Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 147, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 3 September 1836 — Page 2

SATURDAY, Si:PTE.H!tl.H:l,

(Krlf any of r subscribers in town should fail to receive this number, they will please call al the dike. Our new Carrier may make some mistakes.

Crlt will be seen by our prices cur

rent, that Wheat has advanced G 1-1 cents in this market. Of course this will create an advance in the price of llour. It is now held at .sG. We understand that llour has risen below, hcinir worth from .s3 to NlO at New Orleans. The latest price current from that pi ice, which we have seen, quotes it at No M). OrMessrs. Daniel Taim.ey, John L. BIokc an and Cyrus Armstrong, have been appointed wood measurers in this town, pursuant to the ordinance lately passed on that subject. This ordinance lakes effect from and after the oth inst.

HO". AMOS LAKE. The article which follows is from the Louisville Journal. Although but few of our readers have seen the articles referred to by the Journal, as having appeared in that paper, yet some have, and we conceive it but an act of justice to 31r. Lvxe to give the paragraph

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a place in our paper. e may dc cen

sured for doing so; but he is our rep

lesenlative; a majority of the People

of tills congressional district voted for

and it is alike due to his constitu

5Mr. Daniel Piatt, of Last Bend, Ky., presented us this week with three mammoth Sweet Pottaoes, from hie farm, the three weighing six pounds and twelve ounces. The largest weighed 2 pounds 12 ounces. They were the largest sweet potatoes, we believe, that have been raised in this section of the country. The seed was brought from Mississippi.

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cuts, as well as Mr. Lane, that justice

should be done. "Mr. Lane. On the 1 9th of April, the 20th of the same month, the 2 1 st of May, and the Gth of July, we published communications reflecting severely on the character of the Hon. Amos Lane, of Indiana. Mr. Lane made a courteous call on us yesterday, and declared his intention to Vindicate himself, and at the same time requesting us to inform him as to the authorship of those communications, particularly of the first and last. Fully recognizing his right to the information which he ask?, we regret our present inability to furnish

him with it. The original letters have

not been preserved, and we have no dis

tinct recollection as to the name or

names appended to them. Under these

circumstances we deem it our duty to

call upon the authors to stand forth and avow themselves. They owe it to the

pubiic, to justice, and to Mr. Lane. If

they decline, we shall take it for grant

ed that Mr. Lane has been calumniated

At present we ot course express no

opinion as to the truth or falsity of the

charges. fjouisiiile Journal.

0irWe understand that it is the in

tention of the proprietors of the beau

tiful bottom adjoining the lower end of

this village, shortly to lay otTa portion

of it into Building Lots. We are plea

sed to hear this, as it will afford an op

portunity for the increase of the com

mercial and manufacturing operations

of Rising Sun.

UEAKHOKN CIRCUIT COURT. Gen. J ames Dill, Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court, gives notice, ir. an advertisement published in the last Palladium, uto all suitors, jurors and witnesses, summoned to the September term of said Court, or hereafter to be summoned to said term, that Judge Kgcleston, President Judge of the third

Judicial Circuit, has decided on holding the next term of this Court at WIL

MINGTON, in the county of Dearborn, on the fourth Monday in September next," instant. The General has been very precise, and concise, and

particular in this notice; so much so, that one would suppose (if he did not know to the contrary.) that he is actually in favor of holding court at the County Scat. We are told that this is

Judge Eggleston's decision the asso

ciates we suppose have nothing to do

with it! This much we have learnt,

however, that Judge Dowde': will not

sit at "cither Lawrenceburgh or Wil-

rhingtCn not much difference, we

guess, Ho kozc and what Judge Dunn's

conclusions are we know not. If tbe CoNew papers are starting up in

President can hold Court alone, then Ue West with a rapidity altogether un

all letters inclosing the receipts of contractors, all letters returning drafts on postmasters, and all other letters making claims or explanatory of accounts, should be addressed to him. Printers of newspapers throughout the United States would render an acceptable service to the community, as

well as the Post Office Department,

by inserting this article in their respect ive papers. TEXAS. From the Np-v Orleans Bulletin, Aug 5.

The following letter from Fairfax

Catlet, Lsq., late of this city, gives us some interesting information from Texas. Vflasco, July 20, 1S36. Our amy is still at Victoria, upon the river Guadaloupe. Lamar had arrived there agreeably to the last accounts, and presented himself as Commander-in-Chief of the Texian forces;

"OST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

The following is the organization of

the Post Office Department, under the late act of Congresi. The duties of the Department are divided, and distributed as follows, viz: CONTRACT OFFICE. To this office are assigned the duties of arranging the connexions of the mails on all the mail routes in the United States, adjusting the speed of the mails, fixing on the frequency of their trips, and "the mode of conveyance, making out advertisements for mail service, receiving the bids, preparing

them for the action of the Postmaster

General, preparing forms for contracts,

ending them out and seeing to men

execution, examining ana prepaimg for decision all propositions for changes

in the mail service, fixing on the location of distributing post offices, direct

ing the course of distribution, providing and sending out mail bags and mail

locks and keys, and performing all acts i but with all lus popularity was unable

appertaining to post roads which arc J to obtain the concurrence of the army

necessary to put the mails m motion, with the wishes of the cabinet. J he

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about to start to the Texian Army

all well. That Santa Anna was sent to the army to be tried by a Court

Martial. That Lamar had presented

himself to the army to take command,

but his services had been declined by the army which was willing to accept of Rusk until Houston's wounds would permit him to resume the command. No hostile Mexicans in Texas.

not gone to Nacogdoches

(7A most daring robbery was com

mitted at Madison, on Saturday night

last. A Mr. Wood had landed from a steamboat, and was proceeding up into

town, wben he was knocked down by

two men, who immediately gagged him,

and then robbed him of about $2300.

Mr. Wood supposes the villains followed him from the boat, knowing he had

money. A reward of 500 is offered for the money and robbers; or $300 for the money alone.

there is no doubt but we shall have a

Court. If not, then we consider it a

matter of doubt, because it is so difficult for a Lawrenceburgher, or an in

dividual in their interests, to to what

is just and right.

(KrThe last Louisville Advertiser

Contains a considerable quantity of

news from Mexico and Texas, the most

important of which we have copied in

to to-day's paper. The internal affairs

of Texas look rather squally. !n ad

dition to what we publish, we see it

"Stated that President Burnet has been arrested for Treason, by a detachment

from the armv. It is also said that six

or eight chiefs, of the American Chero

kee tribe, have been in negotiatiou

with (Jen. Urcra, the present Mexican

commander-in-chief, at Matamoras. ;ranvilee kvnk.

there arc bills in circulation, sotf.e

parallelled. INo other evidence is wanting of the increase and prosperity

of the not long since " Forest Land."

The "St. JdsEm Herald, and the

41 People's FiUend," are before us.

The former hail? from St. Joseph, Ber

rien comity, Michigan: n beautiful pa

per, its columns well stored, and will be

an honor to the St. Joseph country neutral in politics. The latter is from

the neighboring town of Brookville: a

neat supper-royal sheet, edited with

spirit and ability politics, Van Buren

and Johnson.

(KrAn editorial paragraph in the last

Palladium, says that "it is stated by

the Baltimore Chronicle, as well as by

the 'Spy in Washington,' that K. A.

Brown, the Commissioner of the Jury,

at Washington, is about to resign, and

that the Hon. Amos Lane, of this Dis

trict, is to be appointed in his place. '

of which we have seen, issued by the e don't believe the Baltimore Chron-

' Granville Alexandrian Society, at Gran- ,cle or the 'Spy in Washington, ever

vil!e, Ohio, which, according to the

'"incinnali banknote lists, are "no Wc."

This "Alexandrian Society if we mis

take not, was incorpoiated, with banking privileges, during the List war; and

like many others, soon iw.. We

iiave not yet seen an account of its recommencing "business with a sound and healthy capital'

CO'PoIitit ians disagree sometimes as well as Doctors. For instance, the Indiana Journal says there, will be a majority of twenty-two, on joint ballot, in the next Legislature, in f.ivor of General Harrison, while the Indiana Democrat claims a majority of eight for Mr. Van Buren. Which is correct? Bdth, of course!

stated anv such thinr. Gov. Brown

j - n never was Commissioner of the Amy

Milton Gregg's name is hung up in the Palladium as editor and Milton G regg

is a smart man a very smart man

least we have heard some of his friends

say so. v e believe he went to tnc is

sembly once; but Whether with or with

out "a finger board nailed to his head, this deponent saith not.

ar.d regulate their conveyance, speed, and connection.

This office is under the superintend

ence of S. R. HonuiF., V.sf. First Assistant Poslnuifkr General, to whom all

proposals for mail service, and all letters relating to the making or changincrnf" rrilrnrts nnrl schedules, to mail

bags, locks and keys, and every thing else having reference to the duties of the office, should be directed. ATrOlNTMENT OFFICE. Tc this office are assigned all questions which relate to the establishment and continuance of post offices, changes of site and names, appointment and removal of postmasters, as also the giving of instructions to postmasters, furnishing them with blanks, and the performance of all other acts necessary to prepare post offices for the reception and proper management and distribution of the mails. This office is under the superintendence of Robert Johnston, Fsq. Second Assistant Postmaster General, to

whom all letters relative to the sub

jects mentioned above, and all com- . till

plaints against postmasters, should ue directed. INSPECTION OFFICE. To this office is assigned the duty of seeing that all postmasters at the beginning and ends of routes, and such others as may be directed by the Postmaster General, keep and return regis

ters of the anival and departure of

le mails, according to law; of examin

ing said registers, noting all delinquencies of contractors, and preparing them for the action of the Postmaster General; recieving and preparing for decision ail special complaints against contractors; of seeing that all postmas

ters render their quarterly accounts

according to law and the instructions

of the Department, promptly report

ing all delinquents to the Appointment Office, and doing all other things which may be necessary to secure a

aithful and exact pcrlormance ot tneir

contract service on the part of contract ors, and the prompt rendition of post

masters' quarterly accounts.

Phis office is under the superintend

ence of Daniel Colemn, Esq. Third

issislani Postmaster General, to whom

ill mail registers, all letters complain

ing of or reporting contractors, and

ill quarterly accounts ol postmasters,

should be directed.

postmaster general. In addition to the general superin

tendence of these offices, the Postmas-

er General reserves to himself the

special superintendence of the business

connected with mail depredations; the

)ayment by postmasters of the balan

ces due from them; tlie bank accounts

of the Department; the opening of dead letters and the disposition of the valuables found in them, and every other matter having relation to the

administration of the Department not committed to his three Assistants

All letters relative to losses in the

mail, or mail depredations; all letters

from postmasters enclosing certificates

of dcposite;all letters of banks having reference to their accounts, and all

other letters in relation to any mat

ter or thing appertaining to the De

partment, which is not assigned by law to the auditor, or by regulation to one. of the Assistants, should be addressed

to the Postmaster General.

question was put to vote, whether he should enjoy the chief command, or Rusk continue in his former capacity until the arrival of General Houston. The matter was decided by an overwhelming majority in favor of the two latter gentlemen, so that Rusk remains Brigadier General Commanding, and

the authority of Major Gen. Houston will be recognized as soon as he arrives

in camp. Lamar is said to have behaved in his usual disinterested and patriotic manner. The army in the field at this time is two thousand strong. Col. Wilson's regiment will soon be in marching order. The whole country is up and moving on to camp. The old settlers arcdetermined to redeem their injured credit; undeservedly injured, as the great majority of them could not have acted differently, and secured their families from the bloodthirsty violence of a ruthless and semi-barbarous foe, and they are now flocking onwards, to

prove to an invidious world that their

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inns are as strong, and the spirit ot

iberty burning as brightly in then

icarts, as it ever did in the olden time,

Texas and Gener u. Gaines. From two gentlemen one an officer in the Texian army, and the other of the United States army under General Gaines who arrived here the day before yesterday, we have plump contradiction of a number of items of Texas news manufactured in New Orleans and its vicinity. In the first place Gen. Rusk never

has retreated from the Mexicans, and still is where he was when he heard of the incrrrasc to the Mexican force viz: at Victoria. Secondly, General

Gaines has

nor docs he intend to.

One of Ihe gentleman to whom we have alluded left the lines of the Texian army on the 5th July; the other left Nachitoches on the 23d, and the American camp a very few days before: Up to his departure from Nachitoches he heard of no such movement on the part of Gaines, nor has he the most distant idea that such a movement has been thought of. The Mexican army were sickly and

discontented, and the disagreement

between their leaders continued. The Texian army were in good condition; and numbered upwards 2500 and were

increasing, Santa Anna was still closely confined nor do our informants believe that he had requested the Uni

ted Slates to act as mediator between

Mexico and Texas. Mobile Paper.

Texas. A letter from an emigrant;

dated at Gavelslon, on the 3d instant;

sas the affairs of Texas are iii a very

unsettled state, and that the commander

of the army had sent an order to Galveston for the arrest of the President

and all the cabinet, but it had been disregarded. The writer thinks that a new cabinet will be chosen shortly;

Tim Tf-xian armv had set out on its

when the independence of thier moth- , u c Matamoras. and most of the

er country was in its cradle, and rock- tr00pS at Galveston would proceed by

sea to join it. About 300 Mexicans

were in prison at Galveston. 1 he

Mexican force at Matamoras was dimin

ishing in strength daily.

Louisville .Idvcrliscr, Au. 25.

The Northampton Courier says that

nespapers, are the only marketable

commodity which lias not advanced in price this season. The labor of man

is more, the fruits of the earth are

higher, and eggs are smaller, yet news

papers are increased in dimensions

without the price having been raised ;i

penny.

amid the elements of internal dis

cord and foreign recklessness.

Felix Houston has been promoted

to the rank of Brigadier General by

brevet. Green still enjoys the com

mission which he appeared to prise so

liolilv in Now Orleans. I hev are

& j

both in camp. Santa Anna, the ill-fa

ted and fallen despot is now at Colum

bia, and has the pleasing anticipation

of being shortly escorted to the army,

and there receiving his sentence a

lp(;irbmrnt has been ordered in for

the nnrnose. You may hear of a

T, AT EST FROM .MEXICOWe learn from the Captain of the

schr. Halcyon, from Matamoras, that

every thing was quiet at that place, at

the time of hisdeparture, (the lst.inst.) About 3000 troops were there, 1 bOd of whom were well disciplined. They

were waiting for recruits, ihe mo

ney for paying them oil was daily cx-

catastrophe before many weeks nave (ej As ?oon a5 (his w.,s domN and

elaosed. 1 anticipate it Willi passive mrorrf

anticipate

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certainty. Miserable indecision: in

not having inflicted upon him ''death or

worse punishment" immediately after his capture, when the act would have

been upheld andjustihed by the whole civilized world.

General Rusk has ordered the Mexi

can families on the Guadaloupc, and

La Baca, and all those who were like

ly to afford information to the enemy, to retire upon the Rio Grande, or take llirmsrlvps nit to ihe Colorado. Car-

bijalDe Leon, and tome others, intend J . . V re

making a summer sojourn in nc vi

leans. Health to them!

There are said to be no Mexican

troops on this side of the Rio Grande. They are preparing to make a desper

ate effort to heal their wounded honor,

and to recover possession of this paradise n rrardcn.in which such descend

ants of Cain were never intended by

nature or nature's God to live, unless to be expelled again with renewed ig

nominy : the Hon. Lx-l'resident Jonn

Ouincv Adams to the contrary notwith

standing. That they arc calling up all

their resources, and at this moment straining every nerve for the purpose of making a sudden and formidable

descent upon us, is too apparent to

need substantiation. 1 am strongly

inclined to believe that their present intention is to make a combined and

simultaneous attack by land and by

auditor s OFFICE. The late law established the oflice of l( Auditor of the Treasury, for the Post Qjicc Department" To this office, the law assigns the duty of settling all accounts, of the Post oflice Department, whether of postmasters, contractor, or others. Charles K. Gardner, Esq. is the Auditor, and all accounts against or with the Post Office Department, (other than postmasters' qnartetly ac- , counts.) all letters in relation to accouts,

sea.

At all events, we should be prepared

for the crisis; and surely our friends in

the United States will aid us in obtain

ing a sloon of war, or at least an eigh

teen gun brig. I am obliged to break

off here, as the vessel is just getting

under weigh.

We copy the following from the

Kentucky Gazette ol me luth August

the reinforcements had arrived, it was expetted they would commence oper

ations; 1 he army was healthy. J he Texian vessels of war Brutus and Un:

ion had appeared off the bar, but had again left. A short time after their

departure, two Mexican Vessels came

into porl.

John Ouincy Adams' speech in V-on-

oress in regard to the affairs of Mexico

and Texas was highly extolled in Ma

tamoras. It had been translated and published in Spanish, and had gained for him the appellation of the Demosthenes of America. The only thing contained in the Matamoras pa'pers are the icasons assigned by Filasola for obeying the orders of Santa Anna, in withdrawing the troops, Sec. The Halcyon brings 105,000 in specie, which we think goes to show that (he commercial relation between the two countries will not be interrupted, as many have imagined, by the detention of Santa Anna. .V. O. Cour. .-lug. 0. American Heroism. The Algemef . " ,..(( mi lil !cho in

ine Aeiiung, a "n.ui. -

Vienna, (Austria,) gives an account ot the upsetting of a pleasure boat, in the' river there, by which the Princess Adelaide Sophia was precipitated into the water, and would have drowned, had it not been for the heroic exertions of Mr. Bell, a young American gentleman, son of Dr. Bell, of Charleston, S. C. who, happening to be neai, in another pleasure boat, immediately plunged into the river, (n ilhout knowing the quality of the lady.) and rescued her from a watery grave. He was next day invited to the imperial palace, wheie he was presented, by the lovely Sophia herself, with a Iireasipm, stud-

Ao.A w lb diamonds, vaiueu

It is from the pen of oiie of the corps thousand dollars. Our correspondent,

that went from Lexington to Texas

VERY EATE FRO 31 TEXAS. A letter from Velasco of the 5th August, states that Col. Wilson with the emigrants under his command were

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In w mm we are lIKieme" uic F-

per, slates that 'it is impossible to conceive how high the American nation stands in this capital. The Austrian Court is certainly the proudest in Eu-