Indiana American, Volume 7, Number 45, Brookville, Franklin County, 8 November 1839 — Page 1

BY C. P. CL UKSO.

TERMS OP THE AMERICAN. f j m amnc, 54 ou in six months, or $3 at ih-i expiration of tbi year. No paper will be disoitinuad until ail arrearages are paid, unless at tha o;tion ot me editor, ien percent, interest pjr anna.-n will be charged on all subscription, fM-niiia Biiiriiion oi iae year, until paid; and for nil Jab-work anJ advertising rhen payment is delayeJ oeyonu bix months. ADTEaTissE.iTs.TweIve lines, or lees, will be inserted once or three times, for one dollar, mi 2" copU will be charged for caci. addiLiv co insertion. THE TIMES. FATAL OCCURRENCE. The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser contains the following account of the swamping of the boat, and the drowning of four persons off Milwaukee. It is giv;n by one of the survivors. Hestys: MOn the 11th inst , while on our return trop from Chicago, we slopped at MiSwaukic. There is no pier at that place, and such vessels as touch there, have to anchor oae mile from the beach. On the day above mentioned, a boat's crew, consisting of Capt. A. II. Squires, I,. Randall, clerk, W. Vosburg, steward, O. Brown, mate, Johnson, the general agent of the Norwegian company, Ciplain of the steamboat Tro. bridge, a stranger, name unknown, and myselfweut on shore at that place. It was 8 o'clock at night before we attempted to return. When about half way from the shore the boat swamped, and all were In an instant buried in the lake. It was so dark that we could hard! distinguish each other. While in the water I was aoid with both hands in my neck cloth by the Norwegian. I attempted to disengage myself from him, but I could r.ot and we sank together. When at the bottom I seized one of the man's bauds, and w ith adcsperate effort with my feet and hands, freed myself, und I saw him no more. gOa coming to the surface, chance threw an oar in my way, which I seized, and it gave me confidence. After a few moments 1 was thrown against the yawl, and by much exertion I got in. Presently I saw the arm of a man above the water, near the stern of the boat. It turned out to be Captain Squires. At this time I was much exhausted, but still strong enough to clasp the thwart of the boat, which prevented my being washed overbold again. The Captain regained the y iwl, and run his arm through the stem ringbolt. The waves were all the while rolling over us. The Captain must have been much cxhmsted, and made me repeat my name, to anxious was he for my safety. In this situation we must hive remained over an hour each cheering the other until finally the Captain said, "Gardner, call ojf, I am g!ing; if you re:u h the shore, tell them where I am." I tried to encourage the captain, and told him I saw a light. He made no answer, and I saw his head thrown back, as if dead. I again tailed upon him to exert himself, but to no use. At this time the light approached us. The people threw a Imc, which I caught, and the boat was pulled ashore. What followed I cannot say. When Icamc to, I found myself on board the little steamboat Trowbridge, in the hands of my rcsciier. as was also the captain, and alive." We further learn from air. G that of the noat screw lour were lost, viz: Messrs. Ranieil, osburgh, Brown, and the Norwegian Tim !'.,..:.. r .1.- n, - P.. viiMiu m uie Arowunagc ana the stranger saved themselves by swimming. All 1. 1 ...... O iosc wao perished had on their over coats, and those saved pulled them off, to aid in rawing the boat. Mr. Brown was not found ; co1 ls coal pocket $2,(500 in bills, and 100 in cold. Mr. Gardner, in losing his coat, also lost 900. St. Lotus, Oct. 21. there has been nn permanent change in the market for some weeks; there may have been some nominal changes, but we find few alterations to make. The Mississippi river has risen several inchs sufficient to allow boats of light draught to pass the rapids, which will of cour.e revive the load trade again; already there is a slight decline. The Rfccr. Business. &x. The Missouri con tinues excessively low, and the navigators begin to fear that there will be no fall rise. It a so low that some of the small boats refuse tra up until & further rise. The nccounts from the Upper Mississippi are more cheering. - The Iowa News, at Dubuque, of the 12th says The river is now on t ie rise. For the last week we have had heavy rains. We understand from a gentle mvi woo has just left Vie Pinery, that there n is been a continued rain for several days Pt. The Chippewa and St. Croix are fill-4-J to the banks. The river lias risen at this pRce r.ear two feet at least 23 inchei. n . tae UHienaJUnzette oi the 12ih report th t the Mississippi, n few days since, had fen Qve feet at I' ra'.rie du Chien. and con. limed to rue at the rate of five inches in 12 noun. in, a have no favorable accounts from the biiity.dijt continue ery low. Cin. Whig. 6S, nin in 1 'da without ah''!p interfere with other men's stored, with othe. drci9. Jjut whcn we ba. not-been brought phTaiei.n. k.. r.,.A n,tn it round breasted eine.tiii Mr iwn. nm,.x.metc vsis bad are i, uui recemu iw- -------- lavaiuable preparationoncluue, mat rchered for of tta above eu . wardrobe is o

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The N. Y. Express of Saturday says: k,The Convention of Rant w hM lt ma tting. Mr. C.W. Lawrence, President or the fclate Bank, was chosen Chairman, and Mr. Yermilyea, Cashier of the Merchants' Exchange Bank, Secretary. The meeting broke up without doing any thing, in fact. They would promise no more than was rromiscd in their letters and as for receiving Safety un, Notes, they would not entertain the proposition at all. A few of the large banks have the power, and they use if. The smaller banks are subje ct them. The great difficu.ty lies with the Bank of America, the Manhattan, and the National. The first two have the large deposits of the Government, and have the other Banks in debt. To Geo. Aewbold, Robert While, and Albert Gallatin, more than to any other individuals, are this public indebted for their The disappointment to the meeting of the merchants to be l.lcd this evening will be very great. They had fondly cherished the idea, that if the Banks would meet together there would be a concert of action that would reucve them. An extension of 5 to 10 per r . j,n , . u ,ne reception ol Safety . unuiuanK wins, would save the merchants trom me present distressed condition. The pressure on the money market to-day J fs E ver. The notes of the best individuals, we Uo not feci at liberly to name them, but the paper of the Stale Bank, of the Manhattan Co., and the Bank'of America, to ourowu knowledge is selling at over four per runt n nA.lL - r. n iiiuuiu, or nay per cent a year. It would seem that the'.directors of these Institutions, instead of holding out ngainst the merchants, have abundant inducement to lessen the distress of the holders of tbeir own notes to do something for the relief of the community." Cm. Whig, Xov. I. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. -MERCHANTS & BANKS OF N. YORK. Tiie Meeting of Saturday Night. We saw some gentlemen from New York last evening, who informed us that at the adjourned meeting of merchants, held in that city on Saturday evening, the decision oflbe bauks, as stated in a preceding column, was made known, and no further action of any moment took place. The greatest excitement still existed in the money market; much dissatislacuou was expressed at the conduct of the banks, and opinions were so eontmdirfnrr. that it was impossible) to say what would be the next step. The meeting in question was quite large, and the resolutions from the banks echoed, in all essential respects, their former proceedings; that is to say, they avowed their determination to sustain spacie paymcnts, and at the same time, intimated that no further curtailment of discounts would take place. Resolutions responding to the banks, and calling upon the community to bear and forbear, and also deprecating any attack upon a sister city, were adopted by the meeting. Tappan was one of the speakers, and his nppearancc created great confusion. He was hissed,groand and applauded by turns. Still further confusion was produced by a report that the floor was giving way. In short, the whole affair was manageJ very badly, while the resolutions said to have been adopted, arc not believed to express the sen timents of any considerable portion of the community. They are, in f;,ct, a direct con tradiction to the proceedings of a preceding meeting. We fear that our N. York friends are in the hands of baJ advisers. Thev must be sadly off, indeed, when eronns. hifses and confusion are the characteristics of a great public meel:ng of merchants, held with the object of deliberating upon the present most important crisis of their monetary and commercial affairs. On Thursday, thev met and resolved that, "if the banks did not afford assistance, an al most universal bankruptcy must be the con sequence, the banks, tn fad, if not in words, have refused such relief, and now the merchants, or at least such of them as attended the meeting of Thursday, appear puzzled to know what to do. Sincerely do we condole with them in their condition. We have also advises from Boston, as late as Saturday. The banks in that city were said to be discounting moderately, although the money market was still very tight. 1 he pressure, says the Boston Patriot, seems to be most severe anion-- denlers in dry coous. lob bers, &c. There are many in New York and Boston also who depend on their collections from RDroaa, anu not on the banks; and it tneir collections fail them, they are obliged to get aid of their creditors and those again call on the bauks for additional aid. This the banks can only give to a moderate extent. There are also Inrgc nnJ extended con cerus who require a great deal oi money to meet the regular expense of their establish me nt, and who therefore find it almost impossible to get from &c receipts in the ordinary mode as much as they want in time of great scarcity. The banks can only nid those whose wants are within moderate compass, and whose solvency is beyond all question. The Mobile Insurance Compnnies, in connexion with theforeien Azencies.have offer- , , , A , - . - - , e reward oi riuw lor me aetection anu vniinium ui u; pcisuu, iuuhj gum wi I ting fire to nny store or dwelling within the I iclty.

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A TALE. ;-t '-. . From the Souther Literary JTetiengrr. TIlE'lNNpcEXT. AYEftGER. "PAoeioa. TI name1,wby dost thoo pause Cletiphon. 'Tia I.n Ion. Well, t kbew itwould be mine!" . - on .2 tragedy. Duellingji prohibited in the Netherlands by an express enactment. When, therefore, there springs up any demon of revenre which cannot be laid except by the sheddine of v. ucii miy iniringement oi me rigid precepts of the code honorable demands a waste of life, the parties are. constrained to choo,e their ground, and pace their distances on the nearest spot of earth in ihe dominions of His Mosl Christian Majesty, the King of the r rench. It is now ten years since my friend uonsieur de Z was, at the age of fifteen, sent by l,i? father, a wealthy merchant of Bordeaux, to learu book-keeping in the busiest counting-room in Antwerp. The transactions of iui Europeon mercantile establishment occupy the greater part of the day before the dinner hour; after which,as it borders closely upon the evening, no ordinary buinesssi suffered lo intrude upon hours of rest or conviviality. Ao exeat is the 'order of the cuuuting-house from nine o'clock in the morn ing until five after noon ; and, except by leave, !hf nV. .!: j ... . -uiuiuuc8 uare not aisobey Ihe injunction; lor the eye of a master is upon theim "nlesa it has gone for a season, to read, in the many glances as keen and inouUitiro n his own, the news and fortunes upon 'Change But dinner is the Rubicon beiween business nu pleasure, activity and indolence. When me sound is ncaid which gives warning of ineapproaccorthal most welcome event, the shadows begin swiftly to pass away from visages bending over lrge folios and bundles tied with red tape, and the wrinkles which furrowed the mosl youthful brows give place to a bland and contented expression; and when at last the mists of care roll entirely away before the beams of joy, there may be heard, succeeding to the steallhv stennn'rl fb suppressed whisper, a simultaneous burst of voices in quick merriment, hailing the hour of release with the exultation of sea-tossed mariners in sight of a favorable strand. Alter dmner each day, it was the custom of the sons of the rich merchants who were in Antwerp learning the art of makhig cent per cent far away from home, nnd from the indulgences always attached to that dea r nlncp to assemble together in a large room in the conee house where they had dined. Here might be observed youths of all ages, from the tender, beardless boy, who had but recently arrived from some.Spanish or French commercial mart, to the strong, mustachioed initiate, who was not lo pass many more months in clerkship ere he assumed the difficult responsibility of a junior partner. My friend, dc 2 , was of Ihe former class. He had, however, been in Antwerp a sutlicient length of time to contract n warm friendship for Augusle Forcf, a boy younger than himself, yet characterized by a dcmcanor,and distinguished for abilities, which had won for him the respect of every clerk in Antwerp. Aususte was but fifteen years of age, and the only son of his mother. That mother doted on him to distraction. He was literally the light of her eyes; for all things seemed dark since lie had been no longer present to dispel the gloom of uti luueiy wiaownoou. lier story was indeed, a romantic one. Herself the only child of one of the old French nobles, she had mor tally onended her father by a plebeian marri..ge with n young merchant, with whom she had become acquainted in one of those ways which nobody esteem unaccountable except the interested parlies. In her solitary morning rides in the vicinity of her father's old chateau, she always encountered a stranger, whose walks chanced to be in a similar direc tion, prompted, as she thought, by an admi ration like lier own, for a,wild sequestered glen,lhrougb which the path wound,ovcrshnaowed by century elms,nnj traversed by a sil ver brooklet. A cold and silent bow was the first approach towards a mutual acquaintance a smile succeeded- -and at last the stranger ventured a word about the beauty cf the place. The lonely daughter of the haughty old marquis deigned a reply. It was not long before this conversation, which commenced like the first Slowing of the biook at their fect, with a slender vein, widened into a broad stream, and finally settled into the lake-like repose of a deeply-felt and fully-expressed passion. Emilie was aroused to a lively sense of her indiscretion by a furious explosion of race from her father, who, never having utter ed an unking word to her before in his life, now assailed her abruptly one morning after she had returned from her accustomed ride, with a shower of invectives, which were quite as surprising and unexpected to her as a peal of thunder would have been from the unclou ded sky that was smiling so lovingly above her. She did not faint, hut she was petrified with fear and astonishment, fear at the con sequences of her father's anger, and astonish ment at the possible manner in which he could have discovered her interviews with Henri t-oret. a he had never till that mo ment reflected how these interviews were to terminate. Matnrr.on? was an event to which they had rf the ted hoM 80 numer ous and so nbsorjcjencec.'VD. polher topics wheih love had L. ib-i toiheir imaginations. She had id known from the first thatl I Henri was not noble; he had told ner that tne

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r Ji , .. " J b , ' T uh,uuiu ue me young Augastr. their son ednow fondly doting parent, she comprehended ucated to commerce at the house of certain the unavoinable consequences of her conduct fiiends in Antwerp, so that he hoiild be the ata single g .nee. She mnde,not one word artificer of his ow foHui. ThS Resent-" . orreplyibut when, nt the expiration of his menl of poor Henri Forcf was verified. He hrcatsand denunciat.pnMhe was ordered to died, leaving nil his fortune to his wife, lo be her chamber, she bowed meekly nnd retired, disposed of as she pleased at his death. Few Lmilie s feelings were not to evaporate, like days elapsed before the heart broken Emilie those of ordinary heroines, in histeria or im- and her darling son were on the broad wapotent ravings. II r's was one of these deci- ter?, returning to their beloved Franr

ded characters which waited not for afler-rc-flcctions lo soften away positive determination. Her father had assured her of one fact, which fixed her mind as firmly in its resolve as her heart was fixed in its affection. After having reached her room, she wrote, and I

stnntly despatched a billet the effect of fit is no wonder that she'was again received inwhich was to bring a post-chaise and horses o the arms of her doting sire." Old French and Henri Foret to Ihe spot where the road j Marquises do not dislike money. ,The fathends in n gale that opens to the glen where i'r insisted, however, that she-should not the lovers had first met. The billet, which bring home with her that Spring of cornhad such power,simply requested Henri to be merce," as he called the young Augusle. As ready at the hour of dep twilight near the she haJ no intention of this originally beoldtrystring place, with equipage of travelling determined, though it almost broke her and to (his request was appended the ralhei hcait, that, in compliance with the wishes of striking information that her venerated father her husband, she would send their son to Anthad expressed his will that she should on the eip for three years she signified her acquifollowing day wed a nobleman as old as him- escence in har father' will? nml. nnn-.n r,

self, to whom he had formerly betrothed her. Emilie had no leisure for teras, sighs, or rcpentence, till her lot had been mdissolubly entwined with that of the young merchant by "a friar of orders gray," who consented to administer unto them all the requisite formalities of his infallible church, a.lcr having had his conscience salved over with gold enough to have covered it, had it been as broad us by frequent stretchingil waslong. Henri Foret was a young man of a will no less decisive than his loving and beautiful bride's. He had, although she had not, long premeditated the step which had just been taken, and hei had so arranged all things thnt, after the per-! formance of the important ceremony, his "lady fair" experienced no more inconvenience than if she had been wedded with customary pomp and splendor in the hall of her ancestors, and given into the artm of a magnificent bride-groon. by a gratified father. She was,1 strange lo say, quite as happy in n vulgar post-chaise rapidly wheeled over the space of thirty leagues; as if she had been in a splendid coach drawn lazily by six fat horses. Before she had perfectly recovered her senses, she looked around npon a very tastefully and elegantly furnished mansion in the Rue de , Paris. The young merchant's partner in business had well obeyed his instructions. A house in the most delightful quarter of the (musi uc'iiguuui cuy in me universe sioou rcauy for the reception of the happy pair. Your man of trade does every thing systematically. The books of the house of Arnold, Fortlct Ce. probably display at this day the charge of "a house and furniture" lo the private account of M. Foret. Werel weaving the story of these lovers into a fictitious legend for the amusement of the sentimental, I should doubtlessly, attribute to them length and felicity of dajs. But al.is! mv pen has been dipped in the bottom of that well where truth lie, and Iamust write nothing but (ruth. 1 he highly respectable firm of Arnold, Foret et Ce. met with n:nny sad reverses of fortune, and finally stopped payment. to satisfied were (he creditors with the honesty nnd ability of the partners, that they all cheerfully acquiesced in an adustmenl of their demands, by which the house was enabled gradually to wind up its concerns, and not only to discharge all its debts, but to present to each of the partners a competent private fortune. Thi8,4howevcr, did not satiify the ambition of young Foret. He had imbibed the nicest notions of commercial honor, nnd fancied that his vnufortuncs had dimmed the lustre of his own; though, lo the eye of his friends, they had only been vapors upon the diamond fading, almost as soon as perceived, from the purily of its brightness. It had been also the ambition of the young merchant to reach, by the potent aid of riches, those nonors ucnicu mm ny oin.i, ana reinstate his wife in that rank from which he had removed her. His mischances swept his air-built castle into night. Not content to live, young and wealtcy ns he was, upon a small income, he accepted) an advantageous offer lo remove to ihe West Indies. Thither he embarked with his wife, happy as when first she became his own, and a bcautilul boy, their only darling, who was now over six years of age. Forming in Martinique a new mercantile connexion, he lived in mat isianu for seven years, and amassed a fortune which placed within his grasp the glittering prize for which he had been o long striving. On the fourteenth birth-day of the young Augusle, his father prepared to remove once more to Paris with his wife and child. But alai! on the day when they were to have sailed, he was taken ill with a (ever, induced? partly by the excitement of his occupations, and partly by infection received in visiting the slavchumlet, to bid adieu to his faithful negroes. From the moment he fell tick he was seized with a strong presentiment of death. The fever was not violent, and his effectionate and devoted ifc vainly endeavorfd to divirt the!

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his ambitious projects he expressed hitnsel , '" convinced of the folly of his worldly desiresV " J and having received from bis wife an assurance that she had been most happy in the station of life to which he had reduced hr.

u" P"" mat tne acted from 'sr. . scarcely had she arnrcd in Paris before the la. mioresseu i.er lather, the old Marqui?, who had not stirred from his chateau, informing him of all her misfortunes and of her oresent

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n-jiogivencss. Considering h g bow rich, she was her dear, dear boy, with many tears nndbles. sings, she proceeded to her paternal domain. i .- . . line ne, umier me charge ol a faithful servant, departed for his school of commercial education. . How these facts came to my knowledge is, ns alawyer would say, immaterial to the point at issue. It it sufficient that I have related them for the purpose of enhancing the interest ofa thrilling 8tory,ln which the young Auguste Foret is a prominent actor, "and lo the truth of which, my friend, de Z , can testify most solemnly, as he was throughout an eye-witness. The events hnppened ten years ago, and may be found by the curious succinctly noted in 1 he chronicles of the day. Assembled in (hat large room of the coffeehouse where they had just dined, and where they where wont to assemble at six o'clock in the evening of h rainy Autumi day, were all the most respectable clerks of the first commercial houses in Antwcip. Seme were sipping coffee, some were playing nt dominoes, nnd others were discussing the various subjects of interest which for the time occupied their attention. About this hour, certain officers ofa regiment stationed in the town were wont lo tesort to the coffee-house, and amicably mingle with ihe clerks in their di versions or conversation. 1 his evening the 'officers had come in as usual, and the usual hilarity prevailed. Suddenly, from a corner ol a room loud voices were heard, jh if in angry discussion. All other (endues were instantaneously still, and all eyes were turned on the quarter frcm hich tl.e sound proceeded. A quarrel was so unusual an occurrence, that it attracted universal attention. It nftcrwnrds nppcared that (he dispute arose a bout a horse, which had been purchased by one of the officers fromnclcik who wasabout lo leave the town. This cflkcr, who was an Italian from Sicily, had, before then rendered himself pcculiary obnoxious (o the frequenters of (he coffee-room on account of his rude, boisterous manners, Ins insolent swagger and bravado, lie was a tall, ferocious-looking fellow, mustachioed and nhisl.cred in ti c Fra Diavolo style, and wore a rapier upon all occasions. On tl.e ptrst nl, the wcrds he was heard lo utter, after blustering into Ihe room, were uThe horse I bought from Rodolnh is un sound." Rodolph beine a Swede and no era. ven,aud knowing (hat the bully intended the remark for himstf, coolly walked -ip to the speaker, nnd asked "Signor Alonzo, was ll nt speech intended as a question for my private ear and inadvertently muttere d aloud, or was it rpoken audibly for the edification of this good company!" They heard it, Master Rodolph, as well as you, nnd can hear it g.in if they list. The horse I bought from you is unsound." 'You oblige me, Signer Alor.zo, by your frankness. Will you rrply to my sccond query, of whether yen mean lo inxinuate (hat I sold the horse to you knowing him to be defective, or whether he proved, unwillingly to both buyer and vender, unsound T ! mean what I mean: when a jockey sells n hone to a gcalkmnn, and he proves broken winded or spavined, or false-footed, the inference as to the jockey's honesty is easy." - ; At this period of the conversation the pvn of all in the room, both officers and clerks. were nirncu upon mc disputant. "Ucntlcmen! said Rodolph, facing those present, "you arc, most of you, well acquainted with me and with mv claims to the title" ofa man of honor. 1 hII hold no farthar parley with this bully in a soldier's dress, bat simply slate to you thai 1 yesterday sold him a horse at his earnest solicitation, assuring him ai wie umc mat i wjs no judge ol the animal, that 1 had owned the one in question ' but a " short time, and thai he must depend on his own judgement, if hu chose to give me the price which I paid for the beait m. forihifht 1 before. He took ihe horse, and now imuH