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\ KHM OF rtr«’ \V BKK.n boarder*, travellers,^'. wha dined i*t the Ragle ruveru on that day* were all poi* sonti' It is supposed arsenic was put in cus-turd; a? rill thou* that ale thereof were taken sick the night A llo«v|ntf ntid nextdny. Their were one nr two that aid notent of the custard. and consequently esc a various speculations ahout this aflair, but thatw a* done by negroes, (moan the cook or *e servants,) there is no duuM, There are, I understand forty person* rm* sick from mated delt; lama*ioii among the political effect* of being poisoned, (a* the Doctors11^Tilt: PRflTR^TBD DRVFT.A e perc« ive that tin* difference between Hank of l\\ I uited N ites and the Ksce*he department of th«: General liovefrn-iU respecting th-i dishonored draft ennice* ha^ h* n ]re*iv*id by a recent move* nl of the former; and * as (he subject In* ves same important canstdemtiofts* and is ng mide we perceive, Hi ft hnsis of verypod* Thore areitIeiec on [ev*prhlawseeithe;rnals w e have deemed that a simple state-»H of the facts connected with the afftitv not be entirely unaceptabteshf the Convent ion concluded by our Min*r w ith the lt;'otirt of the Tnileries* theeach Government (or more properly thesat .) twenty -five of v bom are ci risen* of Farm-%Hle* Wc have heard, as yet. of only one death, a Mr* Ligon* twelve miles from tow n, w ho dined at the Eagle Tavern on that unfortunate day. Some of'those in tow n are alittle belter this morning, butsevi ral are very dangerously ill; from others in the neighborhood w e have not heard this morning.Enquirer•of n themoithaonw i riminis!ration) agreed to pay the I nited itcs the sum of twenty *fi?e millions of ncs,or about five millions of dollars, as acrnmitation of the lt;lairns of our citizens forStations on our commerce during the days] From the Baltimore Americanthe Ho volution and the Empire* Tltis sum A particular account of the last Mormon .4 to he paid* we believe in instalments of i campaign in Missouri, is given in the Wes* e million* • t Irani - each. 1 he treaty hav-! tern papers. The beligerent* ?eem to have l; been ratified by the uate* ©ur Admin is-! been mutually exasperated, and to have ap-|oslt;Briits 1Anhe?tel!ttion proo 'd : d th r* upon to draw a bill on j proached very near to a gener lt;1 and bloody e I reneh t Government for the sum last spe- j battle. The numbers engaged in the contest lied, which was sold to the Bank of the U*ted States* The Bank in turn sold it inaglaud; but when it w*ns presented at the reach Tre miry, it* payment was declined if- ie ground that the Legislative Chambers i \ made no appropriation for that object, i I it* liq lid ition wa§ therefore impossible, he Bank agent in Pari* was now obliged step forward aad r vdeem the draft; as, it he id not done so, that institution would ?rn suhj« cl od to the ordinary claim for mer in tile damages on a dishonored draft, beingon both sides are much larger than c supposed,before seeing these authentic details* The mormons assembled late in June in t lay county, (Mo.)and were reinforced bv parses principally from Ohio, until the\ mastered: eon per * cot. on its amount* In this shape, returned to th# Bank, and was there handover to the Government, with the custom*T claim fr damages*This claim is resisted by the Administra*m oa two grounds: that the Bank isr was at the time in question) the fiscalreU' of the Governmental »d therefore bound reader all services in the collection and,i isfer of niouevs without charge; and, sec* idl v* that the ‘in-Mtui mu i lt;or damage bv the failure of the French . vernmcnt to met ‘ the draft a* had been lalemplat* d, To this it \lt; responded, that lt;Bank was n thlt; W «c.d -i rent of the Tre a-* v, in 'hi* msaetoui, but, on the contrary, id offered it- service s to collect the bill with-rt charge, and been refun d by the Secre-r\, who eholt;e rath r to dispose ol it to zhe*t bidder, S i n ing bought it under thefrom 8(H) to 1WKI mcn,arrncJ wiin guns, ahawks, knives, nnd from f %ro to four bracesof j istol^ each. C heir design w*ns to cross the river and take possession of Jackson county — the ‘Zion,' as Vney term it, of their faith, 1'heir leade*^ the prophet, Joe Smith* promised them to f4niise again’ all who should be *Uiir* in fighting the battles for the possession of this Holy Land. *The Jackson county peo* pie were equally determined to resist the passage of the river* at all hazard?* A lettermethetinvnfnes11;1mpiP*a person on the spot, published in Mays* \ ille, fw. savs that Jackson Countv raisedmlanil I.alavcttc i(M). »ni! that srvernl hundred more were ready to come at a moment’s warning. The feeling of (he people may he conjectured liom the expression of opinion inlt;»,. lettersunoted, that liad the Mormons «t-tcmpted to cross the river, not one of themwould have heen “left to tfll the t.-de.” »*No quarter would have been jriven, and wecoutil have killed most of them bellt;,ro th jy got acres? the river ”There were some attempt* at negotiation. The Jackson county people offered to buy all the lands of the Mormon* r_i ;; double price- « hie h was refused. The invaders profess-Vi OIOSwscnloicr ll. i5£*«*wiikt * # ^ the represrn- jed peaceable intentions and a desire onlv ton h money Iving at the di-no!- tAlCc quiet possession of their own land—professions w hich it appear* have pnt no credit.ttve of S'} nn* h money lying at the di-pO -m of the lt;.*ovi- rnment* the Directors deem * i institution tin pic ^tionablv entitled to the gal damages* \s t » tlie -econd objection, icy remark that U comes with an ill gracerom the t; v« : ^v o.i, which has invariably •xacted th*’ damag* s (twenty per cent* in ome ca^e^) frotn individuals hose bills sold o tirein W’ete r/ ! nrned protesU'd,w hether anv\\ iniMrv \\:\ \ S *•« \ or not ; ciinl inLite c of Stephen Girard, Who petitioned tor r*l;ef from the penally, on the precise pround here t ikeinthe Gov* rnment maintain-In tlie end. however, thev desisted from (hementerprise* and postponed the crusade for the possession of their ••Zion” for fifty or a hundred years. They will take up their immediate residence somew here else;and thus the batik, which must have been obstinate and very bloodyf w as avoided*It U to W hopott, for thc^nlce of ordinnryjustire, that means will be found, for makinccompensation to these deluded men for theproperty they are forced to abandon, as well ed, in suhshuv c* that the l ev was the measure as for the damages thev have sustained bi be*nbtieiC\eonofriirht and smnc* and that those who sold unsafe hills on a fotvign country must abidethe comequoncc-. The Directors further5 measure i^ douhtly just, inasmuch as, it the ciiat( on 1 ranee was drawn in pursuance of the treaty, the damage willrhllon the French t^overnmenl, and its satis-fiction onuht m«^t ua piesnonablv to I lilted on by our Cabinet.—.Vrrr Yorker*ii»g driven out.btlcntnSbe in-SriTitr or (■ 'va»ux«%-—At a Coffee-housein 1 xndon. a waiter dropped in an apoplectic fit, A noMe I.ord present oflered cidds that the man ^ i5 d-ja*1, and upon the bet being taken, tbrbade medical i^istance* as he de~ t tared it would bciiitmu piav to the better.Ill oneof the ^Va:aho;i^ on the Mississippi, a person fell overboard. 4’ V tpt \rU he drowns I :on*cd i p i ^er, uA quart, he don't, sai i another, while ne ither made any effort to save h tn. il.ui ht been left to the mcrcvIk A.of the jxanihier-, I c might have decided tlie hct faiclv— as it was. a battle was hail be-tween the hetter« after his re* overy, growing c ut of a dispute respecting the ufoul play' ofthose who rescued \ drowning man from death, to the disturbance of the uspnrt,% ofgentlemen* Bh* have been made on the hist *trurd« of criminal* undor the gallows.Iiotian Galaxy*i lm _.i.« iCrnci\t- Notu i: wCi —An actofCorgres® was passed oti the 19th of June,1931, bv which Pensions, for the further term of five years* are continued to the « ows of those slain or lost in private armed vessels.To entitle a widow to the benefit of this act, she must prove thnf she still continues the w idow of the person on whose account she received her former pension.The certificate of a commissioned officer of the Nav\ as to continuance of widowhood, will he sufficient. When this,however, cannot be obtained* the testimony of credible witnesses I furnished, the credibility to he cOrtlrtrd by the Justice of the Peace* or other pcrfci; qualified to a dminister oaths* before whom tht tesHmony has been taken. Th* authority of nich Jimice of the Peace,or other person, to otfie;*te, m»i*t be duly au-thenticated under the u1 ^ Court of Rec-€rd, J Mbk^i ^JOHN BOVf E, [1Acting Secretarv of the Navy, Navy Depahtkknt, 23d July, 1831.u i——■ mFarmvim e, (Va*) July t!S* 1KM.A most shocking outrage tcKk place on Thundav* the IMth instant, in thi« place.REFLECTIONS—THE GIRLS\\ lint diiferlt;a»ce between the girls of thecountry those of the town! How* proud thelatter are—they, to be sure,understand some-thiligoif Music and Dancing, and know how to work lace—but engagement in any thine really and substantially uvMiil, they almost consider degrading. IIow- are men having to make their ow*n fortunes to succeed w ith suchwives—women !hnt know notliii^g ofdomestic economy that ttiink housewifery quite beneaththem, or take any concern in culinary affairs,and let their servants manage arid waste as they please!1 wonder if they in town, can call these vain idle wives, that make slaves of their Husbands HeJp-mol€\—Very likely! for they say that w e that live 8, 10, or 15 miles from tow n, know but little of civilization, and they treat us too as it they thought us ignorant as savages. ft thi^ be true* 1 for one, am quite happy in my uncivilized savage condition. The young girls here think it no disparagement to be diligently employed in useful business— and, if they find nof employment in homework, they w ork fur other?, and instead of spending *helr earning? for gaudy frippery^they purchase materials, and when out of employ, work up these materials into various useful and ornamental household goods. The active, industrious young man, who has a farm with neat barn* fitc. on it, gets one of these uirls tor a ifc, V obtains a treasure, the women, besides the easier parts of housc-maid sengagement, w ill if necessary feed the pigs and poultry* and milk the cows, make butter ami cheese, spin and weave* mend her husband's clothes, always darns his stfH'kin^s, andis very particular to have her victuals well cooked and ready in sejis^n. Now it seem-to me that such country ectr!n make much better help-mates than the town ^irls,—Yet some have the impudence to call us ™Qarcky nn.jSlaksitt tL If we screwed onrseleves into the shape of an hour gta$$% as very many of the town girls do, we might indeed hr ridiculed, but because we have ifood sense enough not to torture ourselves into shapes dUfarent from those nature has £iven us, to ridicule us, 1 am imrc* is very ungeatlemanly,that’s all* I am sure that persons visiting oar little cottages and farm houses will say, uhow much more interesting those rosey faced, honest hearted,Uvefy country girls are, than our inspid, start i'-d up, mincing tnteses!!/Opwmriw.—In consequence of competition, he steamboats carry passengers betw eenMontreal and Quebec for hsmty fivt eeni*.n;i\fi(fttiIiIit
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Brookville Indiana American
Brookville, Indiana, US
Fri, Aug 15, 1834
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