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WHEEUN« COMPILER
VOL. I.
WHEELING, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER SO, 1830.
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jrj^Tir. BRICK DWELLING HOl’SE oceupi
JL ed by the Snlis ridor, siiiute in the Addition
to the Tuvn of Wheeling laid out by Chaplin* Jc
toff situ te on Market and North Si •■ ••*. and <•«
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Tico Story Buck Building,
nml m finished in the l»**t style. T here is on tht
Lot, a WF.LL of constant water. For terms ap
h to the >ub*cnbs« cm the premise*
"July J,% 3 tf J. CHAPUNE
VfZXS DHIiIiAOTEOTTS.
I.ECF.ND OF TilF. VVi\XEBAC.OES
From iho Buffalo Journal.
1'nrlv in the spring^of 1^28, it will bo
recollected that one of those border wars
which so often rage along our frontiers,
broke out between the Winnelmgoe Indi
■.ns ami the adjoining settlements. At
that period it was my fortune to be within
the Indian territory, seeking mv way thro'
’ pathless forests that divide the Portage
o' the Ouisconsin from the settlement of the
whites at (ircen Bay. The cause of the
rupture alluded to was the murder of u
man by the nr.mo of Bomer, who was
tound dead in his own house, the body bear
ing evident murks of violence. The mur
ders pcr;ietrated lire preceding summer,
by the W lnnebagoes, on the Mississippi,
immediately fixed suspicion on their trib
in tins instance; and although the tire.:
was subsequently traced to too par. -r of;
Burner, a white man, yet lor n conaidera
bie time carried on a mi st desolating cru
sade against these ?ons ol the forest.—
Those not prepared to rept 1 the invasion
which was wholly unprovoked, and equal-]
ly unexpected, were driven to seek safety ]
in fl ght. A company thus fleeing to litei
dcejier recesses of their nativo forests, I
fell m with, upon the journey I have men-!
tinned. 1’he party consisted of about
persons, principally women and children,
led by an old man whose locks were bleach
ed by the frosts of some eighty winters.
He was a chief, and he designated his lit
tle band by the collective and endearing j
appellation of "my family.'* After the
suspicious which tiic colour of my skin ]
had roused were allayed, the old nmn ap :
preached me, and his cordial shake of the ]
hand, his proffer of the lighted pipo, and a
portion of his jerked venison, gave me ev
cry assurance that I had met a friend.— j
t fur courses lev in the san e direction, and j
we proceeded together. On resuming our I
rniirch the countenance oi mo oia cim-i.
which luid been animated, sunk and be !
came dejected. At timed a tear stole si
lently down hid furrowed cheek; hut when |
a murmur escaped the lips cf any of his j
band, it was checked as soon ns articula
ted, by a glance that could not be rnistaki n ,
As tbeso were ail uttered in the Winnel a
language which no white man ever uu
derstooJ, 1 knew them only to be words of
After travelling several hours across a
beautiful prairie,'"e approached a lake, the
b mk of w inch was adorned with u few largo
trees, and its shores presented n series of
regular!v ranged mounds, conveying to the
dist ml eye tho appearance of a formal
| town. On entering the cluster of these,
each individual, in his turn, ascended
.jU te to the top of tho highest, proceed ml
by the aged veteran, whore he first turned
his f.ice to the sun, (which was low in th
wot then towards tho Mississppi, and
making a violent motion with the right1
hand, as if wielding the tomahawk, ho t*
juculated a few words in his native tongue
and immediately rejoined us by tfto path
he ascended. The nature of this rnystcri
ou-> iit< I was noxious to understand. Mv
questions to this point, however, were
carefully avoided for some time, until a
small picsentovercameh*s scruples, when]
ho t i* accented me in t!ie Chippewa lan |
: tgt.:—*\My friend, no white man ever
saw tho Winnebago ascend that mound be
fore, nor lias one of our tribe ever disclos il
10 the whites the origin ot the inoutms you
sco oround us. \ou are the Indians friend:
were vou not you would not trust yourself
w th Mu' wlicn vour brothers arc hunt ng my
iehtl. roil like t je wild deer of thn prairie.
\ ou It tve smoked with mo tlie pipe f,l
| friendship, and I will tell you all. lie
then »ook me by the hand, and 1 \! me t"
the sunut of the principal mound, and bade
mo sit down. I drew forth my writing *ou
, terials to assist my memory, but my guide
exc TV"d, “no. no, you must not—paper
tell every body: paper lie too: yr u rcmouib r
enough.**—1 should here observe that tin
Cbippwa language is the classical tongue
of all the North Western Indians and tra
ders, and the one through which nil their
intercourse is carr ud on. In this tongue,
with which I was acquainted, after we had
each taken a wlntT irom his long pipe he
thus began:
My friend—the Wmnobagocs are not
hke other men. They came not from the
they nrc the only children ot (lie Great
Spirit. He put them on one side of the
threat waters Lake* and his two great
i pghts on the other. He gave us tho Buf
'do, the moose, the elk and the deer for
food, and thoir skins he taught us to use
for clothing. He tilled the waters with
iLh, and covered the land with choice
fruits. All these ho gave to us: and he
marked with h.s finger between us and the
great lights, that wc might not approach
thc:n. Upon the other side of us he placed
i land of winters where no Indian could
live. After this the Long Knives (Eng
hsh came, not as enemies, but as friends.
IVv took our bows and gave us guns,
lor our skins they gave blankets, and they
gave sirong drink to our hunters. They
enticed away the young squaws, and w hen
the Winnebago went after them they would
not come back. Soon the hunter get lazy,
love strong drink, and die. Many, very
imany die so. Then it was that the Great
}iH>ir:t toM his oldest child, tho Great Cbiel
j of the W innebngocs, in his sleep, to leave
the country to the Long Knives nnd cross
the great water, to a land nearer the great
lights, whero no wlfte man had gone. W e
went forward, found a good land where
this river ;Fox, which enters into Green
Bay) goes into the grc.it water. For two
•noons we found plenty of game, and saw
no Indians. We thought the Great Spirit
had taken them all away to make room
for his children: when one morning we
found thoriver full of canoes and Indians
for one days ride in length. Our Chiefs
and old men held a talk, and a ennoa was
sent to the strangers with as many men as
there are noons in the year. They car
red preseats of wampum, fruits, sugar,
and mo.it. These never returned. Their
pipe* of peace were thrown into tho river,
nd their m-.ngVJ bodies were hung upon
Vi to 'v Dogs were fastened in tho cu*
. oe. • li>«* the Wien-''.agoes, and
the b • !i ■ ith * cu'u-i o’own the river
■* u'w v tii.'iii'es. Our good chief seeing
tho >-!rs i-f hV* warriors tor their friends
v.ho were slain, struck his foot in wrath
upon a sold rock, which sunk it to his
ancle and called his father, the Great topi
iit, *.;■» witness that the*.owahawk be unhu
rt -d with the Fox Sacs A* Chipewas, until a
tree should grow from the place where he
then stood, lie then burnt a council lire
in sight of bis enemies, and put blood up
on the trees that they might see more was
soon to be wasted. When they saw tins they
tied until* riv r to Winnebago lake. Oar
•vnrr: r.s fnii, w. 1—a b.ttle was fought on
its h i'ik, v hi: ', w.* los*, »•. part <»four fight*
ing men were cecehed in the long grnsshv
their guide. Tl:o Winncbtgoe* being swift
est of foot g -.iiyd I:ii3 spot before the even*
eg. I* '.v is th n the enemy’s town, &■ they
soon came, with there prisoners, little thin
king we were here. Finding ns in their
town they kindled their fires upon all sides
and sem in word that the next day they
would eat tho Winnebago chief. With
the dawn the tig! t began. We >oo’i drove
the Fox* s down the river, hut they went
round and joined the Sacs, who were ahovo
u«. i he rest oi tint day all was qmet,
but tho next nigh, tt die rising of the moon
they again cmne out t'om their hiding
places. This tight did not stop for three
Hays; nr.d avo lost tcfl man for each dav
and night of tho year, before it was ended.
On the third day our chief fell cohered with
wounds. Whtl* he still lived he called to
ii s warriors to remember his wrong*; and
with his own hands he pressed the bl iorl
from his wounds and give them to
strengthen their hearts, lie lived to hear
the cries of his enemies as they fled, and
then, under this mound where he lay, he
ooened ins mouth and his spirit departed.
In that battle the Wirmehigoes kopt the*
to wn, took many hnndirds of canoes and
many prtso i n se, except the young
squaws, we Killed. 'Chose tint escaped
dod up tho river, and tiie next day we pur
aiied th<*m. We camo to the lake which
makes the Fox river, and hunted for our
enemy throe days. Thinking the (ircat
Spirit had taken them nil from the country
to stop our pursuit, we were about to obey
(i;3 wishes and return, when we discovered
i trail in the high grass. This wo follow
,.d a little, wheu avo came to a strange riv
er fine Ouisconsin,) running towards the
fit1, r of :;v- r?, (the Mississippi,) into
aa; .ch t!. -v h a! put their canoes* V»’«
•a. - to follow and tig!it our enemy
until ho should leave this stream and cross
the father of rivers. At the 15 iue Mounds
ac fought them; and lhero we were joined
by the Pottawatomie*, and they b v (lie Me
notninies. At tho mouth of the Ouisoon
•<in they mane mounds. ana put tneir wo
!n';i and children behind them, for they
xpectcd a great battle. The Winneba
goes h.id more figiiting men than their cu
riums, but they loiight for the last ofthoir
•onntry, and the Wimiehagoea for revenge
pur thirtc-n davs tho bloody strife did not
ivr.so, ami hundred* of bravo men fell on
tv. hd.-.v. At length lit ■ Great Spirit rais
ed a loud storm of thunder, lightning, hail
and wind, winch caused both parties to
[stop, tor they thought tho Great Father
of all was angry with his children, 'flic
Wmnebugoes stood still, and their ene
mies all crossed tho father of rivers, where
hey now live at eternal enmity with onr
not on. Ao Fox or Sac meets a Wutno
! big ,, except in council; hut one must die.
Ml that great land between the Ouisconsin
and Mississippi is to this day disputed
around, and neither eun safely occupy it.
I Chippewa or Winnebago go there he die
;_but no matter, Winnebago, Chippowa,
Pox and Sacs, all have country enough
now. Sixty winters have passed ov*r Ua
since my lather, who was then strong.
iold me of these deeds of our nation, hut,
I my friend, tho Wmnebugoes are not now
| Hash. Ouco they had many thousand fine
; warriors. Cut every year wa grow smal
ler. Too much our young men go in the
white man’s house, and strive to live like
him. They drink strong drink, and soon
die. Traders buy our bUms and gtvo ih
strong drink, calico and beads, winch arc
not good Indians. The ski as of our game
we want for clothes, and we could raise
corn for ourselves were we left alone,
hut "soon, mv friend we shall be no more
A few short years and our nation
I will be unknown. Then, when the
stranger shall pass along here, and loo!<
ti|N)M tho scenes of so many battles that
have been won by the cnlv children of the
Great Spirit, and call out, upon every hill,
ic’icre is the Winnebago? echo aline sliall
answer from the west—“triers is the II in
nebago?”
“Our enemies, the Sacs ami Foxes,
have grown strong, and could now destroy
ns. They have shunned the ways and the
haunts of tho white men, and their peo
plo have multiplied. Their nations arc
large and their warriors are healthy, and
brave; while the forms of our old menure
wasted with age. and our young men are
drunkards like tho whites. Our young
squaws have become tho companions ot
traders and boatmen, and our families are
broken up. Wo are surrounded upon all
sides by white men. en\o one, and or that
live our c'ernal and sworn enemies. We
have hut one resource left. We own the
land tv hero the two river* run different
ways, (the Porta go of tho Fox and Oui*
consin rivers) and to that we must now fly.
When that is gone, the Winnebago will
have no hope, und he will no longer ask to
live.”
II“ro the veteran chiet ended his har
angue, and seemed much affected at the
deplorable though just picture which he
had drawn of his nation. My sympathies
were roused, r.nd I felt, tor once, at !ei*\
as became a philanthropist,—compassion
lor the sioiek of the forest, and shame f»r
the treatment ho hail suffered at tho hands
j of my nation! But the object of these
| mounds, arid of tho rites observed upon
! their tops I had not yet learned, and when
my aged chronicler had roused himself
from his indnncholly musings, I repeated
my inquiries upon those points, llo pans
od for a moment and answered thus: “My
friend, this place was long since called
by white men, “Bout dc .Mortc.”* The
mounds you sec were raised each over the
grave of some renowned duel who f *11 in
the great battle here. By a custom ofour
nation, every Winnebago who comes in
sight of this mound upon which wo are
now seated, must ascend to tho top, and
observe tho rites you Witnessed. When
turning to the sun we swear that our arm.
, w!:.!„ ,i has power, skajl bo exerted in do
: fence of tins land, m.rcmembrance of the
son ot the Great Spirit who sleeps bolow;
and when facing the Sacs and 1'oxos wc
•iwear ever to reinembet and revenge the
[death of the best of chiefs, the favorite
| son of the Groat Spirit, who fell hero by
I their hands.” PLINY.
*LJl8r;iIIy, llrd-piere of dpith. Thu French
1 p1tra»u used bv the chief mint h ive beau iiitrodiic
j eil, jjfoivibly,J l»y the French Jesuits, to translitc
; the Wiuiiobagn name—a n unetli it scenu to have
■ been given to the spot from the shapo <>| tl»u shore,
1 resembling a human f »of. at the ,'-:ul of which thu
in ninria am situated. Hence it was the heel, or
' hecl-pic e—and the consequences of tint b ittlc.1
1 (ought there would reddy supgeit the remainder.
THE VIRGINIA GAME COCK.
It was in thu year 1S2S, that I was
| bound for Uavanna, in tlio brig Evening
j Star, when we had lost sight of the capes,
that a large Eagle lit upon nnr yard arm.
I The sailors seeing him, let him remain mi*
j til after dark, when one of the men, taking
' a large bag with hint, went out upon the
yard and succeed in flinging it over him,
»<> ns to prevent his biting, and iieing tin
hag at one end secured bun until the ibi
’ lowing morning, when ho was taken (run
! the bag, and Ins wings clipped, and trim
med in such a manner, as to prevent Inf
escape. He » s always fed well by the
men in the forecastle, and at last hccumi
finite domesticated, and was a great favor
; iteof the captain. He played a gre.it mu
nv tricks to the great annoyoneo of tin
pigs on board, foi any tiling in the pigs
mess ho would have if he took a liking l<
it; ho was the terror of his bristly compan
ions to such a degree, that ifa pig shower
h s snout on the quarter deck, ho was sur»
to "go the whole hog” on him—this ven
much pleased tho contain, for when pig:
are let loose on ship board, they arc ven
< troublesome.
I :ie nay alter we arrived ni itavnnn
(ho Captain with several moro Americans,
visited a rock pit to hive some sport. 'Hit
captain br-t several timed, but invariably
lost; at length ho offered to bet 5003 dollar
that he had a Virginia came cock on boar,
that would kill any cock on the Island.—
Of course ho was soon taken up. and the>
pitched f«.r thn fig!if, which was to bo three
days after. Accordingly, on leaving th«
pit, he lot his companions into the necrot
and proposed to thorn, to go snacks, anr
throw in, to make up tlto bet. The cap
. tai i also went to the American captains ii
the port, and told them of the hoax, ad vis
ing them to bet on the \ irginia game cock
if they wanted to win a stake or two. Tin
| captain then returned on board and had the
•eagle t'lrwned as cocks generally arc for i
| tight; nil his feathers about the ne<*k, whicl
I arc called cow feathers on a chicken, i
| consequence of their letting them tall whei
j tiicv are beaten, or as it is termed, cowed
; He then hid a little more trim tied off hn
wings, and in fine, disfigured him in sued
■ a manner, that very few could have toh
it was an eagle. He was then cooped ant
put upon short allowance, so as to whe
his appetite tor the coming battle.
The news spread ail over the Havana
and many flocked to sec the fight bctweci
the Virginia and Spanish cocks, ami bet:
were made to a consideable amount. Whei
the day of battle came, the eogle was con
veyed to the scene of action in the sam*
bag in which he was caught. The time o
pitting the cock arrived, and mea step
; pcd ont, who were selected to pit the corks,
: tor neither party wore permitted to pit their
; own chickens; the man on the opposite side
produced one of the large Spanish breed,
and fixed the heels on him. The man
who was to pit the captain's cock, was a
bout preparing a large pair of lieds, when
the captain fold him not to trouble himself,
far he f'light his cock without gaffs. The
captain’s bird was taken from tho sack,
ami waa received with surprise by the be
holders, but tho Spaniard said his cock
would gaff him tho first fly. Tho Spanish
cock made a fly at the eag’e and pricked
him with his heel* pretty smartly, which
raised his ferocity, which was very high
before for tho want of food—he cast a look
of disdain on his adversary, and the next
fly the game Spaniard m ide at him. he
seized him with Ins talons, by tho breast
and wing, and in an instant tore Imn to
i pieces The fame of the Virginia game
| cock was raised so high, that the captain,
i before he left the place, sold him for an a
: mount of money equal to the bet.
fhillimore Minerva.
Huron or Ouiconsin Territory.—The Cin
cinnati Advertiser Ins a letter from a trav
i filler, dated at that place, containing an
! account of this new territory, whose houn
| daries are to bo fixed by tho next Cnn
i gross. As it embrace* the lead mine dis
! trict, some particular* extracted from the
• letter s;*«*ken of, may not bo unacceptable
I to our readers.
Its population is alrcody about 16.000
souls, of whom 10,000 are engaged in
[drawing mineral wealth from tho earth.
The remainder occupy the villages of (J.i
; lena, Cassvil’.c, Prairie du Chein, Groan
Hay, and others less known to us by name.
; That this population i* rapidly augmen
ting, may be ready gathered from the fact,
that 3,000 persons parsed llu HP do, in tli<>
space of a singlo week this season, for O
. hio, itucnigntl an<i unron. inn inner
' acorn * indeed to 1>*» the nucleus of another
Ohie, ns to lu:r climate and 9od arc to lx*
jadded li-r vast mineral wealth and unlim
| ited facilities of her navigation. It is n
i mistaken though prevalent opinion, t .at the
; cold is exec? sive. Snow f dls to ihc depth
of twelve inches; but all grams, fruits and
, vegetables found 1.1 the same latitudes in
j the U. States succeed well here. Such,too.
I is the influence of the (iulf southerly j
1 winds which set up flic many streams, and
I dissolve the snows, that harvest may be
reaped as early. The interior of the coun
i try is always he.il t!iy. On the borders of tlx
i larger streams it is sometimes otherwise in
i summer,tho great inundations of'ho spring
i leavcing largo pools which afterward*
stagnate; but levers are gencraly confmed
to the borders of tho Mississippi. On the
water coiirses the soil is broken and hilly;
in the inter.or, undulating. About one
third of the land is cf first rate firming
quality, about one tenth well tiuibereo,
I’lio purest water is found in every direc
j tiou.
Some of the coppcr-mincs may 1)6 found
south-east of the Porcupine Hills,which In
on the coast of Lake Superior; but the greai
; mine, from whoso copper tho spoons ii
Pea lea Museum wore made, lies on c
! stream which runs info the Ontanagon ri
I ver. nearly northwest of Copper lake, am
| in latitude 1G ig. A line drawn yvest fmn
Chippirnttnn river of Lake Michigan, in a
bout I2dg. 55. will strike Copper M
on the branch' s of Rock and Peckfnno
(sometimescalled Packtolica,) rivers. I In
ir.mo wich Dr Franklin was so oiixious tr
■ i socuro in the treaty with Great Britiun, lie
' j on an isl md in lake Superior. Galena, ii
, j 12 leg. 21, is siuutcd on Bonn (Fever oi
,! Feve/river, twelve miles from its junctioi
| witn the Mi'* ssppi and Sm ill Pox rivers
and has 250 homos and 800 inhabitants
Pvrtnge Summit, on a space of land b'
,! tween Ouisconsin and Fox rivers, is men
I tinned as likely to be a thriving town wit!
advantages which may make it horeafto
rival Cincinnati. Tho writer says of tliii
place —
“In the heart nfn fine country, suitabli
! tbr t* rmmg. tho thoroughfare to the In i »r
i trade in the upper section of tlio Mi«si«
aippi, commanding nn uninterrupted strap
!>,»at navigation to New Orleans, sive tlx
I rapid* of Desmomes. mid navigation e
iqutlly free fir boats to Now York an<
i .via ureal, ni iy not Missouri and Arkitna
! in a few years, relieve their supplies a* j
i reduced rate of transportation bv thi
router*
Huron presents mxnv sites fur ranah
. J and for making connections between tli
j Missisippi mid lake Superior. A natura
. one, ns we have bef ire mentioned, »u!#-ost
,; in the spring, when the waters arc high
It. W. Chandler of Galena, is about *•
| publish a map of the mines finishing « £
er »1 tOjKigraphiciil view of iho mioersl re
i j gion now w orked.
i! Fran the Journal nf Health.
PHYSICAL ED U C A IIO X O F Ci IR I -
11 In the physical education ot children
| it is not sufficient to consult merely •hen
t present case and well b'-injr; but attent'oi
is eq tolly duo to whatever is calculated t<
protn ite the vigour and usefulness ot it' "
i future lives, by strengthening die con»tito
, tion. preserving the lunhs in troe exerrtM
i of all their motions and guarantying 1*'
. svstom from the deleterious infl toucc <
: tho-e agents by whtcli it is to be constant
f ly surrounded.
Thoogeut the whole actnal kingdom
!<ho voting arc j r »mpted by an instinctive
i impulse to almost constant exercise: con
tor liable to this intimation ol* nature, tlie
infancy of man should be passed in those
harmless gambols which exercise the limbs
without requiring any minute direction
from tlic head, or theconstand guidance of
a nurso.
It is w *11 known to physicians, that when
attempts ore ntado in early youth, to inter
fere with tho natural movements and ester- t
cieoof the body.—when, from a false idea
of improving the shape or giving grace to
the carriage, children arc confined ton par
ticular position for too long a period,-—they
beccme restless and uneasy, and their
mu: les acquire tricks of involuntry mo
Twitching of the features, gesticu
lations of the limbs, or even dangerous and
permanent deformity, may be tho result of
sin h unnatural restraint.
From the exercise, and free use of pure'
nir, no child should be debarred, upon
! these depend, in u groat measure, the
; ijrnith. vigour, and cheerfulness of youth;
while they contribute essentially to the per
manence ol tho same blessings during a*
! dult hfe. # v i
Frror in this respect, it is trite, is but of
| occnronn! occurre; ce in the physical cdu
eation of hoys. But hmv often bn* an over
mxicty for delicacy of complexion in a
. daughter, or tho apprehension that tho
I limits may become coarse and ungraceful,
and her habits vulgar—been the means of
! debarring her from the enjoyment of either
or or exercise, to an extent sufficient to
1 ensure the health aid activity of tho iys
i mm? The consequence is, that too many
females acquire in iufrncy a feeble, sickly,
l and languid habit—rendering them capri
cions and helpless, if not the subjects of
j suffering, through the whole course of their
I lives.
Tlio bodily excrci«« ot tno two sexes
ought, Id fact, to be the samo. As it is
important to secure to both, all the corpnr
r*nI advantages winch miture has foimed
j them to enjoy, hoili should lie pcrimttcJ,
without control, to partake ol 'he same ra
tional means of ensuring a continued flow
of health and animal apirits. to enable their
systems to perform perfectly all tno func
' lions of life, (i ris should not been, fined
; to sedentary life within the precincts of a
j nursery, or at best, permitted a short walk,
veiled and defended from every gleam of
aunahino and from every hie ilh of air.
The unconstrained enjoyment ol their
limbs and muscles in the open air, without
i ligaturo to restrain the 1'rced‘un of their
motions, or an ever watchlul eye to curb
the lively joy of their unclouded spirits, is
equally important to their health and well
being; as to that of ilicir brothers.
To hope to communicate graceful form
and motions to the limbs of a child, health
and vigor to its constitution, and cheerful
ness to its spirits, by confinement, belts,
Igiturrs and splints, super ad Jed to the
lessons of the posture master—is about us
rational as would bo the attempt to improve
the beauty and vigor of our forest trees,
bv transferring to the green house. and ex
tending their branches along an arltliet.il
framework.
The first occupations of the d ly, for
I children, should he abroad, for the benefit
of mil ding the morning air. Every |**r’
son who notices the fact, will be struck
| with tlio diirereucc m the health and co n
plcxion, ann cheerfulness ot feature, cxlii*
luted by the child who has *|»eiit some timo
i m out door exercise licfire its m »roi*ig
i' meal and task, and tlio one who p ss< »
II immediately from its couch to the break
i j fist table, and tlicnco to study Children
■I are find ofearly rising, when their li.ttur.il
i activity id disposition, and disinclination to
remain long in n state of qmcl have not
been counteracted by habits of indulgence.
As much of the day should he passed m
tlio open air, as the weather will (term t,
i and is compatible with those iiegessury »»v
• orations which call for attendance w Inn
. doors. Nor nro we inclined to Inn i thu
out door cxcrcfec, in respect to girls, in h e
• season of summer alone, 'rhoiijh /* innb
11 children, as generally educated, nny no
| lio able to bear tho extremes of ln*at mid
i cold as well as hoys; y«f- by proper in m
•j igatn-nt. they may be enabled to *J*Um
! .vithas little inconvenience, the transitions
I: of the seasons. A Imbm al use of tlio col
• j bath, when no circumstances arc present
11 to forbid it- employment, while it con'rib
. utos to the health of the system gc erallv
j is an cfT-i Inal means of removing tli t del *
,-ary of constitution which renders no ex
I ■ posure to cold ahke disagreeable and pro
II judicial. _
Tim discussion a* lo the propriety o'*
, the United States purchasing the pro. r co
.! of frx4ii i* becoming gpneral. It i* *
I question of considerable importance, and
will in all probability, be formally; f not
officially. brought before the next Uoi g e».
Tile territory in question in under the jmts
diction of Mexico, and extends on the Gulf
of Mexico, from the S. W. of l^ouinimn
io the Kio Grande del Norte, 500 n.iles,
11 and running from thence, by the course of
i that river, back to it point in the Kocky
Mountains, perhaps 1000 miles. A por*
tion of the territory is ri« h «nd fertile, pro
ij during all (be most \ aluabletropir.il truj’s;
•1 .fher parts arc dry ai.d pi tins and prairicc.
f anJ other parts mountains. Tim* pr*-t»*‘bly
-; not so valuable »» some reprc**‘ t it. would
i l*e of more value to the Uuiied 9t ite»» than
, tto eny other comotry. Pa. (Juz,