Indiana Intelligencer, Volume 6, Number 297, Charlestown, Clark County, 29 May 1824 — Page 4

J)fi the I'ultif J'U 'ilinr. MR.rENN-V..urp:ij'rr '' nn tl.e mily f,, ,cr'imt t I f .n.ri-c tlie. V' ","t 01 u. i.i M-i.ttiu-s niif cni.i;iv'V'i 11 M...t 1 Ir-ve Mffi.ou tic Mi!)'.itot y Nimiu-.'.ii. t.flinst Mr I'v.twlota's vm.liruvi ,,.! l.f.....J l JlttM k HlM.lt Mil'. 1 h-.f IS intYii' in 'In-' r1nr.iru r.f tl.f i!il;iU v. s!.,cci', ih u mi jt s'!' in, ' t I w-s " pupai til tu tx;- ot. iiiid i!tttvmu.-u tn !iti.f. r nc I. must ti .iv.; b.'tn tr .ficnUy o.cnvJ.i bv a't who h v- lHhhImI u. tlit rnutseof iJiti'cul i vti;ts for r. IVw yt;rs jmt. Iimv unci) a:iv niwn v aM !:rt- to ijn- ion Mr. .'; iv tent's inta'.lil'ilny.lias toti.i i.uti'cr fioni a fimlv. (l uii..iisUni by t'.io iUibtiu'ity pu sraiUi.K M'nlt v itl' w,litl1 11 ,us ( vantly i.ss;iiVa the I'risch-nt, crru-.i nimbus of tlic ailuiiiiiMriUum. iaitv f.sl.rr ci iiMjiriious nu'.vulu.il. vlu'.'f jrisiru".n could, in the si v'fiU!.-t rrr;rtr. coi-'r b iti U pnmute ttiC am!iiiousftsiir;tictiisct n i'!iuf. '1 lit- 11 1 s-t to ajjilatf tht pnu'.en'hl fj'ir-s ti..n, as the jrt rs of Gt-nnj-ti and T niuu c will show, this party, wiUi u iparareit-il f fn.nt( ry, has beni lore most in rtjirob..'i,(.tin ts for followiiig its own exairlk Con- ' iinllv cnccacl in villifyitif; and calanitii it v Mr. Crawfun'.'s c or.ipititoi s, and every "tli-.r J:. an ho. itfrwl, m'-ght stand in the wav ot his clcvut'.oii to tht.-prtsidcntial t hi'.r, it has not been le-.s dist iisiju'sln-il, hy its in'oUrarire of those vindications wl.ii'h its own itttickb have rendered titct"Siiry ; Hian, by the chmnrous vcn ifVrations, and bally in; nanaccs, with which it his endi avoml o oyirawe the most decent and retpectful impi'iies into the pretentions of its cliicf. l'roie:.s tip; the rric.bt ardent deiaie, from pure patriotic c. iisidcrations, to consummate a rt neral svork of cxpmgation of all uhuses. its patt iu'.ir unfcrtonately, has wer had sufficient Impetus, to transcend the threshold of the Treasury Department: and thobe ho have had the temerity to indicate any want of faith, ir the Absolute perfection of the administration of that, as well as other departments, by instituting inquiries to ascertain whether .omethini; might not, po-isiblv, lie found thciein, nut exactly as it should b- if not directly met, with the all-oonviiicn- arur.irntvii baculi,' have seldom escaped pretty distinct intimations that, all such inquiries mi.-ht, very soon, be terminated, bv b.irni:g guufioisder.' It is therefore, not to be wondered a', that it should be considered an act of unpardonable ' audacity and unblushing effrontery in tne, to attempt to vind:cate myself against such a trifiinr affair, as an imputation (1 having stuorn falsely, ma' ciousiy rr.ade, by the Hon. Secretary o! the Treasury. Pur, if a sober-minded, and impartial public, should happen to think that, gwjiwtr and trad' should not be the only umpire in such cases ; or that hiih station does not sanctify a flat'i ious attempt to ruin the reputation of ' tm Ainerican citizen,' great allowances, I freely admi ought to be made for those whose sensitiveness to the danger of rosing 'the reward of so much toil, so much industry, and so many dangers,' renders their ruling passion too uicontrolable to admit of ar.y toleration of an effort on my part ' to leave behind me a character free from the disgraceful Llot which Mr. Crawford's malevolence, has endeavored to fix upon it; lest, by my doing so, it might, in some degree, lessen the probability of his acquiring the ficwr to affiird them, those proofs of his confidence' and of his favor,' which they so ardently long for, and have so faith'ully merited by their pertinacious malignity' and ' political jugElinK-' It is qu'tc amusing to con'emp'ate the lengths, to which their fear of losing the opportunity of realizing their golden dreams of power, and glory, have carried them. It has fcern asserted very gravely very emphatically in a tone weil measured, solemn and terrific and with a manner sufficiently arbitrary, authoritative and dictatorial, to look down all opposition from any erne, who had not witnessed such displays of theatrical power, often enough to laugh ai them, that my vindication ' contains nothing but a reiteration of the charges made by the 'A. 15. conspirators,' and that these charges were investigated, at the last session of congress, by committees, then appointed for that purpose. Now, sir, however presumption it may sei-m to be, to contradict as-vrtions deliberately made, on the floor of the House of Representatives, by a distinguished member thereof, I tv tit venture to say, (awful as the consequences may be,) that, the communications of ' A. B.' which contained tne most important clnrpes against Mr. Crawford, were actwally both wrtten and published, after the adjournment of the last congress; and that my vindication, in itself, without reference to its accompanying documents, contains nochaige that has ever been investigated by any committee. Of this you may be convinced, by adverting to your own files, and exaiiiliiinj; the separate reports of the committees alluded to. Wuat then are the people to think of such bold and unwarrantable assertions.' They may, indeed, give a claim to Mr. Crawford's 'favor,' but none, to the people's confidence. It is probable however, that like similar ones, made two or three years past, in the same public manner, in regard to certain alleged mteriolat'ons, in a military work; these may be retracted, when ascertained to be equally erroneous. This is the more to be hoped for, from the regenerated respect for Clerks in the D iurtrwn;s, and its accompanying rebuke tome, with which we are now presented, so inconsistently, with professions, sentiments, or allusion, contained in a certain memorable and edifying controversy with the Secretary of State, which it would be unpardonable, if not 'impudent,' to suppose the public can have forgotn i. Considering the manly and independent spi rit, with which this able orator recog:ii.es the equal rights of ' every American citizen,' vhether iu or ut of olllce, and Us pro.tistJ i

r'e sire fr 4 f..'r nti 1 imf attial tral, it U a piiv, that hr slt aM have spoiled nil tlu p ctty prote-sioii. b mkIi . palpable inainUXatie.u of hi. d(.urmini.tioii to jnstity the lug Jlicir in question, aid to prejudge awl condemn me without ; ny tiul wha'iur. I say iio'hing abi ut .bis h ivin;; ni.ide tin in l" h ch'i end. red U the SpcakrrN !u y, i.rc rdnt'f t" cs'.il-lob' d if u'", to j Lee l.un at the lu.lfl'.f the i.. aiii-un. o beuae which in) letice i t t l e iini.K', A rif'd end t.nsnercifvil Inquisitor in n C;TU to the Hea-N every other Dep u tnui t of he (i(vet lime! t, it t ; to be regteUed th it. bi c iiinol In if with moie patience, and tnt h' appears t" cci.der us twn in cv t tent, any attempt, Imw tvi i decent ari l t espt ctlul. to investtg tc the c. ndiict of the exalted gentleman that p-.i-adt over the 1 icasvry. Ant, hence he Oei. aiin ei lh-. publicutions of A. B. . r ... ui'lll-ftllt

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publ c iti-.ns, us to all su'jstauttai iau, my exclusively, u;)'.n thoe do; uments lor t upport. If ihiTtMoit, they contniii any m-sre-pree'.'tution, notr ing can be more easy, than to show it, bv tne production of 'the dotum,r.t ta which it icfcr:.. The Ilonoiabkgentleman is invited nay more. 1 challenge him to point out utij thing in tho-e publications th.tt is icd.c.rous, nntiue, or inconsistent with the acknowledged light of decently investigating olfirial conduct, or that can, ui any degree what. vi, justify his diiiunciatio'nsof them. He stards coirm :tttd to the public, by his own declai ations, and bei?g thus called up. n. I. e owes it to himself to justil v, or retract thein. Seeing that, if he is right, it i s'j eafty to prove bin self so, bold assertions merely, will not satisfy the peoj.le, and silence will inevitably be considei etl as an admiwon that he is utterl) unable to maintain h s assertion. If, 1 ke ' a flvii g Patthian, I have thrown my arrows In hind me,' it will bo seen that they were pointed with truth; and the 'flittering already exhibited shows that, n.y supposed hurry did not prevent me from taking putty good aim. ' 1 he game cocks rf he walk' however, have strutted and ctck'c d a little too soon. The summers trached me on the afternoon of the 12:h ins; ant, and though sick in bed, and under the operation of medicine, (which I h.vc been cl.iged to repeat, ev. ry day since,) 1 instantly btganto prepare, with alacrity, to obey it ; left home the next d v, and am now this far on my journey to Washington City, rejoicing in an opportunity, that rc'i to be tendered to tne, rl putting to shame, the wi; ked contrivance that was" intended to do me irreparable injury, and felicitating myse'.f upon being able to prove more, thwi 1 sUcid pledged to mamtain. I shall not however, suffer those fieiy spirits that have figured so conspicuously in tins ahVsr, or any one use, to divert me tiom my purpose. Mr. Crawford has mahcious'y arri g:ed me al the bar of the public. '1 here I will meet hir. And there I will keep him, til! he ihall become perfectly ashamed of his conduct ; and learn trotn experience that it is not alvjuys safe to trust to terjipor.ii y expedients. Supported as he is, by a host always ready to light his battles, and not expec'ting the least assistance on my part from

any one, the odds against me, in tnis contest, would indeed, be teariul, were it not for my confidence in the justice of my causj, ana iu die good sense, and virtue of the people of these United States, to whose ultimate judgment, 1 will cheerfully submit. My friend- need not give themselves any uneasiness ab ut the result. They ought to know mc too well, to btbeve thai 1 would rashly undertake more than I sincerely believe 1 can accomplish. 1 have not time to wiite to any one of them. On their aceount therefore, I will barely say, ihat 1 have go. the most irresislib.e proof that, ' the Rclciv er at E lwardsville did write the tetter men lioned in iy examination, Ifc ; and that Mr. Crawtord did write a letttr to the Receiver d.Tcctuitf him io continue the d ioaiis in tne Bank f Edtvardxville, as staled in my examination. And if I cannot also proe, to the satisfaction of any impartial mind, that Mr. Crawford did uccive the letter in question, I shall be greatly d.s.ippointed. No f.tner retreat from this scunda.ous attempt against me shall be left him, than to duiy that he intended to make any insinuation against me. And this' would require a far greater subtlety, than the substitution of ' riding' for ' vji itintf' to obtain for it, the slightest degr e ot credit widi any man of common sense. For, I have never mtt with one individual, friend or foe to him, that has rot given the same construction to his report. Hut even, shru'd such a sub'erluge be attempted, it shall not avail bun, but wi.louly add .mother to the many il usti ations of the f-e ltur.ent, that 'ijueni deua vult fierdere, firiun dnncntat.' In justice to myself, I do most solemnly declare, 'hat no man, Mr. Crawlord excepted, can regret this controversy more than I do; and that I never would hive enjpged in it, had I not sincerely believed mj.,elf, and been advised by my most dispassionate friend-, and oilier impartial geutlemen, that it waa absolutely and essentially due to my own character. None can justly blame inc. who would nnt himself be willing to sub-nit to t heimputation ' of having atvjrn Juldely.' 1 therefore do not intend to suffer myselt to be placed on any other than defi nsive grout, d . 1 had a right to state facts against M'-. Crawford, which could be fan !y used to iinpea. h and invalidate his statements agiiust me. These facts 1 hold myself bound to maintain for defensive purposes. Hut 1 do not choose to be made his prosecutor. I know ton well how difficult it would be to procure any Inul on such grounds, within any reasonable length of time ; and w,th a ? his advantaij.'s over me, 1 have tut tl.u kail i i-linatiua to

tnk" issue with him on his intentions. Iu In? d'eleiu e I have admitted that they all may have been innf Ctnt, because it was not necesary fur nie to Miow the contmry. No ingenuitv, therefore, shall impose upon me, any other rcspni.s bilitv, than tor the naked facts I hae aliened and this I am verv willmgto met. N1NIAN EDWARD

s the election content approaches c think it proper to state, that vc bhall publish no articles abusing any of the candidates nanied-neither will we pubIMi any artic le the author of which refuses to confide to us his nnmc. Indeed w e think t lectionecrini; essays altogc ther unnecessary Gen. Jack.-on will et the ote of Pennsylvania and the only fears, wc have on the subject are, that hy so voting she throws the election into the house of representatives and then look out for trouble and danger to the stability of the 1,'ovennent. Susquehanna Demxrat. Mr. Thomas W. htory of New York has rrmlc an improvement in machanics which is toelieuil to bwell atLp cd a3 a substitute for the crank aiul crank motion in steam boats. The advantages it possesses over ths crank and shackle tar now in nse in sieam cngincb, is explained by Mr. S. as follows: "Suppose a boat has a steuni ens'ine, wiili a cylinder cf 3() inches in diameter, equal to the power cf 30 horses; this engine can raise on its piston 5C00 pounds; but by the agency ot the crank and shackle bar now in use, it cannot transfer to the water wheel j xle tree mote than an average power of 2240 pounds ; whereas this substitute can transfer 3C20 pounds, from the piston o( tht same Engine, and in the same time.

Something curious. Tlere is an old live-oak stump on Mr. Couper's plantation (St. Simon') ntar Darien. Georgia, from which the original stern post of the Constitution was taken shortly af:er ihe cap ure of the Guerriere, by thatessel, a Bay tree prunc; up Irom the ctntrt of the old stumpand has continu ed to flourish ever since and, as an evergreen, may be seen at all times of the year, constantly increasing in b-auty enrl s'reng'.h. We are told that Mr. C p-ia'ds it with uncommon care Gazette,

Ts'EW Sl'KCIlis OF CiA MBLING. A letter from K chmond, (Va.) to the F.ditors oi the Norfolk Beacon, says : " l'ravellinjj some shot t tune since in Virginia, I slopt at a public house in Brunswick county, where I foui dset:ial couii'.ry bumpkins piay'mftitfih fiins, t; r money. Attcr playing for some time, one of 'be c.mpany proposed to play a game in which he said there could be no cheating. They all consented to play his game it they knew how. He said it was tailed Jiyloo, and v, us played in the following Hunger, vis : He called for a sugar dish, and gave each man i lump of sugar. Each man put down his money and his lump of sugar. The man on whose lump u Hy fiit abi,hted, would sweep "he stakes. Attei pi tying some time, the mover oi the game aked :he comoany to excuse li'in a few m nutes, and took his lump ou. wen him. Attcr be ing out two or three minutes, he returned, having dipped his lump in JiJi bri'ie, and w.,n every stake his lump attracting the fl.es b) its odoriferous smell." An example for Lawyers. Chamillart, comptroller general of th? finances in the reign of L uis XIV. had been a celebrated plea;!er. He once lost a cause m which hewas concerned, through his excessive fondness for billiards, his client called on liim I h day after in extreme affliction, and told him th.it if he had maJe use of a doeu incut which lind been put into his lut'id.s, but which h ; h id neglected to examine, a verdict mut iiavc bi'tn given in his favor Ch .miilart read it, and found it of 'Itcisive importance to his c.'iust'. '-You '-ued the ciefVndant'' s ii;l h? for 20 .run livers. ' You have failjtl by inn.b ert .nee; it is duty to dfy(jti justice r.a'l on me in two d tf-- In tit? mean tune Cha milhrt p'ocurc d the nio'vey atid paid it to his e!ia it, on no otlicr condition than thit h- would keej) the transaction a seen t.

Pirns nnt Antdhte of Dr. Franklin. "Frieiri Franklin," said Myers Fisher, the celebrated quaktr lawyer of Philadelphia one djy to the Doc tor, 'thee knows almost every thing, can thee tell me h )v 1 am to prefjrve my small beer in the back

yard? my neighbor be "0L pii'R it of nights." - c oucnv

rut a barrtl of old M,i the side of U,w iepricdthe??c,ri

r', w t ?7 UlQy w ' never ble the small beer any

uucii ioa y, mati parttu i. but c ve their inn ... : o

.he Madeira of Le, R m. '

Sheriff's SaET By virtue of b vnitcfr fa ' writ of Vendition Expon'a, :? from the clerk's oce of L circuit court, I uill effer atr sale, to the highest bidder I public square in Charle I the 2d day ol Junemxt, thrfJ ing property, tour: One Be Dimcstic Cottons, onf,Bor G ods, Sc'c. twopiecps'te quantity of Kosin, Huff-ball, liox of Hats, part of a kegg0M co, he- &c. AUo, on the 1$; of June next, at the placeafor two Lots in the town of Ck town, numbers 203 and 204. 1 as the property of Peter G. Tr he. to satisfy said writs in fW Todd and Hawkins, against Fc son and Taylor; and Shaw and fany, acainat Staffo. J and Tr &c. ALSO, . , ny virtue of another writ offc issued from said office, I i at public sale on the 1st day ti' next, at the same place, oneL?

Lharlestown, number 136. V

as the property of UeorgeJonti Jemima, his wife, said Jemitn

ing administratrix of WilliamQ

sins, (JeccasecJ, to satisfy said v.: favour of Walter Hrashear. J. S.SIMONSON. bh'EC MaV 22. 182-t.

SHERIFF'S SALt. By virtue of a writ of Fi Fa sued from the CIerk office n Clark circuit court. I will off: ntiblic sale to the hicht st bidile:

1 the house of William T. Hoi

Charleitown, on the 2(Jth init,

fohowine property, to wit:

One kitchen ta'.le, one (to

two chairs, one pair andirons. si and tongs, one tea kettle, oven,

let, KC-, buckets, crocks, Etc..

board and ennboard f urnitur

and cace, secretary, stand, bres

table, two high post bedsteads,

and bedding, one bureau, one rase, dininrr table, one SUfrar

civfppn chpr-n nnrl fnnr lambs.

sow and five pigs, wagon and v.

two cows, one heiler, two pioi

property of William T. Muff.u

tisty saiu writ in tavor 01 0Woods and Noble I. Brann. : nistrators of K Wood, dec'ti., agdnst said HtifT, Win. Book

Daniel r. r aulkner. J. S. hIMONS0N,S.f

Ctnrlcowri, May 15,ia-4.

J. M-GUNiO

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BOOT axd sjior.yjz Begs leave to inform the c: rA Ph .rlfttmvn and its vid'"':

be h is opened a Shop on Mam !'

in the frame building wv. Judge Scott, and f trmer y s a store house, three (to') 1 he store of Messrs-.'. ""'!"';

More of Mr. nevjamin Crovt ' e is in readiness to :iC;" Ladies and Gentlemen wit" y recent fashions, in a neat ai. ni'iilike manner. Iia!" self from the knowlet.' 1 t uirecJ of the above '!!':!;, he is qualified to render tisfaetion to M ih..-;e ""''-: arcommodatiiig t(' their comnrir'.'N.