Indiana American, Volume 3, Number 14, Brookville, Franklin County, 3 April 1835 — Page 1

nWUDnAWA AMIIEIBIKDAM"

OCR COUNTRY OUR COUNTRY'S INTEREST AND OUR COUNTRY'S FRIE.VDS.

BY C. F. CI-AUKSOX.

BROOKVILLE, IXDL1M, FRIDAY. EVEXIXG, APR II 3, 1835.

TERMS OF THE AMERICAN.

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le expiration of the year. I invERTisEMENTs. Twelve lines. or less, will he

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EXTRACTS FROM MR. M'CAKTY'S CIRCULAR

At the last session I referred, by resolution.

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Jothe Committee on Koads and Canals, the jubject of an appropriation of land for a road

Jr.ing noni Uxtord, in Uhio, to Michigan territory, and another from White Pigeon in k'.J Territory to Law renceburgh, but the

lominittee fined to report. I again referred

e subject to the same committee during the esent session, with a letter, earnestly re-

jesting trie uomniiuee to take it uj, but

ev still failed to act upon the subject. 1 so referred, by resolution, to the Committee I 1: f J , t K - 1. : a V

nruoiic iuil, uic suujeci oi an appropri-

ition of land to aid in the construction of a

J-road or canal in the valley of the White-

ater, which the Committee decided against.

I regret to say, that the President of the U. ates has refused his sanction to the late

eatv, held by General Marshall, with the

jLimi Indians, and also, that he has rejected

Ifeven out of the twelve small treaties held ith the different village bands of the Pottajratamies. This information will, no doubt, e as unexpected and surprising to the people jf Indiana, as it is fatal and blighting to the iterests of the State. What the cause, the presentations, and by whom made, and their

pouves, wiucn prejuuiccu tins subject m the kind of the President, and consequently led

this result, time may, and 1 hope w ill, delope. To my mind it is clear that if the

me exertions and from the same quarter.

u been made to procure the ratification of

ese treaties, that were made for those with e Pattowatamies in IS3'2, the result would

ve been different. Put as a review of this

hole subject is contemplated, I will dismiss

lor the present, with this single remark, that

the provisions ot the rejected treaties, (here

'cbut few claims nrovided fir. ami but

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jt'ronage to be dispensed; u-hile by those of

fboO, these were immense. And although half, I least, of the cessions of 1S32, in Indiana, te known to be barren or sterile soil, which jtnnot be sold at the minimum price of the iMic lands for many years to come, if ever, M while almost every foot of the lands probed to be ceded by the rejected Miami treaI is susceptible of cultivation, and of a supe-

6 r quality. 1 hose lands would have cost e Government more than ninety cents per

icre, ana at public sale more than halt ol lem would command live dollars nor acre.

nether important advantage which the State

ild have derived from the rejected treaty raid be the command of the entire country T0Urh which tbr rnnnl nnscrc All fl

lets it cannot be doubled are fnllv known

ery member of our delegation. Deeply imescd with the importance of this subject to e People of the State, I urged by even- fair iiii -

nonoraoie argument, and every means in power, both to the President in person.

1 through the Secretary of War, the im

tance of its ratification to Indiana as well ovuciai vovcrninent. out in vain. 1

.1 however, entertain a hone that something

fiv yet be done to accomplish a cession, at tof such a portion of these- I

;t impede and retard the settlement of the

?er Wabash country. It gives me great

insure to iniorm you that the Secretarv of

w manifested every dispositon to procure h ratification of these treaties, and will be ten by the following extract from the report f the Indian Bureau: ''In pursuance of infractions from the Department. Gen. William Marshall, Indian Agent for the Miamies opened a negotiation recently with the chiefs yi that tribe, for the purchase of their land

the State of Indiana. He has succeeded J i procuring from them a cession of two hunFed thousand acres on trems advantageous P themselves, and thr lTmil l

-- i v. - 'HHV ' l l ' ue considered the precursor to a lotal ion rf ); - .- ..

, --v. u,ul i villaining land in mat Mate, tllcirrniKivmnnf i . ii. . n-

f 1 i " viiiii aiKMl lO IIIC M CS1 pn Ierritory;a result desirable in manv

f-pects, especially connected with advantaps to a portion of our citizens, and doubly Patuying, from its being compatible with fe best interests of the tribe." I the arduous and laborious investigation of JUmmittoe on Indian affairs, resulted in f - report ol three bills, containing principles f provisions of a grave and important charIv, h Sft lpplo. Two of these bills L, DVcomie laws, one amendatory to the act S 5. traJe and ntercouRe with the i tribes; and tbr ntlior r.Ar(T1 11 1 TIM Or

L I : ;d!an. department, by the provisions of n, beS1jes the sal(ltarv euards providcj' "H the degrading impositions and frauds fcioiore practised

fcav

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.uatnew, iL, verse, are these words Hep knot come dorm.'' He then proceeded in a pious

...CXM..CI lu pioe mat mis was an interdiction of God against high head dresses of top nots. A clergyman, whom curiosity induced to be present was completely puzzled bv his oxi-

mu Hutu ne returned Home instaggly examined the chapter and verse from which it was taken.when he found it thus written: 'Let him which is on the house-fop 7iot come dozen to take any thing out of his house.' What an admirable expounder of the gospel! Our City. For three years our city has been seemingly getting deeper and deeper into the Slough of Despond. Vetoes. wmnvnU

deposites, Hoods, fires and robberies; nature and art, roguery and legislation, seemed all to have set their faces against us; but this

spring a cnange lias been perceptible; the season has open prosperously; business is re

viving; buildings are in progress; real estate is awaking from its torpor; steam boats come and go; drays move briskly; faces are shorter; purses longer; creditors begin to hope; debtors begin to pay; pork is on the rise, and the holders rise with it; the giant of the West, the Trust Company, is extening Ids arms gradually and securely, and making himself master of the world; in short the vibration of the commercial pendulum downward has ceased, and now upward begins. that will by and by end also, and the old steps be retraced. over trusting, over trading, hard times, hard customers, hard creditors, suits, failures, and epidemic woe. Cincinnati Chronicle. From Ike ConstHufionalist. The Presidexcv. We have already expressed ourselves in.favor of the nomination of Judge McLean for the Presidency; and we are still of the opinion, that if nominated, his chance of success would be, equal to that of any other individual. There seems to be, however, a disposition among his friends to retain the services of this gentleman on the bench of the Supreme Court; and there are other reasons not necessary to mention which w ill probably prevent his" being brought forward by the whig party Who then, will be nominated in oppositon to Van liuren? In most of the southern states, an electoral ticket will be doubtless run for Judge White; but in the eastern, middle and western states, he w ill probably receive no support. A third candidate must be brought on the course.and it is important that the friends of the Con

stitution should cordially unite on some northern or western man, whose popularity is such as to secure not only the votes of the opponents of the present administration, but of the honest portion of its supporters. Daniel Webster is

urged by his friends, but hit election is out of

the question. Many who are the ardent admirers of his talents and patriotism, have no desire to see him in the Presidential chair, and it would be the height of folly to run him for that station. Another candidate has recently ben suggested, w ho from certain indications, we are inclined to think will be the candidate in

opposition to the 3Iagician. We allude to i.en. V lUj AM h. II AKIUSOX, of Ohio the gallant soldier & the accomplished statesman. He has been nominated at numerous popular meetings in Pennsylvania and Ohio

anu me mention of his name has created an

enmuMasm among the people of those states fully equal to that which followed the nomi

nation ot the '-hero of New -Orleans ;' and thisenlhusiasm is spreading int.i nibr t-.

The friends of Mr. Clay "in Kentucky have responded to his nomination, and so far as

we can learn public sentiments in this reeion. it is decidedly in favor of this hero and statesman. Many, very many who have been the zealous supporters of the" "hero ofX. Orleans," are ready to unite heart and hand in the sup

port ot the hero of 1 lppccanoe. He has been

brought forward, not bv the office holdei

not in legislative caucus, but nv the rEor-LE, in popular assemblies, and we trust their rccomendation will be received with the con

sideration which it deserves. Van liuren is

the candidate of the office holding aristocracy Gen. Harrison, if selected to compete with ! -It 1 . . . .

mm win ne emp!iaticaly the PEOPLE'S

CANDIDATE.

I L., K'used upon

ri.1 a retrenchment nftho

, v-i me puoiic service will be rcalU,l 0t,"Pwar ot '80.000 per annum; aner bill. rvr,i,-;.l;.,. k .,....

fCm T t ' '"o lle organization oi an t". .lorr'torv.as a permanent and abiding

'y wf the Indian tribes west of the Missis- ; "as not tinallv acted upon bv the House, 'mains among the unfinished" business.

icarea' ntry

:agaiwl top-knots Many 3 cars ago. ' ajies wore a high ornament on their called a i,m L-,t i .....i-

'ffMt 1 "'""! VlVi;lllUIl UHllv

iu preach a sermon on tiie sinfulness

Its. 1,1 innate uress,anu delivered flfttasi u,.i.. .i...ii,i. . ,

.w. r. 1U i-:c 1111 cuapter 01 ;;.

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(rOn Saturday last, the Democratic Convention at Harrisburgh, nominated George Wolf as its candidate forGovernor of Pennsylvania. At the same time, Martin Van Buren was nominated for the Presidency. 03-The State of Delaware has recently authorized the raising of $100,000 by lottery. It Is principally for purposes of education

Melancholly indeed, that it can onlv be s

ported by such means as these.

Kr V young man, by the name of Collins, aged 20, in a drunken frolic at Sheffield, Ms.' after quarreling about the price of the brandy they were drinking, struck an old man by the name of Collins, aged GO, over the head with a club, which fractured his skull and killed him. The murderer is in jail. (grliobespierrcan. At a late dinner, at Charrolles, in France, M. Vitricr gave the follow ing toast "To hint who shall plunge a poniard into the bosom of Louis Phillippe!"' (grTistimony of the Church The Connecticut Baptist Convention, at their last meeting. 'Resolved, That this Convention, from a full

conviction of duty, recommend to all our churches (hereafter) to receive no new mem

bers who are unwillinsr to renounce both

vending and drinking ardent spirit, except

for mechanical and medical purposes.-' tgrlndivna. The state of Indiana has a territory of 37,000 square miles! population

in 1830, 311,000! It is supposed that the increase the last four years has not bven less than 2t)0,000, making the present population 510,000. There is no western state that has

greater facilities for sending their products to

the southern market than Indiana. Twentythree of its seventy counties are visited by Steamboats; fifty three counties send their produce by flat boats, from their ow n waters.

to ev.ui leans without unloading. (gr.l Humiliating Confession. The Gov

ernor ot 1'ennsvlvania acknowledges that there are 400.0tH) persons in that state total

ly destitute of the benchts of education. The

system of primary or common schools. wn

commenced in New England as early as 1711, and since that time has been introduced into New York, Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio, New Jersey and Delaware. A Reprieve. The Boston Mercantile Journal states tT, at the Spanish prisoners confined in Leverett street goal, who were sentenced to be exeeuted on the 11th inst. for piracy, have been respited for three months, by the President of the United States.

(grBank of Kentucky. The branches of

this institution have been located at the fol

lowing places, HopkinsviUcand liorclinrecn. A branch is assigned to Frankfort by the charter. OirSamuel Medary and G. W. Manypenny, arc associated together in the publication of the Western Hemisphere, having purchased it of Gilbert & Bry an. OS-Emigration. Emigration to Texas-, is becoming an epidemic in Alabama. Hundreds of families have gone rd are about to go. Some of the richest plan it rs in the state are moving to Texas. C&-Passicn for War in France. A letter to the editor of the New York American, dated Havre, January 1 8th, says: "Be assured this gov ernment is more afraid of internal movement, than of Foreign war. We would relieve them of many restless spirits, and make it easier to govern the country, while it would gratify a favorite passion of the youth of the nation. Louis Phillippe does not want war, but it may be forced upon him. Let us not afford the chance of war, but rather by high duties on silks make Lyons uneasy. 'umcrous Preachers. It is stated in a Louisiana paper that the mormonites, w ho only number 20,000, have 800 preachers! What effects, for good or evil, may not such a body of teachers produce? Would that we had school teachers half as numerous in proportion to their pupils. 0C7Travcllers whips are now manufactured at the East with a pistol in the handle, warranted to go off when wanted and not till then. OirAn Irish paper says that the Chinese open a fowls egg, take out the contents and till the shell with the spawn of fishes; the egg is again placed under the fowl and the littl fish arc made chickens of. 0OGeneral Jackson completed his sixty eighth year March the lGlh.

TIIE NEXT CONGRESS. We have seen various speculations as to the complexion of the Senate of the United States, in reference to party politics, as it may probably stand, at the next session of Congress. Not considering any of these correct, a view somewhat different i"s here presented. It will be seen there are three vacancies the seats of Mr. Knight (of Rhode Island.) Mr. White (of Tennessee) and Mr. Poindexter (of Mississippi). In the subjoined list, the decided Opposition members are in italics, the decided Jackson Van Buren men in Roman, and the lFSand ANDS in small capitals-

Maine. Ether Shcply, John Ruggles, New Hampshire. Isaac Hill, Henry Hubbard. Mass vchusette Daniel Webster, John Davis R110PE Island. Asher Rob'oins One Vacancy, Connecticut. Gidcoii Tomlinson, JVuthan Smith, Vermont. Samuel Prentis, Benjamin Sicif, New Your. Silas Wright, Jr., N. P. Tailmadge, New Jersey. 5. L. Southard, Garret P. Wall, Pennsylvania. James Buchanan, Samvel MTveax, Dei aware. A mold A'audain, J. jL Clayton, Maryland. R. II. Goldsborough, Joseph Kent, Virginia. Joh n Tyler, B. W. Leigh,

OCrCrockets Last and Worst. "Why"' said the Colonel to Webster as he sat with one leg over the knee of the other, the day that Calhoun replied to Benton. "Why's Benton like my stocking? You give in I reckon. Why, because he's not only worsted, but all used up."' Married. In Canterbury, N. H.,bv themselves, Mr. Josiah Hancs to Miss Polly Ames. This Sacred rite was nerformp.l in thenrrs-

North Carolina. William Mangum, Bedford Brown, Socth Carolina. William C. Preston, John C. Calhoun, Georgia. Alfred Cuthbert, John P. King, Kentucky. ILnry Clay, John J. Crittenden, Tennessee. Felix Grundy, One vacancy, Ohio. Thomas Erring, Thomas Morris, Louisiana. Alexander Porter, Charles Gayarrc, Indiana. Wm. Hendricks, John Tipton Mississippi. John Black, One vacancy, Illinois. E. K. Kane, J. M. Robinson Alabama. Wm. R. King, Gabriel Moore, Missouri. L. F. Linn, T. H. Benton,

In this list. Mr. M'Kean (of Pennsylvania) and Messrs. Hendricks and Tipton (of Indiana, are set down on neither side. It is well known they have not worn the Kitchen Cabinet collar faithfully at any tiiuv. There is good reason to believe that thev cannot be

harnessed lor an Buren. Mr. Manjrum (of

.01 111 uaronna; and Mr. Moore, (of Alabama.) are set down Opposition. The oflice holding concern have instructed and denounced them It is known that Van Buren does not rely on them. There are three vacancies. Little doubt is entertained that Rhode Island

win elect a decided Oppositionists. The in

dications against A an Bnrcn in Tennessee

and Mississippi are very strong. In the lat

ter, all is uncertainty. Jn Tennessee, Huh

1,. hite will most probably be re-elected. How then stands the case? Opposition, 03 Van Buren, 19 Irs and Ands 3 To be elected 3 48 In the Senate, then, the Administration

continuing in the shute for Van Buren, can

nave no available majority. It is exposed to

oe cneckmaicd upon ever important move ment.

And what of the House? So fir as the e-

lections have been held, the entirety ofrlmn

ges has left parties much as they stood in the last house. It is believed there has hrrn a

gain ofperhapsahalfa dozen for the admin

istration, as it was viewed at the period of the elections. About half the states only have elected, and it is believed that this gain will be more than counterbalanced, in the states yet to elect. As has been the fact with the four or five last congresses, the present is to be so divided that the administration cannot expect to have an efficient majority at all. An administration that can do nothing more than continue distraction and division might doubt its capability to be useful, if in any reasonable degree imbuded with candor or with modesty. Nothingof either can be expected from the present cabinet, whether reference be had to the chief, or to the upper or the neither executive. Cin. Ga:.

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iZ-iV T miue anJ' one to holyay -then the editorial corps are well er filled to one. Lot us then promptly meet, and gather as much consolation as "may bc br knowing lor ourselves that 7 Friendship to every willing mind Opens a heavenly treasure 1 here may the sons of sorrow find Sources of real pleasure." fTutchman. At New Orleans, w here the vice of gambling is legally recognized, and rractisedTo a fearful extent. the eves of 0,0 I :

appear to be at length' opened to X non of the many evil eonseouenccsconnccted h v r frm that cit-v Published in icVT, 7n JUrnal f C'crcc. communicates the following satisf:..,.

on the subject.

, New Orleans, Feb. 1G. ith crcat rleasnr.-. T c.t. ,

4 ' "uii a moment liom other cneacremcnts. in inr.m e

hat must be highly gratify ing to every friend of humanity. A resolution has just passed the Senate of this State, and been' confirmed

y tne intelligent House of Representatives, lor appointing a ioint Cninr-YiiHM-. rr T

lslature to inouire infr il, 1: e 0

,. 11 , 1 : -M'vtwviicv 01 rcpeahng all law s licensing Gambling and maKmc: tne same a VnVh i ,.ir. " i

not less than '20 vmr. l .K,

ble bv

.j or such other punishment mi said committee may see proper to indict.

DEMOCRACY AND ARRISTOCRACY. Democracy holds that n m. m -r

self government, and thus elevates him tr

the rank of a rational boinc.

Aristocracy asserts, that'

sell eovernment. an.l time i

- ----7 w.o uviauw mm ue bw the level of animals; for even brutes in their natural state, are left to their ow n

cretion and povornm!

Democracy, consequently, is in fnmr f

universal suffrage, as the natural result of thcapacity for self government.

aristocracy, on the contrary, is for confining suffrage to the rich alone, as the natural

ivsan 01 me incapability of man for self cot-ernment.

Democracy is therefore f.mn.tn,!

altalion of man in the scale of being, and consequently to uphold the dignify of our nature. Aristocracy, is founded on the depression of a creat norlinu tf tlir immnr, 1

consequently if the people sustain aristocracy they bcccmc accomplices in their own degradation. b Democracy believes that a virtuous educalion hts a man for the exercise and enjoy ment of political rights. Intellect and virtue are therefore the basis of democracy. Aristocracy maintains that money alone entitles a man to the exercise and enjoyment of political rights. Money is therefore the only foundation of aristocracy.

A Dcmotralic measure indeed. Col. Benton has proposed in the Senate an enquiry by the Secretary of State, "into the expense of establishing a national printing office, for the purpose of doing all the printing of the government, and to make report to the next session of Congress." We suppose the next proposition will be to establish a national newspa per, to do "alP the puffing "of the several departments of the Government Truhthis is exceedingly fine admirable republican. A e wonder what the woi kingmen will say to this "monstrous monopoly proposition Bunker Hill Aurora.

Col. Fro

ranees V ?o-0. e nerrpi"v iht

likeness of this venerable individual has been placed upon the notes of the State Bank c f Indiana. This mark of respect was merited. Col. Vigo, is by birth a Piedmontese. He emigrated to America, about seventy years ago, and settled as a trader near Vincenncy, in this state. His age is bordering on ninely years. His courtesy and hospitality to strangers, and his neighbors have been long know n; and he has been an efficient friend of the country when it nost needed friends aiding its cause alrke by his personal service and his purse. In 1T80, when an expedition was fitcd out by Virginia, and placed under the command of the gallant George Rogers Clark; for the purpose of protecting the frontiers as far a possible, from the inroads of the Indians, Col. igo, espoused the cause of the United States, and in the capacity of a guide aided Gen. Clark in leading his"forces, through the swamps and drowned lands of the Wabash, to Vinccnncs, which was at that time occupied as a military post by the British. The post was taken by stratagem; and its capture led to important and beneficial results. Col. V igo still resides on his farm near Vincennes, in Knox county. Age and adversity have not weakened his" desire to be useful to his country and to his fellow citizens, although they have, to a great extent, diminished his means. Logansport Telegraph.

The Presidency. A new paper under the

title of the "Ohio State Courier." is about to

be published in that State, which w ill advo

cate the claims of Judge White for the next Presidency, and from what we can learn, the

Judge is becoming the source of a good deal of uneasiness to the Van Buren men. Whilst his popularity is increasing in all parts of the United States, that of Magician is decreasing People's Advocate. Congressional Election. In the last Rich

mond Palladium, the Editor of the same,

JUiKN I JAi l,L, , Esq., has made his debut as

a candidate for Congress, at the Ensuing Au

gust election: he gives the People a short address, but promises more hereafter. Whether his decision as a politician has been such as to entitle him to the votes of those opposed to

me present administration ot the general Gov

(1 ' , f ' 1 ; . ...v-v. iunuauu ivpvcia(io posture, niey counsel, we know not. But we are for the that whoever may be the candidates, the Peo-, rehearsed the marriage vows, declared them-1 convention, then and here at an y r 1 1 e I t pie may elect one who will boldly opposo the selves man and wife, without the formal assis-i is'in our e t Sion cm lnit woJth aUend TTErl i !"n,Cf ?f a ma"- Aft- h -vel ing to. if it be for no other eSd thaS Te li

, . 1 , 0 " l" l""i imeresuiigceicmony- Was over, and their ; oyment of an editorial carnival nr ntU, which has been nractispd tr th 1 Horpie.-.

" s-a v. ..iti.ua ,,i.t uiiuaoi-cu, 1UI. UrUWilV.an lis-: i;t A mm. :in, 9 aw f ir tu- 1.

lo. I goodite speaker, made an appropriate prayer, tribulations crc great difficulties" sustained for

Editorial Convention. We are pleased to observe that the quill driving tribe of the Hooshier State, generally if not unanimously, have agreed to meet in Convention at Ind'ianapolis on the firs Monday in May. W'-

have many times and oft painted to the eye of

our imagination me iicshly tenements of our Editorial brothers of this State, and we flatter ourselfthat w e w ill now soon have the happiness of gazcing upon them with our natural eye and grasping their quill-flourishing hands individually. We are somew hat at a loss to inform our readers what is the piecise object of this convention. Generally, it is said to be "to improve the condition "of the press.1" AY bother the desifn is to onmnmw nml

once Of a Iiumbci of resoortable friends, in a clrr.rrrK . . .1

eminent, we leave to his numerous readers ! plain republican mannr', Si.mdmtr f-rn i ' I. ;T.f .i.1! ,;.r. , ,

'V - ' : "ijuyui un iiiv itiTiri fsat o in rnr mn MirndA r.t

Freemen.

Prof igacy. -The population of Manteli the capital city of the dutcheyof Bavaria, in Germany, is said to amount to 95,000, and that it has been greatly increased by the number of illigitimate children born during the' last year. It appears, from the returns of the public institutions, that in the last twelve months the number of illegitimate children exceed that cf the legitimate by about op third.