Indiana American, Volume 1, Number 31, Brookville, Franklin County, 2 August 1833 — Page 1
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OUR COUNTRY OCR COUNTRY'S INTEREST, AND OUR COUNTRY'S FRIENDS. Vol. I. BKOOSiVIIilLE, IXDIAIVA, AlOUST 2, 1833. No. 31.
PRINTED AND rVBMSIIKD WKEKI.Y BY C. F. CIaA RKSOX, At $- advance $2,50 in six months; or $3,00 at the expiration of the year. DvnuTisEMESTS. Twelve lines, or less, will be inserted once or three times, for one dollar; and 2-i cents will be charged for each additional insertion. FOR THE AMERICAN. FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE. Tin breeze that skims o'er Ceylon's isle, And steals its baliny dew; Is not so sweet as that fair smile. Which speaks of feelings true. The rose that o'er friendship's bower, 8heds fragrance on the air; Is not so lovely as the flower, That blossoms under there. The gems that in-the orient world, Lie buried in the deep; Are naught so beauteous as the pearl That friendship's eye-lids weep. Yet 6uch a treasure, richer far Than diamonds in the mine More changeless than the Emblem Star, That in the North does shine. 'Tis dearer far than friendships pearls, Or gems that strew the deep; 'Tis that which is in brighter worlds, The pledge that angels keep. The etars that deck that the arch above, Or glitter in the sky; Are not eo bright as rays cf love, That dart from beauty's eye.
I3ut yet the shrine at which I kneel, Is not of earthly mould The mind must richer stores reveal, Than orient pearls or gold.
of ihe New England
even the slightest motion of the waves, which in THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE
the most profound culm agitates these internal A Tale w ith a Moral
seas, swept through the deep caverns with the In a small town in one
noise of distant thunder, and died away upon States, there resided some years ago, two young the "ear as it rolled forward in the dark recesses men, whose subsequent fortunes serve forcibly
inaccessible to numan observation. lo sound to show the advantage of personal application more melancholy or more awful ever vibrated to study and business, on the one hand, and the
upon human nerves. It has left an impression folly .f relying on ancestral honors and exten-
whicn neither time nor distance can ever cllace. su e patrimonies on the other. Samuel Ledyard
Uesting in a trail bark canoe upon the limped was the only favorite son ot a gentleman, who.
waters of the lake, we seemed almost suspended on the point of riches and honor, stood confess
in air, so pellucid is the element upon which we edly at the head of the aristocracy at thfA sec-
lloatcd. In gazing upon the towering battle- lion ol the country. JXature has done much for
ments which impended over us, and from which Samuel's person, though she had not been re
the smallest fragment would have destroyed us, markably generous towards him in the'bestow-
we felt intensely, our own insgnihcance. io sit- ment of mental gifts. Ihe lact, however, that
uation can be imagined, more appalling to the he was the darling son, of the rich and Hon
courage, or more humbling to the pride of man. Judge Ledvard.was enough in his estimation, not
We appeared like a speck upon the lace ol crea- only to make up lor what nature had refused to
tion. Uur whole part', Indians and voyagers grant lum, but to give him a vast superiority
and soldiers, officers and servants, contemplated over his less favored neighbors. The best that
in mute astonishment the awlul display of crea- the fashion of this world can give was abundant-
tive power, at whose base we hung; and no sound My provided to gratify the vanity ot Samuel.-
broke upon the ear to interrupt the ceaseless That he was superior to every one else, none roaring of the water. No splendid cathedral, dared onenlv to deny, as all feared to incur the
no temple built with human hands, no pomp of haughty frowns of the patrician father; and it
worship could ever impress the spectator witn 13 not astonishing that Samuel should presume
such humility, and strong a conviction of the im- himself to be all which the flatterers of Ms fami-
mense distance between him and the Almighty W insisted that he should b
Architect. Within a few rods of the stately mansion of
Judge Ledyard, stood the humble dwelling of
i Tl 1 1 T1J I I .
FOURTH OF JULY SENTIMENTS. eier oresi ine "ouse-joincr. rcter naa a
son ol the same age ot Samuel. Stephen L.e
At Charleston. South Carolina orest, however was but a poor boy; and what
The DayIt witnessed, in 17T6, the birth of adfaca' " Pw m more to his shame in the
nlinn. in ln.w. J . J J
Advedo.
LINES
On FeeinT a" Lad v's rold chain, among the contribu
tions for the promotion of temperance. Would that thou hadst a voice, thou graceful toy, To tell me they giver. Fancy paints A"young andjradiant brow, and a clear eye
our nation its continued celebration, in lS3i
attests the glorious maturity of a free, prosperous
and United i'eople.
South Carolina. The light of her freedom will
be disasterously extinguished, whenshe ceases to
move in her federal orbit.
The Hon. Wm Drayton. The patriot 'with
out tear ana witnout reproach, estimable in
private, illustrious in public life all the ends he
aims at- are his country s.
After the enthusiastic applause with which this
toast was received by the company had subsided,
(says the Charleston Courier.)
Col. Drayton rose, and returned in a hand
some manner his acknowledgements for the lion
Kindling vvith"purer light, as thou wert thrown
Oif from the polish'd neck. Thou wert; perchance, or done him; he then entered at some length in
come favor'd gift, the talisman olXove,
That thou art here
Rcmembered'bv
And save mankind: nor could blest Friendship ask A truer token, thansuch heaven-wrought lin'ris As bind the soul to duty. So go forth Thou glittering gilt, well barter'd for the wealth Of conscious merit. She who wore thee once With the fond thrill of vanity, hath won A better ornament tUin'gold, or pearls Or rich array. Fair Creature,-still be true To Mercy's angel prompting. What thine hand Can do for Christ, do then, with all the might Of woman's tenderness. With flowery bands Of soft persuasion, draw the erring soul Rack from the beetling precipice, where foams The fiery flood of ruin. Toil to uproot Those weeds of Yice that by the way side spring, And even amid the garden's choicest flowers Unblushingly intrude. Shew gently forth In thy own hallow'd life, the blessedness
Of that meek mind, which Temperance and Peace;
Fair-handed Sisters, lead in virtue's path, And crown with beauty that survives the tomb liar I ford, Conn.
Note. The chain referred to in the above lines was deposited in the charity box of the, 2d Presbyterian
church, Aloany, Jiid. marked "for the temperance
cause." It was immediately taken by a gentleinanat
the appraisal of a jeweller, at ten dollars. ROCKS OF LAKE SUPERIOR. BY GOVERNOR CASS.
laboring man. Though Samuel and Stephen
were neighbors from their birth, little acquaintance and less intimacy was allowed to subsist
between them. ' It Samuel in his great condescension ever did speak to Stephen, it was ts re
mind him of his father s greatness and th obscu
rity of Stephen's, and to insult him by any other
means at hand.
Stephen bore this becomingly, for the thought
never had entered his head that he could be equal to the Ledyards.
1 hese boys, for most of the time from six to
sixteen, went to school, but not together. A se
lect establishment must be prepared for- the children of the Judge, while Stephen with his
scanty supply of books, under the tuition of dif-
pride to stand in his humiliation before Stephen, now a man of wealth and influence, he left his native village, and entered some petty officer on board a ship in the Navy. Here his habits were such as caused him to be cashiered, and he was dismissed from the service in disgrace. 1 In the meantime by industry and perseverance the joiner's son rose to eminence in his profession. Before Ledyard entered the Navy, Le Forest stood at the head of t he bar in the country, and about the time of Samuel's leaving the service in disgrace, Stephen was appointed to the same honorable office which the senior Ledyard had formerly held. Since that time Samuel Ledyard had been sentenced to the State Penitentiary for his crimes, where he remained a miserable object of pity when 1 last heard from him. These are facts taken from real life. The names only are fictitious. They seem to show how the wheel of fortune in a free country will carry the meritorious upwards, while it precipitates the profligate into ruins below. We have not resorted to embellishments. The desire not to' tell too long a story has compelled us to leave out studied descriptions. We were present at the trial of Ledyard. Le Forest was the presiding judge on the bench and when his duty called him to pronounce upon the unhappy criminal, we saw the tear steal down the manly cheek of the judge, and his voice faltered as he gave utterance to the dread sentence of the law. For ourselves we could not so well command our pas
sion. v e thought ot the past, we looked on the
present and wept. How could we help it? Oh
Iiat youth in every circumstance would learn,
that pride goeth before destruction, while he
thathumbleth himself shall be exalted."
to the questions connected with our local politics fprent masters, nt the common schools, hnrl tn
sre. Henceforth that Love shall be antf party div isions, and triumphantly vindicated make the best progress he could. He applied those holy deeds thaf;bless his course in Congress in reference to them, and himself, however and make good proficiency.
concluded with an aiiectmg allusion to his ap- Uyhen these youths were at the age of sixteen,
proachmg departure from the fctate, and bidding ana as Samuel was ahout to enter College, the
those around him an impressive and anectionate T.edvards learned with surprise and indirnatinn
farewell. His parting acknowledgements and that it was the design of Peter Le Forest to send benedictions were received with deep emotion, Stephen also to ColWe. and at the same Univer-
and will live in the grateful memories of all who Lty whcrc Samuel was to acquire his literary
neaiaium. honors! Stephen l,e t-orest. however, had as
At Lynchburg Va. Sood "S14 to g to College as Samuel Ledyard, m ;r ' ' .. , r, , and the faculty being independent of both,would The Memory of V ashmgton When temples rrp;vo h fnr- n naMv h Wt- ThD
and trophies shall have mouldered into dust thou ht that Stephen was to be classmate with
"6.U.T. " Ledyard, was revolting to the pride ot the Judge
icgenusoitraaiuoiauumei.gnto.omeracniev- and his aristocratic but determining that ments live ; only in songs, Philosophy ( wi 1 raise Samuel should have no intercourse with Steagain in the sky of our Franklin, and Glory re- h and trugti the t weaUh kindle in the light of her ovvn Washington. , thg Lcd d famil woul exalt the
oent by Lieut, vvimam.-ine memory oi formcr in the d esleem of the faculty and
" V, , . . , V "." students over the latter, he was sent to Cam.
-U alive, good health and long me to mm, mr bdd and entered the St hcn Ins patriotic attention in assisting President Jack- j. thdr four , regdence al CoU
son to buawe iiuiuim iui uivjvlm uuun cum. SnrnllPl n,lherrd strirtlv in his determination to
From the Columbus (Ohio) Hemisphere. WEST. POINT. It is a fact too glaring too palpable to be de
nied, even by the strongest advocates of this institution, that it has of late years been, and now is the practice, to give all honorable, responsible trusts, agencies and missions to officers of the ar-
my with few, very few exceptions; and general-
y the young Cadets, just let loose from school,
arc chosen lor this purpose, uoes congress pass a law, and make an appropriation for open-
ng or repairing a road, building or repairing a
larbor, a pier, or an aqueduct a young cadet
generally the son of a member of congress, or
secretary of a department, or head of a bureau,) is employed for this purpose sometimes dozens of them at wages varying from two to six dol-
ars per day, exclusive of their army pay and ra-
ab
the immense precipitous cliffs, called by the voyagers, Le Pottrail and the Pictured Rocks.
This name has been given them in consequence
of the different appearance which they present
to the traveller, as he passes their base in his ca
noe. It requires little aid from the imagiation
to discern in them the castellated tower and lof
ty domes, spires and pinnacles,and every sublime.
grotesque or fantastic shape which the genius of architecture ever invented. These cliffs are an unbroken mass of rocks, rising to an elevation of 300 feet above the level of the lake, and stretching along the coast for fifteen miles. The voyagers never pass this coast except in the most profound calm; and the Indians,- before they make the attempt; offer their accustomed oblations, to propitiate the favor of their Menitas. The eye instinctively searches along this eternal rampart for a single place of security, but the
"ch is vain. With an impassible barrier of
rocks on one sule, and an interminable expanse of water on the other, a sudden storm the lake would as ineyitable insure destrution of the passenger in his frail canoe, as if he were on the brink of the cataract of Niagara. The rock it
self is a sandstone, which is disentegratedby the continual action of the water with comparative
facility. There are no broken masses upon which the eve can rest and find relief. The lake
is so d port, that these masses, as thev are torn
7 - ' from the precipice, are concealed beneath its water until they are reduced to sand. The action of the waves has undermined every projecting point; and there the immense precipice rests upon arches, and the foundation is intersected with caverns in every direction. When we passed this immense fabric, of nature
have no intercourse with Stephen Le Forest, the laborer's son. To his fellow students he profes
sed to know the thing, and knew hun only to
despise his poverty and obscurity. 1 he prodi
gahty of Samuel was proverbial in the college
and in more than one instance his violation of
principle and neglect of study, subjected him to
the reprimand of the l'resident. Stephen pur
sued the even tenor ol his way, attended to hi
lessons well, and by his amiable and unpretend
ing deportment, acquired the good will of the
better part of the students, and the approbation
of the teachers.
T r . . ji I - j:t J l...
lv a. U. Kincr. J. C. Calhoun. Ilenrv C ar. . . " i"" -i
7 r f J ' I l7nfrinrr cr lis-vstl Inti r rr f-I-i iTi"tiAno nnirinfi
,"-. . r nil .1 il i 1 i I ivvv pint, cvnvui uuiiuu t,ii t ttijdiiuiio -cuiiVU and Martin V an Buren. 1 he first shall be last, , . .,A- wi
the second next to the last, and the thirdrrf of &e and wag fo be
dll.
At Winchester, Va.-
Bv Dr. Davidson. Virginia first then the
j - Union,
By a Guest. Henry Clay and the American
System. By James M. Richards. John C. Calhoun South Carolina. By Cornet Conrad. Benjamin W. Leigh-
Virginia's noblest son; may he be our next Pre
sident.
upon tne southern coast ol late superior, T , J A 1Tnr r"i.,-- (Tim f.t rc4 -i c i rn re ir John C. Calhoun, and Henry Clav . 'lhehrst out fifty miles from the falls of St. Mary, are , , , , . , fi fivsff
auuii V' V . Jll.J l. , ..u .wuw v
i,. j ct.i i i ji, r. 4- a r
J I errise assifrnPfl him. w,-lnlf Snmup was
Bv Sergent Brown.
l he increased eiuinsuiMii mi mui aw uam u i nojced
on each annual occurrence, is uuquestionaoie
proof of the attachment of Americans to liberty and the Union.
By J. M. I lulet. Lieutenant R. B. Randolph
whose recent treatment towards the chief-ma
gistrate of the United Slates, has branded him
hardly
Ihese arrangements were dissatisfac
tory to the Ledyards, hut they could not be a
tered. Stephen lelt the stage, applauded by the
vast crowd of spectators, while Samuel's perfor
mance elicited no expressions irom the audience
but those ol disgust.
After leaving college, both Samuel and Ste
p ., i vt: 1,1
in tne estimation o. cve.y uu -F - phcn were placed in situations to prepare for the
has tarnished me lusture oi inot-e lauitis wmcu . . ., , - ,n
- n ji i i il m M.M. uut iui u VJiixrii view auiim-tv-u w
wo 1 j : ,. " """u practice, and opened an office in
nav j anu yvincn uas i.u.Cu iu. , hh nativit Samuel's father dying about this
tne name oi an iionoiau.e y time, he abandoned his legal studies, presuming By A . S. Anderson. Lieut R. B. Randolph hc ur him
lit; Iliv ii-iiiiiiuuu v AAK.lAAXU.Kma '
t 1
ions
Is a canal or road to be surveyed none
but a West Point Cadet can do it. Are Indi
ans about to emigrate to the West to be settled, or payments to-be made to them on this side of
the great river none but a dandy officer lrom
v est roint can be employed ; who probably never saw an Indian in his life! At least a million of dollars are disbursed annually on roads, canals, fortifications, harbors, removing Indians,
&c. by young Cadets from West Point, without the shadozo of security or responsibility. None is required of them. The government deems their
lonor sufficient to protect the Ireasury! IN or
is it all uncommon to hear these scions of this
pauper seminary say, with all the loppish inso
lence and upstart arrogance produced by the investment of their "little brief authoritj-," that the "Government would rather trust the word
and honor of an officer of the army, in disbursing public funds, than the oath, the bond1 and the se
curity of any citizen. Such cant as this dishonorable to themselves insulting to the community and derogatory to the nation, certainly gives strong evidence of the intangibility of their honor. True, they may have forgotten that those very citizens are they at whose table they have been fed existed as it were, and by whose
bounty they have been thus elev ated. Yet such is the language of striplings who most likely, are at the sane time squandering public money
most shamefully, and providing for their own relations.
Will the good sense of the community suffer these public vampires to prey upon their very vitals? Will not their liberty a natural and inalienable right fall a prey to the rapacity of such cormorant abuses? Is there not sufficient evidence in the existence of such a state of things, that reform is absolutely necessary? If there is not, let us adduce testimony, let us adduce testimony of the trulh of our assertions conclusive proof, that even Ohio, even as she is, independent as she believes herself to be and intelligent and responsible as her citizens may be held by their fellows in the Union, has come under the West Point yoke.
knows his
ricrhts. and knowing dares maintain them. He
has nobly dared 'to beard the Lion in his denthe Douglas in his hall.' 'Yes, tell each lordling, wide and far, (For it a wholsome truth discloses,) That every freeman's feelings are As sacred as his rulers noses.
Bv John W. Heterick. Uncle Sam Impru
dent in exposing himself; he should exert himself sion and desnised him
less, for his constitution may be destroyed by fre- of a few years Stephen had accumulated more
quent abuses. property than Samuel had remaining, still it was
a circumstance sufficiently damning in his view of the former and sufficiently honorable in his view of himself, that Stephen was the son of Le
r orest the carpenter, and he was the son ot Led-
grcat was the inheritance left him by his father,
For some years he made it his only business to dash about in stately pride, expending w hat he
regarded as the inexhaustible riches lelt him by
his lather. Time, however, proved his mistake
Before prodigality and dissipation, "riches took to themselves wings and flew away." The gaming table made fatal inroads upon his proper
ty. He saw Stephen nourishing in his proies-
for though in the course
Love op Fame. We leant that a certain
Englishman, who shall be nameless, is so smitten with this universal passion, that he makes a voy-
-.rmu the Atlantic, twice a vear. in a Liver- yard, the Judge.
JLi nnlv tn jrt his name in our paner In ten years Samuel had not a cent remaining
I rJSM U LA IV r4X -w M-"- " - A A i
Harassed bv creditors, and
having
THE MECHANIC. "If there is any institution truly enviable it is that of a study and industrious mechanic, who by his own unaided exertions, has established for himself a respectable character in society who commencing in poverty, has been able by his skill and preservance to overcome every obstacle vanquished every prcjudice,and build up for himself a reputation whose value is enhanced for others. And let it be remembered that this station is attainable by all who have health and a practical knowledge of their business. It is a mistaken idea, that fortune deals about her favors blindly, and with a reckless hand. Industry, temperance, economy, and a virtuous ambition are seldom exerted in vain."
Destructive fre. The large cotton frctory of M. C. Beebe & Co., at Watertown, N. Y., was entirely consumed by fire, on the 7th inst. Loss from 150 to 200,000 dollars. The buildings was of stone, five stories high, and considered the best
too much! in the State.- Lou?- az.
the wind was still, and the lake v is calm. But
as one of the p?en!rers!
v.