Indiana American, Volume 3, Number 33, Brookville, Franklin County, 14 August 1835 — Page 2

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

From Ike Columbvi Jovrual and Sentinel. Mflior Barrv and the Rev. O. B. Brown with the train of agents and dependentsof the Post office Department, have lately received ; foil share of scnsure from the public press whether merited or not, the following; state ment of facts will show. At the Circuit Court if United States, held in this city, before thei honors Judge M'Lean and Leavitt,and which adjourned the 23d of July, 1835, Logan was arraigned,tried,and acquitted, for robbing th United Ktntf4 mail in March last, at the town of Jefferson, 15 miles West of Columbus The accused, it appears, rode in the mail wag n frnm near Columbus to the place where the robbery took place. The great Western .Mail was left from 10 o'clock at night until 3 i tithe morning in an open uncovered wagon in the tavern yard without a single individual to take care of it. Here the mail was taken off a considerable distance, cut open, rifled and the contents scattered in every direction .ind where the wreck remained in the corner cfa fence from Tuesday night until Thursday without being missed by any one. I hese are the facts in the case, as collected from the tes timony in open court. Comment is unneces sary. C. July 23, 1S35. GEN. HARRISON & MR. WEBSTER. 1 he papers w hich advocate the claims ot Mr. Webster, appear to take rather ungra ciously the announcement made on the part of Gen. Harrison, that he would not be candidate for the Vice Presidency on Mr. Webster's ticket or any other ticket, and seem disposed to shove te veteran completely oil the track. The Clevand llhig substitutes the name of Mr. hiwwo tor Vice President on Mr. Web sters ticket, lieu of Gen. Harrison: the Stubenville Herald, after the same fashion, propo ;es the Hon. Benjamin Rugqles, our former Senator in Congress; and theN. Y. Commercial Advertiser, alluding to 'this final and un alterable determination' ot Gen. II., nomin ates Mr Webster for President, and Gen. Joseph Vance, of Urbana, for vice President. The N. Y. American evinces its disappointment in the following language: "As a candidate for the Presidency, Gen. H. will not receive so indeed we are sure he does not expect any support in the Atlantic States." The bitterness of spirit here displayed is any thing but commendable. Till personal predilections and sectional feeling be sacrificed, we have little to hope in the way of a compromise in which we could all agree. Columbus Sentinel. DANIEL O'CONNEL. Daniel O'Connel.the Irish Agitator.recently took occasion, at the meeting of the Brittish Anti-Slavery society, in London, to thunder his anathemas against American slave-holders, dubbing us "felons of the human race," traitors to liberty and our own honor," "blasphemers of the Almighty," and other such mild terms of reproach had contumely. It is folly to he angry with a man who is so completely ignorant of the subject about which he raves. Why do not those who have access to the brawling demagogue tell him that the American slaves arc every way happier than his own Irish pesantry ? that, in law, they are nearly as free, and in point of fact, freer; and that they are infinitely better fed and clothed than a majority of his own countrymen? that they arc scarcely more ignorant, and not a whit less moral? Why do they not point him to the worse than slaves, who toil, from infancy till they are consigned to premature graves, in the British manufactories? The darkest page in the hoistory of American Slavery is not blacker than Bulwer's description of the miseries to which British operatives are subjected ;and we might find i n Daniel O'Connel's own speeches and writings, proof enough that it hardly equals the wretchedness of the starving yet toiling pesantry of his own "Green Isle." We pray these gentlemen to bottle up their philanthropy for home consumption. There are objects enough there upon whom to spend it, without crossing the Atlantic in pursuit of others, who need it not half so much. Lynchburgh Virginian. Among the many wagons conveying movers to, the west, which daily pass through this town, was one on Tuesday attended by 35 persons, twenty-six of whom were upon it, the others followed on foot. They were five families from the western shore of Maryland, who had united in chartering a single waggon, the upper loading of which was bedding piled to the height of twelve feel from the ground, on the top of which 26 women and children were perched On the next day. four families, containing 29 persons, with a single waggon, followed from the same neighborh ood . Wheeling Gazelle. Mothers and Daughtars. It was a judicious resolution of the father, as well a most pleasing compliment to his wife, when on being asked by a friend what he intended to do with his eirls, he replied, "I intend to aoDrentice them to their mother, that they may learn the art of unjMowug ume, ana ntted lo become nice her wives, mothers, heads of families, and useful members of society." Equally just, hut bitterly painful, was the remark of the unhappy husband ofa vain, thoughtless, dressy slattern. "It is hard to say it, but if my girls are to have a chance of growing up good for any thing, they must be sent outof the way of their mother's example What than can I have in the destiny of my country -The share that the rill has in the rivulet, and the rivulet in the sea. Should cveij little streamlet tarry at its fountain head,

where would be the river that dispenses fer- j

Kility, the ocean bearing commerce and wealth upon its never resting tide Y 1 he snare that a joint heir has in the valuable estate of a d:eased parent. An estate left us by our political fathers, more valuable than the mines of Golconda, or the gold of Peru." An estate left they snatched from the hands of a tyrant, and placed, untrammelled, in the possession of their sons. The share that the wary sentinel has, in guarding his post, while an indefatigable enemy is ever on the watch, to take advantage of his sleeping, or neglected vigi lance Jjvery son and daughter of this re public has a share in the "destinies of the country." The daughters, in instilling into their sons the principles of freedom and liber ty. The sons, when age and circumstances call on them to take the places of, or part with, their fathers, lo put in practice those principles which they have imbibed from their mothers, to guide them through life. Their independance is not to be maintain ed without trouble and persevering labor; and should we become enervated by sloth and luxury, and our mouths become closed in su pineness, there are those who stand ready, even now, in this yet free Republic, to fasten the chains of slavery upon us, and release us from the trouble of self-government. It is only by the the loud breathings of freedom from every blast, that some ambitious aspirant may be prevented from mounting the throne, and becoming the autocrat of the United States. Washington Sun. From the Middletown Sentinel. SINGULAR MARRIAGE. In the month of January 1817, Mr. Harry Kockwell and Lsther JNiles were united in bands of matrimonv, by the Rev. Mr. West, of East Hampton. In Oct. lolU, business called Mr. Kockwell to Savannah, from which plac he intended to return in about six months; but unforseen circumstances prevented his return until the 4lh of the present month, ha ring been absent IG years, b months, and 27 days. During us absence, Mrs. Kockwell obtained a bill of divorce, and was a second time married With her second husband 6he lived until his death, which happened March the 12th, 1831, and from that to the present time has remained a widow. On the 4th inst. Mr. R. arrived n Chatham, East Hampton Society, and found her, that was once his wife, in the same house n which he left her in 1817, and on Tnursday afternoon, the 9th inst., they were again united in the bonds of matrimony, by the Rev. Mr. Loper of Middle Haddam a short but comprehensive address was delivered. Like Noah's dove that from the Ark, Wag sent forth all alone, He found no mate to cheer his heart, Until he did return. Faultless Women. If you see half a dozen faults in a woman, you may rest assured 6hc has a hundred virtues to counterbalance them. love your faulty, but fear your faultless wo man. When you see a laumess woman, dread her as you would a beautiful snake The power of completely concealing the de fect that she must have, is of itself a serious vice. Parker's Cement, or Artificial Stone. We were highly gratified with a recent isit to Mr. Parker's establishment, No. 107 Amos street. We w.ere surprised at the pro gress he is making, since our last account of this article, in the application of his new and important discovery. In his extensive yard, he has built, as models, Eeveral beautifully constructed cisterns, the walls are domes of about 4 inches in thickness, which, after a few weeks becomes as solid nearly as granite, having a dense, clear, and sonorous sound, like a metallic substance, perfectly watertight, and indeed, hardening more and more under water, and soon becoming, in fact, so dense in texure as to emit sparks like flint, when struck with a piece of iron. They, are coming, as we learn, into a general use thro'out the city. We do not see in fact how any person, who has once had these commodious reservoirs, where the water is preserved perfectly pure, can, for a moment, resist the inclination to adopt them both as a receptacle for culinary purposes or for drinking water. Besides these, Mr. Parker has samples of culverts, sewers, acqueducts, &c. which must certainly, by their superiority, be generally adopted. At this moment, we hope the attention of our corporation, who have already, we learn, visited his yard, will lake into consideration the importace of employing this cement in the proposed acqueduct from Croton river. There are, also, columns, cornices, vessels of of diverse shapes, bricks and blocks, all of a granitic, metallic like solidity of this same cement, brought to this State, by some miraculous change it would seem, three or four weeks only after they were in the condition of soft mortar! And herein is its great advantage; the facility with which it may be moulded to any shape, form or dimentions, and the petrified state of perfect durability and homogeneousness which it soon acquires, resisting the action of water, and air, and cold. Paiker's touch is like the enchantment of the fabled Medusa it converts every thing into stone, and that stone, from its high value, his Midas' wand will, we doubt not, transmute again into gold. But the most remarkable speciman is a perfectly J or med and elegant building, 18 feet by 20 in height, breadth and depth, with doors, windows, portico of superb columns, and dome, and cornices, and walls. all standing there, complete and solid, as if cast of iron! Without seam, or fissure, or crevice! Yet three weeks ago it was shapeless mortar! Comment is unnecessary. Let those who doubt, go and see, and wonder. We learn from Mr. Parker, that he hag iur1 chased a tract of land in the town of South

Hempsted, Long Island, where he intends to erect a street of these edifices, of large dimensions, at his own cost, and as a proof that they are better and cheaper, and far more rapidlv

built, and more durable than any thing of brick or marble, or even Boston granite. It i9 impossible to foretel to what great results his discovery w ill lead. New York Eevening Star. Captain Ephraim Brown of Hamilton county, one of our oldest and most respectable citizens, departed this life on Tuesday, June 23d, in advanced age. Captain Brown was an officer at the Surrender of Hull, in 1812, and distinguishnd himself for bravery in some of the preceding skirmishes. He served for many sessions in both branches of the Legislature, where his influence was commensurate with his integrity and intelligence. Unprecedented Hauling. It was a familiar saying with 5am ratch, that "somethings can be done as well as others" and this fact was forcibly brought to our mind, by seeing a sixhorse team pass our office on Wednesday last, laden with eleven hogsheads of Tobacco, destined for Wheeling. Some speculations having gone forth as to its weight, the driver was induced to test it on the hay-scales in this place, and it amounted to 13,280 lbs. gross weight! nett weight 10,375! This team (owned by Gen. C. Hoover, of this county,) took the load into Wheeling with ease, having a hill to ascend from the river to the level of the town, of8 degrees. The Buckeyes of Belmont may challenge competition in this line. St. Clairs ville Gazette. Mr. Clay. Speaking of Mr. Clay, the National Intelligencer, remarks, as follows; "So far from having changed our own esti mation of the political merit and intellectual ability of Mr. Clay, whom at the last election we earnestly sopported for the residency, that interveneing time has, in our opinion, but added to his reputation as a Statesman, and enhanced, his claim upon the affections of the People. If signal public services, stern Republican principles, unimpeachable political integrity, with a thorough knowledge of Men, qualify a citizen for the highest trust in the gift ofa free people, then is no citizens of the Republic, at this moment, more emi nently qualified to discharge the duties of Chief Magistrate than Henry Clay. In a government like ours, in which elections are free and uncontrolled, (or ought to be,) no citizens can be allowed to have a claim upon the highest or any other office; but, if to the fitness of Mr. Clay for the station, and the public services he has performed, we add the persecution which for several years, he has undergone, because of his devoted fidelity to his country and its Constitution, we are free to say that, if he had been presented as a can didate no one would have been offered whose election we should have more zealously or cheerfully advocated." To all of which we heartily respond. Borrowing. "My marm wants to know if your marm win lend my marm your marm s pick axe to make our hog a hencoop?'' Oh, certainly and when you go home just ask m S l t i a i . a a your mother ii sne u be kind enough to lend us a keg ot that hrkm butter she bought today; that's a good little man; and just clean us a mess of them pouts and eels that your father caught this afternoon, and bring them down with the butter, my dear and I'll cer tainly give you the hrst bright cent I find in the ashes." "I guess on the whole," said the boy, "we shant want that pick-axe of yourn." Trial of Dr. Beecher His Acquital. We learn from the Cincinnati Journal, of yesterday, that the specific charges of Dr. Wilson against Dr. Beecher, at the late trial of the latter before the Cincinnati Presbytery were as follows: "1. Heresy on the subject of ability, original sin, and christian perfection. 2. Hypocrisy, in Dr. Beecher's saying he believed the confession of Faith. 3. Slander, in Dr. Beecher's asserting that his opinions of the evangelical church in all ages." The trial occupied the attention of the Presbytery nine days; and so important was it deemed by the Presbyterian denomination, that the publishers of the New York Observ er, sent Mr. Stansbury, (a stenographer of eminence,) from Washington city, to take notes of the proceedings. "For sustaining the charges against Dr. Beecher's doctrines, 12; negatives 23: On the other specifications the majority against sustaining was still greater." Thus has Dr. Beecher again emerged with honor, from the charges pertinaciously urged against him. The Journal also informs us that, "At the commencement of the trial, Dr. Wilson, according to the rules of our church, was duly warned that if he failed to make out his charges, he himself should be censured as a slanderer of the Gospel Ministry." Such are the feelings, dissensions, and proceedings among brelhcrn of the same Christian Church. Can they do any good to religion ? or are they in accordance with the benign and charitable principles of the Bible? Cincinnati TVhig. Insurrection at Havana. The brig Carroll, Capt. Young,arrived this morning, eight days from Havana. Capt. Young informs us that on the 12th of July an insurrection took place amongst the blacks at work oa the aqueduct, they refused work, and broke into a store, arming themselves with knives, and killed 3 or 4 whites. In quelling them sixteen were lanced by the troop of horse. About thirty were to be shot in a few days. The above information is copied from the Philadelphia Exchange books. N. Y. Cow. b Enq.

FOREIGN NEW S.

FROM EUROPE The ship Champlain, Capt. Macey, arrived at this port on Wednesday, from Havre, whence she sailed on the 18th of June. Of course, her advices are hut two days later than those already received; but, in the presentcnt ical condition of European politics, they are by no means devoid ofintcrest. France. The law of indemnity has re ceived all the rcqusite sanctions and is fully promulgated in the Moniteur. The vote by which it passed the Chambers of Peers 125 to 22 is decisive of the earnestness, with which its adoption has been pressed by the Ministry. We have full faith that no obsla' cles will be interposed to prevent the immedi' ate and faithful fulfilment of its provisions. The law provides, we believe, for the payment of interest from the Figning of the 1 realy on which it is based. It seems lo be settled that none of the Liberal powers will interfere in the Spanish quar rel in behalf of the Constitutional cause, but each will do everv thinrr which can be done without endangering the peace of Europe The Moniteurcontains a notice to all French men who wish to embark in the cause of Oueen Christina. inviting them to make apm plication to the Minister of Justice for special permits to do so without prejudice to their citi zenship or their political rights, lhis is a single point, but a significant one, in the line of policy pursued by the Goverment of Louis Philip. Chateaubriand, the great Royalist, has de clared himselfin favor of a Republic, not as his first choice as a system of government, but as the ultimate and unavoiable destiny ofl France. The marriage of the Duke of Orleans, heir apparent to the crown, to the Princess of Y ir temberg, is confidently expected to take place soon, though none of the official preliminaries have yet been promulgated. The trial of the political prisoners before the Chamberof Peers still progresses, but no longer an engrossing interest. It has become evident that the great body of them cannot be convicted of treason. Colonel St. You, sent a year 6ince by the French government on a mission to the GeBerals of Queen Christina, has returned to Paris. Great Britain. The indirect interfer ence of the Whig Ministry in behalf of the Spanish Liberals is prosecuted with spirit. The enlistment of volunteers is going on rap idly, both in England and Ireland; and money and Military stores are abundant. We trust afewdayswill bring us intelligence of the sailing of an efficent and well-appointed force for the battle-fields of Spain, .were there never was greater need of their presence than at this moment. Count Matuscewitz, a distinguished Rus sian diplomatist, has just nrrived in London on a special Mission from the Court of St Pe tersburg, lhe circumstance portends that the Russian bear has grown restiff in view of the oflects of the Quadruple Alliance of the Libral powers, and has resolved to try the virtue of a little audible growlingon the sub ject. This will frighten no one, however. He cannot reach the Peninsula, and he dare not attack France. The Duke of Wellington, on the 10th, with drew hif motion in the House of Lords for an inquiry into the late measures of the Government in relation to Spain, not much to the sat isfaction of Lord Londonderry," who thought the subject demanded investigation. Some explanations were given by Viscout Mel bourne, which were favorably received. Lord Brougham hoped that the intervention, if undertaken at all, would be efficent and de cisive. The new Commission for the investigation of grievances in Canada consists of Earl Gosford (Governor,) Sir Charles Edward Grey, and George Gipps, .Lsq. l.t. Elliott, Esq. is appointed Secretary to the Commision. They will set sail immediately. The distress still continues in Ireland. Ma ny thousands are in a state of want Lordering on starvation. Meetings have been held m Dublin and in London, and Committees formed to devise means for their relief. Spain. The accounts from this country are still replete with disaster. TheCarlists continue to follow up their sucesses over the Queen's troops; and we have even rumors that Bilboa has fallen into their bands,and that an insurrection has taken place in Arragan that Burgos has proclamed a republic, &c. The funds are of course in a melancholy state of depression. LATER FROM EUROPE. By the arrival on Thursday of of the packet ship Roscoe, Capt. Delano,we have Liverpool dates to the 24th and London of the 23d of June five or six days later than the preceding. The intelligence is not of moment. Parlament has been engaged in the further discussion of the. Spanish intervention without a decisive result. The principal point involved was the conduct of the Duke of Wellington towards the contending parties in Spain, during the Tory ascendancy; but Lord Melbourne demolished all cavils on this point by declaring that the Tories had acted throughout their reign in perfect accordance with the terms of the Quadruple Alliance. William Cobbet, M. P. notorious on both sides the Atlantic, as a political writer, of great ability, died at his country residence on the 17th, aged seventy-two years. It is stated that the late change in the Por tuguese Ministry originated in the intrigues of toe nobility lor toe recovery ot their ancient power, and will call forth very marked dissatisfaction on the part of the people. It ir asserted that the contemplated sale of Nation

al property for the payment of the Nm;,i

debt will now be so managed as to yield no. j ii rt, ining 10 me i reasury. From Spain, the accounts are still contradictory, though generally favorable to the Carlists. ltseemsto be no longer doubted that they are besieging Bilboa, and thai serious apprehensions are entertained of its car. tore The constitutional chief El Pastor erabarked at St. Sebastian on the 15 with 2.000 men for its relief, and Gen. Valdez is said to be also moving to its rescue. On the other hand, it appears likewise certain that Zurua. acarregui was seriously if not desperatelv wounded before Bilboa on thal6th, and hag been carried toDurango,leavingthecommand of the army with Eraso. It is confidently stated in the French journals that a greatvictorj has been gained over the carlists near Vittoria but we conclude that the report has grown out ofa brilliant sortie made from the last named city by Yriarte at the head of 500 cavalry, defeating a Carlist detachment and capturing seven pieces of cannon. New Yorker. The Lion's Strength. Of this noble animal, two varieties (the yellow and the brown or black) exist in South Africa, both however, retreating before the progress of European Colonization ; the dark colored is the strongest and fiercest; their strength is prodigious. Well authenticated accounts prove that a lion will carry off an ox or a horse with nearly as great ease as a fcx would a goose. A young lion has been known to carry a good sized horse a mile from the spot where he killed it, and an instance occurred in the Sheubergh where a lion carried off a two year old heifer, and when his track or spaor was followed by the hunters for five hours on horseback, throughout the whole distance the carcase only once or twice was discovered to have touched the ground. Sparman says he saw a lion at the Cape take a heifer in his mouth, and though the legs trailed on the ground, he carried it off as a cat would a rat, and leaped a broad dike without the least difficulty. Like all the feline tribe, the lion lies in wait for his prey, crouching among the grass and reeds, near pools and in fountains or in narrow ravines; he will spring from nine to twelve yards at a bound, and can repeat these springs for a short time. Denied, howevei, the flectness of the hound or wolf, the lion, by a few quick and amazing bounds, can seize even the tall giraffe or cameleopard by springing on the haunches of the latter. Instances have been known of the giraffe thus carrying a lion 20 miles, before sinking under the attacks of its destrover. Buying and selling is the order of the day. Our city is filled with speculators who are on lip toe. Several snug fortunes of from ten to twenty thousand dollars, have already been, made. Governor Cass has disposed of the front part of his farm, as far back as Lamed street for one hundred thousand dollars. Extensive improvements are rapidly making in Detroit: our city authorities are authorized to obtain a loan of one hundred thousaud dollars, and ourselves think seriously of advertising for sale a number of bad debts. - Detroit Journal. Independent Botanic Register .-W "e have re ceived two Nos. of a paper under the above title, edited and published by Dr. 1 nomas Hersey, of Columbus. Dr. Hersey is the late editor of the Thompsonian Recorder, publish ed by Jarvis Tike, & co., Columbus. ty nis address to his patrons we discover he is no longer connected with that firm, but hns set up for himself. He still holds in high estimation the discoveries of Dr. Thompson, but refuses to be confined J them in practice. The Register is an octavo pamphlet of 16 pages, published monthly at one dollar per annum. Xenia (O.) Free Press. From FRANCE.The following is an extract of a letter to the editors of the New York Advocate, dated Marsailles, June 3d: "You will no doubt have heard ere this reaches you the treatment of the American Consul has been subject to, on account ofa drunken woman, whom he put out of his house. He was imprisoned for some time, tried by the Court aV Assizes and acquitted by the jury ; but the judges after the acquittal, together with the lawyers and doctors, for the plantiff, form ed what they called a civil court, and condemned him to a'fine of 2000 francs and the costs. According to the opinion of many, this act was done from a spite against the Consul, he being an American, and from some observations made by the Judge or President on account of the 25 million affair which is likely the Americans not being on 6uch good terms as formerlv. especially the opposition. The Consul has written to paris to appearand but little doubt exists that he will there obtain icdress. Such a decission has never oeen known, which gives the affair a more aggravated appearance." nnineratthefoundation,at woman, the source of every thing. The ladies of Peterboro, JN. Y.,and aik"v Maine, have founded in each town an anticorset society Jhntenng into a pledge, Their bodies not to wedge. Nor cramp nor compress Within a tight-laced dress. In Peterboro. three exauisits only held out and refused lo sign. N. Y. Star. II Journal, thus divides his commiseration between a couple of his fellow citizens: , t "One of our city subscribers complains, uia the Journal is almost daily taken from hi door. We condole with him. He adds, that the Advertiser is sometimes stolen too. We condole with the thief."