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BROOKYILjE, HPIAIA, FRIPAy EVIIVO, IVOVEflBER 31, 1831.
XEW OF THE WEEK.
THE IYJMJiT PAY.VEJYT.
We make the following extract of a letter
lathe to the late Indian Payment, from the
anal Telegraph of Logansport. Such sketchi of scenes and incidents, which will pass aav as rapidly as the Indian Tribes,are worth itching as they "fly: Watchman. "The spot selected by the Indians for the irpoe of receiving their annuities is about rtv-five miles above this place near Black
loon's village, (you know Black Ixon, oil
mrse) and about a mile and a half from the Tasbash river. No sooner had the selection ccd made, than the sound of a hundred axwere heard, employed in cutting down the ruber, clearing the ground, and preparing
to for the erection of cabins, and shantees,
p signed, not lor me use oi me mcuans, dui
r trading houses, stores, &c. &c. rifteen twenty of these cabins were completed in
dar or two and filled with merchandize of J
nous descriptions. SSome ot the shantees
re designed for, and applied to other pur
s'-eating shantees,gambhng shantees,:c.
ere in the backwoods, among the Indians at
e time of pavment mar be seen the various
JoJes of gambling practised upon the credulus in populous cities. No less than seven
kiilletts were whirling upon the payment
found; and here might have been seen games
Faro, Vint at un, Chuc-a-luc, old Sledge, ker, and many other species of gambling to
ten 1 am unable to give a name, in jus-
e to the people of this section of the coun-
V,I must say, that the gamblers were I be-
ve,all strangers. A. he common Indians nev-
bazard any thing upon these games of
lance, v ith some ot the chiefs it is otner-
se; I have been told that they bet freely d win or lose with that perfect indifference
Kich is peculiar to their race.
J. B. Richardville and Francis Godfrey
k the principal chiefs of the Miamies. The sefs were not dressed in the Indian fashion.
chardville is a half breed,apparenty about j years of age, above the middle size and
ell proportioned. His hair is slightly inclin-
to white, and he has a keen light grey eye
!ich appears to be somewhat restless. He i dressed in a grey frock coat, blue cloth italoons, black vest, boots and spurs, and re a black hat. He is said to be the richest
In in the West. Godfrey the other prin-
pal chief, is a good natured, jolly looking
p,with a pleasaut countenance. You know
lrenral 1 Well, look upon him.
with the exception of his complexion,you
behold almost an exact likeness of the
r Chief Godfrey.
Miamies are wealth v, and they are
d. The common Indians all dress richlv
fantastically. The prevailing dress of
Toine men is a frock coat of fine blue
embroidered legging of the fame mate-
calico shirt, moccasins, and h shawl nr a
re handkerchief, worn tastefully upon their
ns somewhat in the form of a turban. Ma
jw them, In addition to their dress, wore je plumes of ostrich feathers, with broad
fer bands around their arms, and a number
if Jingluig bells attached to each an-
AH of them carry large knives, and ma-
mem nave pistols slun? to their sides.
dressed and equipped, daf after dav for
t three weeks, the Indians paraded about
taymertt ground,whooping,running, jumpwrestling, playing upon their plaintive Sand receiving their daily rations. Do surprised at this seeming delay and jrastination of an Indian Payment. There thousand difficulties to be settled, and je than a thousand claims to be examined justed. Besides the agent. Gen. Mar-
l'l h Was eri(racreA in on .Ifomnt fst fFt a
17, winch has proved successful. Of the
itions of this treaty, and . the amount of
acquired, 1 am unable to, speak, but I been told that the counties of Cass and
Jm will be greatly benefitted. ... has always been a very difficult matter
pt with the Miami Indians. They are Fed and cunning, and many of the tra-
f-wrcise Srat influence amomtthem. If
if ?vernment should offer you the of-
r a nian Agent, take my advice, find
f1 we acceptance of it, if foil value your
r- - ..una. r rom Wnat i bave seen and
Q am conrinced that to discharge the CfTi? aDSent properly, requires the lalleyrandand the patience of Job: i .e,leve Jo are not remarkable for the
PB,ol the latter quality."
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"esleyan Methodist Conference, jas this year been held in London,
cucea its sittings on Wednesday, July nd closed on Thursday, Aucust, I4th.
L. ,0"r hundred Preachers assembled. p? Preachers died during the. year.
(pwo y0llng meu ofered themselves for QUstry of whom twenty-nine were CalK fwat sacred emplovment. The increase
jciety in the past year is, seventeen
i V; nundred & hllv three; viz
e thousand in England & five thousand
nundred and fifty three ia Ireland and
missionary stations.; A Very lmpor-
r-"u, was rarriAil o f tKia lytnbmnM
l . j ( - " v . VII lI VW IlltlVllV
t wlu 0ct the character of the Ministry
the establishment of an Institution for the improvement of the young men who are Candidates for that Office This step is approved by the connection at large. 1 vGovernor's Election. The total majority obtained by Gov. Lucas, according to the returns received at this otficemounts to 3,328; according to the Monitor and the Hemisphere, to 3,329; and according to the Sentinel, to 3,322. ; . - '
VOl,. II. IVo. 47.
A correspondent of the N. Y. Ev
Star, in a letter dated London, Sept. 11, puts
lunuwiiig signincant query : 'Great Britain is dailv shinnin? her miser.
able poor-house nctmlalian to oil r cKnrABt
Wrhen will your Legislatures stop it. or regis
ter the respectable population of your own country!'
A newspaper, to be called the 'Indian Ad
vocate,' and to be edited by the Rev. Isaac MrCov, is about to be established in the Indian territory three hundred miles West of St. Louis. This location, we think, must be considered somewhat in the neighborhood of thp
celebrated 'far west.'
IIOOSHIER AND .MAMMOTH PUMPKINS. We
saw a load of pumpkins last week, brought to our market from Indiana, among which were a number that measured three feet in length, and three feet six inches round the swell, or largest place. After the preceding was written, we mentioned the fact to a Yankee friend, who laughed at us for bragging, and assured us that the fall before he left New England, a pumpkin was grown in a garden ia Boston which was fully as large as an ordinary sugar hogshead, and the seeds of which sold for a
dollar a piece. It will readily be supposed,
that this staggered us; but we were subse
quently convinced of the fact. It was an ex
traordinary season for pumpkins; and they
were very frequently seeu in the Neweneland
markets, that fall, of the size of a whisker
barrel. A common wagon load consisted of two; a third could not be put on. without be
ing in danger of rolling over, and peradven-
ture breaking the wheels, or killing the hor
ses. We are elad that we did our numnkin
gathering, in Ohio. We shall soon begin to place some faith in the story that was told us in our nursery days, of the flock of sheep that once wintered in a pumpkin, and had enough
leu wnen spnng came, to shelter them during thunder storms. Cm. Mirror.
1 akincs the World BvsY. The editor of
the New Market Telegraph, a queer concern,
published somewhere in the mountains of
East Tennessee makes the following laconic apology for the non-issuance of his paper: "There will be no paper published at this
office for the next week the printers intend going to Tazewell to see their friends, and also to -attend a campmeeting in that quarter.' ThiS reminds us of a similar excuse we recollect to have seen somewhere.
No paper will be printed next week.
The boys want to go a fishing, and the editor i . . i . ...
iias io nurse a eick oany:" Potatoes are worth in New York from sev
enty-five to eighty -seven and a half cents. In Cincinnati, the centre of western luxuriance, the best vegetable market in the country, they
may De naa at irom eignty-seven and a half.
cents to one dollar.
Popular he is with friend and foe All the divisions of the opposition havV he utmost confidence in him. His adversaries like him and dare jiot abuse him at his head. Utvder his banner all Would rally. He knows too exactly what should be done, and the exact
time when to do it. Any day, Henry Clay is,
3 guuu rt3 icn men in tne House of Representatives, and the whigs want about that number to make a majority there. Southern and western Jackson men do not wear a collar with as many rivets as our northern Jackson men do. Hopes, high hopes, are to be entertained of many of them. Why will not the Kcntuckians then send Henry Clay to the House? Every body knows that he does not want that position. But no man in these times, ought to be allowed to choose his own station. We verily bevieve that if Henry Clay had been in the House of Representatives, the deposites would have been restored to the United States Bank. Henry Clay in the House of Representatives, would put a different aspect upon things at Washington. Portland 'A dverliser.
Weshall indeed have witnessed a revolution, which has prostrated in its tornado course all our institutions. " ; -"In regard to the Senators as -well as trfG President, when they may be accused of misrepresenting the views of the majority the Constitution indicates but one rempdvv In
due time the question isputnUhe ballot-box and when they 'have served out "their time let the ballot-box pass its decision upon their merits. This is the only constitutional
and do not let us entirely give up the habit of pirsuing a constitutional object by 'constitutional
means. Let us not all turn usurper&otpowcr which does not belong to us; if we have delegated authority, let the present holders use it foi- the time during which we have confided it. If we are to have a Senate, let it be sustained by the Constitution, or let it be constitutionally subverted. Boston Mas.
New Jersey. At a joint meetin? of the
legislature of New Jersey on Friday, Peter D. Vroom was re-elected Governor; Gabriel H. Ford, Justice of the Supreme Court: and
Garret D. Wal, Senator of the United States, in the place of Mr. Frelinghitysen,
whose term of service expires on the 3rd of
March next.
For this last result we were hardly prepar
ed, for we were induced to believe that the
liigh personal standing of the present Senator
would have prevented a few of the votes of
the successful party from being thrown against him. The mischief is done, however; and the only consolation we have under it is that the
re-action of this deed cannot fail to overthrow its authors and abettors. The new Senator is a gentleman of good repute, but he Is not a
I REL1NGHCYSEX.J - : -
'Colleges in tbk United States. There
are seventy .eight chartered universities and
colleges in the twenty four United States and
Territories. Besides theological institutions.
and incorporated and well endowed academies, almost beyond belief, there, are learned institutions of the highest orderV;in which youth are fitted for usefulness and fanic. ' "
Hexry Clay. We wish this truly great
man was in the House ot Keprcscntativesi
There he is eminently needed. .Admirably
htted by nature, with popular tact, and high
ly popular eloquence lor a large deliberative
body, his talents exercised m the House would
soon enable him to do creat service to his
country. Intellect in abundance we have in the Senate. But a popular tactician, a man
of acknowledged power, With great political
knowledge, a tine voice, a ready tongue, and of fearless spirit, is needed in the House.
There are great men there. Adams is great in his way. Everett admirable in his.' Bur-
eres in his. liinney in his. MciJume in a
regular seige and storm; but. Henry Clay has gifts which no other man in America has.
Mr. Adams at Home It may be mentioned as an evidence of the personal popularity of the Hon. John Quincy Adams in his own district, in Massachusetts, that at a recent meeting of his fellow citizens, without distinction of party, he was unanimously nominated for a re-election to Congress. Nat. Int. From the Boiton Atla Menaced subversion of thkKkxati! A
high duty devolves on the opposition Senators, whose Legislatures may either possess or exercise the usurped power of calling on them to resign, or to perform the trust reposed in them contrary to their conviction of duty. The President, with a most unworthy and un
justifiable forgetfulness of the dtgnity of his
own biauon or tneirs. intimated to them, in
no very equivocal terms, that they had no right in the places which they occupied; that they misrepresented the constituents which
elected them, and had no longer a perfect ti
tle to their seats. In what section of the Con
stitution the President found it included on
the Senate to obey such instructions from
their Legislatures, or to receive such intima
tions irom the Chief Magistrate, we are at a loss to discover. He found it perhaps, where he found many other of his monstrous and ab
solutely despotic assumptions in that conve-
nienc oatn ot omce so easily to be stretched or contracted at the option of the magistrate
wno calces it. We have said that a hieh dutv devolves ud-
on the opposition Senators: because it in a
measure depends upon them whether or not radical and entire revolution shall be made in our constitutional system. The President has endeavored to subvert a co-ordinate branch of the Government. Shall we aid him in doing it! What was the end and purpose of the Senate! Was it designed for a body without efficiency t Was it not intend-, ed to be one of two chambers with different responsibilities in some degree elected for different terms of time for the express purpose of withstanding any urgent shock of pop
ular violence, till the current might turn, and
the violence be checked t
Do not our Senators see that, by resigning
their seats at the present crisis, they arc not
only in effect violating the true principles of
all Governments but that they are radically revolutionizing our whole sysem,and subverting the very principles on which, and very purpose for which, our Senate was established. By resigning their seats, do they not lend the
sanction of their names to a principle, which,
carried to its full extent, would entirely do away with all necessity and all use for the Scnatet If it were so required by the Constitution, it would be another matter; but the Constitution intimates no such thin?. It is a
mere vague notion a chimera of weak and
designing politicians. - Itisa matter of opin
ion, and unless uniformly acted upon would
introduce the greatest miustice; if uniform
ly acted upon would lead to the abolition of
the Senate as a useless member. Suppose
Mr. Southard, for instance, or Mr. Sprague, should resign his seat, what guarantee has he, that Morris, of Ohio, Kane and Robinson,
of Illinois, Hendricks and Tipton, of Indiana,
or Bedford Brown, of North Carolina, would
resign theirs? - If they did not. would the Sen
ate represent the popular will any more than
it does now! Suppose the President should pursue
course which the majority of the National
Legislature disapproved could they call upon him to resign t Suppose he should adopt
any particular measure unpalatable to the
majority of the State Legislatures, could those Legislatures, "with any decency, call upon him
to resign? Would he be justified in yielding to such a demand ? Does the Constitution re
cognize, any such power and obedience, as the
demand and compliance with it would sug' gestt . ' - If any of. the Senators yieled to" such sug'
gestions from the President, or such calls from
their Legislatures, thiy are false to their high
trusts they are false to themselves they arc
false to the Constitution. They arc lending their powerful aid to subvert the s stem which the wisdom of able, and honest men devised, and which wicked and corrupt men are laboring to destroy. If the Senate do not maintain themselves with the firmness and manliness which the crisis demands we cannot be said to be in the midst of a revolution but
Noah gives the following signs. "The Hon. Felix Grundy, of the United States' Senate, is arrived in town, and though a most devoured and personal friend of Gen. Jackson, openly denounces Martin Van Buren. Tlie Kinderhook magician is pretty much used up. Alas! poor Yorick." Cm. rntellsgcncer. Died. In Cincinnati. Ohio, October 22d, General SAMUEL BORDEN, in the 53d yearof his age. General Borden was a native of the State of New Jersey. The early part of his. life was devoted to mercantile .pursuits in Philadelphia. His mind having a bias for military tactics, he acquired, in early life, from appointments in the militia, more than rnmrrmn
knowledge, for one of his years and place, of
uisiipiucuiiu auiy. At the commencement of the war of 1812, he received a captain's commission in tho regular service of the United States. But not being called to the lines, and disliking the recruiting service, and the command of unimportant and unexposed stations, he obtained leave to resign. " In 1816, he removed to Cincinnati, and engaged in the retail mercantile business, which he pursued to the time of his decease His active public spirit, and urbanity of manners, recommended him to the go'od opinion of all his acquaintances. He was, at different periods, appointed to different city and county offices. All these he discharged, not only to his own credit, but to the satisfaction of the public. It is proper here to note, that to him the city of Cincinnati is indebted for the great outline of the present plan of grading and draining it, and for the spacious and com
modious new market house ou Fifth street.
Gazette What, a Racket! Upon the arrival at
New York of the result of the late Election in Ohio, the Whigs of the City held a great mee
ting, ana immediately chartered the steam
boat Uhto, winch was to start on the 20th ult. with a committee of Whiffs on board, and sev
eral pieces of Cannon, and fire minute guns all the way from New York to Albany. On the next morning a salute of two hundred guns was to be fired from Capitol Hill in front
of the Stale House. The cannon were then
to be taken on board ofaCanalboat, and the firing was to be continued all along its voyage upon the Grand Canal through the State from
albany to Buffalo.
II the Whigs are defeated in the State of
New York, alter making such a tremendous
smoke as all this will come to we judge they Ml XV .1 ... . . J . -. J.
win ieei very mucn like leavtnir the United
States and going to the Wabash! Watchman.
MR. GIRARD. , Mathew Carey, in a serious of papers which he is gratuitously issuing for .tho laudable purpose of awakening a spirit of more extendcd liberality in behalf of religious and humane institutions, thus fearless! v finrpsM h;
opinion of the late Stephen Girard, who be-
qucauica i wo millions ot dollars for the endowment of a college, and four millions for the improvement of the city of Philadelphia: "On these bequests I venture to offer a few observations, at the risk of giving offence to some persons who may decide without due consideration. Notwithstanding these mighty sums, lam of opinion that Mr. Girard has not, quod hoc, the least pretentions . to the characterofa benevolent or liberal men. He clutched these masses of money to the last hour of his life; and when he could clutch them no longer, finally parted with them, in. the hope and expectation of rendering his name quasi immortal and this end he will accomplish for as long as his college or the city lasts, so long will the momory of his great , bequests endure. As the passenger examines the splendid houses scattered through the city and bcqueithed to the citizens, or the. magnificent Girard College, will be referred to as the donor. But when it is considered, -how very slender a provision he made for his family that he made none whatever for his clerks, who w ere all turned adrift when his Bank concerns were closed that the' widow of his fidus Achates, Mr. Roberjeau,was not mentioned in his will -and that during his life he never, I believe, contributed 5,000 to any public object, unless it promised to bring in a proper rate of interest, it is im possible to resist the conclusion I have drawn, that to liberality or benevolence he had no claim whatever, on the subjects of his bequests. 150,OOf, givon twenty or twenty-five years since, to build a plain college, with an annual endowment for its support, would have conduced more to his lasting and imperishable honor, than if he had ' beoueathed 150 OOO nan
building colleges, hospitals, &c. Had he persued this noble course, hundreds of WashingtTnnnn.Le n ,1 - A J 1 . .
iuu:)iiaiii.uvs91iiuu jnuam5t;s- inigiu nave by this time been ushered into society from, the institution. , , "Far be it from me to attemnf tn i Ten
liberal bequests for great public objects.
naiever may ne tne merits or demerits of the founders, these institutions are eminently Useful, When the Obiects are Pood and th man. '
agement prudent and correct."
United Family. Our New York namesake tells us at a late poliee examination in that city, the prisoner, a female, being asked by the Judge ifshe had any family connexions and where they were, replied, "My daughter's in Albahy, my son's in New Orleans, my mother's in Irelcmd, my aunt's in England, my uncle's in Scotland, my brother's in the East Indies, my sister's in the West, my nephew's at the Cape of Good Hope, and my, husband's gone to the devil, I believe; for he died drunk in the cholera time, and so we're pretty much scattered." Boston Transcript. A new sect have made their appearance in
Connecticut, calling themselves Perfection
ist, and established a paper at New Haven called the "Perfectionist." " :
John Adams, son of John Quincy Adams,
died recently at Washington City.
Soft Lips. A lady of fashion -inscribed on a pane of glass at an inn in Stains, (Eng.
'Dear Lord Dorrington! has the softest lips
that ever pressed those of beauty.' . Foote, coming into the room 6oon after, wrote underneath: "Then as like two chips, Are his head and lips."
i Mount Vesuvius. Affecting details are given of a recent eruption of Mount Vesuvius. In n former account it was stated that in August an eruption had taken place, which on
the evening of the 25th began to subside.
jn me -6iu, -win ana ayen, new craters o-
pencd, and produced ravages awful to con
template. Thousands of families were flying from their native land, old ahd youns drag
ging through heavy masses of heated cinders.
Fifteen hundred houses, places and other buildings, and 2,500 acres ofcultivated land, have been destroyed by the tire". The vil
lage of St. Felix, had already been abandon
ed. -The lava soon poured upon this place, and in the course of an hour, houses, churches,
and places were all destroyed. Four villag
es,somc detached houses, country villas, vines, beautiful groves and gardens, which a few
instants before presented a mignificent spectacle, now resembled a sea of fire.
Gen. Tipton. This gentleman has declar
ed himself in favour of , Col. Richard M. Johnson, as the successor of President Jackson. 4 We merely notice the fact, without attaching any importance to it. We are mistaken if the General do not find,when the proper time shall arrive, that the politics of Indiana arc of a different complexion. Lnfayclte Free Press.
Jlfniirlrfiii. . A wnnrl rnm fr lln ln n
- - v i v iijv vicT e. few days ago, of a murder committed at a Io".
house raising in the back wooks of Indiana.
e iranscnoeine circumstances, literally, na we understood them. While the work'wsi
trointr on. a man. with nn nicrlnvpfhp hnin
C7 -CJ ' 7 7 ' of another with whom he had some altercation.
This so unnerved the strained arms that sup
ported a heavy log near the top of the wall, that it fell upon them killiner him with the
bloody axe and two others. Another man, 1 y .
on me corner oi the wall, tainted, or was so
much allected by what he saw, that he fell and broke his neck. All occasioned by the wicked rashness of one man. Louisville paper. The Globe of this Cily. It is -often asked "what does the Globe meant Who will it support for the presidency t' It is dressed in dubious colours; it sometimes praises Senator Bentonometimes R. M. Johnson, and though it rarely speaks of Mr. Van Buren. it would seem he dares not or cares not, to speak igainsthim. We were told, the other day by Mr. Rieves, his partner, a most Worthy man, it would go for Mr. Van Buren! UThen Secretary Cass will have one half, and the othT . half sure for Mr. Van Buren," something un- , der this! Arinc RoyaXCs. Paul Pry. ;' , Important 'Decision. The ' , case of - the Thompsonville Manufacturing Company, ngainst W. Taylor- and others, was recentlytried before the County Court at Hartford, . Ct. The defendants had a strike for higher -wages, in July 1833. The jgreat question in the case was whether a peaceable, combination, or "agreement among workmen to refuse to work for less - than certain wages, was a ground of a civil action on the part of the employers. The court decided that it was not, and a verdict was given for the defendants.
South Carolina., - y The returns of the elections in S. Carolina show that Messrs. Manning, Postell, and Rogers, Union men, and Messrs. Pickney, Pickins, Grayson, and Davis, Nullifiers, have been elected to Congress. The majority in favor of Mr. Davis is reduced to 70 votes.