Indiana Palladium, Volume 2, Number 9, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 4 March 1826 — Page 2
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ZHDIANA PAX.X-ADIUXK.
J. SrCNCER, D. V. CULLEY, & CO. Editors and Proprietors.
Extract from the Report of Mr. Benton, proposing an amendment to the constitution of the U. S. in reference to the election of President and Vice President. "Each state shall be divided, hy the Legislature thereof, into districts, equal in number to the whole number of Sena
tors and Representatives, to which such
8,000 infantry and 1.500 cavalry. It was said that the troops would be immediately marched upon Patras. Augsburg, December 15. Accounts from Napoli di Romania state that the Greek senate having convoked all the polemarchs and captains, to consult them on the present state of affairs, one of the French officers, who served under the banners of the Greeks, made the follow
ing speech to the assembly:
"Gentlemen you have but two ways;
The "Dhrio de Rio dc Janeiro, oflders to become ns infamous in (lie eve?
Dec. 27, contains the following decree or declaraton of war, by the emperor: The government of the United Province of Ri de la Plata having committed acts of hostility against this empire without piovocation or previous foimal declaratioi of war, rejecting thus the forms established among civilised nations, it is iequired by the dignity of the
brnzihan jeople and the rank which
to us among powers, that,
of his fellow subjects, because of the part that he performed by direction of his government, as his nation will be on account of its injustice to, & base treatment to one who sought its magnanimitv and found meanness. Manv times was
Napoleon's foot upon the necks of empc
- Died, in Germantown, Philadelphia county, 4th instant, Dorothy Somnht, widow, aged 100 years, 10 months and 2 days. She was born in Germany, and came to this country in her 1 1th vear; in her 19th she married Jacob Dillman. Her
second huband was Philip bomerlot.
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oeionsrs
to take either, you must call all the na- I, having heard my council of state,
tite may be entitled in the Congress of!40" to arms; the senate must put itselfjshouM declare as 1 now do, War against
the United States; the said districts to
be composed of contiguous territory, and to contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of persons, entitled to be represented under the Constitution, and to be laid otT, for the first time, immediately after the ratification of this amend
ment, and afterwards, at'the session of
the Legislature next ensuing the apportionment of Representatives, by the Congress of the United States, or oftener, if deemed necessary, by the Legislature of the State; but no alteration, after the first, or after each decennial formation of district?, shall take effect at the next ensuing election, after such alteration is made. That, on the first Thursday, and succeeding Friday, in the month
of August, of the year 1823, and on the
at the head, and fight to the last gasp for the said prov inces and their government :
liberty, or you must throw yourselves atjdirecting that by sea and by land, all the feet of your tyrants and resume your;possible hostilities be waged upon them;
authorising such armaments as my sub
jects may please to use against that na-
old chains. In the first case, all the
Philhellenes will join you to conquer or
die under the standards of the cross in'tion; declaring that all captures of nriz-
jr es of whatever nature, shall accrue en
tile second, permit us to return to our
own country to bewail the misfortunes
of Greece' This discourse had such an effect upon the minds of all the auditors, that it was resolved, upon the spot, to take up arms and march against the enemy. South America. According to the Spanish Journals, general Olaneta, who was killed almost a year ago, is at the head of a powerful army in Upper Peru! Peru. There is a strong report, said to be received at Mazatlan and Guada-
me davs in every fourth year thereaf-llaxana, at Mexico, that the castles of
ter, the citizens, of each state, who pos
sess the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch cf the S ate Legislature, shall meet within their respective districts, and vote for a President and Vice President of the United States, one of whom, at least, shall not be an nina bitant of the same State with himself; and the person receiving the greatest number of votes for President, and the one receiving the greatest number of votes for Vice President in each district, shall be holden to have received one vote.
Callao have been surrended to the pa-
tnots.
Mexico. We have pleasing accounts
of the progress of things in this renub-
lie. 1 he late message ot the president
is a valuable state paper. e shall no
tice it hereafter. Our countryman gen. IHIkinson, died at Mexico about the 1st
of January. Algiers. There is a very formidable insurrection in this regency The rebels" occupied Cobili. Ilayti. The allairs of this republic-
are represented to be prosperous. The
"The Congress of the United States (people are in a state of profound peace,
shall be in session on the second Monday
in October, in the year 1828, and on the same day in every fourth year thereafter; and the President of the Senate, in the presence of the Senate and Mouse of Representatives shall open all the ccrtilicates,fc the votes shall then be counted. The person having the greatest number of votes-for President, shall he President,
if such number be equal to a majority ot
no person have such majority, then a second election shall be held on the first Thursday and succeeding Friday, in the month of December, then next ensuing, between the persons having the two highest numbers, for the ollice of President; which second election shall be conducted, the result certilied, and the votes
counted, in the same manner as in the
first, and the person having the greatest
number oi votes torPrcsident, shall be the
President. But, if two or more persons
shall have received the greatest, & equal
number of votes, at the second election, the II. of Representatives shall choose one of them for President, as is now prescribed by the constitution. The perron having the greatest number of votes for V.President, at the first election, shall be the V.President, if such number be equal
to a mojority of the whole number of
rotes given; and it no person have such majority, then a second election shall take place between the persons having the two highest numbers on the same lay that the second election is held for President. But, if two or more persons shall hate received the greatest, and an equal number of votes in the second election, then the Senate shall choose one of them for Vice President, as is now provided in the constitution.'
and the country is improving by their
increased industry. Great Britain and Ireland. The coinage of Ireland is to be assimilated with that of England. Great distress had
been felt at Limerick, by the failure of
one of the banks connected with a Lon
don house. Pork fell from 4 2s ncr mJ. l
2s. and the best quality of butter!
tirely to the captors, without any deduction in favor of ti e public treasury. Follows the regulation for the publication and distribution of the decree. Rio de Janeiro, 10th Dec. 1825; fourth year of the ii dependence and the empire. Great preparations were making to ellect this decree but some Buenos Av-
rean privateers were already reported off the coast and Bolivar will probably pay a visit from;he interior. The empress las lately had a son and heir. Information of this important event has, no doubt, bten despatched to all the
Higitimale" coirts. Cuba. It is dated that a large body
of troops have arrived at Carthagena and Vera Cruz together about 20,000 men, thought t( be intended for an expedition againstCuba. There are six Spanish frigates on the. Cuba station aid some small vessels and at Havana 6,000 European troops in the whole ishnd 0,500; and some colored troops. An attack is expected. The commerce has greatly declined, in
consequence ot a total loss el the trade
with Mexico, kc.
rors ana Kings, ana yet lie never crush- she has been a widow about 35 years ed the vermin that afterwards feasted jjas j,ad io children, 50 grand children, upon him. Suppose, that after he had ai!(j no ,rVflt cb;jICn. Her
so calmly beaten the emperor of Austria!inemorv, sight, ht aiing and understandor the king of Prussia, he had carried i,ier, continued unimpaired till her death, them off to France and there kept them jThiity years ago. she made her shroud, within a place surrounded by a high uith her own hands, and laid bv twenty
Spanish dollars, as a preparation for her funeral.
wall, within which it was established
that they should die? What would have been said of it ? What teas said of his temporary keeping the king of Spain ? It is a strange world right and wrong are made to depend upon our interests. Russia. The news of the death of Alexander was received at St. Peters-
Death was so slow in its approach, that the intended shroud, when opened, was found decayed beyond a possibility of use! She was a member of the Lutheran Church, and had marked in her German Psalm Book, the 333d Hv inn of
hurg on the 22th December. It pro- the Wirtemberg edition, to be sung at duced a great sensation in that capital. jjUT burial: andalso requested her FuHe died oi. the 1st day of the monilVneral Sermon to be preached ficm the after having been some days unwell, but I i32d Ps. Kin v. to wit: "This (Zion) rather suddenly, and, as now reported;of'i. Iln rest forever: here will I dwell; a fever. He was attended by his wife, ; for I haic desired it." At her spec ial with whom he had just been reconciled. 'request, she was buried in a Pine coilin.
after a long separation. He settled the succession and adjusted his temporal af- Brick Machine. lr. John M. fairs, being sensible of his situation. 'Brookings, of Uhis town, has invented a Constantine has been proclaimed empe-'Machine, called Brookings' Brick Mill, ror, and the civil and military haye(fur mixing mortar, moulding and presssworn obedience to him. ling brick'and tile, tor which he has reThe papers are filled with specula-lccidly received a patent. It is the opintions as to the events that w ill follow jionof comnetent indues that this mat bine
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the death of Alexander but as yet there is nothing but speculation. The German courts have gone into mourning for him. but the people will not. So also has the court of Great Britain. His
will entirely supersede the present mode of making brick. The mortar is received into a large
hopper, where it may be ground line e-
noiii'h Mr iinttfT , n-;f n.isf x in n Tin
remainswereexpectedatSt.Petersburg.',, . . ' roIlVOved through a
7 channel to the hands of the workmen.
We have not heard of the ai rival of Con
stantine at his capital,
Sick und disabled Scaincyi. Thero was paid out on account ot them, during the
year 15J24, the sum ot tS49,U0-2 32. At
Canada. Cleared at Quebec, m 1825,!jJath U033; p0rtland 1,406; Portsmouth B83 vessels, 227,107 tons and 9,63-1 men; GG3 iioston 5,547. Providence 7G2: sntered 796 vessels, 193,598 tons and jS'ew,)ort 510; N. York 11.330; Phila-
to 3i
quality' of butter
was at 90s. per cu t, Ureat numbers ot
the whole numberof votes given; but if Joborcra and others were thrown out ot
FOREIGN NWES. Portugal, The king was reported to be very ill, and expected to die. The queen, it was understood, was ready for a revolution, in case of his death, and
some disturbances may be looked for,. Italy. Jerome Bonaparte's papers have been seized. Madame Murat has been denied liberty to reside at Rome, Louis Bonaparte intends to remove to Florence as soon as he can sell his palace at Rome. Germany. The death of the emperor of Russia has caused a prodigious sensation in Germany especially in the money market. There is a tearful looking for great events. At Amsterdam, the funds had declined four per cent. A destructive flood took place at Emden, Prussia, on the 27th November.
employment Pork at 42 shillings, (a-
nout nine dollurs), and butter at 90$.
(say 20 cents per lb.) could be supplied
trorn other countries at a much reduced
rate if "free trade" was allowed.!
Mrs. Coutts, who has the cash, and the
young duke of St. Albans, who has tho blood, were dashing away at Brighton in
great style probably at the expense of
the lady. France. The adventurer George McGregor, has been arrested at Paris, and imprisoned. The subscriptions, for the relief of general Foy's family, amounted to near 500,000 francs. The obsequies
of the Hatien senator, who died in Pa
ris, were performed with much pomp. His body was embajmed, to be sent to Hayti. It is estimated that the enormous sums
of 350 millions of francs is annually haz
arded in the public gaming houses of
Paris -which, being licensed, yield a revenue of eight millions a year to the
government. The luxury of some of
these houses, in eating and drinking, woman, &c. is astonishing, and debauchery
ot all sorts, is carried on with princely
magniticence.
In the year 1824 it appears that 239 men and 132 women committed suicide in France, being a diminuion of 19 in number. The greatness of the number is penly attributed to the gambling tables, the lottery, and the houses of debauch, kept up by the government for the sake of the profit derived from them, with the distress that inevitably follows those who become their dupes. Spain. The tire at Esc u rial was arrested but the damages committed by it were estimated at 700,000 francs. The annual deficit at the treasury of
Spain is said to amount to 200 millions of reals, or 25 millions of dollars, for cur-
Si
ente
8,973 men. Sixty -one new vessels were
built and sent to sea during the vcar.
The value of the imports is estimated at
more than a million sterling. The re-
enue arising from the customs is. 102,-
000.
A census of the population of Lower Canada has lately been taken the aggregate is 4i0,G79. Both the Canadas contain about 000,000 inhabitants one
day to become independent of Great Britain, and, perhaps, to be united with us. LATEST NF.WS. By an arrival id A tic Yurie, :; London papers to the 3rd January. Great Britain and Ireland. Of about 1 1 11 1 Ij-!
seventy oankii.tr nousos wnien nau Ianed in England, live had already resumed
pecie payments, several others would
soon do so. A numbe r, however, were "gazetted" that is declared bankrupt. The pressure for money was still great but not near so ht-avv as it had been.
The operations oi some ot the banking!
houses must have been of an enormous amount. e have heard it stated that the actual cash payments ot 'one, at LiT!( ol was . 1 ,70U,000, equal in round
numbers to eight millions of dollars, in two dav s ! In the lat quarter there was a deficicwy in the customs, compart d with the corresponding quarter ot the last year, of . 700,000. Declared bankrupts in England, in 1824, I0obin lLJo, 1 151. 3 per cent, consols i2 1-2 January 2.
Foreign securities had also improved aiv
little. 1 he mint is at vork nijjit and
day, and the nsues ot specie are exceedingly large. Tin failure of Vr. Iligginhothom, in Dubiii , caused a great panic in that cit he was supposed to be deucient in an enormous amount.
delphia 4,93(J; Baltimore 3,988; Alex
aridria 720; Norfolk 2,788: Petersburg 1,262; Camden (N. C), 517; Ch: rleston 1,291: Savannah 2,C89; New Orleans 5,432; Pensacola 1,115. Ail else under 500 dollars. The rates are various at the cl i ii rent ports. The support is from 2 dollars to 5 25 per wet k. The highest grade being at New Orleans,
The mould is returned to a trough, where an apparatus washes and cleanses it with great expedition, it is then placed on the other end of the channel, passes under the feeder of the hopper, and out at the other end of the channel as before described. The whole machinery is moved by a wheel 3 1-2 feet diameter, which mav be turned with ease In a lad of 12 years. It may be adapted to hand, horse or water pow er. A ilh hands sufficient to place the mortar in the hopper, receiv e and return the moulds, one hand at the wheel may mould 30.000 bricks in a day. By water power, the machine may be made to form 100,000 or more, as oae turn of the wheel forms a brick.
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f ah sivt" 01 iii sic 1. 11 is iaai j:e, txt. J a, vi , 1 , . . . ,T ; , It is placed on a carnage to convey it to the JSew oik hospitaLthe ivholc charge i.rar. . , r .1 . . " 1 , 1 , 1
1 11 1 . uiijcicm pai is, ei u!Uaiu,ui casew i;lu
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Philadelphia to 2 80; in Baltimore to 1 " , , , , J I 7 fi Miiri fri n 1 1. Imc I ihivr t vin nnv tof
o 50; in iNevv Orleans to 4 2j bos!jCs!,MVr.,,. a Tu n.J .-.. J h
invented.
machine for making and pressing brick (adapted to hand power) will not exceed thirty dollars.
the compensation ot a phxsiciun there. Precious things. The kin of Portugal has ai immense collection of diamonds, bullion, gold dust and plate. Great boxes ot tue three last are packed up and deposited in the rooms which he himself occupies. The diamonds he always io
' 11 , , . 1 - , 'countv, started to 0 about 4 miles iroiii
111 , iimu lit; udu iiitin n iui null n iiuu lit i . - i .
ias resiuence, 011 a mmimg excursion
Lynchburgh Vu. Dec. 15. A letter to the editor ol the Virginian, dated Martinsville, Henry co. says: lin t on Friday
the 2d inst. .Mr. I homa riii.ir, of that
itook shelter on board the English vesst
(d war about two veais a 1:0. I heir va-i
hie is differently calculated by ditlerent lapidaries but at the lowest rate it is enormous. The star and cros of the order of knighthood that he wears, is valued at four millions sierling. He lent a head ornament to one of the saints, which was bound round the forehead of his image, composed of diamonds, one which was worth . 1,000,000. But he has a multitude of diamonds, and one that surpasses all others ever et known. It
was iounti in tjrazil in l4b. is ot Me
during the day Ids horse reached heme without his rider, which alarmed the famalv. Towards night, several neihbors were collected, who went in search of him. Searching some time in vain, they blew a horn, and were answt r d by the howling of a dog. Thev soon reached the spot, where they found the faithful and sagacious animal sitting by the dead body of his master. They found that he came to his death by the discharge of his own musket, which was lying at his side; and at first it was sup
posed that he had been thrown from his
500.
File following statement ofthe largest
diamonds known in Fnrono. will show
The oath of allegiance to Contnntme,;tie touiparatu 0 ,izo of t(iat' in po,,c5 the new emperor, ol liuia was admii,is-uiuu oftht, k- oj pur(ufr;iL
flit! w 1 1 H I 1 r ii ' 1 I Ti nftn- u Al.rli: I
1 horse, and that the gun had been tired m lhbOvcarats, tr 12 1-2 oz. 1 rov weniht.' , 7r. 0 ,,,, ' 1 , " 1 ;the act. .Mr. kins wa? a man ol nro1 he Portuguese lapidaries value it at t 11 , fi ' -r 1 , -,, .... i i i i- 1 1 ertv, and has lett a w lie and tour chilu200 millions sterling but the English ' . , t , .. , , ., , ,v . , .. 4l , . ro iie.t, to lament his untimely death, and Dutch think it worth 01v oo,i
rent charges! The king has demanded 000,000 dollars of th merchants of Cadiz, as a remuneration for declaring that place a free port. They cannot pay it. Some few articles of value have been fished up from on board the iialleons
The w hole city, with the exception of sunk in Vigo bay. The laborers, w ith a a few streets, was overflown. diving bell, have sanguine hopes of sue-
On the 3rd December the earth sud- CCfS in tne"ir cnterprize
denly opened in the plain of Lev den, and a house was swallowed up. Etforts were immed iately made to save the inhabitants. In the mght, three men were extricated r.vo of them slightly wounded ; the other, a very old man, had his arm fractured. The bridge at Nicnberg gave way while the people were on it to celebrate the arrival of the duke of Anhalt by which nearly 100 persons were drowned or ciushed to death. The new king of Bavaria is spoken of vs a most kind and beneneent ruler, ntuch loved by all. Grcccr. The Egytian fleet consisting af 132 vessels among them a steam -oatbuilC in England, and had on board
Lai
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New
persecutions againt the
T 1 . All
Jews are spoken ot. All commercia
contracts between them and the Christians are to be dissolved a handsome speculation for the Christians no doubt! This is the act ofthe Roman government. Excavations having been made on the site of the ancient city Tusculum, a theatre, streets, city-walls, public baths, statues, See. have been found. Hopes were entertained of further discoveries of the most interesting character. Brazil The frigate Piranga, with which lord Cochrane proceeded to England, has, at. lenght sailed for Rio Janeiro,
tered to tin: members ot the Russian le
Ration, and the principal Russian citizens in London.
For the pu'poe of encouraging the grow th of cotL n in tie isle of Malta, the importation is permitted in England free of dutv.
Alexander being dead, it tne kinr of France is to be
- 1 lu 1 ii 'imniKf f
Prance. seems that spurred or
sovereign- . i man, who to
Emperor of Russia, one King of France, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Gieat Mogul, King of Persia, ot Portugal,
Such is the waste of articles, and so large the number of hangers-on, that
to take tne lean among the i.;,wr r p. , 1
Carats. 105 13G 139 279 493 KG CO
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am.pL-.ui ue ,a ,m oiujc05t him one l!lousand pounds per dav.
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than polities; a g-vd judge of horses and hounds, and ot' things to eat and drink but unlit to wield the sword of .Napoleon or put on the mask of Alexander. Spain. Many captures are made on the coasts bv Colombia vessels they cruise close in upon the shore, and some
times land upon it.
Go-
tain t!
He himself is
and eats m
knife or tori
a great gormandise r.
1
on wim h (iiience, it
gen
lany dishes without the aid oiand T?;omas Collins, n;orspoen,preiernnShis:irhi:id bca detcivcd
Disguise. A girl was taken up on Saturday evening, in the third tier of the New-York Theatre, disguised in men's r!rabp. Th'i ii n rr. i v'b-T.orjnnr. nral
:nnnny. The French papers con-Ycrv ;r.t)t.riv' 0 as manv unpleasant
no. ioumu.ii; uuiuu iitn y eama, ,,ra;,ks painful resi
V 1 . n. ..J. . I
uecemuer o:h i icpo teu, m ouvo such d
higli circles tr.at the colehrateu sir Hudson Lowe has solicited the honor of being presented to the emperor and the archduke, which was refused him. w ith an order not to prolong his stay in the capital.' Why thus treat the miserable tool of Rritain's serv ility to the ia lv alliance V The crature was compelled to obey or-
ults mav jrrov; out
A"ua
1.
Another ascrunt s:iys that the great Moul (ha trend vre.gt.s S'CO orats tb.ttse eTr.pt ror of Iius-iji is 195 T' is wa ore cf ti.e tyes o an Kat In::.n i.'ul it v3 Pto!f r by a Nrvtich soldier, w ho r.hanj:;cd !m rei gi'-n'' that ht ra'!hl v. jrs;:ij iLe k'-d r.t. he wsss'-trir.irSy ve-
iy tit-vft eraii he jj'it hoM i when he erta'pfi w;a r.ci'
the y;;a'3 ej-t t'-r 'A-h:.:h xht
Kidiiapp 'ng. The Mayor of Philadelphia has received a communication from tQ state of Mississippi, stating that a man who calls himstdf Lbenczer F. Johnson, and says that his residence is in Accomae county, Virginia, has been stopped in that state with three black boys and two black women, whom he offered for sale, and the body of a black boy in
his wagon, who had died on the day up-
he was stopped, in consewas supposed, of excessive
beating. He had sold one bov in Alabama, who, with the boys he had with him, and one of the girls claimed to be entitled to freedom. Johnson stated that
he hail purchased them from his brother
and bv whem he
if the blacks were
free. Oae ofthe wemen said her name was Mary Fisher, that she was born free in this state, that she had lived some time in Smyrna and Wilmington, that she was hired near Elktown when she was
stolen, wher.ee she was carried to Joseph
johnsons house, near Cannon's Ferry, where she remained seme time. The boys were all kidnapped in Philadelphia, and the Mayor is employed in collecting testimony to prove their claim to freedom, to be forwarded to Mississippi, fcr the purpose cf procuring their release, and the punishment of Johnson. Del. Gaz. A Haverhill, N- H- Feb. 1, the Therrocmcter wa at i;3 below 0.