Indiana American, Volume 5, Number 22, Brookville, Franklin County, 26 May 1837 — Page 3

A n ERIC A N . R K O oTTvYj. 1. 13, IWBIAJI. FRIIllT, MAV 20, 1837.

jsKaki. W. IJonham is a candidate for Associate Judge of Franklin county, at'the ensuing electionlegislature We understand that some of the and idtes for the Legislature, in this county, liave faifilv taken the field. Jacob Faussei, Esq. e the citizens of Scipio a Stump Speech on Fridsv lift "!ul vve '""leriiand he "holds forth" ft M unit Caomel on to-morrow, and on to-morrow week at the mouth of Rig Cedar (J rove. We beliove in 'llis wa-v of electioneering. We like to r-e the Jrsh am' M1 (anJ talent if they have anv of the candidates exhibited before us. (0!,r-rcss. We expect the candidates for ConCTCSS in this District will soon g:ve the citizens f this county an opportunity of hearing their view? of national policy, from the Stump. The The .Supreme Court, the District Court for Ind aaa. the anti-Internal Improvement Convention, B!iJ t!ii EJitorial Convention, will convene at Indianipolis o:i Monday next. Governor. Wo believe it is now settled that we ars to hive three candidates for Governor at the approaching election, David Wallace, John Daiiunt, and Garni. Taylor, as will be seen from an article in the Indian Democrat in this paper. Fcr Lieut. Governor, David ILllis and Abel C. pepper, we believe are the only candidates. The name of Dr. Rufus Ilaymond of this village is placed in the list of names in some of the papers in this State. Dr. Ilaymond is not a candidate far Lieut. Governor, as it will be seen we have announced his name by authority as a candidate for the Legislature. .Wit of the Week. The engrossing subject is money. Ail we have to say is, that all the Dunks, as far as our information extends, which is from Hostoti to New Orleans, have stopped 6pecie payment. The consequence, we shall not pretend to foretell; as we said in our last, "The time id near at hand when every man must know and feel for himself," The IV t Master General has issued a circular requiring his deputies to receive nothing but gold and silver in payment for postage. HORRIULE CATASTROPHE. The following particulars of an awful conflagration of a Steamboat, is taken from the Cincinnati Whig F.xtra, of the 22d inst..iy the General Pike, which arrived this morning from Louisville, we have intelligence of one of the most awful 6teamboat conflagrations, that has ever yet occurred on our waters. The steamer Ren Sharrod, Captain Castlem.au, whiK-on her trip from New-Orleans to Louisville, caught lire, a few miles above Fort Adams, and was entirely consumed, She had on board upwards of THREE HUNDRED passengers; of which number, it is reported, only fifty on sixty escaped. Of tlmse that were fortunate enough lo gain the shore, lifteen or twenty have arrived at Louisville, and two in this city. Capt. Castleman and wife were res-cued: the latter so much burned, that no hopes of her life were entertaied. When the yawl was about to put to shore, such wag tne rush tu get into it, that it immediately capsized, and drowned all but two persons. The above are the only particulars we have, as yet. been able to collect; but hope to gain further intelligence, in time for to-morrow's paper. The necessity of chain for tiller wheels, is dai ly becoming more apparent; as the burning of the Sherrod't rope, rendered her unmanageable. Important Document. The following Proc Ismation of the President of the United States is from the Globe of the 15th inst. We copy from the Cincinnati Whig 'BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE VSITED STATES OF AM ElltC A. A PROCIiAM TION. Whereas, great and weighty matters, claiming the consideration of the Congress of the United Nites, form an extraordinary occasion for conve mng them, I do, by these presents, appoint the tirt Monday of September next, for their meeting at the city of Washington; hereby requiring the respective Senators and Representatives, then and there to assemble in Congress, in order to re reive such communications as may then be made o th-m, and to consult and determine on such measures as in their wisdom may be deemed meet for the welfare of the United States. In testimony w hereof, I have caused the seal of "ie United States to be hereunto affixed, and signIt-. S. ed the same with my hand. J'one at the City of Washington, the fifteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand e 'glit hundred and thirty seven, and of the Inde reiulence of the United States the sixty fmt 31. VAX JIUKEN. h- the President. 'OIIN FoHSTTH. Senrrf ! nf Rtilo HIGHLY IMPORTANT. Capture 0 ihe Mexican brig of War by the JS'atchei. e have slips from New Orleans of May The schr. Climax, Combs, from Tensaco'Vvhrnceshe S!i,cJ on the 2(th March, arnvedatXew Orleans on the 1th. She rePorts that she arrived ell the bar of the Brassos, .Jjigo,on the 8th April, was boatded by a lexiean Pilot, and informed that she must enuin at anchor until furiher orders from the f-re without attempting to land any person n hoard, promising at the same time that he M take her over the Barton the day fol-

lowing. She remained until the 10th, when a boat from the Mexican armed schooner, JJravo came off ff ascertain if any white lead was on board, but being answered in the negative, the boat returned to shore. On the 12th, a message was sent on shore by the United States sloop of war Natchez, demanding the release of the American schooner Champion, and if refused, the Mexican armed brig, formerly the Farmer, then at anchor off the bar, should pay the forfeit, but the Cammander of the Port returned answer that the Champion could not be released, ordered the officers of the boat1 on board with the message to the commander of the sloop of war to get under way and leave the roast immediately. The Natchez remained at anchor until ti e

I5lh, when she despatched a Mite o the Mexican brig of war, ordering her colors lo!!S be hauled down, which was positively refused to be complied with unless fired into. The U. S. sloop of war immediately fired a shot over the brig, w hen she struck her colors and w as taken possession of by the Natchez. The Mexican fort and the armed schr. Bra vo immediately opened a heavy cannonading noon the Climax and sh(n of vvnr w hl. li iv-."! continued sometime w ithout, however, doing anv iniurv. excent bv one 18 lli sl.r.r. tvlurh struck the C, passed through her deck into the larbored bow, starting a butt which caused her to make water three feet per hour. She then succeeded in making sail and drawing a piece of canvas over the leak hole, hauled oil and placed herself under the prolection of the Natchez. The U. S. sloop of war remained off the Bar until the IStli ult, when her commander made another demand for the release of the schr. Champion, but no answer being returned, the Mexican brig w as ordered to Pensacola with a prize crew on hoard, got under way in company with the Climax and proceeded to the westward, leaving the American schr. Leonidas, detained Champion and Julias Caesar, captured and three others, whose fates were unknown. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. By this morning's mail we learn that BuslamrnleUnd been elected President of Mexico, by nearly a unanimous vote, lie had publicly declared, that immediately after his inauguration, he would cause a complete form ft the change of the Government withlraw the invading s.rmy now operating igainst Texas make ample remuneration to France, and all other Fonign pavers, ftr inju ries offered, and damages sustained. The U. S. sloop of war, jatth z, had cap

tured several Mexican brigs, and sent them to!slales has shut her vaults.

the mouth ot the lirassos river. Thus 1 loses the Texian war the ''quasi" war of the United States against Mexico:and all pretext for making these disturbances a cause for an extra session of Congress. G11. Whig, May 2'2d. Imhanapoms May 20. 1837. Two Expresses arrived at this place on Thursday evening last, (one from Lawrenceburgh and the other from Madison.) convey ing the intelligence that all the Banks in the, ;ni...i;r. 1, t .1. r tt..: i t.ri?n'iii v 1 H- , imiuuin me iiitiiK ui nit j 111ted States, and also those of Cincinnati had suspended f nccie payment. j his intelli gence, notwithstanding the extremely embarrassed condition of the eastern and southern sections of our country, was as suiiden as it was unexpected to most persons in this quarter. 1 ortunately however for the Slate bank of Indiana and its branches at this crit ical juncture, the Directory of the parent bank was in session at the time this unwel come news arrived. The Board, as will be seen, after an anxious and earnest consideration of the subject in its most important bearing upon the interests of the community, determined for the present to follow the course puisued by the highly respectable institutions referred to a hove. The causes which have contributed most to produce the evil, under which we are now doomed to labor, ought certainly to command the serious attention of all. The more distinctly and definitely they can be understood, the sooner it is presumed might their sad and blighting effects upon the country be overcome. It is poor consolation now to know that misguided zeal, llattered and stimulated by corrupt and designing persons by means of party, should at any time have met that degree of favour which is tended to pro duce so great an amount of evil as seems to be every where visible. A meeting of the citizens of Indianapolis was held yesterday, fully approving 1he course which has been taken by the Directors of the State Bank. So far indeed as we have heard any expression of opinion on the subject it is entirely in support of that decis ion. It is believed under all the circumstan ces to be the only ground, with safely to the state and its citizens, w hic h could be assumed with a positive certainty of success at this critical moment.-)'. Journal. TO THE PEOPLE OF INDIANA. A state of things has burst upon us, as unexpected as overwhelming. The intelligence reached us by express from the Ohio river on last evening that alllhe Banks of New York, Philadelphia, (including the United States Bank) Baltimore and Cincinnati had suspended specie payment. These banks are indebted to ours about a million of dollars, principally placed with them to meet the transfer drafts of the Government. We cannot rely upon present aid from them, and can only depend upon ourown resources. Our bank paper will be drawn out from the very banks indebted to us, and which cannot pay its. Agents are already among us, and our gold and silver would soon leave the state by wagon loads.

AH the east, including Cincinnati, have slopped and all the south incuding Louisville, have done so too or will soon follow. Under this state of thinus how long could our banks sustain themselves? The citizens of other states would draw fiom us every dollar of our specie, and what then would sustain our currency? Your money, fellow citizens, and the money of the state is in our vaults. &, we i re solemnly bound to protect it. The Banks that have suspended are not broken. They have been compelled to yield to circumstances not within your control, and we trust will soon resume their payments. Our only alternative was to follow their example in self defence. The duty was painful hut forced upon us by t ircumstanrrs over which we had no control. But there is no cause for alarm. Our specie

ample, having upowards of a million in our vaults; we pledge ourselves to resume specie payment the hour we learn that neighboring banks have done so. We earnestly recommend to our fellow-citizens to make no sacrifices of our paper the may relv with the utmost confidence on every dollar being redeemed. Each Branch will freely receive each others paper. We jbope for a speedy resumption of specie pay men's in other states. For this we are deter mined to hold our institution in immediate re.-idinpH. ! By order of the Board of Directors of the! Stale Bank of Indiana, May 19, 1827. I S. MERRIU..Prs"t. James M. Ray, Cashie THE TIMES. Our accounts from New York, Philadelphia, and BallimDreare to May 13. A spirjit of quietness seemed privelent. 1 he suspension of specie payments was extending to the banks of all the northern cities and interior towns. The executive government, at Washington, is making its arrangements to wage a war with the banks and the merchants,in the present deranged slate of affairs. Measures have been taken to demand the public dues, in specie, and to make nodeposites in banks. The Postmaster General has issued a ci reticular directing the Postmasters to receive specie only for postages, and retain it in their offices. Similar directions have been sent lrom the Treasury to all engaged in collecting public moneys. These are "measures of mad7iees and mad?iers tvithoul measurc.'', Our advices are that the Kentucky banks have not suspended specie payments. We are also advised that 'he hanks of Hamilton and Dayton continue open. 1 he Pennsylvania hank ot the United The Pittsburgh banks have also suspended payments. The Globe and "us kindred presses are attempting to raise odium Against the banks. Many of them make very light of the general distress. Murders and robberies of appalling character ire of very common. AM Currence. We note one cf peculiar atrocity, c opied from the Pittsburgh Gazette, of May 15; "Murder ami Robbery. 1 he villains, supposed to be from this city, yesterday r . . ... ... . c m about ten o'clock, entered the house of Mo ses Ewing, an aged citizen of this county, living near Broadhead's roads, in Robinson township and demanded his money. His wife, a very old woman, gave them what money was in the house, about one l.unered dollei s, w hich her husband had received the day before in Pittsburgh, for a horse sold. She happened to say that she knew one of them, they took the money and lelt the house, nut shortly returned, and deliberately shot her w ithanisto . She survived hut a lew min utes. We understand that Robert Living ston, a slone culler, has been arrested upon suspicion, and committed for further examin aiion. cim. uazctte. U. S. Bank. Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, dated. May 11: "The United States Bank w ould not come into the measure (of suspension) last night, and were prepared this morning lo pay srecie; urgent remonstrances were, however, made to them by the other banks, cVc. and only at exactly three minules to G o'clock, the hour of opening, fthey wisely no doubt) changed their mindand came iii, and orders were then given to sweep from offthe counter the immense piles of silver and gold which were there prepared for distribution." Bullirnote Patriot. The St. Louis Republican' of Thursday snvs: "The Slate Bank commenced opera tions on Monday. The offerings were of course large and beyond the power (.1 the Bank to discount. But we understand all Ihe applicants were accommodated to seme extent. This has created a good feeling among our citizens, which, we trust, will be r.iril.m-improved bv some arrangement with the Commercial Agency for the transfer of the local debt to the btate bank. Poor thinsr! how short its specie, career wil be! A new State Bank fo comment o busi ness, and stop payment in a fortnight alterwardf, will be exhibiting something quite novel. Such an exhibition will, however, ie seen in St. Louis. Did Benton. "solitary "and alone" put "this hall in motion?1' If he did, the revolutions are quite rapid. Post Office Department. Specie Payment. The Post-Master General has requested the Globe to state that "a claim" hereafter accruing against the Department, will be paid in spe cie, or its rquavclenl." This notice is declared to be given, lest the apprehension of being paid in a depreciated currency, should prevent any one from entering into the mail service now advertised for.

Mr. Frick has handed us the following for j

publication: 07"The Collector of this port has received from the Treasury Department a Circular, requiring the payments of money accruing on bonds and customs, to be made in specie and the notes of specie paying banks, that are at par, a the Custom House. Baltimore Patriot. The celebrated Specie Circular contains these clauses: "All the Deposite Banks are reniiestptl lo stinnlv lhcmflvpi with cn-h a

quantity of American gold as to be able to J an elephant s tusk which the animal lost in a pay," and moreover the Treasury will re-ifiSht some, ca" ,l a ucorn s horn' whiIc garda neglect or a refusal by anv of them (o others wisely, rome to the conclusion that it is comply with this request, as a sufficient cause 1 !l 'mcthtngt of which they can give no ncfor discontinuing (he employment of such ! cou,,t 1,9 ,",s,or-v ,IS cerU""b" shrouded in Banks a fiscal agents!!'"' " inistery, w Inch philosophical icasoning alone What a beautiful figure the Secretary of! " pcnelratr: and it afford as wide a range Mw. TrM.r, will ,,r - .;.. .. ..! i I fr tbe speculation of the curious as almost

ana silver upon the Ueposite Banks. He may "call spirits from the vasty deep, but will they come V Cincinnati Whig. Times Dow n East. The Kennekec Journal says the prospect for the demand for lum ber tins 3 car lodes rather blue. Last year! one niiiKireii nunciiiigs w ere erected in Au Sgusta. lhisyenrnll building is nearly sus nendeu. Jn Danger if is mnrh ivnr ih.J rp at h ast six i v iir i.. I... ' i

, u IV l, n Mini lintel. 1 . i 1.1 I 1 I. mw-r, . been occupied. Of ccue no new huil-i OU,K' lovvV va"cJ mtewntcr dings will be ercted, and mechanics are co-i ''? t,,,Iu!M1,t waves oi Hie mighty ccean.once inir ,iwnv. East. dur. b i rolled in lathomless depths. It is certain then

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The City Councils, in Philadelphia, have mf T'T lhat " d,'d :"nd after') lhat H determined to issue small bills of the denon.in-1 "l!,,,tVd one or ,1,otI' of ",e rges of ationsofCi,12i,25.and50cents.&c.,toll.e!mo,,nla!nS-'aS( tl? wa,,ers iled he amount of $ 130,000. How admirably Gen.if ,dmV" "U Ul,e Val,?' a"d gradually Jackson' spuic currency is being ill.iJtratcd ! i ,oUnd "I1 ws," . "to 1 ree,on I c?l,n,r' b,c' Cin 11 h:r tween this and the lakes, which being the . U' most elevated, emerged first from the water The Louisville Journal of Wednesday, -"'came dry "soonest The surH.ce of the says:-" We have seen five dollar notes of Mri e"r,h tlf l,.me 'Vof them Van Buren's Pet Bands at Natchez sold for ! " over the desert was e jn search of o.w ,lnllr nrl i -P..iv.fiv T, fool, ual'1 tl,eJ doubtless perished with bun-

sand cheers for the better currency!! "' Attormes. The only persons in this city that have cause to rejoice at the times, says the New York Star, are the notaries to the banks, one of whom last week realized $2000 from protests! Too True. The Bangor Post says: "The Jail and State's prison are the receptacles of poor rascals but it is left to the Press lo punis i rich ones." Hw lo save travelling expenses. Cultivate the bump of inhahiliveness; and if y ou want to go a mile or tw o, walk rather than hire an establishment at the livery stable. This will be for the health of your body, as well as a security of your purse from languishment. How to save in little matters. Procure a book, keep an exact account of all your expen ditures. At the expiration of three months, renew the account and see how much you have expended in four penny and nine penny items w Inch you could have done without as w ell as not. Then see to it that each ensuing quarter shall be minus just those things. In many cases the aggregate would be found more considerable than you would be aware of, unless you kept such an account. How to save your property , if yoiir house shcrnld be consumed by fire. Get insured. No one is entitled to much charity after he suffers loss, if he neglect so easy a method of securing himself. Text. IIeighth of imptdence. To go into a printing office, look over the compositor's shoulder, and read his copy. Ditto To go into an editors room, rummage among his newspapers, and look over his shoulder to read his manuscript. IL isrhl of iuslicc. To kick such rascals out without ceremony. First Book of JWornion. A Mormon Sermon. If this is justice its administration would have broken many a neck before this; our office is upstairs. The Ohio liner. Has risen fifteen feet, in the last thirty hours, and is still rising at the rate of six inches per hour. At Kenawha Salinc5,lhe river had risen 30 feet in 21 hours; and Ihe consequecce was, that property to the amount of 150,000 was destroyed consisting principally, oisait. The Monongahcla, at Piltsbuigh, had ns en considerably, and was yet rising. vv c shall, probably have as full water, as has been for several years. Cin. Whig.May 22. An Irishman's rcth. An Irish soldier pas sing through a country village, a large mastiff! ran at him, and he stahtieu the aog wuu a spear he had in his hand. The owner of the dotr carried the soldier before a justice of the peace, who asked why he did not rather strike the dog w ith the but end of his weap on? "And so I should, an please your hon or, had the baste ran at me with his taill AUGUST ELECTIO1837. For Governor, D. WALLACE, For Lieutenant Governor, TtAVin 111 LLIS. ABEL C. PEPPER For Congress, fourth District, aKnnriE n. dua'jV, ajuos laae For Clerk. nnnvn r JOHK. J. .V". JOHjSTOj fur Associate Judffe. EAOCH .WCAR TY. JOHJf QUICK JAMES SAJUUELS. For Senator. DAVID MO V.ST. w Iran ro ao ntafiVPR.' inuts ar r v ALEX POM ER RUFUS I1AYMO.YD, ?. R- CIUTWOOD ABRAHAM LEE. For Commissioner, ' MORGAN ROOP.

For the American. Harrison, Ohio, May 23d, 1837. Mr. Editor: While passing up the valley of Whitewater a few days since, 1 embraced the opportunity to look at the large tusk found by Mr. Remy below Brookville, and also to lake a cursory view of the place w here it wa9 found, since when 1 have been much amused and surprised at the absurd speculofions of individuals, w hom have casually fallen in company w ith, upon the subject of what it is and how it came there. Some suppose it to be

iny other subject connected w ith the history of our mother arth. 1 have thought much upon the subject, and it seems to me that the most probable conjecture is that it w as a tusk of the mastadon or mammoth; a race of quadrupeds that has been extinct for centu ries, frornmc geological structure of our country we have sufficient evidence that it was once submercged in water, at least that J portion of it between the Allegheny and ,l Kocky mountains; over (he verdant hills if the Mammoth licd at this period fand it is have been cat ricd down by the receding waters. & strow n in the gravel on w hich our soil is foujidtd, over which the deposites were gradually formed, until in the lapse of years they were covered to the depth of several feet. The water of this great aim of the sea, w hich was at first salt, as it receded became fresh by the addition of the currents from the mountains; and numbers of the Mammoth, follow ing the Cumberland range ot mountains, came dow n upon the plains of Tennessee and Kentucky in search of salt, and finally perished at the Saline licks where it was found; hence those remains at Bigbone. 1 could say much more upon this interesting topic but lest 1 should w eary your patience I will postpone it tor another time. l . r 1 1 x ' jespecuuiiy lours, Wm. C. Crooksiiank. Agricultur:il Society. IIIE Members of the Franklin County Agricultural Society are requested to call and pay their annual tax, as the Committee to fix premiums meets on the tirt-t of July, and this cannot he done until they know the amount to be dietriuted as premiums. UEU. W . K1MULE, Brookville, alay il uv. lreatr. i;iuoTii: Of the Proceedings oj the Medical Society. rWMIE Society or the oth .Medical District, or jL the State of Indiana, met at the Lafayette Hotel, UuBhville, on Monday the first day of May, 18117. Present, Drs. Mason, Martin, Helm, Sex ton, Arnold, Dancan, Cox, Miller. Ilaymond, Parmore, Kose, Ssharp, smith, II. Cogley, orackenFrnme,and Brown. William Clillord, Eliaa Poston, and James Illades were admitted to attend the sitting of the society as students of Medicine. The Society proceeded to the election of officers: Whereupon, lit. in. II. Martin was elected President, Dr. D. A. Cox, Vice President, Dr. A. Car ter, Treasurer, Dr. K. 1. Brown, secretary, and Drs. P. Mason, 11. U. Sexton, and J. Helm, Cen sors. The Censors retired with the candidates for License, and the Society proeeded to the hearing of Essays, Keports or cases, Ace. ur. Miner real an Essay .on Diorrehra, with the report of a case;" Dr. Brown read "Kemarks on the uses and souses of Mercury; Vt. .Vlartin read a paper "on me use of Sanguinaria Cauadensu in cutaneous eruptions;" Dr. Paramore reported a "case of Hipocondria;" Dr. Cogley read "a dissertation on Bloodletting;" Dr. Sharp read "an Essay on irroneovs Diagnotit;" Dr. Duncan read "a treatise on Digettion; Dr. Arnold read a paper "on Mental Influence in disease;" Dr. Frame reported "a case of Protracted gestation;" Dr. Bracken read "an essay on the Medical topography ol Jackson county, Indiana;" Dr. Clifford (by Dr. Helm) read a "paper on the government ot the nocieiy; jjrs. Ilavmond, Rose, and Smith rendered excuses for not complying with the resolution requiring reports of cates, Jic, and they were accordingly excused. Dr. Paramore from the committee on the impeachment of Dr. Richey, reports that they hava informed Dr. Kichey of the charges against him, and summoned him to attend the meeting of the s.wSetw. &c. Dr. Richev not beins prefent, the charge of Quackery was heard in his absence; and on vote he was expelled lrom tne oocieiy nem. con. The censors repert that they have examined a diploma belonging to Charles Parry, M. D., and a license lrom the oin aisirici oi wuiu, i Isaac M. Beck, and likewise, that they have per- .. i it i i.T U n f.nfmn. A . sonaliy examineu u. i. " - --- McCiuiston.and R. Robins, and recommenced mas thev all be admitted members of this Society, all licensed according 10 us ln-aycs, 1 i.au unr an admitted. J he Society adjourne'd to meet at Conne.sville or. the first Wednesday of November next. higned, ncsday ,IARRisON MARTIN, P t. R. T. Bbowii, Sec. 21 3w $iriii Slimmer Cioods. HIE subscribers beg leave now, to iniorm men friends, and the public generally, i.."---j i ; n 1T d lunrp and penerare just receiving ui-u upnij, ---- c al assortment of Spring and Summar Goods; an examination of whi.:h Is respectfully solicited. Next week we expect to mjj "onj. & Drookville, May 17, 1837. The wife of Mr.IIyndman, of Cincinnati, lately presented her loving husband with two daughters and a son at one birth.