Rising Sun Times, Volume 1, Number 55, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 29 November 1834 — Page 2
Fr.iro the Logsnsport l elograjili. AX IX1M.YX IWYMr.M. Messrs.. Fditor I enclose you the accompanying letter, which you may insert if vou think proper: Logans port, Oct. 23, 1C34.
t)i:R F.
that to ilischargts the. duties of an a cent, pmpeily, requires the tact of Taleyrnnd and the p:tie:ice. of J oh; and I believe you arc; not remarkable for the posse-sion of the. latter quality.
roRi:n:x ivvvl'euis.u ax i native I
citizens.
i TEA 51. A few yers ago. Robert Fulton sueceeded in constructing a steam vessel.
which, in the eyes of all men, attained
TEXAS. Borneriu on our south-western frontier and separated from the Slate of Louisiana hv the river Sabine, is a re-
perfection, at the rate of four miles an ! giou of continent of America which, un-
In my lat letter I promised to give i . ,f t;,fi nltei.tion of our Government
ho;;;- last year came again the crv of
perfection, and sixteen miles was I lie
rate at which it travelled now a man
has tumbled a pair of long rolling pins
you some account of an .lud.au Fay- drawn the da.ly ,m, Uous I g (hereon, ment.' Havuig aUenued the paymeM ; 1 I supers that a,e h o n w, o the Miami Indians, I shall now ,,io. j " t-on our shores, t. e annals of this ic- , ,
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cced to comply with my promise. 1) j !l 11 )!',: v-iil ma';- bnt a vcr.v ?!loit stoliot, however, expect to find ir, this 'jCt- -r-v" A ,n,lv lilcre i? 11 MUI tliC ter a description, in extc.so, o, the i our institution will be subvert-
mode of navunr tiie liul aik -....i o-i.ue a score c-i vcars passes, over
ij
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s tins monstrous e tl
'.ans. ,nd the I
scenes attending this :inmi i'. irM! ...
tien. 1 have neither,- the inclination j MaM"l!' Ssot rt,,'.v u lho "0,uVilion ot r.or the leisure to undertake such a lollr 1',ilrin- cf'eshe reduced by corntask. " ' ' petition to the cireumta;iees of the laThe spot selected bv the Indians for !horin? cUscs ' liuv lvi11 the purpose cf reccivimr ihoir .,-.,.;.;.,., i !,e saddled with heavv direct taxes for
ft ' iii iiivil 1 I I I I I VI I ( I .
is about 4 i miles above this place, near ! l,,c. uPt0't ot oreign paupers, an.
liiack Loo as village, (ou know Rlack . L" -'' ;,-rs win he demolished uy Loon of course) and about a nolo :.nd imported habit, acquired fondness for
n half from the Wabash river. No soon- ,int" ;ithl ;l pi,tt ot ""controlled liceucr had the selection been mado. than! t,oui,s'- G vl knmv? lh;U we ?;!" the sound of a hundred axes were heard j "!nt WC do ?,v 1:1 J:ultK,ii :uul luU in Ci.jl'ncd in cutting down the tin )Cr 'ilterness. We commieiate the unclearing the ground and preparing 0.' ! r,, l,,:r,,r condition of the operatives of for the erection of cabins, and shantees Y'n at 1M1,;lin' hut there is wealth e-
uestncu, noi tor tnc use ct the Indian 1 ,,,v'"- l,",1 ' ";;''. ?'obutfor trad:n-' houses, store -r".?-r' ! Porl tl)em :it home. Let the nobles.
Fifteen or twentv of l!ue r.-,i,;s I'ueichants. and opulent manufacturers
completed in a day or two, and fillotl 'rt;lt Britain find their own citizens
with merchandise of
with word;, or fcund alms houses and
Yarifiii-; itn-irrm- 1
tions. Some of the .-haulers were do- j cn;u'll:l!,li institutions tor therr support : signed for, and applied to other purno-' !n,t '' ,sr GvernmeTit permit fes eating shantees, mm'.din- hfm- j them ,rt 'W heir poor houses, and tees, c. Here in the h.uk xvood 'a.WxV l!'cir co,1,, !l,s to this country, to mon- the Indians ;,t t,e Iimo v( tlt. j he supported in our charitable intitupayment may be s-en the various modes ition5' at l,,si xp"51ie p irtially of our
of gambling praid upon the credu- ioxvn ll,im"10 ;,,,u iduslriou classes.
lo mile? ail hour, and men are iuM
rubbing their eyes as if awakening from tliiir sleep and begin to declare that the goal of perfection is har dly attained as ct. Last year men were made happy
with the rdea that at least one thing
had reached perfection. The sleam
engine that mighty agent of propul
sive power, which annihilates, space, and brings distant countries into the
same neighborhood could not be ex
ceeded bv anv labor of man but be
hold: a new thing under tno sun a
man taking advantage, of one single
property of the atmosphere, namely its
cxpanMvenos, has constructed an engine, which, with the consumption ol
less than one fiftieth part of the. fuel,
and no weight of water is said to be
ii ! eonal 1 not to exceed even the steam
ines. i . .
engine in power. A lew years ago
mankind were contented with quietly
jogging on their journies at the rate of
lous in ponulor
rxo less tha.ti seven ronletlcrs were whirling U'.ion the payment ground ; and here might have been seen games at Faro, Vj.,t et un, Chuc-a luck, old Sledge, Foker, ai d main other species of gumMing to which Tarn unable to ,;iYC a uame. In justice to the people ol this section of the country, I must f y, that that the gamblers were I be
lieve, ml strangers. The common In-
Ye were struck vesterdav by the
following statement in the Gazette. It chibi;s a more alarming view of the case than we had ever imagined. It appears from an examination of the
Register of admission? to the House of Industry or Alms house at South Hasten, that there were received into that establishment during the year ending September 30, 1S2D, Americans 396, Foreigner 281; and during the vear
seven or eight miles an
man fixes his splendid car a
hour now, a
locomotive engine to
id drives awav on a com
mon road at the rate of fifteen or twi n
tv, while another after covering tin track of the road w ith iron ways, out
steps his neighbor at (he rate of thirty
the or forty miles per hour, in his turn
to he out run by some more mgeniou mechanist- Miami of the FmIlC.
dians never haz ud anv thinMiPo:i these r,,',ip 'T1, 30' Aaiericans 310.
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yamis oi cuance. ith some cf the chiefs it is otherwise. I have been told they bet freely and win and Ke with that perfect indifference which i.s peculiar to their race. J. H. Itichardville and Francis God-
trey are the principal chiefs of the Mi
amies.
These c!
?se chief w ere not dress d
in the Indian fashion. Uichardville is a half breed, apparently about fiftv
years ol age, above the middle size and i
well proportioned. His hair is slight
Foit igncis 013. Decrease of Amen
can paupers in five years 10 per cent; increase of Foreign in the same time, 11.) per cent. This is the case in a still greater degree atXew York, I'hil adelphia and Haltimorc. These foreigners at home are supported at the expense of their ow n Governments amply able to sustain them wilh the hoarded accumulation of the richer. Hut these richer classes w ill never
s npport them, as long as they can send
)y inclining to while, and he h is a keen h f m :u:ro' s watcr :l ul l,:m: lhe
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light gray eye which appeared to be somewhat rotless. He was dressed i:i a gray fioik coat, blue cloth pantaloons, black vest, boots and spurs, and wore a black hat. He is said to be the richest man in the W'c?t. Gadfn v the oilier principal chief, is a good n "-
tur cd lollv looknur mam with .i nl. .-k mi ! tii' V w i
countenance.
f ell, look upon him, and with I i his a matter c
inj
ur, portel hv their amiable brothers of
the United States. How can we hope that ibey should? Would it not he excess of folly to except it of them? If we wi "I continue to be so very obliging as to i npport their paupers in our intitutions l. nW :,ro xvc hop that
ill
lie si
,"rrv disinterested as to
.1 - I A
Vou know eld General perer to maiata. ' cm i ti.eirown:
immense moment.
the exception of his complexion, ou j It ill not admit rf being tampered
will heboid almost an ' x act likeness of i with or delayed. V o ni;i?l 0'"i 'l 'u" t!;e War Chief Goufiev. liu liie face"'. We ca "U)t ''link the
Tiip Mi.in,;ic ni-A ,,1!l!- nn.l '1-ov Miues'ion. Here are t.'v'' citizens of
proud. Tiie common Indians all "OM,,n -axea ior me anna rr-"
are
vho
mtgt.t
dress lichlv and f autasticallv. The I ''r If ''I foreign pmiprrs,
prevailing dress of t'ac vouimt mon is a ; i-t as w el ( le supported at the expense
VI,..
irock coat ol line blue c t h. ( nibroi- OI 1110
dered legginsof the same material, cal-! M:r
Jco shirt, moccasins, and a shawl or a large handkerchief worn tastefully upon their heads, somewhat in the form of a turban. .Many of them in addition
G'oeinment who set, I
Five years ago there wei (; oli'.v
three hundred; five years bene. 1 they increase iu the same ratio, . ud nothing but the legislative provision
will prevent tbia increase, there will be
er the name ol lexas, includes a ter
ritory equal in extent lo Fiance, and
watered by line rivers, possesses a soil unr-urpasr-cd for fertility, which aceor-
ing to its latitude, yields luo various reat Ameiican staples of Agriculture, 'rem the Gulf of Mexico to an average
listaia c of sevMi!v miles, the countia
s level and forms the sugar !itrict. t about latitude 30. the surface be
come undulating, and wheat, rye, and oats can he raised; and one degree lur-
Rkhrii.jExtatiox of the Sr.iTFf. i.x Coxcjkess. New York has .10 representative lVnns Ivmiia ?'C Virginia 21 Ohio 10 Teiinessee 13 North Ca'iolina 1 3 Kentucky 1 3 Massachusetts? 12 Manse 3 New Hampshire ( Vermont Coiir.eeticit G Uhode !-!a!id 2 Alabama 5 .wi-isippi 2 Louisiana 3 Illinois 3 Missouri 2 New Jersey G S oath i 'arohna G '( '.
a 7--l):;l
tlier North v
roiiuces
abundant liar-
vests; and Cotton can be cultivated over the whole extent from the Gulf to the
Red River, the northern boundary. That raied near (lie coasts is of a very line quality". Tobacco grows luxuri-
mtly, and the grape llouri-bes in great
variety- and sweetness. i he. climate
is represented as mild and health..
there being no marshes or swamps. Insalubrity, where it exist--, i confined to the neighborhood of the Rivers, which overllow occasionally in the
to this dress, wear large plumes of os-' r'-'7i-e hundred. They just double in
trich feathers, with broad silver ban ls ;bve years. How- will it be oniy twen
1y years hence at ibis rate? Boston
ironnd their arms, and a nunahcr of
small jingling be lis attached to each auric. All of them carry large knives, and many of them have pistois slung to their sides. Thus dressed and equipped, day after day for about three mcc ks the Indians paraded about the payment ground, whooping, running.
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jumping, wrestling, playing upon their lives to the last Legislature and Gener
platntie llutes; and recching their a! Congress had, like those of llm Oaxdaily rations. Do not be surprised at aca, been instructed to submit i'o the this seeming delay and procrastination will of the Liheratador and Protector of an Indian Pay ment. There are a of (he Faith and his Carmarilla. or thousand d;fhvul;ies to be settled, and i cabinet. Tho cvrurt:if irms nf nerv
FKO.T MEXICO.
We have received arcounts from Vera Cruz, via New Orleans. u; to
I be 5th of last month. The new elec
tions were neaily at an end, and with
very few exceptions, the Represent;-
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iii'mo im in ;i uimiian.i ciaim io ne examined and adjusted. Reside th? a,'ent, Gen. Marshall, wa engaged in an attempt to rff-cl a treaty, which has proved successful. Of the condition of this treaty, and of the amount ol land acquired, I am unable to speak, hut I have been told that the ccunties ofCus and .Miami will be greatly benefited. It Im always been a very difficult matter to treat with (lie Wiami Indians. They arc shrewd and cunning, and many of the traders exercise a great inllunee among them. If ever the government fhould oiler you the ofiice of an Indian agent take my ndire. and deline lhe acceptance of i',if vou value your peace of min i. From what I Vue H-en aiH heard, I am canviured
Mexican were fixed on the first acts of
(he new mule Parliament, which is to commence its session on the first of January, and to decide on the quantum of liberty which shall be left them. It is rumored in the political circles of Mexico, th.it Santa Anna had addressed a diplomatic note to the President of the I'. States, informing him of the
jlate changes and events in that Repub
lic, pistilving some measures of his administration, and manifesting a disposition to strengthen the friendly relations between the two Republics. It is added, that Santa Anna, in a separate note, earnestly requested the settlement of the long ponding question between the two cabinets, respecting the boundaries of the two republics in the Territory of Tex is.
rXIWit.VM.EI.El lElK AV1TY. Oa Thursday evening, the Gth int
while Doctor Ravne and ludv,of Princ
George's countv. M l., were absent from
home, their two sons. aged 7 and 5 years
were suddenly seized w ith violent vom
iting and excessive thirst. Suspicion
was immediately entertained by their returning parents that they were poisoned, which was soon strengthened by the successive deaths of both these innocent children. One of them wa dissected, and the stomach, with its contents sent to Dr. Thomas P. Jones, of Washington, who, after applying the usual tests, pronounced it to contain two and a half grains of arsenic. Circumstances had in the meantime transpired, which fixed the horrid guilt upon a female blac k servant only 14 years old. She w,t iiitcTOgatcd, and confessed the deed very readily; she said that she had taken the arsenic from her ma-ter's shop, and strewed it oyer the supper of lhe children, which consisted of rice and milk. She also confessed that she was the person who. last year, made the attempt to burn the dwelling house down, which was only frustrated by a lime Iv disc overv. Hut, oh! horrible to relate! she further confessed, that two years ago she also poi
soned an infant of 7 months old, the diughler of ibis much la be pitied couple, which then died very suddenly, w ithout any suspicion of poison. What renders these acts more atrocious i, that she is one of an excellent family of servants, and has a kind and indulgent master and mislress to serve. AWi-iwrtf ntc!h'o;c7ircr. Kxtrvokdix vuv ixcipext. A gentleman in the neighborhood of this city, in riding across his firm a few days
! since, was suddenly surprised and alar,med to find his hore gradually sinking in t the earth. He instantly leaped froi.u the animal, and by so doing his own iVfc w-as providentially saved. The horse continued to sick lower and lower into the earth, until he had descended one hnnJred and fifty feet. At this point he bc i) wedged between two masses of rock, and crushed to death, tiie chasm or fissure, we are told, appears to have been formed by the separation of the earth ;inl roc k in some convulsion of nature. The width of the fissure at the surface, ne have not learned, but it was coverec' w ith a thin soil, which commenced giving away as soon as the weight of the gentleman and his hoist was added to it. Ts.rinzfnn, (Ay.) f.itcl. AIho:isim Uholson was recently convicted at Lille Rock, Arkansas Terri
tory, of pas.ing counterfeit money in that place, and sentenced to receive
rri ify-frr '''irs :,nu pay u hue of 1 00,
lie receie inc.- snipes, ana having made oath hat he had no properly.
was diiehar;e( irom the line by the court. As so" -as he was set at liberty, he stole ; valuable racehorse in lhe vicinity, an made his escape with him. .Vat. The mulato s.'ave James condemned to deathhy n jury of citizens in the Parish ctirt, ir New Orleans for striking a wife man. He w as pardoned under tlngallows.
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'. giv e- ,- sire i.
belli
a View ct
:ih
:n line
tin: ring
spring. This region, thus favored by nature, enjoys peculiar political advantages. According to the correspondent of the Columbus (Georgia) Lnquiror, and a statement in the New York American, made by agent of the Texas land company, the Michigan gomenr.nenl encourages emigration. Texas h;s been formed into a separate judicial district, with a native of the United States at the head of it, and an organiz ition of the courts similar to our own. The proceedings are required to be in English language, and the right of trial by jury is secured. Religion freedom is also enjoyed by law. The province is not atlected by the political changes and commotions in Mexico; and the centre of it is fifteen hundred miles from the city of Mexico. It is slated tint at
preseui. mere is not a .Mexican so!;;ier in it. A regular land law was enacted last year, which give additional facilities lor obtaining land for a mere nominal price. A tract of one hundred and
seventy-seven acres can be obtnined for
teti dollors, the purchaser paying sur
veyor s lees. In regard to lhe society
of the interior of lexas, Mr J. W.
Fanin, Jr. the correspondent of the Co
lumbus F.nquirer, declares "he has nev
er seen as good in any new and frontier
settlement in the United States. It i
true, many bad men have lied from justice to this country, and have found a
sale asylum in that of Texas. The
same objection mav he and was raisec
against Georgia and Alabama in their
early settlements, and indeed every
state in the west. '
He concludes by urgently recommending his friends to abandon lhe
nuUics of Georgia and emigrate to Tex
as; and in the account by the trustees
of the lexas Land Company, tiii re
gion is called the paradise of brute an imals, and the land of promise lo man. ln't. ,imcn'rcji.
He observe an article from a New York paper, going the rounds of the
country, and cl aiming Col. l)ot',rc c the Dragoons as a native of New Y'or
city ; and saying, that he removed from
that city lo the west in 1317. etc. &C The New York editor is entirely misla
ken in the man. The Col. Dodge who
removed from N. Y'ork in 1817, wa II C T-V 1
nenrv o. uouge, a lawyer ol talents,
who went from N. York lo Kaskakia
in this Stale, and remained there sever
al years. He afterwards returned (o Hutlalo, N. V. where, we understand.
he soon alter died. Our Col. Dodge. the Indian killer, was born at or near Vinronnes, in Indiana, and removed At;.-t-.x....: .. t i.. i ,
iv .iii-iiiiii m mi eaiiv age, wnere lie
resided until 1327, when he reaiovec
(o the Mines on the Upper Missisippi,
wnere ins i.imiiy now reside
iN ot many weeks since, another N.
oik paper claimed the late General
Leavenworth as a native of that State,
too he was horn in Vermont. We most solemly protest against N. York laying c laims to cverWlever fellow in the wef. We expect nothing but to see some of the New York p.?-
lor
gia '.' u u laii.i ;. ware 1. .Ye:;1 trk h.. : ties ;,s (he it n (!' iie'.her. N'MV li
( "onnvi lieu!, ll'i-.i Mississippi. Loui.-i;
a ml New .1 cr--e . Although the a'n, the relati e hi V:n ri Stales, it is far Irom
criterion ol thei
mrr ii! the National depend? as much.
talents of (he deb
ticular State, a up.n iis wnnlnr. This fact proves (ho important e of a State's selecting her ;;'' r-ite men as representatives in Co:igies, j( .? 1 s c r local, as
well a g( lieral i.i!eie-ls may be Unheeded and compromiited in those intrigue and struggles for appropriation and advantages which characterize, all
legislative n-eni')iies-. ne.t excepting (he Ri'itish Parliament er the Amiu ican Congres. .Ynltvii!c I :uucr.
kor, and swearing thai be was horn
in Gotham. Van lalia .hlvwatr. Pork. An immrir .,1. .,, tit. il;-
...i. . .... ii... wt ii,,-. rommodify is now preparing for market iu this section of (he Stale. Tho. who ought to know, slate there is al least one fifth more than in any former year, and of a superior quality. Several thousand hogs have already passed through this place, on their way to (he jrcat hog mart, which were as line as wc have ever seen. We understand (hat Pork merchants are making engagei.ienls at from 2,75 to 3.50 per hundred. It is the opinion thai (he failure in the crops in some parts of the west, will keep pork at a fair price. f Rronltrille 4mrr.
I jgi-ialure, which
or more, upon the oJioa from anv par-
V!.V AM . I
1
we
Stale debt of
un hv a Harris-
ut twenty three nni-
tiie annual interest nearly 500,000 dol-
EV1
Pennsylvania, i
our.i p;-.p-v. is a:
million of doiiar---;!.:.)0,000; and
lars more me to he a i led to the debt on ac count ot repair of public works, and several other tilings iu relation thereto. 1: i- ;d-o s i ! that the S!atc, on aecDiin; of tie-in, will be in the present year l.r7 0.000 dollars. Six hundred no! s of canals, and rail road, belonging to the S;;ite aio no-v in ope
ration. .'wo .-. Muupr.n NO M C K P F. ;J .
at the 1 ..ast wishes lo disappear,7 it
hi lodgings, i;) Hosor is going to Charle'tou
lack until late in lhe evening. The
When a man
come lo be the fashion for him to 'leave
. saying that he n, and may not
)e liac!
next morning his 'hat ami pocket hook' (with no money in it) are'found on one of the bridges, and the story is (old in the newspapers under the head of 'supposed murder.' The man's creditors, however, (and he is sure to leave such relations to mourn for him) immediately set themselves to inquire which wav he went after the murder scene. The last tragedy of this sort was plaved byMr. Jonathan Pekin. Post Master, Newington. N. IL. who a few days afterwards was found al work on a farm near New port, R. 1. none the wor-e for having been murdered. ,,. Com.
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ti urare Smr,; . wife of u--w s
of the village of I !arrion was murdered a short tirm
save.ge named Robert 1 lay s under circumstance--, of almost unpa'rallelcd atrocity. The murderer had from some caue or other com jo the fiendish determination to tal;e the live of three individual, cmc of whom w a l!ie unfortunate Mr. Sinoot. and having armed himself a it'i u double barrel gun. both barrels of which were loaded with balls and shot, he proceeded to the re-idonce of Mrs S-moot, where he found her surrounded by her husband and family, and w ithout anv other warning than the exclamation '-.Alts. Smoot you must die!" he discharg'-d the barrel loaded with halls, by which she was instantly killed ; -upon this he immediately marched out h quest of the other vie-
but was caught bv the husband.
ii r-.
minor.
burgh, Va. 'ie.ee, bv a
tim
who wa about to take summary vengeance for the bloody deed, when the villain was rescued from Mr. Smoot's hands, and delivered over lo justice. He was committed to prison by a magistrate and now awaits his trial. Imirovkmk.t.s i.v Hkoste.ids. Mr. George Poiter, a respectable cabinet maker of Ibis cily, has invented an impiovcment in Redsteads, which we deem of great importance to the public in general. Tiie improvement consi! iu putting them up with iron fastenings, i-imply dropping down the rail w edges to a complete joint. There i i;o mortice, tenons, or sehrews, and no harbor for bed hugs. A child may
set them up or take them down. In case of fire (hey may he easily moved. TIlOSC who Wish to Oiocmo hprlsfe.ifl.
will do well (o examine this improve
ment before (hey purchase. We on-
I ' - and a great number have already
been sold, and (hat Mr. Porter has disposed of (he right lo use (he improvement (o several cabinet makers of (his
city, wdio are now engaged in manufac
turing the art ice. Cincinnati Gazette.
The Chinese Ladv, wilh feet four in
ches in length is now exhibiting rVr
prctly face in New York.