Rising Sun Times, Volume 4, Number 161, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 10 December 1836 — Page 2

Jeiieral InteSEig'cnce. I'OKK. The market for this article has opened. Several he. ivy investments have been made in this place. The price appears to be rather unsettled. From five to six cents however, is both asked and r-ivtMi. The meat abundance cf

mast innur woods, has made poik more j .lo!t'f.il -,. 1 I '.i inirr il-.riii il was rx- i iiec ted to i,-. it i thought that there ! ts mote of tiv arthd.; through the country than (here has been for many years .ast. The time has never been when so iii'ich v. as required tor homo contump he c s.mincnci menl ol our roads ;;t canals will bring into (lie slate a great number of emigrants, who will have to be fed for at least a twelve months, until they can settle :nr 1-itl. :i'l r;i-r thr-ir own mmi; V ions. Am! if there is more Pork in the i country than tSir.ro lias been heretoforp, it ifor the demand for the nome market, we m-sy calculate will be nearly doubled. .Virr Albany Gaz. Pork. The Pork market has opened in Cincinnati, within the last week, nt seven dollars per hundred. Cincinh:,- W-n set f own as the rcatcst I 1 . ' Pnrk market in the wc.-lern comttrv, i i i,in.v.. initlv too. for we. know ! f no other ciiv which will ccj.ial the ave rage amount of Pork packed in that place yeaily; and farmers cannot drive there g rvu'a rs to a better market. As their is very little done in the business of packing pork in our vil!age,(allhough our citizensaro seldom behind in going the whole, ho? in small matters.) wc are unable at picsent to give a correct j .statement of the price; but, we believe j contracts have been made, within a few days, for family use, at from $3 to 1 $G per hutn'ned. Vcvay Times. A new A were conve ticle Several gentlemen ng the other evening about the present high prices .and scarci ty of provisions when ;i wag who was present, said, by a confirmation, that the times were without a precedent, for he had seen hog's shadows sold in Buffalo within the past week for $8 per cwt. Laukei, City. This is the name of the town laid otf by Mr. Conwell in Posey township,in this county, the sale, of lots of which took place, on Tuesday and Wednesday last. We were pres ent on Vc.Q first day of sale. T. he Lots sold very well, varying from $150 to ,$'3,000. The town was first named Baltimore" but having discovered there was another town in the State called Baltimore, he determined on changing it to Laurel City, to prevent any difficulty in sending papers or letters through the post oflice. We understand that some fine buildings will ibe put up immediately. BraokvUlc imerican. Fire. The Steam Saw Mill owned by Jeremiah D ire, in the North West corner of Springfield township, was consumed by fire on Tuesday evening last. It caught, or was set on fire about 7 o'clock in the evening, and the fire advanced so far, when it was discovered that nothing was saved. Loss is supposed to be about .$'2,000. The light of the burning was very plain in Brookviiie. Every man must regret this loss, as Mr. Dare is an industrious, enterprising citizen, and this mill was of invaluable importance to (lie sur rounding country . Whether Mr. D ire will immediately rebuild we are not .advised. ib. rucim.AN'. 'in Michigan, a we learn from the Detroit Free Pi ess, the Van Buren electoral ticket has succeeded by a large majority. The -same parser intimates that from the complexion of the Legislature elect, it is deemed probable that the vote of the convention rejecting thelaw of Congress for the admission of that State into the Union, will he immedidatelv reconsidered, and (he terms of the law acquiesced it; Phis will doubtless be ei-jue in ume ;. aiiow i lie .tate to give her vote upon the presidential question, which must be by the first Wednesday in December. i,'l. Idrioi. Il i i, )t perceived how the Electoral vote of Me hig ia can be received. She is not vet a Slate, in all probability. At IL! ,;aie the Eh-dors were chosen, she certainly ws not a member of the Union, and oiifequently had io constitutional right (o choose electors. Bul, in I he Senate, should she accept the o';:htioi!s held out by the law of .i . - . ii ,i .... Congress for la a!mision, ;Iic Ingan may tote !or Senator take Vice President. If her their seals before the election of Vice. President shall take plate, thej will he entitled to vote, in the election of that officer. We inter from the tide of popular feeling in Michigan, and the efforts in j.rore-s lucre, th.it she will immedi-

ately agree to the terms of admission offered to her, and become a State of the Union io time for her Senators to take their seats at an early day in the ses

sion. Louisville .1 AV.ILD MISTAKE A suggestion has been made that the Constitution prohibits the election ofa President and Vice President, citizens of the same state. The constitution contains v.o a h prohibition It pro vides that every Elector shall vote for one person as President, another as Vice President, one of whom shall not bo a citizen of the same Slate with the Elector. Thus, the New Yoik Electors cannot vote f r Mr. Van Buren as ident mid ,Ir. Granger as Vice the electors of every President, but olner state in the union can vote 101 ihetn both, and thus both can be lcgalelected. Cin. Go: DUKIIaM STOCK, WEU, I)OXK OHIO. On tb.e 29ih ult., The Ohio Company for the Importation of English Cat tic,"' had ft sale of a part of their stork, on Indian creek, near Chillicothe. Fortysix head were, sold for the aggregate sum of .S37.4001! This single . l-.ii . a i. . : tact, so cieditaoie to me c.mei mi.e of the company and the liberality of the purchasers, sneaks volumes in favor of the prosperity cf Ohio. It is, we he heve, not more than lour years since the first importation of English cattle was made by Ohio, and it we are correct! informed, she has now more valuable stock of this kind than any other state in the Union. When the million of agriculturists of Ooio can atlord to pay such prices for cattle, and obtain from live to seven dollars per barrel for their flour, (prices which they arc now receiving.) we may well ask, who shall fix limits to their prosperity ? I wenty years more, ana Ui!io,n true io nerseir, will be the richest state in the confed eracy. Cincinnati Chronicle, .Yov. 5. THE WAY OF OX E OF US. R. C. Laxgdon was an editor in the late days of the 'old settlers' along the Ohio and Mississippi. He is now imine host? cf the Dearborn Hotel, Lawrenceburgh, Indiana. Mr. Langdon was the partner of the unfortunate Dr. Baker, who was murdered by the Governors son of Kentucky, some 12 or 14 years ago. He printed the lJIississippianf and the 'Ariel? at Natches; two respectable weeklies, which have gone the way of many papers. '1'iic same performed at his profession in Cincinnati, and at one of the little villages opposite; and, as we remember, suspended his paper for a season, somewhere in Ohio, that he might have time to settle preliminaries and consumate the bargain for his 'other half,' or to quote his own words, 'a sleeping partner.'' Mr. L. is now made into a landlord; and the following is an extract from his advertisement. -S7. Joseph, Mich,) Herald. TEXAS. Tho iiiuiry is now frequently made, snouUl not the United States recognize the independence of Texas? Upon every just principle such recognition saouhl take place. Texas has an or ganized government. She has repelled by force, the Mexican force sent against her, and, for more than six months, has held prisoner the chief of the M; xiran government, during which time no Mexican power, civil or military, has existed in her territory. In this state of things, it is entirely con sistent with the laws and usages of nations to recognize Texas as an independent power. Whether it is expedient lo do so, on the part of the United States, is a matter of distinct considera tion, Ihe decision upon which rests Willi tiie executive. 1- or my own part, my opinion, upon the information before us. is in favor of recognition. Mexico has ceased to have any power over Texas. She is unable even to redeem her president from Texan cap tivity, biie is unable even to maintain the peace of her borders, on the United States. She refuses to permit tiiis to be attended to by us, who are able to do it, and her minister here, besides w ithdrawing himself upon this ground, has been guilty of the gross impropriety of preparing, in the form of an official communication, an appeal to the American people against their government, winch he has caused to be published in our newspapers. The ill humor of Mexico towards the United Slates is already manifested, and, most probably, it can be best allayed by taking the decisive step of rccognizin" Texas, which, in relation to all other governments, is now with every one, a mere question of expediency. The incorporation of Texas with the United States, which has been proposed, by a recent vote of the Texans, is altogether a different matter from receiving her as one of (he community of nations. Such incorporation never

can take place. The attempt ought not to be made, in any formal manner. It will absorb abolitionism, and revive with double virulence the animosities of the Missouri question. Dough-faces enough cannot be elected to the House of Representatives, from the non-slave-holding states, to make it possible to pass a law for such incorporation. Indeed, since the South have given their votes to make Mr. Van Duren president, we must suppose their leading

politicians do not seriously contemplate adopting Texas into the Union, with a capacity to hold slaves. lo ne sure, wonderful changes of opinion have taken place, with respect to slavery, within twenty years; but it is r.ot reasonable to suppose that Mr. Van Buren, who, if not the chief, stood in the front rank of the Missouri restrictionists, would now consent to extend our slave boundary to the Rio Del Noite. All hope of" this, if ever entertained by southern men, they have effectually crushed, by placing Mr. Van Buren in the Presidential chair. Opposed as I was to the elevation of Mr. Van Buren to (hat hi eh ollice, 1 find something in that result to u ratify me. Ithas broken down the Southern barrier against a president north of Mason and Dixon's line, and it has clapt an extinguisher upon the scheme of adopting 1 exas m'ul sbivr rv inlo the Union. 1 hope for other benefits, but I am particularly thankful for these two. Cm. Gazette We publish the following intere ting narrative, lately received at ll War Department, being a report of the march of two companies of United States Artillery, .and the Native Regiment, commanded (as Colonel) by the late Captain Lane, of the Dragoons, from Tampa Bay to Fort Di ane. Flori da, by Captain H. Brown, 4lh United States Artillery, acting as Lieut. Colonel of the Native Regiment fit the lime. Globe. Fout Drank, Oct. 23, 183G. Governor: The melancholy event which occurred here on the: 10th, causes the duly to devolve on me of reporting to you the movements of the regiment of Creek volunteers since its departure from Tampa Bay. We left our camp near Fort Brook, and crossed the Ilillsboro' on Monday, the 10th inst., and encamped about one mile from the fo?'t. On Tuesday wc marched eighteen, on Wednesday nineteen, ana on nivdaay twenty miles, without any thing of interest having occurred. On Friday, the 1 4th, we started at 7 o'clock, and having marched three or four miles, one of our scouts reported a hostile Indian on our right flank; immediate pursuit ensued, but being mounted, he evaded us. On arriving at the place where he disappeared, we discovered as the eye could reach, extensive lakes, in which were many and heavily timbered inlands, connected together, in some instances, by extensive marshes, containing a heavy growth of grass. Our Indians having reported a fresh trail, and that a village was seen in the vicinity, Col. Lane called a hall, and made preparations for a scout. We accordingly left our horses and baggage, and struck off in a northeast direction. He soon found a small deserted village; proceeding onward toward the south, we passed over some fine hammock, and came to a ford of some two hundred yards, which our troops crossed, partly by swimming and partly by wading, carrying their ammunition on the points of their bayonets. Having reached the opposite side, we. found extensive corn fields, and a few cat lie and ponies: here was also a small village. Pursuing the trial, we caoie to an extensive marsh, a mile at least in length. Our Indians leading the way, wc plunged in, the mud and wafer being from four to six feet deep our horses soon became exhausted, and all very soon had lo be .abandoned. We then pursued our course on foot, the water at times up to our necks, find bottom so soft, as to make it almost impossible to keep our heads above water. We at length safely reached the shore, having passed a ford, such as I presume has seldom or ever been attempted by while troops. W e found ourselves on a beautiful fertile island, of several miles in t'xlcnf, with a trail running south, winch wc pursued about a mile, and ariivcd at fin extensive village, w hich had evidently been but recently abandoned. Here wc found corn, cattle, hog--, many domestic utensils, and several scalps of while men. Pushing our course more westerly for half a mile, we came to another large village, wiiere we also found the same. I presume (he two villages must have contained about 130 lodges. From thence wc followed the trail about half a mile, to a small declivity, at the bottom of which was a small pond, and on the side of which was a low scrub, that extended to the left,

about half a mile, and on the light of which was a thick hammock. Our van was here saluted by the enemy, which was promptly returned. We immediately pushed on, and a smart skirmish, of a half hour's duration, ensued, when the enemy gave way, and retired into the hammock; the scrub being so very thick as to be impenetra

ble. We pursued for a mile or more, both parties keeping up a running fight , when we came to an extensive open field, to the opposite side of which we pursued, when the enemy scattered in mother thick hammock and we gave up the pursuit, having, in the whole kirmish, had but one man wounded It is hut an .act of justice to say, that everv man did his duty, and if I have anv blame to find with the officers of the regimer.t, it is for their loo great eagerness to push forward, find get in imme diate contact with the enemy. the loss of the enemy could not be ascer tained, nor the number engaged, in consequence of the well known fact, that they immediately carry their killed and wounded off the field; and that the scrubin which the principal skirmish took place, was so very thick, that but few could be seen at a time. 1 should say, however, that there, were SO or 40 of them, and several were doubtless killed and wounded, from I he heavy fire poured into the scrub. O.i return, our liaiians killed some 100 caltle, and I probably is many nogs. and drove to camp ibout 200 of the loimer. We returned by another (rail in a northwestern direction, find having swam about 1 00 yards to the main land, reached camp about sun-el. Our Indians, during the nigh', brought in more cattle, so that we had in all ahoul 400 head. We marched the next day about 12 miles, haing passed on our tight, a continued succession of extensive lakes find swamps. Oa Sunday, Ihe tGth inst. we reached (lie Withlacoochie at about 10 o'clock, and made immediate preparations for crossing which we performed by 0 o'cloc k in the evening, by means of a small canoe, and some very small rafts made by the Indians. We encamped for the night just without the walls of Foil Izard ; tiie next morning, pursuing our march, we struck a large trail leading to the southwest, which we followed for 7 miles, and encamped during the evening your detachment arrived. The next morning, we took up our line of march for this place, proceeded 22 miles, encamped, and .arrived here the next morning at half past nine o'clock. I have the honor to be, respectfully, Your most obedient servant, (Signed) HARVEY BROWN, Lt. Col. Comd'g Creek volunteers, His Eceiiency R. K. Call, Commander-in-Chief. Texas We learn from the New Orleans Standard of the 9th inst. that D. G. Burnett, Esq. has resigned the Presidency, and that President Houston has taken his seat. It is understood (he Government of Texas w ill send Commissioners to the United States to urge the recognition of its independence; and we have heard it suggested from various sources that Lf. Col. R. A. Ferguson, now in Kentucky, w ill be one of the Commission. We think this choice judicious, as Col. F. is known as a well read lawyer and a gentleman of talent and finished education, and his arduous elforfs in sup port of Texas, in her darkest hour of peril, give him high claims on her confidence and regard. Lou. Adv. Extract ofa letter, dated Mexico, Oct. 13 th, 183G. "The first division of the army destined for Texas, has left the capital, w ilh some sappers and miners, and a company of pioneers, with the artillery in fiont; their baggage was to follow in a day. The 2d division will be. on their march in (he course of next week, There is some confusion here, and wc expect some strange work soon." A private letter from London, by the Roscoe, says, ''Lord and Lady King (late Miss Ada Byron) will sail in February for New York, where they will remain until the opening of Spring. They purpose to remain some years in Amciica, and bear letters that w ill ensure their proper reception in society. Sheha sweet creature, quite the bean, ideal of her father's hopes. Lady Byron, it is said, will accompany them. I believe you will soon see, as visiters, perhaps as residents, several ofour high families, whose geneidogical trees flourish more greenly than their fortunes. They (alk of America as they did heretofore of the continent, and the interested sneers of the Trollope tourists avail no more than does the dread of (he voyage to deter (hem from the undertaking." .V. Y. limes.

FKO.M. EUROPE. The packet ship Roscoe, Capt. De

lano, from Liverpool, arrived at this port on Thursday morning, having sailed on the 2Cth ult. She brings Lon don papers nine days later, and Continental dales corresponding. The in telligence is of general but not remarkable interest. The pressure in the Money Market continues, though somew hat mitigated. The Bank of England still perseveres in its measures to prevent the exportation of specie; and one consequence is a slight depression in the, price of cotton. Slocks maintain their ground. An extensive Banker in Amsterdam who has been operating to produce a decline has made himself bankrupt. The specie in the Bank of England is still decreasing. The British Parliament convened on he 20th of October, and was immedi ately prorogued to December. 1 ha difhculty 'between France and Switzerland remains unadjustedFuance. Louis Philippe has pardoned the State, prisoners at Hum. M. M. Peyronnet, Cucrnon Ranville and Chantclauze, are unconditionally set at liberty. Prince Polignac has his punishment commuted toperpetual banishment. He would have been pardoned hike (he rest had he condescended to a-k it; bul he refused lo address Louis. niii p pp.e King. TIIE PALL PIIV. We learn from the last number of this paper, thai it is to be discontinued, and another journal, to be called the Huntress, issued in its stead. Mrs. Royal, in her Prospectus, observes, that the new publication "will advocate no party in politics, nor no sect in religion -but will expose corruption, hypocrisy and Usurpation, without favor or affection, in fill" the only difference between it and its predecessor, consisting in Ihe introduction "of amusing tales, dialogues, and essays upon general subjects. !' Tlic Huntress will be published, for the present, in Ihe city of Washington, at the annua rate of two dollars and iifly cents, or five dollars for three numbers, payable in advance; and will be removed to the Mississippi Valley in the course of tiie ensuing year. O. S. Journal. Another Steamboat Lost. The Wheeling Times says: "We learn thai the steamboat Baltimore, owned at Pittsburgh, lies some 200 miles below this, across a lag, broken in the middle, which is out of water, while both ends are sunk into it. The Baltimore is a new boat, run upon the log coming up and stuck fast, where it was compelled tr, remain until the falling water left it in its present slate. It will be a severe loss to the owners." Grevt Majority. By an oversight of the Sheriff of Ulster county there was no nomination for Coroner made, although there was a vacancy to be filled. Mr. Dedcrick, an esteemed citizen of Kingston, received one vote for s aid oflice, by which he was elected Coroner by an overwhelming majority a majority of 1 to 0! Practice vs. Theorv. The Governor of Georgia in his Message, to the Legislature of that state pronounces the law of Congress of last winter distributing the sin plus revenue, as unconstitutional, nxc in Ihe same paragraph urges the legislature to receive her portion of it, to prevent the other states from gelling it. This is a beautiful specimen of political consistency and morals. Piiodl'ce and PROVISIONS. Tiie Eastern papers state that produce .and pro--visions have fallen considerably, caused by large importations from Europe.. A few days since about eleven thousand s icks of wheat and rye arrived at the port of New York from different grain gi owing sectionsof EuropeFrom England, Germany, and Odessa. Verily, . verily, is darkness to descend in (he East, and light to arise in the West, through the power of speculating influences "Look well to ihe bank of England," said the Lord Mior of London, while addressing the Fire Companies of that city, excited by a prophesy that (he world was to be burnt on such a day ! Save the Bank, (hough Ihe world perish, say the Sprculators'oC both (he Eastern and Western Hemispheres! How many weeks since is it that Speculators from Philadelphia .and New York, passed through Western Pennsylvania raising the price of grain by the double cry of scarcity and starvation! With a few thousand of bank f.icihtiesin their pockets, they can as easily raise a Bread Panic as a Money Panic, lo the injury of thousands and benefit of (he few: These immense souces of speculation and fraud -should be lessened. Allegheny Dem.