Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 154, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 22 October 1836 — Page 2

Commimicat ions. For the Rising Sun Times. DEARBORN COUNTY RECORDS. Mvjor Glexx In the whole course of the local warfare which has so long agitated and disturbed the repose of Dearborn county, nothing has occurred which has at once excited so much surprise, and so much astonishment, as the recent strange and singular conduct of the Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court, in removing the County Records back to Lcmrcncebnrgh, after the adjournment of the last term of said Court at Wilmington. It is, most truly, an unparalleled procedure; it is an arbitrary assumption of power without any precedent. It is miking mockery of the People's voice it is, sir, to use the mildest language, carrying away the property of the People of Dearborn county the Records of their judicial proceedings, and converting them in a

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- , t-,i-nrmalivp of this nronosition ran hp sntained, then indeed we have singular ;,.f(,.,. , j ! '. ... u..iJ c . i j i . ,. tn hr;l nnnrin oc anH tin awav hrvfh I V A t w b 1 I llJVil IVyOf 1111 4 1 V 1 ' J CVHi civil and criminal jurisprudence. We may as well abolish our Courts, when we have no Records, or when one man assumes the power to carry away those Records, unmolested! If one man has a right to do as he pleases with public property, is he not setting a dangerous precedent, which will be followed by others? We are daily told, that in this country, we have arrived to the acme of our perfection; that the stability of our free institutions have been fully tested; and that we are now on the slow, but steady and sure decline. Can this be true? Can it be possible that this beloved and admired country is to be laid waste and made desolate. and our inimitable Constitutions and Laws scattered to the winds? For such will be the consequence of a dissolution. We may hope, we may pray the Great Head of Nations, that the DroDherv will never be fulfilled; but is there not ground for fear, for distrust, when men .it.. i.t i.i ..... win disregard the high ana noiy precepts of the law when baneful exam ples are set by men whose heads are "silvered o'er with honorable age? In order to justify his conduct in the removal of the Records, our Clerk has caused a notice to be published in the Lawrenceburgh paper, in which he informs the People that he believes conscienciously," tiiat to keep the office and records here fat Lawrenceburgh for the present, better subserves public interest, public will, and the convenience I and wishes of a large majority of the people of the county of Dearborn, besides ensuring the greater safety of the records." Ihus speaketh the Clerk! But how does he know all this? How has he screwed his conscience up to believe that his late conduct is in accordance with the will and wishes of the people? Did he ever consult the peopie, or any part of the people, in regard to his conduct ? This is what we should like to know; and we should like him also to tell us, if he has not repeatedly strorn, that the Records of the Court should never go to Wilmington, "so long as a hair remained on the head of James Dill;" or language to that effect. And is not this assumption of power, nothing more than what he has sworn should be the case! He has no evidence that the Records would be safer that the people wished it, or that they would be more convenient at Lawrenceburgh than Wilmington. No, pone of this! Rutin the face of all justice, and right, and established usage, and after the Circuit Court had been lawfully held at Wilmington, he has taken it upon . T W - - 1 . . . - himself to say, that the Records shall not be kept at the Count v Seat, and he lonnwitn removes them back to Lawrencenurgfi::: lhis is the way that he does business; but let me tell him. that none of his flimsy reasons nor shal . - ' low excuses, nor yet his pathetic appeals to the people, will sustain him in this arbitrary and unjust act. It is true, General, that the people have heretofore kept you in a good office no fault has been found with your Clerkship: but does this license you to carry the Records of the county, when and where you please? No, sir, it does not; and mark this, you will find that even the enemies of Wilmington will not justify your conduct in this case. Another reason of our Clerk is, thai he bore an humble part in the formation of our State Constitution. We know this; and if he voted for the many wise and judicious features of that

Constitution, he deserves credit for it; but does the Constitution tell him that

the Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, Judges, Commissioners, &c. may carry the Records of the county where they please, or as their whim or caprice may dictate? No such authority is given them. Gen. Dill's notice is an extraordinary one, called forth by an extraordinary measure. He would not have sent it to the world, had he been at himself; and he now unquestionably regrets it. He has Ions been a citizen of the coun ty, and has long been county Clerk; and if he cannot now conscientiously do that which is right, he ought to retire; lest the fullness of his honors be blasted in his old age. But, in conclusion, what was the real motive for removing the records back to Lawrenceburgh? It was merely to keep frustrating all attempts to get the County Seat away from that place. This is the true and only cause for this arbitrary and unprecedented act; and both parties understand it in this way. It . .-v- . sole cause ol their ettorts to keen up .. . ... . 1 F confusion and discord, tiut there is virtue and honesty enough in the peo actors in inese miserable transactions, . ' and l0,mete ouf l0,them' a.1 the ProPer time, tneir merited reward. MANCHESTER. October I Slh, 1836. ' For the Rising Sun Times. RISING SUJf AND NAPOLEON TURNPIKE. Mr. Editor Something like a year ago, when a petition was put in circu lation for signatures, praying the Le gislature to charter a company to con struct a turnpike from Rising Sun to JNapoleon, then we were going to have a road very fast. People along the route talked considerable about it, and in fact some were ready to discuss the merits and dements of the probable points which it would touch at. Very well I can see no objection to this. Ihe Detition was sent to the Legislature, and a charter granted, without the least opposition, to con struct a clay turnpike or McAdamized road from Rising Sun to Napoleon Commissioners were appointed by the charter to open books for subscription

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iu me cauiiai siuck. jina nere at utlion on the turnpike ends nothing has ince been done, either by the Commis sioners, or any other persons, if we ex cept an occasional remark by some in dividuals who think the proposed road would be of very great benefit to the country, and to the villages through WIUcn 11 would pass. It is not the intention of the writer, at this time, to discuss the utility and practicability of a turnpike from Rising bun to Napoleon. Every person who is acquainted with the country, its in terests, and its wants, must be aware of the benefits which would be derived from it; and I will merely remark, that the advantages to Rising Sun alone would be incalculable. It would bring a heavy trade from the rich and fertile valley of Laughery, and the settlement bordering on it, even from its head wa ters, to Rising Sun. This trade is now divided between the numerous towns through the county. If the farmer had good road, the great bulk of his pro duce would be brought to the river farming operations would be extended the mills would get more wheat; and Hartford, James' mill, Guionville, and Dillsborough, would more than double their present trade, as well as Rising Sun. It would also induce travelling through that section ot country; and Rising Sun would stand on a footing with other towns on the river m this particular. These are but a very few of the advantages which would be de rived from such road. Why. then, are the Commissioners not doing something m the case, as now all rests with them Nothing can he done until they act 1 .... . . 1 he Commissioners themselves can best answer the question. But while Law rencebureh is going on with her Rai uoad and Canal, and Aurora and Vevay with their Turnpikes, with a commen dable entornrisp. here, we are doin? . . ' a nothing! Not even scarcely thinking about it. This will not do. We must take care of our own interests others will not do it for us; but they willnoi us it we continue sleeping. A strange idea has got into the head ot some people, which, it is leared,wi operate much to our disadvantage The. idea is that our Representatives will get an appropriation for this road at the next session of the legislature and until then, it has been thought best by some, not to do any thing with it Maybe they will get an appropriation I do not pretend to say they will not but if they do, and can get the county divided, and an appropriation for the Indiana teachers Seminary, they wil

do a very good business for Rising Sun.

out l do not believe an these things can be carried through. I know we have talented Representatives; but all these favors would be more than the Legislature would grant to any one place. It would be much better for us to nut our own shoulders to the wheel, before we can upon Hercules. . . I i OBSERVER GCrWe publish the following Circular for the benefit of such Pensioners as may reside within the range of our cir culation. It is taken from the last Pai adium. Treasury Department, Id Comptroller's Office, September 29, 1836. he Agent for paying Pensions, Lawrenceburgh, Indiana. Sir In order to guard more efTectually against a repetition of frauds, as heretofore practiced by the production of forged papers, the first three following additional rules will be observed by the accounting ofheers ol the Treasury. 1. In every case where a pensioner . I employs an attorney to receive his pension, the execution of the power must be at least in the presence of one witness, other than the magistrate before whom it is acknowledged. No payment to an attorney will be made unless supported by a voucher thus executed, 2. In all cases where the signature of the attorney or pensioner is required, uch pensioner or attorney will write liis name at length, if capable of so do ing; otherwise his signature may be by mark or cross, in which case the execu lion must be in presence of at least one competent witness, other than the jus ,unrt,J w,,u """-""'J ' e I , ,r . II . ,1 I case. 3. No payments will in future be made to any pensioner, in person or by ittorney,who has not applied for his pen sion for mote than one year, without the production of evidence of his identity, as prescribed in the instructions from this office, of June 10, 1833, chap. l,sec. 2, and form B: nor until such evidence has been transmitted to the Commis?.uc, ui i c.is.ons, anu a special airecen : i j: uon,auinonzing tne payment, DasDeen given. 4. In cases where a certificate has been issued by the Commissioner of Pensions to the widow or children of an officer or soldier, under the act of J une 7, 1833, or under the act of May 15, 1000 r .r it u: c 1 Uiu) "u Piuui ui 111c icmiiuiisuiu ui soiuier is to oe requirea oy tne pension 11. . 1 . , . agent, that proof having been necessa nly filed 111 the office of the Commis sioner of Pensions, prior to the issuing of such certificate. Respectfully, sir, your obt. servant, ALBION K. PARRIS, Comptroller, LATEST FROM M ETA MORAS. New York, October 4. We are indebted to Capt. Turner.

of the schooner Mary Hooper, arrived ouue imposing neavy penalties upon the first volume of which, we underyesterday morning from Metamoras, showmen who make great promises in stand, will be published sometime in

.. . ! which port she left on the 27th Aulouowing late ana imporr II- - I 1 uiiui iiuuiuu. vjcnerai urrea,i rnmm,j.r tit : t vumiauunill UI UIC UlCAIttlll IUI CCS 111 Texas, issued a strop nmrltinn nn fh 9Qt! A...,e. Mf iK.'P-,:oA.i'a. : i i.Aiail3 aim nilici II till!, WHltll WitS caused br a rpnnn.h.ro that ilia TTni. ------ - --r ted h atp trnrpmmpnt hA -..nlnrr. ed the independence of Texas, and had sent troops to its assistance. The intelligence of Gen. Gaines having cross ed the Sabine, gave strength to the rey"n, ana tne Americans at M. were treated with much indignity. About the 25th of August, information was received by Gen. Urrea, of the true purport of Gen. Gaines' visit with his tronna n Ntnr,Anna ... I, n n , erf on vvm. tnull o4 a .u . . ' hip nmriim'.imnc tiiKn.. i 1 . wide a circulation that but very few had been recovered when Captain Tumor Ipff Thfl nr.viB ..J. . - - iii i'i.aiv,iiii ni in v n 1 rVlArno rnneiBtA1 ff nkn.. O f" if C fectivemen,4to 600 havinc deserted, arnl.or. ,r. : .k .j deuredation3 on th.ih.hii.n. a f" eianers. Thp fph Mmm;;,. 1V.I ..n,! Tuirn : i " . 'waiuc. .vitiiiiiool7IIVI ri confinement when the Mar v Hoone. " " VJi.HIii.i3, IUWIIItJU III t lllr sailed. j IAbout the 22d of August a Mexican officer, in council, proposed the sacking of the townof Metamoras, but although supported by many of the council, they were out-voted the inhabitants were in daily expectation of some outbreak of the Mexican soldiers, who were under very little restraint: a forced loan had also been passed by the council of Mexican ofheers, but had not yet went into effect. Mer. Adv. Baron Rothschild's will gives to each of hU daughters one hundred and twenty thousands pounds sterling.

THE smr YARD.

oaiuraay iasi we nau uie giamication, in common with several hundred citizens, of witnessing the launch of anomer nne Doai. l ne proprietors are driving ahead briskly at this yard ana expect to get anomer sieam boat lnto the water this fall, besides a Darge now on me siocks, occ. me . it .! nil . I . many dithculties at tarst attending the rrnorntmn f Qn KrutK f K.winnse ,.1 VV.Ul.,. . .... J VJ.l.l.v... v.. m a new place, are not exempt from this.andthe success with which the business is conducted, notwithstanding tlicse difficulties, is goood evidence of (he importance to which our town will one day arrive as a place of boat building. An engine and finishing shop is now in progress of erection in the vicinity of the ship-vard, and alter it commences operations, boats can be built and hn- . . ...II ished at this place as superbly and as cheap as at any other port on the river. 1 he boat launched on baturday is of the class, and owned in this place. It is to be finished and furnished here, an(1 10 be called the '-Livingston. mi i i l ne launch was truly a splendid spectacle, and highly creditable to the ingenuity and skill of those who conducted it. The Black Watch paraded on the occasion, and the roar ot their musketry and the shouts of the assembled people attested the interest they felt in the scene. JUadison Banner. The Circuit Court has been in Ses sion in this place since Monday last. Their time has been principally occupied witn small uninteresting cases, such as appeals from Justice's Dockets, assaults and Dallerv dec. fcC Uli I . II.. f r a. and George Gentry of Fairfield, were uv.iii . UlVl , 1 II III I UlUIC I I iipsnav. . nhn I nnur Uaniii III ill.... tried on an indictment for riot. It seems it was a Christmas frolic, in which they indulged rather freely in the too oiten disgraceful practice of go i. t r. . - I - ing about on christmass eve, firing guns ibout private residences, destroying windows, and lightening families. The Jury found them guilty and fined Geo. (jenlry 25 dollars, and 64 hourimnricmimpitt in flho frinitir f-.iil ....r..- ... w.v, Joh L 2Q (,olUrs fin 04 10lirs imrisoimen,and H Mi being a boy about 15,) 5 fine and 24 hours imprisonment. We hope thiwill be a warning to those disturber of the peace and quiet of private resi dences. On W ednesday, Alfred Gaines, of I vwail, t,.,i ...... l 1.. u..r.. . .1.. iwuiivrn nil IIIUILUIItlll IUI All 1??(lllll with intent to murder, his infant child. The principal ground upon which bis attorneys relied was mental alienation or insanity at the time of the act. He was very ably defei ded by Messrs. Ryman, Johnston and Matson. The Jurv returned a verdict, after a few minutes retirement, of not guilty, on the ground, we suppose, of his aberration of mind. Brookville American. Menagerie. We have a law in this I : : 1 i.snow 0111s to gun me credulous and unI GlUnoriinrr ll'jrl rsm m limit- .1 r, I '"tvv,,"6 p"" mm "w j &"1 ,,,'"rj.i ihev exhibit nothing nmmispH. Pvrpni J O I "r a few olucene monkeys, a camel, and a few other oent un. starving animal. which everv bov in tU mnnirv haJ - --j --j ... ...v. I seen to his hearts content, but which ..... ...... 7 I nave ciiansea tneir names everv vear. Thev generally make a great show on lneir and promises of extensive pavillions, but when the day comes, the pavillions are scarcely as large as their bills, and every individual generally goes home disgusted and out of hu mor. I he caravans come again and aSH,n ley change the names of their animals make greater promises and I have larger hills, but we woulrl rmwlirl v ask the cit zens of th s countv what l.. I : : . i i xL i. i i ihs nee n i n va ri a n i v i np resu r . We regret to see bills posted in this P,ace for another "Great Attraction" on Thursday next. We hone thp law will I J - - I ..... hp nut in forre ajrainst ihpm. if ihpir promises are not fulfilled. 1&.

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" " e ""'"T sla e8 a,e d'- ? Ul T1" "pnaung I I hn o rnl n ..v-, 1 . I I c DU,l"ua avenue, unuer tne law of I'mnirnco nf ,.. 1 -.. Ir . I 1 .u:.. 'T. . are glad iu una SUUieCl P latPfl. II la n j 0 .u... iue ursi importance that a wise and lib erai policy should govern the different Kinmicsui me uistnnution ot this money among the people. The best oujecis on winch to apply it, and the nest modes ol making that application, should be dulv rnnsirlprprt. J - - - Cin. Chronicle. Ret . f Ml I jL,r.mnU Ann vitiuiv. me Ji,ai i":lhLC?"Ta,GZc,!rntio rZiirmT". hunHprt npr 7 V 7 ' 7 . handed over to the managers of the Cincinnati Ornba a..,i. " ... .....

" . ik-' ".r;r" A7J"m'."uu "ilst Monday in November.

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lowing the example. We heartily con

Cur in this suggestion. There was m0nev enough won in this citv on the result of the vote on Tuesday last, to finish and furnish the edib.ee ol this m0st excellent charity institution. VV hat higher object upon which to be Ufow it than the Cincinnati Orphan Asv Um . MADISCMi AMJ LAt'AVETTE RAIL ROAD. MADISON AND Below we publish a list of the suecesslul bidders tor so much of this road, (with the exception of 3 sections,) as was put under contract at the letting in this place on the 27th ult. ihe contractors are energetic and enterprising men, and win oououess prosecute the work with the vigor and celerity its importance demands. We are gratified n being ante to state mat operations nave aircaay commencea, on some oi tne 1 I fat sections. We understand the work was taken at prices considerably below the estimated cost of construction. Madison Banner. The New York Commercial Adver tiser says, that in that city one hundred thousand bushels of grain are consumPd monthly in the manufacture of whiskey. This would equal two hundred an( for(y thousand bushels of flour or meal, annually. Taking this as a specimen of the manufacture of whiskey in other parts of the Union, it is t surprising that the United States should be found importing bread-stuffs from Europe. Cin. Chron. The ioir.t committee of the Governmentand the bank of the United States, which have been sitting in the banking house, have, we believe, adjourned for I ... I n short time. Ur nm nrslnil thl Iho I I : ...... ....J .!. ! I.:..J 1 -II1SI IICSS HflS UMIUMLIKU 111 IIIC KIIIUC9S. filings on both sides-the mee.inghav ing been conducted with that propriety which distinguishes the intercoursp of gentlemen. Phil. U. S. Gaz. THE LATE COI,. BURR. The Editor of the Albany Evening Journal, who has 110 doubt good au thority for his assertion, states that the executors of the late Col. Burr, named in his will, are Peter Townsend, Mat thew L. D.ivis,and Henry E. Ed vai d. All his documents, pamphlets, journal, letters, manuscripts, &c. public and privale, were bcquealed lo Mr. Divis, by whom his mj.n.)irs are Id be ivntten. For the last tvo years Mr. Dovish. is been much occupied in leading ai d arranging these manuscript, wnh a view to the duly now devolved upon him. Aaron Burr was an extraordinary man. His life was full of events. Much of his history is identified with that of his country, and all of it is deeply interesting. The material for the history is most ample. Copies of all his letters, civil, military and miscellaneous, are preserved, as also are all the letters which he received for more than sixty years. The public, there fore, may look for a full, authentic, and faithful life of this distinguished man. I. - " November J . Y. Gaz. - . , ... respondent of an eastern print, gives I.L CI J - i- C .U- I J the flowing description of this island, wh,ch ls pH"tcd on the Ohio river: "Just below the little town of Park ersburgh' lies Blannerhassett s Island, wh rh W.rtU hi.,l v wrmiohl Hpsrrin " . " & . . r tion has made celebrated, ne ap 1 t . iir proached this spot about twilight, and lay moored near to it all night. With out any romance, the island did appear to much advantage. We first saw it at its northern extremity, which, as the rivpr sweeps by it on both sides, forms ashore in the form of a crescent, fringed with trees. The new moon was in the east, and her reflection was on the "t,lc, w""e l"G -i ,,,,su" rt,,u purpie I tints on t hp wpdnrn rlnnns. wprp stlan i - ., . .. , -' own upon the unbroken surface of ' mo, just in aavance 01 wie oiacK s;,dows ol the trees. This island is, I , m . believe, nearly a mile and a halt in ength, while its average width must be 4 " pic'"eSqe. But alas for the -snrunnt -I mi i i envied! ' 1 he garden walks ol blan-. nernasseit are overgrown with weeds, and WIIH ImiiitIoH unM irraea mhouik. ............. u .. iiu ..oc, " HV.H, - copperhead and the rattlesnake glide unmolested. You can sec novesligeof the mansion of Blannerhassett, except a few moss covered stones, and shal ten ed bricks. A wilderness waves above the ashes of his home." I i rri .. -. .1. . r ? . ,a,v Poviuing lor me 1 resiaen lial election in this State, passed its - ii.ij ,.,j;.. ,u, 1 r n will,nodoubt. '?My bec-me - The vote of M his Sute w' b7 gnera ticket-..-j .l. . ..... 'm l. i. . . . ',,u A,,e eiecin n wm uC e,a on the

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