Indiana American, Volume 5, Number 11, Brookville, Franklin County, 10 March 1837 — Page 1

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TERMS OF THE AMERICAN. $2 in advmce in uix months; or $H,00 ct tliC expiration of the voir. The Hdilor will chscontiiuii: subscription at his option. AnvK3Ti3EMENTs. Twelve lins. or less, will be insprtod once or three times, for one dollar, and 2o Milts will he charged for each additional insertion. TIIH STATU RF.Vr.NUE HILL. During the discussion of the -hill to provide a Revenue, for the year IS37, it was nnved by Mr. Fitch that fftrm ante, the n:m;mt proposed by that hill to be levied tax 0:1 each hundred dollar?, he stricken out, and m ctttte inserted in lieu thereof; an. I Mr. Lee of Bartholomew moved further to amend hy iiicorling seven cm!., Pending the debate on the question to strike oat fifteen cent?. Mr. Oaeii said: I am leminded sir, on this occasion, of an observation that was made to me on a former one; on an oc nsicm sir, when I was excited, as it was natural I should he and when I spoke as a man under such circumstances will speak. I will remember sir. that on that occasion, I was told, that clasicrd allusions and poetical quotations were somewhat out of place in a matter-of-fact nrgrnnt like that in which we were then cng.igcd. That observation, sir, recurs to me with much force at the present moment listened to figurative n ppeais to eloquent and exciting declarations. But among those who advocate, thus earnestly, this heavy tax oa the people, I do not find one bringing the facts to our view, placing estimates before us in proof of the propriety of that tax. It does seem tome, sir, that in a matter like this, it is calculation, not declamation, we want; but if we employ figures, they should be figures not rhetoric but ' arithmetic. Is this tax necessary? Do we require it to pay our debt? That, sir, is the question the only question. And we may discuss it forever, unless we come to the point, and compare carefully and accurately, our resources and our probable expenditure. I came here, sir prepared to vote for any amount of tax which was necessary to keep the state out of debt, except for the capital which she loans for the purposes of internal improvement. Is a tax of fifteen cents necessary or will a smaller sifm suffice to effect this object? Let us see. The State Treasury, as the reports on our table show, is now in debt a little upwards of 22.000 dollars; a debt, sir, that was incurred by want of moral courage, 1 was about to say, in our last year's Legislature. 15 it that I will not say. SjG'h c.!,ha! that debt was in n:red in consequence of last year's legislature assessing a tax of five cents "only, when they ought to have assessed ten. No mUter, howevcr,'from whalVausj. our Treasury is now in dobt upwards of twenty-two thousand dollars. What will be our probable expenses in 1837. Seventy-seven thousand is the Treasurers calculation; and that is made rithout reference to the increase of salaries as provided in our salary bill. That will add at least ts-n thousand dollars to the estimate; making Uie whole amount ol probable current expence? for the present year fighly scrn thousand dollms. And the balance of debt from last year, say $23,000; and we have a total of one. hundred and nine thousand dollars, which we must raise, to defray our current expenses alone. Now, sir, le: uscnquire,on the other hand, what we have to pay this with? what will a tax of ten cents produce? Last year the assessed property of the state was seventy-five millions. Suppose it is this year, as we fairly may, eighty-five millions; then, if theexpences of collection be in thesai.ie proposition as lat yer they were, ten cents will bring us in .73000. Our poll tax say fifty cents on 75,000 polls, will bring us in upwards of thirty-seven thousand dollars, what do these two cUm amount to? To 110,000. but just sufficient to meet our current expenses. And then, sir, there is the interest of our state loan; which amounts, as by reference to the report of the Board we see this year, to fifty thousand dollars. Must not that be paid? If wecannct pay it now,howcan wc expect to meet demands'three four or five times as great, by and by? Wcarc bound, sir, to promu ioruiar. it is our duty, since the system is commenced to support it. Now, sir. what may wc expect to derive fiom our surplus revenue this year. As now appropriated, not more for purposes of internal imprvejnent, than from ten to twenty thousand dol- . ' l?vl fi'tcen thousand. There lacks, then 3.).00 ) to meet the interest on loans. A tax of five cents additional will produce ft little upwards of -30.000. That, added to the above 15,000 makes .$51,000; just sufficient to day the interest coming duethis year. What follows from these calculations? this, sir, that unless we impose a tax of 15 cents, our state will not, at the close of this year, be square with the world. Less will not defray our current expenses, and pay the interest accruing on the loans already made to carry on our system of internal improvenient. 1 "What then, sir, are we to do? What does our duty bid s do? Are we to levy the unusual tax three times that of last year or are we not ? h is a grave question. Let us act as we will, we incur a heavy responsihililY Wejcannot escape that. We ought not to wpc it. We have embarked in h mammoth project of improvement; it matters not

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whether prudently or imprudentlv. That die is cast, and it was east without my agency. Oursti.te has embarked in the system. Her faith is pledged. Her credit is at'stakr. Before she engaged in the scheme, then was the time to consider whether she could hear the burden or not. It is too late now. 1 hat which we have done, we must abide by. I hat which we purchase we must pay for." What, then, is it right that we should do? My course, during this session, has been time and n-ain impugned. I have been told, in the House and out of the House, that on mv head should chiefly Lc visited the sin of withd Drovftnrnt nno llf .... ...i r - t ' " v c 1 ur hi if u- t mat, hut lor my agency but for the com 1 . v ' --"n . promise effected between myself and the gentleman from Orange which compromise produced the surplus revenue bill that passed this House we should now probably i have the whole cf that fund for internal im-! provcmer.t. If this accusation be well founded; if indeed it be true that my exertions in this matter have been fortunately instrumen-l (nl rurinS to Indiana an education fund of half a million, most willing I am to meet the responsibility of the deed. Let other? predict ruin, I shall believe, to the latest hour ofmy existence, that to hnvc been one of the most honorable, one cf the most usetul I ever have performed, or ever can expect to perform while I live. You ask me if I am willing to abide the consequences? Yes. if I am willing to be one among the number to meet the most odious, of the most necessary. ;:rnong the responsibilites that devolve on the Legislature? Iam and when I say I am. sir. I know well the danger that is incu-red Some gentleman lei us t.iey think our constituents will . heerfuily pay this tax. I am not so sure of that, sir. I doubt it muc h. I think he w ho votes for it lessons in no small degree, his chance of returning hither. He places a dangerou weapon in the hands of his politic al "opponents; and next summer we shall see that weapon used against him. I know all (hi, sir He must be a fool who does not see it. Nor can I say, as the gentleman from Vanderburgh has said, that I am indifferent as to whe ther 1 shall return to this seat or not. 1 am vol indiffe rent. I tell you plainly. ' sir. that it is my wish to return; so the next year I may have a chance of obtaining for mv county, w hat, this session, has been denied to her. It is with regret 1 give an unpopular vote, as I belivc (his to be. I remember the opposition made to me last year, and would be glad to escape from a similar campaign next autumn. But. sir, we must not purchase such exemption too dear at the expense of principle and duty. And now, sir, if you ask me w hether I expect to be able fully to c- plain my motives, and to justify my vote, to my constituents, 1 reply, that I cannot tell. I shall trv. I shall endeavor to explain to them, that a man when he is in debt, and has the means of paying, ought to pay. I shall endeavor to convince them, that it is with states as with men, that they too. when involved in dobi. should, if their mcani permit struggle out of it. I shall take in mv hand the report of our internal improvement Board, and show them that the interest we have to pay will be continually on the increase; that though it be only $50,000 this year, next year it will be 108,000, the year after 171,000 dollars; the year after that 250,000 dollars, yes, sir, quarter of a million; the next year ensuing 237,000 dollars; and in one year more 333.000 dollars; one third of a million. And. sir, I shall ask them, if now, in a season of prosperity, they shrink from the payment of one. four, cr fifty thousand dollars, how they can expect to meet annual demands for a quaiter of a million, for a third of a million, live or six years hence? Will such arguments convince them? I cannot tell. It is not my business to inquire. They convince me. They point out to me my duty in this matter. That duty, sir, in any particular case, is especially ungrateful. My county is one of tnose tnrougu winch, as some gentlemen expressed, not even a ditch is cut. We bear nn; win 11 iMiuui vnjoy nig inc proili. Ve pay much and receive nothing. In sustaining the system of improvement, we derive no direct benefit therefrom. Nor can I expect by this vote, to obtain aught for this neglected county. A!!. At the present session, is already iost. My efforts to obtain for Posey county even an humble clav turnpike have been unsuccessful. I do not complain of this. I know that 1 have failed only, while all others who have made similar attempts have failed also. I gratefully admit the kindness that obtained for my work a higher vote, I believe, than any others received this session. But, sir, these extenuating reflections though to mo personally they are pleasant, do not alter my situation. It still remains one which renders the vote I feel constrained to give, a peculiarly hazardous one. Nor do I very largely calculate on thanks for that, even on this floor. CJenerosity is n word unknown in the political dictionary. I know that well. I have had occasion to know it. It is much, if justice, even, find a place there. But all this rannot alter the case cannot make that wrong, w hich, in itself, h right. Th money must be raised, if wc wi!i sustain the states' credit and pay her just debts. We betray our trust, tlten, as

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legislators, if we hesitate to raise it . This is the plain unvarnished truth. It points 11s to our duty. Let us fulfill that duty. Be the consequences to ourselves what they may, let us faithfully fulu'l it. I, for one am prepared to fulfill it. 1 shall give mv vole b,r retaining in the bill, its 'original provision. From the linUimore T A FAMILY SCENE. W ife. My de; r. I really think it time we had a new carpet fir cur parlour; that old ,rr. reel and green nih.ir begins to look indifferent i. coimy.; n cornier1 iiuivini 1 ;..jh in lame eno'icn, I am sure sn ts well the fur niture, and by no means offends my taste. Wife. (Affecting a pleasant and soothir." tone.) V ny, th ie.) Why, that may be all true cnoimh. ' - fct you unow appearances must be pt up. much s ncccrv. to r,,.r grol. mv kept as imii'ii as is necessary, to appear great. i .nu, nun vn:;;. mi i me eCSOf UlOSC WliO do not care a fig for us. ife. No, I don't mean that at all, and you know I don't. But yen know as well a I do, that if wc do not let'the people see that we can afford to have the best of every thing, and look as well as our neighbors, they wiil not respect us. Husband. Thai (snapping his fingers energetically) for the respect "cf such people. What is it other people business whether I have a richly furnished parlor or not. They, certainly, have no right to expect mc to lay out twice a? much in decorating a room to receive them in, when they c h ose to honor me with their company, as would keep my family in comfortable clothing for a year, and go far towards paying rent in the" barS;,in;. . ife. Nonsense! This is another spec imen of your outlandish notions. If you were to have your own way, you would have no handsomely furnished parlor in the house, unless you could sit in it yourself every evening. Husband. May be I would'nt. Wife. No. I know you would'nl ! Husband. Let me see. there's a sidehoard which is never used, lumbering up our back parlor, which cost mc ,100. This sum would have carpeted our chambers, replenished our worn-out beds, and purchased a new hair malressfora summer luxury. And there is Jane's piano, which drained me of 4o0 dollars more, and is no uso to any body in the house or out of it. The sofa, too. which none but strangers are allowed to en joy, was S5 dollars more, and now you want a new carpet lor the use of those who would be more ready to say an evil than a kind word for you. If it w as not for these parlors, and ornaments, and superfluities, I might get along in the world without all the embarrassments and perplexities that now clog my outgoings and incomes. The one or two thousand dollars which I have already laid out in finery and showy furniture for unoccupied rooms, if I now had it, would make my business easy, and enable ir.e to ixld six or seven hundred a year to my income. Just at this interesting moment, a servant is summoned to the street door. Wife. Bless me! there comes some one, and this room is all topsey-lurvcy. Here, hand me the: brush, this hearth is covered with ashes. There, Sally, straighten down the rug; I do wish you would let me keep a fire every evening in the parlor; it is mortifying to be seen in this way by visiters. Sonants return from the door, and hands in a shawl that had been borrowed by a young lady an evening or two before. Husband. (In a passion, and with great warmth.) So you have sat all the evening with every thing in disorder, and the coal? and ashes strewn clear to the fender; and this was all good enough for me. But, no sooner is a knock heard than every thing must be put in its place, and the hearth made decent for the comfort of mere sf rangers. I'll sell he piano, sideboard, sofa and all confound me if 1 don't. I'll let you seej w hether I am to be humbugged in this way any longer! I'll have nothing about this house that I cannot enjoy myself; and if strangers expect to be treated better here than 1 am, they w ill find themselves confoundedly mistaken! Curtain falls slowly husband paring hurriedly across the room, and wife almost thrown into convulsions in a vain effort to get a fit of th; hysterics. EVILS OF RAILROADS. The New York Gazette give tho following humorous argument in opposition to rail ways, which it says was ued by a cana stockholder. "He saw what would be the effect of it that it would set the whole world a gadding. Twenty miles an hour, sir! Why, you will not be able to keep an apprentice boy at his work; every Saturday evening he must take atrip to Ohio, to spend the" Sabbath with his sweetheart. Grave plodding citizens will be fly ing about like comets. All local attachments must be at an end. It will encouinge fiightness of 'intellect. Veracious people vvill turn into the most immeasurable liars, their conceptions will all be exaggerated by their magnificent notions of distance. Only one hundrep miles off! Tut, nonsense. 111 step across madam, and get your fan. Pray, sir, will you dine with mo At my little

lO, 1S37. hox on the Allegany ? Why. indeed, I don't know; I shall be in town until twelve. Well I shall be there, but you must let me off iii lime for the theatre. And then, sir, (here wi. he barrels of pork, and cargoes of flour,

;i;U-vUnrrr CVCn ,Cld ndjVfKVr"nBOt procure such, they sport

have been ul to sober travelling, whisking' "way Iikc a set of sky rockets. It will uPe.l i '"y "'e i'tin. If two men have an alia, rot ! honor, they have onlv to :Fon ! 1 I . 1 . M " .uiue nocky Mountain, and there! no junsitu tion can touc h them. And then.! .... u..u v living tor debt. A set of bailiff on bcnwhells would not overtake an absconding oebtor, only give him a f.,ir st,rt. lon the vnole. sir, I is pestilential, topsv tlirvv. h:n 1:1.1 c ...i- i . . I . i the "old, solemn, strait -t f. 1 7"" i Dutch c anal-three t$L T ' 'e' !,..,. , - 1 'l l!l,lis miur for ex Uls of .r.l, ,1 u ,;, "jjj:, .-utii 1. 1 1 1 w niriufi

, I I mill n t: illllli - mm , .inu llll"!ll liaVC scnp.ui;,! ;iI,d sm(s n ,.,, ;1(j n,H . (observed that the names were equally in-u-people better. None o: your hop skipand There are few person, lo have not jump wh.mscys now for ,' 1 iheard of the celohrated IW-God l-linri. c r. , r ioones, who has given his name to a narked

School Laze The Crawfordsviile V. gives a letter to the nlrtnr r.... tBairJ of Montgomery county, dated' on the! ..j iuu lAgiMuluie adjourned. "Amongst the most p-v impor ant nrlc nf ...

.v iiii natu.e, that passed at the present i 0!,omt'n f " I f-ChrisMiad-not-diod-lhou-; I "!;'-V b'"-.ie.l the revision of ,1C j '"uU been-damncd Bar, bones." '1 his name, ciooi ,.,ws. i,l(jm(JSt ma(erial a!u;ratio!) however, being much too long for familiar iCn.,,,S', ll'al ead 's'-rict shall here-:romnion was cat down to "Damned :!'te. be ent.tkd to an equal amount of school B-rebones." The muster rolls of a few rem pioportion to ,he number of chil- ,mpn, of C.-omwrll's soldiers, which are i.e. said district may contain, without re-Uv';1 Preserved, nff.rd many similar examples H- rcl to the length of time thev may hold ot U,c ,,:a1 VU ? of the thnes-. Almost nil scl'.ools: J.ovided, that to entiUe mv dis- t!l" n:un s " composed of texts from scripnet to cn.iv S proportion of the sd ool ; ll fllowiaK: "ilejoiee-not in-in-luiu!, it must keep school three month inl'W Jo!," "Awake-to rightc-ouness-and-

;lt"-,ear-Jhe Pet county r,l5U;li eltcr f, distant correspondent, remarkiu"- upoi om a nnn CKr lumber of names already announced for im-

portant c.ines in the gift of the people, very ! liVl's "P'lrinRl.v all his life for tbo purpose of Mgmficantly calls the county of Franklin "the! Il',vi"- h5s -'''lo'ien a start' in the world, as pet county"' of our state. He says thatU H c;,iled- Tllis ' judicious, and it arisen Franklin c ounty "has already furnished twoi Prii,cipally from parental weakness and a Governors )n success:on, (Riiv and Nobie) ! ,;,,'( "''on of things. Setting a young man and that Lieut. Wallace, now of Fountain !afi,,;,t with money left him by his relatives county, (in full chase after the Gubernatorial j is like '.vinS 'adders under the arms of one chair.) but recently-removed from Franklin i r;,"not swim ten chances to one if he

county at the same time Doct. Haymond. all'!M,l,5e ,,is ''Adders and sink to the I: citizen of Franklin, is announced" fr j,,. Teach him to swim, and he will neve Lieutenancy. We a'aominab-sectional feel-' t!l- h,:"luVrs. Give y our children a ins ;:s muc h as wr .! nflVi .i i ! education, and nn l.;i,-.. ... ....

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with our correspondent, we think "the time! "' Sl'c o il tl,a morals are pure, and has now arrived to make the channel of the ! ll,s mi,1(1 '''''VaUd. and his whole nature Wabash speak emphatically." Fin. G,z. im,,i!e ""'wrvient to the laws which govern

THK 7?FvIGII7 SIDE OT HUMANITY. by ruorcssoR dewy. There are good men every where. There are men who are good for" good ness's sake. In obscurity, in retirement, beneath the shadow of ten thousand dwellings, scarcely known to the world, and never asking to be known, there are good men; in adversity, in poverty, amid temptations and amid all the severity of earthly trials there a. e good men. whose lives shed brightness upon the dark clouds that surround them. Be il true, if w e must admit the sad truth, that many arcwrong, and persist in being wrong; that many are false to every holy trut, and faithless towards every holy affection; that many ire estranged from infinite goodness; that manyarc coldly selfish, nnd meanly sensual yes. cold, and dead to every thing that is not' wrapped up in their own little earthly interest, or more darkly wrapped up. in the veil of fleshly appetites. Be it so: but I th.-.nk God. that it is not all that we are obliged to believe. No: there are true hearts, which the cold atmosphere of surrounding selfishness never thills; and eyes unused to weep for personal sorrow, whic h often overflow with sympathy for the sorrows of others. Yes. there are good men. and true men; I thank (hem; I bless them for what they are. God. from on high, doth bless them, a'nd he giveth his agels charge to keep them; and nowhere in the holy record are these words more precious or strong than those in which it is written that God loveth the righteous ones. Such men are there. Let not their precious virtues be distrusted. As eurelr nnd as evi dently as some men have obeyed the calls of ambition and pleasure, so surely and so evi dently have other men obey ed the voiceof consc ienc e, and "chosen rather to snffef with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasure of sin for a' season. .Why, even meet ma." suffers in a conflict keener Jar than the contest for honor and applause. 'And thereire such men,, who, amid injury nnd insult, and misconstruction, and the pointed finger, and the scornful lip of pride, stand firm in their integrity and allegiance to a loftier' principle, and still their t hrobbing hearts in pray er, and hush them to the gentie motions of kindness and piety. Such witnesses there are even in this bad world: signs that a redeeming work is going forward amid its derelic tions; proofs that it is not a world forsaken ol heaven; pledges that it will not be forsaken; tokens that cheer and touch every good and thoughtful mind, beyond all other power ol carta to penetrate and enkindle it. A traveller who has lately visiter! the Barbary , coast in . A fricn, mhvtt' deseriVuig. thu

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dress of the people, says, -the females contirm the delmiHon of an ancient philosopher, that woman is an .animal that Helierl.t r. I'hey paint their U gs and arms?and are cJa of earrings and tnacelets of silver and goldt TT I HE RICH? He is rich in ser. ; j8 rjcI, in WOrtb And rich in t!,e l.!.,o.l of nn honest birthHe is rich in his cvuntry'a iesrt ., hf'ne And nrh :n t!,f thmiirl.t that soula claimHe is nrh in tl.o h,,ks ,,f l.len time?, And r:, h , ij,e ;nrf rrecmari'g cj:,ne. Me need no st ir to shine on uit breast. For th crimson uro;)--,r his f;ither'a creat rell, iv.!)l -t!,s on the battle field, Where the h .uat.tv foomen were tnnVht to yield. I neii nsij no more, is ,e rich in gold J'' His rici.es were bmisht but can ne'er be eoljScripture Ximcs.XVe yesterday noticed ome ol the on lint i ;i!rc' n I.;. K i , , . .. " " ir io ; niio,ii in i.rciinwe e i . mo I i ' Pai harnent. asc ii.l.lf.l K, rv,.. :.. . r.i . . i ! But lV.-iif.(;...t.r!...i. .:. i..... ...... . .. u" ""M!an r. ...:.!. ! nies to the full :.

in which helous. :,!Ui impressive as his own. One was

-ty led Ciiii-t-came-into-the-worid-to-save u.ue cones. re ot .er n!un-i..-nl i TUO ,Jrow." Get-tlice-li-hind-me-Sutan uuanin.' .V. 1. ,, Startixo Curi.DnEN in the Would. Many an u .wise parent labors Y.avA ...n.l lot'om. er need sound ! education, and vim h:iv. ,!..t.-i .,...,.. r . man, and you have given him what will be of more value than the wealth of the Indies. ou have given him a start which no misfortune can deprixe him of. The earlier you teach him to depend on his own resource the better. LtDrcnot-s Scene. The Boston Traveller relates the following: A singular scene oc curred yesterday in the Artists during nn anti-slavery meeting. Mr. Staunton, who was addressing the numerous assemblage, felt a sudden affection of the lungs, and was obliged to suspend his remarks by reason of ccughir.g. The propensity seemed contagious; immediately great numbers of the aui dien ce set a sneezing and coughing, A rush was made to the door, and the meeting was completely broken up. On examination it appeared that some mischievous person had sprinkled cayenne pepper on the heated stove in the room, w hich soon infused itsslcsnutatory powts among those present. Extraordinary instance cf Petrifaction Married, in Mount Vernon, Ohio, on Wednesday morning, the 25th ult. by the Rev. A. B. Hard, Mr. Dan Stone, foimerly editor of the Mount Vernon Gazette, to Miss Elizabeth Fairuhild. From Dan to lleersheba, let it now be made known. That a maul in her bloom wan converted to Stone; et a woman she lives, to her fate reconciled, Though before she was only a very Fair Child. An alarming rase of by draphobia has lately occurred in New Albany in the person of the editor of the Argus, rupposed to have been produced by the bite of a goose. More "Monsters." The A'issouri Legislature, at its late session, created about seventy corporations. Pretty well done for a Jackson Legislature, especially as the Jacksonians have such an aversion to monopolies! ! Cm . li'h ig. A good one. The Boston Tost snys, "the reason that cream is so scarce now is, that milk has liscn so high the cream cant reach the top." Ae6c rebuke. A nobleman, preparing for a masquerade, asked his servant w hut rharater I. e should appear in. Appear, said the servant, as a sober man, for that will be quite new to you. The Plague i now scattering its ravnge9 over the whole north of Persia, nr.d in a single week destroyed ten thousand persons at CXinsrartiacplev-Loif Gazette.