Bloomington Post, Volume 3, Number 45, Bloomington, Monroe County, 22 February 1839 — Page 2

THE POST,

BLOOMINGTOX, INDIANA:

We have been requesto to give place to the follow

ing notice:

ihe Students of Indiana Uxiveusitv, are respect

fully solicited to attend a meeting, to be held in the

Liiivcrsify Chapel, on Saturday, the 23rd ins't. at half past two o'clock A.M. As matters of great importance is expected to claim the attention of the meeting, we hope there will be a general attendance.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE. SESSION IN THE LOBBY, Feb. 1G, 1839,

The speaker. of the lobby having called the mem-

TO THE VOTERS OF GREEN COUNTY. Fellow Citizens: .

Allow me to tender vou rry great ful ftcknowledg-

bers togethey, the lollowing resolution was uuoptea : ts fof -he coufiJence you have placed in me bv

iy nereas, me euuor oi me rpungrr uas utun r.c- ,eicct:nfr .o from anions yo

FRIDAY FEMUJAUY 13, 1839. FORlMTrIlTENT " CWSLY. W. Iff. UARZSISOX.

In tho last number of the Dom jcrat under the editorial head will bj found a base nud daring attack upon tho Committee cn unfinished business consist ing of Messrs. Bryee, Chirppor, Bowles, Cotton of S. Smydth and Kinney. The committee by exposing tho frauJ and corruption that had been practised upon tho Slate by the editors of the Democrat in relation to tho Public Printing and recommending the passage of a joint resolution authorising the "Secretary of State to commence suit against them to recover back the sum of 3Gl 18 cents

which they had over-charged, wofully offended the little creature. Mr. Smydth of Clay, ly whom the report of the committee- was drafted, was basely and malignantly assailed. But tho efforts of the Democrat to injure tho Representative from Clay, were puerile and abortive. Tho honorablo and manly course which he had taken in the discharge of his public duties had gained for him tho conlidcnco and esteem of all. The House of Representatives promptly resented tho insult offered to the Committco by the adoption of tho following Preamblo and Resolution: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Feb. 15th, KWdL Mr. Thompson offered for adoption tho following preamble and resolution: Whereas, John Livingston, Editor of tho Indiana Democrat, has insulted this House by assailing tho character and impeaching tho motives of its mcnitjors in tho discharge of their duty; and whereas said Livingston, has pronounce I a report of a committee of this House false which had been concurred in by a unanimous vote: Therefor! Resolved, That tho article in tho last Democrat (under tho Editorial head) is considered an insult t,i this Unite, and that JOHN LIVINGSTON, HE EXPELLED from his scat within the bar of this llmse. as reporter. Tho ayes and noC5 being requested on tho adop

tion of said resolution, thoso who voted in the allirtivo were Messrs. Allison, Allen, Arnold, Hlair, Brcnton, Bryant, Brycc, Carr of J. Cnrr of L., I'hampor, Chile, Cooper, Cogswell, Cotton of P. Cotton S. Cutter, Devin, Dole, Egbert, Egglcston, Eldridge, Field, Flint. Graham, Gregory, Ifunna,

llelmcr, Hurst, Hunt, Jackson, Johnston of Mon-

punged from within the bar oi

tore, Revolver!, That the rerolution, . itoroftlio Lxjwnger, be expunged

nv.nginc tnc -Mechanic.

There-

cd-

Thc following, taken from the New York Amcri- j can, exhibits a statement of the amount of lauds; uncultivated and tcmainig to bu disposed of by the j

Government of tho L nitcd States. From a report recently presented to Congress in

relation to the public lauds, it appears that ihe quau-

ly every state in the union is even now no lew ngi-

Jtu'ed than that of Indiana. In communications

like the one I am now abcat to lay before you, it is i I 11. . . . . I- .-I

i --------- i , to no oxiiecieii ami reasonaui ioo, uiai ine mosi j subject to the operation of any sy.v.emol grad uation j ; ,ormu, sub:ccts s!ioujj !iaVo an oper. and liberal I or tnbution that may be adopted, viz: I tlisc,ls .;0(, ; rcfcrcnco loWcvcr to brevitv in thti

' ,C,rf:,, summary, it mav bo prefer to remark that an un-

, . 7;,,'. I usually large num'.icr ot bills have been passed the

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The Legislature of this State adjourned sine die on Monday last. TO Till! EUITOR OF TIIF. TOST. Sir: In looking over your paper of tho 25th of January, I saw a slip under the editorial head, stating that Mr. Kinney from tho comivittee on education (in the Legislature) reported a bill providing a lire engine for tho Uioomington College; (the State University I suppose) ec on motion of Mr. Johnston of Monroe, said bill was indefinitely postponed. It seems strange to me, that Mr. Johnston would make such a motion ; situated as he is so near the

institution; and which really does require (it seems to me.) an engine for the preservation of the State buildings: and might eventually save the whole from clistructicn. Perhaps yourself, or Mr. Johnston, can explain tho matter, and it may be that Mr. Johnston was right. A satisfactory explanation of the matter would at least be gratifying to a subscriber and one of Mr. Johnston's friends. LEGISLATIVE. The bill providing for the continuation of the geological survey of the State, was, on Tuesday, after a long and animated discussion, laid on the table by a votoof 21 to 20. A bill of the House, fixing the salaries of the members of the Hoard of internal im

provemer.t and of the Chief Engineer, was passed by a vote of25 to 20. This bill allows each member of the Hoard 1500, and the Chief Engineer 2500 per annum. In tho afternoon the revenue bill was taken up and read tho first time. Mr. Thompson of P. moved to reject it; which failed ayes 12, noes 31. The rules were suspended by a vote of 31 to 1 1, and tho bill was read a second time. r. . . .. . .t

, was l,,c" committed to a committco ot the whole , yc copy ,l0 following from an exchange paper: Senate and made the order of the day for to-mor-j Tho tnnnRor i:1 wjlich the murderof General

I Hull, of Abbeville, S.C. was detected illustrates, in a singular degree, tho means which IVovideu-'O adopts i to confound and frustrate the wicked. Ho was ! murdered by hisown negros, who, ul'tor despatching him. placed his foot in tho stirrup and caused his

, horse to drag him a considerable distance, in order j j to produce the impn-fsion that lie had lieen thrown ; . and thus killed. I!:it in theirconsternation at their j i own wick.'dne.is, they placed the rig'J foot in tho left ' I stirrup, and the weight oft he body hake the stirrup ! leather. Thus affording cunclusn evidence that !

lie could not have come to his death from faaliing from Inshore and being dragged over the ground.

A letter from the Hon. A. S. White, one cf our members of Congress at Washington states, that the House refused to lav the Cumberland road bill

on tho table, by a vote of ayes "77, noes 105. The j bill appropriates 100,000 to Indiana and it is ex-, pected will pass. lb.

yourselves to fill the re

sponsible station of Representative in tho Legislature of tho State. Tho time having now arrived when tho adjournment of the present session of tho Legislature is at hand, I deem it my duty to acquaint you with sv.ch proceedings of that body as may bo of interest to you Tho session ban been one of unusual length and rife with subjects of the gravest character: it has been one, upon which tho .-scrutinizing eye of tho public has been turned with pci hajis more anxiety, and sanguine interest, than any frcsslon sinro the Legislative councils of our State first assembled. That such interest nnd anxiety, should have been manifested in the bosoms ol 011 r citizens, is uot atali surprising, when wo reflect, that our sister .states, with a saned devotedness to their in'ercst, have been equally anxious to leain the rp.su It ol"

the investigation and action of our Legislative As-

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my 01 puniic lanus wunin tnc jrr.rory o u.e nueu , anJ ofot,cr sta!es upo!l quei,j0s of poli

states, to which the Indian title mis not oeen cum- 1 olV,ieh magnitude, that tlu public minds of near-

IIIV.1I - 1 1 1 l t i I ' '4 1 I I ll.il, IIIIU I yj lll.lll' U 'Ol U'. IV. -5 j lie west of tho Rocky Mountains. The followifiir is(

a statement ot the 'luaniity of, ana which win bo

Illinois, Missouri, . Alabama, . Mississippi, Louisiana, Michiga n,

20,G0!",CJ5 33,153,107 20,123,105 11, 735,4-11 17,7Gti.C0O 2 I, I U2, 183

Wisconsin, 3 l,G 14 ,032 4 Iowa, 31,741.031 Aakansas, 2S.'GO,743 Florida, 34,037,003

229.7 1 LOG 1

row,

On Wednesday, a bill was passed reducing the Fund Commissioners to two. A bill to provido for the selection of lands accruing to the state of Indiana under the act of Congress of the 2d March, 1 C27, and applicable to the construction of the Wabash and Erie canal west of tho Tippecanoe river, was read

a second time and parsed to a third reading, by a largo majority. This bill provides that wherever the Indian title to the public lands within this state shall to extinguished, and the lands surveyed, the Governor thai ! authorize the selection of a sufficient quantity to satisfy the claim of the state, for tho construction of tho Wabash and Eric canal west of the Tippecanoe river, and report the same to the Secretary of the Treasury ofthe United States. Messrs. j Cathcaut and Ewing of C. Opposed the lill princi-l pally on the ground that a large quantity of tho ;

lands which would bo selected (some of which have been selected) wero settled by persons who expected to obtain them from tho general government under the provisions of tho pre-emption law, and consequently great injustice must bo done these individuals. The House has been, for tho last three or four

days, despaching business with a rail road celerity

, SELF MADE MEN j on take the w hole population of any State in I this Union, and select from it the fifty men who are i most distinguiscd for talents of any description of ; public usefulness, and I will answer for it, they are I all every one ol them, men who began the world w ithout a dollar. Look into the nuLhc councils, and

who are Uiev that take tho lead

present session; principally ot a local character. According to that arrangement, I will say, that t complete radical change, has taken place in the plai of prosecuting our system of Internal Improvements. It will be recollected that the bill of 1836, provided for a simultaneous completion of all thp works embraced in the system. That the pi of lisecutiou was unprecedented, is an uiKWrtrov enable fact; but that Indiana could carried out and completed her works uon th-t plao, is yet 11 question to be determined by experience. That tho unprecedented and ruinous policy, pursued by our former Hoard of Internal Improvement, was not evidence ngai.nst the course intended to have been adopted, by tho original creators and supporters of the system in carrying outtheame; requires no evidence other than an examination of the letlings on the different public works, with which you may

j acquaint yon 1 selves by reference to the various re1 ports of the Hoard of Interna! Improvement. With

! these starring facts before the people, they becamo

panic 6tric!;ru, and a design of othce seekers and

demagogues always to take advantage of this slate of feeling, fighting under the banner of Modification and with the aid of that party heretofoie called Nulltliers or that part of our state unprovided for in the original bill, uniting: great was my astonishment in taking a seat in the legislative councils of the state, to find a manifested disposition to modcfy the plan of carrying 0:1 the system of Internal Improvements. To that end a committee of Modifiers were appointed at the commencement of tho session, which after having the subject under consideration for soino weeks brought in n bill, nt however with tho eniiro consent, or to tuil tin views of tho madiiieation party. As to tho features of that Full, I deem it imneireh-

l here r J Iiev are

n.rn who nifi,4. tlieir mvn r.,rf,,nt, .' f ,..,, i ry comment; sutficc it to say, that alter a te

who began with nothing The rule is universal. ! Jlo,JK nt"1 ""iniated investigation of the same lor It prevadesour courts. State and Federal, from the! 'ur orhve weeks first in committco of the whole, highest to the lowest. It is trm i.i'.i!! tlm nrr fes. ' nnJ l0 House, it passed with amendments: bo-

Ou Monday, about fifty bills wero introduced, nud joug jt j9 so noTV . j, 1, )CC1) so ut anv time since I roi,Qr,uJ immediately to the Senate, and taking a number of them rend three sovcral times and pass- iavn noun the public men of the State or nation: ! u ti'u'1'lar course in that body passed with a few im-

i ne on 1 living me salaries 01 1110 mcmuers 01 j ;t wj so while our present institutions continue. maiunai umcnumcnts; ooui uouses agreeing, it is

roe, Kenton Kilgore, Kinney, Lowis. Marshall, Ma-1 ed.

if 1 -!.. t a r & t I 1 1 f at- 1 . -

con, Mci.mrc, .wnrny, morgan, iiorroT, isocl, ! me ooara 01 puouc works at N i,ouu, 'without nny : v, ... mtlt ,i,r,.,v

10 wen, 1 niiiiii, 1 ueu, rvuey, icsc, uusn, ,-spann, ' ouier allowance lor expenccs.; ana tne f-aiary 01 tnc 1 i,rlnrT mal OLU.

Terrell, Thompson, Townsend, Truelock, Vance,

Willey, Williams, Wilson, cf II. Wilson, of M. and Mr. Speaker, 10.

Ami those who voted in the negative were

chief engineer at S 2,500 was passed

, On Tuesday, about ninety bills wore read tho

the

. t I i 1 1 1

a man upon his own resources to-iiJ"" ,a" w,c u,,,u

The struggle which is to result in'" 1 mar you may be the better prepared to judge of

j eminence, is loo ardious, and must bo continued too the morits ol the same, it may not be amiss to give

long to be encountered and maintained voluntarily,

uuru ume aim passeu. 1 ne oiu pointing oui uiu , or unIos3 s a manrtr oflife and death.

mode ol levying taxes nnJ fixing the per centum ; forlun0 to fall back u:on. will slacken

Messrs. Baker Howies, Cline, Chapman, Conaway, ! r state purposes, was discussed at length. The

Rumont, Glass, Judah, Major, Reynolds, and Ste

wart, 1 1. So said resolution was adopted. Mr. Smydth was excused from voting, being tho morn be r against whoso character, in particular, the editorial in tho Democrat vas intended to operate. Indianapolir, Feb. lGlh, 11130.

He who has

frm its ef

forts, and finally retire Irom the competition. With me it is a question whether it is desirable that a

,lJ ' nnrfnt slionl,! m nh& to lenvp liin ami nnv nrminrfv

also increase the number of articles cf taxation. A ' . .11 cirmmt Fnleiuier

persevering cllort was made by .Mr. liwnx, so to a- . .-.. tii t - i-.i

bill provides that 30 cents cn the hundred dollars

of valuation shall be levied lor stato purposes, and

mend the bill that upon all lands lying within three miles nf tho line of public works, f flu cents should be levied; all over three and within six mWos, forty

cents: all over six miles and within nine miles,

I Danic! Mac?, Assistant Clerfc, cf tho Houso of jt'riccntsand all over nine miles, twenty cents

IJepresentatives, do certify that tho above is a true copy of the proceedings had by ths House, as appears upon tho Journal, in relation to the above lesolution. DANIEL MACE. Thus it will bo seen that the man of the Democrat lit? would bo Editor cf the " Erpunger" is himself ''EXPUNGED' from his seat as Reporter of the Home. Tho paper containing the attack upon k m ft k .

tho tommittoc had not uricu uciore the insult otlerrd to tho I (oust) was promptly resented and properly punished, cs it will !e seen by the vote, he was abandoned by both political friend and foo. If the editor of tho Democrat continues much longer at the head of the central organ cf Van Hurenism in this state, it wilier? long 'sleep tho tdeep that

knows no waking.1

Mr. Stewart moved that lands lying adjacent to the Ohio and Wabash rivers, shall be taxed in like manner.' Mr. Glass proposed that towns at the termination of works, ba taxed ono dollar on the

A Patriot is necessarily and invariably a lover of the People. Hut this mark may sometimes deceive us. Tito People is a vcrv heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor, the wise and the

i foolish, the good and flic bad. Before weconfer on

ja man who carres-ss tho people, the title of a pati riot, we must examine to what part of the people he I directs his notice. It is proverbially said, that he

you a few of its general features.

The bill proposes to destroy the representative principle in tho IW.rd, -reducing it to the number three, to be elected by a joint viva voce vote of both Houses, without reference to locution. The Hoard -is required to concentrate future expenditures, on such works, as will best subserve the general interest of the State, and such as will yield the greatest revinuc; and in order that they may more afil-ctiortatcly carrv out those provisions.

b transfer contracts from ono th tho consent of contractors.

ir expenditures to one and a. rs annually, including every

iiy other provisions, carrv

nple, and of minor importance.

iney nave powe work to another,

and restricted in t

half millions of dol

expense; with mi

ing out the same 1

And it may not bfj

numiitJU. ami iit'su i-.i oiiut-hv , ... 1.1 k. ...... 1... 1 ' r .

' I . . - ! nuutiia.uitiuitjo ins tMMl tvllili iiuivl iiiiiv UU KliUWU' OCl OI mo mojiiuir cents-both of which were negatived. Mr. Iv.nney ; by. iat of hs 0V1 companions. ftic can(iijiUo Gfj works, through the proposed to levy a tax on all lands within three : pitriotisni cmeavors to infuse right opinions into 1 meat- fear.n- tor'!

HV..S, ..v...,.., , ..... v w.. ,1)e metier ranus. and tiv their mf nonce to rerru ate orie mn , f!,r m

the lower it he consorts chiefly with tho wise and works would Ktnn.l. w

T. D. Clark-, has disposed of the establishment of the 'Indiana Sun,' u Ivnightstown, to

Messis. Haiinuni Os: Gruhbs. Mr. Clarksori says ! ii his valedictory to liis patrons, th.it the 'Indians .SVi' will hereaf'cr b conducted by HannuniiVj Grubbs. We infer from thi'i that the ichite man's j Sun reeently published by Mr. "C. is gone out, and j

that another more bright one is totfkc 4ts place and

ten miles, thirtv-fivc cents; and lands within the

same distance of the Grand Kapids on tho Wabash, j

I in tho same proportion which amendment was j cut oil by the previous question. The question be-1 I imr taken on the passage ol tho bill, it was decided !

as follows: Ayes Messrs. Alley, Allison, Boon, Brown,

! Hi ighr, Bryant, Bryce, Carr of L.,Carr of.I.,Cham per, Cline, Clymer, Cogswell, Cooper, Cutter, Dc

vm, l.arl, Egbert, Hint, Graham, Uregory, llealy,

llclmor, Hcrriman, Hubbard, Hunt, Jackson, John

son of Marion, Johnson of Monroe, Kenton, Kilgore,

Kmnev. Lane, Lee, Lewis, Marshall, .Mason, Mat-

son, McClurc, McCormack, Morrow, Noel, Ferine

light to the savages about KnightetO'vii.

Tlie lion. J. C. Ct.!tou, hasf.ivorel us with a copy of his Speceh ui tin Graduation JJiil. We cannot liad room for nt this lime.

Our Legislature towards the closo of the late session,legan to rcmoc nuisances out tho House. As the 'sole editor' of tho' Democrat was considered the most offensive they commenced their labors by

shoveling him out first. It appears that 'he was so very offensive that several of his own brethren actually refused to assist in removing hint. Having the Circular of Mr. Allison of Greene, to his constituents in type, and considering it a good synopsis of the proceedings of the late session of .the Legislature) we give it a place in our columns.

Profiit, Reynolds, Bush, Smydth, Spann, Stewart,

I errv'1, Thompson, Vance, Willcy, Williams, Wit-

son of M., V ine, Wyman, and Mr. Speaker 53. j Noks Messrs. Albcrtson, Arnold, Baker, Blair, j Bowles, firenton, Chapman, Chiles, Conaway, Cotj ton of P., Cotton of S., Dole, Dumont, E'drjdge, Eggleston, Field, Glass, Hendricks, jnrst, Jones, Judah, Major, Milroy, Jdonroe, Morgan, Nelson, Owen,

Parker, Poasley, 1 owcll, Puctt, liiley, Rose, Sands, 'i'ownsend, Truelock, tmd Wilson of II. 37. Tho bill authorizing a loan of $25,000 to agricultural societies for tho purposo of procuring from England an improved breed of Stock, was read the

third lime and passed. Dr. Thompson, the efficient

ch iiruian of the committco on agriculture, deserves much credit for his perseverance and success in this, as well as other measures calculated to advance the farming interest. A bill authorizing the board of public works to locate the Madison and Indianapolis rail road on the cheapest nd niost direct route from Vernon to Indi

anapolis, introduced by Mr. Peaslee, at an early stage of the session, was taken up, and after a few remarks from Messrs. Peaslee, Lee, and Terrell, the bill was indefinitely postponed Ayes 49, Noes 26. Indiana Journal. .

the tct.ipcrate, the regular and virtuous, Ins love ot

tho people may he' rational and hone.st. Hut if his first or principal application to be the indigent, whoare always infiaiuable, tothe weak, w hoare naturally suspicious; tothe ignorant who arc easily misled, and tothe profligate, who have no hope, but from mischief and confusion, let his love of tho

people bo no longer boasted. Dr. Johnson.

fieaiion

Tho "Mil having pas tions-yn the public Wi:

wiihVWril. and

to the same is

suspended

i

uniss to remark, that Ihe ob-

was to - .clasify the publio ioard of Internal Improvent it operilv. where everv

iso posiu'on in which their cn place 1 on a list of classi

Col. Garrison's banter taken up. The editor of the New Vork Whig has taken up Col. Garrison's offer to run his horse Wngnor against any horse, mare, or whatever may be produced, for"20,00. The Whig man says he will enter a Sub-Treasurer, j

and run all risks, i his will ho an interesting race take it all round, as the Giraffe is said to bo entered.

Only think of Wagncr,thoGiraffe,andaSub-Trcas-urer, running a four milo heat.

Yocel Ppllen Jr.

formerly oi Georgetown ly

ias been sentanced to 20 vears imprisonment,

before the Criminal Court of Cincinnati, the Peni

tentiary, for burgularv, and stabbing with intent to kill. The Pittsburg Advocate of the 5th instant says

"The Ohio is low, but not altogether closed. The i

ice, for the last few days, has neither gained nor cases must frequently come up, providing our

lost much in strength or quantity." oi infernal improvements ure to becameI provided. I mean the appropriation oa the Good. The New York Whig nuts forth the subC0- . Sr

joined squib. It is a good one. Prr?5 original appropriation on ikat v

Awful. VVe understand tliat the United States exhausted, the delegation along the line Marshal received instructions to watch the Roval i calion for the additional sum of six In

William from her arrival until her departure, to prevent any more of the sub treasures from practising flotation in office. Who watches the Marshal?

A bill to establish Free Banking, has been introduced injo the Pennsylvania Legislature.

d, nn.i (he future oppera-

ks being a matter entirely

is their course in relation

at. works may lo-

and v.'IiaLAvorks t rosccuted to final cou.-

j piction is a question of conjecture.

The Bjard elected under the new organization, be ing men of known skill, and undoubted intent v as well as friends to the system; we may at Ieat promise ourselves, that so long as the public works are under their charge and ihe system in their hands; a hope for the host of consequences., to result

Irom their course, and policy may be entertained. I will uot venture an opinion as to tho effect oft ho new organization ofthe Board, and the modification doctiino generally, time will prove whether tho change bo beneficial or otherwise. Another subject connected will the system o

Internal Improvements, and onethat created gn

excitement and interest from its magnitude, I f it my duty and your right to require n expos' ofthe same. It is a subject that deeply interest e individual in the state, and proper that it be r stood, that when hereafter we have td act

such measures, we may do it advisedly; for

- L at lion

erf iirpHAr j eu as

Mal'itson

sand dollars, to be expended on the sau a reason, that the faith of the stale 1 for the ultimate completion of all the their funds were exhausted, that r part of the state to give them an a

ZOk being ihouie,frging as jeicg pledged iwjVks, and as ifing on th-) JrJJiional iRpro-