Indiana Palladium, Volume 6, Number 52, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 1 January 1831 — Page 2

Thursday, to diacharge the committee of revision from the farther considers lion of that subject, and was negatived by a majority nearly a large as that b) ffhich the original resolution authori zing the revision was adopted. Indiana Journal, December 1 8. AMERICAN SYSTEM. Extract from the speech of Major James Shannon, at a recent meeting of the friends of the Administration in the town of Lexington, Kentucky. "Another ground of complaint, Mr. Chairman, on the part of the Opposition against the Administration, is its hostility to the "Great American System," as manifested by the Veto Mssage of the President, and the passage of the law repealing the duty on tea, coffee and cocoa. For my own part, sir, I have never been able to comprehend j exactly what is meant by this "great American System." I have not been able in my researches, to meet with an" intelligible specific definition of the term. I do not find it in any of the approved Lexicons or standard works on political economy. It is, to be sure, found to be a most convenient jockeyword, and makes a most conspicuous figure in the prosing essays we often meet with in the Opposition prints, written by political empirics, who would pas3 off pedantry for learning, sophistry for truth, and the oracular combination of a set of unmeaning phrases, as the recondite reflections of philosophic wisdom. The description of the "Great Beast,''1 seen in the vision of the prophet Daniel, with seven heads and ten horns, comes nearer my idea of an actual personification of the American System than any thing that I have yet seen. The principal difference appears to be that the great System has the advantage of the Beast, in the number of heads and horns of which it can boast. In the States of New-York and Pennsylvania, we find some of its heads and horns are aptly represented by political Anti-Masonry, Agrarian JVorkeyism, Indian Sovereignty, oyc. $fc. Another terrific looking head makes its appearance in Ohio, warring against King Caucus, with the following motto inscribed on its ling: "Down with the President's Veto Down with King Caucus!" while in Kentucky, yet another head of the same remarkable animal supports King Caucus a3 a legitimate monarch, regulates all its movements, and is now actually engaged in erecting a most magnificent throne for his majesty in the capitol of the State, where he ia to be regularly crowned on the 9th day of next December, A. D. 1830. Another set of heads and horns may properly represent high duties, heavy taxes, odious, monopolies, smuggling, &c. &c. We should be watchful and vigilant, Mr. Chairman, to prevent this many-headed monster from trampling down the settled land-marks of our Constitution, and finally triumphing over those liberties so dearly bought, and so highly to be prized. "If, said Mr. Shannon, the term "Great American System," actually means an unlimited exercise of power, on the part of the General Government, to dig canals, and to make roads thro' the different States, without their consent, and assume a jurisdiction and control over the State territory, not expressly delegated by the Constitution; if it means a corrupt system of intrigue in Congress, where the interests of the weak are to be sacrificed to the interests of the strong, and a profligate expenditure of the public money, which is to exhaust the treasury & prevent the payment of the national debt; if it means a system of high prohibitory duties on imports that encourages smuggling, creates odious monopolies in one section of the country in favor of particular interests, and ruinous and blighting effects upon the trade and commerce of another; if, in fine, its whole scope and tendency is to fan the flames of faction, produce'heart burning and discord amongst the different members of the confederacy of States, violate the Constitution and establish upon its ruins a Government of unlimited powers, without check or control then, wr, the present Administration and its supporters, and all true friends to their country, are in

heart and soul opposed to it. It is to a branch of this odious system that our venerable Chief Magistrate has already affixed his veto; and for that act of Roman firmness, the nation will proclaim it has already proclaimed "Well done, good and faithful servant." Benefit of Advertising. The Boston Courier tells of a gentleman who having gone four miles on his return home from that city, missed his money, amounting to one hundred and fifty dollars. With much anxiety he returned,and having carefully examined every place where he had been, as a last resort repaired to the Courier to advertise his misfortune. With a sigh the gentleman drew forth his pocketbook to take a remaining dollar for the printer, when lo! all the money was found lying snugly in its proper i lace.

NOVEL LAW CASE. The Cincinnati American of 2?J instant gives therepoit of atrial for perjury, which was lately demanded in the Court of General Sessions in Hamilton county, and hkh exhibits a degree of rancor and vindictivenees on the part of the prosecutor, to which it would be difficult to find a parallel, in the legal annals of the present age. It was, as is already mentioned, an indictment for perjury against J. L. Chapman, a young student of medicine, who had lately made a runaway match with the daughter of Richard S. Wheally, who was the prosecutor ! It appeared that Wheatley, the prosecutor, resides in Louisville, Kentucky, and Chapman, the son-in-law in Cincinnati. The latter became acquainted with the daughter of the prosecutor, in August last, at the mansion of a common acquaintance on the Kentucky side of the river, near Cincinnati, where she was on a visit. Being mutually well pleased with each other, he prevailed on the young lady to come to Cincinnati and "get married." The law of Ohio requires that (when the consent of the parents is not given) the. young lady must be 10 years of age before she can marry. It also enjoins that a license be procured from the Clerk of the Court befor the marriage can be legally celebrated, hi obtaining this license, the defendant made oath, to the best of his knowledge and belief, that his intended wife was about IS years of age. And it waa for taking this oath, nlbeit with that limitation, that Wheally instituted the prosecution for perjury against his son-in-law. Tho cause excited great interest in the public mind, and produced, as was quite uaturaL"very general indignation against the prosecutor." On the part of the state, it was satisfactorily established that the lady was but seventeen years of age: Also, that she had so stated her age in presence ot defendant; but that statement was in the course of a "joking conversation" with some young ladies, on the 6ubject of "old maids." On behalf of the defendant, it was in evidence that she had, in his presence, stated her age to be over eighteen years ; and that "when the officer went to arrest the defendant, a few hours after the marriage, she exclaimed, as soon as the cause was made known, "it was not his fault but mine." It was also proved that her appearance indicated at least 13 or 10. And further, that the prosecutor bad made a proposition to defendant that if he would "makeover" his wife's property to him ( Wheatly) the prosecution would be dismissed. It was also in evidence that Wheatly the father-in-law, in answer to the expostulations of a friend against persisting in a course which if successful would send the defendant to the penitentiary, where his daughter would undoubtedly follow her husband rejoined, that "he did not care if she went to hell, so that he could punish Chapman !"' Tho young lady is represented as quite pretty and engaging in her manners; and at the examination before the Mayor, (says the Cincinnati American,) "she exhibited the deepest distress at the unlooked for event, and clung with streaming eyes and all the fondness of a devoted wife to the neck of her husband, protesting his innocence, and the cruelty of the prosecutor." The trial lasted a whole day and the jury, with true feeling as well a3 justice, after an absence of five minutes, returned a verdict of not guilty.

The Governor Code. It will be seen by the following letter, addressed to the President of the Senate, that his excellency Gov. Iiay has not yet completed the "codification" he promised the people of Indiana. The press of pri. vale and official business has been too reat, during- the two or three past years, to admit of his attending to the work without detriment to the public interest. It is to be hoped that when his excellency shall have "filled the measure of hisv official term, and retired to private life, he will find leisure to perfect his code. "The eye of the state is upon'7 him, and he "is expected to perform his own duty." The scoffs of a parcel of musty lawyers, who undertake to condemn it in advance," should not for a moment retard his labors. The germinating seeds of enterprise, which sprung forth in the bosom of Columfcus, were not suffered to "wither and die'' under the heavy pressure of disappointment and selfish unbelief otherwise, "this young and interesting- stats" would never perhaps have dotted the great map of the civilized world. Indianapolis, hid., Dec. 10. Los. Milton Stapp, c. President of the Senate: ir: In answer to your letter of this date,encloinga resolution of the Senate on the subject of a codification, corupilation'and revision of the laws, permit me to say, that I have procured a blank book at my oyn expense,, and framed in it, one hundred ari.L, r as what 19 done, form, a part of an entire system, it cannot be attached to the revision and compilation n contemplation by the Senate,it can have no connexion with it. I.) the futurc j shall only promise what I have in the past my intentions and exertions to do

all in my power to give a rode of laws to the people of Indiana. The great inroad which has heretofore been made upon my time by increased official duties, sickness, domestic concerns and by my common intercouse with the worlJ, leaving me but a small portion to be dt voled to the work in hand, causes me to fear, that my own labours, unaided even by a cloik, will be inadequate to the completion in a year, of the work of years. This is a subject about which no positive promise ought to be made, by one in my situation; having Eeveral thousand executive acts to perform in the course of a year, besides being subject to other unavoidable losses ot time, as other men. Neither am I in this service under the employment of the state. My undertaking is a voluntary one, and if circumstances shall render it improper for me ever to submit a code to the Legislature, I shall hold myself accountable lo the people for satisfactory reasons for my course. All may be assured of this that I will not at any time place it in hands that will abuse it. A work which is condemned in advance, by the interested, is not likely to pass the ordeal of a fair examination, when placed under their supervision. 1 have had much to discourage, and but little to encourage me to prosecute my oiiginal design. I shall refrain at this time, from allusion localises, which have opeiated to di-

j pirit me from toiling without a pros pect of effecting my object. 1 hough I shall never lose sight of being instrumental, in whole or in part, of providing a code of laws for the state, it will be equally as certain, that until motives shall cease to operate against any thing which comes from me, my fears will be stronger than my hopes for its fate. Whatever course Ihe Legislature may think proper to lake, as lo a system of laws, they may rely upon my best exertions to aid Ihcmto the extent of my abilities. I have the honor to be, eir, very respectfully, your obedient servant. J. BROWN KAY. The following communication will not, we think, be uninteresting to the public, as explaining the ground on which the acting commissioner of the Ger.tral Land Office formed his decision respecting the Michigan rosd lands: General Land Office. October 5lh, 1830 Sir, I have tho honor to enclose a sketch, exhibiting tho several Indian cessions in the northern part of the state of Indiana, by the first article of the Potawatamie treaty of the 1 6th of October, 1S2G, (Ld. Laws, page 331,) the tracts coloured blue on that sketch were ceded lo the United States. By the second article of the same treaty, the Indians cede to the U- Stales a strip of land, commencing at Lake Michigan, and running thence to the Wabash river, 100 feet wide, for a road; and also one section of good land contiguous, to said road, for each mile of the same; and also, for each mile of a road from Ihe termination thereof, through Indianapolis, to the Ohio river, for the purpose of making a road aforesaid, from Lake Michigan, by the way of Indianapolis, to some convenient point on the Ohio river. By the same article it was also provided, that the General Assembly of Indiana should have the right to locale the road, apply the said sections or the proceeds thereof, to the making of the same or any part thereof, and that the grant should he at their sole disposal; but by the ratification of this treaty, this provision was rejected, although not so noted in the 1 - -II 1 . I T T . i lanu iaws,aee appenui.x io jaws united States, 2nd Session, 19th Congress, page 52.) By the act of Congress approved on the 2nd March,- 1817 (land laws, page 932,) the General Assembly of Indiana were authorized to locate and make the road above specified, and apply the strip of laud and sections ceded for that puroose, or the proceeds thereof, to the making of the same; and the grant was placed at their sole disposal. It does appear to this office, that the second article was intended to make a cession of lands separate and distinct, from those designated in the first article of the same treaty; lhat the quantity thus ceded is a ship of 100 feet wide, for the length, that the road may run through the lands belonging to the Indian?, and one section of land for each mile of the road from Lake Michigan, through Indianapolis, to the Ohio fiver. Before the quantity can be ascertained, it appears to me, that the road must be actually laid out, so a3 to ascertain its course and length, and the number of sections, ceded by the treaty and vested in the state by Ihe act of 1 327, that when the road is so laid out, the section ofland for each mile it may be run through the Indian country, must ue located agreeably to the words of the treaty, contiguous to the road, and that the residue of the lands, thus ceded must be taken out of the lands belonging to the Indian?, and not out of Ihe lands ceded to the United States, far another purpose, by the first at tide

of that treaty, or by any other treaty. It inot known to this cilice lhat the road has been laid out and surveyed, and the subject is now brought before the Secretary for his decision in consequence of the receipt of the enclosed communication from the Commissioners appointed by the State of Indiana, to select Ihe lands granted for the road. I have marked on Ihe sketch, b a red cross, the townships in which they propose to make the selections, by which it will be perceived, that they do not lay in a direct line from the Lake to Indianapolis; that part of ihe selections are in the tracts ceded by ihe first Article of the treaty, and that the residue

are embraced by ihe Chicago ce&sion ol 1821.. The list has not been critically compared with the plats in this t Hice, but it is known that there will be objections to Ihe approval of some of the selections, in addition to Ihe general one; lhat they may include lands liable to entry, under the pre-emption law of ihe 29th of May last. J. M. MOORE, Act. Comm'r. Saul. D. Ingham, Secy Tres'y. MISSOURI SENATOR. The Missouri Republican of the 7th inst. (the leading Clay paper of that State,) says: "The Senatorial Election took place on luesdaylast, and Col Alexander Bockner was elected on ihe first ballot. ! The friends of Mr. Barton, though more numerous than Ihose of any other candidate,had ascertained that he could not be elected, and, therefore, did not nominate him. The vote is given below. "Our enemies will undoubtedly claim the victory in the election of Col. Buckner as he was one of the candidates nominated by the Beacon, as the successor of air. Barton. We will not deny, lhat the members of the Legislature favora ble to Mr. Clay, have been driven from their choice, and been compelled to make a pelection among Ihe opponents of Mr. Barton. J hey have acted a9 prudent men, in like circumstance?, should act: they have chosen the best man in the opposition rank, when they were unable to elect the man of their choice. That he is Ihe best of the men from whom the selection was to be made, we do not question. The comparison is chiefly between him and Gov. Miller, for all the rest were, by iheir friends, withdrawn." The admissions of the Editor of the Republican must settle the question, as to the political character of Col. Buckner. It is stated, that it wa3 ascertained that Mr. Barton "could not be elected" that Col. Buckner "was one of the candidates nominated by the Beacon," the leading Jackson paper in Missouri that "the members of the Legislature favorable to Mr. Clay have been driven from their choice," and "compelled to make a selection nmong the opponents of Mr. Barton" and that "they have chosen the best man in the orrosiNG rank, when they were UNABLE TO ELECT THE MAN O? THEIR CHOICE." These admissions aro decisive a CIIIU p cannot be misunderstood. They demonstrate that the Clay party has been again signally defeated in Missouri. The election of a Jackson Senator is Ihe glorious triumph said to have been achieved by Ihe opposition! ! This event will naturally recall to the recollection of the public, the shout of victory raised through the Clay presses,! in consequence ol what was termed ilhe auspicious result of the Missouri riuuuun. l ncii uuricu iiLiVTit in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky, will prove equally advantageous. Louisville Ado. We would invite the attention of the editor of Western Times to the attached article from the Lafayette Free Press. As the editor of the Press is 4iof the same church" with Mr. Smith, we expect his opinion will be entitled to some respect: Michigan Road. Considerable excitement and not a little dissatisfaction, appears to exist, among the contract ors, labourers and others on this road,! in consequence of the decision of the proper Department touching the selection of Lands, made by the commissioners of the State, for the construction of the road. A simple reference to the treaty under which these lands are claimed, must convince any man of common sense, that the proper the only rational construction was given it by the commissioner of the Gen. Land Office, and the only cause for aston ishment is that the state should have i Aur 4x r. . fi viewed it diilerently. It is probable however that her view of it was the same taken and intended by the Indians. They contemplated no additional donation. But they were deceived grossly deceived (we say not intentional I and being a weak and almost defenceless Nation, they can but submit lo the results to which it must lead. A powerful hand is upon them: tiiey dare not resist! O temporal O mores! mm mmm aaa mm r im Pennsylvania legislature Both houses met on Tuesday, the 7lh instant. At

3 o'clock, on molion of Mr. Brown of Allegheny, the Senate was organized 28 members present. On motion of Mr. Wise, the senate proceeded to the election of a Speaker, when it appeared that Wm. G. Hawkins, of Greene was unanimously elected. On taking the chair, Mr, Hawkins delivered a short and appropriate address, after which Mr. Wise administered the usual oaths of office to him. The House met at 2 o'clock 90 members present. On motion of Mr. Banks, the house proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and the following was the result Frederick Smith, of Franklin, received 70 votes N. Middleswarth,of Union 24. Greensburgh Republican.

' United Slates' Senator. On Saturday last, the 13th inst. ihe election of a United States' Senator to fill ihe seat of the Hon. Wm. Hendrickr, came on, and on the 1st ballot Mr. Hendricks received 31 votes, RatlifFBoon 26 votes, John Law 12 voter, Charles Dewey 9 votes, and 4 scattering. On the second ballot it was for Hendricks 34r Boon 23, Law 1 1, Dewey 7, scattering 2. Third ballot Hendricks 40, Boon 24, Law 13, Dewey 3, scattering 2. Fourth ballot Hendricks 44, Boon 2G, Liw 9, Dewey 3, which terminated the contest, and Mr. Hendricks is again ; our Senator for si years from the 4tli of March next. Mr. Hendricks is well known to the public; and he professes distinctly his friendship for Mr. Claj. In this election the Jacksoni ans were in the minority ; and, we need scarcely add, were decidedly in favor of Mr. H. after they were convinced that they could not secure their favorite, Mr Boon. From the pledges of Mr. Hendricks, and his course last winter as Senator, we are disposed to believe that his election may be considered as -favorable to the present administration, although he avows his individual pre ferencts for Mr. Clay . At least seven Jacksouiaua went for him on every bal lot. Ind. Democrat. The Memorial for ihe establishment of a new Land Office in the St. Joseph's country has passed both Houses of tho General Assembly. The committee of Revision are progressing rapidly and harmoniously with the Revision and Compilation of the Laws. .-The subject of the Apportionment of Representation, according to the census of this year, is now before both House?. The probablo increase will be five or six Senators and four or fivo Representatives, and the ratio for a Senator 24 or 25,000 for a Representative from 900 to 1000. lb. Ohio Supreme Judge. By letters received last night from Columbus, we learn that Ebenezer Lane, of Huron county, was on Saturday last elected a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, in place of E. Ha) ward resigned. The Gov ernor elect took the oath of office on Saturday last, and delivered a message on the occasion. A letter from Judge Miller furnishes us with the state of the balloting?, of which there were four. All the members preseut, except Gen. Cilley,of this county. 1st bal. Reuben Wood 52 Ebenezer Lane. 43 2d 52 52 3d 52 53 I 4ih 52 55 Calvin Bease 10 1 1 l,P(,f i ' C. Wngl got 1 1 10? 107 107 107 It is supposed that with Gen. Cilley' vole, the parlies are equal on joint ballot. A at. Republican, Dec. 21. South Carolina Senator. Governor Miller hus beeu chosen Senator in Congress from South Carolina for six years from Ihe 4lh of March next, in place of J udge Smith. The vote was for Miller 31, for Smith 77,und one blank. The legislature of North Carolina have had several ballotings for a Senator, without elFecting a choice. By subsequent information from Raleigh, we learn that Mr. Mangum has been choacn Senator in Congress from the State of North Carolina for sir years from the 4lh of March next, by a vote of 103 to 84 for Gov. O wen. Alabama Senator. Governor Moore has been chosen Senator in Congress from Alabama for six years from tho 1th nt March next, in place of Mr. ! T 7T iilm u ,u r c AH the foregoing Senators eicct are rf.-. , r- T i v . tion. b. The population of the state of MiFfiasippi is 36,517 males, and 31,348 females. Total 67,805. This stale can have but one representative in congres for the ensuing ten years. The whole population in Rhode Island is 07,226. Should the ratio of representation be increased to 50,000, she would lose a member, at 45j000 jus will remain stationary.

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