Indiana American, Volume 2, Number 25, Brookville, Franklin County, 20 June 1834 — Page 2

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Correspondence of the LViltimore Patriot. Washington, June 4, 183-f. The proceedings in the Senate arc imjmrtnnt to-day. llornlcrs should narrowly watch them. Both of Mr. Clay's resolutions you will observe, have parsed the Senate, and t tic y will now go to tlic House, the first aided bv the votes of Jackson Senators, and the econd by the important vote of McKean, of l ennsylvania. McKean s remarks are highly Mgniticant. They mean much, and betoken much for the future. The fact is new light has broken in upon him from Pennsylvania, and he is but reflecting it in the United States Senate. On the second vote taken to-day. three Senators were absent, whose votes.probahly would have been added to the majority, Hendricks, of Indiana. Moore of Alabama, and Chambers, of Maryland. It remains to be seen what the House will lo with these resolutions. The administration members will if possible, dodge action, either by laying them upon the table, or referring them" to the Committee of Ways and Means, w ho will smother them. If one of our friends can get the lloor, and move a reference with instructions to report, he may approach a definite vote. What influence McKean 's vote may have, also remains to be seen. Certain it is. that if members were not committed as they are. there would be no difficulty in restoring the deposites, and thus in restoring peace and pro-peritv to the country. Now that the time approaches for going home, manv Jackson members dread to meet their constituents. They would if they dared, do something to relieve the country, but they arc between two fears, the fear of home and the fear of Gen. Jackson, so that they arc very much in the condition of the ass between the two stacks of hay, and thus, they stand still and do nothing. Many want to seem to do something to relieve the country, but committed as they are they know not what to do. and therefore they will do nothing. Polk's Bill for putting the State Banks under the control of (Jen. Jackson will probably fallalmost as dead in the House, as it has fallen in the Senate. Polk, however says he shall call it up. Votes on these questions will be important, a then we shall see, who is who: and it will also be worth the while to mark such as dare take, the responsibility of voting down, or dodging action upon Clay's joint resolutions. The election of Pell to the Speaker's chair dissatisfies all the Regulars very much. As a punishment to the militia men who defeat ed Polk, they are rallying with all their strength to elect I .etcher. Their vengeance will be. spentupon him. If Amos Kendall had not come, into the House, as an aid-de-camp of Mr. Po'iv. he might have stood a better chance, but that "imp of famine,"' as Crocket calls him. acts upon the public like Vice as described by Pope "Vice i.? a m mtir of so frightful mien As to be bated, needs but to be seen." and hence whatever cause he espouses in person.be is certain to ruin. Pell is presiding very well, and very fairly thus far, and if he continues as Speaker of the House, not Speaker of t he party, he has a seat for many years. Put the Regulars will rout him as soon as they can, and he must always fall back upon the militia for aid. I see no reason to doubt that Mr. Stevenson will receive the assent of the Senate to his nomination. If his friends arc wise in the House, they will move no vote of thanks to his impartiality. In the Globe of this morning, you ma ob serve an article pulling Mr. Forsyth. It is an ld sa ing that the more you whip a Spaniel, the better he will like. you. Forsyth is admirable in the Senate by way of eontrrst to the folly of Brown, and roar of Benton; but the particular cause of this pull" is a whipping Forsyth gave Blair yesterday. Speaking of' the Globe. Forsyth said. don't like the mania r in r. hit h that f ;prr is conducted." Certainly if any man could like it, Mr. Forsyth is the man. Put when a Senator in public Senate makes such a remark of his own party organ, such a high toned party man as Forsyth is too, what are we to think of that organ? Remember that organ is the ollicial organ, reflecting the. opinions of the President, and 'thc Government," as it is called! As the official organ it finds its way to other countries and there proclaims that American Senators are 'bribed bv the Panic,' "feed bv the Rank," "Bank AtWnies." vVc. &c! Well, did Forsyth then say. '"I don't like the manner in which that paper is conducted;' and if the Editor had any sensibility, he would feel such a rebuke from such a friend. The official organ, the Globe is called! Never has newspaper a better name. It is an extract reflector of what is uttered and contrived in the K. C, and often word for word, what is said in the soirees at the President's House. There, with Plair on one side Kendall in front. Reuben Whitney perhaps in the rear, administering all manner of nauseous flattery, and muttering all manner of abuse, the President i inflamed and intoxicated with power and hence we see his propper counsellors driven from him. while such men as they who compose this Kitchen Cabinet rule this great nation! "I dont tike the manner in vhich th.it pry.r is conducted. Remember this, as a credit to Mr. Forsvth. .1 Pl.astin! Iimvrr. At the Special Ses-j sions. yesterday, Robert Kidd for an assault on his wife, w as sentenced to the penilentia-' ry. On retiring from the box, he thanked the Recorder for his kindness. "Now. may i it please your honor," said Capt. Kidd. "Ij shall have six months of peace." Boston Cent. :

In Senate, JtNE9th. POST OFFICE REPORT. Mr. EWING, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, who had been charged, by resolution of March last, with the task of investigating the condition and transactions of the Department, with power to send for persons and papers, made a Report, w hich was read by Mr. Ewing, occupying an hour and fifty-five minutes. The Report concludes with the following resolutions: 1. Resolved, That it is proved and admitted that large sums of money have been borrowed at diflcrent Banks, by the Postmaster General, in order to make up the deficiency in the means of carrying on the business of the Post Office Department, without authori

ty given by any law of Con gross; and that, as i ' t . . . i congress aione possesses the power to bor row money on the credit of the United States, all such contracts for loans by the Postmaster General are illegal and void. 2. Resolved, That several reports of the Postmaster General contain statements which, in subsequent papers, he admits to be erroneous; that others especially, those of the 18th of April, 1832, and the 3d of March, 1834, are inconsistent with each other, and that, therefore, reliance cannot be placed on the truth and accuracy of the communications made by the Department. 3. Resolved, That it is fully proved, that a practice prevails in the Post Office Department of granting contracts on bids which vary from the advertisements, and of changing and altering contracts in material respects after they have been accepted, and that this practice prevents all fair competition among persons wishing to make contracts, is calculated to give undue advantage to favorites, and is in violation of law. 1. Resolved, That it appears, that an individual who made a contract for the transportation of the mail, was required to give it up for no other reason than that it might be given to another, desirous of having it, and that the act of the Department, in requiring such surrender and in elFecling the transfer, was illegal and unjust. 5. Resolved, That it appears that the proposals for carrying the Mail on the route from Chicago to Green Pay, was withheld from advertisement; that the contract therefor was given in another name, but really and truly to one of the clerks in the Department: that the compensation proposed in the bid was raised without any increase of service; and that the transaction is a direct breach of law. (. Resolved. That extra allowances have been granted to contractors without any increase of duty or service on their part, and that in other cases extra allowances have been made w hich are unreasonable, extravagant. and out of all proportion w ith the increase of service. 7. Resolved, That the Post Master General has established Steamboat lines, for the transportation of the mail, by private contract, at an enormous expense, and without authority of law. 8. Resolved. That the public credit has neon pledged for the benefit of individual contractors, and that contractors have been solicited and induced to aid, with their personal credit, the business of the Department; and that all such transactions arc unjustifiable and improper. ik Rccolved, That it does appear that mail lines have been established to run more frequently than once a day. at a very heavy expense, where no adequate public object required such provision. 10. Resolved, That pecuniary transactions of a very irregular nature are proved to have taken place between the contractors and some of the chief officers of the Post Office Department. 11. Resolved, That the Post Office Department is now deeply in debt; its affairs in disorder; its accounts and reports irregular and unsatisfactory; that it is justly the subject of public complaint, and demands a radical reform. 12. Resolved, That the incidental expenses ami secret service money of the Department has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished. 13. Resolved, That it does appear that an agreement was entered into between two companies of mail contractors, the express objett of which was to put dow n competition in the transportation of passengers in their re spective mail routes; that said agreement was draw n by an efheerof the Department, and entered into at his pressing instance, and that it was sanctioned by the Postmaster General; and that such agreement, so sanctioned, is an interference with the honest pursuits of the free citizens of these United States; that it tends to establish an odious and oppressive monopoly, and is an unjust invasion of private rights. 1 1th. Resolved. That it does appear that Mail Contractors have received large extra allowances and have, about the time of receiving such allowances, become the proprietors or contractors of newspaper presses, of a partisan character. It also appears, that a newspaper editor, in the State of New Hampshire, is a contractor for carrying the mail on numerous routes, "" paper privilege," and that every such act or artifice, tending to unite the press with the Post Office Department, is a dangerous abuse and ought to be corrected. Mr. De running h that he" is office, fer t! grandson c America in Ire' 'vi

IVEWS OF THE WEEK.

North Carolina. The "Elizabeth City Star,' and the Salisbury "Journal," have just been discontinued for want of patronage, making seven papers that have stopped within a year for the same all-potent reason, w hile only one has been established; and the w hole number now published is enly 22 none oftner than weekly. The "Harbinger" (the newone) bemoans their sad condition in the following strain: "Our lands arc nearly worn out, emigration constantly increasing, our products left at home because of the cost of transportation to market, our mechanics barely supported, and the poor children of our State grow ing up in ignorance, because no means are provided for their education." Verily, North Carolina must be going ahead crab fashion. Ahc Yorker. M inner of making Castor Oil very palatable to Children. Take the quantify of oil you purpose for the dose, and boil it for a "few minutes in an equal quantity of milk; then sweeten it with a little sugar. When the mixture has cooled, stir it well, and give it to the child. There will be no necessity of giving the child any thing to drink after taking the mixture, for the taste of it is more pleasant than any drink you can give. Rebellion at Cambridge. The students in Harvard University have recently revolted, on account of some supposed indignity which had been offered by a new English teacher to a general favorite which was resented by the whole class (the sophomore) to which he belonged. Their indignation was expressed by stamping, hissing, and making various unbecoming noises during prayers, with other offences against the peace and dignity of the President, which resulted in the dismissal of the class and the entire suspension of studies. No accomodation has yet been effected. J"cw Yorker. Roxana Kellev, wife of John Keller, of Plymouth, Me. died May 2d in consequence of ill treatment from her husband. Her age was about thirty-three. About ten days before, her husband abused her most shame fully he knocked her down with a hard wood shoe-last, and kicked her many times in the bowels, which afterwards mortified, she at that time being near getting to bed with her seventh child; beside this, and much more, the brute stripped her as naked as she came into the world, and threw her on to the fire in presence of his six children, the oldest of I . i .i. ......... wnom is twelve years; tins child told his lather he was killing his mother, when the father knocked him down. He stopped in nymouui until ins wiie was huncd, but getting wind that he was to be arrested, made his escape into the woods twenty-live or thirty minutes before the officers arrived, and escaped. Kelly was an intemperate man. Credit in this affair can be set down to the account of Acre Rum. From a letter published in the Staunton Spectator of the 23d ult. we learn that the Rev. James L. Marshall, of Kentucky, deputed by the Louisville Presbytery to attend the General Assembly at Philadelnhin. and on his way thither, and w ithin a few miles of luyandottc, in tins Slate, w as attacked with Cholera, and died w ithin twelve hours after his arrival at that place. The proprietor of tne notei, xr. John U. V rkjht, w ho took Mr. M. in, states that this is the first case of cholera that has occurred above Cincinnati this season, and the first that ever occurred in Guyandotte. Divorce. A debate arose a few days since in the House of Representatives of Connecticut, on the petition of an individual for a divorce from his w ife, on the ground that she was in the habit of Ihrowinsr hot water uoon him, beating him on the head with the tongs. endeavoring to pick out his eys with a fork, and of committing various other acts of an equally ojectionable character. In support of tne petition it was urged that it was the design of the marriage contract to promote happiness, very little of which had been enjoyed by the petitioner; that no good end could be answered by keeping the parties in their present state of union and that there was much reason to entertain apprehensions for the life of the husband. On the other hand it was insisted that if disappointment and quarrelling w ere to be a sufficient ground of divorce, the legislature would be inundated with applications; that the woman was amenable to the law, which would afford the husband ample protection; and that an application of this sort, proceeding from the husband, w as altogether novel in its character. The divorce, how ever, was granted ayes 113, noes 50. Extract of a litter from Dr. Jackson, dated on board the Potomac frigate, Boston, Mai 23d, 1831, directed to the Secretary of the Vavy. "This ship has now finished her course. She has been absent thirty-three months. During that time she has sailed round the world, spent nearly five months in the East Indies, visiting the coast of Sumatra, Straits of Sunda, the Island of Java and the South of China. "She has crossed the Pacific Ocean, sailing from west to east, in the teeth of the trade winds- and obliged to pick her wav throul.

of the various changes of climate between 40 deg. north and 58 deg. south. She has been five hundred days at sea, and has sailed altogether sixty-one thousand miles; and during the whole of her absence, and throughout all thissailing, she has met w ith no serious accidents. No one has been drowned nor has any one fallen from aloft or injured himself, otherwise than by slipping upon deck during storms and gales, or by unnecessary exposure to casualties on shore, while intoxicated or under the excitement of liquor. She has experienced a great deal of sickness, yet has lost no officer excepting Mr. Oliver, who was in a decline when he left the United States; and of fhe twenty-five deaths by discease. that have occurred amongst her crew, IT have died of dysentery, and 4 of consumption ; leaving only four deaths by till other complaints. "In addition to her own crew, she has afforded relief to sick and disabled American seaman, found at various islands and places in the Pacific, by not only furnishing them with necessaries for their immediate wants, but by receiving them on board and conveying them to the United Stales. In fine, her services have been such as will not admit of a proper statement in this place, but must and will hereafter be appreciated."

A member of the bar in Charleston, S. C. has been suspended for using improper language to a female witness. An Effective Laughter. The Editor of the Pristol Gazette tells us of an acquaintance of his, who, when he laughs, "shakes the room so that even the spiders peep out of the cracks to see what is going on." Bequest. Mrs. Gore, widdow of the late Hon. Christopher Gore, recently deceased, has given fifty thousand dollars to Harvard University. Newspapers do much more good than harm, especially in politics. They are in this county one of the most vigorous and beneficial instruments of political advantage. They effect incalcuable benefit both in checking the statesman who would abuse power, .and in so influencing the public opinion as to prepare it for, and therefore to render necessary, an amelioration of political and civil institutions. The great desideratum is enlargement of views and purity of principle. We want in editorial labors less of partizanship, less of squabbles about the worthless discussions of the day; we want more of the philosophy of politics, more of that grasping intelligence which can senl a reader's reflections from facts to principles. Our journals are, to what they ought to be, what a chronicle of the middle ages is to a philosophical history. The disjoined fragments of political intelligence ought to be connected by a sort of enlightened running commentary. There is talent enough embarked in some of these; but the talent too commonly expends itself upon subjects and in speculations which are of little interest beyond the present week. JVat. Gaz. Despotism. The Emperor Nicholas appears to be alarmed at the progress of liberal opinions in Europe, and is resolved, if possible, to prevent their extension in his dominions. Despotism, in its most literal sense, he is determined at all hazards to preserve: and to effect this object, he resorts to means disgraceful even to a despot. A catechism has been prepared under his direction for the use of schools and churches in conquered Poland, which teaches the children and ignorant peasants to regard the Emperor not as a man, but as something super-human, as a being who has a right to their services, their adoration, their lives The following extracts, forming the least offensive part of this singular catechism, are given in an English publication : 'What duties doth religion teach us, the humble subjects of his majesty, the Emperor of Rusia, to practise towards him? Worship, obedience, fidelity, the payment of taxes, service, love and prayer, the whole being comprised in the words, worship & fidelity.' 'Wherein docs this worship consist, & how should it be manifested? By the most unqualified reverence in words, gestures, demeanor, thoughts and actions.' 'What kind of an obedience do we owe to him? An entire, passive, and unbounded obedience in every point of view.' 'Is the service of his majesty the Emperor obligatory on us? Absolutely so; we should, if required, sacrifice ourselves in compliance w ith his will, both in a civil and military capacity, and in whatever manner he deems expedient.' " Westward the. star of So some one has said, and so it is beginning to be. The next General Assembly of the i lesiijienan cnurcn is to convene at Pittsburgh, instead of Philadel . . ..... .lU'O I I 1 V next General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in the United States, is to convene at Cincinnati, May 1,1830. Ohio District Judge. It is understood that the Senate have rejected the nomination of Benjamin Tappan, Esq. as United States district judge lor the District of Ohio. Cincinnati Gazette. New Oiieu-s Conrrmn. A Washingates that ector at round of perform . ded that ated his

FOKEIGIV ITEHS.

FROM EUROPE. By the packet Canada, from Indon,whkh arrived at this port on Monday mornm . ten days later than previous advices. " ' Great Britain. Mr. O'Connell's motion for the repeal of the Legislative Union b iwecn jreat Britain anu Ireland, has be reiectedin the House of t'ommm.: i. nrccedented majority. The Mr. Spring Rice, pledging Use support of the House to the maintenance of the Unio, carrieu oy a majority oi .u,): j only rrn Much uneasiness has been r-rrUA u.. increase and formidable attitude of the Trade 1 Tninnti thrniKrhmit th -niinfrxr A oi ou,uuu memners laieiy marched thrcupK . . . , , i ---"- jjuiuicai petition, notwithstanding the proclamation J me iiayor. j. ne troops ana ine police were all under arms, ready to act at a moment'j warning, but happily no collision tr.nl- nlJ " ' . - ICH.C, The Ministry are doiner every tbintr ;n i,:J o J -o ""-111 power to ellect the peaceable dissolution oil me aiminons. Ireland is still convulsed w ith tliiff"Cr;,. "vi.,muj goaded on by poverty and want. of the magistrates of Wrest Mealh lately reJ soiveu, mat me provisions oi me Voercion 3ii! must oe applied to certain districts n county, and called to proclaim it. The High Sheriff was shot at on Sunday, from behind a hedge, w hile onhij way 10 cnurcn, and narrowly escanerl wiitiU life. A riot occurred at Drumcolloher, near Limerick, on the occasion of the sale of property distrained for the navmcnt of tihWit, w hich the police fired on the rioters, and itii -J.il. j . . saia mat twenty lives were lost. France. No furl hpr ments have taken place either in the capital or me provinces, dui tne state ol public leeling is far from being composed and tmnouil. TV Chambers were to be dissolved about the midJ die of May, when a furious contest would noj doubt ensue. A proclamation had hepn Jssii.l ed by the Royalists in anticipation. ChatcauJ Dnana, mougn ne has once taken a farewell! of the world, is announced as a candidate fci Deputy from Lille. 1 Arrests and inquisitions are still artivrf throughout the nation. Some officers of thJ oum regiment oi tne line, and others of thef 4th and 9th cuirassiers have been arrested oJ suspicion of being connected with the repubncan associations. A debate lately took place in the Chambe of Deputies on the evacuation of Algiers, bu nothing was determined . The city of Paris has been condemned td pay tne damages and loss in several casd where gunsmiths and sword cutlers had sd tained any, during the late revolutionarj movements. Delegates have been appointed by the peo pie oi iyons to solicit ol the government inj demnityfor the losses sustained during tW late insurrection. Independently of the dd vastation, the city has suffered severely bvtiii obstruction and stagnation of her trade, anJ otner towns depending on Lyons as a man kct for their Productions have been included in the embarrassment. The numberofliandi employed in the manufactories has been great ly reaucea. jcw Yorker. TURKF.V Morocco Declaration op "War agaeiii Naples. The Gazette du Midi, of Marseilles, of Acr 12th, announces the arrival nfiht mprrhar schooner, L'Heureuse Marie, frnm Larrach in Morocco, which port she left on MarcJ 12th, with the intelligence that the Emperoi had declared war agaist Naples, and that there were at Larrach two brigs of war, am atTangiers a sloop and a schooner, ready to put to sea, in order to attack the Neapolitai mercnam vessels. PeRA, March 25. A renort for some dav had been circulating in inwn that an insurrec lion of the most serious nature had brokeit out at Aleppo. The arival of the Tarter which in conseauenre was moct nnTimislv ei pected, has shown that these alarming neff were groundless. The division of thf TnrL-;ti flor-t destine! to the blockade of Samos, sailed on the2bl outoi tne harbour, and is waiting at Doln Bakshe for a favorable wind. .Every or entertains ihe nninlnn Viot rr. the arrival a the fleet, the Samoits will immediately sutf mit. The abandonment of Algiers as a colon has been rernmmpndofl V.v r PVmmiftpe t the French Chambers. Their report affiruj tnat it cannot be retained with a less arm than 25.000 men: that it costs France 30.000, 000 of francs per annum, while its own rev! nucs uo not exceed 1,500,000 francs. Tennessee. A State Convention for tL formation of a new Constitution, assembl at Nashville on Monday the 14th inst. ani proceeded to organize by the election ol te William B. Carter President, and Wm.l Hill Secretary. Nearly every con"' represented, and much importabe attached by the Tenneof their deliberations, dings of interest have ye Married By the Re nolds, on Thursday the 11 nis Van Vleet, one of Watchman," to Miss

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