Indiana Palladium, Volume 2, Number 26, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 8 July 1826 — Page 2

COMMUMCA TIOjVS.

TO THE EDITORS. THE MILITARY ACADEMY. "The Military Academy has attained a degree of perfection in its discipline and instruction, equal, as is believed, to any institution of its kind in any country." Presidents Message. It is a question with me, whether this perfection, discipline, and instruction will not tend ultimately to the ruin of our happy and great republic. The pupifrwho wishes to become perfect in the science of 'war, or rather of blood and carnage, must habituate himself to the supposed sighs and groans of the unfortunate wretches, whom the historian tells him, have coloured the plains and forests with their hearts" blood. Bona parte like, he will have his ambition lir-j ed from a perusal of Ca?sar s Commentariesand the lives of Plutarch. Nor will he stop here: these only lead him on to modern scenes, where actions are pourtraved, which are sufficient to make a phj hnthroptst weep, not only tears, the?e

nre too -insignificant, but blood, to think jtle pe0pie 0f these United States bethat so many lives have been destroyed :i:VR thrit no nerson hereafter can nossi-

to aggrandize a fool, or epaulet a mad - man. many suppose that the student who repairs to the military academy at West Point, goes there only to be instructed in such evolutions and exercises as are necessary to be learned for milita - ry purposes and advantages. This I ad tmit is part of his business; but I rather suppose if he wishes to excel in the profession of arms, he has other studies to pursue than these. I should expect him to be historically with Suwarrow, at Ismalow, where thirty thousand men, women, and children, were butchered in a few. hours without mercy or forbearance, by Russian soldiers; with Massena, in Switzerland, when the justice of hea ven hurled its vengence on the heads of these same monsters. In short, he must be acquainted with the fields of Blenheim, Crellnden, Hoenlinden, Marengo, Jena, Austcrlitz, Elau, and Waterloo. Perhaps, like old Gasper's grand son, by this time he may inquire, "what they kill each other for?11 but this is uncertain. By the time the student at West Point has learned his exercises, perfected himself in the science of military tactics, and stored his mind with the positions and fates of a thousand armies, his appren ticeship of human woes and difficulties, will have ended; and what then? he is now a workman where "iron carnage stalks around 11 and hf wants emnlnv7 - - meat, tie has a desire to hear the roll of the drum and the sound of the trumpet, and to be summoned to the tented fit! J. His feelings from the nature of his studies, may have become hardened, and the sight of a mother, wife, sister, or devoted maid, with her arms entwined around the neck of the victim of fell ambition, does not alfect him. Yes, war, where thousands never rind a grave,1 hut lay bleaching on the plain, has been his only study. lie has read of a Ca?sar, and; wondered to hear of a Bonaparte's being made an emperor of France. Here are two characters for his admiration, and, perhaps, for his example. These men frequently declared in the face of Heaven, that they fought only for their respective countries: and as thev were crying out injured country, dukedoms and principalities were created, while they decorated their own temples, with diadems, at the expanse of the liberties of two brave and independent nations. Crcsar did not want for academical in structions, it may be presumed; and,

without any surmising whatever, we allhintil the country shall swarm with mill-

know that Bonaparte was a military j school graduate. The question now is, what are we to expect from those youths, who have received military instructions at West

Point? -Generals and inferior employ-' command our armies, and there to havcjmcnn and the pc:opie of the U States! place in preference to all other persons bo intuccd to pay for the whistle in the'

..aic:vc... av. ko. , i3.oAn, oamcs, Scott, or even a Washington, must give way to a beardless proficient, wiio has . . i r i ..... r uuumieu some jew credentials irom a ii.i ii.ir) insuucior. j By means of this wise plainn-d hope of

jMuonai preservauon, (as it lias bcen!near the dwelling of Air. Joel Vaughn.

.. ..e.u j us pio noiers; mere are upi u.. :i ; . - y ..aim uoiidis uinwn ,c uauuu.u treasury annually., .uw.u.ome sum; nui view the amount for fifty years, and then! wonder what were the sums expended for the military tuition of V ashington,; u Ul' " ij"t-,;uor-an, ruinam.ccc. all of famed Revolutionary memory. The fatigues and dangers of a camp, and the love of duty, which they knew would emancipate a world from British oppression, taught them more than they could have been taught, within the walls of an academy, for half a century. The Americans are emulous of glory and reputation. They have robbed vie tory of its chains & conquest of its blood. When thev have irone forth n Und their wive-, children, firesides, and inestimable liberties, the prediction has been verified which declares, that military reriou'n is obtained and perfected throng a Harvest ot toil and a bounty ot fortune. "Courage and enthusiasm are the traits of character mostconspicuous in a freeman ; when these have (he mastery, the ene-

my will beaten, whether the officers be West Post students or not. I have called the ruin of our happy country in question, and what now ? According to the constitutions of the several states,' the privilege to commission officers to command the militia is invested in the several executive departments

thereof, and the sovereignty of the states must be held sacred. The time may come, when some aspiring heads and dishonest hearts (in congress assembled) will privilege the executive of the Uni ted States to take the commissioning of the militia officers in his own hands, and bestow them on gradutes from AVest Point. This once effected and we are undone forever. An ambitious President would then have officers of his own

choosing; and having these placed over'of happiness, had in no wise derogated

the militia forces of our country, his will 'from the noble principles laid down as'tom house to the mills, they had planted could then be done. And again, these ja golden rule by their ever to be remem-j their cannon there, and from behind thi gentlemen officers, while engaged in jbered fathers. The Declaration of In-, rampart kept up a brisk lire upon the teaching military evolutions, must have jdependence, which was read, we arejencmy's troops. On both sides the batsome support; perhaps this may be ob-i'all well acquainted with; but it alwavsjtle was obstinate and tenille; but the taincd from their respective command? Jgives a zest to the subject, when we see j resistance of the inhabitants and the As to facts, it appears that there is a jit in complete accordance with the semi-jgarrison was inti ipid,and the carnage of design, moved and seconded, to make ments of the audience. The oration the Egyptians, commanded by Ibrahim in

'Dy defend our country, unless he has

stiidied for a time at least within thejour liberties, both in a moral, political, walls of a military academy. Svstem,i'and religious riew are in no danger.

tit is expected, will do every thing these jdays, and without it there is nothing, ac - !ronjjr,g to many assertions, to be accomplished. Fifty years ago, our fathers measured swords with the imperious court of St. James; and at York town, in Virginia, Cornwallis and his whole army capitulated to the American for ces, and the British Lion was placed at the feet of the sons of Liberty. This was not elFected however, until every page of Cochorn and De Vauban was consulted for the plans of assault and defence. But the hope of our chieftain was in high heaven, and his charge the independence of his country. Can we ever apprehend more than was feared in those days? From what quarter are we to be mistrustful of danger? Not from the east, for Rogers, Bainbridge, and Hull, command our fleets, and the enemy has already been beaten oil his own clement too. Not from the south, because a flag whose motto was "victory," has been furled in despair and chagrin, in the neighborhood of New Orleans. As to the west and north, circumstances replete with the greatest consequences, must ask, what is to come from these points of the compass ? I think a reflecting mind might hazard a conjecture, that before many years there will be nothing to be feared from thence. Louisiana and the Floridas have been acquired, by fair and honorable purchases, and why not the Canadas and Noya Scotia? Britain (great as she considers herself) may he j compelled to take, some day, a few mil lions of dollars for her possessions in North America. Her fi -lncial embarrassments are now beyond all calcula tion, and they are becoming worse daily. There will be a winding up of this great national concern one day. And that dasis not as remote as many may suppose it to be; when that period arrives, some or all of her colonies must go. And who knows hut the lot may fall upon the Ca nadas with the rest. 1 herefore, I should i suppose, a military academy, supported 1 from the fear of an enemy's once ruining our country, is not good economy; niether docs it favor any thing of sound policy. There is more certainty in buying a country than in fighting for if. I think these apprehensions are only held forth, that the neonle may not enmnh'in. (ary students, and then, if they should make a stir, it may become a fatal stir to them. Then there mav be another army stationed at Harper's Ferry, or at nmr mnm ntrnl nnifirm. wJirrr rr I i. I end. Mouxtaineer. Dearborn county, QGth June 1826. CELEBRATIOX. Agreeably to former arrangements, the citizens of Manchester convened in Manchester, on the 4th inst. with the -o o z 7

laudable view of celebrating the anni-'As

versary of the ever memorable and augpicious day wnicn cave hirth t0 the fj. berty 0f millions in this western hemisinii - ro - u - lm nnr th ,i;r,.; o.'i blessing of a wise Providence have, to the confusion of their enemies; to the as the confusion oft tonishment of the world; and to the barlesque of Britain, rose to maturity se-j cured their rights and privileges and gained and established their indendence in those once inhospitable and savage wiles but no:c pecitic, cultivated, fertile and happy region and garden of America on such an occasion, the citi zens of Manchester were truly happy to meet with a number of gentlemen from diiterent parts of the county. After a procession was formed, and a number of appropriate tosts were delivered, with the discharge of artillery the procession was escorted by music, to a beautiful grove of lofty "sugar trees, where a free dinner was prepared and served up consisting of the various productions of our own luxurant soil and al-

tfioiigrr the day was rainy and rr.anyj were kept at home in consequence there were present that took dinner 575 persons; and we are happy to state, that no accident occurred during the transactions of the day. Manchester tozcnshipi July 5, 1326. FOURTH OF JULY. Messrs. Editors One half century of time has rolled awav since that momen

tous clay which drew the line between the domination of tyrants and the selfjrovcrnment of mankind. It is with much pleasure I yesterday observed that the sons of the men, who had dared to raise their arm in defence of: those inestimable blessings life, libertv. and their concomitent, the pursuit - 7 i was handsomely delivered; and so long as the sentiments contained in it meet !the approbation of the American people j The young girls formed in procession, , handsomely and uniformly dressed, each carrying a standard, representing n state,:

auacu mucn 10 ine oeauiy or ine scene. jsiae nau me same iaie. inramm reReclusc of the Vullaj. Jceived in the battle a mortal wound. ,lt was at that very moment that the FOREIGJV JYEiVS. -arrival of Fabvier, Botzaris,.Gouras and From London papers to the 5th of May,'Karaiskaki was announced, with about received hy the ship Brighton, arrived 8,000 men, regular and irregular. A at New York on the lOt.'i inst. jevrps of Turkish troops, under the comA large subscription has been madejmand of Mehemet Rcdchid Pacha, was in London to relieve the manufacturers. (immediately directed against them:

Among i ue sunscnoers e i rince Leopold, i'500, Lord Soudes,500; the B.mk 4 ... -i l : I II :

of England, 100; west India planters ii.;made prisoner.

London, 500; Duke of Dovenshire, 500; Earl of Darlington, 1000; DukeofGiosvenor, 200; Duke of Wellington, 300; Duke of Northumberland, 1000. A very large sum was subscribed at: the meeting held at the London Tavern. on the 2d of Mav, for the relief or the s manufacturers. Among the subscribers,! was the King of England, 2000; Mar qus of Stafford, 1000; Sir Robert Peel, 500; Lord Ch ancellor, 200; Mr. Can

ning, 100; Chancellor of tlie Exchequerjtotal want of provisions, and the failure 100; Mr. Huskisson, 100; Lord Liver-of the Greek fleet, under Admiral Maiupool, 200;Lord llarrowb, 200; Lord his, to throw supplies into the town, deBenley, 100; Stationers' company, 50; termintd to leave the place. A sortie IVorietor? of the Courier, 1M ; New whs accordingly made by 800 men, unTimes, 10 10; Editor of the Observer, der two chieftains, with the hope to gain

10 10: British (Joserver, 10 10; Sunday Monitor, 5 5. Manchester. The latest intelligence says, things had become more quiet. The intelligence that large sums had been raised for the relief of the distres scd, and the assemblage of troops had the effect to quiet and disperse the mobs in all directions. Dudley. A letter dated May 3, says, in consequence of the Nail-Masters having lowered the wages, symptoms of discontent had been manifested in the nborhood of CraJley and Lye-Waste. The yeoman cavalry were ordered out. Bradford. An attempt was made to destroy Messrs. Horslall s mill. The civil authority was insufficient to pre vent the mob from mischief, when two troops of the Yorkshire Hussars were ordered out. After wounding twelve or fourteen persons, order was restored. Letters from Leeds mention that there had been an assemblage of persons, but they had dispersed. Some inclination was shown to commit deperdations on several factories, but the mob found they were well protected by soldiers, and did not attempt any mischief. Let ters from Blackburn, dated the third of Mil V. St: tf t t t f IP town i rnnro t rn n I Nearly all the power-looms had been destroyed, and there was no longer anv particular motive to detain therioters. as few who committed depredations be longed to town. Many of the rioters had been taken. The writer states, that in the course of the pat week, 13,233 individuals, principally weavers, had been relieved with oatmeal. Glasgow. Great distress was begming to be felt among the hand-weavers, late as the 28th of Anril. they had conducted themselves in an orderly ' J manner. They are palled at seeii the price of grain advancing, while their families are pitting with hunger. Affairs of Greece. The London Cou- - rier of May 3, states that the Pans pa- - pers of Sunday and Monday contain inpe telligence from Greece of so private a character, that its authenticity cannot be doubted; according to which Missolonghi had succession) withstood the attacks of the Egyptians under Ibrahim Pacha. The account of the death ot Ibrahim Pacha had been officially received at Corfu, from Prevesa, on the 4th of April. Three Tartars had been despatched to the latter place for surgeons, but before they could return with medical aid, this celebrated chieftain expired. The news is said to have been confirmed under dates from Leghorn, Corfu, Gante, Trieste, Rome, Ancona, itc. Letters from Ancona, dated. 15th April, mention Admiral Maiulua had sue-'

cceded in again provisioning Mi?0i0Tighi, and the Greeks had retaken Vassiladi. Corfu, April 3. Ibrahim, in the last attack, had combined all his preparations in a manner which promised decissive success. A considerable force was ordered to advance on land, while 200 boats and small craft, with 3,000 men on board, were to attack on the sea side. An attack on this point at first succeeded, and the Egyptian troops, after having surmounted all obstacles that the nature of the ground presented, penetrated to the custom house. But, on the other hand, the Greeks had pre-

pared every thine: to receive the enemy courageously. Intrenched themselves behind a lonrr liue of hogsheads tilled ; with sand, which extended from the c ui pel son, so frightful, that they were at length compelled to retreat in disorder; ,jhe massacre was dreadful; part of the boats fell a prey to the flames, and the ! ! troops on board perished in the fire. Se;veral others run aground. Scarcely ; 500 men escaped, on the sea, this terrible disaster. The troops on the land but it was surrounded and destroyed, and Mehemet Rcdchid, the commander, Liverpool, 20th May. GREECE. Full of Misso'otighi. We lament to Mate that dispatches were on Mondav received at the Colonial Office, from the Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Isles, announcing that the fate of the long-defended fortress of Missolonghi was tin. illy decided on the night of the 22d and 23d ult. It appears that the garri son, having hecome desperate from the possession of one of the batteries upon the sea shoie, wh ich was defended by a large body of the Arabs; and the town was partialh set on tire at the same time, with the view of diverting the attention of the besiegers. It was hoped, that, by thi?aifaek, a way would he opened for the remainder of the garrison; but this plan had been foreseen by the Turks, arid their posts were so strongly reinforced, from which thev kept up a tremendous fire, that the Greeks attempted in vain to force a passage, by carrying the battery; the hod led by two chieftains dispersed, and endeavored to save themselves by gaining the mountains. They then poured into the town, and put to the sword, or made prisoners, all who opposed them. The loss sustained by the Turks on this occasion is not reported ; hut the obstinacy of the conflict may be estimated by the fact, that although between 2000 and 30C0 Greeks perished in town, a id at the foot of the mountain, only 150 are reported to have been taken alive. Of the women and children a considerable number are said to have destroyed themselves, or to have been drowned in the ditches adjoining the town; but above 3000 of this description have been returned as prisoners. The alarm caused by the dispersion was quickly communicated to those who were to follow in the hazardous enterprise, and they sought shelter in the most tenable places near the town. In the midst of the confusion, the Turkish troops rushed on from the sea and land side, and took possession of the fortifications, to which they set fire. It! does not appear that Ibrahim Pacha va wounded, r as had before been stated. He had. on the 2d of AnriL nflVrP.l tnm, to the tmvn, engaging that the iivesof the 7 r i - inhabitants should be spared, and that i they should be at liberty to proceed; to any part of the Turkish dominions; but these proposals were rejected. LATEST FROM MEXICO. The editor of the National Gazette has received a file of the .Mexican paper, El Sol down to 1-lth ultimo. No events of consequence had occurred in the Mexican Union. El Sol contains a translation with notes of President Adam's message to the House of Representatives, concerning the Congress of Panama. In relation to that Congress, we remark the following transaction in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, on the 18th April. "Sir Gonzales Angulo said I have the honor to inform the House on the part of Mr. Poiiisctt, Minister to the U. States of the North, that despatches from his Government reached him last night, containing information that, con forma-

hj to a resolution of the Congress ot those States, deputies had been appointed to the Congress of Panama. This intelligence appears to be worthy the attentfon of the Chamber, because it is now seen, by an uncontrovertible fact, that the United States are our friend?, and that the American Confederation, being strengthened by the concurrence

and interest of so powerful and respectajblea People, the attempts which imporjtant Spain, or the ambitious league oY Europe n despots may make to reduce 'us to tie Spanish yoke, arc rendered more impossible.' uThe President, or Speaker of the Chamber, directed that the matter should be entered in the Journal of the Chamber, with the addition that it had been heard with satisfaction' ! The worlhv Sir.i.vxri'ocommitted, he w!ever, a milakc in communicating the. intelligence as from the American Minister, to the chamber. lie happened lo ;ca!l on Mr. Poinsett, just as the latter ihad opened the papers, announcing the deciMon of our Senate, in favor ot the I Panama Mission. Mr. P. related the event to him. observ ing at the same time, . . . . . 7 o that it might be mentioned to the friends of this country, in the Chamber, to whom it would afford pleasure. No public or formal communication was intended: but what occurred was petu lantly noticed in the Sim, a print unfriendly to the Minister and the United States. On the 27th of April, a debate look place in the chamber, touching the a!n t unt of salary to be voted for the Mt xican legation to Panama. The Executive branch of the Government wished ten thousand dollars to be appropriated for each of the envoys; a committee of the Chamber reported that eight thousand would sullice. It was decided by the Chamber that the former sum should he, allowed, with 4000 for the Secretary ot the Le gation, and 1200 to the clerks, or Sv;; i! es. Some of the considerations urged hv the Secretary of Foreign Affairs may be noted. He remarked, that, if the Mexican Minister at Washington received about .$8000 per annum, there was no analogy between Washington and Panama, because the latter was so dear a country, that a man could scarcely maintain himself properly with seven dollars a day, all provisions being very high; and, moreover, it was a country very much subject to epidemic disease, and consequently, a man who, in a state of health, might exactly limit his expenses, becoming sick, could not regulate them at all, because his cure must occasion various charges. Let our commissioners brace their nerves and fill their purse. SVat. Gaz. ' Amu Ft 11 Lit" notice is herein given, lhat 1 shall tipose to sate at public vendue, at the house of John Jackson in the neighborhood of Georgetown, Denrhcrn County, on Satuidjy ths lj9th insunt, all the property cithe late John II, Jackson ; tonsisiing ot a ji-ke ol steers, u quantity ot hogs, a tow, tad sundry articles of household furniture, bale to commence at 10 o'clct on that I also ht rrby notify all persons indebted to the es'a, to mfke immediate pameist and those holding claims agninst thr deceased to present 'htm to .he undci signed properly authenticated for settlement, a the said estate ukl be insolvent. ENOLH W. JACKSON, A dm r. Julv 5, 1S26. 27 3-w XtlUSEUXftIOF FOREIGN LITERATURE A. YD SCIEA'CE, Is just puC'h.-ltcd by E. J. IT TEL L, PUIL.5DEL PUf.9. Th? subscription is 6 a year, patatle in ad vance It will he sent to any part ot the United Stat-s, hy nihil, upon a payment ot five dollars, on acouia, bein received by the publisher. Contciits of S'c. O.for Mcy. Portrait of Jurats M.disorv. I. Itatutin'a Memoirs. From the Retrospective Ueview. 2 Josephine. From the New Monthly Magazine. 3. Adventures of a young Rifleman. From the Lnrdon Magazine. 4 l!vueli' Irvnsctions for Foreign Travel. Fn fv. h M- i ii ! tctive Tlcview. 5. Dr. Mm:,:; l.i.Mtra Jouir.ey to Paris. Frora the s..r..6. My Au.-ii. 'Voule- Frcm the New Monthly 7. Lieut. V.en. Sir Richard Church's Personal Narrative ot" the Ht volution at Palermo, in the "War 1320. Fiom the Monthly Magazine. 8. Starlil t. Frt-m the New Monthly ;giz.ne, 9 Cradotk's Literary and MisvtlUneolis Menvv.rs. From the Monthly Review. 10. Busbequius's Travtls. From the Retrospective Iu vk r. II. Tht K-rly Life ar.d Education of Counselb ()' I) . Fiom the London Magazine. 12. Lines. Ftom the Metropolitan Magazine. 13 Water ton's Wanderings m Soir.h An.erica. From the London Mag.zine. 14. Walks in Home ard its En?ircn3- From the New Monthly Magazine. 15. To . From the Metropolitan Magazine. lf. On the Choice and Management of a Razor. From the Technical Repository. 17. Jltitcellanems Selections. Destruction of E'ms Antiquities of St. Augustine s Monastery Chain Bridge over the Menai Ferry Original Persian Lttters HaberUahcrs. 1H. Literary Intelligence. lVag Jargal Llgard's History ot F.ngland-Eoscat ini, or the Patrician ot Venice Moscow Persian Dictionary Continental Adventuies The Martyr, a Drnma Smnr.t r's Evidences of Christianity Pro. blemede IT'sprit 1'umain Annals of the Hou: cf Brunswu k -Rirhelif u, cr the Broken lliu: New Lwtin Crammar' Oriental Literature Turkish Poetry Woodstock, by the auiLu: v . Waverlv.