Indiana Palladium, Volume 6, Number 3, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 23 January 1830 — Page 3

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LAURENCEBURGII. SATURDAY, J. IK. 23, l'830. By the polite attention of Mr. Book, member of congress from this state, we have been favored with the document?! accompanying the report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicated to congress by the president at the opening of the session; for which he will please accept our thanks. Just at we had sharpened our pen to a hair troke, and was about to say something coo cerniog coogress tbe legislature tbe corporation tbe markets tbe fill of tbe riverthe Michigan road, and that Mr. Serinq, member cf the aenate from J'.rTerson, uniformly voted against its present location and various other subjects, our bead Devil whixpered in our car, in a key below "home-tudde thunder," that there was now a column more set than could be got in the paper; .end that it was publication day! We dropt our pen, and, on hit motion j all the subjects named were post poned till another week. Should it so happen ibat auy of tbe matters and things enuraerted. escape our mind, and our remarks upon them be lost to futurity, the reader must charge it to tbe aforesaid officious spirit. Our readers will no doubt be pleased to hear that, that able jurist, profound statesman, and accomplished gentlem ui, Henry Baldwin, of Pittsburgh, has been appointed by the president, by and with the consent of the senate, associate judge of the supreme court cf the United States, vice Judge Washington, dee'd. The following, from the Washington, Pa. Examiner, will show thp vote of the senate on Mr. Baldwin's nominatiou. Extract to the editor from Washington, da' ted January 7, 1 830. "On Tuesday tbe President nominated Henry Baldwin, Esq. to the Senate, for Judge of the U. S. Supreme Court, and yesterday the nomination was con firmed by a vote of 41 to 2. E. closed are the yeas and nays. The South Carolina senators being alone in the negative. On Mr. Baldwin's nomination: Yeas Barnard, Barton, Bell, Benton, Bibb, Brown, Burnet, Chambers, Chase, Clayton, Dickerson, Dudley, Ellis. Foote, Forsyth, Frelinghuysen, Grund), Holmes, Iredell, Johnson, Kane, King, Knight, Livingston, M'Kinley, M'Lmhh, Marks, Noble, Rubbins, Rowan, Ruggles, S'snford, Seymour, Silsbee, Smith, Md. Sprague, Troup, Webster, White, Willey, Woodbury 41. JVays Hayne and Smith of South Carolina 2. Of the 43 votes, 23 are administration & 20 anti-administration. If the 20 mtiadministration votes had gone with the! South Carolina votes against Mr. Baldwin, it would have defeated his nomination." State Laws. We discover that the subject of the printing &l distribution of! the state laws has been agitated in the legislature. This is a matter of much importance to the people, and one that ought to have been examined into long! since, lne present law regulating toe; printing and distribution of the laws is very deficient. I he session of the legis lature generally closes about the first of February, and the laws passed are not promulgated or distributed through the state until May or June, and in some instances they have not been received at the proper places until as late as July. By this delay the people are deprived ef the benefit of the new laws 4 or 5 mnnf he nnrl r f rnnrcA n rri ilnnrnnainiti with their operations and provisions at the commencement of another session, when they are again brought up, over hauled, amended or repealed, as may be thought best,fo be adoing. It is high time a stop should be put to such child ish and useless expenditure of lime and money, by either giving the people a chance to test the laws before they are patched r repealed, or by having less legislation, i he legislature should, in the first place, allow a liberal price for punting the public work, which would ensure Us prompt execution, and thei require its epeedy distribution. It might just as well be executed and distributed by rhe first of April as first of June. The object in having the public printing done at all, is not to accommodate the printer and fill his pockets, but to benefit the public. If one is not sufficient tr. do the work, with the necessary expedition, divide it; and give the printing ol the Journals and Bills to one, and thi printing of the L iws to another, as is tin practice in other states. This would en sure its speedy execution. While on this subject, we would sug gestfo the legislature, as the most speedy ijudeof promulgalioDlhe propiiety of

authorizing the printers of the different newspapers in this state, to publish the laws so soon as enacted, allowing them a reasonable compensation therefor. The only plausible objection that can be raited to our plan is the expense; which we think the benefits would greatly outweigh. The legislature in attending to the affairs of the public, is not always to be governed by the narrow rule of dol

lars aod cent3 in deciding on on importtut measure, but whether the wants of the people require its adoption it seems to us to savor much of bad management and economy, to expend yearly about $14,000 in making laws, and then, for the small sum of 5 or GOO deny the people the means' of knowing what they are. For it is, indeed, lighting a candle and putting it under a bushel, to hope, by the present system of promulgating the laws, to give tbe public a general idea of those annually put in force. To our suggestion seme may say, why not publish the laws in the newspapers free from charge? True. And why not enact them on the same liberal terms? For the reason, we suppose, that legis lators, like printers, must cat while work ing for the public Grammar Lectures. After a longer delay than was wished, or the importance of the subject justifies, we are enabled to give a portion of the proceed ings had at the closing of a course of Lectures on English Grammar, in this place, on the 25th ult. The very elo quent and pathetic address delivered by the lecturer, Mr. I own, on closing his successful labors with the class, we regret to say, has not been furnished for publication; nor has thesecretary of the committee, appointed to superintend the arrangements for the closing exhibition, been able to procure a copy of Mr. Gregg's remarks on the occasion. The report of the examining committee 6cMr. Pratt's address, are all that have been put in our hands for publication; which we t'jve to the public, hoping that the worthy object of the respectful atteution of the examining committee, will not measure our respect for him by the smatlness of the tribute paid to his exalted worth. Laicrenceburgh, hid. Dec. 25, 1029. We, the committee selected by the class of grammarians, under the instruction of Mr. Town, to witness the improvement they had made under his newmode of instructing in the grammar of the English language by lectures and recitations, do make the following report : That we highly approve of the system of Mr. Town, and esteem it far superior to any other in use ; that it has been most amply tested by the unexampled improvement of the class in this hitherto dry, difficult and abstruse science; that every pledge given by Mr. Town in his introductory lecture has been most amply redeemed. We feel it our duly to Mr. Town, as a teacher and a gentleman, wherever the discharge of his professional duties may lead him, to recommend him to an enlightened public, as a gentleman in the highest degree worthy of patronage. EDWIN G. PRATT, EZEKIEL WALKER, JEHU JOHN. Remarks mad by E. G Trait, esq. on behalf of the committee of examination Ladies and Gentlemen'. I rise with feelings of pleasure, to discharge the du ty which your kindness has imposed on me. After witnessing your examination, and the improvement you have made. mv most sanguine exncctations of tin vcellence of the system when first propos cd by your preceptor, have been more than realized. A few hours have suffired to clear away all obstructions, which have hitherto rendered the science of grammar abstruse and dilficult. Its principles have been explained to the capacity of the most youthful learner and all made plain and easy to his comprehension. The same course of instruction may be applied with equal success to all the other branches of education: and it be comes you to press on the course already so weii commenced. You have but mk entered the vestibule of the temple of science, let not your exertions for a mo mont cease.

A thorough knowledge ofjNew Yoik a few days ago with a gentle-

grammar is a worK oi ume. uur language is a compound of others. The Romans conquered England a few years before the death of Christ, and Ueld possession 500 years. They introduced their language, customs and laws into the country. After the fall of the Roman Empire,the Saxons possessed themselves 1 .! "V 1 of England, engrafting their language and laws upon those of the native, in the eleventh century. The Normans at the battle of Hastings gave new masters to the English soil. The irruptions and settlement of the Danes, under the Srixon kings, assisted in compounding a language, formed at present, from almost every other ever spoken; but more particulai ly of the Latin, Saxon, and Norman. Our language has retained its present form and idiom for about 200 years, b rom its peculiar formation of so many languages, adopting so many of their peculiarities, the form and con-

siruction have been iendereM dii,lcul(,in in the extreme, to tho?e who enter on the study of the English language; but you have made the attempt, and your success should encourage you to pro ceed with vigor. I sincerely hope it is the first dawning of a literary spirit amongst u?. It is truly astonishing, that so complete a neglect of every thing literary and scientific

hould exist amongst the people o! this flourishing village. A place formed by nature & by situation for one of the best in the state; a worthy, intelligent, and most interprizing population; containing near 2000 inhabitants, and )et the only seminary or school house, is an old log building, lon since converted into a corn crib. The love of gold is the grand absorbing principle, nnd to it every thing else must succumb. This examination, which has so completely developed the excellence of the system proposed by Mr. Town, has been passed through, and the exhibition has been made empty walls. Does this show any desire amongst the parents of their bright and promising youth, who have in such a short space of time made such wonderful proficiency, for their future contintinuance in their successful career. The general diffusion of knowledge amongst

the people, is the surest safe guard ofiof Thomas Reed, of Lawrenccburgh

American liberty. When once com pletely enlightened, they cannot be du!ped by demagogues,or lose their liberties through ignorance and barbarism. It mvps nmv vio-or to everv imDrovement. Uih moral, nvil and political: it excites

a national ambition, to make the Amer-nse of the mercy and goodness of God, ican government a successful experi- enllr; resignation to his holy will, ment of the power of mankind to govern V the ew 'asl da s of her lite her themselves,! without the aid of tvrants, mind seemed to revolve much upon the and make America the asylum of thc!PassaRe of scripture kfor am in a

oppressed, the home of the free. Knowledge is power. It gives new z.st to everv eniovment. civilizes all wiihin ita influence, and iu beams ir -

radiate the great body politic, dispelling!fore her decease, ehu took an ailectionate the mists of ignorance from the wholeleave of hcr Mends and relations, ex system. But I am intruding on your time. norli;,K thei" in tllG most earnest and and must close, by expressing the com- pathetic manner, to seek "the pearl of

pieie approuauou ui iuc uuiiiuimee on your examination, and entreating that what you have so well commenced, you will never abandon. The paragon of science, Newton, said he had only gathered a few pebbles on the shore of the vast ocean of science. Launch your boat upon it and your success will do honor to yourselves, your parents, and your country. With the best wishes for your welfare and that of your instructor, I must bid you farewell. Small Pox. Letters from Burlington, N. J. mention the gieat prevalence of the Small Pox in that city, and its vicinity an hundred patients are said to have fallen under the care of one of the principal physicians, of whom at least twothirds had previously undergone vaccina tion. A student in the law otlice of Garret D. Wall, Esq. died of this disease on Sunday last, which had produced gieat consternation among the inhabitants, and exited much alarm for the general safely, as he was known to have been vaccinated some few years since by one of the most eminent of faculty in the Stale of New Jersey. The physician?, it is said, have uniformly refused to re sort to innoculation, in consequence of which, many unauthorised persons, female as well as male, have undertaken the business, and are imparling the virus to all whom they can influence or control. jV. Y. Com. Adv. 'J raffle in Human Rones. A ship laden with bones from Hamburg, arrived at Lossiemouth, on the 25th of October, the proporty ofnin agriculturalist of Morayshire, and intended for manure. The master of the vessel states that the bon'.'S were collected from the plains and marshes of Leipsic, and part of the remains of the thousands of the brave men who fell in the sanguinary battle fought betwixt France and the Allies in October 1813. What a commentary is this upon 'military glory and how true is the exclamation of the Poet, "To what base usses may we not return, Horatio?" lexico. Mr. roiNSETT. A pent e1 V A man of Boston informs the editors of the Massachusetts Journal that he met at man who had lust arrived direct from M- xico,at New Yoik by way Vera Cruz. 1 he .Mexican was a merchant of respecta bilily, and he gave the following interesnng and extraordinary account. A few days before he departed from the city of Mexico, Mr. Poinsett, our Minister, was waited upon in the dusk of the evening by a persons who delivered af the door a message from the Miuister oftoreign Allans, requesting his (Mr. 1 oinsett i immediate attendance at the Bureau of Foreign Affairs. The measen. ger was not udmitted within the door, the precaution having been taken for some time, so to confine the door by a chain as not to permit it to open so far as to admit the passage of a man, unless the chain were unlocked for that purpose,but only admit of conversation. Mr. I oinsett suspected some sinister desigu, from the unprecedented hour at which this request was mndr, and returned, for answer, that

he should call on the- Minister in the morning. This answer was delivered,:

and Mr. Poinsett on applying at the win dow, saw sixty men about his house, armed with knives ai d bludcevme. The Mexican had no doubt the intention was ------ der the Minister and nile his house! UJ ULMdllJ clUliJiaaJVSlJ J cnuiujjUii'j ...v.. But this is not the only, or most extra - ordinary part of the gentleman's narra tive. Whilst he was on the road between Mexico and Vera Ciuiz, travelling with a company in the stage, they were arrested by a band of ruffians, to see if Mr. Poinsett was among them, it having been reported that he was to leave Mexico at this time. The narrator of these facts being closely muffled in a cloak was a particular object of scrutiny. His cloak, was roughly thrown open his features closely examined; & when at length the assailants became satisfied of their mistake, one of them drew the back of his knife across his throat with a decisive action, saying, "it is lucky far him it is not be' OBITUARY. Communicated. DIED On Monday last, Miss Rebecca C. Reed, aged about 15 years daughter township, after a long and painful illness. though the course of which, the consolatory and supporting intlucnces of a christian faith, were peculiarly manifestln the miJst of tlui most yitiQ atllic I tions, she always expressed the deepest strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart f be with Christ, ivhich is Jar better, lrom which text, she desired her funeral dis 'course to oe prracneu: a lew nours ne.i i i - i i t' w f , " v - tous concerns of judgment and eternity: she then requested a friend, at a signal from her, to sing the hymn, "when J can read my title clear,''1 fyc, and at the mo ment of her departure, when the hymn was singing, she clasped her hands. together in transport, raised her eyes to heaven and her happy spirit winged its way to those blessed shores "Where grief and sin aod pain expire Cast out by perfect love. Reader! would'st thou die the death of the righteous? go, live his life. Lovely flow'er! oipp'd so soon, iCarly blossooVd for tho tomb; Jesus bath a witness given, That blesa'd soul's fit for heaven. Parents, friends, a short adieu! nan's shore appears in view. Christians! sing the joy of love, l is the song we'll chaunt above. Mourning penitents prepare! Thoughtless sinners, oh! beware! Unbeliever! do not smile; My precious Saviour don't revile! lie has hung upon the tree; He has died for you and me" Now he calls 1 inuit prepare Do not mock rny dying pray'r! Ho sirens flow'ra around my bedOn his bosom rests my head; He has formed thy breast to feel, Uo not case it round with steel! Feel thy heart! say, does it throb? Just so sure there is a God! View tbe heavens, o'er thy bead, And the earth, on which you tread; 'See the planets as they roll" From the centre to the pole; See matter, into order turn'd; Behold thy vast extensive mind, Those active limbs, foroiM of the dust Then, bow to God, and emu Lien just. M. BKaamK--mKwmm,Mm.. . ., ,.. Dearborn circuit court: George P. iluell Si John P. 1 On Foreign AtDunn, merchants trading i tachment, in au unaer me mm 01 uuell action or tres4 Dunn, y pass on the case, VS. in assumsit reGersbum Hubbell. turnable to April j term, 13J0. WHEREAS, a writ or foreign attachment hath heretore issued from the Clerk of fice of the Dearborn circuit court, at the suit of George V. Duell and John P. Dunn, merchants trading under the firm of Uuell and Dunn, against the goods and chattels, rights, moneys and el. fects of Gerbhum Hubbell, in an action of tres pass on the case, in assumsit, for one hundred nnd thirty seven dollars and forty cents ; which writ ot attachment was returnable, and was returned, at the Clerk's ofnVe of the Dearborn circuit court, on the 13'h day nf January, 1830, is follows, to wit; attached 52 dollars a debt in the hands ot John bpencer, the property of Gerahum lluhbell. NOTICE is, therefore, hereby given to the said Gersham, that unless he be and appear be. lore the Judgea of our Dearborn circuit court, it or before the April term, 1830, of aaid court, hie special bail, receive a declaration, and plead to the action aforesaid, judgment will then be entered against him hy detault, and the property so attached will thtn be diapoaed of for the ben i fit of bis creditors. ALfcX'U U- DUX, Dep Cl'k, For James Dill, Clerk. January 15, 1830. 3-4 w TUE subscriber having, by th6 resignation of James Walker, been appointed trustee of the seminary funds of Dearborn county; all persons having business with that otlice r will please call on him K. COMI EL! T. S. P. Aurora, January 12, ltfSO.

MISS CATHAKINB IVENS IT N FORMS the inhabitants of LawretcrII burgh and i!a iciuiy, that be will opa

Iher school, cu Monday the 1st of February, m aiming oje. uuno v u,.ci. I.I... . .- II P I' . , taught, nuinely Orthograph) , Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geofa- ' Hisloryj Corop;sit,onf &Cj p,r,u,Hr attention will be paid to Ihw roorais am) man iters, as well as tbe mental improvement of lUa pupils. Lawreneburgh, Jan. 1330. Milliner Business. MRS. J. C. HAGERHAN, f fl this melhod of informing tbe LaU dies of Lawrenctburgh and its vicinity, Ibat she has established a Millruery St:op at hf r residence on Walnut street, where she intends carrying on the business in all its branches. She will keep constantly ou band for silc, an assortment of ready uMde and Iriomitd Leghorn, Gimp, jYavnrinij Silk Bonnets, Tushionable and rlam. From her experience in the business, and her connexion with a lady of undoubted skill, ue hopes to be able to give general satisfaction, and merit a share of public patronage. January 16, 1830. 2 Probate Court of Dearborn count y, January term, 1830. NOTICE is hereby J;v',, H persons concerned, thi,! ihe Probate Court of Dearborn . ounty, will nuke final settlement at the ruxt term, to he held on ihe Ut Movdy in Marco next, with the executoia nnd adrnmisirators of 'he following estates, to wit : The Estate of HUG 1 1 REATY,sr. The Estate of JOHM SMITH. The Estate of HUGH BEA TY.jr. The Estate of DAVID SOSGER. The Estate of THOMAS COOK'. The Estate if WILLIAM GOD LEY. The Estate ofCORMCE MESSENGER ALLX U 11. DII.L, Dep Cl'k. Fur Jmts Dill, Clerk January 15, 1830. 3lw Administrator's Notice. W IUF WOKLEY, having tkm out letter of iL administration upon ihe estate of NATHAN tt'OLKF.Y, Uec'd, late of Lawrtncehuigh towiihip, in the county of Dearborn, and having dis covered the said estate to be aolvent, request all lersons indebted to the said estate tn mUe in. mediate payment j and all those hv ii clhirua against the said estate, will please present their Jemandf, duly proved and authenticated, a re quired by law, in a reasonable time. ILIF W'ORLEY, Adm'z. 13 v A. Lane, her ati'y. January 22, 1030. Administrator's Sale. NOTICE is b reby given, that the personal property of the eatate of Nathan Worlejfc Jec'd, will be sold at public vendue, at tbe lAo dwelling house of 'he said Nathan, tise'd, ou Saturday the 13ih day of February next, to commence at ten o'cloik A M on 12 months credit the pu chasers to give notes with approved se4 curi'y, before property is removed, and if nei complied with, it will be re-ohVrtd for sale, and the delinquent purchaser held liable for tbe lis. hciency. Articles to be sold are horse?, cows, oxen, wagon, young cattle, sheep, hogs, farming utensils, beds, bedding household furniture, corn, &c. Sic. 1L1F WORLEY, Administratrix. By A. Lank, her ntt'y. January, IS30. 3-3p Executors Sale. THE undersigned erecutors of the estate of Joseph Uaynes, deed., will expose to public sle on Wednesday the 3d of Fe biuarv next, at the late residence ot the deed., in Mnelitster township, the following personal property, to wit: one mare, a wagon, farming utensils, household and kitch en furniture, and other articles too tedious to enumerate, tlac effects of aaid Joseph llaynta, S e to commence at 10 oVIeck, A. M. on aid day j where tut: terms will be made known by DAVID CLAYTON, FREDERICK MYERS, Jan. 16, 1G3Q, Executors. NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of JosepU Hanea, deed late of Dearborn county, are hereby requested to come forward and settle immediately; and all persons having claim gainst said estate are desired to present the in duly authenticated lor settlement. DAVID CLAYTON, FREDERICK MYERS, Executors. Jan. 16, 1S30. 3 3w Probate Court of Dearborn county, J anuary term, 1830. Hannah Miller & others, vs. On bill fil'd Catharine Miller and Jacob Sletter. TVTOW comes the plaintiff by Amos Lane, their IJnI attorney, and tiled in uptn court their bill against the dtfendanta aforesaid, aid alan the atfi.Uvit ut Jacob Stetler, setting for'h tht the? said Catharine Miller is not u rtsident of this hi ate ; on the reading and filing of which, ar.d on his moi'on, It is ruled and ordered tlmt notice of the pendency ' this suit be given to Vd defender, by the. same being published ii the Indiana Palladium three weeks successively, ty d' s prioT t the nest trim of this courtaod the said adiiinistiator rirfTtes now and tu tela his tsppearance to the hill aforesaid. ALEX K II. DILL, Drp'y Cl k for Jvmes Lull, clerk. 7ih Jaf.uary, lM.