Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 127, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 16 April 1836 — Page 2

RISING SUN TIMES.

A. E. t.LKXN', KPITOR AND PROPIUETR. TOR THE TIMES. Mr Editor In lockiec over some old papers the other dav, 1 met with the Indiana Palladium of June 20!h, 1335. containing the proceedings of a county convention, which met at Manchester, on the 1 5th of that month. 1 have copied an extract from the preamble and nlinn resolution, which I wish vou to - . . . - - - 11 I'uuiuu. 1 t. some men about L twrencebureh eneome iiic.i ., ... tertain tne same opinions now umi uh-j did when they voted for the preamble and resolutions. The present Kditor cf the Palladium was a member of the convention, and it is reasonable to suppose that he can answer the question. QUERIST. "With these views we shall feci bound to vote for men, at the coming election, in whom we can confide; who w ill exert themselves in the legislature to have a relocation of our seat of justice, that the question may be faiily, impartially and finally settled. That a majority of the free and independent voters of this county may be heard and regarded, and that the t ights of the many may not be'trampled upon for the gratification and interest of the few. Extrcctfrom the Preamble. THE RESOLUTION. Rrralvrd. That this Convention view the course pursued by Jarncs Walker, j -V. . Tcrbet and Thonvis ILzcard, laic j representatives of this county in the State legislature, as selfish, one sided, j illiberal and unjust; and that their ofli ciousness in prejudicing the commissioners, appointed to relocate the county seat of this county, against every point but Wilmington, deserves the condemnation cf ail good citizens. r.-ont tic Ialiai.iPalladium. RASP, XO. 2. Mr. Edilor. Vou are wrong io supposing that our Editors' pardon me for not using a title of Militia obtained from a t2? man in tne nack wooks. 1 never tier man in the back wooks. I nev can disgrace the Military profession by j

calling him Major, when 1 come to re- cident or neglect we will not pretend member he of late was afraid to let his to say. name be known to Capt. Edmonds of The prompt assistance of our cilithc S. Boat Gen. Pike; when landed at j zens, cf the sailors and boatmen in port, Cincinnati, he walked offas if he were and of the several medical gentlemen drummed out of the camp with the tune j of the city, rendered to the sufferers, is

march favorite dish "was crabunnlut and tmir k rniit srnsonpil ocrasirm l!v vciiK SmtJ,, 7-"' xva the ra-.isr

of his moroscness and peevishness: buti , " Wednesday last the steam boat the fact sir, is wc have fed him so well ! C ;ldoin, with two keels in tow, touchhere, he feels his keeping too ,JU d at our w hart from Pittsburgh, on her

His Wilmington physicians too have prescribed such palatable doses and he thrives so well under them, that it has made him forget "every s weet has its sours;" hence he has got like a fat "nossam," he's just putting on and is in a good humor only when he sees, plenty of good grapes and things are played exactly to his tunc. His health has been convalescent of late: but now it it U.aihor impaired. He savs in his list paper "that he will suffer his right hand to be cut off before he will advocate any measure of local policy" which may originate at law renctnurgn. i. ' .:r;M,a n umm.?aiion nr a .vVc lo cation he ought to get his favorite Physicians to assist in the case, you think it a case from.whieh much uanerr is to be apprehended! for he know ta apply to our doctors here would be to applv in vain for he wor.ld not f; I low their prescriptions hen they wcrcj willing to act to his benefit. Mr. Editor if you could blorc as hard a he can, perhaps you could perform miracles too. He likes to go to Wilmington in hack woods. There is a good deal of timber faliirg here and in a decayed condition too and ihcrc sowid a irumpcty which will bring a clan from the clexs that will subserve his views, lie generally rczirtcs every week. However he has hlozcedsa hard in the back woods that his name ought not to die before him. Perhaps the Wilmington junto will have a Sarcophagus in which they "will place his remains in commemoration of his chivalrous acts in marshalling or majoring if )ou prefer the term forces to overcome Lawrenceburgh faction, aristocracy and intrigue. RISING SUN. Rising Sun, Ind. April G, 1 33G. The first subscriber to the Kentucky Gazette, when it commenced, called up on the Editor the day before yesterday,;

and planked up his v$l in advance forj '"S d Pittsburgh, sales to a considerthe f emi-wcckly paper. It is somewhat; able amount weie made in each of those

surprising, that of the original subscribers to this paper, about 40 still re main, nnd have never failed to receive nd p ny for it for about half a century although the Gazette commenced trith less than 300 subscribers. It hews two things The longevity of the citirens of Kentucky, and the attachment of the original patrons to the Gatte. Ay. Girrttf.

AWFUL DISASTER.

Wc have a letter from Mobile, dated on the 13th ir.t., giving an account of a terrific explosion on board the steam boat Hen Franklin, a few yards from the wharf of that city. The writer says: kl was sitting in the Reading Room at the time of the explosion. The concussion was to great that I at first supposed it to be an earthquake, as it was accompanied by a rumbling noise. I was on the wharf in five minin. ar,d saw the boat drawn to the shore. It was such a spectacle as I , , , . . . ,,' ... , had never before beheld a shattered hulk, fu'l of mangled corses, the dead and the ch ine.' The annexed account is from the Mobile Mercantile Advertiser, of the 14th: The boilers of the steam boat Ren Frat:klin,as she was leaving this port for Montgomery, yesterday morning, burst, producing a concussion that shook the whole city. The boat had just backed out from the wharf into the stream and having turned the bow upwards, the engine had been stopped in order to give the machinery a forward motion, when the dreadful accident occurred. Almost upon the instant, the whole city rushed to the wharves to gaze upon the scene of horror and destruction. The boat was forty or fifty yards out in the stream, the whole ol the boiler deck the boilers and chimnevs were cone, and over the surface of the water were strewed the fragments of the boat, box-! cs, barrels, and even human beings. One individual, Mr. Isaac Williams, of Wilcox countv, near Portland, was blown up full one hundred feet and fell in the dock near the shore, full one hundred and fifty yards from the boat. It is a matter of utter impossibility to ascertain the number of persons killed and missing, as the boat was just leaving, and probably one half or more of the persons on board had not registered their names. The number has been variously estimated from ten to twenty. The boat we understand is injured so much as to preclude the practicability of repair. The cause of the accident is generally believed to be the low stage of water ia the boilers whether by ac indeed worthy of all praise. MARION CITY. " "s r"ni-m r --- (lo ' i,,c "'est. I he boat and her consorts contained quite a colony of people, with their eHerfs of every description, from the humble spinning wheel to the splendid piano, and from the plow and wheelbarrow to the steam engine. Besides these was the frame woik, in part, cf twenty-five houses, s!"",w" Tirea, ana numt ereo, ... al i 1 1 '"snurgn, reaay to oc put logeu.er immediately on reaching their place of destination. And in addition thereto, the boats received while here, the shin - . , c . . . nd Rb- for loO windows. Among 'je passengers were house builders and m)c n,,cs of a11 kinds brick makers, ,),lCK '.vrr?, masons, carpenters, paintcoopers, oiacKsmuns, snoeii.au.ei s, ivc, many of them purchasers of the lots and owners of the buildings they ".1 erect a:,d occupy. The city to which this colony is bound is now almost a naked prairie, on the Mississippi river, 150 miles above St. Louis, and is the landing place for Palmyra the capitol of Marion county, Mo. It will probably exhibit, in the course of the ensuing summer, what enterprise, well directed, can etlect it. the the far west. During the last summer and (all, the land for several miles around was entered by a company of gentlemen residing principally in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Wheeling, for themselves and friends. Late in December the site for the city spoken of w as selected and laid off into lots. One of the company, w ho has resided for many years hi Mai ion county, having business at the east, took witii him a plot of ihe city, w ith a commission to sell. His sales commenced at St. Louis, where the importance of the site was immediately appreciated. As he proceeded eastward, spending but a few hours at Louisville, Cincinnati, Wheel t ..l ' . .... onunuing on to LJaltimore, l iKladelpliia and INew York, without once exhibiting the plot publicly, or calling attention to it through the newspapers, the cnterprize became known, and such a demand was awakened that the gentleman felt induced to suspend further sales they having already exceeded four hundred thousand dollars. Th lot?, which nre S3 feet by 140,

were Gist oliered and principally sold at 200 each; afterwards some of the choice business sites brought as high as

1000. These sales were all tiiecled in less than eight weeks, and the agent passed through this place some days since, on his return to Marion, to su perintend the public improvements of the city, upon which from one hundred to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars will be expended this year. The purchasers of the lots are for the most part manufactuters and mechanics who will devote themselves to their various employments for the improvement and supply of the growing population of the fertile region around. " Others are gentlemen of fortune, who, in view of the growing importance of the country, have purchased on speculation. That part of the state is also known to be remarkably salubrious and healthy. A gentleman who spent two months there last summer informs us that there were hut two rainy days during that period. The latitude is that of Baltimore: , though the weather is more uniform in summer and winter than in that city or the region where we dwell The population of the country will be one of the most intelligent in the west; and to the rising generation. Marion college, 12 miles from the river, will aifird all the facilities for an education that are to be had in the best eastern institutions. ,! point of trade and commerce, Ua rio!1 tity i nearer the great market of W west (New Orleans) than is Louisviile; nor is it so far from the seaboard that it cannot be reached in twelve days. When the contemplated rail roads are finished, a trip may be made to Baltimore and Philadelphia in four. We understand a bill has been reported in congress the present session authorizing a company to make a rail road from Marion city through a por tion of the public domain in the directton of the Missouri river, at some point on winch it is contemplated to termin ite it. It is known that the navigation of the Missouri, for some 300 miles abovc St. Louis, is exceedingly dangerous and expensive, while the navigation of the Mississippi, between St. Louis and Marion city, is remarkably safe and easy: The calculation is that as soon as the rail road is completed, goods destined for the immense country back of Marion city and the LTpper Missouri will take that route, and the immense; produce of that region descend by the same. Marion city is also in a direct line from Chicago to Franklin on the Missouri, and must become the great thoroughfare for the travel from the north east to the far west. One of the first buildings erected will be a latge. commission house, under the firm of MKec, llanna &: Co., whose card is inserted in our advertising columns. It will be ready for the reception of freight in 30 days after the arrival of the colony. In thir ty days more it is expected that there will be from 40 to 50 houses erected and occupied by the owners. There will he also a large (louring mill and four or five saw mills, all operarcd by steam. A large fishery will also be established immediately. These, with a temperance hotel, a school house and a church, will matk the first year's ex istence of Marion cit'T. The Caledonia steam boat will 11 plj Pillsregularly between Marion and burgh and Wheeling, her wheel houses being already printed "Marion City Packet:' 0:i her present run she had nearly 200 souls on board, of whom 4? were children under nine years old. Another boat is now building to run in connection with her. Roth will be owned by the proprietors of the city; and we arc highly gratified to learn will be navigated with reference to a due observance of the Sabbath, and upon strict temperance principles. We trust that this first experiment of navigating our noble western rivers on Christian principles by lying by on the Sabbath, and excluding liquois except from the medicine chest of the captain will not only be sustained but amply rewarded by the travelling public. Wheeling Gazelle, March 25. In fifteen years the town of Lowell, in the state of Massachusetts, has increased in population from two hundred to sixteen thousand. The amount of capital invested in manufactures is nearly eight millions of dollars; the number of facto ries is twenty-seven; the quantity of eloll. manufactured per annum is about forty-five millions of yards; the average amount of wages paid per month is one hundred and six thousand dollars; the number of gallons of oil consumed is fifty-five thousand. It is stated that at the late duel between Messrs. Caldwell and Gwinn, at Clinton, Mississippi, upwards of four hundred persons tretc present as spectators.

RISING SUX:

SATUKOAY, APRIL 1G, IS3G. QT" By a letter from a friend at Washington, we learn that the nomination of the Hon. Jesse L. Hoi. man, to be Judge of the District of Indiana, has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate. ACCIDENT. Wc regret to learn that on Friday nibt, the 8th inst., Mr. Yactor. Powell, of Laughery township, was lost overboard from the steam boat Arabian, on tier passage up from Louis ville, about 15 miles below Madison. He was in the act of dipping a pail of water, when he slipped, and went over, aft of the wheel. An alarm was given, but the boat did not stop. We have not yet heard that he has been found. p5"R sr, No 2,"' will be found in to-day's paper. We commend H to the attention of our readers and friends. Let it be compared with certain articles published in the Times in February, Ui3r, and those who know will not beat a loss to gucs the author. Wc pronounce the assertions in regard to us, entirely destitute of truth., CONGRESS. A resolution has passed the Senate, by a vote of 23 to 14, for an adjournment on the 23d of Slav. It had not been acted on in the House at our last dates. THE RIVER RAIN". Since Saturday last, wc have had some very heavy rains, and the river is unusually high for the season, and continues rising. Wc have heard some individuals apprehend thnt there will be a freshet similar to the one in 1832, as it is said that the upper River? arc al?o high, and that the snow has notyct left the mountains. EMIGRATION. Emigration has commenced sooner this spirng than usual, and we arc told it is beyond all precedent. We do not sec an individual from any section of the Union, but what speaks of Emigration. The stcambots down stream were never so full freighted as they are this spring business of all kinds is lively excry where, and -we anticipate a very large addition to the popj ulatioa of the v est this s. ason. V-From the appearance of the Palladium, and the general character of its remarks, and from what we can see going on around us, wc arc disposed to believe that .Vliiton Gregg and his aliics, will make a strong effort to crush the Times and its Editor immediately. The Lawrenceburghers never can stand lc charges of an independent paper, and hence the' will endeavor to silence ours. Gregg pays no attention to the mam qutslinn: and we arc sorry indeed to see him obtain aid from a quarter where we least expected it. But we say to them, go on and if wc are to be put down for acting in strict accordance with the dictates of our con science, we will endeavor to meet our end with the fortitude becoming a man. We have al . ... way oencveu we nave clone right we are as firm in thi belief no as we are that our actions will be judged hereafter by a Power far mightier than any earthly tribunal ; and this being the case, we are resolved to stand vp to our princi pies, or fall in their defence. FROM TEXAS. A repcrt is in circulation that Santa Anna, with 4000 iMexican troops, had attacked S;n Antonio, and taken the fort, and put the entire Tcxian force, (amounting to between 150 and 200 men,) to death. The report also says that Col. Crockett, Col. Bowie, and two others who were in the fort, had killed thcmselvc, prefer ring to die by their own hands than to he butch ered by order of the arch-tyrant Santa Anna. We have been impatiently waiting to sec if this report is confirmed in the newsnapers. We sincerely hope it may not be true, but wc have our foar. Since the above was written, we find the following pragr.iph in the Louisville Advertiser of Saturday last. They wear n more favorable aspect. The New Orleans Bee of the 22(! ult. says: "The intelligence of the re pulse of the army of Santa Anna under Cesma and Cos, by Ihe gari .son of San Antonio, has been confirmed. Colonel Travis has acted nobly and spriledly and there is no doubt of Ins example being followed thoughout lexas in expelling the invaders. Wc have ourselves little hesitation in asserting that the continuance of the Mexican army in Texas will be very shortlived: arid we are aware that the blockade of the Tcxian ports is a mere gasconade. Captain Hawkins and the other officers of the Texian navy will soon sweep the gulf of all Mexican ships that dare to pass Matagorda." From the Arkansas Gazette, of the 23d ult. IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS. We copy tha following fiom the Natchitoches (La.) Herald, of 9lh inst., received by last evening s mail, and hasten to lay it before our readers. LATE FROM TEXAS. Through politeness of a gentleman at San Augustine, we have received a copy of an express from San Antonio de Bexar; which was received at that place, on the 4th inst, bearing despatches containing the important intelligence, that Santa Anna had arrived in person before that place, with an advanced guard of about one thousand men. A meeting of the inhabitants of San Augustine, was to take place on the

rth inst. for the purpose of raising vol

unteers to proceed to the seat of war. a ne annexed is a leuer irom voi. Travis, the Commander of the Alcmo. Commundancy of the Jllemo, (Texas.) r ebruary 24, 1C3G. TO FELLOW CITIZENS AND COMPATRIOTS, AND ALL THE AMERICANS IN THE WORLD. 1 am besieged by a thousand Mexicans with Santa Anna at their head. On their arrival, they sent and demanded an unconditional surrender of tha garrison, under my command, or wc would all be put to the sword indiscrim inately. I answered their demand with cannon shot. I have sustained n bombardment and heavy cannonade, fir the last twenty-four hours. I have not lost a man. Fellow citizens assist me now, for the good of all, for if they are flushed with one victory, they will be much harder to conquer. I shall defend myself to the last extremity, and die as becomes a soldier. I never intend to retrcnt or surrender. Victory or death. WM. 13. TRAVIS, Col. Commanding. P. S. The Lord is on our side. Y hen the enemy came in sight, we had but three bushels of corn in the garrison. We have since found eighty bush els, in a deserted house and have thirty beeves within the wall?. TRAVIS. P. S. The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily, and in four or five days will increase their numbers to three or four thousand men. TRAVIS. As major glenn appears to he very fond of propounding interrogatories for our consideration, we hope he will not take it amiss if we return the compliment so here goes. Wc wish you to answer, whether you did not in your paper of the 23rd January last, write and publish a base falsehood in regard to a member of the Legislature from this county calculated to injure him with some of his constituents? And did you not decline making any correction or explanation, when called on in a respectful manner, by a friend of the injured party? We were disposed to let this matter rest; but as the majorseems determined to provoke our resentment, he must excuse us for thus publicly calling his attention to the sul ject-tnatter again. Whenever he shall have successfully acquitted himself of the imputation of falsehood, under which he now lies, wc may recognize his right to set himself up a public censor and apply opprobious epithets to others which he is wont to indulge in, in reference to the citizens of this place. Milton Gregg. In reply to the first interrogation, contained in the above article, we say that we published the report as it was told to us, and came almost directly from Gregg's own friend. In reply to the second interrogation, wc say that if Gregg makes, this a charge wc pronounce it a base falsehood, as our correspondence with his friend, will clearly prove. Wc call upon Milton Gregg to publish this correspondence in his next paper; and also to return to us by Monday's mail the letter wc wrote him in regard to this affair, that we may lay it before our readers. Thi correspondence and our letter will let the public' know all about it and will acquit us of the imputation offalschond. W? will sec if he is gentleman enough to comply with this request. Texas. A letter from Washington says: "It is rumored that the President and his cabinet arc in favor of the purchase of Texas, and that such a measure will he recommended to Congress. Negotiations as to the terms fcc, arc going on with the Mexican Minister, whose mision, it is said, has that object especially in view. , Cincinnati Evening Post. A petition has been presented in the Pcnsylvania Senate, one hundred andjifty three feet in length, "and signed by nearly free thousand ladies of the city of Philadelphia, praying legislative interference to prevent the increase of taverns and grog shops in that city. We have been shown a letter from Cincinnati, Ohio, stating that Carpenters are in demand, not only there, but In the whole West. The wages paid to journeymen in that line, we arc requested to state, are from $1,37 to 1,50, and expected fo advance to $1,75. National Intelligencer. There is not at the present time in the city of Vicksburg a solitary professional gambler no gambling establishment of any description not a house ofill fame. Is there nnoihpr I nivn ! n the Union, of the same nooulalion and similarly situated which can say ns much? I icksbunr Rer. o e - A public discussion has inrentlv been beld in Hamilton, Butler co. O., on the utility of grogshops, at the close of which it was decided by an nlmost unanimotis popular vote, that the corpo ration of the town ought not to grant any more licenses to tha keepers of grogshops.