Indiana Palladium, Volume 11, Number 29, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 1 August 1835 — Page 1

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ADDRESS TO THE rEOPLE OF DEARBORN COUNTY. The Committee appointed by the Wilmington Meeting, "a draft an address to the people of Dearborn county, on the subjects of the lie-location of the County Seal and of the rpproacliing Election," respectfully submit the follon-ing: t'KM.ov.-CiTizF.Ns: The location of the seat of justice is a manor which we had considered at reft; but si difficult is it to subdue an arbitrary- spirit when, once accustomed to rul, that it is sometimes necessary to rally again and again, before the object can be accomplished: and this seems t j be the case in the subject before us. The citizens of Lawrenceburgh Lave, for many years, rnioye-I the privileges and advantages of the county seat, to'lhc great injury and inconvenience of the majority of the ysoi i?. That majority, last year, gave the subject an mi1 artial investigation, determined that they would no longer submit to so great injustice, and resolved to remove the fat of jua'tce to a more convenient and equitable point. They then decided that Lawrenceburgh w as not an eligible :te for it, and they have had no cause sines to change their views. They united on the centre as the point vwiere it should be, or as near thereto as a suitable place could hi outlined. . . . i An overwhelming majority petitioned the Legislature j for relocation ; and commissioners were accordingly appoin- , ted for that purpose. They came into our county and surveyed it in every part. They heard the people wherever tLey v ent, and every man had the opportunity of expres-1 Miig Ms Mews on tne suuject. in mai wdy mcj the will of the majority, and found it was for the centre tint - ri rt cr.cnml f,w thn -nrrmf eligible site. The coinmissioners proceeded impartially in the case. I hey were: net acting for themselves; but for the people of Dearborn county. It is impossible that they could be at all benefitted by the location they were entirely disinterested. that the selection made by the commissioners is a w ise, a wholesome and judicious ; one. Tor, there being no appropriate site at the exact centre, surely Wilmington is the nearest point that could present lo them sufficient inducements to justify the location j of the county seat upon the broad scale of justice and ; equality. The prejudices, then, against the place, must arise, more from a feclircs of self-interest, than from a J disposition to advance the public weal. Supposing the seat of juMice was located at the Manchester site, is not it more objectionable than Wilmington? Draw a line from east to west through the centre of the county, and the population on either side is about equal. . I 1 he law, making provision lor the locating oi xm- .uiy seat?, provides, that the commissioners shall take into consideration the prospects of the future as well as the present population. And w hat is the future prospects of Dearborn county ? Purely, it is much in favor of the low er end, hich is lasl excelling the upper in the increase of numbers. And in what direction from the centre w ill the Ai re population be the greatest ? Why, in the direction of 5t:i-.rr :n. , i.i. " o f! . r i ch I ii rr trivvn in the lower end 1 o f thecountv. and whose population is increasing rapidly. ; r.- ,-.,..i tt, o,l It wnnot be disputed, that the prospect of future population is in favor of the A tlmt tVi heaviest portion ot it will be at Rising Sun,' it is right that the seat of justice j thp centre to i yi'ov.ui iju isuu;iisueu im a. nut: -nan - Riin Sun, at the first suitable, place. That line cuts Wilmington, and it is the first and only suitable point between the centre and where the greatest weight of population w ill be. Consequently, the commissioners acted faitnfullv toward the people of our count', and wisely, when they s-lectod Wilmington as the future site fr their common seat of justice. "By this selection, too, the embarrassments of journeying to and from it are equally divided. It leaves something" like an equal number of streams to be cros.ed, though the people of the lower end have slid one the most to encounter. . f INI any other arguments might be adduced in favor of Wilmington; but it is not, probabh', necessary, as every one is acquainted with the site. Let it suffice, nt present, tosav, that the grand object of the disaffected fac9, to defeat our calculations, by electing men to the legislature w ho -;m .r.J ir,tt rv 1-r-Inrniimi: and then matters w ill bo left as they w ere, and the county seat w ill remain j at Law rencchurgh. ( The disaffected may create a stir in the county ; but they j never can affect their object so far as to regain the seat of justice nt Lawrenceburgh, unless they rail procure the rejecl of the late laic for removal; and tins is tne wy m w-hich"they e.xpect to succeed. For the Legislature may appoint as many board3 of commissioners as n ay, from time to time be asked for, and there never w ill be five disinterested men, but they w ill say that the seat of justice for Dearborn county should be somewhere between the two Logans. To take it either above North or below South Hognn, would be doing injustice to one or the other end of the county. And we doubt very much whether a better site can be found between these streams than Wilmington ofTer. The whole and only plan, then, left to the Burghers to def -at u? is, to elect men to the Legislature who will repeal the law for removal. . Now, f, How-citizens, shall we suffer men to ride into office on such a hobby as this? men whose purpose it is to disrobe us of the privileges we have the right to enjoy, by compelling us to submit to measures that are partial in their operation and destructive toour best interests in their conccruonces ? Let us pause, for a moment, before we sell o ir I L ights, and w e shall not be willing to barter them away simply for a pot of porridge; but shall rather choose to exercise them in the full spirit of freedom, and to manifest our warm attachment for "equal and exact justice," by giving our support to such men as we know to have the pure principles of republicanism instilled within them, and who w ill never fail to obey the voice of the majority on all occasions. Then, let us support for Representatives, THOMAS HOWARD, 1 1 L'N R Y WALK ER , and WILLIAM CON AW AY. Thcsmen will support all those vital measures of riemrstic policy which are so essential to the prosperity and happieess of republican communities; and while doing thi they will to careful not to suffer constituents to be swallowed down by that vortex of destruction which threatens to cngulph them in difficulties forever we mean the .Mammoth Bill, which aims to take at one swallow, not onlv Dearborn county, but the whole State of Indiana. Fellow-citizens, we are most solemnly opposed to that bil!, not that we areeppssed to internal improvements, w hen judiciously and equitably conducted, but we are opposed to the bill, because it is based on that despotic principle which w ould strip one man naked, to dress another in the most costly apparel ; or would tax and impoverish one district of country, to enrich and aggrandize another. And w e should seriously reflect before we act at this critical period of our history. One false step now, and ages will not requite the damages done one thoughtless movement now, and the die is cast forever. For once commit up, and who hall absolve us from the shackles we shall wear. Involve us in our youth, and wc shall go dow n to the grave with the odium of insolvency upon us. Then, let us not even hazard the trial of others, but let us go unanimously, for those whom we know to be w ith us. With these remarks, we resp-'ctlully leave the subject with you. Suppression of the slave trade. In the Intelligencer of the 1! id instant, the editors of that paper, in commenting upon a piece from the New-York Journal of Commerce upon the subject of the slave trade, avail themselves of the occasion to make the following remarks, abusive of the government, in reference to that subject, and the employment of the naval force for its suppression: "Under the Administration of Monroe and Adams, it w as customary to keep one or two of our smaller vessels of war on the African coast, and in the track of the slavers, to tvith tV vrssrU of other Christian Dowers, in V. ' v i - - I" i t iprcsnng this inhuman traffic; but for the last few jears ciuior necausu tne prM.inc w i amiTrpHuiium, ui m abuse of the proscribed administration to be reformed, or r .. ,. i.,i,r.r niir rino Anr cruisers have been w ithAJI " " " drawn, and the slavers left, so far as w e are concer. ed, in the undisturbed enjoyment of their infamous trade." V. Int v ,.n,.)irn-l nt the nroncr department, and the rublic will be able to determine the degree- of liberality and justice exercised by tnat paper, on reauinjuie iuuuw i; ia. . ... rt. i ..c u TT;ti! State?, nrohibitintr the slave trade, authorize our armed vessels to act only against cttt,.r .u .u. it. sit-ite nr other ner sons, who fit in v vufT uiuicu iwiv.j . r ' out, within the jurisdiction of the United States, vessels f)T the prosecution of that trade, or where an attempt is : j ... -i . .' li IT. S'f i ff i n violation mil ik in iiiiiuuucc ine rial i ' ,,v . , -. - . . ef our laws; but no authority iff pocf owed by the Executive,

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which would authorize the employment of armed vessels toco-operate with the vessels of other powers in suppressing this inhuman traffic, if carried on by vessels or subjects of other powers, without the jurisdiction of the U. States. This is clearly shown to have been the understanding of the laws under Mr. Adams' Administration, as will be seen by reference to the Annual Report of Mr. Southard, then Secretary of the Navy, addressed to President Adams, on the 27th of November, 1828. In speaking of an occurrence which had happened in the April preceding, he remarks that "one hundred and twenty-one Africans had bren landed within the jurisdiction of the United States, w hile pursued by an armed schooner in his Brittanic Majesty's service, and to which it was not believed that the law of the Cd March, 1819, or any other acts prohibiting the slave trade, applied." ; The coast of Afraica has never been a regular naval station, nor cruising ground. It has I een custcmaiy, for several years past, since the passage of the act of 1819, to send an aimed vessel occasicnally to the toast of Africa, to gie lawful aid and countenance to the settlements there protect our commerce and suppress the slave trade, as auxiliaiies to our sqt adrrns in the West India seas, and on the coast of Brazil, which are eorstantly exercising a vigilant execution of the laws upon the subject of the slave trade in addition to their other duties. It is not known that ainr armed vessel of the United States w as directed to visit the coast of Africa between February, 18"J7, when the schooner Shark returned from the settlement of Cape Mcsurado, and the fall of 1830, when the Frigate Java was ordered to do so. Two years of this period, it will be observed, was during Mr. Adams's administration. In the fall of 1809, sundry liberated Africans were sent to the Coast of Liberia by the Navy Depaitment, under the direction of the President, in conformity to the act of 1819, and w ere safely delivered to the Agent of the U. States on that coast. In December, 1830, the Secretary of the Navy, in his annual report to the . President communicated the fact that the frigate Java had been ordered to the United States (from the Mediterranean,) in doing w hich, the commander had been required, in furtherance of the humane policr pursued by the Government, to touch at the settlement at Liberia, and to aid in enforcing the laws which had been enacted for the suppression of the slave trade. This duty was performed, and Captain Kennedy's report, dated the 11th May, 1831, accompanied the Secretary's next annual report. In 1832, the schooner Boxter, commanded by Lieut. Page, visited the same colony on the coast of Africa, under the orders of the Navy Department, and the report of Lt. Page, dated the 9th April, 1832, accompanied the annual report of the Secretary of the following December. In October, 1832, the schooner Porpoise was specially despatched to that coast in pursuit of a piratical vessel, and after visiting the settlements there, and giving law ful aid in protecting our commerce and citizens, and in suppressing the slave trade, joined the United States squadron, in the West Indies, in March, 1833, for regular duty. In 1833, the John Adams, Capt. Vorhees, was directed on her return from the Mediterranean, to visit the Liberia settlement, and coast of Africa, for similar purposes, and reached the United States in February, 183J, after having performed that auty. At the present time, a vessel of war, on a foreign station, under special instructions, is directed to visit that cos.-t, and the settlements made on it by different societies in the United States, and to exercise all the authority and power granted by the law s of the United States in the protection of our citizens and commerce, and the suppression of the slave trade. For many years the Government has employed Agents on that coast for the reception Of liberated Africans; and at this time, a number are on their w ay to Liberia, under an arrangement by the Navy Department for their transportation. An armed vessel is also, at the present period, watching suspected movements of slavers within the waters of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico; and the laws for the suppression of the slave trade with suitable instructions, form a part of the standing orders to the commanders of all the armed vessels of the United States in commission. It will be seen, then, from this plain statement, that the remarks of the Intelligencer are not only incorrect in fact, and illiberal in sentiment, but that they could have emanated alone from partizan prejudice, or culpable iguorance. Lathti from France Indemnity Question. The Brig Isaac Clason, Capt. M'Kinstry, arrived at NewYork on Wendesday, the 15th ultimo, in twenty-nine days from Rochelle. She brought Paris dates to the 12th and Bordeaux o the 14th ultimo, nearly a w eek later than tne preceding. These accounts bring down the proceedings of the chamber of peers to the evening of the 1 1th : on that day, the discussion of the indemnity bill was continued by the Duke de Noailles, (royalist) in opposition to the bill, and in reply by M. Guizot, the distinguished Minister of Public Instruction, who addressed the chamber in the following manly and eloquent speech, which we take great pleasure in presenting as an evidence of the feeling with which this country is regarded by the French Government Gentlemen: The noble Duke who has just left the tribune has alluded to what he calls the antecedents of the treaty. lie thinks he discovers in the manner in which the negotiation has been conducted, cause of suspicion against the treaty, and j'et from these same antecedents, I draw conclusions directly opposite; and first, I must remind the chamber that the treaty is not the work of the present ministry, and notw ithstanding the present ministers had not hesitated to adopt it. An offenc 3 afforded to the French Government the right to defer the bringing the treaty before the Chambers. Ministers did nothing of the kind, because the government considered the accomplishment of the treat-, a want of the country, as a thinir neccsssnry to her prosperity; it has supported the treaty as an act of justice, as required by the national interest. r rora this is to be inferred that the ministers entertain a profound conviction of the justice, of the necessity of the treat' and far from discovering in the circumstances which have surrounded the treaty with unfavorable antecedents, I believe that never a more profound conviction could be in voked. It is then under the influence of this favorable presumption, that I proceed to examine the different objections presented by the noble Duke. lie has treated the matter first as a question of right. then as a question of political interest, and finally as a question of commercial interest. These are, I believe, the three positions which have been assimjd by the noble Duke. The Americans at all times have protested against the violation of t ie lights of ncctral powers. At all times the have opposed the application of the Berlin and Milan Decrcss. I shall not enter into an examination of these it is tlie great question of the continental blockade it is a question on which the best men have been divided in opinion, l :o not mean in America alone, out in x ranee ; and it was, I assert, a question of so doubtful a character even in France, as to render it a proper subject for an ar rangement. Notwithstanding the difficulty of the question no ar rangement took place. The Americans abandoned their pretensions and explicitv acknow ledged the validity or the decrees of Berlin and Milan, since they were led to reduce their demands to vessels sequestrated in consequence of the irregular application of these same decrees, they have therefore adopted the principles laid down by Fr.nce. The question thus reduced, there was ground for liquidation. But we know the danger of tvx h liquidations. It papears to me incorrect to say that the sum has been fixed on demands of the Americans, varying unceasingly and unceasingly augmenting. Here again the advantage remained with France. The negociation admitted categories. The French Government made an estimate, no liquidation took place, but an actual arrangement which had for its basis the French documents alone. I presume I may dispense with an examination of the categories, since the honorable member has not objected to them. I proceed then to the second question, that of political interest. The political interest of France rendered this arrangement necessary, and I do not deny that it had its inuence on the conclusion of the treaty. I admit that political interest did effect, to a certain extent, the determination of the government, but the position in whi :h the government found itself must be taken into consideration, it had just been broken, disolved, the great tie of European policy, it iaw forming around, groupei fa vo ruble to a

particular system of policy. Under these circumstances it was of importance to ally ourselves with people whose constitutions harmonised with the principles of our government. It is for this we attach a great importance to the alliance with England. It is for this we ought to desire an alliance with America, an alliance desirable for France, whatever may be the system of policy we follow. The advantages which may result from it, cannot; I know, fce reduced to figures. I therefore shall not attempt it.- Political interest induced the government then to show itself favorably inclined to the American claims, we were interested in so doing, for thereby we proclaimed our respect and support of the right3 of neutrals. The orator then entered into an examination of the rights of neutrals and concluded from this examination, that the treaty was necessary in a political point of view as well as advantageous in a commercial point of view. The Minister then entered into an examination of the treaty for the cession of Louisiana, and observed that the noble Duke who had preceded him had fallen into an error in saying that the 8th article of the treaty of cession of Louisiana enabled France to withstand, in all the States of the Union, the competition of English commerce. He had not noticed that this treaty was applicable only to French goods imported in French vessels. The calculations, therefore, w hich the honorable member has presented fall with the basis on which they are founded. A question of constitutional political right has also been discussed. Natignal honor has been spoken of. Gentlemen, the government of July has not now to give proof of devotion to national honor. Such proofs may be found in the attitude of its army, of its navy. The Government is the offspring of national spirit; its existence, its duration in Europe, these are the best pledges of its dignity. The government can never boast of a more glorious origin. It has not now to give proof of its character, it did this in its cradle. It is perfectly free. JVumercus voices. Good, very good. This brilliant improvisatoire made a profound impression on the Chamber. The question appears settled and the Duke de BrtofJEiE, in a remarkable speech, in reply to the Comte Roy, demonstrated conclusively how honorable it was to France, to discharge her debt, and how advantageous to her, at the same time, was the mode of liquidation. Some other orators were heard and the setting closed at G o'clock. Steamboat communication across the Isthmus of Darien. The N. York Journal of Commerce gives some extracts from a New Granada paper, by which it appears that there is reason to anticipate the completion of a plan for the establishment of a canal communication across the Isthmus. Baron de Thierry, w ho proposes to erect in New Zealand a government on the European plan, and to induce emigrants to resort thither for the purpose of engaging in the cultivation of various useful products, has offered to the government of New Grenada to construct a canal, which shall unite the waters of Rio Chagers and Rio Grande, and shall be navigable for the st2amboat.s and other vessels, not drawing more than ten feet of water. The offer was received by the President with much satisfaction, and he engaged to recommend it with earnestness to the favorable notice of the Congress, which is now in session. The Baron is said to possess the msans required to prosecute the enterprise with success. Execrable barbarity. Extract of a private letter from Quebec : "A New Foundland paper states that the editor of the Public Ledger was assaulted in the streets and both his ears cut off!! The Governor offers a reward of 500Z. and the merchants also 590. for the discovery of the perpetrators of this horrid deed." The editor of the Ledger (Mr. Whinton) has distinguished himself by his attachment to the merchants' interest and the cause of good government, and has brought down on himself the atrocious vengeance of a party whose conduct he reprobated, and whose w icked intentions he exposed. From the Ohio Fanner. Fruit Trees. In the last Oliio Farmer, there is a communication over the signature of "Experience," recommending "swine as the best cultivators of an orchard." This may be true lo some extent; but my experience taught me a fact on the subject which probably has been observed by others. Having planted an orchard of very fine fruit about thirty years ao, and beinj anxious to afiord to my trees evjry advantage, I vvns induced by the recommendation of some one to fatten my hogs in the orchard, with the view that their rooting about the trees would be beneficial. The consequence was, that I lost nearly twenty of my trees, because she hogs had selected thorn for rubbin-posis. The habit of the hos to rub himself is well known. The severe presure, rubbed olf the ou'side and left the inner bark polishrd as smoolh as the head of ari old man's cane. This pressure, I supposed, had the effect of closing up or destroyed the pores of the bark, so as to prevent the circulation of the sap, for the next year every one of the trees that had been much rubbed, showed an evident decline on that side, which ultimately decaying, the trees were sooner or later lost. S. Bloody Tragedy. An affray took place at Chuckatuck, Va. on the 30th ult. between Mr. Samuel Whitefield, jr. and iMr. Wm. II. A. P. Cowper, in which both were shot dead, together with a free negro who was standing beside them. It appeared that a feud existed between them for some lime, that challenges had passed, but the terms of meeting could not be agreed on until their accidental rencontre at the place above named. They both drew their pistols and fired, and Cowpor fell dead,' with a bullet through his body. Mr. Josiah C. Parker, brother of Cowper, instantly stepped forward, and shot Whitefield through the abdomen the ball passing thence into the body of the negro, who dropped dead also. Parker fled, took the steamboat Kentucky in the James Riler, and was last heard of near Ballimore. The scene of this horrible carnage presented a most revolting spectacle three men who were five minutes before in the prime of life and vigor, now stretched in the leaded slumber of death. The parties were all young men of the first familes in Virginia, and have left wives and children to lament the shocking catastrophe. New Yorker. Cicrolces. The Governor of Georgia has determined to institute a guard, under a Resolution of the last General Assembly, by calling out such force as the circumstances may require, for the security, relief and protection of the citizens rs well as the friendly Cherokees, (Ridge's friends,) from the apprehended depredations of the Ross party and their allies. Col. Bishop, of Mur ay county, will take the command. The Federal Union says, that recently a Cherokee of the Amuchce Village, was beaten to death by a party of Rossmen, for declaring himself friendly to Ridge. Richmond Enquirer. The editor of the JSI iner's Journal, published some where near the Cherokee gold mines, gives it as his opinion, that the proposed treaty of cession ffor $500,0001 will be accepted, as it now stands. by a large majority of the Indians before the end of the present summer.

From the Ji'ew Orleans Bulletin, July 6.

Captain Marsh, of the brig Ajax, just arrived from Campeachy, informs us that the greatest alarm existed at that place among all American citizens, fearing essassinaticn, with which they were openly threatened by the desperadoes in office. The American Consul was compelled to keep within doors, barricaded, and armed, apprehending an attack. In fact such was the disposition of the persons in office, since the appearance of the Protest of the Captain of the brig Ophir and others, which portrayed their worthless character so correctly, that no American was safe; and unless several United Slates vessels, well manned with marines: so as to chastise thern on shore, he immediatly sent down, j our countrymen would continue to be subject to every degradation. Captain M. further slates, that he heard, while there, of an American officer who had attempted to go to the city from one of our sloops of war, and who had, by adverse winds, been compelled to land about five miles distant from Campeachy, where he and his men were subject to the greatest insult were imprisoned, and threatened to be tied to the tails of asses and dragged up to' Campeachy. This they made a public a nation of Peddling Jews. A vessel drawing over 8 feet water cannot approach Campeachy within 10 miles, which makes armed vessels, without a good force of marines and boats, of little service. Copy of a letter to a higly respectable house in this city; To , Merchants, 'New Orleans. Consuxvte U. S. A., Campeachy,) 23d June, 1825, 5 P. M. Gentlemen 1 enclose you a bill of lading for part of the personal effects now sent by the brig Ajax, (frcigbt paid here,) for which Mr. McGregor wrote by the Aurora to get insurance, and wish to proceed with the remainder as soon as possible to New Orleans. Were my aft'urs arranged, I should endeavor to escape this night from the risk of death to which I am exposed by the use making here of the general protest relative to the brig Ophir. Should not a vessel of war rolieve us in a few days, neither Cnp'ain Brittingham nor myself cant expect any mercy from these desperodoes. Very respectfully, your ob't servant. II. PERRINE. From the Southern Spy. In our present number will be found the speech or Mr. II olt, of Kentucky, a delegate to the Baltimore Convention, in reply to Mr. Mason, of Virginia. No one, we presume, can read it without interest, and few without acknoledging that it is creditable alike to the heart and head of its author. We conceive it to be a masterly effort, and well calculated, as designed, to sustain the pretensions ofR. M. Johnson to the Vice Presidency. And although our personal predilections were decidedly in favor of the talented and patriotic Rives, we fervently bope, that on this subject no schism will be found in the Republican ranks. Our enemies are already exulting in the anticipation of our defeat, in consequence of an expected division; if we had no no stronger reason to urge us to a concentration of effort and harmony of counsel, this alone would be sufficient. But it should be remembered, that we are contending for the maintenance of principles deemed essential to the preservation of our happy Union, which alone can be perpetuated by a union among ourselves. And if the decision of the Baltimore Convention is to be regarded as the will of the party, concerning the Presidency, the same should hold good as respects the second office. True, in the one instance the vote was unanimous, and in the second, little exceeding two-thirds but the republican maxim has ever been, the majority shall govern; and if the voice of the Delegates, tiien, be considered as expressing their wishes, let it be repeated, if the Convention be the mere humbug our adversaries would represent it, let us hear no more about its name. Mr. Rives can wait ; we are not sure but by so doing,' and remaining steadfast to the principles of hi3 former advocacy, he will Acquire a still stronger hold on the affections of the People, and be elevated to the highest office within their gift. The right of instruction he has recognized loits fullest extent; for which he has received the commendation of his friends, and in some instances even his enemies. Will he now suffer his name to be used in any manner tending to injure the party to which ho belongs? Will he consent to follow in the wake of Judge Wiiite, or any other personage, and to do aught to endanger the success of the renublican nartv 1 We cannot believe it. A m w Mexico. The accounts from Mexico by the Elbe, to the 23rd ult. do not vary the aspect of affairs in that Republic. The Pl.m of Toluca, in favor of a central form of government,- was gradually gaining adherents, Puebla, Queretaro, and many other towns, had declared in Us favor. The Mexican Sol gives an account of the assassination of Capt. Zenorio of tho Mexican army by the American settlers in Texas. From this statement it appears that Capt. Z. who had landed at Galveston bay with 34 soldiers, for the purpose of protecting the L'ustom House omcers stanonea ai Anahuac, was taken by surprise and murdered as the account says, by the North Americans. The Custom House officers and the soldiers, unable to resist their assailants, abandoned their establishment and fled in all directions. This occurrence has raised the indignation of the Mexicans to such a pitch that it was rumoured in tho city of Mexico that Santa Anna himself would go to Texas at the head of an army, to put a stop to what they call the intrusions of the North Americans in that Province. Jour, Com, TJie .Canal Packets, between Rochester Buffalo, now run seven or eight miles an hour, and are to run ten miles an hour as soon as the Canal Board shall hive given its consent, lt is proved that boats of a proper construction are as easily propelled eight miles an hour as four and with as little agitation of the water. In the former instance they ride on the swell instead of laboring against it. Skirmish with the Indians. A letter received at Jacksonville, (E. F. dated Miconopy 29th ult., announces that on the preceding day a rencontre took place in that county between a party of white men and some Indians, in which three of the former were severely wounded by Bhots from the latter. A company had been mustered, and had goneiin puriuit of the Indiana

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Presented at Court tu-. .i - ati e stranger, who desires earnesty lo ?ea,:ze all that bus been read of rnvnltv -.i it i,t J ' J u"u "lajesir, ana dukes and duchesse.-, and feathers and diamonds, should desire to go to court as one would desiro to a show, may be all just and natural; but that Americans of mature age and suitable discretion should really take it to heart if disappointed, should pant and hanker after royalty, and be ready to fall mto fits if the King only bows, or die with sheer extney if tho Queen condescends to nod, is really a pitiful compliment paid to good sense, and a humiliating reflection on the pure republican institution vishFMrl,Ve hnd' AS man' of our countrymen visit Europe annually, as the means of conveyance nLnnMT hCS? 31,(1 "PitloUS, WC Would admonish them against a parvenue anxiety, curiosity and desire to be presented at court, which inevitably dra ws from the aristocracy of Europe, the trite remark, "how these republicans, as they call themselves, strive to catch a look at Royally." Kinr3 and Queens are but men and women, and o-eneral-ly speaking very ordinary common place men and women, because hereditary birth right, and not positive worth and merit, are passports to the throne, and all the pomp and magnificence of show and dress, of glare and glitter, are the fruits of wealth, taken directly from tho pockets of tho people who live in such governments, and inuat contribute to their support. But after all what is a visit to court, that our fair countrywomen and sober 'citizens should be so anxious for that honor? We have seen so much of if, and have been so amused with the worrying, teasing, tormenting notes of preparation tho changes of weather, the expense and selection of dresses the anxiety, fretfulness, hope, curiosity and feverish temperament of the parties "destined for this high honor," as the Baron Pumyolino has it, that we would not foro our comfortable lea and toast, before a good fire in November at home, for all the fancied attractions of the place and its anxious inmates. First, you must pay court to your minister, and intreat the honor of being popped down among the pigeons in his list of presentations at the royal drawing roo.-n, and if you should happen not to belong to the party, he may be disposed to fob you off, until his number is razeed. Then a dozen consultations and causes about the dresses the ladies are to wear; innumerable visit3 to the shops; the expense of lama dresses, diamond bobs, loops, Brussels lace, ribbons and ostrich feathers; then the fuss about the hair-dresser; and by the time the poor girls are rigged out for lha presentation, and the gentlemen furnished with their court dresses, the whole party arefago-ed out, and only fit to go to bed. Then the whole concern are squeezed into a narrow carriage, to the great danger of rumpling their ruffs and disconcerting their fardingales; then the coach has to fall in the rear of one hundred carriages preceding them, and wait for their turn. They enter the palace gait: descend; ascend the grand staircase; pass through double rows of sentinels; enter the grand drawing-room; stand in the crowd until their names are called, then tremblingly enter ihe presence of the king, queen, dukes, and duchesses, standing stiffly erect, and looking as proud as Lucifer. "Mr. and Mrs. Poomstock, of the Bowery; the two Misses Fincy-Mincy3, of the Bowling Green; Col. Pluck, and-de-cong to General Mintdrop." A low bow, a stiff' curtesy, and pass on. Thus in at one door and out of another; a hasty glance at the company; a flourish of trumpets from the royal bind; waiting an hour in a damp antichamber or the great hall for your coach, and tl u3 ends a presentation at court. It's all flummery and humbug; costly, fatiguing, and evanescent. Besides,a court is cot that school of morality in which puro republicans can learn any thing advantageous to themselves or their country.- Flattery, sycophancy, and intrigue; hollowhearted professions, envy and jealousy, tyranny and oppression; vices of deep and abiding character glossed over by rank. The whole atmosphere is tainted, and the air wo there breathe is unlike that pure and elastic breezo we inhale from our own free valleys and mountains, where every thing is natural, nothing aitificial; where the mind and body are free; and where, instead of "crooking the pregnant hinges of the knee" to kings,- every man feels that ho himself is a sovereign. The very changes and mutations in the life of kings, should admonish us daily of their frail mortality. We remember, when a boy, seeing frequently in an adjoining yard, Louis' T 1 : 1 1 : . I. i. - 4 1.:- 1 i .1 1 rr- : t i niiiippe int; iJiesciJi hin, ms uroiner, ana J alleyrand, in daily melancholy consultation, somewhere about the year 1793, and the whole trio looked as if they had not sufficient money to buy a dinner. One error we are bound to correct as relates lo France. Men must not presume upon their wealth alone for distinction at that court. A good result has flawed, from the blood levelling revolution of 1794 it is, that merit has thrust aside rank. You will see stars, and garters, and ribbons abandoned and left solitary in the royal drawing rooms, -while groups surround some plain little man in black, some eminent chemist, some learned historian, sonic celebrated painter. The 'question is not now what blood flows in his veins but what is his merit? -for what is he distinguished? Europe holds our many attractions more valuable than a visit to court or eniovinrr & "rrrii w e o cious hospitality of the royal family." It is in tho monuments of arts in the noble antiquity of its: cities- in historical recollections nn its museums institutions of learning and charity in its temples its movements its industry, taste, and learning, that we are to realize the substantial benefits of travelling, and not from its courts, its vices, or its' follies. New. York Star. Mr. Clayton, the bold and intrepid teronant who recently ascended from Cincinnati, with the view of reaching some of the eastern cities, was, in consequence of some holes in his balloon,, unable to keep up or proceed as far as he had anticipated. He made his decent on the farm of Esq. Peniston, in Pike County, about 90 miles east of Cincinnati. Mr.1 C. was somewhat mortified at his success; but expressed his determination to make another axperirnent Cleveland Herald, Hon. John Sergeant has been requested to deliver, at a future day before the Philacelphia Bar, an eulogium upon the character of Judge Marshall. Chancellor Kent has also been requested by the Nev York Bar, to pronounce an eulogium bofore the gentlemen of the Bar of that city.