Indiana Palladium, Volume 8, Number 4, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 28 January 1832 — Page 2

gradually amending the Ur, which wao ordered to a second rea ling. Mr. D jaunt submitted tie following resolution: Resolved. That tho G-3nfal a--sem-

bly will adjaurn, on Situr lay thy 23 ti inst. sine die. That the H ase of representatives be informed of this resolution, and a similar one on their part requested. Which wa3 read, and, on motion of Mr. Blair, laid on the table. And the joint resolution, providing the erection of a Tomb-atone over the grave of the late Tneodore C. Cone, E.rj. was read a third time and passed. HOUSE. Thursday, Jan. 17. A petition wh3 presented By Mr. Park?, from Wm. Newland and others, citizens of Lawrence county, praying a legislative recognition of the competency of any witness', who acknowledges the moral obligation of no oath without regard io his religious sentiments; which was referred to the lame committee of the whole to which a B.Il on that subject is committed. IN SENATE. Wednesday, Jan. 13. After numerous reportsfrorn standing committees, and the adoption of .everal resolution?, the orders of the day were taken up, and the following bills: To alter and re-locate part of the Vernon and Fort Wayne state road?, and part of the Shelby ville stats road io Rush county. Declaring Hogin creek, in Dearborn county, a public highway. The engrossed bill of the Senate to authoriZ3 the procuring of evidence in cases of impeachment; Were severally read a third time and passsd. house: Wednesday, Jan 18. The Speaker laid before the house a memorial from Alfred J. Athon a J ustice of the peace of Lawrence county, accused of malfeasance in oliice, by the memorial of Mathew Borland, praying that witnesses may be heard by the House, before Articles of Impeachment are preferred against him if prefer ed that the House will request of the Senate a speedy trial of his case. Which was laid on the table. Mr. Thornton from the committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Matthew Bnland, pray ing articles of Impeachment to be preferred against Alfred J. Athon a Justice of the peace at Lawrence county, reported further favorably to the prayer of the petitioners and introduced a resolution which was adopted, for appointing a committee to draft Articles of Impeachment against said , Justice Athon. Messrs. Thornton, Huntington, Bryant, and Finch, were appeiuted a comtnilte for that purpose. The engrossed joint resolution on the subject of printing the laws of the present session; wag read a 3d time and p3gged. IN SENATE. Thursday, Jan. 19. The following Bills &c, were read a third time and passed, viz: The Engrossed Bill of the House of Representatives, entitled an act to revive an act, entitled an act for the relief of the subscribers to the building of the Slate Prison, and for other purposes, approved Feb. 10, 1831. A Joint Resolution relative to the public lands. An act to authorize the incorporation of Lyceums. To provide a fund to encourage common schools. To amend an act to authorize the loaning of the Seminary funds. A Joint Resolution on the subject of the printing of the laws of the present session of the General Assembly, and An act to provide for the Election of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States. The Bill for the improvement of Jacksons lick was indefinitely postponed. And after several other orders on Bills, the senate adjourned. Friday, Jan. 20; iAfter several reports from standing and select committees, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the orders of the day, and after disposing ol incipient business, The following Bills &o, were pass- ' edr 'A Joint Resolution providing a mode of gradually amending the laws. ' A Bill to locate a State road from M J.son through Vevay to Ltwrenceburgh, in D-jHOi.rn county. To locate a S ate road from Greensburgh by way of Goshen to Columbus. To locate a Stale road from the town of Louisville in Henry county, to New Castle, the county eeat of said county. To appoint commissioners on a State road situated iu Gibson aud Pike counties.

HOUSE. Friday, Jan. 20. Ths JIause took up the orders of the day, and resumed the consideration of the engros.-el bill from the SnaU,to ratify and confirm an act of the Kentucky L g'slature incorporating a company to build a bridge across the Ohio rivor at the Falls. The question being then iu?, shall said bill pas? was decided in the affirmative, Ayes 54, Noes 20. Saturday, Jan. 21 . The Speaker laid before the II a communication from the Governor, relative to a saline reservation in the county of Dearborn; vfhrch w retired to the committee on tha Judiciary. Bills, Memorials , and Joint Resolutions, passed, A bill to armnd an act, entitled "an act, to continue in force an act for the benefit of persons who have, or are likely to sulFer by the destruction of the records of Dearborn county, which were consumed by fire, in the court house at Liwrenccborgh, on the morning of the Gih of March, 1320;'" approved Jan. 29, 1S31. A bill to amend an act, entitled "an act, respecting salines and saline reservation?' approved, Jan. 20, 1331. A bill tore-locate a part of the Lawrenceburgh and Rushville Stule road in R ish county.

IN SENATE. Monday, Jan. 23. The President laid before the Senate a communication from the Governor, presenting for the consideration of the Senate the names of William C. Linton, of Vigo ooanty, Nicholas M1Carly, of Marion county, and Jeremiah Sullivan, of Jefferson county, as suitable persons for Fund Commissioners of the Wabash and Erie Canal, which vras laid on the table. Congressional. Friday, Jan. 1 3. la the Senate, yesterday, petitions were presented by Messrs. Silsbee, Smith, Prentiss, Webster, Ruggles, Holmes, Hill, Tipton, Seymour, Wil kins,nnd Moore. A report was received from the Secretary of the Treasury, containing the names of the applicants under the act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States, and the amount of the debts due from each; also, of the names of those who have obtained a release -.together with the terms of compromise made in each case. After the adoption of the resolutions of Wednesday, and the ordering of several b'.l! to a third reading, the following bills were passed: The bill providing for the laying out and constructing a read from Line creek to Chatahoochie and for other purposes; the bill for the relief of WiilUm King and others; and the bill for the relief of Henry Kilbourn. The Senate spent some time in thi consideration of Executive business. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Jeuifer introduced a resolution for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the expediency of a removal from the couutrv by the general government, of the free colored population, which, after some discussing), was postponed till Monday. Mr. Thomas, of Maryland, introduced a resolution on the subject of ascertaining the amount, if any, of indemnity due to the State of Maryland for losses sustained during the late war, which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. The resolution introduced on a former day by Mr. BoulJin, on the subject of ad valorem duties on certain goods, was then taken up; Mr, Stewart moved to refer it to the Committee on Manufactures instead of the Committee on Commerce. A debate ensued, which continued till the expiration of the hour. The House then went into a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, Mr. H oilman in the chair, on the apportionment bill; the amendment of Mr. Jenifer, to fix the ratio at forty-five thousand, was negatived. Mr. Stewart proposed another amendmenj to fix it at forty-six thousand. This was discussed until near 4 o'clock, when the Committee rose, and the House adjourned. Mr. Oibaldiston, of England, recently rode 200 miles in 8 hours 42 minutes, and won an immense fortune. He made a wager of 1000 guineas to ride the distance in 10 hours, in the first. He rode 14 horses, but several failing, two or three performed 4 miles a number of times over: Mr. O. is a man 42 years of age, and is the best sportsmen with dog and gun in Eng. land. Cleaveland Adv. During the last spring months the plague entered Bigdad, a city of GQ,000 inhabitant, and together with a frightful inundation, took off rising ot 60,000 people. On the 1st of May, sa)sa writer who escaped the conta gion, the dead were laying about tlie streets unburied, and the dogs eating with avidity the loathsome fiod. CUuvzland Ohio Adv.

BriCp at thetFJls (Ohio. The bill to confirm and ratify an act of the Legislature of Kentucky incorporating a company to build a bridge over the Ohio at the Falls, has been pending for several das before the Legislatui , arid has produced a vriJe range of de hate. On this l (Tuesday) it passed the Senate by a vuh- of 23 io 5, and it is thought that it will pa?s the Huue of Representatives by a large majority. When it is considered that this bridge, if once completed, would a Hard one of the most useful improvements to the

! people cf bath ludUna and Kentucky, and particular!) t-th central southern countits, even as far back as the county of Monroe, and as far west as the county of Divieas, to say nothing of the increase in the value of property on the Indiana side, for miles around the bridge, it would seem that no feeling of hostility could arias in the Legislature nf Jnd-ana- hut the truth is that some men do exist, who are so constructed by nature, thai thsy vril) not view matters of this or any other kind, through other optics than those of selfishness. Dmbtleso this measure has been honestly opposed by several gent!enr;en; but that it has met with a wanton opposition from another source, is too plainly proven by the waste of lime and money which ha attended z discussion in the Senate. It should be re.fieinbered that JOHN EWING voted for the passage I ) of the bill, after having oppt-ed it at I O pi'prv s pn Inr fhrpp rr lour ciav jr days. hid. Democrat. GiranVs JVili. In his bequest of 2,000 030 of dollars for the erection and maintenance of ae. Orphan Academy, Mr Girard made the follo.ving peculiar restriction: "There are, however, some restrictions which I consider it my duty to prescribe, and to be, amongst others, conditions on which my bequest for said college is made and to be enjoyed, namely : first, I enjoin and require, that, if, at tin close of any year, the income of the fuud devoted to the purposes of the said college shell be more than sufficient for the maintenance of the institution during that year, then the balance uf the said income, after defraying such maintenance, shall be forthwith invested in good securities, thereafter to be and rem ain a part of the capital ; but m no event, shall any part ol the said capatal be sold, disposed of, or pledged, to meet the current expenses of the said institution, to which I devco the interest, income, and dividends thereol, exclusively. Secondly, enjoin and require thut no ecclesiastic, missio)iaryor jntnisier oj any sect ichaisocvtr, shall ever hold or exercise any station or diUy ichiitaoener in thz said College; nor shall any such person ever be admitted for any purpose, or as a visitor, zcithiti the premises appropriated to the puposes of the ! said Loliege. In making this restriclion, I do not mean to ca-t any selection upon any person or sect whatsoever;but there i such u multitude of secis, and such a diversity of opinion amongst them, I desire to kcrp the tender minds of the orphans who are to derive advantage from this beque?, free from the excitemeat which clashing doctrie3 and sectarian controvsrsy are so apt to produce; my desire is, that all the instructors and teachers in the college shall take pains to instil into the minds of the scholars, the purcct principles of morality, so that, on their entrance into active life, mav from in clination and habit, evince benevolence love cf truth, sobriety and industry, nd: online at the same lima such reliVinu . ... - - j.---tenets as their matured reason may enable them to prefer." Condemnation of the P.disb General Chlopick:. The St. Petersburg, papers state that His Imperial Majesty has confirmed the sentence of the Court 3Iartial, by which General Chlopicki is condemned as a traitor, to the loss of his rank and nobility, and to banishment to Siberia, and to be employed there in the public works. Accounts from B 'iiin state that Poland is in all respects to be considered as a Russian Province. Three thousand Poles have been sent to Siberia: among whom are a number of the Diet who remained at Warsaw, with several of the principal Generals. V. Y. Enquirer. Minister to England. Intimations are now ghen out that the National party in the Senate, mean to hang up Mr. Van Buren's nomination for a month to come; that they are determined to get up a grand debate ; that they will open the door of that body and that the whole force of the opposition will be brought to bear upon the question. There is evidently some considerable uneasiness among the Nationals, and it appears to inc rea-e instead of diminish ii'g. There is an intention to roakf this nomina'io ti)e grand party question of the session. Wi ll, u e K -publicans have no objections to uc-h a couse. The Niuonals ma), as well now as hereafter pour out their vials )f wrath: we ur-i prpirt-il for them. V. Y. E2'tirer.

From the Boston Cent'nel, D?c 31. MASONIC DECLMIA nON. We this day present our readers with a Declaration of the sentiments of the members of the Masonic Societies of this city and vicinity, on the character of their institution, it will be perceived that it is signed by. more than a thousand respectable individuals taken indiscriminately from all political parties from the different prevailing religious denominations and from all classes in the community in which we live. For a verification of this, readers car; refer to the signatures annexed to the Declaration. It was originally intended to be a limited subscription to the city of Boston, but on the subject being proposed to members of societies in neighboring towns they were arxious to add their signature?, and it was readily complied with. The character and

credibility of each of the signers is I therefore at stake, pledged to the train oi me iec'u;iiiuij j. i.-u iiuuiun signers could easily have been augmented to the number of all respectable Masons throughout lhe Slate, but it was not deemed necessary to delay the publication long enough to collect their names. We invite the candid attention of all classes of men, whether Masons or Anti-m3?on?y to the Declaration. TO TUB PUUL1C. While the public mind remained in the high state ot excitement, to which I ; I. 1 i -.11 a 1 I 1 t n nan otcu c'11 r ; a UJ wiepiiuar innamnntory represeiuauons ci cerium offences, committed by a few misguided members ot the Masonic Institution in a sister State; it seemed to the undersigned (residents of Boston and its vi cinity) to be expedient to refrain from a public declaration of their principles or engagements, as Aiasoua. But, believing ihe time now to be fully come when their fellow-citizens will receive, with candor, if not with satisfaction, a solemn and unequivocal denial of the alegations, which fduring the last five years in consequence of their connexion with the Masonic Fraternity, have been reiterated against them, they respectfully ask penmssion to iuvite attention to the subjoined DECLARATION Whereas, it has been frequently asserted and published to the world, that in the several degrees of Freemasonry, as they are conferred in the United States, the candidate, on his initiation and subsequent advancement, binds himself, by oath to sustain his Mascnic I brethren in acts,-which are at variance 4 r.inri.n,.,n! ality,and incompatible n ith his duty as a good and faithful citizen: in justice therefore to themselves mid (viih .a view to establish irmh ;nH pviwo ?-n sition. the undersigned, many of u, ihe recipients of every d, gree of Frrem.v sonry, known and acknowledged in this j country, do most solemnly deny the ex istence oi any such obligations in the Masonic institution, so .'"ar as our knowledge respectively extends. And we as solemnly aver, that no person is admitted to the Institution, without first being made acquainted with the nature of the obligations, which he will be required to incur and assume. Freemasonry secures its members in the freedom of thought and of speech, and permits each and every one to act i according to the dictates oi his own con science in matters of religion, and of his personal preferences in m.viers ot politics. It neither knows or does it assume to intlict, upon its erring mem bers, however w ide may be their aber ! XQ frm ?lU,"?n-v PfnaIlief ( ! 'hli,s othr than those of s or adrnonition. susDension and fvnn!;inn. The obligation? of the Institution rcquire of its members a strict obedience to the laws of God and Man. So fir from being bound by any engagements inconsistent with the happiness and prosperity of the nation, every citizen, who hecomes a Mason, k donhlv hnnnd to be true to his Gon. tn hU Cm-vrnv. and to his fellow-men. In the ian-1 guage of the "Anciout Constitutions" i of the Order, which are printed, and I open for public inspection, and which are used as text books in all the Lodges, ' he is "required to keen and obev "the j Moral Law; to be a quiet and peacea ble citizen; true to his Government, and just to his country." .Masonry disdains the making: of proselytes. She opens the portals of her asylum to those only who seek admission, with the recommendation of a charter unspotted by immorality and vice. She simply requires of the candidate, his asssent to one great fundamental religious truththe existence and providence ot God; and a partial acknowledgment of those infallible doctrines for the government of life, which are written by the finger of God, on the heart of man. Entertaining such sentiments ns Ma sons, as Citizens, as Christians, and as Moral Men, and deeply impressed with the conviction that the Masonic Institution h as bc(n and may con'inue to he, productive of great gooJ to.their fellow men, and having leceived the laws oi the society , and it accumulated funds, in sacred trust for charitable usrs, the undersigned can neither rcrcut.cj ncr

abandon if. Ws most cordi.dly umiie with our brethren cf Salem and vicinity, in the declaration, and hope that, "should the people of this coin. try become so infatuated as to deprive Masons of their civil rights, in violation of written constitutions, and the wholesome spirit of just laws aid free government, a vast majority in the Fraternity will still remain firm, confiding" in God and the rectitude of their intentions, for consolation, under the trials to which they may be exposed." Prejudice. Mr. Clay declares t?a? our exporters, who cure and pack btcf and pork with alum salt arc prtjudked against domestic sal'. This remark proves that Mr. Clay is ianoiai I if iha commercial regulation cf the wts. Pork or bet-f put up with Kenhawa fait will not j a ss inspection at New-Orleans, bf cause trrperier.ee has demonstrated that neither aiticle can be preserved in a southern climate without the ne of alum salt. It is a pity a rccit men should be so ignorant of the ordinary business of hi- fellow citizens

ouiszuce Adv . Mr. Clay assorts that, of the gait used in the west, no! one out of fifty thousand bushels is alum salt 'made of marine lea ner by solar tvnnoratio J Tln riror j that Wr- C!ay kn0lV8 but Hule of (ho j commerce of bis own State. Nearlv j 250,C00 bushel? of alum gait are annu1 a jamJed 3t hu aC(v place.- Ji. Unjoriunate occurrence. W have been informed that a Mr. Iloutsel and his little son about four years of aire, were drowned in Big creek, in the northwest part of this county, on the 8th instant. Mr. Houtselihis son, and; two or three other men were crossingabove Big creek just above the milldam, late in the evening of the 8th, and the water running very rapidly, forced the skiff with all of them in it, over the dam. Houtsel and his son had not been found on Saturday last. One of the other gentlemen was also thought to be dead for a considerable time but finally recovered. Ind. Rcpubilcan. Something nev. From a noiice of the proceedings of the Senate of the United States n Tuesday last, it appears that the Bank of Delaware ha3 petitioned Congress for the renewal of the charter of the United States Bank i What kind of kissinjr is this aoinsr on utuweeu mese marneu iiisum ua ii : i : a.a ; !,ons? . Xh? bailk of Delaware ' l?"18 in, kTinS up the United olrtie! i,um ,m oi preserv ing a uniform currenc y, or does it en- ! J som l".'1 t-r of favour in trans', j nctl", f b,,,r; hat fee3 it desiiuus ui.u n u)iuu ot. continued l njs looks to us a lit; 1c out of place. It appears to us that it would be nearer riirht io leave to the people rather than the Banks to determine whether the char ter should or should not be renewedIt locks squally to see the heads of two such institutions put together in n matter of this kind. Del. Gazttle. The American Fire King held his firt levee in this city last evening, at the j Masonic Hall in Chcsnut Street. He had a large assembly of eager specta tors; ana performed his ferts in the main, with great eclat. Before commencing operations, he made a short address to the audience, setting forth that he was asmm.li of an original Fire King, as Chaubert him?elf; that he had long been in the secret of his 4,rnost potent A .. 1 1 1. . . t. 1 . in; itnu uiai ne was prepared to lmtiate ani" "ividufi! into the mystery of ' ,!' ,!1 the fI);,cc of tvro ii'"te3. His countenance was pale and solemn; and he seemed to us, like one about to offer himself as a victim to "the interest of science." His face, with its fierce mustaches and whiskers, is not unlike n Portrait of Chaubert, which ue have Tu m.one r the London magazinrs. AAer . PrefaCfN h? proceeded to his e.xPer!ment3- 1e drcw the rcd hct '1CV ;iCr0S3 ,H3 hands and tongue; Jirank thf rnelted lead, which hissed in h's J"; ate an enormous quantity of blazing sealing wax dropped upon nia longue; and regalicd himself with drinking Flore: ce oil, so intensely heated as to burn a quill like fire, when precipitated into it. There was no mistake in these explots. He performed them a openly a3 the liberal air." His oven-scene did not go ot! so well, as he had been unable to make it so hot as he desired. This he frankly owned and said he could endure it as hot again, for hours. On the whole, his exhibition was truly wonderful. He managed every thing palpably, andwithout deception. He said if the Mayor would give him a house to burn, in the city; empl -v firen e a to prevent the extension of the llames, and insure hishpad against danger from the beams, he would enter thr domicii when the blnzc was issuing5 from every window, and tay an Uoiw. Philude phia Gut. . - ii stated that nve than 200 missimian--? m.j fur fr hv o n, I v on eluded tj iubii.it Xl ibw i ui Gtori