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OUR COUNTRY OUR COUNTRY'S INTEREST AND OUR COUNTRY'S FRIEKDS. -pj7 F. CIiAUKSO.X. BROOKVIELE, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, JILY 17, 1835. VOL. III. No 29.

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WEST POINT ACADEMY.

The Globe of June SO, contains the report of the Itjtrdof Visitors to West Point, accompanied by Jsj, reports of the various committee? on the differnt branches of the studies and affairs of the Acad!f. The whole presents a gratifying picture of JiV judicious management, prosperity and useful- ' 0rthis institution. The board testify in the itronres terms to the ability and conduct of the Professors of the institution, and to the result proceed by the course of tuition and discipline directed by them- They recommend enlargements and improvements in several departments, and the addition of a new branch of the military instruction, fjivair? Tactics have never been taught at the AtvJemy. The board suggest the propriety of proturin" forty horses for the double purpose of aiding in the artillery exercise and of instructing in Cav- .'. Tactics.

the annual expense of the United States of this uteful institution is on an average one hundred and trhteen thousand five hundred and sixty-six dol-

hrs; that is for the pay or rrofessor, and pay ana insistence pf Cadets, $93,560, and academic pur-C23.000.

The General Report is signed by P. V. Daniel r Virginia. President, and fifteen members, and

tondudes with the following urgent recommenda-

.;ntn the nation to maintain and cberisn tbe in

tuition ol such incalculable value:

L'rjon the whole, the Board is of opinion that.

thit Institution is wen conauciea; mai me oojecis to be obtained by its continuance are of very great

importance to the community, ivnowienge is ootaincd by means of this Institution which is indispensable to the successful conduct of military affairs ot rnU it the knowledge imparted to those edu

eated here, valuable in time of war, but Ehould a fnte of war be looked upon as remote, the knowl-

Jfe acquired is scarcely less valuable in time of r . . 1 . i . r . i

peace, wuen appuea 10 me prosecution oi me various improvements which are so rapidly developing ind enlarging the resources of our country. But the hope that peace shall be perpetual should not be indulged to our detriment. The means most es-

icnti.il to the resistance of aggression should always be within our reach. The humiliating disasters.

the waste of life and treasure, that marked the com

nencement of the ljte war, for want of & knowl td?e of what should be deemed the elementary prin

cioles in the science of war are still fresh in the

recollection of many. This institution, it is be

lieved, is well fitted to obviate the recurrence of

tach calamities, from the same cause. At an expense less than is requisite to keeping in commission a frigate of the largest class, knowledge of the science of war, in principle and in practical detail, is imparted to a sufficient number of citizens of our ewn country to enable us, in any emergency, to

conduct cur military operations on a footing of equality with the most skilful enemy. Mr.VanBuren is expected to arrive in this city

:n a few days. His equipage, it is stated, exceeds that of any other dignitary who travelled through the country in a long time. Two splendid match

horses went on from here to meet him a few days

lines. The Vice President travels in his barouche and four, w ith his out-riders. JV. I', paper.

The Tribune, a well known Partizan renublican

paper, has ceased to appear. It was completely

crushed by the amount of fines imposed upon it:

having been seized 112 times, and fined 16,000 francs, and its editors having been sentenced by various terms of imprisionmeut to incarcerations amounting to 49 years.

may offer. Cholics may, and do proceed from different causes, but our experience warrants the be-

ici mat it will generally be found effectual. Tennessee Farmer.

Death of Mrs. IIemaks This charminfnoet-

ess died at Dublin on the 16th day of Mayi A cor

respondent ot the London Morning Herald thus announces the event:

I regret to add that the hijrhlv irifted and accom

plished, the patient, meek, and long suffering Felicia Ilemans is no more. She died on Saturday night, and met her fate with all the calm resignation of a Christian; conscious that her spirit was

winging its Might to another and better world.

"where the wicked cease from troubling, and the

weary are at rest."

North CaRoi.rinA.-A Convention for revising the Constitution of North Carolina, convened in June. We find the subjoined notice of its proceedings in ti; Baltimore Gazette of June 25. From North Carolina we hear that the Convention for the amendment of the constitution is still n cession, but has come to a determination on Kaeofthe most important subjects submitted to it. It has determined that the Senate shall conistofoO members, and the House of Representa

tives of 120, exclusive of Borough members, of

vbich it is supposed that four (out of the present teven) will be retained. It has been agreed that the sessions of the General Assembly shall be held

S;ennial!y instead cf annually, t ree negroes and tnulattoes are in future to bo "denied the right of yatinj, which they have heretofore exercised. It is expected that the Convention will get through

i ousmess and adjourn, some cay next week.

The Philadelphia arcade sold last week for

1 19,000. The Masonic Hall, Chesnut street

with the glass-works, for $110,550, to Mr. Swaim.

Fortune has dealt most capriciously with

the individual who has become the owner of

this 110,000 hall. Some fifteen, or certain

ly within twenty years, Mr. Stcaim, then n

journeyman book binder, was afflicted with a

scrofulous disease which resisted all the ordin

ary efforts of medicine. After exhausting his

means of support,and still lingering with what

was called an incurable disease, he was taken

to the Pennsylvania hospital. While there,

he prepared a medicine, the use of which soon

restored him to perfect health, his constitution unimpaired. Having cured himself, Mr.

Swaim commenced the preparation of his panacea, for the benefit of others. It immediately acquired reputation in Philadelphia,

and but a snort time elapsed before the infor

mation of its healing virtues spread through the union; Soon, too, its fame crossed the Atlantic, and Mr. Szvaim was solicited by the government of England, to proceed to Lon

don, (as he did) and administer his panacea to

some of the members of the royal family. For the last twelve years, the reputation of this panacea has been rapidly extending. The amount sold is wholly unprecidented. The profits of the proprietor have been enormous. It is but a few months since we heard of Mr. Swaim's purchasing an entire and valuable

ulocK in me neart ot the city, xnow he appears as the purchaser of a splendid 1 10,000

hall. Y e frequently, and with great satis

faction, find his name associated with charities

of Philadelphia. Pherhaps, in the history of

the world, there is not another instance of such an extraordinary change of destiny and of fortune an instance where a man has been

raised from extreme povorty and hopeless disease, to sound health and princely fortune! Mysterious indeed arc the ways of Providence which raised from his dying pallet in the Pennsylvania hospital, a patient upon whom the golden mantle of Stephen' Girard seems to have fallen! Albany Eve. Journal.

Oca relations wirH France. Mr. LivingRon's list letter to the Due de Broglie, previous to leaving France, has been published. From this letter we learn that Mr Livingston does not recoga:se the right of a Foreign power to demand an explanation of any communication whatever, made ky the Chief Magistrate of the United States, to Wher of the co-ordinate branches of government assumes the position, that it is not a national act for which the nation should be responsible. Mr Liv.ngston further insists that if any explanation cfthe President's Message were necessary or proP" that an explanation is to be found in the mes-e-iTJ itself: an A in li!a nnts n fliofnnnf liitrnv

of the 2Dth of January last, which has since been proved of by the President. Mr Livingston has fSned his trust, and the President, in a compliSeatiry letter through the Secretary of State, has ?"rm-ed cf his course. In this state the matter

res;the President insisting that no explanation Jwttjaeaf to the passing the bill of Indemnity can 5 miik; and the French ministers so far as we fe yet learned, insisting on the condition. Cin. Whig.

CJ eScatioas

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fCyR roR Chouc ts Horses. Dissolve a pound 0! gaubci salts in hot water, and as soon as it is oI enough, drench the horse with it. Although

animal may be in the greatest pain swelled, with difficultv kept on his feet until the drench "a be given, he will often be so relieved as to be-

6-10 eat in five minutes.

','- parucularly recommend the remedy to our

""-ts. Knowing from repeated trials, that it is a

We met with it many years

a

re

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1'f a dozen instances, it succeeded perfectly;

iiuioujri uniiormilv aoolied whenever a horse

, e.d symptoms o'f cholic, it never failed, in f - ne : instance, to effect a cure. We are well h"Vk lhlt bv a knowledge of this remedy we Lv?0 n enabled to save the lives of three or four .aSs' t,iat would otherwise have died of cholic. Pres'jme the speedy relier afforded to be actt ; . .r?r b7 the alkali of the salts neutralizing tin j inTthe stomach by which the disease was it th We bes our readers not t0 neglw maks iae trial of this remedy, whenever an occaeion

J in me American Farmer, and havmsr kept

,'Plock of horses for many vears afterwards, v

irequent opportunities of testing it. In

Died In this city, this day, the Rev. Russell Bigelow, after a gradual decline for two years, and intense suffering for the last ten days. The loss of Mr. Bigelow, is irreparable to n large and helpless family; to the Ohio penitentiary, of which he was chaplain ; to the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he was a soul stirring preacher for twentytwo j'ears; and perhaps we may say irreparable to the militant church of God! lie is

crowned triumphant: but all tfirse arc bereaved! Ilis funeral will be to-morrow Thursday at 4 o'clock, P. M. Ohio Monitor.

United States Mint. It is stated in the

Globe, that Dr. Samuel Moore has resigned

the office of director of the mint of the United

States, and that Robert M. Patterson, M. D.,

of the University of iiginia, has been ap

pointed to succeed him. Lin. Adv.

Deaths in Nashville. In the thirtr-four

days immediately preceding the 21st of June

there were hily-Iour deaths in the city oi

Nashville, twenty-seven by cholera, and twen

ty seven of other diseases. lb.

Another Revolutionary Officer gone. Died, at Philadelphia, on Monday, June 2'2d, Col. Richard Anderson, need 84 vears. He

ranked as major in our Revolution; and re

ceived a wound at the bitlJe of Ccwpens, in

North Carolina, which disabled his arm for

the rest of his life. lb.

From the Cincinnati Gazette. LETTERS FROM COLUMBUS. TO THE EDITOR. Columbus was quite in an uproar on Wed

nesday last, and exhibited a specimen of prac

tical amalgamation, in high life. Madame Cornelia Parthene, the reputed wife of Col.

Kichard M. Johnson, the Convention candidate of the second office in the eift of the

American people, and one other of her ozen

color, of the American line, were the hero

ines of the farce; together with two young Indians, fresh from the Chocktaw Agency. The four had set out together on a marry ing match, or matches. The Indians left the Co-

loners residence three days previous to the

wife of Tecumsch and the neice of the Colonel's Trsf wife. The ladies had their horses

saddled under pretence of riding some five or

six miles to procure a supply of strawberries,

witli which to regale the palate of the "Hero

of the Thames." Thev ioined the younc In

dians, who had conveyed their trunks with

them, for the purpose of facilitating the elope'

ment, and the whole company were making

good their retreat to Canada, when they were

overtaken. One or two representatives of the

Johnson family arivedin this city, and offered

a reward of five hundred dollars for the appre

hension of Madame Parthene, (or Johnson)

and her adopted neice. They were pursued

by the ShenfF of rrankhn county, the Ken luckians before mentioned, and others; cap lured at Medina examined before n. magis

trate;andthe Indians permitted to continue

their journey. The ladies were brought back

to Columbus, and deposited for safe keeping in a room of one of the Hotels, under the care

of the nephew of Col. Johnson, who secured

the door by locking it, while he went below

to wash. But bolls and bars could not con fine the sable apendagesof the family of a re

nowned hero and "military chieftain." They both leaped from the window of the 2d story

of the hotel, unhurt, and made their way to

the woods, about day-light. They were pur

sued. Madam Parthene retaken, and placed

in Columbus jail for safe keeping! but the

neice escaped the hunters. A writ of ha-

beas corpus was procured for the release of

the Colonel s lady from her gloomy residence by some of our citizens. Mr. Johnson's ne

phew cetting wind of this, gave an wextra-al

lowance" fee of one hundred and fifty dollars

to the stage company, to convey the fair lady

and her suite to Cincinnati, by express, in hl-

tcen hours. It was done, with an injunction to the first driver to be in Jefferson, fouiteen

miles west, in one hour, or be discharged.

am told that the distance was performed in

four minutes less than the hour.

1XM-,N. nnfcinrr 4 mil rrV f r 1 1 mil II C rT 4 Vi 1

wav north, tne party sioppeu at me same

Hotel to which they had been returned, on

their homeward passage. A piano forte be

insr open in the parlour, the accomplished Ma

dame Johnson amused herself by performing

a few choice and select pieces of music; and

evinced by her conversation, that she was, by

education, superior to the ordinary slaves ol

the South. I hey were termed "parlour ser

vents" by their pursuers. Julyv, l&jo.

resident. While Jacksonism darkens the

political horizon, such men must remain in

le shade. They have been cried down as le opponents of a popular idol, and as the

riends of the United States Bank. While

le delusion lasts, the People will not reverse leir votes. But though these gentlemen canot be elected themselves, they have the powr to elect Gen. Harrison, or some other good

man, in wnose Councils their wisdom and elo-

uence may even yet re-establish and perpetu-

ite the principles of the Constitution. This lowcver, requires from these distinguished

citizens, an exertion of faculties with which

he truly great and good are endowed. We

hall see whether Ihey are prepared to make

the sacrifice which the public welfare demands of them."

The foregoing is from the Albany Evening

Journal of June 22. It points in the right di-

ection. Those who wish to defeat the

lumhugof the Office-holders, keep Slipeey

Elm in the shade, and leave Black Jack to scrub it on in the work of Amalgamation,

would do well to follow its indication!'.

Cin. Gazette.

Exportation of Specie. The papers state that the specie exported from Boston & New

York, during the month of May, amounted to nvrra million and a auarter of dollars. lb.

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Melancholy Casualty. Two of the daughters of Mr. Thomas Forlner, of Wythe

county. Virginia, came lately to their deaths

by chewing the root of wild parsnip, under circumstances peculiarly melancholy and distressinc They were at a neighbor's house

in the morning and started for their home, & us it appears, found some parsnip which they

mistook tor angelica, and ate oi it in large quantities, as is supposed from the immediate and fatal effects. One of the daughters had already expired, and the other lying senseless when they were discovered, as they were unable to reach any house after eating the poison and were found in that Bad condition near the road Bide, leading to their father's.

GEN- WILLIAM II. HARRISON

It is grattifying to observe the continued and increasing demonstrations of popularsen-

timent in favor of the Hero of Tippecanoe, as

a Candidate for the President. 1 he opinion

we expressed some months since that Lrcn

Harrison was likely to become a favorite Can

didate of the TEorLE, has been greatly

strengthened by subsequent occurrences. I a recent excursion through Indiana and 111

nois. this veteran soldier and respected cilizen

was rccived with the wormcst manifestations

ofattchmcnt and graiitudc. These popula

demonstrations were distinguished by such

spirit of unanimity, as to indicate with entire certainty, that Gen. Harrison is the choce of those States, for President.

That Ohio will most cheerfully sustain her

own distiusruished Citizen for the Presidency

none have the folly to doubt, and but few the hardihood to deny.

In Pennsylvania, Gen. Harrison is emphatically the candidate of the People. His first

LiNgland. Ihe late arrivals announces

the existence of various reports of trouble among Lord Mel bourn's ministers. The Mar

quis of Wellesley has resigned the office of

ord chamberlain; and great commotion pre

vailed in the house of commons. When in

terrogated as to the truth of the report of his

resignation, the Marquis replied, "that he had

not resigned from any inability to execute the

duties of the office, but because, if he retained

it, he must support Lord Melbourn's adminis

tration, and this, as a man of honor, he could

not do, it being evident to him that the gov

ernment of Ireland had been delegated by

Lord Melbourn, or through some irresoponsi-

ble colleague of the noble Lord, into the

hands of Mr. O'Connell."

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nomination emanated Mom tne unconareti Freemen of the Key Slate; and although, up to the present moment, that nomination has not received the sanction or countenance of any of the party leaders, he is by far the strongest candidate before the public. Gen. Harrison is peculiarly the Candidate for Pennsylvania, lie has never, in any form, come in conflict with her interests or principles. He is not, in the slighest degree, obnoxicus to any of the stronger prejudices which influence her citizens. On the contrary, his Republican habits, sound democratic principles, his patriotism and gallantry, all commend him to their regard and confidence. If, therefore, as it seems to be conceded, we are to have three or more candidates, where can the Wma party find a stronger

m-n th. (irn. Harrison f He is sure of

Pennsylvania, and Ohio. And who else can take these States away from the Office-holders! With the Southern Slates for Judge White, and Pennsylvania and Ohio for Gen. Harrison, Mr. Van Buren's "game is blocked." The friends of Messrs. JFtbslcr and Clay though neither of these gentleman can be eit in their power to save the

country from the withering curse ofVan Burenism. It is useles nay, worse than useless,

to deceive our friends in relation to this point.

The times are too much "out of joint" for ei

TIIE SAVIOUR.

The following letter of Publius Lenteliius is

said to have been taken from the public re

cords at Rome, by Napoleon, when he was in

possession of that city. It may be new to our readers, and it is presumed, will be interesting

to all of them. It is a beautiful account o

Jesus Christ, by a heathen, an enemy to

Christianity, written at the time, and on the

spot where the ministry of our Ssaviour com

menced. I he author himselt was an actor

on the theatre of life, high in authority, and

witnessed the display of his miraculous powers in healing diseases, and raising the dead. It

was a custom of the Roman governors to ad

vise the Senate and people of all important

events that happened in their respective prov

inces. Pubhus Lenteliius was President in

the days of the Emperor Tiberius Caesar, and

wrote the following epistle to the senate oi

Rome concerning Jesus Christ:

"Conscript Fathers: There appeared in

these our days, a man of great virtue, named Jesus Christ, who is yet living among us, & of the truth; but his disciples call him the son

of God. He raises the dead, and cureth al

mnnnf rnf diseases: a man of stature somewhat

tall and comely, with a very reverend coun

tenance, such as the beholders may both love and fear; his hair the color of n filbert, fully

rine. nlain to his ears, whence downwards it

is more orient of color, somewhat curling and

waving about his shoulders. In the midst o

his head is a seam or partition of hair, after

the manner of the Nazearites, his lorehead

plain and delicate, his face without spot or wrinkle, beautiful with a comely red; his nose and mouth exactly formed; his beard thick; the length of his hair, not of any great length, but forked: in reproving terrible adminis

tering courteous in speaking, very modest and wise in proportion of body well shaped. None have seen him laugh, but many have seen him weep a man, for his singular beauty, surpassing the children of men. Curious Bill. The following is a copy of a joiner's bill, for jobbing on a Catholic church in Bohemia, literally translated from the Ger- . -w, ..ii ci T U A.

man: "ror soiiaiy repairing ou jwfni,tu. for rcpaiiing the Virgin Mary, before and

beh nd. and making her a child, os. ior turn

ing a nose for the devil, putting a horn upon his head, and glueing a piece on his tail, 4s. and 4d. Total lOs.'d.

when who should this supposed inhabitant of the upper world be, but the Mormon prophet himself! Rochester Republican.

The celebrated Fanny Wright is now rp;.

ding at Leghorn, and is the wife of a French

gentleman whose name is pronounced Phic-

pal. Since her marrige to this PPntPmn

he has introduced a son and a daughter to

the world .

Judge Marshall. It is said that Chief Jus.

ticc Marshall's health declines so fast, that he has determined soon to resign his post. This is a matter of regret to the whole Nation he

is one of the purest Intelligences that ever

presided over the Judiciary of any people, and it may be long before his place can be supplied. People's Advocate.

Another foot 7?ac. Slann ard has again won

the prize at a footrace of three miles, which

was accomplished in sixteen minutes and two

seconds. He received, as a reward, four hundred dollars while Barefoot, an Indian who came out next, received one hundred dollars.-

Thirteen started, and only three performed

the whole distance. People s Advocate.

Fatal Accident. Thomas Marshall, Esq.,

while on his way to visit his sick father, Chief

Justice Marshall, was overtaken in the city

of Baltimore, by a violent storm, and having taken refuge with some others in the Court House, one of its chimneys was blowen down and making its way through the building,one

of the bricks fell upon the head of Mr. Marshall and facturedhis skull. He was trepan

ned, but to no pupose, he died on the 27th ultimo, leaving a family of six children. He

was a member of the lower house in the Legislature of Virginia. People's Advocate.

An anoel Caught. The Magazine and Advocate says, that while the Mormon Proph

et, Jo Smith, was in Ohio, engaged in prosely-

ting people to the taith ot the -ooioen kible," he sought to give additional solemnity to the babtismal rite, by affirming that on each

occasion an angel would appear on the oppdsite side of the stream, and there remain till

the conclusion of the ceremony. Ihe rite

was administered in the evening in Grand Rivei, near Painesville,not by the prophet in persons, b'lt bv his disci pies. In agreement

with the prediction of the prophet, on each

occasion a figure in white was seen on the op

posite bank, and the faith of the laitniui was thereby greatly increased. Suspicious, as to the incorporeal nature of the reputed angel, nt lnnprth induced a comDanr of young men

(unbelievers of course) toexamien the quality

of the ghost, and having secreiea menisci they waited its arrival. Their expectations were soon realized, by appearing from tneir lair, they succeeded in forcing it into the stream, and allhought its efforts to escape hor nowerful. thev succeded in bringing it

tber Cloy Calhoun or Webster to be elected in triumph to the opposite side of the stream,

Bad Breath One of the most common

causes of bad bfeath is in neglect of the teeth and gums; causing the first to decay, and the

latter to become spongy and of a livid colour, and to bleed from the slighest injury. To

preserve, therefore, the breath pure, the mouth should be frrequently rinsed and gar

gled with tepid water, especially after rising

in the morning, and subsequently to each meal: every particle of food which has insinuated itself between the teeth should be carefully removed by a pointed quill or splinter of wood, and the gums frequently rubbed with an appropriate brush. The following is copied from the Baltimore Chronicle. "Good News for the Country. The New Orleans Bee, of the 11th inst. (a thorough Van Buren print) states that in a conversation with Mr. Benton, who is now in that city, he declared that if the office of Chief Justice were offered to him "Ae would not accept it.'''' The whole country would have cause to be glad, if he keep in that mind. Slander. He who can choke the sweet flowers of social love and taint them with disease, or in the paradise of earthly bliss where the plants of virtue flourish, spread the blight and mildew of desolation, hatred and distrust; who can crush his neighbor's fame to dust, and build upon its ruin?; who can write infamy upon the brow of others to prove his own purity, is neither man nor brast but a heartless fiend. Those who have seen their dearest interests tampered with who have known what it is to have the priceless gem of a good

name sullied by the poisonous breath of cold, unfeeling slander; these best can say that he has no heart. If the lightning's flash ever darts from heaven to strike the guilty down, it will blast the slanderer's hope. Mrs. Hale. Romps. A romp is generally a good natured sort of a girl, with little mind and far less taste. She does not understand with or fancy, for to these she makes no pretention. When she is the merriest, she generally

jumps the highest: when she is grave, she is

a tool, because romps nave little intellect. A country romp is pleased with a ditch, because it gives her a chance tojump across it, and she loves apples best in the orchard, because she has the exquisite pleasure of climbing the trees, and tearing her new frock. A town romp is a different creature. She is generally a great talker of scandal, when she is not employing her clenched hands upon some one's shoulder. Romping is a bad buiiness. It is at variance with decency of taste, and finances of tact or imagination. The manners of a romp are the fondling of a bear. I would have all such females picked out of society, and sent up the Missouri to colonies a new Amazonian land. If they did not civilize the Indians somewhat, they could fight them, and that would answer the same purpose. A Singular Fact. How does it happen that little men always fall in love with tall ladies; and tall ladies with short men ? The question implies a singular fact, and we are sure that any person of a metaphysical turn could writea most admirable essay upon it. We appeal to our readers to decide, on a careful inspection of loves of their friends and acquaintances, if such is not the fact. We have noticed it a thousand times. The first house built in Philadelphia after the arrival of Win Penn's colony is still standing.