Indiana American, Volume 12, Number 23, Brookville, Franklin County, 31 May 1844 — Page 3

AMERICAN,

0 K O O K V ltt L E 1 N P ANA "fRIMAT, MAY 31,1811. FOR PRESIDENT, H B X U V CL A Y, of Ky. For Vice President, Theodore Frcliiiglmyseii.

Our country's flag aloft we raise, Our hopes now high and upward rising, In burning words it there displays The names of Clay and Frelisghcysex.

WHIG For th 1st dist 3nd " 3rd " 4ih " 5ih " f.;h " T;h " Sth " ih " lOill "

FXF.CTORS FOR 1XDIAXA. K Henry S. Lane, jbtate J Jos. G.Marshall. , J. A. Brackenridge, of Warrick James Collins, of Floyd. John A. Matson, of Franklin. Sam. W. Parker, of Fayette. Hi gh O'Neal, of Marion. Geo. G. Dunn, Of Lawrence. Richard W.Thompson, of Vigo. Albert L-. Holme", of Carroll. Horace P. Riddle, of Cass. Lewis G. Thompson, of Allen.

From the Friitor.

Rushville, May 23, 1S44.

and Uat is sufficient to MPctify it with many of our citiaens. Some fellow, by some of the many act and devices resorted to by scoundrels now-a-days, has cheated the Branch Bank of this place oat or $12,000. He obtained letters of credit on some insolvent house ia Detroit, and sold their paper here Tor the above specified amount. It is an entire loss, unless they can hold a house responsible in Fort Wayne, who gave the scoundrel aletter stating that tl.ey considered the stated firm in Detroit, perfectly good. It is said there is no forgery in the case, but all done bydeception. Bates, who boasts of his far reaching sagacity has been deceived.

Speaking of Banks reminds us of a fact which may not be known to many of the Bank haling locofocos or our county. Amos Lane is now a. Bank director! Horrible!! We are rejoiced to hear that our old and particular friend Thos. Dowling, of the Wabash Express, has received an appointment from

jCapt.Tyler. He has the removal ol the Mianii Indians from Indiana to the place designed j for them, west or the Mississippi. He gets

per head for removing them, and it is said he will make a clear profit of about 43,000. We know o( no friend of T

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lixiiiiiHoie Xominatiuns. The result of the Convention at Baltimore on Monday last, is not yet known. At the lates.1 dates from Baltimore, and after the arrival of many delegates from different quarters of the country, the impression was strong that Cass and Johnson would be the nominees. The Whigs of Marion county held a convention on the 19th inst. We learn from the Journal that the attendance was large, and the meeting enthusiastic, that it was a gathering of the people, who were determined to go forth and do battle for whig principles in the glorious struggle of '44. John L,. Bruce and John M. Jameson were nominated for the Legislature. The Hon Jabez W. Huntington has been

elected U. S. Senator by the Legislature of

a.;i ii perpel4uuioa . a is crear from the , jrups cf u'ecs llh lLe ,ea benefit that many salutary laws might be passed 'n , ihe tortuous V"PS, the South to improve the condition ol the ftni1 AnXmAl

poor wretches they hold in bondage, and J, he graceful theory of the light cast iron enclor

sure about the monument or fault, all make an

pave the way for their freedom; and the church

members are as far behind the enlightened feeling of mankind in this respect, if we judge them by their actions, as are any other southern people. Prrpiinale flurcry. is the southern voice; while the north is inflexible in denouncing the rmuous moral and polluted effect of this institution. ArJ God forbid they should ever yield an inch of such noble ground, consecrated as it is by the spirit of chi islianity, and by the blood sealed declaration of our fathers.

aggregate of beauty, the detail of which would be irksome, and the combined effect of which I leave to your ima jinatioa. Maoj of the monuments are worth a special notice, but I will not trouble yon with it. Let all who have a taste for the beautiful, and who ave grown for a moment weaty of tbe oppressive seat of the city, and of the rqshing streams of human life which pours through every avenue, withdraw to this cool and quiet pice of natural

bpnulv that ft. it a! nTtriv annthe ihn fmtitilpit

Western people may be surptised at the mind and fit it for peaceful thoughts, are such course of the Maryland (a slaveholding) Con-' mementos of the the fragility of all earthly ference, and at the course or Maryland dele-1 good, as must make the visiter a better man. gates in the General Conference. But Ias-j I think it was in my last that I troubled you sure you there is a most powerful anti-slavery with some account of tbe state of affairs in New feeling here, and the day is not distant when a ! York, in the Methodist general conference, process of gradual emancipation w ill com- since my letter, affairs have assumed a more mence in this State. And the impulses or this dangerous aspect, and I have learned from con-

Connecticut for the term of 0 years from the

4thof March next, by a majority of 15 votes ! generous feeling are quickened and strength,- versation with Ministers from N. Y. and olh

in the House, and 10 in the Senate.

j would rather see get a good slice than Thos

Ail our readers have heard or Rushville. and. Dowling. It is 6aid he will have some difiimany of them have seen it. It is now about culty with Uie Indians, as some or the disapjiine years since we first passed through it, pointed applicants for the cppqinlment are now s lice which time it has not improved any, and among them, exciting them against him and

ha? not piobably as many inhabitants. It now . against the Government. Our government is has about 400 inhabitants, and has but poor, certainly cursed by corrupt men. prospects for the future. It is situated in one j We also learn this morning that Jos. Graofthe richest counties of land in the State, t l,am lle editor or the Lite Cincinnati Repub:

but a part of its trade is now directed to the Hcan, has received the appointment or Consul

tons on the White Water Canal. The citizens of the town have made some efforts to make a railroad to the Canal, but the country people are in favor of a turnpike. These interests divide them, and nothing will be done. M ike a turnpike and it will take business axvay from Rushville, make a railroad and the unners cannot have their cars, and they would

have to depend on the Rushville maiket. There are two taverns in Rushville. We always stop with Hamilton. There is no belter house in the State. He has every thing in order, clean, neat and conuortable. He makes

i traveller feci as if he were at home. There is one objection to him, which is almost insurmountable he is a locofoco. We feel sorry for his wife. The locofoco party in Rush coi'nty are opposed to Conventions. But they have, it is s siJ, a full ticket in opposition to the regularly nominated Whig ticket. They intend running for Ike Senate a man by the name of McPutlie. and for the lower house Seraggs and sme other man. The prospects for wheat through Rush co.

are good. In some parts or Rush county we

also discovered better corn than on the White W ater bottoms. We think it has not been as

wet and rainy in this section as in the neighborhood of Brookvtlle. We judge this from tlie situation of corn fields.

Any traveller cannot but be convinced of 'he unanimity and spirit with which the names

of Clay and Frelinghuysen are received, echoed and resounded throughout the country. Travellers, farmers at work, or in the roads or

luuses, greet you with a hurrah for thoie glorious names. There is an enthusiasm among

the people upou the subject, with which no

calculating politician can keep pace, and no

fublic speaker who goes into his study to write a speech, keep up to the spirit of the people it is too cold and caleulaling. They want more fire.

A bill has passed the House of Representatives Tor the election or President and Vice President to take place on the same day in all the States or the I'nion. The day fixed for the election is the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. If jt should become a law, the election of this year will be regulated by it.

ened by the nefarious efforts of Tyler and Co.

to smuggle Texas into the I nion. as well as by the unchristian ground the South is disposed to lake in lite great ecclesiastical discussion to which I have calied your attention.

No language can express the general feeling

era who have the means of knowing that a rup-

tion must ensue. Perhaps tWore you receive this, the separation will have taken place. Bishop Soule h is reporled that the committee of conciiation could effect nothing. Bishop

Andrew has published an expose of his conr.ee-

"II is rumored here that Cook, who has

been confined in the jail of Franklin county,

of contempt for Tyler and his insignificant ! tion with slavery, which is not .ikely to ajford

nartv. His warlike demonstrations ara rlJi- mucn sausiaciion to me isortliren people. I

ruled as the acts of a political maniac, whose ! 1 receive that when his case was called up

strait jacket will be applied by the Senate when

the treaty is rejected, and the cords of which

will be indissolubly tightened and tied by the

election of Mr. Clay next fall.

for the niiinlpr nf rinnnvi i,. ;,;u,J i mc

made his escane. Thii nil."m , . n, ! Monday night, of which, and of the prominent

i, T.isllrOV Atinilt 1 r- I nftm I ' 1

had been hanging about Washington many months, the President concluded to remove Taylor from the post office at Cincinnati, and

appoint Graham; and the papers to that effect were made out, and the commission handed to him, when Graham informed the President that he dare not go back to Cincinnati with

that commission in his pocket. The citizens of Cincinnati, said he, would be so enraged at the removal of Taylor and his appointment, that they would tear down the post office and

tar and feather him. Consequently the pa

pers were destroyed.

There remains now, we believe, only one

more active friend of Tyler in the West, tin

rewarded; that is C. II. Test, Esq., of Centre

ville, In J. It has been a matter or surprise

and wonder that he has not been rewarded be

fore this date. But his claims will not always

be pos'poned. Indianapolis is now crowded by Indiana's great men. Some of them attending Court. Others on their way to the Tippecanoe Convention. C.

we expected to hear. If he is smart he will not be found in Indiana again nor this side of Texas." i We clip the above paragraph from the Greensburg Repository. You need put no

actors, I will give you some account. I agree with you in your opinion of Van Huron's letter, nlthoiigh you mirtake hi saying that he denies the constitutionality of annexation. Lewis Cass is out in a letter so short that it

will be universally printed ami read, and so

confidence in such rumor Mr. Repository, as perfectly contemptible as to be universally Cook has not broke jail.nor made an v attempts ! dopief f' Hc "y. ,cl"tcjies u ith, e?"?r - 1 iiPJQ ol hn .At I'll) nfn il TiioL Arv fVwli It n

to do so for some wccks. But wc have no,nppo,ei Van Buren has relinquished. Poor

doubt but what he has a longing after Texas, old Jackson ! his weakness of course cannot be as much so as Captain Tylet himself. j expected to leave him as lie grows older, but

1,1S bitterness might be laid aside. ith vcrJlCfThe June No. of the 'Lidies National fiable ferocity he sticks to the oft silenced lie Magaainc is on our table. Il is a charmin" No. i of ' bargain and corruption," and now stands

The publisher is determined to issue a number 1 1 V"c 1 a pos,uon 01 !osl PP"ay ana ponu-

0:l icnlMtirm nc r.in nu-n im cfrnnnfh cvon In

for July which cannot be excelled. If our rea-1 ns ,V(.ak n li(.mai,ftll- aa rn nn"m.itiPr how

dots want a Magazine subscribe for this, the cheapest and best, $2 a year.

It is

COIlRKSPONDKXCr:. CorrcpponJence oC the Indiana Ameiican. Baltimore, May 19, 1814. Dear Sir: There is much speculation here as to the probable result of the deliberations of the Methodist General Conference, sitting

at New York. The naitatuijr question of

much he may laud the old hero, and how close

an identity he may establish with him. I adhere to my old opinion, that Van lluren will

be nominated, and that, easily as we shall beat

him, he is as hard a horse as stands m the de mocratic stable. II. Winchester, Va., May 24, 1644.

Dear Sir: -When I was in Philadelphia my attention was attracted, while walking up Chesnut street at night, by a large illuminated

slaverv is nnw before that bodv. and aa unon b!g" "National Clay Heading Room." On

its discussion the unity of the church seems ! reac'"g e building from which this inleres-

IdThe communication of "Bronson" was not received in time for this week; it may possibly appear next week.

Indianapolis, May 2f, 1914. The District Court ortlic United States has bren in session in this place the past week, Jiulge McLean presiding. The case of Nat. Wilson, who was arrested on a charge or purloining letters from the U. S. mail, when mail carrier between Brookville and Connersville.

was tried on Friday last. He was sentenced

to the Penitentiary for 12 years. He was in

dicted for two or three offences, but the prose

cutor considering the punishment or 12 ycari

sufficient, abandoned the other indictments. The Supreme Court or Indiana meets t-

morrow. AraDUii tiie nrst business oi uu?

LOCOFOCO CONVENTION.

The Convention or the "progressive democracy" for the county or Franklin, was held on Saturday last, and resulted in the nomination or the following persons; flrprescntatiris, JOEL PALMER, GRAHAM HANNAH. Clerk,

JOHN M. JOHNSTON. Associate Judges, GILES G ANT, RED IN OSBORN. Treasurer, THEODORE PURSEL. Sherijf WM. ROBISON. Commissioner, JOS. PRICE. Coromr. FRANCIS GRASMUCK.

now to depend, it is of course the absorbing

question. When it is remembered that among the strongest bonds that connect the Slates are the different religious societies which exist without any geographical distinction all over the country, and that nothing would have a more serious influence in destroying our political union than the establishment of separate religious bodies in the North and South,

the movements or this body will have great interest for the general reader. The question oT slavery comes up from a slavehold'mg State. The Maryland Confer-

ence, it appears, siienceu, or suspenuea a preacher because by marrying a slavcholding wife he had become a slaveholder, and thus violated adiciplinary rule which forbids ministers to hold slaves. From this action of the annual Conference an appeal was taken to the

General Conference, and it is said that the

decision would at once have been afiirmed.but

for the (act that a high church dignitary, Bish

op Andiew, stood precisely in the position of

the humble brother of the Maryland Confer

ence. To decide against the appellant would

be to decide against the Bishop, and this ex

cited the South, and brought on a violent dis

cussion, in which Mr. Collins, of Maryland,

distinguished himself by the bold ground he

took against slavery, and bv his pointed allu

sions to the case of the Bishop. At the end of

the discussion the parlies found themselves on

exactly opposite ground, and both so situated

that a retreat for either or a union seems mi

possible, while division seems to be the only

resort. The North cannot yield conscience

and violate the rules or their church for any

ting sign projected, and traversing a single

flight or stairs, I found myself at the upper end

oT a very large saloon, splendidly lighted up with gas, and decorated with numerous paintings and engravings illustrating the life of the

great Whig champion; the most remarkable among which was immediately befote me.with

a number of gas burners so disposed as to shed

light upon it in the most scientific manner,

Neagle's full length portrait ol Henry Clay.

Near me, at the upper end of the room was a handsome rostrum with ils appropriate dra

pery and several busts, while immediately before it stood a small table on which a large blank folio laid open, wherejare recorded the

names and residences of all whig visiters, and

where I felt it an honor to place mine. The

walls of the room were hung round with ob

jects of till greater interest, new spapers ,

from every part of the Union, neally filed, with labels placed upon the walls above them,

while here and there against the wall stood a reading desk, and in the midst of the room tables and chairs for the accommodation of visr

iters. I recur to Philadelphia for the sake alone of describing a place that interests me greatly, and tfor the purpose of advising all whigs ruiting that city, to register their names at this place. I found the Indiana Journal and the Wabash Courier, the only papers from our Stale, and thought the last might be profitably extended. What think you?

In Baltimore is another object of interest,

for examination. Mr. Collins notified the

Northern and Western Delegates to meet at some designated place, in the evenitit, " hereupon Dr. Capers gave a similar intimation to the Southern nicmbers.theBishop'case was then laid over to the next day; all these things bol; ur.ienous, and forebode evil. 1 promised you some necouut of the Texas meeting in lla'tiumre, of Monday niht. It rained on Monday rveninij and tlis meeting was adjourned until Tuesday. I left Baltimore, on Tuesday morning, end li.ii accounts for my silence on this subject. I am now spending a few days amng my

kind friends, at this place, wiiich I would like.

to describe, but the cars are about to depart

for Baltimore, and I must waive my notice of

the city of Winchester and the valley of Vir

ginia to my nc.t. II.

Ci.arksciro, Va., May 14,'41. Dear Sir; As yon and your readers are

long since advised of the choice made by ihe

Whig Convention for President and Vice President, it will scarcely be necessary to say mote upon that subject than to express the convic

tion, which at this time seems to be universal, that';Ciay and Frelinghuysen"' w ill be elected as they were nominated, by acclamation. Our opponents are in a glorious slate of uncertainty, excitement and perplexity, wandering about as a flock without a shepherd, each waiting for some file leader whom he may safely follow. Poor fellows, I pity them, for men in these limes who have no opinions but those which they icceive from their leaders, and the leaders themselves being at variance and in doubt, leaves them in a condition truly pitiable and deplorable. What will our democratic friends do now in ludiana? The most inoependent among them have hitherto never dared to express an opinion until he received the cue from the Globe, Enquirer, or Gen. Jack

son, and as these three great sources of demo

cratic light have now got each other by the ears, they will of necessity have to remain mum until some new set of principles (?) or line of conduct shall be maiked out for them. One of ihe great distinguishing features between the whigs and the patent democrats is, that each and every one of ihe former can tell you at all times and upon all occasions his political opinions and thoi-e of the great cause in which he battles, whilst the latter, who stand

upon a shJing base, are often compelled to wait in suspense for the next action of their leaders. The Van Buren men remind me very much of the fowler in pursuit of a Loon. This bird, you are aware, when purjueJ, is .constantly diviug. and we are always puzzling ourselves w ith the questions as to where and when he will come up. And thus it is with those whq imdettake to follow Mi. Van Buren, (who hns recently dived so often and staid under so long that there seem to be some apprehensions that he may be drowned) for much of their time is

j required to keep l.im in sight and keep their

political opinions posted up. But enough of politics. The city of Baltimore (which I left a few

days since) in a commercial point of view is

of a very different character, which has the probably superior to any other, in proportion

-ru:. : -i. c).r no no rmil.l , man. let his situation be ever so high. And

A ilia livrv ia ut'VU a , ' , - i , , i - i i,f.rJ tha as " said by Dr. Olin, such is the foclmg at the have been made from the material before the

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convention. How it will take w ith the party we know not, but the whigs as far as their opinions have been expressed, seem highly gratified with the result. It is particularly gratifying because the nominations were made in

the Rockv mountains as to return to their peo

pie after conceding to the North this important point. In the meantime there i a general feeling against the Bishop. It is thought that he has

been guilty of a breach of laitn in acquiring

Court will be the case ofllosea Cook, now in .opposition to the wiro workings or the men shvcs nfler having been placed in so high a

who have heretofore ruled the rarty in meir, position l'V a ihurcn, wnose ruie is mat no conventions in this county. - The dictation o( slave holder shall be a Bishop. Were his inthc former leaders oMhe party was so insolent ' cHuatioiu to marry a slaveholding lady irresistmc luriuti r i ,1,1. mi, lmd ln not influence snfticient to in

land overbearing in the caie r one of the per-. Juce -ber if pos.eiWe) to iterate her slaves,

the Brookville Jail, under sentence or death. There is but little probability or the Court here finding error in the proceedings orthc Franklin Circuit Court. When the record was laid before Judge Sullivan the first week in March

'ast, it is said he examined it carerully, hut i'ound nothing, in his opinion, that would denand the grauting a new trial. He immediately wrote to Gov. Whitcomb his opinion, and knowing thai he was a good lawyer, re--piested him to examine the case, and if lie con.

sulered there was any cause, to give the other

Judges notice, and they would meet at Indianapolis immediately and decide lLe case.

Put instead cf doing this, Governor Whitcomb

granted a respite to tho sentence ol Cook un

til the regular session of the Supreme Court

Had Whitcomb called the Court together,

it w ould have cost the State nothing, but the course he pursued costs the citizeus or Franklin county the sum or two or three hundred

dollars without advancing the cause of justice.

' sons nominated, and arose from sveh a cou- could he not have resigned? And at any rate

temptible feeling or spite and malignity, that, would not a good man have practiced some

we could not believe that Locofoeoirm would "merman cB.iu. ...u ...:. , , i.i ' religious body w hose union and w hose rlevaever submit to U. And such proved to e- .o) shoulJ 1C prMl olljecis of ,)j3 ,jfe ?

true, for after a contest contmuemg until near-

strongest claims upon ihe attention of stran

gers, ihe Green Mount Cementry. This beautiful and quiet resting place for the de

parted is situated on an elevated piece of ground, north-w est of the city, formerly owned and occupied as a country residence by a wealthy citizen of Baltimore, Robert Oliver, who now reposes here among the dead. The

to its population, on the eastern part of the Continent. Its basins are crammed w ith vessels of almost every description, trading to and from all parts of the earth to say nothing of rail roads, w ith which she is as well or better supplied than any city in the Union. The inhabitants are supported by their commerce and manufactures alone for tho country for

appearance of the Cementry is very beautiful. ! many miles around, is poor and barren to a dc-

Leaving the noise and tumult of the city be

hind you, and passing by a cluster of elegant houses in the midst of which the monument to Wasliington stands conspicuous above every other object in the city, you reach a road that w inds for a short distance between green hills, and find yourself presently immediately in frcnt or a large Gothic stone gateway, in each side of w hich a stone fence extends so as to

gree that would be perfectly incomprehensi

ble to a Hoosicr, and to try to impress it upon his mind would be a useless waste of time. Almost all the rocks for 40 or 50 miles about Ballimore belong to the primstonc and Cambrian series among w hich granite and granitic gneiss are most common there is, however, a large amount of primitive hiiieslone or mar

ble or a vety fair quality and w hich is much

ly night the dictators were compelled to sur

render, and the foregoing ticket was announced. Another giatifying circumstance is that when the dastardly pledge of the party was presented to some of the persons nominated, we understand, they had the spirit to reject it, and were permitted to have their names presented before the people without selling themselves, soul and body.to a Tew miserable knaves

who have set themselves up as leaders.

The body or J. F.Swindf, w ho was drowned on Wednesday or last week, was found on

Rut it is all done in the name of democracy,1 Sunday last, about 3 tailes below this place.

Even at the present his resignation would work a temporary appeasing of the storm. But this does not suit the Southern imperious spirit, w hich is quite as strong in the Church as it is in the State; and it would be at any rate yielding the point, and this the South w ill not, and in view of the feeling of the southern people, dare not do. So the Bishop's friends, it is thought, w ill not suffer his resignation, and the issue must be decided. So the matter rests. A committee of northern and southern men has been appointed to devise some means to avert the storm. Many of the old and expe

rienced among the clergy see no remedy but a peaceful separation; w hile others have hope of conciliation. A temporary truce may be effected, hut at Vest it is a hollow affair, the southern feeling being set in favor of slavery

enclose the whole of the larffe burial pround. ' used as a building material in the city. There

The gate is a handsome structure, w ith a car-j is much w ealth and magnificence about the riage way, and foot ways, with a chapel at monumental city many splendid mansions, each extremity, lighted with heavy golhic equipages, liveried servants, and all fnc parawindows with stained glass. The middle ofpharnalia or wealth yet with all o( these the Cementry, w hich is the highest point, i there is much or hospitality and liberality, so commands a view or the city, and from that much indeed, that among all the mighty host point ihe ground slopes genii v on all sides to-' there assembled, none w ere heard to cornwards the enclosure. The handsome resi-! plain or the manner in Jwhich they were redence or the former proprietor still remains ' ccived and treated during their visit to the

upon the ground, aud is, I suppose, occupied . city.

by the superintendent, w ho is not allowed to receive any gratuity from visiters. The whole ground is divided into small lots, which are sold at various prices, the proceeds constituting a perpetual fond to keen the grounds in

The town contains many splendid churches

among which the Cathedral and a building recently elected by the Methodists, are considered the most magnificent.

Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, son of the king

good repair. What shall I say to convey an' of Westphalia, (and whose mother was, before idea of the radiant beauty or the place? How ! her marriage, a Miss Patterson,) lives in th? shall I describe the great gravel walks winding city. His house is a plain, substantial and beneath the shade or venerable trees, and j neat edifice, such an one as befits a republican, spreading in every direction between borders i He is said to be a modest unassuming citizen,

or the most beautiful flowers? The profusion

of lovely objects, the grass plats, the natural

and rather popular than otherwise.

It. II.