Crawfordsville Record, Volume 3, Number 28, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 11 October 1834 — Page 2
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1S34.
The absence of the Editor, on professional business, is a sufficient apology for the barrenness of our editorial columns this week.
It will be recollected that to-day, at ten oclock, the Directors of the Indianapolis and Lafayette Rail Road, will meet tfie citizens of this county at the Court House, for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the stock of said road. We trust the friends of Internal Improvement, who are able, will distinguish themselves by their liberality in subscribing for stock in this all-important (especially to this plf.ce) work. Could such a roid as is contemplated be completed, it would, doubtless,enhance the value of property a hundred per cent.
Our friends who wish to purchase lands at the Land Office in this phce, will see bv nn
Buren. The remark embarnssrd me greatly. Mr. Clinton perceived it; and then added. 'Judge, do not give yourself an v uneasiness: no advantage will be taken of it." Now, sir, such was the statement made by Mr. Van Ness in 1822. With Mr. Beekman I have never spoken on the subject. I have nver before repeated the conversation . Mr. Beknran is yet alrve in Hudson. He can say whether such an interview took place between Judge Van Ness and himself, in this city, at the time specified. In 122 the parnVs were all living.- Among others, Phillip S Parker. You will understand the allusion. If Mr. Van Ness made ths statement to Mr. Beekman,about twenty years after the pamphlet was published, and while Mr. Clinton was yet in being, can there be any doubt of his having detailed to B. the interview with accuracy? And if true, who c m be made to believe that (iov. Clinton misrepresented iho facts to Mr. Vin Nes.s? I do not intend to press- thi subject. 1 present the case without comment. It is evednt, however, that Judge Spencer's denial does not meet it. There is another circumstance, which I will now notice, lending to place your ver city, in
uiy im.:-, in a "questionable shape. ion
rM.5m .n Tocny 8 paper, that the Nils ' w.-re instrumental in getting up a petition to fthe Commercial Bank of Cincinnati are j lno Legislature, to enquire into the titles of
taken in p-yment for that article.
Communicated 1
The Crawrord?vine Lyceum will meet next
what was termed the manors. You uretend-
en to beli e. Hi it tins property, belonging to
the Vriii M nsst-laers and (If Li illusions, ns
csdiealed; You was ch.tii-l with ha,vin a - . . . .... .
Tuesday evening, at the uuil hour, to un- J"" :1 letter to h g.nUem n, 1 think Abel
derg a re-org mization adopt a new Con-I . ''"" ln which, it. u s s. id, you remark amotion and a code of bye-laws: Also e,i ,l)a' "''hough the titles c.-uld not be im
todi'ossthe following question "Should . lwsr,':" the sal ject bel'oie th i Ihc V Hilary Academy at West Point be if-! -isl l'""'-' rould a gooil political ef-Air'
boUshcd?- Bv order of tin- Society, Jrct- 1 '' ''.Miieo ever h - v...g w.iiien h lei ALEXANDER THOMSON, Scribe:. j u ;l f such .m i . port. Nowsir, I feel my-
Oct. 11, 1834.. srM u'-iovizii tos-iv, ti; - stich a letter v..s
wiitten f.y you, and tir't anvuig other persons who re d oi nossi-ss. d it. w,,s the venerah'o
mg compliment m Mr. Hannrg.m, our RoP :lera wlw,e lMier,,ilin lm,, :issn(ifcVV, '
O I J 7 tend to accuracy, ;s to the .!eai!s; but sui stance, the cse is lriiy ited, and at the time oi'nsoccu:: nc:, r:y ;hmy ye-trs ago. it dded UtUhing loyoui fune for correctness., nor your clnr r;or as ;i m : ot honor. Indeed, it w s lceu.usly rein -iked, that you were born tor a poet. v Willi such propensities, an! such qualm 1 1 1 . , i ...... I . i : . : r
iiiwuc, ,nu in-uiiie ii p)iiu , -i. I ou -ilt. sometimes spoken of as inviiinr taken o r
on
TheL ouisvilleJourn.il pisses the follow-' TV . .. .. !
resentative in Confess
Mr. Edward A. Hannegan resent.uive in Congn ss from Indiana, has adHrvssed a lottor to iln puMic on the subject of tho Wabash T to. rondonin the act, but is shamefully syrnphantio in his praises of the actor. If he were
to
perintending the elections in New Jersey. Mr. Secretary Cass was regulating those of Ohio. Mr. Attorney General Dutler was managing the Herkimer Convention. Mr. Auditor Kendall was caballing about the elections in Pennsylvania. I5ut whatever may have been their objects, I merely slate the fact ot their absence at the time specified. I leave comments for others. I present the c ase, that those who remember the iris, and notice the present, may see how different, in a certain class of politicians, is proftssio n and practice . I will now mention another incident, to communicate which, I should not have written specially. You recollect that the President was some time since censured lor sendin,under his frank, to Mississippi, the prospectus of a political papk r, m be set up atlVatchi z, io Mij port his administration. l he Globe oVmed the charge, or said tliM it was
done in but one. or two instance-.-.
Plurnmer, the Jackson mem
ber Irom Misissinoi. i v, t lw.r.
ov some it is s.ii , e j ,n.g ilwbenfif of one of his pririleges. Oi b-:-hiiit, tU it lie intends to draw liis eight dollars per diem, during the -cess, in couse(pieuce ot beiuij f. faitiCf! by sickness. These, however, are mere conjeetun s ol ih.quid tmncs. Whether they ore, or ire no, well found: gne no o-
muon. Jitii riu'iinier says, that the
be kicked fv Gen. Jarkvon he ! tne rev,,'ion ot ' 17MS. Ridiculous! Yoi
ttvght disapprove tbo kiel- hut hn , " " d ,mmr' l-'"S a-T f
, ,. i 1 - i , , , lecuon et Mr. Jt-tt .r.n in l.'Ol. i is true,
oniTr.?rtj
4i The old, the yovr.p, the f vctc the cVt Cheat Xaturt'.s minify dbt mvst pay M ill.. if ot'FUmptjnn ATis. Aiewp.
t tonnerly heard of your friend Rid, now, I Relieve, h r- sid. nt of the city of New York, tell the story, how, in INK), he frequently t.'ok you out to Coxsackie, foi the purpose oV tr.!irjiiii you up as an elect loneerer. ur political career, sir, commenced in It-12 l coinmenci d .is an opponent of th w r, and the friends of the w.ir: :in n:.
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i ifMiM'Mi retjui'steci ii nun tin i imej. of one or two hundred per-
i
wife of James Alexander, cf this p!-.ce. fonin' stHiesmen, ui.l southern p
in;
ivTr. Reden Busenbark. of Mii vicinny. He hns left a wif -nd fmiily of srmll children to Ja.nent their loss. From the Evening St LETTER IH. A mi n . S e.p Oi h , 1 33 i . To the Hon. Martin Van Bwen: Sir, Before proceeding i notice yr,ur official nets, I sh ill, very ori flv, iocur to two incidents which m iy ie corwul-Tsd indicative the c-ts of your mind You woll know, pir, that for a time yon w; r-empl ypd in the (lice of iho l ite Judtrf Willi ? in P. V .n X, ??. Y u nny rememlr, nnd if you do not, you uwh, the circumstances under whicfi-you were first noticed by that gentleman- Who? her he wts,
or whs not entitled to your gratHinksit is unnecssiry to enquire- Jud Van Nes? was xhe friend of Col. Burr. H' wrot a pimpV let, undVr the sign iture of Arifttide, defending the thn VTice Presilent, and aitMcktriiT. in alibidlons m inner, several of his mst distinguished opponents in the state of .Now York. You knew M;. Vn Xess to be th author. Shortly -ifter tir pnhhc i?i ti of iiie pimp;iK t,it acert lined 'hat the J ilgj hi:j bj :) ;--tnyed. Up)n yon, sir, suspicion rested. Mr. Vmi X -ss entert lined no doubt, to the dnv of his der.th, that you h id divulged the secret. You knew his impression?, but it i?Mieved id not know the source from whence they Were derived; nor were you able to eri;j,c;ite the-:-; After ihe lapse of yeirs. it w.s hscertcd, m i?: ptobab y by i friend of yours, th.it you had midetbe communic ,i n i Ju;-r Spencer. The Judge deme the . llegii)n; and this d nhl, as to himself, S-. be-n considered, by some, evidence of te fixity cf the charge. But. sir, there is another vrrsion of this story. If it be tme that you hetnyd the confidence nf your patron, it w -s done, directly or indirectly, to the lite De Win Clin ion This remirk is nt mde hastily, or unadvisedly. Judge V.u Vss received this information from Governor Clinton; or he shamefully misrepreenti.-d Mr. Clinton. I will now state a fact. You or your fi lends may
pursiK' tbe enquiry, it it is deemed discreet
and prudent.
In the winter of 1822, Jude Van Ness T?i9 in this City. When Jiere, lie was in tlie habit of visiting me. One day he came to rny 'iou&c. As soon as lie entered the room,
it was perceptible that he was Under an excitement. Tbe question was put to him "Judje, what ails you?" He p.used a few moments, and then replied: "I have been conversir-g Ibout Van Buren. I c..n nver think of him, m connection with my pamphlet (Anslide,) wuhom feeling mdunant. Alter iig.m p.iusing he, proceed-ed-I met F . M. Beekman in Slate sftvet We ii.d some conversation. explained to hnn Van Buren's perfidy. I told him, thai Some time afier the publication of Arvttides I met De lVut Clinton in the titw f vv. '
York. lie came up and gave me his handand while holding my hand in his, he stited' that my confidence had oeen betrayed by Van
icy. My :iex! letter shall be devoted to ai;
! examination of lh;s iwrt of vour history. PATRICK HENRY. To the Editor ef the . Y. Cour.vV Enq. Washington City,Sept. 18, 1834. ISo iiie.uieui hns return! occur
red in this place, calculated to m-
terest or amuse vour readers. In truth,, the only motive which has prompted tne n v o take up nr. pen, is to point out one ot those instance in which vli;j was made a matter of gravest ;h -oation against the ad.nimstrath)!! . Mr. Adamses far exceeded hv the uresem, witlimt exciting the le ist ani fiadversion. Tins instance of lor ea ranee in the Whig pn-ss. .omn nd with
the eontiuct ct tin ii
eh;
opponents, is
ons in Jlississippi, to whom w night address copies of the prospectus referred to. N it not disrep'itahle, that the President of the V. States should thus soil the ermine of his exalted office, hv such dim
employment? The intrigue uiih Senator Krepps of Pennsylvania, for a nomination hy the Legislature, oi that State, was not more undignified. By die wav, VOU n eolleet.
.Mat though the President franked the letter to Krepps, the letter itselt ams written hy his Secretary, U j. U otielsnn, who said ih? President was ignorant of its contents. This aas prohiddy true, fbr the Major
sustains ihe character of a frank &. iionoralde man. On this plea, houver, the party claimed that the
l resident was innocent of any in :rigue. But it is i fact , not gener ally known, thttl Krei.ps visited thi
cnv,attd remained heroahout a fortnight, just before Donelson's letter
was wrnteti; that he spent s. vera I evenings with the President, a ii the whole matter was, doiihdeSs, arranged in th President's house. Thi- is an old artair, r.ut it is worth mentioning, to illustrate the charaekt of the times,and of die men who have so strangt ly acquired the confidence of the people. Siiir itw f.,tm. ..C C? .
v iv miu )i r?e reiarv
lmprTiiiiUolthclVabash. lf Ii()ed to all tho Terrnci ies hero 'Ihe oliicial paper at LVashh.g- tolore admitted into the Union as ton city, publishes a long article,as-; States. NoncofthoTeriitories had, sailing Senator Tipton, in dissent-j at the time of their admission, a nig from the views ol the President ! population of 60,000 souls ; a popm regard to he appropriation for ; ulation, on tho attainment of winch, the improvement of tho Waha.sh ' we are authorized, hy tho ordinance River. It is a strange production! of 1787, to claim an incorporation, an odd mixture ol flattery and 1 with a republican constitution, into suppressed anger. It heaps' upon i the Union, on an equal footing with the people of Indiana unmeasured ' the origin.! States. Ail r most of praise terming them "generous, the other Territories have been hberal-hi arted, patriotic, dismteres- admitted when they possessed ted, and democratic," and then tnrns'a number of inhabitants equal to to their Senator, and asks "woukTthe then ratio of representation m Senator Tipton now have hs stale, the House of Representatives of tho lor the paltry sum ol twenty thou- 'United States. Conare, under sand dollars,abandonih. President, the influence of the jmhey which at the Parti, and the Pi incijitcs, to present guides their dehhcraiions, which she has hilheito adhered?'' j have faded to accede io the i t UtiaWe presume it never entered the tod applications of .Michigan, widi mind ol the editor ol the Globe, that ; a population greater b 1; i , inaii the President had, in this instance 'that of other tavon d Ten Moiaes,,or abandoned the "principles" ol in-1 power to form a Coviiution and U rnalimproenn m, to winch Indi- i State (Government, he has but ana has "hitherto adhered." Ca-one course left tor ihe ass iuon of mil Teiegiaph, j her equal rights. It is to a 1 1 lain 1r population, which is htyond xMany very excellent men have a; doubt, moic than sixty thousand; to
&. u piiai, ami pom- proceed, in that event, io tbe callical discussions We frequently jMJ? of a cor.vcniion for the mstituu.eei men ol high standing, ol good j don of a State Government , and io principles, and ol exemplary life, die election of a R, . resentative &. vvtm will t li nl. .... ..r . i . .
" un cm oi sen- NfMinrnr.'s n. iinr.r, I be S
sa,slac tion,ihat-d,7 never med- ; ot Michioan wilfthen have a
,,oMucs-mey never in- fo demand admission into , he Interest ihemsehosm pohtiral discus-; ion, am1 i: is not lo ,)(. niic.patecL sHt-, an(l n ye.-mean to be polei- i thnl the Goitres, of the U. States inns. And this d.ey will say in hesitate to ueld, as a matter of a nr,,ner wh.ch evinces that .hey . riR,ir what ,hev have heretoJore rc.
. ueyuau txpn sst d sc.ti- fust.t, tii grant us as a favor,"
in' ui. vnu:u ere tuiiueu to respect, and that no man could nosi-
in
rieht
New York Coi kt of Seskio.sv
ily fnai fault wiih them lor this in- Sept. 8. .Anun ib
difterence. Now, we beg leave to j tenced this day, was Charles Ziis, a
culprits stn-
lissent from this doctrine. We be
heve that ev ry citizen of a Republic is hound to be a politician. Start not at this assertion. We do not mean a trading politician, an intriguing politician, or a babbling
juueg man wno is ncir apparent to a property of $60,000 from an aged mother on Long Island, who was sentenced to the Penitentiary for six months, lor obtaining goods iiii-
cler lalsciTt tenets. He is mi iM
po litician. We do not mean lhat olli ndcr : and his numr r. ns ihcii
' lass ol men who make politics a land liauus without appait m iiuiucetrade,and a fraudulent trade ; who'ment, wenid aln-.ost lead to the be-
that tne
aractennic ot the tw, p.rties. Yon w.di remember.thai iecause
Atr.Ada ns p jid a xin to ,ss,Hiiusetts,on the leath of Ins tather,and one or two of Ins Secretaries visi.ed
tlli''ll n viimMi'nw .iltnh il... I' i
.it a CoMare.ssii.nnl i, iV. . ! ijt u l,l,s CII.V Ui' expresses bnn
--,- - . ...... .x , ; (4svson party ni knamed Um members the admini-iration, "the travel ling Cabinet." It is an old saying, that "one man may steal a horse with impunity, while another is hanged for looking over a hedge;" md a comparison of the conduct of the two administrations, is an illustration of the truth of the say mg. What is the practice of the Jackson admrnistruion, in the particular in which they so severely condemned
Mr. Adams? About the beminins .1 . . o o
ui me present month
.vlt tl lll-k ......... l
p ii uu miiiii: ciinniH'iipe
Jackson party will succeed, in reeleciingMr. Lucas, as Governor of that Slate. The accounts through
other channels, however, are of a different character. The well fnformed portion of the Whig panv in this city, were not disappointed in the Maine election. A similar result, so far as Gen. Jackson is concerned, may he antic ipated rn Pennsylvania. Of Van Boremsnr, however, scarcely a fragment will be left remaining. The People understand, that the issue is now made Van Buren or no Van Buren. In
the tomh and the West his late ad
sctou with a determination to live
out of the ouhhe crib, and' ivlmv..
polities consist in repeating certain cant phrases, following implicitly certain readers, and crying out at all times, to those above them in power, give, give. We yield to no one in contempt for political demagogues, the unprincipled band whose only aim is to mislead by vulgar clamor am; noisy declamation, and w ho hope to rise over talents, character and sterling merit , by loud professions and time-serv-!
s
leg siu,s rvit r;( v.
Iiel that he i a' individual oi the class whoe.rg,.ji oJ acquisiuv nc.-s is developed u Mich a degi . as almost to duost the stcalii.-g propensity of its mortal enormity. .v udi a person, however, if he cannot be re claimed, ought at least to he placed in a situation where he can no longer prey upon the community, "That's hotr The Editor of the -BufiMo Daily Advertiser savs, that it was so alt fired hot the oth
er day, that a man's pencil rnelud
Put we do mean his pocket W hew
man.
was
fuse to take any part in political af-i;,ir--Salem Gazette.
Th President was awav
The Secretary of War was awn v
The AttnrriPvOnner-.il .
The Secretary of illV .Z: rr bnly furlmg n Iris
' .ilag. U.it of .-w Vorfc h pros-
away
The Second Comptroller of th Treasury was avav The Treasurer was awav
The Commissioner of the Gener
al Land Office was away; The Fourth Auditor was awav
all at the same tune. TheSeere-
retaryof State had previously been
absent.
According to the liberality which
imputed motives for the absence ol
Mr. Adams's Secretaries, we may
suppose, that
pects are a forlorn honv. and even
there, it is now generally hehvved, they are but little better.. If defeated in your State, at the approaching election for Governor, he will he abandoned as a candidate for the Presidency, and Col. Richard iT
Johnson substituted. 'I he Spy jv Wasiiixgtox.
ens . Mason, Lsq., the act
ing Governor of Mi- iiir.m, is ued a
pro' lamation on the iSih ult., for an iiiimediate meeting ol tin legis- !.... ..... :i 'i'l.
irimi- t unin ii i fie count 11 met ,":C1 l K
cormnglv, elecn d Judge JicD.m-
el president, and appointed a com
mute fo wait upon tin Execuiive ot the icrritnry,and inform him diat a
juorum had ssschm led and w re
reanv to r.'ce;ve anv commiii.iVn.
" i . fion he might tlin.k proper to m; ke. A message w.ts submitted the next day, in which die Governor slates, the members of the council were called to tber koIcIv with reference to die adoption ot incipient measures for the admission of the Territory into the Union. He says
"The leading purpose of your
present session conteu.n'ates the
sp eoy aomissieii of Michigan into tiw Union. Preliminary and essential to ihe ciTectuation of this desirable objv . t. a census ot the inhabitants of the peniusula, as well as of those west of Lake Miciiioan
ought, it is re spectfully suggested,to he immediately ordered and tnken
i ue details arc properly confided 'o the wisdom of he 'legislative council. But the time has arrived when Michigan is called upon to act for herself. She has nptifmn.
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ii sav iii-ii nn em-?.- n t tt-t.. u , tint t.r itf ... tu.. .
j ii ti ifii? i.t " it; yfir iiiiie Ml t ( I lasS
pubhe, who has opportunities of in- pveek so quick dun he luul'iit tiihc formation, has a moral ridit to re- to dic?nu( dniiri the town w. II
boil over and burn up th tui p? Why, sir, the Theatre has U n in a blaze 0 times since die wtidher be
come so rrii cnd us oreuish! Since the above calamities wcrcr suff red and recordt d, the Liverpool (P-ni.) Mercury has come to hatK:, 'laden w iih the follow inr tale of Wiie, which die editor insists is a, tact as though it was something, strange or incredible: 0 Hotter ijctrYvfiUuhw after dinner, (we mean dinner time, tor
we ate nothing,) we missed our ink-
From ihe Virginia Free Press. Stock Cattle. iXuniHrons !.,.... r
stock and fat cte arp rt.-iilv r. cn ......
rr,, . - "' -y i4 "tii , . ; r
ili P ''o t.nj in o rs "rt",,J VAientl
Mr. Secretary Dickinson wassu- teT' uc" "'V- SiU"" TT"1 ""'"'"li-
t t nun iiit.ti:!' ivnirn nnp . . .
i t.wtvi utio uwii ex-
stand; and on inquiring of ouvinq? about it, he declared, 'pon the honor
ot a devil, that it had just melted, &, that he hrd jU8t bun his finders' in
trying to "save, the pieces 'y Doctor SnKK.n.vx, the celebrated Ennlis. schoolmaster, had a custom of ringi his scholars to prayers, at a certain houromv day. I lie hoys were one diy very devoir! v at prayers, except one, who was snflina ;t laugh as well as he could, which nn. fL.
seeing a rat descending from 'be bell-row into the room The poor boy could hold out no longer, but burst info an immoderete fit n1 laughter, which set the others a-goinir, wh he pointed to the cause. Slioridei! T was so, provoked that he declared he would whip hem all ,f the principle, culprit was not p0 f ted out to him ; which was .mmcdiately SZ The poor pup,I 0f Mom.,,..
hoiked; and Ihs b.ck hid bare when the w,y school master told him he said any flung Arable on the occaTiM, he looked upon him as the greatest dce in s school, ho. would forgivek8Vt lrem. bhng cilpnt, with very httW hesitan, al
Ail distich
Tlre wn3 araWfor wantof strira, t,amo down a rope to co to m,W
Slieridan instantly dropped t)ie rod m,l mstead of a whipping jgavem half al