Indiana American, Volume 1, Number 29, Brookville, Franklin County, 19 July 1833 — Page 1

Indiana American

OUR COUNTRY OUR COUNTRY'S INTEREST, AND OUR COUNTRY'S FRIENDS. Vol. I. BROOKVILLE, INDIANA, JULY 19, 1833. No. 29.

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COMMUNICATIONS. [Circular.] TO THE VOTERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. Fellow-Citizens: The time is rapidly approaching when you will be called upon to select some person to fill the office of Recorder, for this county. And as the right of election belongs exclusively to none, and the only passports to public favor and suffrage, being, in this happy country, honesty and requisite qualifications, I take this method

consideration, for the office. It has been said by some, I am informed, when called upon respecting my being a candidate, that I will not continue through the canvass--How such report has got abroad, I cannot say, for I have, from the time the office became vacant, been, and shall continue to be, a candidate. And I do now assure you, my friends and fellow citizens, that I shall not withdraw from the contest. Having resided among you for many years, several of which I was engaged in public business, most of you had an opportunity of becoming personally acquainted with me, and of course are prepared to judge of my fitness for the office. Should you honor me with your support, it will be gratefully remembered; and, a faithful discharge of my duty, is all I can promise, in case of success. Very respectfully, Your fellow-citizen, HENRY COALSCOTT. Brookville, July 15, 1833. Mr. Editor: Should you deem the following Interrogatories worthy an insertion in the columns of your paper, and which, I conceive, are equally as applicable to this section of the country as any other portion of our generally enlightened Union, you will gratify one of your subscribers, at least, by their publication. Q. FASHIONABLE INQUIRIES. Satisfactory answers are solicited to the follow-

ing generally interesting queries: How to carry on a flirtation for a whole season without going too far? How to back out of a matrimonial engagement without being called out by the brother? How to tamper with a young lady's affections and afterwards to retreat with perfect honor? How to cut an old acquaintance without giving personal offence? How to look in a man's face without appearing to see him? How to entirely overlook a poor relation without seeming to despise him? How to go to a fashionable party without an invitation direct or indirect? How to conceal falsehood, hypocrisy, and deceit, under the mask of pure benevolence? How to "get into Society," without abominable cringing, fawning and servility? How to do a rascally thing with the best possible intentions? How to give a person a hint who has forgotten to ask you to dinner? How a girl may recal an old lover who she has twice refused to marry?

How to utter cutting sarcasms upon the plea

of giving good advice?

And how to make evasive excuses without incurring the guilt of lying? Querist.

CELEBRATION OF THE 4TH OF JULY, IN MOUNT CARMEL. The Fifty-seventh Anniversary of American Independence was celebrated at Mount Carmel, in Franklin county. At about 11 o'clock, a pro

cession was formed and marched in good order

to the Meeting House, where the Declaration of

Independence was read by Dr. G. R. Chitwood,

and an Oration delivered by Benjamin Jenkins,

to a very respectable assemblage of ladies and gentlemen. After which the procession moved

in regular form to Mathias Luce's, where a dinner was prepared, and about 150 sat down to it: after which the toasts were drank, to each of which

one gun was fired, handsomely cheered, &c. REGULAR TOASTS.

1. The day we celebrate--May it ever be

kept in remembrance by the young and rising

generation. 2. The President of the United States--May

Nullification, Toryism and Aristocracy, find in

him, a like enemy.

3. The American flag--May the proud bird

of the air and liberty's star, the terror to mon-

arch's, never cease to wave on the shores of

America.

4. The Halls of our National Councils--May they be filled by men of pure hearts and clean

hands.

5. May the Nullifiers of South Carolina cease to nullify the State; continue to be a useful

branch of the Union, and redeem her lost character.

6. The Heroes of the Revolution, who sealed

our liberties with their blood--May they never

be forgotten.

The Constitution of the United States, the main pillar in the edifice of American liberty, the

palladium of our political safety - May its assailants receive that disgrace which they so richly merit

8. Slavery - May Divine Providence hasten

the day when Slavery shall not be known on the shores of Columbia. 9. May the memory of George Washington, the Father of his country, never be erased from the memory of the sons of liberty. 10. Liberty, the heritage of man, the pride of the oppressed, the honor of a nation, & the terror of tyrants: she rises to the pinacle of fame, and storms the power of monarchs. 11. The navy, the strongest pillar of our national defence. 12. Lafayette - May he ever remain dear to the sons of liberty. 13. The fair sex - The beauty and ornament of civil society. VOLUNTEER TOASTS.

By Dr. Judah Hinkle: May the Orator of

the Day rise in his political career, and become a star in the west. By Elisha B. Jenkins: The father of our country, George Washington - May the examples and precepts he left behind him, be successfully impressed upon the present generation. By T. B. Scobey: Our small but gallant navy, a superior force may destroy it, but never disgrace it. By S. S. Fausset: Nullification, like the seven devils in Mary Magdalene, may it be cast out! By C. F. Clarkson: Our country, our country's interest, and our country's friends - First and last, right or wrong - no matter who is in office or who is out, still our country; with all her faults, our country still. By Levi Ayars: May that love of liberty so conspicuous in our fathers, be still an inherent

principle in their sons.

By Samuel Norton: Calhoun, Hamilton and

Hayne - No exertions of their own, can save them from being ranked with Burr, Blannerhas-

set and with Arnold.

B y W. D. Jon es : The State of Indiana May

the devotion of her sons to the institutions of the

country keep pace with the improvement of her soil; the increase of her population and the enterprise of her inhabitants.

By Jacob 1 ausset: J he Orator of the. day

May he receive the same countenance from the

people on the oth ol August, that he has on the

4th of July.

By Stephen Craig: Amos Ijane Talents

will always find a ready market.

By Robert MrreiiELL: May the wheels of

this government never cease for want of a hick

ory axle.

By David Larue: John Test His country

men duly appreciate his past services; his pretensions will not be forgotten on the first Monday of August next.

By Isaac Burkholder: General Jackson

May he at his death leave behind him double

the portion of laurels he won at N. Orleans.

By I.. G. Wamsley: The struggles of our

forefathers, sacred to our memory; may they never be forgotten.

By James Ihompson: Enoch McCarty The

people want thinkers as well as speakers; he will not be forgotten at the ballot box.

By W. D. Jones: 1 he Indiana ladies are for

Union.

By William Seal: The memory of Benja

min rranklin.

By Benjamin Jenkins, Esq. Party Spirit

Killed by the President's Proclamation to South Carolina, no exertions of interested partizans can resuscitate it.

By Caleb Seal: The female sex God's last

and best gift to man.

By Lrastus Brown: Our republican institu

tions Mav their influence extend far and wide

until the last fetter of tyranny be broken, and man feels that he is free.

By Isaac Wamsley: Indiana, (the Hooshicr

State) May she rise until she becomes to be one

of the brightest stars of the Union.

mon, and Rev. A. Craig, to deliver the Oration

on that occasion.

On motion, resolved, that the proceedings of this

day be published in the Brookvule Inquirer. ARCIFD, CRAIG,

Corresponding Secretary. P. S. During the proceedings of the Society

it appeared to be the unleigned wish of the members, that none of the absent members might forget their honor, their duty, and interest, and

thus become remiss in their patronage. That

the Society might become more extensively and vigorously supported by the inhabitants of the

township generally, and that in the several townships throughout our county, philanthropists, moralists, Christians" and patriots, would awake to activity, and show the purity and power of their

moral principles, by decided and persevering ef

forts to redress the grievances of the injured Africans; deliver our beloved country from a por

tion ot her population, who ought never to

have been among us in their present character; and, who are not likely to be a benefit to our re

public, but the contrary ; and promote at once the causes of morality, refinement and piety, in

the far extended regions of degraded, darkened,

disturbed and superstitious Africa.

COLONIZATION SOCIETY. Agreeably to former adjournment, the Colon

ization Society of Springfield Township, which

is auxiliary to the county society, met on the 4th of July at the Baptist Meeting House, at the Big Cedar Grove. The exercises commenced at

half past 11 o'clock, A. M. After praise and prayer, an eloquent Anniversary Sermon was preached by Rev. Joab Stout; the Declaration of Independence read by Major Samuel

Shirk, and owing to Key. Mr. Barwick's lailure

in attendance, Rev. A. Craig delivered the Ora

tion.

The audience was respectable, gave good at

tention, and appeared to sympathise tenderly with the degraded and injured Africans in our country.

After receiving annuities from members, donations from friends that werd present, and in

serting the names of a few new members on the

roll, they proceeded to the election of a board of

Managers, when the members ot the former board were unanimously re-elected to serve during the ensuing year, viz: James Rosebrougii, Esq. President. Rev. A. Craig, Corresponding Secretary.

James Stevens, Treasurer

Major Samuel Shirk, ) William Furguson, Vice Presidents. Capt. William Webb, ) Richard P. Clarkson, Daniel Wilson, I Capt. BenjImin Jenkins, Manngers. Rv. Joab Stout, J Andrew Shirk, J

Appointed next meeting of the Society to be

held in the Presbyterian Meeting House, at

Mount Carmel, on the 4th July, 1834, and invit

ed Cant. B. Jenkins, to read the Declaration of

IndependenceARev. . Stout, to preach the Ser-

From ' The Sacred Offering.' TIME THE RESTORER. Thou wingest thy flight o'erthe realms of earth, And its silent places are fill'd with mirth Thou stretchest thy hand o'er the desert place, And the palace rises in marble grace; And the depths of ocean are touch'd by thee, And green isles swell from the surging sea. O'er the barren mountains thy foot has strayed, And their heights are veil'd with the forest shade; Thou passest on and the tiger's den Is changed to the dwellings of cheerful men; The heathen wilds by thy steps are trod, And the Christian temples uprise to God. The bones of millions in dust are strew'd, But the nation '8 strength is by thee renew'd; Genius and learning expire, but thou Kindlest their fires pn some youngerbrow; Man must perish, but thou hast shined In thine awful temple his living mind. Yet, O Restorer of perish'd things, Who scatterest life from thy ceaseless wings, Who goest forth, and upon thy track Youth and beauty and bloom came back, Powerful as over earth's realms thou art, Thou can'st not quicken the perish'd heart. Thou can'st not waken its wasted fires, Its virtuous aims, and its high desires; Thou can'st not call back the radiant train Of hope and love to their bowers again; Life to the lost one thou can'st not give, Nor say to the phantom of mercy, Live!' Yet there is a power, that is strong to save, There is an arm that unlocks the grave, There is a spring in the realms of night, That restores the lovely, the young, the bright; Where the holy love of earth is crown 'd, Where the dead revives, and the lost is found! A SCENE AT TRENTON. Trenton, April 21, 1789. When the Procession arrived at the bridge, which lies south of the town, they were surprised with a scene to which no description can do justice. As Trenton had been made twice memorable during the war, once by the capture of the Hessians, and again by the repulse of the whole British army, in their attempt to cross this bridge the evening before the battle of Princeton, a design was formed by the ladies of this place, and carried into execution solely under their direction, to testify to his Excellency, by the celebration of

these actions, the grateful sense they retained of

the safety and protection atlorded by him, to the

daughters of New Jersey.

A triumphal arch was raised on the bridge

twenty feet wide supported by thirteen pillars. The Centre of the arch, from the ground was about twenty feet. Each pillar was entwined

with wreaths of evergreen. 1 he arch, which

extended about twelve feet along the bridge, was covered with laurel, and decorated on the inside

with evergreen and flowers. On the front of the

arch, or that side to which his Excellency ap

proached, has the following inscription, in large gilt letters:

"THE IEr ErNUrjlv Ur i nti A1U litems WILL BE THE PROTECTOR OF THE DAUGHTERS." The upper and lower sides of this Inscription

were ornamented with wreaths of evergreen, and artificial flowers of all kinds, made for purpose,

beautifully interspersed. On the centre of the

arch above the inscription, was a Dome or Cupola

of flowers and evergreens, encircling the dates of

those glorious, actions, inscribed in large gut letters. The summit of the dome displayed a large Sun Flower, which. pointing to the sun, was

designed to express this sentiment or motto: "TO YOU ALONE."

As emblematic of the unparalleled unanimity

of sentiment in the millions of the United Mates.

A number of Ladies, leading their daughters

in thrir hands, assembled at the arch, thus to

thank' their Defender and Protector. Just as His Excellency passed under the arch

he was addressed in .he following SONOTA, composed and set to music for the occasion, and sung bv a number of young Misses, dressed in

white, "and crowned with wreaths and chaplets of

flowers.

SONOTA. WELCOME, mighty ChieP. once more, Welcome to this graceful shore; Now no mercenary foe Aims again the fatal blow. Virgins fair, and Matrons grave, Those thy conquering arm did save, Build for thee triumphial bowers. Strew, ye fair, his way with flowers. Each of the Singers held a basket in her hand) filled with flowers, which, when they sung. "Strew your hero's way with flowers,' they scattered before him. When His Excellency came opposite to the" little female band, he honored the ladies, bv halt

ing until the Sonota was finished.

The scettc was truly impressive; and the mingled sentiments which crowded into the mind, in these few moments of solemn stillness, 'bathed many cheeks with tears. The General most politely thanked the Ladies for their attention.

and the Procession moved on to his lodgings.

The Ladies of Trenton have displayed a desree

of taste, elegance, and patriotism, on this occasion,

which does them the highest honor; but what particularly merits observation, all expense was most

carefully avoided: The materials of the struc

ture was the most plain and unpolished, until so superbly decorated, which cost the Ladies but the labor of a few evenings in preparing flowers. The General being presented with a copy of the Sonota, was pleased to address the following CARD to the Ladies: "To the Ladies of Trenton, who were assembled on the 21st day of April, 1789, at the Trium

phal Arch, erected by them on the bridge, which extends across the Assanpinck Greek. General Washington cannot leave the place without expressing his acknowledgements to the Matrons and Young Ladies, who received him in

so novel and grateful manner, at the triumphal arch in Trenton, for the exquisite sensations he experienced in that affecting moment. The astonishing contrast between his former and actual situation at the same spot, the elegant taste with which it was adorned for the occasion and the innocent appeareance of the while robed choir who met him with the gratulatory song, have made

such an impression on his memory, as, he assure

them, will never be effaced.

Trenton, April 21, 1789." AN ELEGANT DESIGN. While the father of hi country lived in retire

ment at Mount Vernon, durng the latter veani

of his life, Mrs. Van Berchel, an intimate friend of the family presented Mrs. Washington, on her illustrious husband's birth day, with an ele

gant fancy piece, designed and executed by her

self. The bust of the hero was well painted.

and the likeness tolerably well preserved. Near

it were the Three Ssisters,one of whom appeared to be occupied in spinning the thread of his life

the second in-winding it and the third was

withheld by the strong arm of the Genius of Immortality from applying to it the fatal shearswhile Fame, from her adamantine rock, snatches the thread and bears it off in to eternity. It was a beautiful and appropriate tribute on the President's birth day. The following lines were inscribed beneath the picture.

In vain the 6isters ply With busy care. To reel off years from Glory's deathless heir' Frail things may pass His fame shall never die, Rescued from Fate by Immortality.

WATERING HORSES. A writer in a Cincinnati paper justly censure

the practice of watering horses. Many are

killed every year by the absurd practice of stage drivers, giving horses water every 5 or 6 miles,

when traveling, r armers who work horses at the plough or cart all day, never break off to

water their horses, except at dinner time. 1 he same bad practice prevails in England. But, the writer informs us. they manage these things

belter in France. 1 hey never water their hor

ses only when they are fed. We recollect on a

very warm and dusty day, travelling in a stage

over the hills of Normandy, the horses foaming

with sweat and covered with dust 1 he driver

stopped at an inn, and where we expected to see him with his bucket, giving water to each, he brought from the house a bottle and pouring in

to his hand some oi the contents, washed eacn horse's nose and threw a little up into them. On enquiring, we found it was vinegar; and al

though they had already travelled a long stage they went off as fresh as at the first starting. The editorial plural unit. As the fol

lowing passage from the prefaratory note to the Melange is very short, we shall transcribe it, although Pascal's hit at others will probably naturally give the greatest umbrage to those to whom the satire is the most applicable.

"We have heard, it intimated tnat tuere it something of ostentation or egotism in the use of this said plural unit, which is confined to monarchs and editors; but we conceive the reverse to be the fact, and we shall adduce in defence of the practice the authority of a celebrated satirist. Pascal ridiculed those egotists who said my book,' my commentary,' 'my history ;' and observed, that to say 'our book,' 'our commentary, 'our history,' would be much better, since there is in them much more of other people's than their own."

Learning like Mercury, is one of the most powerful and excellent things in the whole catalogue of "excellencies," in skilful hands; in unskilful hands the most mischievous.