Bloomington Post, Volume 3, Number 3, Bloomington, Monroe County, 29 December 1837 — Page 3

THE POST.

BLOOMIXGTOX, INDIANA: FRIDAY DECEMBER 29, 1C37

THE PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE. FOR PRESIDENT GEN. W. K. HARRISON

Th- Wptom country is becoming more and

in re enlightened eery day; institutions of learn

lug are every where springing up, opening without

distinct!. n, to n!l,thj paths ot Literature and bci

11:2, and the facilities thus atlirded for education

are such ns to presage, th it ere long we can boat

us refined a comi'iaity us any other part of the

Union. SvJcIj then v'w o ir prosperous condition

with rQrifri t. h.1 .icitiou. it bee :nes necessary that

i ' t'aecitizens of ihe Wet ',. u! l hive a general information in regard to the political condition of our wuntry. Now, luw are they to gain, such knowl-

sJgof The question is very easily answered; for

they can derive such information only from the

newspapers of the day. Nothing of a political na

tire transpires in our government, which tais not heralded through the medium of the press to the

tvodIc of every state. U it not necessary, that ev

cry freeman should know the condition of the affairs of his country? Of this, there is no doubt. "AuJ to gain u correct knowledge of what is going on in relation to his rights as a freeman; he must f )fer to the co'u.n is of newspapers. Now as such information is of tho greatest importance, ought not tho citizen use such means as are in his power to procure it? There is hardly a citizen in the limits of our state, who has not tke means of procuring a liowspaper, for the whole state is full of presses. Another thing we would mention, is, that we have often noticed that a great portion ofth citizens of the West subscribe for eastern papers to the exclusion of those at home. We are unable to define the cause of this, unless it be for the name of the thing; the very name ot an eastern paper must have a magic influence in it; because it happens to be from a distance there must be more imp irtanee

lofi.be doctor's making an attack upon our paper,

unless he was "STIMULATED" to it by the result

of the late elections in New York. The doctor has

made an uncalled for attack upon us, and we will

try our hand at doclrin" htm awhile. This is our

first dose and we denominate it No. L If he don't let us and our "Po9t" alone, we will continue our

numbers until he takes the "alarming symptoms."

We have heretofore neglected to state that the

Jeffersonville Courier, a very ably conducted and

spirited paper, published at Jefferson ville, in this State, has laid asfde its neutrality and hoisted the

Whig flag. We give it a hearty welcome and hope that it may do much good for the cause it has

espoused.

Patriotic. By a slip from the office of the Indiana

Journal, we learn that the Jourxt.men printers oj Indianapolis, have formed a company to goto Cana

da, to assist the Patriots of that country. It will be

recollected that the printers were among the first to

fly to the assistance of the oppressed Texians

We are indebted to Messrs. Smith, Herod and Tip

ton, for various papers and public documents for warded to us by them. AN APPRENTICE WANTED.

A boy ot" moral industrious hahits, who can read

and write, will be taken at tins office to learn the art of printing, if application be made immediately.

CONGRESSIONAL

Monday Decf.mber 1 1, 1837. IN SENATE.

Afer the presentation and reference of numerous

petitions and memorials (which will be specifically

noticed tomorrow) the following resolutions were

sever! v ollereu :

Ily Mr. CRITTENDEN, (amended by Mr. Clay,

of Kentucky, and Mr. Grundy:)

Resolved by the Senate, That the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, directed to report to this House the amount of postage which has accrued

from the Express Mail since its first establishment,

under the act of 1836, discriminating between

that portion of it paid by the Government or any

Department or office thereof, and that paid by private individuals; and to report also the total amount of cost or expense incurred by the Government in the establishment and maintenance of said Express Mail from its origin; And also to report what willbe the annual cost

of said establishment as it now exists, and accord

ing to existing contracts and arrangements;

And also what will be the probable cost of pro

posed extensions not yet contracted lor; and upon I. ..I 1 I I

wnat routes me saiu man is now carrteu.j Adopted bv consent. Ity Mr. BENTON: Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be in

structcd to inquire into the condition of the currency in the District of Columbia, and to report such

bills as they may deem necessary

to improve the

attached to it, & not that it realty carries more vai- condition the root in said DistncL "liable news in its columns. It cannot b- denied that Adopted by consent, -.v- - 'u-'iL-t : ;uri,,-,i :,r .r;,,r l,.no. y Mr- CLAY, of Alabama:

i.W.rS,.uui.s... , - - AVWiW. That the Committee

fit to the people hrc thvt eastern papers. I hey exchange with th-j prin-ipio pi,i;rs in the I luoa"' and transfer all the news tint caa interest or bene- , fit tho western citizen, fro.n them into their owi columns, ttesides tin papers here contain local

now and all .ncdesiary informition relative to the aTair of oiir state. Now, if the people of Indiana a id the western states generally would have an eye single to their own in crests, they ought to riiippirtthe Western papers. By so doing they would n )t only raise th'2 condition of their papers at home b-it also give tlieuf importance abroad. And by it? t'ey would use economy, and save unnecessary expenses. Puhlic Arms. Win has charge of our public arn n? Are there no officers in this regiment, whose duty it is to see that they ate taken care of? Some years ago, the United States, upon application being made by some of our military officers, furnishrd this regiment with very superior arms for a Iiighlhorsc and Artillery company, and we arc sorry to say they havo been, and continue be (with !' w exceptions) the play-things of the boys about' tir street:. Our Cannon has been standing in Ihe 1'i.mmoM, without any shelter over it, ever since the 4th of July last. The wood work is now in a lapM state of decay the irons much injured by mst, and will evidently, unless removed out of the

-athcr soon become unfit fur use. Tha bovs have

life access to it and frequently turn it upside down i j A Jeep cutter near its present location. Such neg-

lect on tho part uf our public officers, is not only (iirauiful to them and the community in general, but it is showing the utmost contempt for tho laws bv which we are governed. Wo presume this is The way in which the public arms in this State have generally been taken care of, and we do not woudcr that Uncle Sam is almost insolvent. Doctor John Ike llig Jack, visited our town on Saturday last and the way he brayed about Harrifontsm and our "Post" 'irarnl sloa". It is hard to t.'l! which sufj'Tcd the most fro;u his sarcastic reMark. He h id many hard Siiyhigs about the "Old llvio of North Bend' and wound up by letting off a

f.tthy volley of abuse (which is nlways sure to eminale from such animals ns he is) against our

. ,,iAm' patter" as he called it. Wo are not atall

surprised to hear of the if c.'or uttering contempt for Atnall things- The fact is his mind is so strong and

o extensively cultivated that all the matter coutainJ in a common sized newspaper, is no more than a "breakfast spell1' for him to comprehend. Why

leader, he comprehended the whole "Thompsonian

ystem of 'dvclriii in the unprecedented short space

t)fone week, and the week following he adininistet

H to " Vf i f. sick folks? We cannot tell the cause

on

Also, u bill providing for the issuing of patents to certain lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin. , Severally read twice, by consent, and referred. Mr. WRIGHT, from the Committee on Finance, reported, without amendment, the bill referred to them, for the relief of Elisha Towneffor the relief

ol bras'. us and Thaddeus Fairbanks; and lor allow

ing drawbacks on cordage made from foreign hemp.

Mr. WKIGHI, from the same committee, reported a bill to remit the duties on certain goods

destroyed by the great fire in New York. Read,

and ordered to a second reading. The CHAIR presented a report from the Post!

Office Department, oft he expenditures on the con

tingent fund for 1837. Referred, and ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. ROBBlNS, Ordered, That the CSair appoint, on the part of the Senate, a Joint Library Committee. Messrs. Robbins, Allen, and WIll, were appointed on said committee. 1 The resolution proposing an inquiry intp the expediency of establishing a new land office in tlnCheiokee district in Alabama, was taken up and adopted. On motion of Mr. WHITE, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of Executive business, and then Adjourned. . House of representatives. Tuesday, Dec. 13, 1837. Memorials were presented by Messrs. Evans Smith, and Carter, of Maine'; Alherton mid Cushmiii of New Hampshire; Grennell, Briggs, Calhoun Heed, Parmenter, Cushing, Lincoln, Phillip?, Darlings, Bonlenand Fletcher, of Massachusetts. Amongst others we.e the following presented: ' Mr. Adams presented certain memorials remon strating against the annexation of Texas to the Union, and moved that these, together with allutheion the same subject, which had been presented bv himself and his colleagues at the extra session, be referred to a select committee. He said that he had made this motion in consequence of an understanding with all his colleagues from the State ol

Massachusetts, who were unanimous in their assent to. and approbation of, the motion.

Mr. Howard, of Maryland, moved to amend the motion by substituting for a select committee, the

Committee on roreign Affairs

Mr. Adams having again risen apparently with

the purpose of supporting his motion,

The Chair said that if any debate was likely to

arise, the motion must lie one day

Mr. Adams stid that he was at the disposal of the

House; but if the gentleman from Maryland persis

ted in his motion for amendment, he should deem it

his duty to state the reasons why it ought not to

prevail.

Mr. Howard said that if there was any persisting

it must be on the part o the gentleman himself; il

he did not persist in the motion, Mr. H. should not

insist on the amendment.

Mr. Adams said the gentleman must be conscious

that the subject to which the memorials referred,

was one which did not concern our foreign relations

only, but was of tho deepest interest to all tin inte

rior of trie country. 1 ho Chair decided that the

motion must lie over.

Mr. Wise inquired whether it would be in order

to move that the whole subject lie on the table?

ei ence of the petitions to the Committed f-r District. Every body knew what the report of that committee would be: but his duty to the memorial

ists, from'which he could not swerve, had compelled, and would compel him to ir.akethe same motion in

every case.

Mr. ADAMS then presented a memorial from Ill

inois, praying for the immediate abolition of slavery and the slave trade in all the Territories of ihe United States, where it existed; and moved its reference

to the committee on the Territories.

Mr. WISE moved to lay the motion on the table. Mr. ADAMS,consideringthe subject of tais mem

orial as very different from thoe preceeding it, de-

nanded that the question be taken by 4ytas and

nays.

They wereordered by the House, and stood thus-

i'eas 127 Navs 73.

So the motion of reference was laid upon the ta

ble.

The Chair said it would be w hen the subject came

. ,. ,i. .. i j up to-morrow.

.... 1.... 1 .i:..: . .1 o. . Mr. Adams prrn' d another memorial of similar

. , IU1IU Ul-ll IM 111 IIIU OMIU' Ul 1 1 1 .1 .

tenor, niu 1.1 nr.- im. .un. mmi .1 us uciore. Mr. Howard repeated t'ie motion to amend. The Chair dec; Jed, that this too. must lie over.

Mr. Adams then presented a lar ;e number more of testimonials t 'hesanx effect, and included them all in a general motion of referenco to a select

committee

Mr. Howard renewing his motion to amend, they

were all laid over till to-morrow.

Mr. Adams then presented a memorial, praying

for the immediate auolition ol slavery in the district

of Columbia, and moved that this, together with a multitude of similar memorials, presented by him

self and his colleagues fromjMassachusetts, at the

late special session, from about 50,000 petitioners, be referred to the Committee for the District of Co

lumbia.

Mr. Wise, of Virginia, moved to lay that motion

on the table.

Mr. Potts, of Penn., demanded the yeas and nays

which' were ordered, and, being taken, resulted as

follows: Yeas 135; Nays 70. So the motion was (aid upon the table

Mr. ADAMS presented another memorial, sicned

by 505 petitioners, to the same efTect as the last, and made the same motion. Mr. WISE renewed the motion to lay on the table; which prevailed.

Mr. ADAMb having presented another, which

the Public

Lauds be iiutructe

I esrah.isluiig a i

Alabama, to embrace the territory ceded under the li.te treaty with the Cherokee Indians. Adopted by consent. By Mr. HUBBARD: Resolved, That tho Committee on Revolutionary Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing to the heirs of Dr. Nathan B.'bbit, of

Westmoreland, county of Cheshire, and State of N. Hampshire, deceased, the pay due to said deceased for his services as a surgeon's mate in the army of the Revolution, from July 7th 1778, to December

31st, of the same year.

Adopted by consent. By Mr. RIVES: Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of in

creasing the salary of the district judge of the eas

tern district of V irginia. Adopted by consent. By Mr. HUBBARD: Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing Gershom Morse to surrender the patent

issued to him for certain lands in Arkansas, and to

receive a patent for other lands in lieu thereof. Adopted by consent.

On motion of Mr. SMITH, of Indiana,

Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee be in-

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DUUtlCU IU lll'lUllii into IIIC c.i ;uicm Ol 91' UIIIUI.U' t.i l-. JI li. . 1 . ... A . i shated tho same late, and having presented a third. inrr tho nrt cnmnlpmf.iitnrv to the nrt nnlitlml "in - ' . o I

acTto amend the judicial systemof the United States'' Mr' LAX L.fc'K' nf "used !"cs ,0,,,VI "?" as to provide that the circuit court for the seventh cept.on; and the question being, V,U the Bouse circuit bo held hereafter at Indianapolis, in the rCVe iVfIlaj,0r' i

Stale of Indiana, on the first Monday in June and; ,T' u unonays; wn.cn '. worn inlnn find cfruifl uq a ttive vo-io 1 A r

December in each year. 1 ;,r, "."

Mr. DAY IS, on leave, introduced a bill to author-, Y, , , .

' .i ii i . r.i it , , ,., , . i o i uk: uuuh uuierimueu inui i ne memorial izo the President of the United S'ates to cause pub- i

ic vessels to cruise on the cot; st in the wnrer sea- ru m i n i

mi.i. and to relieve distressed mutators. ! L 1 "r" " ' ",v.'"' 3 "u"c u V'. " muuncn

Mr. D. stated that this was the same hill which

passed the Senate at the last regular session, and was prevented from passing the oilier House by the great mass of other busincs pressing upon it. He urged the expediency of early action upou it, as ihc

winter was now nl hand; and all were acquainted with the great loss of lives and property caused by vessels being detained long at sea by the weather

getting out ol provisions, and having their crews

exhausted, so us not to be able to navigate their

vessels, lo remedy which two evils was chieflv

the object of the bill. It wus regarded by many us an important net of humanity as well as of policy,

und he hoped it would receive the prompt action of

both Houses. The bill was read twice, by consent, and referred. Mr. CRlTTENDEN,on leave, introduced a bill

to repeal so much of the act of July, 1836, and all

other laws, as authorize the Postmaster General to

establish and maintain an express mail. Read twice,

by consent, and referred

Mr. LYON, on leave, introduced a bill granting

to the county of Kalamazoo, Michigan, the right of

pre-emption 10 a quarier section oi iana, ana lor oth er purposes.

Also, a bill to create an additional Land Office in

Michigan

of tha Chair whether, if he voted for the reception

ofthis petition, there was any rale which would

preclude him Iroma motion like that made by this

colleague, (Mr. Wise) to lay it on the tuble? On

being answered no, Mr. R said In; would vote for its reception, to give it the destination of the

others.

Mr. Wlbb said he had not made a motion like

that of the gentleman from Alabama, because ihe

question of reception had been decided so ofien in

the athrmative, mid that by the votes of Southern

men, that it was ncedlees to renew it. I5ut, ihe

memorial having now been received, ho Would renew his motion that its reference be laid upon the

table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to without a count. Mr. ADAMS presented another memorial, and made the same motion respecting it. Mr, WISE renewed his motion to lay on the ta

ble, and requested Mr. Adams, with a view to save

Mr. W. trouble and the time of the House, to include all his memorials of the same tenor in one general

motion

Mr. ADAMS begged the gentleman from Virgin

ia to understand that it had not been from any dis

position to give trouble to the gentleman or the

House that he had made these motions, but out of

justice to the petitioners. All h&asked was the ret-

Correspondence of the Nalhnal Intelligencer.) New York, Dec 11. The news from Canada is abundant. The Ultra

Royalists of Montreal abuse Lord Gosford without

ceremony, because he is not hissing hot, as they are.

Lo u Cioslord, by the way, i.s a good nutured lrish-

nati, one of U Lonnel I s net noblemen. There has

'ieen a skirmish on the Vermont lines. About 40

atriots, (at first reported 100) who lefi Swantou

(Vt.) , we re attacked by the British troops when on

heir way, near ulisMsschoui bay, and alter a haid ight, they: were, driven back, with the loss of ono tilled and three wounded. The Royalists caught lii-iii in an uiiibtih., t More arrest are, going on in Canada for high teason. The jails anon will be full of "'fellows "to "at."' One thousand pounds is offered for the arrest I" Papineau. Nelson, Brown, and otlit-is an- valued at 500 pounds; sevn otheis are put up nt 10O

pounds a-head. St. Denis has been burnt by the British.

A part of ijie 43J regiment has already reached

Quebec; via the Madawaska region, orcr the disputed territory.

There had been no more engagements in Ijowcr

Canada. The Patriots were in great force at Grand

Brule, thirty miles above Montreal. The troops

were watching them. . It i? impossible, however, to

get any correct news from them, as their correspondence would be all rut off.

I sec the seeds of discord sown broadcast by the Royalists in Montreal. The British (Royal) papers

attack all the French, indisci iminnvly, with wrath.

L Ami du Peuple and Le I a.ia l: nine, amend them

with zeal. These are lnval paieis.

There is a rumor in this c ity that the cashier of

the Montreal Baiique du Pe p e has been arrested in Albany, with gUJ.OOO ai.Ii him. Thi is more likely to be undue : hiuttiK-. An adver'.iseinent of

a late date appears fi .i him in ihe Express (ofthis city) this morniug, certifying ihe soundness of that

institution. I he Koyalists attempted to break this bank, because it was a bank in the interest of Papineau and Brown. We have, if true, a very important slip from Oswego, New York. It states that an express had passed through Bellville, Upper Canada,

announcing that the Patriots had assembled in the

vicinity to .the number of 5,000, headed by Mcken

zie and others. 1 doubt all this. McKenzie, however, will rrrW the moment he dares, but Sir Francis Head is a man of other mettle than Lord Gos

ford. Stocks are falling here. U. S. Bank is down n U9. Wc have had here bitter cold weather so-so-wai m weather snow and rain, so as to accommodate every body. The canal is probably closed. The rumor about tho breaking of many Eastern banks is ull "without foundation." There are no new movements in the money market. Money is plenty enough with money as se

curity that is to say, if you give a manadollar, ho

will give you a dollar back. The exchanges on Europe continue to look favorable. There are no packets yet up Irom below, and tha weather is so hazy, that it cannot be ascertained of a certainty whether there arc any insight. We perceive from the New York papers, that the Bank Convention has adjourned without having fixed a day for tho resumption of specie payments. The following resolutions were adopted by Itho Convention, as we'findthem in the Journal of Commerce: 1st. Resolved, That this Convention entertains

a deep anxiety and a firm determination to accomplish the resumption of specie payments at the earliest period, when it may bo permanently practicable. ,. 2d. Resolved, That in the opinion of this. Convention, the present circumstances of the country are not such as to make it cxpedicntor prudent now to fix a day for tho resumption of specie payments. 3.1. Resolved, That when the Convention terminates its present session, it shall be adjourned to meet iu the city of New York, on i he s c nd Wednesday of April next, for the purpose of then consideting and if practicable, determining the day when specie payments may bo n.-siiintd. 4th. Resolved, That this Convention strongly recommend t all the Banks in' the United States to continue, by proper measures, to prepare them

selves tor a rr.urn lo specie payments, wiihin tho shortest practicable period, after tho next meeting of the Convention.

5,h. Resolved, That the Banks in those Sta'cs

which arc not now represented, -u earnestly requested to send delegates to tin adjourned meeting of this Convent hm, und ihut tho several delegates

t'nm nil lh States be desiied to procure nil such information, in tcgurd to the condition of the Banks in tlu-ir respective States, us may be attainable.

1 here remains now but one course fur the Banks

of the city and State of New Yik th it of ho'.din"

i separate Convention und ug teeing for ihtv selves

upon a fixed day, wiich should not be lati th i:i

tho 1st April or the 1st May, at the very fuithct, for resuming payments. Itcanhedone it should be done it must

done. We will tomorrow endeavor to show ca-isr-

for this positive opinion.

A POSER. A boy once complained of his bed fellow for taking half of the bed. "And why not?" said his mother, "he's entitled to half aint he?1 "Yes mother," said the boy. "but how should you like him to take out all the soft part for his half? he will have his half right out o' the middle, etd I have to sleep both sides of him,"