Indiana American, Volume 6, Number 9, Brookville, Franklin County, 2 March 1838 — Page 2

were written by different person; that the youth who attempted the. capitals, did it so bad, that he lust the job, and hence another pet son shared Ids chance for immortality. This last person who did the most of the work was, I undersold, one Mr. Palfrey, the father of a Unitarian clergyman of that name w ho resided here, some years since. He, at least, as far ns this document is concerned, has titledeeds for immortality.

Washington's commission is next in inter est, and is in good preservation. It is in the course of beine engraved. Next comes the lot of treaties kept in a glass case, but arrang ed so as to show the seals, writing, ana signatures. Of these last the most interesting is Napoleon's, which is a singular specimen of neat obscurity, for though the letters are regular, I will defy one ignorant of what is before him, to tell whose name it is. Louis Phillippe having been once a schoolmaster, ol course sports pot-hooks highly to be approved of, but us for Francis, of Austria, Bernandolte, and other crowned heads, their hands are indeed kingly scrawls. Above these, and covering about four square feet of the wall, is a treaty with the Sublime Porte, written in Turkish with a most royal contempt for space, straight lines and hair strokes. What the signature is I don't know, but it was quite as legible as the mysterious characters on the outside of a tea chest. The Ambassador's piesenls form a magnificent little armory, made up of swords, guns, pistols an I other toys. One of these swords presented to Commodore Diddle by some Barbary Prince, has a mine cf jewels on its hilt and scabbard. After leaving this interesting collection, we went to the War Department where there is n fine rrallerv of Indian portraits, and after feasting our eyes on the savage beauties of warriors, statesmen and ladies, I hur the Capitol to listen to the eloquence the Neutrality Pill might draw cut. Yours, ncd to which M. In Senate, Feb. 23. Mr. Tallmadce. of New York, rose and said that the Speaker of the House of Assembly for the State ot iNew lorK liau rcqucsicu mm iu nrcscnt to the Senate the preamble and reso lutions passed by that assembly in regard to the Sub-Treasury bill now under consideration by the Senate. The resolutions were read and ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. In presenting the resolutions, Mr. Tallmadge said that he most cheerfully complied wUhTthe request contained in one of the resolutions, to present them to the Senate of the United States. Mr. T. said he should take this occasion to say, that the body from which the resolutions came was composed ofj.s talented, enlightened and patriotic men as ever had been assembled in the capital of his Stale. They were fresh from the people, and Mr. Tallmadge had no doubt that they truly expressed the wishes 'and feelings of a large majority of the people of the State of N. York. Mr. Tallmadge faid he concurred fully in the opinions, views, and sentiments set forth in the resolutions before the Senate. They expressed witli great brevity and force the objections to the adoption of the Sub-Treasury Scheme. Mr. Tallmadge, in conclusion, said he particular!' agreed with the Assembly of his State, that the pciseverinjr iflor'.s made to procure the adoption of the Sub-Treasury scheme had deeply alarmed the people of his State, and furnished at this time a prominent obstruction to the revival of credit and busi ness and a return to specie payments by the banks. scn-TREAsunv bill. Mr. Crittenden, at one o'clock, took the floor in opposition to the Sub-Treasury Bill In the House the Canada defence was still under discussion and remained undetermined I. Senate, Feb. 19. Mr. Buchanan rose, and addressed the Se nate as follows: Mr. President: 1 rise to present to the Se nate a resolution of the Legislature ot 1 enn sylvania, which I received from Gov. Bitner, on yesterday afternoon, requesting their he presenlative9 in Congress.and instructing their Senators u,.o vote and use their influence for a postponement, until the next session of Congress, of the act introduced by Ihe Hon. Silas AY right, of New ork, commonly called the Sub-Treasury bill, or any other net or acts of a similar character, and that they vole at this session for no act of a similar nature." The Legislature, also, b the same resolution, declare that they "have full confidence in Martin Van Buren, and in the wisdom and intelligence of their democratic Senators, and Representatives in Congress;" and further instruct and request their Senators and Representatives "to vote for such a mode of receiving,keeping,and disbursing the public moneys, as will separate as far as practicable, the banks from the Government." I feel confident that the Senate will pardon me, considering the peculiar position in which I am placed, for making a few remarks in explanation of the course which I in'end to pursue under Ibis resolution. It is well known, both to the Senate and to the country, (hat at the last session of Congress, I presented my views in detail in favor of a separation of the Treasury from all banks, as fiscal agents of the Government. My opinion upon this subject remains unchanged; nay. it has been confirmed bysubsequent events and subsequent reflection. After a careful examination of the bill reported by the Senator from N. York, as it has been since amended, I think, in the main, it is well calculated to carry into practice this principle of separation. Whilst it increases Executive patronage to a very small extent, and no more than is absolutely necessary to carry in'o effect its principles, it confers no power whatever upon the Secretary of the Treasury over (he public money, except

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f(,o nivsfnt finvprnmcnl: and a Drovision of the bill; winch lias never cxisteu heretofore, renders it impossible that the or dinary Treasury r drafts which are delivered lol tlir nublic creditors

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currency. With some farther amendments. d nnl now snr.rifv. but Inch 1 intrndfi! tn move, on a nroncr occasion, I should have given a cheerful support to this bill. But I am instructed; and it remains lor me to decide what course I ought to pursue under this change of circumstances. TCver sinc e I wa capable of forming an opinion upon this subject, 1 have believed that the Legislatures of the several States had a riabt t,. instruct their Senators. In my opin!ah lliic ricrlifr refill Its from the very nature of! mir Constitution: which is a Federal compact Utinrtnnd sovereign Slates. Ithas UV-l." .w... orf !wrn pnni dered. with not few excep tions, a fundamental article in the political creed cf that party to which I am proud to belong. I have in public and in private in the face of the Senate and before the country, often expressed this opinion; and I shall never preach on-doctrine of political faith and practice another. I shall never shrink from v hat I conceive to be my duty,becausc in performing it I may apply the torture to myself. I know that some of my most valued friends in Pennsylvania, who hold the right of instruction to be sacred, are of opinion that under the peculiar circumstances of this case, I ought to disobey these instructions. But do these not perceive that if the Senator can look behind his instructions, the right is at once abandoned! Under the pretext, or if you please, under the honest belief that they do not speaic the voice of the People, or that they have been corruptly or improperly obtained, a Senator could always justify himself to himself for disobedience. 1 shall therefore, not disobey myitis! ructions. My only alternative, then, is either to obey or to resign. Upon questions of mere expediency, in which no constitutional principles arc involved, it our,ht to be a very strong case to induce the Senator to abandon his post. If every difference of opinion between the Senator and his Legislature should produce lids effect, the ... 5. . .. .... i i :i rnlitcl luatruciion iiseii vjiiiuu &ouu disrepute, and the Senatorial term of six years, as fixed by the Constitution, would terminate whenever such a conntct ol opinion snou.a arise. I can conceive of extreme cases, in which. on questions of more expediency, an honora ble man might led tnmselt ucgraueu in ceu becoming the agent to give the vote cf his St.ite. No nerson of anv party with whom J have conversed, considers the present to be such a case; and I am confirmed in my own opinion upon this subject by the example of ' - - - " I - J 1 ml the Senator Irom lennesscc, (Mr. . ninety.; I shall therefore, obey my instructions honestly and in eood faith; and, like him, on every question of proposed amendments, shall give such a vole as a fair and honorauie opponent of the bill ought, in my judgment, to give. It is scarcely necessary to add, that as 1 am not instructed to support the substitute for the bill offered by the Senator from Virginia. I shall exercise my own opinion, and vote against its adoption. Nfav Yokk, Feb. 19. Gen. Sc ott has gone back to Buffalo, having met despatches here which should have met him in Albany. It is reported that, preparations having been made in the West to indict Sir Francis Head on account of the Caroline affair, he has changed his intended route to New York. All Treasury notes to-day are below paper par, and seven per cent, below specie. Mem. for the Globe. United States Bank is 115i. There has been a serious fire in Bath, (Me.) consuming, with much property, all the town books, records, &c. JVal. Int. At the late Convention of the "Whigs of Connecticut, at which nominations of Candidates for State officers ere made, the committee on the subject of the Presidency reported in substance ns follows: That as this Convention had not met for Ihe purpose of nominating a candidate for the Presidency, it was not expedient to name any individual, but that they would support whoever should be nominated by a National Convention, and recommending that the Whig members of Congress should meet and designate a time for such a Convention. .Yut.Int. New York, Feb. 20. The ice, it is reported, has closed the Sound Navigation. This is a pretty considerable of a feat, if Jack Frost has perfermed it. It cuts us off by water from New Haven and Providence. Our Legislature, all parties concurring, will probably pass a free banking law, allowing any body or bodies to exercise the sovereign power of creating money, who can raise $50,000. Free banking, it seems to me, we have enough of now, in the shin-plaster banking. Even Slam and Bang can bank in New York at this moment; for though we have penal laws, nobody regards them. Every body banks, in fact the Loafers, the Dock Wollopers, the cold-victuals People all issuing their "promises to pay" the only issues, we have, for the "Bank Monsters" will not put forth a dollar. If free banking don't mean this, but means the Rothschild system over sea, then I oppose it. In short, make the best of it, it seems to me a humbug but -as all parties are about to try it in this great State, it is well for the country to keep their eye upon it. Pei haps we are to wallow in all these quagmires of Experiment and Expedient, before we return to the beacon light of Washington and Madison. Exchanges in New York and Philadelphia, I see has got up to 2 and 21 per cent. You

Lreakff.sl time, bank hours are and be in New ork after over: ana mis is oeltrnng uic nue&oi uuincam. 1 . . . . . ,1 A j ,UMA. A exchansre between the two great cities of the Union! "I leave this great People prospcGossip savs Tammany has deputed sonic ot jher big guns m this city to Mr. Van Puren, assuring him thai though they are willing to go with him to the death on the sub-Treasury, yet that he must abandon it, or there will not be left for him a corporal's guard in the Slate of New York. Gen. Scott went back to Albany by express, with all possible rapidity. There has been a fire in the Engineering Academy, West Point. It came near destroying the chemical and philosophical apparatus. U.S. Bank slock lo-day 115. Treasury notes i discount. 1 here is no change (or the belter in the money market. From Lower Canada we have later dales, but nothing remarkable. Montreal is in the condilion of a garrison. An express (800 miles) from Quebec to Maiden, has been established.... LAW OF INDIANA. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for distributing so much of the Sur plus Revenue of the States, as (he Stale cf Indiana may be entitled to receive, by virtue of an act of Congress, approved June 23d. 183G. Be it enacted by ihz General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the Treasurer of the State shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to receive from the Stale Bank of Indiana, at as early a period as practicable, the sum of $2SG,75l 18, being the amount of the fourth instalment ol the Surplus Revenue due the State from the United States, until the first day of January, 1839, to w hich day the pay mcnt of the same has been postponed by an act of Congress. Sec. 2. That the Treasurer ofSlate shall, on receipt thereof, pay over the said instal ment amount to the Cornmissione.' of Ihe Sink injr Fund, who shall forthwith reserve there from, and pay to the Fund Commissioners of this Stale the nett interest to be reserved in advance of loaning the same, towards the liciuidution of accruing interest on Internal Im provemcnt Loans made by the State; and they shall proceed to loan out the same as pro vided in the act to which this is an amend ment; except, that said loan shall be restricted to those counties, so far as application shall be made in which no part of the third instal ment of the surplus revenue has been loaned: Provided, however, That in case of additional branchesof the State Bank being organized as contemplated in said act, the said fourth inslahi.cnt shall be so vested in Bank stock, and not loaned ns aforesaid. Sec. 3. That in case of the failure by Congress to provide, by the said January 1,1839, fortlie payment of the said fourth instalment due to this Stale, the Fund Commissioners of this Stale, on being thereof informed by the Treasurer of the Stale, shall issue to ihe State Bank of Indiana in full reimbursement of the amount of said instalment so advanced, the Bonds of the State for said amount, bearing six per cent, interest, and in every other respect similar to the bonds by them issued on Internal Improvement Loans; which bonds shall include any interest which the State Bank shall have been required (o pay to the United Slates on account of the retention of saiii iusta Imcnt ;and such advance by (he State Batik shall not be deemed (o effect or restrict the amount which the Bank is authorized to discount. Sec. 4. That in case the Bonds of the State shall be so delivered to the State Bank, it shall be the duty of the Bank to dispose of the same through the rund Commissioners or otherwise, as soon as the same can be done so as to reimburse the Bank, and in terms consistent in the opinion ofthe Fund Commission ers with the interests of the State; and any overplus remaining after reimbursingthe bank shall be paid over to the Fund Commissioners for the improvement fund. This act to be in force from and after its passage. The State Bank of Tennessee Judicious Legislation. One of the most important acts ofthe recent session ofthe Legislature of Tennessee, was the incorporation of a great State Bank, heretofore noticed in our columns. It is connected with the magnifi cent appropriation of $4,000,000, to works of Internal Improvement, and 100,000 per annum to Common Schools. Among the funds which will constitute the capital of the Slate Bank, are about one million and a half of dollars, received on accout of the Surplus Lcvenue; and the proceeds of tne sales ol ine valuable lands in the Oceoec district, acquired under the Cherokee Treaty oflS3G. The State interest in works oflntcrnal Improvement was apportioned by an appropria tion el 00,000 lo the Charleston and Cincinnati Rail Road,- $050,000 to the Hiwassee road (running from the Georgia line to Knoxville;) $1,000,000 to roads in Middle Tennessee, and $1,000,000 to roads in the Western District; and in addition to these appropriations, $300,000 were apportined to the improvement of the navigation of the rivers in each of the three divisions of (he State. To ensure (he prompt payment of (he interest on the bonds to be issued by the State for purposes of Internal Improvements and to enable the road companies to realize the investment without difficulty, the Bank of Tennessee was made the fiscal agent ofthe State. A Counterfeiter Arrested. We learn that an individual named Houston Taylor was arrested at Richmond, Ind., on Tuesday

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pass a ccunterieii noic. ine iimc was uu the bank of Pittsburgh, of the denomination of five dollars. When the officer went to arrest Taylor, he was found in bed. He, however, expressed his readiness to undergo an examination; and accordingly, got up, dressed himself, and started with the constable for a magistrate's office. Just as thry were entering the office, Taylor was observed lo drop somelhingjwhichl'proved (o be a pocket wallet containing between seven and eight hundred dollars in counterfeit bills, a partofwnich, we undeistand, was on some of the branches of the State Bank of Indiana, from a plate, however, altogether unlike any ofthe genu ine ones. In the confusion, just at this time, Taylor managed to elude the vigilence of the officers, and made tracks. He was hotly pursued, but, for the night, without success. On the next day, fresh pursuit was commenced, and he was tracked to a house occupied by negroes, about eight miles from Richmond, where he was found comfortably esconscd un der a fealher bed. He was brought lorth from his hiding place, when it was discovered that his feel were very severely frosted. It is supposed he lost his slippers in the caily part ofthe chase on the preceding evening, and that he had traveled the balance ol the night, through the snow, in his stocking feet. He was taken back to Richmond, and after an examination, was recognized to appear at the next term of the Wayne Circuit Court. 1 ny lor, we understand, is from Preble county Ohio, where he has very respcctoble connex ions. liushville Herald, tb. 24. The disgraceful and revolutionary proceed ings of a portion ofthe Indiana Legislature, (referred to in the annexed article lrom the Indianapolis Journal of the lGth,) demand the reprobation of every friend of law and or der in the State, no matter to what political parly he may belong. If the stigma o( such conduct could be confined alone lo the nc tors in the affair, occurrences of the kind might be passed over in silence, or, at least, need not be much regretted; but, unfortunately, transactions of (his nature are too apt to be viewed by those at a distance, (particu larly when sanctioned by men high in author ity) as a (air example o( the regard paid to law, order and legislative dignity by the mass of the community in Ihe midst ol which they originate. We recognize among the members impli caled, the names of several gentlemen of whom belter things might have been expect ed; and men, too, who profess to be governed in all things, by the will of the majority, law fully expressed. It those respectable mdi viduals had reflected a moment,, we cannot believe they would have given so absurd construction to one ofthe cardinal maxims of their public conduct, as to demonstrate, by their practice, that they respected the will cf a majority just so lens as it coincided zvith their ozen preconceived notions of right, and no lon ger. iiis unnecessary to add, that no one deserves credit for such an acquiescence; and (hat no government can lone be preserved from anarchy and despotism nority are ever ready (o oppose, by even the most unjustifiable and illegal means, the wil of the majority legally and constitutionally expressed. If the resolution which gave rise to this unprecedented mode of opposition on the part ot the lnends ot (he National Ad ministration, had been objectionable in itself, we should not have been so much surprised at their conduct; but that (hey were willing to disorganize the Legislature of the State to uphold the universally infamous and odiou Treasury Circular, does seem really strange passing strange! As an illustration of the bad effects of party fanaticism, we hope Ibis abortive attempt to produce anarchy, wil prove a warning and a beacon light lo ; future Legislators and Legislatures. Wabash Courier. GREAT BRITAIN THE CANADAS Paris papers have been received lo the 1st and London to the 5th ofjanuary. The affairs of Canada were Ihe principa subject of comment in the London papers. Despatches from Sir John Colbourne lo the 29th of November had been received. The intelligence through other channels was the 4th of December. to It was stated in the Standard of Dec. 28th, that the brig Inconstant of 3G guns was ordered without delay to the North toast of Spain; and Ihe rumor was that the ob;cct of the ex pedition was to take on board (lie battallion of marines, stationed at Passages, and convey them (o Lower Canada, via Halifax. The brig had taken on board at Por(smou(h 1000 muskets and a large quantity of military stores. The same paper states that the Hastings was ordered to Portsmouth, there to take on board troops for Canada. The 93d Highlanders was ordered to Nova Scotia, and it was reported that the 23d riflemen and (he 71st light infantry were ordered to Canada. The G5th, stationed at Barbadoes, was ordered to Canada, to be replaced by the G9th from Dema rara. Sir John Colbornc's despatches were received in London on the 2Gth of December, with the President's message. The despatches disproved the false accounts ofthe defeat of Col. Wetherallal St. Cbarles, carried out by the Cambridge andShakspearc from this port, which sailed on the 3d of December. That part of the President's message relating to the North Eastern boundary, is much commented on by the London papers. It is said (ohave caused a slight depression in the, funds. The message generally was not much liked in the commercial and financial circles, j The Morning Chronicle discredited the reports of reinforcements to Canada. The

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commander-in-chief had t GOOUS. thai day, with Lord Melbourne 'Pittsburgh Mr. Clay's Speech. The Nai VainS' lgencer, and the v asinngton Corrcs,, olors of the Baltimore papers, represent thard anxiety to hear Mr. Clay's speech, on Moiu as(, on (he Sub-1 reasury bill, appeared (o altogether uuparalled. Long belcre Mr ( commenced his speech, (he Senate Chr.rriLcr was perlccdy crammed with auditors in evenpart where it was accessible amcr.g whom was allarge portion of ladies. Hundreds were unable to obtain seat or even a sight of the speaker. Mr. C. is represented as having made me ofthe most splendid and successful efforts ever heard in the Senate Chamber he even surasscd himself. Lverv body seemed delisb. cd, aye, astonished at his masterly eloquence anu power, we snail putiisn ihe speech ia full, soon as it comes to hand. It seems Mr. C's speech occasioned some i((!e span ine between him and Mr. Cnlhmutowards whom Mr. Clay is represented nshav'. ing been very severe. 1 he correspondent of the Baltimore ratrici says: "W hen Mr. Clay sat down, Mr. Calhoun instantly rose, and said he wished (o rr.nke a single rcmnrk. He then declared, with cre-t warmth, that Mr. Clay had perverted or misslated every argument he throw rmt n would, nt his good leisure, reply to the argumcnls of the Kentucky Senator on his :irgumenis, anu niso to ins personal remarks; and when he did so, he assured that Senator, iho debt between them will be paid in full. "Mr. Clay promptly rejoined 'Whether 1 have misstated or pervcited the Senator's nrnriimpnf. I cnhmif In m-vn i , : .. 1 nal than him the Senate, and to the arm i :i..ir iTrtii. . . mem useu. ttiui respect loan' payment ih'? Senator wishes to make, I am icady (o re ceive u in any way j ask not a contest with any man. 1 avoid r.one with the Senator ficm South Carolina.' "Mr. Calhoun 'Since the Senalor appeals to this.body, 1 also appeal lo the Senate to s: y whether his remarks did not call for the notice I took of them.' 'Here the conversation ended." From the Lancaster (Penn.) Int. MODERN READINGS. Fine-looking Man. A fellow attached (o (o a steel cane, gilt chain, without a watch, and a long list of unpaid debts. He may be told by a hauteur of expression, and a superfluity of hair on his cheek, to make up for un inanition of sense. Lovely Woman. A creature with n hunch on the back, and the heart compressed by a patent screw vulgarly denominated, corset. Credit. A streak of lightning, with a black spirit striding over it a tiger with a tincup tied to its (ail. Love. A favorite commodily of the Quarter Sessions. Washer-woman. 'One nshas,' according to Sam Weller, a mortal nwcrsion to washin' clothes.' Honesty. A thing of much demand in Legislatures: an honest man there is worth sixty thousand dollars. Statesmanship. Making a speech three days long on the election of a door-keeper. Constable. A man with a blue nose, red eyes, and big slick; (he last to keep him from f li 1 failing sometimes. Hotel. A place where a man is insulted if he asks for entertainment for himself and horse. Truth. A smile in (he face, while (lie hand's in your pocket scraping an acquainance with your pocket book. Decency. A man with a black-cloth suit; false keys in one pocket, and a pislol in t'other. The Maine House of Representatives by a vote of 91 to G have passed the bill to repeal the law forbidding the circulation cf small notes. A Portland correspondent ofthe Express fays: "The Loco Focos writhed, wrigged, ranted, roared, and then ran, only six cf them slaying to stand fire. The Bill now goes to the Senate. They will look at, and look round it, snarl at it, and run away from it, and let the Wlii pass it. Thus, you see, we are engaged in the good work of undoing the doings of tho misrule and infatuation thnt has reduced our country from prosperity to prostration." Bank Proscriptions. The Journal of Commerce eaj'B, that they "learn from the Boston papers that on Wednesday last, the Grand Jury of that city found un indictment, for official misconduct, against Josiah Dunham, President of tbo Franklin bank, and Ebenezer Stevens, Samuel S Itidgway, Thomas II Dunham, and Ebenezer Ilayward, directors. They were eoon after arrested and brought into the Municipal Court, where thej gave bail in the aggregate sum of $10,000, and weio then set at liberty." Remarkable Circumstance. Tho son of Col. Oentry, of the Missouri volunteers, was wounded by the same bullet that killed his father, while bravely leading on his men. Col Gentry was a Kentuckian by birth, and waa with Gen Harrison, Gov Shelby, Col Johnson and others, at the celebrated battle of the Thames. Texas The Mobile Chronicle of the 5th says, 'A gentleman just arrived, direct from Texas, reports every thing to be quiet and prosperous. The reported invasions ofthe Mexicans have all turned out to be false alarms. The Texians, however, are prepared lo give them a warm reception." Chatlofle Lee, is the name ofthe present Queen ofthe Gypsies. Her royal equipage is a donkey cart.