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Logansport Canal Telegraph (Newspaper) - September 3, 1836, Logansport, Indiana M id Gru v Aji Jejou. By Lasselle amp Dillon. Vol. , Indiana saturday september 3, 1836. No. 5. Err Lirsch jlm11 get by to Jwj. Lull to to shooting a Soldier i Etters from Ali Rich i made an appointment with a aeon ii it quot meet him in the Square near the Kasali at half past one next Day audio go Oil wit ii him to the tragic pc Tai be. A Liili was to fake place at two o clock half a mile from own. All that evening and the a cal morning i fell like a fish titi of the water. Slim 1 Anoka in the Middle. Of the i night. I o mys i. What Are now tiie Seni Anions of tic d it a i or and again after my morning s leap i put the same question. 1 rest t arly As ii it dial took Cottle. Rode out Clu Rcd to read and tried to write and study but neither by coerce by Riding nor Reading could i get rid of my thoughts about to cd Serter and Ever and anon i was pulling out my watch to count the hours he had to live. At the time appointed i joined capt. La Gondie and we set out on foot to the spot of this real tragedy. Troops of cavalry came Down from the Kasbah with trumpets blowing As gaily As if it had been a military Triumph and a regiment of infantry marched beside a out of the City Gate. We passed the i Rison where the victim was confined and Lamondie pointed out to me thu grated window of his apartment through which he was listening to from the Baltimore american. A st of 1 i it e organization. The Globe of wednesday i3th ult publishes the Law passed at the late session of Congress entitled quot an act to change the organization of the Post office department and to provide Moro Cfaft Tunley for the Settle mini Ollie in ounts ther As there Are f a How. Which it a so in pm Cully. M Fie a and direct a a Orion of Eiriz lis we give Fruct of its Juo visions by see o he was Ever to hear in tins the last music world. Shortly we reached the ground where his Fate was to he enacted. We took our stand on the top of the Lime rocks whilst the troops one thousand in number formed Tiree Fourt lis of a Square on the Plain beneath. At last from the prison Gale came Forth a com any their Drums milled with Crape and the victim in the Centre on foot followed by tiie hor get and cart which were to carry Back his dead body. He was quite unchained and Iliad no priest with him. At first they beat a slow Noarch l it we saw him wave his hand to the a runners and understood that it was a signal for them to beat Quick time which they did whilst i dare Sav More hearts than mine quickened their pulsation. When they halted on the fatal spot the commanding officer pulled out a paper a Liili was the sentence of deals and he read with a loud and Stern voice. Every syllable he uttered was audible Trio i h we stroj a considerable distance. Meanwhile the Uli re took his station with Las Back to the ionic rocks twelve musketeers Olio Ucic to i his executioners in front of Lipini. Llis air was Iree and Resolute and his step was Manly As i remarked it to have been All the Way Down Lioni the prison. Lie threw away the Cigar he had been smoking and 1 could see its red end fading into blackness like a / orc Guing sym Jol of his life s sex action. Lie then i last Speed with a voice thai was certainly not so audible As that of his sentence had been but considering his situation it w As very firm and its plaint Veness was More piercingly and terribly touching than i Ever heard from ii Man lips. 1 cannot pretend he said in so Many or rather in few words what follows but Hough i May give More Point to tiie suit stance of Titis speech the following was its Sui Stan tia meaning comr ides what mys tence of death has told it u is All Truex edit it has unjustly called me the chief cd is ii Rator in Liis late d ser Tiona id 1 seduced nobody into it on tiie contrary i was persuaded into it by others. The motive of my crime was merely an intense desire Tosee my father s family in Italy and no imy heart s blood i it to be shed and nay Huiai. Scattered on tie ground because my heart yearned Lor a sight of my Grotlu is and Sisters Aud because my brain could not forget them soldiers Odio Are to shoot me do your duty quickly and do not keep me in he the n stepped Forward out paces nearer his executioners and with steady a lands and an erect air hound yellow Siik hand Kerchis l round his eyes ii Leven Musket Sipots immediately Laid him Low though he jump d up before he fell when the balls pierced him the twelfth Soldier going up to him As he Lay on ground tired close into his head. You will not wonder that my tears at this crisis blinded me. When dried them 1 could not see the victim. I said to , where is he look there he said pointing with his Finger quot Don t you see a red Stripe on the ground quot and sure enough 1 saw it his red pantaloons made one part of the Stripe and his bleeding head and body made the other. All the troops then defiled around him. We came Down to the spot but before we had reached it the body had been removed in a cart and nothing remained but some blood and brains and a portion of his Skull. I returned to my lodging scarcely Able to persuade myself that i had seen a reality. Of god that Man who cannot put life into a Fly can have any excuse for taking it from a fellow a creature. By us it ii so our Radei s an a ions. Section is provid s moneys received by tile Post office department Shau be paid under the direction of the postmaster gemeral into the Treasury of the United states. Sec. The pos uriaster general so will sul Mit to Congress spa civic estimates under separate Heads of the sums sex Elcied to be required for the service of the department in the suns quent year and shall at the succeeding session Render an account of the amount actually expended. Sees. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, contain provisions made very guardedly for the modes and Lorms in receiving and paying Money in the department. So. 8. There s Jall be a pointed by the pre ident with tiie consent of the Senate an auditor Ollie Treasury for the Post office department. His duties Are prescribed in Delai Sec. I. Defines the duties of the Post Lias or general Trivinio him control Over All the lii giving Nini control out cers and gent of the de Ari Niento. Sec. 10. The auditor shall re Piort quarterly to the postmaster general accounts of the moneys paid pursuant to appropriations in each year by postmasters out of the proceed of their Ollices towards the expenses of thu department. Sec. 11. The postmaster general shall within sixty Days after the making of any con tract cause a duplicate thereof to be Lodge in the office of the Auti tor of the Post Torlice department. Hish ili Alto cause to be promptly certified to the auditor ail Esia Bli Home nth and Discoid nuances of Post offices find All a a ointments Deatris resignations and removals of pos Mastt is together with All order which May Ori inane a claim or al Lect tiie accounts of the is . Sec. I i. I he accounts of Trio Dupar Traci Sigall be kept in Sacii a manner As to Xiii by tiie re Weetie. Amounts receive d from and expended upon it arli Eular inv cts. Sec i al Ond and a i Hgt ter be made to and with the i Niter Stati s of Nerica and Ali suits be insist us d in the name of the same. Sec. 11. The auditor shall superintend the Collet lion of All debts be to the department. Selt. 15. C copies of the quarterly returns of the Josinia slurs and of any papers pertain iii 10 the accounts of the auditors cer Lilied b Liim under his Seal of Oil ice shall be admitted As evidence in the courts of the i United s ates. See. L. D fees the duties a tile Itoi i it of iii i filed state in uie prosecuting Olu is in Hei half of the department and in Nisi ing their returns. Sec. 17. The posts Filer general Liall cause suit to be Inong it to recover Back in All cases of Over payment. See. 18l the auditor shall Settle All balances due Tom bios masters on account of trans i lotions prior to tie first Day of july Eig teen iii lured an it dirty six to judg no i a in i x it u Ioa in Luc. Sarv. I r. 1 Audi or or any mayor of a i e of iii in ice Ltd judge of any court in. T in uii it l slates by him Essie ignited shall let a authorized to administer oaths or Allie nations in relation to the a Xam Nalion and ment of the accounts coins fitted to iii a Liaise. Consider the bid of any person who shall have wilfully or negligently failed to execute a prior contract. Sees. 25, 20, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31, All re ate to contracts for transporting the mail. The 32nd Section determines a Point which Las been much agitated for some months past. We give it entire. Sec. 33. And be it further enacted that if juy postmaster shall unlawfully detain in his of ice any letter package pamphlet or news Aper with intent to prevent the arrival and delivery of the same to the person or persons to Wom such letter package pamphlet or newspaper May be addressed or directed in tie usual course of tie transportation of the mail along the route Ori Fany postmaster shall with intent As aforesaid give a preference to by letter package pamphlet or newspaper Oer another we Deli shall piss through his office by forwarding the one and retaining the other he shall on conviction thereof be fined in a sum not exceeding five Hundred dollars and imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months and shall moreover be forever thereafter incapable of holding the office of postmaster in the United states. Sec. In Liose offices where the commissions allowed to the postmasters Are equal to or exceed one thousand dollars there shall be appointed by the president and Senate a Deputy postmaster. Sec. 34, assistant postmasters and clerks shall be exempt from militia duty and serving on juries. Sec. 35. Provides for the advertising of let ters remaining in the Post offices. Sec. 3 5. No postmaster shall receive free of postage any letter or package containing any other than paper or Money under a penalty of line and c dismissal. Sec. 37. Provides for the releasing of the original sureties of a postmaster by substituting Beautiful extract. We have been presented by a valued Friend with a copy of the discourse of gov. Cass pronounced before the National historical society at Washington on the 3i the of january last. We have read it with Delight and cull for our readers the following paragraph As a Sample of Fine writing and patriotic feeling quot happen what May to our country this treasure can never be Reft from her. The cities May become like Tadmor her Fields like the campaigns her ports like Tyre and her Hills like Gil Boa but in ail the wreck of her Hopes she May still proudly boast that she has Given one Man to the world who has devoted his Best Days to the service of his countrymen without any other Reward than their love and his of Ansel approbation who gladly relinquished supreme authority when the influence of his character was no longer wanted to consolidate the infant institution of the Republic and who died Ripe in years and in glory mourned As few have been mourned before him and revered after him. Here in this Ball whose foundations were Laid by his own hand Here under this dome which looks out upon Plai e of his be culture Here in this City named from his name and selected for its High object by his Choice let us Hope All succeeding Ages. And when these Walls shall be time worn and honoured and the american youth shall come up As they will come up to this Temple of Liberty to meditate upon the past and Contenio late the future May they Tipiere find lessons and examples of Wisdom and patriotism to study and to emulate. And when tie votary of Freedom shall make his pilgrimage to the Tomb of mount Vernon and Lay his hand upon the lowly cemetery let him recall the Virtues and bless the memory of others Sec. 38, any person who shall be accessory after the fact to the Allence of stealing any letter or packet from tie mail of the United states by any person whatever shall upon conviction t Iler of lie fined not exceeding one thousand Doshu s and Imp Rison a for a term not sex Eli Ding live \. Ai s. A c. A general is author in. D to is in in a All express Avail in addition Lolia ordinal v in i and to charge triple the mount of pos Haiie for Letl Ersi carried by it. Sue 4 j. In Casi of the death &c., of the , his Powers shall and interim solve on the first assistant postmaster general. Sec. In. Sul injects the letter carriers in every City to the control of the postmaster genial. Sec. 1-3. Provides for the transportation of he mail by canals. Sees. 4 3 and to define the amounts of the Alai ius of the postmaster general Mil his clerks and of the auditor and his clerks. Sec. -15. Three millions one Hundred and i to thousand dollars shall be appropriated for be service of the Post office department for we year commencing on the first Day of july titi. In 1 l c scially Dei Pierc is al Pousima it ter , a 1 be Ern Joyed by tin tii ird assistant l of a specified number old the bloody character of the contest going on in Spain is appalling. A Madrid journal states that since the commencement of the War in 1833, to the 1st of april 183�, there have been killed on the Field of Battle 280,590 Carlista and 45,493 taken prisoners. During this period it says there have been 510 Bat us in which the Carlist have been 3u3 i mob completely routed. general with clerks. Sec. 21. Pro ides for the number and nay of the clerks and other officers in the office of Trio auditor. Sec 22. The postmaster shall make Anu itally Toton Gnoss live several ii ports Viz 1st, a report of All contracts for tiie transportation of iii mail with particular 2d a report of All extra allowances to contractors and of whatever relates thereto 3d, a report on the incidental expenses of the department methodically arranged under specified Heads 4th, a report on the finances of the department 5th, a report of All fines imposed and Deane tons from the pay of contractors for fail urea to deliver the mail or any other cause Sec. 23. The postmaster general shall be fore advertising for proposals for the transportation of the mail form the Best judgment practicable As to the Mode time and frequency o transportation on each route and advertise accordingly. No consolidated or combination bid shall be received and the conditions contracts and principles on which extra allow ances May be made Are defined. Sec. 21. Proposals for mail contracts Shal be delivered to the department sealed and shall be kept sealed until the biddings Are closed. The contracts in All cases shall be awarded to the lowest bidder except when his bid is not More than five per cent below that o the last contractor route bid for who shall have faithfully performed his contract the postmaster general shall not be bound to 1775 1775 revolutionary Battles. We. But Lieve the following to be a Complete is of i principal Battles fought during the of the Revoli ion with the exception of a w in the Sou Lizern st ties a tile , april 17, Lattle of Hunker Gilill june 17, Battle of old Hampton va., where we took 5 decked ves it Els some time in november i Jade of g eat Bridge near Norfolk va., dec. 18 Batile of Long Island aug. 27, Battle of i Ort Washington november 17 Battle of fort Lee nov. In. Ii Atile of Trenton when 1000 were captured december 2g, Battle of Princeton Jan. 2, Battle of Bennington aug. 16, Irattle of Brandywine sept. 11, Battle of Gerr Cantown oct. -4, Burgoyne s army taken near Saratoga oct. 17, Battle of the red Banks october 22, Battle of Monmouth june 28, Battle of Stoney Point july 16, Battle of Camden aug. 19, Battle of Guilford n. C. March 15, massacre at Groton it. Sept. A Battle of Eutaw Springs september 0, Battle of King s Mountain october 7, Cornwallis and his army taken october 19, religious views of Washington. We copy the following from Paulding s life of Washington just published by the harpers it is impossible to read the speeches and letters of Washington and follow his whole course of life without receiving the conviction of his steady rational and exalted piety. Every where he places his chief Reliance in the Difini cult amp almost hopeless circumstances in which he was so often involved on the Justice of that great being who holds the Fate of men and of nations in tie hollow of his hand. His Hopes for his country Are Dwa s founded on his of its cause and the Blessing of heaven. His was the belief of reason and revelation and that belief was illustrated and exemplified in All its actions. No Parade accompanied his exercise no declamation exhibition for it was his opinion that a Man who is always boasting of his religion is like one who continually proclaims his honesty he would Trust neither one or the other. He was not accustomed to a gue on Points of Faith i it on one occasion in reply to a gentleman who expressed doubts on tie subject thus gave his sentiments a quot it is impossible to account for the creation of the universe without the Agency of a supreme being. Quot it is impossible to govern the universe without the Aid of a supreme being. Quot it is impossible to reason without arriving at a supreme being. Religion is As Newessa to reason As reason is to religion. The one cannot exist without the other. A reasoning i eing would lose his reason in attempting to account for the great Phenomena of nature and he not a supreme being to refer to and Well has it been said that if there had been no god Mankind would have been obliged to in Timber. The right time to fell Timber for rails buildings and agricultural uses generally is when the sap is in full flow when the bark ceases to Peel freely the Felling should be stopped. In Stippert of this opinion it is alleged that the operation is performed at the time when Timber Sarll season the soonest becomes harder and firmer in consequence of Quick seasoning the pores being then full of sap the or ingot which leaves behind something of a Gluey kind having somewhat the Benefit of Oil paint a being harder and firmer than if felled in the Winter the worm is longer deterred from commencing its depredations which is the main cause of the der a of All timbers. To fell Timber when the bark does not Peel freely is of a time of the year which takes a longer period to season in consequence of which and the absence of the sap it never becomes so hard and solid hence the m orm the great destroyer of Timber commences earlier its operations. In most of the newly settled timbered countries it w As the general practice to leave valuable Timber Trees standing in the Fields which were Gir led or Deaden a this operation being performed when the bark did not Peel the tree would stand up several years longer than if done when it did and hence arose the opinion that the Winter was the right time to fell Timber to insure durability. If girdled when the sap is in full flow the sudden stoppage leaves the trunk full of sap a fermentation or sourness takes place the bark prevents the escape of the moisture the Wood becomes soft and the worm soon commences not so if the operation is done in the Winter. A Large Beech tree May be girdled in the month of february and one of the same character in every respect in the following May the latter will rot two years sooner than the former and so it would be of two Trees felled at the Hume periods and left with the bark on but if into rails the bark taken off or for other purposes the latter would be much the most Farmer. 1775 1775 1776 1776 1776 i77g 1777 1777 1777 1777 1777 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 of Hundred thousand dollars of specie passed through Albany on tuesday morning on its Way to this is no doubt intended says the evening journal to give to some of the purchasers of the Public lands the Means of complying with the recent order of the government natural curiosity. In the great Valley Between the North and South mountains in Pennsylvania commonly called the Eastern ridges a Well was dug some years since in Franklin and another in Cumberland county thirty or Lorty Miles from the for fit it or which led to a discovery affording a Subj it for inheres King speculation. Alter proceeding in cach instance to the depth of about thirty six feet the Bottom of these Wells suddenly gave Way but fortunately when the Avo men had retired and a torrent of water Gyhl a up. A Lead was sunk with fifty fathoms of line without finding the least Obs True tion they remain at Liis time untouched and of unknown depth the presumption is that there is a subterranean Lake in that Quarter and How far it extends under the base of the vast j primitive mountains situated Between the Susquehanna and Pittsburg will never be ascertained unless by some terrible convulsion of nature they should be precipitated in the tremendous Magazine. Agine one. Character. Among the happiest and proudest possessions of Man is his character. It is a wealth it is a rank of itself. It usually procures him the honors and rarely the jealousies of Fame. The Wise Man therefore despises not the opinion of the world he estimates it at its full value he does not Rush from vanity alone against the received opinions of others he does not Hazard his costly jewel with unworthy combatants and for a Petty stake. He respects the legislation of decorum. If he be benevolent As Well As Wise it will enable him the better to forgive the erring and to shelter the assailed. But that Cliar Acter is built upon a and hollow basis which is formed not from the dictates of our breast but solely from fear of censure. What is the essence and life of character principle ingenuity Independence. The is not infrequent that a wife mourns Over the alienated affections of her husband when she has made no Effort herself to strengthen and increase his attachment. She thinks that because he once loved that he ought always to love her and she neglects those attentions which at first engaged his heart. Many a wife is thus the cause of her own neglect and sorrow. That woman deserves not a husband s Gene Rous love who will not Greet him with smiles As he returns from the labors of the Day who will not try to Chain him to Bis Home by the Sweet enchantment of a cheerful heart. There is not one in a thousand so unfeeling As to withstand such an influence and break a Way from such a Home. Upon a certain time an orator who wished to advocate the construction of a new Turnpike through a Section in Virginia made the following Sublime speech As we learn from the Marshall Sentinel quot May it please your worships while Europe is convulsed in Civi discord and her empires tremble with internal commotions and while her astronomers mount the wings of their imagination and soar course through the ethereal world pursuing their course from system to system until they have explored the vast eternity of space let us direct our attention to a Road More immediately in our the Indian land in Florida. No wonder the Semins les Are loth to give up their title to the Florida lands if capt. Barr s description of the soil and climate is Correct and who should know better than one who has been on the ground the River with Coo Chie is very Beautiful and for the West part deep and navigable there is some excellent land on the Banks and plenty of tiie live Oak Pine Pickon and cabbage Trees Are numerous. The climate is mild and the most part healthy. Corn will grow both in Winter and summer in fact itis but a perpetual summer. Itis said to be a perfect even. The Woods abound with game the Rivers with fish and the soil produces almost spontaneously tiie few articles of food needed by the indians. The new York transcript says quot a Friend of ours has invented a Patent umbrella. It differs from the Ordinary ones in Gutter is constructed around the Edge of the Circum Ference and All the water Falls off at one quot Point quot p0puli.\ti0n of the ignited present estimate is 16,680,000 souls including 400,000 indians. The estimated Cost of the proposed rail Road from Charleston to Cincinnati is about 15,000,--000 dollars of if i to r

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