Crawfordsville Record, Volume 4, Number 39, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 27 February 1836 — Page 1

RECORD. "LIBERTY and union now and forever, one and inseparable.' Volume IV.--Number 39.] CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 27, 1836. [Whole Number 195

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PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY I. F. WADE, At two dollars per annum---payable in advance, or within three months after the time of subscribing; two dollars and fifty

cents within the year; or three dollars after the year expires. No paper will be discontinued---unless at our option---without special notice and payment of all arrearages. Advertisements, not exceeding twelve lines in length, will be inserted three times for one dollar; and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements, for a limited time, or from a distance, must be paid for in advance; otherwise they will be continued at the expense of the advertiser. Letters on. business must be post-paid. CRAWFORDSVILLE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1836. Presidential election in 1836. HARRISON ELECTORS. MARSTON G. CLARK, of Washington county, MILTON STAPP, of Jefferson " Austin W. Morris, of Marion " John G. Clendenin, of Orange " Enoch McCarty, of Franklin " Albert S . White, of Tippecanoe " Achilles Williams, of Wayne " Abraham P. Andrews, of Laporte " Hiram Decker, of Knox " VAN BUREN ELECTORS. Jonathan Williams, of Morgan county, John Myers, of Knox " William Rockhill,of Allen " George W. Moore, of Owen " William White, of Vermillion " Jesse Jackson, of Scott " Marinus Willett, of Rush " Elisha Long, of Henry " Thomas C. Stewart, of Pike " MARRIED--On Thursday the 25th instant, Mr. Samuel Lee, of the vicinity, to Miss---------Wilson, of this place. DEATHS. DIED--On Friday night, the 19th inst., infant of Mr. George Hays, of measles. ----On Sunday night, the 21st inst , Sarah Madaline, daughter of James G. Hall, aged some three years--same dis- ease. ----On Monday, the 22d, Harriet, infant daughter of James G. Hall--same disease.--They were his only children. ----On Tuesday night, the 23d, infant of Y. B. Pullen, esq.---same disease. -----Same night, child of Mr. Joseph Ensminger, about two and a half years old---same disease. -----On Wednesday, the 24th, Mrs. Runyon, wife of Benjamin Runyon. We can't help it. It is impossible to print a paper without some one to set the types; and we have been for the past week, and are yet, destitute of type setters. If we are under the necessity of issuing a half sheet next week, the two will be considered as one number. The editorship of the Record will, probably, for a time, be in the hands of a pro tern. CONGRESS. The house of representatives has passed a resolution to instruct a select committee to report that, in the opinion of the house, congress has no constitutional right to interfere with slavery in any of the states; and that it ought not to interfere with slavery in the District of Columbia. SNOW. Our exchange papers speak of tremendous snow storms in the east, during this winter. In many places the snow was, on an average, from four to five feet deep--and drifted to the depth of twenty-five feet. In this couutry, however, we have had but light snows. There has, perhaps, more fell the present week, than has fallen all the winter besides. Notwithstanding it was very muddy when the snow commenced falling, (Wednesday morning) the snow is now some eight or ten inches deep. IMPORTED CATTLE. On yesterday we had the pleasure of seeing eight or ten of the finest cattle we ever saw. They are the property or Henrv Clay, and were on their way to Ashland, the beautiful country seat of the honorable senator. Kentucky has, perhaps, the finest stock of any state in the union. Her farmers, in the interior, are reaping golden harvests from this source; and it is not the least creditable of the public acts of Mr. Clay, that he has mainly contributed to the improvement of the great staple of the interior by frequent and costly importations from England.--Maysville Eagle.

Go ahead, Henry Clay, and old Kentucky! The man who thus contributes to the improvement of our stock is preeminently a public benefactor. We hail, with joy, the ris-

ing spirit in our own state. Let it be fondly cherished; and, ere long, as fine cattle and horses will grace our prairies as ever graced the beautiful hills and vallies of good old Kentucky. We can not be too enthusiastic in the cultivation of the art of peace. LAKE MICHIGAN. During the past season there have been six vessels wrecked, and over 40 lives lost, on Lake Michigan. Six years since and five vessels performed the whole carrying trade on this lake; now there are about 150 schooners and brigs, and several large steamboats, which pay their enterprising owners from 75 to 125 per cent. Niles' Register. From the National Intelligencer of Feb. 9. The following highly important and acceptable message was yesterday transmitted by the president of the United States to both houses of congress: BRITISH MEDIATION. To the senate and house of representatives: The government of Great Britain has offered its mediation for the adjustment of the dispute between the U. States and France, carefully guarding that point in the controversy, which, as it involves our honor and independence, admits of no compromise.--I have cheerfully accepted the offer. It will be obviously improper to resort even to the mildest measures of a compulsory character, until it is ascertained whether Fiance has declined or accepted the mediation. I therefore recommend a suspension of all proceedings on that part of my special message, of the 15th January last, which proposes a partial nonintercourse with France. While we can not too highly appreciate the elevated and disinterested motives of the offer of Great Britain, and have a just reliance up on the great influence of that power to restore the relations of ancient friendship between the United States and France, and know, too, that our own pacific policy will be strictly adhered to until the national honor compels us to depart from it, we should be insensible to the exposed condition of our country, and forget the lessons of experience, if we did not efficiently and sedulous- ly prepare for an adverse result. The peace of a nation does not depend exclusively up- A new move.--In congress, house of representatives, Feb. 5--Mr. Hannegan moved to suspend the rules in order to instruct the select committee of twenty-four, appointed yesterday, on the subject of pay and mileage, to make the following inquiries: "First--Into the expediency of removing the seat of the federal government from Washington to Cincinnati or Louisville. Second--Into the propriety of so amending the rules of the house, as to cause a list of the absentees, whenever the yeas and nays are taken, to be entered on the journals, and published as a part of each day's proceedings in the morning papers. Third--Of compelling all members who may hereafter absent themselves, during the sittings of the house, on visits to their homes and families, or for the purpose of attending to their practice in the courts of this district and adjacent states, to relinquish their pay during the period of such absence. Fourth.--Of requiring a relinquishment, in like manner, of their compensation, from members during the time lost from the business of the house in excursions to the neighboring cities, or in pleasure parties about this city and the surrounding country, or from any other cause whatever, except sickness and the order of the house. On motion of Mr. Williams of N. Carolina, the motion to suspend the rules for the purpose indicated, was laid on the table. THE TEXIAN HEROES. Some apprehension has been felt for the safety of certain chevaliers, who sailed from New York for Texas, and who were captured by an English vessel, and carried, as pirates, into Nassau. We learn that the grand jury refused to indict them for piracy. The captain, and ten others, were held to be prosecuted for theft, in consequence of their marauding upon the blacks of Eleuthera.--The others were discharged.--Cincinnati Gazette. The clergy of Ireland have the authority, conferred by law, to refuse to marry a woman unless she can read and write.--The power is given upon the sound principle that a woman must first be qualified to instruct her offspring before she is permitted to have them. Litchfield Enquirer.

POLITICS OF THE DAY.

From the National Intelligencer. The Albany Evening Journal, of Friday last, says:-- "The state convention of the friends of Harrison and Granger, hav- ing discharged their duties, adjourned last evening. Their proceedings were characterized by wisdom and firmness. Entire harmony prevailed. Every hand and every heart is united in a common cause. The spirit of patriotism is aroused, and will go abroad throughout the land, to redeem and purify the administration of our government." The following are the resolutions unanimously adopted by the convention: Resolved, that this convention do nominate, for president of the United States, William Henry Harrison, of Ohio. Resolved, that this convention do nominate, for vice president of the U. States, Francis Granger, of New York. Resolved, that a convention, for the purpose of nominating candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, and the state electoral ticket, to be composed of the same number of delegates from each county that the several counties are res- pectively entitled to members of assembly, be held at Utica, on the second Wednesday in June next. Resolved, that in support of our cause we invite all opposed to Mr. Martin Van Buren and the Baltimore nominees. Resolved, that Martin Van Buren, by intriguing with the executive, to obtain his influence to elect him to the presidencency, has set an example dangerous to our freedom, and corrupting to our free institutions. Resolved, that an- unprincipled organi zation of individuals, whose object is to give a partial direction to the government, and secure to themselves benefits, whether such combinations be called 'the party' or 'the regency,' or by any other name, is, in fact, a conspiracy which seeks to promote the interests of the few at the expense of the many. Resolved, that the support we render to William Henry Harrison is by no means given to him soleiy on account of his bril- liant and successful services as the leader of our armies during the last war, but that in him we view also the man of high intellect, the stern patriot, uncontaminated by the machinery and subterfuges of a hackneyed politician--a man of the school of Washington Resolved, that in Francis Granger we recognize one of our distinguished fellow citizens, whose talents we admire, whose jpatriotism we trust, whose principles we sanction. Resolved, that notice of the time and place of holding the convention designated in the third resolution, signed by the officers of this convention, be circulated through the state. FATAL DUEL. The Jackson, (Miss.) Free Press, of Jan. 14th, contains an account of a fatal duel which transpired on the Tuesday previous, between Isaac Caldwell, esq., of Clinton, and col. Samuel Gwinn, register of the land of- fice. Judge Caldwell died in about foure hours, and col. Gwinn was still languishing. The Free Press states that the parties were stationed at 30 yards from each other, with four pistols each, with the privilege to advance and fire as they chose. The first shot of each was ineffectual, the second shot of each took effect; and judge Caldwell fired his third pistol, after he was mortally wounded, which fire inflicted a severe wound in the breast of his antagonist.--Cincinnati Republican. BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. So then we are to have the bank of the U.

States rechartered after all. After we have ing, and sent by mail the same day to dishad the "monster" down, and the foot of the tant snbsorilwrc

old hero on its neck--and after the Globe had fired its pound of mustard shot every day, for four years, full in its face--after charging every opposition senator with being bribed, and every editor with being bought, by the bank--after filing our affidavit that the monster was bankrupt, and that the deposites were not to be found after bringing forward our safety fund concern on its ruins, prostrating Nick Biddle in the dust, and driving Van Buren's Einglish carriage, livery, footmen, and all over his prostate body-- after having manufactured 'public opinion" in every section of the union against the bank--after shouting on all sides it's down, dead and buried--the state of Pennsylvania is about to recharter that institution; recharter it with the enormous capital of twentyeight millions; recharter it for the benefit of its present stockholders: recharter it under the name and title of the United States bank; with all its gold and silver, its extensive credit; its vast resources, and oh, horror upon horror! in all probability, with that devil incarnate, Mr. Nicholas Biddle at its head. N. Y. Star. TAKEN UP, BY David D. Berry, of Walnut township, Montgomery county, Indiana, one estray steer, six or seven years old, light brown color, with some white spots on him, and white forehead, no ear marks or brands: appraised to twelve dollars, by James Evens and George Dorsey, Jan. 11th 1836. JOHN WALKUP, J.P. 35*7

I NOTICE.

ALL those who are indebted to the estate of Joseph Griest. dec'd. are hereby notified that their notes will become due the 20th of the present month, and to call at my house and settle the same with John Griest, without delay; and as the administrator expects to be absent a few weeks, on business of the estate, &c., to Pennsylvania, those who have unsettled accounts will call and settle them in April next. They will please attend to this notice, as their accounts must be settled. JOSEPH W. GRIEST, adm'r. The notes and accounts of the subscriber are also in the hands of John Griest for collection. J, W . G. 2d mo. (Feb.) 14, 1836. 39tf DARLINGTON. THIS town, laid out by the subscriber, is in the north east quarter of section eight, township nineteen, north, of range three west;--it is situated on the state road, leading from Crawfordsville to Frankfort--eight miles from the former place, and twenty from the latter. The site of the town is elevated, dry, and healthful--surrounded by a country of fertile land. The plan of said town is commodious, there being eight lots to a block, and two ten feet alleys passing through each block at right angles: Main street is sixtysix feet wide, and all others sixty. The lots are sixty-six feet wide in front, and one hundred and thirty-two feet deep. But few places will exceed this for water privileges.--Sugar creek passes within half a mile of the town, on which are now a saw and grist mill in operation, doing good business, and which will be fitted for merchant work the ensuing summer. Another Merchant Mill will be erected on the same stream the ensuing season, within a mile and a half of the town; and just at the east end of the town is a never failing stream of water, supported by springs, affording a sufficiency of water to propel machinery for a Carding Factory, Oil Mill, or Paper Mill. Lots will be sold on terms favorable to the accommodation of actual settlers. Persons wishing to purchase will no doubt promote their own interest bv calling, examining and judging for themselves. ENOCH COX. Feb. 11, 1836. 38--tf CINCINNATI MIRROR. NEW ANNOUNCEMENT, Circumstances connected with Mr. Marshall's private arrangements, having induced him to discontinue 'The Buckey,' that pub- lication, in accordance with the wish of a large majority of its subscribers, will be issued hereafter under its old title, the 'CINCINNATI MIRROR.' The undersigned, in becoming the proprietors of this extensively circulated periodical, have the gratification of stating to the old friends of the 'Mirror,' and to the more re- cent subscribers of the 'Buckeye,' that Messrs. William D. Gallagher and Thomas H. Shreve will resume its editorial management. In mentioning the names of these gentlemen, whose industry and literary qualifications are so well known, the publishers deem it superfluous to expiate on the future character of the work; under their superintendance the Cincinnati Mirror attained its thousands of subscribers, and was recognized by most literary periodicals in the union, as inferior to none of its contemporaies;--incontestible proofs of the estimation of their merits, and of the appreciation of Western Literature. The arrangements which have been entered into, will place the Cincinnati Mirror under better auspicies, than have attended it at any time since the period of its commence ment. It will contain a larger quantity of reading matter, than heretofore, and will be printed on auper-royal paper, with entirely new brevier type. Every number will be furnished with a handsome cover: and the work will be published every Saturday morning, and sent by mail the same day to distant subscribers. TERMS:--Three Dollars per annum, if paid in advance, or three dollars and fifty cents, if payment be delayed six months. FLASH, RYDER, & Co., Booksellers and Publishers, Third st. near the Post office. Subscriptions received at the Record office. Notice. ALL those indebted to the subscriber, for medical services previous to the 23d of August last, must make immediate settlement. Thirty days only will be given, until he will call on them "by authority." THO'S M. CURREY. Crawfordsville, Dec. 10, 1835. 29-tf LOOK HERE! WE intend starting to the east in a short time, and would be thankful to our customers if they will come forward now and settle the amount due us A. RAMEY & CO Crawfordsville, Dec. 25, 1835. 31-tf BOOKS!!! A LEXANDER THOMSON having purchased of J. & A. S. Thomson, their stock of books and stationery, will continue the business, for the present, at their old stand on Vernon street. In addition to the stock on hand, intending to start in a few days for a general assortment of books and stationery in future will keep every article in his line that the country demands. The public are requested to give him a call. Crawfordsville, Jan. 21, 1836. 35-tf

NOTICE. THE subscribers having sold their bookstore to Alexander Thomson, are desirous of settling their business as soon as possible. All those indebted to them are requested lo call and make payment immediately. Their accounts and notes will be left for a short time at the bookstore. J.& A. S. THOMSON. Crawfordsville, Jan 23, 1836 . 35-tf REMOVAL. I. C. ELSTON would respectfully inform his old and new customers, that he has moved to his new store room, on the old stand, south east corner of Vernon and Green streets; having on hand a very general assortment of DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE and GROCERIES, he feels confident that he can furnish them with goods on as reasonable terms as they can be purchased in the western country. PRODUCE or CASH will be taken in exchange. N. B. Those who are indebted to the subscriber, and to the late firm of Elston and Clark, are requested to make immediate payment, as longer indulgence cannot reasonably be asked or given. I. C. E. Jan. 9, 1836. 33tf

NOTICE. THE citizens of Tippecanoe and adjoining counties are respectfully informed that WASHINGTON G. WILLIAMS, M.D., (late surgeon to the Louisville alms-house,) has taken a country situation, on the Wea, adjacent to the town of Columbia, on the Lafayette and Crawfordsville road, where he purposes continuing the practice of his profession, and will attend specially lo important cases of SURGERY; for which purpose he will visit patients at any reasonable distance, or accommodate those who wish it, with board and lodging at his house; confidently hoping that fourteen years experience in a laborious and successful practice, will enable him to do ample justice to every one that may be submitted to his care. January 1, 1836. 33-tf MRS. MADDOX, WILL open a school in Crawfordsville on the 2d Monday in March next, and will teach the following branches, viz: reading, writing, geography, arithmetic, English grammar, philosnphy, chemistry, rhetoric, astronomy, history, drawing, painting, and music, with the use of instruments to practice on. Terms.--Reading, writing, geography, & English grammar, two dollars per quarter. Philosophy, chemistry, rhetoric, astronomy, &c., three dollars. Drawing and painting, five dollars. Music, with the use of instruments to practice on, eight dollars. Refer to Isaac Naylor or to Isaac C. Elston. Subscription paper at Mr. Elston's store. January 1,1836. 32tf TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT: Opposite Ristine's hotel. Alanson F. Dunham, WOULD respectfully inform the citizens of CRAWFORDSVILLE, and vicinity that he has established himself in the above business, where all work entrusted to his care shall be done with neatness and in the most FASHIONABLE STYLE--and by strict attention to business he hopes to receive a liberal patronage from a generous public. Garments of all kinds, cut on the shortest notice, and warranted to fit when properly made up. The Eastern Fashions received quarterly. Jan. 5, 1835, 40tf NEW GOODS!!! R. C. Gregory & Co. having taken James Hanna into copartnership, will continue the business under the firm of GREGORY & HANNAS, and are just receiving, direct from New York, and are now opening, in their old stand, opposite the post office, a large and splendid stock of Fall and winter goods, Consisting of--dry goods, queensware, hardware, cutlery, groceries, shoes and boots, hats, caps, &c.: which, in addition to their former stock, comprise almost every article needed in this market; all of which we are determined to sell low for cash, or exchange for wheat, pork, oats, corn, tallow, beeswax, jeans, and every kind of approved country produce. The citizens of Montgomery and the adjoining counties are respectfully invited to call and examine for themselves. Crawfordsville, Oct. 17, 1835. 21-tf Law Partnership. E. A. Hannegan & R. M. Corwine, HAVING formed a co-partnership in the practice of Law in all the Superior &. Inferior Courts of judicature of this State and Illinois, are prepared to attend to all business confided lo them, with fidelity and despatch. They intend paying particular attention lo Conveyancing and Collecting. Their united attention shall be given to all business that may be entrusted to either, and one or the other may always be consulted at their respective places of abode the former at Covington, Fountain County, and the latte at Newport Vermillion County, Indiana. INDIANA. November 21,1833 --44--tf Wanted, immediately, at this office, a boy, of industrious habits, about fifteen or sixteen years old, to learn the printing business.