-
‘templation. Various theories, more or_'less
nutliorizcd facts, have been promulged to
account for the manner, cause, and period
oftheir erection. The simplicity, natural-
ness and consistency of one among the um-
tiy advanced, have gained for it a prece-
dence, with the concurrencc of numerous
and able advocates. It is, that this country
was once inhabited by a people, not unlike,
if not*thc same with, the subjects of Monte-
zuma; as they were foundat the original
discovery of our continent. A tribe or horde
of savages, hardy, savage and warlike, from
-the barren. regions of Upper Asia, or the
K-equally unliospitable country upon the
northern borilers, rushed down and drove
-the more polished but more :cffeminate
nations of the South. The latter, more
-skilled in war, and less personally valorous,
had recourse to the artificial means of do-
fence, wliicb a higher degree of civilization
h id supplied them. Hence the fortifications
around us; hearing evidence of immense
industry and labor, and of great antiquity.
The savage invaders, on the other hand, as
they marched on Victoriously, paid at their
leisure, the usual obsequics to their dead;
as disease stole them one by one, or the
skirmish thinned, or the battle-field mowed
them down. VVhence the mounds so scat-
tered around us, so various in situations,
dimentions and contents? That these
mounds are the burying places ofthe North
Amercan Indians, or those remarkably sim-
ilar to them, in their customs and weapons,
is placed beyond question by the arrow-lieads
and other implements found deposited with
the bones. The present appearance of
these mounds clearly indicates their height
to have been much greater, and to have been
gradually spread by the action of the ele-
ments. Trees, of a growth not less than
two hundred years, are often, and indeed
usually found upon them ; perhaps ofmere-
ly spontaneous growth, or planted to bind
and hold the earth together with their roots
and fibres.
On the 21st ult. I formed one ofa small
party who opened a mound, three quarters
of a mile distant from Kenyon College,
Ohio. Its situation is upon the {lot of Ver-
non River, its height now about '7 feet, and
diameter abouttwcnty, and bears marks of
being much plowed down. The field has
been cultivated 20 years. Upon the one
side were roots, and the fallen bodies of
four trees, almost decayed, grown out half
way uptlie mound, and evidently from the
the surface. On this side, the mound
seems to have retained nearly its original
form; the roots having preserved it from
any material diminution or change. by wash-
ing. Upon the side opposite, no remains of
trees are seen, and the pile is much spread
and mis-sbapen. Opening upon the side
most entire, we sunk and continued a chan-
nel, at a depth below the original surface of
the adjacent earth, near to what seemed to
us, must have been the original centre.
Our intentions were to have cut entirely
through the mound taking the centre in
our course. At this stage of our excava-
tions, we knocked off what seemed a por-
tion of a skull. Uncovering the remainder
carefully, we traced out and exposed the
bones of abody, very pinch decayed, yet so
retaining their form and position as to be
clearly distinguishable. VVc called down
the College Physicians, and bird the parts
pointed out to us. The face was turned to
the ‘Vest. The teeth in both jaws, we
found, and exposed entire; the mouth open
more than two inches; the thighs were
brought up against the chest, and the legs
doubled under, as ifa man when squatting
upon his baunches, had been pushed over
upon his side. One arm lay along the side,
the other between the knees. Many ofthe
finger bones were found and preserved.
The socket in which the cheek bone played,
and the external cavity of the car, were in
a. sound state of preservation. Two ar-
row-beads were found near the left hand,
and one at the feet. The wooden shafts to
which they were fastened, and the bow,
- would of couse have long since decayed, It
is their custom, we are told, to bury a quiv-
er of arrows with the deceased, the points
of which are placed both ways confusedly.
'Wbence probably, two arrow-heads were
found at one place, and one at a distance
from them, as if at the opposite end of the
quiver. The position of the heads, having
the points turned from each other, confirm
the supposition. _Thc spectacle of a skel-
eton, strongly stamped with the impress of
age, exposed as it was, imbedded in the
centre ofa huge heap, with weapons encir-
cling it, was ‘certainly one of no ordina-
ry interest. The thought irresistibly flash-
ed across my mind, with how dilfererit feel-
ings, and under what a variance of circum-
stances, did we, who disturbed that sacred
repose, contemplate the objects before us,
from those which must have attended such
as laid it there; the one, the gaze and at-
tention of simple curiosity---the other, the
lust lingering look of affection or national
attachment. How little did they who toil-
ed to erect that tribute of respect,-anticipate
or even dream that at this great distance of
time, it was to be pryed into, by hands mid
n.,rtu so widely different from those which
formed it. How much less could they have
conjectured the motives and appearance of
the little group so anxious to break upon
the qacredness of that place. The moment’
we atternptedto‘ remove the bones, all, save
the most indestructible parts crumbled. We
presented to the cabinet of ‘ curiosties, con-
nected with the College, such iipecirncns as
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we could prcseve ; among the finest of which
were the teeth entire and sound, the check
bone, the finger bones, some of the hip, and
leg and arm bones, the arrow-beads, and
portions of the skull. \Ve continued our
channel at a depth below the original sur-
face, up to the skeleton, but no other bones
or vestiges of them were thrown out. The
conclusion generally acquiesced in is, that
it was the grave of a chief; being to small
for the burial place afa battle-field, and yet
too large for that of a private or common
man. The marked care exhibited in the
disposition of the body iu- the mound, (un-
usual in the obsequics paid to private men,)
confirms the presumption. The trees found
fallen across this mound, and almost en-
tirely decayed, and their evident size and
age, carry the period of its‘ erection back
to something bordering, in this country at
least, upon antiquity. P.
A bolzlpush for a Literary Ecl£t0i‘.——Mi'.
Smelling, a young gentleman of extensive
literary acquirerncnts has just assumed the
editorial charge of the New England Gal-
axy, a paper of considerable reputation,
publishe(.l in Boston. There is in that city,
onCrag'e’s Bridge, 6:. infernal establishment
gcnteely termed “ The Gyninasiu in,” which
is however, a place of resort for vag-
abonds and scoundrels of all grades and
descriptions. Mr. Strolling, supposing he
might do to the state some service by expo-
sing the den and its inmates to the gaze of
the public, took upon himsclftlic task of
doing so, personally; and with a courage
that would do honor to a military chicftain
—lie visited the establishment on Fast-Day,
gambled, drank punch, and to use his own
illustration “ howled with the wolves.” He
tells the story thus:
“This Gymnasium is kept by a Mr.
John Brown. Accordingly, we kept Fast
Day holy by repairing to the spot. The
building, beheld from the outside, resembles
a barn, except that a grog shop is kept on
the lower floor, and that it stands on a pile
sunkin the river. ‘Va entered, and went
through a door in the back part of the shop
and up a flight of stairs. The upper stories
were divided into bowling alleys, in all but
one of which parties were actit ely engaged.
At the door of the exception stood a large
table, covered with decanters and glasses:
Vife were about to pass it, when a fellow,
whose looks made us scratch, stepped up,
pointed to the table, and asked us “if we
did not intend to do something for the
good of the house.” Among wolves you
must bowl, and we are no enemy to an oc-
casional glass of whiskey; so we drank.
one. The room—but its description de-
serves a separate paragraph.
The infernal region was rendolcnt of the
fume of sick stomachs, gin and tobacco.
There were about one hundred persons as-
sembled ; blackguards, swindlers, and rep-
roliates of every description. Many of the
sons ofthe aristocracy ofthe city were there
as well as others, who from their garb, one
would have taken for honest gentleman.
The rest were foreigners and unwashed
villians. To the honor of the colored pop-
ulation lie it spoken, not one of them was
there. Here was seen the liusband,wliose
wife sat lonely at her borne, pining for his
company; there the father, whose children
were crying for the bread he was casting on
the waters, not to return again. There
stood the hopeful urchin, whose father,
good man, supposed his pride and beast
was at that very moment edifying in church.
Full half the assembly were boys from ten
to sixteen years old. It presently will ap-
pear that they were preparing to graduate
from the State prison &. die on the gallows.
In the middle of this earthly bell was a
polygonal enclosure of boards, about ten
feet in diauietei,\ the floor of which was
strewed with tan, to drink the blood ofthe
cocks. Here twoof the gallant birds were
engaged. Round the South end of the
hall were ranged a score of tea chests, in
each ofwhich a cock was crowing at his
neighbors. As many more were liangiiig
in bags at the walls of the building. In
one corner stood a genteel bluckguurd sing-
ing an obscene song, to the infinite satisfac-
tion ofliis auditors. Right opposite to him
sat a bloated wretcli, viscera crucians cum
gcmitu, and in the intervals of his intestine
syncope, holding forth in praise of temper-
ance. Oaths and blaspbemies rang on
every side, and a few frsticuifs were ex-
changed.
On entering, we went straight to the
cock-pit, where a slate—colorcd and a red
bird were striving to kill each other with
steel spurs which had been affixed to their
legs, probably because the natural weap-
ons could not draw blood fast enough for
the taste of the spectators. The feathers
flew andthe gore streamed. Presently the
slate-colored cock drove his gaff through
the brain of his adversary, who fell dead on
the spot. W'e turned away to a gaming
table which stood in another part of the
room, with a sensation of relief.
The play was Roulette. In the ceritys of
the table wnsa wheel, resembling wheels
of fortune, gnudily painted with marked
hicroglyphics. There were little compart-
ments round its cdge—--an ivory ball was
made to run round its periphery, and as it
stopped the gamester lost or won. On
each side ofthe wheel was painted a par-
allelogram divided into squai°cs, with fig-
ures on which the players placcdtbeir stakes
One ill looking gallows-bird turned the
whee|,and another marked the phases of it.
The marker had under his hand a pile of
gold and silver eighteen inches high, which
had been won. “"0 observed thatthe bank
gained five times out ofsix. The manage-
ment of the table was heathen Greek to us ;
nevertheless we put down and lost to the
amount of seventy-five cents. We did this
that we might better be able to swear to
the facts and identify the two scoiindrels
who kept the table. VVe have since seen
them on ’change among honest men.
A boy about fourteen years old staked
his last four;-penny piece and lost it. He
stood for a moment the image of despair.
Then tears gushing from his eyes. He
went out tearing his hair and exclaiming,
“O my poor father! 0 my poor mother!
What will become of me? (J how I wish
my boss had not sent me after that money.” ,
This incident was a mine of mirth to the
gamesters--a horse laugh shook the building.
But now Coolidge, with a stentorian voice
and a kind of bottle s\vag_p‘ei', proclaimed
that two more cocks were to be gafcrl.
He took a cookout ofa bag, and called to a
brawney Irishman who stoodat hand, ‘Hen-
ry, give me my saw.’ A dentist’s saw was
produced, and the villians proceeded, to our
inexpressablc horror, to saw off the bipcd’s
spurs close to his legs. The blood streamed
down, and the operators proceeded to fas-
ten thc gaffs upon the raw stumps. ‘z-Viicn
a second cock had been accoutrcd in the like
»1)’lE1llll(.‘I’, Coolidge and Henry held them up
and excited them to peek at each other.
VVl'icri they were sufficiently furious, they
were set down, and the set-to commenced.
One of the birds was red and the‘ other
black. They several times drove thcpgalfs
into each othcr,s bodies, but this did not
abate theirardor. Bets ran high. At l:ist
the red thrust his spur through the black
cocks knee joint,.and they both fell entang-
led together. The black could now. hardly
stand. A thrust in the brain pielled his
courage and be hopped over the enclosure.
Coolidge took him up, smoothed his featli-
ers, wiped away the blood that blinded his
eyes and put him again into the pit. Oh l
it was cruel, savage, bloody. The poor
liird had not, however, much more to suf-
fer. A second stroke in the brain laid him
asleep forever.
Thus the sport continued till four the
next morning, and so it is carried on every
Saturday night and Sunday morning. ‘We
have lodged a complaint with the eitymar-
shal, who shall be heartily welcome to our
evidence, and by this time the offender's are
probably in custody. lie has also the
names of other eye-witnesses of what we
have related. Pallarli-um. '
Fire in the City fIotcl.—on 'I‘hursd2iy
morning aliout 10 o’clock, Ll smoke was dis-
covered issuing from the roof of the City
Hotel, south end, rear side. At first a liar-
rel of water would have extinguished it, but
the great height of the building render'ed it
inaccessible to the firemen, and the conse-
quence was, that in a short time the south-
ern lialf of the roof was in a blaze, sending
its immense volumes to the skies, and in
half an hour more, the northern part ofthe
roof had shared the fate of the rest. As
soon as the fire had descended within reach
ofthe fireinen’s powers, they poured in up-
on it a flood of water from every direction,
and finally subdued the flames, leaving the
three lower stories uninjured, except by wa-
ter. The upper story, as well as the attics
and the roof, was destroyed except the walls.
The building is about 100 feet in length by
00 feet in breadth. It is owned by John
Jacob Astor, who purchased it two or three
years since, at a cost, including the land, of
$120,000 and upwards. The damage to
the building is perhaps $10,000. Insured.
The occupant, Chester Jennings, Esq. was
also insured to a much greater amount than
his loss. The Hotel was crowded with
guests, insomuch that within the last two or
three days a number of applicants had been
refused.
During the early part of the fire, an inci-
dent occurred oftlirilling interest. Mr.
with another man had exerted themselves
nearthc'fn‘e, until their retreat by the stair
case was cut off, and they were obliged to
escape upon the roof. From the root there
was no other entrance by which they could
return to the house. In this exigency, they
were compelled to walk on the gutter at a
sh
giddy height, almost the whole length of
the building. They then ballocd and made
signs to the crowd beueatli : but the noise
was so great that their voices could not
be heard, and it was some time belbrc their
meaning was understood. W'hcn it was, a
strong sensation was visible among the as-
semblcd multitude. Soon, however, a rope
was let outfrorn the the window of the up-
per story, directly under Mr. , and
thrown over the gutter so that he caught it.
He was then able to climb through a win-
dow in the roofinto a bird room, and make
the end fast. This being done, they one
after the other swungthemselves down over
the gutter, and were drawn in at a window
below. When the last was safe, the crowd
gave a general shout of congratulation.
[./our. of Com.
Marriage 132;"t-i'(zorcIz'iir1i'_i/.-~—zI legitimate
union has taken place in this city between
the venerable and much respected Mr.
“l\’Icrcantile Advertiser, aged some forty
or fifty years, and the very young Miss Ad-
vocate aud Journal, an American system
lady, only a few years old. Firm be their
union, and, and happiness its result—lcav-
ing, as in all other love matters, wealth out
ofthe question !
The Ship Bmvit atijSca.--- By an arrival
from Rio Jeneiro it is ascertained that the
Ship burnt at sea, supposed at first to have
been the I-Iellespont, was the British ship
liritarmia, bound from England to Van Die-
inan’s Laird, with upwards of 5300 convicts
on board. She accidently took fire at sea,
while the mate was drawing liquor from a
cask in the run, and burned to the water’s
edge. More than a hundred persons, men
and women, perished in tlic flames. After
the vessel took fire, the crew and some of
the passengers constructed rafts on which
about seventy embarked. and fortunately
saved from a watery grave by the timely ap-
proach of two English vessels, and carried
into Rio Janeiro.
By an arrival at this port Paris papers
have been received to 22d of March.
It was stated on the authority of a letter
from Smyrna that Ibrahim Paelia with 20-
000 men had taken possesion of that city.
Accounts from Constantinople to the 17th
ofFebruary make no mention of such an
event. . ,
According to the Paris accounts, the
Grand Svultan,..._in consequence of pledges
from the" F rerich Ambasador, that tliei'rif-
fair with Egypt should be settled to the sat-
isfaction of the porte,- had‘ renounced the
proffered succor of Russia, and ordered the
Russian fleet to return with the first ‘fair
wind. The French government liad.or-
dered their fleet in the Mediterranean to be
increased, with uiyicw, doubtless, to give
eflicicncy to their '-‘mediation between the
two contending powers. --N. Y. Observer.
.a man you are another.”
Iritcrvirzv between Black Ifawh and the
President.---A correspondent of the Jour-
nal of Commerce in a letter dated at \Vasli—
ingtou City, on Tuesday, says:
The famous warrior, Black Hawk, arri-
vcd in this city last evening. He is accom-
panied by his son, by the Propliet,&l1isiatli-
er and three young clicifs. Black I-Iawk,as
prisoner of waris also attended by a Lieut.
of United States’ Infantry and a file of
soldiers. 'This morning he had a long
interview with the President, in the pres-
ence of several of the high officors of the
government. The Hawk addressed the
1’rosident, as I have heard with brevity
and great dignity. He was followed by
the Prophet, who spoke at great length.
The President replied, it is said with
much courtccy and kindness. The intel-
ligent interpreter will, it is hoped, give
what passed, fully and correctly. The
llawk, it is said, showed no reluctance
to meet his “Great Father,” and the first
words which he addressed to him wcr.:,‘l am
The address
seems to have had upon the» President
much effect. An order had been issued
for the confimnent of Black Hawk and
his rotiuuc at Fortress Monroe, there to
be retained as hostages till the peace of
the North ‘V4-.steru frontier should be ful-
ly secured. But it is said that the Pros-
tdcnt, after the interview, expressed a re-
luctmice to pursue this course, and has
determined tordismiss them upon parole.
The Black Hawk is short in stature thick
set, and apparently of great nerve and
muscle. His complexion is tawney or
copper colored, and his countenance more
expressive of thought than of passion.
'llis nose is large and decidedly Rornan;
his forehead very high and remarkably
broad; and he has an unusual b1'eadtli of
head behind‘ the ears. His eye is small
and as pierceing as that of the Missouri
I*Iawk from which he derives his name.
Ills-—2ge is about seventy, but he does not
appear to be fifty. Allagrec as to the fact,
that, unlike most of his tribe, he has nev-
er indulged in the use of ardent spirits.
His son is,in nature and figure, a perfect
Apollo.
The Quaker 1lj~fei:Lbc7'.—-It has at last
been decided, says the Pliilarlelpliia Ga-
zette, that Joseph Pcasc the Quaker, who
it was feared would lose his seat in the im-
perial Parliament, on account of belonging
to a society which sanctions aflirnmtions in-
stead of swearing——shall retain his mcber-
ship. The subject was brought before the
House of Commons, and after some expla-
natory remarks from the Hon. Mr. Vlfynn
and the Solicitor General. '
The Speaker then put the question;
‘ hat Joseph Pease, Esq. be allowed to
make his solemn aflirmation at the table
instead of his oaths.’
The Ayes seemed almost universal, and
not one llo was heard. The Speaker gave
his decision;.‘I think the Ayes have it,’
amid tremenduous cheering.’
It affords us gratification to record such a
vote as this. It is a sign that the doctrine
of actual right are finding able and trium-
phant supporters. It is but the pursuviant
of other privileges,'tbat are destined to
herald the stately stcppings of Freedom
through the eastern lie.rnisphcrc.——1’rovi-
dcncc Journal.
Ya.nhecisms.—Tlic following is an extract
from the comedy of the “Green Mountain
Boy.”
I-Ioinebred. Wlici'e is the Squire ?
‘»Vilkins. Find out l would you have me
tell you all I know '2
Homcbred. ‘Well, I guess that wouldn’t
take you long 1
\Vilkins. You grow impcrtinent ;
don’t leave me I shall kick you sir.
Homebrcd. Kick me will you’! well talk-
ing is talking; but do you think you could
(low it ?
VVilkins. Really that is not to be borne;
who are you sir? and who was your father?
I*Iomebred. ‘Who was my fatlier? My
father was the firstinvcntcr of thr(1shiii,g ma-
chines. I am the first of his make, and can
be set in operation at a very little expense,
and at the shortest notice l so look out.
His description ofhis newly invented ma-
chine seemed to tickle his audience ama-
zingly. In this machine, he says, “you
drive a hog into the centre of it; set the
screws ageing, and it will produce rcarly
made sazrsagcs from one end, and patent
scrubbing brushes from the other..”
MINE I-Ionsii SnoLnnN.--Ruml avay or
if you
sdolden, or vas shtrayed, mine large plack 3'
horse, about 15 oder 16 hands high; he
has been got four plack legs,---two pehint
and two pc'fore—-be is plzick all over his
pody—lie has got some vite spots pon his
pack, Vere dc skin was rub ofl', lint I gree-
sed em and dc vito spots are all plack again.
He. trods and kanters, somtimcs he valks,
-—aud ven he valks all his legs and feet
goes on von afteranodcr,——hc has two eyes,
von is put out, and toder is pon dc side of
his head, and von you go toder side he vent
see you.——Ven he eats a good deal, he has
a pig pclly ;—he has a long dail dat hangs
down pcliint, but I cut it shorter toder day,
and now tisli not so long vot it vas—hc
bolts up his head, and looksvgaily, and von
be has been frighten, be joumps about like
every thing in the vorld—he vill ride mit a
saddle, ora cbare, or a kart, or he vill go
by himself without nobody, put a pag on
on his pack, and a poy on it--heis not ve-
ry old, and- his head ven he valks or runs,
goes first, and his dail stais pehind, only
ven he gets mat and turns round, and don
sometimes his dail comes first.-Vooever
vill pring him pack shall pay Five Dollars
reward ;-—and if he pring back the tief dat
sdole him he shall pay presides, Twenty
Dollars, and ax no questions.
Srocrmeu VONDREILDREEN.
Anccrlotc-—The following, we believe,
has never appeared in print. VVe are as-
sured that it is a fact. VVhen our troops
were defending New-Orleans, in the last
war, a young and raw Kerituckian accosted
the postmaster with -—“ Stranger, is there a
letter here for me from my mother?” “Yes,”
said the postmaster, “ here is one addressed
‘ 'l‘o my son in Gen. Juckson’s army,’ this
must be you.” Sure enough it was from his
mother. [Gala-Ly.
Iron Steam Baat.—On Tuesday last,
was launched from the premises of Mr.
Fairbairn, engineer, of this town, a beauti-
ful iron steamboat, built with plates 3-l6tbs
of an inch thick, 74 feet long and 14 wide,
intended for the canal between Ostend and
Bruges, in Belgium, named La Reine dos
Bclgcs.—A corripaiiyliriving been formed
in that country for the purpose of naviga-
ting its rivers mid canals, considerable im-
provements are contemplated, and this is
the first boat which has been built for the
purpose, and she is intended to steam the
voyage round the Land’s End to Osteud,
from thence she will proceed to Brussels
to be cxliiliited and her powers shown on
the canal between that city and Vilverde.
She has been sciit,by the Roaclidale canal,
to the premises of 011'. David Bclhouse, jun.
where her decks and cabins will be fitted up
in a superior style. The boat is to be pro-'
pelled by a steam engine of ‘20 horse power,
on the locomotive principle, and a paddle
wheel is fixed in the centre of the stern for
the purpose of preventing injury to the
banks of the canals. The extent of ac-
commodation, the lightness of the engine,
and the great buoyancy of this vessel, are
worthy the attention of canal proprietors,
and all persons interested in inland naviga-
tion.--Zilanchcster Guai'a'-ian.
C'ommon Salt (1 Iicincerly fiir Animal Poi-
son.-—Tlie Rev. G. Fischer, formerly a
missionary in South America, says be ac-
tually and effectually cured all kinds ofan-
gry painful and dangerous Serpent’s bites,
after they had been inflicted for many
hours, by the application of common salt
moistened with water, and bound upon the
wound, witliout any bad effect ever occur-
ring afterwards. He cites a case from a
newspaper, in which a son was bitten by a
dog, which within a few hours was raving
mad. Salt was immediately rubbed for
seine time into the wound, and the person
never experienced any inconvenience from
the bite.”
A FAc'r.—-A lady and her son being on a
shopping expedition recently, were shown
a piece of cloth, which the salesman called
invisible green; the goods were to their
liking, and with the name they were par-
ticularly pleased; but the price was too
great. Accordingly they proceeded to the
next store, and having now learned what
was fashionable, the first inquiry was made
for miscrzzblc-grccn—-‘Oli, no,’ interrupted
the mother, ‘dismal green, Jacob, dismal
green.’
Jiifoimifnl End of A Patriot.-—Captain
Pedowski, a distinguiscd ofiicer of the Po-
lish artillery, shot himself a few days ago
at Besaricon. The motives for this despe-
rate act are given in a letter which he wrote
immediately before his death, of which the
following is an extract:-“llaving lost all
hope of seeing my native country restored
—not finding the least chance of my being
called upon to die in her servicc—and hav-
ing learnt that my children have been car-
thc North, I have resolved to abridge my
useless life, an put an en(l to all my suffer-
ings. Atlicu, unhappy Poland ! Adieu, my
cildrenl Adieu, to such ofyou, my fellow-
countryman, as have only in view the wel-
fare ofour beloved Poland!”
Iifalt Liqzlor.-‘--Tlie Pllll(1(l(3lpl'lla1lS are
the newspapers of that city speak the truth.
A correspondent of the U. S. Gazette says:
“In one of my rambles a few days since, I
made enquiry atlseveral public houses what
was the proportion of malt liquor sold to
that ofnrdont spirits '!--and it was peculiarly
gratifyingto learn that such was the increase
in the use of malt liquor, and the decrease
of ardent spirits, that nine tumblers of malt
liquor was called for, to one glass of ardent
late ALE had become the universal drink.”
Intriiijicrmzcc.---Iias it been noticed, by
the reader, that scarcely a murder or sui-
cide has been chronicled in this Journal for
many months, which has not had its origin,
remotely or nearly, in Intciiz.,nci‘(ziica ? This
is equally true of many similar cases, the
publication of which we have omitted, and
in minor cases, also, but scarcely less dis-
tressing in their elfects. _During the past
week, we have remarked noless than twenty
revolting crimes, all of which are traced to
temp e rance. Trmicller.
The cotton s tie in Great Britain last
P
which 2l3,000,000,lbs. were from the U.
States, 20,000,000, from the East Indies,
and 1,600,000 pounds from the VVest Indies.
The cotton spun in the United States du-
ring the year 1832, was about 85,000,000
pounds. After England, the best market
the Southern States have for cotton, is the
Northern States.
“Go”---a transitive verb.—A teacher not
long since in explaining the difference be-
tween transitive and intransitive verbs, told
the class that the word go was intransitive,
because it would not make sense with the
words a person or a thing after it. VVhen
a little fellow looked very significantly at
him, said, “Sir, don’t people go the whole
hog sometimes '2”
Extraordinary Product.---It is a fact
(says the FloridaHerald) that may be proved
by reference to Messrs J. &C. Lawson,
merchants, Charleston, that Col. Dummet,
of Florida, manufactured from one acre of
cane, four hogsheads of Sugar, averaging
more than 1000 lbs to the liogshead, worth
9 1-2 cents. This is an extraordinary pro-
duct, and may stagger those who are'unac-
quaiiited with the superior capacity of the
Florida soil.
Ordained at North Fairfield, April 24, by
the Cousociation of Fairfield west, George
H. Hulin, as pastor of the congregational
church in North Fairfield. Introductory
prayer, by Mr. J. Kant of Trumbull. Ser-
mon by Mr. Hall of Norwalk. Ordaining
prayer, and charge to the Pastor by Dr.
Hewitt of Bridgeport. Right hand of fel-
lowship by Mr. Davies of Green Farms.
Address to the people by Mr. Smith of New
ricd into Siberia, by order of the tyrant of
becoming great admirers of malt lipuor, if
spirits ; seine of the hosts observed that" of
ear amounted to $288,000,000, pounds ; of
NORWALK (. ‘rAZETTE.
'r UESDAY. APRI. L 306 1333-
olent hail storm ; the bail w.‘ '35 the largest’
we have ever seen.
which we picked up in front of on T Ofllce, we
sliouldjudge werc'an inch in diame ‘GT-»There
being little or no wind, not much damage
was done. -
SENATORS. __ V
District No. 1. James Dodd, 1335
T. K. Brace, 1022
\Valter Mitch ell, 74 :_
No. 2. David E.Hubbard, 1034.
Eli B. Ilaskell, 861
No. 3. David Grant, 91%
Tracy Peck, 418
Horace Cowles, 595
No. 4. Jared Bassett, 5535
Samuel French 474
No. 5. Jolm Pierce, 6530-
J . H. DeForest, 421
No. (3. Aslibcl Griswold, 864
' Walter Booth, 23
No. 7. Nathan Daboll, 5530
Richard Law, 180 A
No. 8. B.\Voodwortb, 4l5~
R. I-Iuntington, 355
James Stcdmun, 179
No. 9. S. A. Peters, 355'
S. D. Tilden, 203
Henry Perkins, 321
No. 10. I’. A. Cannon, 534
David Hill, 356
E. Micltllebrook, 300
No. 11. S. T. Barnum, 033
John R. Hill, 74
No. 153. Chas. 1-lawley, 676
B. F. VVliitc, 394
No. 13. Philip l’earl,jr. 644
Geo. Martin, 503
Philip Pearle, 96
No. 14. Jonathan Nichols, 7537
David Chase, 468
No. 15. W’. C. \Villiams, 607
Lancelot Phelps, 571
N0. 16. N. C. Sanford, l027
Calvin Butler, 507 .
‘No. 17. Elisha Sterling, 918
C. F. Sedgwick, 583
No. 18. John Stewart, 489
Ileriry \Volcott, 183
Elisha Treat, 25
No. 19. George Pratt, 45-I
« Austin Olcott 301
No. 20. VVni. Field, 5534
Oliver Chapin, 2d 402
‘.31. Jabcz L. W'liite,jr. '
Elcazar Pomroy, 480
Oliver I-I. King, 20
Jabez L. Wiliite, 08
586
The votes of Waterbury were not return-
ed in the time prescribed by the contitution.
They were as follows—for Governor, Pe-
ters IOS, Edwards 58; For Lieut. Govern-
or, Betts 95, Stoddard 58 ; For Treasurer,
Spencer 73, Brown 35; For Secretary,Day
74, I-Iiumian 87. The votes of Middlebury
were rejected in consequence of not being
sealed. [Courant.
\Ve have been favored by Mr. S.Babcock,
of New’ Haven, with a copy of the travels
and researches of Von I-Iumboldt, being the
54th number of Harper’s Family Library.
Such works, in which instruction and amuse-
ment are combined, are eminently calcula-
ted to store the mind with useful information,
and at the same time cultivate the taste for
reading. Humboldt was no ordinary trav-
eller, minuting down little unimportant par-
ticulars for the purpose of making a book,
but a scientific and intelligent man, whose
object was to add to the stock of human
knowledge as well as to throw light on what
was lint imperfectly known, and bence,wbile
he is comparatively in the back ground, the
country tlirougb which he is posing, its char-
acter and his observations are in front, and
make a ready and permanent impression
upon the mind. No one can sit down to.
the perusal of this little volume without being_-
interested, or rise from it without being in-.
structed. ‘V0 subjoin an interesting ac.
count of the Gymrioti, or electrical eels.
“At Calabozo, in the midst of the llanos,_
the travellers found an electrical apparatus
nearly as complete as those ofEurope, made
by a person who had never seen any such
instrument, had received no instruction, and-
was acquainted with the phenomena of elec-
tricity only by rcadingthe Treatise of Sigaud
dc la Fond, and Franklin’s Memoirs. Next
to this piece of mechanism, the objects that-
cxcited the greatest interest were the elec-.
basins of stagnant water and the confluents;
of the Orinoco.
given by these animals is so great among;
the common people and Indians, that for—
some time no specimens could be procured,,
and one which was at length brought to them
afforded very unsatifactory results. _
On the 19th March, at an early hour, Ibex
set off for the village of Rastro do Abax0..
whence they were conducted by the natives.
to a stream which, in the dry season, forms.
a pool of muddy water surrounded by trees.
It beingfivery difilcult to catch the gymnoti
with nets, on account of their extreme agil-
ity, it was resolvedto procure some by in-
toxicating or benuming them with the roots.
of certain plants which when thrown into.
the water produce that effect. At this junc-
ture the indians informed them that they:
would fish with horses, and soon brought»
from the savanna about thirty of these ani-
mals, which they drove into the pool.
“The extraordinary "noise caused by the
horses’ hoofs makes the fishes issue from-the
mud, and excites them to combat. These
yellowish and livid eels, resembling large
aquatic snakes, swim at the surface of the
water, and crowd under the bellies of the
horses and mules. The struggle between
animals of so difi'erent an organization of-
fords a very interesting sight. The Indi-
Canaan. Concluding; prayer byMr.Freeman
of Greenfield.
ans, furnished with barpoons and long slen-
On Tuesday last, we were Visited by 8 Vii-'
some ot 9 the St0ne3"i
trical eels, or gymnoti, which abound in the. *
The dread of the shocks. .
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