Indiana Palladium, Volume 8, Number 24, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 30 June 1832 — Page 2

COXGIUSSSIOXAL. I . S ex a te, Monday June U, 1 S"2. Oa motion of Mr. Webster the bill to equip and mount, a portion of the United States infantry, fort ha- defence of the north western frontier, with the amendment to the si m -3 from the House, authorizing the Presiduit to receive into the service mounted volunteers to the number of 1009 men, was taken up for consideration. Mr. Trrrox rose to propose some amendments which he hoped would obviate the difficulties that hid arisen. He s.iid the bill now before the Senate, as amended by the House, provides for nising one thousand mounted gun men to protect die norlh western frontier against the Indians. lie would have been satisfied with the bill as it was, for he was anxious to slop the effusion of blood, and the destruction of property in the frontier country. Some Senators object to the number of men to be raised, some to their term of service, and others to the discretionary power vested in the President. Oil a former occa- ' sion, he had stated that five hundred men were competent to t!i3'service,if led by an officer suited to the occasion. This was still his opinion, but yielding to the wishes of ihe representative from Illinois, for whoso

opinion he had great respect, he had left the number blank. Same Senators have said to the friends of this measure, agree among yourselves, and wo will vote with you for any sum that is required. Jn order to settle this matter, and to procure the prompt action of Congress, I now propose, said Mr. Tipton to amend the amendment, by asking for five hundred men, to serve one year, to be commanded by one Major, and a suitable number of platoon o Ulcers, to be apijointcd by the President by and with tire advice and consent of the Sena te. He had no fear of the discretionary power vested in the President. The President knew too well what was due to a suffering people, and to his own fame, and he had given too many pledges of fidelity Jo his country, now to err in regard to conducting an Indian war. Pass this bill, with this amendment, and in thirty days from the d ly the President's order is received in the westcrnstaf.es a sufficient force will be on the frontier, and of that description of troops that will inspire confidence in our people, and enable them to return with their fami- ' lies, to their former homes. This number of men is amply sufficient to keep peace, and the presence of an armed force is, at all timc3 necessary to awe these Indians into submission. An Indian has no love for the American people. The missions, the teachers, and the preachers, sent to them have not civilized them; nor will tho long prayers made, nor the hypocritical hands holden up,1 in the eastern cities, in behalf of the poor Indians, have much effect in warding oft' the scalping knives from our heads. To explain the cause of his anxiety on this subject, Mr. T. read a letter from Major Ihown, dated May oOlh, stating that General Walker, with 4.00 men had gono out. General Walker, said Mr. T., is a brave and activo young man, his followers are suited to the service. While they arc out, the frontier will be protected. But these men live by their industry, and cannot remain long in tho field, and when they return, more murders will be perpetrated. ISy this attack, three hundred of the frontier people, we are told, arc thrown back upon those living in more secure places. Those who have not lost their lives, have lost their property and the opportunity of making bread for this season. Another letter informed him that there is not bread enough in the country to serve the people on the frontier ten days. The Indian has struck his blow, and will lie close and conceal himself until our militia return from their expedition; at the approach of autum when the settlers driven by necessity, return to recover their property and to put in winter grain for the next crop, unless we have an armed force there, this war will be renewed. And, Sir, said Mr. T., will you expect us to renew this application, next year, to Congress, with another mournful list of murders ! If you do, you arc, perhaps mistaken. Let me tell you what will be done. There are about five thousand and one hundred Indians in Indiana; and, in Illinois, eight thousand six hundred. We arc neighbors, cannot agree, and arc now at war. You must separate us by removing those Indians out of these States : or you may be sure, Sir, that we will exterminate them. From this war, and this danger, the Miamic3 and a part of the Pottawattamics are exempt. If you will send the force which we want, it can, if underjudicious officers, protect the white people and the friendly Indians until all thc Indian tribes arc removed from our vicinity. This is no TarilF bill to talk and write and threaten about and put off until next year. It comes home to our business and bosoms. Oar wives and our little ones, our all are at stake. We cannot, we will not delay. Let me intrcat gentlemen, whatever they do, to do it quickly. It is better for us that you should this day, before the western mail goes out, decide. Denial is better for us than delay. When you tell ns no, you must defend yourselves, we cannot spare the money, the Taritf will not be modified, we dread giving the President this power, there arebut lew Indians nt war, your men now out will watch the Black Hawk, until he starves then, Sir, wc understand you. Understanding then, Sir, wc know what to do. 1 am no prophet; but I would not be surprised if all the Indians from Tippecanoe to the Mississippi, should be exterminated before the end of of one year. Sir, it is our duty, in self defence, 10 do this, and after it is done let me not be told you AVcstevn people arc savaQK, you murdered the p.or Indians. Do gentlemen expect us to' beg the lives oi our families upon our knees, it is not ii, jui ri m tu iv. wo caimot we will net do it.

Congress will adjourn in a few days, and when we return to our people, and tell them that wo have done all in our power to procure men for their defence and. have fidlcd; then, Sir, our constituents know what to do, and upon you, not upon us, be the charge of what follows, for these wars will be brought to a close in the shortest possible way. It is proper that I should state that I have conversed with the Secretary of War. and that he approves raising this corps. I wrote to him, but he is absent, or I would have had a letter to submit to the Senate upon the subject. I am opposed, continued Mr. T., to popular elections of military officers. They

create much difficulty, and are subversive of Military discipline. When an officer is charged with an expedition, and directed to take his men to a certain point and do a certain thing, he is responsible for the execution of the order. Can he say to this man go there, to another stay here, if he is electioneering with them. Military service requires power to enforce discipline, if you will make it efficient. The President knows this. lie has been embarrassed by these things in hiscampaings. I confide in him that he will not appoint Cadets from West Point, nor bar room Clerks and counter-hoppers to command our men. No, Sir, lie will ask the honorable Senators from Illinois or Missiouri who is competent to command, who will your people confide in? and he will appoint men who are recommended by the representatives from the States in danger. As to the organization of the corps, Mr. T. said he wished it to form a part of the army; the officers to be commissioned for three years, and the men enlisted for one Year, unless sooner discharged: and the law to remain in force three years. His object was to avoid popular militia, by creating a permanent and efficient corps to maintain tho peace of the frontiers. Mr. Rank thought the occasion did not admit of delay, and for expedition's sake, he would take the amendment as it came from the House. Mr. Hexdiucks said, that he had a fewwords to say, chiefly applicable to filling tire blank, should the amendment proposed be adopted. The bill as it originally passed the Senate, proposed the mounting of a corps of infantry, for the protection of our inland frontier. It had no reference to the recent troubles of the north west, but had its origin in a belief entertained for years past, that this description of troops was bet ter suited to the service in that quarter than infantry or foot. This bill had been modelled in the House of Representatives, n m i louse oi jveprcscmaii ves, cfcrence te . the Indian war ow tween the Miss.ss.ppi and Lake in direct rcf waging be Michigan, and proposed as a substitute, tho raising of one thousand mounted gunmen, volunteers, corps organized or to he organized, as the President might direct, to continue in service, or be dismissed from if, as his discretion might, see fit. The amendment proposed, said Mr. H. looks not so much to the pre sent crisis as to the permanent defence of the country, and contemplates a corps of mounted rangers, on the model of those employed on the frontier, during tho last war. This latter purpose, said Mr. II., 1 approve, and believe the latter description of troops decidedly the best adapted to the service, and the most efficient that can be called into it. This was the testimony, he believed, uniformly given in favor of these corps during that war, from the frontiers of Ohio to the Mississippi vii;ir ' 1 1 1 c r t mnrw worn TirvnT nt!vo more energetic, more rapid in their movements, and as brave as any other that have heretofore ever been employed in the service. They were indeed citizen soldiers; having all the advantages of discipline, and all the interests of the country concentrated upon them. It was his opinion, that so much better were this corps suited to the defence against Indians, that ;"300 of them would be better than the 1,000 proposed bv the amendment of the House of Representatives. He wished this corns to be or-'an-izcd as the bill proposed, to lie made a ' r . 1 , 1 , . .1-1' " fV-lVy UUllil W1V, AUJL W.J.1 11 1 til iiiio tUUIU IJyJ be done as it then was, cither try arbitrary appointments of the President and Senate, or by selections of thc officers on thc part of the companies; these selections being afterwards sanctioned by the appointing power; for in both ways were the companies of ran gers officered during the war. He would also pay these troops as they have been heretofore paid ; would giyc them one dollar per day, and require them to find their own rations, clothing and horses. He would at a proper time move to fill the blank with 000, with a view of their being organized into six companies, which would in his opinion, after the present crisis should pass away, be abundantly sufficient for the protection and tranquility of our whole exposed frontier. The officers would be continued in the service as long as the service might need e? C5 them. The men would be enlisted for one year, unless sooner discharged, and whenever it should be thought advisable, the whole corps, officers and men, could bc instantly disbanded. Air. II. further remarked, that all thc objections to the proposed amendment, could in his opinion bc readily answered. It had been said that the raising of rangers would be a measure of delay, and that the volunteers proposed by the amendment of the House, were already in thc field. We have been urged in favor of tho bill as if. came from thc House, bytconsidcrations, of the present emergency on the frontier. He for one did not feel himself to be legislating for the present emergency at all. That emergency had, in all probability, before this pissed away. The Indians were no doubt dispersed and sheltered in the deep forests of ihe north west; and if this w:;s not now the fact, it would be so long bcfoie ar.y troops v. e could raise bv this bill

could be brought into the field. For the present emergency, then? were already too many troops in the field; more than could be employed. They were in each others wav, and the greatest difficulty thev would feel, would'be the want of supplies. Communications fron the scat of war has told us, that dOOO Illinois militia were already there, and that their number was daily increasing. The militia from the western counties of Indiana had tdso inarched to the point of danger, lie had seen a letter this morning, informing that the Governor of Indiana had r,AA T..;. i .

uiuicu ii iiii!uit--i vjcuerai, v.iiiiuis wnoie command to rapair to the frontier, if in his opinion such force might be needed. We hive even heard of movements of militia in the State of Ohio. It was idle to suppose that the first emergency could be aided by the bill now before the Senate. There were or had been probably five men in the service where one was needed. This was creditable to the militia of the new States. It was a part of their history that they would simultaneously repair in m v.-s to the joint of danger. Sir, said Mr. II. in voting for the measure now before the Senate, I feel myself called upon to provide an efficient corps, for the protection and tranquility of the frontier. Such force he thought necessary, although the recent speck of war should have wholly disappeared; for it would be recollected, that the recent disturbances have not been the first which within tho last few years have been excited by these tribes on the Upper Mississippi.- They repair yearly to Maiden and Fort Drummond, and receive large presents from the British; and feel that they have a resting place without the limits of the United States. Future hostilities may be expected from them. This their past history as well as their present feelings, induce us to expect, and for this stale of things it was our duly to provide, nies, 2 bv0 men organized into six com pacompanies, to be raised in each of the States of Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, mounted and kept in mot ion would be a sufficient protection for the whole line of our exposed frontier. After some further debate, the Senate adjourned. On the 1-Ith the bill was again taken up, and further debated by Mr. Tipton and several other members, when the question was taken on Mr. Ts amendment and carried in the affirmative. The bill was then reported to the house and the amendment concurred in. The following is a copy of the bill, as it passed both houses: AN ACT to authorize the President to raise mounted volunteers fur the defence of the frontier. Bc it enactcd hy thc Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress AsscmblaL That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to raise, either by thc acceptance of volunteers, or enlistment for one year, unless sooner discharged, six hundred Mounted Rangers, to be armed, equipt, mounted and organized in such manner and to bc under such regulations end restrictions as the nature of the service may in his opinion make necessary. Sec 2. And he it further enacted, That each of the said Companies of Rangers shall consist of one Captain, one first, one second and one third Lieutenant, five Sergeants, five Corporals, and one hundred privates, the whole to form a Battalion and be commanded by a Major. Sec. iJ. And he it further enacted. That the said non-commissioned olhcers and privates shall arm and equip themselves, unless otherwise ordered by the President, and provide their own horses and shall be allowed each one dollar per day as a full compensation for their services and flic use of their arms and horses. The commisioued oilicers shall receive the same pay and emoluments as officers of the same grade in the annv of the United States, and the officers shall be allowed forage for their horses and be en- ! titled to the same rations as those of the same rade in the army of the United Slates, respectively. Sec. . And he it further enacted, That 4i , i . i the oiiiccrs, non-commissioned omcors and privates raised pursuant to this act, shall n iM. i ... im. ,4: i in; eiuuicu io inc iiku uuuipcjibauuu wi asu of disability, bv wounds or otherwise, incur red in the service as Ins heretofore been allowed to officers, non-commissioned officers and privates in the Military establishment, of the United States, and shall be subject to thc rules and articles of War and such regulations as have been or shall bc established according to law, for the government of the army of the United States, as far as the same may bc applicable to thc said Rangers, within the intent and meaning of this act, for the protection and defence of the Northwestern frontier of thc United States. Sue. 5. And he it further enacted, That the President of the United States, by and with the advice. and consent of thc Senate, is hereby authorized to appoint, all the officers, proper to be appointed under this act, which appointments may be made during thc recess of the Senate, but shall bc submitted to the Senate, at their next session, for their advice and consent; and that the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for thc purpose of carrying this act into cllcct. Romance of- real life. On Friday April 26, 1S32, D.Fulton, one of the Coroners of this county was culled to view the bodies ofEliz ibelh Bird, and Abraham Van Dyck, found drowned in Brown's pond, town of Clinton. They were tied together round the waist and from previous declarations, no doubt remained but that they had deliberately made way with themselves. Thev vere seen going to the pond on Wednesday preceding,she quite intoxicated, and it was supposed he not much better. They hid divested theaisehce

of their upper garments which werr carefully deposited near the Lake, to gelhcr with a bottle containing the remains of a pint of Rum which they had purchased that morning, perhaps not an hour before they took their fatal plunge. Both were habitually intemperate. Ponglikcfpsie pop&r. From the Illinois Galcnuin, June 0. SEAT OF WAR.' The Editor of this paper being Surgeon in tho 1 til Regiment of Illinois Militia, and called into active service, hy Col.,1. M. Strode, wa.- ordered to proceed, with a mounted detachment of about 70 volunteers uniler command of J. W. Stephenson, to Dixon's Ferry, across Rock river, in order to guard despatches to (Jen. Atkinson's ar-

i my and to reeonnoiue. me omerent groves ( lians iiad so ofien issued and killWili ;re ine ed many of the most valuable citizens. Being present, wc are aide to stale facts as they actually presented themselves. On the 20th ult. we started and travelled en the road leading by Apple river to Peora; encamped first nignt at the farm of Mr. Averv. On the next morning we begun our march and soon passed the fort on Apple river, where we found a stockade, in which were about one hundred incn, women and children, defended by Captain Stone's company of Militia. Wo soon reached Kcllogg's old place, near which had perished, by the blood stained h ind of the ruthless band of the savage foe, four of our fellow citizens, mentioned in our last, viz: Felix St. Vrain, agent for the same tribe who shed J his blood, Messrs, Hale, Fowler and HawiCY We searched for their bodies, where we had been directed by their surviving companions, but did not succeed in finding them. We saw near the spot, very many tracks of Indian horses in thc midst of those of the whites; and a little distance further, wc discovered a trace where about 100 Indians had crossed over from thc Mississippi towards the main army of the enemy, about two days before which, was thc time" that St. Vrain and his companions were killed. Wc proceeded onward about two miles when night began to approach, we to look for an advantageous situation to make our encampment. It being desirable to get into seme pointer small grove of timber, which would fend off arrows and rifle balls, we turned off the high ridge pre.irie road towards a point of timber projecting from a large gxovc on our right. When about a quarter cf a m ile from the road, CV.pt. Stcphcm;on calleu a iiait tilt our spies went to ex mime the grove and report whether it would he suitable for our encamping ground. While our horses were grazing about thc prairie, an Indian on a fine horse rode up on the ridge in full view, and stood for some time counting our numbers. Upon which several of our horsemen gave him chase for about three miles towards the woods of the Pick-a-ton-e-ka,but could not come up with him. By this time it beg m lo grow dark and the persons returned. Wc all presumed that he belonged to the s-mc parly v. Inch had made the above mentioned trace; and had been sent to spy and report to thc main band, who, had ihov thought themselves stron"enough, would no-doubt have attacked us. Finding no water at the grove, wc marched on a tew miles, came to a small creek and there remained two hours to let our horses feed and rest. At the sound of ihe bugle, we mounted and moved on in the midst of night, to a house owned by Mr. Chambers, where wc quartered through the remainder of thc night. La u . v tne next morning wo commenced our UK rch, passed through imilalo Grove, where had lecentlv iilkn our lamented fi How citizen, Wm. "ihujey, by a band of Indians; and after viewing his rude tomb, we hurried our mrch till wc reached Dixon's Ferry. Wc visited Gen. Atkinson's I ?ad cuarters, learned that on thc evening before hehad received, per express, a letter from Gen. Reynolds, stating jh:t the whole army under Gen. Whiteside, had turned their course down to the mouth of Fox river of the Illinois, and were there to h disbauded : that Gen. A. on hearing this had spared no turn-, u'.ii nan proceeded fo the spot with his staff officers, and a few other men amounting to about 15 men in r:lh About 12 o'clock, 31. of the same day, 1 men came through from Gen. Whiteside's army, and stated thev had been chased by about J0 Indians on horseback, a distance of several macs. mav be I o the superiority of their horses attributed their "escape from their merciless pursuers. Tney h -d not move than got out of sight of the Indians, when they saw at some considerable distance in thc prairie. Gen. Atkinson and retinue, oomg in tue direction towards this baud oi Indians: but b not think it prudent to del i v loin- enough lo ride to inform them of their danger. Cir cumstances render it very certain, that Gen. A. must have fallen in with those Indians; hence his fate is extremely doubtful. Wc understand that it'was the intention of Gen. A. to change his had quarters fo the mouth of box river. Ties change we suppose was thought advisable on account of the late massacre among some families m that quarter. The General had reason, no doubt, to in that direction; but it seems not to be so. from late intell ffor.ee u'iiioi we have re ceived from the north-end east. The main army of the enemy is now moIng tow rds tl lour Lakes, and causes great a i, isi:u et.i. aim the ui!.-. am ng all the inhabitants throughout mining part of the teriiforv S Wl place. Tho stockade in Galena is nearly done.

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keen called into fervice, through lie.' country, and none thinks of going a mile in any part of the country without Lis gun und bayonet. Col. Strode has been diligent in sending forams and ammunition to nil the posts on ihe Upper Mississippi, except St. Peters, .-Mid has just received per order, from Jefferson Uarraoks ev0 muskets, &c. with a sufficiency of carirldges, one six pounder with carriages, ecc. and four swivels. With all this aid, we think we may be able to defend Galena by a suitable concentration offeree. Put this is not to conclude this bloody war. Something more then defence Iis to be done before this country will enjoy one moment's security from savage invasion. They are to be exterminated or driven far beyond the frontier settlements be-fore we can have a permanent peace. This country, embracing ihe territory, is doing all that her feeble

j lni sxlcn i",,cd vc,s lS Ililve assembled on our borders, lmt little, except a more defence of the most prominent rlaoes. can be exneoted. Cur mounted UK n are every uav scorning ocr mo conn I . 1 try, m order, ii po.k ibie, to ascertain where the enemy's army is, and to give check fn the little parties of the hostile band, who are going about, cutting off all who mny chance to fall in their way. We hope the time is not far distant,, when something effectual will be done for the relief of so dis!rcssed a country. Gen. Atkinson, we mentioned in our Inst, had authorized Col. Wm. S. Hamilton to go and bring on thc Menorninces and Sioux Indians to the number of 1000 or under. Should lie succeed we anticipate great benefit from such a force. Col. H. sent to Fort "Winnebago requesting the commanding officer there to ascertain if Menorninces could be found there, but a letter came to this place last Saturday directed to Col. II. from Capf. Plyrnp'on, stating that none were there, but that two companies had been started to go to General Atkinson on Rock river. Gov. Reynolds has ordered on 2000 mounted militia who are to rendezvous at Henepin near thc scat of war on the 10th instant. "We are informed that a Regiment of mounted volunteers from about Kaskaskia, have organized themselves, and selected R. Holmes, of thc U. S. army their Colonel. We have the lienor fo bc well acquainted with that gentleman, find can do no less than congratulate our Illinois volunteers on their having so good and able a commander. We have about 100 mounted volunteers here who, wc are certain, will be glad to co-operate with our friend, Col. Holmes, and his patriotic volunteers. Gen. 1L Podge is certainly one of the most indefatigable and efficient men in this or anv other country. He is constantly on the alert ; on' day he is found at homo planning and adopting means of defence in ce.se of attack, and the next day he is found pushing his little force of mounted Spartans into the very heart of the Indian country. We have great reason to fear that the Sacs and Winncbagoes have been planning a grand scheme for his destruction, together with his men. Intelligence was brought to Gen. D. some oays after the council, mentioned in our last, that tiic Sacs had marched an army of dCO warriors into ihe neighborhood of the Four Lakes, and that they had procured those two female prisoners who were taken near Fox river on tho Illinois, by pledging lo pay them a large sum, and lhat they were in a state of distress, being so penned ii) that they could neither retreat nor visit the Sa.cs without aid from Gen. I). From the same source he learned, lhat it was the intention cf tho Sacs to make an immediate attack en some part of the north-cast border of the Mines. Without delay, Gen. D. proceeded veith all the force he could raise in the territory, to the spot he thought most in danger; and not finding the enemy there, he, hist Friday, marched towards the Four Lakes with a deleimination to know more about the hostile foe before he returns. Since the return of Capf. Stephenson's company of mounted volunteers from Dixon's f.-riy, it is deemed advisable to range near Ciena, reconnoitre ihe country in its vicinity, and be so near lhat their assistance can be called, should there be need of them to the defence of ibis place. On thc 2d inst two expresses arrived, one from Fort Winnebago, in answer to a letter from Col. Win. S.IhmiltGn, to the commanding officer at that place, enquiring wijoiiier any i.tenommee "1 T Indians could b had in that direction we learn that there were not any in lint vicinity. Same day we learned that Gen. J)tJd.. haatm t, on h's way to-.vards the Four Lakes 't the Line Mounds, two Winnebago Chiefs. r! i'h;c Whirlimr Thunder and ibo Lhil,. ii'v-'- i n pieieiiueu uiciiutmp. x noy -I.,..- MM..-. t r..: -1-1 r -! S!i' lj!at 1,10 m;un bony of tho i?acs was ou.ii '.w mnes irom tnc iwoimei Cn the same day we received, (not aufiHMit.ciJ'y.) information that Ihe two young ladies had been brought in and given up to the whites at the Blue " !eui:ds. On thc "d. about 1) o clok A. 1ST. General H raily arrived hen from Fort Wi:meba:o. m commano ot two companies vh'ch h:eh had I'een oiden il fo repair fo Gen A.kinson'.s Head Quarters. The officers who have command of the are Captain Lowe and On fhe tth, Capf. Sf rphr-nsonV mo;;nf( volunteer i.mgc rs p irn-d from this place 1 Oeetinet! lor an excuis oa on lh f; entu ir, .ami te ( t !.' i .- vi 1 1 f r in (!.n le.l vj it tin: I , lit co-operate with the forces of Ccu 1) .p. We are line! btter f:om Gen .i.e. lo th.t a a birfunaie females, it, end who W en W J,! Li:;en

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