Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 49, Brookville, Franklin County, 4 December 1840 — Page 1
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Tin: roou prim er. AND THK EXCtrSIVE. the 4lh of Jh', 18, Harriet
Lee
O.i
wgftt have bceii seen sitting on the sor in her neat little parlor, in a house situated in P. trpf New York. The metropolis was alive
;ih men. women and children, of every col
or class and creed ; old men whose head were
trnsicne.u wuttiic Bii" ' j 1
intU mnridian of manhood, unitedly and
nnnnimovislv agreed to 'dme dull care away,
and ioin the jubilee to celebrate the birth day
of American Independence. Ever and anon
t!w htirsiinfr thunder ot artillery seemed to
.htfce the M tnd ol Manhattan ; the carved
eaele sat perche.l upon a poll or liberty, and
our star spangiea aanncr uecame trie piay-
thinof the balmy wind. Whilst every American heart was brimful of joy ant! gr ititude, there were two generous hearted, noble minded individuals bowed Jowu with sorrow so puagent,and disappoint
ment so bitter, that the soul stirring proceedins of the ever to be remembered fourth could not raise their drooping spirits. The persons alluJed to, arc Harriet and her suiter, William Malcolm. When the intelligent, patriotic, and high minded William entered larrietsapartment,he was disappointed and surprised to see the oljt ct of his love bathed in tear. 'Why do you weep, my dear Harriet V enquired William, in avoice rich as muiic; at the same lime grasping affectionately her snowy tapering lingers, which were ornamented with three costly rings, the offering which friendship and respect had laid upon the altar of her fairy hand. Harriet gently
and gracefallv raised her head, while the
warm tears of grief flowed free and fast from her dark hazel eyes, and fell upon her fair
chee like dew drop from rose leaf. 'What can I do,' continued William, Ha tear away
the dark drapery which seems to mantle your
tender feelings in gloomy sorrow on this high
and happy day V Harriet's feeling were too big (or utterence; she could not vent her thoughts in words so violent was her temper of excitement occasioned by one who had broken up the great deep of her heart. Soon after she was able to speak, she said she had
just returned (rom a visit to her aunt K
Harriet, 'that he earned his fatm by diligently using the saw, the broad axe, and the jack plane; furthermote, 1 have heard him
say, that you in your younger days, used to pound putty, and prime ashes, when uncle R" -could not afford to hire help; you have not forgotten that my dear uncle is a sash maker, it is but a few years since he relinquish
ed that DHsiness.
Impudent creature, how dare jou thus insult me Jin my own house T vour upcte is
Presi&ent of (he Hank of mid one of
the richest men in this wealthy metropolis.'
'Aunt,! don t intend to insult you iiorimure
(he feelings of my uncle; you know better
than I do, (hat lie shaved wood before he
commenced shaving notes yonder stands the
old frame building which s once his hum
ble residence. 'Harriet you must quit my house immcdi ately, and never dare to darken the door a tain.'
Poor Harriets feelings were wrought up to the pitch of excitement, wheu her proud and
arrogant aunt spoke disrespectfully of Will
iam, she introduced the sarcastic remarks
which mortified the old woman's pride. Un
til that morning she always respected her
aunt, but her tyranny completely changed
her feelings.
having paid her a visit for the purpose of in
viting her to attend the anticipated wedding
nich would probably take plane in a few
days. She described the interview she had
with her aunt, it was follows:
When she had made known her errand her
aunt observed 4Is it (possible Harriet, that you have asrimed the responsibility of pledging heart and hand to a man without soliciting my advice r Harriet replied, 'When I first became acquainted with the man of my choice, I sought the advice of my mother, who happened 16
be in the city at the time; upon inquiry she discovered that my friend was .n honest and honorable man, and had no objection to my fsociating with him; our friendship has ripened into love; we are pledged to eavh other, and the wedding day is appointed.' 'What is the gentleman's name!' 'His name is William Malcolm.' 'Is he a Physician, or a Lawyer, or Merchant, or a Minister, what is he!' 'He is a Journeyman printer.'
Journeyman printcrP exclaimed her
aunt, with great emphasis. 'Do you intend to disgrace ycur connections by marrying a man who picks up type for a living! You must be foolish, and your mother must be mad
to sanction your folly; you need not imagine
mis, that 1 shall condescend to mingle in the society of mechanics, rou lack common sense
or you would not thus throw yourself away.'
Harriet again replied: 'William is a respectable, industrious, and economical man, and loves me.'
'It makes me think of casting pearls before
swme,' continued the old aristocrat. 'Ycu are a beautiful girl, your accomplishments
tre superior to the attainments of most girls of
jourage how can you so lower yourself as to marry an illiterate mechanic!' 'My dear aunt do you know that a printing office is an Academy, where lessons of useful knowledge are continually before the mind! William is not an illiterate man, he is a self taught classical scholar, and occupies a lofty place in the estimation of all who know him.' 'I wiil pay the expense of your wedding and giTe you a splendid set ol furniture, if you '!l try to forget him, and take my advice; there is Snuire , he thinks a great deal a" 1 .
you; would von H.'t like to nave mm, or
Doct. . nr Mr the merchant! You
cn, I have no doubt mart-" either of the gen
tlemen, ami thus keep up llu" dignity of your family.' 1 1
IS a mechan'ir. ami I am nnt too proud
u mairr a mechanic, replied Harriet. our father is my youngest brother; ue ' Jteosive land balder; how can you cftil' ,uethanicr hare recently 'jftard him say,' replied
On the 9ih day cf July, Mr R , Harr
el's uncle, whilst perusing one of the daily
! papers, discovered the following and read it
aloud to his wife.
'Married in this city, on the8ih inst, by the Rev. Mr Chaise, Mr William Malcolm, to Miss Harriet Lee, both of this city.' On the opposite page he saw a long editorial article
respecting the wedding, the following w aa
extract:
'Last evening in conformity with a polite
invitation, wc attended a wedding party; ev
ery thing went off with great eclat; the cake,
coffee and wine, were excellent, the bride
looked more like an angel than a human beiug, her hair was smooth and dark as a raven's
wing, her mouth like blooming tulips. Ihe
groom we are well acquainted Willi; tie is a
clever fellow; the wealth of intellect shone on
his superb forehead, and a great soul looked through his calm blue eyes, he is the talented author of several splendid articles which have appeared in our most popular periodicals.
We understand he is about to assume the man
agement of a periodical in this city. May the amlight of success beam upon his exertions.'
Patient reader allow the author te digress a
few moments, io order to lay belore you
brief history of the two professional men. and
the merchat who was selected by Harriet's
aunt as a suitable companion for a toung la
dy occupying such a conspicuous stand in so
ciety as she did. 1 he pliysiciau was an in
ferior looking man rather ill tormea ana
dwarfish. He was round shouldered small
twinkling grey eyes,a heavy intellectual brow,
and mouth indicative ol eloquence.
withstanding his personal appearance, he was
esteemed and respected by a large acquaint
ance he wasl a natural dwari; out an inter
lectual giant, he was an ordinary looking
man, but his attainments were rich and rare
his brilliant talents won for him an imperUha
blc name on the page oi immortality: by mar riage he connected himself with a poor buthon
est family he has obtained a princely fortune
since the sacred band was riveiea ana sin
lives to enjoy it with his amiable companion
and beautiful children.
The lawyer was a tall graceful man, he had
an eye like an eagle, was straight as a pine
and strong as Hercules, a large pair of brown
whiskers longed his expressive countenance.
no aritst eyes conseded albetler'looking mouth
than his a hear? 'mass of rich brown hair
hung in clustering curls over las hne foreheatf
He arose to eminence in his profession, the syren song of flattery was perpetually sung in
his ears one praised him because ot his elo auence. another alluded to his benevolence
. a
At the age of twenty live liej married me
daughter of a rich merchant.
Let us leap ovei the period of ten years.
In yonder white frame house in Centre street,
ISew York, may be seen me wrecK oi a rum
ed man, his eyes are bloodshot, lus teetn ye
low, his hand trembles, his face is as red as
the lisintr sun he is a victim ol intemperance
tf. rpaiW. you choose to look into this
Hivellin? house, rou will find it neatly furnish
ed. and clean as a new pin; a pale female plying thai little polished lance, a needle, attract vour attention she has seen better
days, but now she earns a subsistence for her self, her unfortunate husband and three lit
lie ones. She is the wife of the talented and
I ; Hp ml Uwvrr. we spoke of a few seconds
the bewitching voice of flattery spoiled
him, he mingled much in society, was a pubis.. n friends deemed it an honor to
drink a social glass with kirn, thus he engen
dered an artificial appetite which like a ser
pent imprisoned him in its folds his business
was neglected ins ume uii!iiiipruvcu,i" erty worse than wasted, his iutellect blunted r . . . . a
and his health distroycu. The merchant was a hungry speculated
greed ly after dollars and cents, wealth in its
irolden tide rolled around him, the more mu
sic there was in his purse the more friends he won, he was too stingy to get mrrried; determined to get rich in a hurry he leaped into the
dark, he committed forgery, m Auburn pns
on may be seen the man w ho was selectea
We wil now resume the narration of the
peor printer's history. 'Twai on a bright, and beautiful morning in the month of May.;
that one oi the splendid steamers which ply between New York and Albany, was crowded with beauty and fashion; the passengers
were amusing themselves by gazing on the romantic scenery which nature had spread with lavish hands on both sides of the Hud
son. At noon the bell runs? io inform the
passengers that dinner was ready: a rush was made to the table, which was loaded with the
richest luxuries the market afforded; at the head of the table sit a man somewhat advanced in life, the hand of time had scattered a
rew grey hairs upon his head the next seat to him was occupied by his wife with an air of affected dignity she looked toward to door, which at that moment was opened by the Captain w ho politely requested the gentleman
mm iauv at tne head or the table, to give up their scats to the Hon. William Malcolm and his laiv! If a voice from heaven, in tones of thunder had spoken thev could not
have been more surprised, than was Harriet's
uncle and aunt when they in Ihe presence of'
more man a nunared person?, were obliged to make room foi the plebians they refused to associate with ten years previous to that event ; to this proud pair of aristocaats, the scene was extremely humiliating, after all it was an honor to sit by the side of this great self made man; after the cloth was removed, a great many apologies were made by the old couple. They invited the honorable Wm M. and his lady to call and sec them, they did so, and the old hypocrites strained every nerve to please the once poor printer and his beautiful wife. William assumed the management of the
periodical spoken of in the commencement of
this article, his labors were crowned with suc
cess ;at the close of the year he removed to the
outh, the same success attended his foosteps;
le rose in spile of the of.stacles in his way to a a
tie honorable emcincce he now occupies.
INDIANAOFFICIAI
FIRST DISTRICT.
Crawford Dubois Gibson Harrison Orange Posey Fikr I'erry Spencer Vanderburgh Warrick
nARRISOIf 435 264 788 1285 708 TOG 471 5C0 589 628 355
V.-.N BCREN. 281 239 594 661 879 965 318 221 324 370 C62
5,
14
Clay Daviess Greene Knox Lawrence Martin
Owen Putnarr Sullivan Vigo
6,792
SECOND DISTRICT. 398 487 73S 509 704 63i 1077 658
089 898 311 366 709 004 1571 1019 417 1014 1511 583
8,425 6,802 THIRD DISTRICT,
THF. METHODIST PREACHER. A friend has presented us a cony of "An
Address delivered at the installation of Presi
dent Simpson, of the Indiana Ashury Univer
sity, Sept. 16, 1840, by David Wallace,1
uovernor of this State. Attached to it is the
Add ress of President Simpson, which our nu
merous engagements have not enabled us to
peruse. 1 he address of Gov. Wallace is full
of beautiful passages. We append an extract.
w e . . . . ...
i iie sen uenying ana valuable labors of the
Methodist Ministry are justly portrayed in
nai loiiows: waoasn Cotif.
"But to whom, It may be asked, art we &.
the country indebted for this noble manifes
talion in of such a cause t Whose minds con
ccived, whose benevolence prompted, whose
energies achieved the erection of thU Temp Je,
anu on a spot too, where the sound of the
woodman's axe, as he felled the forest around
him, has scarcely died away upon our ears!-
nay, wnose imagination so vivid so prcg
nam, as it were, with creative power, as to
give birth to so wild and novel a conception
as that of planting the garden of the muses
on the yet unredeemed bosom of the wilder
ness! Be not surprised, and revere them
none the less for it, when I tell vou that thev
are old and familiar acquaintances endear
ed to us, or ought to be, by some of the sweetest, purest, and holiest recollections of the heart. They have been the companions of
our Pioneer fathers! thev have been our mor
al and religious instructors. Spurning the luxuries of life the refinements of taste and
elegance the comforts of case and affluence the allurements of the world, with the spirit of a Westlev onlv to nerve them theT
laughed the dangers of flood and field to storn; looked the terrors of the wilderness in
the face with cheeks unblanchcd; endured cold and hunger without a murmur; encoun
tered privation and peril without shrinking;and dying by the wav side even, leaving no
memorial of their burial place and for what! That the voice of supplication and prayer might rise from the deepest solitudes of our
values; (hat the lamp of eternal life might be lit up in the gloomy recesses of our lone
cabins: that the departing spirits of their
rude but noble tenants might be cheered,and
sustained, and reconciled, in that awful hour,
by the glorious promises of another and a bet
ter world. And now even now (hat all these stirring scenes are with the past; that
the dreaded solitudes are no more; that fenn, and forest, and river have been shorn of their terrors; that hungry want and grinding penury, and chilling privation have been banished from our hearths; these men so feailess-
so self-sacrificing so persevering whose approach to our solitary abodes ha so often
brought childhood s sunniest smile to our
cheeks are still with us; but unlike every thing else about them they have not chang ed. The same sternest of purpose, the same
unflagging zeal, the same untiring effort, as
in the beginning, still stamps their everv con ft ra da
duct ana acnon. i nev hav suffered . no
pause in their labors; and follow the steps of
improvement now, only to gather materials, and (o seize occasions, the better to scatter the choicest of heavens blessings along their path-way; and at last, as if determined to leave nothing undone, that the power and sublimity of the principles they teach, may be appropriately displayed they are seeking, out of the immense mass of intellect around them, to rear a moral and mental prra-
fires of
CUrk 1132 1278 Floyd 869 796 Jackson 680 737 Jennings 90S 503 Jefferson 1674 1026 Scott .399 361 Washington 1138 1381 6,800 C.082 FOURTH DISTRICT. Decatur 1298 759 Dearborn 1771 1583 Franklin 1188 1115 Rush 1526 1170 Ripley 1000 623 Switzerland 1023 735 7,806 5,985 FIFTH DISTRICT. Adams 193 153 Allen 640 399 Blackford 77 147 Delaware 920 532 De Kalb 177 168 Fulton 241 108 Fayette 1090 728 Grant 470 364 Henry 1652 839 Huntington 143 177 Jay 283 265 Lagrange 391 225 Noble 241 228 Randolph 1068 5o2 Steuben 238 176 Union 760 614 Wabash 307 198 Wayne 2S69 ' 1258 Whitley 144 141 Wells 131 140
12.035
7,417
SIXTH DISTRICT Bartholomew 982 703 Brown 50 270 Boone 700 686 Ca 649 372 Hendricks 1190 652 Hamilton 972 688 Hancock 721 537 Johnson 631 948 Marion 1636 1279 Morgan 1012 815 Madison 911 625 Monroe 719 943 Miami 312 244 Shelby 1016 . 1070 11,501 9,832 SEVENTH D1STRCT. Benton 26 42 Clinton 582 698 Carroll 699 765 Elkhart 640 596 Fountain 938 .1166 Jasper 73 95 Kosciusko 496 329 Laporte 1069 640 Lake 115 125 Marshall - 154 194 Montgomerv 1413 1222 Parke ' 1360 948 Pulaski 51 60 Porter 220 191 St. Joseph 809 444 Tippecanoe 1508 1200 Vermillion 847 663 Wirren 737 347 While 206 144 11,943 9,772 RECAPITULATION
nf votes than the other candidates on the Van
liuren ticket.
It will be seen that Ihe Whigs have car
ried all the Congressional district! by decisive majorities. The greatest change in their
favor has been in the first district. At the
August election the Van Buren majority waa
87; now Harrison has a majority of 1,078 showing a gain of 1,165.
THE NEXT CABINET. Our contemporaries of the press, and thsj
politicians in private circles, are busy arranging President Harrison's Cabinet. An odi
tor upon his three-legged stool, or a gentleman in his parlor, finds it very easy to form Cabinet to suit his own views much easier than the President will find it to suit either himself or the nation with n proper one.Premising that, in our opinion, neither Mr Clay nor Mr. Webster ought to desire, or consent to take place in the Cabinet; and repeating the opinion (hat members of Congress should not be selected, unlees for the purpose of securing to the public service superior talent and fitness, we attach below, to each office, the names of those mentioned M&y the public" as suitable to fill it: Secretary of Slate. John Sergeant, Herace Binoey, Edward Everett, Wm. II. Seward, John M.Clayton, William C. Ri ves, WmPreston, John J. Crittenden, J.Q. Adams. Treatury. John Davis, Gulian C. Vet plauck, John Sergeant. Navy. Gulian C. Verplahck, Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, Samuel SoutlWd, William Gaston, Theodore Frelinghuysen, Pet-tigrue.
ff-ar. William Preston, Willie P. Man-
gam, Alexander Porter, John Bell, '1 homas Metcalfe.
Attorney Genera!.- John J. Criltendon.
John C. Spencer, William Gaston, John L
v . AleMahan, Hugh Legare.
roHmastrr Oenrro. I homas Ewing, Eh-
sua Whittlesey, Oliver II. Smith.
Taking mi cue! The Globe is full of
nonsense about frauds, illegal voting, dec. ot? the part of the Harriscn Democrats! It's all
fudge! Look at our majorities every where, and then cease croaking, ye locofoco deceivers! The Indiana Democrat, the Wabash
Enquirer, &c. have taken their cue from the
Globe. Talk en! talk on! no one believes
that such majorities could be secured by such
means! It s the poor privilege of the van
quished to complain. Wabash Cour.
Population or N. Orleans. While pop
ulation of the three Municipalities, compris
ing Algiers.
Males Females
Colored. Males
Females
Slave Males
Females
Total
34K)8 24,616 49,524 8,428 13,650 19,225 9,804 13,650 23.454 . 10204
Census or Baltimore. We learn from
N. Snider, Esq. Marshal, that the census of the city has bee i completed, and that the total population is 101,490 souls beiag an
increase of 30,865 since 1830.
Tub Biter Bit. A good story is (old of a
chap in North Carolina, who went the entire figure in the way of marrying all the girls
(hat would have him, without waiting for any of them to die off as the law directs. After having married the thirteenth, some of the first loves came down upon him and had him
lodged in jail. Hut a person se fond of per
fect liberty and who rould get into Hymen noose with such ease, four.d little difficulty in getting out of the 'jug, and the next news of him he was running at large With a heavy reward for his apprehension. He was recognized by a gentleman who, anxious to get the reward, invited him io sit down, called his wife in chat with him, as an inducement to detain him there, while he made some excuse for leaving a few moments, and started for a constable to arrest the runaway. What was the poor man's astonishment on returning with the constable, to find that the gay
Lhotano, taking advantage ot bis short ab
sence had absconaea trim nit vije. ihis
makes the fellows stock of wives fourteen.
Si. Louis Pennant.
on may oe,Ke u u. .. ro,a upon whose summit the beacon ,r Harriet by her aunt, fortunately he has no P nor children to mourn his late. ;
Whig maj.
1,078 1,623 718 1,821 4,618 1,669 2,171
65,302 51,e04 13,698 The highest vote for the respective tickets in each coanty,was taken in making up the above table.- "
T. A. Howard received some hundreds less
First District Second do Third do Fourth de Fifth do Sixth " do Seventh do
II. 6,792 8,425 6,800 7,806 12.035 11,501 11,943
V. B. 5,714 6,802 6,082 5,985 7,417 9.832 9,772
A unexpected raoposAL. A youug lady
came over from a great distance "to be cur ed," and when asked the nature of her complaint, she replied, As to the matter, I believe there is net a single complaint under the sun which I have not." Here was a fine catalogue of disorders, t asked if she wai married or singlet "Single," was the answer. I then told her that so many complaints as she seemed to have could only be cured by a hatband.' At which observation she was exceedingly exasperated, but her anger terminated in a proposal to marry me. 1 never wae more surprised in my life, and looked quite stupid. Hardy's Travel in Mexico. A Tedious Medicine- We seen in a MasHchnsetta paper, an advertisement of a patent medicine, which to be of any use the adverliftrrrtys must be applied internally and