Indiana American, Volume 1, Number 34, Brookville, Franklin County, 23 August 1833 — Page 2

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TRNXE88EK F. L I C T 1 0 X . Wc copy the following from t!ie Nashville

lianncr of the lOtji inst. Members of Congress. First District John Blair. Second District Samuel Bunch. Third District Luke Lea. Fourth District James Standifer Fifth District John B. Forrester. Sixth District Bailie Peyton. Seventh District John Bell. Eighth District David W. Dickinson. Ninth District James K. Polk. Tenth District Wm. M. Inge. Eleventh Distric t Cave Johnson. Twelfth District David Crockett. Thirteenth District Wm. C. Dunlap.

GC7John Blair and Cave Johnson are the only 1

members who had a seat in the last Congress,

ito he so dierted! Is not the citv of Philadel-i

pliia able to erect a statue to so distinguished a benefactor, out of her own funds? The Will ought certainly to be strictly complied with as little discretion as possible exercised. The first

false step may lead to further waste and extravagance. The precedent may he fatal. There is no class of trusts which have been so much abused in other countries, as that of public charities. Brougham's Report to the House of Commons, several years ago, exhibits a horrible tissue of the most extraAagant and infamous abuses. Let the Trustees of the Girard College meditate upon it. It furnishes a more memorable lesson than even the late eloquent and beautiful Address of Nicholas Biddlc, on laying upon the 4th of July, the corner stone of the Girard

College. That Report is like History, "Phil

osophy teaching by example and teaching m a strain of almost resistless eloquence. r.- 1. j n

nicnmoni tunqmrcr.

Ciiari.es E. Wolf, Esq. Mayor of Maysv ille, Kentucky, and son of Gov. Woli-, of Pennsylvania, died at his residence in that place, a few days ago. Executions in England. It is a remarkable fact, that in England, during the last year, there were 580 persons who received sentence of death, of which number only four were executed. Does not this fact prove that public opinion does not sustain the severity of the English laws? 'Tell it not in Constantinople.' It appears that during the President's visit in Boston, the arrangements were such as to preclude the ladies from the honor cf an introduction to his society.

Even at evening parties given the President

and his suite, not a lady was invited.

lor the purpose of in.prv. :i.g the system t,f t(jr cation, elevating the character of teachers and placing the business of teaching upon that LH ground which its importance merits. The annual meeting will take place at Cinci nnn; '

the second Monday on September next, on whirh

occasion a number of addresses will be delivered on a variety of subjects connected w ith the oh-

ects ot the institution. It is expected the

ng will be numerously attended by the teacher.;

throughout the Mississippi Valley.

Lfomsvilc Herald.

The following timely remarks are from a journal in the State of Connecticut,establishcd near eighty years ago, and which, from its honorable

old age, and other circumstances, may be conii-

uently relied upon as speaking the language ot j he land of steady habits: j hom the Connecticut Curant. 'The cry is raised, that Slavery is in danger that the North are preparing to emancipate their slaves. It is impossible that those who created, and are hoping to profit by this outcry, can have the smallest apprehension that the North will attempt to abolish slavery-, or to control in any manner the right of the South to their slaves. From the formation of our Constitution to this day, our statesmen, and the people generally, have kown that Congress was not overpowered to interfere with slavery in the Stales. We know that a serious attempt of that sort would soon dissolve (he Union. The alarmists at the South believe this also, and hence, as the most efficient (epic of disturbance, (hey now place the slavery question in front. We believe the Nul1'ders will fail in this new alarm. Their objects are perceived. Thev have cried wolf before.

And no act of public n.en or public bodies, or of

numerous or influential individuals, at the North,

confirms the pretence that slavery is in danger. But then we are pointed to a tire brand newspaper, and to the ravings of Garrison and his deluded coadjutors, as proofs that the North are preparing to abolish slavery. The North ought not to be put upon its defence on such proofs. Their w hole course of conduct in Congress, in

the Slate legislatures, and in all numerous assemblies and the well known general opinion here, give a character to the North sufficient to refute such charges, with out a denial. Among millions of people so free as curs, we may expect great varieties of opinion and of action. Wc must take the evil with the good. Our Lunatic asylum has its one hundred unfortunats inmates, others have many more. Many deranged persons arc still at large. But the lunacy of the few will not, by just men, be ascribed to the great and ruling body of tiie people. Wc know that demagogues, who use the topic for personal ob

jects, whether of revenge or ambition, will not be convinced. But the great bed y of Southern citizens can have no interest in being deceived, or in deceiving others, on this subject. Such will ask themselves, what will it profit us to establish among our slaves a belief that the North is prepared or preparing to enforce their emancipation? Or to convince the North that entirely abstaining from all interference with slavery, is no shield against the false and slanderous charge, and the hatred which it naturally bezels?"'

WARS BETWEEN FRANCE & ENGLAND. The following account of the wars between France and England, is taken from the Evangelical Magazine, printed in London. The left hand column gives the year in w hich the several wars commenced from the year 11 10 to 1813 ihe ripdit hand column gives the duration of each WAR COMENCED,

A. D. years 1110 continued '2 1111 do 1 1101 do 21 1-211 do 15 1-221 do 19 1:U do 5 132 do 21 13GS do 52 1122 do 19 1192 do 1 month. 1502 do 2 vears1511 do G 1519 do 1 1557 do 2 1502 do 2 1G27 do 2 1GG5 do 1 1G89 do 10 170P, do 1 1 1744 do 4 1710 do 7 1770 do 7 1793 do 9 1803 do 10

Fire Alarm. Capt. Ralph Arnold, of Brain-

tree, Mass. has invented a self-acting lire alarm. 'It is so constructed as to give an immediate al

arm, and the No. cf the room on fire, in the most capacious house, without human assistance.' If

an ecclesiastical or political machine of the same

species could be invented, it would wonderfully

save the lungs and paper of some seif-constilutcd

guardians of church and state. Gin. Journal.

A Curious Fact. A letter from Wheeling

Va. says "Another circumstance which I consider a curious one, never having seen it mentioned as taking place any where else, is that the martins, and even the domestic pigeons left us during the prevalence of the Cholera; they are now 4th inst. returning which I take to be a good omen. Was this instinct, or what other

cause induced them to abandon their friends 2

Mr.

From the Georgia Courier.

Berrien over and often has declared he

was no nulliiicr. It is now undubiiaLlc that he

is an Union man. The proof:

Married, in Savannah on Wednesday evening

the 10th ult. by the Uev. Mr. Preston, the Hon.

John McI'iiuson Beriuen to Miss Eliza Cecil, eldest daughter of Colonel James Hunter.

The following account of a most calamitous

mortality in the family of a distinguished citizen of the West is taken from the latest member of the Louisville Herald. 'We regret to learn that the family cf Judge Rowan has been severely afnicted by the Cholera. On Friday last, Wm. Rowan and his w ife, A. II. Rowan, and Mary Jane Steele, the two sons, daughter-in-lruv, and grand-daughter of the Judge, were buried in the same grave. A. C. Wicklifte. Esq. writes from Bardstow n,'the rest of the family are now in town, and w e hope to save them. Judge Row in is as yet well, but his prostrated spirits have alarmed me. John is sick

but not dangerous. Harney and the two girls.

1 hope, are sale, but toa Knows what to-night

may bring forth. e learn also that Judge Rowan has lost several of his slaves by the same

disease.".

From this shocking account it appears that the

number of wars was 24; that 260 years of the

700 were employed bv these nations in butcher-

ing one another; that from 1161 to 1471, a term of 310 years, 186 were spent in w ar, that from 13G8 they were at war 101 in 103, having a

peace of only two years duration! " He shall oil get through ths zrorld I never knrrv

a man slopped," said a melancholy was. When

we reflect upon this subject, we shall all set this

down as a matter of fact,a soiemn truth, worthy

of record on the choicest tablet of memory; wor

thy, "Alone to live Within the book and volume of the brain, Unmixed with baser matters:" Wc have all got a passport, and let us trave on cheerfully with it, we cannot be stopped though we may be delayed, or may travel slovvly

but we shall all come to our journey's end at last

though we travel by divers route?. Cheer up then ye melancholy! cheer up ye weary and heavy laden; the great march of life will bring you to a halt at last; take courage, you will all set through the world for "no man was ever

stopped!"

Cholera ed Havannei. An official detailed r

port of deaths by cholera, has been published by

the authorities of llavanna, in a pamphlet of 100

pages. The general results, which do not exactly agree, are as follows:

lotal number ot deaths y2:5: of these there

were, opanisn Americans, i.Uii; European

Spaniards, 16o; foreigners 43;Aations unknown

210. Total whites, 2,-wo; there were free black

Creoles, 1.070; slaves, do. b4; unknown colored

persons, 397. i- otal colored people, 5,0 0.

Cure for the Dyspepsia. The venerable

Dr. Twitchelh of Keene, N. H. w hen called up

on to prescribe to dyspeptic patients, advised

them, as (he only certain remedy, to purchase a

nock of sheep on the Green Mountains, and

drive them to Boston.

A Cincinnati paper mentions, that on the

night of the 27th., three of the principle hotels in

that city were entered by thieves, and a number

of trunks, containing a large quantity ot weanng apparel belonging to boarders, and other articles

Cholera. Since the publication of cur last

(10th inst.) wc have had 12 cases of Cholera, 8 of which terminated in death. Five of the fatal cases w ere Germans, who have been here but a short time two were colored girls, and the oth

er an elderly, lady, for several years a resident of this place. Most of all the fatal cases were

preceded by the usuat premonitory symptoms, which Verc neglected and rendered subsequent efforts unavailing. Richmond a. Palladium.

The Zanesville Messenger says, an Ordinance

has been passed by the Council of that town preventing the sale and purchase of all vegeta

bles except old potatoes, under a line of three

dollars for each offence.

Gold! Gold.' We hear, almost every week,

of new discoveries of Gold, in the Gold Region of Virginia; which as far as ascertained, com

mences in the neighborhood of the Rappahan

nock, in the county of Spotsylvania, trends witn the mountains from N. E. to S. W. touching the counties of Spotsylvania, Louisa, Fluvanna, and Goochland, on the north side of James River, crosses James River near the Point of Fork and enters Buckingham, and passes on through N. Carolina to the Cherokee lands in Georgia. Many of the veins are extremely rich, and the gold of exceeding purity. The gold is found on or near the surface, and the preparations for collecting it arc so little expensive,as to have induced a number of individuals to engage in the search. Some probably do a bad business, but many are making and have made considerable sums. One gentleman of Goochland, we learn, made $110 in one day, from 20 hands; the mines he worked being situated in Louisa, and his daily profits were not much behind that average. Richmond Whig.

of value, were taken away.

Tennesiec is suffering from drought. Every thing, says the Nashville Banner, is parched and corn, it is feared, is already beyond lemedy. Extract of a letter from New Orleans, dated Jul' 18, IS33: '-Sugar very scarce high 9 cents per. lb. was paid this day for a lot of 140 hhds. from grocers, for retailing, only fair quantity. Satin-day Cuuru r.

THE GIRAKI) COLLEGE.

The Commissioners of (he Girard Estate have Transferred to the city of Philadelphia, for the benefit of the College, productive stocks to the

amount of two millions of dollars. They have

also made up the appropriation of half a million

for the Delaware Avenue Fund, and for other

purposes.

Two questions, have already been made un

der the will.

1st; What does it mean by "poor male white orphan children V Who is an orphan? Judge

Hopkinson seems to think, that "an orphan is a

child deprived ot both, parents, or ot the father.'

Hon. John Quincy Adams rips up the ancient languages for illustration! and takes the ground

that "the death ofeilh-cr parent constitutes an or

phan ior every purpose that can entitle the null vidua! so designated to receive any benefit or ad

vantage." Old Sam Johnson defines an orphan

to be ''a child who has lost father, or mother, or Wc should take this to be the common meaning of the word; and one more likely to . have guided Mr. Girard, than any learned reference to the Hebrew or the Greek. The Will also directs that the College "shall be built in a plain substantial manner." A question is now made whether under this provision the Trustees can embrace "a truncated pyramid

marble columns, entablatures, pediments," &c. It is not also proposed to erect a marble statue, costing ten thousand dollars, in honor of Mr. Girard, cut of the same fund ? Ought these funds

How to destroy C anser-w orms.little rascals and crack their little he; two stones.

Catch the ds between

Scene in JVoc Orleans. A gentleman informed us that he overheard the following conversation at a Hotel, one morning, in New Orleans, during the prevalence' of the Cholera: "How are you to-day f "Only so so Barkeeper, give me a Julep.'" "Do you know that our particular friend J kicked the bucket last night?"

'You don't say so! Will vou take an anli-

fogmatic?"

"Don t care if I do. Miss K has also

gone by the board."

"Ihe D 1! 1 was engaged to be married

to her! What's the price of Cotton this niorn-

2?" Baltimore Visitor.

Camden, (N. J.) August ?,. Irr.aortant Invention. Yesterday we were hi gh-

v gratified by a view of the Patent Machine, in-

vented and made in mis town nv cur lenow townsmen, Messers. Gerhard and Vaneman, for

the benefit of one of the most useful and necessary classes of mechanics the Cordwainers. It

is constructed on a plan winch must conduce greath" to the health, comfort, ease, and profit

of the operator, who can sit or stand by it,at work

in any position. A person without feet or legs can perform his task with equal facility as those who have these members, hitherto indispensable in that business. And it is alleged, by one who

has been for some days using the machine, thai nearly, if not tw ice, as much w ork can be per

formed with, as without it, in a given time.

1 he machine is to be exhibited in the Frank

lin Institute next week.

The right and the machine will be sold at a

price so moderate, that it is believed no Cord-

wainer will choose to be long without one of

them. Ycf. Rev.

The Legislature of Rhode Island have passed a law that, in future, all executions shall take

place in the prison yardjn presence of the Sheriff

and Deputy Nhcrill and such persons only as the Sheriff shall permit to attend. There was a very severe thunder storm in Charleston S. C, on the 26th ult. Two ships, the Sarali and Caroline-and-Marlha, ' and the schooner Samuel, were struck' with lightning.

but sustained little injur-. A school house was

struck, the scholars injured; and tvv6 blacks were

killed.

From the Western Courant, Corydon, la. Aug. 14.

"After a delay of several weeks, we are again

in a condition to issue xur paper. 1 o most of

our readers the cause of the delay has already

been made known, through a small extra sheet

published on the 25th ult. For the informa

tion of such as did not receive that, we will remark, that on Monday, July 1, our office was

struck by lightning, i he shock was tetrihe, al

most demolishing the building, and set it on fire.

Ihe hre, however, was immediately extinguish

ed. Our press was broke into nearly a hundred

pieces, our standing matter knocked down, and

our cases reduced to one mingled mass of pi. Every thing about the office of iron and steel was

so highly impregnated with electricity, as to form a perfect magnet. The labor of putting our office in order asrain. has been almost incal

culable, and can only be imagined by a practical printer. There were three of us in the office at the time, but we all escaped unhurt, save the

disagreeable sensation produced by the violence of the shock. " We regret exceedingly the interruption which this accident has occasioned, but as we shall be the only losers by it, we trust our subscribers will excuse it.

Anecdote. What are you doing there, So

lomon, ( said the patron of a Broad river boat,

few evenings since, as he had made his cable

fast to the tree for the night.) I'm only list dri

vin a nail in the boat at the edge of the water, to

see if the river will rise any afore morning.

The Wilmington (N. C.) Free Press, alludes

(o Miss Prudence Crandall as being still in lail

Such is not the fact. She was confined but twenty

four hours,aad even that confinement she could,

if it had been her wish, have avoided. We

have never witnessed a more infamous attempt

at fraudulent misrepresentation than the stones

abroad concerning the Canterbury negro school the law of the last Legislature, and the impris onmcnt of Miss Crandall. Hartford Times.

The schooner John Quincy Adams, which left

Cleveland, Ohio, on the 15th ultimo for the Saut

de St. Marie, was struck with lightning on the 17th, and three out of five men, who w ere on

deck, were killed, two instantaneously. Three head of cattle, and twenty-four of sheep, shared the same fate. The vessel, with the exception

of her mast, which was shattered, was not mate

riall- injured.

The "mania scribendi" has unfortunately laid

hold of a Mrs. YY illiams, who lately made a pit

grimage to the grave of S. M. Cornell. The Fall River Monitor has nine stanzas 'from her pen,

sacred to that unfortr.ate young woman's memory. She threatens to inflict upon the community a volume of about 200 pages, to be called "A Tale of Fall River." The heroine is expected to be Miss Cornell. The subject is productive of much interest, but we cannot say as much for the projected publication.

College cf Professional Teachers. This, institu

tion was formed at Cincinnati last September,

Ditto- "what's the meaning of ditto, father,"

enquired a lovesick green horn as he was hce-

ing cabbages one blue Monday. "Ditto, duto muttered the old man: "why, booby, here's one cabbage head and there's another that's ditto." That ditto by hokev! dad then I'm done

with Sail, for as I squeezed her hand for the last time about dav break this morning, ami hinted in pretty plain English that I should like

to get married, she sighed out "D-i-t-t-o.

Caltion. Counterfeit Five Dollar notes of

the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie, at Cleave-

land Ohio, stereotype plate, letter M. date Jan.

1st, 1832, payable to II. Dwiglit, J. 1'. uanui.

Cashier; L. Case President. The above notes are remarkably well executed, and calculated rri.

to deceive the most experienced judges, iw signatures are apprently of one hand writing, and rather stiff lirst being marked out by small dots in the engraving; paper bad. Cincinnati Republican.

A 1 OAST. The Battle of Xew Orleans and the Presidential Proclamation.'wiW in times hereafter be compared with each other and quoted as measures equally effective in nullifying foreign invaders and domestic conspirators and all by the same hand. Pcnnsylzanian.

ROOKY1LLE LYCEUM meets on Saturday eveniusr, 24th inst. in the Court house, at BrooK-

ville, at early candle-lighting: Question i houia w neutral powers of Europe have assisted the Pole i their late rebellion? The public are respectfully invited to attend. T. W. COLESCOTTVJrSec

Brookville Hotel. THE undersigned respectfully informs his friends, and the public generally, that he continues to Keep the old stand in Brookville, formerly occupied by Jon Foster, Esq. and known by the name of the "Brookville Hotel." . be Where he expects to continue, and will at all times

ready anu pieasea to accoimuuuaic ,T o vor him with a call. JOHN JACOBS. Brookville, July 13, ' 29-tj -

Sale of vvpA Itatc.

Y virtue of anonl

nler of the Probate Court, on J

1J county of Franklin, at the August v. the undersigned will sell at the Court house nr ..:u ,.,, 9tV, Av of SepteniDe.

vine, ui )uum- uuui,,uii -" ""j -- - .je 1633, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 4 1 following described Real Estate, to wit: ,'h n in that part of the town of Brookville laid oil DJ Allen, sen. (the same being the property ot tnee

of J ames Noble, deceased.) on a credit ol inrtc BEX. SED. NOBLL,

.aJmimstranrn"

By J. Rtmas, his Atty. Brookville, August 13, 1523.