Indiana American, Volume 3, Number 29, Brookville, Franklin County, 17 July 1835 — Page 2

FOURTH OF J FLY.

CELEBRATION AT SC1PIO. The procession formed at 11 o'clock, A. M., by the Marshal; and marched to the . .... i rri T woods, a short ditain - irum tow 11. i ne j ec Juration was prefaced by an e!oiuenl and pat riotic speech bv Mr. Andrew 1 ostcr, which done great honor to his youthful genius. An eloquent and instructive Oration was delivered by the Hon. Taylor Webster. The company then repaired, and partook of r splendid dinner, prepared by Abraham Bovd There were between three and four hundred partook ot the dinner. Alter the cloth was removed the following toasts w ere drank and heartily cheered, W. D. Jones, RcrBEX George, Ueorge Hubbell, Alvin S. Dirk, Joseph Wilson, regular toasts. 1st. The duy ue ctltbrcte. May all party strife cease on that day may all meet to vrether in harmonv. 2J. George Uashinsrton. The Father of his country may his name ever be cherished by the sous of Liberty. 3d. Lafayette. The companion of Washington a patriot and statesman nury his services ever be remembered by the sons of Columbia. 4th. Our Union. The high and holy trust committed to us by our fathers the only thield of civil and religious liberties. 5th. May the freedom of election be preserved trial by jury maintained and the liberty cf the Press secured to the latest posterity. 6th. The Army and Navy. Our nation's right arm the pride of America, and the dread of her enemies. 7th. The Orator of the day. 8th. The Judicary. The altar of American Liberty may its judgements ever be given injustice and wisdom. 9th. The Constitution of the United Sinks. The bul work of our liberties ma)' the hand wither, and the heart cease to vibrate, of him who dares to polute its sacred altar. 10th. Our Country. In honor or disgrace still our country,and still the object of our dearest attachment. 1 1th. Hie Soldiers of the Revolution. Their country's pride their greatest monument, their counry's freedom. 12th. Slavery. A foul blot in our nation's escutcheon may it soon be obliterated. 13th. Woman. Heaven's last and best gift to man she is our delight in prosperity, and our chief comfort in adversity. VOU'NTEGR TOASTS. By Harrison W. Bartlow. The tree of Liberty. May its roots go down to the earth's centre its lofty sumit reach the skies, and its spreading branches shade creation. By Alvin S. Burr. July the 4th, 1776 "When this day ceases to be commemorated, adieu to the Liberties of our country. By E. II. Gaston. Andrew Jackson. A horo in war a statesman in peace. May he live long to see his country prosper. By B. A. Bale). The heroes of the late War. They proved themselves the legitimate decendants of the fathers of our country. By W. D. Jones, Esq. The elective fran chise. 1 he citizen who aarcs not exercise it, is a slave he who would punish him is a tyrant. By Reuben George. May Martin Van Buren be our next president, and pursue the same democratic republican course pursued by our present chiet magistrate, until the Bank of the United States, and all its corrupt advocates are sunk into oblivion. By Abraham Boyd. R. M. Johnson. A patriot and statesman a democrat of the old school may he carry out the princif les of democracy. lSy James Jenkins, Lsq. The genius of aemocrary. t nusi sue stmts her eyes on amalgamation, may she open her heart to emancipation. By Taylor Webster. The Soldiers of the Revolution and of the Indian Wars. The one secured the title to the western country, the other the possession; both are equally entitled to the gratitude and bounty of our country. By Joseph 1 Jones. Hcnru Clau May be long live to enjoy the gratitude and esteem Ins many services merit. By J ames Beard. George Washington. JLhehrst President ol the United Stales may in example ever ue louowec. By A. B. James The American Xavy. The guardian of our rights may she contin ue to increase, and ever prove victorious. By Andrew Foster. Congress. If it pass but one more act, let that act be an act entitled an act of justice to the officers and sol diers of ayne s army. By Thomas Hill. The dav tee. rrlrhmtr. It carries us back to other days of greater peril to our beloved country, when a ctmmr l.nn of feeling and action animated the hearts of, ner cniiurcn . By Hanes H.izleton A hard trottine horse a long journey and a porcupine saddle to u uie enemies oi our country. By Iaac S. C lark The Constitution of the i,nuea states. rurest ot articles formed by the purest of hearts May it be watched and guarded bv the same purnessss it deserves. liy ilham Duane Jones. Independence. Bought with the blood of freemen we pan wun u only at the same price. . tester Meeting -very arge and respecISth ult.IIon. Samuel Mixter in the chair. . Among those in attendance were Ex-Govern-rimy Merrick and Thos. Kinnicut Esqrs. (We should have noticed this in our last.)

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

MATTERS IN GENERAL. Pennsylvania is alive with politics New papers started every, week, and old ones bought over from one candidate to another to severe as evidencesof public opinion ! Those printers who are "men of priciplein porportion to their interest" would seem to have a chance for making their fortunes. They must be care "iji-.ai ?i . . iui mai me consideration is put down in a shape more tangible than politicians' promises. JNra Yorker. Messrs. Crockett and IIcstsmas, rival candidates for a seat in Congress from Tennes see, have been called on to declare theirsenti ments with respect to the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. David declares that he will go for the re-election of Mr. Bell against an' candidate that will be, or may be, or can be, proposed. Mr. If. assure theelec tors that, being an ardent supporter of Judge White, he will support the candidate of his political brethren, and hopes and believes Mr. Bell will be the man. So there would seem to be little difference, politically, between the two. lb. Buenos Avers. We have advises from this country to the 10th may. They are of the usual tenor. Gen. Rosas has ben installed President of the Republic with unlimited pow er, and great rejoicings were the order of the day. The city was perfectly tranquil, and the people had adopted a new federal cockade, w hich was universally worn. An American and a Frenchman had been insulted for nonconformity, but the affair was immediately investigated by the civil authorities. Great exertions were being made to put a stop to smuggling, and apparently with success. Several heavy seizures of contraband goods had been made. lb. The U. S. Branch Baxk at Charlestown contributed 1,000 towards the relief of the sufferers of the late disastrous fires. Perhaps Corporations have souls, after all. Davy Crockett was recently complimen ted by the proprietor of a Georgia steamboat, who named his craft after the bear-killer, and was in turn presented with a stand of colors. The flag recently came to hand through Gen. Coffee, and was hoisted on board the steamer with great parade on the 11th ult. About two hundred of the gentleman and ladies of Macon were present by invitation an excursions was had on the river and when the refreshments were surved up, the following toast was voluteered by the master of the feslivites: 'David Crockett May he be long found goi.no ahead; may his constituents long put him ahead; and may he go ahead in the government till there is none ahead of him." The trial before the French Chamber of Peers of the i ioters at Lyons and elsewhere, excites naturally deep attention in France as well as the rest of Europe. It is an extraor dinary proceeding which involves important consequences. One hundred and twenty individuals who have already been imprisoned lor a twelve month are brought to Paris, and, attended by their unmerouscounsil, appear at the bar ot the Chamber of Peers. 1 hat such a body suould be a constitutional tribunal on such an occasion, is an anomaly which should not be found in a government where the throne is "surrounded by republican institu tions." bo great was the tumult that it was impossible to proceed with the trial. The i'eers remanded the accused to prison, decree ing that their trial should be conducted with out their presence, and that it should be con ducted not by the advocates chosen by the prisoners themselves, but by members of the 1 1- - t .11 .1 n . naroi i ans, eiectea Dy me reers. ihis usurpation added of course to the excitement prevalent in France, and is calculated to heap luriner unpopularity upon me load which at ready weight upon Louis Phillippe. Baltimore American. Another Melancholy Lvcnt. The Steam Saw Mill of m. Duckwall in Gratis Town ship was destroyed by lire on the morning of lucsday the Md lilt, and melancholy to relate, his brother, Lewis, ayoung man about 22 years old, perished in the flames. The unfortunate young man lodged in one apartment of the mill, and from sircumstances, was aroused from his slumber in time to save himself by leaping from a window in asecond stor-, out of which he threw some of his clothing but it is presumed he attempted to save himself by passing from his room to an outlet on the opposite side of the mill; but, alas! it was otherwise ordered. When discovered, he lay near the centre of the Mill his head and feet entirely burned off, and his body measurably consumed. A part of his remains was, however, rescued from the "destroying element." Eaton Register. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Presidency. We desire to say nothing calculated to discourage the friends of Mr. Webster, or to injure the character of that truly eminent statesman. If he is taken up as the Whig candidate, we will be found in the front rank among his supporters striking fearlessly, and to the best of our ability,in his behalf. But it is right and proper before the candidate is designated, that our friends should converse freely and frankly together upon the subject, with the object of eliciting the true condition of public opinion, and of thus asceitaining who is best calculated for the crisis. With regard of Mr. Webster, he is possibly stronger than Mr. Clay in Massachusetts, and in the N. England States generally,

althought our friends appear to think otherwise, but that Mr. Clay is better calculated for the West, no one will pretend to deny. So as Pennsylvania is concerned, we sencerely trust that the agitation of the Presidential question may be postponed until after the termination of the gubernatorial conflict, for it must be apparent to the most careles observer, that we cannot form any thing like a correct judgement as to (he state of parties, and the relative strength of candidates, untill that conflict has gone by. Judging from present indications, Gen. Harrison appears to be quite as populor in this State, as any of the gentleman yet named by the oppsition in connexion with the Presidency, and could the friends of Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and Jude

H i-can, nt: inuuceu to unite upon Harrison. he would unquestionably receive the electoral vote of the State. The present, however, is not the time to commit ourselves. Our friends will no doubt cheerfully abide by the decision ofa State Couvention, to be held after the gubernatorial contest. The Boston Atlas states on the authority of a gentleman ot that city, who recently visited Columbus, that the individual now in confine ment in our county goal under the name of L.udtou',on the charge ot passing a forged draft for 3,000 to the Clinton Bank of this city, 'is one and the same person with the Rev. Mr. n eems who was convicted ofsundry offences against the commonwealth here (Boston.) a lew years ago behaved cxemplarily, while in confinement was afterwords pardoned and released by the Governor. Columbus Stale Journal. The Post Master General is getting quite popular with the whig presses. The last Wheeling Gazette says 'we have no doubt that Mr. Kendall will prove himself an excellent officer, perhaps the best man in the administration ranks that could have been found to take charge of the post-office department. Louisville Adv. Daniel Bradford, one of the pioneers of the west, after the lapse, of twenty five years, has resumed the duties of editor of the Lex ington Kentucky Gazette. The Gazette was first established bj' the father of the present editor in 1787, and is the oldest paper now published in the west. He promises to pursue his old course, by avoiding all personal controversy. He supports the Baltimore nominations. Indiana Democrat. We are sorry to learn that the citizens of Madison experienced a return of the Cholera on Saturday last, and we learn that on that evening and night five or six deaths occurred. We arc informed that an immense amount of capital was forwarded to Chicago to purchase lands at the late public sale at that place considerably more than could be invested. Chicago is said to be growing with almost unprecedented rapidity, and one lot ofa common size sold recently for the sum of 15,000. Three or four years ago the lots were valued at from 50 to 100. A Convention of Delegates of the Whig party of Rhode Island was held at Newport on the 21lh of June for the purpose of nominating candidates lor the iMth Uongress, when This tam Burgess of Providence and Henry Y. Cranston of Newport were unanimosly a greed upon as the candidates. Resolutions were also adopted unanimously nominating Daniel Webster as a candidate for the Pre sidency. HTiitc Meetings in Co7incclicut have recently been held at New-London and Wallingford. me participators style themselves "Uld School Republicans" but whether friend or opponents of the General Administrations, they do not apprise us. Serious Accident A lad about 13 years of age, on a visit to the Menagerie, yesterday morning approached within a few inches of the Leopards cage, one of the bars of which had been left for a moment down. The Leopard instantly seized hit arm and drew it into the cage, lacerating it in a shocking man ner, ins cries alarmed the keepers, three of whom seized the Leopard by the head, to prevent his retreating to the back of the caze. and after much difficulty the lad was extrica ted Irom his perilous situation The prompt and judicious action of the keepers, happily saved his life; in an instant longer his head would have been crushed to atoms by the infu riated animal. The boy was taken home, and Dr. Homans called, lie is not considered daneerouslv in ured, tho' his arms were dreadfully torn and men oy the animal, lhe accident shoul serve as cautionary, and prevent spectators approaching too near the cages, or irritating the animals, when the keepers are not in at tendance, whilst the keepers themselves should be taught by it never to leave the bars of a cage down, even for "a moment." Boston Transcript. Churches in the West. An association has been formed in New York, for the pur pose of raising a permanent fund towards aid ing in the construction of Churches in the W est. It is stated as the uniform result of enquiries in the western and south western states, that the great difficulty in collecting & maintaining congregations there is the want of suitable houses of worship. The plan of the associclion is to raise a lund to be man aged by Trustees, from which loans shall be made at a very low interest, accordingly to the exigency of the case, towards building churches. These are to be really loans not gifts, to be repaid as the churches grow, and to be re-loaned again when needed, at still more distant points. Philadelphia Gazelle.

MR. CLAYTON'S Account of hit JErial voyage, reported byhimielf. At a quarter before six P. M., I cast offthe last rope that secured my Erial bark to the earth, and immediately she rose majestically into the atmosphere. In an instant I beheld the thousands of spectators that had collected on the outside af the ampitheatre, and in a few moments a rich panorama of Cincinnati and its surrounding country opened to my view. How delightful was now my situation! High in the air I was suspended by materials capable of bearing twenty or thirty times my weight, and knowing this, I felt as safe as if I had been standing on a firm rock, with bulwarks around me. Beneath me I could view the "Queen of the West," Newport and Covington, and towns, villages, and green and fertile fields. My view was more extensive than some might immagine. I could see objects in every direction, distinctly, 20 miles at least, consequently, the area of my scene was more than twelve hundied square miles. Around this view several dense clouds floated, their upper surfaces were illumined by the rays of the sun, and they appeard like vast fields, mountains, projecting rocks and caverns, all clothed in pure white. On leaving Cincinnati, I passed in an East South East direction, and was on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River for a short lime, but soon crossed the river again and moved about East by South. At half after six o'clock I lost sight of the Ampitheatre. Thirty five minutes after six heard the firing of a gun. Ten minutes after seven could hear people shouting, and heard the firing of cannon three times in succession which seemed at considerable distance. At seven I took the first observation with

the instrument for ascertaining the rate of my travelling, and found that 1 was moving at the rate of one mile in 4 minutes and 17 seconds or about 14 miles per hour. The above mentioned instrument is simple, and to me valuable; it was constructed by Dr. Locke, of Cincinnati, to whom I am greatly indebted, not only lor lhe instrument, but for his advice on various subjects,& the interest he has taken in my welfare. I now marked on a number of the way-bills (which Dr. Barnes had polite ly prepared lor me; the night of the lhermometer and Barometer, the course and rate I was travelling, and threw these and also a number which were not marked, overboard. Thermometer 50 deg. Barometer 24 1-10 in ches East by South-, rate 14 miles per hour. At the time 1 took my departure the Ther mometer was 84 deg. Bormeter 29 3-10 inches. At i fifter seven, passed a little to the left of a town, which if I mistake not, was Ba tavia, the town bell was ringing, music play ing and people shouting. The inhabitants noticed my passing over, I waved my flag and threw out several way-bills to them: 1 was at an altitude of nearly a mile. I continued to pass over a fine open country. At half past seven o'clock I lost sight of the Ohio River. At eight o clock 1 took my second observation Thermometer 30 deg. Barometer 21 inches; course Last by South, rate 1 mile in nine minutes; saw Williamsburg to the south of me. Several clouds were now floating above and below me, and as they had lost their pure white appearance, cast a dulness over all be neath, and robbed me ofa scene of grandeur the setting ot the sun. Moisture from the clouds began to accumulate on the surface of my vessel, and to run down the neck, so as to completely soak my pantaloons and feet with water. At G o clock 3d observation ; thermometer 35 degrees, barometer 34 1-18 inches, course east by south, rate 1 mile in G minutes. The moon now shone, but it was not clear, and I had but a very imperfect view of the earth. A little before 10 o'clock, water poured down upon me: the blankets and sheets, the ballast bags, mail bag and every thing on board were wet. I threw out a great weight of ballast to gain a more cle vated and drier region in the atmosphere, and in a snort time i lound mysell in a situation though drier, much more unpleasent. The silk had become as hard as wood, icicles hung from the valve rope; I stood in wet clothes upon blankets and sheets that were stiff with ice, and if ever I felt cold in my life, it was at this time. 1 lelt desirous to know the height of the thcrmometor but it was with great dilficu ty that I could hold my phosphorous bottle to see the heigth, the thermometer 10 degrees me Darometcr down to launches. 1 lelt bad ly and sick at the stomach, and was stiff with cold and wet, and it was with the create difficulty, and only by beating my arms and LJ.. 1 -1 " .! F . V. . uuuy, ttuu stamping witn my ieet, that 1 was enable to keep awake; for I caught myself, even when in the act of striking my body, a nodding, and falling insensibly asleep. The cause of this drowsiness was the coldness and rarification of the atmosphere. Being desirous oi preserving my gas, l would not open the valve to decend to a milder atmosphere: I soon found myself descending, and found that I had to discharge a great quantitity of ballast, more than double the quantity I discharged on my former voyage, to keep meat a safe dis tance from the earth. At first I thought the levity oi my vessel was ow ing to the accumu lation oi water and ice on its surface; but have since found it was owintr principally to the two holes which I discovered and tem porarily mended before I left Cincinnati, but which had broken again and formed large apperturess. At 10 o'clock I felt too cold to pay any attention to my rate of travel. Shortly after, passed a little to the left of Florence. At II o'clock took an observation thermometer 35 dg., barometer 24 1-10 inches, course about east by north, rate one mile in 6 minutes. At 12 o'clock thermometer 40 dg., barometer 26 inches, course east by north, rate 10 miles an hour.

After dark the objects I took for meaSurin(r the angle, for ascertaining the rates of trai were lights that appeared every now and th!n to pass beneath me. Before one o'clock it moon was down, and I was left with no better lights to cheer me over the wilderness than few stars that appeared to struggle thJ the vapoi or mist in which I was floalinrr thought before the moon went down (hit should have sufficient ballast to keen 1 nn till sunrise, but at half after one o'clock last bag of sand went overboard, nextmln went my six bottles and their contents am!

"j vciuie and anchor and after a while I found mvsMf ; scending, then went my blankets and shee an u soon alter my great coat and at lastsoma my instrument, and after all T ,,11" o n .11 - -uum not eep afloat till sunrise. My vessel had spru leak, and although all hrr 1 r , ' Hi .. .muciuie bur len, except myself, had ennp mrU.j she was compelled to sink to the bottom of her ii-iucm. i ai i.isi louna myseiy gently touch ngthe tops of the trees in a ilpn. stopped myself with one hand without any difficulty, for I was not moving, noi had been tor tne last nan nour, at a rate exceeding two or three miles per hour. I could npr;.J? tv.. there was no space between the trees to brin my vessel to the ground. I therefore secured her by means ofa rone to a hnn-h .j then laid myself down in my cold and disagieeaoie oertn, without any great coat or lumvci, ui uufih. to worm me and with notl g to gaze Upon hut darknns. nr fr, l;cf but frightful noises in the woods. A the sun arose in the morning, I began to exermy mugs ior tne purpose oi attractin some one to my assistance, hut muU 7 iivi outceed in making any one hear. At seven o clock in the morning I unlahd my vessel from the tree. 7 " uci iu within twenty feet of the ded by the means of a rope. I struck off in aaue west direction, marking, the trees, so as to be enabled to find mv w.iv wi- 1 soon found a path which led me to Mr. Brj. an's house, about a mile from where I descended. ine news of the man having arrived who had travelled through the air from Cincinnati to the Allegheny Mountains, spread in quick time for miles around, and a great numbers of ladies and gentlemen came to see uic auu my atrial ship, j allowed the'-Starof the West" to ... ... aawiuiu III I U i.J Ul lid ment the woods until Sunday evening. I was then kindly assisted bv Mr. Tlrv.nn. Mr Beanning, (Justiee of the Peace,) Mr. Joseph i euneuon,and two or three others. He cut down several trees, and were enable in p. cure her without any injury. 1 he spot on which 1 landed is in Pebble township, Pike count-, 9 miles from Piketon, 10 nines irom ivhilicothe, and 1UU miles from Cincinnati. The. Ie.1 ter entrusted in mv care were safely deposited in the Post Office xr i r . .... eti iveny,a iew mnes irom where 1 landed. I take this opportunity of of expressing mi grateful feelings to the ladies and gentlemen of Cincinnati and its vicinity for their liberal patronage on the day of my ascension, and to assure tne public that had it not been lor the unforseen escape of pas through the arnertu res before alluded to, I would have re mained in the atmosphere nt least 30 hour?. and have accomplished my proposed vojaga 10 tue oeaDoara. R. CLAYTON. Cincinnati, July 9th, 1835. The last of the Tea Party. Last Friday we had the satisfaction of seeing and conversing with the only survivor of that daring band of patriots, who offered the first open resistance to the oppressions of the British Crown, the venerable Joseph Robert I Twelves Hughes. Mr. Hughes was passing through Providence, from his residenc, Otsego county, New York, to attend the anniversary celebration of the independence of his country at Boston, whether he has been invited ai the city's guest. He was born in Massachusetts on the 5th of September, 1735, and on the 4th of July, will want only sixty-three days of being one hundred years old. His youngest son, the fifteenth of his children, and apparently about forty years old, was with him. We have seen many men oi seventy who appeared as old a Mr. Hughes. His voice was strong, his stature quite erect, and his step comparativelj firm. He was evidently, even at this agfii8 brave, high spirited, warm hearted man,who; tongue wis never controlled by ceremony, whose manners have not been moulded by the fashions of our day. His etiquette may be tea parly etiquette, but it was not acquired a tea parties in Beacon street or Broadway. A splendid bridge is about to be constructed over the Ohio River at Louisville, the estimated cost of which is 350,000 to 400,000Warmth of Snow. Our farmers all fr miliarly know the value of this white fleccj covering over their lands in winter scrvin? in fact as an excellent and efficacious mantle to keep out by its non-conducting property of heat, the cold and frost of the external air thus preserving the crops from being ki"e and the earth soft and at a uniform tempera ture. A gentleman states in the Belfast,(McAdvocate, that atMoorshead, lake, where wf snow lay 12 feet deep, the ground notwitn standing could be penetrated seven feet by 8 stake all winter so that the grass there i much more forward than upon the seaboard, where the snow melts earlier from the warmer temperature of the sea than land wind during this season. John P. Ilelfenstein of Dayton, Ohio, haj been appointed Register of the Land Office s' Lima, in place of Thomas B. Vanhorne removed.