Indiana American, Volume 12, Number 28, Brookville, Franklin County, 5 July 1844 — Page 1

IWJM

111

,;VC. V. CLARKS3N.

OUK FLAG.

0 00T.T-OC.CrilTT'.!lTt.MT.-! Ol'R COCKTUV's PHIISDS.

FOREIGN.

BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, JULY 5, 1844.

VOL. XII. NO. 28.

WHIG PRINCIPLES WE ARE IS FAVOR OF . j, sound National Currency, regulated by tV,e will and authority of the Nation." An adequate revenue with fair protection to American industry."

A further restriction on the exercise of the

Veto Power.

tli? Government

Freedom of thought and of the right of suffra2t. to public officers, hut ith suitable results against improper interference in electionA strict accountability of fiscal, ministerial, aiil executive officers. One Prosidential Term. Distribution of the proceeds of the Public Luids The right of Petition the freedom of speech and the Press. We are orro?rr to , Sub-Treasury a Standing Army Annexation of Texas gold for office holders and

r;i2fortlie people one man power disre

From the. Baltimore American. ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA10 DA YS LA TER FROM EUROPE. Sentence of Mr. O'Connell. We are under obligations to Messrs. Adams & Co.'s Express for Wilmer & Smith's European Times of the 4th inst., from which we

make up the annexed summary of news: Sentence had been past on Mr. CTConnell and the other traversers particulate of which will be found below. Switzerland has been the scene of a civil war. Turkey shows symptoms of tho internal

disease w hich is fast wearing away its vital.

Xr. honest and economical administration of " , " lu n D,n apposed A ' . ' Penl llfe Msertm? their independence. &

I in a conflict w ith Ali Dev. 800 lha

left dead upon the'field. Reports of dissensions in the newly organized Spanish Cabinet reach us from Madrid. Some Carlist leaders have been shot. The Portuguese Cabinet has undergone some changes, it is to be hoped for the better. The subject of the Annexation of Texascontinuesto be a prolific theme of discussion in the English papers. Some of them have wasted a good deal of indignation upon it. The King of the French has postponed for the present his visit to England. IRELAND. State PnspCHlion.t Court o f Queen's Bench.

irmity J erm opened on Wednesday, 221

j;ird of public opinion and public intercstsofj ult., but 'sentence was not pronounced until

British Free trade, and all the advocates

British interests to the destruction of Aniercait Interests.

WHIG

For the State

ELECTORS FOR lDIAX.l.

HENRY . IjANE, Jos. G. Marshall.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6ih Tih 8;h 9ih 10th

dist. J. A. Brackenridge, of Warrick!

" James Collins, of Floyd. " John A. Matson, of Franklin. " Sam. W. Parker, of Fayette. " Hugh O'Neal, of Marion. " Geo. G. Dunn, of Lawrence.

Richard W. Thompson, of Vigo. Albert L. Holmes, of Cartoll. Horace P. Diddle, of Cass. Lewis G. Thompson, of Allen.

(i u (I (

SONG OF THE WHIGS. A t r What fairy-like music. Hark! Ilaik! what proud music Sweeps high o'er the plain, Enkindiing each heart Its soul-stirring strain? 'Tis the song of the y oung Whigs, As they march to the fray, Determined to conquer For their own Harry Clay! List, list to the cadence 'Tis rising again, Pealing up from the mountains To Heaven's blue plain 'Tis the song of the young Whigs, As they come in their might, To save their loved Country, From Misrule's sad blight! List, list to their music, 'Tis coming more near Hark hark to the words now As they ring on the ear 'Tis the song of the young Whigs. Through the country they 're rising. To place wreaths on the brow Of our own Frelinghvysen! See, see, their vast host. They are now wheeling past List, list to their shout, As it sours on the blast 'Tis the shout of the young Whigs, To the 7Yi7or they say. "Make room for the Statesman, Make room for our Clay!

THE WHIG TARIFF OF 1F42. THE REVENUE. The receipts of Customs at the port of New

oik alone for the first five months of 1811. (jun closed.) somewhat exceed Nine and a

II.Lr Millions of Dollar?, against some four

millions in each of the two preceeding years. The total Collections at this port alone, during ISlt. will pretty certainly exceed Twenty Millions of Dollars, being considerable more than the entire Revenue of the Government for either of the last four years. The entire Revenue of this year will almost certainly exceed Forty Millions of dollars, of which over Fifteen Millions (if we keep out of trouble with Foreign Nations) may be devoted to the

reduction of tha Public Debt, which amounted

Friday, when there was a full attendance.

On the sitting of the full Court on that day, the case of "the Queen against Daniel O'Con-

nell and others" having been called Mr. Justice Perrin proceeded to deliver his

judgment.

Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by Mr. Smith O'Brien M. P., and by Mr. Steele entered the traverser's bar at half past ten: and a scene ensued which we believe is altogether unprecedented in a court of justice. All the barris

ters of the outer bar, with the exception of

comparatively few, rose and greeted Mr. O

Connell with loud and repeated rounds of cheers, accompanied with clapping of hands. This demonstration of acclamation continued for a few minutes. The Court tefused the motion, under the conviction that, as the law stood, they' had no power to grant it. At four o'clock, amid breathless anxiety, Mr. Justice Burton, in an address during which he shed tears, passed SENTENCE ON THE TRAVERSERS! DANIEL O CONNELL: To be imprisoned

for twelve calendar months; to pay a line of

A-J.UUI. and to enter into securities to keep the

peace lor seven years; himself in X3.ilJJ.und two sureties of X 2.500 each.

John O Connell, John Grey.T. Steele, R. Barrett. C. G. Duffy, and T. M. Ray: To be imprisoned for nine calendar months; to pay a

fine of X50. and to enter into securities to keep

tne peace lor seven years; themselves respectively in X1.000 and "two sureties of X500 each. Sentence having been passed, Mr. O Connell immediately rose, and said that he w ished to remind the Court that he had made a solemn affidavit, declaring that he had never entered into a conspiiacy w ith the other traversers, or committed any crime with! w hich he was charged. He had now only to say it was his painful conviction that justice; had not been done., j A sudden and vociferous cheer from nearly all parts of the court followed this result; and although it was accompanied by the clapping of hands amongst the junior bar, and was two or three times repeated, the Judges did no t interfere although evidently displeased. The Traversers immediately surrendered into the custody of the Sheriff". After a delay of about an hour and a half, which gavetine to allay the excited feelings of the people out of Court, as well as for the necessary preparations, the Traversers were conveyed to the Richmond Penitentiary, in the Circular road, their future place of confinement. They proceeded thither in three carriages, attended by a large body of police. A great many people ran along and kept up with the carriages, and there was also a largi assemblage outside the Penitentiary on their arrival. When Mr. O Connell stepped out of

the carriage he w as greeted w ith loud cheers and inure lati ly entered the gateway. Within the court yard a large number of respectable persons, many of them his "most intimate friends, were d'awntipin two lir.es. They received Mr. O'Connell in silence, and uncovered, and as he walked tip between the lines, he shook hands w ith them. He thus entered the Governor's house.w l.ich we understand, he and his other fellow prisoners will be allowed to occupy. The Peniten-

to Twenty-five Millions on the first day of ,,:lr' a vast pile of buildings, in an airy and

January last. T.pi t iio T.iriiT Iip curtained and i salubrious part of the suburbs of Dublin. The

Any person who violates the law, or is guilty of any violence, insult or injury to person or property, violates my command, and shows himself an enemy to me, and a bitter enemy to Ireland. The people of Ireland the sober, steady, honest, religious people of Ireland have hitherto obeyed my commands and kept quiet. Let every man stay at home. Do not croud

the streets, and in particular let no man approach the precincts of the Four Courts. Now. people of Dublin, and people of Ireland generally. I shall know, and the world, will know, whether you love and respect me or not. Show your love and regard for me, by your obedience to the law your peaceable conduct and the total avoidance of any riot or violence. Peace, Order, Quiet, Tranquility. Preserve the peace and the repeal cause will necessarily be triumphant. Peace and quiet I ask

for in my name, and as you regard me. Peace and quiet I ask for in the name of Ireland, and as you love your native land. Peace quiet urder.jl call for under the solemn sanction of religion. I conjure you to observe quiet, and I ask it in the adorable name of the ever living God. Gratify me and your friends by your being quiet and peaceable. The enemies of Ireland would be delighted at your violating the peace, or being guilty of any disorder. Disappoint them gratify and delight by peace, order, and quiet, Your faithful friend. DANIEL O CONNELL. Corn. Exchange Rooms, 29, May, 1834.

From the Cincinnati Atlas. Braddock! Field, During a late trip to Western Pennsylvania, we took occasion to visit the scene of Braddock's defeat. Every traveller to Pittsburgh, who has leisure to view its beautiful environs, so unlike what might be expected from the smoky atmosphere of the city itself, should take a ride out to "Braddock's Field," where was fought one of the most memorable battles of the last century, at least before those of the Revolution. The road is an extension of fourth street, and runs up the valley of the Monongahela, through a highly cultivated, picturesque country, adorned with numerous while cottages and the tasteful country seats of retired merchants and manufacturers of the Iron City. As you recede from the smoke of the city, you pass through substantial farms and fields of Wheat, extending as far as the eye

can reach. In about six miles, von leate the

main turnpike and pass over a quiet country road, that winds through orchards and fields.

for about four miles further, when you reach

the spot that witnessed the defeat of General

Braddock: in 1755, one of the most remarka

ble events in American History.

The Battle Field lies on the Northern mar

gin of the Monongahela, and about 10 miles

Tiro days later from Europe.. By the Independence, at New York on the 17th inst., e have Liverpool dates lo the 21st ult. The agitation and the excitement on the Texas Question continue in England, and the journals denounce the United States as robbers and predict that (his w ill certainly unsettle the peace of Europe. No change in the Cotton market. There has been a lilile French fighting in Algera. O'Connell's motion for a new trial

was to have been settled, for or against, on the

4-JiI Uit against was anticipated.

The prize of X500 has been aw arded to a

comedy, written by a lady, on English ens

toms, called ' Quid pro Quo; or, The Day of

Dupes.-'

Mexico and Texas left to themselves, and the Government may be entirely out of debt again unthe 1st of January, lSltV. Tribune.

DoMESTtc IlELr. A few weeks ago. a wealthy family in Philadelphia, having hired a cook who had been highly recommended to them, was ordered one day to prepare among other things a " hash" for dinner. The hash came. Slid it was charming all eagerly partaking of 11 until the dish w as scraped out. So popular after this JjJ the hashes of the new cook become, that it was nothing but hash every day. At last the poor cook, bringing in a large dish f it, the perspiration pouring down her face, which was as red as a coal of fire, she sat it down, and turning to her mistress and drawing herself up said "Madam, I stiikes!'' 'Strikes! why. what is the matter Betty?" "Cause ma'am I can't give you hash everv day and forever my iaws is all broke down.

Governor's home is large, and has a garden attached, in which Mr. O'Connell and his daughter. Mrs. FitzSimrnnn and Mrs. French, walked alone, soon aftet his arrival. The pi isoners as they must now be called, dined together about half past six. They were all cheerful. We are happy to state that there was rot the slightest breach of the peace during the proceedings. The following address, which had been prepared in anticipation ol the sentence, was issued on Thursday:

MICAJAH T. WILLIAMS. It is with melancholy feeling that we an

nounce the death of '.his good man and useful citizen. He died yesterday morning, while

yet in the very prime of manhood. He was a native of North Carolina, but re

moved while a youth to Ohio. His strong intellect, excellent judgment, and sterling integ

rity, soon brought him into notice, and he

has devoted his life, we may say, to the public

service.

Early he had the forecast 'o see what Ohio

would be. and when the public works were first

projected he became their ardent supporter.

Nor is it tno much to say that, ow ing to his ac

tive exertion, and untiring zeal, the opposition

to their commencement was mainly overcome

Indeed, i( Mr. Williams had lived in an old

State, where the services of the past were

treasured up, his fame in Ohio, as a wise.

public spirited man would almost equal that

of Clinton in New York. Nor did his deep in

teres-t in our State ever flag. From first to

last, he was the efficient advocate of our Com

tnon Schools, and the steadfast and judicious friend of whatever could add to the welfare.

or elevate the character of Ohio.

Nor were his private virtues less marked

than his public. His was a kindly heart. He

bore no ill will and indulged in no harsh feel

ings towards any. Ilisanxiety was to see all

happy around him to dowhal he might in his day to improve his kind and. by a plain, yet

notausture life, lo bid all remember that it was the character of the man -and not wlat the man had which fixed his worth and deter

mined his usefulness, in public or private life with his fellow-citizens.

We mourn his loss as a friend, w hose place

it will be hard to fill, and as a public man

whose virtues are worthy of earnest pra:se

and enduring remembrance. Cincinnati fia-

xtlte.

The spot is still pointed out w ithin a few yards of the National Road, about seven miles East of Uniontown, in Fayette county. Bullets. ba onets, double-headed cannon shot and many other relics are frequently picked up on the Field, at this late period. On ploughing the ground this spring, an English penny, of the reign of George II. a bayonet having stamped upon it a crown and "48." (the No. of one of the regiments engaged;) gtape shot, several thigh bones. &c. were turned out. Hundreds of flints, and broker, pieces of the same, nearly as large as thesnut. can be picked up on a gentle elevation in about the centre of the plain, where the chief carnage took place. It would seem as if. at this spot, the balls flew so thick the very guns and flints were knocked lo pieces, in the handi of the soidier. One experiences feelings of solemn awe in treading over the ground rendered sacred by such peculiar associations. With fancy's eye he see that gallant army marching with high

beating hearts and fluttering banners on to death he seems to hear the w ild war-whoop ringing and awakening hellish echoes through the w ilderness and sees the low ering form ot Washington dashing through clouds of smoke, and amid the sharp crack of the Indian rifle. A, these visions pass aw ay, scenes far more

from Pittsburgh. It is nearly a level plain, hemitifn 1. wavinu fields of srrain. herds of cat-

extending back about half a mile, with a gr?d- t;e r,,nifrtable f;irm house, and macadamis

ed roads, greet hieye. and make him thankful

ual ascent at an angle of 8 or 10 degrees. At the upper part of the Field, stands a fine brick ! mansion formerly known as the ''Edgeworth'

Seminary," for several years occupied as a hording school for voting ladies. It is now occu

pied by a highly intelligent farmer, whose family take pleasure in rambling over the fields and acting as guides lo the numerous vis

iters.

The battle took place on the 9th of July,

1755, and although the rains of nearly one

hundred years hare w ashed out the gorv stains

of that eventful davs. the natural features of

the Battle I-ield remain unchanged. The co

that he was born in ihe nineteenth century, when the public mind is employed in schemes of benevolence and philanthropy, rather than in follow ing the absurd practice of wholesale butchery by w ar.

Compliment lo Henry Clay. At the late locofoco meeting held in the city of Baltimore. Mr. William G. Read, one of the orators, made the follow ing allusion to the candidate of the whig party: ' I shall not attempt to deny the merits of

pious springs are still pointed out. at' the foot of' Mr' CIa-v- , f is an "rmi.li!-l.ed gentleman the plain, around which many of Br addock's ! - 'nan of talenlan orator of whom not on-

soldiers ate their list meal. The stump of the! 'X c...,,r, um ...r ..uu c tree is still to be seen, under which Braddock "'Htesman of consummate ab,l.iy-and if he

received his death wound-and the deep ra-! hnm"u "( vn -"'" r " vines can be clearly traced, that were fill,.j ry party tmgl.t lookup to h.m in his l.igh of-

W ith Bavanet. durinir the ficht. ami al.lionat, ""'' sa . ,nt're ' " -'""

fCr'The Louisville Journal thus disposes of

one of the thousand falsehoods d iilv emitted

from the Locofoco pres?.

'The editor of the Old Dominion, a locofoco paper published at Portsmouth, Virginia, as

set ts that the Massachusetts delegates lo the

Baltimore convention wore black cockades and

blue ribands, on which were inscribed "Hart

ford Conventionists " The base miscreant thus utiers a foul lie, fully aware at the same time that not only the htindrt ds of thousands who were at Baltimore but every body else must know it to be a lie. He voluntarily and deliberately holds himself up as a miserable and maligant liar before the eyes of the whole nation. The same w retch, when Gen. Harrieon died, said that he 'hoped his soul was reposing in Hell,' and was kicked out of a literary society as a blasphemer. He should now be kicked out of the United States into Texas oi Oregon."

He'll Do. There is a SherifTin the We-

Apdress of O'Connell to the PuorLE of, tern part of New York State who makes use of

Irelaxo. Peace and Quiet. People of Ire

land Fellow Countrymen Beloved Fellow Countrymen the sentence is passed. But there is another appeal from that sentence. The appeal lies to the House of Lords. I solemnly pledge myself to bring an appeal a-

the plain now groans with heavy crops of wa

vmg grain, the very spot w here the battle com

menced where the chief slaughter occurred

and where the artillery and baggage were placed, can still be identified. The rocky

bar across the Monongahela, or "riffle" as it is called on the Western Rivers, cn yet be seen, over which the whole of Braddock's army.

with the artillery and baggage, passed, during

the forenoon, just before the battle.

Washington was often hear to say, during

his lifetime, (says Sparks) that the most beautiful spectacle he had ever beheld, was the display of the British troops on that eventful

morning. Every man was neatly dressed in full uniform the soldiers were arranged in

columns, and marched in good order the sun

gleamed from Iheir burnished arms the Riv

er flowed tranquilly on their right, and the deep forest overshadowed them on their left officers and men were equally inspired w ith cheering hopes and confident anticipations. After fording the Monongahela, they halted a short time and took their dinner, on the level plain between the River & around the springs before mentioned, at the foot of the ascending plain. Tradition says that while they were eating, some of the dogs that had followed the Indians came into the camp, which at once excited the suspicions of the keen-eyed Virginia troope, that their wily foe was near them. It is also said that Washington rode up and down the banks of thr Monongahela for a mile or two reconnointering. and reported to Gen. Braddock his confident opinion, from manv indications, that an Indian force was in the neighborhood, and that the army would probably fall into an ambuscade. Braddork. with the bull-headed obstinacy of a veteran of the old school, that only knew how Jo mamruvre and fight on the plains of Flanders, scorned to receive any adt'ice from a raw, provincial Colonel. About 10 o'clock the army began to ascend the plain, then covered tolerable thick with trees, and crowned with gently elevated knobs and hillocks. The advanced guard had not proceeded above two hundred yards, before

tne ravines r iazea wnn a neaniy lire, mat seemed lo come from an invisible foe. Panic-struck,

the soldiers discharged their guns at random.

and fell back upon the other columns, the ar

tillery and ba'gage. creating such confusion and fright, that order could not be restored. The officers behaved coolly and used every effort to rally the men. but in vain. The latter huddled together, fired irregularly and without effect, shooting down more of their friends than

enemies. In thU state they continued for

three hours, suffering a carnage almost tin-

known in modern warfare. Nearly one half

of the whole army of two thousand men, lhal crossed the Monongahela a few hours before, in such proud array, were killed or wounded.

most of the latter being left on the field, lo

the lender mercies of the tomahaw k and scal-

pin2 knife. The officers suffered severelv.of

eighty-six, the whole number in the engagement, no less than sixly-three were killed or wounded. Gen. Braddock w as shot by one of his own men, Thoma? Fawcett, a provincial soldier, whose brother had just been cut down by Braddock in a fit of frenzy, because he chose lo fight

'u me teeth is all worn out, chawing it up for the crisis in which it will he shown whether j the people of Ireland will obey me or not.

considerable stratagem w hen he has more than

one prisoner to mnrch along with. Instead of , behind a tree, in backwoods fashion, instead tying them and throwing them into a big wa-!nf exposing himself on Ihe plain, in Ihe apgon, as most men would do, he just lakes away t proved European style of those days. The Iheir suspenders, and cuts their trowser's but-,1 ball passed through hisright arm into hi, lungs; tonsotT. This not only renders them unable he fell from hi horse and was sustained aoainst

gainst that sentence, and I assure you there to run away, hut even lo resil. for if Ihey'alree. the stump of w hich, as before said is is every prospect that it will be received. i should undertake lo do either, Iheir pants fal-; still to be seen. (The tree itself was cut down Peace, then, and quiet. Let there not be onej ling dow n around their legs, gets them entan-' a few years since by a utilitarian bee hunter ) particle of riot, tumult or violence. , This is gled and throws them on Iheir nose. If anoth- j Braddock was taken off the field on a lumbril

t3"I would rather be right, than lo be Prepi'di'iit." This was the noble and characteristic remark of Henry Clay at a time when his convictions of duty reqniied him lo lake a stand which many of his friends were fearful might prove unpopular. The remark is a p rfect illustration of the whole political ci urse of the man. Elevated far above mere personal ambition, and despising that true1 ling, time-serving policy, which prompts the mere demagogue lo enquire w heiher a measure m likely lo be popular. b"fire he favors it ihe first enquiry with Mr. Clay has ever l een,"is it right? will it advance the best interests of the country?'' and if l.is judgment told him irs, he was for it at once, and with all hi

heart. Tippecanoe Jour.

Horse Thieves. Some two or three horses have been taken from different siahles in this vicinity recently, and after having been taken some eight or ten miles have been turned loose. Every circumstance connected with these horse stealings goes to show that negroes are the depredators; and the natural supposition must be tint they are making their way lo some of the neighborhoods in the interior that are infested w ith abolitionism. As Clarkson, of the Brookville American, says in relation In some of the members of lhi very philanthropic organization, it would not be lawful for us lo express our opinion fully on this subject. Rising- ifttn Hlailc.

Important. Mr. Thompson arrived at Washington on the 17th inst. from Mexico with despatches for the Department of State. It was understood that Mexico agrees to the President's proposition to sell her right in Texas for a bonus, and tl us jield her assent to annexation. It was thought that upon thi pretext Tv ler would call an extra session of Congress early in August for the further consideration of the subject. Cin. Com mere ia'.

The Judgeship. The nomination of Mr. Spencer, to ihe Senate, as one ol the Judges of ihe Supreme Court, was not acted upon. It was sent in a short time before the adjournment, and the rule which requires that iii'minaiion fhall lie one day for consideration, vva enforced against it. It was offered to Mr. Buchanan, of Pa., who declined i. (Ym. Commercial.

At Eaton. Ohio, the other day, a sad accident occurred while the locos were raising a hickory pole, some of the tackling broke and it fell. One man had his arm broke, and several others were considerably injured. The pule w as a very long one. and marked ofi" w ith the Slates that they counted for Polk; but before ihey could get it up they had to chop off New York, Pennsylvania and Viiginia. Where's Amos? Newcastle Courier.

More Boltimr. Twenty-seven Locofocos of the tow n of Lyons, in the State of New York, have signed a call lor a public meeting in that tow n, in which they declare themselves unwilling lo go for Polk and Texas." i Detroit Adv.

er war should break out we shouldn't wonder

J if he were the Napoleon of it.

and lingered four days, when he was buried in the road to conceal his body from the Indians.

Confirmed. Mr. Cthing was confirmed by the Senate as Minister lo China. He just got through and nothing to spare.

Honey Mr. Benjamin Miller, of this county, on Saturday last, look from one box on hi premises one hundred and twenty pounds of honey. Whether or not the bees are of the patent kind, we are not informed; but the money is of such superior quality as to deserve both a patent and a puff Banner.