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WISCONSIN TERRITORY.

This territory is fast gaining on public
attention. The following notice is from
the Le Roy Gazette, Of the l7lh ult,
Two years ago nearly, wo heard a pesson
who was we'll acquainted with !ne west
speak the Rock River coug.uy in terms
ofas decided praise as those we now
copy. The editor Gf The G.zetto says:
ave have IN our possession a letter
written BY d young gentleman formerly
from Livingston county in this state, who
has spent considerable time in travelling
in Michigan, Illinois and the Wisconsin
Territory. lie speaks we'll Of this latter
Territory. The Rock River country is
tho finest he ever saw for farming pWpo-
ses. lie says:-'I thought Grand river
surpassed any thing in this western
world, but It will not compare with, the
Rock River which is navigablo for steam
boats to Rockport, where there is water
power equal to the Genessoe river at Ro
chester.
"There arc two steamboats, now mu-
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INDIAN ELOQUENCE.


There isa mine Of truth in :hc reply oI
Red Jacket, when called q warrior; "A
UGrriOr.n said lie; Il am an. orator i was
born an orator.
No where can LC found poetic thought
clothed in more captivating simplicity ol
expression, than in the answer OF Tecum
sch 10 Governor Harrison, in The confer
,once at Nincennes, II CONTAINS a high
moral rcbuke, and sarcasm, heightened
in effect by an evident consciousness OF
lolliness above the reach Of insult. AT
Ahe close ofhis address, he found that no
chair Ind been bIaced for him, neglect
which Governor Harrison ordered TO be
.remedicd as soon as discovered. Suspec
ding, perhaps, that dl was more an a4Eenl
than mislaiso, with an air OF dignity,e el
~evated almost 10 haughtiness, hOdecHned
the seat offered. 10 the words,-'YOur
father requests you 10 take a chair iFe an
swerUd as he calmly disposed himself on
Ahe grounds My latherl The sun is my
father, and the earth Is 'ny 'AoNIer, l will
GepOsO upon her bosOm.
You have arms said Seminole chief
Aa,eIy TO General Clinch, 'and SO have
we, you have powder and lead, aad so
havs We; you have men, aud so have we;
your men will fight, uud so will ours; till
The last drop Of the Semlnole's blood has
moislencd his hunting ground This
needs 40 comment lnlrePidity is its
character,
Tura 10 Red Jackets graphic descriP-
zion Of the fraud which has purloined
their territory, and shame mInges some
wha, with our pity. Brothers at the trea
Nes held for the purchase of oar lands,
he white men, with sweet voices and sml
my faces, told us they loved US, but that
he kings children on tho other side ol
lClake would cheat US. When we 90 on
he other side Of tho lake, the kings chill
dren tell us your people will cheat us
These things puzzle our heads, aud we be
iieye that the Indians must take care Of
themselves, and not trust either in our
people or ia the kings children. Broth
ers, our seats were once lurge, and yours
very small. You havo now become Q
groat people, and wo have scarcely
place left 10 spread our blankets. True
and soon their graves will bo all the.
shall retain OF their once Omple hunlini
grounds. Their strength is wasted, 'hel
countless warriors dead, thoir forest
laid low, and their burial places uPturne'
by the ploughshuro. There was tim'
when tho war cry Of Powhattan, Dc
q aware, or an Abenabnis struck terro
to the heart of the pale face; but nov
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COL. CROCKETT NOT DEAD YET

COL. CROCAEET NOT DEAD YET.
We ere much gratiied in being able
TO inform our readers tNatCo Crockett,
tie hero and patriot, it is said is not yet
dead. This cheering news is brought by
a gentleman Row 10 Ibis city directly
from Texas, who left tho colonel, as he
states, iAreo weeks ago at the house OF
his brother in low in Texas, where the
colonel was lying quite i'll, but gradual
ly though slowly recovering from his
wounds.
The gentleman who brings this news is
known 10 number Of our citizens, who
believe him TO be a man OF veracity. He
states that Crockett was leN upon the bat
Ito ground at ST. Antonio, covered with
wounds, and, as the Mexicans supposed,
dead. That alter The MexiCans had aban
doned tho place, Crockett was discovered
by Some Of his acquaintance 10 be lying
among the slain, sull exhibiting signs Of
lie, He vas immediately taken and con
veyed 10 comfortable lodgings, las before
stately where his wounds were dressed,
and every attention necessary TO his re.
covcry paid him lie had received a SO
we're cash with tOmahawk on the upper
part Of the forehead, q ball in his LEFT arm
and another through one Of his thighs, be
sides severalolher minor wounds.--When
the gentleman whobrinss this intelligence
left his brother IN laws house Crockett
was doing we'll.
Candor compels us 10 say that there
are many ImprObabilities in relation TO
tho truth Of this report; but the respecta.
BILE character Of the gentleman who saws
he saw him with his own eyes in tho con
d't'oa and under the circumstances above
stated induces us to give il credit. We
nave nevertheless, Some doubts of il.
'ru'h. We give ,no story, however, as
inc gen''emG.n represented it, and we sin
c0rC'y Gope il may provo entirely authen
TIC, II is either true Or tho man who has
detailed to numerous persons in this CITY
tho above statements, is n lying william
1t isdue to himto say, however, that ,hos,
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CorroII Free Press:
-iEFrom bad BaItimOre American.

The grand Steam ship Company, pro.
s,,osed to be established for facilitating e.
,eYceierating intercourse between-E Europe
and America, to whichwe referred soAae
-davs AGO. makes handsome show on
na1er and wo are inclined 10 think, will
he successful IN practice, Though it may
not fully -reahzc the extravagant expecta
lions entertained By its originators, eth
-er as toauickness Of passage or amount
of profit. The New York Tanes gives
the prospectus Of The company, with de
tailed estimate 6fthe capital required, the
yearly outgOings and incOmings,
The company have already selected
their hatbor on the southwest coast Of
Ireland. .Valenia was FIRST coatemPla.
ted; bat il was found that Birturbuy was
on several accounts preferable, being
much nearer to- Dublin, ina straight line
between N. Y. and Dublin, and having a
.copacious safeharbor, The country be
tween Birturbay and Dublin IS remaTka-
bly favorable for the construction Of q
Rail Road, being level, and aboundingiR
ahe necessary materials. The eest Ofthis
Rail Road is Of course the chiefIlem 10
absorb the capital stock OCthe company,
it being estimated at one million one Luu
.dred thousand pounds sterling. The next
heaviest item IS, 'tweRty large steam yes
:sels al twenty Eve thousand pounds each
making five hundred thousand pounds
Besides these there are 10 be eli hit small
,ones, TO cost fourteen thousand dollars
each, one hundred and twelve for the
whole. Wharves, docks, stores, Parlia
.mentary expenses, &c. are set down a
two hundred and eighty-eight Thousand
pounds, making altogether two million
qpOun1s sterling, or about ten millions do
liars.
IN estimating the annual expenses, by
far the heaviest items are the wear and
tare of the Rail Road and steam vessels
~of theiRaiI Road, one thousand pounds
per mile; of the largesteam boats eight
thousand pounds each, ahd tho smaller
.ones six. The whole annual outgoing'
are set down at four hGndrcd and forty
three thousand pounds.
The principal source Of the annual re
,cOiptsis from cabin passengers, gwen o.
twelve thousand at twenty-five pounds
each. This we should think large est
mate, while Eve thousand cmigrants, th'
number given at four pounds each, i
much too small. A third class Of pas
,sengers is set down at six thousand, t.
pay twelve pounds and half. One hun
,dred thousand pounds are set down toI
carriage OfAmcrican and English pro-
,duce and manufactures. The same sun
is expected for carriage for British manu-
fac,ures and produce en- the Rail Roat
for home consumption; and the same io
steamboat transportation between Liver
spool and Dublin. The whele receipts
amount according 10 these estimates, II
nearly eight hundred thousand pounds
which, after deducting tho expenses as a
bove stated, would leave u sum to DO dI
Vlded sufficient to yield seventeen POI
cent. on the stock.
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COWS,

The management of cows, so as 10
keep them healthy, and ensure con-
slant supply of pure milk, is not gen.
orally understood in cities, and if un.
derstood is not praCticed. StrOlling
through Orange, near Grand street,
says the editor Of the New York Star,
our olfactory nerves were refreshed
with the delightful odor Of cows,
something like new mown hay, which
perfumed the air, and that too in a
part Of the city not remarkable for its
cleanliness, On pushing open the
door of a wooden stable or pen, we
found thirty fine cows each in stall,
and kept in The most wholesome man.
ner. They were attended by grooms
like horses, curried and kept clean
daily, fed with warm Swill three times
in twenty four hours, besides meal
and hay. The swill is emptied into
a vat and pumped into their trOughs.
and the free use Of water CourSing con
stantly through the stable, keeps the.
| place sweet and clean. The conse-
ouence Of this treatment is, that their
hides are smooth and glossy, the ami
mails lively, and their udderS distend-
ed with milk, which is served TO city
customers. We think this mode pre-
ferable to turning cOws loose on the
common, to pick up the stunted shrub
berry and nip the rank grass, or walk
the streets gathering the Ofals of the
city.
The breath Of these cows is consid-
cred good for cousumplive persons;
and although the stable has not an in-
viting exterior, yet the condition Of
the tenents is really admirable. and
we should prefer milk from animals
kept so carefully.
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MAXIMS.

Z. "The gay, deceitGuI, shrewd, pol
ished, able man; the Courlier, the man
of The worId, In public and stirring
life, this is the & antagonist, often the
successful and coneuering rival Of
character FIVE. You perceive a man
like lhSvaries so greatly in intellect,
from the mere butterfly talent to the
rarest geniuy; from the person you see
at cards, 10 The person you see in cabl
nets from the D--to the Chesterfield
from the Chester6eldg TO the Peri
cles; that tits difficult to give you an
exact notion Of the weak points Of a
character so various. But while he
dupes his equals and his superiOrs,
consider him, my attentive pupils, by
no means a very difficult characterfor
an inferior TO dupe. AM 10 this m IN
ner you must go about it. DO not at
tempt hypocrisy, he will see through
it in an instant. Let him think you
at once, and at first sight, rogue. Be
candid on that matter yourself: but
let him think you a WSefH rogue.
Serve him we'll and Eealously: but own
that you do so because you consider
your interest involved in his. This
reasoning satisfies him; and as men OF
this character are usually generous,
he will acknowledge its justice by
throwing ) gu plenty Of sops and slim
uiating you with bountiful cordials.
Should he not content you herein, ap.
pear cOntented; and profit il in belray
ing him that is the best way 10 cheat
him. not by his failingS, but by oppor
tunity. Watch not his character, but
your time.
s. "The vain, arrogant, brave, amo
rous, aashy character. This sort Of
character we formerly attributed tc
the French, and it is still more com
mon 10 the Continent than that be-
loved island which | shall see nc
more! A creature Of this description
is made up Of many false virtues; a
bove others, il is always prOfuse where
its seI6shness isappealed to, not otheI
wise. You must find, then, what ple'
ses Il, and panders TO its tastes 81
will ye cheat it, or ye will cheat i
also by affecting the false virtues
which it admires itself; rogue your
sentiments highly, and let them stru
with a buskined air; thirdly, my goot
young men, ye will cheat It by prOfus,
hattery, and by calling it in especial
the mirror Of chivalry.'
.. "The plain, sensible, honest man
| A favorable, but not elevated speci
men OF our race. This character, my
beloved pupils, you may take in once
bat never twice. Nor can you taxi
him in as a stranger, he must be you
friend, or relation, or have known il
timately some part Of your family. A
man OF this character is always open
Though in a moderate and calm degree
to the duties and ties Of life. He vii
alwaysdo something 10 serve hi
friend, his brother, or the man wh9qt
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.NEwARK,(O ,(OH1o,l April e9.

A'case ofsome notoriety was dispo
sed Of at the late term Of Common
Pleas ofiLicking county. 1t was The
case of Clssns, the horse thief, TO
which we allude. He stole horse
from the territory occupied by the
WyanGot Indians, some time sincej
was apprehended, tried and convicted
in Crawford county; but the verdict
Of the iurywas set aside by Judge
Higgins, on the ground that the State
had no jurisdiction over the Indian ter
ritory, and could not, therefore, take
cognizance of crimes committed upon
it. The case was then taken up to the
United States Circuit Court, which
decided that the case could be tried
Iiby the judicial tribunals Of the State.
The prisoner was then removed to
Knox county;butit was afterwards
ascertained thathe'had sold the stolen
horsein Licking county, and that ne
should be tried there. He was accor
dinghy discharged, but was immediate
Ey arrested agaiD, and brought New
ark, where he was'tried, aud "coHvic-
ted and sentenced to three years. con
fnement 10 the ,peuitenIisry. .-UadU0
tcGte.
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SINGULAR AND AFFECTING
DELJJSION,

tOfIhe delusion incident 10 i'll health
old age, or mental alteration, many
are so wild and grotesque, as to pro.
yoke laughter rather than pain--how'
ever painful in their irassociations. In
one that we find recorded in the pa.
pers, there can be nofeehng of levity
intermiOgIed. 1t ledto the self de
struction Of femalc inhablting a dis
tfictin Silesis. She had reached the
age Of 'hunareSyears. All her faanI
Iy, says The statement, having
been successiveH conveyed to The
tomb, she eqabored under The idea that
GOH haE Forgotten 9OcoUher Onto
IheSOorId! 1t rsran idea that might
have entered ratio the Imagination OF
CoIeridge;-aud into what world Of
awe, ,and loneliness, and sublime sor-
row would his genius have wrought
iI What picture Of solitariness, des
ulation and despair! How fearful
The real aflictions ola long life, the
loss of friends, the lingering pangs Of
disease, the stings of ofunrequlted love,
the mockeries of hope, the treachery
of all that seemed faithful-the very
sgonies of q disturbed consCience-all
these shrink up to nothing. compared
with the lonely horror of that idea.
TO be and not 10 be; to llVe-and not
to die. To be the forgotten One! Po
etry has nothing so terrible as this in
its images of deathlesSness; the doom
of an endless existence on earth, willed
by distinctly, from which there is no
escape the eye of the dread 0rdaiue
of il stiA watching its progress and
fu!Glment, as century rolls by-this
is feeble in its appeal to the imsgina,
tioD, in contrast with desertiOn so
inexpressively hOpeless'and desolate.
And how natural seems the rowth
of the delusion; friend after friend
dies, all that was loved in life is borne
from it into death-and one alone, Of
all the circle, lives on even into anoth
er century, counting days as years,
forgotten to be called! A noble page
in poetry might we'll be reserved for
the history Of The poor SOrrower and
Suicide. How tiuely and tOuchiugly
would the pen Of L. E. L. paint its
mOurnfui and imaginative beauty.
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KING at iiitSEurGh 10 ply on Mls river
tho coming season as tar up aS Tire rapids
at Ruckport, Ihe land directly west
from Milwaukee on Rock River, is very
heavily timbered with prickly ash. 1t is
so thick that il is almost impenetrabIe-
and it is there where Black Hawk and
his tribe hId themselves in the war with
the whites. Milwaukee, which is the
most important point in the territory, is
attracting the attention Of femigrants from
all parts Of the United States. We re-
ceived letter from an individual rest
dent there dated February 26th, which
states that 200 families form Virginia are
coming in there early in the spring,
"One of the capitalists Of the place is
now budding large three story public
house, which will be finished about the
first of June. 1t is expected that rail
road or canal will be constructed from the
Milwaukee to ,CassVille, on the MississIP
pi. Their harbor will be improved and a
light house built this season. The land
between the lake and Rock River will be
ia marketthis sUaner,"
The Washington correspondent Of
the N Y, Jour Of Commerce writes as
follows:
The Mexican minister here 'has'rc.
'ceived official information ofthe state
of things in Texas. His advices con.
'firm the general truth Of the late &C.
counts from that quarter. There re-
mains no o'doubt that Santa Anna is
sweeping every thing before him in
Texas, and thathe will drive the An
glo American settlers out Of the coun
try. Itis muchto be 'spprehended,
also, that he will stir up the Canaan.
ches and Pswnees to hestllities both
against the Texans and the United
States. The prowess Of the Mexican
forces, has certainly been 'underrsted
by the Texiau, and they now verify
the old adage-'a despised enemy of.
ten makes a bloody battle The fact
is, that the Mexicans have been accus
toned to warlike empIOyments from
their childhood. For many years
that country has been in a state of
turmoil and commotiOO, during which
time, every man was accustomed Ito
arms. Many Of Santa Annals troops
are mOudtaineers, who are brought
up as'brigands; and are capable any
degree Of hardship aud privation that
humanity can bear. On the whole,
4 imagine that Santa Annals force is
as effective as any that could Ibe
brought to operate in that country.
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DISTRESS AND DESPERATION. AS
the police Office was about closing on
Tuesday evening, number Ofcitlzens
escorted in a woman, named Ellen Hol
lister, whose manners and airs indipa
ted her having once seen better days,
who bore in her arms au infant few
months old, and on either side was at
tended by a son and daughter, the for
mer six anda half years, and the latter
five years Of age. The attention of
the citizens had been attracted TO her
and her children atthe wharf, foot Of
Barclay street, by the EXPLANATIONS Of
The boy; who vehemently screamed,
F"Mother, mother! don't threw little
hubby overboard;" and those who
heardit, on !ookingl o the spot whence
the cry proceeded, observed the boy
cliugiDg with-all his might to thearms
Of his mother, who by his exertions
prevented her from throwing her ,in
fant into heriver! She and her chill
dren were forthwith taken in charge
by the citizens and brought to the Pol
ice Office, where she stated she was
stranger here, without home, means,
or friends, except the little ones, that
she and they had no place to lay their
heads, and had nofoOd during The day,
save a dozen crackers between them,
which she had begged at a bakery;
and that it was her intention, prompt
ed by utter despair, at the ume she
was prevented by her little boy to
have thrown her child into The water
and thus relieve it from further want,
and hersel((rom the agony Of seeing
1t starVe. She aud her children we're
Immediately handed over TO the COM
missioners ofthe aims house, who ex
tended 10 them the charities, Of that
institution, and relieved them from
their distressing destitution.
~ 7. SWR.
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The principal end of learning rs not
merely to know, butte know for some
nd or purpose.
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celebrated Oneida chief, contain tie lru-
est touches of natural eloquence. lie NV
ed to great age; and in his last grafton
in council, he opened with the following
sublime and beautiful sentences: Broth
ters-I am an aged hemlock The winds
Of an hundred years have WhistIed
through. my branches, and ] am dead at
the top Every reader, who has seen a
with a dry and leaAess top sur
mounting lts dark green.follage, will feel
he,force, Of the sinile-tl am dead at
the top His memory, and all the Wig.
orous powers Of youth, had departed for
ever. ar.
Not less felicious was The close Of a
speech made by Pushmataha, a,veneraBle
chief Of a western tribe, at a council held
we belleye, in Washington, many years
since.
In alluding TO his extreme age, and to
the probability that he might not even
survive ihe journey back tohis tribe, he
said: my children willwalk through the
forests, and the Great Spirit will whisper
in the trCetOps, and Gowers will spring up
in the trails--but Pushmataha will hear,
nOt-he will see the flowers no more.
lie will be gone. His people will know
that he is dead. The newswiIl come to
their ears, as the sound of the fall Of a
mighty oak in lhe stiffness ofthe woods.
Knickerboeker.
FROM FLoRIDA.-At length we
have heard from Major Gen. SCoTT's
command in Florida. He was, at the
date Of dispatches which have been re
ceived from him, at Tampa Bay, with
the wholeforce under his command,
amounting, now that all the detach'
ments are united, to between five and
six thousand men. There had been
no regular battle with the Indians.
The General met with them on the
Wythlacoochee, and had skirmisheS
with them Supposed to be the same
body as attacked Gen. GA1NEs) for
several days, without being able 10
bring them 10 battle. They were fol
lowed and charged upon repeatedly in
the hammocks; but the nature Of the
ground is such (being all deep marsh
except the hammocks, or clumps and
thickets Of trees and underground,
that it was impossible to prevent their
escape. Some Indians, however, were
killed, and afew of the troops were
killed and wounded The General
was about again to take the field from
Tampa Bay, and TO send detachments
10 Charlotte iHarbor, and other places
where the Indians might be expected
10 be met with.
| We have seen a letter from an OFF
Ger at Tampa Bay, who states that the
VANDALIA (sloop Of war; was then
(ApriI SHY slllln Tampa Bay, where
she had been for several weeks; that
a detachment of Marines from her had
acted with Col LINDsAY's command,
consisting Of the Alabama volunteers
and Florida militia, and iA two excur
sions into the interior had several
skirmishes with the Indians, in which
four of the troops were killed and four
wounded, and some twenty Indians
were killed. A fortwhich they threw
up on their 'Grst excursion, and garri
soned with 40 men, was attacked, du
ring the absence of The main body, by
$50 Indians, who fred upon the for
more than two hours, when they were
beaten off with the loss of Is or &c
killed; there being one killed and one
wounded in The fort.-Nat. Int.
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EMPLOYMENTs OF FEMALES.

EMPLOYMENTS OF FEMALES.
The great variety Ot neat and profit
able emplOyments in which girls and
young women in This part OF the coun
Try, can now engage, renders it ex.
tremely difficult TO procure good iamI
ly help, or hire females at all without
giving prices comparatively high.
The girls employed in the cotton and
woollen factories in this town, though
kept at work too many hours. are well
paid for their labor. An overseer OF
one of The Newton factories informed
US, a short time since, that two OF
three skilEul weavers in his town made
about five dollars per week beside
their board, and many others averaged
three and four dollars. The manutaC
ture Of silk in this town, will be prin
cipally performed by females.
Dedhana Patriot.
This "enployment of females" is
one of the secrets of the wealth Of New
England and the girls are much Inc
better for i'll