Indiana Palladium, Volume 1, Number 14, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 8 April 1825 — Page 3

E PLURIBUS UNUM

LAWRENCEBURGH.

FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1825.

On Wednesday last, George Smithy a coloured

man, was tried on an indictment for burning a barn,

belonging to Col. Pike, of this place. The jury

returned a verdict of guilty, as chtrged in the indictment, upon which the Court sentenced him to

five years hard labour in the Jeffersonville peniten

tiary, 'and pay one hundred dollars fine with cost of

prosecution. The statute provides that where a

fine is inflicted on any criminal, he or she not having property out of which to make the money, that cuch criminal shall be detained in prison, after the time for which be or she may have been sentenced, at the rate of twenty-five cents pet day until the fine and all costs are paid. This will extend the confinement of Smith to something like seven years.

GLEANINGS. A serious accident occured not loner since near Cumberland, between Baltimore and Wheeling: A Mr. Dugan returning from Baltimore to Wheeling, with three passengers in his stage, two of them priests .and the third a bishop of the Roman Catholic church, was upset by some stone lying in the edge of the road. The horses took fright, and Mr. Dugan being unable to disengage himself from the lines, which were fastened to his hands, was dragged for some considerable distance, and so bruised as to cause his death in a few hours. The passengers were but little injured. It was rumoured in London, on the authority of a letter from Paris, that the Emperor Alexander had been attacked with a severe indisposition of a mental character. Accounts from Petersburgh, to the 1 c2th Feb. state, that scarcely a trace of the late inundations of that capital were to be seen. The shops and warehouses were open, bridges repaired, streets cleaned, and every thing had resumed its former appearance. One of the counties of Georgia, named Liberty, contains, according to the census recently taken, 1,G85 free persons, and 1,755 dares. What a definition of Liberty ! The committee on the subject of taxes, from the Legislature of New-York, have reported that, uit is inexpedient to make any alteration in the law for assessment and collection of taxes, as probably taxes will in a short time be entirely dispensed -with.' What a comment upon the doctrine of internal improvement! Execution. John M'Afiee, who was lately con

victed in Montgomery county, for the murder of

his wife, was executed at Dayton on Monday last. He was attended to the scaffold by the Rer. Mr. Hill, of this place, who was assiduous in endeavoring to console the afflicted sufferer. Nat. Crisis.

The Huntsville Democrat, pronounces Alexan

der Pope and Gen. Taylor, Register and Receiver, of tho Land Office at Cahawba, as swindlers both cf private moneys, to an extensive amount. The disclosure is made in a communication which the Editor corroborates. Singular Facts. 1st. Of the 213 Representa

tives in Congress, every one was in Washington a I

the late election, nil in their seats except one. 2d

Only two states have furnished Presidents, viz. Vfirfrinia and Massachusetts. Sd. Of the five first

Presidents, but one had a son who is now elected

President, during the life-time of his father.

very short time, be exported and sold as cheap as any made in Europe, and be as much sought for; not on account of its being better, but because, as many in this country think of British cloth, it is the fabrication of a foriegn country, arid therefore must be superior to any made at home.' CLINTON'S LETTER TO ADAMS. Copy of a letter from Gov. Clinton to Presi

dent Adams, declining the appointment of

Minister to the Court of St. James. Albany, 25th Feb. 1825. Sir I feel most sensibjy the honour conferred on me by your communication of the

18th inst.; and I receive this expression of

your good opinion with a correspondent spirit: But having recently accepted from the people of this state the highest office in their power, I cannot, consistently with my sense of duty, retire from it, until I have had an

ample opportunity of evincing my gratitude

and my devotion to their interests. I assure you, Sir, that it will afford me the

highest gratification, in my present situation, to aid you in your patriotic efforts, and to witness the auspicious influence of your

administration on the best interests of our( country.

I have the honour to be, With perfect respect, Your most obd't servant, DE WITT CLINTON.

The Hon. John Quincy Adams,

IVashinptoji.

IMPORTATION OF WOOL.

The first export of wool from England for

two centuries, took place in December last; fifty bags of coarse wDol were exported to this country; the export of wool has been prohibited for two hundred yrears in England, until the last session of Parliament, when a bill was passed allowing the export of wool on the payment of a duty of one penDy per pound; under this act the above export took place. Amcr. Farmer. Wc conceive this to be a pretty qood

omen of the growth and prosperity of our

manufactories: Heretofore large quantities

of the raw material, such as wool, cotton, &c, has annually been exported into Eng

land, and different parts ot Europe, where

7 I ' I it has been manufactured, brought back,

and sold in our markets, for less than it could be made in this country. This was altogether owing to the short-sighted policy

pursued by this government, in not giving

protecton to cur manufactories the prosperity of which is so very necessary to our

independence. The error has been discover

cd, and our little institutions are beginning

to give evident signs of returning life and of future prosperity; a result the most san

guine friends of domestic manufactures,

hardly anticipated from the small encour

agement alforded them by the late Tariifj

jaw passed by Congress. e would not be snrnrised, should the Aiaexicun clcth, in a

SCOTT AND BENTON.

Correspondence between Mr. Scott and Mr.

Benton, of Missouri, in relation to the late Presidential election. WasJdnsrton Cihu Feb. 5.

Hon. T. H. Benton:

Dear Sir Notwithstanding the conversa

tion we had on Thursday evening, and on

b rid ay, lrom which you might justly con

clude that I would not vote for Adams, I am now inclined to think differently, and unless

ome other change in my mind takes place,

I shall vote for him. I take the earliest opportunity to apprize you of this fact, that you

may not commit yourself with your friends, on the subject. JOHN SCOTT.

ANSWER. Senate Chamber, Feb. 8. Sir I received, on the morning of the 6th

instant, your note of the 5th, in which you

make known to me, your intention to give

the vote of Missouri to Mr. Adams.

Sinister rumors, and some misgivings of

my own, had been preparing my mind for

any extraordinary development; but it was

not until I had three times talked with you, face to face, that I could believe in the re

ality of an intention so inconsistent with

your previous conversations, so repugnant

to your printed pledges, so amazing to your

constituents, so fatal to yoursolf.

1 he vote which you now intend thus to

give, is not your own. It belongs to the people of the state of Missourf. They are against Mr. Adams. I, in their name, do so

lemnly protest against your intention, and

deny your moral power thus to bestow their

vote.

You have been pleased to make a refer

ence, in one ot your conversations, to my

personal wishes in this election. I now re

iterate, that I disdain and repel the appeal; and again admit you to the exalted tribunal

of honour and duty.

r or nine years we have been closely connected in our political course; at length the

connection is dissolved, and dissolved under

circumstances which denounce our everlast ing separation. For some expressions which you felt as

unkind, in our conversation on Saturday, I

ask your pardon and oblivion. I had a right

to give you my opinion on a point of public

duty, but none to inflict a wound on your

feelings; and in this unexpected breaking of

many ties, there is enough of unavoidable

pain, without the gratuitous inflictions of un

kind words. To-morrow is the day for your self-immo

lation. If you have an enemy, he may go

feed his eyes upon the scene ; your former

friend will shun the afflicting spectacle.

With sincere wishes for your personal

welfare, I remain, ccc. THOMAS H. BENTON. It is reported that orders have been des

patched to the naval depots, to equip and

prepare for sea with all expedition, the ves

MURDER AND ROBBERY. Alexandria, (D. C.) March 14. On Saturday night last, William Simpson, a Southern trader, was murdered near centre ville, Fairfax county, Va. and robbed of $1600, chiefly in notes of the bank of Virginia. It appears that Simpson and his murderer,

had accidentally fallen into the company of

eacn other and slept together for two days, at a tavern in Centreville. The former was a trader, and had written to one of his associates in Alexandria, that he was much accelerated in the accomplishment of his business by a young gentleman who was familiar with the country, and with whom he had formed an acquaintance. On the night ot the murder they left the tavern, after supper, in company on some trivial business as was understood, in the neighborhood. Af

ter a short absence, the young man return

ed alone to the tavern, and continued walking the floor to and fro, for some time. In

the course ct the night he offered the land

lord a certain sum in cash for a horse, al

though he had before been obliged to ask

credit for his whole fare. This,-however,

excited no suspicion; and he departed for

Leesburgh on the next morning; where, on

lis arrival he boasted to some of his acmaintances of the large sum which his pock

et book contained. The circumstance of

he murder was not then known; nor until

the second day after it was perpetrated when the corpse was found behind a small

bush, where it had been dragged. Suspi

cion immediately alighted upon the young

man, and he was arrested at Leesburgh-

lis trunk searched, and the pistol with a

spring dirk anixed to it, with which he had

evidently accomplished his diabolical pur

pose, and a part of the money which had he

onged to the deceased, were found in it.

He was brought back to Fairfax, and after

undergoing an examination, was committed

to jail to await his trial, which will be in a

ew days.

During his examination he was asked to ay his hand on the dead body of S. but

seemed to do it with the utmost horror and

remulousless ; and on being suddenly asked f anyr body was concerned with him in the

murder he very faintly answered no. He

shot Simpson in the back (not in the head as

was first stated) with the pistol, the load of

which penetrated to his heart, but did not

go through his body. He then inflicted six

teen heavy wounds about the head and neck,

with the dirk of the pistol, and one of which

it is thought, would have been fatal.

Our informant states that the youne

mairs looks were very prepossessing, and he

was remarkably well dressed previous to the

murder; but when committed to jail, he was

so emaciated, that he scarcely resembled

the same person. What renders this affair

still more distressing, that some of the most

respectable families in V irginia are the connexions of the young man. He was, we learn, soon to have been married to an ami

able lady; and his want of funds to consum

mate this event, it is supposed might have

led him to commit the horrid crime for which he has to answer at the bar of his

country and of his God.

seU of war now lying in ordinary at the several stations. It is added that the order was

received here by a government express, who proceeded immediately for Boston. We are not able to ascertain whether these reports are correct. Gentlemen connected with the naval establishment here do not enlighten

us on the subject; indeed, those we have seen profess to know nothing of such orders

But in corroboration of the reports, we find

in the Philadelphia Gazette of I uesday eve ning, the following paragraph: "Orders have been received from Wash

ington to furnish invncdiaUhf all the United

States' vessels building at this port, and to

put two more on the tiock?.'" Mfrr- Adv,

We are authorized to announce Col. Isaac Morgan and John Watts, Esq. as

candidates for State Se7iator,xicc John Gray3

Esq. whose term of service has expired. The Western Sun (Vincennes) of the 20th

ult., announces Gen. W. Johnston, as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, at the ensuing election.

From the Indiana Intelligcnccn TO THE FREE ELECTORS OF INDIANA. I have presumed to become a candidate

for your suffrages as Governor, at the ensuing annual election. I need not mention the

considerations which induce the desire to

fill that very important and responsible sta

tion. Motives are generally supposed to be understood and are consequently appreciated. The reasons which will govern your choice, I am aware, are those only which ought to guide a free people; You will

select that man for the othce whose integrity and talents you may judge, best qualify him for the trust to be reposed.' In thus offering voluntary to pass the ordeal of public opinion, I know I risque nothing: The scaffolding I stand on cannot be elevated by success, nor displaced by defeat. I shall still remain, among equals, on the extended level of civil liberty. But you who are to choose, and whose deepest and dearest interests are so nicely involved in the choice, will naturally inquire and reflect, in order that your judgment may dictate that selection, which shall appear best calculated to subserve the commonweal. My character and my political principles are known to many, they are open to the scrutiny of all. Whatever may be the result, I shall be entirely satisfied; for private feelings and individual wishes ought ever to be subservient to the conslitutionallv expressed will of the majority. R. W. NELSON. March 3st, 1825.

Fatal Ewravcmeyit. We learn bv the

schooner Florida, Capt. Johnson, arrived at

bavannah, from the b lorida Reef, that the

Colombian aimed schooner, Centella, Cant.

bartlett, was blown up on the coast of Cuba,

on the 7th inst. and the crew lost. The only particulars we have been able to learn are, that, when off the Moro, she discovered

a Spanish corvette, from which it was im

possible to escape, unless by running in or

risking an action. 1 he latter took place,

and at the second broadside, the fatal event

occurred. The Centella has been frequent

ly in this port, where most of her ofheers are

well acquainted. Sr. Republican.

NOTICE.

THE undersigned being about to remove from Lawrenceburgh, frill leave bis accounts in the hands of John Porter, Esq., who has been in

structed to commence suits sgainst all persons who

neglect to make payment before the 15th day of

May next. My necessity compels me to collect my

money, and this notice is given to prevent cost ac

cumulating; which will certainly be the case, on

those indebted to me who may neglect this notice. CALEB B. CLEMENTS.

Lawrcnccourgh. April 8, 1825. 14

Information Wanted. IN the month of June, 1822, a young man named John Dcnlap, a Tanner and Currier, (who now, if living, is in the 23d year of bis age,) left Westmoreland county, Pennslyvania, intending to go to the city of New-Orlaans, but has not since been beard of by his sisters and friends. Any person who can give information respecting him, will confer a particul&s favour by writing to Robert Montgomery, Esq, Gresnsburgh, Westmoreland county, Pa. March 8, 1825. 14

Rags Wanted! CASH will be given fur any quantity of clean

1 Hwi and ccttcv RAGS at this Oftrr.

OBITUARY. "It is appointed unto all men, once to die.3' DIED On yesterday evening, about 1 o'clock, Moses Hitchcock, Esq. after a severe illness of one week. He was a native of Connecticut, and has resided in this place and its vicinity for the last five years ; during which time lie has maintained a good character. His standing, as a member of the bar, though not of the first order, was very

respectable; and as a citizen, his common'

deportment was unexceptionable. Although

he had no relatives, in this country, to bedew

his dying pillow with the tears'of sorrow and affection, yet, during his illness, he was kindly attended, and this day, was followed to his tomb by a numerous and respectable con

course of citizens, wrho regret his loss.

LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in the Post Office at Lawrenceburgh, Indiana, on the 3st day of March, 1025; which if not taken out, zufthin three months, rciU be sent to the General Post Office as dead Letters. A William W," Archibald, James Angevine,, John Armstrong, Susan Armstrong. B George P. Duel, Abraham Beek or Beck, Abigail Baxter, Zachariah Bedford, Abel Brotherton. Levi Blakeslec. C Daniel J. Caswell 7, John Chisman, Dennis Cragg, Capt. Crandon 2, Welling Campbell, David V. Culley, Lot Cooper, Esq. Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court 2. D Geo. James Dill 2, Amos Dickerson, George. H. Dunn, James Duley. E Leven Ellett, Jacob Erans, Martin Enter, John English, William Ervin Esq. Michael Ehler. F John Fox, Samuel Frisbre, Esq. G Elijah Garrison. H Mrs. Mary Hawxwell, Mrs. J. IIuST, Ezekial G. Harper, Conrad Hufman, Joseph Harvey or Hawey, Esq. Alden He wit. J Abel Johnson, James Johnston 2, Luther F. B. Joslyn, John Wenston Jolly. K Lydia Kneeland. L Stephen Ludlow 3, Wallis Levitt, John Lancaster, Stephen Liddle, John Lorton,EIiphalet Luddleton. M John Morgan, Levi Miller, Miss Jane Moore, Elijah Mitchell, Alexander M'Pherson, Robert B. Morrison, Mark M'Cracken Esq. N Mrs. Mary Neely, David Nevitt. Rev. Daniel PJummer, James A. Piatt, David Pettigrew, David Perine, Miss Eliza A. Phillips. R Peter Ramer. S Darlington J. Stewart, John Sherrid, Rev. John Strange 2, Peletiab Simpson, James Skates, Richard Scearum, Arthur St. Clair, Esq. Miss Mariah Sovereign. T William Thrash, David Thompson. WT John White, William S. Ward, William Williams, James Williams, Stephen Williams, John Wiant, Levi 11 oodrufT, Susannah JYicoff. ISAAC DUNN, P. 31. April 2. 1 825. 1 4 3v

'J Ol&lH ' X y TIT OF ALL KINDS NEA TIN EXECU7TD A T THIS OFFICE.