Cass County Times, Volume 1, Number 6, Logansport, Cass County, 14 December 1831 — Page 2
NAM
(ASS COUNTY TIB1E3.
"rK.visK but nut afraid to blxmk.
It is now fully ascertained that New-1 York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, will go for the Administration . Where can
a sufficient number of National Repub
licans be found to balance these States? We believe if the whole force of this
party wer collected from every part
ot the Union, it would fall far short. Where are Mr. Clays prospects? They are many years ahead of him, and we doubt whether lrc ever will realize
them.
S!?C:0 L? T, "ri'llNDlANALEGICLATUIVE
EDXESDAY. tEC 11, 1831.
rom ti Illinois Advocate we learn, the lllin'oisand Michigan Canal is
progressing to a state of complc-j under the authority of the Lecis-
re of that State. Indeed, boat? of rht draught have already passed l the Lake to the Illinois and a years will probably be sufficient to ige a large portion of the trade ,New Yelk to St. Louis, and the r towns upon the Miasissip pi, into chaunel. hen the members of our LegUlawho have been opposed to the WaCanal read the above, wha t will sav? What will thev think of tbe
e of policy they have been nursuHow can they excuse themselves ? they tell us that it U too soon for commence a work of this ksnd? 1 we are too weak, entirely ih.comi? If they think so, let th'errt give elr reasons. We wish to know it is, that Illinois, our inferior in 'respects, and especially, in age. 3pfc.lation, and resources, has so 'rpased us in substantial works o vement? How has she, net onlv en;ccf, but almost cvmulttzd her h while We have been dreaming, irse than dreaming about our's? hecause we lack the cnergj and prize? Is there no energy in the hs of Indiana? Are they to beforth and esteemed ai mere drones ! National Hive? While others oing on vigorously with similar V surmounting difficulties far erm magnitude and number than ' "which appear in our May, are content oursclvc without making n effort? Will some on of tlw nnnn.
Next Coxorkss. A majority of Jack-
sonians are choseji from the following oiling mass of snow
It is, in hundreds of instances, what we
call accident, pure contingency. Sometimes merit And talent, called forth in a particular emergency, that had never occurred before, and might never occur again; but nine eases in ten, the
simple, original influence ot a controling spirit, who identified his own inter, est, in some way best known to himself with the advancement of this instrument of his ambition. He induced his friends to put their shoulders to the wheels, the car of the hero begins to
move; and force, to push it onward, accumulates, as it advances, like the
1 Iiis object ot
would en
have received
We are persuaded that, in thi in. stance, as in the election of Mr. Adams in 1825, (for and in consideration of th
jofficc of Secretary of Slate,) Mr. Cl.,y
States-Maine. New-Hampshire, New : thf electioneering ciTect is placed con
ork, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Nortli
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, -Mississippi-, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, aiut ndiana ; iifteen states, or two more than enough to elect a President, should the choice devolve upon the Houseof Representatives. We have been favored with a copy
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IN SENATE. The senate assembled at 10 o'clock, an,n t riovemnr Strmn having taken
the chair, called the Senate to orderandjhas done more for himself than the pt0.
afterthenew members had produced pie woumnaic hohc ior nun. lleisaMieir credentials, they were sworn into -gain in office. He is snug forsixyc.irg office bvJudcre Morris, and took their to come, and may, by chance, man;.
seats. On motion of Nr. Whitecomb, the
Senate proceeded to the election of ajed.
principal Secretary, and on tnc nrai u,u
lot the vote stood, tor John II. Kranhnm Thomas J Evans Win. W. Wick Everett
to be re-elected to the station he l or
fills. More than this is not to he
n 10 8 r
On the second ballot rarnham Evans Wick On the 3d ballotfor Earnham Evans
for
Louisville A
ex et t-
14 t) 7
15 o o
spicuously on liis eminence; forthwith
the eves of the ten thousand are fixed upon him, and see him an entirely different being from what he had ever appeared to them before. Upon what principle of human nature can we account for the fact, that a certain number of individual, when contemplated from our own level, in no point of view prodigies, become; n. soon as thev arc associated, and called
of "Porter's Health Almanac,"' issued! a National Legislature-, the centre of from Philadelphia; It contain? 80 pa-H intercut j and the object of all conges, and in addition to improved tablemPlati,0I1? The great points of Leg.n 7 iKilutn. lio nheftrt mMuiinn nrillCIUlt'S
of the rising of the sun,moo:i,&c.muchiavti n 50 uncii;l!)Keablv fixed, that ! to be elected without opposition; all thejmore than arises from their euprciue
interesting matter for the preservation innovation must jrcncrally be for the'ihcmbers being present. jtiate lor Jatfuson. are calling loudlv tor
of health. We would recommend this worse. The chief Legislative matters,
little work to the patronage of our readers, who may be fully convinced of its value by examining the copy in our possession.
Wick 'i and Mr. Farnharri was sworn into office and commenced the discharge of the duties of his office . The Senate then proceeded to eU-ct
an Assistant Secretary, and on counting :are right. The NcutriK anties inV( n
the bulhts, Austin W Morris wa? found ;eral, who care nothing for Wirt or Clay
From the Baltimore Republiean. In the various conilicts hetuea llie ditlerent division? of the opposition party, cau-ed by the iiGminkiion of Mr. Wirt, there have br-en sonvi curiou admissions unwittingly made on all idrs, which it is worth while to pend a paragraph in recording. Mr. Yuri's duj. ion of the great Natioi al Republican Anti-Ma.-oiiie iartv ianian ifr.ntl.
that unit -a Mr. Clay is withdrawn speedily and unconditionly, Cien. Jargon will certainly ,i re-elected. Thev are right. Mr Ch' corps as stoutly insins, that unlets Mr. Clay is rominated and Mr: Wirt withdrawn, Ccr.erI Jackson re-r lection is sure. Thev t o
Just as our paper was going to press we received the Indiana Democrat, from which we have made some extracts; thev will be found in another column ;
Mr. Editor:
then, must be touching individual and sectional interests, and the exceptions which naturr.lly arise out of all general rules. What bearing can such Legislation have upon the wide spread mass of our people, from the Mansion to the Lor Cabin? Whv should it fix every eye, as though nothing else of interest was transpiring in our world ? With the exception of the speeches of a few really great men, who would chain attention any where, and upon any 'abject; if we were compelled to hear the rehearsal of the speeches of the rest, at
home, or in our court house, we should
The Senate then proceeded to the peace and compromise, cecauH' tUv
election of an enrolling 5Tfary, and bay if botli Wirt and Clay are in the in ! I
on ihojirsl ballot the vote stood, tor
John Finlcy
Win. J. Browrt James Scott Pitcher On the Sccorid balled for Finlry Brown Scott On the third ballot -for Fmlcy Biown Scott
10
8 7 o 1 G
If) 10 3
ttiereino rliunce for either. TUy too are right. It is a circumstance deserving particular notice, that they are all rirjht together. Single cr together joint and several, a Wirlees, Clayitea A n i-Mascns or Nationals, the issue w ill be the aame Jackson will beat the field.
Melancholy. A young man called at our office one day this week, toinfoim ui, that in compn'nv with eleven others, he started from Galena on the -Oth,
iiust. to come down the Mississippi to
consider it a probation, and a tedious: sworn into office , and
Mr. Finley being duly elected wa? this place, in two canoe?. OnWedncs
dav in consequence of the wind blowing
Uleamng ovjr th mst number of discipline. Place them in the columns! The Senate then proceeded to thejrathtr roughly, the boats were lashed
your paper the other day, my attni-jof a political newspaper, and let it ap- ehriion of a Scrgentat Arms and t??'c j together for the ake of greater securi-
tion Was arretted by the publication of pear that they w ere uttered on the tloor vote stood on the first ballot fir
a Revolutionary Love Sfoy, from anjf Congress, ami the eye am! the atindividual who styles himself "Romco.v! tcntiou ol the reader is" chained from The futility of iho ...hWt attl.knn J commencement lo close, No journals
htical conjuncture, and his incongru
ous amalgamation of love with politic?,
are adequately sustained but those whose columns are filled with it. In
thci icred privacy of the parlor, in the
the universal theme of the times, hasjhotel, the assembly , the steamboat, or
iime too .?;:" ;?ri:it- e.s wiiK an auw er.
-i- " Willi"--re not where he may be from, ould as soon hear from the chamromayneas any other,
induced me to take the liberty of re
marking to Romeo, that such voluminous romantic compilation, independent
fl-- l 1' 1 1 i ! I 1-J-.-vxIv
ui "vi..b v,-....wV t........ .w.. --?! muciu ;i3 w c iiii Know,
tage ccach, bv land or by sea, politics.
clonal p'dilics, arc the constant wearyi .iir theme.
The pwple of cur United States talk
about lueir in-
are very cumbersome to the columns of a public new spaper, and much in
the way of publication, Mr. Editor, from many of your intelligent correspondents abroad as w ell ns at home.
1 wish Romeo to understand me dis
tinctly, that I do not pretend to impugn
his motives, nor do I pretend to ins-iim-
ite bv these few fiiendlv remarks that
have no news from Indianapolis, the Legislature convened, except we have received second handed
x gentleman who left there on this
in-inlC partofthi3timewould,of e has officiously obtruded himsclftipoi 1 he ce'-:arilv consumed in or- the public, but I do say that his Love
,'-g, elccU.g office?, &c. We have rd tK'e result of the election for in cither house The (invernor mmanicated his Message, but it
Dt appeared in VIltlti
Daniel Sigler
(ji inurl Ford Vou-ell S. G. Mitchell Jeremiah Smith Crvig On the second ballot-' for Sicgltr Ford Vou-ell
0 7 1 4
13 0
1
Si'glcr ford
20 9
Oliver Morse was elected door-kecp-i
:er on the Ath ballot.
ty. In thi? position, when just above the Upper Rapids in lie Mini?sippi, they wc rc'itruek' by a squall about o:.t o'clock, P; jI. by which th? f mailer ( tnoe v.a captied- The canoes wnt then cut aparunndthe crew of the ?rn.ill one, in attempting to get into the rivtr atteinpt-d t swim to hore,of which 5 were ilrowr.rd. Tlic six who remain a
jdinging to the boat drifted cn fhore ia
saty. I he following are the names and places of residence of the unfortunate individual drowned: Willbua Cainpb. U, who has resided for the last year in Galena, and w hose father resides
Mitchd
On the third ballot for'
dependence, and proud regard to their
own individual rights and claims; Act
no people on earth can be found, more
reeuy uuer ttince, more nerce in
crambling for it, and more' ready to sacrifice private indeneMleiire, and
; personal eiertious fcr snbsi-ln r. fnr
II - - I., ... ' .... , ' r-y
the preearioui and untubstantial do-j vv-V 1 J , I a ,ea 10 p;aer ' R. Young at the Lead xMines, near Ga-
pendenee upon public favor. '1 hevlw r,i,0,i .1;, ' .. ...Jena. StLouhIimes.
. . i 1 1 a t 1 1 1 i'i wuuvi u iiiL 1 1 v. 1 cn 1. 11 Liai.i n i. 1 Vy c. i
1 1
near Saverton. Missouri-George Camp
bell, of the rrrpids of Illinois river Harris B. Whitney, of Hanoock. 111., Ja-
HOirsK OF RCIMIKSKXTATIVES. cob 13. Helby. of Indiana, Hiram
At ten o'clock on Monday morning, the Young of St. Louis, brother of Robert
Our in for-
1
shfnc ihifit it, ns thf? general o
Wa are
1 t A
A to learn that Hie prospect 01
nal is not homeless.
that a moderate bill vould cerpass sufficient, at least, to ?edonation, commence the w'ork, the faith of tiie State. "c r'it'ier see an efiicient bill one
uld authorize a vigorous com-i eni;that would cany convicSVery mind that the work would plctcd without delay. But if better than a "moderate bill' 1 v ilft,l, let us have it; any thing in defeat. lection. United Slates' Senanot taken llacc 1 i
1 candidates o,t. wiu proVe t we will thorjy- i,e:ir. Tomail will bring ustlie (iOVer-
look atollice, as an engine of spell audi
charm, winch transforms insigniticance to importance. In some parts of our country . a sdcc-
Story was sent to your ofuce for publi-t taele as new as it is cluerin, i now
cation at an improper time. When the and then w itnessed, that of the distinpolitical excitement which now con- gashed men declining to serve longvuUes our country shall have subsided J el or to 51tan;1 candidates for election; , . , . ... 'jolmrn who have become weary and inri nn'if r ri n ri rill ir 'ir.i ifiiinin h't- J
H11VJ 1-'".V, II UllUMII unit 1111111 11 1 n ! . jt.il il 11
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shall have returned to our respective abodes, then, and not uutil then, let chivalry, love and romance make their appearance. JVah-ihi-pe-hc-g ah ;
Mr. Editor:
scramble; who pre
fer their native s-hade?,-their books, or their original pursuits. The portions of the country where the?e rare spectacles are ?een, are precisely those in which mental cultivation and refine
ment; have made considerable advan
ces I do- not believe that a better
! scale to mark this advancement can
1 .1 I , r il. 3 1 r;.- v- iiiuin. inn fill dill -UJlll Citll In the early part ot the w inter of , r 1 n ii ,0-1,11 n 1 4 . posnbly be lound than in the eagerness 13-2 i I left my vernacular country and ' , .... , .. b i.u 1-1 1 , - , , to obtain political promotion. ou
came to the state of Indiana, where I be-
political j
'll ll! illll lllf U muni. ......
caMK a permanent resident. Since that 1 ,1,1, .. 1 4 ti . . fA
a iivi.. ...'1 : iBikwi.iLi- iai
m IH.. 1 V . V I lTI1.II, viv-l V . 1 VM
cssnge, and probably the proof both houses up to Saturday.
period
men aud measures. I have seen the country i.nre or less exposed to agitations and coitnndtions. 1 have seen party spirit enter the recesses of retirement, violate the sanctuary of domestic life, invade the tranquility f private individuals, and viMt with severe inllictions the peace offaniiles. Nc-ith-
!er elevation, nor hun.ilitv, nor distin
guished services, nor the lire-side, norr
the altar, have been free irom attack
; the above Was put in type, we red that the election fl.r Unis' Senator has taken place, .JOilN TIPTON, was duly nthesevf r;t! ballot.
pleased to learn from the com
? 'hat an
f Kx
but a licentious and destroying spirit has gone forth, regardless 01" every thig but the gratification of malignant feelings, and unworthy aspirations; -vnd, till some adequate prcvenL,ve. aml chcacious remedies :ro engraftetl into tUe constitution, we i?ust never rxpect a return of the same tran- . 1 1 v
quiiny, which iormerly hed its benign iiiiiuence over the country. Wl'-o-c eves can fail to have been weiri.
account cnhi Uc-ict' ,or hist few years, with the ineessnnt irennpnrn nf t
-xP,:,ilurc., of Hits coun.-, .
rgamzation up to the iirst o. 'd U1 the crowd, thev instantly become
last, wi'l shortly be pubiishU.'as 1,' conspicuoas, and as seldom the
ritones, as they ?re more rough and uncultivated
Let it not be said, that I do not cordially respect a competent Legislator,
or that I do not consider it the duty of
every man, to obev the distinct intima-
tion ot the will ot tlie country, that he should serve it. Butwhenlscc what miserable timber is wrought into the political ship, how many bipeds arc
ent to our Legislatures who ought
never to have aspired to any thing, beyond finding the way from the bed to the lire, I cannot but feel a certain humiliation in this degradation of our country's character, apart from its bearingon the point for which I contend. Our consolation how ever is, that every thing changes in our country. The fashion of belles letters, literature,
and the fine arts, will come round in its turn; and meanwhile, knights of the quill must toil on with what courage thev may. LOGAN.
le will then see, what they .of'ect 01' lm:uk a the rest.
And
vc seen long since, how their
been expended.
i why do men, no v'ii(,istinguished, but
bvoniejal rank, till a. 7 t'S?ioa occupy nil pens, and voice?? UJiat h their
NEW POVVfclt: MACHINE. Mr. Rich
ards, an engineer of Bristol, tht lie has per
fected an'r:MtlIe" "ower Machine, Writ supersede the use of steam iu Sr1 case. The
engines self-acting, anU may be made em.a.
Hhrklurd, and took their seats; HtUM 13 U LIS Ob AlKLS. Lh The HoM5e then proceeded to the election l,rjg M ,r Cant. Lcvereaux, arrived of a speaker, .Ylcsirs. hoover and Casey act- .1Q.. c t 1 r. .. ' . . , 1 .. last evemntir irom llTipnos Avres. brings
mg as ifciiers, wneti it appeared on counting! . o . - 7 3 the ballots, that Harris H. Moore, lsq. ofil)aPers "oni that place of the 10th
r joyu county, was elected without oj p sit!ou, ; acpi.
1 he Mail from Cordova brought intelligence of the restored authorization which had ben given by several of the provinces to the Government to Buenos
turned hii acknowledgments in a brif; Ayres, for the management of the for-
I , o - 8pnnC ii , i I.. - .. eign relation of the agentine RerubT lie House, then nrnrrprieii in tho rlpr inn .. c
t . ,. ; 1 . a principal Clerk, Messrs. Thornton and I
Accounts irom Lluh state tnat benor J. J. Morse has been expelled from that country. The particulars of this event is not given. The Peruvian frigate Prucla, was
run away with from Islay, (Peru) by
he having rcceiv'd 6 rotes scattering "J, ah
sent 7; the whole number of members being 75. The Speaker was then conducted to the chir by Messrs. Lauo and Thornton, anJ In
his usual happy and interesting manner re
of
Cotton acting as tellers, and on counting the
ballots, it appeared that W. .Sheets, Ksq.of Jefferson, was elected without opposition, he having received (H) votes-',- blank-1 vote, absent f. The House then proceeded to the election of an assistant Clerk, .Messrs. Steel and Fiuch
acting as tellers, and on counting the ballots,
On resolution the House then proceeded to
the election of an enrellmg Clerk, Messrs. Logan and Wilson acting as tellers, and on counting the first ballot the following wa the result: Jesse Jackson 3G, Wmv MTherson To, Samuel Morison 5, Wm. Fowler 5, Win. Lindsey G, Hcatterieg. On motion the House adjourned untif 2 o'clock, P. M. At 2 o'clock, P. M. the House proceeded to the eleclion of Door-Keeper, and on the first ballot the vote stood. Keid ;), Smith 3, Dickson 14; Hughes 15, Payne 6, Scattering :t. On the seeond ballot Uied 41, Smith 1, Dickison 14, Hughes 13, Pajrne2, Scattering!.
it appeared that Albirt S. White. Esq. of k nru T.,,. Clin,,.
rv' 1.1 1 . ." I IC Ull IIIC UU1 UUL 1'" nulling I lppccanoe, was elected without opposition,!. . , . . n he having received 72 votes, absent i3. "nd ,Jeen received of them on the lottl
oi July. On the 7th inst- the decree of 7th Jan. last come into force by which the Government has fixed the following, as the scale of dnties upon foreign flour introduced here. "When the value of each quintal does not exceed .$45 in current money, it shall pay a duty of $6 on each "When it is above forty five dollars and not exceeding sixty the duty to be seven dollars on each,' "Exceeding sixty dollars the duty to be five dollars on each."
Sncakintr of the r-lortion of Mr- Cnv USEFUL INVENTION. A machine
totheScnutc, one of our Frankfort COr-!f?rcuttinff outboots wa9 short lime sinco re.lr,to tiC i .i -a .fchown to us by the inventor, Mr. Jonaa A bv respondents says: "Such another victo- 0f Mrddletown. Freder,ek mi, v.
1 1 . . . -
ry would ruin Mr. Clay." Wc do not know that this is entirely correct- Mr.
which, ia our humble opinion, is in no small
degree creditable to bis genius, and well de-
Clay has succeeded by a larger vote "rvinff attentive regard of the generality
than could have been expected. Heis , T i .! ua. 'uu- c t , . ... . 1 v-vluu is structed, that from one to twenty nair may elected, in opposition to a worthy and! be cut with the same.stroke of the fknife, and popular man, and in Contravention of the principles upon which it is based are s the public will. Had Messrs Roberts correct that anr person, no stranger to the Dyer and Casey, voted for Col. John-! XfoT" enn-K;vftt i i. i jCnirie, cut out a pair of boot3 with as muca on.lm 0te nould have been 67 and correctness as the most experiiced workmM. had Crutchhtld of Oldham, Jonas of, the inventor has obtained a patent for his Graitf Smith Of Henry, and the renre-!niachiD.e' which we hare no aoubt will b
iscntntives from Barren,-voted the will CX n81V - patronized by the members of tho'
of their COh;:itucotsJ Olel Johnson. doUars. iJost, Trans. 1