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Indianapolis State Sentinel (Newspaper) - August 27, 1841, Indianapolis, Indiana By a it / / / v vol. , Friday August 27, 1841. No. 1002. Edited and publish cd i Noemi. Terms�?$2 50 per annul in Advance for 52 numbers $3 00, if paid at the expiration of six months and $3 50 at the and of the volume. No paper will he discontinued unless Attlee option of the publishers until All paid. space occupied Liy 250 Ems 9 lines shall be counted a Square nothing counted less than a Seq Tiare All Over a Square and less than a Square and a half shall l e counted a Square and a half. One Dollar per Square shall be charged for the first three or any less number of insertions and Twenty five cents for each additional insertion. Advertise cents published by the Quarter or longer will be hear cd $3 per Square for three months6 for Sii months or $10 per annul. Merchants druggists and the year will be charged for two squares $15 50 for three squares $20 for p Square of a column of 1000 Ems $25 for a half of a Ohion $25 Fer three fourths of a column �50 for a column ��60. A deduction of 20 per cent will be made on advertisements longer than a i Garter of a column when inserted by the half year or year and not altered. All from abroad must be accompanied with the Cash us less ordered for publication by a brother publisher. Of a All Mist be marked on their face with the Huiber of insertion a or they will be continued till ordered out and charged by the insertion. The postage must be paid on All letters to the publishers or hey will not be taken out of the Post office. Saturday August 21, 1841. The Bank Bill. No veto yet nor no approval. The latest dates from Washington Are up to and including last saturday the eighth Day that the president has had the Bank Bill in his Possession. The complexion and Tenor of All the information from Washington Lead us to the conclusion that the chances Are of the Side of a veto. Members of Congress write responding by and some of the newspapers supposed organs of or. Tyler Are evidently preparing the Way for a veto. Our most observing and sagacious men Here Are divided in their conjectures. Some think that or. Tyler will veto the Bill others that he will return it with objections to certain parts and ask a modification of them to suit his views while others insist that he Quot will approve it or suffer it to become a Law by keeping it in his pocket Over ten Days. In the event he vetoes the Bill a what will be done what will be the course and policy of the whig party will it dissolve or will it remain firm and United Are questions Many Are anxiously asking. So far As we Are individually concerned Are we prepared to answer. We do not consider that the Bank question is the Only great measure or principle advocated by the whigs. The distribution and Preemption measures combined a protective Tariff for the purposes of meeting the Ordinary expenses of government the Reform of the abuses that have crept into the government and other measures of less note will be enough to keep the whigs United. Around these measures popular and wholesome As they Are we can rally As a party and with Energy and Union maintain the Ascendancy until they Are engrafted us on the country. To Etc Dank will go into operation. Let the Issue be made before the people Quot Bank or sub Treasury Quot or Quot Bank or no Bank Quot and though it May take four years to accomplish it a National Bank will be chartered. Many very Many particularly among the mechanics and Farmers of the Van Buren party Are As warmly and decidedly in favor of an institution of the kind As the most anxious of the whigs. Let the question be fairly submitted to the people of Indiana let the next presidential election avowedly and openly turn upon that question and the Bank candidate will get the vote of the state by a majority of the Bank party in this state is stronger than Ever the Harrison party was. If or. Tyler should veto the Bill we Hope our friends will not denounce him. We Are willing to believe that nothing but conscientious and constitutional scruples will constrain him to do an act that he knows a Large majority of his constituents Are opposed to his doing. Let us wait patiently until his time expires and then put a Man in that elevated station that will obey the will of the people. It May appear a Long time to wait but it is better to wait that length of time than take such an institution As the executive will probably offer the country. Known to be elected. Four districts yet remain to be heard from three of which by the returns of the presidential election in 40, Are Loco Foco and one whig. Of the members known to be elected to the House thirty two Are whigs and Twenty four Loco focus. The senatorial election. We Are assured that the people of the surrounding counties of both parties Are looking with great solicitude to the result of the approaching senatorial contest in this county. The whigs from their partial defeat the first of this month seem once More animated with a desire to occupy the ascendant and show the world that they have not repudiated their former principles and they look to their Brethren in this county to speak in their behalf and Thunder Forth the wishes of the party throughout the state. Their opponents on the other hand say that their friends of Marion have a Man in the Field that cannot be beaten that the whigs will be Defeated that that will be conclusive As to the political feelings in this county and that next August they will finish the work throughout the state. Will our friends disappoint the reasonable expectations of their friends abroad will they by neglect or otherwise give another and perhaps fatal Stab to their party do they wish again to listen to the Crow ing of the Cackler Over their own discomfiture we sincerely Trust that our friends will take a Correct View of the importance of the coming special election and again act for themselves and the Best interests of their country. Quot once More unto the breach Good friends once Tennessee. The Nashville Banner of the i2th inst. Shows returns from forty four of the sixty seven coun ties in this state which give Jones 39,680 Polk. 36,418 eleven whigs and ten Loco Foco senators Are value of Treasury notes. As frequent enquiries Are making in regard to the amount of interest to be allowed on Treasury notes in payment of the Revenue of 1841�?we give the following list of the dates of i5sue, and am0unt 0f interest to be allowed calculating the same to the november fives of april 20, 1840, 46 cents. Fifties Quot Quot 4 58 Quot fives of september 20, 1840, 33 Quot fifties Quot Quot 3 30 Quot fives of february 10, 1841, 22 fifties Quot Quot 2 20 Quot fives of March 1, 1841, 20 Quot fives of april 1, 1841, 17 1-2 Quot fives of May 1, 1841, 15 Quot fives of june 1, 1841, 12 1-2 Quot fives of july 1, 1841, 10 of the Erie. The following Are furl air Par Licul irs in reference to this very melancholy disaster a Pencial account of a Titch was Given in our paper yesterday from the Buffalo commercial. Advertiser a Pusl l0.�. Most a Ai Amity. Destruction or the Eric by fire and the io>4s of one Hiildred and Sci Clit lives. Little did we Lii Ink yesterday in penning a Brief paragraph in commendation of the Erie that to Day we should be called upon to record the destruction of that boat together with a loss of life Neq dialled on our own or almost any other Waters. The Erie left the Dock at 10 minutes past 4, p. M loaded with merchandise destined for Chicago and As nearly As now can be ascertained about two Hundred persons including Pas senders and Crew on Board. The boat had been thoroughly overhauled and although the wind was blow no fresh every thing promised a pleasant and prosperous voyage. Nothing occurred to mar this Prospect till about 8, when the boat was off Silver Creek about 8 Miles from Shore and 33 Miles from this City when a slight explosion was heard and Ini mediately instantaneously almost the whole vessel was enveloped in flames. Capt. Titus who was on the upper deck at the time rushed to the ladies Cabin to obtain the life preservers of which there were from 90 to Loo on Board but so rapid had been the Progress of the flames he found it impossible to enter the Cabin. He returned to the upper deck on his Way giving orders to Engineer to Stop the engine the wind and the head Way of the boat increasing the fierceness of the flames and driving them aft. The Engineer replied that in consequence of the flames he could not reach the engine. The Steerman was instantly directed to put the Helm hard a starboard. The vessel swung slowly round heading to the Shore and the boats there were three on boards were then ordered to be lowered. Two of the boats were lowered but in consequence of the heavy sea on Aid the headway of the vessel they both swamped a soon As they touched water. We will not attempt to describe the awful and appalling condition of the passengers. Some were frantic with fear and horror others plunged headlong madly into the water others again seized upon any thing buoyant upon which they could Lay hands. The Small boat Forward had been lowered. It was alongside the wheel with three or four persons in it when the Captain jumped in and the boat immediately dropped astern filled with water. A lady floated by with a life preserver on. She cried for help. Liere was no safety in the she caught the oar and was saved. It was mrs. Lynde of Milwaukee and she was the Only lady saved. In this condition the boat was a mass of fierce fire and the passengers and Crew endeavouring to save themselves by a i morning or supporting themselves by whatever they could reach they were found by the Clinton at about 10, p. M. Tie Clinton left Here in the morning but in consequence of the wind had put into Dunkirk. Site Laid there until nearly Sunset at which time she ran out and had proceeded As far As Barcelona when just at Twilight the fire of the Erie was discovered some 2 it Miles astern. The Clinton immediately Puta Bottand reached the burning wreck about 10. It was a fearful sight. All the upper works of the Erie had been burned away. The engine was standing but the Hull was a miss of Dull red Fly me. The pass fingers and Crew were floating around screaming in their agony and shrieking for Kielp. The boats of the Clinton were instantly inv err and manned and every person that could be seen or heard was picked up and every possible Relief Afi order. The lady a Little steam boat lying at Dunkirk went out of that Harbor As soon As possible after the discovery of the fire and arrived soon after the Clinton. It was not thought by the survivors that she saved any. By 1, a. M. All was still except the dead cracking of the fire. Nota solitary individual could be seen or heard on the wild waste of Waters. A line was then made fast to the remains of the Erie s rudder and an Eft Brt made to Tow the hapless Hull ashore. About this time the Hautau que came up and Lent her assistance. The Hull of the Erie was towed within about four Miles of the Shore when it sunk in eleven fathoms water. By this time it was Day Light. The lines were cast of. The Clinton headed for this port which she reached about 6 o clock. Of those who Are saved several Are badly burned but none Are dangerously injured so far is we have heard. Origin of the the passengers on Board were six painters in the employ of or. W. G. Miller of this City who were going to Erie to paint the Steamboat Madison they had with them dem Johns filled with spirits of turpentine and varnish which unknown to capt. Titus were placed on the boiler deck Over the boilers. One of the , who was saved says he had occasion to go on deck and being the dem Johns removed them. They were replaced but by whom is not known. Immediately previous to the bursting Forth of the flames As several on Board have assured us a slight explosion was heard. The dem Johns had probably burst with the heat and their inflammable contents taking fire instantly communicated to every part of the boat which having been freshly varnished caught As if it had Beon Gunpowder. Not a paper nor an article of any kind was saved. Of course it is impossible to give a Complete list of those on Board. Of Cabin passengers Captain Titus thinks there were Between thirty and forty of whom ten or twelve were ladies. In the Steerage were a bout 140 passengers nearly All of whom were Swiss and German immigrants. They were mostly in families with the usual proportion of men women and children. The heart bleeds at the thought. It is a singular coincidence that the Erie was burned at almost identically the same spot where the Washington was burned in june 1838. Captain Brown who commanded the Washington at that Tim happened to be on Board the Clinton and was very Active in saving the survivors of the Eric. A unwilling to leave the places which for years they have corrupted and disgraced the people have demanded their discharge and require it instantly and though the new administration Are in some cases executing the judgment of the it Ople still these official Ai no virus grumble snap am snarl As though they and they alone were entitled to office and Trust Quot Jio sooner is one of Toliese Fellows turned out than he Bulous Quot Gull Otfred Quot Quot Guillotine do Quot Quot the Guillotine is in motion Quot yes and they too Are in motion and we Trust they will be kept moving until every office Holder who has interfered either directly or indirectly in the elections is hurled from his Post Carroll express. The Locos have much congratulation with each other Over the result of tie election in this Elkhart and Porter counties. We looked for defeat in Porter and Elkhart but never dreamed that they would have the Hardihood to claim the result in this county As a Loco Triumph. Let them have it so and to help them along we will give them a verse to sing amid their rejoicings a Quot a those Are shining spots friends in our dark worldly strife three spoonfuls of molasses in the Winnegar of life Quot Mich. City Gaz. New Orleans new on jeans advertiser of the 22d ult., gives the following account of a War now in Progress among the Banks of that Cit the War has commenced in Earnest among sundry of our Banks. Early in july says Mother Rumor some bickering was observed at the table of the Board of presidents. One of them proposed a Resolution to enquire into the condition of the Orleans Bank. It was amended by one of her friends so As to extend the examination to All the Banks and carried. After this some skirmishing took place when the Orleans submitted to three gentlemen a statement of her affairs in detail and they certified with her ability to pay her debts amp a. The great plea of the Bank of Orleans for not submitting to inspection was that she had refused fre Quenila her masters the legislature and she did not now intend to yield the principle. The inquiring Banks urged that they wanted to be satisfied if they continued to guarantee her paper by taking it As currency. On tuesday the citizens and Union Banks refused to receive on Deposit or in payment of debts the notes of the contumacious Orleans. This terrible blow at her credit was returned by the Orleans issuing a similar chop. On wednesday the Orleans retired from the Bank league yesterday the Union followed suit. Considerable excitement has followed these extraordinary movements. What do they All mean7 More anon. Who wants to fight. John Smith or. Of Arkansas has published an affidavit of somebody exculpate no the Rev or. Avery from the murder of miss Cornel with which he was charged several years since tried and the Story is going the round of the news Ajmer press but the Providence journal refused to publish it giving As a reason that it Quot did not believe a word of John Smith in his own proper name addressed the editor a note demanding Sali faction Quot the editor regarded the note As showing fight and gave it Public City. This brought on a Competition among his friends and numerous applications for permission to take his Placo in the fight with John Smith sure shot As he is but the editor knowing that there Are Many others who would put in for the Honor if they but knew of the Chance and had an Opportunity narrates the facts and appends the following notice to the narrative Quot we give notice to our friends All and singular that we will receive sealed proposals from them to take this Duel off Quot our hands the most favourable bidders having the Honor to Lake our place in that pleasant recreation. We Hope no one will Overlook this Opportunity of doing the state . Gazette. New York common schools. According to the last report of the commissioners of school Money for the City of new York the whole number of children who received instruction in the course of the year ending on the 1st of May last in the various schools aided by the Public Money was 41,385, of whom 39,557 were in schools under the supervision of the Public school society. The average attendance quarterly was 25,163, during the whole Vear 15 936. The amount of funds distributed by the commissioners during the year was $130 323 97, of which sum .<��120,271 38 was paid to the Public school society and the residue to orphan asylums and other schools of a Peculiar . Gazette. Bank bought federalists. The South Carolina delegation with or. Calhoun and Pickens at their head Are now vociferous in denouncing a Bank As unconstitutional and its supporters As Blue Light federalists. When the late Bank Bill was passed the South Carolina delegation stood six to one in its favor Viz for it. Calhoun a Chappell Huger Lowndes 0 5=-Pickens.=c0 Taylor 0�?against it Maryant 1 Quot were Calhoun and Pickens Eder Zisis then a was South Carolina a Federal state a Cin. Gazette. The Loco focus Are making perfect mules of themselves. They have been wallowing in office for lha last twelve years and exercised ail tie Power which men in authority could do still they Are dissatisfied the currency. The movements among the people to put Down spurious Bank paper Are becoming More and More general. Go on we say purify the currency drive out of circulation the trash and let us see How it will seem once More to be Able to handle Good and Clear Bank notes of our own solvent Banks the old fashioned currency that we had before Locopo Chism waged successful War upon it. Whigs particularly should unite to keep up and sustain a sound it is what they have been Labouring for years to . Gazette. A Case of trial was lately had in the Franklin county circuit court n. Y. Between Patrick m Farlin a highly respectable citizen of to Lawne plaintiff Quot and John m Nulty a Catholic pries for the seduction of the daughter of the plaintiff Quot. The jury found the defendant guilty and assessed the damages at $2,500. The Case is represented As one of great aggravation As m Nulty used his sacred office to accomplish his is stated that the Bishop has divested m Nulty of his place in the Church. Mermaid or sea cow a an animal or fish answering a description of a Mermaid has just been carried into new York from the River Amazon where it was caught. It is now up for exhibition in that City. A naturalist who examined it says it is an exceedingly timid and inoffensive animal and soon Abandons places frequented by Man. It feeds on aquatic plants exclusively and sleeps in shallow streams with its head out of water. The flesh is highly esteemed resembling veal in its flavor. The female brings Forth two at a birth. It sees very imperfectly but the defect is amply compensated by the extreme acid tenets of its hearing. It has teats on its breasts. It is Between four and five feet Long and so gentle As to take food such As Hay Straw grass or other vegetables from the hand. In seizing its food it uses both its hands also its curiously shaped extensible under lip its body terminates in a Broad rounded Tail or Fin and is covered thinly Vith Short . Amer. From the Cincinnati Gazette. The Tea and Coffee tax. The enquirer cries shame upon the whigs for passing the Revenue Bill. He commiserate the condition of the Quot poor Man Mechanic the labourer and Farmer Quot a his capacious bowels yearn with compassion for them while under the Burthen of this abominable Bill. He says of the Quot industrious Mechanic Quot that if he Quot is doing a business that he saves one fifth of and lays it up in the Hope to be Able soon to Purchase a Home for himself and family he will find at the end of the year under the new order of things that he has made nothing his expenses will have increased one fifth and swept away his entire pro again he says Quot you will pay five cents tax upon every Quarter of Tea that you use Quot a and All this Quot for the Benefit of Stock jobbers and the United states Bank Quot this if True certainly presents a bad state of the Case a but How Are the facts the official tables show that in the year 1 40, there were imported into the United slates 19,981,476 pounds of Tea at the average Cost of 27 11-00 cents per Pound and 94,996,095 pounds of coff be at the average Cost of 9 cents per impound. The duties Are estimated and paid upon these values and the average duty on a Pound of Tea under the new Law will be a Little less than 5 1-2 cents and upon the Pound of Coffee a fraction Over 1 1-4 cents now let any honest and intelligent Man Farmer or Mechanic say if such a tax will Swallow up his entire profits and compel him to reduce the wages of his labourers each can readily Tell How much he will have to pay by adding up the tax upon the number of pounds of Cooee and Tea that he purchases in a year the question is too Plain to admit of mistake or the imposition of political calculators. The duty on the Pound of Tea is not one fourth of what the enquirer estimates it so much for his accuracy. Tea and Coffee were retained in the Bill subject to tiie increased tax by tie Loco Foco votes the whigs having determined to strike them out. Or Lawrence moved in order to carry out the determination to Amend the Bill by striking out those articles. The Locos prevented the question upon this proposition by a motion of theirs to Amend the amendment by adding Quot sugar molasses and the whole Loco Foco party United in voting for this amendment and in conjunction with such Ultra anti Tai if whigs As wished Tea and Coffee to be taxed carried it a division of the question was called for by the whigs but refused and so Tea and Coffee by this Loco Foco manoeuvre were kept in the Bill yet these Are the very men who now raise a Hue and cry against the Wiigs for laying this tax is it True that the Revenue Bill was introduced to raise Money Quot for the Benefit of Stock jobbers and the United states Bank Quot As the enquirer asserts very far from it. Tha Van Buren administration had saddled upon the country a debt of .$12,000,000, and left a Revenue at least $6,000,000 below the Ordinary expenses of the government and even that Revenue undergoing a still further reduction under the operation of the Compromise Tariff estimated As sufficient to increase the det Init to $10,000,000. It was to raise Money to defray the Ordinary expenses of the government to Supply this deficit and ultimately to repay the Money the new administration were compelled to borrow As the Only Means of meeting the obligations thrown upon them by their predecessors that the Revenue Bill was introduced. How can it Benefit Stock jobbers or the Bank it is pro used by the Revenue Bill to raise $ 2,892,-762, by duty upon Tea and Coffie. This is complain of of As a Burthen some and oppressive tax. The new administration finds the country in debt and without Means to meet its engagements it finds a d it Ficie it Revenue for Ordinary purposes it finds the aspect of our foreign relations so threatening As to Call for increased expenditures to put the country in a condition to defend itself against attack and As one of the Means of raising the Money absolutely required for these purposes proposes a tax upon Tea and Coffee to the amount of ,>$2,892,762, say $3,000,000, which apportioned equally among our population of 17,000,000 will amount to say 16 cents a year for each person the enquirer is shocked at this enormous tax by a party that so loudly denounced the Van Buren project of reducing the wages of labor to 12 1-2 cents a Day Good people which do you prefer to pay a tax of 16 1-2 cents a year for each member of your family or to have the wages of a Labouring Man reduced to 12 1-2 cents a Day which is Best for you from the Jav. O. Picayune. Impudence punished. Never was a piece of impudence More beautifully rewarded than yesterday in a Case which came under our Especial observation. We record it Fop the Benefit of the rising generation which has already Liseno for a neater rebuke was never yet administered since the adoption of the Federal Constitution a about six o clock last evening two Bucks Well known about town for their very Quot free and easy Quot deportment were seen strolling upon St Charles Street near Trivoli Circle they were evidently in search of an adventure if one could be permitted to judge from the manner with which they surveyed every House they passed As Well As every person they met females especially. The conclusion to which we arrived was t at they had managed at the dinner table to Deposit an extra Quantity of wine where Tom Moore poor Paddy Power Quot do you see that Vest or Wadt Quot kept his heart Videlicet beneath their Vest. At length they met a lady who seemed to suspect before she reached them that their object was to gaze into her face and As she approached them she discovered something wonderfully interesting upon the opposite Side of the Street which she had not fairly surveyed until the gentlemen ? had passed her. Quot i say Jack Quot said one of them with a genteel Hiccough Quot did you see her fact Quot Quot no i did t did you Quot Quot no but i should like to Devilish Well should t you How like a Juno she Steps on and what a beautifully shaped woman she is in t she Quot Quot Fine upon my soul i m bound to see her face by Jove there s nothing like boldness i la go and show her my handkerchief and ask her if she Han t dropped Quot capital take mine it s a better one Cost seventy five dollars a dozen it Lias t been taken from my pocket Jack took the nicely folded and perfumed handkerchief and hastened after the lady now nearly a Square in Advance. Quot i beg your Pardon Madam Quot said Jack hat off Quot i think you dropped the lady cast upon him a glance from a pair of the keenest Black eyes in the world dropped a half Courtesy took the handkerchief and with a freezing Quot thank you sir Quot walked quietly upon Lier Way. The smile so exquisitely composed which rested upon her. Lips As she tripped Down the Street was a perfect dial dragon convulsed. The poor Beau stood for a moment As though Thunder struck but a most Hearty and unaffected Haw Haw hair from a rough fellow who stood gazing Over the paling and had witnessed the entire operation recalled him to his senses. He joined his companion and they hastily moved away Quot Well Damme Quot exclaimed Jack Quot that was just the coolest thing i Ever did hear of i seen Quot alone in his danger and glory Quot by paying a Quarter for crossing the Bridge to Goat islands a tra Mendlous excitement prevails at the Falls people Rush to the Rescue from Buffalo like mad and As soon As the object is accomplished Robison Cruso strikes a fire and the Aff air ends in smoke. Tribute to Washington a Quot hard indeed was the contest for Freedom and the struggle for Independence. The Golden Sun of Liberty had nearly set in the gloom fan eternal night Ere its gradient beams illumined our Western horizon. Had not the tutelary Saint of Columbia hovered around the american Camp and presided Over her destinies Freedom must have met with an untimely grave. Never can we sufficiently Admire the Wisdom of those unconquerable veterans who by their unwearied exertions in the Cabinet and and in the Field achieved for us the glorious revolution never can we duly appreciate the memory of Washington who with a handful of undisciplined yeomanry triumphed Over the Royal army and prostrated the lion of England at the foot of the american Eagle his name so terrible to his foes so Welcome to his friends shall live forever upon the brightest Page of the historian Aud be remembered with the warmest emotions of gratitude and pleasure by those whom he has contributed to make Happy and by All Mankind when Kings and princes and Nobles for Ages shall have sunk into their merited oblivion. Unlike them he needs not the assistance of the sculptor or architect to perpetuate his memory. He needs no princely dome no monumental pile no stately Pyramid whose towering height shall Pierce the Stormy Clouds and rear its lofty head to heaven to Tell posterity his Fame. His deeds his worthy deeds alone have rendered him immortal when oblivion shall sweep away thrones kingdoms and principalities when every vestige of human greatness Anh grandeur and g Ory shall have moulded into the dust and the last period of time become extinct eternity itself shall catch the glowing theme and dwell with increasing rapture on his to ii. Harrison. hotel keeper and others who keep the big Falls some where Between Lake Erie and Ontario occasionally get up a Gull to Aid in filling their pockets. The last is getting some daring fellow to Row Over in the night to the third Island outside of Goat Island give out that a boat from Chippewa had been sucked Down the terrible Cataract with one Man in it and that his companion had by dexterous swim ing saved himself upon an Island where he could be from the Carroll county Indiana express. Tippecanoe Monument. Peace to thrashes of the Brave men who fell at Tippecanoe we rejoice to notice that the subject of erecting a Monument upon the Battle ground at Tippecanoe is beginning to be agitated in some portions of the state. A More laudable undertaking cannot be conceived Llic respect which is paid by a nation to the Success of her arms and the memory of her str Gorles is the surest Index to the hearts of her people the patriotism and love of country. We can require no stronger evidence of this than the fact that whilst the civic honors of nations which have preceded us have Long been buried in common the grave of forgetfulness the Field of their conquests Yea the soil in which Are entombed their Gallant and heroic sons and consecrated As the hollow resting places of that i dauntless and War worn Soldier and As these memorable spots for centuries Nave remained thro Tigh countless Ages they will continue to be the noblest theme of the poet the orator the philosopher. The Fields of Thermo pulse Marathon and phar Salia have survived the wreck of empires and the crash and crumbling of countless thrones constantly growing in celebrity by the lapse of time until their names Are Graven upon the pages of undying history and will Ever remain not less enduring or immortal than Sparta Rome or Athens names that Are written in living burning Light upon the scroll of time. And when All which now exists of of amp Iye rement and institutions shall be passing pass Myrd centuries hence they shall be numbered Ami a Lre things that were Liat shall speak stronger of the character valor and patriotism of those who established a government of constitutional Freedom in the Western hemisphere than the Fields of Concord Lexington and Bunker s Hill Wii at shall speak stronger of the prowess and bravery of those who enlisted in the second struggle of our Independence and which confirmed the character and sovereignty of that government than Lundy s Lane new Orleans and Tippecanoe if such is the importance attached to the Battle Fields sepulchre of the departed Patriot a How Strong the inducements which must restrain the people of this Republic to leave some testimony of their respect or regard for the memory of those who bared their bosoms to the sword of the enemy and freely consecrated their lives and blood to the support of our institutions. And to no portion of the country do these observations More emphatically address themselves than to the people of the West no where were heroism roman courage and devoted patriotism More nobly manifested than upon the Battle Field of Tippecanoe. Though the glory of that Triumph belongs to the whole country yet the Honor of the achievement is justly yielded to the daring bravery of the West Phe Buckeye the Hoosier and kentuckian stood Side by Side under the guidance of the pliant Harbison in that trying conflict and their blood deeply Crim soned the unruffled Waters of the Wabash As it flowed mingling and commingling in swelling currents from that Field of death. No Monument is required to perpetuate the memory of that struggle or to augment its glory they will live in the works of the orator and the historian Long after the lines of the sculptor Are obliterated and the the Stone itself has crumbled into dust. Yet a Monument worthy the spot should be reared. We owe it to the Brave Meri whose remains lib smouldering with its soil we owe it to the Gallant commander whose departure we have been so recently called to mourn we owe it to the country we owe it to the age in who to live and we Are urged by All the considerations of duty to perform this work of patriotism now a All the scenes of that trying hour which gave consequence and celebrity to this sacred spot Are now fresh in the recollection of every citizen. The nation yet mourns the death of the heroic Soldier around whose brow her Chaplet Vas entwined and her citizens Are yet moistening with their tears the peaceful sepulchre which encloses his last remains. Never again will so favourable an Opportunity present itself for the execution of this worthy act. One half Century May pass away and if we neglect this work nothing will remain of gratitude from us not even a Token of our regard for those High and daring deeds of our fathers which paved the Way for our own settlements and wealth and the safety and Prosperity of our children. Let us now strike and strike right and with an Effort the requisite funds will be raised and a Monument erected which vill remain a standing memento of the Pride the gratitude and patriotism of the people of Tho West. Give us time to repair the old whig from the country was holding an argument an evening or two since with a Loco Foco who was advocating or. Mason s puerile arguments that the whig party had not yet restored Prosperity to the country. What said the Man Quot if you put a new to Eilent on your old worn out and much abused farm could you expect him to give you a Fine Harvest before he had time even to mend up the old fences you had As Well ask this As to ask us to repair the destruction of the last Twenty years in the Short space of three an Irish dig at following which Carne to us on the Back of a one Dollar Canton Bill we consider too Good to be lost. A certain irishman received for his labor a 1 Dollar Bill on one of the Ohio Banks on which he was obliged to lose ten cents discount. The next Day As he was passing Down main Street he saw a Dollar Bill lying on the Side walk on the same Bank and gazing on it he exclaimed bad Luck to the likes of yes there May be lie Devil a Finger will i put on be for i lost ten cents by a brother of yours yesterday Quot a Ohio paper the Mechanic. Kirby the popular Young actor in Tho play of the Carpenter of Rouen gives the following excellent sentiment which always brings Down three rounds of applause the Mechanic sir is one of god s noblemen. What have mechanics not done have they not opened the secret Chambers of tie mighty deep and extracted its treasures and made the raging Billows their Highway on which they ride As on a tame Steed Are not the elements of fire and water chained to the Crank and at the Mechanic s bidding compelled to turn it have a not mechanics opened the bowels of the Earth and made its products contribute to their wants the forked lightning is their plaything and they ride triumphant on the wings of the mighty winds. To the Wise they Are flood Gates of knowledge and Kings and princes Are decorated with their who made the universe was a great Mechanic. Effects of fatality that often attends speculation of various kinds has frequently been the subject of remark and a great Many homilies have been rehearsed in reference to the danger that attends the practice. It All seems however to produce very Little eff Quot act and neither exhortation nor observation of the disastrous effects that sometimes attend it is sufficient to restrain those who Are predisposed to engage in such adventures and have once had a taste of them. That such persons however May not be without ample warning we insert the following account of a couple of instances of distress arising out of this cause taken from an Artic be in Bicknell s reporter on the depreciation of the value of Stock in Philadelphia Quot a gentleman but a few hours since stepped into our office who three years ago had a Fortune of nearly $100,000 and an income of $7,000 a year. He has now but barely the Means of subsistence. His funds were unfortunately invested in the stocks that Are the most depreciated. Another still More painful instance has come to our knowledge in the Case of a gentleman who four years ago was supposed to be Worth nearly half a million of dollars. He lived in the most expensive style and brought up his children accordingly. But he became touched with the mania of speculation and invested largely in Western and South Western Stock. Ruin came upon him like an Avalanche. He staggered before such unexpected adversity and comparative poverty and is believed to have died of a broken heart Quot drowned lovers this unfortunate pair who were found drowned in the Schuylkill locked in each others embraces have slept the sleep of death their names their Early history and the cause which led to their untimely end have remained As silent As the grave. We stated at the time of the occurrence that sooner or later the names of the parties would come to Light in spite of the assertions of our contemporaries to the contrary. Quot a gentleman residing in the Vicinity of Easton in this state called at our office yesterday and related to us the following facts. About six Miles this Side of Easton reside a highly respectable family of the name of Wood. Their daughter an amiable and intelligent girl named Eliza unfortunately became acquainted with a Young Man in the neighbourhood whose character was any thing but reputable. He was Given to every Hind of vice a spendthrift a drunkard and a Gambler. For two years the parents of the unhappy girl opposed the Inch knowing that if it did take place misery tribulation and sorrow would be the lot of their daughter. This was Only adding fuel to the flame already kindled in the bosom of Eliza. S offering and disappointment strengthened instead of weakened her love. She was fondly and devotedly attached to the object of her Choice. A few Days before the discovery of the bodies in the Schuylkill Eliza and her Lover left Easton. The Mother of the unfortunate girl Reading the account of the transaction in the papers came to the City for the purpose of seeing the bodies and if possible identify them. She repaired to the Green House at Bush Hill immediately on her arrival but to her great grief the bodies had been interred three Days before. She however obtained from or. Hall the keeper of the Green House a Correct and exact description of theft male , dress and the ear rings which she wore. The dress answered exactly in color and make to the one her daughter had on the Day she eloped from Home and she Felt perfectly satisfied that the unfortunate deceased was no other than her Are the facts related to us by the gentleman from Easton and he says that so certain Are the family As to the identity of their child that they have been in deep mourning Evet since the return of the Mother to her Home. Philadelphia chronicle. Dialogue Ina court of . Attorney in the Case attempted to invalidate the testimony of the witness by declaring him to he too ignorant to be a com Patent one said he to the judge i can convince your Honor of the incompetency of the witness in a very few moments he has been reared in the country has never been out of sight of his father s barn never saw a school House and your Honor permitting i will propound a few questions and upon his answers your Honor can decide. The judge assenting he turned to the witness and asked who made you Don t know i reckon it was Moses. , your Honor to the satisfaction of yourself and the jury i have proved the witness a non compos Mentis totally unqualified Ide upon the serious of his , or. Lawyer May in Pone question i in answered yours. Att thousand sir amp thousand if you please. made you wily i Don t know i reckon it was Aaron. Witness turning to the jury a Well now i have read in the Good Book that Aaron made a calf but i Don t know How the darn d fool got Here. The court was convulsed with laughter. A of Englemon meeting a Friend who was insolvent expressed regret for his embarrassment. Quot you Are mistaken my dear sir Quot was the reply Quot it is not i but my creditors who arc . Cart Kors Cincinnati Lii tit Lead. Quot Quot 35 pour is Paris Green 25 it to Rose Pink 1 barrel lamp in last. Just received and for Sale by july 8 Callaio Siead amp nil Annon. of Public Laud sales it chi Hugo. And also with the exception of township a Jav. Range 9 sat Dixon Illinois heretofore advertised to be held in August 1841, by the pc ulant of tue United ii Tatei. The Public kale of lands directed by tie executive proc Mellon issued of the 18th february 1841, to be held at the land office at Ca Citi the state of Illinois commencing on monday the ninth Day of August , a in consequence of urn eat from the Sottler of the injury which will result to them to Gay insisting on the Sale at tie Iuie aforesaid hereby declared to be postponed without Day. Notice a Alio Given of the indefinite postponement for the game came a the foregoing of the entire Sale directed by the proclamation aforesaid to be held at the land office at Dixon to Tho same state commencing on monday the sixteenth Day of of guat next with the exception of township Tiki nov of a Erth of Range nine cast the Sale of which township will be Iteld commencing on the Day heretofore ordered is aforesaid. The Bale it the land office at Quincy in the a Awe state of fractional Townill Ltd two and three North bordering on the Illinois River of Range three East will Lake place of ordered in the proclamation a Foresaid commencing on monday the a in tenth Day of August next. Given tinder my hand at the City of via a Hington thin Twenty ninth Day of june a no Domini 1941 by the president John Tyler. Jacks wait come com. Of Tho Gen land office july 10 6t

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