Indiana American, Volume 5, Number 5, Brookville, Franklin County, 27 January 1837 — Page 1
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j the east fork, and that survey prove its prac-
l,l"!"') mere must not he a lalter n"- t.tel
2V KYI'S OF WEEK.
Galena. )r.c. IT. TROUBLE AMONG THE INDIANS. By a gentleman just up from the lower part of Wisconsin Territory, we are informed that preat excitement prevails among the Sacs and Foxes, growing ov,t f tjie ,nur(jer of several of their tribe bv a marauding party of Sioux. Several lodges of thcSars and Foxes, numbering something like fifty souls. c:i or near the head waters of the Town River were set upon by a party of Siouxs. and all w ith the exception of ten'mnssacred. These ten escaped and carried the intelligence to (he rest of the tribe, whereupon runners were dispatched to den. Street at Rock Island, soliciting his aid and protection in their behalf. The Indians were much excited and were handing together with Use intention of defending themselves from simli ir attacks. They likewise talk loudlv of milking war upon their enemies, the" Sioux-:, as soon as the grass grows in the sprint. We are further informed, that a lare body of them have come back upon the Government land, and are tamped ten or fifteen miles !rom Uellview. When our informant asked them what they were doing there, they shewed him a written permit which had' been given them, very improperly and certainly unlawful, by some few citizens of Roll vie'.v. to come back on the land and hunt. This is a high move on the part of those who gave this permit to the Indians, and the tuav:iu.8 (.,. i.,.vvot,-ol ovtr this matter srv-vud lose no tune in looking into it, as the Indians have already commenced kiiiing the settlers' hogs, and arc otherwise troubling the settlement. From the report which came in, wc anticipate trouble among the Indians in the Spring, on oar Western frontier, and should think it prudent on (he part of the proper agents, that the matter he seen to in season. Gazelle.
he v"te was a small and vcrv close one, the
until it is completed. We doubt not its nrac- ,7 " I!!? ! 5VV k W01-
tica i itv. ia .x-..t ; : ' . . .. J uui inaycu uenuru :s to
va wluili i .1 r rvuft nt ( j . . . - .
of view, nor its final , i"J "V" l"? Par 3 it .s in the nature and char-
tolling up the eld hat we now wear in welcoming the first craft that mav bo l.mnrh,..!
west, on the first boat "chared fmm UWU. r . 11 . f
mond." An outlet of this char:,,.,,, " Z" ' "mg, oouhle-dc ahrg den
ted almost immediately with the Pre, t Zn. b b ' """ "lan ,fom P,tl,,, a
thern rail way, would raise the price of property in Richmond, from fifty to 100 percent. Our produce, merchants could contend w ith more equal grounds than they now do with the rich capitalists of the city. Our farmers would have a market at home, and their groceries and salt could be brought to them by the canal much cheaper than by w agons. Richmond Palladium.
Elopement at Boston. The fashionable c:rcle at Boston have been somewhat thrown into a flurry, by the elopement of one of the Belles. It seems that a young man of classical education, imposing manners and fine appearance, visited Nahant during the summer, where he first became acquainted with the young lady, and fell in love with her. The feeling was reciprocated he declared himself and was accepted. Not possessing wealth, whilst the young lady's parents were exceedingly opulent, he dared not nek their consent, and was obliged to resort to stratagem. The family being in want of a coachman, he applied for the place and obtained it, where he was enabled didly to see his betrothed, which resulted in an elopement last
eou, going on in ttie family coach the bridegroom acting as driver. They were pursued
y the brother to Salem, but he arrived too ihov linil alrondv linen nnill I,1;.-..
ling it useless to remonstrate, the i.air r.
turned with him to the house of the family, where they were kindly received, and are now living happily together tlm n:nr ill, f. r.
giving their indiscretion, discovering their
son-in-law to be gentlemanly, well educated,
uu ci goou family. J. 1. Slat:
l.wpoitTAST. Texas. The United States Telegraph of the llth instant, says: "It will be seen by n reference to our Congressional Abstract, that a resolution has been introduced by Mr. Walker into the Senate, proposing the recognition of the independence of Texas. We arc pleased to hear that the proposition meets the entire concurrence of the President of the United Slates. Vc hail the proceeding with great pleasure. It is due to Texas it is duo to cur own high
...... iiii; uiifiiii ieipiU SIIOUIll talis their stand, as a free sovereign, and in-
uependent member of the great family of
nations. 1 he resolution will, we trust, meet
the hearty cencurrence of the Congress of
the United Stales."'
BACHELORS' PARTY.
Last night will be ever memorable in the festal annuals of our queen city, as an epoch of the most splendid display of beauty and fashion, that ever graced its halls of mirth and joyousness. The bachelors, (we don't mean the old ."in ners, nor those of a certain
age, but the gay young gallants,) to the num
ber oi a uozen, resolveil to reciprocate the
courtesies of their Benedictine brethren, am
oi uie iair dimes ol the citv, by givin a ...i ... i-1 i m . . y & a .
spieuuiu nan, at the Daziar. Accordingly
meir m nations were iued. and the renin:
ny assembled at '-Trollope's Follv," which never before shone with such brilliancy, or
ueiu wumn its walls such a crowd ol '-goodly - ....
toiupanie. me u lU-rooni w as tbickl
Iiuag with mirror;, tint g ive back "personal
ienecuons, w lisch could not but please, am
m iltiplied over and over the light of the
chandeliers, and those that were held by fi
uresot nymphs, that graces the nooks and
diches. Busts of Washington, Franklin, La
i.ijeue, wc. ivc. adorned the mantles, atu;
adJed a classic beauty to the scene. A fine full band, gave life and spirit to the rompa
ny, whose (aces wire all radiant with iov
The burning of the Post Owtrv.. nili-
ing certain has vet transnired in relation f.
the burning of the General Post Oliicc. We
ake the followint extract from a letter fmm
Washington in the New York Courier and
. w inquirer.
" 1 he Post Oince Committees on the suheet of the Fire have made but little progress. The Citv Post iM
with closed doors, by (he Senate Committee.
i ins, u lsunaerstood, wasat his request, and the presumption therefore is, that he had sc mcthing of importance at least in his own
opinion to communicate; and certainly if
theie w as any danger (hat by making his testimony public, a criminal midht rsranp. tp
examination ought to be private: but, on the
mil' r nana, u ne unew nothing, which would implicate individuals, all attempts at privacy
are unwarrantable necause ttiey are calculated to excite suspicions, and create ridiculous rumors, devoid of foundation."
CiM. Gaz.
Jlj-phs in Indian bread. The
lartner (a very valuable oanerl mention
11
a new process of making Indian bread, w hich may be worthy the consideration ofour
goou notise wives, wnue Hour is 11 per barrel.
After the meal u prepared, pour some boi
ling water on u tiii it is wet. l'ut in
steamed apples to a loaf, a little yeast, milk
nu enougn cornmeal or midltngs to render 11 i-i i i t
capable of being kneaded. Let
then hake it (luce hours at least.
it
acler of the Indiana politics, that he should
.ku. n,e nig iioosiers for seme time past, have manifested a ereal r.rpfnroiiro. in
i
r Houses of (Ton-
doub!e-dc alirr dema-
ioncst it en. Cin. Gaz.
Cincinnati Dec. 22. LrrccT of Cold. We had a sudden change in the weather night before last, from n general thaw to an universal freeze. One of its effects was to split an anvil.
weighingaboutfour tons, which was ling in the loundry of Messrs. Haikness and Vorhees, in this city. In catting the anvil, n snr.a.l fissure, about four inches square, was eft in the upper surface, into which an iron had been run to fill it up. A slight crevice
..s,noMeer,ielt round it which become filled with water,tolhe amount of probably halt
a tumbler; this, on freezing, split the ami! in two. e measured the split surface, which
was perfectly smooth, and found it to be c?Vt-
tccninehcs by lu-tnty-eight solid iron. A hint might be taken from this, for a process to split rock and other substances. Ev. Posi.
eslerdoy the Supreme Court commented its annual session in (he Court room at the Capitol. All the Judges were present except Judge Wayne, and all in apparent health. The absent Judge is expected, we believe, in a day or two. Until he arrives, (under a rule of" the Court made three jears ago,) noqucstion of Constitutional law can be taken up, a full Court bei ntr reouirpil for -ill
such. The docket is not birrr. n
of ensce upon it falling shel l of sixty. A'alional InttUiirrnccr.
Delaware United Stales Senator The Wilmington Journal says: "The Hon. Thomas Clayton, Chief J ustice of the Superior Court of this Statc,has been elected to the Senate of (he United States, in ol aCO (if flirt IIr.ii
John M. Clayton.
, m ' o -'"tvn lint uie Hon. John M. Clayton will I,. nr,n;..
..... . . w it chief Justice of the Superior Court."
Horrible Calamity. A Nova Scotia nnn..,-
says, that a house was lately burnt in Wes
tern L.ay. .Newfoundland. Melancholy tore-
late,six children, the only inmates at the :i;e, were burnt to cinders! The paieals Mere absent in another place.
Cure for the Whoovinv Caiml Tlfn rn.
itok: Observing in your Gazette of Fi idm,
a distressing account of the effects of tUWhooping Cough, I feel it my duty to Inform the public, through the medium of your paper, of an easy remedy, which has proved effectual in all cases in my family, and msnv others lo whom 1 have made it knowu. The remedy is as follows: Take one tea spoonfull of fresh Sweet Oil, and grate nutmeg in it, merely sufficient to cover the surface of the Oil.tbpn
and adminislerit morning and night, which if
civpn in its p.ir v ti-jim . r. . . ,.r,i.
uenesce liefin four or (ive days. "E. J. O.
it rise, and
Diggixcs out a Hole. 'An' so ve
one
nr
ging out a hole there. Pat. ar" ve?' said
(-, , , j Irishman lo another engaged in making a hole to inset t a post. 'No faith, it's not the hole
that Fm after dieein?? out for
c:o ti -. the dirt out and leaving the hole here!'
New Yokk, Jan. 10, 3 P. M. Rumor of Extensive Forgeries. A gen lie man who arrived here on Monday evening from Buffalo, informs that about "forty men had been arrested upon a charge of beinf rnnrirn.
six ed in a most extensive forgery of bank notes
unci counterfeiting ha fdo ars. Our informant
stated that among the persons arrested some
were iiuneiio oi ttie most respectable standing in the place, such as steam boat captains, hotel keepers, land speculators, &c. This event had caused a greater excitement at Buffalo than the failure and forgeries of Rath-bun.
in politics she belongs to (he (rue school of orthodox whigs, and of course is no friend to the tactics of either Martin Van Buren, her intended, or Gen. Jackson her husbands
nurse. 1 he story comes tome from a lady, ill i- . J "
anu lacies, rever lib, who assured me in ad :.: i - jl - r . r .i . .
nun ii io uie r.ict of n:e intended marriage,
that this same lady had refused Mr. Van Buren's proposals three or four times. Perseverance, you know, is one of the chief characteristics of Mr. Van Buren. Perseverance has, therefore, given him a whig wife, but mark me, not until (he whig wife was assured that her womanish ambition was to be gratified in being the lady of the President of the United States. So much for the intentions of the Vice President, intentions such as A of his five sons are forthwith to execute, with or without their father's example.
Gex. Jackson's Health We are hap
py to learn from Washington, that Gcn-
jaeuson had so far recovered as to be able to ride out lo church, on Sunday last. A GOOD STATE OF SOCIETY. The Tl 11 ton N. J. Emporium mentions that "the Court of Quarter Sessions for that city, held its January term last Tuesday meeting and adjourning without doing any businessnot a single indictment having been presented by the Grand Jury. Chickens are selling at N. Orleans for two dollars per pair beef at 27 r,,.,.
pound butler 75 cts. per pound, and eggs
vviuijiuii lauorers receive twenty shillings per day.
now
Science.
The
PrACTICVL ADVWMfiE np
. . -'...... infollowing illustration of the utility of science
in (he common nrrurr-tiros f ; e
v m., ii uvill the Gennessee Farmer: A penknife bv accident r?
well, 20 feet deep. A sunbeam, from a mirror, was directed to the hot!
rendered the knife visible; and a magnet, fastened (o a pole, brought it up.
A historical sketch of (he present House of
lvopreseniauves, ot Indiana.
AGE OF THE MEB3EBS.
20 and 30 - - 30 and 10
do - - -
IS are between 30 - - do -
J9
- - do - - do - NATIVITY OF
1 iis a native of - I - - do - - I - - do - - 1 - - d3 - - I - - do - - r - - do . . 1 - - da - . 1 are natives of -5 - - do - -1 - do - . il - . do - - 8 . - do - - 24 - - do - . 10 - - do - . IG - - do - . 2 - - do - . 3 - - do - . 3 - - do - .
- - 40 and 50 - - 50 and GO - CO and 70
THE aiEMBERS.
dig
Fm dinging
A Powerful Pkevciieu. While an eastern priest was preaching in a mosque, one of ll.n i. c. . J .1.. ..!. I r 1
and each one of whom looked like pleasure of this circumstance the preacher asked the oernnififil At ;.. : i .i. c - .......
personified. At a given signal, the fair belles and their attendants were ushered into
the supper roam, which presented a most f
egant and tasteful array of tables, adorneii
py-mir.s. temples and columns, am
groaning under the w eight of viands of a
Kinos, and fruits of all climes, and the sparkling champaign, the lively sherry, and the 'old Madeira;" flowed copiously as toasts were drunk, and sentiments exchanged to "ladies eyes around." We never beheld an assemblage of the same number, in which there was so much taste and adornment, so much grace in movement or so much beauty. Cin. Post, Jan. I'M, 1S37.
man how his discourse affected him so much
O sir, said he it is not that; but your long beard put me in mind of a favorite goat I lost, that I could not help crying.
Black Hatch Drowned We are informed by the Galena Gazette, that Black Hawk, the celebrated Indian Chief, was recently droxcned ui attempting to cross the Iowa in his canoe on his return from the treaty at Rock Island. Cin. fTiV.
profession 54 are -18 are - 5 are - 11 are -
3 are
1 is a - - 1 is a - - - 1 is a - - - - 1 is a - - - NUMBER OF SESSIONS THEY
Masachusclls. Vermon t. New Hampshire. D. Columbia. South Carolina. Scotland. Louisiana. New York. New Jersey. Maryland. Pennsylvania. Ohio. Kentucky. North Carolina. Virginia. Tennessee. Indiana. Ireland.
AND OCCUPATION. - Farmers. - Lawyeri. - Physicians. - - Merchants. - - Carpenters. - - Hatters. - - Manufacturers, Canallcr. - - Bricklayer. - - Printer. - - Miller.
II AVE SERVED.
Lxm c.f AC)').) 11;).) n,. 1, iii. i.
. . - ..-.-v.. w.i nit -tin iiisi. mi; cilizensof Cincinnati, by a vole of four toone.
authorized (heir Common Council to negotiate a loan of sfGOO.OOO for the purpose of securing the construction of the Whitewater canal, the Charleston and Cincinnati Rail Road, and i1(; little Miami Rail Road. In the construction of the first named work the citizens of liiis countv are particularly in
terested, and should we bo so fortunate as to
White head and black beabd. A person meeting an old man, with silver hairs and very black bushy beard, asked him how it happened that his beard w as not so grey as his head? "Because," said ihe old gentleman, "it is tzventy years younger.''
Advertisement. Some years ago, the courts ofjustice in Dublin were adjoining to a range of dull heavy buildings, called Hell, no doubt from the obscurity of the phice. The folowing advertisement appeared in
one of the Dublin newspapers;
"lo be let a suit ot chambers in Hell, ready furnished. "N. B. They will be found very convenient for a lawyer."
NOTICU. The foilowinsr ndvrrtispmrnt.
appeared in a Savanah inuml- 411 nor.
sons f.re hereby Lot only warned, but absol ..... I .. " ..I : l . .... J 7
iuieij ioiuiu, to give me credit on any pretence whatsoever, as fiom this dav forward I shall
not pay any debt contracted bv myself, so
neip me .ou. jpnN Hewitt.
51 are now serving in their 1st session; 20
in their second session; 8 in their third scs
sion; t in their fourth session: 2 in their
fifth session; 2 in their sixth session? 1 in hi
eight session; 1 in his tenth session; 1 in his twelfth session.
POLITICS. 4G were original Jackson men: 4S oritrinnl
Clay men; 51 are Harrison men; 19 are Van
miren men. l ne politics ot three are un
known.
Carrying a joke loo far. In a neighbor-
ing Milage a lew days since, a fellew was
tried lor stealing a wood-saw. The culprit ....
sain ne only tooic n tn a joke. The justice
.tbKcu now lar liecarried it, and was ar i i . . .. 7
wereu, aooiu luo miles. 1 his was carrying a
jo.e too iar, said the magistrate, and com
mittea the prisoner.
John R. McDovall. The decision of 11
3d Presbytery of New York, deposing John
iv. xvicijowaii, irom the Christian ministry has been reverted bv Ihe synod, to whom Mi
j j 7 McDowall appealed, on the ground that the
procceumgs against iUcUowal! had been un constitutional. The case was remanded It the presbytery by the synod, for a new trial From this decision the presbytery appeals, sc
that the w hole goes up to the Presbyterian
general assembly.
ic
Indiana. An election took place last week, in the Indianapolis district, for a member of Congress. (House of Renrespntativpsl
ootain a survey of the proposed canal vdovn j Herod and Judge Wick were candidates.
The Presidentees.
1 ortland Daily Advertispr fri,- K fiillnwinir
as ashington gossip: "By the vva;, have you heard the last
scanaai, in relation to the Vice President? It is Innocent, and the sin of repetition will not be great. Iti.slhen, Mr. Van Buren is to be married to one of the fairest daughters m the Old Dominion a lady whose name 1 could tell von. had I lln I
against lugging the names of femalesinto print acceptance ol the petition
Abolition Movement in the Je7D York Legis
lature and its Rebuff. The New York Express says: "Mr. C. G. Shephard presented a memorial of the inhabitants of the Peterbo-
ro ,in the county of Madison, praying for the extension of the right of suffrage for people of color, and for the repeal of laws which sanction slavery in this State, and for the trial by Jury lo persons of color, claimed as slave?. Mr. King moved that the peti
tion be denied and rejected, which, after some discussion passed, only 41 voting for the
VOL,. V. No. 5.
DEPARTMENT OK statp
IxDiAroi.is, Indian, January 11. i337. This Certifies that (he following i the result of the kite election, in lhesevcral coun lies in the Gth Congressional district for a representative of Congress, to (ill the vacancy oicHsior.cd by the death of the Hon. George L. Kinnard. . WM. SHEETS, Sec'y of Si. tMfflif.' Urn. Ihrod. W rr ir;,r.
322 127 52G
Johnson Hancock Bartholcme
Shelby
Morgan Hendricks Madison Monro
Cnss Miami
Boone Marion Hamilton
257 3C5 518 197 150 127 (J2 23G 509 277
3703 Herod, majority, 210.
331 214 SS 499 380 215 ov -. 112 149 38 232 4G0 179 3493
In favor of carlu marriarrrs Cnhl.ot l,no
wriffen the following: "1 am sure that iverv one wille.n- -itl.
out any lu-Mlation, that a fourth part of the I'l Kni. 1 1... f 1 ' .
..im j iiiuc periormed, never would have been performed if 1 had net been .a viarricd man. In the first place, thev could not, for I should, the early part of my" life, been ram-
uimg aim roving aoout as most bachelors 'ire. I should have had nn Lamp th.-.r I r-.,.. A
a straw a!outand should have wasted the far greater part cf my time. The great afUiir of home being settled--having the home secured, I had leisure lo employ my mind on things which it delighted in. 1 rt rA t-
once of all cares, all dixit ties, and had only
iu pioyue icr uie wants of that home. But the children began lo come. Tbor v!,-,r
ed my industry they spurred me on. To be sure 1 had stronger and other motives. I wrote for fame, and was urged forward by
lii-ircntmcnt and by the desire lo triumph oer my enemies: but after all. h..r rwi
of my nearly a hundred volumes may be . !1 1 .1 -n ..
limy ciscr.ueu to uie u-ije anil the children."
Statistics cf the Presrvti.-tm :
- VllLULili J'roni the appendix to the minute nriim
I ' . - x. v w 111U assembly of 1630, it appears that (he number of presbyteries in our connection is 12S; the number of ordinarv minlcrc I oro.
number of licentiates 253, making the whole number of preachers 2,225; number of candidatesfor the minisirv under f!u mro f !..
presln U rias 250; number cf Churches 2,S07 number added lo the churches on examination during the past year 11.512; whole number of communicants 219. 120; number of addults baptised during (he year, 2,729number of infants hanlized Il.Osn V.aI
raised for niissions, 117,148 97; for educa-
"o . '?,'"-'-J ; or theological seminaries, 32,308 S5; for commissioners, 4,570; for contingent fund of General assembly, &85G 08 5. C. ILrald. ' "
Pov.er of tiie Sln's Rays. Mr. Mack
intosh, who had occasion to descend in a diving dell for the purpose of laving the
foundation of a sea wall, found the sun's rava
so much converged by the convex glass which served as a window in the
burn the laborer's cloths when exposed to the focal point, and whilst the machine was 25 feet under water.
"Fudge! The members of nnr rni i:
... ivLIUUULltll Congress, are fast sliding into the fashiona-
u.c .luiistiibc oi tne old world. Glance at the proceedings. 'Mr. U
honoroble member,' etc.; 'the honorable mov
er accepted the proposed nmenemcnt;' 'the honorable gentleman from Indiana did not appear to understand,' &c. &r. yj don,t
uiey .ii uuci auaress each other by-titles of nobility? It surely would sound as well as the above, to hear something like this: Earl Bubble Benton, of Misouri; the Marquis Flam Wright, of New York; or Lord Brot'-up-by-the-Presidency-in-prospect-to-vote-for-Johnson Rives, of Virginia. This for the House of Lords. And now for the Commons' genlrj. Here wc would have Sir Calf Cambreling; the Right Honorable Muly Muhlenburg; Bamot Boon; and ur own precious Worshipful Witless Webster and so on to the end of the chapter of honorables. Well Punished A young man, went before Justice Hopson at New York the other day, and demanded to have his indentures with his master cancelled, alleging that he was of age. He wa3 confronted by witnesses, who proved that he would not be of age for three months and his master declining to receive him back, on account of his bad behavior, the Justice ordered him to be imprisoned until the three months expired and he came
oi age. nosion Iranscnpl. The Smiths. Of the sven individuals, says the United States Gazette, who periled their lives to save the persons on board the Mexico, and who did save the lives of eight, we notice that six were named Smith. They honor the name.
The Washington papers mention that a number of counterfeit half dollars have been put in circulation in this city.