Indiana American, Volume 3, Number 37, Brookville, Franklin County, 11 September 1835 — Page 1

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BROOKVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER II, 1835. VOL. III. lo. 37.

'TERMS OP THE AMERICAS. in advance $2,50 in six months; or $3,00 at

, ' ti.roe times, for one dollar, and 25

cents

Wl

11 be charged for each additional insertion

From the Seneca farmer.

SHIP NEWS. r RESIDENTIAL SQUADRON. 4merican Ship, Old Cradle of Liberty,

Daniel Webster, Commander.

This is a Yankee rigged vessel, commonly . ,;.li lots of honest old fashioned

ie'ti..:,nl nntinns sails richl ahead, fear-

.i.hfr WlIIU UUt. uuv- io iivuivuv.v tll.1 ... -J J Ln rr-i ml." it 1C

outriding Storms uuu nuuikuui.;,

en 'he bests displays me sirengui oi uc Lbcr and the skill of her workmanship. O'J seamen are often astonished at the thunliimr of her broadsides, and enemies turn uerl"o . ,1 i ri t rP .. i.

.,e at the nasnes oi uer juug j. vm mv, ur rdeck when once fairly engaged in close combat- Yet none but experienced old tars.

jcept in her own waters neru sue is uesi ,!Jn think it prudent to charter her for a

vovae to port President, till they shall become ire familiar with the giddy heights of her

and the extent of her hull and rig-

more

mast?,

Tk American Ship, lennessce Judge, iiugn

Luck It hite, tommandcr. The instrinsic qualities of this vessel have . . . -! I : TVJV.-fk r rr

not as jet oeen laiuomcu m ..wi-m-i Wl She is said, however, to be of the Old

Hickory class, and withal an excellent saner,

ml a creat favorite among seamen, m nci

m waters. 1 hough sue naa Deen longiuin" for the Presidential voyage, she still cardfile emblem of peace on her maintop, a

iroad white pendant, with the motto in large .aid leaf letters, " vxv man but Van Bcren." . .. . -II I L A. I-

lVhether tins ship win continue io irini nvr ails for port President, depends in a great neasure oa the tide.

The patriotic Ship, American Sfnlr" Smiih'1

This is a well built, staunclgfo near the plaPort

breeze strikes her abaft she hoists her "non

committor1 flag, puts up helm, and slides off

into a more favorable current. In calms, her officers assemble in the state room, to calculate their profits and divide the spoils; while many of the crew may be seen amid ships, bousing and counting their beads, or discussing their promotion and happy prospects, when their ship shaK he safely moored in Presidential harbor. The Slippery Elm never comes into close quarters with an armed vessel, her only object being plunder. Hence she was chartered by the congregated Pirates at Baltimore, to run into Port President, and seize the money chest and the public stores. Some old American tars have got a notion that she is the Flying Dutchman, so much dreaded by mariners in certain foreign seas and that she can dodge a flash with the facility of a witch on the main top. Seldom can she be twice seen steering towards the same point of compass, or twice in the same latitude. She is non-committal, in every thing except the Spoils. She is here she is there she rs gone. She is gone. She never drops anchor, but with spring cables; and if a little breeze happens to spring up on her starboard tack, raised paradventure by her own magic, she is there on her starboard, she is there. In these ever varying courses, she i often propelled by steam, though her boilers are safely anchored on terra firma. The Slippery Elm has her midshipmen in every port, enlisting recruits by offering extravigant shares of the spoils. Some old tars, think he has made a league with the Holv Alliance, the Lord High Admiral, of the Holy See, and Commodore Prince Melternich, to

supply him with the necessary compliment of

seamen to navigate his vessel into presidential harbour. Others less acquainted with Slippery Elm tactics, suppose he only stipulated for a supply of Holy Water, to lay the evil spirits of his foreign crews, should they show any symptoms of mulinv, or attempt to blow

up the ship before she reached her destined

I i - - i .

::m, composeu eiiureiv oi uoi-iniense ireas

ran the keel to the topmakinghanlmente .ainmast. Few ships have cftnl see subtontial service to the country in peace and Tar. In stoims and in calms she has ever Peered a forward course, taking theconstilu:on and the country's best good for her poir star. For this reason, the pirates have lone more to scuttle and sink her, than they

are to destroy any other vessel on the ocean.

xcpulsed time and time again in their mam

urpose, they manoeuvcrcd so dexterously by ieir preconcerted blue light signals, that the

riwie lieet simultaneously hrcd their broaa-

;Je of powdered charcoal and sulphur at the mmander, that true hearted American tars vjht not recognize him as the fame oft tried

iend, who stuck to them and their country's

in. through the most perlious storm. Some

f.lmariners are fearful her rigging has been

Jicwhat shattered by the grape and canister 'She enemy, though her timbers are thought

1 be sound as ever. There is a report along

le coast that the commander, declining to

lie a Presidential trip, has dismissed his

admonishing them never to cease their

s.uties against the pirates.

Hmcrican Ship Ex-Postmaster General,

Jack JrLcan, Commander.

This ship is thought to be a staunch, well

J, well nssred American vessel, and a last

er, withal, with a fair chance. 5ome west-

3 seamen conditionally chartered her for a

yagc to Presidential harbor, but they found

somewhat difficult to enlist a sufficient crew

navigate her with safety, while the tom-

inder had on board a cargo of the "spoils," jich it was feared would lumber up the ship

1 retard her progress. As he has not ught proper to throw this cargo overboard

return it to the shipper, it is supposed

-e western tars will think it most conducive fee public interest, to embark on board a ghboring ship less or rather not all incumred. Vltra American Shin. Slinnrrv Elm. the

... ir j b-inderhook Magician, Commander.

This is a Piratical built vessel, of a foreign

J'H except the painting, which is put on in

nmuican style as a uecoy. lei iikc t Pirates, she has one of the most submiss-

?"ews that sail on the ocean. Such is their

;P'ine, that lln rnnp's priH is annlied for

least OhVnerv ami fnr rlisnhndipnrfi of or-

foe culprit is instantly thrown overboard Sa$t the sharks, or is tucked un to the vard

pas a target for the sharp shooters. On

pennant ot her foremast is stamped in 4 Mue letters, ilnon-eommiltal,'''' on her main

avei a bun hl.irk- flnr. on which is

'ted iu larcrp mnifnl riwl ao llio linnrts

. ft iv."', i0 THE Vrrmn! nri An tub Spoit.S

V.orisiimV' Tl.is Rlno ltoarrl mot-

gregatcs thousands of the most reckless

It ap-

comnrehended bv the

Pirate bucaiipprs. in nil co-i c Vrhii vrp

"le crew or subordinate ofliceis beisick or exhibit any qualms of conscie boatswain, nnintc f Jhic hl.trtr flatr.

j " t'"'"-o ' - , Q,esnot remove the disease, he points

"'fi X:rA - rrii . ..

," nun. i ins invariaoiy i-uctu a .' eore the most nimblo seaman can

. . I t"-' "use. ? her hull is known to be leakv and her

r unsound, the Slippery Elm never at- '' , tobeat aiainsl the wind or sail asrainst

except in tow of Old Hickory. If a

service of the Slippery Elm.

a j

Many of the more superstitious of the sea

faring men who have lately deserted, will in

sist upon it, that the Slippery Elm is a haunted vessel. Some nights if they should happened to feel the spirit of despondency creeping upon them, while sw inging their hammocks and preparing for reflection and rest, the ship

would be literally and suddenly lined Willi

gold. The hold, the lower decks, the forecastle, the ward rooms, would glitter with the yellow boys. The lieutenants and midship-

men would shout in the ccstacy of joy, and the crew would fondly gaze in astonishment, till weary of looking, they would turn in, and dream of nothing, save gold and promotion. In the morning when the boatswain had piped all hands to quarters, all had vanished! Not a yellow boy was to be seen! At other times their sleep would be disturbed by strange noises and strange sights as though the ship was sailing in bad air, among hail storms and thunder clouds, or tumbling down the smoking crater of a volcano. Huzza! huzza! huzza! Let U9 throw up our tarpaulins, old shipmates, aloft, aloft, and shout from the warm hearts of frceborn tars, welcome! welcome! welcome! Here comes our most faithful old friend in the most trying storms, the staunch, well built, well-rigged, and well founded American ship old Tippe

canoe, William Henry Harrison, a chip of

the old block, a son of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, commander, Awake, ye old 6eamen, and be of good cheer, With such a tried captain.no pirates we'll fear, A spark of the old flint we're sure still remains, In the blood of the sire that courses his veins. Old Tippecanoe is an American vessel, every point of her, from stern to bowsprit, from keel to round top, from jib to main sheer, from marling spike to anchors. Her timbers are composed of best American live oak, and though they have seen much hard serv ice are still sound to the core. O she is a gallant ship, seventy-seven limes tried in peace and in war, and never found deficient. Old Tippecanoe is well known to every true hearted American tar, that ever reefed a sail, or handled a boarding pike. At a most tempestuous period of the last war, when our western and northern coasts were overrun with foreign pirates and red skinned landsharks when men, women and children fell before the knife and the battle axe w hen port after port had fallen into the possession of a savage hostile fleet, Old Tippecanoe set sail with a small patriotic crew from port Ohio, and amidst storms and tempests, battle and blood, bore down upon the enemy under full sail, poured in her thundering broadsides boarded with pike in hand retook all the ships and pods that had been lost; swept the pirates and their red skinned allies from the coasts; chased them into their own harbors; look from them port Maiden; boarded and literally annihiliated their fleet at the Thames; chased their remaining craft to the head of Ontario-, gave peace and security to the frontier shores; restored confidence to American seamen; turned the tide of battle against the enemy, and gave at a memorable crisis, new life and animation to a desponding people ! Hark ye, shipmates I say Old Tippecanoe is as gallant a ship as ever fired a broadside in defiance of free trade and sailor's rights. " Bad luck for herself, though fortunate for Americans, Bhe is no partizen vessel. She fights for her country, not for plunder, or in the more j

geucral sense, not for the "spoils!'' For this cause, she was recalled from foreign services and laid up in a dry dock, throngh the instigation of the commander of the Slippery Elm. shiver his timbers, where it was intended he

should remain in obscurity, neglected and for

gotten, csome noble hearted mariners in the.

western harbors, who love their country bet

ter than plunder, without leaders to advise or officers to command, have spontaneously chartered her for a trip to port President Al

ready she has weighed anchor, and the breezes of Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and

Ohfo, begin to fill her canvass already the

shouts oi true hearted American tars are heard in the distance echoing and re-echoing from shore to shore, and from harbor to harbor. On the broad pendant of her foremast is the

motto in large golden letters "the Constitution and our Country."' On her main

mast, triumphantly waves the Star Spangled Banner under which she has already so often conquered for that OtCountry!

Anon we shall behold Old Tippecanoe came booming dow n through the Empire seas, her sails full bent, her colors flying, hex music playing, her old friends, who met her on the

battle coast more than twenty years aro, and

their sons and their neighborhood, enlislins

on board for another battle, far more interest

ing in fact to the cause of American liberty.

than has been fought for the last fifty yearsl Squadron, ahoy! Brother Sailors, listen! Its time wc all examine tLe log and cast the reckoning to ascertain our course and where bound. Let us throw our former bickerings overboard, and cast outdiscordi to the sharks. On board Old Tippecanoe we know we should all be safe; our country and our constitution

would be safe. Now let the empty boasters

show to the world w hich lie loves best, his country or the "spoils." You all know too that if the Slippery Elm was not in tow of Old

Hickoiy, officered by the 10,000 hungary lieu

tenants and midshipmen, and extra manned

at least by 35,000 hungary seamen, Old Tip

pecanoe would run her gunnel under in her

own waters. Contending lor lihcrty, patriots

have always had to meet a fearful odds. In the revolution, all the officers and the treasure were in the hands of the enemy. So they

are now. The old revolutionary tars looked

aloft for aid, and they triumphed. TOM BOWLINE.

Mr. Clayton's Ascension. Another miracu

lous escape. Wc have been favoured with the

following extract of a letter from a gentle

man in Lexington to his friend in this c i ty, by

which the particulars of Mr. Clayton s asccn sion from that place will be seen. It will al so be observed that his escape from destrue tion.is both surprising and miraculous. "Knowing the interest you take in the JE rial voyages of your intreped townsman,! em

brace a moment before the Cincinnati mail

closes, to give you the tidings of his last trip. He made a beautiful ascension last evening, a few minutes after five, and for a while glided smoothly from our view, sometimes disappearing among the clouds and again cornfairly in view and azure space. When at the distance of some miles from us, and probably 2 miles perpendicularly from the earth, a dense vapour suddenly issued from the balloon and it was seen to descend in an unsteady oscillatory manner. This created considerable uneasiness in the crowd, but it was quieted by the assurance that it arose from the gas which had been designedly left of to prevent his ascending too high, as it was not his intention to go far. Shortly after, he disappeared in a mass of dark clouds below him, and all was suspense and uncertainty until his return to town to-day about 12 o'clock, when he reported that his balloon did verily burst, and that he descended rapidly for several hundred feet, when its collapsed sides assumed the parachute form being sustained in that shape by the network of twine encompassing it! This enabled him to descend sloopingly about five miles, when he alighted on an open grass lot in Clarke county, some twelve or fifteen miles from this city, having sustained no farther injury than a slight sprain, or contusion of the ankle. He states that during the rapidly de

scending and oscillatory motion of his car, af

ter the bursting, he came excessively sick at the stomach, even lo vomiting, and that he

had great difficulty to hold himself in his basket. He will doubtless publish the result of

this voyage, which I will send you ; and hope

that you would use your influence in dissua-

ding him from any lurlher venture oi ine kina. He has obtained fame enough, and should be satisfied. I hope that he has been well compensated for his expense and trouble in visiting us. 1 do not think that there could have been less than 2000 persons in the enclosure: which has refunded him, I should think, his expenditures at least." Cincinnati Whig.

It is said that the number of incendiary

pamphlets received at the Charleston olhce amounted to 300,000.

The Salm Banner says. "Ne .v J ersey will give her vote lo Wm. H. Harrison, of Ohio,

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CoinciJait. If White or Webster should be elected the next President, the initial letters of the eight Presidents of the United States will be onlyifcur.- Two W's, two J"s. two A's, and two M's.

ITEMS. A snapper-np of unconsidered trifles.'

Kendallism. The "Marietta Gazette," of May 23rd, and the "Indiana American" of August 1st, 7th, 14th, and 21st, all arrived here safe by yesterday's Southern Mail! Wonder if IUrke is distributing the Baltimore Nominations! ft' etc Lisbon Ohio Palladium, of Aug, 2. Fort Wayne Market. Flour is now selling for $10 to $11 per barrel, we have not heard of any Wheat being offered for sale, and cannot therefore give any price; Oats 50 cents per pushel; Rye 75 cents; Potatoes 50 cents; no Corn or Corn Meal in niaket; green Apples $1; Bacon is very scarce, and retails at 12 cents per lb.; Lard 8 cents; Butter 18; Beef 4 and 5 cents. Fort Waxjnc Sentinel, Avg. 29th. Tippkcanoe: We perceive from a late number of the Logansport Telegraph that arrangements are making for celebrating on the 15attle-grounl, of Tippecanoe, 24th anniversary of the eventful Battle on that field. A Resolution is passed inviting Gen. Wm. It, Harrison, the veteran Hero of that eventful llattle. Cotmcrsville fa.) Watchman. Fiee. A fire broke out in Newark, N. J. on Sunday morning last, which consumed from 12 to 1G buildings, among them the court house and jail also several horses in the stable in which it commenced. , Loss estimated at from 30 to 50,000. The poor Poet. The New York Sunday News says that the prize of $50 offered by Mr. Dmneford, for an address to be spoken at the opening of the Franklin Theatre, on the 1st of September ensuing, has been adjudged to a pauper inmate of the Almshouse! "Jo Smith," the Mormon prophet, has bought three mummies, and has discovered that they are the bodies of Joseph, the son of Jacob, and King Abiinclech and his daughter. They are now carrying them about the country with which to gull poor human nature. The sum of twenty thousand dollars has been made up iu N. Orleans, as a reward to be paid for the delivery of Arthur Tappan, the celebrated agitator upon the levee in that city. To preserve the Tomato. Press the ripe pulp through a hair seive spread it thin on plates or tins so it that may become quite dry; or it may be dried iu a moderately heated oven. A small piece of this dried pulp will flavour a Tureen of Soup. The editor of the New York Star, speaking of the late fire, says:

" 1 ho 6tores destroyed by the late fire in New

York, were supported by upwards of 100 srranite

pillars, not one of which is to be found all crumbled into small pieces. This ought to be a warning

to future builders; the firemen shun them as they

would ue6truction.

(ambling Conspiracy. It is stated by the Natchez Courier, that an extensive gambling con

spiracy, consisting of an organized band of black

legs, not less than four or five hundred in number is

iu existence through the whole southern country. James Montgomery. It is stated in the Nation

al Intelligencer, that letters from England confirm the report that King William IV., has granted a

pension to James Montgomery, the most distin guished of Britain's living poets.

Morals op New Orleans. A New Orleans paper states, that scarcely, a day passes, during

which mere is not some nagrant outrage committed which could have been easily prevented, had they an efficient .police. In the most public houses robberies are committed, and the flat boats permanently moored there are the dens of sharpers by day, and of robbers and murders by night. Good. James P. Maritt, a professional gambler, who dashes with fine horses and carriages, has been arrested in Lexington, Ky., as a vagrant, and sentenced to break stone three months on the highway. In pronouncing a final sentence, the mayor said: "It remains to be seen, whether the public authorities of the place and the community will support the laws; they are ample and salutary, and if put in force you will not find a professional gambler within the bounds of the city if neglected, they will 'sicarm ag-ain " The above is a more effective punishment than hanging after the Yicksburg fashion. Cin. Jour. A person asked Zeno, the philosopher, if wise rnen ever fall in love. "If wise men do not fall in love," answered he, "beautiful, accomplished, and virtuous woman must be very unfortunate, and much to be pitied, indeed. The Van Burcn Fditor of the Alabama Times boasts of having a couple of ears of corn, "each 18 inches in length." The Van Buren Editors in general arc remarkable for the length of their i.ars. Louisville Journal. The following will be the state of parties in the next Kentucky Legislature; according to the statement of the Frankfort Argus. In the Senate 21 Whigs; 17 friends of the administration. House of Representatives, Whigs 59; friends of the administration 41. Appointments by the President. Samuel L. Rutherford to be Register of the Land Office at

Little Rock, (Ark. ler.) m the place of Bernard Smith, deceased.

James Ray to be Register of the Land Office at

Opelouses, (La.) in place of valentine King de ceased. Cin. Republican.

Svpreme Jvdge. Madame Rumor says that Pe

ter V. Daniel, of Richmond V a., ha9 been appoint

ed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of

Mr. Marshall. hat a falling off there is my

countrymen.

Frost in Avgvst. On the second of August the frost was very severe at Buffalo, N. Y. On the fourth of August the frost was so severe in Wayne county, Pennsylvania, as to destroy the buckwheat

and gardens. The order op Transportation Inverted. A

patent of pardon to John Surgie, convicted of rebellious conspiracy at Montego Bay, Jamaica, has

been lately signed by the Governor, on condition that he be transported to. England for life, and that

should he ever return to that island, the penalty of

death be carried into execution forthwith. Marriage. We have rarely met with more ju

dicioti8 observations of this all-enjrrossing, and all

important subject than the following remarks of(

M re. Child, which we urffc upon the consideration

of the sons and daughters of this world, who, by

paying attention to them, may perhaps escape mucn

misery to themseives, ana do eparea u mnicuau

of it upon others. "I never knew a marriage ex- . - .. .... . , ,

prcssly lor money, that aid not ena unuappny. i e managing mothers and heartless daughters are con

tinually playing the same unlucky game. I believa that men more frequently marry for Jove than women, because they have a free choice. I am afraid to conjecture how large a portion of women marry because they think they shall not have a better offer and dread being dependent. Such marriages, no doubt, some times prove tolerable comfortable, but a great number would be far happier single. If I may judge from my own observation of such matters, marrying for a home is a most tiresome way of getting a living." A doctor once returned a coat to his tailor bocauso it did not exactly fit him. The tailor afterwards seeing the doctor at a funeral of one of his pationts, said to him, "Ah, doctor, you are a happy man." "Why so!" inquired the the doctor, "Because," said the tailor, "you never have any of your bad work returned upon '-our hands. " Oriental Law A pc, -:d eoi'p'aincd to Ali, saying: "A rr .n uas Jrlaru hat Lj drcamod he tlept with ny ther; . 1.17 I r.. inflict upon him the punishrif.... "" li.r,;iied, "Place him in the . ''dew; for what can be inflicted' :ut an imagina ry correction. From the Bifalo tin vrs. We have the mortnicatioii of stating city wasjestcrday afternoon disgraced . extensive and brutal riot. At the close o church services, a large collection of noisy anil turbulent persons was discovered at the Erie street Canal Bridge, who were settling somo difficulty in the usual mobstvlc, by a desperate sctto with fists. The rioters were in two parties one of about 150 in numbers; composed of boatmen, sailors, loafers, Arc, were forcing thcii way over the bridge; the other party consisting of some 50 irishmen, were disputing their passage. Aldermen Allen immediately repaired to the spot, and endeavored by virtue of his office, to disperse the combatants; but the excited bcligcrenls disregarded all advice or warning, and arming themselves with stones, discharging volleys of sharp fragments at each other, which compelled Aid. Allen to retreat for his life. In a short time, he returned with Aid. Blossom, and a few individuals whose services were put in requisition no police being at hand and succeed in arresting about thirty of the ringleaders on both sides, who wero lodged in jail. Numbers of each party wero said to be severely bruised, and one man is said to have had his leg broken. The cause of the fracus seems to have been an attempt of a party of stragglers lo cross the bridge for the purpose of witnessing an Irish riot which was enacting on the opposite Bido of the canal; it being resisted by a number of the Irish, a general nuke took place the battle increasing, momcntarially by fresh arrivals at the scene of combat. It is to be regretted that several of the police were out of the city on business. Constables Bristol, Drew and Evans, wc learn, w ere on f he spot immediately after the news of the affray reached them. At the present lime, when riots are getting lo be the order of the day when moblaw thrust aside the wholesome provision of our statute book when the solemn sentences of the lawfully constituted tribunals of the land, are forestalled by the summary judgements of the Lynch code every precaution should be taken by the friends of good order, to prevent or check the wild excesses so prone lo spring from such a state of society.

An Infidel's Oath in Court. We would

not give a farthing for it. His belief (rather unbelief) renders it void. Curran thus emnhaticallv denounces such an oath. Wo

commend it to the common sense of infidels themselves. Zion's Herald.

'What kind of communication can vou hold.

what enterchange expect, what confidenco nlace in that abiect slave that condemned.

despaired of wrerch, who acts under the idea .1 ! 1 l.ll- - V II r . .1

mat ne is oniy ine lony 01 a moment mat he cannot step beyond the threshhold of tho trrave that, that which is an obinrt of term.

to the best, and of hope to the confiding, is to

him contempt or despair? What is the law of tin's country? If tho witness does not believe in God. or a future

state, you cannot swear him. What swear

him upon f Is it upon tnc book or the leaf?

lou might as well swear him by a bramble or a coin. The ceremony of kissintr is the

O only external sjmbol by which man seals himself fo the precept, and says "may God so help me as I swear the truth."" He is then .attached to the Divinity upon the condition of telling truth, and expects mercy from Heaven as he performs his undertaking. But tho infidel! by what can you catch his soul, or by what can you hold it? You repulse him from giving evidence for he has no conscience, no hope to cheer him, no punishment to dread."

An aged lady of the interior of the State of New York has been prosecuted for knocking down the village parson.' The Amazonian and the Lacedemonian were engaged in a "free discussion," about the litteral interpretation of the 1st chapt. of Romans, and as they could not agree, they went at it "hammer and tongs." , The Darson was floored, anri

the matron was put in the bilboes. So much

tor ""Jree discussion.1 . . . -

One of the latest publications in Scotland.

is a "Book for the young," called Anecdotes

01 Washington, illustrative ot his courage,

patriotism, piety ana benevolence.