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EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IS MATURES PLAXAND FOLLOIH.YG XATURE IS THE MARCH OF MAX. Barlow. Volume VI. LAWRENCEBURGH, (INDIANA ;) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1330. Number 8.

MISS OT. STROUD,

TTNFORMS tbe Ladies of Lawrenceburgb & U ita vicinity, that she has commmenced a XmZiZiZZTZSlY SHOP 10 an upper room io tbe bouse occupied by Mr. Omer Tousey, (entrance one door above (be Store) where tbe intends carrying on tbe bu iioess in all its branches From ber expen cnce abe solicits a abare of public patronage. Ready made and trimmed Leghorn, Straw, Gimp, Silk and Satin Donnets may be bad on reasonable terms. January 30, 1830. 4 White Hall Hotel, NO. 164, MAIN STREET, THE subscriber, grateful for pa6t favors, begs a continuance of tbe patronage of bis inroas and tbe public generally. Having mW considerable additions to bis bouse, eta bliog, and being situated in tbe most central part of Main street, those visiting tbe city on business, or pleasure, will find it to tbeir interest to give him a call. Having an experienced and attentive Bar keeper, those who apply will get admittance all hours of the night. Families can be accommodated whb board nd private rooms; and all will Hod charges unusually low. T. C. EADS. Feb. 6, 1830. 5 8tv Dearborn circuit court Dearborn County Thomas Porter, In an action of debt, 98 11 1-2 cts. returna i j zom oi Jan. ibju. WHEREAS a writ of foreign attachment is sued from the Clerk's office of the Dear born circuit court, on the 26th day of January, 1830, at the suit of Thomas Porter against Mo at Guard, a non-resident in an action of debt 5"98 11 1-2 cents ; which writ of attachment has been returned to the said Clerk's office, by the bheriff of the said county of Dearborn, with the following endorsement thereon, to wit: Levi ed and attached Lots No. 22 8c 23 in tbe addition of Lawreneeburgh, commonly called New Law renceburgh January i8th, 1850 " Now therefore. Notice is hereby given to the ffaid Moses Guard that unless he be and appear before the Judges of the Dearborn circuit court at their term on the second Monday in April next, then and there to receive a declaration, and plead to the action aforesaid, judgment will be rendered against him by default and tbe property so attached will be sold for the benefit of bis creditors. JAMES DILL, Cl'k A. Laki, att'y for pl'fT. D. ct. ct. 10th February, 1830. 6-4w CABINET &. CHAIR SHOP. MFOTfS fflB RESPECTFULLY informs tbe public, that be has opened a shop for tbe manufacture of all kinds of Cabinet Furniture. He also will make all kinds of Chairs, such as Windsor, Fancy and Split Bottom. He ihttera himself, from tbe experience be has had in tbe business, and from the fact of bis having employed a first rate workman, directly from New York, that be will be able to give general satisfaction. Lawrenceburgb, January 29, 1830 4 TAKEN UP by John Quiglay, living in Posey township Switzerland county Indiana, ONE BRIGHT BAY MARE, thirteen and a half hands high, supposed to be four years old last spring, a small star in ber forehead, some saddle marka on her back bad on a small bell, fastened with a leather strap and iron buckle. Ap praised at 25 dollars. ALSO One SORREL MARE COLT supposed to be two years old last spring, i blaze in ber fcrehe&d, thirteen bands bigb Appraised at 20 dollars. ALSO One BLACK STUD COLT supposed to be two years old last spring, his bind feet wbite, and a small star in his fore bead, twelve hands high Appraised at 15 dollars by S A. Buck and Dennis Quigley Before me this 2d day of December, 1829 ARIBERT GAZLAY, J. P. 5 Sw Probate Court of Dearborn county, January term, 1830. TiTOTlCE is hereby given to all persons conJL cerned, that tbe Probate Court ot Dearborn county, will mke final settlement at tbe nex term, to be held on the 1st Mondy in March next, with the executors and administrators of the following estates, to wit : The Estate of HUGH BEATY,sr. The Estate of JOHA SMITH. The Estate of HUGH BE A 7T, ir. The Estate of DA FID SOjXGER. Th Estate of THOMAS COOK. The Estate of WILLIAM GOD LEY. I The Estate ofCORMCE MESSEjYGER ALKX'R II. DILL, Dep Cl'k. For Janus Dill, Clerk. January 15, 1830. 3-4w Rags! Rags! Txco cents per pound, in CASH null be paid for any qwmti'v of clean Linen and Cvitun RAGS, tit this Office,

Forethought in Courtshin. A late

Scotch paper contains the following story, which is said to be a sketch from life: "An elderlv SDinster. from the town of Paisley, who leaches the lasses tambour ing, called on a clergyman not long ago, and told the man. "she wanted to sneak a word wi'lhe minister by hirnsel." Her looks at this time were lull ol importance, and after shutting the study door, she repeatedly whispered, "Will naebody hear us?" "No," said the other,' and even if they should, I suppose you have no treason to communicate." "Treason,' said the spinster, as if at a loss to understand the unit ot the question, "I was "oust wanting, sir, to tak' ye'er advice.1 "A wee)," said the min istcr, in his own homely way, "since I see there's something weighing on your mind, sit dowD and tell us a' about it." 9 "Weel, sir, I was gaun to tell you that 1 hae gotten an oiler." "An oiler, Eppy ! an ofFer o' what I" "Oh, sir," smiling. "am sure ye needna speer that; it's lang since 1 got an oner aiore, ana as l may i i : never gei anuiier ugaiu, i juusi cam to see whether ye trunk I should tak7 him." "Oho! Eppy? I understand you now; it's the offer o' a man that's makin' vesae canta.'' "Deed ret, sir, though I J vy am no muckle uplifted wi't neither." "But ye ken, Eppy, it's my business to finish a courting by buckling the parlies when thev come before me, and no to interfere in the matter." On hearing this the spinster hung her head, and then said, "if ye dinna like to hear me, I am sony Hashed ye." "Weel, but lppy, wha and what ib this lover o' yours?" "He's a doctor, sir." "A doctor! and what would a doctor have to do wilh tbe like o' you?" "Ou, but ye dinna gie me time to tell he's a smoke doctor." "A smoke doctor that alters tho case en tirely. And what's his name?" "They ca' him Steel." "Steel! ay steel's a hard metal, and should be true too, for ye ken when we speak ot an honest man, we sav he's as true as steel. ""Ay, sir, but he's been thr-ee times married already?" "He must be a great waster o wives that." "Ay, sir, and they tell me he's in debt forbye." "In debt forbye! and yet he wants a fourth wife." "But then, I'm in a pitkle o' debt myselV' "That's a pity; but you ken what the proverb eays that twa blacks ill no make a white; and though I've kent mony a counle that did weel in the world, by joining stocks, even when they were . - . . . i . at sma, I doubt joining debts will nardly answer the same end." At this intima tion the decent spinster looked very crave, and told the minister that matter o7. ...... . i had cost her a great deal ol thought, and that even before she had 6een him, 6he had half resolved to seat herself qui etly by hef own fireside, and console herself with the thought, "that it was better to cry waes me than waes us. She then withdrew in better spirits than she had been at first, though most unfor tunately the mischievous maid Wrtsheard lilting as she passed the kitchen door. As Bessy sat wi her seam by her fire, She thought on the time that was flying by her, And said to hersel', with a heavy boch , he ! A1 body's like to be married but me " It is positively asserted in Albany, that Miss Wright ia actually a man, and Mr. Owen an old woman. The discovery was made by Miss Wright's attempting to be rude with a plump, rosy cheeked waiting maid. The, maid cried "murder," which threw mammy Owen into a fit of hysterics. For the honor of the fair sex, we are glad this discovery has been made. A. Y. Cow. There are said to be three hundred and twenty three steamboats in active operation upon our western waters. I he united cost of these boats, is $3,600, 000. Monthly Almanac. FEBRUARY, 1830. k: r-. - -wS' 2 .5-15 i a. Co FHASES. H. W H. M6 565 4 days. 1 2 3 9 10 4 1 1 5'6 1213 Full m. 7 i 11 8 6 6 48,5 12 Last Q 15 New m. 22 15 22 1617(13.19 20 2324:252627 395 21 ;6 305 30 Op i i i i ' i fefT" The risiDcr and setting r.f fh Sun is calculated for Saturday io escb week. Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Summonses, Executions, Subpoenas, &c. for sale at this Office.

TWENTY-FIRST CONGHESS. FIRST SESSION.

LYDIAjV AFFAIRS. In Senate January 14. The following bill, to enable the President to extinguish the Indian title within the Slate of Indiana, was read a second lime, and considered in Committee of the Whole: "Be it enacted, fyc. That the sum of forty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the purpose of holding Indian tieaties and extinguishing Indian title within the State of Indiana." Mr. White briefly explained the ob jects of the bill, which he said was re ported in consequence cf a Memorial received from the State of Indiana, staling that the Legislature of that State had appropriated a sum of money for the purpose of cutting a canal through a part ol ih.e country in which a large number of Indians now resided. We all know, said Mr. W. that there will be constant collisions between the laborers who will be engaged in the construction of this Canal and the Indians who inhabit the section of the State through which it is to pass, and it is for the purpose el preventing the carnage and bloodshed which must ensue from these collisions, that this bill has been reported. It was very desirable to have thoee Indians removed, which could be effected much more easily at this period lhau when the Canal will have been made through the country. The committee were of opinion that the sum mentioned in the bill would be required lor holding the trea ty, aud for subsisting the Indmns and their families while holding it. Mr. W. concluded by calling the attention of the Senate to the facilities which would now be experienced in making this purchase, and to the opportunity which it afforded of carry irgintoeffect what was regarded as the settled policy of the country the removal of the Indians bevond the Mississippi. Mr. Sprague objected to the amount of theappropnation contained in the bill. The sumol forly thousand dollars was much greater than could be necessary to defray the legitimate expenses of holding a treaty, lie presumed, there fore, that it was intended to form a part of the consideration to be given for the lands which were to be obtained by the treatyr. This he considered improper, because if the money was paid to the Indians immediately, the treaty would be carried into effect before it shall have been submitted to the Senate for their approbation and ratification: thus depri ving that body ol its constitutional right, and executing the treaty without their sanction. The proper course was to stipulate in the treaty what should be done by the United Slates then to sub mit it to the action of the Senate, and, if approved by them, xecute it in good faith according to its terms. Mr. While replied that the purchase money was not contemplated in the bill, but an appropriation sufficient to defray the expenses of holding the treaty. Ii was necessary for the purpose of enter ing on any negotiation wilh the Indians to subsist them and their families while tbe treaty was going on. It was also necessary to give them presents, as every one knew who was acquainted wilh tbe matter. The expense of holding Indian treaties was, he said, very great, but he did not know that this appropriation, wouiu ue an requirea. xiowever, U any balance remained after the object of the bill will have been accomplished, it will not be lost. Mr. Sprague said that the explanationsof the Senator, from Tennessee. who was at the head of the Committee on Indian Affairs, bad not removed his ob jeclions to the amount of the proposed appropriation. Is the sum of forty thou sand dollars necessary to defray the expenses of merely holding a treaty? YVith what nation does it cost half tha sum to negotiate? But it was said we must make provision for presents to be made to the Indians at the time of the ne gotiation. He believed that he under stood how this power to make presents nad been sometimes exercised. W hen the Indians, the primitive, original pro prietors of the soil, were unwilling to part with their lands particular Chiefs or other influential individuals, were applied to, their necessities and their cu pidity was appealed to, their promises & appetites were solicited, and presents were made to them to purchase their consent and their influence to sacrifice the interest of their tribes, to betray the trust reposed in them by their nation. Such practices he reprobated, and he would not willingly put into the hands of our Commissioners the meansof resorting

to them. He would appropriate a sufficient sum to pay our own Agenls and Commissioners, and their necessary expenses. He wonld leave the other party with whom we are about to-make a solemn compact, to act freely and independently, according to their own convictions of their interest. Upon these terms he would treat, or not all. He wished not to acquire their property, nor divest 'hem of their lands, unless it were done honestly, fairly, and justly.

Mr. Hendricks said he would vote for the appropriation which the bill pro posed; and although it might be, that the whole amount would not be required to defray the expenses of holding the treaty, yet ht was confident that whatever. i mained unexpended for the purpose would not be lost. It would be returned to the Treasury. Ho con dered the opposition to this bill arose from a misconcepion, as well of its prin. ciples, as of the objects it had in view, and he was confident when gentlemen came to a correct understanding of these points, their, opposition would cease. It was impossible, Mr. H. said, to tieat with the Indians without making tnem presents. We must treat wish them as they are, and not as the Senator from Maine and the Senate would wish them to be; and it would be idle to think of entering into any negotion with them without making an ap propnalion adequate to subsist their women and children, who always accompany them on such occasions. Mr. H. illustrated the necessi'y of sucn an appropriation, by a reference to the treaty of the Wabash, in 182G, at vs hich he was present. Fifteen thousand dollars had been appropriated to de fray the expenses of holding that treaty to feed them on the ground; aed for that purpose the appropriation was, per haps, sufficient. But the Commission ers found it necessary to advance them goods; to one tribe upwards of thirty thousand dollars, and twenty or thirty thousand to another. For this purpose it was necessary to purchase on the ground, at exorbitant prices, to idemnify the merchants for the contingency nr an unauinorized transaction, and a subsequent appropriation by Congress. It is obviou?, that, under such circumstances, the Government must have paid more for advances in goods, than would have been necessary if the money had been in the hands of the Commissioners.! Mr. H. said, we would have ample security that the funds would be reim bursed, and the advances properly accounted for, if the senate should not ratify the treaty; for we pay these Indians, at the present time, large annuities, which place it in our power to indemnify ourselves for any loss we may sustain. We pay to the Miami Indians 25,000, and to the Pottawattamies 6,000, as annuities, and we can retain these sums, and cover advances, should the treaty not be ratified. Such stipulations were made in the treaty of the Wabash, and he presumed they would be inserted in any treaty hereafter made. But to the necessity of the treaty. The Miamies, consisting of about eleven hundred souls, principally reside on a lew reservations on the Southern shore of the Wabash. Through these reser vations the Wabash canal had already been located. True it is, said Mr. H. that, by the treaty of 1 826, the Senate has a right to make this location, and to appropriate six chains in width for the use of said Canal; but nothing could be more obvious or certain than that the intercourse between the Indians and the whites, already surrounding them, to gether with the laborers on tne canal within their own territory, would engen der strifes and animosities, which would terminate in blood. This tribe, said Mr H. is perhaps the most vicious and de praved on the Continent. They exhib it human existence in its worst and mosi degraded form. Surrounded by the white population, it is impossible to ex elude them from the us of ardent spir its. They get drunk, and commit mur ders, not only on their own territory, but in ihe organized counties of the State. The present seemed to be a proper time to give additional impulse to the humane and judicious policy of settling them West of the Mississippi. Various cir cumstances induced this belief. The Legislature of the State would, probably,at its present session, extend tne ju risdiction of her laws over the Indian ter ritory, as the States of Georgia and Al abama had heretofore done. He had just seen a paper from the Seat of Government of that State, which informed, that he Judiciary Committee of one branch of the Legislature had reported favour

able to that object. This would strongly incline them to emigrate. He had recently been informed of another cir

cumstar.ee. A murder had lately been committed among themselves in tho county of Cass, adjacent to their bounda ry. The murderer was an influential person of the tribe. He had been indicted, and well knew the penalty of the law in such cases. It was not probable he would ever be taken, nor was it desi rable he should. He would go beyond the Mississippi, and his clan would follow' him. Others would follow in their rear and the inclination to sell, if not now universal, would soon become so. Mr. H. said, that the PottaWattamies were much more numerous than the Miamies, and their country more extensive, hut less valuable in proportion to its extent. There were but the two tribes in the State; their numbers about four thousand ; their territory between four and five millions of acres. The present seemed to be a propitious moment forextinguishing thpir whole title, and for getting them out of the State, and he lioped the bill would meet the approbation of the Senate. Mr. King corrected a fnistake which the Senator from Jersey (Mr. FrelinghiiJ" sen) had fallen into with respect to the presents made to the Indians. Presents were always made to them no treaty was ever made without them, and the Indians accept them without believing that they ar oflert d to them as bribes.' Mr. K. concluded by moving to amend the bill by striking out the words 'forty thousand, and inserting in lieu thereof 'twenty thousand On the motion of Mr. Holmes the question was divided; and the motion to strike out w as then agreed to. Mr. JYoble said that the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Frelinghuysen) had ad dressed himself to the passions rather than to the judgment of the House, in the specimen of pulpit eloquence which he had given us. The gentleman has indulged in his passion ; 1 hope said Mr. N., I will be permitted to indulge ia mine. We must defend ourselves from the incursions and rapine of these law less tribes; and I would ask, is it against the laws either of God or man to protect ourselves from the carnage and blood shed which these tribes inflict upon us. We are surrounded by these Indjans, and are daily and hourly exposed to their rapacious violence. The object, then of this appropriation is to lead this peo ple beyond our settlements, and to obtain for,our8elves quietness and security. But if this appropriation is refused if our people are to be cut off day and night, we will not any longar wait fof the assistance of the executive ofheers -we will undertake our own defence, and it is no easy task to persuade the brave and hardy people of the Wrest from the pursuit of the Indians, when they have assailed our rights or property. But what is the abuse which is apprehended by gentlemen? Will not the money thus appropriated be placed under the control of the President of the United States, by whom the Commissionera are to be appointed, who will bavo the management of it? Was not this, Mr. N. asked, a sufficient security against the apprehended abuse? Whcf then can doubt that it will not be properly expended. Jn the last war, this tribe of Indians, at the instigation of British emissaries. annoyed us very much. Tbeir Chief was a Canadian he might call him a Canadian Frenchman. He has a house, and generally resides at Montreal. Du ring tbe war he occasionally retired there, for what purpose could not be well ascertained but we saw enongh of bis operatiofii to convince us that he was not friendly to us. What, then, is to be come of us, thus sorrounded? Will tho Indians work? asked Mr. N. No; they will roam at large in the foresls, and w!lf plunder and destroy whatever comes across them; and if any opposition is offered to them, they will satiate their appetites in the blood of our unprotected wives and children. If. then, we have the feelings of humanity we pro fess, we should not fiesitate a moment to make this appropriation. As to talking of holding treaties with these peopleas with civilized Nations, it was an idle loss of time. As to what was said about leav ing a blot on our national character bygiving them presents, he, Mr. N.,did not believe a word of it. If the gentleman from Maine, (Mri sprague) can show on what principles of natural law he can make a white man or an Indian honest, then I shall agree with him that this appropriation ought not tu be made,