Indiana Palladium, Volume 3, Number 35, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 8 September 1827 — Page 1

EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IS NATURE'S PLAN AND FOLLOWING NATURE IS THE MARCH OF MAN. Barlow. Volume III. LAWRENCEBURGII, INDIANA; SATURDAY, SEPTEMBERS, 1827. Number o w

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The following is a copy of the letter written by Mr. Carter Beverly, (familiarly known by the name of the "Fayetteville Letter") which has caused 60 much dis-

turbance among the politicians of the day, and set Gen. Jackson and Mr. Clay in daring attitude. In the Fayetteville, N. C. "Observer' of ----April last, there appeared the following letter----Mashville 8th March, 1827. "I have just returned from general Jackson's. I found a crowd of company with him; seven Virginians were of the number. He gave me a most friendly reception and urged me to stay some days longer with him. He told me this morning, before all the company, in reply to a question I put to him concerning the election of J. Q. Adams for the Presidency, that Mr. Clay's friends made a proposition to his friends that if they would promise, for him, not to put Mr. Adams into the seat of secretary of state, Clay and his friends would in one hour, make him, Jackson, the president. He most indignantly rejected the proposition, and declared he would not compromit himself; and unless most openly and fairly made the president by congress, he would never receive it. He declared that he said to them, he would see the whole earth sink under him, before he would bargain or intrigue for it." EVENTS OF THE REVOLUTION. COMPILED FOR THE BOSTON PATRIOT. ately preceded the American Revolution, and occurred during that glorious era in our history, March 22, 1765 --Stamp act passed by the British Parliament, the first at tempt to tax America without allowing her a representation in the parliament. October, 1765-- First congress con vened at New York, which petitioned for the repeal of the stamp act. March, 17, 1766 --The stamp act repealed, reserving however a right to make laws binding on the colonies in all cases whatsoever. 1767-- Duties levied on teas, paper, glass &c. all of which excepting that on teas, were repealed in 1768. Sept. 30, 1768 --Arrival of the Bitish troops at Boston from Halifax. March 5, 1770-- Boston massacre. Dec. 10, 1773 --Destruction of 340 chests of tea in B ston harbor, by a party of citizens, disguised as Indians. June 1, 1774-- Port of Boston closed by act of parliament. Sept. 4, 1774-- Second congress convened at Philadelphia. Oct. 1774-- After drawing up a memorial to the people of England, recommending to the colonies in discontine all commerce with Great Britain, and ad vising their constituents to a new choice of delegates, to meet on the 10th of May, 1774, the congress dissolved. April 19, 1775-- Battle of Lexington in which the Provincials lost in killed, wounded and missing, 88; the British 273. June 17, 1774--Battle of Bunker Hill. in which the Provincials lost 449; the British 1 155 including 89 officers, and the village of Charlcstown, containing 286 buildings, set on fire by order of the British commander, and entirely consumed. May 20, 1775-Articles of confederation and union agreed on by the colonies. July 2, 1775-- Washington takes the command of the Provincial army. May 10,1775 --Ticonderoga captured by Col. Ethen Ellen and Benedict Arnold. Dec. 1775 --Quebec besieged by Arnold and Montgomery, who had previously conquered Montreal. In a fruitless attempt to take that city by escalade, Montgomery was slain, Dec. 18. March 4, 1776-- Dorchester Heights; fortified by Washington during the night. March 17. 1776-- Boston evacuated: by the British June 29, 1776 --The British squadron under Sir Peter Parker, attacked

Sulhvan's in Charleston habor. S. C.

and were repulsed with the loss of more than 200 men; the Americans lost only- thirty two. July 4, 1776 --Declaration of Independence by congress. Julv 12, 1776 --Lord Howe arrived at Staten Island from Europe, with a formidable squadron, and 30,000 men, chiefly Hessians. August 23, 1776 --Landed with hi3 brother Sir William and 24,000 troops, at Long Island. Aug. 28, 1776 --Battle at Long Island, in which the Americans were beaten,

with the loss of 1000 men, and Lord!

Sterling and Gen. Sullivan captured; British and Hessian loss, 450. Oct. 21, 1776 The American army evacuated New York, and the British entered. October 28, 177G Battle of White Plains, state ofNew Yrk. Nov. 1G, 1776 Foit Washington captured by the British, after loosing 1200 men. Dec. 26, 1776 Washington haviug been constrained to cross the Delaware with the remnant of his army into P". r-. recrossed in the night and fell upon a detachment of 1200 Haians at Trenton, N. J. under Col. Rhal, who was mortally wounded, and 900 of his corp taken prisoners. Dc. 20, 1776 Battle of Princeton, in which Washington was victorious. The British Ion GO killed, and 300 prisoners. The American General Mercer was slain. 1777 Two vessels arrived in the U. States with arms, &c. of which the Americans stood much in need. May, 1777 Col. Meig, with 170 men, made a descent on Long Island in whale boats, destroyed 12 British ves sels, and brought away 99 prisoners, wi'hout losing a man. July, 1777 Lord Percy resigned his command in Rhode Island to G n. Pies colt, who was surprised and captured in bed by Col. Barton and a small party which embarked from Warwick neck and landed on Newport island at mid night. Aug. 1G, 1777 Battle of Bennington, Vt. in which 1500 British regulars and 100 Indians under Col. Baurn, were routed and most of them taken prisoners, and a detachment sent to re-in force him, put to flight by a body of Green Mountain Boys, under Gen. Stark. Sept. 11, 1777 Battle of the Bran dy wine, in which t!ne Americans were defeated, with a loss of 1200 men killed and wounded, among the latter was Gen. La Fayette, dangerously. Sept. 26, 1 777 Philadelphia, the capital of the United States, evacuated by Washington and entered by lord Cornwallis. Oct. 4, 1777 Battle of Germantown, in which the Americans lost 1000 men; the British about 500. Oct. 17, 1777 Gen. Burgoyne after losing 2933 men at Stillwater, and other places, surrendered the remainder of his armv (5752) to the Americans, under Gen. Gates. Dec. 1777 Washington retires into winter quarters at -Valley Forge; most of his troops being without shoes or tents, and sheltering themselves in temporary huts. Feb. 6, 1 773 Treaty of alliance signed between France & the United States, in which our independence is acknowledged. June 18, 1778 The British evacuated Philadelphia. June 28, 1778 Battle of Monmouth, N. J. in which the Americans were victorious. July, 1778 Arrival of the French fleet under admiral D'Estainjr. Nnvemhpr 177ft Savnnnnh ranturnd !,,- T3:t I by the bntsh. t. i--n c -t June, 1779 Expedition from ilassachusetts under Gen. Lovel , which endeu in tne destruction ot the tleet undei j count Saltonstall, and the dispersion of: the army. July o, 1779 -Savannah besieged by

the French tleet under Detain, andj.ave us vivid impresses of the feenKs tl,t

the American army under General Lin coin. Oct. 11, 1779 The besiegers attempted to storm the town of Savannah, and were repulsed with great slaughter, 600 French and 200 Americans killed and wounded, among the latter, count Pulaski, mortally. April 9, 1730 Charleston invested by the British land and naval torces un der Sir Henry Clinton, Surrendered il'V r July 1730 A French squadron under

snuad-hdmiral de Tiernay arrived at Newport,

R I. with 6000 troops under count PvoAugust 15, 1780 Battle of Camden, S. C. in which Gates is defeated by Cornwallis, who took 290 wounded pri soners, artillery, &c. Baron de Kalb mortally wounded. Sept. 22, 1780 Gen. Arnold havinc obtained the command of West Point, opened a correspondence with Clinton, and oflercd to deliver that fortess into their hands. His treason was discover ed by the capture of Major Andre, who had been employed by Clinton to confer with him. October 2, 1780 Arnold escaped

New York, where he received 10,000

and a commission in the British armv, as a reward for his treachery, and Maj. Andre, lamented by all, was executed at Tappan, N. Y. as a spy. Oct. 7, 1780 Battle'of King's Mountain, S. C. in which 200 British were killed and wounded, and 800 taken prisoners. Tne distresses in the American army ab Hit this time became almost insupportable. The officers of the New Jersey line stated in a memorial to their legislature, that four months' pay of a private would not procure a bushel of wheat for his family, and that of a colonel would not find oats for his horse. But the troops were so firm in their attachment to the cause cf their country, although their sufferings were great in the extreme, they refused the offers of bounty made by the British commander. Most of these difficulties arose from the depreciation of the continental money, which in 1780 amounted to two hundred millions, and passed at sixty dollars for one of silver, and afterwards fell to one hundred and fifty for one. January 17, 1781-Battle of the Cowpens, S. C. in which Col. Taileton was defeated bv Gen. Morgan; American los? 72; British 300 killed and wounded, and 500 taken prisoners. March 15, 1781 Battle of Guilford Court Hou-e, in which Gen. Greene was defeated by Cornwallis. . Sept. 8," 1781 The British defeated by Gen. Greene at Eutaw Springs, S. C. with a less on f!uir side of 1 100 men. Oct. 20, i73 ! Lord Cornwallis, with upwards ol 7J00 iroops under his com mand, having taken po?l at Yorktown, was besieged by the combined army under Wasnii.gton and Rochnmbeau, and surrendered the forces under -his command. April 10, 782 Holland acknowledg ed ihe independence of the U. States; ijut seven years after the battle ol Lx n gfnn. July, 1782- Georgia evacuated hy tinBritish; and South Carolina in December. Nov. 30, 1782 Provisional articles of peace signed between the Americai and British commissioners at Paris, h which the Uiiited States were declared by the British king to be free, sovereign and independent. 1783 Sweden and Denmark acknowledged the independence of the United Slates m February, Spain in JM.irch, and Rus.-ia in July. Sept. 3, 1783 Definitive treaty of peace signed at Paris by David Hartley on the party of Great Britain, and by Benjamin Franklin, John Jay and John Adams, on the part of the United Siates. R K VO LU T I O V A K Y HE M I NI S C F. N C R Of throtving the Tea overboard in Boston Harbour, ' These r flections occurred to us, (says th Western Monthly R 'view in an as above,) in cons qaence of m idiy, with a person, and urobb viving on, ivha took a part tea overboard from the Untisl lacour, unaouotediy one ol the measures i i . II r which precipitated the llevolujion. His nam is Joshua VVyetb, a re ative of the ctlbrated , J . ' , , , 1T (John yeth ot (Jaiubridffe, whom every Hnr- . .7 , f 6r ,(r .. , . r ,. . ., . anu i appan. so wen rememners. ne lives . , in this city, is turned of seventv me years, apIII' II 4 I I I III r I I M I : I flM'4 1 I Jllll I IIMI-IIIIIIIIIIIIIU ' cheerfu". although . it is b li'-ved, his circumstances are straightened His simple narrative actuated his fellow townsmen, on the occasion

of the bringing the tea into Boston hwbour.jabsoIufe nec'eMarNews oftbe most interesting character trans-intance8 a pired every day Never was a period so full of brwi. .

rumors and reports which had not yet r - ed the hornble an. bloody interest to u' - ff-iirv Imi Iha t f-jhla I n a natrsAfa tur thai them for the tea table. The patriots saw, that the fair could not resist the seasoning of the ragrant bevrmg', with th discussion of these themes of universal interest, and it was deter irresistible temptation and that it should be' J If U J JUUV. f iu J r C I tu Mill UJUWII 7 . a r rnnncp ( 1 Ihlf I'nnnff men rnt much nown in town, and not liable to cognized, should lead in the bus narrator believes that most ot the persons select ed for the occasion were of them, as was the case with himself living with tory masters He had but a few hours warning, of what was inteoded to be done. The part which be took in the business, is related as follows, and near ly in his own words. I labored, as a journeyman blacksmith, with Western and Gridley blacksmith by trade, and Baptists by profession. Western, at the time, was neutral but afterwards became a tory. Our numbers were between twenty-eight and thirty. Of my associates. 1 only remember the names of Frotbinubam, Mead, Martin and Grant. We were met together one evening. toitalktng o?er the tyranny of the British govern " '

oent, such as the heavy duties, shutting up the! the following morning, on looking over port of Bos'on, the murdering of Mr. Grty'sjhis purchases his wife observed that tiro

fannly. sending people to England for trial, and sundry other acts of oppression. Our indignation was increased by having heard of th arrival of Ibe tea ships at this time. We agreed, that if the tea was landed, the people could not stand the temptation and would certainly buy it. We cine to a sudden determination, to make sure work of it, by throwing it all over board. We firM talk d ot filing the ships, but we fear d, the fire would communicate to the town. We ihen proposd sinking them, but we dropped this proj.ct, through fear that we shoutd alarm the town, before we could get through with it. We had observed that very frw pursons remained on board the three ships, and finally concluded, that we coulJ take possession of them, and discharge the tea into the harbour, without danger or opposition. ' he greatest obj ction to our plan was. that it would tke such a great length of time to carry it through, and n-nder us more liable to detection. We agned. one and all, that we would go on, ht the risk of our lives We procteded to contrive the mode of accomplish mg our business. One of the ships laid at Hancock's whaif. and the other a few p?ces out in the steam, with their warps made fast to the same wharf A b'i-jade of British soldiers was encamped on the common, less than a mile from the wharf. We agreed in order, as much as we might, to prevent ourselves from bt ing discovered, to ivrar ragged clothes, & d.sfigure ourselvea as much as possible. We concluded to meet at an old building at the head of the wharf, and to fall in one after another, as if by accident, so as not to excite suspicion Af'er b7inK pledged our honor, that we would not reveal our secret, we separated . At the appointed time, we all met according to agreement e were dressed to resemble Indians, as much as possible. We had smear ed our f.cs with grease, and soot, or lampblack. We shoutd not have known each otm r, except hy our voices and wr sorely resembled devils fr-n the bottomless pit, rather than men. We placed one sentry at the bead of thft wharf on; in the middle, and one on the bow of each ship, as we took possession. We then proce3ded rapidly to business. We boarded the ship which was moored by the wharf, and the leader! of our company in a very stern and resolute! manner, ordered the captain and crew to open the hatchway and hand us the hoisting tackle r.nd ropes. The captain a?ked us, what we intended to do? The leader told him, that we were going to unload the ships of the tea, and ordered him and the crew below, assuring him, that if they ob yed, no harm was intended them. I hey instantly obeyed, without murmurs or threats. Some of our number jumped into the hold, and passed the chests to the tackle. As the were hoisted on deck, other knocked them open with axes, and others raised them to the railing, anil discharged their contents overboard. All that were not needed for discharging the tea from this ship, went on board the others, and ivarped them in to the wharf, where the same ceremonies ivere repea ted. a at the first ship. While we were unloading, the people collected in great numbers about the whaif. to see what was going on. They crowded hbiut us, so as to be much in our w;y We. paid no attention to them, nor did they say anything to us. They evidently wished us success; fir none of them gave any information against us Our sentries were not! . , , , , , , . , , .. ;,:., nftWPP. Th ivpr :v the , , . . .hry charged, to give us notrce , . . . known tory came down to the in caa any known tory came down to the wharf. But.r ntir m-iin. rtnpnitni'f nn fhr mnri ) our main dependence was oa the rjeceral god .. r., n , will oitbe ppople. , . - . . - -. u r .i mnmpnt tr left mir dressin'fr rnnm W morf - . . ..... .. merry in an under tone, at the idea of making ..I ft . No more words were used, thnn what were! Our most intimate acthe spectators, bad not htA jf eXDedilio0, the least knowledge of us. I never labored

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we began we had discharged the whole three cargoes before morning dawn. It may be supposed, that there was much talk about this business nczt morning. The Inripj rivil. nulifarr anrl ampi rr 4 ii o (rrit caJed be bu3iDeg;diver3 hard n;mei.

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i as the rest. We often talked with the tones about it We were all so close and loyal, that I the whole aff.nr remained in Egyptian darkIness. We used, sometimes, afterwards, to :meet and talk the flir over, never failing to end. by dnnkinj the hearty boys of America for ever1. From the Norfolk Bf.aco:;. Most Horrid Murder, On Thursday l ist, a man named W m. Godfrey, residing at Mount Pleasant, in Norfolkcounty, about 8 miles above the Great Bridge, came to town to purchase some articles for his family, and among them bought a pair of shoes for his wife. On

shoes he had bought for her seemed better suited for winter than summer; but

instantly perceiving that this remark di pleased her husband, who she knew to be very irritable, she refrained from saying any further on the subject. Too much, however, it appears, had already been uttered for his quick and violent temper to brook! A tempest of rage began to rise in his bosom, and after a short silence, it burst forth in direful denunciations against herself, her two children and father and mother, all of whom he vowed he would destroy, and then kill himself. His wife was thrown into great consternation, and knowing the violence of his passions, lost not a moment in saving herself and children from the impending danger, by flight. As soon as he discovered she wa gone ne loaded his musket, and arm d him self further with a k een shot-makers knife. Thus prepared he hastened to the house of his father-in-law, Mr. Jes.e Land, w ho lived within half a mih , ai d meeting with Mrs. Land at the door demanded his wife. Fortunately for her, -he Isad taken a different direction. In vain her mother assured the enraged rr an that her daughter was not there. He was determined to believe the central t, and poured on the old lad a torrent of abuse. Upon thi, Ik r son Gidect Land (about 20 years .f age) came out and begged him to turbear abusing his mother. He w as deaf to all persuasion, and as they followed him a little wa, endeavoring to pacif him, he suddenly cocked his gun. iMrs. Land obstriirg; this took her son round the neck, and was hurrying him it to the house, when, shocking to relate, the monster levelled his gun, and having the old I; dy, with tier son Gideon, and Mr. Land, the father of his wife, all in a line before him, he discharged the piece, and lodged its contents partly in the neck of the son and parity in the right ear and neck of the old lady the elder Mr. Land miiaculously escaping. The mother was living on Saturday, when we last heard from her, th ugh dangerously wounded. The son, (Gideon Land,) died within about two hours, A Coroners Inquest has investigated the case, and after examining the body, and collecting all the information that could be obtained, has pronounced that the deceased came to his death by wounds inflicted by the above named William Godfrey. Immediately after committing the murder, Godfrey made his escape, and had not been apprehended when cur informant left Mount Pleasant on Saturday evening. rnori the evening ckroxicle. COMFOR TS. It has been most satisfactorily proved by the experience of all the Eastern and ;.ferable as a covering to four common i woollen blankets. The cost of this article " csinnru i iuuovs; lvt Purms oi waste, cotton which mav be obtained ar any cotton gin or factory, at I cent per lb. is, Vrl. nnrl ;i hlf rT nniinn r l tl, -r t ij ceni i Quilting like a thin matrass, 25 J.t.. ... . ' 1,05 4 woollen blankets will cost $12,00 Many gentlemen who have made the experiment, assert that one Comfort 13 I worthour or fve blankets, and have aslast winter at Cincinnati with a sheet and I . . rH .t m and one Comfort. This, surely, is of all bed-covering the most agreeable, and the most economical. Let planters furnish their slaves with these cheap Comforts, and thev reserve millions of dollars to nranirp pninvmpnk of miserable, little, thin woollen blankets which are obtained from abroad at an enormous cost. A Comforter. What would be the expense of supplying ten millions of people with Comforts? And what the cost of woollen blankets? The cotton for Comforts can be procured for less than 2 cents per pound. The wool will cost 25 cents. The difference in the expense of manufacturing' immense. During the first six months of the present year, there arrived at the port of N. York 795 vessels, wih 10,191 person?,