Indiana American, Volume 10, Number 31, Brookville, Franklin County, 29 July 1842 — Page 1

BY C. F. CLARKSON.

THE SANTA FE EXPEDITION. Crossing of the Bosque A regular Stampede, with its effects upon our Horses. After a little labor in cvitting a road through ihf belt of woods which skirts either side of Bosque, and digging away the high and steep banks of that stream, we at length affected a crossing on the 6th of July. In going down the abrupt pitch which brought the waggons to the channel of the river il was necessary not only to lock the wheels but the fatigue men used ropes to prevent the waggons from going down "head first7' as it were; the greatest difficulty, however, was in ascending on the other side. The ascent was nearly perpendicular, and some forty feet high, with no footing but a deep sand. Some twenty yoke of oxen would in the first place be hitched to a waggon; then ropes would be attached here and , there and wherever there was a chance, man-J ned by about fifty or sixty of the fatigue party;! in the next place all the other drivers would be called in requisition, and when all was ready for a start such jumping, whipping, cracking, yelling, pulling, cursing and swearine would arise as defies all description. Bedlam itself, wun nve nunarea inaians as an ad-

ditional accompaniment, seemed let loose in j and all swear on the altar of our country that a body. I will not pretend to say that had j our independence and freedom must be mainBonaparte met with the Bosque while crossing tained, and that Henry Clay must be President

the Alps he would have been compelled to retarn; but he would have found a serious and long detention at an events in one word s hard thing to get over." We made but a short march this day and fi nallv encamped near a spring some two miles, from the urassos. no wuou was uearweuos. ' i . i 1 n mith, and several of the men started off on horseback after it. One of them had a wild, half broke Mexican pony, and having found a small dry tree cut it down and very unwisely hitched to his horse's tail. The animal took it nnkindly from the first, and when within a quarter of a mile of camp began to pitch ad kick and finally started off in a gallop, the cause of all his fright still hanging to him. He made directly for the camp, and soon several of the other horses began to show symptoms of. fear at Jfie unusual sight. "A ftampede ."' cried out some of the old horses or you'll never see them again !" resounded from all quarters. Fortunately for us the more untractable horses had been hobbled, or stalked out before the stampede became general, else half of them would have been lost. It is singular the effect that sudden fright has, not only upon horses but oxen, on the prairies. The latter will perhaps run longer and farther than the former, and although not so difficult to "head" from the fact that they cannot run so fast, their onward coarse it is impossible to stay. Oxen have been known to run forty miles without once stopping to take breath or to look back and when they did finally hold up it was simply because exkiictol nature would allow them TO SO no farther. In the instance I have above alluded to we 3;A nt mien ? cinrrle hnrs hut at a siihsMinent UIU 1 1 1 w.( , 1 period no less than eighty-seven were irretrievably lost by one stamped. Nothing can raceed the grandeur of the scene when a large atallada or drove of horses take a 'scare.' Old, weather-beaten, time-worn, and broken iown steeds horses that have nearly given out from hard work and old age will at once i transformed into wild and prancing colts. I When first seized with that indescribable terr which induces them to fly, it would seem hat they have been suddenly indued with all tke attributes of their original wild and free nanre. With heads erect, tails and manes -ireaming in the air, eyes lit up and darting jeams of fright, old and jaded hacks will be een prancing and cavorting about with all he buoyancy of action which characterzie the wit nf vniniff colts then snmn one nf the itove more frightened then the rest will start 'ff in a straight line, the rest scampering after him and apparently gaining fresh fears at evehe plain with a noise resembling something between a tornado and an earthquake, and as veil might reehle man attempt to arrest the iitor c iho rnrmpr in their onward rnurso a. Toss the trembling earth. The grandeur of the spectacle, as I have id before, nothing can excel. Was the earth -pmtinflr nnit .learinT twnr;ttTl ttieir fWt tinrcoc hen under the terrifying influence of a stam-rf-vu1il KAnnrl 4nv- aifri nrnttAr ttity or more majestic beauty of movement. 'have witnessed many an interesting race, but jc never seen any tiling nan as cxiiiiug as e meni ot a arove ot iricntcnca norscs. ne $ectator, who may possibly have a nag among em ht ha hpn unable to pot into a ranter 7 dint of spur and whip, sees his property flying away at a pace that Boston or fashion might env Better '-time,"' to all ap;arance, he has never seen made, and were 'sot that he himself is as much astounded as ie the horses, there might be very pretty letting upon the race. On one occasion, when a closely hobbled wrse was rushing madly along the prairie nnme in nut nee vi lngni, nis owner cooiiy re marked "I wish I could make that critter go fast on my own account without hobbles as w can with them on I'd gamble with him And so it is. A sudden thunder gust - uminer, a nying visit ot cold iZoius in winri ten feet rise in the Mississippi over night uese, as similies, may give the reader some ""g of the necessary idea; but the most Fipaic arrangement of words must fall far KkApt J .1 . t .1 i - in uescnuing me siariimg ana imposing of a regular stampede : - Connecticut Jonathan, in taking a walk his dearest, came to a toll bridge, when honestly as he was wont to be, said, af- ; paying his toll, (which was one cent,) , oii, you must pay your own. luu, lur 81 likely as not. I shsmt have voa arter all.'' lAta oi . - . i r nv otii. vnn mum imv vn r nwn hhi. ior

BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTYTlNDATJil slT

Henry Clay has declared that he is in favor of a National Bank, when the people shall demand it. Let it be demanded now. Carry your elections send Whig members of Congress to Washington. Elect Henry Clay for President and it will be done. It is essential to nominate Henry Clay thus early, to give to the people the points round which they shall rally. Rally round them, send your members in favor of these great measures; let them pass the Bank Bill and the Tariff. Have you got to wait three years for it? No unite with one heart ana one voice and it will be accomplished. : iex your Congress pass the laws, and let John l yler voto them. Pass them again. Repeat it again and again as the voice of the people he vetoes it tne second time. Try hun the third time, and if you do not make Felixjtremble am I much mistaken. Let the will of the people ring in his ears the third time and it will be like the voice of the seven thunders; it will be an earthquake w hich will carry them through every thing in spite of all the Tylers that ever did or ever will disgrace the Executive chair. Take then this for your creed this for vour faith: Let the spirit of the whigs of the Revolu,uuii miiuiaiciin; Kicui vviui; panv. ijCi one iiah . i - i n . I 111. : . v of the United States. BRITISH FREE TRADE. We yesterday showed what ideas the British had of Free Trade, from the declarations of their leading Statesmen. Not a single principicui me unusii iinnecuve system nas oeen r i. i, i. . : . relaxed, and there is not the slightest prospect that any will be. The settled nolicv of all Europe is, protection to the producers. Notwithstanding this, however, either the ignorance or the willfulness of some writers boldly assert that Sir Robert Peel is a free trade man! Such paragraphs as the following from the Democratic Standard (Ind.) are floating around. "On the first and second page of this paper will be seen a lenghty extract of the remarks of Sir Robert Peel of England, on the new ta riff bill, in which he has totally renounced the protoctive and retaliatory principle, in leveling duties. His avowed ebject is to bring foreign articles into competition with British articles, in British markets, and thus enable the people to buy at a cheaper rate than they now pay." "His avowed object." Yes he reduced the duties on articles which cotdd not compete with the British, and left on where the foreign articles would compete with them ! ! This is Sir Robert Peel's idea of free trade. Cin. Chron. Henry Clay. The New Vork American, referring to the great Lexington barbecue, thus speaks of the distinguished Statesman in whose honor it was given; ----"A no time since the war has Mr. Clay in our judgment stood so favorably before the nation as now. Faithful and fearless when others were timid or false disregarding obloquy and pursuing the right wherever it let and at whatever personal inconvenience, he stands before the Whig's of the United States as the tnmn who never despaired of their principles, nor truckled to expcdicnccy Ho could not command success, but he has deserved it, and in retiring from the public councils, when he conld no longer hope to advance great public measures, he lias not ceased to be the objeet of affection and HOPE to the true, great, and resolute, though betrayed Whig party. THE TARIFF AND THE TIMES. We select the following appropriate remarks. respecting the present condition of the coun try as it is known to exist, from the Capitolian, an excellent paper just commenced at the capi tal of Pennsylvania : "A great change has come over the minds of many who have been hitherto opposed to a Protective Tariff. The dependance of agricultural products for a market upon manufac turing seals is now more than ever manifest from the discontinuance of these sources of consumption. The farmer who raised his grain to supply the factories in his neighbor hood, is now obliged to sell it to the first com er, at any price he can obtain. Whilst the consumption of his products is diminished and his resources impaired, he finds that stuffs of clothing do not sink in price from the more abundant foreign importation. The present conditions of things proves that the interest of the farmer and manufacturer arc linked to gether and cannot be separated without mutu al injury. The state of lite country is indeed lamenta ble. The loom and shuttle are silent, the hres of the forge grow dim, and the hammer lies idle upon the anvil. Almost all the Cotton and Woolen manufactories are closed or working upon half time. Great numbers of operatives are cast out of work and in vain seek employment in the cities and villages. Every vessel that arrives from foreign ports come laden with foreign manufactures, w hich will j et morede press trade and impoverish the country by draining it of specie. And yet the President of the Vnited States and the Locofoco Kepre sentatives "at Washington, hesitate about pro tecting Amrican Industry and American Labor, against those insidious assaults of foreign monopolists ! Look here, Locos. We were informed last Mondav. on authority mat necessarily commanded our full belief, that Col. R. M. Johnson durine his late ride fronj Georgetown to this citv. remarked in the stage-coach, in the pres ence of the passengers, that next to nanseij, lit WAS FOR HENRY CLAY FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENCY. Lou. Jour. A young lady eloped from a bording school to cet married, her main object being as she af terwards confessed, that she might be at liberty to lie in bed as long as she pleased in the morn- - o ring- and have buttered toast for breakfast!

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OCH CoJHY-OCH COCNTRy's INTERESTS AXD OUR COCKTBY'rr

MR. BOTTS AND MR. TYLER. The following are the charges which Mr. Botts proposes to prefer against the President, and which weie intended to be read for information in connexion with his remarks,of which a copy has been furnished to the Reporter for publication: 1st. I charge John Tyler with a gross usurpation of power and violation of law. in attempting to exercise a controlling influence over the accounting officers of the Treasurv Department, by ordering the payment of ac ; . counts that had been bv them rruviptl nnA mreaining tnem with expulsion from office unless his orders were obeyed. 2d. I charge him with being guilty of a high misdemeanor in retaining men in" office for months after they have been rejected by the Senate as unworthy, incompetent, and unlaithful, to the great detriment of the public interests, and hazard of loss to the public Treasury; the Government having no security for the faithful application of the public funds passing through their hands, and he thereby defeating that provision of the Constitution which requires the advice and consent of the Senate to all nominations made by the President. 3d. I charge him with gioss official misconduct in attempting, in a spirit of revenge, for a constitutional exercise of power by the Senate, in the rejection of one of his nominees to office, to remove a large number of faithful and meritorious subordinate officers, from the Custom house at Philadelphia, with whom no fault was found save that of a supposed politi cal ptefcrence for another, and who had dis charged their duties with entire satisfaction to the collector of customs, and for attempting to substitute in their stead men having no other recommendation than that of a supposed acquiescence in his views. 4th. I charge him with the high crime and misdemeanor of endeavoring to excite a disorganizing and revolutionary spirit in the country, by inviting a disregard of, and disobedience to a law of Congress, which law he has himself sworn to see faithfully executed. 5th. I charge him with the high crime and misdemeanor in office of withholding his assent to laws indispensable to the operations of Government, involving no constitutional difficulty on his part of depriving the Government of all legal sources of revenue of as suming to himself the whole power of taxation and of collecting duties from our citizens without the authority or sanction of law. 6th. I charge him with the high crime and misdemeanor of open prostitution and profli gacy in a willingness to barter away the offices of Government and the principles he professed, to obtain the support of one of the parties in Congress to which has he heretofore been posed. 7th. I charge him with gross official misconHc, in having been guilty of a shameless duplicity, equivocation, and falsehood with his late Cabinet and Congress; such as has brought him into disgrace and contempt with the whole American People, which has disqualified him from Administering this Government with advantage, honor, or virtue. 8th. I charge him with an arbitrary and des potic abuse of the veto power, to gratify his personal and political resentment, with such evident marks of inconsistency and duplicity as leave no room to doubt his total disregard of the interests of the people and of his duty to the country. 9th. I charge him with the high misdemean or of arraying himself in open hostility to the Legislative department of the uovernment, by the publication of slanderous and libelous let ters under Ins own signature, with a view of creating a false and unmerited sympathy for himself, and bringing Congress into disrepute and odium with the people, by which means that harmony between the Executive and Leg islative departments so essential to good gov ernment and the welfare of the people lias been utterly destroyed 10th. I charse him with an abandonment ot an acknowledged constitutional duty in refnsn? to render such aid to the constituted author tiesof Rhode Island, when called on, as be had himself previously promised in his letter to Gov. King, as a sacred constitutional obligation rest ngupon hini. 11th. I chrffe him with pursuing such i course of vacillation, weaKness, ana ioi.v,b . V . . a 1 must if he is permitted to remain longer at the head of the Government, bring the country into tieiinnnr and disirrace abroad, and force me peopie into a state of abject misery and die tees at home. 12th. I charge him with being utterly unwor tliir ni unflt to have the destineies of this nation in his hands as uniei aiagini.rie, uu . .v. havinir brourbt unon the Representatives of the Peonle the imperious necessity of exercising their consittutional prerogative of impeachment the Government to bim to bo used as a plaything and a toy, for his snort n the one hand and his malignity on the other. PnciTinn of Children in School. As neither their bones nor muscles are yet con firmed in strength, the manner in which chil a- nA themselves in school, is notunim nortant. They should sit as erect as uicir nUrmnlc Will adm.Il, v""" graceful and pernicious habits of stooping or ktnrtinm and they ought not to be permitted . ic. .nmnotied to sit long in one position hut h directed to change it, by standing or in some other way. This wm prevent numnr of the limbs, and other unpleasant effects from stillness and compression. produces in many, a coldness of the feet,which weakens their attention to study, and brings oa head ache and dyspepsia. In a special manner children should not be allowed to lean heavily on the breast or stomach, against desks or table's- Gastric derangement and pulmona--..,iwntinn have been the issue of such Pnnils have often suffered, in their )i.uv- r i;V Anniliif eyes, from a strong giarc w window in front of them. Such accidents window in front i - I .bould be carefully guarded af ainst.

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UNITED STATES AND MEXICO The Intelligencer publishes at length the di plomatic correspondence between our Govern ment and that of Mexico. Not having room for the 'correspondence, we give a, synopsis of it, which will enable our readers to judge of the case, The Mexican Secretary on May 13. 1842. by I Webster. comnlainiiia..rtl , r.i.iT; oruer oi aama Anna, addressed a n.itp in Mr i t.t Ki.i i....-.j., : , .......v. lunuiuj jicAiiu. 111 acknowledging me iiiuepenuence oi Texas, a rebfllious prov nice, and of her citizens aiding her by loans, vc, saying, that since 1835, when the revolution began, the peace between the two coun tries might have been disturbed, had it not been ior the forbearance of Mexico. He protests against these aggressions, and declares if they are tolerated that the friendship of the United States cannot be real, or any confidence reposed in it. On the 31st of May before of course any reply could be received from our Government to his letter of the 12th, Mr. De Bocanegra addressed another communication to Mr. Webster, covering the same ground as the first, but more insolent in language, and bolder in tone. Under ordinary circumstances, indeed it would amount to a declaration of war. Mr Webster through our minister at Mexico replies to these letters of the Mexican Secretary with great dignity and force. He expresses great surprise at the unusual form of the first letter since a minister was on the spot ready to receive any communication which the Mexican President might make. As to the main charge, that the conduct of our uovernment had given cause of war to Mexico Mr. W. utterly denies it. As to the rebellious- province, Texas, Mr. Webster speaks with great plainness. He informs the Mexican Secretary that her independence has been acknowledged by the United States, and the" Chief Powers of Europe, and that we regard Mexico and Texas as two independent nations, and are friendly to both, though they are at variance with each other. Mr. Webster says the whole current of Mr. De Bocanezra's remarks ran in one channel viz. that the independence of Texas had not been acknowledged. It was. Theie was an end therefore, to this point. As to arms and loans, &c, sent to Texas, Mr. Webster says, it is true. Warlike stores have been sent both to Mexico and Texas. But this was in the way of traffic. Such articles are contraband, and may be seized by either power. A neutral nation, however isj not bound to prohibit, such traffic; it is carried on always at the risk of parties engaged in it. The law of nations is decided on this point. As to forces raised in the United States, or vessels fitted out in American ports, for the Texan service, no instance of the kind had come to the knowledge of the Government. Prompt attention would be paid to such cases. The representative of Texas did complain that an armament was fitted out in the United Statesfor the service of Mexico against Texas. That complaint was enquired into. Two vessels of war were built or bought for Mexico that was clear; and it waslwell under stood that they were to be used against Tex as. But doubt was felt as to our right to interfere, and Mexico had the benefit of that doubt. As to emigrants going to Texas or to the sympathy expressed b3' our citizens, Mr. Webster is very correct. Our people are at liberty to go where they please. We neither hold to perpetuity of allegiance, nor put any limit to the expression of opinion. But if at any time the neutrality is violated by our citizens our Government will sedulously maintain the law, to the same extent, and with the same integrity of purpose that it would show to wards other powers. If, then, concludes Mr. Webster, the peace of the two countries is to be broken, the responsibility will devolve on Mex ico. and she must bs sanwerable for the conse quences. As to the last letter, Mr. Webster directs our minister to say to the Mexican Secretary, Mr. Bocanegra: "That the Secretary of State of the United States, on the 9th of July, received his letter of 31st of May; that the President of the United States considers the language and tone of that derogatory .tonne character of the Uni ted States, and highly offensive, as it imputes to their government a direct breach of faith; and that he directs that no other answer be given to it than the declaration that the conduct of the Government of the United States, in regard to the war between Mexico and Texas, having been always hitherto governed by a strict and impartial regard to its neutral obligations, will not be changed or altered in any respect or in any degree. If for this the Government of Mexico shall see fit to change the relations at present existing between the two countries, the responsibility remains with herself." It is thought by many that Mexico is urged on by Great Britain. It is difficult on other grounds to account for her folly and bold impudence. Cincinnati Gazette. Loco Foco Troubles. All men and parties must have their troubles. The loco focos have heretofore been a very muted set of peo ple. But at present they have more than one difficulty. In addition to their divisions in vnio, th nomination for the Presidency gives them rrP3t trouble. Mr. Calhoun is making the greatest possible effort, backed by many able men, and apparently by the majority Of the nartv. at Washington, w me ower nm Van nurm with more tact, and management has been travelling-'Ming, and bowing himself into a nominatiof . l is most probable he will succeed, and then cces the internal war. In the meantime, Col. Johnson is reported to have said that next to himself he prefered Mr. Clay. knA whvnnt. Mr. Clay was in the war supporhht it country in Congress, while CoL latason was Iteming us dbiucb ui

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THE FRUGAL HOUSEWIFE. The following which we clip from the Knickerbocker of the past month, is the neatest thing of the kind we have seen for many a day: I knew Deacon T. well. He was the guardian of my early years, and I resided with bim for a considerable period. There is some mis take I think, concerning his charity. My grandfather must have confounded the acts of some other individual with those of deacon T. He was never known to give money in charity but once, and that was a bad fourpence-ha'pen-ny which had come back to him some twenty times in the way of trade; and which he at last gave way in a fit of desperation. He always said when applied to for charitt-, "Go to Han nah, (his wife,) she always attends to such things." She was a woman in whose economy and discretion in matters of benevolence he could place the most implicit confidence and he knew it. On one special occasion, a birth day, I believe, the good lady made up a batch of extra-nice custard pies, so nice, in fact; that after they were done, she hadn't the courage to eat them; but hoarded them up until they became sour and mouldy, and then endeavored to force them down the throats of her family. But they "wouldn't go down." She then mixed them all over again into a pudding, hoping to disguise the taste by the addition of pearlash and other culinary arts. This was a failure. The parlor folk quietly declined being helped to it, and the kitchen girls turned up their noses over it. But the old lady's ingenuity was not exhausted. She had a sick neighbor, a poor woman, who had been languishing for months, in a consumption, and with characteristic be nevolence she determined to administer the rejected pudding to her. It was accordingly again dressed over and served up in the shape of a cup custard, and carried to the sick woman by the lady herself. But she was too ill to eat them; and the next day and the next day passed away, and they still remained untouched. At last the nurse, who had looked at the nice little things with a longing eye, ventured to taste one. She thought it was sour; she tasted again was sure of it. The w hole was then consigned to the pig stye; and its occupant who "came in immediately after," thrust his snout into the trou yid upset it; and thus the custards weri- yond redemption. But the Deacon enjoyed the credit of the good deed,-and months after, X heard the poor sick woman lamenting ihlAssof her custards: "If she could only have eatert them w hen they were first brought!" - HERCULES OUTDONE. The most stupendous effortof human strength and endurance ever exhibited or that ever may be again, was witnessed by a large auditory on Monday evening at the Bowery theatre. It was announced in the bills that Mons. Paul was to resist the power of two of the strongest horses to' be found in New York, on a wager of one thousand dollars. The animals selected to pull against him were a pair of large sized Pennsylvania bred horses, that are hi the habit of drawing from two to three tons of granite at a load, suspended from an enormous truck used for that burpose. Paul, after firing the cannon, weighing 400 pounds from his shoulders, and ascending the fireman's rope feet up permost to the dies, by means of his hands alone, and other herculean feats, proceeded to place himself horizontally upon a strong oak ladder made for the purpose, in order to make the grand effort. The horses was led on by their regular driver, and harnessed to a rope fastened to Paul's feet. To this rope was at tached three broad ribbons, or girths, one of which was drawn tightly over his loins, and the others over each shoulder. The brace afforded by his feet against the step of the ladders, the divided power of the girths and his hold with both hands upon the upper pttrt of the ladder, constituted his only resistance to the immense power he had to contend against. Paul's body when thus disposed, resembled that of a malefactor upon the inquisitorial rack, I preparatory to being torn to pieces. When the collosal 4yrses were brought upon me stage, and attached to the feet of the intrepid performer, a sensation of horror seemed to pervade every part of the house. It was deemed certain by those having charge of the horses, that he would be drawn of the ladder. The word was given the harness straighten ed the ladder creaked and strained the two ropes by which one end of it was secured to the stage, stretched and threatned to break; the horses, aided by a platform upon the stage with cleats to brace their feet, strained every muscle and vein the well known voice of the driver the lash repeated again and again, all failed to force the enduring champion from his hold. The shouts of the audience the wa ving of handkerchiefs, and the withdrawal of the horses, proclaimed his triumph. Paul of fered to repeat the performance and resis with one hand and one foot, but the manage very probably would not permit it. The audi' ence were satisfied with what they had seen" that Paul is beyond all doubt the most power-, ful man in existence. In order to convince the public, that there was no trick or deception in this extraordinary exhibition, Mr. Hamblin invited a portion of the audience behind the scenes to witness the preparations, and examine every thing connected with the performance. Mons. Paul attained his eighteenth year in March last. JV. Y. Cour. f Enq Postcript from 't boy in Indians to his father in New Orleaut. Deb Dadt Corn is doll sad brother Jobn is dead like wise. Escase basts, (in a bad pain. Yom omnipotent. Perfectly SaTisFaCTORY. A. duel was fought at Jonesboi-ough, Kestrucky, " a few 'days since,' between a Dr. riotte ar.a mr. Brad w ick, a lawyer A woman was me cawc. They fought at twelve paces, with rifles, and both shot were fatal