Indiana American, Volume 3, Number 2, Brookville, Franklin County, 9 January 1835 — Page 2

IYI3WS OF TIIIJ WEEK.

Full River (Miss.) Dc. 23, 1834. Colo Wevtheu. We have seldom wit

nessed as sudden and so great a change in the weather as occurred on Sunday last. The weather during the Autumn and Inns far in

the whiter had been generally mild. The thermometer, except in two or three instances, had not fallen below twenty five degrees above zero. From sunrise on Sunday to ten o'clock A. M. the thermometer ranged from 31 deg. to 35 deg. above zero. At'Su'clock on Sunday evening it stood at 5 deg. below zero. This was a change of 30 degress in about 12 hours. At sunrise on Monday morning the thermometer stood at G deg. below zero. The Boston Daily Advertiser says the thcrmomereron Monday morning stood at 4 deg. below zero, that in some parts of the city the mercury fell two or three degrees lower, and in some of the neighboring towns as low as V) and 10 deg. below zero. The New York Journal of Commerce of Monday afternoon, says, the weather since yesterday has been colder" than has been known here for 2 years. The thermometer in different positions, stood at from G to 3 deg. above zero. The Jour, of Com. adds, there is no doubt, of the Canals being frozen up.and also the river for some distance this side of Albany. JShnitor.

Balloon Ascension. Mr. Kirkby delighted a very numerous assemblage of the good

people of Cincinnati, by a second ascension

on last Saturday The weather was highly

favorable to the excursion, there being almost

a perfect calm. The Balloon rose majesti-

cally, in a nearly perpendicular line, until it encountered the upper current of air, when it

was borne, along with the clouds, in an eas-

terly direction. The view afforded from this

city was very fine, and every eve was intense

ly fixed upon the silken vessel and its bold

navigator until the whole had entirely disappeared in the distance. We understand that

he was most liberally patronised, Dr. Riddlc of Cincinnati was to have accompanied Mr.

Kirkby, but the ascensive power of the ball-

oon was insufficient to take them both up..

Several attempts were made for this purpose, but they completely failed. We have not

seen the particulars of the voyage. Covington Inq.

Ohio. A set of resolutions

have been introduced into the house rescinding the resolutions of last session, respecting the public deposits and the recharter of the U. S. Bank. A bill has passed the senate to establish a superior court in the county of Hamilton. A bill is also before that body, to establish a bank at Ravenna. In the house, the bill from the senate providing for the punishment of crime, has met with some opposition. That part of it which provides for commuting the punishment of death, by confinement in the penitentiary for life, and also for the execution of capital punishment in private, have been negatived. A bill is before the house to incorporate a bank at Mansfield, and petitions for two in Ashtabula county. Cin. Jour.

GENERAL HARRISON. Our distinguised fellow-citizen, Gen. Harrison has been announced at Harrisburgh, in Pennsylvania, as a suitable candidate for the Presidency, and we hesitate not to say that if the citizens of that state should compliment

Ohio so far as to select this gentleman for the highest place in the nation, we should be well

pleased. No man has higher claims upon his

countrymen than this veteran Pioneer of the

est. He came to our forests a young sol

dier, under the triumphant banner of Wavne and gallantly followed the footstep of that

successim warrior, through the atiiruos ant

orrorsofa long and bloody border war. lie

is one of the very few of that generous race.

remaining among us, to connect the present with the departed generation. The depend

ent of one of signers of the I4antion of In-

dipendence,he was reared ilit pure school of patriot! sni, which gave a succession of vir

tuous and revered Presidents, to our nation; and his early services were performed in the companionship of revolutionary patriots and

heroes. lie was Secretary of this Territory.

mdits first Delegate in Congress Governor

of Indiana, and "Superintcnuaut o Indian affairs. A Senator in Congress from Uniu--

ana Ambassador to Colombia; and in all these

posts maintained an unsullied character. As

i .Major General in the war with Groat Brit

ain and Commander-in-Chief of a di vision of

the army he rendered services, which were not surpassed by those of any ofhis distinguish

ed cotemporaries. The battle of Tinnecanoe.

the sortie I mm 1 ort Meigs, and ihe battle of

llie 1 names, were all brilliant affairs, honorable to our armies, and marked by lonsumalc skill on the part of the Commanding General ; they will place the name of Harrison on a

proud page of the history of our country. If Pennsylv ania shall adopt him as her candidate

u.e ,e win rally around the Old Pimcer. There will be but one voice. The old men who served under his command, who have

acteu wnn mm in limes that tried men's souls

will give their suffrages with pleasure, to the greyheaded companion of their trials; the

young men give the strength of their support to the friend of their fathers. Indiana, Illinois & Ohio, will look back upon their old records, and find the name of Harrison upon pages black with the smoke of battle they will turn out en masse for the old Governor. The sons of Kentucky followed him in battle, and he did justice to their courage, when he said

that, "they nobly supported the double char-

acter of Americans & Kentuckians. Daviess & Shelby & Johnson, fought under his banner

the generous soldier will not forget his old

General. If our friends across the mountains are willing to concede to the West the honor of giving another President of the United State, and if the name of Harrison shall be announced from the Keystone of the Federal arch, let the response of the west be given in one universal shout of assent. As a private gentleman, as a man of honest and worth, as an ingenious, high-minded patriotic citizen, no individual stands higher among us than the patriarch of North Bend, and we doubt whether a name can be mentioned around

which the voters would so cheerfully rally. It

be an auspicious day for our country.

INDIANA. LEG

the Probate Court

Indianapolis Jan. 2. 1835.

On Wednesday, in the House of Representatives, Mr. Bigger, from a select committee to which was referred, that portion of the Governor's message which relates to the boundaries between this State and the territory of Michigan, made an able and detailed report on this subject, accompanied by joint resolutions, one thousand copies of" which

were ordered to be printed. The Speaker

Every

honored by the people. It

that the arrangement

citizen should know

MORE NV Should be made.

the law under which he lives, for the reason

that his life, his property and his character are subject to the requisitions of that law. -We are aware of the difficulty which will attend the great task which is proposed to be undertaken. It must be progressive, and it must be somewhat voluminous; but its importance is commensurate with many objections. We understand that the Judiciary Corn-

divided on the question,

laid before the House the Annual Report of / mittee are equally

ii. ' . . . i : jii.j.ai. i.v i , t i.i in

me v.ommissioners oi the Y abash and Erie i lu 1 "iiirec inirocjucru tuo Dill reCanal, accompanied by statements and t.sii. furred to, on his own responsibility, in order

mates ot the State Engineers. By this report it appears, that thirty-six miles of tbn r-.-

nal will be completed this year, and will cost .9138,1)01 50, or an average of 1:2.030 DO per mile. It also states, that there are now completed and under contract, seventy miles of the canal, which will be completed during the next year, and will cost in the whobi SGS.),(HK), being about the full amount that has heretofore been appropriated by the Legislature. The Commissioners iircr." ll.f- nrr.

priety of further appropriations;' but leave the amount iv, Ihe "isdom of the LcW-dature

By the estimates of the Engineer who sur

veyed the route fur the White Water Canal.

it appears that li IC whole COS: of ennctrnrfinn

ot that

to bring it to the mature and deliberate con

sideratiou of the Senate. Other States and many writers have acted and written upon this subject; but as the task is Herculean, but small progress has yet been made in this desirable undertaking, ailhou'dj TVT . i . . .... e

mw-iouv and Louisiana have boldly attempted the enterprize. The copy right wouid tend largely to defray the expeuses of the work, and it carefully compiled it would find a market throughout the Union. Democrat.

Faiiu-iem), Dec. 1:2th, ls:ii. The Boards doing business for the ,", of I rnnkliii, Fayette, and Union. ih

bly to the act of the General Assembly niM wi-i- r i.. .i: t ii. . - ''Uie

'"Km- iiiui.uici, iu i.uu.orizc mi AmIliu ft the Poor of the aforesaid CountiesAnd there being but one member ,rUtr

2Gihof December, 1831.

Fairfield, Due. SGth. ?yi

i no iHeuincrs inej, agreeably to -uV

uiiti

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i 11 . I ir ,, .-. "".H'lui .

men i. i reseiu j arr.es chn. Nainncl Sl,: i Wm. T. Becks, Charles Hubbard. CT;ir"' Salycrs,John IIughcs,Robert 1 ,rng,. and ji' Cosset t, and entered into an nrt'u h. of -u,.. "

meat, for the purpose of building ihe afui;ijj

.1S IUI1I. On motion,

Indianapolis Jan. G, 1S35. The committee on public buildings in the Senate, yesterday, reported a bill to authorize the sale of the Governor's Circle. It re-

canal will amount to 5 1 . 1 4 -2. 1 2( . or quires the Commissioners appointed to sunor-

911,1108 iter mile. The whole. tistanre of ; mtcnJ t,lc State House to fix a minimum

the route from Nellie ; price oil the nr:erlv. beloi V U'lilrli ir c!i-ill

burgh is 0 miles, and will reoutro 55 lnf not sell; requires two months notice to l.f

Considerable discussion took place on a bill. ! Kivcn cac!l of l!ie newspapers in Indiana-

TT O . rvt a

i-'jutuo i vTEi . vy. i nc lonowiri? ex

tract from the late report of the Secretary of

me ravy, win snow me strength ot the United States Navy: Our naval force consists of six ships of the line and seven frigates now building, for the completion of which additional appropriations to the amount of .$1,527,010 will be required; of five ships of Ihe line, two frigates, and six sloops of war in ordinary, rcqi7irin repairs whirls will cost .$1.30:2,000 in addition to the materials on hand for that purposeand of one ship of the line, four frigates.eight iloopsof war, nnd six schooners. Besides which, the frames of ships procured, or under contract, for the gradual increase of the navy, and other materials on hand or under contract for that purpose, will afford the means of bringing into the service as soon as it can probably be required, an additional force of live ships of the line, eleven frigates, seven sloops of war, and two schooners, the building of which may be immediately commenced on lauching our vessels now upon the stocks. Doleful The ''Western Spy," published at Bedford in this State, after noticing the demise of Ihe Indiana Patriot, makes the following remarks: The Western Annotator," formcly published at Salem. Indiana, is also dead, and

c .ue iiuormeu that the 'Indiana Gazette and Literature's Advocate,' published at Bloomington. la. is laboring under a violent consumption and we arc listening every day for news of its death. These are all melancholy truths. In the midst of such desolation and calamities should not "The Wete-n Spy begin to tremble and ask what it shall do to be saved. We think the answer is, lookout its your time next. K,OOK xv . i . 1tngr, Me. Dec. 23. U inter has set in with intense severity Monday, the 1 lib, is said to have been a colder day than has been experienced here since the cold Friday, Jan. 'J7, IS32, when the mercury fell down to 33 deg. below Zero, oflarenheit Republican. SlinlSJ-r1"11? thc thermometer at S u f,)5lod at 11 S- below 0. a period ol S3 years Prov. joufm The authorities of CharWt c r i forbidden negroes holding re " before sunrise or after Tunset '.'S etings with the dead. ' f sltt,nS P

i

will

when the Pioneer of the Western Valley shall be the President of the.United Stnfj

f . Cincinnati Courier. Gv.v. William Henrv Harrison. We publish several communications to-day in favor of Gen. Harrison, as a candidate "for the next Presidency. There is no doubt of thc fact, that General Harrison is the strongest man which has yet been named as the succassor of the present incumbent. In the interior of Pennsylvania, there is no other candidate, who could bring into the field a tithe of his popularity. The same swelling tide ofontn.Kirwmtl.at walled Gen. Jackson into power, sweeping away the ancient landmarks of party, and burying hi obliv ion every obstacle that opposed it, would carry Geii. Harrison to thc Presidency, in despite of caucuses, conventions, and all the fetters of party organization, with whirl, politicians have

bound the people. We shall return to the subject when wc have more room. Pa. Inltlligcncer. Georgi a A series of resolutions, exposing an entire approval of the course of the president, condemning m tola H.o TT.,;,i

States Bank, and commending the policy of the General and State Governments in r..l ,.

uon to me Indians, Arc. hav

Houses of thc State Lc

House, me vote stood Yeas 100, Nays 17-

r" i f n 1 giving the friends of the General and State Administra

tions a preponderance of about two to

joint ballot. iw iorker.

reported by Mr. Shaw from the select com

mittee to which it had been re-committed, in amendment of the execution-law, allowing, in addition to the properly now exempt from

execution, an additional bed and bedding, a

..v.,.,, V1 MH.-ejviuu ine tools ol a mechanic, not exceeding s-20 in value. An able and

eloquent defence of the measure was made

by Mr. Shaw. Several other gentlemen participated in the'discussion. Mr. Conwcll moved an amendment, that the property exempted should vest in the wife of the executiondefendant; when Mr. Smith of F., moved that the bill and amendments be indefinitely postponed; which motion was under discussion when the House adjourned.

course of the day, Mr. Walker reported a bill for the re-location of the county seat of Dearborn county; which passed to a second reading. On yesterday morning, on leave granted, Mr. Kilgore introduced a resolution, that a committee be appointed consisting of two members from each Congressional District, to enquire into the expediency of abolishing the present District system of electing mcrrw hers of Congress, and that they may hereafter be elected by General Ticket. Mr. Wil-

let moved that the resolution be indefinitely postponed; when Mr. Smith of Ripley moved

to lay thc same upon the table; which motion carried in the affirmative. Mr. Moore, on leave, introduced a bill to incorporate the Spencer Steam Mill Company; which was read and passed to a second reading. A message from the Senate announced "that they had passed the joint memorial from the House of Representatives, relative to a grant of land for the completion of the Wabash and Erie canal, and its extension to the Ohio river, or

to aid in some other work of improvement affording a line of communication from the canal to that stream. Democrat.

polis; and directs the property to be sold on the same terms upon Which lots have been

heretofore sold. The joint resolution of the Senate, author

izing a change in the plan of completing the

State House, as suggested by the Commission

ers which joint resolution failed on the f . i

question of its passage some days ago was, on Saturday, re-considered, and passed by a

considerable majority Mr. Thompson of Perry, who was confined

to Ins room lor several days of last week, again look his seat in the Senate yesterday morning. "

A bill was yesterday reported in the House of Representatives, by Mr. Bennett, from the select committee to which a resolution on that subject was referred, authorizing the Canal Fund Commissioners to contract a loan

of $300,000, on a pledge of the three per cent, fund, for the term of thirty years, but may be redeemed in whole or in part after

me expiration or twenty years. Jt appropri

ates ine sum oi ;i,wu(J to each organized county to be applied to the improvement of

important roads; and sets apart the sum of

be

and

resilient, nnd

uon,

e pased bolb

Legislature. In il.

one in

CODE OF LA WS. Indianapolis Jen. 2, 1834. Among the most important propositions in regard to the jurisprudence of the State, which has come before the Senate this session, is the suggestion of Mr. Embree relative to "condensing, arrangingand simplifying the laws. 1 As far as we understand "the object of the bill introduced on Monday on this subject, it provides that thc General Assembly appoint the Judges of the Supreme Court as proper persons to analyze and collect all laws and parts of laws in the Statutes and common law books, and codify and arrange the the same in such manner, that all thcprinciplcs and rules applicable to the practice in oui Slate, shall be condensed into as small a space as possible, and in a style and language so familiar and easy, that it may be comprehensible by the citizen. If this great object can be obtained, even at considerable expense, it would be desirable, for many reasons. As the common law now stands, U is as vague as if it never had been written ; for it is well known that decisions and reports favom.

I

blc to both sides of

most questions may be

The Legislature of Virginia, it was thought at our latest dates, would fix upon the 27th inst, as the day to elect an United States Senator, in place of Mr. Leigh, whose term expires on the 4th of March next. Both parties appear sanguine of success. The Governor of Mississippi has issued a proclamation convening thX i :,i.i.. .

i , . , a -i;ii,ii(ire, to elect n number to tucrcc.l Mr. IVin J.,, '

Mmh.-s at me close of thc sion. Ind. Palladium

Ues

prcsen ses-

Agricultural ucitiv7

fWllIERE will be a msotingof th Frmfelm ly Agricultural Society at 1.1" I . in Brookv.lle, on Saturday .V. V ?!n'1

m counn

tnr,tJU ,1... .,.. -- "".

13 o'clock, for the num t"ls

of the Committee to draft by l .vvs f rtprl er business. A renerl l,L ? and-tfa,,s:,ct th-

IU r.i. ' -V:?"1". ' lue member

---- IUB OOClPtl'

is requested.

January 7tb, IS33,

iO, HOLLAND, Sec'v.

-ta

found in the ponderous shelves of book

W,UV ?latC Statutes are recognized as the rule of law in this country. The parJ to suit .snot sure of a just decision, unless he employs a lawyer, who is industrious and laborious, and who must exert that indusZZ H r ,"st;aril'igout, and exhibiting to the Court, the many detached views opinions and judgments abounding in the br tE oesel, persons who attempt to codify our laws.to exu rvvl, l,Vltco,:t,,nonii "J irrelevant mater Inch abounds in the English law books. he rrlS 'C(diV;,1C ri-h,Sf t,,C Crown "J .. tho 0';", ?l1 PSa which abound .those Statutes. Our government is widel ? 5i CMt T?" V,?t.from wch we derive

nZ. S 1 r,S'Us- N'"Id we not 1

' l" K Cl "' tlieir labors such p tionsof the r H1. U... ...1 .- " . J"

... . . J 1 "ui-ntL- its is apphrab e fo our hberal institutions, and , A L .1,

- Jtll . 'IT- 113 V1. operations the

c-w uiicci iiiiiities 01 uie law by1mvhrgrC:M0,,jeCti0,:SCan ba ob'ed y anj reasonable expenditure, we are certain that no draft upon the Treasury would

.$25,000 for the unorganized territory, to loaned out by the Treasurer of Stale, r

appueti irom time to time, under the direction of the General Assembly, to the improvement of roads in that territory. The bill was twice read, and made the special order of the day for Friday next. It will be seen by our minutes of proceedings that the resolution proposed sometime ago by Mr. Crume, providing for the organization of Probate Circuit Courts for the transaction of probate business, was not adopted; and we infer, from all that has taken place, there will be no change during the present session in the manner of doing orobatp lm;.

ness. It is still believed that a majority of

me iiuust: .UK 001 saiisneu witii the present mode, but that majority being divided between the plan of giving the business to the Circuit Courts, and the plan of establishing Probate Circuits, will, in all probability Jeave the matter as it now stands. It is supposed that late this evening nan.

5) a bill providing for the commencement of

an advalorcm system of taxation will be reported. It was announced at noon that such would probably be the case. We understand that thc select committee of thirteen, appointed some days ago to report a bill providing for a loan of $i500,000 and for the expenditure of it upon works of internal improvement in this state, are likely to agree upon a bill, and that it will soon be reported. Journal. Both branches of the Legislature, since the short recess for the hollidavs. have commenced in good earnest the business of the

ses on. i ne first day of the year was entirely devoted to legislation, and "no delay will be made, to bring the session to as speedy a close as possible. From the amount of business to be acted upon, however, we should not be surprised to witness a long session. The committee of thirteen, appointed nn il, ci.

ject ofaloanof 1,500,000, had a meeting

on oiliurnav i:st n.H 1

.I . ;J ' "I'puuueu a suo-com-

W in. 1. Leek?,Sccrcl.irv

And after the President hav ing called ti

members to order, it was

Hi solved That thc different BonrJi !,..

one member from their respective bodies.' for'

Uie purpose ol purchasing a lot or tract rC

lanu in one 01 uie anove named counties. 0 which to establish the aforesaid Asvlum l

shall meet at 7. Ferguson's on tl.c ljtli dJ

oi January, I Ma.

On motion of . T. Beek Resolved, That the different Boards sL furnish their agent with the correct numbcri polls in each county. On motion of Major Shirk, Resolved, That the different Boards inslnn their agents not to exceed one thousnnj Jars on the first enstahnent. On motion of W. T. Becks, Resolved, That the balance of the iiurcb;i.

money be paid in one year from the date ol

purchase. On motion of Capt. Webb, the nicctii

adjourned until nine o clock to-morrow n

ing. Saturday Mouxixo,9 o'clock Present, the the same as yesterday, and motion of Capf. Long,

Resolved, That the agents appointed to

lect a site for the Asvlum. shall report th proceedings to the several Boards at ft:

.March term, 1835. On motion of Major Shirk, f - 11 r 1 1.1 t. p . i

ursoivca, ina 1 me (Secretary M Uiis met

ing furnish the different agents with a cop the minutes of this meeting en or before 15t.h day of January, 1835.

On motion of Capt. Webb.

Resolved, That thc article of agrccmciit

tween the aforesaid Boards be filed in

Clerk's Office of cat h county aforesaid,

entered in the minute books of said Bona

On motion of Major Shirk.

Resolved, That the proceedings of this m

ing be published 111 the Indiana Amenr

ami Watchman, and the expense of rrinti

be paid by each county according to the nu:i

her ol polls.

On motion of Capt. Hubbard, (he rr.tet

adjourned sine die JOHN HUGHES, Frmdm W. T. BERKS, Secretary.

" January 8th, 1835. 2 3w

Capt. James Webb has been appoin

agent, irom this County, to aid lnsekctin

site lor the Asylum.

LIST OF LETTERS, T3a EM AININ'G in the Post Offiro hi Rmokv

Franklin county, Indiana, on the 1st iy

January, S:?5, which if not taken out withintbij

months will be sent to the General Tost Oftce

dead Letters.

Lee Abraham Lcitch Miss Sarah M Matson John A. Es McCarty Enoch M Carty A.

McComcsMr.IIanr

McWhorter Tvlcr Murphy Ross Mitchcl Valentine N Noble B. S. Esq. 3

e

por-

mittee to draft a bill, and make a report. No delay v, ,11 be made in bringing this inmor-

ifirir sntiinft- vn i ? i . .

:i ; V . . 'gsiature,- in a tan-

o.w.t i.uui. Tnaay, Jannarv. fi.

ltousE of Representatives. Jan. 2. On motion of Mr. Conwcll, Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be instructed to enquire into the expediency of providing, by law, allowances to executors and administrators for their services a certain per cent, in proportion to the amount ofthc estates by them settled; will, leav e to report by bill or otherwise. Wc preceive in several South-Western journals friendly to the General. Amin;,....

w?' a ""SSlion of the names of Judge!

r.r v- ' rres,nt and Col. JoiiWi for ,ce President. Would not the selection of the two highest officers 0 the General Gov 5!"' e We-tof the Alleganic. be liable to strong exception? ly mf V,The Asialic dessrojer has Iatemiuo h. ! "PPettranc Richmond, a commute has been appointed to make inquiries.

Allen Solomon Armstrong John B Baker Jacob Barncsley Mr. Brown William Bastian Garret V. S. C Collier William Crowley James Carner John or Elizabeth Webb Clements Mrs. Mary Carmichael Andrew Carson William W. Coon Joseph

Clark Malichi Clerk of E. C. C. 2 D Doty Benjamin DruckJohn . E Ewart John Eads Ilenrv F Fry Hiram Ferris John W. t; Gallion N. D. II Hutchens John 2 Harrington Thomas Howard Mary or Rebecca Hudson Hutchens Charles 2 Hughs John 2 Hughell Lizahcth

Hastings Isaac.

Nuglc Ilenrv r Pippin Richard Handle William Ray Robert Richards Joseph Rcag Christian Smith John R. -Stoops Robert Secley Jesse Stout Abncr Smith Jolm Smalley Johp T Thurston Peter or Samuel Test Charles II. V

Van Camp ChnrH

v iley David 1 Wiley Spencer AV'ynn John Wilson Chailc!

Wilkison Abraham

Harv ey Philip or Thos. Winscott Thoinas -4

John Jehu, Sr. Johnston John C. John Robert Jackson Isaac II. K Kecler Joseph L Lemonds Lemuel Lane Amos

Wclsher Josiah

Woods A. R Wise Mrs. Jane C Wamslev L. G. Wyeth ilannah Wise Miss Lucy Wcilcrord John Y ork Joshua

- W. B. DAVIS, P. Mi

Brookville. Jan. 1st. 1835. lH