Bloomington Post, Volume 2, Number 7, Bloomington, Monroe County, 23 December 1836 — Page 3

TEXAS-INTERESTING: In addition to (he items promised yesterday from the Texas'Telegraph, we give the following very interesting article front the Natchez Courier cf the 29th November We have had

j nothing so full and satisfactory from

j exis lor a long wp.iie : ana we presume nil the statements of Col. IJonnell may be relied upon as correct. Louisville Cily Gazelle.

Latest from Texas. U'e yesterday

Mrriaay, MttC. 5 I.f3. !hacja interview with Co!. Geo. Vv.

OCrOno year's subscription to this ; IJonnell of the Texian Army, forme iptper, will be given for the best New- ly Editor of the Southern Argu?, pubYear's Adobes, written for the Carrier j lis.'ied at Columbus in this Slate, and and handed in ngninstlhe t-0ta of Decern- j now on his way to that place having ber aext. j leave of absence for three months. ' , , ' . j From him we bars learned many imWe learn by a private letter receiv-; portaul particulars respecting the con'ei by a person in this place, that Pork j dition of Htlairs in that countrr, as he lis fallen in Madison, from six dollars j brings the latest intelligence, bavin"

-per hundred to three dollars Gftv S ,efl Columbia, the Capitol of Tex? . ion Nov. Hlh, 'tJ Velasco on the

19th.

We give a comph inrt tvilli tw. aalut i

Messsge and will commence.its Fuh-s . Houston-, l

tlcation next week. In order to give j dent, salary, our readers some of the proceeding M B. Lamar, Vice I'r of our State Le eislalure. we thii.k it ! ident, salary,

c best to divide the message.

cents.

Ve have received the President's

Our last IroManapo'ijmnil failed to bring us any intelligence from cur Legislature. GREAT DEBATE. We understand thai Mr. Alftax

DtR Campbell, and an eminer.t Hish- j op of the Roman Catholic order, will I fhortly meet at the City cfCinccin-j

nali, nnJ there rebate. minlain

S. F. Austin, Set' of State, II. Smith, Sec'y of Treasury, salary, Tri s. J. Ru-K, Sec'y. f War, salary, S. B. Fi-iita, S-x'y. of the Navy, salary, P. OlLINSWORTH, Ait'r. (j(,iii,r:i salarv, .1. U. Jones l . G.era!, riot fixed.

Fcl x Ho -ton of Na'cl ez was com

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ment has been organized and is in regular operation. A bill establishing a judiciary composed of four circuit judges and a chief justice, was under consideration. Congress has also p-i?sed a law for raising 600 dragoons as rangers on the North western frontier, to range from Red river to San Antonio. The President has also ordered 300 Infantry to organise a chain of block houses, to extend across

the whole of that range. Of course

this i3 intended only to overawe the Indians and deter them from those depradalions for which the Cumanches are celebrated. They have also established trading house?, and are on friendly terms, at present, with all the tribes of Indians. The conditions upon which they desire admission into the Union, ai set forth by the report of the committee nd adopted by Congress, are : First The continuation of slavery second,

j a guarantee not to settle Indians in : Uieir territory third, full and equal privileges with all the other states.

jO.i their part, they are wi'ling to eurgtO.Ov? ; render ali tlicir unoccupied territory itolhe. general government, after the

" uouidation ol all tw mauds against

w j their republic. Natch Courier.

i?t of the Cab each mem1" i i-

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ion, feeling and action, it has ever ; my pretensions may be. indeed of br .

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".Yezcs by Express jMiil." Uunder (his head the National Intelligencer of the 2Jinst. furnishc Us with the following interesting intelligence from Florida. i Interesting from Florida' The Brig Gen. Sumptcr Captain Bennet, and schooner Lnura C'pt. Spencer

ralai v j n ived at this port lat evening, in I short passages ht.in Jacksonville .

I lie gr.,'i!)ing io'eh g-o:c. has been

respective

ngint each other their

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views on reneiois mauers. .unv : ' in.tc.v im h.h .iiio

imaiiun.g ti.e nr:n ly brevet, at the j ree to ny uii urr.vai ci iv: aeieal tirre of Col. B'Min-li's dep irtiire, and I of the Stmiii'de l-i.lianas , in, two en

gagements bi t w-" ."!! th'1. I ennesfee .. - I . I I i : l . t . : l

nrAr.. frAm .tit:...rr it is r v nrrtnA re? -ecu u u.An -t.il w.juij !) ticcieu : i i ..hum ., unoer

.., .... . , '. 1 comm t:der in Ct.;, f. i 'he cr.tnman:! f Gvi:rnor ( all, and mil repair tl.:t.i?r, n f.rd.r to .tt: i (),, u- , , p, ,. ...- ou j a pii,QI, fti,c-,- s , vag. s. Tl-e reg-th-scene. Ft"y r!.-r r.vvj c! v .:: j ;. t n m sg. t. th; C.-.r.gr.-s, re- v ik :h u frinu; I,.d..in9 in the ser

ous Jeritminsitior. have muted tcget'i c.m'TM-n-Ji:-er in r.-o'K?t:r.g Mr. Carribdl fA rr. et ! "' Si ;!- V:

g t.' th-: C-.r. ilm lib? r 'i u-a

i, f-.r purj'.-s-: i f ah

''.iPj: hi in t;i vi-ii liic Uvile.J Sl'-.its. 'l'.'-.ir- e - j i r r- !-. t.l ttoi. leconiMicr.tirJ !V f i : . r I . t .1 !ikri. i i rt.ir In

fciJerc J by the.n at perhaps She most j (-;, .., t, .vlil,., wh , fl,.j ..i iriVll o-r pf f -rt rr.ii tin !hf y Cruji J Im v j r d t: .. I Ao to V, a: i..g'.;, (jen. Ifcted i: .'.'. t'-f r.-ur.trv. V j Jat.l.-.U! pr f;;oL :-i . U.-i'iiic ;i niL-iii thii.k hWevf tht th- f-jr..N f (!:e ; ,or b'-'cu tne two government, &

his Bishop in debate, w'drh circumffmife sfe.TH t.i provf tli-it h." i rsn

prctettrit c !.' nrrd rol an) fr:,.r to the rov..t.

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pr.-p.iiu'. t. become Uu: sccmity o

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n r'i'f.--r.-.ry, from t!nc :a (i. all irea! ntia

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.anta Anna lor the f littiiV'l perfmmi.;u.e et 1.; trealy .

A .:i i iI'tI in rl th.a' C-vvu-.rr .', tin' II I:

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(Jei.er-; vice of thy United SlaUS had previ-

(iiv) ep.ratcil frnr.i the t.irce Under the i rrmntnj i;f (JoVi inor Call, and ii.'.d procec.iid up ll'.r one p;Je of the ' II. I jc on. -hie, tuv ud tlu! Wahaii

f.i'o the vo'un'ceTe under

loc.k the other side o(

ihi; stream, itnd rn'."oii!iteringiboul one half of the whole force cf Indians, a battle ensued. Ait-r hbut one

sivigfi retreated, I twenty kiile.l and

been my aim to carry out the Demo

cratic institutions of our country, and to preserve and perpetuate them free uncontaminaled, and excellent, as they were fixed, and understood by the fathers of our country" with whom they originated. I have heretofore had opportunities of declaring my views, in reference to questions of national concern. They remain unchanged except in relation to one matter now no longer at issue. To protect, reasonably, domestic manufactures, through the medium o( the Tariff, to provide for the distribution of the surplus national revenue, when, and bs often os the same may accrue, directing its invigorating streams to the moral and physical improvement of the country and people, from whom it is derived, the contin uation,and completion of the Cumberland road, and the granting of the publie lands to actual settlers, to the ex elusion of speculators, and the repeal

of so much of h certain 'treasury or Allegany, der' as requires residents of this state Armstrong, to pay for land? within the same it. j Beaver, gold or silver, are measures which i i Bedford, emphatically western in their .har: I Beik?, ter. They interet thi great body of; Bradford, the people, nd will demand the ear ! Burks; nest attention of their representative ! Butler, in Congress. I do not think that U j Cambri j, create a surplus revenue f r the ex Centre, press purpose of distributing the sam- Chester, again, among the people, cr States, i j Cleaif; Id, a powe r intended hy the Constitution i ColU'i.hn , to be delegated to Congress. It mav, ; Craw ford, however, f.eqneutiy be the i.;jtin:,.; ; Cu'iht ( i ,; rpcult of : T.iilll. arfjnfi-il 1. r., . i I) uinl.iv

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sonable protection ui donte'ie. m n.-i faclures, tli.it such ttiiplu ir.tv a'crue and w htn it dors aec: 'ie.it ught to bt; distributed, h r an ri il iwiry treasury is m-t ecii-i-.U :it "nli j-u

the only legitimate tests. integrity.

ana capability. WM. W. WICK. Indianapolis, Dec. 4, 1836. P. S. feince writing the ahoire the Legislature now in session, have passed a laW, directing a special terrh of the Circut court for Johnson county to be holden in next week. This will make it necessary for my time to be occupied until within a day or two of the time fixed for the election, which is the first Moudsy in next month. My opponent will therefore have a clear held. I hope my friends will do more, and better for me, than I could do for myself, and leave the matter with the people whenever hire and never will leave the absent undefend ed, or unsustained.

Adams.

licau policy, and sinif .itih . i.v

r wi ice.

sw imp, wMio

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hri;'i ror l'n t, t! wk'i it ef nl.

d.M!,t!e 1 1 1 . r rfwhich tht v Car

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;iiej cii the liniown u..y our

1 : -i t.u k :p th'' ! nr.-uit, and

for-

hikI r une up

lAnmerr;'

important tiaii-is either in politics noia' or reiiitiu .. Any thing, S ' whaievir r.ature it may he. t,::t c :. , ccrrs Ihf drtiir.ir? r;f nations er cf in- j dividuals rirrrv:;s at lea".! sirric p c'- '

Bi"5orriirt2tyn froti its first I c-itior hss been characterized by iis literary aod rchi:ir,i; p i riimi y anrither;- ha? hf-r. a re'ig'ou; warfare cor.s'anl'y

goirg on between th" vf i'rs ue nnm-

n nv.ld an;J

t':e 'i': xi.-.r an. I l.e is iii xioos t.i i vitii tlie enemy, when a frron 1 conr t : 1 the dilieultiee hetw.iMi th-j two j J.ct tok place, v.ih cqiia'ly disai-

"Vtri.tr 'M.'S nt m er.v a day ns ro- i trous resuns U t"ie Ihm ui. I ;tfy a-

I 'll ttieir I s rould

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lA.a.tion at.d Pensnily in

courteous m jr.r.rr. There is or s-.i'jtt viz: l4Tt;- re miticn of ir.s" which h;. he n an 1rr.ort btandini' 'nunc for reiijiou- eon

Tie p-i.j.le n( I ix-j, he faid,

iri.l declared t a tare irtj lily, that .) wi'td to tie alt n:hc d to the U. State. Ti,i-, he th.Mn;' !, v. c-j'.'. he

j diucled in no way s well as ta have commissioners appointed t. tit ("fit the j bo'indaiit.s between the e,cvernmenl I'lf Mai o and the V. S;at.. II.j in f-ivor ct tiiis ccur?, ar.d WviilJ j iv. struct tin: coiPiniiiiuru r o- tl,e ! pa. t of Mexico to ir .iUe lh; H o (J i ;u le j del Norte, the hr.U'.dary to t:.i Soilthi -.Mstcrn source. itilj would include i all of Texas, the greater part of Coa

hui'.a. nnd pai t ol ew L on, 1 i.tnaii

filths of

'ain retreated,

not h- AirjTTi! '-d. n iv tr. he

lark-

wiih puiiiy of oar i.vert.m.-.'if. Ttie ex-.-CUtivc ';ve::.ty! ji.t r.fthr United Sla!e v, id uA f,..i;, sir, :.

sume the attitude td strei.-fi n. s ),. to it under the a 'm.i-i-;i r't ..j n present Chi- f. I miir t ..it it v.;:, need the suppirt of t!if ll'-prrs-.rnt.; lives of I ho people. i't.t r-j;--po.-t ought to he g-Mieiouj uid htn. ra though iiot u:-re-tri( ted , cr 'ul-i- rvi ent. A majarity of the people oftl.i' district, cast their yoU nnir.-t th indivi ju.il cl'.osen by the niiionto ad minister the govei m:e:', f r th-. r, suitii; fj'r jears; ho! 1 do t; .1 iiiu;, ( stand, fi iin th.il t.irru.n-1 ii.ee, lii.il r. is their wi;l that innr repi ,-( t.i'iv in Congress shou'. I ii; s'e I!t:i5:.li "r: the ftCli-JM wl'.ich inaj he f,.,)ti springing up in th. ntio:i! : "u-n al-.

aiiu uirttung iiieir iuuk i, r

ute H.im'.ninirati n, in ri. ':t

PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION. OFFICIAL.

V. Buren. 1186 3674 1S23 1075 15S7 5967 14G2 081 1003 450 1C09 3277 1560 1614 !90l 5 37 2 J030 1312 lJ0 i 6 2:5 o -1 - o ! "-!') S-J 4 ; CS7 I I 1 li'J i:'37

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it. Our h f i th,: two i wroi.g

trsversv and wi;i :i notwithstanding ; jips Chiiiualun, and f air its J ublirily, there are many lo n hon- ! 2kk M jcIco. It h.-lnf, the I

nefs of the ni.

ri;eir.--iit! nas live Kii.ed ana seven wr,u tided A r.rgro was taken Hioner. who -f;'..rd that t!e Indians were divided ii'.t;j to pat tics, one of vhich wa anxi u; for peace, but were kept in

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re !i nt ol amunilioii, i.nj arf t xnect. ;d fhotlly to am render, unh-ss they

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The time, I id, When tie

pr.n lire a tresli

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the suii-ei M ai'n-.et e:ttirc!y i. ew We therefore fr our own satisfaction ns well as that of e'lr fiiend and the commdnity gri. orally, respectfully di rect and soiieit t!e nltention r;f out two young friends .1. M- Faning and W. M. Daily to this fihj-ct whirh is so eentially important to the tern poral nd eternal interests of man, nr.d which wc thii.k an Rp'propriate ind interesting theme for public dis custioo. MANY CITIZF.3.

Mr. Poindexler. The revere acci

dent (which befell thii gentleman, at Natchez, on the 14th ull., was mentioned in the Gazette at ti e time of the receipt cf .the intelligence. In (he. Christian Herald of that city, tinder date of the 19lh, we have the

following: "Karly on the day after the accident, Mr. Poindexler became Composed enough to give din cticr.s in regard to the provisions of his will, making his wife, who is now in Lexingto'n, Kentucky, hii sole legatee. II is property is worth probably more than two hundred thousand dollars. Since that time the hopes of his medical friends have been wavering. He has more than once seemed to be

en the point of dissolution ,' but has rallied ngain. There can he but one feeling of deep sympathy for his severe offerings. There is a strong probability that amputation will be necessary In his fractured leg, should he recover strength enough to Warrant the operation." Louisville City Gaz.

to which the Tt . : 3 I 'd laid claim. On those considerations General J uk-1 eon proposed sending him home in a National ve fsel. j

The?e ievsrrKt the decided approbation of (jenerai Houston, and ol most ol th-: m -rnhers of his Cabinet, and he recommended their ndoption in me?s . to the Congress of Texas. After remaining in secret eefsion for six hour? the hou-e decided against the measure, and passed a resolution

that Santa Anna should be still re- j tamed as captive.

1 he 1 nomas I ot,y, a 1 ev.an privateer, has, within the last few weeks, captured and brought into tho port ol Veiasco, two Mexican schooners, the Julius Caisar and thn Mexica'na; Hit: former valued at .$4000, the latter at $5000. The Mexican navy is represented as being in a wretched condition; the Texian vessels small os they are, are bidding them defiance within sight of the gunfi of their own forts. The .Metf'caoa was taken Within three miles of Vera Cruz, and the Inde

pendence, a Mexican sloop cf war,

mounting 14 guns, was tying fu alienor in the port, and refused to come out and give the Toby battle. The Tb.09. Toby mouuts only 5 guns.

Various important matters have been discussed in the Texian Congress. Among other propositions thnt have been introduced, are the following: the establishment of a regular army and the re organization of the military forces; also, a direct tax on land and cattle. A committee has been

comiums are f-ivcn to the gtllantry of ti'-ncral An.MSTti.iNG, of tho Tennessee volunteers, as well as !o Colom-I Heed, of the Floiida volunteers. The ether .ii virion of cur f,uc -s had rot been heard from at the last accounts. Charleston four.

LUi'inipjlix, D.c. C, 1G.3G. ''THE THIRD TIMK M THE CHARM." To the electors of the district lately i epres i.(i; l in Congress hy tha II ol. (.Jeoige L. K'nnarJ. Flirt Cttizms:

Tvvice have I presented, to the

people, my humb'e pretension?, to a

seat in the highest Representative

council in the nation, ; r.d at each time, were those pielcnsions, moi;t respectably, though not quite success

fully sanctioned by the public voice.

Untoward events, not subject to

my control, but originating withothers,

!'.! p t ,:e '. , i x ( i; iv-a:,.: :

legislative hr iTseh-f efp'.-r ri.,,.. . must be. Into, ed l y a pint t-f ... sion to co-opt ra'f, no t I, uco,-'. z ;,. gether, and a t oivproii.ire r I I e..: i., terests, and fcelitsu most he m -; a that the Tt tuple tf Liht r' v , n ried ; by t!ie only seif govcrnini; people to. ; rartti, vaIjoso super?1 rucui e ,, - foundation laid in ihe stoi:n-. a: I vit ! tues of lierolulior., ai d c met: ted h the blood of patriots will crumble ariU j fill, leaving scar:' a column, oral

monument to remind a lost people o: ;

the sacred t!iint: bv tnem threnn a I way as Valueless and vile. Entertaining these view?, 1 r.tnin dined, both in public and in private' station?, lo render to the Executive, 1 chosen by the nation, a candid; and)

liberal support. If constrained by a sense of duty, lo oppose one, or more measures of the Kdmii.istralioc, I would confine that opposition lo those measures, and not carry it to cthei mailers not Connected therewith. The greater portion of the lim2 to elapse previous to the election, I nm in duty bound to devote toj idicia! du ly, n3 the cucuit courls of the coun ties of iJoon &. Hamilton, composing n part of my circuit, are yet to be hoi den, and I do not feel at liberty to re

sign iu the midst of au unfinished cir

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ELECTION KE rL'iN5. crriciAL. Et:si Tennetsee.

and furnishing, for the time, peculiar, cuit, much less to leave ifnt court

oui oniy temporary cause ol excite- wittiout a lull bench. A resignation

aPDoihfe J to perform what we think

For nearly 3000 years after the ; will prove a Herculean task, namely : death of us Christ, not one of the j to investigate the numerous and conChristian Churches took up a weapon flictinr? land claims ef companies, and

IK . T I . ITZ L

rer waniK parpeic..

ment, influenced the public feeling,

and ruled my destiny, making me the victim of circumstances which 1 did not create. The very high vote which I received on each of the occasions alluded to, together with indications novv fe aching me, from num rrous quarters, conspire lo encourage me to again present my name to your consideration, in tilling the vacancy occasioned by the lamented death ol your late representative, who has fallen a victim to a causally as terrible iu its character as the result is mournful.

As I have resided in the district

from the first setllerrent of the coun

try, and in public, and private stations

have been ever belore aim amongst you, my qualifications, humble as they

are, my opinions and general course,

are known to the tno3t ot you, and es

individuals. The post.clfice depart-' pechiUy to the old residents. In opin

would not be just to parties" whose

cause are under advisement. II

these reasons arc insulhcient, there is

yet another which is imperative upon

me not to resign. Certain "badly raised" and "half baked1' lawyers have declared their intention to bring my

judicial conduct before the representatives of the people. One Who is a member of the House cf Representa tives very formerly notified rrf; of this intention, some weeks since. They

must not have apparent cause to Say

that I have retreated from investi

gation . I would rather invite them to

"go ahead," which I do "by these pres

ents." They have time to operate

in before the election.

Trusting that a generous people

will not cutter me to be assailed un justly, or misrepresented in my ab

sence 1 commit the subject to my

friends, and tbe people, desiring that Smith,'

V. Buren. Vhs. Sullivan, 034 302 Knox, 8G 9G3 Claiborrte,' 90 323 Uome, 110 460 Washington, 7G0 429 Blount, 153 561 Carter, 46 495 Coake, 7 309 Grainger .1G 691 Greene, 724 635 Ilawkii.?, 1S1 770 Marion, 170 237 Mcigf, 107 1C5 Monroe; S 553 Anderson, Si 221 Uedsor, 15 223 Campbell, 147 157 Jackson,' 203 710 Jefferson,' 33 577 Sevier, . X 253 McMinn, 423 824 Morgan, 3 85 llhea, 63 27 1 Hamilton; 153 215 5143 10473 .Middle Tennessee. Van Buren. White. Davidson, 985 1334 Summer, 1160 748 Maury. ; 199? 1210 Montgomery, 46"7 745 Robertson, SOD 86? Rutherford, T00O It79 Dickson, ?Q3 Williamson, 402 1 49 1 Hamphreyt, f?5 124 Lawrence,; 272 528 Warren, f 172 334 Smith, 332 1266

A Specx of War is the East. A Bangor ptiper says, "We learn fro hi a gentleman who arrived here last evening from Baskahegan Lake, that considerable excitement Dtevails iu ihLt

neighborhood, in consequenct ct a rumor that several hundred In-j

mans had recently come tluctlgh l

Itom Canada, anil pitched their tents near that nlace. anrT wer-

preparing to Rive battle to the '1 mm

inuauiiants. bo great was the excitement that tttrere numhrr

had prepared themselves wilk powder and bills for the attack, which was hourlyexpected when our information left."

(Krlf any one r peaks evil of joty flee home to your ova consciences,and examine your heart if jod be guilty, it is a just connection if sp guilty, it is a fair instruction make use of both bo shall you distil honv

ou t of gall, and out of an open efteray

iiinc atbic uiniiii x his la tnojrS excellent advite and we hope tr reader will remetbber it; -

Question.--What is it that akts every b.dy tick but those who swallow Wf Answer. Flattery. o The receipts of cotton at CofoatrfaLf S. C. the w.ek ending Nov. 25. vera 2443 bales. 1 "