Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-10-23
for the assertion Of her equal rights.

beyond doubt more than sixty thousand,
to proceed in that event to the calling
Of u Convention for the institution Of a
state government, and to the election of
representatives and senators to congress.
The state Of Nit higan will then have II
right to demand admission into the I'm
ion; and it is not anticipated that the
congress of the United States will hest
ate 10 yield as "A matter of right, what
they have heretofore refused 10 grant us
- q favor.
Frauds upon the gsuernmeni.-The
Staunton, Va. Spectator states that 81
bills OF indictment we're found against
against persons for perjury and forgery,
At the late session Of the Federal court
at Clarksburg, for offences connected
with frauds under the pension laws.
Eloquent character Of SIR Isaoc Mention.
An original genius is often to be found
in all the departments Of human excel
lence. But it is rarely, indeed, that we
can discover one whose features are at
once distinctly marked, and nicely blend.
ed: each different from the ordinary
cast, and all animated BY the same spir-
il. The most astonishing intellect that
ever has been permitted TO enlighten
mankind, possessed this rare harmony
in the highest degree. Those qualities
which distinguished the father Of Undue.
tive science from every other philoso-
Pher, we're equally conspicuous in each
Of his various exertions, and the pre- EN-
inent dignity Of his powers was sustain.
ed through all the thousand operations
BY which he enlarged the grasp Of the
human mind. 1t is in vain that We search
every corner Of the Newtonlan writings,
Tor some tr,fling proof, that their author
was like ourselves, liable to the common
intellectual feelings ofthe species. We
are consoled by no glimpses OF waveri"g
steps, even on the most delicate ground f;
OF hasty advances where the footing is
surast and the prize most attractive; or
careless examination where the objects
ar most trivial; or relaxation where the
greatest obstacles have been surmount-
ed; or Incorporate triumph where the
most dazzling prospects are displayed.
Each height is reached by the safest and
shortest path, with the smallest hustle !;
and the attainment is only valuable as
leading to some lnlter eminence. Each
position is marked by its distance from
the ordinary level; by the nature the
works Of which secure it, aud by the
country which it commands. The chief
characteristic of Newton is the degree
OF superiority in which he towers above
every other natural philosopher, SO as to
form class by himself But the kind
Of his excellence is also remarkable and
uniform. The distance and dlssmilari-
~ OF the objects, which his discoveries
enable Us to compare, is not more aston.
ishing than the ease and simplicity Of the
means Of comparison. The pleasure Of
contemplation, which forms the primary
object Of all abstract science, and which
the view OF those comparisons invariably
bes.ows, is equalled by the practical inn
Portance of the consequences to which
they may be applied. The annuncia-
tion Of the proposition is not more unex-
perted than the demonstration is flowing
and the corollaries are useful. All those
various investigations too are the work
Of one great simple mind, versatile in
the direction Of its effarts, but uniform
in its mode Of operation mot the at.
tempt Of an ordinary intellect, straining
At universally, by ambitious mimicry Of
different tale"ts.--Edinburgh REVIEW.
4 Dandy's Brains. NO, long ago, a
couple Of fellows in New York, happen
ing 10 take fancy 10 a young, lady aud
one Of them who was a dandy, sent the
other challenge, which was accepted {;
and accordingly, they proceeded to the
Jerseys to try the cUld lead. The Sc
conds loaded the pistols with nothing
but powder. The one who received the
challenge, put rotten egg in his pock-
ct; and when the pistols were discharg-
ed, the dandy standing ready to fall
from the fright, received the egg plump
on his forehead, which felled his spindle
ahanks quite TO the ground, and he ap-
plying both hands to his face, scraped
off the moving matter, ard turning his
eyes mournfully towards heaven, ex.
claimed, 70 God see nay brains!-Lo,pell
O6eerrer.