Indiana American, Volume 11, Number 5, Brookville, Franklin County, 27 January 1843 — Page 4

NEWS OF THE WEEK. From the Madisonian. ACCOUNT Of the Occurrence connected with the Seizure and subsequent Restoration of Monterey, by

the Karat forces of the United Slates, wider Com, Thomas Ap Calesby Jones, in Ct ber, IS 12. The. folio ving account is extracted from the official correspondence, as published in the Spanish language, in the newspaper called the Diario del Gobierno, at the cit j of Mexico, on theI4th of December. 1P42.J It appears, in the first plce, that the Mexi can Government, in anticipation of some at tack on its distant territories of California, bad sent a number of troops thiiher, under the command of Don Manuel Micheltorena, w ho teas appointed Commander General and In spector of both the Californias. These troops arrived at S in Diegn, the southernmost part on the Pacific side of California, in the middle of October last, and were on their way to Monte rey, the capital of that country, when the oc currences m question took place there. Mon terey is a small village founded by the Spaniards in 177l,atthe southern extremity of a bay 01 me same name, near the 33th degree of lat tlude, about a hundred miles south of the great bay of Sin Francisco, and about three hundred and fifty miles north from the town of Angeles, t l 1 . k m - . wnera me v-oawnnaam itucneitorena was with hi uoops when the events in question oc curred. On the 10th of October, Commodore Jones arrived at Monterey, in the frigate United States, accompanied by the Cyane, under Capt Stribling. As soon as the ships had anchored, Captain Armstrong, the flag captain of the V, States, lanled.and delivered to the acting Gov ernor. Djn Juan Alvarado, a letter from Com modore Jones, requiring the immediate sur render of the place, with its forts, castles am munitions, arms, &e. to the United States, in order to save it ;rom the horrors of war which would be the immediate consequences of a re fusal to submit to the terms offered. Alvarado. upon this summons, consulted the other military and civil authorities; and finding that the garrison consisted of only twenty nine men, that the artillery was composed of eleven pie ces, entirely useless from the rottenness of their carriages, and that the whole number of muskets and carbines, good and bad, did not exceed a hundred and fifty he surrendered the place; which w.is in consequence immediately occupied by the Americans. The articles of capitulation signed on the occasion provide that the Mexican soldiers shall march out with colors flying, an! shall remain as prisoners of war until tney can be sent to Mexico; that the inhabitants shall be protected in their persons and property, so long as thev conduct them selves properly, and do not infringe the laws of the (Tailed States, &s. &c. Commodore Jones at ttie same tim3 issued a proclamation to the Californians, declaring that l.e came in arms as the repiesentative of a powerful nation, against which the existing Government of Mexico had engied in war, but not with the intention spreading dismay among the peaceful inhabitants, and inviting them to submit to the authority of a nation, which would protect them forever in the enjoyment of liberty, &c. &c Ait inese things took place on the I9th of October. I wo days afterwards, on the 21st of the month, Commodore Jones addressed another letter to the acting Governor Alvarado, to the effect, that information received bv him since the capture of the place, left him no reason to doubt that the difficulties between Mex ico and the Lnitei States had been adjusted: and that being anxious to avoid all cause of future difficulties, he was ready to restore the place, with its forts and property, to the Mexi cans, in the same condition in which they were oetore me seizure. Monterey was accordingly, o:i that day, evacuated by the Americans, and re-occupied by the mexieans, whose flag, on being re-hoisted, was saluted by the ships. Thus terminated the three (fays at Monterey. Immediately after the restoration of the place, Commodore Jones despatched a letter to the commandant Micheltorena, in weich he stated "that he had been induced to invade Californa, by the manifesto addressed by General Santa Anna toihe Diplomatic Corps at Mexico, wherein His Excellency had conditionally declared war against the United States: that the capitulation of Monterey, had been as honorable to Mexico as circumstances would permit; and that he had restored the place, and ceased all offensive operations, so soon as he became convinced of the existence of peace between the two nations. The commandant Micheltorena, according to his despatch to the Minister of War at Mexico received the news ofthe capture of Monterey on the 23d of the month, when he was at the rancho or farm of San Francisco, near Angeles. On the next day he issued orders to all the commandants on the coast, to exert themselves to the utmost for the defence of their country against the perfidious North Americans, the declared enemies of Mexico, who had taken possession of Monterey with four ships of war and eight hundred men; and, with that view to join forces at Angles, by whose bravery he doubted not that he should triumph and secure additioual glory to the Mexican nation. On the day after the date of these orders,the Governer received Commodore Jones' letter, in answer to which he sent a series of propositions for the settlement of such difficulties as might be arranged there, leaving the question of the seizure to be discussed between the two Governments, Commodore Jones, in his reply, date the 1st of November, . endeavored to d sooth and conciliate as far as possible, the excited feelings of the Mexicans; and expresed his readiness to meet Governor Micheltorena at Santa Barbara, without delay, in order to confer with him on his propositions. Things remained in this state on the 19th of November, when the vessel which brought the papers from the Governor to Mexico, quitted California; at that time Commodore Jcnes had not met MicheMorena. The Mexican Diario contains some observa Note Monterey ls,by the most direct route about as far from the city of Mexico as Wash

ington; and the receipt at W ashlngton of news ; was put to death to strike terror into the rest of from the vicinity of Monterey ,by way of Mexi-1 the crew ! And yet no Insubordination is nrov-' co in fifty days is, under all circumstances, an'ed! On the contrary, the rest of the crew be-! extraordinary event. haved well. One man was pronounced guilty I

tions on these occurrences, the acrimony or which may perhans. under the ri

the ease hA'a r"":. plainly declares his conviction that Commodore r,uuiru, uc wiiicr, uowever. ones hadatlacked 1inifsrurr.,i.f.. fivm his Government, with theobject of conquers aujomta, ota that Jindtng the country in sucn a suae oj defence thanks to the care of ouwa vinna. ana i ornei(lhe Secretary of li ar,) he had been obliged to abandon his plan, and to invent a story for his iustifiealian. From the Phila. Ece. Journal. SPENCER'S "PLOT." On board the "Somers" the facts of the case . . i .... . eZtZZ l History is an overburdened storehouse facts, from which a parallel to almost anr event Of Our Own daVS mav be rirnun hl nWl, weseatch through in vain, to find any thing I that can iuaiv.u mc summary execution oi ; . . J ui ig jvjiii-j. uy this time every reader ofthe miblic iournals must have become familiar with the testimnnV adduced hv Pjintain MxtTaniia iJ v.; offices, in relation tome nro ee nl And i taking uns testimony by itself, independent of . , the fears and exagerations of the Captain and a lew of his officers, it presents a nakedness of all serious crime or impending danger, or for midable plot, that is startling, if not horrible when viewed in relation to the dreadful forfeiture ofhuman life, to which it so suddenly led. ever oetore,not even in the days ofthe French Revolution, during "the Reign of Terror,"have we heard of blood being so copiously and wantonly shed, at the arbitrary will of one man, with so little provocation and "under circumstances so totally freefrom all impending danger. Perhaps the sanguinary deeds of Nero, or Marions, or Sylla, may furnish cases somewnat analogous, when, tortured by fears of guilt, they caused suspected enemies to be put to death without the form of a trial. But even in the reign of those Roman tyrants, such atro cities were rare, when not sanctioned hv the forms of law, which most tyrants, however cru el and inexorable, are constrained generally to respecu in the massacre or the "Somers," under the pretext of "mutiny," we behold a naked and cold-blooded execution of hand-cuffed and ironed victims, which transcends all that the imagination, in the mildest flights and most wanton creations, has ever yet pictured. And this on board of a national ship, bearing- the flag of a free country. The news that came to herald the facts of this revolt if such it can be called, for not even a case of insubordination or want of discipline is made out much less of mutiny; the news, we say, that came in advance of the testimony,had led the world to expect a tragedy of blood among the mutineers without any example in the annals of marine crime. Wild exaggerations were thrown out, of the whole affair, by the friends of captain McKenzie,which curdled the blood and excited the horror of every read er. Elaborate misrepresentations Doured from ofithe Press as f a fear or dread accountability actuatea me parlies who had thus barbarously invaded the laws and constitution or the land, in order to put to death a giddy and helpless youth,whose sportive disposition had provoked trie hatred and excited the Tears of his commander. Suppose all that was thus alleged in advance to have been true, still it would not justify the execution of Spencer and his comrades. But when we find all this well painted plot of horrible import to be false to have no foundation in fact that there existed no bloody plot that there was no outbreak no violence no insubordinationthat the men never disobeyed orders that they had no arms and no ammunition; that they denied all intention of mutiny that the giddy youth at the head of the alleged piracy, pronounced it "a joke" we are overwhelmed at the unmanly fear, or deadly hate, which could have actuated to the putting to death of these unfortunate men sailing under the glorious flag of a fiee country, w hich protected their lives by its laws and its Constitution. Now, the reason is plain to be seen, why all this flourish of a dreadful mutiny was made in advance of the facts, which we had revealed in the testimony of the lieutenants. It was necessary to kindle public prejudice, and awaken public horror, in order to secure the commander of the "Somers," from a criminal 1 charge of the most heinous dye that of murder. That prejudice is now dissipated; that horror is now on the other side. Men no longer exult in the execution of this unfortunate youth, who has gone to meet his Creator, with hands unstrained with blood; while those of his inexorable commander are reeking from the elbow to the fliiffer ends. Never was a scene so completely changed and reversed by testi mony, as that of the reported mutiny ofthe Sm?rs, so elaborately propagated on her arrival. ' One of the witnesses testified to the cuilt of Spencer by his "fixing his eyes on him with an ; infernal expression." Thus, a look, construed by fear, is made to prove the guilt or a man, whose only crime was that look and the whole meaning or which, was evidently derived from the apprehensions excited in the mind or the witness. Now this look would have appeared very innocent, but Tor the horrible pictures which the "plot" had conjured up in the brain ofthe witness who thus transferred to Spencet's couutenance, all the apprehension of ins own diseased imagination. Now, we ask the question in all sober earnestness was it this infernal look of Spencer that caused his life to be taken? or, was it his drawing a ship with a black flag? or, was it his sullen deportment? or, was it his getting up a mock conspiracy in "a joke," to frighten the captain and officers? One ol these, it must have been; for he fired no pistol he struck down no officer he incited no part or the crew to onen remit. Hi greatest crime wnt a look a particular kind of deportment the drawing oraship telling Tortunes and other light and frivolous behavior and for thishe is put to death, amidst exulting cheers, with two comrades all of whom w ere prisoners, in irons. But the fear, we are told, was not from cpeneer, out the rest of the crew ! ! Snencer

because he w hio rn- n e .

" """""i. na rom well was a "bie fellow." and hence wicir gum: nence their iimmin .: :l. . . " and barbarous execution.to the eternal disgrace or the American flag, and the eternal shame of their country. The argument ureed against Srwn... jhe was dissipated, wild and reckless, has no . ruun io panaie nis being put to death, without the forms of law. Dissipation is not yetacapital crime, in any branch of society; and however we may all deplore its prevalence, yet it divests no citizen of his rifrht h .n on this head.there appears to be much exageralion indulged in quiet as much as in reference thC f P- .he fears and rors Of the more nervnite amn.. nl ! not the least nfirhnt. - . ' ,p,car9 lo nave oeen me commander himself: unless he fei , v, v. i in? i airru. From the whole A rift and f the testi.1 : . . . UOn Of theae Iinfnrtlinala K... . " " "1 ' i T": ",c"'"u"! '"'"""J J" V" TLVr'6 .an? sln.kmS man '!e wa! Portite .nd wild, and ofl iin A cfiam nlrvl r 4V;V uc r- a-iiv v iiiKiiit-ii ii IK rnmmnnnpr who for reasons best known to himseir, resolved to get rid of him by a summary execution, instead of bearing himself with a lofty, generous and magnanimous spirit, such as hecame one invested with absolute power over ahelp.ro wj . ne conclusion is irresistable; Capt I'lmenzie ougni io be handed over to a jury of umrj,io aiana nis trial for the acthehas committed. White Water Money at Par. x HMu subscribers have now on hand, and for sale, the most opiendid assortment of nadlerv ever offered to the public or Franklin county. ITiey invite persons, before purchasing elsewhere, to call and examine their ciork -Wh they will sell low for cash; the paper of the White Water Valley Canal Comnanv reeei at par. C. SMITH, & CO. Brookville, Nov. 17, 1842. 47-tf. Fall nndWintpp CnniB JUST received and for sale for rvifc Country Produce at prices to suit the hard times a general assortment of Fail and Winter Goods consisting in part or Cloths, Cassimeres, Sattinetts, Circassians, Prints, Brown and Bleached Muslins. Mens Wnmena nH rhii. dren's Boots and shoes, Hats and Caps. Nails, .wvci.ca, i uuer, onot, and Lead, &c. BANES & miPTnv WHEAT and CORN received on accounts or notes, and those persons having promised us Wheat and Corn after harvest are now requested to bring it in . B&B Brookville.Sept. 22d 1842. 39J THE SOUND CIJRnrwnv. fJXHE Editor or the American will take the followong cur rency at par, for subscrin Waplc Sugar, v.. wvj ci uamgj lU-WHZ Corn. Wheat, Flour, Corn meal, Pork, Deer, Oats, Hay, Country Linen. Jeans, Chickens, Butter, Cheese, Wood. Dried Apples, Flour Barrels, Dried Peaches, or most any mechanicalproductions , C. F. CLARKSON. March 2, 1842. WII V. A TV The highest Cash price will be paid at all nines nir gooa merchantable Wheat, by , . N. D. GALLION. Brookville, Aug. Ihh 1842. FF. MACHINE. inuita- celebrated SMUT MACHINE improved by Reid & Weld, Trenton, N. J. T. ALDEN, Cincinnati. BLANKS. ON hand, constantly at the American office the fnllnn-inrr -inA fvt i. . Deeds, Summonses, Subpamas, Executions, Constables' Bond Constable' Sales. Mortgages, Quit-Claim Deeds, Title Bonds, Notes of hand. SALT. tfifl BBLS. SALT just received and for v v sale, by N. D. GALLION. Brookville, May 16, 1842. M NEW BACON AMS, SIDES and SHOULDERS for sale BANES & BURTON FOR SALE OR EXCIIAN GE. A few excellent Break fast tables and Bed steads, just rrom the shop, either for money or iur winusi any nmo 01 produce. C. F. CLARKSON. Aug. 8. 1842. THE UNDERSIGNED, fNCE more, as usual at the close ofthe 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 wish me well, will pay. My real necessities cry aloud for fy,justict says pay, and it is earnestly hoped that every one will now make the best payment they can N. D. GALLION. Brookville, Nov. 30, 1842. 49 INDIANA STATE SCRIP. THE Subscriber will take SCRIP AT PAR For WRAPPING AND TEA PAPER. , J- II. SPEER. Brookville Mills, May 6th 1842.

DRUGS, PAINTS,

1 AND MEDICINES. THE subscriber would respectfully inform the citizens or Franklin and the surrounding counties, that he has engaged In the busi ness or the druggist in the town or Brookville. That he has on hand a general assortment or good and well selected standard MEDICINES, also a great variety or the most approved and popular PATENT MEDICINES. Also the Botanick or Thompsonian MEDICINES. A general assortment of OILS and PAINTS, or Dye Woods and Dye stuns, &c. &c And in a word, ALL that propperly belongs to a well regulated and well supplied shop. All orders will be promptly filled. Prescrimions from physicians shall be attended to with prompt-' ness, accuracy and care. Physicians and citizens generally, are respectfully requested to call and examine for themselves both the articles wanted and the prices, zvA I have no doubt but they will be not only satisneC but pleased. M. W. HAILE. Brookville, March 17, 1842. 12-ly. Fall and Winter Goods. ntlHE subscriber has just received a variety of Goods suited to the present and approacmng season, consisting in part of Best superfine Broad Cloth. Pilot Cloth Cassimeres and Sattinetts. Plaid Ginghams. Splendid Muslins, De Lene. Figured Sarony. tYenchand English Marino. Plain Bombazine an! Circassians. Bishops Lavn. Mull and Swiss Muslins. ' Large Woolen Shawls. Dress Handkerchiefs. Brown and Bleached Muslins. Fur and Seal Caps. Fur and Wool Hats. Ladies Calf Boots and Shots, do Kid and Morocco. Mens Shoes and Boots. Soal and Upper Leather. Cotton Yarn, Queens-ware f Tin-ware. Castings, Nails, $c. All of which he will sell VERY CHEAP for CASH, or COUNTRY PRODUCE. N. D. GALLION. Brookville, Oct. 11th 1842 WHEAT TAKEN FOR DEBT THE Subscribers, will receive Wheat at the market price if delivered in Brookville for all debts due them. Those who cannot now pay in money are requested to make payment in wneau R. & S. TYNER. Brookville Oct. I8th 1842. 43FARMERS, LOOK HERE! rnixit subscriber having erected a SMUT MACHINE, is nrenared to rlenn h Wheat or his customers of all smut,white caps, oiiu ain 01 every description. Farmers resi rous 01 having pure wheat flour, will find it greatly to their advantage to have all their w neat run through the machine. J. H. SPEER. Brookville Mills, Sept.12, 1842. 29 Cash Wanted! AVT I. n 1 1 1 . . . .. mm tuuMc uiueuiea 10 me suDsc.ribers ei. ther on Book account or note, are requesacme immediately. BANES & BURTON Brookville, Sept. 2 2d 1842. 39 IVew Goods. Chean for Cash ! TUST received at the White Water Factory Store, a new supply of Winter Goods, consisting of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, &c. &c, all of which will be disposed ofon the most reasonable terms. Dec. 7, 1842. 50 3 OLE and upper leather for sale by R' R. & 8. T1 TYNER Brookville Fb. 17. 1841 TAR. iy-CANS Prime TAR for sale by v BANES & BURTON. Wheat. nnHE highest cash price will be paid at all -m. time for merchantable w heat, by BNRS & BURTON. flr.i i kville. Au-. 12, 141. 1 SALT. TltiiBBLS- No- SALT for sale low for sm Cash, by BANES & BURTON. 2$ ftltft LBS Cotton yarn for sale by W9WV V R. & S. TYNER. Toy. 29, 1842. 49 COTTON YARNS. "IplOR SALE for cash at the Cincinnati prices at the White Water Cotton Eactory near Brookville. ALSO Batting,Caipet chain,Candlewick&c Dealers in the above named articles will find it greatly to their advantage to give us a call. J. L. MILLER, Pro. Dec. 7, 1842 50-tf LAST NOTICE. A LL persons indebted to us are requested to make payment. We shall proceed against all who fail to make immediate payment. R. & 3. TYNER. . Nov. 29, 1842. 49

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TCORN! CORN!! HE subscribers will pay the market price for SHELLED CORN. BANES & BURTON. May, 25 1842. BACON HAMS. Sides and 8boolders. for sale by BINES BURTON. Brookville, Nov. 25.

WILLIAM nnnwv

Manufacturer of Patterned tight and Left Wood Screw Bound Bail IlAtnJ. ITS now prepared to offer to the citizens, and public generally, the best article of furni ture in the way of Bedsteads ever nfrrt : this part ofthe Country. This newly invented uedsteads possesses the following decided advantages over all others heretofore in use: They can be put up or taken down in onefourth the time tbat is required to do the same with others, and without the possibility of a mistake. They are more firm and lest apt to become loose and worthless; but on the contrary, are always drawing tighter and without a single harbor for vermin. As soon as their superiority over the common kind becomes nown, ana ouiy appreciated, they must of necessity lake the place of those now in use. or at least to a very great extent. Those wishing to purchase Bedsteads are re quested to call and examine them at S. & C. Coffin's Ware House at the Basin ofthe Canal at Brookville, where they will be kept constant ly for sale. They will be sold for cash or coun try produce at cash price. He also keeps on hand at his ware rooms in Lawrenceburgh, an excellent assortment or Cabinet Furniture or all kinds, which will be delivered at Brookville, or any place along the line 01 tne canal, in good order. The above bedsteads are for sale also by N. D. Gallion, Brookville. June 3 1842. 23-ly DISSOLUTION. THE partnership of John A. Matson an I George Holland, in the practice of the law it this day dissolved by mutual consent. Per sons indebted to the firm are expected to set tle immediately. JOHN A. MATSON. GEORGE HOLLAND. Oct. 27th 1842 JOHN. A MATSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Main street, in the room lately oc cupied by the County Treasurer. Oct. Z7tb 1842. JOHN D. HOW LAND, Att orn ey and Counsellor at Law. Brookville, Indiana. March 1st, 1842. GEO. HOLLAND, Attorney at Law, Brookville, Ind. Office on Main st.,nearly opposite D.Price's store DOOUTTI.r. MCTtSOJt It CO. BANK NOTE ENGRAVERS. Office Third street, between Walnut and Vine, CINCINNATI. DANK NOTES, Checks, Certificates, Bills of Exchange, Bonds, etc. etc. etc., executed with promptness, and in a style equal to any other establishment, either East or West, and at lower prices. From their arrangements with several ofthe best Eastern Establishments, they can furnish a great variety of new and beautiful Dies, both for ornament and to prevent counterfeits. Seals and Seal Presses at the lowprice of $20 for both, with counter dies complete, or either separate for $10. February, 1842. 9Fresh Groceries. HrlDS. new crop N. O. sugar. 30 bbls ' N. O. molasses. S 20 bags Rio coffee, - Just rtceived from New Orleans, and for sae low I or CASH by BANES As BURTON Brookville. Jan. 13, 1842. 3Cheap Goods for Cash ! ! THE Subscriber has just received a variety of New and Fashionable Goods suited to the present and approaching season, consisting In part, of Splendid London Prints, American do New Style, Plain and Figured Cambrics, do do Lawns and Jackonets, . Bonnets, Hoods and Bonnet trimmings, Handsome Figured Veils, BUc. Itcdian Hkffs. Blk. and White Cotton Hose, do do " Gloves, Silk Gloves, Lace, Edging, $c. fc. ALSO A fresh supply or SUGAR, MOLASSES, COFFEE, TEA, INDIGO, MADDER, COTTON YARN, &c, all or which, will be sold unusually low for Cash, or given in exchange for country produce. N. D. GALLION. Brookville, May 3d, 1842. 19 NEW GOODS. R. S. TYNER "tWAVE ju6t received from Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Cincinnati a large assort ment of Dry Goods. Groceries, Hardware, Shoes, Bonnets, Palm Leaf Hats, Hoods, Ac. ALSOIRON, NAILS an J SALT all of which they will sell very low for Cash. Brookvule, June 1, 1842. NEW BACON MAMS and SHOULDERS, for sale by R. & S. TYNER. Feb. t, 1842. BACON HAMS. Shoulders and aides for le by R. 6b S. TYNER. July 7 1841. . TERMS OF THE INDIANA AMERICAN. npWO Dollars in advance, $2 SO in six months, S3 00 at the end of the year, and an addition of 30 cents for every year payment is delayed thereafter. Advertisements. Twelve lines or less will be inserted 3 times for one dollar if payment be made in advance, $1 25 if payment be de layed one year, and $1 60 if delayed two years, and so in the same proportion for the time payment is delayed. Larger advertisement or for longer time will be charged on the same pinci-ph