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Logansport Canal Telegraph (Newspaper) - August 20, 1836, Logansport, Indiana A ppm a i it. Up. I m a a iii it a Xii o a a. By Lasselle amp Dillon. A by my a vol Logan sport Indiana saturday Augusto 1886.no. Arcil lecture. Nothing More completely Stab lilies the absence of any Standard of intrinsic or inline rent Beauty in architecture. t let we May equally Admire two styles so toi Nily dissimilar both in their outlines proportion is and details As the grecian acid the godly cd an apparent inconsistency which Lias been accounted for by the plastic Powers of association. Independently of our impressions of the convenience stability. Skill magnificence a and Antiquity Connic cd the Classica con structures they a dan Nic a to our imaginations As Handi Vors records of those great a a a Ioas Abr which a Vii from our Bovill i cays ave Joku c Cvine and association car. Find Eie Mcquis of Beauty i Golic dissimilar As . A sense of religious vet Era lion and All greatest reverence the identical they May seen in where a sense of the romantic recollections Cuci Valry proc inc the same ii Alinovi and ennobling Cifeca As our classical impressions in the i Brier instance. Alison has observed too that a a Joe in architecture when once established is generally permanent because the costliness of the Public edifices As a Ell As their great durability prevent their renewal until t Ney have acquired in the eyes of succeeding generations All the Sanction of Antiquity and have rooted themselves in the Public mind. This accounts for the Long continued uniformity of style among the ancient egyptians and other people of the East As Well As for our own habitual imitation of ancient standards. Why we should continue to enslave ourselves to the live orders of Vitruvius i cannot Well Sec. Art of the statuary there is a Cence Vabie limit but that of tiie Archi sect seems to admit a much wider Range and it i greater variety than can be circumscribed within five orders. All structures should be adapted to the climate and there is therefore Prima Facie evidence that the fitting style for Greece and Asia minor can scarcely be the proper one for England. A grecian Temple Many of whose ornaments Are Heathen symbols is not the Best Model for a Christian Church which is but a sole ism in Stone when thus Pagani Zed nor can i admit the Wisdom of our imitating an italian Villa with its open balconies and Shady colonnades unless we could at the same time import the italian climate. The five orders Are to architecture what the thirty nine articles Are to the Church they do not insure uniformity and if they did it would not be desirable because they arc not adapted to the present state of knowledge and the wants and feelings of the Community. In either instance this slavery of opinion must eventually yield to the glowing Freedom of thought. Is there any valid reason Why the doric a capital should be Peculiar to a pillar who. Height is precisely eight diameters the ionic Volute to one of nine and the corinthian foliage to one of ten custom has assigned these ornaments and proportions but one can imagine others which would l e equally or perhaps More agreeable to t be unprejudiced Eye. The first columns were undoubtedly Trees which diminished As they ascended. The stems of the branches where they were Cut or suggested the capital tic Iron or other bandages at top and Bottom to prevent the splitting of the Wood were the origin of the fillets the Square tile which protected the. Lower end from the wet gave Rise to the plinth. But Why should a Stone pillar be made to imitate a tree by lessening it As it rises custom alone has reconciled us to an unmeaning deviation Wlinich throw Sall the inter to Lumizar spaces out of the perpendicular and presents us with a series of Long inverted Cones the most ungraceful of All forms. As if sensible of this defect the egyptian made the outline of some of their temples conform to tie diminution of the columns rendering the whole Structure slightly Pyramid cal and thus pre Een ing the consistency of its lines. Foreign Magazine. Periods still move Remote is conclusively established by the Intel Esting discoveries m or native antics cities that have been the last few past. But quot to warily follow that All of these a migrations were t performed by sea voyages but or. Josiah priest in his intensely interesting work entitled quot american antiquities in the West quot has rendered it very probable that Many of them were performed by land journeys. In Iceland which is about one Hundred and Twenty Miles East of Greenland and Green had was suppose iii to have been originally if hide cd Noi no of connected with this continent a have been found the remains of an ancient fracture two Hundred rods in circumference built of Sloue ind the Walls of which were in some places fifty feet High. It was a norwegian Castle of wonderful magnitude and precisely similar in character to those found in is Orth and Fouth America. Siut other ruins Are found o n this continent which agree Vith the architecture of the egyptians and there is ample proof that it quot was once Long inhabited by civilized and skillful nations of Vii rious origins. It is highly probably that nearly All of our Indian tribes Are descended from the tartar hordes who poured into to is country and a Iio made War not Only against the civil cd colonists but against its quot inhabit Anil la a Crew Iuie As May appear to those who a e not investigated the subject there is much evidence to show that most of the ancient aborigines of our Wes tei ii countries at least were a race of men i Hose stature did not exceed four feet. Pression he re entered to quot be land a tar the Chicago office. There Are various opinions in relation to the Validity of his claim but he seems very i Naguin offi chess. of to Iown to which he lays claim with the improvements is said to be Worth seven millions of it dollars. He has gone to Washington to establish his claim and with the expectation of being on his return the richest Man in chronicle. Flag of the Union. On and after the Ith of july next the Flag of the United states it vill be spangled with Twenty six stars two being added in consequence opt he admission of the states of Arkansas and Michigan into the Union. In 1818, the number of states then being Twenty an act was passed quot that on the Cich Grission of every new state into Union one Star be added to the uii ion of the Flag and that such addition shall Trike i sect on tie 4ih Day of july then succeeding such the thirteen stripes Dency Wiig tia thirteen states were on the adni�3sioa of quot Vermont and Kentucky increased to Wilcen but Vas fur in four would Stripe fixing the lii Binm bar of state arg cd. It Vas perceived that the i of. Event Jaity admit of for Eracli a d so an act Vas passed number at lii teen As before. The last Star u or of i i on0r of the state of , which was admitted into tie Union of i the loth of Augustio ii. Tic Star for Luaine Vas added on the Ith of jul a Roife a ? a v i a a was in the Pennisue the Pil Aillie. A of Michigan and had been for a Day or the dreary country imaginable when l saw for the first time a Salt or wet Prairie which is Only a swampy Meadow grown up in rank coarse edgy grass. Not Long after we began to catch glimpses of the Upland Prairies. These Are either Clear Prairies totally destitute of Trees or Oak openings which consist of Clear Prairie and scattered Trees. A Clear Prairie a Broad a varied expanse presents rather a monotonous appearance like the sea but surely the human Eye never rested on More Lovely landscapes than these Oak openings present. They answered my conceptions of lawns Parks and pleasure grounds in England they Are the Lavins Parks and pleasure grounds of nature Laid out and planted with inimitable Grace fresh As creation. In these charming Woodlands Are a number of Small lakes the most picturesque and delightful sheets imaginable. The Prairies in the summer Are covered with Flowers. I am an indifferent botanist but in a Short walk i gathered Twenty four species which i had not seen before. These Flowers and Woods and glittering lakes surpass All former Conception of Beauty. Each Flower Leaf and Blade of grass and Green Twig glistens with pendulous diamonds of Dew. The Sun pours his Light upon the water and streams throughout the sloping Glades. To a traveller unaccustomed to such scenes they arc arc pictures of a mimic Paradise. Sometimes they stretch away As far As the Eye can reach soft As Elysian Meadows then they swell and undulate voluptuous As the vav Irani Bili Ovi s of a Southern sea. In these Beautiful scenes we saw numerous blocks of wild turkeys and now and then a pro Rie Lien or a Deer bounding away through the Flowers. Here too is found the Prairie Wolf which some take to be the Asiatic jackal. It is so Small As not to be dangerous alone. It is said however that they Hunt in packs like i to to i if ai.iti>3 in a Cit a sir. Sak by a0 Hemoc Lacy. Idc&5 a nieu ibor of Cou fam called an Aristo. Cd i i resident quot a Mahuren i Democrat the army official. Head quarters army of the South Tuskegee july 17, sir t have Hie to report amp a the information of the Sewe tary of War arid the general in chief quot that in pursuance of my orders major Webb of the Alabama volunteers commanding a line of posts in Chambers county about thirty Miles North of this position has jus it in one Hundred and forty five Indian prisons of Neo Micco s party which he captured in the last few Days this party increases the number of prisoners taken to about two thousand eight Hundred. The War is entirely at an end and quot so far As regards Indian hostilities the inhabitants might return to their farms in Pei fact Security but their houses have been Burnt their Means of subsistence destroyed and their crops on the ground will yield them nothing. It will probably be Many months before the majority of them will return for All necessary supplies must be brought from a distance and at an expense beyond the neans of any but the weal thy. I shall concentrate the regular troops and marines in the Vicinity of the principal Indian Force for the purpose of preventing any dan w As the Flag ship of the Squadron in that sea and will probably resume the same station a gain some time hence. She is Alfe of the largest 8iiips in the Woi cd and is said to spread Moi c cat Vass lipid carry a a victim Wei tit of Metal than any ship afloat. The length of her spar deck in Isoard is 203 feet 2 inches. The height of the main Mast from the spar deck to the top of the sky sail Mast is 203 feet. The length of her fore Yard is 96 feet main Yard 107 feet arcs Jack Yard 80 feet. Her main top sail contains i5s7,Yards of canvass and she spreads in All 15,093 yes. She carries exclusive of the Bow and Stern ports 100 guns Viz 31 Long 4 2 Pounders 32 of 32 Pounders 34 Carro Nades 42 Pounders weight of one broadside of round shot 1940 pounds. Her draught of Avater when completed for sea is 28 feet 6 inches and 2 i get 4 inches Forward. She carries bread and Viter for five times. A i or from them when the militia and Volunteer s singular. There a Een Many circumstances related of oar Ruvo Laticia and the great men who perfect d it through i which were not i o we l attested would almost induce suspicion of their truth but tie follow icy arc s irom i Xci Erat acid \ ice and when 1 have seen our democratic vice president reclining in his splendid English coach a splendid Pitr of English horses an English Footman behind and an English Coachman before dressed in splendid liveries whirling by and splashing the mud on me As i have been making my Way on foot through mud wind and rain in the Pennsylvania Avenue towards the Capitol i have thought it strange that i the wind and weather beaten pedestrian should be called an aristocrat and he the master of that splendid and gorgeous equipage should be deemed the head of the great democratic family a Maysville Eagle thus lat of american antiquities. The Royal society of antiquities at Copenhagen announces the Early publication of a highly interesting work in relation to the discovery of this country to be called quot anti qui tates America quot which will contain a curious collection of accounts in relation to Voya Ges of discovery to our continent As Early As the tenth Century by the scandinavians. The a prospectus of this great work says the new York Sun in which these remarkable statements Are Given is greatly enhanced by the great apparent probability amounting indeed almost to certainty that it was a knowledge of these facts that prompted the memorable expedition of Columbus himself. It is said to be a Well authenticated fact that this great navigator visited Iceland in the year 1477 and by conversing As he did in latin with the clerical functionaries of the country the editors of the quot antiquated America quot Are of opinion that he could not have failed to obtain from them some information respecting the voyages of their ancestors to this country a which to them were Well known. That not Only the Danes scandinavians norwegians an4 ancient britons visited and colonized this continent at Remote periods but also the Phe no cans greek romans and Isra Elifes at hounds headed by a Grey Wolf. The pursue the Deer with a cry not unlike t Lounds and have been known to Rush by a farm House in hot Pursuit. The officers of the army stationed at posts on the Prairies amuse themselves punting these Little wolves which in some parts Are very numerous. Southern lit. Messenger. Dubuque. The Dubuque Wisconsin visitor of june 27tli, in speaking of the flood of emigration Wlch is settling in that Quarter says quot among the numerous arrivals of emigrants we notice one in particular a company of a bout 50 persons from Philadelphia the gentlemen principally mechanics and All men of first rate character and two Small Partis from Ohio Farmers and mechanics men hide of the right stuff for pioneers. Indeed a Calm observer must be struck at contemplating the business of a town Only three years old. One will witness every where in Wisconsin a surprising augmentation of inhabitants and a corresponding Progress in wealth and improvement but particularly in Dubuque and des Moines counties. History Furnis les no example of such rapid Illinois. It appears that the land on which the principal part of Chicago is built was entered by a gentleman at the Danville land office before the land office at Chicago was opened for business although the Law establishing the office at the latter place was in Force at the time. The entry a i i Neville was considered illegal by the individual and under this in Crockett once in a quandary. Speaking of the great difficulty of always being on the right Side and the danger of non committal quot i never was quot said the colonel quot in a quandary but quot during my electioneering Campaign for Congress i strolled out in the Woods so much bewildered with politics that i forgot my Rifle. The first thing t lat took my fancy was the snarling of Young bears which proceeded from a hollow tree the Entrance being More than to Enty feet from the ground. I mounted the tree but soon found i could not reach the cubs Vith my hands so i slips in feet Foremost to Sec if i could draw them up with my toes while i Hung on my hands to the top of the Hole. While straining with All my might to reach them my hands slipped and Down i went about fifteen feet when 1 landed among the family of Young bears. I soon found i might As Well undertake to climb a greased lil erty pole As to get Back the tree being so Large and smooth. Now this was a real quandary. If i was to shout it would have been doubtful whether they would have heard me from the settlement and if they did tie Story told by my opponents would ruin my election they Avold not vote for Man that ventured into a place that he could not get out. While considering whether it was Best to Call for help or wait there till after the election i heard a kind of scratching and growling above me and Loo Long up 1 saw the old car coir no Tail Foremost upon me. Siy motto is quot go As soon As she came in my reach i seized her Tail with hand and with ii Peh Kufe in the other 1 commenced spurring her Forward. I la be shot if a member of Congress Ever raised quicker in the world than i did. Sic took me out in the shake of a Lamb s shall be withdrawn and without orders from ii Igic i shia i Coniti Niue uni the indians emigrate. A part of that Force is now stationed on the mail Road Between this place and Columbus for the Protection of mail but the contractors have not yet placed stages on that route. The disc Sarge of the greater part of the go Cripi Force has been or Decd and i have Dii cited the discharge of fourteen companies of infantry and eight mounted companies of the Alabama volunteers and militia. The greater part of the mounted Force now under general Patterson was raised in the Northern counties of Alabama and i propose to order them to move through the Creek and Cherokee country to their Homes and should sch. Wood require their services they will be in a situation to co operate with him before their discharge. The Tennessee brigade has reported and i have directed Gen. Armstrong to take a position near Montgomery with that part of it not ordered by Gen. Scott to Florida where subsistence and forage May readily be obtained said whence he Oan join to in a single March should the indians Manifest t a hostile disposition. I have the Honor to be sir. Your obedient servant the. S. Jesup. Brig. Gen. R. Jones and t. Gen. Ing striking it Vinci ici be is not recollect Ever before with my left one of which we do having seen a no Washington born february 22, inaugurated 1789 term of service expired in the g6th year of his age. Jom and Iuis Bora october in its term of service expired 1797 Ina in the Lus age. Texas. The texan government has declared that the bounties of lands granted to volunteers shall be As follows to. All who Are now in service and shall continue in service faithfully during the War 1280 acres. To All who have served faithfully or who shall have served faithfully for a period not less than six months 640 acres. To All who shall have entered service faithfully for a period not less than three months 320 acres. To All who shall have entered service previous to the first Day of next july and shall continue in service faithfully during the War provided the War shall continue for a period More than g months 960 acres. To All who shall enter the service after the first Day of july 1836, a Quantity proportioned to their service and to be hereafter determined. Grated Stith year of Jei Ierson born a ii 2, 1743, inaugurated Isom term of Servic j expired in the 66th year of his age. Madison born March Lgth 1751, inaugurated 1809 term of service expired in the 66th year of his age Monroe born april 2, 1759 term of service expired in the 6< the year of is age. The above is v list of five of the presidents of the United states All men of the revolution who ended there term of service in the 6th year of their Ages . Adams term of ser vice had he been elected a second time would have also expired in the g6th year of his alabamian. A total abstinence Man. The Hon. Lbt is Cass a Man respected by All parties for his talents and we rth who has held Many responsible stations in Public he and has now received the appointment of minister to France furnishes the following testimony in relation to the use of ardent spi rits. "1 have never tasted any ardent spirits nor have i at any time during life been in the habit of drinking wine. It is of course almost useless to add that i know nothing of the effects of stimulating liquors upon the Constitution except by observing them in others. I have perhaps during a portion of my life been As much exposed us most men. Having lived since boyhood in a new country having served in the army during War and having been led by official duties to traverse almost All the Western Region of the Ohio and East of the. Tartei lakes in France. A somewhat violent Shock was Felt in the West of France on the i3th, extending to angers Cholet Parthenay Poitiers Nantes and la ilo Chelle. In the latter Tov n it was Fel an hour later than in the others that is at six in the morning it is reported that a Sinklar Shock was Felt at three different places at tvo in the afternoon of the same Day in the direction of North West to South East and so intense As to shake the windows and the furniture of the House. Second Winter in Italy. After the mild Spring weather during april the temperature of the air. Changed All on a sudden and at Parma on 2d May the thermometer descended to 4 degress below freezing Point. On the 7th instant at be Dritto the depth of the Snow was 70 inches. At Chambery on the 1st, the Pring Flowers in the pleasure gardens and the pasture lands were so covered with Snow ia8.to a Jap Peais nce change Spring into Winter. A. The american West India Squadron under Commodore Dallas will shortly consist of the following vessels a the Constellation frigate Flag ship Vandalia Sloop of War Warren ditto st. Louis ditto Falmouth ditto two schooners of 12 guns each three steam vessels of 4 guns each and about 40 men to navigate the Rivers and inlets and to prevent the indians from being supplied from Spanish possessions the keys amp a. The following vessels Are on the eve of sailing to join Commodore Dallas s Squadron a the Boston Sloop of War at Boston the porpoise Brig of 12 guns do. The Natchez ditto at n. York the Dolphin Brig of 12 guns do. In conceding the Point that in is important to have the largest naval Force in Tese seas we cannot but be surprised that other station should be comparatively there is but one ship West of Cape Horn our vessels of War among the islands of tho Pic id Only one Sloop of the coast of Brazil and a reduced Squadron in the Star. U. S. building of this ship was commenced at the Navy Yard at this place in August. 1817. She was launched outline 2ist oct. 1820. The Cost of the Hull was $375,735. She has been twice to sea having completed two cruises in the Mediterranean a Mississippi it is impossible to say what effect would have resulted from the use of stimulating liquors at periods of great exposure and fatigue. I can Only say that 1 have done Well enough without novel contrivance for a bed. Chateaubriand relates the following incident during his travels in the Western states. One evening on entering an inn i was astonished at the sight of an immense bed constructed in a circular form round a Post each traveller came and took his place in this bed with his feet to the Post in the Centre and his head at the circumference of the Circle so that the sleepers a Cre arranged symmetrically like the spokes of a wheel or the Sticks of a fan. After some Hesic Ilion i took my place in this singular machine because i saw nobody in it. I was just dropping asleep when i Felt a Man s leg rubbing along mine it was a great Devil of a dutchman so to was stretching himself next me. 1 never was so i fortified in my life. I leaped out of this hospitable contrivance cordially exec rating the Good old customs of Good old ancestors and went and Lay Down in my cloak in the Moonshine. _ amp spider silk. It is said that m. Jon a French gentleman on one occasion for an Experiment collected about 12 or 13 ounces of the bags or balls of Short legged spiders and after causing the dust to be beaten put of Tiem he washed then clean a steeped them in soap Saltpetre and gum arabic boiling them in this preparation for a few hours. He then dried Aid carded Thor no thus obtaining a Beautiful silk of an Ash color. M. Bon had stockings and gloves made of this material which he presented to the French Academy and to the English Lloyal society. After some further experiments he was of opinion thai the spiders yielded More silk in proportion than the common silk worm for example he said that it Only required two ounces of spider silk to make a pair of stockings whereas it takes seven or eight of common silk. A so a a a

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