Rising Sun Times, Volume 2, Number 60, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 3 January 1835 — Page 2

Co:a stress 21 Scssioa. !ttMOUr OF LAFAYETTE. 0 i the l5;ii ult. a message, from the Iv.'j.Jcnt of the United Stales was r :tt to the Senate, transmitting a cor- : -pjiulence with George Washington I ,.. fay e tie, and the other members of ; family of the late illustrious patric , in the vubject of the joint resolutions Jt t!e last session, expressing the sensi-

bihiy with which the two Houses vd' C ogress had leeched the inttlligrpcc .1 tiie death of "Gen. Lafavelte. the iY.end of Washington, and tin; tiieiui Liberty;"' which, with the nccompai yu;g documents, was laid on i ;ti t If. .v similar message was nl-o tout to the i louse, and referred to b committee! o:i Foreign Affairs. 0:i the same day, the Senate u ,! up the joint rcsohiiior. from the II lor the appointment of a joint cm:nittec to make the ;ci:esary arr.ngcmenis f. r paving suit a'.de honor to t!: mem ory oi L,aive.ie, and agreed to tin same; aad, on moliu', of Mr. Webster, j s .ml tommv.tec vvs ordered to consist of live mc-.nhers on the part of the Senate, to e appointed by the Chair. TERP.TOIiV OF WISCONSIN. Ol the. 1 5th ult. Mr. Kane, having obtained leave, introduced into the. Senate a bill to establish the Ten iio: i.ii tjovernmeut of Wisconsin; which was j read the. tir-t tune. constitution-.!, amendments. i Onthe 15th ult. Mr. Benton, having j obtained leave, introduced into the Sen ate a joint resolution. proposing certain amendments to the Constitution of ihe United States, in reference to the election of President and Vice President; which u its read and it furred. MMLIC LNDS. Oa the 5th ult. Mr. Poindexter, from the committee on Public Lands, reported to the Senate a hill to relinquish tne 1 bill sections of public lands, grant cd for the use ot bclioo s. and to

substitute other lands in lieu thereof; !).v t!ie way of Brookville lo Lawrence- ... . Mil .1 1 -v

Which was read the lust linv. Oa the same day, Mr. Clav having obtained leave, introduced inlo the Senate a bill to diMiibute the proceeds of the public lands for a limited period, and forotiu r purposes; which win read the first time. TERE1IpKY OK HURON. Oa tin; I5.h uh. Mr. Allen of Ky. from the connnhtee on the Territories, reported to the House a bill to estab i;s.i the Territory of Huron; winch was twice read, and rcf- r ed to thecornmi'tce cftitc whole on the state ot the Union. l Ai lFIC OCT. IN. Oil the 15:h ult. tlie resolution sr;!:j. sited to the House on the 10i!i by Mr. IVarce, (or the fitting up of an expedition to survey the Mauds an I reefs in the Pacific Ocean, See. was taken up and agreed to. WABASH RIVER. On the 15th ult. the resolution it trodured into the Senate on the 1th bv Mr. Tipton, instructing the committee on Roads and Canals to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to improve the navigation of the river Wabash, was taken up; when, af teran eloquent speech from Mr. T. in support (,f the object contemplated b the lesolution, it was agreed to. I LTtMc: DF.t'OSITs. On the 10th ult. Mr. Polk, from the! committee of Ways and Means, reported to the House a bill regulating the deposit of the money of the United Stile? in certain local lank; which vas twice read, and committed to a committee of the w hole on the slate of the Union. R INK OF THE UNITED 5TVTF.S. On the ICth ult. Mr. Polk, from the committee of Ways and Means, reportto the House a bill to repeal a part of the cl transferring certain duties from he co.nmisioners of loans to the Rank of the United States; and a lull lo authorize tlu 'ile of the Bank Sto k of iho UniledSiKtcs; which were severally read twice, ai.a' committed to a committee of the w hole on the state of the Union. On the 1 Sth uU. Mr. Ty l.'r, from the committee on Finance, engaged in vacation, to examine into the conduct and condifh n of the Bank of the ihuted States made a voluminom report, sistaining the Bank in all it principal Peralsons. The report occupied three

hours in reading it; when concluded,! orisoners,or to secure them from being the usual number of copies was otder-J ti taled w ith unnecessary rigor, with ed to be printed. j lea ve lo report thereon, by bill or oth pensioners. "erwise. On the 10th ult. Mr, Polk, from the! The bill lo provide for an enumeracommittee of Ways and Means, report- j thin of the white, male inhabitants above

ed a bill making appropriations for the payment of Revolutionary and other r . i i -. ... . . . pensioners of the United States: w hich was twice read and committed. FRENCH SFOEUTIO.YS. Oa the 17th ult. the Senate resolved -itself into a committee of the w hole on rtf N!! mik'.p; an appropriation o!

$5,000,000 fof the Satisfaction of the claims of certain American citizens for spoliation committed on their com mevce by the subjects of France, prior to September 30, 1C20; when Mr. Webster took t he tloor, and explained the object of the bill at some length The committee then rose; and thn bill.

alter having undergone some further discussion, was laid on the table for the present. mii.itapv lM Warrants. On the i.GlhuSU Mr. Johnson of Ky. from the tomiminreon Military Affairs, report d to the House a bill to extend the time for issuing Military Land W arrant, lo olTicfi- nn,l dtiei of t!w tvevo' uiionary Army; which was twice re - ,,!, and ordered to be engrossed for a nird ro-dii:g. On the 17th, said bill was anordinglv read the third time and passed. O. 6'. Journal. la the Senate, on ;he I5:h ultimo, on motion of Mr. I Ii:dkicks, toe committee on the IVt Office and Po-I Roads M"cre instructed to inquire into the ex pedienev of establishing a post route from Rising Sun, in Dtarborn countv, via James" Miils, Dillsborough, and Walts" M.ll.Jo Cross Plains, in Ripley COIl lit V. Mr. L.f. submitted the" following reI si.Iiilion in tne ltoue of Ropresentati e, on the 15th ult tau.rfvjThat the committee on roads and canals be instructed to inquire inu he expediency of appropriating the refuse lends belonging to the U. States which shall have been offered at public sale,and been subject toentr fortwentv years aad upwards, and shall remain ua-oid on the first day of June next, sit uate in the counties of Franklin, Dear born, Ripley and Switzerland, and so much of Decatur as is attached to the Jeffersonvilie district, in the state of Indiana, for the purpose of construct ingand improving a road from the tow n of Fairfi ' Id, in said countvof Franklin, aurgn, on me unio river, m Uearoorn county; and a road from Rushville. in the countr of Rush, bv the wav of Sunmail s, to the same point on the Ohio river; and a road from Napoleon, in the county of Ripley, to Aurora, on the Ohio liver, in (he countv of Dearborn; and from Napoleon to Rising Sun, on i be Oaio riv r, and from Napoleon to evay, by the w ay of Versailles, in Sw itzerland countv, on the Ohio river, and a road from Napoh'on aforesaid to Lawreiu eburgh aforesaiJ,to be sold in such manner, and by such persons, and at such times, and the money 'expended in such manner, as the President of the United States shall be pleased to "rder and direct. The question being taken on agreeing to the resolution, it va negatived. Mr. Lne, on tlie 23d ult. presented the petition of the citizens of Dearborn county, Indiana, and Boon county, Ky. praying the establishment of a post route from Burlington, Ky. by the-way of Rising Sun, Hartford, James'' Mills, Ddlsborough, and Watts" mill, to Versailles, in Ripley county, Indiana. t?li:ma Legislature. SENATE. Dec 17. Mr. Phlmmer. from the committee on education, repoVlcd ag linst the expediency of giving hoard doing county business power to lay off their several counties into districts for County Seminaries. 1 tie Senate, in committee, considered tiie oiil to provide for taking an enumeration of tiie w hite male inhabitants above the age of 21 years, and it was ordered to a third reading. Dec 13. Oa motion of Mr. Piummer, it was Resolved, That the committee on roads be instructed lo inquire into the expediency of adding one hundred percent, to the road tax, and that two-thirds of the w hole lax be worked on the roads by the fust day of June, and the other third by the first day of November, annually; with leave lo report by bill or otherwise. Oa motion of Mr. Dumont, it vva Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be instructed to inquire w hether our laws respecting jails and jai lors, are sufficient to guard against es capes, and whether sufficient provision i 's maje bv law, to secure the health of the age of 21 years, was read the third I time and passed ! . Afii?r some- time spent in discussing the propriety of adjourning the Legislature, during the Christmas and New Year holyday, the proposition was negatived. Dec. 23.- A mege was receiyed

fforh the House of Representatives informing the Senate that the. House had passed a resolution to adjourn from the l23d to the IDiii instant, provided the Senate concur therein. Mr Boon moved to lay said resolution on the table, which motion was decided

in the negative. Mr. Morgan moved that the Senate igree to tlie resolution of the House, which was decided in the affirmative by the following ote: Yens Messrs. Aker, liattcil. LSeard, Brady, Caldwell, Chambers, Fecney, Fowler, llacket, Hanna, Hoover, Mastin, Morgan, Plummer,Reid, Tannehill and Wallace 17. .Yays Messrs. Boon, Clark, Collelt, Daily. Dumont, F,mbrce, Griffith, Hamil'on, Ilillis, Payne, Sigler and Thompson--V2. HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES. Dec 17. Mr. Howard presented a petition from the President and Trus tees of the town of Rising Sun, praying that the members of the fire companies of said town may be exempt from mili tary duty in time of peace; which was referred lo Messrs. Howard, Walker, Torbet, Johnson of F. and Kelso. Dec. 19. Mr. Hannaman, from the judiciary committee, reported it inexpedient to legislate, on the subject of a resolution relative to interest on money, w hich was concurred in. Mr. Kelso moved the follow ing resolution : Resolved, That w hen this House adjourns on the 24th inst. it will (the Senate consenting thereto) adjourn to meet again on the first Monday in January, 18J5, and after several amendments being proposed, the question was decided in the negative ayes 2G, noes 47. Dec 20. Mr. Walker reported a bill to establish a state road in Dearborn county. Dec. 22. On motion ofMr. Willet, the vote was reconsidered on the resolution providing for an adjournment from the 24th inst. until the first Monday in January, and after being amended, by substituting the 23th instant, in lieu of the first Monday in January, was adopted yeas41,navs 34. fMesrs Howard, Torbet, and Kelso voted in the idlirmathe, and Mr. Walker in the negative. TIIK KAIL KOA1) LOAN. Mr. Vawter, of our stale legislature, has introduced a resolution, which instructs ;uudirccts the committee on canals and internal improvements to report ka Bill ailthoi izing the Canal Fund Commissioners to borrow on the faith of the stale of Indiana, one million FOUR HUNDRED THOUS VND DOLLARS, in Furope, or elsewhere, provided the inlerest on the same shall not exceed 4 1-2 per cert, per annum, reimbuiseable at any time after 30 years; and within 50 years, pledging the three per cent, fund for tlie payment of the interest on the sun borrowed, to be advanced as needed in the constpir!; of rail roads to and .'rcrr: ths following places, to wit: From Evansville to Lafayette, .$200,000; fnm Lafayette to Michigan city, .$200,000; f rom Madison to Indianapolis, -"S 10,000; from Indianapolis to Lnf-iyctte Si 50,000; from Or hear the falls of Oiio to a point of intei section on the 3!.,(i!son anj Indianapolis rail road neir Columbus, 100,000; from Lawreiceburgh to Indianapolis, .150,000; fnm New Albany to Terre Haute, .$181,000; from Levenworth, to a point of intersection on the Ne-.v Albany and Terre Haute rail road, at or where the same may cross the east fort of Wide river, ,$70,000; from Coiiiiersvi'lelo the county seat of Huntington, .$200000." Without itquiring, at present, into the motives vhich induced Mr. Vawter to offer this resolution, we cannot refrain from ca ressing our opinion that it is arbitral in its character, and il liberal and njust to the great body of me people o Indiana, in its provisions. It is usual ii matters of such great importance to instruct the proper committee to innire into the expediency of effectingtiie object proposed; but Mr. Vawter v.s adopted a plan, which, if it prevail, till relieve all committees, all enginers, and even the people themselves, frcti the investigation and deliberation wlch should, in all cases, attend the comiencement and progress of every gre;t work of internal improvement. It has, in his own wisdom, laid dowi the routes of nine or ten rail roadsippropriated a certain sum of money he the construction of each fixed thmount to be borrowed on the faith f the State; and finally mark the . ictatoi ial language of the resolution iistructed and directed the committee n canals and internal improvemenls'ifcrm,"- in a bill to carry his projects into (Feet. There are may important works of internal improviicnt now being com-

pleted, and there arc others contemplated, in this state. WTe should be

happy to see them all prosper. Our limits do not permit us to speak fully upon this subject; but we trust the Legislature will not authorize the loan in question, because the manner in which it has been asked is unprecedented, and because, the restrictions attending its contemplated disbursements are unequal and unfair. Logantport Tel. IMPROVED SOCIETIES. A spirited association of more than a hundred members has been formed at New Harmony, la. of which the Green River Advocate gives the following su etch. 'Among such a number of literary and scientific persons, knowledge must develope itself, and for this purpose the inhabitants have organized an insiitution called the New Harmony lnsti tute, similar to our Lyceum, except that it is more comprehensive in its tharac ter, as it is intended not only as the means of disseminating knowledge, h tit also of promotingsociability and amusement among its members. For the purpose of disseminating knowledge. lectures are delivered every Sunday, calculated to instruct, and instil into the mind principles of the purest morality and virtue, r or the purpose of amuse ment, the members ol the Institute meet once a month or otiener, in the even ing for the purpose of d.ancing. For tuna-tely for us, one of these meetings for recreation occurred while we were in Harmony. We attended in company with a gentleman bv whom we were invited. We have seldom heard bet ter music any where, and never w itnessed dancing in greater perfection any place west of the Alleghany moun tains." The president of the society (Rober Dale Owen) in a notice of the town sa s It is iust Iwentv vears this summc-i since New Harmony was fust settled. In the year 1 81 3 the society of Harmonists deputed Frederick Rapp to make choice of a location for them in the western country. After spending some months in the search, during which lie traversed the greater part of the six western states, lie decided on this location. The society removed hither in the summer of 1814, with a capital, it is said, of about one hundred thousand dollars. Ten years thereafter, their property was estimated at a million. Our town has now the aspect of an old settlement. It has twelve stores, two steam mills, two taverns, &c. Sec. Its principal streets have raised and gravelled side-walks, with a hand lail fence to defend them: (quite a luxury, Ibis, in a far western town:) i(s principal buildings, brick as well as wood, are oil-painted, and many of the others covered with a permanent whitewash. Almost every one of our citizens concurs in the remark, that he has ei javeu nere a greater snare ci !i:iN than T e . ; i .- io a: iiw.-i jjjuvi,-oi ineir resilience. Dissr minai jr. Mijoii jack downing frknjh claims. The fallowing is an extract fiom a letter wiitten by the genuine Jack Downing "to his old friend Mr. Dwigiit ot the New York Daily Advertiser' Ii gives the Major's opinion about the ad justment of the French claims: 'Howsomevcr, 1 have a notion that the best way arter all to bring the Frenchmen to their senses, is to stop all trade with 'em, till they settle all old accounts. This is a peaceable mode, and they'll soon find out we can give up their ribbons and rutlles a little better than they can give up our Cotton and Tobacco 'tis amazin to see how much good solid articles go from this country to France, and paid for in fash ions and trash, that ain't worth, w hen you raly come to look close inlo 'em, the expense of bringing out. Some w ill say that our Cotton and Tobacco will go to France thro' other Counlrys; well, let 'em go so. The French can't do without em. And then again some will say that French silk and ribbons and gew gaws will come tous thro' other Countries, and if needs be will be call'd "English" or "Italian" or "Swiss" or "Spanish," but there is a rod in pickle for all that. If I and the Gineral only come out with a proclamation to our women and gals, and ask 'em to drop all use of French goods, the jig will be up with the Frenchmen at once they may deceive our Consuls and Collectors," but they can't deceive our Galls, for they can tell a French hat and French ribbons and French flummery as far as you can throw a club. If any thinks our galls aint got patriotism cnuf in 'em for this, w hen they come to understand the natur of the bu sincss, they will be as much mistaken as Commodore Hardy was last war off Stonington. Some one went off and told old Hardy the Yankees had but

fwo guns, but had no flannel to make

catriges with, and that was true er.uf; ohe brought in his ships and began to blaze a wav, but us soon as our galls come to hear oivt, they turnd to, and afore 12 o'clock there warnt a flannel petticoat left in all Stonington. Commodore Hardy got the hull en em about his ears hi cartridges about the quickest I tell you. "And arter that when any one would fell him sich and sich a place had no flannel to make cat ridges with, he'd scratch his head and say, but l"m afraid they have got galls and flannel petticoats, and that's about the same." "' A correspondent of the Uniled Stales Gazette gives the. following as the origin of the discovery of making round shot. "My father was a plumber in this citv, and for a long lime could think cf nothing hut how to make round shot. Round shot was the buHhen of tlie night as weii as the day. One night he was awakened by a blow in live back from my mother, who exclaimed, I have found out how to make round shot. I dreamed I was going into a shop to buy the child (myseif.) a hat, when, on: he. ".ring n hissing noise proceed 1 reman inner root!, 1 was informed that they were making round shot ; or. going" I", I looked up and saw a man pouring melted lead through a sieve at the top of the building, which fell into a tub of water on the tloor, and on taking some of the shot in my hand, I found they were peifecily round! My father exclaimed in ec siacy, voti have found i oiil immediately lie ;ct (he inciting po! to work, and c: pouring sorn; ef tho lead from the top of the stairs he found the shot much rounder than any which he had befoie made ; at day light he poured some from 'he ton of the leaning tower in this ciiv, succeeded much better; and on pouring some from the shaft of a mine, he found that lie had obtained "round ...'." Thus (he di-covory was made by .Mrs. Watts, and injustice it ought always to have been known as Mrs. Walts' patent shot. Fire. On Tuesday night, soon after twelve, one of the line stores in Pearl. St. was discovered to he on fire in the rear; the engines assembled and soon arrested the ilames, not however, before the building was consumed or nearly so. Cin. Cliron. The failure of the harvest in Poland threatens that unfortunate country with (amine, in addition lo the political and military oppression under which she is groaning. With regret we perceive by the National Intelligencer of tlie 4th ill!., that the Hon. Jm. 3.1. ( :i.yton, has signified his iiiU;:.; . .r . .. ".-. u member of the U. S. Senate early in January. Within the last eight daxs there ha thirty-two lialbeals landed atlhispoit principally loaded with Stock, which gives quite a business like, appearance to our Lev ee. Southern Times. Canada. Tiie cause of liberal principles, we are sorry to perceive, does not appear to be. in a very flourishing condition among our neighbors in Canada. The .Montreal D.u'y Advertiser, which wn established about a year ago, and was an able and spirited advocate of" duTiocratie principles and iho rights ot Use p eepie has been discon tinued for want of patronage. The President's Message was carried from Baltimore to Philadelphia in 5 hours and 10 minutes. A rail road, to be constructed fieni New Orleans, to Na-h.viile in Tennessee, is now in contemplation. A meeting was recently held by a respectable number of the citizens of the former pi ice to adopt preparatory measures calculated lo effect the completion of the proposed road. The season, says, the New Orleans Bulletin, of the 20th ult. has been favorable for tlie growth of the sugar cane. At Bishop's there is exhibited a stalk of twenty feet in length and about seven inches in circumference, takon from among hundreds of the same magnitude, on the plantation of Manuel White, Esq;. The Hon. John C. Calhoun has been re-elected a Senator of the United Slates, to serve for six years from the 3d day of March next, when his present term of service will expire. Two French artists are busily at work at Moorshodahad, India, casting pagan gods in bronze. This is rather undoing the exertions of missionaries. One hundred and twenty colored persons voted in Boston at the recent election -some for and others against the administration.

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