Rising Sun Times, Volume 2, Number 71, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 21 March 1835 — Page 2
THE TIMES.
A. E. GLENM.
EDITOR AND IROPRIETOR.
do
they will be taxed and for what! why for the privilege of living in a respectable and good looking house. If ou
should ask my neighbor or myseit
wp A not nut un good buildings ami
1 c .
improve the appearance, ol out larm
we would tell you thai as soon as we
so we must pay heavier taxes. 1 am very much mistaken, sir, if this does i.nt hp ihfi rase. A farmer does not
earn his money so easily as to be wil
ling to part with it in this manner; a nu my firm impression is, that our last Le
gislature, instead ol noicmg uui inducements, and t reating a stimulus for
improvement, have, by passing this ad
valorem law, thiown a complete aamper
upon it. n.. tr I."Mitnr. I do not wish to be
examine into the justness and cxlHd- ,Pui0llgOn this subjett; and 1 should be
?ar something from Hie
iw. In my next number
TOR THE TIMES. AD VALOREM LAW-NO. 1. Ma. Editor I most cheerfully and heartily subscribe to and admire that liberal and just spirit of our free institutions which guarantees to one and all, the liberty cf speech and of the Press; and which also affords us the privilege of discus intr and reviewing the acts of our ru
lers and our lawgivers. With thi in view, then, I hope, sir, you will allow me the privilege of occupying a small nnrtion of vour columns lor a short pe
riod while I calmly and dispassionately
tAmi"" j- - leUICUS Oil WHS M ency of the law, passed at the late scs- . sed to hea sion of our Legislature, and published fipn(lj of(hisla
Mr.
in vour last paper, providing 101 an
equitable mode of levying the taxes of thin State.
In the operations of this law every
ritizen of our State has a common in
terest. It is the duty of all carefully to
its nrovisions. and no citizen
hnnld be backward in divulging hi
nininns and sentiments. For myseit,
I am opposed to the law, on the broad baia that it is not emtitable, neither is it
. i
just. I know that there arc some, ana they are my neighbors too, who honestly hold to a different opinion, and I cherish the hope that they will admit I am honat in my opposition. In stating my objections, I do not wish to he understood as wanting to force them upon the DeoDle on the contrary, I want
U to speak out, and let us have, the
equity and justness ol the law laiuy discussed.
My first objection to the law is, that
our State is entirely too young for its operations. I have "heard this objection urged by numbers of my fellow citizens, and I think it entitled to great weight. If it is asked, why? I answer, that by far the greater portion of the. present adult population of Indiana, h ive mi grated, rather poor in circumstances, from the Eastern ar.d Southern States. They fled, from the unjust and arbitrary laws of their richer and more favored fellow citizens from States, in maoy instances, where, owing to their not being able to accumulate property, they were not allowed the privileges of freemen they lied from these States, and
tbev came to the wild woodlands of the
West, to erect an asylum and a home
for their declining years, and to seeuie
for their children situations in society which would prevent them fiotn being made "hewers of wood and diawcrs of water," as their fathers had been be.fore them. Difficulties unparalleled, troubles, nnd mishaps, which were unforeseen, had to be encountered by these emigrants. Many a sad and bitter tale have I heard rehearsed by these fearless Pioneers but it is useless to dwell on this subject, as all are ready to admit that their toils and suffering arc unsurpassed. And now, when they have began to get fairly settled when, by untiring labor, industry and economy, thev have been enabled to make some
improvements on their hard earned possessions when, by their toil and perseverance, the wilderness of Indiana be-
pins "to blossom as the rose," let me
ask. is it iust, is it right, is it equitable,
to pass a law which embraces, in its
provisions for taxation, ail those im rrovements? I think not. Why, sir,
under all the circumstances of the case,
it can not properly be called taxing
man's property on the contrary, it is
taxing the labor, me incusiry, me econ
hirh enabled the individual to
vtmmjy - - mre the property! There can be
i i f lie mistake in this assertion.
Let us state a case: Two men just
arrived at the age of manhood, set out
into the world, poor and penny less; one
by indefatigible industry and economy-
obtains a piece of woodland he cnlti
vates it, and erects good buildings
thereon. The other, by neglecting hi
business, frequenting distilleries, grog
ihops,and taverns, becomes a worthless
not he pays no tax, but the induslriou
man's property comes under the provisions of the ad valorem law, and he has
to nay tax, while the worthless sot
. reaps all the advantages and shares lh
same benefits which the industrious
nnn is entitled to. Where is the equity in this! Let the friends of the Itw answer. Another objection to this law is, that it provides for taxing all improvements on lands and town lots, which are valued over and above two hundred dollars. The bad effects of this provision must be obviou to all it has a direct tendency to stop improvements. Those who have already erected good building, either in town or country, will be taxed; while those who live in old log houses and cabins, will prefer to remain there; for they know that the moment Abry erect good brick or frame home
1 shall advert to some more of its most objectionable provisions.
the money. The sentence oi tne court
was carried into execution, ana auer
h severe and long trial of Lynch 5 infliction, which he bore with Mammon fortitude, and resignation, he yielded up the ghost, on condition that no questions should be asked, and a horse, bri
dle, saddle, and fifty dollars be given
him to make his darn'd etamal escape.
The conditions were accepted by the
ronri. the package was produced, and
, ... .
Pomroy decamped witn a smpeu ugirplaifd back back. So eager was the
package seized, and so little did they sunert that it had been opened, that
the monev was not counted, until not
a ereaie svol of Pomroy was to be seen;
3 ' i y I J I J l
wIipii i was counted Jive nunuieu uui
lars "came up missing." So the result was. that Pomroy received a good
Lynching and about G50 in the bar-
lor one ingui o v. . . Wabash Mercury
brother not to go alone near his fath-
Pr's house, as the typists in ui.r. vie.-.
f threaten to kill him. une oi u.e .
il nJ.A.t thml.' MIIV Willi" 1)1 Kllt-
said ne -uiuw t . -----? -
ing a Protestant." Zions Herald.
Violence A spirit of violence is
abroad in the land. A few days since,
H; Hpn. a student of Miami umvcrsiiy,
-nvipp'lv wounded his fellow-student,
" " . . . ui
Miller, by discharging a pis. u. ...
to his leg. Hayden lias nea. m t'
rents are respectable, lheyareoui
friends, but we must publicly repro.mic this conduct of their son, while we sym.i .t- .. in . ; ..liih his. art
njini7p in me rtiiiii-iiui. .
i : " . .. r 1 1
has brought upon lliem. un. uourmu.
gain
FOPEKY IN BOSTON.
Do not pass this article by, without
Hiving it a careiui perusal, m-i wuu-
out thinking over it, and rceeeping over
it. It is a fact Hint such things aredone
Furtht Timts. ElMTOtt
The following are a few ot the
things observable in the Rising Sun here; here, where independence of o
l.xceum. that 1 like to see.
. 7 ... ...
I lik to see voung ladies attend tne
Lvceum, and fidget about, whisper and
laugh, when there i a serious and in
structive suntect under invesiiganon.
It shews good sense, and is very lady like.
I like to see a crowd of young men.
when a member is speaking, move out
nf i!n bouse. It shows respect to the
sneaker, politeness, and good breeding
I like to see a good number of little
boys running in and out, making a con
pinion is so strenuously advocated? Yes, in Boston, liberty of conscience is opposed by physical force.
The following lacts have came to our knowledge, of the truth of which there can be no doubt.
A very interesting, amiable, and in-
telligent boy, about 15 years of age, ol
Irish descent, last Uecember commen
ced working as an apprentice to the
printing business, m an othce in lornhill. His parents are papists, but he
has been sceptical respecting the truth
G re at Conflagration. Fifty houses
were burnt to the ground in Charleston,
S. C. on the 16th ult. Among them
wasSt.PhiliD'schurch.. A Charleston
naner savs:
This venerable structure, which has for more than a century (having been
K.,;tt in 179. towered among us in
II II I I t l u a all the solemnity and noble propor
tions of antique architecture consti
tuting a hallowed link between the past
and the present -villi its monumental
memorials of the beloved and honored t 1 J . J ! n fro rt
dead, ana us spieuuiu u ,",
(which cost 4,500) is now a smoking
ruin.
the different hills, fires were kindled on the surrounding heights, and a gentleman who left Cork on Friday assures
us the country many miles uround Rothcormac is in a state of dreadful excitement. An inquest was held on the bodies on Saturday, but the, result will not be known for some days." E. K. Avery. A petition from
Montgomery county, was presented in the House by Mr. Sawyer praying that
the Rev. E. K. Averv, of barah Maria
Cornell memory, should he appointed
Chaplain of the Ohio Penitentiary ! After debate, the petition was rejected
by a large majority. This is a near method of getting a man into the Vein-
tentiary. Springfield (O.) Pioneer.
sinking
tinual jarring with the doors, buco con-1 nf Popery, for some time past, tlispa duct is highlv commendable in youths! rents discovered it, and with the genu
and reflects a great deal of credit upon hne spirit of their Church, began to
ii,.;r n:,rpnic imWp mcinient measures 10 oring int
II ............. . ---- W
I like to see a large house well tilled hov back to the faith.
with people, and splendidly illuminatedi On the evening of the 1st of J (i n u (i v y
with two or three burning candies.
And above all, Mr. Editor, 1 like to
see memoers oi me ujum icc
house before the meeting is adjourned.
It ch.-tn-s ihatthrv have been well plea-
sed with the proceedings of the even
ing, and possess a willingness to pro
mote the cause n which they areenga
ged. A CITIZEN.
Popish Emigrants. We are told, rants come, not like
others, truided by individual enterprise,
' 3 . . I.I
but with their location agreed on oy tne
nnn and hi advisers before they em-
t . ,7 i
bark; that they are consigned to nis
acerdotal agents, as regular as mer-
rliMiirli ail d that thev are located
with special reference to future action.
LAW OF INDIANA. AN" ACT Mippb-mi tital to an act, passed during the present session of the General Assembly, to provide for an equitable mode of levying the taxes of this State.
(approved februart, 7, 183.) Sec. . Dc it enacted by the General
Issemblu of the State of Indiana, That
the State Printer shall print and pro
cure to be stitched, in pamphlet form,
two thousand copies of the act afore-
aid, so soon as ptacticable; and the
Secretary of State shall forward to the
clerk of each county, twenty copies of
the same, for the use of board doing
county business, and the respective as
scssors appointed under the provision;
of said act.
Sec. '2. If in the opinion of the Secre
tary of State, the laws of the present
.1 1-..I.. I
session cannot ne aistnouiea 10 me
respective counties as soon as the
twentv-fifth of April next, it shall be
his duly, if no other safe and speedy
conveyance occur, to transmit the said
number of copies bv mail, to the clerks
of ihc respective counties, discharging
the postage thereof out of the contin
gent fund. And it shall be the duty of
each clerk, upon the reception of the
same, to endorse on one of said copies
to be by him filed in his office, the tirm
of its reception: and said act shall be taken and deemed to be in full force
from and after the date of such endorse
ment, o far as the same is intended to
be in force from and after its publica
lion.
Sec. 3. This act shall be printed
with the act to which it is supplemental
and shall be in force from and after its
passage.
his mother requested him to go to con
fession; but he evaded the request.
January 6th he met his father in the
treet. who wished him to go horn
with him to converse with one of the
priests. The ecclesiastic urged the im-
nortance of his being "confirmed, am
the sacrament, saving, he
a . . should obev his parents tn matters ofreli
trum. upon tiir: uj !.)"
a : . ' . . nil" ..
la v. that UP Uld a DlOi" mu "'
new years present, the priest
"The Bible was not made for common
folks to read, but only for ministers of the churc'.v'
The rt"fday he went home again.
The Priest was immediately sent for.
When he entered he accosted the lad thus uTo zcrelch! how often must I
ROBBERY AND LYNCHING.
We learn a robbery was committed
on the line of the canal during the last . mm-. . V
week. 1 he circumstances, as lar as
we have heard them, arc as follows
.Mr. James 13. Johnson one of the cana
commissioners had in possession sev
eral thousand dollars, which, with his
addle bags, he left in charge of a mer
chant on the line, to b kept until they
were called for. On calling for his
saddle hags and examining, he discov
ered that a package, containing about
eight thousand dollars, was missing, Suspicion rested on three individual
and a court of the contractors, Azc. was
called, and after several hearings sus
picions centered on Dr. Pomroy, a per
son who slent in the room where the
money was deposited. He, of course
exhibited great indignation at being
accued of such a crime and attempted
to throw it on Mr. Johnson, but so con
hdent was the court of Mr. Johnson
innocence and Pomroy's guilt, that
romroy was sentenced to be whipped
until he confessed hi guilt and gave up
The. commissioners of the
fund, consisting of the Vice President, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
Secretary of the 1 reasury and Attoreny General, have transmitted their
final report to the Senate, showing
their operations for the last year, stating that the National debt is now ex-
tinguished, that the sinking lend oi
which they had charge, was no longer
required, and asking to be discharged.
from further duties. Western lei.
Divorces i. New Jersey. Matri
mony appears really upon the eve of
"breakig up house keeping" in New
Jersey. The number oi applications
for divorces to the legislature now r.i
ession, has been beyond all former eximple. Three petitions were present
ed in one day during the last week.
We are afraid that bad husbands or bad wives are more plentiful in New Jev
sey than tney siiouiu ne.
Ohio Observer.
PR AUNG SOULS OUT OF PURGATORY.
Patrick OT. a Papist of this city
Uo-
. . I IM -TM
come to see you lor notning: j ne
boy replied "I did not send for you."
Anold woman who was listening asked
him how he dared to talk so to a priest.
"Don't you know," said she, "lhat he
could strike you dead, and has power
to remove mountains? ' 1 he priest
heard this, but did not contradict her.
The woman said, "if ye war my son,
I d chain ye ind the hoose, and satisfy
mvself by bateing ye. I'd make ye be
a Catherlic." His father told him "if
he was going to leave the Roman Cath-
olc faith, to quit his house, and never
come then- again, and never speak to him hereafter. He got into a towering passion, snatched up a stick of fire
wood, about two inches thick, and
struck him, saying that "it would be a
chanty to kill him.
The ensuing Saturday the father
called at the printing office, and order
ed the youth to go to his boarding house.
gt his clothes, and return home.
Through tear of ill treatment, he re fused.
On Monday morning the father call
ed again, and promised if he would rc
turn home, hot to talk with him on the subject of religion. Consequently he
went. When he arrived at the house, his father look him by the hair, struck him several times, and knocked his head
against the wall, lie then took off his clothes, and made him put on some sai
lor's appartfl, and told him if he at
tempted to escape he would murder him.
beveral men were stationed on the
stairs and around the house as guards. After hein locked up for a day and
nighf, in the upper chamber, and beat
en several limes very severely, by the
advice of the priest, he was released,
and told to leave the house immediate ly, and nevnr enter it again.
Thus wai the boy sent from the home
of his parents, a wanderer over the face
of the earth, because he chose to ad
here to that belief which he thought
most consistent!
We have the names of all concerned
in our possession.
One thing should be particularly re
marked, that the lather was apparently 'he instrument, merely, of the Boston
I opish priesthood.
Since writing the above we have
had another, interview with the young
man. He has received warning from
went some lime ago to Mr.
.. I . i- I !.:, lKr.1 lli
man rriesi, ana iniorintu nun, umi
would cive live dollars, if the Puost
.... i
r.i.lrl .!.lipr his ir.othor. his sister, and
Barny O'Leary, his friend out of purgatory. The Priest refused to liber
ate the whole of them without ten dol lars, but promised to get the release of the two women for five. Some short lime after, the man went to Brooklyn, and there met with a Priest who offered to "do the job" for all three, for the five dollars. Patrick called upon the Priest, told him the circumstances, and demanded his five dollars back. The
'riest finally promised him to "do the ,b" lor the three, at the same price;
but the papist replied, "I will not take
your word, unless you will swear to do "mm. 1.1. I
it by your vestments upon which the
Priest swore solemnly by his vestments, that he would get the whole of them
out of purgatory for the five dollars, and
the robbed dupe left his houc.
I rot. I indicator.
EXPENCES OF GOVERNMENTS. By computation, it has been ascertained that the go eminent of England costs each individual CC; France, 5 55; Netherlands, 4 CS; Prussia, 2 43; Austria, 1 92; the United States the same. Hereafter it is believed that $1 17 will probably cover the exp.-nse, w hich siloes that republican simplicity
is worthy of e;mi!aliou. Brook. Inq.
"Mr. llotchc.hild is said to have awaited on the Duke of Wellington soon after hia appointment to the Premiership, to know whether he intended any change in the foreign policy of the country. The Duke declined answering, whereupon the great Stock dealer said he should consider his silence as indicative of the change, and act accordingly.
Tnis alarmed the Duke who then
declared that he knew cf no intended
hange. Thus the money of a Jew cohols the h(c of the w orld !"
WAR IN HILL AND, Late news from Ireland gives the details of a bloody affray between the King's troops and the peasantry in the neighborhood of Rothcormac. The affair originated in an attempt by a couple of clergymen to enforce the payment of tithe. Among others they proceeded to make distress of the property of a widow woman. Previous appearances induced a belief that a rescue would be attempted; to prevent this the military was called out, and met in the vicinity of the place where the distress was to be made of a large number of the peasantry. The busi
ness proceeded. A shout was instant
ly raised by the people to protect the people and to"protect the widow'shag-
gard." They rushed forward, the niili '. .
nary aavancing in an opposite uirec-
tion. Two volleys of blank cartridge,
it is said, were fired over the heads of
the peasantry, when a cabbage stalkwas thrown which struck one of the oflicers on the shoulder. The account
proceeds
"The military were now commanded
by one of the Magistrates to fire. In less than three minutes the bugle soun
ded to desist, and 12 of the peasantry
lay dead on the ground. More than
20 were severely wounded, and, we un
derstand, two have since died. The
people fled in all directions, and some
of the wounded, before they couh! reach a place of safety, fell from ex 1 . : a . .i
iiciumioii. Amongst tuose who were
wounded were three or four small far
mers who had paid all their arrears of
tithes. After the termination of thi
lamentable affair the party effected se
veral distresses in the neighborhood ;
and the Widow Ryan arraigned for her
opposition. Half an hour after the
troops had been withdrawn, the bell of
the neighboring chapel commenced
tolling, and the bodies of the slain were carried bp the people and laid within
the walls. It would be impossible, it
would be useless lo describe the heart rending spectacle which followed. The news of the occurrence, spread through
the country with the usual celerity of
bad things. Hotns were sounded from
t;;c
government
A private letter from Paris, of
i
iGih sas " The r rcr.ch
dread more an internal commotion than
a war with Aiv.eiica. Such measures on the pari of t'.ie American govern
ment as may ahect the commercial ar.d
manufacturing interest j of France, will therefore have a more serious effect
here than an open declaration of war."
A letter from a late member of the
Chamber cf Deputies, addressed to
Cap!. Forbes, and received just before his departure from Havre, says "The honor of France is so deeply concerned in fulfilling the the treaty, that I am fully satisfied the Indemnity bill will soon pass the Chambers." We have recorded a number of instances lately of extreme old age in the south, but we believe the following goes ahead of all. A colored woman, the property of Wm. T. M ison,of Loudouncouiily,latelv (ii:J at the advanced age of one hundred and thirty, retaining her bodily and menial faculties. A railroad is to he commenced immediately between St. Francisville, Louisiana, and Woodville, Mississippi. Another between Clinton and Baton Rouge will no doubt be shortly commenced, a suficienl sum having been already subscribed. The state of Louisiana is making great progress in internal improvements. A new way to fell of the prosperity of a town A Southern paper speaking of (he increased prospects of the town, notices that doctors with long faces, and lawyers with sour look., bespeak a prosperity long anticipated, and very much needed. A young man named J . McLaughlin, attached to a Thespian society, at Nashville, Tenn. when enacting the character of Bertram, accidentally inflicted a wound upon himself of so dangerous nature as to cause his death. His mother resides at Lancaster, Pcnn. A bill is before the Legislature of Mississippi, fo establish a bank at Jackson, in that State, with a capital of?rc millions of rlollars. The whole number of Methodists in what is called the Western valley, i 27,409, an increase during the year 1834 of 1-3,449.
t t