Indiana American, Volume 4, Number 24, Brookville, Franklin County, 10 June 1836 — Page 1

gy C. F. CL AKKSOX.

SEWS OF TIIE WEEK. From the C'entreville Advocate. WHITE WATER CANAL. Through the politeness of Gen. E. Long, nC of the members of the State Board of Internal Improvements, we are enabled to Uy before our readers a communication on the subject of the White Water Canal, in the rlv commencement and construction of which the people of this section of the State ,re to deeply interested. The friends of improvement will be pleased to learn from such a source that the Superintendent has prevailed upon the State Board to assent to the immediate location of the whole line, as far up the White Water Valley as the same may be found practicable, inJthathe has so promptly determined to keep the corps of Engineers under his command, in the field until the same is finished, md that consequently we may confidently apect the whole location to be permanently completed the present season. By this means the contemplated improvements along the line will be, we think, greatly facilitated, IJIC9 IVI j .tviJVU J IIO Willi 'inn f,r marhinPrV nVI!AnnH rnnrne n rA luges rise up, and a market for our produce be created at once, first by the consumption of the laborers employed at the work, and forever after its completion at the warehouses md depots to be established on the bank of tic Canal. Salisbury, May 28, 1336. Dear Sir: You are, no doubt, apprized of the rreit anxiety of the citizens in the vicinity of the propoied White Water Canal, to have the line of theiame permanently located as soon as convenient; and believing, a I do, that you are at all timti anxious to give the citizens any iiiformotion ia your power, I have taken the earliest opportunity to inform you that the Beard of Internal Improvment at their recent meeting at Indianapolis, pre me permission, after completing the location of that part of the Canal ordered first to be put anier contract that is South, or below the first fettt dam aoove JJrookviIIe, to cause the line of Canal to be re-surveyed with a view of permanently locitinj as far North as practicable, as soon as toiiible. The party of Engineers that is engaged itb me, will probably complete the location that they are now engaged in, in less than four weeks, and rill immediately commence North. I have ataanbt of the propriety of locating all of the Public Works as soon as practicable. We shall not able to get the services of competent Engineers atnlaries as low as was expected. This is caused If tue whole country being engaged in Public U'urlcs at the same time, and the scarcity of experienced Engineers in our country. I have no intimation from the Fund Commissioners worth your attention, when any thing is received you Wl Lear from me. Very respectfully. E. LONG. 8. C. Meredith. The Albany Microscope publishes the names ol delinquent subscribers, advertisers, fcc. under the head of"Black List," to which is prefixed place representing a poor fellow oa his knees praying to Old Nick, who is about to toss him with a pitchfork into his fierr regions. This, though a novel, may be an efficacious mode of collecting debts for, certainly the man who would cheat a printer, must have too little conscience for any other Place than that intimated by the plate of the Microscope.-fiaft. Chronicle. State Bank of Indiana.--The safe nourishing prospect of this institution and mar juagea, Iroin the declaration of Dividend 19 1st May, recently made. The Branches at Madison and Richmond each divided 5 per cent, for the last 6 months. Each of the other Branches, except e Fort Wayne Branch, divided 4 per cent. rsame time. In addition to the Dividend, Je sum of forty-five thousand and twentytte dollars, 83-100 was added to the surplus making the whole of the surplns fund Bank eighty-one thousand two hundred wd three dollars, eighteen cents. towards which sum, the whole of the prom!lthlFort Wa'ne Branch for the first six JM38G71, appropriated, after example of the original Branches. Jo addition to the other means of the Instifartjthe 8pccie on hand is one miI,in an 7 dollars, eighteen cents. It was not "eemed expedient, at this time to locate or orgniZe the 12th Branch. forf. Jour. BC?ffr Scratcfu,s White lead, prepared "oil for painting, well put on with a brush. ,le application generally produces a cure. Spanish Etiquette Philip the third was 5fTveated b t'e fire-side; the fire-maker J tbe Court had kindled so great a quantity tatT t,mt the monarch was nearly sullolufF T'11 leat' and k"ls grandeur would not r him to rise from the chair; the domes- ' could not presume to enter the appartw , Lecause it was against the etiquette. and tKSi? the MarIuis de I,otat appeared, butt, g ordered him to damp the fires; forhlieXCUied himseIf alleging that he waj fun i- by the et5quette lo perform such a to b ,.fr Which the Dl,ke d'Uascla ought Th'n ! uPoniasit was hs business. CJ" Uuke was gone out; the fire burnt fierderor the tinS endured it, rather than hea(SlC frm his diSnitJ' But his was the h SUch a degree that an erysipelas in ceedTi KPpeared the ncxt daJ which, suclsoi y. a vio,eat fever, carried him off in -l the 51th year of his age. hotn . -was once on nre? a soldier, ment , 16 KIn5 s s,ster was n her nppart-

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ed in a few moments by the flames; nt the risk of his :ife, rushed in, and brought her highness sate out in his arms; but the Spanish etiquette was here wofully broken into. The royal soldier was bro-ight to trial, and as it was impossible to deny that he had entered her appartment. the judges condemned him to die. The Spanish Princess, however, condescended, in consideration of the circumstances, to pardon the soldier, and very benevolently saved his life. D israeli. "The Pittsburg Gazette." which has for the last 6 months strongly opposed Gen. Harmon as a candidate for the Presidency and advoca-j ted the claims ot JUr. Webster, has shifted its topsails and now supports Harrison and Granger. "Little boy," said a religious old lady to a ragged and dirty beggar in the street, were vou ever confirmed i" "No marm," replied he, "but I was vaccinated once!" A wag once said to a cousin of his, "Cousin Jeff, what relationship exists between me and your aunt Dorothy V "None at all," replied the latter. "Yes there is, rejoined the first speaker "she is one of my Ancestors." Aunts' sisters. The Raleigh Register, speaking of an individual whose attachment to the chief of his party was entire, and unquestionable, says, 44 Hits is what we call whole-hog, ham, shoulder and middling jole, souci and sausage tail, liver and lights!" We yesterday saw a letter from an officer of the Texian army to his friend in this city, which states, that the two field pieces with which General Houston mowed down such quantities of the Mexicans in his late glorious battle, were the identical pieces of ordinance presented to the Texiaris by the citizens of Cincinnati, a short time since, and which were sent to them in chargeof Mr. Win. Oglevie. It will doubtless be recollected that the Texians had but two pieces of cannon in the action. This efficient aid by our citizens, was therefore the chief instrument, most probably in producing the brilliant result, at which the whole United States are now rejoicing Cin. Whig. Gs. Scott. A letter from Tallahassee, pub lished in the Savannah Georgian, savs: "The community is dreadfully incensed against Gen. Scott, for leaving us in a worse position than we were before he came into the country, and nothing will appease the citizens short of a strict examination by the Government into General Scott's management of the campaign. I will send my family hence by the first vessel. as 1 CO not consiucr any pari ui uie teriiiury safe." Troop Jor Georgia. Three companies of in fantry sailed yesterday for Charleston, in the Cy rus Butler, they will oe joined oy a company irom the fort at Baltimore. 1 he officers accompanying this detachment were Major Pearce, Major Whiting. Capt. Brown, Capt. Ross. Lieute. Searles, Stokes, and Roberts, the latter acting as Adjutant; Elwes was the surgeon. Book for the Blind. At a respectable meeting of the citizens at Clinton Hall, Monday eveuing. Mr. Gallatin in the chair, and Ur. Proudfit, Secrotarv. It was resolved to raise 10,(XK by sub scription for the purchase of suitable books (printed in raised characters) lor me instruction oi me blind throughout the United Mates. JVcw J'orJfc Star. Sac kef s Harbor. We are happy to hear that this substantial villiage on Lake untario is ii emerging from the comparative obscurity under which it has lor sometime resieu, uu uaii( .--with the most thriving of our Lake ports. Six fina ..linnnpra hive been launched there the present soring while the whole number of vessels which regard its harbor as meir nome cuiibh w . more hnstlinir air of importance than when Chauncev's fleet was wont to sail thence in quest of the enemy, or Veotowave me urmsu w defiance just beyond the range of our batteries. Sacket s Harbor now contains nmeuij Band as many other stores, three rorwaroing uouac. three churches, three hotels, a Bank, and about 2,000 inhabitants. Its harbor was clear of ice be fore the end ol April, and us ousmesa taig.j ceeds that of former years. Its location, oeiweei. the waters of Black River bay on the East, and Henderson Bav on the West, is mgbiy ravorao c and its reputation as one of the best, if not tne very best, harbor on Lake Ontario, will do much for its future prosperity. Add to these, the prospect of the termination of the Black River Cana and the Rome Railroad at or near this point, and b cannot wonder that the attention oi caPiuu and men of enterprise is strongly araciu erward. Let these works be construcieu, mu o wciro will have a formidable, though we trust a generous and amicable rival -JVeto Yorker. A person belonging to Fairhaven was taken off from a fish car floating in me oaj, ternoon, by Capt. Swift of the Falmouth packet. He had been in the waier wr lw" been capsized in a Doai, near . - squall. JV. Bedford Mer. Increase of Population.-The New York Her ald of the 18th inst. says, "within me past iuuy., up to 4 o'clock P. M. or aionoay, arrived in that city. Gen. Santa Anna, in his despatches hjcJw publish in to-days paper, says - - remain as a prisoner of war in the hands of the " .. .li:.: i W .nnnnll! if Gen. enemy." mow oo,.B -"- r,,,' throutrb Houston should conduce lu Fu - - -. h.d of his distinguished prisoner, the conde scending Mexican General will write, "I have resolved to be shot." Cin. Rep. - inn vo .;i;a in Europe; there 1 nere was on - - , , t are v... fcx.. H.mhnrir. nremeu, u""-! . r. . wk;K has iust su mbed to Russian domination, would have made cu a fifth. . .vi-.j.. innm.li at Paris, foolishly the grasping mbitioa of Russia and tw U. S.

COUNTRY OUR COUNTRY'S INTEREST AND OUR

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD. An extra meeting of the State Board of Internal Improvement was held at Indianapolis on the 25th inst. pursuant to a call by the President. Present H. Maxwell, President. Messrs. Woodburn, Long, Blake, Johnson, and Bell, members. We understand the principal object of the meeting was to modify the tariff of prices to be paid to Engineers, as it has been ascertained that the rates fixed by the Board at its first meet i no- were found to be inadequate to induce competent men to enter the service of the State. Gen. Clendenin, a member of the Board, and Mr. Williams, Principal Engineer on Canals, had been authorized to procure a competent Principal Engineer, on Rail ways and roads, and in discharge of that duty has gone to the East, hut in consequence of the limitation of the salary, have thus far failed in me oDject ot their mission. We are happy to learn, that the Board have taken off the restriction, and that the State has the prospect of availing herself of the service of a gentleman as Principal Rail Road Engineer, of established and distinguished reputation. Indiana Bern. The Supreme and District Courts are now in Session. Charles H. Dewey, Esq. has been appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. S. C. Stevens. A better appointment could not have been made. We cannot look upon the acceptance of Mr. Dewey in any other light than as a sacrifice of private interest to the public good. Ind. Dem. STEAM BOAT RACE. On Monday evening last a race was run by the steam boats Swiftsure and Pittsburgh, from the town of MadiKon to a point about six miles below Lawrenceburgh, where the latter was broken and sunk. The conduct of the officers of said boats was truly reprehensible. Several times the boats came together, with auch violence as to endanger the lives and property of all on board, and in such a manner as to render manifest the design of each if possible to sink the other. The danger apprehended from such imprudence prevented a majority of the passengers from retiring until after 13o clock At about one o clock, and while the rain was fast falling, and total darkness seemed to cover the face of the deep, the boots again came together with such force as to throw some of the passengers en iireiy out oi meir oerms, and in a moment it was discovered that the boat was sinking. The danger to which all were exposed. 1 he terror and alarm that prevaded all hearts. The shrieks of the ladies and the scretnes of the children rendered the scene awfully gloomy. One or two deck passengers were missing. The officers of the Pittsburgh denied that it was the -Swiftsure that did the injury but the passengers generally believe it was. The loss of cargo not known. A Passenger. The Ikon Market. Iron and Nails have advanced within a few days at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati a half cent per jtound, which is the third raise since the early part of last December, and from the complete exhaustation of the stocks of iron throughout the whole of the Western states, and the continued demand for the article, it must be scarce for a year or eighteen months to come, until new furnaces and forges can be erected. Fig Metal has advanced during the same tune. about $JO per ton. Hollow Ware, as well as all other kinds of Cas tings, have also risen in price. Nails, wholesale, lOd to 30d,7ic.;8dic.:6d 8c; 4d 9c. Bar Iron will command briskly, by wholesale. 6lc per lb. Small Hollow Ware, 2jc per lb. and handage. Sugar Kettles, 34c per pound. Cin. Gazette. Anecdote, of the Battle of Acio Orleans. A daring Tennesscean, with a blanket tied around him and a hat of enormous breadth, who seemed to be 4fighting on his own hook,' disdaining to raise his rifle over the bank of earth, to Fire in safety to his person, like his more wary fellow soldiers, chose to spring, everyr time he tired, upon the breast work, where, balancing himself, he would bring his rifle to his check, throw back his broad brim, take sight and fire, while the enemy were advancing to the attack, as deliberately as though shooting at a herd of deer; then leapng down on the other side, he would reload, mount the works, cock his beaver, take aim, and crack again. 4This he did,1 said an En glish officer, who was taken prisoner by him, and laughingly related it as a good anecdote, to Captain D. my informant above allu ded to, tivc times in rapid succession, as I advanced at the head of my company, and though the grape whistled through the air over our heads, for the life of me I could not help smiling at hisgrotesquc demi-savage, de-mi-quaker figure, as he threw up the broad flap of his castor to obtain a fair sight deliberately raised his rifle shut his left eye, and blazed away upon us. I believe he brought down one of my men at every shot.' As the British resolutely advanced, though columns fell like the fall of grain before the sickle at the fire of the Ameiicans, the same officer at the head of his brave grenadiers amid the rolling fire of musketry from the lines of his unseen foes, undaunted and untouched. "Advance, my men !" he shouted, as he reached the edge of the fosee, 'follow me!' and, sword in hand, he leaped the ditch, and turning amidst the roar and flame of a hundred muskets to encourage his men, beheld to his surprise but one single man of his company upon his feet; more than fifty brave fel.J a II .lis , lows whom he had so gaiianuy iea on to tne attack, having been shot down. As he was about to leap from his dangerous situation, his sword was shivered in his grasp by a rifle ball, and at the same instant the daring Tennessean sprang upon the parapet, and levelled his deadly weapon athis breast, calmly observing, 'Surrender, stranger or I may perferate ye !' 'Chagrined,' said the ofSceratthe close of his recital, 1 wascompeiiea toaciiver 10 me doio fellow my mutilated sword, and pass over into the American line.' The South Wast by a Yankee.

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MORAL. From the New York Mirror. THE BIBLE. This is the ladder whereby man may climb to Heaven. And yet we need not ransack the Indies to cniich ourselves with it, nor venture shipwreck to bring it home. We need not sell lands and houses to purchase it, nor run the hazard of swords and fire to secure it. It is a thing to be had, always within call, ever at hand, and portable no burden in a journey, no load in a voyage. We may car ry it wherever we go; when at home or abroad; and even in the stillness of night, we may dwell upon it with holy contemplation, as did the ancient patriarch of his dream of angels ascending and descending. THE SACRED WRITINGS. One prophet speaks to us like an orator, another like a logician. One endeavors by his eloquence to charm us, and another by his clear reasoning to convince our minds. One threatens and another promises. Here we have presented to our eyes a spectre of divine love, and there our ears are arrested by the shrill voice of the warning trumpet. We now hear a voice from Ebal, and now a voice from Gerizim. One herald of salvation points up to the smoke of the torment that ascendeth up for ever and ever, and another with the tender accents of a savior's love, cries out, "Turn ye, turn ye, why will you die?" THE BIOLE PRECIOUS. Some men neglect the bible, as others neglect a valuable picture. It is thrown by and buried as dust of the rubbish. But when carefully examined, it will prove to be a costly original, done by a superior hand n greater than Rubens, Raphael or Michcal Angelo. While neglected and sullied it seemed worthless-, it appears now of extraordinary value. Its curious lines appear, the strokes of a Great Master's hand are seen, more and more admirable lineaments are discovered and the soul is nt last enamoured at the contemplation. THE SOU I.. The atheist laughs at the immortality of the soul the soul, that can build her nest among the stars of heaven, walk through yon der mansions and taste of the rivers that make glad the city of God: the soul that can wing her way above ttic clouds, and survey the crowns .ind sceptres laid up for those who here despise the world, ind have their con versation in heaven: while the body is in an guUh, and when the fierce winds of worldly tribulation rage around her, she can rejoice in Hun who is her all in all. TEMPO RIAL JOYS. It is with our worldly comforts, as it was with the original pleasure of paradise, some are for food and some are for trial. God has thought fit therefore, to limit the use of these terrestrial felicities and to signify in his word that his intent in giving them is, that they shall be our servants, not our masters advantages to us and not hindrances, in admiring and adorning the immense goodness and bounty of our father who is in heaven. THE LOVE OF CHRIST. It passelh knowledge. It mocks all efforts at description. We cannot reach it with our colors, but like Timanthes, when unable to depict the countenance of Iphigenia's father he drew a veil over it, we shrink from an effort that must be ineffectual. It is a love that has no type on earth. We see it glittering on the mount of God, and it leaves us the vale below gazing at it, as a thing to which mortality can show no resemblance. CONSIDERATION. It is With consideration as it is with microscopes and magnifying glasses. Sin that looked but a faint red before, through this glass appears all scarlet. God's laws, which we before regarded as mere human injunctions, through this glass appear eo beautiful, so rational, so wise, so wonderful, so suited to an intelligent nature, that with David we are compelled to cry out, "O how I love thy law, it U my meditation all the day." THE EXODUS OF ISRAEL. Heaven bowed to the ancient people of the Lord, and under its protection they went as under a canopy of state; and they might, with greater reason than the Sultan, challenge that lofty title, The shadow of God, or with the Persian Emperors, have styled themselves, Kinsmen of the Stars. Their eyes see miracles almost every day, and with their daily bread they received daily prodigies. LIFE A FRAGMENT. Men generally live the reverse of God's designs and intentions, and instead of using their visible blessings in order to secure a greater end, they make that their home which was intended only for their inn, and are for erecting tabernacles to dwell there, which God designed only as a thoroughfare. CONSCIENCE. Judas droops, though his purse is full of mo ney ; and Cam. though he is master of a spa cious territory is almost driven todespaii BEAUTY OF HOLINESS. There is such loveliness in the way of God, notwithstanding some discouragements in ap proaching it, that whoever is tempted once to lift the veil, and see what is behind it; to remove the sackcloth and ashes, and see what is beneath; to open the iron gate, and view the p-olden treasures that are within ; to unlock the cabinet and see the jewels there he would beyond a doubt, be ravished with the sight, and not stay an hoar longer in the chambers of death-

VOL. IV.. No. 34.

CONGRESSIONAL. Washington, May 25, 1836. Thursday Evening. Another war broke out in the House this morning, soon after the doors were opened. Pinckney's Resolution was the cause of the excitement which came up in course. Robertson of Virginia, was entitled to the floor, and finished his speech in opposition to the Report and Resolutions of the Select Committee. Mr. Roberfson finished, and Adams and Towns of Georgia, took the floor, the former solisitous to make a few remarks upon the Report, & the latter expressing a wish to move the Previous Question. The Speaker's eyes it seemed fell upon the Georgian first, and of course, he was entitled to the floor. The Previous Question was therefore, put. Business, however, proceeded no faster than the motion of a snail upon the earth. A half hundred questions of order were forthwith thrust upon the House, each of them more or less important, and all of them of great interest in establishing the Rules of the House. Mr. Adams, upon one of the questions of order, and making a few remarks, which he thought not out of order, was called to order, by some one of the collar men. Mr. Adarrs was c ompelled to submit, after asking in a voice of thunder, whether or not, he u-as to be gogged. The House decided against him the "main question was put. A discussion of the question was called upon the first resolution, accompanying Mr. Pinckney's Report, which had reference to the right of interference in Slave property on the part of the non-slave holding states. The yeas and nays were ordered. Several members refused to vote. A new war sprung up. The members refused, confisting of Glascock, Thompson, Thompson and wise, were called upon for reasons for not voting. The Rules of the House insisted upon "special reasons. Adams clung to the letter to the bond itself. More disorder arose, and one o'clock ended the new war for the day, the House resolving itself into a committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, for the consideration of a Bill granting rations to the sufferers from the Indian wars. The discussion upon this Bill continued from one o'clock until near seven. The House was on the Committee of the Whole in the Union of course the doors were thrown wide open for the introduction of every thing that had been was or might be hereafter twenty members spoke upon the question, and twenty more were probably ready to speak when the qucstiou was taken. Adams made a speech of more than an hour, which I did not hear. I am in hopes to see it in print, however all who heard it to be a masterly effort of talent and a great display of learning. His subject was our affairs of Tex as and Mexico. Wise followed in reply, in a bold South ern speech which exhibited his usual power of energy and eloquence. His picture of (he Administration in regard to their treafmentof the Indians, was worthy the highest charac ter of our best men. The Bill passed. Washington, May 26th. 183G. More about Abolition. Between ten and eleven o'clock this morning, ai I entered the House, cries of order! order!! ORDER!!! were heard in all directions. The yeas and nays were being taken. The name of Francis Uranger, l louna, upon enquiring, nnu . hi r . i J 4 t iust been caiiea. jur. granger nau mm-u the floor upon a point ot order ana to asK a question having directed reference to thesub- . ... . i . t m i ect immediately before the House. tne Administration party like a hundred bull dogs commenced growling, barking, and biting. By dint of strong lungs, well practiced for the occasion, they succeeded in putting the question of order somewhere in the dark. The call then proceeded upon the third resolution in the Report, which maintains that Congress ought not to legislate upon Slave property in the District ot Columbia, ine result was 122 ays, and 45 nays, and of course the resolution passed. At the conclusion ol the call, the name of Henry A. Wise was rung through the Hall. Wise was in his scat, and taking the floor said that he wished to have t understood that now, as upon yesterday, nc did not ask to be excused from voting, but that he positively refused to vole. The ncxt resolution made it necessary to refer all memorials praying for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia, to the Select Committee, chosen for the purpose of considering all matters touching the subject of Slavery. The yeas and navs were ordered ion this as upon prior resolutions, a nc clerk called the name ol the x-rresiaent who stands first upon the list. Mr. Adams arose in his place and said that he considered the resolution wholly unconstitutional, and therefore would not vote. The call, however, proceeded, and like the other resolution was carried by a large majority. In my letter of yesterday, I believe, I in formed you that four members refused to vote, upon the first resolutions accompanying Mr. Pinckney's Report, declaring that Con gress had no power to interlere wun oiavery in the Slave-holding States. Messrs. Wise, Thompson, GlascocK, and Robertson were the members, and again, mr. Auams, iu-uoj, making five members who refused to give in their names. The Resolutions disposed of, the Members refusing to .vote were taken iuto custody by