Indiana Palladium, Volume 9, Number 31, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 17 August 1833 — Page 1

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From the Western Hemisphere. WEST POIN T. It is a fact too glaring too palpable to be denied, even by the strongest advocates of this institution, that it has of hto years been and now is the practice to give all honorable, responsible and profitable trusts, agencies and missions to ojjicers of the Army, with few, very few exceptions; and generally speaking the young Cadets just let loose from school, are chosen for this purpose. Does Congress pass a law and make an appropriation for opening or repairing a J I Til" annnt.tnra n Kirlirtl- nlnl1

roau, uuiiuiug or rcpamug . iiu J"-'? or an aqueduct a young Cadet (generally a son of a member of Congress, or secretary of a department, or head of a bureau,) is employed for this service sometimes dozens of item at wages varying from two to six dollars per day, exclusive of their army pay and rations ! Is a canal or road to be surveyed, none but a West Point Cadet can doit. Are the Indians about to emigrate west to be settled, or payments to be made to them on this side of the great river none but a "danfly officer'' from West point can be employed; who probably never saw an Indian in bis life!! At least a million of dollars are disbursed annually on road?, canals, fortifications, harbors, removing Indians, &c. by young cadets from West Point, without the . t" ? 'TV... IV shadow of security or rcsponswuuy. io:iu is required cf them. The Government deems their honor sufficient to protect the treasury ! Nor is it at all uncommon to hear these sc:on3 of this pauper seminary say, with all the foppish insolence and upstart arrogance produced by the investment of their "littb brief authority," that tho "Government would rather trust the word and honor of an officer of the army, in disbursing public funds, than the oath, the bond and the security of any citizen'''' Such cant as this dishonorable to themselves insulting to the community and derogatory to the nation, certainly gives strong evidence of the intangibility of their honor. True, they may have forgotten that those very citizens are they at whose table they havo fed, and by whose bounty they have been thus elevated. Yet, such is the language of striplings who, most likely, arc at the samo time squandering public money shamelessly and providing for their oicn relations. Will the good sense of the community suffer these public vampires to prey upon their very vitals? Will not their liberty a natural and inalienable fright fall a prey to th3 rapacity of such cormorant incubuses? Is there not sufficient evidence in the existence of such a state of things, that reform is absolutely necessary? If there is not, let us adduce testimony, irrefragable testimony cf the truth of our assertions conclusive proof, that even Ohio, enterprising as she 35 independent as she believes herself to be and intelligent and responsible as her citizens may be held by their fellows in the Union, has come under the West Point yoke. We shall take but two simple cases from the many which can be adduced. There are now, two young cadets, both but lately graduated, and entirely inexperienced, acting as Superintendents of the work on the National Road between this place and and Zanesville, who receive about One hundred dollars per month, exclusive of pay and rations in the army. Let none bo heretical enough to suppose that any other than a West Pointer is capable of transacting public business ! Nor should those citizens who have heretofore officiated as public agents, old and experienced as they may be, think otherwise than that these youths possess every necessary acquirement, and have oqually as much experimental knowledge as their predecessors'.! How can it be otherwise when they were educated at the office filling, West Point? But who are these men, it may be asked, are they the children of those "poor par 'Cnts" of whom we have heard? Have they no influential connexions? If they have not, and their own merit and talents have thus elevated them, surely it cannot be considered degrading to the intelligence of Ohio, to cast out her incompetent, or unnecessary, (we know not what they may have been considered,) citizens, to make room for strangers boys just long enough from their mother's apron strings to have seen school. They are, however not entirely unknown to us the son . of a member of congress, and the nephew of a head of department, of course. If names arc necessary, enquiry must be made of the honorable Lewis Cass, and general Vance. We again repeat, and we state it as a fact that cannot be controverted, that tho best offices in the United States, and most of them too, have been monopolized by the graduates from West Point. Nor can it be denied that it is now a system in the ITr Department and in some other Departments of the Government, to proridefor Cadets as fast as they can graduate. To elucidate this more fully we submit the following extract from a late communication in one of the Washington city papers, which is directly in point, and of the truth of which there can be little doubt. "ReforriT is absolutely necessary for the preservation of the Unio'n ! Duff Green lias more access now to tho affairs of the Government, than tha friends of Liberty and Union!! John C. Calhoun has more control, indirectly over the officers of the ariny, than Gen, Jackson; andifthsro hid been occasion for Gen. Jackson to havo enforced the laws of tho U. S. he would have found

it absolutely necessary to re-organize the army. While Mr. Calhoun was secretary of war, ho used all the chicanery ho possessed to get a direct control over the officers of the army, in which lie was successful. During the excitement, after the issuing of the South Carolina ordinance, I had some conversation with an officer, who was ordered to South Carolina, upon the result of that afTiir, to which he replied "that if lie had to

fight he should choose sides!" We leave our readers to make their own comments, and proceed to enquire who these "young gentlemen," yclept Cadets, are? Gen. Macomb has said that they "constitute the main reliance the country for the successful prosecution of those great internal improvements, which, in this enlightened age, the States are planning and executing. We admit the correctness of the General's proposition, provided ho means by 'internal improvements1 the filling of their own pockets from the public purse. But the general further tells us that it is just and equitable that citizens should be excluded from tho Army, and every vacancy filled with West Point graduates." and why! Because "their higher qualifications claim, as they deserve, the ascendency." Consequently he arrives at the conclusion that "the preference ought to be given to a su perior (cadat) over an inferior (citizen.") Gen. Macomb, however, was himself a cadet, and must be considered somewhat partial. But who are these "young gentlemen ?" They are nineteen out of twenty, the sons or relations of Governors, Ex-Governors, Members of Congress, or Ex-Mcmbcrs, Secretaries or Ex-becretaries of Departments, Heads of Bureaus., Officers of the Army or Navy, emir.ent Editors, prominent politicians, or rich and influential characters, personally friendly to the President or Secretly of War, for the time being, and able io bring aid to the policy and measures of the then existing administration. To take the deep and damning curse off this insiduous and corrupt usurpation of the rights of the people, or rather, to blind the eyes of the community, it has been the practice, now and then, to send to the Academy some poor boy, of obscure connexions, on the application of some member of congress, (friendly to the institution) whose popularity was on the wane; and he would be sure to make his own account out of it, after returning home. The Sentinel admits that the appointments are made on the recommendation of members of congress. It is generally, though not always the case. Tho President, the heads of departments, and chiefs of the army have also their favorites, and they must be. gratified. At a future poriod, perhaps we may bo induced to designate the "young gentlemen" who have reaped the fruition of their hopes; at present we shall name but a few of the individuals who have been fa-ored either in their own families, or those of their relatives. And pre-eminently prominent, stands Gen. Vance; having procured two nephews and two of his sens admission to West Point, and to put a face on his immodest avarice, he procured admission for the son of a saddler, a first rate hand at electioneering, be it remembered, for the General! Vorthinton had two sons there J. C. Wright, one or two Whittlesey, one Calwell, two -rv, .. ri . -it; i ciug uiay, iwo v inzon nas some ne phews there and indeed in former years, it was customary for the members of congress from Ohio to suppose that Ohio's portion of cadets should be filled from their own families. Will the Sentinel now pretend to ray that there is no partiality shown? Every thing about and within the institution bears the impress of corruption. Indications arc every where apparent that tho foundation is laid for the organization of a separate and distinct order among, us; and that that order must be composed of the children of those men whom the people have elevated to important stations. Already arc they invested with the privileges necessary to sustain them as nobility, although deprived of the name. Their leading objects arc, to keep the poor ignorant; of this we have evidence sufficient in the fact that they give educa tion to but few of those who rank not, either in power, influence or wealth, with themselves. To encourage peculation end fraud upon inc puoiic treasury tor what other effect that system can produce which considers the honor of a cadet tantamount, nay, "superior' to the bond and security of a citizen, than this, wc cannot divine To create and maintain a monopoly of political power in their own hands, by parcelling out all the valuable ofiiccs in the nation among themselves : thus acquiring as extensive and overwhelming an influence over the Working classes as the nobility of Europe. The baleful and desecrating blessings of that influence is wafted, in the groans of the oppressed, by every breeze upon our shores. It has tilled England with poor houses watered Franco with blood polluted the fountains of happiness, and banished peace from the green shores of butchered and degraded Ireland. Tho same influence has gleaned every corner of creation ran-sack-ed every nation but to concentrate upon the devoted heads of the magnanimous Poles, all its multiplied curses its avalanche of dcgrcdation. W e now ask tho unbiassed reader if he conceives our reasons to be based on just principles? Is it not evident that olir oppc-

sition arises solely from the dangerous nature of tho institution? The expense in

curred is weighty, but it is nothing in comparison with the venality and political profligacy induced 4by its waste. The intrigue engendered by the eager grasping after of fice, is ample enough to work but tho com plete destruction of our free institutions. The favoritism shown, gives full proof that office too frequently is made tho pander for the most debasing schemes of self aggrandizement. And the results of the whole combined, display an array of profligacy, aristocracy, pride, insolence and peculation, astounding indeed to the individual who has heretofore been uninformed of the nature of the principles upon which the West Point Academy is based. The latest list to which wc have access, which records the names of the cadets from this state, is dated Feb. 15, 1S32, at which time they were as follows: Geo. W. Cass, Joseph C. Vance, G. P. Kingsbury, E. Kibby, Geo. B. Ames, Abraham R. Johnson, John W. Scott, Geo. W. Shaw and Alex. II. Tappen 0. Ohio is entitled to 21, and had not her portion by 12! ' Now, among the number of this list, will the Sentinel kindly show us the poverty stricken youth? Arc there any among them? We know that Abraham R. Johnson was admitted on that ground; but how is the fict? When his father John Johnson of Piqua, was removed from the Indian Agencv, he wrote to Major Eaton, we believe, complaining of poverty, and asked as a charity, that his son might he educated at the public expense!!! Yet this samo poor Mr. Johnson is suppos ed to be worth $150,000! We challenge a denial. It is but too true, and makes another among tho many strong reasons there are why grading seminary should be cast from its dangerous elevation. That such will ever be the case, rests alone upon those whom we denominate the Working men. In them there is strength; let there be union, and their wishes must bo ac complished. .!! Hit From the Philadelphia Intelligencer. Gomez, the Mexican Robf,i:r. This famous robber, with four hundred associates, inhabited the extensive forest of Pinal in Mexico, and committed the most atrocious and wa3 guilty of tho most heartless and diabolical cruelties. No traveller was safe. high or low, rich or poor; and the name of Gomez spread terror in every direction. His power was so great that government were intimidated, and was unalle to rout him from his strong holds The following is an instance of tho refinement and cold blooded barbarity with which he inflicted death. A poor fellow travelling Near St. Marlins, overtook a man on tho road and entered into conversation with him, in the course of which he observed that he hoped he might never fall into the hands of Gomr-z. "Why not?" Asked his companion, 4,Because," continued the traveller, "he is not only partial to robbing his victim, but he dolights in the shedding of blood, and in the exercise of cruelty.' "And who told you that?" said his fellow pedestrian, "common report," said the traveller, "and I know for certainty lh.it he murders every man he captures, and washes his hands in his blood." "Indeed," replied the other, "now you shall be convinced to the contrary, for here," said he, pointing to a path in the wood, "is the way to the abode of Gomez, and I will take the liberty to introduce you to him." In vain the traveller expressed his detestation of all new acquaintances, and urged the importance of his business, he was forcibly conto the trembling traveller, which being complied witn, i'io na was tasteneu uown wnen Uomez said to him, "Now, Senor, you shall know how false is common shall die, but your blood shall neither shall 1 idoat over thee hands in the streams of lii suffocate and die. f.M I 1 . . 1 i ne poor wrcicn in vain sonciiou mercy,

wuv. fe..,v,.rv. .i r ' rwo, V I , 1 "i1 furnishes or.lv one of the many instances of prcssilio horror ot imdmg the roubcr to be h.s eye lids and found the ey i,.hs drawn nnlur0 ;r;lcrintn. Mr.' Wtldcn who h.s cempamon utiunucr! i:aF?pn (m ?1Q f:f j ,wzs "Here," said uomez to some of his gang, j hss. He held aplnal contauopg spmt r.i j ;jtta(.kc(1 m Uu, i:.tlM,f Augu,t,nt8o!oc!r, "Bring that large chest here. It was j s ilammonnc under one nostnl a c-ousu era-, p M , 7 iA.,od; hw ncxt ni,nilp , brought. "Now get in here," he continued bio time; but thouga the doctor could not . k ... Br.iin..r.sl.nrt ,i ifl

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and perished while the brutal murderers were j tor crammed the sjino noisiril with the powlaughingat his woes, and gamlliug on the J dcr of white hellebore; and finding this chest! equally inactive, he was perfectly convinced - - that no impostor could have remained insenDrcadf ul Accident. During the cxhibi- siblo to such applications-, and that Chilton

lion of fire works in this city, on the evening of the 4th, an accident occurred by which a man lost his life. The circumstances are as follows :-Upon the stage erected, from which the fire works were discharged, were deposited a largo quantity of rockets, Recovered over with a blanket, which by iiccident took fire and the whole exploded atoncc,shooling about in every direction amongst a largo body of people assembled to w itness the exhibition. One of the rockets struck a man named James McGloan in the body and cut oil one of tho main arteries, which caused his death in about 15 minutes. Two other men were severely injured, though not dangerously and several slightly, by the explosion. A rocket struck the bonnet of a l.tdy and tore it to pieces without the slightest injury to her. We are surprised that rnore lives were not lost. Tho deceased was a foreigner, and had been in tlrs country only about a year. He was a widower, and has left five small children in a destitute condition, llud&on Rep.

From Frazcr's Magazine. Account of the extraordinary sleeper, Samuel Chilton of Tinsbury. Samuel Chilton, an inhabitant of tho village of Tinsbury, near Bath, was a laborer of a robust habit of bod), though not corpulent, and had reached the 25th year of his age. When apparently in perfect health, he fell into a profound sleep on the 13th of May, 1091, and every method which wns tried to reuse him proved unsuccessful. His mother ascribed his conduct to sullenness of temper; and dreading that ho would die cf hunger, placed, within his reach bread and cheese and small beer; and though no person ever saw bin eat or drink during a whole month; yet the food set before him was daily consumed. At tho end of the month, he arose of his own accord, put oh his own clothes and resumed his labors in the field. After a lapse of nearly two yearf, namely, on the 0th of April, 1000, he was agam

overtaken by excessive sleep. He was now j bled, blistered, cupped and scarified, and I the most irritating medicines applied exter nally, but they were unable to rouse or even to irritate h:m, and during a wheb fortnig . . - . . 1 cturinga visol3 lortmir ht't: he was never seen to open his eyes. He ate however, as before, of tho food which nrfintlinna whirl, wrro moiiim,!- Imt nJ person ever saw any cf those he ps sometimes found fi: mouth full of blood. In this condition he lay ten weeks. A singular change in his consitutlon now took place. lie lost entirely the power of eating; his jaws were set, and his teeth so closely clenched, that every attempt to force open his mouth with instruments failed. Having accidentally observed an opening in his teeth, made by tho nction of tho tobacco-pipe, and usual with most great smokers, they succeeded in pouring some tent wine into his throat through a quill. Dur-

inS forty-sixdays he subsisted on about three C(1 w:tjJ v.cr,t llA t!ie ruaus ctuym to pints or two quarts ot tent. , VtCm t i0iiv, thronged at an rarlv hour, with At tho end cf seventeen weeks, viz: s miutitu-Jcpon foot r.r.d in every rr.r.Cc of conabout the seventh of August he awoke, drcs- ryuce, irrefutably impelled by i.n nhi.ot sod himself, and walked about the room, J unaccountable curicisity to witness the cr.ti of being perfectly unconscious that ho hud ! this uah'ippy behg. it is estimated that slept more thanono night. Nothing, indeed, j there were probably ret Ices tlum 10,KH could make hiin believe that ho had slept so i liners pro.ei.t. lleoths were erected clong

lnnrr. till nnnn nnin,i In GohU hn -nw r5' ' O crops o oariey ana oa s ready lor the r.ckle, l I 1 1 t i 1 wiwv.ii uu u nit. iiiUL iuu v i c Uiii y ? u WJl iit. ll he last visited them. Although h's flesh was somewhat diminished by so long a fast, yet he was said to look brisker than lie had before. lie felt no inconvenience whatever from his long confinement, and he had not the smallest recollection of any tiling that had happened. Ho accordingly entered again upon his rural occupations and continued to enjoy good health till the morning of 17th August, 1097, when he experienced a coldness and shivering in his back; and after vomiting once or twice, ho again fell into his former slate of somnolency. Dr. William Oliver, to whom wo owe the preservation of these remarkable facts, happened to be at Bath, and hearing of so singular a case, set out on tho iiCd of August, Jo inquire into its history. On h's arrival at Tinsbury, he found Chilton asleep, with bread and cheese, and a cup of beer pl iccd on stool within his reach. 1 lis pulse was regular, though a littlo. too strong, and his respiration fi'eei He was in a breathing sw.at," with an agreeable vj innth over his body. Dr. Oliver bawled into his ear, pulled his shoulders, pinched 1,'r- nose end mouth together, but notwithstar.ding this rude treatment, he evinced no indications i f sensiblity. Impressed with tho belief that bear it for a moment under h .3 own nose , tho sleep - i wnnoui making n:s eves water cvelids shiver and tremble. Tin . .. .. .11 every attempt io rouse nun, our ruhiies.s cccj was really overpowered with sleep. In the state in which Dr. Oliver left him, various gentleman from liath went to see him; but the mother would not permit the repetition of any experiments. On the XJlst of bept. Air. oolmcr, sn cxperienccd apothecary, went to see him, ud hndui" his "f i'i'U f r rC ! l;3.,001' of blood itoui his r.n; but neither 3 ounces at the opening of the vein, nor durinu th How cf die blood, did he tn:J:c the smallest movement Inconsequence of his mother removing to another house, Chilton was carried down stairs when in this fit of somnolencv. Hi

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not bo spilt, i his nostrils, to the amount ot about half an ,,llf.rii lllP nrfinlo ,-pni(lv,, the pflm l:d.

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siairs wnen in l us nt ot somnolencv. wisi. , . , . t;,..- iu,,, i m , , i . ii . . . . hundred and luntttt-four uolMrs liein I D hoad 'accidentally struck against a stone Mid . . .. ..;, . ,.-:..,.., i. , , , .J . ... . I acres! hot him teat the cxper.ir.cnt. Jtcaa received such a severe blow, t int it was. , .... , , i , i -v.-,,..'... be done. Vato Atlas,

much cut; butheavc no indications w.ntever of having felt the Mow. Dr. Oliver again visited hiin in his new .house, and, after trying again eomo of his former stimulant ho Siw a gentltman who iiccoinpanled him run a larpc inn into the ar?:i cf Chilian, to the rcrv bone, without his being sensible of

it. During the whole of tliTs long fit ho wai never seen to cat or drink, though generally once a day or sometimes onco in two day?, food which stood by him disappeared. Such was tho condition hf our p iticnl till the ll)th Nov. when his mother having hoard a noise, ran up to his room and found him eating. Upon asking him how ha was, hj replied, 'Very well, thank God." Sii3 then asked whether he liked bread and butter or bread and cheese beet. He answered bread and cheese. She immediately left the room to convey tho agreeable intelligence to his brother; but, on their return to the bed room, they found him as fast asleep as ever, and incnpablo of being aroused by any means which they applied. From this time his sleep seemed to havo been loss profound: for tho' ho continued in a state of somnolency till the end of January, or tho beginning of February, yet ho seemed to hear when they called him by

his name; and though ha was incapable of returning any answer, yet they considered him as sensible to what was said. His eyes were less closely chut, and frequent tremors were seen in his cyt I ds. About tho bcoinnirifT fit u innrv. I lnltnn mvoui in nrr. w, , . . " " II V. UVUlllltll IIIU III ILlUIUVtiVlll tttlllVtll of any tiling that had happened to him duringhis long deep. Tho only complaint that ,!0 Rrul V'a?!ho CO,(1 l11lickd llU" ,UOr

.1 t than usual. Ho returned, accordingly to ioso acts, though 1 . , t . . ,, , r OJ -st -lec n with his i:sl )0Urs ,n ,,;3 anJ FO Iar 1,9 wo i.:T.L,i:.: l.fJ' learn, he was not again attacked with

thissinjuhr disc-sc. Froi-i the .turn'ri Sentinel. KXLCUTHhV OF (LOUGH. The execution of ius mhappy man took place, yesterday nftornocn, (Saturday, July til.) agreeably to his tntenro, about tw miles and a half from .Ahunit Holly, near tho Phila'lelplra rjud, on the samo t-pot where a Hack woman was executed about a year ago. The fteam-loata which lelt this city, lr i i o roao ivauing ireMi vijmgc 10 ine pi si? a vonni u it iri'udi 1 muvu itil vrWW , UJCnts wcrc c K,d t0 exhibitit , all tKo 14 1 .i V. UlU III Ut t.lllll IMiU'Jl n til.. 4 i I k appearai.ee of a fair or 'festival. At about half past l'J o'clock, dough was brought out of proii and placed in an pen doari'crn, in which, supported by the hrih" and accompanied by the llev. Mr. Mocrhcure and another clergyman, he prrceeoYd to the fatal spot, under a military escort, composed cf a troop of cavalry, three companies of infantrv, and one of rargors. lie appeared pale and e:;tien?cly 'obilitated, the ofitct, in pnrt.cf his previous indisposition, and paitly of his awful tituaticn. A letter iVcm Clcogli to hi.? mother wa3 read, and the cuttomary religious rcrvices were performed; after which, at about twenty minutes before ;J o'clock, r.t the "iven signal. i the diop fell, anda'der a brief struggle, he resigrr?d his spirit into the hands of his Maker and .ludge. We cr.-lersiarul that ho ban made a confession which will immediately published in this city. The indecent haste with which the dead, but ( specially the victims of Cholera, aro bene to tho grave is vny rrprtlicnsiLb. Iul in this hasto to inter a fellow being, in whom life is not extinct, but dormant cr tancod, is certainly a most appalling consecration. Tho following fact occurred en tho lio of tho Chesnpeuko and Ohio Canal, : d it is very reasonably supposed, that Jt , ;lur Q wag j,j iccij m n ccfp,n, and tik'-n 1 JO lj0 ,JUriil p1C0 1Ic.rc Ui ci fiia Prcducthc Farm. Samuel Chnmbcihia of We'tborough, Conn., tills a firm of M0 acres which ho discribes as a "stifT clayey soil, ro ky, uneven, hills and valleys, particularly ud .ptcd to the giow th cf fruit trees, of which 2 has a great variety. Without any thing like extravagance or overwrought agriculture, ho exhibits the following as tho aluo ofi.V produce of his f rm for ono year commencing .March iiuth, 1SUC, and ending Mnch 'rth, 1S5;1. oi :v M. u,r cr.n ? ii. AiiJU-J; T.)l,lvala of Dairy, IJocf, and V? , . - J Huch is tho result cf industry, imd well directed agricultural (fi'orts in Now England. Can any former in Ohio from his level, feasible, and fortilo binds, reap such a golden harvest in one war? Two thousand three I Kiack lhv.k is raid t have given the fdI lowin.- toacten tho ith of July, in coinpli'i ni 'tit t tlie Aoif riean ladies: W hite woman prvtty equaw good big sleeves, put pappooios mihuit blanUet run f:u.t

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