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to travel from the western that work, in order to oy to the various routes now ted, we will fully just n that it must seek a pas

Ohio Canal, Lake Erie anal and Hudson River to 80 miles. y and Beaver canal to to Buffalo, 200 " New York, 515 "

Total 795 "

Ohio and Mahoning Ca- sylvania Canal and Rail adelphia.

Akron, 42 miles Beavertown, 114 " wn to Pitts- 28 " to Philadel 394 "

Total, 578 "

Sandy and Beaver Canal ania improvements to Phil

Beavertown, 87¼ miles. wn to Pitts- 28 " to Philadel 394 "

Total, 509¼ "

d increase in business on and Ohio Canals it is to be hen the Sandy and Beav have been finished, the io canal will at least a 00 per annum; and from facts and statements it is to two thirds of that trade gh the Sandy and Beaver ould need the holders of k, at the rate charged on an income of at least 20 eason,* If to this sum mount that may be antici iberal grant contained in which cannot fall 00, the company will re- 0 in tolls - independent ness that may be expect try west and north west on of their work - prem esult of a canal yielding ent on its entire cost the its completion. espectfully submitted. GILL, Chief Engineer. l Beave Canal Co. O. Nov. 11, 1835.

te may seem large, but it mind that the Sandy and ill constitute a connecting o large and important canal and Pennsylvani now completed; conse ction, like other canals, to of business. d charter secures to the ver canal company all the on the Ohio canal from passed through the San- canal for seven years af

oughkeepsie Eagle, SLANG KLIP.

old times when Derick Dutch burgher, arriv- ed, and landed with his at the Apokeepsing. h one or two friendly the sole residents and new populous town then ave a few acres which cleared, and some small nd or swales where the n obtained for the cattle em during the long and after. Derick, by tradi- very picture of the geni on, he was short and short neck, and a large purchased from view, till his hat, in the band of sted the stem of one his mouth rested the er, which after due per- exchanged for the first its place in the said hat ed for. The pipe that lighted before Derick for this was the first lings) was not laid aside als, for the remainder of ays the common prac- families to procure a was used to call the men n Derick's this had been ndage for at least three although they retained descended as an heir- mily, yet it was elevated e twenty feet high be- in which a little well- and reared her annual everal years. where Derick was at ver be mistaken; for n clearing or in forest ve the grass, or the trees ght be, the graceful curl ated like a pearly cloud of Derick. He was smoke of his pipe. -

But this is neither here nor the the story - Derick's wife, Katree was a stout and substantial house- Instead of wasting her time in tri the piano and mincing along lit Turk's wife, veiled from the sun rose with the lark, rolled-her sh[?] to her elbows, did up her work three o'clock, and was then read take one of the younger boys and to the woods, or river shore, for h berries, &c. It so happened one b ful afternoon when these fruits we season, that after putting every t in order, Katreenehe called her Hans to pitch the basket and follo the woods, to see what they c find. After wandering for some and not meeting with the success expected, they came in sight of river. They had been following d a ravine which ran south east to river, and now turned an angle t left and gained higher ground i open space, where a full sight of Hudson burst at once upon t There was not a cloud in the s nor a breath of air to ruffle the s ing waves of the lordly river. T it lay, a smooth emerald mirror t ing back on the eye the dazzling flection of the burning sun, which stood high in the western he Rude and unpollished as they both mother and son were cha with the sight. Every thing ar was in repose; and they ling long to gaze on the beauty of a fore them. They insensibly gai rock on the immediate shore - the insect began to stretch its ti transparent-wing in the silver and now, the declining sun beg pencil a back ground of gold and million, to relieve to tops of the on the western shore.

"Oh! mom!" shrieked Hans, agony of afright, for the shriek startling upon her ear, "I am k[?] am kill'd!" She turned and sa w limb of her child in the folds of a black snake - he had trodden up and it coiled itself around his limb the strands of a cable. The bo[?] tained his foot upon its head, th without shoes; but the serpent now wound so tightly around his that the extrication of its head w mentarily to be apprehended. " knife, Hans," said the mother - th pointed to his pocket, for the tu heavy with the serpent, and cou procure it. Quicker than tho the mother plunged the knife th the folds of the repule; and it fel red and bleeding to the ground. we are safe, she exclaimed, rel from her apprehensions for th[?] ment. "Safe" shouted Hans, lo dare, mom, and he pointed his f to a rock not many yards below and there in one shining, black living mass, crept, curled and h[?] a thousand like reptiles, their folds glistening in the sun; they ered the face of the rock - they knotted in folds amid the sur[?] ing shrubbery - they twined i bushes - they rattled the loose s[?] Their first impulse was to fly [?]re? they were surrounded by ing mass, glancing their bright in the sun, and darting out their ed and fiery tongues. A moder would have fainted, but not so the mother of Hans. They mai ed a point of a rock, rather apart the reptiles, and they stood ground They were now, howev doomed to a long imprisonment; the setting sun the snakes disapp whistling and drawing their long into the clefts of the rocks. - were about to depart from so u[?] ting a neighbourhood when the tention was arrested by the sou[?] oars, and as they looked throug twilight, they discovered a stead light, moving from the west, mediately across the waters to them. On it came - quick, q quicker - 'till it literally shot ov unruffled face of the river, it app ed the shore and paused - and th that red and glaring light they boat, dark yet transparent, fo waves shone through it, and in in its stern a dark figure, and i[?] ed not; but over it fell the re[?] sickly glare of the unearthly ligh they saw a body and arms, but i[?] without a head, and while they [?] the light flared high and fierce.[?] figure raised trom between its k[?] a head, and its fingers were in i[?] ted locks; a livid paleness was o bloody cheek, the mouth was ing with contortions, and the glared like balls of fire, and prot from their sockets, and there from its blanched lips on the ev air, a howl, long, loud, and appa and the whole vanished in a fl[?] fire.

Hans' hair shot up so quickly his cap was thrown some ten fe the air, and was never seen more CARRO[?]

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most prominent streams relied on for a supply. These examinations have thus far fully corroborated the truth of the statements and calculations embraced in the report made you last autumn by Mr Hage and myself. I feel fully satisfied that with the aid of the reservoirs that can be constructed on the summit at a moderate cost compared with their utility, a much larger quantity of water may be introduced into the summit and its dependent levels, than will be requisite for the transit of the immense trade that is destined to seek a market through this channel.

The reservoirs now under contract will contain as follows: West fork reservoir 130,000,000 of cubic feet, area 350 acres; Cold Run Reservoir 88,000,000 of cubic feet, area 250 acres; in addition to which it is proposed to elevate the banks of the canal so as to obtain one foot in depth of avail water, and flood several pieces of low ground on its northern or upper side amounting in all to about 150 acres, which when full will furnish about 6,500,000 of cubic feet, making in the aggregate from these sources alone an available supply of 224,500,000 cubic feet of water, a demand on which may be requisite in a dry season for a period of 100 days. By calculation it will be perceived these reservoirs will afford for that period 2,245,000 cubic feet of water per day, equivalent to a discharge of 1550 cubic feet per minute; if to this sum is added the minimum natural flow of water on the summit as reported to you last autumn, (558 cubic feet per minute,) it will be observed that the flow of available water in a dry period will amount to 2117 cubic feet per minute, or sufficient after deducting all that the nature of the soil and climate will require for leakage, filtration and evaporation, for the passage of 185 boats per day.

The West Fork and Cold Run reservoirs are about one mile apart: when filled, the surface of the water in each will occupy the same plane, or be elevated to the same height: it is designed to have a feeder extending from one to the other, so that the surplus water in one can be admitted into the other, if required. A large waste weir is to be constructed on this feeder for the purpose of discharging the waste water when both reservoirs are full. This water when thus discharged, is conducted into the reservoir on the summit level. The two first mentioned reservoirs will receive the drainage of 24 square miles of country; the summit, *the drainage of 80 square miles*. The usual depth of rain that falls in this section of country can, I am informed, with safety be premised at 36 inches per annum, or equal to a column of that height being 83 635,000 cubic feet on a square mile, and on 24 square miles 2,107,244, 800 cubic feet annually. From experiments made on a large scale elsewhere for practical purposes, it has been ascertained conclusively, that 75 per cent, of the rain that falls can be laid up in reservoirs. From this data it will be observed, that the three reservoirs above alluded to may be filled seven times per year This exhibit will probably satisfy the most sceptical as to the adequacy of the supply of water.

As to the immensity of the trade that will wend its way through the Sandy and Beaver canal to an eastern market I believe there has never been surmised a doubt: a glance at the map will prove conclusively that a very large portion of the produce of Michigan, Illinois, Indiana Kentucky and Ohio; which are rapidly increasing in population and wealth, must be wafted through it. The business of that section of country is now to a great extent accommodated by the New York improvements, but the completion of the Sandy and Beaver canal will secure to it a safer transit to and from the seaboard, much shorter, and *navigable six weeks earlier in the spring and three later in the fall* than the one now traversed, being sufficient inducements to secure it. What the extent of that trade will be time alone can develope. On the Erie and Champlain canals, a very large portion of the business done on the first of which is derived from the country above mentioned, there have been received in tolls in 1829 $759,055, 1830 $1,032,476, 1831 $1,194,610, 1832 $1,106,008, 1833 $1,324,421, 1834 $1,292,055; and there is no doubt that the business of this year will very greatly exceed the last. On the Ohio canal there was collected in 1832 $82,867, 1833 $136,920, 1834 $151,287, and the amount of tolls received the present year at some of the collectors offices exhibits an increase of forty-five per cent over the last.

When the canal or rail road authorized by an act from the legislature of this State at their last session, to be constructed from the western termination of the Sandy and Beaver canal to the Miami canal near the mouth of the Auglaise river shall have been completed, it must add immense revenue to your work, as it, in connexion with the Wabash and Erie canal through Indiana, and the contemplated rail road through Illinois to the Mississippi river will constitute a continuous chain of internal improvement, extending westerly from the Sandy and Beaver canal 500 miles, and from Philadelphia 1000 into the rich and fertile regions of the west

The following synopsis of the distance the trade of the country situated west & south west of the Sandy and Beaver ca-

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[?]ied on for a [?]ans have thus [?] truth of the [?]s embraced in [?]tum by Mr [?]ally satisfied [?]construct that [?]summit at a [?]h their utili- [?]of water may [?]nt and its de- [?]he requisite for [?] trade that is [?]hrough its

[?]der contract [?]est fork reser [?]et, are 350 [?]8,000,000 of [?] in addition to [?] the banks [?] one foot in [?]flood several [?] northern or [?]to about 150 [?]furnish about [?]aking in the [?]races alone an [?]00,000 cubic [?]which may be [?] a period of [?]ow of availa- [?]it will be per- [?]afford for that [?]of water per [?]arge of 1550 [?]ains as it [?]low of water [?] to you last [?]r minute) it [?]low of availa- [?] will amount [?]ge, or sufficient [?]nature of the [?] for leakage, [?] for the pas-

[?]nd Run reser [?]ract: when fill [?] in each will [?] be elevated to [?]ned to have a [?]o the other, so [?] can be ad [?] required. Th [?] pound of a [?]of discharging [?]reservoirs are [?]ns discharged, [?]ervoir on the [?]est mentioned [?]e drainage of [?] the summit, [?]ules. The o- [?] in this sec [?]nformed, with [?]nches per an [?]ll produce a [?] a square [?]as 2,107,244, [?] From experi- [?]ale elsewhere [?]s been ascer- [?]ll up in reser [?]ill be observ- [?]s above allu [?]imes per year [?]y satisfy the [?]quacy of the

[?] the trade that [?] the Sandy and [?] market I be- [?]surmised a [?]p will prove [?] portion of [?]inois, Iudiana [?]h are rapidly [?] and wealth, [?]t. The busi- [?]ntry is now to [?]d by the New [?]he completion [?]canal will se- [?]ed from the [?] and navigable [?]ering and three [?] the now traver- [?]ements to so [?] of that trade [?]lope. On the [?]in a, very large [?]se on the first [?] the country a- [?]s been reter [?]85, 1800 $1, [?]0, 1832 $1, [?]1834 $1,292, [?] that the busi- [?]greatly exceed [?]ral there was [?] 1833 $136, [?] the amount of [?]rear at some [?]it appears an [?] increase the [?]lest, [?] and authorized [?]red of this State [?] constructed [?]on of the San- [?] Miami canal [?]ug'aise river [?]nnati, which [?]al and its [?]work, as it, in [?]h and Erie ca [?] the contempla- [?]is to the Mis- [?]e a continuous [?]nment, extend- [?]ard Pennsylva [?]ittle regions of

[?] the distance [?]tuated west & [?] and Beaver ca

nal would have to travel from the western termination of that work, in order to reach a market by the various routes now afforded it, or about to be, will fully justi fy the conclusion that it must seek a pas sage through it:

*Distance by the Ohio Canal, Lake Erie New York Canal and Hudson River to New York.*

From the Sandy and Beaver canal to Cleveland, 80 miles. From Cleveland to Buffalo, 200 " From Buffalo to New York, 515 "

Total 795 "

*Distance by the Ohio and Mahoning Ca- nals and Pennsylvania Canal and Rail Road to Philadelphia.* From Bolivar to Akron, 42 miles From Akron to Beavertown, 114 " From Beavertown to Pitts- burgh, 28 " From Pittsburgh to Philadel- phia, 394 "

Total, 578 "

*Distance by the Sandy and Beaver Canal and Pennsylvania improvements to Phil adelphia.* From Bolivar to Beavertown, 87¼ miles. From Beavertown to Pitts- burgh, 28 " From Pittsburgh to Philadel phia, 394 "

Total, 509¼ "

From the rapid increase in business on the New York and Ohio Canals it is to be presumed that when the Sandy and Beav er canal shall have been finished, the tolls on the Ohio canal will at least a mount to $400,000 per annum; and from the foregoing facts and statements it is to be inferred, that two thirds of that trade will pass through the Sandy and Beaver canal, which would nest the holders of stock in that work, at the rate charged on the Ohio canal, an income of at least $80, 000 the first season.* If to this sum is added the amount that may be antici pated from the liberal grant contained in the amended which cannot fall short of $150,000, the company will re- ceive, in the first year after the work is finished, $210,000 in tolls--independent of the large business that may be expect ed from the country west and north west of the termination of their work--presen ting the novel result of a canal yielding seventeen per cent. on its entire cost the first year after its completion.

All which is respectfully submitted. E. H. GILL, Chief Engineer. *Sandy and Beaver Canal Co.* New Lisbon, O. Nov. 11, 1835.

* This estimate may seem large, but it must be kept in mind that the Sandy and Beaver canal will constitute a connecting link between two large and important works, (the Ohio canal and Pennsylvania improvements) now completed; conse- quently it has not, like other canals, to wait the growth of business.

The amended charter secures to the Sandy and Beaver canal company all the tolls collected on the Ohio canal from boats that have passed through the San- dy and Beaver canal for seven years af ter its completion.

*From the Poughkeepsie Eagle.* THE SLANG KLIP.

In the good old times when Derick Vandeburgh, a Dutch burgher, arriv ed from Holland, and landed with his sturdy family at the Apakeepsing, his together with one or two friendly families, were the sole residents and owners of the new populous town then a wild wood, save a few acres which were gradually cleared, and some small spots of low land or swales where the provender was obtained for the cattle to preserve them during the long and inclement winter. Derick, by tradi tion, was the very picture of the geni us of his nation, he was short and thick, with a short neck, and a large round head, covered from view, till sleeping, with his hat, in the band of which was twisted the stem of one pipe, while in his mouth rested the tube of another, which after due per- formance, was exchanged for the first and assumed its place in the said hat- band until called for. The pipe that was filled and lighted before Derick was dressed (for this was the first thing after rising) was not laid aside but for the meals, for the remainder of the day. It was the common prac tice of many families to procure a couch, which was used to call the men to meals, but in Derick's this had been a useless appendage for at least three centuries, and although they retained one which had descended as an heir- loom to the family, yet it was elevated on a pole some twenty feet high be- fore the door, in which a little twit- tering wren had reared her annual progeny for several years.

The place where Derick was at work could never be mistaken; for whether it was in clearing or in forest there rose above the grass, or the trees as the case might be, the graceful curl which ever floated like a pearly cloud over the head of Derick. He was tracked by the smoke of his pipe.

[?] L FREE P[?]

ON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1836,

But this is neither here nor there to the story - Derick's wife, Katreenche was a stout and substantial house-wife. Instead of wasting her time in trilling the piano and mincing along like a Turk's wife, veiled from the sun, she rose with the lark, rolled-her sleeves to her elbows, did up her work by three o'clock, and was then ready to take one of the younger boys and start to the woods, or river shore, for black berries, &c. It so happened one beauti ful afternoon when these fruits were in season, that after putting every thing in order, Katreenche called her son Hans to pitch the basket and follow to the woods, to see what they could find. After wandering for some time and not meeting with the success they expected, they came in sight of the river. They had been following down a ravine which ran south east to the river, and now turned an angle to the left and gained higher ground in an open space, where a full sight of the Hudson burst at once upon them. There was not a cloud in the sky, nor a breath of air to ruffle the sleep ing waves of the lordly river. There it lay, a smooth emerald mirror throw ing back on the eye the dazzling re flection of the burning sun, which yet stood high in the western heaven. Rude and unpollished as they were, both mother and son were charmed with the sight. Every thing around was in repose; and they lingered long to gaze on the beauty of all be fore them. They insensibly gained a rock on the immediate shore - now, the insect began to stretch its tiny & transparent wing in the silver light and now, the declining sun began to pencil a back ground of gold and ver million, to relieve to tops of the forest on the western shore.

"Oh! mom!" shrieked Hans, in an agony of affright, for the shriek came startling upon her ear, "I am kilt! I am kilt!" She turned and saw one limb of her child in the folds of a huge black snake - he had trodden upon it and it coiled itself around his limb like the strands of a cable. The boy re tained his foot upon its head, though without shoes; but the serpent was now wound so tightly around his limb that the extrication of its head was mo mentarily to be apprehended. "Your knife, Hans," said the mother-the boy pointed to his pocket, for the tug was heavy with the serpent, and could not procure it. Quicker than thought, the mother plunged the knife through the folds of the repule; and it fell seve red and bleeding to the ground. Now we are safe, she exclaimed, relieved from her apprehensions for the mo ment. "Safe!" shouted Hans, look ye dare, mom, and he pointed his fuger to a rock not many yards before them and there in one shining, black, and living mass, crept, curled and hissed a thousand like reptiles, their scaly folds glistening in the sun; they cov ered the face of the rock - they hung knotted in folds amid the surround ing shrubbery - they twined in the bushes - they rattled the loose stones. Their first impulse was to fly, but whe[?]e? they were surrounded by a liv ing mass, glancing their bright eyes in the sun, and darting out their fork ed and fiery tongues. A modern lady would have fainted, but not so with the mother of Hans. They maintain ed a point of a rock, rather apart from the reptiles, and they stood their ground They were not, however, doomed to a long imprisonment; with the setting sun the snakes disappeared whistling and drawing their long folds into the clefts of the rocks. - They were about to depart from so uninvi ting a neighbourhood when their at tention was arrested by the sound of oars, and as they looked through the twilight, they discovered a stead red light, moving from the west, im mediately across the waters towards them. On it came - quick, quick, quicker - till it literally shot over the unruffled face of the river, it approach ed the shore and paused - and then by that red and glaring light they saw a boat, dark yet transparent, for the waves shone through it, and there sat in its stern a dark figure, and it mov ed not; but over it fell the red and sickly glare of the unearthly light, and they saw a body and arms, but it was without a head, and while they gazed the light flared high and fierce, the figure raised from between its knees, a *head*, and its fingers were in its mat ted locks; a livid paleness was on the bloody cheek, the mouth was foam ing with contortions, and the eyes glared like balls of fire, and protruded from their sockets, and there rose from its blanched lips on the evening air, a howl, long, loud, and appalling, and the whole vanished in a flash of fire.

Hans' hair shot up so quickly, that his cap was thrown some ten feet in the air, and was never seen more, and E PRESS.

nor there to fe, Katreenehe ial house-wife. inuing in trilling along like a in the sun, she ed-her sleeves her work by then ready to er boys and start choce, for black ned one beauti g every thing called her son t and follow to at they could for some time the success they sight of the ollowing down uth east to the an angle to the ground in an il sight of the upon them, i d in the sky, uffle the sleep river. There ed mirror throw e dazzling ex- uan, which yet estern heaven. as they were, wera charmed y thing around they lingered uty of ail be- sibly gained a e shore - now, ch its tiny & the silver light sun began to of gold and ver of the forest

ed Hans, in an the shriek came "I am kilt! I ed and saw one one folds of a huge udden upon it d his limb like

The boy re head, though e serpent was round his limb ts head was mo ended. "Your mother-the boy for the tug was , and could not than thought, he knife through and it fell seve ground. Now ined, relieved s for the mo d Hans, look ye nted his finger ds before them long, black, and led and hissed ies, their scaly sun; they cov- ck - they hung the surround wined in the he loose stones. as to fly, but oaded by a liv ir bright eyes out their fork- A modern lady at not so with They maintain her apart from y stood their no!, however, isonment; with tes disappeared their long folds rocks. - They rom so unini- when their el the sound of d through the ed a steady red the west, im- easters towards - quick, quick, y shot over the ver, it approach ed - and then by ght they saw a parent, for the r feet, and there sat ere, and it: mov- the red and rthly light, and frms, but it was hile they gazed ed and fierce, the ween its knees, were in its mat ess was on the uth was foam- - and the eyes e, and protruded and there rose from the evening and appalling, in a flash of

o quickly, that me ten feet in seen more, and

they sprang from the rock for their dwelling to which they ran, Hans crying, "Mom; I am kilt! I am kilt!"

That rock which witnessed the ad- venture of the snakes and the demon, was then called the SLANGE KLIP - in plain English SNAKE ROCK.

ARKANSAS. - The opinion of the At torney General in the case of Arkansas, is published in the National Intelligencer of December 7. The subjoined extract is all that we have room for; it contains the conclusion of the Attorney General on the question submitted for his considera tion and it will be perceived it bears with equal force upon Michigan: - [Genius of Liberty.

"No law has yet been passed by Con gress which, either expressedly ar impli- edly, give the people of Arkansas the au thority to form a state Government. For the reasons above stated, I am, therefore, of opinion that the inhabitants of that Ter ritory have not at present, and that they cannot acquire, otherwise than by an act of Congress, the right to form such a Gov ernment.

But I am not prepared to say that all the proceedings on this subject, on the part of the citizens of Arkansas, will be illegal. They undoubtedly possess the ordinary privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States. Among these is the right of the people "peacea- bly to assemble and petition the Govern ment for the redress of grievances." In the exercise of this right, the inhabitants of Arkansas may peaceably meet togeth er in primary assemblies, for the purpose of petitioning Congress to abrogate the Territorial Government, and to admit them into the Union as an independant State. The particular form which they may give to their petition cannot be ma terial so long as they confine themselves to the mere right of petitioning, and con duct all their proceedings in a peaceable manner. And as the power of Congress over the whole subject is plenary & un limited they may accept any constitution however framed, which in tueir judgment meets the sense of the people to be affec- ted by it. If, therefore, the citizens of Arkansas think proper to accompany their petition by a written constitution formed and agreed on by their primary assemblies, or by a Convention of dele- gates chosen by such assemblies, I per- ceive on legal objection to their power to do so, nor to any measures which may be taken to collect the sense of the peo- ple in respect to it; provided, always that such measures be commenced and prose cuted in a peaceable manner, in strict subordination to the existing Territorial Government, and in entire subservience to the power of Congress to adopt, reject or disregard them, at pleasure.

It is, however, very obvious that all measures commenced and prosecuted with a design to subvert the Territorial Government, and to establish and put in force, in its place, a new Government, without the consent of Congress will be unlawful. The laws establishing the Ter ritorial Government must continue in force until abrogated by Congress, and, in the mean time, it will be the duty of the Governor, and all the other territorial officers, as well as of the President, to take care that they are faithfully execu- ted."

An Honorable Pledge. - During the consular sway of Napoleon, in France, and when the conspirations were in full force, there lived in one of the provinces of the south a very aged man, who exercised the profession of a tailor, and had twelve sons, all of whom served in the armies of Napoleon. They having one day obtained leave of absence from their regiments made use of the opportunity to go and visit their aged parent, but on their arrival were shocked to find that he was so reduced in circumstances as to be in want of food. 'No bread!' exclaimed one of them - 'the man who has given twelve conscripts to his country! we must procure him suste- nance - yet how?' We are ourselves destitute.' 'Is there no pawnbroker in the neighborhood?' exclaimed the youngest, who placed great confidence in the compassion of human beings as well as reliance of his Creator. - Pawnbroker! what good would that do? we have nothing to pledge?' You shall see brother. Our father is known to be an honest citizen, who has exer- cised his trade long enough, and be- ing destitute of bread, that is sufficient proof of his integrity. We also have all served during several years, and no one can cast the slightest imputa- tion on our honor. Let us pass this 'honor' - certainly there will be some who will willingly lend us fifty louis on such a pledge!' - This idea was im mediately approved of; and the twelve brothers wrote and signed on the spot the following billet: -

Twelve Frenchmen (sons of a tai lor, who at the age of near 90 years, is fallen into the deepest poverty,) all zealous in the service of their country requests from the pawnbroking estab lishment the loan of 50 louis d'ors, to assist an unfortunate father. As secu SS.

NO. 16. - WHOLE NO. C8.

rock for their hey ran, Hans kill! I am kill!' itnessed the ad- and the demon, LANGE KLIF- RE ROCK.

opinion of the At of Arkansas, and ational Intelligencer nabjoined extract rom for, it contains orney General on he for he considera ived it bears with gan: - [Genius of

ed to say that all this subject, on the Arkansas, will be tedly possess the d immunities of States. Among people "peacea grievances." It r, the inhabitants ably meet togeth es, for the purpose d to abrogate the t, and to admit an independant form which they n cannot be ma consider themselves tioning, and con gs in a peaceable ower of Congress is plenary & un at any constitution in tacit [?] of people to do af-c-, er, the citizens of r to accompany tion constitution by their primary vention of dele- assemblies, & per- to their power to sures which may be [?] oncluded, always that menced and prose isting Territorial ative under review s to adopt, reject leasure.

obvious that all ent and prosecuted ent the Territorial tablish and put in new Government, Congress will be tablishing the Ter must continue in by Congress, and ill be the duty of o the other territorial the President, to faithfully execu-

Pledge - During of Napoleon, in he conspirations here lived in one n the south a very ed the profession welve sons, all of armies of Napo ome day obtained their regiments rtunity to go and nt, but on their d to find that he ircumstances as d. 'No bread!' n: - 'the man who lispenses to his ecure him suste We are ourselves no pawnbroker ' exclaimed the great confidence human beings as his Creator, - good would that to pledge?' You r father is known n, who has exer enough, and be- , that is sufficient We also have eral years, and lightest imputa Let us pawn this were will be some end an fifty louis This idea was in f; and the twelve gned on the spot

n (sons of a tai f near 90 years, poverty), all of their country wnbroking estab 50 louis d'ors, to father. As secu

rity for the payment we pledge our 'honor,' and promise to repay the said sum within the space of one year.'

The billet was brought to the mon- ey office where the ben=volent direc- tors immediately counted out the 50 louis asked for, and tore the obliga- tion in pieces. Pledging themselves at the same time to provide for the old man so long as he lived,

From the New England Galaxy. FIRE SIDE SKETCHES.

I say tell me, Sarah, isn't it the general opinion abroad, you have not an opportunity of knowing, and here he tipped the wink to Sarah; that my wife there: his wife was setting a lit- tle behind him, so that she could not see his face, nor be hers: and I insist on your telling the truth: I want her to be satisfied; another wink, unper- ceived by the wife: is it, or is it not the general opinion: with imperturba- ble solemnity: that I am under petti- coat government.

Sarah began to smile: but continued silent,

That is, now do be plain with her: that the gray mare is the better horse.

The smile became a smothered laugh.

Or, at any rate: if you would'nt like to hurt her feelings: that she manages her poor dear husband most glorious- ly?

The smothered laugh could be smothered no longer. Out it burst as companied by an hysterical yes! and a most affirmative nod, heartier by far than the poor dear man expected or wished.

I felt rather puzzled for a moment; but on seeing a look of intelligence pass between the wife and Sarah, I understood it all. The husband and wife had both been winking to the witness, and both at the same time. What a scene for the stage. How like that case which happened to Sal ly the elder, who was employed at the same time in painting the portraits of the husband and wife, each un- known to the other and each for a birth day present to the other.

From the Ohio Farmer THE HORSE

Mr. MEDARY: - There are few, if any animals which deserve our care and at- tention so much as the noble and useful HORSE - yet there is none so subject to abuse and neglect. Perhaps their nature and uses naturally subject them to much of this, but much I know depends upon the owner.

As the following receipts may be of some service to those who wish to treat these poor and patient animals with hu- manity, as well as preserve them fit for proper usage, I send them to you for pub lication in the Farmer.

To cure a sore back. - Dissolve half a pint of blue vitrol in a pint of water, and apply it to the injured parts four or five times a day.

For blocs, bruises or sprains. - Take of spirits of wine eight ounces; dissolve one ounce of camphor first in the spirits of wine, then add one ounce of oil of tur pentine, one ounce of spirit of salt ammo niac; oil of origanum, half an ounce, and 1 largetable spoonful of liquid laudanum. It must be well rubbed in with the hand for a full quarter of an hour, every time it is used, which must be four times each day. Its efficacy is astonishing. - Every family should be provided with a bottle of this medicine, as it is equally good for all kinds of flesh not excepting human.

Staggers. - Do not let your horse stand too long without exercise, if fills his belly too full of meat, and let veins too full of blood. From hence the staggers and ma ny other distempers. Cure. - The cure is to bleed and purge.

To stop violent purging. - If upon purg ing a horse it works too long or too strong give him an ounce of venice treacle in a pint of warm ale, and repeat it if need ful.

Purgative ball for fevers - Aloes, 7 drachms, castile soap, 4 drachms, oil of carraway, 6 drops, with mucilage suffi cent to form the ball for one dose. HUMANIUS.

Pure Yankee. - What are you a doin off - There's no jump to her - no kind o' sprawl - had a terrible sight o' rain your way? Why! have you? had a good deal o' hay out last Sabberday - but the heft on't we got in afore meetin. When did you come down? Why tother day; whe'd you come up? - Ever so long ago! You belong to poland? - No. Minot? - No. You aint acquainted with a man by the name o' Togg - Jedediah Tog- hey? - Can't say I am. Take no care that up stairs an empt it. He took and hit me, then I took and set down, and then he took an got up, &c &c. They are putty thick together hey? - Well don't know but they are? - I saw them together last thanksgiv in' day, and could'nt tell which was which. E NO. 68,

we pledge our to repay the said s of one year.' ught to the mon- ben=volent direc- ounted out the 50 tore the obliga- dging themselves provide for the e lived,

ngland Galaxy. KETCHES. h, isn't it the ad, you have not owing, and here o Sarah: that my was setting a lit- hat she could not hers: and I insist ruth: I want her her wink, unper- is it, or is it not with imperturba- I am under petti-

le: but continued e plain with her: the better horse. me a smothered

you would'nt like that she manages nd most glorious-

laugh could be . Out it burst ac terical yes! and a , heartier by far man expected or

ed for a moment; of intelligence fs and Sarah, I *the* husband and winking to the the same time. he stage. How happened to Sol as employed at ating the portraits wife, each un- and each for a the other.

s Farmer ORSE. ere are few, if any e our care and at- noble and useful none so subject to perhaps their nature object them to much now depends upon

receipts may be of who wish to treat t animals with hu- reserve them fit for them to you for pub

e. - Dissolve half a a pint of water, and al parts four or five

*or sprains.* - Take nt ounces; dissolve first in the spirits ounce of oil of tur spirit of salt ammo half an ounce, and of liquid laudanum. d in with the hand *an hour,* every time be four times each stonishing, - Every ded with a bottle of equally good for all cepting human.

let your horse stand cies; it fills his belly his veins too full of he *staggers* and ma *Cure.* - The cure

*ing.* - If upon purg o long or too strong f venice treacle in d repeat it if need

*fevers* - Aloes, 7 s, 4 drachms, oil of with mucilage suffi for one dose. HUMANITUS.

What are you a o jump to her - - had a terrible way? Why! have al o' hay out last belt on't we got hen did you come day; when'd you long ago? You No. Minot? - No. t with a man by - Jedediah Tog. I am. Take an an empt it. He hen I took and sot took an got up, &c tty thick together know but they are? ther last thanksgiv nt tell which was