Semi-Weekly Journal, Volume 3, Number 260, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 October 1841 — Page 1
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INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, OOTOBEli 6, 1841.
VOL. 3. NO. 260.
From the Mjdisonian. JUDGE A P. UPSHUR. Among the names transmitted on Saturday by the President to the Senate was that of .Abel P. Upshur, of Virginia, for Secretary of thn Navy. '"As Mr.' Upshur has never been in Congress, his name is not familiar to the nation nt large. In this respect, he stands in the rear of many others of far inferior capacity. As he has been invited to take a seat in the Cabinet of President Tyler, your readers will be interested to know something: of his character and public career. He is not unknown to fame, however, in his own section of the country,' Judge Upshur is a distinguished justice of the High
Court of Appeals of his native State, tie was a pu-
Health of .New Orleans.: The Picayune of the 2lst says: "The number of interments reported to the Board of Health from noon on Saturday to the some; hour yesterday, were 98, of these 82 were of yellow fever, ; "Hospitals". Charity Hospital Admitted," 36rofj
which 30 were yellow fever coses; discharged, cured, 28, of which 11 were yellow fever patients; died 13, of which 11 were yellow fever cases. Number of pa
tients remaining, 395.
Maison tie Smite fStonc &. Kennedy's') Admit
ted, 8; all of which were cases of yellow fever; dis
charged, cured 9: died two. Cases, of vol low fever
remaining; in the hospital, CO. Total number of pa tients i;i the hospital. 84. ''..
Circus Street Infirmary (Campbell &. Mackie's)
Admitted 12, discharged, cured 10; dead Z. Cases
of yellow fever under tre.jtmrnt, 90.
FEVER IN NEW. ORLEANS. In regard to thfi
annual unhralthiness of New Orleans, during the late
summer, the editor of the Pee holds this language:
It has been our fortune to reside in New Orleans
for the last ten years. During' this period we ha?e often witnessed the fatal ravages of the fatal epidemic to which our. city is unfortunately subject; but we have rarelv, if ever, beheld such frightful-desolation
nil of the late Mr. Wirt, was for several years engaged i as its visitation has this season occasioned. In mor-
in nn extensive practice, and soon rose to the first , talir.y and malignity, in the suddenness of its attacks, rank in his profession. As a well-read lawyer, and j and the indiscriminate ruth'essness with which it an able advocate, he had no superior, and few equals j prostrates all classes of the non-resident population; in his State. .He was for several years a distin-1 in the appalling rapidity with which' it has extended guished member of the House of Delegates, and took , from hospital into private practice, it has rarely ever
a prominent and lending part in "the. legislation of j been exceeded. The heart is absolutely sickened,
the limes
In the memorable convention which assembled at Richmond in 1829. for the formation of a new Constitution for Virginia, Mr. Upshur was a prominent member. In that Convention were comprehended the leading statesman of the Old Dominion, including Madison, Monroe, John Marshall, John Tyler, J. and P. P. Barbour, John Randolph, Benjamin Watkins Leigh, and others. James Monroe was President of the Convention, but becoming ill before the close of its deliberations, Philip. P. Barbour was ehosen in his place. All the master-snirirs of Virginia were there, and a more able assemblage of worthies was never convened in the Old Dominion.' It was on that occa
sion that the qualities of Mr. Upshur as a statesman of
enlarged and comprehensive views were fully (level
oped.
Amid the conflicting plans for the basis and outline of a Constitution. Mr. Uh-shur had the distinguished
honor of presenting the proiet, which was finally a
dopied, and in consequence of the profound wisdom
displayed in Conceiving the plan, and the ability and
eluouence exerted in maturinc; il ustrating, and ur
ging it to the satisfaction of those present, Mr. Mad
ison, Mr. Monroe, and Mr. .Randolph united in the memorable declaration that he was the ablest member
of the Convention Such a compliment, coming from
such high authority, would not have been bestowed
at random, and could not have been' a matter of indifference to anv one. even thoup-h he had enioved the
highest honors of the Constitution. '.But to one of Mr
Upshur's age then comparatively a young manit
was a distinction worthy of the most elevated ambi
tion, and calculated to confer lasting honor. His ef
forts on that occasion, and the estimation in which
they were held, gave him a rank among the mostaccomnlished statesmen of the South.
In the character of a judge, his official labors have
been limited to the unobtrusive dischtrge of judicial
functions. The spotless ermine never rested on a more pure and upright judge. On the bench, lie has redeemed the just expectations of the people, by the
learning, ability, impartiality, and dignified manner
in which he has fulfilled the duties of his office. To
talents of the first order, to extensive and varied
learning, and long experience, is a lawyer and judge as a legislator and statesman of enlarged viewshe
unites industry and method m the application of n powerful intellect to the details of business.. Few men possess so clear and comprehensive a mind, 'coupled with the native eloquence, to enforce his conclusions on the minds of others, and it was the remark of a dis tinguished Southern statesman, familiar with the charae'er of both, that he knew of no man in the Union better calculated than Judge Upshur, to compete with the gigantic intellect of Daniel Webster, on any important subject. judge Upshur is an accomplished gentleman of the Virginia school, and in all the social relations of public and private life, he is dignified in manners, concil
iatory in deportment, and accession 10 menus, to
neighbors, and to all others in the common intercourse of business. On the lamented death of the late Judge Barbour, Judge Upsher was spoken of as his successor, and it would have been in the highest degree satisfactory to the people of Virginia, to have seen him translated to
the vacant seat on the bench of the Supreme Court of
the United Spates. But other counsels prevailed, and the Judiciary Department of the naiion was thus precluded from the services of one who was qualified to become one of its brightest, ornaments. It has been said that Judge Upshur has never been in Congress, and is not extensively known beyond the limits of the Old Dominion. This is but a negative objection, and is consistent with the highest personal merits. A similar objection was made a few months ago to Mr. Badger, and when he was nominated by Gen. Harrison, as Secretary of the Navy, he was but little known out of North Carolina, and we heard the question propounded by more than one member of Congress, "Who is George E. Badger!" The answer was readily given by every citizen of that State. He accepted office, and is now universally acknowledged to have been an able and efficient Head of the De-; rartment. Those who know Judge U. best, are as
ready to vouch for his qualifications, for any post that
may be assigned to him
and humanity shudders at the scenes of misery and
affliction which this awful scourge has this yesr produced. The brightest, purest, and best have fallen vic
tims to the pestilence. It has stricken down many of
our'most estimable and beloved citizens. Its fury hath fallen on hundreds whom protracted residence and long exemption had appeared to guarantee from its attacks. Men who had passed four, five, or half a dozen consecutive summers in New Orleans, and had escaped unscathed from the visitations of former epidemics have now sunk beneath its resistless power. It seems to spare none save natives of Louisiana, and residents who have already passed through its terrible ordeal. We have taken the trouble to compare the mortali
ty of the present summer with that of 1839 and '37 boih seasons in which the yellow fever raged with uncommon violence. The weekly number of deaths thus far exceeds, by nearly a third, that of 1839, and is greater than that of 1837, if we consider the paucity of the rion-roident population.' At the worst period of the epidemic of 1839, the bills of mortality did not exhibit more ihaii.189 deaths per week. The last
weekly statement fur this year shows a mortality of
24o, and the list for this week will more than proba
niy demonstrate an increase ot 41) or oU more. It is
moreover universally admitted by medical men, that
the fever is far more inttactable than usual. The re
medial agents which have formerly proved so success.
ful, are inert uid inefficacious. So rapid are the
symptoms, so violent the dertngement of function,
and so prone is the disease to effect immediate orga
nic losion, that unless medical aid be applied almost
at the mcipiency of an attack, ind the means employ
ed be of the most energetic character, the cases are
considered nearly hopeless.
THE TERROR OF PESTILENCE. One circum
stance, among the many of a touching character which
attend the presence of a mortal epidemic in a city, is
thus referred to in the New Orleans Picayune of the
12th instant:
" The Unattended Hearse. Among the many scenes
j VOTES IN THE SENATE, '.".'.'. From which the injunction oj secrecy was removed by '. 1 the Senate. . ON THE NOMINATION OF EDWARD EVERETT.
YEAS Messrs. Bates, Berrien, Choate,. Clay, of
ivy., Clayton, Dixon, Lvans, Graham, Huntington Mangum, Merrick, Miller," Morehead, Phelps, Por trer, Prentiss, Rives, Simmons, Smith, of Ind,, South ard, Tallmadge, White, Woodbridn-e 23. .
n Aid Messrs. Alien, ArcJ'er, Lemon, riuchanan, Calhoun, Clay of Al., Cuthbert, Fulton, King, Linn,
I'ifUobert-', Mouton. Preston, Sevier, Smith, of Conn., Sturgeon, Tappan, Woodbury , Young 19. :. ON THE' NOMINATION OF CHARLES B. FENRCSE. , '.": YEAS' Messrs. Archer, Bates, Bayard,' Berrien, Choate, Clay, of Kentucky, Clayton, Dixon, Evans, Graham, Huntington, . Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Morehead, Phelps, Porter, Prentiss, Preston, Rives, Simmons, Smith of Lid., Southard, Tallmadge, White, Woodbridge 26. NAYS Messrs. Allen, Barrow, Benton, Buchanan, Calhoun, Clay of Ala., Cuthbert, Fulton, Henderson, King, Linn, McRcberts, Mouton, Richolson, Sevier, Smith, of Conn,, Sturgeon, Tappan, Walker, Woodbury, Wright, Young 22. . . ON THE NOMINATION OF JOEL EASTMAN. YEAS Messrs. Ifctes, Berrien,. Choate, Clay, of Kentucky, Clayton, Dixon. Evans, Huntington. Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Morehead, : Phelps, Porter, Prentiss, Rives, Simmons,- Smith of Indiana, Southard. Tallmadge; White, Woodbridge 22. NAYS Messrs. Allen, Archer, Benton, Buchanan, Calhoun, Clay, of Alabama, Cuthbert, Fulton, King, Linn, McRoherts, Sevier, Smith of Conn., Walker, Woodbury, Young 16. .'
ON THE NOMINATION OF JAMES WILSON. YEAS Messrs. Bates, Bayard, Berrien, Choate, Clay of Kentucky, Clayton, Dixon, Evans, Graham, Huntington, Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Morehead, Thclps, Porter, Prentiss, Preston, .Rives, . Simmons, Smith of Ind., Southard, Tallmadge, White, Woodbridge 25. NAYS Messrs. Allen, Benton, Buchanan, Calhoun, Clay, of Alia., Cuthbert, Fulton. Henderson, King, Linn, McRoherts, Mouton, Nicholson, Sevier, Smith, of Conn., Sturgeon, Tappan, Walker, Woodbury, Wright, Young 21. ON THE NOMINATION OF BE LA BADGER.
YEAS Messrs. Bates, Berrien, Choate, Clay of
Kentucky, Clayton, Evans, Mangum, Miller, More-
head, Porter, Simmons, Smith of Ind., Southard, Tallmadge, White, Woodbridge 1(5. NAYS Messrs. Allen, Archer, Benton, Buchanan, Calhoun, Clay, of Ala., Cuthbert, Fulton, Hender
son, Huntington, King, Linn, McKoberts, Merrick, Mouton, Phelps, Prentiss,. Rives, Sevier, Smith, of
Connecticut, Sturgeon, Tappan, Walker, Woodbury, Young 25. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. It is not more than twenty-four years since the canal of New York was commenced, and it is not fifteen years since the rail road lines have been commenced in an extensive manner. The following is the astonishing amount in the United States: 1st. Of Canals there are finished about three thou
sand seven hundred miles. Of these canals the largest part (nearly threofburths) are in the States of Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio. 2d. Of Rail Roads, them are no less than four thousand Jive hundred mites finished, or nearly so. They lave therefore already outrun, in quantity, the canals.
The largest amount of rail roads are in the States of
for some time past that it was supposed to have gone to sleep. The last Wabash Courier shows, however, that the project has not been abandoned but has been advancing to maturity, and that it will be urged on the consideration oLthe next Legislature,. Our citizens then may soon expect to be called upon to sign petitions to the Legislature to form, out of portions of the four counties named, a new county, a kind of Principality, or Dukedom i for Col. Garrigus. Are they willing to do it? Not many of them, we should reckon. Olive Branch. .
' ; DEMOCRACY OF TILE VETO POWER. If there be any one power granted by our Constitution to any of the Departments of Government more directly at variance with the literal meaning of the word, or spirit, of demncraey, than another, it is that of the Veto, by which one man may set at nought and put down the distinctly ascertained will of the people themselves, y . . It; is by far the most high-toned monarchical feature in our institutions, and as essentially different from anv thing like democracy, which means a government
of the people, as light is from darkness. The one
is the One Man Power the other is that of the Peo
ple. '''-
Who do we find througout the Union shouting their
pecans in' honor of President Tyler for his repeated exercise of this anti-democralic power, and justifying its exercise in opposition to the will of a large major
ity of the people, as expressly and repeatedly declared through their Representatives? The self-styled Democrats of the land. On the other hand, who do we find denouncing the exercise of this same anti-demo-
cratic power, whether exercised by their political friends or opponents, and usinar their utmost efforts
to have this monarchical excrescence stricken from
our Constitution? The Whig party throughout the country. And yet they are charged by these advocates of this anti-democratic doctrine, with being Federalists. Aristocrats, Monarchists, &c. &c.
What inference must, every sensible mind draw from
this unnatural perversion of names? Why, surely, no other than that the advocates of this monstrous power, alias the self-styled democrats, are the Monarchists and Federalists 'of the land and that the consistent uniform opponents of this power are the real Democracy of the country as we have always
contended and of which we wish no better confirmation than is to be found in the present array of parties
touching this one point. Madison Banner.
MR. GILMER OF VA. Ex-Governor Gilmer visited New Glasgow in Amherst county, Vo., on the 20th inst., and addressed a meeting of the people for two hours. He labored hard to convince his constituents that the great Whig party had changed, and that lie alone was consisted. His exposition, however, was utterly unsatisfactory to the Whigs, though Quite acceptable to the Locofoco party. He was re
plied to by Joseph K. Irving, the Whig candidate, in a speech which, whether for argument, eloquence, or indignant denunciation, is admitted by men of all parties to have been seldom surpassed. He commanded the unfaltering attention of the audience for three hours, and triumphantly defended the Whig party from the assaults of Mr. Gilmer.
to be now dailv witnessed in this ritv. which pynile
our sympathy, awaken our commiseration, or enlist Pennsylvania, iNew XorK, Georgia and Atassaclius-
our pity, an unattended hearse, as il bears its lifeless etts
burden to the grave, calls upmost quickly, from the
recesses ot the. heart, thoughts shrouded in sorrow,
feelings robed in regret
"When we see that one-horse sombre vehicle driv-
rn by, w-hpn we observe the indifference with which the black driver hurries along to the grave-yard wiih
lis pulseless passenger, when we behold not a sou!
following after, to perform the last sad rites o'er departed friendship, or to place even the most simple
mark of recognition over the deceased's' grave, we
feel that the inhabitant of that rough unornamcnted
coffin died a desolate stranger!
'But we know not how he lived whether his jour
ney, even from tne crauie to tne grave, was one con
tinned pilgrimage ot privation whether he was once
the inheritor of wealth, the possessor of consequence.
surrounded by butterfly friends, who deserted him
when the summer of his prosperity passed away or whether some loving wife, affectionate mother, or
kind-hearted sister, is not anticipating his return to a home iong deserted, to friends long estranged, at the very time when his dust is being committed to
dust, by a strange hand, in the swamps of New Or leans!
"We never see an unattended funeral but we feel
that we float through life on nn ocean of uncertainty
ourselves; and at such a time we pray Heaven to avert
from us a death so distasteful a grave so gloomy; we prav, if it should not be vouchsafed to us to die
among our kindred, that we may at least be permitted to breathe our last where we are known among our
friends."
The7OTn-es.it rail road in the united States, or in
the world . is (the greater part in operation and the
whole nearly finished) from Portsmouth. New Hamp-
to Boston, and from rou.n, uirougn-AlDany,
l'tira and Rochester, to Buffalo. This road is more than six- hvndred miles in length, and the whole of
that distance will be traversed comfortably and chenp-
in less than two days. The next longest is from the' Potomac river, thro'
Richmond, Peter-burgh and Raleigh, to Wilmington,
North Carolina. Thus there are in the United States
more than eigyt thousand miles (which is equivalent to the diametor of the earth) in rail roads and canals.
These are the work of twenty years, ond have cost
about one hundred and sixty millions of dollars. No country on earth, ancient or modern, can produce any thing in physical achievements at all comparable to this. The monuments of Egypt are nothing in the
scale, and the hrazen columns of Napoleon become insignificant. Cincinnati Chronicle:
The Spirit of Liberty. Soon after the close of
the long French war in Europe, a boy was standing on
one of the bridges that cross the Ihaines in London,
. i i i- ill: i . r i
w. n a nuwuer o, su.au u.rus in a cage . or A - intance walking with a gentleman whom sailor who was passing, observed the little prisoners f":T tn ,p r-ommittees J the Hon. Mr.
A Practical Mistake. The New York Journal
of Commerce relates the following occurrence: ine
late Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Ewing, has been
in the city for some days past, a lodger at the Astor House, where he has. received the calls of many
friends. Among the rest on one day last weeK. were
rum rnmmiitees. w ho waiteo tos;einer on trie cx-cc-
reiarv. He rose on their entrance, and the chairmen
in succession addressed him in a manner befitting the
occasion. When thev had finished, Mr. Lwing in
stpad of makinsr a formal reply said concisely, "That
will do, clear," and waving his hand appropriately
the committees retired, discussing whether their re
ception had been such as they had reason to expect
They had not proceeded rar in
VESSEL ON FIRE AT SEA. The French whaler Roland, Captain Cozannet, arrived at Rio de Ja
neiro on the 25th July. On the 19th instant, in latitude 16 14, S. E, longitude 33 35, East of Greenwich, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon he came in sight of a vessel about eight miles to the leeward, which from the mast head appeared to be on fire. He lost not an instant in making sail for her, and fortunately reached her in time to save 198 passengers, among which were 40 females. She proved to be the English bark India, on her passage from Green
ock, to New Holland, the mate of which, at 2 o'clock of the above day, had gone into the store room with
a light to draw some brandy which had caught fire. Capt. Cozannet, notwithstanding a heavy sea and high wind, succeeded in two hours, in transporting all the passengers and crew on board his vessel, except 18, who precipitated themselves into the sea against, the remonstrances of Capt. Cozannet.
Some of the New York papers have published Judge Upshur as the "understood" author of a political romance of future history, that appeared a few years ago, under the title of the Partisan Leader, which most of our readers may recollect, a shadowing forth the consequences to the country of a continued ascendancy of the party then in power. The work, though well written, would add but little to the fame of a statesman, which does not depend upon literary eminence in that line. The York journalists, however, have put the saddle on the wrong horse; the authorship of the work was attributed to Professor Tucker, of William & Mary College, but never before to Judge Upshur. Norfolk Herald.
the hall before they
A man in town dreams every night that he is the
"Bank Bill." The other night he got up in Ins sleep
jj)d broke his nose against the bed post: "ihere J m 'vetoed!" said he. This was the first intimation the people'had of the coming fate of the "fiscal agent."
This man repaired nis nose imi --cnmprumi rlnstpr. and then blew it with a "branching" hand
kerchief. We had no "objections" to any thing he
did. It was his nose. .V. O. Crescent City. 'Twould be odd to see a lubster smoking a cigar, or a toad chewing tobacco, but to see an editor at peace with himself and the world, and up to his ankles in prosperity, would be still more strange. Whiskered dandies are like cats cut of the smellers and they are useless. There is a man in town that dreams every night he's the V-to; waking up he finds he's Hsical corporation.
and manifesting their eager desire to regain their liberty. He stood for some lime looking at the birds,
apparently lost in thought. At length addressing the boy, he said: How much do you ask for your birds?' 'Sixpence apiece, sir,' was the reply. 'I don't ask you how much a piece,' said the sailor; 'bow much for the lot! I want to buy all hands.' The boy begSn his caletrfaiio.ns and foundlhey came to six shillings and sixpence. 'There is your money,' said the sailor, handing out the cash, which the boy received with evident satis
faction at his morning's trade. No sooner was the
bargain settled than the sailor opened the cage door and let all the birds fly away. The boy, looking quite astonished, exclaimed, 'What did you do that for, sir? You have lost all
your birds.'
I will tell vou," said the sailor, 'why 1 did it. I
was shut up three years in a French prison as a pris
oner of war, and I am resolved never to see any thing in prison that I can free.'
Gentle Hint. Visitors to an Editor's office should
say what they have to say in as few words as possible, and then clear out. Editors are so polite they
never tell any body to go.
he
Ewinr. This put a new face on auairs; on returning
to the room it turned out that the gentleman who rpfpived the honors of the committees was not ex
actly in his right mind, and had happened during Mr.
Ewing's absence to step in and occupy his chair.
The citizens of. New Harmony held a meeting last
week for the purpose of faking into consideration the
rapid increase of their black population, and to take
measures to prevent any further emigration to tnat place of idle, dissolute and dissipated negroes. The
resolutions which passed at the meeting and the moans ti used for the suppression of the evil, are
similar to those adopted by the citizens of this place,
and which appeared in our paper some weeks since; we therefore deem it unnecessary to publish them, but give this notice to the blacks who are leaving here that they may know what to expect should they shape their course for New Harmony. Evansiille Journal.
NEW COUNTY. On another part of this page will be found the proceedings of a portion of the citizens of Clay, Parke, Putnam, and Vigo counties, which have been gone into as the preparatory steps towards the erection of a new County. This matter was agitated in some parts of the CQuntj ia the summer, but had Jain so quiet
MARCH OF ILLUSTRATION. Young womanhood! "the sweet moon on the horizon's verge!" a thought matured, but not uttered a
conception warm and glowing, not yet embodied the rich hallo that precedes the rising sun the rosy
down that bespeaks the ripening peach a flower A flower which is not quite a flower, Yet is no more a bud! !j Exchange paper. Young womanhood! molasses touched with a little brimstone, spread on bread not buttered! a being all joints and angles, not filled out an unformed form, deformed by stays a pallid thing that loves the ripening peach a young woman A woman which is not quite a woman, Yet something more nor a gal. Brooklyn News. Young womanhood! a half-moon not yet riz a
cake baked, but not turned hot corn, all hot and smoking, not yet sold a rich curdle which precede! the coming of butter the thickning down upon a gosling's back, that bespeaks the future goose a butter-
fly- . ... . . . .
A hutterny wincn is no(?mf a nutterny, And yet aiut a catterpillar, no how you can fix It. ' Sunday Morning News. Now comes our turn. Young womanhood! a rig-
gle, something short of a broad horse-laugh! small
potatoes half grown a body and limbs developed with padding the exhibition of bone and muscle enough for a common matrimonial squabble substantial finger nails, that bespeak a first rate scratching a gander A gander which is not quite a gander, And yet is not a goose) f Picayum. ' Tit for tat. A drunken fellow set fire to a distillery in Kentucky a short time since. An exchange paper says that this is perfectly right for the distillery set fire to him, and then he set fire to the distillery.