Indiana American, Volume 11, Number 3, Brookville, Franklin County, 13 January 1843 — Page 3

AMERICAN. DUOOKVILLE, INDIANA FKIDAT, JANUARY" 13, 1843.

FOR PRESIDENT, HENRY CLAY, of Ky. FROM THE EDITOR. Viccsborgh, Dec. 25, 1842. Very much against my feehngs.circumstaiices have compelled me to spend some 10 or 15 ys in this dull, filthy city. From the date, yon will see this is Chtistmas. All is noise, bustle, drunkenness and rioting. On this day the coffee houses, grogshops and sans souci, by custom, are thrown open free to every man, boy or loafer, without stint and without charge. Egg nog, Tom & Jerry, julips, &c. &c, are displayed upon the counters to allure the innocent, and comfort those who ate dry. Aud it being the Sabbath, all labor is suspended by the mechanics, and the consequence is no so- . . ber man can pass along the street with safety - in danger at all times of being dragged into "these sinks of iniquity by those who are staggering about the doors. We have, therefore, no interest or feeling with those who are thus devoting theirservices to the devil and Bacch us. We hear no "church going bell," nor see the discreet and solemn tread of those who are going up to the house of the Lord. But it is Christmas. We hail its advent with joy, as having formeily been the festiveseason of social pleasures. It is a period in the life of tne weary pilgrim, wnen tar trom his native 1 and, he gazes towards his distant home, an sighs for the warm embrace of aged parents brothers, sisters, wife and children. It is a season, too, wheiiaged parents caei. .their, eyajound the well furnished board, and as they miss some familiar face, torn from that cheer ful circle by the remorseless hand of death, or strayed far into distant climes, pangs only felt by parents and friends, afflict their feelin hearts. But away with romancing The population of this city is supposed to be about half what it was five years since, buil dings going to decay and tcnantless, the streets washed in deep gutters, and society improvin not particularly be reformation, but removal There appears to be no person here to take the lead in a moral, religious or temperance re formation. And so overpowering is the ten dency to evil, that the christian and philan throphist are discouraged in their efforts, and stand listlessly by and see vice and immorality rear their brazen heads, regardless alike of the mercies or awful judgments of heaven. To such christians we are almost tempted to read the following beautiful verses: "What if a little rain should say, So small a drop as I Can ne'er refresh those thirsty fields. I'll tarry in the sky. ,;What if a shining beam of noon, Should in its fountain stay, Because its feeble light alone, Cannot create a day. "Does not each rain drop help to form The soul refreshing shower ? And every ray of light to warm And beautify the flower ?" icnHis. The flat boat belonging to Josepn uoudie of Urookville, was snagged d sunk about 10 days since, in the Mississippi between thn mmilti nf thn nu: vmu bdq mempnis, t . ... r "",u' ",c property on tne boat was saved; but saving and getting to market will cost as much as it is worth, and consequently may as well be considered a total loss. A Mr. Watson of Jef r . iersoa county, ma., the owner of a hay boat, ianaea nere this evening, and fell over board few tnimitno n ft a- 1 j , aim was urownea. He was not found. Vic ks burgh, Dec. 28. 1842. The simultaneous rise in all the western rivers about the 10th of this month, has sent down Tipon this country such quantities of produce as has never been witnessed before. The river is covered, in steam and flat boats, with the ncti products of the West, until the market surfeited, and the tendency of every thin is is downward. Now is the great crowd, and will be difficult for many shippers to raise sufncient rrom their produce to pay freight. An d some instances have come to our knowledge here a whole flat boat load cannot be sold for sum sufficient to pay the pilot and hands. Those who have freight to sellhangtheir heads, whilst the purchaser dictates terms. And matoy a poor fellow we have conversed with is al most afraid to return home to meet his creditors. If some of them don't slope for Texas, it s a wonder, and the credit will be given to the leniency of our laws towards debtors. It is useless to quote prices. Every thing has receded since I last wrote. There is in fact no price for any thing. But those who are able and willing to hold on a few weeks will doubtless do better! The cro vd of produce is nere now, and there will be a slight cessation "uspnng. 'n Mississippi every thing is dull. Very litMe said about politics. The Legislature of this fcte is not in session, aslt meets only once in years. The doctrine of repudiation is Popular here. If a man makes a contract in he worning, he repudiates it before night.

They repudiate all political, social and Divine laws, when they run counter to their "reserved rights." Their sensual appetites repudiate all moral restraints. The young gallant repudiates the parental authority, runs away with the daughter, marries her, and in a few days repudiates her. And thus the doctrine and practice of repudiation is carried into every department of life. And it is what may be expected of a people where they have such high authority. It is a doctrine more destructive in its tendency, in vitiating and corrupting a people

I than any other which has eVcr been advocated by any people stride the Christian era. An anecpote was iold us to-day, w hich our author assured us was true, which illustrates tne state or morals in tins nhce. A man tr in

j " "iitiH cui iiicuinthe name of Maybery, had a keg or lard; which ' mention; the former, it will be recollected, has had been stolen so often that it was nearly worn ' bee" absent from t,ie s'ate for some vears. unout. Whilst he was out the other night com-1 1'! (J"i,VeentIJr " Commissioner of the Genmiitin. v , I eral ,and office' and may properly be desimamittmgpeM larcenies, he expected some of his ted as one of the warm importer; of the nTamcompetitors would steal something from his moth bill of Internal Improvements; the latter ware house, whilst he was out; so, before he i isa ,ncn,ber of the Senate at this time, and started, he placed the aforesaid keg of lard in r.i?'"le"1 of JeBerson county, and closely iden.i. . , - . i tlfied the celebraled:'deeDdiirins" at Madison the most convenient place. Well sure enough, Delete, nJ.ZirJ?I . v.? ?. A.'

a man by the name tif Geno got hold of the lard, and in running dowh the hill the keg fell to pieces on his shoulder, and spoiled his new broad cloth coat. Geno. thinking himself imposed upon purposely by Mabery, the next morning sent him a regular challenge' for a duel, which was accepted. And this is said to be the origin of the duel vhich has created some excitement here. In the duel neither was materially injured, only one getting his toe badly scratched. It is warm and delightful weather here. The Mississippi is in a very good stage for navigation, but is falling at this point. C. F. C. Our friend "White Water", w-tnformed that his communication of the 2d inst. was, through some neglect, not received until late on the 11th too late for this week's paper, and too late to meet the proposed object. Whig State Convention. This body meets on Tuesday next, at Indianapolis. We hope the delegates from Franklin county are preparing to set out. M uch depends on a careful selection of candidates, and we hope every thing possible will be done to secure harmony among the Whigs, and thus to ensure their success at the important contest of next Aug. The Mutiny. The late papers contain Com. McKenzie's letter to the Secretary of the Navy, giving an account of the mutiny, on board the Brig Somers, and his reasons for the execution of Spencer, Cromwell and Small. The paper is very long, going into very minute details, and evincing, as we Ihink, no great deal of talent, in its cdmposition. The cass of necessity is not so strongly made out as we had hoped to see it; and we think Mr. M's position very embarrassing and unpleasant. Public opinion, which has been forestalled in favor of the Com. should be suspended, until the Board of Inquiry can report. Earthquake. This unusual visitant, which U noticed in most of our exchanges, was felt in various parts of this county, on Wednesday the 4th inst., at about 15 minutes after 9 P. M. the shock was very slight. It appears to have been experienced at Cincinnati, Madison, Terre Haute and elewhre Chicago Farmer. A number of this peri odical is on our table, and a most resneetahle publication it is. Really, although we have infinite notions of Western enterprize, we did not think our north western neighbors had among them a magazine so ably conducted, and so respectable in its mechanical execution. The cause of Agriculture is worthy of such efforts, and we hope the '-Chicago Farmer" may be liberally sustained by thelloosiersand Suckers. Mr. Cravens has our thanks for a copy ofi the report of the Secretary of the Treasury. According to this report the receipts of the current yeur exclusive of customs and public lands are 11,264,124 48. Expenditures, 26,264,882 20. The public debt is 10,093,426 17. Total imports 99,357,329. Exports of domes tic produce 02.559.088. Total exoorts. 104.117,969. The warehouse system is recommended; let ters from collectors of customs are published, showing the necessity of introducing this sys tem; and the British act of 1833, for the ware-' housing of goods, is also published, as a basis for our law givers to act upon. Accident. One of the most miraculous es capes we have ever heard of took place last week, in Posey township, on the farm of Mr. Coburn Murray. A child of Mr. M., of the age of three years, while playing in the yard, clambered over the curb of a well, and was precip itated to its bottom, a distance of fifty-two feet, walled with stone. The alarm was given, when some young men, who were employed on the farm, ran to the spot, and co ncluding that the child was killed, removed the bucket from its fastenings, and tying a pair of steelyards to the end of the rope, commenced fishing for the body. The hook caught in the child's coat; and by this slight tenure the body was raised J je all this dangerous distance. The little fellow !

was insensible when restored to terra firma, but soon recovered, having been very slightly hurt in the fall.

Correspondence of the American. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan, 10, 1843. Der Sir: Yesterday, the 9th, was a grand day with the Democracy, as set apart for the gathering of the clans." The morning was fine, with sufficientsnow to enable the delegates from the adjoining counties, to come up "en masse." At 10 o'clock A. M. the Convention was organized in the Hail of the House of representatives, numbering at farthest 500 delegates, including the citizens of this county and city, with a goodly number of Whigs. After considerable deliberation, the names of James Whilcomb, for Governor, and Jesse D. Bright, for Lieut. Governor, were nnnnn-it nA ' eeived the I v"m va iV a, aitiiidt V-Wll-vention, to be held some where on the Ohio t "ver, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh were named; and Gen. Jackson invited to nrpswtf mw it ueuoeraiions. rso expression was had as to the choice of candidates. One cenlleman. f am informed, declared himself for either the Northern man with Southern principles, the Southern man with selfish principles, or the Western man with humbug principles; all that he sought for was unity or the Democracy; and forsooth that mhst be effected by the union of principles as antagonist as the poles. The Legislative proceedings'presentbut little of interest; both Houses have been actin upon bills districting the State. What the result may prove is at present doubtful, as there are many of the actors deeply interested, from a desire to cross the mountains, as representatives of the sovereign neonle. In.i:niiV.ne r ble for leaving our district mmt present; and" rumor says G. G. Shoup is figuring with a view to sucn a trip. TheSenate bill has been amended so as to throw Franklin in the upper district; either will ensure us a Whir representative. The bill authorizing the reception of all State and county dues in State scrip has passed the Senate after much debate; it has been returned to the House with an amendment making the sales of Wabash and Erie Canal lands east of the Tippecanoe river, receivable in said scrip, in which the House refuse to concur, and the whole matter will return to the Senate. lhe long mooted case of Wm. J. Brown, of mis county, nas received final action by the House; the result, of course, was favoable to him, in face of all the facts as frequently confessed, that he was a defaulter to the State,and consequently, under our Constitution, could nothold a seat in the Legislature; but, as in the Beall case, by the force of party numbers a resolution was passed declaring him legally entitled to the seat; and'from a report of alocofoco committee, the only inference to be drawn is that he was not a public defaulter, but a private swinaier, as one or the leaders of the parly came to the grave conclusion, in a speech on the subject, that it was but a small matter as the individual from whom were bought tbe dooks. lor which the State was liable, was but a "Yankee book and nutmeg peddler." Ero Bill Brown was no defaulter. , Yours Respectfully, Hanson Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette. WASHINGTON Dec. 29, 1842. Messrs. Editors: We have had the placid and almost stagnant surface of the waters here, lately ruffled by a breeze. Mr. Cushing, day before yesterday, while the Bankrupt Repeal bill was under d iscussion, took occasion to th urst his spear into the moutain where the winds of strifawere impusancd when out they rushed and when they will be allayed no one can ten. To change the figure, he threw a fire-brand among the Whigs, at the same time telling the Locos to see how their enemies had in their madness, dashed their brains out against the adamantine rock of Executive power, which he most s.ngularly styled "a fact," and warned them to beware theydid not commit suicide in the same way. At the same time shamelessly offered the patronage and the Veto of the Executive for sale to the highest bidder. "Here are 'facts' you see their potency you know what use can be made of them. now what say you, gentlemen who bids what will you give make an offer, going, going who bids j higher." I Mr. Thompson of Indiana, having got the floor after Mr. dishing, and just as the House adjourned on Tuesday, replied to him yester day in a very able and pungent speech, in whichhe spoke daggers to Mr. Cushing, though he used none, except an extract or two from a speech delivered by Mr. C, in the Legislature of Massachusetts, in 1834, on the unjustifiable use of the Veto by General Jackson. Mr. T. turned his gun upon Mr. C, and discharged it with deadly effect. Mr. C. tried to look unconcerned, and to brave the storm, but he could not conceal the tortues he suffered. A portion of Mr, Ts speech was infinitely dramatic the ; scene was rich and racy; it was where he dramatised Mr. Cushing's auction sale in the House. The effect was irresistible. Wise all the time sat looking like a man suffering'a severs attack of the bilious cholic, yet determined to hide his pain by a laugh. He ''grinned horribly a ghastly smile." looking all the time pale and cadaverous, as if every drop of blood had left his face and turned to bile. Mr. Kennedy spoke aftcc Mr. Thompson, and gave i us one oi tne most rare specimens or yoo-i talk. I ever listened to. He kept the House sier in a perfect roar of laughter for near'y an hour His speech, manner, pronunciation, language, was comedy, farce and broad farce. He was a "radical to the root," yet went for the veto and one-man power, as far as any citizen of the Turkish Empire could have desired. No sub ject of the Emperor of China, "brother of the sun and father oflhe moon," would bow with greater reverence to the one-man power than And yet he is a democrat! i Mr. Wise has to-day replied to Mr. Thomp-

.Til1," dloingso had an uPhi11 work f lim to pay a :fne or $1011. for"wbUrli he imSonM S; l a different ver-;nKaiely he marshal a check." 32 .?SrJ2imJ?--. ."' The following wil, be found ,n the 8th vol-

....... ..j c ...uc uy uuuiorny, Diu insisi-jume oi Nile's Register, page 25257JST: i'IStitU J be recollected that .hi

tional fact' which Mr. Cushing called the veto: and the patronage of the Government he en deavored to show, was the moral power of the people, and not the veto, and that this was what his friend meant. But this attempt to explain away what struck every one as the most shameless, barefaced and nrnfli, w.1 tJ r ... ! b pnoiic ooay, was an utter failure. Mr. W.l hinted what he cod tell, had he time "He-! could a tale unfold." But his hour had expired. 'i

ZlTtWX)XX- Warners assembled on Wednesilav. last on board

down. a u nut iu uiirus, aim so ne iaa to set o - u ' Lass is here, as affible as can be. The Gov vwovernor looks remarkiblv wr!l. Ipttr thnn "" he did before he left the United Stairs. A res idence at Court agrees with him. But he can't get the nomination of the Locos. He is too late, the ground is pre-occtipied. Van i going aucmi, ne is last using up Calhoun, who is no maicn tor nun in a political nine. Van

got Calhoun to agree to abide by the decision W " hrnrWelT'jr;rJ 1? 'J"1 T? e33th. Daniel Neffto Deborah Howell, i lT,"v better for the Whigs, they On ihe 2Gih, James Stant to Parmelia Mumbeat Van once and can do it ajrain. He is a drag ford "cua -lum upon the party in Pennsolvania, can't get South ' On the 28ih, James Davis to Ann Clark. S0IrHn7l a7hna' :eoria' nor t- On the 28th, James L. Scbtt to Rosannah nessee will Jbe beaten m his own State, and i Wildride. 7 i0.0SeS' i-u,Vir5ini0' Wher6 ,s his i 0,1 the U Jan- 18. Tobias Woods to Mastrength? But possibly he may satisfy Mr. try Abbott Calhoun by giving him a mission abroad. Not On the 8.1i, William Shepard to Naomi Alallowmg him a seat at the head of the table, will let;.

ne pacny him by tossing lum a lone? We shall see w hat is made of. stuff the chivalry of the South CONGRESS. The Senate did not sit to-day. The House took up several private which being inorder, were disposed of. bills'; A biU to regulate the tonnage of vessels in the United States was debated at some length. and its consideration postponed. lrulnge wa received from the .f lhe Uni,ed States, on the subject n Presideut of our rela tions and commerce with China; and also in re lation io opening a negotiation wilh the Sandwich Islands, with a view to advance our commercial interests. The message was referred to the Committee on Foreign affairs. Several bills of no public interest wefc passed. The House adjourned over to Tuesday. Baltimore Patriot ofthe ZUl. GENERAL JACKSON'S FINE. So much ado has been made about this of late, that the following history or it may not be uninteresting to our readers. It will be seen that the fine has once been repaid to the General. The compilation of the facts was mailp by the editor of the Hartford Courant, from Nile's Register. "The battle of New Orleans" was fought, as every one knows, on the 8th of January. 1815. (and it is a remarkable fact, which perhaps ev ery one does not remember, that a treaty of peace witn Great Britain had already been signeaai onent, on the 24th of December previous.) On the 19th of January, General Jackson wrote to the Secretary of War, "that the enemy's last exertion had been made in I ...it. uj "... caci nun iiau otriM I that'quarter, at any rate forahe ,i ,son." News of peace arrived at Nc resent seapeace arrived at New Orleans go . on the JUth of February. "The attack and ripfence of New Orleans" was long past, and "the glitter of arms" of which President Tyler speaks, was over. j The war being thus ended, a number of rench citizens among the Louisiana troops, who w-ere detained after the battle, at an unhealthy post, became weary of such needless hardship, and applied o Mr. Tousard. the French Consul, for certificates of French citizenship, oy which they would be exempted from military service. These the Cnnu! could not refuse without violating his official j s duly. Gen. Jackson, however, was. greatly exasperated, and charging the soldiers and Consul with mutiny and desertion, ordered thetri to be removed forthwith to Baton Rouge, 150 miles from New Orleans. These men had been among the bravest of the soldiers at the battle of the 8th. and Mr. Tousard, the consul, was a fellow soldier of La Fayette, and was wounded while fighting for American liberty." "A member of the Louisiana legislature nam ed Louis Louailler, who had been active and energetic in support of the war, published about the IstorMarch 1816, an article in one of the papers, disapproving of the course of General Jackson. He was at once arrested and imprisoned by the Gen. On the applica tion oi L.ouauier. Dominick A. flail. District J udge of the U. S. Court issued a writ of habeas corpus requiring Louailler to be brought before him for the purpose of inquiring into the legality of his imprisonment. The Con-1 suiuiion oi tne i nnea tatas,(Art. I, Sec. 8. provides that a writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless w hen in case of rebellion or invasion the 'public safety may reouire it. Gen. Jackson, instead of obeying the order of the Court, seized and imprisoned the Judge. "The District attorney, Mr. Dick, then applied to Judge Lewis, for a writ of habeas corpus in favor of Judge Hall, whereupon General Jackson imprisoned Dick, and issued an order to arrest Judge Levis. All this was in March. 1815. nearly two months after the battle of, New Orleans, and when the whole country was resounding with the shouts of joy and thanksgiving for the return of peace. On be ing discharged, Judge Hall, on the 27th of march, 1815, summoned Gen Jackson to an pear before him and answer for a contemnt of in reiusing to obey the writ of habeas corpus, and imprisoning the Judge. The General, reeling that martial law must row come to an end, obeyed the mandate, but his conduct in Court was characteristic. He interrupted the Judge several times with remarks like the following 'tate facts sir, and confine yourseif to them.' 'I was then with these brave fellows in arms,' (alluding to the

u..u ,u.,.gcrowa,; -you was not sir Ac. &c.'says pav, and it is earnestly hoped that every (A lull account of the trial may be found in!one will noir make thetet payment they ran. lie's Register of June 3, 1815. to which we j S.H GA LLION refer the curious.) Judge Hall then sentenced) Brookville, Nov. 30, 1842. . 40

,: ited the subscription for that purpose to one dollar each, that many might hav the Lnnr Y taking a part in the contribution, and the uuMuess was so managed that tho r.onoi, ""IT "Z??. Z rewnea mm tbe ftlfflr rtTl i V a Kntitr a. - . .. u.aiauoi. without being presented." U. S. Bhig Somers. Tlu? Court of Inquiry n r a! nl inn rn iIia mniin. v. j .t. i r ' . th it d v,m. r j I .iwi in v-nmitUfi, 1 lliu OU ill1 Ivy yard at Brooklyn. Tin. Gar. : NaMarried On the 17ih De?.. Edward Mahany to Livica HiMreth. On the 25;h, Geo. W. Williams to Sarah J. Russell. On the 2G;h. Conrad Ho rmsh IO Citlifrin Batelinnn. ! On ifce 9f.il. t On the 1st William W. Bunvard Robeson. On th? 5:h, J.i'ri '.Iloocland to Susan Brown. On the 5ih, Charles Pursel to Mary Elizabeth Skinner. - John P. Case, " " VS. George B. Case, John Y H. Case, and Samuel j B. Case. J On Peiiiion for Part ion of Real Estate. "MIOTICE is hereby given to the afaresaid de1 ' fendants, heirs at law of Job n Case, dee'd, and all other persons concerned in the remises,that I John P.Cae,M one of the heirs of said deceased.shallon the first day of the next term of theFrank!in Circuit Conrt.to beholden atBrookville, in the county of Franklin, State of Indiana, on the second Monday of February. 1843, move said Court on petition filed, to appoint Commissioners to make partition of the real estate of w hich the said John Case, died seized, to -wit: the North half of the North West quarter of section No. 11, in town No. 8, of range No. 2 West; and also another tract of land bounded as follows, to-w it: beginning at a stake in the middle of Whitewater river on the section line, thence North to the Norh East corner of the South East quarter of section 10, town 8, range 2 Weft, in the District of Cincinnati, thence West to the North Weit cor. nr of said quarter thence South 111 rche to a stake, thence North 61 degree. East 103 poles, thence North 46 degrpes East to the center of Whitewater river 67 poles, thence to U-e beginning corner, running down the centre of the river; containing eighty acres more or lees. And also the following described tract of land, to wit: being part of the North East quarter of section No. 10. in town Nh. 8, of range two West, beginning at the Sr,.t, East corner of said quarter eeclior, thence West 69 2-10 perches acrrss th river t. a corner, with lands formerly owned by John La forge, and North 28 dpgrees Wed 30 perches to a post, thence East to the middle of Whitewhter river, and up the middlo of said river until it rtritra the North boundary of sy'd f turner section, thence East to the North Ft corner of said Quarter sec tion, and South 164 perches to the place of beginning; containing ninctr- acres more or lew; all of which above named tracts of land are situate in Franklin county, Indiana. And als the followii.g described tract of land sitnnte in Dearborn county, Ftate of Indiana. U wit.- the North half of the Eact half of the North Ehet quarter of section No. 3. in town No. 7, range No. 1 West; containing 40 acret more or less. ...V . P 7 M ' to the Etatete in such case made aud provided. JOHN P. CASE. By Ry man Ai Spooher, Lis so'. Dec. 22, 1842. (pre. 75) 52-4w MARSHALL'S SALE. TY virtue of an execution to me directed, M 9 I ill offer for sale at the Court House' door of the county of Franklin, Stateof Indi ana, on the 6th day of February 1843, betw een the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock of said day, the follow ing tract or parcel of land, to-wit: The farm on which Laac Clements nowresides, adjoining the town of Blooming GroVt, in the county aforesaid, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the South West corner of section ten, running East w ith the line of .said section one hundred and fifty nine poles to 'a ilnnp in th rnnnnnill. , .t fifty four poles to a slake'; thence West thirj------. a iu ty-seVen poles to a stake; thence North nine poles to the North West corner of lot number three, on the plat of the town of Moo ming Rrnw tlinmWVt nm t.. v..rti. ...v.." d red and twenty two poles to the enion i;between sections nine and ten. thence South sixty four poles by and with said section line to the place of beginning; being a part of the South West quarter of said section ten, township twelve, of range thirteen East of the 2d principal maredian line, and of the land directed to be sold at Cincinnati, and containing sixty two acres be the same more or less. Taken n execution as the property of Isaac Clements at the suit of John Reeves The rents and land for seven ptofits of the above described years will be first offered for sale. RODERT HANNAH. Marshall of the U.S.D. Indiana. By William Harvet, Dep'ly. Dec. 24, 1842. (prsfee3) l-3w THE UNDERSIGNED, ffcNCE morels usual at the close of the year, " calls upon such of his customers as may be in arrears for goods purchased prior to this date, to call and liquidate their several accounts without delay. . Those who can pay ought to pay, and those I think, who wibh me ireA, will pay. My real necessities cry aloud for pay, justice

stantly paid by the citizens at lar h i;m.