Indiana American, Volume 12, Number 16, Brookville, Franklin County, 12 April 1844 — Page 3

AMERICAN.

OO K V I L L K, 1 X I I A X A, KRiivr, ritii. 12, ism. CLAY'S BIRTHDAY. j-ys day is the 07th anniversary of Henry It will be observe! wih cue respect Whi-rs of tk county. Tliey assemthe i." t the Court House at one o'clock to-day, en ,;s name, his fame, his 1 onot and v - transcendent talents will be vindicated from abase assaults of the loco foco paily. Ad-:'-ejes will be delivered, and other matters rt1sicted. Tin whig of the townships are respectfully invited u attend. The editor of the American respectfully sohis whig friends to assist in raising a flagpole, at his office.at 1 o'clock THIS fii OVt'i ra'i and White Water Canal. A 3-eaeh occurred in the Canal on Thursday ev- ( the 4".h inst. It is supposed it will retire t'0 weeks to repair the breach. The Ci:ette of the 8th contains the following in-.-,rmxtioiK The breech in the Canal, as we iU'.Oil o:i Saturday, occimed some two miles ;;ov the city. The navigation, however will r.itbs suspended in consequence of it. A dam bs been erected just beyond the breach, and the company have reduced the tolls so as to cover the drayage from that point to the city, u remedy, as far as it can, all inconvenience arising from this accident. Earthen, China & Hardware. We call . r c : 1 . . . v 1 . : , tr.e attention tl our menus iu mc uutrwcstent of Wm.S. Sampson, of Cincinnati, in r 1 1 . V . S paper. Liasi wecK we uau wie picusuii.cf examining his establishment. his stock, l:s price?, and the courteous and gentlemanly conduct of those connected with the establish ment. When our merchants visit Cincinnati, e hope they will call and see his stock, and if they can get better bargains and better arules elsewhere, we wish they would inform ;s. and we will inquire into the matter. And if you do not wish to purchase, you would io well enough to sec his well arranged establishment, and become acquainted with a gentleman. Jefferson Address. We ask a careful rcadif for the address of John D. Howland, Esq., lithe Jefferson celebration. It is an able, in Wresting and instructing article. Col. John Farquhab of this place, left on Saturday last foi Baltimore, as a Delegate to the Young Men's National Whig Convention r. Kanhcation. We understand that Judge Richard Cham tsrs, of this count, will leave here as Delegate to the National Convention on the 20th inst. The National Whig Convention meets at Baltimore on Wednesday the 1st day of May; anJ the Young Men's Convention meets on the 2ad of May. The Locofoco National Conven :!ca meets on Tuesday the 2Sih of May. Samuel tfcn lcrson has been appointed Post Master at Indianapolis by the Piesident, in the . . - r vl.n f .. ; .n;ni.iB.1 ff vr nnt nistaken. Mr. Henderson is the same man that was removed from the office of Post Master at lidianapolis in the fall cf 1S29, by General Jackson. Jc C. Wise, brother of H. A. Wise, is a candidate for Congress in the Accomac District, in Virginia, in the place of II. A. Wise, res gned. Mr- John C. is, like his brother Henry, a man of miscellaneous principles. Dr.Uufus famoHtf,ofthis plarc, has been appointed by the State Central Committee, Pe'egateto the National Whig Convention. Itf5 The closing examination of Beach Grove Seminary will be inserted next week. W'e wish the teacher in making out the proceedings would throw a little more variety and spirit into it, so as to make it interesting to others than those engaged in it. DiscRACEFCL. Bill Brown, the Representa ' ve in Congress "from the Indianapolis Dispel, who has disgraced every station he ever MJ, (except the one he occupied in Rush countv when we first knew him, that of a

poomlo ahorse,) has been found guilty of j prospects in Indiana since the 29th of Novem-Nm-as a member of Congress. On the b" We shall not state what that oPin-

'oih of March lt . when the subiect of the tariff was under consideration in the House, Whigs, in order to test the sincerity of the fiends of Gen. Jackson in defence of General Jsekson's principles, introduced a resolution in !ie words of Gen. Jackson's letter to Cole- , , - - - aw. of North Carolina, upon the subject of

r-otection. Thedemocrats were in a predica-j same object in view that the BRITISH TO-meni-thcy were stumped they attempted to ( RIES had in the days of the Revolution, and !gethe question-but it would not do. At i things should be called by their right names. Bill Brown the man who bought books in It should be called the British Tariff of the

r Connecticut for the State Library, come to,

l!teir relier in the shape of an amendment. It , be entitled "A Bill compelling the people of I through their organs and their political speak"ntained a forged extract, said to have been j ' the United States to return to their former jers a Jmible game on the subject of a Tariff,

Wered by Mr. Clay against protection. The big immediately pronounced it a forgery,' id demanded when and where it was uttered, R"t no authority could be given. That day and that night were spent in researching the ?eeches letter and reoort of Mr. Cl-v bv

Members of both parties. The next day the -

quest on va miii ... i. . . pXdtlS to allow the charge of forgery. J rTTf'! ' U'e membef f Cn" rct fro, the Lafayette District in this'.State, , ana who, ore would judge, never heard the gospel preached, has introduced a resolution to abolish the office of chaplain to the Army and Navy. He made a speech upon the sub-; ject, and urged that the office should be abolished because it was the diity of chaplains to teach the soldiers the gospel of Christ, which w as peace and righteousness, and opposed to war, and consequently a man could not le a good soldier and a good christian, and soldiers should not he taught the religion of the Savior. Such a proposition was treated as it deserved, j with scorn and contempt. Another Indiana member has made a move ! to have the office of Major General of the Ar-! my of the United States abolished! This pro-1 position was hissed out of the House. But can any one tell us what Tom Smith is doing? U he in Congress, or is he yet in the "fish market?" Will some one give us information of him? WAYNE COUNTY. On Monday the 1st instant, the Whigs or Wayne county held an election at the different polls in the county for the purpose ofselectt .1 . 1 ing candidates for the August election. The 1 following is the number of votes each one re ceived, to-witr For Clerk. T. G. Noble 007 Samuel Hannah 375 William Elliott 440 Senator. D. P. Holloway 1330 Abner M. Bradbury 1114 Wm. R. Foulke 458 Dan'l Strattan 450 Representative. Joseph Lewis 1415 Walter Lcgg 1283 EliWiight 1155 Oliver T. Jones 1059 Sheriff. David Gentry 718 Wm. Widup 314 Jacob W. Fisher 54 John E. Dunham 233 Theron Park 392 W. V. Davis 120 Treasurer. Achilles Williams It. E. Fulton, John Prichct Stephen Elliott Those marked with a 919 360 249 211 are selected, and constitute the Whig ticket of Wayne county 'or the year 184 1. Duncan's Speech. We have been furnished hy quite a respectable man (Mr. Garard, of Harrison) with a copy of Duncan's pictorial speech. We have read it carefully. In the language of the Cincinnati Ga7ette, w e truly found it '-the vilest, the lowest, the most dirty, low-lived, blackguard production," which ever emanated from one of the most abandoned politicians and reckless liars that ever disdisgracedthe human race, or ever dared to creep from the caverns of infamy and crime by the light of day. This speech is the pre cipitated filth of the stagnated and putrescent pool of Iocofocoism. We are at a loss to know what Mr. Garard, who pretends to be a very respectable man, intended by distributing such despicable trash. If he intends it as a specimen of Iocofocoism, he libels the party to w hich he belongs. Prospect Jor Cass. The Beacon at Lawrenceburgh has been laboring for Cass for one whole year, and when he imagines he has almost revolutionized the world, a township meeting is held in Logan township in that county, (a few days sir:ce,) and calls upon the editor of the Beacon to haul down his Cass flag, and place in its stead that of Martin Van Buren. The fact is, Mr. Dunn is at least a year behind the times, for the question ol Van's nomination was settled nt least twelve months since. And have yen, Mr. Dunn, changed your opinion of Mr. Vin Buren's 1 loa was. ns lt 111 a private conversation 77e .Yctc Tariff Bill.- Vat ions titles have been proposed for the new Tariff bill now before Congress. Disguise ;t as they may supI port it who will or call it what they please . it contains the same principles, and has the i w t -. -. . . t. ft -4 kai.i 1 t-nuea oiaies 01 i-torui .nncm, a suuum ; "allegiance by purchasing all articles 01 maim -'facture from Great Britain, so as to enable that j ,:people to maintain their ascendency whick , "they have attained among the nations of the i;earih; it being incompatible with the happi ' ness of a free people to encourage any sy'

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, . . . 8- , much boldness, firmness, and fearlessness, as ' "r F fatherS f 'h Wf""" and ' " who support all such British interests. ,0 ,he inJury prostration of our own. Brit,Vl Tories. They support the same measure! ,or,,,e British tories of 177G. In this matter, xve "ot wish to be understood as calling any ma" a lory, who prefers American mechanics 'o British, American interests to those of England. But those who are for enriching Great Britain at the expense "of America, are Tories. We refer our readers to an article "P0" tliig subject on our second page headed "Kritisk Party." Glorious Icvf. WHIG VICTORY IN CONNKCTICT. The election for Governor and members of the Legislature luck lace in Connecticut about the 1st inst. From the Cincinnati Gazette of the 9ih inst. " v ui'iai" me luuun ing c oruuis news irom ..t.i: .1. r .n 1.. - i - f "The returns of the election in this State show what m3V be termed a substantial Whig triumph. Both branches of the Legislature are Whig. The full returns are not in; but enough is known to make this result certain. The fol lowing table gives the vote for Governor so far as heard from with the votes of 1843. 1S44.

Bald. Clove. Ab. Hail ford Co. 5083 5310 250 N. London " 23S4 2300 167 Tolland " 1F00 1893 103 Middlesex " 1S09 2020 143 N. H?ven " 4537 4180 194 Fairfield " 4899 4390 73 Litchfield " 3790 3511 315 Windham " 1839 2017 370 Total 20,167 23.000 1015 1843. Bald. Clove. Ah. Hartford Co. 5188 5239 290 N. London 2G3 3313 233 Tolland " 1041 1832 99 Middlesex 2017 2294 183 N. Haven " 4 109 4307 200 Fairfield " 4140 4037 121 Litchfield " 2800 4 SOD 293 Windham " 1093 22S4 442 Total 23.591 27,310 1,872 "These returns give a majority over the Lo

cofoco candidate of 1498: and a clear majori ty over all opposition of 421. Last Year Clere fan1, the Locofoco candidate, had a majority of 1S25 over Baldwin: so that, in the direct contest between the Whigs and Locos, the Whigs have a clear gain o3323! there are two towns in Litchfield, three in New Haven, and two in New London to be heard from; but it is not likely that these will reduce the Whig majority more than 100; if as much: so that Baldwin though probably not elected by the popular vote, at all eventshas a clear majority of more than a thousand over the Locofoco candidate: and the Whigs have effected a gain on the result of 1S43 of more than three thousand'. The Legislature so far as heard from, stands as follows: SENATE. HOUSE. No Counties. Whig Loco. Whigs. Loco, choice Hartrord Middlesex, New Haven, 0 l l 0 l l l 19 14 4 6 13 15 18 0 12 10 8 7 8 10 10 o 6 6 3 o 1 1 Fairfield. Litchfield, Tolland, N. London, Windham, Total, Not heird from. 13 5 89 07 "There are three Senators, two from Windham and one from Middlesex, to be heard from; (the Senate consists of 21 members) but if all Loco (as they are not likely to be.) they cannot affect tho complexion of the Senate. In most of the towns whers no choice of representatives was had the meetings liad been dissolved and no further election could be had. The Legislature is thus decidedly Whig and Cbfinrrftcur' is Redeemed! The vote is heavy. The opposition did all it could. But the Whigs of old Connecticut, catch the spirit which began in Tennessee and Hazed fourth in North Carolina and Maryland, have added yet another impulse to the swel ling tide of that healthful public opinion which is destined to reach full flood on the ides of November, in a great national triumph. We have no fear as to the future. The struggle in Connecticut was a struggle for po litical life; and no effort was left untried to pol every vote in theState. Y'et amid the din of bat ! .1. . , hhh our opponents m power, and playing - , abusing, lonlly slandering Mr. Clay, 111 every way calculated to blind, or mislead, or inflame. we have the clear, strong, manly voice of the people speaking out for the Ma.v, and for the - ; measures of the man. with as resolute a pur 1 pse ns ever swayed men. The indication

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.u.iuu ue iiiimskciu i none sentiment cuickedinlfl8f(innbythe?nn,en!eof ,Jpe, tion and its solid power, is only 'biding its time to crush with giant tread, the aim and the hore 0f the partizan spoiles of the day. We are pleased to find again that excellent Whig paper, the South Bend Free Press upon our table, after a suspension of a few months. Dearborn Countv The county records have bean removed to Lawrenceburgh, and it Is now virtually, lawfully, actually, and rightluily the county seat. The Circuit Court meets at that place on next Monday week. A locofoco county convention of Dearborn county meets at Manchester on Saturday the 20th inst., for the purpose of nominating candi-uau-s ior county otlices. A Whig contention for the same purpose, meets at Lawrcncebursh on the 11th day of May. They have to elect in that county this year, a Clerk, Sheriff, three Representatives, &c., &e. Among the whigs. we notice op candidates for Clerk, the names of P. L. Spooner, and Milton Gregg. Cacccs. The office seekers awl office managers of the Locofoco party of this county recommend holding a county caucu on Sat urday the25thof May, before which it U ex pected every good and true loco will sign the pledge. Meetings have been held in some of the townships, and delegates appointed, and an expression had as to their preference to fill thevariotH office-i. In White Water they recommend the fol low ing ticket, to wit: For Representatives. Jas. R. Jones and Joel Palmer; For Clerk, J. M.Johnston; Associate Judge Giles Gant and Bradberry Cottrell; for Treasurer Eiiphalet Barber. In Highland they recommended, for Repre sentatives, James R. Jones and Giles Gant; for Clerk, J. M. Johnston; for associate Judjres James Samuels and Bradbcry Cottrell; for County Treasurer Theodore Pursel, for Sheriff, Wm. Robinson. Posey town.vhip has also held a meeting and recommended a ticket, but we have not their names. This is the way to manage matters. If an individual or his friends, are particularly anxious obout his nomination let him, by his friends, te a little aetiveat the township caucus and get recommended. The next week attend todrumminguphis friends in another township w here there is to be a meeting on Saturday, and have the right kind of resolutions passed. And so on throughout the county. And when nearly all the townships have recommended, you can make your calculations, and if your nomination depends upon the last townships, your must be a little more desperate and a lit tle more active, and it will be no difficult matter for you to be nominated over any honest and capable man, because you need not be fearful cf any hoiest man resorting to such schemes. Thelo cos of Springfield held their meeting on Saturday last, but we have not lcerned what was done. But we advise all locos who love office better than their country (and there are a plenty of thorn,) to be active. That is, you belter appear almost unconcerned about it, but you must be sccretlystirringup your friends with a long pole. Those honest, unsuspecting competitors of yours, are at home, attending to their farms, foolishly imagining that every thing is going on right. But only make a little show of patriotism, and you can easily pull the wool over their eyes, and make them believe the nomination was justly made. THE BRITISH PARTY! A new free trade paper was commenced in New York, a month or two since. It was call ed the ' Republic," and was under the editori al management of Duff Green. Mr. Green did not give satisfaction to his employer, Mr. Wijcoffan Ktiglise.nan; and that gentleman arrived in New York a week or two since, and aisc.nargeu .nr. ween, lie brought with him a number of English Editors and Reporters, and now publishes it himself ! Edited, published and owned by Englishmen, and sustained by British gold it Taith fully labors with the Locofoco press of New ork to compass the des truction of the present Tariff, and convince the people of this country of the beauties of one si ded free-trade! It is out warmly in favor of the new Tariff Bill reported to the House. j Any thing for Great Britain but the present tariff! a tariff that, excluding her pauper labor. and relusing our gold for the support of her nabob manufactures, raises the flag of protection for our soil and our own men. The following extract is from an English paper, the Liverpool Mercury of February lum 1541. It thus expresses the English feelin regard to the American Tariff: 'The subject of the Tariff has been again discussed in the Amirican Congress, without any resut there seems to be a growing impresimpression that nothing t iil be done relative to the tariff until the new President is elected, and as Martin Van Buren is understood to be favorable to a lotr Tariff, we see with regret that his prospects are becoming 'small by degrees and beautifully less.'" According to the London Times, a subscription was lately opened in England to raise 100,000(440,000dollars) to circulate free trade tracts in foreign countries, several large manufacturing establishments having subscribed four or five hundred dollars each. Tractf of

this kind are printed in New York for circulation in the United 8tates. They will be plenty until after Clays eledion, and be circulated to aid the Locofoco free trade candidate! If you are of lhe Brilith party support the candidates that are supported by British gold but as for us and ours, we go for American interests, for our own country against the world. The feeiii.g of every true-hearted Ameri' can should be that of indignation and contempt for a nation, which, while she is striving to in dtice us to adopt a sjsieni which she utterly repudiates herself ts hile the t iil not admit a barrel of llowcr into her port tinder a duty of S3; nor a bushel of wheat under CO cents; r.cr a barrel of our beef under S4; nor a hundred weight of our poik under $2; r.or a pound of our manufactured tobacco under a duty of 1? hundred per cent, on i!s value'.-ask us VP throw open our portstoihe introduction of every thing she has to dispose of. free cf duly! And the proposition she calls thee trade, and Locofocoism in this country sustains her in it! The cause of Iocofocoism is to be aided with British gold, and the interests of England

is to be advanced by the efforts f LocofocaismS Again we say Awaki:! No man but Can if he vill understand this subject: Disguise it it as 'smart' men may it is at least the question of England against America! Of English nabobs,. against American laborers, farmers and mechanics! Oh, what iia party name in view of such a qucsiiouas this! If the work sl ops of our mechanics shall be closed if our busy manufactures shall be idle and the dependent upon them shall live in poverty if the poor man's children shall grow up in ignotance and w ant, if the farmers products rot in his barnsand the Sheriff seise on his land to pay debts which are contracted for British necessaries if the pade of our laborers tusl for want of employmentif which God avert such things shall be. the poor bare word 'DEMOCRACY' will be found a truely wretched consolation! Much as demagogue boast and blow about it now, it will then feed no moth! p-y no debt! educate no children! Honest D mocrats! read, reflect, examine! Come out from among w icked party leaders and declare for America against England! Whig Jlije. CONGRESS. On the 1st and 2nd of April the Senate after hearing mamorials and rennrts from coinmiltess was in debate on Post Office reform. Nothing definito was done; still we di not like the in dications. Senators talk and act as if they were afraid of losing a little income from th Post Office Department; better Hint than impose a burden on the knowledge, virtue and affections of tLc people of the country. 'On the 1ft the House had a rarieiy of maters before it: sue' a Territorial business Scz Mr. Vinton nnde a sensible speech showing the necessity of knowing the cost of works in Iowa befora they voted tho money for them, thoujrh Mr.Dodge.ttought tie dclegate'ought to settle that matter, according to usage- A bad usage, and so tho House determined. The 'bull authorising the President to sell tho Reserved led mines in Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois was taken up, but not finally dispssrd of. On the 2nd, in the House several "territorial" bills were reported and referred to the Committee of theWholeon the State of the Union. Among them was one to admit Iwa into the Union, which was post-poned until the Third. The bill regulating tho pay of the army was then up. Cin. Gazitlc. Arrival ffMr. Calhoun at Waihingion Tlio Midisonian, of Satnrday, announces ihij arrival of Jolm C Cailiomi in that ci-ty. Mr. Calhoun, on his arrival at and departure from Charleston, was attended hy a general cutpoHring of the citizens. .Mr. ('., in reply to an address forom the Mayor of Charleston, spoko of his call to the State department, with the concurrence cf all parties, as a mark of confidence he might well be proud of; and declared that it would bo h;s object, in administrating it, ta conciliate all parties especially in reference to tho two delicate and important necmiations now pending not exceeded in importance by any since that which ratified our independence. The Messenger, published at Perdleton, South Carolina, near Mr. Calhoun's residence, states that Ik! accepts the office of Secretary of State with the express undcrstanuiry ihst lie is to be at liberty to retire immediately on the adjustment of the Texas and Oregon questions, or eo soon as it shall bo ascertained that they cannot be adjusted by treaty. Mr. C. is reiuctant to abandon his agricultural pursuits and enter again on public life. IIixo it it! The Calhounitea in S. C havo determined not to send dclccates to the Batimore JL. I'.l Convention. .Meantime the Plejbtian states authoritively: "Whatever doubts may have heretofore existed in certain ections of cur country, a to the degree of protection advocated by Mr. Van Buren, those doubts arc now happily removed. The Free Trade Democracy if the Sor.M ar.d West are now perfectly sati.Jtct ttit on this allimpoilant rjuratifii. Mr. Van Buren is, t least, equally sound with Mr. Calhouu.'' IIY3IKXKAL Married. On Sunday last, by the Rev, Wm. J. Patterson, Wm. J. Pecs, M. D. only son of Capt Peck, to Miss Marv An Hactleman, daughter cf Major John Hackclman, all of this township. Heaven grant that long the happy pair, The chcisest gifts of earth may share, May Providence their pathway rtrcw Withpeace, and love,a.id friendship truej Ne'er may their sky less loe!y srem, As morning bright be noontide's besrr; And when life's evening shades ccmc rn, Bo theirs the glory like the sun, In fairer climes, 'ncaih brighter sies, Again in beauty there to rise. On Tuesday last, in Springfield tow nship Dr. Alfred S. Remcy, to Miss Jane A'mira, daughter of Timothy B. Scoby, Esq. Died On the 4th of April Mrs Susaji Thar? wile of Levi Tharp. CLAY CLUB OF BATH. The Clay C!uh of Bath tow nship w ill meet at the place of holding elections, on Saturday 20th of Aoril. at one o'clock. Everv bodv U I invited to attend; speeches w ill tt delivered; April 5. 1844.