Potawattimie & Miami Times, Volume 1, Number 8, Logansport, Cass County, 17 October 1829 — Page 2

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It is well

brought a file of Mc papers to the IStirult, which fun.ijn a low addi tonal items on'the subject of the Pgre thc invading army, it appears t hat sho rtJj Xr the laniing of the Spaniards, tl hn,lv of 1500 men against lam-

Jico which, although defended by a upcXce, made but a feeble defence, and ".u taken possession of without much bloodshed. A small corps of Mexicans, amounting to abou 200 men, "whose intrepidity carried them too rashly in the presence of the enemy," was likewise defeated with me loss; but up to the a est date no action of consequence had taken place. Ocn St. Anna, with 12,000 men, L,i n.h'anccd to Tuspan, about 49 miles

from Tampico,aad was preparing to march nn-niimt the invaders. He had issued a

rlumation. in which he exhorts his

troops to he faithful to their country, and if nrPsrT. "to die a thousand deaths,"

rather than "suffer the hard yoke of op

pression" which the Spaniards wcreseeK-;,-., 'o,T .in fr imnnse UDon the Mexican

Peopll The Spaniards arc said to have lost 500 men hv sickness, since their depart re from Havna. It was reported at Vera Cruz. 'hpn ti,c Splendid left that i -o' tl.. Com. Porter had been put un

der arrest in the city of Mexico; and that

a motion had been made in the Mexican Senate, and negatived, to give Mr. Poinsett his passports for returning to the U. States. , . Ohio State Journal.

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UNITED, WE STAND DIVIDED, WE FALL.

LOUANSPOll 1', Satirday Oct. 17,

Tivoccanoe Battle Ground, We have,

i few davs since, gratified a desire long

felt to visit the ground where the memo.

able battle of Tippecanoe was lougnt. t is situated about three miles from the

mouth of Tippecanoe river, on section

23, township 24, ot range 4, west oi me 2d principal meridian, immediately on

the banK oi tjumcu s tu sumc Harrison's,) creek, which empties into tiie Wabash a short distance below the

mouth of Wild Cat. It is a narrow strip

of onen timbered land, elevated 12 or 15 I . i . l l: iU

f,et above tue prairie, wiucn nes norm,

west and south, something in the shape of a equalateral triangle. The prairie on the south is about 300 yards, that on

hall. The eastern papers contain copious extracts from Capt. Hall's, book of Travels in America. We recollect very distinctly the Captain's visit to tins place, and the call he made upon us for information. We "smoked" the English gentleman at the time. In other terms, we perceived his inordinate vanity, and his anxiety to collect every fact that could possibly have an injurious bearing upon the reputation of this country. Wc treated the English Traveller with ordinary politeness, however, because we did not wish to disgrace ourselves, and because he was accompanied, in his visit to ouofficc, by a neighbor whom we respected. Our object, by the way, in penning this article, was simply to remark, that the serious and labored manner in which Capt. Hall's misrepresentations have been noticed in some of .the Atlantic-papers, is only

calcalatcd to give to them a degree of con

sequence they could not otherwise attain

The growing ai;d prosperous condition of

our country allorus an ai.-Mni.cient rem

tation, of the libels propagated against us

oy British Travellers. t tLouisvillc Adv.

Party at Codrt. An amusing inci

dent occured in one of the Courts at Nat

chez last week, which proved that incar

ceration in prison is not quite so severe, as

it has been found to he at Washington! Citv. A pretty young widow of nineteen1 years of age, and a comely young man of twenty-two, strangers to eacii other, had been committed to prison for separate offcv.cuf. They were brought to the bar for trial, when, for the first time, they saw each other. Whilst the trial of the female was progressing, the young man thought, that as he had been brought to Court, he would proceed secundum nrtrm and prefering the rivil to the criminal business he made his declaration to the lady, to which the might with propriety, in her then situation, have put in her plea in bar, but unlike my Uncle Toby, she refused even to demur, and agreed iojoin issue. In the mean time, both were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for one week. As

soon as the sentence was pronounced, our swain stated, that during their trials thef

had agreed, that solitary confinement might be ameliorated if the Court would grant their request, which was, that before they were conducted to prison, thev might be permitted to go to a Justice of the Peace to lie rnirried. This was readily granted

by the Court; the parties after having

committed matrimony, were committed to nrand by order of Court, enjoy the , apartment. This is a vast improveiiVrrt' upon the Lynch code. Jutcfiez State

;iinnl one mile down tne creek, ine

trees which occupy the ground, uncon

scious of the tact that tiieir roots are

mingled with the dust of the gallant dead, furnish evident traces of the closely contested struggle of that eventful night. In 1 822 capt. Huntington visited the ground with a company, and buried the human bones then bleaching on the plain, but manv horse bones are yet to be seen.

We will not attempt a description of.

our feeling when reflecting that, under the mild olive of peace, were permitted

(in company with one of the brave ofticers who took part in the conflict,) to visit the spot where the gallant Daviess, Owen, Spencer and Warrick fell. Mingled emotions of veneration an d regret, together with a contrast between what then was, and now is the aspect of the surrounding country, occupied our every thought. The war-whoop of the savage has ceased to be heard, and the wilderness is beginning "to bloom and blossom as the

great exertion: Jears'rio cfSe Indians, and better I removal and preservation of the scattered rcai a, w iihk . r ks . ,.l,uled. hanlesfl neoDie.

their condition; and yei, nui mue goou , : i ,Wa w annum to have been effect That the We are well satisfied that none but

those who are situated near them, ana who are in the habit of seeing them every dav, can form any correct idea of their wretched, or deplorable condition. We do believe that the crisis has arrived in which they arc cither to be saved or lost. The call of humanity is loud in their be

half; and justice demends lor them a last resting place for the soles of their feet. 03- An election will be held in this place on Saturday 24th inst. for the purpose of electing a Justice of the Peace for Eel

township, to nil me vacancy occasionea by the resignation of Peter Johnson, Esq. The branch bank of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, at Louisv ille, was robbed on the night of the 1 8th ult, of 25,000 dollars principally in notes of the Bank of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and branches, of various deiiominatioi,s. A small portion of the money taken, consisted of live hundred dollars in notes of the

Bank of the United States, in twenty dollar notes about two hundred and twenty dollars in notes of the Bank of Illinois, and one hundred dollars in notes of the Commercial Bank ot Louisville, of various denominations, and one note, of fifty dollars

on the U. States' Bank. The director offer a reward of 500 dollars for the apprehension of the thief.

armcars to have been

condition of these people, as well as the interest of the General and State governments, require that something should be done, there can be no doubt. But to devise a plan toeffect the object, without infringing on the rights of either party, has puzzled all who have undertaken it. A mistaken notion of the relation which

these people bear to the General and State governments, and of these governments to them, may have had its effect in preventing the accomplishment of the object. It has been a general received

opinion that the Indians, in the several States and Territories, enjoyed all the rights and privileges of an independent nation. This opinion, we believe, grew out of the circumstance of the General Gov

ernment having made treaties with them

for the purchase of the lands they claimed. But it is our oppinion that these

people have no more claim to the lands

t he nor th 200. and that on the west a

quarter of a mile in width, extending they occupy than Great Britain: and that

rose.

Prick of Piuntim;. Proposals have hern received l.y tin air'iits appointed for furnishinir

tie Sti.te of New It i i n -s 1 1 i vp. wjt )i 0(M I copies! of the reviscdKtut.ut.es. .Mr. Lomr, 0fl loukinton ,

in hi t; i.ny.-si or. or, wiucn wis accepted . lie gives five dollars for the privilege; 0f furnishing the Stiit 'itli the ttM volumes, (of a out 0(ll large uc'.ju pajea, bound) gratis. L3 t . I .

norraii-; saij that toe greatest wisdom is to

flibiingunjh between good and evil.

The battle ground is a part of the land which will be offered for public sale, by a late order of the President, commencing on the 2d Monday in November next,

at Crawfordsville. it is the intention of

one of those who was engaged in the bloody confli, to purchase the ground for the purpose of having it inclosed, to prevent a destruction of the timber, and other depredations, calculated to render less visible the traces of the battle. Would not the citizens of Indiana, together with the amount which could be raised in Kentucky, subscribe, and erect a monument to be built on the ground, commemorative of the fame of those

whose gallant conduct has consecrated the spot, as one where savage ferocity was made to yield to the bravery of civil

ized man. Although the ground on which the hatile was fought, is, in point of soil, of an inferior quality, yet, in its immediate vicinity, there is a large body of rich land. About one mile east, commences the 'Pretty Prairie." It is, as its name denotes, one of the most beautiful Prairies

in the world, beginning on the margin of

t he river, and extending about four miles in width. Oil the east side there is a regular chain of Mounds, such as are often seen in the Western country? and particularly in the Prairies, extending across the whole width of the Prairie. They vary

from 30 to 50 feet in diameter at the base,

and from 7 to 15 feet in highth. These

Mound open a field of speculation for

the inquisitive mind, which delights in

extending its researches into the myste

lies of nature, and accounting for things on philosophic principles, which, to the

casual observer, can only allord a pleasing astonishment. It might be well to state, for the infor

mation of the emigrant, 'that this Prairie,

winch is surrounded by excellent timber, and on the edges of which may be found aquantitityof never failing springs, is a part of the land which will be offered at the sale above mentioned, and after which any part remaining unsold can be entered at government price.

the object of the General Government,

in treating with them, was not to gam a title, but to cultivate peace and friendship with them. This will fully appear from an opinion lately expressed by the President, on this subject, addressed to the Cherokets, and it will apply to the Miamies. and every other nation. lie

says, "During the war of the Revolution the Cherokee nation was the friei d and ally of Great Britain, a power which then claimed entire sovereignty, within the limits of what constituted the thirteen United States. By the declaration of Inde-

pendente, and subsequently the treaty of 1783, all the rights of sovereignty pertain

ing to Great Britain, and their allies, of course, became vested respectively in the original States of this Union."

1 he President has, therefore, decided, and we think very correctly, that the States have the right to extend their jurisdiction over these peopleftAiA'vi.i the General Government lias ho right 'tg interfere. This express-ion pf opinion has aroused the ire of certain Editors, who are now directing their spleen agaiuS't General Jackson,oihd are endeavoring to induce the people to believe that lie has deter

mined to drive these haples people out of

the states in winch they 'reside, cut this is not the fact; which will fully appear to every honest, well meaning and unprejudiced man, who will take the trouble to read the letter of the Secretary of War, addressed, by order of the President, to ti.e?e people, from which we make the following extract: "The President desires me to say, that the feelings entertained by him towards

your people, are of the most friendly kind ;

and that in the intercourse heretofore, in past times, so frequently had with the chiefs of your nation, he failed not to warn them of the consequences which

would result to them from residing with

in the limits ol sovereign Slates. He holds to them now no other language, than that which he has heretofore em

ployed; and in doing so, feels convinced that he is pointing out that course which humanity and a jut regard for the ini' i I r I t n i

terest oi me inuian win be found to sanc

tion.

New Orleans. Our latest dates from Neir Orleans, represent the Mississippi as low and markets dull. Mo demand for produce except for home consumption; which, owing to the ereat

mortality raging in that t it y was greatly limited. The weather up to the i.'d ult. had been wetr

and the iinpaved streets almost impassui le. it is stated that a number of horses broke down in the mire conveying the dead to inlenn' Dt, and that on se veral occasions tne eoihns were taken out at every square. The deaths from about the 15th to the last of Auiriist. were from 50 to

62perday. One case of yellow fever oceured

in Aatchez oa the 'JDth ult.: the papers oi uiai citv. however, assure 1 lie public that there is no

cause of alnn; as the deceased had just lauded

from below.

iOtrV"' (JUAlur.KL.VNDKOAD. The superintendents of the Cumberland Road, pursuant to previous notice, opened the proposal aud made contracts on Friday last, for twenty eight miles of the road, including abont an e qual portion east and west of this place. The average rate at which it was taken was $127

permile. The amount of the road contracted for at this place and east of here, is seventy-four

miles, and the average rate is $1.11 per rniie.

The Superintendents proceeded westwardly on

Alonday, tor the purpose ot contracting lor ui residue of the road to the western line of the

state. VVehave not beared Ironi them since

they left this place. .Should the contracts be as favourable on the west era as on the eastern end of the road, which will probably be the case, the whole amount which will be required to open the road, supposing it to be one hundred and fifty miles in lenglh, will be $1!M50. Thi will leave on hand $'M,&M, with which wc understand the Superintendents mean to proceed, as soon as politic, to make further improve ments, by digging the banks, bridging the

streari, c.

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Hooks have been opened in Boston for receiving names, for the purpose of forming a company to make asettlement in the Oregon Territo ry. 5 Hc.lf Loadi.noCakt. I he Richmond Compi.

ler contains a notice of an hxcavator, of Men-

loading Cart, invented by Mr. W. Heath of Phil-

Ill the view entertained hy him ofl&delphia. It isdescribed as loading itself in its

this irrmnrl;nif muiiov i lion, l.ut i. ' pro-rrrks by means ol one ot the wheels, wluc

rrl ;,lt,.,:,tivr.-to vb-bl t il. ,.ii,w, w l'AinS UP uriy quare feet of earth la

one minute. This is carried to any distance as

in a common curt; and the load deposited or unloaded in less than bull a minute, without trouble, by opening the mouth of the cart. The in ventorstates thai one of his carts is now at work on the rail-road within a mile and a half of the Schuylkill river, near Philadelphia, that it is worked by a man and a boy and three horses, and removes and embanks in a day twice as much earth as is removed by three Common carts and twenty men, who are working at the same place. '1 bus doing (says Air. H.)the same work at about one sixth of the cost it would be iu the

ordinary m d( Th Kxcatator can be made

as a common

JHOIUUIXES OF AMERICA.

Wc have now hefore us, the documents and proceedings relating to the formation and progress of a Hoard, in the City of New York, for the Emigration, Preserva

tion and Improvement of the Aborigines of

America, i hey I una a phamphlet of 4 8

of those laws which Georgia claims, and

has a right to extend throughout her own limits. or to remove, and hy associating with your hrothers heyond the Mississippi, to become again united as one nation, carrying along with )ou that protection, which, there situated, it will he in the power of the government to extend. The

Indians being thus brought together at a distance from their white brothers, will be relieved from very many of those in-

..iinr.a I. . :i i ..a .... t...., ..t , fur Hem-! v ito name nncc

i. . :,i i I ti I horse cart.nd quite as easilv'-ftcpt in order present, are w lho,t a , remedy. 1 le .(;riri!jcto c.lt7tlt.d t0 llie 4 of the e;

government oi ine uniteu oiai.es win men be able to exercise over them a paternal, and superintending care to happier advantage; to stay encroachment!, and preserve them in peace and amity with each other;'

It would appear, from the language

he

di

course towards me Indians, mat lias been

so ungenerously attributed to him. We believe that no individual in this government, entertains better feelings towards these people, or has a greater desire to see them free and happy, luanCiwu. Jackson.

threo

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enter-

prizing contractors. s Kolivar. 1 lie Massachusetts Journal mentions a singular anecdote related in Hoist fin memories of tli celebrated personage, which will serve to illustrate a prominent feature io his character. On his triumphal entry inte Caracas, in the year 1H13, Holivarwas borne i

ere used, thai (Jen. Jackson has not the ar, drawn by twelve beautiful young ladies, j 1 1 a r ,. Troj' the first farm ics in the place. e .spos.t.on to pursue that unfriendly jft on tll! w ,iart..,lMdcdMUFill unifenn,

uith a small wand in Lis lined, and was lliUS

drawn through thousands of spectators, from the entrance of the city to his residence. We doubt if there were ever as ungallanta here be fore.

Political rni;i)i:sci Wise men ay no. thing in dangerous tunes. The lion tailed