Indiana Palladium, Volume 1, Number 19, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 13 May 1825 — Page 2

Foreign Intelligence.

THE BURMESE WAR. The war between the British and Bur

mese appears to involve more serious conse

quences than could have possibly entered into the calculations of the former, when they undertook the reduction of that Indian empire. The only hope which the Eng

lish can possibly entertain, of preserving

their provinces in India, springs irom the

fidelity of the native troops enlisted in their service. The immense disproportion between the Indian and English population de

stroys all possible hope of retaining possession of that immense region, if the native troops swerve from their fidelity. As a frightful evidence of this disaflfecti6n, we learn th.it Sir Edward Paget, the Commander in Chief of the troops assembling against the Burmese, having proceeded, on the 1st November, with a guard of the Royals and the Dumdun artillery, to Barackporte, in

giving orders for the Sea-boys to march,

they refused, Sir Edward gave them ten

minutes to consider, at the expiration of ed

which period they still refused. He then gave orders to fire upon them, when 450 were killed, and 150 wounded.

Some accounts say, that the number killed is overrated, and this may be the fact,

but be the number more or less, that it has created1 much alarm, is evident from the following paragraph: Prom ihc London Times. March 1 1.

"The intelligence from India is altogeth

er of an alarming complexion, though we have no doubt the prompt measures adopted to suppress the mutiny will, for the present, secure the obedience of the troops. But we cannot help regretting that the Burmese war should ever have been undertaken. The utmost success would not have reconciled us to it, for, with that success, extension of territory is necessarily connected. As it is, however, the disasters which have

originated in the imbecility and want of

foresight of those at the head of the Indian government, may be attended with the most serious consequence."

Another paper, after speaking of this mutiny and its conscque'nces, goes on to re-

marl: "We are not, however, surprised at the general alarm which has been excited by the late intelligence from Calcutta.

Upon the fidelity, zeal, and attachment,

of the native army, the existence of the

British Empire in India, must principally,

if not wholly, depend; and when it is re collected that the amount of that army con siderably exceed 200,000 men, it will be ob

vious that any idea of supplying its place, much more of controlling and overawing it,

li any general dissatisfaction prevailed, in its ranks, by a force sent from this country, would be absurd and impracticable." We will conclude with the following extract from a Calcutta paper: "We understand it is generally supposed,

that the troops will not move till the 1st ofj

December, and they will proceed by iland and water. About 200 of his Majesty's 41 st Regiment arc gone to Martahan; and an expedition against Pegu was expected to be despatched in about ten days. There is a rumor that the King's brother intends to oppose the advance of the army, with a force

consisting of from 80 to 100,000 men. He was stated to be at Donnerbue, about 50 or 60 miles up the river, but as cavalry and horse artillery were to accompany the army, there were no apprehensions for the result. Notwithstandmgthedisasterin the breach of one of the Stockades, as mentioned in despatches, private letters state that they (the

blockades) are no longer looked on as pla-

ofthe Ionian Islands has received instructions from London, in pursuance of which he has made advantageous proposals to the Greek government. It is said, in an English paper, that the intended visit of prince Metternich to Paris, has, for its special ob

ject, to induce the French government to

unite with Austria in opposing the aggrandizement of Russia. The latest accounts from Greece, mention that the Greek government was well aware that the Turks were making great preparations for the next campaign, and felt fully persuaded that it would be the last their enemy would be engaged in. The Algemine Zetung repeats the rumour of the surrender of Patras to the Greeks.

COLOMBIA REPUBLIC. Bogota papers to the 3d March, by the Tampico, arrived at New York from Carthagena, savs the Evening Post, contain a

correspondence between the President of judication on Thursday afternoon, before his the Colombian Senate and the Liberator honour Judge Bucher. Proof of the black

Bolivar, by which it appears that that great man had, for the third time, tendered his refusal of the Presidency. The letters were

submitted to Congress at a meeting convok-

ed lor the purpose on tne evening oi the Uth February; when, on the question being put whether the resignation should or should not

be accepted, it was decided that it should not, by 21 Senators and 52 Representatives. On the result being known, the hall rung

with acclamations, and the citizens, had as

sembled in great numbers in the streets, ex

pressed their approbation in a similar man

ner. Letters to the 31st March, by the

Tampico, mention the arrival at Carthage-

na of a brig from London, with half a million of dollars for the Colombian government. Bait. Pat,

PROM BUEAVS A YRES. We learn, by the arrival of the Liverpool Trader, at Boston, that the British Consul General at Buenos Ayres, (Woodbine Parish, esq.) on the 28th of January, officially

announced to the General Congress, then

in session, that he was authorised to con

clude a commercial treaty with the United Provinces. His communication was received in the most flattering manner, and Mr. Secretary Garcia, was nominated to treat with Mr. Parish on the subject. All was

quiet at Buenos Ayres on the 1st of February. The rejoicing for Bolivars great vic

tory had continued up to that time, and the public funds had risen in consequence of the event. lb.

ing: the captain hasaccepttd the invitationjplay; they replied ye?, not thinking tnat L

under certain conditions, which we have not

learned. Columbus's project met with no

countenance from his own countrymen, and

it was by the assistance of other countries, that he "was enabled to prosecute it to a glorious result. Who knows but captain Svmmes's project may terminate in a similar manner, under foreign patronage. Bait. Patriot.

Harrisburgh, April 16. A riot of a serious nature took place here on Thursday afternoon. A negro man, who had absconded from his master, residing m Maryland, about a twelve month ago, was claimed as a runaway slave. He was taken

bv his master and lodged in jail in this coun

ty for security, when a habeas corpus was issued, at the instance of the slave, to show cause why he should not be discharged from

imprisonment. The cause came on for ad-

could play for much. From a small sum l.e gradually rose to a larger,- until hr had swept the board. They did not know what 10 make of it. He then told thorn, that if they could raise as much money as he should

put" down, they should have all hi?. The attemut was fruitless. On leaving the inn

he gave this piece of advice to the inn-kecp-er, never to judge a man hi hi c'otlcs; aid returning the money to the gamblers which he had won, informed them he was no gan -bier, and telling them that a pccr coat rr-ty cetvsail a rich pocket, left them.

The Government of the Mexican United States has determined on opening a canal communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, through the isthmus ol Tehuantepee. We published in the Journal of yesterday the decree of the Congress to this effect, and the invitation of the Government, for proposals to execute the work. The isthmus of Tehuantepec is about 125 miles across; but the distance for the canal

may be considerably shortened, by following the river Huasecualca, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico, about 60 miles below Aivarado, and the Chimalapa, which

tlows into the Pacific, and at the mouth of effect upon the combatants.

which, stands the town oi lehuantepec. There is still a further natural communication, by means of the river Passo, a tributary of the Huasecualca. A navigable canal through this isthmus would be decidedly preferable, for the vast commerce of the Gulf of Mexico, to that proposed to be cut from Lake Nicaragua to the Pacific, on account of its more convenient location.

The British Traveller of the 20th Janua

ry, contains the following tribute of respect

to the United States:

"Nearly half a centurv has elapsed since

ces of defence orsecurity. It is understood! tne memorable declaration of Independence

man having been a slave under the laws ol Maryland, and owned by the individual claiming him, and of his having absconded a short time before Easter Sunday a year, having been made by a young man who came from Maryland for that purpose in company with the owner, the counsel for the claimant closed his case. On the other side, a black man was offered as a witness to prove that the prisoner was residing in York county, prior to the time when he was said to have left his master in Maryland, and that he, the witness, worked with him under the employ of the same man, a farmer, in York county, and knew him well. This evidence was rebutted by the testimony of a brother-in-law of the farmer, who happened to be present, and who stated that he never saw the prisoner in his employ, and that he would, in all probability, have been aware

of the fact, if the runaway had worked for

any length of time with his brother-in-law.

Upon this state cf the case, the Judge ordered the individual claimed to be deliver

ed up to the custody of the master. During the whole time of the trial the court house was crowded with blacks, who seemed to take a deep interest in the discussion, and the greater part of whom had each subscribed a quarter of a dollar to fee an attorney to attend to the case of their brother black. The precaution taken to secure the remanded slave from escaping, by tying his hands in the presence of so many of his own colour, was perhaps what gave the finishing stroke to the excitement of the negroes.

Thev collected in a cluster at the door of the court house, and as soon as the object of

their sympathy stepped beyond the threshold, accompanied by his master and the young Marylander, who had been examined as a witness, an attempt was made to rescue the slave by force. Numbers of blows were

given and received. The conflict in a short time became general. The blacks exceed-

ed their opponents in number. Fists, cud-

gels and brickbats flew about in handsome

style, for a few minutes, and the most serious consequences might have ensued if in the midst of the melee, the sudden discharge

of a pistol had not produced an electrifying

at Rangoon, that Sir Archibald Campbell is

.Political Agent and Sole Commissioner. A

story was arloat, that had not the army at

ixangoon astonished and confounded the

Burmese Government, it was the full inten

tion of the latter to push an immense army

on to Calcutta. halt. Amer.

LATEST PROM EXGLAJVD. New-York, April 12.

By the ship New-England, Captain Ber

ry, arrived last evening from Liverpool,

.London dates to the 12th, and Liverpool to

tne 15th were received. Among the numerous companies now forming in England, there is one of a very extraordinary nature. It is to have a capital of four millions, and to be employed in the recovery of cannon balls from the bottom of the sea, in order to reduce the present price of iron. Mr. Torbet, of St. Helena, on whose land Buonaparte was buried, arrived not long since in England, and demanded of the British government 1000 for the land enclosed around the grave. He, however, was put off with 500 to be paid by the East India Company on his return to St. Helena. The Greeks and Turks. We learn from the Augsburgh Gazette, that the governor

(by thirteen United States ef America. In

that interval, Europe has been convulsed, to a degree threatening the dissolution of society yet has North America continued to

nourish, and increase with a progressive march of improvement and prosperity, until she may justly claim rank as a power of the first class. To the establishment of her independence, the celebrated Marquis de Lafayette, is known to have contributed essentially. Actuated by an enthusiastic ardour for liberty, he devoted his person and his fortune to the cause of the United States, and participated in their triumph. After an absence of more than forty years, Lafayette revisits the United States in every

part of which he has been received with ho

nour, respect, and gratitude. But the gratitude of America has not been restrained

within the cold limits of barren thanks, a

sum equal to 45,000 sterling, with one

complete and entire township of land, has

been voted by the American Congress to

"General Lafayette, in compensation for his important services and expenditure during the American Revolution 1"

All stopped to see where the mischief had

alighted, and such was the consternation produced for an instant among the blacks, that one of them, though entirely out of the direction in which the pistol was tired, swore that the bullet had passed just above his ear, and displaced some half dozen of the sable curls that revelled on his temple. Advantage was taken of the confusion that prevailed, and the slave was hurried into an adjoining tavern. Numbers of persons by

tins time nad collected on the theatre of action. Many of the negroes, however, still kept their ground in front of the tavern, and among the rest a mulatto who had been wounded in the arm by the pistol tired. As they would not disperse quietly, but seem-i

ed bent on mischief, a number of them were arrested and carried otTto jail. A scampering scene then commenced, which lasted for a few hours, and ended in the catching of between fifteen and twenty blacks, who 1 l t r -

were saiely placed "in durance vile, to answer for their conduct at the ensuing term of Quarter Sessions. Orach.

A grand Balloon. The Courier ce la Mouse annoucesan aeronautic scheme, which sinks into insignificance all former attempt-. It is planned by a physician named Robertson; who intends, bv means c; it, to visit a!l parts of the globe. This wonderful machine, the Columbus of balloons, is to bn called the Minerva, and will be 150 feet hi diameter, and capable of r:iismr 72.054 kiS grams, or 149,037 French pounds. It will carrv sixtv persons, provisions for nve or src months, furniture of all kinds, and sctentiiu: instruments. It will consist of a balloon, holding 1,7G7,!50 cubic feet of hydrogen gas; and the vessel altogether will weigh b'0,537 pound. This stupendous n?rial edifice is only retarded fir n-iint of 'cash '

Singular Pact. A beggar wn found in one of our streets, a few weeks since, in squalid and filthy apparel, and dead, without apparent cause. The coroner, upon ex amination of the body found money to the amount of about two hundred and seventy dollais on it, a part of which, he had no doubt, was the cause of his death Fourteen whole and one half joes quilted together, were enclosed in a neckcloth, and formed a hard lump immediately under t hejugular vein, the man lying on his side and occasioning a direct pressure on it and probably stopping the circulation of the blood and occasioning apoplexy. JV. Y. Statesman.. DAaSL J. CJASWSLIi, COUNSELLOR AT LAW. OJJlce on Trout Stmt Cincinntii near the Hold,

E will practice in the counties of Hamilton and Butler, and in the District and Circuit

Courts of the United States for the District of

Ohio; also, in the county of Dearborn, and in tta Supreme Court of the state of Indiana.. April 15, 185. 15-

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ARTHUR ST. CLAIR, ATTORNEY AXD COU-NSLLLOR AT LAW, IH AS removed to Lawrenceburh, Indiana, j where he will attend to anv business confined to his care. His citiee is on lhgh street, near the court house. Lairrcnceburgiu March 1, 1825. 9 tf.

Postponed Meeting. THEmeetinpj that wa9 called by the Sub-Tn's-tees, and to be held at the house of Jas A Piatt on Thursday the 23th of April, at 4 o'clock P. M for the purpose of voting for or against supporting a Public School in the district of the Old Town of Lawrence burgh, was postponed to Saturday tho 14th of .May, at the same hour and place. It is to be hoped the eifzen9 will be punctual in their at tenduice to a matter that so closely interests them. Should it be dt termined by the vote of the ctlizm, tlmt they will not support a public school, there wilt be a subscription opened, for the purpose of rahinj funds to build a private school house, which ia much needed in this place. Lawrenceburgh April 20, 1825.

Captain Symnics has been invited by

Count Romanzol)", of Russia, to join a North

role expedition, which the count is nroiect-

A GOOD STORY. A merchant, whose business connections were very extcn :ve, left Philadelphia for

the western country, with a large sum of

money: and the better to avoid suspicion and prevent being robbed, he clothed himself in mean apparel, indicating the charac

ter ol a begger, rather than that of a mer

chant. He had nearly reached the end of

his journey, when night compelled him to stop at a public house that lay before him. He went in, and asked the inn-keeper if he could lodge there. The man, thinking he was a mendicant, told him that he did not lodge such folks. After much pcrsuasio", however, he consented to let him sleep n the bar-room. In the course of the night a number of gamblers assembled in the room, and beiran gambling. He asked if he rr;

50 Dollars Meivard!!

HJ) UNA WAY from the subscriber, some tiise 2Q id March last, a negro man named

He is about 35years old; stout and well made; ra ther low stature; yellow complexion. Had on uhen he went away white linsey coat and pantf-dc-ons, the

coat was cut too small, and has a pice put in the. middle seam; n.uch marked with the small pox;

stammers and has a difficulty in speaking It is sup

posed he is somewhere in the state of Indiana, as ho has been seen near Lawrenceburgh, in company with another black man, by a Mr. George Sadth who resides on the waters of White Iliver. The above reward will be jiven in Secif, tonny person who will secure him in the jail at Louis viiie, Ky. and inform the subscriber, living nsar Ehzabethtown, Hardin county, Ky. Any in format idri thrt will enable me to get the above named negro8 "ill be received thankfully ai:d liberally rewarded. JNO. SIIACKLEFOUD. Senr. May 0, 12? j. 1C m

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2LQ Q Acres of Valuable Land,

ITU ATE D on York Ridge, near Tanner creek, Dearborn county, on which there arts

Forty Acres of cle-md land; lucres of meadow; - good hewn log hou5j. sudicienUy hr for the accommodation of a family, together with a br.rn and all other necessary out-houses. There are also on the land a bearing orchard and good suar camp, im- several laige acd never f.uling spring. '1 ha above land will be sold Inv Ur c'u only. For terras ppply to the subscriber on the premises. 'CNKISTOniEK IIUDSOX.

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