Indiana American, Volume 12, Number 50, Brookville, Franklin County, 6 December 1844 — Page 1

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OCR COUNTRY OCR COUNTRY'S IX

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TERESTS AM) OTR COUNTRY'S FRIENDS.

BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUXTV, INDIANA, imCKMUlAl,

1844.

.VOL. XII. NO. 50.

IXDIAXA. Official. Secretary of State's Ofeice. Indianapolis, 25ih Nov.. 1844. To ths Editors or Trie State Sentinel: Gentlemen: the following is the result of the late Presidential Election, in this State, as appears by the official returns made to this office. Very respectfully. Your obedient servant. WM. SHEETS.

Polk. Clay. Birxey. yams 296 198 V.len 819 861 Bartholomew 1063 10"5 13 Benton 60 40 1 Blackford 205 81 3 Boone 871 816 8 Brown 432 59 Carroll 965 712 8 Cas 671 768 18 Clarke H17 1132 Clay 662 429 Clinton 944 645 12 Ctawford 397 . 462 Daviess 764 807 Dearborn 1971 1616 50 Decatur 1091 1275 63 Dekalb 327 269 6 Delaware 732 940 3 Dubois 501 229 Elkhart 964 753 1 Fayette 908 1051 17 Floyd 981 956 Fountain 13S7 947 Franklin 1583 1325 8 Fulton 308 344 6 Gibson 810 796 8 Grant 423 353 197 Greene 909 762 Hancock 736 719 2 Hamilton 766 S59 139 Harrison 1144 1252 Hendricks 844 1262 26 Henry 1005 145S 188 Huntington 316 277 8 Jackson 1048 662 1 Jasper 175 128 8 Jay 352 331 42 Jefferson 1427 1S35 50 Jennings 669 872 14 Johnson 1150 659 15 Knox 821 1079 1 Kosciusko 553 623 5 Lagrange 457 590 38 Lake 206 114 5 Laporte 831 1009 53 Lawrence 1085 1019 3 Madison 854 813 20 Marion 1634 1715 25 Martin 516 276 Marshall 256 199 54 Miami 517 569 Monroe 1118 721 12 Montgomery 1521 1450 8 Morgan 1078 1023 24 Noble 43S 390 Ohio 163 193 Orange 1036 707 3 Owen 8S3 754 1 Parke 1329 1377 12 Perry 334 564 Pike 491 459 Posey 1154 673 Porter 305 311 14 Pulaski 124 123 1 Putnam 1367 1540 9 Randolph 809 818 206 Richardville 133 129 II Ripley 90S 1060 89 Rush 1362 1580 42 Scott 411 4S1 1 Shelby 1312 1107 7 Spencer 496 586 Steuben 303 328 42 St. Joseph 6S3 863 33 Sullivan 1221 464 1 Switzerland 1006 961 8 Tippecanoe 1551 1550 37 Tipton 119 100 Union 672 C82 00 Vanderburgh 556 675 1 Vermillion 762 7S7 Vigo S56 1515 Wabash 575 60 1 10 Watren 470 779 10 Warrick S50 394 Washington 1660 1149 5 Wayne 1436 2321 318 Wells 306 185 3 White 218 259 Whitley 237 222 2 Total 70.181 67,S67 2,106

I) E I, A W A KE.Oflirial. 1S44

PROCLA3IATION.

In compliance with the requestor numerous

HONOR TO THE PATRIOT.

The Philadelphians. we understand, contem-

testimonial to our

exemplary Christians and worthy citizens, in'P5alea grand and fin in

vi nmj usage, ana in view ol the ! er cal salesman. 1 hey propose raUinf. ly manifold blessings bestowed upon the people j sma'l subscriptions none to exceed fivedol-

i me state ot Indiana, by a beneficent Provi- j lars the sum of twenty thousand do!!

SP LI NT KItS.

t"The IIn. John M. Clayton. It is now

(jjOrtsron and the British. It is stated

OiatMr. Dunn, agent (or the British Hudson Lent tothe next Senate in place of the Hon. R. Hay Company, has furnished the Montreal I it Tj-ivard

n j Courier w ith a Statement of the complete ne-

dence, I, James Whitcomb, Governor of the i De to Powers, the Scilntnr f.ir CMn : cupntion of O 1 -i3The Lawrencebiirgh Branch of the Stale

State aforesaid do, by these presents, recom- j of Mr- Clay, to be placed in a suitable building j directions of that Company as the represents- l'ai'k ,,1,:,Jlalia-',:is declared a dividend of 5 mend Thursday, the nineteenth day of Decern-i in one 'he public squares of the citv. Pro- lives of the British nation. j per cent, for the six mouths ending Nov. 1st.

oernext, as a day of Public THANKSGIV-i oably since the death of the Father .f Irs

Country there has never at any time been sor

ING; and that the same be observed accordingly, by the good people of the said State, in the assembling together of religious societies for Divine Worship, and the exercise of active charities and the rites of hospitality in

uie interchange ot gratulation, and in such oth

defeated

ronirl hiiv, .itt. .Y , .

.e-1"" o:i an nut-cuon wnicn no other

public man ever inspired, and which is only

er modes, sanctioned by custom, as will best i surpassed by that devotion to country which

express gratitude to the God of Heaven, tinder

whose providence, during the past year, industry has been crowned w ith its reasonable reward; light and knowledge have been increased; civil and religious liberty preserved, and the mild influence of enlightened religion have been extensively diffused. In testimony whereof I have

caused the seal of State to be hereto affixed, at Indianapolis, this twenty-seventh day of No

vember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. By the Governor: JAMES WHITCOMB. Wm. Sheets, Secretary of Stale.

fJ:r-A paper is to be published m Bi-iondn-! iXJ'Gov. Thomas of Marjland, has apritlff ilia coceinn nflliA f . . . ' .1 1 I ill ! l"1.! T ) 1 1 ' Ti' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 " 1. C Tl 1

'i Pe"ad." and so profound rs that ! Jiavsmnn. It is to advocate the Mhol,hmem i a aday of Tlmik-m.,:..

wnicn ionows the discovery that Mr Clv is 1 . , , , . rlJ -,,r- --'a I of camta punishment u .. .. .....

The intelligent and riaht-minded i Kiwrwa. r-ieiiow hiiterin wm-

N a rr r a Liz a t i o n. 1 1 is estimated that fif iler ,s matJ? "' putting ;n the o!kof eggs near

the termination ef churning. This alsi makes very tine mid sweet bolter, it has hitheito been kept a secret by many, tut its value

requires publicity.",

e last Tlinrcl-n- I'll. l",o.,,l, ... i. ..i i' JL.i'A second S!;it na.iirct ilia Vj- v,i-

suner. l or l:im the Presidency had few, if asadavoIThanksgiving and praise throu-hout ' ,Ior:l1,1 h ''fon .cminienre,) by Mr. Wikoff, any attractions, except such as it was invested ij:t. State ' f"r defamation of character. The damages are with by patriotism. It could add nothing to ; laid at SI 0.09! . The trial will positively take his greatness or to his reputation. Who would!. T"rE Esorcn. Christopher North says, it ; place in the January term of the Circuit Court, not ratlipr llmnn r"l.,.. .1 i. n ...m i : is II n Wonder women lnvf rats fnr lwiih nrn ' .-..l .i; : i' , ....

" . '"j r t icsiuriiij - - - '"i"! uiMinuiMicu counsel, it is said, are

....... ...i, iMIU i mil jjni.t.v , tiik ur iiiLUiiuii

thev both scratch.

...uu.x.u uicucsiicoi ins election to the Presidency. Henry Clay is defeaied worse than

that, the reonle are dMaif,1 nn.t ii.

j 'een thousand persons were natutalized in thi State, previous to thelatt election.

Itochcster Daily .lc.

HGnv. Bouck cf New Ytk. has appointed :

seal

TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE. We have never had occasion to record a more inhuman act of blood and murder than the following, the particulars of which have reached us from an authentic source. The fact as near as we have learned, are as follows: Mr. Elam Stevesoxs, a respectable fanner of Darke county, residing about 9 miles north of Greenville, Ohio, was murdered whilst asleep, with another member of his family, on Fridaynight last. He tetiredto bed as usual, in peace and quiet, with his wife and children. At a late hour of the night, as supposed; when the husband and child had fallen asleep, the wife aroe from her bed. and having adjusted her clothing, sallied forth. procured an axe.and returning with the same, stealthily aproached the bed of her sleeping companion, and raising the deadly weapon sunk it deep into his skull

cut and mangled him horribly, causing imme

diate death. She then went to the bed ol the slumbering children a small boy and girl and renewed her wcrk of destruction. The head of the little boy was almost severed from his body supposed to have been done w ith a razor the -little daughter was severely though not mortally wounded. The wife now supposing she had destroyed the whole family left the house. Having gone a short distance

fom the dwelling, with a bridle in hand, attached the rein of w hich to a young sapling, and then put an end to her own existence, by strangulation from hanging. The axe and razor mentioned (were found near her remains The children, it appears, were Mr. Steveson's by a former wife, the latter being his second contort. We have as yet heard no cause assigned for these appalling deeds. But from the circumstances as I above related, we have no doubt but the perpetrator of the murder and suicide was at the time laboring under a fit of insanity. Eaton ( O.) liegitler, Xorember 28.

ii mere De any such, we pity him. Howtrue, how much truer than ever before, are the following lines by Whittier: New York Tribune. ' HE IS NOT FALLEN.'' Not Fallen! No! as well the tall And pillared Alleghany fallAs well Ohio's giant tide Roll backward on its mighty track, As he, Columbia's hope and pride, The slandered and the sorely tried, In his triumphant course turn back. He is not Fallen! Seek to bind Thechainless and unbidden wind; Oppose the torrent's headlong course, And turn aside the whirlwind's fotce; But deem ye not the mighty mind Will cower before the blast of hate, Or quail at dark and causeless il!; For though all else be desolate, It stoops not from its high estate A Marius'n id the ruin still. He isnotFauhs! Every breeze That w anders o'er Columbia's bosom, From w ild Penobscot's forest trees, From ocean shore, from inland seas. Or where the rich Magnolia's blossom

Floats, snow-like, on the sultry wind. Is booming onward on his car. A homage to his lofty mind A meed the falling never find, A praise which patriots only hear.

Star of the West! A million eyes Are turning t'ladly unto him; The shrine of old idolatries Before his kindling light grows dim! And men awake as from a drer.ni, Or meteors dazzling to btlray, And bow before his purer beam, The earnest of a better day. All, Hail! The hour is hastening on When, vainly tried by slander's flame. Columbia shall behold her son Unharmed, without a laurel gone, As from the flames of Babylon The angel gi.arded triad came! The slanderer shall be silent then. His spell shall leave the minds of men, And higher glory wait upon The Western Patriot's future fame

President. Governor. Clay. Polk. St'kt'n. Thorp. 1573 1416 1193 14S7 2816 2673 2810 2675 1869 1877 1802 1933 6258 5971 6110 6095

Kent, New-Castle Sussex, Total

Majority for Clay 2S7; do. for Stockton 45: do. for Harrison 1,083

TEXAS ANNEXATIONS This Texas project originated with Aaron Hurr, and was the main part of his celebrated conspiracy. Burr was at Gen. Jackson's w hen

be was arranging the matter, and Gen. Jackson furnished him boats, &e., and knew of the who!e plan. Gen. Jackson sent out Samuel

Houston, from Tennessee, doubtless for the

THE NEXT UNITED STATES SENATE. The Election in the little State of Delaware

has terminated most fortunately in favor of the Whiirs. This happy result secures to the

Whig party a majority of two members in the Senate of the United States and gives them

the power of counteracting any tinwise meas

ures, if any should be proposed by the Exccu live branch of the next adminietration.

The first session of the. United States Senate, under Polk's administration, will commence on the first Monday of December, 1S45. The political character of the Senate will then

stand as follows, unless death or resignations

should occasion some changes :

Whig Loco Maine 1 1 New-Hampshire 0 2 Vermont 2 0 Massachusetts 2 0 Rhode Island 2 0 Connecticut 1 1 New York 0 2 New Jersey 2 0 Pennsylvania 0 2 Delaware 2 0 Maryland 2 0 Virginia 2 0 North Carolina 1 1 South Carolina 0 2 Georgia 1 1 Alabama 0 2 Louisiana 2 0 Arkansas 0 2 Tennessee 2 0 Kentucky 2 0 Ohio 1 1 Indiana 1 1 Michigan 1 I Missouri 0 2 Mississippi 0 2 Illinois 0 2 27 25

Cin. Atlas.

(C5-The Foot Jiace The footrace over

the Beacon Course on Tuesday, was won by

V?ry purpose of accomplishing Burr's original! Barlow, who accomplished the ten miles in fif-

unjertaking. Now the next move is to annex ty four minutes and twenty-one seconds; the the whole debt negroes. Burr conspiracy j Indian came in second and but a few rods be and all, to the United States. Georgetown hind the winner, Gieenhalg. third, and GuilEraminer. ders!eeve(who won the former race, beating at that time all three of his present competiCtWe love women a little for what we do tors) fourth. The crowd was immense, and it know of them, and a great deal more for what was with difficulty that the track could be kept we do not. I clear.

ttf'A coquette is a rose from which every lover plucks a leaf the thorns are reserved for her future husband.

engaged.

Z3;ick Wheat Cakes. As this is the season for L'uckirheat Cakts. the following recipe will at this lime be valuable to those w ho have tried the expeiiment. that it makes decidedly

?0,Gor. Barry, of Michigan, hs appointed j tI,e 'csl "kes with half the trouble necessary theSSth ir.st. as a day of Thanksgiving and ; ' '' lh ""'"le f raising them iih yeast. prayer. j Tothree pints of buckwheat fl.nr, mixed into a w-w,T., . ., , batter, add one teaspoonful of Irarbonnle of JIrThere isa m.ui out west with feet soi - , . ' , , ,

larce that lie is obliged to nut hn.,ta ' " ...umer-nr appiyine

, - , . " ,1-aruonate. stir the batter well

ins lit, au.

"I don't see any quarrelling in your town.

iiid then nut in

the acid thus the use of vcast is entirely superceded, and cakes "a light as a feather" are

fiiend." 'Loidblessyon.no! Whati the ! insured. One great advantage id that th hat-

use of quarrelling when we've got no law yer jter is ready for baking as soon as it is made up. here to settle disputes?"' Miss Clarendon, the actress, who nobody ?r3'A debating society in the country j ,. vvud P see before she had cow hided her bout to discuss this question: 'Is a dog w ith j mn"or is now draw ing reat house in New his tail wound so tight as to raise its hind legs. or'iai,J ls oaiIe'1 'a combination of strength a biped or quodruped?'' " S,acp ailJ Iwauiy.' rtIndia Rubber pies are said to go f inher ! '"''7' Scro"'1 correspondthan any other kind in use. I, is all owm tol0"?.' " ,lUUr merM w toJ f"r the extreme-elasticity" of that substance. " " w,lnci,n t,,c "f ,'e defeat of Mr. Clay, says he would now give fCJ'An absent-minded voting lady, down 5.090 to have Mr. Clay elected.

east Or GOIlth IikI as rri n'ooc v 1 I

1 J ' ' I'1 , im-w uri iwv )

er out of doors, and then kised the candle.

IIONOIl THE FAITHFUL.

mnctAr

ft' A Royal Joke George III said to the :'" 'Lis house? ' I am. sir," replied the landArohhUhop of Canterbury "I believe vour!lrd: "my wi.'o has bee;i dead about three Grace has better than a dozen children." "No ' weeks!'7

sir." answered the Archbishop, "only eleven." fr-yt v.

-well." replied the King, is not that better i ,r u i T' w" nas "ad n than a dozen?" jduhculty with his tenan.s in New Yo.k. it is .,. i said is about to make his residence in PennJTCourtsh.p consists ,n a number of quiet sylvani U,, order that he may brin " a suit attentions-notso pointed as to alarm, nor so against the State of New York il the United vague as to be misunderstood. ! s.ates Supreme Court, to con,rel the State ,o iE3'"Do yon like novels?" said a Indv to brrj!lave ''V13" execiiied against those tenants country lover. 'Don't know never eat anv i ,vno rciist ,lis riSl'- His placu of residence

urn i m aeatn on possom,' he replied. i " uuul1uu, w i i ne in Hiistol.

rO Theirai) to tell it Keeter. of the Pitts

burgh Daily, thus hits off the new spaper slanderer: "The meanest creature that walks the streets is the being that misrepresent and

slanderers a newspaper, and daily borrows the same for his ow n use and pleasure." nCr"Ft xxY Alteration. A few years ago this sign was upon one of our mercantile houses: .4 JJull df Co., importers.

A wicked wag one night took paint and!

brush and in one minute made it read thus:

It is with a proud yet bitter feeling that we open our Nashville Banner of ihe 13th instant, and read the joyous announcement that 'Tennessee is Whig'.' Yes, that noble, faithful, patriotic State has spumed the appeal to her local pride, and cast her vote for the great

Statesman of Kentucky in preference to her own Polk, The very cradle and nurse of the Texas conspiracy, with thousands of her own sons living in Texas or sleeping in death on its ramparts, she has voted for the anti-Texas candidate. Without a single journal or speaker in favor of a Protective Tariff until Gov. Jones ussumed its defence last year, she has given her vote for Protection to American Labor. She has done all that the most sanguine Whig could ask of her and all in vain; Pennsylvania has crushed the Protective Policy; New York and Maine have imposed a new Slave Empire on the Union: monstrous infatuation! wretched vagary of lunacy ! w hen did the world ever equal it? New-Yoik alone might have savrd all, and she has basely throw n all away ! How must her black treason fall on the hearts of the victorious and exulting Wl.igj of Tennessee! Double bonor to the faithful State whose fidelity our defection has robbed of its practical efficacy but not of its abiding glory. .V. Y. Tribune.

THE GLORIOUS REAR GUARD. It was the fortune of the Slates of Massachusetts, Vermont and Delaware to hold their Elections this yeai afler the Presidential contest had been decided, and the sanguine hopes of the Whigs utterly blasteJ. It was feared by many that the bitter disappointment and deep despondency of the Whigs would have resulted in the loss of Delaware at least, and the diminution of our majorities in the others. We know that the Massachusetts Locos calculated confidently on defeating the choice of Clay Electors by the People, on the strength of these calamitous tidings. But they mistook the temper and spirit of Wh;g Firemen! In the moment of their keenest anguish, when

utterly hopeless, they rallied in all the stern-

TCjT'Straiuhoaf Chieftain Sivk The Ben Franklin No. 7 brings us intelligence of the loss of the steamboat Chieftain, bound for N. Orleans with a full cargo- She was snagged" at Choctaw Bend on the 9:h inst., and soon sunk. No lives were lost. She was owned and insured at Cincmnau. The Queen of the West iias brought up some portion of the wreck. rCrArirT. The oldest mertitig-hotie ays the Salem Observer, now standing in New England, and probably in the United Stales, is Rev. Richardson's in Ilingham; beine erected in lfSO-lCl years ago. CirA learned young lady, at a tea table. Iieing asked if she used sugar, replied. "I have a diabolical invincible refinance to sugar, for according to my insensible cogitations rpon ihe subject, the suavosiiy ofthe sugar null ifie the flavoriiv of the tea, and renders it vastly obnoxious." 03" John A. Murreil, the notorious land piraledie.l in PiketilV. Tennessee, on the 1st inst. On hi death bed. he acknowledged he

when he was a sparking' ;"' ,f," euilty of almost everything charged I against him but murder.

.1 Rnll ? Cotr. imported. Numbers of people called the nexldav to take a look at the Imported C'ltile. fCr'Somethhi'T for the Tupox ' of my existence, eive me an m--," sMd the printer to his sw eetheart: She immediately made n at him. and planted her Trf between his ii's. :Such an outrage' said Faust, lJokir.gff at her. is without a '.' Tlr"Sr,ered to Death and Tickhd tn.'" ''Jemima! marm. what d'ye think Sal told Ned

Bobbles last night her?"

up. child what are you la'

"Shut about?"

'No. but I heard her. I did Ned Bobbles she kinder fell"

''Hush, you little rssral! Hush, or I'll take your scalp fff!"' and poor Sally looked as red

as a boiled lobster

! ?Tl"Tlie Ii'lslnn l;i .f... i i l

- - , .Itlllllies MHMIl'l control and sw ay destines i.f the Far WeM She told. The Chnrcbf Rnmn) hasaticht to claim the

immense valley ofthe Mississippi." &f. Phil. American Adc.

icj-f aper t,,u.f. t nereare at this tune up-

' Oh. git out Sal I vill tell. She tc Id Ned ; war,ls (,,K' Ppcr mil's in the Unite,! Slate Bobbles he kinder felt seared to death 'and'in (uU 'Miration. " '" a capital of 16.(100.900, tickled t'iV Jand Civmg maintainance to upwards of 60.000 Ned Bobbles got the mitten text time he j Pprs0,lsra,lp('' n'Beautiful is th last sleep f childhood!

DCrA lawyer once jeeringlv asked a Qua-, The peace of the calm skies descends i;B,,n it

ker.ifhe could tell the difference between The child may fall into the sleep of death

also and likewise. 'O. ves ' said hrnvlhnm trannuillv as snow fb.Le f-.ll i.. ii,. ...i.t

pertly. 'Erskin is a great lawyer, his talents are admitted by every one; you are a lawyer also but not like-iriVe.

Age was brfort the curse of - dust to earth"

went forth, and chlidhood came after it and therefore mercy lays its soft hand upon itseye-

If you are poor, avoid appearing so. if i ""' anu riosrs " 1110 Uie glon

you would escape insult.

TCjrAred Voter.. Three men were at the

ous resurrection.

Tnr. Sot i It the globe were one mass of

polls in thetown ofVehorvn.i M,. oi u,r P"r' coi'i-il trie stars were so many

recent election, who voted for Gen. Washita-1 ie" eIs c f ,I,e 'npi, der-if the moon were n

ton when he was chosen Piesi.-'ent Thev

were Benjamin Colman, aged 92: Silas Little aged 91: and Aaron Rogers, aged S9. They all voted the same ticket Henry Clay.

sTTThe Liheify Vote in .Veic York. The

iliamoiul, anl Ihe sun a ruby thev wereles than noihing. w hen compared wiih the infinite value of ihe soul.

jjThey sav a man cannoi love r.s deep as a woman. This must indeed he fiction. Wo-

l.iberty vote, at the recent cleeijenin New ! mfn n,a' w"ep in tears, hut the grirf of men

York State, was 15.808. In 1840 it was 2.) lies deeper, and lhcir 'dry-1 Icpis are shed in 808, being a gain of 13.000 in four years. j l,,e innermost recesses of the heart. LfThe March oflbtcation.'-WDU ", The Dead. It is painful to observe how

nessof patriotism, and gave their adversaries! said a doting parent at the breakfast table to an'500" ,,ie dead arp forgotten. The tide of fash-

a flogging w hich will long be remembered. abridged edition of himself, w ho had just en-' in- vr business, or pleasure, rolls on

It was like Napoleon s handling of W rede on his last retreat from Germany. It shows that

there is a spirit in the w hig party which deteat cannot crush, nor despair overwhelm. Honor tothe noble Whigs of Vermont. Massachusetts and Delaw are! AVic York Tribune.

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" "uie grammar class at the liigli school il leiau-s ine memory oi trie ecparted and ''Wjlly, my dear will you pass the butter?" sleeps away with it the attention ofthe "ThirtenU, thir. it jest takes me to parthc .mourner to the ruling folly of the hour, anything. Butter ith a common thubthantive! '-There poesy and love can come not, nuter jender. agreeth with hot buck w heat It is a worid of stone; cak thes and is goverened by thugar houth mo- The grave is bought is closed forgot, lathes understood. And then life hurries on "