Indiana American, Volume 5, Number 2, Brookville, Franklin County, 6 January 1837 — Page 1

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TERMS OK riJK AMRRICAV. i' in advance f.!! in six months; or ,00 et the expiration of the yeir. Tlu EJitoir vviil disc.iiitiiiud ' Mibscription at his option. Advertisements. Twelve iiiit-.ori'ess, will be inserted mice or three times, for one dollar, and 25 c-tni "'ill be charged foreah additional insertion ri.'ULlC DOCUMEN TS CON D EN SEI). ? Report of the Sec k eta uy of tie Navy. It appears by the Kocretary's reort that there h:ive Ik on complete J wiihi: the past Tear one frigate of the first class, aid one of Hie second, two brigs, two harks, ai$ a store, ship; all of which excepting the iigale of the first class constitute the exjiloi i jg squadron, la addition to these a strain vissel has been nearly completed, and labor liis been resumed on the immense fabric k of the ship of the line, Pennsylvania. The shiis of the line North Carolina, razee Independence, sloops , Falmouth, Fairfield, Nattliez and Grampus have been repaired and equipped far sea, the first named destined for the Pacific, to supply the place of the returning squadron from that station. The ships of the line Delaware, Columbus and Oliiok are in dry dock undergoing repairs. I Daring the last year small squadrons have been actively employed on the followin stations, viz: in the .Mediterranean In til: West ladies on the coast of Brazil In the Pacific and in the East Indies, which hive a'dorded all the aid to American commerce that their means would permit. To meet apprehended dapgnr from the war between Mexico and T-.a an unusually large number of vessel- were employed in tiie Gulf of Mexico and ihu West indies, and a still greater number, the Secretary thinks is )et needed. The Secretary complain'; of great difficulty ia prcuring the requisite number of seams 1 for the demands of the serviecand renews his former recomme.idatiots of the passive of a law authorizing the enlistment of boys. The Siuth sea Expedition will re quire a force of about five hundred seamen, of winch number only two hundred have yet been enlisted, anJ although the preparations for the departure of the expedition are nearly ccmpleted, a considerable time it is feared, will elapse before the vessels can be sup ',1. l I- r mi piiea wuii ineir compliment ci men. inese matters occupy the first part of the report, the ballauce is taken up with subjects of no great interest to the general reader. POST MASTER GENERAL'S REPORT One distinguishing feature of this report, and winch deserves to be specially noticed in these days of official garrulity, is its brcv it v. In comparison with the enormous com unifications of the Secretaries of War and the Treasury, it u as a mole-hill to a moun l.iin. From this report wc learn that the number of Post Office in the U. States on the 1st J ily 1S35 was 10.770; on the 1st July, 1S3G, 11,031: aad on the 1st December of the preient year 11,100. The rate of the annu al transportation of the mail is estimated at 29,000,000 of miles. In a financial point of view, the department has been steadily advancing to a state of sol vency ever since iU wounds were probed ant its complete re-orginizalion effected through the admirable skill and untiring industry of Thoma Ewing. it cannot be denied, how ever, if we can give any credence to the re ports emanating from the P. M. General, that the monetary concerns of the department hava been willfully and appropriately managed by Mr. j Kendall. The avails of the department, tp to the 1st July hst, amouat to the sun of 1,231,025 82 dues, up to the same period, 612,783 81 leaving a hal mce in fivour of the department of .$011,812 01. 'Ibis result in comparison witn the preceding year shows an increase of the revenue of ttbout 16 per cent. For salVty, however, hcjassumes, that in 1837 and thu succeeding ye;V, 15 per cent, will be the stalird, which will exhibit in I83S an aggregate of $3,00222. In anticipation of t!i;s progressive increase of the means of the department, Mr. lendall judiciously recommends a revision jf the present rates of post age, to take effect on the 1st of July, 1S37, with a view to a reduction of about 20 per cent. In lieu of he present he propose the snowing scale: 75 miles and jnde , - -15'J miles and over 75, 300 miles andover 150, GOO miles andover 300, - Over C0C miles. - - - 5 cents. - 10 do - 15 do - 20 do 25 do He likewise recommends graduating the postage on new.papers according to the size ana weigut of the matter to be conveyed Ibis would be just and to country new?pa perj peculiarly icceptablo, as it would be the means of driving out of the country a great mmy worthies; eastern publications, whose unet recommeidation is their immense size, but owing to c:rtain peculiar circumstances, well understoot among the printers but not b.v the public renerally, are published cheafpr t.iau western country newspapers. -U any other jecommc:ndationsuf equal ulil7 are made by the Post Master, which deserve the attention of Congress and the counwe "3ve not room to notice them at 11)13 "tpe JVeslcm St-ir. OIiT OP THE SECRETARY OF WAR. j-tiis is u document of great length, drawn

mlo,nej General Bmler, the ad intenum Secretary of War. Fro,,, a hasty pern! of ,t we collect the following facts and suctions: The regular army of the Uni,!l r to,Sf 048 commissioned officer, nn.i 4,,io non-commissioned officers ";-"San'! P"vates-making an aggregate ot ,bS. l hs w the legal strength of the -my when full; but at Jrescnt the whole n ?FC? .d"es not amo'-t t more than uLo, ot which not more than 4,282, were by the latest returns, fit for service. This Iorce is divided between he eastern rnd westein departments, the former under the command ol Gen. Scott and the latter under n lir A i 4. - Y' Jn the eastern department there are thirty nosts arrU..! sent by about 1,100 men. The wr ,t, .'. Z1 Ti , lWCnt-V I,OSts gar"oned o ut that number wp r,,.-. ;.,,. ii,..t 1.)Q i. f --r f-iv..ic mill are at taDfi ' ir force servine in Florida rmulci. 2000--of which number only 1500 are considered cflective. The numbrnfni..n. "l ilSpnTe'frViCf thC Sec,et:iry computes atlhfjO, besides about 730 volunteer (VPf.LIndians, who have been mustered int service of the United States, and are now employed with the army. The whole force. uien, now in 1 lorida, is probably near 4000. uusiuea me volunteers in 1 lorida there have been employed 2,450 volunteers, in C.h.,r. okee country, nnder the nmmnr. n J " v-",1'iJ Jl VJI Cll . ool. This fori e has however bepn rpreni. ly reduced to 300. The whole number cf nuiitia and volunteers mustered info the service of the United States in the various movmcnts and operations above mentioned, apTiie Secretary descants at some length unon the inadequacy of our present regular army to meet the claims of the country upon it, and recommends that it be increased to 12,uuU. lie also recommends that ih rv-, v ujc suuaeis hi! nureaseu. At present the monthly pay of dragoons is only 8 dollars and ot all others but six. At these Drices it lm been found extremely difficult to efffTf An. liitnenls. The report speaks very favorablv of tU We?t Point Academv. Thp wlmlu r,n.K of cadets who have graduated at this institu tion 1SJ341, ol whom arc now in the army, 15 have been killed in battle, and 106 liava otherwise died in the service. Under present regulations the cadet is required to ie'iiai.i in me service hut one year alter com pletiug his education. The Secretary su"--gesis tiiat mis term he considerably extended and in case of resignation before the expira i. iL.i i Lv j I . . . . tion of such term the delinquent to be requireu to reiuna tne cost ot his education. During the past year according to the re port, more than 18,000 Indians have been re moved west of the Mississippi, viz. 400 Semi noles, 16,900 Creeks, and the remainder Pot awatamics. The fiscal concerns of the department appear somewhat intricate; at least, inconsequence of so many objects of appropriation being included in the aggregates it is difficult to ascertain the precise disbursement for the military service. Should the expenditures ot the lourth quarter ol 1S.J0, savs the Setre tary, amount to 6,807,000, as estimated, the expenditures of the year will have amounted to $20,332,000. This of course includes pensions, fortifications and all -other objects of expenditure which draw upon the War Department. I Western blar. 'ki she EngagedV is a question not unfre quenlly mooted touching interesting young ladies. It is a pity some generally received sign, bearing upon the question, could not be adopted by the sex. It would satisfy a very natural curiosity and might not be to the dis advantage of the ladies. In a dissenting Chapel in England, a foreigner noticed the la dies bows on their bonnets oddly arranged some on the left, and others on the right side, while others were directly in front. It w s found on inquiry, that married ladie lad the bow on the right side, young maid ens on the lelt, ami those engaged wore hem on the front of thiir bonml! A mani testation of this kind would save much end osssolicitde & anxious enquiry among those lentlemen who are candidates lor matrimony Different colors of mourning. In Europe, tlack is generally used, because it represenls carkness. which death is like unto, as it is a irivation of life. In China, while is used. If cause they hope that the dead are in heaven, the place of purity. In Egypt, ycUoio is ised, because it represents the decaying of tiees and flowers, which become yellow as tlcy die away. In Ethiopia, brozen, is used i hi'eause it denotes the color of the earth from whence we came, and to" which wc return. Ii some parts of Turkey, blue is used, beciuse it represenls the sky, where they hope tie dead are gone, but in other parts, purple aid violet, because, being a mixture of black aid blue, it represents, as it were, sorrow on oie side and hope on the other. Pickle for Bed Bugs. A housekeeper wishP. us to say to our readers that a strong solu tion of salt and water will kill bed bugs imnediateiy if applied to them. Those who ne so unfortunate as to be troubled with sich visiters can thus get rid of them by appjing a pickle to their carcase. Maine FamicT

Getting around the Law. A new species of legal swindling has been practiced in New York city. The swindler makes a bargain with a wholesale merchant fi.r a large stock of goods, of which he takes a bill of sale, and pays 10 on account. lie then leaves the store with the promise to return at a certain hour, pay the balance and ti.ke away the goods, and proceeds to an accomplice to whom he professes (o have been indebted, and confesses judgement large enough to cover the purchase. An execution is put into the Sheriff's hands, the goods are siezed and sold, and the profit of the operation is shared between the villain?. case of this kind occurred in N. York, a few days since, which was so ingeniously managed as to avoid a criminal prosecution. Mtacfc Hock Aa-cocde. ORIENTAL COMPLIMENTS. Under this caption, the New York Com mercial presents the subjoined translation of a letter written by the Sultan of Muscat, to the high and mighty Andrew Jackson, PresUent ot she United States. It is extracted from the Narrative of the Mission of the late EmvAED Roberts, Esq. who negotiated the ucaues Kiiei warns ratuiea between our government and the Sultan of Muscat and King of Siam: Translation of a letter trnm thr .9.',vmi r.f it,,,. tat to the President of the United CUils. "in the name OF GOP, AMEN. 'To the most high and mighty Andrew itckson, President of the United Stair if America, whose name shines with so much plendor throughout the world. I Drav most sincerely that on the receipt of this letter it may find his highness, the President of the United States, in high health, and that his lappihess may be constantly on the increase. On a most fortunate day and happy hour, 1 nau tne honor to receive your highness s let ter, every word of which is as clear and distinct fcs the sun at noonday, and every letter shown forth as brilliantly as the stars in tiie leavens. Your highness' letter was receiv ed by your faithful and highly honorable representative and ambassador Edmund Roberts, who made me suprt-melv happy in ex plaining the object of his mission, and I have complied in every respect with the wishes of your honorable ambassador, in concluding a treaty ot Inendship and commerce between oui respective countries, which shall be faith lully observed by myself and successors, as ong as the world endures. And his high ness my depend that all American vessels re sorting to the ports cf his dominions, shall know no dillerence, in point of good treat ment Detween my country and that f his own most tortunate and Imnnv .-mmirv where felicity ever dwells, 1 most firmly hope that hisTIighness the 'resident may ever consider me as his firm and true friend, and that I will ever hold the President ot the United States very near and dear to my heart, and my friendship shall never Know any diminution, but shall continue to increase till lime is no more. I offer, most sincerely and truly, to his Highness, the President, my entire and devoted service, to execute any wishes the President may have within my dominions, or within any ports or places wherein I possess the slightest influence. "This is from your most beloved friend, "SYED BIN SULTAN. "Written on the twenty-second day of the Moon, Jamada Alawel, in the year Alhajra 12i9, at the Royal Palace in the city of Muscat' Torresponding to 7th Oct. 1S33. A citizen of North Carolina, a few y c f rs since, petitioned the. legislature forexemplion from taxes, because his w ife, then living had borne him twenty-nine children, most of whom he had educated. One other case has been reported in this country which the same married pair had thirty children. Jat. Ga;. A gentleman rrcently traveling in the country, called out to a boy, "w here does this road go, my lad? "Wt IT I don't where it goes, but it's always here when I come along." The New York Star says: "In consequence of the extravagant price of boaid at Columbus S. C, a proposition has just been introduced into the Legislature in session there to remove the seat of Government to Chaileston. The members receive but S- a day,, nd are charged .$2,50 for board, exclusive of light and fuel. Anacdote. A stage-driver the other day between B ingor and this place, was hailed by a woman, and requested to take a bedstead and its accompanying bed and clothing together with her dear self. This was a poser for John's gallantry, (fr stage-drivers are always ready to oblige the ladies,) but making her a very civil bow he said, "1 1 should like to oblige ve, ma'am very much.' but I've engaged to take a double sazc-mill aboard, a mile or two ahead, and as you might find it an uncomfortable companion, 1 would aav ise v ou to wait a week or so. till the mill-moving business is over." Lin. Put. JUiraefe. In the House of Correction at Foston there are 200 women in one room who work industriously and never talk!!

IflBSCELIjA X ROUS. TO .MY WIFE. Pillow thy bead upon this heart, My own, my cherished wife; And let us for one hour forget Our dreary path of life. 1 hen let me kiss thy tears away, And bid remembrance flee Cack to the day of halcyon youth When all was hope and glee. Fair was the early promise, love, Of our joy-freighted barqueSunlit and lustrous too, the skies, Now all so dim and dark; Over a stormy sea, dear wife, We drove with shattered sail; I'ut love sits smiling at the helm, And mocks the threatening gale. Come, let me part those clust'ring curls, And gaze upon thy brow How many, many memories, Sweep o'er my spirit now! How much of happiness and grief How much of hope and fear Breathed from each dear loved lineament Most eloquently here. Thou gentle one, few joys remain To cheer our lonely lot, The storm has left our paradise, With but one 6unny spot: HallowM fore'er will b that place To hearts like thine and mine 'Tis where our childish hands upreared Affection's earliest shrine. Then nestle closer to this breast, My fond and faithful dove! Where, if not here, should be the ark Of refuge for thy love! The poor man's blessing and his curse Peitaiii alike to me; For shorn of worldly wealth, dear wife, Am I not rich in llieeJ From the Lancaster Journal. TIIE IIAUXTEtt HOUSE. BY A LADY. thejear lS . I removed with In

brother to the western part of the State of had been sometime closed and the heat bct Tin f rP , 'ie. 1,,d seIected was kan to penetrate the hewn logs of which the bout 10 miles from fhe Mississippi, the nearest cabin was composed, tbev commenced talkpoint of which was the site where the town of! ing to each other in loud rr.-,rt,s

Lower Alton now stands. Our i,Mri now siano.s. tJur neares neighbors in that then wild and unsettled country was a Mr. Moreland, who had taken up a quarter section which he was endeavouring to get into a state of cultivation. He had a niece, Agnes Moreland, a lovely g'ul, but ill fitted by education and habit for accommodations so rude and unpolished as must be submitted to by the pioneers of civilization. This young lady was almost mv only companion and we were always together wncn time cc opportunity admitted. Agnes w as addressed by a young man from her own neighborhood in Pennsylvania, who had come out to seek wealth and independence on the rich Prairies of the new state. He had purchased some land and commenced a settlement, but his love outran his prudence. He was unremitting in his attentions to mv friend, and as manliness of person added to a good education and well trained mind, were mixed with the associations of home and childhood, 1 did not wonder that Agnes returned his aficction w ith all the fervor of youthful confidence. She finally consented to be his, as soon as a cabin could be erected and his clearing in progress of cultivation, as she was not willing to incumber her uncle's family after her marriage. Besides the distance to Lewellyn's land from her residence w as ten miles, being on the rich illuvial bot- ( i.j, r.c tUr. !r::,:..: it kui lanuj ui mi- ini.--ijiii. ji n as now September, and Lewellyn found that with all his exertions he could not have a dwelling of his own in readiness to receive his bride be- j frvic flux ntit.li' ri rr cnrtnrr Tfic i m nAnA C

.v,. . ....... b Sl:,.,h. ....j-,., .-rui t ( ( -...v. uo.r vj mc aoor. w hich opened inward-' being so long separated fiom his heart's idol. that had created the illusory phantom. We would not submit to the control of reason. By were at length settled for "the niht. I lay unceasing importunity he obtained her con- j awake for some time, laboring under a little sent to be his wife without further delay, if he j nervous excitement, produced by the rrccecould procure any kind of tenement near his.ding events of the evening. Af'er 'mam'vain land until his own could be finished and on endeavors toobtain repose,! fell into an unea-

VW..U...U.. ..,.u , l(u.u ..i.uiiij...tiij ana spenu the winter with her. lhe idea was as dc - lightful to me as to Lewellyn. The only place he could procure aficr all his exer-l tion was a small log cabin called the "Haunted House.''' It had not been inhabited for a I humbcr of years; and never but a short period. The wife of the man who erected it, had disappeared very mysteriously, after which he had abandoned, and left the country. A tale of superstition had since clung to it and even benighted hunters, in the severest storm, would not seek its shelter, w arned by strange lights and unearthly sounds. Their stories were laughed at; but the place was described as very desolate looking To discouarage us still further, within a few rod of this dwell building, erected no one knew by whom or for for what purpose. It had been used'a'fewyears back as a barrack, in which were Quartered CD " a company of United States troops, sent out 1 by government to overawe the Indians in mat neignoorhood. who were rnmmiUma uclmcuiuiuiis vii mc ic seiners wno nau ventured beyond the pale ef civilization. Before becoming an inhabitant of thi i scene of mystery and superstition, Agne.was determined to visit and judgo for l.er -

self of its means of aecomodotion and aspect of dreariness. I accompanied her and her husband that was to be. and I must acknowledge it was a wild looking place; but such a spirit of romance pervaded the scene that I felt rather pleased than otherwise at the prospect of spending a few months in its bosom. But I will let the reader judge for himself. The house stood on the edge of a prairie bordered by the wooded bluffs of the Mississppi. on whose margin a number of the largest trees, among which the s- .ore was 'the most conspicuous, flung oUl ir arms to the breeze. The roots formed .t Iwark whirh served partly to keep this fv. .er of waters in bounds in time of his mad careerin. Atjout a hundred yards to the east of the house was a mound of small stones, which must have been brought from a distnrr. i. mark the last resting phiec of a tribe of red men, long since extinct, or beyond the white man's usurpations, to roam undisturbed their native forests. A little beyond this at the distal ce of about half a mile "from the " Haunted House,'' was a ferry, the only human habitation for the distance of ten miles. After examining the house and pointing out some necessary repairs, my friend agreed to inhabit it, to please her lover: for "what danger could assail when Henry was near? His land was not an hour's walk from the place, so that he could superintend his workmen and have considerable time to spend with his bride. Early in the delightful month of October, a month which seems to be peculiarly love's own season, so soft and mild does nature then appear. Early in this month did Agnes Morehnd give her hand to Henry Lewellyn; and with her husband and friend, the reader's humble servant, set out fer her abode in the "Haunted 7ow.?e" The noon of our arrival was one of the fairest and loveliest I had ever beheld. We were soon installed in our new home, as the furniture had all been arr.-.nged befcre we arrived. The family consisted of Henry, --to..v., . ,.,IW mj-ui. i no aiternoon was spent in wandering over the priirie which surrounded our habitation. "Towards evening wc returned to a cheerful fire and to lirenare oar first enrinr..- ,U.. L j. .... k ,1 cnmii... ;., "' .? ' uuuu" running vo ev. Al lies, who po-sessed more of the elemprU r,f superstition than she cared to own, appeared a little startled, and crept closer fo the being on whom she wilS to j-ely, in future, for protection in the hour of 'danger. He ridiculed her fears, until she permitted him to leave her long enough to visit the Ferry, from which he promised to return about duk. Ve continued in conversation until the gloom of evening began to thicken around us. lhe lamp had been lighted about half an hour, when becoming impatient at his stay, we walked around the outside cf our domicile to look for Lewellyn. We were not a h tie alarmed on discovering a great fire kindled between the house and the Ferry which was considerably increased on hearing the cries of an infant which apparently issued from the flame. Trembling we retired to our shelter, and harricadoed the doors; but the icturn of Henry and the boy, soon dissipated our alarm. He informed u that the wailing was that.of a babe at the t erry. The wind being in the direction of our dwelling had borne the sound to our ears. The fire was L-indUwl K.- ... huRters. iiv-iini. limner occurred to disturb us, till bed-time. mere were luit two rooms in the cabin, tiie inner of w hich was altr.ifo i I : . . lu "- n . I'l't in ng uic ui oor to retire fir ih r,;i. ; figure of a woman flitted before me- I back, half laughing, half frightened On venturing again 1 discovere d it-.t u I. i t f J i r . . ,1. . j 7 j sj siumoer, irom winch 1 was aroused bv the iinost appallingshrie k from mv fr.t 1 flew fo her room in my night clothes, thir.king u w as netier to meet the danger in company, than to remain alone and in the dark. She continued to shriek even after I had reached her bedside, on which she was sittingrocking to and fro. with her face buried in her hands, as if to hide from her bew ildered senes some frightful apnarat'o-. It rennirrd the united efforts of her husband and myself tu ics.oie ner oy me iorce ot reason, to any i.:jr i ii .... J. i 1 1 1 u vi cnimness. i learned that the cause of her alarm was the crying of a mink fceneath her window, against which their bed had Stood. ItS cry. SO like fhntof an ' infant U had mistaken for such; but scarcely had she consented to compose herself to sleep, when we were again inghter.ed by a doleful clatter in the old "Barracks," as it was called. Henry, very much against my remonstrance, hastened to the door which looked cut upon the ruin; Agnes, in the mean time, having renewed her shrieks: He called u? to ceme and see fhe cause of our terror: I ventured to look forth, and in the moonhoht behe'd n fwk of domestic poultry, whit h had been diiven in the old building, a? a i J 0see last pag protection iVtrrt PACE.