Indiana Palladium, Volume 5, Number 39, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 3 October 1829 — Page 2

t'rcta NileS Register FOREIGN NEWS. EUROPE. The arrivals from Eu rope briobut little news' of importance. The sieges of Rutschuck and Giurgevo were to commeuce immediately, part of the army of operation at Sihstria had marched in that direction. A corps of observation of 30,000 men remained before Choumia, and general Diebitscb was making preparations to advance on Adrianople. The reinforcements on their march had orders to rendezvous with all speed at Bazardschik. A Russian and Turkish commissioner had an interview in the camp at Choumla, to understand each other as to the negotiation?, which it was proposed to open. Russia, it was said, proposes as a basis to open the treaty of Ackrfrman, and an indemnity, to be subsequently discussed, for the expenses of the war. it was doubted at Constantinople, whether the porte would nominate comtniseioners, until all the conditions proposed by Russia were positively known. Tne porte was by no means disheartened. A party of French prisoners who fell into the hands of the Bedouin?, in the last engagement on the coast, have been mercilessly massacred and their heads carried to Algiers. The dey has endeavored to mitigate this barbarous mode of warfare, by offering 200 piastres for prisoners, and 100 for the heads of his enemies. . COLOMBIA A. YD PERU. On the first of May Guayaquil was in the hands of the Peruvians, under gen. Nicochea, who had about 2500 soldiers. Gen. Lamar was at Puira, but soon expected at Guayaquil. Bolivar was at Quito with 500 men it was thought lie would go to Lima, after the treaty of larqui was broken by the Peruvians, and make the capital suffer for it. A revolution was looked for, says a later account, and it was expected the prohibitory laws would be repealed. Gen. Salazar, the vice-president of Peru, was taking active measures for the in crease of the army and for supplying it with arms, ammunition,horses and mules. The government bad resumed, with spirit, the working of the mines,and the papers say steam machies for hoisting out the water, &c. had been conveyed to the mining region. One of the papers in quoting that part of Mr. Adam's last message in which he says, that the aspect of the South American states wa3 one of approaching rather than established tranquility, makes this observation "Mr. Adams does us too much honor; tranquility instead of approaching, is every day Hying more pre cipitately from the unhappy soil of America!:7 The above is not so late as the advices in the ''Register" of last week; but it is probable the capture of Guayaquil was eilected onthe last of June or first of July. The election has just closed in Chili; Pinte is re-elected president, with the congratulations of every peaceable, well disposed person. II is said to bo ver) favorable to making Valparaiso the Gibraltar of the Pacific, by lessenirg the duties, storage, port charges, and doing away the transit duty. MEXICO.--The Spanish force which landed at. Cabo Rosso, and took possession of Tampico, amounted to about 3,000 me, many of whom are said to be negroes and mulattos. There were but 500 Mexican troops in Tampico at the time of their landing, 300 of whom made some resistance while they were crossing the bar, in which the Spaniards lost about sixty in killed and wounded, principally officers, and the Mexicans about 15 wounded. On the 5th cfAugustra party ol titty went out to explore, and were nearly cut to pieces; a captain and three soldiers being taken alive. The Mexican troops are marching toward Tampico in great numbers, and were incited to repel the invaders by the most spirited proclamations. It is said the Spaniards had lost a great number of men by sickness. The rumor in our last, that four hundred mounted troops bad gene over to the invaders, is unfounded. Up to the latest dates alt neutral houses and property had been respected ; but before the Mexicans retired they obliged all the merchants of Tampico to deliver up the bills of lading of moneys received by them in the last conducta from San Luis, and insisted on the delivery of the amount to be sent into the interior, which was effected, notwithstanding the remonstrances made by the American, british and French consuls to tbe contrary, by threats of carrying that measure into meet oy means ol an arm ed toree. Anoth - "j vmmo vi uu uiur er expedition of -3000 gat Havana, to sail in tnen was preparing a short time. A motion in the Mexican senate to give Mr. Poinsett his passports to return to bis country was lost. A motion loclohe the executive, with extraordinary powers for five months, was lost in the senate ayes 21 noes 30. Commodore Porter was said to be under rrest at Mexico. The embargo was raised . VeraCiuz on the '31st July, but was a tin established on the 1st of August, ai ontinued until the 14th.

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A list cf Spaniards U published whe have taken part with the expedition, after having been expelled from Mexico. The president delivered a speech at the extra session of the congress,in which he states that on the 23d June he issued a notice to all the 'departments of the anticipated invasion, and treat3 it with great contempt. An order was issued on the 7th by the Gete lnterino of the canton of Vera Cruz, commanding all the Spaniards resident in towns, villages, and other places, to retire 25 leagues in the interior,

according to the provisions of the law dated 20lh March, 1329, in case of a foreign invasion. The Red Sea Mr. Madden a late traveller in Syria, and Egypt, says "One of my first objects at Suez was to asceitain if the sea was fordable opposite the town at ebb tide. All, whom I asked assured me of the contrary. I inquired for an Indian sailor, who wished to earn a dollar by crossing the gulf. At eight in the evening a man came to me, and offered to make the attempt. I directed him to walk straight across, as far as ii was possible to do so,&. to hold his hand? over his head as he walked along. He was in the water forthwith ; he proceeded slowly and steadily, his hands above his head, and in nine minutes he was on the other side of the Red Sea, On his return, he told me what I knew to be a fact, that he walked every step across the deepest part being about the middle of the gulf, where the water was up to his chin. I proceeded now to follow his course, and gave him another dollar to cross oyer before me, and as 1 was about eight inches taller than my guide, where his chin was in the water, my long beard was quite dry. The tide was now coming in fast, and by the time we reached the middle of the sea, my Indian thought it imprudent to proceed further, as 1 was not an expert swimmer. Had we remained ten minutes longer, we should inevitably have shared Pharoah's fate; for the opposite bank was perceptibly diminishing; and at ten o'clock the sea, which two hours before was hardly more than the breadth of the Thames ai London bridge, was from two to three miles broad: the difference between the ebb and flow I ascertained to be six feet two inches." Mr. Madden goes on to say, that he is the only European who had walked across: in which he is mistaken. Napoleon and some French oflicers crossed the Red Sea higher, and very nar rowly escaped drowning on their return. A Man of War. There does not perhaps exisla more prodigious and wonderful combination of human iudustrv than is visible on board a first ra te man of war. A vessel containing 1,000 men, and a 100 pieces of heavy ordnancey and bear ing them safely to distant shores. In twenty-four hours a man consumes about eight pounds of soiids and fluid, consequently 8,000 lbs. provision are required daily in such a ship. Three months then, require that she be laden with 720,000 lbs. of provision. A -12 pounder weighs 6,100 lbt. 30 of these are generally on board a ship of 100 guns, the weight of which exclusive of carriages, amount to 183,000 lbs.; 30 twenty-four pounders on the 2d deck, each weighing 5,100 lbs. all weighing 153,000 lb?.; on the lower deck 28 twelve pounders, amounts to 75.400 lbs.: on the upper deck 14 six pounders to about 26,000 lbs.; besides on the fosnd tops 3 pounders and swivels. If to this, we add, that the complete charge of a 42 pounder weighs about 64 lbs. and that a hundred charges to each gun are required, we shall find this to amount nearly to the same weight as the guns themselves. Against exigencies, every ship must have another set of sails, cables, cordage and tacklings, which altogether, amount to a considerable weight. The stores also of plank, pitch, and tow; surgeons aud sailors chests, small arms, &c. make no inconsiderable load: to which we must add the weight of the crew, so that one of these large ships carries at least 2,1 52 tons burden, or 4,324,000 lbs. ; and at the same time, is steered and governed with as much ease as the smallest boat. This is the description of a first rate man of war in the last century, since which the wonder has grown. An important operation. We learn by the New York Medical and Physical Journal, for July, that Dr. Abner Horton, has succeeded ia forming an artificial eyelid for a black boy. This important operation was performed in a short 1 lime; and in a few days afterwards the

I j . ii ii r1 D,y a 3 vei7 s,gnlIy eye, answering aU'fice shut up for a week, in consequence e purposes of a natural one. Thebatlofj0f SOme trifling omission in Dr. Canby's

uie eye uau uccn guicu uy an OX, and several attempts had been made to unite

or restore the detached eyelid by otherjbeins pursued ; thereby detaining manv

physicians, which all proved abortive. A good day's work. The Fayetteville Observer savs. Miss Ann Davis, of Bladen

county, during one day in the month ofifaken place It is therefore presumed it!

July, wove twenty seven yards of good couon cioin, in a common loom. II any of the Ladies in our county can beat this, we should take pleasure in making it known. JY. C Star. ,

Tlid following permanent remarks fire from the Worcester, Massachusetts,

Republican. ROTATION W OFFICE. Itisa fundamental Sz, salutary. principle in our constitution, that gives the people the power of holding elections and making frequent changes in their public servants. It provides a corrective for every abuse that may occur in the body politic from incompetency or unftrithfulnessin the public functionaries, and guarantees a never failing safeguard, that will preserve the purity, strength and duration of our Republican Government. The doctrine that "men enter upon public employments with thejmplied understanding that they shall be retrained as long as they shall continue to discharge their duties to the public' apparently with honesty, fidelity and ability, is a dangerous one. We say apparently, for this is all that can be known of many officers under the general government, until an investigation into their official conduit has taken place; and this under present circumstances cannot well be effected while the old incumbent remains in office. It is dangerous because it throws effi the restraints which arise fiom the knowledge that the tenure of offce is un certain, and that a severe scrutiny will be instituted into the omcialacts of the in cumbent by his successor. It is perni cious, because it has a direct influence to lead to a loose exercise of power, to negligence, defalcation and speculation. Let such doctrine once be established, and it will hold out inducements for public servants to become neglectful of their trusts, and in many cases to commit the grossest abuses it is in accordance with the spirit our constitutions mat mere snouiu ue a check to influence the conduct of every person in power. And it it is conducive ot the well being of government that those who enjoy the highest oflices in the gift of the people, whose acts are open to the inspection of the w hole community, if in such cases, it is considered that changes should be made once in four or eight ye irs, why not much more in the subor dinate oflicers, where concealment of malpractices is much easier to be effected Why then should it be thought persecution to remove from office persons who have executed their trust with fidelity, so long as there are others who will serve the public with no less zeal and fidelitv? So vital a principle is rotation in ofrice, that it can in no instance be dispen sed with, where there is danger of fraud or any other abuse from concealment. Those officers whose acts and doings arc all spread before the public, can never wantonly usurp or abuse the power entrusted to their hands without exposing, themselves to the displeasure or indignation of the community. But it is not so with clerks and agents of the departments and farmers of the revenue. Thev may misuse their power and escape detection. And if it is once established that they shall hold their posts till they are exposed in some malpractice in office, it w ill often so happen that unworthy men wiil creep into office who wnl corrupt the channels ot truth and abuse the confidence of the public. JYom the Indianapolis Gazette. Mr. Editor: I notice in the Lxingicn Kentucky Reporter, a letter from Louisville, complaining of the late removals in Indiana, Sl stating that, kthe removal of Mr. Samuel Gwathmey and of a Mr. Whitlock, has caused a good deal of murmuring and dissatif faction, even among Jackson-men." Those two gentlemen have both of them been in office only about tzccnfy years, and should of course be continued for lite, it is but reasonable to suppose that the complaints relative to Mr. Gwathmey would come from Kentucky, where his property and affections have long been placed but the Jackson paper in Louisville 'justifies his removal, and after paying a compliment to Mr. (jwathmey, states that twenty years is quite sufficient length of time for him to remain in office. With regard to Mr. Whitlock the letter writer might probably have alluded to the gentlemanly reception he gave Dr. Canbv, on being introduced to him in Crawbrdsvillc, as a reason fordissatisfac lion, ana some ol the complaints, the impreuiuuu ne uttered, negmning ai jacKson anu his cabinet, down to tne village Post-Master; and feeling for this

gentlernan, is probably cn account ol hiSjconsjcJerations, and tending to have

spiraea conduct m Having the land oersons on expenses who w ished to pur. chase laud, to gratify his revenge for his dismissal. The Louisville letter writer

does not state where the murmuring has;zrn3 ofNew York and the inhabitants of!

is confined to the vicinity of Louisville, as in Indiana, Jackson-men and many of the friends of the late administration arc well pleased with the new appointments. ticf TOBY W ATKINS.

Witchcraft, come again! We have fre-! quentlyread, (says the Western Time-.) that in early times there were witches. Indeed, our pious puritan ancestors have left record evidence in abundance, to prove that they were very troublesome to the good people, even in their day. Dut as Irving, in his authentic history of New York, assures us that every ugly old woman in New England, who was even suspected of holding communion with evil spirits, was killed cflj we did not suppose that such a thing as a witch existed at the present time. A Pennsylvania paper, however, copies the. Indictment in a case that occupied the time of the jury, at Sunbury, Pennsylva nia, at the August Term, 1329, which very much resembles some of the early records of our ancestors, except that it is much more technical. We give the last account of the Indictment "And the inquest aforesaid, on their

oaths and affirmations aforesaid, do fur ther present, That Mr. Harrington, Mr. Downie, Master Downs, Clown Stokes, Mr. Bacon, and Sergeant Andrews, pos sessing the power ol Witchcraft, Conjuration and Sorcery, and being moreover persons of evil and depraved dispositions, and as magical characters having private conference with the spirit of darkness, drd at the borough of Sanbury, in the county aforesaid, on the nineteenth day cf August, in the year aforesaid, expose to the view of divers and very many people ol! this commonwealth, various feats, acts, deeds, exhibitions and performances ol magic, and witchcraft, such as "Grand parade, by the whole stud of Horses," "Young American hanging from his horse," "Leaping over a horse; through hoops, over garters, through a barrel," "Roman attitudes," "Comic stilt dance?," wherein the cloven foot is as palpably disf,wKFying by the whole comparn ,5 "Master Bacon riding on his head," "wonderful somerset from a horse at full speed, by Mr. Downie," "Dropping from the rope and coming to lite," to the great mortif cation Battute "Leaps," 'Vaulting," "Pleasant Prolicks," "Officer and R emit, or Double; Transformation," "Flip flaps," and "Coblers fiolick," to the evil example of all kindred spirits, for the promulgation of the infernal arts, to the great scandal and delusion of the human species, contrary to the ait of 33i Henry the Eighth, to the evil example of all others in like case offending, and

against the peace and dignity of IheU'f a year lie joined himself to a club of

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. AMOS ELLMAKLR, Atfy Gem Texas. Many rumours have been afloat as to a project entertained by the executive to acquire the Mexican province of TsXas, by purchase or in exchange for other lands. The Richmond Enquirer, of Saturday lasi, haa the following paragraph on the subject: ltWe hazard very little in asserting, that when the facts come out, this ad ministration will be found equally vigil ant in watching over the southwestern bor -

der of our country. We have so muchjher child, saddled a horse, and waited confidence in the sagacity and good (calmly for her husband to wake from his

sense,, which now presides over the go vernment, that we shall not be surprised to see, from Ihe public documents, that prompt attention has been paid to the! situation of Mexico. It will be seen by the latest intelligence which was recciv ed last evening, how much the invasion of that republic has attracted the notice of the British government. Has our own administration been loss upon the alert? The statesmen who are at the head of our affairs, are not the men we take them to be, if they have not already pursued the proper steps for obtaining the cession of Texas, even before the able No?, of Americanus saw the light. But nous verrons I"1 The National Intelligencer expres3esi

a decided opinion, that "it has been de-jful account to settle with him. Suspucttermined to obtain possession, by pur-jing her intention he promised umesdchase fr-un Mexico, of the province ofment: but she commenced the work of Texas, embracing a domain of some-1 flagellation with all the strength shething like 300,000 square niiles, west of! could exert; he cried for mercy, and atthe western line of Louisiana," (tempted to exti irate him-df, but hi

Various publications in other papers, especially in those ot Nashville, etronclv indicate that such determination has been formed; and the embarrassed situation of Mexico is urged for the immediate accomplishment of the project. In the present state of this matter, we shall sufl't-r it to rest without further remark than to say that we regard it as pregnant with more important events, (being accomplished,) on the domestic

and foreign relations of the Unitedjtiheation overpowered his love of drink;

slale.t tnau any other that has yet hap-

pened involving many of the most deli-j wife consented to return to his house, catcas well as most important poliiicaliand they have since lived hanpv and af-

Ui-!mieilv influence over the population

and production of the cotton-planting and sugar-making states, on the various relations which exist between the different states, and upon the affairs of the union generally. A7cs. State Rights. A disagreeable collis ion has taken place between certain ciliPerth Amboy,N. J. and its vicinity, as to the right to catch o)sters near the latter place. It appears that the citizens of Amboy have planted, at great expense, a bed of oysters opposite their town and

wiihiu the waters over which the stata'for Europe iu a lew Ja..,.

of New York claims jurisdiction; a that the New York fishermen, amount ing to about 150, armed with rou?kety. Szc. intruded upon the premises, with an intention of making summary work ol the shell fish; when they were met b the Jerseymen, and promptly repulsed, but not until several guns were discharged, which, fortunately, did no injury. The ring-leaders in this affair should be promptly apprehended and punished; and the . heait-burninga which have so lung existed between the paities, settled by a definition of boundary ; a question, wo are sorry to say, w hich is not in the mo?t flattering train for adjustment. Passing near the scene of this contest the other day, we noticed, perhaps, more than 250 men, having 100 smali boats, engaged in catching testers. Fiom the manner of their operations, though we know not to what party they belong

ed, it was evident that the bed was to be totally destroyed. 10. it Whirlwinds, Tornadcas,S,c. Tbe St. Johnsbury, Yt. Herald relates that a whirlwind ct mmenced in Peacham, at i o'clock, P. M. on the 9th ult. As it advanced eastwnrdly , it took down an old bain, twisted eff trees two feet in diameter, took up a boy and carried him ?om&rod;, and then took down a ham on the bank ol'Hirvey's pond in Barnet. Thw air appeared to he full of timber; twosheep and a colt were carried into u pond, together with shingles, hay, 6cc. and a' column of water was raised, fron 100 to 200 feel in the air. It destoyed Mr. Brock's orchard, and unroofed barns and theds. A man was carried 6 or & tods, and struck seveial times in his course by falling timber, and at last was stopped by the fence, much I lised. It is singular that the timber, &c. were car ried north westerly, though the direction ot the whiilwiud was the reverse Where it passed through forests, mora timber fell north and northwest, than in n easterly direction. One zeny to Reform a Husband. The Wc.-tminsler intelligencer relates the story of a lady in the state of New York, who took the following summary means to avenge the frequent insults and injuries she had received frcm her drunken partner. She had married him with a fairprospoct of enjoying compe tency and hu - i;.ess, but in the couisa men y fellow ?, and became a toper. She bore his abuse, and e en blows, for a Ion? time, with no other complaint than her tears ' at at lergth her situation became so intolerable, that she could endure it no longer. She resolved on a desperate expedient; and on his, return ht m his usual haunt of dissipation, just drunk enough to leave him strength sufficient io heat her, she put ht.r plan in execution. As soon as he was fast asleep, ?he sewed him up in a sheet, leav ing him only a small place to breathe. !She ihen packe d up her clothing, di essei slumber. At day-light h iino'fi, aua nnointj me prc Lnent I was in, nouied forth a torrent of curses up on his wife, ordering her torelease him immediately, oi.e more, iook down a, raw hide which he had often exercised upon her own person, ai d approachiii3 the bed with p:-. ;:Vct composure, recounted the injuries she had received the rum he had brought upon himself ai c family, the pa'ifhee with which she had endured her suffering, and even declared thatdic then loved him as her own life "1 ill but she could endure his tyranny r lorurer she was going to her fatnei V house, taking with her nothing hut her V J child and a ft-w article of clothing: before she went, how ever, she hd a pain'arms were too hrmly pinioned, he rolled trom the bed to the floor, r ut his wife kept the whip moving un ii the thought she had pretty well re paid his kndness, when she bid him good morning, tool: up her child, mounted h r horse and rode away. She called at a neighbor'? house, made known the situation of her husband, and requested that, ar a cci tain hour, he might be released, which was accordingly done. Shame and marhe lived sobeily for one year, when hi affectionately together, rearh-i: up a uumeraus and w ell ordered fa mil) : Salztn Register. Remarkable. -The Boston Bulletin says, the mother of the Siamese )mim?, who are connected together at the extremity of the breast here, by an v .-:? ligament, about five int hes in ! :i gih ant! three in breadth, and who are l ow exhibiting in that cilv, hus given bir'h to 17 children twies atfvtrv tin'; t:.re: once, when three hcahhv and nuu hvji u children were Unn. We p", ' an advertisement in the. Br- ; that these youths . ill Ip eh a l.r