Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 64, Richmond, Wayne County, 11 June 1825 — Page 3
gXTURPAVt JUNE 11, 1825. -Thorized to sav that SAMU-
--I '111! CM-
l ?UNtNAH is a candidate to rcpre-
f W'avne countv i e ieiiiure. firELEAZAR HIATT, I am autboriis a candidate for a seat in the & to s; 19
F . olcrt nnthnrized to sav that
ft am . ITHAMAR WARNER is a candip.. u same oflice.
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On Friday evening last a fire broke out the printing oflice of O. & W. Farns-
irth & in Cincinnati, which was en-
ev consumed, with all the printing ma-krtl-s. naner. &LC. Several other
uch iniurcd.
JllWli'g3"w "
qim,jel Fields, who was sentenced to be
Chr the acting governor.
j i" - -
Siwjer, a: d unuges ne eiaer, were
nted in Madison county on the 3d inst.
Iriifces the ) ounger, was pardoned by the
ting governor.
The board of Ohio Canal Commission-
is have pasrd a resolution to invite the
(her of internal improvements, De Witt
lixto.v, governor of the state of New-
od to viit Ohio and be present at the
jmmencf mciit of the canals on the 4th of
Jj- next.
FOR THE PUBLIC LEGER. The other morning as I was taking my accustomed walk, my attention was arrest-
ed by the singular appearance and actions of a couple of black birds, on a neighbour-
ing bough. One of them was a handsome
spruce bird, very polite and anxious in his
attentions, and had withal a fine large grub-worm in his bill, which he insisted
upon giving to the other. I was at a loss
to account for their strange actions; for they were both males, and therefore, thought I, they cannot be courting. But at length I was so fortunate as to find out the cause. I gathered, from their conver-
The cause. I gathered, from their conversation, (for I am pretty well versed in their language,) that an election was shortly to take place in (he flock, and that the polite bird, before mentioned, was a candidate for a vacant office. This explained all.
I found that he was a electioneering with his neighbour, and endeavoring to convince him that he above all others should be elected - that the interests of the flock required it "and for my part" said he, after having amply discussed the merits of
each of the other candidates, "1 will engage that I can and will discharge the duties of the office with fidelity and impartiality, except to be a little more favorable to you than others. I shall very strenuously defend our right to yonder cornfield, which you know has been disputed a long time by the western flocks; and I shall not permit them to have a single grain or worm off of it. And this, you know will make them more plenty for ourselves. If they should
happen to take any, and I retake it, I shall
make it a point to let you have a portion of the re-captured provisions. Here, I have a very fine, fat grub, which I hope you will do me the great pleasure of accepting; it will make you a hearty treat and indeed I have carried it a good piece purposely for you - for I always held that we should
not be forgetful of our friends. O, how is
your mate? are the little ones all safe yet? I'm glad of it. I love to see the flock in-
creasing and happy. But, see, yonder comes the farmer with his gun - we had
leave this place. 1 will just fly over
with you and see your fine brood." - They
flew away, and were soon out of sight. The elector took the grub worm, and seem-
to be well satisfied that his friend was the person best qualified for the office. CORYDON.
FOR THE PUBLIC LEGER "Cleanse the full bosom of the perilous stuff That preys upon the heart." I last week endeavored to recommend to the attention of the readers of the Leger
a work, which, in my humble opinion, merits all that can be bestowed upon it. I then intimated that I should say something
more on the subject; and have now, ac-
cordingly to redeem my promise. The situation of the free-blacks in this country, it is evident to all, is one of the most irksome and uncomfortable that could be devised. Not so degraded, it is true, as that of the slaves, nor even so dependant upon the nods and frowns of tvranny, as the miserable millions who administer to the pampered pride of the nabobs of Europe; but it is sufficiently dependant
and degraded to paralyze every noble aspiration and generous sentiment. Living in a land which boasts of equal and impartial laws, and the fundamental maxim of whose government is, that all men are born equal, and that there are certain unalienable rights, which no earthly power has a right to deprive them of; yet they are doomed, by those very laws, to grovel in a subordinate sphere, for every avenue to a more exalted one is carefully and effectually shut against them, leaving them in a situation dark and uncomfortable. By those laws, hundreds of thousands born in the very bosom of our country, are denied the rights of citizens, and compelled to o-
bey laws which they have no hand in making. This, to say the least of it, is incon-
sistent. It betrays a fundamental want of
adherence to the great principles we so lavishly profess; and the poor wight of
Europe who dares to remark this inconsis-
tency in our laws, is sure to feel the whole weight of our ridicule and displeasure. But why is it that things are so? Why do
we suffer this inconsistency to exist? Why do we not, like true lovers of human felicity, break the fetters of the unjustly bound, and let them walk forth in all the majesty
of man? The answer to all these questions is contained in one word - Prejudice - a deep-rooted prejudice against their unhappy color. Among the very few faults which even malevolence can point out in our constitution, this is, perhaps the most glaring, and the most repugnant to the rights of humanity. This prejudice, thus
sanctioned by the supreme law of the land, has a wonderful influence upon the actions of the purest patriots of the country. It is not confined to the constitution and the laws - they but re-cho the sentiments of the people. They are but an evidence that every bosom is subject to its sickening influence that every person harbors the ''demon which the virtuous mistake
for virtue, the patriot for patriotism, and
the bigot for zeal." If this assertion is doubted, I will put it to the test by requesting everyone who reads this to examine his own feelings, and then candidly determine, whether or not, he has any prejudice existing against the sable race. I
freely confess that I am myself strongly prejudiced against them - that sentiment was imbibed with the very first opening of reason, and, though hard the contest, I would willingly sign the fiat for its expulsion from my breast. But notwithstanding the existing prejudice, I seriously feel for them and would that they could enjoy every felicity of which humanity is ca
pable. It is impossible, however, for this to be the case, while they remain in this country, to live only to be degraded, and labor but for the pride of others. While they are degraded by others, they will degrade themselves. While the lords of the country shall employ him but in the mean-
est services, and send him to the kitchen
to eat his lonesome and homely meal, he cannot harbor for a moment those nameless but elegant emotions, which irradiate with so pleasing a light the mind of the white man's equal. This is the true state in which they are kept, even by those who profess a great regard for their welfare. The parents being thus degraded, their offspring must necessarily be the same. It is a natural and almost universal truth that children are what their parents make them. The children of the blacks of our country are early taught, not only by the whites, but more unnatural still, by their own parents, to descend to the meanest service for the support of a wretched existence and the sentiments which they imbibe will be correspondently mean. Thus nurtured in meanness, degradation and poverty, who can wonder that they are in general so devoid of noble and generous sentiments? Who can wonder that ignorance, wretchedness arid misery should be their strongest characteristics? But give them the common rights of man, and let them occupy a place equal to the other members of society, and those things would be so no longer. Then can there be nothing done? Can no stone be turned for their good? We owe them the service - and generous souls scorn to be in debt. BENEZET.
CREEK INDIANS. Milledgeville, Geo. May 3. We stop the press to announce the distressing intelligence of the murder of the Indian chief, gen. Wm. M'Intosh, and the chfef of Cowctau, Tustunnuggce Tomme, which was brought to the governor yesterday'!evening, by Chilly M'lntosh, the general's son, and five chiefs of the nation, who made their escape from the massacre. The mischief was perpetrated last Saturday, by a large body of Indians, supposed to be 400, who attacked gen. MIntosh in his own house, on the very day he had appointed to set off at the head of a mission to explore the country west of the Mississippi, for the future residence of the na
tion. There is too much reason to fcarj
that white men were the instigators of this horrid butchery .Recorder. We are sorry to say the truth of the above statement has been fully confirmed. The son of gen. M'Intosh, and the chiefs mentioned, arrived in this city yesterday, from whom we have learned some further particulars of this unfortunate occurrence. He says, that his father's house was surrounded by a party, and set on fire on the morning of the 30th of April at day break; they immediately commenced firing into
-ucc, anu Kiuea nis latner before he could escape. They then surrounded the house of Tustunnuggee, in which, besides himself, Chilly M'Intosh, Mr. Kennard, (his brother-in-law,) and two white men were. The chief was immediately killed; but the others escaped by flight; M'Intosh and Kennard were pursued to the river (Chatahochie,) and fired at, until they had crosssed. They remained in the neighborhood until about 11 o'clock, during which time the assailing party were shooting the cattle and destroying the property of gen. M'lntosh.' Chilly M4Intosh believes improper influence has been used to produce this outrage; and attributes it in a great degree to the bad feeling of an individual (a white man,) who was opposed to the treaty, and the declared enemy of all who signed it. This person was at a council that was recently held, from which the son and friends of gen. MIntosh were excluded; within eight days after the adjournment of the council the attack was made. N. Jour. Frora the Montgomery Republican May 6. From what we can learn of this matter, it seems not to have been the unauthorized act of a few indiv iduals, but the deed of the chiefs of the upper towns. Bodies of Indians were drafted from the different towns, and every thing was conducted with the utmost secrecy. To what furtheracts this execution may lead, we are at a loss to say; but, in our opinion, unless the government of the United States shall interfere, (and we see no right or reason why they should intermeddle with it), we sliall not hear of any other disturbances in the Creek nation. Since the above was in type, we have received the following, which may be considered as the Indian official account, inasmuch as the" head chiefs of the upper towns desired its publication, to prevent misconstruction of their views, or alarm to citizens on the frontiers, and travellers through their country. About two hours before day on Sunday morning the 1st inst. the house of gen. Mc Intojfh was surrounded by Menawway and about 100 Oakfuskee warriors. Mcintosh was within, as likewise were his women and children, and some white men. Menawway directed an interpreter to request the whites, and the women and children, to come out as the warriors did not wish to harm them; that gen. Mcin
tosh had broken the law that he himself
had long since made, and they had come to execute him accordingly. They came out of the house, leaving Mcintosh and Etome Tustenugge, one of his adherents, therein. The Indians then set fire to the house; and, as Mcintosh and his comrade attempted to come out at the door, they shot them both down. The same day,
about 1 2 o'clock, they hung Sam Hawkins,
a half breed, in the Huckhosseliga square. On Monday the 2d inst. a party of Hillabee Indians fired on and wounded Ben
Hawkins, another half breed, as it is supposed, very badly. They have not yet
learned from that party, if he had been caught.
The chiefs wish it to be understood, that
no danger whatever is to be apprehended
by persons travelling through the nation;
that they are friends to the whites, and
wish them not to be alarmed by this execu
tion, which is only a compliance with the laws that the great chiefs of the nation made at Pole-Cat spring. Chilly Mcintosh escaped from the house with the whites, and was not fired at nor wounded, as is stated before. We see nothing in the Indian account which induces us to change our opinion. It appears to have been a public execution, by the laws of the nation; and, we presume, before this, that every Indian of any note who signed the treaty, has been dealt with in the same way, for they generally make root and branch work when they begin.
Cadiz, (Ohio) May 4. Our town was splendidly illuminated
last night, in consequence of the location of
the canal on the Tuscarawas route; the nearest point in which does not exceed 25 miles from this place. This sufliciently evinces the sentiments which are entertained by our citizens of the second great, work, both in point of magnitude and probably utility, which has been undertaken in this country ; and, we think, furnishes an assurance, to the friends of the measure, (in whatever part of the state they
may be found) of csr cordial cd-cpcrct;co and support.- Telegraph.
AUGUST ELECTION CANDIDATES TOR GOVERNOR Isaac Blackford, James B. Ray, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR John H. Thompson, Samuel Milroy, Elisha Harrison. G. W. Johnstcn, Joseph Warner, D. Pnnington William Cotton. SENATOR FOR UNION AND PAYETTE. Ross Smiley, Martin M. Ray, REPRESENTATIVE POR PAYETTE. Newton Clay pool. SHERIFF FOR UNION. Asa Cooper, H. H. Brandenburg. George Newland, Thomas M'Means, William F. Elkin, Zachariah Ferguson. REPRESENTATIVES FOR WAYNE. JOHN McCLAIN, SHERIFF FOR WAYNE. DANIEL REID.
HATTHIO BUSINESS.
THE SUBSCRIBER informs hia friendi and the public that he has iutt I A I 1 . J .
t s "iinumutju tne. a Dove business iQ
iiiLimiuiiii, on a l kll l , adj mine: the store of Joseph P Pluia-
uirr. ne expects to keep censtautlT on hand a good assortment of FUR AND WOOL HATS, nut excelled in quality by any made in the Western country. He will make any kind of Hats to order, and on the shortest notice. His Hats will be sold on reasonable trfius. fJ-FURS and LAMB'S-WOOL will be takea in payment, and Country Produce in part payment for Hats, at cash priees. JOHN PAGE. 5th month 27th, 1825. 62 TAXES ! ! ! COLLECTOR'S NOTICE. THE Citizen? of Way ne county are hereby notified, that I have commented collecting tho revenue for the present year. I expect to call oa
j the citizens of Wayne and Centre Township?, du
ring the month of JUNE, JULY, and AUGUST. Mr. THOMAS HARDIN is authorized to receive the tax of Washington Township, JONATHAN PLATTS, Esq. of Jackson, Perry and Green and Mr. JAMES H ARRIS of New-Garden Township. Those concerned are earnestly solicited to be prepared to discharge their tax when called on. P. S. I will ;itten! in Richmond on the first and third SATURDAYS in each month until the first of September, and in Centerville on the second Saturdays. THOMAS COMMONS, Col. W. C. June 8th, 1825. 64.
NEW GOODS.
JOHN VJiUGHT, RESPECTFULLY informs the public that, in addition to his former stock,, he has jut received an assortment of SEASONABLE GOODS, of the latest pattern, con"istinir of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, be. He hus also received a lare addition to his former stock of Comprehending a larpe ami general assortment of all articles in the Druggi.t line, which will be sold Wholesale or Retail on the lowest terms. 07" He invites the attention of Country Physicians and others to the above stock. Richmond, 5th in. 27th 62
THor.ifl.s orEn, jii. HAS just received from Philadelphia, a general assortment of FOREIGN and DOMESTIC GOODS, of the latest pattern consisting of DRV GOODS, GROCER IKS, HARDWARE, &c. The above Goods having been purchased before the late rise in prices, will be sold ou the usual terms. 5th month 7th, 1825. 59 FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. STRAYED, on the 25th Inst from the Subscriber, living in Richmond, TWO HORSES: one a BLACK, with a white spot on the forehead, and one shoulder rubbed by the collar, no other marks recollected. The oiher a SORREL, with a small white spot in the forehead. Their apes, from 10 to 12. Any person delivering- said horses to the subscriber, or giving information so that he shall gut them, shall receive the above reward. DANIEL WARD. May 27th, 1825. 623. TAKEN up by William Person, of Wvne township, Wayne county, Indiana, n BAY M ARE, two years old, 13 hands high, star in the forehead, both hind feet while; no other marks perceivable:Appraised to fourteen dollars, by James Davenport and Asa Jeffreys. Certified by DANIEL CLARK J. P. May 26th, 1825. 62St. TAKEN UPby Eleazar Hiatt, of Wayne township, Wayne county, Indiana, a BAY M ARE, three years old, fifteen hands high, a star in her forehead, left hind foot white, no other marks or brands perceivable: appraised to twenty-five dollars, by Isaac Walker and Joshua Chamness. Certified by ABEL THORNBERRY J. P. June 1st, 1825. 63 PRINTING i
BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, BLANKS, HORSE BILLS, CARDS, LABELS, &c. &c Neatly executed at tins office on reasonable, tcirns, and on the shortest notice.