Indiana American, Volume 10, Number 27, Brookville, Franklin County, 1 July 1842 — Page 3

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bRqOKYILLE, INDIANA, FRIOAV, JUL.Y 1, 1842. TARIFF MEETING. There will be a meeting of the citizens of franklin County held at the Court House, in grille, on Saturday, the 9th of July, at 1 0-flofk P- to discuss the subject of the Tariff The fiiends of both sides of the question re invited to attend. John A. Matson. Esq., jn,j others, will advocate a Tariff, and those opposed to it are invited to attend, when a fair opportunity will be given to them to occupy an e,jual ti',ie n debate. It is hoped a candid uid thorough discussion of the question will be (jji It is important the people should be male acquainted with this subject. Julr 1st, 1841. Temperance. Mr. Thomas of Cincinnati, 1 address the citizens of this place again qn the subject of Temperance this evening ti the Presbyterian church. There is to be a great Temperance Celebration at Connersville on Monday next. John i. Matson and Richrad Winchell are the orators, anointed for the day. CANAL CELEBRATION. There is to be a great Canal Celebration at Cambridge city on the 28th of July, to which tfl the friends of Internal improvements are rited. A committee of arrangements of 40 persons has been appointed to make the necessary arrangements. The committee was wrjfc liberally distributed among the various owns interested in the White Water Canal. Geo. G Shoup, of Laurel and Gen. Long of Irookville are two of the committee. Ample Prorations will be made for an old fashioned Birbacue. and great and distinguished men will be invited to attend, such as the Hon. Henry day of the United States, R. M. Johnston of Kentucky, Hon. Thomas Ewing, Gov. Corwin, Gov. Shannon, and others of Ohio. Gov. Bigjer. Xoble, Wallace, Howard, O. II. Smith, &c. &o, of Indiana. To those who have not visited that beautiful and fertile portion of Indiana ml the White Water Valley, it will be a pleassnt trip. We trust many of us will be found there. Rumors of change. The papers and letter writers are full of anticipated changes in the Cabinet. Whether there is any foundation for I ifie rumors, they should be better judges than ourselves. There is without doubt some fermentation in the camp. The Baltimore Patriot of the 21st says: -Aprivate letter from Washington says: 'It is rumored we are to have an entire change in thecahinet. Mr. Webster and Mr. Spencer to retire. Mr. Upshur to go to France. Mr. Ste venson of Va., (Loco) to be Secretary of State, Mr. dishing of Mass., to be Secretary of the Navy, and Mr. Marcy, (Loco) of New York to be Secretary at War.'" The Baltimore Sun of the same date puts Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Marcy in the same position with the Patriot's correspondent, but transfers Mr. Webster to St. James and Mr. Everett to St. Cloud. The last we mention is of an earlier date ind comes from the New York Express: "There are signs too of a change or changes in the Cabinet. The Secretary of the Treas ry, though a gentlemanly, amiable man, and reported to be a good lawyer, is not the man for this pecuniary crisis. The Exchequer bill tas languished under his auspices. The loans ! have not been well managed. The President needs at that post a man of high intellect, and commanding address, in whom all men of all parties will put great confidence. If Albert Gallatin, or men of his school, were at the head of the Treasury, the finances of the country oud not be in their present predicament. -Whether it has ever entered the head of the President to make a change there, we cannot sty, but we clearlv see that Mr. Forward canlot fill that post much longer. And when a change takes place among any of the members of the Cabinet, it is not at improbable, as we hear, that a moderate opposition man will he VirmiirM ; nv fr- - - - - . v.i jm U T 111UI of this State has been named in one of the Washington papers. Whether the Senate "fluid confirm him is another question." The kind and killing terms in which Mr. Forward is referred to by the editors of the Express caused w ith us no little surprise. These "mors and speculations, are however given wr what they are worth." Uothcr Veto anticipateiL The Cincinnati Gazette, which contains our latest news from Washington holds the following language relMlve to the anticipated course of President Tr upon the Tariff: "All signs indicate that Mr. Tyler will veto e Provisional Tariff bill. 'The accounts from Washington, private and iiiblic, the tone of the President's particular ftlpnds, and of the "Official," leave very little m lor doubt on this point Still we should had or "m Pe surprised to h that the bill L . a not been signed, so fickle, so uncertain is nr. Tyler's course.

"A wise man xvould hardly date fSJt of veto. ingUiisbill. It is absointely necesmnJl0 lhe wellbeing of Government. Without that bill indeed, Government can neither possess the ability to meet its engagements, nor the effi-

tiency necessarv to i, : . ' ",u,aiuu"- m it not be monstrous, then, ir r, , , .., oncci pique, me head or that Government should veto it? A few days will settle this point." Mesmerism. As this subject is attracting considerable notice at this time, we give our readers as authentic an account of the nature and history of the science! as we can find on Kecord. We cony from the Enmlmi Americana. (See opposite page.) i The loco foco meeting which was held at Gobies on Saturday last, nominated for the Legislature Geo. G. Shoup. Mr. Shoup is a man of practical good sense and a gentleman in his intercourse and bearing. The Tunnel. There has been another serious cave in at the Tunnel on the Cincinnati Branch of the White Water Canal, which will require several weeks to repair. Gross. This is a celebrated year for tall things. Goodwin, Colescott and Blacklidge have beat the world for tall wheat. But Capt. D.Smith, on Saturday last, sent us some tim othy 6 feet high. Potatoes. Not willing to be outdone in tall things, Mr. N. D. Gallion has sent us an Irish potatoe vine 5 feet 7 inches long, and a patatoe as large asa rock both of this years growth. Richard Cole, at present one of the State Printers for this State, and formerly editor of the Patriot, Centreville, Wayne Co., Ind., has been appointed Missionary to China by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church. He is now in New York making preparations to start on his mission. Indian Council. There was assembled a grand Indian Council at Deep Fork, Arkansas, about the 20th of May. It was composed of the Upper and Lower Creeks, Choctaws, Chiekasaws, Seminoles, Caddoes, Delawares, Shawnees, Quayaws, Senekas, Pawnees, Osages, Kickapoos, Witchetaws, Kichees, Piankeshaws, Tawockcunys,'and Isterhutkeys. There were about 3,000 warriors present. But the Council was of pacific character, to make arrangements for future intercourse with each other relative to stolen property. But the Osages not understanding the nature of the council, went prepared to give up their stolen property, and did so, but the same courtesy was not extended by the other tribes. By pursuing an honest policy they found themselves minus several horses. This council Will, Nvithout doubt, be beneficial to those nations in their intercourse with each other. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON The following tribute to departed worth is rrom a British traveller who recently journeyed through the United States. It serves to renew in the mind, along with the revered memory of the good old President, all those lively feelings oi regret lor his loss which may be well inspir ed by the unhappy consequences which have followed his death. The high hopes which his accession to the Presidency caused, were as lull and confident as the enthusiasm had been deep which bore him on its swelling bosom from the retirement of his cottage to the lofty elevation of the highest seat in the Capitol. v e may cover our faces and bow down before the visitations of Providence, nor presume to complain of their severity. It may be that the political regeneration of the land is not to be wrought out but by much tribulation where of some portion has come already. What yet remains in store it is for the future to dis close. The traveller we know not who he is speaks thus: At noon we passed North Rend, lhe resi dence of the lamented William Henry Harrison, late President of the United States. With somewhat of that feeling which worth, humble or exalted, excites in us all, which prompted British officers to bare their heads as they passed Mount Vernon, I gazed long and steadfastly on the modest farm house which peeps through the trees. He had given law to all this vast territory when its inhabitants lay scattered and apart, weak in number, but gallant in heart, the pioneers of a new world. He had watched over them and fought for them, and had laid down the sword, when its work of necessity was done, to retire into private life, and spend his days in domestic duties, and hardy, yet pleasing, toil. From beneath this lonely roof he had gone forth at the affectionate, urgent call of his countrymen, and looked back at its distant walls for the last time. From the adjacent city to the distant capitol his "step was through one triumphant arch," whose key stone was the unbought voice of myriads, whose buttresses were the aspirations and blessings of all hearts. Those hours of enthusiasm in the life of a nation and party are no more, for the fine old man went out like a vie tim to the altar crowned with flowers, but marching to the grave. Within one little month of his inauguration as chief magistrate, he died, amidst the flush of national enthusiasm and the full tide of national joy. The eagle had soured "to die at the sun. ' If there be such a thing as the reaction of cherished and disappointed hope the renewal of a fixed intent accidently baffled; if misfor tunes may teach wisdom; if patience long tried may give energy to determination, or a sense of suffering, unworthily inflicted, rouse exer tion then may it be believed that the revolu tion of 1840, temporarily checked - and perver

ted ill vet go on r -. , , ,Z:Z:l uiU be elements of power to urge its renewed 1 ProSrss which did nt operate to quicken its Cm !ancej nd less excitability there

"V.' ." " we. mistake not. more of . cuuaierai, concentrated strength The hmU is widening pt a , , ,s ( ------ ..j muj ujjun wnicii me t nntrinta nf 1 All -f ntrt i . . rue aiauu, new materials are accumulating; there are principels in the rapid process of maturing, and tendencies hastening to results, which cannot but bring forth in unuum lorce every energy of the conservative spirit of the country. Baltimore American. Progress of the Principles nf P,-ntri;. ..t ,r. South. The theory of free-trade is at last! he1 7 5, "uieoouin. i ne Columbus . ff"l111inf linnnnnlna t V. O .I m . J n v " sir: vu," 1 "e v"-y uHuucr, unt-e a staunch advi ocate of it and a leading States' Rights journal, now says. t mo, oi cu i-umess mat our free-trade notions are looked upon at this present time as me vagaries oi an unduly excited imagination. Th e th ing is utterly im possible. The Enquirer also advocates the nomination of Mr. Clay for the Presidency, and observes: "so far as our humble journal is concerned we are prepared without the least scruple of conscience, when such an issue is made, to live or die, sink or swim, in the cause of Henry Clay of Kentucky, against any hard money Loco Foco that could be started on the face of the earth." Troy Whig. FROM FLORIDA. The following harrowing tal of n vnert mnr der and massacre is copied from the Star of 11U"! t.puoiisnea at Tallaliase) of the 9lh instant. "On Wednesday, the 7th instant, about two 'clock in the afternoon, a partv of about 40 In dians came upon the plantation of Capt. Robinson, near the Sandy ford, on the Suwanee river. Captain Robinon's three sons and a hired man were ploughing in the field; they were all simultaneously fired upon by Indians; three young men were shot dead, and the other mortally wounded. Captain Robinson who was at some distance from the young men. when he first saw the Indians and heard the report of their rifles, fled towards his house. When he approached it, he found another partv of In dians already in the yard; he saw his wife and daughter break from the house and endeavor to escape. Mrs. R. was shot and fell wounded, the daughter was pursued by an Indian, who caught her by the hair as she fled, and, cutting tier tnroat with his knife dragged her back to the house, and, with her wounded mother, sne was tlirust within doors and the houses tired, lhe living and the dead were consumed together. "Captain Robinson rallied the neighbors, who soon after visited the spot. One of the young men who was shot in the field was found still j alive,though he did not long survive. "This is the fifth or sixth massacre in the same neighborhood, by the same band, within: twelvemonth, and yet scarce an effort has been made by the commanders of the posts to; dislodge them." Prom the Washington True Whig. INDIANA. The election for Representatives to the State Legislature, in the State of Indiana, takes place on the first Monday In August next. Judging from our exchange papers, there is little of pre paration making for the approaching contest by either party, and did we not know that the Ijocofoco party is always so drilled as to be ready for action at the whisper of its leaders. there would seem to be no danger to be apprenenaea by the Whigs. But let us warn our triends in Indiana not to trust to the seeming apathy of their opponents; if they do they will be deceived. That partv is always vigilant and active, bringing their whole strength to the polls, and always running the proper number of candidates. They see the importance of car rying the Legislature of Indiana. Do our friends not know that a field once surrendered is not easily re-captured? are they not aware that upon their success must depend the continu ance in the Senate of the United States, of their present able business Senator Smith, or the election of some other Whig? Do they not reflect that the State may be so districted by their opponentsas to deprive them of at least apartoftheirresnectable Whig representatives in the lower House? We trust and hope that our friends will see this matter before it is too late. We may be excused for this brief al lusion to the approaching election in Indiana ,by the interest we feel in the success of correct principles. lfa'lison and Indianapolis Pail Road co. As we learn from the last Madison Banner, the prospect for completing this work is bright. upwards of $100,000, has already been subscribed, and it is expected that by the 1st of Janua ry next tne cars will be running from Madison to Columbus. Pennsylvania Affairs. The Philadelphia Enquirer of Saturday last says: Private advices from Harnsburgh state that there is not the most remote prospect of the interest being paid on the debt of the State on the first of August next, nor any portion of it. Rhode Island. An attempt was made by some twenty-five men to seize certain field pieces in possession of the Warren Artillery. They broke open three buildings in search of them. But the alarm was given, and tne Ma rauders fled, avaling themselves of the dark ness of the night to make their escape. It is thought, however, that they will be detected. tin. uaz. A Governor in "a r." Governor McDonald of Georgia, has issued a circular to the Attorney General and Solicitors oi tne state, Directing them to prosecute all Bank officers who have refused to pay specie for their notes. This offence is punishable in Georgia by confinement in the penitetiary; & an action can be maintained against the offending party, at any time within four years after its commission. I he

Tuscaloosa Monitor says that less than four jepistle and write it in the very worst of scribyears ago, Governor McDonald was president jbling, and fold it like a schoolboy's thumbof the worst fcroken Bank in Georgia! This, paper, and prepare it for lhe post by directing

beine the case, if the law is faithfully carried out, the Governor may find himself fairly caught in hie own trap.

LARD OIL. We are glad to find that the manufacture of this article is beginning to attract public attention. We have in our city three manufactories for making this oil, and on inquiry we learn that they are unabje to supply the demand for it. R. W. Lee & Co. shipped last week fifty barrels of

ii averaging zuuu gallons) to New York, and another firm informs us that they cannot fill their Eastern orders. This new manufacture is destined, we think, to exert a very beneficial influence upon the West. It has already enhanced the price of lard, and must hereafter increase the value of swine. A reference to a few facts will best illustrate these facts, and show the great impor tance of this manufacture to our city. R. W. Lee & Co.nse every twenty four hours sixteen barrels of lard nt their "f.n Jtablishment." It requires portions of two hogs io make a keg oriard; and portions of five hogs to make a barrel. We killed last year alKtut one hundred and eight thousand of these animals in the city, and the calculation is about the same number are killed out of it, so that we may put down the number of them brought to our market at two hundred and sixteen thousand. From these data, it will be seen, that one manufactory use up the lard of 1G0 hogs every twenty-four hours, or 1120 a week, or 4800 a month, or 58.400 a year! So that a few manufactures of this kind would consume portions of all the swine that the farmers m our neighborhood could raise! Sperm oil has heretofore commanded a good price, and found a ready sale. In 1840, according to the returns, the quantity of sperm and whale oil exported was about five millions of gallons, while the consumption at home amounted to about six and a quarter millions. But from statement in the Journal of Commerce, we find that this trade has almost ceased owing to the fact "the hogs have run the I whales fairly out of market." Nor is there any reason to doubt, from the quantity of swine which the West has, or can raise, that Lard oil can be made to take the place of the sperm and whale oil both at home and abroad. If so, what a new and wide field of wealth is opened to our agriculturist ! We shall refer to this subject again the first leisure we have. On. Gaz. ADVICE TO CANDIDATES. When you get into a house, make yourself perfectly 'at home.' Tell the 'old man' he has a better crop than any of his neighbors. Flatter the madatne extol hc-r butter inquire into the process by which she makes such ex.auisite butter! hrintr in vmir snrMl iit-mi.Pi spread it on the floor and lie down on it, get the children around you, and it might be more gratifying sweet souls; (!) to'get them on you give them your watch to play with, and if they happen to break it, which in all probability 'they will do, laugh until you split your sides, kiss the baby, and then if you happen to have a clean wipe about you, wipe its nose; and on your departure, give the children each a dollar to buy candy. ENTERPRIZE A friend in the interior of Indiana has given us an account of an operation in that quarter, which shows that some things can be done as well as others, where enterprize, industry and perseverance are brought to bear "our old acquaintance Mr.' , failed in Lowell, Mass. three years since, and gave up all his property. As he was known to be a man of integrity and industrious habits, his creditors loaned him a small sum with which to begin the world anew at the West. He invested the bulk of this sum in Lowell Calicoes, brought them to the interior of this State where he sold them at 100 per cent profit, taking in payment Slippery Elm bark, dried, at 3 cts. per lb. which he had pulverized in a common horse mill, and took with him to Boston, where he sold his whole adventure at 20 cts. per .lb. cash. This enabled him to enlarge his operations, and last year he cleared $3,000 in the business, having previously contracted, at various Eastern cities, for large quanties of Slippery Elm bark, Ginseng, Yellow Root, Beeswax, &c. at prices M hich afford him a large profit. He has now seven tons of the former article ready for shipment to the East. At 3 cts alb. individuals in this quarter, where the tree abounds can make betw een one and two dollars a day in gathering and dry ing the bark." Cin.Jlep. Colonization The New Orleans Picayune of the 10th says: "The ship Maraposa cleared yesterday for the coast of Africa. This vessel, it will be remembered, was chartered by the U S. Colonization Society, and has on board about ninety negroes, emancipated by Mr. J. Mc Donald, of this city. e hear that the province in the vicinity of Liberia, where they arc to settle is to be called Louisiana, and the town McDonald. The Maraposa sails to Norfolk thence direct to the African coast." Speech Making. It is said, that thecelebrated Aaron Burr never'spoke to a jury more than fifteen minutes; and those acquainted with the nature of argument know that there are but few cases, in which a lawyer or statesman need speak longer than that, to present his views to the topic under discussion, in a clear manner. The people cry out against speeches; but it is not speeches so much as lhe length of speeches which should be complained of. Let members of Congress for example express their ideas in a brief and condensed manner. Mexican Lapies. An officer of the U. S. frigate Macedonian, in a letter to the Pensacola Gazette, holds the following language in refer ence to the accomplishments of the Senoritas; of Mexico. Who can wonder at the brutality of the men whilst the women ate kept in such deplorable ignorance? "It is reckoned quite an accomplishment in a Mexican Sanorita to write her name, and if ; she should nappen to re aoieio inane aiove it in small hand across one end, she has done) wonders and is adored, but it is considered to be a very dangerous accomplishment! It is

rstiirateU that out ofun , rr.illi, i,K population of the Mexican Republic, there are not over two thousand such female prod egios ! v

BONAPARTE'S OPINION OF CHRIST. A foreign journal lately publishes a conversation related by Count de Monthelon, the faithiui mend or the Emperor Napoleon. Without being responsible for the truth of this conversation as reported, I will copy it literally; and may it have been really uttered by the Emperor! It deserves to be read with attention, 'I know men," said Napoleon, "and I tell i o" mai jesus is not a man!" "The religion of Christ is a mistery which subsists by its own force, and proceeds from a mind which is not a human mind. We find in it a marked individuality, which originated a train of words and maxims unku own before. Jesus borrowed nothing from our knowledge. He exhibited in himself a perfect example of his precepts. Jesus is not a philosopher, for his proofs are miracles, and from the first of his disciples adored him. In fact, learning and philosophy are of no use for salvation; and Jesus came into the world to reveal the mysteries of Heaven and the laws of the Spirit. "Alexander, CVsar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires;but vpon what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ alone founded his empire upon lore; and at this hour millions of men would die for him. "It was not a day or a battle, which achieved the triumph of the Christian religion in the world. No, it was a long war, a contest for three centuries, begun by the apostles, then continued by the flood of Christian generations. In this war, all the kings and potentates of the earth were on one side; on the other I see no army, but a mysterious force, some men scat tered here and there in all parts of the world. i . ... ' anu w no nave no oilier rallying point than a common faith in the mysteries of the cross. "I die before my time, and my body will be given back to the earth, to become food for worms. Such is the fate which awaits him who has been, called the great Napoleon. What an abyss between my deep misery and the eternal kingdom of Christ w hich is proclaimed, loved and adored, and which is extending over lhe whole earth! Call this dying? Is ft not living rather? The death of Christ is the death of God!" Napoleon slept at these words; but treneral Bertrand making no reply, the Emperor added: "If you do not perceive that Jesus Christ is God I did wrong to appoint you general." If this language was really uttered bv Napo leon, it forms a fine chapter in defence of Christianity for which we are indebted to the great est warrior of modern times. Kim-lies. A lot oi weavers made their appearance at Wilkesbarre on the 11th ult. A Mrs. Weaver of that place, presented her husband with three heirs; two sons and a daughter. The mother and children are doing well. This is cheering news to the friends of domestic industry. "COME ONE COME ALL" The citizens of Franklin Co. are invited to attend a meeting to be held in the Court House on to-morrow afternoon jit 4 o'clock, to decide what part they will take in the Canal celebration, to be held in Cambridge City on the 28th instant. Invitations have been given to Henrv Clay and Richard M. Johnston of Kentucky, to nt'end this meeting. Will not the people of old Franklin second this call? The County Musical Association will meet on to-morrow al 2 o'clock P. M. at the Presbyterian Church. C. C. Rilev. Sec. Brookville, July 1st 1842. We are authorized to announce Robert K Brisox as a candidate for Sheriff of Franklin connty. J. O. St. John is also a candidate for re-elec tion to the same office. TAILORING. npnn undersigned would inform the citizens - of Borokville and vicinity that he lias com menced the above business in all its branches in the shop lately occupied by Geo. Nasroyth. Having bad considerable experienco in the business be flatters himself that he will be able to please all who may give bim a call, so confident of success ho is determined that no garment shall leave the simp without pleasing the cuBtomer in every particular- It is bardly necessary to say that bis charger will' be in accor- ! donee with the time; he could bardly expect to bo partronized without they were. Cutting done in the vhorlest notice and on rcsonable terms. He will rccicvo tho IatC6t fashions from New York regularly. E. JOHNSON Brookville, July 1st, 1342- 27-6m. SHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of three executions issued from the Franklin Circuit Court and to me directed I will offer for sale at the Court House door in the town of Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, on Saturday the 23rd day of July A. D. 1812, between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 4 o'clock P. M. of said day the fol lowing real estate to-wit: the East half of the . Nor,heast quarter of section No. 34 in town ship 8 of range No. 2 west, first I will offer for sale the rents and profits for the term of seven yeais, and if the rents aforesaid will not sell for a sum sufficient to satisfy the debt interest and costs as set forth in said executions I will then and there offer for sale all the right and tiileof Samuel St. John at the suit of William Woodnut, Caleb W. Taylor and Ezra Elliot, partners &c and John V. NefT and George W. Neff. J. O. ST. JOHN, Sheriff. June 2flth, 1842. Pr'sfee$2. 27-3w. JUST Received a fresh supply of DYE STtrrFfL INDIGO. MADDER. AL LVM, c, and for sale by June 20th, 1812. D. PRICE. NEW BAtJON" M18 and SHOULDERS, for sale by , R. ft . iiflbn, f Feb. 2, 1842.