Crawfordsville Record, Volume 4, Number 46, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 23 April 1836 — Page 2

C R A W F O R D S V I L L E 11 E C O II D

RIOT IN CONGRESS!

Saturday and Sunday's proceedings in the House of representatives are briefly noticed under the congressional head, as being, perhaps, the most disorderly and disgraceful of any that ever happened in that often vproarous body . The session lasted until half past lour on bunday morning. e promised some further notice of if, and select the following as affording the best sketches of i

it that can be obtained; and it is only a tie of his conscience over the honorable sketch, the reality having gone far beyond it. I .member from Massachusetts. The attotBut the history deserves a record and a ! nev seemed conscienoe-sncAcn, and looked

one sided one is all that can be had. It is remarkable that the main points are agreed in, by the several accounts. Xiles"1 Register, of April 2. From the Nat. Intelligencer, of March 25. We need Oltly direct IllO reader Sj attention 10 the reporter's minutes nf ilio npnodinor in tlm Hfinwo f w m "9 . - Mirwpnlnt v.-s on Salnrdnv On Saturday, did we say ? J he

Silting exiended to more hours On j waiting the epporumity to eject him to the Sabbath morning than tho 'urn him out. lie gave the paity a terrible Hii it ! coriii" indeed: so much so that the larget ouse usually sits on week days, r"',, p;r,on:ilIv direcled to ,limf: And all lor what Y hy, m a case WJL. Mr. Wi-e had finished, he (Mr. Bypltrely judicial, to prevent one ot i num) icse in a wnith that shook his sides and the parties from taking testimony ! heaiagiinst his head, like the lava ofVeI i i i . , r 1 suvius otTninst the ribs of Us mountainous which he is ready to make oaih , smu lu ,irandi3,ied lli8 ann, nd fist al. Will indisputably establish his rigid. t,,cied ihereto, high in die air, and procl.imWaS SUch a thing ever heard of'.?, ed, in a voice hkc a lion's, 'hat the gentleWhichmav be answered bv anoth-1 m!,n fr,,m Virgmin, though he was a bully, n.- l "if should not bullv him.

er (luesunn : jljki ii ever neiore happen that, on the eve of a presidetltial election, expected to depend nnnn ili Unnco W runnuontniivic i ,1L ClUUI V um,,M1 ed, by ousting whom, the vote of: an entire Slate, and bv that means'

possibly, the aTo-reonte VOle of aUl,U;r collected, and 'looking towards the

thn of'iljio rmtncnntil in llir, lliiiLn would be changed? From the Baltimore Chronicle. March '20. -TT . , r . . , , Ve have heretofore intimated that the members of the House of representatives were spending their time most unprofitably to the na tion,if not. disreputably to them-i

Selves. 1 tie scenes wnictl ciCCUr-i in characterising the majority of the House, red in the House, On Saturday ct''t 'inly did not mean to ltvel his remarks night and Sunday morning last,! "y ,( the gentleman. That he had c . - . . . ; seen Hiem in social cotnersntior a short tune Confirm our impressions, and inch- I,efore,aBd thej could not intend dehberateCate that the greatest service t lie ly to characterise each other with the epi-

members could render to tlieiri,ne,s "-" luMween il)cm.

country would be to adjourn. The North Carolina contested election was the exciting subject on the above occasion. It is a war waged against the silting member upon party grounds, as, by jfjciing him, it is hoped to obtain die vote of North Carolina for Mr. Van Buren, should the election go to the House. It is an evil that the House is so numerous. A smaller body would act with greater promptness and less quarreling. But the propensity to make long speeches upon every trivial occasion, is a greater evil. This might possibly be rem edied by limiting the sessions of Congress for it is notorious, that, at the Jonj sessions, nearly three fourths of the time is consumed in the declamation of demagogues.upon subjects foreign to legitimate legislation. Our House of represen tatives begins to resemble the national assemblies of revolutionary France, in indecent denunciations, abusive epithets, and noise and confusion. The national character is degraded by such proceedings, and they should be condemned bv die press and by the people, without distinction of party. B'awling labblers should be silenced, or -ashed into respectful deportment, and the business of the nation should be prosecuted. It is with .! . ,. 1 .1 the neon e to control their renreil " Bentatives, and we hope that the latter will he taught that to secure public favor they must deserve it by an honest discharge of their duty. From the Washington Telegraph. At, about 12, Mr. Lawler moved an adjournment, because it was lhe Sabbath Upon this the ajes and noes were ordered, and upon Mr. Adams refusing to vote, Mr. Wise reported him to the chair. Mr. Polk quoted precedents where the House had sit on Sunday. Mr. Adams said they were not analogous then great national concerns were before the House, and Congress was on the eve of a final adjournment, and lhe good of the country demanded the departure from the general rule and custom of the House; now it was engaged in a subject thai could easily be postponed, and it was improper thus to urge the question upon the Sabbath. Mr.Beardsley moved that the genemen from Massachusetts be excused from voting, because of the reasons he had given. This roused up Um; eagle of Massachusetts be was in a terrible rage. He did not araut the House to excuse him he would

not vote unless the House said explicitly that it had control of of the consciences ol members. "1 have a conscience, Mr. speaker, but 1 do not appeal to it every day.''' Mr. ley ton, of Tennessee, now rose and throw out his gnppling irons upon the unfortunate attorney geneial of New York. Ho ridiculed his conscience. Tint gentleman had, on the last nijiht of last session, voted exactly as Mr. Adams refused to do, and

now torsooth he was for spreading the man as pale as a winding sheet. Mr. Bynum, the gentleman who has been dubbed the champion of the majority, thundered forth in succession to IVyion. He knocked the poor minority about the head until " lot .Hum niiiu i no ..nun uim

jK a gi;mt employed in boxing the ears of.tive; and after full investigation, nothing his. fiit-mis, deemed it expedient to siretch i appeared to justify the belief that the fire forth his aim and lash the greater bodv: aid I was not the result of accident.

; n imiu on m nr.e si vie, i miouk. &.,y hi laid on in fine t i : i . r i i ..I I I should say. He! , !l i i, ,1,1 ttw.ii, ii-,,,.. ri , of ,,ie mc not jtiesiioniniT the ruber, but we:e only Wise rose, .-Hid leaning over, nnd looking ns if he w.is seekin fr some obinct of very ! diminutive siz' "I bully th it g;-nllem:in, ! M r. Sie;i kei ? Whv, sii 'VsmilinjrA "Ishould i as st(ui think of bullying a fly "Scoundreir1 screumd Bynum, moving fmm MS se:lt The House was ns still sis death, when Wise nunm rose, cnlmer linn i ;tre a rascal a pitiful and contemptible pup ! , v t" D v , 7 Jkro grent cries of order rose from the fully i j j awakened membet?, and when comparative S pe;ice waa resIO,Pf), general Mercer ofV... oinia. rose to expl. in the circumstances thai ! ,i:ul gradually led t!ie two gentlemen to their present painful point. He said that lhe ,lie ui)iect oMl:s coneaLnle. nir . Wise A who Several other gentlemen followed 31r. 3Ie cer in Ins attempt to restore peace and tranquility between the antagonist pnlies. And upon motion, the House un in mously imposed upon the two members its solemn injunction to lay their animosity aside, and remember, what they seemed to have forgotten, thai thev were members of lhe congress of the United States. General Thompson, of South Carolina, (the brave and the generous, and ever the first to heal the quarrels of others.) proposed ilnt if neither member objected to this process of lhe House, it would be a tacit pledge that they would no! prosecute the dilliculty far I her, it evidently having arisen from the high and painful excitement of party feelings, without any predisposed intention of insulting each other. Neither member objected. Then Bynum rose, anl said tint he certainly had applied the remarks of the genilemen as personal ; and liming found that it was an erroneous im pression, he regretted (or S' me such qu dilying word) that he had used offensive Ian guage to that gentleman. Mr. Wise sp ke upon lhe suljct, and having reviewed the whole affair in a calm and dignified manner, said that an epiu.et (bullv) had been applied to lutn, which he despised, and which no one should make to him without receiving the proper response. He did not deserve it, and would never, here or elsewhere, permit it to be used. He then made proper and manly explanations Never was there such a scene never one so disnistinj in all its details. FROM XILES' KECiISTER,OF ATR1L 2. BURNING of the TREASURY OFFICE. The Baltimore Patriot, of Saturday last, said For several months past, the treasury department has been in possession of information calculated to lead to the deteci on Cl me persons enga;cu in causing L, i . . ' i r .i . & tliwlA.it riiPtifwi. hv nro. ot t hr t rr:i 511 rv office at Washington, about three years past. On Wednesday last a person was arrested in the city of New York, charg ed with firing the building with his own hands, hired to commit, the act, as we have heard, by some of those who had committed frauds upon the pension office, vviiiclitney wished to have destroyed to screen their guilt. Other persons, we hear, before this, will have been arrested in the western part of New York, one in Vermont, and another in Ohio. The person that was taken in New York was brought, on yesterday, in the steamboat line, in charge of Mr. ttlnney, the hio-h constable of Philadelphia, Mr. Kelly, deputy marshal of Ohio, and Mr. Merritt, of the New York police. These officers left Baltimore this morning, with their prisoner, for Washington, where the trial is soon to take place. And the National lntel!igencer,of Monday, said It is now about three years since the destruction, by fire, of the treasury building, with the greater part of its contents. Never, perhaps, did so serious a public

calamity, in any country, produce so little excitement, raise so littie curiosity, or provoke so little censure of the government. The opposition press, slow to censure, except where there is just ground for it, forbore accusation, because they saw nothing in the circumstances oftho case to inculpate the administration. Of

neglect of due care and precaution there was sufficient evidence in the tact ol the conflagration; but censure for that would have fallen upon subordinates, such as watchmen, ceo., already sufficiently afflicted by the loss of their employments, and the censure was either withheld or sparingly bestowed. Upon a vague suspicion of design being at the bottom of l his fire, examination into the matter was made, by the proper authorities, at the instance of the execulime, however, which is olten the on- . .... .1. . .1. C ... 1, iv iebi oi iruin 10 inu beiges oi uiuiuus, has disclosed circumstances which leave little doubt of this fire having been the work of a conspiracy of individuals, of whom some were directly, and others indirectly instrumental in producing the fire. The matter has, we believe, been some time in the course of investigation: but, as secrecy was important to sueces in the pursuit of evidence and the criminals, we should have refrained fiom noticlnjj it even now, were it not that the bringing to this city one of lhe persons implicated has been noticed in the Baltimore papers. Such an individual, arrested in the city of New York, arrived here on Saturday, in custody of several peace officers, and is now in confinement. Another, we have heard, is in confinement in j Canada, and one or more otherselsewhere. The evidence must be in some degree di j cumstantial. We have reason to think, ! however, that the whole iniquity will be brought to light and judicially established. The desire to destroy evidence in the public records will probably appear to have beeni the motive of this desperate action. The New York Courier and Enquirer, in speaking of die individ ual arrested on suspicion ol having set fire to the treasury office al Washington, adds the following particulars: Since his apprehension, we understand his wife has also been arrested in Sussex county, New Jersey, on a warrant granted by ju'dge Baldwin, at Philadelphia, to which 'ity she has been conveyed for examination touching her knowledge of the affair. Three months since we were informed of all the circumstances connected with this business, but under an injunction of secrecy which prevented our giving them to the public; as the injunction has not yet been entirely removed, we are only now at liberty to state that three persons were concerned in the crime, to which they were instigated by an individual filling a high station in society, Judge Temple, who, our readers may recollect, committed suicide by shooiing himself at his residence, in Rutland, Vermont, in consequence of a discovery hav ing been made that he had defrauded the i United States treasury to animmen.se amount, by means of forged claims for rev olutionary pensions. Finding that his fraud must inevitably be discovered, he engaged these persons, under a promise of a large reward, to commit the arson, in the hope that the fire would destroy every trace of his guilt. In this, however, he was disappointed; the most valuable papers and vouchers of the treasury department were rescued from the flames, and among them the proofs of his delinquency. Upwards of a year ago one of the incendiaries was arrested at Syracuse, in this state, by Mr. G. Finch, a police olflcei of Newark, New Jersey, on a charge of

forgery committed on three of the banks jor Mouir.fort, and two other officers, who at Philadelphia; but on his way to that left Fort Diane on the 19th, wheie Gen. city he contrived to elude the vigilance of Scott remained, with all his troops in im the officer, and made his escape. Know-' spirits and excellent discipline. They ing, however, that he must be eventually were io set out for Gen. Gaines' battle retaken, he made a virtue of necessity and ground on the 25Ji, to unite with Gen voluntarily surrendered himself, under Eustis from A olusia and Col. Lindsay the hope of pardon, to secure which, he fiom Tampa Bay. communicated to the police all thecircum-1 Gen. Games and Gen. Scott met at Fort stances in relation to the burning of the ! Drane and passed one day togethei s'.ttreasury office at Washington, admitting ting at the same .able, and showing as that he was parficeps crimiiis, and thro' ; much courtesy to each other, the Jacksonhis exertions, the actual incendiary and i viile Courier says, s two men can, who

tus oiner accomplices nave been appre-jtake

hended, and are now on their way to Wash ington. FLORIDA. Despatches from major general Scott's headquarters in Florida,datedFott Drane, March 20, have been received at the adjutant general's office, of which the following is an extract: For the information of the secretary of War and general in chief, I addressed you a hasty note on the I4th; Nothing material has since occurred. This wing is waiting to give lime to brigadier general Eustis and colonel Lindsay to cain their respective positions, Pelaklekaha and Chichuckaty, for the ar rival nf the waffons sent hence to Gary's ferry for subsistence,the last of w hich may be expected by Jhe 2iih, with (it is hoped) some additional teams from Savannah, and for the troops from New Orleans to

i t i l till iheir slreiig'h. All ihese objects, 1 have good reason to hope, will be accomplished by the !26ih or !27ih mst., although I have not had a line from col. Lindsay later than his b tier dated al Mobile the I3ihult. In the mean time, it is confidently beiieved that the great body of the enemy' remains in the

swamp or cover of the Wythlacoo chee, about the jnnciion of its three j t,ran hes, say '25 miles from this ! iil-iep T soiwl m tnnniTr'itiliif'ili place. l send a topographic al ; suricn ot mat vicinity, made ty my aid, lieutenant Johnston, from information received here, and princ.pally from col. C,adsoen, the . quarter master general of JMornuy whom I have taken into the service! of the United Slates, and my staff, will, that rank. His minute knowl edge of lhe country, and lhe hostile Indians, mgeiher with In general militaiy inielliaence, render hint a v;-inalile acquiiiion. I also e.nect to derive much valuable assistance fiom col. Fl'zpairick, the president of the ten x 1 t ial leokla - ., i i , live conned, particularly .1 .be war should he earned into the lower f i ,n ........ ...I." 1. ,,! u. im: l-niniM..,., vmui vv i.k m he is, perhaps, belter acquainted than any other individual in the Territory. He is with me, and is well disposed to render himself generally useful. "You will receive with this copies of several orders. No. 13 was supposed to be necessiry, in order to be provided wiih the best means to ferret out of the swamps, and olher hiding nlaces. small narlies of lhe enemy, w hich may be e.xpeneo 10 remain out auer ine great body of the nation shall be subdued. General Woodward and majors Watson and Flournoy, mentioned in that order, are stronlv recommended to me as suitable persons to direct die detachment of OUO Creek warriors. I trust that this step on n.y part may meet lhe

approbation of tho war department. ' to express himself in favor ofCol. WalII seemed to me (o be dictated by a jlace for the next governor of Indiana.

wise discretion, and it will, probablv, by abridging time, save many valuable lives from the effects of the summer climate of die lower country. The order limiting the ration of bread or flour is lhe direct result of the want of sufficient means of transportation, and we shall probably be obliged to move hence on the !2 ltl or 25;h instant, with less than eighteen das' subsistence for this wing which will consist of about 17C0 fighting men. No murmur has been uttered in. consequence of the reduction in the rations. All are' disposed to make any sacrifice which the good of the service shall demand." LATER FROM FLORIDA. The steamboat Florida arrived at Sa vannah on the evening ofthe23J, having on board, as passengers, Col. Twiggs, ma no notice ot each other An agreement was made by General Gaines with the Indians, to the following effect: That the Indians and their chiefs should retire beyond the WTithIacoochee, and there remain peaceably until the wishes of the government are known that commissioners would be sent them by the proper authorities, to express those wishes, and that the chiefs should assemble at ' any. time and place, when and where they would be required. The general impression at tort Drane thnr tbn war was over, it being Gen. Scott's firm intention to make them comply with the terms o.f the agreement by fair means or foul. No hostile Indians had been seen since Gen. Gaines left Withlacoochce. Most of the friendly Indians, with Black Dirt, their chief, have returned to Tampa, ueeming ineir services no longer necessary. Charleston paper. Ve understand that the tolls on that part of the Chesapeake and Qhio canal which is completed, liayc averaged eight hundred dollars per day, since tho opening of die canal this spring. This looks like a good beginning. Nat, Int.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 183G. I'rcMdcntial election in 1 S3C. HARRISON ELK.CTORS. Vakston G.Cl rk, of Washington county, Mil:..n St. pr, of Jefferson " Aust n W. Morris, of Marion Joh - G. C k.dkn!n, of Orange lj OCH 31CUAR' y, of Franklin ii (C a u Albert r . White, of Tippecanoe Acm hZ Wili ias, ol W ayne AB AHAM ' DREWS, of Laporte ,IlRAM 1)ecke ? of Knox v VAN BU EN ELECTORS. ; -J than illiavs, ot Mrgan county, WlLLUM RocKH1LL?of AUen g okge W. M ore, of Owen William White, of Vermillion ii ii ii iS it ii ii ijESSE Jackscx, of Scott Marinus Willett, of Kush j Elisha Long, of Henry j Thomas C Ste art, of Pike 03" We are authorized to say that Isaac Navloj:, esq., is a candidate to represent .Montgomery county in the next General j Assembly of this state. 1 ,v , , t . t, t ! OCT" c nave been requested to say that ;Dr. Thomas m Currey ig a camHdate to ! ent lhls cou in thc next , isla. ' J o . f thi . . 03We arc requested to announce Col. David Vance and Henry Lee as candidates to represent this county in the next legislature of this state. TEXAS. We have bad news from the seat of war in Texas. The Mexicans have taken San Antonio but not until they had put to death every single individual in the garrison. Col. Crocket, it is said, is among j the fallen We give some account, in to-day's paper, of a most disgraceful scene which took place on Sunday, in the House of representatives; in fact, the House appears to be doing little else than disgracing itself and the nation. Our friend Mercury has given neigbor I Constellation a severe kicking for daring He also gives the colonel a sharp rap ovcr the knuckles. We the think the whole a little in advance. NEW PAPERS IMPROVEMENTS, ccc. We have received the first and second numbers of the "Delphi Oracle," pu 'ibed in Delphi, Carrol county, la., byGreene, on a royal sheet, nJtly pt and goes the "whole" for Van Burcr Johnson. Last Saturday's mail bfo.-ght 'v.. US first number a very net t imperial sheer, published in Cincinnati , oyJohn H.Wood, under the title of the 'People's Echo." The object of its publication is to present the claims of Gen. Harrison to the presidency; and will continue only six months Persons who are def rous of taking a paper of this descripti a. can be furnished with the "Echo," b- caving their names, and depositing one col ur, each, with the editor of the Record. The "Indiana Dioiccrat" has again made its appearance, ard in new dress It is now among the la i -est papers in the country. A. F. Morris r. has resumed his seat in the editorial department. The Hon. Jesse L. IIolman has been nominated, by the president, and confirmed by the Senate, to be district judge of Indiana. It was stated, some time ago, that the nomination had been rejected, which appears to have been a mistake. MARRIED On Tuesday evening last by the Rev. Thomas C. Griffith, Mr JA' roB KoMixGER to Miss Jake Keeney, both of this place. ' Mr instant, wm;r n B-U,RBEIDGE' wlTe of the Hon! W ll lam HnrhfiM 1.- i " tace. ADMINISTRATOR'S sirr 7T WILL offer al public outcry, on Sat--U. urday the 14th day of M,y next, at ih siore door of Grego.y and Iknnas, as theproperty of lhe late A. M'lniire, dee'd, two ,u"",wo "encii screws, a lot t clothing, br.ice and bills, case of iHSiruii)enis,and olher tools ; nlso, a lot of books, to wit Irish. Noquem!e? Spectator in two vols., Scoitish '"efs, Comstock's Philosophy, Western &"iven,r, Traveling Bachelor in 2 volumes. -Cherts Elements of Natural Philosophy. 'rkhn.y3 Grammar, Goldsmith's Greece Wairs Lectures, Sop's Fables, &c. &c. o be sold on six months credit on all sums over three dollars; notes- and approved sscurily required. 1 R. C. GREGORY, adm'tv April 21, 1836. 46 ts

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