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HARRISON'S DEPARTURE.
OUR COUNTRY OUR COUNTRY'S INTEREST AND OUR COUNTRY'S PRIENUS .
BROOK YILLE, FRAIVKLIIV COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBL'ASIY 5, 1841.
I?R"! JEiaAsUmont s.or 3 at ! ? fi"1 U?n em'8 P I mind to bear-slaverv. till extermination shall
Yesterday morning about 1 1 o doc k, Gen. . In It the citv for Wash! nor.
Virginia, in the splendid new Boat
Jlarrii
. r..,.!-i:n. titled un c-xi-resMv for the oc-
r . t-Tj.crc K(r.idf r & Gorman. I!mt1v
r ' .hkM-hnnd of the Henrie House, from
(Ann.-i.it was understood the General would
L He left that house under the escort o f
jL Cincinnati Greys, and proceeded on foot Che Boat attended by an immense crowd.ki hoard, the General took his station near
JjeWTieeJ House, surrounaoa 'y ins menus,
the military were arrangea upon lite
Licane deck. He then ca.ne forward upon
edeckaod adaressea ine immense crowd
fpfboth Kxes that filled our spacious landing Vr,dvV.c wmdoni and tops of the surrounding
hutes ani boats, lie adverted to the dit-
trence between his present situation, and the
reDt s'ate of the city, and contrasted them
iri vhat both were short of fifty years since.
Fkn as Ensign, he lauded upon these shores,
there ibe onlv marks cf improvcn.enl were a
fe bz casms kow raised by the voices, ot
iro.-Uia2 men oi me real democracy oi
i . , l I :..Ki r i l,.
r& COUUHT, iu nit; nigusi Biaiiuu uc kf'd, lid departed from a large and splendid
:y, taking leave cf his lriends perhaps for 3 last time, to lake upon himself the cares of
lavc-Mfreiii. It any man living had reason
Lie thankful and grateful he had. Tiie
Leoim! went on to ,sa v that his future con
luttshouit! bz governed by that vital princi-
ls si Democracy the greatest good of the ".1st cumber. He requested his fellow tizens, to judge him onlii by his acts; and, as
did not ask their approbation in advance, he
mzi they would not permit him to be abus-
tMuavance. iic msn iook an auecuonaie
srewell of his friends and fellow citizens.
TlieGeocral was in tine health, and spoke
a remarkably strong and clear voice. The
Mtmsved down the river and returned past
& city, the military on the boat and on the
pre firing voliie, and the fine Brass Band
board plnyn' uvely and animating airs.
heers, loud and long, were exchanged from
fe boat, nd (he rouitiludc on shore. The
cnerai stood uncovered out from among the
hroiig, viewing lu fellow citizens, with a
WpiUtmg heart and moisteued eye.
un. Gaz. Jan. 2.
last to retire; and his disrernintr sacrriiv will
at once indicate the post of usefulness. This Indiana wishes and expects, and whether it shall be that of Secretary of War, or Minister to Spain, n on either of which his high order of talents and great experience would shed a lustre, she will he satisfied."
Th
From the Christian TFalt hman. SLAVERY IN KENTUCKY.
le loliowiner r-xtract from a namnhlft
lately published in Kentucky, will show the freedom with which this subject is ti rated Ky some of the most distinguished men in that Slate. It is from the pen of Mr. C M. Clay, who is said to be the. son of Henry Clay, in reply to a speech of Mr. Wi kliffe, in which Mr. C. is accused of being an abolitionist, be
cause he opposed the repeal of the law pro- jence!"
give to the whites or'the blacks entire supre
macy. , From tkt Ate York .Yirro'" -
THE BARGAIN". "What have, you there husband T said Mrs. Courtland to her thrifty and careful spouse, as the latter paused in the open door, to give some directions to a couple of porters who had just set something upon the pavement in front of the house. 'Just wait a moment and I'll M you. Here, Henry! John! bring it here," and the two'porters entered with a beautiful sofa nearly new. "Why, that is a beauty, husband! How
Kinn vou are'.1'
"It'sneeGnd hand, von Derceive: hut it's
hardlv soiled no one would know the difFer-
Whatdid you
moiling me importation ot Haves into Jven- "It'siust as good as new.
i wiutrannears u ie mure mi- give for it'
F.seo wiui me political and economical evu -Thai's the best part of it. It is a splendid of slavery than any other.yet he speaks freely bargain. It did'nt cost a cent less than a
aiuiooiuiy. hundred dollars. Now what do
w lcklilte calls me to account and would
you think I
got it for?"
"Sixty dollars?" "Guess again?" "Fifty?" "No. Try again?" "But what did you give for it, dear?" "Why, only twenty dollars." "Well now, that is a bargain." "Ain't it, though? It takes me to eetlhines
cheap," continued the prudent Mr. Courtland, chuckling with delieht.
Why how in the world did it go olT so
VOI,. IX. IVo. c.
'What sofa, miss?" asked the clerk, loXn7ore than his predrccssor.fo as(oni,h the au steadilv in her face with a ho M ! .... .. . ,,,-"',r"u-
Th ..n K M, . ' " wa9 generally imagined that -The sofa sent by Mrs.- , Sir' ,he last performer would be entitled t be"W hen was it to have been sold r com- tli ftr wv. i....u-j . i
. " ..... iiusuitiiu, I kll I -rm IIP rr
. ' , iiou uunc resoiveo in ln own
-un: we nam t got the hill made out yet. mind the exact merits of each candidate, anIOU C.in call dav after rnmnrrnor mn. -Mllil, J t. . i .i - . V
l.i -Vr n Ur- " "h. oesioe ine insirument, and lather
V 3 . t Jou 'cuieuioaay, oy.smes than words, indicated that he oo
oiii t c wnm me money particularly," must try his skill. lir:l & i ' Z i .... ... I
.w 1 1 ill mi i r-iii i ir ana nni n .aiwai . . .
.,.. g,.,, IC. J1C gui-si seemed exlrrmely puzzled at quest, the clerk commenced throwing over this singular appaialion; for up to that mo-
iuc.M,v-.oi iirgenccou.ii nooif. and in a ment the gentleman had not been ot
iw minutes una inKcn on the Dili ol the; in the room at all! One or two
- . . uced,declared that he had actuallv stepped
v. .a u-mccu uuiitiip nuu aiy jirom me ciecK case as the last plater of the
vt... Oct ii ii is i i-jui aim men sign mis re- iour concluded his laulasia! Be it as it mar, fai rl 1 t i .... . .
observed
persons, in-
"Am't you mistaken; sir? It was a beautiful sofa, and cost one hundred and forty dollars." "That's all it brought, miss, I assure you. Furniture sells v-ry badly now. Florence rolled up the hills that were given her, and returned home with a heavy heart.
he sat down to the piano, and produced but. it is impossible to describe the sensation. He now withered up the heart with the intensity of his pathos; and again enchanted the soul with multitudinous images cf dc);ghf. Ther" would he pou rover the imagination atstormof harmonies that exalted it almost to ' frenzy: and anon subdued it to the i.lacidity of childi f -
hold me up to public odium and indignation, because I "dared" to discuss the wierits of slavery. When the question is shall we increase or decrease the number of slaves what else, under the high heavens, remains to be discussed, but the merits of slavery ? Yet I am not a slave I dare do all a man may d.ire. Thanks to liberty, 1 may yet speak, though all the world be deaf. I shall speak advisedly, calmly, honestly, boldly one freeman to another; speak as one who
plants his foot upon the right, feeling that he low!
w un tans lor nis country, most gloriously iaus ; .., managed that jt ain evrv OQe tha
l declare then, in the lace ot all men, that t understands how to do these things
oeueve tiavery to be an evil; an evil morally, -'But how dij vou manage it deer. I should M i, - . ii . II : ! I - '
ciuiiuiiucaiiy, pnysicauy, intellectually, suci-iune to know.
out, cugi-uuiv, politically; e u in us un cp- -vnv. vou see. there wer a rt manv
lion, in its duration; and in its catastrophe; other things there, among the rest some dirty and unmixed evil, without palliation, or de- carpets. Before the sale, I pulled over these
cnce,save in necessity. Still I am noeman-1 carpets and threw them unon xhc snU: a iroort
cipationist, far It ss an "abolitionist ; but deal of dust fell from them, ar.d made the sofa
nine tenths of the slave holders, in all the look 50 per cent worse than it really was. world,rest now where I was in the beginning. When the sale commenced there hannend
In part like thtm, I know not what vo do; to be but few persons there, and I asked the partly, because there is something in the auctioneer to sell the sofa first, as I wanted hearts of all men which teaches them 'tis bet- to eo and would bid for it if it were sold thin.
terto "bear those ilU we have, than to fly to pew persons bid freely at the opening of a others we know not of." Yet still it is an sale."
evil! That which distinguishes this age above "What' bid for this splendid sofa?" he be
au proceeding time, is the invention oi steam gHn
power, and its application to machinery ;smce 1'H give you fifte en dollars for it." said I.
hen, man has become god like in his eviden-j 'It's not worth more than that, for it's dread-
cing almost creative power, ine worm is tuny abused."
teeming with unproved machinerv, the com- "Fifteen dollars! fifteen dollars! onlv fif-
kuied development of science and art. io teen dollars fortius beautiful sofa!" he went
us, it is all lost; we are comparatively, living on and a man next to me bid seventeen dol
hood. He was the man- VP ! Kn as In,?.
"It only brought eighteen dollars and sixty The question was a fearful one. He was rents, ma," she said, throwing the notes into 'handsome, but his aspect was singularly wild her mother's lap, and bursting into tears. and melancholy. He executed with marvel-
"lieaven only knows, then, what we shall; lous ease, but his mind (judging from his ce)
j . . . - .
Front I'te ConnerrtiUe TFatchmau. GENERAL M'CARTY. Appointments to Office- We do not
now that Gen. M'Carty wishes an appoint
pat from President Harrison, but if he does, U great services lie has rendered the coun-
h (not the party) in so powerfully assisting
f oeteal the present administration, gives
a claims not equalled by those of any other
jenon id the V e.t. Unhke most of the pol
poafl! and public speakers of the late contest, KB. M'Carty does not date the commence-
ft of liis efforts to secure the election of
o.tiarnson, frosa the lime of his nomina"bjtbe Harrisburg Convention he was "wg the first that took a stand for him. In his efiorts did more to five the vote of
MaostoGen. Harrison, than the efforts of
r"14 other public characters of the Stale together and yet no man has been treabadly as himself by the party whom w"f eieanlic efforts placed in the ascenWhile he who did so much was prosted, others who did nothing, were advanc-
Indeed, there are some at this time enhigh station, conferred upon them b , uarriion party, who not only did nothing core the vote of this StAte to Gen. Uarri91 m 1835, but actually did what they could
K Dry rant ll,. i. : t -
i - vuviuc pcupie supporiing iinii, unni
-v.,e,uin nis lavorrun so strong that I hey comnciied to vielJ him a Dassive suo-
ouuest in denouncins? Gen. MtJartv as a
not to be trusted, politicallv.bv the liar
partv thft rerv nnrtr h tA it trrftt
MOW. ' r-v
!!e Fort Warn Timea. 5n rifstkiriir of!
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C. "PPointments of President Harrison
rM follow, :
"ere i m, tnJi.n.'. ii.fii.
i "WlCfl sons, to whoa. rl imi w wilt int ml
We mean that lone tried and faithfu
servant. lr.. . vi':.!. t.:
T, devotion to rtsabVican principles
UMr L . L t ,r
. uu iKHiniii iia n.. luiiiiiA vsr.
in centuries that are gone! we cannot make
it. we cannot use it when made. Unto is
manv tears younger possessed of fewer ad
vantages than our State, the next census will
. 3 . . . T . ..,.
give her perhaps thirtv members, whilst R.en
tucky will probably be struck down to twelve
members of the National Legislature, m-
lars. I let the auctioneer crv the labtbid for
a few minutes, until I saw he was likely to
knock it down.
"Twenty dollars!'' said I. "and that's as
much as I'll go for it."
I he other bidder was deceived by this as
to the real value of the sofa, for it did look
do," said the widow clasping her hands to
gether, and looking upwards.
seemed wandering over fields of thought re
mote trom that in which he was engaged.--
There are always two parties in the case ofl He rose, Ilerr Bomgarten sDran? from hi
bargains. The gainer and the loser. And 1 seat, and would have embraced him. but u . is
while the one is delighted with the advantage: repelled by his peculiarity of mein. Few minhe has obtained, he thinks riothing of the utes had he to decide, for midnight was at necessities which have forced the other party hand. As to the pretty AziJia, she woie n to accept the highest offer. But few buyers expression save onlv that of citrrmA n.iW.
of bargains think or care about taking this; and of some internal agitation; but when this view of the subject. stranger, as the clock struck twelve, touched
1 her hand to depait, she rosr at once, and. THE DEVIL'S CLOCK. withoutanyapparentreluctar.ee. The most
By the Author of a" Marriage on the eve ofcaMfr.'jsurprising part of the whole business was this
The town of Herringhausen.not a hundred! that the stranger, holding the hand of the
miles from Frankfort, is one of the most pic-j)'ung lady, proteeded at onre to the Devil's turesquely aptique in Germany, and contains! Clock, and giving one melancholy glance at about twelve thousand inhabitants. I like to! the company, touched a spring and retired
prepare my readers with a tolerable idea ofi within its case. the locality wherein the events narrated t ran-1 As the door closed on the fatal couih a.
spire for then I may hope to impress them murmur of hoiror ran throng,, the assembled
witn at least a twoloid sympathy in my dramatis persons. The street in which Herr
Bomgarten bad his residence was among the
oldest in the town aforesaid, and his residence
the oldest in it. He was himself also, a high-
guests. The unhappy father was so aflVctfd that he tainted away, and as sensation returned he declared that he ref ruled him solely of having, as it were, interfered with decrees of Providence. "Ah!"he exclaimed, "would.
dried piece of antiquity, usually enveloped 'that I had sclccte J some honest vouth among"
in a cloud of smoke from tunrise to sunset. ex
cept only when hia fair daughter sat beside
hini at their evening meal, and talked over
the atlairs of the day. On such occasions he would narrate incidents in his progress thro' life, and dwell upon the difficulties attendant upon acquiring the independence which they
then enjoyed. He had one passion in excess
our neighbors lor her huiauJ! Carl Von Muller, for instance who loved her dearly and wis ocloved in return, mid wl.oml drove froiT the house." Scarcely had he made this avowal when the clock case again openct,and , the stranger stepped from it, taid, in a erpulchral voice, "If jour daughter, O man of am
bitious views, were now married to Carl Von
an intense love of music, and had at one Muller, would you give her your blesini?"-
time been no mean proficient on the violin. 1 would! ' exclaimed the old man, sobbing
cinnati has manufactures to man tain her; last I dreadfully disfigured by the dust and dirt
year she put up a thousand houses. Louisville, land consequently the sofa was knocked off
with superior natural advantages, as an me to me. world knows, wrote "to rent" upon many of That was admirably done, indeed!" said the houses already made. Ohio is a free, Mrs. Courtland, with a bland smile "f satisKentucky is a slave state. Upon the sand faction at having obtained the elegant piece hills of New EogUnd, where once grew juni- of furniture at so cheap a rate. And it's so pers and black jacks, are now villages, manu- near a match, too, for the sofa in our front factories, meadows, wheat fields, all the com- parlor." fort, and mauv of the luxuries of life. In the This scene occurred at the residence of a
South, where cotton once rewarded the bus- merchant In this city, who was beginning to
bandman,can now be seen sterile pine groves, count his htty thousands. Let us look at the
clay banks, and naked rocks; the crab tree 1 other side of the picture.
and mtillen now struggle into lite, wnere un ine oay previous to tins saie, a wiaow
once luxuriously grew the walnut and the lady with one daughter, a beautiful and intervine. New England is cultivated by the esting girl about seventeen, were seated on whiles Virginia by blacks. The glory of a sofa iii a neatly furnished parlor in Hudson the Old Dominion has departed. nud N. Yoik strett.
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has become the Empire Slate, l he mother neid in ner nana a smau piece ij .ii
" oi paper, on wnicn ner eyes were inienuy
Everv slave 'imported drives out a free and fixed; but it could readily be perceived that
n.!nonlnt Rendu kian. On almost everv she saw not the characters that were written
farm you will find many a house as good as upon it. that in which the proprietor lives, untenanted, "What is to be done, Ma?" at length asked and falling to ruin and a a timely decay. The the daughter. !a -m r r.mmir when everv while "Indeed, mv child I cannot tell. The bill
must work for the wages of the slave-his is fifty dollars and has been due you know.tor victuals and clolhes emigrate or die! My several days. 1 hsv'nt got five dollars and
sympathies are for the white man bone of )our bill for teaching Miss Leonards cannot mr bone, and flesh of my flesh hi industry, be presented for two weeks, and then it will
independence ana comion are me Buvugui, w ... ...... the wealth and glory of the State. "Can't we sell something more,
This act is no new thing in the legislation gestcd the daughter.
ntry. -When Virgiuia was a colon- "We have sold all
ma?1
Aflha Asikifra'
VI V' x. vx nil i IS I . t . J
v of the British crown, she slernly remonstra- and I insure 1 don't know wnai we can as
our plate and jewelry,
n aisreally
ii..
J ,rnt rank, and with a ciant's strenffth.
t thit hydra, conuption, which was
lu"J enveloping the whole country in W ,me foW indeed, the llercu-
y v mceu oil theheadcol the monster in "Wia U.V : I . .
teniik er $eartd ' wound, to iJT lhem from sprouUng anew. He has
'"atr w Himseii upon ine aitar Oi ins 'Wk ?4 nwrtyrs the country will
ivrt ".. . rnnitoo just a commander to
l .-J-... k IT.;i.l Kr.lM iinr I rirht la nart with it.
the 1st of January. 179S. The constitution "It will readily bring fifty dollars I sup-
of the Uuited States, gives Congress the pose.' ' 's f .l-v. Crtait,1v itisof the best wood and woik
power to urvlliuu urc imuwi - - j , , , . r , j i L.- r..tuA.A.r lSrtS mankhin and cost one hundred and forty dot
icjfe - i., .n.ilor to Mara. Your father bought it a short time he-
that of 1833. The thirteen oriciual Slates fore he died, and that is lew than lo jears
t, v V!n'icw f oldier of so many
- -if whs w uy
were all slave Slates; the most of them have
gradually thrown off the disease. There is nothing in Kentucky to make slavery eternal; nothing in the climate, nothing in the coil, nothing in th products, nothing in the cir
cumstances by which we are surrounded. I have not made up my mind that slavery shall
exist here forever; revolutions in time must
and will come. Let us not be of those who, liaviuir cet.ee not. and ears hear not. God
i forVid that we may avoid the dreadful remedy
was every where J which tome of the States have made up lhcir
past vou know. .... ,
i Limit hi mime ii womu unut
hnArA dollars" said Florence, who knew
nMh'mir of auction sacrifices; and that would
give us enough besides paying the quarters rent, to keep us comfortable until some of my
bills become due.
Tii at itriioon the iof was sent, ana on
the next afternoon Florence went to the auc-
: iri -i-ivc nioui-v iuri.
.-i..., .ftl t that sofa, vet Sir?" asked
the timid girl, in a low hesitating voice.
At the festivals held periodically in all the
principal German towus, his judgement was appealed to; and, indeed, no meeting of the kind was considered complete, if he, by any accident, were absent. It may, therefore, naturally be inferred, that his daughter had been early instructed io the elements of the
art; and at nineteen she was a pianist of considerable attainments. These circumstances
formed the basi s of a desire which brcamr stronger with his years, and which confirmed a resolve that she should wed one of the most accomplished musicians of the age. They say that when all other passions die, ambition survive s. and acquires a force proportioned to
its solitariness and singleness of aim. Cer
tain it is, that out of the many suitors whom
the beauty and gentleness of disposition of
Azalia attracted tothr domicile of llerr bomgarten, not one (so sciupulous was he on the source of musical perfection) was permitted
by him to continue his visits. Anxiety for
the fulblment ol a hope being usually in proportion to its strength, her sire, at the young
lady approached the age ot twenly one, be
gan to experience a dread that he might not
live to see her settled. This preyed upon his snirita decnlv and urced him to publish as
wide as possible, his intentions, lotnat eno he invited to his house, on a certain day, all j of the class musical who chose to compete for
his daughter, declaring that at midnight he would decide on the claim of the aspirants. Now, it is necessary I should inform my readers that in the grand apartment in Herr Bomgarten's mansion there was a piece of furniture supposed to have been fabricated by a Hungarian musician, and which exhibited so much of aDParrcnt wilfulness that it had been
denominated by common consent the "Devil's
Clock."
This time keening edihee struck all man-
a 1 net of hours, in all manner of ways;but whatever might be its vagaries, was always true to the solemn "twelve" of midnight; fo that Herr Bomgsnen,r.ox witbout reason .fixed upon that hour to decide his long cherished scheme. The day at length arrived; and it may be imarined "that not a little preparation had
been made. Thepianaforte.foneofKorner's
latest improvements) were placed under a mirror of immense ze,ai:d exactly opposite to the fatal clock. Azalia was dressed in a holiday suit, and
looked lovelier than usual; and from this cir
cumstance her lather augured a propitious finale. At about eight o'clock in the evening
the visitors were all assembled, and the players who ventured to offer themselves as competitors for to beautiful and so rich a prize
were four in number. They severally sat
"then," exclaimed the apparalion, "iomo
forth ye happy pair!" At these words, the
door room opened, and Cart Von Muller.
and his lovely bride eatercd, approached the master of the house, and knelt at his feet. Now,said the stranger,"let me turn this gloom into merriment." My name isMenoelssohn," the composer;! have just returned from Italy;
lam the bosom friend of Carl Von Muller; that clock has a' communication with the church of St Roqut; (the choristers, who always set it right at 12 at night, front superstitious feeling, play a variety oftrirks with it by day:) and I have beeu the means of doing, an act ot friendship and of justice. A to the moral but no; we will think of that some other time; for now, it behooves us solrly to
be joyous and a merrier, a happier eveomg, was never spent in the good old town of Iter-
down to the instrument, and each arr.cnd,jyoung pessum
From the Lex. Misi ) Union, , Murder. The Raymond Times says that Mr. Ellis, a resident of Hinds county, was murdered on the night of the 2Slh uli., on bis homeward return from Clinton. The deed w as committed by a white man, who was at the time accompanied by two negroes, one of
whom has been arrested and imprisoned. The ai rested, as we learn from the Times,' gives information ef a clah of ruffians and runaway negroes, who have their skulking places.
in the vicinity or the murder,anc in me uouge
Chitto and Black Swamps.
From the -V. Y. Star. Anthony jIIalroutk, Esq., of Fallsburgh,' Sullivan county, New York, (the gentleman who was a candidate for Uongress in that District in 1S3S,) was inhumanly murdend a, few da since by a neighbor and connexion of his, by the name of Haidenbergh. lias-, brouck had lately comim-need an vjetlment suit against Hardenhcrgh, which is supposed tohave been the cause of the lommisrion of the horrid deed. Hardenbergh went to Hasbrouck's house, and in presence of his wife, presented a rifle to his breat, saying that hewas a dead mani Hasbrouck pushed the ii-. fle aside and its contents were discharged into
the wall; HarJenbergh immediately n-w from his pocket a pistol and shot Mr. Hasbrouck through the breast. Mrs Hasbrouck . ran out and gave thu alaim, and Hardenbergh, before leaving, look a knife' and completely laid open the bowels of his victim.
The criminal was arrestee, ana comnnueu.
Do you like novels?" said a Miss Languish
to her up country lover.
"I can't say," answered he,ior l -nevtr aie any, but I'll tell you what, I'm rewendous aW