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THE BATTLE GROUND OF
TlPPECANOE.
From The Kentucky Intelligence,

There are few scenes in the Western
country so iull Of interest to the stranger
as the Battle Ground of Tippecanoe. l. d
who looks upon the page of his counry's
herois,n as the bright heraldism OF u
Young and vigorous republic, and whose
bosom swells at the recital OF those glorl-
Gus deeds of daring and bravery which
distinguished our frontier wars, cannot
look unleelingly on this interesting spot.
His mind wanders back to those days OF
priyation and hardship, which were en-
dured by the western rangers in their at
,empts to quell the naughty souls OF our
SAVAGE borders: and chords Of memory
and feeling are touched, to which Ian
ruage IS incapable Of giving expression.
An hour and n hali's pleasant ride
from the agreeable little village OF Lafay-
cite, (Indiana,) on the Wabash, will place
YOU on the spot and you will generally
find some one in the neighborhood who
will accompany you over tire ground, and
.noint out to you the position oftroops du-
rno the battle; the point of first attact by
ahe enemy the rock upon which Da' less
fell aud expired; and the grave of the fall
On the Goth of May, 1881, visited
the battle ground, in company with an el'
Aerlv gentleman and his son from LOUIS
willie, Ky. 1t was clear calm day, ane
af,er a pleasant ride from Lafaettc, We
halted upon the memorable spot. Man,
nfthos. who fell beneath the rifled fire o
the dark-eyed Pottaw atomic, and tht
Hood thirsty Shawnee, had been the init
mate friends Mr. A. my companion. Ht
smoke Of their manly virtues with warmth
and energy ; and tear turrowed down
the old gentleman's cheek as he gazet
anon the rude grave that contained thei
remains.
The incidents of the battle are prett.
generally known to backwoodsmeh, bn
If a sketch, gathered from one ofthr act
ors in the scene, can give any interest T.
this paper, there can be no improptiet
adding it here. Gen. Harrison, with hi
forces, consisting of few hundred noun
ted Kentucky rangers, and large mum
her of foot soldiers, arrived on the eve
ming previous to The engagement, ut 10
nrophetTs town, one miie from the batti
around: The few Indians that the troop
found here, manifested disposition
t,ea, With Gen Harrison, ard poIntes
ont to him the spot on which the battl
was subsequently, fought, as Prope
,I,,o of his encampment, where the
!,,a,n;sed the chiefs OF their band sboul
s..;, unon him on the following motniag
~ nf;cers doubted the faith {
,1suIyd,nn,. naaTy and were inclined to camp ,
sSsas'aanns ss%s oansI place Hors'er tho .s' zig,
SUI ,~"s q Cavofabte one; our troops w we,
mncb fa,iGued from continued 'o.S. =,
Zach for several days; and alter n'aN''' '
% .ome necessary precautionary arrsoge
% .on,s the tents were struck and u
namn fires kindled-on either slac
,be encampments was Sign. oeGna,' T.,,
% =, tho base of which a fork OF the i'pP
~ "aaoe creek meandered slowly throu'
,So nrairic and united hundred y"ress
so 40 below tbc encampment. The s0'1''
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BEAurIruL CcMrARIsoy. A black
thunder cloud passed before the great
lpht of the world. The sun was darken,
ed for time, but hardly had the gloomy
enemy of her lustre, passed from before
her, ere she lighted up its edge with
circle Of living glory.
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PETER SINGLES ESCAPE FROM MATRr-
MoNY.-We are all liable to disappoint-
ments, says my aunt, with sigh. True,
we are, answered; but you surely don't
pretend to call mine disappointment =
What else, you blockhead! Why, an es-
taps, aunt, wonderful, miraculous and
delightful escape. Why these are strange
words, Peter. No more strange ihah
true, my good aunt; and every days OBJ
setyation makes it more SO. How so!-
Merely peeping, aunt-looking into the
secrets of their hearts--the secrets aha
houses ofthose who are married, and l
ann taught then the true blessings OF lib
srty. 5Tis gift Of heaven bestowed on
man BY his divine Creator; and all ant
mated beings, free from the thraldom Of
slavery, sing together for joy-for why
because they are free. Why Peter you
seem ihapired. ! am, aunt, when speak
ing of liberty, Then you don't regard
the loss of Dolly? Not fg-not fig.
Did YOU ever hear the reason Of our sep
aration, aunt? No. Well, l will tell it
to YOU; tits All excellent joke, assure
YOU, we WGIe oh out wy w S""' -
for the awful crime of matrimony, trudg-
ing along the path leading to the Holy
pile, quite losiug and affectionate; when
all of a sudden Dolly looks up in my face,
and cries Peter, Peter. What, Dolly
says |. Peter, who is to make the fire
after we are married.? You, Of course,
Dolly, l repled-that; you must be a
ware, is females place-hei duty. Mr.
Single, tell you it is unmannerly, un'
gentlemanhkc, and understandable, too
to say that must make the fire-and dc
you think will get up on cold frosty
morning, while you are sleeping in bed
and make your fire sir! Why Dolly, m,
dear. this is strange conduct-and 1 wen
on to tell her that would prepare the
wood over night, and have every thing
ready for her--and, Dolly, you know my
business will call me out early. don
know, nor l don't care; MIR. Single
make the fire will not. You won't make
the fire, madam No sir! Then Dolly
hang me if l have you. Then, Mr.. SIN
ole, hang me il care. And so we part
ed. Yes, ON the spot--and l have re
ioiced at the event ever since. sign my
self with great pleasure, Peier Single
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The THREE FRIENDS no frient
before thou hast tried him, for they a.
bound more at the iestal board than al
the prison door. III
A certain man had three friends, two
Of them he loved warmly; the other he re-
garded with indifference, though that one
was the truest OF his well wishers. The
man was summoned before tribunal,
and, though innocent, his accusers were
bitter against him.
'Who among YOU, said he, 'will 60
with me, and bear witness Tor me! For
my accusers are bitter. against me, and
the king is displeased.'
The first OF his friends at once excused
himself from accompanying HIM, on inc
plea of other business. Inc second FOL
lowed him TO the door of the tribunal:
there he turned back and went his way,
through fear OF the offended Judge. The
third, on whom he relied the least, spoke
for him, and bore witness to his innocence,
so that the Judge dismissed and rewarded
him.
Man has three friends iii this world;
how do they demean themselves towards
him in the hour of death, when God calls
him to judgmeat' His best beloved
friend, gold, is the first to leave him, and
accompanies him not. His friends and
kinsman accompany him to the portal Of
the grave, and then turn back to their own
homes. The third, whom he is most ne
glecttul of, Is his good works. They a.
lone 90 with him to the Judges throne,
they stand before him, and speak for him,
and obtain mercy and grace.
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*The prophet, "a brother of the cele-
btated Iecunseh who exercised great
influence among the various tribes OF the
N. West, persuaded the Indians that the
bullets of the whites soldiers could not
hurt them.
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That man deserves to be called n light
of the world, who does good even to his
enemies, as soon as the hour of oPpress-
ion is past.
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Coon ADvIcE.--It is better to tread
the path of life cheerfully, skipping lightly
over tho thorns and briers that obstruct
your way, than to sit down under every
hedge lameniing your hard fate. The
thread of a cheerful mans life spins out
longer than that OF Il man who Is contln-
ual1ly sad and despondng. Prudent con-
duct in the concerns OF life is highly nec-
cssary- but ir distress succeed, detection
and despair will not afford relief The
best thing to be done when evil comes up
ON us, is not lamentation, but action; nJ'
to sit and suffer, but to rise and seek the
remedy.
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Vicc is most dangerous when it puts
on a semblance Of virtue.
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choly cadence the inscription upon the
coffin, n,-"Rest, Warriors Rest % as he
turned TO leave the memorable battle
ground Of Tippecanoe. j. =. =.
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We publish the following by request. tits tax
en- from the Philadelphia Narrator
THE BLUE-EYED CHILD.

THE BLUE-EYED CHILD.
About twenty years ago, very ludi-
c.cas and romantic occurrence took place
10 tho church in which l then labored
ISa;ch, although it might look like fiction,
vas real fact.
! A man who had been a member Of the
shurch for some years, and had an amia-
ole wife, and seven or eight children, be-
cnne extremely dissatisfied with his wife,
and wished her to be put out ofthe church.
ne complained of her to the session, had
her cited TO appear for trial, and would
aot be satisfied until the case was tried
by the session.
The ground of his dissatisfaction was
This: flis wife had given birth to blue
cged c.iI. lie had dark eyes himself;
Is had his wife and all his other children.
ltnas offhcm had sandy, red hair, but
GarS oyes: his wile's people we're all dark
eyed; so was his mother. As to his fa-
ser, he could not tell so well about him:
,nrhaps he had never seen him. But
his child had blue eyes. How the first
kiue eyes came, he did not know; but for a
blue Dyed child to be born by his wife
could not be right, and she must there
fore pc put out or the church for il.
| He was praying man. Morning and
ievcning devotion was regularly attended
lin his family. Often and fervently he
prayed in the family for his wife, that the
lord would show her her sins, and give
her repentance for them all; in which
prayers she could heartily Join and cheer
inlly say--Amen. But this would not do.
To minglo the prayers Of saint and a
sinner together in religious worship would
never do. lie could not pray ,riih hor.-
lio could not desist from family prayer,
yet to pray wiih the mother ofa blue eycd
child, ds his loved chaste wife, could mol
do.
He watched his opportunity, and while
her hands were in the dough preparing
breod for his breakfast, he Withdrew e
the other end Of the house (t coptainc,
but one room) and there he kncelcd an'
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In consequence of,thc governors of the
Virginia state prison having issued no.
tice that tailoring would be done in that
establishment, by the convicts, in the
fashionable manner, at lower rate than
could be obtained at any other place, the
tai!ors h eld o meeting, supported by other
mochesics, for the purpose Of determining
on the best n,qde to put stop 70 this un-
Just p,ocee.,scs. II occ1ssoaci'consiScf-
able excitement.
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From a London paper
THE CATARACT OF LoDORE.


DIR. johnson once said thai he could write nm
essay on a broomstick +; and there Ia no doubt but
he could. for man Of genius can do any thing
lie would have fonnd topic in every part oi MS
Imagination lie wotld have morazed on tho
stsrlity OF the sun-bunnt heath, and have dscant-
cd on the rich beauty of the blue heather bells lie
woa!d have traced the I" bonny broom" from Its
first blossom In the srubto ts last stump in the
bosom But we doubt if he could have described
the ,aanner in which /" the watsfs comes down ut
i.odcre, ,, with half the whinsicaty and spirit dis
played in the following HUMOROUS representation,
winch we extract from "a Collection .of Poems,
chieHy manuscript, and from living authors. Edit
ed fof the benefit Of friend, by Joanna Bailie."
Tac Caioroct of Lodore, described IN
rhyme, for the nursery, BY one q The Lake
Poets. -
How does tho water come down a Lodore ."
Here il comes sparkling,
IN And there IL lios daykling;
y Here smoking and frothing,
Its tumult and wrath in,
II has,ens along. conflicting, strong;
Now striking and raging.
Az sifswar wasmg,
n Is csverns and rocks among
Rising and leaping,
Sinking and creeping, ...r
Swelling and hingiDg,
.shovsring and springine.
Eddyins and whiskIng,
sponting sud friakins.
Iurnins and tviang
Around and srguAd,
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slaves, but freemcn from whom, part Of
tteir legitimate rights are withholden by
We party 10 power-lreemen who have
t}e privilege to contend for their rights
abd 10 put forth every. effort to obtain them,
$'arrapted by the constitution Of our coun-
", 10 citizen ofany other State. Thus
si,aIl consider it.
" Government, it is readily conceded OH
III hands, is an institution that l should
save in view the safety, protection, well
fyve, and happiness, OF the whole body
r,Gtic, and that form and mode of Gov
Nrnr.ent bes, calculated to produce this
-esult, comes nearest to perfection, and is
Mes, salutary in its operations. An arbi-
Nary or despotic government may be es-
- .ed by the few over the uanv, by
A~Nor force : either physical or moral,
sy sSsing either from wealth or knowledge;
I'D rubjugatng the poor and ignorant to
: 'ras-control. Taking advantage ofthese
and urged on by selfish
Ir,ayes, and the love of power, those who
)hape thus seized the reins Of government,
ssill be likely to mould it to their own
News, with the object of their own ag-
,,srandzement and, by means of their u
lpsped authority, reduce the rest of the
''~,Smmunity to the condition of slaves.
The past history of all despotisms-the
sslpericnce of the present age, Us it re-
,iec.s many of the powers of Europe
,f,rnish us with abundant evidence of the
!; ,lth ofthis proposition, and make il cer-
iian that absolute power in the hands of
fay man, or set OF men, is dangerous to
.e liberties Of the people and that, un-
IL those circumstances, government is
sn,dom indeed framed or administered
!. ,Lh view to the general good. 1t seems
Y be agreed, in our country at least, that
lf.e only government capable OF produce
.y the desired result, is a Republic and
Ss The principles Of rcpublcaDism, we
/ ,us' discuss our question.
j1l We state the question thus--Who
;;4tuid have the right to give his vote for
ihe choice of officers, by whom he IL to
Is,e governed, and in the affairs of the body
| ,oi,tr, ef which he is member? Ireply
Aiithe government can affect neither
III 0 ade,y welfare, or happiness, of any
/ .aan Who IL not a landholdcr- --if he that
V-Ss no land is not equal, either by crea.
! 4 i, or republicanism, to him that hold,
X s~I-if nc has TO rights TO sustain
Z a. c-se;'il;i.sa wses;ed fsop, hin
! FuHao whose interest and pleasure j
skay ae, L oppress, degrade, and cnslav'
jtln.-- pnd, il having those rights, they
lare worthless unless registered as landed
property, there may be shew of reason
why tic ipndholder should claim, for him
Iself alone, the sole power Of government
Il, in fact, the rights, the privileges, th'
liberties, the wealth, the happiness, th'
Interests, the knowledge, talents, and jus
lice, OF the entire community, be vested il
1.-The owners of the soil, then, on that sup
position, let the proposition rest, for it cal
Irest on no other, than tho landholdcr a
Hone, should control the concerns Of state
But we deny the validity of the premises
altogether.
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The New Orleans Bee, Of the Goth ult.
has the following paragraph, showing the
melancholy effects produced by the raw
ages of fever in that city : A lady hsv
ing lost her husband a few days since, in
a fit of despair, attempted to destroy here
self and two Of her children, by precipi~
tating them into we'll, and then throw
ing herself in after them /; they were all
taken OIL, soon after, but melancholy to
relate, her children were both dead, sud
her own life is at present despairej Of"
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MEAT ON FRIDAY. DR. Brownlee states
if his last letter on the Catholic confro-
versy, that Bishop English, who has just
returned from Europe, has succeeded.in
obtaining dspensation from His Holi.
ness the Pope, permitting the members Of
the Catholic Church in Tie United Statee
to eat meat on Friday.
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There were in Portland harbor on
Wednesday about hundred and sixty
fishing vessels, which came in to escape
the effects ofthe northeast storm and heavy
blow that commenced the day before.
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A volume, containing selection from
the speeches and 'occ dsional writings OF
Hon. Tristan Burgess, with II Memoir OF
his Life, is in preparation for the press,
by gentleman of Providence.
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Collecting, disecting,
With endless rebound
Shifting and fighting,
A sight to delight in, ,. !
Contoundng, astounding,
Dizzying and deaiening the eur with lie sonnd.
:" Recedng and speeding,
And shocting and rocking,
And darting and parting,
And threading and spreading,
And whizzing and Kissing,
And dripping and skipping,
And whtewpg and Frightening,
And quivering and shivesing,
And hitting and splitting,
And shining and twining,
And rai,Iing AL battling,
And shaking and quahing,
And pouring sr.d roaring,
1 And waving ard raving,
And tossing aud crossing,
And ii.winr and slowing,
And running and stunning,
And huuying and skurrying,
And gittering and flitiering,
And gathering and ieathering,
And DINING and spinning,
And loaming and roaming,
And dropping and hopping
And working aud jerking,
ANA guGslins ahe struggling,
Ana leaving and leaving,
And laundering and foundering,
And falling and brawling and sprawling,
And driving and irving and striving,
And sprirIding aud twinkling and wrinkling,
And soundirg, and bounding and rounding,
And bubbling apd troubling and doubling,
Dividing and gliding and sliding,
And grumbling and rumbng and tumbling,
And gathering aud battering and shattering,
And cleaning and streaming and steamins ant
beaming,
And rushing and flushing and brushing and gushing
Ard curling and whirling and purlins and twirling
Rsrreating and meeting and beating and sheeting,
Delaying and straying ard playing and spraying,
Advancing and prancing and glancng and dancing
Recoilirg. turmoiling and toiling and boiling,
And humping and Humping and bumbing and jun
ing,
And dashing and flashing and spashing and clashins
And so never ending but always descending,
Sounds and motion for ever and ever are blendn
All at once, and oil o'er, with mighty uproar-
And this way the water comes down at Lodore.
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EARTHQUAKE IN CuBA.---A letter ofthe
23d Aug. from Santiago de Cuba, con-
tains the following: On the 17th inst. at
l9 minutes past 10 p. nj. several shocks
Of an earthquake were fel. in this city,
more severe than usual. At 8 minutes
past IL, others still more scvcre:tead ss
II minutes past 3 on the following morn.
sng, two o,aess Grflle SvLl, ahcut hal&
past p. Eysanother shocks ssough siignt.
was felt, ahd ssvesai spersnns say they
perceived twn more. Theso ycnis could
not be regarded with indiflesence by q
community which remembered the hor~
rors ofthe great earthquake in 1873 and
1865. 1t was feared they might be tho
precursors of some dire calamity.
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r.,m iha New Monthly hinranine.

From the New Monthly Hingazsne.
syps5Ss Ji;s1'Eis NsIissiNGI:io IEATE..
Oae Of the Kings Of Scanderoon.
A royal Jester,
Hnd in his train gross buffoon,
Who used 60 poster
Tho Cour, with tricss innoppcriane,
Venting on the highest folks his
Scurvy pleasantries and hoaxes.
Il needs some sense to play the fool,
Which wholesome rule
Occurr' d not to our jacknapes,
Who consequently fosnd his freaks
Lead to in numerable scrapes,
And quite as many kicks and tweaks,
Which only seem'd to make him iaster
Try the patience Of his master.
Some sin at last, beyond all measure.
lncurr'd the desperate displeasure
OF his Serene and raging Highness'
Whether he twitch d his most revered
And sacred beard,
Or had intruded on the shyness
of tho Seraglio, or let fly
An epigram at royalty, 49,
None knows his sin was an occult one
But records tell MS that the Sultan,
Meaning to tcrrify the knave,
Exclaim d." Tis time to stop that breath )
Thy doom is seal'd ;--presumptuous slave
Thou styad' st coudemn'd TO certain death.
Silence, base rebel mo replying -
But snch is my indulgence still,
THAT OF my own free grace and will,
,1slcave to thee the mode Of DYING
q Thy royalwill be done--'Tis just"
Replied the wretch, and kiss d the dust;
z Z. Since, my last moments to assauge,
Your Majesty's humane decree
Iias deign'dt 10 leave the choice TO me, :,
All die, so please you, of old nge ~ H.
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We learn that the Hon. DAME, Webs.

We learn that the Hon. Daniel Webs
ter has been engaged during the past
week on Will case, Exeter IN. II. in
which his fees will amount, to $1,000
The Hon Jeremiah Mason was engaged
on the opposite side. Mr.. Webster, and
nlso Governor Cass and Secretary Wood
bury, received their preparatory education
at Exeter Academy, under the instruction
Of the same gentlemen, DR.. ABBOTT, who is
still ut the head Of the institution.
Journal Of Commerce.
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X is sumored that Marcus Morton is 10
be appointed Attorney General 10 the
place of Mr.. Tuncy, now Secretary Of
the Treasury
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An honest cracker, IN the employment
of gentleman in this town, was .promis-T
ed by his employer, present Qf hog
which should weigh 800 lbs. Tho hog
was given according to promis6, and the.
next day the donor expected thanks, of
course, but Charley broke out, Faith,
Mr.. -, you have cheated me'' Cheat
ed you-howi" Why, your present
fell % lbs entirely, short Of three hun
dredn ~ Lowell Times.