Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 114, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 16 January 1836 — Page 2

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

Con&nrtrf or tAe Indianapolis Papers. IN SENATE. Drc. 53. Mr. Collel,from the joint committee appointed to examiae and receive the Stale House, reported that they had the same under consideration, and that the State House had been, with tome trivial exceptions, finished with a proper regard to faithfulness. and in n manner highly creditable to the commissioner?, the architect, and the state. The committee felt constrained, no lss by a sense of dutv than inclination, to te: der to Iiltic I Town. the able, efficient, and accomplished architect, under whose u-pices the splendid edl'iee has been so successfolly begun and finished, I'icir ut feigned thanks and cordial approbation. Tlie committee reported a joint reso lution. authorizing the reception of the State House from the contractor", and the resolution was read a third time and pr,ssed. Mr. Conweli introduced a joint resolution, authorizing the call ot a convention to amend the constitution, n hit h was read and passed to a second reading. Dec. 24. The bill of the House, entitled an act to locate r state road in Dearborn county, from the town of Dillsborough to Aurora, was read a third time and passed, Dec. 2o. .Mr. Whiteomb from (he committee, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate, directing them to inquire into the expediency of in-1 creasing the salaries of the supreme and circuit judges and member? of the general assembly, reported a bill regulating the salary and pay of certain otlioers therein named. Tlie bill was ordered to a second reading. The bill proposes to give to the supreme and circuit judges $000 per annum and members of the general assembly 3 00 per day. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 21. On motion of .Mr. Thompson, of L., the resolution relative to the abolishment of public executions, was taken from the table, and tlie question recurring on the amendment, proposed by Mr. Huntington, contemplating the abolishment of impiisonmer.t for debt, It was put anJ decided in the negative. The original resolution was then adopted. The following resolution was adopted, on motion of Mr. Dunning, after the adoption of an amendment thertto, on ihe proposition of Mr. Smith cf R., viz: Resolved, That the committe of ways and means inouire into and report to thi? House what legislation, if anv. i necessary, to carry into full force and operation the law of last esion entitled "an act to provide for a more equitable mode of levVing the state and countv revenue, approved Feb. 7, 1835. Mr. Kvans moved the following resolution, which, together with an amendment proposed by .Mr. Morris, to make it an enquiry into the expediency Vc. wa laid on the tabic at the suggestion of Mr. Huntington: Resolved, That the committee of ways and means be instructed to repoit a bill to this House raiding t!ie-,er diem wages cf tlie members of both brandies of the Legislature to three dollars per day; and the Speaker of the House ai d President of the Senate to four dollars netday. A bill to locate a state road in Dearborn county from the town of Dillrborougli to Aurora, was read a third time and passed. The IIoue now resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill to amend the act for the formation of Congressional Disfiicls. The- bill proposed to elect Representatives in Congress the August immediately preceding the. time of taking their seats. Tlie bill was stiicken out in committee, and in the House postponed indefinitely. Dec. 22. Oa motion of Mr. Evans, the resolution introduced by him, rela-i tivc to raising thu wages of the members of the General Assembly was taken from the table, and then Mr. Evans withdrew the resolution. On motion cf Mr. Graham, Resolved, That the Judiciary committee be instructed to inquire into the expediency of repealing the 7th section of an act entitled an art, to license and regulate taverns and groceries, with leave fo report by bill or otherwise. Dec. 23. Mr. Eggleson presented a petition from sundry citizens of Switzerland and Ripley counties, praying for the ronstmction of a turnpike road from Vcvay, to intersect the Michigan road at or near Napoleon. Dec. 2 J. On motion of Mr. Kilgore, the case of Mr. Nave was taken up for consideration, when Mr. Quai les closed bis argument for the defendant. The question was taken on the adop. tion of the resolution the committee's rtiolulion for Mr. Nave't expulsion,

:md decided in the negative, a) es 25, Noes 45. On motion of ?Ir. Duel, Resolved, That the judiciary committee enquire into the expediency of incorporating all the judicial township

in this state, so as to atiord an unilorm plan of doing county business to report by bill or otherwise. L LO I I .ATI V V. S I - M M A It Y. ! 5E5ATE. On Siturday, the 2d inst. Mr. Whitrotnh, on leave, introduced a joint reso luiion to instruct our Senators in Cou ntess to use their best exertions bv their votes and o'herwise, to procure to be f.r"!if-7 a resolution of (he Senate of the United States, adopted on the 2Sth of .M uch A. D. 1831, which is in the following word .rfrf, 1 hat the 1 icsideiu in it.e , , . .i . .t . J .i:.,.. l K I.UI'Ml in I some length in its favor: Mr. Shaw rejoined, and was followed by Mr. Colelick, at the close of whose speech against the resolution the Senate adjourned. On the 4 ill, the Senate resumed the consideration of the Joint Resolution, relative to certain proceedings of the United Slates Senate, which was intio-ducc-d and nailially considered on Sa turday last. The remainder cf the day until half past foui o i lock I . M. was occupied w ith this subject ; during which lime the Senate was addressed by Messrs. Whitcomb, Shaw, Clark, Conweli, Morgan, Brady, Piummer, Colerick, Shaw again, Whiteomb again, Dumont and Whiteomb again: when the question being put shall the Joint Resolution be rejected, it was decided in the affirmative Ayes .Messrs. Beard, Bell, Caldwell, Chambers, Clark, Colerick, Collett, Conweli, Dumont, Elliott, Hamilton, Ilillis, Morgan, Payne, Piummer, Shaw, and Thompson 17. Yues .Messrs. Akcr, Boon, Brady, Casey, Daily, Fowler, Griffith, Hackelf, Mastin, 1 tielt, Sigler, Stewart, iannehill and Whiteomb 1 i. IX MOUSE OF KErRESLXTATlVES. It having been by common usage established a rule that but little important business is ever transacted by either branch of tlie General Assembly until after the holida) s, that period now being over, the business of the leigslutu re begins to assume a more substantial aspect. There seems to have been a general drill of the fiiends of Internal Improvements during the last two weeks, and it is understood, in the House, that the committee on that subject is to report in a few days, a bill providing for a general plan, w Inch, by those who have perused it and are apprised of its pro visions, speak of il in terms of approbation, and as one eminently calculated to render general satisfaction, at least so far as it is at all possible. The friends of the general sstc-m are solii itous for the appearance of the bill, while those w ho are not prepared to adopt so general a plan, are busily employed in preparing checks by way of amendments. Tlie subject of divorces, has been tip in the House during last week, and we suppose that tlie last action of that body on the principle of legislating on divorces, has jriven the matter a ouietus for the present session. Oa Saturday morning the Michigan resolution was again taken up, and tlie vote taken on its indefinite postponement, and decided in the negative. The quesiion we believe recurs on its pas-age. The debate on this interesting question has been too protracted for the limits of a new spaper, and if reported and inserted would be. to the entire exclusion of every thing else. Messrs. Listen, Willet, Chamberlain, Thompson of L. Mason, Huntington, Stapp, Evans, Smith of R. and Vawter have been the principal investigators of this subject. From the remarks of (hese and other gentlemen, we have been enabled to submit the following items: Those who arc friendly to the pas sage of the Joint Resolution, contend that if Michigan is received info the Union as a stale by Congress, with her present boundaries, it will be giving her a prima facie litl,; (Q the ten mile slrip off our northern territory, and be a literal sanction to her claim; which must produce unhappy results and be the cause of serious litigation and animosity between the two slates, while those who are of the opposite opinion, consider our representatives in Congress sufficient guardians of the rights of Indiana, to prevent any encroachment upon her territory, and even admitting they were not, the boundary line of the state is

7,c ' ' I rt w. j -ri ,.u (c D., 'r(mP1,t was in deM,was requirements of a higher code in our the union, would not have been the if Hf 'iTL pystem- T,,c conclusion to which the source of greater gratification than I .mui .i.i,..oi.t . id power, v. con if not motof the People, Postmaster General came, has been have felt on this occasion, since it affordj 7,! nf t!h - doubts 'prevailed as to the amount of doubtless highly satisfactory to the evidence that my efforts to meet their ' M. "Tf V. XV.w ,Mve Mlr.lilhereiectcd its embarrassment. These doubts will mass of the People of all the States, approbation during an arduous admin- , ' n V V Li! M? i.ov- l,e rrrnoved. The Renort of the The Report rests it, and we think safe- islration of their affairs for thirteen

I'M WliU il itli. t IIIICI'III-J TM'iilc rtl

too well determined and defined, to ad

mit of any difficulty. Ihe whole ground has been trans versed, .ind dpri.-.ions formed ascordintrly; but what the vote will be on the tif"the resolution, we are. , .... . .,t . Jolr,rminP. Roth narlips rl u r uviv 1 i'"1" -j-v.- i i;il. ,,f In.limiM U .i n-ond i'k:, .! .ilo strin. bat the pyned'iencv nf adontinc the resolution of i i ,c m:.itrr of rrwitentinn. IIICII UtllUll 13 11' ...... - . post office DEPARTMENT. v- f t , Fvorni vp Kr-.i,, i f d,r finvprnmptil !i;ie. or ate ears enna-ed more of the public attention, than the lost Uilice; nor nas :.nv ivnf i1,p :i tT"iirs of that oflice . ft I been the subject cf more various commen!, than Us finances. Almost every 1 . f . I I I nnswt h!f rirfciiT;iI10tl OF I PTT1 llrlS ;m . m 1: 4. IDOf t tlVlrtC 111 1' HI aUU 111 CO CI sailUll. i Postmaster General, to which we invile the attention of our readers, preent : clear and satisfactory account of the financial condition of the Post Office. It is as such papers should be, a plain statement, adapted to the comprehension of all, and unvarnished by any thing calculated to divert attention from the facts. The mist engendered in the strife of part), which enveloped the affairs of the Department, has been dispelled by the simple, yet powerful, influence of integrity, ability, and industrv. These, assiduously directed to the discharge of the duties of his station, have enabled the Postmaster General, within the brief period of his administration, to fathom the tntricacies of Post Office accounts, to develope their results, and, as appears by the Report, to introduce such improvements, as. if continued in operation, will secure for the future, certainty and system. It appears from the Report of the Postmaster General, that after his ac cession to the office, on the 1st of May, such measures were taken, that, on the 1st of July, the balance of the debts over the means of the Department, v-.i.,a;- !.,:.! ii, fpvrlndincr rprlain rlims nl.lrl. fi11 v . o Postmaster General, did not think himself authorized to allow.) was reduced to .923.700 50. Includhur these claims. the balance, then ag.tint the Oeparlment, will stand 180,700 50. Such ,rtWlLil,dril-.rih, the then imprcned condition ot the SSu' Z eredlu' " "'fnV I ' t done, and ns a large portion ot the

means of the Department taken into The President transmitted to Conthe above estimate, consisted of these gress, on the 9lh ult., a report from the

ba ancesduetoit,notimmediately available, the Report slates the measures adopted as calculated most speedily ami MiPinuuiMj !u uisLii.nge me uuuis i the Department. The principle chiefly and properly acted upon, was to give preference to payments for services performed in the last quarter throughout the Union, and apply the surplus fo the extinction of the old debt. Having pursued strictly the system ndopttd, the Postmaster Generel reports these results: The payment of all the contractors throughout the. Union, for services in the quarter in which lie came into office, except some suspensions. The payment of all such claims for the next quarter, as have been made ready for adjustment. The discharge of 187,086 of the old debt out of the postages since July 1st, of which G7,304 3G was to the banks. Cash on hand 73,737. Claims for arrearages are now paid as fast as they are presented, and can be adjusted. Only about 205,000 now remain due to the banks. Of this one-half will be paid in January, and the balance in April. After the extinction of the debt, and before the close of the present session of Congress, the Department will be in the receipt of an annual surplus of about 400,000, applicable to the extension of the mail routes. Various improvements have been introduced into the financial operations of the Department. The chief of these is the system of prompt collections from about 9,000 offices quarterly. No one can fail to perceive the benefit to result Irom this plan. It keeps the public money from lying idle in the hands of the receivers, subject to the accidents of death, insolvency, &c, and applies it at once to the payment of demands against the Department, without the agency of third persons, or the instrumentality of drafts, laboriously prepared in the oflice. The subject of the Transporlalion of the Mail upon the Railroads, is treated in the Report, in which, and in the doc-

umeiits accompanying it. several important views are taken. These views, if

we mistake not, will be found correct. The questions presented are of consequencc, whether we regara me puneinles involved, or the practical results to I , i : : I How from their decision. - - - I The pvents of the vear liave thrown into tlie Renort a tcDic of a novel characler in such a place. The Postmaster Genera has been ca ed on to act re- . ... . i snectinjr a matter of the most serious " - " I public moment, lie was to weigh well I . . . . . . . . - I the Dfincm es o his action, in a case in which he saw that lanancs WOUIU charge him with the assumption of a coiuroi oerone oi uiu ucium nna of freemen that of discussion. The a I . .r i -I ...hfr case was without a precedent; and the obligations of the principles of second'"I 1 1 C uiliu a iu.uv.i.u.v .- nirol .i a imnorntil'P .;,t.t,l.. o' ..l.n ..-itMho iiivii;ii iiiucmui .v . (i I....V.V. ........ i ly, on permanent principles of constiuiiionai origin. ine quesiion oi me right of the Abolitionists to the use of the mails, stands, as it appears practically settled by the Department. It remains to be seen whether the Postmaster Ueneral shall be overruled Dy higher authority. The necessity of a Reorganization of the Department, is suggested. The views of the Postmaster General on this subject, are characterized by their tendency to promote the efficiency of the service, and introduce into the Department wholesome, and one would think, considering its revenue, (more than 3,000,000.) indispensable checks m receiving, disbursing, and accounting for the public money. The organization proposed, whilst it would introJuce system, and effectual legal checks in lieu of arbitrary and fluctujating executive regulations, has also

Ihe merit of reducing the number ol cd country, iiut to produce these repersons necessary for the service. This suits they should be rigidly adhered to, is no small merit, when we consider and never suffered fo yield to any exthat the number of postmasters, con- pedients, whatever may be the cxigen-

tractors, and other agenls to be constantlj increasing. They are already more than double the number existing more man uouoie uie numoer existing ,i.. .r , i. i. i r U1U ume m . rl 1 J IiiW 01 u e Prfscni organ.z anon; ana iorce em Poycd to control them. Tlie Report concludes with a merited tribute to the woith and virtues of the llo IWrnaittT General. A tribute be- . h re-ncct ns well for him wlio ' 7 "n " . ... Mhthek bound auy. Secretary of War, relative to this subject. In the message accompanying the report, the President says: -1 ne controversy oeiween tne authorilies of the Stale of Ohio, and those of the Territory of Michigan,in respect to this boundary, assumed, about the timeofthe termination of the lastsession ot congress, a very threatening aspect, y .1 . . anu much care and exertion were necesJ l" fv-- -v. ...v, tivi ' "I mi. Territorial government under the acts oi congress, ana 10 prevent n lorcioie collision oeiween tne parlies, i he na ture and course of the dispute, and Ihe measures taken by the Executive for the purpose of composing it, will ful ly appear in the accompanying report from the Secretary of State, and the documents therein referred to. The formation of a State Govern ment by the inhabitants of the Territory of Michigan, and their application now pending to be admitted into the Union, tr'tvc additional force to the many important reasons which call for the etllement of this quesiion by Congress at their present session. Sciot.v Valley against the World N. W. Thatcher, Esq., Secretary of the Agricultural Society, has handed us the following statement. It contains striking illustrations of the fertility of our soil under skilful culture. Portsmouth. O. Paper. "One hundred and fifty-four bushels of com, actual liberal measure, was produced the present season, on one measured acre of ground, selected from a field of twelve acres, all equally as good, on the farm of Mr. George Ren ick, in this vicinity. Mr. Felix Henick produced eighty-five and a half bushels of Oals on an acre of ground, the seed of which he recently brought frnm lnrrl-inH 'PI fV, 1 .Tl r. Krvn I from England. The Oats weigh about 12 lbs to the bushel more than the common oats of this country. Mr. Daniel Maderia, of this place, raised in his garden Cauliflowers of the most extraordinary size, measuring from 23 to 33 inches in circumference, and weighing 32 lbs. 10 oz. in one solid head. And a stalk of corn, in the garden of Mr. Peter Douglas, produced eight ears of corn !"

OENERAI. IIAKftlSON. The follow ing is Gen. Harrison's re

ply to the letter of the committee appointed by the Indiana State convention, to inform him of his nomination for the tn inlnrni I ,esl enc) CINCINNATI, -fclSl IJCC lOJOt uenucmen: - I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16lh instant, : , i " . i i i l imuimii.i; m.ti i n;.u ueen "nominaieo. dv uie unanimous vote ot il con- . . . . - vention assemoiea nt Indianapolis on t, i a 1 1. .1 : .1 - c it. . iuc itm ' i i.uiuiuan; ior me uuill to succeed uie preseni mcumoent.' This renewed evidence of partial ity, which the people of Indiana have so often manifested in my favor, 13 received with the most profound grati tude. Such a mark of confidence, cominrr from the most nowerf.il State in ---9 - - , - - years, were not entirely unsuccessful. x uc mvuuuuh; nonet; which jou Gentlemen have been pleased to take of my political principles and services "to our common country" deserves also my warmest thanks. And permit me to aaa, mat n your wishes should be realized; if the people of this great Republic should think proper to intrust to me the administration of the Executive Dcparfment of their government, I with confidence promise you fo carry into that exalted station the same ardent attachment to tiie principles upon which our institutions are founded, which you are kind enough to say ha marked my previous conduct. Age and the experience wtiich it haa brought with it, have strengthened the attachment to those ptmciples formed in my early youth, and my confidence in their efficacy to secure and perpetuate the happiness and liberty ot our lavorcy ol doubtful or even of real danger. Accept, gentlemen, the expression of the lugh consideration of Vour friend, W II. HARRISON. Moke f.xecot:ons of the Murel bn niT-ri. The notorious Joho alias Jon- . ...... i .. . ' ')"n!' lJ"P' I'1 Iho of hls ,lk hls vi iany. He -,one of ,he m!t ad,d.. Leal,, ....v. uiv, jjiiojitif; ui LI'Ulllv.1 lull in O - ney. Some time in March last, the editor of this paper, with another indi vidual, rescued from him, on board a steamboat, a negro man whom he had stoien from ;i widow j;ul neHr Donal(i. sollviUe in Louisiana.-Tipton made njs cscape. We are informed bv gentleman from Little Rock, that lie W1S s!lot at lhal pUcc a fow d' sinc bv a rambler. Tir.to,, hrntllr ceVerelv woiind.-H hot aa (TA i I J w ' I J U U 0 1 C U IW m;,ke his escape. Crenshaw and IluntCr, both mentioned in the Murel pamphiei. and Known to he of the same pan"about a week since, met their fate Tn Wilkinson, in this State one shot and the other hung. We state the facts without comment: the prediction as made in this paper only two weeks since in relation to these outlaws, are already being verified. t'icksburgJi Register, December 3. We learn from the National Intelli. genccr that the Slate Rights members Georgia Legislature, and citizens assembled irom different parts of the Stale, have nominated Hush L. White for t!ie Presidency, and Philip P. BarDO,,r ,or Uie v ice rresidency. Alsothat the Whig members of the North Carolina Legislature, immediately after the adjournment of the General Assembly sine die, adopted resolutions unanimously nominating Judge While as their candidate for President. Death of General Findlay. The Cincinnati papers announce the death d(nrfi in lM . riu, nn ? . . , J" day the 28th of December aged six ... ...... v., v I I w fc V 1 ITIvH ty-five years. As one of (he most respectable citizens of this State, and among her earliest settlers, his loss ii much and deservedly regretted. We see it announced that R. B. Tancj ias been nominated fo the Senate for I i. r t .. . . Chief Justice, and P. P. Barbour of Va. for the vacant Associate Justiceship of the Supreme Bench, by the President of Ihe Uniied States. It is said that a piece of properly in Buffalo, N. Y., which sold just after the war for 10 dollars worth of candles, on twelve months credit, has been sold since for the handsome sum of two millions of dollars.