Indiana American, Volume 4, Number 35, Brookville, Franklin County, 26 August 1836 — Page 2

FOREIGN EWS.

IINDIAIVA LiEGISIiATL'KE.

fiow tht JVJrco Yorker. KUTFRX EI ROPE. I.atc advice? from the Mediterranean give coloring to the belief that the Sultan has resalved on a rupture w ith his oldest and firmest nllv, England, notoriously in obedience to the dictation or incited by the intrigues of Russia. The ostensible cause of the difference between the Sublime Porte and the British Envoy is so trival that nothing but a previous and significant coldness nothing less than a conviction that the interests, or at any rate the forces of the two nations are about to come in collision, could have magnified it in

to the occasion of a national quarrel. It np- j pears that a British gentleman residing at Constantinople accidentally w ounded a young Turk while amusing himself at shooting in the vicinity of the Mahomedan metropolis. For this misfortune, he was immediately arrested and treated with every indignity by the populanco. acting under the ec and w ith the implied sanction of the civil authorities. The British Minister has thus far been baffled in bis attempts to procure redress or even apology; and it was presumed at the latest dates that be would have no alternative but to demand bis passports. Such a movement could not fail to be the. precursor of a contest more momentous in its character and probable consequences than any of which the shores of the Mediterranean have been the theatre since the openin-of the 18th Century. If a collision between England and Turkey shall really grow out of this n flair, either now or hereafter, it ran no longer be doubted that the influence of Russia in the Ottoman Councils has become exclusive and irresistible. A w ar with England would never be hazarded bv the Sultan, but with the assurance of prompt and efficient support from the Muscovite legions who now overshadow bis .borders. Hitherto, the influence of England has been generally deemed paramount with the Porte; but the passage of the Balkan, the triumphant encampment of a Russian army at Adrianoplc, and the onerous pecuniary obligations imposed upon Turkey by the peace, have thrown her info the giant arms of the Northern Autocrat. The very terms of the trcatv, and especially of the clause regarding ths navigation of the Dardanelles and the Black Sea, virtually reduced her to

the rank of a province or adjunct of the vast

Muscovite empire. And thus, the flame or

war once lighted on the shores of the Bosphorus. its ravages must extend, not merely to the Nile and the mountains of Thrace, but ultimately to the Black Sea, the Danube, and more rcmotelv to the banks of the Ganges itself. The barbarian hordes of the 'Northern

From the Indiana Journal, Avg. 20. MEMBERS OP THE LEGISLATURE AND Til EI It POLITICS. We present below a complete list of the members elected lo both branches of the General Assembly of Indiana, w ith the exception of one in the county of Fountain who has since deceased. In connection with this list we have ranged each member according to bis known political preference with

re card to his choice of candidates for the

presidency. We also add a list of the old members of the Senate, from all which it w ill

be seen, that upon joint ballot, there will be

a majority of 22 in favor of the people's can

didate lor the Presidency in the next Gen eral Assembly of this Slate. SENATORS ELECTED IX 183G.

COUNTIES.

Knox, Daviess and Martin Lawrence. Greene and Oirm K

Putnam

C. Moore -Thompson

Mr. Dodson

R. W

Daniel Sigler

Vermillion S Sinion Tennan . II arren ) Clinton and Mi . Carroll y Harrison David G. Mitchell

bpen-

Hive,' w ho have so long panted for the possession of Constantinople, now sigh for the richer fields and more alluring spoils of Hindostan. Persia presents but a feeble barrier to their ambition and lust of conquest; and neither the distance nor the difficulties of the route can offer an insuperable impediment to the legions that, pouring from the Caucasas and the shores of the Arctic Ocean, have often battled for the mastery of Europe on the Volga, the Vistula, and the Rhine, and twice planted the victorious standards on the. walls oi Paris, the cipital of the most warlike nation of the age. Wcdo not, indeed, anticipate an immediate collision between the Constitutional monarchies of Western and the despotisms of Eastern Europe 0:1 the plains of Rouinelia. The vital consequences of such a struggle, once commenced, w ill not be rashly hazarded on either side. But recent demonstrations from the Austrian Cabinet fully justify the belief that Prjnce Mettemich is in close alliance with the Autocrat, and equally interested in maintaining the Russian ascendancy in the Councils of the Porte, and preserving in full force the extraordinary stipulation of the last treaty that the Darderu lies shall at all times be inflexibly closed against the enemies of

Russia. The immense advantages which will accure from the latter from this provision, in any future conflict w ith France or England, must be evident at a glance. Not only her commerce but her navy in the Black Sea would enjoy a perfect immunity from danger, while the latter could be in readiness to sweep at any favorable moment the commerce of the Mediterranean to the Straits of Gibraltar, retiring to their covert before a licet in England could approach them. It would be far better for the Western powers to enter upon the contest w ithTuikey the open ally than theunasailable shield of their more formidable enemy. That a conflict must inevitably ensue bewecn the liberal and the despotic powers of Europe is scarcely doubted. That the plains of Turkey rather than those of Germany will le its theatre, seems at this time more than probable. The materials for a commotion are in the east mot abundant. The Pacha of Egypt still retains bis equivocal position,

half subject, halt conqueror of the Porte, and ready to embark in any enterprise, however unjustifiable, Inch promises to add to bis dominons. The conquest and prolonged occupation of Algiers by France, w ith her open avowal that it will never be relinquished to mussulan domina'ion. can never be regarded with complacency by the Porte. The battle of Navarino, and the partial emancipation of Greece.are vet freshly remembered, as nation

al wrongs, to be redressed at the 1st opportunity. If, therefore, the Emperor Nicholas has resolved to seek subsistence and employment for his disciplined hordes, to gratify the hereditary passion of his race by extending his dominions in the East, and at the same time to strike a blow at the resources and the influence of the Liberal States of Western Europe, we shall look for the first demonstrations of his purpose among the crumbling pillars and dilap dated arches of th once formidable Ottoman Empire.

Perm,

cer ana Cravford

Posey 1 Vanderburg A" ll'arriek

.Monroe Johnson .Morgan Hendricks Shrlbu '

Hamilton

Boone

Cass.Miami,

V t niton j Wabash, Jay., Huntingivn and Grant

Elkhart, La

grange, ten-

ben. De halt 4- .Yoble

Dtlawcrc Randolph 5 ( (in

G. B. Thompson

William Casci

P. C. Dunning - . John S. Thompson Grant Stafford -Alexander Little John Walker - B. Cole -Geo. W. Ewing

Mr. Trnsk G. II. Craw ford - Mr. Kennedy Thomas Stanford

Fayette Union Newton Claypool

.S. Joseph, . Ma r-i shall, A'osciusko J. A. and Stark S

Lapotle, Porter, J1-xcton. White, Pulaski

Si,-part of Jasjyer

Ripley llarlholomc

Liston

G. A. Everts

Jennings

Floud Jackson Scott fi'ovne

'I homas Smith

John Vawtcr

James Collins

Isaac IloaIand -

Abner M. Brad berry oi.n MEM HERS.

Sullivan )

ucoigf Doom:

Vigo

and Claif Parke Fountain Tippecanoe. .Montgomery Gibson, Pike and Dubois

Samuel Chambers

Henry Brady Thomas Bell -

Austin M. Putt -John Hamilton - Othniel L. Clark John Beard Thomas C. Stewart

Orange

.Marion Hancock vV .Madison .Men, Wells and Adams Rush Franklin Dearborn Decatur Switzerland Clark Jefferson Washington Wayne

J David H. Colerick Amaziah Morgan -James Conwell -Daniel Plummer -William Fowler -John Dumont Daniel W. Dailv -David Hillis " -Henry W. Hackett William Elliott -

PS P

0 i 8 9

II 12 13

15 10 17 18

19 20 21

23 21

2S 29

REPRESE.TA TIVKS. Dearborn. David Guard - I 1

John P. Dunn Abel C. Pepper

Wayne Lot Bloomfield 3

Joseph Curtis 4

Rich. J. Hubbar.d Nathan Smith

lusn Allied 1 osev t

J. P. Rush - S B. F. Reeve - 9

Parke George K. Steele Joseph A. Wright

Fountain Thos. J. Evans 10

Tiimecanoc. Thos. B. Brown

Mr. Odell - Ill

Henru David Maccy 12

Richard Henderson 13

Fayette Marks Cm me

Caleb B. Smith 11

Union William Watt Wm. H. Bennett

.Marion Austin W. Morris 1 16

Robert Hannah 17,

Shclbu Erasmus Powell I IS

Edward Gird

Hartison John Zenor - I 19

Wm. A. Porter 20

Lawrence Noah Boon - Vincent Williams

Franklin Enoch McCarty 21

RufuS IfflrmrmH

Jrjfeisvi Milton Stapp 23

J. G. Marshall 2-1

John Chambers

11 12

15 16 17 IS

1 -2

3 1

9 10

Clark V 'rmilion Bartholomew Ou.cn Greene Clay Warren and part of Jasper Clinton Carroll .'Von roe Johnson .Morgan ffindricks Hancock Boone Madison Hamilton Allen E'kart Delaware Randolph Ixiporte Decatur

Switzerland Orange. Posey Vandf rburg Warwick Gibson Cass Floyd Jackson Scott Jennings Knox Daviess Mai tin Vigo Sullivan Putnam

Robert Strain John Dcpauw Wm. G. Armstrong! Bejamin Ferguson Lewis Burn - j John Hoobler j John McKinny ; Thos. G. Lee j Delana R Ecklcs j Joseph P. Storm j

J. J. llurton - Daniel Mace -Edwin Winship Albert G. Hannah Mr. Berry James Lusk -Hiram Matthews Thomas Nicholls Thos. D. Walpole Abner H. Longly John II. Cook Wm. Conner -Wm. Rochell John Jackson Mr. Van metre Zachariah Puckett Dr. Maxen James Elder -II. Shook -J. C. Eggleston Joel Vanderveer Robert I). Owen W. T. T. Jones C. Ci Graham Smith Miller -G. N. File h -Henry P. Thornton Wm. Marshall S. S. Heath -E. F. Peabody John Myers -James Breeze -John Rielcy -Thomas dovvling Wm. Wines -Mr. Brigs Mr. Brown -John S. Talbott Isaac Mahan J. M. Cunningham T. M. Curry -Henry Lee -Isaac Sands -Mr. Huckleberry Mason J. Howell

25 26

12 13

14 15 10 17 18 19 20

21 22 23

Du-

Georgc II. Proflilt , 48

I S

Josiah I

John Burk -

.Mcntgomery Crawford Perry

?penar Pike and

bois Huntington, Wells. Joy t Adams Grant und Wabash Lagrange, Steuben, DeKalb .Yoble

Marshall, fCoscituko. and Sork Porter and .Xewton

fl hite, Jasper,

and. Pulaski K

Miami 6,' Fulton William N

St. Joseph T. D. Beard

30 31 21 32 33 25 26 34! 35 27 3C ! 28 ! 29 i 30 ! 31 371 32 33 31 38; . i 3o 30 39 37 40 38 41 39 42 i 40 J 11

43, la

Wines

Thomas Gale

Joel Long Benjamin McCariy

Mr. Nowell

Hood

52 53

MKETIXG AT HROWNSVII.I.K. A public meeting of the citizens of Brownsville and vicinity, held in pursuance of public notice on Saturday the 13th day of August.

IS3G, in the School House, for the purpose of

adopting measures and appointing delegates for the construction of a Canal along the East Fork of the White Water, from Richmond to Brookville. to intersect the White Water Canal at the latter place. The house was called to order by Col. Jesse

Starr, who briefly slated the object of the

meeting, and on motion.

Moved and seconded, James Lamb, Esq. and Wm. H. Bennett,

Esq. were called to the Chair, and Dr. Daniel

Tremble and Wm. Youse appointed Secreta

ries.

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed on behalf of this meeting, to report ten delegates to meet in Convention in Dunlapsville on the 12th of September next. Committee retired for a few moments, then reported the following persons: Wm. II. Bennett, Esq. Wm. Watt, Esq. James Lamb, Esq. Jesse Starr, Esq. Wm. Youse, Thos, K. Hardin, J. F. Chapman Ladus Walling, Ja-

col Imci and Richard Dormtre.

Resolved. That there be a Committee of

five appointed to attend thelnternal Improvement Celebration to be held at Brookville on the 13th of September next, and to present the views of this meeting, and to request their cooperation in support of measures proposed. Whereupon, John Yaryan, Esq. Jesse Starr. Esq. Wm. H. Bennett, Esq, Jacob Imel, Esq. and Wm. Youse were appointed said com

mittee.

Resolved, That a committee of seven be ap

pointed as a corresponding committee by the

chair, who appointed John Yaryan, Esq. Jes

se Starr, Esq. Ladus W ailing, I. 1'. Chapman, Win. Youse, James Boyd fc Henry Evans. Resolved, That the Chairman and Secretaries furnish the different delegates and Committee w ith certifecates of their appointment signed by them. On motion. Also it was Resolved that the proceedings of this meeting be published, and that the Star and Banner, Liberty ; Palladium in Richmond, the Indiana American and People's Friend in Brookville, be requested to

publish the same. hen the

iourned. JAMES LAMB,

Wm. H. BENNETT, Chairmen Danial Tremble, Wm. Youse, Sceritaric.

I'roui the ,Yti Yorker. JJAMvHLPTCV AND FORGERY. Our city was electrified on Saturday last by the Intelligence that Mr. Benjamin Rathbun of Buffalo, a most extensive speculator in real estate in that quarter, builder, owner of steamboats, stores, lines of stages, hotels, &c. &c. had been deterted in a series of stupenduous forgeries, to the amount of something like a million of dollars, and consequently made an assignment of his immense

property for the benefit of his creditors. Later accounts confirm without modif) ing the statement. It now aprcars that Mr. Rathbun has been carrying on an extraordinary

business for years buying largely (and rarc

ped

ul.ri if i. Ir .1;-... i. ,.,.).. ,.;v ... J I

with hislile. Charleston Patriot.

Fight uith the Creeks. On the 24th ulr. an engagement took place near Roanoke between 03 under Captain Calhoun, and 250 or 300 Indians. Five of the whites were killed and fifteen wounded. The Indians most of them escaped (otv.-.rdi Florida. A large force under Gen. Sandford, immediately started in pursuit. On the 25th, 18 miles below Lumpkins Capt. Jerrigan with his command, encarred n body of Indians, killing some 25 or 30witli a loss of three men killed and seven w ounded. Still later accounts show that Gen. J. had"

! pursued the Indians to theirswanips.cn reacli- - 1 I - I A I 1 I" 1 111 '

ins which, inc inuiaus ooiuiv came out of iL

ban-

men, and

swamp and take what they

ly selling) real estate, building to an unprc

1 t . .! 1 C

M.,.i. tu,-,u,, swamp, cursed Jengan and his Iroons

' b ............... .... .v itercd ttiein lo snow themselves ing, or causing to be forged, the names j;of come ih(o (Iu, swamp and (a,.c

he mosi respeciau.e una weaiu.y citizens oi .cd a fair ,ght. No soonersaid than done

uuu.uu.uiu me iieignooimg ioi.s as eouoi -. nto thcswamp went Jerigan and lii mtn.anj era of his paper. A great part of this forged ,;tt u lhe. wt.jU ow ,J; 11)R ficht

paper nas ueen imposed oi i ruinous raics , , t (o,d , t i b . . .

J O "' degree by the result.

g them rumor places the United States' tu.ir number were found bv Jengan to have , tlie Palerson Bank, and the Bank ofjfaIclu h is roportcd that there were nrob-

oiy as many more laic

ins been disposed of at ruinous

to brokers of tins city and Buffalo, but man v banks are also among"- the sufferers, and!

among them

Bank

aanuusuy, Uhio. Jt is said that, with a

recklessness utterly unacountable, about 100,000 of this forged paper had been passed off at Buffalo, under the very eves of the men wl os 1'anies were forged. The discovery is said to have been made through the instrumentality of Hon. David E. Evans, who, in passing through Philadelphia, learned cassuallv that the U. S. Bank held about 100.000 of Rithbun's paper w ith his name attached as an endorser. He proceeded immediately to Bulla I o and informed Mr. Rathbun of the discovery, advising him to make an immediate assignment of his property for the benefit of his creditors, which he accordingly did, and five of the most eminent citizens of Buffalo were appointed his assignees. That he did not save himself from personal difficulty by immediate flight seems to us unaccountable, yet such is the fact; but he seems to have been stupiricd by the shock; and on Wednesday evening of last week his brother and principle agent, Lyman Rathbun, was arrested, and he himself at 2 o'clock on the following morning. We do not learn that he made any attempts to elude the officers of justice, though his brother did. A nephew who had also participated in the forgeries has not been secured. 5lr. Rathbun has been for years at the head of the various operations which have secured to Buffalo such a rapid growth and unexampled prosperity. At the time of his failure, he had just laid the foundation of a splendid "Buffalo Exchange," was building largely besides in Buffalo, and also at Niagara Falls. No less than twelve hundred men were at that moment in his employ, together with three hundred teams. It is estimated that the amount of his liabilities cannot be less than two millions, and it is hoped that his properly will be sufficient to discharge them, there U reason to fear, however, that the disastrous termination of Mr. R.rs career

will have the effect of depressing the value of

real estate in Buffalo, for the present, at

least, and that the creditors may therefore

prove serious suflerers. We have seen a suggestion for the formation of a joint stock company to purchase the entire property, the

creditors taking shares to the amount of their

claims respectively. It strikes us that this is

the most judicious expedient that could be devised. We trust that, in any event, no material or permanent evil will result to the thrifty and enterprising City of the Lakes. M;.y w e not hope that the fate of Rathbun will speak a warning to the thousands who

are now running the wild c areer of specula

tion, and disregarding every thing else in the engrossing pursuit of w ealth? An individual possessing an abundant competence, prosperous in all his dealings, and rising rapidly and surely to aflluence, is seized with the prevailinu mania, and, in his anxiety to be foremost

in every thing, to heap up, to monopolize, he is led to the commission of crimes which mu6t have cost him years of sleepless wretchedness, now followed by the loss of every thing desirable, and a consignment lo the loathsome

dungeon of a felon, with an incurable blight

tllT ic I . i .ill' . . . . rr

'i o cm, mult,- i.iut n inisoiiers. I It

Indians were, at our last accounts, still in the swamp; and (Jen. Sanford's force had arrived soon after the battle. Capt. Je:ians los is staled to be five or six killed and eleven wounded. Express. Gen. Sanford lias taken the command of the Georgia forces in person, and it is said intends to pursue the Indians to the South Kevrs of Florida, or overtake them. Extract oi's letter dated QeixcEY Florida, July 30. An express passed through here yesterday morning to the Governor. The Creek war is not yet over; the Indians have done more damage during the last two weeks than thev have during the whole campaign. Our men had three battles with them on Monday and Tuesday in the Chitohatchie swamp, nrd were routed , villi considerable loss. The Governor has ordered out the Florida militia; they aie to go to Tallehassee to-morrow, from thence they will try and head them off Tublich health is good.litlle or no fever in Gadsden city. There will be little cotton the rains

having destroyed the

crops

Cincinnati, Aug. 19th, 1S36 Gen. Harrison left this city two or three days ago for the purpose of making a shM visit to his relatives in Virginia. lie wit also spend a few days at the White Sulphur Springs, in that State, where, we understand, a large number of the letters have accumulated to bis direction, his intention to visit that place having been known among his intimate friends for several w eeks. The General is in fine health and spirits, and we do not doubt that his old friends in Virginia will be both surprised and gratified to see him look so well. Cin. Whiz.

Ne;ko Revolt at Havana. The Providence Courier publishes the following extract of a letter dated, Havana, July 19. uYcs(erday afternoon, there was a revolt among the negroes outside of the wall. They fired a Wax Manufactory, and killed a corporal of the army. They were attacked by the cavalry, and were soon put to fight; six negroes being killed, and ten taken pris oners, who will be garroted in a few daysA skirmish also look place between six high way robbers and a party of soldiers, about twenty miles from this city, which resulted in the capture of four of the robbers. One soldier was badly wounded. The prisoners were brought here, and will be served the same as the negroes."

Arkansas. Col. James S. Conway and Col. A. S. Walker are both candidates for Governer in this Slate friendly lo Mr. Van Buren. Absalom Fowler is supported by the White party, so far as National polafics have entered into the canvass. Hon. A. II. Sevier has been crowded oil the congressional course, bu t is expected to be one of the U. S Senators from the Stale. The only candidates for Congress now in the field are Hon. Archibald Yell, Van Buren, and William

on his forehead! Surely, our youngmen wi -iuiimms, Esq. (Y hilc.)-jW Yorker.

not fail to profit by so striking a lesson.

TUB SOUTH-WEST.

From the Frontier. The steamer Caspian

arrived last night and brings a contradiction

that Gen. Gaines had crossed Ihc Sabine; he was still at the encampment on the side of the

river. i ne reports on me nigiit oi tut

zzjasnc was run into ny the steamer Juogan.

six milesnbove Alexandri the L. sunkimme diately. with a cargo of corn; no lives lost Mr.? Dinitry, a passenger on board the Cas

pian, w as missed on the Votli inst. and it was

supposed that he had jumped overboard on

the previous evening, and was lost. The unfortuneatc gentleman n as believed to have been laboring undr a-fit of temporary derangement. JVetP Orleans Bee. Cope Florida Light House burnt by the Indians. The brig Catharine, Capt. Jove, arri

ved here this forenoon from Havana. Capt. J. states that the schooner Whaie arrived at Havanna 29th ult. by which the American Consul at that place had ascertained that the Light House at Cape Florida was burned by the Indians, a notice of which he published

at Havana. Capt. J. w as also inlbrmed by

the captain of the Whale, that a negro was killed at the Light House by the Indians, and

meeting ad-j the keeper made a most miraculous escape by

A Futenply Card. It. C. Langdon, Esq. who has just established himself as (he proprietor of an extensive Hotel at Lawrenccburg. Ind. has issued the following card: Bicknell's Rrpoiter. To Editors of Newspapers. Arc. One of your corps, it will be seen by the above notice, has ceased his wonted vocation for a season, and assumed another: from an editor'he is metamo' phoscd to a Boniface. Instead of catering for the mental tastes o'.

old li.'erary friends, be is about to cut and

carve for the corporeal palates of new ones.

in epicurean style. Should any of you chance

to pass this w av, no matter oi what political

creed, you w ill be sure of a cordial reception

and a hearty welcome, scot free, and truly happy w ill he be to greet any of his former

brcthern of the toilsome art.

Respectfully, &c. R. C. LANGDON.

and holding on

the lightning rod, while the building was burning, the Indians shooting at him while in

j that position, and wounding him in the foot. A Revenue Cutter hove in sight at the time,

The Richmond Whig thinks that Kentoh go down in Missouri, when the people find hf ,s down at Washington. We can tell the V b that Benton is already below par his hold on tlif peo le is lost his credit is flat h" is completely used up and, in all probability, wiil never reside amonrroux neonle ac-ain. What will old irg'.u1

give for him, 3Ir. big.' St. Louis Rep.

A Utilitarian furnishes a brother Editor tin' following: "Flow to use Santa Anna to the best advantage. Cage him. bring hi'u to tbe Lnite Slates, and exhibit him as you would another 1 1ger, and devote tbe proceeds to the relief of tae Texians."